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Weather: Rain Home Edition LANE COUNTVS HOME NEWSPAPER. TODAXS NEWS TODAI EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1934. PRICE: ON STUKETS 80 NEWS STANDS 6c NO. 144 afilMMII I WE KB FAS6IST PBOSE a I 77- i ' 1 ; I lOERSf ORDERED FOR DAWES' BUNK! . . L institution Closed Collect Loan I MILLION INVOLVED! Ln Is Fast As Federal r All Other Creditors rtUCAGO. X- 21-tm Cir- N JSL Y' Zcvm of feT .b. Central ISrnUie Tru" company. H,, tadje made the appointment ,si. for Stote Au- STtJUrf J. Barrett had pre SmI t bill asking dissolution o S trot company, ions identified i "Daws" institution because Lnl Charles Gates Dawes, for- At president of the United w one of its mnjor atock- RFC Holds Title .! i; fallowed be less than IMtTIIClSUif ' . . . .. . .l.. riiin nf m Rint in fed I a loon iuc - 1 tourt by the Reconstruction Ifauct Corporation in n nun. i Cup balance of $00,000,000 cwndins on an SO.ntHMH) loan it , ... t. rtlH iVnirnl Renuh S, Rink and Trust company in I li eeuiteral on its loan, the HFC . all the trust romnany Iuhii with book value of $70.-'OO.- I Iviie Prytalki issued an or- I , . : Vrnnnall tvho la I in rmp""iiii. - rami receiver for majority of ill Mite banns invoivco in LJLh a return the law firm IpWTTWU... . - -if ItK and Flaherty as his at arwji in liquidating the trust twsanji assets. Olstr Creditors Blocked i.. fnr tt. n F. c. also cmI .:, t th .tat i-irpnit roiirt j?ittrdiy aininst the trust company. Boil federal actions fought to de train" the liability of the com- Ignjl W' stocK Holders in connec si with the R. . C. loans. Birrett closed the trust company nt light and dt'tailed a staff of SEE DAWES' BANK STORY PAGE 2 WEATHER NEWS TV WilUmott vivic was at a I Km af 3.1 feet Wednesday morning liter tropninj to 2.. feet Tuesday itonwon. Wednesday morning wan rf th coIdet morn inns of the ML Tbf foreca!.t : OREGON' I'na.tllcff s itti t-nin vCflt & brt Mills Mt nortinn tnniclit bH Tlurwiaj, uniw-i over mountains; riie mpcr.iturw; mrrpasmg wknut wind bfmminn of gnl? force C tlw coast. LOCAL STATKTirQ- Minimum Japfritiirf dnf.flny, T.S elpgreen. llUnnm itmi.D t.....i. t Prei-ipitjuinn. .07 Df an inch. 1 "-aaMif riTir, fpt. II U SLAW Tince. ti. 1..- ' I I. IB.. V2 n m . !. H.IA . K P. m.. Kr.dH.v'higli.' 1:0J . , '7 P- tn-: I'-w. 7:'j:, a. m., S:14 Many Interesting Recipes Bj Marias- unvnv J' terms n.S! iwli will rival the " wok book hi,.h , rn,,ii bL" Ways to 8m "M. M.r : ... ...... .. 1 lliralf nave come in lst ffW dnys on the -S; , o 1,1 l'r (U topic, rosiest .. , .TTiri ilreail." 'Hie to end st 0 I's purpose was erviin liread or 1 - WW,,.., of lies; but no "t-ifcr ri were eligible. y ' nfs a new Topic LUSC H EON TABLE "henn table " orcsmiie Md of white 'I flates decn fl"wers. plain '-on';,'. ". ;,. "M' f'sl glass pl. , a,,. groiip of the re, ree-pea tnbmitted Ct.r.f fc.. j tn. .4 Salad cst,!.;!,,.,,. ,n,j RT 1. .. -r..!;,. i, r lr.d ... w,h 0,i ... ' ' -'"n wna ait. " ''"'S'r, then place on avin witb salt. DEATHS LURE! The strange death of two men and disappearance of a woman on i the Galapagos islands lures Capt. G. Allan Hancock, Los Angeles j sportsman. Capt. Hancock sails Friday for the Islands in an at- tempt to solve deaths of Frank Wittmer and Alfred Lorenz and to attempt to locate Mrs. Wittmer. Manchurian and Shanghai "Incidents" Blamed On Diplomacy SHANGHAI. Not. 21. W The Japanese military attache today is sned, a at a to merit deploring what he called the Chinese government's "rev olutionary fliplomney'' and declaring the Japanese army's attitude toward China will remain unmodified as long as tins policy is maintained. The statement followed a two-day conference of Japanese military offi cers stationed in various parts of China an dit broke the calm which for several months past had gradually Ijeen settling over Chinese-Japanese relations. The attache accused the Nanking government of attempting to delay the enforcement of various items provid ed in the Tn nj; kit armistice agreement, adding that the purpose of the Jap anese officers conference was "to dis cus the situation so as to achieve a common attitude." "It was the revolutionary diplomacy advocated by the Central Kuomin tang (council) and enforced by the Nanking povernment'' said the spokes man, "that led to the Manchurian and Shanghai incidents. There have been attempts to whitewash the situation after these incidents but, unless there is a radical change in the Chinese government ' att it ude, there, is no hop that the (Japanese) army will change theirs." Two in Hospital With Broken Legs G. W. McOee, Crow fanner, and Wesley Duncan. Lorant. were both brought to the Kugene hospital with broken legs Tuesday afternoon. T"nmn. a farmer in the Lorsne district, was trying to escape from the attack of a wild pig and broke his leg rk he climhrd over a tnfe. McC.ee was struck by ft limb which flew .-ark while he was working in the wmds. He i employed by Snell strom brothers lumber mill. To Be Published In Forum lettuce leaves and pour over all some mayonnaise, (Jnrnish with 2 tsp. of finely chopped cooked beets. Green and White Salad Slice a Itermuda onion into large rings and let them stand for 5 or 10 minutes in cold water, to which a lit tle salt has been added. Arrange let tuce in a talad dish, then add the onion and 1 cup shredded celery. Over this plare thin strips of green pepper and serve with a Kren'-h dressing. Mrr. C. 1 lluffaker. 1MU Kairmount, Kugene. Stuffed Celery 1 .kg. pimiento e !iee.e 1 cup walnut meats 1 doien ripe olives Put all throush f.od chopper and mil with enough mayonnaise to mois ten. Add salt, paprika and cayenne to tnste. Stuff crisp celery stalks with the alove miiture and put in ice hoi till reailr to serve. Cauliflower Wild Che Saoee Cook cauliflower whole in sailed water. Itrmove mrefuily. place in sert. I ing dih and pour over the following : sa mo ; ! t.ike a ri'h while Mil", add gra'ed , rb"". p-ii rika and carenn to !at. SEE HOUSEWIVES STORY j PAGE 1 I I'll ELD IN If BE OF TRL ! DEATHS Children's Bodies Found In Bag-gage Stored During 1932 OWNERSHIP ADMITTED Prisoner Says Only Odds And Ends Were Packed For Storage NEW YORK, Nov. 21. OW An attractive and smartly dressed woman. Miss Ruby Clarke, .it., was arraigned today on a homicide charge following the discovery of the lodies of three infants in a trunk which belonged to her. Since Miss Clarke checked it in the summer of 11132, tho trunk had gathered dust in a Brooklyn ware house, iesterdny, two workmen open ed It and made their find. Trunk Lock Broken In a short affidavit introduced in Brooklyn homicide court. Miss Clarke was charged thus: "To our informs tion and belief Miss Clarke, residing at 1000 President street, Brooklyn, caused the death of three infants by suffocation." Two detectives signed the affidavit. District Attorney William F. X Geoghan said: "If nothing more de velops than what I have before me now her release should be ordered.' Geoghan said the woman told him the lock on the trunk waa broken when she sent it to the warehouse, which she declared earlier today dur ing questioning at the police lineup, and which was subsequently verified by police. Identification Impossible Miss Clarke was held without ball for a bearing next Friday. The prfs oner said the trunk contained only odds and ends pictures, books and clothing when she stored it. The condition of the infanta' bodies made identification of their sex and age practically impossible. Miss Clark said she was married 1(1 years ago to a man named Mahod. and that on his death six years later she resumed her maiden name. Willamette Road East of Oakridge Closed to Traffic The new grade of the Willamette highway eat of Oakridgp has been closed to all traffic for the winter, according to a notice received Wed nesday by County Clerk Walter H. IHIIard from the state highway commission. This action has been taken by the commission on ac count of th heavy rains recently. Traffic would cut the grade badly. In the same order the commission reduces the maximum weight of loads that can be hauled over the Willamette highway between Oak ridge and Kswler. several miles west. The combined weight of any vehicle and load or combined weight of any combination or vehicle and load shall not exceed 24.50 pounds, according to the nrdr. Nor shall the maximum weight of any vehicle I unladen or with load evceed 40K, i pound or shall the maximum axle ' weight exceed Kfai, the order states. Committee Named For Decorations Appointment of a committee to have charge of Chrietmaa decorations in the business section of the city was announced Wednesday by farl Baker, chairman of the merchants' division of the Kugene ehamlier of commerce. It is planned to contract with farm ers and olhcr local ciliiens for Christ mas decorations this year, so that the funds raised for this purpose will go to local people, Mr. linker said. Far mers will be gjven ronirarts for con structing cednr ropes and other items In the decoration aeheme. Members of the committee are Klmo Chase, chairman: J" K. Hayward. .tames Iiaker. Ilenry Huron, Nate Itu N.nstein. A. West Johnson. Herbert Olson. Walter 1irwood, Or. fam Ty ler and Itavid Masterton. The com mittee will meet in the near future to deriHe details on the plans for the decoration s. Chamber Director To Meet Thursday A nerial meeting of the board ot director of the F.ugene chamber f rdmnerc has been called for Thursday evening st " Vt eVloek at the chimber, it announced Vdnetidnr. Wednetday night the industrial enmrmftee of fne caamrr was to meet at I 'M n'rlofk nd nn Friliy evening st 7Vi niofc th outdoor recreation commit te will mt at the chamber at 7:30 o clock. OLD DOBBIN Sometimes strange conveyances mark the and of an airplane flight. Here'a the way George Rice, veteran pilot, came down from the heights of Oak mountain, near Los Angeles, after his plane crashed In the fog. The mail cargo was saved and Rice reecuad after spending the night on the mountain. BREVITIES STATE PORTLAXti. Not. 21. M) This lily's birth rate is shoving a sub stantial lain. In October 844 babiea were born, 50 more than in the cor responding month a yenr aao. The birth rale for the month tvna 13.1 to each HSH) of population, compared with 11.2 Inst yenr. There were 303 more babies born ln the first ten months of JH.'I4 than in the corre sponding period of last year. SALEM. Nov. 21. A policy looking to regulating the turn-in point for used state automobiles on new cars was recommended by the state board of control here today. Htato Treasurer Rufus C. Holman recom mended some authority be set up to determine the point, r tnal. adoption was delayed until a definite plan can be proposed. MF.PFORD, Ore.. Not. 21. 0P Drury F. Tierce, 45, Central Point district farmhand was sentenced to serve a three year term In state prison this morning by Circuit Judge II. 1). Norton. Pierce entered a guilty plea to stealing $4000 his mother-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Lange. had hidden in a "root-house'' and hiding it in a barn. Pierce asked for leniency on the grounds that his wife is an expectant mother. PHNDIfKTO.V, Nov. 21. P Fi nances of the Pendleton Round-up as sociation were reported at a meeting of stock holders here last nleht to he in the best shape In years, with all but SEE WIRE BREVITIES PAGE S s Death Car Driver Taken to Hospital POIITUND, Ore., Not. 21. P Willism Stout, held here nnder $10, txin bond requirement for involuntary manslaughter as a result of two traf fic deaths, was remored to a hospital today for treatment of a head injnry. Stout'a automobile last Sunday night crashed into a woman and her daughter as the couple waa crossing a street. Both died. Stout'a er.r then crashed head-on into another machine, demolishing both and resulting In sever injuries to both drivers. The condition of Stout, a Vancouver, Wash., nurse, has grown worse since he was placed in jail. Guards aaid he appeara dazed. Big Bad Wolves Invade Illinois CHICAGO, Nov. 21 iP A whole pack of big had wolves has invaded the Fox Ik district, atmut 30 miles norlhwext of Chicago, and the farmers are afraid. The wolvei. described as the timber type, were reported to have killed more than ,V) sheep in the past month. fne farmer, who lost 43 valuable Shropshire sheep, waa so concerned that he shipped the remainder of bis flock away. Zep Ocean Trips Start Next Year FRIKI'RICHHHAFKN. Germany, Nov. 21. tP Dr. Hugo K'kener. German aeronaut, said today h had re.iched an agreement In principle with American officials for regular ; Zeppelin service between Germany and Iakehnrst or Miami, j The regnlsr flights orer the north Atlantic, which he said are scheduled j for next summer, would be mad by ; the J, 12!, new and larger sister j ship of the Graf Zeppelin. Trips wfttild b mad etery fen or 14 dsy between the middle of July until I October, with the passenger fare at about fm GETS THERE! IR DE Three Expected As Pacific Share Under Proposed Army Program With congress expected to consider establishment of 20 air defense bases, three of which would he located on the Pacific coast, thj Kugene chamber of commerce plans an active campaign in an attempt to get such a base es tablished at F. u gone, It was announc ed Wednesday by H. E. Cully, secre tary of the chamber, and Mahlon Sweet, chairman of the chamber avia tion committee. According to present plans, a bill will be presented to the next congress asking an appropriation of $2tXt,O00,- NK) for the program of air defenne bases. Lnder this plan, there would he frontier air defense bases located along coast lines and Interior bases located in such regions as Halt l.ake City in the west. The local aviation committee plana to prepare a brief, showing the avia tion advantages at this point, the brief to be prepared with the aid of Col. James II. Tierney. This brief will be sent to the president, the head of the national aviation forces, to congressional members and to others who hold important positions fn avia tion. The brief will contend that the three mot logical points on the Pa cific coast for etnblithment of such bases are Fort Iewis, Kugene and San Francisco. These points, each located roughly In the center of ,V)0 mile circles along the cnant, are con sidered ideally located for suh de fense bases as are contemplated in the proponed hill, members of the aviation committee point out. With the Improvements made at the local air port. It is believed it would med atandnnta regitfred for such bases. Science Lecture To Be Repeated lue to such wide. spread Interest in the. science lectjire. the first of a series, given by Ir. Will V. Nnrria t the university Tuesday night, the same lecture will be repeated at 10., Heady hall at 7:.W o'clock Wednesday night. It was announced. More than 200 persons were turned away at the lecture Tuesday night. Dr. Norria talks on KnerRy." illus tratlng his talk with slide. This Is the first of a series of popular sci ence lectures planned by university facnity members this year. There Is no admission charge and townspeople re invited. Swift Plant Strike Has Fourth Bombing PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 21. ) A powerful dynamite bomb wrecked a store front here today In what po lice described as a continuation of strike violence resulting from the Swift and company hutrhers strike. It was the fourth bombing In the Portland area sine the strike started. Floyd H. Weatherly, owner of the shop damaged today, aaid he bad been warned to discontinue sale of Swift products, hut had refused. The bomb fell on slee ldwalk doors, fore a large hole In the plates, shuttered alt window in the store snd broke aix windows across the street. NEW STORM DUE PS FRANCISCO, Nov. 21. W Warnings of sontheat storm were ordered displayed on the Wash ington-Oregon rosst at 8 a. m- today by the L. B. weather buret a. BKIUbL I ULLb DEPENDING ON LEGI Lawmakers Empowered To Change Plan Under Contract, Held CHARGES HELD BAR Highway Association Head Says Present Scheme To Block Travel . 8AIF.M, Nov. 21. W Steps en abling the slate legislature to lift, pro post d tolls from the five Oregon Coast bridges now under construction were taken by the state highway com mission In its original agreement with the federal government in making ap plication for the W.Wtt.tHH. construction, It was pointed out by the road department here today. The agreement provided that should the state legislature so decree tolls could be eliminated and other provis ion for paying the loan share of the joint grant and advancement plan be paid to the government. Tolls Declared Travel Bar The matter would rest with the legislature either at the coming ses sion or in the 1037 assembly at which time it was expected nil spans would be completed. The announcement followed the statement of It. T. Bourn of North Rend, president of the Coast Highway association, at Corvallls last night, that If tourist travel over the highway la to he continued tolls on the spans must not be levied. He stated it would coKt about $2.50 to cross all five bridges. He urged legislative action to provide appropriation to remove the tolls. Ferry Costs Utilized The bonds to construct the bridges are Issued on the basis of toll revenue and are not general obligation bonds. If tolls are removed, it was pointed out, the legi.wlnture would undoubted ly authorlxe Issuance of general obli gation lionda to take care of the an na 1 payments. Ferry conta eliminated by the spnns, would' also he used to retire bond. Toll bonds were Issued because of SEE BRIDGE TOLLS STORY PAGE 2 Vast New Plateau Is Discovered By Byrd's Birdmen TjlTTTiH AMF.RICA, Antnrctlca, No. 21. -(Via Mnckny Radio) OP) A vast new plateau, "flat as the plains of Kansas." was added today to the maps of the Ryrd expedition. Rear-Admiral Richard K. Ryrd said he believed the area waa the long sought link between the Andes ranged nf Smith America and the mountains of West Antarctica. The discovery was made by an serial survey crew under Harold June, chief pilot. Members of expedition said the flight broadens American eldim In the area, east and south of the Kdsel Ford range and adjoining Marie Ryrd land. An airplane piloted by .Tune trsvel ed for some 270 miles over the plateau two days ago, an on eight-hour hop from headquarters. He did not fly completely ecrosii it. Most of the glistening land was at an elevation of 4.'W)0 feet, spreading in all directions. Sheltons to Be Taken to Portland CONDON. Ore.. Nov. 21. 0) Joseph K. Shelton, former newspaper i publisher at Kugene. was to he taken i by emtrulancft to a Portland hospital : today for treatment of serious injur iea he. suffered In an automobile ac cident near here Monday night, Mrs. Hhelton, who suffered a lacer ated scalp, waa to accompany birn In the ambulance. She had made marked Improvement todny, Hrl ton's condition, although Im ; roved, still Is serious, physicians said. He suffered a broken jaw snd com pound fractures of the legs. The accident occurred when th Shelton car missed s curve and crash ed Into a bridge guard rail. Memphis Flooded By Sudden Storm MKMPIIIH, Tenn.f Nov. 21. P Scores of persons were ma rooned for a time In their homes, traffic hampered, roofs were blown off and trees uprooted when a storm, accom panied by a record breaking rain swept over Memphis and surrounding territory early todny. It waa bettered to be the heaviest ! eight hour downpour In Memphis hi i tory. with 7 27 tncben falling from 11 last night until 7 a. m. SLATUH TO TREASURY! 1 - d&mL. Miss Josephine Roche, Colorado mine operator who established a higher scale of pay than com petltora and still waa able to show a profit, will have charge of the welfare and health of the thou sands of employee of the U. 8. Treasury Department In her new ly created post with title of As sistant secretary of the Treasury. County SERA Ok'i Plan; Road Maintenance Work Listed In each of the tvrw grade schools at Springfield a cook will h9 em ployed for a period of l.T weeks to prepare hot lunches for the pu pila If a SKUA project approved by the Ijine county relief committee Wednesday la given final OK by the state committee In Portland. The project as approved hy the local committee calls for the ex penditure nf $41D.S0 during the 1.1 weeks. The Springfield P. T. A. has been sponsoring the pWin to serve hot lunchca to the children In the grade schools the past two years and volunteers hare gone to the buildings each day to prepare hot chocolate or hot soup to go with the lunrlips brought hy the pupils who live too far away from the school to go home for kinch. The women will be relieved of this burden if the project Is approved hy the state group. A project calling for the em ployment of A men in general main- "see seraTrojects story PAGE 2 4 Valley Lumbermen To Meet Thursday The regular monthly meeting oi (he Willamette Valley Lumbermen's association will be held at the burn hotel Thursday evening, start ing with a fl:10 oVlnck banquet, it was announced Wednesday by H. J. Cox, secretary. All lumber manufiicturers or their representatives are urged to attend the meeting. Galapagos Mystery Thickens As Expedition Plans To Sail T8 ANGKI.KH, Nov. 21. OP) First nc urate dn rii1ions of the two ImmIIcm found Saturday on a waterless rock of the Galapagos archipelago in the equatorial death mystery established with apparent certainty that the strange Kmprens of Charles Island Baroness F.loise Ronsquet de Wagner ws not one of the victims. Doubt that the second body, larger of the two was any of the nine known Inhabitants of the former convict Isle, which is VV) miles sot'th of the scene of (he tragic discovery, was expressed here by a man familiar with all the figure there. The seond body waa reported by Captain Rodhiueg to be six feet fall, with head bald in front snd a slight tuft of brown hair In Iwk. W. Charles Swett, first officer of the exploration cruiser Velero III, whose owner, Captain G, Allnn Han cock suggested the second body might lie that of a Norwegian fisherman named Nuggerood, said that Nut gerood was not that tall, and that he did not know that Nugaerood wae held, although he bad seen bim a n"mber of times. The strange island mystery of deata at the equator remained riddle to 1 SI FALSE Bond Salesman Says General Makes Up Statements Of "Whole Cloth" WALL STREET SCOFFS Ex-Marine Repeats Tale of Being Asked to Head Dictatorship NEW YORK, Nov. 21. OP) Be hind a thick veil of .secrecy, the con gressional committee on uu-American Activities called Gerald C. MucGulre, a Wall afreet bond salcsmun, to tes tify further today ln connection with General Kmedley D. Butler's purport ed charge of a "fascist plot" to create il United Stntes dictatorship. While General Butler maintained a close silence in Philadelphia over the contents of the story given to the committee yesterday, the charge was Irubhed 'a publicity stunt, "silly," "perfect moonshiue' and "amaxing" by various prominent men whose names have been drawn into the story. Worker Groups Eyed Prior to calling MacGulre, to re um his testimony begun before the committee yesterday, the committee studied briefly "certain aspects of alleged communist activities among workers of the fur trade Industry, Chairman John W. McCormlck o the committee did not divulge de tails, but it was understood the com mittee planned to look Into the or ganixation nf fur workers and part worker actlrltles. Recently, an organltnllon of- hit workers left the American Federation of Inhor to affiliate with the Needle Trade Workers Industrial nniop, of which Ben Cold Is national secretary. The move waa understood to be a left wing shift. Members of the committee refuset to divulge the nature of any of the testimony and met the majority nf Inquiries with lifted eyebrow or In vitation to "draw your own conclu sions." Butler Repeats Details The committee continued ita Inves tigation of the former marine corpa SEE PROBE OF FASCIST STORY PAGE 2 IT NEW YOIIK. Nor. II. Su preme t'ourt Justice John F. Carew today awarded custody of Gloria Van derbilt. ten-year-old heiress, to hep aunt, Mrs. Hurry l'ayne Whitney. The Judge's decision had been await ed since Monday, when attorneys fop Mrs. Whitney, who uow has custody of the child, and Mrs. Gloria Moriau Vanderbilt, the child'a mother who was suing to regain possession of th. girl, submitted drafts nf orders to Justice t'nrew, I'nder the terms of Justice Tarew's order, the child la to live with Mrs. Whitney five daya a week, to be de livered at 10 a. m., each Saturday to her mother and returned to Mrs. Whit ney st aundown on Bundaya. day that may he solved only hy men whose life study is the origin of life. Members of a scientific expedition leaving here Friday find three phases of the unfinished story of the tragedy of two starved snd thirst ravaged bodies found on the volcanic Bands of a little black bench of a tiny waterlese islet of the Gnlapngoa archipelago, a thousand miles southeast of the Panama canal. Theive phases are: Where is the vanished "empress, whose one-garment court costume win a pair of silk panties? It is six months since this Rarones de Wagner drop ped from sight ;:t the old convict isle of Charles, where the story of the tragedy begins. What Is the terrible secret locked In the hearts of a nude couple, an Adam and F.re. who sit In a little shark at the end of a Madi dust road built on the isle of Charles hy for gotten men in forgotten days? Dr. Frlerterlrh Bitter, and his mate, Frnn Pore Hf ranch Koerwien, wp.te to their het friend In the civilised world, who heads the party of scientists, that they will tell him something they SET GALAPAGOS STORY PAGE a i1, 'ir. 1 !