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

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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER OREGON; Cloud? toalf hi and 8uuUjr. with rain mi aad r,iB or snow In Northeast pirt; slight ly warmer la northwest tonight;' IncTkxInc southerly winds, be coming strong on toul. Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade I'rico Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1929 Number 7224 O Pages Today Noughts We've Been Thinking Famous HulUI'iKlf'T and Idol of Kountl-Up Pa trims Will Spend Kent of I. if i' in I'riHon Buf falo Vernon Couldn't WitliKlnnd Clamour of I 'ii hi ic Adulation. At Laid, ('onKfi'w Kecog ni.t'. Merit of Thief Valley Kenorvoir and Will Hull d Irrigation Project When Com. plctod, Citizens Should Kroct Monument to Name of Nick Sinnott. t-By BRUCE DENNIS "D l'K PALO" Vernun, formerly of Pendleton, was sentenced lo two Ufa terms In prlion (or wrm-klng railroad paeaenger train and robbing Its paseengera. Who la "Dutfato" Vernon? Thoia who rlilted the Pendle ton Roundup a lew yeara ago will remember lilio the groat attraction. 11 waa on of the 1 1 ret to "bulldog" a ateor. lo thla rtaulo rola ha contributed to tha refinement ot human na ture. Steeped In esotlsm nnd Ignorance thla well muecled and mall brained gladiator (nrnlahed "nlrtalnment" lor Ihe niasaus aa ha took Ihrm be-k lo Koman dura when bull atreugth waa wor; ' Ipped and applauded, e e nl'T the mighty, Vernon failed to know that In such epot lighl work where applause la ui la lab aa Col imbia rltrer aaud on a wind day. the principal dolug the performing ran last but a ery brlof lime. Public laato dmanda new facra In tha arena lo lako a chance with death. 80, when "lluffalo" Vernon did hie laat ateer roping trow an automobile bla alar Logan to alnk. lie attended tha Roudup but somehow youngor men rode 1I10 bucking csyuses, . youugor men did tha btill-dogglng. and "lluflalo" waa a haa-brrtt, Jut aa John Spain became a baa-tim-u and Sundown Jackaoti touud tha curtain (ailing around him. All were alara of tha quarter mile arena; all were swelled with bursting pride; all wer rtctured on tha (ronl pages --nut not for long. Then tha world loat "Buffalo" Vernon, lie) could not hold nta pl.ee In the aun. Tha great and muarular Vernon had to re tire lo tha "stioks" there to give eihtbltlnna to tha cowboya and lo tell them how great ha once waa when ha tront-pagad the Roundup apelal edltlona. e e e A DASTARDLY" deed waa coro , milted In Bouthern California hen aplkua were pulled caualng a train wreck by aomeona who robbed tha paaaengera. Tho country waa ahorked at auch cowardly work. Another elmlUr happening occurred In W: 'mlng. Bleuthhound Ed Wood, lor . ra tha aecret aery Ice man of the I'nloii laltic railroad, hung both Crimea on "Buffalo" Vernon. Wood 1. ight him In Oklahoma Iters Vvruou waa si 111 "btick arojltig" In a small way. Cali fornia claimed tha prleoner. Why that atato did not hnng him for the rrlruo, wo do not know, but ha haa bean put away for llfu ill llllNNi This ctoaea Ilia career o( the fope whlrlcr, tha outlaw horaa rltlor, tha stoer-bulldogger who for a brlof time could not walk (Continued on Page Four) Aunt Het Ar ft Pure minded, but any woman that alwaya atnpa Into a car with tha same foot first Is dnln' It because her other ankle la the boat one." . c. c. PLAN GIN TO All Railroad of Land Allocated Into 19 Major Systems. GROUPING INCLUDES CANADIAN SYSTEMS tlii.iiiiKton HyMrm hkrlutlrri from Wrttrrn Group and I'trd IUaU vt Krtrat H)tm; O.lirr Uratcrn MnM Hrnd Indlflduiil Rlrni In Miwl ItiKtanrrt, NEW YORK. Dec. 21 (A P) Dowf Jones & Co., in a copyrighted despatch from its Washington bureau to. day, states that the inter state commerce commis sion's railroad consolidation plan has been completed, allocating the country's rail way properties into 19 mojor systems, comprising five systems in tho cast, based upon the present four trunk lino systems, and an additional system, the nu cleus of which would be the Wabash. Official pub lication of the plan is ex pected within a few days. Home Details Oppoewl W ASHINGTON, Dec. XI, (AP) The flrat congreaalonal reac tion to the plana ot the Inler aute commerce commission on railroad consolidation came today In declaration ot opposition to details ot the plan from two senators from tha west. Consolidation of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroada as propaaed In the plan would bo a "great calamity" for the northwest, Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, aaaerted. Krrlght Not Helped Presenting the commission's re port for incorporation In the congreaalonal record, Wheeler aald that the two nortbwealern llura were competing roada and be added be would rigorously oppose any attempt lo link them into a single system. Senator I'lttman. democrat, Kerada, also opposed the unifi cation of the Northern Pacific and. Ihe Great Northern aaylng It would afford no reduction In (Continued on Pace Sire) Slick Pavement And Heavy Fog Bane To Drivers Slippery payemeut and fog, combined with taat drlrlug, con stitutes a bad combination. There were saversi minor accidents Fri day night and thla morning. In cluding cars In ditches, csrs that had skidded against eurblngs, and arcn cars thai had turned oyer. Accidents were reported from Altamont. with no one Injured, and from Pelican City, aa well as In the city limits. Probably the most serloua crash occurred this morning about 7:30. (lane llaiinrd, coming down the Nlulh street hill towsrd Lincoln at high speed, attempted to stop the car at Lincoln street. It Is said, whon his car skidded. Another car behind Husiard's also skid ded, with the result that buth cars crashed Into eurblngs on op posite sides ot Ninth street, lias sard 'a cur turned over, and' was completely demolished. The other car. whose drlrer Is unknown, sul fared a broken wheel. Hag tard was taken from under his car, unconscious, and removed to Ihe Klamath Valley; hospital, where It was discovered that he had sttsi.ilncd only superficial In juries and shock. lluitard ts employed by the Lorens company. Taylor Murder Mystery May Be Near Solution BAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 21, (A P) The San Francisco Call-Bul-Intln today Quoted Former Gov ornor Frlond W. Richardson as saying that he had proof that a motion picture aotress murdered William Desmond Taylor, one ot Hollywood's most famous direct ors, mysteriously shot In 1922. Prisoner Know Facta After golfg Into the history ot bis differences and sharp ex Oregon Rooster Travels De Luxe To Italian Port PORTLAND, Ore.. Dir. 21 (AP) A sheaf of correspond ence In tha office of lienors! Steamship Corporation here to day haa to do with the book ing of a passage (or one white Leghorn rooater from Corval Ha, Ore., to Ouoa, Italy. A aprtlal coop haa been con structed (or the Oregon (owl snd a special supply ot food haa been atored ai the rooater will not have to fall hack on aallors' hardlark and ahlp's biscuit. SPEAKS Great Northern Head Says Line Will Be Benefitted. ST. PAUL. Minn., Dec. 21. (A P) Ralph Budd. president of the Great Northern railway. In a atatement today on the Inter state , commerce commission's railroad grouping plan, ssld It "seems to foreshadow a decision la the unification application of the Great Northern-Northern Pa cific railway which will Impose as a condition of that unification aale ot the Burlington atock owned by the two northern lines." Mr. Budd said the two north ern 1 1 nee owa 7 per cent of the common stock of the Burlington railway. Tha northern llnea have presented evidence at the Interstate commerce commission bearing lo show that a saving of 110,000,000 In operating expenses would be effected under their plan. The unification, however, was opposed by the Chicago, Mil waukee. St. Paul and Pacific railroad. Charles Donnelly, president of the Northern Pacific, also believ ed the proposed consolidations foreshadowed an unfavorable de cision on the northern lines' plan hut be declined to comment farther until seeing the text ot the commission's report. - Miss Pebbles Is Bride of Dr. Lucas Mies Georgia Pebblea became Ihe bride ot Dr. Clifford K. Lu caa at a ceremony performed thla afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home of Mra. Paul Evans la the Evana apartments. Georgia has been employed In the office ot the Evening Herald and Klamath News tor the past year In the circulation daitrt ment and haa made many trlenda In tha office ' and throughout the city since she has been here. She haa been In Klamath Falls tor a little more tban a year, coming here from California. Dr. Lucaa la a local chiro practor and has been here tor a number r( yeara, practicing tor a while In the Underwood build ing and later uiuvlug to Dorrla, Calif., where he resided for a short time. He rocently sold his practice here to Dr. C. B. Cassei. The young couple left Imme diately following the ceremony tor Agnes, Oregon, where they will visit Dr. Lucaa' mother, ami then will return to Klamath Falle (or a short tune. Their plans for the future are Indefin ite. Both parties to the anion have a host of friends througbont the city who wlrh thra happiness. Three Die When Fire Burns Home ELKHORN, Wis., Doc. 21 (A P) Three members of the Carey housohotd were burned to death last night while three mllos away, other members ot tha family Joined lo alnging carols at a school house Christmas party. Patsy Carer, S. and Mabel, 7. with their grandfather, Henry Snowenberg, 63, were alone In the Isolated farmhouse. The houao was In tlamea when a neighbor spread the alarm. The bodies were found amid debris In the basement Into which they hsd boon plunged when the floors burned away. changes ot statements as governor with Asa Koys, thou district at torney ot Los Angoles county, Richardson said that "about that time I heard that a prisoner In Folsom knew much about the murder of the motion picture di rector." Richardson said that he Investi gated the case, the Call-Bulletin statea, and finally went to Los An (ContlnneS en Page Five) Wet If the laundry came home n II. tie damp that day, houaewlves of Trebafod. England, could be thankful that they got It at all. For atreeta there as In many other British cities snd towns ran deep with water when rivers, awollen from weeka of heavy rainfall, left tholr banks. This picture, showing a laundry cart atruggling down an Inundated thoroughfare, lndiratee the depth ot the floods which swept RhondtU Valley communities, driving hundreds of families from tbelr homes. WHEAT TAKES Intervention of Grain Corporation Thought Responsible. CHICAGO, Dec. 21. (AP) Wheat prices responded buoyant ly today to the Intervention ot the Farmers National Grain corpora tion In behalf ot better price lev els, and gained iA to itte a buahel above yesterday's finish. The big co-operative's bid of 114 c above current cash prices after the market closed yesterday bad an ameliorating effect on trading both here and abroad. Final quotations today were: December wheat, 11.1114; March, S1.27M to I1.27U: Msy, 11.10 to 11.20, and July, J1.J1 to 1.117a. . Gains Fpor Cents Gains of four centa were mark ed up at the outset, Liverpool having reacted favoraly to the Grain corporatlona announce ments, snd after a dull period at mld-eeston another rally brought prices at the finish to the top or near the top for the day. Closing yesterday about a cent below the (arm board'a loan level for wheat, the market ended today four cents over the fixed value. FAIR SITE SELECTED CHICAGO, Dec 21. (AP) The first group ot buildings for the 1232 Chicago world's fair will Impose their majestic beauty along tha ahoree ot lake Michi gan between 18th . and S9th streets, the architectural 'com mission haa announced. flff.-Ha.u.vioneeR hotei. maVi viuctwes' a ouesi who wuu 6rRMaNaTo.H9 a, oiS .1' V'MOWWO TUP VITAL .. V IM TUM SH 0P KIM COMPETITION Stttawe W AKb 6lRl$, WHO. THW. WEI eMlCATlON.ttB.SfCtMny, '"nuwt n STUtXMT FlUS) VllTVOUT ttIM,SMAM.IUg WMfTW Visit Au itlf "to tttOtte AM UiUtATIOM.' SHARP UPTURN I v f I :l e-s FEW men In Oregon have a wider or mors pleasant state acquaintance than Bert Hall. In fact his acualntance la more than state, it is a P years he operated the White Pelican hotel he w as host to hundreds ot leading men. Later asaclflc coaat acquaintance tor during the many owner and manager ot the Hall hotel he retained tha close pornonal contacts with these people. Bert Hall la one of the faithful civic workers in the city and devotes much time to the welfare of this community. One ot the worthiest ot hobbles belongs to htm, tor his hobby Is to help chil dren finish school. Lately he has made excellent provisions for this commendable work and out of hli entire life's work he no doubt gets more pleasure out ot his effort to assist the young people than any ot his other undertakings. Wash UNIVERSITY til McEwan's Contract Short by ' Action Of Council. cut EUGENE. Dec. 21. (AP) The University of Oregon will start Im mediately in queat ols JootbaU coach to replace Captain John J. MoEwnn, whoae contract was ter minated by the action ot tho exec utive council at a special meeting Karl W. Ontbink. executive sec retary ot the university, said to day. It possible a coach will be ob tained on a professional basis, which means he will work on the same basis as a college professor. It Is believed that the three ss-1 slstsnt coaches at Oregon, Prink Callison. freshman coaoh; Billy Reinhart, varsity backfleld coach, and Gene Shields, varsity line, will be considered along with other available mentors. Dr. Clarence Spears ot Minne sota and Dr. Jack WUce, former Ohio State coach, have been men tioned prominently aa available material when Washington was In search of a coach. An effort will he made to secure a coach before February 1. EUGENE GRAPPLER VLS EUGENE, Ore.. Dec 21, (AP) George Wildcat Pete, 154, Eu gene, defeated Henry Jones, ISO, Provo, Utah, two falls ont ot three In the main event of the wrestling card here last night. Jones won the first fall in It minutes but Pete won the second In 21 minutes and the third In 18 minutes. ' w Hi :'. ii Sfc W. i- V.-' J r AWHIIlkVN o) . XVlNSNXJaWV- 1I W 'XZyl GRANGE HAS OBJECTIONS TO BUDGET Fomona Council Enter Protest at Hearing Of Tax Board. SAYS ESTABLISHING VALUES TOO COSTLY Argue Against Bringing in State '(Tax Commission to Assist in Fixing Valuations, Claiming Such Action Bete Bad Prece dent In Prolonging Unequal Val nations. A protest on the county budget for 1930 was entered at the hearing held today at the office of the county court, by the Klamath coun ty Pomona Grange Council, through R. E. High, the pres ident of the organization, The . protest, giving three reasons' for the action, read as follows: List Objections. 1. We object to any more county money being spent to value Klamath county property other than that spent In the or dinary court ot business by the sweaaor's office, until the $90,- 000 to 1100,000 spent in sour ing a proper timber cruise is re turned ot benefit to the ta-?ay-ers by the use ot the cruise. 2. We do not believe that there is any need for bringing In the state tax commission into the county at the present time. We do believe that all the coun ty needs Is an assessor that will ascertain tho true value ot prop erty without regard to who own It or what class ot property it a snd then use the sam' ratio of tax value to ascertain value on all property.. The levying board will hear any protests which any taxpayer wishes to offer, on the proposed budget for 1930, which has been drawn after more than a week's deliberation. The 28(8.20.30 is the total tax that must be raised by taxxtlon after deducting esti mated balances on band In all funds as ot December 31. 19I, (C" tinned on rase five) TtJUH. TUP UIE-SITU AaflTf IS MEM- "SAW aao.WMU.wlHni eLECTEl) ft "rtHaMBreof coMMErsce wthe- HRe secsetoh was m&o am ie. w riuicnoNEr as an oactoiiamay uvaxcins me BtTre w.it op klAM.TM fAUS he Al$o HHftr W THJ ORSWIZATRIM OP THe CIM HERE AU AISO TMC .Rotww CUJ8 Short Skirts For Health Advocated By Noted Doctor CHICAGO, Dec. 21, (AP) Short skirts for health, on so leas authority than Dr. Hugh . Cummlncs, bead ot the United S'atea public health service, speaking here: and girls shouldn't diet. The mortality rate among young girls has Increaed sharp ly In recent years. Dr. Cum mlngs said, snd he attributed it to "the diet erase" which he called "both silly snd dan gerous." As for skirts, they should not be worn lower than the knees, the surgeon general said. WTl ACTED WISELY ' Inspectors Exonerate Man Who Beached Burning Vessel. SEATTLE, Dec. 21, (AP) Captain Eric Strandonisa of tha steamer Skagway used good Judg ment in toe beaching of his burn ing vessel near Cane Flatterv last Monday, Steamboat Inspectors Donald 8. Ames and Thomas Short said here today when making known the results of their inves tigation of the wreck. The inspec tors exonerated the captain of the wrecked vessel from all blame j tor the accident la their decision. Master Responsible The master of a shin mnnn. slble for the property under his care ana the lives of his officers and crew, and Captain Btrand qulst followed what he telleved to be the safest coarse, the inspect ors ruled. Accusations that the captain ignored counsel of bis nrrir crew and beaded for the rooks af ter being told he could make Neah bay. three miles away, were held groundless by Ames and Short. bkasrway Total Loss The Skagwav Ilea a tntat a short dtsUnce from Cape Flat tery. With her cargo a he waa valued at approximately 1150,000. Be cause of the rocky shore and the heavy surf, as well as the flames which ate at her cargo for aev eral days. It waa Impossible to sal vage the freight or vessel. Farm Boy Treated To Thrillinjj Ride CAMDEX. K. J.. Dec II (AP) Having been given an involun tary ride of ten mile. hnin. to the tail ot an airplane, Wil liam uoumoe, 17-year-old farm baud. Is In eood condirinn ,n .n of bis thrills. He waa helping to ooia oown tne tall when the en gine was belno warmerf n . he didn't let go when the' lane soared. In fact ha held on till the plane rot to within fi. ... of the ground again. Then he roiled over and over so much he was sent to a hospital with a few bruises. . Victim' Families Helped By Friends OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec 21 Ap.) The groernment of Mex ico has coma to the aid ot desti tute fam!!!es or slxtv-an ni..,. killed In a mine explosion at McAlester Tuesday, contributing 110.000 toward the relief t.,nH wnicn. tnrougn the aid of the ra a to, aireaar nad reached na tional proportions. ' The contribution from Mx Ico, announced by H. Valdes, Mexican consul here, brines the fund collected through various agencies to approximately 50, 000. ThA mnxaflffA In th. .nn aul hera atlniilated that fnnrf were to be applied toward relief for famlllos ot Mexicans killed in the disaster. K.YFEX8IVE BOOZE PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 21 (A P) A. M. Service of Baker, was fined (1000 In justice court hore on a charge ot possession, trans portation ot liquor on September 19. A largo automobile belong ing to Service waa confiscated. Spencer Says Road Will Fight Order to Build The Union Paoiflo railroad will test the validity ot the recent or der ot the Interstate commerce commission requiring It to build a railroad across the state of Ore gon from Crane to Crescent lake. Arthur C. Spencer, solicitor tor the Union Pactfio system In Port land, made thla a atement yester day. Such intimation had been previously given by Carl R. Oray, president ot the railroad; while in Portland on the day the news ot the commission's action was re CAR FLOAT mm IN HUDSON ; 700 Lives Endangered By Collision In New York Harbor. RIVER BOATS RUSH TO AID OF VESSEL Paaeengers, Somewhat Shaken And Frightened, taken to 8a ro. y by Harbor Craft Answering Distress) Bixnal; Togs Pravrat Ferrjr From Taking Water and Sinking. NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (A P) Harbor craft rescue 4 700 Christmas shopper. commuters and newly art rived immigrants from th ferry boat We.st Point last night after the ferry had been rammed and disabled by a car float. Three per sons suffered minor injuries. The ferry boat was cross ing from the foot of West 42nd street, Manhattan, to Weehawken, N. J., directly across the Hudson .. river. Unlike the heavy fog which prevailed when the liner Fort Victoria was rammed by the Alonquin in the lower . bay last Wednesday the weather was clear and visi bility good. The ferry boat was brilliantly lighted. ' In. midstream the car float. which was being towed by a tug lashed alongside of It, drove Its prow Into the port side ot the ferry, tearing hole through which water poured Into the en gine room. - FaMengers' Startled The paaaengera, startled by tha tnpact, rushed from the cabins aa tha ferry boat'a siren began to scream distress signals. Amid a bedlam of answering signals, tugs and other ferry boats converged upon the crip pled craft. The towing tug held the prow ot the car float in the gash in the side of the wet-t point, reducing the flow of water and preventing the ferry boat from listing. As rapidly as they could be maneuvered Into position, res cue craft were lashed alorgsltle and passengers assisted oft tha West Point. The large electric ferry boat Grenville Kaue took 330 persons over the stern of Ihe West Point. A New York Centtal tug made fast and Its crew hello ed men and women through the shattered windows of the dis abled boat to safety. ' ' Work t'nder Searchlights The rescue work was accom (Continued on Page Vive) ' IJYYC? II U QlJlSTMA? ceived, but Mr. Spencer's state ment yesterday was first positive information. "I do not know when we will take our first steps toward this end, but It should be soon," Mr. Spencer continued. "Neither am I certain at this tlma aa to what form our action will take, t can merely say that we will tost the validity of the order." The Interstate antnaMrca cons mission, acting am petttton of the (Contlnaed ea rage five) 2 TUSTTNWO 'xfc jrV DAYS WEFT 5 vr hucdvso You f