The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, February 16, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDon't Fail to Read TheGuard's Special Automobile Show Section Today It is a Down-to-the-Minute Product City Neyos THE WEATHER ct-omtmlly cloudy 4sttled nlht ,nd Tan ,o ohang. In t.mp.ra- Pji noilerate northeast wind. TW'pwturo today: Minimum, i.9rMS. Maximum Sunday, Precipitation today, none. L,of river, 5 feet. Olr.c ,lti of wind, north. EDITION VOL. C8 TWO SECTIONS EUGEXE, OREGON, MONDAY EVEN1NO, FKKKUAKY 1G, 1025 EIGHTEEN PAGES NO. 35 LsS sjsns aFa Ik) ty i.creasos MH1,tismp i" --- - ,opntlv formed hero is ! n nnnmineement d . m of Ceorto H. -UC-Uorraii, pr.- ml There are 71 lopranos, 43 al- l ienor snu, ov ....iiiation. ia the announce- , The regular pmcum muu ""(vwinj at the school of music 7,k. University of Oregon shows a " . A fan. ot.aon. . ,rt reported, Mr. McMorrau At the practice this evening ..n demonstration will bo pre- rated or ""' " jiriH the re5t P"10" 01 tue 81D!!" (rt, Good progress is being made on oritorio "Creation wnicn vm i, presented by tho society in the itrinfr Tntt "auis '"--111 roads in Lane county are now inirk hauling with a maximum o"u ' dill of tire with the exception of K Cheshire north route, according ...ii order of the county court today. ji, 200-pound load order which was fJt into effect several weeks ago to voted the roads during the rainy raiber has been maintained on a amber of routes of the county. The , aeihire route is still soft and would x dimag'd by heavy hauling, accord if to Clinton Hurd, county coinniis cpcer. (nrt Inspects Road Judge C P. Barnard, Commission- .. ft r Crnma And nnmmtaKinnitr ilinion Hurd of the county court this littrsoon are inspecting the 1'ruirie mil sad obtaining Beveral right-of-hji there in preparation for the itirt of the improvement project tkich will be under way on the 11 uiie stretch as 'soon ns weather per- aid. About $77,000 in bond money ii iriilable for the work. The parallel nute proposed by petition Recently :. .,.'11 nan.lln .n.1 If la rtnt hatiaoA,! proposal tins year at least, according lo Judge C. 1'. Ilnrnnrd. Window Prize Offered A prize of $23 in cash for the best- Jecorated shop window in Eugene ('ring tbc automobile show is offered q the committee, It was announced tidij by John L. Stark. "This con !st is open to everyone," says Mr. .:iari, uuu will DC juucu oil a uuaia p limeliness, attractiveness nnd orig--ulity. To be considered, windows ml be decorated by Tuesday, the inning day of the show. A conimit t from the art department of the rdrrrsilj- vf Oregon will judge the tnid Jury Called tilled to meet this morning nt 10 V!ork, the grand jury is expected to ' in session the rcmnimler of the k. John W. ll'ibbs is acting as ;siMf fur tlie jury this week tnking place of Colonel Mercer who is 'J wit Ii hi i!utiS with the state "M'e nnw in session. It is expected ;at the nuinWr of cases from (lie of r of the district attorney given, to 'jury will exceed that of the lust Pncl jury mect'ng iu the full. Mies Sergeant Named tiwge liicisch, night patrolman, isi been appointed sergeant of po- lrC!rillng to announcement today fKiimey Hugh, chairman of the po :woommitiop of the city council. The n'J force will now consist of chief, Win. sergeant nnd two patrolmen. "erirant, lici, will have charge 'benight force under the direction ' ibe chief and captain. F,,r Residents Leave "I'd Mrs. I.. C. Skcela and son hnvc irft fnr thriT home in Angela f,rr yMt Wj, i,. friends '! relativr i ,i, jIr- Bn, " kels formerly rnnductcd a gro "T lre in Kugcne in the Ithinc- Mock where the I. O. l. V. ""Wing r,H- TL 1...- . i in-j inicr icn IK ma ftOSPECT CITY SATEHAtrr TO WUWYOURPpOfl Cleaver Out; Successor Appointed MR.LEVENSDF BAKER IS NEW GHEF-DFDRYS Appointment Is Announced By Governor Pierce At State House New Prohibition Head Has Been Active In War , Against Liquor STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore., Feb. 10. UP) William S. I.evens of Baker was today appointed by Gov ernor Pierce as state prohibition commissioner to succeed George L. Cleaver. Levens, a democrat, has for the last eight years been district at torney for Baker county, but was defeated in the last election. He is credited by Governor Pierce with hav ing been a vigorous prosecutor of the prohibition law. Levens ia 45 years old. THREAT OF VETO STATK HOUSE, SALKM. Ore., Feb. 10. (Jovernor Walter 51. lMerce in a spccinl mcssnpe to the loKisltitiire tbis morning, served notice thnt if t li c legislature fnilf to provide the ncc essnr.v revenue for appropriation) made, he will veto the bills. "I will not be a party to increasing the tav burden upon the owners of homes nrd farm property in this state," said the governor, "when it is within yo-ir power to raise the necewsary revenue for Bournes so easily available." The povernor pninted out various sources and urged the enactment of specific revenite-pri'ducinjt legislation. He urged repriil of the ipiarte-r mil! road lax and the KCMNX) appropria tion for the biittleship Oregtui, and a l;iw for the colleciiuti of tiie nil. 11 in inctiim.' taxes under the repealed act which he cHtimuted amounted to ((Mr.OfHi. Kvn with these sources open ed up the governor ern a shortage about jfritKUXW. To meet it, he urg ed again a tax oil cigarettes and mo tion picture, a gross earnings tax -m utilities and a severance tax. An increased collection on gross insurance premiums whs urged, and the governor asked a ten per cent contribution to the general fund by self-sustaining poiiituiHsionr nnd acti vities, which has already been agreed upon by the ways and means commit tee. If t!ie session will enact a groat raining tax on utilities the governor promised to fign the bill approximit ing $1(KMMX) fnr the public nervier commission. The 'governor clmrged the legisl-i-ture with hnving frittered oway ;ts time and urged the remaining days be given over to feri'-us work and co operation from all nuarters. Stolen Horses Are Found Near Eugene SI'KIN'iFlKl.n, Feb. 1 iSp rial). A stolen team of biiy bnrs.F. the properly of U V. (ili'k "f Eleventh street went, Eugene, w.- .!-ked up 1'T fhnrles Nolf, Springfield police rbief. yesterday morning. Tin' l,ore had been roaming at luge jii"t east "f twn for .cvernl hoiiw, It i r ported by peroni livingin thit vic inity. The waf n to which they were hitrlied. liVewie stolen, wu found al.nrf"nel. and the team till in ness. though not harneffd to Hie wagon. The horses anil wagon were taken from a farm wet of Eugene by to b" hiided for est'rn fireg.in. ,reor.lir,g to police officials. The bor, had not gone far when the nerk yok broke, and they abandoned the team. They wi'd not be prosecuted. Where Miners Found Floyd Collins' Body f! 1 i 1 xk&L Jbj&l I rffe 1 HQ - 3P; " "STT A Fit? . : c .swy 'i mm full OF NEW GARS FOR BIG SHOW HERE" TONIGH Entertainment. Plans Are i Completed, And All ia In Readiness Style Shows and Fashion Revues to be Feature Each Evening upper picture snows wnere anaft was 'sunx to cave iomo of Floyd Collins at Sand Cave, Kentucky. Lower picture showa electrical plan at mouth of cave, which gave warmth to Collins over a light circuit. Over this circuit radio teats were taken to determine whether Collins was living. Committees are Named by Oregon Retail Merchants at Morning Session Here The twenty-first annual convention of the Oregon Retail Merchants os jtneiation opened at Villard hall on the I'piversity of Oregon campus thij morning wiUi an address by I. I.. Thomas of MurJifield. president of the organiiation. Mr. Thomas review ed the growth of the association, ami declared th.it the time hns come whn the American luisini-ss man must take au active part in government. He dt'clifrcd that business men wtc going to be the dominant factor .n Irgislaiion for the next JO or 1 years and said that the time has come whn tah American busine man emit tcp in and eliminate in tff ictencirs in government. He spoke of (lie growth of the or ganization and the part it Ids play J in state affairs during the nt year. For the first tiiu he said, the work (f the state association is attracting attention, and the org.tniitton is now aecomplis'iing thing tint were ftnly dream'd of ten years ago. He sa.d one of thf bigftcst problems before the merchants today was (.hat of transient prddrs, and that the sir nation must be fat-d uarely by the merchants of Oreg n. The r-port of O. K. T.i!e, serrMar; of the sonation. hoed a memlK r ship of I'm. n incrraAe of C'O sine March U If'-. He told of the acti vity of the organiiation in Ifgi.1 Mive matters, and of the matter of f.'nunr e. He ftresifd the necessity tr business men in legislature, saying that until business men did take an active psrt, we would have our pres ent tangle and confusion of law. The appointments of committees for the meeting were announced by the president an follows: Credentials committee C. H. Iick cy, W. ,T. Jones, .Ifdin Conk. HeKoluti'ns committee ,T, V. Me Inturff of t'oos bay, Curl Wasiihurn- "f K'ugene, .1. C. Mann of Mnlford, (ieorge Konricr and Clint Van Fleoi. Finance committee H. K. Sistons, . L. Crout, A. A. Hull. Walter irif fin and A. ti, Hoffman. Nominating committee- It, It. Nor ton, A .!. Horbradel. William F. Ken nedy, K. K. ltfitig'na and Charb-s Frn'r. ' Committee on trade nbuc ,. 1. liirhter, Jonas Will, Mr. Hrhool of Swe.-t Home, Oforge Kiddle and I'm rhrey and M.i'-kin of C .tinge Orove. Coymiittee on by-laws W. It. It.ik er, J. H. (iarrett, A. M. Hauler, C. h. Kol rts and rg H. Hird)e. The day opened with the registra lion of delegate at Villard hall. At this time red and yet'ow caps we re g(en the members, depending on nhe- 1 tiier they were "Junior" or 's-ni' r membern. College traditions were ob served with th initiation of nine ; "freaimen" conducted br the Order ; of the O of the univenity, and the j (Continued on ,! two; . Eugene'a armory is packed full of the latest models of all makes of automobiles, n variety of entertain ment it 'ready, nnd the last touches are being made on the . bewitchih,? Japnneie otmowplieric decorations in preparation for the Eugene automo bile show which opens tomorrow tt 10 o'clock. . Every inch of space hns been leased," HQ ill John L. Stark, man nger of the show, today. 'The d-'al-ers are all enthusiastic over Hy? dls iday. We ore sure thnt this event will.' Inc surpuss any former autumu- liile exhibition- Holdu lliteityc' . The show will last for thnve day.i, tomorrow, Wednesday and ThuTsdflyi and in addition to the display of mo tor car a and automotive nccesaoriot :;n elaborate entertainment h ia bt'en provided for those who attend. Start utg shortly ofter noon something will be doing every minute until the r- (Coutiuued on page eight) U. S. RIFLE RAPiGE If a suitable plot of ground can be found iu the vicinity of Kugene for use a a rifle range there will be a government appropriation nvailabh for initial installation of equipment and improving the site in addition to an annual fund for maintenance, ac cording to announcement today of Major Wi (i. While, batallion coin mader of the national guard. A site at lcnt 1000 ytirda in length with a hill nt the north or northeast end and n width (.hot will provide tlic necessary safety one for firing pur poses is required, the major statei. If a site in selected it will be Inspected by army engineers who will make an appralsil and the plot purchased. The government owned rifle range will be available for any gun club or rifle as sociation for use in practice or record mntcbes under the supervision of lo cal .army officers, the innjor reports. Major White stnles that a motor truck for use of the gutrd companies here hns been authorized but th.4 uo place for housing bas yet been ob tained. If a range is obtained t-h" truck can he used for tranportatior. b tween the armorr and the range for the guardsmen. The goernment plai.4 the instuMnlion of modern nunc equipment with all necessary pita and firing points, Is the announcement. 1 CI OPENS DRIVE T ANNUA I Heiress is Wedded Rally of all Drive Workers To Mark Opening of Campaign in Eugene City to be Divided as Team Workers Canvass; Daily Reports Scheduled Eugene's campaign to raise $12,300 for the local Y. M. C. A. will he offi cially touched off tonight at a rally of all drive workera at the V. M. C. A. building. . Dinner to be served promptly nt 0:;l0, will be followed by a ineetiug, where final ulns will be expluiued. All is in readiness for the campnigu, according to V. V. Dillon, of Port land, inter-mate secretary uf the V M. C. A. who is in Kugene to super viae the drive. Actual solicitation will start tuiuorruw and will coutintic thruughuut the week.' : . Ouota, Is Budgoted , The aii.uu tuola, which n practi- citilly tho same amount coutrlhuted hy SL'5 citizens in the Y. SI. C. A. cum paigu a year rao, ia the sum needed by tho aKaowutlun to coinpleto its builgvt fur lll'-'.'i. This annual budget week campaign fund augmenta the regular income which ia insufficient to carry out the year's work. Tudor tho general leadership of V. K, Newell more than 1-3 Kugene citisens have been organized into twu competing divisions. The first divis ion, "A", will he geuernled by A. K. nrighaui, with K. K. Jloldcman ns bis assistant. Division "11" will be led by J. O. Hull, and V. I'. Walter, as sistant. City la Divided. I'.ach division is composed of seven teams, five uf them mcu'B teams of ten members, nnd two women's teams of six members. The city has been divided into fourteen geographical di visions, each section being covered (Continued on pago eight) Traffic Accidents Reported to Police Four traffic aeHdents orer (he week-end were reported thw morning in the office of the police department. This Is a marked decrease in the number usually reported on Moml.tys, according to A. If. S..ortes. traffic f.fficer, who says that considering the large amount of auto trnffio yester day the showing is a grod cue. ARRIVE IN CALIFORNIA Air. and Mrs. Mehin Whit hsre arrived at Han Krancisro where Mr. White will be connerted with the lltirrough Adding Maehin rompanr. according to word received by Mr. anj Mrs, W. (i. White, pirenti of Mr. White. Mr. and Mrs. White dro,! south s report that there was fir? iet of snow in the Hb-kiyuui, To dinetisa standardization of land values In I.nne county a meeting of the land settlement committee and a committee of the Kugene realty board will meet at the chamber of commerce after the noon luncheon Thursday, sc. cording to the announcement today. The land settlement committee of the chamber of commerce has repre sentatives of various county organi sations and communities. The following Is (he land settle ment committee; Kugene Ttealty Hoard MeMn Iffln- seu and It. A. M Cully. Chamber of Commerce C. I. Itr er and M. II. Harlow. American I.egion-(ieorge K. Jove and Hamey Hugh. fjrangc K. .1. Ward nnd V, H. Ilnrlow. Farmers I nion-- If. C. Jackson and Frank Hurkholder. Hankers Association O. II. Keaney Slid Steve Morgenson. Cottage iroveC. V,. Stewart and A. A. Hartell. Junction City--K. V, Hailey nnd teorge II. (iilnmre. SpringfieldKlmer Msxcy nnd Carl Ols'n. Horence- W. I,. Haker and Hans Peterson. Oakrdg-C. A. 1'sddock and Charlei Ililll. 111-1 iff 1 !fl , ft- At BODY REACHED T RESCUERS ftT 245 P. ! Physicians Taken Into Shaft To Where Body Lp "I'll marry whom I please," was Walta Llnforth's doll; and she did. Now she Is Mrs. William S, Throl kold, despite nor wealthy, parents' opposition to the marriage, Threl- keld Is a horseman and stable man agor. His brlds Is heiress to San Francisco riches. ROMANCE LOSES TO HORSE SHOW LOS ANGEKKS, Feb. 10. Ho mance nnd horses clnshed, and horses won, fnr the fourth annual Los An geles horse show will open tonight nnd ft honeymoon will be postponed for the equine event. First, Miss Walta IJnfnrth, prom inent in San Francisco social circles and noted equestrienne, nnd "Hilly" Threllteld, who wero married at San Francisco several days ago, agreed to delay their honeymoon to fullfil rid ing engagements fnr the show, nnd then Norman Manning, director of a special program tomorrow night, ask ed bis ltride-to-be, to wait until he had completed his task for the show. She consented. So the horse show, one of Los Angeles social events, opens tonight, Brother Is At Shaft's Entrance At Time Of Report CAVE CITY, Feb. 16.- (By tho Associated Press) Flovd Collins was reach ed, found dead at 2:45 this ufternoon it was officially announced after rescuers had penetrated into what they believed was the orig inal Sand cave cavern where Collins was caught. IT. T. Carmichacl was tho first limn to go to Collin3. He said that apparently ho was dead. The announcement of the finding of Collins was made by Dr. W. D. . Funkhouser, geologist of the University of Kentucky. ' Tho physicians estimated that Collins had been dead for more than 24 hours. In ability lo innko personal examination would not per mit a moro definite state ment. ' No -sound caino from Col lins nt all, no respiration, no movement, and tho eyes wero sunken, indicating, ac cording to tho physicians, extreme exhaustion goin;; with starvation. The .head and right wrist were the only parts of tho body movable, the remain der of tin; body being ap parently covered by loose dirt and rocks. Xo estimate was given ns to how soon Collins could be extricated from the (Continued on pugo (lie) BULLETINS NOME, Alaska, Keb. ID. Sunday (ny the Aaaonlated Press Edward Itohn nnd his dogn nrrlved hero at nonn Indnjr In a hlla lard with diphtheria anll-loxln. Crossing Norton Sound two ot Ills dogs foil Into a flssurn of tho Ira. ( SENATE POSTAL PAY BILL SUBSTITUTED WAKIIINdTO.W l-Vli. ID. Tho srnatp today suhstlliited Its pos tal pay and r.Ho Incrcaso bill for that punned by tho house. NOMINATION OF MR. KELLOGQ CONFIRMED WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. The nomination of Frank U. Kel'o of Mluncsotu lo HiiiTocd Charles K. HuKhes as secretary of atala was confirmed today hy the senate. GOVERNOR'S VETO OVERRIDDEN BY HOUSE ' 8TATK HOL'KK. SAI.KM, Ore., Keb. 18 The limine overrode the governor's veto on houso bill 91 today. Tho niousuro permits I the statu board of education to enter Into contract with text book pub- llxhors at tho beat poamhle prlio for certain books on which tha publishers decline to enter Into new contracts at the old price. RETURNS FROM NORTH W, T. Ilorih.n of the Kirt National hnnk has returned from a hiuilnm riftlt nf teverol dijs at l'ortlsnd and 8ritle. NOMINATION APPROVED BY COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, Keb. IS The nomination of William K. Humph rey, to be a member of tho federal trade commission was approved today by tho senate Interstate commerce committee. CONGRESSIONAL SALARY BOOST ASKED WASHINGTON, Keb. IS. A bill to Increase tha salaries of mem bers of congress from $7,500 to $10,000 a year was reported today by the senate flnatics committee. It was lutroduced by Honutor Ball, republican of Delaware,