Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 09, 1910, Page 7, Image 7

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    TUT 3IORXING . OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, . FEBRUARY 9, 1910.
SALT LAKE LOSES
FIGHT FOR TIGHT
Coffroth's Arena at Colma to
See Bid Jeffries-Johnson
Battle.
GLEASONWINS CONTENTION
Last Conference With Rickard Re
sults in Unofficial Announce
s nient That Calfornla Will
Get World Scrap.
6 ALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 8. (Special)
James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson will
meet July 4th in Croffroth's arena at
Colma or at San Mateo, close to San
Francisco, or in the Oolden Gate city
Itnelf, for the heavyweight championship
f the world. This Is unofficial, but un
doubtedly correct.
Tex Rickard and Jack Gleason broke
off negotiations temporarily tonight with
the place for the bout apparently in the
air as much as ever, but reliable inside
Information has it that Rickard has given
up and that Gleason has won in his tight
for San Francisco.
The only possible chance Utah has to
fret the fight is for the business men of
the city and state to rally to Rickard's
support in such numbers as to over
whelm fthe state authorities. Then the
light weuld have to go outside this county
on account of the County Attorney, who
has barred the match here.
As all the state authorities hold of
fices through the Mormon Church this
would put the church on record as fac
orirfg prizefights, and it is believed that
Institution would not care to have this
odium attached to It.
The last conference today ended with
Rickard gloomy and Gleason chesty.
Rickard refused to say anything definite,
but he is authoritatively quoted as say
ing that the fight goes to California.
Before leaving here the the East,
Sam Berger said: "Why, between you
and the rest of us, 'Frisco is the place
where the light Is most desired. Jeff
wants it there, but It's none of our mess
right now. When the promoters get
through with the wrangle everything will
be announced and final. There is no
doubt but that 'Frisco is most desired
by everyone. Not until there Is an ac
tual brach between Rickard and Gleason,
however, will he bother with it. If such
. a breach occurs, of course, the fighters
will step In and say something.'"
TRANSFER OF PLAYERS MADE
President Lynch, or National
League, Makes Announcements.
NEW YORK. Feb. 8. Thomas J. Lynch,
president of the National League, today
promulgated the following contracts and
releases :
Contracts With Boston, Fred T. Beck,
Beals, Becker, Charles E. Brown. Gustave
et. Georgia F. Graham, J. Herbert Moran,
Forest T. Moore. William Raridan, Lwia
Richie. David S. Shea. Harry Smith. Dlrby
White. IdeMon Wolfgang. With New York
Ralph Bell, A. H. Bridewell. H. L; Buck,
tt-arry Doyle, Arthur Fletcher.
Releasee By Boston to Omaha (Western
league), James J. Kane; by Cincinnati to
ft. Louis (Nat.). Frank J. Corrtdon. Miller.
J. Hugglns, E. T. Oakes. By St. Louis to
Cincinnati (Nat.). Fred L. Beebe. Alan M.
torke.
Columbia and Washington to Play.
The Washington High School and Co
lumbia University lnterscholastic basket
ball teams will meet this afternoon in
the Portland Academy gymnasium. Each
team has played but one game so far,
Washington losing to Allen Preparatory
Bchool and Columbia winning by a close
margin over Lincoln' High School. The
teams will line up as follows:
Washington H. S. Pot Columbia Univ.
Jackson F Fitzgerald
McClaren F Cochran
Houck C Reed
Vlerlck G McAUen
1k -. G Kellaher
Catholic Young Men's Club Loses.
In a one-sided game of basketball last
night the Christian Brothers' Business
College defeated the Catholic Young
Men's Club by a score of 72 to 4. A pre
liminary game between the junior teams
tf the college and the Sunnyslde Boys'
Brigade resulted in a score of 22 to 21, In
favor of the collegians. The games were
played in the Christian Brothers' College
gymnasium. The line-up of the senior
game follows:
Christian Brothers. Young Men's Club.
Hughes L F Mullan
Drinkerhof R F . . . Murphy
Keneflrk C Vanders
eDer- w inters ...K.t Vineyard
"Van Hoomlssen . . . L. G Lolllck
Next Saturday night the Christian
Brothers' College will playUhe Ashland,
Or., Athletic Club here.
Spartans Defeat Washougal.
WASHOUGAL. Wash., Feb. 7. Spe
cial.) The Spartans, a basketball team
representing the Portland Y. M. C. A.,
won an unusually fast game from the
Washougal Athletic Club Saturday night
by the score of 23 to 10. The Spartans out
weighed the home team, and did some
what better teamwork. The score of the
first half was 10 to 6. After the game a"
banquet was glwn in honor of the visit
ing team by the Washougal Athletic Club.
The I1ne-up was as followss
Srnrtan. Position. Washougal.
Hosord F sheets
Ptarr F sill
"all .".. .Walker, Sweeney
Rood a Devilblts
Palmer. Good G Jordan
Dallas Seems Sure to Win.
CHEMAWA. Or..' Feb. 7. (Special.)
Thirty-six games have been disposed of
in the Willamette Valley League. Al
bany, after playing two home games
and being defeated, has forfeited four
Karnes scheduled since. The Dallas team
seems to be the sure winner of the
league, not having been defeated, and
the prospects being that Dallas will
close without losing a game. The
standing of the clubs:
Won. Lost. Standing.
pa"s o l.uoo
philomath 4 i .goo
McMlncvllle 3 2 .600
racmc it 3 .375
Chemawa a 4 ..1:14
Albany o .ooo
Indians Play Two Gaines This Week
CHEMAWA. Or.. Feb. S. (Special.)
The Chemawa Indian School basketball
team will play two of its Willamette
Valley League games away from home
this week. On Thursday they will play
the strong aggregation of Dallas Col
lege at Dallas, and Friday they will
try out with Pacific College at New
berg. The Indians in their former
game were defeated by Pacific, the
core being 19 to 15.
TiUlcum Club Enjoys Sports.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Fob. 7 (Spe
cial.) Fencing, boxing and wrestling con
jtests were held in the gymnasium at
St Luke's Hall tonight under the au
spices of the TUlicum Club. E. V. Faxon
and C. R. Solum, of the Portland Y. M.
C. A., wrestled. Bud Anderson and
Lloyd McCirvln and Fred Anderson and
George Dannels boxed, and Lieutenant
Sears. L Company. First Infantry, and
Corporal Marshall, Co. F. Engineers, en
gaged in a fencing bout. There were. also
a number of preliminaries between mem
bers of the boys' club and members of
the Tilllcum. O. H. Smith acted as
referee.
INDIANS DEFEAT ASHLAND
Fast Team From South Is Xo Match
for Chemawa Five.
CHEMAWA. Or., Feb. 7. (Special.)
The fast Ashland Athletic Club basket
ball team went, down to defeat this eve
ning on the Chemawa floor by a score
of 29 to 27. The first half ended with
the score of 13 to 6 in favor of Chemawa.
In this" half Shaw played forward and
O. A. C. GRADUATE TAKES PO
SITION WITH SOITHKRX
PACIFIC COMPANY.
Burton L. Cunningham, Who Be-
comra Assistant Gfologist.
CORVALLIS, Oregon Agricul
tural Colles- Fah B O i 1
Burton L. Cunningham, a t
graduate of the department of
mining engineering of the Ore
gon Agricultural College, has
been appointed assistant geolo
gist for the Southern Pacific
Railway Company. He will have
his headquarters at San Fran
cisco. Mr. Cunningham was graduated
from the Oregon Agricultural
College with the class of 1907.
Shortly before his graduation he
took a civil service examination,
and last February entered the
Government service as Inspector
of mineral lands for the State of
Oregon. He has resigned his po
sition with the Government and
will enter upon the duties of his
new office at once.
met his match lu Souvigner of the. In
dians. In the second half he went to
center, replacing Paul, and Robertson
went In at forward. Powers, the Indian
center, was no match for Shaw. The
Indians won by good team work and
condition. Time being taken out several
times for Ashland.
Chemawa.
Souvigner
Clarke . . .
Powers . .
Position. Ashland A C.
F Shaw-Robertson
F Patterson
C Paul, Shaw
G Logan
Clements
T.,.V.. .i . V ernes
G Sales
, . "-"""u'e naives were played, oni
clals: Referee, Schneider; umpire. Larsen.
Fandom at Random.
A Seattle scribe received a letter from
a fan residing on the Atlantic coast, who
asserts that the Seattle baseball club is
a better team than the San Francisco
club. However, the Eastern critics; ad
mits he h.s never seen Seattle or San
Francisco play.
"Doc" Anderson received a letter from
Mars the other day conveying the intel
ligence that thA iwnt nAmAt ....... . 1 . :
111 or than one of Emil Frisk's home runs
i on its way Dack to Uugdale s
ball park.
"Doc" Roller, whom Frank Gotch has
laoeied as his successor to the chamnlrm
ship, is on his way to Sfettle to meet
Henry Ordeman. who beat him some time
ago at the Northern town. Roller has
been after the return match for some
time, and next Thursday night he fs to
nave his chance.
Jack Johnson has a younger brother.
Charley, who Is about to graduate from
en undertaking and embalming college.
There may be significance in the younger
Drotner s vocation.
Frank Smith, the piano mover, who is
pitching for the Chicago White Sox. re
fused to sign his contract with Comiskey
unless he was promised a vacation to
see the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Comiskey
came through with a raise In salary and
now Smith does not care to see the scrap.
Quate Bateman. the American Associa
tion pitcher, is advertising for a lob with
a class A league. Bateman advertises
that he pitched for Milwaukee for the
last five years, but if the other Amer
ican Association clubs don't want him
he must be among the down and outs.
Danny O'Brien. Gene West and Bobby
fcivans. a trio of local boxers, are con
templating an Invasion of British Co
lumbia, where it is said, each of the
lads has received an offer to appear in
a sparring exhibition. -
Tommy Tracey is figuring on staging a
Doxing exnioition oetwen Gene west and
Danny O'Brien about February 16.
Tommy thinks the- fans would like a
chance to see West and O'Brien in action
once more, and has an agreement with
both lads to appear.
Ed Lanigan, the cfack English wrestler.
has returned to Portland and is consider
ing the idea of challenging the winner
of the O'Oonnell-Matsuda match tomor
row night. Lanigan is known in the
wrestling game as "Young Joe Acton."
e
Norman Brashear, who has been a
familiar figure In vthe Pacific Coast
League since its organization in 1903, is
likely to pass to a lesser class organiza
tion. Happtcus Hogan. manager of the
Vernon tcub is contemplating selling
Brashear to a Northwestern League club.
Walter MeCTexMe thinks that Howard
Mundorff Ls going to prove a second
Rollo Zelder for the San Francisco club
thks season. Mac says he would like to
get Mundorff, for he came within an ace
of getting the lad from the Vancouver
club. San Francisco beaf Portland out
on the draft of the player.
Perle Casey says he intends to join
Frankie Conley in the morning marathon
training runs in a few days. Coley is
resting up at present, but will commence
training again In a few days. He is
pleased at the possibility of getting
chanco to exhibit with Monte Atteil.
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TAMALPAIS
IS INAUCH IDENTIFIED
Who Young Woman, Brutally
Murdered on Mountain Was,
Is Still Mystery.
LETTER GIVES GOOD CLEW
Tnrlock Woman Tells of Seeing Girl
Answering Description in Port
land, Where She Telephoned
About Man at Tamalpais.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 8- The Identity
of the woman whose body was found on
the slope of Mount Tamalpais last Hhurs
day afternoon, which appeared solved, yes
terday, still remains a mystery. The
police have discovered that the girl
known as "Dutchy," who was a student
in Mrs. Eleanor Llttlefield's hairdressing
establishment, is alive- and living In this
city. Her name is Claudia Jurgensen.
Nothing is known here of the girl, Ellen
Jensen, whose trunk is now being held In
local storehouse.
A letter was received by Coroner
Sawyer, of Marin County, today from
Mrs. Pearl Wells, of Turlock. Cal.. saying
that the writer had met a young woman
answering the description of the mur
dered girl on a trip to Portland by boat.
The girl, upon her arrival in Portland,
telephoned to some friend to ascertain
the whereabouts of a man named Frank,
and she was told that he was employed
on the railroad on Mount Tamalpais. The
girl left Portland the next day for Cali
fornia. Mrs. Wells says In the letter
that she could identify the things the
girl wore If she saw them.
Work has turned upon this clew, which
is regarded as excellent.
Still another identification was fur
nished to the Marion County authorities
today by Mrs. Josephine Munnedun, of
Berkeley, who told them she believed the
body was that of her daughter, Mrs.
James Kutchnor. Her daughter was
married to a miner in Alsaka 11 years
ago and Mrs. Munnedun last heard of her
at Tonopah, Nev.. in September, 1909.
The mother declared that the comb was
very similar to one her daughter wore
and the clothes were the kind she was
In the habit of wearing.
BEEF TRUST SCALES LIE
BOISE MEAT C03IBINES MAN
AGER FOUND GUILTY.
Lard Pails Short-Weight, Is Verdict.
Sentence Tomorrow Victory
First in 2 3 Years.
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 8. (Special.)
State Pure Food Commissioner Wallls
won a signal victory for the State of
Idaho late tonight, the first of its kind
for 23 years, or since the short-weight
law was placed on'the statute books,
when he secured a verdict of guilty
against George Schwitzer, manager of
the Boise Butcher Company and presi
dent of the Boise Meat Trust, on the
charge of selling short-weight lard In
pails. Judge Dunbar will pass sen
tence tomorrow.
The law provides a maximum line of
$300, a prison sentence of six months,
or both fine and imprisonment.
The defense set up by Schwitzer was
that he, as well as other dealers, sold
the lard by the. package instead of
the pound. The palls, however, are
plainly marked, designating the number
of pounds they are supposed to con
tain. The evidence showed that the deal
ers had short-weighted six ounces on
three-pound pails, on five-pound pails
nine ounces and on 10-pound pails from
13 to 15 ounces.
Tomorrow Food Commissioner Wallis
will begin the prosecution of the al
leged misbranded butter case against
Swift & Co., and on Thursday the al
leged short-weight lard case against
W. F. Dolan, a local dealer, who sold
lard manufactured by the Cudahy
Packing Company, will be taken up.
CHILDREN ARE AIDED
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF
SCHOOLS PROFITABLE.
Curing of Physical Defects Enables
Pupils to Progress More Rap
Idly With Studies.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 8. Medical
inspection in the schools is saving
Pennsylvania a considerable portion of
$2,160,000 which otherwise would be
wasted on efforts to educate pupils
who. by reason of removable physical
defects, are unable to profit by their
instruction, according to the estimate
of Leonard P. Ayres, assistant director
of the department of child hygiene of
the Russell Sage Foundation in New
York.
Mr. Ayres addressed the department
of superintendents of the Pennsylvania
Educational Association today on the
relation of physical defects t.o school
progress. He said:
"If the children in Pennsylvania are
like their companions in Massachusetts
and New York, about 60 per cent have
seriously decayed teeth. These pupils
require eight and a half years to com
plete a course of study that a child
without defects would complete in
eight years.
"A child with defective breathing re
quires six-tenths of a year longer to
complete eight grades of elementary
scnool work. About one school child in
every seven, has defective breathing.
"The pupil suffering from enlarged
tonsils requires seven-tenths of a year
longer to complete the course than does
the normal, and about one-quarter of
the school children have enlarged
tonsils.
"Children with adenoids spend nine
and one-tenth years in the eight ele
mentary grades and those with en
larged glands nine and two-tenths
years. . About one child in eight has
adenoids, and nearly one-half of the
pupils suffer from enlarged glands."
LOCAL MEN INVADE CELILO
They Buy 1 4T Acres and Agree to
Build Power Plant.
THE DALLES, Or.. Feb, S. (Special.
Articles of agreement were filed recently
by which Portland men are to become
possessed of a large tract of real estate
at Celilo.
One oontract sets forth that I. H. Taffe
and Mary Tafte agree to sell 8 Oacres of
land at Celilo between the O. R. & N. ,
right of way and the Columbia River to
J. Wr. Grussl. C. L. Daggett. A. L. Hoist,
Charles M. Zadow and Frank H. Jones,
for J5O.O0O, with the stipulation that the
buyers are to -form the Celilo Milling &
Power Company and build a power plant.
The other contract, between the same
men . and Frank A. Jeffrey, with I. H.
Taffe and Mary Taffe, transfers 67 acres
of the Taffe property at Celilo for 30,
000, the buyers to organize the Celilo Im
provement Company.
This property is to be platted, and sold
by the company. It lies south of the O.
R. & N. right of way and does not in
clude the canal property.
GREED LEADS TO MURDER
Woman With Legacy Found Dead;
Husband Is Missing.
NEW YORK. Feb. 8. Avarice is be
lieved to have been the motive for the
murder of the woman whose body was S
(Copyright, 1910, by George G.
Bain.)
James Coffroth, San Francisco
Fight Promoter Who Yesterday
Won 9SOOO Waiter tn Ten-Day
Rce From London.
found under the floor of an apartment
house in West Ninety-fourth street
yesterday. The police are searching
for the woman's husband, Peter Jo
hansen. In the rooms he is believed to have
occupied since the crime were found
letters indicating that Mrs. Johansen
recently came into possession of $2500
from a railroad company for the death
of her former husband, August Peter
sen. Johansen was janitor of the house
where the body was found.
GILL AND M00RE LEAD
(Continued From First Page.)
district; and that if he chose, he would
refuse to reappoint Thomson as City
Engineer. m
He was followed by Austin E. Griffiths,
the third Republican to aspire to the
nomination. Then came the declaration
of candidacy of Oliver T. Erickson. Will
lam Hickman Moore and Charles H.
Miller, all Democrats, and of Ben Humes,
Republican.
Griffiths began with personalities. He
clearly felt that as the advocate of play
grounds and the champion of a higher
moral tone, he would outstrip his two
Republican competitors. He called Bouil
lon "the chameleon candidate," and he
poked fun at Gill's personal appearance.
GUI made a witty reply, declaring that
it was the first time he had heard that
a political campaign was a beauty con
test. Griffiths, in expectation of corner
ing the church vote, continued his at
tacks, bringing squarely to the front the
social evil and the restricted district as
the paramount issue. Ten days ago he
saw the futility of his campaign, and in
withdrawing attempted to throw his
strength to Bouillon.
But Erickson. the "smokestack" nomi
nee" of the Democrats, took up the gauge
where Griffiths threw it down. Both men
are prohibitionists, and both have de
clared for a town closed tight.
To Gill has been paid the unusual trib
ute of a noon-day meeting that packed
the Grand opera-house from pit to dome.
He is regarded as a rough diamond. His
language is straight to the point. The
other night, speaking of franchises, he
said:
If any belt line railroad wants to spend
a million dollars around the city, and that
franchise ever gets to me, I'll sign it so
quick it will make your head swim. I
don't care what people are going to think
about it 200 years from now. I want to act
for the benefit of this generation -and the
children of this generation. Nobody ever
looked that far ahead for me.
Position Made Clear.
He left no doubt in the minds of his
auditors as to his position on the ques
tion of a restricted district:
When I am Mayor a district will be set
aside for those unfortunates. There will be
no red lights about It, no brassbands and
no billboards. It will be quietly conducted,
and policemen will be patrolling their beats
about It. I don't think I shall ever go
back to the fine system. Outside of that
district I win give you a cleaner city than
you have ever had.
Miller started as a Democrat. He is
now recognized as the representative of
labor. He is a member of the Barbers'
Union, although a practicing lawyer. He
has -taken, the same ground as Gill with
respect to a restricted district, and he has
declared unreservedly that his first act
as Mayor would be to dismiss City En
gineer Thomson.
William Hickman Moore, Democrat, has
stood aloof. He has not made a speech.
His campaign has been managed by
George E. Ryan, who has used the mails
and billboards for publicity. Moore has
relied entirely on his record as ex-Mayor
and his standing as a Democrat of the
old school.
One of the lessons of the campaign has
been to illustrate the disintegration of
party under the direct primary. Seattle
has chosen nominees for Mayor on dec
larations wrung from the aspirants after
they took the stump. There is no plat
form, in the usual acceptation of that
term.
It has also appeared tn the Seattle cam
paign that the only real question over
which there was marked difference of
opinion as making for an Issue, is the red
light district and what shall be done with
its populace. Gill and Miller were the
only candidates who announced their po
sition without wobbling, while their op
ponents signified their intention of getting
a law through the Legislature empower
ing cities to deal with the social evil;
but an answer has been made to this
contention In effect' that a community
cannot license an evil and prohibit it at
the same time: and the fear is expressed
that the passage of a state law might be
to procure the city to open a Pandora's
box from which might escape unnum
bered ills.
Two Orientals were registered as quali
fied voters for today's election. One was
Chin W. You. a Seattle-born Chinese 23
years old. now a clerk in Wa Chong's
grocery store. Tno other was H. Onick,
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$95.00 Combination Roll-top Typewriter Desk, of finely fin
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a Japanese, who was naturalized at
Tombstone, Ariz., December 5, 1884. Onick
Is a banker. He was a member of the
school board in Tombstone, and his son
has sained local renown as one of the
star players on the football team of Lin
coln High School.
COFFROTH WINS. RAGE
FIGHT PROMOTER BEATS TIME
AXIT IiAXDS $5000.
Wager That He Could Travel From
London to San Francisco in Ten
Days Won by Margin.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8. James W.
Croffroth. the fight promoter, arrived in
San Francisco at 9:20 o'clock tonight,
winning his bet of $1000 made with a
member of the National Sporting Club
of London, that he could reach this city
in ten days from London, by a margin
of 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Croffroth. according to agreement, im
mediately sent a telegram to Eugene
Corri, the man with whom he had the
wager.
When Coflroth arrived at the Oakland
Mole he was welcomed by a large dele
gation of local sports. who cheered him
as he stepped from his car. The train
men and dispatchers ail congratulated him
and he was surrounded by a crowd of
curious people as he crossed on the fer
ry boat.
The time made by Coffroth is the fast
est ever made from London to thie city
nent. He made the etaoin taoin taoln
nent. according to local railroad officials.
He made the trip In nine days, 19 hours
and 20 minutes.
CHINESE ARE PRIVILEGED
Allowed to Discharge Firecrackers
on Xew Year's Xight.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 8 The safe
and sane Chinese New Year, as celebrated
In this city, is at an end, and for the
first time since the big fire of 190S. the
local Chinese quarter will resound with
the explosion of fire crackers when the
celebration opens at midnight.
Immediately after the fire of 1906. an
ordinance was passed forbidding the use
of firecrackers within the city limits, and
since that time " ""-'irth of July and
Chinese New YT . . teen celebrated
without their usual accompaniment of
powder-produced noise
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lO SlUllltS GE.SO1'" women and stout fig-
: ures. Also Misses' Tailored
Suits having a smart, youthful touch. Plain Tailored Suits and
also the elaborately embroidered two-piece, and three'niere
Recently the Chinese Consul-General
petitioned the Chief of Police to permit
the explosion of firecrackers during the
coming New Year, and today Chief.
Martin issued an order granting the
privilege .during certain specified hours
while the celebration is under way.
CHICAGO CHILDREN WANT?
Texan Reads Report and Blames
Tariff for Woes.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Five thou
sand "Children who attend, the public
schools in Chicago are habitually hun
gry and 10,000 others in that city are
not sufficiently nourished, according to
a letter from the Superintendent of
Schools of Chicago, from which Repre
sentative Henry of Texas today read
excerpts in the House.
"Texas," declared Mr. Tenry, reply
ing to a recent speech in defense of the
new tariff law delivered by Represen
tative Boutelle of Illinois. "Is pros
perous in spite of the Payne-Aldrlch
tariff bill.
"If that law had anything to do with
the prosperity of Texas, why does it
not bring prosperity to Chicago and
other great cities of this country?"
BILL AIMS AT ANARCHISM
Imperial Council of India Requires
Bond of Publishers.
CALCUTTA, Feb. 8. The press bill,
dlsgned to suppress the dissemination
of anarchistic literature, was passed
by the Imperial Council today.
The measure requires the proprietors
of newspapers and job presses' to de
posit with the government a sum of
money which will b (orfalied should
the depositor be con'- of an at
tempt to incite to mu-- sedition,
or to influence the puoac fcainst the
law and order.
Information to Be Filed Today.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 8. (Spe
cial.) Prosecuting Attorney James P.
Statpleton said tonight that he ex
pected to file Information in the Su
perior Court against Mrs. Maud John
son, charging her with obtaining J1250
from the Northern Pacific Railway
Company by false representations.
Mrs. Johnson's trial must come within
SO days of the time when the Informa
tion against her is filed. It will b
filed within 30 days of the time when
she was arraigned in the Justice court.
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Housefurnishings
Sold on Easy Payments
and "Madeleine" Corsets
Is the Sale
TauLloiredl Soits
Suits, the quality of mater-
and linings, and the val-
it . thic. rnmhinoiiAn
women are find-
tnn imnnrtant t r mice
some of the materials, and
to choose with satisfaction.
Gra.t Qeaio-TLap BaiHe
Wom'n's Wool Skirts
Regular Values $5 to $20
"Now at $2.50 and to $10
Well-tailored garments trimmed in
self-folds, others with satin or silk band
trimming. In shepherd checks, black
voile, white Panama and fancy mix
tures. The woman 'who needs an extra
skirt will genuinely appreciate the qual
ity and the saving she could not wish
better values than those we are offering.
Desks Today
This Desk now $98.50
O'GONNELL WEIGHT LOW
PORTLAND WRESTLER READS
TO MEET JAP XIGHT.
M. Matsuda and Local Man Claim
Welterweight Championship so
Match Will Be Proof.
Eddie O'Connell, wrestling instructot
at- the Multnomah Amateur Athletic
Club, has accomplished the task of re
ducing himself to 142 pounds, at which
weight he Is to meet M. Matsuda, a
Japanese wrestler, at Merrill's Hall to
morrow night, and he says he feels as
strong as ever, which is good news to
his friends, who are confident that h
can defeat the Oriental exponent of the
grappling game.
Matsuda is due to reach Portland to
day. He has been training at Spokane,
where he has had several matches.
Matsuda claims the welterweight
wrestling championship, and O'Connell,
likewise, maintains that he is entitled
to the premiership, which means that
the Portland man will contest with the
Oriental for the honors. Both have
frequently met and defeated the best
welterweight grapplers In the United
States and Canada, and neither will
take any chances on losing tomorrow
night through overconfidence.
Catch-as-catch-can rules will govern
the bout. There is scarcely any differ
ence in the ages of the two grapplers,
and both have been wrestling for over
10 years, starting In when lads.
Both wrestlers are required to weigh
142 pounds, and on this contingency
each man has posted a $500 weight for
feit in the event of failure to mak
the welterweight limit.
Gene West expects to get on in one
of the preliminary bouts, though it is
not yet definitely settled. West wants
to meet Walter Arndt. but the latter
has been matched to meet J. Keppert,
and there Is a chance for West to be
staged In txie other preliminary bout.
ROSTAND GIVES TO CHARIT
First Day's Receipts From "Chantl
cleer" Go to Flood Sufferers.
PARIS, Feb. 8. The receipts derived
from the first regular performance of
"Chanticleer." Fdmond Rostand's new
play, which was given In the Porte St.
Martin Theater last night, amounted
to 15,000.
This sura has been donated to the
fund for the Paris flood sufferer.