AMERICA FIRST AS OLYMPICS END Leads All the Nations with 128 Points to Sweden's 104. KING CROWNS THE VICTORS King Compliments the Indian, Thorp® —Curtain Falls with Uncle Sam Still the Unbeaten Athletlo Champion of the World. FINAL OLYMPIC POINT SCORES. United States 85 •>. Finland 29 Sweden 24 Great Britain 18 Canada 7 Greece 4 Germany 4 France Norway 2 Hungary ' Italy 1 These are the points scored in the purely athletic events, the real Olympic Games. The scores are exciusiveof points tallied in shoot ing, cycling, swimming and other events held in conjunction with the track and field contests. The complete scores in the events are: United States, 128; Sweden, 104; Great Britain, 68; Finland, 46; Germany, 34; France, 23; South Africa. 16; Denmark, 14; Italy, 13; Canada, 13; Aus tralia, 13; Belgium, 11; Norway, 10; Hungary, 8; Russia, 5; Greece, 4; Austria, 4; He* land, 2. Stockholm.—The last act of the Olympic drama was played in the Sta dium, and, as usual, Uncle Sam occu pied the centre of the stage. The De cathlon, one of the classic contests of the games, was won by James Thorpe, the big Fox and Sax brave, from the Carlisle Indian Selux>l. Thorpe scored 8,412 joints out of a possible 10,000, beating his nearest competitor, Weis lander of Sweden, by 688 points. Un cle Sam's flying four, Meivin Sliep pard, "Tad" Meredith, Edward Llnd herg and Charles Keldpath, flung their feet in the faces of the French and British teams in the final of the 1,600 meter relay, covering the distance in the Olympic and world's record time of 3.1G 3-5. For the victory in the peutathlon Thorpe earned the right to hold until the next Olympic meet the challenge cup presented by the King of Sweden and by winning the decathlon he is entitled to the custody of the chal lenge cup presented by the Emperor of Russia. High honors indeed for one of the aborigines on the splendid team that, came from the United States to lead the nation for the fifth time in the recognized athletic cham pionships of the world. For most of the ten days that these competitions have held the spectators enthralled the United States has led the rest of the world combined, but a rousing finish by Sweden and scatter ing points gathered in by other coun ■trios brought the total scored by all other countries up to 94 when tlie cur tain fell on the most successful set of Olympic sanies since the festival was revived in IS9G. Against this the Uni ted States rolled up 85, or only a mi nority of 9. Besides the United States only three nations earned a score which ran into double figures. Finland, mainly through the efforts of the great distance runner Kolehmainen, finish ed second, with 29 points The Swedes landed in third place with 24. In scoring these points three are given for first place, two for second and one for third. The task of conferring the honors on the winners was too great for one man, so while the King handed out tho first prizes, the Crown Prince pre sented the second prizes, and Prince Charles, brother of the King, took charge of the thirds. In the parade of the winners the Americans led the way, and received hearty applause not only because of the fact that they had won sixteen firsts and had scored 128 points to Sweden's 104 and England's GG, but because the American athletes are genuinely popular with the Stockholm public. Besides receiving a gold medal, each winner of a first prize was crown ed with a laurel wreath by the hands of the King. "You, sir, are the most wonderful athlete in the world." It was with those words that King Gustave of Sweden greeted .lames Thorpe, the American Indian, when the redskin stopped up to receive his prizes at tha trophy presentation by the King. The Olympic curtain falls with Un cle Sam still the undefeated and un disputed athletic champion of the world. The Yankee gentlemen won the world's athletic title at the first modern Olympiad in Athens in 1896, and successfully defended it in Paris in 1900, on his own soil in St. Louis in 1904, in Athens again in 190(i, in Lon don in 1908, and finally hare in Stock holm in the big fiattie just brought to a close. F. Lazaro, the only Portuguese en tered in the Olympic Marathon, is dead as a result of his gruelling work in the hot sun. TICKETNAMED BY PROHIBITIONISTS E. W. Chafin for President and A. S. Watkins for Vice-President LOOKING FOR A NEW NAME In Each Case Nomination wai Made by Acclamation, After a Single Bal lot Had Indicated Preference of Delegates. Atlantic City, N. J. —Eugene W. Chatin of Arizona was nominated to run for President of the United States by the National Prohibition Conven tion, and Aaron S. Watkins of Ohio for Vice President. The ticket is the same as that of 1908. In each case the nomination \va3 made by acclama tion after a single ballot indicated the preference of the delegates. Chatin was opposed for the top place on the ticket by F. VV. Emerson of California, Finley C. Hendrickson of Maryland, Andrew Jackson Hous ton of Texas and Watkins. After the first ballot for President, on which Chafin got 502 votes, Watkins 94 aud Emerson 90, the others withdrew. Houston, who is the son of General Samuel Houston of Texas, got the fewest votes. In withdrawing he made a hit by saying he would rather have the lowest vote in the Prohibi tion convention than the highest in either the Republican or Democratic convention. Chafin was called to the stand to speak after his nomination. He said he regarded it as the greatest political honor bestowed o*\ any man this year, inri nromised, if elected, not to accept a. third term. The party, when the convention ad journed, was still the Prohibition Party, despite the strong current of feeling that a new name should be substituted In a brief speech, A. J. Orem of Massachusetts promised to pledge more to the campaign fund should the name be changed "1 believe we could make the fund double," he said, "if we should adopt a new name. We would be greatly aided in carrying our banner to sue- EUGENE W. CHAFIN cess it we should adopt the name of 'Pro>.;*ressive ' " The Rev. S. H. Taft of California argued strongly for "Conservation Party," declaring that the old name had become a handicap rather than an inspiration. Others favored the "Liberal Party." Before adjournment Dr. Silas C. Swal low of Pennsylvania, tried hard but vainly to insert In the platform a reso lution urging the "perpetual separa tion of the Church and State,'' and op posing the appropriation of public moneys to sectarian churches and schools. A plea for campaign funds was made, and $25,000 was promised. USES GUNS ON ICEBERGS. U. S. Cruiser Birmingham Back from Patroling Steamship Lanes. Philadelphia.—Tte United States cruiser Birmingham has returned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard after an eight weeks' patrol of the ice field* in the Northern Atlantic steamship lanes. The commander of the cruiser reported on July 3 a number of large be-rgs were sighted and destroyed with the five-inch guns. Wreckage from the Titanic, includ ing chairs, tables and on one occa sion a section of stair case with a pile of carpet trailing after it was also passed. No bodies from the wreck were found. Shortly after the Titanic disaster the Birmingham was ordered to the Ice fields to warn navigation of the Icebergs. SAD DAYS FOR THE PIE MAKERS. Form of Pastry is Losing Its Hold on American People. Chicago.—A representative of a ple maklng concern here succeeded in stopping a proposed Increase In his company's taxes, when he appeared before the Board of Review and plead ed that pie is losing its hold on tha American people. "There has been uo expansion of the pie-making busi ness," he told the tax reviewers. "It has decreased in popularity with the WILL TRY TO SWIM ENGLISH CHANNEL •- Hose Pifonof of Boston, America's champion long-distance swimmer, has just arrived in England and begun preparations for her attempt to swim the English Channel. HOUSE IMPEACHES JUDGEARCHBALD Jurist Must Now Be Tried by the United States Senate. ONLY ONE VOTE OPPOSED Five Legislators Will Prosecute 13 Charges Against Commerce Court Jurist Before Senate—Latter Body May Not Act Till Fall. Washington.—The House of Repre sentatives adopted by a vote of 222 to 1 articles of impeachment against Judge Kobert VV. Archbald of the Uni ted Slates Commerce Court. Repre sentative Farr of Pennsylvania cast the single vote against the bill of im peachment. Karr is a lifelong friend, who has all along voiced confidence in Judge Archbald's integrity. Of the total membership of the House in their seats only nine voted "present." These were ex-Speaker Cannon, Representatives Burgess of Texas, Daizell and Olmsted of Penn sylvania, Dwight of New York, John son of South Carolina, Parran of Maryland, Rucker of Missouri and Sparkmau of Florida. Only three members had spoken in the Judge's defense. The scene now shifts to the Senate, which will sit in judgment in the case. While there has been a disposition voiced in the Senate to postpone the trial until autumn, Chairman Clayton of the House Committee on the Judi ciary and one of the prosecuting man agers. said he thought the Senate will soon take up the impeachment. Senator Clark of Wyoming, Repub lican, chairman of the Senate Judi ciary Committee, and Senator Sim mons of North Carolina, the Demo cratic leader, expressed the view that the Senate will abide by Judge Arch bald's wish either to have an immedi ate trial or be allowed time to prepare his defense. Among some of the Re publican leaders it was suggested that while the case will be formally pre sented to the Senate, that body may not do more now than to determine the date of the trial, take a recess un til November and then proceed with the hearing, with a probability of com pleting the case before the Christmas holidays. SIX KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION. Three Others Dying—loo Narrowly Escape at Moundsvllle, W. Va. Moundsville, W. Va. —In the wreck of the Panama mine of the Ben Frank lin Coal Co.. just outside of this city, six men perished and three others were fatally injured. The explosion demolished the lower entry, where the nine miners were working, but 100 others, scattered through the upper levels managed to get to the surface unscathed. 95 FUNERALS IN A DAY. Not Enough Hearses In Montreal— Cabs Are Used. Montreal. Ninety-five funerals were held here during one day, and the majority of those buried were vic tims of the hot spell. Kighty of the dead were little chil dren. The demand for hearses was so pressing that many of the bodies had t.o be taken to the graveyards in cabs. A horse attached to a hearse dropped dead In one of the funeral processions. ENGLAND WOULD HALT CANAL BILL Asks Congress Delay Panama Rules Until Protest Is Filed. SURPRISED IN WASHINGTON Question of Letting Ame ican Ships I Through Free, Thought to be Back of Demand—Action Said to ■ be Unprecedented. Washington.—lnternational compli cations over pending Panama Canal j legislation are likely as the result of ! action by the British Government. Great Britain has taken the extra ordinary step of asking that the pend ing bill for the operation of the Pana ! ma Canal be held up until the British | Ambassador may present to this Gov | eminent a note on the Question. It is | rare that any foreign Government uu | dertakes to forward any matter of iu l ternational business by a request that | may be regarded as interfering with I the internal affairs of the United j States. The gravity of the situation j as viewed by Great Britain may be ! imagined from the manner and meth j od taken to bring her attitude on th.3 operation of the canal to the attention of this Government. It is not known just what the com munication may be that is to be pre sented by the British Ambassador. It is not suppoced that there is any In tention or desire on the part of Great Britain to delay action by Congress on the canal, but yet the proposal for diplomatic consideration of the ques tions involved implies that there may be such a protracted discussion of the use of the canal as to postpone all le gislation on the canal to another ses sion. Provisions in the bill now before the Senate would make it impossible (or ships owned by railroads of Canada to pass through the canal if they en gage in coastwise trade. Th« line gen erally supposed lie»e to be hardest hit by this provision is the Canadian Pa cific Railroad. This railroad system is operated under a Government sub sidy and is in the closest relations to the Canadian Government. It owns and operates ships in both the Atlan tic and Pacific oceans and is known to have anticipated sending its vessels through the Panama Canal extensive ly I " HOUSE PASSES CONTEMPT BILL. Clayton Measure Provides Jury Trial in Cases of Indirect Offense. j Washington.—The House passed the j Clayton bill providing Jury trials in contempt cases where tile offense Is ; not committed in the presence of the | court. The vote was 233 to 18. Mi -1 nority Leader Mann has opposed the bill vigorously and by filibustering tac j tics delayed a vote. I ENGINE PLUNGES INTO LAKE. Three Killed When Maritime Express of I. C. R. is Derailed. ' Halifax, N. S. —Something went wrong with the pony truck of the en gine pulling the Martime Express of the 1. C. R. at Grand Lake, and as a result the locomotive, baggage and mail cars left the rails, the engine plunging down an embankment into the lake. Engineer James Clarke and Fire man Peter McC.ill were killed, also an I unknown tram? LORIMER OUSTED; DEFIANTTO LAST Senate Vote of 55 to 28 Drops First Member for Bribery. FINAL SCENE WAS DRAMATIC Ends Three Day Speech in Silence and Awaits Verdict —Strides Out Firmly—Election Invalid Be cause of Corrupt Methods. Washington..—The Senate ousted William Lorimer of Illinois on the ground that his election was tainted with corruption. The vote was 55 to 28. In taking this action the Senate recorded in history the first case where a member of that body has been unseated ou charges of bribery. Lorimer sat as calm and unmoved as a marble statue while one by one the votes were cast which were to put ail indelible stain upon his life. When the clerk of the Senate an nounced his seat vacant the Illinois Senator arose and with head erect and unfaltering step walked out of the chamber. Many in the crowded gal leries watched this final act with tears streamng down their cheeks, and on the floor the scene was equally tense. The ending of the notorious case was as dramatic as any stage manager could have wished, and Lorimer him self passed out of public life courage ously, defiant to the last. Lorimer almost collapsed from ex haustion after he had withdrawn from the Senate chamber. A physician was hurriedly called to his room in the Sen ate office building, but he said that rest was all Mr. Lorimer needed. He has been in poor health and virtually left a sick bed to come to Washington to plead in his own defence. These are the Senators who voted in favor of ousting Lorimer: Ashurst, Bacon, Borah, Bourne, Briggs, Bristow, Brown, Bryan, Bur ton, Chamberlain, Clapp, Clark of Ar kansas, Crawford, Cullom, Cummins, Curtis. Dixon, Fall, Gardner, Gore, Gronna, Hitchcock, Johnson, Kenyon, Kern. La Follette, Lea, Lodge, Martin, Martine, Myers, Nelson, Newlands, O'Gorman, Overman, Page, Poindex t.er, Pomerene, Rayner. Reed, Hoot. Sanders. ShiveJy, Simmons, Smith of Arizona, Smith of Georgia, Smith of Michigan, Smith of South Carolina, Stone, Southerland, Swansea, Town send, Watson, Williams and Works; total 55. Those who voted against the resolu tion and in favor of Lorimer were: Bailey, Bradley, Braudegee, Burn ham, Catron, Clark of Wyoming, Crane, Dillingham, Fletcher, Foster, Gallinger, Gamble, Guggenheim, John ston, Jones, Lippitt, McCumber, Oliver, Paynter, Penrose, Perkins, Richardson, Smith of Maryand, Smoot, Stephenson, Thornton, Till man and Wetmore; total, 28. By the adoption of this resolution Mr. Lorimer passes out of the records of the Senate and has never officially held a seat in that body. SOUTH AFRICAN'S MARATHON. Gaston Strobino Closely Follows Ms- Arthur and Gitshaw. Stockholm. —In the supreme test for long distance runners K. K. McArthur and G. W. Gitshaw, the only South Africans entered in the classic mara thon, finished first and second, and Gaston Strobino, the South Patersou (New Jersey), boy who was sent here by subscription, finished in third place less than a minute behind Gitshaw. The distance of the race was about twenty-five miles, considerably short er than the other Olympic marathons, and the winner easily broke the re cord, finishing in 2 hours 36 minutes and 50 seconds. Gitshaw's time was 2 hours, 37 minutes, 52 seconds, while Strobino's completed the distance in 2 hours 38 minutes. There were more than tiO competitors, representing is nations. EXPRESS RATEB SLASHED. Interstate Commission Decrees Revo lution In Carrying Business. Washington.—The Interstate Com merce Commission has ordered sweeping reductions in the rates charged by express companies. It has also ordered far reaching reforms in the regulations and practices of the companies and has also imposed upon them a uniform system of rate making. The order of the commission, while not final, is subject only to a hearing to be given the express companies in October t>. The decision of the commission will cause a general reduction in rates on small packages of about 20 per cent. While the average reduction is only 20 per cent., the reductions taken alto gether range from 10 to 50 per cent, BOY KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Brother Standng with Him Is Injured Seriously. Pittsburgh.—While in a field Rus sell Golden, 12, and Joseph Golden, 8. sons of James Golden of Elizabeth. Bought shelter under a large tree dur ing a storm. The tree was struck by lightning, Russell being killed in stantly and his brother seriously Injured. J. L. Robinson, 80, of Etna, was seriously shocked in the storm, but will" recover. BIDS OPENED FOR HIGHWAYS Contracts Awarded to Lowest Bidders for Twenty Miles. TO WORK IN TEN COUNTIES Calvin Gilbert of Gettysburg Was Suo cessful Bidder for Job of 1000 Signposts—Eleven Sections of Roads Included. N (Special Harrisburg Correspondence). Harrisburg.—Bids on more than twenty miles of State road were open ed at the State Highway Department, and the contracts were awarded to the lowest bidder on each contract includ ing eleven sections of State highway in Clearfield, Lehigh. Berks, Bucks. Washington, Biair, Mercer, Jefferson, Northumberland and Delaware coun ties. The successful bidders on each item were as follows: Clearfield coun ty, Decatur township, Route No. 57, 10,751) feet, Baker-Owen Construction Company, Johnstown, $40,791.08; Le high county. North Whitehall town ship, Route No. 11»3, 16,300 feet, Neff & Horn, Slatington, $54,992.74; Berks county, Hereford township, 8,048 feet, J. P. Shanley Company, Philadelphia, 121,576.14; Bucks county Falls town ship, 10,115 feet, J. P. Shanley Com pany, Philadelphia, $27,331.37; Wash ington county, Charleroi borough, Route No. 118, Hastings & Piper, Charleroi, $17,907.48; Blair county Frankston township, 49,394 feet, re pair work, H. K. Hinkle & Co., Al toona, $34,472.05; Mercer county, East Lackawanna township, 9,632 feet. Northwestern Construction Company, Franklin, $35,817.09; Mercer county. Route No. 74, 14,807 feet, South Shore Construction Company, Erie, $50,139.- 50; Jefferson county, Young township. Route No. 63, 13,735 feet. South Shore Construction Company, $53,116.39; Northumberland county, Route No. 161, 40,143 feet, Monroe Paving Com pauv, "Longshore, $142,573.15; Dela ware county, 18.543 feet, G. Ralph Marsh, Philadelphia, $67,042.50. Th > contract for 1000 highway signposts was awarded to Calvin Gilbert, of Get tysburg. Finest Potato Patch. That Harrlsburgers can reduce tin high cost of living by back yard gar dening has long been contended by those who enjoy "sass" of their own growing, but it was hardly to be ex pected that, bordered as the city is by verdent Cumberland Valley on the west and fertile Lancaster county on the south, right here within the city limits is to be found the finest potato patch in the entire Keystone State, if not in the country. This is no judg ment. of the mere amateur, enthusi astic over Harrisburg and its products, but is the opinion of calm and dis passionate State experts who have viewed the patch with amazement.. The potatoes are the property of J. R. Stoey, a former Third street paper hanger, now residing at 2335 North Third street, and are growing on the plot adjoining his house at Third and Seneca streets. The potato plants are waist-high, some of them being in blossom and measuring 36 to 38 inch es in height. This is no freak crop, Mr. Stoey having grown last year po tatoes that were pronounced the equal for size and quality of any in tha State. "It's just a case of good ground, proper cultivation, first-class seed and knowing how," said Mr. Stoey Pulling Out Salmon. William (i. CJipplo. an engineer on the Philadelphia Railroad, residing at 219 Peffor street, has caught more than forty salmon, averaging more than one pound each in the past two ■weeks. The salmon were all taken from the Juniata river near Gjpple's cottage at Kilmer. In one day thir teen of the fish were taken. One of these weighed three and three-quarter pounds and was only captured after a struggle lasting twenty minutes. When the big fish was landed it meas ured slightly more than 16 inches in length. Several of the other fish weighed almost as much and gave good fights before being captured. Benjamin Gipple, a son and student at State College, has pulled in several large bass in the past few days. One which weighed more than four pounds and measured over a foot in length was taken in the Juniata after several hours' trolling last week. Suit to Oust an Elector. The plan to force William Wiihelm, of Pottsville, off the Republican state ticket as an elector-at-large through equity proceedings because of his au nounced determination to vote for Colonel Roosevelt opened a big legal fight at Pottsville. Wiihelm says that If a bill in equity to oust him is filed he will question the legality of Taft's nomination. To Return Prizes. All boys who won prizes in the 100- yard swimming race on July 4 are re quested to return them to the Harris burg Park Commission office for re adjustment. It has been proved that the winner of this event was over It! years of age on the day of the com petition. which causes him to forfeit the prize. The three other prize win ners and the boy who finished fifth will be awarded the four prizes, pro vided they bring a certificate from their moiher or father which will prove them to be under 16.
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