VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,441 Entered at Portland (Oregon Poto?flce a. Second-Class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920. PRICE FIVE CENTS ti V IS CLASSY I Oregon Outplays Harvard in All But Passes. CRIMSON LINE PIERCED Huge Bulk of Cambridge Men Fails to Stop Plunges of Eugene Backs. EDDIE CASEY HELD SAFE Forward Passes Only Success East's Bright Star Has Against "Shy's" Lads. BY CAPTA1X ROSCOE FAWCETT. PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) Harvard university defeated Oregon in the annual intersectional football classic today by the hairline margain of 7 to 6, but not before the Pacific coast champions had demon strated to a delirious, wildly en thused throng of 35,000 holiday vis itors that gridiron geography is not bounded on the west by the Missis sippi river or the Rocky mountains. Twice before the west had hum bled the east in these annual New Year's games in Pasadena. This aft ernoon Harvard, the undefeated team of the east, sent out on the lime ribbed gridiron to vindicate the east a team of veritable Goliaths, and they towered over the Oregon ath letes much as I imagine Goliath must have towered above David. Oregon Unbluffed by Bulk. Unbluffed by the huge bulk of the Cambridge college athletes, Oregon piled into them like a bunch of wild animals, outscrimmaged them, -ut-kicked them and outfeinted them, but didn't outpass them, and therein lies the answer for Oregon's defeat. The ail-American star,-Eddie Casey, couldn't do anything from scrim mage, but he did fish two or three forward passes out of the atmos phere, and two of these converted ' into a touchdown in the first half account for the Harvard victory. Forward passing proved the fly in the Oregon omelet. The score by quarters follows: Harvard O 7 O O 7 Oregon O O O 6 Oregon drew first blood when Steers booted a dropkick between the goal posts from the 30-yard line before the second quarter was two minutes old. The first quarter had ended with the ball in Oregon's pos session on the Harvard 15-yard line. Five minutes after Steers' beautiful dropkick Harvard rushed the ball cross the Oregon goal, following tAo 15-yard passes from Quarter back Murray to Eddie Casey. Casey's Running Puzzle. Oregon must have had the wrong dope on Harvard's pass attack, far her defensive halfbacks played as though they expected Casey to cut in directly behind the scrimmage line. Instead, Casey skirted wide, and neither Brandenburg nor Jacob berger got close enough to touch him with a fish pole. Casey's two passes, with the help of a few short gains through the line, advanced the ball from midfield to the Oregon 14-yard line, and from here Church, subbing for Ralph Horween, ran it across the goal line on a sprint around left end after a fake attempt at another forward pass. Only this once, did the Oregon ends fall down, much to my surprise, for I had been led to believe by those who had watched Oregon in all her games that her ends were weak. However, the Oregon wing guar dians, Howard and Anderson, played brilliantly all through today's game, nailing Harvard runners, spilling in terference and going down under kicks like world's champions. Oregon Shows Class. With the score 7-3 in Harvard's favor midway in the second quarter, the western football heroes showed the real fight that always has char acterized the teams ' representing Oregon. Steers and Huntington were both booming great guns, but the egon supporters were given a ter- I'IDie jar wiidi ot-;i went, uuwn i i . . i . 1 ,i under an avalanche of tacklers after WEST II! ( 1A Concluded un Fago 11. Culuinn 6.J THREE ROBBERS LOOT GARAGE STRONG BOX MYSTERIOUS TRIO OBTAIXS $60 FROM CASH DRAWER: , Night Manager and Friend Are 0 Searched for Valuables by Men Who Make Successful Getaway. Three highwaymen held up the Fashion garage, at Tenth and Taylor streets, just across the street from the Central library, and obtained between ?60 and J70 at 11 o'clock last night. The footpads glided away mysteriously and neither thevtwo men whom" they had held up nor the police could discover which way they had gone or the manner of their escape. H. Morrison, night manager of the garage, and a friend, H. Hebert, 1204 East Main street, were in the build ing when two of the robbers entered. The third man stayed outside to watch for newcomers. The two inside searched both the victims, but obtained nothing except what they got from the till. The high waymen overlooked a $20 bill in Mr. Hebert's pocket. Two of the robbers answered the description of the men who held up the Ainsworth garage a few nights ago. The descriptions follow: No. 1, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 28 years old, with a thin face. He wore a gray hat and a dark overcoat. No. 2, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 26 years old. He wore spectacles, a dark over coat, a soft hat and carried a blue revolver. No. 3, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 25 years old, light complexloned. He wore a brown overcoat, a soft dark hat and carried, a nickel-plated revolver. The first man displayed no weapons. Motorcycle Patrolmen O'Halloran and Ingle searched the neighborhood, but the robbers had disappeared. PRIESTS GET HIGH POSTS Insignia of Domestic Prelate Con ferred at Impressive Service. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1. Four monsignors of the archdiocese of San Francisco were invested with the in signia of the office of domestic prel ate, to which they recently were raised by Pope Benedict XV at an impressive ceremony in St. Mary's cathedral . here today. Most Rev. Archbishop Ha-nna con ferred the new honors upon the four priests, who are the Right Rev. P. L. Ryan, vicar-general; the Right Rev. M. D. Connolly, the Right Rev. C. A. Ram and the Right Rev. J. M. Glea son. Following the investiture a pontifical high mass was celebrated by Bishop J. J. Cantwell of Los Ange les and Monterey. POWDER MAGAZINE FIRED Towns About Golden Gate Shaken by Explosion. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. With a roar that was heard for many miles, two tons of black powder stored in t magazine of the Hercules Powder company's plant here exploded short ly after 4 P. M. today. No one was injured. The force of the blast shook surrounding towns in the bay region. Officials of the company after an investigation advanced the theor that the powder was exploded by a stray bullet from a hunter's rifle. The planTwaa shut down for the NeiV Year holiday. A crew of half a dozen men ordinarily was employed at the magazine. "DRY" BENEFIT FORESEEN Feeble-Minded Cases to Fall 2 5 Per Cent, I Prediction. SPOKANE, Wash.. Jan. 1. De crease of 25 per cent in the number of cases of feeble-mindedness and epi lepsy during the next 20 years as a resun or prohibition was predicted by Dr. S. C. Woodruff, superintendent of the state custodian school at. Med ical Lake, in a summary of last year's work at the Institution, made public here today. This percentage of cases is trace able to alcoholic excesses in parents. ur. wooorurr said, as found at the Medical Lake school and similar in stitutioos throughout the country. HOSPITAL PATIENT WEDS . Miss Cora Corkill of Hillsdale Is Bride of Harry C. Hall. Although she was struck by an au tomobile Wednesday while crossing Morrison street at Sixteenth, and suf fered two broken ribs. Miss Cora R. Corkill of Hillsdale did not permit her injury to interfere with plans for her marriage to Harry C. Hall of 882 Sandy boulevard, which had been set or New Year's day. , The ceremony was performed yes terday at St. Vincent's hospital, where the young woman was taken fnr treatment. Rev. H. Edward Mills, pastor of the Realization league, of ficiated. LAST HONOR PAID OSLER I'uiK-ral Services Held at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. ' OXFORD, Jan. 1. (Via Montreal.) Christ church cathedral was crowd ed today at the funeral services for Sir William Osier. The entire medical faculty of Oxford university was present, as were several leaders of the medical profession In London. The Royal College of Physicians, the Roy at College of Surgeons and the Royal Society of Medicine were represented ty their presidents. The body of Dr. Osier will be con veyed to Loudon for cremation. SPECIAL ELECTION y Measures Can Be Acted On at Primaries. FORMIDABLE BALLOT LIKELY Capital Punishment Abolition to Go Before Voters. ROADS BILL IS ANOTHER Convening Legislature Promises Activity and Several Other Mat ters May Be Referred. It is a foregone conclusion that a special state election will be held in May, on the date of the regular pri maries. The special election un doubtedly will be authorized at the special session of the legislature. Be ing held simultaneously with the pri maries the cost of the special elec tion will be reduced to a minimum, as polling places and judges and clerks have to be provided by the respective counties on that date for the nomi nating primaries. Evidently, the ballot for the spe cial election will bo quite formidable. The number of measures submitted to the voters will be governed by the activity of the legislature, and It promises to be a decidedly active spe cial session and may even run wild for a couple of weeks or longer. Capitnl Famishment Issue. There are certain measures which will find a placs on the ballot, at least two such, and there are tenta tive measures in the offing. For ex ample, the people will- be given an opportunity to repeal the section or the state constitution which abolishes capital punishment. There Is a strong and growing sentiment throughout Oregon that a mistake was made when the death penalty was removed as a punishment for murder. Some little opposition may develop in the special sesalon against restoration of capital pun ishment, but this will be limited to a few members. Representative E. E. Smith of Multnomah is expected to remonstrate against reinstituting the death penalty, but he will be in a hopeless minority on the subject Road Amendment Favored. The proposed amendment of Repre sentative James Stewart, to Increase the indebtedness of the state for road purposes from 2 to 4 per cent, will also be placed on the ballot by the legislature. Those members who are in close touch with the development of the highway system in Oregon are aware that further funds are re quired to keep the work under way. If the amendment is not referred to the people by the session it will have to be initiated, take its place on the ballot in November and, If approved by the people, new funds cannot be authorized before the session of 1SJ1 By placing the amendment on the ballot at the special election and pass ing a bill authorizing the highway commission to sell bonds providing the amendment is. indorsed at the May special election, new money will be at hand to carry on the work throughout 1920 without stopping or slowing down the programme, as will be .the case if no funds can be se cured before the 1921 regular session. (Concluded on Page 2. Column 4.) MA INDICATED SUGAR CONTROL BILL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT POWER GIVEN WILSON" TO BUY CT7BAX SUPPLY. Shipments Already Coming In and Decline in Price In Next Few Weeks Is Indicated. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. President Wilson has signed the McNary bill continuing the United States sugar equalization board through 1920. It was announced today at the White House that his signature had been at tached before midnight last night. Secretary Tumulty in making the an nouncement issued this statement: "The president has signed the sugar control bill. The bill confers discre tion on the president In the matter of purchasing sugar from Cuba. It is doubtful whether it will be practica ble or wise for the president to exer cise the power, conferred so far as the purchase and distribution of sugar are concerned." Some of the Cuban sugar already has been purchased and there is no central control over sugar In Cuba, aa there was last year, and It might, therefore, be impossible for the gov ernment now to step in and purchase the sugar without increasing the price to the consumer. The bill, however, continues the licensing power also, and this power may be used to assist In controlling the profiteering among distributors. Much Cuban sugar is coming In now ' and the Indications are that prices have reached their peak and that there will be a tendency for prices to 'fall in the next few weeks. INVENTOR FOUND DEAD George B. Sinclair and Wife Die In Gas-Filled Rooms. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. 1. The bodies of George B. Sinclair, M. widely known inventor of musical In struments, and his wife, Margaret Flint Sinclar, 58, were found on the floor in the breakfast room of their spacious home here today. Apparent ly they had died from inhaling poi sonous fumes emitted by a gas heater in an adjoining room. The house was tightly closed and every 'room was filled with the deadily mixture of gas and air. A quantity of food was found on the table and the police said an analysis of this would be made to determine whether poison other than gas had not been first employed by a possible murderer. Sinclair came here about six months ago from Boston where for years he was vice-president of the choral cello manufacturing company of that city. CUPID BRAVES SMALLPOX Assistant Postmaster at EI ma. Weds While Afflicted. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) That Cupid will brave even smallpox was proved in the case of Ruby Lambert and Stanley A. Claflin, assistant postmaster of Elma, today. The brldegroonr.-to-be became 111 with smallpox and the bride-elect, wishing to be wth him, went to his home. She stood outside the window of his home and he inside while the minister tied the knot, after which she went inside and took charge of caring for him. JAP "INVASION" SHOWN Third of 1919 Babies in San Joa quin County Japanese. STOCKTON, Cal., Jan. 1. The county recorder's books show that one out of every three babies born in San Joaquin county during 1919 was Japanese. Of the 490 babies born in the county during the year 167 were Japanese. " ' ALL THAT'S NECESSARY. -C-O-tNl-CvV'W C-O-rA-r'VOWl ' j YOUTHS LEAVE JAIL ON NIGHTLY SORTIES TRIPS COVERING WEEK BARED BY LIQUOR PROBE. Lads Also Accused of Passing Out Supply of Confiscated Whisky Through Sawed Bars. ROSEBURG, Or.. Jan. 1. (Special.) That during a week or more past systematic raids have been made by local bootleggers upon the supply of captured whisky stored In the upper story of the county Jail was revealed yesterday. As a result the 1500 quarts of whisky which has been held wait ing Instructions from federal cTf leers was destroyed yesterday afternoon. Two juvenile offenders, Basil and Holchow, held here under medical treatment before being admitted to the state reformatory, were alleged to have aided the bootleggers. The youths were kept In a room on the second floor apart from other prison ers. Hacksaws were passed to them by outsiders and these youngsters then cut the bars over the window overlooking the lawn in the rear of the jail. According to a statement given to the officers today, the boys had been passing out-whisky for the past week or more, and the startling disclosure was also made that they had nightly descended from the jail by means of a blanket rope and Had gone freely about town, later returning to their quarters, undetected by the officers. MURDERER TO DIE TODAY Lajfayette Newell to Be Executed at San Quentln. AN QUENTIN, Cal.. Jan. 1. Execu tion of Lafayette Newell, confessed slayer of Mrs. Mary Jane Reedes at Somerset, Eldorado county, will take place at the state prison here tomor row. Following the shooting of Mrs. Reedes October 3, Newell, then a farm hand employed By the woman's hus band, confessed that he slew her during her husband's absence because she rejected his advances. He is 36 years old. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Jan. 1. The case of Lafayette Newell, condemned to die tomorrow at San Quentln prison, is unique. It was said at the office of Governor Stephens, -that no plea on Newell's behalf for ex ecutive clemency has been received from any source. INK-' ; THWARTS ROBBER Bottle Hurled at Highwayman Who Fires and Then Flees. TAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) Ed Harms, clerk in the ' yard office of the Roslyn Fuel company here, was. at his desk Tuesday night when a hand and arm and a revolver were thrust through the open window within a foot of his head and a voice ouside ordered him to throw up his hands. Harms grabbed the ink bottle in front of him and hurled it at the hold-up man and sprang to the open safe for a revolver as. the robber fired at him. The robber then took to his heels and Harms Bhot at him but missed. MIXED WEDDINGS BARRED Sonora Governor Temporarily Stops Mexican-Chinese Unions. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1. An -order temporarily prohibiting marriage In the Mexican state of Sonora between Chinese and Mexicans has been issued by Adolfo de la Huerta, governor of Sonora. This was announced here to day by the governor's personal rep resentative Teodor Frezieres. REDS TAKEN IN CHICAGO RAIDS State Acts When' Federal Officers Withdraw. PALMER ATTACKED BY HOYNE Attorney-General Is Accused of "Petty Politics." . "PUSSYFOOT" POLICY HIT Radicals Said " to " Preach nrpr. throw of Government and Dis tribute Seditious Literature. CHICAGO. Jan. 1. Raids resulting in the arest of 200 or more Industrial Workers of the World, communists and other radicals were carried out today under the direction of State's Attorney Hoyne, who tonight in a statement attacked Attorney-General Palmer for the failure of the depart ment of justice agents to co-operate. Agents of the military intelligence branch of the central department of the army aided the county prosecutor. Mr. Hoyne said the raids had been timed for 4 P. M., New Year's day. He said he had recently gone to Washington to confer with govern ment officials. At noon today, after receipt of a personal letter from Attorney-General Palmer, asking him not to proceed with the plan, federal department of Justice agents with drew, Mr. Hoyne said. Iety Politics I barred. "Apparently Attorney-General Palmer or some of his friends are playing petty politics with the situa tion and are pursuing a 'pussyfoot" policy." said Mr. Hoyne's statement. "Expressing my opinion as a citizen and a democrat, I do not believe Nero or any other fiddler can be elected president of the United States." Edward G. Brennan, chief of the bureau of investigation of the de partment, of justice, refused to com ment on the absence of Ms men in the raids. The prosecutor asserted that daily in Chicago members of the radical or ganizations addressed meetings urging their hearers to "await the one big day" and that their purpose was noth ing less than overthrow of the gov ernment. Mr. Hoyne declared that the I. W. W., the communist party and the communist labor party members and anarchists and syndicalists were distributing tons of seditious litera ture. Ralda Oily Brarlnalna;. He said today's raids were only the beginning of his drive, which he de clared was intended to extirpate all radicals from Cook county. His in vestigation, he said, had disclosed that the leading agitators , in "this criminal conspiracy" centered .their activities in Chicago, New York, Bbs ton, Cleveland, Detroit and Seattle. Mr. Hoyne declared his men had been armed with 200 search warrants and that in addition a number of warrants charging conspiracy had been issued by Judge Hugh Pam of the criminal court. Four men were arrested on the latter warrants to day. Among them was George An dreytchine, an I. W. W., released on bond some time ago ' from Leaven worth penitentiary, pending decision (Concluded on Pie 2, Column 1.) NEEDS OF RAILWAYS PUT AT 3 BILLIONS PLIGHT IS SERIOUS, AVERS NORTHERN' PACIFIC HEAD. Spending of Big Sum on Cars, En gines and Shops Within Next Few Years Advocated. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Jan l.Three bil lion dollars must be spent by ttje rail roads of the United States "within the next few years," to provide flrst-class passenger and freight facilities. It was declared today by Howard Elliott, president-of the Northern Pacific rail road, who came from New York for conference with railroad officials. "Difficult and serious as is the plight of the railroads, and of the owners of 1 20.000.000,000 of railroad property, it Is not more serious than the condition facing the country," said Mr. Elliott. "Transportation facilities must be made available not only for the pres ent volume of business, but for the increases that a progressive nation like the United States needs each year. "Since the government took con trol, only 100,000 new freight cars have been bought, so that at the end of 1919 there probably are not more than 3.400.000 freight cars in the country slightly more than in 1915 It is not too much to say that prob ably 3, 000.000. 000 should be spent; for cars, engines and shop facilities i by American railways within the next few years, if the country's transpor tation needs are to be met." Mr. Elliott left for Chicago tonight. He did not make any announcement regarding reports circulated in rail road quarters here, that the leading roads of the country were planning to make important statements regard ing broadened passenger services when private ownership is restored. There have been reports that the schedules to the Pacific coast via various routes are to be shortened and that trains de luxe and extra fare trains will be put into service. RADICALS PLAN BIG DRIVE Thousands to Descend on White House to Ask Release of Prisoners. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Thousands of radicajs from all parts of the country are planning a descent on the White House lawn on Lincoln's birthday, to appeal to President Wilson for the release of "political" prisoners from federal prisons. Announcement of the proposed dem onstration was made today by the People's Freedom union, the organ which planned the "amnesty walk" on Fifth avenue on L'hristmas day, which was broken up by the police. U. S. SHIPPING IS SECOND British Merchant Vessels Hold First at Buenos Aires for 1919. BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 31. The United States ranks second to Great Britain in the number of merchant vessels "entering the port of Buenos Aires in 1919, Norway being third, ac cording to statistics published in La Razon. During the year 170 ships under the United States flag arrived, with a to tal tonnage of 360,000 tons. 200 TAKE NEW YEAR'S DIP Olympic Clubmen Run Four .Miles and Dive Into Chilly AVatcrs. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1. Despite a frosty nip to the atmosphere, the 27th annual New Year dip into the surf was taken at the beach here today by 200 members of the Olympic club. Headaches of the "morning after" disappeared in twinkling as the clubmen dived into the chill waters. A four-mile run preceded the plunge. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS National. Senator Borah asks republican lead era to BO on record regarding league. Page 4. Taft enya republicans need havo 110 fear of Senator Borah's thunder. Page 8. Secretary of commerce ees bright pros peels for 1120. Page 5." President signs sugar-control bill. Page 1. lometle. 200 reds taken In Chicago raids. Page 1. Love, jealousy and hate features of Mount Clemens, Mich., murder mystery. Page 2. Husband of Cumberland slayer regrets questioning fidelity. Page 4. Railroad finance control advocated by American' Bankers' association. Page 2. Railroads need $3,OOO.OOO.UOO expenditure, says Northern Pacific head. Page 1. Pacific Xorthwrnl. Bill would abolish fieri and game com mission. Page U. Action of Washington land commissioner releases many republican tupporters. Page 20. Youths leave jail in nightly sorties. Page 1. Farmers ask uniform feed Jaws. Page 6. Sports. West holds east In football combat. Page 1. McCormick knocks out Farmer in ninth round. Page 15. . Everett holds Toledo high school eleven even, 7 to 7. Page 14. Harvard Is victor over Oregon by single point. Page 1. Kugene boys lose heart-breaking football game. Page 14. OommerclsJ and Marine. Steamer Iiablo satis for New York after undergoing repairs. Page 21. Portland and Vicinity. Special state election In May indicated. Page 1. New year is ushered in by ideal mid-winter day. Page 12. State's tax share is half million more. Page 11. Increase In cost of living1 to be subject of The Oregonian prize essay contest, page 22. Celebration shows absence of liquor. Page IX Small strike may lead to shipyard show down. Page 8. Robbers loot cash drawer of garage of $00. Page 1. . TaJUcf of. census sXarla today. Page 8. HARVARD WINS BY SINGLE POINT Oregon Battles Crimson to Standstill FINAL COUNT STANDS 7-8 Lemon-Yellow Fights Gallant ly From First Play to Last Whistle. EUGENE BACKFIELD STARS Huntington's Team, Out weighed, Holds Own With Speedy Easterners. (By the Associated Press.) TOURNAMENT PARK, Tasa dena, Cal., Jan. 1. Harvard's foot ball team, coming out of the east to defend their athletic supremacy against Oregon of the west, held their laurels today by a narrow mar gin, winning the annual game fea tured by the Tournament of Roses here with a final score of 7 to 6. The Harvard points were gamed on a touchdown by Church and a clean goal from touchdown by A. Hor ween, while Oregon's points came from goals from the field by Steers and Manerud. From a standpoint of clean sport, sustained interest and thrilling mo ments, the game topped those of previous years, being replete with interest. The play of the opponents was so evenly matched that not un til the last minutes of the final pe riod was the result at 11 certain, and Oregon kept fighting to the ' instant that the whistle blew. Had the men not done so they would have lost by a far more one-sided score, as the ball, in Harvard's possession, was within a few inches of their hard-defended goal until the last in stant of play, when the westerners regained it on downs, with less than a foot of the field remaining between them and disaster. Oregon Men Shine. Steers, Jacobberger, ' Huntington and Manerud were the stars of the Orego.n aggregation, although the support rendered by their teammates was of the best. Steers punted and bucked the line in a manner that made him the favorite of the Oregon supporters, and when he was forced out by an injury and Manerud went in, the latter ran like a demon, punted in style remarkable consider ing his small size and weight and bucked the line so strongly that he hurtled through time after time. For Harvard the Horweens were the bright particular stars, while Eddie Casey, their teammate back of the line, worked hard and success fully. There was no development of any particular style of play, the for ward pass, punting, line formations, a few trick plays and all other usual tactics being used as the occasion re quired and without any particular lack of success, or shining victory, for any of them. Harvard Team Play Good. Harvard's victory was probably due as much to superior team work, based on experience gained on east ern fields, as to any single factor. Weight seemed to have little to do with it, judging from the way their opponents held their line smashes. Speed was equally divided, the backs of the opposing teajns seeming to get over the ground with equal fa cility. In interference and blocking, the" easterners had a shade the best of it, according to press experts, but the teams were so evenly matched that there was little choice in any particular. In fact, if Manerud had been a trifle more successful in his effort to kick goal from the field in the last period, the top figures of the score might easily have gone to the westerners. The greatest crowd ever assem bled at Tournament park was gath ered for the event. The park seated more than 30,000 people, and gen eral admissions for standing room, only ran up the attendance to ap proximately 35,000, according to of ficials. The day was perfect, a slight haze overcasting the sun, not sufficiently to obscure the view of the field from any seat, but. enough " (Concluded on I'I9 11, Column T.) " 2