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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1923)
Equal Rights, Equal Justice, are the Twin Pillar of Democracy 4 Million a Month , Is Klamath County . Industrial Payroll Member of the Associated Pre HkvoiiIim'IUIi Yenr No. 7KM). KLAMATH PALLH, ORKOOW.- I HIIHV,' AtfilHT 81, 1IKW. PRica rrvn cairn ITALIAN dres ADVACIMG . ... ...... - - 1 . V, -' ' , TROOPS C CORFU, GREECE, AS NOTE FAILS Refusal To Meet Indemnity Demand Brings Armed 1 fnvasion , I4.N'IX)N, Auk. III. TIi llnlLuiK hum nri'liplril fulfil III (Irmsi, my nn rxi tiiinp H'lc Kraph iIIm1iiI1i fitiiii Allii-n ! iiIkIiI. Tin IIiiIIiiii li'uiillnii nl Allien ndili iwicil l1n (irn'k forrlgn MiIiWhIit ii iio'm nil niilini lii(t llwil I In- IiiiIIiiiim in-, ruplril 4'ot-fu nf. -I iiYliM-k l-YI-ilny afternoon, TIik IcuiiIIiiii'n IHltK Hulll llll ll''llUtill of Corfu I ixvtrofiii anil only tiiii-uornry- ." ' , Thr legal lull further linllrlcd Hn gorci-ntni'iit rim m 5 o'rlix k KrliUy afinrnoon nn iillltnnium giving only flvo Imiim BrniT- lo rrr woul ho linmk'tl tho (Ins-k foreign inlnUlcr. At 3 o'clock, linttfriT, when I ho I la bun Irgntion linniled tlio nof fo Dm (Irock iiilnUlii'r 1lin occupation of Corfu luid alrrady been Announced and grent) In-' dlgnatfon vm provoktd. ' tOXDOV, All. 01. Greek goverotnrnt ha appealed to the IraaTuo of nation to art in tlio ' tlreere-Itallan controversy, con troversy,' nys an Athena (U-notch,-''-" ,;V " " , "; LOYDOXv Auk. 01 Martial ; law him bean . proclaimed throughout Greece, say an Allien dispatch. - ROME. " Aug. St. Tit Italian cabinet., meeting lodny, found tne Greek reply to the ultimatum unac ceptable. Ccrtnln decisions nrnrc reached, but nono were dladosod. '" (roc'i rofuaul to pay DO, 000, 000 lire Indemnity and her roqucat for niodltlcatlon of the . Italian demand regarding saluting tlio Italian flag la conalderiod untutlafaciory. Two hoalllo dtfnionatratloua woro alHgvd by fuclatj tod ay In front of tliu Orok Coniulute. A ablold bear ing the Orook arma wna carried away, j A nowapapor ruport from HrlmllM anld a Qreok atenmor achodttlod to leave had becm atdlipod. The Ilnllan atoamor Adrian, which eloared for l.ovnnt, wa ordered to go dlioct to (,'oriiilnntltonje"'Uhoiit touchlug'at a Ureolj port.'. r Mawapapora wore narnod ntalnat reportfhif jriilllt'a'ry and naval move ment!, i Xtaly'a demnnda followed the max- aacro on'Clreok aoll of flvo Italian piombora of the frontier delimita tion minion WEATHER I-nOD-VDIUTIKS Baromatrlo eondltlom . remain practically u n chiinited alnr.o Mint report nlthoiiRli early thla after noon the Cyclo Rtormngraph a t Underwood a Plmr- maoy allowed that thn procure wna falling nightly, Forocaat lor next 4 hours: Fnlr and warm. Condition! - favorable 1 for' thunder. Btorma.- . .-. The Tycoa rooordlng the rmomo tar registered maximum nnil mini mum tompefuturee today ns fol- IoW'b : .nigh ......s? . . Low ... i Go NOTICK TO BUnHOIUIlKllfl ' Your Herald ihould bo del- fverod each evening by 6 o'clock, unlaia aome unuaunl delay ocour. If you. havo not received II by thnt time, call 4 up tho Horald office, 88, not later than fl; 30 and a oopy will , be lont you, E 0 f fir) rim U. S., Mexico Come To Terms; Obregon Regime Recognized 11 WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. Thu I'liltml Mates and M.xlco liu vu ngroeri lo rcHiinm full diplomatic relation,!, formal uii- niiuncKiiiont was iniiilii today by Iho Mum department. Tlio rosluruilun of relations carries Mil recognition of tlio Oliro- gnn government. PETERS HELD ON Klamath Falls Man Arrest ed In Connection With McCloud Shooting Philip K. IVteia. of Klamath Palla waa arrcaled at Portland Tuo. day by I'nilera herlff Iloaa of Bhaata county In connection with the hold up of a poker game at a construc tion ramp on tho McCloud irivfr Gunday when Joicph Uodgan waa killed, according to information re calved hore from Yrcka. J'otora and two o'.hora were al leged to have held up the poker playera ood lined them up agalnat the wall with their backa toward the holdupa. Aj the robbery pro ceeded, Dodgan, one of the vlctimi turned bis head., One' of the hold- upa ahot him dead. A tight follow-. ed in; .which retor eacaped? but.noi. before be had beon badly beaten. , Peter eacapiji in bli car bill through the local sheriff office waa trailed to Portland. . . ' -Potere, who la a Clreek, operatea fruit Bland In tho Pine Tree thea tre building. REDUCE VOLUME OF LEGISLATION, PLAN BAR ASSOCIATION Cxtciialou of Plinclplo of. Home llulo l!t-lil Itemiity For Ai puling Number of. llllla MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 31. Tito American bar should give attentlotn tp tho "apiialllng number of bllti which becomo laws during- leglnlor tlvo bobhIoiu" Ulm .comiiiltte ou noteworthy changes In'atattito law roporled to tho Amerlcau Bur ubiio clatlom today. Tho report waa pre aented by Joieph. P. Chamburluln, chairman of tho ' committee, wbo Bald: i "Many of thoso acts should never be brought, before the loglilnturee, but hoiild bo settled by the admin- iKtrntlvo dopariments liiturc'stod, .or aubmltted to aomo form of court of cllama and finally passed there. The act pniaod at the laat, session of con' grcss permitting the adjustments of oertaln claaaea of clalma against (he t'nitod Statos foundod on tort, la a stop In the direction of reducing the number of private bills Intro duced In congreas. , "An oxtonalon of the prlnclplo of homo rulo would avoid muoh ape- olnl and local leglalatlou, but It will have to b accompanied by a will' IngnosB of the local- authorities to accept roiponatbllltyi . More . courr ago on tho part, of -the loglslatura lu refusing to assumo thd duty Which proporly reals on . the local author ity. In tuklng responalblllty,' togeta or with a wllllngnoBs on tho part of Iho cltlr.ona to mnke tholr' itppcnls from tho action-or non-nctlon of the locnl govornlng body to the elector ate and not to tho loglsluture, will help reduce tho site of the printed volunio of session laws." ' National Tloston 8, Phllnde.lphlft 0; St, Louis a. Pittsburgh 8; Now York li Brooklyn . ... , ,, ' IRDER CHARGE Baseball FIRING SQUAD ENDS LIFE OF Man Convicted of Slaying Of Deputy Sheriff Dies In Utah . Prison HALT LA K 10 CITY. I'lall. Aug. SI. Having oxliiiiijtted nil jpnanS by which ha might escape, paying the supreme penalty, (ieorxo II. Cardner. slayor tit two men, faced o firing iiiud In the l'luli statu prison hero this murnltik. iardmr, owner of a ranih near Welby, lltiih, had been sentenced to he Hxocuti'd on tbreo different occa sion for thn slaying of Deputy Sher iff, Oordon Btuart on April 15, 1922. flcntrncrd To llo A few months after tho 'commla lon nf tho crime Gardner was found guilty and sentenced to die. Appeal to tho stata supreme court, however, automatically stayed the execution. This appeal for a new trial for Gardner was denied by the Jilghor court and tho convicted man waa again acntonced to execution on May 25, 1923. Thla time Gard ner's attorneys appealed to the atate board of pardons and finally Gov ernor Maybe tsauod reprieve that an Investigation lntothe condemned man's sanity could be made. A lunacy commlBilon held that Gard ner, was sane, as did also Bherirr Ben U. Harries of Salt Lake county ho had the prisoner under obser vation for three weeks. . On' July 2T, before District Judge Ephrlam Hanson, he wa again ordered to be executed., RhU time Auguat 31, Stuart, ' with . two othor deputies and Joseph Irvine. Gardner'a for mer buslnon' partner, appeared .at tho Gardner ranch to serve a pro cess of claim and delivery of pro perty In Oardner'a posaesalon al leged to havo belonged to Irvine. When tho deputy sheriff .colored the house Gardner, according to tes timony adduced at the trial, killed him with a shotgun. Witnessed! Slaying Deputy Sheriffs Don Gardner and Frank Matlhowa witnessed tho slay ing. They testified at the trial that they had beon Invited Into the Gard nor homo by Mrs. Martha Ucrrnna. Oardner'a purported wife, to await the return of the rancher who, she sitld, waa not at home at the time. As tho three deputies ontered the house, however, Gardner . emerged with a shotgun and without warning fired at Stuart. Tho ..deputy stag gered from tho house and fell dead near the doorway. Held nr. Hay ' ,' Mra. Gerrana then soiled Iho ahot gun and held the officers at bay whllo Oardnor leaped upon n horso and rodo down a cojiyon near the ranoh houao In soarch of Irvlno, who had not entered the house. Irvine was . shot by Oardnor and died tow days later, Mrs. Gerrana was convicted of manslaughter In connection with the doath of Irvlno and sentenced to servo ton years in prison. At pro aoht aho Is free on bond ponding ap ponl of 'her caaa. Gardner was trlod only for the hooting of Deputy Sheriff Stuart. ; I)Q PLEADS GVII.TV . Ed Long, arrea'ted yesterday for shooting water-fowl from 0 motor ibont, entered n plea ot: 'guilty Xhrough his attorney. . Long will ttjipear hotore Justice. .Emmllt to ro ci'lvo hla sontenco next week.- ' ' WHKAT (1M1IC1CS POUTIhAND, Aug.v 31 Hard white wheat $1.17, western red $1.01. APPHOVK WORLD COIRT MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 81. Par ticipation by tho United Statos In the pormanont court of International Justice nt theHague waa endorsed today by the American Bar associa tion. CEO GARDNER CANNON FIRED BY COOLIDGE STARTS PONY EXPRESS RACE It.OOO Mil,, Itoutc t'm-cl y Iliirha Klili'i'H of I'iirly Diiy of Vt la Followi'il Again 8T. JOSEPH, Mo.. Aug. CI. Hubert Left Kllepiird, first rider In ttV pony express race to San Fran cisco, started at lv o'clock today. A cannon fired by. President Coolldgc by telegrnpji from Washington was the signal for tbo start. ( " SAN PRAACISCO, Aug. 31. On April 1R60, Johnnie Prey, 20 years old. short of stature and. wiry of build, ginbbed a mail pouch at St. Joseph, Mo., .leaped to n, saddle and lushed a spirited horso to a' full gullop. Krey, thn first pony ex pri'xs rider, was off on tho Initial 2,0(10 mile run over barren anil di-Hiilata land, across linllan-lnfcsted plains, over tho Hock lea, through tho sink of tho Carson, nnd Into Sacramento, the western terminus of the now historical run. Population iWO.OOO When tho first pong express run was started. California had a pop ulation of 380,000, and the total population 'of the Pacflle coast was 440.000. Today, when the pony express was revived, ' following the or iginal run through Atchlaon, Law rence. Topcka,- Salina, Denver, Lara mle, Salt Lake City, Reno, Sacra' monto, and to San Francisco whera the final celebration will be held, the rider will deliver hi mall pouch on the Pacific coast where the pop ulation has grown from 440, Opo to more than 5.800,000, .... Lived 16 Month ; Originally, the piny express was a system by -which? message were carried on' horseback from the Mla- ourl river outpost of civilization and telegraph at St. Joseph,. Mo., to Sacramente. Calif. From that, city, the. mall waa transported to . San Francisco by boat. The pony ex press had a plctureaque and oolor tul existence ot only sixteen months but It has lived-more than , fifty years In the memory ot the west. It waa supplanted by transcontln cntal telegraph on October 7P 1861. With the pushing through ot the transcontinental railroad, the fa' mous horsebaok aervlce became i memory. B. F. Flcklln, general manager of the. freighting and stage firm of (Continued oa Page Two) Big Buck Scares Trout Fisherman Send For Gun iB END, Aug. 31. Wouldn't It mako you mad If. Just as you were landing a tine big trout, a buck deer would dash out ot the wood and knock your fishing pole out ot your hamUT Especially It you had ne glected to tuko along your rifle. -Thla la what happened on Monday to Dr. John Besson, a local surgeon who Is on an outing at his lodge at Crane Prairie, according to a letter to Dr. Paul Woerner, in which he asked that hli heavy rifle be sent out to him. Dr. Season lan't going to be caught napping again, i DEER, WOMAN COLLIDE Mrs, Jntlil Low Is Knocked Down By Dno on Narrow Roadway . It Isn't evcryono who has been- a deer In the woods, Fewor peraona Btlll have shot thorn, As for being knocked down by ne, It Is doubt ful If a doxen persons In the coun try have had the experience. Mrs. Jndd Low claims tho, distinction tor Klnmnlh county. On tho narrow road to Hucklc borry mountain Sunday Mrs. Low walked ahead ot the car to look out for approaching automobiles. Her father-in-law, C. C. Low waa a short distance behind her, and her hus band drove tho car. As she stood a minute to look back, Mra. Low waa knocked to her feet by a doe that came bounding out ot the woods. The frightened animal waa gone In a flash. The Lows returned laat night with 11 gallon ot btrrlHi PIERCE URGES TIMBER, STATE E TAXES Are Declared Proper Meas ures For Lifting Tax Load From Farmer Advocacy of a severance tax on timber, and argument for a favor able vote on the atate Income tax law passed by tho last legislature when It IS referred to the people at the next general election, .were outstanding features of Governor Walter M. Pierce's address to the local Kiwanis club members and guests last night. The tax load must be lifted from the farmer. Bald the governor, and ho urged the Income and severance taxes as proper measures . for this accomplishment. Defended Prison Policy The governor defended the state prison policy, nnd said that the roer ot criticism rose from disgruntled office holders or would-be office holders, persons whom. In bis lan guage, he had "separated from the public teat." ' At Ashland Sunday night the governor will deliver a detailed de fense of his prison policy. , He left this morning for Lakeview and will' be a guest at the round-up to morrow. - The purpose ot th . :t check up on state irrigation dis irtciH,' sne-deternilne whether . fur ther state securities ihould be: Is sued 1 for their development, i To ward such a scheme ot financing the governor took a pessimistic tone. , He declared that some ot the districts were carrying charges of $100 an acre, to be paid oft In 20 years. Government expert were advising, he said, that f SS - was the maximum charge the average district should carry. . s Advocated Severance Tax He advocated a severance tax on timber, from which the proceeds should go In equal fourths to tho county where the . lumber is cut, the state, the school fund and a reforestation fund. -While preaching' economy the governor said he realised that this state must have schools, roads and 1 other necessities, but hoped that I they might be financed without ! further Increase ot the bonded . In debtedness, 1 From the gasoline tax and ted. eral appropriation, an annual fund of $3,000,000' la available tor roads he said. It 1b estimated that Tbo Dalles-California, and the Roose velt highways and all the cross mountain roads that have been map ped out can be completed for $15,- 000,000, he said. K Ho advocated a five-year program In the expenditure ot the annual three million ot revenue. Promised Road Completion He promised that the Dalles California highway would he one ot the first road built, and '. pre dicted Its completion In the next two years. In urging a voto for the state In come tax he said It was not the tax he wanted. He favored s tax ot the South Carolina variety, where the state tax I B0 per eent ot the tax paid to the federal government. W. A, Wlest ' presided over the banquet, and the governor wa In troduced twice; once by . Wlest as a fellow Ktwanian, and again by P.. B. Bradbury, prior to the for mal address. .( Bradbury gave a brief outllno: ot some ot Klamath's resources. -: . , . - , Economy Vrged " ' . Jefferson Myers, - ot Portland, member ot the atate securities com mission, delivered a brief speech, In which he urged stricter economy and a curtailment ot bond laaues. J, M. Kiell, local representative In the legislature, - was another speaker. He said that during the past legislative session he had sup ported the governor' policies, In th governor' prty wen hli EM Pinchot Proposal ! Accented By Miners As Parley Basis , HARRISBURG, Aug. 31. Anthracite operators and mln- era today answered. Governor Plnchot's proposals, the mln- ers accepting them as a basis 4 for continuing negotiations. The operators while objecting to the flat 10 per cent wage In- crease, accepted It on condi- tlon that an agreement putting It Into effect over a long per-' lod of years be effected. . : . ' '" : WTLKESBARRB, Pa., Aug. 31. Thousands of miners In Wiyomlng valley were quiet to- day In obedience to the bus- pension order. 30 Members of "Invisible Empire" Besieged In Hall All Night PERTH AMiDOY; N. J., Aug. 31.. Battling between Ku Klux Klansmen and mobs was resumed - on the street here this morning r Klans men tried to (scape from Odd Fel low hall where they sought refuge during' an. attack on a Klan meet' lag laat night, In which mere than 100 person were Injured. " ' "On hundred, men ' armed, with clnb and stones attacked the 80 Klansmen who dashed from the hall this .morning. The Klansmen were severely beaten before they escap ed. ; ; .- , ' The police and militia fought the mob which last night, attacked the Klansmen. , P. PERMITTED ; TO GRADE LINE ON RESERVATION Temporary Permit Is Issued When 93,000 I Deposited A Dam ' age Guarantee Permission to grade a roadbed for the Natron cut-off through In dian landa north ot Kirk was re ceived today from the department ot the interior, which instructed Fred A. Baker, superintendent ot the res ervation,, to accept $5000 from the railway company to guarantee pay ment ot such damages as might be assessed against them later. The money was deposited. It la to be stipulated that the Southern Pacific will pay cost ot crossing over the line ot the Wil liamson river logging road. The permit Is temporary, Issued la- order to avoid delay. The rail way company will proceed In regular manner to secure a permanent grant of right ot way. APPEAL PARKER CASH SALEM, Aug. 81. Steps have been taken tor an appeal for George Parker, sentenced to hang today tor the murder ot Sheriff Dunlap. of Linn county, A reprieve of 80 day was granted late yesterday, '"' ' i MARKET nEPORT PORTLAND, Aug, 81, Livestock, eggs and butter steady. AVUTOR DIES ALBANY," Aug. 31. Ort Irons, aviator, who was injured In a crash late yesterday died last night, daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wilson, df New York! Jefferson Myers, Portland; Rhea Luper, state engineer, Stlem; Har old Baldwin. Portland: Frank C. Bramwell, Salem; F. C. Dlllard Ashland t R. P. Cowglll and A Amaplfef ot Midtordi 100 INJURED IN IB FIGHT PROSPECTS FOR I IImUCR Mlnm I'.l'l iiir.iiiu.ir ARE HELD GOOD Present Movement Merely- Delayed ; ' Conditions Fun-1 damentally Sound - 8AN ' FRANCISCO, ' Aug.; Jt.-r1 Movement of Oregon an J California'' lumber Is merely delayed, and pros , pects for winter ' and spring i re sumption are good, declares a bulle tin of the California White and Sugar Pine Manufacturers a:socla- , tlon Issued "today 1iy'"'"C;v'8toweH . Smith, secretary and manager.' Lum ber manufacturers. fee) tbat- condl' tlon are fundamentally sound,-say the statement, which follows: '," The pine lumber Inilustrjr of Cali fornia and eouthern ' Oregon , baa passed through exactly the same periods of upa and down a have applied to iumbe,. .manufacturer generally throughout the country.... The law ot supply and demand is inflexible .when applied .to competl- , tlve . commodities and Invariable opt erates on lumber. In response to ab normal demands last year the Indus try naturally laid plans! tor full pro- duction in 1913. Ordinarily .In thl region- , the .-peai lot jpro.dacUaa, Js reached during September or Octob er and .from. .then ..on, diminishes ' gradually 40 the end of the year. ln- Hcatians are that tnisraat tie peas ot production was reached 'In June and although the' tjrat halt of th year 1923 showed substantial In.1 crease In lumber . cut, -the - net - re , suit, of the year's operations v will probably , be approximately, normal, due to thl' curtailment. ; . ' . Shipment Show Increase Shipments -of lumber from ' thl region up to August first have shown am Increase over the ' first hall of 1922 although the rate baa lately decreased as' mid-summer always re suits In .a cessation ot buying. Ia spite ot the very satisfactory voir nme ot shipments.- the exceptional ly large production during the first six months of 1323 has resulted In slightly less ihan a 23 per cent In crease in total Inventories on Aug ust 1 as compared to the. same dsta in 1922. In view vof the tact thai this region is being. called upon each - . (Contfaimfd o Paf Two) . ' SEWER CONTRACTOR - FILES MOTION TO END INJUNCTION Court Asked To Set Aside Order Issued At Iastaace Of Local Manutactarer . . A motion asking the eourt to vacate and set aside an order . ot Injunction granted - the Band Con crete Pipe company, was filed thl morning In the' clrchlf court by at torney for G. C. Lorsnf. ' The de fendant, Loreni, mov" that - th court set aside the order, ' or H creaa the $500 bond "of th . com pany, which 1 declared to .be an Insufficient, bond . for1 a.l.0,060 contraot, . The injunction, tying ttp the entire proceedthg 'In the. cae, has ' already, damaged, the defend ant more than $500, it I alleged. Tho damage Is declared1 'ta.-be : continuous ore, and the bond In sufficient to warrant the granting ot an Injunction. In an affidavit attachedt o the motion,. Loreos asks the Court to raise the Honda ot lb pipe company to $10,001, '. . The Injunction wa Issued :. complaint- of th i)lp company, who alleged that Loren . wa illegally laying day sewer pipe IB th sixth sewer unit. '.The company hold that concrete pipe wa specified, and that the pipe manufactured by th com pany met th specifications, Ti city held that th eonert pip VM not Hp to ipeollloaitoat, . i , LUIIIUL.il
