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VOL. 68
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY:
EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1925
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
NO. 24
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piper Promoted
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E. B.
J0"". nr of The
Oregonlan.
.ell-known in Eugene, having
duated in Journa..u, .
verslty of Oregon in 1924. is
on the Associated Tress staff
' - ... it u announced.
TO
i formerly empiuy u, iU
Lth American Newspaper ai-
t in aescriu.uB
-covering" the recent eclipse
tninav u.rltpn: "Our
.hp sun. mr. "
tDt was to send up a large navy
ne with a reporter, radio oper
r photographer and astronomer.
,e men comimeu -
rlption of the phenomenon as
, from an altitude of 9000 feet
dispatch was radioed to the
. . .1 lai4 In
und receiving stauuu,
graph offices and sent, out iu
our memberships." Mr. Piper
, an associate editor of the
id while In college, and a
her of Sigma Delta Chi, na
tal professional journalism fra
jnity. Irene. Peper Passes
(mother' chapter in the journalism
Florence i written this ween wuu
osssing of the "Siuslaw News.
t New. grew out of the "Siuslaw
(ion" and thnt in turn was the out
Be of "The West." Ralph Moore in
final issue of the New. states tnat
community is too small to aupport
eekly newspaper, shanks the Flo-
Itincs tor loc.r ouwu.v,
30" on his last effort. aho
st was established by George Mel-
Miller in 1S89 and the same enuip-
1,1 and building is still in use, hav-
enrried several names and now
hits another. Another 1 loron:c
spaper "The Pilot" was cstabliso
hv Bob Huston some 12 to 13
rs ago, during the boom period in
tern Lane. Tbis paper was sus-
uled by Mr. Huston when indica-
L9 were that the boomlct tiaa
chtd its peak and was passing out.
VICTIM
STILL
HELD BY ROCK
E
Skilled Stone Workers Are
Turned Back; Vibration
Of Earth Feared
kcker Team Active
Eugene checker players are
bud of their ability in this cross
kve game and they are about to
foplete arrangements for a game
th.the combined talent of Salem,
tiany and Corvallis, according to
mbera of the Eugene Chess and
lecker club. The Eugeneans re.
fitly won over a team from these
es by the count of 162 to 136
h arc ambitious to repeat their
:tory. Several local tournaments
also being planned for the en-
bsiaEls ot the Eugene club, It Is
ported. The club which has
te a representative member-
is the focal point for this
known indoor sport in Eugene
1 the players are strong in the
iot that more skill and science
required than In any other
puc now on the books.
Inquet Plans Attract
Jetween l.",0 and 'J00 are expected
bp Lincoln club dinner to be held
Work Progresses But Slow
ly; Hope Held Out For
Rescue Soon
CAVE C1TT, Ky., Feb. 3. OP)
His hopes of being rescued alive gone
Floyd Collins, 3.1, trapped in Sand
cave near here sinco Friday morning,
has been praying constantly . for se
eral hours, rescue t workers reported
late today when they emerged from
four and a half hours weary labor at
widening the passage way from the
cdve entrance.
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 3. COT
Skilled stoue workers who came from
Iuiaville Monday to assist in re
leasing Floyd Collins, 35, from his
prison in Sand cave where a boulder
pinioned him Friday, planned to re
turn this afternoon because they say
their services have been declined.
Other efforts to free -Collins con
tinued but still are largely unorgan
ised. .
Employes of the Louisville Monu
ment company, said to be experts in
stone work and the use of drills,
were not permitted .to enter tho cave
for a survey and members of the Col
lins family blocked their efforts to
aid, one of the members of the firm
said this afternoon. .
VICTIM IS STANDING
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 8. UP)
Floyd Collins, is not lying in a liv
ing tomb, but is standing nearly erect,
much like a person in a dentist's
chair, one of the rescuers revealed
today. Tho huge sandstone block
which slipped and pinned one fell
just as Collins was attempting to
straighten himself for a squeeze
through an eight-inch passage ahead
Itcscucra today had carried away
small pieces of stone and handsfull
of mud until a pannage had been
cleared beside Collins as far back as
(lie evening of February 12, ae-j i,:s knct-K. The debris was removed
lint to Ir. M. C. Han is.. prei-; hy niece through 150 feet of the
'. The pinna for the event which ! (.llv0 tunnel where men crawled nine
i' bron under way for the pant few! tenths of the way. The enve itself
ls are Hlinping up well anil uiiiii ! t,.nn described as more of a sink
Mgtiiiiiii tueir aiteutmn to Iv , i10,. thnn a cavern.
Ilttin oud dripping water drain in
rcmuintly from the mouth making a
Id-foot drop before striking the un
derground channel which 7.ig-isagn
through jagged rocks at a decidedly
fnt and hear of "Abraham I.in-
I". His Life nnil Works." ns told b.v
i'sc Lawrence T. Harris of Eugene,
"ipr justice, of the Oregon supreme
t. It i Imped by those promoting
(Continued. on page five)
(Continued on page three) .
BULLETINS
Scenes at Herrin, 111., Where S. Glenn Young Was Killed
Battle Ground af
) Herrin is Shown
OPEN
HEAR
OF STATE DRY
GROUP IS HELD
Executive Session Follows
Meeting At Salem; Gov
ernor Has Word
Prohibition Department Is
Defended; George Cleaver
Also Praised
ilSOFF
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. The house today asserted its exclusive
!t to initiate revenue legislation by voting to return- the postal
p ml rato Increase bill to the senate. The vote was IZa to lo3.
CONVICTION OF DR. COOK AFFIRMED
NEW ORLEANS, Fob. 3. The United Stntea circuit court of ap
is to,'ay affirmed tho conviction of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic
florer, who last year was found guilty at. Fort Worth,, Texas, for
nS the molls to defraud in connection with the sale of oil siock.
WHEAT FOR MAY DELIVERY SLUMPS
CHICAGO. Frh. 3-wke.t for Mav delivery broke sharply here
fy about mid-session when the market touched 1 93 6-8 a bushel
ping a decline of 6 7-8c to 6c as compared with the prevloua close
a difference of 12',4c compared with the season's top record
hed lsst week when wheat for May delivery Bold at 2.05 7-8.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Tbe
house agricultural committee deeidi-d
today to have drawn up a bill embody
ing the recommendation of I'resident
Ciiiilidije's agricultural conference, to
1-,'iiiu u ail suggestions excepting
those relating to the tariff.
This action was taken to give the
committee a basis from which tif pro
ceed. Chairman Hnugen announced he
proposes to introduce a grain eiport
bill similar to one introduced Inst
week, iu the senate by Senator Mo
Nary, republican ot Oregon, and
which contuins many features of the
old McNarj-IIaugen bill. The com
mittee ti'ilsy took up the Capper-Wil-
, liamt bill, designed to further co-op
erative marketing, witJi Ilepresenta
tive Williams, republican of Mirbiguu.
testifying.
PRESIDENT DISAPPOINTED
WASHINGTON, Feli. 3 Although
disappointed that bis farm relief pro
gram has n"t been given priority by
leadera in congress, I'resident Cool
Idge is inclined to accept their judg
ment and has no intention ot calling
an extra session of congress to con
sider farm legislation after .March 4.
With members of congress from
the agricultural states taking the posi
tion that there is no emergency re
quired action, the president would re
gsrd their decision as matured Judgment.
SENATOR MAYFIELD SEATED BY VOTE
WASHINGTON. Feh J-11m nnata today seated Senator May-
W. democrat of Texas, dismissing the contest brought by George
U. PedllV. ricfentn.1 p.nillil.lA In lha 1423 election.
f
WHEELER CASE EVIDENCE GIVEN JURY
WASHINQTON. Feb. a Evidence on which the department of
'"e has announced lth ntirnn.it to hrlna new proceedings here in
fase 0f scn.,nr tvh-,,1-- . Mnntuna was laid before a special
fni Jury tud,y o the DhHrict of Columbia supreme court.
FAVORABLE REPORT ON TREATY ORDERED
WASHINGTON, Feb. J A favorable report on the Oerman com
'ilsl treat. i.k inAmv hv the senate
r'sn relation. .nrn,i,.
Logs Floated Out
ToCushman Boom
"llfTf-iit heavy rtiin Live ritRcd tlif
If vM of tlic Hhiolflw and thin liaa r
ulir in the rarrj-inf dowo "f about
SIOO.fiOO f'ft of loir to the boom of
the Siun'aw H'min compnny nr
Cunhmnn, rmnlin to li. K. Itean.
member of the mmpanj. Amul 1.
0tO,')O0 feet of l"ic It i etimated
are ati!. on the upper rirer and theae
re eipected to come down with the
nt ti In tb rivrr, Mr. Ilean Mid.
Mint of the lf ire being lent to the
Cooi bay area for millUf.
Jn observance of Hoy Scout anni
versary week I'eb. 8 to V.l various
merchsnt will be nsked to put in
windows of a hoy , 81011 1 nnlure.
Kvery effort wilt be innde by Itoy
nout officinls to brine Ihoir artivi
tics before the public, it is announc
ed. The movement is barely1 a year
old in Kngeiie, stnrtinK with the or
(tHfiizntiou nf Troop No. 1 by the
Amerk'an legion post and growing to
three troops with the fourth under
wny. 1 A meeting of reprrHmtntivcs
from the various organizations ipon
soring troops und from civic clubs in
contemplated in tbe near future to
organize a central controlling body or
Hoy Scout council. Much an orgfltriza
lion would promote scouting and so
cure and train lenders for the vnri
oiis troops. The latter is the most
difficult thing about the movement,
it ii said.
Boys are always plentiful but the
supply of leaders in always a prob
lem. Troop No. 3 sponsored by the
Klks, is in need of a scoutmaster sod
nu asaistsnt at the present time, l-'rrd
Chess Is bandting the troop now but
baa time an taken up with high school
activities that h ferls he cannot un
dertake tha leadersb p permanently
If sDyone feels that he would like
to help lead this troop they can apply
to !eorga McMorrnn or Fred Chen
r attend the meeting of ihi trvp
(n Thursday nights at the Kugne
high school, is the announcement.
Crater Park Head
Pays Eugene Visit
Cnlntirl Thoinifl'n, aiiiicriiitcniicii'.
nf Crater Mke national park, in a
KiiRcne visitor-' today fur a uliort
ataj. The . colonel make hii hciid
qunrtera In .Mrdford dtirlnic tif wio
ter and whi-n the ti.ilifiiinl luirk i
ntrn for traffic in tiie piiinmr th
bcod'iuartrrs are moved into the park
to Ana sprinira camp. An extensive
pavinf program for th parlr roada is
pianued for the romint j'nr as ap
propriat.iima for this have been mad?,
the superintendent slates.
Following a gun battle which re
sulted in tbn death of S. Glenn Young.
Han leader, t vo of hia followcrH, and
Deputy Sheriff Thomas at Herrin,
III., a great crowd gathered at the
morgue v.bero the bodies had been
taken. Humor? of another outbreak
ijuicted uhen national guardsmen ar
rived 'to restort order. The picture
abbve chows a part of the crowd
which surrounded the morgue where
th bodies were taken.
A closeup view of the Bioue cigar
store, where the gun . battle took
plaice, ia given at tho left. Guards
int'd hfV (in .duty at the-store. , A bul
let Hole i,scen'iii the window. ''
Toll in Feuds at v
" Herrin Runs High
During Past Year
1 .
.llKltni.V, 111., Feb. 3. UP) A
toll of 1-1 lives tins been taken, direct
ly or indirectly,' In Williamson County
Kin 11. and anti-KInn warfare In Ichb
thnn a year. The county waa known
ns "bloody Williamson" even DO years
ago, but first came prominently into
the national limelight as a result uf
the mine riots June 22, 1022, In which
22 men were killed.
The record of killings In the la.-t
year follows:
February 8 Constable Caesar Ci-
le, a Klnnfnian, was killed when th
Herrin city hospital was riddled by
bul'els In n disorder following a aer
iea nf Honor raids led by 8. Glenn
Voung.
Mar 2I--.lin-k Sk"lcher, one of tho
alleged assailants of .Mr. and Mrs. K
(ilenn Voung, in an attack the pre
vious night, was killed when con
nln'ilcs attempted to arrc?t him ul ill -Herrin
cily limits.
August .10 -Seven men, including
Klaoamen and iititi-Kliinsinen, were
killed In and near the John II. Smith
garnge at Herrin when Sheriff (i.il
lignn and Deputies attempted to ci.e
as evidence the bullet riddled aedan if
8. (ilenn Young.
January 24 S. Glenn Young and
Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas killed
each other nnil two otbera were slain
in a ahnotlng affray in the European
hotel building in Herrin.
January .11 A man Identified a:
Joseph Phillips an alleged anti-Klan
man. was killed In the I.ymnr hotel it
Herrin by rolleeman Ilufiis Wliltson
Range Damaged by
Recent Heavy Rain
STATE HOUSE, 8AI.E.M. Ore,
Feb. 0, W) There were acveral
spots that scintillated with blue
sparks in the public hearing last night
by the committee investigating the
atate prohibition department in the
executive aeaBiun tJiat followed i
The latter did not end until the hour
hand on the state bouse dial had
flagged past tho hour of midnight.
Senator liarlaud opened the public
hearing and culled on Governor
IMcrce to speak.
The governor said counties had
been found where it was almoat im
possible to get a conviction in a liij-
uor case until sentiment had been
created. In trying to enforce the law-
he declared that Cleaver had earned
his salary.
"The funds with which we have to
work is insufficient," said the gover
nor. "Wc have hnd only about $500
for each county, but with that amount
;o have' worked -wonders; Hnd the
chief .value liua been to put backbone
into those officers who were reluctant
to enforce the law, or who were not
vigorous Jn their 'enforcement.
Action Deferred.
The governor defended bis action
in turning over to WA J. Ilerwlg, of
tbe Anti-Saloon league through Clea
ver $1500 to bo used in the Inveitl
gationa of Abe Weinberg, detective
employed by tho Anti-Snloon lengue,
and declared bo believed it money
well spent. .Speaking of local officers
Ihc governor commended District At
torneys Keator of Umatilla county,
Fisher of Cons, Connors of Yamhill,
Stripp of Oregon City and others, but
Nine of Caoba
Crew Safe in
Grays Harbor
rOHTLAND, Ore., Feb. 3. UP)
While efforts were being mnde this
morning to briug into Astoria the
waterlogged eteam schooner Caoba,
one of tho vessel'a lifehoatH with nine
men was brought into Aberdeen by
tug which had picked it up off
Grays Harbor.
Four of tbe men suffering from
exposure, are in hospitnls, but tho re
mainder went to bed and aro behoved
none tho worse for thoir experiences.
The men went 30 hours without
water in mountainous seas, according
to First Mate Itignal. Their water
cask broke as the two lifeboats were
launched Sunday night.
Late yesterday afternoon they
were off the Columbia river but were
turned back to aea by the ebbing tide.
Rignall then decided to try for Grays
Harbor and with the aid of an impro
vised sail they had reached a point
near hero at 4 o'clock this morning
when they heard tho whistling buoy
off Grays Harbor.
SCHOONER OUTSIDE BAR
PORTLAND. -Ore., Feb. 3. The
waterlogged atcam schooner Cuobo,
which has been adrift off tbe mouth
of the Columbia river, without a crew
was still outside the Columbia river
bar at 10 a. m. yesterday, according
to word from tho naval radio atation
at North Bend. '
(Continued on page three)
T
LAYS CHARGES DF
it
:2
ENGINEER
in
KILLED; TWO
ARE INJURED
Locomotive Of Logging Lino
Drops; Engineer Pinned
Beneath Engine
Two Brakemen Burned Bj
Escaping Steam; Fireman
Makes Escape
TACOMA, Feb. 3 (A.P.) Har.
ry Parker, engineer, was killed and
Mike Nick and Earl Riley, brakomen,
were severely burned, when the loco
motive of a logging train plunged
through a trestle on the Eastern
Railway and Lumber company's Una -near
Centralis, Wash,, this tr.Jrnlng.
The body of parker was still pin
ned under the looomotlvo several
hours after the wreck. The .two
brakemen wore riding In tha engine
and were Injured by escaping steam.
Fireman Sullivan escaped without
serious Injury.
The trestle that gave day under the
locomotive Is about ten miles from
Centralis. .t
As the result of the steady rains
of the past few weeks the target phs
of the outdoor range of the national
guard companies south nf the city
bava cared In and considi rablo work
will be necesaory. before the spring
practice shooting can be held, ao
cording to Major W. (J. White, battal
ion commander. "If it i possible we
will obtain another site for a range
as the present one is not as good aa
it could he," the mnjor said.
"We have to shoot south, usually
in the face of the sun, aoil it would
be much better it the. riflemen could t
face east," he states. An open site
with at least 1000 jards would be
necessary for a new r-ingo, tbe uiajot
said.
NOME, Alaska, Feb. 3. (P) Fa
tigued from two days' loss of sleep
and exhausted from driving a team nf
dogs HO miles through a blinding hlir.
Jtord for seven and one-bsif hours In
order to deliver .'100,000 units of diph
theria nntl loiln to this town yester
day Gunnar Kosson was still sleeping
early Imluy.
Kasson accomplished a feat seldom
attained by seasoned muebere of the
sub-Antic. For two days he walled
on the Irnil at Hliiff with thirteen I
dogs, beaded by Hullo, nf the Ilnm- I
nion Consolidated Gold Fields com
pany, to transfer serum shipped from
AiK-borage via Nenana from Olsen'a
relay team. Leonard Nrppalln, unde
feated niuher of the north, met a re
lay team at Shnktolik, east of Norton
Sound, and carried the anti-toxin to
Oolofinin, on the north shore of Nor
ton Mound. Hering sea, where Olsen
anaitea him.
Billiard is Faced.
Despite a temperature of 28 de
grees below xero and a blixiard fan
ned by a stiff wind, Kasson mushed
on. The storm and darkness prevent
ed hiirt from meeting Fred Hohn at
Solomon for the Inst short relay dash
into Nome. He kept up the pace,
however, and reached here at day
breiik. Four dogs in the teom were
badly frosen.
Hohn arrived before noon from Sol-
iomon alter ne learoea ivasson nau
missed linn. No word bas beea receiv
ed from Krppulla.
The former Finnish athlete is ex-
SALE.f, Ore., Fob. 3. Major
Charles E. Gjedsted, four four yeers
chief aaslstant to Adjutant-General
George A. White of the Oregon na
tional guard, who yesterday suddenly
quit bis post without word of ex
planation from himself or the adju
tant general, today submitted bla res
ignation, in writing to the adjutant
general, from Portland. In addition
ho forwarded a letter to Governor
Pierce in which he declares that be
resigned "in tbat I can feel free to
bring to your attention certain irreg
ularities committed by tbe adjutant
general In Hia administration of the
department."
Specifications Ready
"Hpcclflcatlona cover the Irregulari
ties referred to will be submitted to
you In duo course at your command
for such action ns you may deem
proper," continues Major Gjedsted In
his letter to tho executive. Neither
tho letter to tho governor, hl.i letter
of resignation to General White, or a
forniol letter which he sent to all
officers of Ihc national guard advis
ing them of tho resigualion givea any
particulars as -to tho cause of the
resignation or his split with the de
partment. Gjedsted charges in his letter of
(Continued on page five)
Constable Has Wild
Time Groundhog Day
yesterday was groundhog day fur
Constable John Mursh he lnmcnts to
day la citing a few things tiiat hap
pened In his life yesterday. First some
boya got into bis garage and turntd
on tbe tap to his motor oil Btipply and
lot the rare and expensive fluid flow
gayly over the floor.
.About $7 will repair the loss, he
states. Then a lot of dogs, both li
censed and unliccusod, invaded his
yard and destroyed a line full of clo
thes drying. The constable is still
optimistic.
Police Department
Adds J. B. Morrill
J. B. Morrill waa appointed special
officer on the Eugene police force to
day, to handle cases arising out of
failure of dog owners to obtain licen
ses. This is tha result of the recent
action taken by the city council, at
which It was decided to old method
of splitting the fees for dog licenses
with the ting-catcher should be done
wny with, and a special officer ap
pointed at a flut salary to specialize
In this work. Mr. Morrill woo sworn
In to office today.
STUDY NEAR END
WASHINGTON, Fob. 3. Presi
dent CoolidKo cxpocls to con
clude his study of tho Tacna
Arlca arbitration between Chllo
and Torn by tho first of March
and to annmtneo bis decision by
tbat timo.
TODAY
-New Whitney Mount
-"What People Think
-The Ostracized Dozen
(Continued on page ten)
Ity AHTIUHl HM8BANB
(Cnpyrlght, 101'fi, by War Company)
Harry Payne "Whitney, an energetic
young man who led the American polo
players to victory agninat I'.ngland,
carrlea new honors. Ho leads me
country iu successful breeding of race
horses. Ills colts and fillies earned
more money than tho horses of any
other breeder.
.
Thnt'a a great honor, and It is ap
plauded as Its deserves. There is
something else Mr. Whitney might do.
He might duplicsto the total number
of fighting airplanes owned by his
country: And he might provide "jock
eys" I Ion ia to say, first rlas pilots
and mechanics, for those airplanca.
' The government has only twenty
machines fit to take the air in battle.
Mr. Whitney, and each one of a dozen
men In his financial class, could eas
ily dilpllcnte that without fcHing It.
And Id tbe long run swift pursuit
planes, ruling the air, might be more
profitable to Mr. Whitney by protect.
Ing his property than all the race
borsea that were ever ruined in the
(.'tilted Ktutes.
The government apparently doean't
intend to do anything In a hurry about
protecting this couutry in the air. Pos
sibly some of the young polo players
will decide to give up their danger. us
pouies ami try the excitement auj
usefulness of snmewhut more danger
ous work in the air.
If every man in the I'nltid State!
that owns and rides ten polo pouiea
would own and ride one fast pursuit
plune, able to overtake ami bring
down an enemy- plane, thie country
would be a good deal safer th.in It is.
Judge Gary, In Pittsburgh, says
that President Coolidge plana to es
tablish ties abroad and that tbe presi
dent "ia endeavoring to ascertain the
(Continued on poge fou )
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