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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, FEBKUAKY 21, 1930
Number 7276
"I O Pages
-l Today
Thoughts We've
Been Thinking
Klumuth Han Comb Too
I.011K Without a Hu
tu n no Sorlvty It Is
G r a t i I y I n g Thut a
Movomrnt In Under
Way to Organize a
Society More.
No-Good lluHliundu and
Wife and Fitmlly Do
crtorn Should and Will
He HroiiKht to J unties
Klamath Fall Han
an Over-Supply of Thin
Specie.
-Ity BRUCE DENNIS
Til' MANIC aorlnty ettorta an
alwaya good. Klamalh h
(una too long without a branch
of that organisation and It l
(ratifying to know thut Mra.
Charles F. Stone waa under con
elderattnn now a movement to
placa la thli community an or
ganlsatlon that will protect the
dumb animal.
llor correspondence with Mra
F. W. Swanton, atato brad of tho
Humana society. Indicates that
when sufficient Interest la ahnwa
In thta city a branch will bo es
tablished. A.II who share thr
feeling of many of ui that aomo
thing ahould b dona to protsct
anlmala ahould conimunlrala with
Mra. Btona to tha and that w
may have aurb as Institution.
TT may be Ju.t a dog. but It la
aomabody'a dog. which la ba
lug mistreated. That dog mar
carry the love of llttla chlldran
and If It diwa surely no one
would parmll for tha prlra of a
llrenie tha awtul ordral of little
children wending their way to
the city pound and seeing their
pel dog'a dead body atrewn
around that placa. Surely, Bo
man who baa red blood In him
would aanrtlon tha method by
which doga bars been alaln In
tha past In thla city. No. there
la a mora humane way to handle
thla branch "of "the municipal
work. Klamalh baa received un.
pleanant notoriety for the man
ner In which It haa dlapoeed of
ilon of the city. It la a black
mark on na, and the only way
to partially remove It la for a
good Humana aorlety to he creat
ed here that will watch out In
tha future ao auch Ihlngi are not
repeated.
e a e
rjEKHAPS you are. and perhaps
you ara not, Intereated In
uncovering tha no-good buahanda
who bring a wife and probably
children to thla city and deaert
them.
Rorlety la Intereated, and the
hall haa rung on throe mra who
call themaelTae men.
There la nothing mora despica
ble than to aea Home ahnlk ont
with floosie after he haa de
serted a good wife and hla chll:
dren. We have a bunch of them.
Klamath aeema to catch the flot
sam and Jetaam of thla clana. Wo
know of a number of "hale fel
lows well met" whoso wlrea and
children ara penniless; whose
wlvea- ara working at anything
they ran get to do to feed their
bahlea, while these rabblta In
human form danra at tha Alia
mont and other plarea In an at
tempt to ba "real fellows."
Of courae, there la no whipping
post In Oregon for auch dirty
acoundrela, but there la publicity.
Pitiless publicity will cure a lot
of Ilia and these perfumed
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Aunt Het
"Woman auffer mora than
men-especially If tha tele
phone rings an' they're In Hie
hath tnh an' can't answer It."
Ml 3
S.LJ iU
Fo. .. Klamath All
ATHLETES
RESTED UP
FOR RACES
Splendid Program Await
Crowd at Wood River
Playgroundf
RECENT SNOW HELPS
RACE COURSE TRACK
lllghwaye to (Varan In Hood
Shape and Chains Not Needed,
la Latest Work Front Head
quarters of Crater I-ake Hkl
1uh. Ample Parking Spare
For I, two Can at Mill Site.
Final preparation and
details for the fourth an
nual ski race to be staged
tit Fort Klamath have been
completed. The event in
to be the greatest winter
sport's carnival in the his
tory of the Wood River
community and they arc
making plana to entertain
the largest assemblage of
people in the history of
their section. -
Karen Keating Today
Athlotea who ara to participate
In the 1 mile Crater Lake and
return akl race and the many
ether similar event ban bean
resting up today and ara already
to start at tha aound of tha guna
at nine o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Tha recant enow la aald to
bare been a benefit to those who
will take part IP tha main race aa
wall aa minor events. The apeed
of tha rara will depend largely on
tha condition of tha anow. The
racera ara expected to return to
the alerting point at about I
o'clock.
Highways Good
Tha Dallea-CallfornUt highway
and the Crater Lake highway
through Fort Klamath to the Anna
Creek mill elta, new location of
tha Crater Lake Ski club's winter
playground, ara In good condi
tion and will wlthatand the heavy
traffic expected to pass over these
roada Saturday, In tha opinion of
highway offlcera.
Aa sometimes happens in the
spring, there araapnta In the road
bed that am beared by tha heavy
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Elks Prepared For
Grand Time Tonight
Tonight Is tha night whan all
good fellowa will gat together and
enjoy Ihemaelvea at tha Elks
dancing party to he given at tha
Temple, starting at 9:30. Proper
commemoration of Washington'!
birthday will ba made at thla
event.
Hundreds of Invitations have
been Issued during the past week
to members of tha Elka lodge and
to their friends.
Ilaldy Evan and hla Oriental
donee hull orchestra will provide
the music for tha affair. Refresh
ments will ba served during the
evening. Arrangement Bra In
charge of Otto Ellin. Harry D.
nolvln, E. U. Hall and Austin
llayden.
All World Resembles
Apartment House Today
Miss Mnry K. Flmlley, field aa
rri'lnry of the National Council for
the Prevention of War, apant thla
atlornoor with the high 1 school
studonta and apoka before them at
the regular assembly hour, 1:15,
Ror. It. A. Poling, who will ad
drosa the Father and Sons banquet
thla evening, was also s speaker
at tha aammbly.
"Until ynaterday tha world waa
mad up of units called nations.
Kach nation developed Ita own plat
of ground, aohlevad Independence
nollllcnlly and was ahle to live
somowhat Isolated. Today science
Teaches Cowboys How to Ride
Here's one reason why younir
been suddenly smitten with a desire for higher education at tbej
University of Texas. She la Helen Hall. 14-year-old riding Instructor.
... -- .. hn wn rM-ainilv em no we red to Instruct I
buys as wall aa girls tat tha art of
get acholaatlo credit for It. too.
F
SLOWS . PARLEY
Hope for ! Forming New
Cabinet Within the
Week Fading ,
LONDON, Fab. 21. (AP) l'n
dercurrenta of apprehension with
regard to possible consequences
of the French political situation
were discernible today among
delegatea to tha flva power naval
ronferenca who remained In Lon
don over tha week-end.
The question uppermost In
most mlnda waa what will hap
pen to the conference If the gov
ernment crista la not eettled by
next Wednesday when the preaent
week'a recess will ba concluded.
Hope for Borreaa.
London hoped Camilla Chan
tempa would be ahle to secure
a majority In tha French cham
ber for the rabinat which he
succeeded today In forming.
However, aa one French observ
er put It: "Nothing at all Is
certain about what la going to
happen In Paris.
"A government, auch aa that
of M. Cbautemps, may receive
endorsement, and tha conference
continue next week; but again
there la a good cbanca that any
new government will last but a
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Chief Issues Dog
License Warning
Keith Ambrose, chief of po
lice, thla atlornoon Issued a
warning to dog ownera to get
their dog licensee before the
first of March. "Licenses were
due on the first of January, and
those not having them by the
first of next month will be
charged a penalty of $2.00, mak
ing the license coat twlro as
much aa the usual price."
Licenses may be obtained at
the city hall. (2.00 tor male
dogs and f.1. 00 for femalea la
being charged.
haa struck away the barriers thut
separated nntlon until the world
finds Iteelf now destined to live in
a vaet apartment houaa. They
have become a world whlaperlng
gallery," atated Mlsa Flndley, who
W. field secretary of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho for the Na
tional council for tha prevention
of war.
War Ilrromra Nightmare
"In auch a world apartment
house," continued tha speaker,
"war becomes a nightmare. Where
yesterday wnr could break out In
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RENCH CRISIS
IJMM ifilfirlSOTHlE1
cowboya of tha aouthweat have
mastering a broncho. And they
Taft Not Gaining;
Family Called In
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. (AP)
Failure of Wlllla,ra Howard
Taft to gala ground during the
last wvek today prompted those
who ara at hla bedside to aum-
mon members of the family who
ara out of tha city to coma to
Washington.
While thara waa nothing to
indicate hla condition had taken
a sudden turn tor the worse.
It waa aald those caring for the
former president and Chief Jus
tire felt eome apprehension over
a lack of Improvement.
Today'a noon bulletin aald the
111 man waa "Just about the
same." It made no further com
ment.
Tickets Available
At Church Tonight
Ticket for tha Father and Son
Banquet will ba available at the
doors of tha Methodist church this
evening. It waa announced today.
The banquet will be aerved at
:S0 by the ladles of tha Metho
dlet ehuroh, and an Interesting
program la planned.
STRIKERS ATTACK WORKERS
BOSTON, Feb. 21 (AP) Ap
proximately 20 striking garment
workers today Invaded tha work
room of the Imperial Dreaa com
pany Bnd attacked employee. One
man waa slashed across tha neck
with a aharp Instrument and
about 20 other men and women,
pummelled.
Last Minute News
PREACHER TIRX8 LAWYKR
SALEM, Ore., Feb. II, (AP)
Rev. Fred Alban Well, pastor of
First Parish church of Quincy,
Mass., known aa tbe "Church of
the Presidents," haa been elected
pastor of the Unitarian church of
Salem. He will begin hla work
here April 1, He succeeds Rev.
Martin F. Ferry, who haa resigned
lo give hla entire time to law prao
tlco.
TRAFFIC KILLS NINE
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 1, (AP)
Traffle accidents in Oregon during
January cost the lives of nine per
sona and 391 were Injured, ears
the monthly report of T. A. Raf
toty, chief atata traffic Inspector.
The total number of accidents was
1195, and 929 of these were at
tributed to careless driving.
URAF ZEP RETl'RXS '
WASHINGTON, Feb. II, (AP)
The possibility of an early re
turn flight of the huge Graf
Zeppelin to tTie United Slates
waa disclosed' today by acting
secretary of tha navy Jahncks in
announcing the navy department
had given permission for tha lin
er to use the Lakehnrat, N. J-,
air baaa.
Ready for
MS
GIVES LIFE
Woman Walk Calmly up
Step and Smile
As Last Act
FIRST OF HER SEX
TO HANG IN STATE
Condemned Woman Stack to Her
Resolve to "Show the World I
Can Take My Medicine." Laat
Words 6peken Were to Prison
Warden When She Said "Good
bye. Daddy Wright."
FLORENCE, Ariz., Feb.
21 (AP ) The. name of
Eva Dugan, mother of two
children, today -was written
on the pages of Arizona
history as the first of her
sex to be legally executed
in the name of the sover
eign state.
The 52-year old housekeeper,
convicted of tha alaying In 1927
of A. J. Mathls, her employer,
on' bia ranch near Tucson, short
ly befcra dawn calmly walked up
the II step ' leadingto th.vri'
Iowa and smiled aa aha stood on
the trap while prison officials
adjusted the black hood about
her head.
Made No Statement
Unshaken in her reaolve to
"show the world I ran take my
medicine." aha went to her death
without making a laat minute
statement. Surveying the crowd
of spectators and prison wit
ness ea, aha clasped the band of
Warden Lorenxo Wright and
aald "good-bye' Daddy Wright."
A few second later, at 1:11
m., the trap waa sprung and Eva
Dugan'a account with Justice waa
marked "paid in full."
First Woman to Hang
Mra. Dugan waa the first wo
man to receive the death sentence
In Arizona, it also waa tha tint
time in the history of tha state
that members of her aex were
permitted to atand en the eeaf
fold as witnesses to an execution.
Six women, five of them invited
to witnesa the banging, atood
with heada bowed, aa the noose
was fitted about tha neck of the
condemned woman, and shudder
ed aa the ateel trap clanged to
plunge tha body into eternity.
The sixth woman, a prison mat
ron, accompanied Mrs. Dugan on
her trip to the gallowa and It
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aaMeaKsayaw
PROTEST UNEMPLOYMENT
CHICAGO, Feb. 11, (AP)
Several hundred men and woman
milled about the city hall today
In protest against unemployment.
Squads of mounted police charged
tha throng, nslng bllllea to keep
the leaders from haranguing the
mob that quickly gathered. Seven
peraona Buffered bruised heada.
and eeveral were arrested.
ASKS H.VRROR FIND.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. (AP)
President Hoover today rec
ommended that congress make
available ftJ.000,000 Immediate
ly for maintenance and Improve
ment of existing river and har
bor works. '
DEPUTY KILLS ..IAX
- CORVALLIS., Feb. II, (AP)
Ooorge Thomas, 26, of Portland,
waa killed, and hla ' companion,
Mra.' Maurlna Brown was captur
ed last night after Thomas had
threatened the Uvea of I group of
eltliena at Philomath who pur
sued them after the pair had
been accueed of passing bad
check. Thomas waa killed by a
bullet from the revolver of Deputy
Sheriff Carl Sehloeman.
N 1
Girl Held In Big
Shortage
Larerne D. Llndgren. 25, above.
cashier of a Chicago suburban
uana. ana .imer u. iaagBma
tbe bank president, are nnder
arreat in connection with an al
leged shortage of $250,000. Miss
Llndgren waa flipping flapjacks
in a restaurant when Langguth
met her and gave her a job in
the bank, where she was rap
idly promoted to cashier.
Or. Poling Sees
Menace In Over
Doing Athletics
Conservative Rotary pushed
back lie chair Friday noon after
the coffee and enjoyed a lecture
on "practical education" that caus
ed every member of the luncheon
club to nod In approval not once
but repeatedly daring the half
hour it lasted.
Tie occasion waVth speech
. . . ;
aii aU v e at wing,, vn. vii;fuu J v
College, who tore down all tha
bric-a-brae from the educational
statue, twleted the chiffon drap
eries into shreds and left bare
the weakneeaea of preaent day col
lege life, and practices.
Calls Spade a Spade
Being a member of the faculty
of one of the largest colleges of
tha west did not prevent Dr. Pol
ing from "calling a spade a spade"
In educational mattera and telling
Rotariana that there la danger of
the physical training with Ita
headline glamor taking from the
real foundation atones of educa
tion. In hla opinion education la
nothing bnt proper coaching to
make men and women lira co
operatively in eommnnltlea and
stand for tha better things in this
life.
Preached forty Tears
Tha veteran educator was a
preacher for forty years. He hae
seen tha church congregations
shrink and shrink nntil today he
said more empty than full pews
are being preaohed to. But he
found coneolatlon in the fact that
nowadays when people go to
church they go to be in the House
of God and reverently and humbly
worship God, whereas a few years
back the church was made a com
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BRISK COOL WINDS.
The Cyclo-Stormagraph at
fjnderwood'a PhaTmacy shows
bnt little change In baromet
ric pressure during the last
24 hours and a continuation
Df present weather conditions
is probable.
The Tycos recording ther
mometer registered maximum
ind minimum temperatures to
day as follows:
High 33, low 21.
Forecast for next 21 hours:
Unsettled with b r I a k cool
winds.
Mrs. Dugan 27th Woman
Executed as Murderer
NEW YOnK, Feb. 21, (AP)
The execution of Mrs. Eva Dugan
at Arixona State prison today
brings to 27 the number of wo
men who have been executed In
tha various states, since they
were chartered as auch. . .
Klret In West
Eight women have been exe
cuted In New York, nine in Pen
nsylvania and ten In other states.
Mra. Dugan waa tho first woman
legally put to death In the west
ern part of tha United States.
Tha first recorded Instance of
execution of a woman waa that
of Elisabeth Hiroby, who was
Ski Events'
1 C.
PLACING LINES
IN NEW GROUP
Acquisition of Stock, in Both Lines Will Be Made
By Great Northern Pacific Railway Company
When Plans for Consolidation Are Completed.
"Divorce" of Burlington Not Favored by Budd.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 ( AP) Acquisition by the
Great Northern Pacific Railway company of control of
the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific
railway was approved today by the interstate commerce
commission. ,
' Under the order the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad, now owned jointly by the two roads but as-
signed by the the interstate
SLAYS
Augustus Gingell
Gives Self Up
Policeman
Then
to
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 21. (A.
P.) Mrs. Vera M. Gingell, ,
actress, and Sigurd Bjorneby, mu
sician,, early today were shot
and killed In a. downtown apart
ment houaa by Augustus Gln-
) Sell. 38, Glendale, Cel., merchant
1 1 J V .. ., V. . A tttm
" ,
..wid -woaan. . Gingell walked
from the apartuMt and sur
rendered to Policeman Elmer
Hoffman.
Wife Actreaa.
Mra. Gingell. known at motion
picture atndloa aa Vera Dennis
and Vera Ryan, police aald. met
Bjorneby, also known aa Frank
Burnaby, while the two were
working on the same Hollywood
movie lot. Gingell told police
ha became estranged from his
wife shortly after she became
acquainted with the musician.
Employes in Glngell'a placa of
business said he had been brood
ing over hla domestic trouble
for several days, and yesterday
learned that bia wife had rent
ed an apartment. Early today,
police aald., Gingell entered the
apartment with a pass key. and
fired fire shota killing both his
wife and Bjorneby instantly.
Charged With Murder.
Gingell formally haa been
charged with the double alaying.
Gingell aaid he watched his
wife and saw her enter the
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Human Spider to
Climb Hotel Wall
Daredevil Johnny Woods, the
human spider and Internationally
.known as a high building scaler.
will climb the WUIard hotel
i promptly at noon tomorrow,
, Washington's birthday, Duke
'O'Neal of La Prarie Brothers and
! Anderson, stated today.
Daredevil Woods Is known as
'one of the world's most famous
climbers and la tha only man In
the world who has ever climbed
the 67 story Woolworih build
ing In New York city. He is
I originally from Connecticut.
The spectacle at tbe Willard
hotel will undoubtedly draw a
jcurloua crowd at noon tomor-
row.
hanged In West Chester. Pa., on
Sept. 8, 180S. Tho records d'
not revul the nature of the crime j
she committed.
NeaTeea Killed White Man
The most recent executions of
women, prior to tha hanging of
Mra. Dug.in waa tha electrocu
tion of Sllerln Gllmore. negro.
In Alabama for killing a white
man and the hanging of Mrs. Ada
Lebouff. In Louisiana on Feb. 1.
1929, for the murder of her hus
band. Eight other women. In
cluding Mra. Ruth Snyder, whose
case chaely paralleled that of
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HUSBAND
V FEAND
IN
FAVORS
commerce commission on it
consolidation plan as bead
of a trunk line system of ita
own, would be divorced
from the unification of the
two northwest systems. 1
Control of tha Great Northern ,
and the Northern Pacific by tha
newly formed Great Northern Pa
cific company would be obtained
by lease and stock ownership.
Tbe new company waa author
ized by the commission - to issue
ita common capital stock for tha
purpose of acquiring tha two
roads. .
Tha - Great ' Northern . Pacifla
company also waa authorized to
acquire tha Spokane, Portland
and Seattle - railway. . : . c .
Most' Drop Darlington ''
U ; ordering tha Toads' to- di
rorce' tfiexa selves from Sovaex
ship of the Burlington,' tha com
mission held that question had
been disposed ' of by tke- con
solidation plan. ''.''" '
In awarding' the. Spokane,
Portland and Seattle to (ha uni
fied system, the commission said
suitable assnrance must ba given
that the Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
Paul and Pacific railroad will
have access from Spokane to
Portland over thla abort line.
Budd Wanta Burlington. '
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 21. (A.
P.) The opinion Uat "further
consideration ahould ba given ta
ttle matter of continuing the)
Burlington ownership after tha
unification" of tha Great North
ern and Northern Pacific rail
ways, waa expressed here today
by Ralph Budd, president of tha
Great Northern railroad. Budda'
comment waa evoked by tha ac
tion of the interstate commerce
tContlaued oa Paae Slt -
Lyons Gets Booze;
Owner Gets Away
Sixty-three gallons' of liquor.
Including 58 quarts of so-called
"bonded liquor" waa seised to
day by Polloe Officer Lyona
along with a Bulck ear which
was confiscated near tha K. D.
Building. The ear had been
abandoned by D. W. Mlddleton,
who fled when ha saw tha. offi
cer approaching. '
A charge will ba filed against
Mlddleton in tha federal court.
according to Police Chief Am
brose; Mlddleton la said to have
had a loaded pistol on his per
son and waa carrying a loaded
rifle.
Another man, thought to have
been connected with tha car and
tha liquor, can not bo found.
Poor Pa
Our son Joe hsd six shtrta
I had two. bnt Ma thought
hat wasn't enough, ao ana
went down yesterday an
bought Joe threa mora an
bought ma another one.'
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