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jjnless its rnends Give the Legislature a Mandate, the Child Labor Amendment is Doomed to Defeat in Oregon f?u.. xt. ill ' " Zr rzTrr'Ar fl .11 City News THE WEATHER Oregon: Fair tonight and Friday. Continued cold. Light northeaeterly winds. Tamper- atura Wednesday: Maximum, 47 degrees; minimum, 38; pre cipitation, .28 of an' Inch; di rection of wind, northwest. Stage of river, 6 feet. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 192' TODAY'S NEWS TODAY NO. 9 i ! i i VOL. GS EDITION Eds Study Riding il .rst'lmi k ridiug in a popular sport iij co-eds at the I'lilvoraity of nii, us snown tty n nrge enriii- t m a lue;il riding academy, where sis this term average mure tliou .students. This activity is recg ,1 by the department of physical ation as a substitute for other bus of women's gyinnntdum work. i girl is first taught to mount dismount correctly. She is then Lltt to saddle. Cautions about the ous coniinou dangers encountered a. riding arc emphasized, liutruc iu actual riding includes a walk, kiing at n trot, and galloping'. s uro usually of eight uiile fctbs. . on Close Here 'pton Close, reporter, adventurer author, eipially well known by biw c name of Josef Washington Hall, a guest of the University of Ore today, where he' delivered thee esses on oriental art, politics and bineice. Mr. nail's nunc as nu jhority on Chinese history and ecn- Biies is widespread. 11c spent a jnber of years in tile orient, and Ik part in several revolutions. He it through three campaigns with Pci-Fu, military chief, and was tr made a iritnibcr of Wu's staff, ing as English secretary. lie was It ten several books, and liis latest, the Land of the Laughing' Bud ," has met with great success. Is at Ellensburg M. Cornelius, for 40 years a dent ofT'lensant Hill, died nt El- liurg, Wash., yesterday, accord to word reaching his brothers, W. Cornelius of Goshen and L. J. fnelius of Pleasant Hill. J. M .Cor ns was 73 years old when he died, was well known in T.ane county. served for more than 110 years as fcou of the Christian church nt lasant lull. He is survived by a son daughter, three brothers and a hr Funeral services will nc nciu Albany Friday afternoon at - !ick, it is announced. The body is g shipped from Ellensburg todny. Bowling Alleys ug'ene msy have a bowling league, tamo known jestordny with the uneenient thnt Elmer Koberts Alf Wulker had leased the id floor store room In the Kolie- uy building on Ninth avenue ea?t Vlll install an up-to-date bowliu? and cigar store. The room will rtitioned. with four alleys iu tile t half, and a cigar stoic in Urn half. A glass door will connect V.vo. The nlley will be opened on bruary 1. altors to Visit Several members of the Eugene alty bonrd plan to go to Salem to rrow to attend n meeting and ban pt of the Salein board nt which time ing E. Vining, president of the egon stale chamber of commerce, I be the principal speaker. All D desire reservations have been ftd to notify It. A. Met 'ally, presi It of the Eugene board, before tu frnv noon. y Wants Musicians- you piny a band instrument and you have a fancy for army life and - an opportunity '.o see China, ami foil arc healthy and(of suitable age, 4 can enlist for the Fifteenth in -itr.v band. The army recruiting of e is sending out the hid, with no t Hint its branch in l'ortlnnd in tjdnce at which to apply. The I-'if-ith infantry band acts' as a legn f liand, stationed at- the army har $s nt Tientsin. Its duties, the re lating itivit,utinn savs, arc not heavy. f ' : , restock to Be Shipped H' (ices are being sent out todny to I? iiiembera.of flip Lane county Oo- Sralivc Shipping association tlint ft rlond of heep and hogs to be pent flu North Portland ntocKynrds will Imide up Tuesday, Jununry 0. W. 'mrler who is mnnnnit.iT the nf- t of the nsf'M'intioii during the .11- t "f V. A. Ayres, is sending tin? Lire. . .' tern star to Meet Members of the Kvangi'line chspier the Order of the Knutern Stn r of city will be guests of the offifern in etitrrtfilnmfiit tu'he'bpbl l'riiliy Hi OK. This will bo tbe firnt socinl Mil to lie l,p hy tbe new officers recently tuk tiffire, is the tin Uliceiiif ut. Ity Men to Elect Option of officers of the Eugene Ity board will be held Friday at a 8 lumheon at (he Osburn hotel, forts on the Northwestern Heal tote association convention in I'ort 4, to which n. A. Mt Cully and Mrl i Hansen were delegates, will be, ltd. rados to Contest Comrade iluba of Orcg-n ill piny r the state ba-ketttall honors at Sa rin M;irh, it is announced by V. Walter, lender -f boy's work at . (CoctiDutd od iage the) 1 State Legislature Adjourns NEW BILLS AHE BROUGHT UP AT SESSION TODAY Recess Taken Until Monday By Solons; Severance Tax Introduced Governor May Be Stripped Of Further Power By Mr. North's Bill STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore., .Ian. 15. The legislature adjourned at noon today until Monday at 11 11 o'clock. SEVERANCE TAX UP STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore., Jan. lo. A severance tax on timber was introduced by Senator Deals to day, designed to reach timber being cut from lands not taxed and not in a forest reserve. The bill is designed to reach tracts acquired from the gov ernment, but title to which still re mains in the government, which en ables the holdersto escape taxation. GOVERNOR'S POWER , HIT STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore., Jan. lo. Governor Tierce would be further stripped of his appointive powers if house bill number 34 intro duced by North to change the organ ization of the .World war veterans state aid commission becomes a law, As the commission stands it consists of the governor, secretary of state, adjutant-general and two commission ers named by the governor. The North bill would turn the duties of the coin- mission over to the board of control thereby eliminating the ndjutant-gen-eral and the two commissioners nam ed by the govcrnori North declares that the bill is in the interests of taJe economy. INVESTIGATION FAVORED STATE IKM'Si:, SALEM, Ore.. Jan. ' 1"i --Tin smnu resolution cull ing f ir an iiivi'stigntimi of state Pro hibition liirectnr ( leaver's depart- ! nient was ndnptrd by the louise this j forenoon. Represent ii?lve -Meindl ! puinled nut th:it so long as (oiverimr I I'ier-e had invited an inveHtigation, I the earlier it was accomplished the bet t er. Then Kpresentative ftrnlmm of Forest tlrove took the floor to oppose the resolution. "I don't think that the people want their myney jpent on nn investigation of this sort," he de clared. llepresenlatives Woodward and Iturlburt of Multnomah argued for the resolution, pointing out that va rious charges of misappropriation of funds -nnd methods of operations hnd been made and that to properly clear up the matter, a thorough investiga tion should be held. "An investigation is no reflection on the governor, the prohibition di rector, or the prohibition," declared llurlbiirt. "An investigation will chow whether the expense of conducting the depart ment has been justified,' declared Woodward. $ JUNIOR COLLEGE SOUGHT STATE HFSE. SALEM, Or.. Jan- 15. Senator Eddy today intro duced a bill providing for the rsmh 1ihn.ent of junior colleges a part of the secondary shnd system of the state and the formation of junior col lege districts. The junior colb-ge could be formed in any high school district hiiving a total average d iily attendance of :t(0 or more and au nfsed valuation of at least JI.OOO.W. Whenever 10 or more qualified electors of a district shall sign a petit ion to j he xdi-'ol board asking for the etHtlihmei)t nf a junior rol Ifge the dire-tors wou;d be re-p- fd to call a spcriul election of the elec tor of the di-triot ou the qnenti- n. The junior college noiiid ! under (Continued on vt u) 3 Collie Goes 3 ,1 50 Miles' To His Home LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15. Last spring Floyd E. Itunyon motored o California with his family and Scot tie, their collie dog. Tbe Kunyuns de cided to stay, but Scottie did not know about that and one day when the Runyoos rode away from thvir home at ltd), near here, for a day's outing, without taking Scottie along, he concluded they had gooe back to North Dakota without him. At least that is what his master thinks he must have concluded, for eight months later, Hunyon said yesterday,- he re ceived word from hjs former ra nch home at Tower City, N. D., 3130 miles away, tJiat Scottie had come tack. Hunyon has ordered his ship pud bark here by express. With no announcement to make aa to how he and his fellow members of the state fish nnd game commission received the clause in the governor's message thnt the work should be turn ed over to a department of the Oregon Agricultural college, Ben V. Dorris has returned after attending n, meet ing of the board nt rortland. Governor Fierce declared in his message thnt he favored entire con trol of the wild game of the state he vested with O. A. C. and under direc tion of the board of regents. Although reticent to apeak on the proposed change which would prob ably mean abolition of the state com mission as nt present constituted, Mr. Itorris did cite some activities of the commission that would be in the hnnds of the regents if the plan was put through. One of these was law en forcement, which be implied would he rather nn unusual proceeding for an institution of higher learning to tnke over, "We have about forty deputies in various parts of the state under the direction of the commission and at special times we appoint many addi tional officers temporarily." the com misxioner staled. The Fortland meeting of the game hoard did not develop any news of im portance Sm the commission is now waiting on the action of the legisla ture in regard to (be proposed laws pertaining to wild life that are to come before that body nt (he present session, Mr. Itorris stated. Amendment on Child Labor to be Talked In Salem Wednesday STATE IIUFSE, SALEM, Ore., .Inn. 15. Announcement was made today by Senator I pton, chairman of the senate judiciary committee and Representative Meindl, chairmsn of the bouse resolutions committee thnt the two committees will meet in joint session ;t lie house chamber next Wednesday evening at S o'clock for the purpose of henrtng arguments for nnd ngiinst the proponed child bibor amendment. WASHINGTON TO VOTE (il.VMI'IA. Winn.. .Inn. 1.V The Mule .rnate tl:ty ituidi c"h..i(ler.itini of the child lattnr amendment a spe cial order of bunnies f.ir 2 p. m., Jiinunry -tl, nfter henring Arguments over the felertion nf the committee to whirh it wn to be referred. WENDLING MAN KILLED J. T. Pirki of Wendling. a IcrnT. : van killed instantly yeterdny after' n'i';n whn a mMi rnmpleMy Bfvered , th 1i;id fntiii inn b- dy. Th dftai'n fif the n i'b nt were not obtainable by ' . W. I tran tetter, county coroner, j who in planning to h0d an inqurxt. t Tte funeral will be held lifter the in ! 'iu"t. and after roinmnniration hit i b en bad nith the victtmV mother. EUGENE GLUBS TO LAY- PLANS City-wide Observance Will Be In Order During Week Of April 19-25 Entire Day Would Be De voted To Field Events, According To Plans I'lnns for a municipal field day in KuRcne during National Forest Pro tection week, April 10 to "Jj, will be made tonight at a mcctiug of young people's club.and service club leaders at the chamber of commerce, called by Nelson F. Macduff, supervisor of the Cascade national forest. An entire day would bo devoted to the affair, according to the sugges tions to be made by Mr. Macduff. A parade of members of all the organ izations, led by bands, would be bold, and the various units would carry banners with fire prevention uiottos and appropriate warnings. Coming at the beginning of the camping and tourist season, this public campaign would be particularly effective, it is believed. Many to Aid Co-operation in the program has been invited from the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, pirls' Reserves, Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs, 1'ioneer Hoy's clubs, Comrade clubs, Hi-Y club, L'uivcrsity of Oregon student assembly and the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen. The field day demonstrations would be held in a public place following the parade, it has been suggested. Demonstrations of the proper meth ods of making a camp in the woods (Continued on page lii) Ry action of the stale highway commission at the meeting at Port land today the stole -will co-opernle with Lane county 50-.10 in Uie erec tion of the new Hendricks bridge, estimates and plana rr which were recently made by tt Btiite engineers. This span is estimated to cost appro ximately $7!.0(H and work, will he under way neit summer, accord:ng to present plans nf the county court. The state commission also decided the question of Interest money nn highway contracts with T.ane county by mutual agreement to allow the matter to remain as at present. The matter nf paring the atretrh of the Pacific highway between .Junc tion City and Hnrrishnrg when tiie new Hnrrisburg bridge is completed will be token up nt the February meeting of the state commission, ac cording to word received here today. Railroad Plan is Before Interstate Commerce Heads I'OKTLAM), tire., Jnn. 1.-. The plan of rortlnnd-Hertttle rnilroads to pool their pat-senger service, share eMually in expenses and earnings, and to speed Up service went before tl;c iuterstnte commerce commission tu d.iy at a hearing here before Cliude I. Thomas. No objection naa raised this morning. tieorge T. lteid, of the Northern Pacific, first witneet, explained tint tiie railroads want to you their in terests in n service that would pro ride five trains each way daily. Oik fif them, leaving ea-h terminnl at 4::WJ p. in. daily, would be a "fust train," arriving at the other end of the line st fM.'i p. in. In addition one train w ruhl leave at U a. in., one at 1 p. m. and two at night, he said. FOR HELD DAT AS PUNISHMENT 1 LOSES OFFICE Board Of Review Finds Him Guilty Of Charge Of Heresy Plea Is Entered In His Own . Behalf For A Reversal Of The Verdict CT.KVKT.ANT), 0.. Jnn. lo.UF) Deposition from office was determin ed ns a suitable hentenre for Ilight Itrv. William Montgomery Brown, re tiring bishop of Arknnftns, by. th? Prnteatnnt Episcopal cburcli board of review todny. The penalty enrried with it af firmation for the trial last May when Bishop Brown was convicted of here sy. The sentence cannot be put into effect until approved by the house of bishops which meets hi New Orleans next autumn. BISHOP BROWN PLEADS CLEVELAND. Jan. 13. Ai Pleading in Jiis own behalf for a re versnl of the verdict which found him guilty of heresy, Misiiop William Montgomery llcowu today addressed the board of review of the Protestant Episcopal church. llishop Urown said be Relieved in God "not a being witii masculinity," or one witii arms and legs, but "a precious symbol of the infinite rea lity which has brought us all tilings into being as parts of itself maker of Heaven nnd enrth." He expressed his' belief in Jesus Christ. "His only son, our Lord," not literally but as the symbol of the son of (lod-rthc human manifesta tion nf nil that is turc and beautiful and good." "'Who was conceived by the Holy (ihost, born nf the Virgin Mary,'" he quoted. "Not literally, of course. Modern biology iias made the literal acceptance of this belief im possible for any of us, but in strip ping us of this literal interpretation it has released the symbol for great er usefulness. "I see in Jesus the etcrnnl servant" continued tiie bishop. "I see In him every toiling, sweating, bleeding s"n of man. I see him in t lie uncounted, unnamed nnd unknown workers nf the world, despiseil and disinherited and crucified my tiod mude manifest in suffering flesh. ... "I want you to know that I am including in thnt most noly of names. Jesus, all the victims of injustice, all the tollers whose unpaid labor has gfven leisure and luxury to n few; and all those millions who have been acnt lo war to bleed and die, "Let us not excuse ourselves. We as n church did hch,) lo send them to their myriad crucifixions. We blessed the war. We told fhein that find on our side and thnt they were doing a holy thing In fighting his battles (or the good nf the world. Their blood Is upon ill . . . s belwecs Christ nnd Cacsi.r, the church chose the stale." Sub-Zero Weather Desired For Sun's Eclipse, Jan. 24 WILLIAMS IIAY, Wis., Jan. J,T Sub-iero we;iliier is desired for Jan. 21, when observations and photo graphs of the eclipse of the sun will be attempted at Iron Mountain, Michigan, according to Professor Oli ver J. Lee of Yerket observatory here, who is In charge of tbe ar rangements for tiie work. The observations and photographs will be made out of doors. "There has lieen avme nisappre hcnitoli ai to howMlie wort, is to be done," professor Lee said "We are building a shack on Pewroic hi'l, but will not use it for observation purpos. ei. The work will be done out in the open. The shack will lie used for as aemblii.g tbe equipment. B SHOP BROWN Niagara In Grip Of Winter Above is shown n view of tbe quickly freezing this winter and turning nearby shores into an iee-shccU'd fairyland. CHICAGO. Jan. 13. Creation of a farmer's export corporation of l-i individuals witii power to, divert a surplus above domestic needs to the world market with adequate, working capital, power to collect each com modity in amounts sufficient to pre vent inpairment of the working capi tal and a protective tariff have been recommended by the American coun cil of ngrlculturo to President Cool- Idge's agriculture council. The suggested legislation, outlined by G. M. Peck, president of the coun cil, provides that the Incorporators be the secretaries of Hie treasury, agri culture and commerce nnd 1- indivi duals appointed by the president, one from each of the federal land bank districts, from nominations made in the district by bonnflde. fnrm organ izations. The life of Uie corporation would extend to June ,'10, 10.".l. The incorporators would make up n board of directors with power lo or. g.miie a smaller executive commit tee from the appointed members, to hire administrative officers and other wise exercise a corporation's powers, it was proposed. COMMITTEE PREPARED WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. With its first report on relief measures for tbe livestock Industry placed In the president's hands, the agricultural committee was ready today to go for ward with the aecnnd phase nf Its studies cooperotlve marketing of ag ricultural products. The president was told by the com mission that the federal intermediate credit bonks are able to handle the credit emergency within the industry, but lh.it tariff protection, reduced transportation charges and a new pol ity for grazing rattle on public lauds are needed, . The commission will renter its study of the marketing question about agri culture relief bills pending in con gress. Secretary Hoover of the department of commerce arranged to present to the commission today bis views nn the subject of distribution of agricul tural products. Umatilla Crazing Plan is Reported WAKIUNfiTON, Jan. M.-The nenatc bill whirh would authorize the necretary of the interior lo withhold approximately 7,'HHi arren of laud iu Oregon for ue of the I'matilla In diana for t ran in pnrpoaea, wan fav orably reported today by the bouae Indian committee. Tbe tract formerly wan a part of Llit Umatilla Indian rencrratiou 0$h M Fl mm M!MWfMh iiilip ip . ijj I beautiful Nyignra fulls, the flying sprny EUGENE TO HAVE The Eugene cbnmber of commerce will sponsor nn organization of men's chorus, aimilur to tho Orpheus club of Taroma, tbe Apollo club of Seattle, and Mendelsohn club of Spo kane, it wan announced today nt the meeting of the chamber of commerce, at which a committee wan appointed to lny plaits for forming such a club. Hugh Winder, who took a leading part in the carol singing program Clirintmas eve, Hponsorcd by tho chamber of commerce, has been nam ed chairman of (be committee, and Itamey Hugh, Ir. J. M. Miller, David (irnham, 1 uvid'.folm Jones, Itenjamin Kdwards and ProfcHNor II, l Jlob gatt will be the member. "Our chief objert will be to form a permanent chorus of men'rt Voices, M said Mr. Winder. "There arc niiiner ous places and events at which Hiirh a municnl grotip can ftiiietmii, an has been chown in Portland, Seattle and Sprknne. For Instance, Ihn coming year Eugene will be bout to a number of conventions. In many cities (he men's chorus and the chamber of commerce glee club are synonymous This will give the, chorus an oppor tunity to tnke a leading part In mua inil entertainment not only for con ventions and other large meetings, when invited, but also for events sponsored by tbe chamber. "I feel that this is an important move for Eugene, and that we will have no difficulty In getting fK) or HO men Into a singing group of this nature." ' By AltTIII.II BMSItANK (Copyright. llt'-Ti, by Star Coinpnny) London pxpects to bo back on a good bais by the end of Hie year. The pound Is worth only a few cents less than when the war started. The Brit ish have recuperation and know how to meet nu emergency whether It be a big war, billluna to pay, billions to lend, a labor prime minister or a re bellion in Kgypt. They ralite statesmen iu that Coun try. The question for America I", how long will it be before the dollar falls below the pound, aa it has fallen be low the Swiss frauc and some other currrncif ? All caucer "cures'' must be heavily discounted. But a cure will come eventually ami Important hopeful news comet fropi Kusida. Tie, Uus eiani fncludo able, earnest scientists. rpT A "7 -ootl Cnncor Won I ) I ) I A of Cliinn v-'. x-' x "British Mado " GOVEnNORiS HELPLESS fiS T Secretary Koser And Treas urer Kay Vote To Oust Mr. Hendershott Mr. Pierce Protests, But His Vote Fails To Check Move SALEM, Ore., Jan. 13. 0P With' Secretary of State Kozer aud State Treasurer Kay voting f jr the ouster and Governor Pierce opposing it, tho state board of control today removed Will in in M. Hendershott from tho KUperihteudoncy of the state soldiers' homo at Itosrburg, Ure., aud ngain elected to that office Ourgu IiiU- dle, who formerly held the position. Kay made the motion for tbe removal of Hendershott and fur the election of Itiddle and Kozer Mipportcd him, tukiug the same utuud he took ut tho time Itiddle win removed by Pierce nnd Jefferson Myers, Kay's predeces sor last August. Uovcruor Pierce wiis beldcsu ut tbe meeting today, so mde only u good humored protest, but later dictated for the minutes and the press bis for mal protest. Hu charges the action of Kay aud Kozer to pulitic4ti r - , Protest is Given ' As governor of the stute of Ore gon," suy the governor's nUitciueut. "and a member of the board of con trol, I wish to protect aguiust the removal of W. M. lleiidorubott a coiuumud.tut uf tbe Oreguu tftutu sol diers' home, for ,the reasuu that he has been found to be by far (he must economical coiumuuclaut that has ever had charge of tbe home, uml fully in sympathy with the purpose uf tbe consliliKiou. Ity rigid economy, great efficiency, the d cliurging of unneces sary employes and tbe consolldatl.iu of departments he las ul ready effect ed reduction), in the expense of tho borne that means a saving of fully '20 per cent. "Air. Itiddle w;is discharged as com mandant owing to charges filed against him by the Spuuirdi War Vet erans. A hearing .an held nt H se burg and tbe majority of (be luid of control at that time found th.it the charges were sustained by (he tci tluniy, this evidence idmw.ng that Commandant I.iddlc wi.s not condut t- (CoMliuucdr on page six) House Votes Rivers Bill WASHINGTON, Jan. IJ. By standing vota of 179 to 6 the house today passed the 539,000.. 000 river, anil harbors hill. The measure as sent to the senate would authorize tills ex penditure for Improvement on 33 projoote, including $74,000 I'Jr Sluslaw river, Oregon. , Bolshevism Hon. inn't their onty ociupa- r. Molnlknff observing thnt the nerves day an important patt n cancer growth ami lining observation in n common srusc way has developed this plan, lie cuta tbe nerve leading to the caurcroua growth, aud the cancer, co longer supplied with nervous energy, neceisary to its rxistence, shrivels up and des. Several patient are alleged to have been cured by the new method. Tho importance of this to cancer victims lies In the fact that It Mulot koff's hopes are justified tbe cur will apply to patients whose csncers arc located in parts .of tho body (Cuuti:iucd on p.ige four) VOTE S CAS