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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOITRNAL. 8A
OREGON. SATURDAY, MAR. 17. 1917.
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Water proof Clothes,
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Landing Nets
Spinners.
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TEUTON NATIONS?
(Continued from page one.)
ftian diet on this occasion. (Socialist
upeukers bitterly denounced the gov
ernment and the "sins of those in pow
er." . -, .
" Absolutism, " vn ono of the target t
of their attack. Several speakers do
dared Iho time was coming when tht
nation would nriac mid sweep "junker
ism" awaj
"Wo are no longer serfs whom the
'king can 1)0 or sell," declared the so
cialist deputy, I.einert, or order us to
blood to death nt his command. We
liave reached political manhood.."
It was in reply to this outburst, and
fiery upeechox by other delegates thut
the. chuneellor made liig announcement
of increasing powers to bo granted Jhe
Ieoplo after tho war. '
NICHOLAS QUITS
(Continued from pnge one.)
Ilie country's good thfit we should abdi
cate the crown and lay down supreme
power."
"Not wishing to separate ourselves
from our beloved son, wc bequeath the
heritage to our brother, tho Grand
Duke Michael, with our blessing for the
future throne, that Iim tuny govern it in
full union will) the notional representa
tives and talie Inviolate oath to them
in the name of our well beloved father
land. "We call all .faithful sons of the
fatherland to fulfill their sacred patri
otic duty of obeying the czar at this
painful moment of nationul triuls, ar.d
to aid him together with the nation's
representatives to conduct the Russian
state in Jko way of prosperity anil
glory.
"May Clod help Russia-"
CONFIRMED 400
Washington, March Kl. In the face
of positive hints from administration
senators that President Wilson shortly
will issue an executive order putting
ll first, second and third class post
masters under the civil service, the
sennta this afternoon confirmed the
nominations of approximately four
hundred postmasters of various classes.
The authoritative report of the pres
ident' determination at first threat
ened to halt the confirmations, Later,
however, the nominations went through
without serious objection.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Ford Service for the owners of Ford cars
is factcourteous, prompt, efficient.
Service which covers the entire country,
almost as a blanket, to the end that Ford
cars are kept in use every day. Drive
where you will, there's a Ford Agent near
by to look after your Ford car. The "Uni
versal Car" will bring you universal serv
ice. Better buy yours today. Touring
Car $115.70, Runabout $100.70, all f. o. b.
Salem. We solicit your order.
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We are selling Second
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Motorcycles at ex
tremely low prices.
You are missing
something if you fail
to look them over.
eVERYTHING PERTAINING TORirgjT
GUNS AND AMMUN ITION
MONEY IN ONION SETS
Tho littlo onion Beta perched on a
high limb right up to the lat, 13 1-2
cents per pound. One Hubbard man had
11,000 pounds of sets more than were
contracted, which be sold at 11 cents.
Potatoes renched $3.50 a hundred
pounds before the drop came. Between
the two crops a bunch of money came
to the 'farmer. Very convenient, too,
right at tax paying time- The prices
received this yeur are higher than for
years, in onions, especially, due to a
shortage and may not prevail next year.
Hubbard Enterprise.
Cy Young Holder t
Of Pitching Record
Every year or so some major league
pitcher reels off a winning streak or
uncorks some feut on the pitching
mound that is heralded as "the best
performance to date."
Much was said of Tom Hughes' feat
of pitching 10 . consecutive innings
without allowing a base hit, aud many
of the seribes pointed to his accom
plishment as a record, Hut the record
tor consecutive hitless innings is still
held by Cy Young.
It happened back iu April of lilO.j,
this record of Cy's, and it will prob
ably stand for" a' long time to come,
with tho baseball folks looking for
wavs and means to increase hitting.
Voting took the mound against
Washington on April' 80, going in for
Winter iu the third iuuiug with no ouc
out. He pitched the game out without
allowing n hit. On May 5 he retired
27 Athletic batsmen in a row, and still
no hits were made off his delivery.
Then came his famous lli-inning, 1 to
0 game against Detroit, and for seven
innings of this game Young set the
Tigers down without allowing a base
blow. This made a total of L'o consec
utive innings without n hit being miylo
off Cy 'a delivery.
JENNINGS AND WIFE FREE
Kugene, Or., Mar. 17. .T. t). Jen
nings and his fldfe, Talethn Jennings,
are freed today from the charge of
attempting to extort $500 from 0. II.
Kkotiioim, expreucher. Nkotheim de
clared Jennings wanted $500 alter find
iug him in a compromising position
with Mrs. Jennings, The jury acquit
ted the Jennings utter two hours.
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SHERIFF HODGE IS
Minister Matthews Tells of
Connection With
Billingsley
HODGE GOES FREE
Seattle, Wnah., Mar. 17. Kx
.(Sheriff Kobert T. Hodge was
declared "not guilty" of con
spiracy in connection with tho
booze-graft case at 1:30 o'clock
this afternoon when Judge Net
erer granted the motion for an
- instructed verdict.
Similar motions mnde by
Counsel for Mnypr Gill, Chief
Iteckingham aud other defend
ants were denied. Hodge 'a ac
quittal followed an eloquent
argument by Judge William K.
Beli.
$ $ jfc $ jc sje js ijc
Seattle, Wash., Mar. 17. That he re
ceived $1,000 from the late Clarence
Gerald, whose cafe used to be famous
as a political hangout, iu the presence
of Logaa Billingsley, and gave it to
Sergeant Putnam, of tho polico dry
squad ulong with hundreds of other
dollars he raised to enforce the dry law
was tho testimony of Dr. M. A. Mat
thews, pastor of America's largest
church, in the booze graft
conspiruc.y
trial iu federal court today, shortly be
tore the government closed its case.
"Clarence Gerald and l.ognn Billings
ley came to my offico August 1(5 and
told me that they had been raided and
put out of business but that other
bootleggers were being protected. Ger
ald gave mo $1,000 saying ' we brothers
want you to use this to clean up-' Both
said they had quit."
Matthews said Gerald and Billingsley
promised to quit the liquor business,
that Billingsley" broltevhis word after
hi-s compromise-with Mayor Gill August
.i0
and tnat Clarence Gerald "(lied do -
ing his duty and living up to his con
tract."
Court Soon Packed.
A packed court room aware of Hill
ingslcy's story that he had givcu Mat
thewsL$l,000, hung breathless to catch
every word of the noted pastor's testi
mony. That he had -first beeu sub
poenaed by tho defense and then ap
peared first as a government witness
added zest to the dramatic setting.
, Matthews said he did not know how
much of the money was from Billings
ley or how much from Gerald but that
Gerald's statement "wo brothers''
made him assume if was a joint dona
tion. Dr. Matthews told of his efforts to
reform I.ogan Billingaley and of hie
going after I.ogan for Kribing detec
tives after he learned in October that
the latter had broken his promise to
quit tho liquor busiuess.
Ho told of calling Logan to his of
fice October 25 aud telling him he'd
heard Logan paid Gill $7,500 to r.i
promise with him and his brothers, lie
said Logan referred him to his Attor
ney whe pressed for a confession and
threatened with prison.
Failed to Keep Promise.
Matthews said that when Logan fail
ed to keep his promise to return the
uext day he went down to see Mayor
Gill and asked Gill about the bribe rum
ors. Gill, he ssid, denied them and said
ha compromised to escape suit by the
Billingsleya for destruction of their
drug Mores by the dry squad.
AV this conference Dr. Matthews said
he asked Gill to cither give him tho
machinery to put the Billiugsleyg in the
penitentiary or to use himself for that
purpose.
-He said that at that time the mayor
did not tell htm that Logan had warned
Gill that Dr. Matthews was not the
mayor's friend. He declared Gill did
tell him that shortly before the federal
grand jury indicted him.
Matthews clashed with Walter Pul
ton, attorney. for Chief of l'olice Beck
ingham, during cross-examination over
statements he made to Fulton iu the
SEATTLE COMPETES
Ice Hockey with Canadians
Stirring Sound City
' - Sports
Seattle. V,h.. March 17 For the
( first time in history, team of athletes
i representing Seattle will compete for
(a world's ice hockey title tonight when
! the local sextet crosses sticks with the
i Montreal Canadian in the first game
1 of their series for the highest honors
; in ice hockey, at the arena here.
I Seattle today could do nothing but
stop, talk and listen to hockey gossip.
After being held up by snows in the
mountains lor many hours the Cana
Idian arrived in Vancouver yesterday
jand worked out there for the edifice
ition of the fans. Tho winners of the
I National Hockey association, the east-
jern major league, looked mighty good j
to tnc riritish Columbia folks, accord
ing to dope received here. The team
arrived here this morning and worked
out in secret at the' arena shortly niter
noon.
While tTTore are those that are in
clined to believe that I'cte Muldoon,
manager of the locals, is "spoof inn"
about Itobbie Howe, crack Seattle de
fense suffering so badly with an in
jured shoulder that he will be unable
to play tonight, both I'ete and Bobbie
maintain the injury is really serious.
'cof froth Take a. Hand
Pan Francisco, March 17. Jimmy
Coff'roth, former fight promoter, today
began taking an active personal inter
est in the mntch between Les Darcy
and .Tack Dillon which it is proposed
to hold at Tia Juana July 4. Coffroth
says he is too busy to stage the fight
personally, but he is said to be strong
ly in favor of permitting use of his Tia
Juana race track for it.
Jack Kearns and Jim Griffin, who
are back of the venture, today for
warded details of their pinna to
"Bunny Jim."
The Bi Wrestler
San Francisco, March 17. Antone
iJirzu, the Bohemian behemoth, who
thinks ho is going toyGirow Joe etech
er Tuesday night, will get some big
league practice this afternoon . when
he trains with Ad Bantel. Jirza says
his principal difficulty has been to
get competent training partners. 1 .
Jirza insists that ho has a scissor
hold of his own thnt he figures will
make Kebraska Joe quit. Joe doesn't
seem to be worried. "
NEW BOWUNO RECORD
Grand Rapid-s, Mich., Mar. 17.
Another world's record was
set at the American, Bowling
Congress here this afternoon
Vhen Nick and Ben Budinger
of tho Americus team of Chi
cago, bowled 1,312 in the two
men. Nick rolled 22-1, 247, 226
and Ben scored 231, 191, 103.
The previous record of 1,304,
was made by Rchoegler brothers
or Madison, Wis., in 1909.
Only So Many Pitched
Balls Hurler Says Plank
Who Conserves His Supply
By Paul Purman.
During the year of 1914 baseball wri-
ters began singing the swan song of
Kddie I'lank, for years premier south
paw of the American league and one of
the greatest left banders of all time.
Connie Mack had included I'lank in
his wholesale clean-up and it was gener
ally supposed that if Connie thought
I'lank was through there was no argu
ment against it.
But I'lank fooled 'em and is still fool
ing 'em.
I'lank will b. in the harness this year
and it is not at all unlikely that he
will be out on tha mound servintr no
1 southpaw slants in 1SUH and 1919.
uses His Brain.
That is predicting far ahead. There
are many things which might happen
in two or three vears, but without ac
cident Eddie I'lank, now 42 years old,
should be a factor in winning basebell
games in the mniors for that time.
Thcro are three secfets of I'lank
success as a pitcher and one of his abil
ity to stay iii the game longer than any
other fork bander.
The first is his brain, which has caus
ed him to conserve his arm to a re
niarkable extent.
If records were kept on the number
of balls pitched it would probably be
found that Dank has pitched less "balls
than anv other hurler.
The second is his iron wilT'w-hieli has
made him a great money pitcher, a man
who could go out and win against al
most unsurmountablo odds.
The third is his Puritanical observ
ance of, rules which keep him in condi
tion. Plank has no bad habits, he lives
regularly as a government clock, he al
lows nothing to interfere with his con
dition. Plank has peculiarities. He believes
for one thing that every pitcher has a
certain number of pitehed balls in his
system. For that reason he has always
growled when he passed a batter. It
was his belief that he lost the number
of balls he had pitched to that man
without getting any results. .
Long ft Leaguer.
For 16 years Plank has been in" the
big league spot-light. Starting with the
Athletics in" 1901 he worked with" Con
nie Mnck for 14 season and only one
conference alout the case Tuesday
noon.
He charged Fulton had "badly mix
ed" one statement and corrected oth
ers. Ho said he thought Fulton had
mixed the statement unintentionally.
Most of Dr. Matthews' evidence was
given over the strenuous objections of
defense lawyers.
TRY JOURNAL WANT AOS
MD00.1 TRACK STARS
WILL COMHIGHI
Br H. O. Hamilton.
New York. March 17 Track stars
from every wtion of the country arriv
ed here todsy for competition tonight
in the annual senior indoor champion
ships of the Amateur Athletic union of
the United Hate. The meet will be
held in the armory of the Twetity-soc-ond.
regiment. New York national
guard. .
For ttie first time inthe history of
the championships Cornell will bo re
presented by a tesin of athletes. Eira
Wenz and Aims Richards, the Utter the
all around star from the Ithaca college,
wilt compete.
Sensational performances sre expect
ed to be recorded. Jie Ray, the dis
tance running marvel, doubtless will
take some more cracks at long estab
lished records while the sprints are cer
tain to develop some extraordinary per
formances. Jack Kller, the locar hurdler, iirotjb
ly will be barred from this meet, He
was suspected of wearing- shoes with
spikes when the Metropolitan champion
ships were held in the armory last
month and Colonel Vanderbilt, com
manding the regiment, has asked that
the athlete violating armory rules be
barred from further competition in thaf
building. Secretary Frederick W. Ru
bien, of the A. A. IT. promised the ac
tion would be taken if the man could be
found.
The following events make up the
program for the national champion
ships: Sixty yards run; 300 yards run; 600
yards run; 1,000 yards run; two-mile
run; two- mile walk; five-mile run; 70
yards hurdles; six hurdles three feet
six inches high, placed ten yards apart;
standing high jump; standing broad
jump; sixteen pound shot put; and a re
lay race for teams of four men each,
first man to run 440 yarads, second 220
yards, third 880, fourth 1-mile.
Gold medals will be given first place
winners, silver for the second and
bronze for the third- A silver cup will
ho given to the college or athetotic club
team scoring the highest number of
points. Five points will be scored for
first place, three for second, two for
third and one for fourth.
COURT HOUSE NEWS
Anton Weiss, of Millbury, Mass.,
writes to the "United States County
Clerk for Marion County,-8alem, Ore.,"
asking information concerning grant
lands that may be taken up by settlers
He says: "I just received a sektion
cart from the Grant Land Locating com
pany of Portland, Ore., and I am will
ing to make an application for a quar
ter sektion of 40 acres government land
in county of Marion, Ore."
County Clerk Boyer states there is a
40-acre tract up in the mountains he
might get hold of but it would be im
possible to raise any finer crop than
Rocky, mountain goats, hard shelle'd
ctftbs, rock oysters, etc.
Because the local office of the Mas
sachusetts Bonding and Insurance com
pany waived the requirement of joint
control over the funds bonded and the
home office overruled the waiving, a
petition was filed yesterday by L. H.
McMahan, guardian of the estate of the
minors Margaret, CarL Henry, aud E. H.
McMahan, asking that he be released as
custodian of the funds and that the
bonding company be discharged from
further liability. The petitioner stated
he did not wish to be annoyed by joint
control for a period of 10 years.
The general store of Howard Ramp
at Brooks was broken into by burglars
last night and several shoes, neckties,
and socks taken. One pair of high-top
boots, black and tan shoes ranging from
sevens to nines, several neckties, and,
a number of pair of socks formed the
loot. The thief got a pair of mis-mated
logging shoes, two for the same foot.
This may be a clue, as the thief may
be a one-legged man, and had use for
only ono half of a pair of logger '6
boots.
An order overruling the demurrer of
the defendants in the case of Walter L.
Tooze and G. T). Holman against Co: a
M. Kephart, et al, which., had been
argued and taken under advisement by
.Tudgte Kelly, was' made this morning.
Tho defendants wore ordered to ans
wer to tho complaint.
The divorce case of Hannah C. Stecl
man against Sol Steelman i-s being
heard by Judge Bingham this after
noon.' F. A. Turner is appearing for
the plaintiff. Desertion-is the specific
charge, although it is alleged that
when he deserted her in February, 1906,
he went to eastern Oregon and married
a woman, by 'whom he has had three
children.
Judge Kelly will be in Salem Monday
for the purpose of hearing motions aud
renew trials.
DO. YOTJ WANT TO MARRY?
Portland, Or., March 17. Wanted
Somebody to got married! Only six
more days!
If they can find a couple willing to
plunge into matrimony on Friday,
March 23, "the Portland Ad Club will
guarantee to make the wedding a huge
success. The wedding will be held as
part of the ' festivities of the' "On to
Oakland" committee, which is plan
ning the Ad Club's excursion to the
antional convention.
year did he fall below an average of
!500. This was in 1908 when the team
behind him was poor.
His best year was 1912 when he won
26 and lost 6 games for an average of
.813. That year Plank was 37 years old
an age 'when most pitohers have gone
back to the bushes or retired.
And in 16 years Plank piled up an
average which southpaws may shoot at
for years to come. He won 315 games
and lost 1S4 for an average of .631, a
mark which many pitcher would be
proud of in one season. . , . ,
What Style for Spring
A one-button sack; two or three buttons; belt
all around or a double breasted sack? They're
all here the best styles ever designed all
Varsity Fifty Fives. , . ,
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Market Was Listless
and Prices Weaker
Xew York, March 17. New York
Evening Sun Financial review today
said:
With the stock market more or less
apathetic this week, with news de
velopments, often startling, before it,
it was scarcely to be expected that
trading in today's short session would
was a considerable show of animation
at the opening and price advances in
the general list were substantial. This
was due doubtless in large measure
to covering by the short interests and
otherwise settling of accounts for the
week end. A movement with more than
ordinary force behind it because of the
overhanging menace of tho railroad
situation. Wall Street still holds to
the belief that there will be no strike.
Further developments iu ' Russia
seem to indicate the ultimate estab
lishment of a republic on the ruins of
the Romanoff throne. This expansion
of the revolutionary movement cannot
but be a favorable circumstance for
the entente belligerents and as such
will have, in fact, already has had, a
stimulating effect on the London mar
kets as well as our own.
After the clearing up of settlements
in the first half hour or so, the stock
market settled down and prices reced
ed from the top level, holding for the
most part fractionally above the pre
vious closing level. The shipping and
copper shares were in good demand.
There wjis little change elsewhere in
the industrial list. The railroad shares
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lected, as would be natural under the
prevailing uncertainties.
TO PROMOTE FLAX INDUSTRY
Kuoene.' f)v.. Mar. 17. Pb-ns for the
organization of a fifty thousand dollar
corporation to take over the entire
flax industry of Lane county are under
way here todav.
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