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VOL. C8 , TWO SECTIONS EUGENE, OKEGON', SATURDAY EVKXINO, FEBRUARY 7,-li-J.'i TWENTY PAGES NO. 28
li' 01 s..niniu wofessor at
rt 'La of Oregon to find an
for the P"P0'r fd.l"l-
fTta adrti"u and anything
f"' .rnrd DUI2le tills ill-
1 W a to hi class iu
r'!'r Sn.nish that the students
I to exercise their vocobularies
..rkint cross-wmu "
1 " . i;m. The Dlan. it la
P .dda an clement o compett-
la i the H.W. -"--
.u. the siuueuia
jam." . (iff ;
.!,., ,. vnrflDU antra
i live iutt4
..rkout. ,
Liu. nnOl ShOWO
i litter of pedigreed German police
,pici in the window of the Linn
.. .ir. stopped sidewalk traffic
L Borah The puppies are only a
, ,nths old, ana uavc u.u.-
Lm ancertry. Their mother, Bero
Bmhien, was a prise winner at
. ,i. MnnAre garden.
l.m n me Jw",nu" " "
f York, and other places in the
:!tri Stairs. The father is also the
.lsa international champion wiui
Lditree several yards long. The
ire owned by Mrs. E. L. Flet
L of Cherry Grove station, who
l:t them to the drug siore iui u.-
hr in their show window.
II, to Be Opened
Bids for the operation of the Sius-
i ferry will be opened 'luesday
a by the county court and six
lii hive already been submitted and
liieipected that a few more wtllbe
LrMd in. It is plonneit by me couri
hue the new free ferry service
Lrtod as soon as possible after the
Utnet is siren and this will not be
i ir than March 1, according to
Ambers of the county court. The
!reient operator of the ferry has
Emitted a bid on the new contract,
ittls Tests Planned .
Federal inspection of Lane county
little by Dr. Thompson who hns been
iking recently in southern Oregon,
.!! probnbly be scheduled early next
month, is the announcement. It has
'n tome time since a test of Lane
nls for tuberculosis has been made
- a representative of the federal bu
rn. The inspectors here will prob
.'!; be made in connection with tlie
tinty agent's office, is the annuunce-
'" Nests in Building
A pair of birds that desire a con--nient
location close to the business
trirt have selected the Castle the-
'n block as nn abode and have con-
wirtcd their nest high up on the
It of the building in a small space
here a wire bracket hns been re
fd. Occupants of the adjoining
iilding have been watching with in-
p!t the home-making plans of the
comers.
Witar On Roads
Although motor traffic is not halted
f ifre ia Mill considerable water on
h: road between Eugene and Junc-
I'ity, according to C. It. Maddock,
''ortland insurance agent., who was
I' bmin,s visitor hero today. The
I' " 0 the highway in Lane is the
"J one of the road to Portland
I'bi'l wa, flooded hy the recent high
the visitor states.
FOOT
HOUR IS RATE
OF PROGRESS
Rescue Shaft is Sunk 23 Feet
F
E
More Than Half the Dis
tance Remains For Work
ers To Dig '
Soldiers Guard Place, And
Order Interference With
Workers To Cease
. CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 7. lP)
All operations in tne shaft being sunk
down to Sand cave where Floyd Col
lins has been entombed eight days
were temporarily suspended at 2:10
p. m. to permit three men to re-enter
Sand cave. t ' f
The purpose of the new cave expe
dition wnss three-fold. Directora of the
rescue work wished to know what ef
fect, it any, the sinking of the shaft
may nave had on the floor of tbe
cave, which scaled Collins from the
outside world, when it rose Friday;
the location of the shaft was to be
verified from below and a search for
a new passageway was to be made.
Work Is Dangerous
As soon as the expedition reached
a point within tbe cave, near where
the shaft was thought to be, opera
tions on the surface were to be re
sumed so that observations could be
made while actual work was under
way in the mine.
Tbe work was considered extremely
dangerous and volunteers were re
vested. Koy Anderson, a surveyor,
Lieutenant Ben. Wells of the Ken
tucky national gur.rd and a boy nnmed j
Ford offered their services. The three
were tied together with rope and
were to go as fur within'thc cave as
they were aide to penetrate without
getting directly underneath the shaft.
Children's Sight Gained
'
Operation is Successful
Bricks are 'Beautiful'
DENVER. Colo., Feb. 7 The com-
monplace things of life yesterday be
came a source of wonder to two cliil
dren recently operated on in an ef
fort to restore tJicir sight, when, for
the first time in their lives, Peter
Morrison and t Viola Emour, gazed
about them and saw saw the blue of
the sky, the wonders of the city park
too and even went into raptures over
the warm color of bricks.
The children, two of the 11 from
the Colorado home for blind and denf.
at Colorado Springs, who underwent
eptieal operations, were driven about
the city, able for the first time to
stand the strong light of day on their
newly awakened and sensitive eyes.
"Would you mind if I ask a great
many questions?" Viola asked.
"Everything is so strange so so
beautiful."
''Bricks, bricks," the hoy once
shouted. "IVrirks - why, I knew the
shape of them; I knew how a brick
felt but look at the color look at
the color of them.'
As the automobile in which Uiey
were driven about rounded the first
corner, Viola heiried her head in her
arms. Then she raised her head. "It's
all right I can't see, because my
eyes are so full of tears. TheyVe not
ehy tears they're happy tears, and
I'll never cry again."
"Iwrely houses, mostly of bricks."
the boy kept murmuring. "Lovely,
lovely bricks the color of them."
. Lakes, trees, street cars, people,
bouses, grass and shrubs, all came :n
for their share of the delighted atten
tion. It was a great day for two chil
dren and grown persons, blase city
folk, fell under the spell and saw
beauty growing in the city streets
where it never Jind been seen bo-fore.
F Union Is Subject
, lu,lh P. Laird, president of the
fount, Farmers Union, and II.
1 Jarkann orcanijur trill n.lr t
taeetinir of the Central Farmers
'"" to be held tbi, evening. A
iP'",r,m " been prepared for the I
,hi" "'"ning In addition to the I
. ' r the farm union offirjnls, Is I
" "winremnt.
Brother In Crevice
Meanwhile Homer Collins, the vic
tim's brother and a party of news
paper men entered a crevice To feet
from the entrance to Sand cave,
where other explorations had been
made in an effort to find another
passage. Thirty feet within, llumcr
reported that he had come to E break
wh-'re the channel turned oft. Follow
ing this passage with a lantern as his
only light, he came upon a step-off
of undetermined depth.
Afraid to proceed further, Homer
Collins said he kicked a small rock
into the crevice and heard it pitter
patter into dnrknesB farther than be
could see. Homer then turned around
and made his way out for a flashlight
and some rope, determined to mnke a
more extensive exploration of this
passageway.
23 FEET DOWN
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. . OP)
At p. in., todn.r the shaft being sunk
into Sand hill cave where f"r eight
WASIIIXCTON', Feb. 7. Repre
sentative Sherwood, democrat, of
Ohio, Civil war veteran and at the
age of 00, the oldest member of the
house, today delivered his "swan
song," treating members to remin
iscences of yesteryears.
lie recalled that it was DS years
since he had entered congress and
that only one of his colleagues at
! (but time is alive "Lnoc Joe Cau-
l:on.
(Jeneral Sherwood, who is an ardent
ndvocate of prohibition modification
declared that in his younger days
"those two crime breeders, the boot
legger's league nnd tbe Anti-Snloon
leugue, had not yet appeared."
Times Changed.
Tbe Ohio representative contracted
the present day with the days when
be entered congress.
"The country hnd no automobiles,
no wireless, no airplanes, no canned
(Continued on page three)
)E1
GENEVA. Feb. 7 OP) The Chin
ese delegation today, following the
eiample set by the Americsns yester
day withdrew from the international
opium conference.
The chief Chinese delegate, S. Al
fred Sac, did not appear for today's
nlenarv session and sent his secre-
''M Ar, Shipped
Tt first con.., .
uii
of sched-
Jrm data as compiled at
(Continur, 0Dp7g71ive)
HUNDREDS
k' hUT IVtRY DAY
VA J0UGH THt
11-AD SLCTinN
! days Floyd Collins bis been held j tary with n letter to President .able
i prisoner, had reached depth of 23 saying he believed no good purpose
) fpl,t would be served bj his continuance In
j Collins or hit body is from 43 to 50 I the conference and that he therefore
feet benesth the surface. ' i felt obliged to cea-e participation,
j I Mr. Sre recalled in bis letter that
MILITIA ON GUARD ! he bad always held that no proposal
! CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. T. (P was acceptable to China unless It
'The measured tread of Kentucky gsve definite assurance that the leg.
' troops beat a staccato today to the ' allied traffic In opium for smoking
picking by miners digging at new would be ended within a rcasonsblo
' shaft to Sand cave where Floid Col- time.
tins, emonine,, nss ism. ihum.ii,-, ; .
boulder, for almost son hours. : lienvy MaiC-feeen
i lleterinined Hint nn effort shall in
terfere in any way with the opera
tions, the guardsmen last night order-
' ed Homer Collins, brother of tbe vie
lini, and John (ieralds away froln the
enve. IJeralds led the rescue parly
which early iu the wek made fruit
less efforts to get to Collins through
the cave entrance.
i A Iruckload of ammunition and oth
er supplies was en route to Cave City
this morning.
Additional guardsmen arrived last
night and fourteen others were ei-
At Salem Meeting
Y hnvt mmplftpfi fmir n-trk of
lb I-Ki!!fitir( rfMnn nnd with two
mnrR v rrVn in (to it .'""A m if
lhr woul-1 b pln1y nf hnKincss
ftith the pnMihility of Tiijcht pNinn
to rfnr tin the mm of bill peivling."
in t h report of Ktnm'tt Howard,
mrinhfr of Ih lowr hoiiPe from
county, who in honm for the wrfk
run. Mr. Hnwtinl that th lam
rr part of Ihff kgislative IWinc In
it ill to com and that atl th major
iCoDtioutd on page l!")
prRtN;m:M, or., ib. ".
(HpvUI Ixmie MrfinnaM. 7 JMra,
died laat nirht at th Springfield mun
ty b"pitnl. Interment via made thia
afiernoon at 1 o'clock, in the Iiitirl
II f II iremetery. Arrangement wer In
charge of the W. Kred Walker rhapel.
tr. McDonald haa no mtrTirina rela-
' luraMires proponed ara atill pending, j tires ai far aa can be learned.
IS SHOT
-Three
up two
TACO.MA. Wash., Feb.
bandits this, morning held
employes of the National Bank of
Tacoma, seriously wounded one of
them, nnd escaped with a satchel con
taining $3400 in cash.
Tho robbery was committed In
front of on agency of the bnnk at .tSth
and Yakima streets. Harry Schmidt,
manager of the agency and Ray West,
a bank messenger, were taking the
cash from the main bank to the
agency. As the two men stepped off
a street car the three bandits drew
up In an automobile nnd stopped
them. Schmidt was shot in the back
without warning, and the bandits
snatched up the satchel and fled in
their car.
Schmidt was taken to a hospital
where his condition was found to be
serious.
All available police were sent out
in search of the bandits.
Several weeks ago another agency
of tbe same bank was robbed in a
similar manner.
Mr, Lenhart Has
Narrow Escape
' From Drowning
SFUINOFJKI-D. Feb. 7. (Spu
ria.). Frank I.enbart, mill foreman
for the Springfield aawmill of th"
Bootii-Kelly Lumber company, nar
rowly draped drowning about 10
o'clock yesterday morning, when he
fell from a log on whirh he wax walk
ing into the mill pond near tbe atetm
drag-Mw, The water waa about 12
feet deep, and Mr. Lenhart unable to
wim. Th point wher be fell In la
nbout 175 feet from th mill, and no
on beard bis criea.
Py catching bold of a imall pirw
of timber floating In th stream, and
reaching big other hind to get a hold
In a erevir of a nearby lg. h man
aged to keep hit bend above, wateT.
H waa reined by Tborwiild Ny
aten, jard foreman, after he had been
tn tbe water about 10 minute.
Louie McDonald
Dies at Hospital
END OFWORLD
DOESN'T COM
AS SCHEDULED
Watchers Silent As To What
; They Saw; Mrs. Rowen
Is Under Cover
Break Of Her Followers Is
Threatened If Something
Doesn't Happen
HOLLYWOOD, Cnl., Feb. 7. UP)
If last midnight marked the begin
ning of tne end of the world aa pre
dicted by Mrs. Margaret W. Rowen,
Hollywood propheu'pa of doom, the
event was as strictly censored In the
home town of the forecaster as wat
any World war battle or sitting of
the peace conference.
What Mrs. Rowen and her diaciplea
8w nnd heard at the stroke of 12
titty sow and beard in private, and it
they drew Any conclusions from wh.it
they awJajid beard, of what hey fail
ed to see and hah r, they kept them
strictly to theurselves. j
Even the whereabout of th seer
ess and most of Jier followers were
Veiled in mystery through the night,
though it was announced earlier that
they probably would watch nnd wait
in the privacy of their homes, iudi
vidually rather than in groups.
Lights Go Out.
At the crucial hour a reporter ap
proached the Jioine of tbe prophet
ess, where the lights were burning,
and rang the door bell.
Instantly the lights went out.
And that was the only pbenomen
that uniuitinted observers were abl-j
to Teport in connection with the al
leged hour of fulfillment.
Drizzling mint veiled the hill of
Hollywood, during tho waiting hours,
but shortly after midnight the mnon
Doctor and Nurse Fighting Plague Alone
. rTT? V. ; (Jr?$
51 FAMILIES IN
GREEK VALLEY
This photo tnkon nt tho Maynard-Columbua Hospital In Noma,
Alaska, shows Miss Bertha Savilln and Dr. Curtis Wolrh, director
of tho U. S. Public Health Servlco, who were tho entire medical
force battling In dlphlhorla-strlcken Nome, while they waited for
the life-saving serum rushed there In the epic dog team race.
(Continued on page six)
Ef
DEALiniS EUGENE MERCHANT.
1
ftTNEXTWIEETlWGilS CALLED BY DERTH
ARE IN DANGER
Fifteen-Foot Wall of Water
Rushes Down Crab Creek
Into Columbia
Railroad Tracks Believed
To Be In No Danger Be
cause Of Elevation
SrOKANE, Wash., Feb. 7. ( A.
P.) Moses Lake dam burst
shortly before noon today, It was
reported by the Chronicle's cor
respondent at Ephrnta and fltiy
families !n Crab creek valloy
were reported In danger from
the flood waters.
Tho city council will deal In
money by the millions next Mon
day night.
First Item of business on the
calendar Is the sale of mora
than a quartor million dollars In
city bonds $284,813, to bo ex
act. Next comes tho resolutions call
ing a special city election some
time between April 9 and 15,
whon tho pooplo will vote on
measures calling for tho Issuance
of more than hulf a million dol
lars In addition.
Tho nine resolutions are being
completed by 8. M. Calkins, city
attorney, today. They aro for
the following projocta.
Development of McKcnzlo river
projects, city water board, $375,
000, Now reservoir and water mains,
$120,000.
Ciarbage Incinerator, municipally
owned $25,000.
Paving street Intersections,
$20,000.
Enlarging firo department,
000.
Purchaso of flro apparatus,
000.
Reconstruction of sewer,
000.
Street Intersection paving
000.
The proposal of residents of
Chula Vista to Join the corpora
tion of Eiinnne may also bo
voted on st this tlmo, If the tax
payers In this secllon have their
petition in by Monday night
$10,-
$25,-$50,-$20,-
"Fcout Sunday" will bo observed in
EilRPne tomorrow Willi a speciul pro
gram to be presented st the First
I'liriminn rliuirh nt three in the aft
ernoon. Ir. James V. Ford will
speak on the topic "Christion Boy
hood" and it Is exported that every
.rout troop in the cil.r will he pregent
for the opening ejerrhei f sro'it an
niversary week which will he observed
here this week.
An invitnlion t" the pnh'ir In attend
the meeting at tjie cburrh has been
extended nnd offirlsls of I be -out
troops and other organisations that In case the proposal is put on
have been Inst nimeiital in furthering' the ballot, the election In April
the srout movement in Eugeus are will really bo two elections In
more than pleased nt the prospect tf: one, as the annexation proposal
the plan here nnd the inniversary
week is attracting ron.iderible inter
est In local scout circle..
The. anniversary week ia fr"in Feb
ruary 8 to 14, observing the fitlemili
anniversary of the founding of the
movement. Various programs for tha
wk Jiave been suggeated by national
and state scout executives slid each
troop in Eugene will have a program
arranged.
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED
A marriage license was Issued
at the office of the county clerk
today to (ieorge C. Ilbessnrt and
ftuth Helen Hawkins, both of
Eugene.
BICYCLE DAMAGED
David Illshop, 215 Monroe street
reported to pollen yesterday that
his bicycle, parked nlong the side
walk curbing, hnd been damaged
by an autnmobllo.
will be on a separata ballot.
The fire apparatus, sewer re
construction nd one $20,000
street Intersection propornl are
put on the ballot to clear up
legal torn plica I Ions.
More than 12 companies will
bid on the bonds In be sold.
These are as follows:
Paving Intersections, one fur
$10,000; another $35,000.
East, Ninth avenue bridge $12,
000.
Hewer construction, $10,500.
Improvement bonds, one for
$103,515; another, $13,C'J1.
STRUCK BY AUTO
Jesse Junes, Eleventh avenue
snd Olive street, was injured
about the head last night when
ho was stni'k by an autontobllo
In front of the city bnll. He
received trea'nient at the Eu
gene hospital.
Jacques Wiry Qunckenlmsh', Eu
gene merchant for the past 22 years,
pnssed away at his home, 342 Thir
teenth avenue east, Ibis morning after
an illness of nbout nine weeks. Mr.
Qunckenlitish wns 72 years of ngi
linvlng been horn ut Ilooalok, New
York, October 17, .STi2. He Is sitr.
vlved hy his widow, Mrs. C, K. - (June
kcnlntsli. one son, Arthur It. tjuar
kenbirsh, nnd one daughter, Mrs. Ells
worth Crocker, nil of Eugene, and
one sister, Airs. Czarinn IluddinRton
of Springfield, Moss. For the past
few days Mr. Qunikonhusli waa in a
critical condition nnd today lii" ill
ness took a turn for the worse.
Mr. Qunckenhush nrrivrd in Eu
gene August 22. 1IMI2 nnd the fallow
ing yenr ctfihli.licd an implement
store nt 1IK Ninth avenue east whore
the present tjunrkenbush hnrdwnre
store ia established.
Mr. tjuncUcnhtj) was a member nf
tho Episrnpnl ciiurrh. The body Is nt
the Itranstetler olinpcl nnd funeral
arrangements will he announced inter.
WATER IS DEEP
NEPPEL, Wash., Feb. 7.. (A.
P.) A dam at the foot of Moses
lake here went out today and
sent a 15 foot wall of water
rolling down Crab creek into tha
Columbia river at Beverly, 30
miles below.
Heveral hours after the dam
went out tbe waters were still
rolling down the valley of the
i creek. The Chicago, Milwaukee
! and St. Paul railway runs through.
the portion of the creek valley
next the river, and Inquiries
were set afoot as to whether its
tracks hud bean damaged.
Tersons familiar with tbe Crab
creek valloy expressed tbe opin
ion that no ranches nor buildings
of much consequence could have
beon Imperiled by the flood.
Tho dam was 300 feet long. It
Impounded water In Moses lake,
a fsh hook shaped body of water
lying almost at tho geographical
center of the state of Washing
ton, for Irrigation.
DELEGATION TO COME
A delegation of residents "f the
Elmiru (liHtiict will be here Mondny
to confer Willi the county court over
proposed improvements to I lie l'.lmirn
road.
TRACKS ARE SAFE
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 7. (..
V.) Chiungb, Milwaukee and at.
Paul trucks In tho Crab creoic
valley east of whero tho railway
crossc3 tho Columbia river nru
iu no danger be-auno they ar.i
75 feet above a flood caused by
a washout today of a dan at
Neppel, Wash., on Mos?y lul:c,
tho railway nnnounred h ie.
LEAVES FOP! COAST
l'b'.vd Thompson, of tho ciutity en
gineer's office, left for ws'ern l.au'u
to take charge of (lie road work
tiveen Mapli. nnd Kiddle creeks. An
drew Miller who has been in chnrge of
litis project for tin county waa taken
ill and Ih now st the Pacific Chris
tian hospital,
BULLETINS
SAN D1ECIO, Cnl., Feb. 7. Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion
pugilist and Estollo Taylor, motion picture uctross, shortly before
noon today secured a marriage license at the office of the county
clerk here.
ANTI-TOXIN IS RUSHED TO NOME
PEWAHD. Alaska, Feb. 7. One million, one hundred thousand
units of anti toxin to light a diphtheria epidemic In Nome, 1,000
miles from here on the Ilering sea, left Seward today post-haste on
tho Alaska railroad.
CRAMPTON BILL REPORT 13 ORDERED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Favorable report of the Croraton bill,
concentrating all prohibition administration under a separate unit
In tho treasury department, was ordered today by the senate
Judlclury committee.
BANK ROBBERS ARE THOUGHT TAKEN
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 7 John R Davenport, alias Georse
Wllllnms of Minneapolis, alleged to have been one of the men who
robbed tho I.awsnn National Hank of Milwaukee of $2SS,000 In liberty
bonds ami $3.2ufl In cash September 8, is under arrest here, it was
revealed today. Another man la held 111 St. Taul.
TWO CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH
EU.EN'nUHG, Wash.. Feb. 7. Odie, aged 2V4 nnd Dana, aged
one year, son and daughter of Leslie Rnndelt were burned to death
and Miss Mildred Wilson of Ilupert, Idaho, a sister of Mrs. RandolL
Is In a hospital near death as result of a fire which last night
lestroyed a "bunk car" at Cedar Falls, It was learned here today.
Tho hlnin Is said to have been caused when kerosene waa usod to
start a fire and nn explosion followed.
t