The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, March 03, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text(Tomorrow's Inaugural at Washington Will be Fully Covered by The Guard, Through Associated Press Service City News -"Tut WEATHER trM: Uaaettled, probeWy -..Hiortmni! weet portion. "u,t ud Wxhiedayi n temperature, fre.ii ritrMI southerly wlad a i, witt. Temperature today, L.1,,.,37 degrees. Maximum ...iir. 59. Precipitation to- EDITION VOL. 68 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3 1925 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY NO. 48 u, ioat. Stags of rlvar, 3.7 Direction of wind, south tut Luit Dw Interest ugch latere" a ulov- - j.... .nd ouDili of the counly l"Lli to tie children's pageant to bo 0 ,j ltn i " I!. - rauntr superintendent of iict'i ,1,, The fuoda for the event arc red ii A. H. McDonald, proprio w of Ike KM and Lowell theaters. k. ukia over wis pan qi iuo pr inr the affair, and a canvass bald to "lie about 000 to add (200 tilt remaineu aiier ui iur . ...nt In 1U16. Many children, j their parents alio, ore to display 0, of the early pioneer doy hi Mtouot; and this exhibit that will hitld it toe armory win do a very Lrutiar md instructive feature of iiifsst. Mr. Moore otatea. LmIi Vlilt Farm lumbers of the Alpha Chi Omega Ljtii University of Oregon en urtained the Inmates of the Lone Lutr firm last evening. A .large habir U the girla made the trip to ,i lira sod initrumental music and ImI selections 'were entertainment hunt of the program of the soror tjibidi U an annual custom. Gifts ildiittlei were alio presented by lit riiitora. Thanhs and appreciation' In lit Interest shown by the Alpha i.ii Omtga la the county farm were tidied today by Judge C. P. Bar urd ol the county court. There are li t 19 inmates at the farm, Judge araird ilitei. j MiKtlts Plans Made 1'icii tad field equipment for the :ol uliouil guard units was issued hi lot drill period last night 'in prep Miioo for the annual federal in- iptttion to be held Tuesdny evening, llitch 10. Next Monday night It ia upwied that all officera and' men jiill bt fully equipped in readiness for .siirerow the following evening. No udtr hia yet been received aa tu who ril bt the inspecting officer, accord it to itmouncemeni of Major W. G. Itiie today. The three local units ct enlisted to practically full author- no' strength at the present time, is lit unuuDceruent. Mi win MHk''Z'; 7,U'' ' Bolli Bor Hcout troobs of the First tiriitiia church will meet In ft joint moon this evening at 7.30 o'clock tor a talk by Lynn S. Mcf ready, ntrtrating Eugene post of the latricsn Legion. C. C-. Nowhouse ul Uiudt Gray are in charge of the Jan for the event. A "bean feed" a ue of the promising items on the mini's schedule.; Mr. McCready Sin the near future select the com m of fire, representing local or-a-i-tioni, who will outline plans for ootiinlng of a full-time paid ex "i'e to take care of Boy Sctiut a-Binistration in Lane county. r"l ts Pay Taxes Uri for being Uie first Lane "If tupijer to pay assessment! " TO ire awarded to Dr. Georgo ''Sirol this city who paid hia taxea ""Mir md todny received vouch --ir 1. Dr. DeHar for the pair -fnrihai slwnys naiil Ilia taxes ho. '" the "open season" but this Is the Ntta Ihst be led the field In this illhoiih he has had severnl i't-beriiho-ring that he was the sec- mi to pay his count v assess- ttri T Be Explained "nted COliifi nt a p,m n all Hurt by the last legislature h't'iilsblt (or distribution to the " nperlntendents of the state, t to E. J. Moore, county aup '"J'nt of Une. .Mr. Moore 't Silem ye-terday was told by 1 1'hnrebill of the plans for the A printed list of the new " "-els will tlso be distributed. j-irwir, tj Moot- 4 tlillst A Ik. I J .11 jJIJkeEuM Country club Is L-IC'i"'1 " Page five) KKINGS OTCKA BUYER pate Wll BEING YOU Slots, just AS T IVifc rr.r. i SB S5 Capitol AT12:30P.M. Washington is Quiet on Eve Of Great Event; Plans Are Completed Ceremonies to be More Ex tended Than Four Years Ago; Coolidge Busy WASHINGTON, March 3. (A In setting that reflected, only dimly the showy splendor that has shone upoE Inaugural history for a century and moro, the American ' government brought to conipletloa today Its plan to install a new national administra tion at noon tomorrow. Everything considered it was the quietest March 3 of an inauguration year that Washington has seen in many a decade. ' The ceremonies to morrow will be somewhat more ex tended than those of four years ago, when President Harding ordered that the wholo iuauguration be attended by. utter simplicity but on that oc casion the Impending change of gov ernment stirred the capltol to a high pitch of expectation nnd brought here a tremendous crowd of spectators. : Crowds Lacking- Today the wide avenues of the capital were almost bsrren of pre' inaugural crowds and only a few scat tered reviewing stands and a profu slon uf red, white and blue which draped almost every building alpng the line of tomorrow's parade evl (Continued on page three) Work on the checking of Lone county 'assessments for the present yenr is now tinder way the staff of deputy assessors having started out yesterday. James Lockerbie who will have charge of the Eugene city as sessment started today. Every busi ness house in the city Trill be visited and figures on stock and other prop erty checked. Last year there were three doputy assessors for Eugene but it is believed that with one de puty that the assesment will be more equable. It Is expected that it will take at, least three months to com plete the assessment survey of Eu gene. All realty improvements during the past year will be noted and as sessed accordingly. Maximum of Human Intelligence Said To be at IS Years LONDON, March 8. Human intel ligence appears to reach the maximum at the age of 18 years, according to deductions set forth In a book by Godfrey H. Thompson, profesaor at, Armstrong college, Newcastle on Thyne. These deductions, ' It la explained, were made after careful research of a mass of statistics on the subject an I .Indicate that a person aay add to bis book learning and his knowledge of the world as the years go along, b-lt that he will never ava a sharper brain with which to tackle problems than when aomewhere about tie age of 16. Professor Thompion asserts: VOf the majority of eaies it can said that an Intelligent man was In telligent as a child. If he did not know It In school It wsa the reenlt of hrs teaohera. It slmpli meant thai no les son was given to him that he wou:4 take sn Interest in it PflESIDENT TD IV ADDRESS IS Si Awaits Inaugural Dictionary is Popular; Many Copies Bought The New Universities Dictionary is being well received and the demand for it Is increasing. Many purchasers came to The Guard office yesterday and today, armed with the necessary three coupons cut from the paper and money payment required in order to obtain a copy of the Dictionary. The New Universities Dictionary is a late work, just compiled. It contains new and up-to-date words. It ia of handy siae and is a great convenience for students who need a dictionary at hand while they are atudying, so as. toavoid the necessity of going to the unabridged atand every time they wish to look up a word. Croas-word puzzle students also find the New Univer-. aities Dictionary a great convenience to have at hand while they work at the horlzonals . and verticals. The way to get a copy of the New . Universities Dictionary ii to cut three coupons from The (luard like the one published today at the bottom of columns one and two on Page S, and bring them, with OS centa caith to The Guard office. For them a copy ot the dictionary, In- a : convenient wrapper, will be' given. Get your copy today. ; i . ' El FOR AGGIE-QREGOr. A change in the schedule of the first game of a three-game series between the basketball teams of the Univer sity of Oregon and the Oregon Agri cultural college, to decide the cham pionship of the northern division of the Pacific const conference, was an nounced this afternoon. The firit game of the series will be played at the Eugene armory on Thursday aft' ernoon at 5 oVIock. The altered schedule was found necessary because of the revival ser vices being ield each evening in the armory. The game was originauy scheduled for Friday evening. The second game of the series will be played in Corvallis on Saturday evening, at 7:30 o'clock, as originally scheduled. The third game will be played either In Salem or Jn Port land, If a third game ts necessary to decide the championship. Investigation Into Air Service Closes WASHINGTON, Msrch 3. Ths house aircraft committee has closed it investigation amid a new tangle ot contradictions in the row between Brigadier-General Mitchell, assistant army air chief, and the war depart ment. Itepresentatire Reid, republican of Illinois, a committee member at tempted to hare General Mitchell re called today for questioning upon ti.J magazine artirlea but the committee rejected the proposal and immediate ly afterwards voted to end the inves tigation. All Hope is Lost For Mrs. Pierce SALEM, Ore.. March 8. -The con dition of Mrs. Walter Pierce, wife of the governor of Oregon, haa remain ed unchanged throughout the morning. iPhyaleiana have given up all hopes of her recovery. CASE IS CONTINUED CHICAGO, .March S. Coun ael tor William D. Shepherd today won a continuance until March S3 of the Inquest Into the death of William N, McCUotork. ill mm m BUSY TIME AT LAST MINUTE Sessions Expected to Extend Well Into Night to Care For Many Bills Farm Measures. Face Ex tinction at Present Ses ' sion, is Outlook. WASHINGTON, March 3 After a fairly peaceful day, spent in cleaning up odds and, ends of legislstion, well developed signe of- a senate filibuster began to appear late today to trou ble tho dying hours of the out-going congress. v WASHINGTON, March 3. UP) Tie somewhat leisurely fashion In which congress has neared the ad journment hour at noon tomorrow, promiaed to give way today to ses sions extending well into the night for both houses in the laat minute rush to clear the calendar of all bills having any chance of enactments ' With all of the .regular appropria tion biila safely cleared of tho legisla tive jam, tJie senate and house set whatsis declared to be a precedent by adjourning without night sessions, yesterday, with uuly hours remaining before ain die adjournment. Senate Rests. The senate called it a -dsy ahortly after aeven o'clock, after Senator Pepper, republican, of Pennsylvania, bad called up the' bouse branch book ing bill aa the unfinished business. The house fixed its convening hour today at It) o'clock when it adjourned yesterday at 0:30 p. in., after complet ing a round day'a work in which a dozen measures were passed under suspension of rules, in addition to ac ceptance of senate araendmenta to tno rivci-a and harbors bill and adoption of the conference report on the interior department supply measure. . The only one of the important mon ey bills still held up lstbe final defi ciency measure. Legislation in the senate to carry out the co-operative marketing recommendntiona of the president's . agricultural conference now faces practically certain failure. The houae In passing' the Dickinson co-operative marketing bill, alresuy haa once rejected the Capper-Haugeu measure, reported yesterday by the senate agricultural committee, and tiiere appears no chsnce of either bill becoming law. Springfield School Bond Issue Subject To Election Today SPRINGFIELD, March 3. (Spa cial). The pros and cons on the $12,500 btd Issue and the aecuring of (12,000 by an sVS mills addition to the general property tax for building a new $23,000 grade echool in Spring field were discussed at a taxpayers' meeting last evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Springfield high school auditor ium, and ii being voted on today raui 2 to T p. m. In the city ball There will be a regular meeting of tie achool board ot district 10 in the city hall tonight, following the election count. Mr. Neuner Will Await Commission ROSEBUnO. Ore., .March 3. At torney George Neuner, reiwntly ap pointed United States district attor ney, will not take, over the duties of hia new office until his commission is received from Washington, D. C. He had expected to go to Portland today to relieve Attorney Coke, who is still In active charge of the office. bat tratQ his commission is received he will remain here. -Attorney R. W. Ms rsters, until recently a member of the firm of Marsters and Pope of Sa lem, U taking over Mr. Neuoer's of fice In this city. CONGRESS HAS a, T TO FIGHT SENATE BIGHT Contest of Election Filed By Republican Committee : Of Iowa Senator Announces That he Will Ask No Quarter With ".That Gang" WASHINGTON, March 8. A con teat of the election of Senator Smith W. Brookbart, republican, Iowa, was filed with the senate today by offi cials of the republican central com mittee of Iowa. At the same time a copy of the pa pers, were personally -served on the senate by B. B. Burnquiat of Fort Dodge, chairman and H. E. Spangler of Cedar Rapids, counsel for the committee. Senator Brookbart had an nounced earlier that when the senate adjourned he would go to Iowa to make a contest against "that gang' with "no quarttr" asked. -, ,i ; Already Read. Out . Sou:i;ur "lirdokharr, - who ' nlreotly bas becn'read out of the party coun cils by the republican seuate organi zation, previously had declined to ac cept service unless by a United States marshal. Just as he was luaving bis office for the senate chamber today however, Burnquiat and - Spangler handed him the formal notice of the contest. Halt an hour before Senator Smith rookhart had announced that he would take hia fight against the state committee to the people of Iowa by campaigning. He said later in reply to the charge that he. had been elected through fraud and de ceit by repreaenting himself to be a republican, that the people of Iowa had passed upon his republicanism at the polls. Charges Outlined The charges brought against Brook bart are those outlined in a formal resolution adopted by the slate com mittee at Des Moines laat January. Burnquist asserts that the meeting of the committee was a duly conatit' uted one, but the senator nascrts that a number of the members cf the com mittee already have informed him of their repudiation of the action. T FroiMts over the order of the countj court limiting the load vftifht over (be Acme bridge have been re ceived. The Sunset Mill company made application to use the span but the county court members point out that . this heavy trucking, the com pany usea a hauler with a weight of 9400 pounds without load, would er iouslj damage the bridge. The court granted the company permission to lay a tram across the slough beiide the bridge but a further application was made by the company to use the county span. The firm offered to erect turnouts as the spsn haa only a width of 10 feet. I. M- Morse, county engineer. Is in weste?n 1-aoe today and will inspect the bridge and make a report on Its condition, is the an nouncement. State Patients Are Transferred SALEM, Ore., March 3. A special train carrying 80 patients from the atate hospital for the innne here will leave Thursday morning for Pendleton where the patients will be trsnsferrrd to the Eastern Oregon hospital for the insane at that place. The tranity will be made to rUve congestion of patients at tae 3aleu institution. . Inauguration Stand at I? .fill i,Mljga,,M i.i i ml - Upon this stand President Coolidge will be given the oath of office by William Howard Tafr, chief justice, former president - MAY YET BE TAKEN PORTLAND, Ore., March 3. Fed eral authorities bere are expecting word any day that the D'Autremont brothers, charged with murder and train robbery, have been arrested in Nicaragua. It was reported hero today th.U Postal Inspector Charles B. "Welter of the force was called Jo the Cen tral AroeflLUn -coiiotry aevcral weeks ago on a not trail. No word haa come but of the tioy republic since Welter went away, but local officers think it possible that the brothers have been ' located in Nicaragua or a nearby country. The recent report that two of th; suspects were arreated in Mexico dij not meet with any encouragement here for two reasons: a numbeT of federal authorities believe the Nicara guan report, while Btill others think the D'Autrcmonts are dead. - One of the federal officers, who has been working on the case holds that the three brothers were killed by their companion in the attempted train rob bery of Southern Pacific train No. 13 in tunnel 13, near Siskiyou, - Oregon, shortly after noon October 11, 1023. Mr. Mitchell may Be Supplanted by Secretary Weeks WASHINGTON, March 3. Bflta dier-Gcneral William Mitchell, about whom the air power controversy has revolved for some time, will not be aontinucd as assistant chief of th? army nir service, when his present 0i pointment expires. March 20. WASHINGTON, March 3. A nom ination for a successor to Brigadier General William Mitchell, assistant chief of the army air service, will be sent to the senate by President Cool idge for confirmation at the special session convened by him to consider nominations tomorrow. Secretary Weeks will make a final decision for recommendation of a suc cessor to General Mitchell tonight or early tomorrow. He declined today to say what names were under con sidoration or even to reveal whether General Mitchell would be named to succeed himself. Westegren Named On All-Northwest Mythical Quintet SPOKANE. Wain., March. 3. William Mulligan, who has official -d sa referee In 12 Paclfie and nortbweat conference basketball games this sea son, Coday announced his selections j for n mythical all-northwestern baa- ketlull team. Mulligan picks Hiding! of O. A C. and Ingram of Ooasag.t for tbe forward poaitlons: Urcan of Montana for center, and Weitergr.-n ot Orgon and Hale of Washington for guards. Washington," D. C. ' ))aHM LANSBERY SPRINGFIELD, March 8. (Spe cial) The resignation of Lynn Lans bery as city recorder for Springfield was presented to the. city council' in a special session last night . in -the city hall, and accepted by the council. Mr. Lansbery is resigning to tnke.nn- other position as recorder at Capps, Oregon, at a larger salary, and will take up his work there the first of next week. , No one has been appoint ed to take bis place aa yet,, it was stated by Councilman Herbert J. Cox this morning. ' .'" The council Instructed ' Simon Klovedahl, city engineer, to furnish an estimate and plans for paving south Second and south D streets to the county bridge .across the Wil lamette. The council also requested estimates on paving from Mill street to the bridge. . The regular meeting of the council will be next Monday night E Transfer of a quarter-section of land from the Westfir school district number 117 to district 76 at Oak ridge was ordered today at the meet ing of the county boundary board. This section of land ia owned by J. II. McClane and was not Intended to be incorporated into the new Westfir district recently ordered. The trans fer was simply a matter of putting It back In its former district at Oak ridge, according to H. J. Moore, coun ty superintendent ot school. The boundsry board dismissed with out prejudice the petition to transfer part of the Latham district number 25 to district 45 at Cottagt, Grove. This proposed transfer Included the Anderson-Middleton lumber company holdinga and other property. Eleventh Hour Attempt is Made For Farm Bill WASHINGTON, March 3. An eleventh hour attempt to pas.s farm lrglitation was msde In the senate to day by Senstor Howell, republican. Nebraska, in proposing the . modified McNary-lTaugen. bill aa an amendment to the naval omnlbua measure. After forcing a reading of the long bill. Senator. Howell launched Into a discussion of agricultural conditions, which ha said, had not been gir?c sufficient consideration. The bill was in xikt form Introduced ttfls session by Senator McNsry, republican, of Ore gon. ... "We find the farmer today on tbe road to peasantry," Senator Howell declared, "unless society and Its reo resentstlvM here are willing to cone to hit aid." LI j- . . i v ' i t i . 1 - I f -" 'm ' 'S VAN WINKLE'S j OPINION HOLDS ME 10 Gpvernor Fierce Active in Veto; Six Bills Fill Before His Az Cottage Grove Armory-; and Portland Hospitals are On Taboo List SALEM, Ore, March 8. Eons bill 413, the bus bill, which is being watched eagerly in all parts of the atate, ia unconstitutional, according to aa opinion received by Governor Fierce today from Attorney General Van Winkle. The bill proposed to Increase the fees ot motor buses and trucks and to apply the same regula tion to delivery vehicles operating in a radius of more than five miles from tbe establishment employing them. Defective title and text are the basis of opinion, more than one subject be ing covered by them. Governor Pierce would not say today, whether he will approve or veto the bUL Should he approve it, the act doubtless would go to tbe supreme court.. . . , SALEM, Ore., Msrch 8. )-Thd , Doernbecber memorial hospital pro ject In Portland , is knocked out by Governor Flerce'a veto today of house bill 467, which provided for. appro priations for salaries, wsges and op- -eratlng expenses of the Institution when it shall hsve been built. a The governor -also vetoed today house bill 109, which provides an ap propriation of. 1,15,000 for the atate land settlement commission to clean tip its debts and get bae'e again on an operating basis. The governor recommend that tbe commission sell one of. its model farm projects to ac quire tbe necessary fund. Veto Msessagt fllvea Belatlv to the Doernbecber hospi tal bill the governor ssys in bis veto messsgs't , ' "This bin appropriates 182,040 for salaries and wagas In connection with the Doernbecber memorial hospital ia Portland,- and (20,020 for operating expenses in connection with the Doernbecber memorlsl hospital. This hospital ia not yet constructed. I do not believe that money should be ap propriated from the general fund for the maintenance and aupport of a hospital in the city of Portland at this time." . . , , Tbe bill provided that the sums appropriated ahould not be available until tbe building for tbe hospital ahOuld have been completed and ac cepted by tbe board of regent of the t'nlveralty of Oregon. The hospital waa to b under tbe supervision of the slate university medical school. . Threaten Appropriation In bis veto message on tbe land aettlemont commission bill tbe gov ernor Intimates that be will veto ap propriation bills totsling about $MO, 000. i , ARMORY BILLS VETOED SALEM, Ore., Msrch 3. AH arm ory appropriation bills paased by the legislature were todny, vetoed by Governor Pierce aggregating J10O, UOO. These provided for tl.-e con struction of armories at Iji Grande, Cottage Grove nnd Forest Grove. Through the Item 5to privilege the governor lopped S2U,0J0 from the ap propriation for the University 'of Oregon medical school in Portland, and cut glO.UtlO from house bill 4!tl, which appropriated X.V.00O for- de struction of predatory animals. He vetoed an appropriation of $ofti for a supplementary uregon law cone, provided In bouse bill 274. The governor's veto messsge on all three of tbe armory bills are identi cal.' "Tbe appropriationa made by the 33rd legislative assembly, ssys the veto message relative to each bill, "exceed by more -than $50G,OUO the available revenuea, making it neces sary foe me to veto many appropria tion bills. This Seems to me to be a place where we ran at tbta time (Continued on pegs five)