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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1910.
MULTNOMAH BOYS
LOSE EVERY BOUT
Portland Practically Elimi
nated From Vancouver
Tournament.
SPOKANE SCORES WELL
lightweight Wrestling Champion
ship Goes to Inland City, Vancou
ver Taking Middleweight Hon
or Seattle Shows Class.
VANCOUVER, B. C, April 1. (Spe
cial.) Portland tias praftically elim
inated from the P. N. A. tournament to
nljtht in the second ntKhfs 'matches in
boxing and wrestling, losing every bout
in which the Multnomah Club was rep
resented. There were 13 events tonight
and Portland men figured in four, three
wrestling and one boxing.
Spokane came out with the lightweight
wrestling championship and one other
win, while Vancouver showed with the
middle-weight championship.
Seattle finished the night with the 115
pound wrestling championship and the
125-pound championship.
'Twas Sad Night for Multnomah.
It was a sad night for Multnomah. Be
ginning with the 115-pound wrestling bout,
L. Kabre lost to K. Duncan, of Seattle, in
one fall in three minutes and 17 seconds.
J. Duff, of Portland, continued the losing
streak in the 135-pound class by losing to
Chris Wiby, of Vancouver, the fall taking
but 20 seconds.
R. E. Buell, of Portland, defaulted to
Duncan Gillis, of ' Vancouver, in the
heavy-weight wrestling bout and went
into the heavy-weight boxing class with
"V. Weeks, of Vancouver, getting knocked
out after one minute and 55 seconds of
the second round. In the first round Buell
got excited and walloped "Weeks while the
latter was still on his knees from a fall,
but Weeks overlookesd the foul, and al
though the bout was stopped for the
round, went on with the second round.
G. Walker, of Vancouver, won the 158
pound wrestling championship from C.
Gesek, of Spokane, on aggressiveness, the
bout lasting 12 minutes.
Seattle ticts Championship.
The defaulting of Welsh, of Vancouver,
to F Duncan, of Seattle, gave the latter
the 115-pound championship wrestling
honors. G. Brechin, of Spokane, cap
tured the lightweight title in wrestling
over Chris Wiby, of Vancouver, the bout
going 15 minutes and being marked by a
classy exhibition of wrestling and
strength. Frank Duncan, of Seattle, de
feated W. J. Pilklngton, of Vancouver,
in one fall, in six minutes and 28 seconds.
Tomorrow night will wind up the tour
nament. There are 11 boxing and two
wrestling events scheduled fbr the card.
In the championship bouts Vancouver will
be represented by eight men, Seattle by
seven men and Spokane two.
TRI-CITY SEASON' EVE HERE
Automobile Parade Tomorrow to
Precede First Game.
The 1910 season of the Tri-Clty Base
ball League will be opened Saturday
with a big automobile parade, starting
at 12:30 P. M., from Fourth and Wash
ington streets. Iater the first game will
be played at the Vaughn-street baseball
park, between the Dilworth Derbies and
the West Side team. Games will be
played on the Vaughn-street grounds
every Sunday until the opening of the
Coast I-eague season here.
The West Side team Is under the man
agement of C. J. Rupert. The team is
fast and includes such well-known play
ers as Johnny Shea, brother of Danny
Shea, catcher of the Seattle club; Melvin
Iake, the heady pitcher; "Whispering"
Phil Nadeau, Colly Druhot and several
others with fine reputations.
The Dilworth Derbies will have Mc
Duffy, the backstop from the Southwest
em Washington League; Pete Brakke.
the phenomenal twlrler from Hoquiam,'
"Wash., and Paul Irwin, of the Anaconda,
Mont., Intermountain League team. Ir
win has been appointed captain of the
Dilworth Derbies.
The parade tomorrow will be headed
by the Percy Campbell cornet band which
also will give a concert before the game
and will play throughout the contest.
Special permission has been secured
from the police department to run two
autos abreast in the parade. This will
be the first time this plan has ever been
followed in Portland. Mayor Simon and
several other Portland officials have
promised to appear in the parade and
to assist in the opening ceremonies.
Judge Williams. ex-Mayor and the oldest
fan in Portland, has promised to pitch
the first ball if his health will permit.
At the Theaters
d fence, and for half a minute last night
there was absolute silence before the
applause broke forth in a tempest of
cheers. M ant ell's Moor is characterized
by vehemence of passion once his Jeal
ousy is aroused, and yet he stamps the
character with a quiet dignity, a charm
and courage of conviction that needs
must be recognized.
Shakespeare, with his usual penchant
for contrasts, made I ago a perfect Luci
fer. This character in the hands of Fritz
Leiber is most excellent. As he portrays
It, Iago is not a shade too satanic. His
insinuations are delivered with apparent
ly little care, but in every instance he
forces the conviction that he is telling
the truth. Much of the effectiveness of
Othello depends on Iago, hence it is for
tunate that the role is so happily c'ast.
Marie Booth Russell is, of course, Dea
demona. She has a personal charm and
beauty that serve her well in hand, but
as Desdemona she is neither sincere nor
convincing, particularly in the murder
scene.
It is not so much by the inward and
spiritual grace that Miss Russell gives
in this role, but rather is it the outward
and physical. Mention must be made of
Agnes Elliott Scott, who as Emilia gave
a decidedly fine bit of dramatic work.
Tonight "King Lear will be given,
with "Romeo and Juliet" tomorrow after
noon and ''Richard 111" tomorrow night.
LANDS CUT WANTED
MATTHIESEN MUCH
ARRAYED IN GEMS
THOUGH - SECOXD-CIiASS CABIX,
IS SHIP'S ATTRACTION.
"THE popularity of Shakespeare's
I "Othello is due entirely to its plot.
It is undoubtedly the greatest tragedy in
the world, and as Wordsworth says, "the
most pathetic of human conspiracies."
Tnvarlably we ran ?t go to Shakespeare
for the perfection of inconsistency in char
actor as well as the perfectness in any
type or character. Among the many of
his finest portraits1 is that of Othello,
the Moor of Venice.
Robert Mantell at the Bungalow last
evening demonstrated again that he Is an
authority on the meaning of the drama
and the interpretation of Othello was il
luminating to the student of Shakespeare.
His Moor is Indeed a civilised barbarian.
!Mr. Mantell can give nowhere e. better
rrformnnc? than he gave last night to
the handful of foik who came to hear
him. The production wat splendidly
staged. The great acting of this trage
dian is a rarity to seldom paralleled that
it would seem as if it might require some
courage to proclaim it as a thing actually
here in our midst. The many wails, ver
bal and printed, that our stage is de
teriorating, and that the theaters are on
the downward path, assume proportions of
the ridiculous when a meritorious pro
duction of standard productions visits
Portland and plays to empty benches. It
would seem much as if thes howlers
about decadent drama were four-flushing
in their demands for the classics.
Then? is probably no actor on our stage
who can speak either English or verse
as can Mantell. In his acting he has
technique carried to supreme heights. His
picture of the implacable Moor was sub
lime in its tragic intensity and repression.
He was a pathetic figure of fate and evil
conquering innate goodnees. Mantell" a
Othello Is a carefully finished and vital
achievement. Seemingly he transfuses
every personal sensation into hi audience,
who responded last night enthusiastically
Actor Moor and audience feel the same
impulse. When the Moor, realizing that
he has been deceived, kills himself by
rvsdemona's couch in order not to sur
vive having slain the guiltless woman,
a perceptible thrill runs through the au-
Portlander Carries Small Ransom In
Jewelry on His Person, With
Auto Between Decks.
NEW YORK. April 1. Despite the
fact that he was a second cabin voy
ager, John Matthiesen of Portland, Or.,
who sailed for Bremen with his wife
and son Edward on the North German
Lloyd steamship George Washington
today, was easily the most noticed man
on the ship.
Across his expansive white waistcoat
he weighs 230 pounds was stretched
from pocket to pocket a watch chain
with huge links, and in every link a
diamond of the first water gleamed and
sparkled. In his cravat another big
diamond of purest ray shone like the
headlight of a locomotive - while on
two of the fingers of his left hand were
solitaire diamond rings that a prince
might envy.
Mrs. Matthiesen was not one whit
behind her liege lord In the matter of
gems, for she, too, wore a number of
diamond rings and a brooch that made
some of her less fortunate sisters en
vious. Young Edward Matthiesen also
was adorned with a diamond pin, dia
mond rings and a diamond watch chain.
This was not all, for down between
decks Herr Matthiesen had a big tour
ing car which he is taking to Europe
with him. Just before the ship sailed
Matthiesen said:
"You see. I take the second cabin
because I do not wish to dress up all
the time for those aristocrats; besides,
I do not like those table d'hote dinners,
where they give you only a little at
once and it takes such a long 'time to
get a meal."
Matthiesen was a pioneer In the H'ood
River Valley; Oregon, country, where
he took up a quarter-section of land
in 1882. Later he went to Portland,
where he purchased the Hotel zur
Rheinpfalz and prospered.
SMOKER WADES AT NINETY
Old Man Is Not Afraid of Chilling
Bare Feet.
YARLEY, Pa., April 1. John H.
Morris, the 90-year-old river farmer
of Morrlsvllle, tells how to live to a
ripe old age. Mr. Morris, who is well
known to hundreds of residents of the
county, has been a constant user of
tobacco since he was 10 years old. Now,
however, he confines himself to his clay
pipe, although he formerly was a to
bacco chewer of no small proportions.
In his young days Morris was re
garded as a sickly child and required
the attention of a physician quite fre
quently, but he has reached the ripe
old age of 90 years and is sturdy and
nimble. He has a long, flowing white
beard, and says he keeps his joints in
good working order by bathing himself
in olive oil, a thing he has done for
years.
The frequent bathing of his feet is
also given as one of the reasons he
has witnessed the advent and departure
of so many years. A favorite method
of Mr. Morris for cleansing his feet is
to wade in the water. This he does
in Summer and Winter, and not in
frequently when the ice is so thick that
it is necessary for him first to break
it. He is a great lover of buttermilk
and in season eats generously of as
paragus. Whisky is something for which Mr.
Morris has never had any use.
JAPAN SOON TAKES COREA
Annexation Imminent, According to
Advices Received Here.
VICTORIA. B. C. April l.-(Special.)
Japanese newspapers received here to
day announce that the annexation of
Corea is now imminent. News has also
reached here that Captain Loreni Pater
son, a sea adventurer who had been en
gaged in many1 perilous exploits, is dead
at Yokohama. He was one of the first
to organize an expedition to seek th
reputed treasures of Cocos Island, in the
early seventies.
He raided the Russian rookeries of Cop
per Island in the old schooner Diana,
and his two partners. Smith and Viii
Weil, were wounded and several mem
bers of the crew were killed.
Captain Paterson was arranging to take
out a schooner under the Japanese flag
to engage in sealing in Bering sea when
death occurred..
Commenting on the report of Banker
Jaco'i Schitfs recent speech in New York
relative to Japan's warlike purposes,
the Jijl 9'nimpo says it regrets that Mr.
Schlff should harbor the feelings indi
cated in his speech and considers his ut
terance due to the failure of the pro
posals for neutralization of Manchurlan
railways.
Hawley Would Retain 50,000
Klamath Acres.
BALLINGER'S PLAN FOUGHT
Oregon Representative Contends
That Settlers on Project' High
Lands Are Entitled to Bene
fits as Pledged.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. -Washington,
April 1. Representative Hawley
is endeavoring to secrure a reversal of
the recent order of Secretary Balllnger
eliminating about 50,000 acres of high
land from the Klamath irrigation project.
His efforts aim to have the Klamath
project built according to the original
lands, so as to reclaim not only the
lands that can be irrigated by gravity
systems, but those which depend upon
pumping.
Because of the reas on s advanced by
Secretary Ballinger for cutting out the
high lands of the upper project, and be
cause of the unusually bad showing made
by the Klamath settlers before the Sen
ate Irrigation Committee last Fall, the
task Is a difficult one, and the proba
bilities are that the Secretary will
stand by his decision.
Mr. Hawley, however, contends that the
settlers on the high lands, having gone
in in good faith, and with every expec
tation that the Government would bring
water to them, should, not now he left
high and dry. Moreover, he objects' to
having the State of Oregon denied .the
full benefits to which it is entitled un
der the reclamation law. Being one of
the heaviest contributors to the 'fund,
Mr. Hawley argues that the State is en
titled to great benefits under the law.
He has addressed another letter to
Secretary Ballinger, voicing his opinions.
In this letter he says:
The people under the Klamath project
were influenced largely . to sign the con
tracts for water, by representations made by
representatives of the Government. I think
there la no dispute in this. Following to is,
as I understand, all subsequent action was
taken under the direction generally, and
final approval of the Government. The
good fait h of the Government is, conse
quently, deeply involved in the completion
of the rroject at the earliest practicable
date. As you know from our conversations,
I am i-ot asking that the Government lose
money on the project, but that it push the
work to completion with all due rapidity
and that the State of Oregon be given par
ticipation In the reclamation fund, due to
it. as based upon the receipts into it, and
that we be rot asked to wait while these
moneys are diverted to other projects in
other .states.
Some five yeara have elapsed since the
work was begun. About 3.000 acres are
now under water, but I am Informed that
some 10,000 f these were formerly irri
gated. At this rate it would take a long
time to complete even the lower project.
I urge that more extensive operations
be planned for this season, adequate funds
be allotted for the work, and that neces
sary steps be taken early to Insure its being
done.
I further respectfully urge that no change
be made in the original project without
the consent of the people who signed the
contracts. If the upper portion., or any
other portion, is eliminated, it will in all
probability greatly increase the per acre
cost on such part, should it be subsequently
undertaken as a separate project.
Earnestly hoping that work on an en
larged plan will be early begun this sea
son, and with feelings of the highest es
teem and confidence, I am, with best
wishes.
TOO . POOR TO LIVE, DIES
Lonesome Life in Iyodglng-House
Leads to Suicide.
Chicago. April 1. Silas I. Tuniso.
bookkeeper, 67 years old, a widower.
322 North Clark street, died by his own
hand because he was tired of a lone
some life in a lodsing-house.
"Ain't it hell to be poor?" he de
manded of Policeman Muiiane, who,
with the night clerk, John Miner, found
the old man dying in bed, his throat
slashed and a razor lying by his side.
"Who cut you?" asked the policeman,
ignoring the man's question.
"I did it, because I was lonely and
tired of life."
Members of his family, including his
wife, died years ago, and the man had
lived in hallrooms alone. He seldom
made new friends and kept to his room
nights.
Despite the fact that his throat was
slashed from ear to ear the vocal chords
were not severed, and the old man
talked of his past and told of his act
while he was being removed to the po
lice ambulance. He died on the way to
the Passavant Hospital.
"Life in a hallroom don't mean
much," he complained. "I was just a
plodding old bookkeeper and never
could get ahead. I knew no pleasures
and lived this lonesome life until I be
came so tired of it I wanted to die."
Groans coming from Tuniso's room
attracted the night clerk early today,
and tne police of the Chicago-avenue
station were summoned.
"Don't bother about me," the old man
urged the police, when they prepared
to move him to the hospital.
"Maybe you'll live," said the police
man, hopefully.
"But I won't. I don't want to, either.
I am dying now."
"Drive to the morgue." broke in the
policeman to the driver after the am
bulance had started to the hospital. He
had died without a struggle. The old
man's relatives are being sought. If
not found his body may be buried in
potter's field.
MR. O'BRIEN
Our Expert Cutter and Fitter for the Ladies
Inn mF1 h P nil it no"
lei I aims tor the Ladies
Our Ladies' Department will be opened up Saturday morning. We positively will not sell
any more than 50 Suits, as our tailors cannot make any more Suits, as our Men's Depart
ment has been kept so busy. We are only opening this department now, as we promised we
would do. We did not expect so large a men's trade as we received on our opening day. We
are only prepared to make this amount 50 Suits. First come, first served. So do not be
disappointed if you do not get in on our first opening of. our Ladies' Department. Our
price will be $100 a Suit, and hot one cent less, to show 50 ladies what men tailors for ladies
can do. We take this method of putting out 50 suits at a price we do not make any profit on.
Saturday, One Day Only, $35 a Suit
Made to order. We give 2 and 3 tryons. We fit you perfect, we men tailors to the ladies.
O'BRIEN
367 Morrison St., Opp. Olds, Wortman & King's New Location
COWBOY HUNTS FOR WIFE
MEXICO GOVERNOR IS HOST
Ambassador Wilson, Duke, Dnchess,
Miss Sliont, Are GaeMd.
MEXICO CITY. April 1. A brilliant
dinner was given tonight by Governor
Oulllermo Landay Escandon in honor of
the American Ambassador, and Mrs. Wil
son, the Duke and Duchess of Lancaster,
and Miss Margaret Shonts.
Among those seated at the table were
the Vice-President and Mrs. Ramon Cor
ral. Minister of Foreign Relations Igna
clo Ma.rlsca.la and other high officers and
members of the diplomatic corps.
The Call Of The Blood
for purification, finds voice in pimples,
boils, sallow complexion, a Jaundiced
look, moth patcties and blotches on the
skin. all sign of liver trouble. But
Ir. King's New Life Pills make rich
red blood: give clear skin, rosy cheeks,
fine complexion, health. Try them. 25c
at all druggists.
Good Looks and Good Humor Worth
More Than Million.
CLEVELAND. O., April 1. A unique
request has reached Mayor Baehr from
Spokane, . Wash. John J. Powell, a
cowboy, has written that he wants an
Ohio grirl for a wife and that he has
heard that many beautiful ones reside
in Cleveland. He writes that as
Speaker Cannon has been besieged by
grirls wanting husbands, there certainly
is one who would like to take pot luck
with him. He save he wants a goad
humored, good-looking: wife, who is
not worth a million.
The cowboy's letter was accompanied
by a photograph, which shows him to
be a handsome type of Western young
manhood, looking like a stage cowboy
in all his glory. Powell says that he
is Just 30 years old.
CONSCIENCE FUND AIDED
Preacher Sends Forty 2 -Cent Stamps
to Street Company.
SYRACUSE. N. Y.. April 1. "Con
science money" came to C. Loomis Al
len, general manager of the Syracuse
Rapid Transit Company. In the form of
40 2 -cent stamps, purporting to have
been forwarded by the Rev. H. E.
Tower, a Tennessee clergyman.
The letter, which was the first In
stance of restitution for evaded fares
on the local street railway company,
read:
"Maryville, Tenn., March 9, 1910.
Dear Sir: Some time ago, while a resi
dent of your city I evaded several fares
on the streetcar. Enclosed please find
40 stamps refund.
"I am serving the right Master now,
and desire to make all things right as
far .as posstlble. If you are not the
right official to pay kindly pass it on
to the proper official. Yours In His
service,
"REV. E. H. TOWER, Evangelist."
NEW FANGLED NAMES JAR
Fire Laddies in Gotham Object to
Department Order.
NEW YORK, April 1. "Hasten.
Arthur! Please move a trifle faster,
"Woodbine! Hurry along, Hanover,
dear fellow!"
That is what one may expect to hear
the fire engine drivers say.
The passing- of the familiar cries,
"Giddap, Mike," and "Go it, Pat," or
"Jim," has come. Fire Commissioner
Waldo has sent out an order to all fire
companies to change the names of
their horses. He sent five new titles
to engine company 40, in West Sixty
eighth street.
Jerry today became Hanover, Mike
was rechristened Woodbine, Bob was
called Blue Jeans, Paddy is now Al
vine, and Chesty became Arthur.
"H !" exclaimed one of the firemen
when he stroked the back of one of
the horses this morning and was re
proved for. not calling- Paddy by his
new name. "The elite has descended
on "Fire Hall. I suppose that instead
of Tim Hogan I will have to call my
self Sydney Algernon Harold Smythe,
or something as sweet."
Although afraid to criticise openly
the change, the men said many, things
among themselves.
BIG TREE MOVED, SAVE LIFE
Woody Giant of Brooklyn Dug Up to
Be Transplanted.
BROOKLYN", April 1. The Park re
partment of this city is making a desper
ate effort -to save the life of a sickly
tree. No more interest could be taken in
the life of a human being than the de
partment is taking in this superb speci
men of plant life which is drooping un
der some unusual type of tree malady. It
is an elm tree and one of the finest spec
imens in (Brooklyn, and it stands at the
corner of Fulton street and Stuyvesant
avenue.
Some one called attention to the fact
that the tree was drooping and the de
partment realized that drastic measures
would have to be taken to cure the tree.
It was absolutely necessary in the first
place for the tree to have a change of
environment, so it was decided to dig it
up, roots and all. and transplant it in
another section, after treating it with all
the remedies known to the tree doctors.
So the work of digging up the huge
tree is now going on and it is expected
that it will be ready to carry away late
this afternoon. Many persons, hearing
of the odd experiment that was to be
tried on the tree, paid a visit to the
scene- and watched the men at their
work.
It has been discovered by practical ex
periments that the lives of "many trees
can be saved by proper attention and
many specimens that finally die might be
preserved if they had been given the
proper tree medicine. So the Park re
partment is determined to do all in its
power to prevent this giant from giving
up the ghost.
WATER ODDLY SEDUCTIVE
Company Officials Find Good Rea
son for Workman's Thirst
CHESTER, Pa., April 1. For sev
eral days past there was quite a run
on a barrel of water at the Penn steel
casting works. On account of a large
number of workmen becoming ill from
drinking the salty city water, the com
pany substituted spring water. An
empty whisky barrel was secured from
a local firm, and the change seemed to
work like a charm. The (fascinating
influence about the barrel finally drew
the attention of the officials of the
plant, who, on examination, found that
sufficient whisky had been left in the
receptacle to give the spring water a
most seductive palatableness.
MONEY BLOWS INTO TILL
Fair Purchaser of Theater Tickets
Loses $150 Bill.
CHICAGO. April 1. Someone lost
$150 in the box office of the Olympic
Theater on Saturday afternoon. Luck
ily, the money fell right into the Olym
pic till when it was lost, and now is
being held for a claimant. The management-
Inserted an advertisement in
the "lost and found" column, but so
far no one has claimed the money.
The box office man thinks that the
money belongs to a handsome young
woman whom he could identify on
sight. Such a woman called at the of
fice during the day, displayed a large
roll of bills and purchased a pair of
seats. There was a strong wind blow
ing, and the box office man thinks the
breeze may have whisked two of the
bills through the wicket and into the
till, where he found them at night.
Of the 7'J.OOO.Onn gallons of petroleum oil
Imported Into Japan in 190S. 43.000.000 came
from the I'nlted Stat?s. 59.000.OOO for Dutch
India, and but 5 gallons from any other
country.
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