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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1924)
fUVf : i A Million a Month t$ Klamath County Induitrial Payroll raaf Ktgnt$, zqaei Justice, are the TwinL Pillars of Democracy Member of the Associated Press seventeenth Year No, TUT HI, A MATH VALLA, ORKOOX, TUKhDAY, FKBRVARY , 10SM prior Firm cnim - I- ? t nsss' AUTO SHOW DUE TO EFFORTS OF Success Assured by Fu! Cooperation of Local Car Dealers Tb opening ot tbe auto "how t Ninth and Klamath on Friday evening will ba iba culmination of united effort on the part of mem tor of Klamath post of tlio Ante rlcan Legion, cooperating wit OYory established auto dolor Klamath Falla, , Tbe legion's doclalon to stag an anto abow came when plan were neing discussed for some torm of entertainment auch aa the mlnatrel abow of last year. When It waa suggested that tlio pom titago an auto abow, the Idea wnnt i over big and committees worn ap pointed to Interview the dealvri and, lr the latter gave thnlr ap- proral, to go ahead with the or ganliatlon, lroKHl KiKlumtl ,' Without excoptlon tbo proposu waa endorsed by dvulora and the plana for tbe ahow were definitely launched. This -will be the aecond auto abow 'ever held In Klamath Falla The legion promlaea It will bo far bolter than the former one. One problem waa to find a suit able place to atage tbo abow. Oar agea were eonaidvred, and one waa considered to meet - all roqul menta until It waa discovered the aomo 80 cara housed therein would bavo to be moved. Tbo labor and espouse pl Mhat taak, not to say the chance ot damaging cara In the moving, caused - the legion to look (ilaowherv. ' .Vacant Hturo Hvltvlcd. . , Because of Ita central locntlou the vacant atoro room ut ' Ninth nd Klamath, at the roar ot tbo Central hotel, waa finally aolected While - , not affording the room available In aomo garagoa, the place bad othor qualification, and by caroful dlvlalon of tbo apace it waa found possible to houno one or moro cara ot ovory iuako aold In Klamath Falla. Allotment of Hpaco - camo next, and thla waa handled no Judicious. ly that overy dealer waa accom modalod. Duo to on adjoining room having boon rontod recently, aomo ot tho nccossorlca bad to be dropped, but thoro will bo plenty going on In tho main room to on- tortaln tho crowds. Mualc, refreshments and other forma of ontortnlnmont will bo provided during tho two evenings. Latest Creations Homo doalora hnvo gono to sonic pains to have on hand tho latoat models ot tholr cars, and all o hlbltora will bo ablo to abow. the very latnst creations of tho factor lea. Wh'othor ono Is n prospective buyer or not, ho or aha la prom Ised an Interesting hour or two In Inspecting the offerings. OUTBREAK OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IS BEFORE CABINET WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 20. Tho oubbacak ot foot end mouth dirt. oaao In California whs considered nt tho cahlnot mooting today. It was a g rood that all poaslblo slops ba takon to provant a proad beyond tbo arc now quarantined. TUB WKATIIlilt. Tho Cyclo-Stornm-graph at tho Un- donwood pharmiicy recorded but slight variations In tho iharometrlo pressure during tho period since yesterday's roport, Tho forecast for next 24 hours: Cloudy ntul un settled. The Tvcoh rncnr.l. Ins thermometer renin tor od inaxlniiini and minimum temperatures toduy as to) laws: High 4 Low 20 MARKET ItKPOKT. , PORTLAND, Ore, Fob. 20 IJvo stock atoRdy. Eggs, 1 cent lower, 20 40 I1W oeuw. Bttttor, l'cent lowor, euhas, 48 M tUt, LEGIONNAIRE GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER, CREATOR WALL.NGFORD, DIES NBW YdllK, Foil, jO Ceorgo Kundolph Ciioster, author and playwright, died early today of heart attiu.li. He bad been work IKR lUl Bight With hil Wife oil a nw etory and comptalhod of pu.'na Ih the trhest, Hli wife up- ' piled hot towels and Cheater 4 took a hot bath and retired, juH- lug about the pains. This morn- Ing ahortiy latum 6 o'clock h sat . up In bed, anvukoiiod lilt wife, and anld to her, "You know, l)onr, t )ovo you." mid fell buck on bis pillow ileiul. Clfstur began nawspaticr work reporter on the Detroit New. Ho became a popular (', tlon writer. "Oet . it.'ch Quii k Walllngford" and "II I a c k I e la" were bis tnot noted hnr. net em. One Hundred Men Quit When Wages Are Reduc ed From $4.80 to $3.80 KIKKFOKD. Fvb. J0..(8ye- clal) Ono hundred labors working for contracting firms on the' Kla math Lakes rotito near Odell lake went on strike today when wages wore cut from 14,80 to 13.80 per dny. . . The strike closed Jown the camps, orrn the cooks and kitchen helpers leaving. The men started foikluniBth Falla. i - - REVERSE-HARLOW SALEM, Ore, Fob. 20. Guprotiie court dcctslone today Included Carry Hurlow versus W, O. Clow as chief of police of Klaniutli Falls, appolluut, on appeal from Klamath county, nn action In hiibean corpus. Tho opinion was bunded dKu by Just ho Jlrown. ruvui'Hluc Judge A. L. Leavltt. This itiso V based ou tlio qikw- tlon of tho Jurisdiction of the police court In viiuruncy cases. JudKc Leavltt deciding lu iho nvgntlvo nno releasing Harlow fiom custody. Immediately following his roleuse Hurlow Mt KJnmatli Fulls lUKl hud not 'boon hoard of since. In tlio menu time tho city attorney had appcalod tho case to tho euprnmo court. Ow ing 4o tho dnparture of HutIoiv for parts unknown, his attorn-jy did not file any answer to tho appeal. Tnh decision by tho Bupremo court 111 clear up a question of tlKS Juris- (Uullon ot the polico counts In vn- riiney vases. Since tho releasing of larlow took place, tho polico court tnd polico depiirtmcnt have abided hy Judgo oLuvltt'a decree. LEAP YEAR FORUM WEDNESDAY NOON The chamber of commerce Wiednes- ay noon will bo no place for men unlews they tiro murrlud, for a leap ear lunchoou will bo aurvod und the outiro mooting handled by a com mittee of women. They are Miss Clnni Culkins, chairman; Mm. Ilow- rd Purrln, Mrs. Charles Currln, Mrs. Ctuol Davis, Mrs. Ciena Jester, Mrs. Hurry l'oolo and M,ns, Harry Avkloy. Spoukors will bu MIhs llolon Cow gill, stale tendon ot girls' clubs, atiu 'nrren 10. Kraft, advertising expert ho will also Hpeuk toniRht nt the rcvh.vtorlan church In tho third of ho btlsliKisg lectures. ' 'liUDHMKHUW ON TRIAL. MUNICH, llavarl, Feb. 3(1, Former Field Marshal Ludundorff, and nino associates wero placed on trial totlay for an nttompt to over throw tho govornmont last Novombor. LABORERS ON RAIL IRK 60 OUT ON STRIKE USE DECISION TELEGRAMS TO FALL OBTAINED COMMITTEE Executive Session Ordered While Examination is' Being Made WA8HINOTON. Feb. 20. Pre sented wiith a nil oaf of telegrams sent from Washington to Albort D. Fall and Edward 13. McLean at Palm Beach, the senate oil committee suddenly went Into executive ses sion today to examine them. After two hours' session the committee adjourned until tomorrow, exami nation! of the telKruina being un completed. In ordering the hearing room cleared, Chairman Lcnroot said that any of the telegrams found to bo relevant to the Inquiry would be read In public. The telegrams wore presented by the dlvlslonul superintendent of the Western Union and Postal Te leg:npb companies. Apparently they numbered neverul xcore. Some con tained hundreds of words. The name of Francis McAdoo, Now York lawyer, waa mentioned a number' of tlmoa In telegram ex changed between MoLeun at Palm Beach and eimployes at Washington. und the senMe oil committee Is seek ing to loarn whether this Is Frances H. McAdoo, son of William G. McAdoo. ' Otbors mentioned In the telegrams lueUtdi'd A. Mitchell Palmer, former uttomoy-genoral; Albert II. Fall, J. Vf. Zoverly, counsel for Sinclair, and Senuiors Lcnroot and Smoot f tlio oil committee. I'alnlor was counsel fur McLean in 1 1.) oil matter und prosanted to the committee, the publisher' original stutviujont, which ho ubsoquentty amended, that ho had loaned Fall $100,000. Itctereiicca to Unroot und Smoot quoted (latvMiienta by them appear ing In tlio official record, It u stated, Soino senators mild tbo records of the telegraph coinvany examined to duy by tho committee showed Mc Lean had a leaded wire from the of fice of tho Washington Post to Palm Doach, and thai ho was kept clearly informed of developments In tho oil Inquiry by onvployes here. l,OS AiVUtiLliS, Fob. 20. Flea ill the film drying room of tho Fox Mo tion picture studio In Hollywood to day destroyed films valued nt 150,000. A spnrk from n brokon electric light ignited tho celluloid. JUNIOR CLASS TO STAGE CARNIVAL Tho Juuior class of tlio Klumuth county high school will bu tho hosts nt a carnlvnl niitortuiunient for the stttdenlK of the high school, tho rne ulty. tho parents, relatives of the students', and visitors, Friday even ing. Februury 2, at tho Scandinavian hall. JucluuVd In tho entertainment will bu sldo allows, 'booths, fortunes and two hours of dancing. The girls of tile high school will bring basket lunches und unction them oft to the highest bidder. All thoso not of the high school will bo admitted by ticket only. RANCHER IS SHOT IN FENCE FEUD OKKUOM CITY, Feb, 28. Uttltl ols Edwards, 40, wus seriously wounded toduy by shot utlcgcd tired hy n neighbor In a lino fonco feud In Miiriiuiim section, Tho she riff and u posso were out this af ternoon seoltlng tho nssnllant. wiiuAT rnicKs. PORTLAND, Fob. 26 llurd white wheat, 98c; western red, 24c. 000 WORTH OF. FILMS SAFETY DRIVERS' CLUB TO BE FORMED BY AMERICAN LEGION MeiuDrii Mvclge IhetasclVea Obwrvd ISaUbtlshcd Rules Of direful Driving to lu un vttoH to rsduco automobile accdntiti, the American Leglou will launch at, the auto show the Sate Drlvors' cKfl' f tho National Safety council, g national organization ded icalod to the cause of caroful driving. Mxunbcrablp In tho club Is with out cost, but drivers joining tbe elub voluntarily pledgo themselves to obserro the ostubUshcd rules of sufo driving. Radiator embloms in sued by the council will be dlstrib ii ted by tbe legion at cost, 15 ccnu iplece. Vbe motive underlying this activity li that ot enlisting as many drivers n.i possible, both men and women tl oreby keeping constantly before :h- public the danger and coii. qiienres of recklcsa driving. Ill-ought Accident Drrrrasc. Organization of a Safo Drivetw' club In Portland brought a decrease of DO per cent In automobile acci dents. Connldering tbo Increase of earn on the streets and the growing contention, thla wvs considered re mnrkable. And while conditions here are not equal to those of larger cities, accidents are fnequent and are nearly always eauaed by carelessness. Many drlvors who pride them lolves on being uprieht and law-abiding citizens are guilty of a score of traffic violations every day. But the driver whose radiator bears tho safoty emblem. Indicating he pledged to careful driving, will be moro cauti'oiia and will expect oquw caution on the part of othe:u. Hub Meet With .Success. The driver bearing the red and white dlso on his car publlcally an nouncoa himself a safe driver, und will not cave to dfxloso himself as a man who brcafca hla pledges. "Wtfiorovor , -lAy- leers' : clubn nayo noon organized they "havo met with success, and tho legion hopes for equal success hero. - - SHOT TO DEATH CflEEN UAV, Fob. 26. Tho bodies of A. O. Tuttle of Centra- lia. Wash., and wife were found today byi R. C. Rice, Tuttle'a son-in-lnw, in tho living room ot the Rice homo wben Rice returned from work. Mrs. Rico Is ill. at a hospital, and her pu rents came from Washing ton to euro for Ruth, Mrs. Rice's tbrco year old daughter. Plorccd by four bullets tbe bo dy of Mrs. Tuttle, was found kneel ing In front of a chair. Tuttle'a bo dy was nearby with a wound in tho right temple. Authoritlos found no motive for tho deed. DAN CUPID FINDS BUSINESSS GOOD AT LOCAL. POST OFFICE In the Ul niike moiillw fixe employes of tlio local past orflco hnvo been ninrrlesl. Tbo most cont to mko tho fatal step was Thomas Massey. This In believed by the poNtoftlrc em plnycs to be it record for an es tablishment with 17 employes. Two of those, to bo Jiiiirricd were (Ills anil throe wero men. Only two of tlio employes are now nn iiiai'i'leil, Of those who wore mar ried, only mie llt. tlio Kwt ifflei. COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER TO SEE BIDS OPENED lu order to be on hand when tlio bids for tho construction of tho Klamath FttUs-Lukevlew highway from Dairy to Donnnia are opened. County Judgo It. It. Bunnell and County Commissioner Uurrcll Short loft today for Portland to attend tho mooting of tho stato highway com mission wlvlch will bo held In the Multnomah county court Iiouho nt Portland tomorrow. C. J. Martin, the othor member ot tho county court Is nut ot town and hence will be unable to nttond the meeting. Bids for the construction ot this section of road were advertised several weeks ago. MAN, WIFE FOUND DEADLY PO SON CAUSES OEATRS OF 3 PERSONS Another Family Stricken by Botulism; Others III, May Die STERLING, Colo., Feb. 28. Domini Cametto and Joe Notarlo dkd today, bringing the death toll from poison sausage to five. STERLING, Colo., Feb. 26. Three are dead, three are In a critical condition and eight others are 111 as a result of earing poisoned eausage. The fatal malady was diagnosed as botulism. The dead, Tony Notarlo, 30; hla daughter Grace, 9, and Neno Dot tera, 17. All tbe dead and a'ck are members of an Italian farm colony In Aiwood, Marino community. John Notarlo, brother of one ot the victims, and Domonlc Cametto, are patients at Sterling hospital. The death of Joe oNtarlo. five- year-old eon of Tony Notarlo. the first to be affected by tbe poison. Is expected momentarily, while Mrs. Notarlo Is dangerously 111 at home, near Atwood. FAR! IS TOLD TO LEAVE STATE PORTLAND, Fob. 26. Municipal Judge Ekwall today gave George N, Fanrin 24 hours to leave tho state. with the alternative of six months on tho rock pile, when Farrln was arraigned on a charge of passing (worthless chocks. Farrln recently organized here tho "Minute Men anu Women of America." ASHLAND HIGHWAY GOOD EXCEPT ON HAYDEN DETOUR With the exception ot the' de tours on tlio strotch of road from Hayden Creek to tho top ot the Green Springs mountain, the Green Springs road to Ashland is in good condition, according to of ficials of tho state highway de partment. Work has boon progres sing on the macadam of the high way and It is In good shape. The rough stretch is in a heavily timb ered locality that will not allow easy evaporation of moisture from the road during sunny days. Tho Dallas-California highway north of Klamath Falls is in good condition to a point 20 miles north of Fort Klamath. Machines hare been making the trip to Bend without much troble. Snow, to a depth ot 24 inches, has - been scraped from a. portion of ' the roml this sldo ot Sand Creek hill. A small coating of ice remains but this is rapidly thawing off. A grad er will probably be sent to this section to smooth the road. Remirfucing of the ; Klamath Falls Dairy road, from Pine Grove to the Strnhorn railroad under crossing, is proceeding satisfacto rily. Signs to warn motorists from speeding over the loose gravel have been erected. The chief danger llos in one car passing an other. Tho gravel Is being laid at the rate of ISO yards a day. There are 4000 yards to be resurfaced. IS F1NKD $20. Max Noiluud pleaded guilty in po lice court yesterday morning to be ing drunk and was fined S20. He was unable to pay tho flue and was commiitted to jail. F. U - Smith, charged with speeding ucross Sixth slijeet, pleaded guilty and paid a flno of 1. ' NTAItT UHIVJi .OX l!l lllil.S. V.EKA CRUZ, Feb. 26. Concerteu movement by government forces against Julnpa, capital of the state ot Vera Cms, which Is still held by rebels, has been started. CITIZENSHIP IS OPEN TO 125,000 INDIANS, ESTIMATE WiAflHINOTON, D. C, Feb. 26. Estimates that 126,000 In dlani may, upon application, be 4) come American cltlieni without 4 sacrificing any of their tribal rights, were made today by the Indian office In a report on the 4 Snyder bill, . recently reported 4 favorably by the bonse commit- 4 tee on Indian affairs. Two- 4 4 thirds of the country's Indian 4 4 population now enjoy American 4 4 citizenship. 4 4444444 4444 T Attack on Tom Mix Denied by Customs Officials at Mexican Border SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 26.-rCoe- toma officials at the Mexican-United States border today denied the story that Tom Mix, film actor, had Tjeen beaten up after being Inspected and searched. A Los Angeles newspaper carried the stoty that the film hero hvas re covering from, bruises received at the bands of customs officials ten days ago. . According to Inspector MarkelrJ, Mix claimed at the time that, he would not be searched. Officials then took him to tbe office, found nothing on Urn and released him. ARREST 5 FOR PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 36. Five persons, including a man and his wife, were arrested here charged with robbing freight cans. Charles' Ander son, alleged leader, and his wife wore arrested at Hemlock, near here, by special officers who charged they caught the parir removing loot from a cache. The arrest of Anderson and his ware occurred Friday, and the three alleged accomplices were picked up since. They will be taken before a federal grand jury today, said the officers, charged with stealing from care in interstate commerce. . Officers said Anderson dumped goods from moving cars at Hemlock where the loot was gathered by con federates. Anderson was said to havo entered the cars after leaving local freight yards. BANDITS STEAL SAFE FROM BANK ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2B. Three ban dits lined up seven employes and ono customer of the Citizens Bank of. Muplewood, a atfbunb, today while two other 'bandits rifled the cages and escaped with 18,500. , MOURIS, 111., Feb. 26. Bandits today carried away a safe contain ing J 15,000 from the State Bank of Kinsman at Kinsman, 111., with tho aid of an automobile motor truck and hand truck. The robbery was dls- covered at 6 A. M. REPUBLICAN CLUB WILL MEET TONIGHT The Klumuth County Republlacn club will hold a second meeting n the basement of. the courthouse to night at 7:30 to which all republicans are re guested to be present. A presi dent will be elected tonight due to tho fact that It was Impossible tor Win. McNealy to accept. Ho was elected last Tuesday. Tho mutter of arrunglng for a meeting tor Senator I. L. Patterson, who Is the Cooildge state manager, in Klamath Falla tho latter part of In Klamath Falls the latter part f the week. , FILM IS BEATEN ROB GARS OF TO Camps Being EstablUked; River Tug Will Tow Barges on Lake -,i j With tbe establishment of tire camps on Odell lake; grading work on the . approach to the 3600 toot tunnel that will be contracted will start shortly , after the first ' o( March, according to Frank W. Nor mandia and J. MoHlpin, contact ed with the Stewart and Welsh constructing firm, , who were down last night from Odell lake on bu siness. r f -. T Up to the ' present, ' building camps, moving equipment,' , and clearing the right of way, has oc cupled most of ..the title 'ot-' th two contracting Arms, Carlton and' Fetters, and Rankin and Welsh, to whom werg sublet the 8tewart aud Welsh contract.- ' ' '-" - i i Three Camps Established ; The three camps are establshed on tbe edge of Odell lake, one nt the south end of the lake, one about the middle of th lake ' and one at the upper end where the work ot digging the' approach ' to the tunnel will atari. ' In each camo abont 100' men are employed and thla will;' be 'in creased as construction work: ' pro gresses. ' Headquarters ' of '"the - Ste jrt and Welsh concern, , the oftlr cos and warehouses, are at Odell lake.' " '"; -: ' ' ' ; ' . One of the most favorable as pects ot work ao far, said McElptn. ia the One roads that lead fro the base of .supplies to ' the 'scene of construction. . There ; is " now but two' feet of snow at Odell laka and after the' road to. the lake Sad been scraped, was found that trucks could travel the lake rosd with ease. Heavy 'material ' that under ordinary circumstances would be difficult to handle, la transported from Bend; or Kirk to Odell lake with comparative ease. , ';' Time Uncertain :, ' " It was very ' difficult. " 'McSfoM pointed but, to predict how"2ong . would take to construct the ap proaches to the ' tnnnel as speed of the construction work would dei pend largely upon ' the anture -i-Of the rock formations, ' Howerer-' It will not be over two months -lie surmised, before the ' men wBl sot off the first blast on the south side ot the mountain through . which the tunnel will be burrowed. ... A riven tug wJU e freighted in parts to the present roaa ter minus at Kirk "and from there transported on trucks to the con- , atruction . work at the lake. The tug has. been found necessary to draw the heavy scows bnllt tor the transportation of inpplles ' and equipment from one end '. ot ;. lake to the other. . 1 ".' ' ' When construction "work , starts on the tunnel, tone of machinery and equipment will be ' freighted up to tho construction caMpe'.' In cluded In the machinery needed for this part ot tho Job ore pres sors, steam shovels, donkey en gines, tracks and cars. '. . '. ; Kstabllahins; Hill Otto Hansen, to whom was sub- , let part of the Utah Constrnctton company contract, is estabHBBtng n eamn a mile south. of the lake, and will be clearing ' and grading within a few weeks. , , Camps on the other aide of the mountain where the north en trance of the proposed 8500 toot tunnel will be located hare not been established as yet, but equip ment Is being moved with, a view of starting immediately. .. . ( All the work of the Stewart sad Welsh contract will be' rock worll. Nurmandln explained, thus maklag the job tedious and painstaking. Blasting will be depended on to a great extent. v ,.,' . ' The manner in which the tunnel will be burrowed will be intricate. With one camp on eaoh aide ot the mountain the hole will be burrowed through the mounlnfu from both sides. A difficult feature ot the BUILDING nnni'T mir i n i I mumm UUL.LL .. I U II II lab START SOOl tunnel will be a curve that will be . made Inside the mountain; that t Instead - of the . two crews lining' themselves up on a straight line and then digging atrUt through (CwebneA eat Ff I3, .j .