The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, January 26, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Eugene OratorioSociety has Some Ambit'ous Plans Well Worthy of Public Support-Read Today's Editorial City News THE WEATHER orWon: Ral west, .now or r.ia east of th. Cascade, to. ,l,ht and Tuesday. Warmer In ,t porlloa tonlnht. South.rly al.. T.mp.r.tur. Sunday: M,imura, 45 degree.; mini. , 36. Precipitation, .20 of , inch. Stage of tho river, 55 leet. Direction of the wind, southeast. VOL. G3 TODAl'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1923 today's m:vs today NO. 17 m HOME EDITION -venturers" Go Home- ..rlnrn little boys, one aged ,. other S. arrived In Eugene ",'turdoy 0"n on WOU-atl. .11,, motor truck having taken thl. ' . .tart out on a "trip around Le world" from their home at Fort- kJ The lads grew scarea as "guv ' ' .od Will Ilodes, proprietor ( lie Eugene Steam Laundry, aeeing .hen aimlessly watting ior , . . nnnh asked them Lvliere they lived. They aobbingly told .heir tale and showed tneir iooo. sup- ir for tho world trip wnicn consisi- i inme prunes, vuw w. is0 hd an equipment a book of ad Loture which he stated waa all wrong Ud not at all like too real ming a L.. .. ther hod experienced it. Mr. L.i. took the boys to tho Osburn Ltel where they had supper " and Lent tho night wuicU tuey uecturea ,a the biggest adventure or tneir ..,, They were Bent home last ..nine and they stated that they were through with the road. Letting Is Wednesday The monthly church day ot tne jeue Baptist church which is usu the last Tuesday of the t,n.h hns been transferred to Wed- Lsday this month and will be on tVetluesday of this week. Ihe women ill meet in the afternoon and all in- rested are invited. There will be a 1 nroeram. A church fellowship inner is to be served in the eve inr. and the metropolitan quartet till give its concert at 8 o'clock. fctneral White Coming- General George A. 'White, com- iirnlcr of the national guard of Ore- ion, will be here this evening to attend it smoker ana entertainment to be 'IJ bv the Eugene guardsmen. A iskclbull game between Company C Kugene and Company D of Rose ire will start the affair off at 0:13. Iiis will be followed by a supper and big program of snappy events, ac Tiiing to the committee in charge. Returns from Session Sheriff Frank K. Taylor of Lnno is returned from 1'ortinnd after at- mling the. annual meeting of the eriffs of Oregon. The convention is o big success in every way anil ikh good was accomplished, aecord- ; to Sheriff Tay'.or. Low enforce mt officers from practically every unty of the state were present for e meetings, the sheriff said. eaves for Portland Mrs. I. O. Louglmry, assistant at c office of llnlpli V. Laird, dircet- for tins district of the federal nil census, lias left for IVirtlnnd on vis t of n few days. evival Continues Twelve members were added at Inst -tit's meeting of the ltible Stnndard irch, making a total of 47 during 1 hit three months in wliich the re- (t'ontiniird on page five) HKHE was momentary black "I" the lightning a ni'cnna iinsn an I ;" as tn !,., i ,i. Nut Mary saw a ,.ellnw nurtlc down nut of that ' i' 1' '"m "till on f mt'hinE at fh i.i.i. P's"r '"" a,Ul plun"od ln, "Wide Waters B Captain Dingle Starts February 2 A Storm at Sea ! X January Buiding Runs High PERMITS PUSS SET FOR J .1924 Thirty-Six Permits Granted So Far This Month; 25 For New Home3 ' First Month Of Last Year Already Is Beaten By About $23,000 Building permits in Eugene Curing the month of January have averaged more than one a day. and the total for the 3C permits granted thus far is $138,200. This exceeds the Jnn unry, 102-1, figure by more than $2.'!. 000, with sii days left to go. Only six months in 1024 showed total building figures to exceed that nlready reach ed this year. Building permits Inst Janunry total ed $115,173, and in February they dhipped to $108,800. September, Oc tober, November ar.d "December show ed totals less than $100,000. . "Most of the building permits thus far this year have been for new homes,'' said W. II. Alexander, build ing inspector. "From the way the yeur is, ..starting off I wouldn't be surprised if we would set up n new record in 1023." An average of almost a new home a day has been reached this month, and the present total is 2."i, ranking in prices from $2000 to $10,000. Today's first permit was issued to Fred G. Stk'kela for a $:1000 home on 152S Chnrnelton street. Saturday nft ernoon A. A. Beeves was granted a permit to erect an $S00O apartment house at 1202 Nineteenth avenue east. Clearing of Pass To be Tried Soon ItKN'I). lire., Jan. 2ft. The long discussed attempt to clear 1 ho Mc Kena'e Pass is scheduled to he under taken Thursday of this week, accord ing to officials of the stage tine. The puss at the top of the Cascade mountains was closed the last of Oc tober with the first heavy full of snow. The stage line between Bend and Kugene has not been in operntion since then. The snow is 18 feet deep at the pass, according to estimates. Rector to Attend Portland Session Bev. Frederick (i. Jennings, rector of the St. Mary'a Episcopal church of this city, leaves tomorrow for Tort land where he will attend the annual diocesan convention of tbe Episcopal church of Oregon. Hectors of the var ious parishes of the s;ate will be present for the sessions including Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner of Portland, bishop of Oregon. Mr. Jen nings expects to remniu In Portland until Friday. Price of Refined Sugar Takes Drop SAX FHAXCISCO. Jan. 20 The price of refined sugar to wholesalers at the refineries was redin-eil by 23 cents a hundred pounds today, mak ing the new cane bae $tl.25 and the new beet base $tl.03. President Plans New England Trip WASHINGTON, Jan. 2iV Presi dent Coolidge plans to make a trip to New Kngland either In April or hi June. AMENDMENT OPPOSED AFSTIN. Tuas, Jnn. 111. The senate of the Teas legislature, today rejected ratification of the federal child labor constitutional amendment, 20 to 2. MARK AH Construction on Cut-off is Going Ahead Steadily By March 1 expectations are thit full time action on the rail construe- tion work on the Southern Tacific cut-off will be under way, according to Dee Wright, in charge of the work stock of the Kelly and Sullivan con tracting firm, who is a visitor here. ; "Work has been slowed up consid erably by the heavy snows," Mr. Wright said. "About 150 men are employed at Wolf mountain and sup plies and equipment are being sent in over a stretch of about eight miU's by sled from the Henry and McFee camp," be states. The heavy snow extends from the rail head to tbe Reserve line and this has hampered work outdoors although tunuel operations are in progress. The trail to Odell lnk.o is open nnd it is possible to go by foot or on horse bock to that point from O.ikridjo rail head, Mr. Wright said. All work on the Klamath end of the line has been cloBed down since before tbe holidays and it is expect! that three months of favorable wea ther will complete the present con tract of the Utah Construction com pany. -The company had, about 700 men at work when operations ceased. A crew of about 300 men are main tained on tunnel work on both sides of the Cascades by the Stewart and Welsh Construction compnuy. J. , uu, A pioneer of Oregon, who crossed the plains by oi-team in 1S02 to set tle in this state, died Sunday at his home, 17."i4 Lawrence street. He was Johnston Thompson, SO years of age, who has been a resident of Lane county for the last 1." years. Air. Thompson served in the atate legislature as representative from Malheur county in 1870, having been a resident of that section for a num ber of years. He settled near Tilot Itock when he first came to Oregon. Horn at Zanesvilie, Ohio, October 2G, IS-Vi, Mr. Thompson moved to Iowa when a boy. He married Miss Zerelda J. Hankin in 1S72, and moved to Kansas the same year. He came back to Oregon in 18111, settling in' the Mohawk valley. He is survived by three sons and a daughter, as follows: W. K. Thomp son, Portland; (ienrge II. Thompson, Le Grande; K. P. Thompson, Seattle; Miss Grace Thompson, Kugene. Mr. Thompson was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge Dd the Presbyterian church. The body is at (he Veatch chapel, where funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.' Bend to Feature Products of Lane As one of the features of the an nual "Oregon products dinner of the Women's Civic I ague of Itend" will be products of Lnnc county ai d a re quest from the Itend orgnuuation to the Kugene Kruit Growers' associa tion for canned string beans has been' received through the KiiReno chuuib.'r of commerce from the Iteud chamber. The Oregon priwlucts dinner will be held February H, aocording to the wrd from Itecd. STILL OWNER SENTENCED rUTI.ANI, Ore., Jnn. 20. Jim : Woodcock, owner nf a firm on the I'matiila Indian reservation and ! director of the school in his district,! was sentenced to four months In Jail, sod fined ?I00 by Federal Judge Itean todsy. Woodcock pleaded guilty in vootiint a hie still. - - D) .J TO APPEAR AT Joint Committee Of State Legislature To Hear His Testimony Local Attorney Planning To Tell Facts, He Declares Before Leaving Some interesting details of state prohibition enforcement in Lane coun ty wiil be given by Clyde N. Johnston former district attorney of Lane, who left this morning for Salem where he will appear at 8 o'clock this evening before tho bouse nnd senvte joint In vestigation committee. "I will tell a good many facta about actions of tJje state department ill Lane and I want plenty of publicity on it as I have nothing to concenl." It the statement of Mr. Johnston before leaving for the Salem meeting. Bribe Attempts Hinted. Among other Items of interest to be presented to tho legislative invea- ligation committee are alleged at tempts to bribery in order to "fruiuo" Mr. Johnston and the sending of women operatives into Lane to obtain evidence against the former Lone dis trict attorney. A liijuor law operative who worked in Lane recently and was known as "Brady" while hero is said by .Mr. Johnston to have been connected with the stole department. This ogent waa alleged by Mr. Johnston to hove spent considerable time in attempts to obtain evidence tbut might Involve the district attorney. Woman la Accused. Minnie Larkin, if woman operative, who appeared here about two years aro bsaring credentiala from Mr. Cleaver and atating that she was or dered to work in Lane county was ar. rested a few hours later in company with an alleged rum runner with an automobile load of liquor. The woman admitted that she was aent in to Lane to "frame" Mr. Johnston, the for mer Lane official stntes. Another alleged agent of the stsle prohibition department came to Mr. Johnston aome time ago with on of fer of a bribe of $10XK) and V on each case of liquor that could be aent into Lane without molestation from the district attorney. Mr. Johnston states that he framed a trap for this agent but that tho alleged state op erative evidently grew suspicious as be left but later wrote a letter and asked an answer to his proposition. "Trap" Is Alleged. Mr. Johnston suites that another woman operative aiso came to Lane county to trace bootleggers, she said. but that she too attempted to trap the district attorney. Mr. Johnstoo states that in the case of tbe Larklo woman tbot be will have some inter esting testimony to offer at the hear ing of Uie joint committee. The former district attorney also takea ejeeptien to many of the items in tbe report of Mr. Cleaver concern ing amount of fines In Lsne county and cases handled here by the slate deportment. "Since Mr. Cleaver took office there have been 22 agents working in Lane at various times. At one timi five were here for period of three weeks and tbelr total net result! waa nothirg in the wny of convictions," Mr. Johnston said. Sheriff to Appear HTATK 110USK. SALKM, Ore. Jan. 20. Sheriff Starmnr of Doug l.ia county will appear before the Cleaver Investigation committee thia afternoon according, to an nouncement made -by Chairman Garland of tho committee just prior to the noon adjournment. It waa understood Starmor would censure Clearer, who he claims has taken unto hit department all the credit for prohibition activi ties In Douglaa county. HNSTGN S IT GUT COMMITTEE TO T AG Al Nomination Return Is To Be ' Sought, As Result Of Late Conferences Matter Is Discussed With President; Future Plan Is Outlined WASHINGTON'. Jan. 20. 0W The senato today recommitted to the judiciary committee the nomination of Attorney Genernl Stone to be a supreme court justice. The action was taken after an hour's discussion in executive aession and had tlu; approval of the adminis tration leaders, who hove conferred with President Coolidgc. It is probable that Mr. Stone will appear before the committee to jnuke a statomcnt with rcfcrcuco to the ac ina of tho justice, department in seeking a second Indictment ngainst Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, in tho District of Columbia. LOCALIZE CONTROVERSY WASHINUTOX, Jim. 20. UP) Administration senators expect to lo calize in the judiciary committee the whole controversy over confirmation of Attorney Ceneral Stone ns a Jus tice of the supreme court. As a result of week-end confer ences it has been decided to seek re turn of tbe nomination to the com mittee, which once reported It favor ably, so that Mr. Stone and other de partment officials can present their side of tbe dispute centering about tho move to secure a second indict ment in the District of Columbia against Senator Wheeler, democrat, .if Montaua. Case Talked Over, At tbe present stage, tbe Wheeler case presents the chief obstacle to Mr. Stone's confirmation, which tbe lenders bad hoped to bring to a vote today. Tbe wbnie situation, Including the plans of the justice department in connection with the case and the out look presented by a democratic-republican insurgent combination to hold up the Stone nomination, was talked over yeserdoy by senate leaders, with Mr. Stone and Asslstnnt Attorney tjenernl Donovon, who plans to pre sent the evidence ogoiust Senator Wheeler to a grnud Jury here next week. Senator Curtis uf Kansas, the re publican floor leader and Senator Watson of ludiana, the jisslntunt lead er, also talked today with President C'oolidge. President Informed President Coolidge ia presumed to have received first band informal iou regarding the Whecier case from As sistant Attorney ttcnern! Donovan, who accompanlrd " the executive on an overnight cruise down the Poto naa yesterday, on the Mayflower. With the Stone nomination issue thus breaking into an already crowd ed situation in the sennte, leaders (here nrc hesitant in predicting wbeu any of the pending matters will be dis posed of. As to the matter of appro priation bills, however, the senate has kept pace with the hujse. The latter body, ba ring disposed of Ihe most Im portant of Ihe supply bills, is begin ning to slow up its work so as not to find time on its bands. All features of his talk with the Justice department officials and of the tangle in the senate were given to the president by Senator Watson, who had been cninm'ssioned to make a report to the White House on be half of the senate leadership. There waa no indication of administration opposition tu the move to refer the nomination back to committee and Senator Watson said be expected nonl ia the senate. REPDR 01 NOMINATION New Secretary MSB This photo Just taken at the White House, shows C. Baacom Slomp (left) retiring secretary of the president, giving a few pointers to Representative Everett Saunders of Indiana, who will succeed him March 4. IS FOR FALSE ARREST v Another suit for alleged false Im prisonment has been filed against Sheriff Frank E. Taylor who ia nam ed jointly with A! Huney, deputy sheriff nf the Oakridge district nnd the United Slatea Fidelity and Guar anty compnny ns defendants. The com plaint asks $10,000 as damages for the alleged false arrest. It Is alleged In the complaint that It. II. Jlasnn was arrested nt railroad construction camp 2.1 above Oakrldgo December 7 ond charged with forgery and larceny. He was brought to the county jail but released the next dsy. No charge waa filed ngainst him or warrant issued, the plaintiff alleges. Byron Wheeler recently filed ault for V'O.OOO against Sheriff Taylor for alleged false imprisonment while he waa being held hero for Ihe Cali fornia authorltiea as a suspect in a bnnk robbery. Later, It waa proved that Wheeler was not Ihe man wonted. Six men arrested Sunday about 15 miles north of Oakridge by Deputy sheriffs Al Hnynle nnd Perry Htell macher are fn the Lane county jail and are wi-heduled to have hearings this afternoon. The men are said to have been found In possession of a still, about 40 gallons of mash, and other equip mentfor the manufacture of liquor. The men are Krnest Ilebert, Chorlea E. Lee, Morris Wood, Horry M. Zak, Virgil Osburn, Charles Sheldon. Deputy Sheriff Hnynle reported to day that a long trip over ho hills through heavy snow was necessary to reach the place where the still was being made ready for operation. The men were brought here yester dsy on the afternoon train from Oak ridge. Booth Planned For O. A. C. Exposition I'relimlasry arrangements are be ing made for a Lane county booth In be maintained at tbe annual Oregon Agricultural college exposition to he held the latter part of February. The arch and decorations used at the fhsmber of commerce booth st the aununl Lane county fair will he used for the Corvnllls show. Harold Ilowlry, Kugene student at O. A. O, will hare charge of the booth, where Lane products will be displayed and literature distributed, alcording to E. Eugena CLadwiik, chamber secretary Gets Pointers BIDS TO BE GALLED I Hids for the operation of n ferry across Ihe Siuslaw ' river betwoen Florence and Glcnnda will be asked by (he county court this week, is the announcement today. It la planned to operate the ferry free for foot pass engers but charges fop automobiles. Tho charge transportation of a cor on the scow will not exceed B0 cents, according to present plans. Tho bid for the operation of the ferry for the next year will bo let to tho lowest responsible bidder, Is Ihe announcement. Tho agitation for a free ferry on the Siuslaw has been under way for some time and re cently a petition waa presented to the court asking that the county estab lish such a aervice. The county lias been paying $100 n month aud fees for the, operation of tho present ferry. Two Cars Are Robbed of Wheels SPIU.VGFIF.LP, Ore., Jan. 20. (Special) Two Ford cara were rob bed of a front wheel each while park ed in Springfield last evening. The right front wheel was stolen from the car of G. II. Fish, Eugene Motor Koine D. while II was parked In front of tho Springfield Christian church during services. Another waa taken from a cur pnrked on Second nnd Main street, said to be owned by a Eugene man. The wheels were stolen about 8 o'clock, It ia thought by po lice. Folic Officer Charles Nolf is working on the case. Doth cars were found to be jacked up, and the wheels removed from the axles. rnrv A V Had For Churches I I ) I ) r I Had For Schools X V- iiis Head -la .Savi'd Br AfUHl'K llltlSHANK (Copyright, ll-'."i, by King Kealures, MM Hydolritt't Inc.) New Yrk i form or, rnrnest, i.ii' rr. (ifDioml drnMlc new blue lows. Th7 would limit nil public artlvi tim on Hiirxlny wtrictly to clmn b it viccc, No (tulf, ii (i huseboll, no mov ing picturr or thmtrrft, only chun-li. Suttdujr action) mid pioun meditation. The plan ii wrll mHiit, oInq fool in h. Xnthlng would hint h arches tnort thnn nn fltt'mit nt compulsory rhurrh utlrtirifinr, Tlifjr hud A Uvr in New Y'jrk itatft nnce njtnintt ex hibiting fluwrt in any window on Sunday, ltut the time fur that hu Kone by. lUfornnrn nboiild uy n wim fltHtcmriit hy n lrnrned Frfnrh biniii p In ttif tlinf of Louis Fourteenth. A prleit wrote to Mui about bit pUni AMENDMENT I S ASKED: PEOPLE E Senator George Joseph Has Proposal; Modeled After Plan Of 1921 Columbia River Suggested As Potential Power Possibility STATE HOUSE. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 20. UP) Senator Ueorgo 'V. Joseph today introduced a joint reso lution proposing to submit to the peo ple a constitutional amendment auth orizing the atate to engage in water power development. The measure is patterned closely after a measure In troduced by Joseph at Uie session ot 1021. It is so drawn that tbe ttnto could engugo in water power develop ment oilher independently or co-operatively with any other state or states, with the federal government or with ull of them. The resolution points out that such development would effect an immense saving ot cool, oil and fuel, and that over half a million acres of land iu tbe northeastern part of tho atate could be Irrigated by electrical energy so developed. Credit Loan Provided. The measure provides thut not withstanding the 8tote'a constitution al limitations, the credit of the state may be loaned nnd ludebtedjesa in curred for, the purpose of providing tho necessary funds to acquire and develop hydro-electric power and to sell it throughout the state. It would give tho stale Ihe right' to contract with political or municipal sub-diri-slons of the slate, with the Uuited States ami with other amies concern ing the development, uoiservntiou nnd use of interstate and other waters for the generation of power. "Water power is nn inexhaustible and eternal resource," being repleu isbed auuualiy," suid Senator Joseph' iu couimeutlug ou the measure. ' lo this respect it is uulil. uny other nntural source, all others nrc ex haustible." "The world today is turning to our inexhaustible water power fir its light, beat and power. ' "Oregon. Washington aud Califor nis, have within their boundaries ovt two thirds of the . potential hydro; electric eoergy of the Coiled States.' Oregon Far Behind. "While California nnd Washington have both made progress iu the deve lopment of their wnter power resour ces. Oregon with its one-third of Ibu water power energy is thlrty-lbird iu development. '., "The Columbin river has been re ferred to ns ono of ihe greatest, if not tile greatest, single units of po tentiul hydro-eli ctric deveh pmeut iu (he world. The I'niled States, Ore gon and Washington, own thia magni ficent, river, but il. percnniully rolls owny iu waste to tbe sen. "The government unit the two (Continued on p.ige eight) to slop possums ditccinff nnd drinVint ou Sunday uftrrmon. The bishop wrote to Ihn fr'' "You nt g:d ixaiu;., refrnin from foolMine Vurspif. P. ut 1ft the poor Uuttce, nud forget their mlm-ry." IteV. Dr. Krlmelfer, of the Lutjeran rbtireh. nnya this country is the tnot backward nation of Uin r.vUisM world." in Its fnilure to provide wf?k dnr religious Instruction for public school fliildrcD, Thnt is not tho opinion of the people of this country geuerally. Tliy have confidence In their rublic schools. They believe tbut reading, writing nnd arithmetic enn be taught surcesfull,v. They respect the rights nf fn liters and mothers to establish WOULD DECID . (Continued ou ((Age tour)