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Home Edition LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1932. PRICE: ON STREETS 8c. NEWS STANDS 6c. NO. 13 qJ 82 TODAT8NEW8 TODAY UWE TAKES mMiIiiT- L MEIER KS fifCOICTir'Zvl TQ DtuER ON ftSTEIPEly,y' STATEAUTOS K i.ii. xr MsOll UIIiCliu S x u u u g Daughter Is Victim Of Prisoner nOTING IS FEARED Lnnsylvania Institution Is Scene of Unusual, Grue some Tragedy BOCK VIEW PENITENTIARY, illefonte, Pa., Jnn. 13. W Betty tkock, 18, daughter of Dr. A. L. kock, resident psychiatrist at the knew penitentiary, was fatally bbed today by a negro prisoner. le convict was said to be Fred Col i, of Pittsburgh. He was a patient tie psychopathic ward of which Dr. ckock had charge. He was captured m after the discovery of the killing. Censorship Put On Doe to the rigid censorship Imposed prison officials, detailed informa b regarding the killing could not obtained. Rarrrn Stanley P. Ashe was cnlled m Pittsburgh and was joined at prison by Coroner W. R. Hcnton I County Detective Leo Boden of litre county. in requests for Information were t at the prison with either a blunt nsil to talk or, in one instance, the nment that no statement would be led until after the inquest. Victim of "Trusty" ri negro assaulted Miss Hickok the bathroom of her home. Then stabbed her with a large butcher it. . . - . Mliis walked 1 bait-mile to the son and surrendered. llembers of the Hickok family. In house at the time of the killing, sot know of it until Informed by ton attaches. Collins, who has been In the psy ipathic ward for four years, was isidered harmless. 3 was a "trusty" and employed turd at the Hickok home. He Is nag a ten to twenty year sentence iecond degree murder, officials announced Collins would taken to Western penitentiary at "burgh late today. Mite police augmented the regular son guard to prevent rioting. feather News: twrtjaued cold and cloudy weather m store ior jMigene anfl is county for Wednesday night Tnursday. Without having gone meter took a dive early Wednes V morning and didn't turn up- Irdl until tf l-j o- 1' r-" mi louciii'u ; fie f". The official U. S. weather EX!1..!" follows: U Th 1 y clol,(,y tonight , I'L-uunnK unaeiuen in F'7"' Portion Thursday; con- Kk iui mo"efnte north winds fcnrii cJmin '"""(TcaMe. KZ. 7 "iioiius (irom the ice of n r ji, , , V -- inriirofRert, local rernment observer) Minimum tcm Paure Wednesday, "n rin.ri- iimum Tuesday, 3D degrees. Pre t. Hi! -?4 of Willamette k irci "ln1' southeast. USLAW TIDES: Thursday, high, fl -.- P.,m.; low, 11:21 m. rruiny, high. o:S4 - 57 p. m.: low. 12:1 n. m.. , I;.n- Saturday, high. 6:10 '1 :is p. m.: low, 1:24 p. m. itiltu . . llIF,?" ELECTS t' t..j' ".- ' Boenrintcr . i ,h gr"ident and vice-presi- lrl r -'"ni irnncs mm lnoor Fm Tuesday night. Both are bar- Bppahinq ffo y wanes Hiznugn laiman I ofmu.S.WedlherBurvm t '''ffTTTTTr HIMUMV rnu ia,l.?Jl.om """ complete with- I'nae i. ' "ml no farmer's 'r's d.!',,5'r .Predictions. The eith.V''' f"r '""-knowledge of I f s oia ns agriculture fied Tlt ,hi.' demand can be .nae m,i. '" ana me "asil , r"i"r employs some r' i?M of Prediction ,,,. 'iOF'T or ht not, '; .7 whatever his 0'rib!. ,1 h"T. lmv acquired a :iH- ,;.rP'!""n. The reason Is riiic'ifn .T rllm,1,e. nd almost k-Pii: S ,i nnt absolutely 'taren . " '." ,h season such. 1 ""tfrm'i. announcement of L rrca-T " '""in t f ,,L" Pretty sure to b T' ef fn'.i Prifi'd period of t kefnrt " "in a few fhich c.m"f,,'r ''"-h period, rurdel , 'rror in time Lennox Robinson, Irish drama tist, for many years director of the Abbey theatre In Dublin, the birthplace of the little theatre movement, who will speak at 7-30 Wednesday evening at Guild Hall on the Oregon campus. He will discuss the Irish literary renais sance. T Searching for Men to Take Places of Holmes, Dawes And to Fill Boards By JOHN F. CHESTER WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. P) President Hoover today set out upon a major ninnhunt. seeking to round out a list of ten diplomats, financiers and men of legal mind to fill as many existing and probable vacancies. Faced with a suddenly swelling number of high posts aV -ady unten anted or about to be'..:, j vacant the president has dozer" ; names before him. Others today .ere plnced upon his desk. Their bifting will requise weeks and perhaps months. Talk centered principally In the cnpital upon a successor to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the su preme court who resigned yesterday. It formed an undertone for the con tinuing praise of him as the grand old man of American jurisprudence. Within the White House there was much discussion of a successor to Ambassador Dawes in London and at the Geneva arms conference: of some one to take Ambassador Forbes' place in Tokio; of a follower for Governor Theodore Roosevelt in Porto Rico; of a new member of the Radio commis sion. There was search, too. for men to fill at least four prospective director ships in the proposed $2,000,000,000 reconstruction corporation. The pres ident hopes to have them chosen by the time congress approves the plnn. New names constantly entered the talk today of a successor to Justice Holmes. One was that of Federal Judge Curtis Dwight Wilbur, former secretary of the navy, brother of Sec retary Wilbur of the interior depart ment, and now upon the circuit bench in California. There wns equally prominent spec ulation upon Attorney General Mit chell, the democratic member of the president's cnbinet: Newton D. Baker, of Ohio, possible democratic presiden tial candidate; Chief Justice Benja min N. Cardoso of the New 5"ork stnte court of appeals, often mention ed as of supreme court timber; and Federal Judge Willinm S. Kenyon. of lown, a member of the Wickershnm commission. In the sennte cloakroom conversa tion the names of Senators Walsh of Montana, and Bratton of New Mexico, both democrats, recurred. Henry P. Fletcher, former choir iman of the tariff commission and be fore that ambassador to Italy, often in mentioned as a successor to Dnwes at the Court of St. James. Others suggested ore Frederick W. Peck, re publican national committeeman from lihodo Island, and Willinm Butler of Massachusetts, former chairman of the republican national committee. Weather - ml A kt-WILL' in the second place, the successful predictions, which, as just explained, must be numerous, produce a more lasting Impression thnn those that are unsuccessful. The onlr possible check npon self delusion in this respect is to write down dnv by day the prediction and the actual weather and nt the end of a month or a venr to count the number of successes. The process Is earnestly recommended to persons who still retain more or less faith in the alma nacs. , It mlcht be well enough to leave In the almanacs the weather forecasts provided every almanac maker would have the prace to append to his pages thj following frank avowal, which ap peared in Gabriel Frendo's Almanak and Prognostication for 1"!I: 'Thou hast my guess at dnily weather Here pre-ent in thr view. Mv credit shnll not lie thereon That every word I" true: Tet some to please I t! ought It best To shew my minde among the reste. TOMORROW: 'Tbs year without summer.'' Resents Criticisms Voiced Against Recent Order On Vehicles REPORTS NEW SAVINGS Departments $300,000 Under Budget Allowances for Year, He States SALEM, Ore., Jan. 13. (U.R) The board of control order regarding use of automobiles on state business out side of regular business hours and on Sundays will stand without altera tion and amendment. Governor Meier declared today. Any case In which It Is impractical to comply with the restrictions for bidding the use of ears before 8 o'clock In the morning or after 6! o'clock in the afternoon or on Satur-j day afternoon or holidays Is ade quately covered by the "emergency" clause in the order, the governor said. "I don't care to hear any com plaint or criticism of the order," the executive declared when several let ters from department bends dealing with the order were presented to the board of control. No Parties on State "The order is an economy measure and will save thousands of dollars to the state. If auy department finds that it is necessary to use a state automobile on regular business out side regular hours all that is neces sary is to file a Btntement covering the situation with the control board. "There Is no intention or desire on the part of any one to hamper the work of any state department or institution. All that we want to do is to eliminate some of the abuses which wo know have grown up about the use of state owned cars such as week-end parties and the like." INSTITUTIONS CHEAPER SALEM, Ore. Jon. 13. (U.R) Sav ings of $301,258.82 in operating and maintenance costs during the past year were reported by the state's 12 pennl corrective and eleemosynary institutions at the meeting of the board of control today. The largest saving totalling $70, 217.42 was reported by the state hospital for Insane at Salem, Savings were reported by other institutions as follows: Eastern Oregon hospital, Pendleton. $01,186.10; penltentinrv, $30,430.00: feeble minded, $ri2,908.25; boys' training school, Woodburn, $9,748.10; tuberculosis hospital, Sal em, $27,086.18: Eastern Oregon tuberculosis hospital. The Dalles. $14.D45.n0; girls' industrial school $4,836.78: school for blind, $1.7S8.0il; SEE MEIER REPORT STORY PAGE 2 lonSHts KANSAS CITY, Jnn. 13. UF) Officials of the Lohjj-HpII Lumber compnny, the Rubjrct of n request for a federal receivership, expressed the belief last night that the action was unwarranted. M. B. Nelfon, president, unid the company had Mmwn no disposition to get from under it si indebtedness. "Only economic conditionn," he continued, "have made it necessary for us to ask creditors to be patient and allow us to conserve the assets o( the company without additional ex pense of litigation." "Everybody we owe trill receive 100 cents on the dollnr, fn my opinion. If they will be patient. If not everybody mny lose.' The petition filed in federal district court here yesterdny in behnlf of Wil linm O. Ilutson. ,lr., a bond holder, alleged the company had failed to maintain a sinking fund rntio set forth in ita mortgages. Jesse Andrews, general counsel, said the suit would he contested "thor oughly" and It "should not stand in the way of carrying out the con structive work of obtnining the de posit of bonds." Roosevelt First In Oregon Race SALEM, Ore., .Tan. IX U. Ore-1 on is the first state fn the union to ' file petition! for the candidacy of t Franklin D. Itoosevelt. governor of j N"iw York, as democratic presidential j nominee. iVtitiont containing 11,000 signa tures were filed lat Tuesdav with ! Secretary of State Hal E. lloss by lieorge V. Alexander, president of the Iooevelt for President League of ; Oregon. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. AJP Secretary of State Stlmion. In reply to question,, today laid that the United States would not ba repreaented at the proposed Lav anna conterenca on reparation!. mM dma THIS IS NEWS IN EUGENE! To many a good friend In the colder realms back east a scene such as this would be merely the "top o' the marnln'" from Old Man Winter any morning from November to April. In Oregon, a two-Inch snow Is an Event with the euphonious name, Stiver Thaw. Anyhow the silver traceries on these shrubs and trees lend a rare beauty to the Oregon campus. Photos by. Carl Baker. 1 13 Dead As Storms, Blizzards, Sweep From . DENVER, Jan. 13. (U.R) A spectacular midwinter blizzard closed In the Rocky mountains today after destructive winds caused wide spread damage In Nevada and Colorado yesterday, and, gathering force, killed 13 people as they swept eastward Into the Mississippi valley. The blizzard threatened to be the major storm of the season. Its fury was felt from the mldwestern valleys to the continental divide. "It will be colder tonight," predicted J. M. Sherler, chief of the TJ. S. weather bureau, "In eastern Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and southern Utah, with a severe cold wave In many sections." The mercury slumped to zero at many points. T Large cloth "T's" will be set out by the nrmy engineers here as soon ns the wentlier permits in order to as sist in the nerinl survey to be made of the Willamette river lietwccn Kugene and Corvnllis. The "T's" will be ap proximately 12 feet each way. of white material, so that they will be easily visible. They are to be placed on the ground, four to the mile. A strip some two or three milea wide nlong the river will lie surveyed from the air by the Hrubaker Aer Inl Topogrnphirol Kngineers of Port land, who were awarded the contract by the district engineer's office in that city. The actual survey will be gin ns soon as weather conditions im prove. The "T" markers will be used In tying In the nerinl and ground surveys, and also in orienting the photographic sheets when the aerial mop is completed. High wntiT and snow Is hindering the work of the ground party here considerably, K. 1. Jtnvis, assistant engineer in charge, snid Tuesday. "It certainly does pay to advertise.".. P. Waldo Oavls REGISTER-GUARD LOST ADS FIND ARTICLES even the.' the article has been taken to California. Mr. Davit lost violin No vember 10th he Inserted the following LOST ad In the REGISTER GUARD WANT AD section: LOST Monday night either In Eugene or Veneta, a vio lin, strung left hand. Find er please phone J. Waldo Davis, 2287-M, or call 12G4 Vlllard. Reward. Over a month later the vio lin was returned to Mr. Davis by V. H. Woods of Chow chllla, Calif. Jutt as Mr. Woods and his family were leaving Eugene after visiting friends here they found the violin. The little ad enabled them to return the lost aril els to Its rightful owner. REGISTER-GUARD WANT ADS for RE8ULTS I Rockies Eastward Arounu mine, me icmjieraiure range wns from 14 to 20 degrees be low zero and highways there were virtually impassnble. Cnnon City estimated damage from winds which Insbetl trees and power lines in the Wolf I'nrk area yesterday would approximate $1,000. Buildings toppled beforo nn 80 mile gale nt Boulder City, near Hoo ver dam. Tents housing workers were shifted from their stakes. STILL CHILLY HERE Winter stayed with Eugene and Lane county Wednesday while the weather man promised no relief from the cold spell for a day or BO. Wednesday morning found the official thermometer in Kugene resting nt the 2.1 degreo mark. The freezing temperature put nn icy crust on tlm snow which fell Tuesday afternoon but the streets and sidewalks were in good con dition save for sn occasional patch of ice. The total precipitntion for the day wns .24 of nn inch. Six and one-hnlf feet of snow and a temperature of six below ssero were reported Wednesday morning from Cascade Kummit. The storm there had stopped and trains were moving on schedule over the summit. Cold wentlier called a halt on the rise of water in the Wil lamette snd the local stage regis tered a drop of six Indies to 6.5 feet since luesdoy. Meanwhile the Atlantic seaboard snd the esst generally basked under springlike sunshine. Three deaths were known to have occurred In the tornadoes snd up wards of 100 were injured. Property damage wns Incalculable because of wrecked communication services. A woman wns killed by a tornado SEE WEATHER REPORTS STORY PAGE 2 French Songs Too Relative For Einstein PALM KI'KIN'IS, Cel.. Jnn. 13. (U.R) Dr.. Albert Kinslein. noted tiermnn scientist, Joined the orchestrn at a hotel here Inst night, taking over a violin and playing with them several selec tions from llncb, Mozart sud Bee thoven. Usually bashful, the Investiga tor of the universe forgot his bsr-kwnrdness before a crowd In his interest in th music. He took no notice of npplfluse, but smiled at members on the orchestra play ing during the dinner hour and suggested "we plsy some more." He refused to piny a Frem-h lore song, snying, "No, no; that is too acutinienuL" 1 I I I I I II MM M il III 1 u ro u u uro BUDGET MUST ,0UIAM"";, INSPECTION ' BE BALANGEB I I JOB GIVEN j MELLOW SAYS TO WILDER Grave Crisis Will Develop If United States Is Not Solvent DISCUSSES TAX FLANS Believes Return to Rates of 1924 Will Help Correct Trouble WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. OP) A balanced budget at the end of the fiscal year 1034 is the gonl of the administration's tsx Increase program submitted today by Secretary Mellon to the house ways and means com mittee. Appearing as the principal witness nt the opening of hearings before the democratic-controlled group that will formulate broader revenue raising leg islation, the veteran cabinet member of three republican administrations snid: "We are In the midst of a grave emergency. It is essential to raise ad ditional revenue, not just to cover current expenditures but to maintain unimpaired the credit of the United states government. 1924 Bass Chosen "Tills Inst objective is of paramount importance to every citizen in the land. It is an indispensable step In our progress toward recovery. "The losses that will be suffered by every Individual and every industry through a continuation of the depres sion will exceed many times over the amounts to Do contributed In nddl tionnl taxes. a "It Is not only the patriotic duty of all to insure the financial stability of tne government in limes sucn as tnese, but the sacrifice demanded If we desire to put the justification on a lower plane la amply warranted by considerations ol Imlidivd.il selt-lutcr-est." Mellon said the plan he submitted wss generally a return to the taxa tion existing under tho 1024 revenue act, twice amended since. Ho esti mated It would return $300,000,000 additional revenue during tho current fiscal yenr and $020,000,000 in the fiscal year 1033 lieginning next July 1. It would Include a selective snles tax, increases in Income, and cor poration taxes, a super estate tax, and increnses in surtaxes. Borrowlna to Ston Citing the $003,000,000 deficit last year, and a prospective deficit of $2,- JJ.mxi.wsi tins year, .Meiiun estimat ed there would lie a deficit of $1,417.- 000,000 in 1033 despite the increase in revenue. Coming somewhat as a surprise to the committee members, the trensury secretary announced t lint the admin' istrntion is determined, with your co operation, to arrest tiiis borrowing process In June 30 next" in urging the increased taxes tn order to pre vent an Increase in the public debt. The administration has been borrow Ing hundreds of millions the Inst three years. In additioi, no rccom SEE FEDERAL BUDGET STORY PAGE 2 4 James Wsrd of Eugene fnced a chsrgo of sssault with n dangerous weapon Wednesday after being ar rested by police Tuesday evening for entering tne f.ugene rnruing com- Cany's meat market, picking up a nife snd elinsfne the butchers sround. Police booked him on a charge of being drunk and disorderly and for resisting nrrest when Officer Jerry Hoyt appeared. Ward broke his finger in the scuffle, police snid. He wss turned over to county authorities Wednesday sfternonn. Oh, Ladies, What An Odd Appeal! BRISnANK. Anstralia. Jnn. 13. M1) The unemployed women of llrls bnne have threatened that unless the state minister of lnhor and Industry agrees to discuss their problems with them they will msrch through the city nude. The number of Jobless women Is so grent authorities duuht whether they would be sble to arrest all of them If they carried out their threat. These women already have participated In some extraordinary demonstrations. Here's Chance to Aid Local Family A washtub and boiler snd a sewing mschine are needed by the Lane county chapter of the lied Cross, it was announced Tuesday. Th articles are needed for a woman who has been forced to hoc row these articles for some time in order to care for her family. Anyone having any of these articles to spar ar nrarerf to set in touch with the local Ited Cross office at tne court house as soon as possible. 1X3 V :.-,T 111 "fc -..V:- j , yj I S k M I jf.' - . - - 1 ei it j Above, Ellsha Large, newly chosen mayor of Eugene, but well known for many yeara as a bualness man and member of the city oouncll from Ward 3. Below, H. E. Wilder, retiring mayor, who becomee build ing Inspector. President Again Target of Rep. McFadden Who Hits Prosperity Plans WARHINOTOV, Jnn. 13. OP) Representative McFadden, Pennsyl vania republican, who bitterly nssnlled President Hoover's debt moratorium, today snid tho president's $2,000, 000,0110 reconstruction bill wns "unfit" for consideration. Much orntory In tho house delayed pnssagn of tho depression relief pro gram which had been expected today. "This In a scheme," snid McFadden, "for gouging $no(l,O00,OOO out of the treasury of tho United Htntes, It is n scheme for taking half a billion dollars of tho people's money and giv ing it to n siiper-cortmrntion for the sinister purposn of helping n gnng of financial looters to cover up their tracks." Over a hundred house members, present when MoFodden spoke, snt silently and intent during bis re- nai-ks. it is a sriieme, ne snid, lor giv ing tiiesn financial looters a chunce to dispose of evidence which, if brought into the light of dny, would muse the floors of our federal peni tentiaries to close upon them for a long term of yenrs." WW ORATORY IN HOUSE SNAGS CREDIT ACT Paul Engberg, Noted Baritone, To Sing Here Thursday Night Paul Fngberg, baritone who sings here Thursday evening, is nn artist who plans bis progrnms so skillfully ss to grntify all lovers of songs, ac cording to .Sis admirers here, lie is known ns a sincere interpreter of sung, not a vocal show-off. Ills concert Thursday evening will be nt N o'clock at the university school of music nuilitorium, given un der the nuspices of l'hi Jletn, wo men's national professional music nnd drainn society. Tho concert Is given to aid the Thl Ketn scholarship fund, maintained to aid worthy girls in com pletion of their musical education. Although born In Denmark, Mr. Kngberg received most of his educa tion In America, the early years in the northwest nnd later in the east where he studied nt Harvard. Vive years sgo be went to Kurope to study under many of the renowned masters. His first year was spent in C'open haver limlT llernld, the leading tenor of northern Europe; snd Inter he went to Herlin to study under Krsu Lugs chick and Herr liachner, leading voice tenchera. Moth Europe snd America have widely ncclaimed .Mr. Engberg'e sing ing. "He gives his songs an interpre Rundlett to Get Place in Water Board Service, Is Report CHANGE IS SURPRISE Compromise Said to Result From Deadlock Over Building Office Ellsha Large became mayor of Eu gene Wednesday following the reslg nation of H. E. Wilder Tuesday night at a special meeting of the council. Wilder resigned to take the position of building Inspector after the council refused to confirm the appointment of K. W. Rundlett. The cause of the resignation was Mr. Wilder's belief that ba could no longer afford the mayor's position. He urged the council to retain Rundlett and resubmitted his name for the building post. The council asked the mayor to take Rnndlett's job, after first finding the .former Inspector a position with the water board aa In spector at the filtration plant. Request Is Unusual The request that Mr. Wilder take tho building job was a new develop ment which happened to the former mayor when he found that his nomi nee, Rundlett, would not be consid ered by the council, The name of Gra hum Smith was suggested to the coun cil by Wilder also. The office of building Inspector carries with it a salary of $229 a month. The mayor's office is non-re-munerntlve. Mayor Large Sworn In Mayor Large wns sworn in by S. 8. Bryson, city recorder, nt the office of the city nttorney at about 11 a, m. He announced there would be no Im mediate change in policy. Large was elected mayor by unani mous vote of the council after a three hour session. He wns president of the council nnd councllmen said they be lieved he deserved the position of mnyor by virtue of his record in that post and aa chairman of the finance committee. Large'e accession to the chair cre ated a vacant sest on the council, wbich the new executive will fill by appointment. The vacancy is in the representative from the third wsrd. Arthur Hendershott, third wsrd coun- SEE MAYOR LARGE STORY PAGE 2 ) , E RAN FRANCISCO, .Tan. 13. OP) If, C. Hendee, editor of the Pnelflo Coant edition of tho Wall Street Journnl, gnirt editorially todny in forerfiHtlng brighter dnyi for Pacific Coast lumbermen: "Without attempting to be fatu ously nptimirttic in tho fare of the very drprcimed condition of one of the const' target primary I nd ni tric, lumber, it in worth observing that orders for that commodity have now exceedrd produrtion for a record period In th Pacific north went and that the Went Coast Lum bermen association believes that the situation 'may be described aa in a strengthening position " Industry wns described aa having more than held its own in 1031 compared with other basic industries. Fetter volume end valuea were looked for this year. tation which makes them wonderfully nlive." soys one critic; another de clares, "Ilis 'raezjtn voce' is Irresist ible." A 1'sris critic declnred "The fine timbre of bis voice continued to Interest by Its delicacy of falsetto, Its rich cuntilene." Aurora Totter tTnderwood of the university Is to accompany Mr. Eng berg. Arthnr Bosrdmnn. head of the voice department at th University of Ore gon, sold, regarding Mr. Kngberg: "I believe that It la a very excellent thing to bring out the American artists who hsv made the efforts to perfect their abilities snd have acquired authority nnd routine. I have heard a great many nice things about Mr. Engberg's voice snd shell be very glsd to hear him sing In Eugene." Hptaking of the concert Mrs. Frsnk f'srll, active alumna member of Phi Heta In Eugene, said: "Members of I'bi Deta make a tremendous effort to give to the public the finest profes sional talent possible in their concerts and at a price na low aa possible." Tickets for the concert are on sale at the University Co-op, at the Me Morrsn and Wasliburne store, and rsrh actives and alumna member of 1'hi la selling them.