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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1930)
THE WEATHER OREGON: Generally (. to night and Thuraday but sight fogs OB the euaat, Una perm una ) normal in the Interior. Cast! rarlabla wind. Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade I'rice Kive Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1930 Number 7320 houghts We've fa 8 Pages Today nn Been Thinking an Klamath Full Will Co Merrily Along Krgard lewt of Charter Election' Ore-gun an a Stutq WiU iicmub Political Game I'luycd In H u t h I e s s Manner1 Clifford Re moved to Make Way for Another Slated for 11 In Jol No Proof (liven Thnt Ilo was Anything But an Ex ceptional Official. lly URUCIC DENNIS- VLAM ATI! FALLH will go mer rlly along, continue lo build, lulitlnun lu (row, continue t" Milmm lirr liiiliielrlee even though tlmra via a city rhartrr election Tuesday and llio will wss a rivo lo ono defeat o( lh proposed charter. It provid good hot weather port fr a nnmlwr who warn vlgoroualy (r I ho charter and extra good sport lor iba vcr) Urita number opposed to iht charter. Tha city remains aa la the present ibarlar prevails, and everybody la happy and ready to Join In united effort li advance Klamath moke lirr tha beat elty which aha hat been for years on the cosat. a -kllKUON aa atata wllneaaea asaln tha political (anie b tni played In Ita tr ruthlris manner. Tha atnta gsnio com illation haa removed Harold Clif ford, Iba beat man Oregon haa ever had at tha head of Ita flab and game, Ixxauao another. waa alaled for the Job. I'llfford'a record In protecting tha lld Ufa and propagating flab for the streams of Ilia atatu atninla agalnal bla rh-'lengurs. No proof aa given that ha wss anything but an i epllonul of fUlal, Yet ha had lo go lie roiiac lha game machine had ao decreed, Harry Pools of Klauiolh Falls and l.uatl Wright of i nlon coun ty not only dlaannted from the opinion of the ol'icr members ol i rommlio' . but both Poole and Wright look a aland for Clifford that ana firm ind suurd. Thrae romints; iera do not want lo are, Ilip department plunged Into petty political whirl pool: they do not want to aes a good official removed Juki to make room for a pet of other member of the commlainn. Hut thy, were outvoted. a a e epME governor should ghe the commission a working over. Let It Dndcrgo a complete ro orginliatlon. In Irlul of Clif ford and the unfair manner In which that trial waa decided warrants a general houaa clean ing In the flub and ;atna de partment. Chinese Steamers Crash Off Coast TOKYO. A us. 1J. (API Sov. enty-nlne persons were miaalng an lha reaull of a rolllalon between tha Clilueae aleamora Tung On and Lien llslsng In a heavy fog off tha tip of the Shantung pen Inaula (China), Itengo News Axency dlapatchoa from Dnlrcii said toiluy, Thn Tung On. a twin screw ateamer of British registry, sank Imuieilliitely after the colllalon. All pnnaengora and crew were, be lieved loat, Tha Lien Jlstang was disabled In Ilia craah. Tha Tung On was bound from Taliigtno to NcwcUwang. She was Hi foot foil if. 4 'J feet abeam and waa built In 124 nt Hong-Kong. Avnllulilo shipping records list a steamer LlenlisliiB. but no Lien Halting. Lloyd's registry of ship ping any a the J.linlisliig, of Chin ese roalntry. Is 250 foot long and it foet n bourn. Aunt Het "I hated to do it, but I'd been cliasln' that fly for 10 minutes an' no fly is goin' to outwit me by lightm' on a man's bald spot." , Lru Witness Stories Branded Perjuries UNEXPECTED " TiinMTAir: IN HEARING Defense Introduce! Two Surpriie Witnesses at Billings Trial CROWLEY AND SMITH TESTIMONY REFUTED Hr. Joseph Hliane Deulce Hee Ing Hillings and W. I.. Clay borne Kaa I nawley Working aa Car In Ilia Garage at Time of Preparedness Day Humblnga SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13 (AP) Stories of Estelle Smith and John Crowley, proHccution witnesses dur ing the Preparedness day bombing were branded per juries today by new wit nesses, unexpectedly intro duced at the supreme court hearings on the pardon ap plication of Warren K. Bil lings. Hillings waa convicted with Thomas J. Mooiiey of the July 22, I9K. Preparedness day bombing, largely on the testimony of Miss Smith and Crowley. Crowley, since dead. Identified llltliaga aa a ot two men be saw al Hleuart and .Mission slreeta at l:4i p. m. the day of the bomblug. which occurred lees than a block away. Miss Smith, former denial nurse, testified Ullllngs visited her office with a auiUaae before the parado began: went to the roof and on the way out of the building shook hands with Dr. Joseph Shane, her employer. The surprise witnesses, sum moned by the defense, were Dr. Shane and W. L. Claybourne. Oakland attorney and former (Continued on Page Elgbl) Astorian Slated For President of Elks Association PORTLAND. Ang. II. (AP) rromluent state Elks today Indi cated J. L. Tucker of tbo Astoria Elks lodge probably will be elect ed president of lb Oregon State Klka' Association. Others who are considered likely randldutea are: K. II. Jones. Haker, first vice president: A. C. Van Nuys- Cor vallls, second vice president: A. W. Jones, Salom and II. L. Tonay. McMlnnvlllo, will be nominated for re-elocllon to offloae ot secre tary and treasurer, respectively. Memorial services ware held In the, lodge rooms hore for George B. Collins, Medford, past, president of the state association, who died In Oakland. Cat., e few montha ago. Klectlnn and Installation ot of ficers will he held today. Drought Causes Operatic Star to . Change Her Mind CHirACIO. Aug. 1.1. (AP) The girl of thn llolden West, Mar lon Tnlley, has found the west not as golden as the rust, otter all. Stopping ofr In Chicago yester day o.'. hor way to New York, tbo young diva snld tha drought had ruined tha corn crop on ner 800 acra Kniisns tiirm mid hinted she may nioet tho loss by returning to New York's Metropolitan Ornnd Otiera house, which she abandon ed for thn farm a year ago after a meteoric success. "It Is niy privilege to change my mind." Miss Tulley said. Montgomery Confesses Flying Bombing Plane MURPHYSIlOnO. 111., Aug. 11. (AP) Paul Montgomery, lacul aviator, confessed today to special Investlgntors that he flew over Providence. Ky., coal fields Mon day morning In bis airplane from which two men dropped nine bombs. Montgomery asserted, the Investigators aald, - that , he maneuvered his plane to protect the people at the mines. The confession . was made lo Herman Goldman, a special if enl Own Act s His Doom Mo.. Aug. 13, (A I own act mated awllt jtlon to a young bandit fired a revolver at a wom hera laat night. Aa bis gun cracked tha rob ber waa abrouded In flamea. 1 lie flaah had Ignited gasoline thn Intended victim, Mr a. Army Haggard, filling station opera tor, had sprayed upon bla clothes. Envelope, n leaping flamea thn bandit ran screaming to a walling motor car, bla woman adversary pouring revolvor shots at her lumlnoua target. Files on North Umpqua For Development of Large Project SALEM, Ore.. Aug. 13. (API Power development of the North L'nipqua river and tributary atreams at seven points above Itoseburg, all In Douglaa county, at a total eatlmatod cost of 2J.- 50.000 la proposed by the Cell-fornla-Oregon power company In applications for water rlghta filed today with the state engineering department. Creation of a total of 1b.01 horsepower la planned by the development. Five ot the developments are to be on the North Umpqua and two on Clearwater river, a tribu tary stream. Other tributary streams also are to be ed. Kralernl Hermit Kecrlvcd State Engineer I.upcr said that the company haa already received Ita preliminary permit from the federal Power commission- for. right of way on federal land. The Continued on Page Eight) Tewlneek Tribe 71 of Klamath Falls ot the Improved Order of Redmen will preside as hosts lo more than Joo delegstea and visitors from over the state who will attend the J9th Oregon great council ot the order which opens at the Klamath Falls bunting grounds Thursday morning. The dates aro tne Kin, mm ana 16th, Suns of Sturgeon Moon. Itealslretlon of guests and delcgatea will take place Thurs day morning at the convention headquartcra In the Murray building. The following program for the three day convention has been ennoui'ed: Thumlny, August 14 Registering of delcgatea and visitors. 8:00 p. m. Institution ot De gree of Pocahontas. Alleen Re eves. Great Pocahontas ot Cali fornia, presiding. Work ex emplified by lola Council. Hunt (ConUoued on Page blight) Dr. Mead Honored By Vale Project VALE, Ang. 13. (AP) Dr. Elwood Mead, federal reclama tion commissioner, continued his Inspection ot the Vale Irrigation project today where yesterday he was honored guest at a home products dinner grown on lnnd which last March was covered with sagebrush. Dr. Moad said the Vale project, consisting ot 80.000 acres costing tbren and a halt million dollars, would continue next year on the Bully Creek unit. The commis sioner was shown reclnlmed liiads yielding 40 bushels of whvnt to the acre. From here Dr. Mead will go to Ontario to view the Owyhee project. for the dopartmcnt ot justice. In the presence of Sheriff William Flanlgan of Jackson county. III., and Deputy Sheriff Crlseoberry. .Montgomery did not Identity the two men who accompanied him on the flight. Officers be lieve the pair were strangers. Investigators early today dis covered the remnants ot a bonfire at tha Murphysboro airport and nearby found small pieces of fueo, (.Continues on Page Jilght) GOPCO PUNS IMS REDMENGATHER in nil Ml AY CLIFFORD IS Klamath Board Member Declares Vote Wat Cold-Decked" DIRECTS ATTACK AT LANE COUNTY MAN YVrlgtit and Poole Oppose Move of David II. fctana Co hpread He port to lreas That Ouater ute Waa I'nanlmoasi rbjht lbgun Tell Public Tratb About Whole Deal. PORTLAND, Aug. 13 (A P) Harry W. Poole, state game commission member, today inaugurated a coun ter attack with the avowed purpose of eventually re storing Harold H. Clifford, ousted game warden to his former official capacity, by declaring the executive ses sion of the commission dis closed a "cold decked" vote. Poole's charges were di rected primarily at David B. Evans, Lane county com- mrtmoner. . . . "When we began the closed seaalon preparatory to making our decision after bearing the evidence ot accusing parlies, we deposed E. H. Clark, aaslstant state game warden, I'oola aald. "At that time Evans did not aay Continued on Page Eight) Rainfall Adds to Difficulties Of Utah Flood Areas SALT LAKE CITT. Ang. IS. (A P) Additional rainfall over parts ot the great Salt Lake val ley today caused further flood dif ficulties, but danger ot Increased widespread damage was believed past. Waters of the Provo river back ed up by a alide above the city of Provo yesterday, wore gradually running oft through a hole cut In the obstruction and It was not be lieved the valley would be flood' ed. The highway and railroad through Provo canyon were not expected to be reopened for an other day or so. . HOPE )XB SHOWER The Cyclo-Stormagraph at I'nderwood'a Pharmacy ahows but little change In barometric conditlona since last report. However tbe tendeucy, at noon today, waa downward giving hope for a thunder shower this evening. The Tycos . recdrding ther mometer registered maximum and minimum temperatures to day as follows: High 0 Lpw 58 Forecast for nett 24 hours: Fair and warm. FRAMED Last Minute News GOES TO CONVENTION RALKM. Ore.. Aug. 13, (AP) Robert Ulshop will leavo ti,.... fne Old Point Comfort. Va., where he will represent the University ot uregon ai a iem i-i,At PI convention. He Is a son of Chauncey Bishop ot Port land. ' TRAVELS BY TLANK DICKINSON. N, D.. Aug. IS, fAPi Alexander Leitge. chair man ot the federal farm board. boarded an airplane today on tne first leg of a cross country flight to Washington where he will at tond President Hoover's drought conference Thursday. SHIP HITS JUNE CANTON. China. Aug. 13. (A P) Seventy persons, most of them women, were drowned Monday evening when a large Chine launch proceeding from Hongkong io Kongmoon on the Htklnnt; Httuary waa blown up by a mine, Last Big Wild Horse Roundup Gives Central Oregon Big rtt " ' ,' ,-"i'i in m i , mt p,iiia III r 'aw ' '.' . ' ' ; f " , ; . ; - fir - - . :J"-'- r -x-is.eJ1! The last big wild horse roundup, la which more tban 500 were moved from the Oregon-Nevada line to Bend, Oregon, acroaa the Central Oregon desert, waa accomplished with loss of but 11 horses but kept tbe cowboye In the saddle 21 hours a day In keeping tbe wild stock together, averting stampedes and reaching water every second day. The horaea were shipped by train from Bend to a Portland cannery. Photo ahows the drive progressing across the desert. Voters Reject Proposed Change of Charter by Nearly Five to One Vote HAWK 5 FLIGHTPRO VALLEY STREAM, N. Y., Aug. 13 (AP) ' Captain Frank M. Hav-ks au-riwed at Ciir tits field at 541 p. m. E. S. T.) today. He regained the west east transconti nental record wreated ' from him laat Easter day by Colonel and Mrs- Charles A. Lind bergh. C. of C. Looking For New Location The house committee ot the i.hamh,p rtt commerce met today to discuss possible sites for the new location ot tne cnamocr. Several locrtlona have been sub mitted to tbe committee, wblcD consists of Georae A. Cunning. chairman. II. N. Moe, and E. B. Hall. Tbe committee expressed a Aamirm that anVOtlA VhO liaS a possible location in mind set in touch with the committee at au early date. Gantlets Barred In City Schools PORTLAND. Aug. IS, (AP) C. A. Rice, city school . super intendent, Issued Instructions . t'o physical education instructors barring "spanking machines," or gantlets said to have been used in city schools for- overcoming minor discrepancies In students. K. G. Lundstrom, Portland, re cently presented a S50 doctor bill to the school board for pay ment after his son sintered a broken arm "running the sam let." BMaksWaeWsMafBMAaMMAaskAs AGED MAN SUICIDES HILLSBORO, Ore., Aug. 13, API The hndv nr John Witt. 88, was found hanging by a rope from the- bedpost In hie home near here today. Physicians said he died during the night. Neigh bora revealed he had been worry ing over financial trouuies ana the Infirmities ot old age made It difficult tor htm to get around. DOVI1LE TRAGEDY ST.-LOUIS. -Aug. 13, (AP) Robert Nolson, 50, foreman for a steel company In Granite City, Ills., stabbed bla wife. Rachel 28, to death today In their flat here and then killed' himself with the stllletto. MORE . QUAKES ' POZZUOLI. Italy. Aug. 11. (A P) A slight earthquake shock ot nndulatory nature was felt here at 1:35 a. m. todsy.' There were no casualtlea and no damage. REGAINS Spectacle and Cowboys Long Day By a vote ot almost fire to one the voters ot Klamath FMla defeated the proposed commis sion-manager form of govern ment which waa presented to them at a special election Tues day, is 20 votes were . caat against the change of charter while only 328 out ot the total 1848 votes were In favor ot the proposed new charter. Voters In the city were In favor by a vote of 124 votea tor to 284 against allowing the boundaries ot the dry to be ex tended t Include a portion ot Hillside, Beaumont, The Ter races and Dixon additions. The voters in the territory, which petitioned tor entrance into tbe city, were In favor of the pro posal aa their vote of J 5 for and IS against Indicated. One Annexation Fails The voters In tbe portion ot Continued on Page Eight) Building Permits During Past Week Amount to $19,100 Building permlta tor the past week have totalled 219.100. Nine commercial and residential per mits, ranging from 22SO up to 99.000 have been given out by the building inspector. S, 000 is the amount which A. R. Campbell will spend for tbe construction of apartments In North Klamath addition. The apartments will consist of three rooms each and will be modern in every detail. Construction has already commenced. Lee Smith will spent $3,000 for a home In Roselawn addi tion. J. H. Blake la the con tractor. A house in Mills addi tion will cost D. A. McKay $2,000. S. H. Randall will al so spend $2000 for the construc tion, ot a bouse In Riverside ad dition. Indoor Golf Course Harry Pelts haa taken out a permit for $1,000 for an Indoor miniature golf course to be built in a frame building on Walnut. Work on the course has been started and will be ready to be open to the public by the time the snow flies and it becomes too cold to play golf outdoors. . The course Is to be oleverely constructed and land scaped. Minor permits includo one for $1000. Issued to George Gertln for a store and residence In the Industrial addition: $260 to Os car Peyton for remodeling a com mercial building by reinforcing tbe floors: $600 to G. R. Man ning tor the building ot a gurnee In Canal addition and J -I- to Walt Abbey for a frame building to be used as a garage and for which L. A. Turpin is the con tractor. Anti-Hoover Candidate Nominated in Nebraska (By The Associated Press) Nebraska republicans gave Sen ator George W, Norrls, veteran Insurgent and outstanding foe ot Herbert Hoover, the senatorial nomination IB Tuesday's primary. Xorris, who left bis party to campslgn two years sgo tor Alfred E. Smith, democratic presidential nominee, was aalnlng steadily over William M. Stebblns. "regu lar" candidate. In the stlffest con test be had had In his 18 years ot SHI LIES: I Judge Preiton Moves To Adjourn Case of W. K. Billings SAN FRANCISCO, Ang. It. (A P) With three justices feeling they were wasting their time, the members ot tbe state supreme court continued with their hearing today on application ot warren K. Billings, convicted Preparedness Day bomber, for a pardon. A day at bitter cross-examination, and clashes between Billings' attorney sod the heoch were clim axed yesterday when ' associate justice Preston said he had beard enough and moved tor an Imme diate adjournment. Testimony Lags "Testimony has reached the 'corned beet bash' stage," he said.' "I am ready to take a vote the court conclude this hearing right now." Associates, Cartis and Richards were la accord with Judge Pres ton, chief justice- Waste announ ced, i Only Intervention of Associate Justice Shenk. who aald he found tbe testimony "very enlighten ing", prevented the vote on ad journment. . . The interruption was one of a doten during the day which en livened the attempt of Edwin V. McKensle, Billing's counsel, to show prosecution witnesses per jured themselves in identifying Billings' aad Thomas J. Mooney as the Preparedness day bombers. Each Is serving a life term for the bombing which killed ten persons and Injured 40 In 191S TODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE SCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 2 S 1 Philadelphia . 7 IS 1 Batteries: Lawson and L. bow- ell: Earnshaw and Cochrane. Detroit 8 7 1 New York -1 1 J Batteries: Sorrell, Solllvan Rridaes. -HoneU and Hayworth; Pipgras, Ruffing, Halloway, Mo- Vey. NATIONAL. New Tork 7 12 Cincinnati nil tnnlnval v3.B.ia.- w.lVar ItAvinar and Hogan, O'Farrlel; Benton, Dono- hue and Gouch, Kntlnnal: llnuillvn 15 IS 1 i " Rig 1 WIM8V - - Batteries: Phelps, Moss ana Lopes, Plcinich: Bush. Osborne, Nelson, Shealy and Hartnott. Phlladephia 4 8 1 Pittsburgh 1 12 1 PENDLETON SWELTERS PENDLETON, Aug. 13. (AP) The mercury increased its bat ting average yesterday 103 re corded during the afternoon. i...... h.r.m -1418 nt the state's 2,030 precincts gave Nor nis a lead ot more than 20.000. The vote was Norrls, 77.316: Stebblns, 55.871. D-...lt , lli. Inn. nlhee atata primaries yesterday showed a mix ture ot reactions on auci aauwuai Issues as prohibition snd the Hoover administration. In Ohio the democrats chose a i On tinned oa rase Eight) HEARING BIS E TEAM SETS Jackson and O'Brine On Way . to EaUbliah w ", New Time 1,000 HOURS IN AIR LATEST OBJECTIVE With Motor Working Perfectly Aad Both Slew la ool tHrila ' There la no Thought of lsusoV log; Light Rain Marks Record ' Paaalag. LAMBERT ST. LOUIA FIELD, St Loula, Aug. 13 (AP) The veteran endur ance team, Dale Jackson . and Forest O'Brine, flew through rain and the threat of a storm today to a new world's record for sustained flight They officially -regained the record at 9:52 a. m. (C. S. T.) when they. had been up 554 hours and ' 41 minutes, slightly more than 23 days.. The new mark exceeded by on full hour the record establish ed last July at Chicago' by Kenneth and John Unnter, Illi nois farm boys, who after sever al attempts had wrested 1 the flight championahlp from 'Jack son and O'Brine. The- latter pair set a 420 record July 31. 12. ' ' With tha record regained. Jackson and - O'Brine had ae thought of landing bat -drove on toward a goal which .they now have set at 1,000 boars, or about six weeks. ' ' -' Rain Deluges Crowd r ' ' A downpour ot rain .deluged the field and soaked ,th scant crowd of 2,000 persons who bsd assembled when the record was broken. - , . As a burst ot sirens, aerial bomba, automobile - borne and cheers went np. Jsckson and O'Brine dropped down low over the field and discharged a green flare. Then they came down to within a tew hundred feet of the crowd and waved. A crowd ot about titty alas (Continued on Page Eight Baker Anticipates Large Gathering Of Legionnaires nawicn. Anr. II. fAP) The largest number ot distinguished persons ever to aiiena a goutou tinfi nt the American Legion- la Oregon Is expected here tomorrow to participate in tne annual ian glon and auxiliary gathering. Am.n th notables will be Governor A. W. Norblad, Senator Frederick Stelwer, Representa tives Franklin Korell and Robert R. Butler: O. L. Bodonhamer, Na tional Legion commander: Henry Collins, Pendleton Rouna-up as sociation president; Koy Keene of Willamette university and many others. Stelwer, Korell and Norblad will assist Sherltt Cy Bingham, Grant county In making and serv ing hot cakes at . the miners breakfast Friday morning. The regional baseball tourna ment will be the first held in con Junction with a department con vention. Many entertainment features have been planned. Poor Pa "Dora spent $100 on her teeth right after she married our son Jim, an' Ma says that shrewd mother of hers had he put off the work until she got Jim to pay the bill". E NDURANC in
