THE MORNIXG OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1907.
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PACIFIC GOAST
0. A. C. Defeats St. Vincents
in Stirring Game by Score
10 to 0.
SCORE IN FEW MINUTES
Touchdown and Field (.mil at
Start After That St. Vincent
Takes Brace Corvallls Out
weighs bnt Lacks Speed.
LOS ANGEL.ES, Nov. 28. '-he football
eleven of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege of Corvallls, today won the Coast
College championship by defeating St
Vincent's College of Los Angeles by a
score of 10 to 0. A touchdown and goal
and a goal from the 30-yard line during
the first 15 minutes of play accounted for
Oregon's score.
After Oregon had scored the touchdown
and field-goal, St. Vincent's Improved,
and during the rest of the half honors
wers about even.
In the second half St. Vincent's out
played their opponents, but were unable
to score. In this half Oregon secured the
ball on St. Vincent's two-yard line on a
fumble, but were unable to buck their
way across the goal. Oregon generally
had the best of the line playing. St. Vin
cent's being unable to make consistent
gains through the. line. Most of their
gains were made on forward pasfes. quar
terback kicks and an occasional end run.
Ybrando, St. Vincent's quarterback, by
far the lightest man on either team, was
the star of the day, playing a spectacular
gam.
Story of the Game.
Corvallls won the toss and St. Vincent's
kicked off. Corvallls rushed the ball twice
for yardage, then kicked. A short Inter
change of kicks followed, Corvallls re
covering two of her own kicks. The sec
ond recovery waa made on St. Vincent's
10-yard line, from which Corvallls by
rushes and end runs carried Wolff over.
Kicked goal. Corvallls kicked off, and
the same style of play again followed.
This was St. Vincent's first chance with
the ball. Their famous quarterback
kicks and forward passes were blocked
repeatedly and recovered by O. A. C.
Corvallls got the ball on downs near the
center of the field, and rushed to the
23-yard line. There Wolff made a place
kick. St. Vincent's was playing a de
fensive game. Captain Pendergrass re
tired at this time with a dislocated shoul
def. There was an Interchange of punts
and Corvallls obtained the hall on downs
and again rushed to striking distance of
the goal, Wolff tried a second place kick
from the 30-yard line, but mssed by two
feet. Only twice during the first half
did Corvallls attempt the forward pass.
One was successful for a gain of 12
yards. The remainder of the half waa
taken up In kicking, Wolff badly out
kicking his opponents, nearly every punt
sailing 50 yards or more and high.
The Second Half.
In the second half Corvallls was In
poorer shape than St. Vincents. Several
open plays were attempted by both teams
with little success. Corvallls was twice
within striking distance of the goal.
Cooper made several long runs from 10
and 35 yards. Right-end Grindle. of St.
Vincents, played star ball and stopped
everything over his side. It was rapidly
getting dark. Both sides were kicking
repeatedly. Corvallls got the ball on
downs on 9t. Vincents' 45-yard line and
rushed It to the 50-yard line on a long
run by Cooper.
Corvallls rushed the ball to the foot
llne from the 5-yard line, but could not
put It over. The game was called three
minutes later with the ball on St. Vin
cents' tfl-yard line.
Both teams played good defense and
of the fakes, forward-passes and side
kicks only three were successful and for
short gains only. Corvallls played a great
defen.se and handled St. Vincents' fakes
In great style. Bennett played star ball
at tackle, being all over the field and
once breaking through for a 12-yard gain.
Wolff. Gagnon and Cooper's playing stood
out. Cody and Harding went In at ends.
St. Vincents were three pounds lighter,
very fast and tricky and were warm
weather players.
CHAMPIONS OF THE COAST
Corvallls Stay-at-Homcs Celebrate
Victory of Their Team.
CORVALLIS. Or., Nov. 2S. (Special.)
The cadet regiment cannons are booming
here tonight as a result of the victory
at Los Angeles. The defeat is the first
St. Vincent's College has sustained this
season. On the other hand It has de
feated the University of Utah, the Uni
versity of Denver, the Sherman Indians,
the University of Colorado, and all Im
portant California teams playing the
American game.
The victory should give O. A. C. un
disputed championship to the Southwest
states In addition to the Oregon cham
pionship. The team is expected home Tuesday
morning. The O. A. C. team has not
been scored against this season.
PACIFIC WINS ON HOME FIELD
Vnlverslty Outplays Albany College
At Every Stage.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest
Grove, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.) Pacific
University's football team this after
noon defeated the Albany College
eleven by a score of 16 to 0. Pacific
outplayed the visitors in every part
of the game. Long end runs and for
ward paeses were used with success.
Robinson, Humphrey and Waterman
played the star game for Pacific.
Tates, the big tackle for Albany,
played the best Individual game of the
day and showed himself to be one
of the best tackles in the State. The
field was In acid condition and play
ing was slow. R. Peterson, of Forest
Grove, and Jack Anderson, of Albany,
officiated. This closes the season for
Pacific.
THE DALLES COLUMBIAS WIN
Large Crowd Sees O. A. C. Second
Team Defeated.
THE DALLES, Or.. Nov. 28. (Spe
cial.) The football game between, the
O. A. C. second team and The Dalles
Columbiaa on the local gridiron re
sulted In a score of 10 to 0 In favor of
the Columbias. Corvallis weighed 157
tripped and the Columbias 156.
O. A. C. made good gains by line
bucks, but Invariably fumbled or
fouled, and was frequently penalized.
tnha, visitors could not set around The J
CHAMPIONS
THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL
SCORES.
Pacific Coast Games.
At Portland Oregon, 10; Multno
mah. S.
At Los Angeles Oregon Agricultu
ral College, 10; St. Vincents. 0.
At Seattle Washington. 0; Idaho. 0.
At Walla Walla Washington States
College. 16; Whitman, 8.
At Spokane Seattle Athletie Club.
10; Spokane Athletic Club, 0.
At Baker City Baker City. 5:
Portland High School, 0.
At Pendleton Pendleton Academy,
18: Hill Military Academy. O.
At Forest Grove Pacific Univer
sity, IS; Albany College. 0.
At Tacoma Spokane High School,
17: Tacoma High School, 4.
At Butte Butte High School, 7:
Billings High School. 0.
At The Dalles The Dalles Colum
bia, 10; O. A. C. second team, 0.
At Grants Paas Grants Pass Ath
letic Club. 0: Ashland. 5. "
At Corvallls Corvallls High School,
0; O. A. C. freshmen. 0.
At Kelso Kelso Y. M. C. A., ;
Castle Rock High School. 0.
At Astoria Astoria, 22; South
Portland. 0.
At Salem Willamette University.
14; Albany Athletic Club. O.
At Salem Chemawa, 18: Bunker
Hill, 0.
At Aberdeen Hoqulam Athletics,
0: Aberdeen Athletics, 0. Hoqulam
High School, 0; Aberdeen High
School. 0.
At Seattle (Soccer) Seattle, ;
Portland. 2.
At Los Angeles I.os Angeles High
School, 27: Lick High School. 0.
F.aetern Games.
At Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 12;
Cornell. .
At Washington Georgetown. 0:
George Washington University. 0.
At New York Fordham, 88; Holy
oke. 0.
At Pittsburg University of West
ern Pennsylvania, 8; Pennsylvania
State College, O.
At Lehigh Lehigh. 1; Carnegie
Technical School. 0.
At Washington Washington & Jef
ferson. 18; West Virginia Univer
sity, 5.
Western Games.
At Denver Denver University. 8;
Colorado Agricultural College, 0.
At St. Louis St. Louis University,
84; Nebraska, 0.
At St. Joseph, Mo. Kansas, 4; Mis
souri, 0.
At Omaha Crelghton University.
S; Haskell Indians, 8.
At Topeka Washburn. 12; Oklaho
ma. 1.
At Des Moines Ames, 13; Drake, 8.
At Guthrie Guthrie, 48; Otis In
dians, 0.
At Salt Lake University of Utah,
18; Colorado College. 10.
At Denver 8tate School of Mines,
5: University of Colorado. 4.
At Springfield Shurtlefl, 8; Dru
ry. 0.
At Chicago Notre Dame, 1; St.
Vincent. L
At Madison, Wis. Madison, 1; Au
rora, 6.
At Columbus Ohio State Univer
sity. 16: Ohio Wesleyan Univer
sity, 0.
At Indianapolis Earlhnm College,
80: Butler. 0.
At Decatur Mllllken, 10; Knox. 6.
Southern Game.
At Nashville Vanderbllt, 17; Se
wanee. 12.
Dalle' ends. The forward pass was
used freely by both teams.
n a r tried three times for a
place kick from the 20 ana 30-yard
lines. The kicks were not oiocKea,
but failed to make the goal.
Fifteen hundred people witnessed
the game and there was great enthusi
asm for the home team. Many Cor
vallls students whoso homes are in
The Dalles saw the game. The Dalles
played faster ball, though O. A. C.
showed better team work.
PORTLAND LOSES AT SOCCEH
Game Won by Seattle After Hard
Struggle.
SEATTLE, Nov. 28. (Special.) Seattle,
beat Portland at soccer football today 3
to 2. Leigh, Portland's center forward,
twisted his knee near the end of the
first half, and though a substitution Is not
authorized by the rules, Hanson was per
mitted to go in for him. A few minutes
later Waller scored Seattle's first point.
The game was won in the second half.
Both of Portland's goals were made
through Kllpack, the first on a high shot
from the wing. Dyment made a hard
fight to protect Portland's goal and his
work is regarded by experts as the finest
that has been seen in Seattle.
Portland's team was light but very fast,
and the game was in doubt up to the
time Seattle scored its third goal late In
the second half. A big crowd saw the
contest though It rained almost stead
ily during the day.
TEAMS PLAY TO A STANDSTILL
Whitman and Pullman Evenly
Matched bnt Score Is 16 to 8.
WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla,
"Wash., Nov. 28. (Special.) Whitman
College today went down to defeat
before Washington State College with
a score of 16 to 8. The State College
made two touchdowns, kicked two
goals and made a place kick. Whit
man's eight came from two drops,
one of them being from the 40-yard
line.
The two teams were about evenly
matched. Whitman carrying the ball
376 yards and Pullman 343. Whitman
could do little through the line, how
ever', while the Pullman players made
yardage repeatedly through the line
of the missionaries. The forward pass
did not work consistently for either
side.
Kelso Y. M. C. A. 6, Castle Rock 0.
KEI-SO, Wash., Nov. 28. (Special.)
The Kelso V. M. C. A. football team
defeated the Castle Rock high school this
afternoon by the score of 6 to 0. The vis
itors had the advantage In weight, but
were outclassed by fast trick plays and
end runs. A large crowd witnessed the
game.
Settle High School Horrors.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 28. The Los
Angeles High School eleven today won
the state inter-scholastic championship
by defeating the Lick High School eleven,
of San Francisco, by a score of 27 to 0.
The second half was only 18 minutes long,
the game being called to allow Oregon
and St. Vincents to play their game.
Grants Pass Defeats Ashland.
GRANTS' PASS. Or., Nov. 28. (Special.)
An Interesting and closely contested
game of football was played today be
tween the Grants Pass Amateur Ath
letic Club and the Ashland Normal
School. The final score was 6 to 5 In
favor of the local team.
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GREAT GAME WON
BY STUDENT T
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then sent against the Oregon line for a
10-yard gain, and followed this with an
other ptunge for three yards. Only five
yards remained between the clubmen and
the Oregon goal, and Bishop was the man
selected to carry It over. Backed by the
brawn of Walker, Pratt, McMillan and
the interference of Stott, Klrby and Lon
crgan. Bishop was shoved over for the
touchdown. Rader missed the goal. This
score was made within 7 minutes after
the ball had been put in play for the
second half.
No more scores were made after this,
for aside from trying for field goals on
two occasions, Oregon played the game
safe and relied on the punting ability of
Clark to keep the clubmen from en
croaching too far on the varsity terri
tory. Multnomah frequently gained yardage,
for after one or two successful, plunges,
the students would rally nicely and break
up the play to such an extent that the
clubmen would be forced to punt. In this
latter Clark so far excelled Rader that
Oregon gained at every exchanna of
KICKS.
The Oregon eleven went through the
game without making a single change,
while the Multnomah team relegated two
men to the bench; Owens In the first half,
and Klrby. in the second.
Referee John Owsley, the former Tale
star, officiated most efficiently as ref
eree and Jack Knight's work as umpire
was all that could be asked.
Oregon Has Advantage
In tbe Rooting.
Wlrrd Chants of Students Drown
Ont Feeble "Rah, Rah, Rah!" of
Multnomah Supporters.
IN THE bleachers on the east side of
the field, the majority of Oregon's
rooters gathered and under the leadership
of A. Van Dusen, officially characterized
as yell leader, gave the various school
yells and songs. A number of young
women, adorned in Oregon's lemon-yellow
sat in the grandstand and others oc
cupied seats in the automobiles around the
field, but did little rooting.
Multnomah's rooters, were scattered
around the field, some on the side lines,
some In autos and carriages, others on the
balcony and In the windows of the club
house. A gang of about 50 men decorated
In the crimson and white ribbons took
up a portion of the grandstand and there
under the leadership of Morn Dunne
made feeble efforts to give out tnfcl1 yells.
Every time they attempted it, howeved the
Oregon rooters would give out one of
their songs, and drown the voices of the
Multnomah enthusiasts.
During the first half the Oregon men
were always Jubilant, but In the second
when Multnomah started for their goal,
Oregon's confidence wavered and the root
ers called on the players to "Hold 'em!"
During the rest between halves, Oregon's
rooters, confident of victory, made fre
quent references to their gains In betting.
Multnomah's one yell was as follows:
Rah, rah, rah;
Rah. rah. rah:
Rah. rah, rah;
Multnomah!
Some of Oregon's yells were as follows:
Rah. Rah, Rah Rah Oregon,
Rah, Rah. Rah Rah Oregon,
Oskey Wow Wow!
Wiskey wee wee!
Oley varsity!
Oregonel Wow!
(Beginning slow.)
Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Oregon! Oregon!
Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Oregon! Oregon!
Rah! Rah! Rah! Rail! Oregon! Oregon!
Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Oregon!
Chlca, rhllunk. chllunk, chllunk.
IT. O. gerunk, gerunk. gerunk.
Never go flunk, go flunk, go flunk,
Na-ah !
Rky rockets!
Z-s-s-s-s!
B-o-o-m!
A-h!
Oregon !
(Beginning slow and repeat.)
V of O rah rah !
17 of O rah rah!
Hurrah hurrah!
Oregon rah rah!
Oh. Multnomah.
Gee, but we're feeltn' fine;
Oh ! Multnomah,
Where Is your line?
Ws took the turkey easy last time.
And I'll tell you it tasted fine.
Your line looks like creepers
On a watermelon vine.
Oregon, Oregon,
Sons of victory.
Hit that line, run that end.
Down with M. A. C.
Take that ball, run 'em all.
Push It o'er the line.
For It's Oregon for mine.
When Oregon rips 'em up again hurrah!
hurrah T
When Oregon rips 'em up again hurrah!
hurrah !
We'll Blng and cheer and cheer and shout
And put Multnomah down and out
And we'll all have a of a time
When Oregon rips 'em up;
And we'll all have a of a time
When Oregon rips 'em up,
Boola Boola
Boola Boola
Boola Boola
Boola Boola
And we'll rough-house
Multnomah
Till she hollers Boola Boo.
Rah! Rah!
Oskey wow wow
Wiskey wee wee
Oley muckefy
Oley varsity.
And we'll rough-house
Multnomah
Till she hollers Boola Boo.
ONE TOUCHDOWN FOR BAKER
Portland High School Is Kept on the
Defensive.
BAKER CITY, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.)
In the fastest game of football that has
even been played in this city, the Baker
City high school this afternoon defeated
Portland high school by the score of 5
to 0. The ball was kicked off to Baker
and carried within a foot of the Port
land goal, when It was lost on a fumble.
From that time on the ball passed back
and forth between the teams, being In
Portland's territory most of the time.
Shortly before time was called Baker
carried the ball across for a touchdown.
The second half was almost a repetition
of the first, Portland playing on the de
fensive most of the time. The visitors
made a few good gains by the forward
pass, but usually lost the ball on this
play. About 1500 people saw the game.
CHAMPIONS OF THE STATE
Pendleton Claims Title Through
Defeating Hill Military Academy.
PENDLETON, Or.. Nov. 28. (Special.)
By the decisive score of 13 to 0 the Pen
dleton High School defeated the Hill Mili
tary football eleven this afternoon, and
by reason of Baker City's victory over
the West Side Portland High, have laid
claim to the academic championship of
Oregon.
The game was probably the best ever
played in this city. A place kick In the
first half, with a touchdown and place
kick in the second half, made the points,
the last two scores coming In the last
five minutes of play.
The game was characterized by punt
ing, in which particular, Pendleton out-
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classed the Portlanders, as In every other
except end runs. Pendleton won by rea
son of her ability to recover fumbles and
punts, and on a line buck from tandem
formation, which was worked success
fully for yardage several times. The lo
cals never tried the forward pass and the
visitors' many attempts always resulted
disastrously. The longest run of the
day was by Loomis of Portland, and was
for 30 yards.
Smead was taken out of the game early
in the second half with a wrenched knee.
Previous to that time he seemed to be
Hill's best player. Manager Sturgts, of
the local team, has wired a challenge o
Butte for a post-season game to decide
the Northwestern championship.
WEIGHT COUNTS AT SALEM
Albany Club Goes Down Before
Willamette.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.) Wil
lamette University defeated Albany Ath
letic Club at football here today by a
score of 14 to 0. The first half was
scoreless, but Willamette had the advan
tage' and was once within scoring dis
tance of the goal. In the second half
Booth made two good place kicks, and
Just before time expired made a touch
down. Albany attempted a place kick from
the 20-yard line, but Willamette blocked
It and captured the ball. The Salem
team outweighed the visitors and had
the advantage of more practice. The
game was free from disputes and there
was the best of feeling. A good crowd
attended.
FOOTBALL IN FIERCE STORM
One Aberdeen Team Wins and An
other Loses.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 28. (Special.)
Two games of football were played this
afternoon In one of the fiercest storms
which has been known on Grays Harbor.
The gridiron was a field of mud, -iush,
slime and water. The Athletic team of
Aberdeen played a tie game with the
Hoqulam Athletic eleven, neither side
scoring.
The Aberdeen High School eleven was
more successful winning from the Ho
qulam High, 5 to 0.
Chemawa Captures Game.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.) The
Chemawa football eleven defeated the
Bunker Hill Athletic Club, of Portland,
this afternoon by a score of 16 to 0.
Three touchdowns were made by the In
diana, one in the first half and two
touchdowns and a goal In the second.
The Bunker Hills played fast, snappy
ball, but could not withstand the rushes
and forward passes of the Indians.
Astoria Outclasses South Portland
ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 28. (Special.)
The football game played here this aft
ernoon between the Astoria and South
Portland teams during a heavy wind and
rain storm, was won by the local team
with a score of 20 to 0. The Astoria team
scored two touchdowns and a goal in
each half and far outclassed the oppos
ing eleven both in playing and in weight.
High School Ties Freshmen.
CORVALLIS, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.)
Corvallls high school and the O. A. C.
freshmen played a scoreless game here
today.
COLLAPSE
IN
LONG
RACE
Schoolboys Find Marathon Course
Too Severe for Them.
NEW TORK, Nov. 28. A Marathon
road race held at Yonkers today left
many casualties In Its wake. G. C. Cun
ningham, of this city, collapsed after
running 17 miles. He was removed to a
hospital, where he was still unconscious
at a late hour tonight. It was said he
might die. He Is suffering from acute
dilation of the heart.
Five other runners collapsed and had
to be treated by physicians before they
could go to their homes. Six others
failed to report at the finish, but It la
thought that they gave up the race when
exhausted and returned to their homes.
The winner of the race was John J.
Hayes, of the St. Bartholomew Academy.
He covered the 26 miles in 2 hours, 44
minutes and 45 seconds.
Most of the contestants In the race
were boys who had not been properly
seasoned for the heart-breaking struggle.
Carsey and Taylor Fight Draw.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 28. The 10
round bout tonight between Frank
Carsey. of Philadelphia, and Kid Tay
lor, of Chicago, resulted in a draw.
Carsey was overweight and Referee
Dr. Wallace Wood announced before
the fight that. If both men were on
their feet at the end of the tenth
round, he would declare a draw. Tay
lor forced the fighting. The men were
to weigh in at 124 pounds.
John Lynch, of Boston, was given the
decision over Tommy Felts, of Philadel
phia, at the end of a 10-round bout.
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TWO OF THE ORIGINAL CAST
NOW PLAYING IN 'THE ENSIGN'
William Gleason, the Veteran Actor of the Baker Company, Tells of First
Production Given Now Famous War Drama Under His
Stage Management 16 Years Ago.
BY ARTHUR A. GREENE.
THE present production of "The En
sign" at the Baker is of more than
usual interest for the reason that
two of the original cast of the famous
Star Spangled Banner melodrama are in
the Baker company. These are William
Gleason, who was stage manager when
the piece was first presented, and who
In addition played the part of Blythe, the
English Lieutenant, who pulls down the
American flag and is killed by the hero
for his pains, and Maribel Seymour, who
was the first Mary, the little girl who
trades her doll to President Lincoln for
the life of Ensign Baird, who is chiefly
concerned in the plot of the play.
During the week William Gleason, that
veteran actor and gentleman who to
know Is to love and to see act is to ad
mire, has been monopolizing the applause
by reason of his perfect performance of
the old coxswain, really the leading char,
acter In the play, although he does not
look handsome nor speak after the man
ner of parlor heroes. Sitting in "Billy"
Gleason's dressing-room the other night
I asked him to tell me some of the his
tory of "The Ensign," which is prom
inently known In the annals of the Amer
ican stage as the greatest patriotic drama
ever wTitten between our shores.
I had heard of the remarkable Interest
manifested in the play when it was first
produced, how the audiences on the At
lantic seaboard went wild with en
thusiasm over it. how President Harri
son received William Haworth and Stage
Director Gleason and told them that they
were doing yoeman service for Ameri
canism. All this before I ever met Mr.
Gleason or felt authorized to call him
"Billy." Mr. Gleason, after asknowledg
lng some half dozen curtain calls which
came from the hearts of the audience,
settled back easily, he couldn't settle
back any other way, and puffing the In
evitable cigar gave me a good bit of in
teresting theatrical information.
The play was first presented as a try
out on the dog" at Trenton. N. J., March
12, 1891, with a notable cast, which in
cluded our friends of the Baker com
pany heretofore named. The per
formance went along smoothly enough
until the middle of the second act, when
the double-decked set of scenery repre
senting views of the San Jacinto fell
down with William Gleason, William
Haworth. the author, and Jacob Litt who
was .backing the enterprise, under it.
They saw the fall coming, and wisely
sacrificed their dignity to safety and
dropped face down on the stage, thus
saving their pates. If they hadn't done
so it is probable that the stage would
have been minus the three men who have
In their several ways played an Import
ant part In Its affairs since then.
Two days later the piece was taken
to Washington, D. C, where it was put
on at the old National Theater and be
came an immediate success. During its
values up to
Special
run there. James G. Blaine occupied a
box on more than one occasion, and in
fact the entire Cabinet and the leading
statesmen of the day attended. There
was a stampede among the ranking
army and naval officers stationed at the
capital to see the performance of the
new patriotic drama, the forerunner of
many imitations. Finally President Har
rison himself took an interest in the
affair and asked that Mr. 'Haworth.
Mr. Litt and Mr. Gleason be presented
to him.
Mr. Gleason has very pleasant recollec
tions of the memorable day when the
President of the United States received
him and his colleagues In his private
office and personally thanked them for
their efforts, and expressed the wish
that every young American might see
the play they had made. While being
shown through the White House, Mr.
Gleason took notes, and he scene at the
Baker showing the White House In
terior in "The Ensign" Is an exact du
plicate as far as practicable of the orig
inal. The door through which Lincoln
enters in time to pardon the young naval
officer is not generally known by the
public to exist, but was built by direc
tion of the great War President to af
ford him a private means of entrance
and exit to protect himself from office
seekers and cranks.
The second season of "The Ensign,"
Mr. Gleason was put Into the role he is
playing this week and In which he has
made -a National reputation. His work
In the role has been compared by the
foremost critics of the land to be in the
same class as J. A. Heme's In "Shore
Acres" and Denman Thompson's in "The
Old Homestead." It Is one of the clas
sics of the American stage, and Baker
audiences can congratulate themselves
on witnessing a performance that is
prominently identified with American
theatrical annals.
Another point of passing Interest is the
fact that Paul Gllmore, now a well
known star, as a very young man was
Mr. Gleason's assistant In producing tho
play for the first time. These are some
of the reasons why "The Ensign" is per
haps the most Interesting offering that
the Baker Company will make this sea
son, and the student of the American
drama and he whose pulses quicken with
patriotism should see It.
Nothing to Be Thankful For.
APPLBTON. Wis., Nov. 2S. "I have
lived thirty-six Thanksgivings and never
had anything to be thankful for. so here
goes nothing."
Such is the note left by Joseph Meis
leln, proprietor of the Manitowoc Hotel,
who at 6 o'clock this morning blew off
the top of his head with a double-barreled
shotgun. He discharged both bar
rels. Before committing suicide Meis-
leln ordered all of the boarders out of
the place, telling them he Intended quit-
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ting the hotel business, and demanding
that they leave before Thanksgiving
morning.
WILL FIGHTPASS EVIL
Mayor Thinks City Employes -Should
Pay Streetcar Fare.
That streetcar passes held by city em
ployes should be cancelled without regard
to the position of the holder, is the out
spoken belief of Mayor Lane. He Is now
Investigating the matter thoroughly, and
will make recommendations as soon a.i
he reaches a decision as to just how the
pruning knife should be applied.
"I do not think any city employe en
titled to streetcar passes," said the Mayor
last night. "There may be possible ex
ceptions !n the case of policemen and
-firemen. These two departments have.
In the past, I believe, been privileged to
ride free on streetcars. I shall make a
thorough Investigation of the matter and
my recommendations will be made to the
heads of city departments as soon as
I have satisfied myself fully on the sub
ject." "Do you think Councllmen should hold
streetcar passes?" Mayor Lane was
asked.
"No, indeed." said he, "the streetcar
company Intends to reduce Its list oi
'deadheads,' and I think the city em
ployes and officials who are on the list
should be Included In the list of slain."
Complalnt Abeut Celery.
THANKSGIVING DAY. PORTLAND. 190T.
To the Editor: I am disgusted with what
Is In Portland markets sold for celery. Can
not some move be mane to bring parties
here from Kaiamaxoo. Mich., to raise celery
tit for human beings to eat? The rich,
black loam known as beaver dam land, all
about. Is far better for. tbe. production of
that delicious vegetable than the land In
Michigan; and yet all the celery I have
seen In this locality Is tough, fibrous and
Julcaleaa. It is not fit for the cows; and I
hereby make the fellowlng proposition; Pick
three bunches of the best celery grown In
Multnomah County, feed the same to tbe
most robust cow to be found, and If after
eating she has a single upper front tooth Id
her mouth I will pay to the Patton Home
$100 cash; Editor H. W. Scott and A. F.
Miller. Esq., Sellwood, to be Judges. Port
land celery Is good stuff for corduroying
some of tha roads in Washington and
Clackamas Counties. C. E. CI.INE.
Mrs. Adams Not to Testify.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. Mrs. Annie
M. Bradley spent a quiet day in the Dis
trict Jail today. She expressed gratifi
cation that she would be able to have
a day of rest, as her trial has been very
wearying on her. Early In the day she
was given favorable news concerning the
condition of one of her sons, who Is suf
fering from an attack of croup In Wash
ing City. The lad h staying with his
grandmother.
The court will tomorrow conclude with
all witnesses.
A rumor has been circulated to the
effect that Mrs. Annie Adams, mother of
Maude Adams, the famous actress,
would testify tomorrow against Mrs.
Bradley, but this Is false.
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