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Newspaper Page TextI EEU(G DAILY GUAM) Twelve Pages Twelve Pages" PRQ7 . Bill Passes Oregon TH VOLUME 61 , : '-' ' . . 'T-... , ' ' BUG EKE, PRECOX, WEDNESDAY KVKXIXO, DEO. 21, 1021 . , XQ. 158 m S. BOUMB TO EC J Mosen I ruck Regulation Senate 'n, -." . '- . ' : : jT- f ,lf J; 'S VETO IS SI Compromise . Tax .Plan . for Fair Looms, and May Gain Enough Strength to Get Favorable Action Tonieht. Combines .Land, .Gasoline - Tax. According to a message to L. L. Ray, president of Iho Eugono Chamber of Commorce. from Sen ator John Bell, the Smith resolution to repeal the state millage til), passed by the people to aid and strengthen the University of Oregon and 0. A. C, lost by a voto of IS to 14 in the state senate this after noon. . State House, Salem, Ore. ,Deo. 21. K. K. Kubli, Multnomah, late this afternoon 'Withdrew his consti tutional amendment providing for a property tax to raise the $3,000,000 fflom the state of Oregon at large for the I92S fair fund. This leaves the three-eont gasoline tax plan as the only one before the house at the present time. State House, Salem, Ore., Dec. 21. An agreement wns reached during the noon hour between Speaker, Jieon end proponents of the fair, that the gaso line tax measure should bo given the right of way in the house thiN afternoon over all other fair proposals during their discussion, under special order. The Kubli direct tax proposal Is to he with drawn and the Griffith-Kerr three-cent gasoline tax amendment substituted. It is also planned to amend this so that the commission of fifteen is to be elect ed by the legislature and the names of the commission written Into the measure. Whether this will go .through Is not known hut It will probably meet with the approval of the delegations from the first and second congressional districts which would determine upon nnd nominate Iho five men from e.-h of these c'istricts to be put upon the commission. Companion Bill Accompanies. , Accompanying the , corstltutionnl amendment is a companion gasoline tax hill which provides. Hint three million dollars In three years be- diverted from the highway' fund for the use of the ex position fund, provision . is also made that the commission is to pny back to the different counties of the state 10 per cent of the amount raised in each county, respectively, which 10 per cent Is to he used by each county in the cou rtrurtion of buildings or the collection of exhibits to be located at the exposi tion. It is also definitely provided in the constitutional amendment that after the ffllr haa secured the ttiree million dollars 1le whole fund in the future accruing ufrom the gasoline tax Is to be turned in to the highway fund with the constitu tional provision that no diversion from this source is to be attempted in the fu ture. The county refunding provision would provide a total sinn of three hun dred thousand for the counties of the state to finance their exhibit at the ex position In whole or in part ' The remainder, ?2.T00.II00, would be nsed in the general financing of the ex position. 5 Moser Bill Passes. Stuto House. Salem, tire.. Dec. 21. The state senate today passed the .Moser. for-hirc automobile regulatory bill over the governor's veto. Only five members opposed Its passage. The bill provides for the regulation of all for-hlro automobiles, stnges and trucks engaged in freighting service, un der the jurisdiction of the public service commission, ' . ' - The bill' also gives that commission authority to fix rates and running ached iles for stage and truck lines. No such vehicles may operate without a permit from the, commission. The hill now goes o the house. . . , Compromise Plan Looms. . State nous. Snlcm, Ore.. Deo. 21. A eomprondsc 'plan, consisting of- an amended bilL Incorporating an ineren.ed jao!ine. tax with the least ohiectionahle features of the Kubli property tax amendment, loomed as a possible solu tion to the lf25 exposition financing tan ale, as the two houses of the legislature "convened .at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The proposed plan, which has received avorahle comment from all factions in of fair controversy, would embrace the h lights and business features of the three gasoline tax proposals, thus con "liatiny. several upstate factions, and Parts of the Kubli bill as a means of wopiatiating certain member of the JImtnomnh delegation which Is holding out for a direct property tax. Under the plan neither property nor '"oline will he tnxed so as to prove Continued on pane two) Ti.nit.ht nnd Thnrduv mil I'fwtcrly wjmb, -rssr if i V -s. SUCCEEDS EXECUTIVE OF NORTH DAKOTA WHO WAS RECALLED Hon. R. A. Nestos, new gov ernor of North Dakota, He was born in Norway in 1877, and came to the United States in 1893, beginning a life as a iar.m lauorer ana Harness maker. He is a graduate of the Uni versity of Wisconsin and the University of North Dakota. He succeeds Governor Lynn J. Frazier of the Non-Partisan League. POLITE IS ROBBER E ChicitRo. Per. 21. Tho "CliCHtprfield inn bandit" who held tip paHseiiRers in tho observation car of tho, ChicHRo-WuNhiiifftnii-Xcw York de luxe train, has nmrio good his escape today. Tho hiRhwayniun,. wearing n silk hand kerchief as a mask, and cxponsixo dark riothes. robbed pftHHuiiRern of $1000 in cash nnd jewelry an the Baltimore nnd Ohio train pulled out of Chicago last night. He pulled tho bell rope, jumped over the hack platform aud eweaped in a waiting automobile. "Please put your hands up," he com manded politely hh he entered the coach after this train had left Hnglewood sta tion whore marines, with orderB to 'Vhoot to kill." were ou duty. "I would rather not have any trouble of any kind here." The bandit pointed his pistol at Her bert Fj. Stansbury, who was'leaving with hut wife nnd three daughters. He took $105 in cash and a watch from tstans bitry. lie came to Mrs. Stansbury next, "I wouldn't rob a woman," the bandit said. "Please go into the uext coach with the children. 1 don't want to frighten them." M. Taylor, passenger agent of tho It. nnd O. was robbed of jewelry nnd n small amount of cash as were several other passengers. A lie went down the lino of victims, relieving each one, tho bandit said with n smile, 'Tlmnk you very much, t needed a 1 title Christmas money. Next." " OF U- Havre. Dec. 21. Frfltiee mut- hnve Mitmuirincs, llene Vivirmi, French dele gare (4i tho Washington nnni conference declared on his arrival here today n'nflrd the FYeneh liner ParK from New York. "Our colonial Interests make it imi-ei-ntivo thr" wo hold undersea craft." VI vinni said. "As to practical refill'1 of disnrmn- niont, he continued, tney cannot he definite until nil the interested nations have mnde known their ooinions. "T think France on?'"ot enirnge herself until she Is assured Cermany a formi dable producer of rhemi'als procnictj has given nil gunrnntees for fwsation of the ntiinufncture of nsphyxiuting gases." IN CONGRESS TODAY Senate. . Continues oon.sic'enition of Keny.ori bill to put a far'ier on federal reserve hoard. Senator Kenyon expected to speak on No whom case. Tnvestigntion of chnrtrs by Senator Wrttnn tbnf woldiers were hnnced with out trinl in F ranee continue. Tariff henrmrs continue before finance vom mittee. House. nans' ron.id ration f hill sehdins surpius nnny ineui'al supplies to Itus eia. AIRSHIP CHR1STENE0 WnOiintrt.n. De 21. --The Ttoma. oneen of America's diriciMc fl" n'v; p.I here unfelv today Lnnrlev field. Vn to he Hiritenrr1. The hi ernff land ed at Bnllir.r fld hre ar 10 "O nVtor :ind shrtlv thereafter ohnvtened bv Mis Fonrne Wniiwrigh!. daughter of the aBi-d:int cr- tnrv ' war. in the l-reneo of tnnnr distinguished militnrv offic-alv and civilian Hints conference delegates. BOMBING CASE LChief Commissary Polish Po- nue oays ouspect lnvoivea and Knew of Plans in Ad vance. Did Not, However, Participate in Actual Crime. Uy .IOI1X GKAUDEX35 (United Press Staff Correspondent) (Copyright 3021 by United Press) Wnrsaw, Poland. Dec. lil AVofle Lin denfeld, held here la connection with the Wall street bomb murders, has named six accomplices for whom detectives arc now searching. Dr. Stanislaus Oulkow ski, chief commisary of the Polish poli tical police, declared today. Dr. Oulkowski gave the United Press n complete record of Ltudenfeld's acti vities, Joth before and after the dyna miting, taken from the archives of the secret police. This threw tho first light of publicity on Li u den f eld's "inside history." While police were cross questioning Lindcnfcld endeavoring to elicit further information from him. Dr. Oulkowski told the United Press the following had already been ascertained: 1 Lindcnfcld undoubtedly was invol ved in the bombing, because be knew minutely in advance how the prepara tions were made, how the bomb wns manufactured and how it was to be set off. 2 He did not actually participate in bombing but he Ttuows who did. Tho names of the six accomplices were not divulged by Dr. Oulkowski for fear they would take the alarm nnd escape. . The Polish authorities are anxious to deport Lin do n fold to the Uuited States at the. earliest possible moment. Lindcnfcld, Dr. Oulkowski said, wos born in Warsaw in INSft. He is mnrrled, his wife being In New York, and has two children. , . " He participated in a revolutionary movement in Poland in 1006. While n 'member of the (Jermnn section of the ffocilnist party nnd employed as a store clerk, thnt party decided to punish him for strikebreaking. - Was Employed as Spy. Thereupon Lindcnfcld sought police protection. The police employed him nn a spy among the radicals. Tt was Ins duty to try nnd incite the radicals to at tempt some unlawful deed and thou in form on them, - ' Eventually IJndoufeld went to Amer ica. Hp changed Ws nntne to Linde and worked as a tuilor's cutter. .Later he was employed ns a detective by the Hums agency. Ho also started a political newspaper called the Tribuna, devoted to labor questions and to war upon capitalists. He heenme a member of the New Yortt Press club, on Spruce street, nnd also of the international labor party. He claim si to have had advance knowledge of the plot to set off a bomb in Wall street, knew the names of those Involved anfl where and how. the infernal machine wan manufactured. After it was sot off a tUroad and Wall street in September. 1020, killing 37 persons,, Lindcnfcld went to William J. Jturns. ho said, and offered to go to work for him again, for the purpose of locating the dynamiters. He declared he received $.'000 from Htirna and shirtly thereafter disappeared. He returned to Pol u ud f where he got into close connec tion with tho communists nnd attended meetings in HrusselH. Tlerlin and Moscow. About this time It urns sent Detective Sylvester Cosgrove to Europe to locate him. I By niAZER ITDWATtDS, United Pres Ktnff Correspondent) Washington. Dec. 21. Senator Ken yon of Iowa, the first republican to nise his voice against Senator Newberry, de clared in the senate today Newberry's election wns "tainted and fraudulent and justifies the refusal of the .seat." Kenyon flayed his republican colleagues for supporting - Newberry on , party grounds. He denounced "Newberryism" a tho "justification of celling senate seats." He wurned that the case would be tried In the court of the American peo ple." Kenyon' charged thnt " a social lobby" is active in Newberry's behalf. GIFTS ARE PRACTICAL Portland. Ore., Dec. Ul. People are giving practical gifts this Christmas ac cording to the Meier and Frank eompanv here. Very few luxuries, compared with former year are being sold ns prospec tive ballast for sundry tocking. Yet, according to this department store, ns great if not a greater Volume of units of merchandise sre beinn sold. With monev as tight as it is. people are huTing with enreful discrimination, but thev are buying. Shopping horde stormed the gift rnmitern enrlv this year, taking the old Christmas sloftm seriously. "And they're rnrrying most of their smaller purchase fnv.iy with them far more than in for mer yesr,M nn ctultnut manager glee fully added. . ,, . FIRST REAL ATTACK ON FARM BLOG IDE1 BILL OFFERED CONGRESS WaslitUKton, lec. . 2t. A pro posal that cougri-a by 'legislative action wipo out tho so-ialli'd nRri-: culture bloc was muth in Iho house today. Representative 'Ansorge. Cws York, introduced a hill winch would make bloc notion on manors , pend ing before the house and seimte il- legal, and placing a muxiuium fine of $5,000 on any member of either branch who engngea in such group action. Urges New Grading System Washington,: Iee. 21. A bill to establish a new system for gradiitg J wheat was introduced in the hooscji today by Representative HCeinerHon,' republican of ' Minnesota, who . suid its passage would save the north west wheat growers thousands of dollars a year. The measure provides that all for E AT DDS OVER TREATY By RAYMOND CLAITKU v . f United PrcsH Staff (Yrrenpondent) ' Washington, ,!. Dec. m.-rlVoiddont ILirditig will be urgwl by republican aen atora to approvo a rcbolution to the four power Pacific treaty making it dear thot the United Stntca ia not bound by the pact to safeguard the turriiu ml integ rity of Japan. There were intimation-! today in ad ministration eircltta in the uenat thnt llnrding might himaelf auggent that res ervation when he nnhmlts the treaty and ihua iron out- the Hlrult,v caused hy hia difference of opinion with the Amer ican delegation on this point. - Ratification of the four-power treaty hecame seriously endangered today with official disclosure of the fact thnt JTren ident Harding Is at odds with Secretary Hughes and other armament delegate over the meaning of the pact , Tlughea and other conference dele gates have agreed that the treaty in clude .Tnpnn proper in the territory which the four signatories agree to safe guard. Herding flatly disagreed with this view holding that only island ponHossions of the powers are meant. Hut he announc ed officially that bo is willing to let the Hughes construction stand for official purposes. Furthermore he announced he will not permit his difficulties with Hughes over tho meaning of the treaty to embarrass tho conference or ratification in the son ate. Indications at the White House, however, are that dfiarding will refrain from any active campaign to force the treaty through the senate. At the White House it was indicated President Harding's present intention is not to attempt to force the pact through the senate, because of his disagreement with the American delegates as to its meaning, hut to leave Uiat to Hughes and Senator Underwood. Meanwhile. Senator Borah is demand ing that the treaty he rewritten so as to leave no d.mbt as to its moaning. . Therc is no proper reason," he said, "why the language of the treaty should be permitted to remain so ambiguous." Irreconcilable senators today predict ed that the four-power treaty would go down to defeat under on nvalanehe of adverse public opinion an the result of Harding's statement DeSAUtLES WOMAN ENGAGED , U.itinA m.ilA lnr Q1 llinnnen V.r. raKKiirir. do Saulles. the Chilean beauty who Ktnofi nor itrst nuKonmi, jbir u M mi 11 Ati A mnrionn unefet v mnn 1 en. gaged to marry Fernando Santa Crux, a young engineer. Mrs. de Haulier murder trial was one - . 1.- 1 ....Ilonol In Ynek'a criminal history. She wos accused of having shot ami kinou ner nuannna ai his country home. She claimed she had no recollection of firing the shots. After a hard fought trial she was acnuittcd. RAIL HEARING POSTPONED Chicago. Iee 21. .Indue l.andiK iot poned until January H hearing In the case of the PeniiMvlvani.'i railroad, whhh seeks to enloin the United States rail road board from making public a report censoring the carrier for violation of tho board's decrees. I. he judge two weeks ttco granted a temnornry restrain ing order prohibiting publication of the l-onrd' report. HELP SCATTER CHRISTMAS CHEER Dear Friend: Perhaps you know of some family that is (roimr without Christmns clinor nnd you nro not ablo to caro for moro tlinn your own. Won't you fake tho time to fill out this hlank and mail it to mo or Phone 43.1. so that no oiip in all Lane countv will be overlooked at YuletidcT: If you'll do your part, I'll do mino. Yours for Christmas cheer, SANTA CLAUS. Care Christmas Cheer Committee, Elks Temple, Eugene, Or. Name . Address Number in Family .... t)B u. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i.t t n i h r r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t m i 1 1 ( i m t I m. eign 'material in wheat, excepting rye, shall be classed as "dockage," tills "dockage" to bo 'designated on ; tho grading certificates but not to affect the gradet. All moisture in excess" of 14$d per' cent would like wise be stipulated but would not re duce the grade. . . , . 'v , To Consider Booze Amendment. Washington, Dec. 21. An aineud meut to the Volstead act permitting tho sale of light wine and beer will be considered by the houe ways and means committee after tho hol idays, Cbnirmau ordney; announc ed today. The matter will be considered from the standpoint of revenue for tho -payment of a soldier bonus, Fordney said. Fordney indicated that the com mittee would favor sale of light wine and beer provided strong sentiment for lifting tho ban develops. BLOODED DOG GOES ON TRIAL FOR LIFE FOR KILLING CATS Ran Francisco, Pec. 21. Dormie. aro gant alrdnle, faced tho supreme moment of hiB life today. He went to trial a jury trial on a charge of catslnughter, resulting from the death of Kunbenin and 12 other cats. An alibi will be the defense. Dormie Issued another long stntotnent today denying dogntyally nnd categorical ly all of the charges against him. Dorthie seemed in excellent spirits be fore court opened. He arose early, ex ercised on the lawn of his home and ate three sausages for breakfast. ' . Alrdulo fanciers hRvo come to Dot mle's rescue. " As a character witness today they brought forth Howdy, brother of Laddie, President, Harding's dog. Howdy was the personal body guard of "Mary Ann," Persian cat. for months, they claimed, nnd when "Mary Ann" died from entirely natural causes, he fasted eight days in grief. The trinl will be before a jury in Po lice Judge T.ile T. Jnck'B court, It has attracted wide interest. Hail Labor Board Will Be Offered S. P. Wage Tangle San Francisco, Toc. 21. The question of -wages to be paid 44.000 employes of the Southern Pacific rnilrnad, chiefly In the shop crafts nnd slmllnr branches of the service, will be decided by the rall wnv .labor honrd. The conference between the company and the representatives of the men held here during the last two days failed to reach an agreement. The company sought to reduce wnges approximately 10 per cent. Both sides todny were preparing briefs to be laid before the railroad labor board. Leerion Will Dine. Smoke And Elect Thursday Night A dinner for leigion members at 0:110 o'clock followed by a smoker Is schedtded for Iine County Post No. 3, Amerlcnn lcgion fn the Chamber of Commerce Thursdiiy evening. Officers will be elect ed at this meeting and other important business transacted. It is expected that the Tieglon Christmas gift list for dis abled ex-service men will be niade up at this meeting. Walter Cole, who Is chairman of the smoker committee, promises a real en tertainment and urges .all members to be on deck. ... PORTLAND GRAIN ' ' .Portland, Ore.. Dec. 21. Wheat: hard white 41.10: 'Boft white 1.08j white e.lnb $1.00; hard - winter l:10j northern spring, $I.W); red Walla $1.01; oats biar.il, barley blank. Wilmington. Del. .V flivver lost a front wheel on the busiest street here and continued for two or three blocks. A newsboy notified the driver who re covered, attached Lis wheel nnd went on. Denver A rent sleshing landlord hss heen found In Denver. He Is D. M. aid man, owner of a new apartment house who has announced a $10 a month reduc tion on rents of all his apartments. , Bulletins Los Angeles, Dec. 21. Three pay roll bandits held up'W. L. Stevens, manager of the Crown laundry, and escaped with $4100 cash shortly be fore noon today. ... i Mount Clemens, Mich., Deo. 21. ' After slashing the throats of his two children, Harold Lydo today' killed , himself with a batcher knife at the ', home of his ; divorced wife here. . Mrs. Lyde fled from the house with ' another baby following an attack by ' - Lyde-.-rThe mother Is In -a -critical condition. . ' . , Columbus, Ohio, Doe. 21.; Two ; armed bandits today held up and robbed the Steel-ton branch of tno i Citizens ' Trust and Savings bank; here of $10,000. ' . ;. ( ' Birmingham, Ala.) Deo. 21. Jo seph Mantoine, and his wife were slain ' with an ax and their grnrory,set 'on ' tire here today. Police believe" a roo- ber l responsible.-;,', r . "'.- Marshtield, Ore., Oeo. 21. The' Coos bay coast guard orew this aft ernoon went to the assistance of an unidentified tug, In distress off Coos ' bay with a barge In tow. The tug was off Cape Arago and appeared to be attempting to make Coos bay. Tho harbor tug Fearless also left to give aasistanoa. The distressed tug . Is without wireless and could not be : spoken to. ' . THREAT OF PREMIER TOLD AT DA1L MEET Uy CHAttI.,EH M. MeOANN i United Press Htuff Co-respondent) Dublin.. Deo. i Uli Tho , Sinn .. Vein I p'oce delegates .wero . forced by Woyd teorge s monstrous inutility " to -sign the Anglo-Irish . trenty., Cleorge Duffy, a delegate who signed the pnet, charged In the Irish pnrtiament today. "I am not ntxVg!zing for my signa ture," be cried, "but I desire to tell the mnnnor in which the treaty wns extort ed." , I.lnyd Oeorgo tbrentened the ponce delegates with war if they did not sign, Duffy said. "The British jifemler first broke with us definitely on December 4, subject to the approval of his cabinet." Duffy said. "When we resnmed discussion with hi n.lalor he said the conference really had broken four seperato times so that Ireland's fate must be decided that, aft ernoon. IJnyd George said 'I have a messenger going to Hclfnst tonight He has two messages, one saving that the treaty hss been signed and the other de claring a rupture has resulted and If there's a rupture there will be immediate war," Was Not Bluffing. " 'The only way to avert this war Is to immediately nfflx your signatures and a plenipotentiaries promise to recom mend Its approval. 'You must decido by ten o'clock to night'." Thiffy ssid he did not believe the British premier was bluffing. "That ultimatum might have been bluff but everyone who heard It believed with out, doubt that this time he was not play acting." Despite the fact that the delegates were compelled to sign. Duffv said he recommended immediate raUficntlon of the naet by the Dail. "I relnetnnlv but sincerely recommend pasHsae of this treaty.", he. snid.'"nnd 1 solemlv warn you of the consequences of rejection." Duffy denounced both men who hnve heen attacking the treaty ns a valueless arrmigement 'find those -who bnve been prsising it ss perfect. ' He took the attitude thnt as It nl reedy hss been signed it should be rati fied without further words. "Tills treaty gives us real power military power, economic and govern mental power the' power to resist fu ture nsirrension." he said. Knmnnn ,T. Diiggnn. who also signed the trentv recommended Its acceptance hy the Dnll but denied the delegntes had been coerced bv T,lovd Heorge. "We were sent to London to negotiate sn agreement with Britain, not to nego linte n renuhlir" he said. "I do not like the trenty, but t know the alternative war. "I am sure the tinrt will give us full control of our conn try." Start. Re-Buildintr Bridre Washed Out Near Coburg The county pile driver started ycnler day putting in a foundation for the bridge north of Coburg, near the county line. The bridge washed awny during the high water and lodged down stream. A 10-foot bridge will be built to tnke the old l'J foot bridge's, plnce, says .1. W. MeAr thtir, county bridge superintendent. Home of th? lumber in the bridge was salvaged and can be recovered. Only emergency bridge work Is being done since the cold wenther sot in. ac cording to the bridge superintendent. POPE GIVES TO BABES Rome, Dec. 21. The Pope has donat ed a half million lires to the poor of Vienna and 2",0(0 lire to the poor bnhles of the city as a Chrixtuine present, it was announced here today, REPRESENTATIVES OF ran Under " Four-Power Pacific . Treaty. Says High Amer- ican Authority, TJ. S. is ' Bound - to Help Preserve Rights of Nippon. Washington, Dee. "1. Uepresentn-. lives Of nil tho powers are agreed on the interpretation of the Pacific trenty thnU it Includos the homelnnd of .luprui.: it wns learned today from :i high authority of tho American delegation. This agreement wns rchelied between Secretary Hughes for the United Ktntcs, Arthur ,T. Balfour for Crest Britain. Ad miral Bnron Kato for ,Tnpan ami M. Vi vinni for France, in ' tlie negotiations which led up to the formulation of the treaty. Whether .there will be an ex change of noteR between the govern ments concerned to put .down, in black and white this understanding is -not yet known but it was stated on high author ity that Uiis government believes there can be no doubt regnrding this -phase of the interpretation. of the trenty on the part of any of the siguiitory countries. - May Cut "Sub" Figure. ' Washington, Dep. 2U The . United States probably will agree to a lower fie nre than 00,000 tons in the Hughes pro posal for a submarine allowance to the United RfatCB and Great Britain, it was indicated on high authority, today. ? This will be a concession to the Brit ish desire for total abolition of the sub marine. . It was learned from high authorities in the American delegation that this govern ment believes tho figure of 00.000 tons of submarines In the , original Hughes proposal 1s high and this' was taken to mean thnt the United States will agree to a lower figure to meet the desire of Great Britain -to bpllsb thomibinavinc , or diminish its nse as far as possible. i '-" Harvey, Brland to Meat, . v London, Dee. 21. American Amluis sndor George Harvey will meet Premier Brinnd tonight to thresh nut the entire question of I'V.ince's stand on limitation of arras, it was learned today. ! GIFT LADEN TRAIN TO For the purposes of allowing the Kit-gene- Elks' Christmas committee to dis tribute baskets of food and gifts along the S. P. Coos bay line the Sunday morn. Ing train leaving here at 7:45 will stop at all points, according to I. T., Sparks, district freight aud passenger agent. The Klks have been working, through agents and section foremen along the Coos bay brunch, collecting names of needy .fam ilies in the small towns. Anyone, who can supplement the list with, the name and address of any western Lane family and the sex of the children, nre requested tp notify the committee at once. The train bearing tho Santa. Cinqs committee will stop at flit stations be tween Eugene and Siltcoos. Because of mills in many of the smeller towns be ing, closed down, there are many needy fuiiillles in western Lane towns, it Is reported. , , '" BANK MESSENGER ROBBED -St. I.ouls, Mo., Dec. 20. Two armed bandit s robbed a ' messenger for the Choutian Trust company of over$800fl In ensh on a crowded street and oscaped in an automobile. 1 - Ground parched pig corn with cream an' sugar is a fine wholesome substitute fer food. Also a handful o' well parched grains o' til' same carried loosly in tM pocket or shippln'- bag 'III relieve hun ger In an ntntisin'ly sborf tinie."Th' cefl in' o' Aleloileon hall fell last evenin' dur in' th' sliowin' of n clean film, but for innately nobuddy win under It, -.; , : is 'A: i is n i 1 f i'i It U' 1 t H I il I H i if ii :' h J"