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VOL. XLIX. NO. 15,339.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
IS
AT OFFICIAL LEAK
Warns Grand Jury on
Meat Inquiry.
CAUTIONS AGAINST PREJUDICE
Judge Gave Information as to
Beef Trust's Guilt.
ANTI-TRUST LAW DEFINED
Government Informed of Packers'
Dealings by Hero of Big Fine.
Sudden Publication of Notts
Causes Him Annoyance.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22 Judge Keneshaw
M. Landls, of the United States District
Court, In his charge to the Federal grand
jury, assembled today to Investigate the
methods of the so-called "beef trust,"
declared It was through Information fur
nished by him that the present proceed
ing was started.
Judge Landls also said that after he
had notified the United States District
Attorney in Chicago on January 20, he
was surprised to see, on January 22,
notices in the newspapers, coming osten
sibly from Washington, that the Govern
ment officials there had ordered the In
vestigation. It was announced, however, that action
an the "beef trust" investigation would
be postponed for a few days until some
docket cases had been considered. It was
explained that the present investigation
was of such importance that It would be
better if the jury were given a little
time to familiarize itself with the rout
ing of grand jury procedure before con
sidering the evidence to be submitted in
the packers' case.
Land is Sends Oat Notice.
"Having in mind the duty of the Dis
trict Attorney," said Judge Landls, "I
notified officers on the 21st of the present
month that oh your assembling here to
day the court would direct your atten
tion to the subject of the present in
vestigation. "It is a source of profound regret that
two days later there began widespread
newspaper publication of matter purport
ing: to come from Washington and ex
pressing the Intention and determination
of certain governmental fuctlonaries
there as to this proceeding and alleging
In that connection their purpose with
respect to certain Individuals residing;
in this district.
"Without assuming here officially that
there Is anything behind the publications
except journalistic enterprise, I caution
you to pay no attention whatever to
them as it will be your duty consclen-
ttously to refrain from making any dis
closures of matters transpiring in your
jury room.
"This is so for two reasons, in the
first place, If an Individual is indicted, he
ought to have the right of trial by a
jury taken from an atmosphere that has
not been surcharged with feeling against
him, and, in the second place, if he is
Tiot indicted it i not right that it should
be published from time to time that
evidence showing him guilty of criminal
conduct had been presented to the grand
jury.
"Various reports of alleged circum
stances and conditions in connection
with the meat industry have come to
me. While the representations set
forth in these complaints, eyen if true,
do not necessarily imply violation of
Federal law, they are of such charac
ter as to clearly impose upon the court
the duty of directing your attention to
them, to the end that the subject may
have at your hands. the investigation
and consideration its importance re
quires. "The statute declares every contract,
combination In the form of trusts or
otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of
trade or commerce among the several
states or with foreign nations, to be
Illegal, and it is provided that every
person who shall make any such con
tract, or engage in any such combi
nation or conspiracy, or who shall mo
nopolizo or attempt to monopolize or
combine or conspire with any othtr
person or persons to monopolize any
part of such trade or commerce, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
Further Caution Given.
"While you will observe that by this
enactment Congress has prescribed the
rule of free competition among those
engaged in interstate and International
trade and commerce, I desire to impress
upon you that it is not within the com
petency of Congress, nor does the act
attempt to deal with trade or com
merce which Is wholly interstate."
After enlarging on the fact that Con
gress cannot interfere with commerce
within a state, the court continued:
"You will perceive Intent is the es
sence of this offense that is to say,
there must be conscious purpose on the
part of the accused to suppress com
petition by co-operation to that end.
The law does not concern itself with
mere coincidence of conduct in the ab
sence of such intent."
$3500 Horse Dies.
VALE, Or., Jan. 34. "Jack Bourban," a
celebrated horse owned by Bogrue & Co.,
recently received here from Grand Junc
: tlon, Cok., died at their stables of pneu
ICionltt, yii hora ftm .valued at fsooo.
LIDS
ANGRY
HETTY GREEN EATS
FISH, MEAT COSTLY
MTILrTI - MILLIONAIRE SCANS
MENU, ORDERS HALIBUT.
She Hasn't Joined Boycott but Wants
Her Money'6 Worth Brooklyn
Beef Is Cheaper.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24. Mrs. Hetty
Green, who has- many millions of dol
lars, declared today that at present
prices meat is too dear for her and she
cut it out of her noonday order.
Mrs. Green entered a modest uptown
restaurant and scanned the bill of fare.
Steak, she found at 60 cents a portion
and roast Jamb and roast beef at 35
cents. Mrs. Green took halibut, which
was 16 cents a portiin.
"Have you joined the boycott?" asked
the waiter.
"No," said Mrs. Green dubiously, "but
meat is too high. You don't get your
money's worth. People really can't
afford to eat it. There are other things
just as. good and cheaper."
In response to a lighter demand the
price of beef In the Brooklyn wholesale
district declined 20 per cent today and
pork loins slumped sympathetically. As
an offset there were signs that the
Western supply will be shut off to hold
up the price, although representatives
of the packers deny this. Fewer car
loads were received today.
Two young women who made a house
to house canvass today for the National
Progressive Woman's Suffrage Union
obtained nearly 1000 pledges to abstain
from meat for 60 days.
Labor unions, although they listen to
many resolutions, have not committed
themselves to definite action.
NEW DEPOT NEARLY DONE
Albany to Have Good Structure to
Take Care of Business.
ALBANY, Or., Jan. 23. )Speclal.) Al
bany will soon have one of the best
freight depots on the line. The struc
ture will be 220 feet long and 32 feet wide,
with a two-story office room 24 by-32 feet
on the east end. There will be a wide
platform along the entire south side and
a 40-foot platform at the west end for
loading machinery and similar freight.
The low ground on the north side will be
filled in.
The new building was necessary because
of the Immense growth in freight business
here, the junction of the Southern Pa
cific and Corvallig & Eastern lines and
the terminus for two branch lines. Dur
ing the past year the business of the
freight depot showed an increase of $44,-
901.44 over the receipts of 1908. A total of
32S5 freight trains reported at the Al
bany depot In 1909.
The vacant land north of the Union
Depot will be made into a park during the
Summer under the direction of the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Albany ommerclal Club.
BISHOP SMITH IS CHOSEN
Portland Methodist Prelate W ill Pre
side at Trial.
BUFFALO. N. Y., Jan. 24. (Special.)
Bishop Charles W. Smith, of Portland,
Or., of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
has Just been chosen here by the judicial
conference of the Methodist Church to
preside at a hearing to be held February
23 in the case of Rev. George H. Dryer,
a minister convicted of violating a con
tract with a Methodist book company and
of defrauding that institution of more
than $2000. The appeal will be heard in
Uttca, N. Y.
Bishop Smith is well-known in Buffalo
and in Pittsburg, having acted in the
latter city as editor for 24 years of the
Pittsburg Christian Advocate.
It was because of his extensive experi
ence and of his exceptional brilliancy in
sitting In cases of different characters, in
the Methodist Episcopal . Church that
Bishop Smith was chosen to preside at
the coming appeal of the Dryer case.
CREED CALLED SUBSTITUTE
Dr. Kader Says Christian. Science
Replaces Christ's Religion.
Dr. D. I. Rader declared at a meet
ing: of the Methodist ministers in Taylor
street Methodist Church yesterday morn
ing; that Christian Science Is one of tho
'mod ern substf tu tes for the rel Igion of
Jesus Christ. " The views of other min
isters who spoke harmonized with his.
Regarding; Christian Science, Ir. Rader
said:
All is mind or matter- all i not mat
ter, bo all must e mind. All is good or
bad: all is not bad, therefore all la good.
Good la God, therefore all Is God. To be
real a thing must be tangible; sin Is not
tangible, therefore it is not matter, therefore
Is does not exist.
In reality sin is as real as anything1 can
be, though It is not matter, but an act or
a. failure to act. Hlckness is reaL A lot of
real, living little devils get into your nose
and cause catarrh, and one cannot make
them unreal by merely saying so. Sickness
Is sin committed in breaking or disregard
ing the natural laws of health.
AMERICANS WIN AGAIN
Argentina's Warship Building Con
tract Goes to United States.
BOSTON, Jan. 24. That nearly 90 per
cent of the -.$22,000,000 to he paid by the
Argentine Republic for the building of
dreadnoughts in American shipyards will
go for labor, and only about 10 per cent
for material, is estimated here eemi-offi-elally.
One of the ships will be built at
Quincy, Mass., and Jthe other at Camden,
X. J. ' Each will be 570 feet long with a
displacement of 28,000 tons and will have
a speed of 22 knots, generated by 40,000
horsepawer. The award of this contract
Is the outcome of perhaps the sharpest
competition made for a big warship con
tract, the foremost foreign builders hav
ing failed to equal the American prices.
Twenty-tflve builders of England, France,
Italy and Germany took part in the com
petition. Coos County Pioneer Dies.
MARSH FIELD, Or., Jan. 24. (Spe-
George R. Wasson, who has been a
resident of Coos County since 1852, died
yesterday at his home on South Slough.
He was 86 years of age. Deceased was
born in New Brunswick and rounded the
Horn in 1852 and has since lived on Coos
Bay, He was one ot the- oldest settlers.
E
TO JUNKET SNAPS
Immigration Board Is
Denied Funds.
MACONDEUVERSSHARPATTACK
In Two Years $657,990 Is
Spent, but Nothing Done.
FREE TRIPS TAKEN ABROAD
President "Wheeler, of California,
and Professor Jenks, of Cornell,'
Come in for Severe Grilling by
Member From Arkansas.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. By cutting
off a deficiency appropriation of $125,
000 for the National Immigration Com
mission, the House today lent Its sup
port to several members, led by Repre
sentative Macon of Arkansas, who de
nounced the Commission and its work
and threatened It with immediate extinc
tion. Unless friends of the Commission suc
ceed in having the item restored to the
urgent deficiency bill in the Senate, . it
will be compelled to suspend for lack
of funds.
Board Only Two Years Old.
The Commission was created by an act
of Congress February 20, 1907. It has
brought out a number of interesting re
ports dealing with conditions in Immi
grant ships and lives of aliens after their
arrival in this country. Several other
reports are in course of preparation.
Senator Dillingham of Vermont Is
chairman of the Commission, other mem
bers being Senator Lodge, Representa
tive Howell of New Jersey, Bennett of
New York, and Burnett of Alabama, and
Professor J. W. Jenks of Cornell Uni
versity, .and William P. Wheeler of San
Francisco.
$657,993 Spent, Nothing Done.
Mr. Macon made a point of order
against the appropriation, on the ground
that it was not a deficiency. Then came
a general assault against the Commission
by several members, Mr. Macon making
a scathing attack on the body. He charged
that the Commission had gone ona jun
keting expedition abroad, had spent $657,
993 and had accomplished practically
nothing.
Mr. Macon said that Professor Jenks
devoted tli,e first part of each week to
his duties at Cornell, an institution which
he characterized as "playing politics all
the time." He said, that William R.
Wheeler, who was also secretary of the
Merchant Shippers' Association of San
Francisco, drawing $10,000 a year from
the association and $7500 from the Com
mission, regarded the latter office as a
political sinecure.
Trips Merely Pleasure Junkets.
"I am advised," said Mr. Macon, "that
this Commission went abroad In ' the
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MAKES
END
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDATS Maximum temperature, 47.8
degrees; minimum, 46.1 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; southwesterly
winds.
National.
House denies money to Immigration Com
mission; work, ox members criticised.
Page 1. s
Senator Chamberlain offers resolution ask
ing about land-grant suits long filed.
Page 6.
Commissioner Dennett, on stand, answers
Hitchcock's charges. Pago 2.
Judge Landls cautions "meat trust" Investi
gators and is angry at publicity. Page 1.
Speaker Cannon assures support to $"0,000,000
plan to push work on irrigation pro
jects. Page 5. !
Domestic
Hamilton flies from San Diego across Mexi
can boundary and -back. Pago o.
Threats of boycott cause meat and. butter
prices to 0.rop. page Z
Bitorta. '
6an Francisco begins to fear Rlckard will
stage Jeffries-Jo-nneon ngnt in utan.
Page 7,
Pacific Northwest.
Seattle woman failing to get money from
lover, slays him, then turns revolver on
self. Page 6.
Aberdeen begins boycott of Seattle for drop
ping "Black Cats ' irom Daseoau League.
Page 7.
Development Congress planned for Febru
ary n and 12 at Jiiugone. rage .
Fred Knapp, Kalama sawyer, establishes
alibi, proving absence from fat. Helens
when young Drew was killed. Page 3.
Commercial and Marine.
Andre Theodore clears Portland with 122,814
bushels of wheat for foreign ports.
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Bidders backward, so water main laying
this year will be done by paving con
tractors. Page 10.
Portland Y. , M. C A. prepared to receive
Tett s. smun, notea speaicer. page v.
Mayor Simon vetoes Council's action in
boosting salaries of deputy city auditors.
Page 20.
Washout on Columbia Southern. Railroad
stop traffic to Central Oregone. Page IS.
Alleged officious policeman blamed for death
of lineman shocked. Page 8.
Two aeroplanes on exhibition at Auto show
attract curious tnrong. ege l.
Railway pact concerns only rights-of-way.
central Oregon depot points not oeing
mentioned. Page 18.
Heney would prove Hermann neglected to
sign tnree letters as ruse, page l.
Public "Works Engineering Company makes
new crematory bid and council may oe
tied on contract. Page 20.
Local auto agents place 90 machines on
exhibit. Page 14.
Attorney Citron talks five "hours against new
iiroaaway Driage oetore judges, page y.
O. R. Sc. N. engineer views comet as he
hauls tram along Columbia River basin,
Pag l.
APPLE KING IS NOT HEIR
Dethman Regrets He Is Not Man
Identified in Moving Picture.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.)
Believing that Frank Dethman, a well-
known Hood River applegrower, whose
picture he saw in some moving pictures
of the Hood River Valley in Philadelphia,
Is his long-lost brother, entitled to a $20,
000 share in an estate, J. E. Haage, a
resident of the Quaker City, writes1 the
Applegrowere' Union here for informa
tion. In the pictures Mr. Dethman is engaged
in packing apples. Dethman says, how
ever, that much to his regret he cannot
establish his relationship to Mr. Haage.
The pictures in question have been the
cause of many letters being received at
Hood River from cities all over the Uni
ted States. Some of the writers insist
that the scenes are fakes as the writers
declare they have never seen apples or
orchards like thoa In the pictures.
House Flooded, Two Drown.
VANCOUVER, B. C, 'jan. 24. "Water
works Foreman George Hamilton and R.
Simpson city employee, were drowned
today in Capilano River, one of the
sources of the city water supply. The
stream had risen suddenly and a small
building occupied by the famliy of one of
the city's caretakers was being under
mined.. Hamilton and Simpson were help
ing to carry out the household goods.
Suddenly the flood carried away the
building, with the two men in it and
swept the wreckage over the waterworks
dam. The men have not since been seen
ROPED.
THOUSANDS
NEWEST IN AUTOS
Airships Vie With Cars
in Armory Exhibit.
50 MACHINES SELL PROMPTLY
Second Annual Portland Auto
mobile Show Opened.
2500 PEOPLE THRILLED
Dealers Rivalry to Dispose of First
Car Is KeenMany Claim Honor.
Aeroplanes Draw Crowd.
Society Views Display.
Throngs of society folk, hundreds of
prospective automobile purchasers and
still a greater number of people prompted
by a desire to see the most complete
exposition of motordom ever held in the
Par Wst, crowded the Armory last
night. From 7 until 11 o'clock fully 2500
persons visited the second annual Port
land Automobile Show.
The main hall of the Armory building
presented a brilliant pageant. Under the
myriad of incandescent lights and arc
lamps, highly enameled automobile ton
neoux and polished chahhes presented a
beautiful spectacle.
Fifty automobiles were sold In the Ar
mory last night before 10 o'clock, every
dealer doing his utmost to record the first
sale. Several claim the honor, which is
as yet unsettled, and steps may be taken
by the show management to organize an
arbitration committee to determine to
whom the distinction belongs. .
The automobile, however, was not the
only claimant for preference last night.
As the motor car has outstripped the
horse, so the automobile last night was
forgotten in the presence of two aero
planes on exhibition in the Armory gym
nasium. The Herring'-Curtiss aeroplane, re
cently purchased by E. Henry Wemme,
a Portland capitalist, and the biplane of
J. C. Burkhardt, a young Portlander,
were arranged in enclosures In the
symnasium.
In all there are. 90 cars on exhibi
tion, representing an investment of
$300,000. The combined expenditure of
the dealers in arranging the cars and
preparing the exhibits will reach $400,
000. There are 23 individual firms ex
hibiting, all of whom have offices in
Portland.
Motor accessories, automobile parts,
motorboats, gasoline launches and
every conceivable contrivance or ac
cessory used in anything in which the
motor figures, from the smallest motor
cycle to the aeroplanes, is represented
in the show. These exhibitors bring
the total number of 43. Counting the
capital represented in this class of
exhibits the total amount will reach
close to 1750,000.
Strike Ttelaya Exhibits.
Much trouble was experienced by the
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FEDERAL
COURT
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ENGINEER VIEWS
COMET NEAR CITY
RAILROAD MAX SAYS STAR'S
TAIL LIKE HEADLIGHT KAYS.
Reading, California, Crowds Also
Witness Celestial Phenomenon
In the Early Evening.
C. E. Phelps, a locomotive engineer
on the O." R. & N. line, has seen a,
comet.
While hauling his train down the
south bank of the Columbia River last
night at 6:10 o'clock, Mr. Phelps de
clared there was no question about the
star being a comet. He saw the star
which carried a long tail resembling;
the path of light leaving the headlight
of the locomotive. At the time it was
seen, the star was near the western
horizon, and shone for some time be
tween the parting clouds.
REDDING, Cal., Jan. 24, (Special.)
A comet lay revealed this evening in
the western heavens directly after the
clouds broke away, giving a clear sun
set. The brilliant celestial wanderer was
visible in the .west from 5:30 to 6:30,
when it sank below the horizon. The
tail, extending upward, was four ce
lestial degrees in length and shone
brightly even while twilight was yet
strong.
The news that the comet was visible
was telephoned all over the city and was
viewed by crowds on the streets and by
groups in nearly every dooryard in
Redding. Local astronomers say this
is not Halley's comet, which Is in an
other part of the heavens and is not
yet visible to an ordinary eye.
CAR PATRONS ON WARPATH
Xacoma People Become Restive Un
der Slow Court Proceedings.
1
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 24. (Special.)
Fern Hillites are dissatisfied with the
slowness of court procedure in their fight
for 5-cent carfares, and a renewal of the
sensational black&de of December 17 is in
prospect. Circulars are being scattered
broadcast today calling for a mass, meet
ing tomorrow night at Fern Hill to de
mand 6-cent fares.
"We demand that our" city authorities
enforce ordinances or we will do it our
selves," the circular roads. "We know
our rights and we mean business. Pay
6-cent fare. Demand your rights and stay
until you get them. To members of im
provement clubs: If the T. R. & P. Com
pany again abuses its Fern Hill passen
gers by causing a tie-up,- come to our
Assistance as soon as you hear about it.
Demand your right. Let 10 or more men
enter any streetcar and on payment of
fare demand a. transfer to Larchmont,
Parker street or Traction line and stay in
that car until you get it. It is yours right
fully." COLFAX DAM IS BLOWN
Citizens in Mass Meeting Demand
Better Protection.
COLFAX. Wash., Jan. 24. (Special.)
An attempt was made early Sunday
morning, undoubtedly by an amateur
powder man, to blow out the Colfax
Milling Company's dam on the North
Palouse River, in North Colfax. A
small portion of the dam was destroyed.
Saturday night a mass meeting of
North Colfax citizens was held and a
committee of three named to confer
with the Colfax Milling Company re
garding protection of property In North
Colfax, which many of the citizens in
sist is endangered by the height of the
dam, which was raised recently and
was torn out last week by unknown
parties. The milling company asked
that a committee be appointed.
TONGUE CUT OFF BY FALL
British Steamer Sailor Falls 30 Feet
Into Hold at Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 24. (Special.)
Wallace KImmerlln, a sailor on the
little British steamer Celtic, Is at the
Fannie Paddock Hospital seriously in
jured as a result of a fall into the hold
today. Hl3 back is badly strained, his
tongue is cut nearly off and he is
covered with body bruises.
Kimmerlin was standing on the deck
while stevedores were loading the
steamer. When he was not looking a
cargo hook caught him and lifted him
into the air. He was hauled up about
ten feet and swung out over the hatch
when suddenly the hook released . him
and he was dropped into the -hold about
30 feet.
OCEAN RACE PROVES CLOSE
Schooner Wilbert L. Smith Outsails
Nottingham to Callao.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. 24. (Special.)
Advices have been received that the
race from this port to Callao, Peru, be
tween the schooners Wilbert L. Smith
land William Nottingham, evenly
matched, was won by the former, her
time being 76 days from Grays Harbor
bar, while the Nottingham was 78 days
out from Flattery. The difference in
distance made the race close and
further races are anticipated between
these two fast sailing vessels.
Lawyer Absent Fined $7 5.
VALE, Or., Jan. 24. Judge Davis, pre
siding at the sessions of the Circuit Court
progress here, fined William P. Allen, of
Junction, $75 for contempt of court in
not obeying a summons. Mr. Allen was
not ready to attend court on the day
specified in the summons and thought
some other day would do.
PORTLAND TO HAVE
NORTHWEST TEAM
Aberdeen MustBeRein
stated, However.
COAST LEAGUE TAKES ACTION
Aberdeen's Request Basis ot
Decision Reached.
FINANCING IS BY M'CREDIE
Deal Is Suggested Suddenly During
Discussion at Dinner and Resolu
tion Is Passed at Night Ses
sion Embodying Suggestion
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24. (Special.)
Providing the Pacific Northwestern
League will reinstate Aberdeen, It can
have the right to place a club In Port
land during the coming season, ac
cording to a resolution that was unan
imously adopted at a special meeting
of the Pacific Coast directors, held to
night at the St. Francisco.
The sudden switch was a surprise to
baseball men of California and cam
about as suddenly as It was unexpected.
It was made plain that this action was
taken at the request of the Aberdeen
club and not In any way to confer a
favor upon either Dugdale or Lucas.
McCredle to Finance Plan.
Walter McCredle has been appointed
a committee of one, with power to act,
and practically admitted tonight that
his uncle would finance the Portland
Northwest League club if the deal
goes through.
At all events, the Issue Is once more
squarely in front of Dugdale, who is
the governing power of the Northwest
ern institution. It was hinted at the
meeting by C. H. Rowland, of Aberdeen,
who was present, that there was more
behind the dropping of his club than
the excuse that there was no sixth
city for the circuit. Even now he ex
presse doubt as to whether the North
western League will be willing to re
turn to a six-team proposition.
"Up to Dugadle Xow.
Walter McCredle seems to be of this
same opinion, but the next move is up
to the Seattle magnate. He and his
associates can have the use of the
Portland territory for the season with
out any strings attached If they want
it. If they still insist on dropping
Aberdeen there will be some more ex
cuses to be offered.
Rowland will return at once to fa
North and get into communication with
Judge McCredle in order to ascertain
whether the Representative In Congress
will finance the team. If he does not
care to do so. Rowland Is sure that he
can secure the necessary backing from
Portland people.
His next step will be to seek reinforce
ments at the hands of the Northwestern
League, stating the facts as they exlst-
Deal Arranged at Dinner.
The deal was practically arranged .
the dinner hour, when Rowland was re
lating his experiences and the way he was
dropped by Dugdale. Ewlng, who was
present, said he had a proposition to
make. He told Rowland that If Aberdeen
could secure the consent of McCredle, he
(Ewing) would vote to allow the use of
the Portland territory. J. W." Brooks, of
Vernon, also agreed, and when McCredle
was seen the plan was arranged.
At the night meeting of the league the
following resolutions offered by Ewlng
and seconded by Berry were passed:
Aberdeen Must Make Request.
Resolved, That the Pacific North
western League be permitted to play In
the territory of Portland, Or., during
the season of 1910 on dates that may
be arranged other than those used by
the Pacific Coast League, providing,
that Aberdeen makes a request to the
Pacific Coast League for the admission
of Portland Into the Pacific Northwest
ern League."
Walter McCredle was appointed a
committee of one with power to act
and to keep in touch with the Aberdeen
management.
Another resolution which passed to the
effect was that the president of the Pa
cific Coast League request the National
board to grant Portland the privilege of
playing In that territory for the season
of 1910 in the Pacific Northwestern
League upon notice from Walter Mc
Credle that satisfactory arrangements
had been completed.
"I presume that Congressman McCredie
will be willing to flnanco the Northwest
em club team," said Walter McCredle.
"I am not sure that Dugdale will
want to increase the size of the league,"
he continued.
Rowland thanked the Coast League
directors for their action and said h
proposed to return home at once.
McCredie Is Off for Fresno.
McCredle leaves today for Fresno.
He will stop off at Madera and-Bakcrs-field,
and will select training quar
ters for the Beavers. He also wants to
arrange Spring games with the various
clubs, but after a trip to Los Angeles
will be in San Francisco once more.
The league decided to change the
Oakland midweek game "from Tuesday
afternoon to Thursday of each week.
This will leave Thursday afternoon
open in San Francisco and allow the
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