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Vital Vote Making Days in The Guard's Election Swiftly Passing---Big Votes End the Tenth of November City News About People You Items Know and Happenings That Reflect the Life and Its Varof Eugene ied Daily Activities. THE WEATHER tonight and Thursday: Rain change in temperature; slight strong south to south. fresh 1 to gales along the coast. westerly Temperature Tuesday: Maximum minimum 46; precipitation, 56; inch; direction of wind, .88 of an Stage of river 2.2 southwest, feet. of fun and frolic is Pioneers to FrolicAn evening Eagle Pioneer club of lanned by the Methodist church at 6:30 o'clock of November 4, at the Y.

be evening it is announced. There will C. short business session of the A the banquet. All old Sub preceding of the Eagles, together with bembers new members, are invitprospective committee in charge is Hard. The dId Shuey, Clifton Culp and Neil Fleming.

George Stanley HereStanley who has started George construction on a new building at Ninth avenue west and Olive street shere he will open a new grocery tore has returned from California. Stanley states that he has sold fr. but all his interests in California and making his plans to become a permanent resident of Eugene. Mountain Lions Killed- The bounty on two mountain lions as been collected at the office of the county clerk by F. X.

Dompier Oakridge. The county pays bounty of $10 on each mountain lion filled. These animals are considered 10 be more dangerous to stock than solves. Rain Good for Roads- The heavy rain is good for county toads if the fall is not too heavy, the opinion expressed today by members of the county crew. Too much rain will wash away the surlace.

The county road men also state that if there is any heavy traffic over the soaked roads they: may be cut up somewhat. Holiday for Schools- All schools of the county are expected to be closed in observance of Armistice day, according to school officials. A proclamation by the president or governor on the holiday will mean that there will be no classes held that day, is the report. Arrested for Trespass- W. J.

Sharen was cited to appear today, in court on a charge of trespass on the property of I. E. Stafford near Goshen. Sharen it is alleged. drove a wagon across the Stafford property.

A hearing in justice court will be held later. Frank Jue to Sing- Frank Jue, Chinese tenor of the University of Oregon, will be the principal vocal entertainer at the meeting of the Eugene Kiwanis club it the Osburn hotel next Monday poon. Mr. Jue will be accompanied by Glen Morrow. Leaves tor CoastP.

M. Morse, county surveyor, has Deft for western Lare to inspect sevferal roads in that district and also look over the Canary-Ada project which is soon to come up on the improvement program of the county. Men Bound OverWilliam Hunzicker and C. J. Tayarrested for possession of for a still have been bound over under bonds of $1000 by Justice of the Peace Jesse G.

Wells. The men are in jail not baving raised the bond. Marriage License IssuedA marriage license has been issued lat the office of the county clerk to Julian R. Small and Zelma Bell Abeone, both of Cottage Grove. (Meetings are SlatedBen F.

Keeney, county assessor, is scheduled to speak at several meetings being arranged by Harry Jackson, (Continued on page five) El Phone Want Ads 1200 USE GUARD ADLETS Eugene Guard VOL. 67 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1924 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY NEWS TODAY NO. 98 5 KILLED IN EXPLOSION Map Showing Proposed New Railroad Construction In Central Oregon In Connection With Existing Lines. amatilla The Dales PORTLAND Pilot PocO condor Dallas Salem Mar ad Sumptero Baker Toledo fferson Corvallis Madras Three Sinters PA Lugone Armenille Anger Isle Grove Cottage, Ostridge North Bond Marshfield Pose Late Butte Fo Grants Pass Pectora Ashland Falls Broken line east and west from Crane to Southern Pacific cut at Odell and branch from near its western end southoustward to Lakeview is route recommended by Oregon Public Service Commission. Broken lines east and west above these show alternative routes recommended by Examiner Kephart, of Interstate Commerce Commission.

Broken line north and south between Bend and Junction with Southern Pacific Cut-off showe route recommended by both Oregon Public Service Commission and Interstate Commerce Commission Examiner. Plain black lines are existing lines. H. H. COREY GIVES -AN EXPLANATION OF NEW RAILROAD MAP Salem, Oct.

H. Corey, chairman of the Oregon public service commission, has issued a statement concerning the territory to be tapped and the mileage savings for direct hauls to accrue under the recommendation of Examiner Kephart, of the interstate commerce commission, in case they are adopted by the commission and their terms enforced. Attorneys for the railroads affected have intimated that the recommendations if adopted will be contested in the courts. Mr. Corey believes there will be no such contest.

Mr. Corey said the proposed railroad extensions would cover an expanse of approximately 33,000 square miles of territory in Oregon now without rail transportation and would reduce the distance on transcontinental shipments to the east approximately 350 miles. The construction of these lines also would reduce the distance between Klamath Falls and Portland from 508 miles to 325 miles; Crane to (Continued on page five) There's a New Cross-Word Puzzle Out Today. On another page of this edttion of The Guard there is a new cross-word puzzle to be solved. It la quite a twister, but it will yield up its secrets to a little concentration "and study.

Get after it. You will like It. Appended to the new puzzle in the correct solution of time crossword puzzle which was printed last Monday, Compare this with the way you worked that one and see how closely you made out the correct answer. Tomorrow a tip will be printed in The Guard on the tion of today's puzzle, Next Saturday there will be a new puzzle, and 011 that day also the rect solution to today's' twister will be published, The puzzle is alt rage the country over. Get the habit.

It is fine for these long evenings at home, HOME EDITION WIND AND RAIN ARE UNABATED; MORE COMING Forecast For Next 24 Hours Is For Continued Blustery Weather Rainstorm Reaches Flood Proportions In Eugene During the Day PORTLAND, Oct. storm of wind and rain which has been sweeping the North Pacific coast has brought heavy precipitation to Oregon and some damage by the wind has been reported in places. Telephone wires on the Tillamook line of the Pacific States Telephone company were put out of commissiou. Some slight damage was reported at Portland. The wind shifted last night from southeast to southwest.

North Head, at the mouth of the Columbia river, reported a maximum in velocity of wind last night of 72 miles an hour. It had dropped to 60 miles at 5 a. today. Forecaster Edward L. Wells predieted conditions would remain stormy for another 24 hours.

STORM LINGERS HERE The rainstorm in Eugene reached flood proportions today. The Willamette river is up to 3.8 feet, having risen 2.6 feet in the last 28 hours. Almost one and three-quarters inches of rain has fallen in the 48 hour period ending at 12 o'clock today. Complications arising out of the leaves on the streets choking up the drains and underground lines of the city sewer system are making trouble for the street department. Only seven men are employed to work at keeping, the drains open, reports C.

D. Farmer, street commissioner. "We have been lucky in preventing flooded basements thus far," says Mr. Farmer, "although we have been kept jumping from one section of the city continuously since the rain started. The leaves wash into the drains and stop them up.

and soon water accumalates into a pond. If the rain doesn't get any worse, we will be able handie the situation." To Drag Streets. Mr. Farmer is planning to use 3 rubber -tired tractor with a drag for Brushing leaves frem the street. In this way he hopes to get the streets in good condition for homecoming, he says.

Use of the tractor will necessitate the employment of an additional man. The "frog pond" at the intersection of Sixth avenue and Willamette street is due to failure of the SouthPacific company to open up its ern drain line, Mr. Farmer reports. This (Continued on page eight) COURTS TO DECIDE ON TAX QUESTION WASHINGTON, Oct. Judicial determination of the right of newspapers to publish income tax returns opened to public inspection under the new revenue law will be sought by the government through presentation of an "appropriate case" in the courts Details of the procedure to be followed, the name of the newspaper, editor or publisher selected as defendant, have been withheld by torney General Stone, but he 43- nounced without expressing an opinion as to the legality of publication of income tax payments, that the case would be filed at "an early convenient Mr Stone in a statement cited the sections of the revenue act of 1324 which declared income tax returns "public records" and trAde provision for their inspection but re-enacted 3 section of the revised statutes 1 amended which prohibited as a demeanor publication "in any manner whatever not provided by law any income return, or auy part thereof." 11 Hurt; Car Burns; Peter Veregin, Head Of Doukhobors, Dies Special Train Despatched With Doctors And Nurses; Explosion and Fire At 1 A.

Veregin Is Known Here. VANCOUVER, B. 0., Oct. L. Mackie, British Columbia legislator; Peter Veregin, head of the Doukhobor colony of British Columbia and three other unidentified persons, were killed today when a gas tank exploded on a Canadian Pacific railway passenger train west of Farron Station, British Columbia, according to word received here.

RECOGNITION STIRS SOVIET RUSSIA: TO CARRY OUT PLANS PARIS, Oct. recognition de jure of the Russian Soviet government is received "with greatest says the reply from Moscow, and the Soviet, in line with the French suggestion, will send delegates to Paris for tion" of the problems at issue between the two. countries. The texts of the French note and the Soviet reply, as given out officially read in part: "Following the ministerial tion of June 18, 1924, and your communication of July 19 last, the government. of republic faithful to the friendship which unites the Russian and French peoples recognizes de jure from this date the government of the union of Soviet socialist republics and the government of the territories of the former Russian empire where its authority is accepted by the inhabitante, and in turn consequently It ready at once to establish regular diplomatic relations with the government of the union by the reciprocal appointment of "It wishes to be understood that it expressely reserves the rights of French citizens acquired under obligations contracted by Russia of its dependents under, anterior regimes.

"AR soon as you bave made known your assent to opening negotiations of a general order and particularly that of an economic order, we shall wel- (Continued on page twelve) Bids Are Opened On Grading Jobs PORTLAND, Oct. were opened late Tuesday two grading and surfacing projects at the meeting of the state highway commission. One contract is for graveling the approaches to the Lewis and Clark river bridge, Clatsop county, two and half miles west of Astoria, which to be completed by December 15. The other is for the last big unit on The Dalles-Californin highway to Bend, thirty-mile jobs of surfacing in the White River Cow canyon section. There is another small unit of six miles over Crooked river but the contract on which bids are, opening is the last big piece.

Eleven other persons were injured, including F. S. Gaskill, Spokane, Harry Bishop, Nelson, B. Nick Reiben, George Kazagoff and George Zebroff. Doukhobors of Grand Eockt and a Hindu, who were taken to a hospital at Nelson.

The explosion happened shortly after 1 o'clock this morning in the first class passenger coach of train number 11 on the Nelson-Grand Forks line. The train left Nelson last night for Vancouver, The explosion set fire to the car, which was consumed. The remainder of the train proceeded to Grand Forks with its passengers and with five of the injured. A special train was dispatched from Nelson with doctors and nurses, which picked up the other five persons injured, H. K.

Fossett, Pat O'Shaughnessy, F. Russo, Mrs. F. Russo and N. Wing, all of Vancouver.

The gas tank that exploded was A large cylinder used under day coaches containing illuminating gas for lamps. Officials of the company said they believed this one of the first accidents of its kind. Only Few Days Remain of Big Vote Offer; Greater Effort is Essential Now AN APPRECIATION To My Friends and Associates. 1 wish to take this medium of extending my sincere thanks and appreciation to all of you who so loyally supported me in. The Guard's Free Gift Election, making it possible for me to win the Special Prize of a new Ford Coupe.

All further support accorded me during the remainder of the Campaign, will be heartily appreciated, Many thanks and appreciation. MRS. PAUL TROMMLITZ. The coming nine days will, beyond question of doubt, prove the most important of the entire Guard's election to the candidates. The greatest vote offer of the entire campaign 3 now in force and offers the opportune time for candidates, both present and prospective, to get a lead in the race.

Those who are wise will get busy at once and gather in the harvest of votes during this period of the big. gest vote schedule. More Votes Given Now. Those who have been thinking cf entering the big gift distribution campaign and those whose names now Words of Favorite Hymn Sung By Noted Banker on Deathbed CHICAGO, Oct. him 11ps formed the words of his favorite hymns sung by his pastor and members 'of his family.

James Berwick Forgan, noted financier and dean of Chicago bankers died last night of heart disease. Two hours before his death, the 72 year old banker, chairman of the board of the First National and the First Trust and Savings bank, sent for his family and the Her. John Thatothy Stone, and with them recited passages of scriptures and joined in singing hymns as his life ebbed away. He had been ill only five dayr. Stricken at his desk and suffering from hemorrhages, followed by heart weakness which caused his death, physicians said, A public funeral probably will be held.

COMMITTEE READY TO START WORK ON TRAFFIC LAW HERE Appointment of a committee of local citizens to confer on the formulating of A. new set of traffic laws for Eugene has been made by Mayor E. B. Parks. The committee is composed of the three members of the police committee of the city council, three members of the automobile dealers' association, and six representative citizens.

The full committee is composed of W. It. Wallace, George W. Monroe and Dean Walker, of the police committee; Mablon Sweet, E. C.

Simmons (Continued on page five) State Dry Officer Arrested As Drunk KLAMATH FALLS. Oct. 20. -W. E.

Wolfe, state prohibition offleer, was arrested here lasts Monday charged with driving An bile while intoxicated and also on charge of reckless driving. He pleaded guilty to the reckless driving charge. The intoxication charge will be tried Thursday. Wolfe told Justice of the Pence Emmitt, he had taken "only drink or two." Ernest Graham Is Killed in Wreck LA GRANDE, Oct. 24.

was killed early yesterday in the wreck of a logging train of Bowman Hicks Logging company, 20 miles east of Wallows, Ore. The train ran tway on a bill and 20 care piled uy. Graham's chest was crushed. The other men on the train escaped by jumping. George Wolfbrandt Killed in Accident SALEM, Oct.

20. A man identified as George R. Wolfbrandt was killed on the Silverton road half a mile out of Salem about 6 o'clock last night when his automobile skidded, plunged into a ditch and then crashed into a tree. Wolfbrandt carried a dinner pail, and is believed to have been employed somewhere in Saiem. ife was apparently on his way when the accident happened.

VEREGIN KNOWN HERE pear in the list, but who have as yet not started an active campaign, will find no better time to do so than right now. With the present big vote schedule in effect, giving a new candidate a chance to pile up votes on the dousle quick, no one should delay ing the big campaign with determination and earnestness to win this coming week. Do You Want a Real Car? This Eugene Guard election is 50 big that it ought to have the attention of the very biggest men and women in this territory. Here one stands to gain up to $2575 with every active candidate guaranteed at the very least 20 per cent of every dollar he or she turns in on subscriptions. There are five new ears to be awarded, the New Buick Master Six Sedan, the new Chrysler, the new Flint big aix, the new Maxwell Club Sedan and Buick touring car, bags of gold and silver and other cash awards.

Wing Something" is the slogan. It is safe to predict that there will be very few men or women in Eugene or this territory besides the Guard (Continued on page twelve) Portland Man in Trouble Following Wreck on Highway COTTAGE GROVE, Oct. (Special) -A Ford coupe ran off the highway near Divide Sunday night. Among the people who helped to get the machine back on the road were Prof Gilfillan of O. A.

C. and Newton Sprague of Cottage Grove, whe happened along in their cars. As they were pushing the car back on the highway, F. Ta Glaisyer of Portland ran into them, Injuring Mr. Sprague quite severely, The Portland driver did not stop, but was apprehended in Roseburg by the police, who found some liquor in his car.

Marshal McFarland took the trip to Roseburg and brought Glairyer back to this city. He will be tried here later, Peter Veregin, head of the Doukhobors, Russian religions sect, who was killed in British Columbia this morning, had made a number of trips to Eugene, in the interests of a proposed colony of the Doukhobors near Monroe. At one time he had partially negotiated the purchase of a large tract of land in Lane county, on which the colonists were to settle. They were to come here from Canada, He was the leader of the colonists, and all their work was undertaken only under his direction. EXPLOSION IN CAR NELSON, B.

Oct. of the Canadian Pacific railway after an examination of the ruins of A railway car in which an explosion occurred near here today -killing five persons, said that the explosion happened inside the car and could not have resulted from a gas tank. The provincial police were investigating a rumor that the explosion was a plot to destroy Peter Veregin, Doukhobor leader, who was killed. Both gas tanks under the ear blown up, were found Intact, the officials declared. There was no evidence, they added, 18 to the nature of the explosive which caused the terrific explosion that blew the bodies out of the car.

A special train left here this morning for the scene of the wreck with provincial police and Doukhobors. D. C. Coleman, vice-president of the western lines of the Canadian Prcitic railway at Winnipeg, said "The explosion was caused by some human agency within the car, either intentional or accidental." -3-1 On California. TODAY -Ford -Whale Does or Shark? Things.

(Copyright, 1024, by Star Company) The odds are three to one that President Coolidge will carry California, by 75,000. Californians report a change in public sentiment there, due largely to President Coolidge's emphatic confirmation of the policy of Asiatic exclusion, and his statement that the League of Nations will not be allowed to write the tion laws of the United States. By ARTHUR BRISBANE Californians looking across the Pacitic toward Asia know that for the one necessity in the development of their magnificent empire is the right to control immigration. With freedom from Asiatic immigration, California will be a nation of at least thirty millions of white peepie. With the immigration laws broken down it would be a land of fifty million Asiaties, and no white people.

Ford gets things done. He loads tractors, cars and trucks on his (Continued on page twelve).