The Eugene guard., December 20, 1924, Image 2

Pago Two
THE EUGENE GUARD
TOLLOFUVES
FR0MLF1RE AMD
GOLD MOUNTING
Far West And Cocky Moun
tain Sections Slightiy
Relieved Today
!id-West Is Hardest Hit
Now; Loss Of Lives
Is Reported
CIHCAGO, Dec. 20 OP) Winter 6
ley grip relaxed iu llio far west and
Jtocky mountain regions today while
its dutch was t.itening in the mi'l-
. uilo west and -It readied out to enve
lope the eutt.
Although nearly normal tempera
tures may be readied in inont o the
cold v.ave area within 21 hours, dnyl
will elapse before wire and rail com
munication, paralysed in some eec
tions, resume usual operations.
Meanwhile the toll of lives conti'i-
. ued to mount as deaths from freezing
were added to by fatalities in fires re
uniting from overheating. Consider
able suffering was felt among the
poor, hut relief organizations were not
reported overtaxed by demands. Kis
ing mercury and fair akies wero re
ported in Montana and Colorado the
lust of the Kocky mountain states- to
feel relief after five days of bitter
cobl. A uinn and R woman wero fro
zen to denlh iu the ltutte district.
Three Are Burned.
Three inemberB of a family of tout
were burned to death at Casper, Wy,.
where an explosion was caused by
lowered gas pressure that put nut
lires In their home. The fourth, a
four year old boy, was expected tu die.
Klght deaths were reported in Mis
souri, Kansas nun VHitttiioiiin. wine
thousands of dollars of property dam-
ie was thine. I Juristic the night the
t'hieiso fire department uuswereJ
more than a hundred calK Occupants
n( n two Btory tenement were tlrivsi
to the streets when fire destroyed
the building early today. More than
.'III ilcurecs droit to !i below zero was
recorded iu Cuicugo in four hours.
Trains iu the midlife west were ru t
ning from several hours lo inoro than
21 hours late and two passenger
trains, which left St. Louis Thursday,
were lost soniewhero in Missouri
early today. Train crews frequently
wero forced to ruovc trees and polos
felled across tracks by theis, burdens
of ice.
Wires Down. ,
Member newspapers of The Asso
ciated Pregs, cut off from tho out
side world by paralyzed wire com
munication were kept in touch with
the outsido world by radio. Dispatches
brought into Chicago by wiro were
radiocast by The Associated Press
f riini ftntitn WMAQ t tho Chicago
Dally New. ,
The Jefferson CJty bureau of The
Associated Press, cut off by wire f
two days, transmitted dispatches by
radio from station WOS at the state
i-npltol to WDAF. K.insns City Star
station. Tho Kansas City and St.
l.ouii bureaus of the Associated Press
also communicated by radio.
Wire fncillties of Tho Associated
Press to the southeast and the south
west from Chicago were badly crip
pled and much re-routing of lines was
ncccBsary to bring tho quota of news
; from theso sections into the cold
wavo area. .
Today's Cross-Word Puzzle
THE J UO Twister No. S4
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fill It with the worda It Deeds to make it overflow. With the ex
ception of two proper names, all of the worda contained In this
puzzle are in every day use. See how long It takes you to solve
this twister.
Below are the definitions, horizontal . and vertical, for the
words contained In this puzzle, Look In tomorrow's paper for the
answer.
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Agricultural Group
To Meet Again In
Washington, Jan. 5
! WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The
, president's agricultural commission,
appointed to determine a permanent
agricultural program will reconvene
bt-rc January ft, it was learned in ad-
vires recoived hero from Chairman
i liohert D, Carey of Wyoming.
. Immediate recommendations to the
president for relief ,of the livestock
1 industry are Expected to follow, the
chairman said. The cattle industry
' ,iud cooperative marketing were des
ignated for first attention by the
commission when it recessed last
li out li shortly after Its organization.
Chairman Carey lias written to
presidents of the twelve federal land
banks who are to meet hero in Janu
ary, suggesting a conference with the
commission.
; 1 In told the bankers, that the prob
lem of finance was the greatest In the
livestock ftidtistry and suggested they
nr.uld bo able (ft givo the commission
valuable Information. Uo indicated
' tl.at the financing of other phases of
agriculture might be discussed.
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7 instdt
1 0 beyerufc-a
12 hitman
beings
14 employ
16 a medieval
-war-club A
13 metallic
substance
19 inquires
21 preposition
23 enfran
chised citizen
25 saine
(abbr. )
26 business
concern
(abbr.)
27 mineral
spring
29 before
81 prefix
meaning
down '
82 and so
, forth
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84 knockout
85 Hf,vif
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HORIZONTAL.
87 upon
38 bv means
ot
39 -bodies of
water
41 single
4 2-j-vt'ge tables
43 -po back
4 ft confuses
49 American
humorist
60 thin strip
. of leather
62 birthplace
of Bum.
63 college
- decree
66 chemical
element
6 conjunc
tion 67 perform '
68 mail's
nickname
69 pronoun
60 Warbled
62 -source of '
plant life
64 tellurium
(abbr.) '
68 type meav-,
sure
67 move
circularly
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gross
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6 pronoun
6 state of In
sensibility 8 sure
10 evidences
11 part of
verb to be1
12 lowing of
, a cow
1 denoting
maiden '
name
14 out coun
try (abbr.)
15 seniors
,17 barrel-like
container
20 watched
22 one who
oarries
23 Southern
state
(abbr.)
24 s musical '
note - ,,
25 thoughts .
stick
80 highway
83 former
capitol of
Normandy
86 covering
with
specks
86 asks for
with
authority
88 noble
40 pen
42 attend to
diligently
44 peruses
45 like
47 above
48 ventured
61 female
deer
64 sailing
vessel
56 portent
6 1- snare
63 elongated
Ash
65 walk
White House
Christmas Is
To Be Quiet
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Christ
mas st lbs White Bouse will be very
quiet this year because of the death
within the past 12 months of the
younger son of president and Mrs.
Coolidge. '
Plans for the observsnce of the
holiday season are moBt simple. John,
sen of the president, who Is attend
ing Amherst college, will arrive home
Sunday, and Mr. and Mrs, Frsnk W.
Stearns of Boston, the Coolidse (am
ily's i closest friends, will come early
in the weik.
The choir of the First Congrega
tional church, which the President
and Mrs. Coolidge attend, will sing
Christmas carols from the north por
tico on tntrstmss eve as last year,
snd President Coolidge- at his desk
will turn a switch lighting the big
community Christmas tree planted in
hlierman Park, -south of the treasury.
(Continued from page one)
CISTISEVE
Child, 3 Days Old,
Dies at Hospital
Joseph jtristow, thrce-ttay-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hristow, 311
Adams street, died at the Mercy hos
pit al tml.-.y.
(Irave-sido servicru and interment
will be held at the Masonic cemetery
Sunday, December 21, at 2:30 o clock,
with Father Curlcy in charge. The
Ycatch chapel is in charge of the
ft'ncl'itl arrangemelilfl.
PAItIS, Dec. 20. UP) Humors of
pinna for a1 "red revolution' on the
eve. of ChriAtnias have been rife for
the last few dnys. The atith rlties are
not so much concerned over tho ill
Itged plotting as the spreading of
oh reports and the prefecture of
police promises rigorous prosecution
with expulsion for foreigner mid of
:hisc lounu guilty or disseminating
them.
Some of the lories hnve gono into
Cleat detail about alleged plans of the
reds, stating that the communists had
secured the adhesion to their cause of
the drivers of the tanks attached to
the Pnris garrison.
The opposition press also continues
to sound warnings of communist ac
tivities. I.a Liberie nnd others print
ing accounts of an elaborate plot for
the seizure of Amiens by the Incnl
communists, supposed to have been
discovered by the police.
Parole Kevealed
At Walla Walla
W AI.l.A WAU.A, Wash.. Dec, 20.
Itert Owidey, former well known
grain denier of Walla Walls, has been
I nroled from the penitentiary here.
Onsley had served slightly less than
one year nnd two mouths of a sen
ttnee of two to fifteen years for
y.'aud larceny. 1 lo bad also been sen
tenced on snotlK-r charge to serve 18
months lo .10 years both rharges be
ing In sod nu sllrged stealing of wheat
from wsrehouses in Walla Walla
county. .
Japanese Cabinet
Approves Budget
TOKIO, Dec. 2n.-(y)-Tlif Japa
nese rthipet today approved a total
expenditure of yen l,r2l,0nn,nm for
the mining year. The riprnililiire rep.
futlits the final budget total.
Lady Astor Admits
She Likes Spirits
LONDON, Dee. 20. Lady Astor.
known for her sponsoring of the tem
perance legislation In the house of
commons, of which she is a member,
publicly owned up to a liking for ard
ent spirits,
Opening an east end "pub," juirt
converted from a liquor saloon to
temperance ways, she sain: ,
"I am very fond of gin and mm
but as you go through Ufa you will
find there are a lot of things you want
but are better without."
On this teit she based a little ser
mon concerning the evils of alcohol
which ' she declared, as "no good to
any one."
Sl'OHANl-:, Wash., Dec. 20. De
creases of ten per cent In the .plant
ings of winter wheat Iu Washington
nid Idaho and an imruise of eight
I er cent In Oregon are estimated in
ilie December report of the federal
division of oroii. and livestock esti
'iislcs fin- the J'ltciric Northwest, an
nounced here today.
.The report amies tluu the nver
i ge condition of the winter wheat crop
in Washington, Oregon and Idaho
on December 1 was ii.mii Mow the
condition on December 1, 11123. A five
;ier cent increase in the acreage plant-
til to rye is reported. Washington
nliojit acreage is placed lit 1.51S.UINJ;
Oregon at l,021,ug0 and Idaho at
:-r.7.ooo.
The nverage condition of" tho crop In
Washington is estimated at 77 per
cent compared with 1)4 for last year;
Oregon 87 compared with 07 last
i ear, and Idaho 82 compared with 01
Inst year.
who are not ex-service nied. Five
Danish war veterans were sided in
November. '
Garments Completed.
The reports of the production com
mittee show that -15 garments wcrl
completed for disabled men. in hospi
tals, the material being furnished by
the chapter, and tho garment being
made by the American legion auxil
iary. Thursday of this week flic chap
ter shipped 20 pairs of pajamas, 24
jiufiimoniu jackets, 12 tuberculosis
j.-ickets, two bath robes aud throe
beanie caps to hospitals.
"A grand total of $2220.21 has been
collected in the rolicall thuu far," said
Miss Norton. "Kiigcne post reported
Jf2lM7.30, which includes Oaks grange,
31; Cohtirg, $12; Oakridge, 37;
North Fork, $7, Springfield post's re
port was $1117.85, showing Weudling.
",.!; . Wallerville. (ITi; Mareola,
?24; Springfield grange, $11.05; Vida.
$3 Noti post reported $14, and Junc
tion City has not yet reported.
Litesavers Active
"The lifesuv.ng committee reports
17 new members in the men's corps
.nd 14 new members iii the women's
torps. Twelve juniors completed the
test last Bpring and will be eligible
for the senior test. Four demonstra
tions were given." ,
Mia8 Norton gave much credit to
the American Legion nnd Oeorge K.
I.ove, commander, for its uggressive
l.ess in sponsoring tiie annual rolicall
tills year, as well as to the posts in
outlying communities. The year's re
port showed the work to have been
utmost double during the Just six
months iu comparison with pi-evious
reports. i
TO SOUTH PLANNED
L STORY
F
Saturday Eveninc ri.. .
... i ' 'robPr 20
NEW TOBK, Dee. 20 Bnmors
that John McCormick bsd psld $100,-
tiuu to blackmailers In Boston after
being maneuvered into t compromis
ing sltustion in the Copley Plsia ho
tel, are branded as falsehood by the
singer.
a'he tenor revealed todsy that for
five years the whispered story had
been going the rounds so vague that
it niver could be trsced further than
that somebody heard 'from somebody
else of the blackmailers' plot. At the
trial on William Corcoran, former
district attorney of Middlesex county,
and others sccused of conspiring to
extort $50,000 frnn -Victor F. Searlea,
affidavit referring to the story
was introduced in evidence.
Mrs. Abraham Levy, who admits
having been used by the blackmail
rang to lure its victims, made the af
fidavit, tihe said she bad learned of
the story of the blackmail of"John
McCormack," as the affidavit put it,
through a conversation among mem-
licrs of the blackmailing gang.
"light back; you csn't; not a bsn-
cliee you can't see," said Mr. McCor
mack, referring to his efforts to get
at the source of the rumor.
''My friends know that I have play
ed the game of life decently," contin
ued McCormack, ' they know my fern-
ly life has been right, and my public
nnn't believe this lie. That I know.
I hnve never been blackmailed,"
be added. "I would spend millions for
defense, but not one cent for tribute."
Two Men Held For -
Liquor Case Trial
Itowey Farwell aud SL K. Bryant
lilosd'lfl not Rnilty to a oh urge of pos-
ttPHHioa .f hitoxittitinK liquor before
hi n tire Joftse . Wells this afternoon
iind were bound over od bonds of
$1000. The pair was arrested last
nipht by Melviu Turnhull, county traf
fic officer, at a downtown lodging
house. It Is. stated that about one-
alf Ion of alleged liquor was found
on the men by the county officer.
PROSPECTOR DIES
KKDDINti, Cat, Dec. 20. The re
mains of William Sleminer, 80 years
ol(T prospector and purt owner of tho
Keystone min, were found late :c
terday on a lonely mountain trail 25
milea north of here by t tram line op
erator, Hlemmer evidently bad bep
dead about six weeks and animals bad
consumed part of Mb body.. It was
not determined how be came to his
'death.
Too Late To Classify
. ONT Boston bull dog Friday. E. C.
Simmons, Simmons Motor Co. Re
ward. dl0
r'Olt SAI.K Columbia tianjo-mnnrio-
hn, nearly new. $10. Krnest Mat
thews. Olli K Uth. . d2
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1 Your Home this
tit .
Christmas
We Carry The Famous BALDWIN Pianos
Straight Pianos '. . .
Playfer Pianos . . , .
Star Piano Players
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$375 and up
S475 and up
S475 and up
KOIl'ItENT 3-rooni furnished up
stairs avt. Private bath -anti en
trance. I'lione uas-I.. H.'M Willam
ette St. . d22 i
Sonora Phonographs
' $50 and up
' sonora Loud speakers
sonora radios
All sold on Easy Payment Plan
Our Stock of Furniture Will Help You
Solve Your Gift Problems
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Berry Piano and Furniture Co.
' Phone 1470
740 Willamette
Many Tickets For
Tiny Shields Game
Are Sold on Campus
At least 2000 Oreon students are
expected to nttend tho Tiny Shield's
Christmas football game, according to
J. V. tlencfiel, gradu.ite manager it
Uio university. A total of 1,'M2 tickets
was sold on tho Oregon "campus, and
every student In Portland is expect
ed to be at tho game.
Tho ticket salo was niainlv conflo-
ed to living organisations, which for
tho most part purchased tickets for
every member of the house. Students
not in organitatlons will bur their
tickets In Portland, since duo to the
term enal rush, all wero not canvassed.
A record seat sale, if not a record
crowd, Is predicted for the game, and
orders for seats are pouring )u from
all over the United States.
A two weeks' vacation trip .through
California, Mexico, Arizona aud Tex
i.s will be taken by 1.. 1.. Uraham, dis
trict freight mid passenger agent of
tie Southern l'acific railwa'y, starring
Sunday night. Accompanied by Mrs.
ilralaiul, and the three children, ltoy,
G'corgu and Dorris, Mr. liruliaui will
go first to Suu l-'i-nncisco, where iie
will spend Tuesday, taking in the lto
tary out) luncheon at tho Talace ho
tel, i
Leaving for Lob Angeles Tuesday
night, tho party will arrive in time
to spend Christmas day with Mr.
Graham's oldest sister, Mrs. J. L.
?'hoeuuikcr, a former resident of Ore
gon; and will next proceetl to Kl
l'nso, Tex., giving Mr. ttrnhaia oppor
tunity personally to inspect the new
tunaet limited train just stsrted by
the Southern Pacific.
On the refiiru trip tho Grahams
will leave 101 Paso December 28 over
Ihc San liego,vVrixoun and Kaatern
through the scenic Carisso Gorgo in
Arizona. Before leaving San Diego
they expect to visit Tijuana, Mexico,
lettirniug to Los Angeles in time for
the big New Year's intcrsectionnl
football game, at the Tournament of
Hoses in Pasadena. They will leave
tor Kugeno January 2, stopping at
Helm, Ca)., enrouto to visit friends.
This Is the first vacation to be
tiTten by Mr. Graham for seven years
and he is taking adntntngc ot the op
portunity to make a study of South
ern Pacific lines and service rt first
Lsnd.
Insure with Henry Trcnip, S3 W. 9tk
LION'S OFFICER HERE
Frsnk Neer. of Salem, district gov
frnor of the Lions club, who was s
visitor In Kinne recently, will re
turn after the first of tho year and
meet with tho local club, it Is an
notincetl.
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Frozen?
Wo weld motor blocks,
cylinder heads and pump3
Prompt Service'
R. H. Pierce Garage
(5-1 Olive Mt.
Gifts !
For The Children
SCOOTERS, TRICYCLES, KIDDY KARS
Zenith Coaster, also steel coaster wagons. ) ,
Pocket knives ,
Special trice on all boys' sweaters, a large selec
tion at $4.25 and up.
GIFTS FOR MEN
Sport coats, vests, sweaters, etc., you can
the gift for men At this store.
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Watch e s
La Tausca Pearls
Hand Painted China
Deep Cut Glass Etc.
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