THE
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Fair tonight
and Tuesday;
continued
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VOL. XI. ' NO. 111.
PORTLAND, - OREGON; . MONDAY "EVENING, JULY 1 15, .1912 SIXTEEN JPAGES.
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Slavik, Bohemian Runner, May
Also Die From Exhaustion;
Elimination of Killing Event
May Be Demanded. .......
By Howard Valentine.
((Copyright 3 91-', by the Associated
Newspapers.)
Stockholm. July 13. When the track
and field events had been finished, the
count showed thut America had ;
firsts in 31 events and altogether f5
points. Sweden had 21, Finland 20 and
Great Britain 15.
James Thorpo, the Carlisle Indian,
has beaten Sheridan for the all around
record and .wins the Decathlon.
Charles Harvey had a talk with Ba
ron DeCoubartin today and (he baron
assured Harvey there would he boxin,','
events In future Olympiads In coun
tries where the laws permitted boxing.
fVnlt1 Vrrn leu' Wl-.
Stockholm, July 1& There was de
pression, both in the training camps and
unions the spectators, when it was an
nounced today that V. Laaro, the only
1'ortuguese runner in yesterday's Maru
thon, had died In the hospital of ex
haustion. Ho was overcome after cov
ering 19 miles of the distance, und was
carried to the hospital. The doctor
did everything possible for him, but he
failed to rally and expired this morning.
Lazaro died In terrible delirium,
abouting that he was the winner. The
dot-tors said he was sunstruek and that
r-'lavlk. cue of the Hohemian runners,
..was .algo. in..a. very bad state and might
also die.
- Because of the fatality, there was a
general demand a mollis many of the
trainers and officials today, either to
abandon the Marathon altogether as an
Olvmpio feature, or else to subject it. to
uch restraint that fatalities may be
avoided in the future. s
Th. American runners scored another
ai'Lat victor?, today la the f inala f the
mou-moter.teani rce. They won &heLf -w
axilv from 'tliir Stench lAmnera, wiXifcwK
the British in third plat. There wt
little semblance or a contest aner in
tired lap. Mel Kheppard, who started Off
for the Americana, took the lead and
(-.printed well oit in front. Lindberg.
Meredith and Keldpath. his team mates,
increased the . diataiye as they went
ulong and simply ran the crack English
men off their feet, so that the French
team was able to nose them out of sec
end position.
The first event today was the wo
men's team swimming contest at 300
liieters, In which the United States w,u
Vinrepresentfd. Kngland was first, Ger
many second and Australia third. Time,
6:52.
W'ltfi the Americans in first place the
Olympic, games will officially end to
night, when the prize? won will be dis
tributed in the stadium in the presence
of the King of Sweden and members
of the royal family. The games have
been successful from everything but a
financial standpoint, and there Is noth
ing but congratulations for the manage
ment. The American margin, especially in
sofar as the real athletic events the
track and fMd contests are concerned,
If- so great that everyone connected with
the team Is being showered with con
gratulations. America s. nred in only one of the
Wg running events today, the MOO
mtter team race where tha American
(Continued on Page Nine.)
IT
SPUR! SOON ENOUGH,
All Finished Fresh Except Two,
Waving Their Hands to
Friends in Stadium,
By Howard Valentine.
(Copyright, 191!. by the Associated
. Newspapers. )
Stockholm. July 15. The members of
the American team today are holding
post niortems over the Marathon race
in which South African runners took
first and second places. Third place
went to the Cnlted States through the
v.onderful work of Gaston .Strobino of
South Paterson, N. J.
Tbe athletes are unanimous In de
claring that the Americans stayed back
too lone tn the 25 mile race, the
I'nlted States entrants were seven min
utes behind the leaders at the 12 mile
post and the pace was not fast.
All the Americans except 8mith, who
finished fifteenth; and Stroblno, finished
fresh, waving their hands to the Ameri
can section as they passed.
John J. Gallagher of Vale, who fin
ished seventh, was Ui good trim when
he crossed the line. He made a great
sprint at the finish. "covering the last
five miles In 27 minutes and without
doubt would have won had he let him
self dut earlier in the race. Neither he
nor the Americans who follewed him to
the stadium were tired. All walked to
their iresslng rooms.
The South Africans who finished first
and second were carried off, having
collapsed as they crossed the finish
line.
- Strobino and Smith were practically
wncoasciou e-tlroU-. Xeat w h - Uiy
-AlllipiiBU.
' Mj:Arthur the winner, probably will
toxfn professional for a world tour.
Vaudeville ..ianngera are after him -for
an appearance In New York tola fall.
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George rfiijbrook, Ortxoiy. Who
first cattte jnto proriaratPa-
clfic university, For6t Clrore, 'and
later ' became a student , at Whit
man college, Walla Walla, Wash.,
following which he went to Notre
Dame and became a national char
acter as-an athlete. In the high
jump at Stockholm he cleared the
bar at 3! 10 45, ami beat, ull the
nil round men ' in the discus,
which lie hurled 37 metre 50 cen
timet res. From his work he stands
a good chance to win points for
America la Hie event.
F
HEAT OF MARATHON
South African Sprinters Have
Much Best of Race Because
of High Temperature,
By Johnny Hayes, Winner 1908
Olympic Marathon, London.
(Copright, l!1 hy the. 1'nited Press
Associations.)
rnlte1 I'rp., Ix-n-d Wire.)
Stockholm, July 1."). The heat cooked
the Americans In the Inratlion here. It
was South Africa's day. Americans can
not run in such heat. Indeed, the mn
from all the cold countries wilted. The
(older the country, the wnr.e Its ath
letes failp.l in the race. I'nder the with
ering sun, Kolehmainen, the star Fin
lander, was no better than our tall
endert.
. Imagine the surprise of Ryan, sup
posedly on 4f the strongest competi
tors in tb-corXest, when he dropped
out at Turelerg, nine miles from the
finish, to see such h dtstlnguishcr
gathering lying wrapped in blankets on
the grass as Kolehmainen, t'orkery, the
Canadian star, Ahlgren, the Swedish
hope, (ireen, the English champion, and
Barrett, another Britisher, who was ex
pected to finish In the front rank of
the runners. The whole party was car
ried into Stockholm In an automobile.
In such terrific heat as Sunday's here,
a Marathon race is a disgrace to civil
ization. Seventy-five men Brove them
selves to a state of insanity. Only 3.'i
wero able to finish, and most of them
were demented. The temperature was
nearly 100, and stories of many run
ners' sufferings, and wltat they , did. In
their delirium are too gruesome to be
related. One person Is dead and an
other dying from the heat today. The
American runners' stamina almost sur
passed belief.
The heat affected he men's qilnd.
six miles from-the ftnlah. Lllley, who
had come up from 20 to sixth, began
walking and begged all the other con
testants, with tears in his eyes, to walk.
Everyone of our men has a atory to
tell of losing his head. As McArthur
passed op his return towards the etadl-
tmrh wurenitnrTnnr'ffidu'ni like
a mad dog. And McArtiiur id used to
running In the heat.
. Strobino,. who la a 13.50 mochino ap-
(Continued 'on Page Nine.)
RUNNERS
1 OLD
COUNTRIES SUFFER IN
PROMINENT BUSINESS
MEN
CHARGED WITH
FLEECING FEEBLE MAN
Elwood Wiles Alleges Huston,
Honeyman Et al Conspired
Against Race Track Owner,
Sensational allegations nf a con
spiracy by which, It is charged, ad
vantage was taken of the enfeebled con
ditlon of A. R. Diamond, real estate man
and former wu :Hnowa qorseraan, in
caiSr gtt rjisposa of valuatol real
eslate luig8 comprising a great part
of what 'i-as the old lrvlngton Vace
track, for a mere portion of their true
value, are made against prominent Port
land bualness men in a suit filed today
by Elwood Vile.
Among the defendants, as members of
the Prospect Park company and tha
Realty Associates, who are declared to
have furthered the conspiracy against
Diamond, are S. B. Huston, prominent
attorney and Republican politician;
Thomas V. Honeyman, president of the
Honeyman Hardware company, and R.
D. Inman, millionaire lumberman. The
Merchants Savings and Trust company,
Arthur C. Kmnions attorney. F.va
VV'entherred, stenographer, and Adeliiu
Rogers are alto named as defendants.
The action is said to be aimed par
ticularly at Honeyman and Huston, In
man being only Involved as head of the
company.
Trustee Atked.
In his suit, Wiles, through his at
torney, Lawrence A. McNarv, asks
among other things that the Realty Asso
ciates company, to walch Diamond's
holding:! were transferred, be made a
trustee of all the real property involved,
to thoid the same In trust for the
(Continued on Page Nln.)
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Hill's East Side Plan of Ter
minal Development to 'Be
, Surpassed by the Harriman
Lines, Is Credible Report.,
SPROULE'S VISIT OF
MUCH IMPORTANCE
Department Heads Refuse to
Affirm Report; Electric
Train Service Planned.
That the Southern Pacific intends a
terminal development in Portland sur
passing, if possible, tne eat side plan
of the Hill lines; that electrification ot
Southern Pacific lines in Oiegoti so e.-
tensie as to make the Fourth street
projtct but a small unit, is propot;td,
and that President Sproule of the South
ern Pacific is in Portland not merely to
look over the lines," but to epprove a
transportation scheme Involving the in
vestment of $3,'l)n,mio to uco, Out), are
unofficial but cridiblu ivpui la i:i rail
road circles today.
Since his arrival here Saturday Presi
dent Sproule Inis spent his time in clone
conference with department heads', yes
terday in an uiito;intile he nisOc n ex
tensive tour of the city, t.sltiiiH es
pecially the Southern Pacific properties
on- the southeast side wn.re, report has
it, the terminal will be located.
The terminal plan i.s curiously inler
wovMi with the railroad construction
east from Vale and Ontario to a junction
with the Natron cutoff, which, it Is
said, will he at Udell, Twelve hundred
men are working with the greatest pos
sible speed building the grade from,.
Vale and Ontario toward Burns and
Udell. Completion of the road, across
the interior will mean not only trans
portat km relief for -the newy bvelopd
dlstricts, but such a routing of through
service as will hring Portland trains on
the new Hue, at Ihe same 'time permit
ting San- Kraneisco business to go
through on the south without passing
through Portland. Under such a rout
ing trains will come in from the south
and terminal facilities on the southeast
ssldQ will be greatly needed.
Opxotxl. and f arrall Hold Coafersnos.
.The definite side of this plan is un
derstood to have been expressed in a
lung conference between President
Bproule of the Southern Pacific and
President Farrell of the O.-VY. R. & N.
this morning. This conference is said
to have had as subject a schedule ar
rangement, although its purpose was
not given out.
The report is further that the electri
fication scheme involves securing the
Fourth street franchise as soon us pos
sible and t lie electrifying f the line
through the Tualatin valley at th"
earliest possible date. But in addition
there is said to he a plan for electri
fication of the Jefferson street line
through the district thai could be prof
itably served with quick suburban serv
ice, also an east side electrification that
will give quick transit bewteen Port
land" and Salem and ultimately to Al
bany and Eugene, this scheme not be
ing permitted to interfere with through
steam train service.
Since his nrrivni in Portland Presi
dent Sproule has been exceedingly non
committal. Ills statement that he is
merely making his monthly trip over
the lines Is not he!icvej to coincide
well with his unusually long May m
Portland and his announced plan for
(Continued on Page Two.)
HOW ABOUT ROOM
Twer Mexican Cities and Many
Smaller Towns Wrecked
and Half Submerged De
tails Slow in Coming. s
GREAT DANGER IS FAMINE;
CROPS ARE SWEPT AWAY
Thousands of Peons Wander
Through Streets Robbing
and Looting.
(Uoltfd Preoi leased Wire.)
Mexico City, July 15. A Special
meeting of the cabinet with President
Madero was called today, and it is prob
able thut federal troops will immedi
ately be rushed to the state of Guana
juato, where cloudbursta have wrecked
two cities und many miialler towns.
Incomplete reports declare t'.iat prob
ably luoo persons lost their lives while
Hie property damage will reach J 10,
ooo.uoo. Sanger Now la Famine.
The greatest danger now is of famine,
and the government plans to rush relief
trains to the scene. All crops within
area of 1UU0 niuat c miles have bet n
swept away, food stuffs in the larger
cities and illages were ruiritd by the
waters and the greatest suffering has
resulted. Over 'iln laborers have al
reudy been sent from here to aid In
clearing the debris from the larger cit
ies, but Willi their arrival today word
was immediately sent back to Mexico
City to send no more men until food
wijs f urnl.shed, as there was no way
of feeding the imported laborers.
Probably the worst conditions exists
at Guana Juanato, the capital of the state,
uiiw.il 1mui..4ii Mrtick' by pioudborst
within the past f.-w days. The entire
country surrounding the city is sub
merged. Half oftlie-city was washed
away. The electric light plant wus put
out of commission and since then the
city has been in total darkness al night.
Peons Wander In Streets.
Thousands of peona are wandering
Uifougli the afreets, in seatch of food,
and are robhln? and looting. Women
and children are without clothing vr
food. Telegraph facilities have been
badly crippled by the flood, and only
meager reports have been received.
It Is feared that, n hen communica
tion is reestablished, It will be found
that additional hundreds have died from
hunger and exposure.
SEMINARY PROFESSOR
DIES BY DROWNING
(t'liltrd Press fused tVlre.l
Berkeley, Cal , July 1 5 Dr. C. F.
Nash, president of the Pacific Theolog
ical seminary, Is on his way to Kelsey
ville. Lake county, to bring back the
body of Dr. George Castor, a professor
in the seminary, who was drowned yes
terday near there. No details of the
drowning were given.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
INDORSES FREEMAN
lnltfd Fw I.eed Wire.)
Wnshtngton. July 1 n The senate
Judiciary committee voted today to
recommend the confirmation of the nom
ination of J, V. Kieeman to be. United
Pt.itcs district attnrnev in Montana.
FOR THE LADY?
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iMIhs Jennie Crocker.
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Alarmed by Threatening Let
ters. Miss Jennie Crocker
Calls Detectives to Estate,
U'lilted Press Leased Wlre.
Hillsboro, Cal. July 15. Alarmed, It
is reported, by anonymous letters
threatening her life on the eve of hor
marriage to the Massachusetts million
aire, Malcolm Whitman, Miss Jennie
Crocker, California's richest heiress, to
day placed her estates under the closest
police surveillance. Detectives are on
guard at all gates whlcn mark en
trajicrs to the grounds. Even trades
men are not allowed to enter, leaving
their wares at the gates, to be carried
half a mile to the Crocker mansion by
trusted employes.
Miss Crocker's $60,000 wedding takes
place tomorrow. Meanwhile the young
heiress is accompanied wherever she
goes by plain clothes men. A number
of these will be scattered through the
fashionable Episcopal church In San
Mateo when Bishop William Ford
Nichols performs the ceremony, and also
will attend the wedding celebration, be
ing Introduced as guests. The invited
guests, whose Invitations will be closely
pcrtit'nlzel. number 300.
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HEIRESS GUARDS SELF
AAINS
VIOLENCE 0
EVE F WEDDING
One Man Is Dead and Two
Men Are Missing; Five Hun
dred Families in. Poor Quar-
'. ter Rendered Homeless. . -
STORM PURELY L0CAU -"
RADIUS ABOUT 20 MILES
Comes Suddenly in Wake of
Sultry Morning; Pleasured
Seekers Caught. "
(United PrM Leised Wire.) 1
Denver, July 15. At noon today
Maj or " "Arn'oTd "whs " notified that tha .
waters of Castlewood Lakes, impounded "
by Castlewood dam, 80 miles north of
here, are rising rapidly and that tha
dam threatens to go out at any moment.
If the dam shouW collapse It would ,
sweep a torrent of water down upon
Denver, far greater than that which ' '
struck the city Sunday. This would
create enormous damage.
The dam la ono of the largest In tha
world.
The dam supplies the city of Denver "
with much of its water. Cherry Creek .
Is the natural outlet of this mammoth -reservoir,
and walla of water would
sweep everything before them should
the dam break. People living along
Cherry creek from Castle Rock to Den
ver were warned this afternoon to niova
out immediately. -
Denver, Colo., July 15. Although tha
police early today expressed the fear "
that a dozen or more persons were
drowned in the cloudburst and flood
which swept Denver yesterday, there. .
was confirmation of the death of only
one man. Two men are missing and a :
woman and a boy were seen to fait into- -
the fldo3. -Thft flbod district lias not yet"
been thoroughly examined, however, antt:i
other fatalities- may be revealed before '
night. The property loss will run be .
twecn $1,000,000 and $4,000,000, accord-" '
ing to today's estimates.
The flood was the most terrific in "V
Denver's history as a large city, the
only acpurge' comparln. with it being "'
a flood in 1SB4. which killed many per
sons. The storm, which came In the
wake of a sultry morning-,' fl Id not ei-
tend beyond a radius of 20 miles. About
3 p. m. the sky suddenly turned pitchy
black, there was a flash of lightning :
and a terrific cloudburst, water falling
in solid Bheets. For 'AO minutes the
rainfall continued. Ir. the first 10
minutes the precipitation was 1.6 inches,
and nearly one inch more fell during the
remaining period of the rain. v
Pleasure Sseksrs Are Drenched. '
Thousands of Sunday pleasure seelteri :
were caught unsheltered In the parka '.
or marooned In the streets in automo-1'-blles.
With the cloudburst, a high wall
of water rushed down Cherry creek, and
that ordinarily peaceful stream quickly 1
became a raging torrent. Every down-
town street from the state capltol west
and north, was flooded over the curb-
stones, and water stood a foot deep on -the
floor of the union depot, which la in
the lower part of town. A four mlle
area in the business and poorer resi
dence districts was inundated. 500 fam-!
ilies botng rendered homeless.
Immediately after the flood "'Mayor'--""
Arnold threw open the Auditorium to
the homeless, and they are being cared
for there. -L- '
Wator Wall Comes Sown Creek.
The greatest damage did not come "
until a wall of water rushed down-
Cherry creek. This was caused by a
cloudburst at Sullivan, Colo. It swept
through the poorer residence districts
with . terrific : force.- destroying-homes
like houses of cards. So great was the -watei"a
force that, for a tlme,itira'rJ
feared a walled embankment running
along the creek at the city hall would
be washed away and the city hall would
be destroyed. The wall stood the strain,
however. ,
Deaths so far reported were In the .
lower residence districts. Zoe Wallace
and an unknown boy were seen to fall :
into the rushing torrent, and are sup
posed to have drowned. The body of
man was found under 10 feet of debrla
along the railroad tracks today. .
Four Are Drowned Near Alton.
III.; Ten Inches of Rainfall
Covers Towns. l"
nniu! Pret I.mi4 W1n. . '
St. Louis, Mo.. July 15. Estimates
today place the damage in St. Louie and
vicinity at $1,000,000 as tha result of
the rain and wind storm yesterday. Four
persons were drowned near Alton, 111.,
when the waters swept through . two
homes.
Mrs. Francis McGulre. her 1-year-oM
son; Archie Boise, 30, and Esther Moss,
35, were swept through the windows .pf
the houses and drowned. In 6 1. Louis
3.1 Inches of rain fell tn half an hour.
Streets in many, parts of the city were
flooded. ,i )::., ;
At Alton the gaa plant was put eat
of commission and the city wae In
darkness last night. All street were
Hooded and William Nacey swum from
house to house, smashing in window
and warning the inmates to flee for
their lives. Women ana children wre
carried from houses by men arid placet
in Boat, -while wag -mf wsor-tre-.
feet high was racing1 thrftuth the ton.
Granite Cltvv Edwardsrll and out ¬
points near 8T? LouU. were l f
fcted. It Is estimated that, mot thu.i
to Inches ot rain ftli at tnta t r.t.
WIND AND RAINSTORM
DOES MILLION DOLLAR
DAMAGES IN ST. LOUIS
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