gE WEATHER
SUNDAY MORNING
EDITION
LATEST NEWS The Eegaae
Fjliter.Qir with fall eight leaee
wire eervlee of the Aeeoelated Prat
la addltlea te the fall day eervlee
brlnge ts yea the very lateat world
news aad home new, a eervlee which
will ae eeaetaatly luiareved.
.HUH- Cloady Sunday and Moa.
' iciilo"1 r,ln or,hw,V "or"
w MP ' wrap-".
P: .1 wind off nore- Tempera.
MiJim Saturday, 30 degrees;
f, . 45 degreea. stage or river,
;V"wL Wind, orlhea.t.
' LANE COUNTY'S HOE NEWSPAPER.
fill TAX
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nfW .EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1930
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Fathers Will Study
problem at Meet
On Monday.
BALD LET LAND GO
field in Good Spot
With Requirement to
Pay Just $1
....rf.nt business la due to come
I . .. ,k. Fii.ene city COUDCil Mon-
L rjbt at the Iat regular nieet-
L J 1)3(1. IB city latnerd ap-
ru. .r unwilling to : "take H
Eb custom with the holiday
but are primed for con-
LjHitlOD ' numerous weignty mat-
the city of Eugene
n.B
U wio in regards to the oues-
mi r paying "ies on 9
keotikirts of Sprlngtiekl piom
L i. k the. most Interesting of
E problems to confront the tcun
n. The matter of naming a
Uisor to the late B. H. "lex"
L... ff 13 vcars sunerintundent
tut 'city parks, will be another to
Uud consideration. Whether or
ut council will permit tbe ruiox
Lnurklf. a temporary frame
trtiire, to continue to stand, la
L dae for consideration. Besides
L ... .... hptt will ha a Briar.
yoinor street improvement jobs
H flumssen.
r.Aiirt nival Decision
ruder the state supreme court
..tn.na. Tncf n-Aolr the
fe of Eugene must pay taxes on
U property, acquired at a con of
I3.IX)0 in the deal which brought
L fUtitfim Pnrific terminals to
fru. Back taxes due on the
tortr to date amount to
ua ths city is Douoa to pny or
permit me mua to v me
Sfcoold the council decide to pay
I.Wk (btb It trill trtrn have to
lUU wltotriAi- thn. tltv In to eon-
ftn paring taxes of uboiit $700 a
won property whtcn is iPno: to
(Btyot Springtieia lor w Tears
tt . .... ITn. .innla 1..11ar
it ii Eugene's sole revenue from
(property, Springfield has toe use
Gti acres ns a nark, the ae of
fU ures within the city lim"ts as
It lirnnrt artrl f Vi A mmn!nrU trt
fen u industrial sites.
May Pay Taxes
Erjf ene may decide to continue to
' ue taxes in view or possibility
hirinE a nrnnertv sreatlv in
rated in value when the present
expires. It mny decide to let
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JiGLABOR GROUPS
j f.'AV CONSOLIDATE
i
i
(CLEVELAND. Dee. 20. ran A
swoiinpaign was in progress tonight
eJufiliate the major railroad labor
"W"os with the American Fed
Jwn of Labor to enable organized
ljrtomeet its future problema with
I'JoW front" of 3.500,000 members.
lfitions to this end, instituted
ij'fulism Green, president of the
(tent!... Vlr. :.tAVA4 i . kv
F. Wliitnev, president of
Brotherhood of Railroad Traln
afMn he announced the appoint
J1 of a trainmen's committee to
JJ.t ith a committee from the
srition.
tke belirf of many labor lenders,
J"Posl affiliation of the broth
y and the federation la ono of
' 'it Important nndertnkinBS In
oistory of organized labor in this
Tstry.
S. Diplomat Is
Dead at The Hague
Tnr ft .
t... u 1 'KPni!!. UDKPfl O'HUSB
i" to The Netherlands and a
member of the bouac of
T'MnUtiv.s from Michigan, died
"Jtoda. He was 71 years old.
"nkema was operated on last
. ,vr a siomacu aliment,
.""'"r to that time had not
masidered serious.
Critic Lewis
Tells World
To Criticize
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 20. () As
critic, binclair Lewis expects critic
ism. Returning here today from Goten
burg, the winner of the Nobel
for literature commented again on
ur. .Henry van Dyke and also bad
something to say about former Presi
dent Coolidge.
'I have challenged my critics, and
as I am a critic myself I don't ex
pect any other treatment," Lewis
said in discussing American comment
on bis recent utterance in Sweden.
"But why should I worry about It"
he went on. "Henry Van Dyke has
swung his sword again and I have
aiso read what Coolide said. But 1
repeat should I worry "
Lewis paused and then observed:
"I wonder what Coolidge would say if
I told him I disagreed with his tariff
policy. I shall bother with his opin
ions just as much as he would bother
with mine."
Lewis said It would have been "dif
ferent if Edith Wharton had come out
with her opinion. 1 shall listen to ner
criticism."
"Candidly," he added, "I admit that
in some cases criticism of me has per-1
haps been justified. I am not sur
prised that Fanny Hurst published
her criticism."
He said his reception in Sweden
had been of genuine friendship of
such warm heartiueKS that be hoped
t- come again in the summer and
stay some time.
PRICE: ON STREETS 8c; ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS 6e.
NO. 154
Judge Declares Show Is
Among Best Staged in
United States
Lane county turkey growers made
a fine showing at the Northwest Tur
key show held at uakiand r nuay ana
Saturday, O. 8. Fletcher, county ag
ricultural agent, said on hie return
Saturday night.
The Lane county growera carried
uway a large aliare of the awards of
fered with 6ome of the finest birds
exhibited among the 301 choice tur
keys entered for the ahow, Mr. Fletch
er stated. A ruling that no grower be
awarded more than two out of the
first ten places in any division of the
show kept a number of additional
prizes away from the Lane people, B.
O. Branch of Lee'a Summit, Mo., who
judged the show, stated the chow to
b Murpassed by but two in the Unit
ed States.
Mrs. Arch Wsssom, Harrlshurg. In
southern Linn county, carried away
the silver cup offered for the best dis
play of bronze turkeys at the Bhow.
C. B. Dear of Cottage Grove won the
Eugene Clearing House association
,,n for hft h..t dieinlav of dressed
yearling tome entered from Lane
county and took the Bank of Cottage
Grove cup for the best display of
dressed turkeya from the Cottage
Grove district. A. E. Cameron of
route one. bugene, won a prize
for the best bronse young hen from
Lane county.
Prize awards for Lane and southern
Linn entries were ae follows:
Bronzes: Mrs. Arch Waasom. Har
i.i,, fir.t for adult torn, third for
adult h'en, first and fourth for young
torn, firat and secona tor young uu.
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Ex-Newsies to
Peddle Papers
nnTjTT.AVTV Or... Dec. 20. W)
For charity's sake a score or
more of rortiana ouicuw
prominent citizena will return to
their boyhood vocationa Monday
For two houra at noon Portland
newsboya will give up their favorite
corners to these former new.boya
who once again will try to raise
their voicea above the roar oi
The "newsboya" will Include Dis-
trier Attorney oiui.:j "''v-' x
of Police L. V. Jenkins, City Com
missioner btannope rier.
Judge W. A. Ekwall, Governor A.
Xorblad, and others.
CATHERINE ADAMS DIES
rrvrTi rw. 20. (Special)
Catherine Elvira Adams, 72, died at
her home near Venet. thu . a; m
tit 6:-15 ociock. nn n.u
month. She was horn in fclkharr.
iIZ Kent. 25. 1S5S. and married
John O. Adam. In Bond-rant J...
Spilt 1. J Ml-. In
moved to Kalispell, Montana, and In
100S to Oregon.
hrpenter Tells Need of
University School of Law
RTUND. Ore., Dec. 20. OP)
cii.l .i..
fiK. - t"uieni oi tne university
" "rjJ i ,eacner because
P vnvr larger aaiaries,
4 ih.n"t"",,'r' d"1 of ,oe school.
oiwL '80 diKtriet attorney'e as
a3L. t"'ln- He id ,hat
"tiit ""ndnnce at the school
fcal.ri 1 " uegon to pay
iw.,i. ;
"Tiii..i Judgment rolls In
"Wi. a"s'', of ,lie fin" printa.
and innr. .ii .
V"!?!?.'1"'." v" recommended in
adopted today by the aa-
W;,'"".""' pointed out such a
'ii.,.- , "'""''I "'ake it much easier
V iajl ?" "'fender no matter
ti. ' ma' be "sing and would
f officers' Uaveling
lone distances to idcntifv a pn-oner.
Another resolution proposed a law
bv which eleven jurors would be al
lowed to return a verdict in sll crim
inal cases, except those where the
death penalty i. i""1"0,- .
The association decided to appoint
a committee to atudy needed prison
reforms with especial notice to youth
ful end first offenders. The attorneys
were virtuallv um-nimoue in the opin
ion Oregon needs an institution for
young offenders. .
The following officers and members
of the executive committee were
'"'sarauel E. Notson. Heppner. presi
dent: Edwin V. Hicks. Canyon City.
vfcV-president: Jol.u Baker. Hd
Itiver. aecretary. lUwutive cnminit
,e: Fred A. Miller. Oregon I ity: .
W. Carriik. Tillamook; eud tarl L.
Nott, McMinnvUle,
WRECK
I, J
IIS
47 Lose Lives in One of
Worst Disasters In
Danish Coast
CAPTAIN TELLS STORY
Survivors Say Fog Thick
Before Crash of
2 Ships
HELS1XGFORS, Finland, Dec. 20.
W5) The commander of the steam
er Arcturus, Captain Ossi Hjelt, to
night wirelessed a graphic account of
the collision between his vessel and
the Oberon, commanded by his brother
Erik Hjelt, which resulted in the loss
of the latter's ship with possibly forty
lives. The message follows:
"We have five dead aboard includ
ing Elizabeth, daughter of Captain
Erik Hjelt. The Oberon sank within
three minutes. The captain, from the
bridge, immediately closed the water
tight bulkheads but it Is not certain
that these functioned. Those who were
saved floated in the water and were
supported by buoys and other objects.
"It Is believed that every one who
leaped overboard was saved by the
Arcturus, but most of the passengers
were asleep in their cabins and bad
no possibility of escape.
"I stood by on the spot where the
disaster took place until noon, and am
now on my way to Copenhagen."
SEARCH GIVEN UP
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 20. OP)
Rescue vessels that had combed the
fog ridden Cattegnt for 24 hours to
night virtually abandoned the search
for possible additional survivors of
one of the worst marine disasters in
the history of the Danish coast, the
sinking of the Finnish liner Oberon
off Laso island.
Commanders of the vessels ex
pressed belief any further search
would be unsuccessful.
At least forty persons, and pos
sibly more, were believed to have been
drowned when the Oberon went down,
or to have perished later In a sea of
flaming oil that escaped from the ves
sel's hold. The Oberon was rammed
and sunk late last night in a deuse fog
by her sister-ship, the Arcturus, of
the same line.
Survivors of the disaster who ar
rived in Copenhagen said that wnen
the crash came the fog was so dense
that they could not see two yards.
The Arcturus rammed the Oberon
amidships on the starboard side.
There was a terrific shock and in less
than a minute the doomed vessel's
quarterdeck was flooded. There was
no time to launch boats and passen
gers and members of the crew flung
themselves into the water, trusting
they might be picked up.
A lUj ton truck was completely de
stroyed, the cabin of another was de
molish.! and buildintr Drouertv dam
aged to the extent of $o00 in the firo
which destroyed the state highway
department garage at Blue River
early Saturday morning.
Tins was tne estimate maae oy
Raymond Walsh, resident maintenance
engineer, wno went to oiue tuver
tiaturday to investigate.
L, A. Stites, an employe of the de
partment who was burned on the face,
hand and wrist, was at the Pacific
Christian hospital. He is not seriously
injured, it wus reported.
The fire broke out at about 8:40
o'clock in the morning, Mr. Walsh
said. Stites, the night man in the gar
age, bad a fire going in a beuter. A
short distance away was a drum of
gasoline, fcstites said he saw the gaso
line burning and picked up the drum
and tried to carry it out. Ue dropped
it near the door. Looking bark, be saw
the entire bock of the building wrap
ped in flames. ... .
Explosives stored in the garage ig
nited and exploded, smashing the
cabin of the second truck, and shat
tering the windows io the Sparks bo
te) nearby. A small building beside the
garage burned also.
Woman Killed in
Ambulance Crash
r-1 1 . i L" I V I,' It.. u IJP) A wa.
man waa killed and a man and a wo
man were hurt as sn automobile and
a motor ambulance carrying three
persons Injured in a other automobile
wreck collided here tonight.
. Un,.. Kanttl.. an nrcunant
of the car waa killed outright and L.
C. Markham. Hon ano aire, vi . 11.
Hnrlow. riding with bcr, were badly
cut and iruised.
e .
They Didn't Say
What Kind of Cow
JACKSONVILLE, Ha.. Dec. 20.
, ti..,..i.. 14 V Unit Ntlll hi
Ifl-IUSIIinnici ... -
force in times past have solved very
. i: t.A .:.l.llai nurarrlinif tllA flp-
I ..Mf.issll In ftril
livery oi inwi '
fashion, but a miasive ram today
tbat nas Tne m "i
The address rad: '
"Mr. K. H. IMm5.
Who livei next door to Mrs. Jen
kin. Vlm ow n a row.
"Jicktonulie, Fla.1
AS THE YULETIDE SPIRIT TAKES GRIP ON EUGENE!
P " ' - "7i;fWfmffjP''--""-"' -p ps,.i . yp jaj a. !, i imiiiijv.wya
$311,000,000 Is Voted
Relief as Christmas
Gift to Nation
These dlverae acenea were anapped aa Eugene welcomed the
Yuletlde apirlt which prevail, thle week. Right, above, Mra, Dolllnoer,
in oharge of Salvation Army kettle at Broadway and Willamette. And
above, left, a trio of little olrla, one of whom, Barbara Ann Kino
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. 8. A. King, 1481 Ferry street, la not aura aha
likes waiting until Thursday. The girl at Barbara', left la Donna
Viola Gray, daughter of Mr. and Mra. J. Wallace Gray, 1495 Ferry
street, and the other la Carmen Jean Campbell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, Kenneth Campbell, 722 Eaat Broadway. Below, Roy Jorgenaen
and L. C. Cozad, Veneta, aelllng Chrlatmaa treee. Right, downtown
decoratlona. Carl Baker Photos
LUCAS UB FIRE
FOR AIDING I.0BRIS
O. P. Executive
Hears of Doubts
Republicanism
Chief
of
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. OP) A
republican demand that Robert H.
Lucas, of Kentucky, resign as execu
tive director of the republican na
tional committee, was made during
heated debate In the senate late to
day after Lucas' frank admission thst
he helped finance the Inst campaign
against Senator Norris, republican, in
Nebraska.
Senstor Howell, Norris colleague,
demanded that Lucas resign. Senator
Glenn, republican, Illinois, challenged
the republicanism of Norris and th
latter replied with a denunciation of
Lucas. He gave his reasons for sup
porting Alfred E. Smith in told
the senate he had no apology for op
posing Herbert Hoover and would do
it again.
'If the republican national commit
tee has any respect for its reputation
it will ask for Miens resignation im
mediately," Howell said
Lucas hsd told the senate campaign
funds committee earlier in the day be
paid more than ?4,000 ont of his own
pocket for sntl-Norris literature last
October for circulation in Nebraska.
He said the national committee had
nothing to do with it. but he wanted
to P"e Norris defeated because he was
a democrat."
Ball Will Honor
Governor, Wife
SALEM. Ore.. Dec. 20. OP) Mar-
or Livesley announced today a recep
tion and ball would b held here in
honor of Mr. and Mrn. Julhi L. Moier
Innunry I J. the ntjrht of Meier s in
auguration as governor.
The event will take place in the
state armory.
Here's Index
Page I General nw.
Paga t General newa.
Page 3 City briefs.
Page 4 Editorial.
Page 5 General nws.
Page & Theater,
Page 7 Grnral news.
Page 8 Sport,
Page 9 Sport.
Pages 10 & II Classified,
Page 12 General nwa.
Second Section
Page I Society.
Page 2 Sofity.
Page 3 uburhnn.
Page 4 Snhrirban.
Page 5 Suburban,
Page (i Schools.
Postoffice Hit by Rush
Of Xmas Mail Saturday
THE REAL Christmas mall rush at tho Eugene postoffice began
Saturday when long lines of men, women and children appeared
before the nialliug windows all day lung with outgoing; Chrlatmaa
gifts. As a mntter of fact, Poatmnster D. E. Yoran stated, Saturday
was probably the biggest day of all for outgoing mall, as nearly
everybody has the habit of mailing early and to wait until this week
would be too late for the gifts to reach the reclpltents In time In
case they live very far from this state.
The big rush of Incoming mail will be on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, said the postmaster. Mailing is usually timed so It
wilt reach Its destination a day or two before ChrlBtmas and this Is
when the big force at the office Is expected to be kept on the Jump.
Ten extra men were employed in
the office Saturday and 28 or 80 ex
tra will be at work in the different de
partments of the office during the
firit three working days of this week.
Each of the 17 city mail carriers
will have a helper as will each parcel
currier and each rural carrier. Be
sides these there will be three extra
men to deliver parcels by truck and
a number of extra helpers employed
in the office.
"We will have enough men to
handle every piece of outgoing and In
coming mail on time, that is. If they
nre properly addressed," said Mr.
Yoran. "There will be hundreds and
perhaps thousands of pieces of Christ
mas mail, including packages, letters
and cards, that will have Improper ad
dresses and we will not be able to de
liver these promptly but we have been
cleaning everything up each night and
Intend to kcp up this record until
sfter Christmas day. Even many of
the Improperly addressed pieces of
mail will he delivered promptly If we
can find the addresses in the direct
ory. "ft will he no fault of ours If any
body In Eugene fails to get the ex
pected Christmas gifts or cards by
mail," said the postmaster.
CHRISTMAS TREE
UP AT COURTHOUSE
Santy Claua would feel right at
home at the courthouse!
In the lobby of the courthouse
stands a big Christmas tree, glitter
ing with ornamental lights and tinsel.
It was put up Huturdny and decorated
by the girls who work in the building.
The lights in the lobby have sll been
turned out and the light from the tree
is the only illumination.
Down In the basement Is Toyland
Two of the largest rooms are filled
wlrh toys ready to be distributed to
needy children of Lane county by the
lied Cross, schools and other agencies.
Many of the toys have been wrapped
for delivery and others will be wrap
ped in a few days.
What a time a child would hafe In
lhoe rooms! Red wngom. dolls, toy
machinery, books and toys of every
description are there. Then In one
corner are sacks of potatoes snd ap
ples which will bring Christmas cheer
to many families. . .
Tho toys will be distributed Tues
day. The Welfare League will have
charge of distribution and provide the
transportation, according to Mary An
nin, executive secretary of the Red
Cross.
There are about .100 children of the
county on the lists for toy distribu
tion, Miss Annin said.
4 .
Hasn't Santa Claus
A Fire Department
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 20. OP)
Mrs. B. B. McGinnis wants a "little
piece in the paper" to tell her friends
she can't send them Christmas cards
this year because a fire destroyed her
borne.
Afer her biihband had been carried
to safety from his invalid's chair, one
book constituted the salvage from tbe
ruined home.
"There's jut so uueh to do I can't
find time h mnH my cards.' Mrs. Mc
Ginnis said today. "Mnvbe you d put
a little pter in the paper for me so
my friends will know we'll like to."
les, indfctd, Mrs, UcUuuus.
Beaver Hoopsters
Beat Chico State
C1TICO. Cal., Dec. 20. fP) Ore
gon Htste college hoopsters shot their
way to a 47 to 21) -win over Chlco
State Teachers college In a rough bss
ketball game hero tonight. It was the
opening tilt of sn Oregon State inva
sion of California.
Fast passing and exceptionally ac
curate shooting gave tbe Invaders an
esrly lead which they steadily In
creased, ficore st half time wss 25 to
17. Lewis. O. 8. C. center, shot M
points to top the Individual scoring
list. Frost, ('biro center, was high
for tbe losers with 8.
Robbers Get Big
Haul at Gotham
NEW TfRK. Dec. 20 OP) Turee
robbers stole $31,t(23 from iu up
town bank today fn a holdup that
was all over In four minutes. They
disarmed a special policeman, men
aced a dozen employes and custom
ers, scooped the rab and v..nrbed.
In fact, they were in mich a hurry
Iher overlooked 'jr..isst.
Not n shot n fired nl, hi.ngh
Mrs. Sophie floldberg. (isirt8tit man
ager was halted an she nioivt! to
ward a taiepbont with a warning,
SENATORS REJECT
POSTOFFICE BILL
System of Leases Held
"Raid on Treasury"
By Blaine
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. W)
The senate today rejected a confer
ence report on the $1,084. 000.00(1
treaaury-pnatofflce appropriation bill
after senator Maine, republican. Wis
consln, charged It would "perpetuate1
a eyatem of postoffice leases which
conatltules an annual "raid on the
treasury" of from 110,000,000 to $15,
Borne tenatora also voted against
tne report because It din not carry the
uauai appropriations for salary In
crease, to government employee. The
bill waa sent back to conference by a
vote oi e.j to
Blaine, chairman of a senate com
mlttee which la investigating postof.
fic leases, objected to the report be
cause, It had eliminated a provision to
require competitive bidding for leaaej
on poslornce garages.
He charged tho postoffice depart
ment with awarding lenses to "fa
vorltea" without competitive bidding.
limine aaid the government
paving exorbitant rentals on BOO
buildings and tbe annual rental
ranged from 1.1 to 00 per cent of the
vnlne or tbe properties with an aver
ege or about 2n per rent.
Mob Goes After
Teacher Murderer
BT. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 21. OP)
(Sunday) A crowd of approximately
lfiO men, most or them aroused clti
sens of Maryvllle, Mo., sought en
trance early today to the Buchanan
countr Jail, where Raymond fiunn
nesrro, confessed slayer of .Miss Velma
Colter, Maryvllle teacher, was held.
Every policeman In the city and the
fire department were summoned to
the Jail.
CDNGRESSM
EN
0
TLI
FOR HOLIDAY
in
FARM BOARD FUND O.K.
$150,000,000 Appropriation
Is Granted as Solons
Quit After Midnight
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2i.Vn
(Sundsy) Clo abends had crept paet
midnight when congress quit early to.
day for the bolidaya after voting
$311,000,000 In emergency relief aa
Its Chrlstmaa gift to the nation.
It waa a snarling, strife-torn sea.
ate that yielded to permit enactment
of the emergency legislation, and anx.
ious leaders looked ahead with mle.
giving, to the proapect of finishing
the regular business before March e
Senate Stubborn
The eenate began Its aesslon at It
n. Saturday and made stubborn.
halting, hard fought progreas through,
out the day and Into the night Thai
last action waa the passage of th
$150,000,000 farm board appropria
tion, which waa fought to completion
while house membera, their own wore
long since finished, watched the clods,
told stories, and yawned.
The heralded republican-democratla
cooperation movement te apeed left.
latlon and to avoid an extra eessio
of congress In the spring waa all bill
buried nnder th dissension wbiea
flared Into both partlee.
None of tha regular appropriation
bills carrying the funde to meet the!
governments expenses dnrlng the
next yeer got through the eenate fog
final enactment and these must h
disposed of before March If tha
extra session is to be avoided.
Ward SWsa
' Tha substance et tha aecaanpUeaj.
mente for the first three weeie ot
this eeeslon end moat of It was en
acted today in the closing hours et
Ue senate Included!
Passed $118,000,000 appropriation
for immediate ose in publia Improve
mental I'sssed authorisation of $43,000,000
for loana to drought atrickea farmer,
to put la next year's crops;
Passed additional appropriation of
$t50,000,000 for farm board, giving It
a total ef S400.000.000 of tha $500..
000,000 fund at It, disposal;
Confirmed nominations of five en
polnteee to th reorganlied pewet
commission.
President Hoover signed within ad
hour after receiving theiu from con
gress todsy the emergency bills for
employment and drought relief.
The last act ot the eenate waa aa
vote the $150,000,000 farm board ap-
Eropriatlon and It required three
oure to thrash ever lte difference
oa board'a policies.
ROBBER KILLED BY
CLERK AT GROCERY
SEATTLE), Dee. 20. M Al Bet;
rlcelly, grocery clerk, shot and killed
one robber and wounded another here
tonight after one of the men had
rifled his cash register.
Betrlcelly told police, after the
roliber ran to his waiting car, he
seised bis gun, ran to the sidewalk
and fired three times at the fleelug
baudita. He eaid one of the mca
toppled over In hia seat.
A abort time after the holdup, ne
llce found two men In their wrecked
car In another aectlon of tho city.
One occupant waa dead and the other
badly Injured. They believed them the
aame persons who robbed Berlcelly1.
Brothers Arrested
On Larceny Charge
Two brothers. U II. Beebe, 21, and
Ijrry lleebe, IS, were arrested by
county officers Saturday evening on
the charge of larceny. They were
lodged In tbe county Jail while await
ing a hearing. They are resldentt ef
Coburg.
Sheriff Stevens ef Kennewlck,
Washington, etopped in Eugene Sat
urday night with two prisoners, en
route home from California. He
lodged a man In the county jail and a
woman prisoner In the city Jail. They
are charged with embezzlement.
Government Challenge to
Dry Law Ruling on File
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. OP)
The government's challenge of the re
cent decision of Judge Clark in New
Jersey, holding the prohibition amend
ment invalid, was filed todny at the
supremo court.
Tak
kins? direct Issue with the dis
trict ludiri. the Eovernment through
Solicitor General Tbacher wiU ask
the supreme court to bold the lHtb
amendment wan legally ratified and
that the national prohibition act and
other laws enacted under the prohibi
tion amendment nre valid.
Attorney (icneral Mitchell expects
to obtain from counsel for the two
men under indictment, W. II. Sprague
tod W. J. Uowejr a waiver so th
appeal may be presented to the court
when it ends its present recess.
Tbe supreme conrt one week after
the appeal is submitted will announce
whether the case will be heard oo its
merits. .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. OP)
Tbe Clark decision holding the 18th
amendment Invalid does not mean a
thing to the Wlckersbam law en
forcement commission
Word came from commission cir
cles todsv that the pending report
would not be held up until the su
premo court passed on tho case and
that no cognizance would be taken of
&t Nrw Jtfity judsa'i wjtfft.