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VOL. XXVI NO. 338 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1925.
vol. xiii no. m of the even;:; a r:
HIGH
FOR COFFEE NO
THREATEN 0. S.
Brazil Getting Ready . for
Gouge Into Pocketbook
, ' of American Users.
ENGLAND BACKS PLAN
Votes Big Loan to Bolster
Market. When Brazil Is
Turned by Warning
From Hoover.
(AsncUUS fnm Utmi WIN.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. With
congress and Secretary Hoover ac
tively seeking to rescue American
consumers from high rubber prices,
which have Great Britain's support,
news now comes of the plans of
the state of Sao Paolo, Brazil, to
hold up the price of coffee, also
with British financial backing.
- Hesitating' to attempt loans In
this country, largely because of the
recent plea of Secretary Hoover
that American bankers deny cred
its to foreigners for such purposes.
Sao Paolo expects to borrow ap
proximately 35U.0O0.0O0 from Lon
don bankers. The Brazilian legis
lature has been asked to authorize
the loan, which will be nsed to
bolster the coffee market against
iny material price declines.
, However, the prospect that
Americana may be asked to pay
nigh prices for coffee as well as
rubber finds congress and Mr.
Hoover ready to develop retaliatory
mesures. When congressional In
vestigation into the rubber situa
tion gets under way after the hol
idays It simultaneously will delve
' ' Into the subJecUof the control of
coffee prices In Brazil, as well as
Into other similar foreign monopol
ies. Hoover Plan Offset
. Mr. Hoover himself has launch
ed an attack on the rubber prices.
In which he will enlist the coopera
tion of American automobile users,
and there is no doubt that he will
reiterate his appeal to decrease
consumption of coffee.
Only recently the secretary de
clared the prices charged Ameri
cans for many foreign commodities
were unfair and that steps must be
taken to "defend ourselves against
trade war being made upon us."
He suggested that consumers or
ganize in a strong sympathetic
campaign to restrict their use of
the products monopolized, and that
American buyers be permitted
through legislation to combine for
the emergency against foreign mon
opolies. Congress May Prob.
Congress began a 12-day vacation
today closing a busy two weeks In
which it laid much of the ground
work for a long and spirited ses
sion.. '
Resuming deliberations on Janu
ary4. both houses will have a num
ber of major Issues with which to
grapple. Including taxes, the world
court, disarmament, the rubber
and coffee price altuations, debt
settlements, and the various appro
priation bills.
Working at top speed, the house
has passed on to the senate the
postofflce supply bill Immediately
after reconvening. It also adopted
a resolution calling for Investiga
tion of alleged misappropriation of
crude rubber prices by the English
colonial government and of mono
polies of the other commodities.
Busy as it was, the lower cham
ber took time to discuss prohibition
to great length and from both
sides, the drys predominating In
the only vote on the subject.
The senate passed only one ma
jor measure, but It started several
Issues on their way to extended de
bate. It passed the administration
bill creating a division of civilian
aeronautics in the department of
romWrc and enacted several min
or measures In addition to confirm-
lnr hundreds of nominations.
Consideration of proposed Amer
ican adherence to the world court
will be resumed in the senste after
the hnlldavs. while Its finance com
mittee will begin work on ths tax
bill. The foreign debt settements,
which met opposition upon their
first mention In the upper cham
ber, also are likely to engage at
tention when the tax bill Is clear
ed away.
English Prssa Comment
LONDON. Dec. 23. The London
newspapers have been chary of
commenting editorially on the
American resentment against th
high British rubber prices, but to
day some writers break their sil
ence. Their main arguments are that
the prices are as much against
Rrltish consumers as American.
. that It Is difficult to understand
, how America, "the home of pro
tection." can complain aaainst a
protective scheme and that the
Vnited States acted Identically re
(Contnaea on rags I)
CANADA MILLIONS
LOST DURING WAR,
GERMAN TRYING OIL
- (Aaoetatea ma mm win.)
ALEM, Ore.. Dec. 23.-
to ths Wbrld war a tier-
J resident of British Col-
Nnbla named Albenaleben ao-
cumulated by timber opera-
tlons In that country a fortune
of several million dolars. He
lost It all during the war. Yes-
terday Pete Rlnehart, a state
traffic officer, stopped a mo-
torlst on the Pacific highway
near Woodbum tor having In-
adequate brakes on his car.
The man said he was Albens-
leben. He told the officer that
he Is now operating in oil In
the southwest and that he ex-
pects to make another for
tune.
Fair Prices, Not ' Salvation
Advice, Wanted Export
Corporation Plan
Is Endorsed.
(AmxUUi Tnm bwd Win.)
DE8 MOINES. Iowa. Dec. 23.
The execuftve committee of the
American Council of Agriculture
and the corn belt ' committee of
farm organizations will soon
"agree upon a measure which will
present the export corporation In
the aimplest form compatible with
effectiveness and wii provide a
stimulus to great cooperative move
ment." a resolution adopted here
by the committee states.
"When terms for such a measure
are agreed upon, the committee,
which according to Its chairman,
William Hirtb, editor of the Mis
souri Rurallst, represents more
than a million mid-west farmers,
will ask farm organizations of the
country to Join in asking tor its
passage by the 69th congress."
Until such time the committee
expressed a wish that congress
hold up further consideration of
agricultural relief bills.
Severe criticism of President
Coolidge's recent Chicago address
and his December 6 message to
congress, aa far as It touched on
agriculture, and expression of
"amusement over Secretary of
Agriculture Jardine'a agricultural
relief bill came from the Joint com
mittee in resolutions made public
at the close of the two-day meet
ing here. ' 1
Contrary to the assumption that
the existing Fordney-McCumber
tariff Is a great benefit to agricul
ture, the resolutions stated that
staggering burdens Imposed on
consumers of the country through
this act fall as heavy on the tann
er as on any other class," while
"on one hand the farmer pays his
share of the tariff on practically
everything he buys and on the oth
er hand the price of his great sur
plus of commodities Is fixed In the
world markets."
The farmers note with a degree
of amusement that the new meas
ure sponsored by Secretary Jardine
is to prove a means of salvation
to the farmer by supplying him
with an expert fund of information
about the mysterlea of cooperative
marketing. Farmers, the resolu
tion ssys, have more Information
than they need in fact have but
little else, and need "a fair price
rather than more Information."
ATLANTA, Ga.. Dec. 23. Dixie
today was preparing to spend the
kind of Christmas It often reads
about, but experlencea only about
once in a blue moon a white
Christmas. Snow flurries were re
ported at several points while one
or two told of heavy falls.
A variety of temperatures rang
ed from 14 degrees at Louisville to
65 degrees at Miami. Both these
readings were unofficial at one
o'clock this morning.
Atlanta was believed to be the
farthest southern point having a
snow fall. There were slight flur
ries here early yesterday.
Snow at Louisville starting early
yesterday ceased about mid after
noon. Various points In Kentucky
reported a temperature early last
night from IS degrees to 18 de
grees and a snowfall of from one
to three Inches.
Memphis hsd ennw until about
noon yesterday and reported a
temperature of 22 degrees at 1 a.
m. today.
Kashvlll was shivering with 19
degrees and no snow at 1 o'clock
thia morning. Snow flurries dur
ing the night and a thermometer
reading of 31 degrees at 1 a. m. was
reported at Chattanooga,
AGENTS
WARNED TO NOT
Undercover Plan I. O. K.d
But Illegal Trapping
Must Be Avoided. . ,
EDICT FROM ANDREWS
General Butler Ousted from
Philadelphia Clean-Up
Job Because Mayor
in Rear Seat.'.
. (l-jocfetod Tnm bwl Win.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Prohi
bition agents were warned today
that "reckless, unjustifiable ex
penditures" during their work In
the future would cause their dis
missal from the enforcement
service.
In a letter to prohibition admin
istrators, prompted by the recent
Mayflower hotel case in which two
agenta expended nearly $1,000, As
sistant Secretary Andrews ot the
treasury, declared money for trac
ing down bootleggers must be used
intelligently and economically and
"never used without complete jus
tification." Mr. Andrews saM that the May
flower Incident, which for several
daya baa furnished the subject of
house debate, occurred In the early
daya ot his administration and be
fore he had taken any steps to
ward reorganization.
Ousting Threatened.
"I do not feel therefore," his let
ter said, "that it affords any oc
casion ' for - severe discipline of
those engaged. . I do feel that It
affords a telling object lesson to
the whole organization, however,
and therefore I am bringing It to
your attention with the understand
ing that you will all give thla mat
ter careful consideration and see
to It that your operatives are In
structed and your supervision of
their work Is so careful that any
thing of this kind cannot recur:
with the added understanding that
hereafter any case of reckless, un
justifiable expenditure of public
funds will meet with severe disci-'
pline and generally speaking, with
Immediate separation from the
service."
Under Cover O. K.'d.
Mr. Andrews declared he regard
ed under cover Investigations as
probably the surest way to break
up the bootleg industry, but he
warned the agents that they should
not conduct themselves In a way
which would permit violators ot
the law to plead entrapment as a
defense.
He added that reckless expendi
tures were likely to Influence A
Jury against the government's case.
It would have been better, he
said, to have handled the Mavflow
er case by disclosing how the li
quor was brought Into the city.
Money spent Intelligently to accom
plish this purpose, he said, would
have been amply Justified.
The Mayflower case Involved the
arrest of two hotel employes who
later were acquitted.
Butler Without Job.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23. May
or Kendrtck today formally dis
missed General Butler aa director
of public safety, effective at noon.
"Well, I'm out," Butler exclaim
ed. "The mayor has fired me. Now
we can shoot at him. There's
nothing to stop me now; I'm a free
man."
The general, who has seen fight
ing service all over the world) add
ed: "I'm going to my home In Over
brook and I'm going to drive there
In a car of the United States mar
ine corps. The marines can take
care of me. and I'd rather be In
the marine corps than In fifteen
million cities like Philadelphia."
The general said he would re
main here for a few days and,
"there may be something doing In
that time."
The formal dismissal came as a
result of the directors refussl to
resign as requested hy the mayor.
The general earlier announced he
would leave his office todsy as
"under suspension" and that the
mayor would have to "fire" him.
The mayor's letter of dismissal
ssld:
"I am not required by Isw to
give a reason for dismissal of a
director. In order to comply with
your request, I may say that yon
have not a proper appreciation of
the obligation which yon. hold to
the mayor aa your superior officer.
"The confidence and harmnnloua
relationship which would exist be
tween oa as mayor and director of
public safety bas been completely
destroyed."
Butler Strikes Bsck.
Acknowledging 'he msyor's let
ter of dismissal. General Butler
sent a reply In which he charged
the mayor with lack of moral cour
age and ststed that the reason glv
ICoBtlnued oa page I.)
OVERSTEP
LAW
Freedom FromStatePrison '
Is Governor's Xmas Present
To FormerReedsport Officer
(AanHaM Fraa TUu-4 tM
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 23. Releaa
from the slate penitentiary and re
storation to rull citizenship la th
Christmas present given by Gores
nor Pierce to Fred C. Schulte, for
mer constable at Reedaport, Doug
las county. Schulte waa convicted
on a charge of accepting a bribe,
alleged to have been tendered him
while he was serving as constable.
and In connection with prohibition
law violations.
Schulte waa aentenced to serve
seven years In the state prison.
His release comes about through a
commutation of sentence to three
years which Schulte has served.
enabling him to leave the peniten
tiary immediately. .,
The commutation is baaed on the
good record made by Schulte while
in the prison and his service to the
state as a skilled mechanic. Some
of the finest pieces of furniture at
the prison are his handiwork. Also
clemency was recommended by
Guy Cordon, of Roseburg, who aa
district attorney proaecuted Schul-
WREAKING COSTLY
E
Paris Nearly Isolated From
Outside World Nine
Workmen Drowned,
Many Injured. "
(Aaoclstnl firm Lea.nl Win.)
PARIS. Dec. 23. The tempest
ronunues to nowi in trance, leav.
ing death and destruction In Itt
trail. Nine passengers were drown-
ed In the Seine last night at Rou -
en. when a ferry boat capsized, .few miles south ot here, laat nigbL
All the victims were working men.Arwo other miners are in a serious
ine terryman was tne only psrMe1ndltion In a Bollalre hospital
son saved.
Paris noW is almost completely
cut off by telegraph . from the
outside world. One line only is
working with Switzerland, Bel
glum and England. There la no
communication with Germany and
Italy.
As all wires except one with
Havre and Brest down, cable dis
patches between the United States
and Parla are being badly delay
ed. Owing to prostration of the
wires everywhere, it will be some
time before the full extent of the
havoc wrought throughout the
country Is known.
In Paris more than a score of
persons have been more or "less
seriously hurt by flying debris.
The railroad to Dieppe was put
out of commission when telegraph
poles rell across the track.
TOKYO, Dec. 23. Twenty fish
ing boats containing 150 fishermen
are missing In a storm which
struck northern Japan yesterday.
A number of houses were wreck
ed and forty vessels capsized.
. VALENTINA, Ireland. Dec. 23.
A message from the steemer Cor
lnthlc reports- that the French
tanker CI p. picked up a boat con
taining 17 men from the Italian
steamer Marina, which ssiled from
Philadelphia December 8 for Med
iterranean ports and was abandon
ed near the Azores.
A second boat with 1ft men was
not located. A number of ships
are searching for It.
The captain of the Marina Is
said to have been badly injured.
MAHALA TROXEL
RESIDENT SINCE
1853 IS DEAD
Tfahala Troxel. who since ISIS
hat been a resident of Roseburg.
passed sway at Mercy Hospital
Inst night after a long lllncs. She
has been in Very poor health for
more than a month and tor the
part three weeks has been In the
hospital receiving treatment, un
dergoing a major operation. Be
cause of her advanced sge she
wss unable to recover from the
operation.
She was horn In Portland. .Tan.
21. 1853, the dauehter or Jamb
and Jane Jones. In June of that
year the family moved to Rose
burg and took up a donation
claim north of Roseburg. .She
was married to Robert Troxel on
January 26. 1871.
Her husband and two son.
survive here, the sons being Tilly
and Ray Troxel. both of this city.
She alro leaves two brothers.
Mnrk snd Howard Jones, snd two
jrrsnd children. Otto and Harlev
Trnvel, all of Roseburg.
The funeral services will be
held on Thursday morning st
10:31) o'clock st the Undertaking
I parlors. Rev II. F,. Mow, pa.tor
of the Christian Church, officiat
ing. The Interment wll take place
I In the Jones cemetery.
To Haines
Miss Calvin left this afternoon
for Haines, Oregon, where the wll
visit over Chrlstmaa with rela
tives. She Is one of the public
school teachers.
te, and by Judge J. W. Hamilton,
who presided at the trial.
Schulte waa aentenced to the
state penitentiary Jointly with Jack
Connolly, the master-mind of the
old Reedsport liquor ring, who waa
convicted of tendering the bribe to
Schulte, for which crime he drew
a penalty ot ten years. Evidence
against the two men was furnished
by three of their alleged partnera
in the liquor traffic. One of them,
Hoberta, a Reedsport hotel keeper,
was also sentenced to Imprison
ment, but waa pardoned by Gover
nor Pierce. Another, W. S. Bur
nett, was not prosecuted because
he hsd previously served a term on
a federal liquor charge. The third,
Mark Broom, also escaped prose
cution because of the evidence he
furnished against the others. He
has since figured In liquor cases
in Lane county.
Connolly is still In the peniten
tiary, but it is reported that hla
wife haa made application for his
pardon.
FIRE IN OHIO COAL
MINE FATAL TO 9;
2 MORE MAY DIE
Electric Light Line Short
Circuited. Resulting in
Blaze That Traps
Eleven Men.
(Am-titM Tnm Vmmi Win.)
BELLA1RE. Ohio, Dec. 23. Fire,
believed to have started when a
fall of MI hr.rt.rlrniltpH .l.i-tc
light lines, took a toll of nine liven
im the Wnhh mine at Rhadvslrte. a
suffering from shock and gas.
The dead: A. O. Truax, Julius
Oliver. Sam Kello, Alfonso Zaccl
glnl, Edward Kennedy, Julius Tal
bert, John Ferry and two unidenti
fied miners.
Rpscue parties early today had
penetrated to all portions of the
mine where the men were working
when the fire started, and reported
that no more men were In the
mine. An unofficial check ot the
force known to be working corro-
Jmrated this assertion.
Early today the fire was burning
fiercely but little - effort having
been made to check It until rescue
work was completed. Only 79 men
of the nominal force of more than
six hundred were at work at six
o'clock last night when the fire
wass discovered. All maele their
esrape except 11, who were trapped
in one of the lower laterals.
OPERATIONS GIVE
SIGHT TO SISTERS
BLIND SINCE BIRTH
(AaavtatMl Tnm Tu.l Win.)
HUNTINGTON, W. Vs.. Dec. 23.
Two mountain girls, blind since
birth, walked from a Huntington
hoapltsl today and marvelled at
the wonders they, gased upon.
Their eight had been restored, a
Chrlstmaa gift from their mountain
neighbors aiuj a Huntington sur
geon. 1
The girls, Fay Cook. 17, and her
sister, Mayme, 24, auffered from
congenital cataracts. In their re
mote mountain home ot Lorado,
Logan county, they had about given
up hope of gaining use ot their eyes
and were educating themselves In
the methods of the blind when
neighbors Interested Dr. C. M.
Hawes of Huntington. The doctor
said he was willing to perform the
delicate operations necessary with
out cost.
The neighbors subscribed a fund
to defray hospital expenses. The
operation was a success.
NOTABLES TO SERVE
AT MUNSEY FUNERAL
(Anoriabd Tnm Ua.nl Win.)
NEW YORK. Dec. 23. The body
of Frank A. Munsey, newspsner
and magazine publisher, who died
yesterday, was laid In state today
In the cathedral of St. John the
Divine. A guard of honor. Includ
ing several employes who had
been In Mr. Munsey's service for
more than 30 years, stood beside
the bier.
Friends and associates h'gan to
visit the cathedral soon after the
body had been laid In stale.
The funeral will he held tomor
row with Bishop William T. Man
ning, a close friend, officiating.
Ths list of honorary pall bear
era, announced todav follows:
Elbert H. Gary. Charles Evans
Hughes, Chsrles E. Mitchell. Al
bert J. Beverldge, Thomas W. 1
mont: Charles If. Rabin. Clarence
H. Mackay. James W. Gerard,
Chauncey M Depew. Adnlpb 8.
Ocba, Ogden Reld. John W. Davis,
Otto H. Kahn and Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler.
CHURCHES
HOLD
KPROGRA
THQRS. NIGHT
Interesting Entertainments
to Be Offered by Sunday
Schools or) Xmas Eve.
TREATS PROMISED
Santa Claus to 'Be Present
to Provide Gifts for Chil
dren Invitation Given
Public to Attend.
The churches of Roseburg have
made elaborate preparations for
the observance of Chrlstmaa. spe
cial programs having been arrang
ed by the Sunday, schools and
adnlt departments. The Presby
terian church program Is being
given tonight, while the Metho
dist-Episcopal church. Catholic
Church, Baptist Church and Me
thodist Church. South, will hold
programs on Thursday night.
The following programs are
announced by the ministers of ths
respective churches.
Catholic (tiarrh.
Christmas Eve, (Thursday)
Midnight High Mass and Sermon
at 13 o'clock. This Solemn Ser
vice will commence with the sing
ing of Hsyden's Hymn. "Holy
Night," followed by Montani's
"Asperges Me." D. H. Wilson's
"Mlssa Noctls Sancttssimse," with
"Gloria and Credo will be sung
by the Choir, under the direction
of Mrs. Loren Miller. Mrs. W. H.
Kenny at the Organ. Novello's
"Adesle Fldeles," will be sune at
the "Offertory", and alto at the
"Post Communion!"
C h r I s t m a s Morning Mas
ses at 8 and a. m. High Mass
and Sermon at 10:30 a. m. The
same choral singing aa nt the
Midnight Mass on Christmas. Ser
vices will conclude with Honed Ic
tlon ot the M. B. 8. Thero will
he no evening Devotions.
O I n d a le Mass and Ser
mon at 10:30 a. m.
The Chrlstmaa family rejinlons.
the merry-making, the universal
geniality, the gift-giving are to be
highly commended, -If the tame be
largely stimulated by the REUN
ION which God cemented on this
day with the human race: by His
"tidings of great Joy to all the
people": by the great GIFT from
Heaven which mankind received
from Him, There would be no
Christmas without Christ, Just as
there would be no Batter. There
fore In our amusements on this
His Birthday let na not forget
Him, Let us render homage to
Him on this His dsy.' Worship
Him. Think of Him In Church.
Go to church. You are always
welcome in the Catholic Church.
REV. CLERY.
Methodist KpUcnpal Church
The general public are Invited
to attend the Chrlstmaa Tree ex
tremes at the First Methodist
Church on Thursday evening at
7:30 p. m.
Three numbers by our new or
chestra. H. A.-Canaday. director.
Twenty minutes, exercises by
the Primary department.
Firteen minute pageant by the
Junior department.
Special feature by a number of
classes, Including Mrs. Csnaday'l
class: Mrs. Dalton't clasa; Mr.
Redden's class; Mr. nott's class;
Dr. Hanks' class; Mrs. Banks'
class.
One of the Jolllest ot Santa
Clauses ever known will lie on
hand with a splendid treat for
all. REV. JOS. K NOTTS
lie p 1st Chlirrti.
A Christmas plsy will be given
at the Baptist Church on Thurs
day evening at 7:30. The young
people of the church and Sunday
School have been working on the
play for some time. Mrs. llltney
hst written the play and has
been coaching the young people.
She has much experience in these
things, and an unusnally good
time la anticipated. The play Is
entitled "Christmas at Joyvllle
Junction.'
The children of the Primary
Department will also have con
siderable part In the program
with songs, recltntlons. and read
ings. Miss Reutah Jnrvls and
Mrs. Clsyte Oshorns havo been
directing the primary work and
preparstlnn.
.Mr. Carlos Page, flupt. of the
Sunday School says that Santa
Clans Is expecting to I on hsnd
and will pass out the trent for
the children. All child -en who
are there will receive fnndy whe
ther they are members of the
Baptist Sunday School or not.
Those who are not enrolled In any
Hunrlar School are especially In
vited, and the children who would
otherwise find little Chrlstmaa
cheer are especially Invited. The
public la Invited.
REV. H. 8. CALDWELL.
ARTIST GETS DEATH
NOTICE; AUDIENCE
GETS HIS SMILES
- .
) . (AaretauS Tnm UuN win.) w
SIOUX CITY. Iowa. Dec 13.
4 One ot life's tragedies was
enacted before the unsuspect-
lng eyes of an audience at a
theater last night as they
listened to J. Rlnaldo, billed
aa "The Wandering Violinist"
As Rlnaldo was preparing to
make his bow to the audience,
an usher brought him a tele-
gram telling of the death ot
4 hla wife in Pasadena, Calif.,
after a long Illness.
A moment later he was be-
fore the audience smiling and
beginning ths first strains of
4 his violin solo. The smile rw
maloed all through the act
for every "trouper" knows
that his audience demands a
cheery face. . .
.
IN CLOSE GAME
Score of 23 to 2 1 in Favor of
Former School Stars in
Opening Contest of
the Season.'
'
The basketball season opened
last night with a close and excit
ing game between the high school
team and the team composed of
former high school stars. The
gam waa very close throughout
and ended with a score ot 23 to 21
In favor of the alumni team.
During the first half both teams
fought hard with honors - about
even, the half ending 8 to 7 In fa
vor of ths high school. In the third
quarter both teams went out for a
victory and the crowd was brought
up standing frequently by brilliant
flashes of play. The quarter ended
with the alumni team leading 17 to
is - The- last - quarter was fought
desperately. The high school team
waa plugging steadily, annexing a
basket at almost regular Intervals.
The alumni team was tiring and In
the middle ot the quarter an en
tire new team went in.
In the last few minutes of play
with the score practically even,
both teams ought to the limit of
their strength to gain a victory.
The final whistle ended the gam
while the score stood 23 to 21 In
favor of the alumni.
The high school this year has an
exceptionally light and small team.
The players are all small and the
average weight will run far under
the normal tor high school teams
Nevertheless the team Is full of
fight and is exceptionally ' good on
defensive play.
Bruton, Jackson and Ray Bell at
guard, broke up play after play
last night, showing an unusual
ability to halt apparently success
ful drives against the goal. It waa
seldom that the alumni forwards
got by the high school guards, most
of the shots being from the center
of the floor. ' ,
Wally Rapp waa high point man
for the Alumni team, annexing IS
of the 23 points. On the high school
team every player scored except
Moftltt, Jackson and Hunt
The line-up waa as follows:
High School (21)
Alumni (23)
Giles (7)
Rapp (16)
P. Singleton (3)
Fields
Helliwell
Jost
Irwin (2)
Beckley (2)
Young
Thurston
Perrin
Bacon (2)
M. Bell (2)
Webber (2)
Motrin
Bruton (2)
Jackson -R.
Bell (3)
Hunt
O. Singleton
Referee, t. C. Flnlay; timekeep
er, M. 8. Hamm; Scorer, Earl Burr.
CHAMPION OF WETS WILL
RENEW FIGHT IN SENATE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. Sena
tor Edge, republican. New Jersey,
has abandoned the Idea of seeking
Joint congressional hearings on the
various senste and house proposals
for mortification of tha prohibition
act.
After the holidays. Senator Edge
expects to request Chairman Cum
mins nt the Judiciary committee to
name a subcommittee which will
hear evidence on his proposals tor
2.75 percent beer and removal of
the 60 restrictions on prescription
whiskey.
A number of writers and educa
tors who have made surveys of
prohibition enforcement will be
heard, as will labor union leaders
and others.
The sub-committee will give full
opportunity for the dry forces to
present their esse.
BREAKS HUNGER STRIKE.
HAVANA, Cubs. Dee. 23. Julio
Antonio Melts, held In connection
with a bomb throwing Incident, to
day ended the hunger strike which
he hsd continued for nineteen
days. He was persuaded to break
his fast by his wife. He will pro
bably recover.
HI DEFEATS
HIGHSGHOOLTEAM
nunc HTE3S,
FETE- BLOTS' OUT .
LIVES OF THREE
Victims Are Children VtlsO
Are Trampled in Rath
, for Arena Exits. -1
5,000 IN SCRAMBLE
Bench Collapses, Children
Scream' and in Instant .'
Place Becomes One
of Pandemonium. ;
(AmetaUd ina teasel Win.)
ERIE, Pa.. Dec. 23. The Joy
ful Christmas holiday haa been
suddenly turned Into a period of ',
grim tragedy In three Erie homes,
where today mothers, fathers,
brothers and sisters are mourning
the untimely termination of three
little lives the deaths of a trio ot
youthful Yuletld celebrants who
were crushed to death in panla
at a community tree obearvanea
her late yesterday. Seven others ;
were injured. The dead:
William Wagner. S. -
-Eileen Rlckrod. .
' Raymond Knpotlnskl, 11.
Five thousand children ot grsdo
school age had gathered la th
Erie arena when suddenly th
supports of a bench collapsed and
with It came a crash and thai
acreams of several children who
had been precipitated to th floor.
In an Instant there waa a pants
wild shrieking, 'horror-strickea
criesand a mad dash for exits.
Attendsnts and policemen strove
vainly to stay th rash, but their
gestures and shouts only added to
the confusion. ,
And then; 'after 49 mlhtnes,"
when th arena waa finally clear
ed, the bodies of three youngsters
were found, the last spark of life
trampled from them. Th Injured?
were rushed to a hospital, and to
day Is waa said that all would
probably recover. .
OREGON TRUCK MEN
, FIGHT LICENSE LAW,
(Aaoclated Tnm Leusa Whs.)
PORTLAND, Or., Dec. '23.
Truck lines using the Oregon high
ways filed suit today In th federal
court here aeeklng to restrain t
state from collecting license fee)
for the operation of motor vehicle
on the roads.
The constitutionality of th li
cense law la attacked on grounds
that It la the exaction of a toll and
that tolls for use of roads on which
the government has contributed
funds ara prohibited by th con
stitution. The suit Is brought at this Urn
In hopes that a temporary . order
will be granted ao the 1928 fee wilt
not have to be paid. If paid af all.
before the legal battle Is settled.
The plaintiffs are Portland-Hood
Rivet1 truck line. Interstate Track
Service. Alert Transfer and Stor
age Company and th Reddaway
Truck Line, Inc. ... r .
FORD EMPLOYES TO
GET 8 PCT. MELON
(lankM Tnm tot Wire.)
DETROIT. Mich.. Dec. 23. Th
Ford Motor Company announced
today It will distribute 81,744,000
next month toholdern of Ford em
ployes' Investment certlflcstes. A,
total of perrons will share In
the distribution which represent
eight per cent on their Investment.
An eight per cent return also waa
received last July.
The Ford Company discontinued
Issuing the certificates April (. .
sfter 825,000.000 had been pur
chased. . t
KLAN PROTEST AGAINST
PSEUOO SANTA SUCCEEDS
SAL LAKE CITY. Utah. Dec.
Protests filed with th city com
mission and chief of police by the)
Ku Klux Klsn hsve resulted In tha
unmssklng of Santa Clauses on th
streets of Salt Lake. Wearing of
masks upon the public thorough
fares of the city Is prohibited by
ordlnsnce. -
Several days ago men wearing
the leaendary garb of Saint Nicho
las were stationed at various cor.
ners by organisations seeking
funds to assist them In aiding th
poor at Christmas time.
CHRISTMAS TREES
YIELD HUGE PROFIT
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Dec. JJ
Chrlstmaa tree shipments from
the state of Washington this sea
son amounted to 260 carloads, con.
talnlng approximately 70,000
trees, and Lrought about 8334.IKX)
to the shippers. It wss announced
this morning by George C. Joy.
state supervisor of forestry.