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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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 ).
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