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EUGENE REGISTER, EUGENE, THURSDAY. JULY 4, 1929 PACE SKIPPER LOSES LICENSE FANATIC SLAYER VICTIM that night and the next day 0 tain Johnson, however, main aboard the vessel ana JJ taken off until June "19. was lost when he wae washed a board. mates would kick him awake and aometlmee then- fall over themaelvee. "We Juat kicked each other until we had to keep going," aald Brlgham.

Finally Weatherly became entirely exhausted and Brlgham and Brad-ahaw carried on. Aa they gained the bridge about 900 feet above Gibraltar they encountered Brown, the ranger, new what la ealled the Chutea. Thev told Brown where they had left Wnatherly and aald they could continue on Into Camp Brlgham arid Bradahaw kept kicking Johnson, Master of Steamer Laurel, Is Suspended for Period of 90 Days PORTLAND. July 8. (AP) Captain Louis Johnson, masty ot tne States Line steamer Laurel, which went aeround and broke In two on Peacock Spit, June 16, lost his license as a captain for 90 days In a decision announced by U.

S. Steamboat Inspectors F. X. Edthofer and John E. Wynn, here this afternoon.

Captain Johnson may appeal the decision, he said tonight, although he has not decided definitely whether to take that The skipper waa charged with negligence in that he failed to resort to use of anchors and emergency hand-steering gear when he discovered the steamer was unmanageable In the fury of the gale. It was apparent yesterday that the Inspectors trying Captain Johnson were not Impressed with his plea of not guilty to the charge of negligence. Johnson said that "it would have been suicide to have sent any member of my crew aft to handle the emergency gear." Should the skipper appeal, his case will be heard by Captain John K. Bulger of San Francisco, supervising Inspector of stenm vessels for this dls- trlct. The Laurel was wrecked early In the morning of June 16.

She broke In two shortly after grounding on the spit and the crew was rescued Body of Bennie Evangelista Found at Desk, Those of Family Dead Upstairs DETROIT, July 8. (AP) Sitting before his desk which also served as an altar, bis hands folded aa though In prayer, the body of Benule Evan-geltsta, mystic healer and religious fanatic, was found shortly before noon today. The head lay on the floor beside the chair. Police tonight were working on- the theory that Evangelists, was the victim of a second religious fanatic The bodies of bis wife and four children were found upstairs, then-skulls crushed. It Is believed the slaylngs took place about last night, Evangel lata, a carpenter better known as a religious leader among Detroit Italians.

He bad a license entitling blm to practice healing so long as he did not prescribe medicine or use drugs. He had a large following and was known to have 75 to 100 cullers dally. One of his niuslons. According to friends, was that he had been ordered to. write a "Bible," police found the first volume ot the work 'which was entitled "The Oldest History of the World Discovered by Occult Science in Detroit, World Private Book Benny Evangel-lsta Author." A prefatory note said the "history," covered the period rrom before Adam to 1116 years after the birth of Adam." Evangellsta's desk or altar was covered with Images and objects of religious worship.

In the basement ol the home police found a small room lined with green drapes In which Images of saints were suspended. Several weeks ago, local authorities refused Evaugellsta permission to open an exhibit of his fearing It might cause trouble In the neighborhood. PISSES Eugene Resident for. 42 Years Dies After 15 Months' Illness Mrs. Mabel L.

Cole. 430 Fifteenth avenue east, died yesterday afternoon at the age of 66 years, after an Illness of about 16 months. Mrs. Oole was born at Albert Lea, October 3, 1673, and came to Oregon as a give away 30.000 votes, while Bob Cil-lahan. another local business man, will Klve 35,000 votes.

Starting Monday and for nine, day, Mr, ureen win ciapiay an ensemble of merchandise in which anybody will have an opportunity to guess its rets vaiua a no its Hie nrlce. The answers will be com pared with the actual price and the one coming the closest to guessing both right win receive tne ou.uuu votes. Goods will be taken at ran dom In the store, Mr. Green said. The Callahan contest closes next Saturday.

In Callahan's store Is 10-gallon Jar partially filled with beans. The one coming the closest Jn guessing the number of beans In the Jar will receive 25,000 votes. Every body is entitled '-o one vote dally. Ann Steele, 'Service club candidate. Is one of the many to cast her vote al most dally, Mr.

cananan said. TALK OF TIIX CUT WANES Chairman Smoot Holds View That Surplus May Apply to National" Debt WASHINGTON, July 3. (AP) Talk of a reduction in lederai taxes, aroused by the treasury surplus, lapsed today while congressional leaders studied President Hoover's announcement upon the subject. Developments included a denial at the White House that there was any discrepancy between the views ol President Hoover and Secretary Mellon upon the possibility of an early cut In the and a reiteration by Chairman Smoot of the senate fi nance committee of his view that no reduction can, be effected, and that application of the surplus to the national debt was a preferable course. As the president sees it, tax reduction Is contingent upon three factorsdetermination of the expenditures which will be necessary under legislation passed within the last year.

An- accurate estimate of how norma expenditures can be curtailed to compensate for added governmental costs. In directions, and a of Whether eovern- mental revenues can be expected -to continue at me rate wmcn nas characterised them recently. Report that the president and the secretary did not 'agree were repudiated at the White House. It was said that- Mr. Hoover's announcement of yesterday -was read in advance by Secretary Mellon and that he expressed hia approval of It.

OREGON MINE OPTION COPPER CONCERN (Continued From Page 1) the line to the mine, and a similar apropriatfon -will be forth coming from Jackson county, the judge said. A force of men ts now engaged In preliminary work at the mine which is situated just across the state line. In southwestern Jaciuan ennnr.v The copper property Is owned by the Ouggenhelms, who last spring granted an option for development to Dr. 1. P.

Reddy of this city. The secured the mine from the. Charles 6. Towns In Rna. ton, who operated rhlne 20 years ago.

tt ts reeard.ri a. hiohio developed 'capper holding. COOLIC COATS, for -Olltlnr 98c Kafoury's SUks. Dry Goods, Ready-lo-Wear 61 Cast Broadnay IS Wife of Army Officer Raps Girlhood Character of Divorcee in Testimony CHICAGO, July 3, AP) fiensa'-tlona I evidence was hurled Into, the 350,000 breach of promise suit brought by Ann Livingston, Tulsa, divorcee, against Franklin Hard Inge, gray-haired manufacturer of oil burners, today by Mrs. Victor C.

Heath, wife of an Oman army officer. Mrs. Heath, a surprise witness, attacked. Mlss( Livingston's girlhood character and reputation; and related details of alleged- Indiscretions which, she said were committed in her presence. Attorney Benjamin Erllch, representing Miss Livingston, made vsln attempts to shake Mrs.

Heath's story on cross She aald she: came to Chicago with her husband last Friday and that her expenses were paid by Hardlnse. Erllch, attempting to show that she was being paid for the testi mony, got from her only the statement that eh was Impelled by i "sense, of Becoming suspicious of two spec tator who-were smiling-during Mrs. Heath's testimony, Erllch loudly demanded that they be placed on the stand aa court's witnesses. The court refused and Erllch had John Doe subpoenas Issued for them only to find they were plain clothes police. men detailed to watoh the crowds which -Jammed the room and corridors each day.

Erllch demanded of. Mrs. Heatn that she point out her husband In the court room. This she; did and the attorney bad stand before the Jury. "Did Mr.

Hard Inge buy. tna. suit he's wearing?" he shouted dramatlc- aiftj. No." answered Mrs. Heath, Miss Livingston took the.

stand for. her- retrtuter testimony shortly before adjournment and denied em phatically that she ever before had seen' Mrs. Heath. VETERANS PLAN DANCE Big Time Scheduled For Saturday Night at tne Armory A real old time pioneer dance, in which the long whiskered frontiersman and his lady with calico dress and pantalotts do the old fashioned walta or Paul Jones, to the strains of music that waa popular In the days when Lane county waa a wilderness, will take place Saturday night at the armory. All the veterans organisations and their auxiliaries are sponsoring the dance.

While the lad or lassie not bedecked In pioneer clothea Is aa wel come as those that are, Charles War- nock, commander of the Legion, said, the evening la primarily to depict the good times the pioneers had and the music will play only the old favorite strains. Among the many features that are planned Is a fiddlers' contest, al though that has not yet been worked out. If It Is arranged, the old timers will have a chance to dp: the fiddling aa it was done in '40. 2 CONTESTS SCHEDULED Green's and Calltihan'a to Give 53,000 votes to Best uuessers -Two Eugene business firms will slva away fiS.OOO votes in the queen contest within the next few days. James King, chairman of the queen committee announced.

Paul Green, Eugene merchant, will IS HOOVER LOSES HOPE QF Minnesota Man Declines to Serve on Farm Board; President Now Looking for "Another to Represent the Dairying Industry WASHINGTON, July 9. (AP) President Hoover hu giyen up hope ol obtaining the aervtcM of S. Moacrip of iice Ejmo, for the federal farm board and now looking tor another member to represent the dairying Industry, Moecrlp. who eecreiary-treaaurer ot th Twin City milk producer' m-oclaUon of 8t. Paul, waa offered a place on the board laat week and after consideration declined a the ap pointment.

He was RiK6u to recon-alder but informed the president that the demands of hia personal business Interests would-not him to aocept, Mr. Hoover now has three memberships on the board to fill. One of these has been definitely of fered, but the Identity of the choice being withheld. The president is said to be having considerable difficulty In settling upon a suitable appointee to represent the wheat growing industry. However, he expects to have the complete personnel! of -the- board selected by the first of next week and Intends that the board shall met and get down to business as quickly as pos-Ible thereafter.

Fit members Dan now been an- Sainted' and have accepted the posts ludered them. They are Alexander 1 wgge ox cnicago, wno win serve as ohalnnan and represent general Jamas .0. Stoua of Kj rice chairman, representing Veooi Car) WUama of OkUbom Cbtfrvtu avewr tot- oottoo, of Farmlngton, will -irwenl uvaatock. and Onarlea .7 fu, of boa Angels, wilt speak for Jtv fruit growing Industry, DUpatcfeaa from Butobuuon, today quoted Mr, Lagga as saying thai It was the hop of the board that I may be able to. find a way to neip in rarmer to mip nimseir.

Legg 4a la Kansas making a first hand study of the wheat harvest now progress tnere. LIVES LOST ON Four Survivors of Party of SIX Arrive at Inn Badly Injured from Plunge Continued Frora Page 1) bm. ehouted to Btrobel uklng "I'll tryl" answered the brave Ts- com climber as the high, 'biting wind, but down upon hlra, hanalnt there, with probably eerioua Injury It mob urowr oeiow only. a treat eapsnie of tea above him. Oourg, only- th, mountain i ailmber hu It, atood him In and after fighting for nearly an hour I with the elements, he gained the trail above them and etruggled on down toward Camp Mnir to eutnmon help, He told workmen at the oamp and one -wee Immediately dlapatohed to ParadlM Inn hero to ask further uooor.

Ptnrer Brown la Hern It waa the anawer to this or. themaelvee awaae ana tiunuy uwug Camp Mrjlr. Ilrown Haula lip Weatherly Without corke In hie boota Brown went down the Icy floe for weain erlv. He found the unconacloua man and hauled him bodily up to the brldtre. a feat mountain cilmbere olalm la nest to the Impoaalble and for which men In the party have not enough power.

From there the ranger carrleJ hie Injured man Into Camn Mulr. only to turn Immedl ately after getting further data from Brlgham bnd uraaanaw ana siart beck over the perlloue trail In aearch of Wetzel with only a lantern wun him. AgHln Brown gained the bridge and went down the aide of the Ice floe In scorch of Wetzel. A half mile down In the orovaase he found the man with half hie clothea torn off and badly oruehed and bleeding. He tried to get him up but the ascent was Impoulble with tne neavy our-den.

Time and again he would gain a ahort wnya only to fall back. Workmen from Camp Mulr had reached the bridge In hia wake by thle time. late last evening, ana tney exenang-ed elanals. Brown climbed alone back to the bridge to work out further, plane for reaoue. In thla climb he auppea ana nearly fell to hia death, workmen relayed down to Faradlae today.

Through the night and all day to. day the reaoue party worked to try and reach Wetzel. Other partita were made up of the expert guides from the national, park aervtce to help them. Oreathouse had not been located thla evening. It Is believed, aa nouword had come of bun from the reeeua OIK EM.

LOSES KICK Young Folks Have New Slant on Booze Parties, So Says Dr. Ira Landrlth KANSAS CITY, July 8. (AP) Young people no longer consider drinking daring and unusual and bootlegging soon will be outlawed socially, Or. Ira Landrlth, Chicago, today told International Christian Endeavor leaders here. Dr.

Landrlth, cltlEenshlp superintendent of the organlratlon which la meeting in five days convention here, commeuted on his observations at a trutteea' meeting. We are passing the phase in this country when It was thought smart to drink cocktails and when our young people giggled around In hip flask huddles," he continued. Its not so daring and original now to drink just because us Illegal. 1 look for the day soon when boot-toRRlng will become eoolnlly as well na legajly outlawed among deoent persons." ur. utnarun enia nis worx last year took him to 40 staled, "Including the three foreign countries in our midst, Wisconsin, New York, and Montana." "That foreign country, Montana.

soon will vote state enforcement again, I believe, and as for Wiscon sin and New York, there la a fine growing prohibition sentiment in those states as never before, he continued. 1 IP ThE nSf child in 1877; Mrs. Cole had been ft resident of Eugene for 43 years and was married here 8 years ago Survivors are E. C. Cole, and two Mn.

w. H. Cole and Albert Cole, and one daughter, Alta B. Cole, all of Eugene. Three sisiers aiw Mrs.

Edith Miller of Portland, Mrs Myrt, Finn, both of Portland, and Mrs. Allda Hulery of Astoria. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Branstetter chapel at 3:30 p. m. Interment will be at the old I.

O. O. F. cemetery. HAT PLM IRS Endurance Fliers Register 35 Hours in Air, Making Refueling Contact CULVER CITY, July 3.

fAPi L. W. Mendell and R. B. Rein- hart, endurance fliers who took off from Culver City airport at 7:38:30 Tuesday morning, turnea up ao hours In the atr at 6:29:36 tonight.

They made contact with their refueling plane shortly after 6 o'clock and reported everything working without a hitch. The filers looked forward to more favorable flying weather tonight, without the heavy fog banks which hampered them last night. Shortly after dawn today the flight nearly same to grief when the motor sputtered and died Just as a new supply of gasoline was being taken aboard. It picked up and roared on again as the new gasoline entered the fuel line. Plans were made tonight (or another refueling If necessary to guard against the endurance plane's, tanks becoming empty The plane's motors were turning over at about 1,600 revolutions a minute tonight, pulling the cabin monoplane along at 80 miles an hour.

Sunset Trail garments made. Pric-a right. Phone 3041-J. SIGMAN-FELU IN8URANC1 Ask Your Grocer For Blue Bell Butter DANCE JULY 4 AT ELMIRA GRANGE HALL Everybody Welcome. Refreshments wwWMWMaaaaaaawMM folonial llth at Alder First Showings in Eugene Today, Friday Saturday Children 10c with LIONEL BARRYMORE KARL DANE Watch out for Jimmy' Valen-tlnel He's In town, and he means buslnesal If you've got gold, he'll get that I And If Son have a girl, he'll steal her.

heartl Never hu 8111 Halnea had a role Uko that of the gallant cracksmonl SBR ITI 25c dlreoted by HARRY BEAUMONT Straight from Its BroadnnV trlumps! The greatest marvel of the Talking Screenl The Inside drama of the Gay White "ay! with i CHARLES KING AT TRAFFIC FINES ARE INESAREDQi Fewer Are) Required to py Orertlme Parkin; Traffic tinea took a drop vmu, after holding up steadily Jo, days. Only five persona quired to pay fines. In Polio, R. B. Bryson's court.

YV. O. VanAtta, Qladys ven Dyott and Rupert Gilbert cu each for overtime parking, paid as for falling to stop his a stop street. Previous fines not reported R. Scott, assault.

$10; Ernest! Frank Grobs, Consolidated company, M. G. Howard, p. R. A.

Fray; John Evana, 3 ejT overtime parking; H. Thorpe im switched plates. SWANBEKO for beter Ins. INSURE WITH HENRI TRoit Look. Listen mtA cIZ-J at the Broadway Meat Mart, Better Meats For Less iilone 4 Deltverle.

Tel. 14 89 East Brunt. 1 ABERDEEN COAL The Coal That Satisfies RAINIER COAL CO. W. Broadway.

Phoa, 1 TALKING iNGinc DANCING Dramatic 3C Sensation nix prices Adults vus Children 1 lot Only -Two More Dayil Contmnoiia kl Show Todny IV JF -p 1 t. it p. m. i xr- help from the great, white apacea of Mount Rainier that aent Oharlea i Brown of. Tacoma, veteran moun- tatneer and government ranger, who i.la establtshlna a eovsrnment I I "TheCooieTt SpoT IrTTown" Vitilllllisilli I I I leHire5j7j "Th Rtr Makee Our Weather I I at Oamp Mutr, out on the trail alone 'w tne reeoue.

arawn didn't even wait to eharige'to uiual corked hoee. He grabbed hie ige piok rope oh 1,1 III 11 fill HCrC5 A 3 FeatUre' FUn" Celebration! III imizsm Acguuia i iv mm Wm rt ml in I VI IVI If ALIAS i mi mi it i i i pun iwudi ouc ror me eoene or the v. i.a. mvm 11 HI I'll go. QOWU Into the great orevaeua before and be knew when time wae at prem ium.

Aa the darkneee began to hide the mountain leat night Brown waa at uioraitar and oloee to the scene of the accident. Here he met Brl klM L. Here again the itorv of heroism and courage oomea to the fore. While sirooei waa en route to get help, the mree men in tne crevasse hid gained their wile ut were bleeding from numn ana noee. ureetnouae waa apparently near death.

The trio vneo. to revive mm to take hlra with them, but found It an Impcuelble taak. Brlgham aald, ao thoy did the uiy mum ion mcy tried to get out wi.iu.v4v... rerued Climbers Fog Round They were virtually fog bound. They could see but a few feet.

The wma waa oiowing a gale and the Ice, Brlgham aald. "waa terrible." Brle- ham knew the general direction and airove to ieaa tne party back up the rroaen Incline to the trail and a bridge about 100 feel above Gibraltar, For more than an hour they battled to reach trail level. They were In auch condition that every how and then one of them would lapse into Unconsciousness. Hia Call 3194 Major White IFIIUHANCR MAN Willamette Bt, lugeae. Ore.

Amis PAGE BESSIE LOVE "KiA SI i.w An Glorious Jf Letaatr I HriSi Yrv Hff mM BrWjiy Foortb, -TODA and TARZAN comb HU WontW Hort oomplete WIW VTert ti P'oa the drama and i behind the KeneH 1 IV a real revolution. 7 thlnn never attempted H1 II MM -rlv I Wl til aTlHBVjai uiaii I I A bsh I MUiltf sweeinean turned "rain n. UW- United Yours. Tool mm Vrk that changed IrfFVf' 1 I FREE DISHWARE Tonight Every woman attending thla nlng-a performance as a paid ad' minion will receive absolutely free, one pleca of "Spring Flower" dlshwara. -J Va.uew I ALSO ft' vj MJ RTAV I.Al'Rn, SwII I OLIVER HARDY fifr) 011 I TWO TARS" jff HC ToMatalfA'-V 'Vfr, TODAY ,0 All-Uugh BUI iq 11 F-M.

Al. vitaphoxe" vaudeville' Jn Xvfi' Tl, and Dance UperlaiWa STffl'' fl STANLEY GINGER WWil I A Christie Scream MM nrleea Koiw an amj lOQsr. 1MERNATIONAL JflWS.

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