Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 10, 1913, Image 1

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FUMBLE BKM'LEAN
COSTS GIANTS GAME
Double Steal Starts
Mackmen to Victory.
MATHEWSON TELLS STORY
Youngster Bush and Eddie Col
lins Get Credit.
TESREAU FAR FROM RIGHT
Giants' Star . Twirler Regrets In
. ability of Teammate to Make Bet
ter Showing Against Victorious
Athletics In 8-2 Game.
' BT CHRISTY MATHEWSON.
(Copyright. 1913. by the Wheeler Syndi
cate, -Inc.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. (Specials
There is no use talking: about the
"breaks" in that same today. The
Athletics just took the old wallop at
the ball and there was little inside
stuff or strategy tried.
The Athletics got the Jump on the
Giants and kept ahead nf us all the
way. "We have played maybe a dozen
games like It in this past season and
some of these were against St Louis.
We just could not hit, and any club
looks bad when it cannot hit.
The two men who beat us were Bush
and "Eddie" Collins. Collins has been
playing terrific ball In this series and
his great work has been largely re
. sponsible for the Athletics' victory.
Defeat by Bn.k Horta.
Our defeat by Bush was a great dis
appointment because we had figured
on beating him since he is a youngster
and was working away from home.
But be got a fine break In the first
inning when the Athletics put three
runs under him before he ever had to
show in the box. ' This gave him a lot
of needed confidence in himself and
even at that he was Inclined to be
nervous when he 'first went to work.
The "break" of the game in my mind,
ame on a little play that probably
many of the fans in the stands over
looked. It occurred in the first Inning
and resulted in two runs for the Ath
letics. Fletcher threw out Murphy to
begln-j the game, but Oldrlng got a
Bingle. when he smashed a. slow ball
that Tesreau fed him, over second base
for a lit. Collins followed him with
a single and Oldrlng reached third.
Shafer did not play the ball to the bag
to try to stop Oldring.
Baker; the next man, singled, scor
ing Oldring easily, but Collins was
held on second base. Then followed
a daring play and one which we did
not expect at that stage of the game.
Collins and Baker attempted the dou
ble steal and got away with it because
McLean fumbled' the ball momentarily
and could not make the throw.
Little Fumble Fatal.
The little fumble, gave the Athletics
the jump which they held clear through
to the finish. Tesreau steadied up and
struck out Mclnnes, but Strunk
jammed a tough one at Fletcher. He
stopped the ball, playing deep, but had
a hard throw to make to first base to
retire the side and prevent the scoring
of two runs. He also realized that a
fast man was running down to first
base. Strunk being one of the fleetest
of the Athletics, and he hurried the
play. The result was that the ball went
ever Merkle's head and to the stand.
Both runs scored. j
Now, if that double steal had not
been made there would have been a
man on first base and Fletcher would
not have had to make that long throw
but would have had a force play right
In front of him at second base. In that
event we would have retired the side
with only one run scored or it we had
stopped Collins at third on the double
steal they would have scored only one
run, because Mclnnes would have been
the last out. Therefore, on that little
fumble by McLean hinges the whole
game, I think.
Bush in the box there with a lead of
only one run would have probably been
nervous, as he is young and is going
through his first season in fast com
pany. We could have worked on him
then. As It was with a lead of three
runs he could afford to have some con
fidence In himself. The first inning
was the time we should have gotten
him before, he had i chance to settle
down.
Tesreau Kot Right.
Tesreau was not right and did not
work the Philadelphia batters well.
Let me say that they are a tough gang
to work any time and there Is not a
chance of passing a man on the team
because the next bird is generally as
hard to pitch to. Tesreau had a good
deal of speed and stuff, but he seemed
to get the ball over too good for the
Athletics. They did not have the trou
ble with hlra that I expected, and his
spit ball did not seem to fool them at
all. I was talking to Baker toward
the end of the game.
"Tesreau looked pretty good when
he started In there today," remarked
the producer of home runs.
"What would you fellows have done
to him If he had looked rotten?" I
asked him.
"Oh, well," -he said, "you must re
member we hare got a lot of good
batters on our club."
Bosk "Is Great Pitcher."
Little Bush deserves a lot of credit.
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LOAN SHARKS' WAY
IS MADE DIFFICULT
SEVERE MEASURES ADOPTED TO
PROTECT TEACHERS.
Salary Warrants When Xegotiated
Must Bo Accompanied by
.Elaborate Safeguards.
LOS ANGELES, Oct" 9. (Special.)
The 3750 teachers in Los Angeles
County, with 3500 other public offi
cials, will be materially affected by a
new "loan shark" law now in effect
The difficulties that will arise under
.ha tiaw taw .r. discussed today by
the County Superintendent of Schools,
County Auditor ana xreasurer.
law, as explained by Superintendent
Keppel, will affect school teachers of
the county as follows:
Each teacher who receives a salary
riven it to a bank, or to
any others, must give a eigned state
ment authorizing tne pans: 10 con.;i
the money.
The woman teacher , must tell In
writing whether she has a husband or
is under age. If a man, ho must tell
whether he has a wife. The signature
of tha wifa or husband must be se
cured in the case of a married teacher.
If either Is a minor he must nave tne
.limatur. of the Barents on the war
rant or the money can be collected di
rectly by the employe at xne county
Treasurer's office.
SUFFRAGIST, 103, ON ROLLS
"Grandma" Todd, Slster-inLaw of
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, Registers.
EUGENE, Or., Oct. 9. (Special.)
"Why shouldn't I vote? I'm old enough.
am I not?" responded "Grandma" Sarah
Todd, aged 103 years, Oregon's oldest
suffragist who today registered as a
voter for the first time in her life.
"And what's more I'm going to vote
this year and every year for seven or
eight years," she Insisted.
"Grandma" Todd is a sister-in-law
of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, her second
husband being a brother of the war
President's wife.
"Grandma" Todd gave her birthplace
as Kentucky. "You may be a Demo
crat" said the registration clerk.
"Always was a Democrat" exclaimed
the active old lady, her Southern eyes
brightening as she nodded her head
vigorously.
'HUNGER STRIKE' IS VAIN
Serious Offenders to Be Fed For
cibly, as Heretofore.
LONDON." Oct 8. The belief of the
militant incendiaries that under' the
"cat and mouse" act they were assured
speedy "release from prison by hunger
striking and could then repeat their
offenses received a rude shock today
by the announcement of the Home Sec
retary that Miss May Richardson, who
has been in prison since October 1 on
the charge of arson and who has been
refusing food since her arrest would
not obtain her freedom.
The prison authorities have been in
structed to resort to forcible feeding,
if necessary.
The Home Secretary says the act will
continue to be applied, as heretofore,
to minor suffragette offenders.
DREDGE IS NOT AVAILABLE
Senator Chamberlain Working for
' Appropriation for River.
ASTORIA, Or, Oct 9. (Special.)
Dr. Alfred Kinney, chairman of the
ports of the Columbia committee today
received the following telegram from
Senator Chamberlain at Washington
with reference to securing: ta addi
tional dredge to work on the Columbia
River bar:
"Lane and I took up dredge question
with Chief of Engineers yesterday. No
dredge for work at mouth of Columbia
available at this time and no appro
priation out of which one can be con
structed. We have asked for approxi
mate estimates of cost of dredge and
will endeavor to secure appropriation
at regular session." ,
LABOR LAW IN QUESTION"
Governor says Special Session of
Legislature May Bo Necessary.
SALEM, Or.. Oct. 9. (Special.)
State Labor Commissioner Hoff hav
ing declared that the eight-hour law
applies to laborers in the state insti
tutions. Governor West said today that
he would ask the Attorney-General
for an opinion on the question, and if
the contention of Mr. Hoff Is sus
tained he might call an extra session
of the Legislature to make appropria
tions covering the additional cost to
the state of the work done by the, men.
The cutting down of the working
hours, it is believed, will Increase the
cost of the maintenance of the insti
tutions and deficiencies will be cre
ated as a result
TOWN IS WIPED OFF MAP
Every House in Solomon, Alaska, Is
Wrecked by Gale.
NOME, Ala3ka, Oct. 9. The storm
that devastated Nome wiped the town
of Solomon entirely oft the map. Every
building was destroyed.
It is reported that all the 300 Inhab
itants escaped.
Thd town of Solomon stood 40 miles
east of Nome, at the mouth of the Sol
omon River.
Reports say that equipment of a
number of dredging concerns located
there were lost in the gale.
The. little schooner Flyer was the
only vessel left in the water near Sol
omon, -
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FOREIGNERS SHOT
AT
Federal Mutineers Go
on Rampage.
OFFICERS KILLED BY TROOPS
Lind Admits Event May Alter
Relations With Mexico.
AMERICANS ALL ESCAPE
Unpaid Soldiers Shoot Generals and
60 Spaniards and Are Joined
by Rebels, Who Restore
Order in District.
VERA CRUZ. Mexico, Oct 9. The
killing of foreigners Incident to the
taking of Torreon by the rebels Is ad
mitted by President Wilson's repre
sentative, John Lind, to be a develop
ment that may alter radically the re
lations between Mexico and the United
States. Mr. Lind has received a re
port that 60 Spaniards were killed at
Torreon.
The latest estimates of foreigners
killed place the number at more thap
100. It Is believed that all the Amer
icans escaped. Official version of the
evacuation of the town by the govern
ment troops was published 1iere to
night but statements are credited that
a mutiny occurred among the Federals
and that the town subsequently was oc
cupied by the rebels.
One story of the taking of Torreon
as received here reports the govern
ment troops, numbering 4000 or more,
who had not been paid for weeks, muti
nied and shot General Alvlrez and
General Bravo and several other offi
cers and began looting. Many foreign
residents resisted and were shot.
Rebels, learning of the uprising, en
tered the town and were Joined by the
mutinous troops. They quickly re
stored a semblance of order.
It is also reported that the rebel
commanders, dividing their force .to
which had been, added the mutineers,
left one detachment in JhflJ garrison
at -Torreon -and dispatched ,.the other
to the East, The latter attacked and
defeated General Trucy Aubert. who
was moving -to the relief of Torreon.
Late Information Is to the effect that
this force, -utilizing a portion of Gen
eral Aubert's command Is .moving to
attack Saltillo. It la further reported
here that the rebels defeated the Fed
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TQRREON
INDEX CF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S 'Maximum temperature. W
degrees; minimum. 46 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Foreigners are killed by mutinlous federal
troops at Torreon. Page 1.
Yuan Shi Kai in inaugural message today
will promise to observe treaties. Fags s.
Nations!.
Burleson favors Government ownership of
teiegrapn ana ieiepuun. .
President reviews great cavalry review
Page S.
Wilson to press button today that destroys
Gamboa" dyke. Page 1.
Bankers' criticisms serve to solidify Demo
cratic ranks on currency bill. Page 3.
West Virginia vacancy in Congress J1
xtepuDiicans aaaiuostii
Domestic.
James J. Hill predicts currency bill will
. oause financial depression. Page
Victorious Portola girls glad that they are
to visit Portland. Page 4.
High court may decide Sulier-s fate Satur
day. Page I.
Amaranth's crew tell of harrowing adven
tures after wreck. Page 4.
Ex-Ambassador Tower accused of weaning
, son from wite. Page 8.
Severe measures adopted to protect teaobers
' from loan sharks. Page 1.
Episcopalian house of deputies considers
' question of marriage and divorce. Page
Nebraska town hit by tornado. Page B.
Sport.
Mathewson blames Larry McLean's'fumble
Uhlan shatters world's record for trotting
mile. Page. 10. .
Leslie Bush, new star In baseball, checks
Giants and wins for Athletics, 8-2.
Page 14.
Pacific Coast League results: Venice l.
Portland 0 (11 Innings); Sacramento s,
San Francisco Los . Angeles 4, Oak
land 0. Page 15.
Story of Giants' defeat Is told play by play.
Page 15.
Txrhf say fn IS Innings. Page l.
Multnomah oncertaln as to lineup for tomor
row's game at mrvsin..
Harlem hoodlums attack Athletics after
game. Page 1.
"Gunboat" Smith wins from Carl Morris
on foul In fifth. Page 16.
Pacific Northwest.
Trial of Raymond officials likely to drag.
rage o.
First spike driven In Lewlston-Vollmer line.
Page 7.
The Dalles offers glad hand to big crowds.
Page 5.
Clubwomen elect and name next meeting
place. Page 6.
Governor West continues war on Secretary
of State Kay. Page 7.
Dallas twins make merry at age of 80.
I Page 8. . -
Commercial and Marine.
Port Commission refuses rebates for
grounded vessels. Page 20.
Coast hop market advances to 25 cents.
Page 21.
Wheat depressed at Chicago by lower ca
bles. Pase M.
Stocks close firm after sharp fluctuations.
To A 1
Ben Selling opposed to paying prices asked
tor aocK pruiKjnj.
Court of inquiry held on Glenesslln wreck.
Page 20.
- Portland and Vicinity.
All delinquent property offered for sale finds
readv - buyers. Page 12 .
Meters for alC water- consumers and 1ar-
terly buis. reeoromruueu ujr ivoij. --
Miss t-eart HcKenna much feted bue-to-be.
- rso -
Membership, of Teachers' Association gains.
Page 12.. -Work
of Oregon Social- Hygiene Society for
year is told. Page 9. . .
R. R. Perkins will leave for San Francisco.
Page 8.
City may not correct charter .November 4.
T3a .a U.
Portland, with noise, will celebrate blowing
up of Gamboa dyke at 11 A. M. Page 3.
Progressive Business Men's Club aids reme
dial loan fund. Page 16.
TODAY AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
1913.
WILSON TO RELEASE
I
Big Dike to be Blown
Up by President.
HOUR IS OFFICIALLY CHANGED
Event Wil Be Hailed All Along
Pacific Coast Today.
THOUSAND CHARGES SET
Fleet of Dredges In Readiness to
Clear Wreckage and Remove
Debris of Slides End ol
Bis Task in Eight.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 9. Pressing
button at t P. M. Eastern time to
morrow at the White House, President
Wilson will release an electric current
that will travel overland and under sea
to the Panama Canal to explode a
charge of dynamite and destroy Gam
boa dyke. ,
This dyke is the last great physical
obstruction to the opening of water
communication between the two oceans
although the wrecking of the dyke and
two earth slides, one at Cucaracha and
another at Gold Hill must be cut
through before the canal actually can
be opened.
Pacific Coast to Celebrate. -
Destruction of Gamboa dyke will be
celebrated all along the Pacific Coast.
Originally it had been intended to set
off the charge at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing, but President Wilson granted the
request for a change to accommodate
nolnts havintr Pacific Coast time.
When the electric current started by
President Wilson traverses the land
wires to Galveston and passes beneath
the Gulf of Mexico ty cable to the
Isthmus, the canal engineers expect the
spark to explode the 1000 charges of
dvnajnlte which have been burled in
the 800 feet of., dyke which at present
stands between uaiun im ana me
famous Culebra Cut.
' " Tireilares Bead for Task.
A. fleet of drv'Jeres will attack the
slides as soon as they have cleared , the
nrrankas-a of the dyke, and although
rnlnnel Goethals in his telegram to the
Canal Commission today made no pre
diction. It is believed it will be poa-
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ROYING
Sft
HARLEM HOODLUMS
ATTACK ATHLETICS
PEBBLES, STICKS AND OTHER
MISSILES HURLED AT JIEX.
Players Xarrowly Escape Injury
When Returning From Polo
Grounds in Taxlcabs.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. The Athletics
had an exciting and unpleasant experi
ence on their way down town in auto
mobiles from tne polo grounds today.
A crowd of young hoodlums spied the
first taxicab carrying Captain Danny
Murphy. "Chief Bender and First Base
man Mclnnis as It was moving slowly
down Seventn avenue in Harlem and
began hurling pebbles, sticks and other
handy objects at the players, who nar
rowly escaped injury. Policemen hur
ried to the scene and dispersed the
crowd before anyone was harmed. No
one In the cabs following was molested."
Connie Mack was his usual reticent
self at the station, answering ques
tioners laconically. He wa non-committal
as to his selection of a pitcher
for tomorrow.
"They all look good to me." he said.
"That was a great gams today," he
added. "I have high hopes of winning
tomorrow."
Manager McGraw hurried to another
train with tho Giant players. without
giving a hint as to which of his twirl
ers he might assign for duty In the
next battle. He had little to say about
tho "result of today's contest,
"We have to expect that in base
ball," was his only comment.
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BRIDE IS 2V GROOM 53
She Is Divorcee Once, He, Benedict
Four Times,
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Oct. 9.
(Special.) John P. Knox, aged 53.
hnrhnr of Davton. and Pearl Sleeman
aged 23. of Huntsville, a small town
near Dayton, were married by Judge T,
M. McKinney in Justice Court this aft-
Tho hi-irln ronflded to the Judge that
it was her second trip to the altar, the
first having come to a disastrous ena
in a divorce court. Knox admitted
that It was the fourth time as an ac
tlve participant he had heard the wed
ding service read.
"I'm a sure enough widower." he
said. Then he embraced the bride.
"Pearl, you're my wife now. Aren t yo
glad?"
"If I wasn't glad I wouldn't be here,
she retorted, returning his caress.
"Maybe you think we. don't love each
other?" queried Knox of Judge Me
Kinney.
- "Sure, or- you "wouldn't be retting
married." deduced the Judge as he con
grata lated them and signed the nec
essary documents.
COST .IS $11,721 GREATER
Commission Form of Government
Exceeds Councilmanic Expense.
In three months' time the Commis
sion form of government In Portland
has cost $11,721.27 more than did the
Councilmanic form daring the last
three months of its existence. This
figure is shown in a statement pre
pared yesterday by City Auditor Bar
bur comparing the maintenance cost in
all departments during April, May and
June under, the old form and during
July, August and September under the
Commission form.
At this rate the new form will cost
Portland $44,885.08 a year more than
the Councilmanic form. Increases in
maintenance are shown in the fire and
police departments, the street repair
and in the general fund expenditures
and in the park department. Decreases
have been noted in tho Municipal Jail
fund,1 the water fund and the street
cleaning fund.
ARDENT FAN COLLAPSES
Men in Line Yield First Pluce to
Victim of Exhaustion.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. David Jones, of
Scranton, Pa., was the first to enter
the Polo Grounds when the gates were
opened today. He had gotten In line
at S A. M., only to collapse from ex
haustion later. The police took him
in tow and when other fans learned
under what circumstances he had
given up his place, they insisted that
he go ahead when he recovered.
Jones explained that he waited in
line here nearly all night for the open
ing game, duplicated the performance
at Philadelphia, then returned to New
York for today's game.
TRAIN ROBBER CONFESSES
Alabama Prisoner on Minor Charge
Says He Took $20,000 or Loot.
MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 9. According to
his own confession, Herbert Thomas,
in Jail here on minor charges, was one
of three robbers who held up and
robbed an Alabama Great Southern
train near Woodstock, Ala., about three
weeks ago.
The police tonight quote Thomas as
saying he got only $20,000 of the loot
and that his confederates were young
men named Coley and Elmlre. They
are still at large.
10 MAY BE DEAD IN FIRE
Men Working in Mill at Kansas City
Are Unaccounted For.
KANSAS CITT. Oct. 10. The plant of
the Southwestern Milling Company
h.i.-nri thl.i tnorniner. At 2:15 A. M. the
destruction was said to be complete.
Ten men working in the mm naa noi
been accounted for.
The loss is said to have been $150,000.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SULZER
RESULT
Final Arguments Are
Half-Completed
DAY GIVEN TO DENUNCIATION
Parker, for Managers, Says
Governor knew of Wrong.
MARSHALL ACCUSES FOES
Prosecution Holds Evidence Shows
Unfitness Defense Pleads No
Law Was Violated Busi
ness Ability Poor.
ALBANY, Oct 9. Fifty thousand
words of legal argument scathing de
nunciation of Governor Sulxer on the
one side and of his accusers on the
other delivered today by opposing
counsel, brought a verdict in the trial
of the impeached Executive one day
nearer.
Another day will be occupied sim
ilarly tomorrow, at the end of which
time the high court will go Into execu
tive session, it Is expected, to deter
mine procedure in deciding the guilt
or Innocence of the accused Governor.
The court probably will adjourn then
until Tuesday. There Is some talk to
night, however, of taking a vote Satur
day. Marshall and Parker Talk.
Louis Marshall for the defense, and
Alton B. Parker for the Assembly man
agers occupied the session of the court
today, Marshall impeaching the mo
tives of those who brought the charges
against the Governor as based on "pas
sion and caprice," and Parker denounc
ing the Governor as one "whom the
uncontradicted proofs which have been
spread upon this record" showed was
no longer fit to be the Chief Executive
of the state and for whom it was "ab
solutely Impossible ever to regain the
confidence of the people."
The Governor knew, 'Judge Parker
said, that when he signed the state
ment of campaign contributions placed
before him by his secretary, Louis A.
Sarecky, "that the statement was un
true." "The man who read that list and ex
amined it," said the attorney, "knew it
was not true. It does not help htm
for the boy, Sarecky. to say be did
the best he could. His master, William
Sulzer, knew it was a lie."
. Peck's Story Denounced.
Louis Marshall devoted several
scathing pages of his address to tho
testimony of Duncan W. Peck, super
intendent of public schools, who swore
that Governor Sulzer had asked him
to deny under oath that he had given
him a $500 contribution. Marshall de
clared that his story was a "brazen
counterfeit," and accused Peck of
having a strong motive for so testi
fying because John A. Honnessy, the
Governor's special Investigator, had
unearthed "irregularities of a serious
nature" in Peck's department. He said
that Peck's testimony would "enable
him to aid In the destruction of the
man who had sot in motion the inves
tigation which threatened not only the
office he held but his very liberty."
This evoked a statement from Peck
tonight In which he characterized
Marshall's attack upon him as a "lie
told for pay."
Judge Parker did not finish his ad
dress today.
Campaign Cost Reviewed.
That the Governor swore falsely to
a campaign statement there was no
doubt, the attorney said. In sp;aking
of article 1 of the Impeachment. He
read Into the record the first complete
statement of Sulzer's financial trans
actions during the campaign. It fol-
we: Contributions not reported, $40,-
400; cash paid to brokers, $40,362.50;
contributions delivered to SuUcr, $2!'.-
300; cash deposited by Sulzer in bank,
$14,400; checks Indorsed by Sulzer,
$3200.
In discussing article 6. the "larceny
charge. Judge Parker reviewed the his
tory of all the concealed contributions
and sought to show that their donors
contributed in the belief that they
were aiding Sulzer, the candidate.
Fraud was committed in obtaining
money under false pretenses, arguud
the Judge, and that constituted larceny.
Most of Mr. Marsnall's address cen
tered about the "money articles" In the
lmDeachment charges charging larceny.
Of the different charges Mr. Marshall
said:
The corrupt practices act does not
make necessary the publication of cam
paign funds received, but only those
expended. Therefore the Governor in
failing to note all of his receipts vio
lated no law.
Perjury Charge Denied.
"No perjury was committed by him In
swearing to the inaccurate campaign
expense statement bocause the corrupt
practices act does not require an affi
davit. The action of the Governor was
voluntary.
"Richard Croker, Jr.. Henry L. Mor
genthau. Jacob Schiff, Daniel M. Brady,
Dr. John W. Cox and others placed no
limitations on the use of their con
tributions. There was a hopo, expec
tation or desire among the donors that
the moneys be used In connection with
the campaign, but none had the re
motest idea that ho ever would get a
dollar back.". .
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SATURDAY
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