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tH WEATHER
Cloudy a" unset-
,d Thursday.
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TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
41 degrees; m.-
EUGENE, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY EVENING, A PHIL 29, 1025
PR IPF ON STUKKTS 3c: ON TRAINS
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.'
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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
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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
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