The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, January 23, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIigene is to Have a Men's Chorus-That is Fine-It Will be a Wholesome and Worth While Community Activity 13 ity News n THE WEATHER Oregon: Unsettled and oold- lr tonight and Saturday mod rat, touthwestorly wlnda. lemperatura Thursday: max knum, J7 degrees; minimum, i; direction of wind, south. Lit. Stg o' rlver 6 VOL. OS TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1925 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY NO. 16 HOME' EDITION fa Cotta Finished ' - intra work on the new Mo- L'ci-Schaeiera building nt Tenth i,' unil Willamette- street has finished, and workmen are now" plastering lha interior of the nC. The terra cotta finishing on iriK ttire is. exceptionally, boauti- W entrance to the new Lowell I,, having a specially prepared I, nnd the top having a border of heads across the entire length. ter water drain? arc being Install. ll,,uj the front edge of tuc room is Dismissed;'!: lie suit for ?2o,000 damages for ,(1 alienntion of the affections of tife, Sadie Mock, brought by Guy ft against J. G. Preston has been Irawn as the case has been set- (iiit of court, is the announcement. ties A. Hardy represented Mr. ion and Kred K. Smith tjie plain U. E. Hlnt'tery represented Mrs. ft who is defendant in the divorce brought by her ' husband. This was also, withdrawn. tree Is Asked llian Long filed suit for divorce ber husband J. J. Long today in bit court. Tho plaintiff charges and inhuman treatment.. -The lie were married December, 2, I, and have one daughter, age Alimony of $25 a month and :ly of the child is asked by the btiff who is represented by Clyde ohnston. k Work Progresses rk on tho remodeling of the k National bank is progressing in tisfactory manner and it is ex- ltd that within the next month lfluO.000 improvement project will mulcted. Practically all the new ires are in plocc and tJic paiut- ;nnd floor polishing will soon be r way. This part of the work is cted to take at least two weeks, 'ding to ' bank officials. bus Takers Through fed Byron and Charles E. Vogcl, rrnl census tukers of DougUs ty, have completed Uieir work have made final reports here at ffice of Iialph P. Laird, director, two inure enumerators are at in Douglas county nt present, census takers of Lane have not completed uieir count, is tno an- einent. cnzles Beat Eagles lie McKeuzio Pioneers club de ed the Kaglcs in a fust basketball flast night by a score of 7 to 5. wing the game the MeKcnzics a meeting in the centrul council i at the Y. W. C. A. Guy Green, itur from the Whitma club, gave nit talk to the 17 members prcs- Irns From Portland ink L. Chambers returned from land today r.ftor a short visit his brother C. M. Chambers wiio undergo nu operation at n I'ort liusiiitlll. Its In Portland 11. McDonald of the Hex and e theaters, is in Portland on a biess trip, nnd expects to return rilliT. Rem Star to Entertain ingeline chapter of the Order of (Coctinued on page five) FISTS FLY! C"Ty'llt) weel hurt me, ha?" demanded Tony, atepplng rer and touching Joe'a bend- eavn htm in m .Ton." pke said quietly, arid method- piiy wnt to work upon the ptnnr Tonv ir i,a,4 ht eieta r7,y- rn7 was' almost pi'led by straiRht jabs to the Pd and horfv Captain Dingle's "Wide Waters" A Great Sea Story Starta March 2 In THE GUARD . m Dry Enforcement Office Opposed SHERIFFS VOTE FDHABOUTION LI OF STATE PLAN Express Belief That Local Authorities Can Cope . With Situation Committee Named To Lay Matter Before Legislature At This Session POItTLAXD, Ore., Jan. 23. Sher. iffs of tiie state in session here to day decided to ssk the legislature to abolish the state prohibition enforce ment office now held by George L-. Cleaver. - - They passed a resolution setting out their beliefs that local authorities con euforce the law in every part of the state if the sheriffs nnd district attorneys are given a larger sbaro of dry law violation fines. . They then proposed to name a com mittee to luy it before the law-making body. ' v.. , Circuit Judge Speaks Circuit' Judge Walter H.-' Evans, who was formerly district attorney here, told the sheriffs the stuto would do well to abolish all bureau for en forcement of special laws and turn their duties over to tho local auth orities. "Hut the enforcement of any law'' be declared, "cannot precede public opinion." The sheriffs also took a fling at W. 'J. Ilerwig, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league, because of a film shown by the league in churches and before other assemblages. The film depicts supposed dealings between a crooked sheriff nnd u drj law violator. Report Discussed. Cleaver's recent report; In which the state office claimed credit for most of the fines collected from boot leggers, ami moonshiners was hotly disciiHSid, but nothing was done with it. One sheriff slnrled to berate the federal dry authorities, but he wis suppressed. Mas. Martha Itandall, of the wom en's protective division of the Port land police department, askcd the convention to indorse a bill now be fore tho legislature, regulating dnnce halls in small communities. "Federal prohibition operatives have been asked to work with couuty sheriffs and other duly elected law enforcement officers, but they will not operate on warrants issued to officers of the state prohibition de partment," said Dr. J. A. I.inville. federal prohibition director In hi ad dress before t lie sheriffs yestcrdaj afternoon. Average Salary in High Schools $1516 The nvernjrp fialnry received by men teocliers" in Inne cmimj higii school is $.r.UJ, nrrorrlinu to a survey of BJilnrirs com piled in the strife imperii. tendenl's office, received tdny In the city school office. Fourteen men are employed whose "larieti iversje while the vernge for wo met runs from $1'J."I4 to S 1 ."101!. Thirty-eight women in Lane hign. schools nverflge $1.10:2 In their anlnr ies, while five average $1170, and six nvernge Lane county Is not mentioned among the aix ranking counties, In nalnriea for, either men or women, in grades or high schools. STEAMER FOUNDERS LONDON. Jan. IK!.' -Lloyds an nounced today that the Itritish Mexi can Petroleum company's small depot steamer Hcd Line No. 1 foundered in Bristol channel lust Wrdoeadiy with a lots of nine livn. Pick Out the King Ready For a Spin Can you recognize royalty nt a glance If you con, here's where you can prove it, for one of the four gentlemen in the above pboto. is a king. He on the right is King Christian X of Denmark, busily engaged in bit favorite winter sport, ice yachting. LANE LEADS STATE T I.nnc county leads the state in the number of traveling libraries, having 10S. The neit highest number, 64, 's recorded for Marion county. These figures nre contained in the annual re port of the stnte library board, copies of which have been received by K. J. Moore, county superintendent of schools. The 10S traveling libraries in Lane directed by the stnte library offcinls reported 1058 borrowers during the past year. A total of 473 shipments of hooks were sent out from the state library to Lane and these contained 14117 volumes, tho aununl report shows. Tho field included by the traveling libraries covers 101 school districts of the county which Ib the largest number of nny one county of the state, the report states. "The I.ane county school districts have shown a keen 'nterest in the fa cilities for obtaining books through the plan of shipments from the state library nnd every district some time during the yenr received consignments of books," Mr. Moore states. The facilities of the travel!ng li brary are available for organizations eomminVty clubs and information on applications for this service can be obtained from the state library board. Talk of Educator To Be Interesting J. A. Churchill, atate superintend ent of public instruction, who will speak at the teachers institute; to he hold at the Frances Willnrd high school Katurday, January HI. at 10 a. m., has an Important and interest ing message for all educators of I,ane county and efforts are being made to have a large attendance at the meet ing. Notices are being sent out today from the office of the county super intendent of schools to all comity dis tricts. "We desire every teacher, who can possibly comr, to be here, as it will probably be the only opportune ity of bearing Superintendent Church ill in Lane county this school is the announcement. MR. COOPER NOMINATED WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.1.ltobert A. Cooper, former governor of Houth Carolina, waa nominated by President Coolidge today for reappointment to the federal farm Ivan board. n ,5S FAILS TO APPEAR BEFORE OFFICIALS STATE HOUSE, , SALEM, ' Ore., Jan. 23. Although he hail promised to appear before the prohibition de partment Invesigating committee yes terday afternoon and a meeting was called especially for the purpose, Clyde N. Johnston, former district attorney for Lane county failed to show up. The committee voted to subpoena Johnston. Commissioner Cleaver himself was present and offered to tell the com mittee about bis dealings with John ston, but the committee desires to have tho two men face to faco when each offers hia testimony. Former District Judge Ashby C. Dickson was called as a witness by the committee yesterday and all his testimony tended to fnvor Clesver and the agenta employed by him. Mr. Dickson said that as far as he knew Cleavor always cooperated with the local officers of -Multnomah county. Three Bandits Are Caught by Quick Work of Officers MEDFORD, tw., Jan. 2.1. At 7 o'clock Inst night three men In an automobile from Las Angeles held up at the point of a pistol the I'nlon Service station nt Ashland and took 718 in cash. State Motor TrnfLe Officer J. J. McMabon wea called nt once from the tiieater next door, nnd with (iiime Warden Hoy Parr, started an Inves tigation which resulted in one of the robbers being , captured In the ctr in on Jioitr, and who Is alleged to have confessed that his two compan ions were enroute by foot to Sledfor.l. In the captured car, McMahon, Parr and Chief of Police McN'abb of Ashland Intercepted the two men in front of Jackson hot springs and cap tured them. The three men mode a confession, according to the officers', stating thnt they bad stolen the car in Los An gelei and enroute to Ashland had committed burglaries In two towns. The Uiree iirmner give their names as JioJand. Eastwood, unnat tirsliced Eruiliihman, .10; Nte Elecli, Los Angeles, 2.; and Itobert Duff, Sao Francisco, IS. F ILAN STONE .Ifjfi BL Senators . Ask Further In quiry Into Case In Which He Acted As Counsel Move la Started By Senator Overman, Democrat, Of North Carolina WASHINGTON, Jun. V,23. Addi tional opposition to the confirmation of the nomination of Attorney Gener al fcStono to be a supreme, court jus tice developed today in (he senate be cause of the inovo by the department of justice to return here a second indictment against Senator Wheeler, democrat, of Montana. Thero were in dications thnt the matter would be made the subject of senate debate. ACTION BLOCKED WASHINGTON. Jan. VP) Confirmation of the nomination of Attorney General Stone to be an as sa'iatc justice of the supreme court is befng blocked hi the'senttte to per in it further iinpiiry into a case In which he acted as counsel for the ex ecutors of J. Tierpont Morgan. Senator Overman, democrat, of North Carolina, who had the nomina tion held up for a. time in (lie judiciary committee has been joined in his re quest for delay by other senators, In cluding Hcflin, democrat, of Alabama. OTHER ACTION DEFERRED -WASHINGTON, Jan., OP) Action on the nomination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan to be attor ney general was deferred today by a senate judiciary sub-committee on the insistence of Senator Walsh, demo crat of Montana. CLEAR LAKE PLAN SUBJECT OF BILL WASHINGTON, .Ian. V!3. A bill which would enable cities In the Wil lamette valley in Oregon to proceed with a plan to develop n water supply was Introduced todny by Itcprceeuto live Ilawley. The measure would auHiorlce grant of approximately twenty lec tiona of federal government land around the hendwntera of the Me- Kemlo river In the vicinity of Clear Lake to on organization which It i proposed to have the state legislature desiguata as an agency for construc tion, and land also would be granted at water development organisation for a reserve supply. The organiza tion would have authority to construct and maintain necessary dams, bead gates, pipe lines, reservoirs and other appurtenances needed In Its program. The land affected would remain tin der supervision of the forest service. Winnipeg Wheat Passes $2 Mark WINNIPKIJ, Mun., .Inn. Xi -Wheat touched I'-' a bushel here t"day for tho first time since the World war and passed thiit figure, The market was strong nt the opening, but the at which (he Mny bilure (old, wai reached by a steady advance, and wn only 1ialf cent aSove yesterday's clos ing price. By noon May was l'J.01 and pricea aeeined firmer than ever. INVESJIOATION PLANNED CHICAGO, .Ian. 'i'l. Preparations to prosecute Itaymond J. Itisrhoff. arrested yesterdsy in Los Angeles o charges of having swindled upwards of wOOO persons, mostly fore gners, out nf approximately $1,500,000, to dsy Included an investigation of anr political connivance of bis ecape two years ago after bia rclraso iu bonds NOMINATION 0 BE! BLOCKED DECLARED NEAR I i S Vl fta F IF Private Meeting Held In An Effort To Save Situa tion, But Fails Stephen G, Porter Of United States Plans To Leave Tor America SHANGHAI, Jan. 23. A promi nent missionary today informed a Renter's correspondent that tho mili tary authorities in tho province of Fukien had beheaded L'OO Christian Chinese farmers because they refus ed to grow opium. Tho missionary added that although tho Chinese offi cials were compelling the fnrmera to cultivate opium, 15(10 Christian fami lies bad refused to obey the orders and that the executions followed. MEETING HELD GENEVA, Jan. S3. W) A pri vate meeting today between Repre sentative Stephen G. Torter, of the United States and Viscount Cecil of Great Britain In an attempt to save the. opium conference from a break down resulted In failure. Mr. Porter stated that unless condi tions changed radically, bo would re turn to the United States within a few days. : j "I consider the situation has reach ed such a stage thnt my continued presence would imperil The Hague opium convention," Mr. Porter said. Previously under the chairmanship of Dr. Zahle of Denmark, the repre aentatives of the countries having far eastern possessions, where the opium smoking prnctica prevails, held a pri vate meeting to framo the text of a resolution setting up the joint com mission nnd to examine (.enernlly n8 to means for saving the conference from a breakdown. The joint commission idea was evolved as a possible means of get ting around tho difficulty caused by tho fact that the British and other delegations maintain that the opium smoking problem lay entirely within tho province, of tho first conference, immediately preceding the present one and that tho latter conferenco Is not competent officially to rakj up tho problem nf opium smoking, as Insisted by Mr. Porter. Mr. Porter expressed the opinion that the best procedurn would ba to eonvuke a new conference with opium amoking clearly on the agenda. Woman Hunter of Alma Gets Bounty Ouda Gold, wife of Charles Hold, of the Alma district In southern I.anf county was paid the county bounty today for the killing of a bobcat near her home. This is the first bounty paid to a woman this yrar for bring lug down a predatory. Mr. (iold was her! today and reported that there are plenty of "wild kitties" In the Al ma section with a ffw cougars also prowling through tho limber. , A bobrnt bounty was also paid to (,'. A. 1'ark of McKenzio bridg at the office of the county clerk. Night Fire Takes Auto Warehouse BI'A'II, Ore., Jan. BI.KIre of tin known origin Inst night destroyed an automobile warehouse and eight auto mobiles which were atored In it. Tho cars were aecond hand machines and were valued at between f 100 and $.00 each. Absence of wind is thought to have saved a number of nearby buildings which seemed threatened for a tim". Hoy Foi owned the building, which was partly covered by insurance. It was vilu'd at flliiNJ and la a total lost. HD01 0 CONFERENCE IS ?WT?vT!tv. jCt&K. ITWW'IHl i i r j v v . i I i r I To Be Transferred Alanson B. Houghton of New York now ambassador to Germany, hi to be transferred to London, succeeding: Ambassidor Frank B. Kellogg, new ly appointed ecretary of atate. Today Is Busy Day At Salem Senate. Resolution Introduced for constitu tional amendment prohibiting Inheri tance tax nud incomo tax. Another rcaolution introduced to prevent enactment of Income tnx law before 1050. Passed house bill introduced by Multnomah delegation to reinovo 0.5 mill tnx limit in Portland school dis trict Staples bill providing that , the compensation of appraisers of estates shall not exceed $u a day .woa pnaieiU Following senate bill were Introduc ed today: S. ll. lil, Dennis Taylor and Rit ner Providing for normal school east of CaHcadc mountains. S. B. 01, eastern Oregon senators and representatives Providing for relief of grain farmers. S. B. 0."p, Senator Upton and Repre sentatives Hamilton, Collier and Bur dick Providing for puro water sup ply for Bend. 8. B. 00, providing for coloniza tion of idle lands. House Adopted house joint resolution No. 3 which would provide a constitution al amendment permitting Klamath county to issue bonds to cover out standing warrants up to April 1, HUH, adopted. About $T.S,000 Is necessary. Adopted senate Joint memorial No. 1 calling for federal recognition of tho Umatilla rapids project nnd its hydro-electric development. Passed bouse bill -0 providing for classifying a thrce-rpinrtera ton ca pacity motor vehicle carrier as a truck. Passed house kill 117 providing thnt foster parents may be beneficiaries under Insurauce policies of adopted children. Passed house M'l IS extending the time limit for obtaining refund on gas oline taxes for farmers nnd otbcia using tho fuel for other than motor vehicles. Passed bouse bill 110 giving frnter- nal Insurauce organirations more lat itude in the disposition of surplus funds. I'.i-servlce men may transfer their loan securities under on amendment (Coutluued on page three) TODAY By AltTlII'It BltlSBANE (Copyright, P.)2 by Slur Company) Our European friends, statesmen of England, France, etc., say tb.s couu try is now lied up In the reparations mess, and that we have mndc our selves practically responsible for tier many' debts. Our talesmen say no, we were only trying to get a few hundred mil lion dollars jut of the scramble. In any case, you vill probably dis cover that ne have given Europe a chance lo say, by and by: "You have not kept fnllh and so we shall not pay what we borrowed from you." John Kuehp and Albert Joe fought desperately with heavy mops. Before they were sepsralcd, Kuehn was kill ed. Keeper overpowered Joe, tbo FLORIDA PLAN SUGGESTED BY BRUGE OENNIS People Of State Would Bo Called Upon To Vote On Amendment Believes Industrial Expan sion Would Result In Lower Taxe3 STATE HOUSE, SALUM, Ore., Jan. 23. Of) Both senate and house adjourned at noon until . 11 u'ebek Monday morning. STATU, HOUSE, SALEM. Ore., Jan. 23. A resolution rcfjrrinjr to a voto of tJui people u constitutional amendment Inhibiting the levying o( nny inheritance or income tax Ju the stnlo of Oregon was introduced in the semi to today by Senator Bruce Dennis. It Is patterned closely after a con-' stitutinnnl amendment recently n.lupt ed in Florida prohibiting inheritance. and Income taxes. Senator Denuls ex pressed the opinion that if the meas ure Is ndoptcd by the people of tix state there will also bo an influx of capital into Oregon for Industrial ex- pnnsiou and the development of its resources. " : " ,. Tliia industrial expansion and de velopment would in turn result in lower taxes, he mi id. . . . "My reasons for lutrdtliiclna this" nieuatira, which, if referred by the legmhiture nnd later enacted by Uie people of lhc atate, plainly Consti tutes a bid nnd an Invitation by Ore' gon to tho people of tho middle west nnd cast to coma hero and'msko their homes nnd do business unhiirriiMsed by the constant cliiiiijjing of tax 1:1a." (Continued on pue three) ST H I IIvADKLPI I IA.. Jan. .23. Eu gene Kterker, n!fo known tin Iko Sterker, who aided (irover Bergdoll, millionaire draft, dodger to - escape from hit mother home here In 10-it, utirrendered today to government of ficial in the federal building. He said he left Bergdoll in Germany. - HteckerlH held under $10,000 bail for trial on charge's of aiding hi ItergdolI'M escape tind of harboring a fugitive from jutttlre. He told of fieinls his hair had turned gray from, worry. Sleeker said ho had a row wiMi Bergdoll about three years ago wbru he wanted him to return to thin rouu try and surrender. Ninro then, ho aaid. he had neeti Itcrgdoll often but wbh not very friendly with hlin. Sterker Maid he came to this city about ten days ago and waudered around not knowing where tit go. II in wife, who divoreed him, went to Gcr majy and Ib still there. H ' . Good Excuso Given Two Miinincs Fight Two Billion Hours winner. Both were mad men and fought In an ssylum. "Ub," you say. "crasy, eli. That explains it.'' What does It explniu? Were those two ma niacs any mora crazy or wild tb.m the clvilir.ed nations that recently started fighting and kept at it until millions were killed? . . . Just you mnko up your mind that prohibition is a failure, because the rich man gets what he wants, when he wants it, etc., statistic come abmg to make you think agaiu. More money in saving banks, few er citixrns in Jaila, some jails closed, fewer go to insane asylums. Bigger wages might explain some of that. But then comes this; In New York, (Continued on page (our) .