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RUMMY- IFflNARIV IS
STILL CHAMP AFTER
ROCKY KANSAS BOUT
'-NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Benny Leonard, worlds light
weight boxing champion, retained his title tonight by re
ceiving the judge's decision over Rocky Kansas of Buffalo
'at th end of their 15-round bout in Madison Square garden.
. The champion worked slowly and his blows appeared to
have little effect during the early rounds. In these rounds
Kansas appeared to have little the- better of the exchanges.
In the seventh round Leonard's blows were truer and from
then on he landed as he pieased and took few blows in return.
In the Mih round, after an interchange of body blows,
Leonard caught the challenger on the point of the jaw with
4 left hcok and Kans;t3 '.vent down for a count of nine.
After thp bout. Leonard said :ie had learned in a previous
bout with Kansas at Harrison, N. J., last summer that the
Buffaloan was "a tough boy" and that he knew he would
have to be cautious in 6rder to retain his championship.
The:f irst four rounds of the bout went to Kansas ; the
fifth and sixth were even and the others were Leonards.
VOW men enicrea me "b
10 p. m Leonard' weight at
o'clock this afternoon, under con
ditions of, championship contest,
was 184 1-2 pounds. Ka nsas
weighed In - at, 135. Madison
Square garden held a capacity
crowd. 16,000 persons.
Thll Iogan, Buf falo lightweight
1 deflated Eddie Walsh, New York,
receiving the Judges' decision at
! the end of their eight round pre
liminary bont ;
''.John WUliams New, York fea
therweight, defeated Lew Paluso,
of gait Lake City, also receiving
the judge's decision at the end or
eight rounds.
. Harry (Kid) Brown. Philadel
phia , lightwe'ght received tho
'Judges decision over Sam Moss
berif. New York, after an eight
Main event by rounds:
v" Round one: They sparred for a
moment and Leonard tapped the
challenger on,. the nose ; with a
.light left. Kansas missed two left
.hooks for the Jaw. Leonard took
a light laft on the none. Kansas
missed a hard swing for the head
and then sent a left to the body
followed with another to the Jav
The challenger was forcing the
; Round two: The champion bn
" ed cautiously and took a hard ieft
i to the face, he shot a right hook
to the body. Leonard blocked two
left swings for the head. . They
i WAr lit t 1 Inch at th-hell I.enn-
ard htftfi at thn month.
. Round three: Leonard sent a
straight left to the noe. Kansas
missed two right swings and a
right unnercut. Leonard Rent, hts
left to Rocky's Jaw three times
and missed a r;ght hook. The
champion outhoxed the challenger
. Jn jthia round but his punches
.yrw light.
Round lour: Both missed rights
to the" head. Kansas sent, hard
rtchts to Leonard's body and in a
clinch . they exchanged right up
pefcut. Leonard' nope was
vbleeding. Kansas misled repeat
edly in punching for the body.
I-eonard sent a hard, right to the
challenger's Jaw. -
- Round five Kansas, nsing a
back-handed punch with hla left,
caught Leonard's jaw twice. They
.had an even exchange of rights
at close quarters. Leonard sent
a straight right to the Jaw and
:ieft to the body. They were
eparrlng at the bell. s
(i Round Six: Both men worked
quickly. Leonard landed a short
right hook on the challenger's
Jaw, . Kansas took three straight
clefts on thj nose and returned
; one. :,' ; i' . -. - ' . ,
j Round Seven: They fought at
close quarters but landed tew ef
fective blows. Leonard then sent
,a aeries of atralght lefts to the
chin. Leonard blocked most of the
challenger's punches. They were
In a hard exchange of rights and
lefts to the head and body at the
tboll. ' -'- -- i
.. Round Eight: Leonard's blows
-i were finding their mark in this
'round. He followed a hard right
lo the body with two right hooks
.. to the. Jaw. Kansas sent right and
leftto head. 'Leonard sent short
left to the chin.
uouna mn: Leonard sent a
, series of straight lefts to the chin
' and Jaw. He sent a hard left hook
to tho jaw. v Leonard tliook up
j Kansas with right uppercuts at
. clcsa quarters. Leonard appeared
In his t:t form. f . .,
M Round Ten: Kansas missed a
left swing and took a. left to the
i jaw. Kansas sent a straight left
- to- the jaw. Leonard landed a left
i and then a right hook. Leonard
sent two straight lefts to th
. body. Kansas countered with right
ilo the body. 'v -
. - Round Eleven: Kansas went
; down under a stiff left hook to
'tho Jaw, but was up to ihe count
, of nine. Leonard Bent hard blows
MO tit) body but Kansas managod
to last the round. '
; Round Twelve: Leonard landed
1. 1 t ... . 111 U . V. n ... H.kl
MIS JOll fc Will VUI H1CJT wuir
as he was looking for an opening
4 for his right. Leonard st,nt lefts
to the chalnger's ch'rf and Jaw
s repeatedly hot Kantms appeared to
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enth round knockdown.
Round Thirteen: Leonard land
ed short rights and lefts to the
body. He sent hard right to the
stomach and three lefts to the
challenger's face. Leonard cau
tioid Kansas against hitting low.
Round Fourteen: Leonard sent
lefts to body and rights to head.
Leonard sent sharp lefts to the
chin. Kansas winced under a left
to his stomach. Leonard landed a
sharp left to the chin at the bell,
i Round Fifteen: Leonard rocked
the challenger with rights and
lefts to chin. He landed straight
right to the jaw. Leonard sent
right to the body and followed
with right upparcuts at close
quarters. Leonard landed a right
to the jaw at the bell.
Pugilist Passes Away
f 'Portland Hospital from
. Stomach Ailment
in
Shamrock i eaa. '
Shamrock, whose real name was
Homer Clarence Sinclair, was a
prizefighter who was well known
is Salem two or three years ago.
lr Sinclair had managed to get
the proper kind of backing finan
cially and otherwise, he doubtless
could have climbed far un, the
pugilistie ladder, as he was a pow
erful man physically, though in
one of the lighter classes, and was
unusually clever as a boxer. While
In Salem he staged a number of
bouts. lie was In the employ oi
Lee Canfield for several months
and also worked at the state hos
pital for the insane.
Sinclair's death ocrurred in a
Portland hospital and was caused
by a stomaoh ailment. He was ?2
years old. The death notice ina
Portland newspaper notes that fe
was the father of Dintln Sinclair,
son of Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, and
brother of Mrs. M. Rekdahl and
Hattie Brown, all residents of
Portland. The funeral was held
Tuesday under the auspices of4he
American legion and interment
was In Mt. Scott Park cemetery.
William Steinmetz is
Ace of Amateur Skating
LAKE PLACID, N. Y., Feb. 10
-William Steinmetz of Chicago
securely clinched the title of ama
teur skating ace late today by
winning the 440-yard dash and
finishing second in the three-quarto
rraile race, the second day
eiibnts on the card of theTJiamond
Trophy championship. He now
has a total of 110 points. Charles
Jewtraw of Lake Placid comes
next with 55 points.
T
balem Man Said to Be
Choice As Successor for
James J. Richardson
;Mark McCallister. who has until
a few months ago been associat
ed with the state corporation de
partment, nas Been named gene
ral manager of student activities
at Oregon Agricultural college
according to announcement made
yesterday by Prof. I". G. Dubach,
member of tlw O. A. (. board of
SHAMROCK DEAD,
REMEMBEREO HERE
MIUSTEB TO
RAVE DIG. PDS
control. He will succeed Jamas
J. Richardson.
Professor Dubach was in the
efty yesterday conferring witn
Mr. McCallister, and while he
would not go into details as to
the new work of the Salem resi
dent, it was pretty well under
stood that Mr. McCallistsr woul'l
accept the appointment.
He is a graduate of Oregon Ag
ricultural college, class of 1905.
and held the position of graduate
manager of the Corvailis college
for two years following his graduation.
TROEH YIELDS TO
Vancouver Champion Gives
up Individual Target Cup
At Kansas City
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 10. E. C.
Wheeler, Pawuska, Okla . wrested
the interstate individual target
cup from Frank Troeh, Vancouver,
Wash., in the challenge event on
today's program at the 18th an
nual trap shooting tournament
here. Troeh. who won the cup
last year and defended it success
fully last Tuesday in a- challenge ,
race, mi ue i in. y.
tie for third place with W. H.
Heer, Guthrie, Okla., and R. A.
Kinr. Delta, Colo.
Wheeler's score in the 100 tar
get race was 95. Frank Hughes,
Mobridge. S. D., wa second with
94. There were 33 entrants in
the challenge contest shot under
slid'ng- handicap conditions.
E. W. Renfro. Butte, Mont .
won the national amateur flyer
championship race in the shoot
off following a five-cornered tie.
which Frank Etchen. Cofieyville,
Kas.. E. Root. Ventura, la. J.
W. Campbell. Tulsa, Okla , and H.
Littlebear, Pawnee, Okla. All
five ran a perfect string of 25.
There were 42 entrants in the
event.
In a challenge race for the in
terstate amateur ina'vidnal flyer
cup, Harry Snyder, Kansas Cty.
who won the cup yesterday tied
with W. G. Warren. Yerrington.
Nev.. for first place. Darkness
prevented thf shoot-off which will
be held in the morning, i Both
scored 24, missing one in 25.
In a snecial doubles event.
Troeh finished f'rst with 48 ut
of a possible 50. Etchen and King
t!ed for second with 47 each.
JABS AND JOLTS
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Feb.
10. W. S. C. freshmen. 41; Wal
la Walla high school basketball
team 31.
PULLMAN. Wash., Feb. 10.
Washington State college crappl-
ers defeated the Idaho Univers'ty
wrestling team 16 to 10 here to
night. BOSTON. Feb. 10. Mickey
Walker of Newark, N. J., tonight
knocked out Johnny Griffiths of
Warren. Ohio, In the ninth round
of their 10-round match. Eddie
ihony, California protegO of
Jack Dempsey. was awarded the
decision in eight rounds over
Jimmy Sacco of th's city.
CLEVELAND. Feb. 10. J. H.
Shoemaker and Gus Gardner, both
of New York, were the winners
of the afternoon games at the
national amateur pockt billiards
tournament here today. Shoe
maker defeated, C. Earl Patterson
of Chicago 125 to 58 in S3 in
nings, and Gardner won fro'i
Carl A. Vaughn of Chicago 125
to 99 in 40 innings.
Walla .Walla Legioners
Beat Crack Dallas Five
DALLAS. Or.. Feb. 10. (Spe
cial to The Statesman) In one
of the most spectacular games ot
basketball played on the local ar
mory floor this season the crack
Company 1l team of this city went
down to defaat last night at the
hands of the Walla Walla Ameri
can legion team by a score of 51
to 19.
The Walla Walla team was one
f the best ever seen on a floor in
h's city. Thev were all clean
MoVts and they way they handled
the 'ball and made baskets at will
was a revelation to basketball
fans of this city. The team Is
'omposed Of former stars of Whit,
man and Washington State col
lege. They have playod a num
ber of Ramos this season bnt have
o far not been defeated. The Hal
las team is one of the best ever
scotten togther lire and this is the
first defeat of the season They
worked hard to keep the visitors
'rom runn'ng up a big: score but
th9 s'ze and skill of the visitors
was mor than thy ronld combs'
successfully and th game endod
in favor of Walla Walla.
A prerminary game played be
tween the second Comnanv I. !
in cny ana Monmouth enrtd in i
victory for Dallas by a scor of i
17 to 12. One of the largest J
crowds ever assemhled in the
Minding witnessed the came.
HI
smuts
IRIVFUS HKK,1
DALLAS. Ore., Feb. 10.
(Special to The Statesman)
Two truck drivers from Vancou
ver, Wash., were arrested by Sher
iff John W. Orr Tuesday chareen
with having heavy loads on their
trucks while traveling the Lewis
viUe. road which has ben closed
to heavy loads during the winter
months. The men were turned
loose when ft was found that they
had failed to see the small pos
ters stating that the road was
closed.
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SALE! HIGH SCHOOL UNABLE
TO BEAT 1IIMLLE TEA!
Mattering the backboard in a
fru tless effort to make the:r
throws count, Salem high basket
ball players went down to a 19 to
16 defeat, when they matched for
the second time the fast MeMinn
villa high school squad in the
armory last night. The sensation
of the game tame in the last two
minutes when the Salem 'luintet
by rapid strides attempted to close !
the big gap between the two
scores and seriously endangered
th3 McMinnvfHe victory.
The regular first string of
Tucker. Socolofsky. Lillegren and
Patterson began the game with
Harold, a new man, in the center
circle.
Socolofsky of Salem, scored the
first point of the game when he
converted the first foul offered
him. For the remainder of t?ir
half the local squad was greatly
hampered by inaccurate shooting,
although they time and time aga'n
brought the ball under the bas
ket. The visiting team during the
first pay of the half did ragged
passing but during the last part
of f h first and the whole of the
second. The McM'nnville air
route strenethened and was large-
JV responsible ror tneir sut-ress.
The score atrthe end of the t'rFt
half was 13 to 6 in favor of Mc
Minnville From the openine of tho second
half the McMinnville' pissing be
came more accurate and their
guarding air tight, while the Sa
lem men during th first part of
the game had found little diffi
culty in penetrating the dcrense
of the visitor?, dur'ng tho last
half scarcelv once forced them
selves through.
Shortly after the m'ddle of the
last half the Salem mer. began a
fierce attack which beAilrired
the visiting squad and wh'ch they
were unable tj keep tip with
The'r passing was almost perfect,
their offensive war. .'art, an?i their
defense was creatly strengthened.
Hut the jinx of inaccurate shoot-
BEAT UNIVERSITY
Eugene Team Plays Defen
sive Game Throughout
Score is 41-19
COHVALLIS. .Or.. -Feb. 10
Oregon Agricultural col lege de
feated the University of Oregon
in the first of a two-aanie basket
ball series here tonight, 41 to 19.
Oregon played a dofensive game
from the start.
At the end or the first half Or
egon was on the short end of IX
to 20 scores, in the second half
the Aggies made 2 1 points, and
Oregon gathered 11. The game
was rough in spots, the Aggie3
being penalized 14 times, while
Oregon suffered S penalties.
Stinson converted five of the
eight Oregon fouls. Andre con
verted 6 of 10 called on the Ag
gies and Rockhey one of four.
In the preliminary game the
Oregon freshmen won from the
O. A. C. rooks, 19 to 13
The lineup:
Aggies Oregon
Stinson F Andre
A. Gill F Goar
Hjelte C I-atham
Ross G Burne't
Richards .G Beller
Substitutions: Aggies, L. Gill
and Fernley.
Oregon: Zimmerman and Rock
hey. Referee: Ralph Coleman, O
A. C.
Bribery Charge Against
Pugilist is Dismissed
NEW YORK. Feb. 10. A brib
ery charge against Nathan Podd,
former pugilist, arrested several
days ago at Wappiriger Falls with
Nellie Gasko, a witness in the
assault case against Tex Rickard,
was dismissed today by supreme
Court Justice W'asservogel upon
recommendation of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Pecora, who ex
plained that Podd had been in
dicted for kidnaping the girl.
A supreme court grand jury
heard several more witnesses to
day in a new case involving Rick
ard. The original assault case
against the sport promoter, in
whffch Alice Ruck. 15. appeared
as the complaining witness, still
is pending fn magistrate's court.
Arraigned on the kidnaping
charge. Podd pleaded not guilty
and was sent to the tombs in de
fault of 525.000 bail.
KING BING NAMES
COMMITTEE FOR YEAR
f (Continued from page 1)
! and A
A. Gueffroy. j
Drill tem W.. Connel Over, j
remain; Carl dabrielson. first!
lieutenant: Carle Abrams, second j
lieutenant.
Music Dan F. lngenbetg,
chairman; C. K. Kuowlaud. H. T.
Love.
By-lawa Bert Macy. chairman;
Carle Abrams. C. S. Hamilton.
Excursion committee W.
Busick. F. G. Delano and I
Smith.
J.
K.
Classified Ads. in The
Statesman Bring Results
H
ME
ing remained with then- and de
spit a dsperrt -ffort hs low!
side of the score board failed to
change materially.
In the last two minute the io--al
men began an attack which
brought the crotl to its feet. So
colofsky started th scoring by
fonverting a foul and then in
leaps and bounds the score was
increased. The revival, however,
car tbo late and the wh'stle
ended an attack if continued,
would have led to victory.
McMinnville. with a heavy ex
perienced team, is predicted by
fans who hav witnessed both
games with the local schoo.. to le
the likely recip ent of th-i district
honors. Rumor was active- at the
game last night in connection with
an appeal from another "schoil in
the matter of the eligibility of one
of the players whom rumor
charges with having played four
years of high school basketball
and having played with an Ameri
can legion team.
Although Salem lost local tans
ore well satisfied with the Salem
high quintet wh'ch fought a hard
and fast game but which was ie
feated by weight and experience.
Tucker and Lillogren wer3 the
Salem stars, while Socolof3ky, in
addition to w'nuTng a permanent
place in the list of stars succeed
ed in converting six foul throws
for h'.s team. Shipley and Agee
starred for the visiting team.
By a vote of the team Tucker
was elected captain of the Salem
quintet and played tn that capac
ity for the first time last night.
The Salem manager is uncer
tain of the next game.
The local substitutes were Len
on and Harold, taking hir place
shortly after the opening of he
game; and Petram. who played
the last two minutes in Lillegien's
guard berth.
In the visiting lineup were
Robbins and Agee, forwards;
Jones, center; and Shipley and
Konzelman, guards. Substitutes:
Merchant, Maloney, Thompson.
W.S.C. FIVE
Berkeley Team Excels at All
Points of Game and Score
is 37 to 18
HERKBLKY. Cal.. Fob. 10
University of California defeated
the Washington State college bas
ketbnll ouintet here tonight 27
to 18. The Californians excelled
in every department of th? game
and scored an easy victory.
John Talt, California forward,
and FroM. Cougar captain and for
ward, were the individaul stars of
the game.
Tait scored 1G points in the
first half of the game.
The score at the first half was
25 to 7 in California's favor.
Lineup:
W. S. C. California
Friel F Talt
Sayres F . Douchet
Sorrcnsen C Larkey
Loomis G Lehane
Harrington . . . . G ... .Egglston
Substitutes: California, Coop
for Douchet; Compson for Eggle
ston: Kincaid for Talt; Douchet
for Coop; Butler for Douchet.
Washington State: Schroeder
for Loomis; Cisna for Sayres;
Burke for Harrington.
. Goals from field: Talt, 6;
Douchet, 3: Larkey. 1; Egglegton.
2; Coop. 2; Compson, 1; Fried,
2: Loomis, 1; Harrington, 2;
Cisna. 1.
Free throws: Talt 5; Butler,
2; Friel, 4.
Whitman Coliege Wins
from Montana University
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Feb.
10. Whitman college tonight de
feated the University of Montana
basketball team 25 to 15 in a
game that combined brief periods
of snappy ball with listless play
ing. , The second half was fast.
The lineup:
Whitman 25 PosHion Montana 15
Rich F Badgley
Gurian F McDonnell
Kundson C Ahearn
PenroFe G Sullivan
Chandler l Baird
Substitutions: Whiiman, York
for Rich; Montana. Porter for
Badgley; Tanner for Sullivan;
Badgley for McDonnell; Straw for
Ahearn; McDonnell for Badgley.
Scoring: Goals from field:
Whitman, Rich, 5; Gurian, 3;
Penrose. 1;. Montana Badgley
1; Ahearn, 2: Sullivan, 1; Por
ter, 1; Tanner, 1.
Free throws Whitman, 7;
Montana 3.
Score at end of first half
Whitman. 10; Montana, 5.
MABEL NORMAND IS
QUIZZED BY LAWYER
(Continued from page 1)
! tvHdea methodically today under
I the direction of the district attor-
ney for Los Angeles county, r-ut
without any new developments in
the way of evidence, or at least
without any disclosures that such
evidence had been found.
Few Are QneMionrd ,
LI
1
District Attorney Thomas Lee
Woolwine, who has been person
ally heading the Investigation un
dertaken by his office. In which
all the inquiries made by variou?
acencies have united, did not in
terrogate any additional witnesses
at his office todav. r did he con
ler with any elsewhere, so far as
newspapermen assigned to the
case were able to learn. He and
tho deputies working with him
spent the day in conferences with
police detectives, deputy sherifts
and other officers working on the
case.
i Miss Mabel Normand. who was
a visitor at Taylor's home just
before he was shot and killed and
whose statement has been taken
by various investigators, was not
interviewed today by Mr. Wool-
wino or his aides.
Prosecut or Cautious
Asked whether he Intended to
talk with her, Mr. Woolwine de
clined to announce his plans. He
said that the fact that any known
witness or witnesses had not been
interviewed was not to be taken as
evidence that their connection
with the case was endk?d. but de
clined any further comment on
that line. The investigation today
was shrouded with more secrecy
than has heretofore) existed. Ex
ecutives and officers came and
went, telephone buued and .there
was an air of activity about the
district attorney's office, but lit
tle word of what transpired was
permitted to escape.
Championship Claimant
Wins from Paul Prehn
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 10.
Ira Dem of Salt Lake City, claim
ant of the world's middleweight
wrestling title, tonight defeateJ
Paul Prehn, instructor of wrestl
ing at the University of Illinois.
Dern won'the first fall in 19 min
utes with a toe hold. Prehn took
the second in 10 seconds with a
similar hold, and Dern won the
third fall and match in 2Vfe min
utes with a full body hold. The
men weighed 159 pounds.
Important Realty Deals
Made Recently at Dallas
DALLAS, Ore., Feb. 10.
(Special to The Statesman)
Real estate transfers in Dalla3
have bcln picking up considerably
during the past two weeks aftc
lying dormant during the past
several months. Last week several
important deals wero litade and
this week is another banner week
for real estate men.
L. D. Brown, one of the city's
attorneys and business men on
Tuesday purchased from Mrs. I.
N'. Woods her beautiful 'home on
Clay street. Uj. and Mrs. Brown
and famiiy will occupy the new
home during the winter months
and during the summer will make
their home in their country home
on the Dallas-Salem road.
Another deal made this week
was that of V. Ray Boydston who
sold his home on Lyle street to
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Murray. The
Murray's will occupy their new
home as soon as it can be vacated
by Rev. Mr. Essen and family
who will leave soon for their farm
in Linn county.
Big Prune Shipments Are
Made by Dalas Concern
DALLAS, Or., Feb. 10. (Spe
c'al to The Statesman.) -The big
plant of the California Packing
corporation has been busy several
weeks preparing for shipment to
eastern markets several carloads
of processed prunes.- Some time
during the coming week another
big shipment of about 18.000
cases will be sent to the New
York markets.
Wednesday the plant was kept
running full blast getting out a
carload of prunes for a 'Jewish
concern in Cleveland. Rabbi J.
B. Fain of Portland was in the
c;ty the entire day "kosherLzing"
the prunes as they were being
packed. Tho prunes will be used
by the Jews of the Ohio city dur
ing the Jewish holidays during
the week of April 13 to 1. The
local plant at present is working
about 35 men and women.
. T7m atatiftmnan dlf1wl Alt
THINGS THAT
Copyright.
BASEBALL
SALEM IS
AFTER CONFERENCE
.unBAKn -ik fr Ralpm
assured, according u w-v
who were present last night at a conierence ai me wuu. .
cial club where baseball matters in general were discussed.
The meeting was attended by a number of business men in
terested in baseball. a . .
It was decided that one-third of the gate receipts after
expenses are paid shall be set aside as a sinking-fund. It
was also decided that a board of directors of business men
shall be appointed who shall serve as an advisory committee.
Hayes Stays as Manager
Jack Hayes will remain as man
ager of the Salem team and Harry
J. Wenderoth as secretary and
treasurer. As the first game will
be played about April 1 Manager
Hayes will begin at once scouring
the country for players. Within a
few days work will begin on put
ting the baseball grounds tn con
dition. There has ben subscribed up to
date, the sum of 485 in support
of the team and subscriptions will
be solicited unrtl the amount
necessary to maintain the Salem
teum in secuited.
Batters' Cup Prepared
One means of increasing Inter-j
est in baseball in Salem this sea-
KNIT BY
E
Washington Government
Lies Back Relative to
Genoa Conference
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. The
attitude of France toward the
proposed economic and financial
conference at Genoa next month
has resulted In further postpon
ing the decision of this govern
ment on the invitation to partici
pate, it was learned today In of
ficial circles. The W'hite House
announced last Tuesday that Am
erica's reply to the invitation was
to have been made, public today.
The reqnest of Premier Potn
care of France that the conference
be postpond at least three months
for more careful advance prepara
tions, it was understood, was re
ceived here today and caused a
flurry in diplomatic circles. Later
the state department denied that
the proposal w had been received
Secretary Hughes conferred at
length with President Harding af
ter the regular cabinet meeting
and it was understood the econom
ic conference was discussed.
Belief prevailed that the ac
tion of the French premier had
forestalled any reply from this
country to Italy's invitation, it
was said a conference with France
absent would be virtually no con
ference, in some circles the bellet
was expressed that no action
would be taken on the invitation
of Italy at this time.
Temperature Drops to
62 Below at Selkirk
DAWSON. Y: T. Feb. 10. Fol
lowing the mildest winter In the
memory of the white settlers, the
temperature dropped to 62 de
grees below zero here today and
to 65 below at Selkirk. This tem
perature comes at the end of a
three-day spell of more than 50
below. Practically no traffic has
moved in the Yukon for several
days, except the mails, which are
still hauled by horse team be
tween relay stations.
NEVER. HAPPEN
FRANC
WT
TEAM FOR
CERTAIN
durinar the coming season is
a Hnrrv J. Wenderoth .
- j a
son that has been suggested and
that probably will be carried out
is that of offering a cup trophy for
the player who leads the batting
list at the end of the season. It is
believed ah Intense Interest cau
be worked up over such a contest.
For some weeks last season bat
ting honors were close between
Ducky Holmes aand Jack Hayes
and the subject of no little com
ment among the fans. With a
prize at stake interest doubtless
would increase and add consider
ably to the gate receipts. This
would necessitate a systematic
plan of scoring games both at
home and w hen the team Is away
from home. It is believed a enp
will ho
firm.
offered by some local
AWARDS IDE AT
E
Concert at State Fair Ground
Stadium Given by As
toria Bugle Corps
The com lawi of Boy Scouts held
at the state fair stadium last night
was led by the Astoria bugle
corps, all in batalllon formation.
They were given the oath. Boy
Scout laws explained and pledges
to tha flag made. The concert was
given by the Astoria bugle corps.
Awards were as follows: James
Campbell troop first class 'rank;
Homer Richards, troop 3, Robert
Kulpes of troop 9, Manning Dross
of troop 6. Harold Bell, troop J
and Kennth Graber troop 3, all
given second class rank.
Edmond Tristran was given sev
en merit badges and Herbert
Krickson. six badges of merit. Wil
liam Wright received two badges,
Teddy Loenhardt two and Robert
Sbattuck of Monmouth one budg'j.
DRUGS DKSTIUOYED ;
NEW YORK. Feb. 10.Firieen
polkmen, working under the di
rection of Dr. Simon Carieton.
special deputy police commission
er In command of th rcotIc di
vision, today destroyed $3,500,
000 worth of confiscated drugs
and opium layouts.
LADIES
A contest for the ladies
with the longest hair
Monday Night
Something Worth Trying
For
BLIGH ;.
THEATRE
SCOUT
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LIBERTY SUNDAY