he Legislature Enters Upon the.Intensive Stage Next Week The Guard Will Have the News From day to day.
City News
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TWO SECTIONS
EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1925
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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.
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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.
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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
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Memorial Tablet to Wilson Unveiled
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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:
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Dempsey Asks for
Battle for Title :
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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.
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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;
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.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
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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,)