THE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1909. "FIGHTING DICK" IS EASILY DEFEATED "Cyclone Johnny" Thompson, of Sycamore, Gets Decision in Ten-Round Bout. HYLAND IS FELLED TWICE Bay City Lad Goes Down Once for Eight Seconds, Again for Nine. His Wife Sees Defeat Receipts $4500, 60 Per Cent to Men. KANSAS CITY. Dec. 17. After ten rounds of furious fighting, 'Cyclone Johnny" Thompson, of Sycamore, 111., was awarded the decision over "Fighting Dick" Hyland. of San Francisco, tonight. Thompson easily deserves the verdict. He rushed the battle from the start and forced Hyland into clinches time after time. Using his vicious right to ttae Jaw to good effect, the Sycamore farmer tottered the Pacific Coast boy repeatedly. . Hyland Felled Twice. Had Hyland been a fighter of slower recuperative power, he would have been knocked out in the fifth round. Twice with right swings to the jaw Thompson sent his man to the canvas. The first time Hyland took the count of eight, and the second knockdown kept him down nine seconds. He came back strong, however, and. although Thompson tried hard to land a knockout punch, he failed. Much In-Fighting Used. The battle was fast all the way "through with much in-fighting. By an agreement the men were permitted to fight in the clinches as long as either could swing, and this kept them close to each other the greater part of the contest. Hyland landed many blows In the in-nghttng but thev were not as powerful as those of Thompson in the breakaways. H j land's Wife Present. Mrs. Hyland was a spectator, although few people knew she was present. The gate receipts were estimated at $4500. Sixty per cent of this went to the- boxers. who divided it on a 60 and 40 per cent basis. Betting was at even money. Thompson offered Hyland $200 to $400 he would knock him out. but Hyland refused to take the bet. Clarence Owens1, American Association umpire, refereed. Following is the story of the fight by rounds: Round One. . Both men bored in at the outset. Hyland landed the first Rood blow, a rlKht to the body. They clinched and exchanged rights and lefts to the body without effect. Round even. Hound Two. They rushed to a clinch and In the break away Thompson landed a good right to tho Jaw. Hyland fought back with vicious body blows. Thompson missing a hard right to the Jaw. In a clyneh Hyland hammered Thompson's kidneys. Hyland landed hard rlrht to body and left, to Jaw. Thompson sent a right to Jaw, and Hyland retaliated with right to heart. Hyland's round. Round Three. Thompson rushed to Hyland's corner and sent right to body. Thompson landed right swing to body and followed with stiff right to head. Thompson sent hard right to Jaw, Jarring Hyland. then a succession of rights to head. Hyland hammered at Thompson's kidneys. Thompson's round. Round Four. Thompson was at Hyland as he rose from his chair. Hyland clinched for a moment and drove right to Jaw. Thompson eent right to body and they clinched again. Hy land sent right to body and, as they clinched the men exchanged body blows. Thompson peppered his opponent's Jaw wtth rights and Hyland landed two hard rights to Jaw. Bound even. s Round five. ' Thompson led with a stiff right to Jaw. A second blow of the same kind sent Hy land to the floor for count of eight. A third right on Hyland's jaw sent him down for nine seconds, but he came up strong and a half dozen more rights delivered by Thompson did not seem to hurt him. Thompson tried hard for a knockout, but did not have the necessary punch. Toward the end of the round Hyland used rights to stomach and head with good effect. Thompson's round. t Round Six. Again Thompson rushed things. He missed a right for the head. Thev clinched. Hyland sent light rights to Jaw and Thomp son Bent several lefts to body. Thompson drove stiff right to Jaw. They clinched and pulled each other around the ring. Round even. Round Seven. Thompson put stiff left to mouth. Hyland sent two lefts to jaw. Thompson drove right to Jaw and bombarded Hyland's stomach with a succession of-rights. Thomp son rushed Hyland to the ropes and was planting rights and lefts to body when the gong rang. Thompson's round. Round Eight. They rushed to. a clinch. Thompson forc ing the fighting. Thompson drove right to Jaw, twisting Hyland's neck. Thompson landed stiff right to neck. Hyland forced a clinch and did good In-fighting. Thomp son sent right to Jaw and Hyland hung on. They fought hard to the end of the round. Round Nine. Thompson landed two rights to Jaw. Hy land retaliated with left to Jaw. They clinched and delivered bodv blows as they wrestled around the lng. Hyland was tired. Hyland put a right to body. They clinched and the referee cautioned Hyland for hold ing. They were fighting when the round ended. Round even. Round Ten. Thompson rushed In to win and landed two rights to Jaw. Hyland closed In and Thompson landed several good body blows. Hyland landed stiff right to head. Thompson ( based Hyland around the "ring, but failed t- land. Hyland drove right to Jaw and landed several body blows. Thompson slipped to floor and they were in clinch w-hen round ended. stamina he may have lost while he baa been out of -the game. "In some of my bouts- with him we may go as many as 20 rounds. I have no monetary agreement with him; I am simply helping him out because of my desire to see him in shape to whip Johnson." BILLY MADDEN HAS SCHEME "Elimination Night". Is Phice to Find Coming Boxers. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. Billy Madden, the old-time manager, who is now conducting a physical culture farm, or, rather, a rest, at Carlo, N. T., has a scheme. "You know an elimination night would be a great thing," says Bill. "I don't want' a purse for each man. All I ask is that they give the boys enough for training expenses and I'll take the fellow who wins and make a champion of him. I found Jack McAuliffe. Jack Derapsey and Charlie Mitchell this way. "Mitchell when he weighed 142 could beat most of the big fellows we had at that time, and he proved, later that he was all there. "You know that the greatest fight- COKBETT TO TRAIN JEFFRIES Not Stopping With 'Exercise," He Will. Make Big Man Fight. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. James J. Cor bett will be the animated punching bag on which James J. Jeffries will practice in fitting himself for his fight with Jack Johnson for the heavy weight championship of the world. This was the announcement made today by Corbett on his arrival from Europe, on the Mauretania. The one time wearer of the championship belt said he would start a series of hard fights with Jeffries 40 days before the big fight comes off. "I am going to do all I can to help Jeffries win," declared Corbett. "I think if he simply spars to get into shape it will do htm little good and I have arranged to get into condition and have some good fights with him. They will not merely be light forms of exercise, but we will go at one an other as if there was a big stake up and a good house looking on. I be lieve this is Just what Jeffries neeUs to make him fit. "If Jim Jeffries were the Jeffries of 10 years ago I would not bother go ing to see the fight." continued Cor bett. "But we must find out just what i f - J te safcw " '1 til i m - - "'naemirrBm i Charles W. Murphy, of Chicago, Prominent Fltcnre in Baseball Struggle Konr Being; Waged. ers in the world have come from tour naments. Why, even in San Francisco they found their best boys in tourna ments.' Jimmy Britt, Al Neill, Frankie Neil, Eddie Hanlon, Abe Attell, Monte Attell, Al Kaufman and others. I think that if I could get a good big fellow like that in the heavyweight class I'd be able to push him right up to the front. "We have a poor lot of heavyweights right now, and If I could bring a boy within a year or so I feel that I'd have a fine chance to bring another cham pion through." BILLIARDISTS IN FORM MULTNOMAH CLUB BOYS SHOW CLASS IX TOURNEY. Contest for Various Trophies to Be , Given 'Winners Proves Inter esting and Exciting. Billiardists at the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club are- enjoying a most inter esting and exciting tournament at pres ent, and many of the matches played so far have been hotly contested and often a game is decided in the final frame, when one or the other competitor has "run out" his string, when his opponent needs one or two points to win. The list of entries in the various classes number 41, and the interest in the com petition is greater than has been the case for several years. Seven classes divide the entries, according to the skill and dexterity of the cue experts, and for each class a handsome medal is offered, by the club. , The standing of the different competi tors, according to classes, as well as the entries who have not yet been -scheduled to play,, is shown in the following table: First Class. Played. W. L. P. C. W. B. Slreeter 2 2 0 l.ftOO William S. Walter 1 1 0 1.000 William Dennis ....2 1 1 .500 Oscar Kerrigan ...5 2 5 .400 A. W. Morris 3 1 2 .3.!3 S. X.. Banks 1 o 1 .000 Second Class T. Morris Dunne 1 1 0 1.000 E. Holcomb 2 1 1 .500 J. B. O'Shea. Jr 1 O 1 .000 H. Jennings. Jr., C. E. Murray and George W. McMillan also entered. Third Class D. J. Jordan 1- 1 0 1.0OO A. E. Kerrigan 3 2 1--- .067 P. E. Brlgham 1 1 .000 T. M. Baker 1 0 1 .000 J. H. McKenzie and J. R. Rogers also entered. Fourth Class Philo Holbrook 1 1 o 1.0OO O. T. Brown 2 1 1 .500 R. Wannerberg 1 0 1 .000 F. E. Harmar, Park Myers and M. Myers also entered. Fifth Clars O. K. Knight ' 4 4 0 1.000 C. I.. Monson 2 1 1 .500 I H. Hughes 3 1 2 .333 H. R. Butler 1 o 1 .000 E. E. Young . 2 0 2. .000 E. R. Morris also entered. Sixth Class T. II. Cleland 4 a 1 tka -B. Whiting 4 3 1 !?50 J. K. Mahoney a 1 2 .333 E. D. Barrett 2 o 2 .ooo I.. Buck also entered. , Seventh Class A Murphy S 8 0 1.000 F. C. Warren 3i 2 1 .667 R. M. Sullivan 4 2 2 .500 J. L. Richardson 2 1 1 500 H. R. Bennett 4 o 4 .000 H. R. Rasch also entered. JOHNSON OPPOSES NO LONGER All Agree That Three Regents May Be. Necessary to Govern League. HEYDLER MAY HOLD OVER Brown, of Louisville, Gets All Pro . Heydler Votes Heydler Has Ma jority of Directors and Would Eule Regents. (Continued From First' Page.) say they will never vote for anyone but Ward. Entrancing Offer to Robison. It is considered almost certain "that if an agreement is not reached after three hours tomorrow, the election will be post poned Indefinitely and that either a regency of three will be. appointed or that Heydler will continue acting president. -t is rumored that Stanley Robison, of St. Louis, can obtain sufficient players to make an almost pennant-winning club If he will vote for either Ward or Heyd ler. His manager, Roger Bresnahan, has been very busy among the players in the corridors. Brush of New York and Mur phy of Chicago are said to have made en ticing offers of players to Robison if he will vote for Ward. Horace Fogel and the Philadelphia club have ceased to be a mystery. Fceel now aamns ne is irrevocably attached to Mur phy, of Chicago, and that he will vote as does Murphy. VEXABLE TO WRESTLE GREEK Seattle Champion Matched With Buzukos, Who Is After O'Connell. Virgil Venable, ex-champion of the Seattle . Athletic Club, who has since Joined the professional ranks, has ar ranged to meet Peter Buzukos, the Greek grappler. in a straight match in Portland on December SO. Venable has been anxious to meet Buzukos for some time, and when the latier could not induce his friends to put up J500. to back him against Kddie O'Connell, he made a match with Venable. Buzukos was anxious to meet O'Connell and was ready to post J100 of hie own money to bind such a match, but his backers, having seen O'Connell's demon stration of wrestling against Strangler Smith, got cold feet and refused to ad vance Buzukos the balance of the re quired SoOO. Buzukos believes -that if he can beat Venable he will secure enough money to get his match with o connell. HOPES TO SEE WARD ELECTED Alvord Says Johnson Opposes Be cause Ward Knows Law. William C. Alvord. a major league balltosser many years back, and now a traveling salesman, is of the opinion that John Montgomery Ward will yet be elect ed president of the ; National League and also that the talk of war in such an event Is all buncombe. "The trouble with the National League," said Mr. Alvord, "is that it has never had a president who knew the first thing about the law, and Ward to one of the best lawyers in the business, which is one oi tne principal reasons Ban John son opposes him. Johnson is afraid to sit on a board with a man who knows more than he does, ana Ward is such a man. - "They throw it up to Ward that he was crooked in the Brotherhood days. Now I was playing then and was one of the men whom Ward would have liked to In duce to Join that organization, but when he found that I had a two-year contract with Kansas City,' he told me that there was "nothing doing.' for the Brotherhood did not want contract-jumpers. I think he is one of the fairest and squarest men i ever knew, and as for baseball know! edge, he has Ban Johnson and the bunch who oppose him lashed to the mast. I hope he Is elected, simply because he is a friend of mine and capable, though it is notning to me otherwise, for I am out of the game for good and the nresident of xno national league or any other leazue .would be able to benefit me but little." PUEBLO FRANCHISE IS SOLD Team Will Move to" St. Joseph, Mo., With I she II as Manager. WICHITA, Kas., Dec. 17. John Hol land, formerly manager of the Wichita Western League baseball team, com pleted the purchase of the Pueblo West ern League franchise and team of 17 players today. He paid S5500. The fran chise will be transferred to St. Joseph, Mo. Frank Isbell, who with Holland owned the Wichita team, has purchased Hol land's interest. Isbell will ask for his release as a member of-the Chicago White Sox team and will manage the Wichita team next season. - , . TRACEY'S BOUTS ALL CLASSY Clever Youngsters Scheduled for Go on Monday Night. - Tommy Tracey's boxing - programme seems likely to prove a most attractive card Monday night, for he has matched several of the elassiest boys in the city tor a trio or three-round bouts to take place at the Exposition Rink Monday nignt. Ianny O'Brien, th star boxer of the Catholic Young Men's' Club, will meet Bud Anderson in a return match, despite the possibility of the match being an un recognized affair, for the A. A. U. rules do not permit sanctioning bouts conduct ed by an individual wherein entries are solicited from regular clubs. The events planned by Tracey promise some high-class sport, and he announces that the matches as previously published will constitute the card Monday night. Several preliminaries between young sters of Tracey's classes will open the bill. Silverton Defeats Cheruawa. S1LVERTON. Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) Chemawa and Silverton High School played a fast game of basketball here to night, which was won by the home team by a score of 28 to 20. FILES C'UREU IX to 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT is cuaranteed to cure any case of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in fi to 1 days or money refunded. 60c EDWARDS BEGINS TRAINING Boxer Wants Match With McFarland or Wolgast. Frankie Edwards, the little California boxer, who is to appear before the Ore gon Athletic Club next Tuesday night, arrived in Portland yesterday and began working out with "Jockey" Bennett - at Tracey's gym. Edwards Is anxious to get a match with Packey McFarland or Ad Wolgast, either of whom is about his weight- He can spar at the lightweight limit of 133 pounds, but likes 125 to 130 netter. Edwards and Bennett attracted more than an average training quarters crowd. Jimmy Carroll boxed yesterday with Dan O'Brien, of the Catholic Young Men's Club. O'Brien had the advantage of slme and weight, but the little San Fran cisco electrician seemed to like the going and the spectators were pleased. ARBITRATION IS DESIRED Panama and Costa Rica Representa tives to Meet at Washington., WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. The Gov ernment of Panama has notified the" State Department that it will send a special plenipotentiary to Washington in January to negotiate with the rep resentative of Costa Rica a protocol for the arbitration of the boundary line dispute between the two countries. Chief Justice Fuller has accepted the invitation to act as arbitrator. The Home Furnished Complete TOLL & CIBBS. Joe. MORRISOJN AT SEVENTH Housefurnishing Goods Sold on Easy Payments Store Open Saturday Evening and Every Evening Next Week Until 9:30 P. M. Elirad-of -fclhe-Week Specials Jo Every SectSoim of the Store They Should Help You: Toward Completing Your Christmas Gift Selections. Phone. Mail or C. O. D. Orders ut ntccpicu ior Any oi tne ronowing specials. Co3rsihroa.s Sale of SMrts Skirts are among the many garments that make appreciable gifts at Christmas time. Those which we have groupedkin three lots arein black and colored pan&mas, voiles, mohair and fancy mixtures. In regular and extra sizes. SKIRTS AT $3.95 Your choice from Skirts worth $5.00, $5.95, $7.50, $8.oO 'and $9.50. SKIRTS AT . $5.95 Tour choice from Skirts worth SIO.OO, S12.50 and $13.50. SKIRTS AT $7.95 Your choice from Skirts ' worth $15.00, $16.50, $18.50 and $25.00. Silk Petticoats at 3.4- Just 150 of them at this price; made of gnaranteed taffeta and brocade; regular width and with deep flounce. Three styles to choose from in this lot. , 'Silk Petfcflcosifcs-ait gg4-04rS 100 of them at this price; in black, colored and fancy figured ma terials; made full. width and with deep floun.ee. QUAINT JLrr The' frames of these little pieces are of STOOLS "-SS-VMMU weathered oak and the seats are uphol stered in leather cloth; 9 inches is the height of these stools, and the seats are 12 inches' square. To close them out they are offered at this very low priee. ' CHILD'S ROCKER 1. for $1.75. A heavy, well made little piece in golden elm, with solid seat and high back. Well balanced. Sells, regularly SATURDAY EVENING Crockery Specials FROM r TO 9:30 IN BASEMENT CROCKERY SECTION . ' . Jb aney nand-painted Cups and Saucers; reg. .$1 vals. at 65 Fancy hand-painted Plates, reg ular SOc values at, eaeh..55J Fancy decorated Salad Bowls; 80e values at 55 $1.50 values at ' $1.15 45c values at. . 30 $1.25 values at ...80 CHILDREN'S SILVER SETS AT . 25c Your choice of two designs in these attractive and practical little sets knife, fork and spoon neatly arranged in lined box. A pleas ing gift for little folk.. FANCY B ASKETS-XMAS SPECIALS In a variety of pretty colors red, white, green, yellow, etc. Make dainty home baskets. - 60c Baskets 'at..:. ...... .49 SOc Baskets at 69 Also fancy hand-woven Baskets in natural and colored reed $1.60 Baskets at. . . . . . .$1.20 $2.00 Baskets at $1.60 $2.25 Baskets at $1.75 $2.75 Baskets at $2.25 Safomirdlay Toy SpecSaHs ToylsLradl 99 Base ment Jointed Bisque Sleeping Dolls, 21 inches high, with real eyelashes. Unusual valup at the special price of . $1.60 GAME BOARDS $2.50 Crokinole Boards at $1.90 $5.00 Crown Combination Boards at $4.15 $4.00 Archarena Boards at ' $3.25 $5.50 No. 2 Archarena Boards at $4.7o TOOL CHESTS $1.00 Tool Chests at .75 $1.25 Tool Chests at 95 $2.00 Tool Chests at $1.65 $3.00 Tool Chests at $2.15 GALVANIZED TUBS In Four Sizes: 20c Tubs at. 15. 30c Tubs at .-. .S5 35c Tubs at 30 45c Tubs at .35? Special values also in Children's Kitchen Sets. $3.00 AXMINSTER RUGS AT $1.90 The 27 inch by 60 inch, in a standard make of Axminster Rugs, in Oriental effects and pleasing color combinations. A serviceable rug at a very low price. CARPET HASSOCKS You may know them better as carpet footstools. They make useiul gifts. Regular value 85e each. Carpet Department, Sixth Floor Holiday Bedding Specials End-of-the-week offerings from the Bedding Section, 6th fir. $2.50 COMFORTERS AT. $1.45 EACH In two grades light and heavy, covered in fine silkoline. $5,00 COMFORTERS AT $2.50 EACH Covered in dainty cambric or plain muslin and filled with lambs' wool. $555 BLANKETS AT $3.00 PAIR " Wolverine " Blan kets in pink, blue or tan effects. $6.00 BLANKETS AT $3.75 PAIR All-wool Blankets in plaid effects colors, pink, blue or gray. $7.50 COMFORTERS AT $3.57 EACH Extra fine quality filling and covered in sateen. $8.50 COMFORTERS AT $5.00 EACH Down filled and satin covered. ' . ATTELL IS FLOORED Webster Hits Fast Pace, but Result Is Draw. DECISION LOUDLY HISSED organized the Montesano Athletic Club, with the following officers: President, J. H. Hearde; vice-president, B. B. Tus. tigr; secretary, Joe Law; manager, Gaston Moeh; instructor, Chester Strayer. The club starts out with 25 members. Crowd Thinks Los Angeles Man Is Entitled to Victory Through His Aggressiveness Gary Fights Scaler With Broken Hand. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 17. Mingled cheers and hisses greeted the signal of the referee, Jack Welch, for a draw tonight at the close of the 20 rounds of hard fighting between Danny Web ster, of Los Angeles, and Monte At tell, bantamweight champion of the Pa cific Coast. Many believed that Web ster had earned a decision, for he was aggressive all the way and in the first round floored Attell with a clean right swing to the jaw. ' Attell1 Promptly Floored. Webster opened the fight with a rush that carried Attell oft his feet. The Los Angeles man hit fast and hard, and fairly smothered Attell with blows. Toward the close of the first round he shot over with his right with force enough behind it to send "the cham pion to the mat. Monte jumped to his feet, but was partially dazed and had all he could do to protect himself until the fifth round, when he came up strong and held his own for several rounds. Monte Gets Second Wind. Webster again took the lead in the tenth and maintained it. although At teell was strong on his feet and showed no sign of weakening when the gong signaled the end of the fight. Ringside opinion gave Webster the credit of putting up the hardest little man's fight ever witnessed in the local ring. .Gary Fights With Broken Hand. The bout was in the nature of & bene fit for Johnny Murphy, a former ban tamweight who was very popular in ring circles. Murphy is now at Hono lulu with consumption. ' In a. 15-round preliminary between Tommy Gary, of Chicago, and Kid Sca ler, of Seattle, which also resulted in a draw, Gary fought from the second round with one hand, the other having been broken in delivering a blow. Montesano Athletes Combine. MONTESANO, Wash.. Dec. 17. fSn- ciaL) The young men of Montesano cave V. M. C. A. WINS ITS FIRST GAME Indoor Baseball Honors Go Against Fuller Boys. In a classy contest for the cellar posi tion in the cjty indoor baseball league, last night In the T. M. C. A. Gymnasium, the T. M. C. A. team - won for the first time this season, defeating the W. P. Fullers, to the close harmony of 26 to 25. The game was set for a seven-inning affair, but the scce at the end of the seventh was a tie. In the first half of the eighth the Fullers secured three runs and in the last half the Y. M.'s went one run better and won the game. v The Y. M. C. A.s used three pitchers and the Fillers two. Neither set was very effective, however, for the Y. M.s team secured 21 hits and the Fullers 19. The heavy hitter was Daisey who clouted six 6afe bingles out of six times up. 'Niece and McKenzie, were also strong in the hitting department. Score by innings: Y. M. C. A A 4 4 0 5 6 2 1 325 W. P. Fuller & Co 1 19 7 1 0 3 426 Struck out By Keys, 2; by Weber, 1; by McKenzie; 0; by O'Deen, 4; by Daisey, 4. Bases on balls Off McKenzie. 4; off Keys. 0; -off O'Deen, 1; off Daisey, 3. Two-base hits Daisey 2, McKenzie 2, Niece 2. White 2. Hendrick, Flint, Robin son, Snyder. Umpires Washburn and Beagle. . O'COXXELiL OFF FOR SALT LAKE Wrestling Instructor Has Two Matches in Utah City. Kddie O'Connell, wrestling instructor of the- Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, leaves this morning for Salt Lake City, where he has been guaranteed two wrestl insr matches during the holidays. The Multnomah Club has extended the wrestling instructor a vacation during the holiday season, and as he has sev eral friends in Salt Lake, he decided to accept the proposition to wrestle there and pay them a short visit. The Salt Lake promoters have several graDDlers in view to match against O'Con nell, who is willing to meet any of them, as he has received a suitable guarantee. Pendleton 40; Milton 5. PENDLETON, Or.. Dec 17. (Special.) By the overwhelming score of 40 to S, the Pendleton High School basketball team defeated the Columbia Junior College team, of Milton, on the floor tonight. The game was one-sided throughout. Convicted Forger Gets New Trial. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17. Mrs. Ger trude Driggs. convicted in the Superior Oourt of having forged the name of the late John J. Charnock to a lease of property valued at $100,000.- was granted a new trial today by .the District Court of Appeals. - - ' AUTO RECORDS FLY "Johnny" Aitken Smashes All From One to 20 Miles. DASH IS SENSATIONAL Better-Than-Mile-a-Minute Time Is Made by New Man In National Car Strang Beats Oldfields Indianapolis Mile Time. MOTOR SPEEDWAY. Indianapolis. Ind., Dec. 17. Racing against a freezing wind, "Johnny" Aitken, in a National, today broke all world's records for distances of from 1 to 20 miles at the Indianapolis motor speedway. So savere was the cold that lubricating oil on some racing machines froze and forced the contestants to quit. It is prob able that no attempt will be made to run the scheduled events tomorrow be cause of the -weather. . Altken's sensational dash was in the 20 miles. Aitken ran the 20 miles and set new records for distances from 1 to 20 miles. Aitken ran the 20 miles in 16:18:41. Aitken's time for five miles was 4:06:66. He went ten miles in 8:12:10 and 15 miles in 12:17:01. Walter Christie, with his "freak" racer, and Louis Strang, with a 200-horse power Flat, were unable to fulfill their expecta tions of lowering the world's records be cause of the low temperature. Christie, however, ran a quarter mile in 8:78. there by setting a new American record for the distance. This was at a rate of 103 miles an hour. Straiur established a new record for, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when he drove his giant car one mile in 40:61. The previous record for the speedway was a mile in 43:06. established by Barney Old-field. CHRISTMAS SPECTATOR OUT Portland and Oregon Well Exploited In Souvenir Edition. . Portland and Oregon, their resources and opportunities, are exploited briefly in the Christmas number of the Spec tator, issued yesterday. The cover page offers an appropriate design for the holiday season. Encir cled by holly, it pictures two expect ant children on the lookout for Santa Claus. Aside from the usual review of the week's events, the number includes spe cial articles as follows: "What Oregon Needs for Her Future,"' Senator Bourne "The Call of Oregon," c H. Williams! of the publicity department of the Port land Commercial Club; "Portland's Des tiny, First City of the Coast." E. C Giltner, secretary Portland Chamber of Commerce; "Oregon and New York." Mrs. Minon Traver Fleckensteln ; Portland's Immunity From Fire." Fire Chief Campbell; and "Oregon's Lumber Resources," G. A. Griswold. There are also articles contributed by Governor Benson. Chief of . Police Cox, J. L. Hartmeni manager of the Portland Clearing-House Association; C. E. Hickman, district manager of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, and E. L. Thompson, president of the Portland Livestock Association. INSURANCE MAN ARRESTED J. F. Lee Makes Good Check, Which He Passed. THE DALLES, Or., Dec. 17. (Special.) J. F. Lee, an agent for the Continental Life Insurance Company, was arrested at Shaniko yesterday and brought to The Dalles by Deputy Sheriff Dell Howell, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. Lee was arrested on the advice of F. P Childers, of La Grande, Sheriff of Union County. He was accompanied to this city by a woman, signing her name as Agnes E. Lee, whom he says is his wife. Lee was accused of passing a check for H0 by the La Grande official. He admitted this and settled ' the matter by making good the check and paying costs. Today word was received from Grass Valley that Lee was 'wanted there for passing worthless checks in payment of board bills. Ha is under surveillance by local officers. Lee says he resided at Joseph, Or., until three weeks ago. N. E. Crow, general agent for Oregon of the Continental Company, with head quarters in Portland, who came to The Dalles to assist Lee, will return to Port land tomorrow. FEWER TURKEYS SHIPPED Douglas County Sends Third Less Birds Than at Thanksgiving. ROSBBURG, Or., Dec. 17. (Special.) Christmas turkey shipments from Doug las County will be about one-third less than the Thanksgiving shipment, or ap proximately 75oO birds. Large ship ments to San Francisco, and also to. Seattle and Portland, will materially af fect the. prices for birds in those centers, but the. local market is holding firm to what it was- for the Thanksgiving trade. A large majority of the birds will go to Portland. Many persons find themselves affect ed wtth a persistent cougrh after an at tack of -luenza. As this cough can be promptly cured by the use of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy, it should not be allowed to run on until it becomes ti ublesome. Sold by all dealers.