The Sunday Oregonian., September 20, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 8, Image 44

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTXA2TD. SEPTEMBER 20, lPOai
TURN VEREIN TO CELEBRATE TODAY
German Society Established Fifty Years Ago Will Observe Anniversary
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Fifty years ago a turn vereln was
established in this state and begin
ning today Germans in Portland will
celebrate the half-century anniver
sary of its founding. The celebration
today will be held at Rohse's Park,
and will Include many gymnastic and
athletic exercises.
Today's programme will be under the
direction of Instructor R. Genserowskl,
and the Seattle Turn Vereln will be
represented by a large number of mem
bers who will participate in the con
tests.
Today and tomorrow will be cele
brated as the golden anniversary of
the Portland Turn Verein and on the
same dates the 37th anniversary of the
Social Turn Verein will be celebrated
by members of this organization. The
Turn Vereln was established on Sep
tember 20, 1S58, and on August 21,
1871, the Social Turn Vereln was es
tablished. There are no records now
from the year 1858 to 1863 because
, they were destroyed by fire. The only
, thing of record is the speech by W.
Kapus. on January 1, 1858, which will
be repeated on the golden anniversary.
On Saturday and Sunday, May 16
and 17, 1858, the flnst celebration of
the organization was held in the State
of Oregon. The celebration was on the
Proebstel farm. The ladles of the or
ganization presented a flag, which is
; still In existence. The flag was pre
' eented July 4, 1858, by Miss Anna
Immel.
In 1S63 the organization had 40 mem
bers. On August 12, 18S4, this organ
ization erected a hall at Second and
Ash streets. On November 24, 1865, the
Portland Turn Vereln and the Har
monie Society consolidated, the latter
being a singing society with Guido H.
Grob as Instructor. In May. 1866, there
were 14 active singers.
On March 12, 1867, resolutions were
adopted to erect a monument In re
membrance of Father John, in Berlin,
' where the first Turn Verein was
founded. On May 20, of the same year,
, a celebration was held where the mem
bers of San Francisco and Sacramento
participated. In June, of the same
year, the Turn Vereln associated with
the .Vorth American Turner Bund.
On May 31, 1871. the Turn Vereln dis
banded on account of losing members
who departed for the East, San Fran
cisco and Germany. The hall and fur
niture were sold for $350 and the pro
- ceeds divided among the following in
stitutions: The Jewish Beneficiary Society, 2100;
the German Beneficiary Society. $100: the
Jewish Women's Society, $63; the German
School. $63.
DIPLOMAT SAILS OVER THE CLOUDS
John Barrett Passenger in the Basket of the Balloon' Boston
SPRLNG FIELD. Mass.. Sept, li (Spe
cial.) The balloon Boston, with Pilot
Charles J. Glidden and John Barrett, of
Washington, D.C.. in the basket, rose from
the Court square extension, at 4:46 yester
day afternoon and sailed away to the
south. landing without a hitch exactly an
hour and three-OUarters later at sianora.
Conn., within three miles of the state
line, after having covered a distance of
about 40 miles. Mr. Barrett, who is director
of the international bureau of American
republics, la an old friend of Mr. Gllov
den's, and had for some time been plan
ning to make an ascension with him.
This was his Initial trip, but he was not
at all worried over the prospect. Yester
day's flight wa the second within three
days which Mr. Glidden has made with
the Boston from Springfield. He does not
reually make his ascensions In such quick
succession, but yesterday was Mr. Bar
rett's only chance to go with him, and
he was determined that his friend should
have the experience.
No one could have had more attractive
conditions under which to begin balloon
ing. There was not a sign of movement
In the lower air. and the Boston rose
gently from the ground, almost without a
perceptible tremor of the great bag.
When it had risen 100 feet it began to
drift over the power station, then, as
more sand was spilled out. it attained an
altitude of perhaps 1000 feet and sailed
away out of sight on a course southeast
by south.
Barrett's Nerves Steady.
Mr. Barrett was one of seven friends to
whom Mr. GUddan ulegraphed some time
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On August a. 1871, the social Turnvereln
was established. It had the following
charter members: H. W. DiUr, W. Wilde,
Ph. Kohl, IX Mohlfeld, P. Lercher, John
Lercher, Anton Oblasser, Peter Wilhelm,
John Vogler, F. Lutx, P. Hagner, Gott
fried Castendieck, Charles Bauer, P.
Gladewltx, A. H. Meyer, H. Wilms, H.
Papa. F. Krasel, Charles Gritxmacher, H.
Kaiser, W. J. Bauer. J. F. Bilers, W.
ago setting a day on which he offered to
take them ballooning and asking them to
telegraph their acceptance. He said he
was prepared to hire some extra balloons
if they all accepted, but he did not think
there was much danger of such an oc
currence. As a matter of fact only one
telegraphed, while the other six wrote
long letters explaining why they could
not come. Mr. Barrett was one of these,
but he was determined that his friends
should have no reason for casting reflec
tions on his courage and he very soon
after arranged a date to take a fly. He
has been spending a short vacation visit
ing friends in New Hampshire and he
cams to Springfield from there. Mr. Bar
rett has performed some of the most
dangerous climbs in the Himalayas and
the Andes and he was Inclined to look
upon going up In a balloon as an interest
ing but rather tame proposition in com
parison, even though it was his first
trip. He has seen some of the flights
made by Wilbur Wright in his aeroplane
near Washington and he describes the ap
pearance of the machine circling about
at will In the air as being positively un
canny. - Ha says that it seems natural
enough to see a balloon go up, but that
the sight of a heavier-than-alr machine
In flight Impressed him with a sense of
wonder and mystery.
Fine Weather for Flight.
Mr. Glidden said yesterday before start
ing that he had never made a flight under
Just such weather conditions. The warmth
and the still air were ideal for flight, but
he regretted the. thick haxe, as it would
prevent his friend from getting the full
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Winkler, H. Kuenast, W. TJhlenhardt,
Ernst Ram bow. A. Kurth, Henry Rex.
A. Gessner, J. W. Shlrott, C. A. Allsky.
At that time C. A. Alisky was presi
dent. The meeting was held In the old
German schoolroom, formerly a Baptist
Church, at First and Jefferson streets.
Here the first laws of the organization
were adopted.
On April 7, 1872, a singing society was
benefit of the view from the balloon. He
was also afraid that there was so little
wind that ho might remain over Spring
field for some time, and perhaps even
descend here. The north . wind In the
upper eir which carried him toward the
Connecticut line was unlooked for by
him, as he had expected to fly toward
the west The gas used yesterday was
1 the best which he has yet had. It had
a lifting power of 62 pounds per 1000 cubic
feet, as against a lifting power of 46
pounds for the gas with which he made
his last ascent. -The capacity of the Bos
ton is 60,000 cubic feet. Mr. Glidden did
not Intend to remain in the air long, as
he was planning to come down with the
sun, this being the easiest way to make
a landing, because of the fact that the
cooling of the air at sunset lets the bal
loon descend? gently, without any trouble
on the part of the pilot Mr. Glidden
reports on one occasion descending 3300
feet in 10 minutes at sunset without
throwing out an ounce of sand and
making a very agreeable landing. ,
On account of the high lifting power
of his gas, Mr. Glidden took with him
nine bags of sand, instead of the six
which he usually takes. The ascent was
made very gradually, ' the aeronauts
spilling out a bit of sand at a time. Just
as the balloon got over the crowd on the
south side of the extension they started
to pour out sand In abundance, causing
the people to scuttle in all directions.
When the drag rope was loosed at a
height of GOO feet It failed to uncoil prop
erly and could be seen hanging In a
tangle as the balloon passed out of
sight
Balloon Over Mountains.
The balloon, after leaving this city.
started toward the west and then sailed
south over Enfield. The wind then shift
ed to the west and the balloon traveled
to the east and northeast over the moun
tains to the edge of Stafford, The land-
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established, being a branch of he Turn
Vereln, with D. W. Nesfeld as Instruc
tor, and the first celebration of the Turn
Vereln was held In May, 1572, In Canyon
Garden. On that day the society made a
clear (rain of S508. and on April 6, 1875, a
sick benefit fund was established which,
under honest and efficient management,
has a capital now of ?6000 and has 45
members.
July 18, 1876, the lot on which tae pres
ent hall stands was purchased from Hen
ry railing for J4000. July 19, 1875, the
Turn Vereln was Incorporated, and July
22 of tho same year the work of exca
vating; for the new structure wa oegun.
The cornerstone was laid in August,
1875, and an oration delivered by A. Le
Grande. The hall was accepted Novem
ber 30 of that year.
In 1884 fire destroyed a portion of the
hall, which cost the organization J3000.
In 1885 the property was valued at $25,000.
Today tho Portland Social Turn Vereln
has a membership of 250 and the value
of Its property Is estimated to be 100,000.
ing was made on the farm of Joseph Tel
ller. In a little clearing in the midst of
woods and over a mile from the nearest
house. The country Is a hilly one and
the spot where the Boston touched
ground Is 1600 feet above sea-level.
The greatest height reached by the
aeronauts was 2100 feet, which they at
tained within 15 minutes after starting.
For the next 25 minutes they dropped to
1500 feet and then in 10 minutes rose to
the greater height again. They made
many Interesting experiments with the
air currents and found that at 1300 feet
up the wind was blowing to the south
at the rate of a mile a minute, while
above and below this zone It had much
less velocity. The place selected for land
ing was a difficult one, but It was grow
ing so dark that the landing could not
be postponed longer. There were four
bags of sand still in the basket when It
touched earth, showing that the flight
could have been continued for at least
two hours longer. Farmers who had
watched the Boston descend came at
once to the scene of the landing and the
air voyagers were taken to Monson In
the carriage of Mrs. C. H. Lawrence,
while the balloon followed In a wagon.
From Monson Mr. Glidden telephoned to
his friends in Springfield.
Thrilling Ride In the Air.
Mr. Barrett said at Monson last night
that a balloon ride was a wonderful ex
perience and that he was much Impressed
by the trip. The. sudden rise Into the
air was very thrilling at first, but he had
perfect confidence in Mr. . Glidden as a
pilot He said that it opened his eyes
as to the practical possibilities of aerial
navigation, especially In- war. The ex
perience was of particular value to him
on account of his relations with the
South American republics, who are all
deeply Interested In the conquest of the
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BASEBALL LEAGUE
RIDDLE UNSOLVED
Perplexing Delay in Plans for
Enlargement of Coast
Circuit.
HEN BERRY AND THE FANS
Strong Objection Made to Further
Retention of Portland as the
Tail of the Kite In State
of California.
BY W. J. PBTRAIN.'
The problem of arranging plans for the
enlargement of the Pacific Coast League
circuit for 1909 continues to remain an un
solved riddle. The most prominent mo
guls of both Pacific Coast and Pacific
Northwest Leagues assembled In a five-
day conference In Portland during the
past week, but the daily confabs brought
no results. The magnates simply could
not look at the matter in the same wise.
and adjourned without coming to any
thing like a satisfactory agreement
HI Henry Berry, the lmpressario of the
Angel City, could see nothing but the con
summation of the Los Angeles Idea of
continuous baseball, the same as is en
Joyed by San Francisco, and, California
like, insisted on refusing to listen to any
other line ' of reasoning. He resolutely
adhered to his belleC that Los Angeles is
the greatest baseball city enjoying exist
ence along the Pacific Coast and any ef
fort to explain to him that continuous
baseball is not to be thought of there was
like getting Into an argument in a
woman's rights convention.
Of course Brother Berry desires to
please the Portland fans Just as do the
other California magnates, and so he
throws in a little salve here and there In
which he tells the Portland people of
what a great baseball city is Portland,
but, in the aforementioned California
manner, adds that Los Angeles Is a
greater baseball city. If Berry were to
remain here several weeks it is quite pos.
sible that he would be able to convince
us that Los Angeles Is somewhat better
than Sacramento or Fresno from a base
ball paying standpoint
League Claim to Seattle.
To retain Portland as the tail to the
California kite is the present ambition of
the California moguls, and, unless the
McCredies assert themselves . In the
most positive manner, it seems quite like
ly that they will succeed in accomplish
ing their object The question of the le
gality of the Pacific Coast League claim
to Seattle will come up before the Na
tional Association of Professional Base
ball Leagues at the next meeting of that
body, and it has hitherto been generally
presumed that this league would fight
strenuously for the recognition of that
claim.
If Berry Is to be granted his whim for
continuous baseball in Los Angeles, it Is
safe to assume that any effort at claim
ing Seattle on the part of the Pacific
Coast League wiu, at Dest, oe out a naii
hearted attempt for In that case the
league will not have any use for the
northern city, but will attempt to keep
Portland as the lone town In this sec
tion of the Coast country. A six-team cir
cuit will be filled in by the introduction
of a team at Sacramento.
The moguls, when they offered to back
Ed Kripp In his Sacramento venture by
promising him a franchise into the Paci
fic Coast League, failed to take Into con
sideration that Portland has a voice in
league matters. Incidentally, there are
enough persons In this city familiar with
conditions In Sacramento to warrant the
McCredies in objecting to the granting of
a franchise there. In the first place Sacra
mento has, and is, represented in the Cali
fornia State League . with a first-class
baseball team, and the best they would
expect from the Coast League during the
first year would be but a mediocre club
for the reason that the town is not large
enough to afford a first-class team at I
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the start because of the tremendous ex
pense attached to the purchasing of
capable players.
Berry recently advanced an argument
that seems to dispute his reputation as a
baseball promoter. He maintained that
in the admitting of Seattle, Tacoma or
Spokane, or all three, the Pacific Coast
League would make a serious mistake
because of the practical impossibility of
gathering first-class clubs for those towns
during the first year or so. To a man
up a tree this argument is foolish.
Berry and His Argument.
For Instance, Berry might explain why.
If It is Impossible to place first-class clubs
In the Northern cities, it Is possible to do
so in the proposed new additions to the
league in California. His argument is not
well taken In this instance. Then again
he points to the victorious career of his
Los Angeles Club, which he maintains
has made a runaway race of the Pacific
Coast League pennant contest for two
I years, and adds that Portland has had
I a hard time getting together a team
that is now having a hard fight to stay In
second place. We might ask Mr. Berry
why It is that his Los Angeles team has
so much difficulty when it engages with
the Portland team, and yet has such an
easy time defeating the Oakland and San
Francisco clubs. For his own benefit
we will call his attention to the fact "that
Portland has won the great majority of
me games it has played with Los An
geles this season, while the latter club
has been Just a trifle too successful
against Oakland and San Francisco to
satisfy the fans of this vicinity that all
is as square as it might be in this race.
The point may be taken Inadvisedly, but
nevertheless If Mr. Berry desires to fight
me contentions or Portland, It is one
which he and the balance of the Califor
nia magnates will have some difficulty in
explaining to the satisfaction of the fans
of tms vicinity.
It is the hogglshness of the Cali
fornia magnates that has caused the
general revulsion of feeling In this
vicinity, . and from now on, unless a
change of front is noticeable on their
part, the cry for Portland in the
Northwest League will be advocated
more strenuously. Had the Coast
League magnates adhered to Mc
Cre"dle's advice In the Fall of 1906 and
Spring of 1907, Russ Hall's desertion
would not have caused the loss of Seat
tle, and by this time the Pacific Coast
League would have been on a firmer
footing than ever before. , As it Is now,
the' arrogant California magnates will
have considerable difficulty in gaining
a foothold in Dugdale's home, and are
practically helpless without his sup
port Dug is not the most popular
baseball magnate in the world, but it
must be admitted that he is the base
ball situation of Seattle, and unless he
Is "seen," the Pacific Coast League
will have one Errand scrap on Its hands
convincing the fans of the Northern
city that their brand of baseball,
whether class A or otherwise, is the
best to be had. If anything is to be
done, and It must be, the time In
which to act is the present, for time
Is required to organize clubs and
formulate plans as well as the schedule
for the coming season! These Items can
not be attended to in a few short weeks,
so it behooves the California magnates'
to adopt McCredie's proposal for four
clubs In the North and four In the
South. It is the only solution to the
present problem, and the sooner adopt
ed the better satisfied all will be with
the new arrangement.
Huge Terminals Are Planned.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 19.-Charles
W. Conllsk, manager of the Hotaling es
tate, ana principal stockholder In the
California Company, organized for the
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of 1200 acres on the north shore of San
Francisco Bay and eventual extension of
railroad lines to meet the Northern Pa
cific in the Sacramento Valley. The mala
line will extend from Rlchardsons Bay to
Sacramento, a distance of 95 miles, and
the company will absorb three lnterurban
oompanies. The terminal and the rights,
it Is said, have been secured at an outlay
of 1600,000, and the promoters claim to
have at their disposal 10,000,000 of foreign
and American capital.
Tokio Students Honor Terry.
TOKIO, Sept 19. Henry T. Terry,
formerly of Yale University, who has
been professor of American law at the
Imperial University for 20 years, was
magnificently entertained tonight at a
banquet given by his colleagues and
students. A feature of the evening was
the unveiling of a portrait of the dis
tinguished educator. K. Kato, recently
appointed Ambassador to the Court of
St James, presided, and Count Ko
mura. Minister of Foreign Affairs, was
among those present
Cannon Gets Fair Trial.
WASHINGTON, Sept 19. Word re
ceived at the State Department yes
terday from American Minister Dodge
at Salvador Is that Leroy Cannon, an
American citizen, is being tried at
Choluteca, Honduras. He is charged
with being implicated in Honduras
revolutionary movements. Mr. Dodge
says he is assured Cannon Is receiving;
proper treatment and a fair trial.
There Is said to be no record of the ax-
liitencg of the oamel In a wild atate.
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