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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1921)
I ,'' 3EutttttQ Mm- v : m t Member of the Associated Press. iificiMiiii Vuir. No, no:in. KLAMATH I'AMH, OHICGON, MOXDAV, JANUAHV III, 1021 I'rlro Flvo Cents t 4. '- rr ( -. '-' h Ste MWatfi BAD STORMS DEMORALIZE WIRE SERVICE For tho second tlmo IIiIh winter heavy snows hitvii iilmost succeeded In iloiuoniiulim tho telephone, tele Jiniph, nnd train service from Duns liiulr north, mid crews of men hnvo htiun nt work ii I n on Hiitiiriluy night ropnlrlng wlren, rniiliirliu: telegraph nnd telephone polos, and removing now irniu riiiiruiiii irncKu. in tlio Vicinity of Deutz and Weed, sleet Iiiim i played luivoo with railroad coiniiiiml-1 cation, hut tho most serious troubles I nppenr to ho between Doetz nnd Igor mi. It In reported thoro Is six fnef of snow on the lovol At Weed and soven fuel nt Hlssiiu, II. T. I.uddon, local manager of tho Pacific Telephone & Telcgrnph com pany, stnted this morning that nil wires were down Immediately north nnd south' of Wend, hut the eitelit of this trouhlo Is not known, It wilt ho 21 to 48 hours before telephone ser vice can ho re-established, said Mr. I.uddon, The wires from hero to Weed nro still In sorrlco except for tho last 2 Mi miles, whero they nro flat on the ground. A 70-mllo gala was blowing last night In tha vicin ity of Wcod. Mr. I.uddon wont out with tho re pair crows nnd n telephone mestngo from him this afternoon stated that It was hoped to have a tompnrnry circuit built around tho break beforo night. WrMcrn Union Hating: Trouhlo Don Holding, mnnngor of tho Wes tern Union offlro here, stnted that on tho ninlu lino hotweon Weed nnd Rlsson, 13 polos woro forced tu tho ground, nnd the wires, nro In .such condition that emergency cables had to bn substituted for more fhun threo miles. On tho branch lino, about 20 poles nro down between Weed nnd Dray, l.liiemen report five feet of snow In plncos. A regular hurrlcnno nccompnnlol by falling trees was tha cnuso of this trouhlo, said Mr. Hold ing. Up to lo o'clock todny, tho local Wostorn Union offlco had not received n meisngo slnco 9 o'clock Saturday night, but 10 mon coming up on n special work train ropalrod tho breaks and rostored communica tion and at 10:30 this morning tho Westorn Union offlco raportcd that their linos had boon repaired, nnd that telcgrnph sorvlco hnd been resumed. Train on llrnnrli Illuming Train servlco, said tha dispatcher at tho Southern Pacific station horo, has not boon Impaired oxcopt to tho extent that trains aro traveling slow er than usual, this being duo prlncl pally to lack of wlro communication Hnow plows havo boon keeping tho tracks reasonably freo from snow, although 2M foot of snow nt Duns- mulr nnd 3 foot at BUklyou hnvo taxed tho capacities of tha plows nnd tbolrcrows. iVwcr Linen In Omul H1iio J. C. Thompson, mnnngor for tho Cullfornln-Orogon I'owor company, statos that tho power linos nonr horo hnvo not boon Impatrod nt all, nnd that a crow of power llnomon have boon assisting tho tolophono com pany. Wcsl School Clone Down at Wood, tho snow which had boon falling for sovornl days, cuangod to rain tho latter part of tho wook, and tho ground was covorod -with flvo foot of slush, On tho sum mit botwoon Wood nnd Slsson-there aro flvo foot ot snow, tho road bo twoon theso two points bolng closed -for tho first tlmo this yoar. Throo mllos out of Wood tho heavy iinowi broko down tho Callfornlrf-Orc-jton I'owor company's lino, doprlvlng Wood of powor. This forced tho 'Wood lumbar company plant to shut down, Wodnosday night tho Wood Lumbor company powor plant ran out of fuol, tho storm bolng so sovoro that It was Impossible to bring slabs from tho yardB to kcop up tho tiros. As a result, Wood was In darkness Wodnosday night. TIo Wood Bchools woro closod for noarly a wook, tho storms bolng too sovoro for pupils to nttond. t WI3ATIIK11 HKPOKT. OIUWON Tonight nnd Tuosday, rain In, west; rain or snow In oast. U, S. Supreme Court i Reverses Lanclis on Socialist Convictions WASHINGTON, Jim. .11. Tlio conviction of Victor L, Ilnrgtir mill four otlutr HUcliillHtM for violation of tin) espionage) net Iiiim boon ro vorsod liy tho supremo court on tlni ground tlint JtnlK'i Lmidls should not Iiiivii henril tlio ciihiih nftor It Ik eligibility Intel boon ntlncki'd. TIihsii cc-nvktul with llorgor nt Chicago worn Ailolpli CltiniHT, nat lomi 1 secro tnry of tlni Hoclnllnt jiarty; Wlllluin P. Kruno, editor of Young's HucIiiI IkI inagitzlno; J. Lowlii KiikiIiiIiI nnil Irwin fit. .((Hill Tucker. Tlioy woro i ,,.,, , from 10 l(, 80 year ronflnitmi'tit In mllltiiry prisons whsM ST. PORTLAND, Jnn. 31. Illftli hopes Unit 11,200,000 will ho np preprinted liy congress townrd com pletion of tlio Klomntli projuct nro held liy official of tlio niutu chnm- bor of commorco an tlio result of n lnttnr rocolvod from A. I. Davis, director of tlio United States re clamation service Mr. Dnvls Raid tlio Horn already Inn! been pinned hy tlio liouju In full for tha original CNtlmato and that prospects that It would go inrougn nil) senate anil beccmo a law before Mnrch 1 woro good. Other appropriations for develop munt projects aro being severely pruned hy congress, nccordlng to Mr. Davis' loiter. It In not known yet, uccordlng to Secretory Gcorgo Quaylo, whether tho trimming pro cess will affect tho Umatilla project, tho second of tho npproved dovalop menl plain In tho statu. Weather Probabilities Tho Cyclo-Stormagrnph, nt Undorwood'a Pharmacy has reg istered n 'high' bnromvtrlc pres sure for the last Zi Hours, but ns it has boon fairly constant during thnt period, but llttlo c ban go In weather conditions may bo oxpected for the next 12 hours. forecast for next 24 heurs: Cleudy: unsettled weather: warm or. Promise to Bring Bach Explanation Of Lava Bed Doings Tho expedition to tho lava bods, planned by V. W. Illtchle, Kd llloomlngcamp, nnd Noll Cmnpoll for yesterday did not matorlallzo owing to weather conditions, but thoy ox- poet to get atnrtcd todny nnd'wlll bo gone throo or four dnys, during which tlmo thoy will Investigate, thoroughly tho storlos of flro and volcanic eruptions. An omployo ot tho Southorn Pa elf tc railway company, said today that sovoro oloctrlcal storms had bpen In progress In ma gonorul vicinity of tho lava bods during tho pasf wook and that it was tho belief ot somo pooplo who had been watching what appear to bo forost fires, that lightning, nnd not volcanic disturb ances had caused tho tiros. Mr. Illtchlo promlsos that whon ho and his party roturn they will bring with them tho truo story ot tho myatorlous tiros and aubtorran can rumblings. KNOINIIKItS TO MKKT. Sl'OKANR, Wash., Jnn. 31. Tho annual mooting of tho Washington Stato Association ot tho American Assoclntlon of Engineers wlll bo held horo March 20, It has boon announ ced. Upwards to 800 members of tho stato association, It Is oBtimated, will bo represented at tho mooting front Spokano, Soattlo, Tacoma, Yakima, Hvorott, Olympla, Abordoon, Boiling ham and othor cities. Three Fire-Fighters Killed, 18 Hurt, An Burning Wall Falls rnoVIDENOH, n. I Jan. 31. Throo 'flromon woro killed and 18 woro uorlously Injured when tho wall' ot a burning building toll horo to day, Two of tho Injured woro ex- poctod to dlo, 1 (THIEVES TAKE I 1 Tho resldonco of James Grimes, 1135 Pine street, was entered Sat- unlay nvuulng. probably botwoon 0 mid 8 o clock, and n wntch nnd Icluiln belonging to William Bnnd- orn .nnii n cnain owneu ny i,yio .lllmiiiolwrlglit wero stolon from rt M 1 ciiuroiuor in Mr. hnmlor's room. AAmerlrnn I.iimhormnn contnlncd an wntch. the properly of Mrs. Orlmos, nrcount of tho proposed dovolopmont. iiiik mi u mieu win ijiuii room, wan not taken, although racks in - dlcntud thnt tho thieves hnd boon In that room. Meno of tho Orlmos fnmlly or persons who room In tbojfor mnnufacluro, tIl0 Wccd corpora- bouse wero at homo botween 0 nnd 8 o'clock, tho tlmo tho robbery is said to hnvu occurred, Tntcks which nro bollovod to hnvo boon thoso ot n man and worn- ntl U'nrn ttnttn nlmxt II. n tin,.. a IIia! ,u .....1,1...,. , ' niun.iui ittitniitH iiiuihj iiunn iui plain. However, no dcpcndnhlo cluo to tho Identity of tho thieves has boon found. Mr. Sanders roported the robbery to tho pollco today. County Nurse At Work In Earnest Miss Lydln Frlcko, county nurse, Has settled down to her duties In enrnest, her gradually Increasing nc qunlntanca with locnl pooplo and places assisting her greatly In her work. Twlco thin week Miss Frlcko has answered calls from tho coun try, onco at Fort Klamath an 1 once nt Chlloquln. Kvory Saturday, un less emergencies nrlso, sho can bo found In her offlco in tha cham ber ot commorco rooms, nnd irons having business to transact with b enn communicate with her by phono or cull to soo her personally. L SITE ELECTION Announcement is mado by tho board of directors of School District No. 1, that a special election will bo held at tho Central school, February 18, at 2 o'clock p, in. for tho purpose of voting upon tho purchase of n school alto for tho Sblpplngton and I'ollcan Hny districts. Tho site under consideration con sists ot two blocks 3 nnd 4 of Klam ath Lnko addition and Is locatod about midway botween Shlpplngton and I'ollcan Hay. Tho land Is back from tho lako shoro a considerable distance and Is elovnted and has good drainage, says Mr. McCarthy ot tho Hollman & Co. agency, who hnvo an option on tho slto, Tho prlco fixed In the notlco of oloctlon is approximate ly 13000, Thoro aro no buildings up on tho Innd at present. MAKV MACWVINKV TO HPKAK IX llUTTIi IHJTTK, Mont., Jan. 31. It has been announced by membors ot tho Abrnhnm Lincoln branch ot tho Am erican Assoclntlon for ho Recogni tion of the Irish Ilopublle thnt Miss Mary MacSwInoy, sister ot tho lato lord mayor ot Cork, wlll bo In Uutto on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, to deliver an address. Message to Business Men In Dean's Talk Tho address of Doan nobbfns ot tho University ot Oregon school ot commorco at tho chambor ot com morco rooms at 8 o'clock tonight contains lntorost for all the com munity, according to Secretary T. h. Stanley, but Is doslgnod to appeal ospeclally to business mon. Tho subject Is "Tho Duty of the nuBlnow Man to tho Community." Doan Itobblns spoko to tho high school a88ombly this morning. HKCOMMKXD OIiKMKNOV v rort kuoexk v. nuns WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Com mutation ot tho sontenco ot Kugono V. Dobs has boon recommondod to Prosldont Wilson by tho dopni'tmont ot Justice-, to tako otfoct Fobruary 12, Ill LONG-BELL CD. BUILDING BIG Mil h IN h llllllllUi UUUUIIIU lUIIIWl Installation of n town of sovornl hundred homes, as hoadiiiartors for tho logging operntlona of tho Long Dell company In cutting their 100,- ooo aire trnct. east of llrny will ho completed UIh year, it Is roported In for nnd turn over to tho stato troas ' itirnhnr circles. A recent Issuo of tho!ror all feos. , Tl0 low wlll I)0 ow,tod on Antelope , creek, nbout eight miles oast of Uray, California. Tho logs wlll bo shipped ,,,. Wnnil , ..m,inr Pnmn!inv' mill tlnn bolng a subsidiary company of tho Long Hell concern. Tho now town will bo called Onr ncr city, taking Its nnmo from a largo peak In tho neighborhood, Mount lOnrnor Accommodations for COO log gers and their families aro planned, with churches, storos, a theater, elec tric light plant, municipal water sys tem nnd nil modern Improvomonts.- Onrnor City will bo connected by d branch lino wlthubo Southern Paci fic nt II ray. Work Is undor wny on tho branch road and considerable work was dono on tho town slto Inst fall. It Is said tho road will bo rondy for hauling early this spring and tho first logging camp will bo establish od. As cutting progresses Bpur tracks will be pushed further Into tho tim ber from tho Darner City baso and now camps established. It Is estimat ed that It will tako 20 years to cut over tho tract. Tho I.ong-noll company, which horetoforo has operated oxtensively In tho southorn plno belt, whoro it maintains 11 mills, but recently turned its attention to western tlm ber. "Among Its timber purchases aro approximately 85,000 acres north cast ot Chlloquln and 43,000 acres in tho western part of tho county, which will bo manufactured with Klamath Falls as a, center Another big tract was purchased near Cowlitz,, Washington, 'and re cent announcement was made that a largo mill would bo Installed there this year. Income Appraisers At the City Hall Gcorgo 0. Hewitt and J. J. Wilk inson, agonts ot tho Income tax de partment ot tho Internal rovonuo sorvlco, today opened headquarters In tho council chambor ot -tho city hall, Thoy will assist tho publfc In making out Incomo tax returns, ex plain tho exemptions and deduction foatures and In all ways posslblo facllltato the payment of tho tax. Tho offlco in tho city hall wlll bo maintained until February 8, and will be open dally from 8:30 to G. CIjAHSKH NOW IIKI.I1 IX NKW CATHOUO AOADKMV. Classes are now being hold In tho now Sacred Heart academy, tho trans fer of fixtures, seats, and othor school equipment having been made on Friday and Saturday, Kverythlng Is running smoothly today. Tho slstors with tho boarders aro still occupying their old quarters at tho corner ot Soven th and Pine streets, but will movo Into tho acad emy tho last of this week. MAJWKT IlKPOrtT POnTLAND, Jan. 31. Ltvostock, steady; oggs, weak; butter, firm. HKTUllX FHOM l'HIKlDKLl'HIA. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard and daughter, Mary, who have boon liv ing In Philadelphia for tho past sev eral months, havo returnod to Kla math Falls to again mako this city tholr home. KXGLISII SOLDIKHH Aim SEIZING Ul'OX IiAXD LONDON, Jan. 31. Former sol diers who wero promised gifts ot land attor tho war but who havo fallod to rocolvo It, aro forcibly tak ing It.. In soma ot tho Dobr'ldea Is lands, off tho west coast of Scot land, Tho dissatisfaction over fall uro to obtain land appears to bo spreading among the Islandora. Bill Would Lop Off All Extra Revenue Of County Officers 8ALKM, Jnn. 31. A bill propos Ing to cut off all Incomn received hv county officers asldo from their sal aries, ospeclally oxtra rovonuu deriv ed by sheriffs and clerks for (collodion of certain feos, will bo In- troduced shortly hy tho commlttco on county nnd stato offices, or pos - .slbly by Senator Doll of Lane coun- ty, individually. Tho bill would ro nulro tho county ofOcors to nccount PROPOSE Tl CDT sTTUERi HT 8ALB.M, Jan. 31. A bill standard izing tho salaries for district attor neys In all tho counties of Oregon has bcon Introduced In tho houso by Koprcsontatlvo Herbert Oordon of Multnomah county and Thomas Kny of Marlon county, both members of tho Joint ways and moans commlttco. Tho district attorneys associations recently formulated a scbedulo which provided for raises In salaries for those officials In all of tho counties of Oregon, but tho Oordon and Kay bill makes cuts from present salaries In somo Instances, although in tho majority of counties Increases aro proposed. Tho schcdulo following shows the first figures as tho present salary and tho second figures as tho salar ies propesed: Counties. Baker ............ nenton ...!..... 12,400 1,200 2,100 1,800 $2,000 1,500 2,500 2,199 1,500 2,000 Clackamas Clatsop- .;. Columbia., Coos ..tzl 1,200 1,800 1,500 Crook Curry 1,000 1 rnn t-rv-; , '600 Deschutes Douglas . 1,000 2,100 1,500 1.500 1.500 1,200 2,400 800 'lo0 Ollllam Orant ... Ha rnoy ....... Hood Itlvor Jackson .-.. Jefferson '... 1,000 2,193 1,000 1.200 Jnsephlno 1.299 Klamath ......... . 1,899 1,500 1,999 3,000 1,000 Lake 1,800 Lane ..... Lincoln ., Linn -Malheur Marion .. 2,199 900 2,199 2,199 2,100 1,299 2,400 i.5oo Morrow Multnomah .......... 4,000 .000 Polk .. ........ 900 Sherman .. -1,500 1,500 1,000 1,200 2,7110 1,800 1,200 1,800 2,500 1,000 Tillamook 1,200 Umatilla ................ 2,400 Union 1.800 Wnllowa . 1,299 Pasco 1,800 Washington 2,199 Wheeler . .... . 1,500 Yamhill 1.200 ,100 Tho bill nrovtdes that tha district attorney ot Multnomah county .shall bo entitled to ono deputy at IZ400 a year, three at 11800 a year eacn and three at $1200 a year each MINING MBX OF WKST' TO MKKT IX l'OHTIiAXD. PORTLAND. Jan. 31. Milling men from all parts ot tho west and Canada aro expected to attond a ses sion ot tho International Mining Con vention to bo held hero April 6-9. Convention officials look for 1,500 delegates. Hnnry M. Parks, director of tho Orogon bureau ot mines and geology Is making local nrrangomonta for tho convention. John E. Mlllor, managor of tho exhibition ot mining machin ery to bo hold In connection with tho convention has arrived horo to begin arranging a display. NEW nALL LEAGUE TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 31. Organization ot a new baseball loaguo In southorn Idaho is being consldorod. Tho towns mentioned for places in tho organization are Holse. Nampa, Caldwoll, Twin Falls, Hurley, Pocatello and Idaho Falls. Tho new league It Is bollovod, would mako an effort to ontor org anized basoball. DOa RACE OX ASHTON, Idaho, Jan, 31. Ash- ton's annual dog race will be hed this yoar on Washington's birthday, It was decldod recently, Sovoral lo cal teams alroady aro practicing for tho race. LI By OFFICERS (Hy Associated Pross) LOS ANOKLKS, Jan. 31. Mrs. Gladys Wlthoroll, who disappeared Inst Tuesday, wan found early todny n prlsonor In a small houso on a sheep ranch near Corona, 70 mllea southeast of Los Angelot 8ho was unharmed. A. J. Carr and Floyd Cnrr hnvo beon nrrosted. Officers stated -thnt thoy confessed nn 111 feollng to ward tho woman's father-in-law nnd tho kidnapped woman, and for re vengo wanted to obtnln 120,000 from them ns ransom. A tolophono operator's qulckwltt edness led to tho discover ' of Mrs. Wlthoroll. Sho rccolvcd a call for tho resldonco of O. S. Wlthoroll and de layed making It until tho pollco had been sent to tho bay station, whero thoy arrested A. J. Carr Just as ho concluded a conversation which ho had promised relatives In a lotter sent Saturday. Tho pollco and Mrs. WlthcrcU's husband and father start ed for tho kidnappers' houso at 2 o'clock, surrounded it, broko In the door and windows, and found tho woman in a room lying upon a cot with two blankts. Floyd Carr was solxcd as ho camo from a closet. Thursday, Fobruary 3, will bo a reaI ro''0 daiUn ,t,hU city, the Mon- dalo and tho .Star thoaters, tho schools, through Superintendent J. P. D II THEATRES ILL HOVER IE HINTS 1,000 j Wells, tho nowspapers, and cbarltab J'??? ly inclined people In goncrnl Jeining: 'In the movement to help swell the Kastern and Central European Daby ( noltof fund being raised In what Is commonly known ns the Iforbort Hoover campaign. Telling tho story from tho begin ning, tho motion picture Industry has i " ' :" ' .v" ";: " 3 000 ubkou iu raise .,ouu,uuu ior 1,'oOOIthls fund, and Instructive and hum orous pictures havo been sent to every theater In the San Francisco district, gratis, with tho proviso that tho theaters show the pictures with out charge for their services, and that they elicit tho support of adver tising mediums, schools, and clvio organizations. All this has been dono hero, and tho price of admission for children has been set at 10 cents, and for adults at 25 cents. Superintendent J. P. Wells has agreed to dismiss school both In tho morning and in the afternoon on that day, so that tho shows, which will bo different In either theater, can ba liberally patronized. Tho show at tho Mondale will bo given at two o'clock In tho after noon. Thcro wlll bo 8 reels; 5 roels being devoted to a drama entitled "Treason." Supplementing this- dra ma will be throo comedies, "Chip oft tho Old Dlock," "Black Feet and Flnt Heads." and "Lovo in Armor." These reels will be brimful ot inter est, announces Manager White, ot this' thoater. Hut this does not tell It all. The "Melody Maids," now hero for a week's engagement, wltt put on a song and dance turn, with apodal music, their sorvlces being donated for the good of tho causo. Tbero will be only one performance, but It will bo a stollar affair from beginning to end. Ten cents for chlldron, and 25 cents for adults, and evory cent ot the gross proceods will be sent directly to the relief commit too In San Francisco. The Star theater will glvo Its show, eight lively reels, at 10 o'clock In the morning. "Unknown Quantity" Is tho namo ot tho big end ot the attraction but Manager Terwllllger assures overybody that the show Itsolf will' not bo an unknown quantity, ns It hns been tried and has not boen found wanting. Good comedies and othor plcturos support this show. There will bo only ono performance. Admission to both theators will bo 10 and 2G conts,-aml as much mora as anyone cares to give. I m f I ( - MM0mi .TK i "vk