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Orejon-RiH o1gh
.,.. noderats temperature;
.". southwesterly ' winds.
pt.r. w.d...d.y:
Maximum, 54 degree.! mini
asm 43. Precipitation, .56 of
u uch. Staj of river. 14.2
feet Direction of wind. outn.
VOL. 68
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
EUGENE, OKEGON, TIIUKSDAV EVENING, FEBKUAKY 5, 1923
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
. NO. 2fi
HOME I
EDITION
U, Business Poor
!....:... it uoor nt the Hotel de
Less, inuounced W. U. Judkins,
Lt 0J police, iuis
ielry .
l . .i riehth avenue and rank-
, street, and became of its proxim
tu Uie railroad has long been a
Uriwua for knights of the road,
totally eight men were routed out
U, hay "lven ctu "
!..n .,.! lurned out to serve, va-
LCj. sentences with the street coui
:...r oiling wood . and doing
let odd jobs. A. night or so later
ree Bore were arrested and went
jough a similar procedure. "Here
lel, they've been i"'n
lra as .if it were smallpox," said
iei Judkins. "1 thinK me news ui.
irtsd up sad down lue uue
. h lingers in Kugeue to sleep
Lin, to work-without pay."
I. cranes
Hf Maxwell, tried and convicted
. .. i.. ,urt yesterday aft-
um for roaming tho street at
gals; escaped the clutches of the
,'by a ruse, it is announced. While
c jury was out, Maxwell asked the
lice for perm.ssiou w So .
. , few minutes, ana lnasuiucu o
' ..i. inn the oermission was
was u
anted. He never came back, lhe
L returned its verdict of guilty,
H the officers nau no t,..-
.n Ken out of jail on bail,
, me bail was not effective after
. .AV,o.i hence it cannot be
e trm
Elected as a fine, Judge George A.
Lore ruled, l'olico ore today huut-
. (or their quarry, xuo
f -i- i. r.oKn consisted of W. R.
neie ,u --
Lertson. Ulainc Uuvey, S. Getchell,
ed Uerot, W. i . JlCLracseu aim
Thompson. ;
L Weathor Desjred
K we could have a short dry spell,
u of onl' a few days duration, we
,,ika considerable progress on
Ll ami bridge work," was the coui-
ut today of 1. M. Morse, county en-
Pr. as he gazed out on another
luge. "This has been ono of the
:t difficult times in BCverot years
road'ork. -Many, projects have
,, started jUid tiicu. halted on ac-
Lt of the weather. Then' they have
n started ugnin hnd halted again,
lie lumetit of the engineer. In prac
illy oil parts of the county niainte-
tuce work has been hampered con-
rably by the adverse weather and
h some indication of clearing ac-
n will be under way, is (he report.
criff At Klamath
hVord was received at the sheriff's
ice today by Earl Juckoy, deputy
riff, that Sheriff Frank K. Tny
awl Deputy Sheriff Van' Svnrver.
expect to return to Eugene Friday
,T amicarimc as witnesses in the
inli r case of John O'Shen. Present
ications are that, the Lane offi
is will complete their( testimony
iiy, it is reported. Tho road be
in Ashland and Klamath Fulls
r thy "mile-high" route was in
1 condition with the exception of
last IT, miles which are rather
Ncult owing to tleep mud, is the
nl received.
tor Stores Start
phe first trip of the Grays Motor
cs, the new grocery on ' wheels,
started this morning, 'flic big
k completely rebuilt and with new
: Mre installed carries a supply of
i's, mcnt, baked goods, vrge-
,"s ai.il t tJier lines usunlly found
first-class store. It is expected
within the' next few days that a
pilar schedule of trips for the
k will he maintained, is the an
ncm"nt. on Directors Meet '
f ile board of directors of the Lane
s'y Farmers t'hion Warehouse
M"! will hold a meeting at the
" of the nrcnnizatlnn at Cottage
ve thu evening, according to the
Pncment of Hslph p. Laird.
""lent. There is no plan at pres
f"r any expansion of. the faelii
1 "f the org.inixatl'.n although thes
mm
BIRD
Opportunities
foustat)Uy Presented
IM THE
WrtOdScdwn
I i.t'cntinned on page five)
Bank of Commerce to Move
I
BUSINESS DEAL
IS
Castle Theater Block Sold
By E. E. Large; Present
Store Site Sold
Rumors Of New Bank Heard;
Plans Of Present Bank
Are Indefinite
One of the biggest transfers of down
town real estnte in ninny months, a
deal which also includes several con
templated changes in Eugene business
circles, is the sale of the Castle Hiea
ter block by E. Largo to the Bank
of Commerce whicn was announced
by Mr. Large today,
Mr. Large a!so announced that he
has sold the stock of his present store,
to Itobert W. Prescott, local realtor,
who Is acting for other parties. TBe
Hank of Commerce will remodel the
Cnstjo. theater building, work, oil
which was started yesterday, and will
move from the' present .quarters tit
Eighth nveuue aud Willamette street.
No Plans Maaltv ,
Mr. Large stated today that he hud
as jet made no plans for the future
as the deal with the bank forf the
Castle block, which was to have been
the new home of the Large establish
ment, was only discussed during the
past few days. "I expect to remain in
Eugene and at present have no plans
for the immediate future. I may cn-
(Coutlnued on , aee two)
Petitions to rrpato ft new Hchool
district nt Wont fir will bo nctorl on
at. the Hireling of the county bound
!Vry boil rd to be held next Monday at
j 10 a. iu., according to announcement
: of K. .1. Moore, county superintendent
I of schools. The petition to have a
I qmirter-sectiou of land in diMtriet 104
transferred to district 1? at Gonhen
j will also be taken up. Thin piece of
! land is the property of W. .7. Seharen
and the change to another school dis
trict in asked hi order that his child
ren will not have to take a longer
route to nohool.
A special meeting of the boundary
board will be held February 27 to
act on petitions for tho transfer of
part of the Mendowview district to
the Irving district and also a petition
asking that part of the Latham dis
trict be transferred to the Cottage
Grove district.
This special meeting is neeewarj
in order that any change in school
'districts may be completed before
(March 1 as after that date the county
assessor is not required to recogniae
the rchool superintendent.
Windstorm Does
Damage to Homes!
si'iiix;nixi. tre.. Jeb. a.
(Special) Considerable damage was
done by the windstorm in Springfield
yesterday. The new garuge built re
cently on the properly of Itobert
Heed, on east Main street, collapsed,
several telephone poles wtra blown
dowrin the same district, shingles
were blown off the residence of .Mr.
and Mrs.' Al Valentine at Kighth and
C streets, and a few small woodsheds j
and the like near the eastern city llni- j
its were flattened out.
The new garage of Mr. Reed had ;
not had the doors p on yet, so the j
wind, blowing into it, blew the sides (
out at the base, with the roof fall- j
uig between. I
BIG DOWN
01
ANNOUNCED
0
Bail is Fixed
For Captain
Of Rum Ship
ASTORIA, Ore., Feb. 5. Hail in
the sum of $o,000 for Captain H.
Pamphlet of the schooner I'escawha,
and of 51,000 for each of five mem
bers of his crew was set today when
the prisoners appeared before United
States Commissioner II. K. Zimmer
man and waived prelira'nary bearing
on charges developing from the aeii
ure of the Fes caw ha by the coast
guard cutter Algonquin as a rum run
ner. The l'escawba was captured off
the Washington coast after it had
rescued nine members of. the ship
wrecked crew of the schooner Caoba.
Captain Pamphlet stated he could
raise bail for himself and the entire
crew, but that it might require sev
eral days.
After being removed to the Algon
quin for a check, the slightly more
than 1,00 cases of liquor in tho Tes
eawha'a carjo was put aboard her
again and sealed in the hold, prepara
tory to the removal of the schooner
to Portland.
TORS ASSURE
GOVERNOR PIERCE
STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore.,
Feb. 5. Although the legislature won
the first round last week In its bat
tle with Governor Pierce over the ap
pointive prerogative, the governor is
scheduled to win all the remaining
rounds, accord'ng to assurnnce to this
effect given the executive by a group
of 13 senators, two more than needed
to sustain his veto.
Nine of the group voted against the
governor Inst week in the Port of
Portlund commission controversy, and
in (insuring him last night that they
would stny with him to the last ditch
with reference to the fish and game
commission they explained they voted
against him as to the port because
they considered it a local matter.
Th fish and game commissions, on
the other hand, they explained, are
stnti matters and they gave the exec
utive assurances that they vote to
sustain his veto as to any men su res
passed to divest him of the appoint
ive power over either.
Yhite the assurance of support
gimi the governor was particularly
with reference to the fish and game
commissions, it is alto understood
that the group will rote to sustain
bim with reference to legislation
seeking to deprive bim of control
over any other departments.
Appointments for
Water Conference
Are Given Approval
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. Secre
tary Hubert Work of the department
of the Interior approved today the
appointment by three western gover
nors of representatives to aid the rec
lamation bureau in surveys and re-appraisals
of the federal reclamation
projects. . The representatives are
(ieorge B. Thatcher, Nevada; M. M.
Moutton, Washington, and Warren I'.
Hwendnen, Jrlahn. Their aid will be
given on loal projects to the two
fommittees, which on March 1, will
commenre investigations looking to
ward readjustment of construction
costs on ".'2 projects.
Ceremony Will be
Held hy De Molay
Nine csndidates will enter the Iocs!
rhapter of the Order of the Ie Molsy
at an Initiation ceremony, to be h'ld
at the Masonic hall the evening of
Thursday, February 12, according to
announcement today. A meeting of
the Msaon.e order is aeheduled for
the evening of Wednesday, February
IS at which time there win be a
presentation of jewels to the past
masters of the local lodgs.
BOOTH-KELLY
5-DAY WEEK
Curtailment Of Production
To Alleviate Over-Supply
Declared Cause
Present Over-Production Is
Said To Be Harmful To
Lumber Interests
Starting Saturday, the Booth-Kelly
mills will go on a five-day week aa
a means to curtail production and
alleviate the present over-supply 'in
the market, according to announce-,
mcnt today of A. C. Dixon, manager
Of the company. - g
The present over-production la
harmful and for the best iuiorcsts of
the business as n whole it is neces
sary to take this step temporarily at
least, Mr. Dixon stntes.
"Wo nre finding the lumber market,
In an unsatisfactory condition," Mr.
Dixon said, "largely, we think, as a
result of the fact that our eastern
rail markets nre hot-' taking as much
luiubcr .es they 'would if it were not
for the extremely bad weathor condi
tlons; and because, weather conditions
in tne west are bo mat mere is an
unusual amount of lumber being made
for this time of tle.ycar, and gener
ally speaking there is more lumber
tnado than can be sold at or above
the'eost o( production.
"This seems to bo the observation
of a good many other operators, as
well as our own, and so far as we
are concerned, we will not continue
to make more lumber than we can
sell 4t a profit, and since we can
do nothing to stimulate the market
under the present conditions, we arc
going to lessen the supply produced
by going on a five-day-a-week basts
at our mills, beginning on Saturday
of this week.
"We hope, since a number of other
mills are doing the same thing, that
the reduction in supply, If made by
a sufficient number of mills will bal
ance the market until the usual spring i
demand is in evidence and until
weather conditions are so all over
the country that lumber can be used
as well as produced.
"Wo believe all the operators in j
the northwest should do the same as
a number are now doing; that is,
balance up the supply with the de
mand and follow this policy always
and as soon as a lessening in demand
Is noticed, go to the extent of run
ning five, four or three days a week
or closing down altogether if neces
sary. "Over-production is hsrinful to the
operators and eventually to the' em
ployes, and creates an unfavorable
condition which is of no benefit to the
consumer," Mr. Dixon said.
Dates for Annual
County Fair Pend
Kxpectotioni are that word will be
received today or tomorrow as to the
dates f-T the annual I,ane county fair,
according to announcement today of
W. R. Kobertson, lecretary of th
fair board. The annual meeting of
the Nortoweit Itsring sssoolstlon i
under way at Aberdeen, Wash., snd
W. W. Brsnstetter is representing the
I,an board at the meeting. It Is ex
pected that lhe Lane fair will be held
before the annual state fair, Mr. Hob
erUoo states.
Railroad Track is
' Damaged by Slide
Slides due to the hesvy raini hsve
wsshed down the hank at the Math
ews gravel n'iSBTy north of the river
and have endangered the Southern Ps
clfic railroad track. A steam shovel
aD'l a erew of rail workers started op
rations today to cut away part of the
bank lt order to stop further sliding.
HILLS
RISE IIM FLOOR
SHUTS COLLINS
E
Guards Keep Brother From
: Entering: Cavern In
; Effort To Aid
Last Time Collins' Voice
Was Heard Was In Early
Morning Hours
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. S.
W) -Tha federal government lent
( a hand toward the resoue of
Floyd Collins from his under
ground tomb today when agents
from Indiana points arrived un
der 'orders from Seoretary Work
of tho department of tho Interior.
CAVE em, Ky., Feb. 0. UP)'
Floyd Collins has been completely en
tombed in his Hund cavo prison, 130
feet underground by a rise in tho
floor A the cave nnd all hopes of es
cape t. -oi-Ji any nuturnl passage
huve t- u aoi'adoned.
Fou,v 'ui'" ioto-ithe cave huvo ou-
viuceil fi geologist, coal 'miner and
in. Italy authorities in charge of the
work that their only chauco to reach
Collins is by sinking a shaft from the
tup of tho hill and endeavoriug to tun
nel to the Imprisoned inau;
. A guard wus placed over Homer
Collins, brother of the entombed man,
today, to prevent his entering tho
cavern in further rescue effort. .Mili
tary authorities in charge felt that the
risk of life was too great to permit
anyone crawling in the hole' when
there was no chunco to render aid by
thut method.
"I would gludly give my life to save
Floyd," hia brother said. 1 '
Heat Kept Up.
A portuble electric system is being
kept in operation in hope that Col
lins may still live and be kept warm
hy the electrical pads placed about
hia body before rescuers were barred
from reaching the victim. An electric
light waa, near his bead when Col
lins was last, seen.
The last time anyono heard Collin'a
voice was at 4 o'clock this morning
when rescuers called to bim from
their side of the stone blockade, Jtoy
Hyde, one of tho last, to leave the
cavern, thought he beurd Collins
mumble, "Oh, Cod, help me!"
An hour and a half before John
Geralds, the victim's chuin, says he
attempted to talk to Collins and got
only vague responses.
Geralds believes bis friend may be
delirious possibly from pneumonia but
admitted he v:t speculating. M
A rescue i-rew which entered at
s. m., fo-tc.i Ihst tus floor apparently
hsd swelled bjr below at the Inner
mose "squeeze only a few feet fro:n
Collins.
Returning to the surface, the mln-
(Coitinued on page six)
I
New County Agent
Assumes Position
O. 8. Fletoher, new county agent
for Lane, arrived here today to pre
pare for starting work early next
week. Mr. Fletcher waa expected t,i
be here February I, but was d"'laed.
He was accompanird today by Taul
V. Mnrle director of the extension di
vision of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege. Mr. Fletcher and Mr, Maris will
look over the office and other nerds
of the ratsblishtnent of the office here
and arrange for additions If neces
sary. Mr. Fletcher has been rnuntj
agent at Ilah county, Idaho, for the
past five years.
RIVER IS RISING
SAI.F.M, (Ire., Feb. S. The Wil
lamette river reached a be ght of in. I
feet this morning, having risen a foot
In 24 hours. It continues U rise.
IVITHENCAV
Champion Commuter of the World
Mrw VORK
And that is or ought to be. Mr. Gabriel AaroiiB of Buckingham
Gate,' London. For hero is what Mr. Aarons, despite hia 70
years, has done each year for the past 18 years traveled 9000
miles to bis Job in the spring, and 9000 miles brick home again in
the fall. Here's his route From London to Southampton by
train, then by boat to Now York, by train , to . San Francisco,
changes to a boat tor Seattle, where he obtains a boat to Seward,
Alaska, thence by rail to the terminus at Fairfield, whence it la
a mere trifle of 30 miles to the gold-dredging plant which he
runs for a British company, In tho fall he retraces the eame
route home to London. ,!''."
CITY SURROUNDED
Kugene Is an Island today, "com
pletely surrounded hy water."
With the Willamette river at UVj
feet In depth nnd steadily rising, lit
tle hope Is held out for iininedlnle re
lief, and automobile traffic, for the
second time tills year, Is virtually lit
a standstill.
The river has risen more than six
feet ill the Inst two days, and the
and is not yet in sight, according to
Gerald de llroekcrt, United States
wenther observer. .
Htagrs arriving In the city from the
north this morning, after consider
able delay, estimnted tJiat the water
was mora than two feet deep on the
pavement between Eugene and Junc
tion City, and that coming over the
highway impressed the traveler as
riding on the aurfnee of a lake, with
water spresd out for acres on each
side.
Touring cars attempted to get
through on the highway north of the
city, but wete unable to cross the
deep water, which was well over the
running boards of the csrs. All auto
mobile travel north U being routed
over the Prairie road, via Irving, bj
the Oregon Slate Motor assoclstlon
office here.
The Coburg road Just north of the
Ferry street bridge is In the same
condlllon as It was the first of Jan
usry, when Charles Adler, Seattle
salesman, met his desth by stepping
Into the swirling wsters of the draw
when he stepped from his csr when it
islled.
The water Is across the highwsy at
Judkins point, but cars were rosking
their way through..
Tbis is the second time Uiis yesr
lint the city has been subject to flood
conditions, the new yesr being usher
ed in bf ciireme flrod conditions as
lhe result of prolonged frcese.
Water Across Road
At Monroe Deepens
At the rate the wster Is rising at
Monroe, automobiles may be unable t
make it Uiroiigh the high water over
the highway Just south of the bridge,
reports Mrs. A. Whltncre of Msrh
field, representative of the Oregon
State Motor association, who arrive,!
by suto from Portland this afternoon.
The wster is above the running
Imard of touring cars, and Is rising
steadily, said Mrs. Whllsere. She
came to F.ugene by the I'rsirie road
from Junction City.
ALASKA
LONDON
SoUTKAr!?reN
STATU IIOUSB, SALEM, Ore.,
Feb. 0, In two ' hours of steady
grinding this morning the Louse pass
ed a long grist of its own bills. Little
debata marked lhe session..
House bill 200 authorizing district
irrigation boards of directors to en
ter Into contract with the federal
government for the construction of
works, delivery and distribution of
waters, passed.
Cso of vegetable fats in the manu
torture of condensed milk would be
prohibited under house bill 301 which
was passed.
Boavsr BIN Passes
Killing snd trapping of beavers in
counties east of the Cascade moun
tains and in most of those in western
Oregon would be prevented under
boiiso bill 337 passed.
The Coiiiille river will be closed to
seining If house bill 114, passed by
the houso becomes a law.
The senate passed senate bill 10
chranging from April 5 to May S and
fiom October 5 to November 5 the
dates on which taxes are due.
Among bills introduced In the sen
ata today waa senate bill IDS, Ma
gladry, providing for suppression of
Divine tuberculosis la Iane county.
BULLETINS
WASHINGTON, Feb. B. The world court proposal virtually was
laid on the shelf today by the aenate foreign relations committee
ao far as this congress la concerned.
NAVAL OFFICERS TO BE FREE TO SPEAK
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. The house alrcrsft committee which !
considering charges that army and navy officers are gagged by tb
superiors on questions of military policy was Informed by Secre..
Wilbur today that naval officers are free to express their vi
fully. ' ,
TARIFF COMMISSION EXPENSE ITEM RESTORED'
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. The house voted today to restore to t
independent offices appropriation bill an Hem of 1712.000 for
pnnses of tho tiirlff commission during the coming fiscal year.
MAY WHEAT DROPS 8EVEN CENTS
CHICAGO, Feb. S. May wheat dropped more than soven cents
below yesterday's close a few minutes, before the finish today when
It sold at lt.91. There was a slight recovery at tho end, final
figure on May being ll.924 to $1.08")4, a net loss of 674 to la from
the previous close.
' NATIVES RISE IN OPEN REBELLION
CAPE JUBT, I)lo De Oro, Spanish Northwestern Africa, Feb. 5
(A. P. The natives in this Spanish territory havo risen in rebel
lion against the authority of Spain and a battery of artillery baa
been dispatched from Tenerltta to quell the uprising.
BUILDINGSAR
E
LIFTED FROM
FOUNDATIONS
Crew Of Men Reported Tc
Have Been Caught la .
Swirl Of Water
Stream Three Feet Deep
Runs Through Streets,
Is Report
VALE, Ore., Feb. 5. W) Floorl
waters which were reported to hsve
wsshed out , the big irrigsrion dam
on Bully creek. 10 niilca west of here.
swept over Valo this morning at
0
o'clock with a roar, and within
an
hour the entire town was under three
feet of running water.
Boards brush, small buildings and
refnae were carried through tho
streets and open spaces ou the cre.it
of the flood. Store buildings nnd other
houses werp invaded by silt ladeu
waters to a depth of from a few in
ches to two feet. , .
ItcportB received hero indicate
that melting anuw and rains up th
valley filled the irrigation dam on
Bully creek to overflowing ami th-i
the dam went out under the srf nu
Tho entire back up water poured iu t,
tremendous rush down the valley. 7 ,
The railroad bridge on Hie . Vale.
Burns branch of. the Oregon ; Hoi t
Llue two mile west of Vale went out,
and the approaches, 'of ilia highmi
(Continued on pige teu)
Mr. Fleischmann
Dies at Miami
.MIAMI, Flo., Feb. C Julius
Flelschmnnn, yenst millionaire, phil
anthropist and sportsman, dismounted
from his pony snd f rt,I forward on his
face, dying nt the Nautilus polo field
at Miami beach this afternoon. He
waa playing in the fourth chukker of
a game between tho Pastlincrs, of
which team he was a member, snd the
Hovers.
Mr. Fleischmann was one of the
best known men in America In the
field of manufacture, finance and
sports. His name was known through
the country as the founder of tha
famous New York "bread line." He
was 63 years old and was mayor of
Cincinnati for two terms.
January Building
Fees are $417.95
Building fees for January totaled
$117,113, it was learned today, when
W. II. Xlrxandcr, city building in
spector, turned over the fees to Judge
George A. Gilmore, city recorder.
Permits were granted for 40 build
ing", the fees totaling 1203.50; 61)
plumbing permits, fll'O; and 00 elec
trical permits, $04.43.