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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1931)
EATHER FACTS H ERALD SERVICE HMIKI ANT MH'AI Inwltled ami warmer IImIiiCiiIIi hi lira. coding 8 p. m. r'rl trace Kwn lu iliiin a.oli normal n4a) lat er lu data al."7 1 -.MI. jtllu. laet nliilil. III mat. Friday, l HmM eubscrlbers who fall to receive Ihclr papers by 8:80 a. as. are reqafwird to tall the Herald business off Ira, photia 19O0, aad a paper will be sent at onra by special rarrlar. Price Five Cent KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, DEC. 12, 1931 Number 6741 in imj ZAiUJ w mpm ROTS ami ALLS Editorials on ths Days News lljr .IHANK JKXKIMi pllOruHALB fur nsw Uiu tbsl will affect everybody Id tbla gauntry, big and llllla, art pre aniad la Iba new congress tbal assembled on Mondsy. 'Why nsw fadaral Uiaa at Una whsn everybody la talking tai reduction" do you aekt Hara la tba auar: "Cob rM, la response to Iba de mands of lha tolsrs, baa baao spending money fraalr. Wban governmsnls apsnd monsy fraa lr, thsy mutt OET tba money ibal la spent from tba Uipeyers. a a a YF yon raad lb It aawipapar at carefully at yon abould, you Bond that Iba President pra aaaiad to confreaa thla aak a budget of approilmalely four billion dollan. It baaa't baea vary loaf glace tbla country wss abockad by kadiat on ONE billion dollar, a a a nCK In lha days vhtn lha government of tba I'nltad uiaa apant only a billion dol lar a yaar, fadaral Uiaa wara low. Now, whan lha government spends FOUR BILLION dollar. yaar, ta ara blab. II can't ba otherwise. Money that la (pent baa to coma from somewhere. e a a pEHHAPg yoa will say: "I sbould worry. I don't pay any Income lax. It yoa aay Ibal. yoa will ba wrong. Ont of your Income, yoa most pay yoar share of tba taiaa. Ton can't let out of It e e e A TENANT said tba olbar day " to bla landlord: "Yon ought to reduce my rent. Prices of Iher things ara coming down, se why shouldn't yoa reduce my rentt" The landlord answered: "The biggest upkeep Item In connection with thla building la the Ui, and tains AREN'T coming down." That gives as Idea of what high taxation does. For one thing, It keep up rent. e e e VTATIONAL Usee are high, and wa blam eongraat, because ongrees appropriates the money. But WHY does congress ap (Contlnued on Psge Five) tear;! erru and loan CHAPTER 1 They looked at each other a second or two. "Oh!" They both said this at once. "I'm sorry if I frightened you." Jerry Corbett said this. "You did frighten me a little. I didn't know any one was in here." The girl said this. "Neither did I." They laughed. Jerry walked over to her. "May I?" "Certainly." He sat down. "I'm a little drunk. Excuse me," "I think everyone here is drunk. But I'll excuse you." Jerry didn't blame Damery, that conceited old gos sip columnist, for having tried to kiss her a few min utes ago. He put her down on record. Blue eyes, blonde hair, the most beautiful mouth he had ever seen. The rest he would look over later. Hands, arms, legs, etc. "Do you know who that was, the gentleman who tried so unsuccessfully to kiss you just now?" The girl was embarrassed. "I thought you just came in,,rs?ie said. "No, I was sitting over in the comer there, trying to catch up with myself." "I was awfully disgusted with myself." "I don't blame you. I have an aversion to gossip columnists myself. Just on general principles' The girl was fixing her hair. It was fluffy around her cheeks and then it got straight up on top. Jerry stood up. "Would you like a drink?" "No. thanks. I'm not a all I need tonight" .(Continued on RE mm RELIEF PLAN Measure lo Extend Time to Water Users Is To Be Drawn. Secretary to Have Power to Postpone Payment of Charges. WA8HINOTON, Dee. II. 0P The aenat and house Irrigation committees agreed today to praea toward enactment of a meeaure to attend the time for Individual water users oa waiters Irrigation projects to pay their notes lo the government. Meeting In the office of Secre tary Wilbur, the committee mem bers agreed upon a bill to author ise the secretary to eitend the time for payments within his dis cretion so aa to require them to be made on or before December 1, !. MuM Khow Justification Before eitenalon la grsnted. the applicant must show bis In ability to pay to tba local reclama tion association or dlstrlce and to lha secretary of the Interior by a detailed and verified atatement of aaaeta and liabilities. The applicant also muih show . thst the land against which the I charge has sccrued Is under cul- j Ural loo, and that the land owner reandea npon or la the vicinity of the land. An annnal Interest rale of one half of one per cent per month from December 1, 1 a 1. until paid will be levied. Secretary Wilbur aald tba pro posed legislation would cut the construction fund of the reclama tion bureau frum 11.000.000 to 1500.00V. but that la no way would Jeopardise the future of the reclamation eervlce. The construction charge on land In the Klamath dlatrlct amounts to 60 cents an acre and 11 1) operation and maintenance, A. L. Crawford, serretsry states. In the past the Irrigation dis tricts have csrrled those who were unable to psy. but the pro posed bill would have the govern ment sou me the charges delin quent, Crawford stales. He be lieves that the hill refers only to construction charges, and not to operation and maintenance. drinker and I've had about IS ADVANCED 7rw Pago Fiva) Seventh Convict Fugitive Hunted In Kansas Area Mercury Drops To Two Degrees Above In Night Near sero temperatures, the coldeat so far recorded this winter were registered Ratur day morning by official and private Ibermometera. A sud den drop In bsromstrlc pres sure early Saturday afternoon, however, brought cloudy skies, and promises of wsrmer, un settled weather with posslbll Itlee of a heavy anowfsll. The reclamation bureau ther mometer showed two degrees a bote. PORTLAND. Dec. It P) Snow flurrlea were reported today frum Aatorla. Csstls Hock and Crown Point, while polnta In between eiperlenced chilly weather and looked up lo overcast aklea. Hsln wss fslllng this morning at Hood Hirer and The Dalles. At Baker Iba temperature was I degrsea above, slightly higher than on Friday. Itend bad a minimum of II, Med ford II. Tba Dalles II. Walla Walla 11. Spokane It. Yakima 11. Koseburg 12, Portland 14. PENDLETON, Ore.. Dec. II AVNo new snow fell here lest night but the temperature dropped to II degrees, making bis hesys slippery for motor traffic. BALEM. Dec. 11 OP) The first anow of the year began fslllng st Salem this Biorulng, but the enow wss melting when they reached ihe ground. Half-frozen Men Drift Ashore, Bearing Bodies of 4. OSLO. Norway, Dec. II (,Pi Two half frosen aeamen drifted ashore near the fishing village of Maaoey today on a raft which lha bodlea of four men, ship mates In the German-owned Irswler Venus, described by coastguard officials aa a rum runnsr. The ship ran aground and sank, they aald. One lifeboat rapalted as It waa aunched. drowning six taen: a second host slso capslsed but the aeven men In 1t were clinging to the over turned craft when the raft bear ing the two survivors and their four companions drlftsd out of sight. The csptsln waa drowned and It appeared that In all seventeen members of the crew were either deed or missing. Fishermen picked up the men clinging to the second overturned lifeboat, but two of tbem died of ex posure. Cosstguard officials said the Venus last week was sighted by a coastgusrd cutter which fired twenty shots at her. They be lieved It waa one of theae shells which ssnk the Venus. LEM JACOB. SWEEP CARD GAME NEW YORK. Dec. 11, OP) Sid ney 8. Lens and Oswald Jacoby took advantage of great cards to run away from Mr, and Mra. Ely Culbortaon In the fourth session of tho cortrart bridge marathon endtng early today. Ity taking seven of the twelve rubbers of the session Represen tatives of the "official" system of bidding accumulated 1,135 mora polnta net for a grand net total of 6,650. It waa a slam session. Lent and Jacoby bid throe little slams and made them. Another could hsve been msde with a correct choice of bids. Mrs. Cnlbertson msde one. Hor husband could hsve tried for another, but pre ferred a safe game and rubber. Jane Addams Rests After Operatiqn BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 11. 0P)Jsne Addams, of Chicago, In ternational peace advocate and founder of Hull House, under went an operation today at Johns Hopkins hospital and a simple ovsrian csst wss removed. The oneratlon wss nerformed by Dr. Thomas 8.' Cullon, profes sor of gynecology at Hopkins University. LEA EN WORTH, Kaa. Dec. II, OP) Kscspturs of Earl TVhayer. 6-year-old Oklahoma mall train robber, whom ba regarda aa the most desperate of the aeven prle onera who gained temporary free dom yeaterday. waa the chief con cern today of Warden T. B. White of the federal prlaon. recovering from wounds suffered at the bands of bis abduetora. " 'Have they caught Thayer yet?' were Warden Whlte'a first words ibis morning," said bis physician. Dr. O. R. ombs. Informed lha train robber wss still at large, tbe physician aald Warden White declared ha was sure the convicts Intended" to kill him, and that Thayer would bars been the eierut loner. Dr. Combe reported the war den's condition aa Improved to day. He said ha would not lose bis arm, from which were ax-' Iracted alx ahotgua slugs. An other remalna In bla chest. LEAVENWORTH, Ksns.. De. 11. (At Three of seven convicts who assented a dsring plot to es cape from lha federal peniten tiary her yesterdsy are dead, ap parently by their .own hands, three of their compsnlons are again In confinement, and the other, a gray-haired Oklahoma mall train robber. II, Is bunted by pofsemen. The fugitive. Earl Thayer, IS, an Oklahoma mall train robber, disappeared under the noses of loo soldiers, prison gusrds, civil Isn officers and clllxens, who yea terday cornered four of the aeven prisoners In the fsrra home of E. C. Salisbury, eight ml lee west at Leavenworth. Five men were wounded during the flight of Ihe prisoners, Includ ing Warden Thoross B. White, who wss kidnaped from bis office sad weed as a shield tt aid ra tbe departure through th maaalv front gate of the penitentiary. None of those hurt waa In a crit ical condition. Warden While, who waa struck In lha left arm by a shotgun rhsrge, will not lose the member, physicians ssld last night. At first It wss reported that amputation might ba necessary. Surgeons removed a piece of shst tered bone from the forearm above the wrist, and later an nounced the operation a auccees. Ha also received a flesh wound In the left side of the chest The wsrden, who Is 50 years old. formerly served aa a Texaa (Continued on Page Five) CAUSE OF BATTLE SALEM. Ore.. Dec. 11. (U.R Two Bend mills and timber com' panlea are not tba only onea In Oregon to hsve their sssessed vslustlons raised C V. Galloway of tho state tax commission, de clared yesterday at a atormy meeting In which a Bend delega' tion charged discrimination In taxation against Bend mills. Klamath and Harney county mill properties, aa well aa ofhers In Oregon, have been valued higher than In 1110, aald Gallo way. The state board of control, stste tax commission and the Bend delegation met In an at' tempt to reach an agreement whereby Shevlin-Hlxoa and the Brooks Scanlon Timber compan ies and other Interests of De schutes oountn- would pay their 1931 second halt taxes, amount- lnc to 180.000. The mills do not object to tne 1130 valuation, but want an al lowanca of six percent tor de preciation oa eamnment ana ma chinery, the delegation assenea. Galloway declared that mate rial Increases were Justified Be csuse the two mills dad been grossly undervalued prior to 1930. Gandhi's Loin Opportunity ROM R. Dee. 11. OP) Mahat ma Uandhl missed an opportun ity for an audience with Pope Pius todsy, apparently because his odd coin n ms did not conform with the Vatican requirements of modesty. Uandhl, who arrived in Rome today on Ms way home to India from the London round tsble con ference, spent an hour and a quarter at the Vatican but did not visit the Pope. Tbe Mahatma made a tour of the Vatican galleries. Previously he visited the Montesorrl school. General Mario Moris, Mr. Gand hi's host, arranged a conference with Premier Munollnl tor him this evening. Premier rdustollnl received him, ho wevev, phis evening after Onuilhl had spont more than an hour visiting the Vatican without seeing tba Pontiff. 3 CANDIDATES . nMMniiMPrrnD m nniiuuiiuLiuii MAY PmMflH N-s nini 1 1 1 mini 1 1 lu i Goddard, Low, Obenchain Certain to Run for Re-nomination. Schaupp and DeLap Not Yet Decided; Upton Likely to Run. By BOB GALLOWAY Three of the five county of ficials whose terms expire this coming year announced Saturday that they are candidates for re nomlnation at the May primaries. Tbe other two ara aerlously con sidering seeking re-nomlnatlon with Ihe probability that they will do so. The three elate officers, two representatives and a senator from this district, have not de finitely announced although Sena tor Jay H. Upton. Bend, is re ported by bla cloae frlenda as likely again to be a candidate. County Judge Fred R. Goddard, County Commissioner Silas Oben chain and Sheriff L. L. Low will be candidates for re-election on tbe republican party ticket. VrlP laorclrled County Clerk C. R. DeLap, now serving In bis 14th consecutive yeer In the office, does not defin itely declare himself and ssys "Yoa can't tell, now. We may not be hers In the aprlng. I will wait aad aee. If the people want me and my frlenda indicate that they do at that time 1 will prob ably he a candidate. There ta Ba ase butting yoar head against a stona wall." County Treasurer Clara Calkins DeVsul, pssl treasurer of the Slate Treasurers' association. (Continued on Page Five) Stecker Leads to 17-7 Victory Over Middies in New York Fray. ' By AI.AX GOIXD YANKEE STADIUM. New York. Dec. 11 OP) In a apectacular charity battle before 77.000 spec tators. Army closed lta aeason with a decisive 17-7 victory over the Navy today. Ray Stecker led the West Point stuck. Ed Herb twice plunged over touchdowns and Brown booted a field goal. Navy's " only score resulted from a sensational 65-yard paas plsy. Kirn to Tschlrgl. The Army's power attack, fea turing Stecker's twisting runs. proved entirely too much for the Nsvy to cope with. Tne Middies aallsnt defense cracked In the second period when the Cadets tallied 10 points and clinched tbe game. Naw. attacking through the air throughout, produced its score in the third quarter on the most brilliant play of the game. Army's counter attack netted a final tally In the final quarter. Played under balmy weather conditions, with a "gate"' esti mated at $375,000, the game marked a return of old time Army-Navy color and pageantry. The Cadets ripped down the goal posts in short order and sere naded the Middle stands with "tans." It waa Army'i third successive victory. Cloth Costs to See Pontiff Vatican authorities said the ar rangements for an audience with the Pope had been cancelled be cause his Holiness had older pressing engagements. It waa learned, however, that thenr tied felt the Uandhl loin cloth would be Improper but that it would be too delicate a matter to ask the Indian mystic to change his costume. Gandhi, on the other hand, was represented aa believing that, since he had not altered his native costume for King George, his own sorer sign, he could not consistently do so for the head of the Catholic 'ohurcb. It was aald that the Pope was antloita to meet the Mahatma but felt that he might lay himself open to criticism If be received the visitor In bla nsual scanty clothing. California Labor Camp Opens 7-".' CrVN 1 Az it 'J3' M. V ,stJW -W.- ."- TV ,JK saaiaW M Us if iYf ti I tK .... J. laffal Hera ara first pictures of the new slate labor camp opened by California authorities to handle the problem of unemployed flocking In from other states. Above, camp residents clearing brush, etc.: center, the camp buildings at Groveland, in the high Sierras; below, a bunkhonse .card game. The men work fiva hours a day in return for three meals and their lodging. Father Guilty of Burning Lad with Stove Lid Lifter BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Dec 11. (AP) A father was convicted here todsy of tor turing his 10-year-old son with a hot stove lid lifter, be cause the lad ate sugar which the parent bad forbidden. Tbe father, John Bates, 48, of Rising Sun, waa aentenced in probate court to eerve 0 days In jail, and waa fined 1100. after the bor, Ralph, told of the punishment. Ralph's school teachers dis covered the cruelty when he appeared In school with bnrna on his face. T! OF LOS ANGELES, ' Dec. 12 (AP) A chill wind, sweep ing dovrn from snow-capped mountains, presented ideal weather for football as Geor gla'a men of Athens Invaded the territory of the University of Southern California's Tro jans here today. The Tro jans led at the end of the first quarter, 14 to O. The sky was clear and prob ably 70,000 persons were in the stands aa the two teams took to the greensward. First prrkul handler car ried Troy s kirkoff 84 yards to the 80-yard line behind the BullikiK wedge. Georgia kick ed after falling to make d-twns throovh the line. Sparling; on an end run around reserve went 88 yards, then after Pinkrrt and Mustek picked np a few yards, slipped around the aame end for 20 yards and a touchdown. It look five plays to go S7 yards to score. Haker kicked goal. Score: Georgia O; Southern California 7. Tho Trojans scored another when Shaver ran hack a pnnt to nililflelil, battered tho Bull dog linn for big gains to the 16-yard line, where Snarllng'a end-reserve acored again. Ba ker again kicked the goal. Score: Georgia O; Southern California 14. Officers Seize Still, Mash and Moon, Two Jailed State, federal and city officers seised a 50-gallon still, 20 -gallons of moonshine and 150 gallors ot mssh Friday night In two raids, and arrested Ernest Pepulos, also called Ernie Peoples, and Harry Madden. Pepulos and Madden were ar rested at a house six miles esst ot Olene on the Klamath-Lake-view blghwsy at 4:45 p.m., Fri day. State and federal officers charged that they were In posses sion ot the still, the moonshine snd 150 gallons of mash. They ara lodged In tha county Jail. -- ' . .1 A' .' .1 ... . ' t i r tn a -nJbe fV jf .a. firrarniiir Si 'H V V 5 Nations Not to Be Held at Fault If Fail to Pay Tuesday. WASHINGTON. Dee. 11, OP) An informal understanding was reached today between the ad ministration and senate leaders thst foreign governments would not be considered at fault It their war debt payments due next Tues day are not paidpendlng formal ratification ot the one year mor atorium auapending these- pay ment. Under Secretary Mills, of the treasury, discussed the situation with leaders ot both parties in the senate. He said Secretary Stlmson will deal with the foreign governments respecting their payments but does not expect the secretary to make any formal atatement on the question. Cannot Act So Soon Mills wss informed the legis lation ratifying the year debt holiday, which went into effect last July 1. cannot be enacted by Tuesday. "I discussed tbe form ot a statement to be made to these foreign governments," said Mills. "I asned no agreement. I came more for the purpose ot getting and giving Information. Representative Aainey, demo cratic leader, promised the dem ocrats will not make the mor atorium a party question." Rainey said he would vote against It, but the democrats planned to leave It to the In dividual members aa to their own position on the mstter. Te saw opposition In both republican and democratic ranks to the morator ium. He Bald, however, he ex pected the house to act on It and send it to the senate before the Christmas holidays. LATE XKW YORK. Dec. 12. (AP) to the lowest level since Nippon In 1U2U. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec 19. (AP) One trainman waa killed, another was fntally Injured and seven pavaengers were bur In a wreck of the Seaboard Air Lino railway's north bound New Vork-Klortda Limited at Scott, 20 miles north of here, late last night. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. (AP) The administration waa taken to task today by Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, for not calling a apeclal session for ratification of the moratorium. Ho said, so far as ho waa concerned tho foreign nations would be in technical default If they did not make the payments due Tuesday on war debts which would be suspended by Ihe moratorium. HELS1XGFOI1S, Ireland, Dec. 13. (AP) Tho Diet voted lark of confidence In the government today, with the resnlt that ellhetr tha cabinet will resign or tba Diet will ba dissolved. HOUSE BLOWN UP, OILMAN'S wife menu Strang Explosion At Pasadena Eilla Mn. W. A. Baker, 29. Investigation Falls To" Show Cause f Detonation. PASADENA. Calif.. Dee. II (JP) A mystery explosion, L'.ctlng ei a deliberate dynamite plot, killed Mra. W. A. Baker, 19. wife of a well-to-do oil maa. early today, and half wrecked the eight-room home where tbe couple lived. The explosion occurred about ( a. m. Mrs. Baker waa la bed. and her husband was sitting In the den of the home. Mrs. Baker, Investigators, prob ably died without knowing -bat happened. Gas company officials and po lice Joined In a atatement that tha blast waa not one of gas, bnt prob. sbly waa the result of soma other explosive. They pointed ont tSat the cellar, where the gaa furnaca was located, waa Intact, and tba meters were not damaged. Tba force of the explosion also waa on ward, and gaa blasts usually ars directed sideward. Tha theory of a dynamite blast waa strengthened whea oollce found definite traces of powder marks on the under aids of the flooring of the bedroom. Baker talked reluctantly aa he helped authorities dig through the ruins. Police learned thaUMe wlta was II years old and that tba couple married about five years ago. Baker who Is about 50, wss said to be wealthy and pos sessed extensive oil Interests In the east. Baker aald be bad no Idea of tbe cause of tha exploelon and that it It waa premeditated he did not know of any one whs might wish to harm him. Authorities learned Bakers first wife committed suicide about nine years ago . I P! HONOLULU. Dec. IS. 0PV Rear Admiral George T. Pet'tnglll advised the Pearl Harbor naval base last night that he bad earn ed Admiral Richard H. Leigh, commander of the battle forcs United States fleet, that Honolulu waa unsafe for the wires ot offi cers of the fleet. Tha statement waa inspired by a mistrial in a recent case la which five young men were charged with criminally assault ing the wife ot a young naval of ficer. Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, commandant at Pearl Harbor, de clined to comment on tha report that wivea of naval officers ara arming themselves, but admitted that the naval shore patrol had been Increased in Honolulu ta protect the homes ot naval offi cers who ara taking part In the Hllo maneuvers. School Boy Dies In Road PrJishap COQUILLE. Ore., Dee. 11. OP) Ray Brown. 8, waa killed ana William Keller, 7, waa hurt so badly he wss not expected to live when they were caught between two psssing automobiles here last nlRht. Police ssld the boys hsd been playing near the school grounds until dusk and then attempted to cross the street en route home. Both boys were taken to a hos pital where the Brown boy died. NEWS The Jiiiutneno yen today alumped re-established the gold alandard
