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Oregon: Fr tonight, colder
,t portion; Increasing
cnudlnesi, moderate southerly
lads. Ten.per.tur. Sund.y:
a.xlmum, 57 degree; mini
mum, 36. Precipitation, .38 In
cnei. Stage ot river, 5.5 feet.
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VOL. GS
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1923
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
NO. 12
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Tree - , ,
-o old trees that have stood for
. ar. on Willamette street near
,,1, avenue arc about to fall. Work
...... h ireeB was started this
mint wlth thdr Pa88'nl!
I remain but one tree on Willam-
. in tha businesa district
l'r the street curb line. This tree
Lear SUUi avenue m
At -one time, ac-
rtl BIS"
m to old residents, there were
U trees along doiu eiues i -
,ette that atroraca eobub
cs in the days when tnis moue
na tn vneue and
transportation .-
drivers tied their teams at me
Lerator Is Through
iMwin E. Gruff, federal iarm ceu-
cnuracrator at work m uougias
comolcted his work and
Lj' !,, renorts at the offico of
Lh T. Laird, director. Thirteen of
district enumerators novo com
i tnnk of compiling the
m data for the government and it
expected that all will be through
the end of tne moam
time set for the completion ot
census. The office of Mr. Laird
, trill be onen for another two
Ls after that, is the announce-
pt-
Ltlander Is Fast
t 40 miles an hour on a
.pery pavement is not conductive
afety but some do attempt it ana
. -t nmcht. E. E. HaU of
Land tried it out near Creswell
evening and was stepping along
ai an hour "passing everything
thn road. " according to Melvra
Lbtill, county traffic officer, who
Ud him down, took his pedigree
invited him to appear in justice
rt
here tomorrow. Ihe last
er promised to do BO.
Meeting Wednesday
ihe district meeting of the farm
...noiation of the 'Willamette
in und the Coos Bay district will
k.irl t the rooms of the chamber
commerce here Wednesday starting
w
ho
n. m.. according to H. A. Soults,
secretary of the Lane county
lociation. An all-day program is
raed and the meeting will continue
r Thursday, it it announced. Eep-
Iratatives from about 15 associa-
is are expected to attend the Bes
et, is the announcement.
Iding Not Decided -
halrman of the Bethel school
trict wishes to correct the state
nt that plans have already been
ile for a new schoolhouse to
llace the old one. Nothing, tie
s, has been decided upon as yet.
board ot directors are con
ring the question and will not!-
the voters when the plans are
ly.
rglary Attempted
in attempted burglary of the
pima Phi Beta sorority house
reported to night police last
(ht by a watchman in the vlcin-
of the house. Someone was
Ing the door to the building
about 1 o'clock in the. morn-
hut arrival of the policemen
arcntly frightened the disturb-
away.
e From Mapleton
U. Goude, resident of the
Ipleton district and chairman of
school board in district 32,
a Kugene business visitor to
la regard to school matters
also road work In his dis-
ition Day Tuesday
uesday will be motion day in
u't court, according to an-
fiwmont at the office of Judge
Sklpworth today.
" Name Filed
be assumed kninn.. r n
brothers garage which is at
Main street. Cottage Grove, was
""1ST at the office of tho rnunfr
k.
Is Collected
fhe county bounty on two coy-
In Bnri l.
, "" uoocai was collocted
"iiu.-8 or ine county clnrk
ST hy M. It. Ilolfrich, resident
he Vida district.
'" For California
Marret. local Unifier owner,
rt 'or California to spend some
ith his family who are spend
"inter there.
"', Mt Wedaesday-
Fr"' erot will entertain the
""raft Thimble club at her home.
"'""iijr etrP(!t, Wednesday
rnn at a 'ciock.
CorvaliiTT
'". I it t
". Louglmry unent the
' 'th her parents!
"alb, ,H returned here today.
h From Ple.s.n, Hlll j
Jjwvr. fruit grower and!
tCottiaoed on (, tirt) I
YlrW (HPfl Kg
' -S5 SB K Sfi Hi'.- S5 ffi SB SS5 "
Three Bead; Two Missing In
DAMAGE RUNS
HIGH; WRECK
IS
Alabama City Plunged Into
Darkness As Electric
Plants Go Out
Train Service Crippled As
Rivers Set New High
Water Levels
ATLANTA, Ga Jan. 10. UP)
With rains continuing to fall in a half
dozen southern states today, rivers
were reported steadily rising with
considerable property damage expect
ed to follow over a wide area. The
death list was three killed and two
others probably lost.
Two trainmen were killed when a
passenger train broke through a weak
ened trestle near Selma, Ala., and
one trainman was killed when a train
struck a slide, six miles from Carters
villc, Ga. '-'
Hope has been abandoned at Al
bany, Ga., for the safety of Asa" and
Will Tift, who failed to return Satur
day from a canoe trip on Flint river.
Georgia and Alabama bore the
brunt of the( flood waters force, al
though almost unprecedented high
water is also reported in other states,
Alacon saw new marks registered
for the Ocmulgee when the river pass
ed 27 feet. At Millcdgcville the Oco
nee reached more than 36 feet. Ap
prehension was felt concerning- the
power of levees and bridges to with
stand a pressure not hcretnfnro
known on the streams.
Columbia found the Chattahoochee
river at a stage of 43 feet The city's
gas supply was threatened as water
entered the plant.
RAIN CONTINUES
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 10.
W) Itain continued to fall in south
ern Alnbniun today with rivers and
streams already swollen far beyond
their flood stage.
Although the Alabama rirer is still
within its banks, precautions are be
ing taken nlong the Coosa and Tal
lapoosa rivers. Convicts hsvo been re
moved from state prison number 4 to
Kyiiy and storekeepers are removing
goods from basements at Weturopka.
Three hydro-electric plants of the
Georgia Alabama Power company
have been placed out of commission
near Columbia.
Tho entire section was in darkness
last night and it is estimated that
months will bo required to repair the
damage.
Tourists to and from Florida are
being held up on both the Georgia and
Alabama sides of the Chattshooehee
river due to the overflow over the
lowlands adjacent to the bridge. The
ferry at Alaga has been washed away.
PROPERTY DAMAGE HIGH
HOTIIAN, Ala., Jan. Hi. (P)
Thousands of t'ollara worth of prop
erty damage has been caused by the
rising waters of ( hoctanhnlchie and
Pea rivers, according to reports here.
A part of Geneva is inundated today
and numbers of people have been
forced to higher ground for safety.
Dothsn's new municipal power
plant under construction is reported
threatened with destruction.
HIGH MARX BROKEN
M.U'OX, Ga., Jan. 10. OP) All
high water marks of t lie Osmulgee
river here were erlipsed when the
gauge registered -7.1 feet today.
Swollen tributaries, gathering volume
from three consecutive days of rain
fall, are adding their volume to the
(ismulgee. Train service to and from
Macon is dmoraliied.
HERE FROM BEAVERTON
Mm. Haiel MnlarWy of IWiTtrton
is viiiling Mr. and Mrs. J. J!. Dan
iels of Eugene.
REPORTED
Plot To Blow Up Battleships
Of British Is Discovered; Men
Jailed; Details Are Withheld
LONDON, Jan. 10 UP) Two men
W. T. O'Leary and J. V. MeGou-h,
were brought before the. Bow street
police court today in connection with
an alleged plot to blow up British
battleships and submarines. Thoy
were remanded for a week, bail being
refused.
They were charged with an offense
under the official secrets set.
The details of tho offense with
which the men were charged were
not made public.
Documents Seized.
It is understood Scotland yard de
tectives have seized many documents
bearing upon the case, which are be
ing examined.'
O'Leary is a shipwright and Mc
Gough is uncivil scmiut. The detailed
information charges O'Leary with
having in his possession information
concerning the Iluslar dockyard at
Portsmouth 'which is a prohibited
area and communicating this informa
Organization of the Eugene Ortor
io society is expected to be completed
at a meeting this evening to bp held
at the school of music building nt
the University of Oregon.
George H. MrMorr&n, president of
tho society, issued an invitation to
day to all music lovers of tho city
who were interested in the aims of
the society to attend the meeting this
evening.
Tentative plans arc to limit the
membership to 100 at present but this
may be extended later if a sufficient
number of those interested in the
plan and who have vocal talent mani
fest a desire to affiliate and take part
in the programs of the organization.
Mr. McMorran snid.
''This Bociety which will bring to
gether lovers of good music from
both the university and the city in
general will undoubtedly do much to
imiro firmly cement tho friendship
and co-operative endeavors of the
slate institution and the city of Ku
gene," Mr. McMorran said.
John Stark Kvans, of, the school of
music of the university, is director
of the society. (!len Morrow is sec
rctary.
Mr. and Mrs. K. I. Cbnmbers re
turned this morning after a two
month vitfit with friends and rela
tives on tjie Atlantic sen lizard. Mr.
and Mrs. K. It. Weihcrbpe, who ac
companied them as f.ir a New York,
are remaining in New York, and
pect to return within the next two
weeks.
The 'lumbers-Wet he rbe parly
took a strainer at S;in Francisco, mi l
sailed through the I 'milium ranal and
up the Atlantic cast to New York.
They spent the ('hrintmas hidida.vs in
Pittsburgh with Mr.-. Bentriee Don
nelly, d-iughter nf Mr. and Mm.
Wetherhee and Mr. and Mrs. Cham
lters' daughter, Mrs. W. J. Brocke
ts nk.
''Kugene has the first good weather
we encountered on our return trip'
pin ill Mr. (Tiamhers. "The east and
middle west f a solid mais of nw.
and the weather from 0 to 14 degree
above ero. We found everyone hope
ful for good business to 1H25, Of the
larger cili's we visited Pittsburgh
app'Hred ',e n,,H,t proe rous'
Mr. and Mrs. Wetkerbec spent
a week in Washington, I. C. where
they saw congress Id artinn, visited
Washington monument and historic
points of interest.
tion to MoGough. The latter is charge
ed with receiving the information.
Arrests Reported.
The nrrcst of five Irishmen and
one -Irish woman concerned in the al
leged plot wns reported by the Lon
don Daily Mail this morning. Two of
the men were said fo be sub-officers
at the Portsmouth dockyard. Those
under arrest, the Mail stated, were
extremists connected with the Irish
republic movement and the plot was
supposed to Jiave been designated to
affect injuriously the relations be
tweeu the Irish Kree State and Eng
land by creating feeling in the latter
country against the Free State.
It was said that the plot, the ex
istence of which had been suspected
for some time, was regarded aB nn
important affair over which officinls
of the home office and clliefH of
Scotlnnd yard had beeu in conference.
Intercepted letters led to the arrests
which were made in different porta of
London and in Portsmouth.
FACILITIES TO BE
I
"The legiMatnrps of Oregon, Wash
ington nrid rnlifornin, are expected
to memorialize congress to direct
survey, of the port facilities of the
Pacific coast and determine the needs
for shipping. This is expected to bo
paused this week and presented to
congress before February 1 in onh?r
for immediate action," is the report
of L. E. Bean of this city who has
been elected president of the port as
sociation of the three states formed
Saturday at Portland.
Although no port wns specifically
mentioned In the requests of the rep
resentatives attending the meeting
tJiere will undoubtedly be much bene
fit accrue to Lane by improvement
at the port of Florence, Mr. Hean
ssld.
Mr. Benn expressed sntisfactlon at
the passage of the river and harbors
bill which will provide for the dredir
Ing of three shoals from the Siuslaw
and extend the deep water facilities
of the river to the mills as fir as
Acme.
Widow Cannot Will
Benefits, is Ruling
The United States Veternns' bu
reau has advised .Miss (irate Norton,
secretary of the Lane County lied
Cross clinpter, relative to the new
adjusted service certificates Hint "u
widow cannot dlstriliute through n
will any of the benefits to which eh.'
mny be entitled, in view of Ihe fart
(list section (Win of the c clearly
provides: no pnyment sJisll he msd"
to the heirs or legal representative
of any dependent entitled thereto,
who dies before receiving all the in
stallment payments, but the re
mainder shall be paid to the depen
dent or dependents In the nejt order
of preference,"
Eugene Woman Ls
Victim of Illness
Mrs. Msr Hhort Van Cniyning
ham, 67, died At the home of her
sister. Miss Alice Hhortt 1.112 Co
lumbii avniif. this morning.
Mrs. Van Oiiyninsharn was born
in Marion, X. Y., and had lWwl
in Kugene for tlx Jast 4 years. Hhr
aa a member nf the I'reshytennn
church, and prior to com i hit to Ore
gon had lived in Hnrbestcr, X. Y.( swl
In North Takota for 13 years.
Hhe in survived by a brother. Her-
Hurt Miort. Chili, N. Y.
The body is at the Itranstctter
chapel, and funeral announcements
will be made later. The services, how-
ever, will b private, ami floral of- j
fcrings are (r'ttfully dediucd.
in
TI INJURED
WHEN
SHASTA
John Michelbrook And Son
Of Near Eugene Are
Bruised In Accident
Victims Have Narrow Es
cape From Death When
Train And Car Meet
John Michelbrook, 43, and John
Michelbrook Jr., 7, of motor routo A,
are in tho Kugene hospital with In
juries received when their automobile
crashed into the Shnsta train of tho
Southern Pacific at the Lincoln
street crossing this afternoon.
The injuries of both are not ser
ious, cunsisting of a few cuts about
the face and body from broken glass,
and minor bruises. Br, the fact that
they escaped from the accident with
their lives is considered almost mira
culous by those who witnessed the
crash.
y "I was hurrying to town to get
some .business over before ntteuding
the funeiiif of niy wife's s'ster In
Uoseburg," explained Mr, Michel
brook. "I wasn't speeding, although
a person must give the enr a little
more gas to get tip the grade at that
crossing. I am still hazy about bow
the accident happened, but I cjiiii U
recollect that I hesrd the bell at the
crossing or thnt I even saw tho train
before it struck us."
' The automobile was carried s-voral
yards down the track, and from the
manner in which it was wrecked it is
thought the train struck the ma
chine a glancing blow instead of amid
ships. The effect wna to throw the
car awny from the track some dis
tance away. Dystandera picked up
the victims and hurried Uiem to the
hospital.
Iate this afternoon arrangements
were being made to dismiss both the
patients.
mtlNOFIKU), Ore. .Ian. 10.
(Special) It may bn necentary to
build a new grade school in Spring
field. An open forum will ho held
by tho Springfield I'nrent-Tcochnr as
Hocintinii tomorrow evening at R
oVloch at tho high school to ronsider
the meiisurcs to he token to meet
the school housing problem for next
year. There are times now when the
frhool is running nt its fullest pos
sible rapacity, according to Vern I.
Rain,' principal, and after the coming
semester any increase cannot be met
with present facilities.
IMnns for the coming yenr will he
ditfciiNHcd, and I'rincipal lis in will give
a tnlk on "Tim School and the Com
munity." A program prepared by the
high school students iHI be one of
the featurcp, of the meeting. .Jessie
and Yerna Manning will sing, and
Charles Xadvomik will play a violin
solo. A reading will be given by
Myrtle llnwton. There will also be
a glee club selection.
All parents are urged by Mrs. Paul
Brattain, president of the associa
tion, to be present.
GOGS TO CORVALLIS
Arnold Collier, county club leader,
Is at Corrnllia today to confer with
state club leaders on organisation of
clubs in Lane county and to obtain
supplies for the work.
HERE FROM CROW '
T. J. iJaincwood, resident of f.chonl
district lt,"i west of Crow, was a
business visitor In nils' city today and
called at the office of K. .1. Moore,
I county superintendent of schools.
S35 2 SB
Floods
OUT AT SALEM
Repeal Of Inheritance Tax
And Prevention Of In
, come Flan Asked
Legislature Again In Ses
sion After Week-End Of
Rest From Work-
SAI.KM, Ore., Jan. 10. UP) A
plan whereby Oregon may invito pop
ulation, capital and industry by the
repeal of tho inheritance tax and pre
vention of another income tux law
was announced by Denton U. Hurdick,
speaker of the house, in on address
today before the Salem chamber of
commerce,
lty inference Mr. Hurdick recom
mended the plan which has been put
into effect In Florida and which is a
constitutional amendment barring an
income or an inheritance tax for 23
years, Uurdick's plan is bused on the
ory that tho way to rcduco taxes is
not to senrch out new Bources for tax
ation but to get inoro wealth into the
state and more people into the stato
among whom taxes may bo distrib
utcd.
LEGISLATURE REOPENS
STATIC HOUSE, SAI.KM, Jan. 10.
UP) Opening the second week of
the legislative session the senate this
morning held a tonininuto session
and tho house a 15-mimito session.
Itoth adjuorncd until '2 p. m. Sev
eral hills wero Introduced.
. All monies collected under the pro
hibition 'uw would be thrown to the
funds of the various counties under a
bill introduced today by Representa
tive North, Multnomah county.
Only ono spotlight would be permit
ted on an automobile under house bill
5-i introduced today by Shrock, Clack
amas county. The measure would pro
ride that such light would bo fastened
on the left side of the machino and di
rectly dfagonuily across to throw its
beam on tho right hniid side of the
machine. ,
Irrigation Stressed
The law relative to liens on crops
fr irrigation water furnirdied would
be tightened bp by a bill Introduced
today by Senator Davit.
The bill provides that the person or
concern furnishing the water must,
within forty days after tho water is
(Continued on pnge five)
Faust Home Broken
Into by Burglars;
Jewelry is Taken
Hiirglars entered the home of O.
A. Faust, 1.V Twelfth avenue PHst
Inst night between 0:.'t0 nnd 10::J
o'clock, and st"le a considerable quan
tity of Jewelry and other articles, it
was reported to night patrolmen.
TJie tnaniiidcrs broke through a
window,- uing an ax, and took the
following arliclra: a 17 jewel AVnl
th'im watch, hi) Ingcrftoll watch, elk
tooth, a string of pearl beads, valued
st f-". pink cameo ring, and 17 in
money. s
Skull Broken in
Smashup of Autos
A. It. Kgger of Grants Pass, whose
skull was frnrtured on the forehead
Saturday night when a light car he
was driving was turned upside down
lh a ditch near Monroe, pinning blm
beneath, was resting easily today ot
the Mercy hospital, it is reported.
The accident occurred on a dan
gerous curve, and the ambulance re
turning the victim to Kugene hnd sev
eral narrow escapes on the slippery
pavement. Kred Itaker of Springfirll
and the son of K. K. Orton of Ku
gene, driving to Portland, encountered
tli accident and rendered first aid
to the victim.
TAX PLAN FOR
ID
0 0
1 Seeks Fossils
0 - o
4k Yib v
i 0 . - . r a
mmmmtAit i 1
Fortthe first time In history scien
tists are searching, the grcnt Mojavc
desert for prehiHtoric bonea of nni
iiftls. I'rofessor A: J. Tleje, who
heads the expedition, dcclnres that
5,000,000 years ago the desert was n
g-'ertilc grassy plain. Some of the
bonea he has uncovered there are
said to be from .1.000,000 to 8000.
000 years old, noil are said to come
from prehistoric camels, . three-toed
horsca ar,d clcphnuts.
TI
PACTwmi'ir
I,OH ANGKJ Oil., .Inn. 10.
Winifred Wostovev jinrl today won a
victory over William H. "Hill" Hart,
motion picture actor, nnd obtaiued
legal right to return to screen work
tinder her full name until such time
as she should obtain a divorce by a
decision In the superior court here.
Judge Stephens held Hint a separa
tion ngreement entered into hetween
the Harts was lllegul end in contrn
ventinn of the code. Tlio onso was a
suit by Mrs. Hart for cinicellatinii
of the clause in the separation agree
ment by which she liud agreed not
to return to screen work. ,
Hurt, In combatting the suit, testi
fied that It would he considerable
damage tn him should she use the
name of Hart on the screen.
Tho court held that a trust fund of
$lo:t.(HK1 crested for her nnd a trust
fund nf f llK).(KK) for the Hart, baby
would be held intact.
STATE SUITS FILED
Two suits wero filed here today
by the state industrial accident com
mission to recover money alleged due
for protection to employes provided
by the state department. The suits
are against C. L. Itsrger to recover
S47.0,'t and against (1. (inrmire and
It. K. fierlach to recover $1--..S0".
TODAY
Uy AHTIII'lt milSltANK
(Copyright, U-", by Star Company)
One of Niipidean's sayings, mo:it
characteristic of Mm, wis "J'ordonnc,
ou Je ine tills." That tiirnns. "I give
orders, or I sny nothing.'' That de
scribes Calvin Coolidge. He proved,
as vice-president and during the cam
paign, that he kuew bow to any
nothing when not talkicg seemed
wise.
Now politicians discover thst he
also knows how In give orders. And It
doriu't please alt of them.
Th I'sullst fathers of New York
will install powerful radio station,
to cost $I0,(KH), to be used "to teocn
the truth about thf Catholic church to
tb people of the I'nlted States."
Thnt means obeying, on a gigsnlic
scale, the command to preach tha go
pel to all tha world.
Tha I'aulist fathers undoubtedly
WOMAN IVES
BRANCH
TEARS OW
Man, Wife And Baby Saved
By Merest Chance A3
Big Tree Falls
Not Even A Scratch Is Felt
By Any Of Them; All
Pinned In Bed
IIENP, Ore., Jan. 10. lP) Im
prisoned in their bed. Mr. and Mis.
1'red Nicholas and infant child, mi
raculously escaped death Sunday
when the tent in which they were,
wns crushed by a fulling tree at a log
ging camp nenr here.
The stove in tho tent had no firo
burning or it Is thought tho family'
would hnvo been burned to death, ac
cording to members of tho logging
crew who effected the rescue nftcr
more thou a half hour of hard work.
According to information reaching
this city yesterday, Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas with the baby between them
wero suddenly awakened from sleep
liy the cracking ut the tree which
was but a short distance from tho
tent, Mrs. Nicholas fur no reason sho
can give, moved her head on the pil
low just as one of the huge branch
es crashed through I;, Another brunch
smashed through the lower part ot
the lied between tho two : sleepers.
None of the three suffered even n
scratch, although neither Mr. nor Mrs.
Nicholas could apeak for five min
utes after workmen had snwed
through the tree and freed the couple.
Investigation showed that the heavy
trunk hud driven the tent pole four
feet Into the ground and It was only
tho two heavy brunches which pre
vented the Inmates from being crush
ed to death. The tree was 24 lnch-'
in diameter.
Mr. Nicholas Is employed on tho
Clyde sklddcr at llib Slicvliu-IIixtm
camp.
Senate Refuses to
Consider Question
, Of Gun Elevation
WASHINGTON. .Inn. 10.-1W i
vote of to I'i the senate rerus"il
loday to consider the uiirstlon of Ihn
elevation of guns on the J.'t American
hattlridnpH in order to give them
eiiuiil range with idiipx of the HritisU
Imltle fleet.
Chairman Hale of the nuvy com
mittee told tho seiuitn It would bo
unwise to lake affirmative action
while n protest of n foreign govern
ment In this mutter Is pen, ling.
Only one republican Johnson, of
California, supported the- motiuii,
while eight democrats) nnd one farm-cr-lnbor
Shipstend, of Minnesota
voted against it. A two-thirds ma
jority would havo been necessary to
suspend the rnlcs.
The democrats opposing the motion
were Hruco, Caraway, Dill, (Jeorge,
King, Nctly, ltalston, and Swonsou.
-Order or Keep Still
-Kttdio and IMigion
-Eclipse is Coming
will have competition, for the air
high mid wide, mid the ether through
which the radio message traveii.
reaches, to Hie farthest fixed sisr.
Ksch Individual con "tuns In" to g-;t
the message thnt he wants.
1'iifortunately, there will ptohmly
be more tuning. in for jsss music
than for religious exhortation.
Foreign scientists are coming In
rapidly rrom all directions to stn ly
the sun's eclipse. They will use It to
help verify or disprove part of tho
Kinstein theory.
And not ons ot them will be fright
ened. Nobody except a few savngi
here and there will believe, as ivery
ln)dy once believed, that an evil spirit
is trying to eat np the sun. Nobody
will kneel down and pray that the
sun msy come back to save the world
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