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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1915. 11 AUTOS READY TO GO Best Race Cars and Drivers of Northwest to Compete. THRILLING EVENTS SURE Portland Men In Contests Have Big Following Who Are Confident They Will Win Honors Ma chines Start at 2:30. When Starter C. J. Cook pives the signal to go in the Portland special, for Fortlandtowned and driven cars, at 2:S0 o'clock today, there will be at the Rose City speedway the fastest cars and crack drivers of the Pacific North west. For actual racing contests there never was assembled in this city before so many classy racing: machines and crack Northwest speed kings. Ernest Schneider, James Parsons, Frank Klliott. Harry D. Stratton, Kay Lentz, Frederick Barshy, Charles Latta, Henry North, Kay Bland and several others are the class drivers, while the local boys. William Smith, Bmmerson Keid, C. H. Bpton, F. V. Forbes and C. N. Bankhead, are amone the best of the Portland speed drivers. The work of oillngr the track was completed yesterday, putting it in jarood condition, machines being kept off the course until today, and with no more rain the track will be almost dustless and fast. Keen Content Is Prospect. Robert A. Hiller, manager of the Northwest Automobile Association, has made Rood bis word, in so far as the drivers and machines he promised are here, and it is his belief that with clear weather today the racing will be keen and close. The Portland cars, after days and niffhts of constant work, are ready, have been tried out, and their drivers feel confident of success. C. C. Clinton's Bluebird will carry the hopes of its owner, and his hosts of friends. Will lam J. Smith's Marmon is fast and will be troublesome in all the races In which it starts. F. V. Forbes, of the HowatH Auto Company, has faith in his Bulck and C. N. Bankhead, from the II. L. Keats Auto Company, believes his I'ope special will be there at the finish. Karl K. Burch's Buick, from Fred Dundee's, will have F.mmerson Keid as pilot, and C. H. Epton is to drive his own Ktoddard-Osyton. making: a Portland-owned field of racers whose chances flprure now to be about equal, and the result should be exciting' rac ing. Invents Scheduled. TTenry North, who drives Chauneey Wrishta Mercer; Charles Latta. who drives E. .1. Komano's Romano; Ernest Schneider, who drives the North Yakima car: .lames Parsons, who pilots Parsons' special, and Jack Curtis, who handles the Mercedes, all feel confident of suc cess In the 75-mile event, which is scheduled .as the last race of the day. Six events are carded for this after noon, and every one has been classified to ' produce exciting racing. H. L. Keats, Oregon representative of the American Automobile Association, and Frank C. Atwood. the referee, held a conference with the drivers and mech anicians' last night, and xave them full instructions. Absolutely no person. except the mechanicians, will be al lowed within 30 feet of the track fence on either side. And Manager Hiller will request the spectators to keep out of the danger cone, and to assist the management In keeping perfect order to prevent accidents. Mr. Keats, as rep resentative of the American Automobile Association, has the power to stop all racing if the public persists in plac ing themselves in dangerous positions, end has said that he would do so if the occasion required. TACOMA SHITS OCT ABERDEEN' Only Run of Game Is Scored Ofl Conoannon In Xintli Inning. TACOMA. Wash., April 30. Concan Tion's pitching baffled the locals today they scored the only run of the game through two bases on balls, an infield out and a hit by Stokke. "Iron Man" McGinnlty held Aberdeen to three widely-scattered hits. Score: K. H. E. Aberdeen ..0 3 2racoma . . Batteries Concannon and McGlnnity and Stevens. R. H. E. 1 6j 2 Vance; Spokane 9, Victoria 8. VICTORIA, B. C. April 30. The Spo kane Indians got off in the lead today and the Leafs never had a. chance. Vic toria struggled gamely, but Arlett tightened up under fire and had no trouble winning, 9 to 8. Score: K. If. E. R. H. E. Spokane ...9 14 lVlctorla ....8 15 2 Batteries Arlett and Brenegan; Woods, Barbara and Haworth. Seattle 2, Vancouver 3. SEATTLE, Wash., April 30. Vancou ver outbatted Seattle today and won the game, 3 to 2. The visitors got 13 hits, but fast fielding kept the score down. Score: , K. H. E. R. H. E. Vancouver .3 13 lSeattle 2 4 1 Batteries Hunt and Brottem; Bon ner and Cadman. HAKEll PICKS 12 ATHLETES Contestants for Eastern Oregon In terscliolastic Meet Chosen. BAKER. Or.. April 30. (Special.) Baker High School has selected 12 contestants for the Eastern Orego in torscholHStio meet at La Grande a week from Saturday. At least 50 pupils will accompany the athletes to the meet. Those chosen for the events are: Wallace Landieth, captain, quarter mile, discus and broad jump; Lynn Gardner, shotput and half mile; Albert I.angrell. 50-yard dash and 220-yard low hurdles; Oliver Frances. 0-yard dssti. 100-yard dash, high jump, 220 yard low hurdles and shotput; Owen Keown, high jump, 120-yard high hurdles and pole vault; Ralph Gorman, 100-yard dash. 220-yard dnsh and dis cus; I'can Swift, 120-yard high hurdles and high jump; Earl Ward, mile run; Wesley Payton. discus and quarter mile; Albert Harding. 50-yard dash, 100 yard dash and 220-yard dash; William Gardner, Javelin and mile run; Asa Wil liams, javelin. Amateur Athletics. Out-of-town frames n re wintrd by the patnvfr All-Stars for any S'liuia- In Ma and June. Write to Manager It. Rarcer. Yamhill street, for particulars. The Kast T'ortlarwt club ill play th TVaverly Caddies a pieltmiTiav sranie to the 1'iedmotit Maronn-Sellwood coiuest of the Portland City Lfaciip inmnrntv on Jhe SeM wood grounds. The openlnp match will bo started at 1 o'clock so as to be completed by a o'clock, tieil and Kei n will work for the Kst Portland Citib. a PI team rp to make tin the Pacific Te phone Pasea'.l Lfapuff, h!rh will stsrt operations next Tnesrtay afternoon. AH games will be played on the I-aet Twelfth and j:ast iiavts streets grounds, starting a o:l." o'clock in the aftfrnnnn. Tnesnayt Thursdays and Fridays have been chosen as 4nv for the garns. The next game of l? '.''-'rUand Ir.ter- Fdiolnnt ic Lcacuft till bo played next Wpdniy uCienioon vltri Columbia Uni versity opposing Washington MiRh school. The mati'h w ill be played on lh Muttromiah fi'hl. ami witl be the third contest ot toe lOl.i season. John Kennedy, well-known Jefferson HiKfi Seliool athlete, was electeil captain of the liiltt basketball team of lh st-hnttl at a meeting of the letter men. Ten students re ceived the official basketball ".1" anil only two are in line to compete next season. . . . Because of the failure rVf "Ike" Welfer to attend the Jefferson High School aga.tn. the nine is without a lender. As a result of this, Carl lynlell was chosen to head the contingent at a meeting yesterday. The next mmc of the Portland Inter scbnlastie League will be played on Mult nomah Field this afternoon. Kranklin Hisrh and Jefferson High will furnish the com batants. The Christian Brothers Business Colleice baseball team won its second game of the year Wednesday. This time it was the Con cordia College "contingent which fell before the Christian Brothers. The score was & to O. Last week the winners defeted the Washington High School, but lost to the Portland Academy earlier in the week. RlepI and Edwards worked for the Chris tian Brothers Business College nine, while Moehllng and Meyers formed the battery of the loser. ItETVRX OF KAIT KXPECTED Attorney for Outlaws Denounces v York Club Owners. . DETROIT, April 30. "Obviously the Xew York club has no respect for either the lesral or moral obligations of Kauff's contract with the Federal teag-ue club." said Edwin E. Gates, gen eral counsel for the Federal League, who is here on lefal business today. "The owners of the New York club evi dently have completely disregarded the case pending before Judsie Landis, be fore whom it is tacitly understood that matters would remain in status quo until the court rendered its decision. "We expect that the heads of organ ized baseball will order Kauft returned to Brooklyn. If they do not do so, they will find that the followers of the grame throughout the country will not stand tor such action." TRACK MEET IS POSTPONED With Snow on Ground at La Grande Athletic Sports Are Put Off. . L. GRAND K. Or.. April 30. (Spe cial.) Snow has frustrated the annual Union County track meet. Where the chalky laues should be tomorrow, there will be drifts of snow unless It thaws fast. Cancellation of the meet was de ferred in hopes that the weather would-) clear in time to permit the meet but to night the notice was given. La Grande. Cove, Union. Klgrin, Island Citv. North Powder and Imbler have been notified not to send their teams tomorrow. GLEAN-UP GRIPS STATE ILIBS OP OTHER CTTIKS REI'ORT WORK DONB TO CHAMBKR. The Dalles Already la in Renovated Garb and Cot t usee Grove Pre pares for CnmpalKUf While the Chamber of Commerce committee is carrying; forward the Portland campaign for the observance of "Clean-up and Paint-up Week," May 4-11, the movement is being- taken Tip with equal enthusiasm throughout the state and the committee here is re ceiving daily information from various other cities on the plans that they have made. Worth Harvey, secretary of the Cot tage Grove Commercial Club, yester day wrote to the Portland Chamber, saying that the club in that city has entered the movement and will go be fore the City Council to enlist munici pal aid. Clubwomen of the state, who were active in starting the movement and whose influence was largely respon sible for the proclamation of the Gov ernor calling for a clean-up week, are preparing to co-operate In the work everywhere. The Dalles Business- Men's Associa tion inaugurated a clean-up campaign a few days ago. and the result is that that city already is in its best dress to welcome the visitors who will come for the celebration of the opening of The Dalles-Celilo Canal. Physicians of the state are emphatic in their indorsement of the campaign and are lending all their assistance. One physician in a letter Just sent to a committee in charge of a clean-up campaign, outlines the effect of the work as follows: "It is much more exhilarating and encouraging to see clean, x well-kept yards and lawns, clean streets and buildings than to see dirty lawns and streets and neglected buildings. The first example is exhilarating, the sec ond depressing. In which state of mind do you do your best work? The condition of one's health under the dirty and clean conditions Is too well understood to need any comment." SHRAPNEL SUIT ACTED ON Wilson Directs Federal Inquiry Into Wisconsin Case. WASHINGTON. April 30. President Wilson today directed Attorney-General Gregory to make an investigation of the complaint filed yesterday in Mil waukiee to determine whether the Allis-Chalmers Company has entered a conspiracy with the Bethlehem Steel Company or others to ship shrapnel shells to Europe. The action is a state affair, but con tends that certain Federal statutes aro being violated. The suit was discussed at the cab inet meeting and It was understood that the conclusion was reached that in its present status the question was entirely a state one. SALMON SEASON IS. HERE Army of Fishermen Are Heady to Begin Operations Today. The salmon fishing season on the Columbia R,iver opens at noon today and already many fishermen have made preparations for that event. A total of 104S licenses for gill nets had been taken out up to noon yes terday. 211 for set nets. 2S for station ary gear and wheels and 23 for drag seines. Basing his belief on the fact that the number of licenses issued has exceeded the number at the opening of the season last year. Master Fish Warden Clanton predicted that there wotildt be an increase in the number or fishermen on the Columbia this year. Lebanon Will Clean Vp. I.SBAXON". Or.. April 30. (Special.) This city will observe Mar 4 to 11 as 'clean-up week." Mayor Oarmier has designated May 4 as clean-up day. The Vt oman s civic t Iud will have chare of the work and will be aided by the City Council In an effort to make Leb iinrn cleaner than ever before. Clean up day w-s inaugurated in Lebanon five years ago by the Civic Club and the results have ban more satisfac tory every year. The town is can vassed by members of the club and tags are sold for 10 cents each. More than half of the rnrld'a nnmilatlnn lives In the tropics of tha old world. I nder British rule alone there are more than SUCv 0H dwclicra la the tropics. . IS LET GO McCredie Gives Release Note to Little Comedian. BARNES HERE FOR PLAYERS Aberdeen Manager May Offer Jobs to Eastley and Kelgcr Mar- ' tinonl Refuses Place and . Will Go to , Oakland. Five days hence Happy Hogan will have the funny rield exclusively monop olized. In order to get in under the 18-man limit prescribed for Pacinc Coast League clubs. Portland yesterday doled out a notice of release to George Kircher, comedian outfielder, secured from Atlanta during the Winter In trade for Buddy Ryan. Kircher s antics on the ball club have been the talk of the town, and the fans will grieve to see th, little fellow with the clownish mimicry ' go the. way of the discards. "With Hillyard coming from Cleve land somebody had T.o go," explained Walter Mac. "I don't like to lose Kircher, but couldn't very well choose him in preference to my veterans, Lober, Speas and Doane. We tried to make a deal for him with the Xew Orleans club of the Southern Association, but received no answers to our telegrams. I guess the Pelicans are fully equipped with outfielders." John M. Barnes, boss of the new Aberdeen club in the Northwestern League, was a Portland visitor yester day, and it is likely that Pitchers Pat Kastley and Elmer Rieger will land with Aberdeen. - While here Mr. Barnes signed Catcher ''Butch" Byler, of the Portland club. Byler came to the Bea vers a few weeks ago from Santa Clara College, and showed great promise. Barnes offered a job to Pitcher Elmer Martinoni, another ex-Beaver, but fdartinoni turned ' a deaf ear. Marty will leave for his home at Oakland In 'a few -days and expects ' to catch on 'with San Francisco or Oakland. Pat Callahan, nifty little southpaw, sold by Portland to Spokane a few days ago, does not like the idea of oing to the Falls City. He asked Judge McCredie for an outright release yesterday, and. when informed that he had already been sold to Spokane, said he would go home to Chehalis and quit baseball. When Pat thinks it over, he likely w ill be a good southpaw and report to the 'Indians.' A youngster stands more show of ..going to the -majors from the Northwestern League than from the Pacific Coast, because the majors do not have to gamble as much money on him. LABOR SHORTAGE SERIOUS One British Firm Alone Could Fse 6000 More Mechanies. LONDON, Tuesday, April 20. (Cor respondence of the Associated Press.) How serious is the shortage of labor in tho British factories which are turning out munitions of war for tbe allied armies and navies is shown by a. visit to one of the largest of these plants, that of Armstrong-Whitworth, at New castle. 'Visitors are allowed in the works only by permit, and parts of tha establishment are then sealed to ob servers. "At this moment," said a representa tive of the firm, "we urgently need about 2000 skilled mechanics to op erate at full capacity the machinery now in this plant. We could easily use 6000." In those portions of the plant "de voted to the manufacture of shells many of the buildings are apparently working at full pressure. But there are larger buildings which are almost un occupied, with long streets of ma chinery not in use. MAN AND WIFE MURDERED Juror '.In California lloppickers' Trial 'Is Victim. MARYSVILLS. Cal., April 30. The dead bodies of Emil Picard and his wife were found today at their home, nine miles from here. Mrs. Picard was found in the house with a bullet hole in her head. Picard was killed in the barn. He was a juror in the trial of Richard Ford and Herman Suhr, Wheat land hoppickers, and it is said his life had been threatened. The authorities are, disposed to abandon the robbery theory, which they held at first frt connection with the crime, as they have found that the house was not ransacked. One hun dred dollars was found unmolested in the house and a diamond breastpin was still worn by Mrs. Picard. CALF AND BOAT SUIT ENDS Buyer of Stolen Craft Loses Baby Bovine, $5 and Damages. A calf and a motorboat, objects w"hich the court declared were as inharmoni ous as O. Henry's "Cabbages and Kings," figured prominently in a suit which was tried before Circuit Judge Davis yesterday. Albert Rhyner owned a motorboat in doubtful condition. H was stolen from him. he alleged. R. O. Harvey traded a calf and $5 "to boot'' for the boat. The thief could not be found. Rhyner sued Harvey for the boat. Harvey wanted to be paid for his calf if he turned the boat back to its original- owner. The jury decided in avor of Rhyner. allowing him the boat and $ 25 damages besides. APPEAL IS TO BE ARGUED Federal Attorney of Portland to Go V to Snn Francisco. Everett A. Johnson, assistant United States Attorney, will leave the city today for San Francisco to argue before the United ftates Circuit Court of Appeals the case of Milton A. Mil ler, Collector of Internal Revenue, against the Snake River Valley Rail way Company, which is being heard on appeal by the Government from the United States District. Court hero, where Judge ftean decided the suit in favor of the defendant. The case grew out of the protested payment of a corporation income tax bv the railway company, amounting to 8T0. MANY DAILIES FACE SUITS Mrs. tTpton Sinclair Ask Damages for Story Alleclns Arrest. ATLANTA, On.. April JO. Prrtctlcslly every daily newspaper which' a yeur KIRGHER ago printed a story alleging that Mrs. Craig Sinclair, wife of Upton Sinclair, had been arrested in New York, is being sued for damages ranging from $10,000 to $ai,000, according to indi cations in reports received here today. Suits were begun in the various cities on telegraphic requests from Mrs. Sin clair's attorneys in Mississippi. The article complained of said that Union Sinclair, his wife and sev eral other persons had been arrested in connection with a demonstration in front of the building where John D. Rockefeller had his offices. The dem onstration was said to have been in tended as a protest against alleged conditions in the Colorado coal strike region. The report said, however, that Mrs. Sinclair had been released. BRIDE TO BE LOST YEAR Beautiful Heiress Taken Home by . Parents, but Yonth May Visit. DENVER, Colo.. April 24. Cards an nouncing the wedding of Miss Louise Besley, 19, beautiful Chicago heiress, to Thomas Wesley Osborne, 24, of Den ver, will be issued soon, but Mrs. Os borne will be immediately taken back to her home in Hinsdale, 111., with her mother, and a probation wait of a year will be imposed on the nevy married elopers before the young couplo will be allowed to live together. Osborne may, however, visit his bride. This is -the mandate issued by the very wealthy Mrs. Charles Howard Bes ley, of Hinsdale, mother of the bride and wife of the late C. H. Besley, Chi cago manufacturer. According to relatives of Mrs. Bes ley, she returned to Denver with her daughter in order that arrangements for an annulment of the marriage might be agreed upon between herself and the parents of the bridegroom, but al efforts in that direction failing, the announcement of the wedding will be made. Upon a former visit here last Sum mer Miss Besley had become acquainted with young Osborne. The friendship ripened into love and the day before her departure for the East, as planned by her relatives. Miss Besley eloped with Osborne to Littleton, where the ceremony took place in the Littleton Courthouse. The bride returned to Denver, her trunk was packed and, accompanied by Miss de Mare, she was taken back to Chicago. Not to be robbed of his bride, Osborne boarded the next train to Chicago, but efforts to find his bride proved of no avail, and he returned to Denver. Mrs. Osborne is numbered among the most beautiful of Chicago heiresses, and is a member of one of Chicago's most exclusive families. WATER SOLD FOR $300 Fake Doctor Said to Have Ileeclved $500 for "Magic Fill." NEW VORK, April 25. Police au thorities aver that one of the 54 oper ators of medical museums and their as sistants arrested here In one of the most sweeping raids of alleged medi cal Impostors ever conducted in this city, has promised to appear in court and make a confession. The chief operator of the museums under arrest here is alleged by the po lice to have accumulated a fortune of mpre than $1,000,000 by operating a chain of medical offices with free mu seums as "feeders"- In New Tork, New ark. N. J., Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburg and a half a dosen other cities. A two-ounce bottle of ordinary drink ing water was sold to a woman for $300. under the pretense that' it was "radium water," and $500 was paid for a box of "magic pills," guaranteed to cure tuberculosis. Included among the prisoners is Henry J. Schierson, who was said by George W. Whiteside, attorney lor the County Medical Society, to be one of the largest operators of medical insti tutes In the L'nited States, with offices throughout the country. All the museums raided have been closed by the police pending the hear ing of the cases. Maintaining a public nuisance is the charge against most of the prisoners. WIVES SEE MEN DROWN Families Helplessly Watch Boat Smashed by Ice Floe. BAYFIELD, Wis., April 23. As their wives and children stood helpless watching with the crowd along the shore of Chequemagon Bay recently, three men were drowned from- the United States mail boat between this city and La Pointe, which was crushed by ice does. W. S. Johnson, mailcarrier between La Pointe and this city, and Russell Angus were rescued by John Wright and William Peterson. The three other occupants of the overturned boat Nels Cizens. Sr.. Clarence Wright and Charles Russell were benumbed before the rescuers reached them and perished. Four small boats were smashed by the Ice before Wright and Peterson reached Johnson and Angus. The tug Henry W. succeeded in picking up their small boat. ' The victims leave large families in La Poiute. SUBMARINES SINK TWO British Steamship Attacked Off Scotland, Trawler lu North Sea. LONDON. April 30. The British steamship . which was reported last night to have been sunk by a German submarine off the Isle of Lewes. North Scotland, was identified today as the British steamer Mobile, carrying a cargo of coal. - The Mobile's crew of 23 men was landed today. The officers said that the sinking of the Mobile occtfrred on Wednesday. The crew had 10 minutes to take to the boats. They drifted about for nine hours before they reached land. The trawler Lily Dale has been sunk by a Herman submarine in the North Sen. 76 miles off the mouth of the River Tyne. A- patrol boat picked up the crew of the trawler and then went in chase of the submarine. The submersible, however, escaped. LOSS IN OFFICERS 6227 British Casualty List Includes 1961 Killed Tims Far in War. LONDON. April 20. Correspondence of the Associated Press.) An officers' casualty list for the fortnight ended April 20 shows that the British srmy lost 46 officers killed and 110 wounded - a total of 156 during the fortnight. The casualties in only one regiment reached double - figures namely, the Royal Engineers which had three kille dand eight .wounded. Since the beginning of the war, 1961 officers have been killed. 3!)58 wounded and 73S reported missing, bringing the total up to 6227. , Lebanon Pioneers to' Gather. LEBANON, Or., April SO. Special.) Founders' day will be observed by the Woman's Civic Club by arranging a reunion of the pioneers of Lebanon and vicinity at. the C. II. Ralston home. It will be the tecond annual reunion. Blood Risings Begin A Mere Speck Stop Them From Grow ing Large and Dangerous. . Nearly ereryone who uses S. S. S. for the blood recalls a friend who went through untold suffering as the result of a mere pimple or small blood rising. A host of people did not realize, until too late, what may result from a slight skin abrasion. But they recovered If they used S. S. 8., and In almost every village and hamlet, every crossroad and away back off the road Is someone who will tell you how S. S. S.. the famous blood purifier, restored his health. It Is a most Interesting fact that this remarkable vegetable medicine over hauls the blood in a manner that ex cites curious minds. But it acts in accordance with ac cepted physiological laws and yet its effect is almost beyond comprehension to those who are wedded -to such drugs as mercury, calomel, arsenic, iodide of potash, co'pper and other baneful in fluences which all the world bears silent testimony to their destructive tendencies. S. S. S. Is Indeed a nature's tribute to whot we need and it is worthy of note that in almost any drug store throughout the country vou will find It regularly in stock. Get a bottle to day. And if you believe yours is a peculiar case, write to the Medical Adviser of The Swift Specific Co., 106 Swift Bldg.. Atlanta, Ga. Our word for !t, he Is one of Georgia's appre ciated SDeclalists. retired from active practice, but proud of bis name and of bis recognized ability. and the pioneers are looking forward with pleasure to meeting their friends of former days. C. H. Stewart, of Al bany, president of Linn County His torical Society, will be present, and will give a short talk on the work being done iy that society to preserve, the history of the county. GQRNERSTONE IS PLACED ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL CKR KMOM KS ARB KLABORATE. Maaunit Have Charjce of Programme ad City Takes Holiday Durlaic Mont of Afternoon. ALBANY, Or.. April 30. (Special.) With impressive and elaborate cere monies the cornerstone of Albany's new $50,000 Junior High School was laid today. The stone was placed by tbe Masonic fraternity. Frank J. Miller, State Railroad Commissioner, who is deputy grand master of the Masonic Grand Lodpe of Oregon, acted as errand master and Dan Johnston, master of St. Johns Lodtre, acted as deputy strand master. The officers of the local lodge filled the other positions. After the stone had been formally placed talks were made by E. F. Carle ton, Assistant State Superintendent of Public Instruction: I M. Curl, Mayor of Albany; C. V. Boettlcher. superin tendent of tho Albany public schools; J. K. WeatherVord. of the Albany School Board, and Dr. W. H. Lee. of the faculty of Albany College. Alfred C. Schmltt, chairman of the local School Board, presided. All of the pupils of the city schools attended. The Albany Hitch School hand and the public school drum corps furnished music. Incident to the layinff of the corner stone Mayor Curl declared a local holi day from 2 until 4 o'clock . tnd hun dreds of people attended the cere monies. The new building is beinar erected at Ninth and Lyon streets The walls of the structure are almost complete now. This building replaces the old Central Public School, the site of which was old to the city for a City Hall site, and will be ued also as a Junior HUch School. It is erected entirely of brick and is of modern construction. SUFFRAGE BEQUEST LOSING Litigation Over Mrs. Islle's Will Is Given as Cause. NEW TORK. April 21. Less than $1,000,000 may remain for the cause of woman suffrage when all the litigation over the wirt of Mrs. Frank Leslie Is ended. Settlements have been made with some of her relatives who were men tioned as legatees for small amounts In her will and contested. Negotiations are pending- with others. In every case thus far settled the contestants received generous sums. It is understood. Mrs. Leslie left $l,8o0,00u. . Bend Crops Damaged Slightly. BEND, Or., April 30. (Special.) The unusually cold weather of the past two davs has damasred crops in this sec tion slightly. Preceding; the unexpect ed drop in temperature there were sev eral warm days and a thoroueh ratti had broutrht early vegetables and mall 12,000 SEATS FOR SPECTATORS $2.00 RACING FOR 50 ADMISSION AUTO RECORDS SMASHED THE FASTEST CARS ON PACIFIC COAST Rose City ark Cars to Gate of Speedway Track V Wh, " I have to spike for peed on the held ; tor com fort on unyiddinfr uciewallcs and m pavements I use Cat Paw Rubber Heel. They're 1 fsi$ M That Foster Friction Plug Prevents Slipping It stands between million of people and dangerous, slippery sidewalks. It makes Cat's Paw Heels wear longer because placed right where the jar and wear comes. If you gave us your own specifications to produce for you a pair of custom made heels to your indi vidual order, we couldn't make a heel more satis factory in every way than the pair of Cat's Paw Cushion Rubber Heels you get from any dealer or repair man for only 50c black The name is easy to remember. The heels are easy to find. There are no holes to track mud and dirt. Yet they cost no more than the ordinary kind. Better get a pair today. FOSTER RUBEER COMPANY Io you have weik irchei? Then you need the 1 oster Orthopedic Heel which frives that extra support where needed. Especially valuable to poiicemen, nm tormen, conductors, floor walkers and all who are on their leet a (treat deal. 75c attached of your dealer 105 Federal Street, Bestoa, Mass. On'f-inntvrs mnj mtmtrrt rf tU Fatter ceipt of 60c. and outline of your neei. fruits to a point where they were mot nupceptihle to cold. In Fonio ch:. a I falfa. which had developed shead of the season, will have to he flipped for a new utart. The wheat i not far enough advanced to be injured. DAMAGE BASIS IS SOUGHT Kailroads Ask Court's Aid In 'lv lnr IteMitiition to Shippers. WASHINGTON. April P.O. The Su preme Court was asked by transconti nental railroads tooay to review a miit in which they are parties In order "to determine for the commercial world the proper measure of damais due ship pers for excess freijrht rates." The suit was started In the Sixth United States Circuit Court of Appeals by a lumber company ajcAlnst the Southern Pacific and other railroads. MR. F0SS PLUNGES. WINS Ki-(;ovcrnor Makes $."00,0n0 In Rising Stock Market. BOSTON. April 24. Knsene Xohle Fobs, three times Governor of MtHsa chusetts. Iouk known as a shrewd i.pec ulator. lias been on the rifrht tide of the recent phenomenal rising market, and Is said to have cleaned up between $4n0.000 and $500,000. accoidinsr m cur Brasf ield & Forges Quality Clothes and Hats Open for Business Today at their new location Morrison and Fourth Streets North-East Comer ROSE CITY Sun! MAY 1 2:30 P. M. AUTO RACES SPEED KINGS OF NORTHWEST 6 Actual Racing Contests 6 Admission SOc Grandstand and Automobiles 25c Extra CUSHION i RUBBER HEELS .,i;i: An and expect in a rubber heel ? Comfort, surely the result of rubber of real resiliency the kind of rubber that you can rely upon for great durability. Then again you want safety positive pro tection against slipping on wet sidewalks and icy surfaces. or tan. rent reports in State street and politi cal circles. Politicians see In his bis; winning the reason why 1'oss lias pra tically decided to take another plunge in the political arena, this time as a candidate for the Republican nomination on the prohi bition issue. When he Is fltijh. the puis" say. he has never hesitated to dabble in politics. Mr. Fobs said that all his Mock tran sactions are entirely prlvat-. "The public s ii"t interested In tvis mat ter," he said. GRAND DUKE IS NOT ILL iVtroarail Of nlnll lei..c Humor (iiuTrniiiix .Nicliolaw. WASil INGTON", April The Kas Klan AnribaH;ul(ir today i ere I ved tlie following cablegram from 'lie Minister of Wreln Affair in 1'eiroKrad: "i'leane contradict, mopt cateitori Cfllly, fal.o report hp rend by 1 he j'r man pre, Hccordinic to whh tio Oiauil Duke Nicholas wan raid to b ill. The Grand I Hike oinmnor-.n-chlcf In in perfect health and has ben Ai-rompa ryinr hi a majesty. the Krnperor, in hl recent vim to .!! icla." A FnrinrfleM fMn.) man took ut hom M h1 pap. i b t h o: lier lv on an ft-iu i trnct of .Mint 1!0 milw from that ii v, fore a tpi ii'C t t n i ml off . lor ihf j m pfip h HikoiI tl entire i it r- nrt l.mk In orrl.r to itt the pf-perty. Whn ha tt hj-l he it a ri Jut mn-y r-nrtugti to pa y 1 or M" lantt an1 ovt t'" n'-iarv fr--. SPEEDWAY SHARP Commencing at 12:30 P. M. &2