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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1932)
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Tue., IT ffERALD SERVICE Herald aubcrlbr who (all to racelve thetr paper by 6:BO p. no. arc requested to call th Herald baalae off lea, phone MOO, h4 paper will be teal at oace bp (pecial rarrle. .'rice Five CcnU KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 1932 Number 6773 n $lt &)$mixm Herald iot nil fn.no K 1 I 1 I I I I aaaaaaal III A v Editorials OH tHl Days News Ily r'HA.NK JKNkl.ta) Id Hie auluuiulill a llulahed product, refined a far aa II caa b refined; capable u( no further major development, aud Ibarafur past lu peak a a mighty luduatryT A taiuuua aulooiotlva nglur aaya NO, streamlining of bod lea. ka aaaaru, will change tbe auto- aioblle of tb future radically, making It capable of doing things Ibe automobile of today can't ean Iblnk of doing, a a a ""THS fully ftreanillned auto mobile, be nfi, will bold spaed In axcea of (0 and 60 mllaain bour wltb a fuel con- aumptlun about HALT tbal of today. lie weight will be re duced about 40 per cent, tbua culling tire wear materially and making It easier to atop and tart. Tbaae lighter treemtlned care will bold tb road better than tbe heavier car of today, be ceute their construction will cauae tbe air to pusb tbetn down oa tb road, Instead of landing to lift them off. a I lb caa at preaent. W HAT It streamlining and why will It bring about thee radical cbangaaT If yon want a almple amwer to Ibat question, lake a lath and eweep It through tb air with tb broad ld eipoeed. Than turn your lath ElKiKWlSK and awlah It through tb air. Not bow much more muscular power It take to aweap the lalb broadwlae through the air than dgewls. -a a rpHEN take yonr lath, tarn II edgewlaa, tilt the forward edge allghtly downward and aweap It through the air. You will note that the prreaure of the air push It downward. Repeal the experiment, turn ing tbe forward edge of the lath allghtly upward. You will die cover that lb pressure of the air ha a tendency to puih the lath up. a a e VTOl'lt first aerie of experl mania, holding th lath first broadwla and then edgewise to (Continued on Page 8li) FILE DEMURRERS SALEM, Jan. SO. (A?) Th fir former official of tha Em pire Holding Corporation Inter posed demurrer to Indictment of unlawfully devising a scheme for aala of securities befor Cir cuit Judge L. H. McMshan here today. Ily Interposition of th demurrer no ploa war enter ed following lb arraignment, attorney announcing that th demurrer must be passed on by the court befor plea could ha entered. Long's Candidate Wins Nomination NEW ORLKAN8, Jan. 20. UP) O. K. Allen, chairman of the tale highway commission, with tha backing of Governor iltiey I'. Long, ha been nominated for governor t Louisiana by th largest majority evor polled by a democratic candidate for that office. Return from K64 precinct In yesterday's prlmnry, more than one-third of th total precincts, gave Allen a lend of better thnn Oil, Olio over the opposition field of four candidates. English, Catholic Church Intercommunion is Favored LONDON, Jan. 10, UP) A re (.lutlon proposing Intor-commun-lon hotwoen tha Church of Eng land and tit Cathullo churches of Kurnpe wua passed unani mously todny by the upper hons of the Convocation of Canterbury. In the words of tho Archbishop of Canterbury, this la tha first time In the history of the convo cation Hint th Church of Eng land ha "formally and by resolu tion brought Itself Into a relation of communion with another church. " Tho resolution provide that wlill lntor-communlon between DEATH BUHL SHIFT MAY BE JIB DEFENSE Shadow of Another Hand In Trunk Slaying Seen In Court. Winnie Judd's Lawyer Indicates Another May Be Guilty. Ily lUlph O. lirowa COl'llT IKiUHK. phoenix. Aril. Jan. 20. UP) Hope of produc ing an accomplice or of shifting th burden ut guilt war dis closed by defense counsel today lu questioning Jurors who will deride tbe fate of Winnie Ru:b Judd. The shadow of another per eonallty In Ibe caae appeared shortly after court convened for the second day of tha pale-faced. 24-year-old woman trial for alaytng of Ague Anne LeKol. ber friend. Kbe also la charged with murder of Mis liadvlg bamueleon. legality Anrued. Herman lekowltt of defense counael, auddculy demanded of a proapecttve Juror: "It yen find human life ha been taken and tber le no di rect evidence showlug any con nection of this defendant with the taking ut human life, and the court instructs you as to clr rumstantlal evidence, and there la ralaed In your mind the pos sibility this act was committed by another peraon ." Aaalstant County Attorney U. A. Rodger objected to th ques tion. It waa not, he contended. a proper statement of the case on trial. Judas Howard C. Speak man recessed court ahlle counsel went In search of legal author Itlea for and against tbe still Incompleted defense hypothesis I'revloualr Lewkowits Dad hinted to Jurors the question of Mrs. Judd's actual connection with tha alsylngs (which she once confessed) might arise. "If a reasonable doubt was raised In your mind a to th connection of thta defendant with lh act charged, would you hesitate to vote not guilty?' Juror Accented. The turor. Stewart H. Thomp son, said he would not hesitate. He waa accepted, the fifteenth Juror sealed In the panel of 29 reu u I red betore peremptory rnai lenites insy be exercised under Arltona law. The defense bint as to pos sible shifting, at least In part. of the onre-confessed guilt served as corroboration of previous re port Mrs. Judd had given ber counsel a statement dirrenng materially from the confession she made when aha surrendered In I.oa Angeles a week after her two friends bad been slain In their Phoenix duplex apartment and their bodies shipped to the coast city. The strain of her first day In court had placed Us mark on the slender defendant when ah took her plsr at the counsel table this morning, wearing again the dark blue dress with modest frill about neck and sleeves, In which she made her Initial ap pearance. Her face was mar haggard than yesterday. Woman Dies While Plane Rushes Serum SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. 10. (JP) -Deadly botullah snuffed out th life of Mrs. J. A. Dewar late laat night as an aviator was dnr Ing thick fog between Spokane and Portland to reach her here with a serum which might heve checked the poison. .Mrs. Dewar was stricken Sun day after eating home preserved string beans. An urgent call to the I'nlverslty of Oregon medical school at Portland for serum sent Tex Rankin, noted Northwest pilot, speeding over the difficult route between here and Portland, hut lh sufferer died before he reached Pnaco, Wash., an hour and a half from Spokane. th Church of England and th old Catholic churches I permis sible, "This does not ronulr from either communion acceptance of all doctrinal opinion, sucrninenlnl devotion or 111 iirptlrnl character istic of the other, but implies that each believes th other to hold th essential! of Christian faith." Th "Old Catholic" I th name which was assumod by member of tho Roman Cnthnllo church who refused to accept the vntlcan council decision of 1870, renaming papal infallibility, and who set up a separate ecclesias tical organisation. I Sportsmen Ask for Aid in Obtaining Reservation Rights Jackson Pair Feared Lost In Blizzard MEPFORD. Or.. Jsn. 10. UP) Kdwln C. Brown. . and bis wife, r believed by their friends to bv perished In a bllssard Monday, Jan. 11. which awept tbe country ur rounding tbelr ranch In the Dead Indian district. The two left the ranra of A. R. Cooley at 4 o'clock on tb afternoon of that day In lh midst of a blinding snow storm. They wor anowshoe. Cooley visited the Brown cabin, two mile away, last Monday when they failed to a appear. He found bo evidence that tbey bad been there In the preceding week. A aearrhlng party was or ganised but no trace of lb man or woman was found. Vernon Hooper. rural mall carrier, believe both perished. Neither was experienced In the use of snowshoes. The country Is wild, wooded and full of gladea. Further search for the two was underwsy today by forest service employee, aug mented by sheriff's deputies and stats polk. PARTIES HIED BY ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE Steer Clear of Prohibition Is Advice; Efforts to Weaken Law Hit. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. (Jp) Th Anti-Saloon league biennial convention left behind It today a warning to th political parties to steer clear of prohibition this election year. Reiterated by tbe speaker who mounted tb platform at law night' final gathering, this theme was summed np In a declaration of policy which asserted "repeal or modification are not for party platform or party lines." With that th veteran dry or ganisation went on record as op posing anything that might weak en prohibition: Referendum, re submission, state control, modifi cation and beer proposals, as well as repeal attempt. It scored particularly the Ra kob "home rule" plan of liquor control, asserting: "Let there be no mistake, Raa kobisn 'home rule means event ually saloon rule." Among tb Individual expres sion was the decleratlon ot Mra. Jeaae W. Nicholson, president of the Nntlonal Women'a Democratic Law Enforcement league: "It there' any doubt, let any party have a wet candidate next (all. and the women will give him such a licking as he never had." Dr. A. J. Barton of North Caro lina, chairman of the league's ex ecutive committee, asserted the South would deny support to any presidential candidate, either run ning on a wet platform, or per sonally wet. SALEM, Jan. SO, P) Two In mates at the state penitentiary effected their escape from tho new cell fronts at a demonstra tion staged at the prison today for newspapermen. The escape wm made with the aid ot a small Iron tool within a few seconds tl.ne when the cells were locked In a "neutral position." - Hal E. Hnss, secretary of state, who yestorday voted agnlnst the acceptance of the cell fronts as Installed In the new building, had stated that a prisoner could got out despite tho new locking de vice. Local newspapermen re quested the demonstration and Hoss compiled with the request. Governor Julius L. Meier and Kuril C. Holmnn had voted to accept the new cell fronts, and with the vote two to on, their motion was adopted. When the colls are on "dead lock" as they are at night, it was admitted by Hoss It would be almost Impossible for a prison er to escape, but on the "neu tral" position, which la used In manipulating the 180 cell door In lotting prisoner In and out. th escape appeared simple. Aid for Klamath aportsmen In obtaining bunting and fishing prlvllegea on tb Klamath Indian reservation, planting of on bil lion bass In Upper Klamath lake, mot and smaller game reserves. enforcement of bunting laws rath er than further restriction on sportsmen, re-floodlng of Lower Klamath lake, war om of tb request mad by th Klamath fiportamen' association and Mo doc chapter Ixaak Walton league of the Oregon State Game com mission at a hearing at th Hotel Wlllard Tueaday evening. Tbe Lake county delegation also made a number of requeats. Including a change In the boun daries of th Western Lake deer reserve, so that they follow river and highway lines, a national park for tbe antelope herd near Hart mountain; one million trout fry a year rather than 400.000 annually, and a change In atate laws to have tbe California and Oregon deer seasons opn and elos on th aro date. Th request of Klamath nlm rods follow: 1. W are not In favor of th tat leglalstur and th gam commission eontinuklly curtailing th sport of th sportsmen whll the gsm and fish law need mor rigid enforcement. 2. W recommend th adoption of a better license and tag system. 1. W aak th gam commis sion to give soma thought to the large areaa of cheap logged-off land as an asset to gam propaga tion. 4. W ask for a deer reserve located In the Pokegama country. A map and description will be forwarded. i. We do not favor enlarging the Klamath and Lake countiee deer reserve, and atrenuoualy op poa extending th boundaries on tb north and west. W do ask thst thta reserve be better marked. Our oggestlon I that metal algna b need and b placed visible to one another. W are favoring smsller reserves and mor of them. (. We ssk th gam commis sion to land a hand at every op portunity toward th refloodlng of tb Lower Klamath lake. T. We are asking for a good shipment of Hungarian part ridges. g. In th event that th duck and goose season Is again reduced to one month, we favor the month of November. t. We favor a universal fish limit for all Inland lakes and streams of not lass than 15 fish or 15 pounds and on fish per day; or (0 fish and 10 pounds and on fish per week. Also as near a possible a universal season. 10. We ask to have Odell creek closed permanently, and the clos ing ot Gold lak. Davis lak and th Rosary lakes from September (Continued on page three) STATE EMPLOYES RELIEF FUND UP 8ALEM. Jan. 10. VP) Th state employes' fund for unem ployment relief during December mounted to about 1:3,000, an Increase ot about IS. 000 over tbe November voluntary subscription. It was revealed late yesterday when the committee disbursed the funds to varloua counties. The receipt wer from th on day's pay a month donated toward re lief work. Of th total amount tor th past month, $10,000 waa distri buted by the committee to the varloua counties, sending each from 1150 up to $1,000, baasd on the current report ot actual need In th counties. Th balance of the fund represents contribu tions mad In various localities directly by employes, which was not paid to the atate committee. Pneumonia Is Fatal To Joyce Taylor, 2 Joyce Taylor, two - year - old daughter of Eire Chief and Mr. K. A. Taylor, died about noon to day In th Hillside hospital ot double pneumonia. She Is the twin lister ot Jerry Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor bad been In constant attendance at the llt tlo girl's bedside for the last two nights, and Wednesday morning she waa rushed to th hospital when her condition became more acute. 1 School Pupil Dies, 9 Injured CHICAGO. Jan. 10. UP) A high school girl was killed and nine other pupils Injured, two perhaps fatally yesterday, when their automobile collided with a truck after It had been ordered by union funeral chauffeur to drop out of a cortege en rout to a cemetery. ACCIDENT BODY, HOSPITALS HERE IN DIFFICULTY Allowance of Only $2.57 Per Day Is Cause of Trouble. New Plan to Take Patient to Portland May Cause Heavy Local Loss. Refusal of th stst Industrial accident commission to allow mor than $2.57 dally for hos pital ear of Injured workmen receiving benefit under th workmen' compensation act haa brought about a controversy be tween tb commission and local hospital. It became known Wed needay. Aa a result of tb difficulties. th local Institutions appear like- j ly to lose thousands of dollars worth of business each year, and ; local physicians are expected also to suffer a heavy loaa In practice.'! Th difference between what th commission allows and what j tha hospitals ordinarily charge tor patients la the crux of the ; controversy. Local hospital costs are set at from $4.80 to $5 per day per patient, and the hospitals , here have made It a rule to ad- , mil a patient receiving compensa- i Hon benefits, only upon a written guarantee for payment ot tbe dlt-' ference between tbe hospital rate . and the JI.S7 allowed by the! .xommlsslon. New Devetopmeat I Th latest development In the ' situation Is an apparent decision ' of tb accident commission to call tb claimant either to Salem or Portland tor operation and care. A Industrlsl accidents represent a considerable shsr ot the local hospital business, as well a th practice of local physicians, th loss from this de cision will run Into thousands ot dollar. On hospital here estimate that It will los be tween $10,000 and $15,000 an nually In care of patients direct ly under compensation from the aecident commission, and possibly another $10,000 through action ot private Insurance companies In making their rate th same a those allowed by the state in addition to local monetary losses, tb situation leads to in convenience and possibly serious results for the patients, local physicians state. The necessity tor obtaining a guarantee when th patient la admitted to the hospital lead to complications and delays, whll the new plan of moving th patients to Salem or Portland may have serious re (Continued on Page Three) Members ot the Klamath Tax payer's League will meet tonight at 7:30 in the circuit court room ot the court house to discuss the rumored closing of the fire station In the city hall and re moval ot equipment to the new tire station, unemployment re lief and plans tor expansion ot the league, A. G. Morrison, sec retary, stated todny. The meeting will be ag open affair wltb all taxpayers Invited to attend. Morrison said. Plans are being made to form unita of the league In Bly and Keno. The league, through Morrison, recently expressed themselves In favor of aiding the unemployed. The matter of the state Issuing additional highway bonds to further finance relict highway work will be before the meeting tonight. "The league has a world ot material with which to answer complaint against the league and with which to crush criticism. We have verified the matter on hand and can tell the taxpayers where money has been spent ex travagantly and wastetully In the conduct -of affairs," Morrison stated. Reparations Meet Postponement Is Believed Certain LONDON. Jan. 10. (Post ponement of the Lausanne repar ations conference was regarded In llrltlsh official circles today as Inevitable because ot the French political situation. With the debate In the French chamber of deptttlea carried over until Thursday, Downing Street considered It Impossible tor the arrangemonts tor the conference to be completed and give time for tho delegates to arrive at Lausanne by January 2a, the date set for the meeting, nrltish opinion Is that the conference will be held perhaps a week later. Snow Nearly Takes Life of Buck Tragedy du to tb heavy snowfall In the west was narrowly verted when E. C. Osborn discovered this deer bogged In the snow near Portola. Cal. It had crossed th river, bat In clambering np th bank. It waa bogged down, and was helplessly awaiting death when Osborn rescued It after taking this remarkable photograph. Woman's Sentence Steps Up As She Cusses Out Judge CARBONDALE. III.. Jan. 10. JP) An original sentence of 15 days In jail wa gradually stepped np to six month In tbe case of Mrs. Lee Jordan for using profanity In County Judge Fred Herbert' court yesterday. Mrs. Jordan cursed th Jodre for th first penalty, which was promptly doubled, then raised ts (0 days, and next to to days a her flow of profanity continued unabated. The term had reached six months when officer led her out of the court room. PROSECUTION HIT Quick Release May Sought for Four Accused. Be HONOLULU. Jan. 10. (U.f immediate release of Mrs. Grace Hubbard Fortescue, Lieut. (J.O.) Thomas H. Massle. and two en listed men ot the navy, will be sought Friday ahould th grand jury fall to return Indictment against them Thursday, Mont gomery Winn, their attorney, an nounced last night. Winn issued a lengthy state ment In which he denonnced the action ot city and county attorneys in th case, claiming they were prejudicial to hi cli ents. Winn promised that it the "dilatory tactics" to which he object continue when the grand Jury meets Thursday, he will ap pear in court the next morning to Institute habeas corpus pro ceedings. "On Thursday next." tbe state ment Issued by th attorney said, "the city and county at torney will have had two weeks in which to present an indict ment to the grand Jury. "During the two weeks pe riod, instead of doing what he and his deputies should have done, they have spent the entire time in an endeavor to preju dice the defendents in this case. "In the meantime these de fendants, who. as yet, have been accused ot nothing, are held prisoners without bond, waiting the pleasure and convenience of the city and county attorney. AT PORTLAND FULL PORTLAND, Jan. !0, (iP) A definite break In retail gasoline prices was experienced here to day. Service station generally throughout the city had posted It-cent signs to meet the price set by a large company. The "reg ular" price has been 18 cents. Some stations were selling as low a 13 cent today. The large oil company which made the first slash, did so, it was said, in the hope of discouraging price cutting below the generally accepted market price. At Vancouver. Wash., motor fuel wa selling at from 15 to 16 cents. Some dealer displayed a large Interrogation mark in place of the usual price sign. AVIATRIX WF.D8. KOBE, Japan, Jan. 20. UP) Ruth Barron, New York woman aviator, was married here today to William Franklin Nason, the American vice consul. The cere mony was performed at the home ot E. R. Dickor, th consul, Rate Reduction Asked of Railroads; Growing Costs Cited. A petltloa to several railroads, for lowered freight rates on Kla math pots toe to California mar kets waa perfected Wednesda afternoon, by th freight rate committee ot the Klamath Po tato Growers association la a final meeting. . Th petition sat forth that according to the ruling of th Internal Commerce Commission rendering a decision oa March li. 1311. la the case Frank R. Gooding versus the Oregon Short line Railroad requested the rail road to reduce the rate oa po tatoes from Idaho points to California markets to 17.2 per cent of first class commodity rate. This resulted in a gen eral reduction in shipping rate from Idaho to California. Aa a result ot this decision Klamath potato growers have found difficulty In competing with Idaho spud la major mar kets. In 1M petition, th Klam ath Assoctatioa requests that the local rate be reduced 17.1 of first class commodity rate. A point emphasised in the pe tition to be presented by the local grower i that th cost of production Is greater In Klamath districts than it la la Idaho, aa ahowa by a recent survey. This greater coat la emphasised to show that whll local freight rates are still somewhat lesa than Idaho'a reduced rates to central California point, this fact is more than offset by pro duction cost. Library Club To Turn Fund Over For Relief Work Proceeds from the party spon sored by the Women's Library club held last Saturday after noon totaled $123.25, according to Mrs. Huntington Taylor, chair man In charge of the affair. The entire sum realised from the party will be turned over to relief work, aa all expensea were taken care of by the committee in charge of arrangements. The chairman ot the Women'a Library club relief committee wishea to express thanks to all those who have made contribu tions of money, food or clothing for relief work, and also to the expenses ot the benefit bridge party. riOXFf.R DIES SALEM, Jan. 10, UP) Charles A Carey, 92, an Oregon pioneer, died yesterday at the home of his daughter. Mm. Stella Hutchens, at Independence. He had been ill several months. LATE CHICACO, Jan. 20. (AP) The sixth aesnion of the negotiations between railway presldcnta and their organised employee was post poned this morning; to enable the executive to collect more data In aupport of their plea for a ten per cent wafre reduction. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. (AP) Secretary Rtimsoa today trans mitted to the aennte foreign relations committee the note ex clianKed In the Manrhurlan situntlon, requested by the senate. The tale department head emphasised there was to be no publication of certain of the paper without consent of the Japanese government. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. (AP) Secretary Btlmaou atood firmly todny la his refusal to submit publicly to the senate finance com mittee a telegram from tho American legation at Bogota dealing with Colombian loans and the Ilarco concession. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. (AP) A flurry of short covering In tha last hour gave stock a strong closing tone today. Net gains ranged from 1 to 8 points for principal Issue. The market, very dull dur ing th greater part of the day, quickened ubtaallaJly oa tha upturn. Male approTlmaUd l,24H,UO SHOCK RENDS BUILDINGS Ifi PERU CAPITAL 1 Killed, Several Badly Hurt; Streets Ripped by Tremor. Panic Prevails in Liiu Aa Lights Go Out, Women Scream. LIMA, Pern, Jan. 20. UP) la habitants of Lima, Callao and th surrounding area, wer rccovar Ing today from a night ot terror caused by an earthquake whlcb ripped streets and buildings and resulted In at least one death and aerlons Injury to saversl. Th newspaper El Commercls, reported one person killed In th crumbling ot a hou at Fucho. The hock wa moat sever at Huarai and Huacho. and waa felt strongly also at Pisco, Canete, lea and other towns. Worst Hiace ISO The shock, which citizens said was th most sever ainc 1904, followed a lesser one earlier la the day. The second occurred at 1:30 p. m. on a hot summer night It was preceded by a hollow, nn derground rumbling. Wall of buildings cracked, cornice fell, roofs crumbled and the street rolled ss if In wars. They were soon filled wltb ca reening automobiles, oat of th drivers' control in the ansteadl neaa ot th pavements ander neatn. Simultaneously, th light la the city went out. Th darkness wa filled with th bysterlcal screams of thousands who fled la panic from homes, churches and theatre Into th unsteady atreeta and open square. Th crash ot breaking glass added to tb tu mult. Aetna Throw About Th crowd dodged from th erratic path of toxica bs and auto mobiles, flung ber and there by the awaying of th earth. Most of those treated at the first aid stations, which wer hurriedly set np, were found to b suffering from heart attack and nervous shock. There wer 6ft ot the cases np to midnight. A policeman and three other persons were hurt by falling eor aicea and brick. A number ot old dwelling, dat ing from tha rebuilding of th city attar it wa destroyed by a quake in 1746. were badly dam aged. The old church of Saa Francisco, noted for its architec ture, also suffered damage. Sev eral art windows in th hall ot the chamber ot deputies fell and crashed. HOME WILL EXPAND ROSEBURG. Ore., Jan. 20. UP) Plans received here today showing the general layout for the national soldiers horn to be constructed In Roseburg by th government, confirm hitherto un confirmed reports that th Insti tution eventually will be a tai greater project than waa expect ed even by those most closely connected with Roseburg' suc cessful effort to obtain th home. The $2,000,000 originally ap propriated for this project will be sufficient to build only a small part of the Institution shown on maps snbmltted to pub lic utilities her by the veterans' bureau which has forwarded ths plan of the ground design In order to obtain Information con cerning power, telephone and gai line connections. The plan show 30 buildings to be situated on the 410-acre tract being donated by Rose burg, located a mile northwest of the city limits. NEWS