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MORNING ENTERPRISE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19,1912.
OLD AND MODERN
urn nnnniinrn
FRISKY COLTS TAKE
DEMOCRATIC CLANS
BROWHELL TO SPEAK
AT JULY 4 MEETING
SLAYER OF HEN IN
All LOSES NERVE
FAIRFAX CLUB HAS
FINE ENTERTAINMENT
THE LIBERTY BELL
GATHER INBALTII10RE
BALTIMORE, June 18. Overshad
Favors For Fourth
of July Feasts.
ilium uuiiirancu
Baseball Experts Not Sure it
Present Day Men Are Best.
A MATTER OF POSITION.
First Basemen Seem to Be Superior to
Those of Other Times Latter Day
Third Basemen More Numerous.
Buck Ewing Best Catcher.
Whether the star ball player of the
?ast was a better player than the star
of the present Is In a measure a mat
ter of position. There never was a
time when there were as many high
class first basemen as right now nor a
time when there was any one first
baseman better than. If as good, as
several of the best of today. Old tim
ers are constantly asserting, as If ar
guing on the defensive, that the game
today Is not faster or more scientific
than It was in their day. It may have
advanced some in team tactics and In
alertness, but individual comparisons,
so far as they are practicable, point
out no great difference one way or the
other. Here and there an old time
star stands out prominently after all
the years, but If there Is any differ
ence of moment it Is that there are
more players now of a certain high
standard than there used to be.
Just where to draw the line between
the modern and the past Is not easy to
decide. There are players of the mod
ern era who were In harness np to a
year or so ago who certainly don't be
long to the past, even If not playing
this year. Were they to be included
In the bygone regime the past would
have an enormous advantage over the
present in the far greater number of
years represented. In any event the
stars of today compare favorably with
those of any one bygone year.
Take an array of first basemen com
posed of Mclnnis, Chase, Daubert,
Konetchy, Gainor, Merkle, Chance and
Tenney and there is no other lot to
equal it This is true, even eliminating
Chance and Tenney, who retired only
last year. Jiggs Donohue, who played
up to a few years ago, was as great as
any, whereas a group consisting of
Tucker, Tebeau, Doyle, Comiskey, Reil
ly, McKinnon, Anson and Broutbers
didn't have the fielding range of the
modern group. -
There has been no better second base
man than Collins, Lajole or Evers, but
from tho nnst mav be nicked a larger
number of first class men, such as
Dunlap, Pfeffer, McPhee, Rlchasdson,
and. of a between period, Lowe, Reitz
and Childs. The dim past never had
two as accomplished shortstops as
Long and Jennings, the greatest con
temporary pair of all. It is a question
if there have ever been two the equal
of these two. They are not of the pres
ent period or of the remote past Long
after the days of Williamson and Glasscock-
came Corcoran, McKean. "Ger
many" Smith, Dahlen. Parent Elber
feld and Turner, a group, as a whole,
better than any predecessor group, but
with which the strictly modern grouo
consisting of Barry, Bush, Tinker, Wag
ner. Fletcher, McBride, Wallace and
Doolan does not suffer In comparison.
Latter day third basemen are much
more numerous and most of them rep
resentative of more all around skill
than those of earlier times. Long
since the days of Denny, Sutton and
Smith came Collins and Bradley and
Leach the first named of these three
the greatest third baseman of any time
and since their day worthy successors
in Baker. Devlin, Lord and Byrne.
It is only in the outfield that old time
stars are to be found with whom one
is slow to match outfielders of later
times. The old timer is prone to make
something of a fetish of the Welches,
Fogartys, McAieers and Johnstons. To
these may be added Griffin. Corkhill.
Hornung and Evans.
Outfielders who could cover ground
and Judge files as these conld are hard
to find, but does not their fame take
on an added glory merely from recol
lection? Isn't Speaker practically as
good as any one of them? Of the later
comers Fielder Jones and Bill Lange
are not to be overlooked, and what
about Milan, Keeler, Cobb and Clarke?
In speed and judgment Speaker and
Keeler may be more nearly the equal
of McAleer than the pedestal on which
those of us who remember his work
may have placed him warrants.
The best catchers the game has pro
duced are uot of the present They
are of the past The best one catcher
is, anyway, for Buck Ewing was the
best backstop of any time. And there
were eeuueix, umj, tsusnong, ii.eiiy,
Farrell, Martin, Bergen, Flint Eob
lnson and Criger, a group of far
and near past receivers which the
group embracing Meyers, Sweeney,
Ainsmitb, Stanage, Bresnahan, Sulli
van, Ellng, Thomas and Gibson hard'
ly parallels.
As to pitchers, Radbonrne, Whitney,
Butfington, McCormick, Keefe, Hecker,
McMahon, Seward. Rusie. Meekin,
Ramsey, Kllroy, Carruthers and Mor
ris of the past versus Johnson, Ma
tbewson, Marquard, Ford, Wood,
Gregg, Young, Walsh, Brown. Joss,
Mullln, Coombs, Bender and Plank of
a different period. There isn't the
slightest doubt that the ancients conld
make all sorts of trouble for present
day batters, oor, on the other band,
that the moderns would be quite as ef
fective against the bitters of the past
as the old time pitchers named were.
USE OF TIME. .
Use time; do not waste it The
man who has least time is the man
who does least with his time, and
the man who always has tune (or
one thing more is the man who has
already done several things more
today than most men.
Burn That Letter.
Any man who writes a letter he
- vants burned should burn It himself.
Atchison Globe. .
bRM THE BAuO
ttfkS STOPPED ROU--
PORTLAND. June 18. fSoecial.)
Doty pitched a great game today. The
score was 5 to 1 in favor ot the colts.
Tacoma got only 3 hits. Gordon al
so did well on the slab, allowing on
ly 7 bingles. Portland made one in
the first and 3 in the fourth.
The results Tuesday . follow:
At Los Angeles Vernon 8 .Portland
At San Francisco Los Angeles '8,
Oakland 1.
At Sacramento Sacramento 8,
San Francisco 2.
Pacific Coast League Standings
W. L. P.C.
Vernon 43 28 .606
Oakland 41 31 .569
Los Angeles 40 31 .563
Sacramento 31 38 .449
Portland 26 37 .413
San Francisco 28 44 .389
National League
Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1.
Pittsburg 7, New York 2.
Boston 4, Cincinnati 3.
Brooklyn 9, St. Louis 6.
9 American League
Washington 5, Philadelphia 4.
Detroit 8, Cleveland 4.
St. Louis 4, Chicago 3.
HI SCHOOL
HAS 7 GRADUATES
The commencement exercises of th
McLouEhlin Institute will be held at
the McLoughlin Hall tomorrow even
ing at 8 o'clock. An excellent pro
gram has been arranged by the Bene-
mctine sisters. ,
There will be seven graduates. Miss
Mary A. Nuttall. president : Miss
Louise M. Weber, vice-president;
1 nomas C. Barry, secretary; Daniel
E. McMahon .Miss Ellen V. McMillan,
Miss Marearet C. Sullivan and Jos
eph Armstrong. The class motto is
Mne .Beginning, and the class flow
er is the white carnation.
The following program will he giv
en:
Coronation March, bv ft. Meverheer
Piano Juarette. Salie Clancev
Anna McMillan, First Piano; Ellen V.
McMillan tz; Opal Rains, '13; Sec
ond Piano.
Salutatory Ellen V. McMillan '12
The Ocean SDrav hv R. TMeharria"
Intermediate grades, S. Clancey, ac
compaist. Hoses, bv A Strelezki Pla tio Ounr.
teete, Loverne Brooks and Anna Rose
canzer, nrst piano; Margaret Brady
and Anna Lenon, second piano.
sword Drill by the Boys.
Goin' to Meetin' Song, by Minims.
Faust Waltz, bv a
Hutaon, Rose Muench. first nionn-
Joseph Gadke, '14; F. Champion, '13,
second piano.
Adrift, Song F. ChamDion. N. Mi.
chels and F. Bruce, 9th grade.
uiass Drill 7th and 8th grades.
Class Song.
Jubel Feier Piano Trio. Anna Me-
Millan, H. Forsbere and E. Mo.An-
ulty.
Valedictory D. E. McMahon, '12.
Presentation of Dinlomaa. hv Rnv
A. Hillebrand.
Address to Class, bv Hon. Josenh
E. Hedges.
LADIES ENTERTAINED
BY BROTHERHOOD
The ladies of the Congregational
church were given a royal entertain
ment by the Brotherhood of the
church Tuesday evening. It was the
last banquet of the season and more
than 100 persona were present. T. J.
Gary, president of the brotherhood
started the proceedings with an orig
inal poem, which was- enthusiastical
ly received. Mr. Gary, in a semi-humorous
way, without getting his feet
and meter mixed had something nice
to say to the members, and before the
meeting was adjourned he was declar
ed the Poet Laureate of the Brother
hood. B. S. Huntington ,a prominent
lawyer of Portland, and Dr. Luther R.
Dyott, Pastor of the First Congrega
tional Church of Portland, delivered
interesting addresses. Rev. W. F.
Vogt, pastor of. the Congregational
Church at Beaver Creek spoke upon
his work, and Rev. George Nelson
Edwards, pastor of the Congregational
Church in this city; Mrs. David Cau
field, President of the Woman's Club;
Mrs. Mary Charman, Mrs . W. H.
White, JHrs. Eva Emory Dye and Col
onel C. H. Dye also made addresses.
The dinner, which was a delicious one
was served by the Ladies' Aid Soci
ety.
Wonder if This U So?
, If yon pnt two persons in the same
bedroom, one of whom has the tooth
ache and the other Is in love, yoo will
find that the person wbo has the tooth
ache will go to sleep first Isn't It curi
ous I Exchange.
Not That Cause.
Employer Are you a married man?
Applicant No, sir; I've been bald since
childhood. Satire.
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PATBIOTIO FAVOB BOXES.
A charming and unusual luncheon
plan Is a Liberty bell table, the idea
beginning with the flowers and extend
ing to favors and all minor details.
The centerpiece, by way of a change,
might be a hanging one, a bell formed
of flowers and depending from the
chandelier or by ribbons from the ceil
ing. -
Again, you could have the conven
tional low bed of flowers and Just above
this one of the silver Liberty bells in
papier mache which come for holding
candy. Have this swung from the
chandelier or from the ceiling by rib
bons and fill It with favors to be dis
tributed after the luncheon, or you
can fill it with sweets and have as fa
vors little chocolate or silver paper
Liberty bells, with the names of the
guests written upon them in icing or
red ink, as you choose.
Replicas of the old Liberty bell can
easily be made provided one can con
struct the frame of wire by covering
the frame with paper which has been
dampened, then molded into shape.
The outside is afterward tinted in a
dull bronze, with the date 1776 across
the surface in gold lettering. Howev
er, these trifles are so inexpensive that
it would be a waste of time for any
one to try to make them at home.
There are any number of variations
of the articles typical of Independence
day shown in rfavors which will not
only add interest but attractiveness to
the Fourth of July entertainment
Useful Traveling Suit.
Scarlet or green silk Is introduced in
smart touches on the black and white
tailored costume, as evidenced in this
- PKPPEB AND SALT OOSTTOTE.
good looking suit of black and white
cheeky which has a collar and enffs of
black satin faced with apple green.
Tho Key.
"And where, my fellow citizens," ap
pealed the political speaker, "can we
find an instrument so fit so delicate,
so adjustable and at the same time so
unassuming and popular that It will
unlock every department of state for
the benefit of the people?"
"The hairpin P shrieked an enthusi
astic suffragist in the audience.
Not Traveling Incognito.
"Miss Smiley Is going to travel under
an assumed name."
"Yon surprise meP
"Yes. She Is going to be married
next week and start on her honey
moon." Considerate.
. Business Man You tell me 1 am
hurting myself sitting so long at
desk, but 1 can't make any moiiev it
1 don't Doctor Have you enough to
pay me? Business Man Y-e-s l'x
tor Then stop.-New York Weekly
-Am
owed by the sensational goings-on in
Chicago, Baltimore welcomes the pros
pective end of the battle there and i
will itself shine in the limelight next
week. Final plans are rapidly being :
completed and before the end of the
week Maryland's metropolis will be
ready to care for the Democratic
hosts. '
Strong rivals with the candidates
in discussion and conferences are the
questions whether the unit rule, and
the requirement of two thirds of the
delegates to make a nomination should
be. required. There is a sentiment
among leaders who have arrived here
in favor of changing the two thirds
rule to a majority. All are agreed,
however, that no change will be
made to apply to the present conven
tion. The most that will he done, if
any action taken, will be a submission
of the question to the Democrats in
the states, their verdict to be report
ed to the convention of 1916.. .
As of candidates, there are seven
having pledged delegates and there
is much gossip regarding a few possi
ble dark horses. Bestestimates made
today of the strength of the active
candidates credit Clark with 412 votes
Wilson 280, Underwood 88, . Harmon
31, Marshall 30, Baldwin 14 and
Burke 10. There will be 1086 dele
gates in the convention and the win
ner of tie presidential nomination will
have to muster 724 of them. Unpledg
ed delegates number 207.
A suggestion that Mayor William
J. Gaynor of New York may enter
the race has caused a lively, stir
among Democrats now on the stamp
ing ground. If Gaynor should throw
his hat in the ring, with the backing
of Tammany Leader Murphy and 90
New York delegates, it would be the
impressive feature of the contest.
Governor Foss of Massachusetts is al
so regarded as a possiblity in the dark
horse class.
Half a dozen party leaders are be
ing considered for selection as tem
porary chairman of the convention.
They include Judge Alton B. Parker,
who is favored by Murphy; Senator
O'Gorman of New York; Ollie James,
senator-elect from Kentucky; and
Representatives Doremus of Michigan
and Sulzer of New York.
HUSBAND THREATENED
HER LIFE, SAYS WIFE
Alleging that her husband frequent-
l-wr 4.1. J. J . , , . . ...
ij uireaienea 10 cnioroiorm her while
she sleDt. Clara G. 'Thiol t,h.h0v
filed suit for divorce against Otto D.
iniei. xney were married in Rose
bug March 24, 1907 and have one child
The plaintiff alleges that while they
were livine in St. John a in Knnmw
1907, her husband repeatedly threat-
eueu io Kiu ner, ana nnally tried to
frighten her bv savin? ha would ad
minister chloroform. She asserts that
ne rerusea to support her and she had
to work to annnort hornolf onH
She asks for the custody of the child.
PATIENCE.
Imitate time. It destroys slowly.
It undermines, wears, loosens, sepa
rates. It does not uproot Joubert
Enter into the sublime patience
of the Lord. Be charitable in view
of it God can afford to wait. Why
cannot we, since we have him to
fall back upon? Let pabence have
her perfect work and bring forth
her celestial fruits. G. Macdonald.
A big Fourth of July celebration will
be given in Estacada. An "elaborate
program has been arranged and it is
thought that at least 2000 persons will
be In attendance. The celebration
will be In the nature of a basket pic
nic, and all persons living within a rad
ius of fiften miles are expected to at
tend. George C. Brownell will deliv
er the principal oration. There will
be a baseball game and other athletic
Sports will be given.
JAILED FOR BREAKING
PROMISE NOT TO WED
F. O. Gray ,of Oakland, Or., who has
been going by the name of C. A. Smith
and who has been in Oregon City four
or five days, was taken into custody
Monday by Deputy Sheriff P. A. Miles.
The man is charged with larceny, and
the sheriff of Roseburg asked Sheriff
Mass and Deputy Sheriff Miles to ar
rest him.. The sheriff in Roseburg
advised the Oregon City officers that
Gray was armed with an automatic
gun. Miles called at the Lilly room
ing house, after seeing a man answer
ing Gray's description sitting on the
front yeranda, and going up to him
pointed a pistol at him and asked
him if he was "Gray." The man re
plied in the affirmative, and Miles
told him to throw up his hands and
not to move. The man was taken to
the county jail, where he told Sheriff
Mass that his intended bride, a Miss
Metcalf, was to pass through this
city on the afternoon train for Port
land, that he was to. meet her, and
they were to be married. He
asked Deputy Sheriff Miles to go to
the train and ask for her telling her
to remain in this city. The deputy
sheriff found her, accompanied by a
Mrs. Settle on the train. Mrs.
Settle said she had filed a complaint
against Gray, who is twenty-four years
of age. The women continued on their
way to Portland, and Gray was taken
to Roseburg Monday evening.
Gray after being taken into custody
stated that Mrs. Settle had lent him
$550 providing he would go away from
Oakland and forget the girl. ' He con
sented to do so, but had been away
from her only a month, when he de
cided that he would marry her. Gray
had $290. - -
SISTER OF BROTHER'S
WIFE IS HIS BRIDE
Oregon City's cupid garnered as
many votes Tuesday as one or two
candidates did in the great Chicago
convention. County Clerk Mulvey is
sued six licenses to marry, and the
steam roller was noticeably absent.
Miss Georgia Fay French, of Park
place, and William Everett Taylor,
son of I. D. Taylor, were one of the
first couples to obtain a license. Mr.
Taylor is a brother of Walter Taylor
who one year ago took for his bride
Miss Avis French, sister of Miss
Georgia Fay French. The ottier couples
who obtained licenses were Lucy E.
Cochran and N. G. Sherman; Ethel
Lucile Tillia and Perry F. Kayles;
Bertha E. Riggs and A .E. England;
Helen Blanch Salisbury and Jerome
W. Howard and Loretta Ambler and
John C. Hatz.
Rough on Othello.
What reason is there to believe that
Otnello was lawyer tie was a-tawny
general ot Venice.
Loose Leaf
Systems and Devices for
every kind of business
and profession. A 'phone
call will bring us, or, bet
ter still, come in and
view our modern plant.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
PORTLAND, June 18, (Special.)
"They-ve go me convicted right now,"
said Jack Roberts today during a re
cess in Judge Morrow's court, where
Roberts is on trial charged with the
murder of Donald M. Stewart and
George Hastings on the Whitehouse
road, March 29, this year.
,"I never saw any case," continued
Roberts, "where they went to so much
trouble to make a mountain out of a
molehill I'm convicted - already.
Three men have already lied onthe.
stand and that will convict me. They
are trying to make a lot ofnhe fact
that I wanted to read the papers. Any
man with sense wants to read the
newspapers and see what's going on."
The session was taken up largely
by the identification by Deputy Sher
iff Archie Leonard of articles taken
from Roberts home at the time of his
arrest The defense objected to hav
ing the exhibits entered as testimony.
but was overruled by the court
Included in this stuff is the mask
believed to have been worn by Rob
erts at the time of the shooting, the
partly burned vest from which the
state will try to prove the mask was
cut, the pump gun, a revolver, skin
ning knife, blue bib overalls and oth
er articles of wearing apparel said to
belong to Roberts and claimed by the
state to be of value in its attempt to
build up a solid circumstantial case
against the defendant
Lute Davis was the state's first wit
ness today. Davis testified that he
was conducting a livery stable in Ore
gon City at the time of the White
house road tragedy, and. that on
March 30 Roberts went to the stable
and asked If all the livery teams were
out Roberts was told, said Davis,
that all the teams were out in the
country. Roberts then walked away.
Adolf Walker testified to having giv
en Roberts a ride from Oregon City
to the Walter home, seven miles
south of the city, on the day after the
killing. Walter said that Roberts
was eating bread and banannas dur
ing the ride. Witness said that when
an automobile passed them on the
road, Roberts glanced furtively
around. Walter said on cross-examination
that Roberts' nervousness was
no more than might have been shown
by any other person riding behind a
strange horse. -
MAPLE LANE ELECTS DIRECTOR
Mrs. August Splinter was elected a
director to serve for three years at
the meeting of the voters of the Map
le Lan school district. Nathan Hort
on was elected a director to serve for
one year ,and Mrs. C. W. Swallow was
reelected clerk.
Any time any whiskey tastes so rough
and strong it makes you shake your
head and say "bur-r" let it alone.
Never put anything into your stomach
your palate rejects.
That's why nature gave you a palate.
Try th? New Cyrus Noble
the numbered bottle "the soul of the prrain.'
W. J. Van Schuyver & Co., General Agents, Portland, Oregon
Mrs. E. S. Follansbee entertained
the Fairfax Club at cards at her home
Sixth and Center Streets Monday
evening. A delightful evening was
spent by the members, the first prize
being won by Mrs. Rosina Fouts; the
second prize by Mrs. Follansbee, and
the third prize by Mrs. J. J. Tobin.
All the prizes were pretty handpalnt
ed plates. Refreshments were serv
ed. The next meeting, which will be
the last of the season, will be in the
apartments of Mrs. J. J. Tobin at the
Electric Hotel next Monday evening.
Mrs. Follansbee's guests were Mrs.
J. J. Tobin, Mrs. Rosina Fouts, Mrs.
E. T. Fields, Mrs. H. E. Hendry, Mrs.
C. H .Meissner, Mrs.-M. D. Latourette,
Mrs. C. D. Latourette, Mrs. H. P.
Brightbill, Mrs. F. C. Greenman, Mrs.
C. W. Evans.
ELKS TO HAVE DRILL
The Oregon City Lodge of Elks will
drill this evening preparatory for, par
ticipation in the great parade in Port
land during the reunion. It is imper-
ltive that all members appearing in
uniform be present at this meeting.
Esquire Logus will be in charge of
the drill.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Clarkie A. Wells to Meir & Frank
Company, land in section 26, township
1 south, range 2 east; $1.
M. J. Lee, trustee, and Bertha Lee
to Canby Canal Company, land in sec
tions 4, 5, 8, 9, also land In section
4 and 5, township 4 south, range 1
east, including 35.40 acres; $1.
Edward Stewart Dowling to Kathrin
Darr, land in section 2, township 2
south, range 1 east; $10.
Eugene I. and Esther J. Sias to Hen
ry A. Deman, land in Wood's Addition
to Canby; $10.
Robert Keller and Alosa Keller land
ia section 34, township 4 south, range
1 east; $10.
E. J .and Lissie O. Cowlishaw to
Rechi L. Brothers, 8 Oacres of section
10, township 3 south, range 6 east;
$800.
Charles L. and Julia E. Hunter to
A. E. and Lottie A. DeHaven, land In
sections 21, 28, township 1 south,
range 4 east; $10,000.
Charles Nachand, administrator. to
A. O. Wold, land in Clackamas Coun
ty; $1.
J. L. and Lenora Fletcher to Adams
Hadley, land in D. L .C, of Thomas
P. and Tanzy Ann Jackson; $10, $179.
J. U. Campbell, trustee, and Anna
Campbell to Robert and Lorena M.
Casey, land in section 29, township 3
south, range 2 east; $4250.
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company to R. C. Ganong, land in
Archibald McKinley D. L. C, town
ship 2south, range 2 east; $1.