TnE MORNING OREGOMAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19,-1914.
SALT LAKE, TO PAY,
MUST BOOST PRICE
Gleason and Druhot Tell How
Baseball May Succeed in
, Utah Capital.
BLANKENSHIP IS POPULAR
Assertion Made That Xew Coast
V League Magnates May Have to
Saddle Salary Lien Burdens
From Last Season.
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BY ROSCOE FAWCETT.
' Salt Lake will be a paying city in
the Pacific Coast League, but must play
to 50-cent crowds as In the past. This
Is the opinion of Bill Gleason. ex-Oak
land and Helena catcher, and Collier
Druhot, well-known veteran, who was
with Butte ttiree years ago.
In the Pacific Coast League the ad
mission price is 25 cents to the bleach
ers and 60 to the grandstand. Salt
Lake fans, as well as fans all around
the defunct Union Association circuit,
bave been accustomed to paying 50
cents to the bleachers and 75 to the
grandstand.
Both Gleason and Druhot think this
double price will be necessary if Salt
Lake is to prove financially able to
support class AA ball.
Visiting teams, it is understood, draw
down only 40 per cent of the general
admissions under Coast League rules.
Last year Sacramento proved very
much of a frost to the visiting teams.
Salt Lake, on the other hand, means
an added railway expense of around
$700 or ?800 to the roving Coast mag
nates, so that 60-cent ball may be nec
essary, just as outlined above by Messrs.
Gleason and Druhot.
"The old park was fairly well located
but wns very small." explained Gleason,
who caught for Helena in the Union
Association the first half of 1914.
"The left field fence was close
In, and that park likely will be aban
doned if the Coast League enters the
city. We played to some good crowds,
although we were down in the race.
Salt Lake is a beautiful city, and the
players will like the change from Sac
ramento. "Blankenship, the new manager, bossed
the Murray club and was immensely
populnr.
Last season the Union Association
failed to finish its schedule, and as a
result it is stated that the Salt Lake
players still hold a salary lien against
the territory. Tonneman, the big catcher
who was wHh Portland for a while,
eays he quit town with $300 still due.
If these claims are yet unpaid the
new Coast League magnates likely will
havn to saddle the burden before they
can get the territory.
Whiie it is a generally accepted be
lief that Nick Williams has already
closed an agreement with P. C. Parr
to manage theSpokane Northwest ball
club next year, two other names have
been prominently mentioned in Spokane
within the past week.
Nick's newest rivals are Charley Ful
lerton, Seattle pitcher, and Jack Hester,
manager of the Salt Lake club in 1914.
Fullerton's application has been pre
sented by Tealey Raymond, the Seattle
leader.
As for Mike Lynch, he has heard
nothing from President Farr about be
ing discarded, but it is admitted that
big, jovial Mike has ceased to exist as
the. head of the Spokane contingent.
.
Mike has managed Seattle, Tacoma,
Victoria and Spokane in his day and
that's nearly every team in the circuit.
If Del Howard is retained as man
ager of the San Francisco Seals next
year Bobby Jones will play first base.
Jones is the kid secured from Ogden,
in the Union Association. He is a big,
rangy third baseman and finished the
season for the Seals last Fall. He
batted .266 in 33 games.
"The first time I set eyes upon Jones
I remarked that he would make an
Ideal first sacker," declared Walter Mc
Cretlie yesterday, when Informed o
Howard's announcement relative to his
youthful protege.
"San Francisco was weak last year
at first because Howard had no regu
lar. He split the job between himself,
Cartwright and Charles and it was not
properly cared for."
O'Leary, presumably, will stick at
third base next year and Downs at sec
ond. Corhan denies jumping to the
Federals, but Fielder Jones Insists he
has his contract, and it is not believed
that Fielder would fricassee the truth
without some apparent object in view.
If Corhan has Jumped the Seals will
have to cast about lor a good short
stop. George Naughton, Western Tri-State
League infielder, is "baching" on a
ranch near Caldwell, Idaho, and is
looking forward eagerly for his Spring
trial with the Portland Coast League
club.
Jimmy Richardson, Beaver scout, who
combed Naughton out. of the bushes, re
ceived a letter from him yesterday.
"All I want is a good trial," said
Kaughton. "Portland needs inflelders
next year, and I think I can make
good."
"And I think so, too," remarked Man
ager McCredie. "'Naughton was with us
a few days last Fall and he looked bet
ter even than Bobby Davis before
Bobby hurt his side. I'm rather wor
ried about Bobby. He did not play up
to form at all after his injury on the
hard infield at Santa Maria. This
young Naughton stole something like
75 bases last year and is fast as a shot.
Johnny Lush thinks he is to prove a
sensation because he is built exactly
like Eddie Collins. I intend to take
Naughton to camp with me for further
trial."
Kl'GBV TEAMS CLASH TODAY
Contest or Strong California Teams
Likely to Be Last.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Dec. 18. The
fans who go to see the Los Angeles
Amateur Athletic Club 15 play the
Olympic Club of San Francisco at
Washington Park today probably will
see their last Rugby game. For the
English game is a mighty sick gosling
in the south.
They will see Rugby played by the
two strongest teams, with ,the excep
tion of Stanford and California, in this
country Thev will wltnocn aa hittnrii,
a fought game as club teams ever
This is to be a grudge game, even
it the cat croeo trt tha ,-; .,
fund. The Los Anerelnn At)iii -i,.k
players went down into their pockets
i oring wis jiormerners down just to
get even lor tne game tney played in
tsan Francisco.
Mow Mitchell. Stan MltsKAu
Louie . Cass have beenv. added to the
uacKiieia. .every tiigti school player
of fame is trying to land a berth
somewnere. it win d a strong fif
teen that meets the Olvmnim
The Olympics are doing the same
stunt In the north. It is rumored that
a. number of California and Stanford
stars will Ua in their line-up.
Both high schools have light teams.
averaging- under 140 pounds. They
are not in a class with Santa Ana,
Long Beach and Pasadena But they
play football.
M'EEXXA COLUMBIA CAPTAIN
Election and Awarding of Letters
Features of Annual Session.
Huehle McKenna will be the field
general of the 1915 football team of
the Columbia University as a result of
the election Thursday night. The an
nual meeting was held in the recreation
room of the West Hall, at which
speeches, recitations and solos were
given.
Lawrence Michael (Mike) Bloch was
elected alternate-captain; Hughle Mc
Kenna did justice to "It's a Long, Long
Way to Tipperary." .
Fifteen players were awarded their
monograms this year: Captain George
Nixon, Captain-elect McKenna, Malar
key, Hubert Jacobberger, Willie O'Bri
en, Gil Shea, Tom Shea. St. Marie,
Knapp. Phllbin, . Bloch, Ray Leonard,
Masterson, Sharp and Joseph Brown.
Sidelights and Satire
By Itoscoe fwtt
USDKR the new rule operating in the
big leagues, no club shall go south
for training purposes earlier than
March 1. but this does not prevent a
lot of pitchers and catchers leaving
early for the shooting' season.
Johnny Kane, the Venice outfielder,
had a peep at McCredie's new Chinese
Hawaiian outfielder when in the islands
last month. Lang Akana played in two
games against the Venice barnstormers
and Kane eays the young man is quite
some ballplayer. No ballplayer blend
ing half portions of pol and chop suey
ever before has embellished a profes
sional, diamond.
.
If Akana performs up to his advance
notices the Pacfic Coast will boast quite
an assortment of nationalities and
near-nationalities next season. In
Johnny Williams Salt Lake has a full
blooded Hawaiian; Frank Arellanes, of
the same club, is of Castllian descent,
while the forbears of Jacintp del Calvo,
of .Los Angeles, suffered under the lash
of the famous "Butcher" Weyler, of
Cuban antiquity. Now that Mike Mc
cormick has departed elsewhere the
Herbrew race is absent from the poll
ing records, but there's Martinoni as
plenipotentiary from Italy, besides a
score of ambassadors from England,
Scotland, Ireland, Canada.' Holland.
Germany and Norway. And we must
not forget in the excitement one
"United States" Smith, who hails from
Alabama.
Speaking of Roy Hitt's threat to
jump to the Federals, Ed Hughes, of
Seattle, remarks that if Roy is as fat
as he used to be he had better hire
a dray before he makes the switch.
With Tom McCarey off for New
Orleans a fight Impends between rival
boxing promoters. Most of their
proteges need some sort of an example.
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Clarence Rowland, the new manager
of the Chicago Americans, Is the little
fellow who bossed Aberdeen in the
Northwestern League in 1909, the year
Seatle won the pennant. Aberdeen got
kicked out of the league that year and
Rowland later brought suit against the
circuit, losing, of course. His jump
from the little TBree-Eye League to
the management of a worlds cham
pionship possibility Is the real sensa
tion of the baseball year. No doubt
he'll have his troubles, for imagine
Eddie Collins and some of that clique
asking Rowland, a busher, what to do.
Rowland is a game little customer,
however, and if he is diplomatic for
his first season out, it needn t surpMse
anybody to hear of another Boss Stal-
lings. But if Rowland is a big league
manager, Walter McCredie could go up
there and win a world s championship
every Summer.
We don't see how the East is going
to survive the-shock and live through
the Winter. Ora Morningstar, the bil
liard expert, has moved to Los Angeles.
. Speaking of changes in the map of
Europe and elsewhere "Rough House"
Burns had better keep a township or
two between himself and Chet Neff, the
Seattle boxer, or his map may be con
siderably altered. Burns is supposed to
hold the championship of Canada by
virtue of licking Johnny O'Leary. but
Neff ga,ve Itfm a beautiful lacing.
Six foolball games of rather much
importance in these United States were
won last Fall by field goals, and. ac
cording to the dope collected by Parke
Davia, Durhajn's 25-yard boot in the
Washington State-Idaho battle was one
of the six The Spokane kid's kick
licked Idaho, 3-0. AHere is Davis list:
at) yards irvin iieise isr, jonn s) vs.
Catholic University.
30 vards Bertschev . (William nrt
Mary) vs. Randolph-Macon.
30 yards E. E. Eustis (Wesleyan) vs.
Trinity. .
2a yards A. Durham (Washington
State) vs. Idaho.
25 yards Graves (Missouri) vs. Kan
sas.
2 yards L. L. Splawn (Michigan)
vs. Michigan Agricultural College.
Mike Lynch, well known Northwest
ern League manager, thinks Pete
Schneider is a better pitcher than the
famous Bill James, of Boston. Schnei
der and James both pitched for Se
attle before going to the big leagues.
The former is now with Cincinnati. Pos
sibly Mike's opinion Is rather influ
enced by the fact that Pete whiffed
him three times in one game last year.
Mike didn't even produce a foul, ex
cept conversationally.
FINAL SHOOT . IS TOMORROW
Champion Trapshooter on Visit May
Xot See Last Event of Year.
L. H. Reid, champion professional
trapshooter of the world, according to
the official 1914 rating of the Inter
state Association, just issued, is a
Portland visitor from Seattle and is
registered at the Oregon Hotel. ' Mr.
Reid is in this city on a business trip.
as well as on a pleasure jaunt to visit
his nephew, Joseph A. Addleman, sec
retary of the Portland Gun Club.
The final merchandise shoot of the
year will be on the Portland Gun Club
grounds' at Jenne Station tomorrow,
and more than 30 turkeys will be of
fered as prizes. Not one of them (frill
weigh less than 10 pounds, according
to jur. Aaaieman. jvir. Reid has not de
cided whether or not he will be able
to attend the matches tomorrow, as he
has to be in Seattle Monday morning.
The Seattle wonder finished the 1914
season with .9644 per cent, having
broken 214 6 out of 2225 shot at. The
next professional was .0011 behind Mr.
Reid. Mrs. Ad Topperwein, of San An
tonio, Tex., was the only woman listed
and she was 15j.h among the profes
sionals. Her record was .9461 per cent.
BISHOP'S SQUAD HEADS LEAGUE
Comets at V. M. C. A. to Meet Xew
berg Basketball Team Today.
Captain Bishop's volley ball squad
In the young men's, class at the Port
land Y. M. C..A. yesterday led the six
team league, with a rating of 241.
The standing for the other teams in
the contests that have been staged
during, the week are:
Captains Chrlstensen 223. Carlson
123, lnkster 94, Wells 85 and Greyell 66.
In the boys' division the Comets
will play the Newberg basketball team
at 4 o'clock today on the floor of the
association here.
BA1 , PLANS TRIP
TO SALT LAKE TODAY
Utah City Asked to Hurry Ar
rangements for Coast
Franchise Transfer.
SCHEDULE IS NEXT WORRY
At Special Meeting Early Xext Year
Mapping Out of Games Likely to
lie Discussed and Big
Problem Is Realized.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 18. (Special.)
President Baum and Henry Berry
have made reservations to leave for
Salt Lake tomorrow afternoon. Their
trip is awaiting further word from the
Utah city if the baseball people there
will be ready to receive the Coast
League delegation.
A telegram was received from E. A.
Vandeventer today stating that Salt
Lake was enthusiastic over the chance
of getting the franchise; and an effort
would be made to line up the baseball
people and get all matters arranged. A
return telegram was 'sent telling Salt
Lake to hurry arrangements so the
local magnates can find everything
ready on arrival to complete the fran
chise transfer.
President Baum announces that the
special meeting to be called shortly
after New Tear may be converted into
the annual schedule gathering, which
was slated to be held in San Francisco
some time in February, and that the
matter of mapping out games for next
season discussed.
This promises to develop into quite
a task, for the circuit will be different
materially with another state entering
the field. With Salt Lake in the circuit
there is a long jump, whether a team
goes from San Francisco, Portland or
Los Angeles.
The franchise committee has figured
that the same schedule followed in past
seasons, allowing Monday for traveling,
can be followed, but it will require
much labor in getting up a schedule
with the shortest possible jumps. Even
with the old circuit it was necessary
occasionally to postpone a Tuesday
game in Los Angeles or Portland be
cause at team could not make the jump
In time, and it is likely that more such
cases will arise with Salt Lake to be
considered.
ACADEMY 30, TKADES
McClintock Scores 1 6 Points lor
Winners In Fast Game.
In the first basketball game of the
season the Portland Academy team
proved too much for the Portland
School of Trades in the Academy gym
nasium yesterday afternoon. The scofe
was: Academy 30, Trade School 20. Mc
Clintock was the big star for the win
ners, registering 16 points, while his
teammate, Coffey, had a total of half
a score to his credit. Kroseski made
all but eight points for his aggregation.
The inter-class basketball league of
the Portland Academy just came to a
close with the seniors winning the six
games and the championship. The
third-year players were tied with the
second-termers at three wins and as
many defeats, and the freshmen
brought up the rear with all six starts
chalked up as defeats.
The private school closed last night
for the holiday season and Coach P.
W. Lee, of the basketball teams, leaves
today for Seattle, where he will remain
until early next year. The first team
of the school is just the same as the
one that represented the seniors in the
inter-class series. '
Following is the lineup:
P. A. (30) .Position.- P. S. T. f20
Lewis (4) ....F Kroseski (15)
Coffey (10) F i Cayo (6)
McClintock (16) C Shriner (2)
strowDnage ....u . wnson
Uecnener G Leonard
Kenneth Irle was referee.
FISH
ARE
DONATED TO MUTS
Visit- to Salmon Canneries Provides
38 Cases for Poor.
The Fish and Game Commission has
become interested in the charity work
of the Muts, and contributions from
the fish department are being asked.
R. E. Clanton, Master Fish Warden, re
ceived a letter from John H. Burgard,
chairman of the "big brothers" com
mittee of the Ancient Order of Muts,
relative to the need of receiving aid
from the Commission.
Dinner baskets are, to be given by
the Muts to the poor and needy of
Portland, and it is thought necessary
to have several cans of fish among- the
edibles in the baskets. . As a result a
tour was made of the salmon packers
by Chief Deputy Rathbun and 38 cases
were donated.
Those who contributed were: Booth
Fisheries Company. Columbia River
Packers' Association, Union Fisheries
Co-operative Packing Company, Tal-
lant-Grant Packing Company, P. J. Mc
Gowan & Sons and the Warren Packing
company.
SOCCER GAME FOIt TODAY
Multnomah Club and Portsmouth to
Meet for First Time.
Multnomah Club will send its soccer
team against the Portsmouth eleven on
the Multnomah Field this afternoon at
3 o'clock. ' This is the' first meeting of
the two organizations, and a lively setto
is promised. Neither team has an
nounced its lineup for today's affair,
but several changes are expected since
the last appearance of the squads.
"Scotty" Duncan has chosen 11 fast
players to represent the Archer &
Wiggins Weonas in the contest against
the Thistles, slated for tomorrow after
noon on the Columbia University cam
pus. The Weonas must win In order
to keep in the league of the Portland
Soccer Football Association.
' The Weonas will be composed of
Sheehy, Sam Duncan, Martin, Lassen,
Wolverton, Robson, - Wright, "Scotty"
Duncan, Inglis, Murphy and Pawrie.
ARMORY BOUTS TO AID MUTS
Boxers Offer Free Services for
Benefit Smoker.
The Armory Amateur Athletic Asso
ciation has taken It upon Itself to help
the Muts in their campaign to ease the
suffering among the poor of Portland.
A benefit smoker at which some of the
best borers in the city will appear has
been scheduled for Monday night in
the Armory.
Seven or eight fast bouts -will be
presented and all funds above the ac
tual ' expenses of putting on the pro
gramme will go towards the Muts'
fund. Cash for the purchasing of
prizes will be saved also, as the boxers
have offered their services free of
charge.
Already Abe Gordon. Driscoll, Han
son. Wagner and Keppinger have signi
fied their intentions of appearing be
fore the public at this smoker, and
several of the companies at the Armory
wm send fistic artists in the arena.
A great deal of rivalry exists between
the various companies and lnter-com-pany
matches will be staged.
Ji. very body Is working to make this
one of the feature smokers of the
year.- as it will give all an oppor
tunity of seeing first-class bouts and
still have a share of contributing to a
worthy cause. The management has
placed the sale of seats at 50 cents for
admission. The first come is first
served, as no reserved or ringside seats
will be had.
VANCOUVER LOSES, C9 TO 9
Stevenson Higl School Quintet Wins
Decisive Victory.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 18. (Spe
cial.) Vancouver High School basket
ball team in the first game of the sea
son here last night was overwhelmed.
29 to 9, by the Stevenson High School.
Vancouver was weak on shooting bas
kets and showed ack of practice.
ine game was piayea in. uie nign
school gymnasium and the high school
band entertained during intermissions.
The lineup follows: '
Stevenson. Position. Vancouver.
Cinder 4 F 1... Haysllp (4)
Nellor 4 K Smltb S(
Wachter (12) C Norgren
Shields' (6) . .G Ryan
Miller (2 G Terrlll
w. c. jirown, or Vancouver, was referee.
JACK WAGNER. AND EDDIE BOAT-
RIGHT OlTBOXliD AT SMOKER.
Western Amateur Athletic Clnb Pre
enta Some Lively Bouts Raleigh
Jones Easily Bests Hansen.
Vincent Monplerj of the Multnomah
Club, and Harry Groat, of the Beaver
Club,, evened the score last night at
the Western Amateur Athletic Club's
smoker by defeating the men who were
victorious over them in the recent
Armory smoker. About 400 fans saw
Monpler win a thrilling four-round
contest from Jack Wagner, and Harry
Groat defeat Eddie Boatright in the
same number of rounds.
These two matches were the stellar
attractions of the evening. Both of
the evening's victors were out to win
and Wagner and Boatright tried hard
to keep their slates of victory clean.
Ollie Hill, the clever little Im
pounder, lost a hard four-round con
test to Billie Mascott. of the Winged
M Club. Both boys fought hard and
valiantly and the decision was given
after the fourth round had gone al
most even.
Raleigh Jones, making his first ap
pearance in the ring, picked an easy
one in Hansen, of the Mohawk Club.
Two rounds were enough for the East
Sider, although he proved himself game
to the core and stood a good chance
of winning until Jones caught him on
the point cf the chin and sent him
to slumberland The K. O. was scored
in the second round.
Although Jimmy Moscow is ac
credited one of the cleverest 125
pounders in the city, he met his matefi
in Tom Byers, one of Tommy Tracy's
students of the fistic game at the
Multnomah-Club. and lost the decision
after three rounds of clever boxing.
"Safety"' Meagher, the Vancouver
scrapper, annexed another victory to
his chain of wins by walloping Elmer
Taylor, of the Western Club, in three
rounds. The boy from across the
Columbia had his shift in working or
der and there was nothing to it.
The summary follows:
90 sounds Abe Kestler defeated Sam
Gordon; three rounds.
125 nounds D. Meagher defeated Elmer
Taylor: three rounds.
125 pounds Raleigh Jones defeated Ar
thur Hansen; two rounds.
125 pounds Tom Byers defeated Jimmy
Moscow; three- rounds.
118 nounds Billie Mascott defeated Ollie
Hill; four rounds.
135 nounds Vincent Monpler defeated
Jack Wanner; four rounds.
US Dounds Lloyd Carpenter defeated
Dave Koester; three rounds.
145 nounds Harry Groat defeated Eddie
Boatright; four rounds.
PORTLAND IS TROUNCED
VANCOUVER, CARRIES OFF HOCKEY
MATCH BV S-TO-3 SCORE.
Sensational Play Marks Game of Vis
' Itora, bat Millionaires Pnt Vp
Effective Defense.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Deef 18. (Spe
cial.) In the fastest game of the Pa
cific' Coast Hockey League season to
date Vancouver beat Portland tonight
by a score of 6 to 3, and retained its
lead in the race for the championship.
Playing sensational hockey In the
first period, the Rosebuds skated rings
round the Millionaires, but the strong
defense of the Vancouver men kept
Portland's score down to two goals.
Oatman secured the first on a rebound
of a shot from Mallen, and Throop
scored the next all by his lonesome.
Vancouver came out with a lot of
ginger in the second period and put
on three straight goals while Portland
failed to score.
Two of them were registered while
Portland was a man short, Oatman be
ing benched. Cook scored the first on
a lone rush, then young McKay went
through the Rosebuds alone. Cook
went down again a little later with
Taylor and the latter scored, putting
Vancouver in the lead.
Vancouver increased its lead early
In the last period when Mallen took
a pass from Taylor and scored. Miller
was hurt a few minutes later and
Harris scored for Portland while the
Vancouver men were locking to the
referee for assistance. Portland speeded
up in this session and the period was
fast. Throop scored for Portland, but
the goal was disallowed for an off
side. Cook went through for another
Vancouver goal while Mallen was off
and then the ybungster repeated in a
quarter of a minute.
YANKEES' DliALi HASGS FIRE
Colonel Rnppert Knows What He
Wants In Baseball Purchase.
FRENCH. UCK, Ind., Dec. 18. The
1915 schedule meeting of the American
and National leagues opened here to
day. No developments were announced
In the negotiations for the sale of the
New York American League club to
Jacob Ruppert, Jr., and Captain T. L.
Huston.
Ran Johnson, Barney Dreyfus and
John Heydler devoted the greater part
of the day to considering the schedules
and tonight refused to discuss the
meeting. Johnson, -however, volun
teered the information that negotia
tions for the saleof the New Yorks
would be resumed tomorrow. Colonel
Ruppert, when- asked If he had come
to any conclusion regarding the pur
chase of the New Yorks, said:
"I shall not start with a tail-end
team and try to make a pennant-winner
out of it. I have made up my mind
what to do If it is agreed to give me
five new players and a manager. As
to the Federal League proposition, I am
not considering it at ill. If I go into
baseball it will be with the Yankees."
Ruppert said negotiations for the
sale of the club might not be concluded
until December 23..
FALLS ON HIGHWAY
ARE LOCKED IN ICE
Shooting Spray, Caught as It
Drops, Becomes Part of
Fantastic Picture.
THIN SKIM IS ON RIVER
Steamships at Night Report Float
ing Blocks in Stream Big Skat
ing Rinks Formed Get Crowds
ot Fun Makers. '
Days when the mercury is around 30
hardly appeal to the automobile tour
ist unless he Is equipped with pocket
heaters, foot warmers and similar ac
cessories. However, if any autoist
wants to see some sights of real beauty,
let him roll his car out on the Columbia
River Highway, now open to the public
Every waterfall a lung the road is an
immense pillar of ice. Every shooting
bit of. spray is seemingly caught by
Jack Frost and transfixed where it fell.
It is a sight well worth the trip and
one which likely will not occur again
for several years, as it takes at least
a week of consecutive cold days to
freeze the falls as they are now.
Multnomah. Falls Ice Mass.
Multnomah Falls- is a column of ice
from top to bottom, over which the
water still is spurting, and the column
is getting bigger every day. The small
er falls are frozen almost solid.
Near Latourell the spray has been
driven to many of the surrounding
rocks and the scene looks like a bit of
fantastic stage artistry. Many of the
trees have their load of Ice and the
whole is a composition of formations
rare for this part of Oregon.
Steamboat men arriving . late last
night reported that the Columbia in
many places is filled with floating ice
and that the mouth of the Willamette
is covered with a thin surface of ice.
Each boat that comes through has to
break its way through a new surface.
not heavy enough, however, to offer
any resistance. Some of the boats re
ported heavy drifts from up the- Co
lumbia and word from the Cascade
Locks said the locks were frozen yes
terday morning.
Lakes Are Skating Rinks.
The ice on the ponds is getting thick
er all the time. Out on "Five-Mile
Lake" is the biggest skating rink in
Portland just now. This immense, but
shallow, body of water is frozen solid
with a layer four to five inches thick.
Near the north shore it was so heavy
that It would bear the weight of a
motorcar. Hundreds of skaters have
discovered this lake and are taking ad
vantage of the fine sport offered. The
lake in parts is protected by the trees
and offers an ideal skating place. It
can be reached by taking either the
Kenton or St. Johns car.
The cold snap has set some of the
old-timers to talking. The Willamette
at Portland has frozen over on four dif
ferent dates, according to the records
of thex local weather office. The last
time was in 1890, when a thin coat of
Ice formed all the way across the river.
Thick: Freesea Recalled.
In 1888 the ice was strong enough to
bear a man's weight. That year offered
considerable inconvenience to the peo
ple oi the Northwest section of the city.
Many of the persons in that part de
pended on a ferry which formerly ran
from there to the downtown section.
Many others depended upon the row
boats to cross the river.
For several days the ice was Just
thick enough to stop navigation yet too
thin to bear the weight of the ma
rooned citizens of Albina, then an inde
pendent municipality.
Day Coldest Since 1008.
- However on both of those occasions
the cold snap was in January, and not
in six years has Portland experienced
as cold December weather as It had
yesterday. At 6 o'clock yesterday
morning the minimum temperature of
the day was recorded and the thermom
eter read 23.2 degrees. This is the cold
est day for the month since 190S.
The temperature never rose above
freezing. The warmest temperature of
the day was 31.6 degrees. In several
other cities the maximum temperature
of the day was: Baker, 22; Calgary, 16;
Spokane, 14; Walla Walla, 18, and
North Yakima, 16.
The prediction of Acting Forecaster
Theodore Drake Is a repetition of yes
terday's weather. The temperature is
expected to be about the same and the
sky will probably be clear for another
day at least. The high pressure area
over the Northwest has moved a little
to the southeast.
BAKER MERCURY 3 BEXrOW
Six Days - of Zero Temperature
Breaks All Records.
BAKER. Or.. Dec. 18. (Special.)
All existing records in Baker for con
tinued zero weather were broken to
day, when, for the fifth day in suc
cession, below-zero temperature was
experienced. The thermometer dropped
to the zero mark Monday and has gone
below that every day since. In 1909
Baker 'bad four successive days of zero
weather. The minimum today was 3.6
below zero. Wednesday it was 3.9 be
low zero. A rising barometer today
indicates more cold weather is in store,
and tonight the mercury is approach
ing the zero point.
Other temperatures In this district
today were 13 below at North Powder,
12 below at Whitney. 7 below at Aus
tin, 4 below at Prairie City and 5
above at Sumpter.
COLD THREATENS XAVIGATIOX
Mercury Six Above at The Dalles
and Locks at Cascade May Close.
THE DALLES. Or.. Dec. 18. fSne
cial.) The Dalles is shivering In the
coldest weather experienced, in three
Winters. The low spot touched by the
mercury early this morning was six
degrees above zero. Heretofore the
coldest day of the season was last Sun
day, when the minimum temperature
was 11 above.
If this severe cold weather continues
a few days longer, as is indicated, the
waterpower that operates the locks at
Cascades will freeze, thereby temporar
ily closing Columbia River navigation
between The Dalles and Portland. O,
W. R. & N. train 19, due here at 8:40
A. M., was two hours late this morn
ing on account of the cold in the moun
tains east of here.
ICE MAY ' CUT OFF FERRY
Mercury at Vancouver Is 13.5 Above
and Further Drop Likely.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec. 18. (Spe
cial.) The weather is the coldest it
has been for many years in December.
The temperature last night was 13
and that it will drop a little below that
tonight Is likely.
Ice is running in the Columbia River
and if it continues to grow heavier for
For
CHRISTMAS-NEW YEAR'S
HOLIDAY TRIPS
Hound-Trip Fares Will Be in Effect Between
Points on Oregon Electric Railway
December 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 31 and Jan. 1, 1915
Good for Return Until January 4
Between Portland and t
Albany '.$3.10 Forest Grove $1.00
Corvallas 3.50
E. Independence 2.30
Eugene 4.80
Salem 2.00
Fayetteville . . 3.60
Junction City 4.30
Proportional Fares
FAST SERVICE COMFORT CONVENIENCE
Oregon Electric Ticket Offices :
- 5th and Stark 10th and Morrison
10th and Stark Jeff erson-St. Depot
North Bank Station, 10th and Hoyt
two or three days the ferry may be
compelled to tie up until the weather
moderates.
The river Is filled with the ice where
there is a current and as far as one
can see up and down the Columbia.
ELLEXSBCRG SEES 2 4 BELOW
lakima River Is IVozen Over ancl
Power Plant Crippled. '
ELLENSBUEG, Wash.. Dec. J8. (Spe
cial.) Ellensburg has had the severest
cold spell for 10 years during the last
week. This morning, with the tempera
ture at 24 degrees below zero, the
Yakima River was frozen clear across
at the intake of the municipal electric
power ditch, making the light and
power situation worse than ever. This
is the tlrst time the river has been
frozen so solid in many years and the
first -time in December in 25 years.
There will be no electric lights in the
city before Saturday night.
City officials say the municipal water
works and auxiliary steam pumping
plant will be in operation tomorrow.
Astoria Tliermometer Keacbes 2 9.
ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 18. (Special.)
Apparently, the end of the cold snap
is nof yet in sight and last night the
thermometer at the local weather
bureau registered slightly below 29
degrees above zero, a shade lower than
on Wednesday night. This was the
coldest weather of the Winter thus far.
GEORGE SOLOMON FREED
WITH ACQl 1TTAL OP YAD1 GHIER
CONTINGENT CASES FAILS.
District Attorney Moves for Discbarge
of Mid Accused of Being Acces
sory Before Alleged Slurder.
ALBANY. Or.. Dec. 18. (Special.)
George Solomon, indicted jointly with
Vada Grier for murder in the second
degree for the killing of the woman's
husband, Frank Grier, was discharged
today following the acquittal early this
morning of Mrs. Grier.
The case against Solomon was dis
missed because of insufficiency of evi
dence to convict, inasmuch as Solomon
had had no part in the actual killing.
"Solomon was an accessory before
the fact," said District Attorney Hill
In moving for the dismissal. "Since
the jury has seen fit to decide that
there was no fact, I am compelled, re
luctantly, to move that the charge
against Solomon be dismissed."
Diplomatic Breakfast Omitted.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Secretary
Bryan announced today that the diplo
matic breakfast usually given by the
Secretary of State at his residence, oti
Cutting- Prices
WHISKIES
In bulk, $1.75 gal. up. 'Bottled iu bond,
full qt. $1, fuU pt. 50, full i2 pt. 25.
BEER
Formerly $1.25 per dozen. Now 75
per dozen, large. Delivered. Bottles ex
changed.
WINES
85 per gallon up, including sanitary
glass container.
Greatest Variety Least Prices
Rose City Importing Co.
Famous for Wines Main 6737, A 7775
134 THIRD ST., CORNER ALDER
State Agents
011 German. Haser
FREE RAPID MOTOR DELIVERY
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RAJIWBY jf
Hillsboro
.80
Quinaby 1.75
Waconda 1.60
Woodburn 1.50
Orville 2.35
Hopmere 1.70
to Other Points.
New Year's day, would be omitted this
Winter, on account of President Wil
son's recent bereavement.
FRUIT EXCHANGE TO LEAVE
Northwestern Offices Will Be 3Ioved
to Seattle on January 1.
The general offices of the Northwest
ern Fruit Exchange will be moved from
this city to Seattle on January 1.
The object of the change, it is said,
is to place the headquarters of the ex
change nearer the producing districts
of -the Wenatchee and Yakima valleys,
from where the exchange derives most
of its tonnage. The offices of Presi
dent R. H. Parsons and Counsel Wor
rall Wilson have been at Seattle.
Money
to Burn?
Then, just loosen up on a
nickel yes. a nickel
for a good, cool, mild
EL DAUQ
Cig'ar
and keep the other nickel
for another. Ten-cent
Quality for a nickel, be
cause we sell you to
bacco choice tobacco,
kept fresh by a sanitary
tin foil and tissue wrap-
Eing. exclusive with EL
ALLO. Result abet
ter smoke than most men
believe possible for S
cents. Doncha believe it?
Stake a nickel for EL
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Northwest Dixtrlbutors,
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