IC THE SUNDAY 0REG02OAN, F0RTLA2ST), FEBRUARY 21, 1U04. COLLEGE CHEWS TO MEET ONWATER "WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WILL ENDEAVOR TO "WREST AQUATIC HONORS FROM CALIFORNIA ATHLETES GOSSIP OF THE BAY CITY SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18. (Special correspondence.) A great sport car nival will take place at the Uni versity of California during the last week In April, In which the State University, Stanford University and the University of Washington -trill partici pate. The Portland Rowing Club has been invited to Join, but has not as yet made a decision In the matter, as far as is known here. Minor institutions through out the state have expressed a wish to compete in the regatta and field events, but the directors of the big event are dis inclined to admit any but the larger insti tutions of the Coast. In addition to the regatta in which "Washington, Stanford and California will row, a field day will he heldNon the campus at Berkeley be tween Washington and California. Man ager Decoto, of the California athletic teams, is anxious to make it possible for a large contingent to oorae along with the northern teams at moderate expense and hopes to secure an excursion from all points as far north as Seattle to Berke ley. The double sport bill Is a novel un dertaking in the Coast collegiate world. Not willing to allow their brothers to outdo them, the women of several Coast colleges have organized a basket-ball league. The members are: California, Ne vada, Stanford and Mills College, the last being a. private woman's college of very high standing, located near Oakland, CaL Mills College is the bannor-bearer of the league, possessing a team more highly trained than any of the other Institutions. A series of games has been arranged to bo played this Soring. No men will be allowed to witness the games. The services of Trainer "Dad" Moulton. of Stanford, are very much In demand. The latest bid for him has come from "Willamette Colloge, Oregon. From the secretary of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, Henry E. Reed, the California promotion committee received this week a telegram, requesting that the committee use Its Influence to secure the. passage of the Senate bill Appropriating n.775,000 for the Fair. The promotion com mltteo immediately wired James A. Tawney, chairman of the exposition com mittee of the House, Senators Bard and Perkins, the Callfornians in the lower house, and "William Bunker, representa tive of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce at "Washington. They were urged to do all that was possible to gain favorable recognition for the measure. The meslige sent to Tawney concluded as follows: "The Exposition means much to the Pacific Coast and we are all inter ested in its success." In speaking of the matter Rufus P. Jennings, chairman of the promotion committee, said: "The de velopment of one part of the Pacific Coast cannot go on unless other points on the Coast are similarly benefited. What is good for Portland is good for us." The bill has already been Indorsed by the Merchants' Association of California, the Manufacturers and Producers Asso ciation, of San Francisco, the Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce, the TALES OF tfgW D LAMB, who died up at Si Sa,em Thursday and is being hurled this afternoon," said a well-known printer yesterday. "was built on the right design. He was one of the most cheerful men I ever knew In adversity as well as prosperity. To all printers comoth soon or late those streaks of hard luck one cannot dodge. Ed had his. He didn't try to dodge them. No printer does that Is, printer. I don't mean these kind-of-flossy, key-whacking operators nowadays, who chase their clocks 'round to the 2000 mark; nay, nay, nit! I mean the boys who learned the boxes one by one, never to forget them; who could set a thousand an hour when bum copv was on the hook, and pull out 1400 or 1500 when phat was running off the hook; who could get fat on one meal per: who could start a back-capping session when distributing and keep It up to a fin ish; tor whom sufficient unto the day was the evil thereof, in the midst of life we are in debt, never save up for tomorrow what you can spend today; in fact, the kind of beys who made life pleasant for ull the rest and whom it was good to know. "About ten years ago Ed made the grand tour of the country and in a few years wound up here at home. The trip did him good, like it does all printers. But he got bck hore in the hard times and work was slack; there was little to give out. Those were the kind of days that make unionism a power and the sub out of work is the man who keeps up the scale. That was Ed. I never heard him make but one speech in the union meetings he was no rag chewer nor comedian; It was on the condi tion of work and the hard luck of the man who had nothing to do, and he wound up with a peroration that is a classic now In tlw unwritten records of Multnomah Typo graphical Union. "He was wholly disinterested in this thing, he said; he 'had a steady Job, all Winter (em dash) doln nothln!' "I nevor heard him make a speech after thta; he didn't need to the applause he got showed his reputation as an orator was made. It was equal to that of John P. McManus he' when he declared that work was good in Wichita.' "Well. Ed finally got into the state print ing offlce at Salem. He became the back bone of Capital Union when It needed stiff- I enlng. He invested in glad rags. He cut out the devious ways and hit her up on the strait and narrow path; and when oc casionally he would drop down here on Saturday night, it was: 'Hello, Sheep! My. how fine you're looking!' 'Ain't I. though. STou bet your life! Got to do it. you know. Gettln' old now.' For -be it known unto all that to about a dozen was given the privilege of using the affectionate appel lation of 'Sheep.' And then, a couple of rears ago, he somewhere caught the jmallpox. and was sequestored in an old hack in the Capital city, with no attend ance and a tough prospect ahead. Then It was that Friendship say, put a cap F jn that scored. Billy Baker, a brother of Frank and a good boy. too. went out to see Ed; found him in a bad way. no grub, no nothin. He hiked into town and deliv ered himself to the authorities in this Tashlon that if this thing and that thing and every other 'thing needed by Ed ivasn't sent out there lnstanter he'd come right into town and go into the stores and mix in the crowds and help himself. He got what he wanted and Ed got weU. Say. .hat's the kind of friends to make, IsnSt it? "And now he's dead. Well, I hope I go to the same place." sp. ONT talk to me about fellows IB gambling for the fun of it." said the stout gentleman, heatedly. Nobody gambles for the sake of gam bling it's Just the cussed spirit of want ing to get something for nothing that animates them that's what keeps them broke and owing everybody don't tell me!" "You're wrong." persisted the thin, pale man; "at toast, there's excep tions to your rule. Gambling Is a fe-rtoh habit, and once it gets hold, of a chap it's about the. hardest thing on earth to shake off that's true enough, and it's a cinch that ordinarily It keeps a man in the deadbeat class, as you say. But I can tell you how Jack Smith and I found a way to Indulge the habit to our hearts' content and not get the feast hurt at it. We struck a sys tem." "Oh. fudge!" exclaimed the stout gen tleman, vary disgustedly. "No it isn't. Our system works like a finger In the Jam . pot. Hold on. Merchants' Exchange and the California State Board of Trade. John P. Irish, who holds the comfortable berth of Naval Officer at the port of San Francisco, with a salary of $5000 a year and no duties attached to any great importance, is destined to remain indefi nitely if the statements of the Republi cans who have been trying for several years to oust him, count for anything. Irish is a Democrat, but tosses himself like the proverbial penny with each elec tion, and always lands "heads up." Sen ator Perkins is especially anxious to be rid of Irish, but apparently In vain. The Senator had his plans fully prepared last week and ready to put them into execu tion. It was stated that Irish would be come the Coast representative for the Citizens' Alliance, with a salary of $7500. The position was offered him and his ac ceptance was announced. This was the lever with which Perkins intended to toss the unloved "lrUh into political obscurity. The Senator went so far as to summon to Washington State Senator W. C. Ralston, whom he Intended to place In the vacancy he would thus create. He unfolded his plan to President Roosevelt, and left the White House under the impression that the long-desired had been accomplished. The next day Irish was in Washington. From a distance he had sniffed trouble and had hastened to the scene of action. He attended a big banquet the night of his arrival, was called upon for the toast, "The President." and, in the presence of the Chief Executive and the Republican leaders at Washington, extolled the policy of the Administration, and announced it as his own. He declared for the Panama Canal, said every Democrat should Join the President In his attitude, and before he sat down had completely undone the work which Senator Perkins had labored many years to accomplish. Irish is still naval ofiicer and has refused the offer of the Citizens' Alliance. J. F. Lawless, general manager of the San Francisco Gas & Electric Company, is finding that the troubles in his new position are not less than those which were his when he served as manager for the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Lawless has encountered difficulty from two sides. His employes have threatened to strike for a general raise of wages and negotiations have been undertaken toset tle amicably these difficulties. At the same time a general cry has been raised against the service given the public by the corpo ration. Not only Is the supply regarded as entirely Inadequate, but the poisonous gas which issues from the jet finds a. new victim nearly every day. As many as six accidental asphyxiatlons in 24 hours have occurred in San Francisco. An evening paper has taken upon Itself the burden of the people and is waging war upon the company. That Port Arthur is not the scene of only war and bloodshed, but has had its share of love and romance is evidenced by the fact that an eloping couple from that point Is believed at the present time to be at some iolnt on the Coast. Word has THE STREET don't run off till I tell you. You know that Jack and I were up against It for a long time. Half our salary went to the game every Saturday night. Some times we'd make a little winning, then, just like it is with everybody else, the money would burn our pockets. If we didn't blow it in. we'd go against the bank again, thinking we might have that Monte Carlo buster's luck. "Finally, 'bout two months ago. we de cided that something had to be done. We realized it was no good trying to swear off, 'long's a game was running in town. We'd tried that two or three times with the idea of saving a little money for our bills, but Jack would get suspicious of me and slip up - to the club to see If I wasn't going back on the swear-off. And a few minutes lator I'd wonder where Jack was and get suspicious, too; thon both of us, being up there, we'd feel It wouldn't look right for us to be rubberin 'round without taking a hand at a game the cappers might take us for members of the Ministerial Association on a still hunt you know. So we'd hit up the ficklo goddess again and drop all we'd saved. Well, as I said, we talked it over and all at once we hit upon the system. We made an Ironclad agreement in writing. The conditions -were: First: That we should visit the club always together, each with the same sum In pocket, never over $10; that when one should make a bet iwe always play faro) the other should copper It; that is, you understand, if one bet a dollar that a card would win the other bet a dollar that It would lose. As we never took cnances on 'splits,' we had a dead even break with the game. As soon as one of us went broke, we'd stop playing and so the other, you see, would have all the money with which both had entered. Then, according to agreement, the winner goes to the savings bank next day and deposits the money. CO per cent to the credit of the winner and 40 per cent to the credit of the loser. It's a system that wins every time. The gambling habit used to eat our money like a tapeworm and keop us both poor all the time. Now we Indulge the habit as much as ever and we're getting fatter all the time with a slick little bank account." "But don't the house object? They run the game for you for nothing," said the stout gentleman. ."The house- has no kick, for we save 'em the expense of cappers while we're playing, don't we?" The stout gentleman admitted that the system "worked out" and thought that if it could be so popularized that everybody who gambled would play It, the gambling question would quickly be worked out, too. SPEAKING of the "Club," there Is a little talo about Mayor Dimmick. of Oregon City, and State Senator Brown cll (who made Oregon City -famous). The two men met in one of the numerous local gambling resorts some time since. Each looked quite surprised, not to say shocked. "I didn't know that you gambled," be gan BrownelL "Me?" said the Chief Executive of Ore gon City. "Why, er, I ain't. I'm study ing human nature. This here's a groat place for it. But what're you doing?" "Me?" returned BrownelL "Oh, I can see all the human nature I want In Ore gon City. I come up to see Pete Grant." 6VjUST have been some tall scram i I bllng during that Baltimore fire, said a Seattle lawyer at the Portland the other day. "Bet it was worse than -during our big Seattle wipe out years ago. Every dray and delivery wagon in town was at a high permlum to haul goods and chattels from the path of the fire to a place of safety. Every body who had an office, stand or desk down town sowed the seeds of heart dis ease struggling to save his stuff. "Did you ever hear thai story on Law yer B., of the well-known law firm of A., B. & C? No? Well, thev tell it on B. yet. He always had the reputation of being tighter than a keg o' beer. In fact, it was to his shrewdness in money mat ters that the firm owed much of Its pros perity. Well, that night of the big fire. B. was . Johnny-on-the-spot, watching. When he saw that his -offices were la dan ger be ried to hire an expressman to help him to get the firm's books and other valuables. The expressman demanded double the usual fee, so B. determined to do the work himself with a wheelbarrow. He got the barrow to the door and set to been received here -which says that Sidney George Reilly, at one time, connected with the East Asiatic Company in China, has betrayed a friend's trust. He Is said to have taken a large share of a big fund entrusted to him by one of his friends. He was traced from Port Arthur to Kobe, Japan, where he met Mrs. F. W. Dawson, the daughter of a prominent iron magnate of the United States. The couple later left Japan and are believed to have landed at 80me point on this Coast. The police authorities have taken up the case and will endeavor to locate the couple. An engagement which is of unusual In terest on the Coast Is that Just announced of Miss Margaret Burnett to Fritz Jewel. Miss Burnett Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Burnett and the grand daughter of Peter H. Burnett, the first Governor of California and one of the earliest Supreme Judges of - the. Territory of Oregon. Mr. Jewel is a native of Copen hagen and a son of Lieutenant-Colonel Jewel, of the Danish army. Governor Burnett came to the Pacific Coast in 1S43, when he was appointed by President Polk to. be Judge of the vast section then in cluded under the name of Oregon Terri tory. Peter Burnett lator came to Cali fornia, where for a time he was asso ciated with Judge Dent, a brother of Mrs. U. S. Grant. Miss Burnett is described as a delightful girl, of gracious manner and pleasing accomplishments. Her marriage day will be an event of the near future, but she has not yet told her friends the exact date set for the ceremony. The great closing event of the social sea son was the Mardl Gras ball held Tuesday night at the Hopkins mansion. It Is an annual event, given under the auspices of the local artists, and numbers among its patrons the most select of San Francisco society. It is the one time in the year that the formalities of the drawing-room are thrown to the winds and a gay spirit of carnival abandon prevails. Pretty misses mask their faces and wear gowns appropriate centuries ago, or depict favor ite characters of history, fiction and myth ology. Young women shed the long trail ing skirt for the abbreviated costume with dainty stocking and slipper. The number of gentlemen Invited is further restricted by a $10 tax imposed upon those who at tend. This year 510 were willing to pay the price for a night of wild entertain ment. A remarkable coincidence was the number of Dolly Vardens. Lulu Glaser, in the pretty little comedy of that name, made a decided hit in San Francisco a few weeks ago. So strong an impression did she make that some 20 society maidens copied her dress to the minutest point and were mutually chagrlned""upon entering the ballroom to find Dolly Vardens flitting about the floor In apparently countless numbers. In the boxes with parties were: James L. Flood, M. H. de Young, William Babcock, Rudolph Spreckels, James D. Phelan, Horace P. Hussey, Joseph D. Grant. Willis E. Davis. Mrs. Frank Sulli van. E. J. de Sabia, Major J. A. Darling, George Lent, W. J. Dutton. W. B. Tubbs, A. M. Shields, Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Chanslor, Rothwell Hyde, Mrs. George E. Aneny, E. Mejla and C De Gulgne. ANT) TOWN work like a demon. Back and forth he rushed, carrying stacks of books and fur niture, puffing like a steamengine and sweating like a hambam bath. In the midst of his labors, as he was coming down the third-floor stairs under 200 welght of lawbooks, he. was accosted by some breathless person coming up. "'Say, Mr. B! Mr. B! I want to ask your opinion about a matter. "'Well! Well! What is it? Talk quick!' " 'W-would It bo legal to blow up a building with dynamite, a building that's In tho track of the fire, and the fire might be stopped it it were got out of the way?' " 'Yes, yes, of course! Get out of my way!' "And B. hurried on and got his stuff to a safe place. Well, about a month after that the man who stopped him on the stairs received a bill from B., which read: " To legal advice on the qutIon of dynamiting building during Seat tle fire $250 "Ana Ji. collected the bill." -ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS By having the M. J. Walsh Company Install you an electric sign. They also carry an un-to-date line of iras and a1m. tric chandeliers. Electrical and gas sup plies and do all kinds of electrical and gas work. Builders of homes, stores, fac tories and theaters will do well by calling and placing their orders. Showrooms 343 Washington, or phone and have thoir representatives call on you. TELE ENTRANCES. , For tile entrances, floors, walls, bath rooms and tile troughs, see the M. J, Walsh Company, showrooms 343 Washing ton street- Insane Over Loss of Girl. ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 20. Special.) Matt Mattson. who was examined a few days ago on the charge, of Insanity and given over to the care of his brother, was exam- Secured the Best Five Emerson Pianos Were Just Sold by Us to MRS. P. I. SMITH of St. Johns, Who Purchased Them for her Five Daughters As this meant the expenditure of a large sum of money to Mrs. Smith. She was very careful in her selection and pur chased thes"e instruments only after a careful canvass of the different piano houses. Mrs. Smith selected the New Style Emerson, and that she decided on these instruments is but another tribute to the famous Emerson piano, which has been upon the market so long that the name, "JSiiiOKisOK. has become a house hold word. Emerson and 15 other makes of fine pianos are for sale here exclusively by Soule Bros. Piano Co. 372-374 Morrison et., cor. W. Park. Advanced Optical Knowledge Conscientiously used in the exami nation of your eyes and the furnish ing of glasses if necessary. Free Examination. OREGON OPTICAL CO. 173 Fourth St., X. M. C. A. Bid. The Store of Optical. Science. fned again today and ordered committed to the asylum. Mattson Is the man "who recently sent a ticket to bring a girl, whom he Intended to marry, from Fin land, but the girl married a man in Seat tle and Mattson has been unable to get his money back. Worry over It Is thought to have unbalanced his mind. He was taken to Salem this evening by Sheriff LlnvJIIe. The Sheriff also took with him Thomas Howard, who was yesterday sen tenced to serve a term of ten years in the penlteaUary. TWO VACANCIES TO PHI. Sailor Boarding-House Commission Now Has Only One Member. State authorities have not 7t accepted the resignation of S. M. Hears from the Sailor Boardlng-House Commission. The board has only one member left. Herbert Holman. Mr. Mears and EL W. Wright have pulled out because they think., the courts have deprived the ' commission of the power Intended by the act that is, to withhold licenses from whomsoever they deemed unfit to receive them. State officers have in mind several per sons for the two vacancies, but do not expect to fill them easily. Governor Cham berlain is disgusted -when he hears that it asserted that the commission has lost its powers. "The decision of the Supreme Court." said he yesterday, "doesn't deny . the powers of the commission at alL On the contrary. It confirms those powers. The only limitation is that the commission cannot confer a monopoly of the business. If the commission had refused to grant a license to White Bros, on the ground that they were unfit to receive it, the courts would have confirmed the legality of that, action. But .the commission refused on the ground that it deemed one license in the hands of one firm enough, and there by conferred a monopoly." SOCIETY CAUSES NO CONFLICT Mrs. Gould Holds One Can' Be Devot ed to Domestic Circle at Same Time. NEW YORK, Feb. 2a In an article written for the current number of a mag azine dedicated to the interests of club women. Mrs. George J. Gould says: "Thore Is absolutely no reason why sharing In the pleasures of social life is Incompatible with devotion In the domestic circle. It is as our children grow older that a woman's growth, mentally, must keep pace with that of the active young minds about her; she must broaden her social horizon, keep in touch with the world and abreast of events in the every day turmoil about her. "About a fashionable woman's social functions there shines as fierce a light as beats about a throne, and it Is too generally believed that in order to have time for her toilets,, etc.. she considers a perfunctory good-night- kiss or a flying weekly visit-to her nursery the sum. total of her duty to her GOd-given charges." INSUBANCE RAISED. Stop the raise of -your Insurance by having tho M. J.- Walsh Company over haul the wiring of your residence, store or factory. Showrooms 313 Washington street. Phone and have their representa tive call on you. Shawter-That was a nice thins Clinker said at the Pliliklns wedding breakfast. You know PllUklns has Just married his fourth wife. 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