VOL. LVIII NO. 18,446
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Powtofflce aw Second-Class Matte.
PORTLAND OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1920.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PORTLAND WOMAN IS
DEMOCRATIC PROBLEM
MRS. LEXANDER THOMPSOS
DECLINES TO GIVE CP SEAT.
iSOMETUG HEAVY
MONTESANO CHOSEN
FOR TRIAL OF REDS
DEFENSE LOSES HARD BATTLE
TO CHANGE SITTING. .
II
END OF WORLD" MAN
POINTS TO QUAKES
HIES ADVOCATES
MERGER OF LINES
OUSTER UNNECESSARY,
DECLARE RUSSIANS
SLAVS HELD EAGER TO RETURN
PORTLAND WINS
COAST MAGNATES
SETTLE SCHEDULE
Judge McCredie Victor in.
League Fight.
TO DROP TONIGHT
RATE CASE
PROFESSOR PORTA SATS CP
HEAVAIi ALL HE PREDICTED.
TO "FREE RUSSIA."
1
l
Report Fixes Charges
Lower Than on Sound.
TARIFFS ME HELD UNFAIR
Rates From Points South of
Snake Are Found Prejudi
cial to Portland.
REDUCTIONS ARE ANNOUNCED
Contentions of City Are Up
held by Commission ' in
Nearly Every Point.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Jan. 7. Portland came
, out victorious today in the main is
sues of the Portland rate case in a
tentative report made by examiners
of the interstate commerce commis
sion to that body.
Class rates from points in the in
land empire south of the Snake river
to Portland and Vancouver were
found unjust insofar as they exceed
rates to Astoria, Seattle and Tacoma
reduced by certain differentials, and
commodity rates to Portland from
points in the same territory were
found unjust insofar as they exceed
90 per cent of the rates to Astoria,
Tacoma and Seattle. Summed up
briefly there were five separate
findings in the decision:
' First The Inland Empire Ship
pers' league case was dismissed.
Second The rates on classes and
commodities from points in the in
land empire to Portland were .found
not unreasonable.
Somes' Rates Approved.
Third Rates on classes and com
modities from points in the inland
empire north of the Snake river to
Portland were found not unjustly
prejudicial.
Fourth Rates on classes from
points in the inland empire south
of the Snake river to Portland and
Vancouver were found unjustly
prejudicial insofar as they exceed
rates to Astoria, Seattle and Ta
coma reduced by the following dif
ferentials: Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and
A, B, C, D, E, on which the corre
sponding reductions in cents are 10
cents, 8 cents, 7 cents, 6 cents, 5
cents, 5 cents, Z cents, .' cents, 3
cents, 2 cents and 2 cents.
This finding means that whatever
first-class rate may be made from
points south of the Snake river to
Seattle, the rate to Portland would
be 10 cents less, the second-class rate
8 cents and so on down to class E.
Victory Is for Portiand.
Fifth Rates to Portland on com
modities from points in the Inland
Empire south of the Snake river
were found unjustly prejudicial in
sofar as they exceed 90 per cent of
the rates on like commodities to
Astoria, Seattle and Tacoma. It fol
lows, therefore, that whatever com
modity rates are made from this
territory to Seattle, the rate to
Portland will be 10 per cent less on
thesame commodities.
The Inland Empire Shippers'
league case related to the rates on
grain from points in the Inland Em
pire to Portland. The decisions
almost amount to a sweeping vic
tory for Portland because the fight
of the Portland shippers centered
chiefly on the issues covered in the
fourth and fifth findings.
(By the Associated Preis. )
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Com
plaints of the Inland Empire Ship
pers league that grain rates from
the Spokane district to Portland and
Vancouver were prejudicial- and dis
criminatory were held unjustified
today in a tentative report by ex
aminers for the interstate commerce
commission.
Two examiners, however, held
that commodity rate? for the Spo
kane territory, which also were at
tacked by the shippers' organiza
tion, were unfair.
The examiners recommended a re
vision of the case, a dismissal of
the complaints on grain rates, with
a final review of the commodity rate
findings by the commission. -
The tentative decision handed
down in the report of Examiner
r .(Concluded on I'age 3. Column 4.)
Dr. J. v. Morrow Wants to Pick
Own National Committee Woman
Associate for Oregon.
. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Jan. 7. Homer S. Cum
mings, chairman of the democratic
national committee, came to the full
realization tonight that women have
entered politics. Not only have they
entered politics actively, but they
have broken into the democratic
Party organization.
The reason i3 that the first dis
agreeable task of the committee, when
it meets tomorrow, will be to decide
what to do with Mrs. Alexander
Thompson of Portland, Or., who deT
clines to retire as associate national
committee woman for that state, al
though her resignation is said to have
been requested repeatedly by Dr. J.
W. Morrow, Oregon's national cora
mitteman. Mrs. Thompson, who formerly lived
at The Dalles, was appointed to the
post by former National Committee
man Esterly. Will H. Hornibrook,
who succeeded Eaterly, did not disturb
her, but Dr. Morrow insists on his
right to say what particular demo
cratic woman shall be his associate
on the committee, and his choice is
not Mrs. Thompson. Whether lie has
the power summarily to remove her,
or to ignore her and. appoint another,
is a leading question.
The democratic national committee
never before having dealt with women
politicians, has no precedent on which
to determine this case. When the
committee says tomorrow morning
whether Mrs. Thompson is to go or
stay, a precedent will be created
whereby .ill such controversies here
after will be decided.
OIL MAGNATES TO DINE
Rockefeller Associates to Celebrate
Industry's 50tli Year.
NEW YOKK, Jan. 7. Multi-millionaires
from various parts of the United
States, who built their fortunes in oil,
will gather in New York next Satur
day to celebrate the golden anniver
sary of the paremt industry of the
great Rockefeller enterprise, the
Standard Oil company of Ohio. An ab
sentee will be John D. Rockefeller,
who is spending the winter in Florida.
Many of his earliest business as
sociates, however, will gaCher at a
private dinner and recount reminis
censes of the first venture of an un
dertaking that in half a cem.y ha
grown to world-Vide )fl(iffEyutna.
FISH CONSERVATION URGED
British Columbia Official Would
Have Government Control.
VICTORIA. B. C. Jan, 7. Propos
als that the Canadian government
take over and operate the salmon
and other fishing industries of Brit
ish Columbia in order to .conserve
the fish have been sent to. Ottawa by
William Sloan, provincial commis
sioner of fisheries and minister of
mines. Fisheries men say Mr. Sloan's
recommendations are radical.
Mr. Sloan asked that the right to
take over the industry be given to
the British Columbia government if
Ottawa is not prepared to handle .the
tabk.
CRIME FILMS ATTACKED
Bills Would Prohibit Transporta
tion of Wild West Movies.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. Interetat
transportation of "blood ihd thunder"
moving picture films or still pictures
would be prohibited under Identical
bills introduced today by Senator
Gore, democrat,, of Oklahoma, and
Representative Herrald, republican of
Oklahoma.
The bill would affect all pictures
depicting the activities of former con
victs, bandits, train robbers or other
outlaws.
TALLEST RECRUIT ENLISTS
Man 6 Feet 8 Inches, Wearing
Chaps and Revolvers, Joins Army.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7. Boasting
a height of G feet 8 inches in nls
stocking feet and wearing a pair of
purple chaps and a revolver on each
hip, Leo Cunningham of Oklahoma
City, Okla.. arrived here today to join
the army.
He was the tallest recruit in the
history of the service here, the army
recruiting office reported.
MURDERER IS ROBBED
Woman Who Slew Daughter Loses
Gems Worth 94000.
DENVER, Colo., "Jan. 7. Four thou
sand dollars' worth of jewels were
.stolen from a trunk in the room of
Mrs. Emily L. Powell on December 8,
I the day she shot and killed her 10-
year-old daughter, Jacqueline, and
Mhen attempted to kill herself, accord-
i Ing to her attorney.
I He reported the robbery today at
i police headquarters.
MOSES IS 0UTF0R WOOD
Senator Will Open and Take
Charge of Headquarters.
CHICAGO, Jan. 7. It was an
nounced tonight at the headquarters
of the campaign for General Leonard
Wood for the republican presidential
nomination that Senator George H.
' Moses of New Hampshire would open
i branch headquarters in Washington.
It was reported the senator would
take active and personal charge there.
Democrats Count Confab
an Epochal One.
CUMM1NGS CURIOUSLY CALM
Bryan Speech and Wilson
Letter Mystery Deepens.
NO CURB. ON COMMONER
Shivering Bolts From Xebraskan's
Brain Expected and No Time
Limit to Be Imposed.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Jan. 7 "This is mani
festly the mjst important political
banquet in American history," said
Homer S. Cummings. chairman of the
democratic national committee, this
afternoon, referring to the Jackson
day dinner In this city tomorrow
night.
There were perhaps 50 listeners to
this statement, and all agreed with
him. with th-. suggested reservation
that "interesting" be substituted for
"important."
The national chairman, whose calm
and pleasant personality is never
changed by a crossfire of questions,
talked with much candor, but found
that most of the queries hinged on
the two outstanding features of the
big get-together. While there was
some Interest in what he thought
about the place of holding the next
national convention, most questions
relating to the Bryan speech and the
Wilson letter.
Wilson May Be Wordy.
He parried questions regarding the
Wilson letter very cleverly, after un
intentionally dropping a hint as to its
length. -
"I can promise that my speech will
be within eight minutes." he said,
"and then I will occupy 10 minutes
reading the president's letter."
This hint that the letter, might be,
longer than was expected aroused im
mediate curiosity.
: "Do you mean to say that it will
ta,ke 10 minutes to read the presi
dent's letter?" someone asked.
"Are you a member of" the bar?"
was the national chairman's reply,
apparently realizing that he had re
vealed too much.
"Will the president's letter be in
your pocket when you go to the din
ner?" was another question.
All Prepared lor Bryan.
"I am sure it won't be in anybody
else's pocket," he replied.
The purpose of the inquiry was to
find if the president's letter was
already prepared or would reach the
banquet at the last minute.
He said that a lookout had been
kept all day for the arrival of Colonel
Bryan. The committee had been ad
vised that Bryan would have an ad
vance copy of his speech ready on his
arrival, he said, but further than that
he knew nothing about the common
er's movements. He was cautious
about discussing Bryan, and the im
pression was created that the com
mittee is prepared to meet any attack
the noted Nebraskan may make on the
regular democracy.
Bryan Is fourth on the list of
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 8.)
Trial of II Alleged I. W. W.
Charged AVltli Centralis Murders
Slated to Begin In 2 Weeks.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 7. Trial
of 11 alleged I. W. W., charged with
murder In connection with the Armis
tice day shootings In Centralis, No
vember 11. will be held in Monteaano.
Wash., Judge John M. Wilson of
Olympia, sitting In the Grays Harbor
county superior court at Montesano,
decided late today. The trial waa set
to begin January 2S.
Following announcement that the
trial would begin January. 26, Attor
ney George Vanderveer of ths de
fense asked that a later date be set,
declaring the time was too short
for proper preparation of the case.
Judge Wilson consented to hear ar
guments, and the court went Into
night session.
In reversing his decision of last
Saturday, at which time he granted
the petition of attorneys for the de
fense for a change of venue to either
Thurston or Pierce county. Judge
Wilson said he had at that time taken
cognizance of the civil, rather than
of the criminal law, which, he de
clared, would not admit of the
change on the showing made by Mr.
Vanderveer. An affidavit to the ef
fect that a fair trial could not be
secured in Grays Harbor county, and
a formal charge of prejudice, both
required by the criminal law, had not
been filed. Judge Wilson asserted,
and while Mr. Vanderveer submitted
the affidavit at today's hearing, the
judge held it was not sufficient to
support the petition.
Judge Wilson's decision was made
at the close of an all-day legal bat
tle waged by Assistant Attorney-General
Christensen of the prosecution
and Mr. Vanderveer. who Introduced
four witnesses in an effort to show
that a fair tr.al for the accused could
not be secured at Montesano. The
judge held the evidence insufficient
SOVIET SYLPH IS IN NET
Mot Beautiful of Bolsheviks En
thralls Her Police Captors.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Miss Anna
Manson, 24 years of age, known as
"Starlight, Sylph of the Soviets." and
declared the "most beautiful bolshe
vik," was sent to Ellis island today
to await deportation as an alien agi
tator.' She was arrested " in the raid
last night on the Russian language
radical paper Novy Mir.
So eloquent was a speech made by
Miss Manson at a police station,
where she expounded the doctrines of
free thought, free speech, equal dis
tribution of all wealth and free love,
that her captors missed the regular
ferry to Ellis island and she was es
corted there individually by one of
the police department's most courtly
detectives.
'DAYLIGHT SAVING" DEAD
Council Repeals Old Ordinance and
Major Withdraws His.
"Daylight saving" is officially dead
in Portland. Yesterday the city coun
cil passed an ordinance repealing an
ordinance enacted more than a year
ago. -which set the time during the
summer months to conform with the
federal daylight saving act in force
during 1919.
Mayor Baker withdrew " an ordi
nance providing for an early opening
and closing hour for the city hall
when he found that a majority of the
city council did not believe the plan
would meet with public favor.
THE
.-teas -ZJttLJBi-- II'- JJUifttM--ai-. V .agss?--
August Forecast Borne Out in Mex
ico and Canaries; Scientist Avers
Words Were Distorted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7. (Special.)
The predictions of Albert F. Porta
of San Francisco that certain sc
tions of the Pacific coast and other
places would b rocked by earth
quakes and seismic disturbances due
to the "league of the planets" last
month have been fully verified by the
recent violent shocks ln ten Mexican
states and In the Canary Islands, in
the opinion of Mr. Porta.
Professor Porta became famous last
month as the man who had predicted
the end of the world on December 17.
While he was generally reputed to
have made such a prediction, he
showed very conclusively that he had
done nothing , of the kind, but that
certain predictions of Btorms and
quakes and other disturbances that
he declared would follow as a result
of the gathering of six planets on one
side of the sun had been enlarged
upon "and distorted by popular imag
ination. Concerning the earthquakes in
Mexico and in the Canary islands.
Professor Porta now declares he pre
dicted these last August, and that his
forecast has been fully sustained by
the facts. He made this statement
today:
"Now, while I call the attention ot
the public upon the fact that I had
this great Mexican earthquake ex
actly forecast since August 17. 1919,
I am waiting' for the verification ot
some other prognostications which I
have connected with the same 'league'
and which have been so roughly
twisted and distorted by some un
scrupulous eastern people."
OFFICER HELD SUICIDE
Death of Aberdeen Police Desk Ser
geant Investigated.
. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 7. (Spe
cial.) John Greer, police desk ser
geant, who was found dead on' the
Benham dock at the foot of H street
last night with a bullet through his
heart, apparently committed suicide.
The body was found by dredge em
ployes, who had been landed at the
Benham dock by the launch used by
the dredge. .
The original theory was that Greer
had surprised criminals, either boot
leggers or robbers, had engaged in a
duel with them and was slain. But
investigation seems to discredit this
theory. The bullet was a .38 caliber
ball, the same size as Greer's revolver.
The weapon -itself lay within six
inches of Greer's right hand.
No motive except despondency is
assigned. Greer was 47 years old. He
leaves a wife and six children.
NOVEL LOST; ROAD SUED
Author Asks $17,000 for Manu
script Lost on Pullman.
BOISE. Idaho, Jan. 7. (Special.)
One of the most unique cases that
has been filed in the federal court
of this state involves the value of
a completed novel, "Wah-tah-wah-mee,"
written by Earl Wayland Bow
man of Boise, and the liability of the
Pullman Car company for its loss.
Mr Bowman was returning from
the east this winter, having been to
New York to consult his publishers.
He had the manuscript in a traveling
bag which he temporarily placed in
the hands of a porter to safeguard
when he left the car. When he re
turned the bag and manuscript was
gone. He values the latter at 817,000,
for which he is bringing suit.
PLUMBER.
Few Big Companies
Would Save All, View.
CREDIT PROBLEM IS SERIOUS
Tri-Partite Control Favored
for Large Corporations.
OLD METHODS ATTACKED
Capital Xot Able to Handle Diffi
culties Alone, Says Director
In Talk Before Lawyers.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Compulsory
consolidation- of the railroads into
a few great corporations before tbev
return to private control, witn the
public and labor, as well as capital,
represented in the management of the
system, was advocated tonight by Director-General
Hines In an address
before the New York City Bar asso
ciation. "Without this fundamental recon
struction." Mr. Hines declared, "the
result will be progressively disap
pointing and In a few years the dis
satisfaction of the public will mani
fest itself through an Insistent de
mand for a radically different plan
which is not likely to stop short of
outright government ownership.
Pointing out the "almost .impossi
ble" situation of the railroads prior
to federal control, owing to the dif
ficulty of financing the lines, Mr.
Hines said that "our past experiences
have demonstrated that the old sys
tem will not succeed. He advocated
the fixing by congress of a general
standard of rates to allow earning
"clearly in excess of a reasonable re
turn. "whlch "must go largely to pro
viding adequate reserves to take care
of years of depression and at the same
time enough of the excess must be
left with the company earning it to
provide adequate stimulus for effi
ciency. Capital Needs Help. Is View.
"We make a grave mistake in as
suming that the representatives of
capital can alone manage the situa
tion." Mr. Hines said. "The scheme
of the past has been on that false
theory and the result has been that
the public has injected itself into the
management through all sorts of
agencies and labor has injected itself
through Its own organizations.
"We have all three interests par
ticipating in the management in all
sorts of ways and yet there is no
common ground on which these three
elements can meet and exchange
views and reach conclusions.
."I believe the only sort of manage
ment which can be permanently ef
fective Is one which provides for an
orderly participation at the outset of
all three of these interests instead of
the past scheme, which leaves each
interest to pursue its own methods
irrespective of the others until an
eventual contact is established in
some form of controversy."
Crrdlt Now BIje Problem.
Describing the difficulties attend
ing the immediate establishment of
any plan of private management with
adequate credit to provide the neces
sary capital needed for private devel-
Concluded on Pare 2. Column 4.)
Workers In San Francisco Ask for
"Mass Deportation" or Free Per
mission to Go Home.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. (Special.) j
a aemana upon the United States
government for "mass deportation" or
for permission to return freely to
their native land at the expense of
the soviet government Is being pre
pared by groups of Russian workers
in San Francisco, it became known
today.
Several meetings to discuss the
project have been held In the "Rus
sian hill" section of the city, and a
general mass meeting of the Russian
colony to be held within the next two
weeks is being planned.
Half a dozen local organizations of
Russians as well as most of the con
gregation of the Russian Presbyterian
church, are said to be enlisted in the
movement, which comes as a conse
quence of the recent deportation of a
number of Russians on the "soviet
ark" from New York, the recent raids
or radical gathering places, the arrest
of large numbers-of their country
men in various parts of the United
States and similar events in the cru
sade against "radicalism."
The support of between 2008 and
3000 Russian working people in San
Francisco, of all religious and polit
ical faiths (except possibly czaristtc
adherents), is claimed for the move
ment. "Now that we can have the freedom
of religious and political belief in
Russia, we want to go back," said a
spokesman for the group today.
"We feel that it is unjust that one
of our number here and there should
be picked out for prosecution or de
portation. We are all of the same
mind In support of the new govern
ment of Russia and believe that if any
of us' is objectionable we all are."
NEW STAR IS DISCOVERED
Observatory at Harvard Locates
35th Twinklcr.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 7. An
other star has been discovered by the
Harvard college observatory. It was
announced tonight that Miss Joanna
S. C. Mackie of the observatory staff,
in the course of her examination of
photographs of the milky way, taken
recently at Cambridge, had detected
the new star. Its position is right
ascension, 18 hours, 49 minutes. 30
seconds; declination plus 29 degrees,
6.3 minutes (1900).
The discovery is the 33th of its kind
in the history of astronomy and the J
19th to the credit of the Harvard
college observatory. In the 400 years
preceding 1SS6, only nine new stars
were detected. In the Interval be
tween 1,886 and Miss Mackie's dis
covery, 25 have been located, eigh
teen of them by the Harvard staff.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The rather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
42 degrees, minimum. 33 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, continued cold; northerly
winds.
Foreign.
Armies of Kolchak will carry on war.
Page 6.
National.
Portland woman is democratic problem
Page 1.
Wage increase falls to solve cost of liv
ing problem, say railroaders. Page 4.
Portland's contention (hat rates are un
fair is upheld by interstate commerci
commission. Page 1.
Hines advocates merger of all railroads
Into few bit? corporations to meet silt
uation confronting roads. Page 1,
Plumb plan for trinartite control is pro
posed for all industry instead of just
for railroads aa originally intended.
Page 3.
Democrats count Jackson day banquet at
capital tonight epochal one. Page I.
Democratic leaders gathered for Jackson
day banquet confident as ever. Page 2.
Domestic.
"End oworld' man points to earthquakes.
Page 1.
Slav workers in San Franriwro declared
eager to return to "free Russia." Page 1.
Railway guarantee opposed by shippers
Page 2.
Palmer defends packer settlement. Page 3.
Grover Cleveland "Brrgdoll. millionaire
draft evader, captured. Page 4.
New York state avsembly bars five so-
cilist members-elect. Page 4.
Miners to submit tnelr troubles to Wilson.
Page 5.
Pacific orthwt
State treasurer report business increase
In all departments for 101!. Pajre H.
Montesano chosen for trial of Central ia
red a Page 1.
Washington Mate chamber of commerce
indorses . open shop. Page 5.
Sport.
School principals otfer basketball .schedule.
Page 14.
Ccffroth waits for word from Paris regard
ing Carpentier. Page 14.
Beaver magnate settles Coast league sched
ule. Page 1.
Milwaukle boxing card set for Friday is
called off. Page 14.
Arthur Tuck wins place on 1119 scholastic
championship list. Page 14.
" Commercial and Marine.
Potato price" forced upward by growers
Page 1-
Corn selling a.t Chicago due to Hoover's
statements.' Page . 21.
Stock market firm, but dealings are re
stricted. Page 21.
Throe flour carriers ordered to Portland
from Honohriu. Page 20.
Transformation of waterfront commercia
district planned by city engineer.
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Democrats to hold love feasts today.
Page 15.
Dr. Edward T. Devin rapped for views on
radicals. Page 13.
Mielke appeal from muntcTpal co'irt sen
tence presents legal problem. Page 12.
Oregon Irrigation congress to convene in
Portland today. Page 13.
Recommended changes In police depart
ment approved. Page 10. -Business
men's committee makes one-way
traffic recommendations. Page 10
Nau's pharmacy s robted by pair. Page 22.
Reds' membership roll Is sought. "Page 12.
Rotary club a?ks public representation in
settling disputes. Page 12.
Ve-ilJier report da a kind forct-ut. Page-13,
LATE OPENING IS SECOT
Beaver Owner and Seattle
Boss Gain Objective.
BREAKUP SEEMS AVERTED
Bolt of Xortlicrn Club Owners From
Baseball Session Followed by
Agreeable Compromise.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. A 28
week schedule opening April 6 and
closing October 17. but with no games
to "be played at Portland or Seattle
until the third week, was agreed upon
tonight by the directors of the Pacific
Coast Baseball league.
Salt Lake had opposed opening the
season on its own diamond as early
as April A on account of weather con
ditions, while Judge W. W. McCredie
of Portland and William Klepper of
Seattle withdrew from the afternoon
meeflng with the declaration that
they would resign from the league if
games were to be played in their
cities on that date, but a compromise
tonight on the part of Salt Lake set
tled all differences.
BY ED. R. HUGHES.
(Bageb&U "Writer San Francisco Chron
Irle.) SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Jan. 7.
(Special.) Judge McCredie of Port
land. Or., who labored with Cal Ew
ing to save the Coast league in 1906.
after the San Francisco fire, walked
right out of the Coast league meet
ing at the St. Francis today, his large
frame quivering with rage, and right
behind him was William H. Klepper,
president of the Seattle club. They
are the two fattest members of the
conference, and after they left there
was an aching void In the assembly
room.
The Judge was boiling with lndigr
nation. The league directors had ap
parently adopted the schedule of Jack
Cook, thereby putting in the discard
the schedule prepared by the judge,
so McCredie and Klepper decided they
would withdraw Portland and Seattle
from the Coast league and organize
an independent league up north.
Northmen Have Kirk.
The men from the north have a
good kick coming on the schedule,
too. It calls for 28 weeks, opening
March 30 and closing October 10. San
Francisco is to open in Seattle April
13 and Los Angeles is to be in Port
land the same date. The big kick is
that Portland and Seattle do not want
to close at home because of the rainy
season that has had a habit of setting
in about that time ever since old
Mount Hood was a hole in the ground.
Last year Salt Lake opened at
home April 6. and seven inches of
snow had to be scraped off the field
to allow the boys to play. The first
Sunday game was lost because there
was 13 inches of snow on the ground
and shovelers were scarce.
In arguing against the Jack Cook
schedule. Judge McCredie took occa
sion to say that the owners of the
San Francisco club were selfish and
had no regard for the smaller and
weaker members of the league. "Doc"
Strub juiped right back at the judge
and put both him and Klepper on the
pan. toasting them first on one side
and then on the other, until they were
done a rich brown, when they walked
out of the meeting. The old judge
was furious. He had his right fist
doubled until the fat showed white
over the knuckles.
'Strub s a young fellow and he
has quit cigarettes and everything,
but he can't run over me. I may be
old, but I still have the old fighting
spirit That young leatherhead can
not run over me." aid the judge,
judtr Speaks Mind.
"Portland and Seattle will with
draw from the Coast league and enter
a northwest league and we will play
outlaw bail."
And then the two outlaws Mc
Credie and Klepper hied themselres
to eat lunch. They refused to eat
lunch with the rest of the boys.
Meanwhile, Billy McCarthy, presi
dent of the league, was patterning
after Judge Graham, a former presi
dent of the league, in taking the part
of the great conciliator. He found
the fevered brow of the judge and got
him nicely cooled out and got Mc
Credie and Klepper to agree to attend
a night session in an effort to reach
an agreement.
Cal Ewing did not attend the meet
ing at which the storm broke out and
he can now say: "See, you boys can't
agree a minute when I am away."
Cal was sent for and attended the
night meeting.
Back of all of this row about the
schedule is the real crux of the situ
ation. There is a strong feeling that
Salt Lake does not belong in the
league geographically and Johnny
Powers of Los Angeles voted with
McCredie and Kiepper of Portland and
Seattle against the adoption of ths
schedule. Powers does not think that
Salt Lake belongs in the Coast league,
and is quite outspoken in saying so.
McCredie and Klepper would like to
see Vancouver take the place of Salt
Lake.
' After Outlaws McCredie and Klep-
f