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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1920)
I OTFICIAIi PAPER OT Fourteenth Year No. 3863 KLAMATH 'FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1920 Price,' Five Cento M '' ' ' ' " -HT t , A v. -. i 'y X ! I &?:: TIMBER IK . LAUNCH UNION A locnl branch ot tho International , tTJmheiv Worker wan organized ul u I mnotlnw yesterday, afternoon nt, thu ' .Central Labor council liull, with be tween 100 and 125 workers nlgnlng the chnrlor. Tho following tompor iiry omcom woro elected: Jamim Steven, president; Fred l'lowniiin, ' vlco-presldenti W. V. Kay, llimiicliit secretary, mid Hay Crawford, Bocro . tnry. Tho mooting wan opened hy W. !'. Kay, organizer of tho Amorlcan Federation ot Labor, who Burrend ered tho gavel Shortly to Frank 10. Fall of Wood, organizer for tho I. T. U who oxplalnud tho purjxjiion of tho organization. Tim I. T. If., ho nnld, In broad in cope, embracing all men connected In any way wltlrtho lumber Indus- try, ovon to thai railway employe who holp transport tho product. Tho - chief aim ot organization at thin time, locally and in ovory timber producing locality, Ih to ealnbllHh thu eight-hour working doy. Thuro aro othor ohjocts which tho organization seeks, but flrrtt and foromoHt comes eight bourn an n baHlc working day. At Wood, tho organizer nald, thorn aro 1,000 or more workers uudur jurisdiction of tho Wood local, iiiohI of whom liavo alllllatod with tho union, and rotation with employers nro harmonlou. While ninlntainitif; tho right to strike, tbo I. T. U. urges caution In tho uso otJhtiJiHrlko to enforco It domandx and will Bauc - tloa a atriko only as u lust rosort. Abo, according to It organlz'ors, re- , porta to tho contrary notwithstand ing It does notrocognlzo tho X.W.W. xnnttT KlndreflorBanlwitlon, and no ono holding aired card can afflllato with thol.T. U. Yesterday'! mooting, a most lm- ' portant stop, in advancing unioniza tion, of Klamath county from tho labor viewpoint, went through with out a hitch', apparently following a proorraiiKod program. If thoro urojHoon, bo will tho big Edmonds mill I. W. W. prgulilzor at work hure, as on Spruguo river, and so will tho tho regulars claim, thoro was nothing l'arker & Homnkor mill. Thoro nro In ovldonco ut tho mooting to whow two othor mills that will bo working It. ' this season, on which construction Thoro nro butwoon 1,500 and 2.000 'n not yot started, workor In tbo local Hold, whoso " Schultz & Parka nro nlroady opor Jurlsdlctlon IncludoH all mills nnd,aUiig, and bo Is tho Kltts mill, camps from Kirk? on tho north,' roughly speaking, to Ilray, and luiiUUCrvb Lfc-AUIINU nctlvo effort will bo mado to gather tlioni alt Into tho local union. -O Telegraph Tabloids I u o MANILA, Mar. . Tbo oxtru bob lon of tho loglHlaturo adjourned to day, attor adopting a resolution pleading for Immcdlaro-ludopondonco of tho Philippines. WASIHNaTON, Mar. 8. Prosl ..ilent Wilson wont riding today In nn opon automobile. 3.-;'Ji' " "fprr WASHINGTON. Mar.a: Ml'mitf sota ,won tho suit In tbo supremo "court ngalnBt WIbcoubIu to ilotor ...rnlno tbo boundary lino between tho Btatos, by a decision rondored today, - WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. Tho su , promo court today docldod that tho provision of tho Incomo tax ot 1910 v taxing as Incomo all dlvidonds do- 2 etared by corporations accruing sub- nequently to March 1, 1913, was con stitutional. j LONDON, Mar, 8. Lloyd Ooorgo ' announcod in1 tho houso ot commons i' today that Oroat Britain had no In ' tentlon to soil any part of tho Drltlsh Ifi West Indies to tho. United States in ,., part paymont ot tho war dobt. r- SAN FHANCISCO, Mar. 8. Cane ,' sugar droppod from 15 to 14,conts ,on account ot largo Cuban- rocolpts s In New York, local refineries nn- ';, nounced today. WILSON FUNERAL The body ot Harry Wilsori, .resi dent of, the Klamath reservation. V i S Vhb :;dled hero.' of pnoumonid, ,was twunvpsa; ip luniioauin toaay. fine w funeral wlllttako.pHlce'.tpmV)rj:ow''at t, II o'clock, burial being made in tbo Wilson, comotory at Williamson Rivor. i;.v-hi:hvi(;i man iikli) for ransom. VA PASO, Mar. 8.-JoBpph WllllauiH, an omployb qt tho Amorlcan smelting ' roflnory company of l'edrlcona, Moxlco, In u cupllvo In tho hands of Villa and bold for $50,000 ran Hoiti, Accontlni; to. piiBNOtiRPr ruaelilngJuoroz' today. Will llaniH, a war vutoran, Buffering from i:H, was returning to tbo United HlutiiH for treatment when tho train from Moxlco City InVlunrosi win hold up ThurHclay nour Corralltod, 400 nilleii Houth of tho boundary. An Arnblnn inorcbant wuh taken by tho bandits, Othor pami cngoni woro moHtly Btrlppod naked and loft on tbo dwirt. Two thousand carloads of lumber will Ira handled by tho Strahom rail road this uoason, from tho mills on thu Hlrnhorn lino, according to an estimate ot ono of tbo operators in tho district tappod by tho road. In j addition tho road will probably dc ; liver to tbo mill 1,200 to 1,500 car of log, mnklnK ft totol of 40,000,000 , foot ot lumber und 10,000,000 foot of .logn handled boforo tbo Reason clpscs. , ' InUho torritory Borvod by tho Btfahorn road thero aro eight cor porations and individuals operating. Sovoral mill arooDoratlnc. more aro mtlldlng, and thoro la prospect of still others being built this year. Nino Drothora 'haTO one mill built and nnothor ono building. Do Armond Drothora are in the aame position, Tho Swan Lake Lumbor company's plant will bo complotod IN TOURNAMENT Tho Ducks trimmed tho Nuvor- Hllpa two guinea out ot tbroo In tho ICIks bowling tournnmont contost Frldny'nlght. Tho tnuninmont clos'es this week. Following Is Friday's score: .Duck 1st' 2nd 3rd Totnl I.avonlk 187 203 142 fi32 Kelly 12U 1G4 1G8 461 Jester ..'. 178 210 18G 574 494 577 49G n:;'' ' ' Yover Slips. . , . Atltlo .-.-...i. 204 . 88.-..15tfnjil STRAHOflN ROAD HAS BUSY YEAR IN PROSPECT Nool;. .....J 20L 17G- 1475'23 Mu'son 178 173 140 497 583. ,536 4C2 Standing of tho Clubs Won Lost Pet. Ducks 16 11 592 Novor Slips .... 14 13 518 Saw Dust 14 13 518 Spark Plugs .. 13 12 500 Hookies 12 12 500 Duffs 10 17 370 ItKCKIVKS APPOINTMKNT ' AH MANAGING EDITOR Phillip J. Slnnott, formorly a, local nowspapormani has boon ap pointed managing editor of lie San Francisco News, on which publica tion ho haB boon working for somo ttmlo. Mr. Slnnott is tho son of Mr, and Mrs. A. M. Slnnott of Oregon City and Is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Ooorgo J. Walton of this city. He has many frlond In Klamath Falls who will bo pleased to hear ot his advancement. " BANK CLEARINGS. . , Tho total banky cloarlncra fori tho vyook ending Ularcht6i, .192.0;t were. .?3?0'.85$45. 'ThlS- t$j$4&oitf$5rf with that of, the corresponding' week in 1919, $135,880,32 show a docld od lucroaso. niinniiii nnrnn lim i h niniATn I mm ntu ills mum y AFOUL OF LAW NEARLY NORMAL1 J. F. Morloy. county detective, whllo In California tast week had a buny tlmo In dealing with caws jh which 'former resident of Klamath Fall, aro connected. Dcaides tbo Ontornian forgery cuso In Los An goles, In which tho authorities Bought his aid because Ostcrman Is Buspoctod of having bocn part ot tho gung in Which Frea ora, now in Jail hero on a forgery charge, was Implicated, ho had coses In San Francisco, Qakland and Sacramento. In San Francisco, Albert Mamado, who at ono timo conducted a small auto repair shop near the White Pollcun garage. Is In tho hospital with a bullet holo through his lungs and wounds In his leg and wrist ns tho result, it is bollevod, ot an at tack by partnerB In a robbery. At first Mamndo placed tbo blame on two Russians, "red" propagandists, who, ho said, woro moved to. kill him bocauso of lilu betrayal ot .their plans to the police He made the accusa tlon as a dying statement,' but bath men named had complcto alibis. In tho prcsonco ot Morloy, however, ho partly admitted that he was Involved In a robbery and was shot by his accomplices bocauso they feared he would Inform tho police Mamado has been, mixed up in "red" activi ties around tho bay. It is said, and aa a result of' Information suppllod by him agalnet his radical comrades a number have been deported. His reputation as-a "stool pigeon" spread in tho undor-world and it is believed bo wus shot by men whotoarod that their botrayal would bo Mamado'e noxt more. - . , As soon .as ho Is-out of tho-jhos-pital Mamado -will probably be prose cuted for robbery. He waa in Jail here for several months at one time, after an 8. P. freight shipment was looted and tires consigned to the Blohn garaga wcro found in his pos session. In Oakland Detective Morley learned that Mr. R. Van Campen, a formor resident of this city, who was In dotentlon at Yroka for a tlmo on nn Insanity chargo, la sano and has tnkon her 12-year-old on from tho Bchool that ho was attending In Oakland and gone to Lansing, Mich., whoro rolatlves reside. When she camo for tho boy, tho school super intendent said, sho was accompanied by her slstor, who lives at Lansing. Mrs. Van Campen appeared perfectly rational, and tho authorities believe that she fplgned insanity as a ruse to got her eastern relatives to In terest themselves in herself and son. no rd alliance says farm bureau CHICAaO. Mar. 8. Tho Amorl can Farm Bureau federation, at Its first annual meeting hero, adoptod a resolution,. denouncing-tho attempMo ally the agriculturists of .America yrlthMho radicals of the-Industrial world. The organization Iscomposetf ot 1,060,000 members ot farm bur- oaus In 28 Btates. The resolution declares: 'Wo wish tho American people definitely to understand that tho or ganization styled 'The Farmors' Na tional Council has no authority to speak In behalf of tho farmers ot this country and any and all efforts on tho part of 'Tho Farmers' Nation al Council' to ally agriculturists ot Amorica with radicals in tho Indus trial world aro heroby denounced." WILSAN IJAIiKS AT LODGE SUGGESTIONS. WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. It was announced from the White House that President. Wilson will probably stato his position today on Senator Lodge's reservations to Article Ten in the form ot a letter to Senator Hitchcock. Administration officials said the President would not accept the Lodge reservation. Administration official said the President discussed tho Taft reserva tion to'article ten with Senator Glass, and while tho President did not state hla.. approval,, be. did not aay ha would1 not-accept iti I Oregon Tonight1- and ' Tuesday probably rain. Moderate southerly I winds. i.. . L Lumbor mills In wcHlorn Oregon a&d western Washington nro run ning practically at nbrmhl again, ac- 7 ll ', A I 1 west coa&t Lumbermen's association. Tho output last week of 123 milts contributing to tbo report was 8C,- 370,474 feet. Tho normnl output would havo boon 89,803,000 feet. Actual production was thus within 4,432,526 feet, or 95.0G per cent, ot normal. Tho only unfavorable element in the lumbor situation, tho Teport con tinues, lies in tho continued short age of cars. Shipments for tho week woro 1943 cars, but tho unshipped order remaining, on tho books oftho mills aggrcgato 12,601 cars. These unfilled shipments would bo substan tlally heavlor wero tho mIHs;jto ac- copt all tho orders that aro offered to them. Knowing that they cannotdo pend upon adequato car supply, tho manufacturers regularly reject more business ovory "week than they ac cept. ' " Desplto this practice, acceptances last week aggregated 54,828,579 feot, of which 43,350,000 feet werq booked to movo by rail. Costs of lumber production give no promiso ot diminishing. Logs re? main scarce and prices aro firm! Other costs havo shown a slight In creases slnco tho first of tho year. FRANCE PAYS $100 . -' A TON FOR 'COAI. PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 8 France Is paying $100 a ton for coal, said Mis Anno Morgan, .daughter of the latt'it P. Morgan. ix5sp Jiddnws td the French War Relief Committee and the American Commltteo for do-' vastated France citing the high cost of necessities In that country. She said tbo general attitude In America is "now wo'ro through."' ,She declared America can nevorbo through while France is in its pres ent condition. . , o ' GBTSicWO LION'S V SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Mar. S. Fred Worthlngton, of Deep Crc'ot',' snved the .lives of two door a week' for tho remainder ot tho winter, 'it was estimated when ho trapped.' and killed 6ns his ranch two fomalo mountain llons'"rEach mcasuVodiatx feet from tip to tip. WWMMMVMWWV'MSMSK,SyVM Personal Mention WWWWWVWWWMAWa Fred Peterson from Merrill was in town Saturday. A. E. Bonslnger of Swan Lake was in town last week. Ed Sutton of Miller Hill spont Sat urday In Klnmath Falls. Mrs L. B. Dlx6n is in town today on business. -.. county 'cleric1. ' Fred Houston loft for Los Angoles Saturday on account of tho ill ness "otyhlB dnughtor, who, a tolo gram.tff 'was to undergo an opera tion for tho removal of a mastoid. J J. . Morley, county detective, re turned last night from Los Angoles, whoro he waB called In connection with a forgery caso. William Boldoln, proprietor of tho Pioneer Prlntory, who hns boon con fined. to bgd for four -weeks byn-fluonza-pnoumonia, Is better and is considered out of dnngor. Mrs. yir ginla Breuner, Mrs. Boldoln's daugh' ter, has also boon critically ill. butt is! also Improving. Mrs, Jennlo Hum returned last night from a three month's visit1 In Portland, whore she visited her sons, Ralph and Will, who. are In business there.. Mrs. J. M. Watkins,.and little son, will leave in tho morning for, Eugene for a .two weeks' visit with friends, Mr. Watklns loft last wqpk for a business, visit .intho Willamette Val ley and will return with his. family. James Mllno, resident manager of the White Pelican iotol, returned cpndlng. ip tho weekly report of tho, tranBporlation cut off by SaturO "ttTrtlS lwi' fnAnntltr 'AflTVlft V'lV"' . ," , X l"' -r ' ' 7- "'Yi'.V ,v-ALEM..Martf8.At,;the .request here froirftSalem to .practice Jaw. has . slatTBrHottrGoverSof fuvu mu u wi muvuiu. hum :v fllfwl -VtI ! ADitlflMnl(C-w rhr .tllft : .---- . - Jkr- . --i- S ..- J . ' w Sturday,might;.fromtS,eattlo,i wheroigiing. January y 1920,, according he wasfcalledjby hedoath-Of bothWto:1repor!ts;'!received)at the1-American parents. His mother died- first and his father passed away within a few days. . HTOHM HA MAG K, IX ' NEW ENGLAND HEAVXT t. " BOSTON, Mar. 8. A "dig- glng out" holiday was - pro- claimed In several northern 4 New England states ,today, whllo railroad' Industries and community workers combined 4 to restore passenger and freight day' 8t0rm. Tho situation. In 4 Maine, New Hampshire and 4 Vermont lit tho most serious in 4 many year. Hundreds are marooned in many small cities and feeding refugees has be- come a problem. EL PASO, Tex., Mar. 8. Mexican constitutional lawyers have been dis cussing scriouBly tho question of whether President Venustiano car ranza will have tho right to continue as president ot Moxlco after Novem ber 30, 1920, in case the scheduled 'summer elections should fail to take place or in case the successful can' didato should fail'to present himself for tho oath of office. Possible conflict between two artloles of the constitution of 1917 is pointed out In an article recently nubllshed.. In Excelsior, ot Mexico cny. - : v$$ "Article' 83 contains the 'ibaolnte Injunction that' any one who tortce nahold ;th?LbJsn .office, pt ifggjdtrot of tho republic" shall not hold It for another term," the Excelsior says, quoting' a number of legal experts. ''But Article 84 reads: " ilf at the'beginning ot a consti tutional (presidential) term, the president-elect should fall to appear, or if the election should have failed to tako place by December 1, the-person iWhoso- term. Is about to expire shall, ceaso to function, and., there slialL bo named to the presidency, with title of provisional president, such persons as may be chosen by tho congress of tho union.' " .It is argued that Article 84 con taina not provision that prohibits the. outgoing president irom Deing uameu provisional president by the congress in tho ovent the contingencies sped tied In the article should occur.. Tho weight of 'opinion,, however, according to "Excelsior," is that the spirit, ' it not the letter, of the con stitution Is opposed to the continu- anco in office, even by' congressional authority, of. a person whose term as president is about- to expire. STATE TREASURER ASKS FOR PROBE Olcott 'toaay directed Attorney. General Brown to call a special grand jury to investigate thb pur chase ot securities by Jloff with tho funds ot tho industrial accident com mission, particularly the bonds ot Warrenton, Reedsport, Monmouth, Oakland, Ontario, Yamhill, .Rainier and port of Bny City. Charges have beon made that tho purchases havo resultod in profits to a Portland bond houso. GliKXX FARMERS PLAN CO-OPERATIVE SAWMILL WILLOWS, Col., Mar. 8. Mem bers of tho Glenn county farm bur,; oau have subscribed $20,000 for Urn purchase of a sawmill and It Is In tended to product) lumbor for' sale to members at cost. This Is part ot a broad plan of the farm bureau for centralizing its purchasing power and marketing activities, ' REPEAL OIL TRAFFIC JUAREZ, Mex Mar. 8, A de creo by President Carranza, recent l issued, exempts from dqty ',,bea zino, -petroleum, ether, gasoline and Bolarine Imported- Into Mexico, be-. consulate here. These- products wore formorly dutiable at tho rate of $1.13 per 100 pounds; CONSTITUTION lYFORCEOUT . CARRANZA HOUSTON SELLS FILM THEATERS A deal Is being closed this after noon by which F. L. TerwlIIIgor and F. Ul ijatrlck wlil take overVtha. theater pripcrtlea of J. V. Houston In Klamath' county, with the excep tion of tho Houston opera house. The new owners will operate tho Star theater in this city and tho theaters at Merrill and Dorrls. The Templo theater hero will bo closed. Mr. Houston will remove the equipment from the Templo theater to tho opera bouse, and may use It on special occasions but. will cease to be a competitor In the local film exhibition field. -Tho salo marks the close of his career as a moving pic ture exhibitor extending over a doz en years or more In tbe local field. The new owners bring to tbe busi ness a plentiful supply of business experience. Mr. Terwllliger is with out question ono of the best motion plcturo operators In the state and fully familiar with all other details ot the huslness. For the .last year he has been the operator for the Lib erty Theatre here.. For eight years before that he was in the employ of Mr. Houston and 'is thoroughly In touch with all details ot the local situation. , His partner, Mr. Patrick, has been conducting the Auto Supply company at Seventh and Main street. This place will be closed and the stock moved to the White Pelican garage. Both the' now theatejr managers are well known to "Klamath Fall people and their personal popularity coupled with energy and F experience should win them success.' WAGE NEGOf IATIONSr '" STAP WEDftESDAV WASHINGTON. Mar. 8. Repre sentatives of the railroads and brotherhoods will meet In Washing ton Wednesday to begin negotiation for a settlement ot wage demands, with 15 executive ,heads represent ing the brotherhoods, and a commit tee of nine' membors' representing the corporations. Both sides anticipate a long fight. The, corporation offi cials, it is said, would enter the con ference ready to co-operate as far as revenue would permit in granting, wage increases. NOT COMTELLED TO ' , REVEAL NEWS SOURCE. "frhere Is no law in Oregon to compel an editor of a newspaper to reveal the source of information contained in news articles. This is the reply which Attorney General Brown makes to a letter ot inquiry1 from Georgo-Frieborger,.an instruc tor in the "school of journalism of tho University ot Missouri. Mr. Frle berger -wants'tbe-informatloa fee: the,. use' of the college." CALIFORNIA WOOL -i . MEN TO FORJtYOOIii; i ?s Si. . jajBURNi .Cal., 'Mar;.-.8.J.- Asi Teagarden, ot Auburn; ' chairman ot a commltteo or tno state farm Bureau 'federation, has called a meeting .ot wool growers ot the state to meet at Berkeley, Wednesday, March 10, to form a pool ot all the wool of tho state. LOCAL WOMAN IXJSES S MOTHER BV DEATH. Word has been recolved by rela ttyqs ot the death in Sacramonto Sat urday evening of tho mother of Mrs. dl J. Ronnlor of this city, Mrs. Ren nlor was with her mother at the tlmo ot'death. ' REINDEER RAISING PROFITABLE INDUSTRY ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Jan 31. (By Mail.) Natives of the coast re gion near Nome are raising reindeer as their principal Industry, D. C. Crowley, Nome merchant, said on his arrival 'here, enroute to the "States" recently. One compajay, Mr. Crowley said. has a herd ot,18t00Q reindeer, and expects to ship 2.Q0Q carcasses aodth during the summer. Ifc plana. to, mmor. ic piano. , j tSraffri iplanta ''ln.thVti J?J erect four cold s neighborhood ot Nome. Other companlos expect to mako Bhlpmonta during tho bu minor, '?