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Look for Special Easter Features in The Guard Next Saturday-They Will be Attractive and Worth While 'CtiyNews HOME EDITION THE WEATHER: OREGON: Gonerally fair to ,l,ht nJ Wednesday; moder ,t, temPfature; liaht norther ,y winds. Temperature today: Bi,lmm, 37 degrees. Maxl aaB Monday, 58. Precipita tion today, none. Stage of rlv ,r 3.5 feet. Direction of wind, $oulhwest. VOL. GS TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1925 TODAY'S NEWS TOD AT NO. 73 fo)r Employes to Be Paid lf ,he roeo wao " . r.tte vosterday morning iem tip" " " . tver,i hundred dollars In salary decks of tbe Southern Tacific, at tempt to cash tho Touchers they will Ibably run into difficulties. This is tte opinion expressed by agents of tte southern Pacific.who are working o the case. Merchants have been fur led with a. list of the persons to whom the checks are made- payable, with orders to refuse payment anJ notify Pl' officials immediately, and ,b. disbursing office at San FrancUco will issue duplicate checks so as not to inconvenience tho employes in cited. Public service corporations, it i declared, are required Dy law 10 pay emplojes twice a roontn, so me Al lowing Southern Pacific employes are Kpecting their money in a few days: t, u Graham, Hobert Holmes, J. B. Hewitt, F. G. Lewis, W. H. Beck, L. G. Lock, K. L. Merritt, E. C. McEl joy, R. C. Barclay, and J. J. Messen- " Blueberry Plants Coming As soon as pecking and inspection can be completed several plants of the Katherine blueberry hybred var iety will be sent here to George Mcl vin Miller from the bureau of plants of the United States department of agriculture, according to word re ceived today by Mr. Miller from the federal aepartment. Mr. Miller who is to make an attempt to grow these blueberries in Eugene hss been ex perimenting with domestic blueberries on his property In western Lane and will now try some of the plants on his Fairmount property. The plants to be lent here by the bureau of plants are of the best selected variety in order that the experiment may be carried out under the best conditions, Mr. Mil ler states. Library Funds Sought This week the Condon Parent-Tea cher association Is sponsoring a spe cial work, and Easter week drive, to secure funds for the library of the school. The board each year hns di tributed the state school library funds to the various city schools, but this year the appropriation 1h being used to get libraries for the two new jun ior high schools, thus Coudon as well as other schools ore seeking other means to get their library funds. Mrs. Koliert Prescott, ns president of th: Condon P.-T. A. is directing the work for the school, and committees arc canvassing the entire Fairmount dis trict in support of the drive. Book donations are not wanted, but money to buy the books. Checks should he sent to Mrs. Prescott. All money is to bi in by Thursday. Concert Members Meet With approximately 150 members of the Eugene Oratorio society pres ent for the rehearsal Inst evening in diiatinna are thnt the cant will be in splendid training for the presentation of "Creation" which Is scheduled for the Methodist church Fridny nnd Sat urday, Mny 15 nn,l 16, according to Mrge II. MrMorrnn, president of the society. The musical event is to he "dvertlaerl throughout the Willam ette valley nnd it is expected that n huge number of music lovers from other cities win be here to attend the conrert, Mr. Mc.Wrran states. Arrangements have not yet Veen com pleted for the nolo parts In the pres entation, it ia announced. Inspection Trip Planned Tlans re being made by the county fwrt to make an inspection trip over """-mile section of the Eugene Jlrence road at Blachly in the near re to obtain data prior to the ""'ting of the state highway commi- won to he hold at Portland the latter " or this, month according to Karnnrd of the county ""I- The contract for this work is h l't nt the state board . -""ig. Judge Harnard or of the .argent road jobs of the ' . r ,he coming year with about "."" -vailable from the state and " -n Judge Mid. DrBgits Meet and narcotic laws of the i nation were discussed at a Of lh. I.AnA utioal aMoriation by F. R. It- ';. P"'lit of the National As "uon of ltt.;t t .... tK rtDk xvrd, secretary of thl o !!L i Cal "Nation, at their in the chamber of . U'Jtbt ir , I M,onal . ;!.:, . ... . ... . IB ttat L 1 laws. .Tile, pUM(( the nBvr,i,r campus assum- bW.'J rf '"'"'" wiety by IS, f n"rs nnd bright dreP,. patio of ,be art bai(lin(, b ?,ml ""ire. it.elf in a Referendum Ballot Title Completed TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO BE Attorney General Completes Plana For Election on . Ten Per Cent Plan Portland Newspaper Man to Bring Vote, For Some Of Sportsmen SALEM, Ore., April 7. Attorney General Von Winkle today completed ballot title for the referendum of the legislative act diverting to the general fund of the state 10 per cent of the proceeds of' self-sustaining boards and commissions. The title, which will np pcar on the referendum petitions, fol lows: "To transfer to the state general fund for tho payment of general ex penses, of the stnte ten per centum of the receipts of the state boards and-, commissions therein named, con stlttiting practically all of- those sup ported by and collecting fees, licenses and taxes, and to deduct the same from the revenues available for such bonrds and commissions." ' Tho measure is being referended by Tom E. Shen, n Portland news paper innnr it is believed, in behalf of some of the sportsmen of the state who object to the state game com mission pnying 10 per cent of its re turns into the stnte general fund. I SAN KltAXCISlO, April 7. M1) Horn thy EUngfon, 17-year-old mat ricide on trial for her sanity before n jury in superior court here, inter rupted lhe pmcpedingR this afernon by hurlinc n glaM of water nt her at torneys nnd denouncing them bitterly. "You can't talk about me like that!" cried the girl, smashing a bottle of smelling salts on the table by way of emphnnif. "Wait until I take the stand and tell about it!" she then wept and Judge Louderback ordered a brief recess. CASE IS RESUMED SAN FRANCISCO, April 7. (By The Associated Press) A written account of an interview , between Dorothy Ellingson, the 17-yoar-oId matricide, and Dr. Joseph Cation, a prosecution alienist was Intro duced at the sanity trial today end contained a teat indicated to dem onstrate that the gtrl understood all the proceedings and was capa ble of making a rational defense. The statement, signed by the girl, quoted her as saying he would rather stand trial for mur der becauso otherwise she 'night have to be sent somewhere and UP TO MS have to stand It later the uickprjare approved at a i inference of prel the better." The girl added that ate of the arehdiot ee tomorrow. If necessary she could o into I The cousulters will select an admin court and defend herself. Tl fnrmrr "aiT eirP who kill- ?d her mother In a quarrel uor1 lot Hniir- oml wild narti'i. wmi quoted in the statement as d-sclar-! (ntr Hho "certainly knew" iho -ilM roronra hotwpon rfeht and wrong ! j .. j . j I A.-ittnt fni mill uuiiKraiicu nuai it ntn.ii. i take a human life. I Dr. Edward W. Twltchell, atisls-' tant rrofoasor of neurology la the j were held todny at Catholic churchea University of California and (II- j here. rector of the psychopathic wards I The conultera who will nelect the in San Francisco hospital testified j admini.trator are Mons gnor A. Ilil that he considered the girl tnno, lel.rnnd, the ltight Itev. J. H. lilai-k. legally and medically ami would class her only as " aioral de-fectire." Average Expenditures of University Students Here Found to be $747 Annually By GEORGE H. GODFREY A student at the Cniversity of Ore gon spends a total of $747.80 during the college year, according to figures compiled by students in the advertis ing seminar of the university, it was announced today. This figure was fould by averaging the total expenses of 50 students on the campus. The group included both fraternity and non-fraternity members, students who support themselves wholly or in part, and those entirely dependent on al lowances. The average was found for men, who comprise approximately half, or 1500, of the total student en rollment. A similar set of figures on the women is expected to be available later. ' Expense Varies. The actual student expense for the OUJOISIS - IfEDFOHD, Ore., April 7. Infor mation was teceived by the sheriff's office Monday thnt Oregon Jones, no torious desperado nnd escaped con vict from the state prison at Salem is hiding in the wilds of western Josephine county, disguised as a hunchback and wearing a full pet of whiskers nnd 'born rimmed spectacles Deputy sheriff fully armed have been sent to search for him and effect a capture if possible. Pad On Back. According to Deputy Sheriff Forn crook, Jones has a pad on his back that gives him the appearance of be ing deformed and has been recognised Hy people who know him, and who re reported the matter to the authorities. Milam Jones, a brother of Oregon, who escaped from the county jail at Jacksonville 18 months ago whil awaiting trial for highway robbery; h, believed to be in the same vicinity. Regarded as Desperate. Oregon Jonps, serving a 20 year sentence for highway robbery, esenpc-J from the penitentiary at Salem Marrh 28, 1!-4, and eluded capture. He w-ir-regarded as a desperate man. Milam Jones, brother, and partner in his chimes, ,was arrested at Los Angeles nnd brought back to this county to await trial. lie escaped ten days later. Dewey Jones, another bro ther, and youngest of the family, : serving a 20-year sentence at Salem, PORTLAND. Ore., April 7. The funeral of Archbishop Alexander Christie, of the Catholic archdiorese of Oregon City, who died yesterday, will be held Wednesday. April 15. at 10:30 a. m., from St. Mary's pro-Ca thedral here, if plans suggested todny istrator lo carry on the work of the arrhbishop until a surf-esKor is ap- pointed by Hmne, and will send for- mal notice to the nt can i the oatb of Arrhbishop Christ e. They will alo decide upon what memorial services are to be held. Th rrhhith.n' hnlv will lie ID m .- - - - - !Ie t St. Mary'i Mnilny and Ton d.iy of next week. iecml aervicee the Right Rev. A. Lane, (he Iter. J. C. Hughes, the Itev. W. A. Daly and the Rev, G. F. Thompson. year varied from $400, the lowest, to $1580. the highest. Allowances varied from $20 to $150 per month, with th average at $39.40, Three Btudents who spend but $400 for the nine month's do their own cooking and housework. The sum is barely enough for necessities, and leaves little f'r clothing or amusements. The Investigation showed that but 10 students of the 130, or one in five, keep an account of expenses, and only 5, or one in 10, budget their expenses. Of the total, 13 are entirely self-sup-porting, white 10 mere are partially so. Only 22 depend upon parents for their total income. The per cent of self-support of the 50 students is 40.4, which means that pnreutH con- (Continued on p:ige three) ALICE BDZELL IS F SOUGHT IN SUIT SALEM. Ore:; April 7. MrnAllce ItoKell was given all ehe asked for in her action against Celin PoIIinnn, for mer private secretary to Oovernor Pierce' when a jury in circuit court returned a verdict of $10,000 as heart balm. The action was uncontested throughout, 'neither Miss I. oilman nor attorneys for her appearing in court nt any time in the proceedings. Tho jury deliberated less than 20 minutes. Testimony Closed ('losing testimony in the case in cluded statements fmm V. H. Jones, detective, who told of Fred Howell, husband of the plaintiff, and .Miss Bollman meeting in Portland and fol lowing'them to Centralis where they registered at a hotel for. the night, from Charles Ferrcil. streetcar mo tormon who told of a trip to a nearby resort taken by fiofell and Miss Rill man, and of Deputy Sheriff Pert Smith, who identified the Bollman au tomobile license number. Miss Roll man's car figured prominently in the testimony as the vehicle In which the couple made a number of the trips mentioned in the testimony. ' Miss Bollman Absent Miss Poll man has been absent from Salem for a number of weeks, reports received here being to the effect that he is atOlympia, Wash. Attorneys for Mrs. Kozell stated they would follow up every avenue in an effort to collect the judgment, to arise out of the verdict. Revenge Motive in Garage Fire Taken Up by Authorities 8TKCBENVILLE. Ohio, April 7. That the Stanton Motor company gn ruge fire here this morning, which re united in Ibe cvimplete destruction of the building and HQ automobiles with an estimated I's of $200,000, was started by former associates of tier aid Chapman, notorious bandit, for revenge, is the belief of city authori ties, who are hivestigcting. The gnrage is ownrd by William Snyder and Miss Katherine Bourne, who were state witnesses against Chapman at his recent trial in Hart ford. Conn. They testified that the automobile which figured in the rob brry the night patrolman J :mes Skel- ley was slain, was stolen from the Stanton gnrage here and identified Chapman as the man who had made inquiries about the price of the car a few hours before it was stolen. REFINED SUGAR DROPS NKW YORK. April 7. Refined i'iar touched ow low price for Hie year 1'dii.r srhen the Federal Sugar Refining company reduced fine granu lated lo 6. 75 cents a pound. O ! 3 iC-"Yriili " SPEAKERS ME ANNOUNCED ON CITY PLANNING Meeting to be Held Thurs day. Evening at Audi- torium of Y. M. 0. A. Mayor E. B. Parks to Pre " side at Session; Federa ation Sponsors Meet Speakers who will discuss the city planning commission proposal for Kugene at tho meeting to be held next Thursday evening were announced to- ilay by Mozellc Hair, acting president of the Federation of Womens organ za tions, which is sponsoring the meeting. The meeting will be held at the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A- starting at 7:30 ns the chamber of commerce rooms will not be available Thursdoy as the Legion post has n session planned, it is announce.. . . Mayor to Preside Mayor K. It. Parks will preside nt the meeting. '-F. L, Chambers," presi dent of the Kugene chamber of con) mercc, will tell of the plnne of the chamber toward city benutificntion. Carl G. Washhurne, member of the city council, It. A. McCully, repre senting the Kugene Itealty board, will be speakers and tell of the advaiilngcs of the commissien plan. W. It. Will cox, of the school of archtccturo of the Cniversity of Oregon, ia nlso on the program. Mr. Willcox for two years was a member of a city planning board at Seattle and he will explain the work necessary for audi an or ganization here. Mis Mozelle Hair and Mra. J. Bishop Tingle, represent ing the women's organizations will also be on the program. Ordinance Proposed S. M. Calkins, city attorney, will present a draft of a proposed city or dinance that hss been framed provid ing for the appointment of a city plann'ng commission through action of the mayor. This proposed ordinance will be discussed. An invitation to all interested to attend the meeting has heen extend ed by the federation officers and city officials. Secretary Work is Not Coming North On Present Trip POHTLAND, Ore., April 7.--James M. K.rle, president of the Oregon 0 rigation congress, will leave Portland tonight for Weed, Cel., to h"ld a cou ference with Secretary Hubert JlVork, of the department of the interior Who hi to arrive there tomorrow for nil inspection of the Klamath irrigation project and the Klamath Indian r-ervati'-n. Secretary Work Is accom panied by Stephen T. Mather, direct or of national parks, and Dr. KlwooJ Mad, commissiotiT of reclamation. Hecretnry Work will not come to Portland on the preaent trip to the state, Kyle wax advised. He will spend three days in Klsmalh county, then will proceed to Chifo and other points In California to visit irrigation projects and then will proceed to Utah and Colorado. Policemen Enter Pleas of Guilty CINCINNATI. April 7. Thirty ne former Cincinnati polb-emen and rural dry agents, entered pleas of guilty to federal grand Jury lbjuor graft Indictment charges in Cnlted Stales district court loduy, Hii of the indicted men had pleaded guilty Saturday. HE CARRIER SLIPS E Saratoga is Christened by Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur In New Jersey High Officials Present; Sis ter Ship is to be Launch ed This Fall CAMDKX. N J., April 7. (P) The Saratoga, the world' grentcst and swiftest airplane carrier, was launched at tho New York Shipbuild ing corporation yard nt 1:13 p. m. today. Ao the newest addition to the American navy started to gracefully slido into tho Delaware river, Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur, wife of Hie secre tary of the navy gave tho great ship her name. ' Officials Present IJjgh officials of the navy and other government departments witnessed tho events A aiatcr uhip, the U. H. H, Lexing ton, ia to 'be launched this fall at Quiucy, Milss. Originally these two vessels were to have been battle cruisers, but under the arms limitation treaty, they were converted into airplane carriers be fore their construction was far ad vanced. When completed nnd commissioned late in Jii-0 the Saratoga will be the largest nnd fastest craft of its kind in the world. It will be the longest naval vessel of any design in the world. Spocd of 33 Knots. The Saratoga is 874 feet long with a beam of UK) feet. ller electric power plant is des'zned to develop (Continued on pug? six) COAST LEAGUE Tfl LOS ANTiKLEH, Cal.. April 7. The annual coronation of King Base ball w.m the center of attraction in the sport v. or Id today as the 102" Pacific Oast league season opened in four cities on the circuit. In Los Angeles, tit Portland Bea vers and the Angels were phted tc clash in the inaugural game, while tb? rent of the circuit opened with Vernon at Salt Lake. Seattle at San Fran cisco and Oakland and Sacramento at the California capltol. Harry A. Williams, president of the league, wan optimistic In his outloo.c for the success of tje season and said that everything Indicated a banner year. Battleship Oregon Commission Named BAI-KM. Otp., April 7. Oovernor Pierce today appointed tho bottle ship Oregon commission, uiuler nn ant of the 1925 legislature, which will have charge of the old man of war, when It Is hroiiRht to Portland, Including the admin istration of tho iri.OOO annual ap propriation for Its maintenance. Tho members of tho commission arc: Cora A. Thompson, Portland, past resident of tho (leneral National Auxiliary of the Spanish war veterans; !.afo Manning, Port land, who served on the Oregon during the SpanlKh war; Colonel Carl Abrams, Sjlem. past state commander of the Spanish War veterans; Hownrd C Wadded, Kosehiirg, past stnte commander o' the Spanlxh War veterans; Col. Wurrllow, Portland, commander of Scout Young camp, Spanish War v.;lerans. INTO DELAWAH imnxj 2) file's Facing Defeat PtBTScrEK: vEiaMo?1 ftrtnuH.t. i iflj.,.n (. hi, ih u i . .' i 4 I The fall of tho Herrlot ministry has been freely predicted In the pres ent orisla over the financial polloy of tho nation. The doclslon of tho oab Inet mlnlstors on the differences in polloy betwoon Premier Horriot and M. Do Monzle, his new minister of finance, ia awaited with interest. E PARIS, April 7. OP) The govern ment was placed in n minority posi tion of four vote in tho senute today on an interpellation regarding the re cent Borbonno student manifestations. Tlie volu.wnq HIS to V ngnhist the government, A Question. of confidence in the Ilerriot government, however, was pot made, an Usue. i WOMEN GIVEN RIGHT PARIS, April 7. OP) The cham ber of deputies this evening panned a bill giving women the right to vote j municipal elect ionn and also making them eligible for municipal officers if elected. TJin voto was carried by a hIi'mv of hands. A similar bill wan passed by the chamber in 1010, but was defeated in the senate. BILL INTRODUCED PAR IS, April 7 Tho government'! new financial bill, pinbodying tho pro visions for the proposed capital levy or forced loon was introduced in tli chnmher of deputies this afternoon by Finnncs MlniMcr Do Monsie. , The measure was ag,eed to by the cabinet Ibis morning. He asked its immediate reference to th, finsnco committee and a report on It before tbe end of the day. Ths government's financial plan also Includes regularir.ntion of tho currency situation by raising the limit of tbe bank bill issue by the Hnnk of France from 41,000,000,(100 to a total of 13,000,00(1,000 francs nu increasing tbe limit of udvances by the bnnk to tbe atnte by four billion franca. M. l)e .Monsie asked the chamber lo aft aside two afternoons sitting for examiuntion and discuasion of the finance bill and the chamber agreed to this refpiest owing to tho extremely important nature of this bill and the public anxiety "which must and wii be reassured." "The government will be nt the cabinet's disposition tomorrow," sstd the finanre ininikler. It was announced that both Pre- mfer Ilerriot and finance Minister le Menxie will appear at once before th finance e':mmi.ion. Tlten in an a! monphern still henvily charged with suppressed excitement the chamber turned to the discussion of woman suffrage. Hearing on Ship Sale Postponed WASlllNtlTO.V. April 7.--lhnr. ings in the .District of Columbia mi-j preme court on the injuin tion oh-1 tained by the Pacific -Mail Steatinhip company uguiiixt tbe shipping board to prevent CMn-ummation of tbe sale of five vessels to the Dollar interest Lave been postponed from Ap'il l.'t to April 2H. Tlie action wnn taken by intitn:tl agrement in view of the necessary ab sence from the city next week of Jus tice 1 1 it x, who is to hear the case. V f -Crv.' y 'iff4 -rr BLASTSWREGK LDiNG: QNE Fire Departments of Seven Towns Struggle to Save ' Magazines Many Employes Saved by LeaP"ig Into River; Sev-- - A HTi " era! Are Missing HANOVER, Mass., April 7. OP) One man Is known to be dead ' and several other employes of the National Fireworks - com. -pany'a plant here are believed to ' have lost their lives when a sorles of explosions followed by , firo destroyed a large part of tho plant this afternoon. The fire do- ' part men t of seven towns were struggling to save the magazines and surrounding houses. Sovoral other employes In the tamo building escaped by jump Ing through windows into the Drlnkwater river. ( Tho explosion of the mixing shed was followed immediately by a long series of .tle.tpuat'sftilK n,s building after building. went-up' in fragments) Fran tic glrhr uit 'work' In-the shed dived through doorways or windows to seek safety in the'river. ISu uevero njua the couruasiun thnt all the windows wera blown out in- the factory of the Han over Rubber I'liliipuhy,' ' J'.UOO feet away nnd many workers Were thrown lo tho floor. A high wind drove the sparks fur nnd w'de, aturliiie grass 'and iirus,h fires over" a large area. ' . . With a large part of Hie plant al ready destroyed, the firemen strove to save the couipaiiy houses, occupied by workers, many of which caught fire from tho sparks. ' I NEW TOKK, April 7. The live ning World says this afternoon that Halm Huth, professional uHsc-bull'l premier slugger, collapsed today in tin railway station at Ashevillc.-X. C, us the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Itoblns reached that city for another game of their exhibition ser ies. ; The newspaper's baseball correa pondent, traveling with the teams said thnt Huth fainted and that be apparently wns suffering from in fluenza. He has been ailing for the last few days of the strenuous barn storming tur. It nt b had complained of a hendarhe and n fever ns the players" upeciil train left Nashville, Tenn. the dis patch said. On the trip to Asheville he tok some medicine giren him by the Yankees' trainer but tbrs did not re lieve his complaint and when ho step ped fr.mi the train he collapsed In tho arms of John Levi, the Haskell Indiuu lie was mailed in a tnxlcab to Uto buttery park hotel and was carried to his room unconscious. Former Eloper is Back Home With Wife and Children SOI TII P.KNIV 1ml, April 7. Wilson W. I'ulp. 37, former Spring I Valley, Ohio, minister, father of ten ehildren and one of th principles in two elopements in the pnM two years, in forgiven nnd is back again peeling potatoes. After eloping lest Vebrnary with Mr. Clro Culp, his sixter-ln-low, he returned Sunday mid was hidden iu bis home here by his wife until yes terday, when she obtained the prom he of official that he would not be arrested. Interviewers lat night found Culp paring potatoes for hopper. IIo would not say anything. He will look for a new Job tomorrow, Mrs. Culp said. BUI G KNOWN DEAD
