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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1931)
Colorful Ceremony to Mark Modoc Field Dedication Today's News Today All tb or lb Klsniatb Ussia, fur olsbsd dally by spclsl correspondent did competent staff of local reporters. Na tional, aiala aud world osws by Assoelatsd Hrses ind Uollsd Press leassd wire. . Final City Edition Itsrald subscribers who (all to rsoelva (heir pa port by 1:30 p. m. ar requested la rail lb Herald boslnea office, Phoa Hull, and a papnr will ba tent at one by spe cUl earrlar. Price Five CenU KLAMATH FALLSORE., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931 -mow... i.w rn JV 1 AX' -- I--1? Number 6724 sssssssssssssssssassass I m a a at mm II VX I J I I II II Editorials on tht Day's News By FRANK JKNKINH Tf anrona bad told your grsnd- father (hat a coupl of bora would PLY from Japan to the Pariris Coait of lb I'nlttd State, without paualng oo the way, ba would hat laughed scornfully, asserting tbat l( couldn't bo dona. But It HAH BEEN don, .a CO don't ba too skeptical when gom wild-eyed opllmlat talla yon tbat In tlmo w shall laarn how to prarsnt bualnaaa dspree alona. with all tbalr accompanying grief, and arsn how to PHE VFJNT POVERTY. nANOBORN and Ilarndon wara lucky. Thar didn't gat an obstruction In t'aelr Oil or gaao lln Una. Tbalr apark pluga alood up. Nona of tha numer eua thlnga tbat ran ao aaally atop a gaaollna angina ocrurrad. nut baraua they war lucky doesn't, Diaan tbat air navigation of th wlda rarlflo la at hand. H Isn't yet. Commercial oarlgallon of th rarlflo by air moat bar mora than luck to depend on, -e a CTILL. don't forgot tbat tb Atlantic was flrat rroaaad by Colnmbui In thro llttla Taaaala hardly Urg tnongh to maka a lifeboat for a modern ocean lin er, three little vessels that got orr berauao they wrj lucky In mixing bad storms. All th tremeadoui trans-At-lantle traffic, of today has follow cd tbat flrat loky voyage, a e CI KAKINQ of lurk, there b Wsnstrhee, where th filer came down. On Sunday It waa hardly known off th Pacific Coast Today, Its nam baa been apread all orer the world. Ask Earl Reynolds or any chamber of commerce secretary anywhere, and he will tell yon tbat la BEAT. LUCK. a e "TOTAL paid admissions to th Oregon alate fair this year amounted to 141.641, which la about fir par cant leaa 'than th total for laat year. It la probable that th difference la accounted for by rain on th laat day thla year, for It poured at Salem all day Sunday. a e A TOTAL of 101.771 peopl paid I475.SU to r tha flrat three games of tha world's aeries. That I quit a lot of money In this yrar when peopl (Continued on Pag Three) License Examiner To Be Here Oct. 9 Al Roustaau, alate examining officer for chauffeurs and oper atora llcenaea, will return to Klamelli Falls on October I to continue examination'. II will be atatloned In the council room of tho city hall during tha houra of 8:00 until 6:00 o'clock on October . 10, 11. and 13. ac cording to an announcement from the police bureau. Tale of Torture Is Told By Victim ST. PAUL, Oct. i (p)Tor tured and beaten, Morris Put man, !7, women's dross shop proprietor, wss released by his kidnapers early today aftor be ing held prisoner three daya at a Wbllo Bear laka cottage noar her. From a hospital bed where he waa taken after making hla way home, Rutman aald a gang of seven men and a woman had poured alcohol over his body, then touched matches lo It, burn ing him seroroly. They demanded a ransom of (60,000, be said. Chief of Police Thomas A. Tlrown said, however, $10,000 was denisnded for his froedom hut "not one cent was paid." Friends reported some money hsil boon paid by rolatlves but this could not be vorlflod, ' Rutman was abducted from his home Momlsy night as he chatted with his wire. A masked man, - Flawing. Distal, ordered LAKEV1EW ROAD PART OF FIVE Spaulding Suggest Use of Million Dollars on Enterprise. Decision on Short-Cut to Be Held Up for Ainsworth. SALEM. Oct. I. (JP Decision of the etal highway commission on the two proposed routes from Portland to the roaal, which ware urged by a delegation from tha fir north weatern counties of the tale, will bo made aa soon aa consideration can b glren th propoaala by J. C. Alnaworth. new member of the commission. Alnaworth, who acted aa tempo rary chairman. Bald ha would glr the matter careful consider ation and eipresa an opinion within a few days. In commenting npon tha Wil son Klrer and tha Vrrnonla-llam-let rouiea, aa urged by delega tions, Alnaworth eald h would alao giro conalderatlon to possible federal aid. Hand labor, at Hi la time, he aald, may not giro more than SV per cent efficiency, and this laau would alao be consid ered. Faroe IKIey Tha aew member aald h would faror a delay In actual construc tion until tha "turn of th year," and than bar some larg com pany do the work, at the same (Continued on Pag Two) WASHINGTON. Oct. . (IP) A plea by President lloorer that natlona neither lend nor borrow eicept for reproductlra purposes today brought (00 delesatea to the fourth Pan-American com mercial conference to their feet with applause. Recalling a atatement he made before th same conference In 1117. the president maintained such a step would help prerent wsr, International embarrass ment! and economic complica tions. Ihl. inrf.v " he M "becana had It been followed during these past fir years our problems throughout the world would be fsr different, our dif ficulties Infinitely less." As th president concluded, delegates from tl countries of tha weatern hemisphere roio to their foot. Their applause con tinued unabated for more than a minute. The president wsi Introduced by Secretary LamonU Sir John Monash, War Leader, Dies MELBOURNE. Australia. Oct. I, (Pi GCnernl Sir Monash, who commanded the 3rd Australian division In Krone during the war, Is desd at as. He directed th repatriation and demobilisation of Australian forces In Kurope, Africa end AaI after tha signing of th Armistice. of Kidnaping him from the house and forced him Into an automobile, where Rutman related . today, thro other men walled. They boat him orer th head trussed him with rope, and cov ered, blm on the floor of th car with a blanket, he aald. As near as ha could determine, he was taken to a cottage near Whits Roar lake, whero thro men and a 'woman waited. They tortnred him when he refused to talk, he said. The woman treated tha burn and bandaged his leg and shoulder which were severely burned. Rutman refused to reveal what arrangements, If - any, were made for hla release. Upon his relosso, the ab ductors took him by automobile to the northwest residential dis trict of St. Paul and threw him from tha car. Barefooted, he be gan walking, but was Boon picked up and taken home by a passing motorist, Ho wss then tsken to buspttsj. : PROJECT PLAN Plans Completed For Dedication of New Athletic Field Modoc field dedication plans are complete today. All that re mains Is tha passing of 24 hours and then Klamath's football war rlora will rlsah with Aahland hlsh's eleven following spectacu lar ceremonies msrklng the of ficial dedication Friday after noon. Thursday afternoon, following an aasembly at the high school, students prsrtlced their stunt for the game. Ham Dolau, Corrallla, dlatlogulahed football official and eporlaman. will arrlv arly Krl day morning. Friday al 1:30 p. m. a pa rade will start from Fourth snd Main and march to Modoe field. Th Klamath Union high school band will lead the line of march and will be followed by Hsttery 11, lOth Coast Artillery. Klsm atb'a unit of lb national guard, and Battery II. 24th Coast Ar tillery of Aahland. Th Klamath Fells Musicians' sand will lake part. Service clubs will inarch. In Striking Textile Workers Stopped in March to City Hall. . LAWRENCE. Mbm.. Oct t. (JP) Miss Kdllh Berkman, com mun lat leader, waa arrested for the aecond auccesslre day aa ah led a column of 1.100 striking textile workers towsrd the court house, whero she wss to be arraigned to day. She had been arrested yes terday for apeaking without t per mit, and waa at liberty In !00 ball. Miss Rerkmsn, an organiser of the communist Nsllonal Textile Workeraa' nnlon, participating with other unions In a strike of 1,000 Lawrence mill operatlrea against a 10 per cent wage reduc tion, had led her followers from a lot about a bslt mile from the court bona to th common. Near the scene of her arrest yesterday, Mies Rerkmsn turned and shouted to the marchers: "Fellow workers! on to th court house. As she shouted and exhorted her followers, policemen eel red her on a charge of disturbing the pease, and escorted ber the re mainder of th distance to th court house. Practically every milt In the city waa shut down todsy. As th policemen moved to ward the court house they were followed by a howling mob. but on arrival, a detail of 75 police pushed the mob back onto the common. Hunter Runs From Scene After Youth Receives Wound LAKEVIEW An unidentified youth was accldently shot a few dsys ago by a hunter whllo hunt ing on tha west sldo of Goose Lake. Tho hunter suddenly stepped but of tha brush and shot, snd, upon discovering his mistake Im mediately ran. The bullet struck the lad In the side but tho wound wss not a serious one. A searching psrty Immedlstely started In pursuit hut failed to capture th man who fired the shot. Battery To Fall In at 12:30 Friday On account of th Modoc field dedication parade Battery I. S40th Coast Artillery, will fall In at the Armory at 11:30 p. m. Friday Instead of 1 o'clock, Lieut. T. I). Case, In command, stated Thursday, WEATHER 'Th Crclo-Stormagraph at Un derwood's Pharmacy Is register ing a slightly lower barometric pressure today, ' howerer the change Is not enough to Indicate unsettled weather. The Tycos recording thermo meter registered maximum and minimum temperatures aa fol lows: High 0 Low 28 Forecast for next 24 hours: Generally fair with brisk winds. not much change In temperature. OnEGON: Fair tonight and Friday: frost tonight; continued low humidity: niodornt north wind offshore, tbalr respective groups, esrh carrying a placard designating the organisations nsme. The high school students, who will be dismissed at 1:15 p. m , will complete the line of march. Hoy Scouts, the American Le gion and stste and city police will aaslsl In hsndllng the crowd and In lb parking of care. iluslneas bouses of th city will b closed for th gam. Th pared la scheduled to ar rlv at th field al 1 o'clock. Dob (iellasber, president of th Klamath Union nigh school stu dent body; E. O. Hall, represent ing the cltiiens of Klamath county, and Ssm Dolsn will each make abort talks preceding the flsg raising whtcn w;if mark th official dedication. Th two na tional guard unlta, ..saslated by the high school band, will raise the flsg. Official soursnlr programs have been printed and will be dlatrlbated at the game. The (Contlnned on Page Two) Joe Lillard Out o Tilt SEATTLE, Oct (, UP) Jo Lillard, sensational negro half back on the University of Oregon football team, will not be per mitted to piny against tb Univer sity of Washington Huskies bar Saturday, Professor II. C. How, chairman of tb Oregon faculty athletle committee. Informed Weshlngton officials tod-. Professor Howe said tb action wss voluntarily taken by Oregoa following the filing of Informa tion against Llllard's amateur standing with Jonathan Bctler. aew athletic commissioner of the Pscific Coast conference. Charges were understood to be that Lil lard played professional baseball with Ullkerson'a Colored Giants in the Middle West. Professor Howe said Lillard would not be permitted to play nntll the matter "la straightened out." Professor Hsrry Mclntyre, chslrmsn of the Washington fac ulty athletic committee, follow ed with the announcement that "Washington did not protest Lil lard." JAP if IIS TEIPIXa, China. Oct. S. dPt J. G. Thompson. British manager of Pelplng-Mukden railroad, re ported today that 12 Japanese airplanes had dropped 35 bombs on the town of Chin-Chow. ISO miles south of Mukden. Inflicting an undetermined number of cas usltles. He ssld the bombs were chiefly directed at the university build ings, which temporarily house tha headquarters of the Msnchur Ian provincial government. One bomb was said to have hit a railroad service csr, and killed two Chinese servants, while an other struck a locomotive shed. Telegraphic communications with the town was interrupted School Head at Sisters Is Dead BENO, Ore., Oct. . W) Clydo T. Bonney, school super intendent at Sisters, dropped dead at his home last night from a heart attack. Ho wag formerly school superintendent of Wasco county. While attending Univers ity of Oregon he won consider able renown as a rootoaii piayer. 25 Carloads Potatoes Klamath's annual . potato crop is being harvested at the present time and Is being sent to the California markets at the rat of abont 25. carloads a day now, railroad : officials state. Tho cars are most of them be ing loaded' on th Klamsth-Ai-turas Southern ' Pacific line sta tions at Stukel, Merrill, Malone, Tula Lak and Hagof, and are muted througn Klamath Falls to th Canadian line. Heavy digging of th million dollar crop is expected to start in about a week. County Agent C. A. Henderson states. There Is bellovod lo. fctrampla atom la- EARNSHAW S HOPE OF n Y Mackmen Confident They Will Take Contest From Redbirds. Pepper Martin Figures Prominently in Discussions. IltXLETIX BT. LOUIS, Oct. 1. OP) Conn! Mack and his Philadel phia Athletics arrived here on their special train at I:i4 (C 8. T.) this afternoon for th Ixtb gam of tb world aeries, tomorrow. Tbey were met at th station by several hundred fans who shouted: "Whst are yoa going to do about Pepper Martin " ST. LOUIS. Oct. g. OPr Pepper Martin was th hero of a crowd of several thousand thst milled around the Union elation as the high flying v Cardinals arrived bom today for th final gam or game of the world series. It wss It or 20 minutes before the players could be unloaded because of th rush of the SL Louis fans to get at their hero. Rest of Team Ignored Hallahan. Crimes and other Cardinals were virtually ignored by th crowd which broke thru th police llo" and started to take Pepper Martin apart. They attempted, to hoist hiai.to their shoulders, bat Pepper stack to hla wife, and th crowd derided not to attempt to lift both of , them into the air. : All the way out of the station the fans cheered and yelled for i Martin, patting his shoulder and , engaging in omer anucs 01 aauis tlon. Derrinarr to Pitch The team was due at Sports man's Park this afternoon for practice. Manager Gabby Street, on ar rival, announced Paul Derringer, tho young giant from the Ken tucky hills, will be given another chance at the Athletics tomorrow when the sixth and possibly de ciding game is plsyed. Andy High will bo at third base. The Csrds took It for granted that George Earnsbaw would be Connie Mack's pitcher tomorrow. By ALAS GOULD (Associated Press Sports Writer) EXROUTE TO ST. IX3UI8 WITH ATHLETICS. Oct. s. OP) The world chsmpion Athletics sped westward today tor the con cluding world series) drama, looking and acting Ilk anything but a club possibly on th verge of being shorn of It's title. They must win the sixth game tomorrow at St. Louis to pro long the fight but they are al ready talking about the fun tbey will have with th Cardinals In the seventh and deciding con test. To a msn they consider the sixth game and another dead lock theirs for the simple reaion they do not see how George Liv ingston Earnshsw can lose. Confidence In Karnahaw ' Connie Mack rmiles and says Yea. I hare a lot of confidence In George." The players jhink Earnshaw certainly Will pitch Fri day and If he wins, they regard it likely the tamoua right-bander will start the serenth gsme Sat urday, with Lefty Cror in re serre both dsys. Th way 1 look at It," said Mickey Cochrane today, "Earn shsw has shown he can over power the Cardi that Is, all but this Martin. He has shown he en do the Iron man stunt. ' He told me yesterdny he felt like pitching.' He pitched successive ( Continued on rage of Klamath Shipped Daily cllltles tor handling this year's Until the present time most of ih nntntoes were duff for Im mediate shipment but storage Is now being started. Last year 201S carloads went ont by train and about 200 cars were shipped by truck. - Henderson estimates that abont 2400 carloads will be shipped this season. Mr. Seuw of tho agriculture development department of the Southern Pacific, with a photog rapher. Is expected to arrive In Klamath Falls Thursday or Fri day to take pictures of tho In dustry in this section and gather data for -advertising purpose.. Innocent Man Released . . asfcTxCpassaTW-,it,,jii as leTJUa, Xmm P J ' " 1 V Si far i .7s a I " . ' 7 C ilieU;.. -... , Jn La Twenty-three years after being Innocently sent to prison for murder. Jesse Lucas, left. Is sees above being welcomed back to Monnt Carmel, III., by Mayor T. B. Wright. Lucas was freed when a former neighbor, George Pond, made a death-bed confession, ad mitting tb crime. Lucas' horn and all his relatives are gone. He will live In the mayor's home. Now They Will Blame Static for Crooked Furrows NOBLESVILLE, Ind.. Oct t OP) It may not be long now before farmers throughout the country will be doing their ploughing by radio. J. J. Lynch of Mile City, Mont, demonstrated this pos sibility yesterday by plowing around a 20-acr field with a tractor operated by radio Two hundred -expert eteetrietans, radio operators and business men from most of ha central states, witnessed the demon 'ration. They said ft waa . first time In history thst a tractor, so operated, had actually plowed ground. The tnachln carried three 1 1-Inch plows with a key board operated In an automo bile 20 feet behind th tractor. Lynch started the tractor with on key. adjusted the clutch with another, guided It with a third one and regulated the speed of tho engine with still another. PACIFIC FLIERS SEATTLE, Oct t. PI Clyde Pang born and Hugh Herndon, Jr., trans-Pacltie filers, narrow ly escaped serlons Injury today when tha automobile which brought them here from Wenat che was crowded oft the moun tain highway and the car direct ly behind them overturned. The car carrying the filers plowed about SO feet through a ditch before regaining the road. The accident occurred three miles east of North Bend on this side of Snoqualmle Pass when a motorcycle policeman, waiting be side the road moved into the caravan directly in front of the filers' automobile. The filers' chauffeur swung oft to the right Into the ditch to avoid striking the motorcyclist. Patrolman Earl Henry, The filers resched Boeing Field here at 1:20 p. m. and were to head, a parade through the city streets at 2:4& p. m. Hay ward Speaks To Kiwanians at Weekly Luncheon Walter L. Hayward. regional scout executive, was the speak' er of the day at the regular weekly Klwanls luncheon at the Hotel Willard Thursday, when Hal Mallory presided as chair man. . President George Cunning ap pointed Paul Jackson Bert Thomas and Oscar Peyton as nominating committee to name candidates for the offices in th cluh for the eomtne year. Henry Perkins returned from Ksmas City. Missouri wher h visited with his mother and pre sented President Cunning with a pebble which came from the top of the grave of Jessie James, at Excelsior Springs, Mo. . fivin, avn i: a mvPFR WASHINGTON, Oct 8, (UP) Negotiations between the Unit ed States and Canada to formu late a treaty under which- th International St. Lawrence sea way project will be carried out will begin Immediately, the state department announced last night 01 CORPORATION fT TAKING SHAPE W 1 a Restless Night Spent by Aged Inventor; Can't Notice Change. ' WEST ORANGE. Oct. t, JP) Thomas A. EdUon spent a very restless night, but did not appear to be weaker today. His physician. Dr. Hubert S. Howe, announced in bis morning bul letin. . "Mr. .Edison passed a very restless night,"- the bulletin read. "He ate a fair breakfast, and does not appear to be weaker than last night Hi ritallty Is amazing." iadoally Weakening?. Dr. Howe said ordinarily he would be able to predict when a patient in Edison's condition wonld slip Into the coma preced ing death. In the case of Mr. Edison, howerer, he ssld, such a prediction was impossible. Dr. Howe said although nls ex amination did not reveal that Ed ison was any weaker today, still it was only natural to -suppose thst In tsct the inventor was con' stantly If very gradually weaken' Inf. Noted Friends Call Lawrence Richer, one of Presi dent Hoover's secretaries, tele phoned the Edison borne and re quested that the White Heme be notified of any changes in his con dition. Henry Ford and Harvey Fire stone, close friends and fellow va cationists of the inventor, also telephoned constantly and In quired about bis condition. Edison Shot, Fired LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Oct. , (IP) Thomas A. Edison, who worked as a telegraph operator here In (Continued on Pag Two) Hope of Finding Fliers Cwen Up PARRSBOUO. N. ' S., Oct 2 (IP) Searchers held no hope to day of finding two German ship- to-shore mall pilots alive in tne mud flats of Cobequld Bay, wher they crashed early Tuesday. The wreckage of their plane, New York, was located yester day by Lieutenant Leigh, Cana dian filer, and later bits of smashed wings, a customs mani fest and Bremen passenger nsis wore found strewn oft Economy Point. . . LATE STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct for literature was awarded today lyrlo poet lEDISDW IS SLOMY SIG NEW YORK, Oct- 8. (AP) The federal reserve ?' ".",'. York today raised Ita rediscount rate to a Mi per cent, from If J.i ) per cent. 'V'i'. ' ' CHIC.UiO. Oct. 8. (AP) Federal Ju.lge Jame H. WUkera 1 J- overruled a defense objection today and permitted th gorernmerjj to begin the presentation of erldeoce through which It Intends tl show thst Alphonse t'apone admitted an Income tax liability yei 1 and a half ago and tried to re department. wnsHiVfiTOV. Oct. 8. AP) cos la Washington. Saturday, December , to nominal a Candida I for speaker ana otner House oiuc . irj "r- - Irmto Kep. Garner, Texas, for the speakership. Tlwy alao will ele a floor leader, a whip and candidate for the offices of door keepv , House clerk and er geant-at-arn is. f GREAT CREDIT f 4S-lrour Limit Is Placed on Formation by Bankers. Stocks Rise Generally In Response to -Move. , NEW TORK. Oct I. (JPt A rising tide of buying orders rolled prices upward on the security markets today coin cident with news that bank ers forming the fS0O.000.00O discount company expected tb huge project to be Incorporat ed witbia 4 honrs. Active stocks soared 12 to f g or more. Bonds, especially railroad loans, moved upward with an alacrity which was most encouraging to Wall Street Wheat and corn advanced a couple of cents a bnshel. Cot ton, too, waa higher. WASHINGTON, Oct t, JP) I President Hoover's plan to ease tha financial atraln on tho na tion's banks moved swiftly today toward actual operation. He was Informed by Governor Harrison of th Now Tork red eral Reserve bank that th pro-l posed 1500,000,000 credit cor poratlon was expected to ba In corpora ted within 48 hour am that details of th complete proposal wonld be laid bafor every clearing house and bank log group In th country at once The plana contemplate a direr tor for tha Institution from each of the twelve federal reserve! districts. Its operations will b national. Meanwhile, ' It was disclose' the plan had been discussed b the president with a group e New York bankers Sunday nigh at Secretary Mellon's apartmen and that they agreed upon 1 then. Official declined to sa what bankers attended the con terence. Plan Moves Ahead While th bankers expect i t have their organisation eomplet ed soon It was described s hardly possible to put the plari in operation in that time. The plan presented by Presl dent Hoover to amend the fed eral reserve act to permit broad er classes of paper to be eligioi for rediscount at federal reerv4 banks waa said to b designs to replace and take over th work to be carried on by th (Continued on Page Two) WASHINGTON. Oct I. (A William Trier Page, clerk of th'. house of representatives, todas refused to giro a District of Co j lumbla grand Jury tho original reports of campaign expenditure, filed with him by Bishop Jamejj . Cannon Jr. U Page explained to the gran f Jury that the houso was not i, session, and its rule problblteir' ; him from surrendering Its record' . 'r ' without specific authorisation. The Jury Is lnvestigatlufy ' charges that Bishop Cannon r'"rj;"fc, lated the corrupt practice act Hi f. . i : . , r, .nnMa n- 1 I certain antl-Bmlth political 3 pcndltures In 1928. V5 NEWS 8. (AP) The 11 Nobel pris 1, to Dr. Krle Axel Karfeldt, Bwedis fTr ' 'J tB , awn a srtcicmrni wu ""', tl The Hons Democrats will rai 14
