he Guard Tomorrow Will Contain its Usual Fine-week-End Symposium of Departments and Special Features
City. News
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Fair and colder
KigHl; Saturday fair; moder
,1, west winds. Temperaturs
day, minimum, 39 degrees.
Miinum Thursday, 64. Pre
station today, .12 of an Inch.
Stall of river, 4.4 feet. Dlrec
(ion of wind, southeast.
!H!.2E
EDITION
TODAY'S NEWS TODAV
EUGENE, OliEGON, DM DAY EYENINC!, FKBIU'AKY -11, V.vr
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
NO. 45
VULj. 08
f n!
rcr. Are Excused
ILr jurors of the panel were ex
tiWJ bj Ju'ise - r- Sklpworth in
'rcuit court today and two more
me, were drawn, iub u jurur.
,t ! Oppernoll and Margaret
Kai'l'- The case of Uattie 11.
Lneider against R"' A. and ltay C.
'.liner, ""I1 growers, lor jiww mr
liUiages. was opem-u iuw uiumg,
tae plaintiff a'll'8''s ,n,u 8ne sus,ai-
r i . i
injuries wide m me employ 01 me
L n aim wane sue was rmmg on. u
E,ir trucks iu work. II. E. Slattery
r .1. ire .,.,,1 i-
rtiy ami S. -M. L'lilkins the defeud-
Lii. The jury iu the case of V. A.
tior nJ I-ut-' laywr versus Llnr-
ti Urimt'S. U J. uumnc udu i,. .i.
,be yesterday brought iu a verdict
favyr the defendants.
fan is Crossed
A trip frum Eugene to Bend ov'r
a McKenzie puss during a rnglu
izard was made this week by Kr-'d
Weston, according to a report rum
-od tbis morning. Although forced
-hole up" for one day while snow
ept ocr the lava beds on the sum-i,-Mr.
West'ja made the trip from
is city to Bend in two nights and
two days, and is the first person to
tempt the journey by this route
:ice the stages stopped in Lecenibo.
r riving in Sisters yesterdwy morning,
r. Westen was expected to reach hi
.me in Jiend this morning. He de
ircd he had little difficulty in max-
5 his way on skis over the McKeii-
ja9.
Excavation is Started '
Kscavation was started today on
new building on Seventh avenue
it between Willamette and Oalt
ireet for the li rays Cash and Carry
re. This work which bus been held
for about six weeks due to adverse
rather conditions is expected to be
pd from now on. The big exenwtor
m the A. C. Mathews company was
faced in posjtion this morning to
;irt the digg.cg. It is expected that
lie building will he completed by
'tie 1 mitt with the installation of
iuures that the store will be open
Nut July 1, occoring to A. It. Gray.
ss ss ss ss m m m m m m m -.-
Election on Tax Measures Provided
Sues for 1 lushand
VOTE TO ENSUE
1 1 Portland Fireman Who Set Many Fires
IF REFERENDUM
.eave for Europe-
Mrs. Edith II. Tattee, instructor :u
rendi nt University high school, and
rs. Elizabeth Patterson of the Eu
ne hospital staff, left yesterday for
fir trip to I'aris and other points
i Europe. Mrs. Pattec will engage in
'vanecd study of French. They will
cast by the soutJiern route,
pping nt Eos Angeles mid New ():
mf, and sailing from New York on
irrh 10. Mrs. David John .lones.
-n is lilng for her old home in j
i.es. will accompany llmm acros
' At!;mtu I
STEP IS TAKEN
September 8 Set as Date of
Possible Election; Nine
Measures Up
Provision is Made in Bill j
Passed at Close of
Legislature
f atcr Shut Off .
vp wn me working in several in- j
" "f clay mud, boring a hole under-
"h the railroad trtn-k to run ai
It pipe to the millrncp, I'ntil this
is fm:shcfl th( university campus j
ftithmit m Urn cy water. The (ask ,
f boring under the tracks hs been1
fi'nlt l.-.-iHiso of the ruins which
I1 fillt',1 llo I.-..,,,.,, in tvl.i.-l. !)..:
n (ire working, uuikitig the j d 'ii
TS tlisigrccabU. out. The distiiwi
l'1 drilVd under tu. tr.icks is -M
Ah. ,u -0 ivH ni(ro ,tp
'ed in t'lo tjimn ninniiiT iimlpr tlil
ernenr.
a"y Attend Rchoarsals
iptcrttt
SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 27. If the ref
erendum is invoked ngainst any of the
revenue producing measures enacted
by the legislature, including the cigar
ette and tobacco tax, a tax on gross
earnings of corporations and the pro
vision that self-supporting state com
mission shall pay 10 per cent of their
revenues into the state general fund,
the election will be held September
8, nnd at the same time nine meas
ures adopted by the legislature for
reference to the people will be voted
on. This was provided for in a bill
passed at the close of legislative ses
sion last night.
The measures which would be acted
upon are:
Semite joint resolution, No. 5, Den
nis Amending constitution inb, bit
ing levying of income or inheritance
taxes until It MO.
House joint resolution No. fl, by
Buchanan Providing that, if vacan
cies occur iu the office of I'nited
States senator or any elective office
of state, district, county or 'precinct,
they shall be filled at the next gen
eral election, provided such vacancy
occurs more than 20 days prior to
any general election.
House joint resolution. No. S by
Woodward Kepenl ng section It.", ar
ticle I, of state constitution, providing
fine or imprisonment for any person
who shall br.iig into the state or har
bor any negro or mulatto.
I louse joint resolution No. 10, by
comm. Hoc on resolutions, authorizing
(Continued on page two)
. Tt TUB P ''i. VW-t'SS
STATION &it V ' fY&V
STATE SOLONS
un
WAS TftSHTBttQ
OF w Aa
CHILO.
Fire with
his paia
Chester C: "Buchtel
Strange Arson Career of
Portland Fireman Shown;
Always Had Fire Mania
By NEA Service
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 27. llej
would set a fire and then speed by
motorcycle to the fire house to join
the crew dashing out to extinguish the
blaze.
No stranger arson enreer has ever
been revealed than this of Ciiester C
Bu.-htel. 20.
Himself a fireman he is also th1?
grandson of a fireman, Portland's
first fire chief. Fires have thrilled
and filled his life t-ince he was a
small boy.
Rode Truck as Boy.
When the bell clanged Chester ran
out, mount! (he truck and rode be
side bis grandfather to the fire.
When he became a man be joined
the department and earned for him-
(Continiied on page five)
POSTAL PAY BILL
Hoosier Truants
Return to Seats
Tired but Happy
1058 Claims are
Filed for Bonus
At Local Office
JO! FESTIVA
L
Many Bills Are Passed at
Sessions of Final Day
Of Legislature
Cottage Grove Armory Bill
Approved; but Governor
Promises Veto
Miss (trace Norton, executive spo
retnry of the Lane county chapter,
American Red Cross, filed her HioSth
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 The fate
of the postal pay and rate increase
bill nv reptB with President Coolid"
the senate having joined the" house :n
confereni
Indianapolis, imi.. ivh. 27.-
fP) Sessions of the Indiana legisla
tore, blocked for two days by the ah- i
seiice of democratic members, "who ' bonus claim today.- These claims are
left the state and went to Dayton, 'for the United States adjusted coin
Ohio, in an effort to block action on pensation for service in the army,
n (Jerrymander bill, were resumed navy or marines, and include more
today when the truants returned to ( claims than there are ex-service men
their seals. I 'n Lane cotin'y. Tbts is accountable
Resumption of legislative work was by the fact that so many South Ben
ton county men have come to Eugene
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 27. 0PJ Ore
gon's thirty-third legislature, which
has been in session -10 days, adjourn
ed at. lO.fiO Inst night. Some of the
members immediately started for
their homes; others were leaving to
day. Songs, stunts and story telling
marked the closing of the session and
nfter the final gavel fell the members
enjoyed a social session when wivei
of the senators served coffee nnd
cake.
The last day was marked by a deal
between senate and bouse resulting in
the passage of measures to increase
the lifpnse tax upon automobile -buses
and tnieks and to raise the Jiyense
tax on peddlers' trucks running Into
the co u u t ry f i ve miles or mo re be -yond
city boundaries. The house final
ly agreed to senate amendments to
the former measures, house bill 413,
wlih h sharply raised the figures over
those in the bill as it passed the
house. The senate in turn agreed to
pass house bill 21, the peddlers' bill,
as the house had amended it. Both
these measures went to the governor.
Jackson Plan Loses
Assailed by Butler, Joseph, (iarland
and other senate members, the .lack
son county plnn. Which was substitut
ed for the original Jackson county
pre-primnry election bill went down to
the defeat in the senate yesterday aft
ernoon by a vote of 10 to II. The
men sure provided for a pre-prima ry
assembly of precinct committeemen
of the political partien, the assembly
(Continued on page six)
increasing jn the Eugene
,t,,r;o x-'iety nnd in addition to
" Hi.tnre at cacti rehearsal approving roe rnnirrencr rejin ,,r-'forward
,r ar tinny visitors present, bp- i tually substituting the house m'l tor
to Ceorge H. McMorran. , the measure previously twice ni
without incident other than an ex
pression by Lieutenant Oovernor Van
Orman of gratification that the busi
ness of the senate could again go
Do'
;.rov-
Senator Joseph W, Cravens, min
ority leader, issued this statement:
to have their claims filed, according
to Miss Norton.
Among the Benton county men
whose cla.mv were filed in the last
two days are Raymond R. Evans of
Junction City and Wallace M Ker
cumbering more than 10,
-'W rapid troBres in their
retire f ,- ,k- nrftnl-.;A l
to ,e llf., 1Pr(, the gprjng.
Postponed"!
Maans- ilike ff,r npx( Sjm!nv
'i'."d. announce the mem
(C.
An amicable adjustment of tbe cher of Crnwfordsvi
p nusd on page five)
Administration leaders believe in j rontrnvrrHy lB9 been reached and we
bill will receive President Cooidge' i bpfjeTe thft promises made will bp
approval. Effective as. nf January 1- I lcpt. We regard the settlement as
this year, postal employes would re- fnTorai)ie to our side of the case."
reive an pvarnge salary increase of j
ab'ut $1.00 annually under the bill,
wbich by new postal rates ! go in
effect April lo next, would raise
nbout JW.OlWKtri of the JiW.OOO.OOfj
required for the pay advances,
"As a rider," the bill carrirs cor
rupt prnctives act. strictly limiting
campaign expenditures of cotigre--pionnl
randifi:ftes as recommended by
the senate campaign funds rommit-
Miss Norton was also visited thin
week by Ouy Applewhite and fnuiily
of Ashland, who arc visiting friends
and relu lives iu Eugene. Mr, Apple
while's flit i infor total permanent dis
nbihty was made through the local
lied Cro office.
Rotary Club Will
Hear County Agent Small boy Injured
In Auto Accident
Strtu k by an automolol. Willie
State Sportsmen j
Meet in Portland
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 27.- R"p
rcsoti tati ves of nine counties ere
preent when the annual meeting of
the Oregon Stare Sportsmen's s-o-
cisti n rpened here day.. Other;
were expected this afternoon. Reports
of the rredeiitiali committee and a j
statement by 1"". Chester C. Moore, j
chairman of the legislature committee
were the principal feature! of lh.
mornings session. Dr. Moore t.ll
what bad been ccoi.fdihed f-r
p..rtmen nt the lejUtivp sei n
j itt cb.sed. Officers are to be ectrd
this af'ernooD. ,
t. S. Fletcher, Lane . nunty agri- '
cultural agent, will be tue princip.il j
oenker nt the noon luncheon meetin :
f lt. Fe.-ne ir.rnrv .-loh to be held H,1,,t- wn "Merely injured last
at the o-burn hot'-l i npfiny ii'i"ii, ac
cording to nniHom"Miietit tudiy of
Carl (i, WasJiburne, pie-ident. Mr.
Fletcher is a nnrnbr of t.ie Roiiry,
club at Morow. Idaho, where i.e b.M
len agricultural ag'-nt f-T the pat
five jars befre coining to Lane
county t' a-iiiiie tlie p"iti n here.:
A niiivicdi program is aIo bejiig ar- i
rnng'd for the h eting, is the on-j
n"Ulicernflll. I
! n.gbl at Eleventh nvenue nnd Wilbim- j
etie street, and taken to Eugene boa- i
pi'nl f-r tri niineiit. The h-.y ran into
the moving iar, ncctrtliug to npcta- ,
' totn. and iilthpugh the nulomol'ile i
'pushed over him after he was thrown ;
' to the pavement, he was not tombed ;
I by the wheel.
I'be victim was iftiii'iinn.n' lous .
when taktu to the hospital, but had,
uf fi'-.elit 1 recover d thin morning '
to lie taken to bis h-'ine near the
country t'ub.
To represent the Lane county
school boundary board nt Salem on
an appeal of a decision of the local
hoard made to the state hoard of
education. E. .1. Moore, county sup
erintendent of schools of Lane, w ill
go to Salem Monday, according to
announcement today. The case in
volves the tnking over of unorganised
school territory, formerly district
M7, by the Mnpleton school district.
The protest of the decision of the
Lane hoard was made by (Jporge
Johnson based on the contention thai
nt some future time there would be
a sufficient number of residents fu
the unorganized area to form a dis
trict. At present there are no resi
dents there.
The district teachers' institute will
be held at Springfield tomorrow and
the program has been completed. A
meeting of the boundary board sche
duled for this morning has been post
poned until next Tuesday morning nt
Id o'clock. The absence of the coun
ty court at the highway meeting at
Portland today is the reason for the
poMponement.
OAK TREE FIVE
CENTURIES OLD
FULLS IN GALE
Eighty-Four Men Thought
To Have Lost Lives in
Fierce Storm
France and England Struck
' By High Wind; Wall is
Blown Over
PARIS, Feb. .27. "Charlemagne's
oak," five centuries old and one of
the largest and most ancient trees in
the forest of Fontainobleau, fell a
victim of yesterday's violent storm.
The gale continued today and, accord
ing to the weather man, the end is
not in sight. The fate of the, famous
oak was but one item in a long tale of
trees uprooted and houses unroofed
in all parts of the country.
A tragedy occurred near LaRoch
elle, where only four men otit of a
crew of 18 were rescued from the
stranded Spanish steamtdiip Chris-tina-Rueda.
Seven members of Ijie. life saving
station corps were drowned when
their boat capsized while trying to
reach the steamer on Wednesday.
EIGHTY-FOUR LOST
HELL, England, Feb. 27. (P)
Eighty-four men are believed to have
been lost in the fierce galea which
have swept the Icelandic fishing
grounds the last four days,
Fourteen men went down with the
Hull Bteam trawler Scapa Flow, six
Hull fishermen and twenty-four Ice
landers were lost in the fishery
steamer Field Marshal Robertson,
and news has reached here that the
Icelandic steamer Leiferhepnr is lost
with 40 hands, all Icelanders.
SEVEN KILLED
SARREBOLRtl, France, Feh. 27.
OP) Seven persons wero killed nnd
15 Injured here yesterday when the
workshop In which they were employ
ed was crushed by a wall blown over
by a high wind.
Speakership to be
Decided !at Caucus
To be Held Tonight
W A S II I N il T( ) N, Fe b. 27.--Although
both camps were confidently
claiming victory iu the speakership
contest between Nicholas Loiigworth
of Ohio and Martin B. Madden of Illi
nois to be decided at the caucus to
night of republican meiliprs-elect of
the house, neither was showing any
laxity today in efforts to line up the
new members arriving in town for the
meet ing,,
W.lh the certainty now that no "fa
vorite sons" will be nominated by the
caii' iis fi cou.i-iii'ate the balloting, the
contest has definitely narrowed down
to the two candidates and will be de
cided on the first ballot.
Postmaster Test
For Lane Tending
TRAFFIC OFFICER HERE
Kenneth Bl in of Albany. Mt- DEPUTY ASSESSORS MEET
ant state traffic chief. ws a local, j j,,,, ,.,,, y oVputj tiwhttnr
visitor today. j wn(( tXHri work Monday morning
j im-t st the office of Ben F. Keen,
RETURNS TO M ARSHF I ELD rftlintJF ao(.Mlft ,w.y Io rece)T, j,,
Fb.jd Lu'x of Mrsl.fM. wb-" his pIriir.,,,Il( on th-r work Twenty of
Wn visiting in Eugene f--r the lev h no deputies were present for th
few tin-, returned t his hnmle tods v. m.tir.g.
Examinations ny the civil service
commission for the position of post
' master al Mabel wd! be held here
I Saturday, March 21. The office nt
MaUel is designated u ferrt', .I.h
'and the salary lat jrar win V7.
.Mrs. Dorii Young in S' liug po-du.iM-!
rr at Mabel.
Applh-aihl must have remind their
J twenty f.rst bifthd.ij on th i;iie of
! the pi.i miuflt ion. W urn ii cigh.een
'vears of age 'U the dil. of lli-j x-
Of George Neuner,"'"1""""" ,vi" '" , .
AppM ants must . esidc w i bin lue
I terri'ory supplied by th potoffice
ft.r which i tie "XMiiiiu.uion in mi
notim ed.
l,e exstuiistioii U op n to nil (iti
1. 1 of the I'niicd St ,i . w ho i ;m
m u plj with the re j'lireui. i ts.
President Approves
WASHINt;TON, Feb 27 erg
Neutier was nominal en by Preside.
Co'didge today t' be I'nited Stat"
district Momey for Oregon.
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IN! BIDS AO
E
SUBMITTED TD
Navy Intrlguo la charged to bo re
sponsible for confinement of Lieu
tenant Frank Kennedy, above, In the
atate Insane asylum at Napa, Cali
fornia, according to hla wife, above.
In habeas oorpus proooodlnos to froe
hor mate, the wife occusos Lleuton
ant R. W Christie of having censplrod
with other' officers to oust her hus
band. She says they dislike him be
oause he was not an Annapolis man,
and also , sought to Injure him be
cause she had spurned alleged ad
vances of Christie. Mrs. Kennedy also
claims that the sulcldo recently of
Lleutonant Albert P. Burleigh was a
result of the navy Intrigue.
Police Search for
Reputed Gunman in
Hotaling Inquiry
SAX KiMXCISCO, Fob. 27. The
police luventiRntfon which wn start
ed whpn llotpb 1. King, former po
llcfronn In Hawaii, told detectives he
lind been nuked ly Richard (Dick)
Hotnllng to murder the Intter'a sister-
in-lnw, Mrs. Fred Ilotnllnit, centered
today In a nenrrh for Al Reels, reput
ed gunman.
Reels, according to King, wns one
of the two men who had accepted
the ?:i,'IOO from King but liint they
had had no Intention of harming Mrs.
Hntnline;.
Hotnlinr, wenltfiy clubman nnd
amnteur actor of wide reputation, to
day reiterated bis convirtion thnt an
Invnallgailon will dU'prove nil of t tie
tales nnd nccunntions made by King
nnd Mndison.
HIGHWAY GROUP
Hundreds of Thousands of
Dollars Worth of Work
Is to be Done
From Six to Fourteen Bids
Received on Each Piece
Of Road Work
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 27. Con
tracts for hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of road work were let
today by the atate highway commis
sion. The following contracts were acted
upon this morning:
Coos and Curry counties, furnishing
abd hauling materials for 21 miles of
surfacing nnd resurfacing work on
Hnmlon-Hixcs river section of Roose
velt highway, to John llnkanson, Oak
laud, Ore. Ho bid $(11,4(15 on one pro-,
posal, $(H.870 on another, both bids
being lower than the nearest com
a ehort time for investigation.
Curry county, grading 5.4 miles of
Myers creek-Rurnt Hill section of the
Roosevelt highway. Lowest bidder, S.
S. Schell, f 1411,480 with concrete pipe,.
If 141, 704 with cedar culverts. This
will nlso be held a few dnys for In
vestigation. Umntllla county, roadbed widening
of 12.0 miles on Emigrant hill section
of Old Oregon Trail to TV. H. Oliver
Portland, $71,073.B0. Held for govern
ment approval.
Josephine county roadbed widening
2.2 milca of Wolf creek-Grove creek
section of I'aclfic highway, to Wash
burn R. Hull, Portland, $25,005.50.
Clatsop county, grading 10.8 mile
of Cannon Reach junction-Hamlet
Junction section of Roosevelt high
way, to Greenwood and Dann, Port
land, $140,490. Held for government
approval.
All of the following blda on road
work In Raker couuty are held back
pending securing of right of way by
Ilaker county court:
Middle bridge-Love bridge aection
nf Raker-Cornucopia highway, 3.3
miles of grading, low bidder H. C.
Iloyer, Ontario, $10,150.70.
Grading Rlack bridge-Emigrant
creek section 10.4 miles and Sag
Half way section 2.0 miles of Baker
Cornucopia highway, low bidder, Jas.
Crick, $124,848.
Grading 0.3 miles Slices gulch-Ba-ker-Cornucnpla
highway, low bidder,
Greenwood nnd Dnnn, $05,500,
The following contracts on bridges
were let:
Over 'Powder river near Baker, on
(Continued on page alx)
BULLETINS
PANAMA, Fob. 27. (By tho Asaoclatcd Press) Tho national na-
somlily today ilnclnrrtl tho District of Snn Ulan In a statu of alagn
owing tn the recent tiprlalng of the Indians there In which a number
of Pnmiinnns were Hluln.
ST. PAUL FIRE DOES 1 150,000 DAMAGE
HT. PAUL, Minn., Fib. 27. A fire rarly lodny wrecked the In
terior of tho Kendrlck liulldlnK mid rnuxod n loss estimated nt $150,
000. No one wns Injured. Tl'.rco persona reported missing were
lornted.
TEAPOT DOME OIL LEASE HEARING SCHEDULED
CHKVENNE, W'yo., Feb. 27. Trial of the government's suit for
annullrnent of the Teapot Dome nnvnl oil reserve lease held by the
Mnimnoth Oil company will proceed on March 9, n xt, Judge. T.
lllnke Kennedy of the I". S. district court doiiilflil today, In overruling
the government's p.-tllion for a continuance; '
U. 8. NAVY PROPOSAL FAVORABLY REPORTED
WASHINGTON, Feh. 27. The MeNnry hill proposing creation
nf a, furmer'a export corporation for handling surplus farm products
wns favorably reportc d Into yesterday by the senate agricultural
committee. It went to the enlendnr anil most of tho committee mem
bers were agreed thnt dances of its consideration at the present
session were remote.
JAPAN SUBMITS ALIEN LAND LAW TO DIET
LONDON, Feb. 27 The Japanese government again has sub
mitted to the dint the alien land law of 1910 which has never been
promulgated, snys a Dispatch Reuters from Tokio. Tho present bill,
the message states, amends tho law to permit the right of land
ownership to any resident alien except nationaln of thoa cuuulriiM
not granting similar rights to Japan