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Newspaper Page Textlnff Eight THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD LAFOLLETTE M I.S. WASHWOTOM. D. O., An. J By Way of a demand upon tha Unltsd 6tatea tariff commission tor Infor. matlon as to what It ha bep do- ; Ina" In sugar Investigations, Sen ator LaPollatt of Wisconsin. Inde - pendant candidate for president, thia week promulgated a declaration Which Impartially attacked both the present republican and the pro ceeding demooratlo national admin istrations, Tho commlsalon, which haa pow - r to recommend upward or down ward .revisions of tariff, the sen ator said he had "reason to be lieve," had been delayed by rep- ' resentatlves of sugar Intereets In submitting a report upon - an In vestigation into costs of sugar pro duction. He reminded the public intereste certain of factlona In aug ar prlcea during raeent years, which in some Instances, he aHSerted con trol even of the government by sugar production and distributing interest Kui At Patau Zn 1920, under attorney general Palmer, Senator LaPolletta asserted en artlflelei Inflation of sugar Prlcea to the final top of Id cents a pound was occassionsd," while In the spring of JS when he Mid a. "misleading department ot rom meree report" on sugar atotka bad played part, tbey were again rushed up. He asserted that lobby Influence and aeoperatlsn between Senator Bnuot of Utah and chair (nan of the senate finance commit. ioa an Cuban producing Interests lo th fixing of American tariff levela had been, noted In 122, Reviewing the history of the com mission's investigation Into the Buyer tariff. Senator LaFolletto as. . averted that the sugar interests had freen. powerful enough to delay ac tion ''through the highest official channels of the government." Re calling that the Investigation had been ordered nearly is montna ago, 'lie reauested of the chairman of the commission a complete record of Aha cage. The report based upon this In vestlggtlon will largely determine whether or not existing tariff duties are Just and reasonable," Benator LaPolletts said, "and whether or hot they should be reduced under the flexible tariff provision of tne Kor4ney bill. It Is the first test on g large scale of the extraordin ary powers conferred upon the ex ecutive under the flexible provisions of the Jw. The public has a right to know the exact status of the in 'Vestlgtlw. gars Interesta Powerful ' "I bv reason to believe the representatives of the sugar Inter este beva been powerful enough to delay through the highest official channel of this government the final oeelslon gad report of the tar iff llilon, that attempts havs Men nigde to fntimldate and otherwise 0ytruet the Mtipn of the pody." . Wo statement on the ease was made by the tariff commission ur other government departments. tfJIN ATTITUDE prisoners were drafted to the town of Veenhuizen to convert inoorlnnd into cultivated fields, and tbey showed themseJveB vorv tnuph f-ir0rMriri jin,i uaustrious as well, , The men were not supervised or -Niar-lt-d in anv wuv. The foreman of each gang was, how ever, pot g prisoner, but A workman who joined voluntarily, Sinclair Asks New ADDeal Grant From COUrt 111 Ull Governor Chas. W. ln-yan of Ne urMiu Mas urawn miner vAirn TvotlM . it k 01 t.i. ominary inferences from wnai udi.iukvuu. .4--ljr . . muiuiir, . . i. . . . . ... j tut r .. . . . KiriH, iu oe u vvrivviiy cicur uuuu millionaire oil magnate wuo was in- mn .i......-,......,, H..ir. aictea two months ego by 1 federal ed in a statement answering the grand jury for contempt of the United governor's criticism of the "defense Ktates senate for refusing to answer day" program for Hnptember 12, certain Questions nut bv the oil fn- President Coolldge has made vestinirin nnmmilt I,-. ,f.inn anown mat ne proiiainy win no L. . reply to Governor Hryan. It was de cue xBirin oi t-owoima court oi ap- c,ared at tno w,,,te ,, tnat the peals to allow a special iinneiil from r.irf.nt nn.i,ire,i hi. r.n.nt the overruling by the district supreme criticism of those condemning tho court of a demurrer noted by his i.t- government's plans for Defense tornevs to H of the ten counts -if the way as -unfair' as sumcientiy.out. Hi.nlflennt f.nti,r in thi. l. 1 1, t. lining his views. These were stat- indictment, 1'tie demurrer of fcin clair'a attorneys to the ofjr four counts were sustained. 86, STILL JEALOUS OF FAIR HUE -Frau Cob- BATRBUTH, Bavaria, ima Wagner's refusal "Tristan and Isolde" to be Bung In tha Wagner Festival haB been the subject of much discussion among Ing the first revival of the. festival ''"""J emee it oiosea no dramatically at ed comprehensively In a letter to ' rederlck J. Lfbby, executive sec retary of the National Council for prevention of War lust Baiuraay. Tile department stutoment declar ed that such plans as Governor liryan has authorized for observ ance of Defense Day ordering as semljly of national guard organize tlons under his control and appoint ing local committees "will enable the department to carry out its plan In the siate of Nebraska complete ly." Referring to uovernor liryan s nrevlous oromlse of cooperation, the department statement ottered tne explanation that the governors more recent stand "presumably is due" to the wording of a document .r . commander giving Instructions to the reserve officers. In this aocu merit, the statement continued, no reference can be found to mouiuza The nearest approach to It," it added, "Is a statement in the docu- tne iart or tne war. .. . lv,ii.,n. wi,o volunteer tumor has It that even nt tne h gfe'af ' wfg'nilr"'?. l7' jM "Itted' to" paradewTth t"h;" na- lr?LaV'J'XUt'..?A V, tlonul guard and organised reserve " . oriraniKationa In order that the pro. vvagner wnfn n. w. " -, m,.llltlon mnv be stimu- . . . . a - ii.. nun. nave oeen me in.pirauon ir - . .,.. .,-. defense tlon test' is purely voluntary has been uctiona in re- tlon.' OIL HAS A opera based on the unhappy love affair of Tristan and Isolde. V ,. VJ Several of Wagner's most Cele- enPnal2c ln :aZr'ZZ?"Zh 1Z0IZ " Uep.Ving to th. description of the known to have Influenced Wafn.r r h,n greatly at the time he began the "T", .."7.".-". 11 JVXJ'X l1,,". the' ceremonies ZTttoSZ ma von Buelow bad divorced her ofho"t, S'" " natlons on the first husband and become the wife J,"" 'h . orsa" f"'""' of Wagner. Consequently she had ry t hat in Buch case of war. considerable part In Influencing mr pro'r tne comppsnipu nu staging ol him . - 7. , vi,illi the Opera. u-ur m nllnln n ram. The revived WnL-nrln fast Val k;""" . opened this afternoon with "Die P'e." . Melsterslngr," Just ten years after aaueu. declaration of the World War brought the festival to a euddon close In tiie midst of a performance of "Parelfal.1 Moil, tichumnnn-Halnck had just concluded elliglng her song from tne tower or tno urau -xompie, au- vlslng the knlglite of tho mesaage of love and redemption, whon the etartllng news was flashed that Germany had declared war on Hus la. That was Aug. 1. 1914. The E REPLY FOR FOSTER CHICAGO, Aug 2 Eugene V.Debo 1924-1925 'WHO'S WHO' LISTS UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBERS Several Added This Year By Publication; Total of Nineteen Are Named The Hft-1026 "Who's Who" In America lists seven more members of the faculty at the University of ireKun, in aucuuon 10 ine nine nam ed In the 1D22-1022 volume. Those added tills year are Erin W. Allen dean of the school of journalism; Dr. W. P. lioynton. profeesor of pnyslcs; Dr. u. W. peBusk, profes sor of education; Colin V. Dyment. dean of the college of literature, science and the arte; Dr. Jamea H Gilbert, piofessor of economics; Dr. George ltebec, professor of philos ophy and. dean of the' graduate school; and Prof, O. P. Mtafford, iieuu .or me aepartment of chemis try and Inventor of a. new Dronsfi of distilling by-products of wood. Those wiio have appeared In the previous edition of "Who's Who" are Dr. Prince h. Campbell, president of the university: Dr. James D. Har nett, professor of political science; nr. Timothy- uioran, professor of romance language; Dr. Edwin C. Itobblns. dean of the school of busl ness administration; Dr. F. R. Kut- ter, professor of foreign trade; Dr. F. G. G. Schmidt, professor of Ger man language and literature; Dr. Henry D. gheldon, dean of the sehool of education; Dr. Warren D. Hmlth, professor of geology; and Prof, P. a. Young, dean of the school of sociology. The total number of regular mem bers of tiie university faculty who are named in 'Who's Who" Is It, as there are three men pf other schools in Portland listed In the volume. The are Dr. R. B. DUlehunt, dean of tha school of medicine Dr. Har ry U. Torrey, professor of biology and director of research In medical sclcuce; and Dr. Phillip A, Parsons, director of the Portland school of social work. To this list might also be added the name of Dr. R. C. Coffey, noted Portland surgeon, who Is cllnlciun for the school of medi cine In Portland, Log t'ugeles, C'ul., Aug. 2. Strong :,' Indications that the. year. 1924 . wlU ; go down as the most prosperous in the history of the Union Ull com puny of California are contained to the second quarterly report to Block holders, erpieli was yesterday issued by W, Jj, ptcwMt, president, lud K. D. Matthews, comptroller, of the : company. Three main features are Included , in the report. Net profit) lor till six months ended June 80 equalled . $8,200,000.-rn increut of an evei ; $2,000,000, over the asms period last jeor. Announcement is made of the regular stock dividend of fl.80 per hare, payable July 28tu, Tue re duction of the par value of Vnioa Oil stock from ll'K) per share to 25 per snere g glso announced. Knob stockholder will be issued four $25 bare (or agek $100 share now held. It 1s sigted. In aver respect the report evi dences the healthy noaition et . the union. As tbe highest net forit figure yet retched In the forty year history ot union 011 wns recoruea in 1020, when a net of f 12,038,000 was ' earned, the current' year with con ; Blderambly mora than half this sum al ready esriieu is almost certain t ge over the ton ae tbt biggest on record. Gross profits for the six month are ihown by tbe report to be $11,100,000. Provisions for dtprcciatlon and de pletion, labor and incidental eot et new drilling are $5,200,000. Production c( rude oil by tiie company and controlled companies combined was approximately 7,700,000 barrels, an increase over the first hslf of last" year of BOO.OOO barrels. Tlilrty-flva wells wer brought In - during tbe six months, with a settled produotlon at praacnt of 10,000 bar- ' rels per day, The report points out that galea , for tbe aig months were $32.400,0O0, Th company has recently sold 21,000, 000 - gallons of new navy gasoliae, which will be delivered and paid (or in 00 dsrs. During the first half ef this year tha Union bos spent $5,250,000 in capital expenditures, consisting prtn- , cirally of the cost of drilling new wells end wteaglgo ef marketing . faclllUej. Current aoaetii. Including oil Inven torlea at substantially tie inme price as at December 81. 1123, total , $10.000.000 en Increase of $S.TS0,0(I0 over December 31, 1023. Current 1 assets are 6 to 1 of current liabilities, , which ere listed at $7,00,0O0. A that In the gig months of this year t tbe company haa reduced its totnl Indebtedness approximately $3,558, flKO. This If arrived at by a decrease in mortgngea debt ot i'JJi.(, off act by an increase la total current liabilities of $7500,000. HOLLAND'S OUTDOOR PR ISON - SYSTEM PROVES SUCCESSFUL Tha Hngue. (Ily The Associated Preia.) The "outdoor . prison sys tem here has been officially an nounced a success, and the Dutch government has made arrangements ' to extend the idea to various parts pf the country. Ttrls decision eame after no experiment which lias con tinued more than a year, and it is re fiorted, of all the prisoners placed on their honor not to escape, and dur ing which time they were allowed ; much freedom, not a single individual: abused the trust. Tbt exftuuteat JCia ! 60 W production of "Parsifal" was never -exiled in the nltnelt made by Win. . concluded. Singers, musicians and yoatcri workers party nominee 'for u.iimcrB Kr.o, ' 'r ii,. presidency, on his. Debs' mten were under arm. within a few hours, P'C. ,nn,t the candidacy of Hob and wnen the aoors 01 tne wagner 1--- ' - , ' jt r..tlv.l th.atr. eloaed. It seemed ert ii. LaFolUtte in 0. letter just Ihiu ml-l, nu.. Aiian araln. maAm nlihlie. But the widow ot the great eom- Doha' letter states mat ne is un posor, then soventy-eir, 1 thought h,a t0 undcr9tnnd why (Foster) otherwise. Bhe sgld slie would not -bmli conciude that it v.'lll conie as rVjXV SZX. -Uynn.l.Wudrl,;ru8y" It Kvn In the days when fighting was "I can readily undersland wuy it most desperate, and It seemed peaco would have suited you fur bettor naa would never come, she did not, lose tbe socialist party ended its career iheart. And finally, through the nt Cleveland and disappeared from efforts of her son, Siegfried Wag- tne accnB or remained dissevered to ner. who recently tauroo tue m t wi iilKrei ting a figure States, enough money waa raised V ,"7m" ,., nilrtv w7ii in the In America to finance the revival. s the communist party WlU in tue Fraa wagaer Mot Tfcera campnign tb'e year. Frau Wagner was not able to Debs declares that the communists attend today's performance. In faot, were prepared to endorse D t onette she has not been able to have any at gt pBui ona wauid have done so band n tue rnearaia, as uo h d , j. Fpllette publicly ae advised by her physicians the nerv- l " vu " ous and temperamental strain wouiu : , it. , . h. tn much for her. But the wld- In conclusion the letter of several ow sat on the veranda ot Villa times socluliBt nominee for the presi. Wahnfrlod, adjoining the lestivai Ment eayst theatre, and watched the crowds y.n m- be rleht in yonr erltl enter and hoard the distant echoes .j.njnd j moy be wrong, os I have of the music, which Is such a vital e8 b(jcn milln B0 nilcaa in Mos- festival under th, cow to guide H republic la suite unlike the festl- light I have, and this I have t-one in vals of old. There is no German tbe present Instance. icmnrn Co alt in the Imperial box. Th. Kins- of UavarU Is no more anoi BERLIN ZOO AUGMENTED the seats which Royalty formerly BV APS8INIAN ANIMALS occupied at every performance are TjAMUUItO. -(liy the Associated now held by nius10 overs iron. .. ny o , t cflr0 . ."posslb'.;: londed her. la ,,.r. was take, , p I the Norwegian freighter Rnndafjord WOMAN WINS SCIENCE MEDAL recently. It was a consignment ot llcrlin. (By The Associated Press.) animals (root Abyssinia for the Per riils vear'a Lclhnls Silver medal of lln toe. tbe Prussian academy of sciences hns The cargo Included dromedaries, been awanlcd to Frnulcn Dins Melt- Jsrksis, puntners, tenparus, ou targe nr, professor of phy'l" at the Ksiaer apea, 24 porcupines, ginnt turtles with Wilaelm Institute in uaniem, near Berlin, In recognition pt bar re searches en radium. The Iron (formerly golden) medal went to Krans Ton Mendelssohn, president of the German chamber, of commerce, (or frequent support elves to scientific undertakings of various kinds. CHICHESTER SPILLS Tug buuund nnixa, jT'i laMlVMlalNLllMrniellitJa I JUID BT DRiluulbii EVtRinKEiiE I MIUTBrRY UNLYBCT0 rOiVTULN U. OSBOON. alAjna). ilnlall flT $ fal aVAd MMll trmslltitW. CogloaAoftM I tmU mm mm rqmt. Ul.- L-i ,J l TODAY'S TOIL must do more thnn meet today's deed a. It must also fulfill the wants of a Inter flay when you no longer can work. , But you can make It do so In only one way by safely sav ing some ot tho money that you got (or it llottlo up somo of your pres ent brain and brawn for ruture years of waning; otiorgy and ability. Tut a part of all your pay Into an account with us. The Hank that w. comes the "--k-ing man. Bank or Commerce EUG EN E.OREGON a combined weight of 2500 pounds and 80 smaller animals of prey oi va rious uescriptions. The unloading proved no easy mat ter. The camels, for instance, simply lay down on bhe upper deck and re fused to walk down the gangway. They finally had to be lifted oil bod r with the aid of pulleys and cranes. A leopard managed to aim a vicious blow with his paw at one of the expert tamers of (he soo wbe bad been hired to assist. A long scar on bis fore head bears evidence that tiie ieonsrd aimed straight, Every animal hsd to, be inspected by an official veterinary before it wus allowed to land. LONDON AUDIENCE GOES WILD OVER OLD STAGE FAVORITE London. (By The Associated Press.) London critics are bailing with acclaim tbe return Of Marie Tempest to musical comedy after an absence of 25 years in straight comedy roles "'i- recent appearance in a .comedy-rfrntnHy occasioned so ovation on her every entry, end after th flose of the last net Miss Tempest wsd kept on tbe stage for 10 minutes while the audience, English audiences 'are the most conservative In the world, ex pressed its appreciation by a gale of handclnppiug, cane pounding and ahouting. 0 overcome was Miss Tempest at her reception that once, during tbe second act, she completely forgot hoy lines, and wss forced to improvise for eversl minutes she confessed at the lose of the evening. London critics said that the enthusiasm with which site was h"l'o4 was memorable, Miss Tempest who in iX years old first appeared on. the stuge in "Boa- caclo," In 1883, ' 1 War Ended in 1815 Costs $12,000 Per Annum in Pensions Washington. (By The Associated Press), s Thirty-three widows of soldiers who fought in tbe war of 1812 are still on tbe pennjon rolls of the government, although 1D9 years bare elapsed since Uie close of that conflict in 1813, Eight of the women pensioners died during the ye; ended Jime Hf). There havs been no names of soldiers of the war of 1&12 on the pension books since 1005, when Hiram Cronk died in Ava, New York, at the age of 105. The oldest of the S3 widow receiv ing pensions, which average $30 a monti, ur about $12,000 e year, is Mahals Huff, rura) route No. 2, Louisa, Kentucky, who la 105 years old, Her husband was a private in a Virginia aompuny pf militiamen. All told approximately 35,000 widows of veterans of the war of 1812 were granted service pensions, the ijih water mark beipg reached in 1870 when there were 18,177 on the rolls The records of the pension bureau also show that 'Daniel IT, Bakemen, who died at Freedom, New York, in 1809 at the age of 109, was tbe last soldier pensioner of the Bevolutfop sry war, and Esther S, Damon, widow of Noah Damon, Who died at Plymouth Union, Vermont, in 190$ at the age of uo, tne last name to be scratched from, the Kevojuutionary pension lists. RELICS OF CIVIL IR ARE TURNED Lawrence, Kan. (By The Associ ated Press.) -Relics of the Quantrell raid. in Lawrence on August 21, 186.1, when 150 men of the town were mass acred and the city pillaged and burned by Confederate "bushwhackers." were unearthed when excavations were made recently for the pew building of the Lawrence Journal-World. Workmen, removed from their dig gings an assortment of liquor bottles, metsl bar fixtures and glasswsre, some of tie wreckage bearing the imprint of a Iavenworth distiller of 73 years sga. Investigation showed that tha ex cavation had invaded the Jilied-in cel lar of saloon, run bj Joseph Brecb telnsijer at the time cf the raid. Hrecbteibauer fled from the snloon when the guerilla band dashed into town, but he was caught with four other Lawrence citiiees, aud Q;:;o trell's men shot them all to death. As Brechtelbauer took flight, he tossed a bag of money into a roip bar rel, whence members of bis family later retrieved it- The Quantrell raid at Lawrence was the most sudaclous and the most dis astrous of a aeries of expeditions tha southern chief headed.- Uiding into the sleeping town at daybreak, the invading band took the titiiens com pletely by surprise, and almost before the defenders could lecover from their duse, more than 100 men were lying, dead or wounded and mangled, in the streets. Hhops were pillaged and then burned, , When Quantrell and his followers finally disappeared, about 0 a. m., tbey vanished as quickly as tbey had ooine. SEW MOPSB HEAD NEW YORK, Aug. r. Willard A. Marakle of Rochester. N. Y was elected supreme dictator of the Loy al Order of Moose at the conven tion of the organization here. A message of regret because of Inability to attend, the convention was received from Lloyd George, former premier, of Great Britain, a member, EGLEs n, Sunday. Augu,. V CIC flies anrl f. or 1 Transportation 7',, ..fS Ot all kli Trv n-f tll - -red;rServ,;ret!L LINE 8I3 LINr' Leaves Eugene Junction City".' Cheshire G'oldBon Kerns Camp Blachley Triangle Lake"." Road Camp ..." Leaves Road Camp , Triangle Lake"' Blachley Kerns Camp Qoldsog Junction, City '",::55 Eugene : T5Dav 0L N Mi :i( : ft" Into & Fire Ins. U. si. McLean, tf Try Eugene Bpeeigl for a Good Cigar. EASTMAN KODAKS The Best Kodak for Any ''Snap. EASTMAN FILM The Best Film to Put the "Snap" in Your "Snaps' BAKER BUTTON Authorised Eastman Agents 7 West 7th St. Eugene, Oregon . Nature and Science Both Help to Give You Pure Pasteurized Milk Our milk comes from the bestestod herds in the county. Our equipment is modern and our plant sanitary. y ( 'Wo use only the latest and most mod cm method in .hriiidlinj' milk You nre safe when you usg our pasteurized milk and cream. 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Over' distances which it would take him days to travel his wordi' speed in an instant. The 90,000 miles of toll wire of 1 8 90 have grown tomore than 4,500,000 miles carrying a daily average of more than 1,600,000 long distance conversations. Thus has the wall of 6iUenc been pushed back to the edge of the continent. In its place is nation-wide telephone service. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph CompM BELL SYSTEM One Policy . One Sy.tem . Universal Service 1:0."" Ml )