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THE WEATHER
Oregon: fair tonight. 8atur.
l portion, getvtly variable
l,di, becoming free outh.
Saturday. Temperature to.
w. minimum, 49. Maxlnmm
Tko'reday, 55. Precipitation to-
iy, .1? of ,,!0h- SUfl
rlrer,' 3.1 Direction of
vlid, north.
Ling Arrive. Tonight .
fot toe lDlormauuu ui laost) wo "
Le not obicrred imall hoj pijuiing
vildtloweri in uiuom, ana au-
working in their garden of ere-
U(, it ii authoritatively itated by
L iimanac that promptly at 10.13
clock tonight tns aeaion or, spring
Lrivei. It is not fcnwn whether the
ir0moten of the spring style show in
rJjeDe scheduled the event to take
dice precisely at the arrival of the
toon, but it is noteworthy that two
( the moBt important events of the
Ktr thus occur in the compass of a
L(!e night. Spring, according to
rientiste is assumed to begin in the
tfrthern hemisphere at the Vernal
quiiiox, when the sun enters the sign
Aries whatever that means and
leads at the summer soltico, on June
t. To the average Eugene citizen it
kr-ans time for .spribg bouseelcaninj,,
nerhauliog the automobile, getting
ihe baseball glove out of the trunk
md "warming up;" to students it
betas a lu-any oounny; nnu iu
lDdma or grandpa, the brewing f
nifras tea, swumproot, or any
ith ood old-time recipe for purify-
di the blood.
fettiearsal Postponed
Owing no the nbseuce from the city
it week of Dean, John Imndsbury
ad John Stark Evans there will he
10 rehearsal of the Eugene Oratorio
lodety neit Mommy evening, aeevrd-
lEg to announcement today of Georgtf
JIcMor.-nn, president of the or-
knizotion. The nest rehenrsal will
ha held the fo. lowing Monday and a
request for all members to be present
,u been made. The presentation of
'Creation" will bo nt the Methodist
tintreh about the middle of April nnd
here will be but four or five re-
p'irialB before that time, Mr. Mc-
Blorran states. It is planned to have
it presentation twice as it is ex-
bected that the number who will de-
re to hear the concert will be unable
obtain scats if it was for one night
Cookies to Be Sent
Members of' the ' American legion
.Miliary of Kugene are busy planning
ir the collection ot cookies which are
be sent to the veterans' hospital in
'ortland. Each year the auxiliaries
pom all over the 'State are designated
day on which to send their al-
'ttment of cookies. The consignment
pom Eugene is due to he in Portland
s April 1, All cookies to be sent from
(re are to be left nt the chamber of
Irrmimerce March 31. Mrs. E. S. Tutlle
president of the local auxiliary, is in
irjtp of the work here. The dina
rs are not restricted to members .-f
' Wion as any one caring to do o
ps.v give the cookies. Last yenr the
Iftie auxiliary sent 27,1 dozen
Iwokie.. Each consignment sent is
'Mused to be a week's fiipply for
lie 130 mm in the hospital. Mrs. Tut
; hftpes that fully ns mnuy or more
okieg may be sent this year.
Cimpus Deserted
With, the dnpp of the second term
Nminaiion nt noon today nt the
diversity uf Oregon the departure f
jfaetu'ty members nnd students is well
I!!ter way this afternoon. Spoilt I
sins over the Southern I'nrific nud
N Oregon Electric are carrying hun-
rds to various parts of the state
Bre they Kill upend the annual
Ifinr vncntion. The third term will
w Monday. March 30. The grade
wts. familiarly known by th"
TjrnduatM as "the scandal sheet"
NI be rendv for distribution about
phurHay, arenrding to announcement
" 'be university today.
ifcM Offleers Leave
J. Moore, county school suner-
''Ment, Arnold Collier, assistant.
Alfred Powers of the extension
Virion. Vniversity of Oregon, expert
i10 I" to Mapleton early , tomorrow
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ICV'HOtiADTHtM
I 'WTRDAr' ARE PKFmnC
TrT rc " ' i - ! ' - ' : . , 1
K as m s ss es . ee ss .
Experiences in Storm Are
TALETOLD OF
Boards, Stoves, Buildings
And Animals Hurled Into
Atmosphere
Freak Stunts Are Recalled
By Those Who Went
Through Disaster
GOR1IAM. 111., March U0. (P)
Wednesday was o dark and gloomy
day at Gorbam. It rained all morning.
The air was heavy. No wind stirred
the countryside. Iu the afternoon it
rained harder and the day grew
black. Huge hailstones pelted down.
Then came the tornado like a huge
woll of smoke.
A thousand things filled the air.
There were boards, stoves, poles,
cans, garments, sides of houses and
even living beings. A cow was picked
up by the wind and burled Into a res.
tnurant. A baby blown , from its
mother's, arm.. ' -,
Woman Tells Story
Mrs. Judith Cox, wife of a Missouri
Pacific workman was in a restaurant
visiting Miss Mary Clark nnd Miss
Lulu Moschenrose when the sky sud
denly darkened. "It began to rain. I
thought 1 would go homo," Mrs. Cox
related. "I opened the door and saw a
great wall that seemed to be smoke,
delving in front of it white billows
that looked like steam.
"There was a deep roar like a train
but many, many times louder.
" 'It's u cyclone,' I cr.ed'. 'and it's
here.'
"The air was full of everything
boards, branches of trees, puus,
stoves, nil churning arouud together.
I saw whole sides of houses ruling
along ue:r the e round.
Tire Flashes About
"It seemed to me that I must rench
my two ch.ldren who were in school
and 1 opened the dior again, bent
my head down against the wind and
star ed i.ut. Then the storm hit me,
I was Mown back into the restaurant
and against the stove. The whole
building seemed to nuirer. It rocked
back and forth. There was. groaning
and creaking and then it began to fall
(Continued on poge five)
GENEVA, March 20. (By. . the
Associated Pressl-Tha. frontier
dispute between Poland and Lithu
ania has been settled.
Lithuania protested to the
League of Nations early this week
against an alleged attack on Lith
uanian frontier guard" by Polish
patrols.
A communique given oat by the
Lithuanian legation In Paris said
the Poles attacked without .provo
cation last Monday night and had
threatened to occupy the district
of Slrvlntal by force of arma un
less the Lithuanians evacuated It.
Lithuania's foreign minister noti
fied the League of Nations that
the Poles had released the prison
ers taken In the recent clash on
the border and that the Incident
had been "happll closed.". .
The settlement Is attributed to
the good effects of Austen Cham
berlain, a president of the league
counciland the pacific counsels
given by Premier Uerrlot to For
eign Minister Skryinskl of Poland
during the latter'! recent visit to
Paris.
PEOPLE TAKEN
THROUGH I
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
wfMlA
Carnival Spirit to Rule
At Annual Spring Style
Show here This Evening
Colored bats, Iinrns and other car- hers of scores of free articles on ex
nival favors will be passed out to hibit in the windows, will be passed
"window-shoppers'1 on Willamette , out on the street corners by distrib
streel tou'ght to crente the carnival ! utors.
spirit for the annual spring style I The show will open at 8 o'clock to
show. Many merrhnnts of the city ' n'ght. when the curtains will be re
have prepared sper'al display windows I moved from the various shop wln-
for the occasion, ami these windows :
will be exposed tonight.
: A big crowd is expected to take
part in the style show, aecord'ng to
the committee in charge, and ns
an incentive to close inspection of
every window, small cards with nutn-
FUTURE CAST BY
DUQUOIN, 111.. March 20. (By
tho Associated Press) Amid the '
confusion and pitiful sights wrought I
by Wednesday's tornado there ,
shone today one bright ray of en-!
couragement, the fruit of the in
ceenant work of the Red Cross,
which established temporary head
quarters here, principally to take
care of the refugees from DeSoto.
Clothing, food, bed clothing und health came on March 5, when he col
cots have been supplied the needy, hipscd while drcasiug for a public diu
Thoso who escaped the storm were n" " CauLiride, at widen he was
cared for In private homes and In j buve delivered a speech,
pnbllc buildings. I' Tl,c collapse was marked by faint-
, , - I liens and nasal liLinurrhane. The reg-
RELIEF WORK ON
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rne Associaieu rressj
Relief ma
chinery of the American Med
Cross was In full motion today In
J behalf ot the thousands of injured
! and homeless In the tornado-wreck-;
ed section of the middle west with
! national headquarters here speed
' ing every facility of Its growing
force ot renci woikb ... (
It stood ready also to carry out ;
.. . n. nA
Its oner 01 am .... ... "."",f d al105t enMt o(fic(, uulll..
from fire at Tokio and of Hood t h hi . o(
at Trujlllo. Peru. ,
A party of trained disaster work
ers r-.obilized at Red Cross head-
nu-jrters ycsieru,.), .. " ;
arrive in Princeton, Ind., today to ,
aid In rehalillltating tne nome.eoo
and give all other assistance pos
sible. FUNDS ACCEPTABLE
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21.
(By The Associated Press) The
headquarters of the Pacific divis
ion ot the American Hed Cross
here received a ...,,...
from national headquarters In '
Washington, saying that no public 1
appeal for funds Is being made by,
: the Red cross, nui mm niuinij
; subscriptions will be received,
j These subscriptions will be for
j warded to the headquarters In St.
: Louis. '
i Copies of the telegram were
'sent from here to all R"d Cross
I chapters In tho western stales,
'and In Alaska.
LOOGE
' BENTON, III-
IS ACTIVE
March 20. Orand
Maater K. C. Davenport, head of
i the Illinois Masonic lodge, was In ;
Benton yesterday and headed a:
! committee that visited the storm ;
I .wept area making a aurvey tone,
'uae: In a drive for funds wnicn ,
i thev will use In rehabilitation
I work. I
1 After the survey Mr. Davenport !
: .ii,,.eied (he statement that theifatm a m'-Ie north of Albino, Mrs.
; Masons of Illinois would raise
fund of 1100.000 for, this work.
r-HAPLIN CASE UP I
I WASHINGTON. March 20 . '
' Secretary of Labor Davis an- j
iiv that he would hand
. rint decision tomorrow In 1
i ,k. ,.., of Mrs llanna Chaplin.
I mother of Charles and Sydney
Chsplln, motion picture actors, j
iwho li'subject to deportation. j
EUGENE. OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING,
u
dows. In the general merchandise and
clothing stores only the latest spring
styles in men's, women's and chil
dren's apparel will be shown, it Is
stated, and well-dressed people are
expected to find much of interest to
them iu the wludowB tonight.
OF
LONDON, March OW Death
today claimed the Marquis Cureon of
Kedleston. lord president of . the
council and former foreign secretary,
The end uame at 5:35 o'clock . thin
nforniug after a fight ngnhist pneu
monia, which developed following h'rs
operation of two wooks ago.
The marquU was (1(1 years old. Tho
first indication of the break in his
ula'r in t'd. en I bulletins regarding his
(ondtli..ii fnlf.l In nnmn I lin nn.ln.K'
but "b:l.lsr UuuWc" was generally
givt'u as the cause of liis collupse.
, Hald Many Offices. .
The .Miirijuis Curz-u ((jeorge Na
thaniel Curxon) from the cradle to
Ihe tomb, exemplified lo perfection in
every detail tiie type of superior per
sonality known ns the ruling aristo
crat. He was bred for public life and
folmvC(1 le ,.arm o( 110iicJ ,,
gJV(.,.nlnl.ut wllb ul.h ,, lhnt
.i.e , . orimp minister, lrouicallv
enough, it was the honors he accu
mulated while working his way toward
,h(, )rP,ier,t,ip whkb, more than
11IJ.hg ,nimil,rt ,,,, hil
ambition for the post and, when it
(Continued on pig? sii
Motorship, Seized
By Federal Agents;
Is Sent to iiarbor
.II NKAL'. Alnakn, .March 20. Th
,n,rnh;p Oregon, .-ited here jester-
wh(,n MTni om,, ,,, in.
10li,1D Blril , proe,ig i.
renak.e. 7,-. mil.. a-nr. under
guard put aboard by the I'uited States
customs. She Is to he back before
Monday, when her master, J'hn II.
Edwards, Steward Nornisn Baher. and
mess boy, go lo trial for possession of
liquor,
Kour of the clew pleaded guilty
yesterd.y, and were fined t' earn.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 20. The
Oreg, n Is a woodrn vessel of 1221
tons plying with cannery supplies and
mrtl between Seattle and southeastern !
she left here March 5.
Woman Celebrates
-tilth Tiirf hrln V
n
ALBION, Neb., March 20, -With
her three bachelor sons on their little
, i.j.irj, in,.. - r.--'
dent, celebrated her 1 Kith b'rlhday
tAv Up. f:r,-. Iio.sle of "never!
, , .... .. ,
being sick e day." Today she sold she
was "well and very happy." j
The sons, who hare been with their (
m .tl.er almost continuously sin. e,
childhood, are Paddy, e "lad" of HI,
who e. oka snd does Ihe house work
under Mrs. Garver'e direction; Mike,
"3 and Tony, the "baby," 09, both of
whom tend lo the f-
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ALONG GUT-OFF
If Weather Permits, Labor
Will' be Resumed With
in Few Weeks
Preparations for Early Start
In Outdoor Work Are
Being Made
i -
Three thousand men will be at
work on Southern Pacific rajlroad
construction. work on 'the Natron cut
off In a few weeks, or Just as soon as
weathfr permits, announced L. L.
Graham, district freisht and passcu
ger agent of the railroad, today. Prep
arations for getting an early start
on outdoor work are going ahead full
speed, bo says, and as soon aa clear
weather seems permanent tho cut-off
will bo alive with men, teams, and
machinery.
Track Laying Resumed
"Track laying, on the cut-off 'was
resumed th a week,' laid Mr. Graham
today, , "nnd the company already has
(10 Mexicans laying steel rails. Grad
ng work is virtually complete be
tween rail head and MeCredie Hot
Spring, as well as. funic) No. 1
which is XjO feet in length. There is
little grading work above McCredle
Hot springs,"
Horses shipped down to the valley
last fall for feeding during the win
ter arc being shipped back prepara
tory to the reHumption of grading
work, it is announced by the company.
Eary Start
Several days of sunshiny weather
recently Indicate that an early start
may be had on construction, prob
ably the latter pnrt of this month,
The possibility that rails may be
la d In to McCrrdie within the next
no days is expressed, but It Is consid
ered unlikely that train service will
reach that point until some time in
.Tuly
Attempted Bank
Robbery Fails
HTEKLVll.I.E, Vo., March SO.
Two r.f fire men who a'tempted to
hold up the Farmers llank at8(eel-
I ville today were killed, two wounded
i and a fifth captured when 'itirens
I posse previously informed that a
holdup was contemplated engaged the
robbers in a pistol duel. On citizen
w, wounded.
Hotel Owner at
IT
UP IRK
in c ' u 1 flghla. such as probably had never
Albany r5UCCUmnS,h,(orn hn ,wn the chamber
ALBANY, (i.e., Manh SO.-F. T.
Mittauer, proprietor of Ihe Albany
hotel, died of heart trouble here th s
morning, lie was formerly proprietor
of the ( onradine hotel In Portland,
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hotel at Haker, and lied neeii In the
hotel business in the northwest for
i many years. Mrs, Mittauer and two
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r OUT RVC rilllcd
In Head-on Wreck
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ST. (.OUIH, March 20.
Assoclsted press I Four persons
were killed In a head an collision
at Davla Biding, near Carllnvllln,
(III., today, according to word re-
; celved by the Illinois Traction sys-
tem here. A work car and a pas -
senger car on the traction lines
were wrecked, It was said.
MARCH 20, 10125 . todays news today
ss . s a
Related
Tree Rings, Showing 60 to
70 Years, Out Before
Data Are Found
Though Bark is Intact, Cut
'Brings to Light the
Old Markings
A rare discovery, In the form of
a tree bearing symbols mads by
United States surveyors In 1850, was
mado this week neap Westfir by Cas
cade national foroat employes. News
of the discovery was received by
Nelson F, Macduff, supervisor of the
forest, from U. K. Haefner, In charge
of the Western Lumbor company
timber sale at Weatflr,
While running a compaaa line to
rotrace section linos mads more than
a halt century ago, Mr. Hacfnar and
his assistant came to a place where
they expected to find n corner mark
or witness tree to Indicate the seo
tion corner. When the original marks
marks were made 00 years ago the
surveyors usually would select a near
by fir troo as a "bearing tree" and
after chopping off a section of the
bark, would Inscribe It with symbols
Indicating the section number, town
ship and range, followed by the lult
ials "B, T.' indicating It was only an
aid to locate the corner mark for the
section corner.
Little Hope Held
Tlecnuso the original corner mark
had rotted away many years ago,
Mr. llaefner nnd his assistant looked
for the bearing tree with little hope
of finding It, ns most of the trees In
that section are deeply fire-icarrcd
on the up-hill aide. One trie, how
ever, bore indications It might have
been biased by en axe at one time,
although the bark was unmarked..
"Let's chop Into It, anyway," sug
gested Mr. llaefner. "We .ought to go
down through about 00 or 70 rings
in tho wood If wo reach the original
markings."
Brown Wood Found
After carefully chopping Into the
big tree the foresters finally encount
ered some brown wood, showing evi
dence that it had been marked. A
little Inter they reached the marking
made by 1'nited States trail blazers
years before Ihe civil war. The
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Fist Fights Break
Up French Chamber
PARIS. March 20. -Illy the As
sociated Press) Erne for all fist
of deputies, broke up this after-
noon's session.
T)fl rliaturbanre arose after
,.rflmPr Uerrlot, In defending the
; govcrnmpnfs p0n,.y religious
; marBf ,,,, mM.
We .ct.,pt on, welcome Chrls-
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. tnfl i;nriatmniTy oi nansers-
Anti-Tetanus
Serum Rushed
NDIANAPOLIH, March 20. (By
the Associated Press) Antitetan
us serum "50 tubes, all that was
available here was sent to storm
SIGNS !iF GAYS
OFWOUi
T
(By thojtom eoulhern Illinois early today
n an airplane In command of two
; nrn.y officers nt Fort Benjamin
Harrison.
It'll Cross officers at Carbondalo
;and Murphysboro,
III.,
other
j hamlets In appeals to the local
j orgsnlxatlon re.iun.Med the serum
Ihe sent quickly.
Bryan G5 Years old
k 11
iS'sitW!
E IS TOLD
LINCOLN, Neb., March SO-Wn-llam
Jennings Bryan, three times can
didate for president of the United
States, and a power In democratic
politics for years, yesterday reached
the ago of OS years, and In connec
tion with the celebration of the com
moner's birthday anniversary, Judge
O. II. Slaraa of Wahoo, who bee Just
returned from Mr. Bryan's home at
Miami, Da., said that shortly after
Mr. Bryan moved from X(nooln he
bought Miami real estate valued at
$,13,000 which has now lnereaaad In
value to a quarter of a million dol
lars. Additional purchases, he said,
had Increased th, Bryan aetata to
$1,000,000.
"Ills fnrtnne le talked of on every
hand," Judge Blama declared.
Alienists are to
Examine Portland
Fireman-Firebug
PORTLAND, Ore., March 20.
Three alienist, have been eppolnted
by Presiding Circuit Judge Morrow
to examine Into Ihe mental condition
of Cheater C, Buchtel, former fire
man, who haa confessed to setting 00
fires In Portland sod vicinity. Those
appointed were Dr. It- ft. Lee Stern
er, superintendent of the state men
ial hospital at Salem; Dr. William
E. House and Dr. J. F, Calbreath.
Appolntmeut of the commiaiton was
made on motion of John F. Logan,
attorney for Buchtel.
Three More Bodies
Taken From Mine
FAIRMONT, W. Va., March 20.
(PI Three additional bodies were re
moved this morning from mine num
ber 41, of Ihe Bethlehem Mines cor
poration at Barrack villa, where .'14
men were entombed Tuesday night
when an explosion occurred.
The three bodies taken from the
u,Sne this morning were badly burned
from Ihe fire that followed Ihe blast.
Two other bodies hod been removed
i nibt.
Quake Destroys
Town of Talifu
81IAMIIIAI. March 20. M") ;
The China inland mission. Neuters
Agency says, has received a telegram
dated March 10, slating that an
earthquake has destroyed Tnlifu, a
! town In weslern Yunnan province. A
disastrous fire followed and help
Is urgently needed, the message says.
The foreiguera
ore safe.
Ihe negbburhood
HOME
EDITION
NO. 63
Forecast is For Freezing
IWeather; Hundreda ot
Bodies Recovered
Condolences of King And of I
President of Foreign
Lands Are Sent
(By The Associated Press)
Reports late this afternoon showed I
837 dead.
Injuries to abont 8000.
Associated Press casualty list to
taled 677 Identified dead.
Kentucky and Tanneeeee stricken
areas virtually cleaned up. Burials
being made la both states.
A few hamlets In Missouri at an- (
reported. Oeaualty list at 15 dead. -'
Seed at Murphysboro, I1L, climbing
to previous estimates. One hundred !
and seventy-five known, '
Wee( Frankfort, 111, death la
ereaaed tat 110, Deaths la other H- 1
Unole cities oaehanfsd la numbers, 1
BeeHaa RooewereeL
All bodies r soever ed at Princeton,
Ind, and most ( them at Owenavtlle.
Passable roada making rescue and re
lief work mole expeditious. Property
Ion Indiana towns estimated three to
four million hartals. .
Davastated . region turning to
plana and meaaa ef boxy Ing their dead.
Shortage ot oofflne and fadlltlea may,
cause group burials.
Itsllef worker report better pro-'
frees in earing (or injured and desti
tute.
Contributions flowing inta th dis
tricts providing money and comforts.
As they became bet tea argaalsed at.
tentlon wa given aleo to rural com- I
munltlee, i j
AU buslneea in Murphaboa sua-
pended. Bank urged to keep doore
closed.
Herein, 111, aoen at several Wil
liamson county shootings and ttprts
lngs Just aoath of blasted storm atrip.
opened It one hospital to Injured,
Many Children Die.
Estimated that more than one-third
ot the nearly 120 dead at DeSoto, 111.
were children under three year.
Violent snow storm fringed th
tornado on the north when it e truck
Wednesday, Weather bureau predicts
freexing or above la the devastated
regions tonlght much colder tomor
row. King Victor Emannel and Premier
Mussolini ot Italy and acting Presi
dent Simons of Qermeny cabled con
dolencee to the United States.
"A greenish black funnel, slanting
at an angle of 45 degreea, followed by !
a deluge of hail," was the description
of one thenkful survivor. "Black a
midnight, moving faster than a train,
was another."
Infant Is Safe.
At West Frenkfort a five day old
Infant squawling In a perambulator,
was pulled safely from a plis of kind
ling that bad been a home, Tbe
mother nenrhy lay crushed.
The number of'frightful mutilations
and crushed limbs nnd the fact that in
many caaes wounds ground full of dirt
could not be attended for hours,
brough! ths spectre of tetanus atalk
lug on the field. Airplanes bearing all
available tetanus anti-toxin rushed
out of Indianapolis.
Women at PeHotn took up a collec
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