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jMWDKOJtD, OUKdOKTrKSDAV, .Jl'lyV 11,1011.
No. 94.
PORTLAND, OREGON, AFTER A SPIRITED CONTEST,
CAPTURES 1912 CONVENTION OF THE B. P. O. ELKS
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OREGON
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Nil
Seattle Is One of the Contestants (or
tlio Honor, hut the Orcjjou Metrop
olis Carries Off First Honors In
Spirited Flht.
MEANS MUCH TO ALL
SECTIONS OF THE STATE
Oregon Will Receive Advertising, of
Inestimable Value at Hands
of Elks.
TO INSI'LCT PANAMA CANAL
r' i
COMMISSION IS
VISITING DAMS
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J . July 1 1
I'orllnml (OntKOit) today won tho
flKlil for VAV' convention illy. Tim
national cotivinilloii (if (In order horn
today decided In favor of tint Oregon
iiiiiriiolln after a nplilli'il content hi
which Health wiim u ciintcHtaiit.
All (if Pacific Count Elkdoui In re
joicing today at thu fact that the
Oii'Koii tuctropollH, which, lu an Ideal
convention city, wiih MiicrtiKHfnl In ltn
two )i'iir flKlit to "en ro thu 1UI2
i-ini)tiitloii of tlio (inter.
Tin chonaliiK of Portland nieiiim
much to I Ik- enllrn Htato for next
)'nr from all mutluim of tin- United
Htattrt, i:ikt will flock to thin utate.
Tlio amount of utlvorllHlug to lie do
rlvetl from Midi n i;at!terltiK In of
untold vnliio,
N'uU yiar tho lonil IiuIko of L'lkit
will charier a xperlal train and In
vnde Portland Theio will lie one lib;,
Kiand time for nil
ENGLAND TAKES
GREAT MEET
Americans Fall to Win International
Games as Expected Gcorye Put
nam Wins Hammer ThrowYale
Man Second.
Major Gnu. Leonard vopp
Major (iouoinl Leonard Wood,
chler of Mart of the army. Ih plan
iiIiik to accompany Mr HIIiiimoii, hcc
retary of war, to nl'naiiiit on the tilp
wlilcli Im expects lo ttiko only In
July. Tlio pnigrciM of work on tlio
canal will lie liiMpecti'il and Major
(Jeueral oW'oil Ih anxious to iihi how
tho beginning of tint foitlflcalloii
work i;etH aloiiK
WRECK PROBE"""
IS UNDER WAY
Federal Board Starts Investiijatinn
of Wreck of Santa Rosa Captain
of Centralla Verifies Handling
Over Price.
Members of Ronuc Mivcr Fish Pro.
tcctlvc Association Are Entertain
ltij Men, Who Have Coinplctc Con
trol of State Fish and Game.
GAME WARDEN FINLEY
GIVES TALK ON BIRDS
Day Spent Visitinu Rotjuo River
Mcinhcrs Gaiiiinn Much
Information.
LONDON', July 11. -English ntli
IcIch limn O.xford mill Cuiubiidgo lo
iluy won the tt ii it 1 meet in competition
with tlui Yiiln iiml llaiMiiil ulan.
Tim American iilhlolcH hud been con
l'ideiit of victory.
The Qhcoii'h Club ginuinlx where
the meet wiih held, woic thronged li
(llle of Ihc greatest ciowd tlliil bus'
ever witnessed u similar event till
England,
(li'oi m 1'iitiiiiin of Knnsns, ii
Hlnnles scholar ut (hfoiil, won lor
England in Hie Iinuiuier lliiow with
1 r 1 I'ei-I 5 inches. Childn, Yule, wiih
Heciiiid,
ChiHlnilm of Yule won the l0
yuii liuiilli'H in .pi li-fi seconds.
Cuuriidil of Yule won the high
jiini willt ft feel II ILK inches. Mur
ker of Hamuli wiih second. In
practice lulor Cuiifield oloiiiod (I IVct
:i-K inch,
Tim hnlf-inilo run wiih won by
Poehol of 1 1 ur va nl in 1 :."i(l 1-fi. An
derson of Oxford wiih second.
McMillan of Cambridge won Ihc
100-yiird (IiihIi in 10 1-fi seconds."
Iloldcn of Yule wiih hccoiiiI.
llohlcii, Yule, won the lirond juinpi
wiih 22 fcul I) iiielum, iiml Poller of
0.fonl won llto inilo run,
Brother Chnrllo Summoned.
WASHINGTON, 1). G July 11.
When tlio Iioiibo roimnltteo on ox
pcudltiiruH In tlio Interior depart
ment moots tomorrow to roHiinio Its
investigation of tlio Controller liny
entry, ChiirloH I, Tuft, Krunk II,
Hitchcock and Daniel Guggenheim
will lni uiiiiimouod liy Chairman
(liuliiiin. They will liu asked to tes
tify on (iioii(iiiih throwing fitrllior
1 let lit on tlm "Dliilc to Dick" letter
found In tlio fllea of the Interior do-purtiiumt.
HAN l-'KANUtKCO, Oil.. July II'.
Tlio catiKc of tlio wrock of the
Steamer Santa ItoKa and tlio roannn
for holding Hi piuuumgont In Jeopardy
on the vckhoI until Captain l'arhi de
cided (lint the utonuiir would ho de
Mtroitd Ih i today licltiK IhvontlKntcd
liy fi'deral liiNpectom of hulls and
liolterH HulKcr and IIoIIch. Tlio offl-
cliilx (if the Pacific CoaHt Steanmhlp
Company, which It Ik allowed, wired
Captain Karlii of the Santa Itonu to
iiHcertnlu what the trniiHfor of the
pitHMencern to the Centralla ami tho
Art:)le, which o8Ho1k wore lylnj; near
would cost, will testify today.
Captain Chnrltw A. ICrlcsoti or the
Stcamwhlp Centralla tentlfled that he
could huvo nod every life on tho
Santa ItoHa. He mild that the lat
ter vohhoI wiih doomed for nine liourc
"I i orel veil u UK'HHUKO nskliiK tho
price of trnnfcforrliiK." he hiiIiI, "And
I replied that the company would net.
tie that. After that no orders came.
I could huvo Haveil ono tlioiiBiiud
people "
Tlio state finh mid K'1"'" coininit--Hiou
in todny the mu'Ht of tho Ifoue
lfior Fii.li l'nituutivo nhhociuti mi
mill is heinc mIiouii nil matters of in
terest hIoiijj tho Kokuc, cHieciaM
the Kav und Anient diims, where tho
coiiiinihsinu will mtiko mi uictiv
tion mid such rL'comuiL'iidatioiiK .is
may lie nocded.
The commihhion, iieeouipanicd liy
Slate (luuie Wiirilen lluley und Mus
ter Kish Wiirih'ii Cluutoii, arrived
Monday exeuiiie; from Klamath Fall
whore they hint boon lonkin' over
fish mid i'iiiiw matters. On thoir ar
rival lieio they wore icn a buinpit't
at. the N'a-h Grill and entertained
Kciiurally by loeil sport Miien who
hae fish and 11110 iiiatlvrM very
iiiueli at licit) t.
In tint uvui'mik Oninu Warden Kin
IoyKav" a v,,r.V interoniiiij; talk on
birds at the Opera Hoiim. Ho ixiiut
t'd out their t'couomio aluo and said
in part:
"It is very important to this val
ley that birds that do.itroy fruit
poMs should bo prelected. Tho com
mission is particularly interested in
piopUKiitiou, lis well as protection,
and wo want to .sleek Ihc streams of
this htato with fish, so that the.y will
be plentiful , as they woro twenty or
thirty yea re uo.
"Salmon briui; between $1,000,000
mid .". 000,000 into tho state now.
'f are in favor of stookiuj; the
streams so (hat tho revenue, from
salmon will bo from $8,000,000 to
$10,000,000.
'Vu intend to mniiimo this mutter
011 a business busis and work in eon
junction particularly with tho fnnii
ers and sportsmen. Many of our
laws are antiquated and should be
roused. The luws should bo inudo
to more neatly coufniiu to the until
IPoiitlnui'il on lnir
D1IMANDS A SWhliPINO
ARMY INVLb'MCiATlO
M I III H.IMWIIJIHW
l'i mi 1 mil x
imumtt
CUUXJ& KA1IM V
Iteprem'titnttvo JuIIiib Knhn, of
California, wauttt i')iii;r033 to make
a general Investigation of tho United
Stales army to see hctlmr the money
appropriated for itis maintenance Is
IioIiik cconoinlcnll)' spi ut and wheth
er the army Ih lit condition to go to
war.
MAN
HO
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BE ONE WANTED
HERUCAUGHT
Chief of Police Is Advised That Man
With Much Jewelry and a Bad
Record Ks'3j Apprehended at
Portland.
GRATER LAKE
SEASON OPEN
First Automobile This Season Suc
ceeds in Gettina Within Two Miles
of Rim Roads Are Said to Be
Good.
TELEPHONE MEN MAKE
TRIP OVER MOUNTAINS
WOMAN ULPUTY SHERIFF. ,
I
In Ten Days It Will Be Possible to
Drive to Rim Snow Is Melt
ing Fast.
It is believed that Ihc second burg
lar who robbed the Noddy jewelry
store last week in this city lias been
captured at Portland. The police in
that city have picked up 1). J. (Irif
tlu, who has a prison record for
burglary, mid who had much jewelry
on him.
Chief of Police Ilitson received j
the follnwini: wire this afternoon:
Portland. ,lul 11. Chief of 1-'
lice, Medford, Or.: Have in custody
1). J. (Iriffin, who has done live
yea I- in San Qiiontiii for burglary.
Has in possession one Klks' breast
pin inscribed "Wife of mi Elk," one
Elk ehaiiu, two Elk buttons, one
Mooso pin, tine agate, two Masonic
charms, one charm Masonic and Odd
Fellow. s' combined, one cigar cutfer
charm, one IC. of P. charm. May
have come from Iedd.'s jewelry
(ContlmiisI on natrn I.)
The 1011 Crater Lake automobile
tourist season has opened. The first
machine of the season has made the
trip successfully, getting to the sec
ond bridge, or about two miles from
tlio lake, from where the visitors
walked to the rim. In ten dajs it
will be possible to drive to the rim.
C. H. Moore, district commercial
manager of the Pacific Telephone V
Telegraph company, J. If. Davies.
district plant superintendent and C.
E. Anderson, general foreman, reach
ed Medford yesterdny in seven boms,
from Camp Arant. They have, little
complaint to make regarding the
roads.
The party left Medford last Fri
day at lOfi a. m. and arrived at
Klamath Falls at S p. m. Tho road
from Ashland to Klamath. Falln,
they roort as being very steep and
rock- in some places but no trouble
was experienced. Tliev spent Satur
day in Klamath Falls and found the
roads near there in good condition
At (5 a. in. Sunday tho party left
Klamatlj falls and arrived at Camp
Arant at la noon. Hero they had
lunch, a mnn nnd wife being in
charge of the camp, and then started
to the lake. A number of huge
banks of snow were encountered but
they were able to get about two
miles above tho camp where they
had to leave the machine owing to
n large snow drift ranging in depth
from fivo to twelve feet. After this
there was no snow for over a mile,
then other largo drifts woro .found
on the last long grade before the
rim was reached. A great deal of
'snow was found about the rim, but
it is melting fast.
The lodge on tho rim will be open
bv July 15 when tho season will
open.
The party made fast time in com-
MISS MOLLIS SPICSa
Dutchess county In N'ew York state,
had never employed a woman deputy
sheriff until .Ilns Mollle Splcer waa
recently appointed, but Sheriff John
Townsend says he Is bo well satisfied
with the experiment that ho thinks
now ho will organize a corps of fem
ale assistants.
WHAPPY WILL BE
SENTENCED SOON
Seattle's Ex-Chief of Police Con
victed of Receiving a Bribe Will
Learn How Many Years He 'Has
to Serve Tomorrow.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 11. C. V
Wnppensteiu will be sentenced to
morrow by Judge Ronald, immedi
ately following tho disposition of a
motion for a new trial. Wappen
stein's attorneys argue that the con
viction of the former chief of police
came as a result of a "hurry up"
zeal on the part of the jurors to get
away for the Fourth of July, the ver
dict was returned at 11 p. in. on
July 3.
The penalty for receiving a bribe,
the crime for which Wappcnstein has
been convicted, is a penitentiary sen
tence up to ten years or a fine up to
$5,000, or both.
ing home. They left Camp Arant at
7:30 a. in. Monday making the run
to Medford in seven and one-half
hours and as they stooped for lunch
their actual running time was less.
Mr. Mooro is very enthusiastic re
garding tho trip. He drove from
Portland to Medford nnd says tho
best roads aro this section, and that
the scenery is wonderful. Ho will
attempt to get a number of members
of the Portland Automobile Club lo
make tho trip.
King George and His Consort Returning Along Pall Mall Following Crowning Ceremony
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GIRLS AR HELD
BY JUSTICE ON
MUR
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Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad
Must Face Trial Bond Fixed at
$5,000 Magistrate Says Stokes
Is Uncontradicted.
IN HOLDING GIRLS JUDGE
SAYS HE HAD NO OPTION
Elevator Boy Says Miss Graham
Told Him She Expected Visit
From Stokes.
NEW YORK, July 11. Declaring
that tho story told by Millionaire
W. E. D. Stokes of the attempt lo
kill him here, which ho said was
made by Lillian Graham and Ethel
Conrad, had been uncontradicted,
Magistrate Freschi today held both
girls to the grand jury on tho charge
of attempted murder and fixed their
bail at $5,000 each.
The magistrate said he had no op
tion in tho matter, 03 whatever tlio
relations between Stokes and tho
girls had been tho story of tho shoot
ing told by the millionaire still stood
unchallenged. Ho declared that the
theft of Stokes' letters from tho
apartment of the two girls should bo
thoroughly probed.
Stokes' attorney, A. H. Qleason,
testified before the conclusion of
Magistrate Freschi's hearing that a
detective had picked up tho letters
the girls claim have been stolen from
behind a trunk in their apartment.
Gleason said he made copies of them
and then handed them to the district
attorney.
Gleason admitted thnt on the day
of tho shooting Stokes told him thero
were valuable papers in tho flat and
urged Gleason to get them beforo tho
girls could hide them, but the lawyer
denied thnt he had "planted" the let
ters for tho detective to "find."
Wilbur Hnrt, an elevator boy in
the Veruna. apartment house, whero
Stokes wns shot, admitted that Lil
lian Graham told him on tho day of
tho shooting that sho expected
Stokes that night.
WRECK KILLS
5 NEAR DYKE
Madras Passenger Train on Oregon
Trunk Is Derailed One Instantly
Killed Others Die After They
Reach Hospital.
THEIR MAJESTIES' RETURNING ALONQf" PAL.LjV!Akkw
.
THE DALLES, Oro., July 11.
Five persons aro dead hero today as
a result of tho derailment of tho Mad
ras passongor train on tho Oregon
Trunk railroad, near Dyko, Oregon,
luto yesterday. Louis Rising store
keeper at tho Warm Sprluga Indiana
school, was Instantly killed, when tho
train, running at high speed, plungod
over an ombankment. Four othora
died In tho hospital today.
Tho dead:
LOUIS HISINO, Warm Springs.
MRS. LOUIS RISING, Warm
Springs.
MRS. J. W. RASMUSSBN. EHb-
worth, Wis. im
MRS. C. W. BAKER, Shorldan.
Oregon. 1 lwMttfl
O. T. ARTHUR, Soattlo, Washing-
ton.
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Little Girl Cremated.
SANTA UARBRPR, Cal.l July 11.
Holen Shumak, aged 3, daughter
of William Shumuk, capitalist, was
cremated horo today whon a flro do
btroyod tho Shumuk homo In Monteo
Ito a national suburb, Shumak was
painfully burned In an offort to save
his daughter.
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