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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1930)
Keep Your Walks Cleaned of Snow Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Trice Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1930 Number 7301 8 Pages Today MM v y i -. r. ONE-THIRD OF HOUSE : ANTI-DRY Lett Than One-Fourth Of Senate Member Are Wet POINT OUT RESULTS OF RECENT ELECTION Changes Are Attributed to Democratic Sweep, Not to Booze WASHINGTON. Not. 17. (A MTh Methodist Hoard of Temperance In mi editorial In lt rllpdlit today (alii the recent elections vcro a I-nio.-rat ir sweep "anil t galne were lursely Incidental Th lionrd snld "despite the linn of hundreds ( thousands ol dollars." the entl-prolilhltlonlt uncorded In electing less limn on Ihlnl uf Hi" membership "I Hi hou.e ami !' than one Iniirlh of I hn senate member ship. The editorial ald the dry strength In Ilia next hnu would no over 10') and In ho senate over 7u. "a strength greater ihun nhrii h prohlhlllon iiuieiidnictil was submitted l.ltl'll.ltlOII." The election of Glfford Tin rbol a governor In Pennsyl vania and lli rrtiirn of senators favoring rolilllt inn from sevei nl stnte weto referred to ua dry Victories. Menntor Allen was defeated In Kansas," I ha rill I or In I aald. "hut no uiio would claim Ksnsns In a wet Halo. Where both -miilidntee were dry, aa In West Virxlnln. th Democrats won; whei h. lh rsmlldiitcs were wt is In Now York. the Democrat strn won. Professor i:arroll, the li. dependent dry candidate In Now York, without orsaiiliatlon or cnmpalgn, rolled np nearly 200,00(1 votes. Toe Republican party of Nrw York la rommlttlnit aulrlds. They bid for tha warn whom they rannot get. betray tha dry who rould help thara In pnwar. and have lout both aanatora and governor tlrtin after tlmo by that route." Chas. A. Levine, American, Held VIENNA. Nov. 17. (AP) Charles A. Levin, described a tha American aTlatton enthusiast hss bran arrested at Snmmcrlng Spa. Officials aald fhnt ha waa be ing hold lu connection with an Investigation Into an aliased frandulrni scheme carried ant In Vlrnna. nif! M'MIIRH C.UiGOKS l.R.I VI Nn MAIWIHIEI.n MARSHFIRMi, Not. 17. (A P) Ona of tha larieat lumber rnroe to leave Cooa llay for ona company la bolng ahlppad Ihla wi'ok. Tho J. J. Monro I'ompiiny la tnkltiK elrlit million feel of lumber on four voaaela. I'he four deep aea rnrrlera. Innd ln with 116 alevedorea. Inrlndn tho new Scandinavian mntnrahlp Minerva, nn her mnlden voynae: Ihr Miillmnnk, and the Hwedlali mntnrahlp Ekiiarcn. The Nightly AUNT HET By Robert Quillen "None o' my folks waa what you'd call artistic, but Cousin Ren sung base In the choir an' l'nrla tfil was champion bog cnllir o' (Irecn River township." Wife Killed As Climax To Long Discord rORTERVILLE, falir., Nov. IT (ATI family Irouliln of long standing ended near her yesti-r lav, wliun ,ll"il llsikllft, 2".. of Tiilnir. UjI and killed his 21-year-old . t-strnugod wit. Mra. Jewell Knililltr. and than turned me nun on iiiuianil ui i-nu ill if" u i II!.. ! Tim -hooting occurred at one of the cottage al tho Tulare lllver films liMortlitloil, about tight llille ennl of I'nrtervlllo, whure .Mr.. Itaili-lltf hud wnrki d fur aov oral Kenaona aa an urniiKti parker. Itailrllff went to the ri.t'n a lie re hl wife waa workltiK hut flndlnr her out hn want to nelrhhorlnic cottnan whero be found hi -wife with two other women porker. With a remark "bo waa tulni to end It all" he draw an automatlr. rarolrer killed hla wile and then turned tha weapon upon hlmelf. IIKVKHI.Y IIII.I.S. Calif.. Nov 17. lAI't Th llererly Illlli laillre dlnrloaed today a police ea-orl had beep rrovldrd lor Mary llikford adopted nlee roiiNenuenl to Ihranta to kidnap the rhlld. A polli'cronil auarded tha llttla irlrl to and from ari:ool lant Krldnr, and acaln today. Tha polli', Mlaa. I'll kford and her noted hunhand,' Dnualao Fair liaiikn. refuned to reveal Hie n turn of tha kldnaplni thnxu They would not aay If tbey were rerelved by letter or la'i phone, or If lenrni'd through und"-r-world rhannela of Information. Tha lrl. dauihlrr of Lottie I'likforil. haa been Ilia ward ol Mra. Kalrhmika for aome )c-.ra. Ileiently her name. Mnry. waa rhnnaed to Gwynn upon her f m ter mother'a reiiiel to the court. I'ollra denied reporta of aurh threata akalr t tha amall daugh tera of llrold Lloyd, film com tdlan, ejplalnlnr currant min ora had been circulated aa llio remilt of hla ohtalnlnr a pew watchman for hla aatata re cently. Gov. Norblad's Decision Coming During the Week SALEM. Ore.. Not. 17. ( AP) Governor Norhlad la upected be fora tha middle of the weak to an nounce whether ho will call a apo dal amnion of tho Inlalatnro to wrealle with tnx problems. "I am examining; Into evory an gle of the situation," lbs fovonwir aald, "and when I to ska my an nouncement, whether I call a ses sion or hot, I'll know what I am talklni about" Pioneer Oregon Woman Is Buried StARSIiriFLl). Not. 1, (AP) Fnneral services were held hero yesterday for Mrs. Mary K. Nohle. Hi, Coos county plonser. She died Friday. . She crossed the plains with her pnrents In 1811, when six years old. She was Worn In Wis consin. Sho nmrriad William H. Noble at Jacksonville, Ore., and move, I to Kinplre In Hill. Seven chil dren. IS grand children; and 10 treat grandchildren survive. Argument POOR PA By Claude CalUn "Hy rights that salesman ought to give Ma at least half the commission he got nn our new car. Ma wns in awful lot of help (o him In snllln' It to GUARD WARD OF MARY PICKFOHD RAINVALL IS HEAVY IN PLACES Eugene Report Nearly Three Inches During 48-Hour Period SALEM HAS DELUGE AT THE SAME TIME Baker, La Grande, Crantt Paa and Roaeburg All Report Snow Kl'flKNE. Nov. 17 (AIM Nearly three Inches of rain fell here In the past 4 hours, caus ing tha Willamette river to rl. Snow covered the surrounding hills with a blanket from our lurh deep 16 mllaa can of hero, to M Inches at the summit of MrKeiiite Pans. A heavy rain fell thu morulng. SALKM. Ore.. Nov. 17 (AIM Italnfnll totalling 3 M Inches had (itlleti lii tha Salem uri-a In thu 6U hours up to 7 o'clock Mon- I day morning and tho 'Weother imun held out little hupo for any j material change In conditions I during the net I 24 hours. The heaviest precipitation was reported between Sniurday and i Sunday morning when 1.33 Inches of rain fell. The Wilbiitn'tle river her stood it t N feet Monday morn ing, a rise of 6 fin hi 44 hours. SNOW IS IIKINI!TKI IX MANY I-OINTS RAKKR. Nov 17 (AIM Al- j though the ground wss w-ell cov fered with snow, the sun wss shining hero today. Iaat night's minimum temperature was IS degrees above. Reports from Whitney Mid there wss 10 Inches of snow there, following a heavy freeze. Halfway had between six and eight Inches Saturdsy. l-A ORANOK. Nov. 17 (AP) Tho sky was clearing today after a cloudy, snowy week-end. There wss no wind. Tho min imum temperature last night was 27 degrece above. Meacham re ported a minimum of two de grees below soro Saturday, and four Inches of snow. ROSKUI RO. Nov. 17 (AP) Flurries of mixed rsln and snow hit Kosehurg Inst nliiht and the hills were capped w-lth white to day. Albert ralmltor, flying the I'nrtland-Cons Hay mall plane, mads two attempta to reach the coast yesterday hut was forced to spend the night hern. 0 HANTS PASS. Nov. 17 (AP) A heavy snow (ell In the mountains adjacent to Grants Pass last night. Motorists report several Inches of snow In the Stsklyous aouth and north of (Continued on Pace File) Mile Run Made By Local Man Is Made a Record WASHINGTON, Not. 17. (A p)The 4:13 2-5 mile run by Ralph Hill of the University of Oregon at Kimono. Ore., on May 17 waa accepted as a new Amer ican record. This clips a fifth of a second from Norman Tah ber's American record which had stood since 191R. Rnlph Hill Is a Klamath coun ty boy, being the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hill, of the Mt Lnkl district. Rnlph's "brother. Clarence, has also mado an en viable record In nthlotlrs at tho 1'nlTorsity of Oregon. Weather The Cyclo-Stormagraph at Un derwood's phnrmacy continues to register In the unsettled tone, and little change may be expected In the next 24 hours. The T.vcos recording thermome ter registered a maximum temper ntnre of .18 and a minimum of 24: not an bad for November. Forocast for tho next 24 hours: Continued dnspttlod, with snow flurries and lower temperatures, i OREGON: Cloudy east, oc casions,! rains west portion to night and Tuesday, continued cool, f resh westerly winds offshore I Widow of Late E. W. Scripps Answers Call SAN DIKGO. Calif . Nov. 17. (AI'i Mrs. NiK-kle Holtslngr Scrliips 4. widow of K. W. Script's, one of tho founder, or the Scrlpps-Howard chain of newspapers, was di-ad today, the victim of pneumonia whi-h she contracted wMlu on a world tour. .Mr. Scripps died at .Mlramor. near hern, after an tllni'sa ot more than eight we?k. She re turned from the tour, which she was milking with her son-in-law. Thomas Meanley, eight week ago. She was taken to tho Scripps Memorial hospital at La Jolla. but later returned to her home. Robert Scripp. controlling stockholder and editorial director of the Scrlpps-Howard news papers, waa callod to her bedsldii throe weeks ago. Horn In Sharon, Ohio. July 19. 1S&, he came t California with her husband mure than 35 years ago. 'S SALKM, Or., Nov 17 (AP) When the state text-hook cum mlsKlon met her today tor its biennial sesnlun It had before It a letter from Governor Norhlad urging thst as few new books as possible hn adopted. Ills advice, the governor explained, was for the )nc!tt of Oregon families that are financially hard-pressed. The commission met to make new contracts or Knew old ones covering one-third of the texts used in Oregon schools: "Thousands of famlllea are finding it dltflcnlt to meet tho ordinary neerip pf existence,' the governor wroto. "The unemploy- , ment problem Is more serious than It baa been for years. This la a time which calls loudly for retrenchment along all lines. "I suggest that you proceed very slowly In the matter of chaqca In text-books now In as. To adopt many new text-hooks, unless there Is a roal reason (or doing to, means a very large ex pense for. msny of the families in thla stste, (or undoubtedly many of the present text-books w!!t bo handed down to other members of the family or sold or tnrued In on other text-hooks. I feel certain that. In the event or turned In on other text-books, will be general resentment evidenced against the depart ment of fuuratlon In general and your commission In particular." NAVAL PLANES MEDFORD, Ore.. Nov. 17. (A P) Two naval amphibian p'anes, en route from San Diego to Seat tle, were hold at the Modford air port today hy bad weather. They expected to depart as soon as thu weather clears, but there were no Immediate prospects. The two planes are to Join in the search for six airmen In Northern Brit ish Columbia. ' Travel continued over the Sis kiyou today,' with motorists cau tioned to nse chains. Snow acrnp era were clearing the Paclfio high way. Wreckers wero httsy Satur day night and Sunday pulling cars ont of ditches'. , Threatening weather continued over the Rogue River valley. Snow fell In the mountains, with rain In the lower levels. The Klnmath Falls- Ashland highway was open, with traffic under' "alow" order. M vaaT a 1 10 HEAD HELD mm Widow of Impresario Peddling Apples on : Streets of New York NEW YORK, Not. 17. (AP) "Ladies must eat." explained Mra. Osinr llnoininrsieln, widow of the Impressnrlo, today, as sho became, a seller 'of "Apploa, only 6 conts apiece," on the sidewalks of Now York.. I ! . She' stood In a foggy drizzle at Chambers street and Broadway, briskly polishing apple and call ing her wares to passershy, and disposed of two boxes of fruit In less than two hour. IMPUDENCE CHARGE OF SEN. BORAH i Independent To Demand Consideration Of Measure 'FILIBUSTER IS NOT INTENDED, HOWEVER Muscle Shoals and Export Debenture Viewed As Stumbling Blocks ' WASHINGTON. Nov. 17. (AP) In blunt terms Senator Borah of Idaho, republican Independent leader, has served notice he will not Im- stampeded Is the disposal of legislation at the coming term of congress. Returning to the capital yester day, the Idaho senator used the term "superlative Impudence" In dlrcussing the Implications . he saw In the administration . Quest for assuranrea from lenders of both republicans and democrats In congress against a filibuster to force- an extra . session In the spring. llsrip luipudcuce . . "I have not heard of any ench threats from the democrats, neith er have 1 heard anv such threats from the progressives." lie Said. "I think it an exhibition of super lative impudence to be atatlng in effect the progressives of the dem ocrats have not Just as keen a sense of responsibility and quite as Intelligent conception of their duty as the regulars." He added he never had filibus tered, and did not intend dplng so now. but did not propose "to be susmpcsled out of giving proper and necessary consideration to ap propriation bills and such other (Continued oo Page r ie Candidates File , Expense Accts. With Secretary SALEM. Ore.. Nov. 17. (AP) Louis Block of Portland reporteJ to the secretary of state today that he spend 22SO lu behalf of the gubernatorial candidacy of Julius L. Meier, and the Meler-for-Governor club of Clackamas coun ty spent IS9.18. Among other expense state ments filed today were the follow ing: Yamhill Electric company, In opposition to the water and ppwor utility district bill. 339: T.B.Xeu hausen In support of Senator Charles L. McXary. :658.20; Robert R. Butler as candidate for congress In the Second district. 1273.67: non-partl?an Judiciary committee In support of Justice O, P. Coshow for the supreme court. $54; Boivin for district attorney committee In Klamath county. 1409.50: Harry D. Botvln aa can didate for district attorney (or Klamath county, (211. Missing Girl Is Located in Hotel Margaret Custer, aged tS. who disappeared from her home- in Bonanza on November 10th, was found In a local hotel on Sat urday evening, officers : stated today, ' The girl was unharmed, and had rnn away from home for a lark, It was stated. Her parents came to this city for her Imme diately and the girl returned to Bonanza with them. "It's the best I can do now to earn a living," she said. "My step son, Arthur, has told mn b will be unable for tho present to pay me tho $40 a week which would provide for my want." Mr, tlammerstein aald - sho would move her stand up to Time? Square later today and sell aoples In front ot tha Rlalto theatro. whers once stood her husband's Victoria playhouse. "Old Man Depression" to Be Buried at Salem as Kickoff ' To State Business Revival SALEM, Ore., Nor. 17. (AP) Old Man Depression Is to be burled here this afternoon. It's going to be an ignominious fu neral, too, for the Salem Lions club, with the assistance ot Lion and business leaders from all over the state, after pro nouncing depression aa dead are going to chuck him down a man bole Into the city sewer. Governor Norblad is loins t0 be a speaker of the occasion, and governor-elect Julius L. Meier was invited to Join the mourn William Petzel, Local Man, Found Dead in His Room William Henry Petzel, it. waa found doad in bis room at 920 Lincoln street about 8: 15 this morning. A heart attack was believed responsible for the man's death. For several year Petzel ha been employed by the Shaw Bertram Lumber company as a millwright, and he Is well known In this vicinity. It has been the man s custom to arise about o'clock every morning, and when It grew laie this morning, friends in the hn...A fit mnmm anxietv and en tered Petzel's room. The alarm on hla clock was set tor e -i i. .! mnA had been switched to' silent. Lights were tnrfilug In tho room, and occu pants of the house oeiievea uiai ltl hnit arisen, shut off the alarm and turned on the lighta. before falling back unconscious into his bed. i-. i .... .4 - that Petzel waa in . I anlrlta Oil KlindaV. SUd death was attributed to natural causes. No inquest will be held. Relatives In Portland and Sa lem have been notified of Pet Av. jaaih and the remains are in care of the Earl Whitlock Funeral Home. Tjir-lvtt.t.v. lTv .. Not. 17. (A piThA National Bank ot Ken tucky, the oldest bank In Ken- ln,k m-aa eloaed todav hv resolu tion of its board of directors, and placed lu the hands of a national k..u ...miliar TtlA Louisville Trust company, an affiliated insti tution, also was closed by action of Its board of directors. Th National Bank of Ken tucky, founded In 1834 as the Bank of Kentucky, and capitalized at 15. 000.000, In its last state ment listed total resources as 154.701.633.36 and deposits ot J41.H5.794.40. Pep. Company Asks Permission to End Bull Run Service SALEM, Ore., NOT.17. (AP) The Portland Electric Power com pany applied to tho public service commission for authority to sus pend passenger service on Its line between Portland and Bull Rnn. and to abandon about II miles of tracks go between Barnes road and Bull Run. The company claims that business does not Justify a continuance of the service, and that It Is losing money on opera tion. Lumbermen Will Attend Meeting The California bite Sugar Pine Manufacturers association will hold an important two day meetinr In San Francisco on Thursday and Friday of this week. A large number of the local lumbermen are planning to attend the meeting. Among those who will repre sent the Klamuth Falls lum-i r- nion at the meeting are W. A Constana. sales ma- ger of the Weverhacuser lumber co ipa v E. A. Horr. Shaw Bertram I" manager. J. Roral Shaw. S.aw Bertram, P. A. Alhertson, sains ninnaier of the Pelican Bay Lumber company. Alec Davis snri Irving Keeterson of the Kesterson mill and W. D. Lamm and Mr. Johnson ot the Lamm lumber comnanr. It I prpbable that other mills will also send tnetr represents live to tha meeting. PIONEER BANK CLOSES ODORS ers, but it wss a question whether he would be here. The event. Is to he a kick-off for a business revival campaign throughout the state. After as sembling at the state house for an afternoon's program the fnnerai cortege will form and march to State and High streets where Old Man Depression is to be laid away un honored but by no means unsung, for there la going to be a lot of singing. Including selections by the Portland police quartet. KLAMATH IS IN WINTER'S GRIP Winter tightened Its (Tip on the Klamath basin during the past two days, a heavy snowfall has hindered traffic and delayed con struction work throughout the city as well as city and county road work. . Snow to an average depth, of 19.8 Inchea has fallen over toe basin since Saturday af ternoon, according to the weather report given out at the United States reclamation office today. Precipitation during that period has been 1.81 Inches. . Little change Is expected In the next 24 hours, sine the forecast predicts unsettled weather, with snow flurries and lower tempera tures. . ; . . The snow has endangered traf fic and haa been the .cause of scores of minor accidents, both In the city and on the highways be tween here and adjoining cities. Gates or considerable Intensity have piled the snow on the moun tains and hillsides. A number ot Klamath people returning over the Green Springs highway from Corvallls. Eugene. Medford aod Ashland Sunday afternoon and evening reported that hundreds of cars were nnable to make the grade, mostly because they were not equipped with chslns. Some ot them were abandoned In the ditches and high enow bank on the Green Springs road. Motor ists are cautioned not to attempt the trip without chains. (Continued on Page Fire) : late news FARM CONFERENCE CALLED WASHINGTON, Nor. 17 (AP) A conference of ag ricultural leaders was called todav by Chairman McNary of the senate agriculture committee to convene here next week to discuss the farm situation and the necessity fox any further legislation at the Senator McNary invited to Hyde, Chairman Legge of the farm board L. J. Tabor master of the national grange; C. E. Huff of the farmers union, and S. H. .Thompson, farm bureau federation. ARGUMENTS WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 constitutionality of the 1920 lead to submittal of the issue carried over until Dec 8 scheduled today in the District of Columbia supreme court. The Clarion Riverpower company, of Jamestown Pa., asked the court to restrain the federal power com mission from disallowing $6,387,731 from the company's investment cost, which it filed at $11,032,816. PORTLAND WORKMEN KILLED PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 17 (AP) Two workers on Portland construction jobs fell to their deaths today. Gus Dahlin, 25, fell 280 feet from the east tower of the St. Johns bridge. G. V. Benvar, 45, fell 35 feet from a truss at the Meier & Frank construction, landing head first on a gravel pile. ' ALASKA ELECTS REPUBLICAN JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 17 (AP) Unofficial returns from the entire territory of Alaska gave Judge James Wickersham, republican, a lead of 155 votes for delegate) to congress over George Grigsby, his democratie oppo nent. The vote: Wickersham, 5236; Grigsby, 5081. j WILDCAT" SENTENCED PORTLAND, Nov. 17 (AP) Robert Gordon Dun can, self-styled "Oregon Wildcat," aad radio speaker, was today sentenced to serve tix months in tho county jail and fined $500 for using 'obscetM, profane and itm decent language over radio a ties KVEP. here. ,, EwTTAIL THOUSANDS STRIKE IN Trolly Cars Burnet! Ant) Windows Smashed Aa Citizens Scurry ,1 . INDUSTRY STILLEDf SHOPS CLOSE DOWN One la Killed; Several Ar-S Injured Aa Fight , . Take Plac ' ' BARCELONA. Spain. Nov. IT. (AP) Two hundred thousand workmen in this greatest In dustrlal city of Spain threw down their tools today and there was rioting during which several were wounded by gunfire andj otherwise Injured. The general strike, while Bo unexpected after a similar tie-up in Madrid, came with startllna suddness this morning. Tha riot ers burned trolley cars, smash- ed store windows and sent peace fnl citizens scurrying to cover. Industry was at a standstill, shops were closed, newspapers suspended and - theatres and cafes were dark. -) i - ... I BARCELONA. Spain. Nor. It. (AP) One workman was killed and several others war sort ouslr wounded tonight In a gun fight between police and rloUns strikers. , . Guard Publishers) Become Owners of Morning Register; EUGENE. Ore., Not. 17. (AP) Alton F. Baker, publisher ot the Eugene Guard, today announo ed the purchase of tha Kngena Register. Dally and Sunday. Tha papers will be combined aa tha Eugene Register-Guard, to ha published daily and Sunday, with, full Associated Press service. approaching short session. the conference Secretary president of the American DELAYED (AP) Arguments of tK waterpower act, which may to the highest court, wers) instead of being prosented at BARCELONA
