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10 THE MORNING OKEGONIAIST, SATUJRDAY, JANUARY 3, 1903. RESCUE YOUNG GIRL Portland Women Seek to Aid Forest-Fire Victim. BURNED BY FLYING EMBERS Effle "Wolfe Suffer Terrible Agony and Is in Grent Xccd of Snrfflcal Treatment Her Trnclc Is Marked Wltli Blood When She "Walk. Burned so terribly that the only pos sible position she can assume Is flat on her face. Eflle "Wolfe, the jyoung woman who tvas caught by flying embers dur ing the forest fire that ragea so many days last Autumn, still lies In scream ing agony at her home near Dover. And to add to the wretchedness of her plight her doctor has advised her parents, re ported to be Ignorant Germans, not to permit her to be brought to a city hos pital for treatment. But now the women of the Fire Relief Committee, who have been contributing money to aid her, are trying to have her removed to a place where proper caTe can be given. Miss "Wolfe, who is 18 years old, met her misfortune while fighting fire. The strong wind carried huge coals through the air, and in some "way her drees caught, flamed up. and before a small boy and some friends could extinguish It left her limbs burned to a crisp. Since that time she has had to endure unalleviated pain. 2Co nurse has soothed her; she has had only the ministrations of parents who are said to have more than once compelled her to rise and walk, even though every step was marked with blood. At last the neighbors have become enraged at this treatment and with them Mrs. R. V. Pratt, Mrs. Meade, Mrs. Cressey and Mrs. Harry Hogue are co-operating to bring the girl in where at least she may have a chance for her life. The Fire Relief Committee has already sent money and clothing to the home, and at no time has Miss "Wolfe been forgot ten. Now, after trying ordinary meas ures, it Is felt that the time has come to use every means possible to protect Miss "Wolfe and save her useless suffering. BETTER LAWS DESIRED. Government ExnertH Report on Water Rights. "No National law for establishment of water rights Is contemplated. Such a law Is not regarded as either possible or desirable." Thus runs a report of an irrigation in vestigation in California, made by the Department of Agriculture. This report is based on the researches of eight ex perts -of the office of experiment stations of the department. The recommenda tions of these experts have been followed out by the California Water and Forest Association, which has framed a bill along the lines suggested for enactment by the Legislature." The Oregonlan published a synopsis of this bill December 4. The Increasing scarcity of water In Cali fornia Is creating an imperative need of better laws to control the distribution of streams used for irrigation in the state. The report of the experts continues: Bights to water are based on state laws or state customs. There Is no reason to believe that they will be overturned except with the sanction of those most concerned, and when there Is a desire for reform or legislative agency can respond so qulcUy and effectively as that of the state. The investigation has been carried on by eight students of irrigation of 'de experience and recognised ability, each of whom. lth his assistants, has gathered the available facts relative to the character, number and value of water rights on streams, and the ployed in the distribution and use of the water supply Included within his particular field. To obtain these facts they searched through" many thousand pages of miscellaneous records to find out how much- water was claimed; they over hauled the court dockets to learn what litiga tion had determined regarding the nature of rights to water, and the awards decreed to the different appropriate. Their field Investiga tions Included measurements of the now 01 streams, size and location of ditches and tho areas of land Irrigated, so that their reports show the actual use of water by farmers, and over against It the decreed and claimed vol umes of appropriations. Nor are these reports of value to California alone: the principles which should govern the ownership and dis tribution of rivers are universal in their appli cation, and the experience of irrigators in the Ban Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys Is not un like that of Irrigators In other states where similar conditions prevail. It Is not expected that the measures recom mended for adoption will be approved by all. For half a century development has gone on without direction or public control. Every ap proprlator of water has been left free to claim what water he pleased, and as a result there are as many views regarding the nature of water rights as there are users of water. En terprises have been organized on conflicting theories, bo that it Is now Impossible to secure any adjustment which will not affect some one Injuriously. This renders It all the more Im portant that those who attempt to unravel the complications should not only study them with open minds, but should state Cnelr conclusions without restraint. The history of Irrigation in California from the time when the mission fathers first turned Its streams on the thirsty soil has shown an unusual mingling of romance and selfishness. Men have worked with each- other for each oth er In co-operative ditch enterprises, many of which have been remarkably successful, while on the other hand they have sought to place their neighbors In bondage by speculative ap-. proprlatlon of streams. Ability and success in material development have been rendered' fu tile by marked failure in legislation. Lack of stability or certainty In water Tights has given a hazard to dltch-.bulldlng. and has been a prolific source of litigation and neighborhood ill-feeling. ; It Is beginning to be realized that the arid West has some problems which -are new to the TTeopfe of this country: that there "is being laid In the West the foundation of an Indus trial civilization different from that of the East, and capable of better results If wise laws and Just policies shall -prevail. It Is a civiliza tion which requires that every farmer shall be a thinker as well as a worker, and In which the value of the home depends more on institu tions than on either a fertile soli or an ample water supply. After the work was completed a conference of the experts was, held at Berkeley, which showed a unanimity of opinion among them regarding the more important measures neces sary to develop to the fullest extcntfthe agri cultural possibilities of California. Their con clusion was that it Is the duty of the state: First To fix the priority and limitations of every existing right to water, whether "based on the ownership of riparian lands or on bene ficial use. Second To declare unappropriated water state property and to define the procedure whereby rights thereto may be acquired. Third To determine the volume of unused or unappropriated waters. Fourth To exercise adequate supervision and control when new appropriations are nought. Fifth To provide an office, in which shall be kept a.tjompletc record of each perfected right of each application and of each permit for a new diversion or use. Sixth To divide the state Into administra tive divisions and districts, based on drainage lines. Seventh To provide an efficient administra tive system, with proper officers, for the dis tribution of the water supply among those en titled to Its use. For the accomplishment of these purposes they recommend the following legislation: First Beard of Control A special tribunal should be created to have the" determination establishment of water rights hereafter. This wrara Knouic consist or one attorney, one ousi- mat utw uwi oijfeiiicui. mj uc ujjjruim- cd by tho Supreme Court of the state, and to iiva wak uaw Jiniavca i-stwse. xneir saia rles should not be less than ?3000 per annum each. should be an executive officer of the board, a competent civil engineer, who should have ex clusive control over the administration of the water supply and Its distribution to parties having legally established rights to Its use. Third The statutes shftuld declare thar all unappropriated waters not used for Irrigation at the passage of the act are public property. Fourth All Irrigation rights to be established hereafter should be attached to the land for which the appropriation Is made. The volume, permitted to be appropriated should In all cases be limited to the actual necessities of actual use, to be determined from time to time by tho state hydraulic engineer. Priority of use should give the better right as between parties using water for the same purpose. Fifth Domestic use of water should take precedence over all other uses. Sixth Beneficial use should determine the extent of every acquired right to water, of the riparian owners as well as the appropriates. Jso riparian owner who has not made beneficial use of his water should acquire title to water under any doetrlne as against those who have put water to a beneficial use. Soventh The Board of "Water Control should be vested with the authority to fix water rates now possessed by County Supervisors. City Councils or Boards of Trustees of municipali ties. Eighth The right of eminent domain should be given to users and conveyors of water for Irrigation. JCinth The Governor of the state should ap point an expert nonpartisan commission to frame irrigation laws. Tenth State aid should be extended: (a) To the extent of projecting and super vising works whenever constructed for an or ganized district Districts. In the case of stor age works, should contain all irrigation works and lands that will be benefited by the water stored. (b) To the extent of actual construction of works, under a proper regulation for the re covery of Its outlay in whole or in jwrt from the lands benefited. In proportion to the benefit conferred. Eleventh The work of the National Govern ment In promoting Irrigation. In addition to the improvement of navigation, should also include the construction of storage reservoirs for impounding water to be used on the public lands. Tho exports employed In these Investigations were William E. Smythe, Marsden Slanson. J. M. Wilson. Frank Soule. C. E. Grunsky C D Marx. E. M. Boggs. J. D. Schuyler. COMMON COUNCIL TO MEET Special Call InhuccI for Consideration of Genernl IIiiKlne.tK. A call for a special meeting of the Com mon Council, to be held Tuesday after noon at 2 o'clock, was issued by Mayor Williams yesterday afternoon. The object of the meeting Is the consideration of gen eral business, and among it the applica tion of the City & Suburban Railway Company for a blanket franchise and the Standard Box Factory for the vacation of East Water street, from East Oak to East Ankeny, and from East First to the river, to afford a site for the construction of a furniture factor'. Both of these matters were to have been brought before a meeting of the street committee yesterday afternoon, but the committee failed to meet. Council man Merrill was in Indiana, Sharkey in Northern California, and business kept Bentley away. Chairman Rumelln and Councilman Zimmerman alone were pres ent. They waited 10 miniitos for v..-,i member, and then they decided to adjourn. ana me can ior the special meeting was Issued. While the call states that the meeting is for the transaction of it is understood that it Is for the consid eration or all business that should have been laid before the street rnmmltt as to have it in proper shape for report ai me regular meeting of the Council on Wednesday. The nrlnolnnl mattors of course, be the franchise and the vaca tion ordinances, nut the street sign ques tion may also be brought up. At either the special or the regular meeting of the Council there will not be more than eight- Councllmen present. Foeller Is on his way to New York; Mer rill is In Indiana, and Sharkey is looking after some property in Northern Califor nia, Sharkey is not expected home for 15 days, and the two others will be away a longer time than that, FOR. AND AGAINST SEWERS. Council Committee Consider Peti tions and RcmonxtrnnccH. The Council committee of sewers and drainage met yesterday and passed upon a number of petitions for and remon strances against sewers. The petition for a sewer in East Stark strecit. signed by Simon Schmeer, was fa vorably reported ipon by City Engineer Elliott, with the exception that the sewer asked was outside of the Sunnyslde- dis trict. A remonstrance, signed by C. E. Fiejds and others, was presented, stating that Stark street was the dividing line of the Sunnyslde district, that the property on the south side of the street had al ready been assessed, and that the new sewer would not be of any benefit to the abutting property-owners. On motion of Mr. SIgler the petition was not granted. The petitions for sewers in East Pine street and Goodsell avenue. Factory and Vaughn streets and East Twenty-fourth street, from Taylor to Glisan, were grant ed. The petition for a sewer In East Twenty-seventh street, from Taylor to Belmont, was re-referred to the City En gineer. This petition had been signed by Carrie and Cella Abrams. The only objec tion to it was that the sower asked for was short, and in time additions would have" to be made. In the opinion of Councilman Flegel, the construction of sewers piecemeal was very expensive to the property-owners, and, as the additions will soon have to be made if the sewer should be built, all the committee present voted for the motion to re-refer. All Business Finlwhed. For the first time since they entered upon their duties as Councllmen. the members of the committee on health and police found themselves without any busi ness to transact when they met yester day. Two old bills met tho anxious glances of Messrs. Sigler. Cardwell and Albee, and one was Indorsed, and the other was laid over for reference. There was no further business on the table, and Albee moved that the committee adjourn, which was done by the donning of hats and overcoats, which had been" left off for a five-minute session. FAVORS THE -OPEN BOARD "Western Union Makes It Strong Rival to Old Hoard of Trade. CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Arrangements which have been completed between the Chicago Open Board of Trade and the Western "Union Telegraph Company bid fair to make the former institution a formidable rival of the larger one across, the street. On Monday morning the quotations of the open board will be put on the "Western Union wires an hour in advance of the figures furnished by the Chicago Board of Trade. It is said that the open board and the telegraph company have entered Into a contract covering a period of ten years, the telegraph company paying a remuneration on a graduated scale at a nominal rate for the first year, to be in creased each 12 months. ItIs also announced that negotiations have been consummated whereby the old open board building on La Salle street will be remodelled by the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, which controls the property, for the benefit of the open board. With commodious quarters and the co-operation of the Western Union, the officials of -the open board see no reason why they cannot cut a noticeable figure in the commercial transactions of La Salle street REDUCED RATES TO THE EAST, Via the Rio Grande Route. On January S and 9 tickets will be on sale from Portland and common points to Kansas City, Mo., and return for $60. From Spokane and common points, $55. For particular, call on or write to W. C McBride, gnneral agent, 224 Third street. QUESTION OF ENGINEERS BOARD OF TRADE DISCUSSES DRY DOCK MATTER. Senator Olitcltell Saya He Will Trjr to Have Government Ofllcial Sent to Superintend Construction. The Board of Trade has recovered from Its recent troubles, and has settled down to work again. President F. E. Beach said last night that the organization had entered upon a period of greater useful ness. The executive committee will meet this afternoon, provided the exporting of the old accounts shall have been fin ished by that time. The board will hold Its regular monthly meeting Monday. Senator Mitchell has written that he will use his influence toward securing a Government engineer to superintend the construction of the Portland drydock and to aid In the selection of a drydock site. This Is what Thomas Gulnean has been striving for a long time. He does not have much confidence In the business ability of the Port of Portland Commis sion, and has "roasted" that body In several board meetings. His idea has been that a Government engineer would LARGE GREEN TURTLES ATTRACT A. i'ENTION. , Two of the largest green turtles ever seen in Portland were displayed on the sidewalk la front of the Louvre, yesterday, and attracted a crowd. They will be slaughtered today, and made Into the turtle soup so prized by epicures. These turtles came from the coast of Mexlcor and weigh about 200 pounds each. They feed on sea weeds, especially the "turtle grass." and are highly prized for the delicacy of their flesh, which is, cooked In collops or steaks, and still more so for their green fat, and the gelat inous skinny parts of their flippers and neck, which give a richness and flavor to soup made from the flesh, which always forma a part of great banquets where the turtle Is obtainable. As turtles live a long time out of water, they are shipped to all parts of the world. As usual, these displayed yesterday were critically examined and poked arid .their shells thumped by all who passed. One fellow who was stirring up one of them yesterday was asked what he wanted to tease It for. and said he wanted to make It call out. When told that they could not speak, he said he knew better, for he had read In the Scrip tures. "The voice of the turtle shall be heard In the land." He was told that tho time for this had not yet arrived, and went off satisfied. As these turtles cost about $20 apiece here, not everybody can use one economically, but he can get a ter rapin and make a stew or soup of It. which will give him an Idea of what green turtle soup is like. be more -competent than any the commis sion would select. President Banfield, of the commission, said last night that he would have no objection to a Government engineer taking charge of the work, provided the cost of the dock would not thereby be raised above the contract price. He In-J timated that a Government engineer would probably cost the Port of Port land more money than would Mr. Lock wood, whom the commission has chosen. "Engineers," said Mr. Banfield, "are sometimes more technical than practical. Practical engineers very frequently are more economical than technical ones." Mr. Banfield sa:d that Senator Mitch ell's letter did not make clear Just what function the Government would perform In building the dock. "If," continued Mr. ! Banfield. "the Government would take ; the drydock out of tho hands of the com- mission, we should offer no objection. We should like very much to have the Gov- J crnment build the dock. We couldn't be j pleased better. But I am prone to be- 1 Heve that the Government is not In the business of giving away plums of this kind. It is quite probable that Senator Mitchell has written merely In courtesy i to the Board of Trade." The board intends to work energetically j toward getting the 1901 convention of the ; National Livestock Association held at i Portland. The board will select a mem- j ber to confer with similar delegates of i other commercial bodies of the city to- I ward extending a formal Invitation to j the association at its annual gathering at Kansas City this month. The board Is entitled to representation In the dele- I gallon that will leave Portland for Kan sas City next week. . An Eastern company desires to establish a stove factory at Portland. It wrote to ' A. L. Craig, general passenger agent of ! the O. R. & N., who referred the mat- ; tor to the board. i At the meeting on Monday, the board will consider two resolutions, one for the establishment of a state mining bureau, the other for defense of the Columbia T (ifAt vr! Vi o r lilt Vl v mimVin rf I marine torpedo-boats. FUNDS FOR H. E. DOSCH. Lewis and Clark Board Puts Up $2000 for Expenses. Colonel H. E. Bosch will start for Japan next Wednesday on his mission as commissioner of the Lewis and Clark ex hibit at Osaka. The materials for the exhibit will sail from Portland several days later on the O. R. & N. steamer Indrapura. Mr. Dosch will go by way of San Francisco. All the materials will be collected by today. He will receive a fcheck today for $2000 from the Lewis and Clark board, the amount appropriated by the Fair directors for this purpose. The sum of $2000 more will be forwarded, to him later. The Chamber of Commerce has contributed $900 of the money, the Manufacturers' As sociation $300 and the Board of Trade $800. The Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers' Association will pay In their quotas at once. The Board of Trade will proceed Immediately to raise Its part of the fund. It has on hand now about $200 of the $800 required. It will raise the rest by an assessment of $10 on each of its members. President Beach said last night that the board could raise the money without difficulty. Notices of the assessment will be sent out . today. The money would be on hand now if It were not for the trouble the board has had with its secretary. Yesterday afternoon a conference was held between the finance committee of the Lewis and Clark board and repre sentatives of the three commercial organ izations. A. H. Devers, C. E. Ladd and Adolphe Wolfe represented the Lewis and Clark board, Mr. Wolfe the Chamber of Commerce, F. E. Beach the Board of Trade, and C. H. Mclsaac the Manufac turers' Association. Mr. Dosch's esti mate of expenses was gone over, and he was voted a payment of $2000 as men tioned above.. "Yes, I'm all ready to go," said Mr. Dosch, afte the meeting, "but it Is quite an undertaking for a man to stay away from home for eight months, as I shall have to do, practically without compensa tion. It will take every dollar which has been allowed me to pay expenses. But I shall go on the mission cheerfully. I trust I shall be of service to the Lewis and Clark Fair and to the commercial Interests of Portland." ROATST FOR GAME WARDEN George H. Moore Say Laws Are Un equally Enforced. PHILOMATH. Or.. Jan. L (To the Editor.) Will you allow me to call at tention to the way In which Ihc game laws ire enforced by Mr. Qulmby, the State Game Warden? I have a small tanning business on my place in the hills near Mary's Peak, and have been dressing deer and air kinds of skins, both for rugs and leather. Some I buy, some I dress for the cash, and some on shares. I was arrested by Deputy Game Warden Prettlman on October 20 for having In my possession untagged deer skins and fined $25 and costs, and the skins. In spite of my protests, were also taken from me. Mr. Prettlman Informed me, that tags could be procured in this and adjoining counties at the time of my ar rest, which I have since been able to prove was not so. as our County Clerk will bear witness to. In the game laws of Oregon It expressly states that it is the duty of the Game Warden to supply tags to the County Clerks of the state, which he failed to do, so far at least as this county is concerned. May I ask. Is it justice to fine a man for something that the officers of the law made It Impos sible to comply with? Now, as to the seizing of the skins there is nothing In the law (as Mr. Qulmby acknowledges in a letter to the attorney I consulted) to say what shall be done with them, and yet in the same letter he says he sold them. I have a letter from Mr. Holgate, the Justice before whom I was taken, in which he declares he made no disposition of them and recommended that they be turned over to me. I know that another man was also Informed on (by letter to Mr. Qulmby) who Is In a much larger business than I am, but has been let alone, and Mr. Qulmby while In Corvallls a short time ago said to people there that they were not going to do anything in the case. There are tanneries scattered all over the state which handle deer skins, but very few . of them are molested. I do not wish to seo any one get Into trouble, but I think there should be no discrimination made. I believe as much as anyone In a law to restrict the killing of deer at all seasons, and especially killing for the skins. I think the men who kill them are the ones most liable, but we who dress the skins after the deer are killed seem to be the only ones the, Game Wardens arrest. GEO. H. MOORE. NOT FOR WASHINGTON YET Repre.Hentntlve-Eleet J. N. William son Will Attend Legislature Flrat. "So I seo I'm going back to Washing ton,'sa!d Representative-elect Williamson when he ran fouL of a newspnper man yes terday afternoon. "One wouldn't think from reading these announcements that I am a member of the Oregon Legislature that la to meet 10 days hence and that 1 am very busy trying to find out what the Legislature will be likely to do. I find it a great puzzle, I assure you. This will be the fourth Senatorial election within my Legislative experience, but none of the others have been so entirely unguessable at this stage of the game. The winning man may not always have been in evi dence so early, but there was a reason able prospect to work to. I'd like to see the color of the hair of the rrinn who can say now that any candidate has an ad vantage that seems likely to result in his election. I see nothing to warrant even a guess. "It Is somewhat amusing to note how generally the people 'think I am on duty In Washington, when, as a matter of fact, I am so busy preparing for the Oregon Legislative session and will not be In Washington for nearly a year. Two-thirds of my letters now come to me by way of Washington. Just the other day I re ceived, by way of Washington, a letter from a law firm whose office In The Dalles is not three blocks from my residence my family spends tho Winters In The Dalles. On my way down town I called and delivered my answer In person. And so It goes down the line, all sorts of service being asked of me by people who forget that I am not yet a Congressman and will not be on duty In Washington before next December, unless there should be an extra session." Crazy Man AVItli Two Guns. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. A man, appar ently Insane, tried to gain entrance to the. private office of General Greene, the new Police Commissioner, at police headquar ters today, saying that he was the new Commissioner. Inspector Brooks Inveigled him to the Mulberry-street station. Two loaded revolvers were found In hla pockets. ST. LOUIS AND SOUTHEAST. A Sew Tenrlat Service Inaugurated by the O. R. Ss N. If you are going to St. Louis. Memphis and other Southeastern points, better call up' O. R. & N. ticket office. Third and "Washington, and ask about the new tour ist service inaugurated by the O. R. & N. via Denver and Kansas City. EXPERT FOR CITY PARKS? PARK COMMISSION DISCUSSES AN OLD SUBJECT. . Plan Ik Suggested of Bringing- Fred erick Law Olmstcnd, Jr., to Beautify Landscape. The question of bringing an Eastern ex-" pert to Portland to superintend the re modeling of the public parks occupied the Park Commission yesterday morning. This time it Is Frederick Law Olmstead. Jr., who may bring the City Park up to the modern standard of landscape art. He Is one of the most prominent landscape artists in the United States, and quite naturally requires a good round sum for his services. A communication from the Park Commission of Seattle was read by Dr. T. S. Eliot, in which it was stated Seattle had -appropriated $100,000 for the Improvement of parks, and that an East ern artist would be sent for to superin tend the renovations. It was suggested that Portland have her parks trimmed up at the same time, and share In the ex pense of bringing Mr. Olmstead to the Coast. The services of that gentleman will cost $10CO. and the local commissioners did some deep thinking over that sum and how far It would go in the actual Im provement of the City Park. Mr. Fleck ensteln thought that fully as competent an artist could be found In Portland, and Mayor Williams declared that he did not care much for experts. Frederick Law Olmstead was one of the principal landscape artists of the Chicago World's Fair, and has been engaged since then In designing some of the finest pieces of landscape gardening and architecture in the country. A reply will soon be sent to the Seattle Park Commission. The question of exchanging the elk In the City Park for two buffalo was brought up by Commissioner L. L. Hawkins, who said that two elk, valued at $150 each, could be exchanged for a pair of buffalo, if $SO0 in addition was paid. Most of the members expressed themselves against the acquisition of buffaloes, as It was thought more appropriate to show visitors a herd of the native elk. Colonel Hawkins also reported that ho had secured 24 thoroughbred fowls from Oregon fanciers for the City Park, and suggested that special attention be paid them, as they could more than pay their board bill through the selling of eggs. The Commission, however, did not wish to embark upon the poultry business, so the Colonel wont on to say that an incu bator had also been presented, and that the chickens would soon be hatched in, plain sight of all visitors. An appropriation not to exceed $75 wa? made for the laying of a cement floor In the deer quarters In the park. The feet of the animals have become sore through their constantly standing In the soft, wet ground. Tho estimates for the new year will be soon prepared, and will probably amount to $25.CO0. as Mayor Williams remarked that there would be no scarcity of -money, and that a liberal estimate was In order. This was the last meeting the present Commission will ever hold; for the Mayor will appoint new members Immediately after the passing of the new charter. VICTORY TO CHEHALIS. Keen-Eyed Ball-Tba.ier Down Mult nomah, j The keen-eyed ball-tossers of the Che halls High School were too much for the light-weight basket-ball team of the Mult nomah Club, and the score of the game at the club "gym" last night stood 20 to 13 In favor of the xisltors. The feature of the game, aside from the rough play and frequent fouls, was the basket-throwing of Clark, one of the Chehalls for wards. The numerous fouls of the young Multnomah players gave him many op portunities for sure, steady tossing from the foul line, and, besides this, he proved himself the best all-round player on the floor. The visiting team was heavier and apparently more experienced than the lo cal athletes, and It was only the fierce, desperate playing of the Multnomah five that kept the score at respectable fig ures. One of the club's best men, Elmer Smith, had so recently ended, his foot ball season that the two games became confused in his mind, and several fouls were called through his rough play. Mrs. M. Leach, wife of the Chehalls professor who accompanies the team, was one of the umpires, and showed a ready eye for the misdeeds of both sides, and stuck to her decisions until they were obeyed, in spite of the quiet remark of a Portland boy that "she was only a woman, and they could bluff her easy." f A few seconds after tho opening of the game, Johnson, the Multnomah center, got the ball at the right time and dropped It neatly Into the visitor's net. The compli ment was quickly returned, and several scrimmages and consequent fouls gave the red-haired Chehalls center, Clark, a good chance to show his skill at basket-tossing. His quiet, deliberate swing reminded the spectators of Charlie Mackle's star throw ing from the foul line. During the first half, Chehalls made six baskets, from the field and Multnomah two, and the whistle blew with the score at 15 to 5, with the visitors ahead. The tally would have been higher h'aa not Clark been so well guarded by nimble UttlsCallahan, who stuck to his heavier opponent like a leach. Johnson, the local center, seemed rather out of condition, but he did some good passing. Two goals were due to the ag gressive work of Smith. The second half started with a foul on Callahan, and Clark made good use of the opportunity. For several minutes the players worked back and forth across the floor without gains by either side. Mult nomah missed a chance at Chehalls basket, but scored soon after. Rough play was frequent, and Mrs. Leach's whistle was often sounded. The Portland boys were desperately trying to pull down the score, and were fairly successful, for they secured three baskets from the field to their opponents' one. Smith made a pretty basket from the side, and the whistle blew with the final score of 20 to 13. Following Is the Hne-up: M. A. A. C. Position. C. H. S. Johnson C Albers Kerrigan F..., Clark Smith F Denhof Callahan G Sargent Frank G KUbourn C. Brandon, M. A. A. C. referee; C. G. Whltcomb, M. A. A. C, ump!re;Mrs. M. Leach, C. H. S., umpire. Time of halves, 20 minutes. READING PENSION SYSTEM Baer Announce Plan for Care of Old and Disabled Employes. PHILADELPHLV. Jan. 2. President Baer, of the Philadelphia & Reading Com pany, today issued the following state ment: "The pension system of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company heretofore approved by the board of directors' became operative or. the first day of January. 1903. "Pensions are divided into three classes. The first Includes those who have attained the age of 70 years. They are to be re tired If they have been continuously In the service for the period of SO years;, second, all employes 65 to 9 years of age, inclusive, who have been contlnuqusly 30 or more years In the service, and who have become Incapacitated, may be retired and pensioned: and. third, any faithful employe of the company, irrespective of his age or length of service, who shall have received Injuries in the performance of his duty which totally incapacitate him for his regular or other vocation, or who shall, through sickness, become so incapacitated, shall be awarded such a sum as a pension for such a lenrrth of time as the president shall determine. "The monthly allowance shall be upon the following basis: For each year of service. 1 "per cent of the monthly pay for 10 years next preceding retirement: pro vided, however, that the annua, disburse ment. Including the pensions paid to em ployes of the associated companies, shall not exceed $75,000." HE DEFENDS MINEWORKERS. Mitchell Sny Thousands Were Not Allowed to Worlc. DETROIT. Jan. 2. The Tribune will to morrow publish a letter from John Mitchell, president of, the United Mine workers of America, In which Mr. Mitchell declares that the miners are unjustly charged with Ingratitude toward the American people In connection with the miners' reported refusal to work on holi days. In the letter Mr. Mitchell says: "The allegation that the anthracite mlnoworkers refused to work on holidays has been grossly exaggerated. The truth Is that several thousand miners have been refused the privilege to work at all since the close of the strike, although they have dally Importuned the companies to permit them to return to the places they occupied prior to the ihausurktion of the strike." JOHN MITCHELL HAS NO PARTY. MIneworUersi Say President In Not In Politics. INDIANAPOL.IS. Jan. 2. National Sec retary Wilson, of the United Mlneworkers, tonight d'scussed the action of the Chi cago Cook County Democracy In electing John Mitchell to membership. He said: "The truth of the situation, so far as Mitchell Is concerned. Is that he Is not takinir any part In politics, and he has no Intention of entering politics. He Is not a partisan In any-sense of the word. "I don't know Mitchell's private po litical views, but he generally votes as he thinks he should, regardless of the politics of the candidates." STOCK FOR EMPLOYES. Pressed Steel Car Company Follows s Steel Trust's Lend. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Announcement was made today that another industrial corporation has Inaugurated a plan to share Its profit with the employea The Prebsed Steel Car Company proposes to carry for each of Its employes who has been six months or more In Its employ, from one to 23 shares of the preferred stock, now paying 7 per cent dividends. The men will pay .5 per cent down and the same In monthly Installments thereafter, the company charging 4 per cent for money loaned to carry the stock. As the dividend Is 7 per cent, the buyer will have the advantage of 3 per cent. Will Not Recojrnlze Union. TOPEKA, Kan.. Jan. 2. Charles H. Gaunt, superintendent of telegraph, of the, Santa Fe, said tonight that the road was holding no negotiations with the teleg raphers, as reported last week. The policy of the road Is understood to be against recognition or negotiating ywith, the Telegraphers' Union. No discrimina tion will be made against union men, how ever, a number of whom are In the em ploy of this company. Advance for Traction Employes. CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Three hundred barn, shop and general employes of the Union and Consolidated Traction Companies have had their wages Increased 10 per cent by an arbitration board that has been settling their controversy with the roads. The Increase is for the next year and a half, and adds $27,000 to the pay rolls of the companies. Advance for Engineers and Firemen. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Jan. 2. Locomo tive engineers and firemen employed In the local Jurisdiction of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific system have been grant ed an Increase of wages averaging 10 per cent. This action was taken in com pliance with a request for higher wages made by the railroad employes. SOLVE FRIAR PROBLEM. Guldl Hopes to Do Soby Reorganiz ing: Church In Philippines. ROME, Jan. 2. The "Vatican Is in receipt of the first cablegram rom the Philippines from Monsignore Guldl, apostolic delegate in the Islands. The delegate expresses the hope that, as he and the Governor are animated by the desire to maintain the pacification and secure the prosperity of the islands, they will succeed In reaching an agreement satisfactory to Rome, Wash ington and the Filipino people. Monsignore Guldl gives a summary of the evidence he has already collected. He thinks the withdrawal of the friars will be solved through the reorganization of the church. GREAT FORESTS OF ISLANDS. Experts From Washington Return , Fuji of Admiration. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2. Two repre sentatives of the Forestry Division at Washington, who have' been making a pre liminary survey of the wooded sections of the Philippines for the Government, ar rived from the Orient on the Japanese liner America Maru today. They are Glfford Pinchot and George D. Seymour. Both are enthusiastic In speaking of the wonderful extent and value of the forests on the Islands. Their report will be of "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusi asm " Emerson Three generations of enthusi asm behind the Gorham Co. accounts for the fact that its achievement has been nothing short of great, namely, the production of the best silverware at a moderate price. All responsible jewelers keep it mm value to lumbermen and others who are interested In developing the resources of the new possessions. SOLDIERS DIE OF CHOLERA, Sconrsre of the Philippines Carries Away Seven More. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. The latest list cabled to the War Department from Gen eral Davis reports the" following deaths from cholera: James Hamilton. Twenty slxth Infantry; Robert D. Finney, Twenty-sixth Infantry; Thomas J. Kelly. Elev enth Infantry: Louisville Kopiesoko. Elev enth Infantry; Jacob Cohen. Fifth Infan try: George Dravgo. Twenty-eighth Infan try: David S. Roper, Tenth Infantry. The Onicials Sworn In. MANILA, Jan. 2. General J. E. Smith, the recently appointed member of tho Philippine Commission, and Elmer Bry ant. Superintendent of Instruction, were sworn In yesterday at the public session of the commission. General Smith takes the portfolio of Secretary of Education. Fire Losses of 1902. NEW YORK. Jan. 2. The fire loss of the United States and Canada for the year 1902, as compiled by the Journal of Com merce, amounted to $149.260.S50. This Is gratifylngly less than the figures for 1901 of S1G4.317.1S0. and 1C00 of $163,362,250. Dur ing the year of 1902 there were 2400 fire3 of a greater destructlveness each than $1000. INDICTED FOR MURDER Reward of $500 will be paid for the arrest and delivery to the Sher iff of Multnomah County. Oregon, or Leong Kee and Leong Quan. under Indictment for murder In said county. Three hundred dollars of such reward will be paid for the arri-st and delivery of either, as above. The picture at the head of this notice is that of Leong Kee, taken about eight years ago. He Is about 3S years old; height, 5 feet ?4 Inch: color of eyes, brown; com plexion, light; has small scar on right side of chin. Leong Quan Is about 21 years old; height, about 5 feet 2 Inches: light complexion; face full and round. Such persons belong to the Sule Sing Tong Highbinder Society. 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