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Tim MOTCNTNG- ORFOOXTA3T. SATURDAY. .VOVE3IBER 29, 1913. "DOG" GETS CREDIT lication, however. Overall is the non committal kid. He simply says: GERMAN TRADE BIG "it b a. long time till Spring." Boy, 14, AVins Shoot. PALLS CITY, Nov. 28. (Special.) The champion marksman at the annual Thanksgiving turkey shoot held by J. S. S. Powell Has Chris Horn, age 14 years, whose score was Ave out of six pigeons to shoot. Joseph Hudson was second with four. Showing of Aggies Pleases L College Gridiron Fans. Ambassador Points to Growth in Past 40 Years. TEACHERS CLOSE MEETING EARLY CRITICISM FAR OFF MONEY RATES ARE HIGH Resolutions Adopted Tor $1500 Min imum Salary In Counties. fe "The Aristocrats of the Road " OT'd'FA I - 4&J- ' , ' . ' r f' ' ' ' ' ' " - ' ' ' V J- ' J - ' - ' w . i i Et . ,v i-v: -17 Tr4 A'9 - u 1 h - nr.: ? s 5 J IJTMW US"57 SE:IS 1 - -T - ! ls 5 1 1 W ? " ' e Ji"r - , : r2 xi . , r - - - - - STSK? tt!l (' '!- --- "jC i t " 1J' r-''-'tK i . 1 - fct-wart's Coaching: System and Plan of Shirting Players Prove Bene- !f Iclal Two Stars Needed to Slake 1914 Team Strong. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallls, Nov. 29. (Special.) With second place on the conference percentage ladder securely ' tucked away, Oregon Agricultural College foot ball fans are passing: their time either In retrospection or in looking ahead and lining up the prospects for the sea son of 1914. "When It is considered that Dr. Stew art has Just completed his first year as football coach at O. A. C, and that his coaching methods are In many ways entirely different from those previous ly in vogue here, the record of three victories, one defeat and one tie game, established by this year's varsity, can sot be considered as otherwise than complimentary to the former "Western Reserve College and "Massillon Tiger" star. With the exception of the early sea son rout at the hands of Washington, the Aggies have this year behaved in a creditable manner in every game. Local fans have long since ceased their efforts to explain the 47-to-0 Bcore at Seattle. Whether it was due to disor ganization, lack of harmony between players and coach, or lack of fighting spirit on the part of the team, the fact remains that the Aggie eleven "came back" in good style, and that It has shown, a margin of class over every team in the conference with the excep tion of "Washington. Corvallls fans are emphatically satisfied with the work of the varsity during the season Just closed, and they are entirely satis fied with the work of Dr. Stewart as head coach. Direct Fih Successful. The feature of the coaching methods employed by "Doc" this year has been the use of the direct pass from center. Karly in the season Stewart's critics prophesied that the direct pass had been found impracticable, and that the Aggies would never be able to "get away with it." The fact remains that it has worked successfully against every team in the conference with the exception of Washington, and in the Seattle game the Beavers were on the defense throughout and did not uncover any offensive plays. By means of the direct pass, "Doc" has sent his plays away in good style, has added the cen ter to the Interference, and has made effective a number of cross bucks and cross-crosses. Dr. Stewart has been criticised for shifting his players from one position to another. Yet his action in moving Chrisman to tackle from center, Rob ertson to full from end, and May to half from tackle, has doubtless been a big factor contributing to the suc cess of the team. Chrisman is a better tackle than he was a center. May a better half than tackle, and Robertson a better full than end. Local fans be lieve that had May been started in the backfield four years ago, when he Btarted his college football career, he would have developed Into one of the greatest halfbacks ever produced in tho Northwest. This year, with no experi ence other than that gained in the line, May has put up a wonderful game in the backfield, and Corvallls enthusi asts insist that he ranks with Parsons, of Oregon; Miller, of Washington, and Lockhart, of Idaho. Blllle Real "Find." The "discovery" of Brewer Billle, the end who was picked up by Dr. Stewart from a class eleven late In the season, and who developed into a fast wing man, is another feather in the cap of the local football mentor. The Astoria lad has put up a sensational game de spite his lack of experience, and al though his bobble in tho. Oregon game was costly, his work has been a valu able asset to Stewart. That Billie will next year develop into an end of the same brilliance as Kellogg displayed last year, is the opinion of many O. A. C. fans. His style of defensive play is similar to that of the Hooulam phenom, while his offensive work has that of Kellogg outclassed. Another man of whom Aggie sup porters of the gridiron game expect great things In the future is Laythe, the 190-pound guard, who has Just fin ished his first year of varsity football. Laythe is a powerfully built and won derfully strong man, and with a greater knowledge of the fine points of the game, which will come to him with an other year's experience, should develop Into a star. Of tho freshmen on the O. A. C. var sity this year, the most attention has been given to Abraham, the tow-headed rook from Albany. Abraham has played four complete quarters in every con Terence game of the year. His line plunging brands him as a comer in Northwest football circles. Dr. Stewart loses this year, by the graduation route, Chrisman and May, probably the two most valuable men on the 1913 team. Smart, the Southern California star, who made his letter this year playing in tackle and guard bertha, and Rasmussen, a valuable vet eran, who although he was not promi nent this Fall, has been a member of three O. A. C varsity elevens, and who Is one of the' most versatile players ever produced here. Should all of the remaining members of the squad return to college next Fall, Dr. Stewart should have a good nucleus on which to build a team. To find men to take the places of Chris man and May will be no easy task. "Hungry" Smythe, the second, stringer who replaced Laythe in the Albany game, is the only likely scrub who is looked upon as of varsity caliber next year. Should Dr. Stewart succeed in making a line man out of Smythe and in finding a new man to play in May's berth, the 1914 aggregation should bo at least of the class of the 1913 varsity. OVERAIvIi IS SAYIXG NOTHING It's a Lon- Time 'Till Spring," Is All Star Hurler Keniark-s. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 28. (Spe cial.) Orvall Overall will be back with the Seals next Spring. This is not necessarily a statement of facts, but is merely the opinion of those who pose as being in on the know. The Overall case is generally be lieved to be in statu quo, or something else equally horrible. However, it was hinted that by next SDring Overall would have forgotten all about his ambition to become a beer salesman. Whtle so far as known no contract his been signed, those on the Inside believe that it has been practi cally arranged for Overall to report to tho Seals next Spring. Overall,- it Js said, has Intimated as much to some of his close personal friends. .Whea it cornea to sneaking tor sub. PASCO, "Wash., Nov. 28. (Special.) xne rTanKim county Teachers' Insti tute, which has been In session in Pasco, adjourned after a successful meeting. Resolutions were adopted by the Institute recommending a mini mum salary of $1500 a year for County Superintendents in Washington; medi cal Inspection of all rural schools: rural school supervision; state aid to high schools maintaining two or more years' work in agriculture. The teach ers also asked for another county teachers' meeting next Spring Tor the purpose or Detter promoting the agri cultural experiment work which was outlined for the schools during this institute. County Superintendent George Zent announced that the next institute held in Franklin County would be of a different nature and would more near ly approach a short school session for the teachers, but would confine Us work to the actual needs of Franklin County. TEACHERS GIVEN ADVICE State Snperlntendent Makes Karnest Plea for Pomeroy Schools. POMEHOr, Wash., Nov. 28. (Spe cial.) "I believe that it Is the duty of every teacher in Garfield County to further in every practical way the cause of industrial education," de clared Mrs. Josephine Preston, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, before a meeting of the teachers' in stitute, which closed a session of three days in Pomeroy yesterday: Mrs. Pres ton urged active co-operation on the part of the teachers with the manage ment of the Garfield County Fair, which will be held here December 21 23, to the end that every school dis trict shall present a creditable exhibit in manual training, domestic art and farm products. She also made an earnest plea for a new high school building in Pomeroy and for better lights and heating fa cilities in the present building oeru pied by the grades. Every one of the 39 teachers employed by the rural dis tricts in Garfield County was in at tendance at the Institute. LANE POULTRY IMPRESSES Judge Miller Purvis Says Exhibit Best Ho Has Seen. EUGENE, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.) Taking the exhibit as a whole." said Miller Purvis, editor of poultry papers and Judge of the Lane County Poultry Show, which closed here tonight, "this show is the best I have ever judged in the Northwest, as far as uniform good quality is concerned. I make no exception to this strong statement, be cause It is my deliberate conviction after going through the show in detail and calling to mind other good shows I have Judged. "In the average show of the smaller cities one expects to find quite a num ber of ordinary birds, but this is not the case here. Of all the birds in the show but three showed defects that warranted the Judge In disqualifying them." Mr. Purvis praised especially the White Wyandotte exhibit, saying the quality was so uniformly good that it was extremely difficult to select the winners. Scarcity of Capital, However, Denied. Despite Deirlands at Home, Germans Have Made Large Investments Abroad. NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Germany's re markable economic progress since the establishment of the Empire Is de scribed In the December number of "Export American Industries," by Count Johann Heinrich Bernstorff, Ger man Ambassador to the United fetatea. Since 1891. Count Bernstorff points out. Germany's foreign trade has increased faster than that of any other nation, the gain exceeding even that regis tered by the United States. The title of Ambassador Bernstorrr s article is "The Financial Situation In Germany." He gives figures to show that during the last 40 years German mDOrts have Increased 208 per cent, to 10.673.000,000 marks (about 2. 668, 000,- 000), and exports 262 per cent to 9,031. 200,000 marks (about $2,258,000,000). United States Compared. In this respect, he adds, Germany compares favorably with the United States, despite th. great natural re sources of the latter and the large stream of immigrants in the prime of life. Between 1872 and 1911 the total foreign trade of the United States in creased 236. per cent and that cf Ger many 199 per cent, but during the de cade to 1911 the German increase Was 143.1 per cent and that of the United States only 105.1 per cent. The value of the foreign trade, both imports and exports, of the United States in 1911 was 53,718,820,000, while, tne foreign trade of Germany in the same year was ? 4,452,950,000. Count Bernstorff devotes consider able space to discussing the rate of in terest, . which is somewhat higher in Germany than in some other countries, and has been mentioned as proof that Germany is laboring under a scarcity of money. This view, he argues, is erroneous. " Interest Rate Explained. "Fluctuations in the rates of inter est," he says, "are mainly due to changes in the economic conditions of a country. Besides, the rapid growth of a vigorous and striving population as that of Germany since 1870 causes a considerable increase in all needs of life. The proClem of feeding, clothing and housing; this Increasing number of people coatd only be solved by the expenditure of vast amounts of capital J The geographical situation of Germany requires constantly growing expenses for her army and : navy. The different social problems, the solving of which Germany has undertaken ahead of other nations, not only cause large expenses to the Empire, but also to the individual federal states and the cities. Ail this, or course, resulted In a heavy strain upon the money market thereby causing a rise in the money rates. "Notwithstanding this general do mand for money in Germany, Germans have, during the last years, invested considerable sums abroad. These in vestments form a valuable reserve for the future." "Umatilla Farmers Favored. PENDLETON. Or., Nov. 2S. (Spe cial.) Umatilla County wheat growers cannot recall when they have experi enced a more favorable Fall. The weather has been exceptionally mild, and, while there has been an abund ance of moisture, there has also has been plenty of sunshine. Not a flake of snow has fallen in Pendleton this Fall, and temperatures of 60 and above are recorded nearly every day. Released Patient Taken to Asylum . WALLA WALLA. Wash., Nov. 28. (Special.) William Derrick, recently released from the Eastern Oregon Hos pital for the Insane at Pendleton, was returned today, his actions the last few days causing his relatives anxiety. Last night he swallowed some poison whicn had been secreted In his cell in the county jail. After treatment for this ho was more rational than he had bean since he was arrested. Astoria Logging Camps Close. ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 28. (Special.) On account of the continued bad wea ther the majority of the logging camps in the Lower Columbia River district are closing down Tor the holiday sea son and within the coming ten days probably all of them will have ceased operations. It is understood that most of them will start up again immediately after the first of the year. DEER GRAZES ON PLAINS Antelope Reported Seen In Sage brush Xear "Umatilla. PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 28. (Sdo cial.) A large buck deer was seen on the west extension of the Umatilla project last week by Engineer Davis. The animal was" 50 miles or more from the nearest timber, but was feeding among tne sage Drush as contentedly as though it haa always ranged there. Mr. "Davis says the deer was so tame he could have killed it with the small rifle he carried. Two antelope were reported recently as being in the same vicinity. It has been more than a generation since any of these animals were seen In this section. CHEHALIS BONDS ARE VALID Supreme Court of "Washington Re verses Lower Court's Ruling. OLYMPIA, Wash., Kov. 28. (Special.) The $185,000 bons authorized to es tablish a municipal water system for the city of Chchalis are valid, the Su preme Court ruled in a decision today, reversing the Lewis County Superior Court, which had enjoined the city rom entering into a contract with W. H. Mitchell, the successful bidder on installing the system. ine injunction proceedings were brought by the "Washington-Oregon Corporation and H. C Coffman. PARK BOND AND PENSION AMENDMENTS OUTLINED Brewster Proposes to Make Permanent Improvements Relief for Shane and "WhitcomD Object of One Charter Change TJp to People. HE OREGONIAN herewith presents the second of a series of explanations M -of proposed charter amendments which are to be voted on at the special city election December 9. Other amendments will be explained in subse quent issues: BALLOT TITLE. An Act to amend the Charter by adding thereto a new section authorizing the issu ance and sale of bonds In an amount not ex ceeding Two Hundred Thousand Dollars to provide a fund for the Improvement of existing- parks and playgrounds and for the Improvement of existing" boulevards and parkways, and reserving to the Council the right to assess property specially benefited by the Improvement of property for park purposes. " Shall the Charter the City of Portland be so amended? 126. Tea. 127. No. This is a measure proposed by City Commissioner Brewster, head of the department of public affairs, embrac ing the park bureau. It is proposed to use the money derived from the sale of the bonds to improve several of the parks and playgrounds of the city which -are now held by the city but are in more or less unimproved condi tion. No part of the money can be used for acquiring new ground. The improvements will be of a permanent nature in such places as Laurelhurst Park, where improvements are consid ered necessary for the oonvenlenoo and comfort of people desiring to .use the park; for the building of a trail in Macleay Park, now almost a wilder ness; the improving of parts of Wash ington Park, and the improving of other parks. Originally provision for these improvements was made in the annual city tax budget for 1914, but was removed from this on the ground that permanent Improvements -should be paid for In a term of years by bopda lotta4 of 1a cat jrr BALLOT TITLE. An Act amending an Act adopted Jun second. 1913. which amfnriail Roctfnn 17, of the Charter or the City of Portland, by amending subdivision nine thereof fixing the amount to be withheld from the salary of members for the Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund, and by adding a new subdi vision authorizing the granting of a pension to W. H. Whltcomb and C. D. Shane, fire men disabled In the service before said act was adopted, but are -barred from receiving pensions because said act recognizes only i iMa.-KIlf aiihsantimt n tm . 1 . . I . . ' Shall said act be so amended? 13S. Tes. . 129. No. This Is a proposed amendment to the Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund act adopted by the people of Portland by vote last Spring. Under the wording of the act, as passed, it has been found impossible to grant pensions to C. D. Shane and W. H. Whitcomb, firemen who became permanently disabled whil in the service. The board of trustees of the relief fund favored granting pensions to these men, but. upon rul ing of City Attorney LaRoche, found it could not legally do so. Shane oon traoted tuberoulosls while in the aarv. ice before the pension act was passed, ana is permanently disabled. Whit- comD contracted an acute case of rhn matism while in the service and will not De aDie to woric again. 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The choice of shrewd car owners is not based upon mere test records, but upon the actual wear that these United States Tires give on all kinds of roads day in and day out It is the grinding and gruelling wear and tear, that they "stand up" to that has alone established for United States Tires their well-earned title of "Mightier Than the Road". This reputation and the actual number in use on the automobiles in the West means just one thing that these famous tires have "made good." This tremendous organization of the Four Famous Factories is delivering" real tire efficiency day in and day out. "When you purchase United States Tires you are sure of these vitally important facts : 1. Of the Four Factory Organization, behind these famous tires. 2. Qf vast experience in tire build ing. 3. Of a tremendous organization that actually backs up its tires. The overwhelming number of automobile manufacturers who have selected United States Tires as the standard equipment of their 1914 cars proves unquestionably that United States Tires are today the accepted standard for real tire service. Portland Service Branch - 24-26 Fifth Street, North ; Don't Be Talked Into a Substitute Your own dealer or any reliable dealer can supply you with United States Tires Smooth Tread, "Nobby Tread," or "Chain Tread." If he has no stock on hand, insist that he get them for you at once, or go to another dealer. Note This Dealers who sell United States Tires sell the best of everything. i"itiiiri1 -nniir"! Ttfi if inn' n" " " -ir- WESTERN FUEL GIVES IN COMPANY SURRENDERS BOOKS TO FEDERAL GRAND JTTRY. Action Sara Secretary Norcros. From Jail, but $SOOO Fine for Contempt of Court Must, Be Paid. SAN FRAXCISCO, Nov. 28. (Spe cial.) Abandoning- their long: fight in tne Federal courts to keep their cli ent's books from inspection by the Federal grand Jury, the attorneys for the Western Fuel Company today sur rendered the books to the inquisitorial body. Tho action sa-ye3 David Nor cross, secretary of the "Western Fuel Company, from spending" a term in the Alameda County Jail. Attorney Samuel Knight, f the de fense, announced that the attorneys reached their decision after the an nouncement was made , that the books WefS want,ud In oonneotlpn WUU tbO In vestigation now under way before the recently impaneled Federal Brand jury, as to whether the Pacific Mail Steam ship Company and other organizations are Implicated In tho alleged Western Fuel Company frauds. Some weeks ago the Western Fuel Company was fined $2000 for contempt of court by United States District Judge Maurice T. Dooling" for failure to produce the books, and It was or dered that Secretary Norcross be con fined In Jail until the books were pro duced. The company appealed to the United States Circuit Court, which sustained Judge Dooling's ruling. By turning over the books the com pany does not escape payment of the $2000 fine, but Norcross will not have to go to Jail. Cassias 31. Clay Dies at 7 0. PARIS. Ky., Nov. 28. Casslus M. Clay, president of the Kentucky con stitutional convention of 1889, one-time candidate for Governor of that state and well known throughout the South, died here early today. He was a grad uate. cX Xalo. aod was 74 yeca old. 60MPERS HEARS SIDES ELECTRICAL WORKERS' FACTION At STRIFE IS INVESTIGATED. President of American Federation In- ist. That .Inquiry Be of "Most Private Nature and Wins. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2&. (Spe cial.) In strictly executive session, representatives of the San Francisco Building Trades Council, the Labor Council and the local Electrical Work ers' Union conferred all day today with President Gompers and other officials of the American Federation of Labor in the Temple of Labor here, in the hope of ending the strike of electrical work ers employed by the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. Andrew - .1. Gallagher, president of the Labor Council, announced that prac UcaUy no progress toward a settlement had been made. The labor leaders re mained in conference all morning, when, after a brief adjournment for lunch, they resumed tnelr discussion behind closed doors. More than 100 electrical workers be sieged the doors of the Labor Temple, but admission was denied them. Mr. Gompers himself insisvd that the de liberations be of the most private na ture. "I do not propose to discuss this thing in a mass meeting," be declared. Besides the American Federation president, John Mitchell, D. A. Hayes and James F. Valentine, vice-preil-dents, are taking an active part in tiie conference. As the Pacific Gas &JBic tric trouble is caused by a factlmal fight between two branches of the vlec trical " workers, a settlement of this quarrel here would mean the settle ment of many other like disputes be tween the two factions all over tho Coast. The Frtt.ch President is touring France "after the American fashion." It ren.jire.-i 40 automobiles to carry his pnrty. Kven Teddy the Terrible never did anything like this. Boston Adver tiser, , .