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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1906)
THE, SUNDAY OBEGOXIAX, rORTIiAISP, JANUARY 14, 1906. lb RMLWHYS FIEHT FOR SUPREMACY Struggle for the Control of the Great Northwest Has Begun. OREGON'S VAST RESOURCES Jn Addition to the Wealth-of Tills Commonwealth There Is the Trade of the Orient to Divide. By Frank Ira White. That the greatest railroad move ment of recent years In the United States has set in to the Pacific Coast states, and is particularly centralized in the Northwest is now generally recog nized by the public and even the technical journals are commenting upon the reason for the expenditure oC hundreds of mil lions by transcontinental systems already jn the territory and of others to extend their own tracks to Pacific tidewater. Briefly stated, traffic is the pot of gold at the end of tho railroad rainbow on the sunset shore of the United States toward which no less than four great systems are racing, and for the protection of which other great systems are fortifying advantageous positions already possessed. It is but a few years since people mar veled at the ability of the Southern Pa cific and Santa Fe railroad to handle the SOW cars of citrus fruit grown In a single year in Southern California, and the $000 cars or 10.000 cars of deciduous fruits of that state, the products reaching about those totals for the first time In the same or successive years. "With these figures in mind and they are enormous when It Is considered that the fruit movement ex. tends only over a period bf about four months .for the entire crops pondep that i.,,K- chtmnontc rT Wnslimclnn and Oregon have assumed' such proportions that the Northern Pacific. Great Northern and Ilarriman lines will handle during 190 about 200.000 cars, or an average of more than lfi.000 carloads each month for the entire year, and the explanation of the railroad building movement is in your pos session. Fifty Years Ago. It is more man v years since mc smiva .of Oregon and Washington were popu "lated by the first colonists in any great numbers, and it is a quarter century slnco transcontinental railroads linked the Pacific Northwest with the section of the Union east of the Rocky Mountains, but the people were slow to appreciate the pomlnc value of the forests or llr. spruce. 'hemlock, yellow and sugar pine and more valuable but less abundant varieties of lumber found in the forests of the region o richly endowed with timber wealth. Washington was most aggressive in de velopment of its lumber industries, with the result that Its timber has been most oxtenslvclv depleted, though the 1500 or so mills cutting Its product need have no fear of any lack of material for- their saws during the next quarter century, perhaps. As the forests of "Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan were depleted lho. big operators, many of whom had previously sustained pleasant tramc re lations with the Northern Pacific and Groat Northern Railroads, were disposed to continue these relations at the other end of the Hill systems, and transicrrco their mills to Washington timber lands acquired in many Instances from the rail road to which the tonnage resulting wouia be furnished for shipment. Oregon of Today. Oregon today has more standing tlm ber than any other state of the Union, and with mills numbering about oOO. cut tine enough annually to build a fence five foot high around the earth at the equator and enough besides to Inclose the united States, would keep this number of saws hiiav for 150 years. Within the terrl- torv between Portland and the sea. a dl rcct line of about 60 miles, and south of the Columbia River for an equal dis tance. Is sufficient standing timber to keen the mills of Portland turning out more than one-third of the annual cut of the state steadily In operation for 3 It is this tremendous tonnage assured to supply the enormous demand of the states lying betwen the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, in the most extraordinary development the world has ;ver witnessed, that the railroads are ' seeking to share. While people generally think of Oregon and Washington as un developed states, the shrewd financiers and traffic officials at the head of Amer ican railroads wink the other eye in dis cussing how interest is to be met upon bonds for construction pending the growth agriculturally, transplanting of population from the overcrowded East, .. and completion of Irrigation projects for thev know that the lumber traffic is al ready in sight and insures earnings com mensurate with their ability to obtain cars and locomotives and provide tracks over which to operate them for years to oome: that during tnis penoa tne ouicr ; -development is to proceed by rapid strides j and that beyond and greater than all else . is the future' traffic with -the Orient, al ready a potential factor In creating the West-bound tonnage that malces the haul profitable in both directions. Markets in the Orient. China, Japan and Oceanlca are steadily Increasing the consumption of v American manufactured goods or ma- terlals produced here that are utilized advantageously In manufactures In coun tries of the Far East or lor Qreadstuns. . Cotton, raw and In the cloth woven on .American looms, is an important ex port. Tiie cmnese nave aiscovereu tint n-hont nr $1.25 Tier 100 TJOUndS Is an economic substitute for rice as .an article of diet, and the wheat pro duced In the Northern States is of the high percentage of gluten that makes the greatest number of loaves of bread to the sack, hence appeals to the Ori ental far more strongly than the wheat . of most other climes. Notwlthstand - Ing the unfortunate boycott of Amer ican goods by the Chinese in several ' important centers by the guilds or Chambers of Commerce of that empire, the American railroad manager has uch confidence in the g-ood sense of . American business men and power of -.-American diplomacy that he feels any embarrassment to trade, though seri ous at present, will be removed and not interrupt the advance. Structural iron and steel from the mills of Du . , luth, of Pittsburg: and of Colorado are another source of traffic to the Pacific seaboard for trans-shipment t'q the - other side of the greatest ocean. .Struggle Between Railroads. Wfho is engaged in tne ngnr. ior rail road supremacy on the Pacific Coast? Is it a fight between Hill and Harrl man growing out of the famous North ern Securities contest? What will be its logical outcome? These are some , of. the questions asked and to which "-''the answers 'returned are at strange 'variance. ' To tho writer, who has studied some of the problems at close range, it would seem that the correct answer is that all of the great powers of th American railroad world are engaged in tho contest, each in the interest of the system or group of railroads to be benefited by one particular road or system enjoying its share of the traf fic for the long haul across the con tinent or between the origin and des tination of the freight without divis ions with any other road on any basis whatsoever. The fight is between James J. Hill and Edward II. Harrlman only in so far as the interests of their gigantic, systems clash in the Northwest. Harrlman al ready has a route down the Columbia River on a water. grade, on the south side of the majestic stream: Hill is building one down the stream on the north bank. In order to be on an equality with his rival in moving freight at a cost as low per ton per mile. Ever since the original traffic and trackage agreement between the Northern Pacific and O. K. & N. was repudiated, the Northern Pacific has hauled its traffic over heavy mountain grades and the Great Northern has done likewise since that road was built. Now that both are controlled by the same mas- er hand, the road is being built down the north bank of the Columbia, over which trains of both will enter Portland and convey traffic to Puget Sound through the gorge of the great river, instead of across bad mountain grades. Not Caught Xapping. With the rival system bordering the north line of Oregon, which has been completely within the control of the Har rlman system, excepting that the North ern Pacific enters Portland and claims a share of traffic from the metropolis and Immediate tributary territory, the result is quickly manifested in railroad building under way or projected for 190G by the Harrlman system companies. Already in LINES BUILDING AND PROJECTED Western Pacific (Gould), from the western terminus of tho Rio' Grande system in Utah to San Francisco Bay. with branches projected to Oregon; G5 miles under construction. This project Includes extension of the Nevada-Callfornia-Oregon Railroad and its standardizing. Portland & Seattle (Hill). 241 miles down the north hank of the Columbia Itlver. over which trains of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern will en ter Portland on a water level route; building. Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul, from Evarts. S. D.. across the Rocky Mountains to Butte, through Lolo Pa to the Bitter Root Range, and down to Columbia Basin along the Clearwater, thence by diverging lines to Tacoma and Seattle on Pugot Sound and to Portland, with a branch to Spokane; mileage about ICOO. under construction and survey. Chicago & Northwestern, from the present terminus near Casper. Wyo.. to Salt Lake City and northwest across Idaho to Boise, across Central Oregon to Tortland. and north to Puget Sound: estimated mileage about 1200. Oregon Kastern (Harrlman). across Oregon from .east to west, connecting the Southern Pacific at Kugene. 123 miles south of Portland, with the Oregon Short Line at Ontario, on the Idaho-Oregon border, and with branch Hnes ex tending throughout Central and Southern Oregon to tap the great Government reclamation projects at Klamath Falls and In Malheur and Harney Counties, and the Carey-art projects of Crook and Lake and Northern Klamath Coun ties; about 300 miles, under survey. Oregon Western (Harrlman), from Drain, on the Southern Pacific. 1G2 miles south of Portland, to Coos Bay. tb most Important inlet of the Pa cific Ocean between Puget Sound and San Francisco Bay besides the Co lumbia Itlver; 81 miles, under construction. Denver. Northwestern & Pacific (David H. Moffat), building through Northwestern Colorado to Salt Lake City, projected to be extended to Port land, with feeders into the timber districts and agricultural regions ef the state; total mileage estimated at about 1300. Spokane & International (Canadian Taclflc). from Spokane. Wash., to a connection with the Canadian Pacific near the International boundary. control of the field and In touch with its every industrial pulse-beat, the wizard of Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Oregon Navigation and Oregon Short Lane was not caught napping, for he had already provided the finances and authorized con struction of lines ontlrely within Oregon to cost nearly $20,000,000 when the first shovel of earth was turned for the north bank road. Whether or not the Hill com panies propose invasion of Oregon: before the engineers of the Northwestern or the Moffat road, or the Milwaukee set grade stakes. Harrlman will be able to travel over many miles of new track In the state occupying his private car. The best moun tain passes, the routes of least resistance, tho regions of richest traffic promise are being occupied, and those who come after must expect to pay for their tardiness In entering the contested territory. Mileage of Xcw Railways. Almost 5000 miles of new railroads arc Lto be built not merely projected by ir responsible speculators who hope to sell out to competitors are provided for by the responsible heads of the Harrl man, Hill, Gould systems, David H. Moffat, of the Denver. Northwestern & Pacific, the Chicago, Milwaukee &. St. Paul and Chicago & Northwestern. To these may be added another thousand miles of feeders, branch and Independent roads to connect various sections with these main lines, all north of San Fran cisco. It was the dream of Jay Gould, founder of Missouri Pacific as a system, to estab lish a transcontinental railroad that should extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific: it remained for his son and suc cessor at the head of the system to ac complish the undertaking. The Western Pacific now building from a connection with the P.Io Grande Jn Utah, near the southern end of Salt Lake, to San Fran cisco Bay will practically complete the chain under one head extending from ocean to ocean. But the road Is not merely to satisfy a whim. It is to enable traffic officials of the Gould system lines to dictate terms to other systems that have for years given divisions of traffic that suited their own convenience. It Is to share Jn the trans-Pacific ship ping that passes through the Golden Gate, to claim a part of the movement pf California traffic and to enter upon new fields of conquest that the Gould system is reaching the coast. That is why it has in contemplation extension of one of its tentacles north to the forests of Oregon, to the port of Portland and the great waterway of the Columbia River, from connection with the main artery In Nevada. Chicago & Northwestern. The Chicago & Northwestern enjoys certain elbse relations with the Harrl man system, in that Its through over-. land limited train and transcontinental through mail service Is a Joint ar rangement, but the Northwestern de sires a voice in division of traffic and wants the full through rate Instead of a divislpn on heavy freight traffic Therefore the company is providing the necessary millions from the coffers of Its bunkers and bondholders to ex tend from Western Wyoming to Port rand, to Puget Sound and into the irri gate districts of the Inland Empire of Oregon. Washington and Idaho. Financial directors of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul see justification in the traffic of Oregon and "Washing ton for the expenditure of $50,000,000 in building from Evarts, S. D., to Idaho. Washington and Oregon, cross ing the Rocky Mountains over heavy grades and at great cost. In order to reach out for division of business with Mr. Hill and Mr. Harrlman at Portland, at Spokane, at Tacoma and at Seattle. All these giants of the railroad and financial world are engaged In a con test for a share In .the immense nat ural resources of the Northwest, which citizens of the states do not compre hend at their true value. The forests are commonplace here, but people of the inland states clamor for the beau tiful lumber produced from the fallen trees. The shipping that passes In and out of the Columbia is but a. speck on tho -surface of the broad ocean, but 1' is worth fortunes in freight tariffs. According t E. B. Osbom. .who lectured recently at tho floral Colonial Institute. London. Canada's immlirrantif are beet Jn the following order: Scotixnrn, Americans Enj; )Uhmen, ScaBdlsaviaas. Gersiaac and Douk- hooor. JUST FOR FO 0TB ALL Many Students Don't Go College to Study. to LEAVE AT END OF SEASON System Productive of Bad Results, and Is Prevalent In Xorth west Dozen Players Stop " "Work This .Year. nr Twl A. McArtbur. After the efforts to secure revised and more rational rules in football, tho next Trtt important movement among the enthusiasts of the gridiron Is the one by which it is hoped to do away with the cla."S of students that enters college just to plav the game. "College for football's sake" Is getting to be very much of a reality, and the abuses that have devel oped under the system have become large InHeeil. With the development of the game along other lines. It has been found necessary to recruit men in order to get tnom Dig enough and "strong enough to play the game One alternative Is for the coaohes regular professionalism, while the other is to get well-known men to come to college just to play on the gridiron. Sometimes the coaches and manager have to find work for their "proselytci. which is merely an effort to evade the spirit and letter of the rules regarding profes sionalism. After due consideration of the large amount of criticism that Is now being bestowed on football, it Is fairly apparent that most of it Is being devoted to abuses that do not occur in the Northwest. As a rule, the playing In this part of the country is not rough, and the men who Dartlclnate are not "muckers." though occasionally one may be found. With one exception, there is an honest effort made by nearly all concerned to make and keep football on a high level In Oregon and Washington. Xorthwcst's One Exception. That one exception Is the very matter of getting men Into college Just to play the game. Three Oregon collegiate Insti tutions have opened after the Christmas holidays, only to find that about a dozen "gridiron stalwarts" have forsaken the classic lines of Horace and the bewilder ing intricacies of differential calculus and have, according to reports from their re spective Institutions, "accepted positions of trust in the business world." What sort of positions and in what particular busi ness world, we are left to surmise. It Is getting to be a common thing to read every day or two that "Sx-and-so, the well-known guard or tackle, has been compelled to quit college," but generally these "So-and-sos" bob up again when college opens next Fall, ready to don the moleskins. Rose an Example. No better example of this spirit can be used to Illustrate the situation than that of Ralph Rose, who is alleged to have registered in half a dozen colleges at one time or another, and. like a bee. eventual ly flitted on to some other flower about the time the "exes" loomed up big ahead. It Is said that Rose hung around the University of Michigan for nearly two years, and in that time never took an examination, and if such is the case, his academic standing must indeed have been nice. This pampered hero of the gridiron and track finally announced that he could lick Jim Jeffries, and then quit college for good. Last week Ralph was reported from Modesto, California, not in college again, but this time incarcerated In the municipal bastilc. because he had no ap parent means of subsistence. It Is sup posed that he is In training for his pro posed iig ngnt with Jim. Hired Laundryman. According to all reports, the Middle West seems to hold the palm when it comes to professionalism, the real thing. v itncss tne remarks of Colonel Frank M Joyce, a Minneapolis Insurance man. and an ardent supporter of the University of Minnesota, when asked if he had ever hired football players for the university: i aon t Deueve anyone does that any more." said the Colonel, blandly. "Men hired that way are not good players. We nirea a launary-wagon driver once, a hln- husky fellow, to go out and play, but he was no gooa. Michigan, too, has come In for a share of rebuke, and it is often charged that Willie Heston went to Ann Arbor simply to piay tne game, but the fact remains that he stayed there four years, which Is contrary to the general custom of the class of men that goes to college for football alone, and that he did the full work. Heston's case might be summed up In the famous remark of ex-Senator James Murfln of Detroit, who said "Willie is not a cultured boy, when he starts to eat, he arranges his nankin as though he were going to shave, but my. you ougnt to see him hit the line.' It is reported from Wisconsin that the. college work of the past season's captain. Edward J. Vandcrboom. consisted; of ora- vory. sociology, consuiuuonai taw and football. This Is -also a pretty state of. anairs. , j Xortlnvcst Conditions. Fro m the above It can be Inferred what the result will be unless the present ten- dency in the Northwest is stopped. Too many men are slopping work after tho end of the lootball season. The Unl- vcrslty of Oregon reports one man out of college, and last week It was announced from saicm tnt .ration ana iicncxio failed to return to Willamette after the vacation. The stand taken by President Coleman Is to be commended when ho says that students who leave college. without satisfactory reason will not bo allowed to enter again. From Corvallls comes the Interesting information that six or eight football players have decided to atop whirling on the collegiate mcrry-RO-round at the Ore gon Agricultural College One or two players leaving Is bad enough, but when nearly the whole team stops work to wait ror tne following season, it Dcgins to look 'suspicious. Tho college lads give up their efforts to secure education for farming, business and Third Lieutenancies In the Philippine constabulary. Tendency Bad. The whole tendency i3 bad. and will be productive of worse results. The principal remedy that -has been suggested Is to re quire a year's college work as a pre requisite for participation In athletics. This would put a stop to such conditions as exist at Corvallls .and elsewhere. Suf fice It to say that tho rules must come, from the faculty and not from coaches and managers. This Is the part that the college officials will have to play in the present football reform movement. TRAVERS IX PRAISE OP GOLF. Young Eastern Player Tells of His Experience In the Game. "I have never regretted that I took up golf." said Jerome D. Travcrs in an inter view recently. "One can hardly be too young in beginning." he continued, "for the suppleness of youth Is an Important factor In getting a good swing. 1 began by knocking around with an old driver that had been spliced for me by my cous ins. My first stunt was trying to drlvo from a windmill to the house my parents lived In Summers. I wasn't strong enough to cover the distance, so I finally began to look upon the job as an Impossibility. "The next Winter I guess X must nave increased rapidly in strength. Anyhow, in the Spring I teed up my ball one day and drove off. never thinking that I should reach the goal. Imagine my surprise when the ball crashed through the dining-room window. All the toward I got was a sound spanking. "My earlier playing was all done on the Oyster Bay course, which at that time was kept In pretty fair shape, although the grass along the sides was rather high. However, that gave me good lessons in playinp out. "I haven't been much of a library golfer. About the only golf book I have read carefully is that of alter J. Travis. from which T gained several points, but I have learned a good deal more by watch ing Travis and other first-class players. For example. I noted that Travis never moves his head In making certain mo tions. "My game may. perhaps, be called a composite, for. while I learned my driv ing in a large measure from Alexander Smith my putting wus acquired more from Travis. I rend what tho latter had to say nbout putting, first off one foot then off the other, and then practiced faithfully to find out .which one suited me the best. 'From what I know of other sports there is none that I would exchange for golf. It Is satisfactory In itself, and In addition it brings one in touch with an ex cccdlngly fine class of sportsmen." DRAFTED MEX COST MORE Baseball Managers Make Rules for Coming Year's Play. CINCINNATI O.. Jan. 13. The changes in the National agreement relating to drafting, which have been agreed to by the National and American leagues, as well as the. minor leagues forming the National Association, were formully an nounced by Chairman Hen-man. of the national committee, today. These changes Increase the price for all drafted players and limit the number of players to captain the University of Cali fornia football team next season. Is a senior In the Collese of MInIn?. and tegUtcrs from Sacramento, lie will return to Berkeley In the Fall for post-graduate work, and as he haa not played four years, he will be eligible for the team again. He Played right end In the big Stanford California game In November, and wa? one of the best players of the blue and gold eleven. At a recent meeting of the athletic committees of California and Stan ford, Elliott was named a member 'of the advisory committee to assist in forming new rules for the Intercol legiate contest between Stanford and California. to be drafted from class A to one and provide that the full price must be paid af lno Ume lne dnUt maae Rule fixing a line for a player playing longer than the prescribed time without a contract, and a similar fine for clubs disposing of players contrary to the pro visions of the agreement, was provided. Train-Wreck Hurts Many.. ZANESVILLE. O.. Jan. 13. (Special.) A westbound passenger train on the Zanes- ille &z Western road crashed into a load- I cd coal car Just west of Fultonham at I noon today. In the overturning of the I locomotive and the wrecking of the ten- j dcr, William Martin, fireman, of. Colum- i bus. was killed, and Lafayette bowers, I engineer, and George EInsel.NmaIl. clerk. I both of thi city, wcrcnertousiy injured i a number or passcngcR-wcrc injurcu, out 1 rvel seriously. ' WILL CAPTAIN THE CALIFORNIA T FOOTBALL TEAM NEXT PALI. I :: : 9Bp i Roy Elliott. j Roy Elliott, who has been chon l i GOSSIP OF SPORTS Holyoke Girl Startles the Ath letic World. GREAT SPRINTING RECORD Oakland Judges Set Down. Jockey McBrldc Indefinitely In a Turr Scandal, Involv!ng:Plungcr and Bookmaker. A special from South Hadley, Mass., ays: By sprinting- low yaras in xi -- seconds and doing her wonderful jumping feats. Miss Helen Buck, ot Manchester. N. H., a Mount Holyoke j College girl, has electrified the athletic world. She ran 100 yards In 10 2-5 seconds, cleared 20 feet 1 inch In the broad Jump, 5 feet 5 Inches In the high ex hibition game, and after all this ex ertion she did not show the least trace of exhaustion. , She is 5 feet 7 inches in height, weighs 155 pounds, and is 22 years old. Her remarkable ability is due to ra tional open-air training, extended over practically her entire life. "My athletic training began as far back as I can remember. she ex plained. -It was conducted along the line recently recommended by a prominent college president that Is, up to my 15th year my physical edu cation consisted In the out-of-door life of the natural, fun-loving boy. "Such a life as this may not be pos sible for every girl, but It was very easy for one who has four brothers. I soon learned how to run. Jump and throw a baseball in true boy fashion. Then one of my brothers taught me the correct methods of running and Jump ing. "This out-of-door life gave me a stronp constitution. There were no sick headaches for me nor absent marks on my school report card." Jockey McBrldc. one of the best riders now performing at Oakland, has been sot down indefinitely, and the judges arc on the trail of a turf scan dal that is likely to Involve a well- known plunger and a prominent book maker, both of whom are operating at the track. McBrlde's ride on Romalne on Sat urday week is the effort that tripped him up. On that day Romalne was an odds-on favorite. Instructor being the only contender. The cliquo that ru mor has credited with controlling Mc Brlde's rides dumped a large wad of money In on Instructor, and It was no ticeable that certain books took liber ties with Romalne's price that were In marked contrast to their usual surc tblng tactics. The race was run. nnd Instructor won. McBrlde lost ground everywhere it was possible to do so. and his finish was not the sort that he makes on a heavily played long shot. The result of investigation Is eagerly watched for by the San Francisco track followers. EXGLISHMAX'S IiOVE OP SPORT. Americans Buy Outdoor Amusement, AVliIIc Their Cousins Make It. In one of his recent lectures In Milwau kee. Burton Holmes is reported to haVe said, substantially, that the English peo ple always found time for sports. There was never an Incentive to transact bus! ness strong enough to cause them to ut terly ignore sports, and social duties were naturally subordinated to the Idea. In England systematic Indulgence in sport Is a pleasant duty, but a duty nev ertheless. English office and store men stop work early enough to insure them selves at least two hours' exercise a day. and the English artisan takes two half- holidays a week In which to enjoy sport and exercises. Sundays even come In for a reasonable Indulgence in sports, and in many places master and servants get to gether for a general good time. In England the people make sport; in America wc buy It. There the people arc part of sport and here they are on lookers. Happily the interest in golf is changing this, to some extent, but we arc still far away from the English Idea of joining In personally. The principal trouble with Americans is they have not allowed sport any regular time in the schedule of life. The large majority of hours have been given to work and Its necessary opposite, sleep: a little time has been put down for eating, and what remains Is devoted to worry Ing about others. It is a fact that after an American passes the age of 23 years, as a general rule, he loses all proficiency in games and seldom indulges In them. The Englishman walks, at' least, and spends some time in sports, With general Saturday afternoon hoi! days In the cities there should be a great gathering of people each week :or sports and yet there Is little of this sort of thing .Innp. When crowds do gather It Is to troMh nm n pIso Indulcf. Thi svs- tern is poor and should be amended. The Englishman has us beaten. Milwaukee Free Press. THE DAY'S HORSERACES. At Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 13. Rubric, at 3 to 1. made a runaway race of the Santa Anita handicap, at Ascot today, leading from start to finish, and winning in a canter, five lengths ahead of Marshal Ncy. Ort-han third. Orchan and Dr. Leggo. the Durnell en try, were coupled In the betting and held , n ill. X lu Leggo could scarcely raise a gallop on the sloppy track, and finished last. The other big surprise was the defeat of Bur- nell's J12.CC0 filly j Lotus, the 2-to-3 favorite, b- Sanfcra. In the flve-furlong dash for three-year-old fillies. Favorites won two races, second choices two and an outsider the other. The track was sloppy from the rain last night and today. Weather rainy. Results: Four furlongs Sylvan Dixon. 100 pounds fMIllert. 7 to 2. won: Lady Allece. 109 (Morlarltv). S to 5, second: Edlwn T. Prwr. ioa fHudllnl. 40 to 1. third. Time. 0:'&. Mable Holland. Esther B.. Duke of Orleans. Hoot Mon. Alleric. Captain Jarrell. Kins of Spades. Tony Fauat, Ed Tracy and NIgro also ran. Mile and a half Graphite. SS (Newbert). s m won? Nine SdoL $ flriaton). 2 to 1. second: Fille D'Or, 83 (UUIer). 9 to 1. thirrt Time. 2:li. Capable. Courant. Iron King. Meadowhorn, Exap and Toung Marlow also ran. vivo fnrlnnirx Sanfara. 10b CMcDanlel). S to 1. won; Lotus. 112 (Prior). Ztoa. sec- nnrf' Vmtiaji- ICO OIUIcrL 7 to 1. third. Time lrOlV,. Marepessa, Rczla and Alma nnfrfir. nln ran. third. Time. 21. Tjiwn nWn ran. Handicap, mile and 5d yards Clyde O.. 10S fWIlev). 13 to 1. won; Secret. 96 rora!nl. S tn 1. second :Elotro3. 106 (Mil Icr), 4 to 5. third. Time. 1:47. Chimney Swwn and Memories also ran. Sir furloBxn Judge Benton. MS (Moore). S to 5, won; SL Wlalfrede. m (Clark), 4 to course, J1250 added-Rubrlc. KW (Miller). H1IL Kelso; G B. Johnson. Astoria: Miss SMoC won: Marshal Ney. 107 (Jackson). Gustafson. J. SMaglady Astoria: M E. 5 to L second; Orchan. 1CH (Wiley). 1 to 2. J""...?..' Mrf-Eu'' 1. second: Parvo. SS (Ncubert). It to 5, third. Time. 1:1 T. Bert Arthur. Monte zuma. Anona. Minna Baker. Ahtara. Chief Aloha. Florence Fonso. Lady Travess and Elfin King also ran. At San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. One of the closest finishes v witnessed at Emeryville this season occurred today when Tom McGrath scored a lucky win for Barney Schrclber In the Adam Andrew selling stakes. There was considerable discus sion over the decision, but judges held that the winner was a nose In front at the finish. Weather rainy: track sloppy. Summary: Three and a half furlongs Blue Bottle. 10S (Knapp). 8 to 1, won: Palemon, ICS (Buchanan). 3 to 1. second; Elmdale. 10S (Radtkc). 3 to 1. third. Time. 0:13U. Marion Rose. Princess Leal. Maid of the Mill. John J. Mohr and Irish Mail also ran. Mile and E0 yards Bill Curtis. 107 (Kpall). 1 to 5, won: Holly Berry. 108 (Ho-. Dan;, tu to j. seconu; leuowstone, no ij. Kelly). 9 to 3. third. Time, 1:47. Dusty Milton. Dixie Lad. Vlgoroso. Gloomy Gus, Dosal and May Holladay also ran. Mile and 50 yards Hooligan. 104 (Foun tain). IS to 5. won: Chief Bush. 10G (Radt ke). 60 to L second: Lerlda. 102 (Robin son), 11 to 1. third. Time. 1:15. fay Ripper. Sherry. Possart. Serenity. Wista ria and Albert Enright also ran. Adam Andrew selling stakes. 6 fur longs, purse J2O0O Tom McGrath. S3 (Schade). S to 5, won; Princess Titanla. lot (Graham). CO to 1. second: Red Leaf. iuuiKe,. , i. unra. iime. i. 9 (Radtke). 7 to 1, third. Time. 1-0. ,nence. Sir Brlllar. Pinkerton. Ruby. The .Mighty. Ocyrohe and Dorado also ran. i.lle and 50 yards Massa. w (Goodchild). 9 to 5. won; Funnyslde. SS (T. Sullivan). 12 to 1. second; Bannock Belle, 97 (J. J. Wal3h). 15 to 1. third. Time. 1:144. Buchanan. Sals. Lone W atf. Ramus. Bryar. Brlarthorpe and Magrane also ran. J? uturity course Aneie. lot (benaue). a to 2. won; David Boland. 104 (Fountain). 5 to 1. second: Hani m era way. Sd (Radtkc). 5 to 1. third. Time. 1:13. Sea Air. El DIncro, Martinmas. Duelist, Tim Hurst, Jlilette and Lady Rice also ran. At Xctv Orleans. NEW ORLEANS. Jan ,13.-City Park results: Two mllM I-nii M. won. Harnoon sec ond. Little Wally third; time. 3:45 4-5. Half-mile Frances H. won. Arthur Ros cnfeld second. Approbation third; time. 0:51 4-3. Five and a half furlongs. handicap- Airship won. Lucy Young second. Thes pian tmrd: time. i: Mile and a sixteenth, tne i.ync nnnm cap Coruscate won. Drcxcl second. En voy third: time. 1:521-3. One mile St. Tammany won. Modred second. Adesso third: time. 1:414-3. Six furlongs Casclnc won. La cache sec ond. Fonso Luca third; time, 1:1 1 3-a. Assassin Stabs Corean Statesman. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 13. Yl Chi Yong. ex-Minister of Corea. who Is stay Ing at the Hotel de France here, had a narrow escape from assassination today at the hands of a Corean. said to be the Minister's Interpreter. The would-be as sassin stabbed the Minister 11 times with a knife. OREGON EXPRESS IN DITCH Northbound Train-AVrcck, hut Xo One on Board Injured. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 14. The first section of the northbound Oregon express went Into a ditch near West Fork this morning. One engine went Into the river. No one was injured. Germans Buy Out Br'itislt In Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 13. (Special.) -The German Anatolian railway has qui etly secured a majority of the shares In the British-owned Merslna, Tarsus & Adana. railway, with the object of making. Merslna the Levantine port of the Bag dad railroad. This will save the cost of transportation of material and at the I same time obviate a possible conflict of i interests. Taigny Xot Yet Recalled. PARIS. Jan. 13. The Foreign Office has not yet dispatched orders for M. Taigny the French Charge d' Affaires at Caracas, to demand his passports. Neither has M. Maubourguet, the enezuelan Charge here, received an official intimation of the suspension of relations between the two countries. In diplomatic circles there is little hope that President Castro will give way under pressure. AT THE HOTELS. Thf Portland E. G. Dewald. San Fran Cisco: M. C Moore. Walla Walla: W. J. B Wilson. Nelson. B. C: T. F. Ryan. Seattle C. E. Vlrden. Butte: I. Bronson. Seattle; A Alexander. Wilbur; H. A. Gallagher. San. Francisco: A. Kemer. New ions: r. c Kicn ard and family. Sumoter: W. O. Stuart. Chi cago: A. it. Palmer and wife. U. S. A.; L. L. Richards. San Francisco; a. uppenneimer. New York: R. A. Yerkes. Chicago; A. Allon berg. Spokane: B. Levy. New York; A. Riley. St. Joseph: L. O. Brown. Eugene: S. T. Williams. Seattle: B. W. Reed. Rainier; P. Burns. Calgary: J- E. dates anu wire. Asne- vllle. X. C; W. B. Latta. E. F. Latta. Hot Springs. Ark.; J. G. Beck. Jr.. San Fran cisco; J. L. Mozlcr. Omaha: J. R. Elmentor and wife. San Francisco: P. Weston. Dalton. Mass., W. E. Rowe. Ostrander; C- C. Spring er. Chicago; A. Sharp and wife. Orient; S. P. Curtis. Philadelphia: B. G. West. Chicago: S. W. Hanson, S-attle: W. J. Jiouiion. argo. N. D.; Mis Carmen. J. B. Levi. Thr Oregon George B. Adair. Seattle; D. W. Ferry. Chicago; Fred Lllyman. J. E. Horan. Seattle: C. H. JlcWIUIams. Waterloo, la.; J. T. Klkatake. Seattle: Ben Greenhood. New York; L. Obermeyer. Denver: A. M. Robertson and wife. San Francisco; E. D. Gates. Leavenworth. Wash.: J. H. Davis, Olympla: R. E Allen. Walla Walla; E. Day. Mrs. E. Day. Chicago; H. A. Thompson. ia coma; Charles K. Tower. Seattle; E. J. Ad- ft m Tj trmf T A Kuine. Seattle: G. McGregor. Sophia Schultz. Mliicr. Chicago: i j. Ohio: V. Anderson and wife. Calgary. At I berta: Mrs. Dennis. Miss Dennis. Calgary. Alberta: E. T. Haltorn. Tillamook: Yv . O. Younc-. cltv: C II. Blackburn. Tacoma: G. R. Andrew. Seattle: L. C. Ross. New York; Ed ear Battle. Seattle: W. A. Slzer, Lincoln. Neb.; Sleg S. Toplltz. San Francisco; W. L. Lynn. Seattle: T. H. Austin, at raui; m. c Dtanno. Minneapolis: B. G. Hudson. New York; James Van Dyke, Omaha: J. W. Alns ley. Des Moines: James Hathaway, Chehalls; C. R. Goodnough, Roseburg: Edw. Charrlng ton. Ashland; L. R. Davidson. San Fran cisco; R. 11. Jackson. Baker City: O. P. Bur rows. Hoquiam: w. s. cnuue ana we, r, W. Ingalls. Seattle. The Perkins H. T. McCtallen. Roseburg. Or.; J. C. Kennedy. Nahcotta; R. J. Hend ricks. Salem; J. A. Dunlap. Trenton. Mo.; Captain Watson and wife. Medford; John Buchanan. Chicago: D. J. Barrett. Cornelius; B. A. Owen. Eagley. N. D.; E. H. Flagg. SL Helens; J. H. Halpln. St. Johns; W. S. Fuaon. I Sattl. Anton O. Mae. Clifton. Or.; Hans I . . n . to c o G M."wh'ltson, Portland: Xlei Miller. North Yakima; Thomas G. McCarthy and. wife. Modlsto. Qal.; William Howe. Ta- coma; J rdr. washV; s. P. Wright! fiutte. Mont.: H. J. I Jordan. Denver: Mrs. Friend. Miss Friend, Rltsville: B. Shattuck, Juneau. Alaska; '5, VenY MIsV Daisy" Watklns. St. Helens. Or,: C T. Early. Hood River: Beuiah Dury, McMInnvIlIe: J. m. wooaruir. cuy: a. w. Johnson. Corvallls: Forrest Cox. T. W. Rob inson. Houlton. Or.: L. R. Stlnson. Salem. Or.; G. W. Griffln. Eugene; Robert Penney; San Francisco: D. B. Jerome and wife. Los Angeles; J. E Johnson. Catlln: Robert C Prtndle, Cape Horn Wash; E. W. Newman. Spokane; H. T. Booth. Baker City; Charles E. Fish. San Francisco; William Winters, Spokane: James S. Stewart. Fossil; F. H. Douglas and wife. Arlington. The Imperial B. Danner: L. L. Bush. Bay Center. Wash.: E. W. Rlrablee. Elgin: S. E. Hart. Lincoln. -Neb. ; F. M. Bryan. Mrs. M. D. Hansford. Pendleton: W. H. BennlnghotT. Omaha: C. S. Farrow. Eugene. Or.; Walter i.von. independence: G. S. Horslncton. Pen- die ton: B. H. White. Salem; c E. Barnard, I Omaha: AUIecn May. New York: Miss E. Talbot. Kalama: D. B. Hopkins. Eugene; W. T. Mercer. Salem; J. E. Anderson. The Burns. Or.: Burnell Glover. Seattle: William Hoach. Salem: W. T. Whitmore. Chicago; Miss Louisa a. wn nian. lone; F. E. Ramsey, city: Charles M. GambI-, Philadelphia; O. W. Brlggs. Eugene. Hotel DoaaeXy. Tacem WasMsztea. Buropeaji pten. Sates. 75 ecats to J2.54 er aay. Jt re bus. GLOOMY FQRSMOOT Mormon Apostle Will Have Hard Fight for Seat. ATRI0TISMI.SIN QUESTION TJnltcd,Statcs Senate Will Xbt Admit Him If It Is Proved Ills First Allegiance Is to His Church. OREGONIAN NEWS- BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. 13. If the Senate nan voted on the Smoot case at any tlmo during the 3$th Congress, there is lit tle doubt but that the Utah senator wouid have been accorded a scut In the Senate by a good liberal vote, but as time goes on the trend t sen timent against him continues to grow. until now there appears to be prospect of an almost unanimous report against him by the committee on privileges anS elections, and such a report, followed up by a vigorous fight on the part oC Chairman Burrows and some of the other prominent members of that committee-, of both political faiths, makes the outlook today very dark for too apostle-Senator. Senator Smoot is personally accept able to the Senate; he has many warm frlc.ids on vlthcr side of the party aisle, and there are a number of ben- ators who wllL vote for him because they do not believe in injcctlnc: tho church into politics. Senator Smoot is not a polygamlst: he docs, not prac tice polygamy, and therefore theso particular Senators are not in favor of expelling him from the Senate mere ly because he i.s an otnelnl In a churcii that has countenanced polygamy, and. which apparently still countenances plural marriages, notwithstanding- the protestations of Its oniciais. But there arc many other benaiora who will not stand by Smoot. even though they like him as a man. Many Senators who would, have voted to scut him in the last Congress arc now ready to oust him. First Allegiance to His Church. The most serious charge against Sen ator Smoot today, and the charge most likely to lead to his expulsion Is that he owes his first allegiance to his church, his duty to his country behisr of secondary consideration. It has been illoged by many witnesses tnat tho endowment-house oath which bmoot has taken requires his first duty to his church. Many witnesses have taken the stand and charged that this oath 13 binding. and makes a Mormon a churchman before he Is a patriot. Rut up to this time no witness has b--.i ablrt to produce this oath, or to recite Its terms verbatim, and there is still some doubt as to the' correctness uf this testimony. For that reason tne nntl-Smoot agitators have been going over Vtah with a fine-tooth comb, and allege they have found several person who can produce the endowment-houM oath, and who are willing to testify IC given the opportunity. If this oath can be produced, and if. as alleged. It shows that Sraoot's first duty is to his church, the committee on privileges and elections Will not hesitate to report against the Mormon Senator; indeed, the production of an oath such as this is- alleged to be. anu which Smoot had to take when he be came an apostle In the Mormon Church, will probably lead to a unani mous report against him. Even on tha testimony heretofore given Severn t members of the committee arc ready to vote against Smoot. while others are waiting for verification of tha charge. A strong report from the committee, whether It be unanimous or nearly so. will have a great influ ence "on the subsequent action of tho Senate, and It is believed will forco the expulsion of Smoot. Country Must Come First. The Senate' will not permit any man to hold a seat In that body who places his church ahead of his .duties as a. .patriotic American citizen.- Loyalty to country is demanded ahead of every thing else, and "any man whose patri otism Is a secondary consideration need not expect to remain a member of the Senate, provided he Is found out. When the Smoot case, goes into the; Senate there Is going to be much quib bling1 over unimportant details, evert though there may be an almost unani mous sentiment regarding- the main issues. Senator Burrows, chairman of the committee which Investigated Smoot. will probably lead the fight against the Utah Senator, and Bur rows is mighty as a leader, even though he has had little opportunity to assert himself since he entered tho Senate. He will be backed by some of the best men In the Senate, those who are members of the. committee, as well as those who are. not. Practically every member of tha elections committee will make a speech on the Smoot case; there will be other speeches, particularly a speech by Sen ator Smoot himself, in which he will put up the best defense possible. Some new Senators may be heard In tills connection, especially Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, who ranks head and shoulders ahead of every other Sena tor who is just beginning his first term in the upper'branch of Congress. This Is an exceptional occasion which wilt permit Senator Knox to be heard, ana if he does speak his speech is likely to be one of the most masterful deliv ered on the Smoot case. In the face of a strops: committee report, backed by a vigorous assault on the floor of the Senate. Smoot stands little show of holding- on; htf has no chance whatever it it can b proven that he has given his first al legiance to the Mormon Church. DODSOX LOOKS IilKE SEXATOIt Portland Man Is Often Mistaken for La Follcttc. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. 13. Senator La Follette ha a double In Washington, a double who will frequently appear on the floor of the Senate. Senator Fulton brought from Portland, as clerk' of the claims com mittee. W. B. D. Dodson. who. by rea son of his position, will be entitled to go upon the floor of the Senate. Dodson could readily pass for a brother of Senator La Follette. He is short of stature; so Is La "Follette; his hair lit erally stands, on end; so does La Fol lette's; his keen, piercing eyes have a peculiar squint; so do La Follette's: he Is quick In his movements; so IsLa Follette. The two men. placed side by side, would pass for brothers, though La Follette Is the older and the heavier. The resem blance is quite striking, and until the two become 'well known, Mr. Dodson 1 quite apt to be addressed as "Senator." and some Senator on the claims commit tee Is apt to summon La Follette. and send him for a report. But these things ad just themselves in time. There have been other doubles in public life In Wash ington, but few more striking, than La. .Follette ami Dodson. Curiously enough. Senator La Follette Is.ra member of tho claims committee of. which Dodson Is clerk.