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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1930
Number 7249
'houghts We've
Been Thinking
Editor Jenkins; Straight
ens Un Out on Med ford
Rond Mutter Oregon
Should Depend on tho
Highway Commliutlon
for Settlement of All
Major Kond Mutters.
Tom Moonoy Donervos
Pardon, not Pnrolo, for
Crime He Evlduntly
Did Not Commit
Country at Large Never
Fully Convinced of
Mooncy's Guilt Old
and Broken Now.
-fly BRUCE DENNIS
rjDlTOR Fnnk Jenkins of th
Eugene Register writes us
that we sr wrong In our slat
Biant that Eugene want on record
opposing the naw Medford high
war. Ha says thara waa lomi
sgltatloa over the matter but
tbat Eugene did not fo on reo
ord aialnat tha road. Olad to
baar thla, and wa ara glad to
make tba correction for Eugen
aa community la doing much
for tba atala and It was bard to
understand bow tha paopte op
there conld think of taking
aland atalnit any Improvement
lu Oregon. Tha Medford road la
Jut ona road. It la barked br
substantial people In Medford.
If they ara wrong as to merit
of the road wa bare a Highway
Commission to pasa on that.
Then, why shonld any ona local
ity In Oregon oppose aa Improve
ment In another locality. Let s
be for all tbat la worth while,
let'a etand for Improvement and
advancement, and If thera Is an)
highway propoaed that Is Im
practical why not depend upon
tha highway commission la tbt
matter?
a e e
1V7K ara going to Join tba "Tom
Mooney-for-a-l'ardon" elub
simply becausa wa ara finally
convinced tbat Tom Mooney la
aervlng prison sentence for a
crime ba did Dot commit.
Tom Mooney Is a radical labor
loader and Is a Ufa-termer la a
California prison for throwing
a bomb that killed ten people
during a Ban Francisco Prepared
ness Day parade back In 191.
see
"rtEGON' people followed this
ease because a man from
Durkee, Oregon waa ona of the
principal witness ea against
Mooney, This man's attorney
waa aa Oregon lawyer who sines
baa died.
Mooney waa eentenced to die
hat Ibera waa such a lack of
conclusive evidence presented
that President Wilson, after In
vesllgatlnt tha case commuted
the Ufa aentence. Later the
governor of California offered to
parole Tom Mooney, but Moony
refused tba parole atatlng that
ha was Innocent and would so-
cant a pardon or nothing. This
act of Itself ahowa that Tom
Mooney baa confidence In him
self and, tha courage to cancel
his freedom for a principle,
see
crHE country as a whole has
never bean antlraly convinced
tbat Mooney waa guilty. The
district attorney who got tha
conviction Insists ba Is guilty,
but tba presiding judge who tried
tba case openly asserts tha con
vlctlon was unjust. Foreman of
tba grand Jury that brought the
Mooney Indictment has asked for
his releaae believing him to ba
wrongfully Imprisoned. Tan
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Aunt Het
"Emily thinks It's dlsgusttn'
to see my ancestora hangla' on
tha wall, but none o' mine
ever was seen hangln' on a
cotlonwood tree."
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IFuM-uWM MY- HOT PARLEY OPENS
King George Pledges England's Full
Co-Operation in Conference Efforts
To Reach Agreement on Limiting Ships
Monarch Shows Complete
Recovery From Illnett
Of Last Year.
RAMSAY MACDONALD
ELECTED CHAIRMAN
rrvmler la Opening Address
Praises President Hoover For
Effort la Getting Isrlry Re
opened. Htlmson Hays Limita
tion la Continuous Proreea.
LONDON, Jan. 21, (AP
Tho five-power naval confer
ence adjourned at I t'it to
day to reconvene Thursday
morning at 10:O0 o'clock at
Ht. Janice's Palace after It
had been put formally andrr
way with addreaara by King
Ueorgo of England and rrp
rraeataUve of each of tha la
te re. te1 powers.
Premier MarDonald made It
clear la adjourning that
Thnradaj'e sea-Ion would ba
la committee" that la, la
privet. -,
LONDON, Jan. SI, (AP)
Oeorga V, king of England, form
ally opened tha five-power naval
conference thla afternoon with
U-mlnula speech broadcast
over a worfd-wlda radio book-up.
lie pledged Great Britain's co
operation In tba conference ef
fort to limit navies, and express
ed a hope that aa agreement
would be reached which would
prepare the way for a general
disarmament treaty.
Kins Fully Recovered
It waa bla majoaly's first pub-
llo appearance since bis Illness
of last year. Ills face was
ruddy, hla step firm, bis voice
rich and full of confidence
loud enough to carry even to
tha corridor outslds the gallery
of tha House of Lords where
tba delegates and a taw Invited
gueeta convened.
Mar Donald Cbalrmaa
Immediately after bla address
waa concluded tha conference
was orxanlisd formally, with
nomination of Ramfay MacDon
ald. premier of Great Britain,
as chairman by Colonel Henry
L. Btlmson, American aecretary
of atata and delegation head.
The entire assemblage rose and
stood respectfully aa bla majesty
passed out of tba room. Mr.
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Large Number Buy
Tickets For-Espee
Special to Frisco
Close to 100 raserratlons have
already been mad tor tba South
ern Pacific apeclal leaving Klam
ath Falls for Ban Francisco on
Friday,. January II, according
to A. 8. Rosenbaum.
Those wishing to go oa tba
-nerlnl ara red to pn -their
reservations In early to S00O,
In order that they can secure
l illman accommodations. Five
curs of Pullmans have already
been filled and It reservations
ara not In by Thursday It will
ba difficult to secur th-ra.
A good delegation has already
been rimed up from Alturas ana
a number ara eipected from
Ijikovlow.
California Commission
Forwards
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. SI. (A.
p.) The California slate rail
road commission today air mail
ed to Washington It brief sup
porting tb proposed SOO-mll
railroad Una to connect the Oreat
Northern and Western Pacific
rail systems.
1,1st 8 Point.
The brief, which followed np
argumenta mad at an interstate
commerce commission bearing
her last November, enumerated
tight points Id favor ot the pro
posed lln from Klatsata Fall,
Hoover Arises Early To
Hear Ceremony Opening
WASHINGTON, Jan. SI. (AP)
Clad la a sweater and pair of
old panU, Preeldent Hoover to
day eat In a basement room of
the White House and listened to
formal ceremonies opening the
London arms conference.
Arising at I o'clock tha presi
dent dressed himself In the gsrb
be generally weara while taking
bla dally eserclsa of throwing
around the big medicine ball
and went to a basement room
where a high powered receiving
set bsd been Installed.
Several Officials Present.
With him aat Attorney General
FOX ANSWERS
CHAR GES THAT
HE SPECULATED
Motion" Picture?ffahiiij
Say He Even Let
Salary . Drop . .
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. (AP)
William Fox, motion plctur
msgnste, la a statement pub
lished today denied that he bsd
speculated In Wall Street with
funds of tho Fox Film Corpor
ation. Answers Bolt,
Ills denial was In answer to
charges In a suit for an equity
receivership for the corporation
filed by Mrs. Susie Dryden Kuser
of Bernsrdsvllle, N. J., one of
tha principal stockholders.
Didn't C i Salary.
Ha also denied that ha bad
received a salary of 1150,000 a
year from the Fox Film Corpor
ation, voted him by "dummy and
rubber stamp directors" as
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Grand Jury Drawn
For 1930 Service
The grand Jury tor 1930 was
empaneled thla morning at ten
o'clock by Circuit Judge Duncan.
Tha following men war drawn
to serve: E. II. Bslslger, fore
man, Ed. W. . Oowan, J. E.
Bodge, J. Fred Ooeller, Browne 1
Michael, U. E. Reader, and E.
U Hosier.
The grand Jury wa sworn In
by Lloyd DeLap, clerk of the
circuit court and given Instruc
tions as to their duties by Judge
Duncan. After retiring to the
grand Jury room to select a clerk
the men wer dismissed by Judge
Duncan, and ordored to meet on
February 10th, at 10 a. m., with
the district attorney.
The rest of tb Jury panel not
chosen to serve on the grand
Jury was dismissed, and asked
to appear on Wednesday morn
ing, at 10 o'clock, at which time
the Jury for the Wright trial
will be chosen.
Road Briefs
Or., to Keddlo, Calif. These
weret
1. That the Southern Pacific
forms th only rati connection
between California and tb north
west, a situation without par
allel In th United State be
tween comparable Industrial and
agricultural centers.
S. That only l.S per cent ot
California' area has competition
In rail service to th Pacific
northwest, the ' remaining area
being dependant solely upon the
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Mitchell, also draaaed for the
medicine ball game. Justice 8tona
of the United Bute supreme
court. Dr. Joel Boone, the White
Hons physician, Lawrence Rick
ey and Walter Newton, two of
the president's secretaries.
Tba reception of tha different
speeches waa as clear as If they
bad been mad In tba next room.
Tha amall group, so vitally In
terested In the succeaa of tba
conference, sat completely silent
during tba ntlra ceremonies.
Play Medicine Ball.
Immediately after tb Uat
ICeailaaea ea reae iv
County and City
Teacher to Meet
A joint meeting at tb county
and city teachers' organization
will be held at Fremont school
oa Saturday morning, January
St, be. Inning at 9:30 a. m.
During tha morning an Inter-"
eating program wilt ba glvea and
luncheon will be served at the
Paltcaa Grille, what the busi
ness meeting win bt bsld. '
Mies Etta Fa rr Is preeldent
ot the city organisation, and A.
C Olson, ot Bonanza, president
of tb county teacher.
Pelican Take
Games of Jan. 8
Pelican City and Algoma bas
ketball teams will meet oa the
Pelican court tonight la tb sec
ond ot a series ot game be
tween tba two teams. la tha
first encounter. Pelican City
won, St to 14, and Algoma hp pes
to retrieve tb honor.
The gam wUl b called at
7:J0 and to publlo la cordial
ly invited. '
ONLY 1 BELOW HERE
Tb Cjrclo-Stormagraph at
Underwood's Pbsrmacy shows
that th barometric pressure
Is (till rising which Is added
assurance ot clear cold weath
er. Th Tyco recording ther
mometer registered maximum
and minimum tamperatare
today as follows:
High , 4
Low S below sero
Forecast for next S4 hours:
Fair and cold with brisk
wlnda.
Last Minute News
NO BID FOR PISS ,
PORTLAND, Jan. 21 (AP)
W. M. Flynn ot Seattle, was high
bidder today tor htl coyote pelts
offered tor aal by th ststs bio
logical aurvey office here today.
His bid was 13.350. Th pen
averaged mora thaa s each.
Th pelts ot IS bob-cat went for
I1S7. A bid of ft tor 17 sauna
pelt wa rejected.
No bid wa turned In for the
hid of a solitary tomcat caught
by accident.
REPRESENTATIVE ELECTED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP)
Representative Franklin F.
Koreil, republican, Oregon, today
was lected president, and Rep
resentative John J. McSwain,
democrat. South Carolina, was
elected secretary ot th Associa
tion ot War Veterans In con
gress, ,
SLATER X)VND GCttTt
OAKLAND, Cel., Jan. 21 (AP)
-Erneat Dlas, confessed slayer
ot Stanley Monlero and Miss
Mary Munzo, betrothed Baa Lean-
dro couple, wa found guilty on
two count ot tint degree mur
der by an Alameda county su
perl a court Jury,
Eielson's Aide
I ?s II
ffi&&- a i
Her Is the first plctur of Earl Borland, Inset, airplane mechan
ic missing In the Arctic wastes with Pilot Ben Elelson; who dis
appeared while flying to a fur trader's ice-bound ship oft the Si
berian coast. Mrs. Borland and their two sons, William 6, and
Earl, Jr., 4. are pictured above at their home In Fargo, N. D.,
aa they anxiously awaited newa of Borland's fate. No trace of Elel
son and Borland baa bean found since tbey took oft early In No
vember, though an International air search for them has been
la progress.
EDERAL BODY
H0T1NCLUDEQ
Space Allocations I n
Federal Building
Announced.
Allocations tor spsce in the
new federal building which I to
be built In Klamath Falla some
time thla spring, hsvs been made,
according to word received here
today from Senator credence
Stelwer.
Oonrt Left Oat
No spec ha been alloted for
a federal court which Klauiatn
I attempting to hare established
In thla county. It waa pointed
ont at tb board ot director of
tb chamber of commerce, at
their regular meeting held this
noon, that a federal court will
soon be a necessity In Klamath
Falla and that arrangements tor
space ahould be mad la the
federal building at thla time,
even It It la necessary to put off
tha building tor six months or a
year.
Money Appropriated
Appropriation for dose to
$181,000 baa been made by con
gress for the Klamath federal
building which will be located on
South Bevenlh between Ook and
Walnut streets. The space allo
cations, as outlined by B. Low
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TO TRY AGAIX
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 21 (A
P) Harold Bromley, Tscoma
aviator, will mak a second
trans-Pacltic flight attempt from
her to Toyko some Urn in May,
it waa announced her by offi
ciate of th citizen committee
which backed hla tint effort last
July. Tba Initial attempt nit
with disaster when the plane
crashed while taking oft.
PROMINENT CLUBMAN DIES
BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21 (A
P) Succumbing to an illness of
two months, John B. Lelgbton
on ot th oldest and best known
member ot th Bohemian club,
died last night, H was 73
yean old. ' Until hi retirement
on pension threa yean ago,
Lelghton was claims agent and
secretary ot tb San Francisco
municipal railway. .
PRESENTS YACHT
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. (AP)
William B. Leeds, Jr., hss
presented a luxurious 65 tool
motor yacht to Police Commis
sioner Whalen. Evidently it
wlll be need tor meeting notable
dowa th harbor,
and Family
Conservation of
Forests to Come
Before Committee
Richard Hovey, who wa re
cently appointed chairman ot the
Forest Conservation Committo.
will call a meeting of the com
mittee members some time late
la January or tb first part of
February to disease th conser
vation policy.
Mr. Hovey was appointed
chairman of the Sacramento CUI
zena Regional Council at a meet
ing held there a short time ago.
The other members ar W. C.
Dalton, Klamath Falls; George
Meeker, Klamath Falls; O. H.
Ramsey, banker end sheepman
ot Red Bluff; an;d Kenneth
Walker, lumberman ot West-
wood. They will outline a forest
preservation policy.
City of Chiloquin
Defendant in Suit
Jack Almeter tiled ault In the
circuit court thla morning against
the city of Chiloquin for pay'
ment ot $1008, which ha claims
Is owing to him since October
23, 1927.
Almeter, th complaint atated.
worked for the city of Chilo
quin as a sewer Inspector from
Oct. 25, 1(27 to June 0. 1923.
st th rate ot 28.00 per day.
He asks that th amount be paid
him. Almeter la represented by
Napier A Balentin.
GIAXSINI RETIRES.
81V FRANCISCO. Jan. 21.
(AP) Retirement of A. P. Glan
nlnl- as head of TransAmerlca
Corporation, announced last
night, and the practical turning
over ot the relgna to Elisna nai
ker ot New York, today furnish
ed the chief toplo of comment
In 8an Francisco brokerage cir
cle. Th move waa not nnex
oected. but the actual announce
ment waa considered au some
time next summer.
San Francisco Surgeons
Discover
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21. (A
P) Discovery by two San Fran
cisco rurgeons ot what they calltd
a "cancer-klll'ng serum" wss dis
closed today when It became
known that medical agencies of
the University ot California bad
decided to co-operate In further
experiment with the substance.
Kills Cancerous Tbuoea
Tb orlginaton. Dr. Walter Ber
nard Coffey, chief surgeon of the
Southern Pacific hospital here.
I and Dr. John D. Humber, his col-
league, specified that the serum
waa not to be regarded aa a can
MERCURY DROPS
TO NEW LEVELS
IN MANY PARTS
Meacham, on Top of Blue
Below, While Corvallig Shivers with 4 Above.
Aged Man May Die From Exposure Near Amity.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21
of freezing temperature brought Oregon today cleai
skies and a prediction from
bureau that the cold would continue.
Early this morning the thermometer stood at 15 de- -
HER TRIAL
SET TO START
Thirty-two Witnesses Are
Subpoenaed by State
And Defense.
The trial ot John O. Wright.
accused of murder In the first de
gree in connection with the kill
lng ot Sydney E. Darling, lorm
er proprietor ot the Anchor hotel,
has been set tor January 22.
The murder occurred In the
Anchor hotel at 8:30 the night
of November 12, and Wright
confessed to nolle officer when
be waa apprehended shortly al
ter the shooting.
Thirty two . witnesses hare
been subpoenaed by the state and
tb defense. T. R. Glllenwaters,
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State Game Warden
Here for Banquet
Harold Clifford, stato game
warden, who headquarters are
In Portland. 1 In tha city for
several days, and will attend th
duck feed given by th Klamath
Sportsmen's association tonight,
at which time he will speak to
the sportsmen.
Mr. Clifford considers that
there has been no great loss ot
gsme blrda In Ongon on ac
count of th extreme cold. Be
cause ot th cooperation of
sportsmen, tarmen, and different
organlzationa, the wild birds are
belnr fed all over the state.
Mr. Clifford will be in the city
for sevenl days, conferring with
Klamath sportsmen In regard to
organizing a move to petition tne
California Game Commission to
change the law forbidding the
exnortatlon of game.
Mr. Clifford report that tne
California Game Commission is
willing to meet with Oregon rep-
resentstlves . sometime In tne
near future.' and feels sure that
a satisfactory and amicable
agreement between California and
Oregon may be reached.
TO EXHIBIT RAMS
Klamath county will again he
reoresented at the California ram
sale, as tha Hammond ranch
will send about 70 head ot rami
to be (old. Th Hammond bred
some of the finest purebred
Hamnshlra and Ramboulllel
aheep In the state ot Oregon.
Cancer Serum
car cur, bnt asserted that It waa
able to kill cancerous tissues. Dr.
Coffey said It prodused "striking
results" In one case.
Moat Notable Advance
Dr. Karl Meyer, dlrecor ft the
Hooper foundation of the Univer
sity of California, described ths
discovery as "the most notable ad
vance made in th field ot canmr
research.': and as being "ot the
utmost possible Importance."
Not Yet a Cure
Dr. John Gallwey, prominent
San Francleco surgeon, said the
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ON WEDNESDAY
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(AP) The eleventh daj
the government weather
grees above, and weather
bureau officials issued a
forecast they could see
nothing but clear skies and
cold weather in any diroc
tion they looked.
Hundred Kattt Saow
Hundreds ot men wer put lu
work In the city clearing the
streets of th snow which hr.d
fallen on the city dnrlng the past
two week. Icy pavements sent
several citizens to hospital with
broken and bruised bones.
Six mile ot power line be
tween Ball Ron and th head
worka of th Portland water ays
tem went down Sunday night be
cause of tree . falling aero
them. ::
Albany Short ot Water
A. water shortage wa reported
at Albany, Ore., where th canal
ot the Mountain States Power
company froze solid and had t
be dynamited.
Eastern Oregon Frigid
Lb Grande endured the second
coldest morning in weather re
cording history today with 1
degree below sero, a new
minimum record for January
Weather records dating back to
1384 ahow only a colder tern-'
erature In December, ISIS, when
It waa 21 below. ' Tb aky wa
clear today with no wind. Other
town reported temperatures of
Meacham. 42 below; North row.
der, 38 below; Elgin, se Below;
Enterprise, 35 below; Telocaset,
22 below; Echo, 20 below.
Wasco Feeds Birds
Residents ot The Dallee eourht
the aid of plumber to mena
bursted water pipe today efte
another cold morning. Grain wa
iCoatlnuaa on Pas kCtght)
Missionary Will
Tell of 35 Year
Service in India
Dr. J. M. Baker, ot Ongola,
India, who has been a mission
ary in that country for 35 years.
will speak at tb Immanuei ..
Baptist chnrch. corner 11th ana
High streets, Wednesday evening,
January 22. Dr. Baker know
India as well or jarhapa better
than any living American, and
will bring a real message t
Klamslh Falls.
In addltloa to an addrea by
Dr. Baker, Dr. O. C. wrigni. og
Portland, and Miss Els! P. Kap
pen, field representative ot th
Board of Missions of th North
ern Baptist Convention, will
speak.
Any who wish to attend th
meeting ar cordially lnltd t
com Wednesday evening at
7:20.
"When Ma found m talk!"'
to thos girl sh told m that
an old simpleton is th worst
of all, but I don't know any
way for a slmpletoa t kewt
from gettin' old."
Poor Pa I