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XI- I Many Tourists are Coming our -way This Season-Beeady to Tell Them Facts About Eugene and Lane County. City News THE WEATHER Oregon: Unsettled with rain tonight and Friday; moderate temperature. Strong south and southeast winds. Temperature today: Minimum, 40 degrees. Maximum Wednesday, 63. Precipitation today, none. Stage of river, 3 feet. Direction of wind, southeast. HOME EDITION VOL. 68 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1923 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY NO. 74 Scholarship Offered Students in Eugene or University high school will be given an oppor tunity t win 8 four-year university scholarship offered by the Highway Education board of Washington, D. C, it is announced. This award is to be giveu for the best essay on "Econo mies ltcsulting from Highway Im provement," and will provide tuition and nil reasonable expenses at, any collrge or university in the United States. Faticipunts are placed on their honor to submit only original manu scripts, but there ore no restrictions as to the manner of obtaining infor mation. Essays will be judged upon a basis of knowledge of the subject, and composition. Appearnnce also will be a factor. The superintendent, prin cipal or teacher of each school will have charge of the grading of school essays, and the three beat will be sent to the stato organisation not Inter than May 22. The closing dnte of re ceiving the essnys is May 1. In 1021 the scholarship waa won by JjIiu l.isca of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., in competition with more than 200,010 others. The first winner was Miss Kaiheriuc Butterfield of Wciser, Idi.. who was graduated this -year from Northwestern university. Miners Disappointed William Simons, elderly m'nor, and George Carson, both of Springfield, who left Monday for the mountains above Marcola to find gold, have re turned to Springfield with drenms of sudden fortnue blasted. They report, however, that the gold is there, all rirfit, but it would not pay them to mine it under the present conditions. It was found in a little cove in the mountains, in R spot where it is about SO feet down to bedrock. The gold is not iu gravel, but in black dirt, they told Springfield friends, and would re quire hydraulic miuiug to put it on a paying basis. There is no water in that district, except a tiny trickle from a mountain stream in which to pan the dirt. The ducks, is whose crop Hmall nuggets the size of pens were found, probably picked tip the gold from h lugwny down the moun tainside, Mr. Simons believes. The logwo.v, .!uwn which hundreds of logs have been rolled, hus worn down In tlie ground very close to bedrock. Bazaar Is Saturday One of tile larger baxuars of the spring will be held Saturday and is being sponsored by the Unitarian Woman's alliance. The affair is to be given iu the Lnraway building on Wil lamette street. Mrs. Frank Kay Eddy is in charge of the bazaar ami is he iiix assisted by the alliance officers, Mrs. Dugahl Campbell, president: Mrs. II. A. Stiles, secretary: Mrs. Miry Wheeler, treasurer; anil by til-; uii'iubers of tile alliauee. Each year! rs. Campbell has tpcc'ally imported i India teu, and at the bnzijr Saturday, j between the hours '-f II and 3 o'clock; ' the tea will be served, with Mrs. l'Al Stearns ami Mrs. 11. ,1. March proid-j inz. Members of the alliance have i been Working for weeks ml ariieir s for ; the bazaar, ami many useful and : pretty things will he on sale. i Mr. Collier Leaves ! On a vint to the county schools in ' the western Lane district, Anmld L'ol-j Krr, assistant county Miperiutcndeut 1 of schools and county club leader, is! on a motor trip of several days audj expects to return brrc Saturday. The srhools at Swifshome Mapleton and j 1'radwood will be vitutcd as well b j "any others in that area. This is the I first official visit to these districts mudo by Mr. Cullicr ince assuming bis workiere at the first of the year, uine county club organization will lo be talked In the various districts ts well as school matters. Committees Chosen -- 'mmittees announced for the Hist t.ujcnp Improvement association by ihe executive committee at the asso (Contlnutd en page fire) 151 UDUQR SEIZED or Geraldine Farrar Refuses To Comment on Action Of Collectors Matter of Prosecution to Depend on Reports cf . Customs Men ROUSE'S TOIXT. X. . April 2. The matter; of prosecution of Oer uldine Farrar, noted singer, as the re sult of the seizure of liguor in br pri vate car was in abeyance today pend ing a report .from customs agents here to the collector of the port of Ogdenburg. The singer's private car, the New York, was boarded by four deputy collectors after it had crosspd the border en route from Montreal to Rutland, Vermont, where Miss Farrar was to appear in concert. Four depuites said they found about forty bottles of champagne, whiskey and beer concealed iu the car. Miss Farrar wos in bed in her stateroom and was not disturbed. She did not appear during .he search. The singer nnd her party were al lowed to proceed to Rutland without ftirnitjh'.ng bond. ',' REPORTS AWAITED OlilK.XBLIt(J. X. V., April 2. Whether Geraldine Farrar will be prosecuted as a result of the seizure of lirpinr in her private car yester day at Rouse's Point will depend up on the circumstances, it was stated at the offices of the collector of the port here today. Rouse's Point comes with in the jurisdiction of the Ogdenburg collector. Tlie collector is awaiting reports from h s deputies. It wag pointed out however, that in c:ises of persons at tempt ng to bring small stocks f liquor into the country in their bag gage the u-ual procedure is to confis cate w.th no proecutiiu unless the owner of the Hqur refuses to sur render i:. NEAR-BEER IS CLAIM KI TI.ANO, Vt., April "2. Mem bers of lie raid i;e I'arrar's party on coU'-ert t"ur twzy sad that it was ucar-licr and not champagne that i-u;i)ii agents seized when they searched her private car at Rouse's Point, X. Y., yesterday. .Miss Farrar refused to comment on reports that forty bottles of wine and a quantity of real beer had been found in her car after it crossed the border on the way from Montreal to this city. Her manager denied that any liquor had been found in the car and said it would be a I. nurd to smuggle cham pague into the United States when liquor was so easily obtainable here. LANE WILL GATHER Permanent organization of the Lane County Horticultural society will be perfected at Ike meeting to be held at the rooms of the Eugene chamber of commerce, next Saturday afternoon s lading at 1 :30 o'clock. The meeting will be held In co-operation with (. S. Fletcher, Line, county, hor ticultural agent. All fruit and vege table grower are invited to attend. Professor Henry Hartman and Pro fessor A. ft. Moniuet will speak on the problems of when fruits and vege tables are properly matured to bring the greatest returns to the grower Each year great losses are austained through green and overripe products of the farm being put on the market. Professor Henry Hartman will apeak on "The Proper Time to Har vest Fruits." Professor A. G. Bouquet will speak on "The Proper Time to Harvest Vegetablea for the Cannery." N0TQ1 imL S Newest Picture of Newest picture of Dorothy Ellingson (right) 17 year-old matricide, jurors In her case. Florence Kennedy, also, ohown. is the San "Jazz girl" In custody during hr XKW YORK, April 2. Charlen 11. Iuell. head of a motion picture com pany, was held for grand jury action on a charge of perjury today after Federal .lodge Mack had dismissed the bill of complaint filed by Duel) in his suit to compel Lillian (lish. screen star to make pictures only for his company. "Xever in 22 years of judicial ex perience." said Judge Mack, "have 1 had before me a case of such n flag rant breach of trust as has been ;diown iu this. With the possible ex ception of one case, I have bean! no other case wherein there was more perjury in connection with both the affidavits for preliminary injunction nnd the testimony offered the court." Rail for I Midi was fixed at $U. Hi(l, but Judge Mack later released him in the custody of bis counsel and hro.ht-r, Holland S. Duel!. BANJeOX, Ore.. April 2. The First Xational bank if Handon failed to open for business this morning, n notice on the door saying: " 'loped by order of the board of directors.' Non-liquid nssetn are given an 'the reason for closing. Officers of the in stitution stated they hoped to arrange a reorganization after the national bank examiner arrives lo take charge. The bank wns orgnnized in 1U10 and is mid to be the first hnnk in ihe history of Coon county to close its doors. The last statement showed about f 1K.V00 deposits nnd loans to about the same nmount, with t capi tal of $2.,000. Claim for Cattle Killed Presented Claims fr indemnity rr four cowa slaughtered as a result of the dairy cattle tuberculosis tents now under way in Kane hive been filed with the county court. The indemnity is paid through funds of the coucty, ftate and Fnited States government. The tests in Ijine show that dairy cattle are comparatively free of signs of tuberculosis and there? are but few animal ordered slaughtered. The teat under the direction of a repre lentative of the federal bureau have been under way here for the pat several weeks. DUELL WILL FACE PERJURY CHARGES Dorothy Ellingson, "Jazz Girl" Slayer ..VIS m -iM'fflTtirafi'ff-'-it?-''''!--! appearances In court. Gerald Chapman on Witness Stand in His own Defense HART FORM. Conn., April '2. (P) For moic thiin an hour today (icr n!d Chapman, mail looter, who made a sensational escape from Atlanta prison, was 'a spectacular witness in bis trial for the murder of James Skelty, a policeman, during the rob bery ut a Lsvw Rritain store last Oc tober. Shortly nfter Chapman's testimony both sides rested and n recess wos taken with arguments to follow this afternoon. Dodge Brothers Sale Estimates are Given DETROIT, April 2. Representa tives Dillon. Read and company continued here today the work of completing the details of the transfer of Dodge Drothers, Inc., to their banker employes. The public was without assurance, however, that further details of the unusual financial transfer would be given out immediately. Added Information "from time to time" waa assured by tho spokes man of the company last night. Brief official announcement was made that the sale had been con summated, excepting for very min or details. Announcements of tho sale also was made In New York where tho price wns set In fi nancial circles at something above $150.0,000 and possibly $175,000, 000. French Bulldog is Tied up by Police If anyone In Kugeno has Inst a French bull pup he may have the dog by calling on W. O. Jud kins, chief of police, at the elty ball, and buying the animal a license. Tho pur strolled right Into Judge Oeorge A. Gllmore's office this morning, unaccompanied by bis owner. Noticing the absence of a collar with the licenae. Judge Qllmore mentioned It to Captain John Macey, who took a rope and tied the dog up In his office. E. S. Booth Enters Not Guilty Plea WASHIXOTOX. April K. H. Rrrotb, former solicitor of the interior department, who is umler indictment here with Hrnator Rurton K. Wbeel tp of Montana, on charge of con spiracy pleaded not guiliy when ar rairneti today and wns released on $1.H. bail. Rootb was allowed 2 days in winch to alter his plea or file demurrer. J-s as ah watches the questioning of Francisco Jail matron who has the CIIICAfJO. April 2. Counsel for William I). Shepherd, served notice on the stale's attorney today that .they would tomorrow apply for bail for Shepherd, who Is charged with the murder of his foster son, William N. McClintock, before Circuit Judge W. V. Rrothers.' Judge Jacob Hopkins twice has refused bail. CHICAGO, April 2. OP) William I. Shepherd, charged 'with murder, today n second time, was denied free dom on bail by Chief Justice Jacob Hopkins in the criminal court. The judge set Shepherd's formal ar raignment for a week from today after defense attorneys had indicated their proposed intention to appeal to the state supreme court on the ques tion of bail. Deputy Collectors . Of Revenue Facing Charge of Bribery XKW YORK, April 2.-Federal grand jury indictments were returned tdwny ana ins t seven' deputy collect ors of In tenia! revenue on charges that they extorted "hush" money from hutincM men of Wcs t chest er and Bronx counties. Tho specific charge was that the deputies, solicited and accepted bribes from citizens under threat of obtain ing against their victims income tax assessments, fines and criminal proi erutfon. The indictments named Charles II. fJroen, Alhert O. Neilson, William Snowden, Snul C. Hteinthal, Henry Mayer, David Urnjnmm nnd Charles Tremonti, Matrimonial Drop In Lane Indicated Only one marriage license In ix days had been granted at the officii of the county clerk and April seems to have started off ss another low period in matrimony. The lat lieenie issued up lo late this afternoon wi lost rwttnrdny, March 2M, the figures of the county clerk show. There wa a big lack of interest in marriage d ir ing March with only 2T licenses granted the low record f'r more than a year in one month, the reports how. Franklin High Defeats Rupert t'HU'ANO, 111.. April 2 --Franklin high school f l'ortlnnil, Ore., dcfinled the Kiuerl, I'luiio, b.isket'iiill team here t,,dny in the c'nnril3ti,ii fiLSs j l,y a score of .",! lo 13. PROSPERITY OF Bf FORESTER 0. M. Granger of Portland Is Principal Speaker at Chamber Luncheon Co-operation of Citizens in Program of Fire Pre vention is Urged Continued prosperity for Eugene and Lano county is assured by ths presence of the Cascade national for est within Its borders, C. M. Granger, district forester from the Portland district office, told members ot the Eugene chamber of commerce at their luncheon meeting today. For every 1000 feet of lumber that is logged in this district, more than 21 is spent for payroll, transport lion and other local expenses, the speaker stated. As more than a billion feet of timber Is cut yearly, an annual resourco ot 21 billion dollars la what means prosperity. Fire Loss Deplored, "Two-thirds of the area in Lane county Is covered with national for' ests," nid Mr, Granger, Whenever part of this area is destroyed by fire, it will mean that during some years tho money spent must be cut down, A forest tire n Lane county means a great economic loss to Eugene, l'ou might Just as well let fire to so much ourrency." Co-operation ot citliens in the pro gram of forest protection and tire prevention were stressed in tho ad' dress. The purpose ot the forest rangers' meetings now being con ducted in the city is to mnke a careful study of tlie problems In fighting fires and to discuss the principles govern ing their action. The more fires that are prevented, the greater asset the forests will be to Lane county. Aid Is Urged. "Every person in the city should appoint himself a committee of one to help prevent forest fires," the speaker concluded. Tho chamber of commerce fair coni' niilteo will inlet with County Super Intendent E. J. Moore tonight to dia cuss the school pageant in May, It Is announced. The committee, of which Eric Merrell Is chairman, consisti K, S. Barrett, Will Robertson, W. A Ayers, Fred Dice, J. S. Magladry Clinton llurd and Col M. Young. 15 Fire, originating from a defective flue, destroyed the 12-room house of Fred Webster and Darwiu Webster nt Waltervllle, according to a report telephoned to Eugene this morning Knmngn hss not been estimated, but It Is reported to be around $71X10. The blnse. was discovered Bf. ahnu 0 o'clock this morning, on Hie roo of Ihe dwelling, which was formerly operated as s hotel, and Is about years old. A n'lsntity of household furniture wss saved. Archbishop is Weaker Today PORTLAND, Ore., April 2. Arch bishop Aleiamler Christie passed restless night at Ht. Vincent's hos pital snd is somewhat weaker today, according to a report given out this morning. Influenza Spreads At IJend, is Report HI'NIt. fire.. April 2. Fourteen teachers and ?. I pupils are reported out of school because of more or less mild case of influenza, according to C A. Fmvler, city health officer. No danger of an epidemic is felt however, despite the noinher afflicted bemuse It is said to be a mild form of iiifluensa. PRAISED Mr. McCammant Recommended to Judicial Vacancy WASHINGTON, April Wallace McCammant of Portland, who upset the pluns of republican leaders by stampeding the Chicago convention In 1020 to Calvin Cool id go for vice-president, was recom mended to President Cooltdga today for a federal judgeship. Senator Btanfield took the recom mendation to the White House, suf gesting that Judge McCammant be named to the vacancy caused by re tirement of Judge Boss of the ninth circuit. 'ft A "Over 50 per cent of the forest fires which get away across tire lines are caused by snags, through blowing embers, tops breaking off or entire trunks falling," said W. P. Osborne, fire chief of the Portland office, In speaking on types of tires and snags at tho forest rangers' conference In Eugone today, "Dangerous snags must be felled. In many cases, particularly In old burns, this becomes by far the most vital part of tire fighting. Theoreti cally the aim should be to Immediately fall every snag that does or might scatter fire ecross lines. "When there are, only a few and it Is possible to get at them, this ehould be done. When there are large num bera, the best that can be done is to full the more dangoroua ones on a strip from SO to 100 yards wide, let the others die down, and before abandoning the patrol, fall ell that show fire on a strip from 100 to 200 wards wide." Backfires Explained. The objects of backfiring on a fire, sccordlng to the speaker ere to ln crease the width ot the fire trail, and to burn out all inflammable material whilo the crew is available, rather than take the chance of its burning when conditions ar. more dangerous or tite crew not at hand. "Irfft to Itself, the foreat fire will eventually do one or two tblnga," the spenker said, "it will go out of Its own accord or advance to line. If it goea out the trench becomea a last ing monument to waated time, labor, snd money. If It worka ita own way to the trench, it will advance slowly when burning conditions are poor, and rapidly when good. Thus a major part of Ihe fire will Inevitable hit the line when conditions are most adverse for holding it." Rules Are Given. General rules for backfiring, as given by Mr. Osborne, are: Never set a larger string of fires than can be held. Always mnke them burn clean to the edge of the trail and Into the main fire. Scatter piles of logs or bsrk which would mnke ton hot fires, especially nrntmd the bases of snags. Either fall or trench sround un limited snags to keep the fire out. Arrange poles to point up and down hill if the roll Is dangerous. Test backfiring visibilities before doing s large s mount of work on linos located in advance of a fire. If you can't backfire, change to the direct method. If you don't dnre to backfire, never waste time building lines in advance of s fire. Missing Plane Found at sea SAN MKflO, Oil.. April 2. An airplnno frum tlui battleship Ok lahoma which left th North Is land naval air station horn at 1 B:30 o'clock ynsterday attirnoon land which fulled In arrive at Sun ! Pedro, Its dfstlnatlon, was fmind nt sen, together with twn airmen, by thfl ilfsiroyrr Slnchilr late this nmrnlnK. -V- DEFENSE SHIFT Dorothy Ellingson's Gounse! xnes w enow Aflat ana Committed Murder Insanity Plea Furthered ty . New Move; Girl Leaves f; .Without Tainting " BAN JTCUNCISCO, April 2. By the strange twist the murder trial of I Dorothy EUIngson, 17-year-old slayer of her mother, has taken in develop ing Into a determination of present sanity, hsr own attorneys introduced evidence today to establish by cir cumstantial evidence that she klEei her mother, aa charged. When the defense started this line! of testimony, the prosecution ques tioned its relevancy. 'Are you prepared to admit." asked Assistant Attorney Harmon Bklllin, "that this dofondant actually killed her mother?" Stipulate Nothing "We are) stipulating nothlni." re- aponded Bylvostor J. McAtee of du fenee counsel, "but wo do intend to prove that, as part of the evldencn of. he? , inaanlty, . Nobody raw the defendant kill Anna Ellingson. But wa will bring It out by a chain of Circumstances." The girl, nervous and agitated sat through tlie testimony of her father. Joseph Ellingson, without a recur rence of the fainting spells that have interrupted other sessions of her trial. A matron sat beside her, occasionally preferring smelling salts, and the girl whispered comments on tho test!" (Continued on page two) Contract for tho grading of the Nool west county rond project waa let to) Earl McNutt by the county court whenf the bids were opened this afternoon, The low bid was 2030 for the grads Ing of approximately 10,000 of the) route. It la not expected that work oar tho grading will be started at one as the contractor already has cons tracts on the North Fork and on thai Fiddle and Maple creek routes, work on these is under way now. Other bids submitted for the job were: Sam Manerud, J2J81.60; J. C. Ilise and Johnson, $.'I,1.S.1.'.H); Ooddard and Johnson, $.3,252.20; A. E. Dyer, T2,H7.75. Miss Marge Price Drowns at Portland PORTLAND, April 2.-The body of Miss Morgo Price, 22, was found early today In Columbia Slough 11 feet under water near n bouse hoot from which nke had plunged last night for a swim. According to stories told to officers hy her companions, three men snd two women, .Miss Price took n notion lo have a swim when she found a bath ing suit at the houseboat where they were attending a party. When elie iu aisled upon going into ilic water against the advice of the others (he men went for a rowiio.it, but she drowned before t li-y could reach bvr, the men said. Mrs. R. A. Rooth is Slightly Improved I j ltM'.it from tlm homr "f Mrs. H, A. Hoiith Iflte .hi nfternmtii wvi'd 1 1 :t t ii It i wan lightly iu.riveU hvt Ihiit ftln tfltll Mt'rtotttfly itl Mr. Itooth hus been ill fnr the imit wrk aiji. yrslrnlny it y, a p-nortrd thut lc va in n rrltlcal t mi-lit i-.n. Ttin lAnv itf M n. l."utli h! rultri iu man I "pr.'Miit nf ttyinpiidiy n hf tiiiiii.v frirml in (his city and vthct ! parts u( t lie ). ATTORNEYS OF IN TESTIMONY J
