The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, April 29, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text-TIM ' Crjsi7intatelTnances can be Averted if People Will Refuse to Sign Referendums for the Special tax Bills1 Qy. News HOR1E EDITION tH WEATHER Cloudy a" unset- ,d Thursday. ..... nht touther- ..jirTW"'' " L i TODAY'S NEWS TODAY 41 degrees; m.- EUGENE, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY EVENING, A PHIL 29, 1025 PR IPF ON STUKKTS 3c: ON TRAINS riM-C" ANl' MOWS STANDS fie. XO. 97 " 81. precipi"""" IS -rf i . . t-- - . : vwijwsr', yvxwttv v TlT -mSSSfr I 1 jVOL. 6S 7fl fjl i!S students have 1 trolled ta Eus-me schools " . .., 1924-25, ac- -port mod b, r.tenn. city superln- P"8. '..,. v J. Moore, county ..Indent. Of this M e In the high Oi !3S6 in the grades. in attendance number N n hows. Girls ".ThitM to U96. 03'9 in the elemen- 1, ne per cent of attend-2rUl- ".5. Pupils nam- 1M, were neither absent ...i iho last month, fritt Mr' Gle"n- io U and three visits from atben of the school board. Lrf Parents Summoned L i .errlees for Donald Eu- pae Ackerson, , 5-year-old son of B. ud Mrs. Luton a. .... ntT Iowa, who died at Eu- jeu bospiUl Tuesday morning. U awaiting the arrival ot ui rpntj. which Is expected FaW The body is at the Veatch cjjpel The boy had been visit- bli grandparents, Mr. and Jn. J. C. Ackerson, 21VS- Lincoln r.t since last fall, when his sDther, Mrs. Merle Stearns Ack- Ln, was visiting with her par ni! Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Bristol, 16! Thirteenth avenue cast. Pro- few Luton Ackerson, a mem Ik of the faculty of the Unlver- tr of Iowa, and Mrs. Ackerson nre to come soon to take their w home after spending the Tiittr with his grandparents. Be- sUm his parents and grandpar ata, Donald leaves a year-old sis i, Marian Jean, and three aunts, Vn. Grace Stearns Schlska, Jo ule Ackerson, and Justine Aclinic. am IJOilO 5 EXONERATED y G01ITT Former District Attorney Of Lane Absolved of All Blame Dismissal of Case Recom mended in Report as Filed At 'Salem Driiiigi la Urgod That tbe cutting of the ditch across lit founty fair grounds property for lit drainage of the Ainnznu should be now as much belter results call bt obtained than waiting until fall, li; opinion exppressod by Frank I., iimbfri. The county court wkic'i biaiarvfr completed of the pnrt of i;BMsary ditch across the county rrppertj planned to do this work jw'jiMj in Sepiember after the close f the annual county fair. Mr. C'hnm n who has completed the ditcii mi bis property west of the fair naali jtates tUt now while the mand it wet to a considerable depth ' the best time for blasting as when (Wutd is dried out in the fall w! results ore not obtained. The Siting now would also loosen tlu' wiind when 11 Is is dried out in the rr it will be easily washed out r'i te fall rains. Mr. Chambers tares. It has bee:) sugcrsted tbnt ihe atj priaoners be cmplnved on tb the fair grounds and thii is to be ronv.lorcd by the com. "II Leave May 28 ""id John Jones, principal of E"5ens high school, and su-Wntendent-elect of city schools, ill leare Eugene May 2S for the - baring booked passage on 8- S. Montclaire for Liver- here he will join Mrs. no l, Ti,itinK in Wales. Mr.. Jones will return to ' Trk from Southampton, Mt IS. stopping in C. and other titles, and returning to "title coast over the south- ,r New Orleans. """ tt Vet. i 9TfiMaJ . nian:rial srsifni b"r' ""iver.itr n,,, B 7. 'r "''Pr"V"1 r ", ,h' D"rai"ting election, Maj . Tllp pln k rk for ,. frMhm(n who i..,,,"'10 " 'mo politics but 'uZ " r,"li. The first .Ww,!''1' pr,nrm "' s-tu..! r; k, ,,; Je.r men who t..' "'""t manager.. el' Th'-' i re- H..1. "I, nrn. ... . i SS Tn.. . .. "r " ""t appointed M ,!" tr-Mdent ,.f "u,., , "7r ""'I the graduate ,,i.t,r bi wt to ,a' 'ICUtiT COl.n, .11 p Exoneration ot Clyde N. Johnston, former district nttornej of Lnne, nu ?hfl r Res filed n gainst him b$ Lawrence Edmunsnn with the 8t,nte supreme court has been made by the grievance committee of the state bar association and this report nteo recommends rilv missal of the case brought ns a dis barment proceeding. No action Ins a jet been taken by the court. Petition Similar. Tfae cbnrges filed apninst the for mer Lane official in the disbarment attempt are similar to those contained in the petition for a writ of mandamus recently filed by Paul Dormitzor, Portland attorney, in behalf of Leon R. Edmunson, brother of Lawreie Edmunson, now under sentence on a liquor charge. These alleged charges made against Mr. Johnston arc that he failed' to prosecute one enso brought to the district attorney's office and Hint h knew of the law violations of others and ukmI this information to force testimony to ohtnin convictions in Sev ern! liquor cases. Answer Coming. The answer of John S. Medley, dis trict nttornoy, to the mandamus peti tion will be made next month, accord ing to the time set by Judge John C Kendall of Coos county who will be here to hear the case. Mr, Johnston appeared as one of the principal witnesses in the ense of former Prohibition Director Cleaver, recently under fire during an investi gation of his office. The former Lane official nt that time stated on tiu si nut) that sevcrnl attempts hnd bo n made to "get" him while he was serv ing as district attorney. First Picture of Huge Dirigible Which Lost Her Nose in the Wind FRENCH STUDY PDSSIBILITYOF GOLD STANDARD Twenty-nine hours alter i1 was torn from its moorings, the R-33 returned to Pulham In Norfolk, Eng land, after having been blown out over the North Sea. The nose of the craft was torn when the high gale snatched her away from her moorings. STREETS OF SOFIA SOFIA, April 20. (P The ' Ilul Kiirian government is considering call ing one of the army classes to the colors, ns it has been unable to get the ten thousand additional volunteers recently authorized by the council of ambassadors at l'nris to pacify the country. I.OS AN'IKI.ES. April 20. One dead and .15 injured are listed on a casualty list of the wreck of the Santa Fc train last night, 20 miles norttl of San Iiegn, s published to day by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway offices here. In addition four persons were reported injured whose names at 0:30 o'clock this morning were not learned by the company officials. John Warboys, en gineer. I. oa Angeles, was killed. The locomotive and five cars went over the grade. OUTBREAK RENEWED KOMI-:, April 211. A .dispatch to the Tribuna from its Sofia .corre spondent reports n renewed outbreak of fighting between Ilulg.trian gov ernment troops and communists. Cas ualties are unknown, but this dispntch says they are believed to be fairly heavy. The dispntch tn the Triliunt says a sanguinnry battle was fought throughout yesterday between gov ernment troops and communists. The population of Sofia became panic stricken because of intermittent muffled explosions and all street traf fis was stopped. A strict censorship prevails, tbe dispatch adds. The Tribuna dispatch says the ex plosions were caused by attempts of government forces to blast the com munists out of underground tunnels where they had taken refuge. Contract for Sale Of Shipping Board Vessels Executed ACTORS IN WRECK Iini.I.YWOOI, fal., April 20. Four motion picture players and a property man were injured and $10, CKiO of motion picture equipment was destroyed in the wreck of the Santa Fe train last night near San Klego, it was announced here today at War ner Brothers' studio from which a party of 22 was on the train. Marv I'revost, Louise Faienda, ! Kenneth Harlan and Walter, Long, j players, were rat by glass and bruised. ) and Hob Webb, proiierty man. was j burned in attempting to pare Kngin 1 eer Warboys, It wos announced. WASHINGTON, April 20. Con tract was executed today for sale by the shipping board to the Hollar in terests of the five president-type ves sels and the service of the California Orient line. Approval of Ihe shipping board was given to the contract as drawn by its counsel and H. Stanley Iiollnr, vice president of the liollar lines, and it was signed by Chairman O'Connor for the board, and by .Mr. Hollar. Two are Dead in Texas Tornado Butte Soft Drink Parlors Re-Opened Orchards Hard Hit by Weather In Washington YANCOUV ICR, Wash., April 20. Damaging effecls of the extreme cold of last December on young orchards has heroine apparent in this vicinity, W. II. Wood, manigfr of the Wash ington Prune Growers corporation sa'd today. The freeze resulted in sour siip in young penr and prune trees, and the slmt hole borer, a worm that works under the bark, killing a shout or limb, has become active, he said. f'uld wenther recently after the fruit formed in mature orchnrds has caused prunes to drop to some extent but whether it will fhorten the crop materially will not be known for an other week, growers report. ELUSIVE STATE KYLK. Texas, April '.t.-Two dAd. one probably fatally Injured, and mor than a store hurt, whs the known toll of a otrnado that swept the outskirts of this town lat night. R-imors that several were dead at t hland. a nearby .ilia. 1011M not he confirmed aa i roads wre tmpaabl and wire com- munic-ation disrupted. IJI.TTK, Mom.. April nc Tempo rary injunctions, under which three local ft drink parlors were closed and padh-cked here yesterday by Dep uty Toiled H'atea Msrhil Kelsey. were tarated t'lny by Federal Judge (-org M. Itounpiin and pr'x-ennes thereunder remlled and quashed. The three pla-'es reopened tMsy. Jiifig JtourMuin ruled that ouster and cb'iure on mere information and be I.ff, whi'h are pending in conrt. ar a 'gross a-ue of the law of injunctions.' SALKM, Ore., April 20. Follow ing n formal demand made April 0. District Attorney ,Jntn M. Carson to day filed In the circuit court here a petition for an alternative writ of mnndnmus requiring Frank C. Uram well, stale superintendent of banks to return the state banking depart ment from Portland to Salem. The petition is on relation of George Tut nam, publisher of the t'apitnl Journal, who made the de mand of the district attorney. Sam A. Kozer. secretary of state, is also made a defendant in the cae and the petition demands that he fur nish quarters for the department in Sab-in. The proceedings cite the law whi' h requires that the siafe banking de partment have its offices in Salem. The banking code was amended by the 102." legidlnture, but when the amended code goes info effect Mny 2S, will still require the department to have (ts offices in Salem, only a branch office being allowed In Port land under the amended code. Since the removal of the depart ment to Portland about March 21. the superintendent of hank establish ed a dek in the stAte house and oc casionally a clerk of the department cornea to Salem. This, snys the peti tion filed today, "is a subterfuge and in for the purpose) of only mskii.g it appear that said biiperintendent of bnnks and said itnte blinking depart ment maintain an office in tjd city of Kalem.' IE eijy E Minister of Finance Cail laux Intimates Neces sity of Step Great Britain Well Pleased With Step Taken by Mr. Churchill TARIS. April 20. W) The estab lishment of n gold stnndnrd by firent llritnin will necessitate Krnnee taking the same step In the opinion of the best French finnncinl authorities. Minister of Finance Cnillaux, already is studying the question and has In timated tbnt It 1b necessary for the French people to make sacrifices to accomplish the return to the gold standard. The resumption of specie payments by F.nglnnd, It wns stnted at the Hank of Frnnoo today, will be n good thing for tbo United States because it will increase the vnluo of the immense stock of gold held In Americn. France, it was said, cannot continue to strug gle along wllh depreciated currency while all the other important commer cial and financial countries nro work ing on fl gold basis. Apartment House Swept by Early Morning Blaze People Flee to Streets From 49 Apartments In Building; One Man Killed in Leap From Flaming Structure rORTLAXD, Ore., April 21). (By The Associated Press) Four persons died in n fire that consumed the Hendricks npnrtments, Fifteenth nnd Flanders streets, early this morning. Two young women wero lnirned to death. A Mind man died near the window from which hi3 wifo had just been rescued. Another man dived three stories, and missed a life net. ...i:tj.SEa. J'hnt the city planning cmnrnissinn as provided in the now nrdinnn-e ttiat will probably be ncicd on by the city council nt Ihe next meeting should be reprcsculative of the entire city and be selected with care is the opinion of Mnyor K. 11. Varks. The new ordi nance, redrafted from t tic first one prepared on this plan, provides that the appointment of the commission members of which there will be five, will be made by the mayor. Mnyor I'arks stales thuf ho will probnbly have the Federation of Wo men's organizations or others make recommeoflations for appointment as he hopes to see men and women who really arc interested in civic benuli ficatinn both now and for tbe future take an active interest in the pro gram provided tinder the ordinance. Although no definite plans ns to the seleition of the commission have, as , by reimposition of the McKenna duties yet been made. Mayor Turks stales that tbe I'niversity of Oregon will undoubtedly be represented on the commission. "The powers conferreo n tlrs new commission and its hearings on the future civic plans of 'Kugene meant that the personnel should be of men and women who have ability as well as time and a desire to devote them selves to the many problems th.it are to be solved," the mayor said. STERLING ADVANCES I,rNIOX, April 2ft. W flreat Britain's return to Ihe gold stnndnrd in bailed with general satisfaction in the exchange market, whero tbo pound sterling took another step nearer par ity this morning nnd touched SJI.Sl'i under strong buying from prnctlcnlly nil sources. BUDGET PLEASES I.ONMON, April ".!. W The London stock exthnngc showed evi dence toilay of being generally pleased with the new Ilrilish budget, which it wus considered, will carry on Hie policy outlined by Premier Ilnldwin at the beginning of bia iidmlniHlralion auguring well for the financial nnd commercial community of the coun try. The downward adjustment of the income tnx and the nbsenco of Ihe expected raid on the sinking fund caused fractional gains in investment aeciiritics, especially government is suea, white those securities affecteil The dead: Miss Clara Short, in. waitress. Miss Bornlco Frailer, etnployo of I.lpmnn nnd Wolfo company, nbout 20 yenrs old. E. Sullivan, M years old, laborer. William H. Lawr, C- blind. Mra. M. II.' I.awr, Buffering from smoko nsphyxintion, was In a serious condition this morning, but nttend ants said sho would probnbly recover. "Buddy" Sought. Mrs. A. Bennett, occupying tbe sec ond floor facing Flanders street, es- enped to the porch nnd was cnrrled down a. ladder by olio of tho firemen. Hho was much worried over her pot cat "Buddy" nnd firemen thinking sho wna concerned nbout a child, made aeveral fuliln efforts to locnto tho baby In tho burning room. "Iluddy." wns finally discovered after tho firo was out, badly soaked and badly sonred, biding under the bed. Knds of ladders placed against the third floor caught firo and had to be drenched continually with water. Firs Spreads Rapidly The flnmes swept rapidly through Iho frame building and tho forty per- moved up well, espec ially tho various motor car and cycle shares. ? Baseball Scores (Continued on pag? six) NATIONAL At Brooklyn Boston Brooklyn Butteries: Barnes and Thormahlen, Hush, Ilubhcll g'-r nnd Tcylor. It. II. i:. Ill IM 2 :i 12 2 tiihsoii; t leach- Postmaster at In observance of American Forest Week, the Kugene chamber of com merce has prepared a special pro. gram on forest preservation for the noon luncheon of the organization to morrow, lieorge W. 1'eavy, dean of tho S'-hool of forestry of the Ore gon Agricultural college, will bo Ihe principal speaker on Ihe program, Uran I'cavy, regarded as one of Ihe outstanding eiperls in the northwest on forest fire protection and refores tralion. will tell of forest protection methods in use and the need of fur ther aids in this work. A musical pro gram will also be presented by Charles Hunt. E, BEItMN, April 20. OP) Ger many's foreign policy wilt not bft ohnnged, Iir. Hans Luther, the Ger man chancellor declared emphatically todny in an address before the anmml congress of Ihe Lengua for German Industry and commerce. This declaration la understood also to reflect the viewpoint of President elect Von llindenhnrg, wllh whom the chancellor conferred yesterday. While Dr. Luther did not refer to tho recent election, it Is generally im dTatood ho spoke with the full au thority of Ilindctihiirg and the group promoting the field marshal's enndi daey. Evacuation Stressed In order to bring about stable con ditions the ipieslion uf the evalua tion uf tho Cologne area by the al lies must he speedily settled, Ir. Lu ther declared. "For more than ihrre month, " he said, "we have wtiitrd in vain fur th reasons held to justify the m-n nvac iiMion." "The people of Kumpe desire t!i removal of uncer taint y and lack f clearness, I r. Luther had prcvi'tuslv derlnred. "A policy having that end in view' must nuturnlly he governed by the law uf cmiiiiuiiy and cannot arbitrarily chunge i's direction," No War Desired Crescent Ousted v.rk 4 . V-... V.L Philadelphia LI I"' -1 Three Accidents - ST. LIU'IS, - Piltburg-Ht ground ami cuhl DISMISSAL DENIED P.W.KM, Ore.. April LU The pretiie court has denied a motion to ilimniis tu appeal in the case of Vaw tT agsmst the Il'.gue Hiver Val'ey MKMFOUD, ore.. April 2f. -Postal Inspector t. F.. Hsugpn returned to MMford todjy after a trip to Kl.i math county where he ordered the re moval of Pothnanter F. t.'leves f Crescent, and named a temporary postmaster to take his place. Cleaves, it Is said, wna short in his account? and his case will be h mm lit before a federal grand jury in Port land next week. In addition to charges of mitap- ' ' Sr. I .-tuns charged with bo 'tl'trging and hems m toxicnted in a public place, nrcrltig to the official. flatteries; Fillingim, Couch, I lrich, Knight nnd Henline; pean, tireen field, Harriett nnd levitn'. CINCINNATI, April at i Ciiicinnatt-t 'Men go poned, rain. SPKINGFIKLI. April 2V. in I) -Oi.ly three minor accident d.ir- April 'JO. -i National) ' j,,- tf. entire month of March were Louis postponed, wet , r4,.)(,riP, in the meeting of Mil' IL sil- ety -first council at tin' iiichk hall in the local Hnotii-Ki-lly tiivinill at i (o'clock eterdi) afternoon, c'otdir,g to Clnyt n llnrlx'r, secretrtrr. The, necirletiis entailed but n few days los of time for the injured enipb.yeH, T!:n That (eruuiny doca not desire trnr was a further i-atcguri: ;.! dechiiatii-n by the chancellur, who laid great slresa upon (iermiin.CM adherence to !ie security pu t idea. "(iermany desire to protect herself by treaty," he ubservetl. find nn I wikIi to eniili.isi7.e at ih's time, floes ii't lienire to iimduct war." With regard lo the failure to settle the eva'-mitiou Mnrs'"H. 1 r. Luther dfcln red- Reported at Mill! "Tim whole Kumpenn policy sofferi from fleiay on this ipieMion. Securities Touched :!t.- -(Nation-game post- At AMERICAN iM-troit - I!evert!ng to the security prnldem he reiterated: "It Is self evident that the stand point adopted by thn government re mnins un banned. " The cloiiicellor fnlnwed with a pledge for international cooperation. "( icnw'ii htatewinen and tiermnn men uf tntlust ry ami (mmerce will Death List From a. ii. ii. .-. in i Detroit II i:t '.' Catteries: Wing". Vangler, lian forth, tlrant and Severeid; While rill, I'oyle. Stoner and ltosler. IWiH'I'O.N. April '!!.- (American) liXplOSIOn drOWS Cnll weather. fact th:il ihe injuries were slight, and , neer fail," he Mailt, "to CMtitri:i!lc her decreased in iiumtter is attributed i the cure taken bith iti ssfeicunrding the men from the in ichiti'Ty. and in divilu.il care t.iken by ihe men. Edwin (i. Davis is Named to new Post MALDKN, Mass.. April 'J?l.-Th death Vst from an espliion which reked part of the plant of the Hus ton Itubber Shoe company tod.iy inn jr ret'b three, offiijil Aniioun'-Fil. Two Cafr irg r' nipsny on appeal from etnplxyea are missing and a third is Jjarktvu c-iini). Vawter is appellant. it.g at a hospital. WASHINGTON. April -Kdwin j G, Iiavls, Fniled S'ales district nttor- PIIILAhLLI'llIA, April Vf. ney for Idnho, whose Hppidntment ns ( American)- New York-Philnd'dphif , ; assistant at torney general had been poktponrd, wet grounds and cold. j urged, was mined t"diy as special I issiatant in the justice depai tun'iit's CHICAGO, April Hit. ( American ); war frauds ihimnn, N successtr has - Clevrland-Cliu-Hgo game puntiousd, yef been selecit-d for the Idaho posi rsiiu ' ti"U. share to peaceful understanding nnd locul rooperaiion for ihe intein:ttnKi al cooperation f na'ioiif." Turning to Internal problems, he in sisted that all tiilk at)jut n w infU titin nin criminiil. TWO PAY FINES HPUIMJFIKU'. April 'J!t (Special)--Two Springfield men paid fines In the local police court this morning for disobedience to the city ordinauro number 41 which prohibits parking an automobile on the streets of Springfield without lights. Julius Ku Iny and Y. K, Nutwuu vacb were finvil .1 .; ' I 1 !U 1