The Eugene guard., October 22, 1924, Image 1

jonly Three Days Lef 1 in Ford CouPe Special Prize Offer.
Item' About People You
Know and Happenings
That B'flct the Life
0f Eugene and Its Var
ied Daily Activities.
rue WEATHER
probably rain west portion;
rtly cloudy east portion to
light and Thursday.. Cooler west
p.rtloa on Thursday; moderate
southeasterly winds. Tempera-
tire Tuesday: Maximum oj
minimum, 52; precipitation. .03 of
Inch; direction ot wind, north
west. Stage of river, .(i of a foot.
Doll Show Planned
A chance for some Eugeifo or Lane
county (irl to win ?10 is offered by
UcSIorran and Washburne In their
doU show Saturday, November J.
jlMchandise orders for ?10, $3 and
j2,50 will constitute the first throe
priies, and every little girl not win
ning trize wiu set a handsome dull
blsnket. Only girls up to 12 year3
of age will be allowed to compete. The
show will be held in the basement of
the store, and every little girl is in
vited to dress her doll in its very best
,id enter it in the contest. The doi!
clothes must be all home-made, and
alio the hat, if the doll wears one.
g,oes and stockings need- not be
home nude. Mrs. Nelson F. Macduff,
1135 Mill street; Mrs. Austin. Dodd,
303 Willamette street; and Mrs. Hugh
Earle, 113S Jefferson street will bo
judges. They will pass on the entries
Friday afternoon, October 31. The
dolls will be disreVyed in the McMor
ran and Washburne windows Satur
ji; and Sunday. The dolls will be
judged by the dress nnd general neat
ness, rather than by the beauty and
eipensiveness of the doll itself, so
every girl will have a chance.
Window Display Attracts
E. C. Simmons Motor company is
displaying a unique mechanical attrac
tion in one of its Tenth nvenue win
dows, a lone front wheel mounted and
Tunning .Attached to it is a speed
ometer with the face covered except
(or two figures. The idea is to guess
how many miles this wheel will regis
ter in five day's running nt eight
lours a day. Many pedestrians stop to
watch the spinning wheel, then they
lake out paper and pencil and try to
figure the mileage the speedometer
will tell, Everyone is invited in to
registed his guess, for the ono who
comes nearest gets a prize speedomet
er. The clever iden is from Frank
lln, Ihe parts man, who arranged the
polling display. The contest closes
on the 23th, Saturday. Guesses range
anywhere from a few hundred to sev
iitl thousand miles.
Physical Examination Set
Boys, how's your wind? If you are
nt careful you may weaken your
wart by over-exercise, is the admoni
tion of W. P: Waiter, boys' secretary
it Eugene Y. M, C. A., as he' asks all
boys who hove not undergone tile
"draft", teat or physical examination,
to do so at once, whether they indulge
id active work in the gym or just play
kail. "You may be able to lift a ton,
ran a mile ur do stunts," he admau
Jm, "but your heart may be taxed
too heavily and ultimate ruin and even
'(rious sickness might -result," he
js. .
I Man It Misslnn
Man It Missing
Where i Frank r,l,mnn') pnii-.
leadnuarters hive been notified that
u man. the husband of nn Omaha
"man, is in Eugene. Ti,.v are nn.
nous to a;,.! in touch with him, nl-
'tougli no offense is charged. Anvone
mowing of ,n.1n by this name U
iked to communicate with W. (J.
Jndknv. .w ii
Dr"k Is Arrested
Covered witn blood from a bad
tish received in his forehead over ,
Martin Scott, a hobo, was ar-
"tid by Carl Young, night officer,
a cbsrge nf drunkenness Tuesday
Jl?Iu. A d wtnr was siimmr,no,r i
k several siitr-he. ; .. 1
prisoner spent the night in the
'y jail.
""Idencs Sold
. J"hn J. Williams has sold his re..i-
ee at ;r.j Seventh avenue west to
GUARD
ADLETS
Houses for Sale
And for Rent
Bee classified page
each day
11 PV8 to rend the
ClnsHified
Advertisements
(Continued on page five)
VOL. C7
Portland Woman Killed
CLUB VOTES IN
DPPDS T
ONTO
BUS LINE PLAN
Fairmount District On Rec
ord "Against Any Fran
chise Granting
Organization Takes Stand
On Question Of New
System Here
' V- - .
Opposition by a rrnctically unani
mous vote against the granting of a
franchise to any. motor bus line in Eu
gene at the present time represents
the stand of the East Side Improve
ment club of the Fairmount district
Following a meeting of the organ
ization Inst evening at the Fairmount
school a motion was discussed and
passed in which wua embodied a re
quest tJiat the city council oppose tlu
grunting of the permit to V. C. Gor3t
who has mnde application, or to ttuy
otljer bus line company.
The sentiment of the gathering of
about 75 was strong against the in
coming of the bus transportation sys
tem judging by the remarks of thoe
who spoke nnd the vigorous applause
that was tendered each speaker who
opposed the plan.
That the bus line has advantages as
a supplement to the electric transpor
tation system was not denied hy any
of those who opposed the move, but
fpor was expressed that the Southern
Pacific company would abandon the
present system if the new line came
in. The point was nlso raised by sev
eral speakers that the motor-lriven
busses would use only the pnvd
streets and that remote districts now
served by the rail line would be witti-
(Continued on page twelve)
Lions Talk Over
Coming Election
At Session Today
Topics of interest regarding tlie
coming ejection occupied n major
portion of the Lions tub time nt
Its rogular weekly luncheon" In the
Hotel Ochiiin. with L. E. Simmons,
vlce-preshhnt in the chair.
A musical program Including
nonjrR by Ward Klce nnd Don Phil
lips wns enjoyed, followed by a talk
on "Llonlsm" by President William
Ncer, of the Salem Lions.
M. M. Eoney gave a nhort talk on
the olno bill and Dr. .P. J. Bartle
spoke on the Income tax and work
men's compensation amendments.
Next Wednesday niV.it Kugene
Llorfi go to Independence for dis
pensing a charter, through Deputy
Eric Merrelt of this district.
Primary Vote Not
For Court Action
WASHINGTON, O't. 12. The
right to vote nt primary elections is
not a intention over whirh the courts
have jurisdiction, the supreme couit
held in a case from Tens brought by
C. N. Love nnd others og.n'nst James
S. Griffin nnd others.
Contraband Chinese
Found on Speedboat
on ito.utn r. s. coasv orAitn
(TTTKIt AHOATA, .IT AN IK
ITl'A STRAIT. OctoUr Kn
dio to TIi Associated Prens! The
coast jtnard picket bout number
Into taut nijiht captured speedboat
Us M ii"nr l'rt Tuwnaend with ix
contrband Chinese.
JUDGE BARNARD ILL
I Owing to illness Judge (.'. P. Itar
'nard f the county r-our was not on
i duty today. Judge lUinard was at Ins
office ypftwday forenoon but later
i returned to his home. It U csprtted
i that he will be abie to be at his dek
tomorrow.
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
m '
Medford Man
Uses Hakhet
To Take Life
PORTLAND, Oct. 22 Mrs.
Maudins Nickerson, wife of W.
E. Nickerson, prominent musi
. clan, was killed by being beaten
on the head with a hatchet In
the Nickerson home. Police
charged the assailant was Merle
I. Mlnear, wealthy pear grower
of Medford.
Minear tried to kill himself with
a razor, according to the police. They
said Minear, who was a brother of
Mrs. Nickerson, followed her to the
basement where he used the hatchet
that lay near the furnace to strike
her over the bead.
Then he went upstairs to the bath
room, where' he cut his own throat.
Ilo staggered through a bedroom in
to the living room, where he fell, ex
hausted from Iobs of blood.
Mrs. Minear and Mrs. Nickerson
had tuken Minear from Mount View
sanitarium Sunday in the belief that
he was sufficiently near a cure from
a-mcntul disorder to be cared for at
the Nickerson home. '
His sister had taken him for 0
walk early in the afternoon, while
Mrs. Minear went down town.
When Mrs, Minear returned she
found her husband lying in blood on
the living room floor. Mrs. Nickerson
was aiowhere to bo seen.
She called Nickerson, who rushed
home. Iu the basement he found the
body of his wife.
Police tried to get Minear to toll
why he did it, but he would talk
1'ttle. His wound made it hard for
him to enuucLte his words so that
they could he understood.
Ilo wns to be sent to a hospital,
police said, although no prophesy wns
made concerning the possibility of re
covery. IIHOIH
SEATTLE ACCUSED
IT,
SKATTLK, Oct. L".. Corporation
Cnmi'el Kennedy testified today be
fore n committee of the city council
investigating the efficiency of the
municip.'il government thnt Mayor
Brown had proposed to "split three
ways" n large fund to be obtained by
breaking a contract under winch Se
attle is buying n streetcar system.
Mr. Kennedy said that the mayor,
n dentist came to hiin and discussed
pffnrtu afoot for the last four years
to break the contract, under which
the city is paying $1.",000.000 to the
Puget Sound Light and Torer com
pany, a subsidiary of Stone and Web
ster nf Itoston, Mass.
K. H. Minirh, who testified yester
day that Ir. Urown lias discussed
a plan t otbain S-'.OoOwk) by break
ing the contrnrt, was on the stand
again.
Mr. Kennedy told the committee
that tiis honor suggested this fund
might lie divided into three parts,
one for the "men who hd worked up
(lie case, one for special cotinnel to be
employed by the city in the fight,
which was to have been a legal one.
and one for the city."
Man Held in Jail
Is Unidentified
Word was received this afternoon
from thu authorities nt Auburn, Cab,
that identification of Hymn K. Wheel-
! er of this city who i held on sus
picion of complicity in a Itoseville
S.ink robbery was hard nd that
piiot oitraphs have Keen sent to Tola
county for inspection there.
' Whei'T, arrested here last Hatur-
day. is held in tlie Iane ctnijity fail
i until definite word is received from
. the south. It is said be will be relea
' ed im'esf) some ation ia suon taken
I by the California official,
EUGENE, OKfcXKJN,
ess
E
Local Dealers Report
On
New Business Coming
To Market Here
Many Plants Will Be Down
During Winter Due To
Road Conditions-
Eastern lumber business has been
received in a considerable quantity
in Kugene the last tew weeks, al
though there has been a slight ailing
off in new business in. the last 10
days, It is reported by local lumber
companies. This has been especially
true of yard stock orders, with the
result that prices on most all items
have weakened slightly.
Cutting business bos held its own
with possibly a very slight gain in
volume. The volumo of bridge plank
and small cutting l'r yiho middles jwest
has been as good us It whs. .during
Beptemhcr. Some new tie business
has also been placed, Hi' . this, to
gether with purchases the Southern
Pacific ruilroad company has been
making regularly for its construction
work at Onkrldge, lias been a great
help to a few small milts that are
still sawing, It is reported.
Many Mills Idle.
Most ot the mills in Lane county
are still idle uud will likely remain
so throughout the winter, as hauling
conditions from now on will be
against them.
Demand from California has drop
ped off to a very low puiut again
and prices on orders for shipment
there are down to where business is
not attractive to mills, Is the opinion
of dealers.
Less complaint Is heard now from
mill men than for some time, as feel
ing seems to be general that they
are to have an improvement after
election and that'll'-l will be a ban
ner year, with better business all
around.
Changes Are Listed
Mills in Lane county continue tb
expand, and among .the sales and im
provements reported dutiiig the sum
mer are the foltowiugyr"
K. K. llylsnd antJValter llylnnd
have disposed of their stock in the
Dexter Lumber company nt Dexter
to E. E. Smith, who will operate the
plant. Thi mill is situated on Lost
creek in Ihe vicinity of Dexter.
The Walter A. Woodard Lumber
company at Cottage drove recently
purchased a Miller gas carrier for its
re manufacturing plant. The com
pany's sswmill is located several
miles from Cottage drove and lum
ber is fluiued to the rcmanufarturing
plant.
The plaut at Cottage (irovo for
merly owned by the Western Lumber
and Export company and recently
purchased by Anderson and Middle
ton, ha resumed operations. It has
a capacity "t l'O.OOO feet a day.
Magladry Buys Mill.
J. S. Magladry, of Eugene, and as
soristes who constitute the Ilohemia
Lumber company of Dorenu, have
purchased the new sawmill und log
ging equipment . of A. L. Woobird,
located south f Cottage Drove at
Divide. The capacity of the mill will
he increased. Associated with Mr.
Magladry are W. A. liaroutte of Cot
tage (irove and L. Stewart of Dorena.
Forcia and Irsen of Noti have
completed erection of a new pinning
mill mile and a half frmr. the saw
mill. A new boiler and engiue and a
No. 1 10iW Yates planer has been
added, a li ific Hlowpipe slow speed
blower equipped with a No. 4." fan
is used.
A .'(.".000 foot capacity sawmill is
Evans at Noti.
MILLS IN LAN
GET ORDERS IN
ASTERN AREA
Are You Grasping the Opportunity for Double Results?
WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1924
Has Scare
Charles W. Bryan
i CHICAGO, Oct. 22. OP) Gover
nor Charles W. Bryan, democratic
vice-preiidential nominee, left here
today for Norwalk, Ohio, where he
will apeak Untight after a trip by iu-top-.obile
and train from Kobinson,
III., where he completed hia tour of
southern Illinois lnat night.
Kn route to Chicago from Mar
shall, 111., Governor Bryan's drawing
room vna broken into by .pasaengera
when smoke from an emergency heat
ing plant filled the car and led them
to believe the candidate's quarters
had caught fire. Investigation disclos
ed a porter had filled the heater with
waste, which Bmoldered
Robert
Of Near Lorane Is
Suicide, Is Report
Hubert L. Winnifred, Go, committed
suicide by shooting himself eurly to
day at the home of his brother-in-law,
K. IS. AddiHou, near Lorane. Coroner
W. AV. Uraustctter, left this morning
for Lorn ne to invealigate and up to n
lute hour this afternoon had not re
turned. The 'suicide occurred about
0::!0 a. m., it ia reported.
Robert L. Winnifred wua for many
years one of the leading residents of
Roscburg. He was engaged in farming
fur more than 15 years, prior to his
acceptance of the office of deputy
sheriff under Sheriff li. Kenton 12
years ago. I J ecu use of ill health he
moved to Lane county und resided in
tho vicinity of Albany and Kugene
until the time of his death. He leaves
four brothers, (Jcorgc, John, and Joo
of Wilbur, und Tom Winnifred of
Portland, and tlffee sisters, Mrs. J.
H. Richardson of Portland; Mrs. V.
II. Gammon of Roscburg and Mrs.
James Knsley of Albany. Relatives
believe despondency over ill heallh
to bo responsible for his act in tak
ing his own ife.
Sentence of Year
Given Strombaugh
Tny Niromnaiign was sentenced to
one year in the state penitentiary on
rha'rge of forgery by "Judge" O. K.
Skipworth this morning. ('." H. Stucke
indicted by the grnnd JnryflD a chargo
of obtaining money under fale pre
tenses plmded not guilty when he wan
arraigned this morning. C. R, Moore
and his wife "Jane Doe" Mooni,
charged with (Jie larceny of nn auto
mobile, e.ich pleaded not guilty before
.turlge Skipworth this afternoon. II.
K. Sbittery has been assigned by Hie
court ai defenne counsel for the pair.
Mr. and Mrs. K. II. Peterson, for
mer county employes, pleaded oot
guilty to rhargea of embezzlement of
county fund.
Grand Jury Turns
In 3 Indictments
three more indictments were
brought in by the graud Jury late th'i
afternoon before suspending work un
til railed Hgain. Two Indictments were
found atrainat Ted )taidcc on chargei
of forgery. ImV'trce nts were recent!;,
found against him on similsr charge
A second indictment was also found
against II. J. itiind, recently Indicted
on a cjiarge of Indecent exposure, A
total of St Indictment! have hern
found by the grand Jury aim e tlv
present session opined October 13,
m mi m isr m
l.C.C.Examiner Recommends
Bend-Lakeview Railroad, to
Conned With Natron Cut-off
New Tariff Filed
By Parker Stages
SALEM, Oct. 22. The public ser
vice commission today authorized the
filing cf a tariff by the Tarker Stage
lines naming reduced 30-ride commu
tation fares for the price of 22 one
way tickets. Tho reduced fares are
applicable between Salem, Silverton,
Woodburn, Independence, Dallas,
Palls City, McMinnville, Monmouth,
Corvallis and all intervening points
covered by the Tarker stages.
LIBERTY IS BRIEF
I
KLAMATH FADLS, Ore.. Oct. 22.
Liberty was of brief duration here
this morning for Arthur Lewis, sus
pected narcotics vendor and Elmer
Wlnslow, alleged thief, in their inge
nious but unsuccessful escape from
the Klamath county jail. '
Workmen wore employed in repair
ing the jail windows anil roof on the
top floor of the court house. One at
a time the two prisonera crawled out
of a window onto the roof with offers
to help the carpenters. Tho latter
thought they wero sent by the con
tractor. .
After a few 'moments of work
Iiewis remembered he needed a screw
driver and calndy walked down
through tho court houfco to freedom.
A moment later Winslow decided
he needed some more tools, so ho, too,
left tho roof.
Deputy Sheriff George Dlctsch wns
walking down Klamath avenue, lie
saw Lewis walking blithely along, ap
parently without a thought in the
world. The deputy, after a abort
ch use, caught the escaped prisoner
and took him back.
A moment later Dlctsch saw an
other familiar faco a few blocks dis
tant on Klamath avenue. Ilo started
on a run onco moro, and this time
overtook Winslow, who wna making
a speedy trail toward liberty.
In less than an hour from tno time
of the escapes, both prisoners were
back in Jail. The carpenter will fin
ish his work without "inside help."
SAN DIKOO. Cat., Oct, 22 The
navy dirigible Shenandoah began
H'a flight from San Diego to Lake-
hurst, N. J., via Fort Worth, at
11:13 o'clock tlila morning- when It
cast loose from the mooring; mast
at the Nortli Island naval training
station.
Immediately after casting looae
('ommano'nr I.ansdowne headed the
nose of the Shenandoah due east,
Tty the ttm the eastern outskirts
nf the city had been reached the
Shenandoah appeared to be travel
ing at least 3K mllea an hour and
was rapidly gulnlnrc elevation ne
cessary to pass over the Cuyamaca
mountains.
Commander Lansdowne, because
of the west wind prevailing and a
special weather forecast Indlcatlng
that clear conditions prevailed In
the territory to bo covered docbled
on a direct easterly 'course, The
Shenandoah, It was stated, will pass
close to El Centro and then head
for Yuma, where the Routhern Pa
cific tracks will be picked up and
followed.
CONVICTION UPHELD
A MIAN V, X. Y-, Del. The
court of e:.,-'eal unanimously upheld
the conviction last spring of William
II. Anderson, former aupcrlutcndc::t
of tho Antl-Maloon league of Now
York stale of third degree forgery.
j Arideraoii Is serving a term of from
one to two yeats in Sing Sing pruii
today's news today
, 1 SiS-
Asks That Commission Require Building of
Extension; Harriman Line Connecting
With Cut-Off Also Recommended
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. A recommendation that
tho interstate commerco commission require tho building
of an extension of railroad from Bend to Lnkcviow, Ore.,
including a connection with the Natron Cut-off and from
Harriman, Ore., to a connection with tho Natron Cut-off,
was mado today in a tentative report by C. I. Kephart,
commission examiner.
Harriman, Ore., is close to Crane, Ore., northeast of
Malheur lake, in Harney county,
The intension wns found by the
examiner to be not justified, however,
under prosent ownership of the ex
isting Hues In western Oregon, owing
to probable Insufficiency ot traffic
and he recommended consideration of
the question of detaching the South
ern Pacific lines In Oregon from that
system and assigning aome or all of
them to the new project as feeders.
commission riesponsmie.
The action to require construction
of the extensions was brought by the
public service commission of Oregon.
Tho Oregon commission was support
ed by various municipalities and com
mercial 'organisations throughout the
state, by the public utilities commission-of
Idaho, the railroad commis
sion nt California and the San Fran
cisco and Oakland, Cnl., chambers of
commerce. The caso ia one of the few
in which tho commission has been
asked to rcqulro railroads to con
struct new IlneB against their wishes.
Tho constructiSn asked for by tho
Oregon commission was said by the
cxamlnor to bo substantially the pro
ject that was surveyed and partially
constructed betwocn 1005 and 1012,
when the Southern Pacific, Ccnual
Pacific and Union Taclfle were co
ordinated under tho Harriman regime.
Under the arrangements existing at
that time the practicability ot the
proposed lines was unquestioned, the
examiner said.
Railroads Opposed.
The defendant railroads have op
posed construction of tho now line,
denying thnt under existing circum
stances of railroad ownership and
control in western Oregon adequate
traffs: would bo available to produce
rovenue for separate operation and
maintenance of iny tracks they may
be required to constrt-ct.
The examiner held that the record
amply supports the conclusion that
central and eastern Oregon are great
ly In need of additional transporta
tion facilities. The proposed exten
sion from Bend by way of Odell
I Junction to Lakeviow, the examiner
said, would traverso traffic produc
ing territory, either forested or agri
cultural, or both, for practically the
entire distance.
Outlook Good.
This line affords every reasonable
assurance of promptly becoming nelf
sustalnlng, and should he ordered
built, he ssld. Ho proposed that the
Union TacUlc be required to prepsre
Three More Days of Special
Prize Offer Remain to Give
All a Two-fold Opportunity
The work sccomplisbed these next
few days up to and Including Satur
day nightIs going to go a long way
toward determing tlie ultimate win
ners. Get everything you can before
this coming , Saturday nieht. Then
there Is Just two weeka left of tho
WO vote period.
Ten o'clock. November 10, marks
the end forever of ihe big votes.
There will be no time later in the
race when subscriptions will count for
so many votes is they do nt this time.
Those who do Uielr best work now
will hsve a decided advantage over
the candidate tardy in getting shimd.
HOWIE
EDITION
NO. 92
l
plana for the approval of the inter
state commission, locating the line
where it deems most advantageous,
but in such manner that a connection
can be readily made with the Na
tron cut-off for routing of traffic
southward through Klamath Falls or
northward through Eugene or in re
verse direction. Ho recommends that
the Oregon Trunk Line should be al
lowed joint or common nse from
Bend to Odell Junction as part of
a through route between California ,
and tho territory served by that sys
tem nnd its allied lines. This will em
brace the construction of between
W0 and 150 miles of railroad at a
cost of approximately $8,000,000, for
which funds apparently are now ob
tainable in the money markets at fa
vorable rates of Interest, he reported.
COREY IS ELATED
SALEM; Ore., Oct. 22. H. H.
Corey, chairman of the public service
commission, who initiated the central
and eastern Oregon railroad building
program, was elated when informed
this morning that tho program wat
about to be approved by the interstate
(Continued on page three
Blackmail Ring of
Lawyers Discovered
NEW YORK, Oct. 22. Helen Pel
roso, 24, who was arrested in the
JorseyClty, N. J., laundry where she
was employed, has confessed that she
was tho lure by which a Boston black
mnil ring of lawycra extorted ?BO,000
from Albert Victor Scaflos, million
aire artist, according to detectives
who questioned her. She also confess
ed thnt she was the lure in other plots
netted blackmailers more than $000,
000, the police declared.
World Fliers Hop
To San Francisco
SACltAMENTO, Cal Oct. 11.
Three airplanes which recently
completed a flight around the world
left Mather field, cast of Sacra
mento at 12:43 o'clock this after
noon for Han Francisco, their next
stopping; place, flying by way of
Stockton. They had spent the night
st Mather field en route to San
Diego.
There is one pert about the - n
paign that is especially pleasing to all
candidates, and that is tli.it 'lie
awards are offered for mrrituriuui
work in obtaining subscriptions tV,r
the Kugene Gusrd,
The plan of tho cnntpitigu has b,'na
made jut as eariy as possible to he
fair and consistent to tiie interests of
all candidates. Those whe roll up tbe
largest number of votes during tbe
competition will win the lest award.
The awards to be given the success
ful candidates Include the $'.'575 Huick,
J187.1 Flint, 911100 Chrysler, 142J
II il k. fl-'Hil .Maxwell, fti.'10 Ford
(Coutinucd on page four) ,
u fa;1,