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I Mhe First Half of 1925 has Gone and the Statistics Tell a Story of Unabated Progress in all lines in Eugene ity News I THE WEATHER f Oregon; Fair tcnight anl flurscCay; warmer In wit portion Thursday; light north ,and northeast wind,. Tempera ture: .Maximum yesterday, 73 degrees; minimum tc-L'ay, 47 Agrees. Stage cf river, 1.8 feet. DireeHis nt wind, southeast. VOL. 68 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY . KUUidNJ; 'OKfcXiON, -WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1925 PR1CF . OX 8TKKKTS 3c; ON THAIN3 I HOME I EDITION "51 l)ew Books AUti Mm. Alc!uiile IjIIp.v, librarian, nn iinees that Hpvcn bo"ks have ben . .I'lcd to the shelves of the lOngem? I pulfltc librarr, notublc Among whk'Ii v' the "American Ited Crows in t'ae it't;it Wnr," by Henry 1. Dnviftou. yiiis Imtory of thb part played by f,' libs Americas lted Cross during g ' Worlii war is particularly well told by f fhe late Mr. Davison, who was n.i- tlonnl chairmtin uf the central com ' toittce of the Kill Cross throughout i ha period of the war. .Mr. Davison, $rboso irajjnificent leiidershi;) made k jliiu an oulst.inding figure among the fcplCare workers of all the allied no JiijnH, was responsible for the initi-i-i'jn of the jnoveinent for the League t lied Cross societies, which now lR-ludc 50 C'ltintrios, Other books m his collection me: "Tlie Ainericin itcd Cross among the French Pco- ile," by Kislier Ames, Jr.; ''The I'nss- g Legions," by Ueorgc IS. i if e ; "J'he Slory of the American H-v.l Cross in Italy," by Charles M. lia'.i'! wcll; "With the Doughboy in Krnnrc" i by Edward Hungerford; "Under the Hed Cross Flag it Homo nnd Abroad" by Mabel T. Ucnrdnmn; nnd "The American Ited Cross Its, Orlgiu. ,f itposes and Sesvtce," by Sar th Elizabeth Pickett. , l-T ii rfco Fireworks In Forest J The use of firecrackers nnd fire- i- orks will be prohibited in the Cas- ide national forest, it is announced f Jy NelBon F. Macduff, forest super- jrisor, after conference with the dis trict forester's office in Portland. XI' wo extra patrolmen will be put on lit McKenzie bridge by District Itnn- Lev Smith Ta.vlcir to enforce this rul Jug, one working on the south fork of Alie MeKtnzie river, and the other on he highway. The forests are in a dry faie, nnd the Hrge number of people :ing on outings over the rourtn 01 I'lly will materially increase the fire uenaee. Humidity waH oO at noon to- flay. Anyone using firecrackers nnd iceworka in the forest will bo prompt v arreted aud brought for hearing .(fore United States Commissioner K. O. liniuelr There was a similar rul ing m:ido for the Siuslaw forlst na tional last year, but as yet no action mis been, taken to prevent use of fire- .iworka. rersuns are, however, caution- d to he careful. If arm Labor Demanded A hen vy dema nd for f a rm In bor liiiriiig the buying season continues coin to the office nf F. L. Armi age. superintendent of the United 'tiitrs Employment bureau, Mr. Ar- iiitage states. The hay hurveat will be n-lty well completed by the end of ilic week, the pinnacle being just about reached. There is also a dctmtml l-T labor over the Fourth of July from some of the contractors on the Natron cutoff. The 110 sawmills in this iltsirirt arc practically all shutting down for the 1'tnirih, but tht employ ment situation in this regard is very little affected, since the shutdowns arc only for n uv ur tv"o except in a lew cast's when repairs are being mnde. June has proved a heavy month for seasonal work, according to Mr. Armttnge. Bays Team Challenges A challenge to a F.ugene baseball team of boys between the nges of 1 ;iid l."t years was received today from lite group reremly organized by the Corvallis Lions club, ns stated iu n letter from W. A. Heid. secretary of the slate association of commercial setretaries in a letter to K. Kugene Chadwick, secretary of the local liamber of commerce. "Have you a S'ind boys' team in your town? If so .nt me in totich with the bunch we Mild like to arrange for n meet. He describes the Curvallis team as a "ciarker jack." Grain Crnp GfMMi A favorable report on the grain crups in the Kugene vicinity and ihr-Highout the Willamette valley is b-'ipg re.eived daily from farmers by F. Kn$es? ChmHvU'k, secretary of the .local chamber of commerce. Whent. (Continued ou page five) Miscellaneous Fairbanks Seal For Sale Stenographer Wants Position Bungalows For Rent You will find ninny at tractive things on our cla-ifu'tl pnjro. Wntoh this column iiiul phoin1 us ymr want ads. Jt will jmy Vftu. i ! .. m . m , ' as Eugene COAST PATROL CENTER OPENS T FIELD HERE Lieutenant Barnett Arrives And Will Establish Headquarters Commander Will Direct All Operations of Five Air Stations Eugene will be headquarters for forest airplane patrol of the entUe Pacific const, from Missoula, Mont., to Los Angeles, Cal., reports Lieuten ant L'oyd Barnetr, wh arrived o.v airplane from San Francisco this morning at the municipal nvintioa field. Lieutenant linrnett, who was com mander of the airplane patrol froni Kugone last year, has been put in charge of the five putrol bases estab lished this tre.ir at Spokane, Vancou ver, Kiigenei Sacramento and Los Angeles. Two planes will be in op eration at each, of the bases, giving Fugpiie three, with the addition u Lieutenant Harnett's plnne, which he will use in making trips between the various cities. "J rin certainly g5ad to jtH back. k Kugene," said Lieutenant Harnett, as he climbed out of bis plane nt the local flying field this morning. "Ft h just like gelling home. My trip from I'rissy field, San Francisco took ex actlv four hours and lo minutes. 'Pilots of the other two airplanes working itmw the Kugene base will b First Lieutenant A. H. DeOarnio of Los Angelfs, who will arrive with hi ship tomorrow, and Lieutenant Lo-mr-is of Kugene, a reserve officer. Th lepai'tmcnt of agriculture which in cludes the forest service, has. ap propriated $,'i(),000 for the forest air palrol this year, to be made c-ov-i-rative'y with the war department, which is- lending the planes. The d- (Continued on page two) SWISSME PUIS BIG HOLIDAY EVENT AmtiJ the nearby Fourth of July celebrations to which people of Eu j gene are tRvrfcd is the one at Swis$- home, nt the grange ball 10 miles above the community, it was announc ed today. To insure the success of the oc casion, the fallowing committees have ; been named to handle the various de lta U: Sport?. C. I-. IVind!: program. UviHbm W. Yhwr; refreshments, A. !;. rnpe; dance, A. ii. V"Y "nf ' Elmnn and William W. Wilbur; din I ner. ,Ful:a Tope. j Visitors are asked to bring thfir own picnic baskets and members of j.the grange will furnish free coffee J for the dinner. AH kinUi th? and sjnrts w:H appear cu the prngram, with the i dancing in afternoon and eveniiu. Honds ae very g"oJ. .rorninif to Mr. Wilbur, ami Eugene people and others from outride points are vied to turu off the highway at j I Vadw 'od and drive live nines up !fdviOfsd rr?k, I Honors Urged for Battleship Oregon SALEM. tre.. July L (t'overnor Pierce esterdiy issued a proclama tion caUins lb people of th state tn observe in an appropriate war the formal acceptance of the bar tirhip Orrgn July X The official acepun.e of the ship frrm !l;e g---ernment by the stale of Oregon ill take phc in Portland. The governor rtk that emphasi be pla'-etl upon tlie triougbi id tb Ubratioo of Cuba. is Forest, Plane Base Earwig Pests Are Active in Eugene Area The earwig pest has reached Eu gene with the summer season and is the worst that it has ever been in the city, according to the statement of It. A. McCully, chairman of the health committee of the Eugene city council. Karwigs are reported especially bad in the following localities: Fifth nve b west between "Washington asd Jefferson streets; High street be tween Sixth and Sevemh avenues; Washington and Jefferson streets be tween Seventh nnd Eighth avenues; Third avenue between Lawrence and Washington streets and between High and Ferry streets. The pests were found sll about win dow and door frames nnd even in clothing on the inside of the house on the High street location, between Sixth nnd Seventh avenues, according to Mr. McCully. A rag hung in a cher ry tree on Fifth avenue was covered with 150 or more earwigs the next morn'mg, sm water poured on the ground brought them crawling out in scores. Directions for precautions are as follows, as announced by Mr. McCul ly: Hang a rag or sack lu a tree to locate them; spray them with lye so lution; take every precaution to keep thrm out of bniwesr as they eat cloth ing; be watchful of them on bark of old fruit trees; keep fruit trees prop erly sprayed; destroy all old boards or rubbish about the premises. baseball Results AMERICAN HOSTOX, July 1. OP) Unite Ituth ikeve: twa Uime runs into the rigUt field breru hers in the Yankees-Ited Sox game today, his first bits this week." thtr mine in the third, a high fly that just scaled the wall and an other in the seventh of the same va riety. The second home run brought C5uUes; frmn spcoisd base. PIIILADKLPIIIA, July l. Hick Wilson, kit fU'Uler of the New York Ciiants, hit two home runs in the third inning of the second game with the PhiPies fodsy. The Giants nforn nine runs in the inning. At tlpve'mm) Ji. II. K. Detroit 0 0 2 Cleveland 11 14 1 Hattcrics: Wells. Collins. Poyb? and Hassler; Myatt, Woodall; Smith and SewcU and Mjatt. At Boston H. H. E. New York 11 11 Boston S 11 4 Hatteries: 1'enuock, Shocker and Betjrtigh; Fubr, Zahniier, R(.s &m ricinich. NATIONAL rHILAI'EI-IMHA. July 1. OP) Irish Meusel, left fielder of the New York Giants, hit three home runs to day, one in the seventh inning of the first game with the Phillies and th other two in the fourth and eighth inning of the second contest. NEW YOliK. July 1. OP) Bernie Neis, Ilnston National outfielder, hoisted lo hits in! the Mitmls ft ht'ine runs in the game againtt Brook lyn at Ebbeta field. At rhilnriclpliin, lat game New York rhtlsdelphm j Hatteries: TVnlley and ad-Miing. I'ouch and Wilson. At Hrooklyn- Postoo i lironkltn Patteries: Kenton and 0 .ii; It- ty asd Tavist, Ar rhiiadplph a, I'd game-K. II. E. New Vk Y 3 Philadelphia. 7 10 2 Patteries: P.irnes and Snyde; Mit thel. Hv.ght, Vjw$ nr.d H-n(ir;e, Wendell. j At Cbiri (. If. K. ritt5bur)th S II 0 Chit-ago 6 13 0 j Pattene; Kremer and Smith; ( tiooch; Alexander. Push, IUobmU, lUrtseU Prett and LTD MARINES TAKE OVER PATROLS AT QUAKE CITY Detachment of 400 Men Will Arrive Tomorrow For Guard Duty Santa Barbara Appeals For Assistance Are Met by Federal Order SAXTA BARBAUA, Cal., July 1. P) Four hundred United State ma rines will arrive here early tomorrow to undertake guard duties in the HUnke strkkm iods ot Santa Br bura. Marine Captain J. K. Morarity, at present commanding a supplement try squsilt announced early ruday. Arrangements were completed by marine radio with the base at Diego, Captain Morarity said, and he believed the forces would entrain for nt ItsrMra at once, tinder oraerff of Admiral Kobispp cMnnmmler-in-chief of the l'ncific fleet. The advent of the marines, satJ .Mayor C. M. Andeni. who appralrd to the naval authorities, for the for ces, will .centralize guard cotitrnl ef forts nnd lie a material aid tu the r vanstTOrthm for-es. Another imiurtant factor to the welfare of the residents of the stricken zone were contained in the announcement of City Manager Her bert N'unn that an official test of the (Continued on page three) HEM FOR SEJffl A total of 0,'lfKI enra have gone up the McKenzie highway to McKenzfe Jfrmgff anrl return since Jlay I.? fo date, accordinj to report from the of fice of the Vnseade natiunal forest today, indicating a very unusual sea son for tourist?. Many of these have K 'ne since ths McKmie jasa fjmfU A total of 700 car. are recorded for travel up the Willamette river in the wrsf bmmitrjT district of the for- j est- These cars average approximate ly iwur (n-inii3 racn, it is estimated, indicating that the tourists and pic nickers for the past month and a balf U around th W.?m Jijmie. Last year f r the possible number of motorics reached the HO.TOft figufo for the season, with picnickers esti mated at 2050. hik'iers at 420, per mittees and guest at 73. hotel and resort visitors it 12.300 and campers at 4770 in the McKenzie district fig nr? rompilfd by the fnrest offire. Two Bodies Found After Auto Crash POHTI.AND, Ore.. July 1. A man hdentifled as William Knenig and an -H. H. E. j unidentified woman were killed early .0 l'J 3 I this morning in an automobile acci .4 1 3 b SoweH VJif.r rn. n&? (iowdy nere- H believed the deaths result : ed either from the cnllisinn of two machines or that the machine in which II. H. E. Koenig and the y-mug woman were .11 1- 1 puling hid upset a it was found near .4 11 0 , the overturned machine driven hv A. Van Atta of Vancouver, Vh. V3 Altm ;ri he b.d turneii &rer tijing to dodfte the bnly of the wo man which he said he saw lying in the road. Van Atta was not badly hurt. Mias Margiret Haffey, 27, employe Fleiichaer. Mayr anU csvmpsys nil the woman killed in the aevidrnt. She was Identified at tb morgue ', rres hoar after the accident daring which time arimi futile effort were made to learn her identity. Koenig ins married. Neighbors In fcimed hi wife of the accalem tn:a FEARS OF IR HELD MOTIVES FOR OIL LEASE Bdward L. Doheny Declares Plans Were to Give - Protection Proposed Hawaiian Base Need in Defensive Link Is Assertion NEW YORK, July 1. UP) The Xew York Times today pubU?bea a copyright interview in which Edward L. Doheny, giving his own story of the nnvni Besses, &sr)f5 what he :nd'. cates has been regarded hitherto as a great military secret. Kpeaking at Los Angefes to a staff correspondent against the advice of counsel the Times says, Mr. loUeny said there never would have been an Elk Hills lease, nor would his coiu pnr hgve va3eTtaktTt the contrac tion of the 1'earl Harbor naval oil hnse,- had not Itear-Admiral Jtrhn K. Kobison, chief of tho naval burenu of engineering in Washington, con vinced him that a great war Ln the Pa cific threatened the t'uited States in and that the proposed Hawaiian m b3& wss the one is Jhe iio fensive chain on which depended vic tory or defent for the United States. ftoheny will go to trial in Wash ington in October on a charge of crim inal conspiracy with Albert K Fall former secretary of the interior, in connection with the Elks Hills oil ivrrse, whirhy the yorfrnmrat m fhe Los Angeles federal court succeeded in invalidating. Mr. Dnheny further disclosed, the Times says, that the famous executive order i'res.idcot llardma wMcb !gave to the interior department ad- ministrative powers involving the na nif nfl reserres, wffs stiKgettrfi not b.r Mr. Fall, but by the then Secretary of the Navy Denby, that the war fears of navnl officers had been communi cated to Secretary Denby who brought up mattes of umt eoatrl cabinet meeting. Mr, Doheny was forbidden by coun sel fa rfrsewfis ffrtr $IW.fWf hmn he j made to Secretary Fall and the letter j signed by Mr. Fall iu which the latter i wrote that the loan had been obtained from Edward B. McLean, publisher of I ht WsMg!&a I'ost. He called ntteutlnn to remarks by Judge Kennedy in the Teapot Dome decision that- there was no further j need for secrecy. t "Itnbison called to my mind the j horrora of the invasion of Belgium," ' (Continued on p.ige eight) SEARCH FOB NEGRO MAUDE HERE Police head'piarters in Eugene were asked to look out for a very dark negro, whn fceM trr rhe Smttbern Pa cific operator at Turner early this n.orning, taking flLo. according to a telegram received by W. MeL'Iain, Souihern Pacific' detective here. TU egs ii. dwriiel as 30 Vr o!d, without a coat, wearing a e.aAd dirk clothes. He forced the oprafnr to fc thff waH at the point of short, nickel-plated revolver. He tied the victim's hands behind hi in, forced a gag into his mouth and put him into an empty boxcar near the 4ets wbr he w icu&d ft w minutes later by his wife. ASHL4NQ TQ OPEN HOTEL ASHLAND. Ore., July 1. Coneeir ed by Ashland men. financed by Ah Ftud1 spiral and1 cwnfrocfed hr Arfr land labor, the nw nine-story $-'-V.-(00 Lilhia Sprinra hotel in this rity will be ddi ated tonight as a monu ment to th pngre asivenesa'y of the DAYTON LIKES FAMOUS LAWYER ; DARROW DE - DO Clarence Darrow and hi& PRESIDENT IS BACK fiGAIi. TD VACATiOI. ROUTINE AFTER TRIP VAHFtfmTT, Mfi.t .Tufy T. (A) Again nt th" summer White House here. President C' olidge today resumed the vacation routine inter rupted by his hurried departure to tho hteWe- Ms Jail. at Vt Considerable bustlness was hud he fore him by Secretary Saunders who reiwaincj on arrfv at the eirrrrfrre of fice in Lynn during his absence. Tnc executive' next imvortant engage ment is for nn address Friday In Cambridge at the calibration cf the Itrth SBiveTsary of WftlntosV taking over command of the contin ental army. It is improvable tSat the prerfaeor will accept any invitation to leave th seclusion of White Court until it ha been established even more definitely that his aged father Is in no danger of On his second cross-country trjii the president encountered nil the in conveniences of an ordinary tottrur. One of the president's limousines wa-r beUl up t toll brldce n?at CharLer town, N. H.. by a stern w. man gnte tender who demanded 15 cents. It w.i In Lowell, n brusque policeman re buked the president's chauffeur fo. stopping at a street intersection while he was figuring out whi'h way (o go. topped for lunh i t the village f (,il9umn. hurriedly eating sandwiches and drinking a nip of coffee fn an unpretentious room across tr.e b ill f?sia ft drink prbsr, Paul Pry, President Coolidge'i airedale dog has developed a mrin day he woul dmake a better mascot for the marines thu a pet at the WDim'f White House. 1J. ss turn ed oer to Lieutenant Edgtr Allen Pot UTS i I flfl St AY FRQf THAT : MAN ME OOESNY BELIEVE WOW - ? IN TH. famous blue suspenders DAYTCW ACCEPTS CLARERiCE DARROW AS flWW BROTHER TTy A1J.KXK '.trNTrit (NEA Service Writer) iAVTOS, Trusi I. has won n rosy laurel for Cinr?nee Liacrow, euilueat critainaL liwyor Put some cheap stretchy galluses better known as suspenders won Clnrenre Darrow ope of the greaiest (Continued on page eight) The Story so Far GMBtA GJtafcSF ktvUUid per, marries DICK GHEtiOUV, a tsuKgLitu? lawyer. Her idea of mar riage is fun nnd fine clothes , . . but no work or children. Sfte refuses- tn erwrk rtr Af?. hw, and hires UAN'tilllLD HWANSON to do it for Iter, although Dick savs they can't afford a maid. And she swamps Dick with d"bts for her clothes and (Jloria becomes infatuated with STANLEY WAVPrUN. nn out-of-work actor. Her jutt.? "' frfrmf, MAY SEY.Mf)l"H. wife of Dlt. JOHN SEYM M il. warns hr not to be seen with Wajburn. She tells t.loria how she, herself, has been snubbed bvaai9' f fn4ifc t Uh J.VM CAKEWE. Gloria says shell do as she pleases. pneumonia. During th dsya of hi slow recovery, (itoria sees V,'jburn constantly, ffe feifs hr he w ffornir to Nw York to get a job acting with SONYA CHOTEK. a Hussian a'-tre. He nedt money. J!oria gets $u'" for him from Dick's secretary, MISS iWUWH. UlU Ma BANDIT MAKES HUN IN ESCAPE' FROM OFFICER Highway Patrolman Shoots As Fugitive Attempts to Hide in Closet Carlton, Oregra, Ywrtto i Near Death From Wounds Is Report VANCOUVER, Wash., July 1. (AQ J. C. Tbomnsen, 21, of Carlton, Ocerj-s was shot ssJ (n' j"? wounded by Highway patrolman Har ry Willitms here today after Thoma fta5?, mrfe a SiTcvtirciritrr oU mr successful effort to rnb the United States National bank. The would-be robber is in a local hospital with sev eral bu!let wounds in h:s body, one ol u Uv-lt ho UiSJ&HH'li himsfiM '"i 'i a. tempt at suicide. When .Taint's ticophcgan, an cm pfttyr tf rh" hunR c;rmc ro wirrfr ainTfr S o'clock this nrrning, he found an armed nut n waiting outside the door, Tho man ordered (Jeoghegan to let him in. Inside the intruder ordered tik tM&milt. (Miail-a- Liur a aflat attftflj An other employes entered the bank, the man locked them in the back room ffrrfrf eight wenr iir rlVcnr. Shortly before y a. in., Cashier Joseph LitndMlorf arrived nt the bant and was ordered by the man identi fied as Thoimispii to open the safe. lmJiSHiLI! Sihltii tilsi?- hoiA a ti lock and could not be opened until 9 ('clock. Then the cashier ran outside foffovreiF by rhe roiiiicr. fusteinr of re turning to the bank the man tried but failed to coiiniiniidepr u cur driven, bj a young woman. Thonuiseu ran to wtird the residence section. En route brW Wj at pM'Ki-. -mttiHi .i gun from liim. The youth then ran into a residence nnd hid in the bath room wPicrt; fie was captured after ward by Patrolman William who fired thnmch. ily door at. ih. iu'ijx: Sheriff Thompson A.t Tlioiiiatcn llild confessed, hilt ;nv no ;nson for a.sen bin relativcH living wnv .Mon mouth. Ore. As he is not tjicrlt-d to live no ciuiig hnn nc-n prefened against him. LIVES AT UAiiLTOtJ CAHhTo.V, Ore., July 1. Joyce "I'lioiiifion, who shot by Vnnv u- vi'r officers today follow! eg an at- Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thotn.vciii, farri ers residing three ipuirteis of ; ntiie n r t ft of ffi;s pr.n e. Ffin m t ft r f- in" Porl'an'l today attending the conven tion of drcgon pion'Mns The father bad not heard of nil (Continued on page two) money is to be spent improving the backyard of lite licecnry b-oiie Wayburn nnd tlloria go driving, nnd , the rnr overturns, f.lorin, badly hurt, ; i nM ks h -t. W.yfe i disappears. Later 'Moria has a letter from him. He is in New York. ; Ffr. Symour orders Dicfc nway for ; a rent. His mother, who has been :ill,. plans to go with him.. Pat f Rati A. ' 'says that if MOTHER (illEOOUY I goes, she uctn't. Db-k refuses to tell her along. A fw hours after, Dirk I and his mother leave on their trip, fj'Foriw sets nut for New Tor ft". Now go on With the Story nslking a she followed the red- rap who carried her bag. through the ltrv fissy rx.:r&f f.',T...-.a,. Outside, she drew a deep breath of air . . . New York air! She shook herelf. She was really hereT "free at last!" the sighed. "I'm gJvi L cam.!. I'M ttftg takL Nerer !"' Her heart bent high and wildly aa A woman on the tram had told her i