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EDITION
THE WEATHER,
Oregon: Unsettled tonight
ltd Saturday; probably local
rtlns; cooler In the Interior
Saturday; Irmb eou'h shifting
t, west and northwest winds.
Temperature today: Minimum,
34 degrees. Maximum Thurs
day, 62. Precipitation today,
tone. Stage of river, 3 feot.
Direction of wind, southeast.
Listain Lecture Tonight
-Any person who loves the Mc-
iKfDiie nver mum., . a,.u.
Iifif if tf Iai'5 t0 a,lcD(1 tnc '"u"
'mini lecture by Trofeesor K. T.
IHodte Ot me gcoiusj. ucimriuieni oi
,it university, nt the chamber of
,(nmerce tonight," says Xelaon V.
Macduff, supervisor of the Cascade
Intro"1 forest. And any person
I .bo has not traveled in this region
n it to himself to sain on idea of
i beauty." For the territory cover-
the slides to be shown in connec
tion with the .lecture are equal in
Muty to any used by Frank ltrnncb
itfey, it is stated. The lecture will
on the Three Sisters, and is open
10 the public. Half of the finest p'.c
inres token along the trip from Mt.
Hood to Crater Inko were found to
be in the Three Sisters region, and
these will be used toDight. The lecture,
11 eipectcd to be extremely inter
filing to vacationists and persons, in
terested in the geology of the nioun
uins. It has been suggested that
i'rofessor Hodge give this lecture
trer the Oregonian rnd'o station in
crder to reach a much larger audi
tare. Girl Reserves Leave
Nine young women from Kugene,
Iiccompanifd by Miss Minnibel Ileid of
the faculty of Eugene h'gh school.
if ft tins morning for Vancouver,
I Wash., to attend the mid-winter con
ference for Girl Reserves. This or-
IfiDization has not been as actiyj. in
the city during the past year as it
fhould be, according to locai leaders
I is the work, and it is believed the con
ference will add stimulus to the work
I of organizations. With the formation
of a Boy Scout council it is believed
bit the girls of the city will want to
'.rep pace with the boys. Eugene
b'gh school will be represented by
Margaret Edinunson, Kathryn ISeelye,
Dorothy Kuowles, ' Grace r'ennell,
Mclba Yokum, Muizie Burdick and
Marian Gray. Helen ey is n dele
Kate from University high. Miss Ed
nuDson is scheduled' for a toast at
the banquet' nnd'AIiss Seolya will up-I
hear on the program for n short talk.
Stage Schedule to Change
Operation of the Eugene to Khun
,,k i.n . i- i i- i . I
ith tails stage line on a daylight
schedule, effective within the next
10 days, is announced by Richard
Shepherd of the Terminal hotel.
1'nder the new time table the stages
ill leave Eugene nt S o'clock in the
morning and arrive at Klamath Kails
jO o'clock in the evening. Re
turning the bus leaves Klnmath Fulls
it 7:45 o'clock lu the moruimt. arriv
al in Portland nt night. The Cnli-
mia stage line will be routed by
nay of Redwood, Oil., tinder arrange
ments now being made by the offi
cials. Mr. Shepherd says. This is
ilirourh the new connecting link, giv-
the lines a through route by way
of Crescent o'ty and Eureka. Offi
ffrs of the stage are now in Sacra
mento, C'al., planning the change, and
;ke nrw time table will probably be
ffectiv? about May 1. it is stated.
Employment Is Brisk
A hundrpd and eighteen persons
wind employment though the assist
tice of (he t'nited States employ
ment office in Eugene last week, no
rrding to the report conipiled today
Trank Ifc Armitage. nuperintend-
f the office. Of this number 107
er men and 11 women. Mill work
rkimrt the largest number of lnhor-
'r. 44 men being snt to various mill
Orations in the county, including
rh Western Lumher company Ht
w'"fir, and the mill nt ReedFport.
( Inifirarion of the persons em
P,f,J"d is ns follows: Men: Farm
s; hop grubbers, 8; carpen
tr. 12; rnctin) workers, 10; com-
mnn laborers, logging ramp workers, f
milt hinds, 44; truck drirers, 2 i
outers 2; engineers. : watchmen.
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tqixu-s news today EUGEXE, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1923 today's news toiuy KO. 69
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PRIMES
CAUSE DAMAGE
OFSUOMOO
Ranchers Forced to Fleo
From Homes; no Los3
Of Life Given
Larger Fires Believed to
Have Subsided Owing
To Sudden Calm
VALENTINE. Neh., March 27.
UP) A definite check up of the ra
vages of the prairie fires which have
been raging over North Central Ne
braska and across the line in the
vicinity of the Rosebud Indian reser
vation in South Dakota, since la,t
Wednrdny showed that no lives were
lost, no towns were destroyed, b it
that property damage amounting to
approximately $1,000,000 was caused.
FIRES UNDER CONTROL
VALENTINE, Neb., March 27.
UP) After causing au estimated loss
of $1,000,000 or more to hay lands
and ranchers property, virtually all
of the prairie fires which have rav
aged North Central Nebraska and
the southern section of South Du
kotnr were extinguished early today
according lo a survey made this
noon. No loss of life was sustained
as fur as known, although many
ranchers were forced to flee before
the flame?.
Several smaller fires are known
to be present northwest of here but
ranchers reported they were being
... .
extinguished rapidly without conoid
erable loss.
Schoolhouse Burns.
Earlier reports that a school teach
er nud two children were burned to
death in, a Bchool limine near here,
were found to be groundless, the sur
vey showed. The closest call the fire
made was when it gutted a scbool
liouse six miles southwest of Crook
ston, which is several miles west of
here.
The teacher in id 12 pupils saw the
flames nitproa'b.ng and were taken
to safety about one hour before the
stnulure was destroyed.
Cloze CO Miles Wide
IUndiers this tnorn'ng reported
thr.t the fire had buintd over an area
nf 200 miles to in some plnces, SO
miles w de. The damage to the bay
In ltd. it is estimated, amounts to at
leat $1 nn acre.
It is the general view here th.it the
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WASHINGTON. Mareh 27.- -Senator
Rurton K. Wheeler nf Mon
tana, (i-'rdnn Campbell and Kdwin S.
Rof-th were indicted here torlny by t
feder.il grand . jury on conspirarv
chargrs.
Mr. Campbell i n oil land operator
in Montana. Mr. Rr-oth ia a former
olicitor of the interior drpartment.
The Indirtment the neernid re
turned ngrfinst Whefler and Campbell,
they having been indicted in Montana
on rhf-rge involving allegation that
Mr. WhclT improperly rpreented
Campbell before a government depart
ment. The n-w indietmenta were baed on
eharg relating to the aemring of oil
land permits in M'-oum. and relat
to transactinnf ll"g"d to have taken
place while Hooth was in the interior
dpartment.
Affr a telephone conference with
Senator WaWh. an counsel for Wheel
er, Cnited State Iittri Attorney
Gordon atmounred be would fix bail
t SlXiO in the raKe oi er .
Hnator Walh
indicated hi
-..H renort to tbe
district
attorney' office tomorrow in oH-r
,n con.ply with bail req-iireant
!.oth and Campbell will br rnn.tted
, arrange bad in the cit.ea here
they reiide.
DOROTHY ELLINGSON ON TRIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO COURT
here is ihe scene of the -Jazz Girl's" fiaht for freedom, the 0.0U rtroom of Superior Judge Harold Louderback In San Francisco, where
Dorothy Elllngson; 16-year-old alayer of her own mother) la now Jon trial. Flgurea In the case are as follows: (1) Sylvester McAfee
and (2), Alexander Mooslln, attorneys for the girt; (3) Dorothy?. $l llngson: (4) William Mumhy of the District Attorney's office and
(5), Harmon D. Sklllen, assistant district attorney, conducting the prosecution. '
II
S-AI.EM, Ore., March 27. W. W.
Cavrnrsp. ln:tMl Stairs iitrvryur rcd-
a..1 f..r (Wnn.in hn. nntimv.fi nn flD-
... . . i i v . i
nliration of the state laml board for
tide lo 2.1.(101) acres of land in the
beI of Warner lake in Lake county,
acconlinrf to information rereived ti
,l:iy by Atlorney General Van Winkle.
If the rcfommpmlatii n of the sur
veyor general Is affirmed by the com
inisHoiier of the land office, of which
there i believed to lie no do"'.t, title
to Ihe land will pans from the -eminent
to the state. The land hi"
beeu valued nt $10 an acre and i
iid to be fertile anil particularly
adapted to hay growing. If the tat
sets title the bind will pr baldy b
put on mile, acror.'inz t
, (i. (!. Itpiwn,
. of the mate land b"rd.
PENH. Or?., Marrh 27. Th?
Brooks Scanlr-n Lumber coripany
yesterday precntrd 1726 acr
of logged off lands nar tlm city
ilimita to thfl Rpnd Golf club for
n golf rourao. Tho dopfl 'aa
Uignrd by Dr. T. F. Ilronha, nf
! Minneapolis, president of the
'company, who wan In Bond on an
! Inspection trip. '
! M. J. Sranlon, vicpresldont of
hon In Ftond Inst
thi
romrany,
mid the nffor of n Rolf
fall
. iho r-luh momhi-rs toll-:
ruin i"
! i ihom !! rould have any si'"
i they doslreil on (ha company s
lodsc (I off land.
I Tli aito finally choson by tho ;
'committee. i lasted nlona; The j
! Dallos rallfornla highway about aj
mlle from the south city limits
.(fords hat is cnnsioerpii
sn unusually
Cascades.
goffd Tlew of
tho
nr. Drooks, with his son. narry
n neral manaRer of the
rr,j oncratlon. and (lenrna A.
p.rtiens. eeneral sales manager
of Minneapolis left here
nisht for Portland.
last
Lord Rawlinson
Dies at Delhi
Pi;l.III. March 'J". Oneral Wd
.fnrnnder in-cllirf of th?
Bht.'.h force, in Irulis. d,.d tonight.
Eugene Chamber is Asked
To Assist in Observance
Of National Forest Week
IJeqneiting that the Kugene cham
ber of commerce and other civic or
gnnizatior.! uf this city participate
in tho observance of American Forest
week, April 27 to May 3, a communi
cation has been received from the
K'rp(Eon state chamber by tho
'
local
chamber.
The following is the fommunica'
tion:
''You nre requested t take charge
of American Forest Week in your
locality. This is a nntional campaign
against carelessness with fire in the
forest. It is backed by the chamber
of commerce of the I'nited Ktuten,
as well as other representative or
ganizations. "To be succeRsful, the campaign
must have nsgresKive local leader
ship. This you are equipped to give.
Much credit will accrue' to your or
Breach of Promise
Suit may be Filed
Against Dennistoun
PARIS, March 27. A suit for
breach of promise and defamation of
character against lieutenant Colonel
;.-n Dennistoun, defendant In th" sen
sational London trial just ended will
be filed in London soon by an Ameri
can woman who now Is in the I'nited
Statrs, It was announced today by
Oudley Field Malone, who will n p
recent the plaintiff.
Mr. Mab.ne deelnred that the evl
dnee would include
hunlrl fM
I.ikth in Colonel ifnnitoiin' haii'l.
manv of Kliirh ronlsin hinhiy lrliK"
.n.in lo I.silr Carnsrvnu." I.ndj
:
Carnarvon is Colonrl Irnniloun
prM,t w,ff. -ih letters
to have lieen written over
erahle periml of time.
Jiea Market
are eniil
s roniti'I-
Suffers Break
WINMPK'i. Mao . Msrch lit.- f
' Wheat plunjfd it 8-Nc hmliel on.
(lit Winmpn grain ec,ine t-iU;-.
ihe lsy delivery go ng to II .5li..
Cue rnmetit invetigntiun of Irnd
ing io Chicago partly blsi I.
CM1CA(J. March -'7. Wheat uf.
fereJ a sharp breuk in price lodiy.
t'ersistant aelliiig to stop 1 .tmt on
:be part of the holding of future de-jnL(. fll vhii Mountain, in ti n i.oMli
i;vry (ontrsrm t-ok place, in M.iy . wriJt hrtr Sitmr. an I another lo en,!
oelivry in particular and qu tatiorn j jj,, IMM n( Kanaka Nik in the Koiili)
oo that moLih dro,.p-d to fl -',i, an, vt. Knrl frertiod of ad.iit uiutl
1 .veroigb, f.ll of Vc . bus.eL
fx -fv"
ganization ns n result off totch leader
ship. Forest fire prevention fa a
business problem. It fa a problem of
vital importance to Oregon nnd must
be solved by biiKinesa organizations.
"We suggest that you tnkc steps
to form a local American Forest
Week committee at once and get
them to work. Your committee should
be made up of local representatives
of Itotary, Kiwnuis, American I.egion,
Hoy Scouts, . school superintendents
nnd other prominent civic leaders. It
Hhould be headed ,by a live member
of your organization who can get re
sults. The American Forent Week execu
tive committee for Oregon, on which
the Oregon state chamber Is repres
ented, will send you mors detail"!
suggestions for your cooperation.
Flense ndvie then, ns to your plans."
Veteran Undergoes
88th Operation at
Washington Hospital
WAIXA WAI.l.A, Wash.. -.March
27. John Lonnroth of Worcester,
Mass., underwent his Mh Mirgicnl op
eration in a local tiotpital here yes
terday, lynnroth nm wounded dor
! ing the w 'rid war. both leg being
' mangled nnd Irs ba-k broken. Some
of the mst famous urgeon in th
j Cni'ed Stiiea have worked on his
j case in endeavoring to rv b.s Iftnbs. !
i aemrding to I,onnroth. Amputations
' hn e ,vt performed until onty
sfunips r-nisin.
i linnroih Brrii'l hr w,tlj
; 'rom ('nl'fnrnia, drivina slnnr in
! otrinlly rani rurii,! aulomnlillr. II"
plana to driif mm a. ooo si h in
well eri'tugh to again be on the road-
Native Eskimos of
Alaska Will Gain
Vocational School
WASHINGTON. March
Piunn
r ,n.irueti.n f Uifee bit) dinn
fnrro the nmb-us of (he first indui
trial -vocational s liool s)stm ffr ni
tie Ktdituio and fiKlun of Alaska
wf re outlined today fy the ii.terior
departineiit.
The (hre sti u lure ill im bid
tw to nft f-'0HH each st Kklmlna.
! in central Alak.i, n'-ar Anediraf.
I cbo"Ia is co!.ttmpUt"U
t t s -
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.
iA) A jury of nine men nnd three
women wan chosen today to deter
mine the fato of -ltJ-yenr old Itorothy
KtlfngNon, charged with murder for
killing her mother in the bedroom of
their limine Inst .Tanuary after a quar
rel over the girl's mac) pursuit of
pleasure.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.
(A1) Imrothy F.llingson, the I'l yenr
old "Jii7.z girl," on trial for murder
for shooting her mother after a quar
rel over purl lea nnd J")' rides, col
lapsed in th" courtroom today after
the session hnd been adj"iirned fr
the noon recrna.
The girl bad borne i.p calmly dur
ing the morning. .lust before adjourn
ment her attorneva, question ng i pro-
sfiective juror bad used thene
phrases:
"Anna Kllingson, the dead woman,"
"the snnlty of the girl on trial," and
"the p'tFsibllity that she did not shoot
this woman but lied about ft and con
feased to shield someone elte." The
girl spejned to braro hernelf. She bit
her lip as if fighting hick the awon
that crept over her.
With the court at renea and the
crowd stream ng out she tr'e,1 for
ihe back -entrance, but crumpled into
the arms of tw
policemen.
UU.H CALLED
AHli'Migb Ifineinfe often is celled
the instrument nf thaught, a wise
man has raid that It is really the
nutriment of thought -the atmos
phere in which Moonlit lives. It fa a
tried, 1 1 m a necessary to the a'tilty
if our mental potters at the aid is to
our lungs,
Word" are also known ss brain
food. It has hen said iba' every new
term espreming a fn-t not previously
' kn wn becomes to m if ll foml for 111"
! miri.1 ilint nhiorlts it. Tu think new
(thought, new wordx ere cslUd fif.
j Like food for th body, words are j
food fr the mind (be brain. j
Then how important it Is lo learn '
new words, so ss l bae new ideas, j
study of words begets wisdom, j
power, rnergy. 'I be .New Cu-versitii's i
ipirtjonary dl supply one. with ikw
' w.irds for many )rrs. Oi a t"ly
! tiilb the toup 'ti' sod fed ur inifid. '
We all neeil lot-re word to properly ,
1 rtpreci mir though, S.
PETTTONSFOB
EMM
Central and Southern Ore
gon Line3 Proposed by
0. C, and E. Head
Construction Work Would
Amount to Approxi
mately $4,500,000
SPOKANE, Wash., .March 27. UP)
Announcement that nn application has
been filed with the interstate com- !
me roe commission for a certificate of
public conveniences nnd necessity for
the construction of l-lH mile of new
railroad In Ceutrnl and Southern Ore
gon was made- here last night by Rob
ert K. Strahorn, president of the
Oregon, California nnd Kaatern rail
way. Mr. Strahorn announced that appli
cation for the extension of the liuea
of tho railroad wai made on March
10 following a meeting of the board
of directors of the railway held In
Portland. He said the estimated coat
of the construction will be a pur ox I
mntely $1,500,000.
Lines Proposed
Application wna made for tha con
struction of tho following Knei:
From Ihe Sprngue river terminus
uf tho road hi tt general northerly
direction to Silver l.ako, Oregon, a
distance of ftt milci. Thli U a part
of tho inn In linea from Klamath Falls
to Rend, Ore,
From Mile Post No. 43 on the (tame
line lu a northeasterly direction to a
point on Williamson river, a distance
of IT) miles.
From the Sprsgue river terminus
in a general iout beast erly direction
to Ijikevlew, Oregon, n distance nf
(!." milea.
Early Extension planned
Mr. Htrnhorn snid that early exten
sion of the lines is phmnrd and Hint
beginning of construction now ownits
only the grouting of necessary rights.
"Survey a were completed on the
right of way obtained on tho Silver
Lake line several yenm ago and such
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z
BE SESSIONS TOPIC
Preliminary plans for a city jsonlng
program fnr Kng"ue, which hss been
urged by the Fugene chamber o( com
merce and other local organizations,
will be illncUKurd nt a meeting of rep-reo-ntntlvea
of several local organiza
tion called for this evening nt 7
I nV,ork M t(), fwtmn nf pfmm(l.r
t f rmmrep
It. Is planntd later to have a gn
eral meeting ith representatives of
other organizations at which time
son i dt'frnit steps will b taken
toward (bis
sibility that
objective with the pos -
a permanent civic com-
mitlee appointed by the city will be :
planned, '
Tb following named represents';
lives have been asked If) attend thM
meeting tonight: K. I-. Chambers.!
) rbaitibe'r of ivmimerce; Carl . Wash- .
i burne, itotary dub; N. . Nelson -'
V. M '. A ; W. K. Newell, Kiwnnis
Hub; Krn'-t Ludlow, Lion; tieorge'
, K. Loe, American l.cgitu; Major K.
, It. Parks. W. ti. Griffin. Lane County
i 'redit association; It. A. Md 'ully,
; l"tig-nc Itealty boaid.
' BANK IS R08BE0
i HiliT WOlCni, Te March -7.
jTwo men held up the Polytechnic
State Itnnk her-- today and rsiaped
jw.th beiwcei ."i.iHmi and 7,kj in
'currency. 'Ihe cnhir was Imln-d in
thw vault,
MR. MORROW APPOINTED
WASHINGTON. Mstn-Ii -'7.- Kur
tnr tiovcnior Moriuw uf the Panuum
I ami I sou u lolay uiipoiuted by
Pre d'-nt CuomU- a Aiwi rit aii uh-ui-brr
uf tb 'lmy.UA An. lyuutiJavy
i-oliiuiiSalt'O
ARGUMENTS
IF:
STATE VOICED
BEFORE I, G.C.
W. P. EUia, Attorney For
Oregon Public Service
Commission, Speaks
Commissioner Esch Puts in
Question of Need of
Transportation
WASHINGTON, March 27. UF)
Argument upon the contention of the
state of Oregon that railroads serving
it should be required to construct ex
tensive mileage through its central
nnd eastern portions was presented
tmlay before tho Interstate commerce
commission.
W. I. Kllli, attorney for the Ore
gon public service commission ex
plained the demand of the state that
a new cross-line of railroad running
from east to west through Its south
tary Intercita required the north and
south extensions should be built. He
declnred the interstate commerce com
mission had the power to enforce suca
a requirement.
Control Is Charged.
"The Southern Pacific controls
transportation lu ball of Oregon und.
the Union Pacific controls It 'in tha .
other half." Mr. Kills replied. "It is
that situation which we seek to have
met, by Ibis implication,'' , '
Mr, KlIifAisued That national mill
tary interests require dtbe north nn.l
south construction through the state
enst of the Cascade range. Commit
loner Ksh asked if there were not
I ml iu ii rrscnntinii under federal con
trol which might need the trannportii
tlon in the territory anil the attorn
named several.
representatives Present.
Vai'loiis other representatives f
intennts in the territory are to be
heard. Including A. C. Spencer for
the Vnion Pacific and H. C, Pry for
tho Southern Pacific.
Preliminary proceeding before t!u
com mi union have resulted in the r
port by its examiner that the ii'"W
construction should ho on rred nrd
that the ronnuisi"n's powep will en
able (t to enforce orders n;;iiust
railroad. .
Mr. Doy Speak
. Mr. I ley dcrlarcd that it was nought
to enforce the enlist rurttou of 1 10
miles of imin line (nun Kirk to tak-
- ridge, of Jnn-j mile (mm Crane to
j Odell nnd l'.t) miles of brnn-hes nt
an estiiiiJited cost of approximately
i ?:;.'. 7 -.OiKi. Little of this rnnstruc
' tion would le entailed ui'oo the South
' ern Par fic, he siid. but the peUioO
(Continued cm pa two)
Patrolman Accepts
Service of Warrant
ptiHTI.ANP. Ore., March 27. IM
$nr nisnchard. patrolman, tolay
repted errice of a warrant charKinl
! assault ' d Iwttery resulting irmn m
attack lie i. alleged to have ma.le upot
Pavid Ffintkea Jr., in a r.i:n wtitiSl
warn mad by mistake on the KMiIk'
home Saturday. Mrs attorney, .ViUou,
It. Klfpper. a-'Ved that arraignment
b m:ide Tuesday. Klpper said he
wculd appal to the civil service bmd
in an attempt to overturn Mayor
Baker's .discharge oMtlancfcard from
the pw'ic force.
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