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Newspaper Page TextV.: It is Planting Time for Trees and Shrubs and Soon it Will be Time to put in Vegetable Seeds and Flowers lilt Y'.-sl City News HOME EDITION THE WEATHER Oregon: Local rains In west , rain or now In east por ,(oi toniaht; Tuesday partly clcidy; moderata variable glads. Temperature today, nMSiaium 35 deoreaa. Maximum Sunday, 50. Precipitation today, 29 of an inch. Stage of river, 2 feet. Dlroctlon of wind, iMthweat. VOL. 68 TODAY'S NEWS TOOAS EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY EVEX1XG, MARCH 0, 1925 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY NO. 53 Sanatoria Reported Jesil-nl of Kueeno were surpris ) ,Dia mornlii! "hen tbey awoke to Spencer butie covered wun wow. the minimum temperature rded in Eujene waa only 35 de . above aero, mountain regions .round the city experienced a light uowfall during the nigiu. m ui - j niains the anow has been rtHC . ,,avy and prolonged in some aectiona. Motor visitora to McKenaie bridge tnterJay reported a lall of snow, so kt,vy in some places that tney couiu tH only a few feet ahead in their automobiles. The snow was of great . .ter content, however, and B(l,ed soon after it Btruck the ground. Th. hite cap to Spencer mute aia- ,wearcd before noon today. Soldier la Retired ' Hrinr completed 30 years in .rk Sum's service, Sergeant George i, Westtover, in the quartermaster corps of the army, and atationed in ... Philimiine Islands, visited in Eu- ,roe today in the local recruiting of fice on bis way to Seattle, wasn. up- v arrival in Seattle the soldier will be retired as master sergeant, and till receive $133 a month for the rest it hu life. Serceant Westtover ex pects to stop in Portland in the Rail way Exchange building and visit Col onel C. F. Andrews and Captain :eal B. Sirnins, officers of the recruiting invice in that city. Sergeant Westt over was a sergeant under command t rlnnel Andrews aeveral years ago. lie is traveling by automobilo from San Francisco to Seattle. Masters Lecture Canceled Kdrar Lee Masters, American poet, bo was to have given a lecture in ibe Woman's building this evening, is ill in San Francisco, and word waa received this morning that his appear ance in-Eugcne had been indefinitely mitnoned. The lecture waa being aponaored by the University of Ore- an, and the chairman of the com mittee arrange? for' the Mastera lec ture announced today ;hat later other hKKSting lecturers would likely ap- ntir. but that it is not definitely known if Mr. Mu-tcra will be nblc to ib'i in Eugene. Bonus Aid Given Annliration blanks for the soldiers' bonus r.re available at the United States Army recruiting office situated In Hie postofficc building, it is au nwinceil by the officer in charge. Vet mns of the war are aided in filling out the blanks, and the office has equipment for taking the finger prints required by the law. In addition to taking enlistments for army aervice frtlie ?ust nnd west coats, I'anamn, Hawaii, China and I'bilippincs, the otfW also tnkes enrollments for the Ciiliiris' Military Training camps. State President Here . Mrs. Certrmle Perkins, of I'ortlnnil. and Mute president of the l'nrent Tnchpr association will he in Kugene Tuesday on nn official visitation to the local brunches of the association. A tpnoral meeting bus been culled to to nM in tin- Indies' parlor of the itaititer uf commerce nt 'J oYlork Tufv,tav iifrcrnoon. All- officers ami iw-trlipra nf hv various aoliool circle, pf llit Kti?piii riirent-Teni-lier nsso- iain ie nrgoil to be )iresctit. Mrs. l'"Uns is to give nn address but her t lias not yet been (earned. Opera Singer Noted Klnrrnce Kaston., prima donna ao- frann, whn nines tomorrow night at thf Methodist cbiircli nuditoriuin, gave ' eonvinring (lcmonHtrntion of her lillty on tlie Mi.troiioiitan opera n't li"n. at loss than n day 'a no 'iee, ibe stepp"! ' 'he role of lara in "I. Amo del tre re" made Waal by the sickness nf (.'laudio Sluiio. it j, SB, on roiinWn author "f 'hat Mi.j Kaston learned this role " "' hours a remarkable feat of Slfmory ami (Cuotinued on page five) life HO USE MlT PLACE IYI Kll Amortization Losses Charged NVESTIGATDRS FILE EVIDENCE WITH SENATE Millions of Dollars in Taxes Involved in Losses, is Charge as Made Steel and Aluminum Com panies Involved; Hun dreds of Others Cited WASHINGTON", ' .March 0. A charge that the international revenue bureau tried to . "discipline" him through assessment for additional taxes because of revelations made in the senate tax investiagtion waa made today in the senate by Senator Coux ens, republican, Michigan. WASHINGTON, Man 0-OP) Evidence designed to sbow that tbe federal government hns lost millions of dollars in taxes through war amor tization allowances to the United States Steel corporation, the Alumi num Compiiny of America and hun dreds of other compnnies, is coritnin ed In official transcripts of hen rings filed with the senate by the Conzens investigating committee. Counsel and engineers for the com mittec contended that an amortization Allowance of 153,003,312 to the Uni ted States Steel corporation, was T.OL'O.OH in excess of what it Bhotild have been and that there was involved a difference of tax of $-1,-47S,,"1.J. This cae has not been clos ed, however. j Over-Allowance Shown An over-allowance of at least $0, j ."00,000 to the Aluminum Company of America "D the amurtlzDtiou total of $l."i,riSJ),fi4 was alleged by counsel j and the engineers, j A loss .if some $50,000,000 in taxes from the various copper companies nlsu was alleged because f the failure ttf the treasury department to extend I to jeiirs lit 17 and U'lS a system of ' re-v.jiintiin orrlcred recently by Sec retary Mellon. I.. ('. Mans"H. counsel for th cni linhtee aid with reference to the ; Stei-1 Citrporation case that there was (Continued on page two) WILL BE SELECTED ' beaut if icat Ion of Oregon highways, de- j clared a campaign of education amon; Kleotion or a new superintendent ! citizens of the state was first nece for the Kugene school district will i 8sry before any enseructive program probably take place at the meeting of : could be pat aerois. the bard this evening. No official an- Miss Margaret Hyatt gare a so nouncement has as yet len made as ; prnD0 solo, accompanied by Miss Km to the selection but it is understood j ther 'hurch. Next week's program thst agreement has been made that committee, as announced .will be com- , lavid John Jones, principal of the high 14-hool, will be the choice of the ! board ami tnai iw at-muKf the hh school will be filled by the ut.nf. nf P. K. Christeusen. now ihead of tbe department of history at K. II S. 1 ob plan woicn u under discussion for some time will, according to present Mirations, be ratified by the board. Painter is Found Dead at his Home " ! N. I. Adeliiart, 1145 Kleventh ' e as brought to the hospital imme ! ,vcnie e-t. was found dead at hi diately, where physicians made a hard b.m.e this morning. Heath aa ; fight to save his life, but death came, 'parent., from heart diMste. j.t 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mr Adellurt was a local painter. The funeral will be beld at Heas- nd is -.arrived by a wiUw. Mra. X. ! .ot Hill Tuesday, and interment will H Adelbart, bo is to arrive thi be iu the Pleasant Hill cemetery ai i evening tn nke arrangement for the; u ic-Wck a. rn.. Ilee. Itoaa fiuiley ' funeral. The body is at the Uranstei-j Wij be in charge of Ibe services, and ter cbapel. from wir:- aoo unceroen: j atb chapel in charge of arrange- will be msde later. jmenta. o)A I Mrs. Pierce Dies Sra ' Mrs. Walter M. Pierce. JT M HOME HT AGE QF 54 YEARS SALEMOre., March 0. OP) Mrs. Walter M. Pierce, wife of Governor Tierce, died ot the family home here Sundoy at 0 o'clock a. m. after an illneftB.of more than two years. She was 54 years,o'd. ' ' Mrs. Vierce's death had been ex pected many times since the Inaugunf tion of Gov. Iferce in Jhn., 1023, nnd her attendance at the Inaugural cere monies was the only appearance she has ever been able to make to the staie bnuee since her husband has oc cupied the executive chair. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First PrcHSytermn church of this city, with Rev. Ward Willis Long officiating. In' ferment will be in City View ceme tery. J.aura M. Pierce wn born in what (Continued on page two) A plea for citizens to aid in the csinpft'gn to prevent the destruction of roadway flowers and nhrubbery, and to aid in the repbntin of places already despoiled was sounded at to diy's meeting of the Kiwanis club by I'rnfpsnor A. H. Sweetoer. head of the botany depsrtment, University of ( treg'in. Professor Sweeter, who is a mem ber of the state commission empower ed to work a systematic phn for the pimt1 of Dean walker, larwin lornn flnj jfrry Sheppard. J he pep cmm-i- let? wm . Collina atil Alc t'orkrrlinf. 4-Year-old boy is Dead From Accident IJnfd J. Johuion. 4 r-ar old n of t- mnA Mr.. Ivan J. Johuaon nf ITrfOl, Hifd in Hi Kutfne lioipilal jeaiprdaf the ,rnult o( an arcidf nl 'at bia Imm Saliinlar cfternoon. - najmi wi,h a Pii.i,t0rk. the mu t,yjr lell Upon IU iHllliriiarut im ... a way tbat a pror J pierced bis skulL NEUNEK STEPS II US STATE'S Roseburg Man Succeeds Mr. Coke of Marshfield in His Office' Mr. Neuner Promises to be Considerate and Courte ous in Duty POllTLAXD, Ore., March 0. Geo. Neuner of Itoaeburg. today became United States district attorney for Oregon -succeeding John S. Coke, for merly of Marshfield, who resigned to enter private Isw t practice in Port land. Tbe ceremony of swearing in the new official was witnessed by a crowd of nttorneyg and others. After paying n tribute of Judge Coke, Judge Wolverton asked Dis trict Attorney Neuner if he bad any thing, to say. Praises Judge Coke. it would be presumptuous upon my part to say anything about this of ficc nnd its duties," said tbe former district' 'attorney" of Douglas ?oitnlyjl and the man who brought Dr. Itichardl Orumfield to tbe bar of justice. "I nin mindful of the duties connected with this office nnd I feel my inability to carry out tbe work as ably as judc CVikc has done. Hut I hope to have the strength to carry on with nil tlw power and earnestness that should go with t-he office. "Judge Coke did his duty well nnd I will do all in my power o be as con siderate and courtPouH as ho was. "I assure the court that I will dis charge the duties of this office ear nestly and conscientiously, and I will ever be faithful to my oath of office." J u doe Wolverton Speaks. Judge Wolverton then congratulat ed the new officer. "I feel the court will not regret that you have been placed in the high position you now occupy." JudgeWol- verton declared. "The duties are hard and very numerou. Rut I am aura you wi:i do the tak dutifully and that (he interests of jus tice will be faithfully cirried out In your hands. Just after the onth had befln admin istered and the newspaper nhot i. grsphers bad put over their 1b at ha r rage. Judge Wolverton called upm the' retiring official for a f"w remirl Senator StanfieJd Named Chairman Lands Committee ' WASHINGTON. March !. W With mst of the democrats vol preient. tbe senate today elected Se nior Htanfield, republican. Oregon, chairman pf the committee of pultV lands and aurvoys in place of Sena Ladd of North I Dakota, who waa re oul of the repuo!ican party. The vote was Stanfield ZG; I,a 13; Jones, Xeff lejico, democrat, present -7. Two democrats, Copeland, Ne York, and Wheeler, Mrmtana, vott for Ladd. while one democrat, Pruce Maryland, roted for Htanfield. B. F. Jones, Pioneer Of Lincoln, Died .XKWronT, Ore., March 0. U. V. Jonea, a pioneer of Lincoln county, well known throughout the atate, died suddenly just before noon today. He waa apparently in asual health this morning, attending to businepi at his office. Going t his home at Jl;l."i I o'clock bt dropped dead. PLEBISCITE 0ROEREO WAHHINGTON, March 0. A ple b.scite to determine the question of sovereignty over Taena-Arira waa or dered in an award beaded down today by President Coolidge in the twiitro Tersy oter the terrilor; between Chile and rerti. mm on Tl Polling Places Listed in Four Wards of Eugene; Nine Bond Issues Up Date for Balloting Will be May 15; Proposed Bonds Total $697,000 Polliug places, judges and clerks for the city election to be- held in Eu gene May 13 to vote on ?0D7,000 in bond issues, were announced by Judge (ieorge A. Uilmore, city recorder to day. The issues to be voted upon, nre as follows: $.".0,000, sower reconstruction. ' $5,000, purchase of new fire ap paratus. ?-0.0OO, street intersections. $375,000, new pipe line and water supply from McKeozie. $1,15,000, water reservoir nnd feed er mains. 10,000, enlarging fire hall. H0,0OO, street intersections.. r $2r.fXiO. municipal Incinerator; -, .ry.OUO, paving oue-hnlf of Univer sity street and Kighteeuih avenue. Polling Places Fixed. The following polling piiu.vn and of ficials nre named; First -ward, public library Martin Svarverud, 1807 Pairmount boulevard, chairman,.; (ieorge Melvin '.Miller, judg.' 177i Kutrmoiint boulevard; V. . Snodgrntft, l.M'2 Orchnrd street; Mrs. John T. Shions. l.'rfNl Orchard strei-t; Mrs. J. W. Ui Arthur, (iarden street. Second wird, the armory M. I. Alitchell, chiirinan, O.'O Penil street; A. II. Hinltnn, judge. UT'J Svrniii avenue enst.Mrs. A. II. Hinksnn, .Seventh aveme east; Mrs. ('. It. Loom!, 'J7i! Seventh avenue east; Mrs. K. V. (Mlaway, Kighth ave nue east. ; Third wart, Hnmpt-n buildina, Sixth avenue nid Willnmette alreet (Continutl on page five) RGE Fines totaling $100 were passed; out today by Judce Harold J. Wells j to four men arretted Sunday rhorgwl ! with killing two !awn in the lower Wolf creek distrht. The four arc Alick MIja, Avery lleisen, Kred Greg ory and Ira Itoleii, I.ilja and Heisen paiil their $HM at em-e and tbe oth ers late this afternoon bad not yet paid. The men are residents of the Crow-Notf district. The fawns were about nine months old, according to Jtodney Uoach, de puty state game warded, who with two other deputies made the arrests. This is the second case of ibe killing of fawns since the close of the deer "eaton and tbe game warden states that action again t these rtolators f the game laws will be drastic. )rainage District Assessment Made Reports of the commUnioner on . d image anseonnienfs and benefits1 ibe J. I. Co i drainage district have ' n filed by the roupty court after T'-vil of damages amounting to ( and benefit aaessmeiita of $.V M.V. This la f irwc tirainaite it-i to he organized in I .an roiiuty wos formed last August to pro- means of draining an ares ad-J t to tbe !ing Tom neur June-. 'ily by rutting a d't-h across a beldi the alough. More than 'My PTriy ownra are Included In ttu d't organisation. Fight on Baby Bride' Laws is Opened Above la aketch of Marie Zello, 667,000 Children Wedded In America; 24 of Slates Allow Girls of 12 to Marry NKW YOHK. March .-More that. two-thirds of a in it linn persons living in the I'nited Slates today have been child brides who were less Iban ,10 years of age when they married or have been married to brides under that age; the great majority nf these, contrary to popular belief, are native white of native parentage. These are a few of the many startling facts re vealed in an extended stildy of child marriages, a preliminary report on which was made here by the Russell Hage foundation. , This situation is due in large meas ure to two causes, says the report: The fact that many sta(en require no better evidence of age than the affidavit of one of the candidates ftr a marriage license and that the legal minimum marriageable age Is still only VJ jeara for girls and 14 yeBrs for boys in Nw York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, I.ouisaun, Virginia, Florida, Maryland, Ithode If-land, Tennessee, t.'olurhdo, Idaho, Mai no and Mississippi. Hy AI-KXANOEU IIKKMAN INK A Hcrviee Writer) NF,W YOHK, March 0. Twelve- Thousand Turned Away From Game HAM'.M. "re., March U. More than a tbousncd people had been re fused' tl'kets to tonight's Oregon O. A. C. banket bnll clash by 11 o'llock today. The Willamette gymnasium, where ',ht game is to be flayed, has a capacity of (HOO, The game is the final one of the three game series between tbe two nhool t-i decide tbe champloi,h:p of the northern section of the I'acif.c coast conference. The 1'niversiiy of (reg-m aiiad composed of I I men and Hilly iteiti hart, coS'b, arrived in ISslem at noon today. The O. A. C. s.juad M fi Iec.ed to arrive early this afternoon. THEFT ACT VALID WAHINMJTON. 'March 0,-Tbe national motor vehicle theft act was declared taltd and constitution!.! to day by the supreme court. The court alto heid that in sevking convictions under the act it was not necestary to prove tbat tht perron prosecuted knew he bad rm into the poshes siou of atvlea motor car. and below (Instt) la George A. Hall l year-old children nre being legally married In the Kmpirc State of New I York. And ns long n their panuilw I consent to these matches, no power con stop them. Similar situations exist in 13 other alntcs, (no, 1 As a consequence, horrible chapters are being written into the record bonks of sorrow of the several courts nnd relief organizations that nre try ing to ubat? Ihij growing menace by legislative ncllort. They are records that tell of A girl of 11 years married by a jlistlce of the . pence to a man of L,l. At the age of 1W Ibe giil was left a widow with five dependent children. , A feeble-minded child of 11! allowed to wed a man of 4(1. The child-niolh-er is now In a slato inMtilulion. A J--.vpar-old Chinese girl sold by her fostcr-inntber for $7t0 to an old Chinaman. After several jiisticea re filled to perform the marriage, a mhi inter did. A girL 11, beaten and (rented as a drudge by her stfpniuther, forced into marrjing a 17-ycar-idd boy to (Continued on page two) Second Cousin of Former Kaiser Dies DilKMJLCX, Germany, March 0.-' Vrwv Kricderi.h Wilhrlm j Trussin, second cousin of the form.'r 1 t kaiser, died in a sanitarium at Wei. I ! serhlicli today. He was tiie youngt soil nf Trince AJbrecht, regent ,f llririimvbk and was ATt years old. In Jltll), he married 1'ilncess Agi (hit of Katibor, one uf the beauties of (be Putsdirn rujrt, who with four dsughterv, surviven him. Swisshome Woman Dies at Hospital Mrs. Kstclla N. !snn of HwisHliomt died at the l'a'ific t bristisn hospital yesterday after a long illriea. She is siirviveJ by a w.duwer, Os car Olson. The body is being thipped by Itrnnsteiter's chapel to Hwlufhome tomorrow for Interment, BABY GIRL DIES Caroline, the oue-moinh-old daugh ter of Mr. and .Mrs. Albert Hirnen of Miirr..!a, ,(!,.,( Bl (lpjr Him(1 ,ay. Ilurisl will be at .arroia tomorrow, ami Ilranstetter'a chapel of Kugeue baa charge of arrangcmenla. RINGS BITTEN Fwras in HOLD-UPS Woman Beaten When She Refuses to Reveal Where Her Jewels Are Door to Apartment Chopped Down to Provide Entrance For Robbers NEW 10HK, March 0.i-G4 Tlirro masked men broke into the stu dio apartment of .Mrs. Kay I'erkins in Meat Mill atrret earlr today an 1 ta mped with jewelry valued at $50,000 after heating .Mr. I'erkina ami bind In nud gnuKiiyt her escort, Hilton Auuui, runny cotton brokar. The robbera chopped down tha doora of tha apartment in making their entrance. They are believed by tlio police to have been members of the same gang that robbed the apart ments of several women well known on Ilroadway, including Louise Ijiw son and Dorothy Kcnitan, who were murdered. Beaten With Guna After choklug Mra. I'erkins and hit. ing rings from her fingers, and taking brncrlcta and necklace from her, the robbera heat her with revolrer butts until she revealed the location of nil her Jewelry. , . Mra. I'erkins waa a frequenter of Hroailway. cabarets, aa wore the vic tims in the other apartment robber lea. She li separated from her hus band, Ilenjnmln I'erkins, who la the wealthy proprlolot of a cafe. Torture Throatencil Tha bandits prepared to , totirture Mrs. Perkins by fire when she refus ed to lell where the Jewelry was hid den, nil o lold the police. Due robber struck a inalih and then a confed erate knocked her lo the flour with a kick. All three then went to a dress ing table and emptied a jewel casket. The mbbera then placed a pillow over Mrs. Perkins' face and cacujied. The woman's clothing was torn to shred, ami her face and head were coereil with, blood wliro pv.!,ce ar rived. SAFE IS CRACKED SKATTI.i:, Wash., .M.1r. h .Jeir. elry valued at more than ftO.noo wns stnli'ii by luirglui'H who hint, light cl-acked the safe in the office uf tbe Mlnrk Manufacturing company in tl-ia (t 'oiitluueil on page eight) Oedii-ation of K.uene's new F KMHI C'ligri'gition.il clmn-li nt Thirteenth avenue and Kerry trertn. took place Hmidsy nt three services in the iifw buiblliig, Tlie build ug nus packed for nil mi'i'tiug, and it is estimated tint more thiin 1 .") visitors inspected tlie chutch during (he day. Tomorrow afternoon all Kugena 'rlenth of the church are Uivied to the Ofipu bouse ruin .3 in 5 o'clock ia the afternoon, and to the reception for Hev. nnd Mra. Kred J. Clark from S to li:.'!( o'clock in the evening. New Mambership Added. At yesterday morning's ervic 75 new memUcrs were received into the o'jurch, and baptismal services wero beld. A Veil solo by Miss I.urn Tenli uer and vrK.nl solo by Miss (lertnula Porter, Portland, were music feat urea and Hev. Kred .1. Hark spoke on "The Odor of tbe Ointment." K collection of Lr. and Mrs. Tli nin j Condon, founders uf tha churi'h in the Si)', und for whom Con don chapel Is dedicated, were interest ing tratures of short tutka at the aft ernoon nMembl. A. K. Wheeler, one of the charter members of the chur.'h with lr. Condon, told of the church'a early history and of events leading tt to the Whitunta maaMicre, wh'uli broiiflit Or. Condon to Kugene. Professor F. S. Ibinn recalled lit, i ,,, . . , j (Continued ou pnge two) ,il mm II, v ::'f -.. . Yil "l (I !