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Newspaper Page TextI The Guard is a Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations-A Guarantee of Standing for Advertisers . t ; " City News tHOEViE EDITION THE WEATHER Oregon: Cloudy tonight and Thursday; probably rain In tho wost portion; cooler In east portion tonight; moderate southeast winds. .Temperature today. Minimum, 36 degrees. Maximum Tuesday, 51. Pre cipitation today, .09 of an Inch. Stage of river, 3 feet. Direction of wind, southeast. VOL. 68 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 1, 1925' TODAY'S NEWS TODAY No.73 Mlxiip In Mall Order The Cascade national forest is tbr 'ush villi mail order houses. 11 Eugene merchants don't carr the foods needed by the forest the stores Sball order them not the forest of fice, "liuf t homo." That' the for est motto. It all came about through o order made last fall by the Cas cade oltice for six brushes for re moving mud from shoes, to be used at riiijer stations. The order was mailed to u well-known mail order house, as local merchants didn't carry the num ber desired. The order foiled to ar rive. Shortly after the wife of one of the forest office employes received three long-bandied bath brushes. The company was notified, and in turn wrote a letter,, asking to return the brushes by mail, enclosing 10 cents in postage, which was not enough. In the meantime Nelson F. Macduff, super visor, also received six long-handled bath brushes, lie advised the com pany that neither he nor any of the nien of the forest had any use for that' number of bath brushes. They were returned, and weeks later tnc jshoe bruslies arrived. The Cascade of fice ha a thick volume of corres pondence from the mail order com pany, and estimate that in latter pos toge. and postage for mistaken ship menu 'the company paid $1 for the ;.4.u0 order. Pageant Draws Interest Interest concerning the children's pageant to be held by the schools of I.ane May 0 is increasing every day, according to reports received at the offico of E. J. Moore, county super intendent of schools, rians for psr ticipntion in the event are being made in practically all districts and much secrecy surrounds these preliminary preparations and some attractive sur prises ire promised according to Mr. Moore. Floats of historic interest are to be prepared and data on these and decorative material are being obtain ed, is the report of school officials in the various areas. Rock Crusher Moved In preparation for the starling of work nt the Thome gravel pit on the London' Spring route the big county rock crusher which has been in opera lion near Vidu on the McKenzie high way is being' moved to the new site. It will probably be two to three weeks before the crusher starts operations t the Tbornc pit, according to inctn .ers of the county court. It was iil.mued to bring the crusher to the laru here but as this wou'd entail an nnnccebsary trip it yas decided to mvc the equipment direct to the new set' no of operations. Oratorio Dates Set Friday and Saturday, May 15 and Hi have been selected as the dates )i' the presentation of "Creation" wy the Kugenc Oratorio wicicty, ac cording to announcement of George M. Me.Murran, president. Itehearsals will he held each Monday evening un til I lie (inert and ha (here are only n few mure periods for th's a request lias been made to all members In at tend all the rehearsals, Mr. McMor siaten. The presentation will be hHd ot the nud.turium of the Methodist church. Wash Is Poured Out AVIien the deputies from the office of Sheriff Taylor poured out about -.VH) gallons of mash ready for the huge still above the fish hatchery, which was tnkeu yesterday, they re marked that when the first warm spring iun stakes the mash soaked ground there will be an aroma that will permeate the entire upper Mc Kenzie area. "It will be useless to nttempt to locate a stilt by the sense of smelt for some time as there will be plenty of evidence in the air all over that district,'1 one deputy re marked. The scattered grain from the prepared mash, which Is spread over the ground near where the still was dmnantled, is expected to attract (Continued on page five) 1 fJ27 C ALVAfSWANTED IrYouActOurOFAJos Look In Thl HELP VAMTED COLUMM u Dodge Sale Said to Have Involved Approximately $100,000, 000 in Cash Consummation of Financial Battle, Declares New York Report NEW YORK, April 1. News that the Dodge Hrolhers Automobile com pany of Detroit has been acquired by a syndicate headed by the banking firm of Dillon, Read and company of New York, is prominently published here today aa one of the most import ant financial transactions in the his tory of the automobile industry. The sale is said to Wave involved more than $100,000,000, practically in cash. Representatives of the banking firm declined cither to affirm or deny the sale and Clarence Dillon declared, that, while final negotiations had not been completed, some announcement relative, to the deal would be made within a day or two. In financial circles here it was de clared that tho sale consummated a financial battle between Dillon. Itead and company and the house of J. V. Morgnn and company, representing the lieneral Motors corporation, to gain control of the Dodgo Brothers' property. Sale of the Dodge Brothers com pany mirks an eventful step in the romantic history om the concern, which began tinder the guidance of John and Horace Dodge, who had been stockholders in the Ford Mo tor company until they went into business for themselves. The present firm was started In (Continued on page twoi .IS KINOSVliXE. Tex., April t.-Mrs. Henrietta King, 1)1.1 years old, virtually iinkmiwn to the outside world and yet pojsvsing the world's largest ranch and rated as one of the eoiin- tr.v'a wealthiest women, died last niKht. Proprietor of a ranch hnrdering the (liilf of Mexico for 1(10 miles and comprising 1.2.SO,00() acres, which SYNDICATE IS SI TO TIE OVERGONGERN came to her at the death of her bus-, Sampson, state jtnme f.irm suiieriillid hnnd. Captain Itirhnid Kinj. pioneer dent. Convict labor will V u.-ed liy the Tejas c.itt'e man. Mrs. King's fortune: California gJme commissi. m, anil .Mr. pise to an enormms figure through : Simpson experts to m ike a trip In the ndvance of land values from a few cents to many dollars an acre. Her herds virtually were countless, more than 100.000 calves being hrnndel each senson. Coming to the ranch as a bride. Mrs. King's first home wns a blofk-' house, due to the constant menace of! Indians and bandits. Her last home was of concrete and marble and was described as the most serumptinn farm home in America. Kingsville, a town of 4770 is in the center of the rest estate nnd is largely supported by the industries of the ranch. Mrs. King, who spent virtually all of her time on the property Whs note l for her many oVnefaetiotis. Thomas Woodlock Takes up Duties AS Commissioner! ""' '"" v".r in st'den touring c.lr for the past month compiled today by ' of ancient Flunk ia vir-Mce. K. S. Hrys-.n, county clerk. The total WASHINGTON". April 1. Thomas The miscreant!1 names are .l"e return of the of f ce for the month, F. Woodlock, who was given a n-1 Husi h and Jiuiies Ferris. Each Is ." including all Sources of revenue, is cess appointment to the interstate , feet ." inches in heig.:t and weinhs l't.l ?ltl72. 4.1. This is an Incresse of op commerce rommis5ion by President ' pounds. Itusch wears i veralls and prox'molel.v .V) per cent in the Income ("oclidge too the oath of office to-M:ght brown coat, wool shirt, nnl at the office during the post five day. The senate failed to act upon Me. j stocking cap. Ferris i described a year. The following ore the income Woodlock's nominotion at both the 1 being light mniplexiunnl. wearing reports for the month of March mv. last regular snd special sessions, but under his appointment he can serve until the end of the next regular session of congress, 2 Cop Gives His Star to Maid; Both Vanish KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Apr 1 1. It. K, Knowles. county traff c i-op, was wearing a new $tar th s morn ing. Knowles went to. a dance, and sucf umbed to the plea of. a , fair feminine partner when she asked him to pin the star on her for the eve ning. A ' Then the girl disappeared wi'h her escort star and till and Knowles was unable to find her. -The traffic cop will .1) de h s new star when he starts for the next dance Saturday night. RANGERS OISGUSS '.RUE SOPHS Further discussion of methods of suppressing forest f res ocenp ed the attention of employes attending the rangers' conference today. 'The emeT- J gency measure of indirect method of! fig'iit'ng fire, when tt Is impossib'c to! check it by, any other, method, was! brought out 'by -1V. l Osborne of j iinin,i r: i.:i mi .i i i m. ui iiuiiii, iii v nun. i ii.B uit-uiuu f u- ' sists in startinz from 100 .r arris to n ; quarter of a mile from the fire and ; backfiring the intervening strip. More active discussion on the purt of the rangers took place today tlnu at any other time during the session. Chief nrgumeutB centered around the location of the indirect inetOo:! of at tacking the fires. Whej the fire is s wee nine no the ridze there are three locations for the line: on the summit, I the fa rside or near side. It was the euiiMi'tiMis of opinion that the s.rii1 aianst the fire vvtild he th(e best pliicc, H-i it would leave the other two n reserve. Tiie parallel method, uhere a trem-h in dug from six to iiO (Vet ahead of tin flames, was also d s.-u-s. d. The morning session closed with a discus sion of fires on a bench line, and it was generally agreed tli.it the line should be on the break of the lop. This afternoon the "swamping tun" Motor Company Soldi SI AT HI SESS1 proess the cutting out of brush fur; the house service tommission was erftHo.ih the line, will be coti-1 ?'I...70.-I40.r.. an incrpasp of ?l."rt. I hidered. Cutting of loss and backfiring , O.'iN.trj over Inst year. Operating will nlso be discussed. j vaillOmia LO US6 COnVictS On State I (jEme f ErlTlS. K6POrti j i i T"" '"'' s,n,p phensnnt farm it i Tolson. C'al., will lie mod"led after the ! ' gnme fni in at Kugene annmnices (iene the next few dnys to hftp the con tractors pet started on (lie con struction work. l.at shipment of the year of 2-ti $ Ul-.G I ' pheasmt h-n? mad last week to Til-! The t alifftua-. -rscon Power com lamonk. Mr. Simpson said. This n II pmy shows the following rpport : make n toul of 14(Hi h:rd relei.-.d this year. A tlmusar-d pheisnnt hen ! are bein; kept, and will be distribute'! equally between the throe Mate f:tru.. La Grande Officers After boy Thieves ! Two b ',v thieves, ea.'h 1.1 ypsrs otil, i are on thir way to Kuane, and nnj ; stay in the city tonight, arrordinx to l a telegram received todnr by W t). .ludkins. chief f police from .Oa Preshenrs. sheriff nt l.a (Imnde. The hoy- broke jjX the telegram Mated, overalls, blue shirt nnd tnp. Fillimt ering the past six years: 1MM. station operators and others are ask- 442.1.1; 132.1, !Fl:i44.iiO: 1022. $120. ed to keep watch for the boys, : t; 1021. $I222..Vi; W20, $1101.82; Chief Judkins j II'IO, $1100.12. HARBORSFUND FOR STATE IS GiVEN BOOST Ooos Eay and River and Co quilb Itiver Each Gain Added Allotment Columbia, Snaka and Wil lamette Are Also In-', eluded on List WA SI 1 1 NO TON. April l.Addi tional river and harbor allotments an nounced tojlay by the war depart meht bring the .total of Mich allot1 tnonts for the current year up to J?!t0,- (!S..,"il0 or more than three-fourth j of' the lump sum' of $40,000,000 ap propriated by congress. The new allotments included; Oregon: Coipiille river $10,000. Coos Hay $750,000. Coos river $:t,00O. Columbia river and tributaries mouth, ,of nlj (,eIj!o F(lIl8 d ' Smil;p river, Ori-gou and Washington, S'M-tHl. .t:(Hl. tuike river, Oregon, Washington iiml Idaho, $14.1101). C'oluinliiu riid lower Willnmctte riv ers foeluw Vflueouver, AVdsh., arid I'ortlnud. Ore., !fOS3.M)0. I'llitsknnie reiver $7,-00. Villametto river, above Portland , and Yamhill river ?17,4M). PflWOCOWI : REPORTS FILED SAI,T-:M- Ore.,. .April l.-The op erating income of the Portland Klee trie Power company for 10-1. accord ing lo the annual statement filed with revenuea were f lO.u-i.i.lM.l'-, an in crease i lf;!IVPttO.I5 over the pre- vl"uli .vr. ntl operating eip-njes "'"j"0'"'1-1' " ucr.nse m IMI.557.51. 1 Se r''porl of ' 4"ini1 Power and Light company, shows the following statistics: Operating revenue. $.s 3nn.2ltti.01, nn tncreftfi3 of $l.fl.Ti4 20H.27 ; opprat- ins expenses JI.SST.Uol-l, nn in crease of 51.01o.lSo. IS; taxes nssign iibe to operations. ?74o.H7.:!fl. an in crease if $lt!r..'i!ll).07; uncollctilile operating revenue. 541.73, an in crease of Jll.(l7.."..1; operating in cline. $.';.!iS4.tl2o.lS, an increas,! of (;eratins rpvenue $1.tls;.,MM.Sn, .id ' 'ncrense of :!J4.1li.'i.0.'t: operating ex- : pe.nsrs. $7lt7.4.Vi.,"iO. an increase of .Tio; taxes n'ss'gnahle to' cpera- ; $" Itions. $205.fi72.(Ki; uncoUeciahle op leniting revenue, $1S.1W..'0; operating ' income, $7:10.070.77; au increase of S2OO.412.70. ; Revenue Increases For County Noted Stendy increases in the business nt the office of the Ine rmmiy clerk are nrtted in 1 li reports on income LEAGUE SAM FOR REPUBLICS Series of Thirty Draft Con-: ventions Proposed for -. ' Discussion Outlawing of Wars of Con quest Is Greatest Aim Of Proposals ' v.JYASHIXGTOX, April 1. ptihli-cat'on- today of a series of th.rty drfl' conventions proposed for dis cussion at Itio de Janeiro this year, by the jurists commanded by the fifth Pan-America'n conference to begin tfodification of American internation al law revealed a vast tentative pro ject for reknitting American repub lics into a cohesive community of sov ereign itates pledged to solidarity of policy qnd action aimed chiefly nt outlawing wara of conquest among themselvps. Included in the project is one pro posed pact banning any grant of ter ritory 'by the. contracting parties, to uonAmeHcan states "iMorbids also even temporary occupation of such territory by any nation with the pur pose of exercising sovereignty re gardless of the will of the republic whose territory was affected. "In case of violation of the pro vision of the preceding articles by one or more nations;- or, in general, in ense of menace, offense or acts of violence individual or collective, com mitted by those nations with respect tO"an American republic, the conti nental solidarity will be affected thcreTiy and any American republic may refer the (piestion lo the Pan American union in order to bring about an exchange of. views on the subject,' declares the final clause of the draft convention on this subject. Among other provisions designed to prevent war between the contract ing parties are conventions to estab lish new and ,far reaching machinery j for collection of disputes and plans for a Pan-American court of interna tional justice. TAMPA. Kin.,' April 1. Osborne Wood today was bn'k home without a "renter part of the fortune he was said to have possessed when he went to Kurope. But as he expressed it, he was back in the easiest country in the world in which to make money, ready to have another whirl at th? Walt ( street whel of fortune which brought him some t!me ago a fortune vari ously estimated t around a milTon dollars. j The million dollars have vanished ; n -w admittedly into the coffers of ; the gambling resorts, which dot sep ' tions of contin 'U'al Kurope. "Hut f ' srill hsve plenty," AVood told news paper men upon arriv;ng yesterday j from Spain aboard the so pping board j steamship West t'hetae. His present plans were indefinite ! early today, but he intimated he 1 might I'-ave Tampa today, possibly for California. Contraband Booze POUred IntO (Sink " 1 i Fifteen Unties of high-powcre, c uilint the Eugene. Klamath Falls ! cording to announcement nt the of i whiskey, ranging in ipislity from at- cut-off was the subject of a talk t day j fices of the local chamber ti day. The ! leged "Scotch" to hair tonic and de- at the noon meeting of the I.'or.s club: regular week'y luncheon of the ihain natured alcoh. I were poured into 111" 'by T. ). Ilnssell. construction rii--br will be held nn that date instead 's nk In the rorrid ir of the city hn!t ! gineer with the Minarets nnd Western i of Thursday as it is not feasible l-r I to.lav, bv W. JiMkins. chief of p i-' railroad with headquarters at Fresn '. a clinnge ot Itinerary for the visitor lice. Slid John Mncev, rantnin. i Th. contraband li.niiir rromen's ihe accumulation of several month". the police state. Several raids, fist fights and foot races were' necessary lo acquire the display. HERE'S PICTURE f Ralph Graves, motion picture comedian with Mack Bennett, loves modern American Journalism. But while he seems much In earnest and all that, still It seems to us that there's something wrong with the picture. Turn to E NEW YOUK. April 1. Lillian Gish wore Charles H. Uuell's ring when "unofficially" eugnged to him as well as when the eugngement became "of ficial," lluell has testified. lie. is su ing the actress to enforce a contract whereby she was to innkc pictures for his company. Miss Uish has denied that nn en gagement ever existed nnd Duell has testified that there was nn "unof ficial" engagement before he was di vorced; that the engagement became "official" when he was divorced, and that later it was broken by mutual consent. "In June,' 102a," Uuell testi fied in federal court yesterday, "Miss Cish and I went to Mrs. Gish nnd told her that my wife and I were going lo he 'divorced nnd that nfter that Miss liiiih and I intended to be married. . "Did you give her nn engagement ring?" "I did." "Did she ever wear it?" ."She wore it from time to time." "Did she return it to you?" "She did, in duly or August, 1024." .About this time Inspiration pictures of which Duell was the head, was being liquidated. Holdup is April 1 i Joke, Says Student j e j William MnrtHl, 040 Ililrard street, ; n student of tho t'niversity of Oreg -n wlt held up and r bhed of $n0 at the I point, of a gun several nights a?", he reported to city police headnuartpr-- ti'dny. After the holdup he encount ered an officer wearing a star and claiming to he a deputy slnreff by the! name of Foster, ti whom he re-php greatest pence time mobilization ported the case, the jouth declares, j j jiimory. On Monday neit there will The i ff cer made note of the details j ,e n nn,l parade, including 10 naval nnd promised to report Wednesday. In: hnnds, followed by other entertain thls morning's mail the youth received; menm and features each day. The a letter with six $." hills and an ex- irft wj rcmain at San Francinco n pin nn I ion tlmt the entire affair was a hnax even to the officer. Rail Development Of Oregon is Told Itnil development Oregon es - rPt'"'V ,,x"n'v' inir''i"''' '" the' tr.trknge of the Southern I'ncific in-f nl. Mr. Itussrll who makes His hoiri" here was one of the engineers on tho., 'Southern Pacific construction of the, Coos Hay line. The I.iotis club will ! hold a business meeting next eiines Id.y noon. FOR APRIL J ,mr witfy page 2. CHICAGO, April 1. New affida vits charging that William D. Shep herd, under indictment charged with murder, was the victim of framed tes timony were taken to the criminal court today by Shepherd's counsel, The affidavits to be filed in the renewal of the plea for freedom on bail for Shepherd, which once was denied, dispute the testimony of C. C. Faimnn, head of ft science school, who testified he gave Shepherd ty phoid germs with which the state charges Shepherd murdered his foa tor son, William N. JlcClintock, to get his million dollar estate. One affidavit, defense counsel said, was tllat of Herman X. Bundesen health commissioner of Chicngo, who made oath that no typhoid or other germ cultures could be taken from tho health department without the knowledge of his two assistants, both of whom made affidavits that they did not furnish Fa i man with such germs. Local People Plan To Witness Review Of two U. S. Fleets .Several Eugene people are planning to view the grrnt peace-time mO' bilizntion of the combined Vnited Slates fleets, with 31,000 officers and men. nt San Francisco harbor Sunday, April 5, announces L. It. Graham, dis. trictfreight and passenger agent. "We are having a large number of requests for Information on this event," says Mr. firnham. "It will he. week.' Chamber Official Coming to Eugene i Faul Chigt'-ne, manager of the ! western division of the I'n'ted States, chamber of commerce, will be n Eu- ; gene visitor Wednesday, May" ft, oc-! ;,to be uere llie following uny. is the announcement. Th wecklv luncheon : of the l.ions club that litek will not be held os the club members have been invited to meet at the chamber li heon. . L W. Peare Sentenced to Death on Same Data For Slaying Covell Declares Alton Covell ' Is Innocent of Taking Part : MARSHFIELD, Ore., April 1. I Arthur Covell, crippled astrologer. convicted of first degree murder for the death of 'Mrs. Ebba Covell, his sister-in-law, at Bandon In 1923, was today sentenced by Judge J. C. Ken dall, at CoauiUe, to hang on May 22. I. W. Peare, convicted of the mur der of James Culver, in 2022, was sentenced at the same time to die on the time date. Both were brought fromthe state penitentiary at Salem to hear the sentence. Both Indicated they would appeal to the governor for clemency. Both have lost appeals to the supreme court. Covell Speaks Covell made a statement before hearing his sentence, declaring that his nephew, Alton Covell, who is serv ing a life sentence for the execution of the murder, which the state charg ed was planned by Arthur Covell, was innocent. Tho astrologer suid the boy took the blame to clear the came of his father who was arrested after the murder, adding that the boy felt it was his duty to do so. Ho declared that tho confessions made by Alton and himself wero untrue, nnd that both were innocent of the crimo aa charged. Case Reviewed Mrs. Ebba Covell, sister-in-law of Arthur Covell, was the wife of Dr. Covell, brother of the slayer. At the time the body was put in the coffin, and the lid screwed down, the body was normal in color. Just before bur ial, however, a woman asked that tho lid bo raised so that she might put in a little keepsake. The lid was raised, and the face of the dead woman was observed to have a discoloration re sembling a huge birthmark. Official investigation wns at onci instituted. It was finally determined that death had been caused by am- ' monia. The' dead woman's husband wns arrested and lodged in jail. No one suspected Arthur Covell, nor did anyone suspect Alton Covell, 15-year-old stepson ot tho victim and son by a formor wife of Dr. Covell, then in jail. ' Sister Tells Story It wan a younger sister of Alton Covell who finally told the whole story of the murder. The crippled astrologer bad planned the murder for threo months. Ilii motive was a slight grudgo against Mrs. Covell. Ho led the boy into It. Eventually the boy walked up behind Mrs. Covell as she worked, placed an ammonia-sosked rag over her mouth, and held her until she strangled from the fumes. Warning to Drivers Issued by Officer A finnl warning to automobile drl vers in Eugene .whose auto iicem."! are concealed by bumpers was issnei. by A. II. .Shorten, traffic officer, to day. Unless the plates are in full view, snd unobcured by mud or 'lunt a number of arrests sill be inmh. .tti Mr. Stiorles. This is in coiupli.'iit-'e with orders from the Mate traffic 'io partnicnt. The officer nUo calls slteiitihn lo ibe suite law prohibiting the plano-i of more than one unto license pia.a on an automobile. j Mrs. II. A. Booth S Is Critically ill Mrs. II. A. Ilooth is critically ill at her home at 1172 Oik street, ncronl ins lo reports late th's nfternoon. . .Mrs. r.ontli win. lias iiccn in "inj no 1 the pnst week took a sudden turn for j the worse todiy. Mcml.ers of th family ore here. CRIPPLE m HANG IY 11 FOH