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ake YourGift Selections From The Guard Advertisements Then Go and Do Your Christmas Shopping Early City News UOME EDITION m, About People xou Lw and Happenings Lt Reflect the Life j Eugene and Its Var .1 nnilu Activities. VOL, 67 TODAY'S NEWS TODAT EUGENE, OREGON", AVKDXESDAV EVEN'INO, DECEMBER 10, 1024 TOriAVS NEWS TODAT NO, 134 tuc WEATHER ' onion: Cloudy tonight and ,r.diyi cnane ln ,emP,r" ' moderate southeasteriy lii. Temperature Tuesday: -uMia, 51 degrees; minimum, 17 direction of wind, .outheast. j,,, driver, 4.5 feet. ,rt fl.d. Dad "Broke."- M ib !lork "rrivcd at ,he bome ..uwsient couple in Eugene Mon .., hp found "dad" flat broke Iikoat even enough money to buy 4 . Th nnrent had traveled lyj doia- . r ,h( city for days, hunting tor r-k. but to no avail. nc won miuusi w o kilo nHvianvv mH- kik. Mrs. -u. o. --, j the nolieo department, was Cit, but the siork made his visit L, ihe could get me mouii-i iuiu ' Hastily obtaining sonic r.j,hfs f..r the youngster, Sirs. IjprorWed for i,B immediate needs, I , .v.n i railed the father into con- Through Mrs. Ady, lie ob- Ljrf temporary work Jrom a local L'nctor, but the mother and baby flitill in need. Any puiiantnropic ..... ritizens who would like to .. Claus for this family 15 Li thud of yuletide could be of Lt assistance right now, according fun Adv. Anything in the line of M-wrin or eatables, such as fruits, ifUics, canned goods, etc., Lid help, while the mother is rc- tiriaf- They may be given to Mrs. it the city hall, who will see that ;n rtick the needy family. . iiiiUtrilrlx Named iJi E. Kelly, widow of the late rai E. Kelly, has Men appointed dminietratrix ol the estnte, ac- iiai to a report of Judge C. P. tmird of the probate court. The es j consists of personal property of L probable value of $3000. The ap- Uiiirjare Frank MeAliitor, Harry Sn tnd Nathan Barrett. Lit wolves Crusher He Howard Cooper corporation i filed suit against C. M. Igoe and Vitus for the recovery of a rock Uer, valued at $1000, which it is '!1 is held by the defendants ii county. Greene and McCurtain Ponlatid ore attorneys, for the iinliff. iu Hale Not to Serve Hiring I" inability to devote suffi- nt timelu the work of the coni 'eonautn cmnp similntion of the rne rhnmber of commerce, Pean ism II. Ilnle, htifl. resigned. The r tnemners of the committee will 1a new chairman, according to an- :vement at the chamber of coin- fil Reported Good The dirt road along the Pacific vij in California is in splendid M'n and would advise motorists lut fact,'' is the word received at Kiieene chamber of commerce i Wally II. (lebtt, head of the '7 of rteno boosters, who were list week and are now on their i"th. rJl Society to Meet mmitlilj- meeting of the Smith- unmette lipntnl society will be : II the 1 1. 1, urn hotel the evening eailier 'JO. Members of ihe so- Htm Lane, l.inn and llenton "tiei will l,p jore for ),c session, 1 iniwuncf d. tertiary is Here F W. Dillon, of Portland, inlcr- 'wretary ,,f the y. M. f. A. of ''t and Mnho, is here today to r'tb the directors of the Lu- :' association. h Hold Dance ' r"rdance will he IipI.P hv II,. "ment club the evenintr nf tle- F" M. according to announcement "wrs ,n charge. The event " Wd at the fisburn hotel. H for South C. Knppenheniler, ' r,s;(iPnt f road, has left for Itosehurg. ,nl ! (Jrsnts Pass on a busi- w" of several onys. ' Home Fund R.im ifsrcsii i, reported on the 2!!'! on p.ge five) . raj ' ' 7honi te IVant . 1200 USE GUARD ADLETS v r W r1 ry Sri' Forest And Road Men Clash CLASSIFYING OF HIGHWAYS PROTESTED State's . Position Discussed By Mr. Van Duzer In Statement Forest Officials To Submit Matter to Washington For Action rOUTLAXn, Ore, Dec. 10. OP) Churges that the forestry icrvice hus noflived up to its implied prom ises (is the development of the highway system iu the Mt. Hood dis trict, flu red up this morning while the shite highway commission locked horns with the forest service over the classification of highways to which the Oregon allocution of the forest highway fund from the government shall e- applied. The forest service, represented by George Cecil, retiring district forest er, (J. M. Ornnger, his .successor, and V. 11. Dater, presented fr approval of the commission a cluttsif ic.-iliou in volving ."" miles of which re tains chiefly to fllult roads to Cloud Cap Inn, I'antdie I'ark and othrr re sorts in the Mt. Jlood district. The remnindor of the roeojnmendn- tioiiH apply to slate, counry and com munity roads in the forest district to which the service asks the highway commission to apply a portion of, the sum ,nllocnted hy the government. Resolution Adopted. The iimii mission just before ad- jotirnineut nt noon adopted ft resolu tion npproving nil but the -Vl.T miles of recreational road and disapproving of that classification. , II. It. Van Oiizer discussing the state's position snid: "When this matter was up some lime ng". you made much of whul you could do li develop Mt. Huod and how iuih-Ii hft ler yoi could handle that dnvi'lupiiH'itt than Ihe National I'ark scry ie could li.imfle lr. "The commission and the people of t rcgnii were led to helieve that the forest service would go ahead and make Hi is development, out of the I Continued on page five) L PARIS, Peo. in. Tests by Ihe ar tillery laboratories nt Vineennea nre aaid to have jualifif)! the claims m.ide for a new motor fuel extracted from debenxolizcd eoal tar by proeeRs in vented by M. Mnkhonine, i llussinn engineer. M'hen uaed in heavy' trunks ano tractors, arcording to I.e Mntin, it de veloped much greater power thiin gas oline and gave slightly higher mile age to the gallon. Its tost is said to be but one-tenth that of gnsoline. Further experiments are to be made pith forty trucks which will cover be tween L'.(KX) and .1,000 miles each. Tending further d.ita experts here are withholding judgment, although inclined to be skeptical of the merits claimed for the fuel. The process, it Is stated, is also being tried in the Uni ted States. Its promoters claim that the fuel, which is non-lnflanimalile, will make the French army independ ent of Imported gasoline. - I ARRESTS EXPECTED, NII.FS, O., Iee. 111. Sheriff John K. Thomas today expected to make more arrests on the !C secret indict ments by the special county grsnd jury which Investigated Hie rioting here on November 1, incident a a scheduled parade of the Ku Klux Klsn. Twelve men were arrested and released on 1,000 bail each. . New Ambassador To United States Officially Named ItKItUX, Dec. 10. UP) Baron Ago Von Maltzan was this afternoon officially appointed as lierman am bassador to the United States to suc ceed Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt. Baron Von Maltzan is 47 years old, and a native of Mecklenburg. He en tered the foreign office as an attache in J00G. lie served as secretary of le gation at Hio Janeiro, Christiania and St. Petersburg, and in 1912 became councillor of legation at Peking, where he remained until China en tered the war against Germany. He has been an undersecretary in the foreign office for the last three years. PORTLAND, Ore., Pec. KL To offset an annual shortage of 500 grade teachers, said to exist on ac1 ..count of limited facilities at the state DormaV school at Monmouth, a p'nn wft's started here which may result in the formation of at least ten branch norninl schools throughout the slat?. Inauguration of the new system for providing grade teachers wns advisM by ,1. A. Churchill, Btato superinten dent of public instruction, in an ad dress to members of the Oregon Stale association of Scli,ool Boards as thry met here in annual Bession . Action was favored by the 50boid members from most partB of thi stale in a formnl resolution. As drafted by the committee fron Ihe school board members' associa tion, at least ten schools will be es tablished in connection with hit;' schools in larger towns of the jM-rir to give work similar to that at the nor mil school. TJie instruction wojM be carried on in the nature of pot graduate work nud would supplement teacher graining courses now being 'maintained In the high solio", A. W. Norblad, Astoria director, at torney and former member of the stale senate, wis elected president of the association to succeed J. B. Ku'U of The Dalles. Dr. C H. Jenkins oi Hood Iliver was nanrd vic-president, as successor to .1. T. Brand of Marb field. Itev. ' Frederick . Jcnning-, chairman of the Eugene school boarj was elected ecretary-trensurer. DR. ROSS TO OF ATTORNEY Claim Made That Governor Cannot Remove Him In Such Manner Friends of Doctor Charge Politics Is Playing The Biggest Part Suit For Damages. In Wreck to Open Appointment of W. II. Itlowers as guardian ot Italph K. Wheeler, HI, by Judge O. 1'. Skipworth today, is Ihe first step in the filing of a suit for dnmages against T. C. Wheeler. Italph I'.. 'Wheeler was injured in a car collision at Thirteenth avenue east uud flilyard street November I, last. It is alleged that the ident was caused by the carelessness of Hex Wheeler, son of T. ('. Wheeler who was driving his father's ctir st the time. Alia King is attorney for plaintiff. Samuel Gompers Is Elected Again MKSH'O CITY. Dec. 10.-"--Smnpcl fi'impers. veteran Americuo labor lender, was re-elected presi ded of the I'sn-Amerlcan Kederatl n of I.ab"r at the closing meeting yes terday. Confined la. his hotel with 9 cold, lie sent a mcsiage to Ihe dele gate. I.uis Morones, the Mexican minister of labor, w is elected vice-president, this office being created especially for him. The other officers oho.ru were: Knglish secretary. Chest 'r Wright; Spanish secretary, Canute Verges; treasurer, Matthew W'd'. The next convention wiil. be held at Washington in 1!C0. . rOItTI.ANn. Ore., Dec. 10.-r-W Dr. Thomas W. Itoss, who waa no tified yesterday afternoon that Gov ernor Walter M. I'ierco bad decided to remove him as a 'member of the state fislf commission, nuuounced he would seek the advice of Attorney General Van Winkle n'a to his rights in fighting to retain the position. Dr. Hosa contended that the gover nor can remove him only for cause. After the notice of Dr. Itoss' ro moval waa received at the meeting of the commission yesterday, Dr. Hobs mndo n motion, that Curl 1). Slioo mnker be retained as btisniess mana ger of the commission until after the legislature rinses. W. T. ' Knkin,' of Astoria, rommissinner, protested against this resolution, but It, was adopted. Friends Maae Charge. III'. Itoss' friends charge that Gov ernor Tierce1 desire for his removal is hnsed on the governor's aim to keep Shoemaker away from the legislature as agent for the commission. They said Dr". Itoss' removal would elimi nate from the bonrd a majority in fa vor of t'hn retention of Shoemaker. Knkiii protCKling'against Dr. Koss' motion 'said:- "Do you think the commission wants to go on record ns employing a politician at an exorbitant salary to manipulate the legislature ' I am op posed to some of the legislation that the commission is sponsoring, and I think that too niucli money haaal rendy been npent on politics that should go to little salmon." Trolling Detrimental Shoemaker and other members of the commission have contended for several years .that trolling on the autumn feeding 'grounds off , Ihe Ore gon coast Ib detrimental to the life rtf young salnmn. ' Commissioner K. I'. Kendall, an swering Eakin'a protest said: ' "Members of' Ihe commission can not afford to attend the legislature to sec that (he interests of Ibis body ale not Jeopardised ami jn Shoemaker we have a man acquainted with Ihe work of his body nnd able to protect it. "Out of I!3 bills Introduced at the last session of the legislature only two were introduced by the fish com mission or were in line with the pro tection policy of this body." GOVERNOR SILENT S.U.KM, Ore., Dec. 10. Humors that Dr. Thomas W. Itnss would fight his removal yesterday from Ihe slate fish commission were met here today hy continued silence oil the part of Governor Walter M. Tierce. The gov ernor declared that he had nothing to jay either on the attitude of Itoss or n the Appointment of a successor. The same silence is maintained 0n every phase of the removal. It' ports from 1'orllnnd yesterday were to the effect that Hosa wuuld seek an opin ion on the legality of his removal from Attorney General I, II. Van Winkle but no sio h re.piest had reach, ed the office of tbo attorney general this morning. CONFERENCES HILL BE HELD 0 1 Interests Concerned In Ex tension Recommendation Plan Sessions State Will Prepare Another Brief Touching On Ex ceptions Filed -.Fights Strife 0 0 3 Dead; 2 Missing, And 3 Burned, Toll In Naval Disaster Fire Drives Girls From Dormitories I'OKTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10. UP) Further conference among iutercn.8 concerned in the proposed railroad extension in cent ml Oregon, which is pending before the interstate con.-! niercq commission wiil be, held, sni the stntc will prepare another bri'f touching on cxceptuftijj filed by op ponents of the plun outlined in the re port of Kxumiuer C. I. Kepliart of the commission, it was indicated fo. lowing u meeting here in which the Oregon public service commission nu.l representatives uf the Portland cham ber of commerce participated yester day afternoon. William 1. KlliB, iis iistant attorney general of Oregon, wliii tivepnred the brief , of the public service 'commission on which Kxiimin er Kephnrt'fl report w:is predicnt'd. fin in Jie considered the stale's ense for thn trans-stafe railroad progressing fnvirahly. . Iloseph N. Teal, nttonny fur' t!i" chamber of commerce, argued flgainst the proposal to transfer the Nouthf rii lnt-ific lines in Oregon to the T'nioti Pacific, made in the Kephart report. Frank ! Miller of Albany and A. (J f'flllim of Purl hi ml abm oppos'.-d the plan. ,1. W. McCullnch, attorney from Ontario, pli-adod for unity of action toward early construction of an eat-to-west. central Orrgon railway con necting at Hend with a joint line that would reach western Oregon via the Sunt hern Pacific's Ktigcnc-Klnmith Falls cut-off, ns recommended by Kephart. E Petitions on Road Supervisor Signed Appointment of road patrolmen In the ft4 districts of the county for the coming yrar continucM to be cance for much controversy nnd another petition wi(m filed with the county court today. This petition from dis trict 'J bears 1)7 names and is In support of n change in oupervifiou in that district. A score of petitions from other districts are now on file with the county court and after the first of the year when Hie new pa trolmen nre appointed It ja expected that this will be considerable of a problem for the court. Rotary Club Will Have Ladies Meet Plans for a "Ladies NigJil are be ing made by the Kugene Itotary elm and the event will be held nt the Os murn bote! the evening of Tuesday, January 2, according to announcement today. Irving K. Vining. president of the Oregon stale chamber of com merce, will be the principal speaker at the banquet. A program of mure and entertainment Is aIo to be pre pared fur the aff tir, in the announce ment. A. t Oixon will preside at ,ue meeting. . HHUXiKWATt.lt. M.:m.. pc. Pi. Two hundred and fifty girl wer driven from dormitories into the old, scantily clad, wnen fire destroyed thrf buildings at the State Norrn.il .Hbo'-'l May. The loss was f'AMi.CMX), Court Records of Attorney Are Good 1 Miring the prrsrnl )ar the rrrord of convlitlons ohtninsd bj IHstrict Attorney Cl)(ln X. Johnston of Ian! ronnfy has been one of tho hrst In the statu nnd details of this rrr-ord are to lis rosd nt the nnnsl meeting of the ditrict nttorneys of the stste which nill be held at Portland Thurs day and r'rid.'iy. A totnl of 110 rases with only three in which there was no conviction is included In the record which has heen prepared for the proa eculoiY meeting. Ismet Tasha, Egyptian Minister to England, was one of the chief figures in the negotiations which prevented oyned conflict between Great Britain and Egypt, following the nssnssinntion of Mnjor Cienern! Sir Lee Stack, Sir dar of the Egyptinn army, in' Cairo. Details of. Accident Meagre at First Because Of Remoteness Of Scene Of Accident; Plane Recovered SAN DIEG9, Cal., Deo. 10. (A. P.) Three men are dead,-two nre missing, and thrco others wcro more or less seriously burned, as tho rcsulb of the fall of a naval piano off tho entrance of San Diego harbor. u T , ci j x Because of tho remoteness- of 'th iwuiurmaii oma 10 Have Caused Death Plans Are Made For Deer Drive At Grand Canyon Ol.riKN, I'tah, Dec. 10. Arrange ments for the driving of from 3,000 to S.000 head of deer across the lirand Canyon from the Knibab National for est, as part of Hie general acheme to allevinte stringent grazing conditions on Ihn Orand Canyon game preserve, have been Completed and the drive Is expected to begin December J 5, It was announced by H. II. Hiltledge, district f'trcHlpr, upon receipt of a lelegrain from i. M. Williard, state game commissioner of Arizona. The task Is a huge one, which has no parallel In the west, and many have expressed doubt aa to thn feas ibility of the plan. It ia understood that motion picture rights to film the drive have been granted. Navajo In dians aro to be used in the drive, utatcs .Mr, Jtutledge. 1A il ItANOK, Ore., Iec. 10. --(P) Sixty-two automobiles wore piled 'up In a tangle three miles south of I'nion in P.vle canon this moring between 0:.tO nnd norni. owing to formation of a sheet of he on the highway wdien sudden cold changed to wet snow and water lo solfd h e. Cars applied brakes in vatn. The stale highway depart ment furnished n load of sand at noon which relieved the situation. One car, with a Califorira license, is a total wreck and several persons were re ported injured. Several cars had nar row escapes from wrecking, Prdmpt organisation of mfii in marooned cars hclpcij the situation gn-ally hnfrc the sand arrived. Officers Resign Lions Club Posts Resignation of Or, ('. I), Donahue, president, and Harold lleytien, secre tary of the I, ions' club, was announced at today's luncheon, of Ihe society at thn O'burn hotel. The- resignations were to become effective January 1. Harry It. Ilmh of the It. A. IJabb Powder company was elected presi dent and J. II. M Kinky, local In surance man, secretary, to fill the places made vacant by the re ttig na tion, until the annual election ot of ficrrs of the club In July, IHJ.'i. Routine business mat I its retpiired the remHindfr of the club's time dur ing the luncheon. Of .Noted Novelist LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 10. Negligence of a tnotorman caused tho dontU of Gcno Strntton Porter, novel ist and naturalist, who succumbed here Snturda; night to injuries re ceived when a street car struck her automobile, according to the verdict at the coroner's inquest here. As the inquest was not attended by liny representative of tie district at torney's office no official statement wns forthwithcoming as to whether rt charge would bo laid against tho ruj tortnnu, Fred J. Anderson. Team Tournament In Golf Sunday Tenma for thn team tournament iof the Kugene fJotf and Country club will bo selected tonight by;Karlvlm mel and Hert Prescott, , captains chosen for the tournament. Tho con test will he Ktaged Kimday, and the captains will select players alternate ly from the entiro membership of tho club. It in expected there will bn 'lit or .'10 plnyera on each side. The defeated team will buy n din ner for the winners. "Y" Plans Started For Holiday Party Tentative, plans for the annual New Year's day "open house" nnd party of the Kugene V. M. ('. A. are being made, according to Frank Kherhart, secretary of the association. Tho pro gram will to some extent be simitar lo that of other years. An all-day pro gram wilt be held with morning, aft ernoon nnd evening events and a va ried schedule ot athletics, music, speaking and other entertainment. The entertainment committees for the event , will soon bo appointed, Mr. Kherhart stales. Bridge Construction Asked of Congress WASJII.M'iTON, Dec. 10. A bill to atilhorlr.e the srnte, of .Washington lo construct two bridges across the Co lumbia river was introduced by Itep resenlatlve Hill of that state. One would he ot Chelan Kails, connecting liouglsa and Chelan counties, and the other at Kettle Fnlls, connecting Ste vens and li'crry counties. scene of the accident, details of the tragedy were lacking for some tiuio.J according to navj officers. At ihs North Island naval air station hedj quartcrs it was stated that the wreck ed plane was believed to have besi part of the oir squadrons, battle fleet, and of the type that carried eight or nine men. Goes Into Spin. Reports at North Island were that the plane went into a tail spin wliilo flying ot considerable height. The destroyer McDcrmutt was sent to the scene of the accident and reported that tho plane was covered by water. Shortly before 11:30 o'clock tli wrecked plane was hauled nshoro by an army tractor that had been sent to tho sceiio for that purpose. Iu tho cockpit, of tho plnno was found tho bodies of Lieutenants O. Vnrinl and A. C. Thurston and Machinist'! Jlita K..U,..l'rull. ; : ', ;Si . . ,i wu inissinu. , 1 The bodies of Lieutenant J. U Moby nnd Itiidionian J.' Wicuk, wji have been given up os dvd by thj naval officers, ore believed to havo heen warheil to sen. Tho threo men who were burred are II. It. Davenport, aviation ma chinist mate first class; U. l'auu, aviation machinist's mate first elav, and J. I). .Massingil), aviator rigger, first 'class. Iinrenporl l, said to ho only slightly burned. In Sham Battle. The wrecked piano was designated as the H-lfl-2-F-O nnd is of a typo which carries from eight to nine men. The plane was engaged ia butils practiro nt .tho time of the ai:cide't( and was flying abeut two- tbousaud feet in the air above the ocean, close to tlic entrance to San Diego barbir. Suddenly it went Into a tail spin, the cnu?e for which has not yet been de termined and 'despite efforts on the part of ihe pilot tumbled with great rapidity into tho ocean. ' I'siiti:, Massluglll and Davenport are said to have been thrown clear Just before the plant lilt the wsfr and. their escape from death is con sidered marvelous. ADMINISTRATRIX APPOINTED Grace Estcllc Spraguo has been ap pointed as administratrix of the es tato of the late William II. Sprague, The estnte has a prohahiy valuo of $700. The administratrix is tho widow of the deceased, but had married again, 'according to the petition filed. todaye?; Now Mexico Awaiting; Scion c o Iho Kcul America Ity AIlTIIin II HIS BANE (Copyright, ID-1, by Star Company) Thi l written on the train, just west of Albuquerque. If ) on don't know New Mesloo you have Import ant things to leorn obout your own country. Here the track goes along on the level, about five thousand feet above sea level. Abovo your head Ihe sky, bright blue, seems too blue end too bright to be natural. On the right and the left are mountains rising sharply from the plains which Is It self higher than any mounlsins that easterners have seen. These moun tains of solid stone look like clouds against the bright blue sky. All around you space, emptiness, waiting for Ihe fortunate peoplo that will live here one day, when the flying machine will bring these magnificent hills, this most marvelous climate on earth with in a few hours uf the Atlantic or the Pacific. The people are as Interesting as the mountains, the great pilea uf broken lava that tell of Tojcsnoeo busy thousands of years ago, the rich ly colored earth and the amazing sky, Drside the track two little Iudinn boys, with a tall gray mountaiu for background, aro pluyiug a game, roll lug a Utile ball into n hole dug in (lie ground. That hole in the ground is the 'center of the Universe for them. And the maximum of achievement ia to mil the little ball Into the hole. , , ' The train rushes on a few miles. With nobody In sight, then cornea on Indian on a yellow pony, driving ahead of him a heavy black horse, Tho black horse steers to the right and left but constantly keeps going ahead In the direction willed by the Indian. The one dark faced man with long black hair controls with heel and voice the two huge animals; he thinks, they don't. Here In New Mexico and (or, end.' less miles In all directions, north. (Conimiicd on page fujr). v