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KLAMATH FALLS. ORE., THURSDAY, DEC. 31, 1931
Number 6757
(Ifo)
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COMMODORE WINS OCEAN RACE IN WILD SEAS
Editorials
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FINLAND VOTE
H MIT
CONSULS FROM
OH th
s
Day's News
Ily KHANK JKNKINM
lit HE It an extract from
New Year's greeting nut
out by a larga business concern
lo Ha customers:
"Tbrllli ra mostly anticipa
tor. They coaie along with ven
ture Into tha unknown. Thar
aro induced by IIUI'K that ba
venture nay ba euecessful.
"liar at tba kick-off of 131.
tbara la plant? of tha unknown
to provide nil tha tbrllli anyone
needs. Accompany tbla with
EXPECTATION of food to coma,
with BELIE that during lb
yaar Jut dawning wa will im a
turn ot ereats graatly lo our
liking nnd you will ba In Iba
right (rama of mind to atart Iba
year."
a a
'THE plonaara who started oit
across tha desert la eearcb
of tha Oregos country facad tba
auknoao. Thay got thrill out
ot It big one. And thay had
FAITH la th.lr owa ability to
maal whatever lha nnknown
Ighl put up lo tbam.
Thay foundad aa empire.
a a
TirilK at tha beginning of
I93J. wa alio ara enteWnl
aa unknown country. Tboaa ol
ui who have FAITH la tha fu
lura ara pratiy aura that It con
taint Boetlbllltlee. Beyond a
.doubt. It alio holds dinger. But
thoaa who have conlldanc In
their ability to dmI whatever
lha futura hold will ontar upon
Ihla naw yaar wlib a thrill. It
la a yaar of prnmli for tboaa
who have tha necessary courage,
a a a
M llil, 100 iharaa of lha
atork of twelve of tho laadlng
Induttrlea of tha I'nlted Btstes
Industries that ara baalcally Jual
aa found ai Ihla country warn
worth on Iba markat :3.000.
TODAY ona hundrad share
leach ot lha atock or than lead-
llng. basic and well diversified
tinduitrlea ara worth on tha mar.
kst lual 170.000 a llttlo In
Laa IS par cant of thalr aalllng
llue la
a a a
BR aura, Ihees tharaa la
11JI wara probably telling
t mora than their Intrlntle
kalue at determined by thalr
laming powar at that lima. But
tee anyona auppoa thai tha
fltEAL vein of twelve of tha
ttlo and loading Industries of
tha I'nlted Btstes la today latt
than ona-fourth ot Iba quotad
value' of ltlif
Hardlyl Tha quoted valuea ot
today ara what thay ara baraut
paopla hav TEMPORARILY lott
thalr courage.
a a a
pEOPI.E big paopla, at that
hare temporarily lott tbelr
couraga before.
Mora than a cantury and a
half ago, William Pitt, groat
Brltlth atataaman. aald: "Thar
la acarcely anything around ut
but ruin and despair." In II4I.
mora thaa threa-quartart of a
cantury ago, Lord Bhnfttbury
wrota: "Nothing cao tin tha
Brltlth amplro from ehlpwreck."
Tha next year. In 1149, Dltracll
asserted: "In Induttry, commarca
and agriculture there la no hope."
But there WAS hope. AFTER
all theaa doleful prediction!. ICng
(Contlnuad on Page Six)
Culbertsons Angry, Boost
Lead In Bridge Test Tilt
Ily TOM O'NKITl
NKW YORK, Doc. II. (P) In
a rage, a tho axprotted It, for
tha flrat time during the match,
' Mr. Kly Culhertton hHd a Inrge
fv.thr In rnutlng the lead of her
ny-iiln In tha contract bridge mntch
fche greuter tlmn ever todny.
.n and hor htmhand won flva
' o( eialght million played at
tha tlxtotlli tnttlon, ending early
todny aflaa ttirhulnnt tcone be
fore a onrd dealt.
Tha pluff the t'lilhorlton tldn
Incrnatud J1 00 to the totnl ot
20,220. Tfc total polnlt hornme
107,885 foyCulhorltnn and 87,
166 for I. till the rubhort 8 for
Cnlherltnn 'l M (or Lent.
There arS0 rtilihert left to
pliy In tha lj-ruliber mntch. In
me opinion 6 neinriu bi"
1 Impottlliin r Lent to ciilch up.
Mr. Ciit)t;lon' nncor wat
duo to whnt tb" regarded n a do
Hlwrate atltimri to excite hor hue
band. '
Sir Derrick Wernher, an Eng
llthman who p Ur,i ln N,w
DRY LAWS
I
Outcome Not Certain But
Nearly So; Capital
Very Moist'
New Plan Advanced for
Government Handling
of Beverages.
lIFXRINOrOHrl. Finland, Dec.
11. (Al Tabulation of about
ona-alith of tba total vote In
rinland't prohibition referendum
Indicated today that proponent
of repeal would here the In
dorsement of at leatt half tha
ballon.
At 1 p. m. 111. lit votea bad
been counted. Seventy-eight per
cent of them were for repeal. II
per cant for continuing tba prev
ent law and only ona par cent
for modification la parmll light
wlnea and bear.
HeUlngfor waa overwhelming
ly wel when tho count bad patt
ed the btlf-wty mirk, and 0
nar cent of Iba repeal votaa ware
cat! by women. Vlborg, ona ot
tba largeal cltlet, reported si
per cent of tha volea counted
were for repeal.
Ily LOI1M P. lX'IINKU
HKI.8INOFOUS. Finland. Dec.
It Ml With 7 par cant of tha
local vote counted la tba prob
bltlna retorandum lleltlngfurt baa
lone to turprltlngly and over
abelmlngly wet that Ihla ttter
noou'i adtllana at anll-prohlblumai
nawtptpera talked about a "na
tional front" agtlnit Iba dry
lava.
At 4 p. m. tha return ahowed
Ihat out of 1JI.7J volet, or 7
per cant nf lha entire cliy elec
torate. Ill per cent voted for re
peal of the prohibition lawt.
Continuance of tha preaent lawt
wat tupported by IJ.1 volar
(Continued on Pig Three)
HE
CASCADE SUMMIT. Or., Dec
SI Catrade Summit hat exper
ienced ona of the wort! anow
ttnrmt In year. Snow ha boon
falling almoit ateadlly for four
dive, at tlmea at tha rtt of two
Inrhet par hour. A covering of
teven feat ot tnow I on the
ground.
The Southern Pclflo compny
bat hid conttant need of Itt
tnow equipment, and haa alto
hid night crewt emitted In keep
ing the awltche cleaned.
There la mora tnow on tba
ground now thin there bit been
In the lat five yeart for lha
month of December. In Febru
ary 1917, however, fourteen feet
of mow lay on the ground.
Utility District
On Coast Proposed
bai.v-m nc. ! tPi Prelim
inary petition to form a power
utility dlntrlct lo develop mun
clpal power for rommunltte In
cluding Tillamook nd Nehalem.
were filed wltb the hydro-electric
commlMlon, Secretory C. K.
utHpk n aimnuncen loair. bix-
I n nAiltlnne mmnt from RlOtt Of
ih. Inrnrnnralnit cltlet and Other
tectlont In Tillamook county ware
filed. The Tratk river wit pro-
poaed at tne tourc or power.
York for tome year, and haa
played at a member of tha Knick
erbocker Whlat rlub'l team of
four, appeared at the Waldorf and
wat Introduced by Lent In the
prett room, along with George
Keith, another New York expert,
who ha been one ot Culbertaon'
tharpett critic.
Culhertton came ln B tew mo
menti before the mntch wat dua
to atnrt. Werhner aoceptod on
the tpot a challenge he en Id Cul
hertton hid made to him litt
July, Culbt'Heon Jokingly itked
why tha delny. One word led to
another. Klnully Cttlhertnon re
futed to pity Lm unlea Werhaer
loft tho aulte. Werhner left af
ter the piny etnrted.
Mr. Culhertton cxpretied her
opinion freely at to the renton for
(he Incident, and Lent dltavowed
the Intention of dltturblng. Oul
borlton. Superior cardt, bidding and
piny helped the Ciilherlaona. Mr.
Culhertton tucreeded at ona little
(Continued on Pag Five)
STHONGLYWE
C j
Off to tMrcb what ba declare
la "tba cradle of the aclentlfle
theory ot evolution." Dr. Hlrhard
Wollereck. eminent German tool-
oglat and blologltt. aallad from
Kaa Francltco recently on the
liner Talyo Mara to ttudy primi
tive marina Ufa la pondt and la
goona of South Bea lilandt.
Deep Snow Grips Part
of Oregon; Tahoe
Folk Isolated.
PORTLAND, Or.. Doc , W)
A aaw aturm broke over I'aJon.
Umatilla and Baker eoantlaa to
day, adding treah mow to that
brought by Wedneeday'a billiard.
Tha Blue mountain country bora
lb brnnt of todiy'a ttorm and
now m plied deep la canyon.
TAHOE TAVERN, Calif., Dec
11. OF) Without medical aid and
with no food other than canned
goodt, rtrttdentt of thla aeclloa
ware aorely dlttreated today a
they (ought to bold out agalnt
lb eevere cold and heavy anow
antll aid arrived from Truck. 14
mllea away. A alngla telegraph
wlr afforda Ih onlr mean of
communication with tha ouiald
world.
SALEM. Dae. II (IP) The tttte
highway department announced
thlt morning that the billiard In
Eaitern Oregon bad not only clot
ad tha Old Oregon trail between
Pendleton and La Grande, but hid
llkewlt doted a portion eaat of
LaGranda toward Baker, and alto
between Pendleton and Walla
Walla.
Snow plow worked all night on
the Pendleton-LaOrande road,
and If the ttorm abate tomewhlt.
It I poitlbl the road might ha
opened for day trivel thlt after--noon,
Stat Engineer Roy Klein
announced. Snow al The Dalle
did not clote the hlghwaya In that
vicinity. The highway otflclali
believe all roadt can ba opened
again by tomorrow.
Highway condition! In South
am Oregon ara Improved, and
travel over the Siskiyou moun
tain on the Pacific highway eas
ier, although chain are required.
One-way travel ha been ordered
In many part of Southern Ore
gon. All other highway In the
tate are In good condition. Klein
aald. Reported alldes along the
coast have not Impaired traffic.
PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. SI.
(P) Little retplte from the ttorm
that awept Into thlt taction Wed
netdty wit aeen today. A bill
iard wit reported raging In the
Blue mountalnt, end hlghwiy
crewt were miking little headway
ln tbelr attempt! to keep the
(Continued on Page Three)
Local Man Held
' In South Dakota
WEBSTRR, 8. D Dec. SI. P)
Jnmea Marten, S3, ot Rt. Loult
nnd ErneM Klatt. 14, of Klamath
Fallt, Ore., yetterdty were aent
enced to a year each ln tha ttate
penitentiary for the robbery of a
atora at Andover Mondny, The
men pleaded guilty to third de
gree burglary. Police aald both
recently had been released from
Nebraska and Mlatourl prisons.
Police here hive no record of
Krnmt Klatt although there are
Klattt registered In the city di
rectory. Happy New Year!
The Newt and Herald wish
for all the people of the Klam
ath Empire a happy and pros
perous New Year.
A paper will b published
on Friday, but It will go to
pros early, giving employva a
partial holiday.
TAKE MOVE TO
RESTRAIN LEE
Prompt Action Favored
to Put End to Alleged
Leaks in Funds.
A. G. Morrison, Secretary,
Outlines Sentiments of
, Group in Statement
The Klamath County Taxpay
ra' league, going Into action fol
lowing the acceptance of the
county budget over It protest
and feeling tb raapontlblllty to
ward patching the leaka In pub
ic funda, may file aa Injunction
on Aeseeeor W. T. La restrain
ing blm from extending alleged
extravagances on tha tax rolls,
according to A. 0. Morrison, aec
retiry of tb league.
The officer! of the league have
been coovloced. daaplte the fact
that aa injuncton might put a
ttop to many needea acUvltlee.
the general opinion of tha (roup
favored aome Immediate action.
Mtuatioaj Drvcrlbed
Morrison, outlining the senti
ments of the league, described
lha situation aa follows:
"The league la forming, and
going to father a program ot
constructive measure aimed at
waste, friction and Inefficiency
that will wake Klamath county
np to what I going on.
"W have meetlnge silted for
many outlying districts and will
ultimately have four or five thou
sand member and will put our
meat urea through IfgJt meant a
thorough kouewleaiRug of all
tboaa oa the public pay roll who
do not want to about fac and
(Continued oa Page Three)
Klamath county had tha high
producing herd ot cows and the
high producing cow of the entire
state during the month ot No
vember, according to figure re
ceived here today by Earl Gard
ner, Kltmitb county cow tester.
U. E. Reeder'a herd ot cow
led all herdt In the atate with an
average production of 71 poundt
of milk containing 4S.1 poundt
of butterfat per cow.
"Skylark." a Holateln cow
owned by C. W. Lewlt, wia the
high producing cow of the itate
for tbe month with a total pro
duction ot 1770 pound of milk
containing II pounda ot batter-
fat.
TO LEAVE POST
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. Wl
William Cameron Forbes. Ameri
can ambassador to Japan, hat
notified the ttate department
he desire to retire from the
diplomatic tervlce.
The ambaisador said he wat
willing to remain at hit post un
til the acute phate of the Man
churian crlilt It over, but he
wttbea to leave within two
montht. Ha plant to return to
private lit.
MVRDER CHARflED
HOUSTON. Tex.. Dec. SI. CU.B
A charge of murder waa filed
today agalnit Frank W. Geer, SO,
one of thre men arretted ln ln
vettlgttlon of tbe death of one
Houtton hunter and the disap
pearance ot his companion.
Harry Daugherty Accuses
Albert Fall In New Book
NEW YOHfK.e Dec 31
The World-Telegram aald today
that former Attorney General
Harry M. Daugherty, In his book
"The Inside Story ot the Harding
Tragedy, " accuse Albert B. Fall,
former secretary ot the Interior,
of securing hi appointment
through a forged telegram.
The following quotation from
the book, which will be published
In two or three weeks, was
printed:
Harding Hesitated
"A. B. Fall and I could never'
hav been chum ln any political
enterprise. I tfilnk at the last
moment President Harding be
gan to feel the unspoken antag
onism between us and hesitated
to make the appointment.
"Fall met the crisis In his
usual bull-headed fashion. II
The colorful race of the aalllng at-hoontrt Commodore and Vigilant from Eonolula to Paget
Sound wa woa by the Commodore la a wild ttorm, aa thla picture, taken near Cape Flattery, Wath.,
shows. The wavee were so high that luga wer enable to take the Commodore la tow, and aha had
lo ride out the atorm.
New National Govern
ment Announces Inten
tion to Oppose Japs.
HANKING. China. Dec. SI, UP)
Despite Chang Huseh-Llang'a
retreat from Chinchow, Chlna'a
new national government la deter
mined to defend thlt city againtt
Japanese advance. Eugene Chen.
tbe foreign minitter, told tbe As
oclted Pree today.
"Our government will assume
all responsibility for Msnrhurlan
affairs." h said, "and after Ihe
Inauguration of tbe cabinet to
rn arrow ar- order to Chang
Hnseh-LIang to hold Chinchow
will be repeated.
"Independence for Manchuria
la not and never will be a polit
ical reality. Thirty million Chi
nese create and produce the
wealth of Manchuria; they have
made that territory a great and
vital part ot China which never
can be severed."
Nanking never ordered Marshal
Chang to evacuate Chinchow, he
safd. but on the contrary la deter
mined that be shall hold tha city.
MUKDEN. Manchuria, Dee. SI,
(P) Japanese cavalry, advance
guard of General Tamon'a column,
reached the banks ot tha Tiling
rlver'tonlght and wer within 15
mile of Chinchow.
There wer no Indication ot
aeiiont Chine refinance, and it
was believed the Japanese would
celebrate tbe New Year by the oc
cupation of tha city, which ha
blocked their masteiy ot the
whole of Manchuria tor three
montht.
Japanese airmen reported there
were strong Indications ot B
wholesale evacuation of Chinchow
by Chinese troops.
TAKES FIVE LIVES
JACKSON. Mitt. Dec. tl. JP)
Five persona dead, three dying
and fifty lesa aerlously Injured
were counted today In the trail
ot last night's tornado that tore
through 8lmpton and Covington
counties. Mlsttoilppt.
A survey ot the atorm' path
through the Isolated communities
revealed doxent ot demolished
homes and heavy livestock losses.
Two ot the dead persona were
white. They were:
Mr. Anse Everett, IS, crushed
to death as she held an infant
In her arms when her borne three
mile southwest of Magee wat de
molished. The child wat unhurt.
Paul Brown, two year old ton
ot Wilbur Brown. Magee farmer,
killed In tha collapa of the
family home.
The other dead were negroes,
on a child.
tent Harding an urgent telegram
asking hi Immediate appoint
ment and signed my name to It
without phoning me, wiring me
or In any way hinting hit pur
pose. Thla metttge he boldly
charged to A. B. Fall.
Mine Laid
"The appointment wa made
and the mine laid tor an ex
plosion about to shake the na
tion." Daugherty, who collaborated
with Thomas Dixon, author. In
writing the book, gives his ver
sion of virtually every acandal
that was stirred np after Hard
lng'a death, and antwer each ac
cusation. He brand rumor ot negro
blood In the Harding family a
entirely falte and tracea the
origin of the story, tne World
(Contlnued ea Pag Three),
.i ii :
Young Alpinists
Jerked to Death
As Rope Catches
MILAN. Italy. Dec SI. OF)
Bevertno Veronelll and Claa
dlo Cettaoeo, two young Alpin
ists of thla city, met a atrange
death on Grlgna mountain
when they lipped ad '!
1100 feet.
At thia point their rope
caught on a protruding rock
and jerked them to death. The
bodies were fonnd hanging
against the side of the moun
tain wall. It will be days be
fore tbey can b recovered.
LA GRANDE, Dec. SI, VP)
Two Missouri youths, accused ot
having engaged la a pistol duel
two months ago with Amos
Helms, tte policeman, today
learned that Helma la dead and
that first degree murder charges
will be filed against them. Helm
lingered for two month between
life and death. Wednesday he
died.
The district attorney announced
Ihat information charging tha
two. Kleth Crosswhfte and John
Owens, with first degree mnrder,
will be filed at once. Both youths
are from Springfield. Mo.
Boys Notified
Sheriff Jesse Breshears today
notified the two that Helms waa
dead. Owen. IS. took tbe new
toically. la silence. Crosswhlte.
19. flinched visibly. Breshears
Crosswhlte asked "when are they
going to hang us?" "I don't
know," Breshears said h replied,
"it s np to the Jndge."
Escape Watched
The sheriff today posted "no
trespass" notice on the court
yard between i p. m., and S a. m.,
when guarda will be posted to
forestall any possible attempt to
escape.
Carl Helm, district attorney,
aald today first degree mnrder
charge will be filed, and that the
death penalty will be demanded.
Sheriff Bresheara said both
prisoners will be closely guarded
that no possible chance ot escape
Is afforded. Bresheara said Cross
white once told him "It would be
more honor to b shot than to be
hanged."
LA GRANDE, Ore.. Dec. SI. UP)
State Policeman Amoa Helms,
shot last October while question
ing two youthful Mlssourlana. suc
cumbed to hi wound lite yester
day. Several blood transfusions
failed to keep him alive.
Keith Crosswhlte and John Ow
ens, captured soon after the
shooting and held In the county
jail here, will probably be charg
ed with first degree mnrder a
soon as the county grand Jury can
be called Into special session.
Judge J. W. Knowles la expected
to return to La Grande after (lie
holidays.
California Produce
Placed Under Bans
SALEM, Dec. SI. UP) Three
carloads ot California cauliflower
at Portland and another at Med
ford have been put under quar
antine by th atate department
of agriculture, and will either be
destroyed or shipped out ot the
state. Max Gehlhar. director, an
nounced today. Inspectors an
nounced tha carloads were ship
ped from areas Infected with
vegetable weevil.
The quarantine againtt veget
ables from Infected areas waa
established last July. The veget
ables may be shipped to Wash
ington, where no quarantine la
ln force, Gehlhar aald.
KSTATE ESTIMATED
PORTLAND. Dec. 81, UP)
The estate ot Wlllard P. Hawley,
paper manufacturer, who died
Dec. 1. 1 estimated at 1700,
000. The will waa filed In r-ro-bate
court here Wednesday. Cash
bequests ot $50,000 each were
left to Eva Adnle Hawley. widow
and Wlllard P. Hawley Jr. The
widow receive th remainder of
th tate,
01. POTATOK ASKED
Growers, In Meeting At
Henley, Make Plea
to Railroads.
Aa effort to hav th freight
rate on Klamath potatoea to cen.
tral California placed on an
equal baaia with th rat for
Idaho potatoea to th same des
tination, waa begun at a meet
ing of the Klamath Potato
Grow..' aasoeiatloB at Henley
Wednesday night.
On hundred and twenty-five
grower ot tb Klamath basin,
including a number from Tale
Lake, attended th meeting and
listened to a discussion on the
freight rate problem. Clyde
Griffith, Henley, president, and
C. A. Henderson. Klamath Falls,
secretary, wer la charge ot th
meeting.
Henry Semon, chairman of the
potato growers' freight commit
tee, presented the report ot Jack
Grafton's recent trip to Port
land where he discussed th
problem with freight rate ex
pert and railroad officiate.
The association will request
(Continued oa Pag Five)
TWASHI
SEATTLE, Dec. SI, UP) A
slight earthquake Jarred westers
Washington at 7:SS a. m. today.
No serious damage haa been re
ported. At LUliwaup, oa Hood
Canal, It cracked the concrete
wall ot a new store building.
Although there ha never been
a serious quake recorded ln this
state Dean Henry Landea of the
University of Washington college
of science, said alight tremors
are not unusual and occur about
two or three tlmea a year.
Reports of the shock were re
ceived from Bremerton. Port or
chard and Sllverdale. across
Paget Sound. It to 10 miles from
here, and at Longview, In south
west Washington. It stopped
man's watch ln the University
district here and waa felt dis
tinctly in west Seattle.
Plate were rattled, pictures
tilted and doors swung through
out Seattle.
Bread Price Down
To Cent A Loaf
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. SI. UP)
A price war among small mar
keta In the Sandy Boulevard com.
munltv here today resulted In
on itor advertising one-pound
loavea of bread for one cent
loaf. Grade A milk wat adver
tised by th lama ttort at
cents a quart.
LATE NEWS
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 81. (AI') Hopes of a T cent carfare
for Portland went glimmering today when Judge Oliver P. Coshow,
who-tat aa matter chancery in tult of tho Pacific Nortliwett Public
Service Corporation agalnt Charle M. Thomas, public ntilltiea
commissioner and city of Portland, handed down hit findings, nil.
Ins that Thomas' order for T-cent fare was confiscatory, unlawful
and in violation of the constitution
SALEM, Dec. 81. (AP) State Treasurer Rufu C, Holinan today
deposited In the Chase National Bank In New York City the sum
of a.iOil,ai.0O with which to pay aKI,0OO of principal of Ore
gon veterans' state aid bonds and 85,815.00 of Interest thereon
due January, 1033.
ROSERURGI, Ore., Dec. 81. (AP) Testimony started today In
the mnrder trial of Cecil Berkley, a fanner of th Gilds district,
accused of slaying bis wife. Alma Beckley, and his tep-danghler,
Margaret Clutter.
TOLEDO, O., Dee, 81. (AP) Th aatiooal student frJerstJou
of America closed lta seventh annual conirress today with Its dele
gates oa record aa opposing prohibltloa "aa at now axial be raa
fusing a oendema th .VJeta4 ash
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Washington Pol lee To
Guard Embassy In
Fear of Blast
Parcel Sent to Italian At
Cleveland Blown Up
by Officers.
WASHINGTON. Da. 11. UP
Special police guard will ba as
signed Immediately to the Itallaa
embassy by metropolitan police at
in requeat of embaeay fftetal.
Inspector Albert J. Headier
made thla anaouorement today
following a brief eonferene at
Ihe embaeay arising Oct ot re-
it Oomblng threes lo Itallaa
officials.
"W are not aatlclpatlns trou
ble," Headly said. "Wa are tak
ing thla action lmply aa a ara-
cautloBary measure."
CLEVELAND. Dec. SI. UP
An attempt to kill Count Cesar
Grandenlgo, Italian consul bare,
waa foiled today when a packag
ent htm by express from New
Tork waa discovered to contain
a bomb.
Th packag was taken fer
police officials to tba oatsklrta
of th city and exploded ther
by firing a rifle ahot Into H. Th
name of "William Trombetta,
i East 46th street. New Tort."
wa gives oa th packag as th
Bender.
Police Inspector Cornelius
Cody said the bomb, a time da-
vlce, contained enoagh xplolv
to have blowa ap half a city
block.
DETROIT, Dee. SI. UPt A
clerk at tha Gotham hotel, resi
dence ot Count Ugo Bernl Can
lni, Italian vice-consul ln Detroit,
this afternoon informed postoftlce
officials that a auspicious look
ing package had been delivered
to the vice-consul, and expressed
the fear the packag might con
tain a bomb.
TOUNGSTOWN. Ohio, Dee. SI.
UP)- An expresa package auspect
ed of containing a bomb wat re
futed by Dr. Attillo Rudipep,
Italian consular agent here, to
day. The package was mailed
from New York. It waa turned
over to police and takes) to a
field Bear Toungatowa for ex
amination. CHICAGO, Dec, SI. UPt 0r
Durante, vice president ot th
Chicago school board and editor
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FIVE PER CENT FLAN
ON RELIEF FAVORED
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Dee.
SI, (U.FD Tbe federal Irrigation
conference last night adopted a
bill to be presented to congress,
allowing drouth stricken farmer
oa government reclamation land
to pay five per cent of their
crop return value for 1931, 193S
and 1933, for tha us ot water.
Representatives of Irrigation
district ot IS western states
agreed to the proposed bill. It
will be read In ita final form to
morrow at the closing session.
A telegram from Dr. Elwood
Mead, commissioner ot reclama
tion, said he neither accepted nor
refused tbe bill.
The "five per cent" plan waa
first adopted by a peoll com
mittee of eeven member and -presented
to the congresa tor
final adoption. It waa approved
over four other proposal: Th
Mead plan, tne three-year morat
orium: the two-third morator
ium tor three year and th ona
year moratorium.
of the I'nitod HUtes.
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