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Till. SrORXING OREGOXIA.V. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY D. 1916. 11 WATERS SWEEP INTO EAST PENDLETON I:c Jam in M.Urace Causes Home to Be Flooded and Plant to Shut Down. FLOOD NOW IS NOT FEARED t maiilla t:-r t Ittitvrv. bl No . l'e,rra. and Pllo4 IV.. Proal llrtar lo Iha-lr llaiw. rm lean flkvlt Tatatlla. rr.M'I.KT,'N. r . I'". . pcit an i lr "le damage - rt.n In lbI .( ml of l'nJ!-toi thi xfl" w) th '.yp mflir. bto;kl ty a fcfm. rf1 1. purlB w-r Jo tnta IT flt bOH'l lb tall r"4 lra-a. Tn hnumm of N. Jo fiu-4 arwi at f Mriltar 4mact Th. fa.fltoi Koit.r Mi:i wr f-..-. ta H ) fr a lima until t pc r rIArJ of Ico. Wkfh ro.ri-r tior r.4l4 f"r ioo'ht lo . k Iho ml( of f" nw. Ih pMm ti &o ra irrrmvltAt flcoH dJkftC' i l'n. Th I mlilla R ill l rfTlfi a rncxi or fpm. na hil ia' thaa T.fr'i. I f' ftora a itrtro'i tont. i'iio r..-it psio h if mtr lsfn xt.4T frin a floi4 km r-ejr-t. 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CorvaUi baa ha lt-oattnut4 oa ar 'count of tha hik atr. .ia'aral laa4 a "4 mwi m 14' atone : -i n i:tm-t:-ra-lfu- ka rau4 ' pniiiD af arvk-a on tbal ra4 for rroablT lb rl of th k. TS . aarvv wa fti ontlnuo.1 yaatr4a)r. aa4 : lc I ipr4 that It oill al la( tr or four 4 bfr lb lra ka ' clari. AvIJ. WAU- TltW .OlH OH TmiVr Weather IUII Mrllinx ol ! saota. ha I ttrtnc Ilaia). - ITiLU W.vLiJa. "k, f o-iai. Tb Ibaar csatina4 t a-4T a a 4a.ao bat boa rPrt4 yt. iloalar ar;br lonihl cbk4 lb 'liia- wn-hi. but it'broucM rata 'wits It Th boa'T blank! of 'r th ly ta anUMnr .ka.itbar ;i hour of Ibaar ari:i bin to. rr.a in a!r front lha rew a r i-aa itr I p-t4 aai a fro 9 omw Hffm frcn tb moua . n aro mu44r. bat b ' act r ia a a . lata aifbb ili:it At;tx powr.lt Tnapnnn mVe Iln-a for Indaa- trir-a Ar rlahluhrd. X NiirIT!,'.fl. TTh . rV tL ap- rial) Tba i'it4iM l:.'r rta lai urM Xt d.rloj U p-al sccm: on Montgomery drive '1 da- an4 U flld of Iro ar f'oat ln down l.na ara up yt lo Cap- Horn. an4 i rixrt baa hn r cri4 from tb Taboma. Th farry baa ma4 tb trlp aa uul In-lay. aa4 trtrara from t fcrrr lo lh rarbarna bacaa op ratine about anon. aftr mi.r day I4la. Tb Capitol Mill carlln ma bo pn4 la a tr or ox lor Una arr fkut up kr lb Port kaa4 llllra. U.M A Power Company o4y a4 powar waa furniah4 for the li induatrl' In aral ditrl.t. .!( nuiioii uitciis kim; im- ItanatM-a A r I kaidrtl an J Mliln Art" llriurtrd. H'NI KM. Wa.b, b. k 1 .1 prclaL ) With h anow In lb loaer dtalrlrta moitine rapl'llr un4r a claadir and br doanpour of rain, a-rompanird bit aa rat wind, a I iif'mi of th l.raj Harbor duirKt ara al tloo4ala 4 immi of litem ara out of tnir bank ar4 tiit rlm rapidly. Tbua fr lb dam baa baaa n.:i. hon orri fio-jir. of raark laa.t la In vai'ay airaafy baa aorurr-. Vo irriiu. iita alona lb railwafa ba b n rprt4. altbouc. mih.i rniBor IiIa ca1 iwni daiaf lo fral f.. A mH4r oa tb Netbrn Panfl I:ro r lb baarb dlay4 train, but w a rl-ar4 darma I day. aVna I a'tlaa ha o---urra4 oa th l-.-W. IC A . ino la Caniraiia. but panr train. ar lalitlx. b'raishl Iraftli baa bara rra-ttcaLlT annulkd for a w.L Talasrarb 11 fhuB linoa ar doa ta ' dir.- lion of 1 1 '- a llafrt b' I'-imptulip Kle I out of hank and ka f.o.Jl a Ursa area. Th i!ifci' II a la andae watar f ..r wo nill and traffic I borfe4. Lata in i aftoenooa lb llumptutip on rlin rapidly. Th I'nahalt I raf..rta out of It banba all of lh wa- from tha al en4 of Ifta ra'iMr to lira. Ilarbnr and in I ri'ina fapHif. Th U ynoo-h and bat. ar at do-l etas and rl:ee tia.li!-. Tront II llurnplullpa ritr osib dialrtrt. mil aorta of I lo f.jta'n. no waa rport4 fallinff al aon Tbara la till tao f't of enow In lb timbr lhr. ikmi iiivi:r kmiw m:i.tiU o tear IrU rl 0rr Ill-Ins ft ( olomMa Hallway Tlrd I p. i. f fttVlttl. Or, - ( Xpv riaL t Tb no I maltlne lowlj hra. Thar la rn Imminanl daneea fron flood lama( Alt tram are in d'p ranron and e.n thould they .-h flood tai rvo 'Hom rull nul l an. i Th llood llieer. parauaa of th wtfte. of th rurranl. did Hot freai sirr and power rompanle bar ar rf ep-tlnc ereal froubt. Th Colombia l rilne rapidly. lr com ap more than two feel ir.ro tb ri.ld wa wa broken Jloti dae mornin-. Tb rhanncl of ibe aam i. rlaarine rapidly, and It I tboucht that th Howl Hier- hlie Kalrron farrr aytem will rumo lt a.ual -hdula tomorrow, Tha Moonl Hood Hallway Company la tlil tied up bvau of hay drift In ruta. snow Alone t ow III I Mrldns. (II Kit AM.. Wa.h. Teb (."peclaL) t. Cunnineham. of Centralla. I aa reaicned aa. County Attorney of Iwla County, and C. A. Mudebaker. of Cba- ha.t. haa bn oameO by tha I ouoty romml.lonr to a'irread him. H. K. I-onoho. of Cbehali. who baa been daputy und.r Mr. Curnmebam. alo haa re.lened. belne ueeeded by ar- rrn Crtrnra. or t entraiia. I-wl platrtrt Ailornrjr ltea-;na. KKIjmI. Wa.h. Keb. f.peclal.) Th now rapidly la dlaappearlnc In IM iclnity txfora a warro rhlnook tnd. Utta rain baa fallen and email arrrrhau.ioo I felt that a bad flood ill reault. Th CowliK Hirer and tributary eiream ar ruinc rapidly, but oa bleb watar la ei parted Train arvlr a belne b4 up by slides. MISSOURI 4SCOTTY,, DEAD With Only Dim Xfl. "BlC mil" WrM Cb-a In Itla Oieri." J' I MS. Vo. Feb. J. Tha body of -Hi Hill " wt. th "Wath alley otlv" of th Jflin ditrlrt. waa found a.ar lh out.kirta of town lata ytrda. Tb pollca bell be com mitted autcltla. .t mad I :. la aetllnc mm a abort ttm ( and pat tba moay. lther mm la kla poaloo want tba arno rout. la Alaaka Wet mad l.0 ana earn bar to r-and hi money. wk aeo lb rr.ln.r had l-'Vv. bat only a dim waa found en hie body. Ci.llrl.ro Imallrd. Judc. "li doa.i.1 lib my rooklne." aobbed b tbrae-montba brid. a tear on br loae laaba. 1 Juat know h iorin t o. thr. - bat make you think aoT hr mother a.4. "Haa ha aald ha don t ta your eooklaer -No-oo. atammr4 tka brld. -Nonn. rand It ift your Imae- I nation. I f:t tbr wa no baala Thar.' la a b !." lh brll lnUl earfiUr. l bad nova reoklnai tb lovaiia.t thine for Mm for about two waaka and hn h t'.ld ma h had 4- r.4'4 lo b-"m a raw food fadliat . ... , - D-b -o oo where earth slide threatens to carry out street and house; ,;va -i1 V i i f .' i - . " . "-- S I 1 ' i J - - - . -l ' ' I C ' 1 V' V''-' V - -fv". v VI Hi:inM(i: op a. d. ohki as it iTtMit EARTH SLIDES BAD Considerable Damage Done on Heights West of City. FINE RESIDENCE IN PATH Home of .. D. Morrl. S3! Mont eomrrjr lrlr. Thrralrned and IVarnr ICoad Illo-l.rd Vlala Airnnr Wall Dant-rou. Klood water in tha hrlebte wat of tba rit rauand br tba ceneral thaw anj h rlocelnc of ralch bln etart ed mora tr'ef for lh city elerdy In lb form of earth elide. A eerie of Itdes did -onidrrabla damac and mora !lra resulta threaten. The City Council mad a hurried trip oer th erouno yeterly and put men to work at one. On Monteomery I'rlve. at a point a litlta beyorxt Mrtla atreat. n Immenaa Uda carried bunoreda of tona of mud. dirt, rr-rh and treea aeeeral hundred fae duan Into a eul.h and la threaten. Inc now lo carry away th beautiful reaidanr ol A. I'. Norrl. at HI Monl eomary f.riv. Itarnea ltoa4 la blork4 br a !4 whr lb Klnea Heiehta rare turn at the wt end of Waaiiine- ton Park: a arloua eltda la threaienine near tb Viata avnua wall and traffic la In aarloua danerr a llttla north of tbla point by a alida which already has reached tha edge of lb car traces in the sir! and la threaienine to tumble a aaj-ioa of trees off tha bank Into the street. on Terwll'leer boulevard an Im irtan amount of mud and dirt went out at the head of Hamilton avenue. It aid no damac to th boulevard ex cept lo carry away th dirt to th cde of ta pavement. Th nJe of the pavement In one place projects over a creclnlc :a or Zi feet In heieht. Mud from th slide went down Into the rulch hundreds of feet, carrylnit out trees and brush In a wMo pa'.h. Mar Mldea Probable. On Monteomery Prlva lh ble slide ocrurred about t o'clock yesterday moraine. It look out lha dirt up to the Very rdce of the eirlre. Mora slides r probable at this po'n- Th Coun cil. In maklne an amlnatlon. found that tl' homo of A. I'. Norrl waa In dancer, a crack In the overhanclne earth leadine up to tha foundation of tha house. Commissioner tneok. upon advl.- of th Council, advised Mrs. Norrls to move out. Tha Council Instructed Commissioner Pleck to turn hla entire force, loose on the slides at once, appropriation of the nrceasary money heme plc-deed. utile could be don at th Monteomery Irlve M4 oxcept to die drains for th water and prop up th earth that was threat enlne lo slide out. At tha Barnes Road slid a tempo rary plank road waa started around the e-dee of the road. Thla necessitated tha tearlne out of soma sheds on pel vat property. Traffic on tha road was blocked alt momlne. Only on ht.1 eot throueh. This wa a lleht waeon. tha driver of which eot throueh bv drivlne over a -course that looked Impassable. On Vista avenue, workmen. In addi tion to rlearlnaT away aa much of the sllda as possible, tied up th overhane Ine treea eo that If they fell they would not topple Into th street. ' l.laaloa Read Blocked. An Immansa sllda of earth on the north side of Thurman street swept down and blocked Llnnton road for a distance of about 209 feet. The slide threatened to take out part of Thur man street. Workmen ara doing every. thine possible lo block IL Part of Klret street, near Orover tre.t. In Sooth Portland went out with a slid which started beneath th road. Th street waa taken out about half war across. Commissioner mck will ask the Coun.il today to appropriate lttOO to handle tha slides. He will also ask for tha passaea of an emereency ordinance calllne for bid for tha construction of aa undereround drain of tha "French typ to protect Monteomery drlv at a point near Myrtle street where th road and aurroundlne property la In Sanger. FLOOD FEAR IS INCREASED I'onflnned Vrn f l't r Ing submerged. Aa all freigbt and other property had been removed from th lower dork Monday, no damage re sulted. On other dork along tha West Slda preparations wer made to pro tect goods, and soma of tha steamboat offlcea shifted lo th uppr lvela yes terday. Atnaworth dock. whr th "Big T. re" ! berth, la under water hen th gauge shews 17 ft above tarn, so tha lower deck of that dock will have to b abondoned tomorrow. Other steamship docks would surrer at that la bat tnuatcinal dock No. J. pi I III. ' "r : - . J Toutv. I will not b covered until the 19-foot stae la reached. Correal !arce af Traable. Tha unusually strona; current run ning; la a source of trouble. Three houseboats came downstream yester day to Join th "boathouse of Dorr E. Keasey. which made a spectacular trip Monday night and damaged vessel and floats, belne finally lodKtrd against a breakwater at the head of Swan Island, one side being torn away. The houseboat of Dr. Benson cam down yesterday moraine and piled up on the beai h north of the Portland Flouring Mills Company's plant, badly damaged, whll another houseboat passed throueh the harbor and landed against lh !t. Johns bridge. Danger of piling being carried away al the fool of Oak street, where the Port of Portland launch-house Is Io cs led. resulted In a decision to shift the building today to rUark street, where It will be moored Inside of the Harbor Patrol station. Harbormaster Hpoler notified masters of river vessels yeeterday that Oredge No. . of the Columbia Digger Com pany's fleet, which turned over on the west side of Kobm Island last week, waa now completely submerged and Is lying from ISO to 30") feet off tha Is land and about In range with the lower dock of the Multnomah Lumber Ac Box Comp.vy. I.te Readlaca Olvew. Special reading mad ut 5 P. M. yeslerdsy. showing changes al various points since the preceding readings at S o'clock la tha morning, wero as follows: Ktooa ItsM. Che-. Katnri leei. SAM. 2 lir . t'i .1 i "0 . 1 -. I . i. 1 1 a -I ." . ;n -' .". . ,.i in .-. I . . : -i i . :m . i . us .15 12 4.T . . .... . I.-. 12 - l .14 Htallona Tha laii . iBrniil rr . Al in J.r'.nwn .... McV.nnvlila . Tua.atln . . . . Orrinn City.. raiad.ro .... 1'ort.and . . . coos county rinWDS iikckpe Srenlyr'le Feel of Ixigginsr Track la Wafhcd Away. MAR.-dlFlELP. Or, Feb. 8. Spe clal.) Floods are receding In all parts of Coos County today, and the weather Is warm and Springlike. The Southern Pacific tracka are still under water be tween Coaledoand Conullle and toward Myrtle Point, and train service will not be resumed for two or three days. No mail has arrived from the interior in two days. A large landslide at Sugar Loaf Mountain, between Myrtle Point and Fridge, blocked tha county road for two day. Little damage was reported from the flood In the Coqullle alley. Seventy-flv feet of track was washed out on the Smith-Powers Railroad at Baker Creek WORST IS OVF.It AT ALBANY III 'li Point of Itlver 2S.2 I'eet. but No Damage Iteported. ALBANT. Or.. Feb. . (Special.) Th crest of th Willamette River flood passed Albany late tonight, with the river registering IS.2 feet. No serious damage has yet been reported aa the result of the high water, although .all tha lowlands of the county are lnun dated and some bridges are washing rather heavily. Two rural mailcarrlers were held In th cltv todav bv the high water. It Be Ing Impossible to cross the river from bars into lienton County. The Corvallis &. Eastern Railroad is th only path now open from this city to Corvallis. GOPHEUS AND MOLES DYING a Independence Has Clear Weather but f lood in Impending. INDEPENDENCE. Or.. Feb. 8. (Spe cial.) The low landa surrounding this city ara under water, and the river is rising about three Inches an hour. Those living In the bottoms are mov ing to the uplands. Stock is being brouaht out. and Indications are th we will have an old-fashioned flood. Th snow is all gone here, the weauier la clear, and the sun la shining. Many gophera and moles have been drowned, and othera are killed aa they swim to high land. Rabbits are scur rying for the high ground. Cottage Grove Danger Passes. COTTAGE GROVE. Or, Feb. I. (Special.) With the receding of all streams and the cessation or ram an danger of flood here ha passed. Thera wa no water to Inconvenience resident of the city, except that which fell In the city and which the sewer were unable lo carry off. Travel on country road surrounding here was stopped in many places by high water. Indian Appropriations Agreed To. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb, t. The House of Kepre- aentatlvea today agred to all the Wash ington Items In tho Indian appropria tion bill. Including $200,000 to continue work on th Yakima Irrigation project. ISO. 000 for the Cuahman Indian school t Tacoma. and iw.uvw lor ine auppori of the CoHlllea. PATRICK IS WILLING TO PERMIT SERIES If Uncle Sams Win Coast Title President Will Indorse Big Games. EASTERN MEN MAY REFUSE Difference In Time of End of Sched ule. in West and East Is Possi ble Stumbling Block to Stanley Cup Play. At Partlaad First period! Portland 1. Vancouver o. At Portland Seeoad period i Total seem Partlaad 1. Vancouver 0. At Seattle First period: Seattle 4, Victoria 1. Should Portland win the 1915-H championship of th Pacific Coast Ice Hockey Association It is" unlikely that President Frank Patrick, of the league, will raise any objections to the Unci Sams' competing for the world's ice hockey title. Huch Is the Intimation of President Patrick, who was with the Vancouver Millionaires in Portland last night. "It la not possible at present to make any definite fans as to the world's title for this season," said President Patrick last night while at the Portland Ice Hippodrome. "As you know, our schedule ends on February 23, while the Kastern league is going on for three weoSs longer. "Each team in the National Hockey Association has 24 games to play this season, and at present the squaas are well bunched. The way things look now Ottawa and Quebec seem to be going at top speed, with the Wanderers, of Montreal, rushing things, too. "Not until a septet is mathematically out of the race is it possible to figure on a winner. Our contracts with the players in the Pacific Coast circuit come to a close the end of this month and to keep the athletes new contracts will have to bo drawn. "We are not on friendly relations with one or two teams of the Eastern league, and should either one win out which does not seem likely now. there is no telling what will happen. Ottawa and Quebec play on natural ice, and it Is getting late In the season to depend on natural ice lakes. Regardless of who wins the pennant, no games could be started until after March .'0. "Manager Savage, of the Portland Uncle Sams, haa been in communica tion with me regarding a possible world's series should his team capture nrst honors out here. At present the Stanley cup. symbolic of the world's championship, rests safely in Vancou ver, B. C. but In all probability it will be turned over to the Stanley cup trustees soon after our season is over the latter part of this month." Because of the unsettled conditions In Canada no action has been taken by President Patrick to secure any amateurs for next seasons play. BY BILLY EVANS, American League Umpire. mUERE is nothing that pleases the J. baseball enthusiast more than i home run by one of his favorite play ers. Such a hit is all the more satis fylng If it comes with a couple of runners on the bases and two or three runa needed to win the game. It is a great climax for any game, although to a certain portion of the crowd it is also a dire tragedy. a All major league fences or stands are at least 233 feet from the home plate. This Is the regulation distance. A fair batted ball that goes over the fence or into the stands, which conform to the proper distance, supposedly entitles the batsman to a home run. That is what one would Judge from reading section 2 of rule 48. which relates to balls that are batted outside the grounds. The first section of this rule places i entirely different Interpretation on the second section. It says: "When a batted ball passes outside the grounds or into a stand the umpire shall decide It fair or foul according to where It disappears from the umpires view. That is a rule that is not relished by players. They Insist, and with much logic that any player who haa the power to bat a ball over the fence, and that the ball was fair when it passed out of playing territory, should be en titled to a home run. regardless of what happened to the ball after it left the lnclosure. Several years ago, when the Wash Ineton club was pushing the Athletics bard for the American League honors. such a play came up in a series at Washington. The game waa a most lmnortant one. At one stage it seemed that a drive by Frank Baker had won the game for the Athletics, but, unfor tunately. Baker hit the ball too nam When it got ready to come down and pasa out of view it had passed slightly into foul territory. The peculiar play came up late in the game, the elgntn inning n my memory serves me correctly, in wasningion club at the time had a two-run lead. In the first of the eighth the Athletics. after two were out, got two runners on. with the slugging Frank Baker up. The hard-hitting Baker got one to his liking, met It squarely on the nose and drove the ball far over the right-field fence. At that time the right-field wall waa much shorter than It is at present. Ithough It was then a greater dis tance than regulation irom ine piaie. Frank Baker has always been a Wash ington Jinx. He has beaten the Nation- Is oftener by his Daiung man me efforts of all the other players com bined. I waa umpiring the bases in the earn that afternoon. As the ball wa clearing the fence It seemed to do so by a hundred feet and appeared to be at least 25 feet rair. A rainy nign wind was blowing that afternoon. The high wind proved the trouble maker. Aa Baker rounded first base at full speed I told him to take bis time, that tha ball was a mile over me ience. ne slowed up and began to trot around the bases. A few seconds later i giancca in the direction of the plate. Five or six athletes of both teams were congre gated around the umpire, watching carefully the course of the ball. Then all of a sudden 1 saw ine umpire-iu- chief wave the ball foul and so declare it. There was a long protest, of course, but the umpire was powerless to act other than he did. He freely admitted that when the ball passed outside the lnclosure it was fair by a big margin. It waa a mighty drive, however, and the wind and the curve which a good many balls take when hit properly caused the course of the ball to so change that when it finally disap peared from the umpire's view it was foul by a scant margin. Connie Made, famous manager of the Athletics, seldom comments one way or the other on the happenings of the game. Naturally, he is often disap pointed at things which come up, but he rarely voices his feelings. Failure of Baker's mighty swat to remain in fair territory until It disappeared fro the umpire's view lost the ball game. The next day I was working balls and strikes, and, prior to the start of the game, I had occasion to go over to the Athletic bench to get some Information relative to a change in the batting order. "How far foul was Baker's hit In yesterday's game?" asked Connie. "The plate umpire tells me that seemed a matter of inches when it finally disappeared from view. "It was fair by a pretty good margin when it went over the fence, re marked Connie. "The umpire tells me that It seemed to be at least 25 feet fair and going up when it cleared the wall," I replied. "It seems as if that rule might be changed a bit," was Connie's final and only comment. There are a great many people who believe that a player who is fortunate enough to hit a ball over the fence should be entitled to a home run If the ball is fair when it leaves the playing lnclosure. regardless of what course it may take later. BEAVERS AFTER EX-FEDS M'PRF.DIE TO PUT IN BIDS FOR CHAD, BERRY AND KRAPP. Deal Oa for Sale f Stnmpf and for Pnrehaae of Southpaw Agree ments for St. Lamia Men Here. Although he announced . some time a err thai PAH Ann WDUIU l'"11" Gene Kra.PP and Claude Berry, even though released by the Federal League. Walter McCredie is thinning seriously of putting in bids for them if they are freed from their present owners. "I don't know but what Berry -would be preferable to one of my present catching corps." said he. "He is al ways in condition to catch. Krapp s arm la said to ne in oau " ir that Is true I do not want him When he is right, though. Gene is good ennueh for this league." McCredie will claim Chester cnaa- bourne. another Jumper, if ChadOourne is released bv the Feds. He announced this some time ago. Chad was in the outfield for the Beavers back in 191 and 1913. Berry batted .1J3 last year t Pittsburg. Chadbourne tiatted .-'4 and Krann won nine and lost 13 lor Buffalo. a There are still two deals in tho mind of the local owners of the Pacific Coast Iairiie team. One is for the aisposi tion of Bill Stumpf and the other is tr ipntr. :i big left-handed pitcher. Walter McCredie has offered siumpi to every club in the Coast circuit. either by trade or for sale. He seems in he soured on StumpI, wno is saiu to be rather careless in his actions. The McCredies h.-.ve a couple or deals on for him. however, ana may cloe one of them within a few days. If he Is not traded. Walt McCredie will use the big Dutchman at third base. The present personel of the Beaver crew Includes oniy one txpcnrntru port-sider. Johnny Lush. The Port land club carried three veteran left handers last' year. Lush, Evans and Krause, and will undoubtedly have two before the 1916 curtain raises. Walter McCredie intimated yesterday that he may sign some California col- egian, who has the reputation or De ng a promising soutnpaw. tie re fused to divulge his name, however. a a The official sales agreement for Socondbaseman Bobby Vaughn ana 'ltcher Allen Sothorm arrlvea yester day. Also a telegram from sotnoron .iskinc- for terms and particulars. Judge McCredie forwarded the infor mation to Kothoron immediately, and believes that the terms will be satis factory. Sothoron is at present in Pittsburg. Vaughn and Sothoron are coming here from the St. Louis Amer icans. A Belated Vindication. Christian Herald. The Tersians of the time of Cyrus were Zoroastrians. The Persian religion was primitively monotheistic and they allowed lo idols or ctner material sym bols of heity .in their temples, mere was less enmity on the part of the Jews igalnst the Persians than against he other great nations with w nom they came in contact, aue prooaDiy 10 the monotheism which characterized the Tersian religion. So Cyrus, what ever else may be said of him, was cer- ainly not an Idolator. Los Aoge and return from Portland Six Months Return Limit Stopovers at Pleasure On Sale Daily All rail route. Valley or Coast line between San Fran cisco and Los Angeles. 4 Daily Trains Portland to San Francisco. Through standard and tourist sleeping cars, diners. Observation cars on limited trains. 'The Road of a Thousand Wonders ' ML Shasta Lassen Peak Mt. Tamalpais Cow Creek, Rogue River and Sacramento Canyons Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Co. Beaches Yosemite Valley, Bakersfield Oil Fields and Orange Empire Information at City Ticket Office, corner 6th and Oak streets; Union Depot, or East Morrison-street Station. Phones: Broadway 2760, A 6704. John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent Southern Pacific WILLARD TO FIGHT 8 Boxers to Get $70,000, Big gest Purse Ever Offered for Ten-Round Bout. GARDEN TO BE ENLARGED Date Set Forward Because Madi son Square Pavilion Is Engaged. Seats to Be Built for 13,000 Persons Prices to Be High. NEW YORK, Feb. S Jess Wlllard, world's heavyweight champion, and Frank Moran will meet in a 10-round bout at Madison-Square Garden here on March 8 for a purse of $70,000. it was announced tonight by Tex Rlckard. promoter of the match. The date originally agreed on was March 17, but it was changed because Madison-Square Garden, the only avail able place for holding the match here, previously had been engaged for that date. Rickard said tonight that the board of directors of the garden had agreed to accept $7300 for its use, with no percentages. While a tentative agreement already had been signed for the bout between Tom Jones, manager for Willard. and Ike Dorgan, representing Moran. Rlck ard announced that Jones and Dorgan would me!t again tomorrow to sign the final articles. Willard's Share 47,."0. The purse, which is the second largest ever offered for a match, stands as originally agreed upon at $60,000, with a $10,000 bonus. Willard's share will be $47,500 and Moran's $22,500. Seats will be constructed, according to Rickard. to accommodate 13,000 per sons. Prices will range from $50 for boxes near the ringside to $3 for rear seats. As near as could be possible to estimate at this time, this will mean that the promoters will receive an average of $9 a seat, provided the gar den is tilled to capacity. More Seats to Be Installed. Sporting experts tonight estimated that the total receipts would have to be in the neighborhood of $120,000 to return a profit. In addition to tho purse, bonus and rental of the garden, . o. nf 7ii. ncr cent of the gross re ceipts must'be paid to the state under It is said portions of the main floor of the garden will be built up on an incline to pernlft the larger seating capacity. Ordinarily the garden will seat about 10,000 persons. Whether there, will be any preiimi- . . i : . 1 . ,1 tinraffi naries has not oeen ueciueu. said the referee and stakeholder prob ably would be named tomorrow. The offer of so large a purse ior .i 10-round bout has caused much specu lation among the sporting fraternity here. The onlv other flvjure toppins this one was that of $101,000 with a $20 000 bonus, also made by Rickard. for tho Johnson-Jeffries fight at Reno, Nev. JAPAN'S RULE .IS FAVORED Let ller Have Isles, Says Senator Who Proposes Independence. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, author or ine Phlllonines bill amendment providing for the independence of the islands In from two to four years, asserted nis willingness to have Japan ultimately take over the control of- the islands. Japan, he said, had accomplished much for Korea and because of racial similarity should do much in the Fhil inninM. inasmuch as the United States had made it undesirable for the Jap anese to get a louiiug ... i...j " " sphere, he thought tne unitea cim should be willing to keep out of the Asiatic countries. The manner in which Japan coma got possessison of the Philipppines, he said, was a matter for the Philipppines to .mule, after thev become independent. Senator Clarke delivered an extended defense of his amendment and drew a vigorous reply from Senator liiicncocK, in charge of the bill. "This amendment ought never to have been brought in." said Senator Hitchcock. "The bill as presented by the committee would have -disposed of the PhiliDnine question in Congress and with its enlarged self-government and a promise of ultimate independence would have satisfied tho Philippine people. Senator Newlands urged that the Phiiinnlnes committee should investi gate further the. naval and commercial situation in the Islands before action toward independence was taken. No vote was taken on any of the amendments. IRAN MARCH les