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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.
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, 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.
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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)