The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, February 20, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textpt Miss- The Guard big Week-end Edition Tomorrow-It . Will be Filled With Interesting Features Qity. News rto-Rai" ,OBl0hl nd ',y; moderate tempera- 1 .oderate to strong .outh- "-tarty Bl( slons th" ZatnW tody- minimum, Lntt. Maximum Thura. 54 degrees. Precipitation VOL. C8 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY EVKXIXG, FEBRUARY 'JO, 102") todays .news today 17 of an incn. oioyo ui NO. 39 ildlV, Direction of il4 southeast. n ......ward Use W1 C -1.1 In.llaa tnllMnff TbtJ were io l . Their topics were sundry, r,ordio to the times, the con . . turned to cross-word puz- ... "Do f evtc " 'itd, Dd tlien "dded, Blyly, "I do, ,Jf ' .. n f AiK. nnd I find them J ) HOIE j Sir , kjrl in - it fun. Aoe ulucl o"i.i'--w, V lie replied. "I don't work ' ' . . .i. -on L-miv. I certainlv do L. nn away the secret. "They L, dandy crochet patterns," she Lust Posted- jil, of delinquent tases lor iuim ...J ..,.P l,v 1 lni-,1 llntrr. hat p - rfpjti slierjff m ciiargo or coiiec- ISO separate pieces ol property upon li,h tbe tax lias not been paid, the ahavine expired February U. Last Ll of property, ine entire listing lowieii by about 2S00 owners ond ,:, juniber of delinquency notices lire bten sent out by the sheriffs St. L Lsader Coming- Miss Helen CowgiU, assistant coun r state club leader, will be in Lane naff tbe entire week o March 0 to ,:fer with club leaders and others crested in the work, according to 'nouncenient received from the state ib headquarters at the Oregon Agri hlmral college today. A schedule of stings will be arranged for Miss iill to speak to the girls clubs in iirious districts of the county, is the fcnounceraeut. wood Coming Approximately UuOO cords of balm nM will soon be delivered at the 'jjene excelsior mill, according to . 0, Peterson, proprietor. The wood kill start coming in about the middle f Much in preparation for the work If the piant during the coming sum htr, Mr. Peterson states. Presentn- irations are that the mill will be u operation throughout the summer. Th balm wood which is dried in open Wnro jears before used in the mnn- !cture of excelsior is now stacked, me ia Lane county and sonic in hm and lteuton counties, Mr. I'cter- w-n said. I. Moore Speaks E. J. Moore, county superintendent ithools, is at Klmira this after- fcra as one of the speakers at the miniity meeting nnd entertainment ;id there. The event is sponsored I Ibe union high school and the ride school and a program is being this afternoon following a dinner rued at noon. The meeting is also J oiwvnncc of Lincoln's and Wash Pt'on'j birthdny anniversaries, both "Ms being observed by a joint pro- I Delegation Planned hue county will have a big delc- P at the iimiunl convention of the '"national Christian Endeavor tn Ml at l'ortland July i, to I), ac- 'S to present indications as each wt of tle county is near its "! registrations, is the report. - f (ialpfl, general secreliirv ,,f '' Society of Christian Kn- '""' ""I bo in l'ortland February MarohL to discuss plons for the herniR niiich Is expected to drnw " i.noo delegates, according to Hreeeive,! nr , .,. ,. of the organization. Mr fimr.. "! visitor here at .n,,.l ,, "''" held Inst spring. N lor Speeding - Irving nf snn Franoisro and KnstV nf U.nl. o visitors yesterday who tried "'r cars n the Pacific higliwny nr Junction en.. Ti ...... . Turnbull, county traffic "''Otiminl on pane f QOSENUP rTLE; MONEY LLL'YOUR-CAP BijniijEiasniniBinao liEftflLSl-O. 7.... ,-M 35 Miners Entrapped ARE RESCUED All Mine Rescue Teams In District are Rushed to Aid in Rescue Interior of Mine Wrecked By Force of Blast as Gas is Formed SULLIVAN, Ind., Fob. 20. OP) Two men are dead, three seriously in jured and 35 are entombed with little chaoce of being brought out alive as the result of an explosion in tho City Coal company's mine here today. SUIXIVAX. Ind., Feb. 20. The fate of 50 miners entrapped by a blast in the City Coal company mine near here was unknown at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Two unidentified deiid had been taken from the mine and three men seriously injured hnd been res cued. Kcporta brought to the top by men ensured in seeking the dend and in jured, indicate it is probable many others are dead. All mine rescue teams in the dis trict have been rushed to the scene and physicians and ambulances are held at the shaft awaiting develop ments. The explosion which is said to have resulted from ignition of gas, wrecked the interior of the mine. The explosion occurred at 10:30 a. in. One hundred and twenty-five mi ners were in the shaft at that time. At 2:.'10 o'clock this afternoon the work of rescuing the entrapped mi ners was proceeding slowly owing to the debris in the mine entries caused by the explosion. E C M. llodKi's who whs indicted by the uriind jury this week on a charRC of mil-ration of a distillery, was fined If.'illll and scnlcnccil to sis months ill (lie cminly jail todny by Judge 0. T. Kkipwnrth. S. L. Orlcy, indicted jointly with Hodges, was sentenced to four months in jail and to pay a fine of $:ioo. Harold Cotter, indicted yesterday hy the grand jury on a charge of car theft pleaded not guilty this morning. The indictment against W. H. Shif flelt charged with obtaining money under false pretenses wan dismissed yesterday by Judge Kkipwnrth. Not true hill was brought in against James U. Taylor hy the jury yesterday. Grand Jury Report On Jail Expected With the near approach of the close of the grand Jury session that hody this afternoon is inspecting the county fsrm and later is expected to visit the county jail. Final reports on the week's work are eipected to be 'turned in by the grsnd Jury late this afternoon or tomorrow, it is Indicated. , The same grand jury at the session last summer recommended a new 'county jail. Indictment against feven men have been returned this week hy the jury up o tM' afternoon. LOS ANGELES SAILS I.AKF.Ill KXT. X. J . Feb- 1 The I'niK-d States dirigible lxs An geles left at .1:41) thl afternoon for j Bermuda carrying her first consign J ment of mail fr foreign port. ME0F0RB BILL PASSES STATK llOl SK. SALKM, Ore., (.,, in Th tenaie late yesterday p,w II. H. 300. Judiciary committee, j granting city of Medfor.l right to use staler of Big Butte creek. TWO DEAD AR FOUME Fire Department Engineer In Portland Confesses to Setting off Twenty Fires PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20. Chester T. Uuchtel, an assistant en gineer of the Portland fire depart ment, who yesterday confessed to fire officials that he had started 20 fires in Portland in the last year and a half, was today taken to the scenes of other fires, and questioned concerning them. Officers believed he may have been responsible for other incendiary blazes which have puzzled investi gators, t Sabin school, St. Helens hall an nex, a parsonage, a factory, a garage, barn and several residences, were in the list of fires which Uuchtel yester day confesses, and officers were today seeking to ascertain whether he had any connection with several large fires, including one which destroyed the Washington high school, and an other which burned the Temple Beth Israel. Members of Uuchtcl's family could account for his activities only by say OF FARM AFFAIRS IS WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Charges that the president's agricultural con ference report was "dominated" by Secretary Hoover were denied today beforo the senate agriculture commit tee by Chairman Cnrey of the confer ence, who snid none of the cabinet members "had the slightest influ ence" on the drafting of the report. Mr. Cnrey dec'lnred the organiza tion making the charges had declined lo be represented before the commis sion. Senator Gooding, republican, Ida ho, took issue with the witness' dec laration that there was "no present emergency." , "If there isn't one now. there never will be," he said, adding Hint he was "disappointed with the work of the commission which apparently has just frittered away its time." Chairman Carey said many critics had overlooked the purpose of pro poned federal cooperative lnnrketing hoard to provide general, cooperation between the various government agen cies in behalf of the farmer, further than simply to aid cooperatives. Possibility of enactment of federal cooperatives marketing report at the session was brightened when Chair man Norris unnouneed action would be taken tomorrow on nu Hires de signed to carry nut the chief recom mendation of the president's confer ence. Insurgents to be Ousted From Their Committee Places WASHINGTON, Feb. in. Me publinin leader of tbe "nite have determined to remove from their present committee places the four senators recently read out of the party councils I.nFollette, Iadd, ltrookliard and Fraiier. These leaders disclosed today lb.lt the action would be taken by the re publican committee on committee Isle this month ami that the four senators would be given special treatment with reference to committee assignments in the ncjt congress em-h as win given in" the trrm to the fanner labor senators, Johnson and Ship stead. MRS. KAY BETTER S.U.F.M, "re. Feb. 20. The condi tion of -Mrs. T. II. Kay. who his been critically ill for severs! days as a re suilt of several months of ill health. ws mproved last night and today. Members "f the family were encour- ( aged this morning. Mrs. Kay it the wife uf State Treasurer Kay. ing that he must have had a mania for fires. He is a member of a' pioneer family. His grandfather, Joseph Buch tel was the first chief of the Port land volunteer fire department. Officers of the fire department, under the direction of Fire Marshal Grenfel, and assisted by policemen, had trailed Euchtel for k several months, suspicion having been direct ed toward him by the facts that in cendiary fires were started on his day off, and that he usually appeared ou the scene and aided in fighting the flames. According to District- Attorney Stanley Myers, Buchtel took delight in fighting fires. Enough blazes did not occur nat urally to satisfy his appetite for ac tion. So he set others, often turned in the alarm himself, then showed up, like any other off duty fireman would,, to help fight them. E OFFERED TO HOUSE Re-creation of the tax conservation commission that functioned for a short time in Lane county last year is now np before the state legislature and Judge C. V. Barnard and Commis sioners Clinton Hurd and O. K. Crowe are at the state enpitot today to voice, a vigorous opposition to the proposal. Kmmett Howard, Lane county representative and one of the members of the commission in I.ane which was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court, ia backing the measure to have this tax supervision plan put into force again. Judge E. O. Totter and H. C. Wheeler, the other Lane representatives, aro op posed to tho tax commission bill. A strong opposition to the re-creation of the commission seems to have developed in Kugcne and the matter is to be taken up immediately with the legislative committee of the Eu gene chamber of commerce. This committee composed of Louis R. Bean, W. (i. Griffin and John B. Bell was recently named to study propos ed legislation that would have a bear ing on Lane county and report, their findings to the chamber for action. Inheritance Tax Modification is Again Taken up WASHINGTON", Feb. L'O.-A ses sion of formal address on the rnrn tinn of modifiratlon of the fnderal and stat inehirtanre taxrs, followed by annthed devoted to a general dis cussion nf (he subject, made up the concluding program todsy for the na tional conference on inheritance and state taxation, failed by the National Tax association. IHnciiMii-in of pinna for future ac tion and nppnintment of committees also remained fr the final sesnion. The lilt nf spankers today includ ed Charlea H. Iewey, annintnnt c r"(ry of the trpamry, I'rnfewr Thomas S. Adams, of Yal I'nivrrfity, and Profi'UHor ('hnrlrs J. Bulloi k of Harvard university, I'jurusiinn of the rpirstinn of re peal of the federal inii-ritanve lax aroused a lomrwhst hented debate at In at night's arnsion after I'resident Cool id ge In bis opfn'ng addrrris yes terday urgi-d gradual withdrawal of the federal government from the field of taxation. Chairman Green of the houe ways and means committee urgd retriitin of tbe federal tax while Itrpspnta" tfve Mills of New York, a republican member of the committee, took a p isition miliar lo tout of the presi-Ident. hy Explosion REVENUE BILLS ARE FOOTED UP BY COMMITTEE Direct Tax Levy of One ;Mill Favored by Some of State Solons Governor Pierce Strongly Opposes Such a Move, He Declares STATE HOUSE. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 20. OP) A new problem deve loped today relative to efforts being made by the ways and means commit tee to rnlfie enough revenue to meet the state's needs in the next two years. This is; the question whether the six per cent tax limitation amend ment would apply to tobacco nnd cos metic taxes and other assessments that the committee will ask the legis lature to make. The committee and Attorney fiea- eral Van Winkle, are today wrestling with the question. . . : " ' - FIGURES COMPILED" .STATE HOUSE, SALKM, Ore., Feb. 20. If all revenue producing bMLs approved by the ways and means committee nre passed by the legisla ture, the committee bad, at the con clusion of its deliberations last night $(UM.(1.S0.U7 left over after all appro priations and claim allowances had been . footed up. Revenue measures reported out f.t- -I (Continued on pugo eight) BILL FURTHERED STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore., Feb. 20. Re-establishment of the Ashland normal school will be effect ed if bonne hill 87 passed hy the house I his morning becomes a law. The bill provides for a tax levy of one twenly fifth of a mill for maintenance pur poHrs and for an appropriation of $175.0(10 for new build:ngs necessary. Considerable argument arose over the bill, although only nine "no" were checked up. Those voting "no" were Bennett, (irahain, Hesse, Reynolds, Hnasell, Settlemeier, Hbumway, Wil son and Teegarten. Insinuation that there had been a trade of votes on Normal school matters in order to get the AeWand measure pasted was made by Repre sentative (traham, "I am oppnncd to that type of legislation." he declared. ''Rills should stand on their merit.1 Representatives HamUton and Cfiw gill spokt for the bill, declsrlng that the state was now unable to obtain enough teachers trained in Oregon. Senator Eddy's senate hill providing for junior colleges in high schools when approved by vote of the people of the dintrict was killed by Indefi nite postponement today on the adop tion of n majority of the report of the committee on education, signed by Clark, l-'isk and Johnson, Many Civil Service Examinations Given WASHINGTON, Feb. L'O. Kmm i nations for a ihuiiwand positions were be d by the civil service comniiinn bint year, and -1,000 more pernors en tcred the tn than in the year before. The rommlsiin reported todny tbat IS.OtKt pernona competed in the ex amination for gt-nenl clerical por tion and I.VKHf for tbe stenograph,.. Operations of the eomniiaaion were featured for the firt time radio whirh was nhl to have proven an effective means of renejilug persons Interested in the examinations. T RAFF G BILL IS GIVEN VETO OF GOVERNOR Authority to Employ State Traffic Officers Involved In Plan Constitutionality and Need Of Measure Questioned By Mr. Pierce STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore, Feb. 20. tP The senate tojny by a vote of 22 to 8 overrode tho gover nor's veto of senate bill 34, which cen ters the state traffic department in tho secretary of state department. STATE IIOL'SE, SALEM, Ore., Feb. 20. Governor Tierce today vetoed senate bill 34, winch provides that the authority to employ, traffic officers shall be centered In the sec retary of state's office and empower ing the -secretary of state to employ triffic officers up to the number of 25. I His veto message reads: "I am returning herewith aeiutte bill number 114 with my disapproval for the following reasons: No Nooesslty. "1 There js no necessity for this bill. Tbe highway department has tim right under existing law to employ as many traffic officers as it may deem necessary. The highway depart ment also has the right to provide the necessary equipment nnd take care uf the expenses. "2 Senate bill number 31, by Im plication at least, removes the high way department entirely from having any part in Uie control of traffic on our highways. In my message two yenrs ago, and In my meaaagc to this thirty-third legislative assembly, I anked that this work nil be put under the highway department, where it certainly belongs. Constitutionality Up. "II Senate bill number .14 makes the secretary of state the chief en forcing traffic officer of tho state. Traffic regulation Is essentially a law enforcing activity. It is purely a po lice function. The constitution of the state of Oregon specifically defines Uie duties of the secretary of atat?, which is that of a recording and audit ing officer, and manifestly does not contemplate the venting or executive power in his hands. The policing of our highways la a branch of the exe cutive depiirtment. 'Section 10 of article 4 of the con stitution of the state of Oregon pro vides that the governor alia II take carp that tiie laws be faithfully exe cuted. This cie.irly calls in question the constitutionality of the proponed act. Seperata Bureau. "4 The entire motor depnrtme-it; Mi on Id be put under a separate b'l reaii in the highway department nnd eontrollfd hy the highway commU sioners. At the present time the sec retary of mate collects tiie licence fees and gasoline tax, taking out all rxpeiixcH, and turning over the bal ance to the highway fund without audit or budget. Cnder Semite bill number it! the seiretary of atate Is authorized to punhae the entire p.piipmcnl, employ all clerical help neeKary for the traffic department. The bill is extremely broad in grant ing the right to purchase Mpiipmenl and pay ripenan. No other depnrt- (Continued no use fire) INVESTIGATION ASKED WAHIIINIiTOX, Krh. liO.Chalr insn Ucirnh was directed today by lli senate foreign relations eommlltee to n-k Xecretsry llmlifs for the funs regHrding cbsruea Hint the stale de ,irlnnnl bss "musiled" Count Mlef ael Ksroijl, former preaident of Hungary, during bis lslt to this couo try. . rl o be Appointed -1 . . PRINCE HENRY PRINCE HENRYTO . , GI APPOINTMENT! LONDON, Feb. 20. Prince Henry, King George's third eon, will soon he appointed to the staff of his regiment, the tenth hussars, In view of the additional public duties which will fall to his lot In the near future. Wheo the Prince of Wales leaves for his South Americau tour wilJi the Duke of York already In West Africa, Prince Henry will he called on to ful fill many engagements which would otherwise have gone to his two older brothers. - -;- E STATIC HOUSE, SALKM, Ore, Feb. 20. A ilealro for rovrnRO cauv t him to file eliiirgcs with llae irovpr jior nnninst Adjutant Cienernl Oeorzr A. WJiito, Major Charles K. Ojedstcc! confesspil beforo the senate commltt'- on military affairs, neeorillns; to re port from the committee yestertlny. lie admitted the chargis were, falic. (ijednteil, who recently was dleharx ed from the employ of the state mlii Iflry department, Inter filed some rliarjte of petty Irregularities against the ndjutnnt Keneml. His admissions before the. eommlltee ineludes a state ment rhat his motive wn to get re venge for being diseharojro. MEETING HELD KNtlNCini'XI), lb. ".'O.-tSpe-elal) The regular meeting of the I'arent-Teaeher association Is being held this afternoon In Ibe Lincoln school bulhl'ng, Willi a sperlul round table discussion. There will be a spe cial program hy the school children, Including "The Hoot Owl Song" by the little boys In Mrs. I., K. Page's primary department, nnd "The Betsy Itosa I'lag Song'' sung and dratnnlit ed by lh little girls of tbe primary. BULLETINS WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.---Tim proposal to Increase tha nalaries of mnmhers of conrps, already passed by tho scnato, was approved also today by tha bouse. OFFICERS RETIREMENT WAHHINOTON, Feb. 21). T lis ws passed todny by tbe senate. DR. WILHELM MARX AND CABINET RESIGN WOttMN. Feb. 20. (fly the Associated Press) Dr. Wllhelm Man, premier of Prussia and tho cnblnt't which he hended resigned today after falling to obtain a vote of confidence In the diet. Tho vote stood 21S yes, 221 no. FORMER WARDEN AND DEPUTY FOUND GUILTY ATLANTA, (ia., Feb. 20. A. E. Snrtaln and Lawrence Rich! to day were convicted of conspiracy lo accept bribes. L. J. Fletcher was acquitted. The Jury was out 16 hours. The throe defendants were charged with conspiracy to rocelvo bribes from wealthy In mate of tho Atlanta federal penitentiary, where A. E. Sartaln wa warden and L. F. Fletcher was dopuly warden. TESTIMONY IS GIVEN IN CASE OF KIO MoCOY, LOR ANOKLKS, Feb. 20. The man aecii running from the apartment of Mra. Theresa Mors, killed here last August, In conne Hon with whose death Kid McCoy, ex pugilist, recently was con. vlcted of manslaughter, wa described In court here today "rt acmbltng Albert A. Mors, the woman's divorced husband. PIERCE IT E SELECT 10 Amendment Would Take Away Appointive Power Of Present Chief Commission Members Aro Named in Bill; Power Would Revert STATE nOURE, SALEM, Ore., Feb. 20. An amended fish commis sion bill, naming F. P. Kendall, in cumbent, of Portland; Walter Enkla of Astoria, incumbent, and L. h. Crocker of Iloseburg as members of the commission, was returned to the house today by tho judiciary commit tee, following a tilt in the house yes terday over the bill which aims to take the appointive power from the governor. , , The amendment would take tho ap pointive power awny from the gover nor nly on this occasion, and restore it to him later. The original bill which would have placed the power in tho board of control, was Introduced by Senator Hitner and passed the senate February 32, Referred Yesterday When 1t came up tor third read ing in the house yesterday it was re ferred to the judiciary committee on motion of Representative Hammond. . When told of the amendment this morning, Governor Walter M, Fierco banged his table with his fist and declared: 'Til veto that just like J'll veto niy other measure that seeks to take away from the governor's of fico any invested appointiva power." Senate bill which would increaae the fund allowance, for the state pro hibition .department from 20' to CO per cent of moneys received from fines, paused the scnat late yester day. Senators Clark, llntl and Up ton voted against it. Bill Discussed Senator. Kddy had cxpliiinnl the bill. Senator Hare spoke in favor of it. Hare stated that the committee that investigated the department watt now In full accord on the bill. Hn said he first believed, after the in vestigation that the department should be wiped out utterly, but th;it he wan so well Impressed with Wil liam S. I.evettM, the newly appointed prohibition cominiKvlo'ier, that be be lieved the low diould bo Mim! two more yearn. ! Governor Pierce this morniiifr, signed Ihhihc b!H authorizing the, formation of mutual savings bunks in f rcgoii. The govcrmirti oppon ents admitted a defeat yesterday aft ernoon when lb" ways and means committee of the Iuhimu recommended withdrawal of house bill 221 which would have transferred control of the penitentiary from the chief exec utive to the state board nf control. , BILL PASSES SENATE emergency officers retirement bill OVER PLAN TO