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Newspaper Page Text14 THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, DECE3IBER 21, 4923 CORILIS REGRETS MEDFOHD PROTEST Preparations Going On for Game With Toledo High. MOVE DECLARED UNFAIR $5300 Guarantee Deposited and Portland's Co-operation Is Sought for Big Parade. CORVALLIS, Or., Dec. 20. (Spe cial.) Corvallis school officials re gard the Medford protest against the football game here with To ledo as unfair and unsportsman like and are going ahead with the programme. Principal McMaster telegraphed the Toledo team to that effect yesterday afternoon, receiv ing the following message today: 'Thanks for game assurance. Tick ets purchased; Pullman ordered. We will leave Christmas -day and ar rive in Portland Saturday morning." Corvallis business men's commit tee in charge of the arrangements today deposited $5300 in the bank to underwrite the game. Plans are being made to meet the Toledo team in Portland and put on a pa rade of Corvallis automobiles ac companied by the high school band. It is hoped to get Portland's co operation to give the easterners a regular western welcome. According to Mr. McMaster, at the time of the meeting of the state athletic board in control in Salem December 9, Medford had guaran teed $1500 to Washington high in Portland for a second game with the Toledo team. A week 'after these negotiations were entered into by Medford and after the Portland school had failed to get the game, the Toledo team telegraphed Cor vallis that all its other negotiations bad fallen through and stating that if Corvallis, would make the necessary expense deposit, that the Ohio team -.vould come here. Corvallis imme diately telegraphed the money and received the contract. "We feel that under the circum stances we got the game legitimate ly." said Mr. McMaster. "Medford certainly could not expect to have unlimited time to obtain the game, otherwise there would have been no game. Toledo seemed to have the assurance that Medford had failed and so telegraphed us. That, we presumed, left the matter open to us and we immediately accepted. That's all there Is to it and we are willing to rest our case with the state board on the facts." QUINTET TO TOUR VALLEY University Team Will Go on Barnstorming Trip. UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, Eu gene, Dec. 20. (Special.) Nine men will start from Eugene next week on the University of Oregon's an nual basketball barnstorming trip. They will play their first four games with Silverton, Independence, Dallas and Newberg, winding up the first stage of the trip Decem ber 30 at Portland, where they will remain several days. The nine men who will start the trip are La tham, Spear, Hal Chapman, McMil- lan, Zimmerman, Burnett, Schaf er, Kdluns and Couch. t Workouts have ceased until after examinations when the squad will resume practice. The schedule for the tour follows: December 27 Silverton Legion at Sil verton. December 2S Independence at Inde pendence. December 29 Dallas at Dallas December 30 Newberg Legion at Newberg. January 3 North Pacific -Dental col lege at Portland. January 4 Astoria at Astoria. January 6 Pacific university at For est Grove. Januarv fi MllHnr.m.H . t. . ,.iuu o.l run- lancL 4 0 SURVIVE HOOP PRACTICE I'uWman Freshman Squad Will Be Reduced to 25 Soon. WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE, Pullman, Dec. 20. (Special.) Since the initial call was made for' fresh man basketball by Coach Jenne 40 yearling aspirants have survived the workouts. To facilitate develop ment of' team work, Coach Jenne will reduce his squad to approxi mately 25 before the holidays and then divide the players into A and B squads. One squad of ten men will wrk out daily with the varsity and the other will remain under Jenne. According to Dr. J. F. Bohler, varsity coach, this year's freshman basketball material is the best in years. Those making an impressive showing are: Art Beyers of Spangle, guard; Ernest Morgan of Clarkson, forward; Harry Elcack or Pullman, center; Glen Hastings of, Pullman, guard; William Nolan of Seattle, guard; Leonard Gehrke of Rainier, guard; Harold Weingarten of Ta coma, guard; Ed Allen of Spokane, forward; Milton Marten of Spokane, ( guard, and Walter Horan of Spo kane, forward. 1 5 OUT FOR BASKETBALL Past Team Being Developed at Mount Angel College. MOUNT ANGEL, COLLEGE, St. P.enedict, Or.., Dec. 20. (Special.) AVith 15 candidates out for bas'cet fcall, a fast team is being developed by Coach Kasberger. Henry Kropp and Walter Cranston form the nu cleus of the squad and there is an abundance of material from which to select the remainder of the team. Games will be played against the following teams this season: January 20, Oregon freshman at Eugene. January 27, Oregon freshman at St. Benedict. February 1, Chemawa Indians at St. Benedict. February 10, Chemawa Indian.? at Chemawa. Games have been scheduled with the following teams, but no dates set: Pacific University of Forest Grove, Oregon Agriculture college fresh man," North Pacific Dental college of Portland, Silverton American Le gion, Willamette University and Linfield college. ALBANY-PACIFIC GAMES OFF Forest Grove Quintet to Play Den tal College Instead. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.) Albany college and Pacific uni versity, for two years rivals for the basketball championship of the Ore sun independent colleges, will not iueet -this season, jt was announced here today. Pacific has ' cancelled the games scheduled against Albany. Albany holds three wins over the Badgers, who have won from the Pirates only once and then by a bare three points. The two games canceled were im mediately given to the North Pa cific Dental college team. The col lege has also signed to play the Mill City Athletic club team at Mill City December 29, in the first game of the season for Albany. Aberdeen Starts Practice. ABERDEEN, Wash:, Dec. 20. (Special.) Aberdeen high school basketball players held their first practice yesterday afternoon with nearly 20 players, among them six letter men, out. At present no one on the squad appears to be near the equal of Mel Ingram as a basket thrower, although O'Connor and Bowers both , have developed some skill. O'Connor is a veteran of two years and is expected to develop into a star. Beside the letter men Coach Herreid also has some promising youngsters, he 4 says. The first league game .is set for January 19 at' the armory. MURPHY'S RIVAL SHIES ANTHONY DOWNEY MAY NOT MEET CHICAGO AN. Frankie Garcia, Pacific Coast Middleweight, Resumes Train ing and Is After Mandell. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, Dec. 20. Tommy Mur phy, stockyards middleweight, who was to have met Anthony Downey of Columbus in a ten-round bout at Terre Haute, Ind., New Year's night, probably will face some other tough 158-pounder. Downey doesn't care for any of Murphy's . game at this time of his career. Murphy is train ing daily at a south-side gymnasium. Frankie Garcia, Pacific coast featherweight who has been ill for the last five days, has resumed training and is ready to box any of the local 126-pounders. He is after Sammy Mandell, whom he has boxed before. Charley White, local lightweight, took a light workout at Ferretti's gymnasium and probably will be matched to box Kocky Kansas at Madison Square Garden in New York early next month. Benny Berris, west-Side feather weight, under the wing of Tom Walsh, is ready to don the gloves again after a two weeks' rest. He is after a match with Rocky Joyce, Jack McMahon's champion. Jimmy Gory, welterweight of Jack O'Keefe's south Chicago stable, is after a crack at Patsy Rocco, the east Chicago boy who boxed Jimmy Clabby the other night. Gory wants to box him winner-take-all. Motor Permit Applications Heavy. SALEM. Or., Dec. 20.-L(Special.) More than 1950 applications for 1923 motor vehicle licenses were received at the offices of the secretary of state today. The license plates will be sent out at the rate of approxi mately 1000 daily, indicating that a large number of car owners will not receive their licenses' by January 1. Basketball Facts. Sellwood will play Amicus club to night in the Brooklyn school gym- The preliminary between stepnens ana iioi laday will start at 7 o'clock. .' Comitus club defeated Benson Tech, 22 to 9, Tuesday night at the Neighbor hood house. Rosen and Spivak of the winners made eight points each. Scores Comitus (22). Benson Tech (9). Rosen (8) F... Barber Spivak (8) P (2) Peck Rodinsky (4i .....C (2) Bradley Cashman G Reed Jacobson G (3) Humphries Smokoon S (2) Carmack Unkelis (2) s... .Nleison S Bottler m The Portland Midgets defeated the Alblna Midgets Monday night at Albina, 51 to 13. Kirchner and Tarshis starred for the winners. Silverton high defeated the Willam ette university' freshmen, 22 to 18, Sat urday at Silverton. Only a few fouls were called. Moser of Silverton and Robertson of the freshmen were high point men, each making four . baskets. The lineups: Willamette (18). Silverton (22). Robertson (8) F , McKee Erickson (4) . -F Hoblltt Wright (4) C 6) Taylor Stolzheize (2) ..... ,G Benson Blatchfard G ". . . (8) Moser Hyday ;...S...... (6) Wrightman Mootry S Larson Chapman S The Peninsula Mohawks defeated Woodstock, 2 to 7, Tuesday night at Peninsula. Harris of Peninsula was high man witn points, westergen, a team mate, made. 14 points and HuffsmUh mad 11 points. Runtz and Kirigin of vvoodstocK were trie only ones to score for their team. Luck .. ?ive REiOEuce Box i I cz-ftr ? Tuee 1 I , nimu. i he's kjox op vex-j V must ee SOMe Uu Answer I jS CAM I TAKE TJ6 J I MISTAKE - I KUOVJ ( IT - - I I MESSASE ? J MOTHIM6 I N -r X '. V ' m m 'Ml w & 'WW v Luck V five it t0 ( I me!!'. J WHY ' . V v.5 AILS " 1 ' 1 I VOU? J fh BOXERS ARE REM FOR CLASH 'TONIGHT Wing Confident of Ability to Beat Kramer. ' SOUTHPAW HAS GRUDGE Los Angeles Feather Is Modest, but Says He Was Off Form in Last Match. All boxers who appear on the Portland boxing commission card at the Armory tonight for the benefit of the newsboys edticational fund wound up training yesterday. .All of them from main eventers to the boys who clash in the curtain raiser were reported in fine shape by Match maker Hansen, who says the ring side followers will get more thrills than usual from the scraps tonight. From the Albina camp, where Weldon (Toughy) Wing and George (Roughhouse) Burrrs have been go ing through their daily training stunts comes an optimistic report. Wing, who battles Danny Kramer in the main bout, is confident he can lick the Los Angeles southpaw. Wing declares he will be one of the featherweights on, the New Year's day card and not only that, but says he will be on hand when the Port land commission hands out the championship belt that goes with the coast feather title. Backers Are Confident. Wing is not alone in his conten tion, for Albina is confident that its home kid will take the decision across the river with him tonight Wing is not the only Albina boy on the card, for George Burns, who has 'helped put the east side dis trict on the pugilistic map by sev eral sensational fights, will battle in the semi-windup. Burns is on for -a six-round argument with Pekin Kid Herman. If both Wing and Burns get across in their fights there will be plenty of fireworks in Albina. As for Kramer, the modest left hander, usually has little to say for himself, but he remarked yesterday that he was not right when he met Nunes- on the last card. For one thing, he. says he was not used to the 10-round racket. . This time he is ready to travel at a fast clip the full 10 rounds if necessary. Knockout Is Predicted. The Jack Griffin-Ritchie Davis duel is just as likely as not to end in a knockout. Both men are hard hitters and have been winning most of their scraps by K. O. wallops. Billy Ryan and Chuck Hellman in one of the four-rounders are boys Matchmaker Hansen has bee-n try ing to bring together for some time. -Ryan says Hellman has been dodging him, but he gets hs- chance now. Benny Dotson, a former amateur, who won his first tw5 professional starts, will face Young Tom Ross, a hard-hitting Astoria boy in the curtain raiser. Mayor Baker has promised to be on hand and open the programme with a few remarks from the ring. The mayor is a strong friend of the newsboys and was heartily in favor of turning the profits of this show to their educational fund. The l62d infantry band will hold its rehearsal tonight at the Armory so the fans will get a concert along with the boxing show. Here is the card in full:, , Danny Kramer versus Weldon Wing, featherweights, 'HC-round, main event. George Burns versus Kid Herman, featherweights, six rounds, semi windup. s , Jack Griffin versus Ritchie Davis, welterweights, six rounds, special. Bill Ryan versus Chuck Hellman, bantamweights, four rounds. - Benny Dotson versus Young Tom Ross, featherweights, four rounds. GOLF " SCHOOL IS OPENED Fans to Get Lessons, at Broadway Dance Hall. An. up-to-date and modernly equipped indoor golf school has been opeaed at the Broadway dance hall by tddy Nunn and Frank L. Johnston., Nunn,. who .was assist ant professional at Tualatin last season and Johnston, who served in the same .capacity .at . Eaatmore land, are both well known as club makers and instructors. The new school, which opened yesterday, is equipped with two IT HAPPENS IN THE BEST REGULATED FAMILIES. YeS - 'YA - AS it To Vll call, you LAxeft-' A. 'if . m . ft 1 IS driving nets, each 60 feet deep. There also is a practice putting green. The two nets are the longest school nets on the coast. Gates High 20, Mill City 1 8. MILL CITY, Or., Dec. 20 (Spe cial.) The return game of basket ball between the boys of the Gates high school and the Mill City high school was played at Gates last night. The Gates boys won after an extra five-minute period of play by a score of 20 to 18. This make one game won by each team for this season, the Mill City boys whi ning the first game', 24 to 6. SMITH'S WEIGHT 15 119 'MIDGET' NEAR AGREED FIG URE TO MEET LYNCH. Tiny Boxer Shows No Traces of Rough Trip With Johnny . Curtin in Jersey City. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Dec. 20. When "Midget" Smith stepped, on the scales today following strenuous training in preparation for his bat tle with Joe Lynch for the bantam weight championship in Madison Square Garden on Friday night, he sent the dial around to just 119 pounds, or orfe pound over the re quired 118 pounds at 2 o'clock on the day of the fuss. The tiny boxer did not show any traces of his rough trip with Johnny Curtin in Jersey City last Monday night, when Smithy had to take on the fiery Curtin before he could get his chance against Lynch. Alongside of "Midget" training today was Floyd Johnson, who has been matched to meet Bill Brennan for 15 rounds in the garden on Jan uary 12. Tex Rickard is quite enthusiastic about the battle between Lynch and Smith. It will be their third meet ing. ' While big promoters throughout the country have failed to find an opponent for Jack Dempsey, a co terie of wealthy men in Wichita, Kan., have organized a syndicate and made an offer of $300,000 to have the champion' work in - a mixed bout with Strangler Lewis, 'the big wrestler. The offer to Jack Kearns, man ager of Dempsey, was made by the Wichita Advertising club, proposing that the match be held not later than July 4, 1923. The match would be held in an arena seating 60,000, which the club would erect at the Wichita aviation field. 11 POOLS PLANNED LANDIS GETS DATA SHOWING CHEATING OF PUBLIC. Ban Johnson Presents Results of Two Years of Investigation ' Into Chicago System. BY IRVING VAUGHN. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, Dec. 20. A step ex pected to lead to real war on the baseball pools was taken today when Ban Johnson, president of the American league, turned over to Commissioner Landis data covering two years' investigation of the evil. The report, compiled at the expense of the American league, was read at the recent joint meeting In New York and s.o impressed the high mogul of the game that he request ed it be turned over to him so that he might wage war on what he had previously termed "the slimiest crooks I have ever encountered." Johnson's investigation was car ried on only in Chicago, where pools are operated on a more extensive scale than any other place in the country. The data show how the public is mulcted out of fabulous soma annually; how the promoters cheat by keeping the names of cer tain clubs off the pool tickets, and how the grand prizes are sometimes paid on a percentage basis instead of in' full. Just how Landis is going to combat the menace is not known. - Landis today completed arrange ments for giving to charity the re ceipts of the tie world series game of October 5. The amount distrib uted . was $121,056.30. Of this amount $61,05.30 'was divided equally between the American Le gion. Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled- American Veterans of the World War. The balance was given tV New' York " charities. 1 Statistics, show that married men are more trustworthy in business than single men, in the ratio of six to one, because of their increased sense of responsibility. - weu. Honestly deapc- l DIDIS'T UMD6R- OP ST AMD. CALIFORNIA CENTER OF GRID INTEREST Three Intersectional Games Rouse National Spirit. PENN STATE EN ROUTE Classic at Pasadena, West Vir-ginia-Gonzaga and Stanford Pittsburg Clashes Slated. BT WALTER ECKERSALL. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) ' PASADENA, Cal., Dec. 20. With three games of intersectional im portance to be played here in eight days California is now the center of football interest of the country. Penn State and University of Southern California will meet here New Year's day in the feature of the tournament of roses carnival. Great interest is being taken in the re sult, although both squads have been defeated by elevens In their respec tive sections. This game Is without doubt one of the leading intersectional clas sics of the country. While Penn State has been defeated this year, the far-eastern eleven .s expected to make her herculean efforts to go back home on the long end of the score. ," San Diego Game Absorbing. While waiting for the New Year's day clash, gridiron fans of thjs sec tion, California particularly, are taking a keen interest in the West Virginia - Gonzaga game to be played at San Diego Christmas day. The Mountaineers are one of the undefeated elevens of the country and are coming west determined to keep the 1922 slate clean. Reports have it that Coach Spears groomed his men thoroughly before the squad left Morgantown. Dr. Spears is the type of coach who believes in sending his teams into battle keyed to a high pitch. In order to arouse them for this battle; he has held practice in snow, rain and unfavorable weather. When his team arrives here Friday it will be sent through a long drill on Bovard field, which Coach Henderson has turned over to the eastern aggre gation. , Gonzaga Has Good Record, Gonzaga, coached by Gus Dorais, ex-Notre Dame quarterback, will arrive here tomorrow and work out on Bovard field. The Spokane eleven comes into California with a good record and although neither eleven knows much of the other's style of playing, fans are looking' forward to a keenly-fought struggle. At Palo Alto, where Stanford will entertain Pittsburg December 20, a great battle is expected, according to reports received in this section. The Stanford boys are hard at work" under the tutelage of Coach Kerr, a product of far-eastern football. . It will be the first intersectional game of note ever played in the northern part of the state and is sure to attract a capacity crowd. Pitt showed to good advantage at the end of the regular playing sea son, its victories over Washington and Jefferson and Penn State being great achievements, considering the team was defeated earlier in the season. According to Preb Mitchell of the tournament of roses committee, Penn State will arrive In Pasadena Sunday afternoon. Intensive train ing will be the rule every day and the team will depart for home by way of San Francisco the night of the game. PURCHASE RAPPED PAYING HIGH PRICES FOR PLAYERS DEPLORED. Major League Owners Will Wreck Game With Spending, Says John A. Heydler. By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Deo. 20. "If the ma jor league owners exceed- $100,000, the price Charles Comiskey paid for Willie Kamm, an untried minor league star, then they might as well stop operating organized baseball," says John A. Heydler, president of the National league. "There is a present inflation in the purchasing of players and the salaries that is A' word! al: out of proportion," continued the National league head. "The crowds that support the national game have grown somewhat tired of the high-financing of the major league owners. They look at it with ut most disgust. . "A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. A league is no strong er than its weakest cjub. If a few clubs persist in this high financing the league will be top neavy witn a few strong clubs and the rest anaemic and weak." "We have taken our first steps to stop all this spending. At the last joint meeting of the major league clubs we imposed upon the minors the enforcement of their recrgniz- r.g the draft on players that we returned to them from the juajors. We do this not only to bring about a readjustment of conditions, but to protect the player who is de sirous of going as far as he can in his calling." SCOUT DRIVE PROMISED BIGGER MEMBERSHIP FOR ORGANIZATION WANTED. More Capable Leaders Also Held Needed; Officers Elected at Council Meeting. A drive will be made to enlarge the membership of and to obtain more leaders for the Boy Scouts in Portland next year, C. C. Colt, pres ident, said at the annual meeting and banquet of the Portland council of the Boy Scouts of America at the Chamber of Commerce last night. He pledged himself to earnest effort to establish a fine new scouts' build ing and headquarters in this city within the year. The report of James E. Brockway, scout executive, showed that Port land has more scout troops than any other city of its size in the country, more than Los Angeles, Sea'.tle or San Francisco. Expenditure per cap ita is 58 in Portland compared to an average of about ?12 for the rest of tin- nation. "We have, however, much room for improvement," he said. "Out of 12.000 boys in Portland of scout age, 12 to 18, we have little more than 2(00 scouts. We need, to take care of greater membership, a capable body of leaders anad scoutmasters." Following the report of E. C. Sam tnons, treasurer, Colonel E. D. Pearce. member of the University of Washington faculty, gave a brief address on scout work. Election of officers resulted as follows: President, C. C. Colt; vice presidents, Adolphe Wolfe, L. Allen Lewis, Horace Mecklem; treasurer, E. C. gammons; scout commissioner, Marshall N. Danna, scout ex3cutive, James E. Brockway; additional members to the executive committee, H. D. Angell, O. B. Coldwell, J. A. Cranston, J. F. Clarkson, T. M. Dunne, J. K. Gill, C. E. Grelle, Frank R. Kerr, W. B. Mackay, Sanford Lcwengart, T. H. Shfrrard, Frank L Shun, Omar c. Spencer, Guy W. Talbot and Dr. Otis B. Wight. CONSPIRACY IS HEIOLEO ALLEGED SCHEME TO LOOT NAVY-YARD FOUND. Arrest of 23 Civilian Employes Follows Recent Federal Court Indictments. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Details of an alleged conspiracy to loot the Brooklyn navy base were revealed today -with the arrest of 22 civilian employes. Twenty-three perspns were in dicted recently by a federal grand jury after a long investigation in which the navy intelligence service, department of justice and New York police joined. The 23d civilian had not been found at nightfall. The others were arraigned before Federal Judge Garvin and held in $5000 bail each. None could fur nish this amount and the court Indi cated it might reduce bail if an early date for trial could not be fixed at the next hearing, January 3. Although authorities at the navy department in Washington tonight declared their reports of the thefts in Brooklyn indicated a total of only $2100 involved, the indictments re turned against the 23 persons ar rested charge thefts totaling $2100 under three headings, of $500 $600 and $1000. TWO HOLDUPS MET $30 Robbers Force Grocer Into Back Room, Then Loot Till. Two holdups last night netted four robbeTs $30. M. Viducich, 154 North Sixteenth street, told police that two men of about 35 years held him wp in his grocery, one forcing him into a back room and holding him there while the other rifled the cash register of $28. They were a curt, business-like pair and Viducich did not attempt to notify the police until he was sure the robbers were gone. A blackjack thug threatened Charles Holmes, 685 Irving street, with a "sap," and Holmes said he handed over $2. The robbery was on Irving between East Twenty first and East Twenty-second streets. North. MILLIONS TO BE SPENT Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail roads Plan Improvements. FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec 20. A total of $15,000,000 will be spent by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas lines for hew equipment and improve ments during the concluding weeks of the receivership and immediately following the reorganization of the lines, according to a statement promulgated by officials of the road here today. Chief among the improvements will be the completion of the Ray Freight terminal, near Denison, and the construction of new locomotive shops at Waco. The Waco shops will involve an expenditure of $1,500,000. Alleged Slayer Also Sued. ABERDEEN, Wash, Dec. 20. (Special.) Mary Boinski, who is waiting trial on a charge of having killed Matt Pulawski at her lodging house in South Aberdeen December 11, has been made defendant in a suit for $5000 filled Wednesday, by Nick Philips, whom shealso shot at the time of the Pulawski slaying. Read The Oregonian classified ads. CARABANA The best Cigar you have smoked in four years. MIL MEM FACE PRISON LEADERS IN DESERT STRIKE CONVICTED OF PLOTTING. Santa Fe Tienp Held by Federal Government Conspiracy to Aid Shopmen In Their Walkout. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dec. 20. Eight railroad men convicted today of conspiracy to interfere with in terstate commerce will be arraigned for sentence next Tuesday before Judge, Bledsoe, in the United States district court here. The maximum penalty which may be imposed is two years' imprisonment or $10,000 fine, or both. The defendants and their union affiliations, as brought out during the trial, were: C. I. Fox and C. E. Holly, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; E. H. Reynolds, Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; E. Arkbauer, Order of Railway Conductors; R. H. Clements and John A. Stecklein, Railway Ma chinists' union; E. F. Frazur, Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen, and L. E. Woodbeck, Switchmen's Union of America, They were alleged to nave plotted to tie up traffic on the Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe railroad last Au gust, by causing a walkout of train men at desert points. More than 1000 passengers were marooned for several days as the result and freight and mail also were delayed. The defendants contended the walk out was justified because of defec tive equipment and the presence of armed guards at terminals. The gov ernment contended the walkout was brought about, to aid the striking railroad shopmen. Hiram C. Todd, special representa tive of Attorney-General Daugherty, who was sent here to investigate the walkout, and who conducted the prosecution, departed today for his home in Saratoga, N. Y. NICARAGUA PROBE ASKED FACTS CONCERNING C S. OC CUPATION DESIRED. American Policy Criticised in Resolution Introduced by North Dakota Senator. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 20. An investigation by the senate for eign relations committee to ascer tain "the true state of affairs" in Nicaragua was proposed in a reso lution introduced Tuesday by Sen ator Ladd, republican, North Dakota. The resolution asks for facts con cerning American occupation of that republic in 1910; why American forces still are quartered there, and "the connection between certain New York commercial houses and the Chamorro clan government of Nicaragua." The resolution set forth at length various criticisms of the American policy with respect to Nicaragua, declaring that "no state of war ex ists between the United States and Nicaragua which would justify per manent quartering of our military forces upon the territory of a rriendly, neighborly nation"; that "the executive department has no constitutional powers to maintain 4 for the Round HOLIDAYS will be made by the Union Pacific System from all stations in Oregon, Washington and Idaho to any destination where the one-way faretis $30 or less SALE DATES December 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 1922, and January 1, 1923. RETURN LIMIT January 3, 1923. ' Our City Passenger Agent will deliver your tickets, make your reservations and attend to all details if you will phone him at Broadway 4500. L. E. OMER, City Passenger Agent, 605 Pittock Block. Phone Broadway 4500. Consolidated Ticket Office Third and Washington Sts. 1 Phone Broadway 5631. Depot Ticket Agent, Union Station. Phone Broadway 802. WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, PORTLAND, OREGON Ilj Tli2bi thot shows the road B 111 No apologies to make for their f S S. H efficiency or appearance. jf VC . At AO Leading Aseettort Storm Jj 3 S fc M LAMPOMPAMY . J&fg such invasion without the consent . of congress," and that "such perma- J nent occupation conflicts with the traditional policy of the United, States, and is inimical to the con tinuance of friendly and harmonious relations with Central American re publics." Reference also was made in the measure to resolutions adopted at a mass meeting in Managua which, it was said, accused Dr. Maximo H. " Zepeda, a Nicaraguan delegate to the Central American conference,; now in session in Washington, of being "a traitor to his country" and "a warrior of Wall street bankers against the legitimate interests of his country." Another charge set forth in the resolution was that "while the United States marines still remain in control of the Nicaraguan capi tal," after the occupation of 1910, and "while the United States naval officers virtually dictated the poli cies of its nominal president. th United States government consum-' mated an important treaty with Nicaragua." An attempt to enforce the terms of this treaty, the resolu tion added, "has created disputes between the United States govern ment and Central American nations involving territorial grants for a , naval base and commercial conces- sions." A further subject of inquiry under the resolution would be "the diplo matic conversations which preceded and followed the so-called Nicara gua government's repudiation of tho decree of the international court of justice in disputed matters which concerned Costa Rica, Salvador and Honduras as well as the United States government." BOYS FROZEN TO DEATH Escaped Orphans Found Buried in Snow Bank. ,JJS (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) MONTREAL, Quebec, Dec. 20. ' Two boys, Roland Lubelle, 12, and Gerald Catler, 12, were found frozen to death in a snow bank today at Morin heights, near here. , Both were inmates cf the Mont ford orphanage and escaped from P the orphanage Friday night in an .. attempt to return to their homes. They perished when they collapsed j from fatigue and cold. Both are , children of poor families which had , placed then; in the orphanage be- , cause they could not afford to care for them. German Has Freak Memory. Scientific American. Herr Otto Schrader of Berlin is the possessor of an extraordinary memory. The German Meteorological society tested it recently. "What was the weather on November 26, 1890?" Schrader was asked. "It was clear before dawn; in the afternoon it became cloudy, with snow flur ries. The temperature was 2 or 3 degrees above freezing point." answered Schrader. The scientists checked him up and found that he was right. Storm King Road Finished. Scientific American. After six years' work the famous Storm King highway on Storm King mountain, on the Hudson near ' Cornwall, has been completed. The new highway saves vehicles travel ing between Newburgh and New 1 York on the west side of the Hud son river from journeying around back of the mountains, and shortens the route about 15 miles. With its 1 approaches it cost the state between $1,000,000 and $2.000.000. Trip during the TP A FVfP Hn kr H