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TTTP. MOTIVING OREOOXTAN", FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1913- 9 VETERAN HAYES TO UMPIRE FOR COAST Appointment Leaves One Place to Be Filled on Officiating Staff of League. INSIDE OF BUSH'S FALLOUT Hins Barleycorn Said to Be Re- vponsible for Dismissal Mays' Climb Due to Blonde Hair. Declares Star of Colts. f BY ROSCOE FAWCETT. Gerald Hayes, veteran umpire of the American Association and the Interna tional League, has been signed by A. T. Baum to hold an indicator In the Pacific Coast League In 114. according to word from the south. Gerald despite his name doesn't wear a monocle or wiggle a hickory cane. In fact. Gerald Is said to be quite somo umpire. His appointment leaves only one va cancy to be filled fcy Frexy Baum. for Jack McCarthy. Gutnrie. Ed Finney and Billy Phyle will return for service In the Spring. Red" Held, he of the half-soled crown, announced that he would not return when he departed for the East in November, and. as Phil Knell did not prove a howling success when he substituted for Garnett Bush late In the Fall, there will be that one niche to plug. The Coast League has fared well as to umpires In recent years, even under the double system which went into vogue with the appearance of Al Baum In the executive settee. Baum knows a good umpire when he sees one. and doesn't hesitate to get rid of the grape fruit. The "inside" story of Bush's tinwar lng has never been published, so far as we know. President Baum let him down mysteriously one fine afternoon In San Francisco for "disobeying or ders. but. as a matter of fact. Bush can lay his release to a lobster party which he Instigated during his last visit In Portland. Portland fans will recall the hot series between the Beavers and Seals In which Bush sent McArdle to the club house and had him fined $25 and sus pended for three days. J. Cal Ewlngr, owner of the Seals, was along, and Cal doesn't let them slip anything over on him. He knew, as did Portland fans, that McArdle had said nothing or done nothing to merit a $25 plaster and a three days' layoff. Therefore, Cal proceeded to get ac tion. Rumor had it that Bush was not taking good care of himself. Cal's first move. then, was to a Plnkerton office, wSore he lined up a couple of "shadow sleuths." and it was this Plnkerton re port which really resulted in Bush's decapitation. The hawkshaws made affidavit to Mr. Ewing of sundry bottled purchases by the aforesaid Mr. Bush. Their report went something like this: "Bush In front of Ford Hotel at 7:"i0 P. M. Stranger approached, and both went across street, where Bush bought two rounds of beer. Bush then ordered a bottle of 'skee. and when that was trapped up the two went down town. Bush and stranger then went to an otner thirst parlor, etc.. etc." Early in the season lel Howard had preferred charges of Intoxication against Bush, but the accusations had been thrown out of court by President Baum. lacking substantiation. Baum, however, warned Bush at the time aaginst further soirees, so. when the sworn report of Bush's Portland maneu vers was filed with the Coast president, off came Garnett'a cerebellum as neat ly as If he had been strapped into a guillotine. Just how much influence Mars. Jupi ter. Venus, the moon. sun. Saturn and sundry other of the heavenly orbs exert over ye earthly mortals has always been a moot question. But there's one thing sure, had Carl Mays hair been of a brunette hue instead of a peroxi dish yellow, the crack pitcher never would have landed with the Portland Colts: McCredle never would have pulled down 1200 for his draft by Providence, and, perhaps, the Colts never would have Jabbed the harpoon into the Portland Coast pennant win ners In their post-season game. Yet the tinting of one's thatch is said to be infallibly controlled by these planets sailing around a few million miles off the latitude and longitude of Oregon City. "I broke in at Boise in the Western Trl-State two years ago" explained Mays yesterday. "Things broke well for mo and I won 11 of the first It games, and about that time John 11c Closkey at Qgden. in the Union Asso ciation, began to sit up and count his available cash. "The old St. Louis and Milwaukee manager needed a winning pitcher." added Mays. "So finally he screwed up courage and telegraphed 'Dad' Giralln an offer for me. Gimlln accepted and I made ready to transfer over to Ogden when suddenly a messenger boy shot into Gimlin's office with an extraordi nary document. "It was a telegram from McCloskey. and it read: 'Just heard that Mays has blonde hair. Don't want him. "Wouldn't have a blonde as panltor of my hen house. Yours. JOHN M'CLOSKEY. " McCloskey's antipathy for light-haired athletes Is well known In baseball cir cles, so May's story will elicit consider able amusement. Thus it was that Portland put in a draft for Mays at the fag end of ttii season and yanked the big fellow over here for 1913. , Mays didn't get to going well until mid-season, and once asked for his release. "You've won only one game out of eight or nine for me, but I'll keep you if you don't win another all Summer." Nick Williams informed the somewhat discouraged youngster. "You have the stuff, and. while things may break bad for you, that old hook and hop on the ball is going to land you somewhere before the season is out. Mays finally emerged from his eclipse and finished like a 2:05 pacer. In fact. It was his superb pitching and his hit ting in the outfield on alternate days during the final two weeks that per mitted the Colts to finish In second placa in the Northwestern circuit. CAPTAIX OF LADD TEAM HURT Rogers -Falls Against Curb During Practice and Is Out of Game. While engaged in practice with the Ladd Grammar School football team yesterday. Captain Emmet Rogers fell and Injured his side to such an extent that he may be out of the championship game with Chapman Grammar School. acneouieo for next Tuesdav on Mult nomah Field. His place probably wUl ce iKn oy Paul Stuart. The Ladd team is handicapped In not naving a rieia on which to practice on and It waa while running throuah sig nals on the wet pavement that Rogers slipped and struck his aide on the curb. Ladd defeated Chapman. 1 to 7. last Tuesday, but another game is neces sary to decide the championship. WORKINGMEN LOSE CASTE Provincial Towns of England Refuse Magistracies to Some. LONDON', Dec 6. While Battersea has been electing a colored man to be its Mayor, the second time in the his tory of the country that a native of the West Indies has reached that position, some of the provincial towns either have declined or placed obstacles In the way of workingmen who aspired to the chief magistracy of their towns. The most noticeable case of the re jection of a workingman candidate oc curred at York. Here, as In all English cities, the Mayor is elected by the City Council and invariably the senior Alderman is chosen. At York Alderman J. H. Hartley, the senior member of the Board of Aldermen, a railway shunter, was entitled, by all the prece dents of the Council, to the position and he was actually offered and had ac cepted it- When the Council met to ratify the election, however, the Union ist members offered a candidate in his place, and succeeded in defeating the workingman choice. This was In spite of a resolution passed at a great mass meeting of the citizens calling on the Council to adhere to its original deci sion. As a result the laborltes through out the country are charging the mem bers of the York City Council with a downright act of snobbishness. In other towns, notably Bradford. Yorkshire, where a workingman elected to the City Council was dismissed by his employers, and Warrington, where the new Mayor received similar treat ment, certain classes have been show ing their objection to workingmen gaining an ascendancy In civic affairs. The colored Mayor of Battersea is John Richard Archer. He Is the son of a Wet Indian, but was himself born in Liverpool. His wife, who is col ored, is a native of Canada. Mr. Archer was elected by the votes of the Pro gressive or Liberal members of the Battersea Council. LYING ABOUTSEED HURTS Government Gets After Old Milwau kee Commission Firm. MILWAUKEE. Wis, Dec. 1. The in dictment of Rosenberg & Lleberman, one of the oldest firms on commission row, for misrepresentation in the sate of alfalfa seed marks the first step in a nation-wide effort of the Government to protect farmer purchasers of seed from the Incorrect statements of sales men. The charges are numerous and are all based on the alleged violation of sec tion 215 of the criminal code for use of the malls to defraud. The indictment charges that the firm mis-stated the facts when it claimed all its seed was Montana grown;, that it claimed to have sold 2.000.000 pounds of Montana seed last year, which is more than the entire product of the state: that it warned against Idaho seed as infected when this firm Itself pur chased for sale large quantities of seed from the so-called Infected area. MAN, 70, WEDS WIDOW, 45 New Jerscylte Nearly Loses Bride In Crowd at Church. HACKEXSACK. K. J.. Nov. 30. Mrs. Elizabeth Irving, a widow. 45 years old. of Summit avenue, and Michael Ryan, 70 years old, of Lawrence street, tlackensack, were married In Holy Trinity Church here by the Rev. Dean J. J. Cunneely. After a wedding break fast the couple started away on a wed ding trip. The church was crowded, and the aged brldgroom, fecful of running the gauntlet of his friends, left his bride and attempted to quit the church by a rear door. He was blocked, however, and then hurried down the aisle. In his excitement Mr. Ryan Jumped Into the wrong auto. He then sprang out of the car and passed several min utes seeking his bride In the crowd. DAMAGE BYMICE IS $48 Postmaster-General Tells House Ro dents Cause Trouble. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Postmaster General Burleson told the House that rats and mice at large In various post offices Jiad caused a ioc damage of $48 In the postal service during the last fiscal year. This was the last of the damages reported In a long list of claims of -postmasters for reimburse ment transmitted to Speaker Clark. Fire caused $183,635 aggregate loss, burglary $232. 236. robbery and larceny $443, flood and storms $299, and losses of postal supplies in transit $5843. SPORT - NEWS BY ROSCOE FAWCETT. MORE honors have been discovered for the alabaster brow of J. Franklin Baker, the demon clouting Philadelphia third sacker. It develops that Baker Is the only athlete who has maintained a .300 batting av erage throughout three world's series. "Chief Meyers had a chance to land the same honor until his hand was damaged prior to the start of the sec ond game last FalL MoGrav'i I n d I an batted .300 against th e Athletics in 1911 and .8 8 7 against the Red Sox in 1912. U-1...- k. - n,.f up to his regular t . ' lit-' average in tb f world'a series, as i . . - 'St J X these figures will fr-' - vCr '' 3 season, .334; world's Home Ran" Baker series. .409; 1911. regular. .347; world's series. .373; 1913, regular. .333: world's series. .45. Players who have batted over .300 In two world's scries are: Meyers, Frank Chance. Frank Schulte. Johnny Evers. Artie Hofraan. Danny Murphy, Jack Barry and Eddie Collins. Collins batted .433 in 1910 and .421 In 1913. Some star batsmen fall down In- the big series. "Tip" O'Neill, of the St Louis Browns of 1487, ran up an av erage of almost .500 In the regular season of the American Association, but during the games' with Detroit fell ajray to .1(4. Yale University la suffering from an epidemic of a disease called "Brickley Heat" "I am glad to see Lynch ousted," re marked Charley Dooin In a Philadelphia newspaper. "There has been more trouble since he waa made president of the National League than there ever was before. I never had any trouble when Pulliam was president. Dooln wasn't managing when Pul liam was, president, so that last remark la easy. ... American Rhodes scholars at Oxford are highly Indignant at the accusations of anti-American discrimination that are being hurled at the English uni versity. "The new rulings are not un fair." writes Lawrence Hull, who went to Oxford from Michigan In 1907. "The . jWarap!?, I ' "VS. ': LAND CONCERN SAFE Hood River Company Denied Right Not Wanted. OFFICER EXPLAINS ORDER Secretary Blames Dissatisfied Par chaser for Commissioner's Pro hibition of Sale of Stock by Corporation. That the Hood River Orchard Land Company has not been refused permis sion to continue business Is the state ment of officers of the company, who are in the possession of correspondence from the Corporation Commissioner showing that although they had not asked permission to sell stocks or bonds, they had been refused permis sion to do that by the Commissioner. Referring to the published reports which were made as the result of an examination of the holdings of the com pany, located at Ortley, Or., about seven mllea west of The Dalles, by & a Vin cent, examiner for the Corporation Commissioner, J. H. Devlin, secretary of the company, said yesterday that be was at a loss to understand why such an Investigation and report waa made unless it was at the instigation of T. H. Field, a purchaser of one of the company's tracts. Vlaceat Visits Field. The latter instituted proceedings some time ago for having his contract canceled on the ground of false repre sentations. Mr. Devlin draws this In ference from the fact that Mr. Vincent called upon Mr. Field soon after arriv ing at Ortley and spent the following day with him and his relatives and friends going over some of the com pany's property. Including the Field tract. "It will be noted." said Mr. Devlin, "that the greater part of this report is not based upon Mr. Vincent's per sonal investigation, but upon the alle gations made to hint by third parties, who were evidently Instrumental In geetlng him up there and who took him over the tract and made statements that were naturally prejudicial to the company. Moat of the representations made to Mr. Field at the time he bought the tract were made by his father, who was then acting as agent of the com pany and who had been over the com pany's holdings and waa at that time and ever since has been a resident at Ortley, and an owner of one of the company's orchard tracts. Mr. Field and his father had cultivated the tract In question for nearly two years, rais ing potatoes between the rows of trees, and not until the expiration of this time and Just before a substantial pay ment waa due on his contract did Field make complaint, other than that there were a few grubs In the ground. "I con sider, however, this suit of minor Im portance and do not fear the outcome, but I want to set the reading public right with reference to the examiner's report. Right Not Asked Refnsed. "Some of the news articles stated that the company had been refused a permit to do business, which is entirely erroneous. The commissioner did, how ever, write the company a letter stat ing that In view of the showing and the recommendations of the examiner's report he could not grant a permit to us for the sale of stock, bonds or other securities of the company and this may also lead to the inference that the com pany had made application for such a permit, which our records, as well as that of the department, will show Is not the case. "Shortly after what la known as tho 'blue sky' law went Unto effect, the Commissioner. Mr. Watson, wrote us a letter asking us to make a pre liminary statement and upon the ad vice of our attorney we notified him that tne company had not sold any stock bince 1911 and did not have any stoca. bonds or other securities for sale a:ia therefore did not come within Iho provisions of this low. To this letter we received a reply from Mr. Watson to the effect that because our annual statement showed that we had unsold capital stock we came technical ly within the law, and that whllo the application of the law to our company r.igbt be technical, he asked us to mu a partial report, specifying the paragraphs in the printed form he would like to have answored for the purpose of giving him a record which he stated would meet the requirements of tho department. Not desiring to appear antagonistic, we furnished this partial report, and later, upon special request, gave- additional information and Informed the department that we POT POURRI most important rule is one barring stu dents from freshmen competition who have had previous experiences in other colleges. This Is sensible. The sec ond bars students beyond 24 years of age. Now that doesn't bar any more Rhodes students than It does English men." M. O. Evans, Jr.. director of school gardens In Portland. Is back from an extended trip throughout the East. Mr. Evans, a graduate of Cornell In 1904. saw several of the big football teams In action and he thinks Washington could give any of the Eastern elevens a stiff battle. e Washington did Its Christmas shop ping early. It stuck Coach Dobte In the football stocking Wednesday under a three-year contract at approximately .3500 per annum. Ping Bodie Is not on speaking terms with Orvie Overall since the latter copped out an all-around-the-year job with Mater's brewery. Some famous kickers Charles Br lck 'ey. Walter Eckersall. Fred Moullen, Jack King. Oakland ball club directors, Dudley Clarke. Pebbleford, Tom and eJrry. When Gunboat Smith sunk Sara Langford's championship boat a fort night ago In Boston he left the heavy weight assignment minus a single white, black, brown, green or yellow big leaguer. Lang-ford undoubtedly has gone back and Johnson Is too far In the rear to longer figure, so the heavyweight brigade Is without a master for the first time in many years. When Sullivan waned, Corbett waa waiting; . when Corbett alipepd. Fits slmmons stepped Into the breach Jef fries supplanted Fits and Johnson put Jeff Into the discard. But now it's Gunboat Smith, or possibly Arthur Pelkey. and that's why the New Tear's battle between the two at San Fran cisco la a really Important affair. That tittle will tell whether the array of cheese la to continue to permeate and nauseate the W. H. ante-room. Something you should know: If all the peanuts eold by W. W Melxger at the Portland ball park last Summer were placed one after another It would make a line 5. 786. 752,900 miles long. Metx figured It out while lying abed In th hospital for four wack. Insist Every Genuine " Chesterfield" has a label that identifies it. Xo Genuine Chesterfield Suit or Overcoat is without this label. Look for it. Insist upon it. This is the only stock of new Genuine " Chesterfield Clothes in Portland and this is the only store in Portland with -which I am connected in any way .whatever. . R. M. Gray's Genuine CHESTERFIELD 66 $20.00 Genuine "Chesterfield" Suits tfMf 7C and Overcoats for ' P r. O $25.00 Genuine "Chesterfield" Newtfio 7c Suits and Overcoats p 1 0. O $30.00 Genuine "Chesterfield" New OOO Cf Suits and Overcoats.- .Y-JiOU Famous "Mandelberg" English Gaberdines at the Same Reductions All Women's Dresses at Price Every garment in our entire stock included! Tailored and semi-dressy styles, for street and daytime wear, in silks and wools. Lovely Evening Gown? exquisite creations in chaimeuse, crepe de chine, crepe de meteor, etc. Every dress goes at exactly one-half. ' $22.50 Dresses... S25.00 Dresses.. . $30.00 Dresses . . . Stl.25 .812.50 S15.00 Only One Store would be glad to give any further data It might denire. Kxperta. Approve IToprrt r. "bo far as the property of the com I anv Is concerned, will state that we have had a number of the leading hor ticulturists of the state investigate It and many prominent people have in vested In this property after maicing a thorough and searching investigation. both of the soil and of the company s methods In caring for the orchards, and n have received complimentary re ports from all of them, and, while we do not feel at liberty to give a list of these names, we will be glad to refer any one interested In the arfalrs f the company to them. "A Is stated In the examiner's re port, there, is somo land on this large tract of over 2000 acre that Is waste. That condition exists In practically all large tracts In any fruit district of the state. These portions of the tract, how. ever, are not being sold as orchard land. "We feel that a published report to the effect that we had been refused a permit to sell stock Is an Injustice to the company, as It has never requested such permit. However, the depart ment has not undertaken to Interfere with the company's conducting Its busi ness affairs aa It baa been doing in tne past. "I wish to empnasize tne laci ioi we do not want to make any statement that would indicate that the company waa In any way criticising the state corporation department, as we feel It has acted In good faith and for what it considered to be in the Interests of the public, but It Is evident that tne fjora mlssioner's department has been mis informed. "We Invite the public to make a care ful Investigation of our property." CATFISH TALE DUPES MAN Illlnolsan Watches for Thirsty Swim, mers and Gets Bump on Head. MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 30. An eager desire to learn the latest method of catching catfish In the Mississippi Itlver cost William S. Kelly $37, ac cording to the story he told the Minne apolis police. Kelly, who said his home Is In Ab ingdon. Ill-, explained that he had formed the acquaintance of two Strang era at the Minneapolis Union Depot, who Imparted to him the secret that on Thanksgiving day catfish alwaya get thirsty and come to shore for a drink. The genial strangers took htm to the river and Instructed him to look out over the water and see the fish scram ble to get ashore when they pulled out a bottle of whisky, Kelly explained. Kelly said he followed .Instructions, and that while he waa straining his eyes to get a glimpse of the thirsty fish rushing toward shore some one from behind bumped him on the head with a bludgeon. When he recovered after the ordeal of his first lesson Kelly appeared at police headquarters with his head ban daged. CAR KILLS BABY, HURTS 20 Street Vehicle Also Rama Auto and Smashes Building. CHICAGO. Dec. 1. A Broadway streetcar ran off the track at Buena avenue, killed a baby and Injured a score of passengers, rammed an auto mobile against a telegraph post, and smashed a wall In an apartment build in ic. The gas pipes In the building were broken and three explosions Immediate ly followed, the first blowing out all the windows In the first floor. The accident happened when the mo torman put on the brakes in trying to avoid hitting the automobile. Three members of a family named Peterson, said to live In Buena avenue, were In the automobile. The Peterson baby was killed. The mother waa rushed In a "sray ghost" automobile to the Lak On Bein Clothes Sacrificed Forced to Vacate Broadway Building in Just 57 Days $35.00 Dresses SI 7.50 $40.00 Dresses S20.00 $42.50 Dresses $21.25 $100.00 Dresses. R. M. BROADWAY AND MORRISON View Hospital, where she Is said to be fatally Injured. An alarm of (Ire was turned in. The passengers in the streetcar were taken home, or to nearby hospitals. TO ENLIST NOT DESERTION Judge Says Man Who Joins Army Docs Patriotic Act. SPRINGFIELD. I1L. Nov. 30. A mar ried man who leaves his wife to Join the United States Army is a patriot, not a wife deserter, according to a rul ing by Judge Crelghton In the Circuit Court. The opinion was. expressed in a rul ing by the court that Mrs. Alice Sid ener must change her bill for divorce from William F. Sidener to say that Sldener "left" her to Join the Army Instead of "deserted." "A man cannot be charged with de sertion because he Joints the Army." Judge Creighton observed. "That la a patriotic act." RURAL SCHOOLS GET MAIL Postofflce Department Authorizes Boxes in Country. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. Schools lo cated on rural routes are to be consid ered patrons of these routes, according to an announcement by Postmaster General Burleson, lie has granted per mission for the placing of mail boxes at these Institutions, where mall will be delivered for pupils or teacher. The announcement was made follow A better whiskey cannot be made. 9 There is sterling quality in every drop of the Best Rye in the Field. This quality has been maintained, without change, Since 1857. it is a quality that comes from the use of the finest grain, the purest water, and the most scientific methods of distillation. Three generations have made a life's work of preserv ing the rare quality, ancTthe fine, old flavor or $35.00 Genuine "Chesterfield" New fcO Ca Suits and Overcoats 4-O.OU $40.00 Genuine Chesterfield" New Suits and Overcoats $45.00 Genuine 4 'Chesterfield" New CO1 ffc Suits and Overcoats pOtT.uli $45.00 Dresses. $50.00 Dresses. SG0.00 Dresses. ...S50.00 .322.50 .823.00 S30.0O GRAY ing the receipt of a request from the department of public instruction of Wisconsin, which furnishes books and periodicals to such schools. CHILD ELOPERS CAUGHT Pair From Chicago Arrested as They . Lie Fast Asleep. AL'ROItA. 111., Dec. 1. A boy and girl, the former 15 and the latter one year younger, were found asleep In the railroad station here. A policeman In terrupted their dreams and the elopers from Chicago were locked up. They are Anthony Marteno. son of a retired grocer, and Consctta Demadeo, child of a commission merchant. "I love Tony." said Consetta. "We want to be married." They were taken home this evening. Detecting Explosions by Plioue. Engineering and Mining Journal. Mine telephones have long been ac knowledged to be of decided value in the operating system of mines of me dium and large size. A somewhat novel use of them, however, which has not yet been widely practiced, but which may be of some value. Is to use them for listening, at the surface, to the shot firing In a distant heading. The telephone Is left In condition at a safe distance from the heading, and the shots may be easily heard and ciunted at the surface. New York Has 2075 Fewer Fires. American Machinist. Fire Commissioner Johnson, of New Tork City, has Issued a statement that Goad old . IBB ?2viiS!Sf 588! Eothchild Bros., Distributers hown 99 $29.50 S65.00 Dresses. . . $75.00 Dresses. . . $85.00 Dresses... ..S32. 50 7.50 842.50 Terms of Sale Cash Only since Janunry 1 there have been 2073 fewer fires in New York than during the same period in 1912. He alsi shows that the loss from fires haw been during the same period more than (3.000.000 1-gs than It was up to September 1 last year. Sixty-seven In cendiaries have been convicted as a result of the arson crusade. THANKSGIVING FREES 22 Minnesota Training School Inmates J Cat Turkey at Homes. RKI WIXG. Minn.. Dec. 1. Twenty two boys. Inmates of the State Training School here, ate Thanksgiving dinners at their homes. The boys left unat tended and promised Superintendent C. O. Mercia to return. A number went to the Twin Cities, some to Duluth. one to Hibbing, and others to various other points. Last year 65 boys went home for Thanksgiving and all returned of their own Record. the government greemIstamp protects the coktzmts bottled o in bond in. WAIT FOR f(( STYLEPLUS" J) M usi