The Eugene guard., April 20, 1925, Image 1

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HOWIE
THE WEATHER
,rN- Probably rain to-
."E& "erally ,a'r
"!! hMy trosts In lh. morn.
! "l.o- cool, moderate
irl wlndJ. Temperature
Sunday, 54. Preoip -!f
I (.day ' an lnch
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EDITION
EUGEXE, OREGON,. MONDAY EVENING, AI'ML 20, 1025
PR IPF . ON STKKKTS 3c: ON TRAINS
rll-l-" AND NKWS STANHS 5c.
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V OL. 68 TODAY'S NEWS TODA
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C" ational director of the Amer-
b. a ' ,h0 Lane C0Un'3'
ZS.oFraocisco,Ca!., Salc'
according to information re
l', today by Mis Grace Norton,
rJ of the Heel Cross chapter.
Laslore Longfellow is making the
It, the Pacific coast this spring to
I .aides of the scope of the wor.
Lorried on by the district office
lld chapters. He is particularly In
t,stl in lifesaving work, and,be
aIK of the good showing made by
. i,. in this respect, it has been
Kd cn his itinerary.
The two
,ks' instruction for ail men in the
(jBMsiuui classes at tne uuiversuj
Keu Cross lifesaving is a fine
, says Edwin H. Carroll, life sav-
'repr'eientativc. "The activity .it
Engine i D example of what migat
j, done in lifesaving under proper
Himulu!, and it is a pleasure to
,,!, the efforts of the unive.sit.v
hhuvers."
Car Stalled In Water
When the river rose Suturday night
,1 a result of the heavy raiLB it
sated considerable of a flood be
tween Goodpasture island and the
uialund and Ford coupe thot ven
tured to make the crossing at the
bridje failed in the attempt' and, this
ilternoon the car was still hanging on
i-ilh the water up to the windows.
Ofro Clemins, resident of Good
jjlure island, failed to note the depth
of the water until too late and then
vii unable to turn around. He was
(reed to wade ashore acrosB the
aridge. An attempt to salvago the ear
m made yestcrdny but it could not
be moved. Late this afternoon it was
reported that the water showed signs
tf tailing and that the machine might
be rescued. v
Survey Is Started
During the past three years Ku
pne Hid vicinity has ridded a large
number, of new industries and the'dc
rtloiment in tin Hue is surprising,
icvordiiig to K. Eugene Chuclwiek,
Kcretary tlie Eugene chamber of
commerce, who is now compiling data
for the "Industrial Survey," a pub
licity booklet issued by the chamber.
Tlit last issue of the survey was made
in W22 and the new 11)25 issue U to
tun tain nil industries added since that
lime as well s those contained in tlie
wiginal booklet. "The Eugene payroll
)hma considerable of nn advance ju
:be three years since the last com
peted publication," the secretary said.
Chamber Speaker Changed
A change in the traveling schedule
of Kev. K. Lawrence Itedfern of
Liverpool, England, will make it im-
iw-sible for him to fulfill his engage- j
'nt as the speaker at the chamber
of commerce luncheon next Thursday.
In bis plnce Kev. Frank Fny Eddy
ill epeiik on Edwnid A. Eilene's
Mi "The Way (tut" in Which the
Vft merchant develops n suggestion
ef the way in which the modern world
to escape the difficulties and dnu
t"s invfllvrd in modern induatralism.
Auxiliary To Moety-
Wednrday evening members
the Udins' nuxilinry of the Eu
Cne chamber of commerce will hold
1 regular session at the chamber of
Amerce rooms. The meeting lm
Wn "'led for 7:30 o'clock. There
be a program, and cards will
Pla-ved. Tim auxiliary has only
t more meetings of the " present
s during the summer the or
HoiMtinn do-s not meet. A bnn-
and elects,,,, of offircrs is sched
W forth last mepting of the group.
M,r For Funeral
, ,,k1 j". F. M. Shirk of Bfrk-
Mr. ami Mrs. V. K. SkauRR
JM family f l',-,an,, Mr. L A ,)p
t I'ortl,,.,). Mr. , Mr9. K.
; T.hl, nf u.Mmnvillr, Krnnclh
"( lv.r,l.,,. M Emma
"I rnrtlor.J. Mr. ,, Mr.
rj RushnMl of .Tunrlion Cilr. ami
, M Mr'- Saxford of Albany
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I.nis I). Tihbpttn
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Eu-
football star, and
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'24 team, and Mi..
ntrj.
Ili. daiielitee nt Mh
r'l! of 4,
Tenth avenue
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of .Mr. and Mrs.
of 312 Bair boule-
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STORM IN FAS
T
FATAL; SCORES
Property' Damage is Esti
mated at More Than $1,
500,000 in Storm Belt
Fire Completes Destruction
In Towns Where Wind
Sweeps Through
CHICAGO, April 20. OP) A se
vere wind and rain storm, approaching
the proportions of a tornado in some
localities, swept a course from the
Mississippi to New England yester
day. Several persons were killed and
in the neighborhood of two score in
jured while property damage was es
timated at $1,500,000.
New England was deluged with
snow and low temperatures were re
ported at many points. Scores of
buddings 'were destroyed or unroofeJ,
trees were felled, boats were beached
and telephone, telegraph and power
service crippled while fire -in some
towns completed destruction in the
wake of high winds and driving ruins.
Churches Struck.
Churches were marked sufferers,
the roofs or steeples of several being
carried iiwa.v while service were in
progress 'Within, but without injury to
c.-JiigregatUms. Two. persons were kill
ed in Peoria, III., in the collapse of n
building while a man wns electrocuted
at M.icomb, II!., when he picked up a
live wire blowu down by the storm.
Ten were injured at "Wheeling, Va.,
15 at Pittsburgh; two at Millbrook,
Pa., and a dozen others in scattered
towns throughout the s'ontt area.
In central Illinois, Peoria and Pekbi
were the hardest hit. In Peoria, where
property damage was estimated ai
$500,000, two night watchmen were
killed when a five story brick block
crumbled.
Panic In Peoria.
The storm in Peoria drove families
to the streets in panic. A repetition of
the 'reent storm that swept through
the southern part of the state was
feared. A'l through the business quar
ter plate glass windows were shat
tered by hail
The seluumers were beached at Ra
cine. "Wis., when torn loose from their
moorings. Four und one-half inches of
snow fi
iu Dnluth. The snowfall ml
Woodsvilie, X. H.. was reported a'. 14
inches.
GREAT FALLS, Mont.. April 20
P) Testimony that Senator Burton
K. Wheeler agreed to "fix things up
in Washington," for his client, Gor
don Campbell. Montana oil operator,
was given in the trial of the Montani
senator here todiy by L. J. Werthei
mer, f rmerly a stock salesman for
Campbell.
Wertheimer said Wheeler's remark
was made during a general discussion
of Campbell's oil prospecting permits
oMainrd from the department of th"
interior. The government charges th.lt
Wheeler wrongfully tpM his influence
before the lntcrlol department in pro
sedition of Campbell's claims. .
Under cross-examination Werthei
mer said that the remark ah.iut "fix
ing things up" referred to the ability
of Campbell to transfer titles to cer
ta!n Innds from one of bis rompunies
tn another for the purpose of organ
iin $10,000,000 concern.
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N orthem I'acitic
Prpciftfnt DlCS!
HELENA. Mont., April 20. A. M.
Burt, president
i ih. Vneih'ern I'a-
cific, died n his private liar this af-
Inck at Jamestown, N.
onrng to word received here.
Mr. Burt was on an inspection t"iir.
He had succeeded the late J. M. lis
,,eje as vice-president.
BADLY INJURED
Throngs Attend Annual
i mmzwmm urn
tti
Vast throngs attended the
waited eaoerly for a 'year for the
see the first lad nf the land,
their work on the day after' the
the debris of the day before.
Kuseno's building record for 125
i speedily dosiiiK in on the million
dollar mark, reports W. II. Alexan
der, city inspector cf building.
April's total loda.v passed $lf0,000,
and will exceed $'-'(1(1.001) In the com-
. ... i !. .1 U'ltl. str.j .
nr "'""'; " '
MlUtt in nntlllion lO Hie inrn'ni.
the million dollar mark will have
been passed.
"The bad weather of the last few
days has held up building temporar
ily," says Mr. Alexander. '. When clear
weather comes again we may expect
a sudden increase again."
April's fgure . swelled by the
addition "f $2:1.000 in new expense
for the Laura B. l'aine theater build
ing and apartments, 7S4 F.leventh
avenue east. This brings the tntl
cost for this project tn $."iS,0OO.
Total of new homes for 11)25 at
present is 3, with the addition of
two new residence permits issued to
day, to K. Is. Blake, to erect a mod
ern residence, costing approximately
$41100 at 13.'(0 Twenietb avenue west,
and tn Clde McDougnll, for a $2o00
residence at J.Vil Klevenlh avenue
west.
Soviet Russia not
To Participate in
Arms Conference
GENEVA. April 20. Soviet
Ilussia ba refused to participate in
the forthcoming conference on con
trol of the traffic in arms.
The refusal was contained in
stiffly worded telegram from Foreign
Minister Tchitehrrin, poioting out
that the Soviet government had re-
neatedlr proclaimed its negative alti -
tilde toward the League of Nations as
j presently organised.
Iteferring to the invitation to at
. tend the arms trsffic conference, the
j Soviet foreign minister said:
"In the present case, the roviet
jovemment finds it impossible to col-1 mah hotel yesterday evening by Typo
lahorate with the league in study j graphical union No. TiH of Portland,
of question which implies interefer-1 A dance and card party had been
ence by the League of Nations in the given the night before.,
internal affairs of the Soviet repub-1 Tbe nest meeting of Ihe conference
i;c, will be held at Albany in June.
Egg Rolling 'on, the
'
annual Ea er cflj rolllna on the lawn of the White House. Children
day when they minht roll tneir egijs arouna ine spacious iovvn and
who was their hostess. The lower .oleture shows caretakers at
egg rolling. They were kept busy for some time, clearing away
Foot of Snow Falls
In Upper McKenzie
District Saturday
A foot of fresh snow fell Satur
day night a short distance above
Alder Springs, near the summit of
the Cascades, nccording to Arthur T.
Moses, of the Cascade National for
est office, who returned from a fish
ing trip up the McKenzie yesterday.
The snowfall was general in the high
er altitude up the McKenzie, he said.
. SNOW AT CRATER
MEDFOItn, Ore., April 20. A
new record for depth of snow at
Crater Lake for this time of year wns
announced todny, the total being over
17 feet, with snow still falling. Knln
was general throughout the valley
today, the total for the month to
dale being 1.S2 inches far above the
average for April.
BEND IS WHITE
BEND, Ore.. April 20. More than
an incb of anow covered the ground
this morning and snow continued to
fall. The snow followed a consider
sble fall in temperature but there
was no wind.
While there nave been flurries of
snow several times during the last
week at no time has the ground been
white as it was this morning, While
the snow tneitvd on down town pave
ments It gsvtT no indication of for
saking at once the other spots.
Eugene Printer is
Honored at Meeting
It. ('. Hall of Eugene wa elected !
Tic-preafdent ofthe Willamette Vat-
' ley conference of the International
j Typographical union, at a meeting
J held yesterday at the Inbor temple in
! Portland. I'elegstes to the confer-
' ence from Portland, Kugene, Salem,
Albany and Corvsllis attended the
session. About 1. from Eugene made
the trip.
A banquet was given ifor the dele
gates and their wives t the Multno-
WW
Col
White House Lawn
E
ICeportu of the robbery of the cash
and carry grocery bakery and market
at Junction City were received (his
morning at the- office of Sheriff
Frank R Taylor. The mesnane to
Sheriff Taylor stated that about $H."
in cash wns miming from the store
which had been entered thin morning
through n renr window, the nrreen
having been removed. The grocery
lout $4.2."i, the bakery and About
$S0 was taken from the market. A
number of check n I (.ken from the
market were found today nn the rail
road track. A bundle of clothing tak
en from the store wim wrapped nn
though ready to be tnken by the thief.
SE
A npecitil meeting of the city coun
cil ha been railed by Mayor K. It,
l'ftrki, for tonight, to connider buni-
nrss that cannot wait until ihf next
regular session, April -f. neverni or
dinances nrfl on th program for pa-
siigr, including me omp approving inc
nfy romruiHsion,
A report by th1 Imnrd tt canvflH
sers, rnnsinting of Major Psrki and
Judge (irorg A. fJihnor on the
municipal election April w 111 he
rend to the council, find the nisjor'w
proclamation, setting forth the, re J j
stilts of the elation will also he giv-1 BAI.KM, Ore., April 20. .Iudg
en. These two reports gre required , Ceorge W, Helt of KpokniiP. who was
by rity or-linsncP. killed In (I traffic accident in that
Inferred matters will require, the city Hsturdny night, wns nn uncle of
rent of the council's time, ami it is , Justice Horry H. Hell and A brother
believed that action will again hp j in-law of Justice tieorge 'H. Hu.rnett,
urged toward re-f s!abl!hing the ap- both of the Oregon supreme court,
propriation for the I'nited Htatea eni' He was a brother of Mrs. Hurnett,
ployment office herfr. No petitions ' who died about a year ago.1
requiring action has been filed in the j Judge HMt was born in Snlcm 71
city recorder's office up to 2 o'clock years ago, and was a grudunte of
this afternoon (Willamette University.
FIRST POINT IN
SHIP SUIT-WON
UBFlli
Justice Hitz Decides to Pro
ceed With Motion of
Counsel
Plan is to Drop Injunction
Suit Against Proposal
To Make Sale .
WASHINGTON, April 20. OP)-
The government today won its first
point at the hearing on the Tnclfic
Mail injunction suit when Justice Hiu
in the supreme court of the District
of Columbia decided to proceed with
tho motion of government counsel 10
dismiss the suit.
Lengthy argument by counsel for
both titles preceded the court's Initial
deciaion in tho promised legal battle,
growing out of the sale by the ship-.
ping board to the Dollar interests of
tho fivo prenident-type ships operated
on the California-Orient line.
Motion Opposed.
Opposing immediate considera
tion of the motion to dismiss, counsel
of the IV-ific Mail urged that it be
combined with the petition for a per
manent Injunction and the cane b'M
proceeded with, "on its merits."' : '
Meanwhllo the situation was engag
ing .the direct tiU'i'iod of Vresideut
Coolidge. , ; . .' - v if-'"
' Chairman O'Connor of the board
wan underHtuod to have received from
l lie president a letter taking formal
eoirni.uiiee of tho differences within
tlie board as uskiug for certain infor
malion with respei.-t to the disagree
meat over the Male of five ships to tli.
Dollar Interests. ' The president, who
previously had indicated he considered
the matter one of the board's own
judgment was said to have addressed
the letter to the board chairman after
V'icc-Chairimin l'lumiuer and Com
missioner Thompson, two of the three
members, who oppposcd the nle, had
filed affidavits with the court Satur
day setting forth their views.
Sate Is Fought.
The injunction proceedings to halt
the sale were brought by the 1'acific
Mail Steamwhip company, the only
other bidder for the ships, which they
now operate,
The sale was awarded the Dollar
interests by a four to three vote of
the board after counsel f r the hoard
had declared the Tarif.c '. I"1'
illegal.
in presenting their affidavits, Com
missioners Hummer ond Thompson
Ktated their views why neither bid
whould have ben accepted on a mat
ter of policy and why, iu (heir opin
ion, the h tie as awnrded was illegal.
Interference Dropped.
The notion of two of the dlscn!lr.4
members in thus carrying thelr con-
t en t ions into court, with Indies tion
that it means a full airing there of ihe
board's differences, apparently caused
the president, to abandon his bands off
policy. 1
Complete silence has been maintain
ed, both at the White House and th
shipping Imurd concerning the leMcr
said to have been addressed to the
chairman by the president.
It in understood, however, thfit it is
in the nature "f nil initial move to ob
ta n forma ly the already published
mines .-f the thrre eommlssinners wh"
voted sininst the sale, Coirnnissl'ui"r
j Hpn,n bring the otlier mcmlnr,
find
their rensolis for opposing it. us a
Miiiu.g point for c:n'i'leniti"ti of th,,'
,,jr(. j,hit.piritf , srd tituafioD.
Judge Belt of
Spokane Killed
No Immediate
Rail Extension
Plans are Held
POHTI.AXD, Ore., April 20. X
plans tor extension of the Union Pa
cific's central Oregon railroad line
from Burns to ljcnrt and from Bend
to connection with the Southern Pa
cific's Eugene-Klnmnth Falls line are
seriously considered while the Ques
tion Is pending before, the interstate
commerce commission, according o
Carl It. Cray, president, who spent
Sundny in Portland enrouta to Tuget
Sound.
Gray reported that railway traffic
is below normal, for this season of th
year, but he believes lt will increase
sb summer approachea.
Noah dross, for 37 years a resi
dent Ht Kugene, and a member of the
firm of Clross Iirotherj Foundry, died
at the homo of Ids son, Frank L.
(Iross, nt lll.'l ' Eighth avenue east,'
Sunday, at lllo ago ot S5 years.
He is survived by three sons, Frank
V. (irtisa, and Mike dri. .s, both pf
F.ugene, and It. K. dress, of Long
Uracil, Oil.; three, daughters, .Mrs.
Ilettic .inrvis of Seaside, .Mrs. 1'carl
Cbhk, of t.'oldciidnle. Wash., nnd Mrs.
Delhi I'iub.v, of Olympin, Wnsh,
.Mr. dross wjim born iu Macon, Mis
souri, August II, INN), lie moved
to Fresno, Oil,, in l.Ss.1, nnd euiiio to
Kugene Ihreo yeill'S Inter, ill l.HSS,
and has resided here since I hen. He
was associated with his sons in the
dross Brothers Fouudry as n me
chanic and pattern maker, in which
protesslon no was wen skiiicu.
Mr. GrosH was a member of tlie
Chrislian Science church. Funeral
services will bo held at Ilio Veatch
chapel, Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, with the Christian Science
churo h:n charge. Interment will be in
church in charge. Interment will be In
SIMtlNtiKlKI.n, April 20. (Special)-
A new poinmunity hnll, to cost
in me neigmmriioud oi -nuu is in ne j
built two miles oust nf Springfield i
by the Mount Vernon Farmers union.
Kxcsvation for laying tho concrete
foundations Is now under way. The
! union has purchased (4e two-acre
j Sfcnrman tract on which to erect the
hull. The building work is being d"ne
j by the men of the. Mount Vernn lo
cal, under the direction of I,. It.
j Hunt, president of the Jasper local.
It will prohnbly tnke two months to
complete.
The new building has n main meet
ing hall 10 by I") feet, with a stage
built in one end measuring 12 by I'l
feet. Imperial features "f the plans
include a dining room, kitchen, bath,
nursery,, and a men's smoking und
card room. The local has heetr inecling
in a store budding iu Houglus Har
dens up to 'hit time.
Today's Baseball j
NATIONAL
At Ciiii-imiutt
Titt Mhurgh . , , ,
H, II.
1 VI
2 7
tioot
Cincinnati , ,'J
Untteries; Meadows ami
Kiicy, J, May ami Ihtrgrave.
J Colr.rtid". The cull for "fore'gn reg-
At Itotton ritiladidphin-ltnoton, j itred Ht the Kugene office in show
morn ng and nfternoon gamei post ing n steady increase and llie best
poiied; ci)tl weather antl wet ground.
At Hrooklyn New York-Hrookln
game postponed; cold weather.
AMERICAN
At T'hiladelphin - Washington
riiihidelphiu game post lulled, cold
weather
LZ3
BLAGKBUTTE
WOMAN KILLED
N CAR CRASH
Efts. George M, Swineheart,
. Formerly of Eugene, i3
Auto Victim
Dies on Way to Local Hos
pital; Many Other Acci
dents Reported .
Mrs. George M. Swinchenrt, 33, ot
Black Butte, was fatally injured In
an automobile accident at Main and
Sixth streets, Cottago Grove, at 8.30
o'clock this morning. She died on
her way to a Eugene hospital.
The' accident occurred when C. IT.
Busse, manager of tho Standard Oil .
company at Cottage Grove, swerved
his car to avoid crashing into n truck, j
His roadster struck Mrs. Swineheart,
and she was thrown to the jiavcmcnt.
Her skull wns fractured. ,
Mrs. Swineheart was formerly a
nurso nt the Mercy hospital in
Eugene, and she and her hus
band had lived hero until last fail
when they moved to Blnck Butte, She
was postmistress at Black Butte at
Iho lime nf her death. Mr. Swine
heart formerly worked for the Booth-
Kelly Lumber company at Mohawk.
MANY ACCIDENTS HERE
. "Week-end automobile accidents In
mill about Kugene were the heaviest
of the year, according to reports
turned in to the police department
today. Slippery streets, carelesB
drivers and other causes Appear on
tlie records of the nine accidents filed
lit) to noon today.
The reports were as follows:
d. It. dlover, (1S." Twenty-fourth
avenue east, and Hr. It. W. Matron,
10"1. Corbet building, Portland, ncci
dent at Sixth avenue and I.incolu
street.
George Misfeldt, l.V.ll) Villaid
street, accident at Eleventh avenue
and Patterson slreet.,
' Art Aldrtipp, Crow sl.ige, nnd M.
W. Smith, Morris Lumber company,
accident four miles north of Aibiin.v,
It. F. Scaiefe. 17IW Fiiirnmiiut and
It. S. Br.vson, S.1II Lincoln street.
II. F. Storey, Crow stage, and
Krwin Lee, accident nt Tenth nnd
Willnntctte. Lee's car, officers be
lieve, bore a fnkn licence, as the num
ber reports was ;ir,t)-S;io. and no Ore
gon license of that number has been
issued.
Hay M. Whipps, I lnl Eighth, oven-
(Continued on page five)
Astoria Clothing
Store is Burned
ASTf I1 1 A. Ore., A pril 20. The
I 'Cllar nnd Kolniitx inena cloth ng
store was burned out early todn.v.
A wnninn. Miss UiggctH, whs slight
ly injured when phe jumped from a
second story window "f the Dixie
rooin'ng house above a portion of th
store.
The entire stiick of the store was
ilf'Hlroied or badly damaged.
The store wns located in a wooden
building.
Many Tourists are
Visiting Eugene
Thirteen moior tourist parties ,
fronj other statPH were at ihe office
K. . f the Kugene i-h timber of commerce
1 before noon today to obtain liMiipo-
2 "try Oregon licen-o's. All the touri.nta
h ; w en; from Vah!hgton and Califointa
with the exception of one party from
week-end total o( the year was re
corded. The Kuneiie municipal auto
park also reports that the number of
parlies are increasing and that si
though weather conditions 'are nut
ideal for touring that there seem
to be plenty of cuthusiuxm amotij the
viKitof