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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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SALE DATES December 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 1922, and
January 1, 1923.
RETURN LIMIT January 3, 1923. '
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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
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