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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1931)
Today's News Today II III uaws or lh. Klamalh llasln, fur Ulshvd dully by spsclnl correspondents and a coinputuiit stuff of local reporters. Ne llinml, stale and world news by Associated I'rsss tnd United 1'rssg Issssd wire. Final City Edition Hsrald subscriber who fall t reeelv their papers by 3:30 p. m. are requested la cl the Herald business office. Phone 10, and, pspsr will bt lnt at one by ap clal carrier. .V TWVV V soT aT Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., MONDAY, NOV. 16, 1931 Numb 6757 fpr5)n)(g km Aim E A ssssssssssssl Editorials mtk4 Day's News By PIUNK JKNgMg- rjt'BKU iru Jspaa not to tut , the Chlas Bastara railroad, v Intimating that tt tha railroad II cat troabla may ansu. Tba Far Eaat altuatloa ) look ing a llttl better. flACK In 1114, wkn Germany waaled to to to war, aba did llttl UlklBg, bat laradad Bel- lion with aa llttl loaa of tima aa possible. II Russia aad Cblaa aad Japan kap aa talklaf, H will be aratty lair alga that war laa'l really wanted. A MSW MtlDOa, Just pened to traffic, eoaaaet Nsw Tork aad Nw Jaraay. It la a third f alia loa, and toat sixteen mil' lloa dollar. la tha past, tarry boat war good aaaaih. bat ARE NOT rood aaoaih for Uli generation, which la la a harry aad caa't wait for ferry boat. a a pO a IHU avara thaa tbcee gaareera of a aaatary. Ban Francs baa baaa aa Important city, aad daring Ihla three-quart- ra f a ewotury tarry boata hava ba good oaoaih for crossing Baa Francisco bay. Bat aot Bach longar. Th praaaat anararloa, oa tbla ooaat aa aas ah Atlantle coast, la In a - harry, aad soon Ban rraaclare bay will b apaaaad by bridle, a a UUei bridge coal avoaey. of aaar. ALL ha aiodara lm prwveaaenaa that Biaka tb lit of today aHMarwt and BETTER, la ay ataton than tba Ufa of 7- tar day as aiooay. - Bat progress consist pratty Urgaly ra getting tlrod at tha old things aad tha old wayg and waatlng aaw thlnn aad naw waya, aroa M they DO coat nonay. That alwaya haa been tha east. and probably K alwaya will ba. nru crow a prlnea af Italy, wa road, taka personal oharga af polk callad oat In Naploa to raacaa 100 acbool ehlldran trap- pad la a aollapaad bnlldlng. Th papara don't tall aa what h did after taking char. They don't aaad to. Th thing that nuke tha atory Intaraallng la that k waa a PRINCB that did R. Royalty la itlll a good drawing card for pobllo Intaraat which la a boat all royalty la good for. nrHB Kastsrn Orafon Wheat league, meeting at Th Dalle, rota lta ananlmon disapproval of any action looking to repeal of aha tana marketing act That la wis. Th farm mar keting act, which la admlnlatered by Mm farm board, baan't dona maeh TBT to help farming, but It would ba snwls to throw It overboard. II aa ooat too maeh to ba thrown away without a thorough trial nndar oondltlona mora favor abl thaa thoee of tha paat taw year. a a a '"pHB Oregon turkey pool, wa read, haa been aold through tha Northwest Turkey 0 rower aaaoctalUa at tl eenta for top grade, f. a. b. San Francisco. Thla la aa adranoa of at leait two (Continued on Page Three) Governor Meier Is Welcomed Back To Capital; Writes Out Check For BALRM, Not. 1, (flA Gover nor Jalhis h. Moler, after an ab sence of 11 wenks, returned to th executive office at th Cat . tol at 10:35 this morning. Tha novornor, who had been ana. nt I because of Illness, looked fliiTT and aald he was fooling fit with the exception ot a aora foot, the result of gout. The governor's office wai lit eral ly blinked with flowers to wel come his return. He we greeted by dosnns nt friends, slat offi cial and Inymen when he arrived, nnd the lobby was filled with par ties wnltlng to soe the govornor on his first duy's return horo. It Is expected h will remain In his office but a few hours. Mrs. Meier accompanied him here, lieporters (Jrort (Jovrrnor Tho first to welcome the gov irnnr ns ho arrived at his office Hero menibors ot tlio press, with LEAGUE TAKES UP- STUDY OF Monday Is DaU Set for Eradiation by Japs; Prirftie Talk On. Further Rumors of Com ing Conflicts Heard From Manchuria. Br r. L UIKCT. Jr. PARIS, Nov. II, W) -Tha council of tha League of Nstlons deliberated for twenty minute over the Manrburlen conflict late today, the date aet for Japaneae evacuation Id Manchuria, aod ad Jouraed to carry oa II work of arbitration In private negotia tion. Chairman Arletlde Brland re viewed tha council'! efforta to raalnre peace during the laat alx weeks and eald that the dojsgsles eould beat determine their courae la private converaatlona. Foreign Minister Blr John Simon of Great Britain aald ha would lend bla full cooperation to "uphold the moral authority of tha ' league." Gerhard von Hueiow, German delegate, hoped ha would be able to aealat la reaching a happy eolation. Both eat aa delegates of tba council for the first time. Dawea' May Hit la PA RIB. Nov. II. UV- Arlatlde Brland told tha League of Nation council. In private evasion thla afternoon that 11. 8. Ambassador Ckarlaa fl. Dawes will take eeat la tba council If tba Kellogg pert la ageln Invoked In coneid ration of th Manchurlaa die- put. - ... Hot rtirlitlut Atwed (Copyright. 111. by Tha Auocl- ated Preen TIENTSIN. Chlaa. Nov. II. Chlaeee clrrlee hero today fear ed that boatllltle on the blggeat rale alnce the Manchurlan die- pula aterted would result from General Mat) Chan-Shan' third rejection of a Japaneae ultimatum demanding withdrawal of hli troop to a point north of tha Chinese Eastern railway, Yesterday morning General Maa received a new communica tion from General Honjo, the Japanese commander, preaentlng (Continued on rage Three) FOUR-L JOINED N Lt PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. II. OP) Addition or ten lumber com panle lo th rinks of tb 4-L organisation waa announced her today at tba aeml-annual meet ing of tha 4-L board of directors. The expansion will add 1.1 10 employee to tha organisation. Directors of tha 4-L aald tba Increased membership will do much toward atablllslng wage for which th 4-L has long work ed, and It la hoped a firming of lumber prlcea will result The companies added Include Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lewlston, Ida.; Crater Lake Lumber Co., dprague River, Or.: Weyer hseusar Timber Co., Klamath Fall, Ore. Long-Bell Lumber Co., weed, Calif.; Ewauna Box Co., Klamath rails: Lamm Lum her Co.. Modoo Point. Calif.: Mc Clnud River Lumber Co., McCloud River, Calif.; Algoma Lumber Co., Klamath Falls; Mountain Lumber Co., Tacoma, and Riant' ath Lumbar and Box Co., Klam ath Fall. Relief Donation whom tha governor conversed good-naturedly for soma time, "It seema good to get back," ha anld. lie tlioroupon ordered cigars and resumed his role ot passing out smnxes to nis visitor. Meier en Id he would bs here the groator part of todny. and then would return to Portland. He lld not know whether he would return tomorrow, hut ex pected to return Again Jrr In the week. It wa several hours bofore tha governor wna able to transact of ficial business. Officials crowded his office all morning. In addi tion to flowers, several other gifts wore on the governor's dosk, In cluding a ship modal built In a bottle, by Clyde Borrost, 13, ot Dnllns. Give Relief Chock The first official act of Cover (Continued on Page Three) S NO-JAP HOW Wins Rail Post ft w'f Lie Cf Li Frederick E. Williamson, pi est- dent ot the Chicago, Burlingtoa aad Qulncy, who la to become president ot the New York Cen tral. Williamson waa a visitor here last week with the Golden 8plk Special of the Great North ern. Ralph Budd of tba G. N. Is scheduled to succeed him as pres ident of th C. B. Q. $5000 for He-valuatmg All Klamath Property Is Proposed. Committee from th Pomona Grange and from Ibe Klamath Taiparers' Protective league ap peared before the county budget committee In session In tb coun ty court house Monday, asking for n appropriation lor re-vlua- tlon and r-rlsssitsratloa ot all property In tha county. Earl Mark, speaking for the grange committee requested that th budget committee Include taoes fn tin. budget for this pur pose. He ststed that the state tax commission would send men here to supervise the work and would start next year If the coun ty provided part ot th funds necessary. Iwgnte r.anorera Request A. U. Morrison, president of the Taxpayers' Protective league, slated thst the league endorses the request of tha grsnge. Msck said thst the opinion is current In the terming district thst the baala of assessed valua tions are not fair to all classes of property. He told ot the grange committee calling on tha stste tax commission In 8slem. The rommlsslou asreed to supervise the work and thought that $5000 In the 19J1 budget and possibly a like amount In 1933 would cover tha cost. Msck requested that th work be authorised and money provid ed and that after the reassess ment thst the figures be placed on tb Klamath county tax rolls. Supports Request In Mack s opinion such a re evs lust Ion would ellmlnste msny tax valuation squsbbles aa ex perts In each Individual Una do tha assessing. County Commissioner Charles Wllllsms and County Judge Fred R. Goddard explained that the commission started re-evaluating some property In Klamath Falls a year ago. Mack aald that property In Harney county waa reassessed this year and property was placed on the tax rolls at 70 per cent of actual value. Prediction that public service companies will request an eight per cent cut In valuations In (Continued on Pag Three) More Ducks Than In Years, Report Tells Senators Councilman James H. Drlscoll today received a request from Carl D. Shoemaker, room 307 senate office building, Washing ton, D. C, for Information re garding tha number of water fowl In this section this year. Shoemaker aald that Senator Wol colt and his committee are great ly Interested In the situation. Drlscoll wired Shoemaker a follow: "I was down to the Llskey ranch last Tuesday. There are more ducka and geese than 1 have aeen in years. Upper Klanv ath lake covered with ducks. Wherever there Is overflowed land hare found larg number ot ducks. Birds here may be due to tact wator is scarce outside. Rowena Curves To Be Made Wider THB DALLES, Ore., Nor. II, (yp) Twenty-five local men stort ed work today on th highway program calling for widening Rowena curve on the Columbia highway. It Is part ot the pro gram of. state unemployment re lief. There are now 15 men so em ployed In Hood River and Wasco counties. Increase In the number ot workers Is planned after De cember 1, when the engineering department will announce other road Improvement projocts. FEDERAL TAX EIS G. 0. P. Leaders Agree to Sponsor Gains in Congress. Watson Reverses Stand; Sales Tax Destiny Problematical. WASHINGTON, Nor. II, (jpi An administration tax revision program la almost completed, and will be sent lo congress with Pres ident Hoover's budget messsgs on Dec. 9. Republican lesdera greed It would bs pressed. WASHINGTON. Nov. II. M Congresslonsl rspubllcsn leaders todsy agreed to sponsor tax In creases at this session. Senator Watsun, ths republican leader who has consistently op posed new taxes at this time, ssld todsy sfter a conference with President Hoovsr that boost Is "Inescspabls." At the as me time Chslrmaa 8 moot of ths senate finance com mittee announced "there will have to be further taxation. Watson's reversal was accept ed on Capitol Hill as settling a republican tax program. What form of new or Increased rates will be recommended Is un certain pending further confer ences between cropresaional lead ers snd President Hoover and Sec retary Mellon. While both Senators Wstson and Hmoot fsvor a sales tax, they agreed It wss very problemstlcal tbst congress would spprov such a .plan. ... Increased rates on the larger Incomes appear certain. Senator Watson would sot atat the president's views on the tax problem, but the fact that he changed position alter his White House visit wss Interpreted on Capitol Hill as a sure sign thst the administration would recom ment new taxation. Treasury officials fesr a deficit this yesr of almost f3.000.0U0.' 000. lt Is known that Secretary Mellon would nit like to meet this gsp by borrowing without con gresslonsl authority. Watson believes thst both ln creased taxation and additional borrowing by the government will be necessary thla year. The de ficit laat year was 3903,000.000. COLT'S KICK FATAL TO CHILD OF FIVE William Dean Walker, age five years, passed away late gsturdsy afternoon at a local hospital from Injuries received last Monday shin he was kicked In tha ab domen by a colt. He la the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Walker who reside on the O roes beck ranch In tha Merrill district. Tha child was plsylng In the yard where there wer some ralvea and colts, when a pet colt In a playful mood kicked him. The accident made William slight ly 111, but tt wss not believed thst he hsd been Injured until Ssturdsy when his condition sud denly became crltllil. Ha was rushed to the hospital and an operation was performed when II wss revealed that the child had received a ruptured In' testlne and peritonitis hsd set In. He passed away a short time later. In addition to his parents, Wll Ham la survived by five brothers and sisters. Funersl services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Presbyterian church In Merrill with Rev. Jo seph 8. Ewlng ofticistlng. and Interment will follow In the Mer rill I. O. O. F. cemetery, under the direction of the Earl Whit lock Funeral Horn. C. of C. Secretaries Meet At The Dalles THK DALLES, Nov. If. (AP) Secretaries ot chambers ot com merce In eastern Oregon and Washington will meet here Tues day to outline a cooperative cam paign designed to stimulate the scenic attractions and tourist travel east ot the Cascades. Holman To Visit Klamath on Friday Stat Treasurer Rufus Holman Is expected in Klamath Falls Krl day, where he will he the guest of Ilia Klamath Falls Rotary club at Its weekly luncheon, and will be tne speaker for the. occasion. Holman will stay at the Hall hotel while la th city. D5 HELD CERTA N When Air Giant ,.eW vjL - This remarsabl photo of the official visit to Niagara Falls. N. T. Sightseers wer given a chance of one of man's latest and greatest achievements and one ot nature's In one view. This la the first plctur aver mad by a still camera of 10 MORE RELIEF CREWS GIMORK Average of $135 Day Paid from State Fund for Klamath Highways. Two mere state highway road crews, consisting of 4 men. will oe put CTwork by the governor's committee working in conjunc tion with the state. Four crews ot it men esch will work a week out of every four In rotation. Th addition of the crews was msde necessary by tb numerous calls for employment. There are over 400 registrations for em ployment In the office ot the com- 11 tee at th present time. An average of about 60 per sons a day visit rue relief office In the county agent's office In the basement of the court house. Some 136 aT day Is being paid out of the state fund of 1,2$0. 000 for relief in the form ot em ployment on the highways In Klamath county. Provisions will hsve to be mad for the supplying ot more food and clothing to the needy. a member of rb governor s com mittee states. Attorney J. M. Devers for the stste highway commission states that It will be necessary for com munities snd counties to provide some work to assist in relieving unemployment. There is a big call tor odd Jobs or psrt time employment fcere. the committee ststes. and cooper ation and assistance ot cltlxena Is asked In relief. The men now employed on th stste highway jobs are widening the road between Pelican City and Modoc Point. T! MIDDLESBORO. Ky., Nov. 1. (AP) Theodore Dreiser and John Dos Passos. New York authors. Msrle Pergaln and seven others were Indicted by a Bell county grand jury nere tooay on cbargea ot criminal syndicalism. All of those Indicted were with Dreiser's national commit tee for the defense of political prisoners during an Investigation of coal field labor conditions In Harlan and Bell counties last week. Commonwealth's attorney W. A. Brock, who serves In Bell and Harlan counties, said he would take Immediate steps to return Dreiser and his companions for trial In Bell county. Others named were Charles Rumford Walker: his wife. Ade laide Walker: Samuel Ornits: Cells Kubn; George M surer, rep resentative ot the International labor defense: M. P. Levy, a writer and A. Gohns. The latter name apparently waa listed In correctly as the other momber of the group was A. Gannes. 'Oregon Wildcat To Be Released PORTLAND, Nov. 18, (iiP) At V o'clock tonight P.orert Gordon Dunrsn, who as the "Oregon wild' cat" whipped Portland Into excite ment with his radio speeches Inst year, will be released from Mult nomad county jail, where he hns been serving a sentence on fed ernl count charges as a result of Uo radio addresses. Met One of Nature's Great Wonders V v.' "AxatatfSr giant air liner Akron waa taken WEATHER Th prevailing "depression" has at least reached tha baro metric pressure and for nearly three days the Cyclo-Stormagraph at Underwood' Pharmacy has registered a low of 33.30 with little variation from that mark. The Instrument shows a slight npwsrd trend this afternoon, wulch. lt continued will bring clearing aklea. The Tycoa recording thermom eter reglatered maximum and minimum temperatures today as followa: High 14. low 33. Forecast for next 34 hours: unsettled tonight. Probably more snow. Cooler tomorrow. OREGON': Unsettled tonight and Tuesday with rain In west and snow or rain In east portion: little change in Mnperature; fresh south winds oftshor. 01 The- duck and goose hunting season opened todsy at noon In this section and will remain open until sundown the evening of December 16. Msny hunters braved th snowstorm to be present at the time the season opened. Th snow, hunters say, will improve Immediate hunting con ditions. Marion Barnes, state police officer In chsrge ot en forcement ot the hunting laws ys , that the birds may leave sooner than usual lt the snow stsy on and the lake freezes as the birds would be unable to find feed. More bird than nsual are re ported In the Klamath area by Barnes who says that the flight here Is due to the fact that there Is an abundance of water In this section and the drought In other sections where birds formerly congregated. Good hunting Is predicted on the east, west cjid south sides of Tule Lake and In th hunting grounds on Upper Klamath Lake. The public shooting ground at th aouth end ot Tule Lake Is closed this year lo all hunters for a distance ot one and a halt miles aouth ot the sanctuary. Highway Group To ' Meet On Tuesday ' SALEM. Nov. 11.. (AP) A special meeting ot the state high way commission will be held at Portland tomorrow, Roy E. Klein, state highway engineer announc ed today. No delegations will be heard, although the meeting will not be an executive session, he announced. The commission waa unable to get tar through Its schedule at Portland In the two-day meeting last week, and much unfinished bnslness remains, Klein said. William Henley, member of the commission, arrived here today to visit the highway department in Salem. Gas Price Forced Up In Bay Region SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 1, () -The Chronicle said 8an Fran cisco retailers of Independent gasoline were ordered Sunday to advance the retail price to 16 H cents a gallon, which Is now be ing obtained by major companies. Distributors for refineries, the Chronicle said, issued an ultl' matum stating that unless the orders were compiled with, the supply would b cut off. .' r v - as ths navy cruiser said an un to compare the unusual contrast oldest and greatest beauties, all an airship over Niagara. Fogs Prevent Air Trip to Washington; Statement Issued by Italian. NEW TORK, Not. II, TjP) Low lying fog today balked tha state department plan to take Foreign Minister Dlno Graadl ot Italy by air from the liner Cent Grande to Washington. At noo Pan-American airways, which hsd rushed a plans from the factory, recalled Col Lind bergh from the south and brought a four-man crew from Misml especially to take Grand! to Washington, announced th weather made th plan Impos sible. As the Conte Grande dropped anchor at quarantine Roger Q. Williams, who flew th Atlantic to Rome, flew overhead and drop ped a bunch ot roses for Mrs. Grandl and a sheat ot circnlara expressing tbe welcome to Amer ica of fascist organisations. To Board Train ' Shortly after abandonment of the plan to fly the Grand! party to Washington was announced th foreign minister, his wife and his associate were transferred from the liner to a cutter bearing th state department officials. The cutter headed for the Jersey City yards of th Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Aa the Italian party was being transferred from the liner to the cutter Colonel Lindbergh landed in a small plane at North Beach ready to take-'Oommand of the Caribbean clipper for the Wach lngton flight. He was immedi ately Informed, that the flight had been abandoned. Issues Statement Slgnor Grandl issued th fol lowing statement before boarding the train for Washington "I am oartlcularlv nlessed. on touching the American soil, six years aftsr by first visit to the United States, to meet again th (Continued on Page Three) Taber Re-Elected By Grange Group MADISON. Wis.. Nov. 13. UP, Louis J. Taber, ot Columbus, Ohio, was re-elected master ot the National Grange, at th or ganisation a annual convention here today. The national master had serr' ed tor the past eight years and is the first to be elected for a fifth term. LATE PHORM.X. Arlx Xov. 10. (AP) Mr. Winnie Birth Judd pleaded not gulllv In superior court todny to a charge of slaying Mrs. Agnes Anne Le Rol and .Miss Hedvlg Bauiuelson. December 15 waa set as the date for her trial. SOrTII REND, Wash., Nov. 18. (AP) A sadden dedsloa to "do It big. If I waa going to do It at all," led Chester Dnckwlta, in, honor graduate of West Seattle high school, to attempt robbery of the Pnclfic State tuink liore Friday, he lolil officers today. Th youth was returned here yesterday from Centralis, where he waa raptured Saturday. . ROSERfRO. Nov. 1(1. (AP) After 40 hours of del I Herat loa the Jury waa atill deadlocked today In the case of Cecil Heckley. 42, charged with first degree murder In connection with the slaying ot his wife and step-danghter last July. SACUAMKN'TO, Nov. lr). (AP) An airplane will be chartered to fly Into tlie storm swept Hterra Nevada to drop snirwahoes and skits to four Hacramento men now snowbound In a lonely cabin on the shore of Echo Uks unless Waller W. Campbell, contractor, Is able to send, assistaac by other methods to tba marooned anew. UOEESSOW. COLD THOUGHT IN PHOSPECT Soggy Precipitation la Welcomed by Farmers of This Region. Roads Passable for All Who Have Chains; Re port Is Given. . WARNING S1TO Tb first heavy snowfall brought a warning from Chief of Police Guy Merrill to prop arty owners and renters to keep th enow aad lea off th concrete aldewalks. Ha pointed out the danger to pedestrians from slippery walks on which they might fall and Injure themselves a: th reason for the ordinance and Its enforcement. Th ordinance allOow 13 hours for snow to be removed from th wilks after it falls. Penalty for conviction under the ordinance la from tl to 31 fin. Wet. ooggy snow which began to fall lata Sunday night had piled up nearly 10 Inches on th level In the city by noon todsy, and continued to fall from leaden aklea. Th snowfall, which 1 the first heavy storm of the wonter. is a boon to the country, falling as It loes on nn-froien, spongy soil, it was declared. None of the mois ture of th snow will be lout in run-off or evaporstion, according to statisticians, .t will be ab sorbed into the earth aa f round montare. needed be -aa. e ot th-' past years of drought The elevatir.n ot Upper Klr.m- ath lake 3ionday mci.iurcd 4137.35, more than a foot abo.'o the minimum level required by law, which low point t.u reached during the past summer. Barromc:er Drops Th barometer Monday contin ued to hover on the low lovel held tor the past several days, and more snow and cooler weather waa forecast by local weatiier men. The first heavy snowfall ot laat winter fell exactly a year ago, with 14H Inches recorded oa No vember 16 at the weather bureau ot th United States reclamation building. Last year'a snow, how ever, fell on solid, frosen ground, and practically all th moisture was lost by run-oft and evapora tion.' . ' - Thirty-four Inches af fresh ' snow fell at Crater Lake during th past week-end, which, added to th 10 inches of ol dsnow, gav a depth of 44 Inches at th rim at 3 o'clock Monday morning. . Road Condltiom Given Th Klamath county chamber of commerce tourist bureau, through th courtesy of ths Ore- (Contlnued oa Pag ThreeJ, ,i 1 IT II nirvRV. Vor. lg. I AP) Tha league ot nations secretariat to day published an announcement by Arlstlde Brland, aa president of the league council, that th one year armament trace pro posed at tb last council meet ing had been accepted, cffsctlv November 1. Th armaments true was orig inally proposed by Dino Grandl. Italian foreign minister. Forty nations have signified tlnlr wil lingness to adhere to lt. It culls for a one-year snspenslon ot all armaments building progr.'ns. NEWS 1.1