THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 12, 1909.
ALL-YEAR CONTROL
OF PLAYERS URGED
Johnson Descants Against
Baseball Barnstorming in
i Winfer Months.
LEAGUE OPPOSED TO WARD
Promise Made to Xame Men Con
nected With Bribe Scandal of
1908 When Deciding Game
Was About to Be Played.
CHICAGO. Dec. rL (Special.) "Baseball
players will be asked to serve the year
round instead of seven months in future.
If President B. B. Johnson, of the Ameri
can League, carries the point outlined
after his return to Chicago today. The
. chief of the younger ' circuit is against
exhibition games and is determined to
register a lusty objection to off-season
playing during- the annual meeting at
New York Wednesday.
"High-salaried players too often Jeopard
their chances for competing In cham
pionship games by traveling around the
ooontry with barnstormers after the close
of the league season," said Mr. Johnson,
"and it's time the owners set up a bar
rier to this style of promiscuous work.
All this talk about the American League
wanting 168 games is manufactured from
the whole cloth," continued the execu
tive. At this juncture Johnson was Inter
rupted by President Comlskey, of the
White Sox, who voiced hta approval of a
longer schedule.
That the American Leaguo will stand
united against the election of John Mont
gomery Ward as president of the Na
tional League and will continue the cam
paign against the former shortstop of
the Giants was the keynote of Johnson's
farewell oration.
Johnson declared he would furnish a
sensation for the gathering of baseball
magnates in New York next week- by
naming the men connected with the al
leged umpire-bribing scandal of the Chicago-New
York series of 1908.
"I came in possession of new javt
rience in tile case last Summer," said
Mr. Johnson, "and if necessary I will
produce It. The man named was merely
a ncapegoat for others."
Umpires Klem and Johnstone were
the men said to have been approached
before the crucial game that deter
mined the National League champion
ship. Mr. Johnson also said he intended
to protest against the practice of allow
ing baseball players to go on "barn
storming" trips during the off season.
His plan to stop this, which he 'will
present at the American League meet
ing. Is to sign all players to yearly
contracts. In this way the club owner
will control players' activities through
out the entire 12 months.
President Johnson reiterated his dec
laration that the American League
would continue to play a 158-game
schedule regardless of the action of
the National League.
Charles A. Comisky, president of the
Chicago American League team, has
announced that he would be willing
to vote to lengthen the schedule to
16S games.
BIG LEAGUE MEV GATHERING
'
Fight Between Heydler and Ward
Interests Nationals.
NEW YORK. Dec 11. Major and
minor league club owners and managers
and flayers are trooping to New York
to be here for the National anil Ameri
can league meetings next week. Ar
rivals tonight were Barney Dreyfuss,
president of the Pittsburg Nationals,
and Fred Like, new manager of the
Boston Club of the same organization.
Dreyfuss sa.u he would fignt with
Herrmann and Dovey for the re-election
of John A. Heydler to the Na
tional League presidency. He laughed
at the statement of Charles W. Murphy,
of Chicago, that John Ji. Ward would be
president of the National Leagrue on the
first ballot.
"Ward won't even be elected on the
twenty-first ballot." he said.
Dreyfuss denied the rumor from Chi
cago, that Fred Clarke, manager of the
Pittsburg Club, had decided to retire
from the game.
"Clarke is coming to New York next
week," said Dreyfuss. "not to tell me
that his ball-playing days are over, but
to decide where our team is to train
next Spring, e have an offer to gt
to California. Clarke will be the Pitts
burg team manager next seasonand as
many years thereafter as he cares to
serve."
GAME FORBIDDEN' BY FACULTY
Professional Promoters Satd to Be
Barking Seattle-Eastern Contest.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 11. There
will be no football game Detween teams
representing Englewood High School,
of Chicago, or Ann Arbor High School,
of Ann Arbor. Mich., and Lincoln High
School, of Seattle, on New Year's day,
or any other day, if the school authori
ties of Seattle can prevent it. This
was the announcement made today by
Frank B. Cooper, superintendent of the
Seattle schools, following the receipt of
a letter from H. M. Slausen, superin
tendent of schools of Ann Arbor, de
claring that professional promoters are
trying to Induce the schoolboys of Ann
Arbor and Chicago to make trips to
the Pacific Coast ' against the wishes
of the school authorities of thosa cities.
Superintendent Cooper said today
that he would refuse permission to
any of the Seattle high school teams
' to meet teams from Chicago or Ann
Arbor unless the contract bear the
signatures of the principals of the
schools represented by the teams. In
case the Seattle boys violate the order
of Superintendent Cooper they will be
barred from participating in any of the
regular high school athletic events.
F. C. TO PLAY VANCOUVER NEXT
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California, by Defeating Stanford,
Earns Trip North.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Ber
keley, Csl.. Dec. 11. It has been cus
tomary since the introduction of rugby
in California for the winning team of
the Stanford-California game to send a
teem to Vancouver, where they contend
with the Northerners on their own
grounds. This year California, by tight
of winning from Stanford on November
13, will send a team' north during- the
Christmas holidays for the first time.
Twenty men will make the trip, and
these, will be picked from the squad
of it men from which ths varsity team
was picked for the game with Stan
ford. Both California and Stanford badly
defeated the Vancouver team which
this Fall visited California, but they
promise -a different story when the
blue and gold meet them on their own
grounds.
Jenkinson, who has refereed every
intercollegiate game since the Fall of
1907, Is reported as coaching the Van
couverltea. A series of games will be
played at Vancouver, In which the best
two out of three games will decide the
winner.
FIGHT IS DECLARED DRAW
Parisians Get Excited Over Decision
of Colored Scrap.
PARIS. Dec 11. In, the fight here to
night between Sam McVey and Joa
Jeannette, the American colqred heavy
weights, the referee declared the bout
a draw after 30 rounds.
The decision created an uproar.
Demarest Matched With Cline.
CHICAGO. 111., Dec 11. Calvin De-
PRESIDKIVT OF INTERCOLLE
GIATE! BASEBALL CONFER.
E1TCE FOR PACIFIC
NORTHWEST.
IS. D. Angell, jtlmign of Athlet
ics at O. A. C, Selected as Head
of .College Baseball Orgaalsa
tfon.
marest, the 18.2 billiard champion, to
day posted a forfeit of 1250 to bind his
match with H. P. Cline. of Philadelphia.
The match will be for the international
championship and will be played Febru
ary 1, 2 and 3.
GORBETT IS HIS TRAINER
EX-CHAMPION WILL HELP (GET
JEFFRIES IN SHAPE.
'Gentleman Jim," on Leaving Lon
don, Declares Negro Should Be
Easy Mark for, Callfornian.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. (Special.) A
cable dispatch from London says James
J. Corbett sailed for home today. He
Is returning to the United States to
train Jim Jeffries for. his fight with
Jack Johnson. Speaking of the fight,
Corbett said:
"If Jeffries can get back to the form
he showed when he beat me, he will
make short work of Johnson, who, in
my opinion, is lucky to hold the cham
pionship. He struck a time when there
were no really big men. I am certain
he would never have been champion
if he had been called upon to meet
such fighters as John L. Sullivan,
Slavin, Joe Goddard or Fltssimmons."
JEFFRIES BUSY IN PITTSBURG
Pnts in Hard Day of Training and
Then Prophesies Victory.
Jim Jeffries spent a busy Sunday in
Pittsburg last week, says the Pittsburg
Leader. At the Fort Pitt Hotel, where
the big alfalfa farmer and the rest of,
the galaxy of athletic stars gathered,
the rotunda was crowded all day by
curiosity seekers who desired to have
just one peep at the big fellow.
Jeffries did not arise until late and
after dinner went to the Oakland Club
for the daily workout.
Here the party was taken in charge
by Manager James R. Taylor and Owen
Zlegler. the athletic directors, and in
the presence of members spent about
two hours In the 'gymnasium and on
the handball courts.
Frank Gotch, the world's cn:.:..pi-j.
wrestler: Dr. B. F. Roller, th : l-.t all
around athlete in the w-orld. tind Jack
MoCormick, Jeff's sparring partner,
took part In the training stunts.
The subject of his coming fight with
Johnson is a distasteful one to Jeff,
and he has not consented to talk very
much about it. But he was feeling
good after -his work yesterday and
spoke quite freely on it.
"I am as confident as I am that I am
standing on this spot that I will beat
Johnson," said the big fellow. "If I
were not confident I would never go
into the ring. Not that I would be
afraid to take a licking, but because
there is more at stake than my reputa
tion In this fight. Some people have
been saying that I am broke and need
the money, and that Is all that I am
looking for. Well, I am not a million
aire, but I do not think I will ever
starve to death."
According to certain statements made
in the camp yesterday. Pittsburg is to
cut quite a figure In the big bout. An
Kastern man Is sure to he referee, and
Buck Cornelius, a sporting man of this
city, stands a good show of getting the
Job. Jeffries and he are close personal
friends, and the big fellow Intimated
yesterday that the Pittsburg man would
be one of the names he will suggest.
12 ROUNDS NEGRO'S FORECAST
Johnson Says Big Fight Will Not Ex
ceed Dozen Gongs.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. That lie expects
to stick with James J. Jeffries for at
least 12 rounds in the battle for the cham
pionship of the world July 4, Jack John
son has made known to bis friends.
"Anyone that says we are going to
fake the fight on account of the moving
pictures lo on the wrong lay; that's all,"
wa9 the way tho colored champion intro
duced the subject. "Everybody I have
met has asked me whether or not the
fight will drag out 10 or 12 rounds on
account of the pictures. Well, the fight
will last that long, but not because It
has been fixed or will be fixed that way.
"I am not foolish enough to think that I
can knock out Jeffries in the first round
or two. I am equally positive that he
can't do it to me. and that is why I say
that the fight won't be over inside 12
rounds." '
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CRITICS SEE GAME
OF RUGBY PLAYED
Walter Camp Finds It Tame
Compared to American
Football.
MANY FEATURES PRAISED
Open Style of Play and Rule Order
ing Players From Field Soon as
Injured May Be Adopted at
'' Coming 'Rule Meeting.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. The Hamilton
and Ottawa. Ont, football teams, two of
the leading clubs of Canada, gave an ex
hibition game of Rugby, as played in
Canada, today before the best football
authorities. The game has been heralded
by some as the successor of American
college football as now played. Hamilton
won, 11 to 6.
The rules committee of tho American
Collegiate Football Association will meet
in this city during Christmas week, and
it is expected that its members, nearly
all of whom witnessed the game today,
will consider a revision of the rules, bear
ing" In mind the Rugby game. Experts
were of the opinion that the open game
and entire absence of mass plays in
Rugfty is responsible for the small num
ber of accidents which have resulted.
The game is divided into four quarters
of 16 minutes each. The teams exchange
goals between quarters. There was a
ten-minute Intermission between the sec
ond and third quarters.
One Player Slightly Hnrt.
' One Ottawa man was slightly hurt in
the first five minutes, but after that not
a player was injured until near the end of
the contest, when. In fast and strenuous
playing, three men were retired. The
rules provide that no matter how slightly
a player is hurt, he must retire to avoid
possible further injury.
The game was marked by spectacular
kicking by the backs on both sides. This
and the rule against mass plays led to
much open playing, which appealed par
ticularly to the spectators. The principal
element of roughness comes in the tack
ling, which may be done by one player
only, and which contributes a small de
gree of danger.
Among the football authorities who wit
nessed the game were R. W. P. Brown,
assistant coach at Harvard; Alonzo A.
Stagg, athletio director at the University
of Chicago; Lieutenant Berrien, athletic
director at Annapolis; Lieutenant Kelly,
athletic director at West Point, and Wal
ter Camp, dean of football authorities.
Camp Is . Cautious Critic.
Mr. Camp's opinion was eagerly sought,
but he said he had- not formed ' any
definite opinion except that he believed
accidents would be reduced- In the Ameri
can game if mass scrimmage were elimi
nated and the Canadian style of open
playing and free kicking were adopted.
He also approved the rule making it
compulsory to retire ' a player even
though slightly hurt.
Mr. Stagg said that he believed In time
the Rugby game could.be made as pop
ular as the American game, but that to
adopt Rugby rules would mean the edu
ction over again of the college athlete,
which would be a long process.
Interesting comments on today's game
will be published in the New York Herald
tomorrow. -
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Features May Be Adopted.
Walter Camp's views are given as fol
lows: "As played by the Hamilton-Ottawa
teams, football Is much less dangerous
than any played in the United States.
Of f curse, you cannot tell how danger
ous the game would be if played by
Americans. The openness of the Canadian
play makes the probability of serious
hurts less.
"I admire many things about the Rug
by game. One of these is the freedom
of punting. The rule which allows a
man a free kick is a good one.
"In 'the matter of tackling, I cannot
see much difference. Americans throw
their men harder, but the rules govern
ing the tackle are the same.
"The Increased punting which the
Rugby game permits, however, would
make hard tackles less frequent and
thus lessen the liability of hard injuries.
"To my mind the game was less speo
tacular than the American game and
therefore less interesting. I do not be
lieve that as a whole it will ever be
adopted in this country, though we may
take hints from some of its features."
CANADIAN RUGBY TRIED OUT
Elimination of Mass Plays One Fea
ture of New Game.
NEW YORK. Dec. 11. From all parts
of the United States football men gath
ered here today to witness the game of
Canadian rugby between the Hamilton
and the Ottawa teams. Representa
tives from practically all of the big
Eastern colleges, together with many
former stars from Western schools,
accepted Invitations to be present, with
the frank statement that they were
seeking fer suggestions for the revis
ion of the rules of the American game.
The Canadian game, like the Amer
ican game, is a variation of English
rugby. Fourteen men play on . a side.
The' ball is put in play in a novel man
ner. Three players oft each side form
the scrimmage, and one of the side in
possession of the ball puts It in play
with his foot, never with his hands.
Interference as understood In this
country Is absolutely barred In the
Canadian game.
Forward passes are barred, but there
is much quick, clever passing as a man
is about to be tackled. No substitutes
are allowed except in the first half,
and if a -man is ruled off for rough
play no substitute is allowed.
Ottawa Indians Win Rugby Game.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. The' Rugby foot
,ball game at Van Cortland Park this
afternoon between two Indian teams, wit
nessed by a crowd estimated at 30.000 per
sons, resulted in a victory for the Ham
ilton team, which defeated the Ottawa
boys by a score of 11 to 6.
AMERICAN GAME ALMOST DEAD
California Institutions Almost of One
Mind for Rugby.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11. (Special.)
The end of what-many style "the good old
American game" of football came today
for. California, when the two contestants
for the championship honors of the high
schools of Northern California met on the
gridiron here today. Practically every
high school preparatory institution and
athletic club from Sacramento on the
north to Ios Angeles on the south, has
decided to follow the lefcd taken by th
state's two big colleges, Stanford Uni
versity and the University of California.
In adopting the English game of rugby
as being more spectacular and less dan
gerous than the American game.
The authorities of the various institu
tions of learning that have adopted the
Rugby game have become convinced that
the jjresent style of American game can
not survive the wave of criticism that is
now being directed against it. especially
in New York, where high school super
intendents have forbidden the students
to contest on the gridiron. Commencing
with the new year, It can be said that
the American game of football will be
practically dead in California.
WARD'S CHANCES BRIGHTER
Ebbetts Says Five of Eight Clubs
Win Vote for Him.
NEW YORK. Dec XX. The chances
for the election of John M. Ward to ths
presidency of the. National Baseball
League appeared brighter today, al
though John A. Heydler's friends were
fighting- hard to keep him In the posi
tion. -Ward is not only energetically backed
by Charles W. Murphy, president of the
Chicago club, "but President Charles IT.
Ebbetts, of. the Brooklyn club, declares
It Is certain that five of the eight club
presidents will -vote for Ward on. the
first ballot, thus electing: him.
It is said there will be a strong con
tention over the plan to change some of
the rules governing the game.
The American League is to meet hers
on Wednesday, and the two organiza
tions will be in session at the same
time.-
"The election for president will be a
hard proposition, and It looks to me
now Ilka a deadlock, was ths way
President Heydler today summed up his
own chances for election.
O. A. C. TO TAKE HP SOCCER
English Player to Teach Students.
Game to Be Trainer.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallls, Dec U. (Special.) Socoer foot
ball will be introduced at the Oregon Ag
ricultural College as soon as the new
Armory is completed. Dr. W. A. G;
Handford, an English player, has been
retained to teach the new game.
No attempt will be made at this time
to make the game an intercollegiate ac
tivity; it will toe used in intracolleglate
athletics as a means for conditioning the
athletes for the various Intercollegiate
sports.
LANCASTER WTN8 ON POINTS
Decision Against McGoorty Displeas
ing to Dublin Crowd. '
DUBLIN, Deo. U. In a 20-round con
test .tonight Tom Lancaster, of England,
won "on points over Eddie McGoorty, of
Oshkosh, Wis.
The decision displeased the crowd, as
Lancaster was nearly knocked out -twice.
Oxford Wins With American Aid."
LONDON, Dec 11. Oxford had mat
ters all her own way in the annual
intervarsity rugby match at the Queens
Club today, defeating Cambridge by
lour goals and five tries to one try.
Donald -Grant Herring, of Bloomsburg,
Pa., a Rhodes scholar from Princeton
University, was among the Oxford for
wards. His presence attracted atten
tion, as it was the first time that an
American had played in a varsity
match.
"Big Eight" Session Fails.
CHICAGO. Dec . 1 1 Coach a! A.
Stagg's prediction that the proposed
meeting of the "big eight" representa
tives would fall-through came true yes
terday, when it was announced at the
University of Chicago that the session
had been called off. Ths indication Is
that the Western schools will drop ths
Michigan question and allow the pres
ent intercollegiate organization to con
tinue for another year.
Final Game On Today.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec 11. (Spe
cial.) The final football game of the sea
son in this city will be played on the
Tri-City grounds tomorrow afternoon be
tween the Columbia club,- of Vancouver,
and the McLoughlin club, of Portland.
The latter team's average weight Is 150
pounds and they claim the championship
of Portland. Vancouver's team has lost
but one game this year. .
NAVY TO ORDER INQUIRY
Nebraska's Collision With Georgia
One of Mishap , Series.
WASHINGTON, Dec 11. Unless
Rear-Admiral Sohroeder. commander-in-chief
of the Atlantic fleet, appoints
a court of Inquiry IflTo the collision
Thursday 'of the battleships Georgia
and Nebraska, off the Virginia Capes,
the Navy Department win do so as soon
as the full reports of the accident ar
rive in Washington.
For weeks the Nebraska has been
known as the unhappiest ship in the
Navy. Her latest trouble was linked
with the name of Lieutenant U. S.
Macey. formerly ordnance officer of
that vessel, who, when the Nebraska
made a wretched score in target prac
tice, wrote a letter to the Navy Depart
ment explaining that the low score was
due to a practical state of mutiny
aboard the ship.
Rear-Admiral Schroeder ordered a
court-martial of Lieutenant Macey, who
was acquitted. He was transferred to
the other hoodoo of the Navy, the Tex
as, but was. finally rescued from that
ship and sent to Minneapolis as recruit
ing officer.
Accident Called Inconsequential.
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 1L The col
lision between the battleships Georgia
and Nebraska during the tactical evo
lutions on the Southern drill grounds
off the Virginia Cspes, Thursday, seems
to have been rather inconsequential,
sensational reports of tho aocldent be
ing declared to be an exaggeration.
The Georgia had a'smaJl amount of
paint scraped off one side and her
bridge was slightly bent, but reports
to the effect that two signal men on
her bridge at the time were badly hurt
pre denied.
Santiam Mining District.
On Dec. 7 the Portland stockholders
of the Black Eagle Mining & Milling Co.
held a meeting at the Edel Bran Hotel,
at which Mr. 3. C. Sorensen, Secretary,
arid Mr. Swan Norgreen, a large stock
holder, both Just out from the mine,
stated that at about 00 feet in the tunnel
the men struck a large body of carbonate
ore which assays $100 and over to the ton.
It was agreed to sink a shaft at this
point, put the high-grade ore in sacks,
haul it to the railroad by the company's
teams and send it to the smelter as soon
as the weather permits. The stockhold
ers want the work at the mine to go on
all Winter and will help pay expenses.
Capitalists promised to build a fimelter
for the mines in the district, but the
B. E. people want to make their property
self-supportlng next Summer and not sell
any more stock. -.
In a potato-sTowlng oontest tn Ierbytnr.
lnglanl. on competitor sot a yild of 229
pounds from. on pouad ! seed, out Into fco
RUTT AND CLARK
B-DAY RACE
Only Nine Teams Cross Finish
Line After Gruelling Con
test in Garden
FOGLER IN SECOND PLACE
Event Marked by Unusual Series of
Casualties 2 660.1 Miles in 142
Hours Covered, 7 5 Miles
Behind Record.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Walter Rutt, of
Germany, and VJack" Clark, of Austra
lia, won the annual six-day bicycle race
at Madison Square Garden tonight from
an exhausted and hopeless field. Their
distance of 2660.1 miles for 143 hours,
which is 75 miles behind the record of
2737.1 miles made last year by McFarland
and Moran; gives no adequate Idea of a
race which for broken records, broken
precedents and broken teams has been
'the most exciting ever seen at the gar
den. In the competitive mile exhibition be
tween the two winners that followed the
race proper, Rutt defeated his partner,
Clark, by six inches, although Clark Is
rated the speediest short-distance man in
the worlds barring only Frank Kramer,
the champion. The men divided first
money 11600 between them.
Fogler in Second Place. .
Second place went by two yards to Joe
Fogler, of Brooklyn, who rode a mile
against Bobby Walthour, of Atlanta, Ga.,
third, and Fred Hill, of Boston, fourth,
to decide the- tie between the three
tearms which finished in a bunch behind
Rutt and Clark. Fogler and his team
mate Eddie Root, of New York, divide
$1000 as second - money; Walthour and
Elmer Collins, of Boston, S750; and Hill
and Charles Stein, of Brooklyn, $600.
Patrick O'Sullivan Hehlr, of New Zea
land, won fith place from Fred G. West,
of San Francisco, and divided $500 with
his partner, Alfred Halstead, of San
Francisco. West took $350 for sixth
place.
Seventh place and' $200 went to Law
son and Demara.
For the first three days of the race a
series of killing sprints forced out team
after team and set the hourly istance
marks more than 20 miles ahead of the
record. Patsy Keegan. of Lowell, got
Inflammation of the lungs from over ex
ertion In the foul air.
Accidents Are Numerons.
Spills were frequent and wrenched
knees, broken collarbones and lost teeth
forced out team after team until only
nine finished. The final ssore was:
Rutt-Clark, 2660 miles 1 lap: Root-og-ler,
2660 miles: Walthout-Collins, 2660
miles; Hill-Stein. 2660 miles; Halstead
Hehlr, 2659 miles s laps; Mitten-West,
2669 miles 9 laps; Lawson-Demara, 2659
miles 8 laps; Georget-Georget, 2659 miles 8
laps: Anderson-Vanoni, 2631 miles 6 laps.
The record for the race is 2737 miles 1
lap, made toy McFarland and Moran in
1908.
The sensation of today was the stealing
of a lap by Rutt, who caught his rivals
napping at 4 o'clock and got away from
them with lightning speed. He circled the
track twice and gained a full roundTof"
which advantage they were unable to de
prive him.
SHIP SUBSIDY FALLACIES
SEATTLE SHIPOWNER TAKES
BOSTON CRITIC TO TASK.
In Letter, Frank Waterhouse Shows
Winthrop L. Marvin the Folly of
Bolstering New Octopus.
' SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 10. (To ths
Editor.) I take pleasure- in handing you
copy of my reply, of December 6, to the
letter Winthrop I,. Marvin recently
wrote me. In which he criticised my
views on the subject of rehabilitation of
the American merchant marine. I ana
much gratified to notice that these views
in the main are approved by The Ore
gonlan. FRANK WATERHOUSE.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 6. Dear Mr.
Marvin On account of absence from Se
attle. I have been unable to reply sooner
to yours of November 24. I am glad
that you agree with me that mail steam
ers do not of themselves constitute a
merchant marine, and that a large fleet
of cargo vessels la indispensable. If the
United States la to have a merchant
marine, capable of taking its proper place
in the foreign carrying trade of the world,
and furnishing our Army and Navy with
the cargo transports, supply vessels and
colliers which they require, we must have
a large number of cargo boats, which
can be built and operated in competi
tion with the vessels of other nations.
1 should like to ask -you how many
new American steamers will be built un
der the provisions of the Humphrey bill,
if the same, should pass, and if you
think that these would constitute an ade
quate merchant marine for this Nation;
whether they -would furnish the Army
and Navy with the cargo transports, sup
ply vessels and colliers they would need
in case of war. and whether they would
place the American flag in its proper
position in the foreign carrying trade of
the world.
My oplsion is that the passage of this
measure would principally benefit the
American lines already established, and
possibly assist in re-establishing the
service of the Oceanic Steamship Com
pany, between San Francisco and Aus
tralia, and secure the establishment of
one or two lines of steamers to South
and Central America. I should say, at
the outside, that It would secure the
building of possibly 12 new steamers, and
assist, to the extent of the subsidy, two
or three American lines at present in op
eration. The American people will never be sat
isfied with ny such result as this. They
want an adequate merchant marine, for
the purpose above mentioned. I thor
oughly believe in the payment of postal
subventions to mail lines which is good
as far as it goes. It is ridiculous, how
ever, to pay the large amounts suggested
for carrying mails in vessels of as slow
a speed as proposed. I think It Is ridic
ulous -to pay subsidies on the Atlantic
to steamers of les than 22 knots, and on
the Pacific to the Orient or Australia,
to steamers of less than 17 knots.
Within the next year or two, we shall
have mail steamers -sailing from British
Columbian ports to the Orient, flying the
British flag, at a speed of at least 17 or
18 knots, and there is already a line
runnlnc from Vancouver, B. C. to Aus
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tralia, capable of maintaining a speed
of 15 knots, with faster ships promised
in the near future.
-If the American people are going to
pay large subventions for. ocean mail
service, they , will -at least require equally
fast and efficient service as that offered
between the same ports by foreign lines.
I think the figures I suggested to you
for mail payments are more favorable
than the ones incorporated in the Humph
rey bill, as I understand the latter pro
poses monthly service to the Philippines,
four 16-knot steamers. $768,000, while J.
propose the same service, with 18-knot
steamers. $800,000. If the Humphrey bill
is passed. the subsidy will probably be
paid to an existing line, but if the 18
knot requirement is made, new steamers
will have to be built in American ship
yards, to earn the subsidy. j
The vital requirement in the carriage
of mails is quick dispatch. It would be
ridiculous for this Nation to subsidize
mall steamers in large annual amounts,
unless the speed required of them is to
be as great, or greater, than the speed
of foreign vessels available for the use of
our postal department for the same pur
pose. We are making a profit of $10,000,000
annually at the present time out of the" i
transportation of mails by water. Is the
American Nation as a whole interested in
foregoing this profit in the subsidizing
of American mail steamers, unless the
speed and other facilities they offer are
at least as favorable as those to be se
cured from foreign lines, not only at the
present time, but during the next 10
years? It Is unreasonable to believe that
any vesselB will be built for the purpose
of earning postal subventions, unless the
same are guaranteed for at least 10 years,
and therefore, for that period at least,
we should anticipate ths mail services
which will be offering by foreign lines
for the use of our Government.
I believe that this Government should
pay large postal subventions, but only
for the benefit of American-built mall
steamers, which can guarantee as quick
dispatch in the carriage of mails as can
be guaranteed by any foreign line, not
only at the present moment, but antici
pating the future for 10 years to come.
Preserving the standard of American
wages and the present duty on the prin
cipal material used in the manufacture
of vessels, the only economical and prac
tical way to secure an adequate merchant
marine Is through the admission of foreign-built
vessels, in the manner I pro
posed in my recent letter to you. You
cannot overcome the difference in cost
and in operation by the payment of sub
sidies, even though the American people
would stand for it (which they will not)
because the suggested remedy would be
absolutely unsuccessful.
My information regarding the cost of
the Shawmut and Tremont was Alfred
Wlnsor. . Tou are mistaken in saying It
is unfair to compare the cost of these
steamers with the Kumeric and Suveric.
as the Increased cargo capacity of the
latter over the former quite makes up
for the few first-class passenger accom
modations subsequently built on the
Shawmut and Tremont. I think the com
parison is an exceedingly fair and proper
one to make.
Unless American shipowners are per
mitted to buy their vessels where they
like, and to operate them under regula
tions more modern and sensible than our
present navigation laws, there is no pros
pect of the United States ever securing
an n r as , , a v. . . . .
ure.v.ua.nt. marine. Americans
uui invest in vessel property, unless
there is at least a reasonable chance of
working it at a profit. At the present
time the American Investor is satisfied
in placing his money in vessels engaged
and to be engaged in our lake and coast
ing trade, which as a rule is rrrppdltti-h-
profitable, on account of our monopoly of
m which we nave a large mer
chant marine engaged, and he is content
to allow the foreigner to carry American
goods to and from foreign ports at such
low rates of freight as could never be
dreamed of by American built vessels,
operating under our present navigation
laws.
What would happen if the trade be
tween the United States and the Orient
were monopolized by American carriers?
Just this: practically oud entire trade
with the Orient would cease, as our mer
chants would be wholly unable to meet
their foreign competitors, on account or
the difference In the freight rates charged
by the foreign and American carriers.
The first requirement In the rehabilita
tion of the American merchant marine is
to enable it to meet the competition of
all competitors, not by any class legisla
tion or other artificial means, but be
cause it Is built and can be operated as
cheaply in every respect as vessels en
gaged in similar trades, owned by for
eign nations.
It S3eme to me that the. American ship
builders should be content with the large
Industry they have the monopoly of. viz:
Building vessels for coasting and lake ser
vice, and with the repair work that would
come to them, and which is always more
profitable than shipbuilding, ir Congress
should decide to pass a free -ship bill.
After further and most careful calcu
lation, we are satisfied that $1 per mile
will not more than covert the difference
in the expense of foreign and American
officers and engineers.
I enclose a copy of Captain Robert Dol
lar's letter to me, of November 16. This
gentleman, as you probably know, is one
of the cleverest and most conservative
shipowners in this country. He is the
owner of both British and American
steamers, and has written many valuable
articles on this subject.
FRANK WATERHOUSE.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL BE PORT. "
PORTLAND, Xec. il. Maximum temper
ature, 54 degrees; minimum, 9 degrees.
River reading:, 8 A. 1.6 feet; crtange In
last 24 hours. 0.6 foot. Total rainfall (5 l
M. to 5 P. M.), 1.05 Inches; total rainfall
sine September 1, 109. 18.48 inches; nor
mal rainfall since September 1, 1901. 14.6-T
inches; deficiency or excess of rainfall since
September 1, 3.S." . Inches. Total sunshine.
3 hours 42 minutes; poHsihle sunshine, S
hours 42 minutes. Barometer reduced to
sea level) at 5 P. M., 30:0$ Inches.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
There has been a marked Increase tn
pressure over the Central Pacific Slope
within the last 24 hours, and a very pro
nounced "high" now overlies the Basin
states. The pressure has decreased some
what in the extreme northwest, and the
storm still centers off the Strait of Fuca,
having caused llsht rain In Northern Cali
fornia and Kastcm Idaho and light snow
in Western Montana, Western Washington,
and Northeastern Oregon. Generally In Ore
fron and Washington moderate to heavy
rain has fallen within the last 1- hours, the
! greatest amounts recorded being, 0.89 of an
Inch at Portland; 0.70 of an inch at Ta
coma: 1.18 inches at North Plead, and 1.62
Inches at Blaine. Wash. At 5 P. M. rata
was falling at Blaine. North Head, Spokan
and Pocatello. It was snowing at Baker
City, Kallspell, and Tacoma. The tempera
tures have risen two degrees to 10 over
the western portion of tho Pacific Slope,
but U is slightly cooler over the eastern por
tion. There have been high winds along'
the Coast, North Head, Wrash., reporting
a maximum velocity of 4 miles an hour
from the southeast; the wind was blowing
j at the rate of AO miles an hour at this
station at 5 P. M. There- is considerable
gradient between the high and low men
tioned above, which will result lo brisk e.ist-
erly winds over this district tomorrow, and
1 brisk to high east to southeast wlnda along
the Coast.
The Btorm.v weather will continue over
i this district Sunday. There will bo rain
with not - much change tn temperature
throughout Oregon and Washington, while
in Idaho the weather will be warmer with,
snow or rain.
FORECAST5.
Portland and vicinity Sunday, rain;
brisk east wlnds
Oregon and Washington Sunday, rain;
brisk east winds.
Idaho Sunday, snow or rain; warmer.
T. F. DRAKE.
Observer, Temporarily in Charge.
C. V. Velientlcr to He Buried Today.
The funeral of the late. Charles V. Ve
hendner will be held today at 1:30 P. M.
'from .the undertaking: parlors of Dunning
& McEntee, Seventh and Pine streets,
and thence to the St. Lawrence Church,
Third end Fine streets, wheraervices
will be held at 2 P. M. Friend and ac
quaintances are respectfully Invited to
attend. Interment will be in the Mount
Calvary Cemetery.
IS
Apple-Growing Class-Has a
Practical Lesson.
TILLAGE IS ESSENTIAL
W. K. Xewell Illustrates Ijecture Be
fore V. M. C. A. Class Plant
ing: as Late as February 15
May Be Successful.
W. K. Newell, president ot tho Stata
Board of Horticulture, addressed mem
bers of the Portland Apple-Growers'
Association at the auditorium of the
T. M. C. A. last nigrht. his subject being
"Management of the Orchard." A fea
ture of the lecture was a demonstration
of pruning:, prior to and after planting.
Taking a yearling tree. Mr. Neweil
held it up to the view of his 150 hear
ers and with a common pruning? knife
begrah 'clipping the useless Vjot3 antl
pointing- out the fine white feeders
which are essential to growth. He then
Indicated the manner In which, the ,
larger roots should be cut off to get '
best results by placing the cut surface
In contact with the ground.
Beginning with the preparation of
the soil, the lecturer traced the steps
in the growth of an Oregon apple tree
until its fruit is ready for the market.
Soil Must Be Tilled.
"Many city people" are chiefly con
cerned with, the apple orchard during
two seasons of the year." said Mr.
Newell. "In May it blooms and is a '
thing of beauty. In the Fall the fruit
is ready for use, but they escape con- !
tact with the drudgery which makes
those results possible. The grower be- ;
gins his orchard with a selection of
soil.
"The first thing in to get a soil that
is well drained. Most of the rolling
hills of the Willamette Valley are well
adapted to the growth ot the trees, and,
in many of the bottom lands a sandy,
subsoil is found which is favorable.!
The Foil should -be tiled where not;
naturally drained.' and as the trees
grow the soil will become well drainefl:
within two or three years. There
should be a depth of soil from five '
to six feet before hard pan or bedroek,
is encountered. Where there Is a gravel ',
subsoil surface soil becomes ideal'
ground.
"Upon such soil, when properly pre
pared, apple trees should enjoy a
healthy growth from 50 to 75 years.'
Yearling Trees Best.
"In planting it is always best to asa
nursery stock of the age of one yar,
and the young trees should never be .
taken from the nursery rows until they'
are ripe and the leaves begin to fall, j
They should be planted as soon Jter
November 15 as possible, but trees'
which are planted up to February IS'
usually thrive well. The warm spell!
which usually comes along in February j
has been found to give good results)
in planting. If trees are planted in the.
Spring they begin at once to grow and
the buds and leaves will pump all the !
moisture out of a tree before it is well 1
rooted.
"In planting on an old piece of land.'
which has been cultivated for years ;
the ground should be plowed at least
12 Inches deep.
"young stock should be placed In th
ground about two inches deeper than
it stood in the nursery, and then should :
be headed back at 18 inches above the.
ground. Uurlng the first year the trees:
should be painted to protect them from;
sunblistcr and insects, the best solu-:
tion found being the following, used I
as a thick paste: Ten pounds of lime, r
one pound of concentrated lye. one
pound of rosin and half a pound of .
arsenate of lead,. Pruning of the limb
and sprouts in'the second year should I
consist of heading back of the limbs
so as to force a low growth of the
tree. To get that result the cut should
he made beyond the bud pointed in
the direction it is Intended for the limb,
to ' grow. Pruning should cease about,
the fifth year and thereafter only thin
ing of the top allowed."
In carrying out the course of lectures;
at the T. M. C. A., a series of lecture
will be given on the art of packing j
apples, illustrated by a practical ex-;
hlbition. in which all of the audience j
will have an' opportunity to take part.
THESE ARE LEADERS!
WHO WILT. GET $560 PRIZE
WINNING KIMBALL PIAN'O?
Complete IJst ot Tliosc Voted I-'or iai
Our t4eat Piano Contest Follows.
See Morrison-Si reet Window.
Votes counted to 5 P. M. Saturday '
evening. December 10:
Mrs Charles Cain. US East 54th St.
Mrs." W. II. Crabtree, Hobo City Park:
Station.
Mrs. C. T. Manning, 364 Fargo, near
Union.
St. Theresa Sanatorium, Oak Grove.
Mrs. L. .1. Wright. 475 Morrison street.
Miss Clara Moore, 5S2 Clackamas ;
avenue, Sellwood.
Mrs. F. B. Uuckert, 181 Whittaker:
(waterfront).
Chief Campbell. Fire Department.
Chief of Police Cox. (Voted by Mr.
Sedgwick. 570 Linn street. Sellwood.)
Miss Esther Merrill, 1104 East Stark..
St. Elizabeth House (St. Jotin the;
Baptist).
Miss Thelma Bailey. I.rnts. Or.
Mrs. Effle A. Zinear, 750 Vancouver !
avenue. '
St. Mary's Academy, Fourth and Mill". ;
l.eda Ball Heeder. Etna. Wash.
Mrs. I. E. Davis. 315 East 72d street;
(care Harvey Mill Company). ;
Mrs. Ij. B. Williams, Montavilla. 53 I
Front street, near Montana avenue. '
C. Larned. 1367 East Taylor, between;
49th and 47th.
Mrs. B. Pederson. 731 Wilson street, j
Mrs. L. C. Turner. 560 Virginia.
Mrs. A. E. Scruggs. 781 Roosvelt, .
between 23d and 24th. '
Mrs. E. J. Johnston. 4S2 Bowman St. I
Streetcar Men's Club room. '
St. Helen's Hall. (
Miss Annie Caulcy, 619 Mississippi j
avenue.
Woodmen Kntertaln Friends.
Webfoot Camp No. 65. Woodmen of the!
World, entertained its membership, their ;
families and friends Friday night with a
musical. and literary programme, followed
by a dancing party. Tho attendance
numbered more than 600. Among those
who participated in the programme were
G. M. Hyland. Charles H. Parish. Frank
Motter. the Tennessee Troubadour Quar
tet, Harry Frank, Miss Bnlunn. MlfS !
Wanona Boyd and the Lucas orchestra, '
Judge R. G. Morrow delivered an ad-1
dress in which he outlined the object
and purposes of the Woodmen's frate- j
nity.
PRUNING
SHOWN