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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1920)
r' STlj Etiimf ttg Herald MMMMMMMMMMWWWWMM official t'Ai'Kii or XliAMATH FAtift OTFIOIAIi FAPKH OV KLAMATH CDOTOX 1 bwWWVMAMAAMVMwC Fourteenth Year No. 4059. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1920. Price Fire Cent MacSwiney Dead in Brixton Jail HUNGER STRIKE ra LISTED 73 Mrs IXNIK)N, Oct. 2C Terenco Mac Swiney, l.onl Mayor of Cork dlod at llrlxtnn prison uX 6:40 o'clock thin morning on llio 74lh day of hi hunger strike. Ho had been uncon acluua 3d hours. Father Dominic, IiIh private chaplain, and hla brother, John MacHwIney, wrra with him when the end canto. When told at 4MC that death wa approaching; hla brother naked (or prlvltagn communication with othnr relative hut offlrlula, It Ik mild, re fuaml lo mil tint telephone, After the prlannor's death his brother uml thu rhnplaln went not Mrinlttiil to leave llio prison until 0 !f John MncHwI nny then conveyed wont to tint widow, who uccompunli'd by hor par 'iit h ami tlio two ulntiTH or thu Lord Mayor, arrheri nt prliion nt U 30. MtwHwIimy wan 40 uum old unit onn of thu most prominent Hluii Kiilnum. Il( aturtcd llfn in a dm pera naalatnnl and Infer bornmo pool, author and playwright hnfont taking up polltlcn. Ho waa elected l,ord Mnyor of Cork In 1920. For varlouii political offunsea hn linn been In Jail, with brief Intervnla of liberty since January, 10 to. In October, 1917 ho secured bin retrain by liunK cr striking, LONDON. Oct 36. Tho iitory of the clfatrtatlnn of Terence Mac Hwlnoy, Lord Mayor of Cork, prob ably wilt brcomo onn of the moit moving chapter of I In conlurica tonic hlatory of the Irish struggle. No other controversy hna stirred Orrut Ilrltaln o duopty aa thl since tht one that centered Cecil ItlMMlea, when Jameson raid w balked by Taut Kruger and be raiders 'tnsntfsoned. The campaign In Kn gland for Mat Hwlnuy'a release from prlaou haa been apart from all politico! and parly considerations und even the king wn drawn Into It. The move ment In Mncflwlney's behalf waa mainly humanitarian nttd enlisted tender-hearted people of nil faction but wn urged by othtirn with argu ment of party atnavgy. "MacSwiney dead and cunonlied In tho heart of Hal Irlah people with Wolf Tone and the Mancheatcr martyr would ho a morn valuablo nssot to tho Hlnn Kuln than Mae Hwlnny allvn und, even though n free paim to freedom for MacSwiney might weaken the governments hand, why help tho arparatlat cuuko by giving It a martyr?" worn tho nrgtimenta put forward ovon by British unlonlata. MacHwinoy'a hunger atrlko waa be gun on Auguat 12 when, with Ion of hla amoclates, ho wn nrreated by soldiers In Cork iwhllu rttendlng u aenalon of a Hlnn Fein court. After trial by a courlmartlal under itho reg ulation of the Dofenao of tho llealm act, ho wu found guilt of seiU'lon and sentenced to two years', ImprU onment, which ho waa nerving In Ilrliton prison In London, MacRwInoy, then nn Atdermnn of Cork, wn elected Lord Mayor of the city at a poclal session of the Cork corporation on March 30 of thin v -ir lie waa n well-known Hlnn IV. it Hi'il d and, prior td hi olecllon. had hen doKrtod and Imprisoned rovor.il (Intel, ono of the latest iiotu'iln In Blanco of hi confinement ' hnvlMK been In 1910 In connection with tho Irith Raster revolt. When arreitnd on August 13, Mac Swlnoy managed to eacupe to the atroet from the back of tho city hall, which aoldler had aunoundod, but waa capturod outildo. Ho waa taken to tho military barrackit anl came up for trial on Augu.it 10, Tho' court martial found him guilty of having control of the lecrot police cipher, of having In hla possession a document llkoly to cause dliaffectlon niimcly, copy of a resolution ot thj Cork corporation pledging allegiance to Dal! Elreann, the Irlah republican parliament, and of having mode u seditious apeech on tho occasion of his election. Already wenk a; the trill bocuuso ot hla refusal to take food, Mur3wl ney dliputed the Jurisdiction of the court, Haying: "I am the lord ma yor of this city and Ita chief magls trato. I declare thl court Illegal and thoie UkJng part In it liable to arrest under the laws of the Irlah republic" , The day following hla trial, Lord Mayor MacSwiney was doportert to England aboard a destroyer, under a heavy military,' -eeeort and waa lodged In Drliton Jail. The govern ment announced on August 19 that he waa sentenced to two years' Un-J Stabbed at Redding; Says Home Is Here Detective J, F, Morloy I In re ceipt of nn lii(iilry today from tho sheriff at llmldlng, Cal naklng for lufnrtnntlon concerning Arthur Ltid dlngton, supposed to huvn comu thoro front Kin in nth Fall. Luddlngton, tho teller any, attempted to rob an other laboror there and wu o bad ly Ntabbud by the man ho tried to rob that It wa thought for a time that he would bleed to doath. Mr. Morley know nothing of tho mun, but think ho mtty have been em ployed In soma of the lumber mill bore. Luddlngton I described In tho sher iff letter a about 33 year old, blonde complexion and weighing about 170 pound. Ha had some ad vertising literature about loadod dice In hU iwcket aim a recipe for mnklng Jucknsa brandy. F, tlltKOON AOHICIILTintAL COL LKOK, CoMnllls, Oct. 25. Tho rapid rise of tho farm bureau ay- tern In Oregon la described In a re cent laauo of thu extension service new. The flrat county farm burcnu org anization wa formed In Jackson, couujy lato In tho fall of 1918. From this beginning 18 county organi sations Jmvo sprung, numbering 5497 puld memborahlpi, us follews: ricntnn, Cuu; Coo, 2G9; Des chutes, 250; Douglas, 2C0; Jacknon, 700;, Joaophlnn, 302; Klamath, 3G0; Lincoln, 40; Linn. 553; Malheur, 254; Morrow, 250; I'olk, 202; Sher man, 300; Unmtllla, 400: Union, 00; Wallowa. 300; Wasco, 1259; Washington, 122. Clackamas, Clatsop. , .Columbia.' MUItnomah'aiid'Tlltatnobkshave dVaV anlaed .work, but no paid member-! ilakcr county Is reported ae Inac tive. 4 Iane, Harney and Lake counties have agricultural agents hue no farm bureau. Membership campaigns are under way In Lincoln, Washington and Wusro counties. Organization campaigns will bo launched In all the existing farm bureau counties thl fall, which are expected to bring tho totnl, member ship In the stata up to 10,000. This I expected to result from organiza tion In additional counties and front Incroased membership In pre sent farm bureau counties. 1'lana for fedeartlon ot the coun ty organizations Into a state-wide federation are woll undorway, and a constitution for tho proposed feder ation haa "already been dratted by tho special committee. . 7 Klamaih'HifLoidM Football Game Tho Klnntuth eleven met defeat Saturday, when they clashed with Med ford on tho lattor's gridiron. The score was n decisive ono ot 27 to 0. The homo fellows feel that they played under odd having their J two ntrongotft bnck-flold mon out or the game becauso ot Injurloi. Captain , , , Ted Montgomery on whom they do pend on for a great donl of their yard a go ho his foot In a planter caat and Frank Peyton who can stand up against tho hardest sort of buck ing and never faltor has a badly cut band. Medford haa picked a winning team this year and undor the coach Klum are out to taka every game they play. So far 'they have beaten Klamath twice, Grant Tass once nnd have taken game from all othor email Ttogue Itlver team. INDIAN HKLD ON CHA1W1K OK IIKATING HIS WIFE Harvey Drew, an Indian, was brought In today from the Klamath reservation to answer a charge of wife boating, preferred by C. E, Den nis, chief clerk at the agency. Drew Is accused with having atruck hit wife on the head with a hammer, then beat her about the body with a fence roll. Hearing has been set by Bert C. Thomas, United States commission er, for 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Drew Is at liberty on 12000 hall. Ho li represented by John Irwin. ..mAjiket iwroivr Portland, Dot, 15. Cattle weak, 18.70 to 19.00; ton, lower, 110.75; beep stow; egga firm; butter slow. MR m WHICH A MILLION FOR ROADS OR ANOTHER COURTHOUSE ? THE people of tlie county, one Vveek from tomorrow, h are going to decide whether they will spend a mil lion dollars for good roads or build another courthouse. No array of figures that can be brought forth by either side, no argument, legal or otherwise, can change this. If the Hot Springs courthouse is completed and occupied it will cost this county one million dollars in road work. This is how it will work out. In presenting these figures we are using round numbers facilitate the presentation of the case. At the present time there is in the courthouse fund $84,000 and the county will Dougan the $41,000 that was iny $ico,vvv. ine not springs site ana Duuaing can easily be sold to the school district for $125,000, making a total of $250,000. If this sum is placed in the road fund, the state will match it with a like' sum, making $500,000 that can be used for building roads in the coun ty. The federal government will match this $500,000 with a like amount, thus making a total of one million dollars that can be devoted to the construction of good roads in this county. This sum will build one hundred miles of highway. Added to the highways already completed and under construction, you could travel to nearly every section of Klamath county on a boulevard. If the Hot Springs courthouse is completed it will cost for the building alone at least $200,000. It will cost another $100,000 to put the grounds in the condition their character calls for, as retaining walls, wide boule vard, concrete walks, parking, trees and the like will have to be done and these cost money. As the matter stands today, you get a million dol lars for roads without raising another cent by taxation, provided the Main street courthouse is occupied by the county and the Hot Springs, structure is used for a school. ' If this course is not followed, the taxpayers will have to dig up $175,000 more in taxes to add to the $84,000 now on -hand and the $41,Q0Othat the 'contractor will have to pay back. Do you as -citizen of Klamath coun ty want to do this? Do you want a million dollars for roads that won't cost you a dollar, or do you want to pay $175,000 more for another courthouse that.yoado not need : WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT, MR. WORKMAN? Tn tht a ctnifrcr.-- fn RPttlf the nnnrthniiKP miestinn. Vatr sVSMtajiv ww uww vv -w w .... - -j , the workingman is as vitally interested as is any other citizen of the cuonty. He has to pay his share of this finrhf in hia rrrnpprv hill, in his rpnfc. in evervthincr he has to buy. He has stood on len years ana wunessea ine property owners m eutu end of the city fitjht for what? For the good of the city? For the welfare of the taxpayer? To create more iifMlr nn1 ttairiYtlla fnf tha wnrlrincrmnn? Mnf. n hit nf it. They have been fighting for the courthouse because they hoped to gain something for nothing. That is what they thought at the beginning. But they have changed their minus now. No matter which side wins they have incf- hut nnlu n frnntinn nf what the communitv has lost 'and what it shall continue to lose if the fight con- iiuues. It is the workingman who must take a hand in this fight and help settle it. He is one- of the factors who must answer the questien: Shall we spend a million dollars for roads or build 'another courthouse? Shall we bring into the county $750,000, the bulk of which cVmll ho naA nut tn nnr cn-wnrkcrs in waees. 01' shall this three-quarters of a million dollars be thrown away and the taxpayers ot tne county oe compeiieu w raiws another $175,OQ0 to build a cburthouse we do not need? Tho Wm-nlH Unnws where the workingman will stand. Ho will stand shnnlrler to workers. He will help to enlarge the nuirket for his product -labor. He will say "Build roads for the peo ple and not courthouses to help line the purse of the man who already has enough. Stand up, men and women, the brain and brawn, stand up that all may see you are ever on the side of advancement and develop ment; that you are ready for the roll-call that will tell the world Klamath county is going to take ita rightful place in the front ranks of progressive communities; that you can rise above the selfishness of the almighty dollar. . WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT, MR. BUSINESS MAN? Let us turn to the business men of the city and ask them where they stand. Are you going to fasten still ithaw Htn mtiiatnna thnt. has tnv ten vears been drag ging this county down to you going to join nanas wn ie men wno nave ueuusu blinded with passion by years of bitter struggle, that tk o oo nntViino- hnt. thirnwn victorv. no matter what that victory wiU cost i -a .fcwa iw MAtsiivii r loveu city hiiu vuuiivy (Continued to avoid confusion and to recover from Contractor paid to him illegally, mak- the side lines for the past shoulder with his fellow oblivion and obloquy? Are their friends, neighbors, their a T1 oh?Page,Fourv Timber Workers to Hear Wood Protest The local union ot tlmborworkcrs will hold a special open meeting to night tho Labor Council hall at which tho usual order of business will bo dispensed with'. A full report will bo rendered on tho alleged deportation and mobbing og Il&rry Wood, union organizer who was In Busanvlllo In the early part of this month and made a report ot what occurred to him. The summary of three Inde pendent Investigation will bo laid beforo the local union and It Is ex pected that resolutions wilt bo pre sented calling on the Oregon' state federation of labor to protest to Gov ernor Stephens of California against the alleged Illegal action of the Su smnvlllo mob. Tonight's meeting will be open to all, and will be attend ed by representatives of various lo cal unions as well as timber work MAYOR REPEATS Mayor Struble has addressed an other letter to state tire marshal! A. C. Barber, copy of which was shown today to a Herald representa tive, in which tho mayor seeks to sustain the position he originally took In regard ito the recent Inves tigation by Mr. Barber's office at the fire here, and that Is that political blaa was permitted to enter Into the making ot the final report made by the fire marahall'a office. Tho mayor aoes not ask for a rehearing-In (his letter, but,v simply seeks to further impress his' side ct the controversy, and to sustain tu eharajsj'af aersenal malice havtug beea at the bottom of the whole af fair. ' , , . ALEXANDER OEJD , VOSWiS, OCT. SM-Kl.NG ALEX ANDHK IB MEAD. Alexander succeeded to the throne ot Greece In June 1917 when his father, King Constanttne, .abdicated In response to the demand of France, Great Britain and Russia, the three powers which bad guaranteed the constitutional liberties of the Greek people. Alexander was the second son ot Constantino and at the time ot his accession was not quite 24 years old. His elder brother, Crown Prince George, waa considered Ineligible for the throne because ot alleged pro- Gerraaa sympathies. Oa October 3 he was bitten by a monkey while endeavoring to pro tect htf dog from an attack. His wound became Infected d several operations tor tne remom or riesn were performed. His "Condition for soveral days waa reported, to be criti cal. MtTIST BRINGS TH Mile. Alice Verlet, Belgian queen ot song, who cornea to America til rect from the Parts Grand Opera company, haa an international repu tatlon and Klamath Falls music lov ers count themselves fortunato that they have an opportunity to hear her tonight In concert at the Elks Tem ple, supported by Victor Young plan' 1st; Robert Velten, violinist, and the New Edison phonograpn, tne crown ing product ot tho Edison inventions. Mile. Verlet likes America' and takea much Interest in all things American. 8he has a fond place In her heart for the soldier boys and he thinks American girls are the cream ot feminine creation. She Is surprised that Americans should ever nave thought that the French girls should win our soldier boys away from us. "You would not like it it we did mot appreciate your boys In France," ate says In her quotst way. "All the same rour boys will sot forget you. While they were thinking how nice chase French girls were, they were thtaklag about their own girls at home too. And. bow that, they are Mm you see they have; forgot tea all Jfe Fmch ctrlo," BIS NTRN REPUTATION E RISE WILL BE Votors ot the city will be called on to say at the coming election, whether their judgment In turning down proposed salary Increases at the special election last November was sound, or whether they desire to rescind that decision. With the exception thst proposed Increases at this eelctlon km slight ly larger -than those submitted at Ute speclsl election, the questions submitted aro the same. For In stance, It was proposed last time to raise the mayor's pay from $1200 to $1800. This time It is $2100. Councilmen under the last proposal were to get $5 a meeting Instead of $3 a meeting. How It Is proposed to glvo tbem $8. Advocates of Increased salaries argue that the labor.er Is worthy of his hire, that all city officers aro under-paid and that the city cannot hope to get high class service unless It mskes somewhere near-adequate compensation for that service In other words unless It meets the general wage advance In that pri vate employers long sgo granted. They argue that it Is -a matter ot elementary justice that the mea sures for Increase in all departments carry; that Klamath Falls Is far behind other cities of smlilar else and importance on the coast la granting better pay to public ser vants. (Note If figures are fur nished to substantiate this latter Ulm The Herald would be. gUd to nanus them.) Tho argument against the saury mereaana-ls that it adds mere.es ssrMvnaneal- kdcet' aad fr'rfcrWfaat-orihe taanayar. exnenaas should be kept down. To be frank, the writer Has .hew unable to "unearth any argumeats against the' increases1 save such aa tnetr opponents Brand as "seiisn and niggardly reasons,' backed by tho power of the voter, to enforce them It they will do so." The position ot mayor warrants the payment ot at, least the salary suggested $3100 It Is generally .conceded. The duties of the office require devotion ot considerable time; Its problems require a high degree ot ability. Either the city must pay a salary that will attract a competent man to accept the place, or must abolish the salary altogether, or make It a nominal sum, and depend upon the wealthy and public-spirited citisen to Wnom the salary is little object to run for the position; Is a summing up ot the subject that Is rather general. The police Judge now gets $1200. It la proposed to pay $2100 a year. This Is one office where It is gen erally conceded that the salary should be raised. The job demanda clerical ability, which In private em ploy would bring the holder at least the pay' that Is proposed, $17S a month. This, It is argued,. Is ave rage accountant's pay. In addition the duties of police Judge, recorder and clerk of tho council are thrust upon the holder ot the office. He is under heavy bond tor faithful performance ot his duties. A per son with qualifications broad enough to suitably fill the place cannot be tempted to accept It for less than the proposed aalary. The treasurer, whose salary It la proposed to raise from $500 to $750 a year, by virtue ot the of fice .assumes serious responsibili ties, must possess qualifications that enable dealing with them, and la also under bond. Public health demands, especial ly In a growing city where ' sanita tion has been outstripped by growth, that the city health officer be paid a salary that will warrant bis giv ing to conditions the time and at tention their gravity warrants, mis Is the argument that he be paid $760 a year. Instead ot the pres ent $300. Advocates ot the raise assert It Is still too low, also that provisions should be made In the budget for expenses for conducting Investigations and generally carry ing out the work of the office to give the publlo all the benefits to protection that modern science can give. In addition to the salary, the eouneU now allows the .physician $IS a month mileage, but tha action la unauthorised by tho charter. 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