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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1920)
T tfc'OI M I A 1 IK tW V I -. 1- -' GLl2 litt'enrng OFFICIAL PAPER OK KLAMA'IH VAVtM ii rw v - wxtTonrw - af H j lOfrFlClAI PAMI09 I" r It nikijia &ii lAivmay, Fourteenth Year No. 3925. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1920 Price Fiv Cent' '" v' ADVOCATE FOR CUMIN AUDIENCE Thomas Lloyd l.ennon, Hnn Fran cisco attorney and ex-erv:c nun, pro veil himself a fnrclhli) advocate of Hiram Jobnion, In presenting hl candidate' claim for the Ropubll can nomination an l'reldent to an audience At Houston's Opera house Hut night. Comparatively young In years, thn (peaker maribalM lila ar gument In clearly and launched It In rapid, forceful phrase that went home to the crowd, and maay an or ator of double hie year, would bar envied hi of delivery and one watching the audience, sitting client through the length of tho addreM without aa much a a handclap, "would have doubled whether they -were friendly or hostile but when the speaker wai done iloulit vanish ed a the pell broke and anunanl tnou burst of hand-clapping paid "tribute to Ihn orator. Kven,llicn tho crowd Was loath 1o leave and the chairman of the evening, Gordon Mifflin, wa forced to tnkn hi font unit state that the program for tko evening was con cluded, Thn audience win not In rue, which tho Johnson commlttn had expected In vlrw of the attraction at the carn ival ground, hut to uo tin over worked nnwapnper term without the loose meaning aonietimea attached It wa "pnthualiallc " In hli address Mr Imnon said In Tarli "'Oregon flrM opportunity to help bring Hid presidency West come In Friday' primaries. Senator John--son hat torn a great gap In the Rocky mountain, California nan tilled that gap rartlalir with n myr iad of voti of emphatic approval. And now the people of Oregon nre to he given the chance to fill It com pletely, and In doing to tell the East that there I In thn Writ a prophet who I not without honor In til own land and who I a big and a broad and a capable and a effi cient a any man ever produced by any part of the nation. "If the Wust doe not unlto now solidly bohlnd this great Westerner and Ihl great American the West will not have an opportunity to be behind him In November, for he first mutt be made the Republican nomi nee before ho ran be made president. "And Hiram Johnson, If he I not nominated, wilt aupport with all hi effort and energle whomsoever the Republican party doe chooxe, des pite the malicious propaganda of til opponent that ho Intend to bolt tho convention, "Of Senator Johnaon' opponents I havo nothing to ay but word of pralae; one of them I a great buil net man, and tho other I a great executive. Rut Hiram Johnson chance to be both a great bulne man and a groat executive, a his California record demonstrate, and added to ,thl ho I a great states- MICKIE SAYS tjM. tMMuei ua taak.vsflusA wa Uoali aastuKsi uiamfwrt t iA fltsK esasia ams ejaatuawkA OMt C 00. WMkM tMMM . fWUMM-nurt-feeA AM IXCnttMa AMtU tUva aua 1 AMD AOkift . ul IU&sK tva uou1 " FAIN Of t.ftWkaK.'TOVtlWVeatl -iwva uv-vc wsm. ja.cas k , Of 0 TOMV. tJMKU. VMsMO OM KOMTT 000 M 9M Of, AOO.H4- VTMS Sv iwmviwv hi iiooii iio.m i:i,i:-iio in 'A 1 1 1 1 1 1 : i Tin) bond iilwtlou for tho l'ulr view sclrool resulted In n victory for tint bond elocllim yustorduy There woru 42 votes mat for tho mi'iiHiirc, 18 ogalunl It ii ii il onu bud ballot Proponent of the bond Issue am Jubilant nver tlm success of the vote, which mean Hid purchase of tlm ltn and bo building of the now school TAX-PAYERS GET The taxpayer I ery much Inter rated In Inequality of education Im parted by the laatltutloaa which he I financing, I ho getting hi money'a worth for what he I (pend ing and I he likely to get value re ceived for what ho I naked to vote? Conservative taxpayer often doubt the efficiency and benefit of the state i University at Eugene Carnrgl.. foundation ha. granted j the Ifnlveralty of Oregon n rating among the hlKhe.t rl.M of Mate - nl- renltlea Our unlterslty I plared i on a pur with Now York's own unl-j Neraltlei Columbia and Cornell I by the Htate Unheralty Regents of, New York so far as ucceptanro of srnduatrs Is concerned. Tb recent surve of the I'nherslty of Oregon iinurv'i? iiinDTu minir i .in n n under the nu.plre of the fnl.ed ' ur '"-r l00" ovrr ne Tl States bureau of education, gau- l.l,oa' recommended very trongly a ati exceptional uuallty rating Cor, ,''" "" clean-up campaign or tact with other universities, through the ejcliuime of student and faculty members, reveals that Oregon holds It own In awards of srholarshlpa by other institution Qrrcuti tu dent havo won far more tbun thelr"J lnlerleis with 100 case and pro rata Oregon graduates am ad.t,d man) of the men to secure ... ... ... . ..'ulmt iv-a llinlr ilim frnm ft,.. PAikrn milieu uiinoui exnmiuauon 10 liny grailiiatn school In the country and have been able to ercure tho cream of the cholnnhlp and fellowships offered Thero ore more self supporting tudent nt tho t'nlveralt) of Oregon than at any university or rollego weit of the MUalsslppI river Should the voters of tlm state re fuse the youth of Oregon the privi lege of developing their latent pow er? Then every voter should go to the polls Friday and vote 310 (x) yes for tho higher educational relief measure. Should this measure fall between 1000 and 1500 Oregon youth will be denied admittance to our date Institutions. Tho Rusluoss and Professional Women's Club nt San Francisco Is planning to build a now club house man. After all, It Is a statesman we need lu the Whlto House1 rnthur thuu Just a bualne' man w statesman with u grasp of tho International sit uation from the American viewpoint, a statesman whoso Americanism Is fearless, whose vision Is clear. And Hiram Johnson In this respect far out-distance hi opponents, despite their undeniable abilities In their respective field of endeavor. 'Hiram Johnson' View' of a lea gue of nation la the entirely des tructive, view he I credited with having expressed. He Is not against ANY Ieaguo of nations, but tho pres ent league of nations, which mas quorade a a covenant to prevent war and In reality bind us to go to war on any provocation, howevor slight, He does not want to submit tho sovereign Independence of the Republic to a confederacy ruled by aliens and having for it sucrot ob ject tho exploitation or our wealth, our blood, our very nationhood. At tho same tliuo ho abhors war, nud favor heartily any International ar rnngoment whereby war may bo pre vented that doos not destroy our na tional Integrity. "For tho American people, to make Hlrnm Johnson tholr presldont Is for tho Amorlcan pooplo toavear alleg lanco again to tho Ideals of Wash ington, Lincoln and Koosovoft. Tho Issue of tho campaign, In a word, I Amorlca, and Hiram Johnson Is an Amorlcan." Following tho local mooting Mr. I.onnon and party wont to Mt, I-akl whore ho laid beforo tho men and woman gathorod at n candidate's ral ly, thore thomosago that ho Jienrs to tho voters of Oregon. This morning ho loft for Medford where ho will spook tonight. To morrow he closes hit speaking tour at Roseburg,, RED CROSS HAS WELL ATTENDED rEAHLY MEETING Tho annual meeting of the Klum Just prior to his departure for ath rounty chapter, American RedjMedford, whore be I to apeak In be Cross, wa hold. In the chamber of ( halt of Senator Hiram Johnson' commerce room, at 4 p. m. Tuesday, May II. R, II. Dunbar a chairman of the exri utlve committee was chair man of thn meeting, fifteen mem ber of the chapter were present. JTh secretary reported a membership of 2,87 member and sf ilea cro magazine subacrlber In" the chapter. Also that there am eome emergency silapllea on hand, such at cotton, gauta, thread and sewing material. The chapter also during the Influenza epidemic purchased from Rd Cross headquarters In Seattle, tho follow- line hospital equipment to be held tor emergency rail. 30 mattresses. 60 single wool blanket, (0 hel- 10 , , plll0W -,,pil. These were reduwd , unJ d for ' emergency During the past fhe months three district workers lime visited us and 'made suggestion a to our work I Mis Kllxabeth Tandy, Ml Carrie! 'Oleson (Gamine), Ml' Ewlng Miss """" """" "'' " "" " """i thn ex-serlce mon The, executive commltten Immediately secured from Seattlo, Miss Carrie Oleson (Can- iong). to do the work suggested, Dur- inc her brief ttiti" of HrvlM She baa what was tholr due from the govern ment Fourteen hare reinstated their Insurance to the amount of $85,000. Some have been assisted with medical attention for ailments from which they we're suffering. There Is still some work to be done. One of the largest works of the year was the arrangement of the Red Cross with tho city and county In trn emergency hospital for 'the care of the Influenza case. The cost to tho Red Cross wa $823.37. Clcso to 75 cases were cared for through that servlco Nurse were also provided both for tho hospital and tho public through the agency of tho nursing activities committee of which Mia Twyla Head wa chairman. Food materials ready cooked were also provided for a multitude of families too sick to provide for themselves. This was prepared In tho kitchen of the Presbyterian church under the direction of Mrs. O. A. Krause and Mrs. W. II. Robertson with the help of other wilting worker. At least a dozen needy families have been, provided with needed clothing, bedding, groceries, funds or credit to tide them over emer gencies caused by sickness or acci dent or lack of support. The executive committee chosen for the now year Is as follews: It. H, Continued ou Page 6) RANGE SHOULD . POISON SQUIRRELS Ira N. Gabrlelson, assistant biolog ist In thsTlJ. S. biological survey, In charge of co-oporatlve rodent control work In the state, left this morning after a few days spent In going over the pest control work in this county with County Agent Thomas, He stated that tho county farm bureau rodent control campaign has accomp lished good results. In Wallowa county, ho said, rango ownors were co-operating In the pot HonliiB campaign and had gone far toward ridding tho range land of squirrel. In this county the sanio co-oporatlon would bo nffectlvtf, and to somo extent ha boon practiced, said Mr. Gabrlelson. ' Juno I tho proper time to go after tho rango squirrels, ho said, and he also stated that If any poison was left In tho government supply he would see that It was furnished Klamath range mon. MARKKT Ill-PORT PORTI.AND, Cattle weak, choice steers $11.50 and $18.25; hogs vvoaker, prime mixed ($14.75 and $16, 3G; ahoep woakor and unchang ed; butter aad.eggs, steady and un EXPLAINS 1916 BLUNDER IN CALIFORNIA1.: fight for tho Republican presidential nomination Thoma L. Lennoa of Han Francisco, who ha keen In Klamath Fall itace Sunday on the same mission, took occaaloa to com ment on the tale that I told here about by soma of the manager of Senator Johnson' opponent to the effect that tho Callforalaa deliber ately betrayed Justice Hagaea In California In mi. "Political whisperers everywhere,' Lonnon said, "sttm to take great pleasure In repeating- tha untruth that Hiram Johnson, candidate Cor the Republican nomination to tho presidency, helped defeat Charles Kvans Hughes In California In 1911. It is not strange, therefore, to find this story told-In Oregon. "I say the story Is an untruth be cause thn facts of the 1918 situation In California arc tbenc and they show beyond nil doubt that Johnson, rather than having helped defeat Hughes, did everything within his Power to aid him. even after the Mlh,nttr g- JohMon aa o ,nJuro his chance for the senatorial nomin ation against Willis Booth of Los Angeles. "Chester Rowe and William H. Crocker In 1918 each, hold places as California representatives on the Re publican national committee, Row ell representing the Progressiva ele ment and Crocker the Old Guard. Together, they seat a wire to Wi'.llaan R. Wlllcox, the then chalrmalT aa- the national committee, asking blra to request Charles E. Hughes, the Re publican candidate for the presi dency, not to come to California un til after the senatorial primaries. In which Senator Johnson wa a con testant. They explained that tor Hughes to come to California before lb pri maries would be for him to expose himself to possible defeat, ainco he might be taken over by one taction and thus Incur the enmity of the other. Despite this request, which Wlllcox endorsed approvingly and forwarded to Hughes, and despite the fact that Rowell, at the Inatance of Johnson and Wlllcox, came to Oregon to ask Hughes to reconsider his In tention to come to California before the primaries. Hughes came on. "When be arrived there he waa taken over horse, toot and artillery by the Old Guard, on the advice of Francis VKeesllng. a defeated can didate for lieutenant-governor, who was Booth's campaign manager; and progressives were shut out from even seeing Hughe. "Johnson sensed the Injury, that would come to Hughe threugh: this mismanagement of his tight, aad he sent word to Hughe aaktair permis sion to preside at a Hughe meeting. This request did not reach Hughes, Keesllng Intercepting It and answer ing to the effect, that Johnson was merely trying 'to, align himself with Hughes to bolster up his own fight. "In the taca of this rebuff John aon again aent word aaklng to pre side at Hughes' meeting in Sacra mento, his last in California. Again ho was denied. "Thereupon Johnson called a meet ing of hla most Influential followers and boat talkers and demanded that tlioy tour the atato In behalf of tho Hughei candidacy, lest ho himself be elocted to tho senatorshlp while Hughes lost the state to Wilson, and hi estimate was that Hughes at that tlmo was beaten by 50,000 votes. Against their own personal wishes theso men went. Tlioy combed tho stato of 'California from Del Norte to tho border, and ttjey pleaded with the people to vote for Hugbos for president. And Johnson In every speech bo made personally asked his audiences to rote for Hughes. Out Hughes was beaten by three thou sand votes. Immediately Keesllng, realising lila blunder, started the falsehood, that Johnson had whis pered Hughe to death, that' ho had knifed him, that he had failed to support hint aa be should have done. cumusci iMtia: duo., nation wiiib ' CHICAGO, May 1.. -Report of prlco cutting In wcaiJng ap parel continued to sweep tho country today, ownors of de partment stores announcing a reduction of 20 to CO per cent. SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. I'rlco cutting In the sale of tex tile, materials, hats and furnish ings which waa made effective In many stores here ymtnrday wa followed today by tin an nouncement of one shoo firm that It stock Is being dlposn.l of at 10 to 40 per cent reduc tion. FEEL CONFIDENT Governor Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, whose same has been sub - raltted to the voters of Oregon, as a candidate for the Republican nomina tion for president, teems to be thn probable choice of the coming Repub lican convention, nt Chicago. His method of clean campaigning has won for him a tremendous sup port which Is Increasing dally; so thai now the farfilghte'd political students of the United States predl t that the choice of tho next Repub lican convention will bo "Lowden or a'dark horse." With the full delega tions of Illinois, Iowa and Arkansaa Instructed for him; with the control of half of the delegation from the great state of New York; with half of the delegations of Missouri, Mis sissippi nd other large centers of population pledged, he will enter the cen rest Ion at Chicago with fully as (jahi delega. as any other candi date. The Intense bitterness between the Johnaon and Wood factions makes It Impossible for cither of those factions to concede to the other, and when the break comes In the con vention It 1 predicted that a stam pede to the "Lowden banner" will carry the nomination to the governor of Illinois. Lowden has filed In Oregon, and his name will appear upon tho ballot. A poor boy born In a cabin In the then wilds of Minnesota; reared in Iowa, and spending the later portion of bis life In Illinois, ho is distinctly- American In his habits and modo of life, Many compare him to McKlnley In tompcrament, only that In addi tion to McKluley's great sense of po litical economics, Lowden Is a great man In a business sense. Since taking office ho has abolish ed the great political ring In that atate, the old commissions of Illin ois, has Installed tho budget system and reduced the taxation of Illinois, saving to the taxpayers of over $4, 000,000 each year since taking office. Frank O. Lowden represents the great need of the American people today for a clean, careful, far-seeing business man, In the chair of the national executive. The signs of the times Indicate that Lowden's great executive genius and business ability, as well aa his sterling manhood and Integrity will make him the choice of the convention. Divorce suits were filed in tho cir cuit court yesterday by Roscoo C. Morris against Adetlno C. Morris, and by James A. King against Ada MvtiJng. And so the Impression got about that Senator Johnson, who In truth and In fact had used every means at his command to carry California tor Hughes, had helped elect Wilson for his second terra. ' "This lie, happily, has boon nailed everywhere it has been sprung. In tho east Mr. Hughes himself has stated that -it was error for him to como to California, and that It ho bad heeded tho advice Jointly given him by tho Old Guard and the progres sives ho would not havo lost the state. "Dut what Is perhaps the best proof of the unfairness of' tho llo is that Crocker, together with many othora of the Old Guard who fought Johnson, are now enthusiastic John son supporters, Crocker being one of the delegates to go to Chicago In June pledged to support Johnson's fight from, 4he, first, ballot to i the last," UHMEN TUUL NTYTnHf f i I HLll I I I nilLL i . . E ii As the school year draws to a eloa 23 "students of the Klamath coaasy high school will stee out of the ar-t. limlnary life training to meet tho Joya and abuse of the business and social world. Some will contlaaav their studies further; a few will g to the University of Oregon; a lair to the Oregon Agricultural collet; and a few to other Institutions JC higher learning; other will dteeotv tlnue their school tralnlag with their graduation Thursday evtalag. President Campbell of the Ualvsta- ity of Oregon will deliver tho mencement address la tht Hog opera house the evening of May ! P. L. Campbell Is a trie pioneer at the educational system of Oregaa. Graduating in the early nineties from 1 Harvard university he accepted th .'calling of president of Monmoaik. normal. The calling could hardly as classed as a presidential position far Mr. Campbell was instructor as wetU His work was so successful at th Monmouth normal that he remalaad there only .three years, leaving to 'accept the yosltlcn of president at the University of Oregon, which plae. he now holds. . , Those who hare worked with Prao Ident Campbell and under his super vision recognize in htm a man at tremendous vigor, and a man who l fait fil t4Mb4 Ut f orwhies : has so nohly'served, and a maa who la nationally recognised as" one of thsv leadtng educators on the PadO coast. Originally a class of 10 sta'dsaU upon nntrasce to the high school la 1'iVJr,cnt rdujtlng rlaaa baidwlndlldio a das of 33. The class 'follows:, Jrma Agar. Meta Chastaln, Margaret Upp. HeWm Goodner, Augusta Puckett. Seda Har vey, Jean Perry. Anna Hackland, Ray Har.lan, Martin Ramsby, Calvin Pey ton, James Johnston. Don Lawrence. Wendell Lawrence, Edwin Warren, Lucille Lark!y. Scott McKendrea, Kllxabeth Grlgsby, Charles Yadea. Wlnnltred McCormlck. Geraldlaa Watt. Llllle Jones, Esther Haines. Tho class officers follew: Wendell Lawrence, president; Jean Perry. vice president; Anna Hackland, sec retary; Calvin Peyton, editor annual Ray Harlan, business manager an nual; Martin Ramsby, historian; Charles Yadan, class profit; Margaret Upp, class will. Ray Harlan, a mem ber of the class. Is president of tha student body of the Klamath county high school. ' 1'KLICAX BAY CREW THINK IT HAS MADE A RECORD Pelican Bay camp No. 2 at Kirk. with a crew of 137 men all told and one Jammer, shipped 13,160,060 feat of logs In 46 hours of one week aad the csmp believes that this Is almost the record for any camp with tha same number of men. MAY GET ALT. BOOKS 1 NEEDED FROM CO. UBRABX The city librarian states that tha county court has given us permission to get alt the books we need fro'sn tho county library until September 1st. This allows out of town reader to get books as formerly. GASOLINE SUPPLY IS QUICKLY EXHAUSTED Ton thousand gallons of gasoline do not go far In time of gas shoVialt as the local station of the Standard OU company found when a supply arrived yesterday, but was appor tioned among local distributors sad users almost beforo the tank car had. como to a standstill. a ) CARRANZA CAPTURED V AGAIN IS REPOBT ! HOUSTON, May 19. General Car ran xa has been captured by revolu tionary forcos and given safe condu to Vera Crus provided ho leaves Me .rv .... . tco immediately, according to unco firmed messages received today local newspapers. "VJsje reporttl"- cootlrmed. , W ERA DAT TO r