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VOL. 68
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
EUGENE, OREGON', SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1925
TODAY'S NEWS TODAV
NO. 1G
Stipliaiiw", -
Ln o( winJ. uth- S'8 '
Civer. 5 8
jntr Is Wednesday
;,t. oluaus nuunj
v f the First Methodist church
' sire a birthday dinner, rcpre-,!-
tJie 12 months, Wednesday
niuV January 2S at 6:30 o'clock in
church. Trocecds from the affair
lo ho S"n th6 0,(1 POOP''8
,P In Salem. The dinner is given
nally and large crowd attended
one eiven ast Reservations
add be phoned to telephone num-
BStl J or 373 before Tuesday
Lbration Planned
final plans for tho celebration of
icntli birthday anniversary on
Iruary 0 were mnde by Four-Oaks
Le in its session last evening.
L oliservnnec will be held in the
of the grange. E. A. MeCornnok
. the surprise stunt nt last night's
Ltinf. nud an interesting lecture
was held following the business
Lion. On Februnry 1!! the grange
meet (lgnio with group 1 planning
nil program of entertainment and
bits.
hinion Plans Made
Who reunion of ex-service men of
lie county, set for Februnry 12 at
armory, will include from 20 to
iiirofcssionai vaucicviiiK m-is, iu w-
iked iu Portland and Seattle, it
decided at the committee of vet-
Ins, meeting last night at the cha'.n-
nf commeree. Hands, sideshows,
-essions and oilier forms of
hsement will be kept fc"ing during
reunion, wiich is to open nt 8 p.
and close at 2 o'clock the next
ruing. At least. 1200 ex-service
Li are expected to attend.
Lrtsmen to Gather
Several local sportsmen have been
ted to attend the annual meeting
banquet of the Santiam Fish and
me Protective and Propagation as-
Mation which will be held at the
Inny city hall next Monday evening
Irting nt 7 o'clock. Captain A. E.
ghduff, state game warden, will be
ng the prominent speakers to be
tsent, according, to the program
pared by the Linn county organiz-
nker's Article Published ,
l-'inaiicing Community Projects,"
'the title of an article in the current
of "Oregon Business," official
iliration of the Oregon state cham-
of commerce The article is a re
nt of the speech of C. D. Rorcr.
idcnt of the Bonk of Commerce
Eugene, delivered at the annual
ting of the stntc chamber held at
tland recently
Ilurn From Salem
!udge C. I. Bnrnnrd and Comniis-
r Clinton Hurd returned last
ruing from Salem where they at-
l.-il committee meeting to discuss
proj osed chnnge in utate law por
ing to market roads. Conimission-
II. Crowe is now in "Western
o on n road inspection trip mid
iiiialile to attend the meeting
Mi the slnte legislators.
leased From Jail
'. ,1. Fuller nud ('. F. MoCliinlnn
i' released from the county jnil
ng served out 'I heir fines of
li mi elinrges of shooting phrnsnnts
nf season. The men were arrest
1urinE Ihe henvy snow last month
n Hie state game commission nnd
rtsinen were oiiilenvoring lo save
lives of the game birds by feed-
pluming From Seattlo
1. Kirelmff, loeal insurance
it, who will represent the Kugene
(Continued on page five)
Uory of One
hdvcrliscr Who
Ivcpl .tight ;1i it.
'tin' i,f hr most nersislent ad-
rfivers in the history of success
's Ilohiiisoii Crusne. lie knew,
ml he wanted-n. ship nnd put
nil ad for one. lie flung a
f irl on a pole, at the lop of his
;"ii'l: Hint, in the language of
n son. was plain o every sea-
iring innn. The circulation was
all there was no other mod-
'"it Crusoe kept at it, despite
't Hint he got no inquiries
r a long time, lie rhHtigeil his
I'V a- one garment after an-
nor was f raved out and In the
I; 1 g't what he wanted.
!"iipose Crusoe had taken down
," siiinil nfter a time and dcclar
p' "advertising doesn't pay."
here would he and his story be
l'ut np your signal and
"P it there. Crusoe advertised
' der very discouraging circum-'.inec-..
YouVe got a sure thing
r " ' only necessary to have the
fc'iu-tVe. persistence and pluck of
J I'in.on Crusoe, and the good
f -P. (letter Husine,,,
will soon
f 'P 'lomidt jour pier.
OREGON CIS
SEEK OLD-TIME
E'
Steps Toward Constitutional
Amendment Are Taken
At Portland
Officials Of 29 Cities Of
State Attend; Others
Send Messages
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 24. Steps
toward submission of a constitutional
amendment restoring to Oregon mun
icipalities the right of "home rule"
in strictly municipal affairs were tak
en at the organization meeting of the
Leoguc of Oregon Cities here today.
Officials of 29 Oregon cities attend
ed nnd muny other municipal officers
wrote letters subscribing to the or
ganization but stating that it was im
possible for them to be here.
Commissioner A. L. Barbour of
Portland, father of the movement was
elected temporary chairman of the
association and Mayor W. H. Miller
of Gold Hill was chosen temporary
secretary. l.
.ftevoral speakers complained of
gradual reduction of municipal gov
ernment by 'the legislature and Chris
Sehuebel of Oregon ; City " 'suggested
that a legislative committee bo named
to visit the legislature nnd attempt
to have the constitutional amendment,
which could give to the cities supreme
power to govern themselves within
their own limits, submitted to the
people by the lcgislatur.
Game Refuge is
To be Opposed
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan.
24. Vigorous protest against the
establishment of the proposed
game refuge in Klamath and Jack
son counties was voiced by Klam
ath county sportsmen at a mass
meeting hero last night. Follow
ing the general meeting the Klam
ath Sportsmen's association, with
but one dissenting vote, urged that
the bilf now brjoro the legislature
be difoiilcd nt this session.
A petilion signed by approxi
mately 7511 of the leading sports
men nf this section will be for
warded u 'ho legislators, prole-ding
against Hil game refuge bill.
20 Autos Without
Lights Are Tagged
Twenty automobiles in Eugene
were "tugged" by night patrolmen
Inst iiighl. with die result thnl Judge
fleorge A. tiilinorc in municipal court
was kept busy this morning hearing
the excuses, pretexts find alibis of
fered by the- erring motorists.
Without exception, earh man who
brought in a tag, received a fine of
?2 for his mistake. Those who were
fined were W. K Moxley, Clarence
.1. Bradley, Thelma Kimherling, An
drew Knrpeuslein, Arthur M. Miner,
fleorge Willielm and W. A. Hummel.
The remainder were cited to appear
this nfternoon.
Safety Engineer
To Give Address
Oeorge M. Ail ken. SHfely engineer
of the National Pnfety Council. Tort
land, will he the jpeaker at a meet
ing of Ibe 4 1. foe-ety t the W, O.
W. hall In Sprinjfield at 7:SO oYlo. k
Monday eveninr. II Is announeed.
Mr. Aitkn will lecture with st're
optiron views, and efforts are being
mnde to get nut a good audience for
hi addres.
RESERVE DECREASES
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. The ac
tual condition of clearing house
hnnka and trust . companion for)
the. week chow an eioesa In re-j
serve of Jtl.SllIUO. This Is at
decrease of J2S.61S.SSf compared
with last week. I
E ARTHQUOK E FELT
TOKIO, Jan. 24 A aharp earth
quake nf ten aeeonda duration was
felt hero at 6:20 p. m. today.
1
Km
K1
Sun's Eclipse By
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f.: r
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The "Creation," an oratorio by
Hnydn, has been chosen as the major
work to he given by the Kugene Ora
torio soclr.v 'his spring. The selec
tion was ii.mL ny the executive com
mittee composed of Mrs. A. C. Dixon,
Dean John T.aildsbury and C. I). Hov
er, acting with tleorge II. .McMoiran.
president, and .1 din Stark Kvuns,
musical direetor.
A very large membership has al
ready been enrolled in the society tin.l
the number will now be limited o
1.10. Members voted nt the lust ro-lieai-snl
to purchase their own copies
of the music Instead of paying dues,
nnd it is expected by the committee
iu charge to hnvc sufficient copiea of
the "Crenth'ri" on hiinil at the re
hearsal next Monday night so that
each member can buy his own copy nt
tltot time. Members who already have
copies Jinve been asked to bring them
ami will n'd need to buy new ones.
Only n few more members can be
taken into Ibe society and thoBC in
terested are asked lo apply at on..e
to the director, or lo some member
of-the voice committee, composed of
Mrs. Anih lloyt Itae, J-JlVt Washing
ton Btreet, Mine. Itose Mctiraw, and
John It. Siefert uf the university
school of music.
Census Takers to
End Work in Week
Seventeen federal farm cenms Ink
ers are still in the field in I.nne, Coos.
Douglas and Josephine counties and
all are expected to complete their
work next week and turn in the final
data thnt will be the basis. for the
government agricultural statisiica for
the next five years, is he report of
Italph I'. I.iiird. dim-tor, today.
Charles C. Jones of Coos county Is
the lntest lo turn in a report on his
district having completed work this
week, Mr. I.aird states.
Pending Laws For
Oregon Discussed
To liriiii landing Jrginlnlion tint
in of .ntrp'wt to the far mem of the
xtate, rommittern of the J.ane county
Orange ami the 1'armem I'nion in1!
thin mornin with membem of the
Lane delegation to the noue aud een
ate. The meeting beM at th
roni of the cliamber of coinmerfe
and report" on the rogrra of ma
urea favored by the agricultural In
to re is were diJtcined.
, ill' ttei j
! lfiJ . i
i Mmtm vx I
ffLl
la
Moon Observed From
m i- . r, i
LAW MAKERS FACE
"With two weeks of the srsnion
pnst we are now getting down to defi
nite action and from now jim them
will be a ooiii'tnnt proginm of legis
lative work' i stbe coin me nt of J.
S, Magladrv, I.ane county senator,
who returned here lust evening fal
lowing adjournment for the week-end.
' Whether the heavy- legislative inr-.
tion in view will necessitate night '.-1
nioti8 of the huit.ie nud semtte hai
not yet been determined, Mr. Mni
Indry fan.
The niriiHine providing for tuinit i
tion of onto camp grounds of the
state seems to have hid conidernlilc
support Among the legislators, the
senator states. TJiih mnisurn h hack
ed by the Kugene chamber of com
merce and Mr. Mnghiriry in chairman
of (h committee of the local organ
ization recently named to fnnnc the
hill.
Clyde N. Johnston
To Attend Hearing
Clyde N. Johnston, former district
attorney of Iine, will appear before,
th legislature's committee next Mon
day in the investigation now under
way of the state prohibition depart
ment. Mr. Johnston was unable to be
nt the. meeting of the committee
Thursday having been at Portland at
(he state meeting of the sheriff's
Association. Mr. Johnston was also
admitted to practice in the federal
courta while At Portland.
Home, very interesting facts on tho
state, prohibition department as it in
cluded Lane county in its program of
enforcement will be told the state
committee, Mr. Johnston said today.
Many items in the report nf the
prohibition department including
amount of finca collected arc held to
he misleading, in the opiuion of the
former Ijtne official.
County Agent Has
Compliments Paid
That I.ane county is to be congrat
ulated nn baring (). K. Fletcher as
new county agent here, is the word
received by C 1. Korer, president
of the Hank of Commerce, from J.
II. Kearden, assistant state club lea I
er of the t'nirersity of Idaho. "The j
best county Agent in Idaho,' Is the
compliment paid Mr. Fletcher by the
state club official, commenting on bis
work as county agent fur five years I
at Moscow. f
Land And Air
f .Above is shown the tinted St n ten
T)H'f, tllrtgihlo Ii'in AiiK'-lec, flying
tvlglt nhove the clotula todny. beuriug
bvientistg who nre obnorving tho
?dippe of the iuu. At tho left is Uie
Loomis uiPiuoruil telescope at tho
Vnle. ohsprvator.v, through which the
olnr rc'ipsp was beit:g ybserved.
Three Bridges !
For Mill race !
Are Discusd
Krection of three new bridges ia
.tliacnucd by members of tho city
council to ppnn the mill race nt Alder,
Hil.vaid and Patterson strceta to re
place present; structures which are
he'd lo be unsightly and although uot
considered to be dangerous are i!
o be such that exteuaivo repairs muy
lij ncci-j-suiy i the near future. ,
5 l'Ujn and - specification 1. of th
threeMropoied bridges will be pre
pared by Harry Dcvereaux, city en
gineer, for presentation to the coun
cil wJio will act unfile plan and dis
cuss inc.'UB of fiuuncing the buildi-ig,
it is annuuneed,
The proposed briifxcs will be of
timber construction and will be. erect
ed by the city crews, according to
present plans, is the opinion of the
members of the council. ,
George W. Spores
Of Mohawk is Dead
George W. Hporcs, til, of Mohawk,
d.ed this morning at the Springfield
hospital from complications arising
out nf an attack of blood poison in
his linnd.
Mr. Spores is survived by bla
widow, Mrs. Joule Spores; a son, Mur
v i it Spores; and a daughter, Mis.
Carrie 1. Moore, nil of Mohawk. He
also leavcH f-jir brothers and three
sisters.
Mr. Spores xvas horn, and spent his
entire life on the farm at which he
lived on Springfield route J. Me wan
6 member nf the Woodmen of the
World nt Springfield, nnd the Metho
dist Kpiscopal church.
Th body is at the Vealch chapel in
Kugeue, and the funeral announce
ments will be made later.
Damages by Iliver
Are Told to Court
That the Willamette river is cut
ting away the bank one and one-balf
miles east of lioshcn and that there is
danger that farms there and ln the
cftunty rond may be considerably dam
aged, is the report received by the
county courts p. M. Morse, county en
gineer, on his return from Western
I,nne where he has been impeding
road work, will make sn inspection of
the Willamette banks and determine
steps to be taken to halt the inroad
fif the stream, according to Clinton
Hurd, county commissioner.
Car Tag Purchase
In County is Light
So f.-tr this yesr the sale of tem
pi. rary automobile licenses At the of
f'ce of Sheriff Taj lor has lieen below
IhM of a similur period last Tear, ac
cording to a report today of Mtis
Ilfiilub Weaver, In charge of the li
cense issuing. Since )ecember 21
nkn the sale started a total of i-'K,
have been told here. !,at year tbe
totnt was 180 for simitar period,
Miss Weaver states. The sale of the
temporary tags for the first few dnv
was far below the figures of but
lately the business has been better.
SENT
DOORS TO TALK
OF NOMINATION
Close Vote Results In Ex
ecutive Session To; Dis
cuss Mr.. Stone
. V
Regular Business Taken Up
After An Hour Of
Secret Session
WASHINtiTq.V, Jan. 24. 0
Itepublican lentils Invoked the aen
ate rules today to shut off an lnclp
ient discussion In the open of Attor
ney General Stone's nomination to
the mi pre me court.
When Senator Heflin,. democrat,
Alabama, one of those who have ad
vocated further investigation of the
matter sought to apeak, Senator Cur
tis of Kansas, .the republican leader,
made a point uf order that Auch a
question .could be discussed only in
executive aesmon.
President Cuoimlna upheld the ob
jection, but (Senator llcflin contend
ed that ho wanted to correct a state
ment In the New York World that he
was opposing Stono's confirmation be
cause he was an attorney for J, Plor-
'iont Morgan, '
Mr, Stone Opposed
;.)Yito Seuator; Overmnqj , democrat,
North Carolina, Senator Iloflin said
he opposed Mr. Stone only because of
Ms arguments before the, supreme
court fu the Ownhey caae, which In
volved a Htlgnlion affecting the Mor
gun e&tute.
' "That's right," said Senator Over
man." ' ,
Senator Watson, republican of In
diana, objected to further observa
tions of that kind, but Senator Reed,
democrat of Missouri, took lip the
argument of the other side and Pres
ident Cummins ruled that Senator
Heflin answer the newspaper story.
Insurgents Act.
Objection again wns raised how
ever, and then the l,al'ollftte insur
gents and some others. Including Sen
ator Horah, republican of Idaho, join
ed with the democrats In on effort to
go Into executive session. This was
explained as a move to avoid techni
calities, it being planned lo open the
doors later so the discussion could go
in "open executive session."
The motion to close the doors car
ried, ."-7 to :(.
After it had been pointed out by a
number of senators that tho senate
had decided to postpone consideration
of the nomination until next Monday
"fennlor Heflin agreed to let the mat
ter go over until that time.
No Word Given
There was no public announcement
of what had occurred in the executive
session, but Heflin announced later
that be would preia bis effort to have
Ihe discussion on (he nomination In
the open.
At the end of almost sn hour the
executive session broke up nnd the
senate proceeded with regular busi
ness. It is understood Senator Walsh,
democrat of Montana, brought up Ihe
proposed new indictment against Sen
ator Wheeler, democrat,' Montana, In
the discussion.
The general opinion wns expressed,
however, that (his should be consid
ered srpsrntely from tho uomluntion
of Mr. Stone.
Prisoner Admits
Theft of Gloves
Louts Miniehello hails from Coney
Inland, New York, where selling a
sold brick Is pert nf the day's work
fnr Ihe "con men" who operate at the
famous pleasure resort.
!.oui tried sonie of his felling tac
tics in Kugene last night, and encoun
tered night patrolmen as he was at
tempting to peddle a pair of light kid
gloves to a prosper! for Tit) cents. He
was taken to the city Jnil where he
Admitted to having stolen the gloves
from Ihe Y. M. C. A. in I'ortlsnd.
The prisoner wns held today while
officers tried to get In touch with the
1'orllsud 'V."
5)
Rock Hurtles
Into Home as
People Sleep
K1.AM.VT1I FAU.S, Ore., Jan. 2i.
W) A ten-ton boulder, loosed from
Its moorings on top of the mountain
three miles north of Alfoma, ernshed
down tho mountain side at exactly
1 o'clock this morning and struck the
houso owned by AVilliam I'hrman of
Algoma, but occupied by the family
nf Steve Masters and Karl Krauss.
Tho boulder panod completely
through five rooms of the residence
and demolished furniture and every
thing in its path. It was a narrow es
cape for the sleeping occupants. The
rock struck and demolished the crib
occupied by the Master's baby, but in
some manner tho child miraculously
escaped unharmed. The woman occu
pants have not yet recovered from the
shock.
The' rock was about ten feet in
diameter snd' after wrecking the
house rolled outside and took off the
corner of the garago but missed the
car and crashed into the woodshed
uhe.ro It came to rest.
' Organization of a Kugeno branch of
the National League of Women Vot
ers Is boing planned by local women,
it is announced today. Work of the
league will bo explained at a meeting
at tho Oshurn hotel Tuesday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock, and an invita
tion is extended to all women inter
ested. MiBS Hester Ilolfingshead, re
gional secretory of the national lea
gue, is in Kugene in tho interest of
the organization.
Among Ihe women of Eugene al
ready interested in the league are
Mrs. J. Bishop Tingle, Misa Gertrude
Talbot, .Mrs. E. T. Hodge, M.S. Lynn
S. Mc-Cready, Mrs, Virginia .Tudy Ka
tcrly, Mrs. W. A. Lydick, Mrs. E. J.
1'roiier, Mrs. l-'rank l'"ay Kddy, Mrs.
I-'. X. Scliaefers, Mrs. llruco J. Glf
f in, Mrs. Louis K. Uean,"Mri. Eric W.
Allen, Mrs. George. lichee and Misa
Mozclle llnir.
"The National League of Women
Voters was organised In February,
1020," says Miss llolllngahend, "after
the passage of tho suffrage amend
ment, for tho unpartisan political cd
ucution of women. It waa organized
by women llko Carrie Chapman Cntt,
who felt that If women's vote! were
not to complicate present-day prob
lems they must be used not only con
scientiously hut Intelligently. The
organization has bad a rapid growth
and there l a branch in virtually
every state In the union.'
"Th. National League of Women
I
TODAY5
Tlr ARTHUR BHI8BANK
(t'opyriaht, 102", by Star Company)
If renorls sre accurate Irotzsy
htis fallen from power. Ho la sold to
acquiesce meekly In the decision of
his noliticsl enemies, stripping of his
.Utilities m head of Ihe Russian army.
if that's true there la something
the matter with Trotzky's mental
fighting ipparstus. He had his chance
when be had Die red army under hia
orders, and Jnin, dying, left the
whole of Rusjin lo Buy man able to
seize ,h. power.
Trotzky seems lo lack Ihe power
of a Danl.m, Houesplrrro or Marut.
Those men know how lo fight for
what they thought was theirs and
how to (lie cheerfully.
...
Robert Reidl, who lives on Long Is
land, is a Seventh Day Adrrntist, has
sold his winter potatoes, bis house-
bold furniture and all his property.
lie believea that the world la lo end
on February 0, Mrs. Roweu, prophet,
fixed that a Jute. About rebruary 7
Mr. Reidt will wi.h that he had his
winter potatoes back.
...
.
What this eccentric gentleman
iinmI:
exposures of
lunar shadow
Twelve Photographs Taken
As Dark Wave Races
.With Time
Mercury Drops To 20 Dat
grees Below Zero Aa J
Sun Hides
MITCIIEL FIELD, N. T , Jan. 24J
W) An airplane directed from the
ground by Dr. David. Todd, professor
emeritus of astronomy at Amherst
College, landed today with 12 ex
posures of the racing shadow of thai
moon taken of the eclipse from an
altitude of 10,000 feet.
The fliers said all the photographs
should develop perfectly and show a
shadow of the moon, a perfect circle
of darkness 100 miles in diameter
with a rim of flashing scarlet, snap
ped aa it alid toward the Atlantic
nt a speed of nearly one mile a sec
ond. During the period of totality the
fliers reported, when tho moon's re
flected circle of darkuess was rush-'
ing along beneath them, surrounded
by ordinary duyllght, . the .mercury
dropped to 20 degrees below zero.
... ... , '
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ; .
Dreams of astronomers of seeing a
total eclipse of tho sun under Ideal
conditions were realized touay In New .
York and New England. In Michigan
nnd Ontario and at Niagara Falls,
however, clouds and low visibility
frustrated scientific tests.
Especially In New York City, wit
nessing its first total eclipse In 110
years, was the spectacle magnificent.
When the momentary blackness - of
midnight nt 0:11 a. m. was accompan
ied by the beautiful sight of the cor
ona thero was enthusiasm. Watchers
on akyscrapers and hilltops applauded
and cheered. ( .
Excellent scientific observations
were made by home and visiting
scientists at Cornell and Yale, almost
in the center of the totality area, and
also aboard the navy dirigible Los
Angeles, The sky ship named for the
angels hovered over the Island vt
Nantucket, Mass., and sent word by
radio through the heavens that the
results of the trip were excellent.
First reports of the ' results ot
scientific tests concerned the radio.
At Yerkes observatory, Iron Moun
tain, Mich., a slight Increase In vol
ume and clarity of the radio was no
ted. At Waterbury, Conn., a marked
departure from direction of tho tons
wave was apparent.
The Radio Corporation of America
In New York reported that its tests
(Continued on ;ge two)
Trotzky's Ooodbyo
Ho Sold His Tubers
Guns To Stay Down
does, aa an Individual, was formerly
done nn a big scale. At the beginning
of the year 1000, many got rid ot
their property, put on white robes,
nnd walked to the top of some hill,
ready to be taken up to heaven. Yon
can Imagine how they felt when they
marched down again, and found
'others occupying their houses.
a
It serins finally decided (hat the
guns on our battleships must not ha
elevated. To elevate thrin nouid in
crease their range, making them umra
valuable in war. Rut Europe dn'.-iit
want us to be loo strong.
Experts say our guns, in range, are
Interior to British guns, and i have
the legal right to i-hango that. But wa
yield to Europenn pressure.
...
That's part of past history.
Now the head of the navy m'ght
give the country information on a
statement recently published by Eng
lish papers. The British have ar
ranged their ships so that thry can
take In water laillaat un one side or
the other, and time, by making the
ship tip orer, raise the guns to Ihe
(Continued on page four)