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THE 3IORXTXG OREGOXIAN. WEDNESDAY, APRrL 29, 1914. r "I FIGHT IN MIRE IN BHUTAN DESCRIBED Letter Tells of Odd Annual Con test as Ceremony of Bless ing Rice Fields. WOMEN DRIVE BACK MEN Result Taken Indicates Increase of ' Flocks and Herds In Year Vis itors find Chit How Capable Housewives Are. WASHINGTON, April 24. One of the oddest annual contests in the world, a mud and water fight, during which the women of far-off and little known Bhutan, in the heart of the Himalayas, seek to prevent the men from taking possession of an inun dated rice field, is described, by John Claude White, late political officer in charge of Sikhim, Bhutan, and parts of Tibet within the sphere of British influence, in a communication to the National Geographic Society, at Wash ington. The event is known as the Spring ceremony of blessing the rice fields. Victory for the women por tends, during the coming season, fer tility of the soil and increase among the flocks and. herds. "Early one morning the sound of a sweet-toned gong-warned us that the Spring ceremony of blessing , the rice fields was about to begin," writes Mr. White. "A long and picturesque pro cession of men and women, led by the donyer, came winding down the hill side until the first rice field, into which water had been running all the day before, was reached. The field below was still dry, and turning in there they all sat down and had some refreshments. Struggle Is Bccnn. "Suddenly the men sprang up, throwing off their outer garments; this was the signal for the women to rush to the inundated field and to commence throwing clods of earth and splashes of muddy water on the men below as they tried to climb up. Then followed a wild and mad, though always good-natured, struggle be tween the men and the women in the water, the men doing their utmost to take possession of the watery field, the women equally determined to keep them out. "The donyer, the leader of the men, suffered severely, though the courtesies of war were strictly observed, and if one of the assailants fell his oppon ents helped him up and gave him breathing space to recover before an other onslaught was made. But gradu ally the women drove the men slowly down the whole length of the field, un til the last stand was made by a very stout and powerful official, who, clinging to an overhanging rock, with his back to his foes, used his feet to scoop up such quantities of mud and water that no one was able to come near him. However, all the other men having been driven off, he and the donyer were allowed at last to crawl up on the path, and the combat for the year was over. The victory of the women was looked upon as a pro pitious ending; so they dispersed, to their various homes rejoicing." -Housewives Are Capable Mr. White writes of being enter tained by one of the officials, as fol low: "We here saw what capable house wives the Bhutan ladies are. Every thing was done systematically. In the morning the provisions for the day were given out, no easy task, with some hundreds of retainers to feed, and the storerooms re-locked, orders is sued, and tasks appointed in spinning, weaving, etc., to be carried out by the large household of women, and it was interesting to see the deference in which these dames are held. We were shown all the industries of weaving in cotton, wool and silk, the process of fasting metals, chiefly bells and images, the making of swords and gold and silversmiths' work. Many pieces turned out by the latter were of ex quisite design and finish. It was all most interesting and instructive. "We visited a somewhat gruesome spot, where the bodies of the higher families are exposed on a slab of rock - after death to be eaten by Iammer geiers. It was a beautiful, though ter rible, spot, close under the snows and .glaciers of their sacred mountain, Cho-mo-Lha-ri. "This country was so little known that as recently as 1890 a high Indian official wrote most undeservedly, as my explorations proved: 'No one wishes to explore that tangle' of Jungle-clad and fever stricken hills, infested with leeches and the pipsa-fly, and offering no compensating advantages to the most enterprising pioneer. Science passes it by as a region not sufficiently characteristic to merit special explora tion." " dance EEM1SIC Jr or perlrect all Muds tine Victrola Victrola IV, $15 Other styles of the Victor and Victtola $10 to $200 JJ Dancing is delightful to the music of the Victrola. 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Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle, teachers and greatest exponents of the modern dances, use the Victor exclusively and superintend the making of their Victor Dance Records. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cast, dancing the Tango ... vV5 - .1 t 4 Slier Morrison at Sixth Pianolas Opposite Post Office y 13 HOLLAND IS LAUDED Former Spokane Boxer Wins Laurels in Australia. MUCH HONOR IS SHOWN Papers loud in Praise of Visitor, Declaring Xo Better Exhibition ' Has Been Seen Since John- ' son and Burns Fought. MRS. M'CULLOCH AT REST 31a ny Attend I'iineral of Wife of Portland Steamboat Man. VANCOUVER. Wash., April 28. The funeral of Mrs. Rose L. McCulloch, wife of Captain Hush McCullough, a well known Eteamboat man of Portland, was held this mornlngf from St. James Cathedral, Vancouver, Wash. Many friends and schoolmates attended. Mrs. McCullough was born in Beaver, Utah, December 23, 1877. She moved with her family to Vancouver in her early childhood and received her edu cation at Providence Academy. She was a graduate from the Sacred Heart Hospital school for nurses at Spokane, where she practiced her chosen profes sion for a number of years. bhe . leaves a husband and three small children. Her mother, Mrs. B. Darcy, a brother, Thomas F., and sis ter, Mary E. Fitzgerald, live in Van couver, and two brothers, William Fitzgerald and F. J. Darcy, live In Port land. Early Harvest Predicted. PENDLETON, Or., April 28. fSpe rial.) Harvest operations in UmatUli County will be started from two to four weeks earlier than usual thl S ear. Farmers say this is due to the mild Winter and early Spring. They also say the crop gives promise of being unusually large. , Interest in Paper Bought. ELMA, Wash., April 28. (Special.) Frank Jacobs, of Montesano, has pur chased a half interest in the Elma Chronicle from Paul W. Harvey, who retained the other half Interest. The Elma Chronicle was established more than 25 years ago. A New Cannery Xearly Ready. HUSUM, Wash., April 28. (Special.) The new cannery on the line of the Korth Bank railroad and near the White Salmon wharf will soon be ready for business. The steam plant has ar rived and other machinery Is in transit. Fritz Holland, former boxing in structor at the Spokane Amateur Ath letio Club, scored a great victory In his first fight in Australia. The crack welterweight met Tom McCormlck, one of England's best, at Melbourne on March 28. and made him look like a tyro. The Australians are now wild over Fritz, pronouncing him the worlds greatest welter, and he has been matched with Matt Wells for late in April. Holland is one of the American box ing contingent taken to the Antipodes by Tommy Burns. Writing from 8yd ney Holland says Burns is a young king there. It Is hard to realize the standing enjoyed by Tommy over here, says Holland, in a letter to the aporting ed itor of The Oregonian. "Upon our ar rival in Sydney we were given a ban quet and reception on his behalf. The chairman was a member of Parliament and there were several other members there; The mayor expected to attend. but was detained by official business and sent regrets and a message of wel come. "The press was represented by ed itors of all the big newspapers, and I'll bet Tommy never had to listen to more fulsome praise in all his life. Movies Are Operated. They had the motion pictures on us all day and on every street corner peo pie blocked our way. "Hello, Tommy, Good on you,' were heard on every side. Snowy Baker was quoted in the San Francisco Bulletin as saying that Burns was not popular in Australia. The statement was so ridiculous as to make it unbelievable. "I had an easy time with McCormlck, and Matt Wells and I are practically matched for April 25 or 27. He recently knocked out Ray Bronson and is good card. We expect to draw $10,000 "Young Saylor is knocking out every body he fights. Eddie' McGoorty has won three straight. Ritchie would be a great card here." Fritz inclosed clippings from Aus tralian newspapers giving accounts of his match with . McCormlck. Excerpts will show how clearly Fritz demon strated hia superiority. This from the Melbourne Age: "No better exhibition of infighting has been witnessed in Australia since the memorable world's championship contest: Deiween jonnson and Burns than that displayed by Fritz Holland, pi America, at the Stadium Saturday nignt. "Tom Mccormick, himself in the champion ranks, displayed his best form and similar efforts would have won mm more than an average number of matches In the best company. But. in Holland, he met one greater than him self in the general all-around science of boxing. ... Weight Forfeit Due. "In physique there was a striking contrast. Holland, tall and thin, seemed to have all the power above his waist line. - Me presented the look of a well trained athlete, but he had neither the body nor substance of his opponent. Looks once again proved deceptive. . i . "Holland from the 14th round brought swings and chops into his infighting. . The American In the last two rounds had McCormlck at his mercy practically, although the grit had not eft the Englishman. Holland came in so strongly that many spectators urged the referee to stop the contest. There was no necessity for the extreme step. It was the culminating effort by Hol land to a highly meritorious display of scientific boxing. "He had beaten one of England's best a decisive fashion and without any of the hustle and gush that Americans usually regard as essentials to. secure victory. - 'It had been arranged that either man should pay a forfeit of 100 if over 10 stone 6 pounds. McCormick was two pounds one ounce over, but it was an nounced that the managers of the men had made the sporting agreement" that if the Englishman won he was- not to pay, but that if he lost, Holland should claim the 100. Holland won and Mc Cormick loses 100." , KUBS AND BUCKS WIN WALLA WALLA AND YAKIMA DOWN TO DEFEAT. First Series at Baker Brings Out Fans in Large Number to See League Leaders Fall. Da Grande Defeats Elgin. i LA GRANDE, Or April 28. (Spe cial.) La Grande defeated Elgin yes terday in a fast game on the Elgin diamond. The score was. La Grande Elgin 3. The batteries La Grande. Fldcock, catcher, and Mclnnis and Oli ver, pitchers; Elgin, Halgarth and Hal-garth. SPORT HITS AND MISSES HXLE Izzy Kaufman was pitch ing Tacoma to his second vic tory xne otner aay, the stork paid a visit to Izzy's borne and left a baby aaugnter in the cradle. Ping Bodle knocked out a Cleveland catcher for two weeks by sliding into the plate feet first. What would have happend to the poor backstop had Ping slid in head-on? ... Chadbourne. ex-Beaver, is leading off for the Kansas City Federals. Here is the Packers lineup: Chadbourne, If Potts, rf; Kenworthy, 2b; Stovall, lb; Perring, 3b; Krueger, cf; Derring, rf; easterly, c; pitcher. c . Jim Coffey, Dublin Giant, will sail for England on the steamship Maureta nia May 26. Coffey is under contract to box Bombardier Wells before the National Sporting Club, London, June When wells was over here, Cof fey was his sparring partner and did not know much, but the Irishman has improved a lot since then. ... The new rule which prohibits a coacher from laying hands on a base runner rounding third has produced a new crop of "boneheads." Doty pulled the boner at Seattle the other day on Brinker and in the big leagues Frank Chance, Kid Gleason and Rebel Oakes have been guilty. Silk O'Laughlin pulled one even better than that at Cleveland last week, calling a runner out at first base because Birmingham forcibly held him on the bag. And, the best joke of all, Birmingham thought the umpire's decision was just, and confined his argument to the state, ment that he had not touched the run ner. If this keeps, on someone will yet try to equal John Anderson's feat of steal ing second with the bases full. Walla Baker Western Tri-State StandinK". W. X.. Pet. I W. L. Pet. W. 12 7 .3z Pendleton.. 0 10 .4M .... 9 10 .404' Norm yak. S 11 .421 . Yesterday's Result)). At 'Baker Baker 5. Walla Walla 4. At Pendleton Pendleton 10, North Yaki ma. 5. Home teams won in the Western Tri- State yesterday. Baker defeating Walla Walla, 5 to 4, while Pendleton took Yakima down th line, 10 to 5.. It was the first series in Baker this yfear unil the fans were out in numbers, helping the Kubs take the league leaders down tfle line. -Baker lost no time getting into ac tion. Before Washington, the Bear hurler, knew what was happening the Kubs hit him for four runs. Lind, Sigsby, Wetzel, Berry and Tongarl did the work fh the first. In the eighth Baker got'the winning run on a single. sacrifice and a safety. The Bears tied the Kubs four in the sixth. Gardner hit a homer. Washington made the only misplay for Walla Walla. The score: R. H. E.t R. II. E. Walla W... 4 8 llBaker 6 9 4 Batteries Washington and Sheely; Baker and King. At Pendleton the Buckaroos spotted North Yakima three In the first inning by four rank errors and then turned around and hit out al0-to-5 victory. The Bucks started in the second after two were down, running in five scores. In the fourth they added three with trio of hits, a sacrifice and an error and another trio in the eighth on five hits and a sacrifice. Senner, of Pendleton, had the Braves eating out of his hand till the seventh, when Fuller's homer and singles by Stokke. Harrod, Jorg- stadt and Plautz brought in two more. Osborne went in for the last two in nings. The score:. R. H. E.I R. II. E Pendleton 10 15 2N. Yakima. 5 6 E Batteries Senner. Osborne and Pern brooke; Kile and Taylor. ONE AVOKD FATAL TO PETITION 45 for Kalama. The Woodland Fed eral baseball club went to Cathlamet yesterday and were taken into camp by the Cathlamet Braves, 20 to 2. LARRY JIADDEX BOXES AGAIN Joe Bond, of Tacoma, to Meet Port land Pugilist May 5. Larry Madden, Portland's pugilistic policeman, will return to the ring on May 5, when he meets Joe Bond at Ta coma. This will be his first appear ance after a retirement of six months. At Pendleton last September he boxed a draw with Ed Hagen, the Seattle ex- policeman. Bond is a boy about as heavy as Larry. In ring trim he. will tip the scales at about 185. They will meet at the Eagres' Club and the exhibition will be of four rounds' duration. Jack King- has been training Larry faithfully in the past six months. Each day the big boy has been going througn all the routine and occasionally boxed few rounds with some of the local heavyweights. Ed Bronson, a Van couver heavy, has been working with him the past few weeks and had to take a lot of punishment. Larry Jumped from the amateur to the professional game last Fall. His first go outside of the "am" ranks was the tso with Hagen. That went 15 rounds, and was the first bit of real boxing Madden had had. COLUMBIA INS BY ONE LINCOLN HIGH LOSES 10 FORE BIG CROWD. TO S BE- Antl-Prizeriglit May Wait Initiative Measure Another Year. For the first time in the history of Bellevue Hospital. New York, two women have successfully passed the examination and will b admitted as Internes, SACRAMENTO. April 28. A dfscrep ancy of one word in the anti-prizefight initiative petition filed at the Secretary of State's office and containing a total of 34,349 signatures, will keep the measure off the 1914 ballot, unless sup plemental names are filed by August 1. The Attorney-General and Secretary have discovered that 27,782 persons sigrned sections of one petition and 6621 signed sections of another, both similar in every respect except that In the -enacting clause the word "acts was substituted instead of "who." The Attorney-General has ruled that the changing of the word divides the peti tion into two separate measures. In order to qualify either petition it will be necessary for the organizations spoBering-each measure to secure sup plemental petitions that will bring the total number signed to either petition to 31.000, the required number to place initiative measures on the ballot. PORTLAND MAN IS WINNER Fred D-ryden Captures Prize at Shoot Held by Albany'Gun Club. ALBANY, Or., April 28. (Special.) With 45 contestants in the field, the Albany Gun Club held Its first annual merchandise shoot on its grounds here yesterday. Although rain and wind in terfered to some extent and contributed to low scores, the competition was keen and the shoot a success. Sportsmen from several Oregon cities participated. W. G. Ballack, of Albany, won the silver cup for the high amateur score, breaking 88 out of 100 birds. Fred A Dryden, of Portland, won the prize for the high professional, scoring 94. Dry den won by a narrow margin over the only two other professionals entered, J. E. Reld and E. B. Van Arnam, both of Portland. With Game Almost Won by 3-0 Score, Collegians Rally In Fifth; Merry Chase Follows. In a game filled with thrills the Columbia University baseball team de feated Coach Borleske's Lincoln High squad 10 to 9 on Multnomah Field yes terday afternoon before the largest crowd yet attending a Portland Inter scholastic League baseball game. The winning run came in the ninth inning on a two-bagger by Mike Bloch. The score stood 3 to 0 In favor of the high-schoolers up to the fifth in ning, but In that stanza the collegians got busy and chased across five runs. Pitcher Bernhofer. or coiumDia, was touched up for 10 hits, and then Rigps took up the burden of twirling. No hits were secured off hira, but he was removed in the ninth Inning for a pinch hitter, and J. Murphy, who relieved Riggs. was niched- for two singles. Five hits were registerea on uan Knudson, of Lincoln, but a costly error behind him in the fifth was responsible for his blowup. The Multnomah Field was in the worst possible condition, making the handling of a batted ball difficult. "Moose" Muirhead, of Colum bia, and Shortstop Hornby, of Colum bia, each made an error, and the one made by Muirhead allowed the West WHITMAN "AGAIN DEFEATED Washington state College Wallops Opponents Twice in Same Place, WALLA WALLA. Wash.. April 28. In the most exciting college baseball game ever played in this city, Wash ington State College made it two straight victories over Whitman here this afternoon in a 12-inning contest ending 7 to 4. Score: R.H.E.I R.II.E. W. & C .7 9 21Whitman... 4 fr. Batteries Moss and. Davis; Baker and Fitts. Cottage Grove Wins Third Game. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., April 28. (Special.) In the third game in the league schedule, all three of which have been played in drizzling rains on wet grounds. Cottage Grove took Mar cola into camp on the. local grounds Sunday, by a score -of 10 to 2. Woodland Beats Kalama, 77 to 45. WOODLAND, Wasb., April 28. (Spe cial.) The try-out meeting between Koodland and Kalama, for the coming annual county track meet In May, was held here Saturday and resulted In a score of 77 points for .Woodland and Albany to Have Band Concerts. ALBANY. Or.. April 28. (Special.) For ftie first time in many years- Al bany will have public band concerts each v week this Summer. Under ar rangements perfected by A. L. Fisher, president of the Fifth-Avenue Improve ment Club, a bandstand is to be erected on the south stde of the grounds of the Central public school, facing Fifth avenue, between Broadalbln. and Ells worth streets, and the Albany High School band will give concerts each Wednesday evening during- the Summer. Women ap preciate style in clothes more than men; even men's styles; that's a good reason why women influence to so great an extent the buying of men's clothes. The fact that we sell more -high grade clothes than any other makers put us in debt to American women; they know. Hart Schaflner & Marx Good Clothes Makers Siders to go into the lead 8 to 7 in the seventh inning. Tho Jefferson Hifrh and the Hill Mili tary Academy baseball teams will make their first appearance of the season on the Multnomah Field this afternoon. The contest will start promptly at 3:15 o'clock, and Kd Rankin again will olll- ciate as umpire. Following is yesterday's lineup: Columbia. P. Lincoln. Bernhofor, Rise8. Alurphy p P. Knudsr.n E. Murphy c Cant. Schildnectlt MulrhuaJ lb Parkes McKenna '. . . . Kousstllnt Hornby XiRhtlnK&le Ntles - ; It. Orore St. Marie :. f Petrlo Nixon c. f it. Finko Bloch r. t Caesar Umpire Kd Rankin. Skeleton of Man Found. PENDLETON', Or., April 28. (Spe cial.) O. 13. Scott, section foreman for the O.-W. R. & X. Co. at Huron, re ports finding a human skeleton in tho brush alonfr the railroad track near Porter's siding. 4T. miles east of Pen dleton. All the flesh had been eaten off the bones by coyotes. The clothing had been torn to pieces and contained no marks of identification. The buffalo of the fnltod States and SAM'L KOSENELATT & The Home of "Hart Schaffner & Marx" Clothes. CO. r is s V W W I J A Y WjfrmrTnmrj SrisV y Willis A Summer Weight Knitted LEWIS Union Suit voith full length legs and sleeves This popular Lewis Union (Suit serves every purpose for summer wear. 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