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THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1914. 9 TOURISTS AWAITED BY RIVAL LEADERS Baseball Magnates Gather New York to Bid for Returning Players. in GILMORE USES WIRELESS Federal league Heads Cnable Obtain Place on Jtevenue Cutter That Will Meet Travelers. ' Pittsburg Finds Backer. SBW YORK, March 5. Men pro lnent in organized baseball, as well a group of Federal League manage owners and officers, arrived today welcome the world-tourist ballplay'j who will arrive tomorrow on the sitania. Plans have been made greet the much-traveled baUtosser quarantine, which the liner is expe to leave in time to dock by 9 o'c! in the morning. Besides the welcome to the tour which in its main feature will the form of a banquet Saturday, . time, or the magnates in . orgar baseball is expected to be well pied by conferences over the situa created by the advent of the Pede . The latter have a particular inte in the home-coming of the Ginats . White Sox, because of their desir obtain the signatures of some of returning players to Federal Lea. contracts. Klval Heart Arrive. President Johnson, of the Amer League, came into the city on the s, train today with James A. Gil rliead of the Federal organization. night. President Tener, of the Nat League, was among the arrivals National Commission trio was pleted by the arrival of Pres Herrmann, of the Cincinnati Heads of other clubs also reached with a number of minor league r sentatives. ' Chicago friends of President C key. 80 in number, also arrived have chartered the steamer Niaga meet the Lusitania at quarantini The magnates will go down to the Lusitania on the Government . enue cutter. At a late hour Pres Gilmore and his associates had J unable to obtain tickets to the cut There was some talk of charteri .boat, but as this would not givr Federals admission to the Lusit . they were said to have about de , to meet the players at the dock, w . will give the organized league me advantage. Gilmore AdoptM Wireless. v Mr. Gilmore today sent wireless i sages to the eight players he wan ; peaner. Crawford, llagee, Will Egan, Leverenz, Doolan and Evan1 . and told them not to sign until they , had heard from him. "They will be crazy if they don't ac cept what we are willing to give them," said the Federal chief. Mr. Gilmore arranged a deal today by. which Edward W. Gwinner, a Pitts- : burg capitalist, took over the mapority holdings of the Pittsburg Federals. jGwInner is the son of a wealthy re- , tired contractor and bank president. President Gilmore also said that with- i In-the last two days men with money ' In plenty at their command had taken over ine eurcarol club. John Souhrado, 2858 Homan avenue, a saloonkeeper, will leave her job in a West Side button factory where sh is making $6 a week, and return to the McCormick School to finish her eighth grade. John It. Newcomer,- of the Municipal Court, released the girl from her industrial tasks Wednesday and paved the way for her return to school. John Souhrado was before the court on complaint of William L. Bodine, su perintendent of compulsory education. Souhrado' had asked for a permit to allow his daughter to work. Bodine investigated and found that the father owned a saloon and his residence, had an inoome from rents, and that an other member of the family earned $18 a week. Permission -was refused, but Souhrado defied the school author ities and sent his girl to work. Judge Newcomer gave Souhrado the choice between a $20 fine and a jail sentence or having the girl return to school. Souhrado chose the latter. Mr. Bodine says this is the beginning of an effort to get thousands of children out of the iactories and return them to school. MAYOR RELEASED' BY BEAVER CLUB Mr. Albee Not to Pitch First Ball of Curtain-Raiser on Portland Grounds. PLANS MADE BY BOOSTERS I t i i i t I i 1 I 1 E m m i t i I A I 3 I I I i I I i M V 1 l r s I. 1 I i r I ID f Kill I III nh I I T. hi ' . rfll37VT-T iuuu iu iiLiuim iu iiiiiu Oldest Baseball Players In CHy to Play One Inning- 'With Regulars on Opening Day Parade of Autos Goes to Discard. Mayor Albee received his mncondl ional release from the Beavers at the n'eeting of the baseball boosters at he Hotel Portland yesterday. Mayor iVlbee was not present, but the boosters doptea a plan which will do away with he annual custom of having the Mayor hrow the tirst ball over the plate. An nnovation of the double-header cur- ain-raiser in Portland will be a one- nning contest, in which the oldest ball ilayers of the. city will play against he Beavers. Mark Woodruff, as one of the pro ponents of the scheme, probably will je the manager of the old-timers' nine. The first man to sign a contract was Harvey O'Bryan. While Harvey is now heavyweight and has been out of raining for some time, he declares hat his showing on the Oswego club ome 20 years ago makes him a worthy mtender for second base on the "High alls," as the Beavers' opponents of le opening. day will be known. Doc" Anderson will be called into rvice as umpire. The personnel of the team is not impleted. Another change in the annual open g day festivities will be the absence an automobile parade. Boosters wearing the official badges ll board a special tram of streetcars the foot of Washington street and erally blow In the season to the tune several thousand tin horns. TBands will be in the line. Admis- n to the boosters' club will be 10 its. This is the initiation fee and s for the year. Boosters will pay same price for their seats as others o sit in the grandstand. "he additional 10 cents paid for the '.ster button will entitle the purchas- o a seat In the booster section, re- ved in advance. - WHY PAY BIG PRICES FOR YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU CAN BUY And factory Iota which we have on sale at "COMMON SENSE'PRICES." Every pair of Shoes in the big store has been reduced from one-third to one-half the regular prices. Never before has this store been able to show such values, and this in the face of the continuous sharp increases in leathers. ASTOUNDING PRICE CUTS. You can't afford to miss this sale. SAVINGS ARE IMMENSE. Over 15,000 pairs at special prices. SAM Men's Dress or Work Shoes In black and tan, either but ton or lace. These S h oe formerly sold for $4 and $5; for this , sale at $2.45 ANDERSON RECEIVES OFFER TO GO ON AT RAYMOND, WAS II. -DEER . .' f SLAYERS ARE PAROLED Men Plead Guilty of Killing Out of Season on Cougar Hunt. ALBANY, Or., March 5. (Special.) ' For killing two deer during the closed season. Roy Hanchett and Wes Cowitz, . of Sweet Home, were sentenced by Judge Kelly today to serve 30 days in the County Jail and were then paroled. They pleaded guilty. Upon an application for a parole parole evidence was introduced show ing that the two men went Into the mountains to hunt wildcats and cougar instead of deer and when tbey ran onto - the deer yielded to the temptation to kill them. Each man ha3 a wife and three small children to support and that was an additional fact presented In the application. BRADLEY MAY BOSS BROOKLYN Ex-Cleveland Player Says He Has Received Flattering Offer. 'HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 6. '"Bill" Bradley, ex-third baseman of the Cleveland American League team, but now aligned with the Federal League, before leaving tonight, pre sumably for Brooklyn, announced he had received an offer of attractive terms to manage the Brooklyn club and had tentatively accepted. Bradley is duoted as saying that a determined effort would be made by the Federals to sign Collins, Gregg, Whaling, Perdue, Lewis. Cady, Leon ard, Wagner, Engle and other players at Hot Springs. Another Federal League representative is said to be in Hot Springs conducting negotiations. COUPLE MARRIED 65 YEARS Aged Eastern Duo Live in House Now 250 Years Old. NEW YORK. March 2. Members of the Stlmls family from many parts of New Jersey and New York gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Stimis, in Bloomfleld, N. J., recently to help the aged couple celebrate their C5th wedding anniversary. Mr. Stimis will he 91 years o"ld in Au gust and his wife will be 86 next week. For more than 30 years the couple have lived in the house in whicn General Washington spent a few days during his journey to Morristown. The house is 250 years old. WIFE'S FINGER GONE Member Lost in Effort to Save Her Husband From Suicide. NEW YORK, March 2 Mrs. Thomas Garrant. of Yorktown, Westchester County, trying to prevent her hubband, a heretofore prosperous farmer, from swallowing poisonous tablets in a sui cide attempt, stuck her finger in his mouth. Garrant bit her finger as she was pulling out the last tablet and cut it so badly it will have to be amputated. Neighbors restrained Garrant. who was driven insane by worry over financial troubles, until Sheriff Doyle arrived. SCHOOL OPENED TO GIRL Saloonkeeper Forced Ijy Court to Al low Daughter to Study. i . NEW YORK. March 2. Fourteen-year-old Emma Souhrado, daughter of Sammy Goode Reaches . San Francisco to Open Campaign In Fonr-Ronnd Game Grnman Wins In Favor. Bud Anderson may return to the fight game before the end of the month. The scene will be Raymond, Wash., from whence Bud received, yes terday, a tempting offer to take part in an exhibition contest. Bud probably will make a trip to Raymond to investigate, and if he can make a match with a light middle weight or welter, the Vancouver boy may gd on for an exhibition bout. S.-immy Good. Portland lightweight, arrived in San Francisco yesterday. His guide through the meshes of the four round game there will be Harry Jabow sky. . Goods has made a good record In the Northwest. Ralph Gruman's return to the four round game in San Francisco a week ago was pleaBing. His opponent was Kendall, picked by many as the man who would put an effectual stop to Gruman's fistic ambitions. Gruman made hard work of it in the first three periods, but the fourth was decidedly in his favor. The feather weight is becoming popular with fans of the South. Dan Morgan and Bat Levinsky are still thundering their challenges at Gunboat Smith. 12 YALE SENIORS EXPELLED AU-Night Lark on Campus Brings Swift Retribution From Faculty. NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 2 Fol lowing an all-night lark, a dozen Yale seniors have been dropped from col lege by the faculty. Only one of the party was not included in the list. He was declared by his fellows of the es capade to have gone reluctantly, and he escaped with a reprimand. Details of the adventure and names of the guilty students were withheld. Their escapade began in the grillroom of a local theater and continued there several hours. A report current on the campus asserts that the seniors took their young women companions to the college campus and that the sport was not concluded till dawn. CHAMPAIGN", 111., March 2. Because merchants complain that University of Illinois students often write checks when they have no bank account and sometimes even sign fictitious names, a sophomore student was dismissed to day. Fleven other students were disciplined. AMPIOXSHIP GAMES FIXED tern Washington Basketball Team to Play Two Days. HNSON; Wash., March 5. (Spe- .) One of the most important its ever pulled off in Eastern fhington will take place this week. n ten of the champion basketball .is of the Inland Empire meet in the Washington State College at Pull man to contend for the championship. There will be 11 games during the tournament which will be held Friday and Saturday in the college gym nasium. The games, will be refereed by Bowler and Zinc, of the college, who will give all the contesting teams a "square deal" throughout the series. The tournament has been arranged by Coach Bender. SOCCER GAME IS SCHEDULED Columbia University to Meet Oregon in First Contest at Eugene. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. Or., March 5. (Special.) The first soc cer game to be played at the Univer sity will be Saturday afternoon on Kin caid field, when the Columbia Univer sity team, Portland, comes here to give battle to the Oregon hopefuls. Dyment, faculty coach, and Captain Spellman have a squad of 22 men re porting for practice each night. Tuerck and Spellman, former all-star selec tions on past interscholastic teams of Portland, will bear the brunt of battle against the invaders. In addition to the soccer game the annual inter-class relay race will be run. PROSECUTOR IS WARNED MR. M'KEEBY GETS THREATENING LETTER IN CLABBY CASE. TANGO BAN IS RAISED Dances Are Freed From Xew York's Stringent Regulations. NEW YORK, March 2. There Is to be no ban on the tango or other mod ern dances at the Columbia junior "prom" at the Hotel Biltmore. The juniors were afraid the anti-tango reg ulations, which govern all dances at the university, would be enforced be cause it was considered, a university function, though it is not to be held on Morningside Heights. The juniors have ruled, however, that flowers may not be presented by -any member of the class to his partner. London Autos Kill 36 0 in Year. NEW YORK. March 5. Scotland Yard sends to the National Highways Pro tective Society the total deaths by au tomobiles in the metropolitan district of London in 1913 as follows: By motor cabs, 29; motor omnibuses, 180; pri vate cars and cycles', 96; commercial cars, 61. . Larry Llcbtenntein Say Some One Trying to Hurt Fighter, Who Is Deeply Affected by Affair. LOS ANGELES, March 5. (Special.) A letter threatening Prosecutor Mc Keeby for his prosecution of the Clabby assault case is being rigidly investi gated today by the police and postal authorities. The letter, signed "A Citi. zen," follows: "You will get more than you bar gained for from your pernictousness in the prosecution of the Clabby case. Better get wise to diplomacy." The letter is believed to have re sulted from the declaration made by Prosecutor McKeeby that he would en deavor to secure a jail sentence for Clabby and his trainer, Arthur Mc Queen, for the alleged attack upon Patrolman Laurence last Month. Larry Lichtenstein, manager of Clabby, to day emphatically stated that neither Clabby nor his sparring partners are connected in any way with the, threat. "Some one Is trying to hurt Clabby," he said. "This is the first affair that Clabby has ever mixed up in and it has made an old man out of him." ll Women's Fine Black Velvet Shoes Ntw styles, val ues to fS, for this ale only $1.48 300 pairs for -women, all are now, clean, high - grade stock. All sizes, all fab rics and leath ers, 13.60 - $4.00 values $1.98 Children's Shoes Fin Dress Shoes, blaoks, tans and pat ents, button and lace, turn or heavy sole, val ues to 31.25 and $1.60, this sale only 39c, 59c, 79c, 98c Latest Arrival in Colonial Pumps With Spanish Cuban heels. In patents, satins, velvets and gunmetal, with steel-cut b u o k 1 s. val . lies to $4. this sale only $1.98 Men'sDressandWork Shoes n blacks, tans and patents, lace or buttons, medium and wide toes, all sizes, for this sale only CSX "3 $1.98 Misses' and Children's Shoes GunmetaJ, vici kid and patents, but tons and lace, value to $2.00 and $2.50, this sale 98c, $1.29 $1.48 Baby Doll Shoes NOW $1.98 These are Teg ular $3 grades and come in p a t e n ts, vel vets and g u n- metals, all sizes. $1.98 WE FILL MAIL ORDERS Mary Jane Pumps Shipment Just re ceived. 200 pairs in patent, g-unmetal. velvets and satin, 3 values, tbls sale only for $1.98 SEE THAT tHIS NAME OVER DOOR IS 244 Washington St., Bet. 2d and 3d, Near Comer of 2d St. WE FILL MAIL ORDERS One Big Lot Women's Dress Shoes Patents, gun metals, velvets and suedes, button and lace, values to $3 and $3.u0. this sale only $1.48 I i l I PORTLAND GETS REAMS BOISE SECOND BASEMAN BITS HIS UNCONDITIONAL, RELEASE. Recruit Will Take Place of Bancroft on Nick Willlama Team Pur chase Price Said to Be $300. "Babe" Reams will play with the Portland . club of -.the Northwestern League. This was 'made certain yes terday when word was received from the second baseman that he had pur chased his release from the Boise club and was ready to report for work with the Colts. Negotiations for Reams have con tinued through the Winter. He is ex pected to take the place of Bancroft. He was first offered to Portland for a reasonable sum but the. price later was increased. Boise at one time wanted J500 for Reams, so the story goes. That figure stood all Winter without a decline. The McCredies refused, and told Reams tnat ne was not worth that much to them despite his good showing and desire to have a try with the Beavers or Colts. A telegram from Reams a week ago announced tnat he had made arrange menis wnereoy ne could Duy an un conditional release from Boise for a sum said to have been J300. The money was sent to Reams by W. W. McCredie and the latter accepted his signature and turned It over to Nick Williams to bolster up the Infield. BILLIARD CONTEST IS PLANNED Winner of 18.2 Tournament to Meet Victor of Northern Match. Under the supervision of Manager Crooks, of the McCredie Billiard Pal ace, an 1S.2 balkline billiard tourna ment will be started in the Billiard Palace Monday night. Four entries have been received and more are ex pected. Henry Solomon, Walter Johnston, H. CONDON AVILL HAVE RACING Three-Day Meet With Good Purse L'p to Begin May 2 7. CONDON, Or., March 5. (Special.) Condon is to have a big three-day rac ing meet, beginning May 27. The pro gramme includes races of various dis tances for good purses. A starting gate will be installed on the track, which is otherwise in fine condition. . A large number of horses is expected and the management is preparing to give them the best of accommodations. The local track is probably the best in this section of the state for early Spring work. KING TO APPROVE BOXING ART Sporting Life Says George Will See Professionals in Ring. LONDON, March 5. According to Sporting Life, King George intends to set the seal of his approval on boxing. By royal command, ifembers of the household brigade and seTeral profes sional boxers will soon give an exhi bition of the art of self-defense before him. You probably haven't much idea about the way clothes-styles are designed; the artistic talent employed in producing the models you like. Design in clothes is the intangible thing which makes the difference between correct, and almost correct, style. It is the mark of suprem acy in our goods. Hart SchafTner & Marx Good Clothes Makers C. Stonerad and J. A. Stewart have al ready signified their intentions of en tering and arrangements are being made by Manager Crooks to have the winner of the tourney play a match game against the winner of the North west tournament now in progress in Tacoma. A block of 200 points will be played each evening. The prize for the win ning cueist will be decided later. OR.EGONIA CLT7B WINS AGAIN Turn Vercin Basketball Quintet Is Defeated, 14 to 2. Another victory was added to the Oregonia Club's long string" by the defeat of the Portland Turn Verein basketball team, 14 to 2, on the loser's new floor. Herns was the particular star for the winners, with M. Gevurtz and Krause looming up in the dis tance. Not a field basket was scored by the losers, while seven field bas kets were scored by the Oregonia shooters. Following are the lineups: Oregonia. (1-4) Turn Verein (2) M. Gevuns P Gardner Krause F... ........... Bower 11. Qevurtz ....... C Belch Slchel G Husbands Goldsmith, Herns. .Gi Kockenberg Strang to Coach Cadets. WEST POINT, March 5. Coach Sam my Strang, former utility player of the New York National League club, arrived here today to assume charge of the Military Academy baseball squad. He will instruct the candidate in the gymnasium until favorable weather permits the use of the diamond. McGoorty to Box Carpentier CHICAGO, March 5. Eddie McGoor ty, the Wisconsin boxer, now in Aus tralia, will meet Georges Carpentier, the French champion, in a bout In Ireland some time in May. The bout is expected to have an important bear ing on their aspirations to the world's middleweight championship. K. H. ("Hotspur" McBride Dies. BUFFALO, March 5. Edward H. McBride, 42 years of age, widely known as a sporting writer under the name of "Hotspur." died here today follow ing an' operation for a throat infection. MEN'S SUITINGS Our Spring line of imported Suitings is now on display. You are invited to call and inspect our fabrics. You will say they are without a doubt the classiest shown. You will find our prices moderate, consistent wifh high-grade tailoring. Men's Suits to Order, $30 to $60 PORTLAND TAILORING CO. 322 Morrison St., Portland Hotel Block. Henry W. Jacobson, Manager. SAM'L ROSENBLATT & CO. The Home of "Hart Schaffner & Marx" Clothe3. ' $ Rare, old flavor Mmm f highest quality Rare old flavor Pure as new fallen snow tflGoeL old Bottled o in bond Take a bottle home! PT Bottled In Bond A. Guckenheimer C& Bros. Co., Frseport, Pa. ROTHCKILD BUOS., Distributors, Portland, Oregon. i