The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, March 21, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextRead ''Baree, son of Kazan." the new Serial Story to run Daily in The Guard Starting Monday on fctty. News HOME EDITION THE WEATHER 0rtCOn: Cloudy In west por- ! ( ;' ;!i i'yi !,iu- fair ln ,ast Portl" ,0- l,l,H Sunday. Moderate Hiiperaturo, light soutnariy ,!. Temperature today: HHlmuffl. 42 degrees. Maxl ala frlday. 61. Precipitation .j... cene. Stage of river, 3.2 VOL. 6S TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE. OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1023 toda-s news today NO. 64 IV:-:. list. Direction of wind, north. 't Fail to L F" "Baized" tjitne nii, li,t""r w'r nt f , iist night by aome pungent Te- frki about aome local fans by the . .. . y. 1- l l .1 KG1V. "We wonder," the Owls .J, '-whether it ia Mahlon Sweet's jdO or hia Drana new receiving ihit ia giving such wonderful re- Ljon that he ia bragging about all yaje? ABU since fiuicuc IB uuuu- kyacrapers do-you auppoae Al rodall will want lo Dut ni" an" Lie on tie Miner building to brim , fw more atationa .' .Mw tnnl fcirlie Hardy la naving ms uuuse in ,,, especially wired for radio, his Lds are wondering what kind of Lbe will buy for it. Ernie Ander- Mjs he took the batteries out of ie, and it went right ahead work Juit as well aa it did -when the Ltteries were there. He lifted out the 1,1 and still it worked. The only I, be waa able to keep that act from Lriing waa to take it out in the gar ni and bury it." Where the Hoot L), ,o( their information ia, subject much conjecture today, but it la tildered likely that a local infor it was in the Oregonian tower ihile they were holding their meeting remit Gets Lost Paul E. Bartlett of Eugene, newly- suited for service in ine Lniica k,t infantry. caused some Liom hours for Lawrence Paige, re- railing officer, this week. "He looked a good recruit, snia .r. i-aigc, 1 I waB positive that be would ike a good aoldier, so I put him on I- tmin for Vancouver barracks, there be would go into the 7th p inlry. Well, when they telegraphed Df that my man had 'eloped' I wne mamtointed. The barracks eaid he 1 never shown up for-examination. titnlnv I cot word that the recruit lad finally put in his appearance. He ,i off the train at Salem to get a milwifti. staved too long, and the rain went off without him. The only in he rould do was wait for the -it train. I sort of felt that the b-y aid show up, because I ve been re- truiling :for several yeurs, and -us- ;ally I can tell When a man is tellini! i Ktraicht slorr or not. Sometimes haey just hit you for a free ride, but u can usually tell it before sending Ihrm to camp." Talk Plans Extended Extension of the plnu for education Mlks by the Ijiue County Hankers motiotion to include the eight grades l fhe local school has been iniidc by the organization, accord ng to an- Dounnment today of Miss M. Ethel Taylor, hsirmnn of the committee in barge. H is planned to start the scr- i'sof Inlkb neit week at the Frances Willard. Umrersity high, St. Mary's isil Uenry schools. Arrangements for the linir of the talks will be made itli the principals of the respective uWils, Miss Tavlor said. These alki on investments and oilier finan-! fill lopics were recently held nt the ! ('"gene high school. Three talks will be given at each school. i I Sheep Meetings Planned For the benefit of sbeep raisers of I lane county a series of 10 meetings JI be held here the week of .Monday. April (i, according to announcement "oday of o. S. Fictcher, Lane county agricultural agent. H. A. Lindgren, held representative of the aniinnl bmbandry department of the Oregon Agricultural college, and C. J. Hurd. market specialist of the O. A. C. will e here to speak at the meetinga and router with the sheep men on various problems of their business. The "hedule of meetings will be announc- ed Utter when arrangements are com pleted in the various county comrau "iliea, Mr. Fletcher statea. Entertainment Planned I'isns for the holding of a dance and entertainment by the members of t laliph Lirotto of the Mystic Or- t Continued on page five) Use3 StorRtuffiJ ?re easiy dispo&dof " (fa "gf WW w usee (otell ltpr?i 1 ml F CITIES PLANNED Parrish and DeSoto, in Ill inois, May Not be Re constructed Murpheysboro Will Build Again; Griffin Also to' Start Work CARBONDALE. 111., March 21. W Itebabilitation work in the de vastated torundo-swept area of south ern Illinois, was under way today, while the dead were yet unburied and the homeless and injured were still being aided. A survey of the entire district was promised by a construction corpora tion with a view to determining the damage to buitdjngs and other prop erty and ascertaining the amount of construction necessary to repair or to replace the wrecked structures. Relief Organized Meanwhile relief work now thor oughly organised in all towna of the stricken area was progressing smoothly with plenty of doctors and nurses to care for tie hundreds of injured and steady supply of provi sions, clothing and other necessities flowing into lbe storm area.' The homeless today were quartered in homes of the more fortunate or in army tents sent by the military au thorities to the devastated towns, while clothing and food was being is sued to all who are in need. Funerals Held The business of burying the more than 500 (lend in the Illinois storm section, wliich was started yesterday got under way in earnest today with a procession of hearses, cemetery bound, in nearly every stricken town. ln many of the towns, several vic tims were buried in one large grave; in others separate services were be ing held. Some towns tomorrow plan mass memorial services for the dead. The area was under strict military supervision although not under mili tary law. MAY NOT REBUILD (llll'AHO. March -1. W Two towns in Illinois, l'arrish and le Snto. and Ua if fin in Indiana were vir tually annihilated. The present out look is that no effort will be made to rebuild the Illinois towns, but State Senator Smeed refused to give up as to I.eSoto. "My father la buried there," he said. Griffin, where M persons are known to bare perished and several have been reported as missing, will be rebuilt, it waa announced today After the storm it was Indicated the town would not be rebuilt. One old It'ontmued on pige three) DELEuisSE c Fift - vounf neonle and Salva- Army delegates of Eugene. I Adjutant and Mrs. Jc tion headed by l.fi this morning by automobile Roe caravan for Portland to attend the Young People s rnnferenoe of the army, "f the delegation, S3 were Oirl Guards, outfitted In their new grey uniforms, purchased as s result of the recent Ug sal. Grey oversess caps are worn wth the uniforms. The gins cip- present a clo.e order drill at the con ference, and sevcrsl of the delegstes will present papers at the a--mbly. Automobiles were provided for the (rip throiicb th- courtesy of Frank K. falkins of V. K. t'alkina .Motor company. Karl Simmons of the K. '. Simmons Motor eomspny. and B. t. OmKlpasture of Goodpasture garag-. The Kugene delegation will be the l.rgest group at th Portland meet ing it Is e. peeled. The member, will return Monday morning, accord ing to Adjutant Koe. REBUILDING fl SI i SWEPT First Telephonic Pictures of Devastation .Wrought by Storm . . w . , - . ' v .. . "" .' ,r 1 rT-r-r. V tl t . .. .. . . . -.j--.i.yi,9i.vji''..v.. pfjijjlJ ' wwrw!- " "2,.,,' 'r' , --lJ'lluTj The upper picture Is of a room of the Longfellow school at -'Murpheyaboro, llllnola, where 60 pupils were killed when the force of the tornado struck the building the pupils were studying (heir lessons. This wrecked room, with but one desk standing unscathed, la typical of the devastation and death visited upon scores of other schools ln the tornado area. The lower picture la a view of the realdential aectlon of Murpheyaboro, after the tornado had swept through. Scenes similar to this greet rescue workers every few miles throughout the auctions of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, where the tornado tore Its way. The photographs were rushed to Chicago by airplane, and were telephoned from there to San Francisco by the American Telephone and Telegraph company. They were rushed from there to The Guard by N EA service. SHEPHERD SEEKS TO flllCAlil), March 21. Testimony i that William 11. Shepherd, tinder in Idiilment charged with the murder by i typhoid innoculntion of his foster son. WllJinm X. MiClintock. orphan I millionaire, had said lie would have McClintock's will drawn to suit bim iself waa given by C. C. Faiman, in- dieted with Shepherd, at a bail hear ing todsy. Faiman said Shepherd had agreed to give 1100,000 when he completed "a big deal" which the witness said Shepherd told him he was working on. He ssid th s "big deal" was ad mitted by Shepherd to relate to the MK'lintork estate. j BAIL 18 SOUGHT CHICA'iO, March 21. Counsel for William V. Shepherd, accused of i killing bis fosier-son. William Nel son MMinfok with typhoid germs, p:at, rfi rushed to waiting air j was prepared today for an effort to ! paoM an(j tftp,e battled o'ber storms obtain bi freedom on na.l, wlnro j atste s attorneys wer ready to op- ; pone. Shepherd ha been in the roim- ty jtii mn e enne nay rprp t 1 grsnd jury returned murder indict- mrnt against nun. Tronecutors alto planned to raign Charles . Faimao. bad of a sien' school who said he gave. Shep herd the germ for a promised $IW. f and who was jointly ind.cted with bun. .shepherds attorneys Mid they wooid attack the teniimuny t Faimao before tbe grand jury. RELIEF DEMANDED CAUiAUY, Alta March 21. One hundred and twenty-thr men lef here t'lay oo a tnac-fi to Flmontn to demand relief from unemployment j and ita results. I Ira UJ Pictures Rushed From Storm Belt To Coast Points Score nnothcr trcmrnrioui time laving feat for the telephone. While relief worker are itill plod ding tbrougb wreckage, ambulaocei nn motor atipply trains ara still bat tling with mud and destroyed high ways, and tboie on the ground are still working day and night to try to check up the terrible loss of life and property, NEA Service gives you pho tographs tnken In the IllinoiR-MisBou-ri ryclone belt this afternoon. The telephonic photograph trans mission system of the American Tele phono and Telegraph company and the heroism of newspaper photograph ers and avis tors made this pontble. Surmounting terrific ohns'lea, the cameramen went to the acene of the d.ssiter by plane, by auto, and finally on foot. After picturixing the car nage and devastation Id the wake of America's most deadly tornsdo, their ,( rrtrB Chicago. There, the pictures WPrp transmitted to Han Kraoeisco bj (rphone. NKA'fl Tacific Coast plant was primed for the occasion, amI LPr, art the oleturt. Mans Life Saved By Wooden leg i IIICAtiU, Marrb 21. -A wooden leg may he a bandicap, but it ved the life of Joseph Ingre, 32. yesterday lien an Ifutomobile in which he and tu toinpsnrons were riding swerved and rata pulled into a ditch, killing Frank Hauer and Robert Kamrick. Ingres wooden leg served as a prop for tbe Averturaed car which cnaihed the other two ova. He hi la a serious condition. it 1 ! Arrsngemcnta for the, meeting of ! tbe Leo county agricultural council I which will be held In the near future j i t . t ' I to talk over a proposed farm program ! for Ijine during the coming year are taking shape. Itcpr sentativea from each grange anil farmers' union in the cunty will be named ti attend the j meeting as well ns delegates from, other agricultural organizations and ' the agricultural cmmlues v lhe Iaiie County Hankers association nttd the chamber of commtrce. j Tue fotl"w;ng oamed delegates havj been appointed by tbe formers' union ' locals; Cloverdnle, I. J. ffetchell; Coast Fork. K. W. Powell; t reswell. William IMIistoii; liaueo,, l. M. , De.toe; lladlet ville. (;eore A. Powell; ' Mt. Vernn, James M. Ranch; Trent.! H. B. Tinker; Willamette. II. 8, .lef- j fries; I.uranr, William Moore; t.'en- uster Millie,,,. The county agrieultiiraXc uneil is organised last spring as a direct re. i Sirt of the holding of the agricultural; HIMIISIiKIEI.H. Msreh 21. (8pe conference here sponsored by the daD The l-edies' t'ivic rlub of ftregon Agricultural college, ' I Hpr.ngfield bas been asked to join the I state federation of women's clubs, Vancouver to Sell Iieer by the Glass VICTllltlA. II. C. .Msreh 21. Beer-by-the glsss is lo be M m ' nt the clue club Tuesday night at Vancouver, It. 1'.. afiin Stirling lo-'T;.".il dVIi k in tbe rhaniher of row morrow wltb the opening of IX bo'el meree rooms. All the members of the beer bars onder a new British Coluin- 'elnh are requested to be present, and bla Ibjuor law. Heretofore beer was 'any other women of Hpringflrld who sold In bottles only, to persons holding are interested are Invited to attend, provin.-lsl liquor permits. Mrs. Ilrsits n said thie sfiernoon. Ju E FACES Fifty Of Tons of Coal, Last Spare Fuel, Taken Over by City One to Six Sacks Appor tioned; Will Have to Last Until Summer NOME, Alaskn. Xtarch 21. OP) Nome was threatened with wo criaea today a coal famine and a threat ened renewal of a diphtheria epV demic, which took a toll of six Uvea from the time of the outbreak ln the middle of January to the lifting of the quarantine a month ago. Tbo city council purchased fifty tons of coal. the last of the spare fuel In town, from the United Statea Signal corp radio station yesterday and appor tioned it in one to six sacks. This has to last until Juno when the next coat ship arrives. Sudden prosperity of the natives, who purchased coal from the proceeds of their rich fox catrhea and failure of the coal ship Apollo, due to atorma, to arrive last fail, canned tbe shortage. Taw nenresbor est ia 70 miles Inland, with no trails connecting It. All beach wood' for 30 miles up nnd down the coast has been exhausted. A white child, the daughter of Her. man Uecausky, formerly of Seattle, xn the diphtheriA patient reported iterdnj. Ncnrly nil the diphtheria patient's have recovered. J p. Curtis Welch, sale physician of Nome, on receiving word of a soro throat epidemic nnd possible diph theria cases among residents of Ituck land river, sent a shipment of anti toxin by dog team. EY NEEDED TO E Thirty-three blocks of paving are under contract for the city of lu gene. and M blocks more have been netitioned for by property owners, !nnnomiccd Harry !evcrenu, city en- gineer, today. Interaeelion money Is nvilij,i.e to provide crossings for the &1 blocks, hn stated, hut the money would nave to be provided through the coming bond election for the Oilier proven. j The work under contract is getting rapid start. Paving has already he- gun on Chsrnelton street between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues. (trading Is virtually complete on Nineteenth avenue from Willamette street to Lincoln. Crnding is also be ing carried on from WillametM to Lincoln ti Thirteenth avenue, where the street was newly-opened from Willsinelle lit Charnelton. Keveral other pr.ijeels will he start ed as soon ss the weather gets bet ler. Already npproi'inately 100 men are at work on street Improvement projects alone. . , Club may Join State Federation in an Invitation esienoeu ,iy leuer from Mrs. Kadie tlrr Dunlisr, of I'orllsnd, president of the slate fed eration, lo Mrs. Paul Braltnin, presi dent of the loal organisation. The nnlt.e ill he Mil for llisrltSS.On and tronsideraiion si lbe resulsr meeting 1 GOAL 1 AND EP DEMIG rin JL Students and Police Clash Over Arrests IIAVAVA, Cuba., March 21. OH Eight students and three policemen were Injured today when several him dred students gathered ln front of the presidential palace aa a protest against fines given three students aa a result of arrests la connection with proclamation against the Hey-Qut sada treaty celebration last Wcdnsw- daj. Ths students attempted to rush ths palace, police said knd reserves were called to disperse them. Several shots were fired by both sides but no om waa killed. The assistant chief of police, Pedro Pe Cardenas, who led the reserves was struck over the head. The three students were fined $200 each. Many arresta were made by the police and the force around the palace was doubled. ATTEND DISTRICT IT rratlc11y all thT mombors pt the Eucane Hotry club were signed up today for tha trip ,to Portland to attend the i-nmial district meeting of Orogon, Wnah Ington and British Columbia which will open tomorrow even ing for a three-day session. It Is expected that a tow others will also be Included before the meetings start at Portland. Ow Ing to the convention being ln seaalon there will he no lunch eon meeting of the Eugene Rotary club next Tuesday noon, accord ing to Carl 0. Washhurno, pres ident. "It looks like nearly all of the Eugene notarlans will go," said Mr. Washburno. "We expect to make a creditable showing and it Is desired that all members who go will wenr their Ilotnry caps." A special Southern Pacific car will ba ' provided for the local delegation on train No. 11, leav ing at 11:30 o'clock Kunday morn ing. Following are thoaj who have signed up to attoud: Mr. and Mra. W. P. Kcll, Mr. and Mra. I., n. Hlgwart, Mr. and Mra. It, A. Dooth and Barbara Ilooth. Mr. and Mrs. K. U. Irfe and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Tay lor C. White, J. A. McLean, Mr. rnd Mrs. Carl C). Waahhurne, C. A. Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. K., Itoy Ilooth, E. N. Drain, Mr. and Mra. Paul R. Kelly, Clyde Robblns Rev. J F. Haas, Dr. C. B. Wlllnughby. Bruce Brundage, E. Largo, Father E. V. O'llara, Eugene Chadwk-k, Clif ford II. Manerud. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Rogers, Mr. and Mra. liny mond Torroy, Mr. nnd Mra. W. B. Neol. E It. Bryaon, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. (illslrap, J. I-. Bland, W. C. Voran, Mr. and Mrs. I'. I), I.ee, Mr. and Mra. John Stark Evans. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. 8nel- son, Ur. nd Mrs. W. A. Kuy- kendall, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Morris, Dr. and Mra. ('has. Hunt. L. I.. Graham. Hnyal (lick. Prof, and Mrs. W. D. Smith. Truck Overturned On Pacific Highway 8PBIN(iFlEI.n, Msreh 21. -(Special) -The truck driven by (). 1. Smith of Springfield wss 'overturned and damaged at 10 o'clock this morn ing when it was s'ru k b an automo bile driveo by a woman motorist while rounding o blind curve on the Pa cific highway In West Springfield. Tills Is the th rd aceideiit ou !5, curve la the leal few weeks. Mr. Smith was on Ins way lo Eugene with a tru-'Sload of potatoea when tbe accident happened. The left front wheel waa broken off and the (euders badly jammed. Mr. tilmlb escaped witbuul injury. STRICKEN AREA IS F Deaths Mount to 822; In jured List Still Hovers At 3,000 Mark Heavy Contributions of Sup. , plies and Money Pour In to Cities : (By The Associated Press) Ths keownand estimated dead from Wednesday's tornado and atorm which dipped Into sections of fire atates, stood at 822 today. This total Included flrt additional deaths reported from Griffin, Ind., one more from Prioce ton, Ind., snd seven mors from Mur pliysboro. The number ef Injured still hovered s round 3000. Ilurlal of the dead was proceeding rapidly In all sectors, with brief c:re. monies. Some communities plan me morial services later. Ministers ars remslnlng constantly on duty. There are still some unidentified dead with more bodies probable y.t to be found. . Orgsnlred rescue and relief work waa ' methodically ln operation throughout the devastated, regions. Surgeons Needed.. ' An Immediate need of surgeons for ' the southern lillnula field prompted the state health director to appeal to county nietllcal aocietles for. help. Tbo departments field .director , reported 7:i,S surgical cases in thla sons, , Heavy contributiona of money and supplies continued to pour in from sources all over the United Stales.. Property loss in all devastated dis tricts waa estimated variously be tween five abd eight million dollars. Heps to Rebuild. The few survivors of such annihi lated towns aa Griffin, Intl., and t)e Hoto and l'arrisb, 111., clung des perately to the hope that the towns miiht be rebuilt. As town lots their proverty retained value, aa a patch if grouud on a windswept rural hill their holdings were valueless. - As the eye witness counts of the twisters visitation were more freely reported, ita freakish Iroulc and ec centric antics struck observer, aa without parallel lit the history of tor nadoes, t'nbelieveable were many sf the stories of escapes while otbera escenled the hope of the roust imag inary. WORKERS ACTIVE CHICAGO, March 21. () Tue atorm-awept territory of the Ohio val ley tctay continued the tragic task of burying its dead, while relief workers completed me fluty of bringing ord'r out of chaos and plans for re-babilitu-tlon were advnueed. Funerals of some cf the virtlrue of Wednesday's storm were held to-.ita ,'. but must of the burinls were arra:iga for today and Sunday, with memorial services lo lie Ir'ld later. Iu towns where the loss of life was heaviet, community fiinera's errs plsuned, wltb burial in one long grave. . Work It Organlrsd. Reports from he destroyed dis tricts said thai relief work was well organized and today a flood of ma terial aid continued to pour in for sufferers in the greatest tornado JU America's history, whica snuffed out more than 800 lives. Injured .WOO per- -I (Continued oo pige three) ra RQMDISASTER CIRCULATION YESTERDAY In Fjukcro 2714 Siii.url.ait 2479 Mail 1021 Net Taitl 6214 Totl copies .,A printed 6470 THE GUARD GROWS t v V -i i ..i : if i 1 "i! 3; , ' in PI 11 : j: ' I: ' u 'i - I .V -i, j i i t ; if I! i' s H i v