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jjje Legislature is About at an endPlowing is Under wayBusiness is Increasing Spring is Near 33 Qity News " WEATHER nr,,on: R"1" """"" and S""1"' J Urate to fe.l. ,,r, .i ' ,hr' rl . tday: Mini coast. Minimum, ".or.... Maximum Friday. I dt,r.. Precipitation today, .a. I l"ch- S,ao r'Ver' , Direction of wind .outh. VOL. G8 TWO SECTIONS EUGENE, OREGON, NAiTKIUY EVENING, I'EHKl'AK Y 21 EIGHTEEN PAGES NO. 40 ,ut. EDITION . 1 92 j Rounded Up alleSe,l W in... tim- inirlit notice nre bee" trim""" ----- ,' tie la" "veral weeks were lu-'-' '" " ,h0,"',r01 the officers declare, i ' 1 ....... of mis- 'lr b. t till WlllllllWli ' the armory when meetings were " uro.rcss. prowling around local laiers, and general huyi.li pranks. Tta bov wore not arrested, but will e under police i. ti W. G. Judkiua, Liief of poli.e, daily !Tbe bof involved ore aa follows: William Noel, 1. - Aiuer .im, Vrmn McK'Miey, 1-. '" ' east; Kenneth Colton, 1U, urcet; Lalirande Houghton, 13, !FJS Lincoln street; .Miles jlcruiy, j., lventb avenue west; dacn uerring u.D, U. Jensen apartments; John lali, W, I411' Walnut street; Burton s'mita, U, Franklin Iloulernnl. Sawder Is Stopped .nother stage driver fell into the rtof Melrin TurDbull, county truf 'c officer, yesterday ou the highway letvern Eugene and Junction City. j Davis, driving a northbound I'ortland-Ashland stuge was charged ,ith speeding at U7 miles an hour, lit paid ?lo in justice court. Tony Toiaole was arrested by Earl Ilum- irty, state traffic officer, near Ui idc today and waa fined Jo in jus ,n court on a charge of lack of mirror on his truck. The defend- Bsnt put up tne unique ucienne mai U did have a mirror. As it was stor ed uDder the seat the court decided :hstit.was n-t of much use as a pro-( it-ctive measure. Island School Planned Arrangement for the holding of Kboe classes ou Goodpasture island jr a group of ehildrcn residing there ho are unable to attend the classes it the Hiver road school are under ny, according to word received by 1;. J. Moore, county superintendent ( stltools, today from officials of liliat district. The bridge has been cashed out oud it is impossible for ' lie children to inuke the trip across he river each day. A teacher will be ugtiged fur one month and If the river is still high at the end of that ieriod the time of the temporary ii-houl on the islund will be extended ue or two mouths, is tl.te report. Firry to Start Carlyle Colter, who recently was piven the contract to operate the rf"iunty ferry across the Siuslnw river i.etween l-'olrenee and Ciienada, will iut b's craft into service March 1, iceunliiig to nnuounccmcnt of the mniv court, T. E. Eurnish who has rea iu eliarge of the ferry there for he imst two years seuds word that e ilesires lo quit the work the first ! f liie month. The service provided J y Mr. Furnish was entirely satisfac tory in every way, according to Judge '. I'. ltaruard of the county court. jMr. toiler was awarded the contract Ss the lowest hnliler of six who sub- jiiiilted cstiiuntrs, Itho Spans Planned : reet if two more small bridges I ! Hie rimmy are being considered ! -Unu-injt rq.i.rts n. fount;- court '-'"t a M11r.ll t in, 11 oast of I'reswell ia 11 a weaken, ,1 .undillnn nnd thnt a i sr, ,y tlie .Mnrsnn 1 "I'suj Bbir-i, rrvpntl' took over the XtM.,,,. Inrri, auiill lliero. The "Wniru ., ,1,:, hfjj.. nrh. fn 1-i ml.pr omiinny and the um CM;;r;. is Uir. nnnouueemcnt. .5 Mapicton Pupi5 Here i'-tskethall last evening 'i't the school at Co- siris team played wi:h J f'"'!. The visitors were i n both contests losing! ams. The Mapleton -'tat n ;cd on page five) GOES tCOMOM OPPORTUNITY YHT AD in r-u. ; f.y.i-.' P . 1 tofrtima-r. Ms aal uuMll p Haugm Bill Report Ordered MM UN IS APPROVED 81 SENATE GROUP Principal Plank in Presi dent's Program is Includ ed in the Bill Plan Also Pending in House At Present Time; Bill Meets Attack WASHINGTON", Feb. L'l. OP) A favorable report was ordered today uy me senate agriculture committee j upon me j inn gen am o create a fed eral cooperative marketing board. The measure is designed to carry out the principal plank in the pro gram of the president's agricultural commission. Jt is also pending in the house. Adoption of the report was preced ed by a lengthy executive session in which the bill was vigorously attacked by opposing committee members. The cooperative marketing board proposed under the bill would be com posed of five instead of three mem bers to be appointed by the president, each to represent a principal agricul tural industry, livestock, grain, dairy and poultry, cotton and tobacco, fruits and vegetables. The salaries of the couimisi ioners would be ? 10.000 a year instead of $1,000 originally pro posed. PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 21. Fire Marshal (.renfel, who has been di recting investigation of incendiary fires whit h ('lu sier C. Piichtel, Pori l.ind. fireman, has confessed starting, deHared today he believed that liunh 11 hnd been responsible for nearly 11H) blaze. Hih ht.'l has confessed .IS. most if tliftin small fires, ami ti:is re fused to admit any connection with several large ineendiarv fires. Losses from iueendiary fires in Portland dur ing the period in whith Huchtel ad- Uge B' r si tlP Chickahominv near I tniit.! ..immiin. mnnmit In mnr t h i n "iltnn ti". ,J. to i.e renbierrl. Th Int. I i .uu.,uu. .,;. (!.fii I Ituchtel remained in jail t"day. His; father. A. L. Huchtel, asked officer that iiis vn be held without bail, le-, clnring he did not consider it safe fur! him to be released. GrenfeM drrlared he knew of no i I parallel rase. "Ttiis is the only tanff mi rfc.rd where a man within I"ipil of the Manlet.jD"1 -"- "epartmen, ,urn. i.m, re je.terda.v and today !""'' ',.r""1 ,irr" wi,h ""'h loss, he declared. Huchtel continues to declare that he does not know vhnr actuated 'him iu his fire starting activities. ; ' King George is Gaining Strength LONDON. Feb. Associated Pre. I . i Uy the bulletin mied from Irmklnpham IalRCfl this morning;, on the condition of King Ct'orge, w ho Is suffering from bronchitis, pays: "His Majesty's temperature has not yet settled. Progress con tinues, though slowly." "Handsome Hans" ! Is out of Danger poliTLAND. Ore . Feb. 21. .1. A. Fageriie. 'Hnn.Isoaie Hans" w out of danger I ln . sccr.irl ng to nn nMiineemetit at the ho-pital wherf he is suffer. ng fr.-m wound rceid Tuesday while mnk'ng orrrts in the rnur'-e "I nis uu'y n a nrr pjnu (eni of the police department. State Solons Will Adjourn Until Monday STATE HOUSE, SAI,KM, Ore.. Feb. 21, Both houses of the legis lature will adjourn late this afternoon until 11 o'clock Monday forenoon. Leaders expected that n sine die ad journment would be reached on Wed nesday or Thursday of next week. Leaders were plar.ting holding over to dispose of an accumulation of bills including appropriation measures. Af ter tonight, legislators will serve without pay. The extended session was found necessary, inasmuch as uo appropria tion bill has been introduced, nnd without such 4 bill no money with which to operate state institutions and pay the salaries of state officials for the next two years would be available, unless a special session W0l,,i be called. T E Alleging that their properly on the west side of Orchard street between Fifteenth and .Seventeenth avenues east has been damaged to the extent of $.-0O as the result .of the ci:y tearing up their sidewalk and con structing a new one, S. I. Xess- and Mary S. Nss filed action against the city of Eugene today. The plaintiffs also nsk for tiie quieting of the title to their property which involves mi assessment for the new sidewalk in stalled by the city. The plaintiffs who nre represented, Potter. Foster and Immel declare that their property including sidewalk Weary, grief-stricken women wah jand parking strip was at the level et Cl1 nl the of ''.v ConI com I by the city engineer for Or.-i.ard I,nn.v mine f,,r their "Imy-t" 'street and that a new "prentended" j ordinance passed by the Couneil in j lH2;t contained provision for changes j in the street and sidewalk levels. The plaintiffs allege that the city engineer arbitrarily and without juris diction ordered the tearing up of theJ sidewalk the leveling of the grade 2H inches fur the installation of the new sidewalk winch is now nssessel sgninst the property. This new sid;'- walk is .20 inches be'ow the lawn and the pnrking strip and gives the! property the "Appearance of being ( flanked hj canal," especially in 1 rainy wpmIit wh'n tJio dirt is wauli ptl dnwn onto tlif walk, tlip roniptaijii alb'gi-s. The trri'S on tllf pirking ftri;. arc also damaged, the pliintiff ftatP. OJJUl loiuwi Officers Monday Officers for the coming yenr i 1 he rlrcted nt the annual meeting of (be Lnne County Sportsmen asso- eintifin to be held at the rooms f the Lugeiie chamber of commerce Mon day evening, according to notice be ing sent to the membership by Arthur II elide rshott, president. Following the election of the new officers plans will be made jn Ihe ncjir future for the annual stale imp shoot which will be the biz event on the t-ab'iMlnr of The hhoot the iihhoi'ititmn this jeur. will b.- h-ld May 2!l to :il Moral Clean-up to Start at Klamath KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Feb. 21. A tt opening gun of a mur tl clenn-tip annoniici d this week i MiiVr Fred IL tl 'ddard. i dice end pmii hiti n officers lale last n;g'it r rett Le!ie t oIiro and l-onf ideated Hi"" than .Vl gallon of li-piof. Congi. hi wife Mild .m emi. ye -rr . I,, !. I en cjmrires of viulatiiig the pr, i.ibiti- n Inw. 22MD BODY IS BROUGHT FROIVI E Women Wait at top of Shaft As Men Toil to Bring More Bodies Up Fathers and Sons are Vic tims of" Blast in Four Instances SULLIVAN, Ind., Feb. 21. P) I'nder lowering skies that occasional ly cast down showers, a throng of rel atives and friends stood about the shaft of the City Coal company mine today awaiting work of the efforts of rescue crews to bring forth the bod ies of thirty-four miners still held be neath the debris of an explosion that wrecked n part of the mine interior yesterday. Four bodies were recover ed today making a total of 22 recov ered with 2!) still missing. , Oespite the insistence of officials that there is no hope for those still under ground, relatives clung to their belief that a few men riuy have bar ricaded themselves from the dreaded afler dump and would yet be brought out alive. Sullivan began plans for relief of the stiifken families. A mass meet ing was held this afternoon attended by representatives of various civic and fraternal organizations to coordi nate the relief work. WOMEN WAITING SFLLIVAN. Ind., Feb. 2t.(P) -The seventeenth body was removed from the City Coal mine today. H was believed to be (hat of Harry An- tIeron, 4.", shift boss. while a score of men toiled under ground to recver the blackened and bruised bodies of I!4 of the f miners entombed in an explosion yesterday. Cave-In Reported. A rave -in early today hailed fur several hours the work of rescue aftv PI bodies had been taken out. After damp, the dread poison gas f the mines, mode first attempts to recover J the bodies precarious and part of th night was spent in repairing the mine's ventilating s.vWm. j The blast trapped all the m.-n ( working in little rooms otf uie miroj and fourth and seventh and eighth en trances of the mine. A flash of flum es quickly consumed all the life su-- (Continued on page two) Mrs. Stokes' Check failCP nf ArrPsI ' CHICAGO, ib. 21.- Utd.ert Cor bitt. a printer is being held by the police today for an alleged attempt lo ob ain f l.fml from Mis. IMpii I II- wood Stokes of Denver. Colo. He alo will be t sik en t the psf h-.pnthic hos pital for a mental exam nation. Corbitt saw Mrs. Stokes in the courtroom where her husband, W. '.. D. Stok'S, of New York f'iiy. Trom whom she is separated nnd others are on tr.nl (barged with conspiracy to defnine her nml declared she was a woman he knew a Corn Stewart in Denver, in lull, and f t whom he ibd investigating work. Devourer of Figs Is Taken to Jail T.W OM.l, Wa-h., Feb. 'Jl. -John Sit inborn was calmly intitiK fiifs in front of a f l ii t "land on Unver I'a fifie svenne yp:erd Hfletiwnn when the proprietor. A. It. Anthony. epid him. "Cet out a my ft'!" r"sr,l the In ow ner. "A f g for you!" inunfed the fin fil- tier frivoh.nsly ar.d flung an nncn- sumeil (i(m III of tig St Alllliot v. Now Sleinirorj Is in jail, try in t" f iiic out what it's all about. ND ANA i,I VOTE ON FISH BILL DELAYED TAX OPPOSED Appointment of Commission By Legislature Still Is Pending State Solons go on Record As Opposing Inheritance And Income Tax STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Or-..: Feb. 21. The house today delayed action on senate bill IU providing for, appointment by the legislature of the j fish commission for the forthcoming frins of tJie members and then hand ing the control of the commission back to the governor. Representatives Haiumon, Cork in and Hamilton of the judiciary commit tee turned in n report favoring pass ing of the bill. , Representatives Graham, Potter and Uailey turned in a report ngj.iml the" foil. ' Tlie two reports with the bill were laid ou the tnble pending printing jf the report. INCOME TAX OPPOSED STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore, Feb. 21. Oregon's legislature today stands on record against the levying of any income tix or inheritance tax during the next l. years. The house, after a debate late yesterday passed by a vole of .'11 lo 21 tJie resolution of Senator Itruce Dennis of La Oraude giving the people an oppor tunity to vote on a constitutional amendment, patterned afler the Flo -iila plan, inhibiting income and inheri tence taxes for 15 yearn. The measu.'': had previously passed the senile. Fvery owner of n radio receiving set in Kugene is invited to a meeting set for next Tuesday night fn the chamber of commerce rooms nt S o'clock, for the purpose of farming a I radio club, it wos nnnoiincfd today, It is estimated that from 10O0 to 12.Vr j radio sets nre now operating in I'u- j j gene, nml prrsons who nre in-iug radio rernivers, or contrmplnling the pur- i t chase of a set, are invited lo the I'lieeiing. H. M. Hrundnge, cashier of the! ' Pnnk of Commerce, will act ns tem porary cboiniinu. tuewiions of in tcrest to radio funs, including rcgnla lion of electrical interference will be ; discussed. i Hundreds of radio fans in Kugene Inst night had their programs spoiled bj n code operator, who "blanketed"' the proginms coming in from nil 1 slations. This, nnd other t.M,r" "f hi- lerference that can be regulated by 1 law through the iitrict air chief, will be subjects dicuM'd at the opening, meet hig. j District Governor Addresses Lions SI'lll.S'liFIF.I.Ii, Feb. L'!.--(Spe-l iiil) - Frank Neer, of r'alem, I'lste dstriit g'lveinor of the l.lons club, l.ddreNNed tlie Sirilifii'id l.ions at llieir weekly lull' been at noon yesler dny in the Woodmen f the Wor d hall. The purpose and associations of the l.otiM made u) Ihe theme of a Itenerul talk. .Musical number were played by Charles Ns'lMir-.ik, .Spring field IiIkIi sclc.,.1 t,oy, on the violin, and Mrs. Levi 11. Net on tb piano. Two Presidents Try I p j Those Htriking BlllunuHtcH are of the first president mid tlio Juost recent. Apparently tho only lUffoninue Is iu the lino of the Hps. Nolo Goorge WnBhingtun's full parted Up. nml tlit; thin comprcsHod Una of CooIUIkg'b mouth. Thu Hllhoucttw ot Wunhin ton's proflla 1h from the original, cut with scIkhoth by Minn Didntrt of Ell.iibi'thtowii N. J., photo. hi 1883. C'oolidgo'a profile George Washington's Maxims DI3 NOT apt to folate iigwh If ni know not tho truth tlmruof. Think bpfore you Hpcak. When a man does all u can, though It Buccoeds not well, Itlame not him that did It. Let your conversation be without inallco or envy. Let your recreations lie manful, not sinful. Spenk no evil of the absent, for It 1h unjual. Show yourself not glad at tho misfortunes of another, though he were your enemy. ' Rev. Ingerslev Excommunicated ( (H'KMIACKX, Feb. 21.-The Methodist yearly conference, after two days deliberations here, has de cided to excommunicato from the min istry the Kev. Ingerslev, who brought the charge against 111.1 Imp Anton Itsst, which resulted iu bis detention Inst I leeembf r. The charge brought by the Itev. Mr. j Ingerslev ngaintt Itislmp Hast v.ho is j the American Meilmdist Lpiscopal hit-hop for Scandium ia, referred to (ir, din.al of charity funds. j Hishop Past was orrested and held for several dnjs without bait, finally : being released, I Tnenmino- llrP5in JjjnOrS Collide . . NKW YllltK l'eli. -1. I wo in - COllimg OC'MIO lim-in. Hi" Ihe Ctinard Anchor line and the Itoeh ambenu of Ihe French line collided off tin- quarantine station today. Poth vetfi'l were damaKeil but not neri oill.v. The erasli mrurred ill a heavy f"K over the lower harbor, Itoidiainbeau'H rnililiR l'nri of 'I'1' was ripped while the TiiM-iinin'H Mem wa' in jured. The TilHi-;inin wilh I H pan onRerH on bonrd wiih retnrniiiK from a i ruife to the West Indie. The llorliamhemi rari ..'d I ."i paKeiier from llHvre, Franee. I'ower Company Planned at Hend . llFNIi, 'He.. Feb. '.'I. Tlie city tmcil lit "I night vend to ndi ertle f.,r bids for .fJKKi.'KHi bond issue n be n-ed f"r tlie punlwise ..f the plant and eunipnient of the lleml Wat.'.,1 l.iKbt and Power coiiipsny iin.l itener il expi n-e with which in curry lliroush the Hend 'i'uiiui'o water project f.,r wlie li suihoiii win n-eully iiiicu bv tbe h nurture. to Tell Which is Cal Is taken (nun Ills iiuihI rccoiit i Doorman at Capitol May be Bootlegger WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Kli i. Wright, a doorman at the 'npitol. wan one of four persons yesterday i charged by police with being a mem ber of a bootleg ring. Wright, who with Iwo others wan charged with il legal posKesMon and sale of li'iuor. was nrresled on the complaint, of Itepreseulalive ( 'onper f 'bio. Pro- hibition agents charged he had been intoxicated while on duly nt Ihe cap- ilol. , BULLETINS TOPKKA, Kan., Feb. 21. Carl .1. l'ptoraon. former Rtuln f lli tllalrlrl ci)urt Imluy fidlowhiK preliminary hearing befor i Jmlgej Clyde CowkIII. Karh fnrnlttheil bond of $1,000. They are i ' nn i kimi wnii KfiiK-iiuiK a urine for n pardon for Waller (Irundy, HOLDUPS ESCAPE WITH LOOT FROM BANK SOUTH IlKNIi. Ind., Feb. 21. Four men held up the S'ata Bank nt MllhdiuiKh. Michigan, enHt nf Ilentnn Harbor today, ar.,1 escaped In n motor car with K'SHUI In iash and J'iD.imiii In iieKntiablo securi ties, nccordlnK to word received h'-ns I'tdlvo of northern Indtj:na cities wero cooperating w ith MIchiKan nuthoi Itles In searching tlia i rountrv for tho four nu n. OSBORN C. WOOD VANISH E3 IN PARIS I'AftlH, Feb. 21 - Illy tho Associated Ptcssi - 1 hn police late today lieitiin UivesiiBiitlon Into the illsappenniiK o of Oshtirn ('. Wood, son of Leonard W'ooil, Kovoriioi Kener.il of thu Philippines, who haa been tnlssliiK since Mond;iy from hla hotel. Tho tniliry was In Htliuticl at the request nf bis vub't. COLONEL W. J. ATLANTA, (in., Feb, 21. I former Impfrlnl wi.urd of the Ktt Kltix Klnn mid Morris Monro nf ' I Illusion, Texas, supreme knirhl recorder of the Knights of Ihe , Fliiiiiln;; Kwmd, which Simmons now heads, were probably fatully Injured In an nutnmoblln nccldeiit last n(i;,bt twenty miles from (liilncavllle, (in., It was learned hero today. ' i NEW TESTS FOR PLANES ARE DENIED j WASH 1 N't iTON, Feb, 21.- Tho housu Blrcraft cmnniltteo hy a vot i nf five to two today refused to ndopt n resolution to ask Secretaries , Weeks mid Wilbur to arrange for new tests to iletonuiuu tua I flclcncy of nlrplunca In buiublug surface vessels. VETO THREAT SE Members of Committee Still Divided in Opinion as To Fund Need3 Cosmetic Tax Will Also hi j Dropped, According to i Committeemen STATE HOUSE. SALEM. Ore.. I Feb. 21. There will be no additional I state tnx levy. This conclusion was .reached by the whjs and means coin- mi t tec last night nfter invi nor ! Fierce appeared and wrd that ho .wtiuld veto any ineasiiie of the kind i (hat provided for more t ban onu- tourth of a ni'll. S nee this would not , be sufficient to restore the normal HALTS 101 TOWARD tax-making basis for the annual levy next December, the ciium ttee deeded, to drop it. Commitlco Divided Members of the committee' are still divided iu their opinion, whether there will be emr.igh without it to t.de over 1 lie prcHcui liM'titi.mn, but it iiiw appears llit'i-e w II be, wi;.i pntfi all. .V'OO.OOU cr a iule more, to the i nood, tf (he pi'np'isrd reviMtite bilU are net epled. f , . I The coinmil Ice decided to drop lite I proposed eiisini'lic tax, ..s d remit o( the appearance of about W diugnit ! from as many towns who declared war against lite proposal. A verbal opinion from At toriiey ( leneral V::j Winkle was thai I he lax would prob ably not be collectable, A'iroirln(lun Withdrawn Another decision last night vi.s to save I he public service coinnt.ssinb appropriation- of KHI.OCO from the veto by wi'hdiawiug it from tin? gov ernor today and holding it until it cat lie sent bat k to the exec utive accom panied by a bill to lax the gross earn ings of uKl ties to the extent of $MI, IKK) for the Iwo years, which would come within $211,000 of covering the appropriation for the service commis sion. 1 'nfavornlde rrrommendalions will he sent out today on bill's to increase the ha Dries of the stale treasurer, secretary of stale deputy treasurer, deputy secretary of state and seiit tary to the governor. The committee voled fa v. Table report on die I Soil bill for brau-ii , normal scho ols, appropriating f 12."i,- (Mitt. The Fddy bill to appropriate $1,000 as a reward to the captors of Dr. It. M. Hriinifjcld was allowed. Kiirimr (iovnrror J.. M. Davis, ami liank roninilKslDiipr. were hniinil nvnr in riiiniiM-iinn w iwi an appilc.lllua i.-onvliti'd lliitrliison hanker. SIMMONS IS INJURED Colonel w. J. Simmons nf Atlanta,