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About The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1925)
Some of the City Bond Proposals a Npppoccirv- ntWe wa nun Won w;inf npr'o ttvi;.?c., ciy News ' THE WEATHER (,,eijon: Fair in the l. terior; .(Mjy on the coast ton!jht', ,roU I" ln,""r ,onlBh,: TMiraday fair In the east; un Killed, followed by rain In the .est portions; moderate vart. ,blt winds- Temperature today: Mlilmum, 34 degrees. Maximum Tiday, 58. Pieclplfatlon to (w, none. Stage ef river, 3.2 felt. Dirrcilon of wind, north wt't. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAHC1I 18, 1923 todays nkws today NO. 61 VflT co ' ' " f Biii Pawn'"" Mae ...... ruEcoe cx-Bervice men whose ijuiltd service credit amounted to ! r receiving tlieir payments jy ico -- - i, I'ucle 5am, according to Miss UBk-e Xorton, secretary of the Lane rtOOlJ chapter, American nea -ros. ..:.nin March 1, the payments uartcil in Washington, D. C ami iiij ire jus' beginning to be received K. In addition, dependants of de ud veterans, including their wid children, mothers and fathers, Cre also entitled this month to the ifirat payments of the amounts due 1'nder the law the dependent L entitled to the amount of the ad- ialed lervice credit o tno deceased ..,.r.n. payable in 10 quarterly in- Lullnicnts, beginning this month To feu the war department has received ..riinately 2,400,000 applications Lr the bonus, of which Lane county kit furnished more than 1UOO. now .... mini local ex-8ervice men are finding their certificates are erron- loiii, ind are urged by iliss isorton ,. 11 st her office and Btart action ,t ones to have the policy corrected, innilrstions now aro being bandied Lpiedily in Washington, and a certifi- nte wiU follow within a lew day ifttr receipt of an individual's claim. Pint Names Mystify Vn code messages are handled f through the 'Western Union at night Inter rules and when a message was banded in last night with nn order for lane number of varieties of flowers iod plants there was considerable indj in the local office and explana tions asked before the message wjs tint. Here are a few of the names irDtd on the blank that will bring trim of joy from many who spend ihtir leisure time struggling with rmni-word nuzzle momenclaturc: Tor- bras Thunbegi, Dcutzia, Oralis, For ijtbia, Viburnum Dentatiuni, Wuge- Although accustomed to handling wme Intricate words over the tele- raah key. the locsl operators were rd to call time out until some of these were pinned down to a defini tion and cleared of suspicion of being code words. - c Local Data Asked llevision of the school geographies published by the American Book corn puny of New York, one of the large publishing houses of the United Slates devoted to the publication of teat books, is under way and infor mation on Eugene and vicinity is de lircil, according to word received at the Kngene chamber of commerce. The new geography plan includes the itreasing of industrial and agricul tural advantages of the various com munities, educational resources in the say of slate or district Institutions of biglicr learning and points of historic merest. All information on these items will be forwarded to the pub lishing houao by the Eugene chamber. A. W. Moore Coming A. W. Moore, representative of the federal bureau of biological survey, 'ill be in Lane county Monday for a '"it of several days in the, interests ol the rodent control campaign plans &re, according to announcement to- of 0. S. Fletcher, county agri cultural agent. It is planned to hold meeting for a demonstration west of Junction City next Tuesday afler o hut the exact place has not yet selected, the county agent "Its. About 1400 pounds of poison l barley has been prepared and It is probable that another supply will be "tie ready by Mr. Moore when he "nves here. , I Lint to Build Bridge "n countr will hulld the new Currin bridge instead of letting the Woject on private contract, accord- aS to announcement of the county "nrt. Bids on the bridge work were nentd yesterday and of. the five sub- "tted none wa found to be as low as Continued en page five) THINGS ere easily sold -ATM to Your door Bandit Lone Hold-up Makes Escape In Car; Posse Said to Be on Trail Two Hold-ups Reported to Be Suspected; car is Abandoned DAVTOX, Ore., March IS. OP) The Hank of Dayton was li?W up this afternoon by a masked m.in, apparent ly about 22 years of age, who caeupeil with between 1300 nnd $2000 in curreocy and silver which he gathered up after driving the employes into the vault. The robber drove away in an auto, waiting outside the bunk. Armed with an automatic pistol ihv robber entered the bank while tli? president, J. L. Sherman was nU e in the place. He forced Sherman into thj vault, nnd when two employe's appear ed, he forced them also iuto the vault, 'flhe robber attempted - to lock the vault, but failed on account; the time device. He gathered up the silver and cur rency on the counter and also took a package of currency from the vault when he placed the men Inside. POSSES ACTIVE ' SALEM, Ore., March 3S. Possoh were at 2 o'clock this afternoon re ported to be closing in on two ban dits who about an hour before hold up and robbed the bank at Dayton, in Yuinhill county. One man entered the bank, accord ing to nicngre reports available bore, and secured the money at tlio . -tt of a gun while his companion e'-yed outside in a large gray nuto. After collecting what mney he could ln his hands on the gun wielder dashed out of the bank nnd jumped inn .he car, which sped away southward along the west side highway. At Holmes Gap, 12 miles S3inh .-f McMintiville, the bandits were fnrci'd to abandon the car. HELP STYLE EVENT Several more firms have been add ed to the lilt of contributors to the nriie fund being raised for the style show carnival to be held next Friday evening and the cooperation of prac tically all busineas houses of the city is assured, according lo Frank Blade, chairman of the committee in charge of the event. Additions! r.amea added lo the list are: Matlock department store, Rainbow. Heard's store, While Electric company, .Ninth street mar- let, Rsup's flower shop. J. U. Knight auto supplies. I-eocade Hat snop. Koke-Tiffany company, llsiley Klec trie company. Siewart's auto supplies. Numbers have been dtstriimteu 10 each store In the buainrtis district and will be disnlaved in the windows Fri day evening. Tickets, bearing lb" numbers will be distributed to the public and when the lin-Vy number held is found in the st re the pr.ie will be awarded. The unmaxkiug of I'" windows will ..t n..n,nrlv at S n. ni. the : announcement. All traffic will be re stricted on Willamette street and the display t motor cars will he in.talled ' there. ASTORIA HAS BLAZE ASTOItl.V. Ore- March IS Fire Mry today did climated damage of $4.0110 to the louvre hotel at Sev enth and Aster lreel. Several oc cupants were forn-d to fie. from the building. ! LOSS TO RUN res SAYS REPORT A Loots Bank of Recess Post Again Hinted By President WASHINGTON. March IS. Presi dent f oolidgc todny resubmitted to the senate the nomination of Thomas F. Woodloek of New York to be a member of the interstate commerce commission. VVhen Mr. Wood lock's name first was submitted at the last session of the somite so much opposition 'devel oped that republican leaders decided not to bring it to a vote. After another canvass of the situa tion today it was indicated there might be no attempt to confirm the nomination and that after adjourn ment sine die bad been taken the president would give Mr. Woodloek a recess appointment. WASHINGTON, March 18. Wil bur K. Itoolh of Minnesota and Arba F. Van Yalkcburgh of Missouri were nominated today by President Cool idge to be circuit judges in eighth circuit. The nominations of Judges Booth and Van Valkenburgh were confirm ed later by the senate. WASHINGTON, March 18. Fav orable action was taken by the senate on the nomination of Hoffman Philip of New York to be minister to Per sia. E Figure on which the various city departments of Fugcne went "in the hole-' during the mouths of January and February were based nn the pro rated appropriation for the entire year, it was IrHrned todny in the of fice of Judge Gilmorc, city recorder. The city attorney's office which showed n deficit of $L0.'t for I lie two months, has an annual bittleer sum uf ?170. For the two months, this w d pprmit the expenditure f $.'JS..J2. As mas actually prnt, the figure of iJ.!.' "in the red" resulted. Amounti. Given. Amounts sp.w,t by the various de- psrtmeuis. and the two months' -ro-1 rsurd allowance were as follows: Kerorder's office, allotted MW.S. spent fHHt.Sf, deficit f-HHMH; treas- I urer'a offiee, allotted ?457:5), sptiit , $r.'ll. deficit, 73l.7ll! engineer, il- lotted 7(W.II1, spent I1.J.W.4H, d.ficitj"r, "-" 'ro.o I7IK-J. tire d. o.irtiueiil. allot, c,l ' I"''1 in ,'",, "n'n ,l" ,ir" ('Mini, speat :i.'J7MW, surplus .'l."i7. 10; police department, allotted fTI."i, spent l,S.Si.!Hi, deficit IIIJ.IK); po-j lice ninlron. allotted JJ.VI, speut j fJliO.U. deficit "flll.1l; street an-1 I bridge department, allotted t-'l.l'S.SS. j spent f-.ViHJ.47, deficit J.(K17.j'J; street lighting, allotted flMlr.'uj, spent f.VIM-.'W, deficit 1.SK.:S. I'arks Igenrriil) allotted flKi.til.l spent ?.,H..l. oenc. . ..ho f E,,M,r,, (,rHer. mem- park, allotted ftWI.I-S, spent lJl.ll7.:b,r(1 ,)f (c fllhn, surplus f.-.t:UI; health deparluient.r I1,11,ion , w. V. Kllis. and J. allotted-'"", spent ( ISO. surplus fill; t,, altorney for the com building inspe. -tor. shotted :i;W.Ki. , mjnhinn wj yrMn fr spent f.;V40. ardu f'11.-tl; city inK,n Blro ,h,x will ap- Imll maintenance and operation, al lotted f.:.V.l.4i spent .!!.7:i, deficit $l!l.;;l; aviation field, uo allotdneut. spent IH.:H. def.cit. flW..';' city rn,,livf, f ln(, fcntral Oregon dis ponnd, no alb'ttment, spent f 111.47, ; (rr .n ,ho ,.,1( hing- difi.it f 141.47; eer muintensnce (on ,r;n(, an.l operstmn. allot tl fISl.W, sp.iitj Election t penis. ! Breakers Hotel at F.lectton ei.eiwe. ...rpltis frl; legal; rH.ti.es. allotted f:-!.:;.. spent flH, de ficit f!Oi-K; interest .-n warrants, al lotted I. :-;-. Pnt ll.'Jij.W. defi cit f:sr.!.; interest on bonded debt, accrued f HMr-V "I'vnl f-V4(!-'.oU, sur plus $.V4li-.-'U: lit.r-iry nuiniensii'-e j d operatiun. niiri.tua f-r two month --mers.'my, a.M.iieo. 11w.11, .pern fvj:(.; defi.it Total prorated amount l-1l.170.7J. eipendi-1 lure. f.H.OW.74. deficit 11.510. J !H!l!ff-' tp""'bu'!n -. (CuntiDurd on (mj; live) r J LziLsal L BY CASCADES Additional Funds Will be Paid in to County by Government Money Will be for Schools And Roads. According To Ruling - Between $10,000 and $25,000 will be paid to' Lane county annually by the Fnited States : forestry depart ment as a result of the Western hum ber company timber sale at WeNtfir. it is announced by the Cascade na tional forest office. This money will be in addition to the regular receipts from other source including timber sales, which are expected to equal that amount. The Western timber sale, when cut ting is under full headway, will bring to the government from $75,000 to S 100,000 a year, of which Lane's portion will be 2.T per "cent. . Highways Benefit The money, according to the agri cultural appropriation act of congress, must be spent for schools and road in the counties in which the forest is fcituafed. In addition, the act make available an additional 10 per cent of the money received from national for ests, to be used in building and main taining highways in the state in 'which the forest is situated. For several years I.ane county has received little or no money under the federnl law, because when the act was first passed this county was over paid several thousand dollars. This was discovered about 1010. After that time the appropriation ceased, in order to even up Lane's share with other counties. Portion Received This year, however, the county will receive $I0..MI2.1 1, arrrmliog to the covernmenfs Jirt audit, which may be increased, t 'f this amount, $2. oT5J!0 has already been received by .Miss Kdna Ward, county treasurer, and will be divided in the proportion of 75 ,tpr rrnt f"r com"-1' "rho"1 f uml an'' r 1,001 f,,r ''" f tl,p 1,1,1,0 of ' 10 H'r rPnt for rofi1" aml I"Bhw f. it I is eipertrij mat some nhare win reach this county. " rrcr.v oy ,e poxHcd hv congress lo more than ; JIOO.IKXI this year. JVlgrfl beFS Of I'ubliC Service Group to Attend Kail Hearing SAI.K.M. Ore., March l- tl. II. pesr before the Interstate commeree commission In the central Oregon railroad development case, Itepres- Miami is Burning MIAMI. Fla., ManbX. -'Pit room Ifrrakerif botr at 1'alm lleach j la a loan of flaiora, according to tele-) mmgPf o( h, H,iHl Vllim hii1.i hmr. (bj( iftrnoun Tht lkphoo tnea.ig-i -j mmtH Wfr( ( Ww : ltm Uwb M dutane ot one mile fr,tW fh? bujMiDf, Tht hotel enter-; ujni large bumbera of pfrion prom-1 ! ineut to th financial tad social tr.d I ANE TO GAIN TIMBER SALE Dayton E Charge of Murder is Placed Against Both men in , McClintook Case Twenty-two Counts are Con tained in Indictment Of Jurymen rillCAtiO, Mr(., 18. M) Wil liuio 1). Hliei.licrd sn.l Cliarln C. Failuoii were churgpil wdli the imir ilfr of William X. JliCliuiuik, : hop liord's fusUT-Hon, In nn Inclkliuint - turned today by the county ajivml jury. 'i'ho iudii-tiiirut, returned I'i'foi'e Chief ,l, lice Hopkins ot the crhniii.il court, rlwrged that Shepherd nnd Folniun. toe latter hend of a scm-c school who has confessed, the state's attorney has nuuounced that he tauaht .Shepherd how lo feed "Hilly" .McC'lintock typhoid Kcruu to get the boy's tl.UOO.UOO oatate, lunoculuted " ylim with typhoid bnccilll. 1 . ' Poison la Numed1.' The indictment further chni'Kcd that poison In the form of acontllue, liriiNoic acid and mcrpliine were ad ministered. Judge Hopkins ordered that two uieii, who are prisoners of the stiiti attorney, who look .Shepherd Into custody Sunday night, lo bo brought before him at L' p. ui. fr arraignment on the indictment. Miss Pope Defended. Atlorne.s for ImiIiHIc I'ope, ,.Mc Clinloi'k'a fiance who waited to mar ry him when he died, and who was left an $SH0 annuity in his wil, said they would contend Hint .MInm l'ope is en- tOntiuuod oil page two) WILL BE GREETED Members of tlie Junior cliambrr of I'Otnnierce of thn Ktiyena IiikIi srbool will be tilt1 BticstH of ttm I'ligi'iir cbantber of rnnimrrri' at tbe niton lutwlieoij iiM-v'tinii of the orfcanixnt ion to bp bold loiiiorron. .Mumt U.'i stud ents are enrolled in tbe M intuit i bamber. arcordioit lo K. Iig4ne f'iiadwirk. serretnry f Mm' V.wtUf ebamber. I,. Is. I in v. fortner presi dent of the KiiKiie chaniber, will be tlin prinripHl fpfaker at the lunetieon, .Mr. Uny will iVpcnk ou "Why juuiiK folks should remain in tln'ir hotut cotniiiuuilies." The luiihirat program nil! be provided by Frank (iilMrap n bo w ill eiitrrtain with tuba nler lions. lluich indrr h ill lead the Attorney General John G. Sargent Steps Into Office WASHINGTON, r.ireh IS. P Jnlin ti. Sarjcnl of Verniotit took the on tb of offiee torlwy an attorney general of tlm I'nifed Staff. wnn sworn in at the juaiire: department tbnn nit hour after he bid arrived from bit home in Vermont, in response to a j.imuoi Tit b in from (he White House mitm bia name ti miliii:ltd to th Ren ate yeiterday. Marshfield Chamber Secretary Elected MAKHHKIKMi, Ore., March 1H. Karl W', Murphy, former iieipuper inaii ui Portland, who recently r Rigbpti aa editor of the Hotithnentern Oregoo Daily New, baa been ekcted eiecutive nerretaiy of li Marklifield rhamber of commerce. ll will taka office April 1. SHEPHERD AND EAIB FACE JURY GHARG mivD To Take New Post 0 o Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, minis ter at Peking, who has been appoint ed to succeed Alanson B. Houghton as United States ambassador to Ger many, t YET TO BE FILLED WASHI.NOTON, March 18. M Peter Augustus Jay of Ithnde Island, at present minister to Itnumnnia, was noiniunteil today by President Cool idgn to he nmbnssndor to Argentina. l George I. Kreeck of Kniisns Was nomiunted to ho tninistcr to I'arn- fluay. . 4 PEKING POST VACANT WASHINGTON, Mareb IS. W) The tranKfer of Dr. Jacob (Jould Sehurmnn from bia jiont aa mini fl ier fit 1'ekinff to aueeeed Alannon It. HoiiRbton as amhniotndor to Ger many, for which ottHiRiitnetit ho wbh promptly confirmed by tbe senate yenterday( leaves the Peking pout and that of amhaKHador lo Argentina a the two major diplomat ic vacancies yet to be fillet. An intiinatn know ledge of affaira there Ik underHtiod lo be KouRht in tbe appointee for tbe l'ekinj poat, and it would ciiuhc no )iifprine hern if the administration Nbotild turn lo .lohn Van A. MncMur ray, aNKihtant nerretary of alate, a recoiinined eipert on far eat tern quea- ; tiona. In filling tbe andiartriadorithip lo j Argentina, rerently made vacant by tbe reHif-untiou of John W. Kiddle, i indication! now point to I lie appoint j incut of I'dcr AugiiNlun Jay, present : iiiiiitnter to floiiiuania, to that poht. POItTI.ANIt, f)re March 18. i i Trial of the firt of eleven auiln ; ngnitct the governiiKlit by World war Tefernni for aiiiouiiin alleged ' due on ti.n k pn) menla of war rik ! iiiKiiraii'-e, begun here today in fed 1 eral court, the vum of Clarence IJkimi being, niarted. He neck $'lftl ! back piiyiuenta, a dlxnhility rating in the veteraiu' bur en it, ami Ki7,5) nmnibly fo' life, allrir ug ii;jiirlea pre i vented him fkvm earning a liveli hood. He l. Id of fighting in tbe Ar j gonne in tiie laal day of the war. W. G. KeanMce, Seattle, national ; judge advocate of tbe irtblei Amer Veteraim of the World War and f A, H. Green of 1'i.rllund are attor iiiejn for the Telerami, ' A. lawbr (of Wahingtn, I. .'., connected with jtbe legul department of tbe veterans' j bureau, Is aittliig the lotal district atforney'a office in fighting the rattea. I -aw br, in itreteniing the govern mer.l'a rae Mid the veterans' bureau had tbe sold er under obaervation for , a long time, and that I.ikin-j ailment !aa at first lifted as epilepsy, but later It nas chnnged to hysteria. ; "Thin in no) a prrm.inenl diabi ; ity," declared jiwlo, "i is curalde, being known at tlma ai 'peimionitin.' Once the raie of profit that results 'in ibis form of hysteria It removed, the b)terla wdl d sappear.' IMPORTANT POSTS IN FOREIGN LIDS 4 Cities Wiped Out; Hundreds Badly Injured Message Received by Illinois Central Railroad Officials Tells Story of Great Loss In Life and Property PADUOAH, Kentucky, March 18. (A. P.) MurphyT-, boro, Desoto and Bush, Illinois, have been practically wiped out by a cyclone. Hundreds reported dead and injured, according to a message received by local Illinois central railroad officials from chief dispatcher Dickey at Carbondale at five o'clock this afternoon. JACKSONVILLE, Ills., March 18. (A. P.) Tele graph operator at local Chicago Burlington and Quincy tower has reports over railroad wires that storm killed one hundred and fifty at Desoto; three hundred killed at West Frankford, and one hundred and fifty killed at Carmi and Orient Illinois, and that the town of Parrish. Illinois, was wiped out. ' 20,000 People Are Homeless in Tokio Blaze TOKIO, March 18. (By Tlio AsnoinUul Tress) IVPiit.V tliousiiiid persons wern rpiidorod IioiiipIpss whi'ii n major confliiKratioii swept northeastern Tokio today, destroying 3,000 buildings and resulting in unestinuited casualties. Tho fire was brought under control tonight. , Troops were on tlio scene, touring down buildings in an effort to chock the spread of the flames, whilo thousands of residents, laden with household goods, streamed towards safety. Firemen were almost help less in their attempts to cheek tho blaze because of drouth that had exhalisled tho reservoirs. The fire, funned by a gale, started in a factory at Nappori .junction in northeastern Tokio. Hlmiiltancnua with tho outbreak of Ilia major rouMaifratii.n, firo atartnl In the Oliiinaclil anil ZofliiKaj-a (lis Irirts, tlrlarlit'il arras, but thrsc were soon rontroll-'l. Thr firn rrportril In Hie forrgolng iliapali'll from 'I'nkio svl'C.t lliri.ugl. an ttrt-a wli'rh was lining rebuilt nllrr I Up firp iijirl rartli.iuaka wlii.'ll il.' vastatcil Iha city. It.slartrd hi n fnrtory ilistrict nn tourlinl l.y t tic firs tliat rame In lite waka ni Ilia rarlli.uaka ami rail Its rotirsa (liroueh a ilistrict ma. I., up of (piiipnrary anil roronwlriiclr.l builil Inas. In Ilia arra aro many wooden slrurlurrs. PERUVIAN CITY FLOODED LIMA. Peru, Mar.h IN. P I f firial ati! privala radio a.lvirrs from Trujillo llic Ihinl Important rltjr of IVru say that tho rily haa brcn complrti'ly ilrslrojnl by Inn.in.lati raiisfil by torrential rains, Ths inliiibitants ahan(loii-.l tbrir homes, takliu r.'fue In elevaleil fiel.ls nearby. Mfforta made to erect flooil gates to stein tbe advance of the ris il.g waters were liseless. Ailvirea from Trgjillo are liivoiif plete. Trujillo, founded in I .VIS by I'isar ro, who gave It the name of his nat ire town ill Spain, is lit northern I'erti, about one and a half miles eal of lbs I'ariflr ocean. It is capital of the department of t.inerta and lies In the ( hiniu tallcy. Nearby i a fast space covered by ancient Per uvian remains. It baa a population of about II.IKKl. Dawes to Carry Issue to People WASHINGTON, Sliiivh S.Vir I'rfnifUnt Pnnra will curry lo ihr country In public 'hr the iMiir hf madf with (lit irnati io hi tnat. sural addrms for a trrit'tou '( th rulrtt q a (u yruhibtt une-muii fili KAiriMoNT. w. Va., Mar.li IS. (yP)-l.lp of reaching the III ui'll enlombeil in .Mine -II of the Ilrlhle. hem Mines corporation at ll.-irriick-ville, three miles writ of here, tins afternoon, was expressed by niemhcrs of rescue parlies who were entering the mine that was wrecked by an ex plosion lat night. I'AIIIMllXT. W. Va.. .March 18. Wl- A bim.lre.l or more men, fran llciilly, but hopelessly ptlsheil their nay through the underground recess es of Mine -11 of ihe Hthlehcm .Mines I corporation, three miles west of bcra j today, In an effort to find .'II miners. who were entombed last night when all explosion wrecked the shaft. Special Session Of Senate Ended WASHINGTON. Mrrh IS. (P- Th Bo nut i t'mU'il Inilnj m Hifi-iAl .Kinii which hi'gfiii Mm-t-h 4. CIRCULATION YESTERDAY In Kiigene Suburbiin Mail 2715 2483 1018 Net Paid 6216 Total copies ea-n printed 6470 THE GUARD GROWS
