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(J 16 THE JIOKXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY. JAXUARY 3, 1913. ILTflOIH TEAM TO ELECT Wolff, Clarke, Cailicrate and Keck Leading Candidates for Head of 1913 Eleven. GAME NETS CLUB $5000 Contest With University of Oregon Is Best Paying Event of Season Dow Walker Believes Team Stronger Than in 1911. BT ROSCOE FAWCETT, Multnomah Club grrldists will follow the example of college football squads and select the 1913 captain before the disorganization of the present eleven. A meeting will be called by Manager Pratt within the next fortnight. Al ready the various candidates' names are being buzzed around club quarters. With Karl Rinehart and Spec Hurl- Durt eliminated by reason of the one- year term custom which has become fixture at club elections, the chief can didates for the honor appear to be Carl wolff, Dominic Callicarate. Dudley Clarke and Walter Keck. Other veter ans whose praises are being sung are "Cherub" Cherry, Jack Hicksoir and "Judge" O'Rourke. The giant Wolff opparently has an edge over his rivals, for he came with in one vote of landing the honor last October, when the boys chose their 1912 leader. Wolff was not present at the election but tied twice with Spec Hurlburt. losing out on the third bal lot. He is a veteran of many seasons, starring at the Oregon Agricultural College before joining the club.' Walter Keck Is another All-Star Oregon Aggie barkfield man; Call! carte, pronounced the greatest end that ever fought for the honor of the scar let and white, gained his greatest re nown at Notre Dame University; Dud ley Clarke is an alumnus of the Uni versity ' of Oregon, captaining that eleven in his final year. Football netted the Multnomah Club approximately $5000 in revenue from the Fall's campaign. This rough esti mate was made by Superintendent Dow Walker yesterday and includes receipts And ground rent from all games. The box office cash register clicked up $1000 profit from the two Seattle games. On the trip to Seattle the club lost $1 SiO but the New Year's matinee brought In J723 as 50 per cent of the net. while the 2a per cent field rent added over $400 more, so that $1000 Just about represents Multnomah's velvet. The Thanksgiving game with Oregon was the best revenue getter, the Winged M portion of the receipts being $1300 and the field rent $800. From the Oregon Aggie game, played in rain storm, the club added $400. Segregating the sources of revenue, the gate receipts totaled approximate ly $2900 and the field rent from club, college and high school games about $3000, or a total Intake of $5900. Kxpenses will eat a hole in this big enough to account for about 1000 si moleons. The biggest expense items were; Paraphernalia, about $300; din ners and entertainment for the team, $300; Insurance, $200, and loss on Se attle trip, $150. . Superintendent Walker believes that the past season's team Is 10 or 15 per cent stronger than the 1911 aggrega tion, despite the 0-0 battle with the "Washington Athletic Club on Wednes day. The scores back out his assertion. In six contests this Fall the clubmen liave scored a total of 12S points to 13 for their opponents, while in 1911 they tallied only 76 points to the oppo sition's 6.' , A recapitulation of the two seasons win prove Interesting by way of com parison:' " 1911 Scores, Mult. 11 L'O 17 17 Opp 0 0 0 0 0 Vancouver Soldiers Ilromerton Navy "Willamette University University of Oregou Seattle All-Wtara Seattle All-Stat-s Total 101S Scores. 'olnmbiig Ciub Vancouver Soldiers Oregon Agricultural College , Vnlverslty of Oregon Seattle AM-tars Seattle AU-Stars 9 2l 1.-. Total .. 12S The terrific 0-0 New Year's 13 day struggle is still the talk around sport circles. Its various phases were hashed and rehashed a thousand times yester day with what might have happened Jiad circumstances been different at some particular stage holding the cen ter of the arena. But. in the shredding, its a safe wag er that at least one play passed through the grinder unnoticed and forgotten yet there was more of pathos, more of ludlcrousness, more of serio-amusement mixed up in that play than in any one other Intricacy of the game. "Dad" Montague, veteran Multnomah lineman who drank of Ponce de Leon's fountain of youth early in the Fall and turned out after a lapse of several seasons, occupies the role both of vil lain and hero. Montague went to end in Calllcrate's place in the third quar ter. Two or three minutes later "Wolff hoisted a high spiral almost to Seattle's coal line. The ball reoherched around a moment and then settled on the 1 yard line whereupon Monty, an off-side player hurled his form through the ozone and bagged the leather like a cat bringing down a mouse. Of this fabric are "boneheads" made. The veteran had pulled a grevious 'boneheud" play without knowing it. Under the prehistoric rules in vogue when Montague was in his football prime, his off-side touching of the ball would have given Seattle possession on its own 1-yard line. But, under the modern tenets, that rule applies only to off-side touching outside the 10-yard line. Within the opponents' 10-yard line this infraction of the off side rule gives the defenders a touch back, in other words awards them a free kick from the 20-yard line. Monty's Ignorance of the change cost Multnomah 19 yards and lifted the Seattleites out of . dangerous predicament. "And I thought I was engineering a pretty smooth trick." commented the veteran afterwards. "I knew if I touched the bail It would be given to Seattle but 1 didn't know it would be a touchdown if 1 hopped It inside the 10-yard line. Well, 111 know better when I grow up." Binning AVlns 15-Mile Race. EDINBURGH. Scotland. Jan. 2. Dinning, a profesioual runner of Lon don, was first and William Queal, of New York, second in a 15-mile pro fessional race at the Powderhall Ath letic Grounds. The winner's time was 1 hour, 21 minutes. 45 seconds. Long boat, the Canadian Indian, when he won the same race last year took only 1 hour. 20 minutes, 4 2-5 seconds for the distance. CAPTAI PROMISING BASEBALL YOUNGSTER, WHO WILL HAVE TRYOUT WITH PORTLAND BEAVERS. 2 "S McCredie Changes Mind and Gets Young Players. BOTH CHAPS PROMISING On Strong Recommendation From California Benver Manager Adds Harry Hellman, InfieWer, and Rlordan, Catcher, to List. When the Portland Beaver squad re ports to Manager Walter McCredie at some interior California point tor Spring training, two promising "bustl ers" will be in the gathering. These youngsters are Harry Hellman, third baseman, and Joe Rlordan, catcher. McCredie announced not long ago that nothing but tried talent would re ceive any consideration from his hands next season. A few days after this declaration came the news that Harry Heilman had been signed for the Bea vers and then not many more days had elapsed when "Mac" guiltily acknowl edged that he had taken one more step from his position on the "busher" question and would use Rlordan. Both Are 1'roiulKing. 'What can a fellow do?" queried the Beaver boss when asked why he was reversing himself. "They tell me these young chaps are the most promising in California and a major league club can make room for these kind of players. "The fastest and hardest-hitting in- flelder in California is the enthusiastic eulogism Jimmie Richardson, who signed both youngsters for Portland, directs at Heilman. "If he don't make ood with the Beavers I never want to pose as a judge of ballplayers again. Richardson is just as conndent tnat Riordan, the St. Mary's College back stop, will make good in aa company. Riordan Is a husky boy, weighs no pounds, has a splendid arm and hits hard. Heilman is at present playing in the San Francisco City League and clout ing the ball at a Ty Cobb pace. He was the sensation of one of the interior California leagues last year. Williams Signs Hawartb. Nick Williams signed Homer Ha- warth. Tortland catcher, yesterday af ternoon. Hawarth is a well-built lad, hits hard and was one of the best slug gers on the Astoria club last season. The Colt leader has been dickering with Hawarth for several weeks and closed with him yesterday. With his new catcher Williams has 24 men under contract for 1913. Williams does not figure on Burch as one of his 1913 receivers. 'I am not crazy about his work, and then, too, I don't think he wants to come back out nere, says vv imams. He is after his release, but as yet he is on our list." SPORTING SPARKS 13 ILLY PAGE Is expected to be a fix ture at the Los Angeles second sack. And If It were not for a little piece of luck last Summer he would likely be back in Class B now. Page started off very poorly last Spring and warmed the bench for several weeks. Finally, one day in Sacramento, just as Dilion was figuring on shipping him away, he got a chance to relieve How ard. The score was 8 to 1 against the Angels. In the ninth Dillon's bunch started a tierce rally and it was Page that brought in the winning run. From that on Page was looked upon as a fixture. m m m Kugene Corri will referee the fight between Jem Drlscoll and Owen Moran for the English featherweight cham pionship on January 27. The bout Is scheduled before the National Sporting Club, of Ijondon. Drlscoll and Moran are to battle for a purse of $7500, of which the winner takes S5000 and the loser $2500. Frank Arelanes. the best twirler on the Sacramento payroll, has announced his retirement from baseball. Frank is not a mere holdout and is not after more money. He says he has promised his wife to quit the diamond and will $ro Into business. Tbe Spanish don is a likeable fellow and Coast League fans will be sorry to see him go. The St. Paui American Association team will train at Kxcelsior Springs, IGNED - ! 1 , fll I L Mo., a resort not far from Kansas City. Last year that place was impossible because of snow. Manager Friel will establish camp about March 10. "Walter McCredie, Portland baseball manager, is an enthusiastic football fan Walt takes in every big game of the Fall. "Dutch" Krueger and Umpire Perle Casey are also great fans. "The New Year's 0-0 game between Multno mah and Seattle was the greatest have ever seen," said Mac. m m m W. "VV. Metzger, concessionaire Recreation Park, leaves Monday on a three weeks' jaunt through California. He expects to make the trip from San Francisco to San Diego by automobile and will look over ssveral prospective Beaver training sites for Portland. Louisville Is said to have lined up Art Griggs, the Cleveland utility man who was offered Portland. Griggs is an outfielder and first baseman, but primarily a slugger. Amateur Athletics. Track aspirants of the Lincoln High held their first rally yesterday after noon and if enthusiasm and numbers count, Lincoln will be well-fixed in track way during the coming Spring. The cross-country run of the Inter scholastic League was the first matter to receive attention and practice for the five mile run will be started as soon as the weather moderates enough to permit the loig distance runners to work in the open. . Lincoln High soccer players have changed their scene of practice from the Multnomah Field to the bottom of the old City reservoir in South Portland. The bottom of this container is somewhat hard but the highschoolers find It an ideal place for their daily rehearsals. . "With the holidays past, the Y. M. C. A. juniors have started a very busy season. The big feature is the house basketball league which will have finished its season by the end of Janu ary. It is divided into two sections of three teams, the first being the Spar tans. Pirates and Tigers, all heavy weights, while the lighter section is composed of the Amicitians, Comets and Competents. The Lincoln High basketball squad BIRTHDAY CONGRATULATIONS. Al Bridtvell. Albert H. Brtdwell, the National League shortstop recently traded to the Chicago Cubs by the Boston Braves, was bora on a farm near Portsmouth, O., January 3, 1SS4. Brldwell is known as the rolling stone of baseball. After playing with amateur teams In and around Portsmouth, Brld was given a trial In 1905 by the Columbus team of tho American Association. He failed to stick with the Senators and was farmed out to Atlanta to finish the season. The next year he was re called by the Columbus club. He made good on his second trial and was sold to the Cincinnati Reds at the close of the season. Ho con tinued with the Reds In 1905. Bos ton found use for him in 1906 and the following season and then in cluded him In the blg'trade with the Giants. He remained with New York until mid-season. 1911, when an injured foot caused him to slow up In his work and the Giants shipped him back to the Hub. Now Boston has released him to the Cubs, the Injured foot is O; K. once more and Al says he will show the Windy City fans some real ball playing. has been reinforced by Gage, one of the stellar performers at guard last year. Gage will probably play in the same place this Winter. On Monday the first team practice will be held. Vin cent Borleske, the builder of the last football team, is also coaching the basketball squad. v Wrestling Thursday Xight. The long5exist!ng mat rivalry be tween Eddie O'Connell, wrestling in structor of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club and claimant to the world's welterweight title, and Peter Buzukos, the Greek matman, will be settled at Oregon hall next Thursday when the two meet in a finish match. The wrestlers met last night and agreed upon the terms of the match, O'Connell to weigh in at 5 o'clock on the evening of the match at no more than 150 pounds. Buzukos will strip for the mat under that figure. The match will be to a finish, catch-as- catch-can rules, strangle hold barred. two In three falls, to decide the ques tion of supremacy. Buzukos has just returned from a trip to Pendleton, where he success fully met all comers in a theatrical en gagement He is in splendid condition for the match wttli O'Connell, while the latter is working hard in anticipation of & strenuous tussle. Two preliminaries will be arranged by the promoters. GUN GLUBS TO UNITE Sportsmen Off for Eugene To day to Organize. NEW LEGISLATION IS AIM Uu titers, Trapshooters, Anglers and Other Outdoor Followers to Hare State Body to Further Inter ests and Enconrage Gunning. The organization of the Oregon State Sportsmen's Association Is the object of a special meeting of representatives of the Oregon Gun Clubs, which the Eugene Gun Club has called for today. Pete Holohan and J. A. Addleman win leave for Eugene this morning to represent the Portland Gun Club at the conclave of rhe outdoor people. Portlanders are heartily In favor o' the association, and Addleman and Holohan. will do all in their power to see the organization well under way before they leave Eugene. All Sportsmen Included. The association is designed to in clude all the hunters, trapshooters, fishermen" and other outdoor people of the country, and it is expected that the delegation which will answer the call of F. Bean, secretary of the Eugene Gun Club, will number close to 100. The combine of the sportsmen is de signed to secure legislation for the hunters and ' fishermen and to en courage gunning sports throughout the state. It is modeled somewhat after the Multnomah Anglers' Club, and will have the same object in view, but on a wider scale. Legislation for the protection of cer tain species of game seems necessary to many of the sportsmen, and any so ciety which has the securing of such legislation is expected to be popular with the hunters and fishers. Shooting Parses Proposed. The men interested figure that action as a body of the magnitude which the State Association is expected to assume will do more for them than the action of one or two individuals, even though the sportsmen may be back of the individuals. Another plan of the founders of the association is the creation of per petual purses for shooting tourna ments to be held at different places in the state, the various clubs bidding for the honor of staging the meet each year, similarly to the inter-state han dicaps, which are held annualb". It, like the Multnomah Anglers Club, will also work hand in hand with the Oregon State Game Commission and help that body carry on its work when the opportunity presents Itself. MVERS FEEDS REASSUKED Montanan's Impression Different From That of Chamberlain. OREGOXIAN' NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 2. Senator Mj-ers, of Mon tana, who had an interview today with President-elect Wilson, returned to Washington tonight firmly convinced that the next Secretary of the Interior will be appointed from a Western state, and he is hopeful that Governor Norris, of Montana, whom he indorsed, will be the man, though he received no promise whatever from Governor Wil son. The Impression gained by Senator Myers is different from that gained by Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, who saw Governor Wilson Monday, and came away believing that no man from a public land state would be appointed. Senator Myers declared that nothing Governor Wilson said to him today would lead him to any such conclusion. but, on the contrary, his belief is stronger than ever that some Western man, unopposed by the 'Democrats of his own state, will be named. He thinks the fact that two candidates in Oregon are struggling for this Job will defeat both of them. GUXBOAT" SMITH IS "BROKE" Fighter Tells Judge He Hasn't Money Knough to Buy Sandwich. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2. "Gunboat' Smith is "broke." He says so him self. Pendincr determination of his wife s suit for divorce with alimony. Judge Graham, in the Superior Court, ordered today that he pay 5 jo counsel fees and $40 a month alimony. 'But judere, I haven t got money enough to buy a sandwich," protested Smith. Counsel for Mrs. Smith suggested that Smith might some day quit fight ing "and go to work." "Maybe, conceded the Gunboat. "Can we take that to mean you think Luther McCarty will win when you meet?" pursued counsel. "It doesn't. retorted the fighter sourly. He left the room protesting that he had no idea where the money was to come from. His winnings from his "defeat of Frank Moran, of Pitts burg, last Friday are tied up by an in junction Issued in connection with his wife s suit. They amount to about $1000. OHAVCE XOW REGULAR YANK Hermann 3Iak.es Formal Transfer of Player to Farrell. NEW YORK. Jan. 2. The legal right of the New York Americans to sign Frank Chance as manager for this year was established today when President Frank Farrell received the formal release papers from President Hermann, of the Cincinnati Nationals. Mr. Farrel was notified last Friday by President Johnson, of the American League, that Mr. Hermann, having se cured waivers on Chance from all National League clubs, was ready to make the transfer. Mr. Farrell ac cordingly mailed a check for $1500, to President Hermann, which was duly acknowledged and thereupon the meet- ng between Farrell and Chance in Chicago next Tuesday was arranged. ANDERSON' OFF FOR SOUTH Vancouver Pugilist to Seek Honors in California Rings. VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) Bud Anderson, champion light weight boxer of the Northwest and con tender for the title of the world, who has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson, of this city, since December 23. left tonight for San Francisco, where he has a bout sched uled January 15. He hopes to be able to win the cham pionship within a few years, and his friends who have seen him box say that they would be willing to wager consid erable money on him to win when he gets a chance at tbe first-raters in San Francisco. Cottage Grove Five Wins. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) By a score of 52 to 22, Cottage Grove High defeated the fast Central Point basketball team in an exciting game Tuesday night. The high school team has dates with Ashland and Oak land, Or., for the near future. Ients Athletic Club Five Loses. The First United Evangelical basket ball team defeated the Lents Athletic Club five last night on the Lents floor, 30 to 11. Until the start of the sec ond half it was anybody's game and Lents was ahead, 8 to 3. The work of Rite, Gooode and Collnge, principally, brought the church team to the front and the game ended with them in the lead by a big margin. Schlldkrrecht, of the Lents team, was the big star of the game. Ashland Defeats McMinnville. M'MIXNVILLE. Or.. Jan. 2. Spe' cial.) Ashland High School basketball team, on a tour of Oregon, defeated the McMinnville High School five here last night, 13 to 11. McMinnville led. 7 to 4, at the end of the first half, but su perior weight of the visitors wore down the lighter local team. White, of Mc Minnville, was the star of the game. Play was rough, fast and exciting all through. Recognition of Republic Asked. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Immediate recognition of the new Chinese repub lie by the United States was asked in a resolution presented today by Senator mcon, a member of the Foreign Af fairs Committee. PARCEL POST KEPT BUSY (Continued From First Page.) ireaK shipments. in tact, a regular traffic in eggs Is expected. Enterpris ing farmers near Portland are striving already to build up a regular trade with customers In the city, sending eggs and other farm products through the mail. A new field has been opened to Inventors. They are trying now to devise a light, strong box of aluminum or other material, especially for mall' ing eggs. Ordinary perishable goods such as fruit, vegetables, fish and meat can be sent by parcel post within the zone of origin, or a radiur of about 50 miles. A man in Eastern Oiegon had five pounds of beefsteak sent from the butcher shop In a nearby village to his home by parcel pest on Wednes day. ' Special delivery stamps cannot be used on parcel post packages. Parcels must be brought by the senders to one of' the 11 stations authorized to re celve them. They will be delivered by regular carriers If possible. Otherwise Xhey will be delivered by carriers and carts. It is probable that regular cart carriers will be employed ultimately to supplement the service of the loot car rlers in handling the package mall. A cart carrier will be able to cover the routes of three or four regular car riers. Instead of using the old-fashioned pouches to transport post parcels be tween the postoffices and the trains it is likely that a mail-basket soon will be put into commission. The Gov ernment now is figuring on an innova tion qf this kind. This will insure greater safety to packages and prevent breakage. Insurance Is' Feature. Ordinary registry service does not apply to package sent by parcel post However, by paying 10 cents in addi tion to the regular rates the sender may have his package insured for an amount not to exceed $50. The registry division of the postal department car ries this insurance. It is absolutely necessary to have the name and address of the sender upon each package whether insured or not. Stamps used on first-class mail cannot be used. The special parcel post stamps must be attached to pack ages. Eleven Pounds In Limit. Contrary to the rules of ordinary postage the scale of rates varies ac cording to distance. For this purpose a series of zones have been established With the issuing office as the center for measuring the zones. All Atlantic Coast states are in the eighth zone from Portland. The rate is 12 centfc for each pound. There is a limit of 11 pounds on all packages to all zones. The rate from Portland to Seattle, for instance, is 6 cents for the first pound and 4 cents for each additional pound. This Is much lower than the express rates. A limit also Is prescribed In the size of packages'. The aggregate of length and circumference is not to ex ceed 72 inches. Thus a broom, pitch fork or other article of great longitu dinal proportions can be sent, even if it is more than five feet long, as Its length plus Its maximum circumference does not exceed i2 inches. Office la "Swamped." A man from Port Orford, Or., sent his overcoat home by parcel post yester day. He had come to Portland a few days ago and found the overcoat bur densome. If the parcel post continues to be patronized in the future as in the two first days of its life, much additional space will be required and many addi tional clerks will be hired. While the business of the two first days can't be taken as a criterion of what tho volume of the service will be regularly, It is certain that tire people intend to use their new privileges ex tensively. More than a dozen mail sacks full of parcel post packages were received at the local Postoffice on the first day and nearly 25 sacks taxed the local office yesterday. The volume of the incoming traffic is yet comparatively small, but indica tions are that It will be equally as heavy as that of the outgoing service. Seven Clerks Added. Seven substitute clerks were em ployed at the local Postoffice yester day to handle the parcel post pack ages alone. They were swamped. More will be hired today. They will be put onto the payroll regularly if the rush of business continues. Officials of the Portland office be lieve that the volume of traffic will grow Instead of diminish. All the business thus far has been In response to natural demands. Very little freak mailing has been done. In fact the amount of this kind of service has been so small that it has no appreciable ef fect upon the aggregate. More than 98 per cent of the packages sent thus far are packages that ordinarily would have gone by express or by the old fourth-class mail service, which was abandoned when the parcel post system was inaugurated. More Room In eded. There Is not enough room in the old Postoffice building to handle the par cels satisfactorily. The clerks, car riers and officials were crowded even before the new service was started. Now conditions are worse. The base ment, mezzanine floor and every aisle and corner of the main floor are occu pied. The parcel post division not only has demanded more space than orig inally apportioned to it, but also has encroached upon the territory allotted to the other departments. Something soon will have to be done at the Federal building. Unofficially the postal au thorities are considering the advisabil ity of renting quarters in some nearby building in which to accommodate the newly inaugurated service. Perhaps the parcel post has had an effect upon the express business. Per haps it has not. In fact it is too eariy to tell just exactly what percentage of the express companies business will be lost. Local express offices yesterday reported that they have experienced no loss of trade. They don't look for any such loss. After comparisons with previous years and with previous months can be made a fair Idea can be gained of how the express companies will fare. RECORD IS ATTACKED Claimants to Winters Estate Allege Falsification. PROBATE PETITION STUDIED Allegation Made That Xame of H. D. Winters Was Inserted to Make It Appear That He Was Son of John Winters. Falsification of the probate records of Montgomery County, New York, in the interests of a set of alleged heirs to the estate of H. 'D. Winters, the Portland recluse who died in the Sum mer of 19H. leaving an estate valued at from SSO.000 to 1100,000, is charged by J. Henessy Murphy and Emmons & Webster, Portland attorneys for other heirs whose claims are to be filed. The Information on which they base their allegations is contained in letters re ceived from Nelson H. Tunnicliff, an attorney of New York City, who is their eastern correspondent in the es tate matter. The heirs in whose favor it is al leged the records were falsified are represented by Attorneys Manning and Leonard, of this city. Attorneys Manning and Leonard rep resent Mrs. Carrie B. Winters Aker, of Ontario, Or., who lays claim to the estate on behalf of herself and nine or ten relatives. Their contention is that H. I. "Winters was a son of John Winters, of Montgomery County, New York, who died in the '60s, and that they are the heirs of brothers and sis ters of Henry D. Winters. Mr. Tunni cliff has forwarded to Messrs. Murphy and Emmons & Webster copies of let ters which, he declares, passed be tween himself and Harry P. Voorhees, clerk of the Surrogate Court, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York. Explanation 1m Requested. Under date of December 24. according to the copies, Mr. Tunnicliff wrote to Mr. Voorhees informing him that a member of the legal firm of Watts & Young, Fort Plain, N. Y.. had -called upon him and that from this man. who was investigating the claims of de scendants of a Henry Winters, who died in Montgomery County in 1843, he had ascertained that his (Mr. Tunni cliffs) certified copy of the petition for probate of the will of John Win ters, descent from whom the Aker heirs are claiming, was not in accord with the record. Mr. Tunnicllff's cer tified copy had been secured some time before and hex immediately wrote to Fonda, N. Y., for an explanation. Ilii letter contained the following: "On May 13. 1912, I procured from your office a certified copy of the pe tition for probate of the will of John Winters, and have the same before me. Among the legatees and heirs as con tained in this petition there was no mention of any Henry, or Henry D. Winters. It is very evident that some one has been tampering with the records in your office In order to make It appear that John Winters had a son, Henry D. The descendants of John Winters have filed a claim to the es tate of Henry D. Winters, claiming that Henry D. Winters was ther uncle." Interlineation Is Noted. Under date of December 26 Clerk Voorhees, according to the' copies of letters received here, wrote back as follows: "I examined our files and find that the petition has evidently had the name of Henry D. Winters interlined, as you state in your letter. The writing is not in the same hund and the Ink is not the same as the balance of said petition, and of course if the certified copy you have does not contain the name of Henry D. Winters it is con elusive evidence that the same has been Inserted since the date of the certification of your copy. The citation I find is among the papers of this es tate, but the same interlineation has evidently been made in this by the same party. I have never given any copies of the petition in question ex cept the one you have." Attorney Manning said yesterday that no attorney or other person connected with the Aker heirs from this end has been East and he further declared that he and Mr. Leonard have no Eastern correspondent assisting them in gath ering proofs of heirship. In addition to the Aker heirs and those whose claims are to be presented by Attorneys Emmons and Webster and Murphy, there are several sets of claim ants to the estate. Escheat proceedings to the. State of Oregon also were com menced February, 1912, the attorneys appointed to look after the interests of the state being Ralph Citron and John H. Stevenson. Cleeton Takes Testimony. The alleged heirs include Daniel L. Winter. Lydia D. Shaw and Gussle M. Hollister, of New York State, represent ed bv Piatt & Piatt and George J. Per kins; William C. Titus and Herbert C. Titus, of Edmeston and Albany, . Y., represented by Attorney Walter S. Ash er. and Paris Winters a-nd Carrie M. Phipps, of Boone County, Iowa, and John Winters, of Farragut, Idaho, rep resented by Attorneys Hall & Lepper. The heirs, on behalf of whom Attor neys Murphy and Emmons & Webster will act. assert that they were nephews and nieces of Henry D. Winters. Each set of heirs contends itself To be the only real and genuine aggregation. County Judge Cleeton has already taken some testimony in support of the contentions of the Aker heirs, the wit nesses examined being Mrs. Aker ana Leslie J. Aker, her son, an attorney of Ontario, Or. The latter testified that hv accident he met Henry D. Winters during the progress of the Lewis and Clark fair in 1905 and had Inadvertent ly learned of their relationship. Mrs. Akpr could remember a visit paid by Henry D. Winters to her father in New York State many years ago wnen sue was quite young. Judge Cleeton has postponed further hearing of the testimony of claimants to March, wishing to give all an oppor tunity to complete proors ol neirsnip and then call them one by one. World's Championship Wrestling Match THURSDAY, JAN. 0, SiOO P. M. Peter Buzukos Lightweight Champion of the World. Eddie O'Connell Multnomah A. A. Club Instructor. Welterweight Champion, of the World. TWO FAST PRELIMINARIES. OREGON HALL 7th and Oak ADMISSION 75c, 1 RIXGSIDE, diamond Safety Tread THERE'S just one tire that won 't slip, won't slide, won't skid that grips and holds, that gives' perfect car con trol, that lets you drive in safety and drive with pleasure all the time The Diamond Safety Tread Tire It's made in your size to fit your style of rims. Put it on your car At Your Dealer's The Diamond Store Seventh and Burnside Sts. fff STf f?1 Ik& xS ifc ft fe: ii' 6" toHi& Srtw 4 ' llill The New ENGLISH Model Positively Correct Idejilver Collars with LINOCORD Buttonhole QUARTER SIZES 2 FOR 25C Geo. 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