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I glow the Interviews With City Of f icials in The Guard of City Bond Proposals-Water Will be the Next one. City News HOME ED!T!ON THE WEATHER Oregon: Unsettled this after. ,joo; generally fair tonight and Sunday; cooler In east portion t.nlgnt; moderate west to north tonight; mlderate west to north wl!t winds. Temperature today: Minimum, 36 degrees. Maximum Friday. 58. Precipitation today et an Inch. Stage of river, jj feet. Direction of wind, K,theast. Upioyment Office Busy I Holding 'h positions of Red secretary and superintendent , .he United' States employment l.reau is keeping ran Arm T . thaaa rl a vfl Wtth tho I' L' 68 -?gijtV's xkws Toiuv EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY EYEXINT,, MARCH 28, 1925 toiiavs'xkyvs tuday xo 7Q luge ou. - - tjjviest demaaa ui ui jear lur -ninvecs for work both inside El outside of Eugene, Mr. Arm re must also, find time to at- .-.rf to veterans' claims, norms .indications ana otner detail worn Eitil a substitute for Miss 3race Korton, who Is recovering irom r.n iteration for appendicitis. Is found. feeouest for change of beneficiary ij adjusted compensation claims boald be filed on a special blank, lie Red Cross office is informed. Iflie insurance certificate should Lot be forwarded with this request. (nis special application will take lore of situations where the rer- Lb who thinks himself the b -ne-IMarv fills out the demand for Ipapnent form on the back of the certificate, but the bureau linus that he is not' the last psrson iesignated by the veteran as bene ficiary. In tuch cases the bureau kill send a new demand for pay- tient form to the person Inst nam 1 by the veteran. . Local Girl to Sing , . Miss Melba Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Williams, ot tils city, and who is taking ad- ranced work in' music at Grinnell tollege, Iowa, sent word to her hmily that on April 2 at Dcs Moines she would appear as solo ist In a concert which the glee Itlub of the college is to broadcast crer station WHO, Des Moines. The program is to be given at leren-thlrty o'clock there in the frening, which would make It sbout 6:30 o'clock in Eugene for friends who want to tune in on ihe program.- Miss Williams Is a former University of Oregon stu i?nt, and left for the east early In the fall. She Is now on a tour nth the Grinnell college glee club ikich will extend over several of the central states. Picture Presented . A photograph of Triangle Inke, en larged and tinted in oil, was prescnt- I bj- Mrs. Myrtle Slayter Hamlin Eugene, who spent her girlhood its in Blachly, to the Triangle high hool yesterday. Arnold D. Collier, r-maty club lender, declared it to be ibt most beautiful picture of the lake U has ever seen. I Club Meeting Announced The Fortniihtlv club of Eueenc "ill hold a regular meeting Thursday afternoon at too chamber of cora "eree rooms. The subject for the tflrrnoon's discussion will be "Latin America," with Mrs. F. G. Young, Mn. Charles Carpenter, and .Mrs. lr- H. n. Wilc-s leading in the dis- W. A. Meeting April 4. The class , adoption of Modern Nowlmen of America at Morcola is be April 4, it ie announced, in- ad of Inst night. Moro than 23 Ini- atps arc to "ride the goot" at the Marcnla meeting, It is staled, nnd the 'remonies will he followed by a inrd-boiled feed." OH-Time Dance Planned Ad old-time country dance and sup- at Frolic Inn, the old Country 3 on South Willamette, will be pen bv the South Willamette local the Farmers' Union neit Wednes- F'r tight, It is announced by the com- r'tee, eonsisling of O. Z. Harris, fn Trnll and John Elliott from Salem ''on K. Kdwards, formerly of j "ogfield who is now a guard at the " prison at Salem, is a local vis- I W mr t!,. ...k...J .-Itl. hi. no. F'ati here. There are 4M men and (Continued, on page fire) THE. COST BE COMPARED IHEDESULTS IT BRINGS II I I UBuffi j SS m m m . m s . ".' : : : Prisoners Confess Murder ES TELL Armond B. Dorner and James W. Mack Tell Story to Warden Finding of Skeleton Cause Of Confession; Murder Some Time Ago SALEM, Ore.. March 2S.C4) De claring thru they prefer to pay the penalty, even death by the rope, rather than bear any longer the men tal burden of unconfessed guilt, two youthful prisoners in the Mate peni tentiary yesterday voluntarily con fessed to Warden .Dalrymple that they murdered the man whose skele ton was found last Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Joe Coleman of Chehnlis, Wash., on Tilton river, '2S miles east of that city. A bullet hole in the skull indicated murder, but tho mystery was complete, with the skeleton uni dentified and suspicion held ngninst no Jnnn. ' ' . Identity Confirmed "Warden Dairy in pie today confirmed the identity of the two prisoner as Armond B.- Dorner and James W. Mack. ";. ' J. V. itnrrctt, st.it a parole offi cer, who olso heard the confession of the two men, stated that he was working at the Jackson county court house at the time they were convict ed and that he distinctly remembered that they were members of a party of five hoboes, who were trnveling south. They were i!3 and 24 years old. According to the story told by the two men to the men, they had stolen an auto in Seattle the latter part of last May and started south in the car. A short distance out of Seattle, they overtook a stranger who wanted a ride. They allowed him to get into their cni . He was drunk, according to their story, wore a d anion d siickpin and talked as if he had money. He spoke of working in logging rumps. Scuffle Started The two automobile thieves rde in the front seat, the stranger in the rear. t'ndcr nome pretext one of the fugitives got into the rear scat with the stranger, so the story to Warden (.Continued on page three) I Proposals that Lsne county coeper e with llouc'as county in the Im provement of a rcsd to conneit with Gsrdiner bare been male and this will prol.nMv be discussed with the Ilniirlaa county court at Itoseburg in the near future, according to V. M. Morse, county engineer. The proposed road Improiement in Lane would be about thrrc-nunrters of s mile south of Kiddie erect, the engineer stales. Mr. Morse and O. E. Crowe, coun ty commissioner, returned today from western Lane wbers they hate been for the past two dais. The present road ii too 'P "(l cation trill h necessary in order to connect wit'i the Jouilss county route. Mr. .Morse stntei. The crtimtr commissioner and engi neer in-peteil Ihe Mapletotn to Club man route end report thst it is in f.iir condition after the winter rsins find that it will probably be open for traf fic by May 1. Itepsirs wdl be made by the road snpervi;or of that dit trict. it is reported. Work on Ihe grading of tbe Mnpie and Kiddle creek route hss been com pleted with the eiceptioa of a por tion being done nnder tbe direction ,.f Karl M'-Nutt. This trill be complet ed wi'hin a few days If rain does not hamper Ue work, Mr. Morse said. TIVO YOUTHFU HIT OF THEIR DEED Executive to Be Named for Scouts Here Selection of an executive to have charge of the Hoy Scout work in Eu gene will he made at the meeting of the general committee sponsoring the movement here, according to Lynn S. McCrendy, president. The meeting will be held at the rooms of the cham ber of 'com me roe Monday cven'mtf. The committee of H members, re cently appointed, will make the selec tion of the executive from three ap plications received. One application is from Oregon, one from Washing ton and one from Montana. All three possibilities for the pnxitinn are ex perienced in scout work and Eugene is assured of a competent man, Mr. McCready Mates. Nearly $3000 hns been pledged for the financing of the scout vnrk here during the coming year, it is announced. GUILTY PLEA TO FOR JAZZ SLAYER KKANXISCO, itfarch 28. The counsel for the defense of Dorothy Elllngson, confessed" niatrf cide, refused fn a conference with Judge Louderback, the trial jude, today lo enter a plea of guilty to a murder charge in any deffr-e. The conference was arranged by the defense (n an effort to bring the trial to an Immediate conclu sion. The prosecution has held that the girl must plead guilty to a murder charge before it will con sent to halt the trial. CASE RESTS TODAY SAN FHAWISOO, March 2S. Dorothy Kllinpaon, 16 year old matricide, today gratefully accept ed a respite from the ordeal she has been undergoing In the pro ceedings to obtain a Jury which will determine her fate. The jury of men and three wo men was sworn in yest'-rday. The jurors were allowed to go to their homes.' The girl was returned to her cell In the county jail;, not the same girl who entered tluro al most two months ago but a chas tened, apparently almost brokrn girl whose frequent collapses in court have given an rnlirely differ ent aspect to her legal status. 0. C. and E. Files Petition for Road J WASHINGTON', March 28 The I ; Orpgon, California and Kastern j ; railroad asked the Interstate com-; ! mercc commission today for Vor-1 ' mission to build WO miles of new ; railroad In Oregon. No estimates . j of costs were Included. Tho line I 'would extend In two directions j from Sprague river, the present , : termituiB of the Oregon California i and Knstern's syatetn. t)ne branch ! wou'd run to Silver lake nnd the ; oilier to Lakevlew, Route Work Camp To be Established! IHtiiblinhment of a mad working camp tlie route between !raue i,nd t'.e month of U'iidt-at creek in r tad district C'l in southern Laa co'inij- is nmlT way. aero Ming 'ft ("ItJirl- iioUl, r.il !ipTvj.'T of thit flitrir,t, who was hre t relay to con fer with the county court ori-r tk rBil imiroif meet. Air. O il.l tafi"i ihftt about three montbt work will 'ie retnrerl on the bond project th s sum mer. At lot i fords on the fos-J a-e In be eliminated at a resrjlt if a reurvey of the route. W-fk is nn drr way at prejpnt with a but the crew will be inrrfaed la .", is the report. L LI Fifty Officers From Three National Forests Are ,: To Attend Several District Officials Will Also be Here For The Sessions , Hangers and other forest officer! from the Cascade, Hinslaw and Crop qua national forests will SMHeinbte In Eugene Monday for the joint ranger sensH'D fcr the diHCDBsiou of fire sup piicsttion work. All the visitors are ci peeled (o take m active part hi the. diHCiiaious, according to Nelson K. Maduff, tuipervidor of the Casca-ie national forest, who states that tho main topics to he cousidered will bo as follows: , "A .thoruiil) (iciiH!ion and aunlysin ot the print (pul fnora governing th action of forevt fires as an initial bttL, or buck. groiti(U fry ny prwven- fort oud ift)pprt!ou work.V-(i .,tk DimMissiop of methods, practices, and policies with the idea of going just as far as possible in clarifying the concept inn of what is good practice under general of specific conditions. "Analysis of common errors, with the object of devising ways nnd means for their elimination." Mr. Osborne Coming. W. H. Osborne of the Portland of fice will conduct the meetings and will uhc Ihe government's fire-fighting manual as a basis for discussions. It is felt that the meeting must 1at three days In order to cover the work (Continued on page two) T KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., March 2S. Klamath Falls Rot another tnurh nf wlntor Ihla morning hn It awnko to find from three to four lm lies of snow on the ((round. The snowfall followed a hrlfk wind and rainstorm, which turned to snow shortly before midnight. Tho skies were clearing this morning nnd It appeared as though Ihe warm spring weather of the past week would again prevail later In the day. lili.N'DOre., March 2V-A light fall of snow fell during the night but disappeared shortly after Ihe sun came out. Clear skies gave promise of good weather and the temperature was higher than It has been for aeveral mornings just recently. Willard Klkins to RANGERS WIL ASSEMBLE FOR MEETING HERE , the nrstion. as this rvtit will prob Give art Lecture1 ably he held early in May." according lo fieorge II. McMorran. president M'KINOFIIXK. March 21 (Spe- of the society. Aiiprosimately 17." eisO. - l'lans for n rt lecture lo be i members of Ihe society have been fiicn by Willard K'kins of Eugene In turning out for rehearsals and rapid ihe Hpringfield high schofd April 17 progress Is being made on Ihn pre were made ot a spec id meeting f ib P-iratlon for tbe program, Mr. Mc Springfield I'arent-Teaiher aseoew. , Mofran stales. n .a.l,r.lu iflvrnnmi nt the I. in- I " coin sct.ool. Theie will also be a muai - ml program at lli'it time. Frosts Forecast I' Or Coming WeeK SAX KIUN('ISt:t). Mch. 2S. Tbe weather outlook for tbe week I - (inuici llareb 111 was aminuived here todsy by the I'nit'd States weather bureau ss follows:' 'on"idersble eloudine,, and oe - ea.:oflSl rains, with tbe temperatnre i less seriously hurt. Damajcu i'J Selnw normal and frosts in Wasblnf ! Ihe plant was estimated at 2'j0. lon and tlrej n. i 000. ASSURANCE IS PATROL HERE Word From United States ; Forest Office is Sent To Eugene Statement Confirms Report That Only Base Will Be Here Definite assurance that the forest airplane patrol will be established again In Eugene this summer has been received by It. S. Shelley, supervisor of, the Si u law nntional forest. This Information, while not in tended to forecast the announcement from tho army air service, is nevertheless offi cial, as it came from ' the Cnlted States forest service. " The Btatment confirms the roporl recently published to the effect tint because Kugeue is equipped with a ninicipal aviation field this city will ii;j all probability be the only patrol bate lu the northwest north ox,, Cfl.i - tf?.!ui Officer's fcuMtloiietf. When the announcement was first published, the air i,crvice officers at t.'rcssey field. Han Francisco, were uuestloued, anil replied lli:it no Infor mation hnd been received by them that Hie patrol would he resumed, but that the air service customarily waiU'd until the Inst minute before ordering the plnues and pilots to the new tost. The announcement that KugeLe will lime the air patrol linne, available for patrol of Cascade and Sius'aw na llonal forenls, also means that a large portion of the .",(I,IHH) appropriated hy congress for the purpose of "airplane patrol of nnlionnl foreatt In the norlh west" will be spent here. The amount appropriated indicates that the pAtril will be carried on on a farger cae than last year, when two airplanes nnd four fliers from Oeasey field were on duty. Commander Uncertain. Paring the period of low humidity the filers mmle dnily trlpj over the forests. The patrol was commsndcil by Lieutenant I.lojd llnrnett, whose (''-operation with air service em ployes nnd Kugene business awn brought much favorable cnmmrnl after the patrol was ordered south. According to the opinion of I0c.1l for est offi -ers. It is trnersllj hopeil that Lieutenant Harnett ill sguln he.nl the pair"! this summer. Plan for Concert Rehearsals Ready All member of the Hiigene Ora torio soriety are re-piented to attend the rehearsal of "Creation" lo be held Monday errnitig. this being the firnt schedule for two weeks. "There are only a fr-vr more rrhenrosl dayn remaining before the premutation f ' Gas Explosion Damage fa High OTTAWA. III. March 58 IHv the Associated I'ressi-A aa ex- t plosion and fire practically rte- j atroyed one of the plnnla of the j i National Flreprooflna; company I here today. Three men, employed In the pUnl where aeventy men j were working, ware taken to aj : hospital and sereral others were , Charged With Murder Pi ta h ; .bsT - - r T, Abovo It tha latest photograph of William Shepherd, left, In dicted for the murder of William McClintock. Talking with Shep herd I William Scott Stewart, his attorney. At the right la Dr. Charlea C. Falman, who haa con tained that he conspired with Shep herd to take tha Ufa of McClint ock. FAiUN ATTACKED IT rilll'AdO, Mnrrh J. W An nffldavit chnrging that l ( Kaimitn. wl.ose emifeKHion has been in rule the principal evidence ngatiiflt Will in m Shepherd, chnrged with murder once operated illegnlly upon n nomnn In his ReiciM'f! iiehool nnd that the woman died, Wfis tnken Into criminal court todayr tJ.v Khepherd's counsel. The affidavit, sworn to by William Scott Stewart, attorney for Shepherd who la fighting In have tbe court re consider Its derision denying Sliepher.t freedom rn hnil, further charged th.ifj the bodr was (liapoaed of by turning ft over to s hilioratnry. CHARGES EXCHANGED CIlH'Atil). March 'JH.--Chargea of hlivkiiifrl nnd intlmidiition nnd brib ery werp eKf'hnnged today aH eouriHe! fur William I. Shepherd, charged with murder, renewed- the fight for bail for the nccnued. In an nffiflavit in mpport of a motion thnt Judge Hopkins reconsider his denial of imjl, it waa charge J that the roufehs'iin of . Kniinan that lie taught SIi"pherd how lo kill Shepherd's ward William N. Mrf 'lininrk, with typhoid germs, was obtained by a l-I.M'krunil sU-hme. . Tbe drft'nse first railed up-u the court to give Shepherd its proiectidii. After filing the affidavit with Judjs Hfti'ktni. Attorney William Scutt Stewart, who himself auoro to the ' affidavit, atmounced thnt Karl Chirk. ! a former sent for l'aiinan's National j ( uivr-riity of Sciemes had been ar- rrs'ed by the state's ttirne.a men1 last night and thnt ( lark's wife also' was held in rualody. j Assistant Slate' Attorney (orge ; K. (iormsn stated to the e"urt thnt it was tine that I'lark and bin wife were j held and drclnrrd thnt all wit m'hea agfiinit wlioiii intimidation of bribery waa attempifd, would be taken inio r-tiiiody for their tirotectioti as win Clark. Senator Wheeler Supplies Bonds WASIIINtlTO.V. ,farch 2H.Ken- ator Hurton K. Wheeler of Mon- f tana. Indicted here yesteidity on ; Itonsplracy charno lu connection with oil permits, appeared In lis Irlct of Columbia supreme court,' here firflay und furnished II.OOU i ball. i The ball wa adven through a bonding company. I I Charles A. Dousvlas. onu of the ! Montana, senator's counael. accom j pnnied Mr. Wheeler Id court. I i of Young McClintock ft v. : a. "V VAULT IS LOOTED AIIUNV, Ore.. M.irch 2S Hob hers sonio time Inet nltiltt burned their way through two stool doors Into Ihe -1. inn county treaaurcr'a vault and procured JilH li In cash and .12.51) bond coupon. They worked with on ncelylcno torch stolon from tho county repair shop nnd with n supplementary tank stolen from n local blacksmith shop. Knlronce was effected through a, window on the lower floor of tho court house. Tho Ji,h was done within atone'a throw of the I.lnn county Jail. Six Noted Horses I.urncd to Death liltl.AMiO, ll:i.. March 'JX. -His noted hr-.es in winter training here were burned to death today when one of tbe ten-stull frame buildings of tti While itiibien was razed by a fire f undetermined oriitio. Three hordes were saved. The lis of tbe eli horses is estimated St $100,000. F. I., l'arrin of t'inciiin.iti, lest n's five year old colt Aetna and a two ysr old colli. Somebody, ch valu-d at approsiinateiy Tis"Mt. State Hoard Will Discuss 2 Term its Two applications for rail rlKht-of-ways across county roads will be acted upon at lbs meeting of the public service commission of the state nt a meeting to be held nt tho county court room next Tu' day. These applications ivtcntly announced are for a rrnsalnt; of the new Chambers railroad of streets In Cottndfl tlrovw, and liw crossing nf county roads oy tho Rh.-innun Lumber company line. There l no objections analnxt l,m applications so fur as kunwn ind they will probably be grant"'!, ac cording to members of the touiity court. The stole commission la to hold sereral other hearlnca In vari ous part of the atuto next ,;k. it j A illslfs ARGUMENTS OF E Issue Under Consideration ' By Interstate Commerce Commission A. C. Spencer and Ben C. Dey Are Principal Speak- , era For Railroads WASHINGTON, March 28. IUii roada wound up todaj before the in terstate commercb eummiNlnn argument iu opposition to the.demawl oi mo state of Oregon that more lh.m 100 miles of new lines be, cuustruyted through Ua central and eastern por tions. After brief rejoinders by attor neys representing the stiUe and lora lltltfs intereated, the issue was token under consideration by the commit si on. . ' A. C. Spencer, general solicitor fur the Tniou 1'iirtfic, declared t lie Oro-gou-Wnshlngtuu Ituilrwud nud Navigw t!on company, ihe I'nion Taeific's sob sldiHry which would be obliged to uu dertake n large portion of tbe txprn- diture w.is in u financial condition iu asMiine the burden. Deficit fa Cited.' , "Thr rorpurulion now Iuih 1t.. OOO.OtiO of rtt'ciimnlntrd deficit ju operutlonV' bv M-"r i e v ;0htry extennivo throtisli whh-h Ibvae 1W ure project d but the, extrusion i u-innttt-r of ciitbiurruv 9:11c iit to thu rdi -roadu whit.ti iuijm mwvt It. It Is wv.i to reaietnlier thnt .JU.oyti.tM'O acre t the total area of Oti-xu are uwmJ by the I 'niied .tatea govt ruineui tud millioua of thin t tal are nurlo d u yeliow oil the ni-ip-.the b h di-.u rt country. "I think the 1'ui.m I'acic i w 11 enonsii known in the wt tui, tint these g'lKh'iuen evui wonld admit (lint ltt du'vet'tra vui:;! not tuMitnu to pot up the fll.titHJ.OiMt ujcextfy MtiiHiiicl the iint nud v.vni lint i ilu'j louhl m-e ihe trail tc In n'.ti i t inaint.iin it. Itul t.iere ipj'i n.iy u ton 1111 ae. Mr. Ocy Spo:k). Hen (. Iiy vt Portl.ui I. nttrn-y for I In- .wouthein I'.u iflt', lumi-; it Dome , f'tnn Iui.aH from 1 J 1 mt'i.ti c. nf the tonmii'm u and hlunra at t ;.j liniriiiR fitiidii.v flt'liMiiooii by ohtt inc that inv from liie innpl 'Unit ;( the .Nalion rut-off om- -f ti.e vliWt problem tu hi' consult red hy li.s roul Mis llie abnod otinMil i.f ine of ,s sliMt't lint'.i in wi'Mtnn ttrexiii r.uli r; ibiili I lu- (obftrirlion of otlor-. Ui: eoinpefitoi), he xxid, hid Setome "-i deairin-tive of buii)"-x oil f ver.il ; linm tint tiic SoinhTn Tacific Iri'i j bfen erioHaIy cimid'Tiiig p-1 it iuri:uf : the ffdei'nl e nimixsicn fur pt'rnii a to viriiti nt retches, of 'is property, j Mr, c u-fd aa an example of th ;ennk r yt bun roi.ii"'ti(in fat eatft.-t : into uii rond triiffic, tin nine of the ', route bi'tsViTii l'orll:ind and Tillnmak 'where tio) nnd truck are bentinrf the railroad btitb as to time and fre ; rpienrr of attvice on the transporta ; linn of paM-i)Spr and freight. K told of Low perfft-t higliwnys were K mg efiM-jiruetfd parnlKliiig the prin ; cipiil railroada and f how thest hich 1 wiyi thromjh the mfdiinns nf him-ivs ' were Ihmiic turned into cotnpeliiij J lrflli-Jor!'ition Hues. Mr. Ksnhart Denounced. I KjututiiH'r Kephart nail demmnce4 . j by Mr. I ley as unfair, He said that not (t'oMiOsted on pige three) CIRCULATION YESTERDAY In Ktifjono 2705 Kubui'lmn :. 2472 Mail 1023 Not raM.G200 Total copies printed...... 6470 THE GUARD GROWS won CLOSED TODAY
