EATllER FACTS HERALD SERVICE I I lit I. I t kl' I I. ...... mi. lilt iiwlatv. Herald subscribers who fall te receive their papara by eiM p. m. an requested to call Ida Herald buslaees off Ira, phone IBOu, aad papnr will ba seat at oara bp special earrtar. hIh winds. lUlnfalll lit hours oikIIiih A p. Ul. imIihiImjt, .01) i sr-asou to date, hiltfl nor unit, n.UHi last year to dele H.UT I IMC Mill. Uai HI lira., 4 mas. Wed., IT KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1932 I'ricu Five Cent Number 6774 w a olol jJa Ifi) BHaaHeaaaiaaBaaaaaaaaaRi . Editorials OH th Days News lly I It.tNk JKNKIMi J AMKs) BTKMIULHK. an Ohio toil cutter, chlorofuriiia his two-year-old son afler being luld tint the rhlld baa ail Incurable brain dlseaas. An Ohio grand Jury, atltr bearing bit slory and poudorlng II fur (Ire days, refuses to In dict blin lor murder, recom mending Instead thai be be glreu a sanity test, and. It found In sane, couinillled to an asylum. VvrAH Ihla father InaaneT Not according to the atan darda of 11 centuries ago, for the people of ancient H parte el poaed weak and slrkly Infanta on the mountain tope. They were aaaallrd by no duubta at lo right and wrong, for that waa the cualoin of the country. Tbe weak, they reaaoned, were a handicap to the atrong, and ao ahould be got rid of ao that the atrong might the more eaally survive. nlT Kparta. In aplte of bar elimination of the weak and ber glorification of tbe atrong. porlahed from the earth. 80 ber theory, aa an Inatrumrut of na tional policy, didn't work out. w rll AT, from the humanitarian ataadpulnl. la tbe right and the wrong of It? from the atandpolnt of the In dividual hi our If. la It kinder to put bopeloaaly handicapped chil dren out at lha way In Infancy, or to permit them to grow up and aaffer whatever ahortom Inga may be the reault of tbvlr handicapped condition Tbla writer can I anawer that tueetlon. and doubta In ANY BODY, at Ihla alaga ol human development, can anawer It wlib tbe unheillallng conviction that bla anawer la right. e e JULIUS IIO.SENWALD. atarllug aa a poor boy, dlea after a naeful life, leaving an aetata valued at f20.000.0ua In aplla of tba fact that In bla later years be apent vaat auma on benefac tlona of varloua aorta. Hie will provldea that of the twenty mllllona eleven mllllona aball go to carry on tba benetac (Conllnued on Page Six) WASHINGTON, Jan. II, P Chairman O'Connor of tbe 1'nlted Stalea ahlpplng board, today told a houaa committee under quee tlnnlng that American linen op erate bare outalde the 12-mlle limit. O'Connor waa testifying In the Investigation of the house marine committee Into the ahlpplng board aale of the United Slniea llnea. Representative Lehlbach (It., M. J.) aakrd: "lan't It true that all American steamship llnea except the Dollar aervlcea run bara, mica the ahlpa ara outalde the limit. And lan't It a fact that It la foollah to keep It ancret that the llnea ara thereby loalng trade?" "I believe that la ao," aald O'Connor. "I have heard men ay, '1 am going on a fnrolgn ahlp where I can buy liquor'." O'Connor aald the federal gov ernment aacrlflced to the prohi bition law H, 000 In liquor sup pllea In the 1929 transfer of the United States line to the Paul W. Chapman company. Crowley Looks at Picture of Chair on Eve of Execution 0SSIN1N0, N. Y Jnn. 11, OP) iF"rnncls Crovelny, scrawny youth who lived all hit 20 yeara In New York and can srnrcoly write his name, cut out the lat of his paper tnya today and stole glnncna at a picture of the elec tric chair pasted on his cell wall. He dies In the chair at Sing Sing tonight for murdering a policeman. "I didn't want to forgot II," anld Crowloy, explnlulng with a leer why ha pasted up the plcluro ol the chair when tlioy put him In tha dentil house. Kxperls tried lo find In his past, tho reasons why the twisted youth raged through tho sorlos of crimes thnt brought him the nlrk-nume "Two-gun." I lo wns the son, his allornny snlri, of Dora Diets, a servant girl, and a private policeman .V.V. oi'rtM'" .. .to "f-: . '.Li rrogram is Bolstered; Highway Bond Issue Favored Executive Committee Appointed To Aid in Financing Klamath's Program at Wednesday Night Meeting in Circuit Court Room. More Than 100 .Representative County Citizens Gath er; Work to Date Outlined by Various Leaders of City and County. Hy MAUXHM KI'I.KY Managing r.illur. Herald and Neva The gravity of Klamath county's unemployment relief problem waa awepi Into the apotllght of public attention Wedneaday night at a mee'lng of nearly 100 repreeentatlve citizens, and before ad journment definite atepa were taken looking toward development of an adequate program to meet the growing need. Tbeae atepa were: Appointment of an eiecu live commute, wllh power to art In building np financial re eouacee to aupport the program and to make recommendatlona to eilatlng agenclee aa to the manner of distribution of bener flia. 2. Strong endorsement of the Issuance of another 1 1.000.000 by the elate highway commlaalon fur unemployment relief. 4 ommlllre Arte Immediately after the general meeting, the executive commit tee went Into evasion and die Hatched to the slate highway commission, meeting at Foru land, a resolution voicing en dorsement of the new bond la aue. Mernbera of the eierutlve com mlttee. who were appointed by the chairman. It. C. (iroesberk. are J. A. tiordon. Kugene o. Kelly. A. U. Morrison. Ja-k Kim ball and Archie Hire. The mo tion propualng the appointment of the committee, and tbe mo tion endorsing the hlKhway bond Inue. were passed unanimously by tha gathering, which Included representatives of city, county and federal officialdom, clvle or ganisation, eharcbea and echoola. liroupe and Interests actually repreaented at tbe meeting In ( Continued on Page Three) CHICAGO. Jan. II. OP) The railway prealdenta came forward tnriav with the "Important sta tistics" demanded by union labor In aupport of tha plea for ac ceptance of a 10 per cent wage reduction. Tha prealdenta asserted that gross eurnlngs of tha railroads In 1921 were SI per cent less than In 1919. Their statement presented a msss of data on railway earn ings and answered tha labor proposals at tha Joint wage con ference. Tha brotherhood and union delegates Tuesday bed made clear they would not accept the arguments of the carriers on the need for adequate Investment return but they wanted a true plrture of railway financial con ditions and a statement of what was needed to meet fixed charges and maintain credit. Daniel Wlllard. chairman of the presidents' committee of nine plunged at once Into a atatement of the financial status of the rails, saying that In 1931, 72 companlea failed by 90 mil lion dollars to meet their fixed charges. nwi.AM.tTiojr miji in PORTLAND, Jan. 11, (P) A Washington, D. C, dlspntch to the Journal here today aald auth ority for appropriations of $100, 000 for rehabilitation of the Rtnnfleld Irrigation project was Introduced in the houaa today by Keprescntntlve rtutlor. who never married her. Shortly after birth ha was taken to tha baby farm of Mrs. Anna Crowley tha lawyer said. Growing 'Into adolescence with a mind retarded, he turned from school to tawdry dance placos and shady resorts. Ills name waa linked with a series of holdups. Then enme an alarm far him In the killing of Virginia Drannon, Dlme-a-l)nnre girl who was shot and tossed from an automobile Into a Yonk era hedge. One night Patrolman Frodorlrk Hlrarh of Nnsanii county, think ing to stop a petting party, ap proached a parked automobile. Its occupants were Crowley and his sweetheart, Helen Walsh. Crowley shot him dead and sped nwny hot was rnptured later In an apartment house gun-tight with officers. TO Fogs and Frost Create Fairyland Scene in Klamath Falls. Heavy fogs combined with near aero temperatures Wednea day night wrought magic In Klamath Falls, and the sun rose Ihla morning to display a arena from fairy land. Every twig and wire was arrayed in a sparkling mat of white, and tha air was full of flying particles of frost. The minimum temporature was recorded st fonr degrees above aero, and the bright sun shine carried but little author ity, fur tbe maximum temper ature recorded at noon waa only 25 above. The local weatherman predlcta a continuation of clear aklee and anappy temperatures, alihougn the state weather bureau at Portland forecasts unsettled westher tonight and Friday, with probable snows In the eastern portion of the state, and rain In lha west. Warmer weather In eaat and aouthern Oregon la alao predicted for tonight, and freeh southwest and west winds off shore. The following road report was Issued by the tourist bureau of the Klamath county chamber of commerce Thursday morning: The Dallea-Callfornla, tircen (Contlnued on Page Eight) IS SEEN 111 HR PHILADELPHIA, Jan. II. (P) The hand of a Pennsylvania "hex doctor" was seen by author ities todsy In the mysterious slaying of Norman B. Bechtel. Mennonlte church worker. Weird symbnla were lound carved on Iterators forehead. The man. found dying early yesterday on a vacant estate In the Germantown section, was a native of Boyertown, Pa., and spent bis youth In a region where "the nexee" and other witchcraft cults hsve held sway. Police were baffled In their (Continued on Page Eight) Three Killed In Headon Collision On Turner Road SALEM, Jnn. 21, (P) A head on collision between a passenger car and a truck on the Turner Marlon highway near here last night killed two women and a man and seriously Injured two others. The dead: Mrs. Frank Fery, 45; Mrs. Henry Slegmund. 64, and Chris Glebler, 70, all of Slay ton. Henry Slegmund, 65, . and Frank Kery were badly hurt. Their automobile attempted to pass another, reports anld, and rroehed Into a truck operated by Irving Hedges. Mrs. Fery and Olcbler died Instantly. Hoover Acts for Contract Workers WASHINGTON, Jnn. 21. (TP) President Hoover moved today to keep contractors on govern ment buildings from paying low er wages than other employers In the samo community. My an exoctilive order. It was decreed that stipulations of the Bncon-Davls prevailing wage scale law shall' be written Into all public building contracts. along with a clause permitting cancellation of tbe contracts of tbe prevailing wage la not paid. Ua.Sa.F- !GE House and Senate Adopt Land Bank Measure Early Thursday. First Reconstruction Bill Goes to Hoover for Signature. WASHINGTON. Jan. II. (JPy The aenate today adopted the conference report on the 1126, 000,000 federal land bank bill, completing congresslonsl action. The bouse bad approved tbe meeaure earlier In tbe day and senste action sent It to tbe White Home. It la the first of President Hoover's emergency economic re lief proposals to get through con gress. WASHINGTON. Jan. II. OPy Wholehearted cooperation for na tional economic recovery pushed the reconatrnctlon finance cor poration today to the verge of congressional enactment. Carefully but speedily revised by expert mernbera of the senate and bouae, this greatest of peace time emergency measures return ed to the two chambers for finsl approval, a consummstlon expect ed tomorrow. Something ap proaching a record was set by the conference committee In ad justing, wltbln two days, num erous and Important differences between senste and bouse on tbe f 2.000,000,000 government credit sgency. Dawes Gives Aid Tbe men who will ran tbe financial giant, Prealdent Chaa, O. Dawes, and ebalrman of tbe (Continued on Page Eight) E SALEM, Jan. II, (&) Decision of Governor Julius L. Meier con cerning construction of tbe 126. 000 vault at the rapitol will be withheld until after bla re turn from Washington, the exe cutive announced to tbe Salem delegation last night. Tbe dele gation requested Immediate con struction of the vault to aid un employment. The Governor pre viously vetoed the expenditure of the money for this purpose. Tbe 1931 legislature authorised con struction and appropriated the money for the fire-proof vault The Governor announced he would confer with Senator Charles L. MrNsry at Washington relative to land grant money available. A new capltol building would be constructed, he aaid. If fundi are found available from land grants. State's Attorney Fights Attempt To Transfer Trials LA GRANDE. Jan. 11. WV Counter-affidavits to resist tho defense attempt to transfer the murder trial of John Owens, 28, to another county, have been filed here by Carl Helm, Union county district attorney. Owen and Keith Crosswhite, 19. both of Springfield. Mo., are charged with alaylng Amos Helms, slate policeman, who died Dec. SO from bullet wounds suffered Oct. 18. NEAR PASS Klamath Woman Stricken by Parrot Disease; Warning Out A case of psltllcosls, popularly known as parrot's disease has been discovered and Identified In Klamath Falls, and a warning was Issued Thursday that all pet birds ahould be removed from the community. Dr. J. Schuyler Pultord ot Woodland, Calif., who has made extensive studies of pslttlcosls, was called to this city when symptoms ot the disease develop ed, and definitely haa Identified a woman patient as a victim of the malady. Dr. Pulford, sneaking at the Thursday noon meeting ot the Klwanls club, emphatically warn ed against allowing pet birds to remain In the community. Illrds which have not been In contact with other birds for months, or even years, develop the disease, physicians state. It Is also possible for birds that are not themselves sick to give the disease la humans. A short time ago, It waa aald, shipment Winnie Ruth Judd Trial Opens r v Amm, V A - 'jT " Amid scenes of confusion Winnie Ruth Judd, "Velvet Tigress." went on trial today for the murder of Mrs. Agnea Ann LeRol, one of tbe victims of tbe "Phoeclx Trunk Murder." Judge How ard Speakman was delayed In calling tbe trial by a battle of 600 would-be spectators for the tS available seals In the courtroom. Pboto shows: Ruth Judd at the counsel table with her attorneys. (Left to right) Ruth Judd, Joseph Zaversaek, Paul Bcnenek. criminal attorney of Los Angeles, who heads tbe defense counsel, and Herman Lewkowltg. Woman Is Attacked After Companion Beaten and Trussed. HONOLULU, Jan. 21. (JP Another case ot criminal asaault upon a woman etlrred Honolulu today when medical authorities, alter Investigating the etory ot Mrs. Toka Okaiakl. 29, and mak ing varying re porta aa to lta ac curacy, concluded she had been assaulted. Public feeling, still smoulder ing over other recent attacks on women and the lynching of one suspected assaulter, was aroused once more at the story ot Mrs. Okaxakl. who said she Identified a photograph of Daniel Lyman, escaped convict, as her assailant. Chauffeur Hit, Hound Mrs. Ozaxakl said she went mo toring last evening wilb Takeo Harimoto, driving toward the air port, which Is six miles from the center of the city. In the direction ot Pearl Harbor. They bad paused near the entrance of tbe air field, when a shot wsa heard. Harimoto said be looked out of the car and waa stunned with a blow from a revolver. Recover- , ing, he aald, the gunman made ( him back the automobile about 60 . feet, get out, and march to the i nearby railroad tracks, to which be was bound with fishllne. Robbed, Assaulted Mrs. Okaiakl aald the gunman (Continued on Page Eight) DIRECT RELIEF IS c c . u. u WASHINGTON. Jan. Jl. W An appropriation of 1375.000.- 000 for direct federal relief for the unemployed was recommend ed to the senate today by one of Its committees deepite Presi dent Hoover's opposition. The manufactures committee voted ( to 2 to report the Costl-gan-LsFollette bill authorizing 1125.000,000 for the present win ter and 1250,000,000 for the next firal year. The committee's action places squarely before the senate the proposal tor direct appropriations from the treasury to aid the Jobless. ot birds arrived lu San Francisco from Japan, and the birds were sold through the area north ot Snn Francisco, with a number ot rases ot the disease developing In the wake of the distribution. Spread ot the disease Is al most entirely through birds. The victim discovered here was Infect ed directly from a bird. Dr. Pulford said the woman will probably recover, but convales cence will be slow. The disease Is regarded aa ex tremely dangerous. Mortality In humans is from 30 to 40 per cent. It begins with symptoms similar to influenza, with the patient running a high tempera ture. The symptoms then shift to those ot typhoid feVer, and bronchial pneumonia follows. Occasionally, there Is some par alysis. I The disease either proves fatal In from two or three weeks, or the patient begins to recover. Convalescence Is always alow, physicians palate, 1 '-, Meier and Hoss Row Over 'Cell Escape', Secretary's Show SALEM. Jan. 21. (AP) The at tbe state penitentiary yesterday ments last night between Governor Julius L. Meier and Secretary of State Hal B. Hoss. Tbe demonstration resulted In two eonvicta making their escape through tbe new cell doors at tbe penitentiary wltbln a lew seconds when the gang mechanism of the locking device wsa on "neutral" position. "1 deplore the underhend metb od pursued to discredit the action of a majority ot the board of con trol who approved tbe Installa tion of tbe cell doors," Governor Meier said, in hla atatement refer ring to the demonstration, which waa sponsored by Hoss. Meter Says "l nfaJr" "The statement of Governor Meier regarding tbe prison dem onstration is very unfair," Hosa countered, after reading press dlspatchea In Portland. He waa In Portland to apeak before the sheriff'a convention in progress there. The governor la his atatement said In part: "The detect revealed at Hoss' demonstration waa called to the attention ot the members of the board ot control last week, and while It la not a serious one, tbe possibility ot a specially equipped prisoner operating under the eyes ot the guards being a remote one. nevertheless King Brothers agreed to remedy It, and are now at work on the equipment to do this, all of which will be done be fore payment Is authorised." boss Gives Version Hoss from Portlsnd replied: "The facta of the case are that the three members of the board of control visited the prison to In spect the new cell fronts last Wednesday. They started the In spection of the 160 cells at about 1:45 p.m., and were through at 4:15. This entire time was spent looking at one cell, and having a demonstration ot bow the individ ual cells ran be independently op- (Continued on Page Eight) LffilE MEET (By The Associated Press) Europe bss reached another stage in the deadlock over repara tions and war debts with the sec ond postponement of the confer ence at Lausanne originally sche duled for Jan. 16, then deferred to Jan. 25. Great Britain, which originally proposed the meeting and sub sequently changed the date be cause of domestic political diffi culties in France, announced 'n second postponement. The ao (Conttnued on Page Eight) Kidnaper's Auto Found At Denver Only Clue Left DENVER, Colo., Jan. 21. UP) A discovery of deserted au tomobile used Tjy kidnapers ot Uenlamln J. Bower, held for 150,000 csah or his life, gave police their first clue to develop today In Denver's only abduc tton for ransom In the history ot the city. An offer ot $500 tor Informa tion leading to tbe arrest and conviction ot the kidnapers was made by the city after the car was found. At the same tin Mrs. Dower, the aged wife ot the victim, appealed through the press to the abductors not to kill her husband because police were called In violation of tbe xoen'a aastruotlsas. In Phoenix 1 - .t "cell escape" demonstration staged resetted km an exchange of state Oregon City-Salem and Siskiyou 1 Plans Up; Seek Program. WOODBURN. Jan. 11 (P) Im mediate reconstruction ot the Oregon City-Salem section ot the I'sclfle highway, and request that the highway commission consider widening the bottle-neck In the Siskiyous from Ashland to the California line were endorsed by the executive committee ot the Oregon Pacific Highway associa tion here last night. The committee met In a dinner session prior to the mass meeting held at the armory later. Five-Year Plaa Asked The committee also went on record aa favoring a five-year construction and . modernisation program In the state. It went on (Continued on- Page Eight) Posses To Search Dead Indian Area For Lost Couple MEDFORD. Ore.. Jan. 21,0P Woodsmen, deputy eheriffs and state police were searching the Dead Indian country today for aome sign of Edwin C. Brown, 54. and his wife, unreported since they left a cabin ot a neighbor a week ago In blinding snow storm. Scant hope Is held that they can be alive In the rugged, cold country, which for days has been storm-beaten. Vernon Hooper, mountain mall carrier, guided the party of searchers, wbtch left here Wed nesday afternoon. LATE n-iuuivrivtv of I on record aa welcoming atate modification. HIGHWAY WORK IS SOUGHT BY GROUP INKl'tC.V Berkshire. Eng., Jan. 21. (AP) Lytton Ktrachcy, one of the most prominent biographers of his time, died hero today after an Illness of many weeks. He waa Ba years old. He Is author of a number of biographies. Including "Queen Victoria" and 'Kllxa beth nod Essex." WASHINGTON', Jan. SI. (AP) Secretary Doak today announced transfers In the Immigration service amounting to a virtual re organization of the field service. 8ALEM, Jan. 21. (AP) Governor Jellus L. Meier loft for Port land this afternoon, the last member ot the board of control to absent himself from the state capital for over the week-end. The governor expected to return here Monday (or a few honra prtor to leaving for Washington on Tuesday. LEWtHBCRG, W. Va., Jan 21. (AP) Mm. Minnie Htull, o-year-old widow, waa convicted of first degree murder today for the fatal scalding of her nine-year-old atepaon, Mickey, In a tab of water. The Jury recommended merry which makee a sentence of life imprisonment mandatory. OOIXMnrS, O., Jan. 81. (AP) The republican slate central committee today approved the administration of IVesblrnS Herbert Hoover and passed a resolution Indorsing him for reaomiaatioa. STATE DOCTOR IS DENOUNCED DUG SCENE Trial of Woman Charged With Trunk Murders Opens in Phoenix. Many Witnesses Take Stand for State in Mystery Case. By RALPH O. BROWN .(wan. ruwQii, JSns., UPy Winnie Ruth Judd leaped ..um. u.11 uuar j tne inan copa county superior court room to denounce Dr. Joseph Catton ot San Francisco, prosecution alien ist. "Yost get owt of here," she cried, rletnc with tossed aaae. dea and riaasiiaur eyes, ae tho tasycbaatrlat approached her chair cbxrlnsj a orlet eowrt re Orders Sector Oast Make Mas ajtt eart! Make him iprt oat!" she appealed ber t formers. "I won't have you near me!" ahe swung again te Catton. "Ton talked about me! Get out!" Dr. Catton, non-pluased aad amased, backed away, then turn ed and left the room aa defense counsel, the matron and Dr. Oee. W. Stephens, defense alienist, at tempted to quiet Mrs. Judd. llrtimi to Chair The cb-fendsuat flwally waa fjennadrd to retwra to he chair, muttering. "I woat't have him siear anc. He talks atbaaat me. He's acted like a little boy!" She sat, nervously clasping and unclasping her bands, glaring at the doorway through which Cat ton had disappeared. Mrs. Judd is on trial tor tha slaying of Agnea Anne Leroi and Hedrtg Samuelson, her friends, here last October, and sending their bodies to Los Angeles In trunks. The taking of testimony started the day following selec tion of n Jury. Crowds Pack Corridor - Scores of milling spectators stormed the stairway cf the court house today In an effort to reach the court room to hear the first day of testimony. One womsn, jammed In the packed corridor outside the court room, fainted twice before deputy sheriffs could force their way to her aide. J. J. Halloran. wealthy Phoe nix lumberman, whose name early was brought into the case as that (Continued on Page Eight) The case of the state versos R. C. Dobrusky, scLcduled to start next week, has been post poned indefinitely because ot tbe Illness of Sam Jetmore. defense attorney. Dobrusky, former cashier ot the Malln state bank, la charged with forgery by en dorsement. In lieu of the Dobrusky case, tbe trial of George Wolf will start in Circuit Judge Duncan's court next Monday. Wolf 1 charged with robbery while arm ed with a dangerons weapon. In connection with the Bonanza bank robbery. Ralph Horan, who was origin ally scheduled to represent Wolf, withdrew from the esse last week, and the court will appoint an attorney to represent the alleged bank robber. NEWS T. wnals tn,Lnv refused to STO rferenda on prohibition repeal and