The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, October 29, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCity News I Hems About People You Knoa and Happenings That Reft" the ' Lif ! 0f Eugene and Its Var ied Daily Activities. rue WEATHER R,ln tonight and Thursday: rtih to .trono south to south wetrly galea along the coast. Temperature Tuesdays Maximum . minimum 46; precipitation, jj,'4, n Inch; direction ot wind, .onthwest. Stage of river 2.2 feet. ' ioaeers to Frolic . .. -rrnine of fun and frolic 18 Ld! 1" 1116 Et8le IiODeer ClUb 0t Mithodist churcn at o:ou o cioca . . l. A f ih. v e evening i I r. i It iii announced. Thero will t a short business session of - the ub preceding the banquet. All old ,(nbers of the Eagles, together with rospectlve new members, are invit i. The committee in charge is Har- ld Shuey, Clifton Cuip anu sseu ileaung. ;!0rg Stanley Here ' George Stanley who has started lonBtmction on a new building at inth avenue west and Olive street :kfte ho will open- a new grocery r,rt hns returned from California. ilr. Stanley states that lie has Bold nit all his interests in California and making his plans to become a per inatal resident of Eugene. Vouataln Lions Killed Tbi bounty on two mountain lions In been collected at the office of Ibe county clerk by F. X. Dompier hf Oakridge. The county pays a lonnty of $10 on each mountain lion tilled. These animals are considered jo be more dangerous to stock than robes. . Rain Good for Roads The heavy rain is good for county ads if the foil is not too heavy, b the opinion expressed today by lumbers of the county crew. Too nub rain will 'wash away the stir- '.ice. The county rond men alBo Btatc Ihit if there is any heavy traffic over the aoaked roads they may be cut up mewhat. Holiday for Schools AU schools of the county arc ex tecied io,be closed in observance of BnniBtice day, according to school of- ciale. A proclamation by the presi lent or governor on the holiday wil nun that there will be no. classes leld that day, is the report. ' Arrested for Tresp W. J. Sharen was cited to appear oday, in court on a charge of tree- fin on tho property of 1. K. Stnf fd near Goshen. Sharen it is allcg- fd, drove a wagon across tho Stafford iroperty. A hearing in justice court pili bo held later. Frank Jue to Sing Frank ,Iue, Chinese tenor of the Diversity of Oregon, will bo the rini-ipnl vocal' entertainer at the wting of tlie, Eugene Kiwnnis club t tlie risburn hotel next Monday tmn. Mr. Jue wilt iie accompanied T Glen Miimi. Luvea tor Coast . I M. Morpe, county surveyor, linn It fur western lnre to inspect sev- nl roads in that district and also ' over the Cnnary-Ada project kith is soon to come up on the im provement program of (lie county. Mm Bound Over- William Hunzieker and C. J. Tav- nrregied for possession of a stilj been bound over under bonds t $1000 ur Justice of the . Peace Jew G. Wells. The men are in jail m hix'mg raised the bond. Marriage License Issued A marriage license has been issued !t the offiee of the eonntr rlprk to Julian It. Smill and Zelma Bell tone, lmh of Cottage Grove. Meetings are Slated - , -uuuij nnoi aoui ( is Hulfd tO mnmaU , l I , - m nutt-rtu meeuDgs "ranged hy Harry Jackson, (Continued 0n page five) ont Mailt ads. 1200 tfSE GUARD ADLETS H ur-? Lfost Vital Vote Making Days in The Guard's Election vbL. 67 TODAY'S ARE UNABATED; Forecast For Next 24 Hours Is For Continued Blustery Weather Rainstorm Reaches Flood Proportions In Eugene During the Day PORTLAND,' Ore., Oct. 29. The storm of .. wind and rain which has been mveeping the Nortij Pacific coast has brought heavy precipitation to Oregon and some damage by the wind has been' reported in places. Telephone wires on the $ilIamok line of the Pacific States Telephone company wore put out of couiuuhsUiu, Some slight damage was reported at Portjand. The wind shifted Inst night from soutlienst to southwest. North Head, AVash., at the mouth 6f tho Columbia river, reported a maximum in velocity of wind last night of 72 miles an hour. It had dropped to GO miles at 5 a. ui. today. Forecaster Edward L. "Wells pre dieted conditions would remain stormy for another 2-i hours. STORM LINGERS HERE The rainstorm in Kug'euQ "reached flood proportions today. The Willamette river is up to 3.S feet, having risen 2.0 feet in the lust 2S hours. Almost one and threc-qu.tr ters iijehes of rain has fallen in the 4S hour period ending nt VZ o'cIock today. Oompf teat ions- arising out of thft leaves on the streets choking up ths drains and underground lines of the city sewer system nt'o mnking troub'e f'r tlie street department. Only seven men are employed to work at keepiiif the drains open, reports C. 1). .Far mer, street commissioner. 'We have been lucky in preventing flooded basements thus far," says Mr. Farmer, ''although we have been kept jumping from one section of the crly continuously since the ruin stnrtel. The leaves wnh into the drains anJ stop them up. and non water accumu lates inio a pond. If the rain doesn't get any vore, we will be able .to han dle the sitiiiilion." To Drag Streets. Mr. Farmer is planning to ue a rubber-tired trjictor with a drug for finishing leaves frrm the street. In this way he hopes to get the streets in good condition fr homecoming, he says. Use of the tractor will necessi tate the employment of an additional man. The "frog pond" nt the intersection of Sixth avenue and Willamette street is due to failure of the South ern Pacific company to open up its drain line, Mr. Fanner reports.-This (Continued on page eight) CDURTSTODECIDE TAX QUEST WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. In judicial determination of the riirht of newspapers to publish income tat returns opened to public inspection under the new revenue law will bt sought by the gvernment tJirouch presentation of an "appropriate rnnc" in the courts Details of the procedure to be fol lowed, the name of the newspaper, editor or publisher selected as de fendant, have been withheld by At torney Gener.il Stone, but he a nounced without eiprcsning au opin ion as to the ieiaiity of publiniti ra of income tax payments, that the ea would be filed at "an early conven ient dale" Mr S-tone Iu a statement cited the sections of the revenue tct of l;i2t which declared inenme tx returns "public records" and tt.ade proviai"n for ibeir inspection but re-enatted a section of the reviled statutes a amended which prohibited sa a mis demeanor publication "in any tuaavr whatever not provided by law any iu eoaie return, er any psrt thereof." WIND AND HA NEWS TODAY 11 Map Showing Proposed New Railroad Construction In Central Oregon In Connection With Existing Lines. ftl fr .st r ' a y o Broken' line east and west" from Crane to Soutbern- Paciftccnt-oft at Oilell and branch from near -its wostern phrt aouthcwintward to Lakeview is route recommended by Oregon Public Servloe . Commission. Broken lines east and west above these show alternative routos recommended bv Examiner Keohart, o Interstate Commerce Commission. Broken lino north and soath between Bend end Junction with Southern Pacific Cutoff showe Examiner. Plain black lines are H. H. COREY GIVES F Knlein, Oip Oct. 20. (Special) II. II. Corey, chairmnn of the Ore gon public service commission, ni" issued a slntcincnt concerning the tcrrifury lo lie lapped and the mile age siivitma for direct hauls to aecroi under the recommendation of KxamN ner Kepliait, of tho interstate com merce commission, in case they are adopted by t he commission and their termx enforced. Altorneys for the railroada affected have intimated that tlie recommendations if adopted will be contested in the courts. Mr, Corey believes there will be no such contest. Mr. Corey said the proposed rail road extensions would cover an ex panse of approximately 311,000 souare miles of territory in Oregon now without rail transportation and wouid reduce the distance on transconti nental shipments to the east approx imately 350 miles. The construction of these lines also would reduce the distance between Klamath Falls and Portland from ,"0S miles to 325 miles; Crane to (Continued on page fire) There's a New Cross-Word Puzzle Out Today. On another pajte of this edi tion of Tlie Gunrd there Is a new orosa-word piiKle to bo solved. It la quite Iwiater, but It will yield up Its secrets to a little concentration and study. Got after It. You will ilka It. Appended to tl'ft new puazle la tho correct solution of tH cross word puxsta which was printed last Munday. Compare this with the wny you worked that one and see how closely you made out the correct answer. Tomorrow a tip will be print ed in The Guard on the aolu Hon of today s pilule. Nst Sat urday there will ha a new punle, and on that day to the cor rect aolullon lo today's' twister will be puhllahed. The cruaa-word puacle la all the raga the country over. Oat the habit. It Is fine for theee long evenings at home. EUGENE, UKEUON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBEH '29, 1924 route recommended by both Oregon Public Service Commission and existing lines. Only Few Days Remain of Big Vote Offer; Greater Effort is Essential Now AN APPRECIATION To My Friends and Associates. I wish to take this medium of extending my sincere thanks and appreciation to at! of you who s loyally supported mo In. Tho Guard's Frto Gift Election, mak ing It possible for mo to win the Special Prize of a new Ford Coupe, All further support ac corded mo during the remainder of tho Campaign, will bo heartily appreciated. Many thanks and appreciation, MRS. PAUL TROMMLITZ. The coming nine days will, beyond Question of doubt, prove the most important of the entire Guard's elec tion to the candidates. The greatest vote offer of the entire campaign '.s now In force and offers the opportune time for candidates, both present and prospective, to get a lead in the race. Those who are wise will get busy a' once and gather lo the harvest of rotes during this period ot the hi; gest vote schedule. More Votes elves Now. Those who have been thinking cf entering the big gift distribution mm paign and those whose names Bow ap- Words of Favorite Hymn Sung By Noted Banker on Deathbed CHICAGO, Oct. 29 As his Hps' formed the words of his favorite hymns sung by bis psitor and mem bers 'of Me family. James jlerwitk Forgan, noted financier and dean of Chicago bankers died Inst night of heart dlarsae. Two hours before his destb, the "2 year old banker, chairman of the board of the First National and t'l" Flrat Trust and Havings bsnk, sent for hi family asd tb Iter. Jobs TIji otby Stone, and with them recited pssaages of srriptures snd Joined In singing hymns a hi life ebbed away. " He had been III only five days. Stricken at bis desk and suffering from hemorrhages, followed by hesri weskness which caused his death, pb;skisns said. ' A public funeral probably will ba held. . . . Swiftly Passing Big Votes pear in the list, but who have as yet not started an active campaign, will find no better time to do ao than right now. With the present big vole schedule in effect, giving a new candidate a chance to pile up votes a the doub le quick, no one should delay enter ing the big campaign with determina tion and earnestness to win this cotn- ing week. Do You Want a Real Car? This Eugene Guard election is so big that it ought to have the atten tion of the very biggest men and women in tbis territory. Here one stands ro gain up to $2575 with every active candidate guaranteed at the very le.-st 20 per cent of every dol lar he or site turns in on subacrip Hons. There are five new ears to be awarded, the New Buick' Mnater Six Sedan, the new Chrysler, the new Flint big six, the new Mnxweii Club Sedan and Iluick touring car, bags of gold and silver and other cash awards, "Everyone Wins Something" ia the slogan. It is safe to predict that there will be very few men or women In Eugene or this territory besides the Guard Continued on page twelve) Portland Man in Trouble Following Wreck on Highway COTTAGK fillOVE, Oct. 20. (Speclal)A-A Ford coupe rsn off the highway pear Isivitfe Simifay night. Among the people bo helped to get the machine bark on the road wfre Prof Gllfillan of O. A. C. and New ton Kprngue of Cottage flrove, wn happened eforg in tbeir cars. As they were pushing the car bars on the highway, Tt. I Giaiayer of Portland ran into them, Injuring Mr Kprague quite severely. The Tartland driver did not slop, but was appre hended in Kosehurg by the police, who found some liquor in bis cir. Marshal McFarland took tbe trip to Il'sebura and brought (Jfsisyer back city. He vll be tried here later, Interstate Commerce Commission TOSTflBTWDRKON Apisointment of a committee ot lo- cal citisiena to confer on tho formu lating of a new set of'trnffic laws for Eugene has been made by Mayor K H. Turks. The coiniultteo Is composed of the three members of tho police committee f the cltv council, Ihrec members of tho automobile dealers association, aiid six representative citizens. Tho full committee is composed of W. IS. Wallace, fieorge W, Monroe and Dean Walker, of the pollco com mittee; Mnhlon Sweet, E. C. Simmons (Contlnued on page five) State Dry Officer Arrested As Drunk KLAMATH FAUA Ore., Oct. 2f. W. E. Wolfe, state prohibition of ficer, waa arrested here last! Moo day charged with driving an automo bile while intoxicated and also on a charge of reckles driving, lie pleaded guilty to the reckless driving charge. The Intoxication charge will be tried Thursday. Woife (old Justice of Ibe Pence Emmitt, he bad taken "only a drink or two." Ernest Graham Is Killed in Wreck I-A UKANliK, Ore., Oct. 20. Er nest Graham, 24, was killed ear yes terday in the wreck of a logging train of Bowman Hicks Logging company, 2(1 miles esat of Wallowa, Or. Tftf train rsn twiiy on a bill and 20 can piled up. Graham's olirst was crushed. Tbt other meu on tbe tralii escsped by Jumping. I George Wolfbrandt Killed in Accident 8AI.E.M, Or., Oct. 20. A man Identified as (ieorge It. Wotrtirandt was killed on the Hilvrrtnn road half a mile out of Rslero about 0 o'clock laat night when his automobile skid ried, plunged Into a ditch and then crashed into a tree, Wolfbrandt car ried a dinner pail, and Is believed to hare been employed somewhere In Ha to tbtsjiein. He was apparently on his wsy home when ths accident happened. End the Tenth TODAY'S NEWS TODAY 11 Hurt; Car Burns; Peter Vereg'm, Head Of Doukhobors, Dies Special Train Despatched With Doctors And Nurses; Explosion and Fire At 1 A. M.; Veregin Is Known Here. VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. Columbia legislator; Tctor bobor colony of British Columbia and three other un identified persons, were killed today when a gas tank exploded on a Canadian Pacific railway passenger train west of Farron Station, British Columbia, according to word received here. RECOGNITIOI. SOVIET RUSSIA; TO y OUT PUNS TAniS, Oct. 20. M) France's recognition do jure of the Russian So viet government Is received ''with greatest aattsfactSoa" says the reply from Moscow, and Uio Soviet, In line with the French suggestion, will send delegate to Paris for "friendly sorti tion" of tlie problems at issue betwecu tho two, countries. ! , ' The texts of the French note and tho Soviet reply, as given out offi cially read la part: "Following the ministerial declara tion of June 18, 1021, and your com. munieatioa of July 10 last, the gov ernment of republic faithful to the friendship which unites tho ItiiBslan and French peoples recogaixc de Jure from this dnlo tho government of the uulon of Soviet socialist rcpubllca and the government of the territories ot tho former Kusslnn empire where Its authority ia accepted by the Inhabi tants, and tn turn consefptenify it it rendy at once to establish regular dip lomatlc relations with the government of the union by the reciprocal sp polntment of nml.as5.inrs. "It withes to be understood that It exprcssely reserves the rights of French cltlscns acquired under obliga tions contracted by Rstsste of is de pendents under antorlor reglmea. "As soon as you have made known your assent to opening negotiations of a general order and particularly that of an economic order, we shall wel- (Continued on page twelve) Bids Are Opened On Grading Jobs rOttTIiAND, Ore., Oct. 20. Bids were enenfff late Taesday on two grading and surfacing projects nt the meeting of the state highway commis sion. One contract la for grnveling the approaches to tho Lewis and Clark river bridge, Clatsop county, two and a half miles west of Astoria, which ia to be completed by December 15. Thi other la for the last big unit on The Dalles-California highway to Bend, a thirty-mile Job of surfacing In the White Illver Cow canyon sec tion. There Is snnther small unit of six miles ever Crooked river but the contract on which bids are opening la the last big phve. TOD A Y ""i"s JL V AS J. X -L v-h,,lo or Shi By AnTlll'Il imiSIIA.VG (Copyright, 1021, by Hlar Company) The odd are three to one that President Coolings will csrry Cali fornia by 75,000. Californiana report a change to public sentiment there, due largely to President Coolldge's emphatic confirmation of the policy ot Aslstlc escluilon, and bts state ment that the League ot Nations will not be sltewed to writ the Immigra tion laws of the I'nlted Ktatcs. see faliforrdsns locking across the Pa cific toward Asia know that fur tbeui of November HOME EDITION NO. 98 29. J. L. Macldc, BritisK Vcrogin, head of tho Douk- Eleven other persona were injured, including F. S. Gaskill, Spokane, Wn.; Harry Bishoft, Nelsoa, R C.,f Nick Iieibcn, Georgo Eazagoff and George Zebroff, Roukhober of Grand Fork and a Hindu, who were taken to a hospital at Nelson, The explosion happened shortly aft er 1 o'clock this morning In the first clasa passenger coach of train number 11 on the Nelson-Grand Forks line. The train left Nelson laat night for Vancouver, The explosion set lira to tho car, which waa consumed. The re mainder of the train proceeded to Brand Forka with Jtst passengers and: with five of tie Injured. A special train wan dispatched from Nelson with doctors and Burses, wiieJi picked up the other five perBohs in jured, H. K. Fosastt, Pat O'Shaugh ncasy, F, Itnaso, Sfrg. F. Riuso and N, Wing, all of Vancouver. The gas tank that exploded was a large cylinder used under day coaches containing Illuminating gas for lamps. Officials of the company said they believed this one of the flrat accidents of Its kind. t VEREGIN KNOWN HERE Tctcr Voregin, head of the Douk bobora, Russian religious sect, Wk-J waa killed In British Columbia this morning, had made a number of trips to ogeae to tse interests of a pro posed colony of the Doukhobors near . Monroe, At one time he had partially negotiated tho purchase of a large tract of Jand In Lane county, on which tho colonists were to settle. They were to come here from Canada, Ho waa the leader of the colonists, snd all their work was undertaken only under his direction. EXPLOSION iH CAR NELSON, II. 0., Oct. 20 Offi cio's of tho Canadian Pacific railway after sa examination of the ruins of a railway car In which an explosion oc curred near hero today 'killing flvev persons, said that the explosloa hap pened Inside the car and could not have resulted from a gas tank. The provincial police were investigating rumor thnt the explosion was plot to destroy Peter Veregin, Doukhobor leader, who was killed. Both gas tanks under the cor blown tip, were found lotact, tie official declared. There was no evidence, tbey added, as to the nature of the exploaiv which eatteed the terrifie expiosii that blew the bodies out of the car. A special train left here this mornli'g for the scene of the wreck with pro vincial police and Doukhoborn. p. C. Coleman, vice-president ot the western lines of the Canadian Pt cific railway at Winnipeg, Man., said "The explosion waa cx-used by some human ngeney within the car, either Intentional or accidental," California. Things. ark? the one necessity In the development of their' magnificent empire is th right to control Immigration. With freedom from Asiatic immi gration, California will be a nation ot at least thirty millions: ot white peo ple. With the . Immigration lawa broken down It would he a land nt fifty million Asiatics, and so whit people. Ford gets things done. lie loads tractors, cara and trucks on bis (Continued on page twelve)