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VOL. 68
TODAY'S NEWS TODAT
EUGENE, OKEGON, THURSDAY EYEXIXO, FEBRUARY 19, 1-V25
TODAY'S NEWS TODAV
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a-.r.SUI '",v .
poind to present a aeries of
V, ,iide lecture! on forest protec-
ud fire protection. Their slides
" a the forests of Lane county
.kvline frnil. The
Ijwnrj " -"
"L school house, February 23, 1
.i- Blue Itiver school house, Feb-
lrt 23, 0 CLOCK; w.u.iS
l February 24, 8 o'clock; Wnl
church, February 25, S
'dock; Thurston church, February
L s o'clock; Minney's hall, Vida,
Cbruiry 28, 8 o'clock. The mcet-
will bo well anvcriii.-u, mm m
ablie lorited. There will be no "sil-.
. .rinr." says Mr. Taylor, aa
llte Sao is paying the expenses.
m world pageant
I foreign students at the University
dOrtt working on the world
ha Dresented during the
,raf term, it is announced. Each
.rill lie represented in a skit.
Wiird li'sliting effects are planned
! tie Hindu act, in which oriental
tint! will be featured. Costumes for
it Chine" act are being ordered this
net la the court scene a sword play
nil be presented, and .Miss Lily lling,
lifresbmsn student in arauia ana
arts trill irive a Chinese dance.
p, Tifl Motlie" dance will ren-
Ime ...
ml Ireland. Andree l'ellion, in-
Inmetor in romance languages, is in
Aim of the arrangement for the
I Kreacb production.
Ilitn li Collision
1 collision between a touring car
'nta by Mrs. (i. K. McElfresli and
liriven by Miss Zemin Ilendrickson
rlHed with a light automobile driven
III Fred tVilkius near Monroe yes
irdir. it ii reported, both cars be-
I iir reduced to junk as a result. Mr.
Wilkins suffered a severely gashed
! u i result, but after receiving
ludicil treatment in Monroe, waa
Iiiile to return to bis home. Mrs. Mc
Bfreih is house mother of the Delta
I Jtt fraternity at Oregon Agricultur-
1 college, anil was Drmging a group
(co-ed! to Eugene for a visit to the
hffll chapter of the organization. All
I the girls escaped without serious
I ojurr.
liidowlarks Report
Fear of many that the well-known
f bird, the mendowlark, would be
iint from Lane county this summer
ui result of the low temperature of
iycember, when it waa believed large
lumber! of the birds perished, is
iiwhat sllnyed by reports that
lire ire still some of the larks here.
Mi Loranc and College Crest resi
sts state that the birds have been
wn during the past few days in
but districts.
Ctildren Are Hosts-
Toe pupils of the seventh and
'ifkib grades of the Santa Clara
"lool will be hosts to their parents
i meeting and entertainment to he
"id tomorrow. The regular scbool
' will be observed bv the Barents
ud later an entertainment will be
d d refreshmenta served. These
wptioni are held twice each year
I the different grades of the school.
taold Collier, county club leader.
attend the reception and will
'Piete organization of two eauntv
bi, one garden cluh and ona aew-
club.
(Hril C. Kramm.l I tuu
G"'ge C. Kremmel of En cane, who
to been In the Eugene hospital for
time, recelvina trentmanta fnr
fbiliti received dnrlnir tha war
' Shell llinAlr n4 .
!ftt to the aovernment vatarana'
"rital at Tortlnnd today by Dr. S.
"Vodisch, u. S. Veterans' buresu
leila. Ilr. Raraanriiarh maHa a
e ' Kugene especially to aceom
'h disabled ex-service man to
nld. The trip was made to Fort-
'Contlnurd on page five)
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BUYER FOR
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raus USED
IgtaVANT AD
Added Tax Levy is Foreseen
EMILLMOR
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NEEDED, SITE
LEADERS TH
Cigarette Tax Plan Clung
To by Governor and
Committeemen
Cosmetic and Corporation
Taxes Also Suggested
As Possible
STATE 'HOUSE, SALEM, Ore.,
Feb. 10. The legislature has not
yet extricated itself from the state's
financial snarl, although tomorrow
is normally the last dny of the ses
sion.
To meet the financial emergency
the presiding officers of the two
houses and other leaders have prac
tically decided that the session must
levy upon the people nn additional one
mill tax levy above the 1.0 mill levy
by the tax commission last Decem
ber, - -
The wajB and means committee and
the governor are Ltill sticking io their
plan for a cigarette tax, and may
extend it to include cigars. y
A 20 per cent instead of a 10 per
cent tax on cigarettes is now talked.
The reason for this is to get away
from the proposed increase in the in
surance tax. A delegation of insur
ance men appeared before the com
mittee Inst night and protested
against the increase in a way that
swayed the committee.
Also the committee will stand for
a cosmetic tax and an additional cor
poration tnx. The normal school was
again threshed over and Senator
Dunn's bill to rehnbiltnte the Ashland
Normal is still hanging in the bal
ance. '
Postoffice at
Ruch Robbed
During Night
MEDFORD, Ore., Keb. 10 Sev
eral hundred dollars in cash and
stamps were taken from the post
office at Much. 12 miles southwest
of Mrdfonl last night bjr unknown
persons, mho broke into the building
by prying the front door open with
an ice pick. The theft was discovered
early this morning by Postmaster C.
M. Kucll. who immediately notified
the sheriff's office in Jacksonville,
and postoffice authorities in Medford.
Sheriff Jennings and a postoffice in
spector are now at Ituch, but their
investigation is said to be proceeding
slowly because in spite of the muddy
conditions surrounding the building
no foot tracks were left either on
the floor or the porch of the post-office.
RIGHT-OF-WAY IS
TO BE GRANTED TD
E
lUIUI.ft.i"( Vic-., ' ...
special dispatch to the Portland Tele
gram from Washington today says:
"Senators McXary and Stanfield
today In writing joined in a recom
mendation to the presjdent that he
. . V I. II nil.
ipoint ieorg! .-m-uuit
irg, United Slates district attorney
r Oregon. It Is expected that the
esident will concur !n the recom
mendation and send In Neuner s nom-
ion to the senate this week. A
favorable report by the senate judi-
lary committee and speedy connr-
ion by the senate are expected
follow."
cl
mat
to
Agreement of Senators McXary
and Stanfield on the recommendation
nf Oeorce Neuner. of liosehiirg. to
be I'nited States district attorney
for Oregon brings to an end a long
contest. Kobert H. Knykendall. of
Klamath Kails and formerly of Ku
gene, was the principal candidate
against Mr. Neuner. He bad Hie sup
port of Senator Stanfield, but was
opposed by .Senator McNary because,
according to the pnliti'cal ' gossips.
Kurkendall bad run against Attorney
Oeneral Van Winkle for (be republi
can nomination in (lie primary last
spring. Just what was the bais of
the agreement between the two Ore
gon senators by which Senator Stan
field changed his support from Mr.
Kurkendall to Mr. Neuner is some
thing not yet developed here. I-oilis
E. Bean, of Eugene, bad been spok
en of as a rnmpromi candidate. Mr.
Neuner. whose appointment is now
assured, is an able attorney of high
standing in his profession. Ms will
succeed Judge Coke, of Msr.hfield.
who resigned soma mouths ago.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1!). The
house rules committee today approv
ed a resolution to give Tight of way
to the Haugcn-Co-opcrutivc market
ing bill designed to carry out recom
mendations of the president's agricul
tural commission. Leaders said the
measure probably would be token up
tomorrow or Saturday.
Meanwhile the aennte committee
held a meeting but gave no atteutiou
to the conference recommendations
devoting its time to a bill relating to
the packers nud stockyards and ad
ministration. Chairman Norris tins cxpromcd
doubt that the committee will be able
to "fully consider a co-cperative
measure in the time remaining of tJus
session."
The house committee is working on
another proposal along the lines of
the .McNnry-Haugen measure which
failed of passage in the hist aessiuti,
desigued to promote :he export of
Amcricnn pruducts. Adiuinistrati in
leaders in the house expressed doubt
as to whether tilth a bill could be
passed brfore March 4 odjourmncut
although tjier predicted favorable ac
tion n the co-operative inarketiug
bill.
Senate Farm Group
Listens to More of
Commission's Plans
WASHINGTON. Feb. 111. Further
hearings were held by the senate ag
riculture committee on recommenda
tions of the president's agricultural
conference. Chairman Norris told the
senate yesterday that further extend
ed hearings had been nude necessary
by "avalanche of protests" aroused
by the conference proposal for the
creation of a federal cooperative mar
keting board. He would predict when
the hearings might be concluded in
discussing the matter on the floor
after Walter I'eteet, secretary of the
national council of cooperative mar
keting agencies, had declared before
the committee that any plan for fed
eral control would he objectionable.
Taxation Conference
At Washington Open
WASHINGTON, Feb. HI I'ele
gates from more than 3" states were
here today for the opening of a con
ference on inheritance and estate tax
ation, called by the national tax as
sociation to consider the problem of
correlating federal and state taxa
tion in this field. President Cool
idge was to deliver the opening ad
dress. After presentation of the problems
Involved in addresses by M. h. Brad
ford of New York, and Hoy C. Os
good of Chicago, the program today
called for the consideration of pos
sible solutions.
TAX ECONOIHY
STRESSED BY
Present Federal Inheritance
Tax Condemned in Talk
By President
Amounts in Some Cases to
"Confiscation," Chief Ex
ecutive Declares
WASHINGTON", . Keb. ).UP)
Gradual withdrawal of the federal
government from the inheritance tut
field and greater economy in tax col
lection were recommended for public
considnition by President Coolidge in
an address at the opening session to
day of the National Tax association's
national Inheritance and estate tax
conference.
The president condemned the prtM
ent federal inheritance tax, amount
ing in its highest bracket to 40 per
cent, declaring that in some instance
it, with the uto levie "closely ap
proaches, if it Is not actually, cou
fiscatiun." . t
"If we tire to adopt sociuliatn, It
should be presented to the people of
this country as socialism, and not un
der the guixe of a law to collect re
venue," he said. "The people are quito
able to determine for themselves the
desirability of a particular public pol
icy and do nut ask to hove uch poli
cies forced upon them by direction."
Economy Necessary.
Establishment of "economy in the
income of revenue," is nn equal neces
sity with economy in outgo of revenue
Mr, Coo Hit jce said, adding that t!ie
first field for the pructice of econo
my in inheritance tax collections laws
is state co-operation.
Declaring there in competition be
tween suites to reach in inheritntifo
taxes not only the property of Its own !
citizens, but the property of citizens;
of other states," the president, by
way of illustration, showed how a ;
share of stock upon death of its own-!
er might be made subject to seven
separate and distinct Interitance taxes
by the federal and various state governments.
Burden Is Result.
''All this means he added, ''not
only an actus! amount of tax which
may under particular circumstances
exceed 100 per cent of the value of
(Continued on page iix)
"Handsome Hans"
Has Even Chance
For Life Today
EUGEN
E
SMGll
POPULARITY
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. J. A.
Fagerile, "Handsome linns" hnn
iO-IW) chance to survive the bullet j
wound in h.s lungs, reeired Tucuday
when he was attempting to arrest a
couple of alleged bootleggers, said
hospital attendants tnday. A fear that
pneumonia might develop was ex
pressed. Widespread Interest in the battle
that ''Handsome Hans" is making for
life Is evidenced today, especially in
(he underworld circles, where op
eritlons have been the rinse of con
siderable consternat on In recent
months.
1923 Income Tax
Collection Urged
More Than .2700 Gather to
Witness Second Night's
' Armory Event
Entertainment as . Well aa
Exhibition is Enjoyed
f By Big Crowd
Popularity of Eugene's 1125 auto
mobile show was evidenced last night
by a crowd which turned out to see
it. More than 2700 spectators packed
the armory to the galleriee, and the
program went through without delay,
except a four-minute intermission
while the models changed from street
clotiies. to bathing suits.
The entertainment was well enjoy
ed by. the big crowd of spectators,
who applauded their npproval of any
particular design of continue or bat or
swimming suit from Iteard's, worn by
any of the prelty models who strolled
up and down the elevated runway to
the jni-ff tunes ot Novak's Vaudettes.
Hn tiling suits appeared to evoke the
loudest nppIuuHc. Peggy Prevost's
dance interpretations and the so
prano solos of Kathleen Duffy made
a decided hit with the crowd, while
Heulah Itlackwell's violin playing of
"blues' brought down thu house.
Models Busy.
Models have been busy today se
lecting spring gowns from the stock
of McMorrnn ami Washburnc. A fea
ture of their performance ljst night
was tbeir distinctive hairdress, thf
product of the local Marinello shop.
Several new entertainment features
are on the bill for tonight, announcer,
John Stark, manager, who says the
auto show is nuking a greater hit
thnn Jic anticipated, and that a record
breaking crowd will be on hand to
night and tomorrow night, wlwn the
show ends.
Dealers Pleased. ,
Automobile dealers are beginning to
see re suits from the show In their'
lairs reports the last two days, It is
reported. Customers who examined 1
machines at the armory have appear-'
ed at stores the following d:ty for
trial trips in the machines. Tiie sho.v
is not only intended to stimulate auto
mobile buying In Kugene, according to
Mr. Stark, but is iiIko deigned to he
educational, In giving the general pub
lic an ides of the latest models In -ill
types of machines.
A feature of tonight's performance
at the auto show will be a 20-minule
entertainment by the- Kugcne high
school quartet, composed of Mini
Katherlnc Garrett, Miss Kathleen
Powell, Miss Kvelyti Hollift and Miff
Katherine Guthrie, who will offr
both ensemble end solo numbers. Mis
Kdith Pearson, high rh"ot inter
pretive dincer, will als- give a solo
number in Chine con to me.
The Jiigh srhnoi entertainment will
be an advertisement fr their musical
play "The Pele of Barrel, na" to be
presented next Wednesday night in
the high vrhnnl auditorium. A large
number of students from the Kiiftent
high school student body will be pres
ent with their yell lender, who will
lead them in school songs and yells.
Chair in Picture Takes Part in Hearing
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Helen Elwood Stokes, pictured seated In in arm ohalr. taya the
chair waa In her mother's home In Denver when tha photo waa
taken. W. E. D. Stokes anya It was In tha notorloua Everlelgh
Club In Chicago. Mrs. Stokea aaya aho will produce tha chair li
court to prove her husband guilty of maliciously defaming her
character.
FID DISTRIBUTION
MADE TO GROWERS
Within the licit few ilsrs another
distribution of one-half cent per
pound will bo made to the members
of the North Pacific Cooperative
I'rune cxi-lmnno, ncconlinu to an
nouncement toilny of M. II. Hnrlow,
who reprosents the Kuxrne Fruit
Orowers' ossocintion, with t lie ex
chunitc which comprises nine units In
Oregon. So far on the 11121 crop the
members have received tbreo cents
a pound, Mr. llnrlow stnles. The next
modioli of the bonrd of nine mana
gers will be held at the heaihiusrters
of the exchange at I'orllnnd Monday,
.March II.
Itcports of last year are that a to
tal of 10.1(10.01)0 pounds of prunes
ars yet to be sold. A total uf 1,700,-
000 pounds are awaiting shipment.
Moonshine Fight
Results in Death
Of Anacortes Man
King George is
Reported Better
8TATK IIDL'SK. HA I. KM. Ore,
Keb. 10. Ilou bill 440 proriding for
th collection of unpaid income
fixes was passed unanimously by the
hiuse this morning. The bill was in
troduced by the committee on as-
stssmnets and taxation. It is rirtusPy ,
a re-enactment of the repealed state j
Income tax law but will spply cn'y on
the unpaid taxes of lf)?.1 and tben go'
out of existence. The bill will be bur- j
ried over to tha senate f jr action.
I.O.NIKIN, Heb. 11. A bulletin Is
sued from Buckingham Palace this
morning said:
"I lis Majesty passed a better night.
His progress, though stow, Is satis
factory." It is understood that no further
announcement regarding King
fleorge's condition will be made today,
Confident that his illness from
bronchitis is progressing normally and
that thees is no great rause fur fear
or anxiety, it la said.
KVKHKTT, Wash., Feb. 10. s
the result of what the authorities
term as n Imllle between moonshiners
and hi-Jaclcers Albert Kimlisll of Ana-
1 cortes is dsd and a brother, Ijn
K'uiull of Anacortei, nud Itoy Thomp
son are In a Snohomish hospital ser
iously wounded. The in oting affray
took place at midnight last night nn u
farm three miles from HnnhomiKh oc
cupied by Thompson and a companion.
The county coroner, who Investigsted,
ss.es the plsce contains a lirge still.
The c-ironer, bssing hi. assertions
on statements made, he says, by the
wounded men. declares that the two
Klmhiill. apparently staged a rnid on
tiie place to obtain moonmlne they
believed was there. The ilcs w.is
firrt attacked with rocks and then a
d or was smashed In. A fun bsltle
followed from whirh It is believed,
only one man escaped uniojured.
Shoals Conference
Is Hefore Senate
WASHINGTON. Keb. 10. Ti
conference on the I'nderwood Muscle
Shoals lesiing bill srsa before the sen
ate t"day as the tlofini'hed business.
Managers of the measure hoped 10
keep It tiefore the senate until a final
late la taken.
MR. STOKES WINS
CHICAGO ,Feb. IOj Judge W. ?C.
Gemmill today upheld ob'tcilons of
counsel for W. E. D. Stokw, charged
witii conspiracy to defame Mrs. Helen
Klwood Stokes, to the admission of
testimony based on affidavits and cor
respondence of Btokes' agents.
Though an hour's conference waa
held In chambers on a demand of the
state that the defense produce affi
davit and correspondence In his pos
session, the defense did not produce
them after the court Issued his deci
sion in a whisper audible only to
counsel.
The tenor of the decision waa fur
ther ludicsted when the judge blocked
the admission of oral evidence based
on the affidavits and correspondence.
The defctvt opposed the demand
that they turn over affidavits and
correspondence of Stokes various
agents and detectives on the ground
that the communications of confiden
tial agents and their clients were
privileged under the law. The state
disputed thi point and read a lengthy
decision on the subject.
KLAMATH
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TO BEND 1
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BEN.P.
ail
President Charles Donnelly
Of Northern Pacific ia
In Portland
Makes Announcement That
Previous Plans Would
Be Carried out '
TOnTLAND, Ore., Feb. 19. Of,
President Charles Donnelly of tha
Northern Pacific railroad in a state
ment here today, renffirmed the in
tention of his company, together with
the Great Northern railway to build
southerly from Bend, in central Ore
gon, to Klamath Falls, Ore., as aoon
aa the interstate commerce commie
slon, determines the issues in the con
troversy involving the construction of
rnil lines through interior Oregon.
Arguments in this case will bo heard
by the commission at Washington
March 27.
Exoaptlons Cited
' "The exceptions to the report of
the examiner, filed by the Oregon
Trunk and signed by the Northern
Pacific and Clrcat Northorn (ench
owning a one-half interest in the
Oregon Trunk) express correctly tle
view taken by the Northern lines of
'the questions now pending beforo
the interstate commerce commission,
and there is little that can be added
to what they convey
"We have stated that we now have
under aerlous consideration the pos
sible construction of a railroad which
would reach Klamath Falls. Thia ia
the exact truth. It may be said, In
deed, that In building the Oregon
Trunk to Bend, the Northern lines
realised that this construction put
them In contact with the ibimense
timber resources of that region; and,
of course, It was their purpose to
keep their own facilities for serving
the region fully abreast of Its devel
opment. Expsnslon Seen
"The Indications st present are that
the lumbering Industry In the vicinity
of Klamath Falls will undergo, in the
comparatively near future, a very
considerable expansion. How soon
this will take place is uncertain, be
cause there Is, I believe some divi
sion of sentiment among the leadera
of that Industry aa to whether It ia
not now expanding too rapidly.
"But, however, this msy be, our
purpose In building into this terri
tory waa to supply its trsnsportstion
needs snd,' speaking for the Northern
Pacific, I do not hesitate to say that
ours will be extended whenever It
shall be made to appear that the
available traffic will yield a return on
the capital Investment required for
its extension."
BULLETINS
. CKNEVA, Feb. 19. (Hy th Associated Press) The convention
adopted by tho International opium conference was signed this af
ternoon by Australia, Pelslum, Great Britain, Greece, Luxembourg,
Holland, Persia. Portugal and Slam. Bolivia and Hungary signed
partially and France, Germany, and Switzerland aro expected to
sign soon.
GRAZING FEES OPPOSED IN RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, Keb. 19. The secretary of the Intnrlor would
be autliorlxeil to waive all fens during 192 j for groxlng on public,
lands under a Joint resolution adopted today by the senate.
VETERANS INSURANCE CHIEF IS APPOINTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Lewis C. Joseph, district manager of
the veterans bureau at Seattle, todoy was appointed chief of the In
surance division at tho bureau's hcodquartcrs lipre.
OIL STATION ROBBERS ARE SENTENCED
MKDFOKD, Ore., Feb. 19. Hobert Buff, Roland Eastwood and
Stove J. Klok, who pload guilty to robbing the Union Oil station
at Ashland last month, were sentenced to long prison terms late
yesterday afternoon by Circuit Judgo C. M. Thomas.
CALIFORNIA ATHLETIC RELATIONS RESUMED1
SAN FHANCIHCr), Tib. 19. Stanford University and the Uni
versity ol California have lifted the ban of athletic ostracism from
thn University of Southern California. Tha three universities will
resume athletic relations as the result of a peace conference bald
hore last Bight by roprusontullvcs of each..