The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, December 04, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextC1 J T x Ti 1 i i 1 1 s i , ml TTT 1 i 1 "i . i i i - ;uarao ,w .usc incai oaiuraay lNignt All subscriptions inis weeK to oe uast m sealed Fallot box ..Petrol Yo EDITION the Life Activities VOL. 67 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMHKR 4, lilL'4 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY KO. 129 r THE WEATM t ",, tonight and Frl- 0 temp'""". b ioatheaterly wlnd. Ln Wednesday: Maxl. Mn minimum. 39; 'V.T.u., .09 Inches; dlroo. "yiJ, northwest. Stage of f- . , Tvr mm ' ' ' "' ' " ' ' ' B KM f'frt when they appeared rii Georte A. Gilmore to LiK complaint filed by Traf r, .. Oiortes. Those cited to 1' M;i their fines w V '.-dho paid tbeir fines were , aj and' Charles A. (caerw , Roth were speeding oa Tbir- ui.it - E. Grill"" 01 me UIBHII.-1 jR-'it Portland is expected tomorrow iu uU i..t inference at the Cniver- jih Cascade dhuouui lorcsi. ..j t ..h-ififfi or lorest acr- .tinoal work. to tun .j-n T.P!rii)n so hcitors for tlie n .nil not! nra nctrOil to Grace ."sorioD, secretary, a- r Dnrris. chairman of tho - it ; desired to make a final .. tnAMr m eciea dt me cau 3 If IX ... U(.nrfllnn L Graham, district freight and ...nl nt ilm Southern Va- u:!r acrivnil in Kntrenn last .1 (k 1 ftml Irtfr fUrlill iftritrip to Wcndling, Mnbol Hirtola on company business. ti Coos Bay t Lewis, traveling freight and t f tl. U....t.nf.. lit. :. ln iha f'nim h'tv l'litrinr fill ,.. rl,..n tl.n InlUh ...rr nf lirirer's license issued by, (he pi Maauiugiuii mi i. , iiniiiinii m mar have it by callinc nt sLtriffi office. Ul 1003V Tu.'. .i I : .i 14113. tllUrjl'M 111 IIIUIUCII'III ran disorderly eomhint, receiv- tBf of ?l!3. Failing to pay thy t ffas given luto- custody f, J D..1T T...H.:.... 1 1 .... t 'ff of West und Sons Moti-r tas salesman. Mr. J-oiigwonh w-'Wd in Kiicene, having livi-d -L Staffr.nl itf ;.,ljeii bus trap- t bfivrp tviii. n ..e r.-r ' i:illt ti ut '' i!r!l is c;iist'lerod rotiB.dur- irr by l...-.,! trnppprs :tn.i Tb? M'U i .iU2 tanned. Practices " j "American l,.Ki .,, gi,.P (., Midwest Covered With Sleet IE W1SD0IIN FALLS HEAVILY Plains States, Ohio Valley And Rocky Mountain Region Are, Hit . nor iirariiri- o ..-li TiickiI.i.v i -I'Ulip (M.I l-'fll.m-H h.ill. lie- iiion are turning out PI' tire, is ij, ren,,rl "'injof the lin.inl f !t'ne i hnruVor of ooniinor " "lleil fnr tbis eveuiiie. K'heilnle f,.r the Jet hen, auuuunceJ. - roniand ' a t'ollrr, rsMlent nf the Ifft Traterilnr f..r f.,r(. 1 1 Mnes trip. ' "' Selumlna i'n. i,i., . ... .... 'l I IIP b(,r company, who l 7) ads 1200 Cs2 GUARD adlets Colorado Visited By Twen ty-Four Hours of Heavy; Snowfall CHICAGO, Dec. 4. OP) A chill ing grasp stretching from the south west nud Itocky mountain region brought sleet and snow teday to Ui? midwest, the plains slntes und the Ohio valley. Tim winter's first extensive damage to wire commtinicntion was report uf caused by elect in northern Utah and Nebraska, rain and snow fell in the lower Missouri und middle Mississippi valley. Tlip low prcKsure area whs expect- ed to move slowly eastward, over-1 spreading the middle Athiutic, Nrtv i lOngland and eastern New York to morrow, j COLORADO HAS SNOW IJKNVKK, Colo., Dec. 4. Colo rado today was recovering from the effects of n '21 hour snowstorm that began yesterday morning and con tinued thruugit the night. Partially de moralized telcgrap.il and telephone traffic was reported early today and, in ninuy instances, roads Jieuvy wit'i snow bad stalled motorists. . At Walsenburg, where the heaviest snowfjll IS inches was reported, county officials have sent out rescue parties to render aid to nutomobilt parties reported held up on the block, ed roads. With the exception of tho snmlt western portion of the state yester day's storm touched every part of Culm-ado. The fall w.is lcs nu the western !pe, Hrand Junction r-;-portii g but a tr u e of mmw. Wire Ir.iiiii' between Denver ani Oinalm. Ivui-as C't. Ihicigo and other points eat was practically de nmr.ilixcd. Slockbrnkcrs wivcf, pr-rfs and neu s,i;iptr wires all were cither partial! or wholly inoprrniivc. RAIN IN CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO, Dae. 4. Cali fornia was ho-t today to a windless rain slorui th.it promised to drem-.i the wJiole state. Fairly heavy rains were experienced from S.n Frnnoico north last night, but the head of thy storm is expected to arrive from the imrth Pacific tonight. , The storm are is tligreatest oi the seacon to datr, covering virtually all of the north I'a.ific. A feHure is Uie absence of winds, the gde warj ings which were p"9led along ill-? const when the florin wan first sight, ed yesterday, being takeu dowu this initrniug. u Served In War u- . o JJ:sw(vw. .....r.y .- v.: .-. A - t Hed Cross officials and pensions at torney are seeking'to obtain an nllow snce from the aovernment whiehv will take Mrs. Mary Ann Johnson, SI years old, from the poorhouse t Worcester, Mass. SJie, declares she enlisted. as a private in the 53d Mas sachusetts volunteers and served as one of the boys in blue, being taken everywhere for a man. Her husband. Peter Johnson, is also in the Wor cester poorhouse, but they are in sep arate buildings. Ited Cross workers hope to obtain an allowance that wilt permit their reunion outside ttie poor bouse walls. SNOW AT BEND liliND, Ore., Doc. 4. Following a drizzling rain all Inst flight snow H been falling here sin-e early thi ; morning bur melts as fust na It falls. Rules Given For Converting War Risk Insurance Correcting a misunderstanding w'th regard to reinstatement of war rids insurance, Miss (Jmce .Norton, Ited Cross secretary, announces that it i not necessary for in ex-service man to pay all back premiums. Able-bodied men may reinstate by paying thrir premiums for two month, she However, if a disabled man applies for war insurance, he must py !' back premiums t-grtlicr with o pr rent interel, says M:a Norton. If ht is totally and permanently disabi-'l his insurance is reinstated automate lty from tiie d.ite dis.iKilitr bgso. nd in proportion to the d:s;rbiliy. jThat Lane county should make an effort to start work on the improve ment of the Willamette road for which there is a bond issue of Jf'J.lfl. (HK) provided -is the opinion expressed 'j O. K. Crowe, county commissioner. TJie bonds are a part of the $'J()00, (l(H) road bonds voted in l'.UO i.nl have not yet been sold. "This route which is to be improv ed jointly by Line county, the stav and the federal government is budiy needed nod the county could provide its share .of the funds' easily by I hi'" sale of (he bonds if n contract co i,d be entered into with tJie state und f filer. 1 government to do their share as soou as the county fund l ex haiisled," Mr. Crowe sa:d. That atlcsst part of the rond cou d be improved starting in the spring and later when the state and federal bureau was ready the work could in completed, Is the suggestion made b? Mr. Crowe. The improvement p'an for the Wil lamette route includes the stretci from nesr Jasper to the summit. The government hns already n.ule a pre liminary survey of the route, t.i" county commissioner said. It is no expected that the slate won'd start work on the mud until present work on the Mi Kenzie highway is complet ed, Mr. Crowe believes. TELEPHONE GO MIDS - SI 00.080 BE AT STUDEH TO PLANT HERE Work On Overhead Cables Is Being Speeded At Present Time Telephone Needs of City Up To 1942 Are Be lieved Provided Farm Union Names Officers For Year offii-ers for the eominK year were ele. teil .tentenlay by Ml. Vyrnun lornl nf Hie lne County Farmers' union. Vlie new offieer nre Mr. John I're. hern, iire.iilent; A. Ite ih.M. vl.'e- preniclrnt; Mm. C. I. tiorrie, .eerc tary; Hazel Tryon. ehaplirn; .lame. I'ooley. eonilui tor; .1. It. M' I'liemon, doorlieeier; anil the foUiming eieeu tiye committee: Hnljili I'. IJiinl. A. II. Mnthem anil H. M. I'avi.. Mr. Ijiird waa elerteil a meniher of the liKal to nerve on the Unf munly fair board, L. M. l'ftvia waa naned del entc to attend the annual ntate sec tion thi. month at The Kallea. COMMITTEE TO MEET The W. C T. I'. committee work ing on the rampaign for finida for eonstriirtion of I.ane county unit to the Children' Farm home at Cor Tallin will meet for luncheon at the (iKhiirn hotel Friday at 'l o'clock, it ia anuouuecd. Completion of the present program of telephone construction in Eugene will mark a total of J100.000 worth of additions to the local plnnt dilrina; the year, it is announced hy .1. L. llland, inanaKer of the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company. Work vi beiug speeded up this week on overhead cableB on South Wjllamette street east across the Amazon flats to tho university dis trict. Itlnsting for telrirtione poles is (o be started at once in the region east of l'.igbteenth nnd Willametfe, and a "00 pair cable line will run to Emerald. This will serve a Inrijc HC tioti of the city that baa been very crowded ((tirinc the last year, . ; , ' Naed is Filled. ' VJien tho present work is complet ed, the telephone needs of Eugene will be tnken care of up to 1042, it is believed. Tliia estimate was made hy the rurtlnnd office of the 1'ucific Tel ephone and Telegraph company, nnd wns based on the percentage of growth of the city for the last 10 yenrs. The company has grcnt faith in the continued -expansion of the city nt a greater rate than in the Inst few years, and has bu'lt up its equip ment on this Lasis. A crew of 20 men will be at work when the. construction reaches its maximum stage. This fig ure includes cable splicer. Most'y Aerial Lines. Most of the present improvement work is In aerial lines, the under ground cnblcs having been completed the Inner part of the summer ami full. I. II. Tiirnhull, a Eugene man who has been with the I'acific Telephone and Telegraph company for more than five years, is foreman of the work in Eugene. J. M. Hell of Portland is the field dork, nnd Is In charge of materials. Work started on I his lajt project about NoveniUrr 1.1. nnd will be complete some time in March, it is expected. iiYPLITO IT SESSIDNSHEHE Nearly 500 High School ' Delegates Expected to ' Attend Conference Meetings To Be Divided Into Three Groups; Speakers Given Charlie'Chaplin's Bride Will Have To Go To School J.OS ANCiKI.KS. Cel., Dec. 4. Charlie Chaplin's school girl bride will nut be permitted to "play hook ey" from classes, despite her posi tion as wife of one of the film's wealthiest and most prominent fig ures, according to Raymond D. Dun lop, director of the compulsory educa tion department here. Mrs. Clm pi in, formerly Miss Lillitn Louise M c.Murray, is only 1G years of uge, according to her birth record and admission of relatives, which brings her uii dor the control of tho educa tional authorities for another two years. Attaches at the Chaplin studio aaid today that their chiefs bride likely would conform to the regulations either by continuing a secretarial course she started last year or by engaging a private tutor. Between four and five hundred high school students fr.om all- over the state of Oregon nre arriving in Ku geuc today to attend the fifth nnnual higJi school conference being held on the university campus this week-end, campus and the officials 7SftO$,. H This will be the largest high school delegation ever assembled on th campus and the officints have ex pressed o doubt of whether living or ganisations of the university 'will he able to furnish sleeping accommoda tions for all the students. Beds Borrowed. To this end tho university Iris been given tho privilege of borrowing beds and bedding from the Eugene armory rind ii is likely that sleeping qnarters will be arranged in the men's gymna sium to care for the overflow. The conference will be divided int three separate units consisting of Xi student body officers, editors nod managers of high school papers and officers of girls lengues. ln each unit specialists along those particular lines have been chosen ns h peak ore; in the .editors and managers group, Joe Levinson of the Portland Tele agram. Km! Locktey of the Oregon Journal and Hal K. Hoss of the Oih gon City Knterpriso as well as nil of the professors of the school of j-iur- nalism will spenk. Speakers Named. In the student body officers group, C. W. lioftticher, superintendent nf schools in The Dalles, II. K. Cannon, superintendent of the (iresham schools and F. L. Stetson and Dean H. D. Sheldon of the University of Oregon will he the mnin speakers. Mrs. Virginia Judy Fsterly of the Fniversity of Oregon, ard Dean Wal ker will bethe principle speakers be-. fore tJie girl's league conference. The conference will open tomorrow, Friday, forenoon at I o'clock in the newly completed auditorium of (h school of moMC. 1 PEACEISCRYOF ,15 E Climax Of Great Gift Race On Saturday Night; Ballot Box Insures Fairness To All Tha climax romes Saturday night! Fleven weeks of enthusiastic work and hustling on the part of the can didates in The tiuard'sjiig nutomobile campaign w.II culminate in the finni scene Saturday night, Dec, 0 at 11 o'clock. The list of iyd" include new Hnick Msster,Six Sedan, a new Flint Pig Six Touring car, n new Flint Touring car, it new Burl Standard Six Touring carand a new Mnxwell Club Nedan. One cash award ot V0, four cash a wards of $'J(M each and four cash awards of (HJ each. Cash .commission will be paid all other contestants' who have remained a -Mies throughout the campaign ns set forth In flip formal announcement at the' beginning of the campaign. Never before in the history of lane county has there been such a distri bution of costly awards nnd never before hns there been such an exciting battle to win them. Absolute Fairness to All In order to maintain the strictest secrecy as to the number of subscrip tions turned in by eaVh individual can didate during this, the lust week of the contest, the race is being brought to a close umkr a sealed ballot box. No subscriptions whatever are be ing accepted through the campaign department this week, but instead (Continued on page ten) Leo Koretz Will Serve Term For First of Charges (.TI1C.UK), Dec, A. I.eo Korelr., master swindler today was sentenced to pri.dn for from one to ten years on the charge of larceny, the first of lour charges to which lie pleaded guilty jotted.. Appropriation Hill Has Section Taken Out Hy The House WASHINGTON. Dec. 4,. ...., ti"n proposing ' abolition of Hi) nfficrs wa. eliminated today from the interdepartinent appropriation bill by the bouse. The yote was IIS to 47 on an amendment, offered by Ilepre.en- jtutiv Klnnot, republican, Oregon, o .Hike out the section. 'flod in heaven, give us peace," is the cry of youth today," declared Tom Ske.vhill. Austrnlian soldier, lecturer nnd traveler, in his lecture on 'Tho New Renaissance" at the University of Oregon assembly this morning. Mr, Kkcyblll based his slntemenls on tho conversations nnd experiencos ho has bad with youth in- tho various nations of Europe. He was in the World war. the Husso-Polish war, tho Grncco- Tui k war, and the Fascist and Hoi slievist revolutions. "Tho supreme gift of the wnr was Ill's: youth begun to unit 'why' and no longer accepted things becauso they were old. It demanded n reason for tradilions and wanted the truth. "The youth of Europe do not go to church because they do not believe that Ihey get Christianity there. 'Cburchinnity' has tnken its place, yet they spenk respectfully of tho church es. Hut they want to be good for the soke of goodness, not for fenr or re ward. "Tho most important things for the youth of Unlay ns they see it ore first: pence, secondly, a spiritual awakening, thirdly, a cultural internationalism, and democracy. There is no unity to this movement. II ia spontaneous and honest. II needs a lender and I believe thai from Hie young men of today Ibis lender will come, lie will not be polit ical, but spiritual, for the world Is spiritually hungry. And when he does come Hie world will bloom nnd blos som in the ppringlime of a new re niiissiinie.'' Iliihard Adam snug (wo solos at the opening of the assembly. Committee Meets To Discuss Roads Lane county road matters and plans for furlher discussion nf various problems involving county routes were token up today at the first meeting of the new road committee of the F.ugene chamber of commerce. This ctimiuitten is composed of L. L. Hay, chairman, David M. Ornhnm, Judge C. P. llarnard, Waller Griffin and Fred Fisk. 'The committee is n new one on the lint of the standing boards of the local chamber. The first meeting was for the purpose of outlining organisa tion plans, according to Mr. Jtay. 40 In'iured In Crash Of Key Route Train Into Short Line Cars San . Francisco Commuters Are Victims As Rear Car Telescopes; Wet Tracks Are Blamed For Tragedy ' OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 4. (A. P.) Six persona were killed and approximately 40 injured today on the Key Eoutc system when a train from Sacramento crashed into tho rear of a crowded eleotrio train hound from Twelfth street, Oaklund, to San Francisco with early, mornine commuters. Tho cause of tho accident has not been developed. j "William Noon, conductor of the Key train was Just swinging from tho rear car to run back and set flags for approaching trains when the smash occurred, probable Grid Team Guests At Lodge Hanquet Members of the Ht. Marys hiih school football team were Ihe guests of the Eugene count il of liie Knight, of Columbus nt n bari'pict last eve ning held at the Newman hall ou Chilinelton slreet. About 70 were pre.ent for the affair which was pre sided oer by llev. Father Curlcy. Members of the Newman club of the Fniversity of Oregon football tefiui were alo present. 1'slks wero given by members of th, team and Hie K. of C. council. The Ht. Marys learn liu. lol Just one game' In the past three years, tlregory Pr.mzwrt is captain, Clarence Schmidt, manager, and Jue Ellis, coach. According to Noon tho cause of tho smnsh was due to tho locking of the wheels of the Sacra mento Short Lino train and Its skid ding along the wet rails into tho rear of the Key train. Ho expressed the opinion of V. C. Brubaker, motor man of tho Sacramento train saw the signals 'stoppiug tho Oakland cars and threw bis brakes on in time to have stopped if tho day had been dry. Both Brubaker and E. C. Noblock, hi con ductor, aro among tho Injured taken to tho bospitul. Car Had Stopped. "Our car stopped according to sig nal," atated Noon. "Wo were about a thousand yards from the beginning of tho trestle work. When tho train stopped I opened tho Bide door and stepped out to go to the rear of tho train to flag succeeding trains. Just as I opened tho door and awung out I heard a crash and was thrown to the ground. When I got to my feet again I heard everyone screaming. Blood was running down the aisles of the car. I called to IJobson, the motor man, and we set to work taking cush ions from the car and carrying out In jured." Tho identified dead are: . - C. 0. O'Loughlln, 45 Second street, San Francisco. Frederick J. Gibson, 815 East 21st street, Oakland. Three others, two of them women, ore known to bo dead but unidentified. Frank B. Hoppe, C73S HL'oda ave nue, Oakland, an engineer of tho Key system who wns a passenger on the local train. Lillian Johnson, 25, - of Oakland, decapitated. Charles M. Dory, SO, Oakland, cashier of Schwabacher and company, San Francisco, an aviator in the World war. One unidentified woman, about 45 years old, well dressed. Those probably fatally injured In clude: Tony Stelialoi, employe of Stanford University hospital, basal fracturo of tho skull, crushed right leg end dis located hip.' Miss Marian Howe, secretary of the liolden (late chapter of the W. O. W, compound fracturee of both legs, crushed chest and broken ribs. Fred Lane, an employe of the Great Western Power company, Jugular yein severed by glass. Mrs. C. W. Cuahm&n, compound fracture ot tho leg, severe shock and possible intcrnsl injuries, V. C. Brubaker, Concord, possible fracturo o( the skull, severe scalp lac erations and shock. ., Among the other injured are) Mildred and Ruth Rosalter, 1100 Madison street. Earl Blaalngama, 728 20th street, Oakland. Miss Cushman, daughter ot Mrs. C. W. Cushman, seriously injnrev1 Grace Dudley, no address. Cars crowded, ' "The accident happened few min utes before eight o'clock this morn ing. A" three car Key system included what is known aa the Broadway spe-. clal and the Twelfth street local. These cars wore crowded with com muter bound for San Francisco. The train had stopped on a block signal about halt way on the three-mile Oaks ' land pier. It had hardly paused when , the Sacramento Short Lino train, ' empty except for the trainmen, ran full speed into the rear of tho com mutera train. The Short line train,' containing a single car, bad been run. j nlng a few hundred yards behind tho Key train. It telescoped the rear car for about half ita length. ' The front end ot the Short line car waa demolished. Its conductor and motorman had not been accounted foi aeveral hours alter the collision, , The Key train had tho type known as "side-door cars" or those without front or rear exits. Hence it waa nee esaary to break away with axes to rescue the psssengers. I Tho regular exits had been closed for the trip across the pier, A Some victims were lung bodily from the train and were found lying on tho ground ot the fill beside th reached track. Other were pinned in hope. lessiy until tho rescuer them. Soreints Fill Air. Meanwhile the air was filled with' the screams of those imprisoned in the telescoped car, passengers In the forward cars remained remarkably calm and went about the work of res-' cue swiftly. j According to one eye witness, the (Continued on pago six) rpV T A "7" Different Miracles 1 JU I I -Jh" D-1 snc,ic"co As hgypt la Today Hy AnTlllll BRISBANE (Copyright, '11124,' by Siar Compnnj) Three news headings on the front page. One tells of Jvird IWthcliffo sending a spirit message from heaven to Ixrd Beaverbronk,' another news paper owner, through the late Itonnr Law. You resd that, smile and turn away. Thut sort of miracle doesn't in terest you. The neit heading.' "I'iitures Hy Itadio Sent ,F.'r"pi ,I,omlnn to New York in Tenly Minutes," You sev pictures nf the Dritinh Fremirr Bsl.l win snd Calvin . CooJidg. aivuralely sent through the ether without wires. That Miracle does Interest yon. No fake about tlrat.-no medium hifving a convulsion and turning down the lights. No ectoplasm, Jus science snd truth. ....... . The third news heading tells yon thst science travels faster than reli gion, sccordlng to John D. Rockefel ler Jr. ' Talking lo his Bible clan, he siiys: "The development of mind and mat ter has so for outstripped the deve lopment of the spiritual values id" bo. msn life." And, Mr. llockefeller asks, "Has civilisation outgrown religion V ... The answer is '.o, and tho Wool worth building hasn't outgrown th. ' Ilocky mountnius." Men in a few yeurs will take tHa radio, the trip around the world in 24 hours and all the rest ot science fr granted. Hut they will never take the sermon on the mount for granted. In the words, "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them nor, for of such is Ihe kingdom of heaven." is there a power greater than th4 murh-discussed power locked up in Ihe atom, greater than all the power (Coutluuid ou p.ga four)