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Sperling News : ; 0 . :;: '' Magazine Section . a(c ac sc s(c sc sc Jc ac s(e sfc fc sjc 3fc $ :y ' THIETY NINTH TEAB No. 254 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1916 nnip rim it?Mnre ON TRAIMR AND NBWl i rnvc i vcm? stands, tit cmn JO SEE COLLEGE GAME Of These 25,000 Mast Be Twnel Away New Hayen Just Overflows By H. 0. Hamilton, (Unitei Press Staff Correspondent.) New Haven, Conn., N'ov. 25. Up Maris of 100,000 persons drawn here by the-. Vale-Harvard football game will be packed in and about New Hav en tain afternoon by the time the ref eree's whistle starts- the annual foot ball classic of the country. All of these eaaaot get into the Yalo riowl, but space will be provided for more than 75.0S8 of rtwn. The others will have to be content to hear the yelling and If-arn the score but all were hopeful arly today of eventually getting a ticket. Clear weather for the fray insured the limit in attendance. A twenty mile wind accompanying freezing tem perature made . it certain, also that sweaters, steamer rugs and other such armor would be loaded into the huge Ftand by the ton. Ticket speculators "are on every eorner. Tlie polico have nailed eight of them, one a youth of 1!5 years who has confessed be stole thirteen tickets from tie rooms of Yale students and another young man who says he is a Harvard student. Kvery hotel in New Haven is fall and cots were placed iu the tails last night to give many a lilacs to sleep. The railroad companies .Ji'i'r. trains f Pullman cars standing in their yards and hundreds spent the jiiiht in then). Forty thousand automobiles are ex pected from out of the city by game 'lime and already the garage spaces liave beeu filled. Hundreds were un-n-ble to obtain garage space and stood nil night in the streets. The Harvard team spent the night in New London and will como to New Haven about noon today. Kvery memser of theaquad is reported in excellent condition. The Yulo team vl :Jaooo volts. ilif vjthe ?rj i LL -L ! 1 m. f f 1 - . Iff s vrx J'UW fit - ' p fcl PwIP Sv L k I 1 x : : : 1 was sent to bed early and was up with h un today.- Every member of this squad, too, with" the exception of Quarterback Traver -Smith reported in fine condition. . With these-twenty-two men and their understudies trained to the last min ute for the wowning effort of the year a hard fought tussle is certain. Large ly by virtue of recent victories and by reason of the fort that it has been nine years since Yale sent a touch down over on the Crimson, Harvard students are giving odds ranging all the. way from tea to six to ten to nine. . Much interest attaches to the prob able uso by Percy Haughton of a lad named Ryan, a former Notre Dame student, who gained much fame as a receiver of forward pusses. . He is ex pected to bo sent into the contest. Yale's1 well known weakness against this style of play may be the means of saving Harvard should the Blue clad clan begin to whip their ancient toe Big Game at Columbus. Chicago, Novi. 23. Columbus is the mecca toward which followers of west em football aro turning today. On its owa field Ohio Stute will play for the Big Nine championship against North western, Minnesota is hero for a, game with Chicago and is the favorito despite the fact that Chicago last Saturday humr bled Illinois which sent Minnesota down to defeat November 4. Wisconsin and Illinois meet at Mad ison and despite a discouraging season for both elevens, considerable interest is aroused. Illinois is given the edge over the Badgers. Indiana and Purdue will fight it out at Lafayette for the cellar champion ship and though both teams are weak at local rivalry between them will stir up a hot fight. Iowa winds up her season with Ne-. bruska, which until its defeat by Kan sas last week, was considered a winner. U. of O. and Aggies. CorvalJis, Or., Nov. 2.1. Oregon Uni versity and the Oregon Aggies clash on the football field here this ufternoou in one of the biggest games .of tka northwestern season. All eyes aro on Oregon, which is to represent the west against Pennsylvania at the Pasadena Tournament of Hoses, New Years Day. Oregon is a heav'y favorite. Coach Pi pa I of the Aggies will be unable to use of his fastest players as they are ineligible for conference contests. , . Open Style Football Developing Stars . . . , By Hamilton. - (United Press Staff t'oriespondeut) New York, Nov. 25. Just as brilliant as some of their most famous predeces sors, with Tecords that show even, more for a season's performance, and with whole' bones and neckfl, several of our country's best young men are basking in the calcium glimmer of football 's most powerful searchlights. And, for the most part of it, they owe their pro mise to the fact that. modern football, involving open formations and fast forward passes, has made it possible for the small man to match his prowess with that of the slow-moving but power ful behemoth so essential in the old stylo of play. ... Just one instance of tliis sort of glory is apparent in the work of Kddi Casey, Harvard's brilliant young buck- i inn general, ne is a sugar, man, yet he is able to drive through trained for ward center rush lines or styirt ends with the best of the heavy line smash ers. His 'lack of weight is but little handicap because the open formations make it possible for him to push his wriggling, twisting body through the holes opened for him by the interfer ence. Kvery slight football player may not be a Casey. Mure-oilten than not works i we uwicr H.y, uui ix .ucy were piuy- nig me oiu-siyie game ne would not tie a star because hisjwunduge handicap would not let him. He would be un equal to the task of withstanding the crushing pounds that would be flung ut him in heavy mass plays. Klmer Oliphiint is unother player who has been helped to prominence by the new rules. I'ersoris who never saw OH pliant heave a football through the air 1 cannot understand how remarkable is the accuracy and force of his passing. Most of his great efforts this year would have gone for naught had it not been possible for him to engineer big gains by the use of the aerial move ment. He is heavy line plunger and a fast runner, heady back. But he has failed nt times just the same as the others. His forward passing, helped by the great work of Vidnl, however, has pulled the Army over inuny a rough spot in the road. The United States department of agriculture has a largo force which devotes its entire time to developing new by products and methods of suing material now wasted. Keen Sight and Steady Nerres Win Rifle Title ' Ftr Captain Fay inKi. w- to. r-i-i i, y.a.fri.-., Captain W. Garland. Kay,' United States marine corps won the presi dent's match at the national shooting tournament at Jacksonville,. Fin. Cap tain Fay received a gold medal and an autographed letter from the president of the United States. The winner of this match is considered the champion military rifleman of the nation. Samuel J. Tilden Somehow or other thoughtful men, many of them gray haired, have the name of Samuel j. Tilden on their tongues these days. Young men, to whom he is but a name, might do well to pause for a moment and listen -with respect as their elders tell the tale of a crisis in American history and of how a great man cared more for his country's welfare than he did for his own personal ambition. Samuel Tilden was born in New York, February 9, 1814. As a young man he studied law and soon won irominence by his force and ability. f he had done nothing else lie .diould be remembered grateful for his courageous acts in fighting, exposing und punishing the Tweed ring which bad plundered New York City of as governor of New York just as millions. This resulted in his election Charles Kvans Hughes' exposure of the insurance frauds resulted in his own election as governor of New York. Te then drove with full speed against the Krio Canal ring which was also dis honest and drove them from control The nation rung with the praise of Tilden 's ability, courage and integrity. So in .June, 1M70, he was honored with the Democratic nomination for pres ident. In the election Rutherford B. Hayes hnd 4,033,2)15 popular votes and Tilden 4,2S4,2li," votes. They tell the story that the Republican national cam paign manager was about to throw up his bunds uud concede the election when a .newspaper reporter Murnt Hnlstend if we remember correctly told him that he had heard of an elec tion contest 'in Florida which might help out Hayes. The Republican man ager took courage and kept ou claiming everything and immediately started contests in every state possible. Doubt was cast on the vote of South Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida on account of alleged intimidation of negro voters null on Oregon because a Democratic, postmaster hud been elected president ial elector. Tilden received J 84 undisputed votes, Haves Iti4. There were 19 disputed votes in three southern states, which returned two contesting sets of electors und which wcro ull still under recon struction or "carpet bng" govern ments. Under the latter the Democrats had not inueli chance. The country was aroused oer tho grave problem, parti sanship ran high, there were fears of civil war. The matter was thrown in to congress. The senate was Republi can and the House Democratic and therefore deadlocked. It was finally decided to leave the issue to an elec toral commission cf fifteen, five from the senate, five rom the house and five from the supreme court. It was un fortunate that every question referred to the commission was decided bv a strict party viot of 8 to 7. It 'hud been the intention to have 7 Demo crats and 7 republicans on tho commis sion and the fifteenth member was to havo been Justice David Davis of Illi nois, an independent in politics. In the menu time Judge Davis was elected sen ator from Illinois nnd therefore tumble to serve, and an additional Republican was appointed by the supreme court. thi such small things hang the des tiny of nations and individuals. llayes wns declared elected by the electoral commission. Even then many of Tilden 's friends urged him to fight, to do ill kinds of mad things to seize the government. Serene and high minded he urgen his friends to accept the decision bitter as it was with a quiet, steadfast patriotism. The. crisis was over and while never President, Samuel J. Tilden won tot himself an undying fame. To prevent such disputes in the fu ture Congress passed n law placing upon the state the burden of canvass ing its own electornl'vote and settling its own election disputes. If this law had been in effect in 1877 Tilden would hud been President. It is well worth remembering that Tilden wns one of the first men to present the needs of the United States for national defensor and that he left his large ortune of $K,.r00.000 to public, uses, although only s."l,ri'0,00( wns ever devoted to Hint purpose, on account of a will contest by his relatives. When he died at Grnystone, Aug. 4, lKMfl, Whittier wrote the following tribute. SAMUEL J. T1LDKN Once more, O all-adjusting Death! The nation's Pantheon opens wide; Once more a common sorrow saith, A strong, wise man has died. Faults d ubtless had he. Had we, not Out own, to question and asperse The worth we doubted or forget Until beside his benrsf ? . i J Ambitious, cautions, yet the man Rub Pain Right Out With Small Trial Bottle of Old "St. Jacob's Oil" . Rheumatism is "pain only." Not one case in fifty requires internal treatment. Stop druggist. Rub sooth ing, penetrataing ''St. Jacob's OiT" right into your sore, stiff, aehijig joints and muscles, and relief ,comes instant ly. "St. Jacob's Oil "is a harmless rheumatism cill which never- disnp points and can not bunt the skin. Limber up! Quit complaining! Get a small trial bottle of old, . honest. ''St. Jacob's Oil" at any drug sto-o, and in just a moment you'll bo free from rheumatic pain, soreness, stiff ness anil swelling. Don't suffer! Re lief awaits you. ''St Jacob's Oil" has cured millions of rheumatism sufferers in the last h If century, and is just ns good for sciatic, nvurulgiu, lumbago, backache, sprains. i To strike down fraud with resolute hand; I A patriot, if a partisan, i He loved his native land. , So let the mourning bells be rung, 1 The banner drops its folds half wcy, i A nil w hile the public, pen and tongoe I Their fitting tribute pay. Shall wo not vow above his bier To set our feet on parly lies, And wound no more n living ear With words that Death denies? Exchange Si'verton Girl Drowns. Mrs. A. B. Helgcrson, who with bcr baby daughter wan drowned Sunduy in Silver l.nke near Kelso, Wnsh., was for merly Bertha Cross, niece of Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Cross. Several years ngo sh lived here with her aunt and uncle. Her funeral was held Wednesday nt Oregon City. silverton Appeal.