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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1929)
THE WEATHER OUKCON: Fair loulthl and Friday, local valley logs In Us west portion Friday mornlui, ao cbang lo temperature. Muder alo easterly wind. City Edition The Cld Home Paper Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade t rice Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1929 Number 7199 rui 'Thoughts We've Been Thinking Idaho Town Official An swer Serious Charge an Rfriult of Alleged Li censing of Liquor Joint. A Public Office In a Pub lic TruHt. public Craft Hum Been L u r K o I y Kliminatod, Hut Thire Are Still Kvidonres of It. 1 1 1 1 n o I a ConKreiwmun Spoofing AIoiit Uquor Charges. lly BliVCE DENNIS XKIWSA city officials In ths III-1 VI . . ,,..11... t.l.ttM 110 IllWn Ul .Mini"". .. levied a :5 pT month tax on act drink lioiiai-t Federal of flt-frs Bint-Mc 1 a iiiuiiK and no tlio illy o::Ml er Indlcti-d for promoting i rime, It being charg ed tlir.t it: soft drink places were i.-.-rM'.'.ng Im.iio will! Hi" city's kn.-led.-:e and approval. ; ill! i n rlty ulfl-.'lsls bar'-' com I ) Hi end of trull thai always g;ws truuM. Wlieuuver offlclnla conduu rrline or bo com a party to It tho lunvliubl" fcapimna. A NY 0140 who ecepte publlr of flea automat Irallr arc'rpte public trust and llinl true' muit nut l treated Utility. It an offlclul ue tbo prealliio of offlr to obtain personal busi ness hualniti that he profit" tram pvrionally b la committ ing moral rr!m. If not legal on. In Oieaon law bar boon paeaod to atop offlrtal greed, and ven In arhool dlalrlcla no mem oar of a echool bsard can sup ply merchandise, fuel, bulldlni matrrlal or labor to th dlatrlcl be officially represents. e eyllKRK I a Ho line ol de tnarkallon on anch matters a lluo that niuUV..).xrOSW ore well-meaning offlcluls, but thla does not rhanx lb mora' aapxt. No official haa a right to naa hi office directly or Indirectly In any manner whalosr to obtain busliieaa that will benefit htm privately. Th crime that Mullen. Idaho ofllclala ar accused of la aot a bit worse than for th tuny or or councilman of that little city to bar urged upon tbclr fellnw tewnsmen necessity for doing business with them because they war officials, or ottering th slightest uggeatlon to that end e e 'J' HE old word "graft" meant collection and n of money Ulagltlrastelr. It haa largely stopped, but bow we find such instances aa th Mullau caa ap pearing, and with that cornea th thought that th tlm haa arrived for any official Inclined to aa hi offlr to secure private bualoee to dealat from auch practice. e e e J"H E schools, churches and civic leader all leach perfect honesty In publlo life, and by that they do not mean that amall petty "trad getting" by offici al who have been honored with office should be overlooked. Public conscience will awaken to thla. If It haa not already, and town Ilk Mullan which un fortunately hav ofllclala who ellghtly bend th law and con' science, will be held up to rldi cul and offlclnl who practice (Contlnned oa Pag Four) Poor Pa "Aunt Emma Is auch a good Mul that aha luvon all human ity an' all creatures, k:vpt th people ehe known. U Uxks Ilk she hate most of them," in LABOR JOIN CONFERENCE Big Men of Nation' Business Meet At Vaiaington. PRESIDENT SEEKS TO BANISH PESSIMISM Would Avolil C'ollnie of tirnrral llualnrea mn .Irsull of Craab In Htock JlarkiUs UhlcK' Haa loiilrmy to Curb lulng of Jtfith Nrreealtle and Luiurlra. WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 (AP) Overlords of indus trial America and lender of organized labor today ntmwercd the call of Presi dent Hoover for counsel and co-operation In his cam paign for stabilized and HtimulaUd business con ditions. Men whoa firms employ mil lion of workers and spokeimen of th workers themaelves has tened to th Whit Houa to join th chief xcntlv la lull- mat duKunlons of what ran b don to prevent th rcnt col- lap of security price from undermining th fundamentally .aonnd m.utUur fit Jir1cn Jffj onomtca. Henry Konl Prarat First on th day's program, aa Mr, Hoover rammed th aerlee of conference which had been Interrupted by th death of Secretary James W, Good of the war department, waa th meet- (Continued on Pas Twelve! K1WANIS PLAN THANKSGIVING Nnrrlal lrogTam To He Given At Chamber of Commorr I'orum I.uncheun Functioning of tho recently organlied Portlaud Stock and Bond Exchange war explained by Fred Dergesch. aecretary of that Inatltutlon, at the regular Klwanle noon luncheon today. On November 27 a special Thankaglvlng day program will b held at noon when th Kl waala club take ovr th cham ber of commerce tortim luncheon. Thla program will b in charge of 1. Henry Thome and Frank Weinett. Th speaker for tho day will b "Rev, Jewett, mlnlater at Merrill who recently arrived In th West from Pennsylvania Interesting musical numbers are also planned. Th program f ir today's meet ing wss In charge of George Mc Intyr with Dick Weatherly pre siding aa chairman. P. M. Rob erts, mnnsrer of Woolworth'a. gave two vocal solos. Clerk Issues Two Marriage Licenses Two marriage licensee were Is sued this morning at the offlc of C, R. De Lap, county clerk. William E. ChHStaln, 21, mill worker and Violet I.enora Criilg, :o, were n"rrlcd Immediately at- tor socurlti their license. . Judge W. D. Carnos officiated. David L. Frulan, Jl. fireman, and Ruby I P. Smith, 27, wus the other couple. All rave their addresses j its Klamath Falls. City Attorney Prepares And Submits Zoning Law An ordinance covering tho pro posod city toning hns been drawn up by City Attorney Arthur W. .iphr.upp and submitted to the .-lining comtnisnlun. The commission w!U present Hie proposition to tho publlo at various meatlnga to b held throughout th city In the rear future Th proposed ordinance will then bt subject to th ap proval or disapproval ot the resi dents ot th city and correction s, If any luggestcd, will be mado. Following that, Ih plan will he A VERY LOW PERSON INDEED KVANBTON, III.. Nov. Jt. (AP) Anyon who would rob a pollc station way aafnly be spoken of aa a vary low p-r-aon. Th room of the police niag. latrat at police headquarter waa vacated for a few minu te yesterday. When th mag latrat returned he discovered bla telephone had been itolan. a marble deek aet also, and th court' aupply of pencils. Th beach Hit If wa nailed down, a clreumatanc which th court remarked wa moat fortunate. LINES 10 JOIN fl TH1T STATE Uee of Alturas Line To Flanigan, Nev., I Proposed. BA.V FRANCISCO. Nov. 21 (A p) The state of Nevsda today Invited th Great Northern and Weslorn Pacific railroads lo con nect their line by making ih of th Southern Pacific's Alturaa branch, diverting traffic from the Western Pacific at Flanlgan. Nev., northward to conneet with th 'tireat Northern system at Klamath Falls, Ore. The proposition was mad by John 9 Bnaachnessy. chairman of th railroad and publlo service commission ot Nsvsda. It cam In th closing minutes of th nnrnlne hurlna Into lo aeces- slty ot lha proposed construction by th vJruairNorthtn and West-, ra Pacific of a Un from "Kiam ath Falls to Keddle, Calif. Nevada Oppoav Uee Nevada, on of th Interveners opposing th Klamsit Falls-Kd-dlo line, followed the cross ex amination ot A. C. Molt, chief engineer of the California rail road commission. Mott was ques tioned by E. J. Foulds. Southern Psclflc ailo.ney, on a series of msps and charts Introduced sev eral days ago. Ha said hi con clusion thai th tihasia rout of th Bouthorn Psclflc would bar to be double track by 1936 or 1937 from Geber. Calif., to (Contlnu.il on Page Twelve) BLAME FIXED FOR COLLISION Siiprrlntrndont 8ay Crew Westbound Train Did Not OlH-y Orders Of PORTLAND. Or.. Nov. 21. (AP) Responsibility for the col lision of two Oregon Trunk line mixed train near On k brook Ore., early Tuesday In which six psssengera and one trainman were Inured, was laid to the crew of westbound train today by O. E. Votsw, superintendent, who conducted the official In quiry at Wlshram, Wash. Thi Investigation, Votaw noti fied A. i. Davidson, general manager of th Oregon Trunk line, will continue for two days, but sufficient evidence had been gathered, be said, to show that the crow of the westbound train on which the seren persons were riding, had not obeyed or ders. Votaw said th crew was di rected to stop at Oakbrook in the Deschutes canyon, but pass ed up the station and collided with the southbound trnln In the canyon aud only a short dis tance from Oakbrook. Mrs. Jay H. Upton ot Bend. Ore., who stitferod a wrenched shoulder, was the most serious ly Injured of the seven. She In In a hospital hore. brotiKht before the city cnuuull, whli'h will be soma time bofor th first ot the year.. Hectlous Ali-cnily Marked Sections In the city kuve al um some ot them will probably ready been marked off Into tones, be changed before th ordinance becomes a reality. In order to lessen th danger from fir by establishing districts Into sonos and regulating therein tu us ot properly, height of buildings, and requiring open IContlnueA a Per Twelve) Engines in Spectacular Wreck - A i.h-jl Nur.heru uawnttr train eusine took a knockout punch right on th noae when It crashed Into a helper engine near Bntte, Mont., aa this striking picture shows. On naa was killed and 11 others Injured. GIRL'S DEATH Police Hold Men In Whose Apartment Party I Held. BAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 21. (AP) A girl Identified by the pollc aa Gertrud Hawkins. I, believed to b secretary to th bead of aa automobile firm here. died In aa emergency . hospital today from a bullet wtjuad In flicted whit sh waa attending r-Vftt-in th apartment ot neighbor. Lawrenc Tulloch. pro gram manager for th National llroadcastlng company. Pollc aald It appeared to be a case of suicide but they bald Tulloch and William Whittle for questioning. Whittle shares with Tulloch th apartmant lo which th shooting occurred. The au thorities also announced they would question Allen Hamilton son ot Custom Collector W. B Hamilton. Toung Hamilton was said to hav attended th party, leaving early In th evening. The shot was fired shortly be fore 1 a. m. Library Gets New Edition of Webster A copy ot the latest edition of Webster's Dictionary baa recent ly been purcbssed tor th Kla math Falls library. This Is th most complete dictionary ever published, having historical and biographical sections, as well as a whol portion devoted to his tory of the United Bute and histories of Individual state. The pages are divided Into upper and lower sec'Jons, the lower halt containing obsolete words with their meanings. In an addenda to th diction ary will b tound saw words, coined mostly sine th World war. In th realma of science, aviation, and even slang phrases I that hav been so widely used . that they have coma to b In corporated In the language. Th dictionary will be on the shelve soon. Portland Prepared For Lengthy Drouth PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 21, (A P) John Mann, commissioner ot public works, . said today Port land hta enough stored water to Inst 300 days desplto the long drouth. Construction of the Bear creek dam waa Just In tlm to pro vide ample water storage lien S. Morrow, chlet enclticer of tho water- bureau, aald calling attention to th fact that the reservoir ran hold 11,000,000, Ooo gallons ot water and Bull ltun lake, Portland's main wa ter supply, another 3,000,000, 000, gallons. TO 1XCKKAHK WAUKe) WASHINGTON. Not. 21, (A P) Henry Ford announced to day at th Whit House that an Immediate Increase In wagea among Ford employe bed been determined upon. EDGK OOES TO FRANCE. ' WASHINGTON, Not. fl. (A P) Th BomluatloQ ot Senator Walter E. Udg of New Jersey to be ambassador to Franc was confirmed today by th senate. STARTS INQUIRY 1 ..mm RAILWAY GETS L Modoc Northern Will Add Postal Service December First Deflnit information baa been received that railway mall serv ice will b established on th Modoc Northern on December 1, according to a atatement made tbla afternoon by Potmaatr Jokn A. McCall. This sarrtcs will, sav ssversl nor oa J routine of t.sten mail and plans ar tnai me Modoc Northern will bandl all th Lakevlew and Lakevtew dis trict malL earing tlm there also. Th local poatoffic baa work ed for several montba In an en deavor to obtain this service Mr. McCall stated. Baird Appointed To Succeed Sen. Edge NEWARK. N. J- Nov. 21, (A P) David Baird, Jr., ot Camdec. today waa appointed United State senator to succeed Wal ter E. Edge, by Governor Mor gan F. Larson. Ha will serve until th next general election In November, 130. At that tlm a special lec tion will be held to elect a sen ator nntll March 4. 1931, whan Edge's regular term expires. . TIGER BETTER PARIS Not. 21 (AP) Dr. Jaequemalr. former P r m I r CUmeneeau's grandson, who has been watching at bla bedtlds to day, said thla afternoon that the attack ot colic from which the Tiger was suffering bad passed. "Thar Is now no reason for alarm," be added. OH, KIDDIES OLD SANTA IS HAPPX OX HIS WAV . . . . . Tb dear old fellow who lores the kiddles Is coming sgaln this year. Merchauts ot Klamath, together with the Herald and News and Harry W. Pools, owner ot the the atres, have arranged with Old Santa to coma again this year and on morning ot lbs 2tb will bo st th Pelican theatre. He will appear attor Mr. Pool presents a special pic ture for the Klamath Basin kiddies and It will all be tree. Now, children, to post Old Santa Clous on what each ol you want for this Christmas, you must write him a Utter aud toll him Just bow you feel toward him and what you wunl blm to bring you. Write plainly and stamp your letter. Put It In th post office addressed to "Santa Claus, care Herald and News, Klamath Falls, Oregon." Do that right away. Don't wait for Santa Clans wants these lotters early so he can prepare presents for you. Then on the morning be fore Christmas get np early, wash your faces In cold wster, and be ready at tbs Pelican theatre when It opens to en joy Mr. Poole's tine plctur snd to be guests ot ths Her ald and News. Santa Clans will be thera and don't mlas writing him now. CONTRACT OIL BARON ONCE MORE FREE MAN Sinclair' Term For Contempt Ended Last Night. ATTITUDE CHANGED TOWARD REPORTERS Thinks They Hav Sine Ha Waa Incarcerated. Greeted by Brother and Leave tor Raacoca Farm la New Jersey to Vlalt Hi Famous Raring Htabiee). WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (AP) Harry F. Sinclair to day laid aside the compul sory duties of pharmacist at the District of Columbia jail for the freedom and leisure of a multwmlhon- aire oil baron and pro prietor of racing horses. His sentences for contempt of ooart and of th senate arising frnm tha oil scandals of tbe Harding administration were com pleted last night at midnight and a tew minutes later be emerged from tha Jail, to b greeted by few doe friends and hasten at one to tb May- flower bote! where Mr. Sinclair awaited him. TcfTttrt' Stables First. HI plans were somewhat in definite, but be expected to go first to New Jersey, where tbe stock farm ot tb Rancocas s tables is located, and then to his Long Island bom and New York offlc. Tb booming flash lights of newspaper photographers hailed his emergence from the Jail and reporter clustered about blm an xlona tor a statement. "I bar nothing to say." he told them, "I earns to Jail for not tailing, yon know." He was greeted at the door (Continued on Page Twelve) Many Prominent Men Of Order To Be On Program. Program plans tor the Knights ot Columbus banquet to be given at the Willard hotel on Sunday evening have been an nounced by Frank Sexton who is In charge. Bishop Joseph McGrath ot Baker will be the honor guest and the principle speaker at the banquet. C. P. A. "Pat" Lon- ,.. Jantw nf Pnrtlnnrt mgou, Dioio ucfuij - - will also be on the program and will talk to the-caseys. rrani Lonergan. In- charge of the Jrd decree work, will be another Portland guest. Charles Marino will preside as toaatmaster. An Interesting mus ical program has been arranged and will consist of numbers from tbe Sacred Heart Academy or chestra under the direction of Sister Paschall, In charge ot the music department at the aca demy. Tb recently organized Knights (Continued on Pace Twelve) Under Street KNIGHTS PLAN BIG BANQUET Connect Building Group The Oregon Construction coin pauy. of which N. E. Berry oil Seattle la president, J. P- Duke, vice-president, and George Llnd lev. secretary, will construct a modern concrete garage near the corner ot Ninth and Pin ave nues. Ths garage will be 70 by lot feet and be a two-storied building with exterior ot cream colored brick snd terrs coUa to correspond to ths Oregon Bank bnlldlnx. now under construc tion. Tbe garage will hav a stor- IRISHMAN'S WISH GRANTED LONDON. Nov. 21. (AP) The wish once upreaaed by T. P- "Tay Pay" O'Connor, veteran Irish statosuian that he might be burled In Eng land to typify the reeonellla llon of tb two racea was ful filled solemnly today. Westminster Cstbedral was crowded with mourners envi ous to pay their tribute to th famous "father of the bouse ot commons" at a requiem mass celebrated by the Archbishop ot Liverpool prior to a bnrlal service at Kenaal Oreen ceme tery. DISPLAY BEST YET EXHIBITED Three Day Showing At Golden Rule Store Attracts Many. Possibly tbe most complete display of linen ever shown In Klamath Falls Is on display at the Golden Rule store for three days, Thursday. Friday and Sat urday and constitutes 110,000 worth ot merchandise, according to A. G. Plumbs wbo purchased tha stock snd Is In charge of that department. Th linen exhibit 1 attracting much attention. Many ot the piece hav Just been received nd were purchased by the store directly from th importer who secured the linens on the Ma deira Islands. These purchases were made even before New York, havers . bad seasn them, inc they were unpacked for the local buyer In Saa Francisco. Chinese Designs Featured. Tbe new Chinese Fn-Cbow Petty Point holds a prominent place in tbe display. These lin ens are decorated witn a col ored cross stitch design and come In bridge sets. In addition to thla are the Chinese band (Continued on Pais Twelve) CANNED MUSIC HASN'T KILLED REAL ARTICLE Proving that mechanical ma sic has not completely elbowed real music out of the lives of tbe masses are the harmonica bands that have been organised In 25 percent of the schools all over tha county. According to Airs, C A. Henderson, supervisor ot music in lb county schools, the children sre most enthusiastic over this new departure In the realm ot music In the country district the "harmonica band consist ot th whole school, and all the pupils feel the Joy of expressing themselves In music, The American Feduratlon of Music has recently sunt out plea for more "real" music in the Uvea of American people. It Is feared that the art ot mu sic will die since mechanical mu sic Is displacing orchestras to such an extent in theatres, dances and at other public gath erings. Music la pictured as the "Weeping Muse." but also, the American Federation ot Music says that ths progress ot music depends upon tho number of en thusiastic executants. If enthus iasm counts, the children in the "Harmonica Bands'" will not let the Weeping Muse expire. In ths 1- gradci of all the country schools toy orchestras have been formed by Mrs. 'len derson. Surely America will be come more "music minded" If this activity is continued all over the United States. Tunnel to - ago capacity for 0 cars, w lth a small repair shop In the rear and tiros and accessories In the front. A novel and metropolitan fea ture in the construction of the new bank building and garage la the pedestrian tunnel. By thla means, after driving into tb garage and parking his car, a person may walk to elevator which will convey him to th i UNEN ottlce building, or to tha pro posed hotel and apartment house (Continued ew Pare Twelve) IJLblin SMALL LINE OBJECTS 10 EXTENSION Indian Valley Would Be) Ruined Say Hs Superintendent.' LATER ADMITS SALE: OF LINE CONSIDERED I'ader Examination, 1:, ' ttatas That His Line Wse - ilt s Serve Engel Copper Miiie' and That Heavy Grade Forbad Hauling More Than five, -or Six Cam at a Tbse. : . - SAN FKANCISCO, Nov. 21 (AP) A sudden unex pected counter-attack today was launched in the hear- . init of the northern Califor nia railroad building -proj ect. The Indian Valley Rail road company, r appearing without a clearly predeter mined status and therefore placed at the mid-point be tween proponing and oppos ing iorces, turned out to be a bitter enemy of the West ern Pacific plan to build a main line northward -from, Keddie, 'Cat., to Bcebe-At '. this point the Western Pa cific ' and ' Great. Northern systems would be united by the Great Northern's exten sion south from Klamath Falls. .'. . Would Ruin hsnaU Road. Attorney John L. McNab places on the stand 0. H. Bra, -genetal manager ot tb Indian Valley railroad, who tea ; :d ' tha, large part of that concert's .In vestment of 2185.000 would be) mad useless If the Western Pa cific should build Its propose! line. The condition ot bla rail. (Continued oa Pace Twelve) - BENEFIT DANCE HUGE SUCCESS More Than 300 People - Attena) Lions Benefit Affair For . High School Band. . More than 500 people -were ta attendance at the Lions elua dance held at the Altamont ball last evening. Dancing was en joyed from nine o'clock tintd midnight. A check-up on finances was mad thi afternoon and reveal ed that enough money had beea cleared to purchase the ten ad ditional nnttorm needed for ths high school band and this will be don Immediately, thos la charge stated. The band appear ed In uniform during th Inter mission and gav several name bers in appreciation of th dance given for them. B. R. Derry, di rector, will also soon be la pos session ot a new uniform as tha result ot th efforts ot tl Lions club. , "Mary Elian makes cstty remsrks about tny doubl :hln. but bavin' two chin lin t si bsd as beln' two farad." Aunt Het
