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ITfje Evening, Mettdfa Q Pages Today There Is Security In Buying At Home ' Associated Press and United Press Telegraph' Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1931 Number 7348 THOUSANDS SEE MEIER TAKE OATH Opening Ceremonies End, Legislature Settles Down to Work BILL IS INTRODUCED TO FILL VACANCIES Closing Rogue River It Sought. RoMourg It Given Endorsement RAt.KM, Jan. II. (AP) The wv was resile clear today for tlovernor Julius I.. Meier to name one senator and one re preaenlntlve from Marlon county to fill two vacancies In tho leg lalature. The Bennett senate bill, pro idlng Hi filllnf nf timnrlM caused hy the deaths of rienslor I. lord T. Reynold snit Repre sentative W. Carlton Smith by appointment, pubject to the con firmation uf tits nouae where the Vacanry orcura, was paasrd bv the senate and house, lit latter taking but fen minutes to dispose nf lh bill. Tin mraaiite, an emergency, was amended In fie senate to mako It applicable to the prevent aeaslnn only. Tber wss no opposition In thi senate, bnt two representatives, Allan llynnn. Multnomah county, lid James II. F Hrntt. 1'matllla. voted asalnst tha bill. Rome titfmbirit. Including the Marion riiunty delegation, explained their tfnrmatlre vol. atstln? that the ait waa apparently the only Tneana of providing Marlon ro'Mi 1v with lia full representation 1 it rlnc tha aeaalon. Meter hat li-it yet announced till decision tri tho appointments. Th flrat mrsaure Introduced 1n ihn hotiae wii a Joint roaelu tinn providing for thn apiHilnt inrnt nf a committee of throe t ' confer wlih a s'mller roinmtt lm from WakhlnKtoti to oulllnti uniform regulatlone for pnwrr lanm on tho rnliimlila river. Ihn resolution waa tnirodurod hy John II. Lee Is. Miiliiinmnn. Tho Initial admlfititrnlinii mea emo appeared In tlm si-nato to day In tho form of a senate Joint memorial, introduced by fcenalor Itecd K. Kiddle, rnlling upon roiiKrcaa to hanlou Ihn pas sago nf tlm pending lill fur con struction of tho t'mnlllla Iturld project. A mo to eloniluit-. to a certain estont advertising (Continued oo Pars Eight) Wool Grower Says Power Grazing Fee Vital To Success ALT I.AKK CITY, flah. Jan 11, ( Al) - Necosalty of lower trailiiK fees and shnarlns charsea If the wool Industry Is to aurrlv the present limn of riepreaalon was emphasised by II. W. Ilaivuy of Ilcber, pfraldent of tho I lah Klato WoolKrowers' aaaorlatlou. at tho openlns ses sion hern today of Its :th an nunl ronrrntlon. Kfforts so far to seenro a re duction In the srnilKK feea of nntlonnl forests have hern fruit leas, he said. It K NAM P. II HWItKT.Ml V Of HTATK KAIH IIOAIIII SAI.KM. Ore., Jnn. 12. (AP) Vr. Klla 8rhults Wllaon waa re elected secretary of the Oregon state fnlr hoard at a aeaxlnn held Into Monday, Mrs. Wilson hits hern secretary alnco 1024. A. f". .tnr:ilrrs of Knsnhurg was re-elected president of tho stain fair hoard for the fourth consectttlvo term. The Nightly AUNT HET ' By Robert Quillcn "Amy's wsddln' wasn't much, but. she's plannln' to show this town snmnthln' fancy In the wsy of a funeral It John's liver don't t better Hoover MaKs Red Cross Aeal for Fund vf or Relief Proclamation J' , Forth That $10,000,000 Fund Is I .ed to Afford Necessary Relief of Orought-Stricken Areas WASHINGTON, Jan. today called on the people to contribute "a minimum of $10,000,000" for tho relief of drought sufferers. The call wan in a formal proclamation. T am sure that tho American people will respond to the Red Cross appeal both promptly and generously," he said. The demands on th dlnntr (U..I.B ... I M ,.l. lff.. ! r aald, hay bfen far a-rtittcr In tho laat four wik than durlni tho prynna four montha. Thla bruuKlit about tho nnrraaltr for mal.Tlnl Inrrrano In roaourirt. In some parti of tho stricken areat, tho chief rxomtlro a.iM. small rommunltlea him been af. focted both by tho drouth and sen. ersl builneaa depreiitnn. The Ited 1'ross baa ben called upon to tako enro of sufferers In thoao communltlea. as well aa In purely rural sections. Tha additional I in. ooo.OOO ask ed combined with what Is left of thn I5.OUU.000 set aaldo by tlm Ited f'roaa some time bko appear ' to I'realdent Hoover to be suffi cient to meet the demsnda. Vnleas the t IU.0UII.0llO la rsla. ed. Mr. Hoover aald. many per- i sons In the country will lark the nereaattkia of life. Tbe presidents prorlsmatlon follows: "To My Countrymen: . There mum be a yery material , Increaan In the reaourrea of the American Ited Croaa to enable It I to boar tho burden which It hua I undertaken In tho drnuaht area and smaller communities over Zl states d urine thla winter. Within the lait trn davs the lied f rots has had to ln rente the rato if rxpendllurra to an amount greater than dnrlnx the entire preredlns fuur months. 'The American Ited f.roaa la tho nations solo asenry for relief In such a crlala. It Is meetlns the di'inand, and must cnntlnuo to do so durlnc tho remnlnder of thn winter. The dlaaater reaervo of the Ited t:ro which waa plcdsed to this emergency laat Aujtnat. la not suf ficient to meet the lnctcuned de mands. 'It Is Imperative In tho tlew of the exieriencid director of the Ited frnaa that a mlnluuim uf at leant ltd, 000, 000 ho rnntrlliut'd (Continued on rago hlKiu) LEGGE GIVEN WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. (AP) Chnlrmsn Lesse ot the farm hoard waa exonerated by an Inves tigation committee of the Nntlonnl Farmnre union today of rhargrs that he told the senate agricul tural ronimlttoe the farm hoard had acted to depress thn piire ot w heat and cotton. Oal A. Wood of Kaunas, chair man of a sub-coinmlitoe sent here to Inveatlcato I.eggo's testimony, expressed confidence In tho moth oil employrd by tho board In hand- line wheat. Thn Investigation wss mnile as thn result of charge hy John A. Simpson, president of the Natlonul Farmers' union. Wood snld he believed Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, Simpson and I.eggn all hnd been perfectly frank In the controversy. It was a stntoinent hy Senator Tnomus ahnut I.ngga's testimony thnt pro clpllntcd the dispute. Argument POOR PA By Claude Callan "It took my niece a Ions time to decide between Cleorge an' Bob, but she's got real modern views an' I Imagine she'll marry both of thsw before sho's Jthroulh.a EXONERATION 13 (AP) rresldcfil Hoover Advertising Is Declared The Super-Salesmen FKATTI.r. Jnn. 1J. f AI' ) In the opinion of r.lltirrt r. Modgra of New York, prealdut of the Advertising Keilerutton of Ainerlra. all that la required to better hunl nesa conditions "la for those at the top to step out and show rout-age." Mr. Hoiljtc wss here todni to address tho Seattle advertising club. "We reached the peak of our prosperity through ad vertlrilug." he auld. "When the time came thrt we needed to redouble our efforts to stimu late new wants and a con tinued high plane of living, we did It aa concerned our aaleamrn. but our auper aalcaman advertising we put on a part time Jcls. Con sumption Is needed and sd vertlalnc la the grcnteHt stimu lant to consumption.'' TARIFF BOARD ARE APPROVED WASHINGTON. Jan. IJ. (AIM All six members appointed by Prealdenl )lnover to thn new tariff commission had senHto np provsl toilay nttor Kdgar Ilros aiird, Itepuhllcan. VLnh, was con firmed by a vole or 4 3 to SC. Lincoln IMxnn, Democrat, In diana, was quickly approved with out oppnltlon. F.lcht Democrats voted with he llepubllcan regulars tor con firmation of Hrossard, who was asealled by the I)emocrntlr-Ue-publlcan Independent coalition as "too close to tho sugar Inlrr rt." I Nine Jtopuhlican opposed Itrossnrd. Memorial Framed To Speed Building Of Rapids Project SALEM, iuti" 11 (AP) A senatn joint memorial, cullluc upon congress to hasten the pass ago of tho pending bill for con struction of the L'matlli: rapids project, waa Introduced In tho state sennto today by Senator Klddlo and was immediately adopted under auapcnxlon of the rules. The memorial la In ro sponao to a rckucst In the mes sage of fiovernor Meier, who is president ot the Umatilla Knplds association. If adopted a copy of the memorial will go to each member of the Oregon delega tion, to the chairmen of the house and sonata, committees on irrigation and reclamation, to the secretary of the lutorlor and to the roclaiuatlon commissioner. COM) WKATHKIl HITS OVKIl Ol.I MEXICO MKXICO CITY, Jan 13 .(AP) Cold weather la sweeping arrnsa most of northern and central Mexico and has carried temperatures below loro In enmo mountainous dl trlcts. The "norther" has also hashed the gulf sections and high winds, re 111 nnd anow are reported In the uplands and northern states. Weather ' The Cyclo-Slormagraph at t'n derwoods pharmacy la registering a lower barometrlo pressure to day. Indicating warmer weather The Tycns recording thermom eter registered maximum and min imum seperstures sa follows. High, 40 Low, 28 Forecast tor the next 24 hours: Cnsettled with moderate tempera tures. ONKWON: Main west and local snows east portion tonight and Wednesday, snows In the Cascade mountains, moderate I temperature. Fresh and at times strong ou(ae)H wnflt SitsUgre, APPO NT 1 1 Inaugural Ball Is a ; Brilliant j Affair SAl.UM. Ore., Jan. U (AD Ilrlnglng to a brilliant close the Inaininiatlun of Oregon's twen tieth goeruor, hundreds nf prominent tiregonlans anended the first formal Inaugural ball to bo held In the state since lnn7. a tribute to tiorernor and .Mrs. Jullua L. .Meier. Formal evening gowns of the women and the black and white of their eecorts were dotted here and there with uniforms of offi cers of the army, navy and na tional guard. Mrs. Meier wore an Imported gown of white satin with low cut back. She wore a shoulder orange of gardenlaa and carried a large arm bouquet of red roaes. LIS' GUESTS Newly elected and appointed members of the city and county sdminlarratlon were guesta of i ho Lions club at their meeting at noon today and were intro duced to the memhera of the club by Lion Howard Abbey, chairman. Kmh official made a brier talk. Thoee appearing before the Lions included Mayor Fred Cofer, City Attorney D. Bolvln. Police Chief Stanley Jones. Fire Chief. E. A. Taylor. Councilman James H. Driscoll. County Asses sor Hill Lee and District Attor ney filllenwaters. Following Mayor Cofer'a talk. Fred Hounton. president of the Lions club, gRre a congratulatory additita and nsKurcd Cofcr that If the hatchet had been out be fore. It was burled now and the .Ions would cooperate in any play thn mayor might have to develop Klamnth Falls. Houston stated that prior to the election thero niwy have been some dif ference of opinion nnd that the Lion tuny have bicked a ltrother Lion but' thnt they were willing to asslrt at any time and would welcome nny request from the new msvor. "Slim"' Ilrandt. formerly con nected with Jack Howrliig and Dewey l'owrll In sn orchestra In Casper, Wyo., aud now golf pro ut Ashland, enturlulnnd with a varied progrnin ot songs and music which wero enthusiastic ally received by tho Lions. I.KOISL.VITItK ASKKO TO ACT ON JOINT .MKMOHIAI. SALF.M. Jan. 11 (API Re ceipt ot a Wisconsin Joint reso lution to memorialize congress to rail constitutional convention on the 18th amendment, was an nounced in tho house of repre sentatives here today. The mat ter was referred without com ment to the reaolutlons committee. OFFICIALS OF 1 KUMATH ME Civil Service to Be Enforced Says Mayor Fred Cofer New Members of Commission will be Named To Succeed West, Martin, who Resigned, And Collier, Whose Term Expired The resignation of M. S. West and C. H. Martin, members of the Civil Service Commission of the city of Klamath Falls, have been accepted by Mayor Fred H. Cofer. In view of the fact that the term of Andrew Collier, the third member of the original board appoint ed by former Mayor T. B. Watters, expired approxi mately six months ago, without a successor being ap pointed, it now rests upon Mayor Cofer to appoint an entire new commission. Assurance that a new board would be named Immediately waa given In the following state ment which Cofer made this morning, "I am heartily In accord with the placing ot this city upon civil service basis. "Unfortunately, to date the amendment to the city charter, passed May 18, 12S, has never been made effective. The only thing accom,illshed tinder the amendment waa th appointing three men, West, Collier and Martin, to form a Civil SeVvlce Commission. The term of one oommlsalones . i(lred, (Mvagal AL SMITH AN APOLOGY Lucas Is Charged With Making a "False" Statement WET CARTOON IS AGAIN AN ISSUE Smith Also Says His Name Was Forged To a Telegram WASHINGTON. Jan. IS. (AP) Alfred E. Smith. democratic presidential candidate in 192 has written Senator Wagner. democrat. New York, saying the repuhll an national committee owed him an apology for "per mitting" Itohrrt H. Lucas to dis tribute SOU. (100 coiile of a wet I cartoon carrying a "false" :ate nienl. Smith' Letter I'.ead I Lucas, executive director of ) the national committee, has testl I fled before the senate campaign I funds committee that ho person ally paid for the cartoons anil had them distributed in Nebras ka, against Senator Norris, re publican Independent, and In other states acalr.st democratic senatorial candidates. Former Governor Smith's let ter was resd before the Nye committee today on suggestion of Senator Wagner, a member of the committee. Force! ritAtement lned ' "I have hern following testimony betore tne ye com (Continued On page Eight) CHICAGO. Jan. U (AP) Robert L. Cnntwell. Sr.. a mem- lier of the legal staff defending) eo V. Ilrothers, asserted today that he was a witnesa of the killing of Alfred Jske Lingle last June 9 nnd Ilrothers was not the assassin. Called into conference with the St. Louis gunman's attor-1 noy. Cantwell satd from his own viewpoint ho was convinced of 1 Brothers' innocence for hn him-1 self had seen the Tribune re-! porter shot down In the Michigan boulevard pedestrian tunnel. He ' mM hn h.il nanir been called hv the prosecution. The slayer. Cantwell declared, had a cauliflower right ear. Brothers was Indicted for the murder yesterday, and after wards was transferred from s socret hiding place to tho county jail, where tor the first time since his capture December 21 he was allowed to see his mother and attorneys. months ago and so aucceesor was named. "It la my Intention to appoint a new commissioner immediately and Impress upon the members the Importance ot their position. It Is my further Intention to have them start Immediately to prepare rules and regulations for th appointment and control ot the various employes coming nnder their Jurisdiction, "1 feel that the will ot the voters should be carried ont In this respect snd I shall appoint a new commission and start It on s working basis as soon sn Boaelijle," b oonoluded. GANG LAWYER SAW KILLING Georges And She. was In the company of George Carprntler, (left, former French heavywellit title challenger, bnt that didn't deter four bandits from robbing Mrs. Ufa. tirey Chaplin (right) of more thnn SIO.OOO In Jewelry and cash, according; to a story which she told to New York police. Mr. Chaplin, who Is the former wife of Oiarleaj Chaplin, screen comedian, reported that she and Carpentlrr were whisked away In her own car at the point of revolvers at night after they had come out of the theater where she wa appearing In vaudeville. IRE MONEY FOR MINIONS OF DRY LAIN WASHINGTON. Jan. IS (AP) Large Increases for enforce ment of nrohibltlon and Immi gration lawa were Included v the 1135.73S.8SS supply bill the state. Justice, labor and com merce departments reported to day to the house. An Increase of $2,369,500 al lowed by the house appropria tions committee for 500 addi tional agents in the prohibition bureau resulted In the filing ot a minority report by Representa tive Tinkhsm, republican, Mass achusetts. la all the prohibition bureau was allotted $11,369,000 for the next fiscal year. The labor department figure was 1 .1. s 0.00 0. with an in crease of more than one million for deportation ot aliens and other immigration bureau uses. The total for the four depart ments wm S2.441.Q0O below hudget estimates, bnt $5,3S1."00 above total expenditures for the l.TCscnt fiscal year. w.WfEs T DENVKK. Jan. 13 (AP) Threat of another suit to block the working operation of the new Insurance rates ot the Woodmen of the World, with headquarters at Denver, was made todsy at a meeting of delegates railed to readopt rates enacted at the Oakland. Calif., meeting of the organliation two years ago. The Colorado supreme court recently ruled the altered Insur ance rates were not constitution ally adopted because the Oak- laud meeting failed to specify the exact vote. John J. McCue ot Boise. Idaho, leader of the faction opposing the change, said if the present convention ratifies the legisla tion ot the Oakland meeting in 19 28. another snit probably will b tiled to block its operation. Informal approval of the en tire Oakland legislation had been given today and a finnl vote wsb to be taken later in the day. Congressman W. C. Hawley of Oregon, chairman of the Denver Woodmen's board of bead man agers, acted as chairman ot the convention. Washington Law Makers Receive Many Tax Bills OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. IS A P) Membership ot house com mittees and the contest of 21 bills embodying th finding of the ad Tlaory tax commission were awaited by Washington's legisla tor on th second day ot the session. With th "youngster bloc" In control In the tower branch, led by th newly elected speaker, Edwin J. Templeton, committee assignments were forecast to In clude changes from those ot the lti session. Speaker Temple ton said last night they would be given out today. Tux recommendations lit par ticular the Income tax and the sales tax proposals were the sub ject ot Informal overnight da bate by the legislators in thlr hotel; and reoma, 0 RE SUIT Lita Robbed ' NtA New York Bureau Straus Rests In a Box Of Pine Boards NEW YORK. Jan. 1J. (AP) The body ot Nathan Strang, phil anthropist, was carried to a grave today In plain box of white pine boards. Instead of a huge fortune be left behind him the love of the needy and suffering, on' whom he lavished most ot the wealth be earned as a merchant. Eight Jewish policemen bore the pine coffin through throngs which filled Temple Emanuel and crowded Fifth Avenue for blocks. Benny Leonard, former lightweight boxing champion, walked beside John D. Rockefel ler, Jr.. among the honorary pall bearers. There was no eulogy In the simple fnneral service. Psalms were read and Prof. William Lyon Thelps of Yale read a fact ual biographical sketch of his friend. He told ot the rise of the young immigrant boy to the rank of merchant prince and said the financier's "idea of a 'quick turnover was where the money came swiftly Into his hands anil was swiftly turned over Into the bands ot the poor." Auction Ordinance Is Held As Invalid SALEM, Jan. 13. (AP) A Portland city ordinance which at tempted to prohibit auction sales of Jewelry was held invalid in an opinion of the supreme court to day, written by Justice Belt. It was a test suit brought against the city by Carl Korber. The opinion affirms Judge Tucker ot the circuit court for Multnomah county. It seems to tbe court after a survey ot the authorities." says tha opinion, "that th business of vending Jewelry is not inherent ly and necessarily pernicious." LATTE DISSEXTIOX MARKS CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. ( API Concreiwlonal conferee- M- aareetl today on the si 5,000,000 loans to drought stricken farmers ate conferees announced he wonlri senate tomorrow. TWO VOLCANOES IN ERUPTION SAN ANTONIO PE LOS COI1RES, Argentina, Jan. 18. (AP) Two yplranoea In a AO mil area today. They were snooting hot water and mud upon the little Til lages at their feet. A 15-yer-olil girt was reported killed, her brother was missing ami numbers of sheep and llamas perished. "FATHER Of GERMAN REICHSTAG" DEAD Ml'ENSTER, Westphalia, tierninny, Jnn. 18. (A I'). ...Carol Hrrold, "Father of the (ierman Reichstag," died hero today at the ago of 819. ile had been for 43 years a member of the Prussian Diet and for 8:1 a member of the Keirhstug, and was honorary president of tho Centrist party. SH.VW'8 FIRST TALKIE DISAPPOINTING LONDON, Jan. 18. (AP) llrrruml Shaw's first talkie, "How Ho Lied to Her Husband," was presented In London yesterday for the first time hut fell flat. The critics with hardly an rseeptlon con demned it with such mljertlrrs aa melancholy, dull, stagey, disap pointing, tedious, and lifeless. HOl'SK FAVORS DOMESTIC MATERIALS WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. (AP) The) house toduy adopted n proposal to reqnlre the army to purchase for use in th Unite, I States only those articles made from domestically produced raw materials. The limitation was written into the war department sap ply hill for the next fiscal year by a vote of fia to 18 on th nation ot Repreaentatlvo Taber, Republican, New York. STOCKHOLDERS FILE SI IT NEWARK, X. J Jnn. 18. (AP) Four ci.iniu.ui at.x klioloVrs of tbe Bethlehem Steel corporation today brought suit in chancery court for tho return of ilfl,408,t.tfl alleged to have been paid out, ha bonne f ffMata sf the company else 111. SENATORS TAKE RAP AT Timber Lands On Indian Reservation Cause of Verbal Conflict . SUPERVISOR REPLY TO GIVES CRITICS Expert Says AH States Headed For Forest Bankruptcy WASHINGTON, Jan. 1$, (AP, Verbal conflict between Indian bureau officials and aenators marked renewal of hearings today before the senate Indian commit tee on sale of timber ot the Klam ath reservation In Southwest Ore gon. "It la apparent to any layman going ont to the Klamath reserva tion that statements mad here about 'sustained yield' being prac ticed there are bunk." declared Senator Pine, republican, Okla homa. Indian bureau representatives registered strong objection. Senator Frailer, republican, North Dakota, said the report of Lee Muck, forester on dnty la the Klamath territory, predicted the timber resources ot the region would be wiped out In a few years if present methods continued. On behalf ot the 1045 Indians on the reservation, Mr. and Mrs. D. Wad Crawford, delegates, ob jected "to selling our timber on long term contracts wUtSa the market is down." Asserting IS companies are bow operating in the Klamath timber stand, Crawford contended "It something Is not don In th near future, the lumbermen and the Continued on rage Fight), Portrait, of Past ' Governors Called "Hollow Daubs" SALEM. Jan. 11 (AP) Many ot th "so-called" portraits of past governors hanging on th walls ot the state capltol are "hollow daubs." purchased hl annually by the state at 6 each. Senator W. F. Woodward ot Multnomah county told tho senate today. He was comment ing on a resolution that was in troduced providing for on sen ator and two representatives to arrange for a portrait of th late Governor Patterson. "If we are to have thesaf por traits," Woodward continued, "let's have them a little morn approaching th semblance of art." -T- SPECIAI GRAXD JCTtY COMPELLED TO IXEOESS MEDFORD. Ore.. Jan. II (A P) Th special grand Jury In vestigating the liquor raid death of Everett Dahack ot Eagle Point, adjourned today until to morrow because of the Illness et Willis W. More, assistant prose cutor, who Is suffring from a severe cold. NEWS' appropriation proposed for food and Chairman atones of tha Sen report tho disagreement to th near hero reported In eruption BUREAU