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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1932)
H ERALD SERVICE I lti:i'ANT IhiihIi ( li ar mill colli. Ilnlif fiilli 114 Imura eliding 0 p. mi. Tuesday, .101 muihi lo dale, 4 t normal, S.4SJ1 laat year in iimn a.mt l.MI'. Mlu, I wit lit lira., fl mas. Tim., BO Herald subscrlbere who fall lo recalvs their paper by :80 p. m. are requested to call the Herald baslnes office, phone 1SO0, aad paper will be rnl at onre by epeelal carrier. Price Hve CenU KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 1932 Number 6768 I? IB 13 P pji JV YEATHER FACTS mi iaUinilL Editorials OH th Day's News lljf FRANK J K .N K I Mi qrllK Democrats, who cunlrol the bousa of representatives, core a victory. They lake frum Ike President the power to cliauie tariff ratea oo rerow niendatloa of the tariff comiul too and le llila power back lo congress. Pklur them, after lha vol aa i.iki-11, dusting olf their kaolin .: rniylnc "Well, that's that." Hal' d It mean! Ob, Just II it ...u bere on the I'aclfle cast. If a iddea change Id Id wrau' looal condition ahould lhrs..ta ny of our Industrls. would hare lo wall for tariff r-lsf until a bill could be fought ttri'iigU congress. At preeeot. I l a l'rldent la empowered to (!, IMMEIitATK relief. IT the umi time, the bouM of representative goea on record favoring aa Interna llonal congress lo revla tariff! downward. That night be a good Idoa. Hut. before becoming TOO en 1hur.lar.lle. remember the num ber of International conference that hv been held lo reduce armament and reflect that arm ament are now greater than vpr before. International congress pro vide a lot of talk, but not much action. a e rY the war. congreaa baa Juat made an appropriation of o,u00 to pay the eipenae of American participation In lite Beit International dlaarmament conference. Hearing that In wind, who era that talk la cheap? e e OAIISON, noted tailallclan and hualncas prophet, say: "tilallatlca clearly Indicate that tli la la the time to plan a atrung advertlalng and aalea program. Condition point toward gradual Improvement In 111. Thoa who are prepared for better bus Ineea with a carefully planned. Krr.hre aalea and advertising policy will be the tint to climb out of the depreaalon." e e e 1JOTK that nahaon I careful lo link adrerllalng with aalea pollrlr. He knowa, aa all good advertiser do, that adrerllalng I merely MULTIPLIED aalea manahlp. It talk to hundred, or thou aanda, or MILLIONS of proa pacta, where the word-of-mouth aaleaman can talk to only one at a time. e e e wrA8IIINOTON eorrcpondenl tall ua that Republican leader ar talking of a wet plank and a dry candidate with which to of fact th propoaed Democratic achems of a dry plank and a wet candidate. No matter whnt you think of prohibition, whother you are for It or agalnat It, thla acheme. If carried Into effect, would prob ab Inrreaa the faint dlaguat which aa an ordinary, average cltlion and not a political leader looking for a Job or trying to hold ona you feel toward politic and politician In general. e e pHAMLES 0. DAWKS realgn a ambassador to Oreat Brit ain and announce that ha will coma home to Chicago and go (Continued on Tag Fire) DON'T MISS a . a tho primer of 1" h e Klamath News and The Evening Herald. It begins with the letter A on the Editorial page today. a V. ' GLiitlf DIP FELT IN STATE Klamath Minimum Down To Five Above on Wednesday. All Highways Open In Klamath Section But Chains Advised. Klamath Fall abtrered today In eplte of clear aklea and a bright aua when lha mercury fell to a minimum of five degreea above aero and roae ouly 10 de greea for the day'a mailmum. Little hope for moderation In temperature I held out by lb local weatherman who predict a continuation of clear, cold weather with moderate wind. Hnowfall during th recent torm netted a total motalur content of of an Inch bring ing the eeeann'a precipitation up to 4.14 Incite, little more than an lnb loss than normal at pectancy. and 1 &4 Inrbea more than the prerlpltatlon reglatered for the aama period of lima dur ing 131. Motorists Advised Advise to motorlata In the Klamath area today I to drive more alowly and more cautloualy because of try apota on lha high war according to road report laaued by the chamber of com merce. Although chalna help they are not a certain aafeguard where Ire la ronrnrd. The (ireen Kprlnna, liaiiea-fallfornia and Lakevlaw highways are In excellent ahape with the excep tion of place where the anow melts durlug the warmer part of the day and freesea at night. The Alturea road through (Continued on Page Three) SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13, (U.R) Two men were Indicted and Inveatlgatlon of other be gun In federal court hero yea terday aa the government moved to break up a "ring" of men be lieved to have brought nearly a arore of Portland. Ore., girl here for Immoral purpose. The two men named In Indlct menta . returned today were Ed mund Llmlaey of fan Franclaco and Charlea II. Hire. Llndaey I In custody and Hie la being ought. Th pair, It la charged, brought Celemenclna Rennar, 19, bere from Portland In Auguat, and aome time later brought Vivian Hughe. JO, alao of Portland. Government Inveetlgatora aeld they believed eight or ten other girl from that city had been brought her by the pair and other Implicated with them. PORTLAND, Or., Jn. 13, (U.R) Record of th Portland police bureau rovealed nothing today of the vice-ring Involving Port land glrla, reported uncovered In San Franclaco. ELEVEN KILLED BY BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 13. (!') A tornado that dipped Into five countle In West Central Ala bama and Central Mlaalaalppl laat night brought death tn eleven persons, ten of them negroes. In jured more thnn 1M other and wrought untold prnporty dnmage. The greatest Ina of life wa reported at Mniuidvllle, Ala., where nlno peraona were killed, all negroes. More than a (core of other were hurt and more than 40 homo rased by the wind. Mr. Frank Simmon wn killed when the atorm demnllabed her home at New Hamilton, Ml. Morn than 12!i poraon were hurt at New Hamilton. One negro wa killed and 11 hurt at Fannadale, Ala. Severn! home were damaged at Forest, Mlaa. At Jnapnr, Ala., the coun ty court home burned with a loas of 1200.000. Treasurer Alone To Handle Funds SALEM. Jan. 13, (if) The county tronauror of ench county alone I reapontilhle for the safe keeping of county fund, Attor ney Oonorul I. H, Van Winkle held In an opinion hnndod down tnduy. The county court, ho held, could not direct tho dlapo Itlon of county fund. The opinion wa reqttnated by A, A. Schramm, Hate banking superintendent. in Gandhi Foe Upon the ahouldera of VI count Wllllngdon, above, reeta th difficult taik of attempting to preaerv peace In troubled India after the arreat of Ma batma Gandhi. S MELON'S GOAL Maintenance of Govern ment Credit Indispens able. Declared. WAHHINGTON, Jan. 13. A balanced budf.-t at th nd of lha fUcal year 1934 la the goal of th aduiiiiIatraUon'a tax In rreaaa projtrara mbniltted today by Kocretary Mellon lo tb boas maya and mena com mil tee. Appearing aa lha principal wit nma at the opening of hearlnga befora tba demorratlc-ront rolled group that will formulnte broad r revenue raining IfMclnlattoD, the veteran cabinet lurtnber of three repuMlrgn adrntnlntraiiona uld: "We are In tho mldat of a grave emergency. It la eencutlal to raise additional revenue, not Juat to cover current expenditure but to maintain unimpaired the credit of tba lulled tHutm gov ernmrnt. "Thla laat object Ira U of para mount Importance to every cltl io In the land. It la an India penaable atep In our progreaa toward recovery. Hv-Hf.c Nerefeftnry "The loartea that will bo Buf fered by every Individual and very Industry through a contin uation of tho depression will ex ceed many time over tho amounta to bo contributed In ad ditional taxea. "It la not only tho patriotic duty of all to Insure tho financial stability of tho government In times such aa these, but tho aacrl (Continued on Tage Throe) T PORTLAND, Ora.. Jan. It, (JP) Oregon democrat hve formal ly launched the presidential can didacy of Franklin D. Rooaevelt. George F. Alexander, preeldent of th Rooaevolt-for-I'realdent League of Oregon, yestorday filed with th ecretry of itate at Sa lem a petition to place the New York governor'a name on the democratic preferential primary ballot. More than 11.000 algna tttrea were affixed to the petition, although uch an Inatrument re quire only 1100 algnaturea. Alexander Raid the league orig inally Intended to file the peti tion January 80, Oovernor Kooae velt'a anniversary, but a desire to have Oregon democrats lead the nation In formally proposing Koosevelt' candidacy hastened the action. When Informed at Albany, N. Y that hi name had been placed In the Oregon presidential pri mary. Governor ltooscvelt declin ed to comment. J. T. Summervllle, secretary of the league, said he believed fully 80 per rent of Oregon democrats are solidly behind the Koosevclt-for-Prcsldent movement. Mrs. Caraway Wins Senate Election In Race In Arkansas LI ILK ROCK. Ark.. Jan. It, (P) A mother whose life largely was concerned with domestic af fair until two months ago will serve a tha first womnn ever elected lo the United States sen ate. Mrs. Ilatllo W. Caraway, widow of Arkansas' Junior aenntor, Thndilous H. Cnrnwny, yesterday defosted two "Independent" can didate In a special election to acltiov the distinction. She will fill out her husband's unexpired term. Return front mnro thnn two- thirds of the counties gave her 14,121 rotas against 4.10 for flam D. Carson, self styled "dirt farmer, and 925 for Rex K Kloyd, ion of a former congress, man. BOXING SPUDS IS TOPIC AT T Grafton Says Plan Might Be Worked "Out, Cites Objections. Further Investigation of Project Is Slated by Committee. An ihuatlv dlacoaalon of th marketing of potato In woodtn boxe took plac at tha director meeting of tha Klamath county chamber of commerce Wednesday noon, and ended with a decision to glr further atudy to th mat ter aa a poaalble community pro ject linked with tha welfare of Klamath county' two largest In dustries. Jack Grafton, prominent potato grower and ahlpper. after dis cussing both advaatagee and dis advantage of th proposal, ax presaed that "a large percentage of tba pot toe could be market ed in boxes Initesd of sack and a economically." Henry Semon, potato grower, C. A. Henderson. county agent, and William llar- ron. local business mn, were . other speaker at th discussion I session, sponsored by tb cham ber' agricultural committee beaded by Percy Murray. Tell Past Milpmenta Grafton began by telling of hi experience a few rears ago when five or six car were shipped from here In wooden boxe. The putatoea were all fancy stuff, liined to arrive at the market in mid-November, and graded as to site. They wer shipped to chain tor organisation. w.-pped and carefully packed, and housewives purchased th wrapped potatoes at a coat amounting nearly twice as much as th ordinary potato. Grafton enumerated objection lo the boxed potato project. He aid that on trouble with dis posing of potatoea aa extra fancy stuff Is the difficulty In finding a perfect potato qualifying tor thla purpoae. Tb disposition of th box In tb imall kitchen la another disadvantage, wbil a sack growa entailer as the pota toes are used and Is easily dis posed of. Still another disad vantage He In th danger of light getting through a alatted box and turning tha potatoea green, aomething which could bo prevented by paper wrapping or by paper lining of tha box. 8eea Outlet Grafton aald, bowever, that a large organisation In the east has successfully adopted box packing for potatoea. These potatoea are graded mechanically for siie, packed In cardboard carton, and aeveral hundred carloads ar sold In the eat with a few carload reaching Lo Angeles. He said, further, that there should b an outlet for boxed potatoea In overaea shipments. Tha nvy, h aald, boxe all pota toea for consumption on ship board. Grafton aald he believed that box shipment could he worked out economically, and favors packing tha better quality No. 1 potatoes, not graded as to sit. In boxe about the site of orange Crates, containing about SO pound (Continued on Page Three) Copco Boys Look Over Bunny Land Find Many Dead Tha Copco boys. Inspired by recent tales of wholesale rabbit shooting, shouldered their musket Sunday and sallied forth to Dairy to look the situation over. With the Idea of organising a bunnr hunt for th following week, they walked through a sage brush flat to aee If there real ly were rabbit on the Ore gon eld of the line. There were, and uch rabbits! They were found to be much larger and more ferocious than their California brethren, and sev eral wera shot In self de fense. One old buck found himself surrounded, and lash ing his tall In fury he charg ed an Innocent, unarmed game bearer. A murderous crossfire stopped him In the nick of time. As the group progreased across the flat, tha dead rab bit were piled np at Interval to be picked up later hy trucks. Upon returning to tho car about an hour later. It was found that 18 more rabhlts, after viewing the marksmanship of the boys, had given up and laid down beside th dead ones. Due to modesty, tha boys would not toll how many were killed, hut Just as a clue, Joe Pyle shot the dog, to round out an even 600 aa the party nenred tha cars. A real hunt la planned tor next Sunday. CHAMBER MEL Photograph Story of Sensational Honolulu Case JT SS J H. 1 a a a TO HELPJNVOKE PACT Japanese Attack Upon Chinese Newspaper Is Reported. NANKING, China. Jan. It. UP) China la ready to co-operate with th United State In uphold ing the nine-power treaty, it Is declared In the Chinese reply to the recent American note Invok ing that treaty In the Far East. The foreign minister handed the government's answer to the United Statea consul general yes terday evening. It dwells at length: . on tha points raised by Secretary Stlm aon. and assert tha Manchurian tssua will have a far-reaching ef fect on future International rela tions. Unless tba signatories to the nine-power pact Intend to uphold China's territorial Integrity, tha note asserts, tha peace of the world unquestionably will be en dangered. TSINOTAO, China, Jan. It, (IP) Japanese marines from the warships In the harbor patrolled the etreeta today, and thousands of Chinese sought means of leav ing the city, following a riot yes terday In which Japanese resi dents attacked and wrecked a Chinese newspaper office and (Continued on Page Three) Owen-Oregon Firm Faces Foreclosure 'Suit In U. S. Court PORTLAND. Jan. 11. (VP) Action to foreclose nmrl gages i .. ... t,,, ).. n..nw.n, l.m. k.. -m., .h ,h Mrifnrri Logging Railroad company of Medford, waa filed In federal district court here late Tuesday by the First Iowa State Trust Savings bank of Burlington. Iowa, and Calvin Pentrees ot Chicago, trustee. The trustees declare that In 19S5 they sold t3.000.000 worth of first mortgage tM per cent sinking fund gold bonds, and in 1927. sold an additional 1600, 000 worth ot similar bonds. Tha lumber company and rail road company, the complaint cites, gav mortgages covering real estate and other holding a aecurlty. The plaintiff contend the lumber and railroad companies are In default and allege that tl.700.000 of the t3. 000.000 bond issue, and all of the StiOO,- 000 Issue. In addition to Inter est, is now due. Young American Is Hanged for Murder BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Jan. 13, UP) Kddle Cullens, young naturalised United 8tates cltlsen, waa hanged at 8 a. m., today for the slaying of Achmet Mttsa, a Turk, fulfilling a death sentence Imposed after his con viction December 10. Mttsn, the promoter and com panion of Zaro Agha, who claim to ba the oldest man In ' the world, was found slain in a field near Carrlcktergua and Cullen 1 wag convicted ot th crlm. CHITJA READY I H, l . ; ; 1 L w.' ..- -: - wix' x. ,71 .-l..., . all ainw ...a . Sgkr FMantbki I objia-c' ll Above. Koko crater, which Hawaiian authorities declare was the objective of the anto carrying the alain Hawaiian youth; extreme left. Mr. Granville Fortescue. mother of an attacked naval bride, held on a murder charge after one of tbo aasailanta wa found murdered In a car ah wa driving; middle, courthouse at Hono lulu, whence. It Is charged, Joseph Kahahawal waa lured to his death with a fake warrant. Inset. Rear Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operation t Washington, who haa ordered naval personnel to stay out of Honolulu Below, Joseph Kahahawal, who Masste, United State nsvy, Jobless Women Will March In Nude If Not Given Hearing BRISBANE, Australia. Jan. It, iPi The unemployed wo men of Brisbane have threat ened that unless the atate min uter ot labor and Industry agree to discus their prob lem vlth tham they will march through tha streets of the city nude. The number ot Jobless wo men 1 so great authorities doubt whether they would be ble to arreat all of them if they carried out their threat. These women already have participated In some extra ordinary demonstration. Vernon Edward Dollar, IS j n confessed to police that he stol a car In Los Angeles be longing to Hsrl E. Fox ot Po mona, Calif., on December 30 Chief of Police Guy Merrill stated Wednesday. Chief Merrill said the youto. who was arrested by city police! ntrj .ti tinti v on m ciihtkb ui - driving while Intoxicated and larceny ot a car. alao admitted stealing a different set of li cense plate and putting them on the car. Dollar told Chief Merrill that he was sentenced to a six year term In Cateawell, Texas re formatory and served six months and was paroled, the officer states. "But I hope they send me to the penitentiary and not to a reformatory," the youth is quoted hy the chief aa saying. Charles T. Garnet, 19, arrest ed with Dollar, denies any part in the theft of Ihe car or witch ing ot license plates. The United Statea department of Justice Is Investigating the case to see It It comes under th Dyer set which regulates the removal of stolon car from state to stat. Man Dies In Snow Near Stalled Auto LOUP CITY. Neb., Jan. 19, () The body of the Rev, Alexan der Crsesiyaowskl, 60, Catholic priest here for ten years, waa found yesterday three miles from hi automobile, which had stalled on th highway te Grand Island. I - during- the coming maneuvers. waa killed; right, Lieut. Thomas held In the murder case. SALEM. Jan. 11. (JPy Mrs. Ella Wilson, secretary ot th tat fair lines 1924. will re main aa lta manager. Governor Jullu L. Meier announced last night. The controversy between Mrs. Wilson and Max Gehlar, director of th department of agriculture, waa held by the governor aa Insufficient for re moval ot either party and ha nrged both to cooperate to the success ot both department, Tha governor directed a let ter to both Gehlhar and Mrs Wilson directing them to con fer with each other and arrlv at a distinct understanding as to future policy. In cases where it Is Impossible to reach an agreement. Governor Meier sug geeted the disputed point be referred to the executive de partment tor settlement. Tha so-called state fair con troveray followed the 1931 state fair, when Gehlhar openly flh.-Arf .v... v, w n . . .i ' heen exrravssant In her an. mii.i..n c.hth.r that ,ho exlstln; deficit in the (. '-I ai- w.a- . , oia id ioi iuiiub "tin uu- v ! ack of proPer management on the part ot Mrs. Wilson. LATE NEW YORK, Jan. IS. (AP) Director of the Sinclair Consnll dated till I feneration. lrlrie Oil Gaa Co., and Iralrle Pipe Lino company today announced they the proKrt lee. LA CtKANDK. Ore.. Jan. 1.1. John Owens, M. pleaded not guilty la circuit court here today to first degree murder charge) In connection wttn tne ratal anooiing last October 18 of Amoo Helms, atate polireniaa. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. (AP) The senate today adopted a resolution authorising an appropriation of tM.to.ooo tor expense ot the American delegation to the Geneva disarmament conference. MKDFORD, Ore., Jan. 18. (AP) State police and herlff deputies today wore posted on the Pacific highway In the Hlsklyoua to watch for Charles (Pep) Renl, escned convict from McNeil Island federal prison, and his half brother, Col Voung, 28, who escaped Tuesilny niUt at Weed, Calif., after an exchange of shot with a polliTinun, CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 18. (AP) Hones taken from tha base ment ot the Cincinnati tenement where th body ot Ix-year-old Mariaa afcLeaa wa foand, ar not tbo ot a bumaa being. InsiiCHTFn nr 1 U1UU1MLII Ul I PRISON CHIEF A SLAIN IN HOME Trusty Surrenders After Attacking, Stabbing Betty Hickok. Censorship Established To Keep Details From Public. ROCKVIKW PEMTEXTIART. Belief onte. Pa-. J mm. IS, (JPr Hetty Hickok, 22. daughter of the rblrf of Korkview pralteatlary psychopathic ward, was scanned to death today by Fred Collins, ST, a acgro coavlrt from Alio Chewy raanty. Ho killed the girt after attacking her. Th negro assaulted Mlse Hic kok In th bathroom of her bom. Then he nearly decapitated hr with a large butcherknlf. Collin walked half a mils to tha prison and surrendered. lfro Thought H armies Member ot the Hickok family. In the house at the tlms ot th killing, did not know ot It until Informed by prison attaches. Collins, who has been in th psychopathic wrd for four years. was considered harmless. He was a "trusty." and employ ed a a guard at the Hickok home. He is serving a ten to twenty year sentence for second degree murder. Officials announced Collins would be taken to Western peni tentiary at Pittsburgh lat today. State police augmented tha (Continued on Page Three) held inn KANSAS CITT. Jan. 11. OP) Officials of th Long-Bell Lum ber company, the subject of a re quest for a federal receivership, expressed the belief last night that the action waa unwarranted. M. B. Nelson, president, said the company had shown no dispo sition to get out from under lta Indebtedness. "Only economic condition," It continued, "have made It necea- aary for ns to ask creditors to be patient and allow ns to conserve tbe assets ot the company without additional expense ot litigation. "Everybody wa owe will re ceive 100 cent on th dollar. In my opinion, it they will b pa tient. If not, everybody may lose." Th president, who said hs had read only newspaper accounts, denied there had been failure ot any sort with respect to sinking fund obligations. Jesse Andrews, general counsel, said tha uit would be contested "thoroughly." and It "should not stand In th way of carrying out the construc tive work ot obtaining th deporlt ot bonds." Commercial Men Report False Highway Rumor A local hotel reported Wed nesday that It received two can cellations of reservation and four requests to forward com mercial men' mil to Ashland Tuesday as tbey would turn back to their headquarter from ther and not visit Klamath. Commercial men stats that a report Is current In Rogue River valley citiea that road conditiona are bad over the Greensprlnga mountain. Those who hav vis ited the city advise the use of chains but state that the high way is in tine condition and Is easily traveled. NEWS had approved a plan for merging (AP) Keith Croaswhlte, 10, and
