c-r-w-n -v nnrr-ftvii w. pnnTT.ivn. ATTfrCST 28. 1910. f SITUATION IN SPAIN IS CYNOSURE OF EYES OF NATIONS OF ALL WORLD CENSUS EXPERT IS LATEST TO CAST DOUBT ON MR. METHUSELAH'S AGE Statistician Pooh-Poohs Assertion That Any Human Being Has Ever Lived More Than 105 Years Neverthe less, Several Persons Alive Today Say They Have Passed Century Mark. Struggle Between Rome and Madrid Watched Intently, and Question as to Who Shall Rule Is Uppermost in Government Circles of Europe. i . -a,. ,. ii ji n -'"ilk ' t-:. sri f 'Y; - if I1 -v: I.' .;H:-:-0'.;:Qi : 3 : ' v-'--s-r v . f. -t.. " v.. : - ' 1 Jim ETIIfSE (1 would n ' offlrlalu ETIIfSELAH'S oth to hi not h crplil by prnt of the VnlteJ Ptmtn t rnnut Burriu. Pr. Wilbur U Cresy. lira. I ff the dprtmnt of vital tls tl of thr Cnu Boru. hs been d"- a little Investigating; reeenlly. and Juil announced that hia Iturea h..w that it I- ejitremely doubtful whether any human helna; ever lived lunser than 10 year. The rair on whleh Pr. Wilbur baaej thl rertln l that of Noait Rahv. .nc known aa the oldest man In the country, who riled a few year ngo nrm In the ronvtrtlon thai he had been on ttiU earth III yeara and It months. I hae earefully looked Into Rany a rerord."- aald Ir. Wilbur. Arordlnc to the New York medical rr.-ord of after serving In the Tnlted States Niivy a number of years he was, honorably dt'hara:ed In IM'. The Navy D.jart ment rr.-ord nates that Noah Ruby wa on the rolls of the Krluate constitution in isa. I Ieiieve the tlrrt atory. that of hl rilshris- In W. to te pure le (.rd. as near an I ran tlture Raby wa ?3 vrars old when he ilii'fl. 'It la mr opinion that the other rasea of etreme longevity reo-rted from time to tim In various sections of the r.mntrv are Just as Inrorrert. It la un di'iibledlv true that the nee of 10 Is neeaslonallv attained, but very d'ubt f i! A-liethrr the in mark has ever been reeheil fr exrerded." Ir. Wilbur may be absoltiely eorreet in his dedm-tiona. There are. however, a number of other ti.st.-nce of old nce of whl- h In the report of his Investiga tion he made no mention. Here are a few eamph' 'f persons wl.o It la be 1 1 hy many paved the hCtii inile itne. Old Bill" Horn In 1803. William JIacabee. an old mariner. !.. t'rew atones at the British aol d'eis at Torktown in 1SI?. is now a h.iie and heartv Inmate of the I nlted Si Naval Homo in Philadelphia. Mil Hill." as ho la affe.tionaiel trrne.t by hi matea In the home will ret.hrnte his l7th birthday next Sep-t-mber. The o'd man has raraped the mmt ,-oninion .if'lu-tion of old ase ilesfness. and never asks to have a tue'stion repeated. lie Is fond of tell inu of his experiences, anil never "tlrea of receiving visitors. Ma.-ahee la said to have been horn in Baltimore. Sep tember -1. I!3. e was on board the Yorktown when It wa wrecked off lp Verde In li.'A. and was also a sailor on the frlpate Tonsresa when It was blown up bv the Merrimae in ll.imDton Roans In He wn l w hn h entered the Naal H'mt. In ' 174. and has ltvel fie-e ever vinee. Te -ae of James MeiireKor. of Northville. N". II.. is another instance 4 w hrre I r Wilbur may be mistaken. ! y.r Mrlirrcor aas horn in Aortn New- .-icei .......... pom tl. two vears before old ' spokes of the wheel, and being set on Bill 'Via. shee. Throughout his life lie a curved line elves best results In res pever used tobacco or liquor. Ills fame lllency. Enough of the steel metal will K..r.. in v.,rti, v..w. I rs the oldest freemason In the world : be used to give lateral '" spr-ad all over the countrv. He was I kerp the weight of the machine prop IMtlated Into that order in 1:5. j erly balanced. At the rlrn the spring No!! Ilshv. who. Ir. V.'Mhur say. spoke Is lived on a pivot, permitting mistaken In M age. was born, accord- I vertical motion but rigid against any .,K t-.s storv. in Uatoville. N. '.. in ! lateral movement. In the hub the I";. The last IT. vears of his life ere I spring spoke Is firm, giving resiliency ent in iiie I'lintisar o.. or house, i to the outer section. W'esr In the rim Nw Jerse) . Ncgrrsa Said to Re- IS I. Ao,-r rase of ettreme old age Is j th.t of Mar, McDonald, of Philadelphia, ..no died a rear or two ago. after, ac- 1 ...rdlng to many stories, having passed j the Hist milestone. Mra McDonald waa a negress. She i...a -. .... a home for Aged and 'infirm nns In W est Philadelphia. I ' . O e v Colored persoi A t .iroush Inv est igatlon of her SKe wns e.ade bv the pauaiitcrs of the Itei olT:tl.n In It';. Professors from all over the i ountry v iited "Mothe-" McDonald firouently snd talked wttTi her concerning the, Revolutionary period. I'p until the tl.ee of her death she was active and pesvessrd a clear nuntL tin her I3lst birtiiday sue weighed but 50 pounds. and the depth of the wrinkles in her face and arms and bands was incred ible. Purina; the last year or two of her life she ate llttlo or nmhlng and slept about two houra out of -4. Mrs. KHzabrth Wonderly, a Philadel phia woman, who long ago passed the inft-yrar mark, and Is still well and able to take dally walka in the neigh borhood of her home. Is still another rase to which the attention of the cen sus expert might be drawn. Mrs. Wonderly Is now In her 10th year. She remembers distinctly the last v isit of the comet In l.ir. and can talk Intelligently on Incidents that oc curred I" years before the outbreak of the Civil Wsr. Old Texan Drank All His Life. The distinction of having weathered the storms or parts of three centuries Is given hy Texans to Jose (Julterrci. who, residents of I-one Star State say. has passed hla 120th birthday, liulter res has lived 10 years of the ISth. all of the lth and 10 ysra of the SOth cen turies. He was born In Senecue. a lit tle village along the Rio Orande. In Haptismal records filed away In the archives of th old cathedral at El l'aso prove his age. The old Texan has been blind for the past five years. This affliction has PmiG TIRE MAY GO l'OHTl.AND INVENTOR DKVISES ' M'OKE WITH SPRING. Ira J. Merrill's (villus. Results In i rratins Wheel That Will Elim inate' Much Auto Cost. A sprina; wheel for the automobile, which will give buoyancy to tho ve hicle without the costly pneumatic rubber tire, baa been the quest of hun dreda of ingenious Inventors. Sprlnga In the hubs. In the spokes, between bed and wheel frame, arid otherwise have been tried. - But It has remained for a Portland man to net out a spring wheel, simple In construction and efficient In prin ciple, which la to be offered to the world as a substitute for the pneumatic tire, redolent with punctures and as crndlnc to dizzy heights in price. Ira J. Merrill, well known In local engineering and mechanical circles, has Just been granted a patent for the new spring automobile wneei. in oeaign. this wheel gives complete rigidity along an unc 01 .iv v. .... ve - ncai. in which u"i .im-""-. Steel spring metal constitute mo j p"vot Is taken up hy a brass bustling I ..nvrloninv the Steel plVOt pin. Which prevents any deterioration in inc soring spoke and enables the owner to take up any loosening tenden. y at a most trivial cost. All of the spring spokes are readily detachable so that " " mimn nothing more man opening in woe.-. ... with a new Piece of metal. A large a new piece of metal. A large supply of the aprlng metal eon'o carried in tne space ocuupira uj w.. reserve pneumatic tire. In wearing qualities. It is believed bv the Inventor and the automobile ..,'er. who have examined the new wheel. ! that It will have greater life thsn Is possible with the wheel now used, even giving to the present wheel many sets avf tires. With a good spring metal in the tpvke and set in sufficient num the effect of making him move about slowly, otherwise he appears to be about TO years old. Gulteres' mind Is clear, and ha tell; many stories of the early days when Tsleta was the metropolis of Texas, and says he remembers well the rebulldlna of the old church in that town in 1S09. The structure waa partially demolished by a flood In 172. The aged Texan Is an incessant cigarette smoker. He rolls ttle tobacco himself, using corn huak for wrappers. Giilterrez smokes from SO to 80 cig arettes a day. and haa drunk whisky for more thsn TS years with no perceptible bad effects. In all his KO years he has never been slrk enough to go to bed and call a doctor. A dosen more instances of extreme old age might be mentioned, but if Dr. Wilbur Investigates the ones cited h will have his hands full for some tlmo to come. The census expert's opinion la arous ing widespread Inter4t and has caused, naturally, considerable doubt among the believers In old folk's statements regarding their ages. "Old Bill" Marabee was told of Dr. Wilburs statement. He looked sober for a moment, then laughed, and said, "lie Is nothing but a boy: when he's as old as I am he ll know better." bers to make the cushion resilient for all exordinary stresses there is no appsrent reason why the life should not he very great, perhaps as great as that of the springs now used under the automobile bed. Mr. Merrill estimates that the first cost will be well below present first cost, while in maintenance he thinks there can hardly be a comparison. He will have a solid piece of rubber on his outer rim, to give noiseless loco motion and also to provide the wheel with the excellent gripping surface which is had with rubber tires. But the quantity of this rubber per tire will bo small, and it may be made quite hard and tilled with some harder ma terial to give It long life. Mr. Merrill, whose home is at 90 First street, hopes to have his wheel manu factured In Portland. His faith In the Invention has been strengthened by most favorable comment among the mechanics and automobile men who have seen the device, and he Intends to have a set of the wheels prepared as aoon as posslbl for a thorough operat ing test. BOYS TRAMP AFTER TROUT Fish Reward Efforts, but Season Is Too Early for Boar. Wlta their fishing and hunting para phernalia, blankets and supplies on their backs, a party of Portland boys who were sojourning at ixng Beach, Wash., recently made a trip Into the Bear River territory near Fort Colum bia In quest of fish and game. In the first-named quest they had fair auc cess. but on the second they were sore ly disappointed. In the psrty were la?n Strelblg, Dell "Ilanlon. Walter Hummel. F. Peck. Fred McKeov.n and Earl Hughes. They left l-ong Beach bound for the fishing countrv on August 1 and returned on August 1 a tanned, dusty, tired, but leverthelesa happy aggregation. The train was taken to Wallakot and there the long walk over the rough trail was begun. On the afternoon of the day on which lxng Bcich was put behind them the disciples of laaak Walton were at the banks of Bear River, a pretty atream though somewhat small to be designat ed aa a river. Camp was made In the timber for the night. The fishing was not as good as re ported. Nevertheless the trout that were caught were large enough and gamey enough to provide plenty of sport. Files were used successfully, though salmon egg proved the better halt The best time to fish Bear River, the party was told by a homesteader, la In the latter part of June and the first part of July. While some of the boys fished, the nimroua oi ie . . . - search of game after which the river ts named. Though they reported having heard a bear crashing through the brush, they were unable to get a shot at It- Huckleberries were just ripen ing and bears were Just beginning to migrate into the region from the mountains. , OCEANICS TO ENTER LEAGUE City Championship Honors Sought hy Soccer Team. The Oceanie Soccer Football Club held a- meeting on "Friday night to consider the advisability of entering a team for the Cltv League Championship this sea son. The Oceanlcs played the season through last year against long odds,' and, although conclusively beaten In the championship race, they had the satis faction of being able to boast of having scored against their opponents in every single game. After discussion, the meet ing unanimously resolved upon entering the league. The gathering was most enthusiastic, and there Is every indication ef 'the Oceanlcs belnx- able to put forward a first-class eleven this year. J. B. W. Lawson was elected msnager for the comtng year, In place of Arthur D. Hay, who this year is msnager of the M. A. A: C. team. George Clarke, who played a strong game at fullback for the Oce anic laat scasop. was elected captain for the coming year, and expressed him self as helr.g very confident of his ability to place a good team in the field. CENSUS HITS LEAGUES OVER TWO-SOORE BALL ORGAN IZATIONS RECLASSED. . Government ' Supplies National As ancle t Ion With Flsrnres Prior to Drafting Season. WASHINGTON. Aug. 2T. Census Direc tor Durand has supplied the National Baeoall Association with- a statement giving the approximate aggregate popula tion of the oitlee composing each of the 43 leagues! and associations as snown by the 13th census. The information is aup plled to enable the association to re classify its lfsgues with reference to the draft price to be paid each other for players. The figure have been finished in ad vance because the drafting season be gins September 1. According to these figures the re-c!assincatlon -srill be as follows: . Class A Eastern League. American A sooJation. PscWc Coast League, Southern Association. Oas B New Bngtend latsgue. Western League. New York State League, Con necticut League.- Central League. Texas league. Tri-State League, Northwestern League. Class C Ohio and Pennsylvania League, Southern California Trolley League. Illi nois - low a - Indiana League. Virginia League. Southern Michigan League. Min-nesota-Winein League. Southern Atlan tic League. Class D Central . Aasociation. Wash ington State League. Ohio State Iff Carolina Basoball AasocJetion. Virginia Valley League, W'taiern Association, cot ton States League. Southeastern Lgue, Kentucky - Indiana - Tennessee League, Ka-tern Caro'ln League. Blue Grass League. Connecticut Association. Central California League. Indiana - Michigan League, Michigan Stafe Ltegue. Kansas 8ato League. Illinois-Missouri League, Nebraska gnate League Southwest Texas Leaaue. Central Kanaaa Kague. West Virginia League. Missouri-Iowa-Neb-raska-Kansas League and Northwest Arkansas League. ' Oregon Yacht Club Notes n j ha tinner Willamette River for a three-day outing, about 2 canoeists will leave the clubhouse 8at urdsv night with camping parapher nalia and supplies. Some point In i the river probably above Oswego, will be rhoaen for camp and little Journeys will be made about the river In that vlclnttv. The canoeists will probably leave in a body early In the evening, that camp can be reached and made be fore dark. On Sunday the party Is ex pected to be reinforced by more ca noeists from the dub. The last canoe cruise ef the club, some weeks ago, was productive of much good fun and good coats of tan. About ii members were In that party. Canoe cruises are in keeping with the motto of the club: "Something doing all the time." All of the clubmen seem to be more progressive now than at any time for years. Saturday following Labor day the annual Fall regatta for the members of the club will be held. Captain Allen expects to have a race between five four-eared crews. A special single shell race, which has developed out of friendly rivalry be tween Pfaener. Walte. Helwlg and J. Gloss, will be the feature of the re gatta. These boys are keeping them selves in condition far the race. A race between two crews of women will be another feature, Captain Allen has 10 new oarsmen under hia wing teaching then) the rud iments of the game. These men will be material for crews in yeara hence. One ef the most thoroughly enjoyed of the popular fortnightly social nops and dances at the club waa held Friday night. A large attendance was on hand and a pleasant evening was en Joyed. These dances will continue un til late In the year, or possibly all Winter. John Fitting, a- member of last vear's senior crew, who attended the University ef California laat year, waa a Portland vialtor yesterday. .He Is a member of the Rugby football team, which made a tour ef Australia and New Zealand. Other men known to Portland oarsmen were members of the psrty. They left for California en the Shasta Limited last night. The annual meeting of the Portland Rowing Club will probably be held In November. A report of one of the most successful years of the lnitttutloa will then be read. The hot. sultry, weather has been the Incentive for most of the club members to take to the water. Last week was a fairly busy one at the club. Ball Teams to Play for Side Bel. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. tl. (Spe cial.) For a $:0 aide bet a basebsll game between Kalama and Llnnton will be played on theTrt-Clty ball grounds In this citv tomorrow afternoon at i:30 .... i. Tk. .,e.ee Irrmr will leave OCIWM. ii. " . ' - - n the box factory dock at Llnnton In the morning at 10 o ciock, ana onng m team and rooters from there to Van couver. Swedish Minister Recalled. STOCKHOLM. Aug. 27. Herman de la Gercrants. the Swedlah Mlniater to the United States, has. It waa an nounced here today, been recalled. He was appointed In January, ltOT. w n n - ...k ,- mm SiN I ' . f ft 11 ,'- 5::J DEVELOPMENTS of the complicated Spanish situation are being , watched with undisguised. Interest by the entire civilized world. With the Papal Secretary of State. Cardinal Merry Del Val. and the Spanish Min ister, Canalejas, hurling at each other dally messages whose venom is but scantily hidden by the diplomatic terms in which they ara couched, and his en tire kingdom on the verge of revolu tion and civil wai the lot of King Alfonso is by no means an enviable one. "Who is to rule Spain?-' is a ques tion he probably would appreciate hav ing answered. The interposition of the Carlist pre tender. Don Jaime, at this crisis in the affairs of Spain will beyond doubt become one of the most serious ob stacles to the settlement by peaceful means of the present controversy be tween the Vatican and the Spanish Gov ernment. The pronunciamento of Don Jaime recently issued at San Sebastian is causing no end of trouble. "I think the day Is not far distant when my followers must rally to our flag. I will lead the battle," said the Pretender, and his words are being treasured by every Catholic loyal to Pope Plus who calls Alfonso King. Don Jaime, his father, his great uncle and his great-great uncle before him, have always stood uncompromis ingly on the side of reaction and against the forces of modern liberal ism. It Is not unnatural, therefore, that the Clerical party In Spain should find in the Carllsts and Carlism a powerful weapon against the Canale jas forces. They have frankly declared their Intention to use any means nec essary to thwart the purposes of the present Spanish government, and, should parliamentary methods fall, there can be no doubt that the Carlists will receive every encouragement to raise the banner of revolt against the King. Alfonso has thus far given full support to his Ministers, and for this reason, as well as because of the dis satisfaction and distrust aroused by the Influence of his Knglish yueen. he may yet find himself arrayed in oppo sition to the church. Despite the fact that the statement has been vigorously denied at Rome and by Prime Minister Canalejas, there are many subjects of Alfonso who blame the uncompromising; Prot estantism of Queen Victoria's mother. Princess Beatrice, for a great deal of the present Spanish trouble with the Vatican. Princess Beatrice has turned a room in the royal palace into a pri vate chapel, where she has services by an English chaplain, who always ac companies her. There is a regular clique at court which pays homage to Princess Beatrice, and it Is even rumored that she is trying her hand at proselyting some of the Spanish court ladies who adopt a defiant attitude toward the Catholic cc cleoiatica. King Alfonso is powerless to interfere with his mother-in-law, and the rumor haa spread that the Queen attends the servicer secretly, which probably is un true. However, the mere suggestion has greatly injured her already waning pop ularity. Queen Mother Christin always resents the presence and pretansions of Princess Beatrice and is not unwilling quietly to fan the flame of indignation her domi nating way kindled among the Spanish grandees and their families. Queen Vic toria atanchly upholds her mother, and continues to show the utmost deference. Strfeets Cleaned by Automobiles Rev. W. Ot. Eliot, Jr., Writes of Berlin's Perfect Virk Several Public Improvements That Oregon Would Do Well to Imitate. Rev. William G. Eliot. Jr., pastor of the First Unitarian Church, writes to a member of the Oregonian staff as'aeml personal. semi-public letter from Mu nich under date of August 15. Among other things he says: . "We arrived at noon from Oberamer gau. Munich impresses me, as do all the European cities, with its cleanli ness. It Is not unlike Beriln In Its gen eral modern atmosphere. Its prosperity and style of building. I can not say that either place has such charm as the smaller places like Weimer or Wit tenberg. But I do not doubt that there would be much to learn of a technical sort if I had the time for such re seaches: '' Berlin Has Model System. "In Berlin, for instance, they had the beat streets I have ever seen, and the best method of cleaning. The revolving broom has rubber, blades Instead of bristles, and the sprinkling is dhne by the 'same vehicle, the water pouring doj-n a few inchea in front of the re volving rubber blades: and the whole thing Is moved and worked as an au tomobile rather .than by horses. The streets cleaned in - this way are as clesn ss a window pane, and no fine, quickly drying dust Is left as in the case of almost any form of sweeping. Every bit of dirt of any sort is in stantly picked up before it has a chance to scatter. I would Judge that in other matters as well as In the streets, the highest technical skill Is always at the command of such cities as Berlin and Munich and that they have long ago learned the folly of cheap municipal engineering. "The canals and waterways are used much more than In America. The Rhine is a great artery of trade, the freight being carried in deeply laden cargo boats and drawn several in a string by tug-boats. There appear to be no counter-hindrances, legislative or otherwise, -to the full development of the largest possible utilisation of EsfUMSvSaynat ejauiC". W.M.i... mu-vii... .ii ii,. ..lewiisuyiiiiui wjmuu 4. im.ii ! V i.t:rv' - j- jl - V ? u H I- ' i; t ft "f HV'A. even when her interference is most re sented by the Spanish courtiers. At all evenls Premier Canalejas' defi ance of Pope Pius X comes .as a sur prise to Christendom. It is true that Italy, cradle of the Western Church, has been in open rupture with the Vatican since September 30. 1S70, when Victor Emmanuel entered Rome and made it his civic capital, baniphing Pius IX to the ecclesiastical precincts his successor now occupies; it is further true that France, nominally Catholic, but tending to irrehgion, has recently abrogated the Concordat which Napoleon I hoped would be a perpetual bond between church and state. And now Spain, traditionally the fa vorite child of the mother church, whoe ruler ir called by permission his Catho lic majesty, defiantly sets aside Its moft solemn compacts and In the name of a broader liberty enlarges the rights of those whos? legal status Is that of her eby. The probable outcome of this situation which has led to a discontinuance of diplomatic relations, is civil war. The fact cannot be blinked that a consider able element in Spain favors the Carl ist succession, standing ready at all times to aid in expelling the "usurper." waterways. Whether this is because the railroads are owned and managed by the government I am unable, of my own knowledge, to say. It is quite ob vious, however, that there is co-operation, rather than opposition, und I would suppose highly to the advantage of commerce. " Poverty I-ess Apparent. 'There apepars to be much less pov erty in Berlin and Munich than 4n Lon lon and Liverpool, for reasons that I have not been able altogether to as certain. . But there are two causes that may be at least contrlbutlve. The first and most., important Is probably the German system of education, at every point from kindergarten to university; and the second point is the vicious cir cle caused in-any country where the poorer classes use strong drink. Other reasons occur to me, but these I men tion as possibly the most important. "In Liverpool I made a pretty thor ough Inspection of the 'Bridewell.' or city Jaii and police court, and of the Walton prison. If I had not told the Governor of the prison rthat I was not a reporter 1 should feel like describing It to you in some detail.- for it had points, of excellence that we in Oregon might well follow. "Xo arrested man is kept in the city jail, as a rule, more than 24 hours, ex cept.. I suppose, in the case of men ar rested 'on the' day preceding a holiday. They are brought into court next morn ing and either tried and sentenced or remanded for trial at the next Assize (corresponding to our Circuit Court). In either case (unless it is a fine that is paid) the prisoner is taken immedi ately to Walton Prison. The prisonefs then at Walton Prison appear to be in three classes: Those who are serving out a police court sentence, those who are awaiting trial, and those who are serving out a sentence from the Assize. In the last case no sentences longer than two years are served at a con vict prison. Thus, the city jail be comes merely an ovcr-nigrht lockup, and TflNG JILFCTi&O 1-rmwwte Alfonso XIII. Besides republican' senti ment is strong:. Barcelona is a republi can city in thought and aspiration. If Castelar were alive the hour would be ripe for a coup d'etat similar to the one which placed him at the head ot affairs as President in 1S73. But Castelar is dead, and he has no worthy succes sor. Don Jaime, Carlist pretender, has never given any indication of ability, and his ,attimde at this- hour is that of an opportunist, woitins apart, cold-blooded and sinister, for a favorable turn of for tune's whee'. The precautionary measures that have been taken by the Spanish government In an effort to crush in its inciplency any revolutionary move of the people shows only too clearly the seriousness of the situation. Captain-Geneml WeylM-. onff of th ahlPFt and al the same time most cruel of Spanish n ilitary mn. is credited with making the following statement: ""Tli? moment a revolutionary outbreak compels me as Captain-General to as sume the Tupreme commend, I want the revolutionists to know they must pre pare for a merciless tight. There will be neither prisoners nor wounded. Tli? walls of the hospitals will become use less and the cemeteries will have to be enlarged." the Walton Prison is something more then our county jail and something less than our penitentiary. And while I found the English people somewhat exercised over what they deemed need ed reforms in their prison system, T must confess with some humiliation to the great superiority of the. Liverpool prisons to anything we have in Ore gon. "You will be interested to know that I attended the closing debate on the Accession Declaration Bill and was present in the House of Commons at its passage. "I leave for Vienna tomorrow morn ing and thence into Hungary, where we celebrate the 400th anniversary of Unitarianlsm in that country. I ex pect to reach Portland October 1. I am eager to be at work jigain." RUBES TO PLAY AT RAWER Team Strengthened in Hope of Win x nlng Side lict or $100. "Red'' Rupert's ballplayers will leave this morning for Rainier, where they will play with the nine from that city for a $100 side bet. In the hope- of win ning the game, the Rainier team has been strengthened by the engagement of Gus Hetling. of the Portland team, who will cover third base. Joe. Hag gin, the phenomenon picked up by Pearl Casey for his Northwestern League team last year, will hurl the slants for Rainier. Haggin is a south paw of stocky build with lots of kinks in his arm ami plenty of steam. "Lengthy"" Winterbothani, formerly of Camas and a well-known Bemi-pro-fessional player about Portland, will be on the mound for the Tri-City League team from Portland. Johnny Shea, a brother of Danny. Shea, of Spokane. will catch for Rupert's Rubes. Rupert has one of tiie best teams of semi-professional players ever seen in Portland. Its showing in the closing - days of the Tri-City League race was remarkable. It worked its way up from the bottom of the ladder to third place in a little more tiian a month. Much rivairy exists between the Rubes and Rainier. Several Port land fans will accompany the team to the Columbia River town.