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THE MORXIXG OltEGONIAX, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1912. EXPERT YAGHTSMAH TO SAIL DEFENDER Captain W. F. Stone Selected to Command San Fran cisco Entry. BOATS OF WORLD STUDIED Syndicate Organizing to Prepare to Meet Llpton Challenge at Big Race at Exposition Models VF1U All Bo Investigated. 6 AN FRANCISCO, Dec 4, (Special) Captain W. F. Stone, the shipbuilder and yachtsman. Is to sail the San Fran cisco entry In the contest lor tne up ton trophy lor JJ-meter boats during the exDOsltion year. That much has been decided by the men who are to organize the syndicate to build and sail the boat. The 23-meter class is something new for Captain Stone, although he is rec ognised as among the best sailing men of the Coast. From this time until the race he will practically be at the call of the syndicate. He will go East and, if necessary, to Europe, to follow the races for-thls call of yachtsmen of the world. Incidentallly he will be an effective promoter for the big race it self. Miller' Organising; Syndicate. Thomas I Miller, who accepted the challenge of Sir Thomas Upton within a few hours after Sir Thomas had said he was out for a race, is devoting much time to the preliminaries for building the yacht and the organising of a syn dicate. "Probably 75 or 100 gentlemen have volunteered to become Interested in the syndicate," said Mr. Miller this morn Inc. "and we have not formally organ lzed, for the reason that we do not know exactly how much this is going to cost. There are many other things which we will have to learn. "The boat will be designed In San Francisco by whom I cannof yet say. We are getting the models of all the successful 23-meter boats and they are to be studied. Yacht Will Not Be Copy, "No one of them will be copied, be cause conditions as to racing are dlf ferent in San Francisco Bay from what they are in others waters, and the de signers will have the advantage of these models from which to make their own plans. "We are raking the world for information as to the kind of boat we must build. All this takes time and is necessary to be done. After the designer has finished then we will be able to go ahead with the formation of the syndicate itself. "The preliminary work of this sort will require perhaps six months. It Is something that cannot be hurried. "When Captain Stone returns from his trip next Summer he will unques tionably be in a position to give us the latest wrinkles in yacht-building ana these will be submitted to the designer. "I must say that I have never seen people more willing to help in any project than has been the case with the people of San Francisco regarding the construction of this racing yacht The response to the announcement that Sir Thomas' challenge was accepted has been spontaneous and evidences what can be done in the community when we all get together and work." Two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars is the approximate sum that will be raised in San Francisco by the syn dicate. The vessel will be 120 feet over all and 76 feet on the water line, with a 22-foot beam and a 20-foot draught She will be sloop rigged, and in most respects similar to the Shamrock, which however, is 90 feet on the waterline. GIBBOXS IS . BADLY BEATEN McGoorty Outpoints St. Paul Fighter in ETery Round. NEW YORK. Dec. 4. Eddie McGoorty, of Oshkosh, outpointed Mike Gibbons, of St. Paul, in every round of a ten round bout at Madison-Square Garden tonight. The fight was a disappointment to many. Gibbons' followers evidently ex pected too much of him. while the Mc Goorty adherents looked to their man to score a knockout. Both men were clever, Gibbons par ticularly with a remarkable exhibition of defensive work. He was so evasive that McGoorty could not get in his deadly left swing although he punished Gibbons almost continually with short arm hooks and uppercuts. Gibbons' blocking at times was perfect. He led off with a right and left to the neck, but McGoorty returned a hard left to the body. The St. Paul man ducked a straight left, but took a left hook and McGoorty was forcing him with lefts to face and body at the bell. During the second round Gibbons seemed frightened, but managed a left to the chin and two straight lefts to the face. McGoorty followed with lefts and rights to the head, a left upper cut to the face, a hard right to the body and a hard left to the Jaw at the bell. Gibbons jabbed his left to the face three times in the third round, but McGoorty was the more effective with body blows at close quarters. Gibbons depended much on his footwork and was clever In dodging blows. There was a rapid exchange In the fifth. In which Gibbons got the worst of It and In the sixth the St. Paul man was bleed ing. In the ninth Gibbons sent two lefts and a right to McGoorty's nose, start ing blood, and McGoorty came back with left and right hooks to the head and two straight lefts to the face. In the final round, after an exchange of rights and lefts to the face, Mc Goorty kept forcing Gibbons till the bell ended the fight. The crowd was the largest that has witnessed a fight in New Tork since the repeal of the Horton law 12 years ago. BAVM CAXXS LEAGUE MEETEVG Pennant to Be Formally Presented to Oakland Team Monday. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 4. President Baum, of the Coast Baseball League. Issued a call today for a meeting of league directors and club-owners, to be held next Monday night in Sacramento. Among the affairs to be attended to will be the formal presentation to the Oakland team of the pennant for the season of 1812. Valuable Stallion Lost. HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec 4. (Spe cial.) Charles N. Clarke, a druggist and horse fancier of this city, has Just received news of the injury of his noted stallion. Scarlet Letter. The horse had been kept at Dufur, where the animal, while running in a pas ture, fell and croshed . one of his shoulders. Veterinary surgeons at tempted, aid, but a veterinary surgeon here, as soon as he learned of the na ture of the injury, ordered the horse killed. CITY HALL BOWLERS VICTORS Hingley Makes High Score With 205 Anderson's Average Is 188. Th rMtv Trail team, of the Commer cial Bowline League, took two of the three irames from the Dooly & Co. team last night at the Saratoga alleys, but lost the third by more than BO pins. The Foresters, of the same league, took two from Lang o., but also lost the third came, he first two were taken by god margins, but the last went to the ang team by points, the ernr being 793 to 732. Hingley bowled the high game of the night scoring 205. Anderson naa me high average, 188. The scores: Foresters. Krause ...... Anderson .... Gianuti Aaron ....... Fiaber Totals ' Lang & Co. Crego. St Henderson ... Terry Peterson . . . Bice Crego. Jr. 1st. ..115 ..176 ..148 ..139 ..145 ..732 1st. ..176 ..130 ..141 ..149 ..140 Totals 745 Dooly St Co. iBt. J. Bchroyer 132 H Scbroyer 103 Dooly 1ST Trunkey 134 Glover 1&2 Totals .....ess CITv Hall let. Russell ....197 Hall ISO Brooks 129 Richardson ...... ..156 Hingley 205 2d. 3d. Tl. Ave. 151 158 425 142 2O0 177 653 183 16S 143 461 154 173 144 456 152 154 16S. 467 156 646 793 2d. Sd. Tl. Ave. 168 153 497 166 147 277 138 167 1S5 493 164 151 147 447 149 123 272 136 179 10O 279 139 778 782 2d. 8L Tl. Ave. 171 137 440 147 131 127 S81 120 154 144 463 155 159 172 465. 155 HO 174 4C6 155 ""755 754 2d. Sd. Tl. Ave. 198 134 519 ITS 161 131 442 147 127 145 601 144 151 124 431 144 150 160 615 172 Totals .S37 777 694 PAPKE WINS E AMERICAN MIDDLEWEIGHT PUTS BERNARD OUT IX SEVENTH. Frenchman Is Floored Twice in Sixth and Is Unable to Respond to Bell in Next Round. PARIS, Dec 4. "Billy" Papke, the American fighter, defeated George Bernard, a French middleweight, to night for the middleweight champion ship, a big purse and an ivory belt, es pecially designed for tne occasion. Papke received the decision in tne seventh round when the Frenchman was unable to respond to the call of time. Bernard, who was announced as "France's . last hope," never had a chance. In the first five rounds Papke allowed Bernard to do all the work, but the Frenchman was unable to do any appreciable harm. In the sixth Papke began to Iignt in earnest. The Frenchman went to the floor twice. Just managing to struggle to his feet within the ten seconds. but he was In such a state of collapse that when the seventh round was called he could not leave his chair. and the referee called him out. M. IS RAILS FOR WTLLAMETTE-PACIF IC ARE ASSEMBLED. EGO 'S 0 OLD Much of Blindness Prevent able, Says Expert. STATUTORY ACT IS URGED Superintendent Moores, of Institute of Blind, in Report to Legislature, Says Action Should Be Taken to Remedy Matters. KEEP THE CHILDREN'S BOWELS CLEAN NOW If Tongue Is Coated, Stomach Sour. Breath Feverish, Bowels dof fed. Give "Syrup of Fie." Engineer in Charge of Coos Bay to Eugene Line Says Work Will Be Rushed as Weather Clears. l EUGENE. Or., Dec. 4. (Special.) Material for the Willamette-Pacific line from Eugene to Coos Bay began to arrive this week, and already there are nine carloads of steel rails ana several carloads of steel for the bridge across the Long Tom River and for streams farther to the west. Track laying, however, will not begin until the weather becomes settled. No rails will be laid at present," said W. R- Fountain, engineer in charge, "owing to the soft condition of the grade, and we have not enough rails on hand to begin the work. For the present, then, we will store the rails and accumulate enough material so that we can maKe rapid progress when we do begin work. When the weather clears and the grade gets into satisfactory shape, a month's work will complete the line to Portola, which is 18 miles from Eu gene. We expect to have enough ma terial on hand when work begins to carry it forward without a stop. The trestle work across tne streams aiong the line have been completed as far as the first crossing on the Long Tom, which will require a steel bridge, as will other streams farther on. We will not build these until the rails are laid for the bringing in of material, but work on the foundations Is already under way." The Portland, Eugene ft Eastern has laid nearly three miles of rails on the Wilamette-Paclfic right of way to make it possible for both the Portland, Eugene & Eastern and tne wuiamette- Pacific to haul construction material a 40-acre farm owned by the Coos Bay road at its Junction with the Port land, Eugene & Eastern, three miles west of here. SALEM, Or.. Deo. 4. (Special.) De claring that 25 per cent of all blindness Is preventable. Superintendent Moores, of the Oregon Institute of the Blind, in nis biennial report to the Legisla ture, which has Just been completed. urges statutory enactments for Oregon similar to those which have been enacted in 24 other states. "It behooves the people of the State of Oregon to have indelibly printed on their statute books a law requiring physicians to treat the eyes of the new born with some one of these prophylactics now known to the med ical profession," be said. "A law for the prevention of blindness, based upon the main features of the Massachusetts law, should. In my opinion, be enacted by the Legislature of Oregon. Stating that only about one-fifth of the blind In the state are of school age. Mr. Moores declares that the 30 who have been in attendance at the blind school during the past two years rep resent only 10 per cent of the total blind population of the state. He says that at least SO per cent of the blind are passed school age, a large number of them having lost their sight when grown. From 10 to 15 per cent of the adult blind in the state," he says, "can be taught to enter the productive class, and that, too, at their own homes, the best place for thejm to be occupied. Therefore, taking into consideration the immediate needs of the adult blind of Oregon. I would recommend that an ap propriation of $2000 be made in order that a teacher may be employed to visit the homes of those who have had no Instruction in the embossed print. This teacher could teach reading, writing and Borne of the many things the blind can be taught to do as well as the seeing." Superintendent Moores, in his re port, asks for 125,000 for maintenance. 11785 for' furniture and equipment. 13000 for repairs and Improvements, $2000 for teaching the adult blind, $11,000 heating plant and $1200 for laundry machinery, or a total of $43,-985. The maintenance appropriation asked is $5000 more than that appropriated two years ago. As reasons for this additional sum, he says the school popu lation will be larger, additional teach ers will be required, a nlghtwatchman should be employed, and that during the past year the school has not been maintained for a full term because oi shortage of funds. In prefacing the superintendent s re port, the State Board has the follow ing to say in part: "No case is more pathetic, more de manding of aid and sympathy than where birth or accident has robbed a human being of the blessings of sight. There is nothing so piteous or so help less as a sightless child. Anything the state can give from the fulness of its purse to aid or remove in small, part the stumbling blocks from the dark ened path of these most unfortunate beings is money spent in a noble cause. Therefore the Board bespeaks for this institution your most careful and con scientious thought." Children dearly love to take delicious "Syrup of Figs" and nothing else cleans and regulates their tender' little stom achs, liver and $0 feet of bowels so promptly and thoroughly. Children get bilious and constipated Just like grown-ups. Then they get sick, the tongue is coated, stomach sour, breath bad; they don't eat or rest well; they become feverish, cross. Irritable and don't want to play. Listen, Mothers for your child's sake don't force the little one to swallow nan seating castor oil, violent calomel or harsh Irritants like Cathartic pills. "teaspoonful of Syrup of Figs will have your child smiling and happy again In Just a few hours. Syrup-of Figs will gently clean, sweeten and regulate the stomach, make the liver active and move- on and out of the bowels all the constipated matter, the sour bile, the foul, clogged-up waste and poisons, without causing cramps or griping. With Syrup of Figs you are not drug ging or Injuring your children. Being composed entirely of luscious figs. senna and aromatics It cannot be harm fuL Full directions for children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the package. Ask your druggist for the' full name "Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna" prepared by the California Fig Syrup Co. This is the delicious tasting, genuine' old reliable. Refuse anything else offered. s Lighting Department, to Invade the field of private heating has met with a wave of popular favor. All day to day, following publication of the ex periments being made, the office of superintendent Ross was deluged with telephone Inquiries as to tne aetaus of the new system and the probable cost to the householder. "Our test began only a week ago,' said Superintendent Ross. "Until we have definite reports from the five testing stations I can only say that our object is to provide electrical heating coils to be placed under boil ers or even under Individual radiators. which will produce heat at a less cost than coal." He promises emancipation to the flat dweller from the Janitor, when he says: "These heaters will be regu lated automatically and will require practically no attention." A mercury tube will be used to shut off the cur rent when the heat reaches a pre scribed degree and to turn it on when the temperature falls lower than de sired. "I believe it will be much cheaper and cleaner than coal and safer than gas. We also are developing an elee trlcal water heater to be used in batn- rooms or under hot water boilers. GRAIN BAG MARKET VARIES Idaho Farmers Save by Purchase at Winter Prices. WILSON TO CONSIDER TEAL President-elect So Advises Governor in Letter From Bermuda. SALEM, Or., Dec 4. (Special.) That he will seriously consider the question of appointing Joseph N. Teal, of Ore gon, as Secretary of the Interior in bis Cabinet, is the word conveyed in the following telegram received by Gov ernor West from President-elect Wood row Wilson: "Bermuda, Nov. 21, My Dear Gov ernor West: Allow me to acknowledge the receipt of your night letter of No. vember 14 urging upon me the consid eration of Joseph N. Teal, of Oregon, for Secretary of the Interior. "Tou may be sure that a recommen dation signed by yourself and the gen tlemen who Joined you In the recom mendation carries real weight with me and that It will receive my most thoughtul - and careful consideration. Cordially and sincerely yours. "WOODROW WILSON." MUNICIPAL HEATING PLAN Seattle Experiment Arouses Wave of Popular Favor. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 8. (Special.) The city's announced Intention, through the superintendent of the LEWISTON. Idaho. Deo. 4. (Spe cial.) The inconsistencies of the grain bag market have brought from the farmers of the northern part of the state a DroDOsltion whereby the ranch ers will be able to purchase their year lv suimlv at a great saving. With the nrlco of lute bags now held at seven cents, coast market, the farmers under conditions they experienced this year will be enabled to save on 2,000,000 bags aDDroximately $75,000. - Last year urith nrlces ranging between 10 and I2hi cents, the farmers of Idaho, Lewis, Clearwater and Nezperce Counties paid out about $250,000. Had they purchased during the Winter months when prices woro n.t nine cents they would have o-nt tham for 1180.000. By contracting for the annual supply winter the Farmers' Union, ot Asotin County, Washington, saved ap proximately $8000 on 150,000 sjraln bags. SCHOOL EQUIPMENT IS IN Independence High Students to Get Manual Training, INDEFENDENCE7Or., Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) The last of the equipment for the new manual training department of the Independence High School has been received. County Superintendent Seymour and Principal Barnhart, of the Falls City schools, were Inspecting the school Tuesday, this school being the first in the county to have put in the manual training In anything like complete form. Bethel is the only other school teaching manual training. This makes the second year for domes tic science in the public school here and this department is also meeting with success under the new principal, Professor Chute, and Miss Cate, of the Oregon Agricultural College, who has supervision of this department Enthusiasm is at Its height at the Big Shoe Sale of Rosenthal's. 7th and Wash. sts. . COLM CAUSE HEADACHE AJTD GBtP. I.ii-JTIVB KROMO Quinine removes the cause. There Is only one "BROMO QUININE.' Look for signature ox n. v vji.w , a.- 25c. NEWBERG HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM MAKES UNIQUE BECOED. , .... : il W s -Mi a f Ri-hti. Coach Clureuce Arjjo. Pkeu Sutton, Oliver Vincent. l,eo n.erm., i"" tleUeTd. f Jrti" A-e Hyde, See-Mlddle Row. Ralph Bntt, Dale Melrose. Arthur Stretch, M- MatcrT Krk K.mmrd, Bruce Henry. Charles Willi Bottom Row. Everett George, Fraak Miller. Captain Omer -tta-sae. Lee BUsett. John Larklm. ,' . NFWBERG Or Dec . (Special.) The accompanying picture is that of the Newberg High School foot , ,, . V r-ui ununial record this season. Its first contest was with the Forest Grove High, whU'teatt, "KoTotinoO; the second with the Woodburn Athletic Club, score 28 to 0; third; s.m High whtn the sco7e stood 7 to In favor of Newberg; fourth, with Hill Military Academy of Port Salem High, wnen tne "" " t th . (i t reverSa with a score of 7 to 17. On Thanksgiving day they tSLhlttmhUhx weight and full of confidence In themselves. The tt?ta Newbe before the largest crowd ever assembled h ere on a like occasion. The contest ended with the home team winners, 7 to 0. Professor Argo, of the High School, is the coach. abel TMat Protect You. $ . So. n i feJs.W.jq A . hr Hi TstDow Label Maani PREPAID White Label M COLLECT Yellow Label When you receive an express package bearing a yellow label pay nothing. The shipper has already paid the charges. White Label When you receive an express package bearing a white label pay the charges. No Label If a package bears neither Collect nor Prepaid label it will be delivered without charges, and collection, if proper, will be made thereafter. This New System of yellow and white labels has been adopted by , the Express Companies by order of the Inter state Commerce Commission for your benefit and protection. Your co-operation is earnestly requested. Please Ship Your Christmas Packages Early American Express Company Wells Fargo & Company Express POULTRY SHOW IS OPEN A.UBAXX CENTER OF ATTRAC TION FOR FANCIERS. Exhibit Coons Prepared for 600 Birds and 638 Are Entered During First Morning. ALBANT. Or.. Dee. i. (Special.) With 638 sDlendid birds on display, rep resenting every standard variety of chickens and many kinds of ducks, geese and turkeys, the first annual poultry show of the Central Wil lamette Poultry Association opened here this morning. The show, which is being held in the Armory, will continue for four- days, closing Saturday night The exhibit Is the best ever collected at & poultry show in the Willamette Valley. The large drill hall of the armory Is filled with rows of exhibit coops and there are exhibits here from Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Marion, Folk, Linn, Benton, Lane, Lin coln and Douglas counties, in Oregon, and from Dayton, Wash. Not only are there more birds on display than ever before at a poultry show in this section of the state, but the quality of the chickens and other fowl displayed Is nrst-class. That the show has exceeded the ex pectations even of the management is shown by the fact that exhibit coops were prepared for 800 birds. When the entry list had reached 638 this morning, work was begun at once on new coops. The scoring and judging of the birds began today. Elmer Dixon, of Oregon City, Is judge. The Central Willamette Poultry As sociation was organized at a meeting held in this city several months ago. The officers are: President, Edward SchoeL of Albany; vice-presidents. Gene Simpson, of Corvallis; Roy War- field, of Alsea; Mrs. J. 8. Northrup, of Lebanon; W. E. Baker, of Albany, and L. J. Gray, of Albany; secretary. F. F. Seavers, of Albany; assistant secretary. C. W. Vunk, of Albany; treasurer, A. Hart, of Albany; executive board. R. W. Hutchlns, of Albany; M. D. Hum mel, of Albany; L. S. Mochel, of Al bany; Charles Collins, of North Al bany, Benton County; A. A. Bulbert, of Corvallis, and F. C. Dannals, of Albany. President Schoel is superintendent of the show. - He is superintendent of the poultry department of the Oregon State Fair. NDUSTRIAL BODY IS RICH Washington Commission Report Shows $316,000 in Treasury. OLTMPIA, Wash., Dec. 4. Since the state Industrial law -went Into opera tion in October of last year, there have been 228 accidental deaths In haz ardous occupations covered by the act. In 133 cases pensions were awarded to dependents. One hundred and four men were killed In lumbering and milling. and employers have automatically paid 1403,000 into the state fund. Claims have been paid to Injured lumber work ers and dependents of 1289,000, and there has been set aside in reserves $114,000 to meet pensions. The next greatest death loss was in the coal mining Industry, with 21 fatalities. In ail, the commission has collected 1,200,000, has paid out in claims $600,- 000, has set aside reserves on claims already approved of $284,000 and has a cash balance of $316,000. FOUR MURDERERS FREED Governor Grants Conditional Par dons to Ijlfe-Sentenced Men. SALEM, Or, Dec. 4. (Special.) Albert Green, Ben Hlnton, and Earl and Emmett Shields, who up to yes terday were serving life sentences In the State Penitentiary lor the murder of Oliver Snyder, today are In the State of Washington, where they prob ably will remain. The four men were granted conditional pardons yesterday by Governor West, but he withheld this information until today. The men were implicated in the Snyder murder- with Deputy Sheriff Joseph Caseday. The murder occurred in Grant County. Snyder had killed Arthur Green, brother of Albert Green and as stated by the men, under the Influence of liquor they agreed with Caseday, who had arrested Snyder to take Snyder from Caseday's custody and murder him. This was done. Caseday was sentenced to hang, but his sentence was commuted to life im prisonment by the Governor. The murder occurred In July, 1910. UNIVERSITY MAN EXPELLED Escapade of H. Lloyd Miller In Port land Causes Faculty Action. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Se attle. Dec 4. (Special.) H. Lloyd Miller, the graduate, student in phar macy who was arrested In Portland several weeks ago in connection with a holdup case was formally expelled from college today by action of the Univer sity faculty. Miller accompanied the students to Portland to see the Wash ington-Oregon Agricultural College football game. In Seattle he met two companions, one of them an ex-con vtct out on parole, and the other a bad character, and according to nis state j&X& "Every R thing yffi the ' ! 1 $ Auto." I Our expert knowl- d g e, combined with our large and complete stock of automobile acces sories, enables us to adapt the most needed thing to your use at a min imum cost. Something for the auto makes a very attractive Christ mas present. WESTERN HWAREAUTOCO, Seventh and Pine ment they doped a bottle of whisky with chloral hydrate In order to in veigle him. In Portland the three were arrested the night of the football game but as the police had no proof against Miller he was released. He came back to col lege and was summoned before the faculty discipline committee and a thorough Investigation of the case made. The committee found him guilty of disgraceful conduct and recommend ed his expulsion from college. The faculty ratified the action today. Mil ler's home is in Palouse, Wash. Come to Rosenthal's. Portland's Big Shoe Store is selling out their entire stock, 7th and Wash. sts. WONT fSwr REAL Safety sure . traction perfect car control the essen tials in a tire for use on wet and treacherous :ity streets amid con ested traffic you really get in the Diamond Safety Tread Tire (Squegee) . , Many tires are called non-skid there's only one that makes good Diamond Safety Tread. Your dealer has your size to fit your style of rims. . At your dealer's The Diamond Store Seventh and Burnside Sta. THEY vJlf GRIP Vp( "irafiiii i 1