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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1928)
WEATHKR ORBOON: Unsettled with showers tonight and Wednesday, continued mild, high humidity. Moderate south and southwest wtodi on the coast. , Associated Press and United Press TelegrapK Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1928 Number 6378 City Edition The Old Home Paper 1ST STATE DIVIDENDS TO BE PAID Final Liquidation of De funct Bank Will - Occur Saturday SAVINGS RECOVERY TOTAL 89 PER CENT Total . Recovery on f 'omnirerUl Drpoalta I Sa.7 Per Oat, An- Buaarrmrnl Today ot II. I Orom, Urputy HUttt llwik fcs mlnrri (Itprk To lie Mailed. raymont of the final divi dends on commercial and savings deposits of the First State and Savings bank, do- fund, will be made Satur day, it was announced to day by Roy L. Orem, depu ty state bank examiner, in charge of liquidation of th affairs of the bankrupt con cern. Tbli payment will wind up the all and one half year liquidation which haa been aucceaafully car ried out under the direction of the alate banking department. When commercial and savings depoallora receive tbelr final checka they will "hare recovered St cent on the dotlar on savings deposits and ftl.T rente on the dollar on commercial depoalta. ' The dividend Saturday will ba It.T cenla on the dollar on com' menial and II per cant on aav f- (Continued on pass arc) " WEALTHY STOCK MAN SUICIDES PORTLAND. Ore., July J. 171 Frank W. Ilurke. It, retired stock man and member of the Arlington Club here, leaped to hla death, early today from the Broadway bridge. The harbor patrol Recovered the body at 4 o'cloc k p. m. . An eipenalve new sedan was abandnued on the center of the bridge. The bridge tender heard a aplash and found the car and Bnrke's hat wheu he reached the draw apan. ' Papers found on tha body were addressed In the Arlington Club, .but Durkn resided at an eaclualve "apartment houae hers. Burke la said to have been wealth and to have had exten sive land holdings In eaatern Ore gon. He spent much of hla time traveling. ) HOLD A. FRICKE : ON CHARGE OF RECKLESSNESS Charged with rerkloas driving Axel Frtoke of Tennsnt was ar rested last night by city officers on South Sixth whera It Is al leged ba crashed Into a car be' longing- lo Jim Beck. After posting a ball of ISO, Frlcke waa released. . Hla trial haa been set for Thursday morn Ing at It o'clock. Poor Pa "Our daughter Hotly can make anything alto's done ap pear so harmless that I feol sorter ashamed of myself for gottln', after her about It." - A",,v,) "LP SAYS H NEW YORK. July S. UI Publicity In one of the moot ef fective means of curbing crime, In ths belief of J. P, Hanton, dlatrlrt attorney of New York. In an Interview marking the sorond anniversary of the so called "llaumes Lawa." Ilia atrln lent criminal cede of Now York atata. Hanton seemed mora In clined to credit newspaper cam paigns with tha reduction of crime than he did the llaumna lawa. District attorneys of three oth er boroughs of Greater New York, strongly pralaed the Ilauinee code. ' "Crime comee oflon In wavaa," (Continued on pace all) T TO OIL ROAD The requnat recently aubmltted to the Oregon State Highway I'nmmlulon by the chamber of commerce, aaklng that the Crater Lake highway between Fort Kla math and the Crater Lake park boundary ba oiled, haa been de nied by the commission, accord Ing to word received by Earl C. Keynolda, secretary, from Hoy DENY HEflUES A. Klein, state highway engineer, again. A life aavlng crew re The request waa declined by malned In readlneaa to go to the the commlaalnn on account of the 'aasistsnre of Captain K. D. W. uncertainty of funda. The Initia tive lirenee fee bill which baa been filed, If voted In November, will greatly curtail the revenue and until that time It Is neces sary that tha commlaalon adhere strictly to tha maintenance bud gel to avoid overruns, according to Mr. Klein.! Further reasons whlrh led lo the decision given by the com mlaalon In tha matter, were dua to tha worn condition of tha sur- I facing on large part of the ken alia. H. - The -drainage la most nnfavorabla and tha com mlaalon would anticipate com plete failure of an oiled surface during tha spring breakup. A light oil surface would lead to unfavorable comment on the part of tourlata on account of their cars being splsshed with oil, with the result that reaort owners and operators particularly would be aubjoct to many complaints. NEW HIGH MARK IS SET AT N. Y. CLEARING HOUSE NKW tOUK. July J. un All records were broken at tha New York clearing house today In the money value of checks hsndled in a single day. The total reached 11.411.000,000 whlrh ' compared with he prevloua high record of 12.33. 000.000 on April I last. CALL BKKOKK 7 P. M. KOIt KVKMNfl HKhVtl.II ' In event subscribers do not receive their pspers, they a are requested by the clrru- a latlon department of the a Evening Herald to call tha Herald at or 177 before a 7 p. m. A delivery boy Is a retained op until 7 p. m. a lo deliver papers whlrh bsve a a not been left by the regular a a carrier. To ensure securing a a the paper,, tha subscriber a a must call before 7 p. m. Hoover Feels Wet-Dry Issue Over WASHINGTON, July 3. (AP), There ara Indications' that Sec retary Hoover Intends to stress other Issues than prohibition In the early days ot hla campaign tor tha presidency. At his headquarters here, occa sion has been taken to deplore the placing ot any emphasis upon the wet-dry question at this time and predictions have been made that the nominee, while declar ing for, strict enforcement, will not at any early data specifically oppose tha stand ot Governor Smith for fundamental changes l In the provisions ot tho prohibi tion laws. Whatover he may say on this sub Joe t in his spooch accepting the nomination has not yot boen put Into words and, his friends say, will not ba for many days. Hit duties at bead of tha com A MS S ROCKS HARBOR Light Cruiser Is Guided By Wrong Buoy in Halifax Harbor ALL BUT SO LEAVE VESSEL ON SHOALS Hhlp Mrindlng Away on Korke Can Not be Halvarl Hay six- ' prrta) Acrlili'Rt Orrnra aa llrlt leh Hhlp la Hllppliig Hlowly Through llwvy Fug In Harbor. HALIFAX. N. 8.. July 1. A !). The British light cruleer Dauntleaa waa rapidly breaking up on Tribune Shoals Inalde the harbor entrance today, abandon ad by all but her commander and a akeleton crew of officers and men. It waa feared aha would be a total loaa. Salvage experts aald It waa on- likely toe Tease! could be floated MacPberaon and hla SO men If danger threatened. The cruiser, testing her way Into the barbor through a donae fog yealerday afternoon, evidently mistook Thrum Cap buoy tor tha ono marking the fair way up (Continued on page six) - FORGE GIRL TO SEATTLE. Wash.. July t. (A P). Forced lo swallow a vial of polaon by two men who had at tacked her. Miss Swanee Quene moen. !J. was reported to be dying In a hospital here early to day. - The girl hysterically told of being kldnsped by two men aa she alighted from a street car In a Seattle auburb about midnight, of being . attacked, and of hav ing a bottle of arid forced down her throat. The burning poison ! splashed on her face, . deeply searing her flesh. Bhe was thrown from the ma chine In which aha waa kidnaped a few blocks aistant. BUMPER WHEAT CROP FORESEEN TOPEKA. Kaa.. July J. (UP). The summer's first heat wave, supplanting a siege of rainy wea ther In the "wheat belt." today sent hundreds of farmer Into the wheat fields and Increased proa peels- for a bumper crop. Wet fields were delaying the cutting of the grain In sections but a few days more of hot July sun will permit the harvest to be In full swing. Already the hnm of the binder Is heard In many Kansaa fields, and many com bines ara expected to be In use In southern Kansas Thursday. Emphasized merce department have drawn Mr. Hoovers attention temporar ily from the preparation of ' his acceptance address. Tha depart ments budget tor the fiscal year 1931-1930 has takon Its place and In consoquence Interviews with departmental officials have displaced axtendod political con forences. , However, Carmt .Thompson who led the fight against Hoover In the Ohio primaries, dropped In yesterday to pledge his support and predict that the commorce secretary would carry his state In the Novomber election. - Some uncertainty as to the time Mr. Hoover will leave th capital to present his resignation to President Coolidge and rocelve formal notification ot his nomlna tlon has arisen and the task of making arrangements tor the trip SWALLOW ACID baa been temporarily postponed Cost Of Line South ToBeApproximately Four Million Dollars Figuratively apeaklng, Klam ath today resembles the day lab orer who has unexpectedly In herited a fortune.' That the Modoc Northern railroad hoped for, prayed for and worked for la definitely and finally aaaured after 10 yeara of waiting, seems incomprehensible to Klamath Falls bualneaa men and Klamath mill operators. Construction of the - Modoc Northern will mean the placing of the fifth spoke of the railroad wheel of south central Oregon, of willed Klamath Falla la the bub. The Caacade line north and south provldea two apokes, the Great Northern) railroad, a third, and the O. C. A E. railroad now being attended Zt ml lea from Bpragua Illver to Bly the fourth hub. Aalde from the fact that tha Izaack Walton League Chapter Formed By Klamath Sportsmen Pledged to do all lo their power to protect and perpetuate - the game and fish life of the United 8tates, and to oppose any com mercial or Industrial moves tend ing to dealroy tiah and game, a group of prominent eportamen last night formed a chapter of the Itaack Walton league In Kla math Falla. ' The Ideals of the league ara purely altruistic and Its purpose la. to disseminata IU belief a by extending Its membership and by conducting a campaign of educa tional publicity. Walter Waggoner, Klamath TODAY'S.., RESULTS American: R ' H K Boston ISO Philadelphia ....r 4 TVS Russell, P. Blmmona and Hof man; Buah and Cochrane. National: Philadelphia IS Boston ......... Ring. Wllloughby. 'Walsh. Mil - ler and Leraln. Scbulte: Brandt. Holllngsworth, Greenfield and Taylor. FRENCH PILOT LOST ON COAST OF CAPE JUBY CASA BI.ANCA, Morocco, July 3. AP). French airmen were aearchlng the fog covered deeert coast south ot Cape Juby today for Pilot Relne who bas been lost alnce Saturday when he left Da kar, carrying South . American mail destined for Paris. The region In whlrh the search la being conducted la the same where Relne was once forced down and held tor ransom tor ten days by hostile tribesmen. ONE KILLED AS FIRE DESTROYS TANK OF GAS SYRACUSE, N. Y.. July 3, (P) One man was burned to death and eight storage tanka contain ing 100.000 gallons ot gaaoline and 10,000 gallons of high grade oil were destroyed early today when- a spectacular fire followed an explosion on the Sun Oil com pany property on tha north side of this city. CONDITION OF BANKS SOUGHT BY OFFICIALS WASHINGTON, July S. (AP) The comptroller ot the cur rency today Issued a call tor the Condition ot all national banks at the close ot business on June 30, 1938. HERALD TO NOT PUBLISH ON 4TH In line with a long eatablished precedent and In cooperation with tho Klamath Typographical Un ion, ine a-veninB iinraia win nui publish tomorrow, the Fourth of July. ' original survey would be adhered to for the moat part, that the line will be 7 miles In length, and that work will start "Imme diately" no further word. could be obtained from the Southern Pacific company regarding their project. , It Is believed, however, that the project will be undertaken from both ends, one construction crew working out of Altnrae, and tha other out of Klamath Falla. Cost of the project will approxi mate four million dollars. It la understood. - Construction of the line from Klamsth Falls south to Black's canyon. In Modoc county, will not entail difficult construction. For the moat part the project will necessitate only throwing up a fine grade and will not require (Continued on page 41 Falls druggist, was named tem porary president, and Nate Otter- beln, newapaperman, was selected temporary secretary. v Either the chapter will be come affiliated with the Klamath 8portamen'e association, . or the two organisations will become as one depending on whether or not the personnel of the sports men's group will be willing to loin the league. Following are the charter mem bers of tha Klamath chapter: , M. J. Barnea. 6SS Jefferson St.: R. E. Deweese. SIS Eldo- t Continued nn pajra atzl BUSINESS- PLAN Klamath Falls will hsve, a business and professional direct ory printed dally In a condensed way oa one page of the local papers It plans materialise aa outlined. The purpose ot this director Is to convenience all 1 classes ot people In a trade terrt tory of Klamath raits seating Information along the linea rep resented In every live town. Thousands of papers are being sent East, to prospective settlers In this section or the country every year. The papers as pub lished at present do not disclose that Klamath Falla has a -fine class ot business and professional men. Do you have any doctors or lawyers In your town? ,1s there a bank In the townT How about schools and churches? are some of the questions frequently asked by those writing. A directory such aa published in the live towns of Oregon la the index that telle the atory. The small cost to each firm or professional man is believed to be Insignificant compared to the results that conld be obtained through a proper directory. James Jordan and Ted Jordan, two reliable young men of the local newspaper staff, are be ginning today to make a canvass among the firms and profession al men ot Klamath Falla In an effort to formulate such, a di rectory. POOR WEATHER IS FORECASTED PORTLAND, Ore., July 3, OP) Unsettled weather tonight and tomorrow with occasional light rain, waa forecast today Tor the Portland area by Edward L. Wells, government meteorologist. Little change In. temperature was expected. ' For Oregon and Washington unsettled conditions were tore cast, with showers tonight and tomorrow with continued mild temperature and high humidity. Scattered light rains and un favorable weather for the drying of hay was predicted tor the Wil lamette Valley tor tomorrow and Thursday. lire rut Buys Paper. OMAHA, Neb., July 3. (AP) Sale ot the Omaha Bee-News to William Randolph Hearst waa announced today by Nelaon B. i Updike publisher ot the news- DIRECTORY OR IPPr. 4TH JULY FETE UNDER WAY Gr&nd Pacific S o k o 1 Festival Opens in -Klamath Today SPECIAL TRAIN OF VISITORS ARRIVE Unveiling of Ktatoe In Prague, Cwcho-HlovakU Will be CYle brated In fkratbern Klamath Community Tomorrow; Inter esting Program Arranged. The Grand Paclfie Sokol fes tival In which sons and daugh ters ot Csecbo-Slovakia ao American citizens gather each year to enjoy a three-day cele bration, opened 4oday In- Malln following the arrival' this morn ing at g o'clock of a special train bearing lit from Willamette val ley. Portland, and points north. The visitors were met at the train by a fleet of automobiles, and were motored to Malin where the enterprising little community hss prepared an engrossing pro gram for the ensuing three daya. Tomorrow the program will be featured by celebrating the un veiling of a statue ot Wood row Wilson in Prague, Cxecho-81o-vskla. Later the visitors will be taken on automobile tours around the Klamath basin to show the agricultural assets ot the Klam ath country and to possibly In terest the visitors in settling In the Klamath country. . . ..." . ANGLER NEEDS " MOST OF DAY TO LAND FISH MONTAUK. L- I.. July 3. (UP) Oliver C. Grinnell, president ot the Montsuk swordftsh club, to day landed the largest broadblll swordfish ever caught with rod and reel on the Atlantic coast. It was believed the fish would weigh about 300 pounds and It took a seven hour battle to land It. Grinne!! sighted the broadblll ten miles offshore and the strike came at 8:30 a. m. After a ter rific battle It was maneuvered to the side ot the boat at 3:15 p. m. WEST DISPLAYS FIGHT SPIRIT SALEM. Ore., July 3. (AP Oswald West ot Portland came to Salem yesterday and person ally requested Secretary of State Koxer to aend to Clem Shaver, democratic national committee chairman, a certified copy of Weat'a election aa democratic na tional committeeman for Oregon. The indication is that West will not relinquish his right to sit as a member of the national com mittee. The fight against west by some members of the Oregon delega tion at the Houston convention resulted from West's pre-election opposition to Al Smith as can didate tor president. District To MAN On School Bond Issue l i Onco more the question (.of contracting an Indebtedness , ot $105,000 for the purpose ot rais ing funds with which to - erect the proposed Hot Springs Ele mentary school and building an addition to Falrvlew school will be submitted to the voters of this city, according to a decision reached by the board ot directors of school district one, Monday evening. This action was decided upon in order to save time. In view of the fact that Teal, Wlnfree. Mc culloch and Shuler. Portland bond attorneys, have withheld their approving opinion on the transcript ot proceedings recently sent them. Some technical ' legal points have been raised In connection with tha disbursement of funds on thesa two proposed school Im LION ATTACKS 16-YEAR OLD "YOUTH IN BED PASADENA, Cel., July 3. (CP) A mountain Hon roamed Into the camp where William Zuetell, IS, lay sleeping, mauled the youth, licked hla face and started to gnaw bis bead when driven away, according to a story told here today by the youth and two older companions. Zuetell waa In camp with Ken- yon Devore and Glenn Moore, a forest fire lookout on San Gab riel peak. Before they went to sleep, the Hon was heard to cry, but no fear was felt. Zuetell wss awakened by the hot breath of the beast, ha said, and was too frightened to move. (Continued on page alx) ' OFFICES TO BE City and county offices, banks, the post office and all ether busi ness houses ot Klamath Falls will be closed tomorrow, the Fourth ot July.- Wlth rather unsettled weather. many people were undecided as to just how to spend the day. That tha city of Klamath Falls will be well represented at the three days celebration at Malln was Indicated today. Many oth ers declared their Intentions of going to Chiloquin to attend the celebration. Others will pick out some favorite resort to spend the day fishing and boating. A number of parties have been planned for the surrounding re sorts, many of the Klamath Falls oeanle expecting to leave the city this evening. NAME OF MAIN NEWS CHANGED Effective today. Tha Main News company on Main and Sixth street will be known as Cunning's Book and Stationery company, accord ing to announcement made thia morning by George Cunning, the owner. "The reason for thethsnge cornea In the fact that we are handling a complete line of office supplies, books and stationery as well as gifts and art novelties- Mr. Cunning stated this morning. The- Main News company might Infer that we handle Just a com plete Una ot newspapers." Several new linea ot supplies have' been added to tha store. Recently, a contract waa signed with Remington and Rand to handle all types of office sup plies. Mr. and Mrs. Cunning have had charge ot tha store tor the past year and employ a staff otj 15 Including the news boys. FLAPPKR VOTF. BILL a PASSES IX ENGLAND a a a a LONDON. July 3. ID a a Some 6.000.000 women In a a Great Britain are now en- a a titled to vote for the first a a time. . a The flapper vote bill a a which extends the franchise a a to women between the ages a a ot II and 30, on tha same a a terma aa men. waa given a a royal assent In the house of a a lords with prominent sut- a a fragists viewing the proce-" a dure from the strangers' a a galleries. Vote Again provements, aa well as the man- j ner ot holding the election. In view ot the tact that .the' ejection has to be advertised but fifteen days. It waa decided the I quickest and safest way around . the objections raised was to re-, submit the question to the peo ple, as already considerable pre-j llmlnary work haa been initiated on these two Important projects. I Waldo Miller, ot Pierce-Fair j company, successful bidder for : the bond Issue, bas asked that; another election be called. In the ; view ot the opinion taken by the I bond attorneys. j The election Is being called merely for the purpose of . strengthening the legality of the, bonds, this making them market-: able and saleablo at a mora at tractive price. . In the Evening Herald a . no-, tice of the election will appear. ' CLOSED OPTO PRESIDENT 1 L HELP H. Chief Executive Promises to Participate in Campaign ' HOW AID WILL BE GIVEN NOT KNOWN pTomlao ot Aid to Repnbliraa Party Gives by Calvin Cool Mge to Hubert Work, In Charge of Hoover's Campaign! Work Resigns, SUPERIOR, WIS., July 3 (AP) President Coolidge has definitely assured chair- ' man Work of the National republican committee that he may be relied upon to -participate to some extent ' in the forthcoming political campaign. .. After four hour visit to the summer White House yesterday, during which. Dr. Work handed to Mr. Coolidge his resignation , as secretary of the Interior, the . republican chairman announced that the chief executive's assur ance, although definite, did -not , Indicate how or when he would lend his aid to the republican party. On his part Dr. Work add ed, he had not ventured to sug gest plans to Mr. Coolidge being perfectly satisfied that the latter "would do everything he could." -. Dr. Work will, bow devot bin entire time to managing Secre tary Hoover's campaign and, said . that this would be a "quiet, dig nified, lnstruc'ive and education- ' al campaign." in which the re-publlcana- would not descend to personalities. The keynote ot their activities wUl be the "per - (Continued on page 4) . ' SPlUlElRES OF CITY Responding to a wire of appre ciation from Mayor T. B. Wat ters. William Sproule, president ot tha Southern Pacific today ex pressed gratification that bis con cern could now a'nure the Klam ath basin and the state ot Oregon ' a direct route east. Mr. Sproules wire tollows: , "On behalf ot this company, I thank you for your message to day in expressing appreciation ot your honor and tha city council pertaining to our announcement to pursue to completion tha con struction ot our railroad line from Klamath Falls to Altnras which will . give Klamath Falla and the state ot Oregon a new and short route to and from tha states east ot the Sierra Nevada mountains. (Signed) William Sproule,' president of the Southern Pacific. The mayors wire Is as follows: "On hehalt of tha city ot Kla math Falls, tha city council and myself, I wish to express our ap preciation of your announcement of the early completion ot tha Modoc Northern." (Signed) T. B. Walters, Mayor. Aunt Het "The more Important a man thinks he is. the more abused he feela whan hla wife has a baby an' eln't got much tin to pot him." HOOVER MAYOR
