The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, February 24, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textt may be, . as its Friends say, That This has Been a Good Legislature, but There is the Dennis Resolution QityNews nHEGON: Ftlr d coli.r ,., Wednesday generlly miM ""r,y 'd'y- m"",n , Mu"n'"n VOL. C8 day 53,. rnH" TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OKEGOX, ITlvSDAY EVENING. l'KBKl'ARY Jl, I'M TODAY'S NFW3 TODAY NO. 42 i.ih Stage 01 nvar, 1.0 i",. Direction ol wind, south - tn Meet I"1" . ......i;(. tho nir" tu L.t cod' uporators r M !ln nroe and others . ralio prosrujus for hun in spuwui. radio users will be nl, of E"en,! ..,ii.t at the oreaniiatbn M Hi 1 1 1 1 mA J ii, 4r,,fUtu '"" .. .. of the r-usruc i 'i, .jnuuated. Toe meeting will be t j al the chamber ol commerce ni clock. Uistrirt air chief has in "..I that if the. local radio club, ! . oKaniieil, would protest the taint tbe ir" by cole IeralorB r ,hnt the law was ei- IL WOUHI prB ' r . .. rru- nADEikit:t- ,ceil in this rcspcci. iu. ..nre.-seJ that a salaried radio of- l , Bislit be employed to check up ioKrfeteuie iu uii iuc.., ..... ,. i aiwroveil by tne cud. ji. jj, ...i... cashier of the Bank cf 'ii .:.). n. Ihn tnnt. ;,,mfrce, win iv. -- loniglit- ; ' i.rn Report Given Bsnorts on the Lane county tarm ,r the past mouth have been sub- IcJ to Judge C. I'. Barnard by air. it Mrs. Victor lioarc, managers. ;t report shows that there are 10 pastes si iin.-.-"n 'rei toe mouth and two having been nt to toe nospnai. The list of food consumed during .. month hours out the .report of ff,t frand jury Saturday that the tm residents arc well fed and that lent; of wholesome food is served, l at was served at least once a day, J.jr sacks'of potatoes were used, 100 mi of bread, 35 pounds of butter, r pounds of coffee, one sack of .gar, aud G.j gallous of tuilk. tiki to Nominate Nominations for officers of the Kj r:ie lodse of Klks will be held at t-'ie Kting luinomiw eveuing. The uoiu istions were opened at the meetiut; ImI two weeks ago. The anuual elec- . a will be held at the second mect i: ia March and the installation of i new officers is scheduled for the rood meeting in April. The visit of i- Eugene lodge to the annual cou- fintion of the 11. 1'. O. E. to be ield Portland iu July will soon be the jor effort of the Iucal Ellis nud :ns are being discussed for partici- iiiion in ttie puralc nud other fed- 'ps of tiie convention. Additional Millage Tax is Agreed MEASURES ARE Reported Near Death After Operation TAKEN UP FDR RAPID Tl Senator Joseph's Power Plan Killed in Senate; Curb of Power Put Off Consolidation in State Gov eminent lis Also Indefini tely Postponed lew Route Asked Knitii'.sts that t ho county court "riile for hp survey of n new rond ! eouiicct t he Ktigt-nc-Florenrc high-, y at tidlilsuii uorlh lo the Ilijh i -s rtmil u-f t... t, I 'in of ri'fMlcnts that would be Med by the proposed route. This 4-J wliirli will he nbout five miles in r;th w.ll fnriii u convenient conuee- i beiwreu the two highways and toiirt ws urged to tke action. It lirohalle that the survey for the up will he fmnpleted this year but (mls an? now nvailahle for con- iirt uiq work, iiipnihem of the court fhnrcft Leader Coming M. M. Mrl..naM, director of mpn's r in Hip I'rcslivtprinn church of j of educiiiniu ' I'arific toiiM, will bp the guest ! The vutv .STATE HorSE, . SALEM, Ur-, Feb. -4. UP) At a conference this afternoon participated in by Speaker Burdick, Chairman Gordon of the house ways and means committer, utber members of the iiw.Kfy commit tee and representatives of the house organization nn agreement was reach ed to solve the state financial tnn?l? if possible, by following out the ways and means committee program tovo nue ineusures, and on top of these j levy an additional millnge tax on property. ThiM 'legis'iitiou it was agreed, shuiilil go before the governor su that Jie would 1m provided with all 'he revenue needed. Tbc governor will be nt liberty to veto whatever he sees fit, and it is expected that he will veto the property levy and allow the others to stand. With the suhmiittion of the proposed legislation to the governor the legislatures responsibility will be shifted on the shoulder of up execu tive. The senate today killed ttenate b'.W proposed by State Superintend- 4ii, EARTH SHOCKS RO LI DAMAGE RIGR Towii3 Along 468 Miles of Railroad Shaken by Severe Temblors Dishes are Broken and Pa tients Thrown from Beds at Hospital NOMINATION OF WARREN IS T Is Operated Upon ! i. -Si.v, r Gloria Swanson Gloria Swanson Reported Still in Danger, Although Better After Her Operation I'AKI.S, h'b. 14 '2:40 p. m.) OPM in Paris today, was uncredited in New Gloria Swanson. the film star, wlw I Vork this morning, underwent an operation here last j man represuntiug himself as b.'l'- retary of Adolph Zukor, -president of week, passed a bettrr nigJit, her hus band to'd friends this afternoon. He added, however, that the doctors did the Famous Players I.aeky ciTporn- ANClKUlACiK, Alaska, Feb. 24. W) Town along HiS miles of the Alaskan railroad were rocked yester day by one of the most severe earth quakes ever experienced by Alawkfln pioneers, according to reports receiv ed last night and todny. Chimneys were wrecked, water pipes n-pre brok en and a Seward to Valdea cable j cut in two by the tremor. Two distinct shocks were felt here, the second being the hardest. They were accompanied by deep rumbles. Dishes were broken In homes nud patients in the local hospital thrown from -their beds. The public school was d'ftmiiiKcd. . ' y Clock! Stop ' ' Clocks were stopped nt Curry, near here. At Sewnrd. 114 miles southeast of Anchorage, nt one terminus of the Alaskan railroad, chimneys of resi dents were-wrecked and water pipes were broken. Itcsidcnts. hurried into the streets for safety. The laigeRt damage was the break- Report Ordered by Senate Judiciary Committee By 9-4 Ballot Nomination has Been Be fore Committee for Past Six Weeks if U XmLv tion, informed the Associated Pres. (iing-or" the Seward end of the United cut Churchill, provid ng for two high schiMtl inspectors with an npproprirt-1 tion of .L'J.C(10 to put the act into effect. The senate was considering the Iteah bill, providing au appropriation of $l.,il(KI for the vstnbl.sliiiKMU of JO branch normal schools under the supervision ol ihe Mate depart incut when rercss was taken, ih s m"rn ng killed sen- i Kiitinued on page two) he St. Andrews fim-ictv ..f il.f. nii lull I'll I. which was doiuunl to Dtral PrcsbMrrian church nf this I trurler enfnrcing authority on the j nen Mi.ilIuv evening, acrordiug j state nftrcoiic hius from the Mate annmin.Tiii.-nt today .f ;ien -Mr..-j ' i.rPM.Imi ,,f ihe society. Mr. Mc- . 3M Was ti hnve been hero Mnndi I but his Miedllle hns hnon ..hnnp...! ! I parlo r d.itet according to vet rd fi"!. Mr. M I iftnald has his head- f-Wr nt I , w a ,,!. nA 1 tfip ivtmz the churches of the PMIl to nebat- w'!kfr hic, ehool will hold n joint ",,f t!i" It-seburg high school 1 th Onto ,,f ,1, mf.ti,lir n-ni f'h U Tl. u Kri.jny. according to r;nnnl of the union not yet cons'dcr her out of danger. that a cable had been received au- iioiinriiiK her deatJi nt noon. Ktigcnc Zukor, ta surer of the corporation, however, flatly (L-nitd the story, and said that lilt actress was improviuu. Tiie supposed secretary said lie ha I hem instructed by Adolph .ukur, whom he represented as being witli II r iiusbaud, the Marquis De I. a Fa l.i iz Ie I-a Coudray, is in e nstant it tendance at her bedside. DEATH REPORTED NKW VUKK, Feb. 1M- (P)-An erroneous report tliat liloria Swan linn, motion picture actreys, had died (Continued on page five) Fears for Safety Of Tumalo Trapper Are Felt at Bend HKNI, Ore., Feb. 24.-Fears i'or the safety of Charlie (H-orc, Tumalo trapper, who his iwt brfn heard of for more than :!U dnys, were increas ed today when Allen Wilmxen and It. V. Sawver returned from F.'.k Demand for Action On Agriculture is Sounded by Senator States signal corps cable to Valdcz, -00 miles northeast of Sewnrd, at the northern end of Prince William sound. Tanks Damaged Midway between Sewnrd and An chorage the Alnskn railroad's water tanks at Morraine were damaged by Ihe tremors. At the other terminus of the rail road. Fairbanks, no dnmnge was re ported nlthotigh office buildings and homes were rocked. The tremors lasted from a half minute nt Sewnrd to a minute at Fairbanks. WASHINGTON, Feb. L'l. UP) A favorable report on the nomination of Charles H. Warren to be attorney general was ordered today by the sen ate judiciary committee. ' The vote was reported unofficially ns 0 lo 4. The nomination had been before the committee for six weeks, with opposition centered largely around Mr. Warren's testimony be fore the sugar trust investigation, V2 years ago. Administration leaders will press for enrly action on the nomination in the belief that they can muster suf ficient votea for confirmation at this session of. the senate. , , Three democrats, AHhurHt, Arizona, Iteed, Missouri, and Walsh, Montana, and one repuhlican, Itornh, Idaho, voted again st.Mr. Warren. Senator Caraway, democrat, of Ar kansas, was present but withheld bis vote. Senators N'orris, republican, Nc- (Continued on pacr five) LIST OF FIRES HE BY C. C. aUCHTEL M. v wasiiix;tin, i-i. iu. a wii rlrpigiipil lo eiirniirdi export ol American fflrm prnilii'M nnil pnttr-rn rd on thi- lini" "f t ho M. Nnry llnil l.nkc anrl lirnupJit word Hint hr- nml j lourm or .inron. tor ('"HRrrKs to f not lipon hrnrd of thi-rr-. A pi-.inliMU pnrtr is Iwilm orr'iir.f'l tortny. While (leorgo linn workoil out from his ratlin nt Tiiinnlo he nln i g"fs to l rnh.n nt the foot of lln.ken Top hut hnn v'milecl neither of thrne .luring the :in day, other rnhins nlonc tiie trail are not only h.iril to fin'l in the rt. i Walker, who here j n bill, birh faill of pnsnee in : tnrm vhioh hy m'l in WASHIXUTitx, Keh. SI. Semi tor ' v fi,.i 1 T'J Hornh toilny ifstied anotjier ilemnml ; "y dlClieS Kl(lC in the Rennte for an extra iienKion off eoPKreap lo eomider ncriculttirnl re- I lief and other measured which he k.ii 1 ennhol he properly treated before Ihe SI'dKAVK H'j.h l-'eh "4 .. Ver. non Kdlnnd. IS. a modem of Ihe V.I. home w ithout aetllinit these inane. ry ynrA hifc,, ,.lli ,.jn,t,, hn,r,, Senator Hornh declared, would he " rpr f Mw nknnRn . hetrayal of public trtinta which oiikIh ! nlhr ,.,.,, , 1(.,iP, injr, lo he condemned and w hich w ill be j n.lMP,ir i., i. .i,.,...rA . jwns taken from a ntrenm nenr I're (man with a. broken neck. 1 lentil wn iiixtnntaneoun. The auiomoliite nn which KdlnnJ condemned." N. C. O. Railway Files Petition to roKTI.ANIt. Ore., Keh. Hi. Ches ter C. Huchtel, former member of Ihe Portland fir department, who confessed following his arrent last week that he had started more than f0 fires most of them Amall, today I added t the list of incendiary oper- ' atiKim, firs which wrecked 1 emple Oil Carj iS Killed 'l,r" Iael, the Uonnnn Lutheran i-hurch, St. Chnrles ( "ntholic church land the ilrmn Kngliih Lutheran church, I-'ire Mornhal tirenfell and the dist rh-t nttoruey'fl offii-e nnnouiicfd. I'ires at the Kier motion picture studio in Portland, the tlrango hall at Milwaukic, (ire., and other blares were also cuifessfd, adding J.'IOO.Odn to the f'JOO.OOO iliiinngf prevmut-lv admitted, the officials aniiciuiiced. Among tiie additional fircn admit- Ited was one that burned the North- REPORTED BETTER ItKHLIN, Keh. 24. (P) An offi cial bulletin Issued at 1-:4G o'clock tJiis afternoon reads. "President Kbert'i condition la sot- isfnetory. The fever, which roue very high during the night, lias receded, His convalescence la expected to take three or four weeks." CHARGE IS PUT BENEATH ROOM DURING NIGH T AT WEST SANITARIUM HKKMX, Feb. U4. OP) President Ebrrt underwent an operation for ap pendicitis early today In the Weil sanitarium. In n statement his surgeons said that the nperution waa successful and that tiie president's comlition wan satisfactory. The operation was performed by Professor August tier of llerlin uni versity, one of the most eminent sur geons In (icrmnny. Ill for Two Weeks. Tiie prcfddcnt had not been In good health or the Inst two weeks, being confined tn his bed most of the time, lie was supposed lo bo suffering from influenza, but found himself able to attend tiie presidential farewell lun cheon for the departing American a:n bassiidor, Mr. Houghton, last Tues day. Subsequently be grew worse and was compelled to enncel all engage ments. The ottnek of appendicitis rante nn top of gallstone trouble from which tho president ha nt'o suffered. The surgeons gave no details of the operation beyond stating thai Hei-r Kbert was under the anaesthetic. fr an hour and Hint he had ''passed a satisfactory nigJit." A similar stntc- 1 (Continued on pngo three) Flames Break Out After the Explosion; Occupant has Narrow Escape Black Powder Thought Used In Work; Victim Fires at Fleeing Men TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 24. A ter rific explosion, set off at 2:0 o'clock this morning by a number of men be lieved to have been members of a vigilance committee organized to com bat liquor selling in Huston,, wrecked the building occupied by II, P. Claris, and endangered the life of Ciark. FlnmcB broke out immediately aft.r the explosion and destroyed the houe. Clark waa trapped for a few moments by the fire, but made his escape from the burning building by crawling over the wreckage. Placed Under Window. The charge which exploded with a sound similar to that of black powdt-r but without the usual fumes, ws placed under Clark's two story frame storo building in Uuston, directly b neatli the place where Clark -was In bed. The fntlre front pTt of the build ing waa wrecked. While large patches of plaster and splinters of twisted lumber showered about hlra, Clark rushed toward tiie rear door to make his escape, but be was cut oft by the flumes resulting from the blast. Picking up a revolver which wos in (ho room, he then made his way over the wreckage to the front of the building. Fires One Shot. When he reached the open air, he saw several men running about 100 feet away. lie fired one bullet at then before they disappeared around the corner of a building. While standing outside the building, near where the explosives bad been placed, Clark saw a largo white sheet lying on the ground. He believes that the sheet h.id been lost hr one of the men in the flight, and he thinks that all the dyn ri mers wore white coverings to couceil their features. Clark told the police that Y) hai been running what was known as a "beer joint." lie said, however, that he had received no warning to st.t;t and hns no known enemies and h.ifl heard of no threats against him. Police were attempting to connect the bombing of Clark's building to .1 warning note received Sunday evening by K. .1. O'Connor, who operates a pool hall a short distance from the place which Clark ran. BULLETINS '0 art. with Ihn enmiiT .n. It n f .rmrr OHinle bctwfiM) ' ric-nltur i tn. lininn odinol nt '"'ii'ion was remlrrcd X mooting Mr. Winn C"otin,!d on page fire) .Vi ! tlx the cloning days of the Inut fonsion , rn,p, during Ihr Inn month, but nnn j reported today by the lonue a?- ; f thmi had fond enough to do for I nmiltee. The vote was 1 1 , Irnirh of lime Cenrge haa been , to L'. llepreacntative Aswell, i miig. Annety for hi nieiy no iana, and Iioyle, Illinois, deinocrata. j nt f,.t until a few days ago. when opposing. ! he failed to return to either of the Fricndi of Ihe proposal derlared , cabinf. there waa praoti.-ally no ohame of Intervene in Case ri'li," pn' n"'r l"n ""'I "' ri"ing mHi. The ios in nu ' banlcnient inlo the waler. Three " '- fire wa l.rnve.n l.'il.iHKI nud f .'."..liilli. IffiLOTHEMAl Ges every (Ad BUYERS SELLERS Aro rv-i i EadTeadfjis : having it enaeted before adjournment of congress a week from tomorrow and republican bouse leadera said the b.'uso would do well to pass the Ilaugen cooperative marketing bill whit h carries out recommendations of the presiurm s agricultural i ced tee. 1 This bill will be taken up again tomorrow. The bill reporlcd today would cre ate an export corporation, having at its disposal J."iii.(iii,C"J of federal funds. It wmld handle for upon wheat, corn. rice, dairy product", rat tle and swine, with a Mew lo retnedj ing an agricultural depresi-n which might occur by stimulating sa'e of American agricultural pro.bi.n abroad. The ratio price feature of ib Mi Nary llaug.n lull, which n il chief point of controversy, was omit ted from ihe meaiure approved lo- d.y. Albany Democrat Buys out Herald SAI.KM. Ore.. Feb. LM. The o vnda-t'nlifornia-llregon railway his ! filed a petition for leave to inter vene jn fjip cnii0 now i, f,,re tir jn. ' l'rllte commerce commission involv 1 ing railroad extension in Oregon. This ! w.is announced today al the office of lie Oregon public service committ-ion. ! cupants of Ihe automobile were iin-,'be new confessions were announced hurt. Kdland'a body waa pinned bo- ' uealbthe machine by one foot. Theater Manager is ; Robbed in Portland AI.HANV. Ore. fib. official annoiinceinent v. as miidc here today that the Albany Ilcmocral lias iur. the Albany Herald, evening contemporary, and will absorb the Herald March 1. The merged news papers will be independent politically, according lo Ihe aiinoiini-einent, and for Ihe present will be conducted as the Albany lleino'Tat and Herald. Shoals Bill May Disposal ol Isle Treaty is Sought WASHINGTON. Feb. '.'t A ten. tati agreement w reach'd in III smate today lo di.-e of the .e r,f , Pines Ire.ity vviiJi I'ubi in Ihe speeu) eiutte ssi n to be held Jtfrer March POHTI.AN'n. Ore., Feb. '.M-John J. iIohtiHon, manager of Pantnges the- Iiic in Conference a,pr ,irr''' w np,i "i nn1 ""w,(i" . , by a man when ,folwnnn entered (hf theater office shortly before noon to day with a Hack containing change for the hoi office. The robber wan vir,d by Claude V, Jolntwoti, ton of the tnansgiT, who )i-!d him until po lice arrived. Sam Hagley, negro jani tor, aided in the capture by Tii-hing to a nearby cigar Mttrr snl ininii'Hi ing the police. WASHINGTON, Feb. L'l. li'-li.f tl at 1lie I'Dderwood bill for leaoiiu' L Muio'le Shosii would d e in coiif'Teij- e was exprred todny by ItepreHenM tie lrngworth, the rpuMican Undr. ' who nid he shw little pufindility of I ien:iif and boue confefe r-n i.iiu' tin ngrfement whi'b ft inti' w oi.d accept bef re djniriiiuiit, March 4. - MISSIONARIES TO ATTEND I llunll ItlVFIt, Ore., F.b. -Jl following a trip t- the ncenes of the fires in company with ufficers of the fire bureau. Itii'liti'Tr. coiifi'MNioiKi were taken down in writing today in the dist rict aitorney'ri office. He nn ruextioned .y C. A. Heckuian, deputy district aMnrtiey. The firemnn nrMniiinl t-dd iu detail how he mar led each fire. At lloth Inrnel s luigogue, nc of thp most ptpeclaciiliir of I he f irr.n, coiiremed, OhVMPIA, Wash., Ffb. 24. The nupreme court today barred Klnier H. Smith, Ontrnlln attorney, on charges of "having adyo rated and approved anbntiigp, syndicalism and gennral violation of lawn as a mfnna of social reform." A majority of the Judges signed tho opinion two dissenting. 8ENAT0R BURSUM DENIES CHARGES WASHINGTON, Fnb. 21. Senator Ilursum, republican, New Mexi co, denied today In the senate, charges now under Investigation by tho department of Justice that ho improperly used his Influence before a government agency In connection with efforts to sell American rattle In Mexico in 1I21. PRESIDENT TO DELIVER ARBITRATION AWARD WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. President Coolidgo la expected to d- CONCERT TO BE GIVEN FOKKST il!OVK, Ore., Feb. Jl iHperisf; Sereral internationally! I Special ( A houe rimrert will be known in in tuonarien will b here from ' given by the girl's gle club of Pa Msreh 'A to H, inf luie, to stirinl eifie liiuvretity in Mar1!) ball, on the the siiminl North wfjttcrn con rn tion uni verbify rumpim here, Wedm'tulay of the Christian and Mi"ionnry Aili- ! errning, Frbrusry 2 The club nice. st pre-i-ht on jtN tmir of the state. Huchtel opened a w.miow on the llvt,r f)PXt pr(ty to the Chilean and Peruvian embassies hero his Houth nide of the bwrlding nud crawled j nrl),,rtnn nWnr, tio Tracna Arlca dispute, acconliriK to semi "" rn,"N "lirr'' ,,c t:,uu'1 uttU Uil information received by the Peruvian embassy hurt), some book and papers. He net fiy lo , I" !- " r over the NEW POSTAL PAY BILL IS AGREED (lame and left through the window. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 1. - A post.il pay find rule IncreasH bill in H ripnrted to hi company when BullHtumaHy tho form as that pad by the lunise wes agreed ,t arnvei; on the iri-ne and Hmid , () t()),.y (y ,.(lMf(.r(M f, U(; (.luit(, a, i,(lUiM, measures. The only in figh'ing 'If fir. Al the German mpnrlrtlll m(dif it at ion In the bouse ineanurn was made In second l.uihersn ihunb. he Mi,-!, be found u t.,HH() r!ll(l(( th(, ,.nnf(.r(.H)l (,,-repting some of the lower rates in this U broM., outde the building i.ditIjtM vurrU.t thp H(,nat hill. itroke a Hiiifbov ol the chiin u with jt. j fie II if !i went irniuf nirougn uie broken window and found a box or ! barrel he doen t reiin'iiibrf whii h filbd with rutibi-li. He ibimped out: tConi inued on pug1? five) INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE TO KEEP ON WASHINGTON, Fob. 21. -The life of the special senate rommttten Invent Rating the Internal revenue bureau it nil the prohibition unit will he extended until June 1, under a rosuLutlou approved today by the senate finance cointtiilteu.