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Newspaper Page Text!here Will be an International Court Meeting in Eugene Tomorrow Evening-Read Today's Editorial About it . THE WEATHER Orejon: UiMHU probibly 0 . ... ..a K.turday. Mild Lilt toai'" ' ,,, Wd solium... - VOL. G8 T1)np,rtiir. 61 M""' mlnlmum' 49i TODArS NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1025 TODAY'S NEWS TOD.VV NO. 21 ...... of wind, touthwast. . A feet. 4 FK" Prison wiher Theodore Balsden, IS' I aa tuth who violateo a.. v""" , tl.e ittte penitentiary u, driving in his automobile, will .the penitentiary a a resuu, decided by county autnoruie. , John S. Medley, district attot- i.l ruled that the city woum .... ll.a MA hft- i,ke tome aciiuu u . It could be handled by county J al.A vnllttl WOH brities, ana Ut back Juuf!e Ge0rg8 A" in city court, v. no fr the traffic offense. Judge Lore yesterday remanded the case uaile court, wnere u ... .u- now be hamueu. it j -held in the city jail. tins l Tuesday h, women of the Mooseheart le , ffiU hold a session Tuesday, .riirr 3. At present there is a Lit on in the local lodge, the two I . , U tlia a.ninp unit fcn being aenuiu "i nr officers respectively. ine i of the local contest will give Lis for the Eugene legion in tue rail contest, in which tde tucsy it roes to the convention in Bal- ,. Plans for the contest will be utj at Tuesday's meeting. A tred dish supper will be served. Hinuah Johnson is chairman for V.Miinmcnt. llo Talk Scheduled II Lane county girls clubs will re the opportunity of hearing the of Miss Helen Cowgill, of Ore Agricultural college, in charge girls' club work, who will speak b radio station KGW next Tues- ereaing starting at S' o'clock. rd of the radio talk was received Ly by Arnold Collier, Lane county leader, from H. C. Seymour, club leader. All girls clubs re been asked to meet where there h radio set to hear the talk and in attendance at "Tho largest is' club meeting ever held in the It is expected that about I) girls will hear the talk of the worker, Mr. 'Collier Btatcs. die Plans Prepared 'lans and specifications for the Hendricks bridge to span the Mc- kiie arc being prepared by the e bridge department and arrange tils will be made for the letting of conrtact later, according to word ired by the county court. The n will be erected through co-op- Ition of the state with I.auc county. bridge will cost between $03,000 SHI.OOO, it is estimated. Steel the spans will be hauled by truck the railroad at Springfield to rite of the bridge.' -in J jrii HI 33 Fight Opens Over Loan Plan BLOCKS S ATTEMPTS 10 RUSH MEASUR Representative Coffey first To Oppose The Rush Action E Is Itne Team Leaves ie Eugene high school basketball In left for Salem on the 11 o'clock n thii morning. Tbey play Salem 30 o'clock tonight. About 30 stu s of tin high school left on the Irnoon train, and about 100 left if Ibe afternoon by automobile. students plan to return by a rill enr on the train at 11:30 to- N Union Meets flte inninl meeting and election of ers of the Lane county Farmers' " i under way today at the W. hall at Snrincficld. A mnloritv e 2S I,. .Tig ,,( the county have "'motives present. Italnh V. (.' ntimifil on pnge five) Matter As It Stands Will Come Up For Action Within Week STATE HOUSE, SAI.E.M, Or? Jan. 30. Attempt to rush through a bill providing for $1,500,000 loan fund to eastern Oregon fnnnera for re- seeding purposes was blocked in th house this morning by opposition from representatives of many corners of the state. Representative Gordon sought a suspension of the rules to place the bill on third reading. Representative Coffey, Multnomuh county, was tJie first to tnke the floor in sharp, opposition to rush action. "1 am ngainst a hysterical way of push ing business through the house be de clared." A few days more Is not. go ing to make any great difference to the eastern Oregon farmers." Uruham of Washington and Mutt of Clatsop county, also opposed swift action. Shumway of .Morrow and Umatilla. FitKmaurice of Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler; Tom of the silinc three counties: Gordon and l.onergnn of Multnomah lurgeil immediate nction fur the relief of the farmers. As tho mutter stands It wiil come up I passage early next week. . LIGHT BILL PROPOSED STATE HOUSE, SAl.EM, Ore., Jan. DO. Regulation of spotlights and headlights of nutomobiles is at- toniDted in a bill introduced in the bouse today . by' Representnti.' Shrock at the request of T. A. Rut fotv, chief of the traffic department. Under the bill, automobiles may only show two headlights in front, with the exception of parking lights and it is specified that only one spo; light may, be used. The spotlight must bo immovable and must be attached to the left hand side of to machine and focused diag onally across tho road to a point par allel with the right hand side of the machine and not more than 73 feet in front of It. The beam must not bt (Continued on page five) BULLETINS M:V YORK, Jan. 30. Gaston B. Means, former department of lf,! ag"nt, was found Kullty by a federal court Jury today on lrge of conspiring; to bribe Kovernment officials and was sen- nfd to pay a fine of $10,000 and to serve a two year penitentiary ' Thomas D. Felder, Means' attorney who wbs convicted of a ' charge, was fined 10.000. The sentences were Imposed by 'ral Judge l.lndlev nfter the tnrr had returned a sealed verdict 'h had found the defendants guilty but recommended clemency. FORRES r.ARF r.nFS to JURY nilCAHO, Jan 30. The veterans' bureau conspiracy case was 'n to the Jury In federal court here at 11:30 a. m. MOP Timuiu di cini mill TV YORK, Jan. 30. Moe Turman, v,ho recently confessed to "v.oO jjf forirerte nfioi. n,a niianaA nt a ffpt-rirh-nulrk scheme r'drd u',on MOO loan, pleaded guilty to second degree forgery ' '" tll he sentenced February . The prescribed penalty ' crime is fire to ten years imprisonment Dog Teams 'Racing With Anti-Toxin SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 30. (A. P-) While the fastest dog teams of nothern Alaska, piloted by ex perienced sourdough ru ushers, were racing in relays today over the frozen Tundra along the Yukon river westward with a package of 300,000 units of anti tcxln to relieve a diphtheria epi demic in Nome, final arrange ments were being made to ship l.HO.OOO units of the serum from Seattle on the steamship Alameda Saturday. Tho shipment will go by mail on the steamer to Seward, trans fered to the Alaska railroad, tak en to Nenana, where it will be placed on a dog team. Another relay race will then be run to Nome DOG TEAMS PUSHED ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Jan. 30. (A. P.) Reports received here Indicated that 300,000 units of anti-toxin for Nome, where deaths In an epidemic of diphtheria have (Continued op page five) E TO BE SATURDAY The public inerting of both towns people aid students, to be held Siitiir. day night nt the ehnmlier of com merce, is one of a series of national mfiveiuentK to instruct the people on tho (piention of the world court, Tho movement is being sponsored by the American l'ence Award association. The meeting will bej;in at 8 o'clock. The question of America's partici pation in tiie world court has been brought up before severnl senate committed, but nerer before thy senate as a whole, A resolution rec ommending that congress introtjucu m.rh a inetisore, may be brought up before the discussion group tomorr-j-v niff hi. Dean William U. Iln'e, of iJie Uni versity of Oregon law school, will give the main address. "The logic 'of events, places us nt the threshold of the court," said Mr. Hflle in h state ment today. "International needs dic tate that we enter." 1 lis address wiil review the history of international relations in general, showing how the world court Is designed to remedy the weakness of the past. He will nl describe the working machiin-ry i the court, and how. ft functions. Mayor K. B. Parks will give a short talk, and, will then lead the dinrussioa. U. A. Booth speaks of the wori-1 court as the 'best first utep to unitt all the nations." "I regret," said Mr. Booth, "that some of our leadhg statesmen should oppone It." CLEAVER AC TS HE TESTIFIES Mr. Pierce And Mr. Herwig Gave Instructions, Is 1 His Statement ' .;: Investigators Agree That Dry Chief Was Too Act ive Politically STATIC IIOl'SK, SALEM, Ore., Jan. 30. Just before the close of a even-hour session of the legislature proh.bition investigating committee, near luiduiglit last night, tjeurge 1 Cleaver, state prohibition officer, who was on the stand, was addressed by Senator A. J. Johnson of Corvallis: 'Mr. (.leaver, it has been shown that you have been active in the in vestigation of public officials." "L'onsidernbly so, yes," said Clea ver. "Was this of your own volition or upon instructions Trum . the gover nor?" continued Johuson. , "lu luont Instances cither the gov ernor or Jlenvig," Cleuver answer ed. "The governor instructed ine to follow the advice of the Anti-Saloon league very closely, because they had I'O years' experience. Soinetimca I (Continued on pige eight) JURV Tlvea 1 r i Tn rnt I i vi a 1 tCC COCKci!, BLUFFS, la., Jan. 30. The case of Kcilll Collins. charged with looting; of mall sacks in the '''O.noo mall robber, mail robbery here in 1920, went to Jury today. FRED FULTON GIVEN FINE ANtil".V3 Tin A J l-..tln , Innnaiwil i. tllsafftrpr. feT l(vt M r HTU fUllliU, ,iiiiiiicbp'ib j....-.- . t bo i y p,?d"1 Bul'ty to having violated the recently repealed law against nrliefiEhtlns:. In his fight wlth'tonr Fuente r ItT last Kimn... rinj t-.nA -lfh allnrnntlve In JalL lS fl' Transmutation of Elements Possible Declares Dr. Free NEW YORK, Jan. 30.--A new riv- itization wi'h a new cliemntry Dinn ing possible the transmutation "t elements, including the changing of ,ubtsnces Into g"ld. i" lik'ly a Ihe result of an attempt to apply practi cally the Einstein theory of relativity, Jr. E. K. Free, Editor of The Scien tific American, sniil at a luncheon meeting of the Lions club today. "We are on Ihe verge of entering s new kind of chemistry," fir. Free explnined, "nd with that perhaps, a new kind of civilization. If, as we e pect, we can give practical application tn the Einslein theory, we will be able to augment the world's aupply cf certain things nt which there Is t definite shortage. The world needs more plaiinum, more Iodine, more hel ium. As far as we knew, there ll a shortage of supply." TAKES UP DUTIES WASHINGTON, Jan. 311. Presi dent Conlidge today formally accent .mi the credentials of Emile Daeschncr ss the new French ambassador. He represents the new French political forces. It is the first diplomatic change that country has made here In mo.-e than 20 years. Tie setting of recently stimulated parliamentary and diplomatic debate on matters having to do with the relations between' the two nations. has created an atmosphere of un'js- ual Interest and expectancy. Speculation as to whether M. Daei- chncr might see fit il presenting bis credentials today' to indicate any liopes or plans- for a solution of the debt question bad raised more than usual interest in what is ordinarily little more than a perfunctory ei change of remarks between the presi dent and accredited diplomat. EXTENSION DE OREGON TRUNK E PLANNED Leaders of Rotary Clubs Hold Conference Herrin Again Quiet After Shooting Orgy Victims Are Buried HF.P.IUN, Ilk. Jan. 30. P)--Witb the last of the victims of last Satur day night's shooting orgy burlcii, Great Northern And North , ern Pacific File Excep 7 tions With Commission Report Of Mr. Kephart Op posed Because Of Plans, Rail Heads Declare PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 30. (PI Declaration of the liitcntiou of the Ureut .Northern and Northern Pacific systems to extend the Oregon Trunk line from Hend to Kllilnnth Kalln. unofficially announced some time ago, ia contained in the bill of exceptions of the Oregon Trunk filed with the interstate commerce commission to the report of Examiner C. I. Kepbnrt, who last summer beard testimony on the petition of the Oregon pub ic service commission to require the railways now touching the borders of central Oregon tu build on east to west line and also to connect Iten-i. ,-Kliiniuth Falls and Ijikcvicw'. ' :' At Ihe outset the ciceptious of the so-called uoiUicrn lines cite that Ex aminer Kephart's report fails to give due weight to their legitimate Inter ests, sud of the group of railways of which the Oregon Trunk is a piirt 111 the develiyaneut of the timber anil other resources, there having been expended ' IlliOOO.OOO in construction of theirliregou railway lines. Then foKoivs ft (Iccliinilii.n that approxi mately 40,(I(KM00.000 feet of timber is available for cutting In the Kla math Fulls region snd that lurgc mills for cutting this timber will he built if they can lie servod by more thun one rniiruad. 1 Extension Is Routed. The line from the Columbia rlv.'r south to Hend win built as a part of a plan eventually to reach and serve the territory in and about Klamath i m I "St 8 JSC'S . 1 t'K hi- w -n fc-- f 1 ! t i Vd (Cociinued on Dftge flv) Publishers Found Guilty in New York NEW YOHK, Jan. 30. Sentence will be Imposed tomorrow upon Hie phen O. Clow, publisher of llroadway Ilrevities, Andrew S. Hrown and Nit Kunncss, advertising solicitors of the magazine, who were found guilty yes. terday by a federal jury on charges i using the mails tn defraud. Charles .1. Greene, another employe was scquit ted. Clow is out today on f.'KKK) bail fol lowing his counsel's promise that he would appear tomorrow for sentence. Brown is out on $3000 ball and Kun ness on $."iO0. New World Said Coniing in Orient WASHINGTON, Jan. -Wfc-s-Th Thomas F. Darbnr, of London, England, one of tho founders of the Rotary Clubs, Is shown in conference with Dr. Gilbert J. Palen, president of the Rotary Club of Philadelphia. Dr. Barber had Just addressed the Philadelphia Rotarlans. Ho was a member of the executive committee that had charge of the recent Inter national Rotnry Convention In Scotland. POSTAL PAY BILL PISSES SENATE; MIS 70108 WASHINGTON, .lniu ..m Tli. pnHtiil pay uuri rto innenne bill watt pnti.st(l todny hy the nrimto. It curries tho mime provisions for unliiry .iniTonsrs, effective ns of .Inly 1, HUM, h the measure phhhpiI Ihm session and vetoed by President Conlidge, The rate increases would npply to practically every form of mail nervicrt, but these were considerably modified from the original recommembitious -f the poKtofficH department, particular ly on s croud class mail. The measure is expected to bo chal lenged in the huiise, as a ways and moans sub-committee has already de cided to urge Its return to the aeiute as constituting n nurpation of the house prerogative of inilinting reveuu legislation. The rate increases would become effective April 1." of this year find ex pire February 1.5. HK.MI. with provis ion for an Investigation before a joint ci'tigrpssionnl committee with a view to ennctment next session of perma nent Irgislation, The vote on pannage was 70 to 8, with Horn ll, Itrookbart, Norbcek nnd Nnrris, repuhlicHns Hiid (Jlnss, Ilar riton, Kwnnson nud Underwod, democrats, opposing !t. The only change today was the adoption of nn amendment to cut from two to one cent tho service conrgo on parcel not packages. T Herrin today resnmed a quiet aspect power of Christian educational iu and was preparing, for another ers of stitutinns in the mission field was peace following the departure ol stressed by apeskers st I'kuij 's. ses troops which had been on guard since; sion of the Foreign Miaslou. onncr; early last Hatnrday.' ence of North America. 8. Gleno Yoing,. Ku Klui Klsn dry I Jnmes Henry, president of Canton raider, who, vrith.Ora Thomas, dep- Christisn college, Canton, Chins, told uty sheriff, an opponent of Young a t the conference that a new w orld is and two bystanders were silled In a ; emerging in Ibo Orient. ' ' ' locsl hotel, was buried yesterday. I "In Inda, In China, a ' mlglili'er Members of the Klan In full reg.ili transformation is taking place than marrhed tn Ihe lunera) pr"cessinn. j the emergence of Knropc from .the Meanwhile .members of the conr-. dsrk nges," he ssld. "The part ilsy oner's Jury were, jrying to find wit nesses to the. shooting In a final ef fort tn clear up the affair. The jury will meet tomorrow following today' recess in what w'li probably prove to b Its final session. Unless some more definite fnforma. tioB Is obtained, there appeared to b little chance that the jury can mike any definite findings, except that Young was killed by Tboiuis. ed by Christian trsined leaders in this process csnnot be estimated.', EDUCATOR TO BREAK J. A. Churchill, stale superintend ent of schools, will speak tomorrow morning at lbs monthly meeting of Kngene and Ijine county school teach ers. The meeting will be held at 10 o'llfK k In Ihe Frances Wlllsfd Junior high school building. Plans for' eitenslve entertainment of the New York and New I'.ngland retail lumber dealers party who will he In I'.ugene February 2S are being made by the board of directors of the Unue County lloo Hon, lumbermen's organization, The parly traveling In a speclsl train will liar an sll day stay in Kugene and tht I.ane Hoo Hons will take Ibein to the mills In this vicinity snd oilier places of In terest. The next meeting of the Hoo lino will he held at Cotlsge (irnre st the Itartell hotel the evening of Feb ruary -1 In order that Ihe members .may become better ar-ipialnled wilh the Southern Lane lumbermen. The club has received word from Con gressman W. C. Ilawlcy staling that he Is opposed to Ihe tlood'ng bill, a sisnd also taken by lbs l,ane lumbermen. REIMBURSEMENT ASKfD STATK HOI UK, S.I,F..M, On., Jan. 30. lteiresenlntlve Collier to. day introduced a bill to .reimports Loiiia (lerlipr of Kinmntb county for land purchased on which Ibe laud of fice could not convey title. CLEAR LAKE BILL IS INTRODUCED BY STATU HOUSIO, , S.VT.EM, Ore., Jan. 00. Tu make Clear I.ako avail able aa a domestic water and power supply for Willamette valley cities and towns is tho purpose of a bill Intro' lured in the sensto today by .Senator O'nrlaud of l.lnn county and Senator Johnson of Benton county. The measure authorizes the va rious counties of the Willamette val ley to form themselves lnto a munici pality for the issuance of bonda for tho development. Under the bill a petition must be presented to the secretary of state signed by not less than two per cent of the registered vote in the territory. It makes It the duty of the gov ernor to call an election on the forma tion of the municipality and if it car ries the executive la to appolut a board of five trustees, who shall serve until I heir successors nro elected by the municipality. This bosrd is em powered lo make a survey of the pro. Ject snd to call an election for the issuunce of bonds. The counties interested In the de velopment nro Linn, Lsne, Marlon and Uenton. ' . ; WHEELER BILL UP STATU HOL'HK, SALKM, Ore., Jan. 30, In cases of school district failing to levy (en mills lax or such amount that will give the district the difference between $020 and the amount received from the county school fund. Ihe county court would be authorised to make inch levy un der house bill '.'00 Introduced by Wheeler, Lsne' county. mm snows N YLARS OVER NEW ENGLAND Schools Closed And Traffic Blocked; Ice Floes Ia Rivers Heavy, Doctors Go About On Skiia And Horseback; Trains Are Delayed ' ALBANY, N. T., Jin. SO-One of the worst snow storms in ten yesra swept' and swirled across New York etste todsy, paralyzing traffic, causing many accidents and closing schools In many cities. Mail carriers were usable to mako their trips in many sections , and farmers' milk deliveries were slso- msde Impossible by blot'sed highways. Two feet or more of snow covered' most of the state. SNOW IS DEEP , BOSTON, Jan. SO. The heavlesi snowfall of the season, Tanging front five Inches in Boston to "three 'feet in Vermont, hampered truffle in mai.y' , parts of New Knghmd today. 1 1 Several pointa in Verinout reported the heaviest snowfall In ISO years. At St. Albens threo feet of snow was re ported. ' ',..'' TRAIN DELAYEC SYRACUSE, N. Y., Jan. 30. An east-bound New York Central passen ger train, due here at 11:10 last night arrived at 8:30 o'clock today. It. had been stalled all night in a snow drift at Woodward. - ' ' ! The drifts had mounted to' cine feet, at some places and the snow was fire feet on the level in the western part . of the state, reports said. - - ICE FLOES HEAVY NEW YOHK. Jsn. 30. Ice floss, -reported to be the heaviest In 20 years interrupted ferry traffic In the ' east and Hudson rivers today. Boats with thousands of passengers aboard were delayed for hours while tugs labored to relieve them. e DOCTORS BUSY SYRACUSE, N. Y., Jan. 30. Be.' cause of a large number of cases of grippe, physicians hers made unus ual efforts to visit patients today, al-" tiiough heavy snow fall provented automobile traffic. Several younger physicians solved the problems by using skiis and snow shoes. , Others obtained horses, but then wss a scarcity of sleighs and cutters. Some of the older physicians used ssddlex snd went sbout like the oil mountaineer physicians. TODAY 3 100 Little Tics Drifting to Longiio nvnntion V n n t o d Hy ARTHUR BRIHUANH (Copyright, 1I12.", by Stsr Company) A boy sends Ibis Information In the United Ststes Agriculture depart ment. Five yesrs ago when he was In the public school he bought a pure bred pig, femsle, eight weeks old. Since then his pig has added 100 smsll pigs lo the, esrlh's porelne pop ulallnn. The little boy writes: "She pa!d for my clothes, three years In high school snd I've me spending money alio. I era now In my second year In college and she Is still doing the ssme, . This boy has Joined Ihe "Better Sires Heller Stock" campaign and will work hard to improve the pig breed. If it wtre possible to Improve hu man breed as easily ts we Improve cattle or swine cNllixatlon would pro. gress. Hut something might be done. That proud mother of 100 little p gs in five years never smoked cigarettes or drank cocktails. And Ihe father or fathers did not set before their sou Ihe example of bootleg lew breaki. J and contempt for the Constitution. , In Ihe way of national news, if that should interest you. it seems tj'. the country Is drifting Inward Euro pean entanglements, via the wn-ld court and Ihe Herman reparationi. agreement. First, we threw billions upon bil lions Into F.urope recklessly, squan dering other tena of millions In graft and wsste hero nt home. Now, Itching for a fen miserable hundred millions we send people to I'sris to tie this country up In all sorts of uncertain European obliga tions. And this is done In spite of the fact that the nation has voted twice, with seven million voles In spsre aguint (Continued on page four)