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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1931)
I f Today's News Today All III new or lb Klamath IImId, fur alahad dally by special correspondent olid competent staff of 1001 reporters. Na tional, ataia Bud world news ly Associated I'ree and United Prjaes lad wire. Final City Edition fl aid subscriber who tall to rscelv til ir paper by f:30 p. as. ara requaated to all tlia llaraid kualnaaa office, Paou tD. aad a papar will b aanl al one by spe oal rarrlar. Trice Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1931 Number 6733 n nn no nji JL lawn n UVUAiliV UUYJ UVJU u t3 u - Editorials on ths Day's News lly HUNK JKNKlMt )AIIM RUTH rant mo lo tha movie ao b lalla an Inter viewer In Ioa Angel. II mli ht burl hta ye, cud If li hurt hi re h would fall down on bom runa. And. b eey. ha LOVES lo go lo lb movlea. a 11C can't danra. Tbat might burt bla lag a, and after you'vo knocked a long ' on II lan't bom ma unlll you'v run It out. It you'r going" lo luak speed around tha baaaa, Jroa'v got lo bar good laga. , Bab ays b loves lo danca, a a a TIB aa't gambla, for tbal wouldn't look rlgbt to lb cash eaatotner and lb baaaball riar would object. II can't rid In airplane, baraaa bla con tract won't permit It II can't awlm, bcau tbal would maan exposing btroialf to ruld. and when you'v got cold you'r off your gatna. Tb raab cuatomara don't pay to tha Bab off bla gam. a a a 'T'llESB responsibilities of lb . great ara terrlbla. They can't do thla. and Ibay can't do that. Their litre ara Just on long round of denying ihemselve lha thlnta Ibay raally want. W little people, who haven't any particular raaponalbllllla to ll up to. aaem lo b about lha only one who can afford to bat good lira. a piaURES from . 11 eollag. r scattered all ovo lb country, anna of them largo and aoma of them email, abow a total regula tion thla year of S.l. aa compared wlib 14.071 for tba earn school laat year. Th depression don't seem to ba affecting lha demand for rduratloa. a a VVMO baa suffered moat from tb depralon lha durst rd man, or the man without an education? Tbat queatlon la hard lo a newer, and to far the. slstlstl nana, with their aharp pencil, hatrn't given u any figure bearing on It. But at Iraat thla can b aald: (Continued on Pag roar), Klamath Joins in Paying Tribute to Thomas A. Edison Klamath Tall Joined tha rent of tha nation Weiineaday In pay ing homage to the memory of Thnniae A. Edlaon. Appropriate exercises were presented In the rlty schools, while certain local iitorea and all office In tba Klamath ennnty court houss wera closed from 11:30 unlll .1:30 o'clock. A apodal memorial program. rnneUUng of moving pictures of Edison's lllo and work, will ha presented Sunday evening at lh Community Congregational church, according lo an an nouncement Irom Rot. T. Davla rrvalon, paator. KAHTIKJl AKK KELT ROME. Oil. 21, (P) A alight earthquake which lasled flva eec onds win felt hero thla morning, hut liter wu no damage. 11 waa the flrat In flva yeara. Mrs. Hall Conducts Final . Session of Tha final lonelon of The Eve ning Herald and The Klamath Now cooking achool and homo economic expoattlon waa con ducted In the high achool audi torium at I o'olock thla after noon with Mr. Ethel M. Hall, Man Fronclaco Call-Bulletin eco nomic epert, In chnrge. Ber ornl hundred women attended the event, at the cloae of which grand priiea wero awarded. Mr. Hnll apoke on bridge luncheon, giving her auditor many new hint for retreuruerit, dncnrntlnn and brldgo prlie. Demonatrntlona of lh nrnptirtt llon of meat, flh and fowl, lirltlga aet-Hp and Hie proper method of tnhle aervlce, were fenturo of t,he altt-rnoon. . Mr. Inll will go from Klam ath Kali" to Medford, and then to Itoaoliurg, to conduct similar clKo and domonitrntlon. Here la the menu for the cock tail hroakfnat, Introduced In Klamath Knlla tor the flrat tlmo by Mm. tlnll nt Tuuaday ovo jvUtf'a aeuloa p tba acliooli EDISON IS LAID T E All Nation Mourns Death of Inventor; Rites , . are Simple, . T"t Glowing Praise Voiced by Speaker; Mrs.,. Hoover Present WERT ORANOE, N. J., Ocl. II (Al In tha drawing room of tb apaclona, Victorian asanelon where h bad lived for many years, a almpla tribute waa paid today lo one of America great- eat peace lima bero Thomaa Klva Edlaon. Thar assembled bin family and bla friend lo bid btra faro- well, with lb mualc, tb poetry. and tb flowera that b lovad. Tb wlf of tb prealdent of lb United State, whom tb In ventor counted among bla friend, waa present, but tber wa about tb funeral Uttl of tb (lately caramony on would aaaoclat with lb obsequies of a man of world wid fame. Favotit Hoags Sana; Tb aerric opened with two of Edlaoa'a fsvorlt aongs Utile Grey Horn In tb Weal" and "I'll Taka You Horn Again, Kathleen." played on lb vio lin by bla old frland and baa!- naaa associate. Arthur U WaUh. Thar waa mor of bla favorlt mualc from Barb and Berthoven. a reading of tb 13rd Pialm, a tribute from Arthur J. Palmer, on of Edlaon old aaaociatea In tb laboratory, and a prayer. Than bla body waa borna away lo real under a giant oak tree la Roaedalo cemetery newr that of bla aaalatant, John Ott, who died Monday of grief and ahock over tb paaalng of the Inventor. lr. Perry Hpcaka Tha tribute from Mr. rainier read by. Dr. I.wl' Tarry, head (Contlnaed on Pag Two) NEED OF LUMBER SPOKANE, Wash.. Oct. il, W) Lumber aalea will boom when United Stataa and Canada logging industries cent aslda their yoke of lack of confidence, president I,, II. Mill, Portland, predicted today lo .lh Pacific loga'tng con gress. ' A eoon aa he had opened tha 22nd annual convention officially an open dlncnaalon revealed that Northwestern logging contractor have been preparing for an ex nocled upward turn In lha lumber bualncaa by cconomlalng lo cut the coat of logging to sew low level Executive of many Weal em United Ktatna and Canadian lumber companies then tacklod their Individual problem of method of coat cutting. Cooking School Menu Egg In bread boat, with baron atrip for oara. Fruit cocktail In orange ctipa, aet on petal of roioa. Nectar over fruit. Coffee. Laat night' aoaalon waa fea tured hv more than mat tne cocktail brenkfant menu, for Mr. Hnll nlo gave demonalra- lion of beauty make-up. ana the Peacock beauty anion gave a facial demontitratlon. Cloae to 600 women attended the ar.aa.lon. in addition to aev- ernl aeore men who appeared Jnat n lntereted (and maybe a little more ao) than ine women. Mr. Hull nto gave nomo or iginal idea for other cocktail, uch hrlmp In grapefruit, crnnborry corklall with grnpo- fruit top, and other. Bhe dem onatratod cucumbor bonta with aannragtia. creamed pea In nrango cup and other new cul- alne dalntle. A Hallowe'en gam waa played with a roaat turkey aa a prlie to the on who ))ad most anaivera correct. 0 REST UNO on Move to New Building r -"t : i? -1 Kuuuetl-Mll Ileada of tbre department which will mor to new quarters In lb Federal Hulldlng. dedi cated In Impreailr ceremonies Wednesday. Upper, left, Post master John Mr Call, and B. K. Harden, reclamation bureau au perlntendenL below. County Agent C. A. Henderson. Captain, Crew of Ship Stay in North; Others Rescued by Plane. NOME. Alaska. Oct. II (yT) Seventeen men. tb captain and tha crew of the Ill-fated ahip Hay ch lino, fare a long and bas ardoua winter far north of the Arctic circle while their com panion, "readied" by airplanes, aro far away to tha south. In a hastily, built winter house on the beach, near their Ire-locked vessel, the men will spend the next ebtht or nine month till spring In the far north. No village Ilea within 30 nitlee. The plight of the little band, commanded hy Capt. S. A. Corn wall of London waa described to day by passenger brought out by airplane, aa well aa the atory (Continued on Page Two) Ford Says Slump Is Preferable to False Prosperity NEW YORK. Oct. II, (VP) Henry Ford thinks the economic slump "has done lean harm to the peoplo of our country than a con tinuance of our previous falo prosperity would have done." In an Interview .In today' 1. sua of the American Automobile, Mr. Ford aaye than "the deprea- eion la a wholuaomo thing. In general. "The condltlona will be broken when people cease to believe that something can he obtnined for nothing, and when people get back their eolf-dopendence; that Is, when they cease to loan on the Initiative of a fuw either to pro Tide work pr;(charlty." - ', groe WETHER The ryc.-'Liraph at TJn dorwood'a i,'roy registered a Yery ahnrp xelur it eleven o'clock todny. ijbert. The Tyco reco .' n thermo meter registered r. um and. minimum temperature aa fol lowa: . High ISS Low 30 Which la the low rocord for this fall. Forecast for next 24 hour: Cloudy with unsettled wenthor and brisk winds tonight and to morrow, not much clinitKo In tempornturo. OREGON: Increasing cloudi ness with rain tonight and Thurs day In west and lata tonight or Thursday In east portion warmer tonight; aoutherly galc.t off-ahoro, I t7 b m aa) . E jf '' ;l . f v . 1 rc; . v , . y; ;; li .... ii.iiU ! v 1 .. .. ' 'A P IX Lib . J'J " Vi-JZA T RATE IS T L C. C. Indicates Gains on Product; Potatoes Exempt. SALEM, OcL It OP) Tb In terstate commerce commission ruling In granting certain In creaaea on commodltlea ahlpped by rail, althodVh refusing the flat IS per cent Increase re quested by railroade, affect lumber, rharlee M. Thomas, pub lic ntllltlea commissioner. He said bta . Interpretation of the findings ahowed this waa the only commodity materially . af fecting Oregon. Tha Increase permitted on lumber lnteralate ahlpment wa $3 a carload. This Increase was Included In the conditionally ap proved aurchargea. Thomaa ex pressed eurprls that the lumber freight rat Increase waa In cluded. The commissioner announced that the Individual railroads had also filed Inlra-atata Increase re- questa at the aamo time aa the Joint application waa made to the Interstate commerce com mission. This case In Oregon baa not yet been aet. Thomaa said the action of the commis sion on tbe matter would await the next move of the carrier within ths atae. Inclusion of forest products in the commodities on which tbe I. C. C. proposes a freight rate Increase, In lieu of the IS per rent flat Increasq asked by the railroads, brought expressions of disappointment among lumber men of lb northwest. and tbelr spokesmen, which were re-echoed bore Wednesday. Senator Charlea L. Mr Nary. In (Continued on Page Two) OF STATE HOSPITAL PAl.KM. Oct. . II. VT-Dr. W. C. Judd. whoso wife is sought In connection with the trunk mur der of Mrs. Agnee Lerol and Misa Hedvig Ssmuelson at Phoenix, was an Inmate of the Oregon slate hospital for the Insane from Docember 17. 1919. to February II. 1920. The hospital recorde show that ha was committed from Marlon county as a drug addict. Dr. Judd bad served with tho United State force ovorseaa dur ing the world war, and his com mitment followed hla return here. Later, following his discharge from the hospital, he la said to have been official physician for the Tlrooklngs Lumber company nt Brooklnga, Oro., near tbe Cal ifornia line. He waa graduated from the medical college of Willamette university in 1906. and for a time waa an Interne at Willamette san itarium here. Local jfhyslclana who knew Judd describe him aa normally a man of culture, and very per sonable. Leatrice Joy to Wed on Thursday SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21, (IT) LoHtrlco Joy, motion picture actress, and first wife of John flllheit, another screen atnr. aald here today she would bo married, posslhly at Del Monto tomorrow, to William Sponrer Hook, Lo Angeles builnoss man. Miss Joy. and Mr. Hook are at a ljotel here. With them wer Mr. and Mr. Conrad Nagel, also screen celebrities, who will be witnesses at the wedding. FREGH LUMBER DUE FOR BOOS FLAG HOISTED NEW BUILDING IS DEDICATED Formal Ceremonies Held at Federal Structure on Wednesday. Captain C. P. Nelson of Navy Has Part in Event Tb Slara and 8trlpe were ralaed over the headquarter of tb federal government In Klam ath Fall thla afternoon as the Klamath I'nlon high achool band played the Star Spangled Banner. The raising of the flag, which was hoisted by Custodian Em ploy Grablea whose dally duty It will be to raise and lower the banner, marked the formal dedication of tbe 1200.0011 fed eral building. The flag raising waa preceded by Ihe playing of popular march number by tbe band. Maater of Ceremonies K. B. Hall tben dedicated the build ing and Introduced Captain ('. P. Nelson. United Btalea Navy, coordinator for th Seventh Corps Area, Seattle, who gav a abort address. After tracing th Id-year long campaign of th peopl of the Klamath empire to secure a fed eral building Mr. Hall aald: "la dedicating thla building to th people of the United States, It la their building and of parti cular benefit to the people of Klamath county and Klamath Fall." Captain Nelson stated, 'It la a building of which you may well be proud. It I not only an ornament to tha city but will aid In th cooperation of th rarlona government departraenta. I came her because I wanted to aee tbe dedication of thla fine build ing and because I wanted to aee Klamath Falls. I have heard It la a wonderful place and it cer tainly la." The ceremony was witnessed by Klamath Falls citizens who (Continued on Page Eight) RELJNS GIVEN Reporting of Names to Those Receiving Aid Is Urged. E. B. Hall, R. C. Croeabeck and A. M. Collier, recently ap pointed to outline the attitude of Klamath County Chamber of Commerce toward relief work during the coming winter, pre sented a report to the board of director at the regular Wedes dav meeting. The following report waa un animously adopted by the board, and copies will be sent to all organisations working for charity and relief: wnmmiinl the following as constituting the policy of th cnamDcr wiin reicrcum m re lief: 1. That organizations be en couraged to continue to carry on the relict work among and for their own members. 9 Tl..t In nrnvent dnnllCBtlnn all 'organisations be requested to report to tno governor a comnut (Contlnucd on Page Two) , Akron to Take Off on Delivery Flight AKRON. Ohio, Oct. 21 (P) Tho U. B. Arkon will take on on her delivery flight to Lakehurst at 5:30 p. m. today, navy offi cials decided following a study of weather maps. Just before the Akron Is walked out of the dock she will become the property of th navy. Birds at Zoo Eyed By Women Seeking Plumes for Hats ST. LOUIS. Oct. 21 (yp) The birds out at the Forest park soo aren't nafo anymore, now that Km proas Eugenie hat are bark In vogue. Zoo officials reported today that during recent week hun dreds of women have aought out attondanta at the bird house and asked for feathers from the plumage of tho par rota and ostrlchs, while others hsve attempted to pluck them from an ostrich. ... Believed To Be T-P IN-- - I f J' ' :j v Cv 1 : I ..-2, .. TROOPS FIGHT tffil WHILE LEAGUE ti . Jfr seeks peace mm Japanese Garrisons Have Difficulties; Confab Progress Slow. TOKYO. Oct. 11 (Thursday) A Mukden dispatch today said Japanese - garrisons wer fighting; under difficulties with 2,000 Chinese soldiers-nese Tteh line, on tb South Manehurlan railway, south of Mukden. Th dispatch added reinforce ments were rusblng from Muk den to aid tha garrisons. Tieh llng Is about 45 miles north of Mukden. A train from Chang chun, about tb same distance north of Tlehling, was halted. GENEVA. Oct 21. CP) There waa a dhuinc note of pessimism thia erentng anions; persona In a position to know the trend of de bate regarding Manchuria la the League of Nations counciL The belief was widespread that the United States, represented by Prentiss B. Gilbert, was not back ing np tha league's program of pacification. Reports .of conrersatlona at Wshington between Secretary Stimson and Katsuji Debuchi, the Japanese ambassador, appeared to have aroused fears tnst the United States wss playing a lone hand and short-circuiting the council's efforts to Indue with drawal of Japanese troops from Manchuria, KenKlchi Voshiiawa, Japan's representative on the council, re mained adamant In hla refusal to promise recall of Japanese troops without certain guarantees which It is believed China is unwilling to undertake. It was understood that the members of tb council were very discouraged, and that they were considering adjourning thia eltra ordinary aesslon before the end of tho week without taking defi nite action. Summer Lake Vote on Bonds Approved SALEM. Oct. 21 (n The Summer Lake irrigation district wn authorised by the state reclamation commission yoster day to call a special election on a proposal to issue $103,000 re funding nonas ana 10 vote on a refinancing plan., Tho bond la- sue would take np ana retire the existing bonded indebtedness of the district aggregating 3325.000. Tb district contains 2500 acres of land ana is tocatea in Lake county. The bond holders would receive about 35 cents on the dollar under the refinancing plan. One-Eyed Cars to . Be Object of Drive SALEM, Oct. 21 IP) Charle Pray, tnte superintendent of po lice, today Issued a warning to motoriata driving at night with only one headlight. The police department la making a drive against these offenders and any one with lnglo headlight will be uhjoot to arrest. Pray an nounced. Complaints of many one-light drlvors on the highways an well as many driving with glaring headlights, have como Into th department. Pray said. Both vio lations will be checked In the drive tor more safety on high . ways. Murder Victims Los Angelea police believe these photographs, found In the carder trunks, are the two wo men who were murdered, and their bodies stuffed late the trunks, and shipped from Phoe nix. Arixv to Los Angelas. The pictures wer transmitted by telepboto from Los Angeies to San Francisco. Above, th wo man believed to be Hedwig Sam nelson. Below, th woman be lieved to be Agnea Leroy. Both were Phoenix resident, and Mrs. Leroy formerly lived in Oregon. OF Structural Engineer Talks to City Officials About Canal Spans. The practicability of using wood Instead of any other ma terial in ' the. building of the bridges over tbe government ir rigation canal to replac the present obsolete and dangerous spans was pointed out to city officials Wednesday by J. E. Mackie, atructural engineer who ia in charge of tho northwest office of the National Lumber Manufacturers' association, Port land. Mackie was In Klamath Falls visiting the member mills of the association and conferring With city and county officials and while conferring with city offi cials discussed with them the problem of the irrigation canal bridges. Members of the West ern Pine Manufacturers' asso ciation and the West Coast Lumbermen's association In . this community are associated with the National Lumber Manufac turers' association. Macklo acts In a technical ad visory capacity for customers of the association. Iu apeaklng of the canal bridges he discussed both the nse of treated and un treated lumber. 'Based on the economics of the (Continued on Page Two) LATE MENOMINEE, Wis., Oct. 21. (AP) Sheriffs posse today were hunting three member of a machine gun bandit a for the holdup of the Kraft State Bank la which a son of the bank's presi dent and a fourth robber were slain. NEW VOIIK, Oct. 81. (AP) The torch of the) Statne of Liberty srill be extinguished for one minute at ten o'clock tonight la tribute to Thomas A. Ellison. WASHINGTON, Oct. SI. (AP) State department official de nied today that the United State was playing "a lone hand" l the efforts to pacify Manchnria. Department officials said Ihe United States waa cooperating In every way It felt It could with the league of tuitions. SALEM, Oct. 21. (AP) The state board of control aanonnced todny it wnld open blda oa November ! for a phyalclaa' dwelling house at the Oregon State Tuberculosis hospital at Salem. Th legislature appropriated fund ! - 3 MOTIVES FOH ED BY DETECTIVES Letters Read fn Effort to Find Reason for . Killing Pair. Widespread Search Is On for Winnie Judd but No Success. LOS ANOKLES. Oct. 11. tin Scores of clnea flooded police neaaquarters today In tbe aearrli for Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, 2S year old wife of a physician, who fled from a railroad station here Monday shortly before two trunks were opened, revealing tb bodlea of two of her friends, whom she la ay-eased of killing. Excited eitlsens, bus drivers, motorists, restaurant owners and tb like telephoned police re peatedly, saying they had seen a woman resembling Mrs. Judd. Each investigation. however, went for naught, th suspects either having disappeared or proved other identities. Meanwhile authorities pieced together evidence ia th live of Mrs. Judd and tb slain wo men, Mrs. Agnes L Rol and Mlas Hedvig Samneiaon, hoping to gain Information tbat would fit a motive. Of tb theories ad vanced, three stood out. They wer jealousy, or Insanity, or illicit Intimacies. Explaaatioaas Soaurlit One of these. authorities agreed, probably would explain the tragedy in which the two women were ahot and ktlled, th body of on dismembered and the remains of both placed in trunks and a valla and forwarded here try train from Phoenix. Arizona, where th three had beet em ployed in a medical ellnla. Th crimes were discovered by a railroad agent who aaw blood filtering through cracks in on of the trunka. When Mrs. Jndd and her brother, B. J. McKinnell, university student here, arrived to claim tb bagg age, he demanded that she open tb trunka but sh fled, pretend ing that sh did not have th keyes. The theory of Intimacies was based, almost wholly, oa a diary in the possession of County At torney Lloyd J. Andrews of Phoenix who flew her lo aid In the search. It told, police said, a atory of a atrange affection between the two victims and a sodden changed attitude and action of Mrs. Judd, who one had lived with them. Letters Studied In a letter written by Dr. W. C. Judd, husband of the alleged slayer, to her last October six. police found another possible (Continued on Psge Two) s LA GRANDE, Or.. Oct. 21. OP) Th condition of Amos Helms, state trooper, shot hers Snndsy by Keith Crosswhlte, 19. and John Owens. 18. of Springfield. Mo., appeared leea satisfactory today than It did yesterday. He passed a restless night. Crosswhlte and Owens wero captured yesterday near Meach am, after posse of national guardsmen, state police, sheriffs' deputies and citizens had sought them sine Sunday, after they shot Helms, who, with Captain Leo Noe had tried to question them for auto theft. Officials aald today they ex pect to file chances of assault with attempt to kill against the two men If Helm recover. If he die the two will fee murder charges. NEWS HE STUB r