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Newspaper Page TextIf il' : THE EUGENE GUA WEATHER Oregon: Fair tonight and Wednesday, except cloudy or fjggy along the coast. Blight temperature changes, moderate westerly winds. f.l: VOL- 67. EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1924 NO. 25 f urn Pit S5 : 2. 10W MiAlli m i ' I'd Logging Camps Lost MRY COUNT! FLIERS F IRE DESTROYED Million Feet of Cedar Logs Burned in Forest Fire; Sixes Postoffice Saved By Strenuous Fighting. MARSHFIELD. Ore., Aug. 6. Sev en! logging camp and home itwders cabins have been destroy- ,4,, a ranch In the path of the tames was expected to he swept over by nightfall and probably 1,000,000 feet of Port Orford white cedar logs have been consumed by the Sizes river fire otili raging In northern Curry county. This was the word brought to Utrthfield today by Chief Warden Walsh, i e turning from the scene. The forest blaze he declared had pread over an area five miles long ud two miles wide and was not entirely controlled. Little hope was held that the From ranch, with its modern dwell ing, could be saved from the ad unclng flames. The territory has been encircled by backfired trails, which may check further spread outside the present area but this offers no Balvatlon for the ranch and its buildings. Walsh pointed oat Firefighters, after a strenuous battle, succeeded in , driving the flames from the Sixes postoffice and etUement, although at one time the. fire had approached within a quarter of a mite of the place. The cedar logs lost In the blaze wero till on the ground, and their loss wu augumented by that of poles, piling and othSr forest products not jet removed. El S COQCILII, Ore., Aug. 5. (Spe !) When it refers to feminine of ficials, the old saying concerning of ficeholders in general that "few die ud none resign" needs the added words, "except when they get mar ried." Demonstration of the need for wb a revision has just been ob wrrej here. Miss Ines Bunch, coun 1 clfrk, was married to J. L. Rock well and retired from office to live Saa Francisco. Miss Bunch didn't want publicity. a' l0,d only a coterie uf close friends ( ker intention to be married. She liu1 her own marriage license. She winged to have the wedding in the " 01 Juilge R. II. Mast, of the cir " "urt. And she invited only two twtti. ' Notwithstanding that tb-i wedding keld under the conditions which ' ' br'de-lo-bc had arranged, the news id leak out. HowcTer, that was after ""Ming was over. Mr. and Mrs. wkw,ii left at onco for their Ssn co kme- K K CMi chief needed to tin office as aunty clcrk Today's Feature PHONE 1200 and let THE GUARD Want ads Work foryou Suburban Store Location for Rent Guard Adleta Make Too Money - a ISO HltS 15 .j REACH REYKJAVIK BAY OFE ICELAND Best Day Observed by U. S. Cruiser la Northern Waters Taken Advantage Of For Icy Coast -Flight. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 6. W) Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith in the Chicago, and Lieutenant Erik Nelson, in the New Orleans, arrived here from Hoefn Bornafjord, on the cross-Iceland lap of their 'round-the-world flight at 2:15 o'clock this after noon. - . All the fliers were feeling well and their machines .were in good condi tion, i Fought Heavy Gale The army fliers had to fight a gale that rose to a velocity ot 40 to 60 miles an hour, during their 310-mile flight. In the afternoon tbe wind at tained a velocity here of almost 70 miles from the northeast, causing an xiety for a time as to tbe fate of the planes. The airmen accomplished the flight in four hours, 53 minutes. In view of the high velocity of the wind there was general relief when the cruiser Richmond, lying outside Reykjavik harbor, sighted two specks in the distance above the rough Ice land coaBt.' Lieutenant Wade and Sergeant Og den, who lost their airplane Sunday after their forced landing near tbe Faroes, stood on the quarterdeck of the flagship eagerly watching their former comrades approach. ABOARD D. S. S. RICHMOND, Aug. 5. (By Tfireless to the A. P.) Every precaution is being taken by the naval patrol to guard the two re maining United States army airplanes in their Bhort flight, scheduled for to day, along the south coast of Iceland from Hoefn Ilornafjord to Reykjavik, preparatory t the hazardous hop to Greenland. ; . The U. S. S. Raleigh will remain t Hoefn Hornafjord, where the New Orleans, piloted by Lieutenant Erik Nelson, landed from Kirkwall, Scot land, on Saturday, and the Chicago, commanded by Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, landed on Sunday. The destroyer Billingsley was due early today at a point off Portland and the destroyer Reid is stationed 20 miles east of Reykjavik, while the Richmond is due at Reykjavik at 2 p. m. Lieutenant Leigh Wade and( bis mechanician. Sergeant Ogden, who are aboard the Richmond, are rested after their trying experience of Sunday, in which they lost their plane, the Bos. ton, after a forced landing at sea on the way from Kirkwall to Hoefn Hor. nufjord. Siezed Liquor Is Returned to Owner Without a Warrant NEW YOItK, N. T. Aujr. 6. For the first time since tho passage of tbu elKhteenth amendment, siezed liquor was returned, without a tao era! court order here when prohibi tion agents personally supervised the transfer of slxt cases of whls key to Hugo O.ihtrr De Frltsch, from whose home the7 seized It last Friday night. R. . Merrick, divisional prohibi tions! ihief. a-lrn tied the search wiTEnt hod been Ipsued Improper ly but de'enfed the agents on the ground that oftei they had entered the house and found the liquor there was r.o course open to them under the law but to seize It. Ten-Year-Old Is Caught With Loot LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5. Police who responded to telephonic calls for assistance fro . lodgers at a, down town rooming house here yesterdsy, arrived in time to capture 10-year-old Aubriano Lopei, who, they allege, armed with a pistol and carrying a et of Dasskeys in his pocket, was at tempting to escape via the roof with ' a bundle ti loot taken from varices rooms, Judge Rules That Slayers Not Insane CHICAGO, Aug. 3. 0?) Judge John li. Cavely this afternoon hand ed down "a decision that it made no difference what ' definition of the word "insanity" was made by alienists on the witness stand, he still would follow the rulings by the Illinois su preme court, and again overruled a demand by State's Attorney Crowe that the hearing had reached a point for a jury trial. "Are Presumed Sane" "These boys are presumed to be sane," said the judge. "They have accepted responsibility and the only thing to be determined is their grounds for mitigation. These boys are sane so f:.r as this, court is con cerned now. The supreme court has said it is mandatory for me to hear any evidence in mitigation. "I have ruled three or four times and I will not be continually called upon for rulings upon this matter, now that I have decided it. "It does not make. any difference to the court what the doctor or any of the other alienists think about sanity or insanity, nor do I care for other definitions than that which has defi nitely been set before me by the Illi nois supreme court." State's Attorney Crowe objected to the ruling by the court, said he could not be satisfied with it and requested a recess of a few minutes while he rent over the situation with his as sociates. HAVE "DISEASED" MOTIVES CHICAGO, Aug. 5. W) Dr. Wil liam Healy of Boston, Mass., second psychiatrist, testifying for the defense at the hearing to determine punisli ment for Richard Loeb and .Nathan F. Leopold Jr., for kidnapping and murdering Bobert Franks, testified today that the crime "was the direct result of Loeb's diseased motivata tion" and that the "observation of the youths in the courtroom has con formed his opinion from examinations that they are mentally diseased." Cross examination of Dr. Healy be gan by Robert E. Crowe, state's at torney, seeking to bring out the basis of a "childish compact" between Loeb and Leopold and the hearing, uron suggestion of the defense, became sil ent, the witness testifying in a low voice for the court and the stenog raphers only. The matter of which of the boys struck the fatal blow, remained the puzzle of the trial when. Dr. noaly on cross examination niter a 15 min utes' reference to his notes of exam ination said that -he bad "not" been told which killed the Franks boy, and did not know. Hope That Lt. Wade . May Join Fellows With Repairing Of Airplane WASHINGTON, D C, AufC 4. A slight hope Is held In war depart ment circles that the trio or Ameri can around-the-world filers might yet be able to complete their Cir cumnavigation of the globe as a unit, despite the mishap yesterday to the Boston, piloted by Lieutenant LetKh Wade. Initial dispatches describing- the wrecking of the Boston were In terpreted as having put Lieutenant Wade definitely out of the flight, but later advices that his machine was being taken to Reykjavik, Ice land, was accepted as evidence thmt a more careful survey Indicated the possibility of repairs which would enable that ship to Join those of Commander Lowell II. Smith and Lieutenant Eric Nelson. Parte Are A Tellable A repair depot has been establish ed at the Icelandic capital. Not only have spare parts been placed ttfWe for the engines, but complete ets added of the specially designed pontoons, win ft, rudders and con trols used In the Douglas type of airplanes which make up the flight group. As reult. army officers declared that "If the fuselage of the Boston" U pound, she can be rebuilt at Hoy kjavik. It will only be necessary. HI 1 BLOCK BURNS EARLY TODAYi Scantily Clad Roomers Are ui ueu. iAJ x lee jc a tu ilea , Mayor and Family Lose Most of Personal Goods. McMlNNVILLE, Ore., Aug. B. Fire starting at 2:30 o'clock this morning in the heart of the business section of McMinnvllle swept over a square block, wiping out or damaging the headquarters of 17 business firms with an estimated loss of $50,000, be fore the flames could be extinguished. Insurance Coverage Small Approximately one-fourth of the loss was covered by insurance, E. E. Bceson, local insuranco man, esti mated. The flumes, starting in the rear of the City Transfer company's barn, from an undetermined cause, quickly consumed tbe structure and spread diagonally across the block, and by 4:30 o'clock the United States Na tional Bonk buildfng.waB the only re maining undamaged. One horse was burned with the stnble. When tho Powell rooming house near the livery stable was attacked by the blaze, dwellers had only time to natch up a few personal 'bebingings and" rush from the building. Mr. Towell was l-.tcr seen 'walking the streets clad in a bathrobe and a pair of Blloes, the only possessions he could salvage. Studio Big Loser MIbs Margaret Learn, an employe of the Coffee photo studio, the heav iest loser in the Union block, groped her way through the smoke to rescue the firm's books, the photographer being absent 'ron town. Mayor George S. Wright and his family lost prnctically all their house hold goods. Tbey had an apartment . ;T,,. K,.t .... .t , which was badly damaged. Men and equipment rushed to the assistance of the firefighters from six nearby towns when a call for help was sent out shortly after the fire broke out. Sheridan, Npwbcrg, Corlton, Sal era, Wlllamina and Amity responded to the call. Absence of wind aided in preventing the spread of the flames, firemen said. British-American Rum Pact Is Filed GENEVA, Aug-. 4. The Brltlsh Americnn liquor traffic convention, signed if Washington in January, was filed ttith the league of nations for registration Monday. they said, that the body of the plane with Its Internal struts and braces he available to the repair forces for tho Boston to be placed in com mission In 48 hours. Suggestions were marte that Lieu tenant Wade be Isfiued one of the observation planes carried by the cruisers patrolling the route or that a snare plan be shipped at once from this side, but both proposals were, rejected by the army service after careful consideration. Much Interest Taken Tbe extent to which Interest In the world flight Is being maintain ed was Indicated by naim ruin i.ies sages. both telephonic and tele graphic, to the war department to day, seeking Information us to Lieu tenant Wade's mishap, his chances of continuing and proffering vari ous suggestions for t I anffttance. Cit liens of Boston telegraphed President Coolldge urging that everything be done to enable Lieu tenant Wad to complete the flight and this request was -nt to tho war department from the While House. Whether in extra plane from Langley field might be made available when the filTi reach this side was a queillun still undecided' In Fire PIONEERS CAN SEE HISTORIC PICTURE FREE Through the courtesy of the Rex thentre and Its manager, A. H, Mc Donald and the sponsorship of The Guard, every pioneer of Eugene and Lane county who desires to do so is to be given opportunity next Fridny afternoon to see tho groat classic of fihmlom, "The Covered Wagon," free of cost. , That is not oil. Manager McDon ald proposes to serve a complimen tary buffet luncheon to his pioneer guests in the foyer of the Bex just preceding the matinee at which "Tho Covered Wagon'' is to be shown for their benefit. Tiiis Is the plan: All pioneers who came to Oregon or Washington oy covered wagon are eligible to partici pate in this affair. The only require ment is that they shall coll at The Guard offico between now and Thurs day evening and register their names together with the year in which they came west, and toll something of their recollections of tho trip across the plains. To each pioneer bo registered The Guard will issue a ticket which upon presentation at the Ilex theatre at 1:00 p. m. Friday will entitle the holder to become- one of the honored guests of the occasion. Mnnager Mc Donald will reserve seats to a ceo mo ' date all comers under tho plan, and the remainder of the theatre will bo for tho general public. "The Covered Wagon" is Oregon's own classic ploy. It depicts with faithful exactitude the scenes and in cidents which every pioneer remem bers who came across the plains by wagon. It carries the pioneer right back to the old days on the Old Ore gon Trail. Withal, it tells a story of love and adventure which is of absorb ing interest to the beholder. Every pioneer of Lane county who has not seen "The Covered Wagon" should sec it now ns gucBt of tbe Ilex theatre and The Guard. Every pio neer who has seen it should take ad vantage of the opportunity to see it again. Register at The Guard office and get your tickets. Wheat And Corn Suffer Drops But Rally in Openings ' CHICAGO, Aug. 8. . Opening wheat quotations, which ranged from I- 8 to 7-8 higher, with September $1,317-8 to I.Si'i-o end December $1,351-2 to $1.30, were followed by declines all around and then some thing of a rally. After opening at 1-2 decline to II- 8 advance, December $1,051-4 to $1,001-2, corn showed a general de cline of 2 cents more, but later re covered most of the loss. Starling unchanged to 1-4 off, Sep tember SO 1-4 to BO 3-8, oats Bagged a trifle more and then scored sub stantial gnins. . Provisions were steady. r Corn closed heavy, 1 1-8 to 2 5-8c net lower, December $1.03 1-4 to $1,03 3-8. Wheat closed weak, 2 7-8 to 8 3-4 net lower, September $1.28 to $1.28-1-4, and December $1.32 to $1.32 1-8. Government's Air Probe Plans Made WASHINGTON, Aug. B Member? of tile special house committee hear ing into operations of the United States air service will take first hand information by Inspecting airplane centers throughout the country before the, hearings get under way in the fall. Inspections on the Pacific coast will be made by representative Lea, demnrrat. California, another mem ber of the committee. The hearing 'Is being made In re sponse to a house resolution in which it was oharged that exorbitant prices were being paid by the government for sirplnnes; that the service was In efficient, and that tbe government had been dealing with airplane manu facturers who had been charged with fraud. After an executive session today, Chslrmsn Impert issued a statement in which he declsred tlie investigation would have no politi'-sl significance and it will not be comuleted until next Much. BRITISHER'S RECALL! FROM REPUBLIC LINKS WITH WOMAN'S MURDER IT UPON NEWPHOTOGOL Strictly Formal Meeting Is Held Between Allies And Representatives of Teutons; Americans There LONDON, Aug. B. Premier Mac Donald, presiding at plenary session of the Inter-allled conference at noon today, formally handed to the Ger man delegation the protocol embody ing tho program of tho conference of putting the Dnwes roparntlon report into effect. Ho asked the Germans to study the report and he ready to expreas -their opinions tomorrow. Conference Held Tho first meeting of the Germans with tbe delegates ot the inter-allied conference was strictly formal, hold in an atmoaphere of restrained cor diality. Chancellor Mnrx and his col leagues were seated at the foot of the horseshoe table, with Prime Minister MacDonald at Its head, the French delegation to his right, and Frank B. Kellogg, the American ninbassndor, and James A. Logan, American repre sentative with the reparation com mission, at the left. Germany Will Approve, View The Americans did not participate actively In the proceedings. After the conference, Ambassador Kellogg and Mr. Lognn both said the Germans had expressed the greatest desire to get the Dawes plan working as soon as possible and that the German chan cellor and his colleagues seemed to hove come to London In a reasonable frame of mind for reviewing the work tbe conference has done. The session was limited to tbe brief welcoming addreaa " of the British prime minister and the reply of Chan cellor Marx. T ESCAPED CONVICT SALEM, Ore., Aug. B. Peniten tiary officials are Investigating the report of tbe robbery of the borne of Crester Miller ,one mile north of Jefferson, Sunday afternoon, to de termine whether the thief was one of the convicts who have recently ea caped from tiie prison. Miller reported to Warden Dairy mple this morning Hint a rifle and some other articles bad been taken from tbe bouse, and that the Intrud er had left plainly visible finger prints on a shotgun that had been handled but not stolen. Missouri Primary Being Held Today ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 5. Missouri voters went to the polls todny to ballot for party nominees for the var ious state, congressional. Judicial, county and local offices to be filled in the November elections. Following one of the most energet ic and bitter cainpnlrns in the politic- al history of the state, interest in Uie primary appeared centering chiefly ;a tbe outcome of the gubernatorial race with five democrats and three repub licans entered. With the main issues uf prohibition and the Ku Kltix Klan sharply drawn by the caodidatea for tbe. off Ice of governor, other issues emphasize tax reduction and law enforcement prom inently. WOMAN IDENTIFIED POItTLAND, Ore., Aug. 0 The young woman who was atruck and killed by a truck here yesterday while she wss crossing the street was iden tified last night as Miss Esther Toed ter 18. of Post Fells, Idaho, by Mr. sod Mrs. T. J. Coffmsn, who accom panied her to Portland from her home, Slain Woman's Sister In Receipt of Letter Telling of Alleged Backing of Bandits by President Obregoru SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5, The story of how Mrs. Rosalie Evans, a gun in Lor hund. mounted guard on the roof ot her half burned ranch homo near Snn Martin, state ot Puobla, Mexico, and, backed by a handful of followers, hold a thousand natives at bay, was cone talncd In a lottor from Mrs. Evans to Mrs. Daisy Pettus, her Blstsr here, made public, today. The deuth of Mrs. Evans at the hands ot a Mexican gunman la n object ot concern to the government ot Mexico, the United States, ind Groat Britain. " . . LETTER 13 MADE PUBLIC She was a British subject The letter, dated Juno 3, Bald In part: i "This Is Tuesday and Saturday I sat on the roof with firing around me wondering if I would ever write any more. "Saturday night thoy roamed about and never attacked the house. We hour thoy marched on San Martin and requested the colonol to arrest us. Ho said he would but waited an order, from Mexico City. Meuutlme I got a telegrum to Mexico City through Valontia, House Partly Burned. "You see, the bouse bolng burned in the middle in a wuy helps us to defend it. (Tha hacienda was purtially burned and looted by federal troops on Docembor 2U). But the nigbta are dark and you have to watch closely. We are only five altogether, and so dlvido tho night, "Sunday tbey guarded all the ave nues, but the girl slipped through, aod later a weary little figure, Mod esta, returned. She. said when she reached the legnlion they told her my telegram had been received and tltut Mr. Cummins was at the American embassy. We are cut 'off from San Martin they guard thnt road. But we are ao armed they so far have not dnrcd get ue hero. If Mexico pays so little heed, how long will lt last? "My apirita have continued high un til today. I began to fear they arc de ceiving Cummins for Modesta was quite hopeful, "Sunday morning early m frlcnu came In from the fields sal dwe were surrounded by over 1000 men. Strange country. It was truo, but they did not dare pass my bridge. In the front ave nue, back of our redoubt of abode, we pointed our five guns at them and lied 'halt' and they did. Like ante they swarmed the hills. Night Vigils Kept. 'Well, Sunday night I watched all night. It la curloua when you are up MinM wrc uriTiiic. . VvumHii U ULMIII IU I LONDON, Aug. 8 The newapa pen today comment Indignantly an the murder of Mrs. Itosalle Evnni, widow of a British subject In Moxlco. Tho Times nssumes that the gov ernment will abandon Its intention ot sending sn envoy or recognising the Obrcgon goverment until ample sat isfaction Is forthcoming. The Dnlly Mall says the outrage cannot be tamo ly passed over', adding: "Both the United States and our selves ore deeply concerned In seeing proper retribution exacted from all the participators In the crime." The Daily News denounces the slaying ns "bestial cruelty the result of bumsn greed !n the lowest form." KILLER IS KNOWN SAN FHANCISCO, Aug. 5. The name of the man who killed Mrs. Uo snlie Evans, British subject and ranch owner, in the state of Puebla, Mexico, is known, and he will be hunted down snd summsrlly dealt with, it wss an nounced here today by Mrs. W. J. Pettus, sister of Mrs. Evans. "I am leaving tonight with my hus band for the hacienda at Son Martin, where my sister was killed," Mrs. Pettus said. "I know the name of the man who killed her. lie hss made several threats against her, the latest one being sent only Isst week." MUM BE R ARRE&TED WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Mexican authorities have made a number of arrests In connect on with the slaying of Mrs. Uosalie Kvaus, a British sub ject, near her plantation. It was esid in official reuorta received here to-Ida in San Francisco is against it how natural it all seems. In the dark Camp slid across tho roof. 'Get your guns ready, they are in the garden two of tbem by the chapel. You must get them, aa they acale the wall.' The light waa very dim, a few stars. About 8 o'clock, Gabriel, the boy Moso, and I dropped to our knees and ns best we could kept our wall coyored,. They never crossed. "I meant to fire to tbe best of my ability and I felt I Would hit as my hand seemed very steady. But, cur iously, I prayed bard that I would not have. to. I want to win without killing if possible. - . , "Not so Cnmp. Be really horrifies me. He Is burning to shoot "But that is Just an incident. Sun day Is over. Monday, that's yesterdsy, about five, I was bathing when told a major wished to speak to me. I said, 'Walt a few minutes and I go on the roof.' The little servant said they murmured something about the tele gram from Mexico City said to give me protection and thst the hacienda was surrounded by bandits. "I supposed of course, it was Cum mlna' guard, but before I got to the roof they had whirled off and left. And I have heard no more of tbem. ' Workers Are Jailed. "But st the other end of hacienda, by San Luis, I made men cut wheat By the way, they put all tbe boys who work for me In jail so the wom en bring use breed and meat Poor L's TfiBiiiVr' is "a" piteous sight. They tell her they will kill him but he contin ues to stay by me. "It Is time I had assistance for en the Kosario and on tha Tunnel field they swarm around plotting and vow ing by death and Obxegon supporting them. I am losing ground. I don't know what I will do next Cummins aema to have done everything con ceivable and yet here 1 am unpro tected, and surrounded. ' The Camp referred to In the letter is George Camp, a Texan, who volun teered to assist Sirs. 'Evens. . Tbe Cummins mentioned Is H. A. C. Cum mins, British charge d'affaires, whose efforts to protect Mrs. Evans led t a request by the Mexican government for his recall. State Service of Associated Ptess Expands Tbe Klamstb Falls Heruld is the 1. test newspaper to come tn on the day Oregon state leased wire of the , Associated Prens. This state news service, already highly efficient, is being steudily iuiprored and strengthened. It now includes: The Eugens Guard. The Portland Ts'earam. The Salem Capital Journal. Tha Medford Mall-Tribune. Tha Rose burn News-Review. The Pendleton East Oregonlan. The Klamath Falls Herald. This state wire service insures to readers of The Guard the news of all Oregon on the day it happens, covered in accordance with Associated Press standards, which are the highest in the world. And. of course, The Guard also haa tbe full lensed wire service of news of all the world by tbe Associated Press, too. iii .. I'M- M ! 11.