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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1923)
n 'A Million a Month h Klamath County's ' Industrial Payroll Equal Rights, Equal Justice, are the Twin Pillars of Democracy Member of .the Associated Press Hfventeililli Yenr Xo. 7081) KLAMATH FAI.LH, OIIKGO.V Tl'KHIMVj DKCKMIIKIl 1H, lf;f I'ltICK FIVR f'K.NTti Mtt DETHRONED RETIREMENT IS ASKED IN NOTE BY GOVERNMENT Kins George And Queen to Quit Country as Result of Election ATIIKXH. lir. til. King f.'eorge Mid tjui'ii r.llalx'lli will leavu Alliens tonight fr Itunutnlji, newspaper niinnnin c, Tlin government last night i fornu'il I lie king In writing Unit ll considered I), mlviiuihln for lilm In leuve until I he "stimuli lnilllly divides ()) 0 reglllM! best Infilling tlin country. Admiral KiiiiiIiio-IuIIn ' In 1u lio appointed regent. Tim demand fur Ilic. klntt'a removal followed llio nntlunal ' election tt lilrli hIiowmI a pro )Miiiilernro of IHmtiiI rcpiilJlcjin wntlincnt. , LONDON, Due. 18. British dlplo mat familiar with tho acuta political Jtuallon'ln Csecco soo little chance 01 saving King George's tlirono. The foreign office U Apparently .recon ciled to tho fact that h muel go. V K4fnrort Hi eldest son of tho lata King Constantino, ascended the throne September S i, itii, after Mi father was forced to abdlcalo by" the Oonataa Plastlras rovolutlon. It bo cam apparont almost Immediately that aeorgo van to bo monaroh In Mnto only,; . for tho ', roTolutlonary Ttglms garo Oreaco virtually mili tary dlctatorahlp. ' floorgo of Orcoco It tho tfnth kin who haa boon forced to nvalco an exit In Kuropo alneo tho war, trie mon ereha provloualy affootcd bolng thoso of Ruiala,' Germany, Auitrla, Bul garia, JtontonogTO, Turksr, Kgypt and all'klnga of tho German fed erated itatai. ( TAX PROGRAM Plan to Consider Question Before Bonus Upset as Meet is cancelled , WABHINOTOX, D, C, Doc. 13.: Itouso republican loaders today en countered a Crosu setback when a mooting ot tho ways jneans oommlt- tee, at whloh administration msn ngors planned Ua tnko tip the tax pro tram nhend of tho soldier boni'i ' question, wag suddenly catvrolod. Demand tor priority for tho bonus had been mnjlo by Italnoy, Illinois, demoorallo member, and Kronr,1 re .publican, Wisconsin, follower ot -La Fdlletto, ' i i .f WASHINGTON, P. C Dm. 18. Tho senate frilled ngnln filny to break tilt dendlork pver election ot tho Interslatfi commorc.i commlttc. . Tho last ballot today beforo atljnur .," mnnt,. thn Sfith slnco votlnit began, stood! Smith, domneritt, Cum inliis, roptiblU-nil, 87; C-visens, re publlcan, Mln3)lgan, 11. Vntlnn will bo roiumod bomorriw. IIKOKKU CONVICTION UPIIEtO. HAt,EM,' Doc. 18. Tho supremo court today upheld tho convlotlon of riunsftll Hockcr for tho murder of Frank Boucldnr, Portland musician, April 10, 1622, In Clfickamns county. Hooker Is muter death sentence, He , dropped the oody In a weighted sack lata tbi OtUtpooU rvlsr near Albaty, GIVEN SETBACK Mere's Opportunity For Lumbermen to Win Prizes Totaling $2000 iTIut nulled lumber fniliulr'. ! v thruiiKli Its I'Ki'Mi'y, ih Na- ' llotuil Lumber Maiiiifafilurer' : unsorliilioti, U offering I20HO In llio form f a series of prlr.is fur tho b(, most constructive mid muMt practical miKKQilltjiii whirl), whiiH applied in acluul , present ili'y munufnetiiriiiK cn .' . I (llllnnB In tho linluntry, will rn null 111 salvaging ItilulxT which, for ono reason or nuutln'r, ilrop ' 4 out of tlin picture mid it And j adnioMhr.ro ln-twoen the-, wood 4 mid tint coniuiurr, IS Gauntlet Thrown Down to Presidcntal Candidate . bv Boardman 0ntl4.M, Hoc. 18. Th8 re rent slntviuviit of McAdoo In his I.os An g ohm speech was challenged by George !. Ikinrdman, socrotary of the Wostorn llallways comntlttco on (tibllp Itvlntlons. In an address be fore tho chambor of commerce here today. ' "I challenge McAdoo to show wherein Iho Iranaportatlon act of J9"d restnred every nweeoaoTOfcnl and ..wasteful practice which federal control had abolished."' snld Hoard man, who Q not od the Intcrstato commerce commission reports saying railroads wore now more effllcent and economlcnl titan previously. CHRISTMAS MAIL TO EXCEED 1922 Yuletldo Offerings Will bo Atmut IS per cent Higher, Chicago 1'ontniaster Kstlmntes CHICAGO. Dec. 18. "All through November the Chicago pontofflrc was handling mall ot, volume equal to tho peak of the 1923 Christmas soason," C. P. Scheel, assistant post master, said today. iRchonl snld Indications wore that this year's Yulotlde offerings handled by the postofflco department would bo about IS por cent blghor than ot last year. . n"hnt more oxpenslve gifts were bolng sent by mall wasN shown by Increased Insurance tee receipts, , KANSAS CITY. Mo., Doo, 18. Five hundrod cmnloyes were added to Kansas City's pOstnl force tonight to help handla the Christmas mailing jam. Many additional carriers and olerks will be required to handle parcels, IVnylhi Stoelo, pbtmaalcr, announced ,' i I,ong lines of men, women and children filed post tho parcel win dows ol local offices all day, Intent on mailing their gifts. , (DAI-I-AS. Toxna,, Doc, 18. Tho Christmas rush of mall has not yet struck tbo Dnllns postofflco, local pnstnl officials snld today. Tho peak of tbo holiday mall rush Is expected to etnrt Monday or Tuesday, It was said. i DEFENSE RESTS IN ., PHILIP FOX CASE Concluding Testimony Is (liven by l)r, .1. N. nVnwnor, Ono of Thren 'Kvniiilnliig Alienists . ATLANTA, On., Doc. 18. Tha do fonso In tho enso of Philip E. Fox, fen trlnl boro for tho murdor of Wll Ifom II. Coburn, rested Us casn lo day, nt tho conclusion by Dr. J. N. BraVwner, one of tho three alienists who'ilol'tl J"0 Pttfanolno, The difshtv'i PU Insanity, noo CHALLENGED SISTER TO SAVE iKELS . . ommiviaiion or oenterece to Fife on Insanity Grounds Sought J.OUI. C'ulir., Dee. 18. Petitions aro to bo circulated throughout California atklng tho governor to commute tho acntence of Alex Kela, condemned murderer awolt Ini; execution In Polxom prison on j tho ground that ho was Inanno j when ho killed Kd Monervcy and WRed Ittnnrunt Inboror and burned ' tho body, It waa announced today by Mra. If. A.' Staple,' a sister of Keals. ... BACIIAMENTO, Dec. 18. That Kela had been Insane for' a long lime, but that pride had prevented her from disclosing that fact, was the .statement of Mrs. Kola, whose husband was convicted of 'murder unfl sentenced to . hang In connec tion with tho death ot Ed. Merser voy. "Ob, It Isn't that I dofend the crime." said Mrs. Kels, "the crime was committed and be should pay tho penalty. But tho death entonr Is too harsh for a man who did the awful thing when he was not in hi) right Blind. ': . ' IVn Kind Mno ' j " It Is not the disposition of Alex to take a life. He was ono ot the kindest mon In the world, oxcept at periods when be was very morose and unllko bis real nature He was tho first to go to tbo aid ot an un fortunate be was tb. first and among tbo liberal In subscriptions to charity, . 'He wag moro than kind to just such men as ho picked up that aw ful day and later killed. Ho gave such men employment frequently and took particular delight In do ing ad, bocauao a tew years ago ho had nothing and now sought to holp others who woro less fortun ate than ho. , , Knew Ho Was Insnno "I know that ho waa Insane when ho killed tho man," and I know that It I had been told of his capture and subsequently his trial that I could have convinced the court ho was Insane." . U. S. Destroyers Join War ships of Other Nations . in Hongkong Harbor KONGICONO, Doo. IS. A flotilla of foreign gunboats In Canton har bor, where a tense situation has pre vailed slnoo tho recent threat of Sun Ynt Son, South . China leader, to solao customs funds, apparently Is proparlng for eventualities. Naval forcos of foreign powers, PETTIS OUTBREAK NEAR CHINA ROW now concentrated lnv Canton have j Informed tho ahorlff's office of Ca bcen Ineronsod by tho arrival of dona's whereabouts and Mrs. Lou throe Amorlcnn destroyers which I Blocker, who brought about his oap- joined tho two American wnrshtps. Iho eruUer Ashovlllo and the gunboat l'ampngnn. ' Flvo nltlch RUnbnnts, two Froneh lind 'ono 'Portuguese vessel nlso nro anchored off Shnmeen. Itnllnns hnvo ohnrlered n slenm launch to transport sullora from for eign warships lo shoro, TlinUI'.DIKl HOTKti FIUK. HOUSTON, Tex., Dor, 18. The bndlos of throo men were tocovered from tho ruins ot tho Capitol hotel, In the center ot tho business section, whlsh wm destroyed by tire todsy. Common Law Marriaze j Recognized by State J AcicJent Commission'; BAI-ICM, J'ed. I S. X.oiiiiuon 4j luw murrlugo-.ih recognlzud todiiy by the state Industrial nc- i cldent comiiUsslon in allowing n clulm for t"0 a nionth In a i womnn who lived H year with ! a nmn without being married to him.. llt of J Klvo iiildrn, born on wedlock, will b, benefited. Th.i j ciwo is from noutherh Oregon, i but the mimes were' 'withhoM. fteeently the mill, a,aw::)".l worker, was klll'd, In an a;r- I dent. Tlin wonu:'! made a c'iilm ! for atato couil'f.njtion. Ne'-vh r said, the voman was J ; i- mother. REBELS DRIVEN E IB DOUR FIT Strategical Point is Capt : ured And Large Am- . ount of Arms Seized - EI, PASO, Texas, Dec. 11. red oral troops have taken S.u Murtns. - Lin important, slsiplCAl point be tween Moxleoi-'Cr.y and . vera ;VU. moving on Vera Crux. . (Fighting tor possession of San Marcos had been under way over 18 hours before the rebels were forced to retreat. The federals rap. lured an immense amount of- am' munition, small arms, a numbor ot cannon and several trains used by the rebels tor transportation. MEXICO CITY, Dec. IS The rev olutionists have evacuated PuobU. the war department announced. Fed oral forces occupied Almata and I.ucasN ' ; WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. The revolutionary movement In Mexico has not changed the policy of the American government toward Max Ico.'the Wjhlte House announced today. 2 WOMEN CLAIM Division May be Made of $200 Offered by. Klam ath County Court - Who will get the reward of IJoO for the capture of Domoclo Cadena last weekT This Is the question that GADENA REWARD . , . , ,i., A. ika consiuornuon, wio OUUUUII IHIU 41- I. being a,cu.fVlnL L.M'peltlon on th. table awaiting furth- street, tnnsniucii p- ma i-?uvj - offered the' rewnrd, it Is probable that this body will decide Its djsr position. fThere are two claimants for the ', roward. Mrs. Chester Del.ap who first tnro. There has been somo talk of a division of the reward hotwoon the two 'claimants, but Sheriff Low was: uneommunlentlvo on this question, j IHnrry Smith, stage driver, and j A. It. Kger, passenger, who took j Cndena Into custody and brought' htm to tho olty Jnlt, have not put In claims for the rewnrd. fTho question will probably bo settled nt Iho next.mootlng of tho county court Saturday, SI.U1KKT nKPOUT. PORTLAND, Dsii,' 18, t-lvcstqek ntoddyi nai ftnil huttsr teftri'. ,ljrj-LrnjVVV"Oi"is''i"'" --rll ---- VinniArtriiW'i'il!"" "-riii-si " si H. S. BUILDING AS As a Fire Risk it Has No; Standing at All With , "'. ' ' Fire Chisf Ambrose ' ' , ' : ; That the Klamath county high j school Is unsafe for ue was the coa- text gf-a report on the building by i Fire Chief Keith 'Ambrose at the council meeting last night. Ami brose's report stated that the floors :ir saturated with oil, that the fire escape system Is inadequate, that wood over the furnace door is un protected, that boiler for steam heat has nut been tested since 1916, that many cord circuits for electricity ex- Lit, and that the furnace Is leaking oil. In the discussion following me report It was brought out that the building swayed In tho wind. To County Court. The report of the fire chief will be turned over to the county court with recommeodations to alleviate the condition said to exist . After consideration of a petition by Mrs. Hill to operate the Glenn rooming house, the council denied the petition following " the recom mendation of the police committee. Th. ittnrnev for Mrs. Hill has an- . anu will h hroueht I UNSAFE SWAYS WIND BLOWS cwteetitls tb' decision of thfr eity,pr!ems to Governors of cotno!l.s i ' " ' ' .., Permission to operate a skating rink in the Scandinavian . hall was granted by A. Westmhn following the recommendation of the police committee. Would Cancel Liens The report ot the flpance com mlttee,to whom wore referred the double sewer assessments on lots 13, 14, 18 and 18, block T. second Hot Springs addition, recommend that the Hens on the above lots under the Sixth street sewer unit, be canoeled and that the city engineer be In structed to extend the construction ot tho sixth sewer unit to accom modate lo 13 of block -7 only. Six building permits were granted by the council. They were: To F. W. Ritchie, a woodshed and garage In first addition to cost about 1250; H, S. Gooding, a house ot wooa structure, in railroad addition, to cost $300; Walter Anderson, a house in second addition to cost 8900, and also a garage adjoining' the house to cost tl!5; Frank W. Strowbridge. an addition to his present home and garage. 8950, aud also a new home to cost 11800;'J. H. Rea. a henhoue, to cost about $0, and E. Moehattea, a garage ot wood structure In ttwuuna Heights to cost 1250. Petition Tabled. fUrs. Kftthryn West petitioned the council for permission to build a rooming house with 80 rooms, ljicn will be a modorn struoture In every way and which will oost about 110, 000, . Tho rooming house would be erected on second addition. After r . ..-.in- er plans and specifications from the petitioner. A petition of It. D. Busssrd to In stall machinery in a building was referred to the' tire committee and fire chief with power to acty v The amount of money involved In tbo petitions grantee was o,0?i ' If the potltion for' the rooming house Is grnntod the tqnl for this weelf will be swelled to t'IB.OSS.,,;,, .... : LEGION WILL ELECT Officers For 1024 to bo Selected nt itleetinij Tonigbt Annual olectloi) of officers will be ! hold by Kaniath post, No. 8, Ameri can Legion, In the clubrooms tonight. Other bitalnaas pending before the post Will ha dlioiiatpd, , i CHICKEN FEED TO BE FATE OF WILD KLAMATH HORSES . . 4 Tlinusniuls of wild range ' homo, fleseenilants of llm In-J iliiii ni)'UH imnles fif the old northwest, now scattered over the southern Oregon country, ' , n-lll bn'snlil to Cu! Iforniu Imtrli . em. If present plans mnterbill' , Tho California rnnccrns liaveal- ready entered Into nrgix Int lorn villi the Klamath Indian service of the range nnimnls, which, n-lll bo rounded - ap and con- : vertod Into chlrken feed and fertilizer. . The planned sale of the wild . honws, whkh range from the . . Kprofcue) river eoonlrj- In the south to I'nisley ln the north. Is believed a mult tV. irtiitenients recently made by local forefit servlre men, who Mid Mint the cayusc horses were increasing In numliers very rapidly and vrcrn resulting in much trouble to cattle and slurp men. ' Tho practically worthless animals -feed off the grazing lands of tho stockmen and ln tho sum mer enter the forests, : ' " FOR RELEASE OF ALL PRISONERS ' : ; Three' States Urge Par dons For 119 ' iCHICAGO, Deo. 18. iAppeal for the release of 119 prisoners serving sentences in California, Washington, Idaho and Oklahoma penltentlariss, for violation ot the srlminal syndi calism laws was made to governors ot those states today by the Indus trial Workers of the World, Harry Frienburg, secretary of the dafens-: committee of that organization, an nounced. (The telegrams tj the state execu tives point to Preident . Coc.lige's release ot federal I. W. W. prisoners and urge Christmas pardon tor the men in stale prisons rjalitornla has 101 prlsmers and Washington 13, including eight serv ing terms for tecnnil-fieisi'io murder growing out ot the Centralis disturb ance. Idaho has three ami Oklahoma has two. , . ' ' POWER REDUCED AS WIND BLOWS DOWN POLE NEAR DORRRIS Heavy Wind Storm In Klamath County and Northern California Damages Transmission A pole on the transmission line ot the California-Oregon Power company, g few miles below Dorrli on the Shovel creek mountain was blown down at 11 A. M. yesterday by the heavy wind storm that pra rnlled In Klamath county and north ern California. As a result the power load from Conco to Klamath Fall) wiib considerably reduced. V"(h the n Id of a line crew from this city the damage was remedied by U q'plqck last night. i . . ; Industries In Klamath Falls ere forced to run ttrtder half power and some of the box factories and lumber mills shut down for the afternoon CHOItUS GIRL SCICIDKS, PORTLAND, Dec. 18. Mrs. Haxel Oblnndev, chorus girl In a local the- ntpr was found shot to death In hor room today. Police learned, she had. been ln 111 health fplpwlpg a break- down apd said was a ease at suicide. A note signet) "Your Hindu Guide," saying she would recover health and happiness n "lx month", wni found In nr pume by tho pallo. APPEALS ssisanSMna mm m ssanMnsnsi EXTEND CRATER NATIONAL MATHER'S PLAN Inclusion of Diamond Lake and ML Thielson in y ? Area is Urged "i .WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 18,- . The enlargement of Crater I-ake.na-tlona park In Oregon north ward-So, Include Diamond lake and Mount , Thielson Is necessary to round eat, the scenic attractions of the park and. to give the fullest measure of gurvlce to the puhl'c, Stephen' T.-.Matbor, superintendent ot the national park service, said in : his annual: jeporf. submitted to congress. , Add Camping Iteglon. '. r iij ' - ;By such -enla'rgemcn!' the report-, continues, a splendid camping region." will be added which, on "account of its lower attitude will be available in tho early part of the season, when snow still remains on the rim" of Crater lake; also-a greater measure; of protection would be afforded the game. . '' ' , ' r .. The report soys, a most gratifying' development has been the .notable improvement of . approach roads to the park. "The.Crater Lake highway out of Medford,". It continues,.. "M now nearlng completion and by next season will be widened and surfaesd to the park "gate, - ; ' " ' ' . The work, on the Klamath high way has been similarly nubd even. -more energetically. Construction ol The Dalles-California highway Is be ing carried along vapidly so riat within two years it will be a most Important approach highway, ' "Thi . year Crater. Lake came into its own, taking its merited place as one ot the most popular parks." Ap proximately 57 per cent more visitors registered during the season that during the preceding year; the litt total attendance being surpassed two days after midseason. Every stato but two was represented,- visitors coming from as tar as Hawaii, Switz erland and Holland A notable fea ture ot this record attendance ws the great influx of California!), the number of first entry cars front that stole during July equaling first en tries from Oregon Itself. U. , Ncars Completion. V ' "The new addition to the lo4ge Is fast nearlng complefcron and. will be furnished and ready for use next; season making a total of 147 well- furnished rooms,1' a large number equipped with bath and all with running water. This large building) together with the comfortable tent houses, should suffice tor soma tin to come. This new struoture, with. -its furnishings, additional water tup ply, sewage disposal system-, $, represents a large Investment tnatta by the new operators headed by Erie V. Hauser and K. W. Price of Port land with an assurance ot Imnvadjlju returns and Is visible evidence ;of their tine public spfclt snd their faith. Iq Oregon's greatest playground,;, . ' s ' HIRAM TO FILE AS INDEPENDENT IN SOUTH DAKOTA Plnform Advocating .BedncUo of Taxes and Relief For Fannarg la to be Adopted ; PIERRE, 8. D 6oe. 18. -0- platform advocating reduction of taxes and relief for farmers. Sena tor Hiram Johnson will tile as In dependent republican candidate .for the presidential nomination In tho South Dakota March primaries St a result at the action ot the supreme oourt barring him from the regular republican ballot, WHEAT miens. iPORTLANDsDeo. 1VIHrrt alt wheat, 111 WMt"r rd ti,
