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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.
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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,
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