The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, January 31, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texthe Legislature Enters Upon the.Intensive Stage Next Week The Guard Will Have the News From day to day. City News THE WEATHER .Or.o: Tonight filr .d clay; mod.r.t. t.mperatur.; rong .oulherly wl.ds on Jh. it. Tempenture Friday: degrees; mini. MiHi". .59 VOL. G3 . TWO SECTIONS EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1925 EIGHTEEN PAGES NO 22 ...dira 48: nreclol- turn wim""- r .ties, .21 " ll,ch: dlr,c,IOl, wind, southwest. Staga of rlr, 11.2 toot. HOME EDITION nn OS iell,.r Is Growing ' Sit months oiu ana nui -jiujiu. j" contented in P'te of 11 eteaJJ (t u raw meat," i the latent re in on the ruKar cSed at tb" Don' ...Itubertson sporting goods store. ie animal is attracting incrcasinB ,tion nc grow" ' " .. , (ho "mill of the i Here il i pr---"" - --- should ho liearu., j-oiuiuj Lbs to be enjoying Ufa and is ,eDd!j to nil attentive spectators jjily visit the store. t-npiureo Jltn s kitten, "Tummy" is now some- btre between four anu live leet stem to stern and plans are made for the ouiioing qi a . 1J. iknt Iia mav nnt Ifjriercage m ui"' - cide to return to the woous Dy toe ,aple menus of teariDg off the light . . -....;.. Me frnettmn treen niai now ru"- - os Haul Asked Anpliction for a right-ot-way Lss the Dexter road for the haul L of logs has been made by the titer Lumber company to me iane tnnty court. The court will grant the mission oo condition that no dam- to the highway will result and it a bond of $1000 will be posted protect the county. A donkey cn- Le is to be used by the lumber con- a for the hauling and thj grant right-of-way will be for a period of fce year. age Run Threatened Whether the closing of the Mohawk ad to heavy hauling, na ordered yes rday by the county court, will halt e stage service between Eugene and jbel, and Marcola, baa not been de rained. The daily stnge runs over ie road and is as opt to cause dam- he as trucking and it may be that quests will be made that touring in be substituted for .the heavy i age until the limiting order is lift I. members of the county court aver. Llors Roller Skato Seniors of tho university flocked iimaKsc to the Winter Garden last slit, hired the hall for the evening, id entertained themselves by roller kuting- Armed with every kind ot lise-umking devices, the upperclnss i'n stoged n roller skate innriitllun n the streets, and then skated into ie lleilig theater for the moving ii-ture. Ingles Plan Trip A party of between 'J3 nnd 30 tembers of the Kugcnc lodge of gles will make the trip to Snlem bmurrow to attend the ceremonies the initiation, of the new lodge the V. 0. E. at the capital city. he l'ugcue ludce degree tcuin will ie t-liarge of the ceremony. About '') cindidutes will enter the order as ' sr. . as m m Farm GROUP TOAIR PLANS BEFORE HOUSE HEADS wmw uaj , in nl i -" rJ V"'-"'i mil .- ;' Ian J Hearing Asked All Members Of President's Agricultural Commission Asked To Appear Farm Organization Also To Send Representatives To Hearing rtflic Violators Freed I'ortia's well-worn plea for justice be tempered by mercy, na chronicl. by Hie Hard of Avon was revived 1 exemplified by Judge George A. Imore thin mnruing in municipal UN, when he wb faced" by eight immobile drivers, wlio had been 'gSi-ilV by night policemen, traffic I, and others, for violnting tlie wly-volc time limit of one hour. '" judge wagged u wnrning finger WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. The house agricultural committee decided toduy to invite all members of the president's agricultural committee to appear before it to- discuss recom- ! mendations for relief of the farmers. The committee also decided to cull representatives of various . farming organizations. After the hearings, which will, start Monduy, there will be an effort to drnft legislation in time for action nt the present cession. Representative Jones, democrat, Texas, declared today In the house thal.,the commission's report Is made up of hazy generalizations which full to offer a solution to the farmer's problems. . -- New Jobs Charged. "At the only point where it gets down to real substnntive matters," said Mr. Jones who is a member of the agricultural committee, "tho re port bristles with recommendations, the principal effect of which would be to create new federal jobs." He charged that during the cam paign I'resident Coolidge made a "play for the farmer vote by pitching hoy on a Vermont form for the bene fit of motion picture men and pho tographers." "The president has held public of fice continual for twenty-six years," he said, "mid he has never been no tified of his nomination without being caught pitching hay. milking n cow, mending n farm wagon, filing a fence, greasing harness, cutting cockle burrs or chopping jimson weeds." Group Is Defended Representative Tin'-her of Kansas, a republican member of the agricul tural committee, defended the. com- (L'tinlinued on page five) (Continued on page ten) BULLETINS Clearings for Month Show January Gain Bank clearings for the first month of 192.1 show an increase of more thnn $300,000 over the reported clear ings for January. 1024, according to figures compiled today by the Eu gene clearing house, representing the three local banks. The clearings for January this year are $1,S70,179.CT. January of 1024 the clearings were $1,558,544.05. Last year which es tablished a record for the period in local bank clearings will be surpassed this year as early indications denote, a steady rise with t-he year starting off well in the way of financial sta bility. . With the exception of one week when the clearings fell slightly below the similar period last yea ench week for January showed an iucreaae over that of 1924. E WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. A .twenty-five per cont reduction under Mes in effect January 1, 1!24, for grazing livestock on national rts was approved today by the uenate. FORMER COLLEGE HEAD SHOOTS SELF OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Jan. 31. George Wilson, former head f the Oklahoma A. & M. college, shot and killed himself here today. Mte said the ihooting was accidental. STATE HOUSE,. SAtEM,. Ore., Jan. 31. Indications are that the coming week, perhaps the first half of the week, will do Be up the invent! gation ioto Uic stnte prohibition de pnrtinent. Just what the recommendu tions of the special committee of in vestigators will be is as yet a matter of guess. Ueorgc L. Cleaver, head of the de partment has, already been censured for being too active politically. The first big public meeting in the investigation will be held Monday night in the senate chamber. Several Cleaver witnesses w?re heard yestcrdiiy, mainly giving testi mony to show that Cleaver's depart ment had been witling to co-operate with local officers. T. li. Buffiugton, now deputy sher iff of Umatilla county, claimed iie hud worked with Cleaver's men both ss a deputy sheriff and as a federal agent. J.. L. McRride, a meqjber of Clea ver's force, said be had been in structed by Cleaver to co-operae wiib local officers as far an possible, but had been cautioned about some officers. Sheriffs of some counties were numed, who, it was claimed, could not be informed that state ! agents were coming intoNtbeir coun ties because they would re (hat the word got to the moonshiner and boot leggers. Ivy Clnrk, Friends minister and missionary from the Klamath reser vation, was iieard in behalf of Cleaver. SEAT OF THOMAS SCHALL ATTACKED MIXXKAPOLIH, Jan. 31. Formal ntrion to contest the seat In aitl States senate of Senator-Elect Thomas D. Schall, republican, inn'ia, on grounds nlleging violation of tho corrupt practices act s been Instituted by the defeated farmer-labor senators, Magnus hnon, it was learned here today. JONATHAN DAVIS PLEADS INNOCENCE lOI'KKA, Kan., Jan. 31. (A. P.) Jonathan M. Davis, former vrnor of Kansas, pleadpd not guilty to charges of soliciting a when arraigned here today on a Joint warrant against him and r' J. Peterson. ffrmp hnnlr inmmiRtnnnr IlAVtft WRK mlpased on MU bond tVr nt.,( C f W4iiiinai; utmi nig ruuiuni; u. OPIUM CONFERENCE LEADERS, DISAGREE 1E.VKVA, Jnn. 31. (A. P.) The Joint commission of tho In. "a'innal onltim ,,...,. e nwmhtn nt tho (Irnl N second conferences and formed for the purpone of connlderlng oppression of opium smoking in the Far East this afternoon to reach an mrt-aamnnt H.anlln fh fllvervent viewnnint. An",rican and European detentions and an adjournment was Men "" Tuesday. s STEPHEN 0. CLOW IS SENTENCED, erli Y0RK' Jan- 31 Stephen O. Clow, editor of Broadway convicted of using the malls to defraud, was sentenced J to serve i t , . . wain nun one nay id ine Aiiaiua ueuiiaiiijni 7. 111 tf.i'uu. Albert 8. Drown, an advertising solicitor for the tas IPHt.n . . n-,.. r.tlnn 11 111.000. ' fin f rtodlraL House to Ballot Tuesday on Postal Pay Bill's Return WASHINtJTO.V, dun. SI. The house agreed todny to vMe neit Tues day on the question of sending ba-'k to tiie senate the postal pity and rntc increase bill, which lioiise leaders charges contains revenue legislation which the senate had no right to in itiate. ' 1'liflinnnn (ireen of the ways an-I means committee was Inslrurter by bis committee lodsy to propose re turn nf the measure nnd Tuesday was set t"T the vote so that all members could be present. Only a majority 1 nereisary for action. The measure which was pas'd by the senate yes terday reached the bouse toddy. AID IS APPROVED WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Gov. eminent aid to gettlera on now reclamation projects was approv ed today by the senate reclama tion committee In ordering re ported to the aenato a bill In troduced by Senator Kendrkk, Wyoming. , PORT BILL IS PASSED;CUTS PIERGEPOWEH Governor's Appointive Plan . Goes Over To Hands Of Legislature Many Measures Signed Dur ing Week By Governor; Many Brought Up STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore., Jan. 31. Tho Furt of Portland bill after a discussion of , four ot five hours yesterday, after noon, passed the senate, and less than an hour later it had gone through three readings under suspension of the rules and pass ed the house. - - In the senate only Fisk, Joseph, Kinney and Zimmerman voted against It and in the house only Representatives Mott and Miller. The bill takes from the gover nor the power of appointing the members of the Port of Portland commission, and places that power In the legislature. PAMPHLET OPPOSED STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore., Jan. 31. The voters pamphlet, published and distributed by the secretary of state, would be abol ished undar house bill 265, intro duced by Carkln,. Jackson county, at the request of the Oregon State Editorial association. The mea sure would alBo provide for the publishing of the Information which has been carried In the state pamphlet heretofore In vari ous newspapers of the state at specified rates The measure is accompanied by house bill 267, which would elimi nate the clause requiring county clerks to certify to the secretary of state voters moving away or (Continued on pag five) Memorial Tablet to Wilson Unveiled 1 1 KJL i' '"I""1 11 ' 1111 1 v.tin. tswu; vi' iiua tiui'Mf cult viixuiix, 1. wu : uu vxva. ih iiib tLutuuu' vtiiuat y tU'V A1UL lV It'U- (UJUVUtV S.lti-: ' 4A I fcr I'TT 1 i'l ir ProBldent and Mrs. Coolidge are shown leaving the Central Trosby. terlan Cnurcn 'in -Wasntngion, L. C. where Mr. Coonage unveiled a tablet lnimemory of Woodrow Wilson who was a member of the eoreKntlon' durlng his tornv. as president. . Inset is the tnblut. Drawing of approm'mately 7IK1 names that will comprise the Lsne county jury list for Wi has been completed by the county court. Tin's list will' bo used to draw (be first 111 names for the trial juries and for the February term of oourt which is sche dultd for the fourth Monday of Feb ruary. The jury list will he drawn by tho sheriff and the county clerk. This list must be drawn not less thsn 10 days nor mora than 20 days he. I fore' the court term opens, according to B. H. Itryson, county clerk. Of the 700 names of I,an residents listed only a small percentage will be called on for duty during the year. January was a wet month with pre cipitation recorded esch of tho 31 dsys with the exception of two, these being the 17th and 22nd, according to the report of Orn,rd M. do lirorkert, local weather observer. The total prc cipitstion for the month wss 4.24 in ches. The readings for todny, both the minimum temperature and the rainfall being taken this morning. The maximum reading for todny was tnk-ui at nooo. The following is the temperature and precipitation riMiort for the month: Date r Mas. . 4! . 62 Dempsey Asks for Battle for Title : 23 I.O8 ANOEI.F.H. Jan. 31.-Jsck Dempsey's reply to Tommy Gibbons' claim of last night to the world's heavyweight bosing rhsmpionsliip nss j this ststement nisde late today: i "I have told Jack Kearna to ar range a title bout." He diil not specify that the bout should be with Uibbons. 5.'l CI 44 41 40 411 10 411 40 411 47 4:i rrn 4I' .i7 5t) 0:1 4.' 4.- 51 57 61 01 f! .'.'.I Min 40 41 41 41 42 III 31 V.i 117 I!0 X.'l III) III) M 1 0 31 32 43 311 40 47 41 44 30 31 30 43 42 , 40 4S 47 Haln OF ANTI TOXIN ANCIlOltAfiK, Alaska, Jan. 31. M) Leonard Heppolla and his learn of 20 dogs, which were expected to arrive at Nomr, A1nk&, today, with antl-toiin for a diphtheria epidemic, had alinont reaplird Bering sen, when the lnteflt report camo here. Debris and Ice Hamper Firemen In Rescue Work Two Wqmen Killed in Leap From Third Story Window; Fire Starts in Lower Floor Of 16-Story Apartment House CHICAGO, Jan. 31. (A. P.) Fivo persons were killed and one was missing in a fire today in a four story,' 16-apnrtment building on tho south side. Four bodies wore identified, and one other was seen in tho ruins by firemen who were hampered in rescue work by fallen debris and ice. The known dead are: Anthony Hardie, 34, and Olive, 22, his wife; Loretta Bryor, 16; Doris Hardie, 19-nionths old daughter" of tho Hardies, and Miss Dora Joiies. Mrs. Elizabeth Bryor, mother of Loretta, is still missing.' The body of a woman was seen by rescuers on the third floor and II wax thought that others might be uncov ered when tlie wreckage and ice were 1 penetrated.' Four injured persona were taken to hospituls and otber' slightly injured were sheltered by neighbors and in an adjoining hotel. Some occupunts of the buruing apartment were rescued by guests of the hotel who pualifd bourds into opposite - windows and others Jumped Into the life nuts ot tbo firemen. . " . The two women , worn,' killed in Jumping from the third story window, flretutm said. .' '. , -t The fire started on one of tlio lower floors ot the building', erected, during tho world's fair. ' t , , . '. Guests In n uotol nearby wore rous ed by the s'moko and fire nppn.rntus. Tho flro :was brought under coutrol within nn hour but the ice and dan ger of falling walls prevented ut tempts nf rescue for an hour. ' University ' of . Chicago students from nearby fraternity houses assist ed in the rescue work. Sparks from the burning building ignited several other structures In tbo vicinity. None of tlicin was ser iously damsgcdi . ' DRIVER ON WAY NOME, Alaska, Jan. 31. P Nome, hemmed in from the outside world by suow dressed peaks and deeply covered trails expected to bo saved today from the inroads of a diphtheria epidemic by one of ber own townsmen, Leouard Heppalla, e cham pion. dog team driver, Heppalla, riding behind a picked team of dogs, was making his way on over difficult trails from Knltag ,1 (Continued on page five) FEE SYSTEM OPPOSED KTATB IIOI'SK, HAf.KM, Ore Jan. 31. A bill has been introduced in the house, agreed to by the Iiouhc and senate members from l'matllla .is; .15 .'7 .0! .21 .011 .lli Thotijh thrt Willamette river hn .0l! rthPn apprennbly .luring (h rnln of jsj tlifl pant tVw tUyn, trnv.-f nn nil bigh .tU; N'T from KtiKont In rontinuinK tin t(,j ; hindfrcd, armnlin in n report from 0 ' tl' lorn I nffirp f Hi Oron filsti! M"tor nmi.yclotion trulay. TIito Ik no .1,11 wnirr ovor tlifi hijclnviiy to f lie noiitb, j-,' nnd the Col.nrg rontl f aluo fro from -j(, the Too'lu. II I Thu PnHfir liiclnvny to tlm north, ' roportrd umlrr voter in four pint' Ml j yMenlny afternoon, liar) a rnvrrlnu ; nlwmt llirpp lnrbta deep ttnj beyond .,()' Hanta Cltrn, ornr the t urn before th g.1onx atrotrh near .nr.nt:on f.Ty. At s one other plnoe, nearer the turn, th unler was four Itichei deep. White Htukea have betn plnred nn bnth fidea nf the highwoy, to nuit mot. .rim through the water. A blark band U the aUke liidicntea wht-n the dinger poiiit uf Uie flood hna be'n renrhed. Tariff Commission Placed in Danger By Bill's Passage WASHINGTON; Jn. 111. The' house today adopted an amendment to the Independent officos bill which would have the effect of abolishing the tariff commission nest June 1. The aineudment eliminated entirely u provision sllotlng J717,00 for eg. penses of tlio couimlssiou during the coming fiscal year. The . amendment, offered by Kep resentstive (lamer, of Tessa, raukiug democrat ou the wsjs and menus committee, was adopted (13 to oil. It was subject to auothcr vole, however, before passage of 'the bill, PROTEST RENEWED WASHINGTON, Jan.' 31. Pro test against the British ambargo on American potatoes baa been renewed by the stnto department. IS LOS ANGELES,- Jan.: 31.tT1ui , home ot Charles Spencer Chaplin, film comedian; likewise his studio, , might Just an' well be peopled by the deiif and dumb, so, fur as the W possibility, ot getting a statement on tlm reported stitilned 'ninrltnl relations of tlie Chaplins la cou cerned , . ;' ' Attorneys for the custar'tl-ple Joke-maker's recently acquired girl bride, Llta Urey Chiiplin, have an nounced that negotiations ere un der way , for a "financial setle ment" between the pair. : , "" Charlie Is Silent 1 ' ' The comedian's money eventual ly may talk, but so far tho come dian .hlmBOlf has . refused to say one word. A Japnneso valet at tho Chaplin homo Is loquacious onuttgh In a photographic way. The suave orlnntnl answers tho bell with a smllo and a bow ami the stntomcnt: "everthlng all right, Mr. and Mrs. Chaplin getting 'lona fine. No news todny. Sorry."'. He hna made the eamo announce ment possibly two hundred .times In tho past bIx weeks,' and ho is getlng almost letter pcrfuct ln tuu rolo. , .. . .) . Attorneys Active ' - '..;!" Meanwhile, attorneys who soy they represenl Mrs. Chnplln, de clare that they have been con sulting for ten days on lh sub ject, of a financial settlement. In these conferences Edwin .McMur ray, San Francisco attorney ' And uncle of the bride, has been tak ing a leading part. They assert that Mrs. Chnplln can add nothing at present to their announcements (Continued on p3go Irn) TODAYS Why "Take Heed I" Self Determination Tho Itiilian Walker l.os Jii .01 TALKS TO GRANGE Arnold Collier, rounty club leader, was one of the speakers at the quar- ; county, which would aholib the fee terly meeting of the I'omoua Grange system for the office of Juntiee of held today at Irving. Mr. Ci'ler ; ihe peace at IVndleton nd place the spoke at the forenoon session on j justice on a fist sslary of I,8(0 a plana for county club organisation. car RE8ERVE INCREASES NEW YOIIK, Jan. 31. The ac. tuul condition of clearing houso bunks and trust companies for tbo week shows an excess In re serve of $52,029,11)0. This Is an Iniresse of 110,417,700, compared i with last week y AllTHUn UWHUANK (Copyright; 1'J". by War Company) The proposed constitutional amend ment, that would enable congrens to regulate child Inhor, is evidently dc fealfd. That la an Interesting test of I'nited Stules civilization, and sn swers the rd.hlooded 100 pr cent Amerlesna who deny tlmt money is tho main power here. Very Interesting is the objection to any Interference with child labor for fear it might Interfere with Ihe use fulness of children In religious and oilier Institutions. The founder nf Chri.tlaully would b Interested to find Ills profesnionsl followers fight ing an amendment that would save children from shsineful exploitation in mills, mines and factories. The warning agiiinst hurting one of these little onei, litf-nua. ''their angels do always brlHd the face of my father, which It In heaven," must not be taken too seriously, where canh prof its art concerned. After all, au Ideal ist, preaching In Gulilea 1000 yeurs ngo could hardly be expected to un derstand business needs in ID'.'S. ' ' "Danger of setting all Croatia! In flames, and smashing the Jugo-.Hi.i-vlsu kingdom"' says the aewapaprr headline. .Many of the artificially cre ated "self determining' governments. established after the war, wlil ho smashed, or absorbed, by stronger powers before long. Self determinnion Is pleasing expression, but does not mesa much. The story told and ths , strength shown, through centuries, not any burst ot sentiment, following war de termines people's fate. Those that could not govern them selves before tbs war do not become suddenly capable, merely bocauit the allies Jient Germany. 1'oollsh is th power that sets up a nation, or an Individual In business for himself, un less nation or Indivldusl has proved (Continued on pagt feu,)