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The Beautiful Defender Rounds the Outer Hark
Far in the Lead of the British Rival
Lack of Wind Calls Race Off.
RACE CALLED OFF;
RELIANCE AHEAD
Bulletin, I o'clock IT minutes and 45 seconds. The SiIIum rmmdxi
the outer mark at thla hour. At 1:4 o'clock the race waa called off be
cause of HO wind.
Great enthusiasm la occasioned by the splendid bowing' made by
the defender In rounding the outer mark a mile and a half In the lead
of the Shamrock III. It waa Llpton's own still sea, but hi boat did not
take advantage of her owner's boasting on her merits.
(Journal Special Service.)
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Never in the
history of international yachting con
tests has so much Interest been taken
as la demonstrated by the thousands
who have congregated here from all
parts of the world to witness the great
races which had their start thla morn
Ing. and In which series the Shamrock
III will endeavor to wrest the cup from
America, where so long It has been
defended.
Although betting Is rather light on
the first race today, it Is announoed that
hordes of money stands ready to. back
the crafts which represent two of the
greatest powers in the world.
Last night's and today's arrivals had
Difficulty in getting hotel accommoda
tlons. The Waldorf-Astoria has the big
gest registry In Its history. The great
hostelry haa 600 out-of-town guests
from all over the world. Including
party from Japan. All other prominent
hotels r taxed to their utmost cape
Blty and crowd! began to gather before
the bulletin boards as early as
O'clock. i
Beady for the Trey.
miuulaivub, Aug zo. io: JO a. m.
At o'clock the Reliance, under tow of
her tug, started for the Sandy Hook
lightship and six minutes later the
Shamrock took a tow. At 9:10 the com
mlttee boat Navigator rounded the Hook
and headed for the starting point
sir i nomas uipton a longing lor a
imooth sea and light wind In order to
show the Shamrock at her best was
realized this morning. A purling four
knot wind from-, the southwest was
blowing which later veered until by
1:45 It had hauled to the north with a
gentle roll on the sea. A rainy night
Was followed .by a lowering morning,
with fog and mist -imtll the ann arose
knd shot through for a few minutes.
At 10 o'clock the Reliance reached the
lightship and casting off her tow broke
tut with Jib and staysail. A sudden
kummer storm arose a few minutes
later and It began raining heavily, the
Irlnd veering to the southeast
At 10:07 o'clock the Shamrock dropped
er tow and broke out her headsalls
knd stood away to the southeast
rind
lee
At the Starting-.
SANDY HOOK Aug. 30, 11 a. m. At
lOftO the yachts were tacking back and
forth about the starting line with the
flat .
irly Indications were that the course
probably be run 16 miles to the
and then beat home.
Thiccurslon fleet as In former years,
aorked out In a great procession down
the narrows. The decks of th hundred.
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ti aib we uiuah wiiu youpio, x I o-
teeding them was a fleet of revenue cut
ters and the acting police boats In com
mand of Captain Walker of the revenue
tutter Gresham.
'The hills along Highlands Beach are.
lovered with great knots of spectators
hslng telescopes.
While, Sandy Hook Is noted for Its
contrary and fickle breezes It is excell
ing itself today as the wind boxed the
compass within a space of three hours.
More Interest Is being taken In the
present races than has eyer before been
shown. The crowd began to wend Its
way to the waterfront early this morn
ing and thousands of fashionably
dressed women were in the throng. The
largest crowd that ever witnessed an
International yacht race took every pos
sible means and vessels of very de
scription are finding ready purchasers
for tickets.
Although the crowd Is Intensely patrl
otic, all admire Sir Thomas Llpton, and
as it Jostled to and fro It sang "He's
Jolly Good Fellow, But May the Reliance
In.",
Thousands of enthuslastio rooters
sailed on the New York Yacht Club
steamer Monmouth, which left the dock
at 9:10 this morning.
The Cherished Stan.
Bulletin, 11:30 a. m. The starting
gun sounded at 11:05 a. m., and as seen
from the shore the start recorded the
Shamrock off at 11 o'clock 6 minutes
and 10 seconds, with the Reliance
seconds late.
The Reliance immediately started and
gaining, the boats crossed on a starboard
tack.
Couldn't Shake BoUanoo Off.
Previous to the start, although con
slderable Jockeying took place on the
Shamrock, that vessel found it Impos
sible to shake the Reliance off Its
weather quarter, because the breeze
was Inadequate.
The Reliance seemed to Dick a cud
ful of air which narrowed the gap be
tween the yachts perceptibly. At 11:30
an extremely heavy downpour of rain
almost obscured the yachts from view.
The excursionists were compelled to
undergo a wetting, as few boats had
sufficient shelter for the crowds.
The rath seemed to beat the wind out
and at 11:45 it had died almost entirely
and the contesting boats were merely
drifting. Unless the wind strengthens
It will be Impossible for the yachts to
finish within the time limit.
Tory Poor Headway.
At noon the yachts were obscured and
had probably made about four miles. A
heavy blanket of mist shuts out all
sight from shore.
Wireless' telegraphy says the yachts
are making very poor headway. At
12:10 p. m. several accompanlng yachts
are poking out of the mist toward Sea
bright which indicates that the yachts
have brought about on the port tack.
MANOUVERS OF CHALLENGER AND DEFENDER .
DURING EXCITEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RACES
ASTORIA'S
Belianoo Ahead.
Bulletin, 12:13 The misty outlines of
the yachts heading toward Seabrlght
were seen close together just now. At
12:30 (the boats were displaying equal
drifting ability with hardly a capful
of wind off. shore.
At 12:45 it was seen tKat the Reliance
was leading by nearly a minute. The
weather Is Intensely hazy and the Sham-,
(Continued on Page Two.)
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SUPREME
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Second Day of Water Carnival
Opens Under Auspicious Cir
cumstances Great Crowds
Assemble to Witness Events
Grand Ball Given In Honor of
Visiting Queens at Great
Regatta Proves an Event of
Unusual Merit,
Not in History of Like Events
Has More Abundant Success
Been Gained by Management
of Social Feature. .
SEATTLE. Aug. 20. Probably no
happening has created quite such sur
prise as the fact of the arrest of a
young bank clerk last night, caught In
the act of burglary.
Soon after the affair a great crowd
gathered and saw the. police take the
disgraced young man to the police sta
tion. Harry Dryden, the culprit, Is a clerk
In the Washington National Bank, and
held up several tenants in the San Juan
lodging-house before midnight. Half a
dozen shots fired by a roomer frightened
the exclusive robber away before he suc
ceeded In getting anything. He was
caught in the street a few minutes later
and taken to the station. He will say
nothing. The police believe they have
one of the gang of young holdups which
has infested the city.
ENORMOUS STRIKE
THREATENS SEATTLE
Streetcar Employes Will Battle It Out with Elec
tric Company If Their Rights Are Not
Granted Through Arbitration "
Grand President of the Order Here to Investi
gate Charges Under Which He
Canceled Local Charter.
Del Carey Smith of Spokane, grand
fc-orthy president of the Fraternal Order
f Eagles, arrived . in Portland thla
horning, a day ahead of time, to In
vestigate the complaints against his
Mthdrawal of rthe charter from the
Portland aerie. He disbanded the lodge
tecause Its secret quarrels became pub
o property. He registered at the Im
perial Hotefc and waa Visited there to
lay by a large number of loca. mem
bers of the order. ' V v
Last Friday The Journal, Interested In
lecuring a settlement of the troubles
iesetting the Eagles, sent A dispatch, to
President Smith at Spokane reading aa
lollows: : . . ::u- .: v 1
' "Will you accept invitation, to ylslt
roruana ana Investigate, personally,
conditions surrounding withdrawal o:
charter from Portland Eagles?"
To which President Smith replied the
same day as rollows:
"SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 16 Your
request carefully considered. Wlll give
Portland next Friday f arrangements
can be made.
HEt, CAREY SMITH.
XSrand President"
rrwtdast Smith Silent
President Smith declined to make any
statement in regard to the local situa
tion. He would not say whether the
charter to the local aerie would -fca re-
' (Continued on Pag Two.). '
(Journal Special Service.)
SEATTLE, Aug. 20. It Is probable
that within a fortnight every streetcar
In Seattle will be tied up and a strike
declared that will cripple every Industry
In the city. It was believed that last
night would see the beginning of the
great strike, but Mayor Humes and in
fluential citizens prevailed upon the men
to wait until President Furth of the
company returns.
It is to be a finish flght between or
ganized labor and capital between the
wealthiest and most powerful corpora
tion in the Northwest and affiliated
union labor. If the strike Is declared by
the streetcar men and that It wlll be
declared seems certain the outcome
will mean a definite and permanent
victory for the side that wins.
The trouble Is the direct result of the
alleged flagrant and deliberate violation
by the Seattle Electric Company of the
awards of the arbitration committee to
which the differences of the corporation
and its employes were submitted at the
time of th streetcar strike some months
ago. The protests of the union have
ih ignored, and when the men ap
pealed to .the arbitration committee for
redress because of the violations of Its
findings they were told that the commit
tee had gone out of existence and they
would have to look further.
It is -said that the Seattla Electric
Company continues to ' replace union
men with men who pledged themselves,
hot to become members of the unloni)
The corporation also - discriminated
against the union employes in many
other ways, "such as giving them the
bad runs ami such other employment
as would not prove lucrative.
An appeal waa made by the streetcar
men to the- Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, but the ruling' spirits In that
body declared that they did not propose
to nfeddla with the matter and advised
the mem to fight it. out for themselves,
as It seemed that such a course was the
only way to settle the trouble once and
for all.
Owned by Company.
An appeal was made to the Mayor and
members of the City Council. It Is a
matter of common knowledge that the
City Council Is practically owned and
operated by the Seattle Electric Com
pany and that the wishes of the cor
poration are the acts of the Council.
Nevertheless, the franchises of the Se
attle Electric Company contain a clause
that-all differences arising between It
self and its employes must be submitted
to arbitration and that the findings of
any such board of arbitration must be
obeyed to the letter. -The penalty for
refusing- to submit differences to arbi
tration or to abide by the decision of
any such board of arbitration is the for
feiture of the franchise.
As the matter now stands the Seattle
Electric Company will neither abide by
the decision of the former board of ar
bitration or agree to submit the present
complaints to a similar board.. This be
ing the case the streetcar men believe
that heir remedy lay with the Mayor
and the City council, but they found
that they had reckoned without the Se
attle Electric Company, which claims
the Council as Its chattel. .
Cautious Action.
But the streetcar men have been pro-
ceding slowly cautiously, with the full
knowledge that they are fighting .a pow
erful ana relentless enemy a corpora
tion whose officials have unhesitatingly
declared on occasion that they would
stamp out unionism among Its employes.
At every meting held by ' the men to
discuss their grievances there has been
present an accredited representative
from each of the affiliated labor onions
In the city, and when a strike is declared
it will be with the knowledge aaA appro
val of every worklngman in the elty.
PROSPECTORS ON
MARQUAM HEIGHTS
Land on Which Rich Float Was Found Secured
Unwillingly by Mrs, Elwert Fore
closing a Mortgagee
(Journal Special Service.)
ASTORIA. Or. Aug. JO. The second
day of the great regatta here opened
brightly and the crowd was even larger
than on the opening day. Two thou
sand people arrived last night and thla
morning and the noon train brought a
large additional crowd. The day opened
with salutes from the Marblehead and
Concord.
At :I0 the Queen and her court ar
rived at the grandstand in carriages, ac
companled by Admiral Smith and staff.
As Her Majesty ascended to the throne
a great crowd cheered her. The throne
was beautifully decorated in regatta
colors, blue and white. The Queen re
mained In the grandstand until the noon
hour, witnessing the event on the
water. At noon the Queen and court
embarked on the fT. S. 8. Mansanlta and
was taken to the O. R. & N. wharf.
where carriages awaited Her Majesty
that she might witness the street par
ade. Brown's Band rendered "God Save
the Queen" as Her Majesty came ashore.
Everywhere Queen Frances was loy
ally welcomed, the crowds cheering to
an echo as her carriage passed through
the streets.
The opening event of the day was the
launch race. Seven boats started. The
Fox, Captain Raid's new boat, won. Al
exander, Jr., second, 8. Schmidt, third.
Elk fourth, Harrington fifth, Louise
sixth, Annie - seventh.
The four-oared barge race followed.
the contesting crews being from Vic
toria, Vancouver and Portland. Much
Interest centered in this race and the
boats were watched Intently by the
crowd. Victoria again demonstrated her
superiority, finishing two lengths ahead
of Vancouver. The Portland crew cam
In third.
Four boats started in the senior sin
gle shell race, being Vancouver, Viotorla,
Portland and San Francisco. The race
developed into a struggle between the "
two Canadian orews, which left the
American oarsmen far behind. The Vic
toria shell had the lead on Vancouver
coming Into the stretch, but collided
with a rowboat. Vancouver passed Vio
torla at this stage. The latter shell
finished second. The race may be run
again on account of the fouL
(Continued nOU Page Two.Jl ,
Searching for the mother ledge that
they are confident exists somwhere In
the close vicinity of where rich speci
mens of float gold and other ora were
unearthed In a potato patch on Mar-
qua m Hill, a party of three Is at work
this afternoon. The members of the
party are J. H. Flak, assayer and mtn
eralogist: Miss Carrie Elwert whose
aged mother, Mrs. Bertha J. Elwert,
owns the property, and a laborer whose
duty It is to dig where directed.
Mr. Ftnk declares that he exnects to
unearth the vein from whence came the
rich silver cropplngs, within a short
time, and possibly by digging beneath
the spot where the ore was picked up.
Once the vein is uncovered the Elwerts,
under the direction of Mr. Flsk, will
sink a shaft and put at least four men
at work.
Prospecting" Today.
The" outlay will not be mftch," said
the assayer, "and Mrs. Elwert is willing
to expend a reasonable sum to properly
Investigate the supposed mineral de
posits on her premises. The work this
afternoon wlll be a sort of prospecting
tour. We wlll attempt , to trace the
float and will sink several prospect
holes."
The Assay Card. -
The assay of the pieces of quarts in
Mr. Flak's possession follows:
Seventy-five ounce of silver te the
ton, valued at SS7.I0. ; ,
Three and one-half per cent copper.
or about 70 pounds a ton. valued at 11
cents a pound. . ,
Twenty per cent galena worth about
Gold. 11.10 a ton.
" Clot the uad tTawQUagly.
Reluctantly Bona 3. Elwert foreclosed
a mortgage for $15,000 on the homestead
on Marquam Hill. She would rather
have had the money on her note and let
the property remain In the keeping of
the Marquams. Forty-two acres of
rich Portland land, it was true, she pos
sessed, but It would take a good many
years of renting and many bountiful
crops to bring forth the price she had
paid, $15,000. But It was hers and now
that rich silver-bearing float ore has
been found on the premises her' invest
ment is likely to prove valuable, after
all.
. "All Bosh," Bays Mrs. Blwert
But Mrs. Elwert the elder says there
Is no gold or silver on her farm. She
maintains that the repdrt of the finding
of rich minerals In her potato patch la
groundless.
"Tt In all fclimhllO' All hn.h " aha
(Continued on Page Two.)
(Journal Special Service.)
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 20. The grand
ball given In honor of Queen Franoes
last evening undoubtedly eclipsed all
previous events of the splendid regatta
now In progress. Ford & Stokes' Hall
was the scene of Astoria's greatest so
ciety occasion of the year.
Beautifully decorated In ' blue and
white, with numerous lights shining
about, the hall presented a royal ap
pearance. The stage was arranged with
eats In half circles with the Queen's
throne In the center.
The Queen Arrives. ' .
The crowds began to gather early in
the evening and at 9 o'clock p. m. the
Queen and ladles in attendance arrived
upon the scene. The orchestra played a '
march ' and four ladles ranked a
duchesses entered the hall holding a
canopy above their heads. After march
ing to the center of the hall they halted
and the Queen's staff passed under and '
formed in single file on each aide of the
entrance. Next came the visiting
(Continued on Page Two.)
MAYOR ASKS MOODY
TO SEND WARSHIPS
In response ta the resolutions unani
mously passed yesterday by the Clty
Council, touching upon the government
authorities allowing one or more of the
North Paciflo Squadron to make a. visit
to Portland during the proposed Mult
nomah Carnival. Mayor Williams today
sent the following telegram to -Secretary
of the Navy W. H. Moody:
"PORTLAND; -i Aug. 10. l0Lv
"TO. H. MOODY. Secretary of the
of this1 city unanimously passed a res- I blehead or the Concorl, I
elutioa IsstrucUag me to a&k you tor the are sow at Astoria.
i presence In our harbor of one or more
of the war vessels, now at Astoria some
time between the 14th and Zth of Sep
tember next; the date of the forthcom
ing Carnival- here. Tour compliance
with this request - will greatly please
the people of this city.
::: ... ."GEORGE 1L WILLIAMS."
t. The boats which will prohaM 1
elected to visit this city, j i v, ,'
the request of the local offlflas u c im
plied with, will probably te t -. :
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