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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1930)
Vote For Your Armory -i f Pages A" Today Associated Press an'd United Press Telej?rapK Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, OCTOKKK 21, 1930 Prion Mvh lntp Number 7278 lo) rv Ml 0 Ml Ul U 1 ik ' Homeless Men Whipped by Cold FREE BEOS ARE GIVEN Makeshift Quarters Are Provided 300 Men In One Night DEMANDS TO EXCEED TFjOSE OF YEAR AGO Buffalo Road Are Covered With Snow Three lo Four Feet Deep NEW YOI1K. Oct. !1. (API Hundred, of homeless men shlv led In I ho hrlak wind whistling through Iho llowory today. 'ho "flop homes" turned them lonso after sketchy breakfast. The first bitter cold of winter bu crowded lh rlty'i lodging bouars beyond capacity. So great wae the number of ap plicants for hod, at iho municipal lodging haute last night that 3U0 men were given make, hilt quar ters In municipal steamboat rooured In the fcaat rlrer. after the 1,000 beds In the lodging bouao wars tilled. Shelter (ilvcn 300,000 Since Iho flnt of the year th.e In chargo of tho Institution aald. nearly aoo.nuo have been glvon hoi I or In tho Hi iinlrl rl lodging house, and Indlrallona am that advancing winter will carry the total fur above last year's. In New York city, where tho temperature ail mild In compar ison to that In the northern patt ot the atate. th" thermomeer yea tor registered aa low aa 35.5 tlo rreos, making Iho day tho roldeil Ortnbor !o on record. ,The high mark of tho dny wa y0 degrora. 1'aterplllar tractor plows forc ing their way through nnw Ihret to four foot deep, opened rourla In tho Murrain area that had been snow-bound since Saturday, thua rnllorlng threat f food nnd milk ahorlago In ncaihy town,. The cold spell waa general throughout tho East, with frost for the flrat time thla aeaaon cor erlng wldn area. Thousands ot pheaianta wore facing etarvatlon throughout went, nrn New York, with grain and oth- I fooda covered deep In snow. Ap peala to help tho blrda havo hern arnt out by Iho lii.uk Walton league and other agoncioa. Ladies To Hear Discussion of State Measures At t n'cock thla evening In Iho circuit court room of the court house tho second mnetlng of the Klum.ith League ot Wo men Votara will bo hold with Mm. Nnlaon It' cd, newly elerlod proMdent presldlnc Mra. Reed will Introduce Ut speakers of tho evening, who will bo Arthur W. Bchntipp. IVrry Do Lap and Harry W. Poole. Mr. l'nolo will apeak on tho Rogue River bill, which la to come up at tho November elec tion. Schaupp. rlty attorney, nnd Do Lap will d lacuna othor amendments and meaaurei which will come up before tho voter at Iho general oleotlon. On October 3D another moot ing of the league will bo hold lo which all city end county candidate will ha Invited. Tho meeting place and tltno will ha announced Inter. AUNT HET By Robert Quillen THOUSANDS The Nightly Argument "Ilavlu a career ain't no til ler than doln housework, bat von don't hare to gossip with t ,the gold fish to keep from got ' tin tba lonesome blues.". Many Present At Laying of Cornerstone Nearly 1.900 cltltena of Klam ath Falls were present at the ley dig of Iho corner atone ot Hie fed eral building lilts afternoon. The Klamath L'liluu high achool band uiarchod duwu Main and Seventh airoeta, playing atlrrlng martial music, and also played sovsral number, after their arrival at the He of the federal building. The main addrnaa of the after noon waa delivered by Congreee man "Hob'' llutlnr and W. ft. Wiley, dlatrlct attorney, gave a atlrrlng talk. Lorn L. Oaghagen. chairman of the original building committee, acted aa chairman, end others of the committee preaont at today'a oeroraonlea wore, Elmei II. Ualilger, John McCall, post maatod, Karl C. Iteynolda, Itoy Durbln and Ilert C. Thomai. IN MINE BLAST PURLIN. Oct. ll, (AP) Pos nihility that loo or even more mill ers had loat their lives In a dyna mite exploilon In the Anna coal mine at Altdorf waa admitted by tho management of tho mine tbla evening after SO dead had been brought out of the wrovked shaft. AMIDOnr. (iormany. Oct. SI. ( A I') Forty five minora woro killed, between SO and 40 Injur ed, and many wore trapped by e dynamlto eiplntlon today at tho Anna coal mluo. The bod lea of 30 miner woro quickly recovered from the shat tered Wllhelm abaft but i tho day wore on and reacao workers dug In the ruins additional bodlea wcro brought out. Four ot thoao Injured and taken lo hoipltala died and by Into af ternoon tho death list bad reach ed &. The victims wore burled In Iho wreckage spread by the blast through two le-ela 1.300 and 1.600 feet below the surface Among tho victims were two of fice workers killed when build ings above ground collapsed. Tho Into of 200 men on a level lower than where the explosion occurred waa allll uncertain late thla afternoon, but It waa hoped to nave those trapped, as the ef fect of the Maat waa more aevore upward tbao In a downward di rection. Urges Union of All Protestant Denominations SALEM, Ore.. Oct St, AP) A plea that the grave' of Ed ward Dickinson Baker, l 8. Senator from Oregon who was killed at Hall s Dluft early In the Civil War. be moved from a neglected spot In San Francisco to the atute rapltol grounds tn Salem, waa made by 0. F. Mul key of Portland Id an address lust night before the Oregon rhnpter of Bona of the American Ilovoltitlon. .' linker waa described by the apeukor as . "orator, statesman, poet and soldier." "This country now, a never before." Mulkey aald, Te In need of such men as Baker at Washington; men who do not rower and crawl. Me stood four square to every wind that blow. There are not many Bukors end Nosmltha at Washington now a few perhaps." Haker'i grave In Lone Moan tain cemetery. San Francisco, Mulkey described aa overgrown with weeda and - almost un marked. POOR PA By Claude Caftan "Wa put a bras plat on our church organ oxplalulo' that It waa donated by Uncle Dave, but I can tell be'a disappointed be cause his name is not In larger letters," 100 M E KILLED R M IS Rap Own Profession; Scores U. S. For Unsound Policy POLITICIANS PROFIT AT PUBLIC EXPENSE Hospital Head Maintains Communists Must Care For Sick NEW ORLEANS, Oct. SI, (A P) Dr. Christopher C. Parnell, presjdent of the American Hos pital Association, criticised tho government for what he called "Governmental Pollcltcal Favors" In an addreas before that body hero today. "The government Itself furn ishes perhaps the most outstand ing Maniple of enforcement of an unsound policy of overbuild ing," he said. "Legislation pro viding for the care of veterans for ailments In no way con nected with the line of duty, we believe, la an attempt on the part ot politicians toe curry favor at the expense of a long suffering public," nape "Tin Cod" Idea The "old-time" doctor was al so sevifriy criticized before the convention today by Dr. Parnell who aald bo was once regarded as a "tin god." "In the past the public credit ed the medical profession with a right to wear a halo." bo aald. "lha good old doctor waa some thing of a tin god. Aa a mat ter ot fact, doctors are no dif ferent from other men." Hobert Jolly, ot tho Baptist hospital of Ilouatln, Texas, aug gested hospitals could overcome deficits by adding auxiliary busl nessea auch as beauty parlors, barber shops, drug atom and llowershops. 1. 11. Franklin, of tho floorgla Baptist hospital ot Atlanta, ssld the poor sick waa a community or governmental charge, and that prlvato hoapltala could not any more be expected to tske rare of Indigent sick thsn private families. IS A HEROINE OYSTER LB AY. N. Y., Oct. SI. (API A 15 year old girl was killed at a railroad crossing to day, and her IS year old chum was critically Injured trying to save her. Marie Gantlnl and Francos Stavln. started to cross tho tracks on their way to school. Marie stumbled and her foot Jammed against one of the rails. Then the gales went down and the warning bell announced an approaching train. Frances refused to leave her friend behind, and they were still tugging at the trapped foot when the train rolled up to them with ecreanilng. brakes. Marie was Instantly killed and Frances, tossed by the engine to one aide, suffered a fractured skull. Weather The Cyclo-8tormagraph at Un derwood's Pharmacy registered a rapid rise tn barometric pres sure since ycatorday noou and weather conditions will probably bo lino for tho next 48 hours. Tho Tycos recording thormo mctor registered maximum and minimum tomperntures today as follows. High - . 56 Low . ...... 3 1 Forecast for next 24 hours: Fnir with moderate winds, prob ably cooler. OREGON: Fair tonight and Wednesday, foggy or cloudy on the const, local frosts In the east portion tonight. Gentle variable winds. UUCITRKS MEM HlillHHI P. Securing the memborahln of Robin M. Poison, editor and ntihlUfc a tYm Iflftmalh Pnnntv Conrler, -I. P. Duke paid his note to tne enjmoer ox commerce to- VOICED NEW YORKGIRL Day's Trading Finds Stocks Nose Diving NEW YOnK. Oct. St. (API Share prices went Into a noae dlvo lu today's stock market, as the abrupt rise of the previous session appeared to have been dependent upon the fuel pro vided by a brief flurry of abort covering. Much of the wide advance of yesterday was lost, and aeveral Inaues, Including electrical equip ments, oils and coppers, broke Into now low ground tor the movement. Tradlug waa again light, however, total sales ap proximating S. 500,000 ahares. Slight rallying tendeuclea de veloped In the last hour, sod closing quotations were In many cases a point or so from tin day'a lowest, with some recov eries to 1 polnta. SOUGHT DEATH ENTIRE FAMILY DENVER. Oct. SI. (AP) Habeas corpus action waa started today to free Mrs. Pearl O' Longhlln from Jail where ahe waa placed after the body ot her ton year old atepdanghter, lyeona O'Lougblin. waa found In Berkeley Park lake. The atate will bare until 10 a. m. Friday to produce Mrs. O'Lougblin In West Side court for a hearing on the writ. - Telrlne ftndrien turn. f)V Case of the strange slaylnr, of the a plot to exterminate eu entire family. While officers ' continued to question Mrs. O'Lougblin, In the eaetv hours Tueadar. Dennis O'Loughlln. 74. grandfather ot he girl, became jtne center oi the plot revelations. The elder O'Loughlln told of ficers he bad found ground glasa in the sugar served at a dinner at his home at Fort Collins. Colo., alx weeks ao. This In formation led to the finding of glass in the organs ot the dead girl and In the stomach of ber lather, city detectives Leo O' Longhlin. who Is now recovorlng at a local hospital. It was Inter established the glass In tho sugar bowl at the Fort Collins dinner and that found In the slain girl and ber father was Identical. Itcpeated questioning of the atepmother resulted In her con stant denials of any part In the death of the girl. At tlmea tr corridors at police headquart'ew resounded with her screamed as sertions of Innocence ss the lat est grilling continued Into the early hours today. Earlier lu the night, detectives questioned Douglas Mllllcan, 8. son of Mrs. O'Lougblin by a former marriage, regarding acti vities In the O'Loughlln home, parfclnlsrly last Tuesday night, tho night before Leona disap peared. Th. tmv. the slain girl. Mr. and Mrs. O'Loughlln. Mrs." Mary- hello Shannon, a sister oi .u. O'Loughlln and Frank O'Lough lln. brother of the detective, all were present at the Fort Collins dinner party. Drum Corps Will Aid Elks Show The Klamath Falls drum and bugle corps will parade Main vn ihrM erenlnea during the' Elks Western Nights show Thursday, Friday ana uniurnay. A request was made this after noon to have all the members moot st the Elks temple at 7 o'clock each evening to prepare for the parade. The drum and bugle corps will tnn, the narade through the streets ot the city to advertise the biggest fun-making carnival of the year. Police Learn "Lady " in Pink Was Only Dummy from Department Store CHICAOO, Oct. 81, (AP) The big sedan that bore a New York state license, and which was cruis ing about on tho Northwest 8lde, looked suspicious to Sorgeant George Schupulsky and his de fective bureau squad, particularly because ot a pinkish something thst was wafted from the cars rear window. The sedsn plckod up speed. So did the police car, until It finally overtook the aedan and drew alongside, Two acq were, in thft in e OVER JUNE Bank Examiner Reports Increase Over Two Preceding Calls YEAR, HOWEVER, HAS BROUGHT A BIG LOSS Klamath Falls Maintains Fourth Place Among; Oregon Cities SALEM. Ore.. Oct. SI, (API Oregon bank deposlte have de creased 113,271,565.72 In the last )ear, on the basis ot reports on the atate bank superintendents call ot September 24, aa compared with the corresponding call of October 4. 1929. A statement pre pared by Superintendent A. C. r'ebramm shows that total deposits at the recent call were (291,147,- 230.97, while a year ago they were 1304, 418,796. 69. Report shows slight Increase In deposits over the call of Jnne 80 last, when the figures were 1290, 541.(21.83, and a marked Increase ever the call of March 27 last, when the total was (279,079, 550.34. Cash on Hand Grows At the said-winter call of De cember tl, 1929, deposits were (300,088,685.84. "As compared to a year ago," says the statement, "the banks show an Increase In excess of 8 per cent In cash on hand and due from banks, which figure now stands at (65,499,534.43. At pres ent the banks have on hand In government bonds (44.729,307.69 and further holdings ot other honds and securities of (65,033. 867.72. The total outstanding In loans and discounts Is (147,727, 551.34. which Is (13,507,439.81 lees than a year ago. As compar ed to a year ago there has been a reduction of (1.400. 051.17 In bor rowed money, so that at the pres ent time the hanks are showing only 2.055,112.56 In .borrowed obligations. Klamath Falls Is Fourth Fortland, Salem. Eugene, Pen dleton, Klamath Falls, Medford and Baker In the order named re tain the same positions In depos its as a year ago, though all have (Continued on Page Two) Y DRIVE After sn address by Captain Walter Abbey at tho weekly meet ing today, the board of directors of the Klamath County chamber o( commerce authorized a pledge of (50 to the armory campaign, thereby endorsing the efforts ot the battery in their work to se cure sn armory for Klamath Falls. Captain Abbey stressed Klam ath's need of a civic center, as well as the Imperative need of new quarters for Battery "D." the crack roast artillery nnlt of the state of Oregon. He stated that the armory, after Its construc tion, would be tax froe, and main tained by tho state, and that It would be available for all func tions, public gatherings, athletic exhibitions, etc., thereby provid ing a community center for Klam ath Falls and Klamath connty. A nominal charge will be made tor use ot balls in the armory, to cov er cost of lighting snd heat, bnt no profit will be made, the Cap tain stated. sedan, llohtud them on the front sat reclined the figure of a wo man. "Unhand that woman," de- mantled the sergeant. "We're the police; don't be alarmed, mad- urn: you re safe now." Came a blank look from the re- ellnlne fngure. Sergeant Schupitlsky moved a step nearer, got a better look and then stepped back with the re mark: "Well. I'll be darned. A de railment etore window dnmmjr.' CHAMBER BACKS Dili Blasts P. T. A. Will Open Regional Meeting in City Tomorrow Mrs. William T. Brice, President of State Association Will Preside at Sessions. The regional conference of the Parent-Teachers asso ciation will open in Klamath Falls Wednesday morning with Mrs. William T. Brice, president of the Oregon con gress of parents and teachers, as the directing leader. The sessions will be held in the First Methodist church. O. K. Given G. N. Survey By Chamber Expressing their unqualified approval of the sctlon of the Great Northern Railway In auth orising the survey ot the pro posed independent line at a point east of the present Modoc North ern line of the Southern Pacific Railway, and through the towns ot Merrill and Matin, the board ot directors of the Klamath coun ty chamber ot commerce today endorsed a resolution of apprecia tion to be sent Xo Ralph Budd. president ot the Great Northern Hallway.'. The directors wont cm record aa further urging the officials of the- Great Northern ' to give every consideration to the estab lishment of the new route over tho survey sow In progress. TOM'S RIVER, N. J., Oct, SI, (AP) Three members ot the crew of the "family air yacht." tiny dirigible built by Captain An ton Helnen, were seriously injur ed today by an explosion which wrecked the craft as It was about to take oft on a training flight. The "air yacht" was a smsll dirigible propelled by a single mo tor and equipped with wheels to facilitate Ita landing, with only t pilot at tho controls. Yesterday the craft carried passengers on aeveral flights In this vicinity. Captain Heinen, who achieved considerable prominence when ha trougbt over the dirigible Shen andoah from Germany, turning it ever to the United States navy, could not be reached for a state ment. . The cause ot the explosion was not immediately determined. Always a staunch advocate ot tighter -than -air craft. Captain Heinen proposed several montns ago to operate a regular airship service between Newark and New York. His air yacht, a non-rlgtd dirigible, was considerably small er than tho type be planned to use a the passenger service. State Moves To Save Oyster Beds In Yaquina Bay PORTLAND, Oct SI, (AD M T. Hoy. master fish warden for the state fish department, today confirmed reports thst the state will with n a few days resort to court action to compel the Pacific Spruce corporation to cease oump ng sawdust from Its mills Into Yaaulna bay. Such practice. Hoy said, "is In direct violation ot the state laws regarding polntion." Hoy conferred with tho attorney general yesterday. Taqulna bay contains the most valuablo of Oregon's oystor beds. Hoy said great damage has result ed to these beds from polutlon csused by Infiltration of waste material from the mills. "The attorney general." Hoy Mild, "promised me he would file suit nEalnst the corporation witn 'n the next few days, when he has had time to study the uws wnicn will apply In the case," MVLTXOMAH WILL VOTK ON MKASlltE SALEM, Ore., Oct. SI, (AP) The Oregon supreme court in an opinion banded down today up held tba referendum on the meas ure providing two sddltlonal cir cuit Judges lor Muunomsn couui?, which will appear on the Novem ber ballot, EXPLOSION ON TINY DIRIGIBLE in New York Among other officers ot the Oregon branch ot the National Congress who will be present sre Mrs. C. W. Stanley, presiding vice president. Klamath Falls, Mra. William Kletzer, vice presi dent. Portland; Mrs. W. J. Gou hardt, corresponding secretary. Portland; Miss Jessie McGregor, recording secretary; Portland and Mrs. H. M. Shaw, treasurer, Port land, Dean Jamleson and Mrs. Sarah Prentiss of Oregon State College. Corvallla will be among the other prominent women In attendance at the conference Close to 100 delegates from cities and towns In southern Ore gon will be in attendance. Any one Interested la child welfare, fathers as well as mothers. Is cordially Invited to attend, whether a member of P. T. A. or not. Luncheons will be beld both days ot the meeting and a ban quet will be held the first eve ning. : The program, arranged by Mrs. C. W. Stanley, assisted by the other officers, follows: (Continued on Page Ten) Award Bids For Section Crooked River Highway BEND, Ore.. Oct. 21. (API Bids for grading the Bear Creek Mllllcan section of tho Crooked River highway which will con nect the Ochoco highway at Prlneville with the Central Ore gon highway near Mitchell, will be received by the state high war commission at Its Portland meeting Oct. 30. JAPANESE CRCISER IS BADLY DAMAGED TOKYO. Oct. 21. (AP) The Japanese cruiser Abukuma, while participating today In grand naval maneuvers off the south ern coast of the main Island of Hondo, collided with an uniden tified warship and was badly damaged. LATTE NEW SUBMARINE RECORD PORTSMOUTH. N. H.. Oct. 21 (AP) Tho navy's) new fleet submarine R-5, was believed to have broken all depth records for American submarines at least, to day when she descended to water. FEDERALS ARE ACTIVE Dtr nr tiiunnn fvi 21 (AP) Althoush heavy ' rains during the past few days have caused' a slowing up of military activities, federal air forces on all sector of the revolt against the government have been extremely active since Sunday. HAWKS MAKES FAST TIME WASHINGTON. Oct. 21 (AP) Frank Hawks, trans continental air record holder, arrived in Washington at 11-BO . m. todav. completing a night from valley Stream, N. Y., in 1 hour and speed of 185 miles an hour. TWO SKELETONS FOUND ronnoVA. AI.sk. Oct. 21 (AP) The theory was . Jv.nr.J here todav the two the base of a cliff on the those of the missing victims of a triple murder last spring by Robert Davis, a Umatilla Indian. TRAINMEN ISSUE CALL CLEVELAND, Oct. 21 (AP) A call waa issued by st.. f.. -.ilm.rl Krntherhoods and the switchmen's union of North America today to the United State and Canada to meet m Chicago nevesn. ber 12 to consider unemployment relief and a short , working day, '. ..i .. . .. - ! IMMEDIATE ACTION IS TO FOLLOW Hoover Names New York Man To Head Relief -Organization FULL SPEED AHEAD PLAN OF PRESIDENT Number Of Unemployed In Nation Exceeds Three Million WASHINGTON, Oct. SI, (APi Arthur Woods, former police commissioner ot New York civ;, who was in charge of unemploy ment work on President Harding's commission in 1921, today waa asked by President Hoover to as sume charge of the organisation which Is being created to relieve suffering during the winter. .The administration waa said definitely today to be prepared to ask congress to remove restric tions upon federal public work al ready provided for over a period cf years, and to permit this work to go forward at once. President Hopeful While President Hoover be lieves the country will be able to take care ot the situation during the winter, be expects Mr. Woods o develop an extensive organiza tion to create employment. In co--pe ration with the cabinet com mittee which the president today railed Into session. The government's estimates ot unemployment have been fixed at approximately 3.500.000, bat Mr. Hoover does not believe this fig ure represests the actual bnrden upon the conntry. ' The United States. It was eon- (Contloued -on Page Two) Poison Was Cause Of Piper's Death' McMINNVILLE, Ore.. Oct. SI. (AP) Poisoning caused the death of William E. Piper of Portland, whose body was found In his automobile near Hero, according to a verdict returned by a coroner's Jury here yester day. Officers learned the man, left Portland Saturday In de spondent frame of mind. There were no wounds on the body, althongh blood stains and two rifle shells were found at the roadside near the car. Offi cers supposed the blood and .k-n- hH hoen there some time and probably marked the progress ot some nunier. NEWS the ocean floor in 33Z feet of ' 11 minutes, for an average headless skeletons found at shores of Shelikoff Strait are all their general chairmen in
