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PUSLISHCS FULL At VOCIATKO PRESS RIPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 169
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1S08 .
PRICE FIVE CENTS
YANKEES
HOT PROTEST
If..
Aren't Getting Fair Show
' In Olympic Games
WORST DECISION YET
Carpenter of Cornwall Dlsquali
tied After Winning in 400
Meter Race
AMERICANS ARE VERY ANGRY
Cornell Man Won Out in Brilliant
Manner But Judges Said bt "Pock
eted" the English Runner, But Thii
is Vigorously Denied,
YESTERDAY'S FINALS.
200 meter flat race Kerr, Canada;
Cloughen, Irish-American A. C, sec
ond; H, J. Cartmell, University of
Pennsylvania, third. Time, 22 sec-
ends,
Catch-as-cstch-can heavyweight, to
161 pounds, wrestling O. Kelly, Uni
ted Kingdom, best Gunderson, Nor
way. Standing high jump Ewry, New
York A. C, five feet two inches.
400 meter flat race Carpenter,
Cornell, wins, with Robinson, Cam
bridge second; Hallswelle, United
Kingdom, third, and Tsylor, Irish
American A.' C, fourth. No race,
because officials said Csrpenter had
,bored" Halleswelle. Carpenter dis
qualified. Americans decline to re
run race.
LONDON, July 23. In the final of
'he 400 meter flat race, J. C. Carpen
ter, Cornell University, came in first.
A sensation was created when the
officials declared it was no race. This
decision was reached on the ground
. that Carpenter had "bored" Halls
welle, the English runner. Boring is
the English term for "pocketing."
W. C. Robins, Cambridge University,
was second; Hallswclq, third, and J.
B. Taylor, Irish-American A. C,
fourth. Matthew P, Halpin, man
ager of the American team, says the
Americans will not run the race over.
As soon as the decision of the of
ficials was made known, the grand
stands were in an uproar, the Eng
lishmen cheering the anouncemcnt
jnent and the Americans hooting it.
'The "boring" is alleged to have oc
curred at the corner, coming into the
stretch. To the spectators it seemed
( impossible, They could not sec how
Carpenter, who had the post, could
.avoid coming out a little, as the men
already had started to sprint. The
judge's decision in the matter is as
follows: "The judges decide that the
race is void, and they order the same
Ho be re-run in strings on Saturday
:afternon. Carpenter is disqualified."
"Highway robbery is pretty strong
language," said Trainer Murphy, "but
there are no other words for it,
have been up against the English
officials for years, and it has always
been the same story they would
have robbed us of everything if they
could. The race was a perfectly fair
one, Carpenter had the right of way
and Hallswelle should have come be
'hind him. Both Carpenter and Rob
"bins had the Englishman beaten
from the crack of the pistol, and the
English officials could -not bear to se.c
their own man beaten in a race which
they had counted on winning.
"Of course, Carpenter went out a
little at the turn. How could he help
it with the speed he was making.
Why, he finished in 474 seconds. It
is all nonsense to talk about fouling.
There is one satisfaction to me, how
ever ,it shows what the boasted 'fair
est sportsmen' in the world will do to
win. It proves what I always have
said, that these Englishmen will do
anything to prevent an American, or
anybody besides their own people,
winning a race. Vou bet they won't
run it over ,and if I had my way
every American athlete at the stadium
would leave here right away and nev
er return to this arena or to Eng
land." ; :
Mr. Sullivan, who was backed by
Joseph B. McCabe and the other
members of the American commit
tee, said: "Doth Robbins and Carpen
ter had Hallswelle run off his legs
and they could have won as they
liked. We have filed a prtMest with
the Olympic committee and won't
run the race over. The men, .how
ever, will continue in . the other
event," .......... i .,. ...
Robbins, who comes from Cam
bridge, Mass,, and who ran second to
Carpenter, said: "I was ahead until
we reached the turn, having taken the
pole from Carpenter. Quite natural
ly, I went out a bit and Carpenter,
who was at my shoulder, did like
wise, but Hallswelle had lots of room
i uont minx nauswciie had any
complaint to make, it was an inspec
tor at the corner who could not stand
seeing his countryman deefated."
J, B. Taylor, Irish-American A. C-
who was behind the others when he
was pulled off the track by the in
spector, said: "There was absolutely
no sign of any unfairness."
The committee of the British Oly
mpic Association called a meeting
immdeiatety to consider the Ameri
can protest.
Hallswelle was brought before the
committee and stated his case. Nei
ther Carpenter nor Robbins was
called before the committee. Car
penter, when questioned, said simply:
"I won fairly and squarely. I never
diverged from my path one bit more
than was necessary, and I did not get
any way near Hallswelle."
FOR GREAT HARBOR
Stupendous Plans are Contem
plated In Frisco Bay
WOULD SPEND MILLIONS
Federal Engineers Prepare Report
Which Recommends Expenditure
Of $43,284,195, Increasing Berth Fa
cilities To 47 Miles In Length.
mi,
SA NFRANCISCO. July 23,-Are
port which will soob be submitted to
Gov. Gillett, Mayor Taylor dnd the
Board of Harbor Commissioners,
has been prepared by Luther, Wagon
er and Col. W. H. Heuer, U, S. A
me engineers who are planning a
Greater San Francisco harbor. The
report recommends the expenditure
of $43,284,195 and the issuing of 75
year bonds instead of 20 year as is
the usual custom. '
The engineers recommend that the
harbor line be moved east and, bay-
ward 150 feet. This would include
145 acres of warehouse space and the
present berth facilities of 8.3 miles
would be increased to 47 miles in
length. The suggestion is made that
an incline be established at the foot
of Market street so that car traffic
will be upraised and that an elevated
loop bebuilt, .
It is also suggested that an effort'
be ntade to purchase Yuerba Buena
Island from the' Federal srovernment
and level it 'off until there would be!tonight " 18 rePrted that
hori2ontal plane of 10
feet above
water. i nis-woum create over ow
icrcs where- railroad terminal facili-
ties might be provided. A steel ;
bridge is recommended from tlie Ala
meda shore to the island, thus bring
ing the railroad depot' within one and'
one half miles of this- city.
IT ENRICHES
HUMLtH
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Standard Oil Stocks Take
Big Jump
TIP HAD Gone OUT
Reversal of Judge Landis' De
cision Meant a Market Gift
of $15,000,000
SOMEBODY SEEMED TO KNOW
Stock of the Standard Corporation
Has Been Going up in a Most Sen
sational Manner For Week, and it
Looks Like a "Leak."
CHICAGO, July 23.-The Stand
ard Oil decision reversing Judee
Landis' $29,000,000 fin is a market
gift of $15,000,000 to John D. Rocke
feller. Standard Oil Stock went up
48 points in a week. Whatever in
fluences may have been responsible,
it is a fact that within. the past week,
when it was known that a' decision' by
the United. State t CourUfApfeals
was to be given shortly, the stock of
that corporation has been going up in
most sensational manner. At the
time when the Court of Appeals had
the case in hand and its decision'was
all but ready for the public. Standard
Oil stock shot up in a manner to in
dicate confidence on the part of the
oil magnates that there was no dan
ger of an adverse decision by the
court.
The gain scored by Standard Oil
stock in the week ending yesterday
when it was quoted at 660 on the
New York curb, totalled 48 points, a
record not approached by anything
listed in the New York Stock Ex
change, and the singular movement
of this stock within the past few
days has given rise to a good deal of
speculation, for never at any mo
ment during the pendency of the case
did there seem to be any weakening
or wavering, in Standard Oil stock.
v. Yesterday Standard Oil jumped
from 640 to 660, and today there was
an advance to 665, which is the
highest point reached by this secur
ity since 1906, when the high point
was 700. Since January of this year
Standard Oil has had a generally up
ward course, btiJ there were hV sen
sational moveifients of the stock fan
til recently, ftow it is jumping arid
it is not &t all improbable that it will
go (o or' beyond the high points of
1905 and 1906; which were 703 and
700, respectively. The high level for
the stock it! 1907 was 564.
United States District Attorney
Sims today announced positively that'
ELECTRIC STORM
MANY HURT
GETTSBURG, July 23. As a f-
suit of a terrific electric storm'
which passed over Pennsylvania, the'
National Guard encampment here
': ' , .
tfi leas.-
- i 1 L ,
s,x troopers have been killed and two iv
score injured, some of them .
iously, by being struck by lightning,
The camo is flooded and r.WrAnhi A.
service practically at a standstill. The and were taken there during the
entire' camp is panic stricken. The .storm was razed to the ground but
darkness is impenetrable and the men ' so far as is known' no one was ser-
are wildly running about through the i
a petition for a rehearing in the case
of the Government against the Stand
ard Oil Company of Indiana decided
adversely to the government by
Judge Grosscup yesterday, would be
filed. Mr. Sims today received the
following telegram from Mr. Bona
parte: . . ;: , - ., ;.. 0 'r. ,
"I feel that you and your asso
ciates have done everything possible
to protect the interests of the gov
1
ernment and promote justice. I will
write fully as soon as the opinion
comes to hand."
It was learned in New York to
day through sources identified with
the Standard Oil Company that the
$29,240,000 case is not likely to go to
the Supreme Court of the United
States. Nor is it believed the. case
will be retried before Judge Landis,
as the Standard Oil Company would
protest against it, and ask that some
other judge sit in the case. The is
sues involve no constutional ques
lions such as are necessary to take
the action to the supreme court.
Judge Peter S. Grosscup's early
retirement from the Federal bench
was the reason given and generally
accepted today for the quick decis
ion of the Federal Court of Appeals
in the Standard Oil case. The report
was to the effect that the judge de
sired to clear up his docket so that he
could resign and practice law as soon
as possible. That the judge 'has been
anxious for some time to leave the
bench and return to private practice
has been known to his close friends.
The bench has nothing more to offer
him in the way of honors, the work
has become irksome, and the pay is
unquestionably small compared with
what he could earn at the bar, espec
ially in corporation law. It is now
asserted in legal and business circles
that he may be able to get out this
summer or early autumn so that his
successor can take hold when the
court opens in October.
BOYCOTT STILL ON
Kagu
Maru Reaches Victoria
With No Chinese
WONT USE
JAP VESSEL
A Chinese Steamship Company Pro
jeced to Establish Trans-Pacific
Lines Similar To The Nippon Kai
sha Is Backed By Chinese.
U ISM
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VICTORIA, B. C, July 25.tTht
Steamer Haga Maru reached 'port
last night. She had a heavy blow
when near the meridan and some of
her starboard rail was bent.
The boycott which is proceeding at
Hongkong aild throughout China" was
responsible for the fact that thre
weYe no Chinese among the' passeil
gers. Two cargoes consisting of
3,500 torts1 included tea, rice, fh'affiiig,
curios and general freight. Prof, d,
Katera, a profeVsof of harbors of this
engineering came fd make an inspec
tion of harbors of thi continent.
KILLS 6-
BY LIGHTNING
water seeking the injured. Every tent
' battery ."B" was blown down but
1,0 oti6 m the battery is hurt. The
"inlent Sard tent, of the Tenth
KegimeiM, was : struck by lightning
,am 40 . , com ..-. ...
iniurerf. Tf, MA t,nan,,l mua
am th mw r ,Krt u
camp waiting for aid. The Y. M. C.
tent n,i,i,-v, tf.f ,:,
iously injured.
EBEilD
CAPTURED
i
Man Who Killed and Sob
bed His Aunt
CONFESSES THE MURDER
Said He Needed Aunt's Money
to Marry Girl He Wash
Love With
PLANNED TO KILL COUSIN
Explains Crime in All Its Crtwsome
Details 'Leads Police to Spot
Where be Buried the Money
Stolen.
NEW YORK, July 23.-Drawn
back td the scene of his crime by the
force he could not resist, August
Eberhard, the self-confessed mur
derer of hi3 aunt, Mrs. Otillie Eber
hard, a Viennesse widow, whom he
lured to a lonely spot in New Jer
sey a few days ago, and shot to
death, was captured today near Pat
terson, and . is now, a prisoner in
Hackensack jail. The reason for
Eberhard committing the crime was
that he was in iove with a New York
girl and that he needed money to
marry her. Knowing that his aunt
had $2500 he plotted to kill her and
to steal the money. Eberhard says
he ;also intended to kill his pretty
cousin, Ottillie Eberhard, to whom
he is engaged, so nothing would
stand in the way of his marriage to
the New York girl The police have
the name of the girl and she will be
brought to Hackensack to tell what
she knows of the murder. Eberhard
was found lying on the lawn of a
residence just outside of Patterson.
There was an ugly, wound in his leg.
whicu the murderer nrst saia was
made by Italians who attacked him.
He afterwards admitted it was tn
flitced by himself to deceive the po
lice. Eberhard did not immediately
confess. When first questioned.
told an ingeniously connected tale 0
having been attacked by Italians and
that he tried" Id defend his aunt from
them. He said he was shot in th
leg by them and after that remem
bered nothing until he came to his
senses in the Breaknesi Mountains
An important point in hli eohfes
sio is the statement that he had an
accomplice. He said however that
his accomplice had nothing to do with
the killing of Mrs. Eberhard. This
man has fled to the west. The police
have his name also. Eberhard" told
th"j police he had planned the mur
deY two months ago. He wrote many
let'teTS to his aunt and to induce her
to feave! her home in Germany, he
even promised to marry her daughter
and make a ioffifortable home for her
here. Eberhafd then recounted the
killing of the wdnian in all its grew-
some detail. He told where he had
baried the money he robbed his aunt
of and led the police to the spot
where $2400 was found buried.
MUST SUFFER PENALTY.
Roosevelt Says the Prosecution
of
Standard Oil Must Proceed.
OYSTER BAY, July 23-President
Roosevelt announced today in unmis
takable terms the determination of
the administration to proceed with
the prosecution of the Standard Oil
case despite the decision adverse to
the government, which was handed
down by the circuit court of appeals
at Chicago yesterday. This decision,
the president thinks, in no way ef
fects the merits of the case and he
makes known his decision to cause
action to be brought again before
tne courts in such shape it possble to
prevent technicalities, interfering
with the decision based on the actual
issues involved.
To use the language of the state
ment ,issued b Secfetarjr Loeb:
"The President would regard it at'
a gross miscarriage of ; justice if
through any technicalities 'of any
kind, the defendant escaped punish
ment "which would have unquestion
ably been meter out to any weaker
defendant, who had been guilty of
such an offense."
Judge Taft was a guest of the
president at Sagamore Hill for sev
eral hours today, arriving at three
this afternoon.
During Taft's visit his speech of
acceptance was discussed with the
president and Secretary Root, who
also are guests of the president. Taft
left Oyster Bay in an automobile for
New York where he will spend the
night. No statement regarding the
conference was given out.
BAD MAN CAUGHT DEAD.
One of the Desperadoes in the Bos
ton Shooting Up.
BOSTON, July 21-After three
deadly battles between three despera
does, the police and a small army of
citizens, the first encounter being late
Tuesday night in a barroom, the.
second last night in the peaceful
streets of Jamaica Plains, and the
third early today in the quiet of a
cemetery, one of the bandits was
riddled with a hundred bullets and
killed, a second, believed to be
wounded, was being searched for in
the cemetery today, while a third
was taken last evening in the south
south station.
RACE WAR BEGUN
Five Hundred Italians Threaten
Louisiana Village
NEGROES ARENT INVOLVE!)
Foreigners Send Word That They
Will Wipe Out The Town, And
Whites Arc Patrolling The Streets
In Expectation Of Trouble.
NATALBANY, La., July 23.-The
ItP-Hcna have gathered 500 stronir here
and have sent word before daylight
to wipe ovt the inhabitants of this
town. Armed guards are patrolling
very street here. All day yesterday,
the foreigners were moving out their
families lit obedience to the warning
of the Italians. The' race trouble
started Tuesday ' when Walter Sim
mons a young man, interferred in a
fight between two small boys and was
fatally shot by two Italians who re
sented his action. As a result of tfie
Simmons shooting two Italians who
claim to be innocent of any wrong
doing were wounded by a sheriff's
posse near Natalbany yesterday and
the mutuallly inflicted wrongs have
wrought residents and foreigners to
a high pitch of anger. Gov. Sanders
and the Italan consul at New Orle-
ns have been notified.
RAILROADS MERGED.
DENVER, July 23.-The Denver &
Rio Grande, the Rio Grande West
em, and all its subsidiary companies
in Colorado and Utah with the excep-
ion of the Rio Grande Southern were
today merged into ? one company
hich will be known as the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad Company.
The new company will file their
articles of incorporation and after
due notice will issue $150,000,000 iq
bonds and $88,000,000 in stocks.