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trrrr ; v " K .... T' 1 1 1 VOL. XXII. SALEM ORECW, SATURDAY, AUGUST tl, 1913. X). ISO.1 BE Plu.II IVOFJ HARD-FOUGIIT RAGE i,i A D E 305 "BIB lil ?G3 WAS DERGDOLL'S RACE UNTIL TIDE TROUBLE PUT HIM OUT III THE MIDDLE OF LAST LAP His Average Speed for Entire Distance Was 70 Miles an Hour Besides Winning the Big Leading Event, De Palma Also Won the Elgin Trophy Race--He Drove a Mercedes Car in Both Races--Crowd in Attendance Is Estimated at Above 75,000 Time of Last Race 223 Minutes, Dis tance 254 Miles. . Elgin, 111., Aug. 31. In one of the lardest fought events In thehlstory of " automobile racing, Ralph De Pal ma, driving a Mercedes car, won the "free for all event In the Elgin road races here today. De Palma bIbo won the Elgin trophy race. In the free for all race De Palma covered the 305 miles In 2G3 minutes and 36 seconds, an average of 70 miles an hour. Until the start of the last lirp the race belonged to Bergdoll, driving a Iienz car. Bergdoll was -forced out of the lead in the last lap ty tire trouble. . In the Elgin trophy race, 254 miles, Do Palmns time was 223 minutes and 20 seconds. Mulford was second. Berdoll was second In the free for -all race. Chandler, who succeeded Mulford, after the Elgin trophy race "had been run, web third. . Th'v shorter race was run at the name time of the tree for all. Mulford was second In the Elgin trophy event. THerz, In a Sutz car, was third. When this race was finished, Bergdoll was leading the free for all by five niln TUtes. He continued In the lead until the last lap, when tire trouble per mitted De Palma to forge to the front. The cars were sent away at inter nals of 30 seconds. The machines were timed Individually for elapsed time in each race, thus making It pos sible for one car to lead In the Elgin trophy race, and another In the free for all. 75,000 In Attendance. Elgin, 111., Aug. 31. Marked by perfect weather the second day of the annual Elgin automobile races opened today with two events slated on the program, the Elgin trophy race, a dis tance of 254 miles, and the free for all Tace, covering a distance of 305 miles. The two races were run simultane ously, entries In the longer event con- THE FLYING LEGION IN PORTLAND ICXITID FBUS LliSID WIHl.l Portland, Ore., Aug. 31. The "fly ing legion," of San Francisco, 85 strong, boosters of the Panama-Pacific International exposition in San Fran cisco in 1915, arrived in Portland to day. They were met at the depot by the Royal Rosarians, a Portland organi zation similar to the flying legion, and a large body of citizens, and were im mediately whirled around the city In automobiles for a sight-seeing trip. Rain prevented the carrying out of the program for outdoor speaking and drills by the Royal Rosarians. After the sight-seen)? trip the San Fran ciscans were taken to the Commercial club, where a lunch was served and speeches were made. Benjamin Ide Wheeler delivered the principal address. The visitors were to leave for San FranciBco on their special train this afternoon. Debi In Scuttle. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 31. Eugene V. Debs, socialist nominee for president. Is In Everett today, and will arrive In Seattle tonight Tomorrow he will address meetings at the Moore the atre and the Dreamland rink. tlnulng after the finish of the shorter one. Teddy Tetzlaff, the Los Angeles driver, was forced to withdraw from the free for all, owing to his car not being equipped with tires under con tract use. He was replaced by Hearn. Drivers Bruce-Brown, Hastings, Trussell and Whalen were scratched. Mulford was the first starter. In the Elgin trophy race the prize of $1500 will be split $1000 to the win ner, $300 to second place and $200 to third. In the free for all a prize of $2500 will be divided $1750 to the winner, $500 to Becond place and $250 to third. Hearn blistered his hands, after making three laps In the free for all race, and was forced to withdraw. Clark, driving a Mercedes, left the trick and plunged Into the section of the field In which the spectators' mas! chines were parked. No one was In jured, but Clark was compelled to withdraw from the race. DePalma, Bergdoll and Mulford were loading at this stage of the free for all. All the drivers had, lowered the one-lap record, Bergdoll's time be ing the best, 6:40 for the eight miles. Bergdoll dashed Into the lead during the eleventh lap. In the Elgin trophy race De Palma was leading, with Mulford second. Bergdoll' record for the 8 Yi -mile course waB 6:15. The best previous record was made by Mulford last year In the fourth lap of the free for all race De Palma was second and Mul ford third. The positions In the Elgin trophy race remained unchanged. Bergdoll's average Bpeed up to this time was 72.6 miles an hour, a little better than three miles an hour faBter than the previous average of 69 miles The crowd In attendance at the meet today Is estimated at 75,000 persons, WILL BEAT THE COORT Marion ranks next to Multnomah county In appeals, according to the new supreme court calendar which bas just been completed by Deputy Clerk Benson. There are 125 cases on the new cal. endar and 73 of tlipm are from Multno mah county. Marion comes next with 10, other counties ranging from four down to oho each. One of the cases which has hung fire In the court for some time Is that of Secretary of State Olcott against State Printer Dunlway. This suit was commenced for the purpose of ejecting the state printer from the capltol building but has been pending In the court now for over a year. As it is numbered 42 on the calendar It Is likely that, before a decision Is reached In it that the additional capltol build ing will have been completed and quarters will then be provided there for the state printer's plant. AUTO HIT BT TRAIN AND THREE KILLED Chicago, Aug. 31. Three persons are reported to have been killed at Wheaton, III., today when an automo bile speeding to the Elgin races was struck by an electric car. The names of the victims have not been learned. UTES Prostrated by Heat. Columbus, O., Aug. 31. Every ambulance In Columbus was call ed to the athletic field of the Ohio State University this after noon to care for between 50 and 75 persons who were prostrated by the heat. Most of the victims were women and children, who massed in the field witnessing a children's pageant, the closing feature of the Ohio centennial celebration. SHELTON RESIGNS POSITION AS DISCIPLINARIAN AT REFORM " SCHOOL, AND SO DOES CHESTER CANNON THEY CANNOT GET ALONG WITH SCI'EHINTENDENT HALE. Roecoe Shelton, for the past three or four years disciplinarian at the Ore gon Industrial school, has resigned, and It has come as a complete Bur prise, not only to the general pub lic, but als. to the members of the state board, for, despite the fact that that the law Invests them with supremo power to appoint the superintendent for the Institution, and all subordi nates, and also to prescribe the rules and regulations, none of them,, when questioned this morning, were aware that Shelton had resigned, or that any other changes had been made. Inability to work In harmony with the newly-appointed superintendent, W. S. Hale, is the reason for the res ignation of Shelton. and It Is under stood other employes o' the Institu tion are contemplating resigning for the same reason. There has been one other resignation Chester Cannon, as farmer, but Hale declares that he had tendered his resignation before he was appointed superintendent The main thing upon which Hale and Shelton could not agree was the former's action in abolishing corporal punishment at the institution. Shelton is declared to have rebelled against It, and just a few days before his resig nation went Into effect, because Hale saw fit to call him down for punish ing an inmate, he bid farewell to the school, and since then has not been connected wl;h It. Superintendent Hale, shortly after his assuming charge of the lnstltu of Intoxicants or tobacco by employes would be allowed. He says this was not made applicable to any one, but made a general rule, and It Is said that the Innunendo contained In it was resented by the employes. Hale would not dlBcuss the situation any further than to say that Shelton and he could not agree upon the dis cipline in the school. Neither would Shelton discuss it. further than to say that he resigned because of failure to work In harmony with the superintendent, and that he understood others were considering taking similar steps. G. I. Stnhl, of Portland, and former ly a teacher at the school, has been appointed to succeed Shelton, and Herbert C. Davis, also a teacher, to succeed Cannon. Whether the state board, now that It is advlBed that changes have been made In the staff of the cshool, and also In the rules and regulations, will ratify them, remains to be seen. Killed Ity Farmer. Cobden, Ont, Aug. 31. Grant Ap pleby, aged 27, a student In attendance at the Ontario veterinary college, Tor onto, who was spending his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tling. Appleby, Ross township, was mur dered last night In front of his pa rents' home, being stabbed twice in the heart by "Wild Pete" Collins, a farmer of the district. Collins made his escape, and, al though posses have been out for hours, no trace of him has yet been found. He Wont Gel It, i New York, Aug. 31.' "If PreBl- dent Wood of the American Woolen company la guilty as charged In the grand jury Indict- niont ho Is In the same category with the McNamaras and merits the'sume punishment," This was the comment here to day of Detective William J. Burns on the arrest of Wood for alleged conspiracy in an attempt to discredit Lawrence strikers by "planting" dynumltoj HED HOT Most Prominent Labor Leaders of San Francisco and Hun dreds of Cheering Working men Met Him at Steamer. IS ORATOR FOR LABOR DAY' Greeted by Brans Hand Playing "The Jfiirsolllulso" as Ho Left the Steam, cr Ills Wife Accompanied Him and Until, Tlioiigu Tired, Were Highly Weascd nt Tuclr Reception Auto, mobile Parade Accompanied t His Hotel. , 1- , San Francisco, Aug." 31. Greeted by a brass band playing "The Mar Belllalss" a score of the moat prom inent labor leaders of San Francisco and hundreds of cheering worklngmen Clarence Darrow, who was recently acaultted of brlbbery In connection with the McNamara trial, arrived here today by a steamer from Los Ange les. Darrow will be the orator of the day next Monday at the labor celebration at Shell Mound Park here. He seemed very tired, but happy at the reception he received at the wharf. Accom panied by his wife, two close men friends and MIbs Mary Field, a writer, Darrow was escorted to his hotel by an automobile parade, led by the band Darrow declined to make any state, ment as to his second trial, set for October 21, In Los Angeles, on an in dictment charging the bribery of Rob ert F. Rain, a Juror In the McNamara trial. All he would say was ' I am ready. The battle for the uplift of la bor will be a long and hard fight." Frequent cheering marked the pro gress of Darrow's automobile from the wharf to his hotel. Commenting upon the arrest of William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen company, on a charge of conspiracy in "planting dy namite during the Lawrence, Mass., textile strike, Darrow said: "Of course, I do not know whether William M. Wood planted that dyna mite or not. It Is more than likely that It was 'planted' than that any la that It was planted' than that any la boring man Intended to use this meth od. I don't know wnat chance tliife will be to convict Wood. Neither do I care. The labor question cannot be settled by liis conviction, Neither can It be settled by courts nor jails nor penitentiaries, and until It Is settled, Incidents like this are bound to oc cur." HOLDING IT AI'TOISTS PROVES I'KOUT WII.K frilTTn rxK" l.KAurn vvr. San Francisco. Aug. 31. Ily placing obstructions In the road three automo bile bandits held up the car driven by Frank Fries, son of William Fries, president of tho California Fruit Can ners' Association, who was accom panied by Phillip Mudsoii of the brok erage firm of Hutro and company In Golden Gate park and secured $500 here early today. The robbers escaped. prU t Lord-hip. f united rnrq i.iro h,rs1 Galway, Ireland, Aug. 31. Dy the death today of Lord Grey De Ruthyln, the title and estates will pass to his brother, Cecil Clifton, a ranchman of Montana. 0 l"! 1" UELCOH JUDGE TAiiES ORDERS THE BAGY TO BE Four Hit? SteamerH. Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 31. Within the past few 'days four large now steamers have boon ordered by the Royal Mall Steam Packet company and the vessels will be used for the proposed Bervlee tf the company botwecn Vancouver and the United Klng- doin via the Panama canal. Each vessel will be 650 feet In longth and will be strictly modern throughout. WANTS TO BE POT OUT OF HER MISERY M ItS. SARAH HAKIMS, AN INCUKA IILE PARALYTIC, WANTS LAW PASSED PERMITTING DOCTOHS TO PIT HER TO DEATH. ONITSD rMSS UIABID WIKI.1 New York, Aug. 31. The legal and moral Issues of euthanasia are pre' sontod to the people of New York state here today by Mrs. Sarah Harris, an Incurable paralytic, who asks for (lie enactment of a law which would permit a physician to ena nor suiror Ing by death. Mrs, Harris Is a patient at the Au dubon sanitarium. ParalyBls had stricken her every faculty save brain and speech. Physicians admit their helplessness In Mrs. Harris' case, as serting It may be years before she dies. "When a brute of the lowest animal kingdom," says Mrs. Harris, la her appeal, "Is suffering It is killed and put out of misery. But a cruel order forces humnn beings to live to suffer. I seek a law which would permit phy sicians to kill any person Incurably effected who prefers death to a life of suffering." Superintendent Lloyd of the Audu bon sanitarium says ho Is inclined to favor the law if it could bo safeguard ed and restricted. He feared, however, it would open an avenue to make mur der easy. Lloyd expressed deep sym pathy for Mrs. Harris. , Rogers' Widow Dead. New York, Aug. 31. Mrs. H. H. Rog ers, widow of the Standard Oil mag nate, died suddenly on a New York Central train yesterday. She was eu route from Hrenton Woods, N, H., to this city. Mrs. Rogers was seized with a faint ing spell In the dining car and fell from her seat to the floor. Trainmen gave her what aid they could, but she did not rally. She died as the train was entering the Grand Central sta tion. KUKGLARS ARE III SV MAKE TWO HAULS IjiHt night thieves broke into the cigar and confectionery store of H. Hays at 440 Court street and stole a quantity of cigars, knives and razors. Tills morning a young man appeared at one of tho homes In that neighbor hood to secure a suit case to carry the articles away and this led to his Iden tity. Ho was arrested and now the liollco are looking for his partner. Almut $110 or $10 worth of goods went titolen. (Burglar broke into the sporting goods store of Watt Shlpp last night and stole between $fi anil $7 in cash and a revolver. Otis mil Not Talk. f IIKITKD YYTMH LKASHO WIKI.I l Angeles, Cal., Aug. 31. General Harrison Grey Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, whose building was dynamited by the McNamaras, re fused today to comment on the Indict ment of President Wood of the Amer ican Woolen company In Boston. Otis explained that he was not sufficiently familiar with the facts concerning the Wood Indictment to offer a statement at present. ID!! H CAMERON RETAINS OFFICE AND ESTERLY WILL HOLD JOD AS A SPECIAL PR0SEC0T0R Judge McGinn Holds That Cameron Is Still District Attorney, But Esterly Can Act as Special Prosecutor for the Gover nor, and Each Is to Have Charge of the Grand Jury in Turn Every Other Week--Cameron and the Governor Are Both Satisfied, Which Shows McGinn, as Did Solomon, Under stands Men. Portland, Ore., Aug, 31. George J. Cameron, though removed from office by Governor West, still is district at torney of Multnomah county, accord ing to a ruling of Judge McGinn, in the the circuit court today, Judge McGinn also ruled that II, M. Ester ly, appointed by Governor West to succeed Cameron, while not district atttorney, Is special prosecutor, with full authority to conduct an investi gation for Governor West, lu the lut tor's crusade against vice In Port land. The court's ruling was made In connection with the quo warranto pro ceedings brought by Cameron to have Esterly declared oustod from the of fice of dlstrlot atttonioy,' and himself declared the legal occupant of that office. The ruling satisfied both Cameron and Govornor West. Judge McGinn decided both Cameron .and Enterly should be vested with authority to conduct grand jury Investigations. One shall be allowed to conduct the grand Jury one week and the oth er the next Immediately on the ren dering of the decision Cameron rushed Into the grand jury room, and took charge of that body. The court did not go Into the legal phases of the question deeply, He said he thought Governor West ''acted hastily' In removing Cameron, and POSTPONED RATE RAISE Washington, Aug. 31. A proposed advance of freight rales on certain commodities from Atlantic ports to Pacific terminals was bold up today n y the Interstate commerce commis sion. The vigorous protests of ship pers caused tho commission to sus pend the higher rates from taking ef fect September 2 until December 31, The commodities Involved Includo furniture, glass, automobiles, petro leum products, plumbers materials, stoves and all sorts of vehicles. The proposed Increase vary from 10 to 7f cents per 100 pounds. WEALTHY CIIIXAMAX IS FOUND DEAD (ONIAD PBM I.EASID Willi. 1 New York Aug. 31. Dr. F. K. Toiig. olio of the wealthiest and most Influ ential Chinese In the country, a grad uate of Columbia University, wns found denil here today, seated in the window of his lliirlem apartment, lie. side It 1 in were several undeveloped photographic negatives. The police, suspect f in 1 play, and an autopsy has been ordered to deter mine the ciiiiso of dealh. A safe In the room containing valuable jewelry mid papers was undisturbed. The Cloned PustofflrcH. I IIMITftD 1'KKKN MIASM) Willi 1 Washington, Aug. 31. The new postoffics regulation discontinuing de livery of mall at the carriers' and special delivery windows of city of fices on Sunday will go Into effect to morrow. !n order to learn how the plan Is working, Postmaster-Genera! Flank II. Hitchcock today Instructed postmasters In tho principal cities throughout the country to make a spe cial report to ti i in on the results. SILKM CUT KJ Tl7i that the interests of the community would be best served by Cameron's be ing retalued In office, with Easterly acting independently as a special pros ecutor. Judge McGinn characterized thb old statute, under which Governor' West removed Cameron, bocause oC Cameron's alleged failure to furnish, data In a pardon application case as. deadwood." He said Governor Wesb was absolutely without authority tot remove Cameron, Govornor WeBt today opened war on the liquor Interests, lie addressed an open lettor to the "liquor dealers of Oregon" warning them that salon of liquor to "blind pigs" and houses off prostitution would be considered a, public nuisance and all dealers guilty of making these sales would be pro ceeded against civilly and crlirL'ally. The governor addressed anothst-t-v-on letter to tho "common carrlorw jc Oregon,", notifying thorn that thcj transporting liquor into dry territory would be prosecuted and the liquor seized. That the govornor might begin a fight on the sheriff's office was indi cated when he sent Sheriff Stovens a lettor enclosing a copy of the recent Portland vlco commission report re marking It contained Information that "might be valuable to officers desir ing to enforce the law." OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN THE CASE unitid rams Minin wiiii, Washington, Aug, 31. Officials of the department of justice are showing considerable Interest In the charge that President William M. Wood, of the American Woolen company was Involved In the "pluntlng" of dynamite at Lawrence, Mass., for the purpose, of compromising labor lenders during a strike In the woolen mills there. United States District Attorney French, of Boston, Is investigating an alleged shipment of dynamite lost Jan uary. Tho dynamite was found tied to the trucks of a car In Pliiladelphla. Tho cur contained a shipment from Vermont and has passed through Lawrence. At the time the exploslvo was discovered It wns charged that the strikers had placed It on tho car trucks. Poor Way to Fight Children. Pittsburg. Aug. 31. "There have been but few worse tilings in this ui rlil tluin fighting women and chil dren with dynamite," said William l. Haywood, labor leuiler. hero today in commenting on tho indictment In Cos Ion of Wllllnm M. Wood, president of the American Woolen company. "Wo liad nut entertained any hope that tin) officials of tho woolen company would be Indicted. 'Things have turned out much better than we expected." Lawyer tines to Pen. DNITID noil MSAMU Willi ) Vancouver, H. C, Aug. 31. Convict ed of having obtained a sum of money by fraudulent means, that of selling the same lots to two different parties, Alfred Hull, a well known Vancouver burrlster, was sentence yesterday by Judge Mclnes to twelve mouths In the penitentiary.