The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, September 21, 1929, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHK WKATHEH OREGON: Generally fair to. night and Sunday, cooler la east portion tonight. Moderate lo fresh northerly wind on tb roaet City Edition The Old Home Paper Associated Press and United Press Telegraph' Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Trice Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 1929 Number 7148 noughts We've Been Thinking Hoimo Df Morjtnn Bnd Other Wit Uankln In-torc-U Forming Gltfan tlc Memer. . Negroes Should be Han. died Same an Whites. Honcnt CrlUclnm in Ao rcptnblo and Good lor the Soul But Inn't it h Fact Thnt rrcent .educational Syittcm la liy BRUCE DENNIS- ryiiH Cllfornl chain bank A plan onlr pointed tho we blazed lh trail were, a big underleVlng. It look now Ilka the Houaa of Morgan and other N York moneyed InUraala ar about to put tn a chain banking aril" ih.t will maka tba Hank of E land look Ilka vlllag cash b MONEY baa bar own way ol talking nd If tba uaw mora for a chain bank aero tho continent goaa through than, will ba a metallic vole haard that will ba rathar eomroaiidlug. a jH California Juat now thara U 1 a reaction agalual tha chain bank. True. It baa a lot to com bat, but 11 l bowing up In dlf f.rent parta of tba aUta aa pwcr to ba rackonod with. Bev or. eommv:.ltle that allll bava noma lodepaodant banka nd cbala banka aa wall nw a big gain for tha horn Inatltutlona. Thara U a fooling agalnal tha chain bank down tbora. and It mar ba tha aama way orar Uta .tloii. Juat whan big bualnaaa n,a aomatlmoa think 11 haa lb rabbit la tha bag. It" away. a a THIS nrgumant about tha a groaa In tha city U ImporV ant. First, ther ara aom .ia.ir.hta character among tho roleewd f'- who ahonld. not pa caeounged. And. aocondly. thara ar aoma mighty good colorad .1. h.ra who unl- no eon- aldaratlon bould ba claaaad with tha bad onaa. Black folk ara Ilk walla folk aoma ara good and noma ara bad. H wu. arar thu. nd alwaya will ba. Tha colorod man or womaa who worka. altende to bla or bar own bualnaaa. nd live right U ontltled to prals and loam. Wa know aoma colored fulka In Klamath Fall who llr .t, their bllla. who work bard, who worahlp Cod according to tha dictate of thalr own conscience. Tboy ara good citizens nd w ara for tham. a a a TV7B lora honeat crltlclam, s- pectally whon anch crltlc lam la not ot tho apltaful kind. W hsve rfora ua n letter from a lady achool teacher In Klam ath county who cheat! n nd w admire bar for having the courage of her tboughta. Thla lady teacher My: "1 lunllr and professionally raaent your recent editorial entitled, 'It la th School Warm's Fault If you were not o kindly dlped I would think It savored of the virion, but I really bellove It la Juat puro Ignorance on your part, and that you and all pro gressive people, b they editor or cartoonlat. ar ld to bo enlightened. With many yeara experience I apeak advisedly Tha child lovea achool. He 1 glad whea It open. New method like our departmental teaching, current event woekly shown In our building by the ne ot th dollneoscopo, music a "laor and orchestra and bund director, athletic coach, health fiurso. the moat Improved text, up-to-date home economic and manual training department all make War-tag a Joy. The truant officer with u ha Uttlo to do. Come to e ui, pleaso, and we will convince you," ' a AND with thla broadside ot crltlclam w naturally feel Ilk wilting, but wa muat not This young lady I all right She I In lor with her work and we commend ber. Far ba It from a country editor to attempt to argue th matter out with auoh a Tlgorou person. But, w do respectfully offer one auggeatlon: Haven't wa overdone th whole educational achemeT Haven't we too much, entirely for (Ceattauad es rag Four) mm . ludSERVER IML.I MLMIV :.ULHL lLliu SCHWAB Steel Man Not In On Any thing of t'.ie Kind. CONSIDERED ACTION MOST UNNECESSARY wL-n Asked What He Knew of the Deal He Ha Id "I Knew Nothing of It and Could Not lb-Hove It." lUr Learned Mho Employed Kh carer. WASHINGTON. Sept. 11, (AP) Employment ot Wm. B. Shearer, naval propagandlat, by American shlpbulldera aa an "observer," at the Geneva conference waa de ecrlbed aa "moat unwise." today to 'a aenate Investigating com mittee by Charlea M. Schwab, chairman of the board of di rectors ot the Ilethlehem Steel corporation. Schwab aald h knew nothing about tba Shearer deal nntU many months later. When first aaked about tha Shearer arrangement by a newspaperman, Schwab aald ha had denied It because "I eouldn't believe It, and knew nothing ot It" Th Bethlehem Shipbuilding nnrpo-Mtoaa-a subsidiary ot the Steel corporation, waa on of th three companies which employed Shearer at Geneva. Tha Bethlehem chairman add ed ba waa confident that Kugene Grace, prealdent of th Bethle hem Shipbuilding corporation, knew nothing of tha Shearer deal. Asked who waa responsible for employment ot Shearer by hi company. Schwab hesitatingly named S. W. Wakeman, vice prealdent ot tha Shipbuilding cor poration. "1)11 you take aoma action! naked Senator Robinson, demo crat. Arkanaa. "I led that to Eugene Grace, president of the company." re plied Schwab. 11 dded that h would leav that for Grac to (Continued en Page five) COLLEGE GRID SEASON OPENS SAN FRANCISCO. Sept tl. (jlP) Opening football aklr- mlshea tn wldoly aeparated ec tors today will aound the ea aon'a call to far waetern follow er ot the great American col lege sport. First gamea ot list will fea ture thre coast conference lv n galnst opponent ot lesaer rating. Stanford' gridiron trength will b tested by the west cost army srvtc team. Oregon State trie out It ply on Wlllamott whll MonUn goo Into action against tba Ana conda Anodea, a club team. Stanford' Cardinal appear to have th toughost assignment ot th day, despite tha Imposing array ot gridiron splendor as sembled by Coach "Pop" War ner. The aervlce sanad. exper ienced and weighty, Include in It porsonncl, Lieutenant Louts Hammack, guard on th Weet Point team last season. Tb Car dinal have had but one week ot practice. . Whitman college, and Choney normnl clnsh at WnlU Walla, Wash.. In the only other gam of any consoquonce along tho coast. Lumber Cheap In Days When Modocs Ruled When on starts to build a house nowaday and I confront ed with a lumber bill running from $60 to flit per thousand, he might well wish that he had don hi house building back In th 'TO. In thou day It wa possible to buy a slieable ranch and erect thereon th building tor housing people and livestock tor about th am price now paid tor a 6-room bungalow. Thl statement I based on a flgur given by John Shook, one ot th oldest pioneer of th county. In 1374 Mr. Shook put la a Uttl sawmill la the. Bo TOO DRUNK TO ARGUE HIS CASE PORTLAND, g.pt. 21, (AD llramblntt Jaymna, elderly, who filed chsrgne of bruMlty against A. M. Lander, Portland police man, fulluwlng Jaymea arreet, In which lha patrolman la aald to have broken tore of Jaymea' ribs, was In Jail here today on a charge ot Intoxl. stir i. He was held without ball. Jaymea waa to have appeared before Mayor Baker yeeterday afternoon lo argue Ills cose against Landers. Several po licemen apent eaveral hour aearcblng for Jaymea when he failed to appear at tha appointed hour of the bearing. Landers arrested Jaymea on a bogua check charge. Jaymea de clared Lander bandied him so roughly ba waa forced Into a hospital for medical treatment HOTEL GUESTS LOSE TO TIF A clever robbery waa staged thla mor'ng when about tan room ot th Wlllard hotel ware entered and approximately $115 la cash taken. Mrs. Claud Basche, who is a guest at th hotel from Baker, aotlced a man crawling from ber room at five o'clock thl morning. Th man wj on hi hand and kneee, and had Just about reached th door wbeo l'ra. Baarb wok her husband who partly clothed himself and started In pursuit of th rob ber. Th -womaa tha screamed, waking on of th guest across th ball, who alao discovered that money had been taken from bla trousers. Th two man chased th rob ber to tb fourth floor where ha dlaanneared. Later, aa sever al of the guest were breakfast Ing In th Coffee Bhoppe of the hotel, on of th men recognised th man who had entered his room and gone through bla clothea. taking out aeveral bllla. Tb robber, however, rushed from th hotel, and bad not been overtaken or any eluee discover ed as to bla location, at pree time thla afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Basche, W. C. Caldor and hi ister, W. 0. Robertson. George Wson nd W. D. Baker were imong those whose room were enter ed thla morning. Money waa taken from the men'a clothing but no Jewelry or merchandise waa missing. (V c. Gllson. who wa th night clerk on duty at th time, and othera around the hotel who aaw the man described him a being rather large, wearing dark trousers and a white shirt that waa onened at th throat H waa tall and had dark, curly hair. Pollc officer and men from th sheriff office ar on tho, lookout for the mn. BANISH ELECTRICS PORTLAND. Sept. 21. (AP) Red electric passenger train op erating i between Portland and Corvalll on th Southern Pacific will be discontinued within JO dan. according to Bon C. Dey. attorney and Jamea A. Ormandy, assistant passenger traftlo man ager of th railroad. PORTLAND, Sept II. (AP) City fir department officials an. nounced today they belloved back draft, an Idiosynoracy ot pent-up firs which makea Its own outlet for smoke and gusos, wa re sponsible tor the explosion which destroyed th Allison bakery ye terdsy and burned seriously John C. Holobek, proprietor. nansa vicinity and supplied lunv ber. for many year at $10 per thousand. Under (listing con dltlons that wa probably a prof itable flgur. It I only by com parison with present day price that th flgur eeema rather in significant. Sawmllllng was not Mr. Shook' sols occupation. It wa a side line, largely, and an anawer to a pressing demand for building material. He followed, th cat tle buslnesa for many year and wa on ot th most successful (Ceatlae a FeaT Five) When Henry f r. Th same achool, th asm leak, tha same desk companion and Honry Ford, one of th world' richest men. went back achool at Dearborn. Michigan. ha other day. Fordf Indicated by the arrow) la ataown a trove at tb deek wner ne eat years sgo. At bla right la Dr. Edael Kuddlman, who bad too same sest with Ford In school as a youngster, and at his left Is Ed sel Ford, his son. Standing In .... - tha VAnm la Ka ' I Sl'a ' u.i. r..ii la . . V- ... .ha Mhnl I shown as h greeted th chlldrea TODAY'S RESULTS NATIONAL Brooklyn . -3 11 3 ..00 Hlclnlch; 8t Lou I Batterlee: Clark Hallman and Wilson. PhiUdelphla 1 Cincinnati - . . Batterlee: Collin ana i.eriu My, Ehrhrdt and Suketorth. R. . 6 . 4 H. 0 3 Boston inttiburah Batteiiea Smith ana a poor er; Brame, DeLaney and Hems- ley, LeOett New York 4 13 i Chlcsgo Batteriee: V'alker ana iiogan, Root and Oonialee. , AMERICAN R. H. E. Chicago J New York . 3 13 3 Batterle Lyon ana uerg. Well and Dickey. St. Loul Washington Batteries: Stewart . 4 3 $ 4 0 an d Msn- Ion; Jones. Burke, Braxton and Spencer. R. . 3 . 4 H. 9 13 Cleveland .... Boston . Batterle MUJu. Brown nd i. aa.il: Russell. ULvn ana Hevlng, Ashby, A. Gaston. (13 innings.) Detroit T ii PhllsdelDhla 10 " 1 Batteries: Prudhoms, Graham. Pag and Phillip. Breckenrldge, Yerke nd Mattox, j-erainv. a . : a rw a I Last Minute News WHtTPERS HKLI PORTLAND, Sept 21.AP) Rita Coleman and Marjorle Stubbs. both 25, charged with rioting in connection with th hors-whlpplng ot Mr. Leonora Jack, 20, on th edge ot the city Sept 34, were held to the grand Jury yesterday and today were In Jail ponding final action. CONVICT 8UICIDKS LEWI8TON, ' Idaho, 8pt 31. AP) An escaped convict from the Idaho tat penitentiary, who said he would rather dt than be returned to prison, waa to ne taken to hi horn near Cotton wood today, a suicide. He Maen ad hi throat with s rasor whlls possomen were pursuing him across a field yesterday. WILD CAR HITS CROWD MINEOLA, N. Y., Sept. 31, (A P) Eleven persons were Injured, five seriously, In two accident at th Mlnaola apeedway races at tb fair grounda thl afternoon. Ten ot th persons were hurt when a racing car driven by Geo. Condon dived over th fence and plunged Into a group ot specta tor. Ford Became a Schoolboy Again ' a. Inn IHM. W . .n claUaa. 1 11 IB school house, built In 181. waa rolmHt by Ford on hi Dearborn Jack Frost wa th reigning weather Influence In the city this morning, for September 31st marks tbs first day of th tall season. It was a typical fall morning. too, with all the roof tops cov ered with frost, tb first of ths season, sna u reminaea people to cover their flowers and watch their gardens from now on. At ( o'clock this morning th thermometer hsd dropped and registered 30 degrees. Ths high est mark reached yeeterday was 58. At noon today th barome ter showed 43. but was rising. No chsnge In the weather tor the present is Indicated. SOVIET PLANE ON ALEUTIANS MOSCOW, Sept 31 (AP) The Russian plan "La d ot th Soviets" was reported by the Soviet News Agency Ts to have landed early this; morning on Attu island, the extreme west of American territory In the Aleu tian Islands. Th, agency reported that the plan left Petropavloe, Kamch atka, n rout to N-v York lost night and cveredo tBe 750 mile to Attu Island by way ot Bering Strait at an average peed of 113 miles an hour. A violent storm raged while the flight was ; progress. The next stop planned I t Dutch harbor (TJnnleska) whence the plan will proceed to Seward, Sitka and Seattle. The crew ot tb plan consists of Pilot S. A. Shestakov, Second Pilot P. E. Bolotov. Navigator 8. V.' Strlgot and Mechanic D. V, Fufayev. jul , i r, in. f- irrn -n-iriri- aaWaw BANKER SUICIDES DELTA, Colo.. Sept 31. (AP) Walter G. Hlllman, vlce-prestaoni and cashier ot th First Nation al bank of Delta committed sui cide last night with a rule. The bank tailed to open this morning. BOMJHNQ RENEWED 4 CHICAGO. Sept 31. (AP) Th second bomb attack against an Oak park automobile sales agency wa mad early today, a dynamite "pineapple" exploding at the rear door ot the Mar-quardt-Smucker Automobile Sales company. The damage wa esti mated at $3,000. . A month ago a similar bomb ing occurred a block away at th Oak Park Sale agency. ' A NEW REVOCLTION MEXICO CITY. Sept 31. (AP) Th tint serious trouble In connection with th national presidential election to be held In November occurred her last night when three men were killed, another probaUy fatally wounded and three lea seriously wounded In fighting betveen sup porter of Jo Vasconcelo and Pasoual Ortls Rublo, presidential candidate. 1 f?3W JACK FROST IS III ASCENDANCY Mm . : O ' ..; w. ' - . I regular 1 11.1C. .UU u uu unit In tha Dearborn school ytm. DELEGATES TO TRAVEL OVER NEW RAIL LINE Arrangement ar belpg made for a special ear to take dele gate from th Pacific North west to th mid winter meetings ot th United State chamber ot commerce In Ogdea with an itin erary which will include the new link of the Southern Pacific line from Klamath Fall south, ac cording to an announcement by th chamber of commerce. About twelve delegate from Portland will make the trip and Earl C. Reynolda will represent th Klamath Falls chamber of commerce at th eastern meet ing. The Portland delegation will be joined by member from th Puget Sound area. They will pas through Klam ath Falla at th invitation of th Klamath chamber of com merce, who euggested the trip, over th new line. PASTOR GOING TO CONFERENCE The Seventy-seventh conference ot th Methodist Episcopal church will convene in Centenary Wilbur church, Portland, on Tuesday, Sept. 34 and continn In session until Monday, Oct 1, Methodist ministers from tne entire state, numbering 200, will be in attendanoe. The laymen s convention meets at th same nlace on Friday. Sept 2. Sev eral matter ot lmportnnoa will come up at this time for discus sion, on ot which is th aamis tnn of lavmen as members of the annual conference. Bishop Titus Loew will pre- std and religiou leaders ot na tional reputation are icheduiea to aneak during the week. Rev. and Mrs. Franx l wem- ett of th local church will leave by motor on Monday to be in at tendance and will be the guests of their daughter. Mrs. Edwsrd Drake, Jr., while In Portland. FORGET-ME-NOT DAY. The annual Forget-Me-Not day ot the Veterans' ot the woria war was held In Klamath Falls today and proved successful nn der the direction ot George W Ballard and Cecil Webster, a assistant Mr. Ballard has been here from Portland to conduct th drive and left 1st this afternoon tor the ramps surrounding here to continue the work. He Is the chaplain ot the Portland organ isation and before this time has held two state executive otflcts. Modest Man In 132 German Prisoners BROOKL1NE. Mass.. Sept 21. (AP) A quiet employ ot th Brooklin highway department approached hi superintendent, with a request tor time off. Ask ed the reason, he reluctantly pro duced a letter from th Army War college, Inviting him, a on ot th aeven survivor ot Sergeant Alvln C, .York' famous exploit in . tb Argonn offensive, to com to th annual military ex position in Washington. Otl D. Marlthew, tb modest employe, was. It developed, th Corporal William B. Cutting men tioned In Sergeant York' book. o) o) SAYS LAW COULD BE ENFORCED WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, (AP) Senator Howell, republican. Nebraska, said In ths senate to day that prohibition eould be en forced In Washington If Presi dent Hoover would Insist npon It The prealdent. Howell asserted, could call in the District ot Co lumbia enforcement officials and threaten to employ the secret service to hunt out Isw violators. Mr. Hoover would tell offl clals. the senator said, "that If th secret service gets th vio lator before yon do, yon are out. The reason this thing 1 not (topped 1 because there isn't th will to see It (topped." Senator Howell also declared that, while embassies msy be en titled to bava liquor on their premtae. thye could not legally transport It Into this country. E Fire, presumably started by sparks from an adjoining mill, consumed the Clark Hamaker I residence at Bonanza Friday. The building caught fir in th up stairs and although neighbors rushed In to save lurnitnr. only part ot that In tb downstairs wss removed. Th sawmill Is located a short distance from th Hamaker prop arty and usee an unguarded ref use pile for burning .tie slab and trimmings. With a high wind blowing from th west yes terday, it la thought that sparks from this . fire were carried through an open window in the upstairs ot th Hamager boose, setting it on fire. John Shook, pioneer resident ot tb Bonanza section, waa en deavoring to get th authorities to com pell the mill ownir to en close th refuse pile and safe guard the community from re occurrences ot yesterday's tire, TUALATIN BORE SAID FEASIBLE PORTLAND. Sept 21. (AP) C. E. Chsse. member ot the en gineering firm of Modjeski. Mas ters A Chase, today prepared to make the final aurvey ot tha Portland-Tualatin tunnel, which waa declared feasible and satis factory after a preliminary In vestigation. Chase has been in the district the past week, and yesterday made both a written and verbal report to th board ot directors ct the Eastern A Western Util ities corporation, the name under which tunnel promoters are in corporated. Julius Meier, presi dent of ths concern, presided. OTT LEADS HOMERS CHICAGO. Sept 21, (AP) Mel Ott ot the Giant took the National league home run lead today by slaming his 40th circuit drive into th bleachers In the 8th inning ot -th Cub-Giant game. Charled Root was on th mound- Tho blow put Ott one up on his rivals. Hack Wilson and Chuek Klein. BANDITS ROB BANKS. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 21 (AP) Five men today held np th American Trust company branch at Thirty-Seventh and Balboa streets here and escaped with about $1,600 In cash. As they tied their automobile side- swiped a street car but con tinued on Its way. Police throughout the city were placed on guard tor the bandits. Helped Bring Wounded, h fought beside the sergeant the day 132 Germans surrendered to seven American. Friend her never knew until today that Merlthew wa Cor poral Cutting. ' Marlthew not only got perm le sion to mak tha trip, but he'll get full pay for hi cervices while he Is at Washington, his em ployers annonncad. The army 1 so anxious to havs Merlthew present that the war department has promised to send sn airplane to take him to the capital. I F HE CONSUMES I mTnvy i SEARCH ON OVER IDAHO FOR KILLER Possea Work on Clue But Are Unable to Find ' Any Tracea. . VICTIM WAS SCHOOL CHILD AGED ELEVEN Mnrderer Attacked Chlhl, Ther Cat Her Throat and Tylni Rock to Hrr Lest Threw, tb Body Into Snake River. Chll. on Way to Sc! ---1. KINO HILL, Idaho, 8ept. 31, (AP) Search for tha assailant ot 11-year-old Marl Weat, found ' slain In th deep Snake river canyon near her yesterday; to day had apread over Southern Idaho. Her body, witi th throat cut and (bowing aigna of sn st uck, wa lying in th (hallow water of the etream. held to the bottom by a rock tied to her ig with wire. , , With only on bar due is aid aearchera tor her assailant, officers over th southern part ot this state have been asked to bold all suspects. A nun, in striped overall and wearing a mackinaw waa reported by a mo torist as having been seen walk ing eastward - along th Oregon Short Lin railroad . track near the scene of th girl' murder at about th tha It Is inppossd to have been committed Thurs day. An lnqueat into th death will ba held thla afternoon In Glenn's Ferry, where th body waa taken. Th little girl had been adopt ed by Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Meis enzahl, less than a year ago, and when killed waa on ber way to school in King Hill, two miles from her home. Apparently sbs had scarcely got oat ot sight ot her foster mother when the at tack occurred. Officers conduct ing th investigation said ah apparently wa seiied about 100 (Continued oa Page Fiv SINCLAIR WILL STAY IN COOP WASHINGTON, Sept 21. (A. P.) Prealdent Hoover will not commute the sentence of Harry F. Sinclair or Henry Mason Day, who are serving t rnis in th District ot Columbia Jail for con tempt of court arising from the shadowing ot the Fall-Sinclair Jury- This was announced today at the White Housa "or It w.a said Mr. Hoover would follow the recommendation of Attorney General Mitchell that the chief executive not interfere. The application of Sinclair and Day were received from th department of Justice- lost night, with this recommendation at tached. VALUABLE CARGO SEIZED NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 21. (AP) The British auxiliary schooner Vlnce was seized with a cargo of liquor of an esti mated value ot (50,000 oft Mon tauk Point early today. Tb seizure wa mad by tb coast guard patrol boat C. G.-290 In command ot Boatswain A. C. Cor nell of this city. Aunt Het "Jan pretend she' craty about dancin', bnt she's Just shelf-worn good that' bn In stock so long that'a th only way she can get hugged." tV