The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, April 04, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto get News of the World on the day it Happens, Read The Guard Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service Tit r - i 1 City News HOME EDITION THE WEATHER! OREGON: Unsettled; ares. ,bly occasional ralna tonight 10d Sunday; moderate temper t(rii moderate northwest winds. Temperature todey: ulnlmum, 44 decree.. Max.. num Friday, 62. Precipitation today, .21 o' lncn- Su" of river, 3.1 feet. Direction ot wind, wet VOL. 68 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1925 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY NO. 75 rv LA o) 1) (Children are Wanted I 1A l I n... interest in Lane county ex- Lgdi far and that nws from thlg dis- ,rlrt iB read closely s lnaicatea oy . 1( received y Judge C. P. Bar nard of the Lane county court from , couple in Marcue, South Dakota. A dipping from the .Eugene Guard, ,,riiitcd several weeks ago, stated that , children were left by their mother I with the county and that Judge liar- ...i hud them taken to the county I,.. fur care until a place could be ound for them or the mother return ,d to claim them. The South Dakota AMurie state that they are anxious 'to provide good care and a refined tome for two children, a boy and a tirl, and they ask if it is possible to ave the children. Judge Barnard natrs that undoubtedly the children u hove a cood home in houth ua- tta but that it is too far to, send them and that the mother is to take cre of them again. Entertainment Planned Members of the Eugene Daughters of the Nile club are arranging for the largest social event of the year (or the organisation, to be given this coining Thursday. The event this year will be an informal dinner and dance at the Oeburn hotel ac u.ou o'clock Thursday evening. At this time members of the club will enter tain their husbands. The social com mittee is in charge of the entertain ment and consists of Mrs. J. B. Pat terson, chairman; Sirs. E. A. IJroste. Mrs. Fred Chess, Mrs. O. L. Lomax. Mrs. P. H. Crosby. The club held m.Mme this week to make more definite plans for the entertainment. Nails are Picked UP ' Five iiounds of unils, a menace to the tire budgets of cur 'owners, were picked up on Willamette street and Xluth avenue cast and west and Pearl street today by a group ot members ot the JK'Kenzie Tioneer club. These nails dropped in the progress' of build ing operations were scattered on the streets and fhe boys as a part of their civic betterment endeavors ' decided .1.., M lnn mi tndnv. The boys who composed the party were: l'red Falls, Melvin Hargrcnves, Lewis Fine. Vernon Nelson, John Penning ton, Hubert ltiddle, Eldon Wooddin and Donald Caswell. Ladders are Shipped (Ine carload of ladders nas been shipped this week to Spokane from the plant of the Par West Manufac turing company of tin's-city. Another arlmid shipment of cednr chests is now being made up and these will be sent out early next week, according to present plans, is the announcement today. The plant which has been es tablished for about two years is now employing about SO men. according to members of the board of directors which is made up ot locul bankers and Imsiuess men who aided in the moving of the plant here from Albnny. Bankers to Speak Plats for cdui-utional talks by mem bers uf the I.tuie County Hankers ns Buciiuiun are scheduled lor Wednes day, April 22 at the high tcbool nt Marcoia. at the grade school at Wen ti ling nut at the sell on I at llayilen bridso, according to announcement rods.)- of O. A. llouglum, president of the association. Mr,, llouglum this week spoke at Marcoia, Weudl.ng nod at 1 1 ay tlen bridge. Another speaker will be selected for the next series of talk. Offices Will Open A store in the new Stanley build- fug on Ninth avenue vest has been leased by Harry Joy, local representa tive of the llemington Typewriter company, and It is expected that the off n and salesrooms of the com pany will he established with another eek according to present Indications. Joy has bsndled the sales of the lIin;r.ston typewriter in this terri tory since the first of the year when s came hers from I'ortland. ' "if Project Inspected i la company with J. If. Scott, aiar kt road engineer of the stats high r department, P. 51. .Morse, county made an inap:tion trip ov.r l" Xoti project and the McCol um (iip road. The apacificatinoa for ""P-onm.nts on these routea which U t under way this aui.imer were prepared by Mr. Morse and were "becked up by the state engineer. The P'ui and apecificationa were all ap proved. Mr. Morae states, ' Alllry T Meet Tke auxiliary of the Eugene pot 'he American Legion will hold it '"Hilar monthly business meeting "tui.y evening at 7:30 oVlock in "'' Camber of commerce rooms, ac- (Cmtlautd en page fire) as Chapman Sentenced io Hang N II TED BANDIT WILL M FOR Little Emotion Shown When Judge Pronounces His ' Death Sentence Chief Counsel Files Notice That he Will Appeal The Conviction HARTFORD, Conn., April 4. UP) Gerald Chapman, spectacular mail bandit, jail breaker and criminal ex traord'nary; today, was sentenced to hang tn the Connecticut stnte prison Tune '2t in payment for the life of a New llritnin patrolman of whose mur der last October 12, n jury had con victed him less than an hour, before. Through Groehl, the seemingly un perturbed man now face to face with the gallowsannounced that "I really did not think that 1 had a chance." (1 lie added: "The prejudice in the minds .pf the jurors was so great I hey didn't con vict the man who committed the mur der but they convicted Gerald. Chap man, the super-bandit and arch-criminal, solely on his post record." Chapman, the stoic criminal, whose misdeeds hnvo made h:m notorious, did nut flinch or fnltcr as his doom ascended upon him. With his arms folded arrows his breast and his frail body held stiffly erect, he lislened to the judge's sepipVhrt.! words spell out his doom with only a flushed face to mark Irs emotion. Frederick J. Groehl, Chapman's chief counsel, filed notice with Judge -Jennings that he will appeal the convic tion. Charles Murphy, also of defense counsel, previously had made a motion that the jury's verdict be set aside.' It was den'ed. "I think I have an excellent chance to win an uppeat on the grounds of uhvious prejudice throughout ibe trial and numerous errors of om'ssion," (iruohl tnid. It developed that the jurors took only one b:rflut. ACTIVE IN APRIL April has started like a whirl wind ns far as new building per mits are concerned, reports W. II. Alexander, city inspector of build ings. In the last three days 18 permits have been granted for a total of JSG.250 in new buildings. A considerable amount of new building work is also planned tor which permits have not been ob tained, it Is stated. The building Inspector this morn ing turned over to Judge Oeorge A. Gllmore tho sum of $533.60, representee fee collected during the month of March for building, olectrlc and plumbing permits. State Club Leader Will be in Eugene H. C. Seymour, itate elub leader, will be a Eugene viiltor Saturday, April II for two meetings In this city with club leaders of lana and others Interested in thia work, according l'i announcement today of Arnold Col lier, Laoe county club leader. M'. Seymour will be at the office of Mr. Collier during the forenoon to center with county leaders and In tbe aft ernoon atartlng at 2 o'clock a meet ing U scheduled for the Eugene cham ber of commerce. Clubs leaders, elub members and others interested are asked to attend the chamber session. DEED JUNE2 5 Tubers Hoarded By Moles Grow Among Flowers IIARKISnUIlG, April 4. (Spe cial) A story of bright new pot a-1 toes, ready for the table the last of March, comes from Mrs. Mary A. j Douglas. j The potatoes, it seems, were not expected, as they sprang up in her flower garden, but she let them grow, and is now reaping the harvest. The potatoes, however, wero not planted in the garden, and could not have come from any last year's crop, for no last year's crop was there. There is but jmo explanation, that ground moles slowly carried the be lated tubers last year from the main patch some distance away, and stored them in their tunnels for winter feed ing. Some of them, according to the theory, were not consumed, and the early potato crop resulted. IL DIES IS ASKED AS SPEAKED That there ie a strong possibility that Vice-president Charles CI. Dawes may be one of the lending spenkers at the annual meeting of the Oregon Stnte Bnnkers asuocintion to be hold nt Corvnllis June It to IS. iH.the nnnouncement today of C D. Itorer. president of the Itnnjt of Commerce of Eugene am! president of the stnte association. Mr. Itorer stntes that Mr. Dnwes will he on, his (our of the Tacifir const nnd northwest nt nbout the time the state bankers meet nt Corvnllis. The vice-president nlso being a bnnk er his presence nt the meeting will nienn thnt the Oregon sessions will have considerable importnnce. Mr Horer snid. The possibility of having Mr. Dnwes speak nt the meeting is bright, Mr. Itorer added. That the attendance of the vice president at a state bankers meeting nnd his place on the prngrnm as a Kpck"r would be of national siguifi c.iiici' is the opinion expressed by lot-iil bankers. With the nnnouncement. of the itin erary of the vice-president definite plnns will be made for his trip in Oregon and there will be an effort made to have a stop scheduled for Kugeue. Training School Contracts Given SALKM, Ore.. April 4. Contracts amounting to ?-Jl(i.!).'l!l for the con struction of the boys trnining school near Woodhllrn were let yesterday by the stnte board of control. Pctter grcen llrothers of I'ortlnnd, obtained the general contract for $120,070, in a field of nine bidders. When complet ed tho school wiU have four cottages, a main administration and school building, kitchen and commissary, boil' er bouse, water tank and tower. Smelt run Closes After Twenty Days roUTLAND, Ore.. April 4. The 3inelt run In the Handy river today appeared to be over. It lasted 20 days, and was the longest in the mem ory of Troutdale's oldest inhabitant. For the past week, Portlaad'rs paid little attention te the smelt, (irea crowds were attracted to the Sandy whe the rim started. Mrs R. A Booth Still Quite ill Mrs. R. A. Booth is still seriously ill, according to reports from her home late this afternoon although she spent a more restful night than for the past several days, is the report of her physician. Mrs. Booth has been at a critics! stage of her illness for several days. Efi T TO Newly Completed School of Music Structure Built . At $75,000 Cost ' Mrs. George T. Gerlinger is To Deliver Address at Formal Service Formal' dedication of the newly completed school of music audi torium, finished at a cost of $75,- 000, at the University of Oregon will take place tonight anl to morrow. Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, regent of the university, will de liver the dedicatory address, and John Stark Evans, assistant dean of the school, will give the dedi cation recital on the new Itoutfr pipe ci gan, which was s tc .the university. The program, which begins at 8 o'clock tonight, follows: . ...... 1 ... , 1 t ."Andante." Fifth Symphony 13ao- thovon; "Largo," New World Sym phony Dvorak; Meditation, Thnls. Massenet; "Londondery Air" Old Irish; "Allegro" Douglas; "Symphonic Toem" Les Preludes Liszt. The second, third and fourth numbers are requested. Public Is Invited .The general public Is invited to tonight's program. Those who tContinued on page sixteen) A movement' to persuade the city council to rescind its action with drnwing city support from the I'nitcd Slates employment office was made this nfteruoon by representatives of liugene lumber officeB nod busiavss men. A petition, signed by !'. L. Chambers, F, C. Wallers, George H. Mi Morrnn, O 1 I;nrn:ird, S. It. Sci mieding. J.' O. Holt an oiners, will be presented to the city council at it. next session, which will be Monday. April 111, according to Mayor K. B. Parks. Sentiment as expressed by the peti tion is thnt "in deciding not to con tinue its appropriation for the city employment office here the Eugene city council has made a serious mis take, it is our opin'on. AHnnugh thf sinount involved, 141 a month. small, the cffict of Ha withdrawal will be fnr-rraching." "One of liie greatest community as seta of Eugene is the number of em pl"yes of-the lumber compioiea," the decument reads. "Next to the univer sity, these men spend more money here than any other one group. They naturally seek Eugene aa a clearing bouse for finding Jons. The closing ef (Continued on page two) Lane Tax Payment Period Near Close On the last day tn which to pay county taxea over the rountfr at the office of the collector in the court ! house 'a large number of property owners were' In line today. During this afternoon the line extended out Into the lobby and was steadily in creasing indicating that by the time for closing this evening there would be large crowd still waiting their turn. All taxes sent into tbe office and- mailed before tomorrow night wlll not be listed as delinquent. Owing to the heavy last minute ruih at the office It Is expected that there will be some unofficial extension of time but this 1 only to enable the force to clear up the large number of re turna being made. HORIA VERSTY BE DEDICATED LZ2 E T Manager of State Associa ' tion i3 Here to Further Motor Scheme Free Towing for Crippled Cars is One of List Of Aids Planned KstnbUMimfnt of the freo towing service for members of the Oregon State Motor association In this city will scon be under wnj nnd a surrey of tbe BirngoB in this city and the obtaining of data on facilities for this work is under way. Ueorge O. Brnndenburg, manager of the stne association, who was here this- week, ia now in southern Ore gon and ia expected to stop here .n his return to maUe further arrange ments bre,. It i& announced today. The state motor association la pre ftar'ng to establish a branch touring and information' bureau at Ttoscburg is the announcement. The establish ment ot this branch will givo to Ore gun its f-ixtb A. A. A touring bu reau outside of Tortland, the others being located at Rugene, Med ford (.runts Pass, Usnlifi.M and Th Dal les. It is planned to place bureaus tn operation in other cities in the state in the near future, the association's program embracing a system of from 10 to VZ branches in all, tha man ager states. While on the trip itftth, Manager. Rranderburg is ako naWag surrey preparatory te the exteasien ef the ns.oclatin free lowing and amer gency road service to cover the Ta rif!c highway south aa far aa the state line. This new lervice feature will be extended throughout the state as early as esible. On and after April 15, according to Mr. Brandenburg, non-memhors of fhs organization who are resident mt Oregon will he called upon to pay far (Continued o psge sixteen) Registration of Cars Ihcreases SAI.EM.'Ore., April 4. Automo bile registrations so far recorded for 1925 nt the office of tke secretary of stnte Indicate that the registration this year will roach 20S.000. In 1924 the regis trations reached 192. no. "For the first quarter of the year," said fteiretnry Koxer to day, "trmre have been registered 146, 906 passenger cars and 11.- 612 trucks of more than one ton capacly, or tetal of 166.518 for the monUia of January, February and March. These figures show a gain of 1(309 over the same period In 1924. . This gain makes a favorable showing against a total gain of 26,217 registration! for the entire year 1924 over the year 1923." Flax Mill Parley Is Held at Salem KAI.EM, fire... April 4. At a con ference at 4 o'clock today between the promoters of the proposed flax weaving and spinning mill in Salem and the local committee working on the project, the committee members will make known tke amounts they will suba' ribe and a date will be aet for a mass meeting when other sub scriptions will be taken. The plan calls for a $000,000 establishment of which it la estimated that $.100,000 will be raised in Salem. Hilvorton nnd Albany men have Indicated that ."0, 000 can be expected from each of those cities, and !. M. Sanson, the promofer will put up a minimum of $.10,000. ROAD SERVIG PUNS ADDED BOOS Finds That the Law is cMk . X I Gerald Chapman, notorlout bandit, was today dentenoed t death after a jury had deolared him auMty ,of ths murder of New Britain policeman laat October. . LEGAL BATTLE OW WASHINGTON, April 4. Pros paeta of a legal battle that may be carried to the supreme eourt of the United States and enkjtet the entire geTemment ship salea pelley under the merchant marine aet to the eourt rrriew and eonerruerlon for the first Hue has been raised tn the Injunc Hea proceedings brought by tbe Fa cirle Mall Steamship company against a skip sales decision of the shipping beard. m heated eentreveray which Has arias over the hoard's decision to aell Its five skips In the California-Orient line ew operated by the Tadfie Mall te the Dollar Interests, rested today In the hands of Juatiee C. Hits of the District ef' Columbia supreme eourt who issued an injunction yesterday, temporarily blocking the sale. Hear inga os making permanent the tem porary Injunerien agsiast the board have been set for April IS. Whstevtr the outcome of that hear ing, however, the ense ia expected eventually te bring before the United Rlatea supreme court the whole pur poae involved In the ship sales clauaes of the merchant marine act, designed to build up a stablliied American mer chant marine under private operation by trsnifer of the government fleet. Junction Realtor Has Close Escape JUNCTION CITY, April 4. (Spe dnlt. A near aerbiia sccident oc curred to J. A. McFadden, local realtor, here Thursday night when be attempted to revive a fire with what he thought was kerosene, but turnd out to be gaoline. He threw the gaso line in the cook atove and It ex ploded, burning Mr. McKnddrn's fa;. The gasoline in the can caught on fire but he threw is out the door. The pantry caught afire but Mr. McKad den had the preaence ot mind to belt out the flames with a coat that was hanging near and this saved the home. Lightning Knocks Two Unconscious I,A flUANOK. Ore, April 4. Hen and I. 'la Stindahl were knocked un runsrloua and slightly Injured when a bolt of lightning struck the barn on the Stondahl ranth two milea from t'oion. Ore., last night, according to reports reaching here (winy. The building was partly wrecked. Stronger Than He 1 BOZELL SUITWILL BE-I SALEM, Ore April 4. Proceed ings In the alienation action of Alice Boiell against Miss Cella Bollman, former private secretary to Gorernor Pierce, have been continued nntfl Monday afternoon, dne to the abaenee of a wltneaa In eastern Oregon. The witness, V. B. Jones, detective, will testify, say attorney for the plaintiff that be followed Fred Boteil, bnaband of the plaintiff and Mine Bollman is an sutoiuobile from Portland to Cen tralla. Wash., where, he will further testify, they say, the couple register ed for the night of November 20, laat year. Jones and ene ether witness, a local atroet car eenductor, will close the plsintlfrs caae which la expected to reach the jury Monday evening. Quarry for Route Material Sought To locate a site for a "jnnrry for material for tbe Improvement of tho Blachly section of tho Eugene-Florence highway, Raymond Walsh, resident engineer hero of the state highway department. In In that area today. Tho Blachly Improvement which will be about three miles will be under way this summer and the contract Is expected to be let at the meeting; of ths state highway commission to be held at Portland the Intter part of this month,' according to Judge C. P. Burnnrcl. About $50,. 000, Including' both county and state funds, will be available for the Improvement, Judge Barnard states. Court Will Start On Trials Monday Circuit court jurors liavo been summoned to apponr nt 9 o'clock Monday morning ready tor iho opening of tho court turm which was suspended mora than two weeks ago as Judge (I. . Skip worth was csllnd to Corvollls to hear cases In tho Denton county court. The first enso on tho dock et Is thnt of tho state against Carl I.cibo charged with a sta tutory offense. The complainant Is a 18 year old girl. Judgo J. C. Kondnll of Coos county will bo be hero to comp'to the present term of court. A number of cases were sclH-duled on the dockot by Judgo Bklpworth before leaving. T JIT ISTOTALLOSS Operations Were to be Re. , Burned Early Next Week . Is Announcemenlj Plant Owned by Sutton Lumber Company, a Port. land Concern Total destruction of the bandings' . ana equipment of tae L'ntton Lumber company sawmill at Weatlake on the west aide of Biltcoos lake resulted from a. blaae of unknown origin that broke out shortly before mldnijht laat night and swept the plant. The mill ha been closed down for the past several months, the laat operation a having been tn July. The mill ha a daily capacity of 40,000 feet when it Is In operation and It was planned to prepare to start early next week. The plant la owned by the Dutton Lumber company of Portland, Word ecelved from Westlaie rbl morning was that the cauas of the bias Is not known as there was no ' body around the plant as far us kivwn and that there had been no fire en th I premises for some time. A message ..111 . M,. l , . . ' hvtuug vi tuB was r'rcvivea oy Sheriff Frank B, Taylor who left on tbe early morning train for Westlake to Investigate the cause of the fire. A large supply of logs ws said to be ou band ready for the start of operations, . No estimate as to the financial loss or If there was any Insurance on the plant and equipment was available nt Weatlake today, according to report received hero. Advices from Portland late this aft ernoon bore the Information that Mr, Dutton waa ont of the city, and that no one else from the main office ot ths Dutton Lnmber company was au thorised to (Its an estimate on the probable loss from fir at the mfllslts) at Westlake this morning. Many Trains Will Carry Guardsmen;! Six paasenger and two freight trains will be required to transport the national guard troops of Oregon and their equipment to the Medford camp June 12, according to details of the schedule received by Major W. Q. White, national guard commander of Eugene. Four sleepers will be re quired for the Eugene contingent and these will be attached to one of tb troop trains which will pass through, Eugene. Approximately 2500 state troops will be sent to the camp this year, according to the travel order received by Major White. Students to Hold Moot Court Trial! Students of tha University of Ore gon school of law will stirl a seriea of moot trials net Tuesday evening and these will continue one each week for the remainder of the spring term it la nnnoimred. The moot trials will be held at the circuit court room at the court howie nnd at each trial some local attorney will preside aa judge. Judgo J. C. Kendall, of tho circuit court from Cons county, will preside ns judge nt the first trial nrxl Tu?f nay Yt-miig. juuro ixcduiiu is nere 10 complete tho present term of circuit court. u Books on Medicine Given to University Dr. li runt 8. l.cnulry f Kiigon made a gift to the t'niverMily of Ore gon n-honl of uMHlicine yesterday of 5'! louk oti mriiirini. including an 11 roliime fct of the "Analytic Kncy' pnrdm of Medicine nnd Surgery," uf which Ir. Clinrle Snjous, nntiotinl niithrliy on Internal acrrelions, ia the mil bur. The gift la valurd t $..75. medicine and surgery gtnerally. They nil) he plnccil in the lihrnry of (lit school of medicine at 1'ortUjnI. DUTTON PLAN 1ST!