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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was also, withdrawn.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
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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.
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,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
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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.
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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) .