public Duty and the Public Safety Demand That the McKenzie Water Project Bonds.be Carried-Vote for Them
City News
THE WEATHER
or.y: Fair tonight and
Friday, except cloudy near-tho
wst. Moderate temperature;
,lght northeasterly winds. Tern,
peratur. today: Minimum, 42
degrees. Maximum Wodnenday,
., precipitation today, none.
Stige of river, 3.4 fee:. Dlr
,1c. of wled, north.
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VOL. 68
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, AFRIL 9, )25
PRICE
ON STREETS 3c; ON TRAINS
A Nil NEWS STAM'S rc.
NO. 80
ft-
i Kill Tot Wanders
i learchint party of about 40
Jiosfi'M en. including George
P.2r chief of police, and Herbe.t
! CoI member of the city council,
urned out last evening when it was
Sod .hat two-year M bKU
' , dauebter of Mr. and Mrs. It. C.
K say of Landax, was missing from
,1( home of her grandparents, Mr.
.ml A Mi" o Kirst "D(1 E ,reC"
. Kelsay and the little girl had
siting for. few days in Spring
Ml The little tot was last seen just
dark going rll on "mt
rtrt. She was found by F. H. Wal
ler eujitfin? n imP'oinPtu vl91t st
u borne of Mrs. William Ganti at
g-30 o'clock in the evening, after an
i0ar and a half's searching, during
,hioh the mm scoured the town and
He country from Springfield nearly
to Coburg. The youngster had evl
dtntlr plad about, going on Fir.-t
,treet to F, and back to E between
Fourth and Fifth, stopping at the
Gsntx home. Mrs. Ganti was trying lo
Cd out from her little guest who
,he a when the searcher arrived to
tike her borne.
Juak Unearthed
The recent prehistoric relics un
Mrtbed in Egypt have nothing on the
discoveries mode by one Eugene gard
ener when spading up bis back yard
preparatory to starting his garden,
.wording to Arthur 1. Moses, 002
Fifth avenue west. When his spade
Btrtick some hard substance iu the
irouml, the gardener had visions of
a treasure chest or ancient pottery
Mmiilea. Digging farther he un
earthed the fullowing: a bushel box
Oiled with cracked dishes, hardware
is rest variety, plate glass anil tin
am, several silver spoons, knives
and forks, cement building blocks,
children's toys and a wornoilt Ford
carburetor. "I hadn't any idea so
much stuff could be hidden in a per
mit's back yard," commented Mr.
Moses, "but 1 am satisfied that some
of it was prehistoric. Among one
of the instruments I picked out of the
kitchen collection was a beer bottle
opener."
Land Given County
Nearly all rights-of-way for the
Crow-Vaughn route huve been ob
tained and bids on this project will
be allied for within the next 10 dnys,
is the report todny of Clinton lhlrd,
county commissioner. All rights-of-wny
vere given without cost to tlu coun
ty. One property owner mentloued by
Mr. Hurd gave a right-of-wny 50 feet
vide and about a mile lung strnigbt
through his property and this was
highly appreciated by the county
imirt. "It is nil good bottom I ami
bo," the commissioner said in telling
of the fine couperution met with in
that district. The Crow-Vaughn route
'ur about three miles hns r 11 been sur
)ed, .Mr. Hurd said.
dog Licenses Issued
Une county dog owners are show
is, a fine response to the call of the
nanny court that licenses must be
obtained, is the report today from the
ice of the county clerk. NcHrly
1W licenses were issued yesterday
od today ,t ,ie clerk's office. To
"wrow it He day ,t by the court
fr the starting of action against
""licensed dogs and this recent or
d" will take effect exactly as an
oced, is the edict of the court. It
proposed to start deputies out to
"""i up roaming dogs or cite own
ers of unlicensed dogs t0 appear and
answer.
"rket Board to Meet
To discui. plan, (or exlerj,ion
" the Producers Tublic Market to
"" present congestion a meeting
, " m,rk" board will be held next
w"ly afternoon at the office of
co d A' T" " 'he courthouse, ac-'
0,(1 "t to snnouncement today. The
"""m'"' will later meet with the
"' court fr , maUTnce oa t,e
I IT ; Th markn borJ
W t I'r"nk 3lar,ow- cirnan.
Wh , ' lltn,f Vl"ak nl "-'.
,,," I-oc"1 interested In the
M to aed lhe toird meeting,
" " announced.
e Boo.7Ii7.
'J"t0 Sut,! ""telmen-i
""hue t In I . "
o Une county i, indicated
t 'T' Lur" C"" for ""'
. ,,p",Ci"'i0D h""-'
a ' atlortlan,,; "Slip ,
a, rou can, , couple of those
l"d. our lo"l'Off
lM ! it you have them
"tufac ,,:;""'", ' "' Ku'n-
, U"d m,kin ,M" 'or
' P''r;.o.e,, acrording to J. A.
'n--'ied on page fire)
Thompson Arrested
OFFICIALS OF
STATE OFFICE
REFOSETDACT
District Attorney Swears
Out Compl.aint. And
Causes Arrest
Asks That Bonds in Case
Be Set at $6,000; Second
Charge is Made ,
SALEM, Ore., April O.Chircncii
W. Thompson, former cashier in th
state treasury office who Moudny
evening pleaded guilty to larceny of
$031 of public fund 8 and was sen
tenced to two years In the stute
penitentiary and then paroled by
Judge Percy R. Kelly, at a special
evening session of the court, Is under
arrest here nguin today cbnrged with
the further larceny of $3000 from the
treasury upon a complaint sworn out
by John II. Carson, district attorney,
Carson this morning swore out 'the
complaint and warrant, following the
refusal of the state treasury officers
to sigu a. criminal information making
the j: barge. .
Officials Refuse.
Yesterday afternoon the district at
torney prepared and submitted to the
state treasury office fur their igna
ture on information charging Thoinp
son with embezzlement of $3000, but
the signature was refused.
Last evening Thompson was taken
iuto custody on an open charge and
was held under guard ot a local hos
pital. Today he was being examined
by a physician and if bis condition
justifies it he will be removed to the
county jail. Mo is said to be suffering
from a nervous breakdown.
Bond Request Filed.
The district attorney has filed a re
quest that Thompson's bond be set at
$0000.
'C. R Kav, 8t.it? treasurer, this
morning, justified his refusal to sign
the information against Thompson on
tbp ground that the defalcations took
.place under previous ndminisirarionii.
and that he did not wish to appear as
persecuting Thompson, whom he let
out of employment when be took of
fice. Me ao caid thst he did not
hnve personal knowledge of. tbe al
leged embezzlement, nnd that any in
formation to that effect would have
had to be sworn to by Mr. Hamilton,
who discovered the shortage.
District Attorney Carson today
called grand jury to reconvene at 10
o'clock tomorrow."
Springfield Relief
Commission Files
Its Annual Report
SrniNGFIEU, April 0. Special)
The activities of the Central Kelief
committee in Springfield which cared
for JO familiea in Springfield during
the winter, have been brought to a
close, with the making out of a re
port by the committee and the audit
ing of the book. Diaburnementa
amounted to JI33.W. according to the
atateinent. The balance for tbe com
munity chC5t fund. $!K).C2, waa part
of this amount, W.78 waa furnished
in cash by organizations and civic
groups, and $.'! bv individual dona
tion. A total of fUVJ baa yet to
be rained.
The average coat of caring for each
of.the 1(1 families waa J14.5S. Child
ren cared for numbered GS, of whom
20 were enabled lo continue tbeir
school work by being clothed and fed
by the committee. Th number of
persons cared for, including both
children and adulta waa 81
Christmas baskets and toys for
children were furnished to 1- fam
ilies each civic organization beiog as
signed one family.
Central Oregon .
Rail Order May
Be Issued Soon
rOKTLAND, Ore., April 0. Con
fidence was eipressed here by J. M.
Devers, assistant attorney-general for
Oregon, that the interstate commerce
commission within the next 00 dnys
will issue an order requiring the rail
ways now touching the 'outer limits
of interior Oregon to build an east
to west line from Burns to Bend,
from Bend to a connection with tbe
Southern Pacific's Eugene-Klamath
Falls c,ut-off and from Klamath Falls
to Lakeview.
Devers has just returned from
Washington, where he argued the ir
sues raised by the Oregon public serv
ice commission to compel the railway
construction desired by communities
and interests now without transpor
tation facilities.
EUGENE OBJECT OF
E
Provisions of-the proposed city or
dinance to provide for the appoint
ment of A city planning commission
were announced today by S. M. Cal
kins, city attorney. This ordinance
will be presented at the meeting to be
held at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium
this evening sponsored by the Fed
eration of Womens organisations.
Speakers will be F. L. Chambers, R.
A. McCully, Carl C. Wasbburne, W.
R. Willcox, Miss Mozelle Hair and
Mrs. J. Bishop Tingle. Mayor K. B.
Parks will preside.
Tbe proposed commission will con
sist of t.vc members, the ordinance
Htntes, these to bo appointed by the
city council.
One member shall represent the
chamher of commerce, one chosen at
large, two shall be named from nomi
nations of lhe men's service clubs of
the city, and one to be decided later.
The mayor, city attorney and city en
gineer will be ex-officio members of.
(Continued on page two)
1 . .
Rail Schedules
Are Suspended
By Commission
WASHINGTON, April 0. Sched
ules filed by the St. Paul; Great Nor
thern and Northern Pacific railroad
proposing abolition of the export
rates on grain from Montana to Pa
cific coast ports were suspended to
dny by the interstate commerce com
mission until August 21, pending in
vestigation. Cancellation of the export rat
would have resulted in sharp in
creases and would have become ef
fective April 23. As an illustration of
advances, the commission said the
rate for Billings to Sent tie would
have been advanced from Xic per
bund rod pounds to 40ic, which Is the
present non-export rate.
William E. Turner
Succumbs to Illness
William Kdward Turner, 72, died
today at h'a borne at 1WI Monroe
street,
Mr. Turner leaves a widow, Mrs.
Klla Turner, two daiibter and three
sons, as follows: .Mrs. S. 11. rtchmeid
ing. Mits Grace Turner. Charles Tur
ner, (). I Turner, and h. C. Turner
all of Kugene, snd 14 grnnd'hildren.
He is also survived b a brother,
J M Turner, C'hico, Cal.; and a sis
ter. Mrs. M. K. Shute, Wichita, Kan.
Mr. Turner waa a member of the
Itaptist church, and the I. O. O. K.
lodge of Ksterville, Iowa. He baa been
a resident of Kufene fur the last ail
yean.
Kuneral services will be held from
the Vestcb chapel Friday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, with Ji'v. C. K. Dunham.
Iiaator of tbe Vint naptist church, in
cbre. In:erment will be in the I. O.
O. F. eeroeter.
SB'-
BAND CONCERTS SIXTY SINGERS
El
Chamber of Commerce Pass
es Resolution Endorsing ;
Movement
Local Firms Contribute to
Fund to Sponsor Week
ly Programs
CONCERT CONTRIBUTORS
First- National bank.
V. S. National bank .
.$25
. 25
Schaefers Brothers 2'
McMorran & Wasbburne.. 25
Osburn Hotel 23
Kugene Guard 25
.1. C Penney company... 25
Bank of Commerce 20
Stien Brotliera 20
Public band concerta for Eugene
will be held agnin this summer and
the first step toward thia movement
was tnUen todny when the Eugenp
chamber- of commerce passed a reaiy-
lution endorsing the movement and
announcement was made that many lo
cal firms uud individuals bad contrib
uted to tbe fund to finance the aeries,
Tbe Kugene Guard last summer
sponsored tbe bsnd concert plan for
Eugene and was instrumental in raia
Ins; the funds to defray the expense
incurred. Tbe Guard is again giving
support to the concert program
plan.
The following is the resolution
passed nt the chamber of commerce
luncheon meeting todny:
"Whereas, There is under consid
eration by the citizens of Kugene a
proposal by the Odd fellow band
that it give a aeries of outdoor con
certs in tills city at suitable intervals
during the coming summer, and
Whereas, The Odd Fellows band
proposes and offera to donate free
of all charge the aervices of its mem
bers for the purpose of these con
certs, asking only that a fund suffi
cient for necessary expenses of the
enterprise be raised by popular sub
scription, and
"Whereas, It is the sense of this
chamber that outdoor concerts by so
competent an organization as the Odd
Fellows band will constitute this com
ing summer, as they did last summer,
a popular, wholesome and educative
attraction for all our people, there
fore be it
' Resolved, That the Eugene cham
her of commerce expresses hereby
its appreciation of the generosity of
the Odd Fellows bsnd and Its mem
her in offering their free services
for these concerts, and be It further
"Itesolved, That the Eugene cham
ber of commerce extenda its cooppra
tion and cordial endorsement to the
campaign proposed to be' made among
our people for subscriptions in t
fund to defray the necessary eipen
sea of such a series of concerts," .
Banker Will Take
Longview Position
1. I. Goodrich, formerly cashier
nd director o. the Fint National
batik of this city, will soon make bis
home at Longview, Wash., according
to word rvccivnl by local bankers.
The Anglo-London and Paris bank of
San Francisco with which Mr. Good
rich hat been cnnneetAd -sine leaving
here about two years ago, has taken
over a bank at tbe new WaMbittgton
lumber city sod Mr. Goodrich will be
in charge, is the report received from
the south. Mr. Goodrich recently re
tinned from the board of dire, tors of
the First National bank of this city.
0
JGENEANS FfiOM EUGEN
AGAIN
PLANNED
Again
Presentation to bo Made at
; St, Mary's Catholic
iy- Church Tomorrow
Entire Cast to Make Trip
To Portland For Radio
Station KGW
Sixty singers aiy! musicians of Eu-J
gene, members of the cast of "The
Seven Last Words of Christ" to be
presented by the choir of St. Mary's
Koman Oatholic church tomorrow,
Good Friday, evening will broadcast
the presentation from radio station
KGW of the Portland Oregonian Snl
unlay evening, April 23, according to
announcement-todny of Hugh Winder
director.
The entire cast will make the trip
to Tortlnnd and the following day
Sunday, April 20, they will present
the cantatn at tho high masa. at the
I'ortlnnd Cathedral starting at 0:45
o'clock.. . . , , ,
Fine Talent Inoludod.
Tbe Good Friday cantata which
will be presented at St. Mary's church
here tomorrow evening has been in
preparation for the past several
weeks and some of the best musical
talent of local etiurch choirs and the
University of Oregon as great artists
are included in the cast.
Tho sacred cantata will start M
7:1(0 o'clock nnd an invention to the
public to 'attend haH been extended,
.Mr. Winder statcB. Tho appeornnco of
the organization at the Portland
Cathedral and the radio broadcasting
will be great benefit to Eugene indi
cating the large number of talented
singers and musicians in this com
munity, the director said. -Cast
Is Given.
The following Is the cast:
Guest Artists.
Mildred Baldwin, soprano:' Johanna
James Ellis, soprano; John Benrdsley,
tenor: John Siefcrt, tenor; Frances
(Continued on page five)
DECLARED BETTER
KmiXGKIF.M April 0. (Spec
inl That the bottom point In the
curtailment of the f r lumber manu
facturing districts went of the Can
eddea ban been reached, and tho fu
ture will bring a gradual improve
ment, in the belief of W. C.' Itiiegnit
of I'ortlaiul, executive secretary for
(be Ixo a I legion nf Loggers and
Lumbermen, who nddreHied the men
of the Springfield Jtootli-Kelly mw
mill at U:4.'t o'clor k today. Mr. Hucg-
iits gave a mrvey of the gmrral
lumber market conditions, and attri
buted the present four and five-day
working week throughout Waibing
(on and northern Oregon to lack of
activity in the basic industries, u h
a Iron and steel, cool, textiles and
the like.
He pointed out that the (,'hirngo,
Milwaukee and Ht. Tsui railroad bun
just passed into tbe bands of ft re
ceivership, and that spring came on
so suddenly that farmers who would
ordinarily be occupied In making im
provements on their building have
turned to putting Iu rrips. Mr. Ituey
nitz expressed the belief that lumber
conditions would improve with the
stabilizing of the other industries, and
referred to the s'ateiiipnl of some
authorities that a f.ve-day week might
he possible by May X.
TO BROADGAST
Jury Finds Dorothy Ellingson Insane j
ii V I 1
Season of Construction
In National Forest Will
Be One of Much Activity
With the biggest season of con
struction and improvement starting
nlniost simultaneously in all sections
of the Cnscade national forest next
week, nnd American Korea t week
Hcheduled tor April 27 to May 3, the
local office of the forest is swamped
with preparations f-jr the varied ac
tivities. Work on the South Fork road will
be started by Smith L. Taylor, dis
trict ranger at McKenzie bridge, be
fore Muy 1. Five miles of highway will
be built this year over the stretch
cleared last year, and five mitra In
addition will be cleared. Maintenance
work on the five miles of road al
ready built will firt be carried on.
('. n. McKarland, ranger at Oak
ridge, expocla to atart maintenance
work on the road above Ookridge nt
once, and carry on inspection work
at Moulder grade and some construc
tion work toward the summit. H. J
Premier Ilerriot
Given Confidence
By Chamber Vote
PAHIS, April 0. M The rham
lipr of (l.puti.s lonisht viptnl ronfi-ilem-i-
in thf Ilerriot fuernmrnt -III
lo 212.
I'AlilS, April O.-im-Vmm'n
llrrrlot, suildrnly assuming t lie of
fiv in I lie ihaiulii'r of ilopntirs
todny mails swoi-ping charg-os of
fault)- aclminlntnilion of th treasury
SKSiDSt every government sint-e the
armistire, I. laming them for the pres
ent (inancinl crisis.
Mr. Kruttschnitt
To Retire May 31
XKW VOItK. April 11. Julius
Kmttrhnitt, rhnirmiiii of the lnj:iril
of ilirei tors nn.l of the executive mm-niili'-e
of the Southern I'scific com
pany, anoouuciMl todny that he wouM
retire on Muy .'II under the pension
rule uf the, company.
.Mr. Krultschuilt is In his seventy
firit year ami hns h"en In Ilia servie
nt the SoulVru I'scific line rontin
nous'i for forly-eiiht jenrs. Ills re-
lirement will nmrk the passing from.
active rnilnutd life of one of the most
nwtuhle figures in country's transpor
tation history
' Dorothy Elllhoaon f t:
Kngles, ranger nt Reserve, will clear
five miles of the Fall creek road this
summer.
Heconatructiun of n section of the
McKenzie telephone lino will begin
next week, and material for tbe work
has already been ordered.
Itecoiuiaisanco crews consisting of
n group of forest majors, iu the Ore
gon Agricultural college school of
forestry will operate nv Fall creek
starting May K, and another group
from the district for at office nt Port
land will work in Salt creek early In
(be month.
Construction of n ' new powder
house ot Oakridge by ('. H. McFnr
Iftnd, ranger, will stnrt next Monday.
Surveying of 21 miles of territory
on the South Fork of the McKenzie
river for the proposed detailed lay
out of the McKenzie recreation unit,
(Continued from page five)
Lawrence T. Harris
Is Appointed on
School Committee
8AI.E.M, (Ire., April fl. (ieorite 11.
Alden, rlian anil ncting president of
Willamette univer.lty; l,:ivvrenre T.
Harris of Kugene, former justice of
the state supreme court, nnd lir. C. .1.
Smith nf I'oriliinil were todny ap
pointed by (ioverr.ir Pierce n mem
hers of n conmitlce to Investigate Hie
course of study Iu Oregon high school
nnd report at the l!r.'7 session of the
legislature. A joint resolution pro
viding for Mich a committee wis in
troduced in tha; legislature by Senator
Kddy of Itoacbuig, after fnilure of the
house In pj his bill to chntige the
high sclio d course of study.
Babe Ruth Again '
Faints on. Train
XKW YOHls, April l).-fP) ltnhc
Ituth, New York Ysnlien slugger,
fainted In the wsnh roum o his tar
as the trnin bringing him from Ashe
ville, N. L, where he was taken 111
last Tuesday, pulled into the Penn
sylvania stat Ion, early this afternoon.
IT. Kdwaril King, Kuth's physician.
who met lhe (ruin, ordered the home
run king removed tu St. Vincent's
hospital,
f
I
SUYEH FAINTS "
AS VERDICT IS
READ BY JURY
Dorothy Ellingson to bo
Committed to Asylum
As a Result
Murder Case Will be Held
In Abeyance For an
Indefinite Time
RAX FRANCISCO, April 0. W)
Dorothy Ellingson, 17-ycar-old
slayer of her mother, was found in
sane by a jury in superior court here
todny.
The Terdict means thnt the girl
will be committed to an asylum. The
murder case, for which another jury
had been impnnellcd and iu readiness
pending determination of the girl'a
sanity, now will be held in abeyance
indefinitely. Should she ever bo re
leased from the asylum, the murder
charge may bo tried.
Vole is II to I
The Tote ot the jury was 11 to 1
for Insnnity.
The jury retired, at 10:23 a. m. and
reported shortly after 11 o'clock that
it had reached a verdict. i
As the verdict -was read, the girl
fainted. . : - . . . , .
Makes No Outcry ' '
The girl was unconscious when the
Jury had been polled and the court
room clenrvd. She madu no" orrtcry.
Her head felt back nnd she rested
in the arms of a jnatron.
She shot her mother in the bed
room of their home last January 13
after the mother had objected to jaza
parties nnd n life ot indolence. Tho
girl was bitterly opposed to tho ef
forts of her attorneys to have her
adjudged insane nnd had sided with
tho prosecution iu Its opposition to
the move.
Qecomes Historical.
Tho former "jazz irl"-wns hyster
ical for more than an hour after tho
verdict was announced. She refused to
see her father or her brother.
"f.od forgive them'' she cried, re
ferring to all who bad tnkeu part iu
the effort to hflve her adjudged in
sane. S!ic was taken to the hospital ward
of the prison and gradually became
more composed.
The court indicated that tho girl
would he committed to some state in
stitution of his own selection.
Flax Data are Sent
To Local Chamber
In answer to an impiiry of the Ku
gene chandier of commerce, concern
ing the difHrihution of flax seed from
tho Slate Flax Industry, a Hale in or
ganisation, the concern send word
that no seeds fr experimental pur
poses are sent out but that farmers
are given seeds when a contract is
signed that the Salein firm will have
all straw of tbe crop h.tudled through
their plant. The firm States that the
growing of luge acreage in flax here
thia hsiuii ntcr should not be encour
aged as Kugene is far from the mar
ket hut that it is highly possible that
a mill may be located in Lane within
o ri" l Imt year and then Lane crops
could be handled here, The' Salem
firm offers to cooperate in every
way with the Kugene chamber in its
efforts to promote the growing of
flax in tliis area.
Painting of Spans
Of County Starts
Painting of the How river bridge
by a county crew of f'nir men is urnler
way and when this is finished the
crew will put n tueoiid eat on tho
Jumper bridgi. ThU work of repaint
ing the iron bridges of the county will
continue lb rou nil the summer an tbore
is several months work planned, ac
cording to A. C. Striker, county bridge
superh.umlviit, A priming cent and
two secondary coats will be put on
each of the bridge. Kstiutstes on the
proposed iSliiirtridgc bridge of V.'0-foot
span are now being prepared, is the
'announcement.