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Newspaper Page TextI City News THE WEATHER OREGON: General fair to ,,.hi Saturday; frosts la tM interior; temperature to w minimum, 32 deurees. Max ,,,'n, Thursday, 57. Prclplta tt, today, .17 of an Inch. Stag. ,, river, 3.S feet. Dlr.otlon of wind, north. t I VOL. 68 TODAI'S NEWS TODAI EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1925 TODAY'S NEWS TOIUY NO. 51 WM1IV 0) r nil . . 1. rttn ' ' Motorit ev . ...imn methods are used by a . ,,mher of motoriata to evade rt for parking their automobilea ".. ,ording to Joha Macey, cap Vef police. Mr. Macey has tagged mtf 60 autos in me iaai lew u:ij. ITSrt be cbecks on a c" he IMrk the tire w - 5 from the street curbing to conr ith the line on the curb. About hour and 11 minuteo later he smt, back. If the wheel naa not aored, Mr. Macey proceeda to affix ,1, tag. Some drivers, aeeing their ar so marked, move It up a few ((et which saves them a call on juagi George A. GCmore. Others bnitnly resell down and wipe out tit cbalk murk on both (be tire and urb. "Some day I'll cntch a man do- Uf toi." says Mr. Macey. "Ana wneu I do, he'" et ,he limit- EvalineT th I., ihii war merits a heavier sen- met thsn the customary $2 fine. It till be an amount to nuke the driver Ml a little before he doea it again. Pippy Trials Doubtful Possibility that the spring puppy ,-.i. .t for Aoril 3 to 5 in Lebanon si; be called off, is expressed in a letter received today by W. K. Wal hte, president of the Oregon Field Trills club from C. S. Whitmore, edi- nf Snortsmnn and 1 ancier ol Portland. Lebanon people feel the iitei let for the trials nre too late, nyi Mr. Whitmore, and they suggest lilt local dog fanciers eltner run Ihtir animals at Centralin, Washing ton, March 24 and 25, or call off the triili sltocether. Mr. Wallace agrees lilh Mr. Whitmore that it ia to the belt interests of the Oregon club to hold the spring trial in this atote as pUnned, even though a large entry is t ined no. Eugene men and others iho ire having .puppies trained for the spring events would not only tnke I Urjer interest in the fall trials to be held in Eugene, but alao would be keeping the contest in Oregon. Mr. Whitmore will be In Eugene Monday to talk over plans with local' sports men. - , Beggar Lands In Jail It wisn't because John ,F. Wllkitrs ni "psmlhandling" pedestrians for the price of a meal thnt landed him in lie city lail last night even though Alt oftense in itself is punishable un der the city's vngarnnt ordinance. The Mndicant, when' refused, unloosed rarh a torrent of profanity upon the porson who turned him down that hi lotions soon were Teported to the light police. The patrolmen pounced upon the offender nnd locked him in iSo city jail Inst night. He was to be liven a hearing before Judge George A. Gilmore in municipal court this iftornoon. Southern PacKlo Men Here John M. Scott, assistnnt passenger traffic manager of the Southern Pa rifie lines; J. II. Mulchny, assistant freight-traffic manager, and C. W. linger, assistant general passenger rent, were in Eugene yesterday from rortland. They had made a visit to George Kelly's lumber camp at West-fir- L L. Graham, district freight lad passenger ngent of the lines, vlioie headquarters is here,, showed 'n about the city. They left for Portland last night. TH Motorists Fined Three more tr&ffii. vir.lntnes. dtieht 'be Set laid bv Kneme nnlire Hie !"it lew evenings, paid fines in Judge "'ge A. Gilmore's court. Those who aentenced to Pny $2 each were "J SWuefer and J. C. Price for J""! overtime, and O. J. Celorie, " Parking wiihout lights. . Tl Stolen - 4 quality of tools hnnlts .ml othor '""lea were arnlon f.- .. ..,,..,. J. A. K.nser. of Junction City it was parked on Eighth avenue (Continued on pagi five) loffndthe WantAdPades BIGPRDPERTY TRANSACTIONS ARE GIVEN OUT W. E. Powell Purchases Matlock Building at 8th And Willamette A. R. Tiffany Buys Property On Willamette Street, Is Announcement Two large downtown deals In real ty, comprising the largest total tran sactions here in many months, were announced today with the purchase by W. E. 1'owell of the Matlock build ing on the southwest corner of Eighth avenue and Willamette street and the purchase by A. H. Tiffany of the building on the enat side of Willam ette street between Eighth and Ninth avenues now occupied by the Luckey Jewelry company and the Marx dye works. ThiB building was owned by W. It. Wallace. The deal for the Matlock block Which is now being closed, according to information late this afternoon, was hnndled by Dennie J. Koupal, lo cal realtor, and ia said to be a tran saction through A. H. Tiffany who it was announced last night- had pur chased the block from the Commerce (Continued on page, two) After conferring with the Eugene school board yesterday Charles A. Howard, superintendent of schools at Marolifield, announce! that he was not a candidate for superintendent of thA, Eugene district although this was discussed with th board here. Mr. Howard is well situated at his present position at MarBhfield and he came here at the request of the Eu gene bonrd for a conference on the possibility .of him accepting the posi tion here, hut tit no time was be an applicant, he states. ' It is expected that at the next moot 'ne of the school board scheduled for Monthly evening that final selec lion of a superintendent for the com ing year will be made. L'noffieial re porta bare it that David Jobn Jones, principal of the Eugene high school will be chosen and that there hase been no change as yet in the program said to have tentatively agreed upon some time ago. Muritic Acid is Taken for Liquor By Stage Driver BEND. Ore., Mtrcb 6. Mistaking a bottle of mmmerclal muritic acid for a b-ttle of liquor, George Stanley r H.nil took a aood big swallow be fore discovering his error. .While still alive this morning little hope for bis recovery Is held out by attending phy sicians. ' The acid was part of a soldering outfit conaigned to Bend from Cres rent and being carried on the stage according to the driver, A. II. Davis. The accident happened about 18 miks from Bend but because of bad roads It was more than an hour and a half before the man was brought to Bend for m'dical attention. Stanley, driving a ar fir the Cen tral Oregon Stage company, overtook P.ivi. who waa also driving a car for the etage company coming toward Hend. Stanley informed Daris that t:. were loose. While Davis w filing the chains, Stanley spied the bottle of aca wnu i.t outfit In a box In the Davis ear. He had taken a good big swallow before Davis noticed what he waa do- Ing . J. E. Freela brought Stanley bsc arriving here about 1.30 this j ; to town, morning. Htanl", whose homi Is In Bend, has a wife n child living here. He , 1. ..... M WORLD'S RICHEST WOMAN RESTS Mrs. James P. Donahue and Har Husband Stroll on Boardwalk at Palm Beach, Where They are Wlnterlna Here are Mr. and Mra. James P. Donahue, strolling on the boardwalk at Palm Beach, Fla. Mra. Donahue la. known aa the world's richest woman. She waa formerly Miss Woolworth. Flashed across the United States over the American Telephone and Telegraph company and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company Kystems in seven minutes time, from Washington, I). C. to San Francisco, and rushed from there to Eugene on the Shasta limited, photographs of the presidential Inauguration reached Manager John I. Bland of the Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph com pany here late last night. The actual photographs of the inaugural event reached here a little more than 20 hours after they were taken. The feat marked a record In the transmission of photographs, and pointed the way to a new era in the field. The system is a development of the engineers of the American Telephone and Telegraph company and the Bell Telephone and Telegraph LaborotorieB, Inc. METHOD EXPLAINED By NEA Service SAN FRANCISCO, March 6. Pictures by telephone! Coming across the continent al most as fast as one can talk over the wires, pictures of President Cool idge'a iuauguration were received in San Francisco but a few minutes aft er he had actually U-ien the oath of office. Transmission of the pictures them selves wss sccompliehed in just ser en minutes! The pictures, which sre not outline sffaira or at all experi mental in their appearance, ran hardly be distinguished from a full-half tone picture, or of a snap-shot which any person might take with their Own camera. The invention is "simple," say the inventors, eiperli of the Bell Tele- (Continued on page aix) William Burgess Wishes to Retire WASHINGTON. March 6. With one cbsoge in the long deadlocked tar iff commission practically effected through the nomination of Alfred I. Dennis of Msrylaod, to succeed Darid J. Lewis of th same state, another was indicated today when It became known that William Burgess of Iena tylrania, had sdvisH President Cool idle that be wished to retire. 0 KILLED AT CAMP Struck by a disk flying off a don key engine, Robert Crumley of Lins law was fatally Injured this morning at 10:30 o'clock, and died a abort time later. The piece of iron hit him with such forco that It entered hia body. The accident occurred at the log ging operations of the Crown Tim ber company on the Coos Bay branch of the Southern Pacific company, 3fl miles from F.ugcno. Workmen tele phoned the district office of the rail road In Eugene and Dr. George P. Winchetl started for the camp on a speeder a short time later. The vic tim died before the doctor reached the camp. Details of the accident, other than It w-as unavoidable, were not avail able. Mr. Crumley leaves two grown children, it waa learned. Dr. Wln chell returned to Kugene this after noon. Tariff Commission Member is Named WASHINGTON, March 6. Alfred P. Dennis of Maryland, was nomi nated today by I'retiidcnt Coolidge to succeed Iarid J. Lewis, also of Mary land, as a member of the tariff coro m : union. Like Mr. Lewis, Mr, Dennis is a din'crat. The former hm been one j of the storm centers In the row that baa kept the tariff cominlasjon dead locked for months. Re-Organization , Of Senate Starts WASHINGTON, March 6. B With the support f the senators they bse resd out of the party councils, the republicans proceeded today to the reorganization of the new senate. Senator Moses of New Hampshire wni elected president iro tempore, 1W to 50 over Senator 1'ittman, democrat, of Nevada, the' choice of the demo cratic conference. BIX ARE KILLED WIIJ.IA.VHPOHT. Ind.. March fl. Mrs. Fred llvdine, 2S, and four smsll children of this place, slid Miss Clara llnrd, 21, Marysville, Ohio, were kill ed tixlay when Ilieir automobile was trti k by s freight, tram hers. PLANES CRASH IAT Both Pilots Land Safely in Parachutes aa Burning i Ships Plunge V Planes are Locked Wing in Wing as two men Leap ' - ' To Safety . .' SAN ANTONIO. Texas, March 6. When two Kelley field plnnea collid ed In mid-air at an elevation of about 4,000 feet today, both pilots jumped from the wrecked machlnea In para chutes landing safety soon after the burning planes, locked wing In wing, crashed v ' - Second Lieutenant C. P.' McAllis ter and Cadet Charlea A. Undberg of the advanced achool of Klley field, were th pilots of the planes. With the exception of a few miinr scratch es, neither man was hurt. This Is the first time. In history that two pilots have leaped from dif ferent sh'ps following a ccllislon nnd landed without fatal injuries. . Under the command of First Lieu tenant T. Hindi burn, a group of ad vanced studtots flying in airship pur suit formatifinwere. practicing attack work on a Dli-4-li plane drlvclT by Lieutenant. It. L. MauKhau. . Klamath Falls is Snow Covered to Four-Inch Depth KLAMATH FALLS. Ore, March fl. Klamath Falls was covered with snow today aa n result of a brisk snow storm which followed a heavy rain last night. Within the city the snow covered a depth of about four inches, nnd was even heavier in the surround ing hills. SNOW AT BEND BEND, Ore., March ft. Following more than two weeks of balmy wca titer, the temperature dropped late yesterday afternoon and a light snow fell early In the evening. While the now bad melted on the pavements down town this morning. It showed no signa of entirely disappearing else where and a cold wind was blowing. Former Secretary Fall Subpoenaed EL l'AHO, Texns, Msrrh fl. For mer Secretary of the Interior A. B. Fall, was served today with a sub poena to appear as a witness in the Teapot Dome oil lease cancellation suit by United Hlales Peputjr Mar shal N. F. Work, It Is understood Mr. Fall will l?ave within the next 12 hours for Cheyenne, where the suit opens Mondur. 0. S. Fletcher to Speak at Meetings Two additional meetings have been, planned by O. H. Fletcher, Mne coun ty agricultural agent, next week, ac cording to announcement trday. Mr. Fletcher will apeak before a meeting of the Pomona grange tn be held st Coburg Friday erening next week and will speak at s seanion of tne Farm ers' union at Vlila the following eve ning. Mr. Fletcher states that he plans tn hold meetings each week until he has covered all districts of the coun ty, met Ih farmers, sod nted at first nand some of their problems anj ' discussed their Interests. Added Postal pay Coming March 14 WASHINGTON. March 6. Postal employes throughout the roto'ry will re"eiv in their pay envelope March 14 an additional check covering the increased pay voted tiiem in the new postal pay aul rate bill. The pay In crease was retroactive to January 1. AV SLAP JAMES FECHET ILL Announcement of Selection Is Made by Secretary Weeks Today Nomination j-fl Sent to Sen ate by President at Morning Session WASHINGTON, March 0. UP1) Selection of Colonel James E. Fechet to be assistant chief of the army air service, to succeed Brlgndier General William Mjtchell, was announced to day by Secretary Weeks. General Mitchell's terra as assistant chief will expire April 27, when Colonel Fechet will assume the duties and the rank of Brigadier-General, General Mitch ell reverting to his own rank of colon el. Colonel Fechet was born in Tex as 'August 21. 1877, and enlisted ns a private in the sixth cavalry during the war with Spain, April IS, 1808. He became a second lieutenant in 1000 and has passed through the oth er grades to bis present rank In the regular army. Saw Aotlve Service , He participated In the Santiago campaign and was wounded at : tho OritVnuciW' flifte tttt'ee)' UNEMPLOYMENT .OFFICE IS ACTIVE Employment situation in Eugene la rapidly improving, It was announced todny by F. L. Armitnge, supcr!nteo dent of the 1'ulted Slates employ ment office, who compiled his report for the week. It showed a total of 82 persons who were pluced In posi tions through the office. Of this num ber, 72 were men and 10 women. Jast week Ctl men were sent out on Jobs, and IH women. If the weather continues good there will be an In creasing demand, says Mr. Armitngc. The bulk of the work Is for construc tion work In Eugene and f"r farm help nesr the city. Neorly all appli cations for woment are for domestic work. Of the 10 women employed last week, seven were for house workers and three for housekeepers. Classification of the men employed is as follows: Fsrm workers, 12; carpenters, 2; casual workers, 1.1; common laljore.-st 11; kitchen workers, 2; skilled la iKiters, 2; mill snd logging conip hands, 20; blacksmith, 1; machinist, 1; watohman, 1. Total 72. General Pershing Is Still Quite ill HAVANA, March 0. General John J. Pershing, taken 111 here last Tues day, after he arrived from Santiago de Cuba, was still in bed early today snd was n ! expected to arise until tomorrow, when he Is expected to visit President Zayaa. On the physician's advice the num ber of vliHors to the general was cut down yesterday. It was announced that llihi was more ns s precaution than a necessity. Two Bond Issues Defeated at Bend IIF.NI', Ore., March fl.- Two bond issues $4O,iki0 for additional fire equipment snd $15,"0 for the con struction of new city Jail were de feated at a special election held in Bend yesterday. The largest vote ever polled In special election was cast on the Is sues which hare been the object for ' s strong fight for several weeks. The total rote cast was 1(173, the i Jell bonds losing by Tote of 220 to 1 l-l.'!7 and the fire equipment lusin by a vote of 200 to 1 104. SUCCEED MITCHELL 51 Receipts Gain 14.3 Per Cent at Postoffice Foito.1 receipts nt tlis Eugene post office for the month of February weri' 14.3 per cent above the totals for the month of February t&st year, Accord ing to announcement todny of Darwin E. Yornn, postmaster. The receipts for Inst month were $(1,301.87 for the 28 days and the receipts for Febru ary, 1024, for month of 20 days were $8,303.38. This represents a sub stantial Increase and shows the stcady rlse In business transacted st the postoffice which also reflects the prosperous conditions prevailing here as whole, the postmaster states. Mr. Vornn points out that the in crease last month over February of the previous year wos $1,107.09 while the Increaao nt the Portland office was bout $200 less than this. "In dollars and cents we Increased more than the bigg-eat postoffice In tho state,' the local postmaster proud'.y reports. The increase In postal receipts for last January here waa 11.0 over Jan uary of 1024, Mr. Toran said. it DIVORCE DECREE XKW YOItK, March 0. OP) Su preme Court Justice Dike of ltrook lyn, who on Wedursrtny fcranlod Mrt. Evelyn Nnegle I'orker on "Enoch Ac den" decree of divorce from Dr. Her. acbel C I'nrker, explorer nnd former Columbia university professor snid todny that the presence of Dr. I'nr ker in l'ortlnnd, Ore., would not af fect the decree. Jmiice Dike said he believed Mrs. I'nrker could have the decree set aside if she wished, but that Dr. 1'ar- ker could lake no such action. "His wife nnd two childreu are In need of his support," aald Justice Dike, "and I hope that some way may be found to get It for them." Mrs. I'nrker's lawyer said that she would not seek to have the decree annulled. "Hut If this I, Professor Tarker," added Hit 'attorney, "I will seek to have hhn Indicted for abandonment. Five years ago lie was ordered by the court to pay his wife $100 n week separation allowance. He has not (Continued on page six) Warren Nomination Is Again Reported WASHINGTON, March 0. A sec ond favorable report on the nomina tion of Charles II. Warren of Michi gan to he atturney general, was or dered today by the senate Judiciary committee. At the same time senate republi cans In conference vote 28 to 11 against consideration of the nomina tion in open session of the senate. An effort to get the nom' nation up In executive session later failed and cons deration of It ent over until to morrow. Writ of Error is Asked for Forbes CHICAGO, March fl. C41) Appli cation for a writ of error on behalf of Colonel Charles It. Forbes, former bead of the United States veterans" bureau, recently found guilty with John W. Thompson of conspiracy, waa filed in federal court today. Forbes' counsel seeks to appeal the case to the United States circuit court of appeals. Mr. Brundage Talks Over Bank's Plans PORTLAND, Ore., March fl. n. n ll,i,n,Ua rit.liiee of tha ttnnit nt Comn.efce of Eugene, waa eoo'erring with bsnkers here today on plans fur a new building for the bank, K1 AFTER PIERCE E Two Important Amendments Made by Senate are Then Omitted Measure is One of Most Im. portant Passed by the Legislature SAI.EM. Ore., Mnrch 0. Hons bill 401, Itepresentatirc Herbert Gor don's mutual savings bank bill, ns signed by tho governor is not in tho amended form, that the leuislalurs Intended to psbs. Two Important amendments made by the senate and which were agreed upon by a confer ence committee of the two houses wcro left out of the enrolled bill, ap parently through error of the house enrolled bills committee. The question Is whether, sinro tho measure has been signed by the governor, anyone has authority to have it re-enrolled la amended form. First Form Given In scrilon S of the printed hill is a sentence relntiug to agreements be tween mutual bank incorporators and tho state superintendent of bunks,, which in the original bill rend; "Such agreement or undertaking shall fig tho mnxlmum liability assumed there-, by, which sliull be a rcnsunnblt ' amoiriit approved by the superintend ent of banks nnd the same shall be scoured to his satisfaction, which curlty In his discretion may be by a surety bond executed by a diimcslio or foreign corporation authorised to transact, with n this stele, the busi ness of surety." This sentence ns amended rend: "Hindi agreement ur undertaking rlmll fix the liability of the incorporators Jointly and severally fur such reason able amount as may be approved or determined by the superintendent of banks, and In addition to the under taking of the incorporators Joiutly and severally, the superintendent of banks may require a surety bond ex ecuted by a domestic or foreign cor poration nulhorixed to transact, with in tli s stnte, the btisinesM of silrelj.' Sentence is Stricken The second sentence after the above was strickeu out by amendment, but In the bill as signed by the governor remains In the measure. It rend.: "Such agreement or undertaking and such security need not be made of furnished unless the superintendent of banks shall require the same." The errors hm considered particu larly serious since the mutual bank ing bill is one of the most Important acts passed by the legislature, anil by some members was considered the most important. Motion to Quash Summons Granted In Uartman Case MEUFOItD, Ore., March 6,-Ths motion to quash service of summons in the damage suit of the llartman Syndicate, of Ashland, aguln't Oswald West, former governor of Oregon, and George lllack, members of Gov ernor Pierre's slock sale investiga tion commit lee, was granted in a de cision filed Thursday evening by Cir cuit Judge C. M. Thomas of Jackson county, and the syndicate is granted the usual ten days for furl her legal action. The Hartman Syndicate sued for $2(KI.(KX) damages anil JjH.(XH) special damages, against each of the defend ants, on the grounds (hat the report of the committee, relative to their op erations was damag.ng to "their good name, reputation and business." The motion of the defruae Is grant ed on the grounds that service of summous in a civil action must be , msde in the county In which the suit I . i j i' " of the summons Is the sctlon, made by the sheriff of Multnuuiala county, is null. i FOUND ! 1 ' M It if-- !:' ! !:: it -y I U -sit -i . a 2 .,--,.- -i