The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, February 14, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textf0 Members of the Merchants' Association now Gathering for Their Convention, Eugene Gives Welcome City News WEATHER, Ortton: Generally ologtry to. ,, ud suiy: I'oht - m, chaaa.es; moderate ,rt, Temperature minimum, 55 degrees; d.i Friday. 55 oeore... palpitation today, .03 of. an c,. Stagt of r'v.r, 5.8 foot. SirKtl.a '. uth"t- HOME EDITION VOL. 63 TWO SECTIONS EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1!)J5 EIGHTEEN PAGES NO. 34 n . n.T-am Ready it the r.iw"' " .rraniement hat been made by Sherman W. Moody, chairman of prorm for a"' . i.nn-n teacher of nubile '"I:.. ,i the University of Oregon lit be address entitled "Echoes of I ,kr the speaker of that day L, from ltoumania 12 years ago, I , knowing a woro oi on. "!" L ia that time he earned his wny Lnmih bte University of Michigan, ti was on the deDaung leuui ior iv ,n he represented the university ,k. national collegiate oratorical otest and won 't pr'xe. umber Speaker Announced ID. B. Ulover, state overseer ior eirsage, will be the principal liter at the noon luncneon meeting i! the Eugene chaniDer oi commerce Thursday, according to announce-- L i i.ukv of E.. Eugene Chadwick, Ltetary. ilr. Glover will be on a n to Lane county on promotion Lrk lor the state organization. The saqiiet lor the delegates here attend j the annual meetinga of the Ore- n Hetail Merchants association will L ttld Wednesday, it is announced. i state dealers' convention will la tomorrow. L,ig Club Organized iwnniKition of a sewiuc club at Mt. traoa has been perfected under the :tlon of Arnold Collier, county jb leader. .Mrs. I' red Tyron is leader the new club. Xue omcera ure: rathT Scott, uresident: Mildred .m-nlar. vie 0.,irPKl,lent Klllilv r'ni. l-retary. Other meuiberj are Gladys ooley, Lieoua r ox, ucssie uoiueu, iephioe llutckiusy Catherine Rob ::l Application for a charter for the i club will be made to tbe state .ib leaders, Mr. Collier states. luto Licenses Increase Purchase of automobiles in Luue anty is showing an increase and ;itertloy 120 applications for tempo irj license tugs were filed at the of Lt of Sheriff Taylor. Tlio previous Tl applicatioua were received. btie are two of the" best dnya so fur year in number of applications. ne applications 'are all practically ram owners of new cars as the raen have all obtaiued the new 11- tasei. Mights Entertained heights of Tytliias were cntertaiu i by the Pythian sisters ut a V .li aise party Inst night. More than were present. The program con- tl of a fancy dunce by Orc'tchen pimeriueier; song. Ircine Farmer; wing solo, Ada Hudson; recit.i Agnes Larson; recitation, Until Mi; st'iig, Charotte Winnard; song. unche Hok'iiinb. Refreshments wore ne,. eaving Tomorrow Mrs. Lillian Uldridge is lenving Jtne toiiinrrow morning for Iu- PMitence, Knusns. where she will 'it ontil tlle middle of spring. Mrs. i'fltt formerly lived in the Kansas 1. out pluiis to return to Eugene mke her permanent home. She has i and daughter in the university. pb Meets Monday n William OV JInle of the Uni- "y f Oregon law Bchool will loc- ' before the East Hide Xeighbor- "d club at its aession .Monday nft- " t 3 o'cb.rk In Condon hall of :i fthaiaistration biiiltl'nx. All clubs Me city are invited to the meeting. '""I"! Irom Portland Hetty llaker in a w.k.'.nH f" in Kug.ne from Portland, visit- the h..,nea of Mrs. Lawaon U. ""J and Mr,. I,iin Eldrldge. "t Is Eupene - r n'l Mrs. H. M. Hay, "70 Eiah- "title , T. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Diion (Continued on page five) Ul S3 CotrOcued T i ' ,rv ioa au RESCUE WORKERS AHE DOWN SS FEET Shift of Experienced Hard Rock Miners Sent In To Carry On New Cavern Leads to Hope Of E-arly Entrance To Collins Prison CAVE CITT, Ky.t Feb. 14. OP) Definite hopes that Floyd Col'Inf, im prisoned cave explorer, would be res cued by 7 o'clock tomorrow rnornin? at the latest were voiced today by of ficials in charge of the Sand cave rts- cue shaft. WORKERS GO DEEPER SA"XD CAVE, CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 14. OP) An official bulletin at 2 o'clock said that Floyd Collins res cue shaft is now 55 feet deep. A shift of experienced hard rock miners was sent down at 2:30 to start a slop ing tunnel dqwn to the nine-foot cav ern, which officials hope will J cad to Collins' prison. ' NEW AVENUE NEARED CAVE; CITY, Ky., Feb. 14. OP) The roof of tin uveuue expected to lead to the nulurnl rock trap w-liere Floyd Collius has been imprisoned for 1" days was only three feet away from the diggers in a rescue shaft at i) o'clock this morning, according to official bulletin hsued by those in cLarge. M. E. H. 1'usoy, executive secretary of ihf state highway department, who was sent to fa ml cave by Governor V. J. Fields, sent a telegram to the governor at Frankfort today in which he fixed 8 o'clock Sunday night as the zero hour, unless unexpected diffi culties are encountered. It had taken- nine and one-h;if hours to complete a three-foot sec tion last nigbt, said the bulletin. The rotten character of the material en countered and four distinct caves-io .1 THE OLD, OLD STORY CHANGETH NOT IN THE LEAST r?2fl$$fc : ) r " aint Hf , DIRECTORS CHOSEN AT FRUIT GROWERS MEEIMG FOR YEAR! Two Valentine's Days Are Crowded Into Cne; Lovers And Religion Take Part E (Continued on pige three) FOR LOCAL ROTARY Krnlrick Grppnwood, maiiagpr of tJin fi'rtrrfll reserve bank of Portland, will be tbe principal speaker at tbc i oon ninclieon meeting of the Eugene Kolnry club to be held Tuesday at the Oslmrn hotel. Ur. Warren D. SlnitJi, bond of tbe department of geo loK.r ot tbe University of Oregon, will he eiirfllcd in tbe llotary club at the r.cHing, according to announcement of Carl O. Wasbbnrne, president. Tbe twentieth anniversary of the founding of Hotary will be observed by tbe Eugene club at the meeting of Tuesday, February 24. E. It. II. son, l'cnl attorney and member of the Eugene club, will give the anni versary addresa. Tbc meeting will he held at tuc palm mom of tac Osburn hotel and one of the most attractive musical programs of the year will b arranged for the event, is Uie announcement. Burglars Escape With $1400 Haul riUtTI.ANP. Ore., Eeb. H.-JSur-glars made a haul of IHOO which they carried away from a safe in a confec tionery store here early today. The safe was found later where it had been shattered and looted. Ilurglars attempted to break into a safe in garage, using garage tools but failed in the attempt. Iteports on tbe biggest year'B busi ness in the liistory of the Eugene Fruit flrowers' association were told to -MO memberR of the organization by J. O. Holt, manager, at the nnnuil meeting held today at t lie cJinmber.of commerce. The old board of 'directors was re-elected and later this nfter noon it is expected th.lt officers for the coming year will be named. The directors nre: 1. H. Harlow. Frank Miller, F. H. Chase, Frank Harlow, (ieorge Kling. .lohn Thrnme", II. ('. Trnvillioii, (ieorge Dorris, J. Iteebe. An amendment was passed to bavo the annual meeting held tbe seVond Saturday in March e.ich year instead of ii similar d.ite in February. Keorganiration of the Lane County Horticultural association is expected to be, before Ihe close of the meet ing this aftrrnoon. t Reports are Made Keports for the year show a mem bership of 1W4 an increase of 7.) during the year over the membership of I .KM last year. The Iil-'2 member ship was V.VM. Tbe total business for tbc year was ?l,W-t,7H0.58. The IfC:! business wus (1,010,000 and in tbc total was $!H!0.000, according to the report of Mr. Holt. Tbe following is the labor expendi tures for the past year Eugene: Labor, 91St.571l.OTi; office salariea, i:i,:ill).4'J; Total !!. Wio.47; Junction: l.abor, $1,7ST).7!); office salaries. fl.31UI.0l. Total $14. 117.70; Creswell: Labor, $Ti,iKH.o:i: office salaries, lt.Vt.1l. Total (0.035. Tolafs: Labor, (lii!,!'i5.S7; office salaries, lTi.i::..tO; total, (".13, Oi'S.17. Tb report of the manager sh-ws that tbe Eugene cannery received POLICE WITHOUT CLUE 11IHTLANI'. Ore., Feb. 14. Po lice today were without a clue to the whereabouts of the robbers who yes terday held up the Parkrose State Hank, a Portland suburb. Four men taken into custody yesterday on su spicion were released. (Continued on ,aie two) , State Dry Leader Pays Eugene Visit ftcnrufi Clrarrr, tate pndiihition enforcement dirertnr. who bam been on front pe nrhrdnle (or "Orcicou newfpflpers for th punt fur wk, I dropped into Kujne twliiy for a brief I vifit. The Mute official Mated that thre wa no particular significance in hin Mop here an he came to nee I hia ann, Mudent at the t'niverfitj of Oregon. Mr. Cleaver aluo conferred , with Sheriff Frank Tarlor and tha new diMrid attorner, John H. Med : ley. 1'p to a late hour this afternoon the tiditing official had not yet railed ' on ri.wlr N, JohnMon, former district j attorney 'jpWO Vnlintinc's Days are r?nlly cruwdt'd iulo one tJie lovera' fes tival and the religious aide. The nucients believed thnt tbe birds selected their mntes on February 14 Hence this diite waa observed ns lov ers' day among the Itomuns, Botw 2000 years ago. As a lovera festival, Valentine diy reached its greatest popularity in Kuglund five centuries ago. The custom of sending valentines likely started with the ancient practice of putting names of unmarried young men and women in n box. ' Love's Lottery." Then there was u '"Love's Lottery' in which the names were drawn out in pairs on Valentine's day. Thus affi nities were discovered and became each otJiers valentines for a year until the next lottery. Early in the history of the Chris tian church, February 14 acquired the religious aignifiennre. There were eight saints end mart yrs named Valentine, -in various part of the world. The greatest of the Val entines were a priest in Home and n bishop in Umbria, who lived about 1700 years ago. Away back in 1S10, Father How lai'.d, daughter of a stationer of Wor cester, MflRH., received a manufac tured valentine from England, It wn tiie first she had ever aeen. And it interested her so much that she decided to see if die could mai! similar valentines and find a Bale for them. She collected some lace paper, some printed verses, and aentiment.il pictures, and fixed up a, few valen tines. Orders Pour In. $ Then she gave them to her brother who waa a traveling salesman for her father's stationery store. To the whole family's am:ixement the brother returned with ?5HK) worth or ordera for valentines, (iirl friends were called in and quickly taught the business. That very year a prosperous trade wu4 started, and we've all been seii'l ing valentines ever aince. Mine Victims to Be Buried Tuesday I-OUTMrND, Germany. Feb. M. Burial of the victims of the Stein mine explosion here Wednesday night has been arranged for next Tuesday. Government members, church dig ailarians and representatives of the miners' federation and mine operators will participate in the service, The official count of the bodies brought from the. mine is, given as 121, with 31 men unaccounted for, and assumed to be dead. Heart-rending scenes continue to be enacted before tbe building to which the bodies were brought as on- Jy male relatives were permitted to identify the victims, women and child ren being barred until the corpses are encased in coffins. House Overrides Governor's Veto HTATK ll'H'HK, K.U.F.M, (Ire., Feb. 14. The house yeeterday after noon overrode tbe relo of (Jorerryir Pierre on senate bill fl.", trnTdni for the authoriration to Mend to ob tain city mater supply from Tu nisia creek. The bill provides for trade between llend and the Tumalo irritation project whereby the latter will receive water from the cs chutes. Fisher of Ioue:)a, and Hunter of L'sioo' supported the governor's reto. Steps Taken Will Help School Plan With the addition of one class room at the Lincoln school and another at the Condon school and a Schedule of two el a Hues a day for the first grade pupils at Geary school, members of the school heard state that this will probably miff ice to relieve the con gestion for the remainder uf the school year. The new rooms at Lin coln and Condon si hools were used for other purpo-,(H hut hnvo now been fitted for clnsa work. With the open ing of the two new schools next fall there will be sufficient room at all ! He hon In. la tli hliff- Lane Schools are To Have Institute Five distrirt Institutes will be held for teaehera of the Iine county arhoola starting Saturday, February 2H and ea h Saturday in .March, ac cording to announcement today of K. J. Moore, county superintendent of schools. i The first Institute will be held Sat urday, February '.'S at Springfield. iThe other Institute, to be held at 1 Cottage drove, Junction City, Maple- Ion ami Klmira will be arranged la ter. The program for the Springfield meeting la now being prepared. The monthly Institute of the Kugetie dis trict which is scheduled for February i'.'K may be held In conjunction with the cuunty meeting. T Auto Exhibits at Kansas City are Burned in Night Conflagration Believed To Have Started From Defective Wiring; Pavilion Destroyed; Exhibits Lost - KANSAS CITY, Feb. 14. (By the Associated Press)1, Fire starting in flimsy decorations, supposedly from ;. defective wiring,' destroyed automobiles valued at $1,500,- 000 and the American Koyal Livestock pavilion, valued at $G50,000, early today. .; All of tho exhibits at the annual Kansas City motor i show wero a total loss. The 6how had closed for the night i and no one was in the building when the fire broke out. . hare been Schedules of talks to be given by O. S. Fletcher, I,nno county agricul tural agent, at meetings of the Orange and Fnrmera Union (hiring tho coming two weeks were announc ed today by Mr. Fletcher. E. K. .lackman, specialist in farm crops from tbe Oregon Agricultural col lege, will also apeak at each of the meetings with Mr. Fletcher. . Mr. Fletcher will speak on varioua phases of farm problems that have particular interest to I.anc county ag riculturists. Mr. .lackman will give advise on crops. The meetings are being arranged by tbe county agent in co-operation with F. It. Harlow, master of the l.nne county J'omona grange and Itnlph I', Laird, president of the I.ano County Farmera union. The following is the schedule and others may bn nJdeil later: Tuesday, Feb. 17: 10 a. m., Willn kcnr.ic Crnngc: 8 p. m., Creswell Farmers' Union, at Modem Woodmen ball. Wednesday, Feb, 18: 1 p. m., Lor nine Orange; 8 p. in.,' Mt. Vernon Fanners' Union, Mt. Vermin hall. Thursday, Feb. Ill; 8 p. in., Ilndley villo Fanners' Union, lladleyvillc sehoolhollse. Fridny, Feb. -0: Mt a. m., Irving (irange; 8 p. m., Central Farmers' union, Central Community hnl). Sjitiirdny, Feb. ill: 1(1 a. m., Crow (irnuge. .Monday, Feb. si: 8 p. m., South Willamette Fanners' Union, Dunn schnolholise. Tuesday, Feb. 1M: '1 p. m Four Oaks Orange; 8 p. m., Horrnn Farm ers' Union. Ilorena church. Wednesday, Feb. LCi: 8 p. in., Trent Farmers' Union, rieasnnt Hill high school. J huroay, r en. 'Jll: 8 p. in., Coast Fork Farmers' Union, llebrot church. Friday, Feb. 7: 8 p. m.. Clover dale Farmers' Union, Cloverdnlc sehoolhollse. The exhibits were to moved to San Francisco for a show ing there late thla month. Firemen were hampered in their work becauso of the lack of water plugs near the building and It was several minutes before they could play streams of water on the building, which was a mass of flames when the first companies arrived. The explo sion of gasoline tnnka on the exhibits also held tho firefighters in check. Walls Cave In i Within two hours after firemen from the two Kansas cltlca wore called .to fight the blase, tho walla fell in. ' ,' 1 ' . :v Captain John J. Crane, OS, the old est fireman In the department, waa caught on incline between the annex nnd the main building where he was attempting to work a hose, and was burned to death,. Firemen who had noted hia disappearance found the body when they penetrated the ruins. Three hundred pleasure cars, ap proximately 70 trucks and two air planes were burned. In addition tho exhibits of about 200 accessory manufacturers wore destroyed. Friday The 13th Most of the cars on display had been shown earlier In the year at New York, Cleveland and Chicago. The fire started in the last fleeting minutes of Friday the thirteenth. And It was the 713 ot the year, here. Jess Simpson, engineer of the pa vilion said the fire broke out In a tiny bloie In the annex celling, "one min ute there was a little blaze and the next It waa all over," ho aald. Flro Chief Alex Henderson declared the fire had "an awful start," when tho firo apparatua arrived. . f Tho ghosts of tho recently proud kings ot tho motor world, it seemed, shrieked nnd moaned from the Inter ior when sirens and horns of tho ears were aet off as Insulation burn ed from switches and wiring. WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN ST. AUOUSTINF., Flu., Feb. 14. Miss Agnes (Jernitheij, in winning the IKt yard breast stroke today in the national swimming meet hero broke her former world record, covering the distance in .1:7. Her former time was at Orange, X. J., lust October in ll ii 1.1. MartJis Norrlius, in winning the '.'(al yard free atjle event aNo ertalilished a new world record fin ishing in 2111 1-8. The former record of 2:.'I2 13 was made by Charlotte FISH BATTLE AT STATE HOUSE IS STATE TOUSE, SALEM, Ore., Feb. 14. After a battle lasting n'.l yesterday afternoon and' until nearly 1 o'clock today, the group supporting the majority report of tho house fish eries committee permitting aliens, during the next Bfx years, to obtain licenses to fish on the Columbia rivet-, won by a rote of III to 27. Representative Mott'a drive to liavo hia minority report substituted loit by the same vote, 8ECOND ROUND OPENS STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Feb. 14. The fish battle which opened In the house yesterday afternoon with a ' barrage from Representative Mott ot Clatsop, against the salmon packers went smashing Into Its second round today with opposition manning the , guns. The fight was opened by Mott, who , objected to the proposed amendment of the majority report of the house, fisheries committee letting down the bars to alien fishermen on the Colum-; bia river. It would permit aliens to ob tain boat pullers license during the next six years if they applied for citl xenahip papers. Mott, chairman of the fisheries committee, desired to hare his amend ment substituted for the majority's proposal Mott's provision would al low only aliens who have reaided hera less than five years to obtain licen ses. Mott's plan would prevent them from obtaining license if they failed to complete naturalisation. Representatives Melndl, Coffey and Loncrgan wero among the principal speakers for the inojorlty report this morning. BULLETINS WASIIINOTON, Feb. 14. (Ieorge Alexander Tarks of Alaska, wna nominated today by president Coolldgo to be governor of Alaska. Mr. Parks, who ha? been stntlnned In Alaska for sovornl years, will succeed Kcolt C. none, whose term of governor will expire In suv oral months. "WORLD BEAN KINO" IS ACQUITTED ALHION, N. Y., Feb. 14. Lewis E. Bnnds, "world bean king" todny was acquitted of grand larceny by a Jury which deliberated 12 hours. , AUDIT OF CEN8US BUREAU REPORT ASKED - WASIIINOTON. Feb. 14. A Joint resolution propoalng an audit of the cotton reporting machinery of the census burcnu was apprj)V: e dtoday by the acmito agriculture committee. WHITES KILLED IN CLASH WITH NEGROES OKANOE, Texas. Feb. 14. Three white men were killed hero todny in a Bhootlng affray between negroes and whites. The dead are: Joe Projean, about 46; Dallas Morris, about 21, and Deputy Hlicrlff Ilaall Stnkes, 39. Two negroes were arrested. GOVERNOR'S SON TO GO TO JAIL COLUMBUS', Ohio, Feb. 14. Hal Donahey, IS year old son nf (lovernor Donahoy, todny was sentenced to three days In Jail for violation of the automobile traffic laws. Oovernor Donahey said that he wanted the Judge to treat his son the same as her would an other person and announced t'.iat he would not pardon uiui.