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Newspaper Page TextLuld Automobile Busses Serve the Public Better Than Streetcars Do? Read The Guard Editorial Today HOME EDITION Ity-News. About PeopU You Utf and Happenings Reflect the Lift iiEugtn and If Var- VOL. 67 hi Daily TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OKEUON, TUESDAY EVEN'IXO, OCTOBER 21,,1!'J4 TODAY'S MOWS TODAY NO. 91 1 -..f wriTHER .. Prohably rain In tha I . portion .nd party cloudy I. 1 st portion tonight and tednesiny- wooer... . Moderate southeasterly r r,nra Monday: Lulnam 65; minimum, 43; d!-. Lctlon of wno, nU.. - I river, .6 oi a i". . Hlii Bughouse '. . hnll. Several of tho offices L by city officio'" are literally alive L little insects, particularly in pjems where plants or i.n The bug is dark brown in Lhaa winss, and is about the size ..developed earwig, it isn i ..milt, though, tho officials maih- L u the well-known pincers pecu- lo that pest are missing, mm mtomologist has offered to ljifj ,he bug. One corner of Judge A Gilmore's oince Lou this morning, the bugs hav- a.wled all over a desn suusueu . .I..-.---.! Api. thn walls. L-j, SOU ciui - r.nn knowing a poison spray t mold bring death to these in- ta tint are disturbing tne peace oi i ud efficiency of the city offi- woold be doing a public-spiriteo L to reveal the formula. Unless Lthrag of this kind is done,'Eu- L. m,r swake some morning to dis- their city hall turned into a joint. Ill Oil Office Entered The thieves that used a crowbar Leak into the Shell Oil offices last Lit must have thought they would i half million dollars," reported C. Hatton to police headquarters ;enlay morning. ."Instead, they got I wish I could have met them Ling out to give them the horae uh." The marauders broke the door en, and then pried every drawer the desk open. "If they had used sir leads they would have known lit after opening the center drawer the other drawers unlock automat- illy," continued Mr. Hatton. Ihat what makes me believe the job Ls done by hoboes or amateurs of m,,ort. We are at Second avenue d Jackson street, right by the rnil- io4,shave ;;been expecting for lae time that the office might be pken into. No money is ever kept 'it office." Tolice are investigating robbery. liyor Is Surprised After a couple are married 20 years 7 may be pardoned if they lire rprised when a flock of friends nt in on them unexpectedly to iebrate the occasion. That's what ppened Sunday night to Mayor and rt E. 13. Parks, when nine couples k them by surprise. The party rnrht buffet luncheons, and a ssnot evening was Bpent after Mr. 'i Mrs. Parks recovered from tbeir mntshinent. They were wedded in fanula. Iowa, and moved to Oregon r years later. A telegram of con 'Halations was received by Mayor rti during the day. signed by "The srre Musketeers Krnie,, . Al anil k. The telegram was sent by F.r- Seute, Al Itousseau and Hob "wart. l-nel Mercer to Speak Olonrl v. (J. I). Mercer will speak ipeeinl invitation st the ojiurch at "PW next Friday evening, discus- -t the measures to be on the bal ' at the coming election. Colonel i a deep student of public '"' and has made a special inves- (itioo of the various laws anil h'cdmf nts to be giver, the con- .'ration rf voters. Colonel Mercer ft today ir Oresnn Citv to mnti aildreaaes on the measures and 1 nstt friends. He will return In s' for his Jasper appearance Fri st'!. r'X Work Under Way -nut m y.rd, of the High Pass ii being -,rk-d 0T(.r hj , conn. lJUn trucks are employed at JConiinufil on page five) GUARD ADLETS Houses for Sale And for Rent See classified page each day It pars to road tho ' Classified Advertisements TH tMTHI AN S 0 AUTO ACCIDENT PROVESFATAL Former Portland Policeman Killed; Niece Seriously Injured Dead Man Had Just ceived Back Pay $6,000 From City Re ef CLATSKANIE, Ore., Oct. 21. Ole Nelson, former policeman la Portland, who recently won a suit from the city for which he received back pay to the extent of $G000, was killed instantly in an automobile accident on the Columbia Kiver highway today about six miles south of Clatskanie. Miss Ethel Nelson, Portland, a niece, riding with Nelson, waB tiirown clear of the wrecked car, but was seriously injured. The injured womun was brought to Clatskanie by Sher man Miles of St. Helens. The body of Nelson was brougbt here by A. G. Anderson, coroner uf Columbia, who decided that no inquest was neefssary. Nelson had received a check Mon day of $GOO() ns settlement of his suit with the City of Portland, m which he was ordered reinstated. He was placed on the pension list last Thursday, and J with his niece left Portland today for Astoria to visit his sister, Mrs. A. Dauiclson, and other relatives. ' After having; passed a Pacific Fruit and Produce truck driven by Dee C. Seiwer, a front wheel of Nelson's car went over the edge of the pavement on a curve near Beaver Falls. Ttif- machine lurched across the pavemeLt and into a ditch on the opposite side, overturning and pinned Nelson be neath, after he had been dragged about 23 feet. His body was consider able mangled. No blame wivs attached to the driver of the passing truck. Miss Nelson sustained a fractured collar bone and wfs otherwise ser iously bruised. M CALLISTER CASE T SAI.l:jl. On. "'!. -1. Wl la rrvUinj? .liilgt J. V. Hntnilton in the nine of Alilin I!. Mcl'nllister, nppel liint. ngainst Silns B. McCallister. no apprnleil divorce e.ise from Ii'i county, the Biipreme court toilny not only grants tJic woman a divorce from her husband but olso aliowa her $15. 000 alimony and costa anil disburse ments. The opinion waa written by Justice Hurnelt. In her complaint Mrs. McCallister naked jin undivided one-third interest In their rropcrty in Illinois or a gross Bum as permanent alimony. In re-estate of Sarah A. Dennlne, deceased, C. O. Denning, claimant, vs. Charles E. Hailey, administrator, ap pellant; appeal from Lane county, ar peal from a decree of the circuit court reversing decree, of county court on final report of Cbarlea E. Bailey, ad ministrator; opinion by Justice Cos bow. Judge (i. V. Skipworth reversed and case remanded. The McCallister case tried here two rears aeo created considerable inter est at the time. Mrs. McCallister I denied' her plea for divorce bj Judge llumilton and tien the esse was ap I pealed to the supreme court. CJiarlea j A. Hardy and II. K. Slattery were bcr 'attorneys. Mrs. McCallister now rc- sides at Medford and Mr. McCallister resides in Illinois, according to infor ' mation given by Mr, Mattery. 1 Klamath Indians To Share $122,6UU WASHINGTON. Oct. II Approi m.iteiv lJi! Klamath Indians of Ore- 1 gon will sh:ire about Jl'.'COOO as s re ! suit of a per capita payment of floo i authorized today by tin Interior de partment to help tide them through I the winter. The money la derived frm ! snip of timber belonging to the In dians, which it is estimated will yi'HI (hem at bust finO.ouO annually l"t the neit -U years. GDLUMBIA Plane Takes Dive; Youth Is Uninjured An airplane, piloted by Charles Wrightson, an Oregon Agricultural college freshman, tumbled out ot the sky Saturday into a ditch near Goshen. The youth escaped from th wreckage with only a few scratches and minor injuries. The plane was re duced to junk. Wrightson was flying to his home near Fresno, California, where he had received word that his father wn critically ill. He had got as far as Creswell, when the airplane began giving trouble. He turned, and was, re turning toward the landing field in Eugene when the engine ' Btopped abore Camas swale, and he was forc ed to nose it into a ditch. Coming to Eugene, the young mau borrowed enough money on the wreck to continue his trip to California. The student, who is only ID years old, had come to Oregon to earn nis way through collpfcS by giving lensmis in air piloting, and by tnking persons for trips. He was the first student 10 adopt this novel means of making his way through college. Business was good, he reported,1 and lie received a lot of publicity on the undertaking, and got his picture printed in the Portland papers. When , the world fliers were in Eugene recently, the young man was present at the ban quet in the Osburn hotel .as a guest of E. B. Tarks, mayor of Eugene. TO Oregon has representatives threo of the most important commit tees of the American Bankers' asso ciation, including C. D. Uorer, presi dent of the Bank of Commerce of Ku gene who has been reappointed on the agricultural committee to repre sent the twelfth federal reserve dis trict on this body. Mr. Uorer has received word. of Ilia appointment from William E. Knox president of the Bowery Savings bank of New York city. ('. '. Colt, presi dent of the Kirst National bank of Portland, bns been appointed on the administration committee and E. A. Kcnsenieh. nresident of the West Cdast National bank of Portland has been selected for the national bank di vision of the twelfth federal district. "Vlic agricultural committee of the American Bankers' association is functioning iaOregon more effectively than in any other state and during tlu coining year a comprehensive program of agricultural development will he sponsored by the organisation," Mr. Uorer said today. Six major projects are to be urged and actively supported by the Ore gon state bankers, is the announce ment. Among projects arc "Increased dairv products;" "Better fnnn crops;" "Control of insert and fungus di seases;" "Improved methods of mar keting;" and "Boys snd girls chili work." This progrsm is the result of the recent economic survey of th? state miule by the agricultural com mittee, Mr. Rorer states. "We plan to work on co-operation with the agricultural interests of the stnte in every way possible." the local banker said. "Every bank in the state has signed up to take care of at leaM one project during the coming year. These projects will vary according to the local needs of the community ser ved by the institution," is the JOi nouni ement. The banking interests will adjust their pn'gram to fit In with the sug gestions of the Oregon Agricultural college extension work and every dis trict of the state will be Included la the development plons. according tu the arrangements' pending. PETERSONS FILE MOTION A motion to quanh the Indictment on fmbeixlwnt against Mr. and Mm. K. H. VetiTBon, former mplyei in chargfl of the county farm, was filed todfly by their attorney, Charles A. I lard jr. The motion filed itatei that vitnMM ippenring before the it rand jury wer not listed ill the indictments. T TIE Ii Navy Dirigible Reaches Her .Destination Ahead of . Schedule Speed Averages 50 Miles'an Hour Down California Coast . 4 SAX DIEGO, Oct. 21. OP) The navy dirigible Shenandoah, delayed for u time by heavy fog, was safely brought to the ground at the North Island naval air station at 11 o'clock this mu ruing. , ABOARD V, S. S. SHENAN DOAH. Oct. 2t (By Radio to th A. I.) A race against time for 420 miles down the California const from San Francisco to San Diego brought the navy dirigible ShenunUoah into her auchbrage befure daylight when slie passed over the battle fleet lying off San 1'edro at 1:55 a. m. today with the race as good us won. At the rate at which she was speeding she would reach San Diego more than an hour ahead of the time limit se by nature, after which it would be im possible to moor her until the, aun wan again setting and the big gas bag cooled. . Through the moonlight Tiight1 Ihe Shenandoah was hitting the balf at a speed averaging 50 miles an hour. A Snn Francisco like a miniature city by the sea faded into a blotch of patcho of green packs, retimgular streets and skpscrapers. she was making between 20 and 2" miles an hour; and at th? rate at which she had been battling the gale through yesterday morning. oO miles wna an accomplishment of five hours steady driving of her 100 horsepower motors, When the moon shot above the peaks of the . mountains after 10 o'clock, reflecting the trailing shadow of the long tube on the smooth wnvey the storm had disappeared and the Shenandoah stnrted reeling off 50 miles on hour with regularity. Tb? past 24 hours had shown the vicinyi tudes of air navigation. Tort of the time the ship had bven going backwards with all engines driv ing at full speed ahead and at other times speeding through the air faster than any ship of the sea, merely be cause the interference of the air had faded away World Fliers Land At Mather Field . SACRAMENTO, Oct. 2). The ivorld circlinf airplanes which left .Medford, Ore., at 10:15 a. in. tojvy arrived at Mather field, east of 8acr:i. mento at 1:50 o'clock this afternoon. The aviators will be the guests oi honor at banquet and dance In Sac ramento tbi. evening. MEPKOBD, Ore., Oct 21 The world fliers, who arrived here yeator- day afternoon frnra Eugene, departed at 10:15 tbia morning for the aoutii Skeletons of Giant' Indians Are Found KLAMATH FAIXS, Ore., Oct. 21. Skeleton! of 12 giant Indiana, relief of prehistoric timea, were uncovered by road workmen in Klamath march country, It became known today. One jawbone waa a particularly iinmenke ize. Opinion here la divided as to rbether it waa aa old Indian bum! ground or a battla ground where the Indiana buried their killed where they fell. Many .Indian relics were uncover ed near llit skeletons. HURT IN ACCIDENT Mr,. E. H. Rillinga of Canyonville la in the E'lgene hospital with injur ies received at 8 o'clock this morning when the automobile which she waa driving ikidded on the alippery pave ment of the Kiver rood and overturn ed. Mra. Harris, C00 Olive afreet, and three-year-old aon, were passengers. Mrs. Hillings waa the only person hurt. Her bushsnd, a conductor on the I'ooa Day line of tbe Southern l'acifiv, waa notified by telegram. RACE AGA1NS SHENANDOAH EXPLOS ON SCOUT CRUISER T Cause of Fatal Accident Is Undetermined; Powder And Shell Hoisted No Shot Had Been Fired And Eectrical Trouble Not Held Likely WASHINGTON, Ot. 21. OP Tbe dentil of Bennett Williams, a 8ea nian of South Kaston, Muss., todiiy brought up to six the list of fatnlities from the explosion yesterday on the cruiser Trenton off Ciipe Henry. The others killed were Knsign Henry ClHy Drexler of llothuny dleai-h, Del. ; Ho land rhilip' Hansen, seumau, of Sol dier, Iown ; Williuni A'fn-d .Walker, seaman of Mayo, S. C; Bernard T. By Jim, seaman, Bristol, Couu., aud George It. t'holister, boatswain's mate, Merch'antvUle, N, J. A m oh sage from the Trenton, re ceived by naval officials hero auid the powder and shell were being hobt cd into the turret at the time of the explosion and that "all safety precau tions had been observed." No shot had been fired and electrical trouble was not regarded as the cause. "Immediately after the explosion tbe message ah id, "the access door in the rear of tho turret was opened and four men fell overboard because of the over'inng. Three were rescued. One (Walker), apparently was badly burned and drowned, but the budy was not recovered." , The scout cruiser Raleigh tor-k up the search for Walker's body. The less seriously injured included one of ficer, Jojin Arthur Herigtvick. lieu tenant, junior grade, of' Wintlirop, Mass., the ot: ers being enlisted men. Naval offii'iaU said today "It had been established tlure was no powder outside of the magazine except th two charges being hoisted Into the turret to be immediately loaded and fired. The Trent ou was commisH'oned about six years ago, shoitly before tbe turret oxplosion aboard i e bat tleship .Missisi;p off the California coast, which caused 47 or 48 fatali ties. She had just completed a diake dnwn cruise around Africa. B rTiirm n L I H.U. Jn Eugene's nnnual school census will be started Xatiiriliy, November 25, it is announced by O. II. Jones, secre tary of the arbool hoard. The names of all children of sohool age, from four yenrB to 20 years, inclusive, will be listed under thi. census, aa well ns all persons residing In the diatrkt within these ages. The work will require a stuff ol about 15 persons, who will canvass the ity for shout two dnya. To know the exact number of children of acbool age la profitable to the school dis trict, it is pointed nut, as tbe moni:.v derived from the irreducible acjiool fund of the state and for tbe school lihrnry is apportioned on a basis of population, "It Is Importunt to g't the co-operation of Eugene people in this sen bus," saja Mr. Jonee. "We hope tha: nobody mistakes the census takers for book agents, or submits them to hum iliation as has sometimes occurred in the pnst." Foster to Handle Prosecution Here Judge O. II. Foster, of the legal firm of potter, Foster and lminel, waa today appointed aa deputy dis trlct attorney of Lfcne county to hold office during the illness of Clyde N. Johnston. i II. Mifrhell, I'gal ad viser to Dr. Linnvilie, federal pro hibition director for Oregon, hus been in chargavf the work uf the dis trict attorney' office here for the past two aarcks. Mr. Mitchell leaves today for VorUand lint plana to re turn here later, be state. AKES 6 LIS Leaves Hospital MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM GIBBS McADOO . RALTtMOKE. M1.. Oct. 21. secretary of the treasury, who has been n patieut ut Johns Hopkins hospit ill here for several weeks, was discharged from tho Institution Monday. Mr. McAdoo refused to discuss woilld go upon leaving Baltimore. Dr. Hugh H. Young. Jiin physician, in a statement last week, said that it was inadvisable for the former treasury Bccrctnry to enter the strenuous work of the presidential campaign, ing ' ken ill, and prescribed for his lowing his release. Candidates Now Striving to r Outdistance Their Rivals as T3ig Vote . i flrittlng tielr teeth with absolute, determination, the candidates in The Eugene Ciiianl's , "Everybody Wins Something" $13,(I(KI gniinl prize cam paign nrc today going ut top speed. to capture the leadership for the coveted prizes. lt is entirely probable that the win ners of the big. speedy, handsome automobile will be determined Octo ber 25, the close of the Special prize offer. October 25 ought, In a meas ure, to tell the story. Each cundidntc is at riving now to outdistance his cr her rivals and to aecumuliite n sufficient number of votes to he the undisputed lender ,n the race for the big cars. Competition is growing more keen as the finni hour of the big vote period draws ne.trer..No stone is being unturned by the candidates who are planning to get ho d of every poHHiMo subscription before 10 o'clock, October 25, tne fatal hour. flnea ls Fast and Close. So fir the nig race is close ts close as candid lies could possibly Eight Take Ranger Exam at Postoffice Eight prrHons tnok the civil uprvire examination at thi foreat officpg In (he pwttnffire building today for the position of fnrpst ranger. The exam ination waa conducted by C. h. Lock- ard, J inior fnrpHter attached to th Cawade national forest office. Thoe (liking the examination were: William M. Hfinhardt, Eugene; Dan id 8. MrCollum. Motor Itoute, t Ku gene; Raymond Kngland. 1'orlland; Alexander V. Audraicff. ItoRehurg; Leigh II. Oliver, Springfield; Thomas S. .Tack aon, Iirane; Malcolm M. Maltzan, Trent; John II. Crawford. Eugene. Tha examination was more than seven liourg in length, and grading will be baxed upon tbe experience, ed ucation, intelligence tent and practi cal queationn in the teat. Widener Art Group May Go to Public NEW YOIIK, Oct. 21. The Wide ner art collection, valued nt I'i.WiQ. 000, considered one of the rnont Im portant priva.? collections in tbe I'ni ted Ktatea will s me dny become the property of the Amerirnn public, Jo seph K. Widener of 1'hiladelpliln, financier and art collector, declared yesterday. The collection will be a memorial to bis father, who founded it more than forty jeirs ago, he aaid. After Operation OP) William O. McAdoo, formor his plans and declined to any where bo as Mr. McAdoo had planned before be patient a period of rest and quiet fol Period Nears End run. Today it is anybody'a race. He best wi.y to Insure a lend at the end of the big voto period, Monday, No vember 10, at 10 o'clock is to Jiiistl: out nnd get a few good aubscrlptlons, A five-year aubacriptlon menna 300.. Out) i:r mora votea. The big aubsorlp tions nto.what couut faatest now. ' Candidates are naain r.dvlsod not to t.verlotk tho opportunity of the "sec. ond payment plan " Hhort subscrip' tiona li ken early in tho campaign may now bo rxtcn led and the add! tional payment apply on the present vile ivhediile, ti'.o on the 100,000 or trn free vote Jlur Tbonsanda of votes may ,be obtained by carefully going over tho territory previously covered and inducing subscribers who only ilgned up fo.- a year or bo to cutend ,Uieir aubrferiptiona another year or even flvo jenrs. Tho election ls clor.e. Someone, cer tainly, will pull out in front after October 25. That aomeor.e can bo you. The prizes are so big. so valuable, ao (Continued on page eight) Sentences Given Box Car Thieves rortTLAXH, Ore., Oct. 21. Carl J. Keymera and H. L. Wood were sentenced to nine months each in jnll by Federal Judga Wnlvcrton' today when arraigned on a charge of steal ing from I box car. TODAYS By AKTHI'R BRISBANE (Copyright 11)111 by Star Co.) Henry Ford'a nusineis, prosperoua everywhere, gains in proportion mor rapidly abroad that in the Vnlted States. Business men who say, "My busi ness doesn't need advertising," might study Henry Kord's methods. His products sre well known, yet Kord advertiea, aysteniaticiiily, elaborately anil constantly here and abroad. II.s advertising la good because he en trusts it to profesHioiml advertising men, Henry Kord knows how foolish it would he for an advertising agent to undertake automobile construction without consulting ao evpert. He idfo knows that It would he foolish, iu him. to do his own advertising. ' There Is not a business in the coun STARTS I CROWD CRIES TIRE' Ten-Year-Old Girl Dies Of Injuries; Seven Others Seriously Hurt Blaze At No Time Threat ened Patrons; Confined ' To Small Room NEWCASTLE, K., Oct 21. OP) Tho shadow of death lingered today; over threo of the Newcastle theatre', 30 victims, who were crushed in a panic last night when a terrified spec tator cried "Fire." Tho blaro, whica at no time endangered safety ot the patrons, cost the life of 10-year-old Emma. Masaie, and resulted n injur ies to 35 other persons, seven of whom are In a scrioua condition. Sixteen injured were token to a hoapitnL Only a few of the frantic apocta- tora thought to nso a second exit in the building. The main exit was quick ly choked. Some persona lenped from the stairway upon the heada of those struggling below and at one time. men, women -and children were piled evernl deep in the passageway, it waa reported. A capacity house of 250 packed tha building. U'ho blaze was confined to a 7 to 7 foot projection room bus ponded from the ceiling in the front of the theatre. State Emergency Board Will Meet SAEM,.Orc., Oct. 21. Sam A. Kozcr, aecrotary of atatc, today issued a call for a meeting of tho stuto emergency board Thursday, October 30, for the purpose of making a defi ciency appropriation to meet expen ses incurred during tho campaign of! the atate livestock sanitary board to prevent the foot and mouth disease in Oregon. About $10,305 will be asked by the board. An emergency appropriation of about $2000 will be asked to pay tha traveling oxpensea of circuit judge when on court duty in counties ont siilo their own district, or in their own dlstricta in countlea outside their, residence counties. ' ' Registration Shows Increase in Douglas KOSEBUItO, Ore., Oct 21 Itegto.. (ration in Douglas county atowa an lncne.no of over 1200 since tha spring; primaries, according to an announce ment mode this morning by County; Clerk I. II. Riddle. The total number of qualified voters aa shown by the summary just completed is 10,6118, while the spring total was 0163, Tho republicans gained 771, the democrats 300, and the miscellaneous column was increased by 125. There are now 7071 rcpublicnna registered 20K7 democrats and 010 miscellaneous. There are 0759 men registered and .'1000 Women. Advert isinpc oro iuiucation 'cr Cent Govern try except that of the prison keeter that couldn't be doubjed in volume by the light advertising agent. K en cemeteries advertise, and prosper by it. "If your business isn't worth ad vertising, advertise It for sale." . E. W. Lord, dean of the Boston t'nlversity College of limine. A 1 ministration asys a college education U worth $7", Otto, snd the college msn Is at his best at 00, whereas the la borer is done for nt fifty. Tbe average untrained man ciu earn $1200, the high sc'iool grad uate IL'OO, tJie college graduate joooo. . Interesting figures, by which, to some college men are at their bet (Continued on page foul)