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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1926)
Umvcn'itv Litttorv Coir.p. VmV,Wv, Oven'" Published Daily at , KLAMATH' FALLS "An Empire Awakening" LET US MAKE 1920 THE BANNER YEAR FOR THIS SECTION , Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number 575 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS PEOPLE TO VOTE I H GREEK SPANNING Petition Signed by 300 Resi dents is Presented to County Court BUNNELL GIVES NOTICE Voters will be Asked to Pass on Measure at Polls, Official Says A petition algucil by 110(1 rli. noun, requeuing the ruunly t ' liH'iito tlio proposed ltiH-li Creek br((lge HcruM l.liik river iibovn Hid California Oregon Power company dam nt Hliliipliigtiui won rxelvcd till afternoon by (tin county rotii-t. Announcement wim ninilr this ' afternoon by County Juiltfo It. II. Bunnell Hint t lie iiiirMloii of lorntfug thn uili would un put up to tlio voters nt III' Muy primary rli-rtiuna. When tlio bnniU Issuo wns vol eil, November 1021, It stipulated that tho span bo catiHtructi'il across tlio rlvrr, Juat below the Copco ilnin. Hlnco that tlmo overwhelming ontlninnt In favor of constructing tho brldgo acronii tlio river tihovu tlio dun) at Hhlpplnglon ha developed. Also tho matn market roud anxlnsi-r has, announced that ho would mil approve the bridge If built below t'-e dam. ' Conger avonuo residents havn let It ba known that If tho apan w.ro built arroM tho river nbova t tin il 1.111. thoy would secure an Injunction 10 prevent Its construction. Thoy hive atalod that tho bridge should bo built according to tlio origins! plan. I'roporty holder in Falrvlew oddl tlon. Hhipplngton and adjacent ter ritories have organized uudot the lltadnrnhln nf J. E. Vnn Cnmn nti.l tho polltlon this aftoruoon la Iho re suit. "Kxt May Iho proportion or al lowing tho court to localo thn span cross tho rlvor at a "feasible lo cation" will bo placed bofuro tho poo plo, Judgo Ilunnell said todny. T.' Judgo Intimated that If Mum-lion nf tho rotor to lornto tho brldgo whore thoy desired, should bo secured, tl.o court would locate tho apan above tho dam. Mr. Veil Camp, who has becu nc tlvo In tho apau controversy said (u day that J. C. Doyle. division mrnu gor ot tho California Oregon Tower company, had atatod tlio power com pany favored tho location ot tho brldgo abovo thn ilnni, but tluit It would bo willing, lo give right of way for tho bridge whether tho nmn In eroctod on either nlilu ot the dam. Tho petition wna to havo been sub mitted to tho city council latl night, hut throiiKli n nilsundorslnndtiiis It was not read nt tho meeting. Kl.KVATOlt MKItriKU KANSAS CITY, Keb. 16. A,) Tho Stnr totlny published a spM'htl dispatch from Wichita. Ktinsns, stat ing a deal whoroby 125 grain ele vators and mlllliiK conrorns In Kanaus, Missouri, Oklnhomn, Wis consin, Illinois n nd Mlnnesotn are Merged, was consummated there today. Palm Beach Normal Again As Count Wins Right To See His Son Four Times Weekly, Alone PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 16. (AP) All was serene today in tho rival camps of the house of . Snlm. An armistice was signed yesterday between the count and the countess, whereby the former was to enjoy his two hours a day, four clays a week, with his young son, un hampered by detectives and nurses. Millicent, the child's motherland her father, H. H. Rogers, have remained iii the background and in the center of that portion of the populace who nave "noth ing to say." - Shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the hour appointed by the New York court, little Peter, flanked by his .nurse and detective, arrived at the count's hotel. Later the Dowager Countess re-appcared with her grandson for a walk along the beach.' - Efforts of . photographers' to record the scene were nullified by the Dowager countess, who, in plain Eng lish, gave them the slip. V Whether Sunday's fiasco will be counted as one of the count's four clays to have his son for two hours has t DPy been said., : ' ' " ' :' Drive On To Close New York Night Clubs; Bacon And Eggs On Menus At 3 Per Portion Wily Managers Give Ladies Menus Without Prices While Escorts Squirm as Fancy Charges Mount to Sky NEW York, Feb. 16, (AP) Revelations as to night elubH were made today as a result of Police Commis Fi'oner McLaughlin's drive to close certain objectionable elapses of them, . The question, "what is a night club?" as applied to the objectionable kind, has been largely a secret hitherto to initiates with much spending money. Tucked away here and there beneath the bright folds of the "roarinur forties" are these colorful little places. DIRIGIBLE, NOW AIM PLAN Explorer Says Wilkins Party Will live on Newspapers or Starve to Death roilTI.ANI), Oro.. Fob. 1 0, UP) ('nptulii Aniundaen pinna to mnke a preliminary flight In a dlrlglblo to I'll r In. London, and Leningrad be fore atttrtlng from Spitsbergen to Alaaku, ho suld today. Captain Amunilaen said ho would begin hla second attempt to fly over the North Polo In April If the dirig ible la ready by that tlmo. The Explorer wished well for tl DelnAt Arctic expedition headed by Captain Wllklna, but feared that f this party depended upon tho n'ctic wantua o provide fond It would he dinnppolntod. Mo said the tnembera of the De troit 'party would starve unlcu they carried their own fond or could llvn on pewapapeni. Ho rulntcd the cxporlenco of Dr. Nnnsen's party, which found n s'r.U' polur bear lu Iho Arctic. "They rhot tho bear to keep the r.nimnl from dying of starvation or homesickness. Tho bear was very lean and poor. What do" you sup pose they found In Its stomach? It was a nowKpnper that had blown from Nanson's ahlp." I'lTKItllAlfill lMI'KOYKM The condition of W. V. Puter buimh who hns been seriously il! at 'the family hnmu on tenth and Plnu fur Ilia pnit Ion days shows sllnht linproveliienl tnilny. aecordint to friends of the fumily. SHOOK KKKYICKS IIKI.lt . ' Kitnorul services for David j Shook, iiRed 73, pioneer ranch- cr of Kliiinuth. wore held thin afternoon - at Whltlork's mor- luur.v tinder tho direction of Iho bcnl Klha lodgo. Tho ehape wns crowded with members of the Siio.'k fumily and llfolon 'ft lends ijf tho deceased. The body rasi Interred In the fnin- lly plot In tho Odd Fellows cemetery. .. nicy are cawarot pure ami simple. No dnoa are charged, no initiation ,i r runnihg, and Neme San foe la requited, and any one wai!, . T i.i.i .t. hna thn price can Join. The only things li be found free uro the suit and pepper. Cover chargea ran go trim 3 to S dollarJ. Water Is furnished up to a dollar a pint. Bacon and oggs, a fad Just now, may bo had at 3 per order, which Includes tcnty-flvo centa worth of bacon and egge. One enterprising manjger has two aeta nf menus, ono with and ono without prices. Tho menus without pikes aro Landed lift ladles and they order, blissfully Ignorant (roiitlniK-d on I'amt Four) Coolidge To Back McCamant Copy of Ancient Gutenberg Bible . "Brings Big Price A NEW YOUK. Feb. 16. P) Gutenberg Illble, one of 4 5 copies In existence of tho first book printed with movubto type, bus been sold for $106,- (ion to Dr. A. S. W. Rosen bach of Philadelphia. The price aets a new record for copies of the book. This" Is the tenth copy to tome to this country. Tho 0 statu of California owns one and others are In tho hands of collectors and libraries. Girl Killed On Wedding Day; Lover Is Jailed! Body Found in Ravine 200 Yards From Home WEWOKA. Ok!a., Feb. 16. Erm.in lllgdon, 22, and his father and mother aro In Jail horo . today pending nil investigation ot the niys- terfciiis sluylng of his 17 year old fiancee Rltu May oosa, two hours, h..fn,a ihdn ...an tt lini'n ti.tnn mni' rled. The body of Rita May with a bullet mound In tho heart, was found Siroday-tifteniooti in a rnvifio .100 yaids from her home. Mr. and Mrs- Wcs lllgdon, Er ninn's parents, were tnken Into ousted- 'yesterday.' Authorities are Investigating roparts that Mrs. Hlg den had sulci two months ngj that sho would poison her so.n "rather than see him many the Gosa girl." JURY BUSY ON . ROUTINE CASES Investigative-Body May Make Inspection of .Various . County Institutions Still deliboratlng over cases sub mitted to it by the jiistloo . court, I tho Klumuth county grand Jury con tinued, its sossion today with no prospect ot making a rotuni lo Iho circuit court Into t'.ils aftornoon. . Whether or not Ui6 Invostlgntlve body will muse an Inspection of county tnstitutlnns, Including the lioor farm and county hospital, w n;it known by District Attorney I L, Elliott, 'although It was eonsld- evod a probability. ' .... .' Corridors ot tho ' county 'court hottso today worts' crowded with city patrolmen, state prohlbtlon of ficers, dopuiy shorlffa' and others, waiting to be called t tosllfy before tho Jury, ' " ' ' "'" GEO. DUKE BREAKS JAIL Former Local Stage and Taxi Man Escapes . With Japanese George ,W. Duke, former lo cal taxi and 6tage operator, serving a heavy sentence for keha, Japanese, held to the i grand jury on a larceny charge, escaped from the Polk county jail last night, according to word received here today. Tho cmcupo ' was mado about 10 o'clock, after tho prisoners bad brok on through a brick wall. J. J. lirown, companion of Duke nt the time of his urrest, and t. D. Jarvis, also under a prohibition law sentence,' mado no attempt ta eacape. Duke was serving out a sentence Imposed upon him at Monmouth on (Continued! On I'nse His) President Will Back Qregonian In Court Fight Warned by Stanfield and McNary Bat- tie Looms " WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. IP) President Coolidge will stand by his njminatlon ot Wallace McCamant of tl:rtlund. Oregon, to be a cir cuit Judgo dosplte advices from sen ate leaders that confirmation is Improbable. Judge McCimant. who nominated Mr. Coiolidge ,for vlco president at the 1920 republican national con vention In C'iK'uko, Is serving on the ninth circuit bench under ro cess appointment. Opposition u bin nomination has been led by Senator Johnson, California, who contends that the 'nominee violated: bis pri mary Instructions ut the conveutlv'i In falling to support Senator John son for president. President Coolidge' has been told by Senator McNary and Stanfield, repiillranS, ot Oregon, 'that tlio sen ato Judiciary committee.' whicj. hus been considering the nomitrnlon, will recommend against confirma tion. . If this Is d-he the president .,, BPPn advised, there is little if any likelihood that a favorable sen ate vote on confirmation can be ob tained. Mr. Coolidge, however, it was said today nt the White House, hns no Intention of wthdravvlng M Cumunt's name. HI NTS FOSiSH.S I WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, r.i Dr. J. A. Gtidloy. assistant Curator ot Fossil Mammals In the National Museum, hns been sent to Florida by tho Smithsonian Institution to continue cxplorntion .of dlscoverlo there which are believed tJ shel light on the continent's earliest In habitants. May Cut Si?c of U. S. Bank Notes WASHINGTON... Feb.' 1C. (A) American paper money mny bo reduced in sise to Hint of tho Philippine currency in the Interost of efficiency, econ- omy and convenience. That tho ehnngo is holng considered wns disclosed to tho house up- propriatlons commit too by Her- bert D. lirown, federal effic- lency 'expert, whoso . testimony wns mndu "public toduy. t The Philippine ''bill, he said Is about two thirds the slso of tho Ainorlcnn imperintl "every- one who hits lived In tho Phil- tpplnt'8 slnte that Is a "more convenient sue." Countess of Cathcart Calls Earl Of Craven Rude Names; Deportation Wrangle Grows Senator Copeland Takes up Cudgel in Senate for Lady; Lady Craven Says Countess ' is to Blame for it All NEW YORK, Feb. 16. (AP) With the Countess of Cathcart waiting at Ellis Island for a decision from Washington on her exclusion, and the Earl of Craven in Montreal, whither he fled just before a warrant was issued for his arrest, the principals in the case are en gaging in an exchange of personalities. The countess thinks the earl is a coward because he fled. She would not "have him back if he groveled at her feet." The earl, glad to be safe from im-' migration authorities, says. "Tho Countess of Cathcart only came over as a sort of publicity stunt and they hit back at me." He wants redress for "unwarranted mud-sllnginf." Lady Craven, who took the earl back after his elopement with the countess in 1922, wishes tho count ens could enter the country so she could see a Broadway play entitled "Tho Cradle Snatchers." The countess' counsel appeared be fore the labor department board of review In Washington yesterday and challenged the "legality, common sense and justice" of deporting her (Continued On Tago Hix) Despite Senate Drink in Stomach Not Possession of Liquor, Decision . . . ' I SALEM. Ore.. Fob. 16, (P) " , l,' Z, It Is not possession of intoxicat- ing liquor to have a drink on one's stomach, the supreme court so held today in the case 4- of the statu, appelant,' against Elmer Williams., appealed from Tillamook county In which an appeal written by. Justice Belt affirmed Judge George R. Bag- ley of the lower court. . Wll- liams was arrested for posses- sion of liquor. Ho was acquit- ted In tho lower court and the stnto" appealed. Frisco Police Capture Noted Hotel Burglar Suspect Makes Fruit ' less Attempt to Escape SAN FRANCISCO. Calif. Feb. 16. (iP) Lauranee Hawthorne, said by police detectives to be wanted for burglaries at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. New York, the Willord hotel. Washington, and the? Biltmore hoter. Los Angeles, was captured here shortly after midnight after ho had made a spectacular dash through a closed window and drppped fromj a fire escape to the street. He was found hiding in a garage. Deteetives opened flro on him as he left his apartment, but none of the shota took effect. Police said Hawthorne admitted that he escaped from New York while ho was under sentence to serve 40 years in Dennemora prison for robbery at the Waldorf Astoria. The suspect was - traced to his apartment here through tth: com bined efforts of Los Angeles and San Francisco police detectives in connection with the robbery Qf a room in the Biltmore hqjloi. Lo An geles, while It was occupied by Chns. Chrlstlnn of Snn Francisco. . Hawthorne was jailed on nn opeu charge. " . '. I L, 9to,nuo itoniiKitt '' LOS ANGELES. Fob. 16. () The Vernon branch of the Hollmnn Commercial Trust nnil Snvlngs bnnk here. Was robbed of J10.000 tod'iy by two men who looted the Institution while mnny depositors were In 'r. AXOTIIEIt BITES THE DIST ROME, Feb. 16. (tfn Another royal sportsman hns had his bumps. The Duko of Burgamo fell off his horsn during n fox hunt. . Britain, with Its Prince of Walos and Japan with Its Prince Chlchlbu, hurt In skating, are going to have nothing on these Frisclstl, - - , y BILLS APPROVED BY CONGRESS Appropriation of $339,500, 000 Passed Today by ; House, No Argument WASHINGTON. Feb. 16, (ip) The house naval committee baa vlr. 1 .1.11.1 n trrt.nA . nnn f ( t-n .-in r , .... . , , building program for the naval air j, , . . . , ... ... rtrvlce to cost 1100,000.000. N WASHINGTON, Feb. . 16, W, The war department approprla'lnn bill carrying 1339,500.000 was pass-. ed today by the bouse. . . . A at aunt tst thn oon a la tho motiii wt v ' . ,,,r. ... .It was said, but because of a state allots (15,256,0.00 to the army air , , . , ' . , . , j . v ' , . law which was passed at the lost service and. authorizes the service to . . ' let MnlnMi tnr tt Ann Ann In art- T"' dltlon. The direct appropriation Is an in-' crease funds. of t34i.500,, above current The army would be contin- tied at its present strength. 533 men aad 11,749 officers. 118. The bill also carries a lump sura appropriation ot 1 50,000 for rivers and harbors work. All items were approved prac tically without change. An amend ment to provide $175,000 tor travel ing expenses ot army officers de tailed to work with the organized reserve, was rejected. HITS ItATHI.NG REVIEWS SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 16. Fash ion reform 4s demanded by Bishop Drossaerts, Roman Catholic. A dlo- cesean letter says that what was formerly tho exclusive badge of the scarlet woman has now become the vogue. He regards as degrading bath ing girl reviews in which young wo men are appraised like dogs and cattle.;. ... ' : . 1X)ST A ' HOTEL NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 16. George Carr of ' Burlington. Iowa, registered In "a small hotel on a norrow street," and went to give Mardi Gras the once over. Now he can't find the hotel after an nil day search and has inserted an ad in a local paper appealing to the manager of the hostelry to send him his baggage. Firemen Battle Flames In ; Equitable Building, Forty C Stories Above N. Y Street NEW YORK, Feb. 16, (AP) Forty stories' above Broadway, firemen today waged a successful and spec tacular battle against fire in the $30,000,000 Equitable building, one of the largest office structures in the world. Most of the damage, estimated at $60,000 was in the 34th and 35th floor offices of Daniel Guggenheim and the American Smelting and Refining company. . The blaze originated in the basement of the ssky . scraper, which is located in the heart of the i .financial, district near Wall street and leaped a shaft containing steam pipes and electric cables to the eleventh, sixteenth, twen ty fourth and thirty fourth floors, skipping those that intervened. ''-': '.'.'.' .; : ';-, :': -: , Fire Chief John Kenlon declared the fire as "the high est fire the world has known.". "' ' ' ' . "The old Equitable Building was destroyed in a specta c'ular fire in January 1912. The new structure, 485 feet 9 inches in height, has an assessed valuation of ?3iJ,U00,000.. it has been building in ih$ .world, cmr i IV umiL Litiv li CAUSE RELEASE OF TRAFFIC COP Illegal for County to Keep Highway Fine Collected1 By R. E. Knowlet SUIT MAY' FOLLOW Condition Similar to That in Waco County, Where' ' Refund Was Made , County Judc It, If. Bunnell' auV , niittid ut 3 o'clock tlihi afternoon that If fines resulting from arrestn on state highways must be turned , over to thn ntnte treasury that lhv county would be forced to dispense with thn serTtcrs of County Traffic Officer R. K. Knowlrs. ; ' "We liave written (he attorney general for an opinion on the law", the county Judge said, "and if tho local InWrnretntion of tun statute la correct we will have to do without the service of a county truffle of ficer. We do not wont to refund 10US traffic fines to the state If wo ' can help it as the fines bare been ; a sreat help to the county road That it. E. Knowles, county traf fic officer, may be dismissed from iuc HiTiu u me iuumi must ui . . ... . . state authorities may demand a:re- i, . i, ' , , . 1 fund of fines assessed in Klamath ' connty, was revealed today In. offic ial circles at the county court nous. Dismissal ot Knowles. it It mi- Ai4olloa -1 1 1 n,t' ia nnv rttf mH rtt I ., ' . . . .,, , Ion his conduct as o .traffic officer. ? 4 i n-Klo Inn. It AtulnaaA specifically that all fines assessed from speeders on state highways,' 'mtiml tuk turn iil IntA Lb il,t. tTnuMm ury. The statute points out that the j fact that the arresting officer) is employed by the county, makes.no difference in its' application. j. It states that fines resulting from ar- I Mats nn efnto. hlvtiWBVa m.ila i I any "state officer or any rothor . peace officer"" must be turned over to tho state. , . " '. . . '.', '1 Knowles is employed by the coup , ty. According to report, his salaty j is paid 'out of the tines rosultlni i from arrests he makes. Tils - ra- maindcr of tho fines, resulting from his arrests, have been", turned .over to the county road fund. Virtually all of Knowles' arrests hare boon ma(Jo 0 sUt0 hlghwav.. Justico of the Peaco R. A. Em mitt announced this afternoon that hereafter ail traffic tines assessed In his court where the arrest was made on a state highway,, will bo turned Into tlio state, Instead of the I'UUUlv, tta uau uucu. ins iakui ui the past. . i ' V . ' - ; '.. . I did not know of the existent ; of iuch laWi but the wording Is clear, and there is nothing for me to do not turn the m'oney' into' the ante," the magistrate said. ' ,; . With the money from which his salnry is said to be -derived,' turned lover to the state the ' question j arises in the minds of the county court as to whore Knowles' salory : . . f.- (Continued on Fnge Two) regarded as the most iireproor -';-' ' " ; ' ' in i
