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THE MORNIXG OREGON! AX, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1907. r 7 FREE TO COMPETE AT TWO PUCES Status of College Athletes Is Fixed by Amateur Ath letic Union. HOME AND THEIR COLLEGE President Sullivan Recommends Athletic Pacific Northwest Meet at Seattle Fair New Records of 1907 Are Recognized. NEW YORK. Nov. 18. After a long discussion at Its annual meeting today the Amateur Athletic Union finally de cided on the status that college ath letes are to hold in amateur athletics In the future. By the resolution which wbb finally passed, it is decreed that college athletes may only register with the union from two places, their college and the homes of their parents or guardians. An attempt was made to confine college athletes to their col leges, but. the delegates believing that this change was altogether too drastic, the resolution was amended to include their homes. Sports at Seattle Fair. James E. Sullivan was unanimously re-elected president and John J. Dixon secretary and treasurer. John J. O'Con nor, H. G. Pennlman, Dr. George Orton and Everett C. Brown were elected vice-presidents. Mr. Sullivan, in his annual address, favored dealing with college athletes in a liberal spirit. Athletic champion ships at expositions were commended by the president, and he particularly recommended favorable action on the proposed Pacific Northwest division, advanced by J. S. Goldsmith, In relation to sports at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle in 1909. New Records for the Year. The annual report of the record com mittee, authorizing records for the past year, as follows, was approved: 900-yard run M. W. Sheppard; ttme. ' 2:01 4-6. Four-mile run George V. Bonhag. Irish American A. C. time. 20:1 1H. 100-yard hurdle. 8 flights, first hurdle 20 yarda from start J. S. Hill: time 0:12 1-5. 100-yard hurdle. 8 flights. flTW hurdle 15 yarda Irom start J. 8. Hill; time 0:12 1-5. 100-yard hurdle. 10 flights S. C. North ridge. Iowa A. C; time. 0:12 1-5. 60-yard hurdle. 6 flights. 3 feet 8 Inches 8. C. Northrldge: time, 0:08 1-6. role vault for height. 12 feet 5tt Inches W. R. Dray. Tale. role vault, for diitanee, 28 feet M. J. Sheridan, New York A. C. Throwing lC-pcund hammer, ITS feet 7 inches M. J. McGrath. New York A. C. Throwing 12-pound hammer. 190 faet 9 Inchea L. F. Talbott. Throwing 56-pound weight. 38 feet 8 Inchea J. J. Flannagan. Iowa A. C. Shot-putting by Ralph Rose. California 8 pound. 67 fee: 7 Inches: 12-pound, 86 feet 11 inches; 14-pound. 51 feet 6 Inchea; 12-pound, 43 feet 9H Inches: 21-pound. 4 feet 3 inches; 28-pound. 34 feet R Inches; 16 pound. 49 feet 7 Inches. C. M. Daniels, New York A. C-, was award ed swimming records from 25 yarda to one mile. Including 31 Intermediate dlstancea. hla une-mlle record being 23:40 3-5 with 87 tums. EXPLAINS DEFEAT AT SPOKANE Club Member Says Multnomah Did Not Know Signals. "We simply lost." is the only comment that Captain Frank Lonergan, of the Multnomah Club football team, has to make on the game with the Spokane Ath letic Club last Saturday. Lonergan does not care to discuss the game, and had Httls to say at the club last night. An other member of the team made the fol lowing brief comment on the game: "We lost," he said, "because tho team didn't know the signals, and because the back field didn't know where to go with the ball. Time after time the backs threw the ball away, and when It came to catching punts, there wasn't a man on the squad who was able to take the ball. I remember that three times, when the backs attempted end runs, they were tripped by our own players. It was sim ply awful." The team will turn out to practice now every evening, beginning tonight, and an pffort will be made to round the men Into shape for the game with Oregon Thanks giving day. PICKS SEATTLE SOCCER TEAM Executive Committee Names Men for Hard Thanksgiving Contest. The executive committee of the Port land Association Football Club lapt night chose the picked team the club will send to Seattle to meet a picked association football team from that city on Thanks giving The meeting was held at Balfour-Guthrie's and It took two hours to sift thoroughly the merits of the numer ous players who are appearing this Fall In the Portland City League. The final selection follows: Goal Dyment. Backs Rylance and Jago. Halves Dr. Short, Dickson (Capt.) and Mills. Right wing Kilpack and Dean. Left wing Harry Matthew and Andrew Matthew. Center Lelghh. Reserves Hughes and Hanson. The Portlanders will wear white shirts and dark pants. Seattle will wear orange and black. The game will be played on Dugdale's league baseball grounds, al most In the heart of Seattle. A contin gent of rooters will accompany the eleven, which will leave late the night before Thanksgiving, returning early the morning after the game. BILLIARD TOURNAMENT IS ON Cline, of Philadelphia, Outpoints II. B. Lean, of Bt. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Nov. 18. In the 18th game of the three-cushion billiard champion ship tournament, Harry P. Cltne. of Philadelphia, defeated Horace B. Lean, of St. Louis, BO to 37. Cltne's high run was 4. his average 500 and safeties 17. Lean's high run was 5, average 370, safe ties 18. In tonight's game T. A. Huston, of St. Louis, defeated Alfred de Oro, of New York. 50 to 48. Huston's high run was 6, average 660, safeties 11: de Oro's high run 7, average 640. safeties 10. All-Star Rugby Coast Team. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Berkeley. Cal., Nov. 18. Art all-star Rugby football team chosen from the teams of California, Stanford and Nevada by William Unmack, the Australian Rugby expert, who refereed the big game last year, contains seven from California, seen from Stanford and one from the University ""of Nevada. Its members have all showed marked ability, and no doubt, with practice together. would make an aggregation hard to beat. The team picked is as follows: Fullback. Butler (California): three quarters. Holman (Stanford). Vander voort (Stanford) and Johns (California): five-eighths. Cerf (California). Ganong (Stanford): half. Fenton -(Stanford): wing forward, Tuller (California): forwards, Koerner (Stanford). Barnlcott (Califor nia); Pemberton (Stanford), Bell (Cali fornia). Freeman (Nevada). Miller (Stan ford). Budelman (California): back .sub stitutes. Cadwalader (Stanford), Dwlg gins (California), Mitchell (Stanford): forward substitutes, Fairbanks (Califor nia). Crawford (Stanford). Rhyne (Stan ford). Twltchell (California). THE DAY'S HORSE RACES At Oakland. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18 Results of races: Five and a half furlongs Wahoo won, Harvel second. Import third; time, 1:07. Five and a half furlongs Annie H. won. Dr. Coleman second, Manila S. third: time, 1 :07 3-5. Six and a half furlongs Blanche C. won. Remember second. Vinton third; time. 1 :Z0 3-5. Mile and 20 yards Storma won. I'm Joe second. Lustlg third; time. 1:42 4-5. Mile and a sixteenth Prince of Castlla won. Wimple second. Little Joker third; time. 1 :47 1-8. FurWlty Course, purae Sugar Maid won. Native Son second, Cloudlight third; time, 1:00 1-5. At Bennings. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 Results of races: Six and a half furlongs Sanguine won. Goes Fast second, Rappahannock third; time. 1:32. Steeplechase, about 2 miles Flylrfg Vir ginian won. Yama Christy second. My Grace third; time, 4:19. Six furlongs The Squire won, The Shaughraun second, N'Importe third; time. 1:17. Seven furlongs Ardrl won, Saltram sec ond. Countermand third; time. 1 :30. Mile and 50 yards Monacodor won. Gra xlallo second. Ostrich third; time. 1:46 3-5. Mile and a furlong Right Royal won. Ocean Spray second. Banker third; time, 2:00. Match for Cooper-Keith Cup. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo Alto. Cal.. Nov. 18. The British Columbia Rugby Union has Invited the winner of the intercollegiate gamo north to meet the cracks on the Canadian side, and it is now practically assured that Stanford will make the trip during the mid-Winter vacation. Added interest has been given the match by the donation of a handsome cup by J. Cooper-Keith, of Vancouver. Six-Day Walking Match Begins. CINCINNATI, Nov. 18. A six-day walking match between" Dan O'Leary and Henry Schmehl, both of Chicago, started tonight at 8.20 o'clock at Music Hall. Both men appeared to be in the best of condition, and walked briskly for a while. Schmehl Is In the lead, due to O'Leary's leaving the track a number of times for short Intervals. The men are walking about five miles an hour. Crawford Is Stanford Captain. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Nov. 18. D. P. Crawford, of Cupertino, Cal., was elected captain of next year's foot ball team tonight. Crawford playad tackle on the '05 varsity and played on this year's varsity In the scrub team. His election was unanimous. Mike Lynch Drafted by St. Paul. BT. PAUL Nov. 18. President Lennon, of the St. Paul Baseball Club, has draft ed Mike Lynch, manager of the Tacoma club, and will offer him the position of manager of the St. Paul club and left field on the team. REDUCTION IS PETITIONED (Continued From First Page.) the railroads. Attorney Fenton quoted a decision of the New York Court of Appeals to bear up his contention that a railroad assessment should not ex ceed cost of reproducing Its lines. The railroad attorneys averred tlrat the 1907 assessment would impose the highest per mileage tax of any spot In the United States. Most Interesting of the testimony was that of Mr. Blaisdell, auditor of the O. R. & N., as to what the O. R. & N. has done with its $25,000,000 surplus. The railroad's purpose is to escape 816.000,000 assessment on this money. He said that up to March 1 of this year, $13,182,699.73 of this money had been spent on the projected line of the Ore gon & Washington to Puget Sound, 80 per cent of which was for purchase of terminals in Seattle and Tacoma Blaisdell said the O. R. & N. paid out the money and carried the account against the Union Pacific. Sigler asked if this meant that the Union Pacific owes the money to the 0. R. & N.. and Blaisdell reluctantly admitted that to be the final analysis of the transaction. Union Pacific Clearing-House. Later Attorney Fenton explained that the Union Pacific acted as a sort of clearing-house between the O. R. & N.' and the several railroads on which Its money was spent. He Intimated that the payments might have some connec tion with the mortgage on the O. R. & N.. and said that the O. R. Sc. N. might receive for Its money either bonds or stock of the new lines or both. He declared that the proposed taxes on surplus, tracks, and lands of his company would make it Impossible for his companies to continue business and pay them. According to Blalsdell's testimony, O. R. & N. money has been spent on var ious railroads as follows, up to March 1, 1907: Oegon, Washington & Idaho Railway Company (to Lewis ton) f 1.863,488.53 Oregon & Washington Hallway Company (to Puget Sound!.. 13.182.699.73 Deschutes Railway Company (up Deschutes Klver) 7.562.05 Umatilla Central Railway (to Pilot Rock) 67.428.11 Columbia Rfver & Oregon Cen tral (to Condon) 71S.128.S7 Snake River Valley Railway (up Snake River to Grange City). 1.867.142.5S Clearwater Valley Railway (east of Lewlatoni 181,527.03 Columbia Valley Railway (11- waco extension) 72,394.22 Total $17,045,315.57 Secrets of New York Office. In addition to this. Blaisdell said his company probably had spent $1,000,000 on purchase of land by the New York of fice. These sales were not shown on the O. R. & N. books here because "some times they do not want us to know too much about these things." In answer to a question put by "a member of the Board whether the surplus was held In Portland and was subject to assessment on March 1, Blaisdell replied: "Oh, no: we spend it before we get it, generally." Mr. Morrow testified that Gllette's es timate of $20.500 cost of reproducing the O. R. & N. lines in Washington Included only $1200 or $1300 a mile for right of way. This he considered too low a figure and said $2500 would be a fair estimate. Even then, the total value per mile would be only half the $44,000 valuation imposed by thc Multnomah Assessor. Morrow also pointed out that the right of way of the Southern Pacific in this county is very If you are a judge oE hat quality, you can see the value in these hats if you are not, you can have confidence in their reputation and popularity. Soft Hats in the newest shades and shapes. Stiff Hats la riimanslons that are becoming. LANPHER HATS are sold by LEADING DEALERS LANPHKR, SKINNER & CO. ST. PAUL, MINN. mwm narrow. He also complained against as sessment of the company's granted lands. By means of blue-print tables, com piled In his office, he showed that 8300 odd acres in Multnomah are assessed $27.67 an acre this year, against $10.95 in 1906: $8.15 In 1901 and $3.88 in 1904. The tables showed a similar increase In ail counties throughout Western Oregon. On these lands the company paid a total tax last year of $122,655 and in 1905 of $100,853. The total assessed valuation last year was $9,471,338. In 1905 It was $6,103, 409. The purpose of the company was to represent Itself subjected to excessive as sessment. Price of Land Depressed. Mr. Fenton said the Board should take Into account the promised suit of the United States agalrst the railroad, to compel sale of the latids at $2.50 an acre. While he did not think the railroad could be forced to sell at that price after hav ing paid $1,000,000 taxes on them, still the suK had a depressing influence on the value of the land. The heavy In crease In the assessment In Multnomah he called remarkable and excessive. He regarded Sigler as a good assessor but believed him like most other persons "more or less Influenced by the general clamor that taxes on railroads be brought up to as high a figure as possible." Mr. Fenton presented an opinion of the New York Court of Appeals limiting rail road assessments to the cost of reproduc ing their physical properties, and argued that under this rule the assessment of the O. R. & N. should not be more than $23,000 or $25,000 a mile. As evidence of the growing tendency to gouge the rail roads, he cited that the total assessed valuation of the Southern Pacific In Ore gon, right of wav and rolling stock, was put up in 1906 to $10,636,736. from $6,172,879. in 1905. and $3,664,358 in 1904. The aver age valuation per mile in those years was $15,933, $7749 and $5489. -The taxes paid were $143,166.23, J95. 685.90. $105,061. The total average taxes per mile were $216 in 1906: $143 in 1905 and $157 in 1904. This year the taxes under thp Sigler assessment would be unreasonable. Mr. Spencer argued that as the railroad properties In which the O. R. & N. money has been expended are paying taxes else where the money should not pay taxes In Portland. The O. R. & N., he said, should have equal justice with holders of mortgages, none of which Is taxed. None of the Portland banks holding such ac counts, he remarked, is taxed for them. Says Cars-hops Assessment Too High The assessment of $818,000 on the 249")4 acres at the Alblna carshops be longing to the company was declared by Mr. Morrow to be much more than the land Is actually worth. He admit ted, however, that the waterfront land Is valuable, and that the company's land extends along tile river for more than a mile, or about 6000 feet. The assessment placed upon the land Is $4000 an acre. A portion of it Is swampy, but can l.o filled. Mr. Morrow thought the land could be used for nothing except for a railway, as the "accommodations are had for teamsters and the ferry accommodations are not good." The property was assessed at $500,000 last year Complaint was also made that 107 acres of land In South Portland belong ing to the company was assessed this year at ,ilO,000, or about $2900 an acre, while last year the assessment was $157,000. According to Mr. Mor row the land Is not worth more than $1500 an acre. He said the company "only realized $2000 a year" from the land, a part of It being leased to the Banflf Id-Voysey Company for the pur pose of storing slabwood. The petition of the railway company TF.R al J Sold a- a'.I first -class cafes and by Jobbers. WM. 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SPECIAL $8.90 COMPLETEH005EFURni511ER5t IAKE YOUrI WH TERMS j SALE OF DINNER SETS TODAY AND TOMORROW IN THE CROCKERY DEPARTMENT for a reduction of the assessment upon the property occupied by the Portsmouth oil tanks was withdrawn. Motor Accident Fatal. NEW YORK, Nov. IS. Mrs. Fred Steck ler. wife of ex-Supreme Court Justice Steckler, died -tonight of injuries received In an automobile accident. MRS. GLASS IN SANITARIUM Woman Charged With Shooting Her Husband Removed From Jail. On account of her weakened condition resulting from continued confinement. It was found necessary yesterday to remove Mrs. Augusta Glass, charged with kill ing her husband. A. Glass, about a week ago. from the County Jail to the Crystal Springs Sanitarium at Mount Tabor. This action was taken upon the request of her physicians. District Attorney Manning formally presented the petition, and it had the sanction of Judge Cleland, of the Circuit Court. -The physicians saw evidences of a com- plete nervous breakdown, which they feared would take place if the woman was not given better attention than is to be had at the jail. She was taken to Mount Tabor in an automobile, accom paned by the Jail matron. Mrs. Cameron. ASTORIA. Nov. . Arrived Ship Henry Ylilard. from Newcastle. Australia. Yes, We Wa nt the Gash J. M. A. Wires Instructions While Enroute to New York Ftrm . 108. M. T. THE WESTERN UNION TfiLEGRAPH COMPANY. 34,000 OFFICES IN AMftMfiff? CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. 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