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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1924
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1 STATESMAN PAGE OF UVElSPORTl NEWS :-FRQ-M '.EVERYWHERE J
(These New Players, Ehrhardt, Roberts, Brown
and Mitchell, Expected To Strengthen Robim
No. 1 Is Zack Ehrhardt. a right
handed pitcher, bought by the
Dodgers while on a recent tour of
the West . He. .comes from the
Southern Association. No. 2 Is
"Big Jim" Roberts, another rlglrt
fcanded twlrlea, obtained by Man
ager Robinson during the western
trip. No. 3 Is Ed. Brown, a hard
hitting right-handed outfielder. He
11 DAY HIGHWAY
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Only Aid of Highway Com
mission Can Cause Im-
provement to Road
PORTLAND. Or., Aug. 15. The
11-mile stretch of the John Day
highway in Baker county will re
main "dead'; indefinitely and the
Baker-Unity road which connects
the John Day highway and1 the old
Oregon trail also will remain
"dead" unless the state highway
commission Agrees to build, the
Baker-Cornucopia - road with the
county ona aO-50 basis. This an
nouncement was made to the com
mission today by J. L- Dodson,
Baker county judge.
Without an agreement from the
highway commission to cooperate
on the Baker-Cornucopia, said
Judge Dodson. the county would
Be unable to assist on the John
Day traffic artery or the Baker
l?nity. connection, and these two
roads would, as far as Baker coun-j
ty was concerned, remain unim
proved. - '.. ) ::
Money Loaned to Farmers
Is Returned to State
OLYMPIAN WTash., Aug. 15.
The first return from , money
loaned by the state to eastern
Washington wheat growers for the
purchase of fall seed was received
hero today from A. D. McElhimey
of Alstown, Douglas county. It was
announced by Dan Scott, director
of ithe department of conservation
andt development. .
' The, amount was $203.08 and
represented loan of 50 with
l9 .YEARS OLD, MARRIEB"
LEARNS HE'S FOUKDUXO,
5 SEARCHES . FOR PARENTS
. When he was six years old, John
J tester Butler was abandoned by
Xila mother and left on the door
tele p of a house In Second street,
. E., Washington. D. C. . The
"youth, who married about a year
ago, did not learn until recently
that he was a foundling and that
Sutler was the name of his foster
parents. The Butlers believe that
this name is Benton or Fenton.
"Young Butler is being aided in his
search by Alexis Marceron who in
March. 190 5. 'found the basket In
which, the baby lay on the ' door
step of the Second street house.
A newspaper clipping of March
14. 1906. plays an interesting part
In youflg BuUert search.
REMAN
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Vv-? . fe 4
f - 4
had been with 1 the Indianapolis
club. Brown had previously had a
trial with the Giants. No. 4 is
Johnny MltchelU At least he pre
fers Mitchell to Ills rightful Slavish
name.; j He also was obtained from
Indianapolis. I, Robinson giving Joe
Klugman In exchange. Mitchell,
a fine shortstop," has been a light
hitter, l i ' I
Interest from , December 15, 1923.
the money, being used for buying
230 bushels! of seed. The state
loaned in all $25,001.80 to 120
applicants last fall, who planted a
total of. 2 7, 74 3 acres of wheat land
with the selj purcnased, officials
stated.
BOTH OLD PARTIES
La Follette!' Booster' Tells
Audience Past Adminis
trations Failed
PORTLAND, I Aug. 15. Those
who are supporting the candidacy
i of Robert La Follette for presi
dent are doling f so because they
believe that! the , republican" and
democratic parties In the past have
not used their control of govern
ment' "to establish Justice,, to pro
mote; the general welfare and to
secure the blessings of liberty for
the people,'! United States Sena
tor Henrik Sliipstead of Minnesota
declared in jan address' here to
night. ; . j ': .
Senator Sliipstead's speech op
ened the campaign for La Follette
in Oregon. He declared that the
parties in control of government
had used their, power to promote
special privilege and to deprive
the farmer and laborer of a large
share of the products of their toil.
DEFENSE DAY PLAN
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Convention Goes on Record
for Cooperation in the
; ; . National Move
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i TILLAMOOK, I Or., ! Aug. 1 S.
Oregon Lik.s, to the seventh an
nual convention1 here, today in-
TODAY TOMORROW
STRONGHEART
The Wonder Dog
In
Brawn
OF THE
North
SKI PSTEAD ASSAILS
Gi KS BACK
The Dog That Makes You Choke and Cheer
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FOUR BIG NEW ACTS
ViAUDEVlLLE
Always Good, Most. Times Great
BEIGH THEATRE
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COAST AND!
Suit lake II; Frisco H.
SALT LAKE CITY. Aug. i5.
Calt Lake evened up with Kan
Francisco today, winning 11 to 8.
Unusual catches by Fritsche;
Coombe and Frank O'Douf, Bee
pitchers, who are playing the out?
field on account of the club's crip
pled condition: were prominent
features. i
Score It. II. R.
San Francisco ...... . . 814 , 0
Salt Lake ......... j . 11 18 2
Mitchell, Roberts, Schoor and
Yelle; Kalllo, Mulcahy, Ponder,
Thomas and Peters.
j Oakland N; Portland fl
OAKLAND, Aug. 1 5. Oakland
won from Portland 8 to 6 here
today after overcoming a six run
lead in the fifth "and batting Yar
rison out of the box. Winters, who
took up the mound work for the
Beavers, was nicked for two ad
ditional counters in the sixth. '
Score
Portland .........
Oakland
Yarrison, Winters
rane; Foster, Harris
R. H. E.
. . 6 8- 2
..813 4
and Cochr
and Read.
Seattle 3; Vernon 4
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 15. Seat
tle tied with San Francisco ; for
first place In the Pacific Coast
league by defeating Vernon 5 to
4 in a 15 inning game here today.
After being deadlocked since the
eighth Inning, when the Indians
tied the score with a two run rally
the visitors broke up the contest
in the 15th when they scored as
a result of, a walk, a single, a walk
and an error.
Score- r: I
Seattle - . i . J
R. H. E.
5 9 1
4 113
C. Bald-
Vernon V. ............
Steuland, Jones and
win; Ludolph, Christian and Han
nah.; ' : . '
; Sacramento 7; Angels fl
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 15. Sac
ramento' defeated Los Angeies 7
to 6 in 11 innings here today.
Krug used everyone on the club
in a desperate attempt to cinch
before the afternoon was over
the ? series. ? i T
Score R. H. E.
Los Angeles . . .... 6 10 0
Sacramento . . . . . . . 7 13- 2
Dumovich. Weiner and Spencer;
kPrough and Shea. ;
dorsed and decided to take an
active part in the national De
fense day program, September
12, ; outlined an Americanization
program to be carried out during
the forthcoming year, and adopted
several resolutions outlining other
constructive work. The session
today, the second of the conven
tion, was one of the most success
ful In. the history of the associa
tion. :. ' ;; :
Establishment of schools to in
struct all foreigners in the funda
mentals of Americanism and to
assist them in becoming loyal
citizens of this country was pro
vided in other resolutions adopted
today.
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Italian Arrives In Faroe
- Isle on Atlantic Flight
THORSHAVEX, Faroe Island.
Aug. 15. (By The Associated
Press.) Lieutenant Locatelli,-the
Italian aviator, flying across the
north Atlantic landed here today,
having flown from Stromness,
Orkney islands, in two hours and
ten minutes. His was the - first
flying rxfachine to visit the Faroe
island and was given an enthus
iastic welcome. Lieutenant Loca
telli reported that the weather
conditions were favorable and he
hoped to resume his flight at 7
o'clock tomorrow .for Hornafjord.
Iceland.;
Animals can't reason, but the
wolf always knows where the
stork has been delivering goods.
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MAJOR LEAGUE! GAMES
. . PlltsbuiC fl; Nrw York 4
! PITTSBURG. Aug. 15. (Na
tional.) The Pittsburg Pirates,
fighting desperately, for the na
tional league leadership, won
their third straight victory from
the New York Giants, 6 to 4, and
narrowed to four games the mar
gin separating the two teams. New
York scored four runs in the
third Inning but Pttsburg came
back in its half with five runs,
Cuyler accounting for three of
them by hitting a home run with
two runners on base. Nehf was
taken ff-om the box in that inning.
Groh headed the 'Giants' batting
order, ieiug moved from seventh
position. '
: ' Score . . . "'It. H. E.
New York .... it. . 4 14 1
Pittsburg . ; 6 12 2
i Nehf Jonnard, Ryan and Sny
der; Kremer and Schmidt.
St. Louis O; Boston 3
ST, LOUIS. Aug, 15. (Nation
al.) The - Cardinals celebrated
their home coming by winning
from the Boston Braves today C
to 3. ! . iii .
Score 1 J It. H. E.
B.-'on . . . . . '. 3 9 1
St. Louis Va. 6 12 0
Barnes and O'Neill; Dickerman
and Gonzales.
Cincinnati lO; Brooklyn .
CINCINNATI. Aug. 10. Na
tional. ) Cincinnati won a hard
hitting game from Brooklyn today
10 to 5. Both Luque and Grimes
were knocked out of. the box in
the fifth inning. "Luque made a
home run to center field in the
fourth inning, the - third that has
been - made on the local grounds
this year. Roush got fotir hits in
five times up.
Score R. II. E.
Brooklyn .... ...... 5 12 .1
Cincinnati .... , i 10 18 1
Grimes, Decatur, Reuther and
Taylor; Luque, Eheehan and Har
graves. Chicago H; Philadelphia O
i CHICAGO. Aug, 15. (Nation
al.) Home run smashes by Fri
berg with two men on and by Barr
ret with one on. gave Chicago a
commanding lead and they de
feated (Philadelphia 8 to 6 in the
first game of the series. Sand hit
the first ball pitched by Keen for
a homer and Williams uncorked
a homer vvith a man on in tb?
third. . ,
Score R. H. E.
Philadelphia . .''4 6 10 2
Chicago . . i . . ... 8 8 0
Ring. Couch, Mitchell and Wil
son, Hemme; .Keen, Jacobs ana
Hartnett, .
The knock under the hood in
dicates carbon; the one from the
back Beat indicates bone.
67th i Congress May Appro-
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priaie txira Money Tor
Umatilla Rapids
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. Ad
ditional funds will be requested
at the coming session of congress
to carry on the work at the Uma
tilla rapids dam project in east
ern Oregon, members of the Ore
gon delegation in congress said
here tonight.
Some $50,000 was appropriated
by the 67th congress to conduct a
temporary survey of the develop
ment and its importance has been
"recognized to that extent," they
pointed out. "
The amount of the sum to be
requested to further the work has
not been arrived at, they added.
Last
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MORE FUNDS ASKED
M PROJECT
U t U t
SUNDAY
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Buck Jones
In
'Against All Odds
. lkMtton 7; Chicago .
BOSTON, Auk. 15. (Amer
ican.) Boston made it four
straight 'from Chicago by taking
today's garnej 7 to 6. Boone made
a Home run in the third with
Flagstead onjbase, Quinn who re
lievjed Piercy, was given spectacu
lar support, f 'Eddie Collins and
Fak perforiijcd brilliantly."
Score I R. H. E.
Chicago . . G 14 3
Boston ; ......... 7 10 "0
Mangum, Connally, Lyons and
Grajbowski, Schalk; Piercy, Quinn
and Pieinithi i
ltr.it 4; I'liiladelphla St.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15.
(Anierican. )Detroit gained a
hal game on .the Yankees by tak
ing! the final contest of the series
fron Philadelphia, 4 to 3, Johnson
hurlfog good ball until the last
inning when a local rally threat
ened to tie the score and Dutch
Leonard was sent in as a relief
pitcher and retired the eide.
Score R. II. E.
Detroit . . . . . . . . ..... 4 91
Philadelphia I . t. ...... 3 9 0
Johnson, Leonard and Baslsler;
Heimach, Haines, and Perkins.
NOTE: Only
two American
games scheduled.
LD FLIERS TO
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Smith Decides to Wait for
More Favorable Weather
Conditions
pS BOARD ITSS LAWRENCE,
OF INDIAN HARBOR, Labrador.
Aug. 15- (By The Associated
Press.) Lieutenant Lowell II.
Smith and ! Lieutenant Erik II.
Nelson expect to hou from Ivie-
tutj, Greenland, to Indian harbor
nejft Monday according to official
communications from Rear Ad
miral Magruder to Captain Rus
sell Willson. f commander of the
destroyer, division. .
The cruiseif Richmond, flagship
of ithe naval !euard for the north
Alia ntic flight will relieve the de
stroyer Lawrfence as station ship
to keceive the1 airmen at their first
landing place oh the American
continent. 5
WILLS. MALUM
J BATTLE FOR TITLE
OREST HILLS. N. Y.. Aug. 15-
: By The A.) For the second
year in succession, Miss Helen
Wjlls of Berkeley. Cal., national
and Olympic. tennis champion, will
battle Mrs. Molla Mallory of New
A'drk for the women's singles
criwn tomorrow at the West Side
Hub's stadium.
jBoth triumphed in the semi
finals this" afternoon , but while
Mrs. Malloryi gained a decisive
victory, over Miss Eleanor Goss of
New York 6-3, 63. Miss Wills 'was
forced to a sensational three set
struggle 6-4, 4-6, 63, to overcome
Mf-s. Mary Kj Browne of Los 'An
geles, champion of 1912 and 1914.
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BILIOUSNESS j
Inactive liver, sour stomach,
i." .
Bica. ueauoiue, lOBiiveurnB,
destroy both mental ; and
, physical efficiency.
These iitofdtn easily yitli to '
CHAM B ERLAI N'S
I TABLETS ;
Pleasant and effective only 25 cht
Times
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in
T T N MID
FIRPO, SEEKING DEMPSEY'S CROWN THROUGH -BOUT WITH
WILLS, TRAINING AT SARATOGA
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H vfy Sni Ss
rm, .J .tM & ,'r-r-, - f i
. Luis Anifel Klrpo. the Argpntlne
heavyweight. Is shown: here putting
his great strength against that of
four of his camp-mate? at his
(raining quarters at Saratoga
TWO ARE KILLED
Car .Overturns While Driver
Tries to Make - Sharp
Turn at High; Speed
TILLAMOOK, -Or.. Aug. 15.-
Two persons were killed and three
injured this afternoon when an
automobile driven f by James
Beatty, 27. chauffeur for A. F.
Coats of the Coats Lumber com
pany here, left the highway and
overturned at Johnson's bridge,
five miles east of Tillamook. Beat
ty, witnesses said, attempted to
'SUPPORTED BY
IN SOTO S
ROBERTW. FRAZER
ROBERT EDESON
JOSEPH SW1CKARD
CC Qkunmount Qicium
ALSO
Pathe
News
AND
Comedy
1 KQ1 SATURDAY " ;
Springs. N. T. Flrpo. occupies the
same quarters used by Jack Demp
sey when he was preparing for the
sensational battle In which the
Bouth American challangeer
make a sharp turn while traveling
at a high rate of speed. ..
The dead: -
James Beatty. .
Ole Berg, 30, logger.
The injured: . '
Klmer Baker, Jr. Tillamook
fisherman, bruised.
Richard Bremmer, broken arm
and bruises. .
William-Eacovitch, believed in
ternally injured.
The injured men were brought
to the hospital here and physicians
said they would recover.
FIRES DO Ulfi DAMAGE
SAN FRANCISCO,, Aug.. 13. A
total of 14J1 forest fires to Aug.
10 burned over 347,000 acres and
caused damage of $3,000,000 in
California, this year, according to
figures made public today by'the
United States forest service here.
OREGON
STARTS TODAY
A MERCILESS
make love.
girl, seared by the
all men pay the
production.
COMING TUESDAY
4 '
Betty Ccmpson
"MIAMr'
i . f i l i x f am
FOR BATTLE
knocked the champion through the
ropes. Flrpo Is working hard foq
his bout with Harry Wills at
Boyle's Thirty Acres. Jersey Cltyj
CLUB PERCENTAGES
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PACITIC COAST LEAOtTE 4
Won Lost Pet.
San Franeisfo 72 59 .549
Seattle 72 59 .549
Vfrnon :...... .: 67 64 .511 '
Oakland v...... 6H 65 .511
Salt Lake ;....-'..! 63 7a .474 1
Sarramrnto 62 69 .473
Portland r i 63 70 .470
Iai Angeles; ...... .....i..: 01 .--71 .462
NATION AIi LEAGUE
Woo Lot Pet.
Xew York i Ht . 41 .631 -
Pittsburgh.'-! - 64 44 .593
ChiPSKo 60 43 .556
Brooklyn 60 , 51 .541
Oineinnati 59 5 .513
Sf. lnia ..i 46 63 .423
Philadelphia :'. : 40 : 67 .374 i
Boston ....... . 39. C9 - .361
AMERICAN XXAGXTB
Won Lost Prt. 1
X'ew York 4
IVtroit . C.
Washington -St.
l.ouis i
t'levlan4 ...
Chicago
Boston -L-
Philadelphia . .-
64
63
62
58
S3
51
49
4a
4
49
51
53
58
60
62
65
,56
.563
.54
.523
.477
.459
.441
.425
expose of . the way i rich men
With Pola as a trusting French
flames of a false love, making
penalty. A strictly i American
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