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

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    THE WEATHER-
OREOO.V: Fair and mild U-
The Old Home Paper
t V night and TuHdar. Oentl aait
I and aoitthesst wlndi 01 lha coast.
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EIGHT PAGES
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1929
EIGHT PAGES
Number 7172
City Edition
Thoughts We've
1 Been Thinking
Due a Sunbeam Pais
Through the Air Un
polluted? Do You Know How Much
Money 12,500,000,000
la?
The Way to Conquer
Fear la to Face It.
Big Business Men Carry
Heavy Insurance.
Women Are Bettor Judge
of Men Than Men Are
of Themselves.
lBy BRUCE DENNIS
ryjKS a eanheam paia througU
. th air unpolluted?
On wis- man Insists that It
du. but ither Insist that it
doestCt. Thar ear het environ
ment, not only has a strong af
fix oa children bat It alio bss
a heave effort upon adulta and
their dally Uvea. Pwla
ara grown op aoma time lose
thalr high Ideela which they
' enca poeaeeeed because ot poor en
vironment. It takoa atront
eharactar to tarry tha IdaaU
through topay turvey eoodltlone.
a
NK bank In l!ia I'nllad States
haa a oapltal alock aad re-
aourcaa ot I :,00.000,000. Wa
have reference to tha Cora Ks
cbsngo Bank and Trait Com
pany of New York, which haa
merged with tha National Clly
Bank. Nobody knowa bow, much
money that la. Tha areraga man
baa not financial mind enough
to understand. Ona doaa know
that baaka can cut down ex
penses and operate tha butlneaa
with fewer employee by merger.
But. od tha other hand, ona al
ia knows that tha chain baaki
saver (Ira tha aatlafactloa to a
local community that a sub
atantlal local limitation gives
which la manned by men who
hire personal Intereata and who
deelres to aea It develop,
e e e
fOW many of ua seek to es
cape from t iltuatlona that
are anpleaaant by knowing factaf
Invariably wa try to force our
aelvea away from trying to con
alder tha facta la front ot ua
Wa aeek happiness In protend
ing not to aea thloga aa they
are. Wa cannot fool ourselvee
long In that way. True, It la
the height ot folly to borrow
trouble aad to Imagine a lot ot
conditions that do not exlit. By
the way, tha Imagination la a
very dangoroue enemy to man
kind. Many people have "a feur
ot death. They aeek to avoid
thinking about death. They
' never go to funerala. But, after
all, tha way to conquer fesrle
to fare It.'
e e e
tT la eald that Pierre S. du
Pont, of Delaware, la prob
ably ona of the heaviest life
Iniured peraonagea In tha world.
He carrlea Ufa lmurauca now
amounting to 17.000,000. John
Wlllya at ona tlma a heavy
automobile manufacturer, alio
bellevea In Ufa Insurance, he
carrlea a little under 11.000.000.
l.aakey and Zukor, ot tha movie
picture Induatry, each carry
tS.0o0.000. Tha fact la, there
ara mora than 300 American
huilneaa man that carry a million
or mora,
Ufa Inauranca seems to ba
about tha only pocket In the
ahroud. With It, men who ara
making big money, feet that
they ara laying aside a large
mm which can ba uaed after
their doath,' and they can die
with a feeling that they ara pro
viding tor thoao who ara near
to tham. In a way that la all
right and In another way, It
makea a lot ot naeleea people
who lean upon tha Ufa Insurance
that la left them.
7K Relieve that women aro
better judges of man than
men ara of themselves. . To
prove that, wa bare but to Helen
to the, Bualnesa and Professional
Women's . Club ot Oklahoma,
(Continued en Page Four)
llU.fTKR SHOOTS BKLP
SALEM, Ore., Oct. II (API
Marlon couuty's first hunting
fatality thla aeaaon occurred
Sunday morning whan Heroaahl
Kusachl, 33, a Japanaaa Uvlng at
Ilea! Oregon, and visiting rela
tive! in tha Lake Labiah dis
trict north ot here, allot hlmeelf
while on a hunting trip with
threa companions.
CONGRESS
LOBBYING
Office Memorandum
Connecticut House
Is Produced
of
CLAIM ASSOCIATION
BEARS ALL EXPENSE
Kyaneoa Refute That I'art of
Testimony by Mating That He
Waa aa Employe of lllngliatn
Aad That lUngham Did Not
Represent the. Association.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21
(AP) An office memoran
dum of the Connecticut
Manufacturers' association,
showing information on the
secret tariff rate making
session of the senate finance
committee waa.produced to
day at the aenate lobby in
vestigating committee hear
ing. The memorandum waa written
by J. B. Wulchet, aa official of
tha association, to Cbarlea L.
Eyanaon. assistant to the as
sociation president, who aided
Senator Bingham, " republican,
Connecticut, a member ot the
finance committee, during Its de
llberatlona oa the tariff measure.
Produced By Walsh
Tha paper waa produced by
Senator Walsh, democrat. Mon
tana, aa Eyanaon waa recalled
by tha committee. It related the
opposition of Chairman Bmoot
and Benatora Sdge aad Reed,
republican, member I ot tha fin
ance commute In tha aecrot
sasalona ot the committee, to
the tan per cent duty oa rough
bored ahot gun barrel!.
Xyaseoa on being abowa a
t (Coatiane aa ! Clcbl)
GREELEY BUYS
POPULAR CAFE
A deal, waa quietly consum
mated last week whereby Floyd
Oreeley became tha owner
tha popular "Llndy Inn." which
haa for tha past aevarat years
been operated la Klamath Fatlo
by Chariot Agea and Edith Ream.
Moadamea Agee and Ream have
been resident! of Klamath Falls
for mora than ten yean and hare
endeared themaelvca to a large
clientele who appreciated the
service that waa afforded them at
Undy Inn at Ita former location
on Klamath avenne, and Ita more
recent location at 129 No. Fifth
St.
Mr. Oreeley announces that
lha policy of aervlra and ratal
for board or transient meala as
established by the former owners
will be followed under tha new
management. The consideration
waa aot mad public. Mesdamei
Agea and Ream, who ara alstera.
have mad no definite plana tor
their future, except that they
are ' expecting to remain In
Klamath Falls.
Mr. Oreeley takes poneailon
today.
MURPHY MADE
FORUM CHIEF
F. A. Murphy baa been ap
pointed aa chairman ot the
forum committee tor tha cham
ber of commerce to serve for the
ensuing year, It waa made known
today.
Mr. Murphy la manager of tbo
Western Union ot Klamath Falls
and will appoint his committee
men In tha near future. Ha will
hara cbarg of arranging all pro
grama to ba given at tha forum
luncheona In tha future.
John C. Boyle, former chair
man,, waa transferred to Med
tord and thla position hat not
been filled alnca hta departure.
Giant Dornier Plane Has
Successful Maiden Voyage
ALTBNRHEIN, - Swltterland,
Oct. 11. (AP) Th bug 11
englned flying boat DO-X, which
was launched here last July, to
day mad an amailng one-hour
flight with a human load ot 169,
th first tlma In tha history of
aviation that ao many persons
bar beon carried Into tha air oa
any conveyance.
Tha giant Dornier plan took
off at 11:11 ar. m. and landed
Just on hour later. Tha ma
ohlne tlew over Lake Constance,
her motors working faultlessly
and landed with her tl-toa load
BALLOONS
DON,nr T
T r v T
Oct. 31 (AP)
.rs haa made tba atart
.iscorerr that glf knickers
y look like a balloon, but
aren't.
Muers, who la (I years old,
put on a pair of plua-foura and
went out with the bora early yea
terday. Tba conversation turned
to aviation and Meere bad an
Idea. Inflate the knickers, be
figured, and tba wearer could
float through apace or upon the
surface ot waters.
With bis companion! ba ad
journed to a filling station and
the plus-four were pumped full
ot air. The buys then went, to
tha roof of a email building on.
lha Chicago rlvar bank and Maori
Jumped.
Policemen pulled blm out.
"Tie very alrauge," mid
Meeri, wringing water from the
trousers. "Probably lt'a the bum
air on gat at tba filling eta
tluna nowadays."
THIEF ELUDES
A large sedan belonging to W.
K. Lamm ot Modoc Point was
stolen Saturday nlgbt and wreck
ed on the Rock Creek road on
tha Oeary ranch Sunday morning.
Tb car waa atolen from In
front of a residence at Fifth and
Jefferson Saturday night, and
waa found In an Irrigation canal
on tha Geary ranch at about 1:30
Sunday morning.
Hit Deep Water
Investigation revealed that the
car, traveling at a high rat of
spaed, swerved on a curve, atruck
a rock and plunged down the
steep bank Into tha canal Into
about five feet of water.
Tha clever and wlley thief who
stole thla car, a La Salle, and the
only on of It color and kind In
thla Tlolnlty, waa presumably
traveling alone, for It aeema 1m
poaslblt that mora than ona
person could have lurvtred the
accident and escaped death or
serious Injury.
Car Sabroergrd
The car waa almoat completely
submerged In tha water of the
canal, although It waa right aide
up. Tha glaaa In tha window on
tha drlver'a aide waa broken,
which led to tb conclusion that
(ba fortunate thief escaped by
thl exlu Ilia muddy tracks
were fonnd In the dry grata ot
the hillside, where be fled to
avoid arrest.
The car waa removed from the
canal Sunday afternoon by the
Oeary tractor. Mr. Lamm'a rifle
waa In tha car, and waa loaded,
although It had been left unload
ed Saturday night Tha rifle
waa given to the tractor driver aa
a reward for raising tha heavy
car from tha water.
FIRE ALARMS
PROVE FALSE
The fire department responded
to three calls today, none of
which proved ot any consequence.
The first call waa to 130 South
Carrol street, where burning
grease on the kitchen atova scared
tha occupant to tba point of
turning In an alarm.
Shortly following that run the
department waa called to the
court houee, whore a burning flu
had all tha appearance ot being
a real fire.
No damage waa dona In either
case, according to Keith Am
brose, fir chief.
Another call at 3 o'clock thla
afternoon waa at til Lincoln
street, where a amall boy had
been playing with matchea In
the garage Tha tiro, however,
had gained but amall headway,
and th fir engine reached It
In record time. Tha damage
waa amall.
Tha garage la tho property ot
Kd Markham, and no insurance
waa carried. Th boy waa con
spicuous by his absence, tha fire
men reported, who are looking
for him to glva him a little ad
vice on when not to play with
matchea.
at 11:15 p. m. without a hitch.
15l Paaecngwrs.
The DO-X carried 161 passen
gera and a craw ot ten. 6he had
mad previous teat flight but
thla waa tha first tlma that ao
great a load waa taken up.
Tha flying boat, which may b
uaed for a trana-Atlantlo cross
ing for tha purpose of trying
out her capacities, waa built In
tha greatest aocrecy. She waa
designed to carry forty paasen
iters normally but haa accom
modation for 100 It necessary.
(Conttaaad oa rase Eight)
ITEJuIE
Treks Into Brazilian Wilderness
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By canoe, mule and native carrier, Mrs. Ynee Mexla, University
ot Southern California botanist, will aoon ba treklng through tbou
anda of miles of fever-ridden Jungle to re-dlscover "lost" plants.
Halllna south on tba Pacific today. Mrs. Mexia will meet Mra. Agnea
Cbaae. Emlthionlaa Inatltut collector, at Rio da Janlero. Leaving
Klo, the two intrepid women will beat a track north to tiplrlta
Santo, return to Rio, thence went to Cuyuba and tha plateau
country.
AGENT OFFERS
UNIFORM HAY '
MEASURE RULE j
According to a report received
recently by C. A. Henderson,
county agent, a aurvey baa Just
been completed by tbo United
Statea department ot agriculture
In an effort to determine the
beat method of bay marketing
and grading. Thla waa dona in
order to recommend th best and
most uniform method.
t'nder conditlona where the
atacka ar irregular tha method
paaaed upon by tba United States
department ot agriculture la rec
ommended aa moat practical. .
In districts where tha atacklng
la uniform, euch aa It la in Klam
ath couDtv, tha auartarmaeter
nil 1 advisable. This rule reads
a followa:
"Add tha overthrow to th
width; divide by four, squar
th. result and multiply by the
length, Thla will glv th num
ber of cable feet la tha stack.
"In cases where th hay has
been in th stack not to exceed
thirty or ninety days, divide by
til, and where th hay bat been
stacked more than ninety daya,
divide by 411. Thla will glv tb
number of tons of alfalfa hay in
th suck."
Mr. Henderson said that this
rule would be ot benefit to the
farmers ot this territory, and la
much more aucceeafnl than those
now in use,
JUSTICE COURT
IMPOSES FINES
Driving with mor than four
persona over 11 years of age in
tha front aeat, cost P. P. Diets a
fine ot f 5.00 this morning. Diets
wis arrested by Walter A. Foster,
traftlo officer and brought be
fore w. - Barnes, Justice ot the
peace, thla morning.
William O. Cash paid a fine
of $3.75 tor exceeding tba speed
limit ot 85 mllex an hour on the
Dallea-Callfornla highway on Sun
day. Mr. Cash waa apprehended
by Traffic Officer Foster.
Pedrd Qonxeles, Mexican, alio
appeared before Judge Barnes
thla morning and pleaded guilty
to tha charge of illegal possession
ot Intoxicating liquor and was In
carcerated In the county Jail
pending tine payment ot $75.
VETERANS CARD PARTY
Veterans ot Foreign Wars,
Pelican Post auxiliary, number
1383, will hold their benefit card
party thla evening at the homa ot
Mra. Henry Schortgen at 1332
Lakevlew avenue.
Card will atart promptly -at
8:3,0. Members and their friends
ar Invited to attend.
Last Minute News
MISTAKEN FOR DEER
BAKER, Ore., Oct, 11, (AP)
Mistaken for a deer while push
ing his wsy through thick brush,
Charles Sharp, 53, logging com
pany employe, . waa ahot through
tha left hip by John Sharp, his
brother, ysterdsy on Anthony
creek. The injured man was
brought to a hospital. Hla con
dition was not considered seri
ous, although a part ot tb lead
from the 15-36 bullet waa atlll
embedded in hi hip.
DIES IN JUXGLK CAMP
SALEM, Oct. 11, (AP) Clyde
V. Barger, 14, waa found dead
early this morning in a "Jungle"
camp on the Willamette river at
the foot ot Bellerne street Offi
cers bellnv that death waa cans-,
od as the result ot a prolonged
drinking spree.
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7
V IX
TEACHERS HAD
LUNCHEON AND
PROGRAM HOUR
The Grade School Teachers'
association held their regular
luncheon and meeting Saturday
afternoon, at which time a moat
enjoyable program - waa given.
The teachers ar taking "Civic
Theme' for their atudy through
out th year, and Saturday after
noon meeting waa devoted to
th chamber of commerce. Earl
C. Reynolds, secretary of th
chamber of commerce, addressed
tha meeting, talking of tha re
sources and Industrie of the
community. Mr. G roes beck, pres
ident of tba chamber of com
merce, also addreaaed tha meet
ing. Th afternoon's program waa
begun with the alnglng of the
Oregon Stat Song, and Miss
Lillian Darby sang a aolo, "My
JacqmlnoC
-" After Mr.- Reynold's address, a
vary short talk waa given by
County School Superintendent
Peterson.
Tha Grade Teachers' Associa
tion will hold their next regu
lar meeting In November. This
meeting will be in th form of a
banquet, and the delegates to the
Oregon Stat Teachers' Associa
tion will be chosen.
TODAY'S BEST
DEER STORIES
BAKER. Ore.. Oct. 11, (AP)
Fler ar Baker 'a entriea for the
deer buntera' story contest, 12)
edition.
Hunter No. 1 dismounted from
hla white' horse in tha mountains
near her yeaterday, beat hla way
through th brush, circled around
a hill, saw what he thought was
a deer, and tired. Ha killed his
own horse.
Hunter No. 1, at another point,
fired at a yellow anlmaL It telL
He did not atop to investigate,
but rushed to a nearby ranch to
get a wagon. Th rancher and
wsgon accompanied the hunter
to tha acene ot his kllL It waa
tha rancher's Jersey cow.
FALLING TREE
KILLS FALLER
ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 11, (A
P) J. V. Brsdy, 40. a timber
taller, waa killed today at Glen
dale by a falling tree. Brady
aad hla partner. Hunter Pell,
had Just cut through tha six
foot butt ot a large sugar pine.
Th tree, Instead ot falling as ex
pected, waa deflected by another
tree and aktdded down hill, strik
ing Brady. He waa crushed to
death. Ha la survived by a
widow and alx children.
ON WAY TO PRISON.
SALEM, Ore., Oct 11. (AP)
Jamea P. Cooke, former presi
dent ot the defunct brokerage
firm of Overbeck A Cooke, ot
Portland, had not arrived early
thla afternoon at tha atate peni
tentiary where ba la to begin a
aeven-year term for embessle
ment He Is expected during th
day.
WILL ADVANCE FUNDS
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (AP)
After announcing a plan to
land funds to assist cotton farm
men "to hold back their crop
and at tha aame time hava money
with which to pay their oblige
vealed today that It waa pro-
tioni," tha federal farm board re-
pared "to take similar action on
wheat on a plan to be announced
later."
CHILL AND
RAN
PRESIDENT
Mr. Hoover and Party
Arrive to Help
Fete Edison
JOURNEY TO VILLAGE
MADE IN OLD TRAIN
Coaches Hauled by Woodbaraer
Engine and Each Had Wood
Stove Going at Pull Maat.
Coaches Palated With Scenes
Of Colonial Days.
By JAMES h. WEST
Associated Preaa Staff Writer
DEARBORN. Mich.. Oct
21 (AP) Greeted by a
driving rain and a biting
chill. President Hoover ar
rived here at 9 :30 a. m. to
dar to Darticioate in the
golden jubilee celebration of
the invention of the incan
descent electric lamp by
Thomas A. Edison.
- Fords Meet Party.
Tha Prealdent and Mrs. Hoov
er were met at th river Rougue
transfer station by Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Ford and Mr. and Mra.
Thev hoarded, the Ford
train, a reproduction ot aa old
train ot the Graid Truna rail
road, for Smith's Creek station
at the entrance ot th early
American Tillage, constructed
her for Mr. Ford. Th presi
dential party and their hosts
posed for picture before board
ing the train. Tha train of
olden daya proved a curiosity tor
the presidential party. There
were three coaches, eaca paintea
In gay colore and decorated out
side with acene ot colonial daya
In thla country. . .
Use Old Tlce Train.
Tha coaches were hauled by a
woodbnrnlnc locomotive and each
car bad a wood atova going at
full hint- There were old style
oil burning lam pi to illuminate
tha cars but no Illumination waa
needed. Upholstered aeata with
bronse aldearma proved comfort
able. The President and Mra. Hoov
er and their hosts entered the
rear coach and then moved
through the train to the one lm
mMiiatAlr behind th cncln
and ita tender which was piled
Dlgn wun cora worn. im
(Continued oa Pace Eight)
SAYS ARCHERY
HAS REAL KICK
W. C. Thurlow, well knowa
owner and aalesman for th
Thurlow Glova company ot Fort'
land, dropped Into the Herald
office today to pay hla respects.
Thurlow gloves ar winning the
approval ot Oregon sportsmen,
because ot the excellence ot the
tanning ot the hides and the su
perior quality ot th product
Tha gloves, of course ar made
from deer skins brought In by
tha hunters.
Mr. Thurlow Is an archery en
thusiast, It haa been many years
since ha has used a gun. "As a
game-getter the bow and arrow
cannot compare to tha gun." aald
Mr. Thurlow, "but for real kick,
the gun cannot compare to the
bow."
ARRESTED ON
DRUNK COUNT
Dan Sanders was arrested Sun
day evening oa a charge ot driv
ing an automobile while under
the Influence of Intoxicating
liquor. Taken before Police
Judge IT. S. Ballentlne Monday
morning. Sander plead not
guilty.
Th arrest was made by Officer
Quest of tha traffic squad.
Lowlv Pine
Construction
Few people realise that tha re
cent construction ot th Modoc
Northern railroad waa hastened
because ot th Industry ot mil
lions of small beetle no bigger
than honaeflles. Small aa they
are, they caused the building of
thla long-projected cut-off, which
It It had not been tor their activ
ity might still be In the blue
print stage.
Had RaTcnoua AppMKea
. On the Modoo National forest.
In the portion traversed by th
new line, the pine beetles com
menced their activities In 1925.
PRAYER OF
PRIESTIS
ANSWERED
LONDON, Oct II (AP)
dlspstch to th Express from
Bruasela today aald a Romaa
Catholic priest, flying from Ant
werp to Ghent. Saturday, pro
nonuced absolution for the dying,
on behalf of hla eleven fellow
paiienajeri. when the plane s car
buretor took fira and tha eleven
believing they were doomed, be
sought absolution ot tha prleat;
be readlljr complied.
While be reefed the solemn
words the pilot carried on In
growing peril and finally landed
hla plan safely. The pasienseri
were scarcely clear of It when
the gasoline tanka exploded and
tha machine waa destroyed.
SEWER SYSTEM
IS
C. C. Kennedy, consulting sew
er engineer of San Francisco, ac
companied by C. C. Kelley, city
engineer, Paul Lambert, council
man, and T. B. Watters. mayor.
Inspected tha city sewer aystem
yesterday.
Thla was the flnsl inspection
trip to be msde to nntte 1 and 1
before they are adopted by th
city at tb council meeting thla
evening, according to Mayor Wat
ters. Units 1 snd 1 ar now com
pleted by J. F. Shay, contractor.
at an estimated coat of I8I.PK.1I
for No. 1 and I31.rm.50 for No.
1. Unit No. 1 comprises the
trunk line on the water front and
Unit No. 2 take In tb Riverside
tConUooed on Pin Elcht)
WILL OBSERVE
EDISON FETE
Th Edison Golden Jubilee
will be observed at the Klamath
County Chamber of Commerce
forum luncheon Wedneaday noon.
The Jubilee which la being cele
brated throughout the nation to
day la In commemoration of the
50th anniversary ot tha first
successful lneandaacanent light
globe.
H. L. Bromley, ot the Medford
district of tha California Ore
gon Power company, will be th
apeaker on th program. Tom
Delxell, assistant manager of the
Klamath district of .the power
company la to preside as chair
man tor thla forum.
Mra. R. B. Black, former bead
of the dramatic department at
Cornell college, will entertain
with a reading.
CURSING YEGG
STEALS PURSE
PORTLAND. Oct 11. (API-
Throttled with a towel wrapped
around her neck, Mra. D. P.
Floyd Johnson waa robbed of
til yesterday by a shoeless and
cursing burglar, who attacked
her In a room at tha Good Samar
itan hospital.
The Intruder, armed, was
standing over the woman's bed
when she awakened. Threaten
1ng her with death, he twisted a
towel around her neck so tightly
that she nearly lost conscious
ness. He then msde oft with
the purse.
Mrs. Johnson waa not a patient
ot the hospital. She waa await
ing the recovery ot a amall aon
who underwent an operation.
SOLON DRAWS
JAIL SENTENCE
PORTLAND, Oct 11. (AP)
Charlea R. La Follette, atate rep
resentative from Washington
county, was sentenced to six
months In Jail for contempt oi
court when he appeared in cir
cuit court here today.
The contempt charge grew out
of La Follette's failure to follow
the order ot the circuit court
that he pay J 73 a month for the
support ot his four minor chit-
dren, now in the custody of his
estranged wife.
Tha court granted a three-day
stay ot aentence.
Beetle Rushes
of Railroad
Their numbera multiplied by
leapa and .bounds, and million
ot teet ot prospective pine lum
ber were destroyed aa a result ot
their ravenous appetites. The
forest service and orivate timber
owners bsesme alarmed when
they realised that it they did
not make haste, these lumbermen
of nature would harveat their
timber before they could.. Th
national forest timber waa offered
for aala with the etlpulatlon that
the purchaser should control the
beetles, snd the Pickering Lum
(Continued oa rage Elcht;
NSPECTED
SEEKS
10 REFUTE
Mrs. Fowler Assert
Magnate Left Hi
Office at 5:00
WOMAN ADMITS SHE
WORKS AT THEATRE
Also States That Hrr Husband
Was Connected With Law Firm
Bearing; Pantage Name. De
fense Kecalla Proaecutlon Wit
aee for Farther Questioning.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21
(AP) Rose Fowler resum
ed her defense testimony at
the trial of Alexander T.
Pant ages on a statutory
charge today, and said the
vaudeville magnate left his
theatre August 9, the day of
the alleged assault to go to
a barber ahop at 5 p. m..
forty minutes later than the
time fixed by Eunice Prin
gle, 17-year-old dancer, who .
brought the charge.
Mill Prlngle stated that Pan-
tsges went to the barber ahop
not later than 4:20 p. m., and
fixed the time ot the alleged as
sault before ( p. m.
Ie PaatagrV Kmploy
On cross-examination by Dis
trict Attorney Boron Fltts and
hla aaaiatant. Robert P. St r art.
Mra. Fowler admitted ihe waa
still In the employ ot Pan rages,
and had been taking statements
from other witnesses. She aald
her husband waa diputy district
attorney ot Stanlrl-ius county,
and he studied for 1:1 1 bar exam
ination in the or. c of Joe Ford.
a defense attorney." She admit
ted her husband bad been con
nected with a law firm which
bears Pantagea' nam.
Mrs. Fowler said she saw Misa
(Continued oarage ElfhtV
WORKMEN MAKE
UNUSUAL FIND
While - excavating on Lincoln
street recently, workmen for. the
Copco water division unearth
a amall roll ot paper which prov
ed to be a bunch ot cancelled
checks.
The checks on the outside of
the roll were soiled snd illegible.
but two checks on the inside were
fonnd to be in perfect condition.
These were written by L.-Jacobs,
and one was dated August IS,
1911 and the other April 12,
1918. Both were drawn on th
First Trust and Savings bank.
Th excavation la being done
to lower water mains in prep
aration for laying paring on Lin
coln atreet. The papers were
found at a depth ot about three
feet.
ORDER SURVEY
CRESCENT PORT
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Oct. 21.
(AP) An immediate aurvey ot
the port of Crescent City was
ordered today by the Senate
Commerce Commttee, according
to a message received here from
Senator Charles L. McNary of
Oregon.
Action taken by the committee,
tha message said, may eliminate
a possible delay ot two yeara In
tha attempt to gain federal aid
in the project. A meeting of
the board of United Statea en
gineers and representatives ot
various erganixatlona la to be
held la Crescent City, October
it.
Aunt Het
"The way Emmie talks, I
reckon Nature kind o' took
pity oa her an' give her a
double chin so's they could
rest one another."
TIME STORY