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THE MORNING- OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1909". TUFTS HOT HERE TO SEEK POSITION Chicago Man Denies He Candidate for Institute Presidency. Is HIS VISIT IS VOLUNTARY lr. T. L. Elicit Says Otlicr Kaslrrn i;,luoators Will Confer With Heed Trusters in Selection of Capa ble I'aeulty for College. Jaiuxa H. Tuft, professor of "philoso phy in the University of Chicaso, arrived in Portland yesterday and will aid the trustees of the Reed Institute in selortinK a faculty, but a statement, contained in a press dispatch last night from Chieato to the effect that he had been offered the presidency of the Reed Institute wis ' denied by him and Dr. T. I., iiliot, who will make the selection of tho president. Professor Tufts is one of the leaders of philosophic tlioupht in America- He graduated from Amherst College in 1RS4. and became associated with the Uni versity of OhieaKo In 1S12. "I came here to Rive the founders of the Institute any advice of which they may be in ireed, and it is also my first visit to the Northwest, or. in fact, any part of the Pacific Coast," said Professor Tufts at the Hotel Portland last night. Ir. Eliot Meets Professor. "X am not here under any sort of an nnderstandingr whatever between the trustees of the Keed Institute or the deneral board of education, and I only hope to accomplish the same good that will be expected from other educators who are to come from time to time." Upon his-ftrrival at tho Hotel Port land. PrcKsor Tufts was met by Dr. Eliot, of the Reed Institute trustees. Dr. Eliot Aas been left in charge of the selection of a faculty for the new school. I-Ast nlpbt Dr. Eliot said: u Here to Advise Trustees. "Professor Tufts is not a candidate for president of the Reed Institute. He is a man of such rare ability and of such prominence in the educational world, however,- that any institution of higher learning would be Klad to have him for its head. If he should decide to come to Portland it will be through some means beyond the present scope of the Reed Institute. "Professor Tufts is here as the guest of the Reed Institute trustees. I un derstand that he has never before visited the Coast and has been anxious to see the country. While here he will confer with the trustees and advise us as to members of the faculty. General Board Interested. "He may also be able to give us some -valuable advice concerning the selection of a site. We hope to select the site for the institute by tho middle of the coming month. As is already known we have had several locations1 under consideration, but new offers huve been coming in and in this as in many other things it seems as if the last might be best. "In Portland the visit of Professor Tufts Is taken as another indication of the deep interest felt by the d neral Board of Education in the Reed Insti tute. The General Board has sent its secretary. Dr. Wallace Buttrick. to Portland twicesto confer with the trus tees. At the time of his first visit he vommented freely on the opportunity offered in Portland for an institution of higher learning, and particularly of arts and sciences. He declared it to be the best unoccupied field In America. "Ilr. Buttrick was requested to se- Hre from the Ueneral Bourd of Educa tion a recommendation its to the char acter of work the Reed Institute should adopt and tj" board after adopting Dr. Buttrick s report instructed him to con vey it to the Reed Institute trustees in person. Board Kndowed by Kockefeller. "The General Board of Education is an institution heavily endowed by John D. Rockefeller, and the University of Chi cago owes its magnificent foundation to the same source. There have been hints that the General Board of Education might aid financially the Reed Institute to attain a broader scope than that per mitted by the endowment of Mrs. Anna Reed, but in justice to the trustees it should also bo said that these hints have never come from them and that the ad vice of Iir. Buttrick was sought without any idea of aid from the General Board. rhlonfro lnn May 14e Selected. "When here on his recent visit. Dr. But terlck spoke of the selection of a head for the Reed Institute as the next most important step to. bo taken, asserting that the character of tho president.- more than endowment, had been the making of every Institution of high standard in the country. "In view of the interest taken by the general board of education and its close association with tho University of Chi eago. through the one endowment source. Portland residents would not be surprised to see the president of the Reed Insti tute como from the Chicago institu tion." i Professor Tufts will remain for several daya in Portland, as the guest of the trustees and will also visit Seattle before returning to Chicago. He will leave the Hotel Portland today to become the guest of his cousin, George Glynn, of the leavey Lumber Company. TCFTS HAS XOT KESIGNKD l'rofcs-sor's Wife Denies Kpjtort started in Chicago. CHICAGO Dec. I'?. (Special.) Profes sor James H. Tufts ha not resigned, his position at the t'niverstty of Chicago. Ac cording to tiie statement made tonight by Mr?. Tufts, he will look over tho plans of the Reed Institute in Portland nierely in an advisory capacity. "Mr. Tufts has gone to look over the ground." said Mrs. Tufts. "There is no obligation on either side, that toeing the only "condition on which he was willing to make the trip. He has been asked for advioe on tht plans and will give it. "Mr. Tufts.- tv. far as I know, hae no initntion of resigning his position at the University of Chicago. The Reed Insti tute is merely a plan as yet. no build ing being erected, and it is not known when it will he completed, so that Mr. Tufts could not tell what he might do." PORTLAND 0UJ0F LEAGUE 'Continued rom Ftrst Pnge the Pacific Coast League blocked the ex pansion pVJect. but I lie latter league, having recognised possession of Port land, is more of a dictator, as well as riimishing the better article of ball. In choosing between two evils. Judge Mc Credie prefers giving Portland' good .baseball in a, fast league to eporinient- Ing with another league, such as the Northwestern. League seems likely to be come. I'nclc" Tiredof It. "The uncle says he passes ud the Northwestern League," said Walter Mc ! Credie yesterday. "He writes that he is tired of being censured after having acted in good faith with the Northwest ern League In the past. "The Judge says he does not think he should be called upon to spend his own j money to gratify a whim of Dugdale, i.onn and the others, andi says that if they want to put a team in Portland in the event that the Coast League grants permission they can do so and pay the expenses themselves. The Judge says they can- have the use of the Vaughn street grounds, but that is all he will do to help them." Walter McCredle Happy. Walter McCredie seemed delighted to get the letter, for it has relieved him or 'all worry relative to signing up two -lu'ns, and lie will now devote his entire time and attention toward strengthening the Pacific Coast League club for the coining season. Iast night he announced that the Port land team would train either at Fresno, "aiM"m or isana. tne exact location not being definitely determined, though all three places are within a radius of a few miles, which means that Portland will have a chance to play the Fresno learn and other practice games in a fair- sized town. On the Southern training trio Manager McCredle will . take 25 men. including ttogor (.ornell. the club's trainer, and while In the South he may pick up one or ; two prnniV-ing youngsters in the manner in which ie hooked Tom Seaton last j Spring. DIGNITY Will Ignore Portland and Be Inde pendent of California. S RATTLE, Wash. Dec. 29. (Spe cial.) The Northwestern Baseball League has decided to drop Portland from the circuit and ignore the at tempts of Cal Kw-lng to make Seattle and bpokane the fifth wheel of his cart. The directors believe it would be unwise to take any step calculated to make the- great Pacific Northwest subservient to California In general ana san b raneisco in particular as rep resented by Mr. Ewing. Two factors figured prominently In the informal deliberations of the Northwest representatives this after noon in President Dugdale's office: First, Mr. Ewing's demand that the price of a Northwest club in Portland for eight weeks this coming season be the surrender of Seattle and Spo kane to the Coast U-ague "in 1911. Second, that Walter McCredie. -man ager of the Portland club in the Coast League and nephew of the owner. Judge W. W. WcCTedie. had gone on record to the effect that Portland's interests lay with the Coast League or California instead of the Northwest, composed mostly of "bush" towns. The directors were loaih to believe that the Washington Congressman led them astray by pretending that he wanted two clubs in Portland nrior to Lhis election, but they haa before them an arttclo from a San Francisco news paper which let in a flood of light. "I thought the- Judge was with us." said one of the directors, "buf this looks as if he had a joker in reserve." v It was the consensus of opinion that Judge McCredie had skilfully used the Northwestern League to force a fa vorable schedule IS weeks of base ball from the Coast League, after which his interest in a Northwestern 1-eague club for Portland commenced to cool, despite the apparent ansrer he exhibited at the meeting of the Coast League magnates when his request to operate a secoiidi club was refused. President Dugdale. of Seattle; Presi dent Joe Cohn, of Spokane: President George Shreeder. of Tacoma, and Man ager Bob Brown, of Spokane, took part in the meeting. Coast League Offer Scorned. "I do not Intend to mince words about this California proposition," said Presi dent Cohn. "Any time It comes to hook ing up with the California crowd I will step out of baseball. ' "An All-Coast League would mean that my stock in the Spokane club is for sale." added Bob Brown. "Any time you line-up with the Coast League look out for a good spanking." said Ooorge Shreeder. "If the North western League puts a club In Portland under Ewing's proposition I will close the gates, of my park in Tacoma. "I know very well." said President Dugdale, "that the Coast League wants Seattle, but they want it on their own terms and they cannot have ft. The Pa cific Northwest is fully able to take care of itself. It has done it in the past without Portland and it can do it in the future. We would be foolish to consider for a moment the demand of Mr. Ewing." A long discussion followed over the peculiar proposition of Portland, a Pa cific Northwest city, preferring an alli ance with California than to the cities In her own section. Mr. Dugdale said he could not understand why Portland should lean towa-d California when her mer chants, sold their goods' in Washington. Tie thought that the commercial relations of Portland with Washington should have some influence in holding Portland loyal to the Northwest. "I douht very much." added Mr. Dug dale. "if a. Seattle jobber can sell his goods in Portland with the same ease that a Portland jobber can sell in Se attle." 'The conclusion of the discussion was that the public might as well know that the McCredles had washed their hands of the Northwestern League and its in terests for a closer alliance with Cali- ! forma. No notion was taken relative to the selection of a city to take the place of Portland. Several . propositions are under consideration, but nothing will be done until more definite information is re ceived. ABEI1DEEX GETS XEW PLAYERS Two Southpaw Pitchers and Out fielder to Come West. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. 29. (Spe cial. Manager Rowland. of the Aber deen baseball club, today announced the signing of three new players for next year's team. The men wre secured during Mr. Rowland's trip East to attend the meet ing of the National commission. They are Pitchers James Upton, of McLeans boro. 111., and L. M. Hixon. of Mobile, and AI Bartiiff. an outfielder from St. Louis. Both pitchers are southpaws, and'eome well recommended. The dlsbandment of the Jacksonville team of the Central Association per mitted Rowland to get Vpton. who made an enviable record with that team last season. Hixon played during the season of 1908 with Savannah in the South Atlantic League and later was purchased by Mobile. He received his release to Aberdeen in exchange for Pitcher Wikfer. who failed to make good with Aberdeen last season Rowland is pleased with his new men, and says, with the signing of two more players, his staff for next season will be complete. He says he is negotiating with these men, but will not divulge their names. The greater danger from influenza is of Its resulting in pneumonia. This can be obviated by using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, as it not onlv cures in ftijenza. but ,-ownteraets anv tendency of the disease towards pneumonia. Sold by il dealers. . LITTLE FIGHTERS DO FINAL STUNTS Crowds Watch Attell Work Out for Exhibition Match To night With Carroll. JIMMY SHOWS FINE SPEED Prospect That Attell May det Re turn Dale in Portland Before Orejron Athletic CInb Carroll Plans an Kastern Tonr. Br If. J. PETRAIX. Both Attell and Carroll declared them selves yesterday to be in splendid shape for tonight's exhibition boxing contest be fore the Rose City Athletic. Club. At tell worked out before a larger and more enthusiastic crowd than since his arrival, for admission to the policemen's gymna sium had to be denied to many because of overcrowding. At Tommy Tracey's gym Carroll went through his workout stunts with more than customary vigor. He cut out boxing with Frankie Edwards Tuesday after noon, and yesterday contented himself with bag-punching, rope-skipping and other gym stunts. He seems to be in splendid condition and is anxious for the call of time tonight, when he will have a chance to get at his old-time rival in a ring show. Carroll figures on an East ern tour, providing he shows to good ad vantage in his go with Attell tonight. Carroll Shows Speed. Carroll yesterday gave a demonstra tion of speed that surprised his keenest admirers, for he punched the bag and skipped the rope in a manner that proved him to be In much better shape than at any time In his career. Several fans from San Francisco, who had seen him in preparation for former bouts, were pres ent, and unanimously voted him to be fit for -a championship engagement. Carroll is a genial little chap, and looks anything but a prizefighter, or even the exponent of the boxing game. He is one of the boxing profession who occupies his spare time by learning a trade. When not active In the ring Jimmy is an elec trician at the Princess Theater, in San Francisco, and Clarence Kolb. Max Dill. Sydney De Grey and other members of the Kolb and Dill star cast are ardent ad mirers of the little fellow. Attell Gets Crowds. Attell, the champion, who aspires to greater heights. continued to draw crowds at his training quarters yester day. He wnnnrt nr lite t T.i...ln , with a strenuous hour's work at the gym- uiB r-ouce uepaument Atn- .. .uovv,aUU, iiu, jine varrou, ne will do no work today, for he wishes to be fresh and strong when he enters the After his bout here tonight it is possible Attell will be matched by the Oregon Athletic Club for a return date in the near future, for he -savs he WOtllit lilrA ii rlf V. I .i 1 .... , V - . . ' , ww..., ii uciici mail to move his trunk and other belongings here H nil rr oln I,., . YD...!.. , ; j e: l. . ........... x unmiiu liue I IIIILc 1"V. Attell expects to Jiieet Danny Webster q k.i.., i. ., i.i ii . tafc . . , . me miiiuie .anarcn ana any matches he makes between now and that time will serve as a means of preparing himself for that battle. His recent engagement with Webster ex cited considerable comment, and a great majority of the San Francisco fans believe he can defeat the tough little Los Angeles lad in a route longer than 20 rounds. Preliminary Card Good. Frankie Edwards and Dannv O'Rrien ought to furnish one of the most ex citing preliminary bouts seen J here this season. Edwards yesterday worked out with "Spider" Roach, the San Fran cisco "flower boy." who is slated to mix it with Chet Hennessv tonight, and ior mree rounds the ring in Tracev's gym seemed full of gloves and swing ing arms. Both lads, when the prac tice bout was over, realized that they had mixed it some, and the showers and rub-downs were welcomed gladly. Danny O'Brien, the young amateur of the Catholic Men's Club, who makes his professional debut tonight, is eo fidence itself when referring to his cuanues against Edwards. He fully be lieves that he can give the clever San Francisco lad as good as he sends in their six-round bout, and as confidence is half the battle, O'Brien should make good. WALSH TO FIGHT HERE BANTAM - WEIGHT CIIAMPIOX SEERS GO IX PORTLAXD. Plans of Local Promoter for Monte Attell to Meet Boston Boy Kail lo Materialize. BOSTON. Mass., Dec. 29. (Special.) Jimmy Walsh, the bantam - weight champion. Is going- to try his luck at Portland, Or. Eddie Keevln, bis manager, received word today from Jack Grant, of Port land, suggesting that the little cham pion go there to box some boy of his weight. Keevin Immediately wired a favorable reply and the chances are that Walsh will be seen in action against one of the topnotch bantams of the Pacific Coast in a Portland ring" some time the latter part of July. Walsh for some time has been anxious to make another trip to the Coast, as he figures there is much more doing among the little fellows out that way than there is in this section, where opponents in his class are just about exhausted. Before go ing to Portland Walsh will box one more bout East, a six-round no decision affair with Patsy Brannigan, the bantam-weight champion of the Keystone state, at Pittsburg. When asked last night whom he had in view to meet Jimmy Walsh. Jack Grant stated that he was not positive yet. for he Is trying to get Monte Attell to take the date, but the latter is scheduled for another bout shortly snd is also anxious for a re turn match with Danny Webster. If Attell floes not take the date. Grant may match Jimmy Carroll or Danny Webster with the Boston bov. NKLSOX SHARE Tp BE $12,000 HeMer Offers Battler Fortnnc, Wol sast to Get $3000. SAN FRAN'CISCO. Dec. 29. The Call printed the following telejn"am from Bat tling Xeteon at Milwaukee thif morninp: "I hjive closed to fiprht Wolstaet 4o rounds before Hester's Alission Club at 4iXf "ASK - Jkil TtT. MAN IC5. . .VJrwoowNslr -) - r FRANK C.RIGGS SEVENTH ft OAK STS. PHONES MAIN 4542, AII27. San FrancisCoi My share is $12,000. Wol gast must fight mo there or lose the chance of winning the championship. The date is still unsettled. I have also agreed to fight Hyland 30 rounds at Kansas City. for this, I will get 7S00. Eddie Green wald. my sparring partner, will be one of my trainers-." ixeison aiso sas tnat tie will end his theatrical engagement Saturday and inti mates that he will begin training for Hy land, at once. Hefter said tonight that lie had heard nothing from Wolgast. but that he was vflllng. to give the aspiring lightweight .;000 for meeting the ciampion. While the oate is still open, it i? probable that the tight will be staged Washington's birth day. WOLGAST AFRAID OF XELSOX? Aspirant for Ptigillstic Glory Denies Scheduled right. IX3S ANGELES. Dec. 29. Ad Wolgast, aspirant for the pugilistic championship now held by Battling Nelson, denied to night that he has agreed to meet Nelson in San Francisco before the Mission Club for the lightweight championship. "Hestery would have to make a much larger offer than he has to" get me to fight Nelson before his club," said Wol gast. 'He has not got a license for a 45-round contest, anyway, and I doubt if he will be able to get one. I would rather fight Nelson in Los Angeles. The report that my manager has gone to San Francisco to sign for a fight there for me is wrong. Ho has gone to liakersfleld with Barney Oldfield on a pleasure trip, and is not going to San Francisco." Handball Game Close. In the scratch handball tournament for the Ben Holladay trophy cup. being played at the Multnomah Club, the clos est match played so far was the game Tuesday night, when Cleland defeated Lombard, 19-21, 21-10, 21-17. The re sults of the matches played up to date are as fo,iows: Smith beat Eastman, 21-9. 21-12: Cleland beat Lombard, 19-21. 21-10. 21-17: Ellsworth beat Van Voor hles. 14-21. 21-10. 21-0: Starr'beat Gear in, 11-21, 21-11, 21-14; Housneriieat Van, 21-11, 21-13: Morris beat Bouljn by de fault. A dinner will be given tomorrow night at the Commercial Club by Irving Housener to the participants in the tour nament. SOCCEH GAMES DRAW XEW YEAR CONTEST EXPECTED TO BE WELL ATTEXDED. Season Has .Three Months More in Portland Before Cameron Cup . Can Be Awarded. It will be the end of March before the 1909-10 association football season is over in Portland, which means the season is less than half through. . Bach of the five teams has eigrht city league games, of which the Queen's Park and Cricketers have played, four each, Multnomah and the Nationals three each and the Oceanics two. Thus the large silver cuj, awarded to the winners by District Attorney George J. -Cameron and a number of other soccer enthusiasts, may be anybody's yet. Following the cup series, which will end about the middle of February, w-111 come the annual game between the city league champions and a picked team from the other lour clubs. Then the an nual international games, among teams from America, England and Scotland and which are accounted the soccer fea ture of the year, will be put on. The Scotch have always won this series, which was inaugira.ted in ltV7 and has run three years. For the first time, Multnomah field will be devoted to soccer on the second best football date of the year New Vear's day. Soccer on the club field Christ mas has become- an annual custom but the Xew Year's date is due to a piece of luck for the association crowd the sud den cancellation of the Multnomah-Se-attle Stars intercollegiate game. The soccer game, however, is not unlikely- to draw almost as well In view of the wave of interest in this spectacular form of football over the country. The gam will be between the M. A. A. C. eleven and the Nationals, an eleven made up of Portland and St. Helens play ers The two have never met and there is no way of gauging respective merits. The National? "are speedy and play a game nearly resembling the style de veloped last year by the clubmen. Their defense is heavy, and they greatly out weigh the M. A. A. C. men, who will have to depend on maneuvering to win. This will be a game especially for the exploitation of soccer among Americans. A regular city league game will be Vlayed In the morning at 10:30 o'clock on the baeeball grounds between the Cricketers and the Oceanics, which teams last met Thanksgiving. W. S. Richmond will be referee of both matches. RUGBY GAME IS SOON" WON Pacific Coast Championship Goes Back to Vancouver, B. C. VANCOUVER. B. C, Dec. 29 A dropped goal in the first five minutes of play this afternoon gave Vancouver a 4-to-0 victory over the University of Cali fornia rugby team and brought back to British Columbia the Cooper-Keith Pacific Coast. Basil Sawers. playing fullback on the Vancouver team, was kicked on the head and knocked unconscious during a Berkeley rush. He was taken to a hos pital. His condition is not considered serious. - . - - .... . . Pfarl naliJnr is still carried on with con siderable success on the River Teltb, at Callander. Perthahire ff The Home Furnished Complete Goods Purchased Today and Tomorrow "Will Be Charged on Your January Account. Portland Agency for the " Modart" Corset. "Lily of France" "Corset and the "Madeleine" Corset. zl mmMiii mmm t yf. tP.uaw of sizes at moderate prices, and there are many new and clever designs a'nd combinations, among them the red, black and gray combhations, the Swastika design, the diamond and triangle patterns in soft gray, white and black, and the stripes. "We believe we have estab lished a leadership in this section in the collecting and selling of Navajo Rugs an assurance of reliability to. those -who arc interested in them. These and many others are now ready for v'our inspection. In the Carpet and Rug Section sixth floor. ' Navajo Rug. 3 ft. 6 in. by Navajo Rug, 4 ft. by 4 ft, Navajo Rug, 3 ft. 5. in. by Navajo Rug. 4 ft. 2 in. by Navajo Rug, 3 ft. 8 in. by Navajo Rug. 3 ft. 9 in. by 6 Navajo Rug, 3 ft. 10 in. by at Navajo Rug. 4 ft. 9 in. by 6 O'BRIEN IS BEATEN Chivington Elected President of American League. 168 GAMES TO BE PLAYED Danville Manager Refuses McCre die's Offer to Manage Portland Team Season Will Begin Probably on April 13. CHICAGO, Deci 29. Thomas ii. Chiv ington was elected president of the Ameri can Baseball Association over John D. O'Brien at the meeting today. Chiving ton won on the first ballot by five votes to three O'Brien, the incumbent, did. not make as good a battle as expected, as it was thought he was powerful enough to cause a deadlock on the first ballot. The association also decided to play a 168-game schedule in 1910, elected W. R. Armour, of Toledo, vice-president and decided to hold the schedule meeting in Chicago at the time of the American League meeting, about February 15. A resolution was passed requiring all clubs to provide dressing-rooms at the park for the players. President Chiving ton announced the league headquarters would be moved to Chicago February 1. Contest on Tebeau, Maybe. George Tebeau was re-elected chair man of the board of directors, but there may be a contest on his right to serve. The election of Chivington was some thing of a surprise. The other northern clubs Minneapolis, St. Paul and Milwau kee stood solidly behind O'Brien, but that was all the support he could muster. The continuance of the 168-game schedule met with little opposition and the financial success of the last season caused the magnates to adopt it again. The season ' will begin on April 13 and probably will -end on September 26. Roger Bresnanan, manager or tne wt. Louis Nationals, wae the only major league representative. He was trying to dispose of some of his surplus young sters. Portland Offer Refused. Jack McCarthy, manager of the Dan ville Three I League team, received an offer from 'Walter McCredie to manage the Portland Northwestern League team, but refused. Pitcher Packard, of the Louisville team, was sold to Columbus. It was announced that four members of the Chicago Ameri cans were sold to the San F"rancisco Pa cific Coast League. The men sold were Catcher Warring, formerly of the Guth rie, Okla.. team; Pitcher Harry Stewart, of the Houston, Tex., team; Pitcher Frank Miller, of Des Moines, and Out fielder Klannagan, a Pacific Coast pro duct. GAME WON IN , LAST MINUTE Allen Preparatory Wins From Alum ni by Close Margin. By the close score of 23 to 21, the Allen Preparatory School basketball team de feated an aggregation of star players from the school's alumni yesterday after noon in Ringler's gymnasium at East Morrisoa street and Grand avenue. The game was replete with grandstand pei formances and was ' hotly contested throughout. Toward the end of the second half It looked as If the alumni had the game cinched, and the score stood 21 to 18 In their favor. At this juncture, however, with four minutes left to play, Compton and Shaver each shot a basket and won the game for the Aliens. Broughton, who played left guard for the alumni, is a member of the Univer sity of Oregon basketball squad. Herb Barbur is from West Point and Hal Bates Is sub-center on the M. A. A. C. team. The Barbur brothers were the stars of the game. Harr, the Allen cen ter, did great work, and insured himself a position on the school's first team. If the Aliens show the strength during the coming interscholastic season that they displayed yesterday they are sure to land well toward the top of the per centage column. Gold Seals Befeat Vancouver. The Goodyear Company Gold Seals in- Toll &.Gibbs, Inc. MORRISON AT SEVENTH anni( Twice a year for several years it has been our custom to import direct from the Navajo trading posts in Arizona and New Mexico a collection of these famous rugs. The shipment which we have just received should have reached us in time for the holiday trade, Imt was delayed in transit. It represents a good general collection 5 ft. 3. in. 6.75 6 in., at. .$7.50 4 ft. 8 in. $7.50 5 ft. 9 in. $8.00 6 ft. 1 in.$9.00 ft. 7 in. $12.00 i. ft. 11 in. $12.50 ft. 2 in.$13.50 Navajo Rug, 4 -Navajo Rug, 4 Navajo Rug, 4 Navajo Rug, 3 Navajo Rug. 4 Nirtajo Rug, 4 NaVajo Rug, 4 Navajo Rug, 4 door baseball team invaded Vancouver. Wash.. Tuesday night-and defeated the all-star team of the barracks by the score of 19 to l The playing of Femes. Vancouver's pitcher, was the feature of the game. E. Davis and "Buzz" Beagle carried off the batting honors, each' securing five hits out of five times up. Kd Morton patched a good game for the Gold Seals, striking out 14 of the soldiers. Batteries Gold Seals Morton, Davis and Beagle. Van couver Femes and Welty. ATHLETIC COUNCIL CONVENES Research Society Works for Purity In Amateur Games. NEW YORK. Dec. 29. Another of the Winter's conferences on athletics was held today, when the Athletic Research Society, composed cf representatives' of almost every branch of- amateur " ath letics, discussed administrative Tirnhlcrrt ' It was announced that the amateur Athletic Union had appointed a commit tee to report "measures to increase the activity and preserve the purity of ama teur athletics," and that the A. A. ir. desired the. co-operation of the Athletic Research Society. .The society appointed a similar committee to confer with th ' A. A. U.. which has been stirred to action ; by- the recent formation of a new gov erning nody in the Chago district. The football situation was not touched upon. It will be two weeks at least be fore the question of revising football rules is threshed out by the joint com mittee of the Intercollegiate Athletic As sociation and the regular football rules committee, which will meet in New York early in January. The general opinion among athletic leaders is that the game will be radically modified. ENABLE TO TRY BVZIROS Wrestlers to Meet in Cateh-as-Catch- Cau Next Monday. Virgil Venable and Teter Buzukos have signed to mt in a straight catch-as-catch-can wrestling match at Merril s Hall next Monday night, January 3. Both men agree to weigh in at less than 140 pounds. - This will make them of equal weight when they get on the mat. Ven able Is the Seattle crack who won re nown by appearing here under the col ors of the Seattle Athletic .Club when an amateur.. HEAVY FOG CAUSES CRASH Switch Engine Smashes Into String of Boxcars Damage $4 000. Control . of a switch engine was lost on the main l'ne of the new St. John ex tension early last night and the iron machine . crashed Into a string of empty boxcars. Engineer Burns and his fire man escaped injury by jumping from the cab of their engine. The crash rendered two cars into ,in-dling wood and threw the engine crosswise over the tracks. Owing to the darkness and fog at the time of the collision Bums did not observe the danger ahead unTll close upon the cars. He applied the brakes which failed to respond at the instant. The damage s estimated at 14000. Try the New Line. Keep In vmind the new train service of the Oregon & Washington Railroad Company, commencing January 1, be tween Portland, Tacoma. Seattle and Intermediate points. Fine trains, con venient hours of arrival and departure. Try the new line. TONIGHT (THURSDAY),8:00 O'CLOCK Exposition Rink Building BOXING. Auspices Rose City Athletic Club Monte Attell vs. Jimmie Carroll WORLD'S CHAHPIOV BANTAM- FRANKIE EDWARDS vs. DAN O'BRIEN PRLlMl.AUr. CHET HENNESSEY vs. DICK ROACH IlI VGSIDE SEATS, X " RESERVED SEATS, 2. General Admission $1.00 Tickets At SCHILLER'S i2 Hi SrS P House Furnishings Sold on Easy Payments aivajjo ft. 3 in. by ft. 3 in. $15.00 ft. 2 in. by 3 ft. 7 in.$16.00 ft. 3 in. by 6 ft. 7 in. $16.50 ft. 9 in. by 6 ft. 8 in.$lS.OO ft, 8 in: by 7 ft., at. .$20.00 ft. 9 in. by 8 ft. 5 in. $22.50 ft. 4 in. by 6 ft. 10 in.$25.00 ft. 1 in. by 7 ft. 1 in. $25.00 MILK PROFITS HUGE New York Inquiry Shows Stock . Is Three-fourths Water. PRICE FIXED BY COMBINE Surplus of $8,821,230 Accumulated in Ten A" ears by One Company, Which Earned. 2 6 Per Cent on Iiifluled Capita.!. XEft' YORK, Dec. 9. The investiga tions into the so-called milk trust, by Special Deputy Attorney-General Cole man, received added Impetus today by a discovery made by Marvyn Scudder. the accountant employed -by the state, to go over the books of the larger milk companies in the city. Counsel for the Borden Condensed Milk Company, controlling 28 per cent of the fluid milk trade In this city, and the Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Company, were engaged today prepar ing to meet the analysis of Mr. Scud der, who has placed his findings before tb referee. Scudder said the books of the Borden Company showed that more than $15, 000,000 of the 120.000,000 capital stock represented "trade-marks," and "good will," which the accountant said repre sented nothing tangible in the way of assets. On the company's capitaliza tion dividends of 6 per cent on pre ferred, and 10 per cent on common stock, were paid. Scudder said the books showed a sur plus of $8,824,230 made in 10 years, and Special Deputy Attorney-General Coleman Is preparing to ask the com pany that, if such profits are possible with milk at 8 cents a quart, what justification there was in raising the price to 9 cents. Scudder further showed that of the Sheffield Farms Company's capitaliza tion of $500,000, more than $300,000 was for "good will," etc. Tho company paid 15 per cent dividends last year and to date this year 22 per cent on its stock, while its surplus was $962,672, nearly double the capital stock. Enormous profits are shown to have been made by the Alexander Campbell Milk Company at 8 cents a quart. This company supplies more than 1.000,000 bottles of milk every month to Brook lyn families. Scudder showed that its net profits for six months were $49,880, or at the rate of 26 per cent on its capital. Scudder submitted figures from the books of the Borden Company showlnec that during nine months, while selling milk at 8 cents, the company made a clear profit on fluid milk and cream in New York and Chicago of $1,076,772. Lackawanna Coal Paya Dividend. NEW YORK. Dec. 29. The directors of the Delaware. Lackawanna & Western Coal Company declared an initial quar terly dividend of 2i per cent today. The company was formed several months ago to taXe over the coal properties of the Delaware. Lackawanna & Western Rail road. I WHO HOPES TO BE.