The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, April 30, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextXrubus tax lawjis Held up by Referendum a More Drastic act will be Initiated-Read Today's Editorial ftly News HOME EDITION . III west, fair l""r .... ..d cooler; l ...lads. Temper. VOL. 68 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, A PHIL 30, l'JJ.') PR 1PF ON STItKKTS 3c; ON TRAINS i 1. ,ni m:vs stanks ,v. NO. 93 " Tuesday. 75. t: !l, today, none. Stag. T. (Vet Direction of j (ol n F1 .tbletic field for ?... high school ami fc" ltoosevclt anil k ' i ,. ,nior big schools ("T"0 br " ,ich,,1 'L, definite decision ha. ae "J, wde, it i announced by .'.w. kn.rd. Efforts are be- Cpert of V Preferably a"1" in nrder that it J. cement for the use of tne .A.pUn being coc- ;. " ,rom w",ame,te t prot-bly Nineteenth avenue, . proride a convenient way mi f",u !0Ulh Wi""mcltc ' Im tue Roosevelt scl.o.l. r.i.clV to the Eugene high judwitbincasydislanoe of the Wilson school. The need of Ld u keenly ten ami n .u L,, tie board to make arranco- P . ... I : it... nfnr fil- UoiiHro inn e" -- Lj lie announcement- LnlfyCrilse Planned r.-is 75 to SU stuilems u irj . n.. Agricultural college will VIE, tl! tie tr'P f'om Corvallia to Fall Ui fir their annual timner cruise, Utt Dfn George . reavy pi L Ht rollete. ho was in tbe city C,,iolddress the chamber of con. La tod make preparations wun tun F. Macduff, supervisor of the ;m4( national forest, for the Dean Peavv and Sir. Macduff (3 f) op to Fall creek tomorrow to M inr tbe territory selected for nBuiif, sod to make plans whereby k imi of the students enn be used Like ornament for its permanent srdi. The economic stage la act kiotriod of great activity in lum- at i Oregon, according to Dean I'm. tho says that unless sonic rut dipmiion occurs, the state koold be employing 80,000 men itkt lumber industry, and creating IraiHj more than $L'00,000,000 in mill . Mini Take Degree Ilia impreisive ceremony two Uni- Mir of Oregon students, Marion lirtfjud Howard I. Mnrphall were wi ii Master Masons last night i lit Eocene lodge No. 11. The de nt tork waa given by the Crafts- Mi dub degree team. Since the or Kimira of the Crnflsmen'a club n tie eairpus the students and iiicin w l the faculty of University of who are Masons, have been wiiii the student-candidates in the 'Ft work and have been putting alitititets themselves. Those who TOltd in the degree work last night d Carlton E. Spencer, Hugh Saw. E. S. Tuttle, L. V. Gillette, Sethtr, Turley P. Otto, Itue irtf and Raymond Voegtly. j " 100 Jlaster Masons at- 4 a Show Increase Ikrtj-fijht inmates are now tn- v rurita s: the county jnil, stitl the largest registration in ""1 tince the close of the nurt term when a number of nre disposed of, nn-onling to e, jailor, lteeonlly the num :e!t at roll call was down to st leeit firure in mm-, th.t. n td' Prisoners was the peak -to sour recorded but with u ttt or seven velr ut oij be another record set, 7 bf present indications, th "id toH,r 1. .1.. Tl "wilt t. house 12 pruon.r. -ntion problem is ever pres- Planned- .r all of ,he .Torsey If mm.7 . a ut' . " turnout or 100 J mre'mg which is '",,uM l'J '"te and v"ieui -f t. Jersey cluba. U,,",""eciub 'der,w,U "" his beadnuarter. - "lend the Ju!,Uee. ""Utar., ...... . -tfemiancp t . "ek 1, "inrnran U"r ,fc ''iotrict 'HU,. ',,Jf' '' Spring- 'ade on pl,.,e, Ui, Co,,"roT.hUh ".r. ,h' loci1 'ce of M,'0al for,t. ""Vb-r .S,rr.ncr. hra.l ,cwm - 3 Lost When tug Goes Down CAPTAN SAVED BY SCHOONER Engineer, Fireman and Deck Hand Missing Following Capsizing Rough Water Prevents Launching of Lifeboat From Japanese Ship ABKKItKKN, Wash., April HO. UP) Three lives are believed to have been lost when the Ii.vba capsized and sank in the heavy seas. Captain Simon Anderson of the Ii.vba was picked up by the steam schooner Lake Frances. The missing: Basil Hubbell, engineer. Harry Hubbell, Jr., fireman. T. Barnes, deck hand. Tho Hyba went out early this morn ing to place a pilot aboard the Jap anese freighter Etna Maru and sank on the way back. She carried a life boat, but the heavy breakers aro be lieved to have prevented its launch ing. The Japanese ship made an at tempt to put out a lifeboat but was unable to get it away. The Westport coast guard station lifeboat and the tug Cudaby are cruising (he bar in an effort to find the missing sailors. Bank Clearing Record is set Here in April With a total bank clearing for Eu gene of $L,'MO,07U.On during April, a record for one month in this city was set, according to announcement this afternoon by the Eugene clearing house association, representing the three local banks. The former high mark of $2.1f).il.TiS.:;i wns last Oc tober. The clearing! for April, 1H-4, were $1,040,121.71). That the present yeor will set a high mark for Eugene clearings is in dicated by the reports for the first four months. February, March and April hove all passed the two million mark. Last year there were only three mouths in which the clearings passed this figure. August, Septem ber and October. The Feburnry clear ings this year were J.OT'-'.JlS.l.. and the March clearings $J,OaJJ,(loo,T(t. FEDERAL FUNDS BUILDING FOH li REPLANTING 1 FORESTS URGED George W. Peavy df Oregon Agricultural College Speak3 Here- Chamber of Commerce Should Use its Influence, Is Word of Dean 1925 IS NEAR 15 Of OREGON WILL PAY ADDED TAX FEES Officers for the coming year were elected by the ni'w board of direetoi of the Eugene flotary club at the first organization nuvliiig held last nijtj.l. E. V. Lee was elected president, IV C. R. Willoughbt, vice-president, au.l Bruce B. r.rumlir.e. treasurer. ' I" In1 new Herniary will be named Inter, ii is announced. The outgoing offic !. s who served during the past year uvrt' Carl (i, Waslibmr.e, president; E. I". Lee, vice-president; Bruce B. Bmn loge, treasurer and W. C. Varan, fer ret a ry. The additional officers ani standing committees for the coming year will noon bo listed by the now president and will probably be ready to announce at the net luncheon meeting of the club to be held Tues day noon. Gravel Royalties Exempt in County Reports that the state land board has exempted $.10,000 in royalties on nand and gravel covering a period of years upon request of the state high way commission were received here today. The royalties amount to 10 cents a cubic yard. Market roads lead ing into the Roosevelt highway in Lane county arc benefitted by the ex emption aa well as road development of this highway in Coos and IV-uglns counties. I M. Morse, Iane pounty engioeer. states that ll sand snJ gravel used on the roads designated in Lane county was delivered by the Umpn.ua Sand and Gravel company of Reedsport in 10J2 and 1023 and that information on the royalties will prob ably be obtained by the r-uoty court aa there may .be a return made to Lane. . SALKM. Ore.. April P.O. (A1) Hue to an opinion of the supreme court of September JO, JOlM, relative to the payment of income tax by corpora tions and stockholders, the state tiix commission expects to collect between $-100,000 and flOO.OOO additional state income taxes tinder the now repealed income tax act. But n large portion of tli is will be refunded to the stork holders under the same court decis ion. Practico Reversed. Trior to the supreme court decision the state comiuinidon was allowing corporations to deduct in computing its taxable income the ammmt paid resident stockholders in dividends while the stockholders were required to pay income tax on their dividends. Tlio supreme court held this uncon stitutional, ko that it is now necessary for the tax commission lo go back and collect from the corporotions on theje amounts previously exempted and to refund to the stockholders wlmt they paid on their dividends. Refund la Ruled The commission will not refund to stockholders if the corporations par ing the dividends have not paid under th new ruling and in no event will refund money be available prinr to June .10. Notices of the intention to refund have been sen out to ".'NT persons holding stock in corporations am) no tires that further inroine tax is due have been sent to -ll.'i corporations. Two More County Schools to Close Two more Jane county schools have completed their required term of eight months snd have been closed f'T the summer, making a total of 12 that hav'e now reported at the office of V,. J. Moore, county superintendent of schools. The school in district IIS at .Merideth has been closed and alio the Ileceta school in district M'.t. I'sulene Somnierville and Ida Ntrnda are trarhera ot the former school and W. II. Coffin is teacher at the Ileceta school. It is expected that several mre of the rural schols will be clos ed tomorrow, Mr. M"ore stairs. The Eugene chamber of commerce should use its influence toward se curing adequate federal appropria tions to plant denuded hinds w'tjiin national forests, and to acquire cut over lands for reforestation.. lenn George V. Tenvy of the school of forestry. Oregon Agricultural col lege, told the chamber at Its weekly luncheon today. "The job is too big for state and private owners alone." said I lean I'eavy. "Those who may object to fed eral partic'pation because the land is removed from the control of the state for taxation purposes, should remem ber that the federal forest service turns over to the state per cent of the groFa income received by tho na-tion.-.I forest w'thin the state. "This is a decidedly fornfdahlo in come tnx. "Oregon has a stake of 4i)i) billion feet of b andiug timber one-fifth of all the remaining timber in the lTnited States and 2".000.(100 acres of for est land in the lumber game. We ctn play the ninie in two ways: After the l'cnnsylvnu'a nnd Midrgun fashion, mining our timber, playing a skin game on old dame nature and ensiling in on our whole timber capital within 2." to -10 years, leaving the state anil our posterity to carry a burden of 10,000,000 unproductive forest acres, the forest In ml outride the national forests; or we can make it n continu ous game, profitable for all time to ronie. "With 2:1.000.0(10 acres of land working all the t.me growing timber crops there is every reason to believe that Oregon can have a perpetual for- Ijy r BtWm m0n jtrt Ilfr I - Snl '1 Balloon Race is Scheduled For Tomorrow nnrpinrHT 10 ffS SI TO HAVE i -'l TAKEN VACCINE iU " W . . 1 1 - W. J. Flood I " '' " ; Lieut. William J. Flood. C. H. Wo. gmr-,Mi?' lam and H. E. Honeywoll ar among " ' 1 .stmmmmamm ' m tho entrants in tho national ellmlna. c ,H Wollam Hon balloon race, which starts tomor row at st. Joseph, mo. mmtmAwmmmmmmum BALLOONIST!) TO FrX CTIPTTdBldBPniM M . U I I I II Ull 1 1 1 Ml I V V l 3 '1 UII1III I UIIIUIIIIUII I .4 MILLION IRK All Government Employes In Washington Asked to Take Precaution April Record is $292,300, According to Report Thi3 Afternoon Two Deaths Reported Yes. terday; Disease Said to bo In Virulent Form Number of New Homes is Feature of Construction In City at Present tContinuf (I on pnirc two) s NAt'RAMKNTO. Cal.. April lift.--(A31) The Sacramento police a: at ion at 2 o'clock this .afternoon onnoiiiv-rd word had been Received from Hood, on the Surra menfo river, II miles south of Sacramento, that shooting waa in progress near that place and that tbe convicts Hull and Tanko may hove been encountered by n pome. HetniU were larkinj as the inform ant at LI nod hung up his telephone after declaring he was too buy to trlk further. Thirty addili:il officers immedi ately were dispatched to the mene in automobiles. Hop Control is To be Removed SAL KM, Ore., April .TO. A rible- gram received by a local firm from London today announrea that the Ilriti'h hop control will be renewed August It! and in its stead will h sub- ' stituted a duty of M) shillings per Knglish hundredweight of 112 pounds. The local firm estimatea at present rate of exchange thia duty will amount to about IS rents a pound. The hop control baa been in force for five . ye J Sanford to Waive Extradition Here W. A. Ssnford. arrested here by the pMi.-e this week on a charge of attempting to pans a fictiti m ehe- k, hns waived extradition and will be returned to Taroma to stand trial on a felony charge filed against hirn there, according to announcement to day t the office of Sheriff Frank K. T.i)Ior. A telegram was received from Sheriff Tom Ifenuinnd at Taem tbar an official from h offi e would cme to take Sanford ba k to face the charge in the D rth. "HIDE OUT' FOUND SACKAMKNTO, Cal April 3n. The "hide out'' of Joe T;mko and Fiord Hull, the escaped San urntin murderers, was discovered shf-rMy after non today when f"hi'f of po lice Bernard McShnne and I'etective Sergeant Walter t ameron, acting on an "outside' tip, discovered the di carded prison tinderuear 'f the ex rinvicts in an apartment houne at OL'it M street, Tbe apartment li'Mjnf is op erated by Kred I(i,ietiberg, a city fireman, and hi wife. April's building record for Kugcu was ?''!!2,;i00, and brought the total for four months close to tbe mil lion dollar mark. It was announced to dnv by V. II. Alexander, city build ng ;nspector, who compiled hs ttnl f- ures for the muntn. ' While the r prt duett not indicite an increaae over the tctme month Inst vear, it if the second highr! month of the year, reported Mr. Alexander. The totnl for the year was $!C.n,;i,Vi, f which tho share by month a waa follows: January, (UUMIH); February. .HlOrrj.-i; M.irch. ?tSr,-i;U; April. Jiiirj.rtoo. April Brought Up. 1 A ?"t.(t(K) permit for nddTuunl ex pense on the JT-ct inn of the new Ku gene hotct.nt Ninth avenue and Pearl street and a $7lW;o permit to (i. ,. Serf! na f"r the three-apartment houip at i I l.'i Willamette street welled the April figure at t.c !-! minute. "April wns the lime-bnibling month in Pl'igejie,' commented Mr. A hoar der on the report. "Permits wit.' granted for 4."i new resilience, out uf the total of titl permits 1-sued. Tlra if a record breaker fnr any sitiKle month. I believe. The total of new homes for the year in if w l."i0." Buildings Costly Kighteen s-.f t'ue permit" granted during the month were for remdrnce or buildings costing more than $ M'. (Mn. They are na follown: I'ugene hotel, additional expense. $."(MKtn. I.aura H. Pan". $V..ntn theater and apartment building, 771 Kleventh av enue east. (Jamnta !'hi Petn fraternity. $10, (KH) reiiifiice, HHII Hilyard street. Mrn. Iron H. Kox. $HMH resi dence, IJi.Vi VniverHtty street. f.eorge Serfling, $7MW three apartment bouse, Willamette Rtreet. Charlotte It. Donnelly, $l.i(Kt reni denre, M!j7 Ililyord street. Kiigene Hnkery, $"'0 building, W Ninth avenue eat. A. It. Paris. $4MHl residence, 7.'t'J Ninth avenue west. K. I., ninke, residence, l.TUt Twentieth avenue ermt. S. Frank, fHWHl residence, 34. Ninth avenue eost. A. J. At water, $I.V0 residence. lSJt'J Olive Streft. Sore:i Jensen, ? ("OO residence, fKKi Madison street. (ieorge K. M. York, ?."iMI resi dence, Hf3 Onyi street. J. F. Itoadman, $I.Vt(t residence, 0-1 Twentieth avenue west. A. It. Tiffany, ?siaai residence. 2iJM I'otter street. Hargreavea and Kindey, $imk residence, 7 .VI Sixteenth avenue eaut. Hargreaves and I-indey, $WKKi resi dence, 7'ld Sixteenth avenue east. , W. O. Swan. ?7.Vt residence. I!70 I'niversity street. Frank Scohert, $ I.VKt reidenre, ti7t Ninth aveauc weat. ST. JOSFPH. Mo., April 30.(P Five bnlloonists of national and In ternationol reputnllon, two of Ibem representing the nrmy, will soar nwny from llonecrons field here tomorrow in the untional elimination race. A prize of $1,000, the Litchfield trophy .and a place in the international events awnitH the winner of the race. Kvery precaution la being mode by the pil ots and their aides to protect them selves against being marooned in Canadian wilds, should the northeast erly wind predicted carry them that fur. W. T. Vim rman, winner last year, and his nide, C II. Wolluin of Akron, Ohio, will carry prnvisiona for two weeks, a shot gun and a high power rifle in addition to radio equipment. The other balloon, that piloted by Men tenant William J. Flood of the nrmy, will carry a radio. Good Response to Salvation Army Pleas Felt Here Kugenc Is making a good response to the appeal of the Salvation army in the annual fiiitinciul ritmp'tigti now under way here and many pleilgra ar being reci-ied, according to Jest Itoe, .idjutiiut of (lie local corp. Tile go.il sei for the home service work in Kane county fr I lie coming year is $.;i7,l and this in expected to he ruiclied in (lie near future, in tbe entififtetit pr--diciion of tlione in charge of the c.in Vti'H here. The cluirily program f the Hilva tion army In (.one couuty is higliiy eommeiuted by organization and in Ii -uduals familiar uiili tne activitiex of the corps partiruhirly (he Kugei" lodge of Klks as the Silvalion iirmr each jenr ro-nperaiea in the Christ mas (lieer program of the H. P. O. F. here. In addiil' n to (he pir'innl cattUMs that l under way here arrnngements have been made whereby I It f imp w io deire to aid the nrmy in its work here m.iy send check to It. P. Itruodug". care of the Pink of Commerce, Mr. ItruudHge is treasurer of the Lain county advisory bujrd of the S.ilvuv li'-n army. Marriage License linsiness is Dull ijzmaummisa&a H. E. Honeywell ID-ISTSTRUCK By KILLING FROST CHICAGO, April ,10. 0P) A kill ing frost aprend over much of the middle west and southwest last night. Fifteen Nebraska towns reported freezing temperatures nnd three kill ing frosts, causing fenrs for tender vegetation, nlthoiigh no report of ex tensive orchard or early erop damage had been received today. Kansas nnd Missouri were not so fortunate, although the southwest Missouri strawberry crop, estimated worth $.1,000,000 Was only slightly fin m aged. Near Saline, Kansas, a heavy, dry front did tremendous damage to fruit. The apple and cherry loss would be 7." per cent, staled W. F. Jones, the Saliua meteorologist with grapes probably a total Ions. Wheat and corn escaped damage by the frot, although It covered alt Kansns. OMAHA SHIVERS OMAHA. Neb.. April :tO.- (P) Fifteen points in Nebraska rep-rted freezing teinper.ilurps. three a killing frost during the night, the feder.il weather bureau announced today. The low temperature of (he night, cmrplfd with n heavy fi-...t n mnnv secins Tue.ihn nielli, hut caused fenrs for the tender vertniion in th--tate. WASHINGTON, April 30. 0P All government employca In the Dia trlct of Columbia have been requested by tho public health servico to submit to vaccination against small pox and there were Indications today that President Coolidgo waa among the first to signify compliance with the request. As the result of nn order by Stir genn (ienernl Cumming, department heads today sent circular Instructions to nil employes advising them Hint the vaccination should be accom plished at the earliest possible mom ent. Tho order affects approximately (15,000 government workers. 19 Deaths Reported There have been 10 deaths from small pox here since January 1 out of ft-l cases. Two of the deaths oc curred yesterdny. Ir. dimming con silient the disease to be in a virulent form. The public health service has ar-. rnugeil to send surgeons to the vari ous departments ho that the adminis tration of vaccine ran be accomplished with the least possible interference to government buMines, In the vet ernim bureau, where aeveral thousands nro crowded together daily, vaccina tion began severnl dnya ago, because a woman clerk hud continued to come to work after she had been exposi-d to MlllOll pox. Discussion Refused While White House official re fused to discuss President Coolidge's vnreinnlion, It was pointed out that ho receives and nhnkes hands daily with severnl hundred people and oc casionally attends public gatherings here. The president had a number of en gagements today, but was late in ap pearing at his office mid cancelled plans to attend the bnveball game this afternoon. A number of officials and clerks ot the executive offices huve been ad ministered vaccine within the last few days. Major J. F. Coupnl, thu White House physician, Secretary Sanders nnd Fi, T, Clark, personal secretary lo the president, nil flatly refused to soy whether Mr. Coolidge actually had submitted to vaccination. If such a step had been taken, Ir. Coupnl unid, he would not feel at liberty to discuss it. Colonel Coolidge Plans to Undergo Heart Treatment I I STREET NAMES CHANGED ! FRANKFORT O.N . THK .MAIN, (.ermany, April .10. Ry a narrow Tote, the ci:y council hit decided to abol sh ail monsrehiftir street nam. 'One of the thoroughfares wdl re- nstiiM in h -nor of the late l'renideut Kbert, Cold Concession Signed by Soviets . i MOSCOW, April 20. UP) The H 'vi-t governm nt tod iy nude the ! largest ronefsion it hst ever gianrt l; in signing a 50-year contract with the; Rrltih-Iena gold fields corporation! for the rxulohation of the Lna goid j field of Siberia, whih are ent im.it to mrn a in more l.mn IPKi.ooo.imm'i ' wrth of roio. .Miiencan Imokina it tereu will participate to the rxtwit of t) pr cent in tbe iuvestinent. Mntrinionr proved a dud in Lane cuiuty m'f.th. ttnly -O license were fMicd nt Itie office of the county Hrk up to late thin afternoon with the I nt ( inlin e for April tunrrige gone . h.-u the county clerk's office rinses at 5 o'clock. The lit it licence was Iksu. April 7 and if n more are recordi-d this afternoon, April will hive net a new low record for thU irmnth in'e PCJ. according to the figured rom pib'd at the office of ibe county clerk KANSAS IS FROSTY l TO " KA. Klin.. Ai,r l - ijpi. IUNIK l' p--. t.B.. -l,,,.!. conidenible -f struck Km-a In t night reaching nlmont all part of the t-ite nnd doing s me dnnutge (fi enr!y tr i.'K gnni' n crop niwi potatoev, hut wlie-jt j ,.Fgl and corn escaped damage, io cording ( i t r refrt to tbe wedthrr tniienu here, Tempera lures ranging from L"J to .10 viwited northwest K wnn. FRUIT 18 DAMAGED j SAUNA. Kan.. April .10- (P) -'-The : temperature of 2"t degrees nt night,) : nccoinpanie.I by a henvr front did i i ' ; tretn'-nd'ut damiipe to the fruit .it vicinity, Walter F. Jones, local j m-ieoroogidf, snd today. 'Ibe (o ' P.FRLIN, April :iO. -W)--Field n.ples nnd cherries w-udd be 7, per I Mitrhl Von Hind'-nburg today for- cent with grapes proI.n'dy a total lo., nuilly accepted his election, lo the t he tnted. Peu'-hiii apparently suffrr' .l. tifjj man pret,dpu.7 1 much bn, PLVMOCTH. Vt., April no.-.Cnl-onel John C. Coolidgf, father of Pres ident ( 'oolidg l"f t pl moui h f-wlny for Ronton, where he will nndetgo treatment for his hejirl nt Ma.ssachu chusetis general hapital. Col'iriel Coolidgo has been in ponr health IImk sipring and it waa on the ndvirn of hi pbj soda it, 1 ir. A. M. Cram, Itridg'-wate, Vt., and of Pres ident Coolidgo (hi.l he de .ded to un- trcHtiuent in Roston. wit?4 in g'tod spirits tin morn ing and did ho customary morning "work." lie took an afternoon irn;u, n.-conipanied by lr. Criu, . 4 I Haschnll Scores i Von Hindenburg Accepts Office - NKW YORK, April MO. Riiin nnd eld weuiher tduy neceHsitated the postponement of nil major league basi-ball gime. Fnxtern league games aho were called off while in the In ternational league only Jersey City and Rufl'.ibi were able to start their slu-doicd content ut tho latter citj.