Mtpdford M a n: Tmtotwtc
Weather Year Ago
llliclipht year ago uxlnj- :ih
limvcai year hk MMljiy 20
port-cast Partlr rloudjr tonight
Tliurhtlajr; continued cold.
irigheMt ytUnUiy 40
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Daily Twenty-third Tef
MEDFOKD, OltKdOX. WKDXKXI1AY. JANTAUY It!. IDL'it.
No. 2W.
ELECTION Ami 2ND
The Weather
Today AIRPORT
By Arthjir Brisbane f W II H I I B H
BOND
President's Jack Knives.
We Have Some New
Planes
And We Need Them.
Chinese, $1000 Each.
(Copyright, 1929. by Star Co.)
Two frifiuls, invited to t he
"NVlnte House luncheon Muudiiy, '
found Mrs. ('uolmtie and tlie '
President very cheerful. No j
looming sad departure there, j
but rather cheerfulness as in a
school just before vacation be
gins. It is impossible to exagger
at the feeling of responsibility
that has weighed the President,
taking over the nation at the
end of a great war, wilh tens
of billions of debts. lie feels i
now like one about to be re
lieved of a heavy burden.
The newspaper story has it
4lnit the President, asked what
lie planned to do, said he
thought he liiiuht do "a little
whittling." That is not all of
the Ircsi(1cu; 's plnn. of which i matter and the mayor and council-:
no our but himself kno s tinv-j;p maklK u i;lln iliai the lexis-
hit ion was voled at the reepp'st of
tiling. j the airport cmnmti-sfnii of the
4 j Chamber of Commerce. The dec.
Hut " wliittlhi''" is ii wnnl'tion will be held during the 1iuu:k
., . , , . , , . , , ,. , , i
that bikes alviii ( nolidirc hark (
io his uiiihiimmi in Vermont,
when the important thing in
I lie world was n ja-U knife. His
costume was a two-piece aflair. clitnn'ori-Vi whi.-h conme.;t wtm in-;
shirt anil overalls.' hare feet in formally endorsed by ihe oilier,
,iti -i coiiiifilnteii p.ovnt a hare quo
Kiumner. ihe overalls hail wnle coni)istii.. f Vimv. .(. (iray.'
pockets in front, ami lil'oV Kenduw. Ii . K M-rKlhose. K. j
darkest ltioment followed njj.'j. unciiter if in Chicago on'busi-'
.MN.vnlt i.i n bnv V;d.l nn. I
' , ' . !
the diseovery that the jaeli
liiiife had fallen out.
The Coolidge jack knives!
, ine 1.0UHUKC juk. ki" --
.Iu1.aiq(. -uiimn nf tliam
nt'ere elaborate, some ot .theui,
Biul fairly
JilentlLVIl, for lilts
reason the President's father
sold his country store and its
contents, after elaborate
trail-
, . 11 1 (Pun a lit! una tea on ui aosoniu. 1 01 movies, efnnpnnioiiate mar-
inj the buyer deelarmg tlie neceKsliy of the latter if Med ford rinjjeH. divorce cuurts and auto
stoek in trade out oi' date. ws to continue as an air mail and j mobiles." in the playwright's view.
'general airport, and Seeley Hall! He si: id savagery had Joys In eon-
0lliut!.
It wax agreed that whiltcver
the Inn er could lint sell within
two years Mr. Cooliiige wouhl
take baek.
Tlie time iiuinn and the few
poods returned uml nt up in
the Coolidt'e ifiirrct included
liat, no longer in the, fashion,
even in rural Vermont, and sev
eral jaek knives.
Finding himself in the White
House, President of the Tinted
States, w as no move exeitini; to
t.'alvin C'oolid'e grown up than
knowiiij,' ahnut I hose "four
-blade" jaek knives in the gar
'ret to young Coolidge in over
alls. ip Uncle Sum's fleet in the Pa
cific, ahout to start for winter
maneuvers near Panama, will
take along the greatest naval
flying fleet ever assembled,
flying machines. Secretary Wil
bur, and the President, who is
, the boss of the navy, ought to
be congratulated on this fact.
Not a ship in tho air fleet is
more than nine months old.
It ih ii conilurt to know Ilutt
v arc htiildint' some nii'ships .
3 '
Piiiunna would need tueiu in
cnL of wiir.
Souittor Heed told the Senate
...v.. w...
r.he other day that if we hud
tn.i.1,1,. will. I!riti.. thn l'nn.
tioul.lf with l.ritiilll, tlie Inn-
i ..i.i i...
mini Ciinnl ii'nnld lie u-innil mil
.
irom lllf air, wiiinii nc Hums
. - i rinanee r;. m. lison. j-j. ji
froflts hnyo Bonn up liall til- .Tnnney. II. I). Hunimonl, J. .1
rectlons. Oure Chinese smiiKKle'fc Ituehtcr.
Into this ronnty paid :i0 coch to i lMa Appraisal A. J. Crose. 1"
the smugglers. Now they pay !.. m. Kershaw, IE. II. Janie v. j. O
000 eaeh mid come tn by airplane. !(;,.IIV. 9
Kivc nlr smugglers of .Chinese.! Fire K. II. jannry. J. O. (inij
nnu two uirpines, nave oeen seizeu
by govert.;ne.?t agents.
In old days ChltTse were smue -
hor frm .hln. in .ml!
boalst. had their hands and feet(u'r;, '" M- Kershaw, i:. i. Wilson. ;
bound. If there was dinger of cap
ture the unfortunate Chinese were
tosfod overboard to drown.
Whether the airplane smugglers
would drop their contraband pas-
(Continued on Pftge Four).
o
BOND VOTE:
I CALLED
Citizens to Decide $120,000
Improvement Money to
Be Handled By City Body
Inadequacy of Present
Field Shown Minimum
Sum Is Asked.
The city council last night pas soil ,
legislation providing tor a special
election on Tuesday. April ;!. noxi. :
to submit the iipstioiitn the peo-
' pie of voting Slo.ouu In bonds for ;
i a new and modernly equipped air-,
I ttnrl fnlln-A'inir diKCilsKimi fin thn
of I and S p. m. .
,l)lfm.p tnt Vf)U, was akon conn- i
ciimun k. ii. jannpy ntated tiuit it !
was to be tinders tunc) by all con-
cerned ih:it the city council would :
have tl e spending of the airport
tilIll. V 111. I 11. It lll. I M.-lTlJw.V ill' .
mess. K. M. Wilson, one ot
K. M. Wilson, one of the i
two new councilmen, was in Rose-
burg, and Councilmai
A. J. Crose,
who has onlv attended one or two
council meetings for the past eight
W COUNC L
months or moie, was still awaylb'-vs in zz years in u lecture nuru
jfroilI the city.
nilla.ri Givoit Qutlinr
cuasion -imtil alter V. (.'. Dillard, '
tor the Chamber of Commerce air--
, port commission, outlined the plans
ifiid ftaures of cost of the various
features of the proposed new air- j
had submittted figures of the prob I
able income for such airport and
also slated thai Ihe present a'rimrt
hnl bee" .,ldn,n"1 h' Jhe Knvern-
ment nlr nilh ials, also by the
plane insurance companies and by !
seveial of ihe 'commercial nirplnne ; ,,M1H .jjke "Vou Gotta Keo Mamalrcached information conccrnlne, I house of .representatives Wedne
companios as wholly unsiiiliilili! and ,n ),. t;,,,,.." I them was withheld. ! day consenied to Ihe susialnlnif of
unsafe for landing anil Inking off Vulloelt. cxplainlm; his presence 1 (ionoial reports In political clr-! "'" Kovernor's velu of lluuso IJIII
of nlapes. on a Iceiuru platform, blamed tho cles here have heeu that thero Is a i Passed by the I ! 7 session of
mr. 1'iiiaiu siaicu im.ii. .ji.v.n..
( Continued on I'ltue Eight.)
AND ICREDIE!
Only three uf hit appointments
were ninth by Mayor A. W. Ttpv.s
at lant niirht'H t:Ity eounell niet't-
"PI PES APPO NTS1
n n n I inT
mm. tuLiu i auto tragedy in
Iiik. the ehief exct utlvc of the etty , . , , , .
nni'oimeiliK before he nmde them
that he wan nut yet reatlv tu muke ! POHTI.ANI), Ore.. Jan. HI. iPi
the others and not xtattim um to An automobile trnvedv In te
jn.t when they would be made. small l ours of tost Sunday morn
Tho three appointments, ur , ln"k i,H ,1,lr'1 Ufu toilay when
lather reaiipolntmenl. were ihow : Kff- f-ibson. U", died In u hospital
of John j). On-kin a.s city i;,,. Her sinter. Mik. Uernlee Key.
turney. 1-ollee Chief i b-tus M.: : niuur. -'1. and Theudore HuhUiiIiI,
Creilie and Klre t hief Hoy Kltlotl. ! 21. 'H-d u few lirmrn after the uu
The mavor aluo iinimuneed hi tomuhiln crtiHhed ntn p tr'-Mlm-.o
appointment
i.f ti.i. ilt..iiHlMi' I'ilv
council committees, with the com-:""'
;ment
the counelltuei, that he
, hvt would be sali.fac-j',,;
J,"i,d h
itory to i
to all of Ihvm. If not theyl
could agree among themselves on w'": "'r w '
changes whleh would be made. ! ln f-'m r;'r
All the appointments were con- Jnd Jury at tlon. on reeominendu
, , , .. .. ... .. ,, . ' tinn of a eoroner h Jury. Testlfvln
,,. .., , mo,,....
""'""- 'v known a s to j t wha,
lAl 7 n""ol",V ". :
whirl, have been han;;..,!; fire fo;.
.weeks oast.
(Weeks past
The eity eouneil eoniniitlees ap
jpolnteil last niKht are as follows: )
m j. I'.uehter.
j ' Streets nn.l wers I:. J. Ham-!
, - (:r - J J- Uueliter.
l-ullillng end l-llt J. J. Illirll-
L.ir-ns j. l. .rray, i. m. rver-
shaw. I;, K. M Klhore. (
Health It. K. .MeKlhouc. K- M.
Wllwn. A. W. Pipes,
Parks and public works P. M.
Kerihnw. .1. o. Gray. A. J. Crose, 1
It K. MeElhone.
WHERE SALVATION ARMY MEETS
Sunbury Court, Sunbury-on-Thames. England where the first High
Council meeting in the history of the Salvation Army began January
8, to decide future administration and control of the organization.
SILKEN HOSIERY COMMISSION 10!
CITED AS PROOFSCAN GENERAL
OUR DECADENCE LAW VIOLATION!
.
Q-jannjng Pollock Says No
Civilization in U. S. Cut-;
ture Composed Princi-'
pally of Movies, Trial
Marriage and Autos.
u. ,ian. i v. ti f
Silk stoeklnKs were died as proof
m non-ciMiizeu -mcmai o
Cbanniny J olloclt. author of 32
i niKht.
"There In no eivUlzatiun
in the
1 !H,y murders have Increased Tut)
P'-' M'm- -- hIomKiiiks nae
Ki-l'H'd in sales by 98,950 per cent, 1
Think of Hint: !
"Culture Us composed principally
tra.-t to the horrors of American
civilisation, as native habits went
; i.ut a s-liort way heyond flRhini:.
I'skepliiK In the sun. and flshliiK
nir-mualn. until American industry
brought them work, cinemas, and
nicatro fur lis refusal to allow him
to expreH
his
serious views on
the btace. A
recent attempt to
prodiiec a. pla ' hi New York wan
abandunt d.
Tln; playwrmbt mUi but three
fif bi plays pleased hlni, and
theK were "serioUK.. but appar
ently of finuill popular appeal.
pomd takes
ITS THIRD LIFE
poe vHiiieriiin i.iiru'K, ir, hiiu
tA"u "ri a, """i
M"ermK mini oiosen ie;n ami
OA , ,
V V .' ' " r
Inipiest. yomiK Wilson nd-
t) i('ha(1 1m-(i (r.nU ani,
that the three l-oy had .-onsume.l
, , ,,, ,, ,l(
. , . . -.., ... . ...
i whiskey
b(0Te entering the auto-
mobile.
iSENATE PASSES BILL
WASHIXCTOX. Jan. H.-W.-
The senate 1)111 to nulhorlie 1.1.1.-
1
oo for Improvement of thn Ore-
t?on caves in nissiyou national
fore-t. wan passed today b the
sentn.
Representative Iawly, Renub-
llcan. Oregon, said the money
was needed for lighting the caves
and trucking them more uccvesiblo.
i
President-Elect to Appoint
Special Body Improve
ment
Recommendations
Sought-New York State!
Is Thorn
IU,
is to no-
WASHINGTON, Jan.
! President-elect Hoover
point a special commission soon
arter March 4 to investigate -prohibition
and general law violations
as well as court procedure and lo
ma'tc rfct'ommendationa looking to
lion.
The general sltuiitfon in New
Yoik state, which, is giving the
president-elect concern both from
its political and patronage aspects, j current. of .the district attorney
was canvassed at conferences held ' would be required,
by Mr. Hoover at his homo wltli 1 Senate resolution No. 13. Intro
Charles 1. HUles. Republican na-ldueed today, provides that the
tionnl committeeman for the Km president of the senate- appoint a
pirc state, and Ogden Mills, under e.ommittoe of five mem hers to co
secretary of tho treasury. 1 upornto with a similar committee
talked with Mr. .Mills, whose home
)8 n New york C,v ,, -Vfr Hllles
1 uu iiuai ciiiui exueuuvo IlISl
u ,.ii.i in i-i.,- i .... ..,,. .i.i
conference. If any decisions were I
dlsngroemcnt. among Repnhllcan
leaders in New York on the rils-
tribution of patronage. Kecoin
nations ulong thlB line must eonie
from the national and Htato pnrtv
leaders Hinee both of the flenatora
from New York are Democrats.
rrmn cireles close to the prenl-:hl"
di'nt-eleet I lie Information has come
that, Mr. .Mills proliably will aur-1
ceed Andre' W . Mellon an Heere-1
tary of the ireasiiry when the vet
eran Pennsylvania retires after
perhaps two more years of Korvlee.
Mr. Hoover had a rapid, siit.ecs
slon of enferences with Kcnators
and representatives. One of his
early callers wns Hcnator Ihook
hurt of Iowa, who predicted a har
monious special session of the 71st
conKrcsH. He said he predicted
this upon his belhif that thero wan 1
peneral salislactlon with the farm
relief idea of the ;resident-elect. i
! Cnbinvt and other apptdntments
jwero discussed with Mr. Hoover by :
Senator Iteed of Pennsylvania, who!
said ho made no recommendations
hut did supply the president-elect
with, a list of Pennsylvanfans now
In public service and a list of those
deemed available f(tr servH-e.
.
White Alligator
Worth $333.33
Per Foot Florida
j 4. ,
4 ; lor rayer, in whleh must of the
' JACKSONVIL1.K. Fla., Jan. ! was done by Ktrayer, was
16. (Pi Wimt a white allien l,h,; f,,Ht nt th first cummlt
tor tiMtyv? If so. the market I lw "-tlni: of the session.
4
finotatlAi
this morning Is
.'l.'i:i.: u foot, nceordlng lo
only whlto 'gator ever cap- I
tured In Morldn. lie has of-
fered It to the Kn tllr.h Zo- ;
ologlral snelety of London for I
tS-'9 and the society has I
examine the reptile.
W. J. Godfrey, mnnuger of a
Houth Ja'tunvllle alligator
. farm.
Mr. Godfrey ha a sIx-ftMit 4
! specimen, believed to bo the
9
6 1 them's ttlg Year
8T ,OLIK (vIV Flint Uhem.
who has been waived out of the
major leu ho en, won &1 icanies and
lost 42 while iA lilnv for the Ht.
frfuis rardlnnls during tho past
five years. In 1926 ht won 2 0
Hnti jvt in,''en.
JOSFPHNF poorMto"
nrr n ii o BENEFIT FROM j
III! u HLO AIITfl PUAMCCQ!
GEI RAISE
Senate Passes Salary Boost
Over Veto Other Bills!
Feel Ike's Axe Briggs1
Tells House Jackson Dele- j
gation Drawing Measure
On County Funds. j
SAl.KM. Ore. .l:in. 16 ") Willi
imly Senator SI;iiIin votli:;; in the
negative tin- Hi-natu today passed
ever the veto of Governor 1'atler
son a senate bill ot the 1 1 T
se-Hioii whU-h provides fur an in
crease in the salaries uf certain
oti icein nf Josepiiino county uml
fixes the iniuininiu salary at
? t sou.
The salary of the county judge
Is Increased from ?Uuo to $1N0U,
county eoniinlssioiierH from to
$"1 a day when on duly, treasurer
from $rjut) to I SOU. assessor from
i 1 400 to ?IM)U and seboul summ'
inlendeut fro in $ltluu tu $loa.
Tnc inereaseH are made ef I'eetlvo
as of January 1 , I
sustained on Die following bills of
I the I !-7 HeHfion:
S. H. A4, by Hull- i;iiip(werinK
the legislature lo deuignalu the
1 width of county roads, purtleutar
! ly sandy roads in Mulinumu.h
: county. .
H. rt. liH. by Hull -I'htclng the
Mnter-cuunty brldnes "t New berg
unti i tirvanis uu me siuie nigu
way system.
S. H. 124. by Norbladtiivinii
justitres of the peuee and district
Judges power to suspend sentenuus
from be bench. ... s. 1,.
HelatlVe to S. 1J. 124 Henalur '
Mower staled that 11 bill would be
. Introduced nt HiIh sesidon inaking
the same provision except the con-
i nuum- in uu m vuni ismiun
ot the possibility or rcoiKanlzlnif
itho state Bovcinmenlal system.
SALEJI, Ore., Jan. 111. W) The
'"c "la,,J hKlslatuie. which wuuid
nllow county rt.-usurers to Invct-t
I ln -ownty bond, municipal bonds .
nn- Ht-hool dlntrb't bonds, only
j l,f,,M' --"1kKh of .larkt-on county a-
' M'""c1 lhe hou:w that the Jaekwon
ienunly deleKatbni is preptirlnif a.
w-uen win mi me present re.
! Ktrletlons on lnvetinent uf thu
county fundn.
SALKM, Ore., Jan. Hi.
Glen It. MetHker, liouse member
Inuii Columbia county Tuesday
niornliiK Introduced a bill whlclt
would do away with the secrecy of
Ihe records of the state Industrial
accident commfsNlun. Thu bill
The bill which would amend uee
tion Glill of Oregon I.hwh would
ontit entirely the lollowlnt; para-
S1'"-11
'itx- "'cnrdH of the commission
coniurisInK Information aequlred
commission from employers
nU employees pursuant to the
"'"Visions oi this acc snull not
open to public Inspection."
SAI.KM. Ore., Jan. H. (pj
When Sam A. d.er. Hint.' btidgel
director, appeared before the ways
and meaiiH committee lat night
and liiideiiook tu go thru the pon
derous state budget, explaining it
tu tho members item by Item, he
found himself, after talking about
an hour, enmeshed tu a tangle of
questions fired at him by the
lcpt)cul legislators.
A tilt between Ker and Keua-
Mniycr Hoam
Wiayera sharp eyes fell upon n
recommended appropriation whleh
appeared to be'in u lui aum
railier lhan In elasslfleations.
"Uon"l you know, Mr. Kozer,"
'oared Htrayer, "that the Oregon
V knowledge has been trying to
Kct away from this sort of thing,
J can't sec that you havo any
-'buslneiM to come thrusting It be-
- , - cummitleo again."
Kozer defended It as being In
accord with the Ideas of Governor
I aiierson. und Suld It Waa ftpU,lrd ebild thn Umhv. had lienn lnfl
proved by the attorney genor.il.
state officials, ho declared, would
hnve moro freedom In tho use of j
their funds and at the same time I
could effect more economy. 1
"Why an attempt was made In I
1927,' Htrayer replied, "to get this
;
(Continued on Page lilght.J
nuiu unnnuLO
,.
t
Senate Committee Ad0ptS
Tentative Schedule of De -
creased Fees To Penal
ize Hard Tired Trucks,
Trailers.
S.VI.KM. On-., Jan. Hi. W) The!
special stale senate commillee that
has been studying automobile )i - I
cense reduction for several mouths
got definitely to work today with!
the adoption of a tentative st'hed-j
ule of decreased fees. This was'
the .tentative adoption in part ouiyj
if a schedule submit let) by the J
.slit I e highway department. 1
l'"nr cms weighing 1700 pounds'
or less, the schedule calls for a i
flat fee of $10. Kor those weighing !
3MU0 pounds m more It proposes 1
decreases tinder present fees but an
increase over the schedule submit- j
ted by the highway depart mei.t !
eufflclent to offset the tilfrerenee
between the $10 flat fee on light
cars and the fees proposed in the
highway department's projected
schedule, j
For cars weighing from 1800 to j
ilooo pounds the schedule offered '
by the highway department was
adopted for tentative purposes. Thlsi
schedule proposes i!3 per cent de
creases. I
l'.encfit the poor man was the '
keynote of tho deliberations, and
efforts are directed to giving him
1 the most consideration In the re- t
I duetlons. As f.ii as a schedule re-'
(lUClllg
dn'H fini'iirilltiK lo ant' f
ar.s is conconu'd, however, It wnriielKht prmnl lioyn i'(lui'ncil to their
tho opinion that mich )tKlHlation
wil require ronHtitutbna) amend
ment, which would necewdtnt' n
special election, nnd the committee
does not look with favor on u spec
ial election.
I led notion Jtleo. . . '
The scliedule offered by the hlKh
way tlepnrtnieni contemplates u
reducthni of tT per cent, and In a
Kcnera) way that idea is beliia" nd
liert'U to. In ttlher words, tho pro
posed redactions are from a pres
ent average of about Jl.L'U per
huudri'dwclKht to 10 cents.
AVhatevel schedule is udopli-rl It
now appears that the committee
will favor a three-fourths payment
after April 1 each year.
Koi trucks nnd trailers Imvlnif
pneumatic tires the schedule offer
ed by the highway department was
tentatively adopted. This calls for
90 cents per hundredweight, dolnK
away with the tire width chunies.
It was -estimated that this wouhl
produce about the same in reve
nues an the present schedule. This
would result In Increased fees for
all but the 3-100 pound class nt
trucks, which would pay f30.60 in-
t.'ad or far,.
The committee favored penaliz
ing true); and trailers with sotld
tires by an Inerease of 60 per cent,
or making the charge $1 .;ii per
hundredweight, est I ma ted to pro
duce about ?100.oeo more anmmlty
than now. The ITiOO-pound truck,
however, would get a decrease
from f Mo f:i;i.7i. Others would
be increased.
To offset reduced revenues from
whatever schedule Is udnpted for
pUKsemjer vehicles, trucks and
trailer to committee favors an lu
cres He of one cent in the present
three-cent gasolln" tax.
E
OLD STAGE ROAD
RAZED BY BLAZE
The
f'onroy
country home of Mrs. II. .1. i Han Francisco, won the weller
. on Ihe Old Ktiiiie road. ! weight championship by defeating!
opponllp the WeVtnlde school, was
completely destroyed by fire this
afteriinon. Neighbors were able to
save the bouse furnishings from
destruction nnd tho local fire de
partment was able to save several
outbuildings. The flro Is attributed
to a defective fine and tlie entire
tittle wan afire before tlie flame
were discovered.
The house was a large structur-'.
was one nf the most iittmctlve
homes on thn Mtnire rnnr). and wuh
partially covered by Insuranre. Mrs.
Conrnv and children were occupy
ing tho home nnd had lived there
for sometime.
Mrs. Conroy and the two chil
dren returned this afternoon from
1 Kan Frnndsco. where they hud
nepn vlsltlnir for a-veral weeks. A
at the nome in cnaYKe of a Uomv.
keeper.
f ,
Pilot Killed
TOLKfJO, Ohio. Jan. tb (P J
Pilot Tod Hay was killed today
1 when a wing on his atrplano tore
-Ian lie waa coming Into the field.
H plane full 100 feet.
Dcg Not on Diet
Hunts Snipe for
Second Helping
1
!
MAHSIIKIKI.il. (in-.. Jim. 1
). (4"i ".Snipe'' liiml itiK l I
J profitable thouch undignified
i
To "Itnstcr" it limy become n
h means of livelihood.
Muster, a dog owned by a
I f tobacco dealer here, has each
morning for a year carried a
1 fell-wrapped cigar to a near-
It ,,y 1,,uu'hrr- In r,turn nuj,,"r
T lecciveu 11 nil t'l ineai.
Today hunger pangs still
f troubled Hunter after he had
fr received t he tisua 1 recom -fr
pense. What to do'.
4 Ituster went Into the street,
f picked up a cigar stub Htid
fr presented It to the butcher, lie ,
got the meal. !
f!
4
IN S. F.
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Ligtlt BOYS ACClaimed AS
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ChamDS 111 Far WeSt
Amateur Boxing Bouts
M. A. C. Mitt man Gains
Bantam Division Crown.
SAN FII.i.nI isci). Jan. 16. W")
Black vn.s nntl Hllt 1!h foi-KutU'n,
homea alon the Paelflh conat to
day to be acclaimed champions by
virtue uf their victories in the n
mils of tlie far western amateur
boxing champlunshtps held here
lust night,
.Nearly 100 u'niateur boxers 'par
ticipated in tint two-lny tourna
ment at Dreamland auditorium un
der the auspices of the Amateur
Athletic union.
The title winners In tho eight di
visions last night were as follows;
rijMi'iKm, Aue .tinier, iiowara
,' ,
i'Aiii(i i. in 1 j, mtiiinuuu, UHUtHUi
weight, Kred Lynch. Multnomah
club. Portland: featherweight, Mar
tin Zunlga, Jok Angeles Athletic
club; lightweight, Al Trulemiiiis,
San Diegci Athletic club; welter
weight, Francis Iturke, Olympic
club, Han Francisco; middleweight,
Ralph Pancoust, Gurfleld Institute,
OHkland;- Hnht heavyweight, Frank
Tucker, Olympic club, Han Fran
cisco; heavyweight, Clarence Doyle,
Olympic club, Han Francisco.
Five Knockouts,
In nit, 2'- bouts wero held, flvo
ending In knockouts, and without
an exception each was crammed
with action.
Abe .Miller or the Howard Hox
log club of Hollywood and Angclo
Fuste, Olympic elub, Han Frun
clseo, ftywetglits, futight a whirl
wind battle In the first of tlie fi
nals. The Ilollywuud buy won the
decision. In tin bantam division,
Fred Lynch, Multnomah elub of
Portland, and Hub Martin of the
Han Francisco Y. M. I,, had each
other on the verge of a knockout
after three rounds of hectic mill
ing and the judges called for an
ext rn session. Miller's effective
work In this round won hlni the
fight.
Martin Xuiilga. Los Angeles Ath
letic club featherweight, took o
eh we verdlet from Mickey Merklu
of the Hfin Francisco Olympic elub
In a fast set-to.
The. lightweight title went to Al
rrulemans, Han I (lego Athletic elub
In a fast fight which went an extra
round. Trtilemans came from be
hind In the second round to even
up tlie lead of Joe tlernal, Olympic 1
club, Han Francisco.
In the feature bout of tin even
ing, FrunctH liurke, Olympic etu.l
Klntaro 1 sada flashy Japanese of
the Han Francisco Hhowu club. I
The middleweight title go was a !
veritable Oonnybrouk with Ralph
Pniiooast, Garfield Institute. Oak-1
land, knocking out Charles Clare
of the Han Francisco V. M., In two 1
rounds.
In the light heavyweight final.
Frank Tucker of thn Kan Fran-
flMfn fl-mnl chilt won n di.i'iMlim
from Leo Ramage, Han Oiego Ath-j
letlc club.
Clarence ioyle, Kan Francisco
Olympic club, unllmbered his
heavy guns on the chin of Ham
I'ohen, Hon IMcito Athletic club
boxer. Cohen was counted out in
tlie first round of the heavyweight
final.
I Purser IMuh.
MANILA, Jan. 18. P) Allen
! Melunbds, assistant purser of the
! liner Pres'dent MeKlnley, died
here today from a gunshot wound
Inflicted
by on unidentified as-
rallant January 11. McDanlols,
whose home is at Moscow, Idaho.
was shot whllo Bleeping aboard
ahlp.
HON PURES
END TOURNEY
ABANDON
RAILS FOR
MO CARS
Legislature Hears Rumors of
Hill-Harriman Discard
Oregon Electric Short
Hauls to Be Made By
Truck S. P.-Hill Line
Partnership Hinted.
S A I -KM. Ore., J a n, 1 (i . -(P)
Abandonment uf tlie Oregon Klcc
tiie railway, which operated be
tween Portland and Eugene, thu
abandonment of other local lines
in the state and thu substitution
of motor transportation lines in
theh place are said to be involved
in plans uf the Hill und tho Har
rlman railroads to reach consum
mation early this year.
Rumur about the stat6 lcgislu-
ture, said to come from authentic
suurcca. has it that a deal lH now
I pending whereby the railroads will
lake over the principal motor
(ruck ami singe tines in uiu siuie.
In addition to uulte an extensive
motor transportation business In
which the railroads have been en
KHgcd fur sumo time.
Snon after adjournment of thu
legislature. It Is said, thu roads
w.ll anolv to tho Interstate com-
f merce coinmlssian fur a certifi
cate of eonvonience and necessity
which will bo the final formality
In the establishment of motor
lines, and abandonment of short
haul rail lines, in Oregon. Simi
lar moves are said to be under
way in other states.
K. I. LLIuU
The riimor.tukcH dlffer.unt forms.
One Is that tho -Southern Pacific
and the hill lines havo effeeted
a partnership for. tho purpose, and
another Is that It In a competitive
hmuvement by the two systems
separately. At fur the intention
of tho hill lines relative to the
.,, . i .1 1 .1
Oregon Ktectrlc thero Is uncer
' . . ., 1 .
lalnty whether the road would bo
abandoned entirely or only as fur
um passenger truffle Is concerned,
members of tho special legislative
comnilttco that has boen studying
tho motor vohklo question, see
in it nlmost a comploto supplant
ing of short-haul rail transporta
tion with bus and truck linos es
tablished instead.
Tho situation Is a serious one
for thu legislature because of thu
gas tax Issue, One of tho reve
nue proposals now, pending is thn
addition of another 0110 cent tax
on gasoline sales, making u total
of -I cunts.
Heavy Gas V'sc.
Htnge operators are supposed to
bo tho heaviest users of gasoline,
consequently heuvy taxpayers un
der tho gusutlne tax act. Rut In
n meeting of tho senate highway
conimlttoo yestcrdny, It was stated
that thn Southern Pacific Is ship
ping gasoline from Its own rufinr
cries, storing It In Its own tanks
and transferring It directly to Its
motor stages, thereby evading the
tax. Tanks have been installed -
(Continued on Paso Klght.)
Will Rogers Says:
XKW YORK, Jan. Ib.
IJoruli uiul Kt'llnstu; wantuil
pi-ncc without vxptumitiiii).
.1 1 111 Iced
11 11 d Musos
( i m 11 fine
tllCMP t w 0
wjintini; t Ii c
mi mo tiling),
tln'y wiinted
pvuco inclttd- wtAJZiL.
V cxplimiitioii. TIll'V nil
coinproininpd with the fol
lowing footnote to Kiiropei
"We luid (he treaty cx
pluiucd. 1 flit don't let that
mislead you). ' "We learned
no moru from the rxplnnn
tions than we did from the
treaty. So we'lierehy si";n
hlind', in order to hurry on
witlt the cruiser bill, nnd
trust und pray that there is
nothing in the treaty that
interferes with the Monroe
doctrine, farm relief, prohi
bition or uirth control."
Yours,
WILL ROGERS! s