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THE WEATHER
rt,.flO0: unsettled- rain la
Li-th and wwt portions to-
flht nd Sunday. 8Hahtry
......- tonloht: strong touth-
trty winds, possibly reaching
all force on the coast. Tern
ptritnre today, minimum, 34
...r-M. Maximum Friday, 54.
VOL. 68
TWO SECTIONS
EUGENE. OREGON, .SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH .14, 1925 EIGHTEEN PAGES
NO. 58
If precipitation today, none.
1 1 stifle or nver, ibi. uin-e-
E .t tnuthe.as.t.
an
ties 01 '
ki.ta Announced
T .... ,.,Ill,..t "1 n In hi
u
K" sung by o cuorua ot mote
i 100 grade children from Eugene
t,li will be presented some time
8t a public performance, it is
. t.tif lv Mica T.Annti Mora.
yi cit supervisor of school music.
r ebildrtn chorus is meeting each
Hurday nwrning wnn a largo anu
uiiastic atti'itdaoce she reports,
chorus assembles at the Junior
- ichol SMiuday luoruing at 1)
K-t Miss Marsters is director of
IL cborus. and is assisted by Misa
llubelb Nelsuu ot the university,
Kj Mis- Juuoita Wolff, piano accom-
ii.:it. tourus ouis'i't i" oulu u iuic
-upUau imiovatiuu iu scluol music,
turding tu Miw Marsters. Membeis
' the cirrus, however, are picked
fully ULTordiiitf to tUcir ability to
aj music und the qua. ity of their
cis. From the jut crest uud eulhii
t,,ui uwida.vi'd ut relieurfulu thus
r, the Camilla, when presented, wiil
,e a plea si nt surprise to bt-boul
.irons, the director believe.
ijionnalres Leave
Approximately 3U members of the
Lne couuty post, American legion.
L to l"ae this afteruoon at 5
iA-l from the chamber of cum
rte for t'orvnllis, whore they will
end the big district convention iu
jtcitj. The loeul delegation is be;id-
bt Keiiuetli Aides, commander of
pt. und George K. Love, past
amainW uud Mute head of the 40
J S society. The drum uud bugle
rys will u-t play at the meeting,
Mr. Lute ntiii'Jiiutu-s, although sev-
jl members of the organization arc
:og hs de.rgatps. The district eou
ie i Icing attended by the state
tors of tiie legion, and is called lor
exchanging of ideas aud tiiillning
Ii'ilii-icH for the eutiuing year. The
pic ustngm't. to me raigeue group i
Huff to (Jain Membership.' A ban-
ift will be hold this evening, and
it of tin) local delegates exuect to
turu liuine following the evening
Hon,
Maty. Attend Meetlna . , .
Siity-fivi' or nmre member of the
It. C. Needle club gathered at
armory fur their regular meet-
tin week. Following u bu sinew
fi'tiiiR a proeram was given in ob-
"rvanre of Washington's bn tliduy,
Mi-Kitiley's birthday und Kt. l'alriek's
iijr. .Miss Kva Chariot gave novr
i danccH as a feature for the aftcr
:'D. In keeping with St. 1 'at rick's
ii; tlie ronm.H we're decorated iu
mrock, ami h.vachiths in . pink,
!iitt, end red colors. The commit
i"( in rlinrge fr the afternoon wore
W cujw and aprons. Members of
w ("iHinittee were Mrs. IClizabeth
lMicti. cliairiiuin; Mr.1?, l.oitie Hum
;'tr"j. Mrs. Laura Morris, Mrs Min
' ii' 'mmkIihiw. Mi-f. Mabel lilitck, Mrs.
M.lluh.ni, .Mrs. Kdith Stage, Mrs. l.il
:.. lltiueN liutNun, Mvi. K. Churlet,
Mi. Kimua I.rtwr.v, Mrs. M. tliJ
t. Mr i.. rimebo Kortney. The or
nti.ni w ill meet again tm the
'''"lid 'riiiit-dr iu April.
WiMpierado Pl.innrd
SI'-ii.hcr of l.ugcue 1 ' nit No. X
I'friian l.ri,.n auxiliary ntul t'l.f
''Th';tn l.i-sii'ii post are busy plun-
r-t f'-r n iiia-tiiermle dancing parly
i- k pivm nt the chamber of com-
tt rm. iti h Wednesday evening,
Mmli is. it , given at tight
'''"I;. All the hidies attending are
i t brine sandwiches. The coin
in cb:iri:e consists of Mr. ami
'rv Wnlln.e N Wintler. Mr. and
n. tVdrie Wallace. Mr. and Mrs.
M. I rev, Mr. mid Mrs. Frank
IVniirlt.
e Frem Tillamook ,
M..-, Vfimtt Karnhmn. Ernriual of
I oner-iiv of Oreson with the
cil1' f I'-'-l. b n visitor in Eugene
Hie neck-end. Miss Farnham
tmw n the utaff of the Tillamook
(' ntitnteo1 on page fire)
OCciMrtSYOU
'Hal just "What ijou
qpiriq IP need
Wheth&r a-
Cheated Chair,
j l OPFLRtD IN
-VANT'AD
.. ffi S5;.. s m m si ss a - a
Lakeside Hotel Owner Shot
M finPRHIMTFni
1 1 u 1 1 u u 1 1 mil I lu
B! DOCTOR 10
tMm BODY
Premature Explosion of
Dynamite Proves Fatal
To Salem Rancher
Short Fuses Used: Defec
tive Fuse Believed Cause
Of Fatal Blast
MAliSlirii:U. Ore., March J i.
Kay Howron, about o! years old, well
known Lakeside business man and
proprietor of the Lakc&ide hotel, was
shot through the heart early today
and died ?n route to North lloml
aboard a Southern I'acific train. First
reports stated that . Itowrou killed
himself, but according to a hurried
examination by Dr. 1'hil Keiser, cor
oner, no powuer signs wero lound on
his clothing, liowrou had evidently
been cleiining the lobby of hltt hotel
when tin? tragery oceumd. liowrou
wan the son of a pioneer family qf
the I.ufcrsdc country. He U surviv
ed by his widow nud several step-children.
FRED SWART2 KILLED
KAI.F.M, Ore., March ll. Fred
Sw:tru. rancher, 4S years old, was
killed at his ranch Ml miles south of
hero on the Pacific highway this
morning, by a premature explosion
of dynamite which he was using in
blowing stumps. His stump blowing
operations was vithin a few feet of
the heavily traveled highway. Swart z I
was using fuses -jot over six inches'
in lengih. so he coutd touch them off I
when theHichwav wus clear of car,
and secure a'ntpd explosion. Investi
gating officers believe a defective
fuse caused au ulumst instantaneous
; explosion, killing him before he could
gel a;iy.
Inquest Planned
Carson -luted r
I tiNtr i Attorney
the, county match
$5(H raised by residents of the upper
Camp Creek road district for im
provement of that route were made
lo the county court today. Last year
this district raised ?-."0 foe ruad im
provement 'purposes with the promise
of a similar mnnuut to be given by
the county. No action I'as yet been
taken by the county court on the re
.Hirst this year.
"Several districts of the county are ,
willing In donate, money lor road
purposes if the county will nmth i
these contributions, sm i. union
Hurd, county commiisioncr. today.
Between $StKM) and $HU00 could be
raised this way if funds f the coun
ty were available, the commissioner
pointed out.
ltraldents of the IarMy valley
area also arc willing to rai-e road
funds. One property offered to put
in fJOO if arrangements could be
made with the county to match these
funds, Mr. Hard said.
Outlook is for
j Continued on page two) j
BUM DISTRICTS ;
Ileiiuesls that
I.ain On CoaSt rrU.r. Mr,. J..l,n r. KrrrI, ,ll
give rearlings, 'barlei N.tdrornilt a
; j.,n solo, the Potter hr"ihrs a vi -
SN FltVNCISfO, Marrh 14. bo rh Murphy -Mo.bier qu.r
ThV weather fnt fr th. week trt. which tndiulea Mr. and Mr,. Dal-
K,nnin March K. anaoouced
here today by the I nited Mate
weather bureau as follows:
The outlook is for uwttlH weath
er with rain iu Washington aad Ore
p goo.
irlment is
Painted; li's
Wrong House
ItEltKKI.KY, Cat., March H. C
M. dates, painting contractor, put
nine men to work on no apartment
bouse here yesterday and at the close
of the day surveyed the job with
great sat.'sfnetion. Then the owner of
an apartment building across the
street stepped over and hud a few
words with hi in, after which the air
about him became sultry and he w'ped
great beads of sweat from bin brow.
He had painted the wrong house.
Fourteen departments of the city
of Kugcnc operated under a deficit
for the months of January and Feb
ruary, according to a comparative an-
alya-s of departmental and general
expenditures compiled by the city's
auditor. This is the first complete
detailed finnucial audit made 'of the
citjr rp be made s'ncp the new system
of Uboks waif installed.
,-f-'i'he deficits are determined on a
basis of total and pro-rated budget
expenditures for the year 11VJ5, and
vary from "in the red" iu the
city attorney's office to J'.'UIlT.oU In
the street depart nient.
Surplus Shown.
Net operating def.clt for all city
departments for the two months; as
shown by the report, is $10.1)73. j
However, this is not as bud us it
seems, fur an accrual amount of $14-1,
(Continued ou page nx)
Alphabets Of ill I
j ianffliares VfirV to
l-dllfc UdfeC& V tI y IU
Surprising Extent
In the tdd day the first thing that
children were taught in school wan
the alphabet, known as the A, It. C's. !
Then when the child learned to count
thv twenty-si letters, it had quite
good start on arithmetic.
Where would the beginner be after j
t
terming the Chinese alphabet? There)
are more than -Kt letters in that, and 1
the Chinese laundrj man uses them all
when we accuse him of a shortage in
the weekly wash.
Next in size cnuirs Sanskrit, the an
cient Aryan language of the Hindus. I
with 44 letter: then Itussi.m, .'tt. ;
Persian, tl; Turkish, aud Spanish
27. Those with less than our -0 are
French, Greek, 1M; I-olin aud He-
brew, each '2; Italian, 20; and Celtic, j
t;. . 1
, i !
you are using every letter of our al-
' phabet corrertly. '1T- vulunie con
! tains al! of the wonls iieces.-ar.v for
I everyday use and more tliau the
i Chinese use ordinarily. The coupon
in The Guard t is lay shows how to get
dictionary.
UnCI it COnCCTt
Plans Under way
SPRINGFIELD. March H. tSpe
, ciaH A benef't concert for th
: Springfield band i being arrangeil
'by mriiilters of tlul rganiyaiion for
the even ng of March 1. A edno-duy.
', at 7 :4. o'clock in the Springfield
'Christian chur h. A mixed program
' is announced by Jrha C. I'irker, band
: tnahter.
j ConidrraMe b'cnl taimt hs con
; sentMl ! appear at the oncert. The
'affair will open whh numVis by tbe
las H- Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. U
land E. Mohier. will sing. Miss Eu
nice Parker and Walter Gossltr will
ea h sing olo. The ticket sale it
(ring conducted by Springfield girls
od a competitive basis.
HEIEN
TO HEAD NEWS
MEN OF STATE
Trade Journalists Elect at
Meeting; Addresses on
Work are Heard
Circulation men Wind up
Their Business With
Sound Advice
(ieorge K. Aiken, publisher of the
Ontario Argus, was elected presi
dent of the Oregon Newspaper nueo-
icintion. at the meeting today. George
S. Turnbull, member of the faculty
of the University of Oregon school of
journalism, was re-elected secretary.
The RKKocintinn voted to appoint a
committee of three to meet with a
simifar committee of the Oregon
Sta,e "torial association to for-
inula te plans for the appointment of
a field secretary.
The annual meeting of the state
editorial association which wilj be
held nt Grants Pass this year will be
held
July 10 and 17, according to J
announcement this "afternoon.
Ralph Morrison, editor of tbe West
ern Farmer, was unanimously elected
president of the 'Jade aud Class
Jouruul organization of Oregon nt
its conference today. Jerrold Owen,
I'acific Legion, was elected vice-president
; W. C. Kaley, Oregon Voter,
; secretary treasurer; and Stephen
Hart, Commercial Iteyicw, and Curtis
L. IJeach, I'acific Northwest Hotel
News, were elected trustees.
Mr. Kalcy Speaks
Mr. Kalcy gave a short talk on
"Ecouomies in Office and l'riuling."
sivins examples of improving the
business bv systematizing the print-
ho- of the macazine. I
Mr. Kaley 's. talK was followed by a ! eeilocpiy with Senator Moses, republi
talk on "Fidelity to the Subscriber" can. New Hampshire. Senator Ernst
j-iven by Jerrold Owen who declared
that the trade publisher should be
rnrcftil tfiat bis material is not fal-
sificd or exaggerated.
Service Stressed
The entire matter of controlling
, the printing trade of any community
i depends largely on the service that
I yu give your patrons," declared It.
j W. Mates of the Uoseburg News Hc-
i view, in Ins talk on icepiog lite
Home Trade at Home' at the discus
sion of printing and advertising prob
lems at Guild Hall yesterday morn
ing. "Give your customer what he
wants whether it meets your approv
al or not."
Henry ft. lla.ict of Portland dis
cursed type as a part of the adver
I tsemrnt aud Illustrated his talk with ! t(P tory came from Volonel Cool
, strreoptican slides. He told of the white bound to Washington with
: necenstty for using tjp ' harmony ; yir olds, for the Harding fnaugura
'with the subject matter of the ad- (jon
; ertisemeut.
Cooperation urged
In the Friday afternoon, session
meth'xla of inerca:nj eirc!ation and
advertising by find ng what the rend
ers want were discussed. Dawd Smith
of the tlregon Jiuirval advised rloer
eoopernti"U with the circulation man
ager as a meant for tbe editor di
toverirg h.i Uie people desired. A.
E. Voorhtrs of the Gran's Pass
Courier also urged the editors of
small town paper's to keep in touch
with their circulation manncrr.
Earl C. Itrnnler, of the Forest
Grove Times told how he t-nt-oiiraged
riiricl Mibrilers and fndeaiofed t"
uiVt hi papT appeal to them. In
b s talk on "this lily rathe- thsn
Qua in ity cirmiation." Ge.ge Aiken
of tne Ontario Argua itrcssedi the
oeeil of t-rai friend-hips with all
kind of pco,-tv aid a desire to help '
them for a u.--e--ful ed urhip. 1 A dipai-h fr..m lind-o last night
That the aa.ceis of a nrculatiun trouble at Halle had begun
contest wa. dependent on ihe fman- j 'hfB thr P,li' b;ed In the tran
ciil condition of a paper was the I,ion "l' be by ri a and
vie' eipreste.1 b Paul It. Klty. own- tl-rman mminunisfs. Tl.ereds tiii
er of Th Eugene Guard in a par ! i-"' 'f "'t.rf without pro-
vwatMn. Th.rty-aii pers ns were
SENATE HURLS
ip5
Personalities Tossed From
Copier to Corner in
"J Afresh Outbreak
Row Opens Over Senator
Couzen's Charges Against
'iU. S. Treasury
WASHINGTON, March 14. W)
ThCgrow over Senator Couzen's charg
es against the treasury department,
threw the senate into bedlam today
and before order bad been restored
personal motives had been impugned;
sizzling allegation of misconduct had
beeu burled across the chamber and
finally one senator had sought to ap
ply to' another th epithet of "wilful,1
malicious, wicked liar." I
It wus Sen 2 tor Ernst of Kentucky j
who brought the battle of words to
its climax by inquiring whether he
could call another senator a "liar' un-
.der the. senate rules. But in .the cou-
fiuisiVat followed, .be ..never had an
opportunity to explain to whom lie
referred.
Argument Opens.
The Kentucky senator had openeJ
the argument with an attack on Sen
ator Couzens, who, he said, had been
prompted by "personal animus"
against Secretary Mellon.
Seontor Couzens replied with a ref
erence that Senator Ernst interpreted
as an accusntionUhat he hud helped
pilfer certain important records of the
committee. Then Senator Glass of
Virginia, a former democratic secre
tnrv of the treasury, assailed
both Senator Ernst and Secretary
Mellon in a speech loaded with biting
Jibes nt tne repuuuenns.
Just as Senator Glass concluded a
continued on page six)
President's Old
Aversion to rum
Recalled in Story
NEW YOUK. March 14.' The
aversion of President Coot id gr.
against selling liquor now Is revealed
ns the one thing that possibly started
him ou the road to the White House.
At a banquet of Amherst alumni
last night President George Daniel
Olds of Amherst said that John Cool
idge wanted to apprentice his son ns
a druggist clerk at the age of fifteen
until terse objection was made by the
youth. -
! As Mr. tUds t.dd it:
i "Colonel Coolidgc said he was not
mr his "oh wan the right tpe and
that he finally decided he had better
j apprentice him to a phannaciiit. At
i that time all drug store had liquor
' in stock and after the colonel told
Tnlrin of his decision, his son thouglit
! for a moment or two and thru said:
I 'Father, sell rum?" That ended
Calvin Coolidge was graduated
from Amherst.
Seven Killed in
I Communist Clash
j HAI.l.E. tiermany. March II.
!Seieu persons, inducing two women
were k.lied here in the dash Inst
night l-eiween policemen and cnninm
nitts.
Shepherd Lie3, Declares Isabelle Pope
1 .
Miss Isabella Pods, flancaa of WH.
Nam McCllntock. whasa daath nrnh.
has bean reopened, testified that W.
J. Shepherd kept them from marrv.
Ino by telling her that both parties
had to be present when a license was
secured. She found this to be untrue
too late to wed McCllntock, (he says.
Below Is Judge Olson.
RELEASE THROUGH
E
CHICAGO, March 14. OP) -A ha
beas corpus action waa begun today
seeking the release of William D.
Shepherd, foster-father and heir of
William McClintock, rich orphan. In
connection with whose death Shep
herd has been held in custody by the
states attorney.
SHEPHERD IS QUESTIONED
CHICAGO, March 14. Question
ed for hours early today after Dr.
Charles Faiman, head of a germ cul
ture school, said he had sought infor
mation on administering typhoid
germs without trace to a person,
William D. Shepherd, foster-father
and chief heir of William Nelson Mc
Clintock, "millionaire orphan" who
died of typhoidlnst December was
held in technical costody for briber
interrogation.
Brought from home at midnight to
the offices of Iiobert K, Crowe,
state's attorney. Shepherd was con
fronted with Dr. Faiman and flatty
denied his story that he had asked
about methods of introducing the
germs into the human body. His wife,
a co gunrdian of young McClintock
was later taken to the prosecutor's
office but permitted to return h"tne
after an hour's questioning.
Statr'i Attorney Crowe planned to
renew the interrogation later today
and also to take means to block an
nounced (dans of Edwiu HVdrick, at
torney fr Shepherd, to apply for a
writ of habeas corpus if his client
was uot .cleaned.
Dr. Faiman, who also was held for
further ipieatiouing and who was tub
jected to nearly hours of jiy
examination l-ef'Te be (old hia story,
s;i.d Shepherd bad p'aed as a law
yer vefking information on germs in
defense of a client aenied of adtnin-i-tfing
thein. I.atrr Shepherd bad
given hi in ? for a letter he bad
writ i d to the hoof inquiring ab-Mit
bS' ter-ology eoursei. Km man aaid.
Kond asking if they had a war
rant. Shepherd offered no resistance
to dettcmes who wnt tu his a me.
Mrs. Shepherd be- ame hysterical
and declared "this is -ern-cution.'
Site vii calm several hours later
when brought to tbe state'a attorneys
offbe snd told AsaUtaut State's at
titrueis I hat "if thfy rraiurd bw
mix h I loved H -hj M l.Uitxk t'
ne would have beta at 'ppd.'
kv
SHEPHERD SEEKS
SH?-,
SPRINGFIELD, March 14. (Spe
cial) Springfield's new $23,000
jrade achool la to be built between
Tenth and Eleventh street, between
C and D streets, It naa decided at a
meeting last night when the echool
board of district 10 met In the citj
hall and conferred with the helra of
the Brattaln estate. The sqmre block
the rslue ot which Is estimated at
between 10.000 and $7,000 la to he
purchased br tbe board at $2,000, on
the understanding that the school be
named pie flrattain school as a me
mnrisl to I'aul !rattain, pioneer who
ram. to Springfield in The
property is part of the original dona
tion claim.
Board of Regents
At Meeting Today
'
A meeting of the board of regent j
of the Cnivirsily of Oregon waa held:
; thit morning. j
j fp to a lite hour this afternoon'
; the regent were in closed -.eunn, !
snd no announcement w.is aiailab.e 3J
j to what action tby would lake on the
' D'-ercbeeher Memorial hospital for1
'children, as a result of Governor!
Fier- e't veto of the appropriation for
j the first y par's maint nance. j
It has been gt-nerally agreed tint
I the I- of tho appropriilili dirj.-.l
i not caue tbe delay in the c nm -!
1MB of tbj building. Which if to be
adjacent to the university's medical
' boot 11 unless the emergency board
!mer which the governor now lis no
;ccctr-I, cniea to the aid of the h
' pti.it orgDiZnt;n, or tinks a c-m-
paign is conducted for the fstt.ff, it
; is. a log'tber probable trat the new
building will taod utiued for a Dtw
.ar, aud tha ijuriciMii, i i b-dieved,
U uwler dm.':-fi"!. by the n-g-uia t-Idjj.
V
SCHOOL SITE FOR
NEW SPRINGFIELD
BUMDirjG BOUGHT
T
-TO BE- COURSE
IF VOTE FAILS
Hint Is Given That new Can-
didate may be Suggested
To Senate
White House Silent on Plan
For Future Action In
The Matter
WASHINGTON, March
Announcement was made today at
tha White House that President Cool
idge will offer Charles B. Warren of
Michigan a recess- appointment as
attorney general If hla nomination ot
the post Is not confirmed by the sen
ate.
Tha following statement was Is
sued by Secretary Sanders on behalf
of the president.
'Notwithstanding Tarlona reports
and rumora the president la making
every possible effort to secure tha
confirmation of Mr. Warren. As the
time is very short and to accommo
date tha senate he has consulted cer
tain men and certain senators aa
to what course should be pursued In
case Mr. Warren is not confirmed.
'He has decided on no other ap-
polntment. He will offer him a re
cess appointment. He hopes, how
ever, that the unbroken practice of
three generation bf permitting- the
president to choose his own cabinet
will not now be changed and that tbe
opposition to Mr, Warren upon furth
er consideration will be withdrawn In
order thnt the country will hare the
benefit of his excellent qualities and
the president may be unhampered In
choosing his own methods of execute
ing the laws."
VOTe IS DELAYED
WASHINGTON. March U.OP
President Coolldge asked today that
a vote on the nomination of Charlaa
B. Warren, to be attorney general be
deferred until Monday.
This word was taken to the eapltol
by Senator Curtis of Kansas, the re
publican leader, who had been sum
moned to the White House.
Some senators said the president
had been convinced the nomination
could not be confirmed and that he
wanted time In which to make anoth
er selection before the senate ad
journed. There was no Indication, however,
that tbe president would withdraw
the nomination. On tbe other hand it
was said be was still insistent that a
full statement on Mr. Warren's
(Continued from page five)
Chicago Influenza
Attack on Wane
CHICAGO, March 14. Chicago's
influenza pneumonia attack appeared
on the wane today, when reports to
the city health department showed
a marked falling off in the number
of deaths and new canes.
The lat available records, cover
ing a periled from 8 o'clock yealer
day morning until four oVIoek in the
afternoon allowed only 1- death from
respiratory caimea.
How Does Your
Garden Grow?
And thf-n follow The Cuard'a !
gard'Mi a-rfcH pr-p:r'd hy C.
I. Klitit, gard n expert formorly !
of (jrcgm AgriruiUrul tolhge. ;
I -
APPOINTIN
1urn to,
I'HgC 4 fuf J
a flower!
(h.irt that .
t-lla you l- J
most every, j
,llln' Hlmut ?
V l. i''jJ cardcnlnn. j