EATHER FACTS H ERALD SERVICE I lllll;( ;MT Oregoiil Clear, cold. Mlurp winds. Italnlalli lit lira, roiling S . in. I rl., .OU. Iteaaou la dm, .1I normal, CUMI. f ! year lu data B.UI TEMP Mlu. hut nliihl, nil null. Frl., ltd Herald subscribers aha lull lo receive thai papers by 6: SO p. n. ara reqaestrd lo roll lh Herald buslaess off Ira, phoa 1UO0, and paper will ba sent al oare by apacial carrier. Price Five CenU KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JAN. 23, 1932 Number 6776 miI- '.ivUU M w 1 era w s ITWi E Editorials an tht Ily Hi t Ml JK.Nkl.Ma T'l IK V. H. Ululoglcal Hut lor says officially, afisr a care ful survey: "Uregun'g wild III la worth I Jo, Olio, 00(1 annually lo Ilia slste." To tills Ilia Oregon (lab and game commission adds; "Wa ara gulug lo maka It worth 1100, lioo.ooo annually to tba alata." -pllK twanly mllllua dollara ol present bensflls, aa asllniat ad by tba Biological survey, ara aiada up aa follows: Food value of flab and fa ma, fur. money apant by aporlaoiaa for llcanaaa. equipment, tranapor tatlon. houalug, ate, and tba protactlva value to agriculture Involved In tba deal rur Hon of Inaacta by protected birds, a a a I ICT at psus momsnlarlly at lbs mantloa of food value of flab and finf and chuckle good naturadly up our aleairaa. If ill tba money apant to GET flab and tame ware apant for baron and beana Inalaad. wa would have aurplua enough left over to feed the unemployed. If aportamea went burning and flahlng for food alone, they would be engaged la a loalug venture. e e e rpllIR brlnga up an Important thought: Since eportamea DON'T go bunting and flahlng for food alone, why ara ao many of them ao Intent on bringing bark tba limit of flab and gamof Wby not cultivate more In tensively this Idea: "I'm not paying tor MEAT. What I'm paying for, and what I WANT, ia enjoyment of the great out doors?" e e e nrllR Oregon flab and game commleeton baa been spend ing the past week' In southern Oregon explaining He ten-year plan, wblrb conalate, briefly. In laying plana NOW ao wlaely that tea yeara benra Oregon will have MOKE flab and game than It baa al preaent and ao will be able to provide recreational op portunities for more people. That la what It meana by making the wild Ufa of this (Continued on Pago Six) T Charles V. Galloway, member of the alata tax commission, In formed Hecretary A. (I. Morrison of the Taipaynra' league, that em ployee of the commission will be gin next week on a re-valuatlon of Klamath county property. Two men who will etart art pralaala of business buildings will be put to work here at the outset of the campaign to make a com plete re-valuallon of county prop erty, aa advocated by the Pomo na grange last fall. The Klamath Taxpayera' league supported the movement of the Grangers and the county budget committee appropriated 13,500 to atart the work this year In the county, with the Idea that In the years to come additional aums would be budgeted to allow a re valuation of all property In the county. Living in 1931 Cheaper by Ten Per Cent Than in 1930 Ily J. II. JENKINS WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (JP) Living last year waa cheaper by nenrly ton per cent, for the country as a wholo, than It was In 1930. Every Item In the cost of liv ing tumbled down, even rents which are tho Blowout nt all fixed costs to yield to tho pressura of declining prices. This was announced todny by the bureau of labor statistics, based on a atudy of 31 repre sentative cities, north, south, east and west. For all the drop, however, It atlll cost nenrly 40 per rent moro to live In 19.11 than It did In 1913. Tho actual figure for the year'a average decline waa 9.1 per cent, with an Index figure of 1411.8 for Decern her, 1981, agnlnst 1H0. 7 for December, 1930, and 1(10 for 1913. The survey, split Into six month periods showed iat dur ing the Inst hulf of Ilia year the decline In prices slowed some what ns compared with tho first half: that foodstuffs dropped 8.4 per cent: clothing 7.1; rents 4.1, house furnishings goods 6.8 and MAYOR STANDS DEC S ON FOR SECRECY Secret Session Report Is Given; Second Meet Called Today Bagley 'Left Out On Friday; Pay Cuta, Reductions Due Ily lion Calloway Mayor Fred H. Cofer remained adamant In bla atand for cloaed meetlnga of the Cornell Kalurday, following bla reluaal to allow the preaa lo attend a meeting held privately Friday to dleruea city finance, despite the opinion of a majority of the city council favqrlng allowing tha prees to at tend and report the proceedings to the public. Interviewed at tbe city ball re garding Frlday'a meeting, tbe mayor atated that tbe council did not meet as a whole but the finance commute bad met. How ever be admitted that more mem bers of the council were preaent than tha finance committee. "We talked over general-condl-tlona. The people want economy don't they? We met lo cut ex pense lo keep within the bud get. " Held Often "Wa Juat met to discuss things. Wa couldn't do that at council," he aald. "We hold aucb meet Inss nearly every week and some times two." It waa tha mayor's opinion that the report and acta of the council and not discussions of (Continued on psga three) LETTER IS DENVER. Jan. 11. rP A letter purporting to be written by lletijaniln P. Itnwer. klnnaped Tuesday nlsht. asking his wife lo turn over l&o.voa ranaom. waa declared today by Mower's busi ness associates and police to be a hoax. C. 11. E. Alexander, raabler of tbe Campbell-Sell Baking com pany of which llnwer la man ager, declared the letter waa not In Rower's handwriting, lie dis played samplea of Hower's writ ing showing no similarity to the writing of the note received yesterday by Mrs. Dower through the mall. The loiter made a plea to the wife to deliver tha money today. Mra. Uower accepted tha letter yesterday as authentic. Others connected with the bak ing conrern Joined with Alexand er In branding the letter a "fake." Police said the letter waa writ ten by some one who wished to "muscle In" on the ransom or by a practical Joker. Contractor Dies Of Asphyxiation SEATTLE, Jan. 13, (PI Alex ander Pearson, 65. Swedish Tab ernacle director, and one of tha Northwest's leading construction contractors, waa asphyxiated In the breakfast nook of bin apart ment here today. A coroner's Jury will deride next week wheth er It was an accident or suicide. miscellaneous Items 0.8. Light and fuel costs wore up l.t per cent due to sonsonnl Influences. During the first six months of tha year foodstuffs dropped lt.t per cent; clothing 7; rent 4.6; fuel and light 9.8; home furnish ings 11.3, and miscellaneous Items 1.6 for nn average of 10.4 per cent decline for all Itema. The foodstuffs decline for the entire year was 18 2-1 per cent. Tha study covers 19 cities bark to December, 1914, and thirteen to December 1917 In nil except Jacksonville, Fla., and Portland, Ore., house rents showed In creasea over the . earliest year ranging from 1.6 per cent over 1917 In Birmingham, Ala., to 66.6 over 1914 In Chlrngo. Hunts In Jacksonville were 9.7 per cent lower than In 1917, and those In Portland 8.1 below tho same year.. In the list of cities compared with 1914 tha cost of all Items was higher In 1931 by the fol lowing percentages: Chicago 4fl.il; Houston 41.1; I.os Angoles 46.1; New York 62; Portland. Ore., 31.9: San Fran cisco 38.1; Scuttle 48, Prettiest Maid "Where are you going my pretty maid?" "To conteata of beauty, air," aha said Anyhow, there's no maid In all Italy prattler than dark-eyed Blg norlna Emma L'oftarl. above, an employe In a household In Nsples. That's what Judgea of a recent beauty contest decided. E City Faced With Running Two Stations on Bud get of One The 1J6.000 Fire Station No. 2 (new fire elation) fund Toted November 4. 1910 for mainten ance and salaries of firemen at that etatlon la gone without tha fire elation having being opened, records In Police Judge Fosrh's office show. Tba city la faced with running the new elation and the old oa a aMghUy larger badge than they ran tba one station with. It waa apparent Saturday. By resolution of the city coun cil on September 21. 1931 there waa transferred from the fire ration No. 2 fund 19.583.90 to the fire fund and by tbe aame resolution 1423. 27 was trans ferred In the same manner to tbe earna fund The budget committee met. Foucb estimated, members of the budget committee ststed that 111.000 would be In tbe fire fund on December 31, 1931. Fouch's records show that the true balance on that data lu that fund waa S13.4U.lt. I Tbe budget committee allowed for 1931 for aalarlea of firemen I I26.946; gaa and oil, $250: I laundry, $125. and subtracted I (Continued on Pago 3) NATIONWIDE STRIKE BARCELONA. Spain. Jan. 23. (P) Shops were closed, trolley cars stopped running and the atreeta of this city were deserted by all save soldiers and police to day aa a general atrike waa de clared by the extremists responsi ble for disorders during the past few days In Catalonia. The leadera described It aa a prelude to a nation-wide atrike aimed at the establishment of a republic, soviet In character. The strike waa called late last night at a secret mooting of the "revolutionary committee." Work era who received the order then did not report at their Joba this morning, and as the word circu lated, factories closed until all In dustrie activities in the vicinity were brought to a halt. The police force was doubled, but most of tho regular troops and the civic guard remained in the barracks, prepared for action if necessary. Three destroyers and other naval craft were In the harbor. Attempt to Spare Babe From Life Of Imbecility Planned NEW YORK. Jan. 23 (JP) An attempt to spare 13-months-oId Dinnn Moorn from a life of Im becility may be made next week, with tho chances for the success cf tho operation one In a thous and. The child Is suffering from a brain condition called eoro brnspastic. Mrs. Lillian Moore, her 18-year-old mother, Is willing that her daughter risk the chance of the operation. "I am going to have the opera tion performed even though there Is only one chance In a thousand of Dlnna surviving," Mrs. Moore said. "Whatover happens my buby cannot lose. There Is nn life before hor If alio Is to ba an Idiot. And through an operation there Is at least a fnlnt chance that she will he normal. I am willing to taka that chance." 5 ON LAST LAP Aviator Out To Make Mexico-B. C. Mark For Round-Trip Leaves Portland For Agua Caliente at 12:34 o'Clock PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. tt, (JP) Capuln Frank Hawks, attempt ing to set a nsw round trip speed record between Agua Caliente and Vancouver, B. C, paused here oa tba southward leg of tba trip at 11:24 p. m. for fuel. He hsd circled tha Vancouver airport at 11:04 a. m. Hawks continued southward from Portland at 11:14 p. m. Hawks' time on tha south leg between Vancouver and Portland waa 1 hour, 10 minutes, seven minutes slower than ho did tha northward lap. OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 21. (JP) Capuln Frank Hawks, attempt ing a record round trip speed flight from Agua Csllente, Mex ico, to Vancouver, Canada, and return, landed hera at 6:34:46 a. m. (Pacific time) today, re fueled, and took off at 8:44:16 for Portland, Oregon. Hawks expected to complete bis round trip of 2800 miles In 13 or 14 hours, stopping at Oakland and Portland, Ore., each way for fuel. AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico. Jan. 23. W) Off go a flying start. Captain Frantt M. Hawks, spaed pilot, raced at 100 miles per hour out of the sky to lightly touch bis wheels at tbe airport here at 4:11:16 a. m.. today and be off on an attempt to aet a lasting rerord for a round trip flight lo Vancouver, B. C. LWJ CHICAGO, Jan. 21 (JP) Tbs railway unlona told the railroad presidents today that employes should not be called upon to contribute 10 per cent of their meagre earnlnga for tha benefit of other Interests In the railroad Industry. David Robertson, chairman of tha labor group at the wage con terence. In presenting a rebuttal to the railroad executives' plea for a 10 per cent roluntary wage cut this afternoon, asserted that in any consideration of wage re ductions the management "ahould at least be aa gealous In furn ishing additional employment and relieving employment distress as In solving their own financial problems. Thus far neither side has yielded a significant point In the discussions of wage reduc tions and employment stabilisa tion. Tot Finds Loaded Gun, Wounds Girl PORTLAND, Jan. 21. (JP) Dangerously wounded by a shot fired by a 6-year-old boy, Ger aldlne Cawood, 19. waa In a hos pital here today, a bullet through her left breast and arm. The child, Robert Hugh Smythe, had found an automatic pistol In a bedroom. Miss Cawood, em ployed In the Smythe home, waa In the basement when the boy en tered with the pistol held out tor her Inspection. "See what I found," ha said, and pulled the trigger. F RANK HAWK 0 TIP District Legion Meeting To Be Held Here Tonight Stalo American Legion and American Legion auxlilnry offi cers are gathering In Klnmnth this afternoon for the District No. 4 conventions of the organisa tions and a banquet tonight at 6:30 U the Hotel Wlllnrd. Commander F. D. McMillan, of the Klnmath post, has Invited all Legion and Anxillinry members to the meeting at 8:30 o'clock in the Wlllnrd ballroom, whether or not they attend the banquet at 6:30 o'clock. Perry O. DoLnp, adjutant ot the local post, will preside at the banquet, at which the state offi cials will speak. Mrs. Marjorts Olds will sing several selections, and C. O. Moore will present some vocal selections. American Legion State officials A Hitch it t .:.-'.... SJ .. ' . a111 law's nans V' -y'jp The second time waa a charm when the world's greatest airship nosed down to this aquatic hitching post. And here, after falling once to make contact, tha dirigible Akron la shown as ah. hooker! her prow to tha mast Nippon Ships at Shanghai As Situation Grows Tense UNO Bil BILL Reconstruction Measure About Ready to Lead Federal Program WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. W) President Hoover took another step today in bla economic pro gram for the aid of business. He signed the federal land bank bill, which adds IllS.OOU.OOv to the capital of the land banks, and Is designed to ease the strata upon mortgaged-bordened farmers. Bearing tbe badge of legal au thority, but lacking a few of the essentfsla necessary to carry out Its duties, the reconstruction cor poration was about ready to lead the president's progrsm. Two things are necessary to start the reconstruction corpora tion functioning. The S 500,000, 000 capital must be appropriated and tho directorate must be ap pointed. A measure to supply the capital is being formulated by tba house approprlstlona committee for Im mediate introduction. To this 500.000.000 of federal capital will ba added f 1.500.000.000 of additional fonda to ba raised by tbe corporation Itself, on securi ties underwritten by the federal government. No relief from the driving cold waa forecast by the weather man Saturday, when the minimum temperature was registered for the second time this winter. The mercury had climbed odly to 10 degrees above sero at noon, while the barometer was climbing stead ily. Indicating a continuation of the bitter cold wave that has grip ped Klamath for the past few days. ! Forecasts from the state weath tr bureau In Portland predicted fair weather for Saturday night and Sunday, but increasing cloud iness, probably becoming unset tled, near the coast. Little change In temperature waa predicted. with moderate easterly winds off- ( suora. No change In road conditions waa reported Saturday by the tourist bureau of ths Klamath chamber of commerce. TO RETl'RX GARDNER City police were informed Sat urday that an officer has loft Se attle tor Klamath Falls to return to the Washington city Owen D. Gardner, arrested here January 14 on a warrant from Seattle, charging robbery. who will attend are Alex G. Bar ray, commander; Carl K. Moser, adjutant; Robert Dlllard, service officer; Vic McKensfe, national liason officer, and Ouy Applegate, district commander, who presides at tho business session following the banquet. Auxiliary officials who will he hers are Mrs. LaDocIa Cobb, de partment president, Prinevllle; Mra. Georgia Webber, state hos pital chairman; Mrs. Klsls Gra ham, atnte child welfare chair man, and Mrs. Julia Fortmiller, district president, Albany, who will preside at the business ses sion of the auxiliary. General policies, special pro grams at work tor 1932, and mat ters ot interest will corns before tha business sessions. in the Akron's Air of the naval tanker Patoka In a k in wnancmnn Kiucr i or Near City TOKYO. Jan. 21. UP) Jspanese authorities hers hnva decided to occupy with troops all Chinese barracks, fortresses and other military establishments In the Shsnghal district In China unless the Chinese authorities there meat Japanese demands. SHANGHAI. China. Jan. 21. (JP) Eleven Japanese warships frowned on Shanghai today as a result of a tease situation be tween Chinese and Japanese residents which has booa growing during tho week. Tbe Japanese cruised 01, with 600 marines aboard, and tha 15th Japanese destroyer flotilla, consisting of the lies troy era Hagi, Busuki, Fuji and Kuxu arrived from Japan at 6:10 p, m., and dropped anchor in tbe Whang poo river directly off tha Inter national settlement. Marines Kemaia oa 6tilp The marines remained aboard but were expected to ba landed as soon as quarters were prepared for them, augmenting the Jap anese marina forca already on shore. Tbe arrival of these ships, brought here by the tense situa tion which developed out of yes terday's controversy and Slno Japanese clashes earlier la the week, brought the number of Japanese navy craft at Shanghai to eleven .The Japanese aircraft carrier Notoro waa expected to arrive from Chlngwanguo early tomorrow. Japanese residents demanded, after the first clashes, that the Chinese authorities suppress anti Japanese societies which they said were chiefly responsible tor pro moting the boycott against Jap anese goods, which has had a serious reaction against Japanese trade. Authorities of the International settlement requested Japanese Admiral Shlosawa yesterday for a statement of his intentions In a conference aboard his flagship in the river. Newspaper Involved The Chinese language news paper, tha Republican Dally News, which was warned yester day by Japanese naval officers (Continued on Page Three) WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. HP) A man who waa a soldier for 40 years today told the house expenditures committee another war Is likely and aald the effici ency of the army and nary would ba endangered by consolidation. Tbe witness once a major general and assistant chief ot staff of the army, but now repre sentative Martin, (democrat, Ore gon) expressed unqualified op position to pending bills for the merging ot the war and navy de partments into a department ot national defense. The proposals have tbe support ot democratic leaders In the bouse Including Speaker Garner. Martin said It was unfortunate the committee had hard economy as a primary argument for the consolidation. "'Efficiency must be para mount; a cheap army and navy are the most costly things In ths world." he said. "This consolidation Is funda mentally unsound.' NEW CARS ORDERED PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23, (fl) Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland General Electric company, announced today he has placed an order tor 1250,000 worth ot new street cars for Portland. Delivery ot the 16 enrs Is expected May 1. The cars will be manufactured In Philadelphia. Plans teat off Norfolk, Vs. HIGHWAY ECONOMY I n V Governor Says No Change In Road Board Person nel Due Immediately EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 23. tJP Charles K. 8pauldlng, highway commissioner, told the Register Guard today he will sot resign from the commission. Tha statement was msde la a telephone call tba paper made to Salem. Rumors have been current tor several dsys that Spauldlng Would not for long remain on ths commission. Tha name of Frank Jenkins, connected with the pub lishing of newspapers at Rose- burg, Medford and Klamath Falls. has been most prominently men tioned as Spauldlng's successor. PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 23 UP) Governor Julius L. Meier to day informed the Associated Press no Immediate change In the present personnel of the (Continued oa Page 1) WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (JP) Direct opposition by President Hoover to proposala In congress for a I61t.000.000 naval build ing program was reported today by Representative Britten, (K., 111.) after a conference with the chief executive. Britten, ranking Republican on the house naval affairs commit tee, said he had reported to the president that the committee prob ably would approve either the Vinson bill tor a 1616.000.000 10 year program or a somewhat similar one year program calling for the expenditure ot approxi mately 160,000.000. Gasoline War At Portland Rages PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23 UP) Competitive prlcea again rule among Portland's gasoline re tailers. Many 12-cent signs were displayed by dealers' here today, following a cut to 14 cents a gallon announced earlier n the week by a large producer. Before tha general 14-cent price waa established motor fuel was selling st what appear! to be a common price of 18 cents. LATE WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (yP) The Interstate Commerce corn. ulss-on toilny authorised western railroads to restore freight rates on grain which were ordered lowered August 1. MADRID, Jnn. 2.1 (iP) A decree dissolving the Jesuit Order was formally announced by the government tonight. FOXD DU I.AC, Wis., Jnn. 23 (JPy The Hlato Democratic con ference this afternoon unanimously adopted a resolution Indorsing Governor Franklin I). Roosevelt of New York aa a candidate for the presidency. THE DaI.I.ES, Ore., Jan. 23 (JP) ieors;e Htailelinan, former University of Oregon fool hn 1 1 star, and Mlsa Lorraine Pierce, daughter of ex-iovernor Walter M. Pierce, were married hen to ds). GENEVA, Jan. 23 (JP) When the League of Nations council assembles on Monday W. W. Yen, Chinese ambassador to the United States, who Is representing his country in the leugue, will ask that immediate steps be taken to halt the "conflagration" la the Far East, he said today. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23 (JP) Karl Randal rora, 14, and his brother, Kay, 10 years old, drowned in tho t.1arknnia river near Gladstone today when a row boat la which they were playing apect and threw them Into the stream DEATH BOXES OPENED FOR JURY'S EYES Trunks Which Held Bodies Brought Into Court at Judd Trial Woman Dvsrrnme Put utciiuuic, tu Fair Defendant is Un moved by Drama By Ralph O. Brows (Associated Press Staff Corres pondent j COURTHOUSE. Phoenix, Arts., Jan. 21, (JP) Driving relentless ly towsrd completion ot the cir cumstantial evidence by which the stats ot Arliona Is endeavor ing to hang Winnie Ruth Judd, county attorney Lloyd J. An drews and bis aaalstants approach ed today tba denouement a crowded courtroom has been awaiting with bated breath an masking of tha motive for tha slaying of her two girl friends. Over continued atrenuooa ob jection of defense counsel led by the white-haired veteran. Paul Schenck. the state had presented to tbe Jury a story of Agnes Anne LeroJ and Hediig Samuel son enjoying a peaceful evening ot bridge In their home at 1929 N. Second street. Phoenix, last October 1. of their disappear ance, of tha shipping of two heavily laden trunks, and a battered death-freighted suitcase to Los Angeles, ot ths unsuccess ful sttempt there ot Mrs. Judd to claim her sanguinary baggage, and the ultimate discovery there in of two bodies, . one dismem bered.' COURT HOUSE. Phoenix. Arts., Jan. 23. (JP) The appurtenances of death were revealed In Judge Howard C. Speakman'a court room today as Loa Angeles police officials described the bodies of the two women Winnie Ruth Judd confessed she slew, and identified the containers In which they found them. The pungent odor of antiseptic fluids rose to tbe close Uttlo room's beamed ceiling ss trunks which once contained tho bodies ot Agnes Anne Lerol and Hcdvlg Samuelson were opened before the twelve men who will decide whether Mrs. Judd shall ha hang ed for the two slayings of Octo ber 16. Woman Orrrcome A woman on one ot ths close packed benches In tbe restricted spectators' space, overcome by the graphic description by Lieutenant Frank Ryan of the Loa Angeles department, and by tbe sanguins associations of the physical evi dence he Identified, waa taken (Continued on page three) REPORTED Bra A steady Improvement In tbs condition ot County Judge Alex Sparrow ot Jackson county was noted by his physicians Saturday. He suffered a severe concussion of the brain Thursday when hs tell into a pit while Inspecting the heating plant In the Hlrvl building. Judge Sparrow passed a fairly comfortable night, and Saturday was rational part ot ths time and able to speak. At first it was feared that ba suffered a skull fracture, but X ray photographs taken Friday af ternoon ravealed there was no fracture. NEWS