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Pag Two THE EUGENE . DAILY GUAED Saturday Evening, IONS MADE AS ROAD ABOLISHES : TRAFFIC CHIEF JOB rOHTtAND, Ore., A tig. 8. Fol lowing the resignation of W. 1). Skid tier as ' traffic manager of the Hno . knne, Portland and Seattle railway and its, affiliated linn, including tin Oregon Electric, President W. F. fur- nor das announced ttaa abolishment of , Uis office and the creation of a new ' personnel, which became effectire uo August 1, The new lln-u'r In the" traffic U , pnrtment will be K. W. l'ickard, gen eral freight agent) and R. H. Crosierj general passenger agent These twd k.ne beed promoted from positions of assistants lo the former Irnffld tnan ; agcr. Change Are Announces. ' Other changes in the organization, . effectire the name dale, were an- notinced by Mr. l'ickard. A hew posl , tion of assistant, to the general V freight agent has been created, and 1 J, M. 'BiilllDgnli, heretofore general (gent at Astoria, has been appointed to tne new position of general agent, , freight department, Portland, H. W. Shields, heretofore traveling ' freight agent of the Oregon Klectric ' railway, has been appointed contract' ' lftf freijfht agent, Portland J. H. Bradjr of the general freight ., office has been appointed traveling . freight agent of the Oregon Klectrio rallwnyv ISalenv succeeding II. W,. ' Shieide. R. K. Meats of the local freight of flee, Portland, has been appointed contracting freight agent, Portland. Mr. l'ickard and Mr. Crosier jointly announced the appointment of J. T. ' Bardy, who has been traveling freight . and passenger agent In central Ore gon and southern Washington, at ' general agent, Astoria, succeeding J, . M. BaJlisgslI, and the appointment of J. O. Wright, who has been agent for . the Oregon Trunk railway at Bend, as traveling freight and passenger agent in central Oregon and southern Washington, succeeding J T. Hardy. Advertising Agent Named, Mr. Crosier announced the appoint ment of J. O. Abbctt, heretofore city freight agent, aa advertising agent. Mr, Packard entered the local rail , road field in 1006, in the freight of' flee of the Southern Padfic comoanr, . In the fall of 1007 he entered the ser vice of the Oregon-Wasblniton Hall ' road and Navigation company In the ireignt accounting department. In ' 11)08 when the freight accounting de- pnrtment of the Brokane, Portland ' and Seattle railway company was or- - ganlaed ba transferred to that Una. In .' December, 1010, he was promoted . to one position of chief clerk in the '. traffio department, which position he , occupied until June, 1018, when he was appointed assistant general freight agent of the company. Mr. Crosier entered railway ecrvlce ' In the goneral passenger office of tho ' Chicago, Burlington and Qttlncy ra!l mail at 8t. Louis and continued with : that company for mora than 12 years" . lu Its general passenger departments . In Ht. Louis, Chicago and St, Paul and i 'district offices at Kansas City and Bt. Hlnaepb. Ho joined tJic forces of the Spokane, Portlond and. Seattle rail ' key in January, 1010, as advertising ' agent, and has occupied the position - nf assistant general passenger agent n'nee April, 101. RAILROAD MEN . PROMOTED ENDED ON FRIDAY The twentieth annual summer chool at the University of Oregon . which baa been in session for ait weeka officially cloaed Friday eve- ' nlng. Final examinations for the term were given Thursday and Friday. Stu dents and Instructors arc leaving to day and Sunday for their homes. - The buelne i offices and the gen oral library of the university will re main open for the rest of the sum- . mar, but the rest of the compua la cloaed until the fall term which beglna September 20. i e' - .i;m ma Manila F IlOBKHimO, Ore., Aug. 2. The body of L. 8. "Pete" Taylor, local 8. P. relief dispatcher, who was drown ed Thursday afternoon while fishing in the North Umpqua "above Hock Creek, Was recovered late yesterday evening after ad all day search. From all Indications Taylor had waded Into deen fast water and Wis swept off bis feet. His head bore dls- coloratlons Showing that he was thrown against a rock and evidently knocked oncouscious. The body wis carried into a deep pool from where it Was later raised with drag lines. Taylor ! wife and three small chil dren are on the way home from Los Angeles wilere they have been visiting relatives. Doyle, former holder of the flyweight championship waa wounded last night by gunmen for tie second time witblu a year. His brother, Terry, waa abot and killed two years ago. . Santucir and a companion were eliot by the occupant of an automo hue, who escaped. Santucir was wounded in the right arm, in which he was wounded before. lie lost the flyweight title to Fronkie Uenaro, and since he was ahot llie first time bos been unable to box. E Thousands Flock to Hear Ex-Governor Walton Give Talk OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklfl., Au. 1 Mnkinrr ht public addresa in hi' home alty since hla impeachment and removal from tho Rovernor'a chair last fall, J. C. Walton, candi date for the Dfimocratlc senatorial nomination, at night declared that he reronnirod but one Issue "The Ku Klux Klan menace," Much of his address was devoted to an at tack on the klan. Ha charged that "05 per cent of the ministers of Oklahoma are klansmen," and that mey ue vote mucn 01 meir seniiunB to "pruu;.iln Ku Kluziam which Is nothing short of paganism." Walton spoke on a downtowri stniet corner and thousands of per sftrln crowded hoth ' thoroughfares as far as he could be heard. Above, It W. Packard, who has just been, promoted to general freight agent, ud below, It. 11. Cfotler, nam ed aa general pasaonier ugene of tba Spokuut, Portland urni beattie rail way Willi oilurea in rrtiuuU 1 Davis Address Is Not Yet Completed T-.OOT8T VALLEY. M. T.. Anm 1 In tha seclusion of his home here on Ina Island, John W. Pavls presna lorwara toaay to tha oom pletlon of the address ha la to 1o liver 4n hla home town of Clarke. burr, W. Va,. a week from next Monday In accepting: tha Democrat lo presiaenuai nomination. He tpeoted to Place the final draft In tha handa of the prlntera tonight, Clam I Bhaver. campaign man Ker Is In Washington today In connection with organisation mat ters but will return to New York tomorrow. He will acoompany Mr. Davis to Clarksburg; (or the notifi cation ceremony and from there will mo to Chicago to arrange for the opening or tne western headqunr tere, I-ater he will proceed to Lin coln, Neb., when Governor Chan. W. Bryan, of Nebraska, la formally notified on August 18 of hla nomina tion as the Dttmocratlo vlce-presl-dentle.1 candidate. White House Flag At Half Mast Due To Harding Memory WARHINOTON, An. 2. In mem . ory of X'resldent Harding, who died a year ago today, the While House flag was lowered todny to half mast. : Aa a rule the flaf is placed at half mast only in case of official mourn ing, but It waa Biiid at the White House a special mark of reapect was felt by President t'ooliilge, since this la still within the period nf Mr. Hard ing's original ter inof office. Early Settlement of Boundary Dispute Is Seen By Anglo-Irish LONDON", Aug. 2. Strong hope Is txpressed In ruany quart-ri that the week-end confenncee arranged be tween tha Itrltiah minister and the teada of the northern and aouthern 'Huh governments will persuade Ti tter to appoint a member of the bnun lary commission set up by the Anglo Irish treaty, thus breaking the dead rk which has existed since the rstl Icatioa of tba pact. ' I Mr. l'ickard was boru in North Da kota, hut uioved With his tauitly to 'lucoum in IbUU where he spent, lin eariier yeurs uuu ouiauieu bta education. lie entered the service of the Southern l'acifio company in the local freight unite at X'oruuutl lu lUuU, re maining tuere until the t 'l- of 1H)I, at hat time entering tne aervice of the O.-W. It. oi N. comuuuy iu tho height, accounting department. 11 o remained lu the service of the latter company until November 1UU6, wiiou, uU the or (unisutiuu uf Uie fruiyi.t uccouutinn uepurtmeut of the UpoK.ioc, I'ortluud uud (Scuttle ltuilway toinpnuy, he truusferred to Hint line. ' , in December, 1UHI, be was prouiot 4 tu the uusitiou cf chief clerk iu the truffle Ucuuitmeut which position be occupied until Juue, lUib, wheu he was appointed assistant general ii'olgut agent of the same cuuipaay1 with headquarters at ottland. Mr. Crosier is a native of Illinois where ha obtained his schooling, lit entered railway service in the general passenger office of the Chicago, ilurllngton and yuluiy railroad at tit, Louis and continued with this com pany or something over 1- years In ila general puasetigcr departments In tit. Louis, Chicago, Ht. I'nul and Dis trict offices at Kunsaa City and Joseph. He entered the sorvico of uio Spo kane, l'ortlnnd and Heattle railway in January, 11)10, aa advertising agent, and baa occupied the position of as sistant general pusueuiier ligcut since April, 1UJ. CHIOAOO, Aug. 2. UP) Klrst lu runs, scores, circuit drives, total base and first among the bitters, is "Uiibe" Ituth, king of swat, who now urouiiHPS to surpass his record of 11121. That year he smnshed out BO toiir-huia'cr. This seaaon the "Hombino In the mobtJt of July, broke his best pre vious mark for home runs gathered in oue month, wiien he cracked .out Ills 14th against the While Sox in Chicago. Iiuth now has tl'l homers. Figures include games of Wednesday. The great Yankee slugger scored In) runs in ill) games lie has playe.l, an average of one run n game, nn.l hn made 12 hits, for a total of ilG) bases. His batting average today is .3(M. Maurice Xrchdeacon of the White Sox Ik tied With Ituth in the aver ages, but had participated In only ti!i games, Ilihb Walk, another White Hoi stsr is the real trailer of lCuth with a mark of .370. Kddie Collins, White Sox, is lead ing Uie base stealers with 80 thefts. ItnrTers Ilnrnsby, Cardinals star second sarker, Is Well on Ills way to shatter the record of Honus Wagner, four times butting champion nf the National league a record Ilnrnsby tied last season, when he won his fourth consecutive championship. If he con tinues his present stride he will bet ter any of hla previous records. At present, be Is traveling at n .405 clip. zaak Wheat, Dodger voteran flv- chnser, continues to be runner-up -if the Ht, Ioiila idol with an average -if ,37 and Jock Founder, Wheat's team mate, Is tied for third place honors witJl K(l Rouah of tho Cincinnati He-Is each with .8lfi. Fournicr lends the circuit drlvo hitters with 22 homers. E. II. Hall Leaves Cascade Forest; To Be at Olympia IS. II. Hall, who bsa been connect ed with the Cascade national forest bcadquartera here for soma time, left Friday evening for Olyuipla, Wash., where he will take up bis duties with the headquarters of tha Olympia na tional foroa.. He accepted the trans fer a short time ago. C. K. liockwood, who cams to'the Cascade national forest In July, will, take over the duties of Mr, Hall. For the time being, Mr. Hall's fam ily will remain here, later, they pl4 to join him in Olympia. Fire Loss $25,000 In Burning of Big Barn at Walla Walla WAI.I.A WALLA, Wash., Aug 2. Fire at midnight Inst night de stroyed the big barn ahd Contents of the W. J. Uluinniens ranch near here with a loss estimated at 126, 000. Twenty four head of .horses Were burned.' Kixtecn head or ine horses belonged to D. C. Francisco. Insurance of $6,000 was carried on the building but no Insurance was carried on the contents. The harvesting crew were asleep In the barn and were barely able to inrtke their eBcape. Trolley Runs Wild During Street Jam TULSA, Okln.. Aug. 2. Motorman P. F. Williams loft his street car to Investigate a traffio blockade In the downtown section last night. A few minutes he came back and couldn't find It. "Where's that Car of mlneT" he shouted nt a patrolman who waa running by In great haste. "Yonder she goes!" returned the patrolman, and following the direc tion indicated tho motorman w the run-away car. A lone, (rantlo piiHsengor, with-a bunch of chick ens In one hand, waa leaning1 out of tho back window, shouting for help.. Another passenger had made hln exit by a window, as the doora .cro locked. After a run of several hincUs tlia car left the rails and waa halted by a telephone pole. The passongcr was unlnjurea. Tin .. i FiEW EXPLOSIVE IS . hT . " zgjjg DEVELOPED N U. SJ FEATTLE, Waili., Aur, I. Thirty nine million pounds of . pyrotol, a new type of explosive, adapted for land clearing, will be manufactured at the Puget Sound plant of a na tional explosive manufacturing com. pany for the government and told to farmers and land clearera of the Pacific northweet and Alaska, according to an announcement by T. B. Doremua. Pacific north wM manager of the company. , 'The pyrotol, developed by the United States bureau of mines, will be made from war materials re maining in the government's pos session, and turned over t6 tha- da part men t of agriculture for selling," siifd Doremua. "Production will start Immediately. The entire con tract with, the government, how ever, calls ror iGO(ooo000 poUnO of explosive, which will take about five years to make' . DURANT'S LATEST CREATION The Flint Light Six Supporters of New Party Ticket Keep Eye on Laborites WASHINGTON, D. d,- Aug. 2. .Supporters of the La Follette-Wheel er presidential ticket kept a -watchful eye- today on proceedings of the exe cutive council of the American Fed eration of Labor in session at Alaii-. tic City. Autliouith ';hopefuf that on indorsement for their national, ticket would' emerge from the gathering it was declared that tile Independent progressive committee would refrain from making -representations to the federation executive council. Leaders of the labor organisations will he left without Information from the outside, it was emphasized to take such a position ia the approaching political campaign a truly seem best to them. Nevertheless, several of the specific trades unions :' which 'have aligned their support with the. new ticket are represented, directly or in directly in the executive council sev sions. . : nil i BALLOON TIRES AND 4-WHEEL BRAKES $1295 EUGENE NOW ON DISPLAY AT, Lane Auto Co. Phone 166. Pearl St. bet. 8th and 9tK i Eugene, Oregon Use The Guard Want Ad Ways Bobby Doyle, Boxer, fehot Second Time NEW YORK. Aug. 2. .Toaepii Hantuclr, known In the ring as ITobliy DANCE At New Triangle Lake pavilion, every Suturday night. tf Insure with Henry TrOmp, B8 W 0th ,''"! TO GUARD SUBSCRIBERS ij 'If your paper Is not delivered Ht hv fl o'clock every night please telephone I'.'OO before 7:30 P. 9c M. Iirlivcrics will be nindc from the office up to that time. ., Belgium's Unknown Soldier Grave Is Honored By Hughes BWmsKLS, Aug. 2. (P Secre tary Hughes placed a wreath with tho American colors on the tomb nf the Ilclgian unknown soldier tills morning, and then, on the Invitation of the king and queen, went to Lae ken palace to ace the royal iiot houses and to pay the sovereigns a last visit before leaving Ibis afternoon for Merlin. iT f s'Btifiaiii'-k "- "' OTTO H. HUNT Service Station . Corner 5th and Blair jSts. GASOLINE SHELL UNION STANDARD PRODUCTS: PENNZOIL OIL HAVOLINE OIL VEEDOL'S OIL QUAKER STATE OIL 600 W OIL . FREE CRANK CASE SERVICE Accessories Tires Tubes Blow-out Patches Rim Lugs, Etc Boyce-ite. The Big White Service Station 5th nud' Blair OREGO EACHES Newport, Nye Beach, Agate Beach Fair Weather Is Promised For Week SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1 The weekly weather forecast Issued by tha weather bureau here today said : "l'nt'lflc states : tha outlook Is for fnlr oathor Iti the Interior and for continued good weather with the possibility of some fog along the coast. Temperature will. continue near the normal. Thn fire weather hninrd will continue! high lu the Interior Of California I ..! .1 n 1, V. !..... , ! mm luiiuoiniv m 11 n,i,ii.iuil mill Oregon." AGATE BEACH INN One mile from Yaqutna Light House. Magnificent Ocean View. Noted for the excellence ut Ita cuisine and comfortable beds. For ratea and reservations address Kathorlne Geaorge, Agate lioach, Oregon. THE ABBEY HOTEL Open the Year Round Dining room In connection, sea foods a specialty. Hatos il to $3.60 I'llote No, 1 leaves Hotel dally for deep ecu fishing. I'hono reservations or write Hotel Abbey, Newport, Oregon. EXCESS IN BANKS NEW YOUK, N. Y., Aug. 2. The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week show an excess In reserve of I'.tf.tHin.oM). This Is a decrease of M.- "14.810. Phone S. E. Stevens for piano tuning. Nye Beach Natatorium Open tiny anil liijrht, swiinmini? and dancing. Tool and shower baths. 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