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VQL- 68 today's news TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY EVEN'IXG. A PHIL 14. 1925 PD irr . on strkkts 3c: on trains T7?
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.art. tomorrow morning, an
Richard Shenard, manager
'rieroinal ""' Th8 ,tag' Wi"
j",.,, !e.v. Kugene at S o'clock
1 . .n. R o'clock in the
;,tij(. ItenirniD
the bus leaves
. ...n. 7:4.1 o'clock in the
V, sad rescue -
W' ,! l'nrt and
l in toe vtu.u - -
...docknes' morning. A summer
. ,,,, nnrrl fur the
Lgp IS ' "
r,,t.,e to Portland. Th.. stage
UrU Wt Euset-- at 0:30 o'clock
Ud 1U B.acciuriu - -
acts, arrmug ...
,dk P. -Jnouncemeni oi
ItfwMspleton staiJ line starting
Ution Wednesday a. i"""
L'i. Ths stage will make one trip
L,, karim Mapleton -' i o clock
4, morning, arriving in i-.useu
11:10 o'clock. Ueturning the bus
i !ei Eugene at 2 o'clock, arriv-
ta Mapleton at 5:43 o'clock p. m.,
., Mtmitting western i-ane counij
sAKl approximately three hours
DiiiM for transaction of busi
ly Slops will be made at Swiss
, Stats hatchery, Triangle Lake,
Eiilr. Franklin junction and June-
City. - ;
III Work to Start
fork on . 15-mile trail from the
'ekiu to Smith river near Scotts-
Iri ifl the Siuslsw national forest
i be started soon, announces H.
Skfllir, supervisor of the forest.
tu ii the largest trail project in the
bmt planned for the season, and
ri require the largest part of the
kajBtr to complete, he says. A look-
u boose will be built this .vear on
.Taint's peak, reports Mr. Shelley.
Eiii house will be occupied by J. V.
i.tumfjord, who held the Cum
un' peak post last year, and who
ii spent the winter attending medi-
ttoil.fe in Portland. Last summer
ramped out the entire summer on
kit kuClop. Lookouts will be stationed'
p ike Siunlaw this summer at the
ilirsi points: Jit. llebo, Taole
ponuin, Prairie utountnin, I'uni-
pH'i peak,, Horunn Xose peak,'
Itn'i mountain and Elk's peak.
L A. C. Club to Picnic
Hrabm of the Line county O. A.
cab will hold a picnic party at
ite Thunda; even ng, it is nn
"Md by Charles .M. Kmcry, presi-
Mof thecliib. The meeting will be
eelfbrition of the memorial build-
in: orire recently conducted in Lane
tr, at wbich the county's quota
wi the building was exceeded.
; t"J will leave in outo trucks
ehamber of Commerce buil.1.
NI o'clock p. m., according to
Emery.
M"i ts Mart-
of th, American I.ccinn.
ekers of the Udies' Auxiliary
et to meet toniiht f ..
r' of commerce at 7:Kn nVi.i,
Pes Ueorje E. Love, chairman
. "'iitM on the "N'igM in
" """"mment. The purpose
"eeiing i. t0 mL. i. f.
tyl the srmorj: fr he .
r"" "eordint to M, r .
'.. letter. infrmiD( mtm
- mat ha
"ur.
Today's the Day the Old Baseball Lid's Pried Open Fi
UP EFFORT TO
FUllIiT
Refusal of Socialists to Col
laborate is Given As
Reason
Conditions as Laid Down
Considered to b8 ' Incompatible
TARIS, April 14. (P) M, Tain,
leve, upon leaving Tresident Doumer
gue, said he had accepted in principle
the president's invitation to form
new cabnet, but had asked for 12
hours delay before making a definite
reply in order to consult with hi. po.
litical friends. M. Tainleve will see
President Doumergue again at 11 a.
m. tomorrow. 1
ave been made
frlnttd-
b" eopr of ,h rtpublicatif,n
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PARIS, April 14. U?) Ex-Prem-
! ier Brinnd shortly after six o'clock
this evening definitely decided to
abandon the attempt to form a cab
inct in succession to the Herriot
ministry.
51, Briand announced his determi
nation not to form a ministry to the
socialist republican group, to which
he belongs, basing it on the refusal
of the socialists to collaborate and
the conditions they wished to exact
In return for support. He considered
the conditions, incompatible with his
conception of the role of premier.
Follows Uncertainty
Brinnd's refusal of the task Presi
dent Ioumergue had requested him
to perform came after a period of un
certointy in which it was at first
reported his declination hod been de
cided upon one then that he would
try to form combination without
socialists before Riving a final an
swer to the executive.
The socialist action with regard to
taking part in a Briand government
was definite was reached by the na
tional council of the party by the
unanimous vote. It did not preclude.
however, their participation in a min
istry formed by the premier accept
able to them, it was stated.
Conditions Disliked
They apparently were willing to
support a cabinet headed by Briand
without entering into it but found
the ex-premier unwilling to accept
this support iind.-r the conditions they
namd:
Fair Return on ,,'
Sale of - Crops
'Seems Lacking
Ef
Mi ill ia Klamath ! to
wit . '
Solo artists Jor the presentation of
"Creation" by the Eugene Oratorio
society here next month have been
selected, according to sunouncement
today of George H. MrMorrsn. presl
dent. Two orrists will come from Las
Angeles nnd one from Portland and
Ihene selections are from among the
beot of nrntnriral tilent of the Pa
cific ennst, it is, said.
William Pilcher, tenor, and Cinie
Christopn, baritone, are from Los An
jIes and Jane Burni Albert, soprano,
is from Portland. Mr. UrMorran
states that thse'arrist were chosen
for the leading parti in the cat of
"Creation" owing to their ability
along specialized lines of musical
training V
The oratorio presented in Eugene
will be practically eomplfted as there
will he but very few parts omitted.!
Mr. MrMorran states. Ai the oratorio
retires conaideraMe time;
. SALEM, Ore., April 14. Bert
(Oregon) Jones, who, on March 28,
1024, escaped from the Oregon state
penitentiary by going over the wall
with five other prisoners, is under
arrest at Sacramento, (nl according
to information received by Warden
Dairy tuple today from the Cal'fornia
state bureau of identification ot Sacramento.
Jones is held in the Saeramento
county juil on a 30-day sentence for
petty larceny. The identification ap
pears to be certain.-
Jones was one of six prisoners who
made one of the most daring escapes
in the history of he Oregon prison.
The f-ther five were Tom Murray, Joe
.la-kson, William Johnson, C'Hve
Weekly nnd Ellsworth Kelly. After a
posse hunt that lasted many days the
other five mn were captured and re
turned to the prison. Jones narrowly
escaped capture near Jefferson while
h,e end Murray were together follow
ing their escape.
Some of the possemen sighted both
men and began to shoot at them when
they refused to stop. The shots caus
ed Murray to give up, but Jones kept
going.
Ab-.ut a week aso a presf dispatch
stated that Jones was believed to be
located in JoBephiue county, where h
was thought to be living disguised as
a hunchback and waring a false
beard. The informstion received here
today did not state when he was ar
rested in Socramento.
WASHINGTON, April 14 Th'
farmers' national council estimntrd in
a statement tcday that American far
men realized on the sale of their
crops last year $3, 14 4, 000.000 less
than a fair return for their labor
would have given them.
Department of agriculture figures
on the value of the crop and live
stock production for the year were
cited as ' showing that the average
farm family received for its labor
$071.03. The total "deficit" was fig
ured on a basis of $1500 as a fair
average return for such labor.
Prince of Wales
Is Given Send-off
Federal Land has
Pests of Rodents
To arrange for the poisoning of
rodents on a piece of government land
near Spencer creok, O. S. Fletcher,
I.ane county agricultural agent, has
taken up the matter with Ira N.
Gabrielson, leader of rodent control
work in Oregon for the bureau of
biological survey. This federal land
is open for homesteaders and tbe
llau.
prrsent m
C t it hit twirti thm MststAm -t
trout , .. ...
'""""-ai organizations to offer only
f certain, parts of the entire score, but
i this will n'.t he th
. y" ! diction here, the president annunes.
iS, nxiiiii.. ! Excellent nrrr ;. :
H w w,n bfl; the traloing of the cast under the di-
JHto' ,l' '"'rnortn! r"('tinn f John Stark Evan, of the
ort Hjrnette i Srhonl of m"s- f the I nirersity of
necesslutea a large j county agent believes that it should
be cleared of the gray diggers, not
only to benefit futur owners, but
the farmers In that district who hare
cleared th'ir own land of the pests but
are unable to stop the migration from
th unpoif-oned area, Mr. Fletcher
said.
BOARD MEMBERS NAMED
SAIjKM, Ore., April 14. The state
i(l ana f.ugene music lovers w ill board of control today reappointed
the I,"ar talented and finished pre- II. II. Witherspoon of F.tgin and A.
; sentatlon May 13 and 10, Mr. McMur- i C. Allen of Medford as members of
j "n stales. ' tne fUte board of horticulture.
ACCRA. OOU COAST, West Af
rica, April 14. UP) The Prince of
Wales on board the battle cruiser
Repulse, left here today for Nigeria.
He was given a great send-off by the
local inhabitants and the native
chiefs.
Huge crowds were assembled along
side the highways at strategic points
on the prince's route to the pier.
where he emharked. The chiefs with
their retinues had the best positions
for seeing the royal visitor.
. The prince walked the last hun
dred yards to the dock, where he
boarded a launch for the Repulse. A
heavy swell was running and scores
of surf boats, half submerged in the
rough water, bobbed up and down,
off shore, their occupants yelling
greetings to the departing guests.!
Hundreds of natives waded waist deep I
into the water and. lining up as
though on parade watched the launch
leave the qua for the battle cruiser.
TEAMS OF MAJORS
Ul LI I ULHUUia HI ill
HfiK
PATHOL BASE
HERETO HAV
E
FOUR PLA
DETROIT, April 14. Karl Sheely,
firxt baseman with the Chicago White
Sox smashed out the first home run
of the 1025 major league season to
day. He drove the ball over the left
field fence in the second inning of the
Detroit-Chicago opener. No one was
on base. Leonard was the pitching
victim.
RECORD CROWDS OUT
CHICAGO. April 14. OP) Bright,
sunny weather, with just n touch of
the chill of spring, brought record-
breaking crowds out today for the
opening game of the major
league season.
It fin Johnson, president of the
American league, viewing the Tiger
opener nt Detroit, nnd President Hey
dler of the National league, estimated
that approximately 1"5,000 spectators
jammed the parks in the eight chit1
to view their favorites In action. The
weather was fair throughout both
leagues.
Three Fliers to Each Plane
Will Comprise Person
nel, is Word
Reserve Pilots to be Used
On Patrol Duty For
First Time
Four planes will be stationed ot the
Eugene aviation field for the forest
fire patrol base which will be estab
lished in the near future under pro
visions of the law appropriating $50,
000 for this work during the coming
year, according to word received from
Senator McNary. This special appro
priation for the air service for pro
tection of the forests of the Pacific
northwest arid northern California
was made through the efforts of Sen
ator McNary. The Kugene chamber of
commerce backed the plan of again
having the Kugene base established.
Auhnugh it was recently announced
that this city had been selected for a
patrol station the details of the or
ganisation were not given. The final
report is that the four planes will
ench havo a personnel of three fliers,
making n total of 12 for the nir unit
here in addition to n number of me
ehariiea. '.' ... v - , ' - vvV . ,
. The plans and aviation erjuipmcnf
will be provided by the war depart
ment and arrangements for the' care,
ovei'hnulinrvtnd repair are being mnde.
It is announcpd that the reserve corps
of the air ervicn will provide the
aviators on patrol duty. This ia the
first time since Mil- establishment jf
the air forest patrol five years ngi
that reserve pilots were assigned to
the work.
Five air bases ore to be established
on the Pacific coast. One at Eugene,
one ot either Vancouver barrack i.
Wash., or Camp Lewis, two in Cali
fornia and one in northern Idaho,
Woman Catches
Burglar; He's
. Her Fourth One
OAKLAND, Cal, April 14 Henry
Valentine, 23, was making his way
out of ft room in the Central hotel
with several articles of Jewelry in his
pockets yesterday. Hearing a noise
in the room of Miss Maria Rchuler at
an hour when the tenant was or
dinarily not at home, Mrs. Anna M.ver,
the proprietor, investigated.. She
found Valentine ransacking the room
and gave battle. '
"He struggled a little she said,
later, "but I told him if he made any
more fuss I would smash his fice. lie
then stopped fussing.
Mrs. Myer turned Valentine over to
the police.
"I'm getting nsed to catching burg
lars," she said. "I've coptured three
of them. This is my fourth."
POOLE GETS HOMER
PHILADELPHIA, April I L Mil
ler, right fieller,of the Athletirs, hit
a home run in th ventb inning of
t'day'a game with Ronton. It was fol
lowed s moment Inter by another ov-r
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Appointments of
Officials Approved
SPRINGFIELD, April 14, fSper
ia1 Appointments of George Val
lier, chief of police in Springfield,
Jess Kmitson, fire chief, and C
Steinhauer, traffic policeman, re
cently made by Mayor G. G. Hunb
nisn, were affirmed by the council
st a meeting last evening in the city
ball. The council alto voted to have
M. J. McKIin be acting mayor In the
absence of Mayor Uushmsn in Cali
fornia, Mayor and Mrs. Irishman left
this morning on a motor trip south,
to be gone for two weeks.
A petition from property owners
along Mill street asking thst the con
templsted paring be done on Mill
street Instead of Second street, wss
read, but action deferred until the
next meeting.
Royal Arch Masons
Of Oregon Elect
At State Meeting
PORTLAND, Ore., April II.
John II. Kolloek of Portland was
elected grand high priest of the Grand
Chapter of Itoj al Arch Masons to
surcrd Wayne Standard of Mrowim
ville. Ore., at the business session
here yesterday of the 05lh annual
Oregon ronelnve. f ther officers
elected were: O. E. Suafford, Oregon
City, deputy grand high priest; Frank
H. Haillie, Portland, grand king;
Thomas Kiiiiuis, Woodlnirn, Ore.,
grnnd scribe; Frank J. Miller, Al
bany, (Ire., grand treasurer; D. It.
Cheney, Forest Grove, t re., grnnd
secretory; George Walton, Klamath
Falls. Ore., grand orator; K. North
up, McMinnville, Ore., grand chaplain;
Herbert Tom-y, McMinnivi,!, Ore,,
grand captain; Milton L. Myers. Sal
em, Ore., grand royal arrh captain;
D. B. Steward, Corvallis, Ore., rnnd
master ow the third veil; Carl W.
Evert sen, Marsh field, Ore., grand
master of the firt veil; Lloyd Srott,
Portland, grand sentinel.
Many Pupils Will
Take Examination
With the sending to Snlem today of
the brief in the ease brought to en
join the city of Eugene from Issuing
bonds for $500,000 for the erection
of a new auditorium the case will be
ready for trial this week. II, K. Slut
tory, local oltoroey, who represents
W. T. Campbell, who brought the suit
against the city, fifed 'the-brief today.
The brief of O. H, Foster and L. K.
Bean, representing the cily of Eugene
and the Cniversity of Oregon regents,
also named us defendants, was sent
some time ago. When the cuse fs call
ed by the sjipreme court the local at
torneys will be notified und they will
appear before I lie statu tribuuitl.
Although no time has been set for
the rase before the stato court, locl
attorneys state that as It is now ready
for trial that it may be called in the
very near future.
SCORES FLEE
WHEN VALLEY
S INUNDATED
Troopers Ride Down to Give
Warnings to Ranchers
In Lowlands ;
After a visit ot more than a week j
to various sawmill plants of the'
northwest, particularly in the Paget J
Pound distrfet A. C. Dixon, general
manager, and Edgar Martin, civil en i
gineer, of the Hooth-KMI Lumber1
company have returned here. Mr. '
Dixon stales that the mills In the j
north are srill n the fourday a
wek basis owing to the rmidiiinn of
the lumber market. Although there
j ha,ve been no plans made as yet there
is a possibility that the Booth-Kelly
I plants may resume a five-day srbed
j ule in the near future, Mr. Dixon in
ferred. Mr. Martin who has eharge
of the laying out of the Bnoth-KHly
plant and rail lines inspeet-d several
properties In the north in note rneth
t ods that may be adopted at the Lane
mills, Mr. Dixon states.
About l-'OO Lan couuty pupil have
already been listed to take the annual
eighth grade examinations to h heid
in I.nm county May I I and l,p, Thurs
dty and Friday, a reading to n
nounrrtnent t'd.ty at the office of E.
J. Moore, c'Minly superintendent of
sr honls. It is experted that about I li' N I
pupil will ! 'ligilde for the annual
tests this year, Judging by th- adtan-e j
n-ports sent nv nwiiprs in a large
number nf district. Mr. .Moore fnid.
POLES UNLOADED
SPUINGFIKLD, Apr 1. i Spe
cial). A number of poles have been
unloaded in Springfield for use in re
pairing tht telephone ine for the
I'nited States forest service. The
pole are being set rmii Kutltnell
corners n eat. Tiie line extends
from Kugene on up to alove Ab Ken
sie Bridge, and connects wish the
ranger stations in the inoutHsios.
I'hat there Is now almost no unem
ployment on the west coast, and that
in a few districts there Is even a
shortage nf some kinds of skilled helii,
is Indicated by reports from IL em
ployment service cf fires in various
northwestern rities received at -1L
headharters in Eugene today. Labor
deuiiuid and supply appear to b?
nearer 's balance than at any tiuie
since early lsst fall, In addition to j
common laborers the unemployed now I
in the larger centers are for the moM I
pirt men who are reeking some spo !
cial sort of work, the reports nay. )
Ivibor turnover, both east and went
of t he Cascades, has shown a more j
than seasonal increase. Pine sswmills1
of the Inland Empire are becoming'
more art i ve and skilled mill help there
is unite generally employed.
Experienced logei a are beeoming ,
.irirce in Portland, This is due to thj
fact t bat m;iny men hive takrn point
in other Industries. La dor turnover in!
boh equips end mils is much higher'
than it has been at any time (his yetr. '
There Is a shortage of some kinds of
sawmill help. M it f the iioeinp!ojw4
now in P'o-thnd are seeking some spe- j
cial fort of work. j
Lane Agent Plans j
Meeting on Coast:
On his first trip to Ada and adjacj
ent territory, O. H. FlMelif'r. Lane i
county agricultural agent, leaves for
the cobs Saturday, April H nnd will ,
speak at a meeting of the Ada (irange j
Sunday, April 10, according to an-j
nounct'tnent today. Mr. Fletcher will!
remain over in that district Monday
and hopes to get acquainted with
fanners in that itiitneillste area. It ;
is possible that other informal meet- J
Ings uill be arranged, the county
agent states. The new county agent,
who aumfd his position here Febru '
ary I, is planning to rover all dis
trie's of the county during the spring '
and Kumiuf 1
More Than 5,000 Aoro3 Ara
Reported to bo Under
Raging Flood
DETROIT, Mich., April 14. (P)
Score, of families In tb. valley of tho
Huron rirer between Flat Rock ami
Lake Erie were driven from their
homra early today when the dam ot
the power plant of the Ford Motor
company at Flat Rock burst and re
leased millions of gallons .of watur
Into the valley.
The break In the Ford company dam
followed the crumbling of the earth
embnnkmcnls that flunk tho new De
troit Edison company dnm at French
Landing, several milea above Flat
Rock yesterday, Tho impounding
water of the alx mile artificial lake
ru.lied through the break.
Earth Washed Away.
The dam Is 32 f.;ot high and built
partly of concrete nnd portly of
earth. Knijinccra PMimati'd today tlmt
already (I,(KKI,IUK) cubic feet of earth
have been wahhed mvay, whilo th.
river today la paling Into tho remain
ing earth work, anil engineer, believe
inure will lie wi'it'oii.
The maw power million of the Kill-
son company wna to have have been
opened Jliiy J. Tlie cost wna $7,10,0110.
Mure limn 5(Mll) ncrea lire reporl d
miller wnler, which Is rrmrled tu bo
111 feet deep in miuie places anil steuU
ily rising.
Inhabitants Warned.
The valley', lull ilillnnta were wan
ed nf the flood by iruopcra fr he
soiilh Itiiekwood sliilion cf the MiiU
Ignn .tiilo police, who started nlonst
the river to muse persona living
iifiirby as auon nn guiiriln at the dim
had telephoned the station of tho
trouble. So rapidly did the water r'-e
that the officers were soon forced to
take to boats, going thus from h. u.oi
to house with tln-ir warning, fmyiti
scores of families ro Mifcly (id send
ing tho men nhend In I'oiiiiirinik'eri'J
boats to aid in the rescue work.
No lives have li-r ,.st, so far its
could bo lenined, nltlioiixli muny
houses, built below the level of th
dam, were inuuthitcd.
Valley Under Water.
Reports from various places nloitj
the seven miles from Flat Koi-k to
Luke Krie indicate Hut the entire
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Vole t he Water
Bonds
There are a number of im
portant projects represented in
the bond proposals to he. voted
on in Kugene tomorrow,
but the one of the greatest
outstanding Importance, is thst
represented by the water bonds.
Itoth water bonds proposals
ought to t-nrry,
IIFCAFSK the ginal
source of city water supply un
der our prenrnt water project
has failed completely and we
are now lining Wiltumotfc river
water.
ItKCAT'SF th wells which
were the source of supply can
nut be restored, and if they
rO'il'I, they would be inade
quate for the city's great
growth.
ItK'At"SK our prenent m1
tem of wntf-r reservoirs and
i;mm has become coin pie tely
outgrown and inadequate and
its augment at ion is urgently
necesfiary to the serving of
many of our people with water.
HFCAi:Si; if the M.Kenxie
water bonds and the city serv
ice bonds shall be carried wo
shall be assured nf nn adequate
supply for good water for all
districts of the city for years
to come.