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rHE OAEGON STATESMAN. SjAT.ETI. OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26V 1928 n v DOLUB SHIP I K hem arc Fake Wire Used to Get Sharkey Bout for Risko Pacific Coast Interests AH tacked As Controlled By British WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. MP) Senator Oddie of NTada, a republican, and Senator Fletch er of Florida, a democrat. Joined, today In an attack upon the Dollar ; shipping Interests of the Pacific coast, each declaring on the sen ate floor that the company was controlled by British Interests. Dollar line ships, Senator Oddie asserted, are operating nnder British and Japanese flags. His information was reliable, he con tinued, coming from the depart ment of commerce and other sources which he considered? au thorftatlre. Senator Fletcher declared that the Dollar interests bought "the finest ships on the ocean at much less than their ralue" and now were 'Haying for the thirty six shipping board Tessels on the Pa . clfic coast and "expect to get them some time in February." Tbe allegations were made dur ing discussion of the provision of the Jones bill proridlng that no more shipping board Teasels may be sold except by the unanimous consent of the members . of the board. aw:A". NEW YORK, Jan. J5. (AP) The elements of a, farce entered the so-called hearywelght elimina tion business today, with the cus tomary details of suspense, the faked telegram and the grand' cli max all lnrolred in the signing of Jack Sharkey and Johnny Risko for a IE round match in Madison I Square Garden on March 12. The stage pictures yesterday,re realed Jess MeMahon, Tex Rich ard's matchmaker, hurrying to Boston for consultation with Shar key's manager, haggling for 24 hours over terms, finally conced ing Sharkey a "ehot" at Gene Tunney as the reward of victory over Risko and, with this flour ishing climax, clinching the match It turns out. Instead, that there was no haggling, except to give the appearance of prolonged con troversy; that tbe match was ready to be signed .at any time: that the reputed telegram from Tex Rtckard. promising - Sharkey the first bout with Tunney were only a hoax to Influence John ny Buckley, Sharkey's manager; and that no assurance were given to Sharkey about a title engage ment. The joker in the plot, whether SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25. (AP) Commenting on the charg es against the Dollar shipping in terests made by Senators Oddie and Fletcher in, Washington to day. Captain Robert Dollar, pres ident of the Dollar Steamship line, denied the accusations and referred the senators to the rec ords of the United States shipping board. Captain Dollar said: "To put It mildly the state ments of the senators are inac curate, wholly Incorrect and we might believe absurd. If the senators would refer to the rec ords of the United States shipping I board they will find all the ma j terial necessary to correct1 their remarks. Nothing else need be said." calculated or not, was that Buck ley, zealous to help the Sharkey ballyhoo, gave out to newspaper men in Boston as authentic the text of Richard's alleged tele gram which in fact had been framed by MeMahon as a' decoy. Today Buckley, In Boston, had this to say: "It may have been real or they may have seat one to themselves and put one over one me. I don't know. Of course all the contract calls for is a fight with Risko but one thing Is certain. I waa prom ised a bout with Tunney If Jack shows well against Risko and I'll Uke that bout or nothing." Here's McMahon's version: "Sharkey signed only for Risko, No condition or strings are at tached to it about a' future title bout with Tunney or a match with anyone else. The Sharkey-Risko bout has the same status in the elimination series as the Heeney Delaney bout on March 1. It Buckley took (hat telegram seri ously It's his own funeral. We fixed It up as a decoy, but had no Intention of its getting into print. ( bad do communication at all with Rlckard. It wasn't necessary." ces P. Smith, Home Smith, Jr.. Mrs. Morton. EL - Peck. : Morton E. Peck Miss Ruth , Mas . I-awrencv Mrs. 8. P. Kimball, S. P. Kimball, Eugene Flnlay, Gertrude Flnlay, W. A. Delxell, Mrs; W. A. DelsslI, Thos. W. Delsell, J. N. Thomp son. BJ. O. . Jarman, Mrs. ' William MeGIlchrtat, Jr.. William McGU- chrlst. Jr., Mrs. William McGllch rtst, W. C. Kantner, William Mc- Gilchrist, Jean Campbell, Lewis P. Campbell. Mrs. L. P. Campbell. Ethan A. Collier. Mrs. Ethan A. Collier. J. 8 . Mills. Mrs. J. 8. Mills, Mrs. W. Carlton Smith, E. B. Millard and wife, C. MacKenxie, A. P. Henderson, Hector .Adams, Mrs. W. O. Mount. Mrs. O. W. Cus Iter. Mrs. W. R. Tomlaon and W. R. Tomlaon of Sllverton, W.' D. Watson, Mrs. W. D. Watson, La dle Ross,-Mrs. Blanche Jones, J. T. Rpaty Peter H-"D'Arey, Tere sa EL DArcy, John. H. Scott, J. W. Maruny. Adam Burns, Flora M. Tnrnbull, J. A. Burns, O. P. Coshow, Geo. B. GuthrleL Adelene M. Hughes, W. T. Jenks, John Marr. Jim Preble, Mrs. W. C. Kantner. Coihpl Planned for Northwest PORTLAND, Jan. 28.(AP) , BURNS BANQUET HONORS FOLKS' POET LAUREATE! (Continued from Page One) ' I B. Guthrie, Walter T. Jenks, W. A. Delzell, and others. 1 4 Arthur Hutcheon and John Charge gave bagpipe selections and the evening's celebration Stockton, Mrs. Samuel Orr, Mrs. J. L. Stockton, C. E. Wilson, Sid ney B. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. McWIIliams, R. B. and Mrs. Flem ing, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Barclay, Mrs. John Bayne, John Bayne, T. S. Mac Kenzie. Mrs. T. S. Mac Kenxie. Bill Blackley, Bess Black ley, Marie McGllchrist, Gordon closed with the company singing McGllchrist. Arthur Hutcheon, POWER MAN VISITS HERE Thomas W. Delzell, assistant manager of the California-Oregon Power company, located at Kla th Falls, attended the Burns (&nquet here last evening. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Del sell of Salem. . - Z- " He is In attendance at the rural electrification conference that is being held at the Oregon Agri cultural college, Corvallls. SCHEDULE DEBATES "AuM Lang Syne," every one vot ing the event a great success. The following were among those present: Mr. and Mrs. Lyman McDonald, Henrietta Hutcheon. Robert Hut cheon.'Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Linfoot, Mrs. Robert J. Gillon, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, Mrs. II. R. Worth, H. R. Worth, Mrs. James Nicholson, Zoe Roberta Morton Zinn, John Charge, Eliza Calder, Emile O.j Hendricks, R. J. Hendricks, Mrs. E. Montgomery, Mrs. John Bertel son, Mrs. Alvin B. Stewart, Alvln B. Stewart, Rachel W. Bayne, Mrs. H. S. Poisal, H. S. Poisal. Mrs. D. C. Mlnto, D. C. Minto, R. E. Down ing. Veva Bulck Poorman, F. W. Poorman, Homer H. Smith, Fran- 4 BURN TO DEATH Howard Wilson, 35, a highway He ward Wilson, 35, a highway construction worker, his wife, 30, and two children. Hall, 6 and Louise, months old. were burned to death late last night when fire destroyed their tent home. WHEAT YIELD GREAT OTTAWA, Ont. Jan. 25. (AP) The total yield of wheat in Canada for 1927 is estimated at 440,024,700 bushels from 22, 460,000 acres, according to a crop reoort Issued by the dominion bureau of statistics today. Airplane' passenger and express service, ; with two round trips dally between Portland and Seattle and a rCund trip every other day be tween Portland and San Francisco will be started March 5 by the West Coast Air Transport com' pany, subsidiary of the Pickwick Stage, system. Charles V. Eakln, president of the transport com pany announced Tuesday. Eight-passenger Bach cabin type monoplanes will be used. They will be equipped with three motors: and each will carry a crew of two,! a mechanic nd pilot. The mechanics also .will be licensed pilots. All pilots, Eakla said, will be former army fliers with long experience In the air. The trip to Seattle will be made in one; hour and ten minutes, in jxludlng a regular stop at Tacoma. Tne roruana-san Francisco run will be on a six hour schedule with stops at Medford, Ore., and Corn ing, CaL Sixty days after starting the San Francisco-Seattle service the company plans to extend its lines to Los Angeles and later to El Paso, Texas, via Phoenix, Arizona. "Feeder" lines are also planned for the future to serve Salem, Eugene, Corvallls and Roseburg in Oregon and the smaller Washing ton cities between Portland and Seattle. A line from Portland to Spokane also la contemplated. . New -planes will be equipped with everjr convenience for air travel j Mr. Eakln said. There will be a two-passenger smoking com partment with electric cigar lighters, a lavatory with hot and cold running water and an ice drinking fountain. against Bryant Washburn, film actor. ' V". The suit charges Washburn with desertion and mental cruelty. Mrs. Washburn declares the actor refused to-escort her to places of In one instance, she 9ty amusement. says, hi called hr !'an old hag,' and a "battle axe,- telling her toj "take a look at herself la ' ths mtrror - If she wanted - to know I why he refused to Uke her onU , Sunnyslde Community Club To Be Entertained Friday SUNNTSIDE COMMUNITY, Jan. 25 (Special). On Friday eve ning. January 27, at the regular meeting of the Sunnyside com munity club, the. talented musi cians from Sherman Clay com pany of Salem will entertain the club with a full evening's program. The public la invited to attend. There will be no charge. The prune growers of Sunny- side are busy pruning their trees and getting them in shape to bear a banner crop. The buds are un usually large and strong this year. A number of properties here have been sold and it is predicted that -by spring there will not be an empty house in Sunnyside. MARRIAGE ALL FINISHED LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 (AP) A marriage of players of stage and screen which endured for thirteen and a half years struck the legal reef today with the filing of a divorce suit by Ma bel Forrest Washburn, actress Announcement We have added GARDEN and to our business and are prepared to supply the trade with both package and .bulk seeds of the finest quality that can be pur chased. 1 We will be pleased to mail catalog upon request. Charles EU Affcbexrd Implement Co 210 State Street Salem, Oregon 4 lis Cm - Vie klLiAftBVRARtrHjOaWt- - BECKE & HENDRICKS Why Risk the Dangers that result from A Bad Cold It is easier and safer to stop that cough now with SCHAEFER'S THROAT AND LUNG BALSAM Schaefer's DRUG STORE 185 N. Com'l St. Phone 197 The Penslar Agency ORIGINAL YELLOW FRONT owers January ale YOU SAVE 10 to 50 RUG ALL GRADES A Clean-up SALE WILLAMETTE TO MEET PA CIFIC FEBRUARY 16 Pacific uniTersity will be the first opponent for Willamette uni versity platform performers. The debate will be held February 16. Three other contests are sche duled with University of Montana. February 29. Southwestern law echool of Los Angeles, April 6. and Washington state college, the; date for which has not been set. The question for debate this year is: Resolved: that American investors and investments to for eign nations should be protected by the government of the nation iu which they are made. Among the men who are trying out under Coach John O. Hall are Robert Starrett. Roy Harland. Lowell Mundorff. Charles Red ding. Robert Witty. Fred Tooze. Jr.. Wade Harmon David Odell Eennett. The quitter never wins because he has already lost. The; Ameri can Magazine. , t$" Special (Same redaction to Sacramento and Oakland.) iTer a.' hie saving in Year- end travel cost, effective Dec. 12 to Jan. 12, with 30 day re- urn ! limit allowed on rouna trip ticsets. r mesi cuvu, best terminals, most daily schedules. Los Angeles $2250 Similar low fares to San Diego, all California cities. Phoenix, El Paso, 8L Louis and East..;- 1:80, 10:10 A. Mv 7:20 P. M- ' STAGE TERMINAL! -HOTEL TLv69$I5 3 o o C?N o o feJ oo Automobile and Prize Campaign List of Prizes First Grand Prize Oakland Six Sport Sedan, Value $1343.00 Second Grand Prize Chrysler 52" 2-Door Sedan . ... 970.00 District 1 First Prize FORD PHAETON Value $500.00 District 2 First Prize FORD PHAETON j Value $500.00 Additional Auto Value $500.00 Radios, Electric Washers, Gold Prizes and Cash Commission Total Value of All Prizes Over $6000.00 HERE'S THE CAMPAIGN PLAN IN BRIEF The object of this Prize Campaign is two-fold to increase the subscription list '.The Oregon Statesman; to collect In advance subscription payments from Present new sub scribers and at the lame time afford our friends and readers an unparalleled opportunity to profit in a big way through their spare time during the next few weeks. It is a plan that worts both ways and to the ultimate good of all concerned. HOW TO ENTER WHAT TO DO Send in the Nomination Coupon. It counts for 50.000 votes. Clip the 200 vote coupon collect all of these that you can and get your friends to save UMmtherrOTeipt book. As soon as we receive your entry we will sendyou a receipt book so thatyou may take subscriptions. Every paid subscription counts for votes according to schedule. You do not have to be a subscriber to The Oregon Statesman to compete. See your friends. Get your friends and acquaintances to subscribe. Also organise them so they will assist yon to get subscriptions from their friends. Use the telephone call up everybody. Tell them you are in the campaign and ask ror their support. . . ... Once in, stay in. Don't get discouraged or let any one discourage you. Somebody, will win the cars. Why not you T Get complete information call, write, or phone the Contest Editor. The Oregon States- man 215 South Commercial street, saiem, uregon. ruouo s. GET BUSY TODAY - " Jump In today and put your own town on the map In big red letters by winning one of, theBiic cars. Not luck not chance earnest effort alono will win. Test your salesmanship ability. Remember those who start now will have the advantage. Be an early bird! Tuesday, March JO. is only a very short distance ahead. Your hustling ability will place you in the win ning list. ' Drive away, March 20. - " 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. - ".1 -f NOMINATION COUPON GOOD FOR 50,000 VOTES ! Only One Counted to an Entrant This NominatloB Ballot Is good for 11,0(9 rotes for the person whose Name i . ? 4 lo' Street aid; Numbsr . Town "Vi'i . : . R.; lYBt.j'i . . ; . . StaU .'iT.T. : Nominated hT'" : K .?M (When You Realize That the Original Prices on These; Rugs Were Already Very Moderate, You Can Better Appreciate the Tremendous Savings This Clean-up Sale Will Bring SPACE DOES NOT PERMIT US TO QUOTE PRICES HERE, BUT A VISIT TO OUR RUG DEPARTMENT WILL MEAN A GREAT ' SAVING TO YOU Ivory or Brown Enamel STEEL BEDS Full or Twin Sizes 50 Only to Sell $4.49 2-inch post steel beds of finest quality, 5 fillers, head and foot. See Them In Our Window. m dishonored checks which In the possession of his de ent, he continued, were tak i by other checks deposited of Wheeler's employes. they bore signifying le they reached him, initials "E. O.," I FLORAL DESIGNS f FLOWERS, PLANTS GOLD FISH, BIRDS i O. F. BREITHAUPT Vphons ISO i fit BUts St. 770 Chemeket Street Telephone V&i ILES CURED lost prUon or lots of ttaw. DK. MARSHAL!' St Omn BMg. 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