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leather: Cloudy Home Edition LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1933. STREETS 3c NBW8 STANDS Be. NO. 105 15) Ifu Dcsnrrn 84.

fit mm MOT I COMRADE! lILTTHIAI MASTERS MEET ON LINKS! FOUND GUILTY! IN AO LEGAL BATTLE FACES LIFE ILI I Mini. BESTED OF 0 MAY All! IN PRISON BANK HIE HEALTH SSSU IGF MM Ih Prisoner Declares Based On Robbery of Philomath Bank Thought Cleared Up By Capture Charter Amendment May Not Be Allowed On Election Ballot William J. Moore Convicted By Jury at Hood River Saturday Extortion THREE ADMIT THEFT NCED BY JUDGE Many Signatures Obtained NO PARDON FAVORED Refuses to Allow Him Canadian Officers Believe Men Responsible For Vancouver Job PETITIONS IN FIELD Saturday; 1122 Are Necessary Make Statement Prisoner Smiles as Clause of Verdict Is Read Out of Order P. RICHARDSON Tho right to place the proposed KOVV. U.

S. S. April 15. Allan Monknouse, cuiei ui enrineers on trial nere of espionage, snbotnge anil dramatically proiesieo. io me urt lodav Uiat the whole trial ifrnmpun acainst the Aletropoi- comnany engineers Dasea knee of terrorized prisoners.

William'- J. Moore, confessed slayer of a New York tourist on the Columbia highway, who was found guilty of murder In the first degree by a jury at Hood River Saturday. They recommended Ufa Impriaonment. llftening to the statements Not to you or you Is Andrew A. Vyshlnaky, Mscow prosecutor, a "comrade." When one of the British engineers on trial for espionage attempted to address the prosecutor In the familiar Communist terms he was rebuked severely and told that to him Mr.

Vyshinsky would be plain citizens yesterday and tne hit." he asserted at the open- PORTLAND, April IS. OP) Arrest of a gang of holdup suspects here was believed by Portland police today to have cleared up the robbery of the Philomath, bank Inst fall, and to have given officials a lead on the recent holdup of the Union Stnte bank of Portland. Detectives said three of the men held here have admitted participation in the robbery of the $4,500 payroll of the Tacoma veterans' hospital last month. About $1,200 was stolen from the Philomath bank, and more than was taken from the Union State bank hero March 7. Tollco said the three men who admitted they had staged the payroll holdup in Tacoma arc Frank Butler, alias James Spencer; Wallace Jackson and Carl Brehnn.

The fourth man. Perry Reynolds, has denied the charge. Search Was Long Oregon police said they have been searching for Butler for months in connection with the Philomath rob jndir's session, "it is perfectly me thaat this case is a traine Inst the Metropolitan-Vickers engineers, based on evidence Tiled prisoners. Talk Ruled Out El ITAL city charter amendment, creating health board with regulatory powers, on the ballot for the special election In July looms to bo contested with tho question arising ns to whether or not such a measure can go on tho ballot at a special election. Under the situation as It appeared Saturday, either the measuro would be held over until tho next general election, or the city council would have to call a special election to Tote on the amendment.

Law Said Clear S. M. Calkins, city attorney, said ho had no statement on tho matter, Saturday. Ho snld, however, the lnw stnlcs such nn initintlvo goes on the ballot at the next election, which could be interpreted to menn tho next general election. In that case, tho amendment could not be on tho ballot for the spccinl election this summer.

Sponsors of the proposed amendment were out In tho field Snturdny morning getting signatures for the petition to put tho issue on the bul-lot Under this measure tho board of health would have regulatory powers over matters pertaining to food, control of communicable disenses, nnd sanitation. April 20 Deadline The sponsors hopo to hnvc the 1122 signatures necessary by April 20, the deadline for the mensure to get on the ballot. Forty-five persons are canvassing the city in the bill's behalf. The movement has been undertaken by citizens of tho city nnd Eow from my own experience ms arrested and subjected to i continuous examination ntied. But at that point he HOOT RIVER, April 15.

OP) William J. Moore, 27, today faced a life in prison for the slaying of Harold F. O'Connor, young Brooklyn X. tourist who had befriended him. A circuit court jury here last night convicted Moore of first degree mur dcr and recommended that be be sentenced to imprisonment for life.

The jury further recommended, for the first time in Oregon according' to attorneys, that Moore "under no circumstances" be pardoned. Under the recommendations, attorneys said, tho court has no alternative but to sentence Mooro to life imprisonment and the convicted man is automatically barred from parole. The jury deliberated eight hours. Smiles at Verdict Moore was pale and glaced at the floor when the signed verdict was handed to the judge. But when the recommendation for life imprisonment was rend, he smiled slowly, and the color returned to his face.

lie admitted on the witness stad Thursday that he shot and kilrS O'Connor last Aug. 30 on the Columbia highway near here, bid the body in the brush near the highway farrier west and stolo the slain man's car and money orders. The stnte, through Chief Deputy District Attorney George Mowry of Multnomah county, who aided District Attorney John Baker of Hood River county in tho trial, asked that the death acntenco be imposed. Tom Garland, defense attorney, pleaded for a life sentence, declaring thnt Moore Is "just nn overgrown monkey whose mind hasn't kept pace, with his body." ComproniUo Seen The verdict, unusual in its provisions, wns the result ot a compromise trrnpted by Presiding Judge Ulrich. The judge, ruled mist, who spoke in English, had to make the declaration at Attempt to Wreck Train of New Ambassador Is Reported Master of finance, John Rockefeller, la ahown conversing with a master of golf, Diana Flshwlck, on the course at Ormond Beach, Fla.

Miss Flshwick Is the British champion and Rockefeller oonflded to her that hiaTiama -was "only fair." bery. HniTey Thntcherrtaptnin of Tort Sutoruchlin did not mention Murder Trial to Be Unique in History of Legal Cases Here lii testimony," the judge said. land detectives, told the Associated Press that $000 in travelers' checks Ihouse replied: "As I under- found iti one of the rooms occupied le law, I liave a right to make by the gang had been identified as stion here on this evidence." taken from- the Philomath bank. Fair Weather Promised For Easter Sunday Ulrica rejoined: "Declarations In the belief thnat two of the men permitted and you mny soy fat you wish in your last USES STEAGALL who fled with $7,200 in a Vancouver, B. holdup a week ago may be included in the gang arrested here yes evidently referring to the liar toe court gives every pris- ootore the verdict is an terday, Canadian officers were on their way to Portland to question the il to whether they wish to suspects.

blng further. Butler, Jackson and Breban were Continues Speech House Banking Committee Head Says Proposal Would Pass House immediately rushed to the Vancouver, koine, however, continued in SEE CHARTER STORY PAGE 8 jnil after their arrest here I know from my own exner- fen 1 was arrested and sub- SAN FRANCISCO, April 13. OP) Sunshine and fair weather Easter Sunday were forecast today for most parts of tho far west by the United States weather bureau here. Cooler weather in the east portion and light rains in the west are forecast for Washington. Oregon residents may look for clouds on Easter and occasional light rains in the northwest section of the stnte.

All California may expect fair weather tomorrow, except tbo San Fran Judge G. F. Skipworth, of Eugene, who will bear the trial of L. A. Banks and bis wife, Edith It.

Banks, returned late Friday from Medford where he presided at the preliminary hearing. Judge Skipworth ordered the trial held here when a change ot venue from Jackson county was asked. Banks, former Medford publisher and orchnrdist, and his wife are charged with the first degree murder of Constable George J. Prcscott. The constable was shot while serving papers on Banks March 16.

The shooting climaxed weeks of turmoil in the southern Oregon city. Banks and his wife will be brought to Eugene about April 20, two days in advance of the trial. Deputy Dis-. trict Attorney Neilsen, of Jackson county, is in Eugene this week-end in connection with the case. Judge Skipworth has not yet made 18 hours continuous exnm- SEE BANDITS STORY PAGE 6 SEE MOORE STORY PAGE 8 Cinch interrupted with: "I trait you to make a state-behalf of all the accused WASHINGTON, April 13.

(At Chairman Stengnll of the house banking committee told newspapermen today he favored currency inflation and expressed belief if such a proposal wns brought to the house floor, "it trisoners. Tou will be aues- S' 1V OP tnmni'mi. cisco bay region and Snntn Clara vnl-ley which are due to bo overcast in milie a declaration and will JSEE TRIAL STORY PAGE 8 GOES 10 BIDDERS MKXICO -CITY. April 13. OP) Josephus Uiinlcls, new United Stntcs ambassador to Mexico, arrived here at 10:15 a.

m. today. A reception at tho railroad station was without incident. Tho ambassador was preceded from his train by a dozen detectives, while moro than 200 police and detectives were on duty in the stntion, lie was welcomed by representatives tho staffs of the American embnssy and consulnte, by represcuta. tives of tho American Legion nnd by members of the American colony.

General Guillermo Palma, chief of police of Mexico City, said tho precautions taken were nt tho personal telephonic orders of President Uodri-gucz from Guadalajara, As his automobile left the station, a lino of police extended to the American embassy half a dozen blocks nwny. There also was a polico guurd surroundlug tho embnssy. MEXICO CITY. April 15. OP) Polico disclosed todny that nn attempt had been made yesterday to wreck the train on which Josephus Daniels, the new United Stntcs ambassador, Is on the way to this capital.

The plot was discovered In time and tho train, although dclnycd two hours, wns not damaged. A section of tho rail wns token out near the town of Morales, f0 miles north of Monterrey, Knilrond police discovered the break and began an Investigation immediately. They announced at first that the mil hnd been bent nnd broken by a sudden chnnge in temperature but after the break wns repnired the trnln proceeded very slowly, with men ahead srutinlzing every inch of the roadway. Tho place where tho rail was removed Is In an entirely peaceful district, removed from sections in which there has been some antagonism of Mr. Daniels' appointment.

the morning and northern California coastal district, likely to be overcast night and morning, the bureau predicted. Temperatures will be lower tomorrow in Nevada and Idaho, but otherwise fair weather will prevail. final arrangements with Sheriff Tom Swarts fqr the care of the two elderly ither News: CLEVELAND, April 15. 0P defendants, but said Saturday it is WET PROSPECT WASHINGTON, April 15. OP) ith a vi io was day slnre fW 01 t.

probable Banks will be kept in the woman's cell at the county jail while Mrs. Banks will be kept in the woman's detention room in the city hall. Mrs. Ella Richardson police matron, will probably be in charge of Mrs. Banks.

't up to 74. Ap- Saturday, how- 'lltht Rnm. The Easter weather outlook for the eastern part of the country is dampish, if not downright wet. Cloudy with rain or occasional showers is the prospect generally for Saturday nnd Sunday. It will be cooler, too, the weather mnn snys.

"I'l'iiiicnsion ior bunnet, Sunday morn- Neither the defense nor the state me torcenst for the has yet made a showing of witnesses in the affair and Judge Skipworth COTTAGE OnOVE, April 15. (Special) A twenty per cent cut In nil nnlaries of Cottage Grove schools and a slight reduction in nearly every other Item was made nt a meeting of the budget committee Friday evening. A school budget showing a decrease of more thnn $10,000 under that of tho present year, was adopted by the committee. Anticipated receipts from tho elementary school fund from the state and tho county tuition funds considerably under those of the present year necessitnted the cut. A saving of over In county taxes through the change from the Wheeler high school tuition lnw will be mado however as the districts having high schools will not pay into the tuition fund.

Preceding the meeting of tho budget committee, a voluntary committee of about twenty representatives of civic organizations of the city reviewed nnd approved the tentative budget prepnred by tho school board. V.H: 1n''r t0Ilieht Sun- lUiam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said today he would shortly recommend one of the international unions "be selected and authorized to serve as a spear-head and to lend in an economic fight for the establishment of the six-hour day and five-day week." Green wns addressing Cleveland City club when he ninilo the statement and he did not elaborate at length. lie said he would make the recommendations to the executive council of the American Federation when the council meets at federation headquarters this month. He did not say which of the federation affiliates he would recommend for tbo fight, but he added that his recommendations would be made as an "evidence of the militant, moving aggressive attitude of labor." will pass." "I think there Is a general feeling there ought to be nn expansion of the currency," the Alabama democrat said. "I favor that, I favor somo method of expansion.

I hope we are going to bnvo some inflation at this session." Stengnll said he "did not know whether a majority of th? bouse favors expansion but I believe If it Is brought to a vote It will pass." "There are many ways in which to expand the currency," ho added, "but It nil remnlns to be worked out." Giving substance to rumors or revolt on Capitol Hill to President Koosevclt't legislation program, Stea-gall, when questioned ss to when the special session would end, said: "My prediction Is December 1, If yon want to know whnt I think about it." The Alabaman said the bank bill he nnd Senntor Glass W. Va.) would sponsor, "will contain a 100 per cent guarantee of deposits nnd be passed nt this session." Asked whether he had administration support. Stengnll who long has xponsored guarantee bank deposits legislation replied: "I am not speaking for anybody except myself." "I know that there are 120,000,000 in this country back of a guarantee deposit bill, nnd we are going to have one," he added. does not know how many will be brought to Eugene from Jackson county for the trial. MEDFORD, April 15.

M) At a sale this morning the home of L. A. Banks, in this city, from whence tho former editor and nrchnrdlst Is charged by the stnte with firing the shot that slew Constable George J. Prcscott on the morning of March 111 Inst, was sold. At the snme time one of the severnl orchard tracts formerly in Banks' possession was also sold.

The home was ordered sold for nnd the orchard tract went on tho block for $8,020.40. Tho property was sold on judgments obtained by O. 11. Waddell, as assignee for the Medford National Hanks for money loaned to Bunks on promissory notes. The amount of the judgment wns approximately $11,000.

The orchard tract in 1020 sold for $13,1, and the homo had an estimst-ed vnlue a few years ago of $10,000. ngnt rains northwest I1" Perature; fresh i northw, The trial will be unique in Lane Ui onsnore. STATISTICS: Min.m)im wsrees: maximum Fri- PKcipitatinn. trace; au uorinwcst. TIDES: SnnHn.

htu county legal history. It will be the first time that a woman has faced a first degree murder count. It Is the first time a man and wife have faced such a charge here. The trial will hold more public interest than any ever held here because of the nature of the affair, and the sensational developments which preceded the shoot i 'J''1 W' P- n. Monday, high.

50 a. lew .10 Damages of $500 were swarded Charles S. Marsh by the jury hearing the cast ngninst Day T. Bayly, of the Ua 1 p. m.

ing. Anchorage, growing out of the death by drowning Inst summer of Marsh's S-yenr-old son, Wilbur. TO Hiah School Hands Of New Group Of Campus Actors Pleases Audience With Play The rase went to the jury Friday afternoon nnd a sealed verdict wns Coffin With Bodies Causes Stir Among Community Workers SALEM. April 1," W) A stir was caused among community service workers when they found a coffin containing niumificd bodies of a To Compete Here Saturday returned. Judgo G.

Skipworth, who returned from Medford Friday evening, opened court Snturdny morn Baseball Scores 1W I School ntBflt. ing and rend the verdict. Circuit Judge Duncan of Klamath Falls had heard 'd in a warehouse here the case. By GKOHGI! S. TURNBUIX Conches of sports, forcnslcs, dramatics or what not, always keep an nnxlous eye cocked In the direction ot next year.

What nre the prospects? they wonder. Well, the drama coaches at the University of Oregon need have no misgivings for the future, in view Marsh had sued for $10,000, alleg ing negligence on the iart of Bayly, 1 1 1 the Friday Warm Day; Snow Melting And River Higher Here Tbo wnrinrr wpitlior tins cuiiftpd Home of th miow to stnrt melting In Mm Inwor mnunlnln region, with re-Riilt the Willamette river wim up to 1.5 fppt (n tu rIny 'h rending The river tin been nt .0 of ft foot mont of the wp(k. With maximum of 73 brought the rmet day Kugnt hue hml nincc font October 'Jt when the mnximnm vnn up to Fishermen out for the firt of the senrton nnd the new Knitter nppnrcl nre likely to be greeted with rnin, however, since th FnMer wenther fnrernatji thnt rlomlinen will pre-veil for Hnndny with prohnble ithowern in northwest Oregon. mother aw' yesterday. The coi, been told could salv: ture in om A number various kin service workers had J.

Fry that they ome unclaimed furni-tion of his warehouse, ntiques and articles of nd value were unearth-mx wis discovered in a The little boy had gone to the Anchorage to swim on the day he was drowned. His body was found in the mill race following a search. The lioy had failed to return home and his clothes were still In the locker. of the creditable performance given ,1 "regtm stnte MrAr-Isi, i tunly br ,1,1.1 given who heard cd when the Inst night by their Junior students. It wns a new group of campus actors thnt enrried on In Guild thenter, having ns their vehicle a bright little In practice for the 1 o'clock AMERICAN LEAGUE At New York H.

II. E. Philadelphia 11 1 New York 7 0 0 Cain, Peterson, Dietrich and Madjeskl; Pipgraa and Dickey. At Detroit ft. II, E.

Chicago () 1 Detroit a 0 0 Gregory, Frasler and Grube; Howe und Hayworth. At Washington Jl. II. E. Boston 1 ft 2 Washington 2 5 0 llhodes, Kline and Shea; Weaver and Sewell.

stands me." wnilcd the daughter, De-light Partridge, played by Alice Lively; and this difficulty, mutual throughout tho household, was at the bottom of the several Complications, Violet Walters ns Malsie Partridge, the Lucy Stone league type of mother, gave an appealing presentation of the beautiful young matron who drives her son to art school only to see him leave art flat for a rough start in engineering and who nearly breaks herself buying out a piny In order to put her Delight un Broadway, Now, whnt he young woman really wants is to melt Into tho nnns of a young "scientific farmer" with a horror of the stage, who goes right out nnd gets drunk for his first nnd last time after seeing bis lady love struggling in tbs spotlight. Someone once even threw an egg at Sarah Bernhardt, he recalls, trembling for the fate ot poor Delight. Apparently the big part la to -go to the understudy. "She's much better than I am anyway," insisted the daughter, who can defy hor moth- The public is invited, and as a very reasonable admission will be charged, a largo audience is expected. Solo contests were held Friday afternoon, with musicians from Corvnl-lis, taking eight places, in the lead in this event.

The winners in this competition were as follows: Flute Miklred Csnfield. Jefferson, first; Barbara Abbett, (Irnnt, second: Everett Reynolds, I.s Grande, third. Melnphone Aldis Kerr. West I.inn. first; Elmer Johnson, Oregon City, second; Ken Blacker, Corvallis third.

Clarinet Smith, Hill Military academy, first; Itoscoe Wilson. Jefferson, second; Wiley Ilonotiel. Irrigon. third. Piccolo Stout, Grehani.

Baritone senior division Wayne Gilfrey, Eugene, first; Roy Ny'j Im. Jefferson, second; Margaret Allen, Irrigon, third. Baritone junior division Ilif hard comedy, "Mrs. Partridge Presents," by Mnry Kennedy and Until Haw corner under some rafters. The child was lying on the woman's brease with its head reposing on her shoulder.

Word reached the police who instituted an investigation. Frr was able to throw some light thorne. The audience enjoyed the show. iJIi" wa, The story is another phase of the l'lrn-j hish struggle between youth nnd mnturiiy. in which a mnnaging mother, wedded Ui -'I A title 1BJ in ci, to her modernism, in pitted agninst Report of Finding Body Is Unfounded A report that the body of George Wood, former secretary of the Elks lodge, who w-as believed drowned In the Willamette river, was seen floating in the river near the gravel plant here wsa found unfounded by the county coroner Saturday afternoon.

The report came to the coroner that the bad been seen near the shore, direr. Chn'les P. Poole Investigated, but found no trace uf a body. her sou and dnughter, whose lives she la trying to mould into careers. This bC h.M the iu.

on the mystery. He said about twenty years ago following a stnte fair a man tored the coffin with Its gruesome contents, at the wrhoue. The man in question was exhibiting the coffin and Its immobile occupants In connection with an Egyption show, the mother and child supposedly being mummies brought to this roun'ry from i 'lose eiaiiiiuati'in repealed that they were paper macbe. ENDS OWN LIFE S.VI.K.M, April I'itWI-Cornelius 8. Junken, 40, committed to tire state hospital from county In 1031, ended his life last night, state hospltnl authorities reported today.

Junken wns missed from the cottage farm Inst night, nnd his body win found in Mill creek, near there, this morning. II 'B standard theme is treated with a lot of freshness and humor, and the frc-uuent. spsrkles were put over with Orande. I Ml NATIONAL LEAGUE At Philadelphia It. II.

E. Brooklyn 1 II 0 Philadelphia 1 Carroll and 1jpez; Elliott and Davis. I'lii- pleasing effectiveness by tho young SEE BAND STORY PAGE cust. "Nobody in this damn house under-1 SEE GUILD STORY PAQE.