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BOAT RAGES
1
IFalo Wins the Preliminary
, Four-Oared Contest; and
Harvard .Wins .Victory in
;:Eight-Oared Kace--Prcsi
dent Roosevelt Absent.
Eight Wearing Blue in This
Afternoon's Contest Is Fa
rorite Betting Being Nine
; to Five in Favor of New
Haven Boys. . - :
(United Press Leased Wile.l
New London, Conn., June 25.-
Harvard and Yale divided honors
In the preliminary races, the Blue
winning the varsity four-oared
race, and the Crimson carrying
away the honors in the freshman
eichts.. .This division srave all the
more interest to the big eight-
oared contest of theyaftcrnoon.
'In the four-oared race, the Yale
crew got off in the lead by. half a
length, and gradually forged
ah$ad inch .by inch until at the
end of the two-mile course they
had extended the advantage to a
full , length. ' The official , time
was: Yale, 10 minutes , and 33
seconds j Harvard, 10 minutes and
13 Seconds.-- '.
? The Harvard . freshmen .were
grimly determined to retrieve the
day for the Crimson, and got off
with a terrific stroke. They took
the" lead at the start and rowed
away from the New' HaVen crew
in the blue shell, winning by 24
lengths. The dfficial time was:
Harvard, 9 minutes, and 38 sec
onds ; Yale, 9 minutes and 47 sec
onds. .f:'J
' The Tale eight Is the favorite In the
big event and I number of large beta
were recorded today tea to nine " and
five to four on the- Bona of Ell.' . .
The Harvard men, however, mr confi
dent. The general opinion is that "the
crew "are mora evenly ' matched than
usual and that Tale ia giving odds on
the . strength of its past , victories.
The- yacht Mayflower made Ita way
Up ths river. -between-the' hundreds of
boats along the line of course and took
a position near the finish line. ,-
president JSoossvelt was 'absent from
the Mayflower, having' liven up the trip
(Continued on Page Six.),
I
KEY LEADS
TO
Canadian Youth Robs Many
Apartment Houses to Se
cure Enough Money to
: Bring His Young Wife to
This City.
Temptation Too Great WTien
He Saw How Easyrlt Was
to Open DoorsCaptured
With 'His Partner on De
scription Furnished Police
Lacking enough room-keys, ; his land-
lsdv in Trtf Arthur. ? Cann.An vavtt
Charfes Williams, it years old, a skele
ton key several . weeks sko.
When he came to Portland Sunday
night the skeleton key was still in bis
pocket Because it came with him he
is now. In the city Jail, .facing charges
of having . robbed ' approximately . 75
rooms and taken valuables worth 12,000.
Having obtaineo. a lair description of
the young man who bad. entered ten
rooming and apartment - houses within
two days, Detectives Tlchenor and Jones
were on the lookout for the man &nd
his partner. They recognised .Williams
as the man they wanted a few minutes
after he had said to his pal, E. D. Fer
guson, "I've g-ot enoug-h now to bring
my wife here and settle down or a
ob and Ret to work. . This Is the end
of j It." This was at Park and Alder
streets at 8 o'clock last evening. - Just
then the detectives put their hands on
his -shoulders, The skeleton , key -had
don its work., s
Tries to Look Srave. - "
JThls mornln thoy faced two cameras.
mutes later neard their pre-
Denver Is Now the Center of the United States
and a few
fmtnary heartnsr
set for tomorrow In
he municipal court. 'It was their firs
venture into crime, and it was only by
tremendous ellort - that young Wil
liams could brin himself to face '"the
newspaper picture machines., Ife knew
that -within a few hours- hi wife, the
girl' for whom he stole a collection of
souvenir-spoons and' a big. pack of post
cards, would e that picture a,nd learn
that It was her own husband who had
coolly robbed as never a-- man robbed
before m Portland. -But he wiped his
eyes with the handkerchief nhe had
given him, rulped once or twice, and
rift nara to tooic brave.- lie Is on! v 2a
Williams was the aetlve member of
tne. pair.. It was Ferguson's duty -to
stay on guard outmae. Ferguson" is
older, and his appearance would never
give him entrance to apartment house
of theT class which Williams could enter
without hesitation.
The strangent cart Of the whole tale
of the two-young men who turned bur
glars because one happened to have a
skeleton key In his Docket Is that' no
body w'll suffer by their robberies.
liooi KaooTerea By rouo.
Everv watch. Revolver.' rln and neck
lace tnat winiams wok has been- re
covered. : Furthermore, the two men toad
enough money of their own, J110, to re
pay the pawnbrokers to whom "they sold
the : stolen articles for the .sums ad
vanced. Thus the victims ret back their
0 QRIHt'
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FOR GRAiaT KILLS SIX
Former Postmaster at Bend
WTio , , Embezzled Postal
v Funds Given Heavy Sen-
-tence-Fine Imposed Ecp
resents Sum Mulcted.
Imprisonment at JIcNeil's
IslandWife and Child
Live in Crook County
; Good' Behavior Will Cut
" Short' Prison Term.
POOR HELIE IS
(Continued on Page Six.)
A WORD OR TWO ABOUT LOCAL I
r f. ': t
' : t
The Evening Tel-a-lle has this to say In doubla-rleaded trnei
' '"During 1907 there were 113 publication days for evening papers
in mat year i no-Telegram printed 85 more pages or paid advertising
man inn Xivcning journal, it unner inese circumstances, ine Tele
gram averaging a higher rate for its space than Ha evening ccntem
fiorary, stick a record is made. The Journal must have lied when it said
t had made money, or it lied when It said The Telegram lost money."
i Now, let's see who the 'liar"' Is. ' The Journal Is, a dally paper,
published evervw day In the week, every afternoon and Sunday morn
ing.. Tha Evenings Tel-a-lie' whenever it serves lta purpose, is a six- :
day paper, published In the evening. -An accurate record kept of ad
vertising of the three daily papers In Portland, for 1907, shows the vol
ume carried by each paper was aa follows: " Columns.'
i - The sevon-day Journal ........ . 25,247
I 1 The. six-day Tel-a-lla ; 19,277 -
v ' The seven-day Oregonlan ........ ......................... 25,277 j
, . These columns are computed as 'carrying S0O 'lines each, or 21 -Inches
in length. Therefore, reduced to Inches, the result would be as
follows: ' ' m . inches.
' The seven-day Journal .... 642.810 :
-The 'six-day Tel-a-lie ................ .....V '414.455
- : The seven-day Oregonlan (43,455
In 1907, "The Journal's average rate, for every , Inch of advertising ,
appearing In-the papvr, was a fraction' above 49 "cents, not including ,
The Journal's special Issue, Vhllo The Tel-a-lie's average rate was be
low 43 cents. Counting all space, no matter how occupied by advertis
ing. The Oregontan's average rat for all advertising throughout 1907
was 91' cents "r'.- - "''' ; ' : - :f, 4v
Now anyona-can estimate -why The Journal could make money in
1907, and at tha same time determine how The Tel-a-lie 'lost money' ;
during me same ume. - ins journal s receipts irom advertising during
1907 wera over 1265,000;. while The : Tel-a-lie's Were not to exceed
I1S5.000, and in addition to this The Journal maintains a semi-weekly '
Issue, from - which It receives ' In subscription - and : advertising . more
than 115,000 a, year. . The subscription receipts of The Journal for 1907, '
after deducting all costs for carrier' delivery service, were net, over
$125,000, while The Tel-a-lle's receipts were not over 386,000 net. Tbs
expense of conducting The Journal In 1907 was Just under $28,600 a
month, while the expense of conducting The Tel-a-lie was fully 328,000
a month, not Including .anything for wear and tear of plant in The
Tel-a-lle's case,' as It has no plant, no property, no "money, notes and
accounta" ' at least there is none on-the assessment roll, The Oregon
lan being Its newspaper wet-nurse atid ray mastelr. , ; - v
!
ALLiOST FMIilTIC
Eidiculous Scurrj'irigj-bout
r Yith Footsore "Anna for ,
' ' Marriage License.
p w.rw--:. -!
' (United Prem Leased Wire.) '
? London, .June 25. Tha Archbishop of
Canterbury today doclined to be, affected
by the piteous appeals of Prince Helia
de Sagan, and poor Anna and Helie are
not married yet. " , ' k.
Helie was furious when , ha . found
last week that they could not be mar
ried In England until they had been here
two weeks unless the archbishop would
grant a special license, -t
. Tha t was . hard - news after they bad
traveled over most of Europe and most
of American In a vain effort to havo
performed the simple ceremony which
mCst people can accomplish .In a few
hours, .j ."' ----..,, : ,v 5fw.,
llelle was undaunted.: Today he went
to. see tnaarcnDisnop, nut. tnat. digni
tary saw only the fact that Anna's nrst
husband, - tha light-hearted Count Bont,
still lives. If he had any eympathy
for tne love-lorn, middle-aewi . French
dandy,-h did not show It.
Then Helta took an automobile and
dashed to the French embassy, where
he vainly sought assistance. , The af
fair has become the laughing stock of
all Europe. ' The trip -across the chan
nel aa "Mr. and Mrs. Thompson" and
hundred -of others ramifications In the
frantto round-the-world dash . for the
altar, -have convulsed London. '
Madame Anna : Oould.- millionaire
daughter of the famous American finan
cier, and . the French nobleman simply
will have to wait until-they can comply
with the laws of tha "Din-headed . Eng
lish." t . f
DIM
MYSTERY SURROUNDS ; ;
SUICIDE ,0E WOMAN
(United frMl teased Wlre.l" "
Reno. Nev.. -June 26. Complete mys
tery surrounds the suicide here of pretty
Mrs. Bert Dunham. - It years old, who
drank carbolic acid after writing "the
following note to her ? husband : s,
"Dear Bert: . I am not guilty. God
knows it - Good-bye. . ELMA."
The distracted husband Is at a lo
to know what the note means, but It is
thought that a woman acquaintance had
accused . the young wife with miscon
duct, and thinking vthat her ' husband
would hear and perhaps believe the
story, she took her life, Mrs. Dunham's
father conducts the Elma hotel la Okla
homa City. , .-., i- : ,
:. ' ! - Ii I' "V;. ?
SHERMAN .CANNOT -
LEAVE HOSPITAL
' .1 I i.i. . . j
(United Press teased Wire.! " '
Cleveland. June 36. At -o'clock 'this
morning physicians attending James 8.
Sherman. Republican candidate for the
vice-presidency, announced that their
patient had passed a comfortable night
and was considerably refreshed. ' His
condition shows general improvement.
but it has been agreed thsuhe will not
leave the hospital for another' week.
Vermont Democrats to Meet.
.1 II .111 l.'ll, 't f W .V. . OU-
vance guard ff deleiyates bas peached
the city for tomorrow's Democratic state
convention. Thomas H. Brown of Rut
land will be temporary chairman of the
Catherine. In addition to namlne candi
dates for jovernor and other state offi
cers to, be cnosen at the next election,
the convention will releot four delegates
at large to the Democratic national con
vention at Denver, The delegates will
in all probability favor the nomination
of .William J,. Bryan tor the presidency.
il SURE OF"
1170 THIRDS VOTE
i ' i ..
Supporters of the Commoner
Alleged to Have 750 Dele-
;-r gates on First Ballot
(TJnttod Press Leased Wire.)'
Denver, Colo., June 25. Supporters of
William J.- Bryan In his. contest for-, a
third nomination for president on the
Democratic ticket, today" declared that
they, were sure of at least.750 votes for
him on the first ballot, and that they
probably , would have 800. .' -A
total Of 72. two thirds of tha irntu
of the convention. Is required for nomr
nation. . . : . t ...
. Tha. Bryan men say that their- esti
mate does not include the New York
delegation. They say that Bryan will
win by an overwhelming -majority,' de
spite all the efforts that Tammanv Hall
can put forth In opposition to hrm. The
report mat state Chairman William J.
Connors of Buffalo, N. Y., and Charles
P. Murphy, chairman of Tammany Hall,
are coming here at the head of the big
' - ucviKiaLiuu mj ngnv xry an sp-
iwy jiua iaueu iu cKuse any great
'right In the camp of the Nebraskan.
v The Bryan men announce that 484
delegates have been instructed for their
n ' nay been pledged.
fldent of many" more. . . ,
l ha rriends of Governor Johnson of
Minnesota and Judge Grav of Dela
ware are continuing the fight and deny
.;. i!r ?v ; " ran men. xney
say that there Is a good chance to de-
YOUNG ROOSEVELT TO
BE COMMON LABORER
-S? ..'-V .;
v." (United Press Leased Wire.)
Oyster Bay. N. T, , June 25 Accord
ing to- a statement given out 'by Becre
taryflAeb. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. has
been given a position as ; a common
laborer by John Greenway "and will be
shown no preference over other work
men..-..- - . . ,
The statement tho, n.itv.. tv.
president nor his son knew-until they
v in vum newspapers, tnat ureen
ways company was owned by the steel
trust and that young Roosevelt wss
employed because Greenway was In
Colonel ' Roosevelt's regiment and
waniTOw give the president's son a
chance.- ....-....
t.."!' " Ro? vel t," says Loeb, "will
be lilred as a laborer and stand or faU
strictly on his own merits?"
ROBBED BY ,M!
IE III POBLANO
JOURNAL WANT ADS .
BRING RESULTS
LOST AXD roUM) -
LOSTERTIFICATE KO." US'mAM
molh Silver Lead Mining & Smelting
Co. for 1.000 shares. Return SOS Fall
ing bldg: receive reward. -w
i0ST JUNE 17. UDf S QUNMETAL
watch with fob. between Main and
Washington streets. Return to Journal
ufflce and receive reward.
LADY'S ELGIN WATCH. MON-
monotarrain 1. c.. movement
LOST-dav:
i z.i i ,; name vour
Phone Woodlawn lfins.
. own reward.
LOST LEATHER WALLET. 6 TAMPED
Burr Jf-jKd'-r- on InBide; - reward of
fored. - 681 Williams nve. '
. CdsU.only -1 cent a- wortj.
classified pages 16 and 1?:
See
Bellingham McrchantMihus
r. Watch and Money After
Entertaining Youth."
'(United Ptms Leawd Wire.)
San Francisco, June 25. -Benjamin
Franklin. Smith," a Grand Army veteran
and a -prominent merchant of Belling
ham, .Wash., Is today minus a $200 gold
watch and $160 in gold and currency
because ha nut too much faith" In
young man with black hair and honest
eyes who - proved a good listener wnen
Smith: spun yarns. j
v SmKh left Bellingham several days
ago for this city, coming by way of
Portland. At that city he shared his
eat with the young man. The veteran
entertained his companion far into the
night by telling stories 01 lnaian.ngnt
Inr In lvw Xf eTlrn.
. The pair arrived In this city last night
and the younger man suggested that
thev take room a The suggestion m-t
with Smith's approval, when Smith
woke un this morning he found be had
been robbed. ..i-'.-..!.-'.-' ''':..!
WOMAN SWALLOWS t ' , v
; FURNITURE POLISH
(United Vnm teasel Wire.l . s ,
San Francisco. June 25 MraeEmlo
Lau Is In a hospital today suffering ex
cruciating pain as tha result of drink
ing; a large quantity of furniture polish,
which she mistook for cough medicine.
Recently Mra Lau has been , bothered
with a severe cough and before retiring
ahr has been in tha habit of placing a
bottle of courh medicine on a table near
her bed. -Waking at an early hour this
morning 'she reached for the bottle and
swallowed a large quantity before she
realised that the liquid was furniture
polish. She was taken with convulsions
and her husband Immediately sum
moned an ambulance. . It Is thought that
she will recover. . v- , .
Alfred H. Grant, (4 years old. former
postmaster at Bend, Crook county, was
sentenced to serve, three years and a
hslf In the federal prison at McNeil's
Island and ordered to pay a flna of $3,
361.76, the amount appropriated -to his
own use,1 for embeczliag fund of the
government, by Judge Wolverton In the
United States district court .this morn'
Ing. ..' . , ; , '.'.--,,""., ,
' Grant - pleaded guilty to the charge
yesterday. He made no defense and was
not-represented by counsel. At yester
day's session of tha court he simply
aaked that the time of sentence t in
ferred until this' morning one more
aay oerore na wonia anowAis tstp-. ,
When the court asked tha former
postmaster if .he had anything to say
In his own behalf this morning.
no nociiiea ma neaa in tne negative,
"Nothing." .he.' said. '
Grant was married several years ago
to a young woman with fastidious
tastes and it was to furnish her with
luxuries and- fine clothes and provide
for her future, it seems, that caused
him to take the government moneys for
ma - own ' use, - Among , other things
Grant purchased was an automatic
piano. .. . . - - t . ... .
A Dart of the money was also used
In paying off a mortgage on his home
In Bend. . This property has since been
deeded to Mrs. Grant and so far as Is
known, Grant having -no property in
his own name, the government will' not
be able to get back any of tha amount
lOBt. . .v -
Grant was bonded in tha - sum of
$1,000 but it Is understood that tha
bondsmen will contest - forfeiting the
money ; to the government ' on the
? rounds that they were not notified of
ha defendant's predicament . . at tha
proper time.
Grant was Indicted on two counts.
In the first he was sentenced to two
years and a half In prison and to pay
a fine or $s,iis.o ana to one year in
tne second count with a fine of $143.23.
Wltn rooa benavior in prison. Grant's
actual time of serving will be reduced
more than a year. Then after serving
in dava he mlirht take tha naimor'a
oath, first proving that he has no prop
erty, and be allowed his freedom with
out paying the fine Imposed.
Grant's wire and by child live at
Bend.' ' ,...0,. .-s -v.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Worcester, Mass., June 26. Arrange
ments are complete for an Interesting
Jirogram of exercises here tomorrow on
The occasion of the dedication of the
monument erected In memory of the late
Senator George P. Hoar. Mayor James
Logan will preside over tha exercises,
and the oration of the day will be de
livered br Justice William- U Moody
of tne united States supremo court.
WOMAN GETS VERDICT . .
FOR DEATH OF SONS
Twenty Persons Injured and
Six of Them May Die in
..Addition' to . Fatalities
Chicago Factory Catches
. . . . TI - 1 L ' 1 . 1 . .
f jjire Alter Acciaeni.
Workingmen and dirl in
' Great Danger on Account
" of Escape From Blazing
Building Being Cut Off
Firemen to Rescue.
(United Press Lttsed Wlr.
Chicago, June 25.r Mrs. William
Nolan, her foiy children and an un
known man are dead and 20 are In
jured as the result of a fire follow
ing an explosion la the factory of the
Pahst Chemical company here today.
The explosion occurred In the base
ment of ,? & four-story Building, the
upper two stories of which were used
as a rooming house, and the wildest
panic ensued. Blx of the Injured
are not expected to lire and firemen
are. searching the ruins for more
bodies." , - - "
T-he basement of the building was oc
cupied by the j chemical company and
it was In the mixing-room of the fac
tory on this floor that 'the -explosion
Occurred. : Bursting packages of chemi
cals wera thrown In every direction by
the first -explosion,- which waa followed
Immediately by several others In rapll
succession. Simultaneously with the ex.
plosions a fire broke out fed by inflam
mable chemicals and all the emolav-s
In the basement had a hard tima reach.
Ing the ground alive. ,
The fire and explosion cut f f thr
escape of everyone on the second story,
which was occupied by the P. L.
Novelty company.. Seventy-five em-
iioyea or to is concern were eompeiimt
o jumt from the windows at once for
their, lives and many were hurt when
they reached tha ground.
' - Great Confusion. .
In tha loiJglnsr-housa on tha' urmer
floor there waa great confusion. Cut
off from escape by stairs or elevator
by ths fierce Are below which, com
bined with tha explosion, had wrecked
the entire lower portion of the bulldlns:.
the rammes la tne upper floors wera
panic-stricken. -- Mrs. Nolan and - her
children were crushed to death in the
mad rush for the windows. Despairing
of escape through tha windows, tha
crowd turned to the roof - from whera
they were rescued by firemen with lad
dera Many of the women In the upper
floor were burned by the flames- beforo
tbey could reach , the roof and others
were' hurt In, the crush to get to tha
floors above. Fireman John Doody was
badly burned while he was running no
a ladder to the windows of thla floor
to rescue some children.
V " j Astoria lias Temblor.
Astoria, Or., June 85. Two slier, t
shocks of earthquake were felt bv resi
dents residing on the hillside about 4
o'clock this morning. The shocks were
not heavy enough to do ah y damage.
ONE WOMAN IS DEAD. '
ANOTHER INJURED IN
AUTOMOBILE AGGIDEN7
(TnttM Press Ieased Wlre.i r-'A,':r
San Jose, CaL, June 15. Steps were
taken today by the attorneys of';.; the
United Gas & Electric ..company - to ap
peal from the verdict of $10,000 given
Mra Minerva Pierce for the death of
her two vounff sons who. wera electro
cuted by coming in contact with a live
wire on tne street in i-etiruary. ivui.
Mra Pierce had sent the bova who
were 11 and 12 years old, on an errand
and . while crossing the street they
came into contact with a wire carrying
300 volts and were instantly killed.
FLEET WILL NOT SAIL -
" 1 UNTIL NEXT WEEK
(United rrmt I-J Wire.
San Francisco, . June 25. The de
parture of. the 'second division of Jvj
Pacific fleet. : which, was scheduled for
today, has been postponed for a week.
According to advices from the navy de
partment at Washington, the ships will
steam south on July 1. ; The four
cruisers and three torpedo boat destroy
ers wntcn compose tne second division
have been ordered to the waters of
outhern CalUgrnli for a practice
cruise, 4
(United Press Leased Tire.) '
Stockton, Cat, June 25. Miss Emma
Schuepp, the daughter of JohniJ.
Schuepp of Salinas, is dead at the
morgue here and Mrs. Edith Walsh Of
Stockton is in a - hospital; at Merced,
seriously injured today as a result of
the sudden termination of a wild auto
mobile ride af midnight with Dr. j. p.
Sargent,' a Lodl millionaire land owner,
and W. L. Dudley, a prominent Stockton
real estate man. The quartet started
for Collegeville on a " moonlight ride
with Dr. Sargent at the wheel. Near
Collegeville the road parallels the Santa
Fe railroad for nearly a mile and then
turns abruptly and crosses the track.
The automobillsts struck the curve at
a high speed and one of the hind wheels
dished. The blc car flopped bottom sl1
up In a ditch.
All of the occupants but Miss Schuern
who was sitting on the front seal,
hurled from the machine.
Miss Schuepp was pinned underncnt'i
the car.' Dr. Sargent and Dudley wph
stunned but quickly recovered. T
made an effort to lift the car off jn,:
Schuepp but were unable to do so. Jim
then the south-bound Sania Fe j t--senger
train came along and the jun v
flagged It. The train crew ai(i. (
autolats In lifting the machine off .V
Schuepp, who was found to be n . i.
Mra Walsh was In a very sr!u -dltion
and was placed on the train a S
hurried to Merced. One of hr '
waa fractured and. her back 1 . .
wrenched.
Dr. Sargent and Dudley were b 1
battered and bruised. Both are mann-i.
TWELVE MAY HAVE
DIED WHEN LAUNCH
TANKS CAUGHT FIs
(United Press Lestea Wlre.J
St. Louis, Mo., June 25. At least a
dozen persons are believed to have been
killed by the explosion of the gasoline
launch. Midget,' near East Carondelet.
where the wrecked launch was found
on the shore today.
The little craft had wsshed ashore
and there was no trace of the where
abouts of the owner, John ICrausa, In
the bottom of tr rnt
Of article.'' whli-a !m
ben occupied bv a t:!.in.
Krauss' trior.-l. t,.i- i
toolc a laree r"triv vnfi.i
from 12 t 1) i-.Ti,,);
Mi."et ypni'riay f . r a s
The g.-iMLliiK -'nfiuo . .
ii thoiiKht prt' M.is '
far.l toat
L'j.it wet L
ur f i '
a t .. t ft.