1, 1914.
WEIGHT KILLS OFF
BUD, SAYS SMITH
land County Council, has told a re
markable story in a lecture on spirit
ualism to the church people of Dear
ham, Maryport. He was dealing with
the possibility of a dying person's form
IS
appearing to the Individual in his or
her mind at the moment of death and
he related an extraordinary experience.
He befriended the orphan daughter of
a clergyman by obtaining her a situa
tion as a governess. She became en
gaged to an officer of the Indian Army
and Canon Sutton gave her a sealskin
coat as a present. The affair turned
out unhappily, however, for the officer
jilted her and broke her heart.
Some time afterwards Canon Sutton
dined at Dovenby Hall and rode home
to Bridekirk on a clear, moonlight
night. Near Dovenby School, at 12:15
A. M., he saw the form of the girl in
her sealskin coat. The horse seemed
to see something, too, for he stopped.
On reaching home the Canon told his
wife what he had seen, but she laughed
at him. Nevertheless he learned later
Reed College Interclass Sport
Brings Many Benefits.
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Questions 1" sine rain WMakp.
To the Editor:
In large whisky advertisements ta
the local press the statements are
made that "whisky la on of tha great
est medicines ever Invented," and that
It la "the only medicine ever Invented
that baa been proved to proUmk human
life." .
Will someone who baa Investigated
or who Is a chemist or physician kind
ly Inform me if this statement is true,
and state what ingredients in wblskr
possess each medicinal and curative
properties?
will someone Inform me In wbat way
U prolongs or preserves life?
. PERPLEXED.
Sporting Writer Believes Last
Seen of Medford - Van
couver Pride of Ring.
POLICY ADOPTED YEAR AGO
her
It Is Dr. roster's Turn to Laugh at
Those Who Considered Xew Sys
tem in the Light of a
Temporary Jest.
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NEW MIDDLEWEIGHT SEEN
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that the girl died at the very mo
ment she appeared to him on the road,
that at the time of death she was
wearing the sealskin coat he had given
her and that her last words were to
tell him that she forgave him for In
troducing her to the faithless officer.
Asked if his experience on the Dovenby
fighting Billy Murray Thought Le
gitimate Heir to Late Stanley
Ketchel's Honors Cof froth
Takes Eastern Trip.
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BT RALPH J. STAEHLL
One year ago Dr. William T. Foster,
president of Reed College, announced
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTXAXD, 31 ARCH
SUCCESS
METHOD
BT HAART B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. (Special.)
Will California develop in Fighting
Billy Murray, of Sacramento, a legiti
mate heir to the middleweight throne
that, since its vacation by the death
cf the late Stanley Ketchel, has never
had a fitting possessor? San Francisco
fans who saw Murray defeat Leo Houck
Monday are very much of the opinion
that Murray is a comer and a fellow it
will be well to tab.
It was figured that Houck's experi
ence would be far too much for Hur
lay, but the Sacramento boy proved
p.n agreeable surprise. Houck looked
to be dead on his feet and loggy. but
Murray beat him at every stage of the
trame. In- the in-fighting ne exceuea
and punished Houck considerably about
the body. At long-range he uped a
swinging left from which Houck
couldnf seem to get away.
Murray is a Portuguese boy, about
23 years of age. He is the same loose
limbed chap that Stanley Ketchel was.
Murray doesn't shape up today as fast
a man as the Michigander, but he can
improve. Moreover, he is a' small mid
dleweight and can do 154 pounds nice
ly. Probably he gave away six pounds
to Houck.
Future Tbonsbt Promising.
All the same, I should say he has a
promising future ahead of him. He
Isn't particularly bright, although he
Is bright as most fighters go these
days. He is quite willing to learn, and
Jack Kearns. who is his manager,
doesn't want to carry Murray along at
too rapid a gait, which is to his credit.
It looks very much as if we have
seen the last of Bud Anderson in the
boxing game. Of course, he may decide
to try the sport again, once he has had
a good long rest, but if he has any real
friends they will advise him against
such a move. The truth is that Ander
son has had quite enough and ought
to be contented to settle down to some
r.lce business from which he can make
a living. "
So far as the match with Red Wat
eon is concerned, it was the last straw
with San Francisco fight fans. The
local followers of the game do not fig
ure Watson as anything and they real
ize that it was entirely a proposition
of making weight that killed off the
Northwestern boy. He had to take off
more than 12 pounds in two days and
as he had been conditioning himself
in the North prior to coming to San
Francisco, that meant a lot more than
would ordinarily be the case.
The fact is that Anderson can't do
better than the welterweight limit any
longer and be strong. Also, with tne
knockouts that have been registered
against him, it is questionable whether
he could stand for an,y length of time.
Ritchie Pays Taxes.
There is no question but that Ander
son and Donald have had -something
of a quarrel, in spite of the announce
ment that they just agreed to disagree.
Willie Ritchie, the lightweight cham
pion, left on Thursday week for Mil
waukee, where he has been matched
with Ad Wolgast for a 10-round bout
March 10. He was accompanied by
Harry Foley, his manager and trainer,
and the fighter also took with him one
of his sisters, in order to give her a
peek at the Middle West,
Promoter Jimmy Coffroth left on the
same train with Ritchie. The promoter
will go to New York to attend to some
business and expects to be in Mllwau
kee for the Wolgast match.
Ritche has set the fashion for
pugilists, of paying his income tax.
Kstimated on what he made during the
last 12 months, the little San Fran
cisco boxer paid a tax on a little more
than $20,000, which meant that his tax
to the Government stood him about
J200.
Kddie Graney, who holds the March
permit for San Francisco, has done
nothing as yet regarding a card.
"TAP DAY" IS UNDER BAN
Vale Juniors Would Abolish Time-
Honored Custom of Class.
NEW HAVEN, Feb. 24. One hundred
Tale Juniors have organized to abolish
the time-honored "Tap day" and to re
tnove the selection of candidates for
the secret societies of the academic
college from the historic old maple
tree on the campus to Berkeley Oval.
The juniors contend that "Tap day" has
become too much of a public carnival,
instead of a dignified election.
The rivalry of the clubs to get desir
able men has led to some unpleasant in
cidents, it is said, and the heartburn
ings of disappointed boys have been
paraded too much. One plan suggested
is that some responsible person suggest
the names of 70 .men of the junior
class thought to be eligible for society
honors and submit them to the clubs,
which may agree upon them in advance
privately instead of scrambling for
them in public.
GIRL'S LIPS HIDE GEMS
lHanioiuls Stored in Her Mouth as
Kobbers Fleece Her Escort.
SPRING FIKIJ. Mo., Feb. 24. Citi
zens living in the residence districts
near the business section of Springfield
have been terrorized for several nights
by repeated daring holdups, committed
almost in the heart ,of the city. Five
persons have been held up. One young
.woman saved diamonds valued at sev
eral hundred doliarw by putting them
in her mouth, while the robbers went
through the pockets of her escort.
The method of operation used by the
robbers, believed to be boys, is peculiar
in that they approach their victim from
behind, touch him on the shoulder, point
a gun in his face and go through his
pockets from behind.
The sum of $51 was obtained early
this evening from a druggist on his
"way home for supper. Police have
thus far been unable to find a trace of
the robbers.
VISION OF DEATH APPEARS
Briton Tells of Remarkable Experi
ence Late at Xight.
TjONDOX, Feb. 26. (Special.) Canon
Button, vice-chairman of the Cumber
PORTLAND
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Sutton replied that he had no nerves.
BOYS EAT UNDER WATER
PORTLAND LADS PRACTICE QUEER
"STUNTS" IV TANK.
James Sllstrot and Percy Bowen Con.
sider Offers to Enter Vaudeville
at Flattering Salary.
Did you ever jump into a swimming
tank, go to the bottom and go to sleep,
or eat a meal, or play cards, or sing
a song, or smoke a pipe" or cigarette,
or something equally out of place un
der water? Most of you probably did
not, and those who tried got a mouth
ful for their pains. James Mistrot
and Percy Bowen, Portland amateur
swimmers, have built a big tank and
in that they do each of those "stunts."
The ability to stay under water de
mands, above all, good wind.
. ilistrot first learned to swin the
length of th tank, then back and the
full length a third time all under the
surface. Bowen was soon able to do
the same.
Then they started doing "stunts."
They are now able to eat a three
course meal under water. Following
the submarine lunch the ysing. The
voices reach those above the water by
means of a electrophone arrangement.
The boys have been urged to accept
some vaudeville offers at flattering
pay, and are thinking seriously of ac
cepting.
ON FIRST RIDE MAN HURT
Farmer Sues Kailroad for $20,000
Damages for Injuries.
FORT SMITH. Ark., Feb. 22. (Spe
cial.) To live 60 years without being
on a railroad train and on the first ride
to be ia a wreck was the experience of
Monroe Ray, a farmer, of Sulphur Rock,
who filed suit against the Iron Moun
tain Railroad for 20,000 damages today.
Rather than ride on a train again
Ray rode to Batesvillo on a horse, a
distance of 18 miles.
KAISER BANS MUSTACHE
Instructions Given to Regiment Say
Style Is Non-German.
BERLIN, Feb. 26. Wearing of the
"toothbrush" mustache was forbidden
to soldiers of Emperor William's body
guard regiment.
The reason given was that it wa3
non-German.
VAUDEVILLE ACTOR IS EN
THUSIASTIC AXGUER.
Henry AVoodrnff.
Henry Woudruff, late star of
"Brown of Harvard," who is
headlined at the Orpheum this
week in the comedy playlet. "A
Regular Business Man," is a lover
of life in the open. "I always
look forward to my wTell earned
rest in the Summer," says Mr.
Woodruff, "when I can retire to
my Summer home, don an old
suit Qf clothes and just be lazy.
Casting a fly is one of my fav
orite sports' and how I would
love to spend a few Summer
months In Oregon, whipping the
streams that are noted for won
derful results."
that the policy at his institution was
"Intercollegiate athletics at the mini
mum and interclass sports at the maxi
mum." More than that, there were no
intercollegiate athletics at all and the
interclass contests were broadened out
to Include every one In them.
This immediately became a jest with
the other Northwest colleges and It
was remarked by the knowing ones
that Reed would soon become a place
for the mollycoddles and would not de
mand the attention of any self-respecting-
athlete.
Opinions Are Upet.
The first hitch in their opinions
came when several prominent inter
scholastic athletes went over to Reed.
The second came when they stayed
there more than a year. They are there
still, and it is declared tbat the ath
letic system at Reed is the best pos
sible. It eliminates one factor the bar
gaining for athletes. Though there
are many of the stars who seem to
specialize in nothing but football and
who later make good, there is a vast
majority who later make failures of
the game of life, though they did star
at college. - -
What Dr. Foster tried to eliminate,
and which he succeeded in doing very
successfully, was the condition which
had 500 sitting in the stand watching
nine or 11 playing in the field below.
Now -when you go out to Reed you
find no spectators. If there are any,
It is merely that some of those in the
game are stopping from the play long
enough to give some one else a chance.
To be sure. Dr. Foster's methods
would be the Quickest way to elimin
ate the defects of the present system,
the bidding for athletes and the plac
ing of the Intercollegiate sport at too
high a rating.
Dr. Foster Gives Opinion.
In speaking of these conditions Dr.
Foster says:
"After two years of trial by Reed.
there is not the slightest doubt by those
connected with the situation that it Is
a success.
"A larger proportion of Reed College
students and faculty are engaged in
athletics as a normal part of college
lire than in any other school. The ab
sence of all the excesses of intercol
legiate sports, the series of intramural
games and the 200 acres of playground
have proved adequate incentive to
every member of the college.
"Athletics at Reed are meant for
everyone and not for a few selected
individuals. There are no stars who
make sport their only business at col
lege. As we have no use for them we
do not have to make athletics a busl
ness."
Coach Pipal, of Occidental Colleee.
In California, says that it's easy enough
for the college presidents all over the
country to cal for interclass athletics
and pass the buck, but claims that In
tercollegiate athletics do more for the
educational Institutions than to de
velop healthy bodies.
Compulsory Athletics Advocated.
"I would like to see some college
president big and strong enough," said
Pipal, "to make it compulsory for every
male student in his institution to take
part in athletics.
"Every student an athlete, is what
we should have. Make athletic work
compulsory and give credit for it. Have
the interclass contests and in addition
to the interclass athletics have the in
tercollegiate contests.
"The athletic directors are larerelv
to blame for the neglect of many' male
students who really need athletic ex
erclse to take it.. Too much attention
is paid to stars. Get out the third,
fourth and fifth-place men. Get three
or four full teams out for baseball.
At the start of the baseball season get
every class to put a team in the field
and play off an interclass series be
fore the regular season starts.
"Personally I would rather hare ten
men on a track squad who could run
the hundred In eleven seconds than
one or two men who could do it in
ten flat. It's all right if you have the
stars, but the understudy men should
not be overlooked.
"The bottom will drop out of the
athletic system if the stars alone are
cared for. Have interclass athletics
to give every man a chance, and have
intercollegiate athletics to keep up the
spirit of loyalty to the college.
WOMEN CAPTURE "DIP"
Duo Drag Pickpocket to Police as
Admiring Crowd Looks On.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25. Two Brooklyn
women captured a small man one night
recently on Avenue A. Manhattan, whom
they charged with picking pockets, and
with an excited crowd of men and
boys following after them, dragged him
to the Fifth-street police station. Mrs.
Mary Bischoff, of 258 Moffat street, and
Mrs. John Regan, of the same address.
were on their way to visit the former's
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In a recent issue of a local paper "Perplexed
makes doubting inquiry regarding the truth
of certain statements made in one of our
recent advertisements appearing therein. Inasmuch as we
are responsible for the statements inquired of, it is up to us
to" defend them, although such defense is offered to be
received only by the unprejudiced and no attempt will be
made to convince those who "much against their will are
of the same opinion still."
During the past few years we have threshed out this question with the
medical fraternity with conclusive results; upwards of forty thousa id
physicians canvassed reporting in the same strain, i. e., that good whisky
such as we distill possesses medicinal properties unknown to any other
substance. u 'International Clintcs" teems with substantiations of the
claim that spirits fermenti is indicated, above any other medicine, in a
score or more of conditions, and that in many conditions it is the only
remedial agent that can be employed.
Dr. Edward Willard Watson, of Philadelphia, generally conceded to be
among the leading diagnosticians of the world, says International
Clinics, Vol. 3, 71st series):
"When distilled liquors were first used as medicines their effect! were a little ihort of minunilrmsf
brandy was the 'Water of Life in the power to revive the exhausted and stimulate the dying. The
power it has to relieve depression of spirits and enable the patient to rally from shock was obvious to
all. The world will still resort to it. It will still be given in exhaustion to sustain Jife, and in faint
nesa, to rvive. So far as the observation of hundreds of years goes, whisky will continue to help the
ick and tide th'm over the brink of death to recovery. When tonics fail, the malt liquors such as
whisky turn the scale, causing better digestion and increased weight. If, as some would say, this is
because they contain bitters, why in al; these years of temperance reform has not someone invented a
non-alcoholic beverage that will do the work of whisky? This question is a practical eme, and will
never appeal to the unpractical and visionary.
All of which, taken in conjunction with hundreds of similar
utterances by men of high wisdom in the profession, is a
complete substantiation of the statement that good whisky
does prolong human life and if Dr. Watson and thousands
of other noted physicians are to be believed is the one sub
stance that has prov en to 'do it.
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mother, Mrs. Barbara Smith, of 412
Fifth street, when at First street and
Avenue A Mrs. Bischoff felt a tug at
her pockets and saw the little man run
ning away.
Starting after him. she grasped mm
by the coat collar, and despite his ap
peals to the crowd around him to make
the woman release him, he was brought
to the police station. At first he said
his name was Samuel Shapiro, of 1212
Washington avenue. Manhattan, but
later admitted that he was Samuel
Lcvinsky, of 371 Rodney street, this
borough. The police say he admitted
picking Mrs. Bischoff's pocket.
Woman Steps Into Cold and Oies.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22. Mrs. Barbara
Welsh, of 65 Bridge street, Paterson,
cook at the City Farm, is dead as the
result of a walk in the zero weather
after she left her- kitchen. She started
home at night after her work was fin
ished. On the way she staggered into
the home of Peter de Censo anj collapsed.
celebrated the arrival of the 16th-baby
at the home of Mrs. Susan Temple, of
that place. It is a girl and weighs about
12 pounds. The mother is 40 years old
and the father 45. Scores of their
friends gave the parents an ovation as
real boosters for the town.
Slork Makes 16th Visit.
Ml" RPH YSBORO, I1L. Feb. 24. Resi
dents of Jacobs, Jackson County, III,,
No, Alicia, the calf pocketbook n.t
made from the hide of a cowlet. ThW's
where you wear them.