The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, March 31, 1928, City Edition, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCity Edition The Old Home Paper U KATHKIt REPORT OREUON: Kaiu tonight and Sunday: continued mljd, fresh to strong southerly winds. Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Price Fivo Centa KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1928 . Number 6299 jl 11 Ulivi uj E CITY RAZED BY QUAKES Thirty - Eight Killed at Building Topple in Smyrna RED CROSS SOCIETY RUSH TO GIVE HELP Hcvm Sharp K.arili Movement limia-nM Hantaan Jn tiljf Which Mail Hern Moally Rebuilt Hlnrp Trrrlblo Kirn of Several Years Ago. CONSTANTINOPLE. Mar. 31, (AP) Thirty-cight per sons were reported dead and fifty-five injured In a erics of seven sharp earth quakes which nhook Smyrna at 2:.'10 thin morning. Tho'clly famocl iilnco antiquity fur Ita many disasters, aaw huua m rebuilt since t:n terrible. (Ira o( several years ago and tho Turro-Orrvk war crash down. Half of tun neighboring vil la" of Tourball waa riratroyrd and In the village of Scldlkrul IV doad and 4 Injured were re- yportod. . .... f The Turk lull Ited' Cross ao clety la rushing help to th stricken district. All telegraph pcli. In the Ryrna region wrri hurled down and communications were rut nf( completely. Newa of tho quake reached Conatlntinople by way of Konla. KOOGIA. Italy. March 31. Ml An earthquake ahork or un-. uaual violence waa felt at 1 : r 5 a. m. at the local obaervatory. (Continued on I'aie Three) COWfTTCT PART OF FEES 0 . . , ! . -4 . . ' I . O rOUTI.ANI). Ore.. Mar. 31. Mt Multnomah county'a ahare In the apportionment of rocelpla from motor ehlrlo reRlatrallona for the period from Heptemher 1. laal lo March IS.' 192S was tS2i.233.u3. Next rame Marlon 'county with 193.862.74, and I-ami county'a ahare was 7 . 2(7.30. Arnons tho reeolpts of other counties were: llakor, S 17.32. 01: Douitaa. $2!i.l5.8; Jack son. $411,604 64: Klamath, f:i. 043.2: I'mittllla. 3,87.1: Union, S19.879.63; osephlne, 110.160.14. ii:ilMH STH.l. W.tlT. nUlll.lN, March 31. (AD The (ierman plane Rromen waa In lis hangar at llnldonnel air drome today because of a (Ivor no weather conditions. Tho three filers regarded a hop-nff on 'heir flight to New York before Mou day as unlikely. Poor Pa . "Mn's always regtettin' kIio married so young. She Inlks like If she'd delayed Inkln' mn It would 'have hern Just Hint much gained." VENERABL SIXTY-THREE INJURED WHEN TRAINS CRASH LIMA. Ohio. March SI. (!) Klily-lhrue persona it Injured lual night In tho wreck of the llroudway and Linen y limited, faat Pennsylvania railroad pas senger train, four mill- weal of hern, kail officials announced today. Shortly after alx o'clock thr Broadway limited, which win be hind achedlllc, pulled up along aide a alKnal lower lo awnlt rdera. A general sleet atorm over northern Ohio bad struck l.lina. plsylng havoc with lelo phone and levelling telugraph wire until meana of rouiinunlca llon had been Kst. Running 20 minute behind the llroadway limited tbu Liberty waa speeding along at 40 miles an hour trylug lo make up 0 nu ll bad lost because of the atonn. Apparently the train rrew waa unaware that the llroadway had alopped for ordera. Tho Liberty rraahed Into the rear end of the flrat train, tcle aroplng a club ear. a mall Tar and parlor car and derailing aome cf Ita own coarbea. SEES SUCCESS Kucceaa this summer In the drive for funds to construct the Woed-atatn line section of the Klamath Falls-Weed highway Is freely predicted by Carl l'helps. ! ardent booster for the rood, In a lettnr to lorrl. Calif.. Itianklim . that northern California coni-i muully for tta caah contribution. Following Is the letter: j "I have your letter enclosing the rheck from your peoi'lo of the chamber of commerce for 1100. Cannot figure why you sort of apologtie for the sma'.l amount. I thluk It splendid of you to rulae that amount and It's very generous. Indeed, and If all partlea Interested along the line did half as well our troubles would be over. "This surely hss been a long hard struggle and It may be that i we have kind of overplayed our hand In the matter, yet I cannot ! help but feci that the end Is In sight and that we have won. "With the aiMturnnre of support i all a'ong the Hue and tho $12,000 which It appears will cotno from ' Kan Kvaiiclsro, aa well aa all the counties' altitude towards the plan, can't see but what this summer will tell the tale. "I'nderstnnd from Mr. Murphy that Hum Knglnocr Comtey will go bver the Uorrls-state lino unit this coming week with Jim Itnhrer. If we ran get started, think It will help, and come to a head with us on top." YOUTH NABBED BY POLICEMEN AFTER PURSUIT NEW YOltK. .March 31. () Arrested after a chase In which policemen fired a score of shots, James M. Cox, Jr., 21 yeara old, who said he waa the son of the former Governor of Ohio, was held In tl.hoo ball toduy on charges of assault and leaving tho see nn of nn nccldent. RQAD BOOSTER Gene Tunney To Fight Tom Heeney Next July j MIAMI BKAf'lI, Fin., March I 31. M") T"" Heonoy will fight Gene Tunney for the world's ' heavyweight rhninplonshlp In July, Tex Hlckard announced hero toduy after a conference with Charley Hnrvey, thfl New Zualunder's manager. NEW YORK, March 31. (VI llio world's championship mulch between (leno Tunnoy and Tom lluenny, announced In Mlnml bench today by Tex Uickurd, prolmlily will take place In one of tho two New Yrk major Icagun hull parks around July 4. Mulching of Iloomy with tho rbainpioij nmrniintlcnUy cIr-Ivds MERGER OF COMPANES ANNOUNCED Crown Willamette and Zellerbach Paper Com nies as One DIRECTORS APPROVE BIG COAST COMBINE One llunilrel M .111.. n Itollnra In AaM-la JiiIikmI ly Atlun of Of ficial of K a r Ik t'fimtriny; 'rotil-7.ellerlarli M ill Ite .Value of .New nml Ijirfcer l'omMtny. SAN FItANTISCO. March 31 Ml Merger of tho Crown Wil lamette I'kper company and the Xcllcrbacb corporation with com bined asseta of $100,000,000 and owning some SuO.000 acres of timber lands In Pacific coast territory and many paper mills in the Pacific northwest was an nounced here today. Consolidation of tho two com panies was approved by tho dir ector of a meeting yesterday nnd needs enly the approval cf the stockholdera to become effective. The I'rowa X.ellerbueh corporation will be tlu new name of the uivrgrd concerns, whltb officials said would constitute one of the largcat distributor cf paper and paper products In the Cull ed States, with a dally capacity of 14&0 tons of finished paper. Capltul atrurturo of the merg ed orgnniuitlnna will constat of 200,000 shares of $3 accumu lative preferred stock and 2.000. 000 shaTes of common stock. I.ouls Illcch will be chairmun of the board of :he new com pany. Other officials will be I. Zellerbach. president: Marvin K. Illgglns. chairman tt tho cx excutlve committee: Kdwln M. Mills. Archie 11. Martin and J. I). Zellerbach. executive presl-, ilii.is. and I. J. floldy.mlth. aecre- f.ry and treasurer. BOMB EXPLODES ! ON 18TH FLOOR j OF STRUCTURE NKW YOKK. March .11. AP j Explosion of a small bomb on the sixteenth floor of an lS-story building on 3Kth street today blew out all windows on the top j threo floors, the pollen reported.! First reports said tliul a doten I persons were injured and '.Sevres knocked down by the blast. , j PIERCE EYEING j GOVERNORSHIP POUTI.ANH. Ore. March 31. (JPl Tho Portland Telegram In a political review by Henry M. Ilnnxon totlay says that develop ments In the West-Plerco squab ble this week Indlrnto that form er Governor Walter M. Pierce Is likely to aguln bo a candidate for governor. j Johnny JSisko. tho Cleveland bak ler boy, who hnd fought his way I up to tho diminution finals with I the New Zenl,inder.t i Chnlrmun James A. Furley, of the New York stnlo nthletlc com mission told tho Assocluted Press i when Informed of tho match, that hn could see no bar to singing the bout hero. j "While I'd rather not discuss the matter until tho commission incuts on Tuesday, personally 1 !see no objection to the mutch. Ileeney Is one cf tho three ac credited ehnllengors In New York slain and nppiivently nil tho pro visions of tho hoard would be complied with If ItUknrd made till" DliHrli." Plans One-Stop Great Circle Hop i rJP5r S .--.-- I lutfAiTf Kuril ffK t C I N ' ZS t' . I ItOCKFOUO. III.. Var. 3":. , I The flrat trans-Atlantic airplane flight ever started from the. mid-' die west la bring planned here; by llert llasscll. Hockford -pilot.' Sometime In June, llassell ex ports, to hop from this Illinois! city and follow the comparatively; ! short (irejt Circle route acrosa' ! tho Atlantic to Stockholm, ttwe- dt-n. After flying over the Great I-akes ho will cross Ontario, skirt i the lip of Hudson Hay and speed toward tireeulund. where he will land. The aecoud hop will be across Iceland and on tu . the, Scandinavian peninsula. -r Aeronautic authorities state tint this one-stop flight will be the least dungerous of all air' crossings. The longest water Jump, of which there are three, j is only i28 miles. Hansen's abll-( Ity as a navigator la expected to take him safely over the north t Canadian country for which de available. ! tailed maps are not . Ths atop In Greenland forTu)iow from awhile waa feared to be an al- Stockholm. most Insurmountable obstacle, bm arrangements hare been made I that turn it Into an actual ad- to be so located that it can ae rititnge. Tho Greenland expcdl- lect Hansen's landing field and tion of the I'lilverslty ut Michigan refuel his plaue. ' niroiT DJinnrn iMfiMiuiuinm n iwir in i n iiair i iiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiii ' GIVEN SCOUTS BREAK RECORD i tegular rcurt of honor was held at tho library on Friday evening before a good sited aud ience, composed of relatives and friends of the Boy Scouts who received promotions. Hollo C. tirocsberk presided; as chairman and gave tbe addresa .t the eve ning. Following Is the list of th scouts awarded badges: Tenderfoot Tr;op four: Mel vln Powells. Second classTroop eleven : Itichard Ebl; troop twelve: Al bert Bergman. Merit budges Troop cne: Boss lllllman, angling. Troop two Morton Yaden, coking, bird study and cyllng: Italph Peyton, cyllng and camp ing: Gruer Drew, cooking, car pentry and camping. Troop threo Keith Hnconlch. atnitttlcs: uonaicl loiweu. nin- letics: Albert tavctitk. nthlotlcs; Robert Colwcll, horsemanship: William Elliott, art. Troop foul" Eldon Johnson. IKesaving and bird study; Fred Lewis, bird study, athletics. Troop seven Ueo Fanss, wood craft, bird study and chemistry; Trooy Cook, handicraft, chemis try and electricity; Vernon Wall, cycling, woodcraft. Troop eleven Bob Roys?, bookbinding, first aid to animals and public health: Bob Bath inny, rooking; Ronuld Hopkins, cooking. Troop twelve Donald Kenyon, scholarship: Morris Slusser. craftsmanship ln wood; Edgar Bedal, public health; James Slus ser, bird study; 'Ralph Weinberg, f Iretnanshlp. ARNESUOMINEN RETAINS LEAD PALM A. N. M March 31. (AP) Arno Suomlnen. Detroit, re tained the leadership In tho rare nl starting time tod ly wllh an elapsed time of 16.0:35:33 for the 959. r miles from Los Angeles lo this point. Suomlnen finished tho Morlarty-Pnlma lap yester day, a dlstnuce of 33 miles. In 6:03:30. rroef(oi IV' -' r tii ... - . fc- eieii of the- Great u-ele ' rwntc he v. ill Itorkford,' HI.,' t now is I n the arct:c and happens: MIAMI BEACH. Fin.. March 31. (AP) Mrs. Lottie Moore Schoemen. woman distance ilm mer, went Into the. water at IHauvlllo rusmo hero at 9:23 a. m. today In an attempt to break the world's enduiance swim rec ord which has stood for 48 years. She wore her usual coating of grease. The record of 31 hours was set by Miss Edith Johnson In Black Pool. England, in May. 1S80. Hill Erlrkson. holder of the American record of 30 hours, set In July last year, paced her in the early hours. . She expected to swim 32 hours until 3:23 p. m. tomorrow. Miami Beach life guards will swim with her to night. ' CHICAGO MAYOR I DEFENDANT IN ' SfANnFI? Cf 77, e.ie, v .Mayor William Male Thompson I today was made defendant In a $100,000 slnnder suit filed by; Chester E. Clevelnnd. a former political ally. . . EDITOR NAMED AS SUCCESSOR OF W.FERRIS LANSING, Mich., March 31. P) --Arthur Vundenberg. republican, editor of tho Grand Rapids Her ald was today appointed United ' States senator from Michigan to succeed Senator Woodbrldge N. i Ferris, who died March '23. MRS. GOODHUE . MUCH BETTER NORTHAMPTON, .Muss.. March SI. (Al As Mrs.'CalvIn Coolldg? today neareil the end of the first , week of her stay here at the bed i side of her aged mother, Mrs. i Lemlra Goodhue, the condition of the patient had Improved slightly since her mid-week relapse. SCHOONER AT OF MERCY STORM (before be waa to deliver a cam- ,, , ,, . . .. ipaign address to hie fellow OlX-Matled Vessel in Uire: townsmen at Ohio Wesleyan uni Diatrpsa off Oretron eroity and Just as the Columbus - Coast , ' While the glee club was sing- floundering1!", !f" 'hJ .""!; SHIP AS ELEMENTS RISE . ... ... . ., iclalmed was caused by cerebral Members of C oast Oiinrtl Station . , ... i hemorrhages. occurred . within Kusb lo Ii. w of Imperiled fjTe mlnutea He WM 5t rear, Kctlle ('rail and Stand by old. Awaltlmj Arrival of Speeiltng I He had told bis private secre Oovomment 4'utter. i,ar!r- Charles A. Jones, be was FLORENCE, Ore., March 31. (AP) Buffeted and tossed for two days and a night, the human cargo of the sailing schooner mute, before he died. I Helen B. Sterling of Seattle.) The audience first waa Inform-j stood by off Heceta Head today !,, the nMoT had a taUen m to await abatement of a storm' nd WCuld be unable to speak. I that seemed to have no end. Thev sensed something more dls-l eas mat oasneu ov teei nign . washed the stranded vessel and lis crew. SOS distress signals ' cou'.d still be acen from the beach I where thrones of Lane countv ' coast people gathered to watch ' I H 1 hftttla of man ovalno. .ha 1 .. uienla. I The shlD. one of the few six- j masted sailing schooners In Pa- , t'",e waters, ..i, ittipeat-ed to 'be about one and one-half miles off ahore. Fighting the storm that kept up Saturday morning. Cap tain Stewart and three helpers from Hi Sluslaw coast guard station reached the schooner be fore noon and fully expected to get the helpless boat out of dan ger by mid-afternoon. A cutter from Eureka. Calif.. i . jis racing up the coast, sent out r no-? evening, it is expected to reaca me Helen ii. Stewart at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Captain Stewart and Coast Guardsmen' Joe Bernhart. Clyde Deel and El mer Peterson are staying by the boat until the Eureka cutter ar rives, j The coast guard statioi tried frantically to get the distressed boat to answer signals but until tbe guardsmen arrived there this morning they were unable to get them to understand signals sent by the guardsmen. No lives were reported lost at noon today. The schooner had lost a mast and sail. At that time It atood In no Immediate ! danger but the coast guardsmen (Continued on Page Three) BALL CIRCUIT IS FORMED IN COOS COUNTRY MAItSHFIELD. Ore.. March 31. (AP) The Coos founty basoball last night with five teams repre- seated. Arthur Berg, Coqullle. Is j president and secretary. North Bent. Marshtleld. Coqullle. Myr - ! "? Poi.nt ,ul Bandon probably I w".', c",or 'l'am"' Ro-urg and tioiu itoacn were rcpresemea dui had not definitely decided to Join, Klamath Dairies Again Win High Milk Ratings Oregon dairymen amazed at high scores of Klamath duiries demanded that a witness accom pany Lee Cruft. sanitary Inspec tor, when he collected milk sum pies to send to Corvallis for test. Their request was granted. Chief of Police Keith Ambrose named the day the samples would be taken and accompanied Craft on his rounds. Tho results of tho test were announced today and not only vindicated Mr. Craft but showed beyond a question of doubt that, the grade of milk from Klamath dairies distributing in Klamath Kalis Is one of the highest In tho northwest. The highest sigre ever amd F. B. WILLIS, FAVORITE SON OF OHIO, DEAD I)KI.AVAftE. Ohio. March 31. iJP) United States Senator Frank ii. Willis. Ohio's favorite son. candidate for the republican pres idential nomination was elimi nated from the contest by' death i last night, while attending an old 'fashioned home-coming demon stration. I He was stricken lew minutoi .republican glee club was sinning '"A Soldiers Farewell." breath of fresb air." .His (death. which five physfclan feeling very bail. Soon arter ; he senator collapsed. Mrs. Wll-1 lis. called from the stage where rhe had been sitting with ber husband, reached his side a few husband, reached his side a few tresslng had happened and as ,hey lingered to learn the truth, ., or hl old friends, both men and women cried. me wo men bsVame almost hysterical. E LEASES ASKED WASHINGTON. March 31. (1 A proposal for an Investiga tion of all oil leases on the pub lic domain and In Indian lands during the administration of Al joeri i. rati mirnwi ' . tarT s under consideration by a bert B. Fall as Interior secre- Iruo of senators. This was dis closed today by Chairman Nye of the teapot dome committee who said he would not be surprised it a resolution to this end were , introduced to the senate within j a short time. j "It is possible that such an in-; quiry would develop a sltua- j ticn that would put the teapot I dome to shame." the North IJa- kota senator said. I HAWLEY NAMED j HEAD OF WAYS, MEANS GROUPl WASHINGTON. March 31. JP The house today elected Rep resentative Hawley of Oregon to the post as chairman of the pow erful ways and means committeo vacated by resignation of Green of Iowa. ' Jfn hFAYJzPr rS FOR SAN UlLUU ST. LOOS, March 31. (AP) Co'.oncl Charles A. Lindbergh I and three companions took oft : from Lambert-St. Louis field at 1 : 29 p. m. today for San Diego, , Calif., to receive the new Ryan monoplane wnicn nas oeen ouiu for him there. STIGAT1 by a Klamath dairy, according ;. Dr. E. D. Lumb, deputy dairy and food Inspector, was attained tills 1 month by a comparatively nc l concern, the Superior dairy which scored 97.4 out of a possible lO'i per cent cf lis milk sample. ' Mountain dairy with 95.3 and) Johnson dairy wllh 93.1 were second and third respectively. Seven of tho eleven major j dairies whose milk samples were submitted to careful tests showed j a score of 90 per cent and over; Iwo were between 85 per cent nnd 90 per cent and two below 85 per cent . , ; Klamath's dairy rating Is! (CouUuucd oo ruge Three) WANT PINE PLACED ON TAX ROLLS Committee Holds Assess or Has No Right to Take Stand RESOLUTION HANDED INTO COUNTY COURT Want Timber Itc-check to Imme diately bo Undertaken ami In sist that Representative of Firm of Kilgnr and C tillLson ba Inrludnl In Ite-rherk. Demanding that some ac- tion be immediately taken toward a re-check of the p. A ruii,on timber Edgar and -llln tim.Dey cruise in order that a jUSt ontl fair coin of one billion feet of pine timber might be placed on the tax rolls, -a group of Klamath county farmers, backed up by the Klamath irrigation district, appeared before the Klam- . ! ath county court this rnorn rng." -.v.. - - ' vColtttX Assessor . W. T. I.eo , has steadfastly refused to place the cruise on the tax rolls until It is re-checked. He strongly In timates his belief that the cruise was not a fair one. Ha has agreed that If the recheck shows within 15 per cent of the cruis ers' estimate he would place tho billion foot gain on the rolls. ' " was a determined group oi farmers wno oemanoea kiwd I (Continued on Page Three) STATE HEAD OF D.A1 . Portland, ore.. March si. (AP) Mrs. E. Clyde A person of McMlnnvUlc, Ore., waa elected I state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the close of Ihe fiftieth animal state conference today. Her only op ponent was Mrs. R. E. Watten burg of Klamath Falls, who later withdrew. - Other officers named Included: Mra.-.F. Sllnson Ganett. Eugene, first vice regent: Mrs. M. - J. Morris. Crater Lake, socond vice regent; Mrs. Francis Cornell, Sa lem, chaplain; Mia. C. R. McClal lln, Deschutes, recording secre tary: Mrs. W. O. Wlsecarver. Yamhill, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Harry Northrup, Portland, treasurer; Mrs. Earl C. Reynolds, La Grande, registrar: Mrs. Clyde. K. ; Lewis, Portland, historian; Mrs. V. G. 8mlth, Portland, librarian. k Aunt Het "I'm a purr, woman, ail' nr man couldn't make me unfaith ful to Pa; but sometimes When he's beln' right hateful I wish sonic man wonld try It."