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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1932)
EAT11EK FACTS H ERALD SERVICE HIIIM'AMT ihIi IJenerally fair ami ruull uiimt' flurrle. Halnlslli III hours ending It p. ui. htuuday, .00 1 season to dlt B.TM nor- ma I, T.MUi laa yaar l daii a). It TK.MI'. Minimum today, fil Dial, today, USI Herald aahecribrrs who fall la receive their papers by : SO p. m. ar requested to call lb Herald bualneaa of (Ire, phone I WOO, and pape will be aenl al ca by special carrier. Price Five Cent KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., MONDAY, FEB. 15, 1932 Number 6795 w 1 era w wkmy ask Liaai mm yt HHBHHMBaHP.MMHMMatMaMHHHIltlH. i 1 1 -. , . i -,- Editorials Days News lly MIAMI itsmsu TT you BEAD th npapra murh these day, you know all about Ik vUa of boarding money, luiiaad of ulng It for torn ood purpoe; and It mar tbat you think of these arlla ai modern vlla. Tbay are not Thy are ex ceedingly ancient. e JyTINKTfcK.N cenlurlaa aco, aa you mar read in your Bible, Jeaua aat one'day upon the Mount of Olive, and bit disciple eaaie to bin and tiny aat about aod ducuued eubjeris that were of Inlaraat to tbeoi; and Jeaue, aa be to frequently did, epoke la parablee, chooalng among otber tbe parable of tbe man who waa called away on a buslneae trip and left bla affaire In the band) of bla empluyeea. a a a rTO ONE of Ibaae employee, you will remember, be late fire talent, to anotber two talenta aod to a third one talent. Then be want away. Matthew telle aa, la Iheae orda, what happened during tbe employer'! abaence: "Straightway he that received the five talenta went and traded with them, and made other flee talenta. In Ilka manner, he ehw that received tbe two gained other two. But be that received tbe one went away and digged la the earth and HID bla Lord'i money." e e e TV THE eourae of time, the em- player returned and called bla mployera Into conference for aa accounting, and to Uiclwo wbe had kept their courage and hadn't been afraid to RIMK In order to OAIN he eald heartily: "Well done, good and faithful aervanl; thou beat been faithful over a few things, I will let thee over many thlnga." Tbat la to aay, the courageoua ciare were rewarded. a e nl'T to the employee who loot hie nerve and waa afraid to do anything at all and to went out cravenly and bid bla money la the ground, the employer eald angrily: "Thou wicked and alothtul aervant e a a thou oughteat to have put my money to the bank are, and at my coming I ahould have received back mine own with Intereat. Take ye away therefore tbe talent from him. and give It unto blm tbat hatb the tan talenta." The hoarder, yon aee. waa looked upon It centurlea ago (Continued on Pge Eight) WILMINGTON. Del., Teh. 15. OP) The group headed by A. P. Olannlnl of 8a a Franrleco, In the battle for control of trene-Amer-Ira corporation, today took charge of the annul meeting of the con cern and nominated a aet of di rector! favorable to the Olannlnl Intereata. Whan tbe annual meeting op ened today Hugh M. Morrla, for mer federal judge for Delaware and attorney for Olannlnl. waa preeented aa the prealdlng officer. He announced both aldee In the contest for control had revealed the Olannlnl Intereata had a aub atantlal majority of the proxies. The oppoaltlon faction waa beaded by Kllaba Walker of New York, chairman of the board. The barometer toow a gradual downward allde today, and al though no drastic change In weather condltlnna la Indicated, fturrloa of annw are probable dur ing the next 24 hours, according to the local waathortnnn. The mercury, whlrh lilt a low mnrk of five degreea above aero thla morning, roae 17 polnta up till noon, aa clouda gradually overspread the aky. The Mate weather bureau at Portland predicted generally fnlr weather for tonight and Tuesday, with alight modorntlnn In tcm prrntures In the eastern portion of the atnte. Freeh north and northwest wind offshore wore forecast. HOSPITAL FEE SITUATION IS ARGUED HERE Accident Commissioners Come to City for Conference. No Settlement Made As Yet; Patients May Be Taken Elsewhere. Difference between tbe State Industrial Accident Commlaalon and the Klamath Fall boapttala over the raw of pay to hoapltals for accident vlrtlma confined In hoepltala were ant definitely eel- tied by Arthur Lawrence and A H. Hunter of the commission who met with local doctor and the central labor council Sunday at the Hotel Wlllard. Hunter atated Monday that pat ient will probably be lakan from Klamath Fall lo boapltaU In otb er enlea whlrh have agreed to accept the 12.57 a day fee offer ed by the commlaalon and that the commlaalon will not pay II. to minimum aaked by boapttala here. Lawrence and Hunter have not definitely committed themaelvee but will reach a decision today and give thetr opinion to boapltala and labor union repreaentatlvea at 7:10 p. m. tonight. It waa learn ed. A Klamath phyalrlaa atated that tbe two accident commlaalon of- flclala ehowed them letter of ac ceptance of the elate' offer from hospital In other pari of the atate and atated that an attempt la being made lo make the rate alandard throughout Ihe elate. Hoapltal officiate contend that the elate' offer doee not cover the coal In hoapltal of a patient each day. They ak at leaat 11.10. the rate they previously enjoyed. The accident commlaitonera hold lhat Klamath Falla ahould not enjoy a special rate, aa It did In Ihe past, and that It would be InipnMlhle at thla time lo make (Continued on I'age Three) C. H. Oram, atata labor com missioner, la In Klamath Falla from Salem checking up on unem ployment condition, and the em ployment of minora and women. Mr. Gram atatea that he la la receipt of a telegram from United State Senator Frederick Stelwer Inquiring aa to Oram opinion on four federal relief propoaala. Oram atatea that of the fonr plana submitted he favor most of all, and othera he baa talked to do, the eipendlture of federal money for road construction to etlmulate employment. Other propoaala were federal loana to rltlea or countloa tor re lief construction: federal loan to local organliatlona for relief work: or no federal aid at all. Oram bellevea that bla plan. whlrh he preeented a year ego for the Improvement of atate landa not now cultlvatable la the moat feasible aa It would provide em ployment, put the landa bark on the tax roll, provide home for those without them, develop the elate, and provide a market for lumber and create a demand for men to do conatructlon work. Owen Trial Opens In La Grande Court LA GRANDE. Ore., Feb. 16. UPi Charged with the murder of a tale policeman, John Owen, It, of Springfield. Mo., went on trial In circuit court here today with the atate demanding the death penalty. Owen la accused of having anot Amoa Helms laat Oct, IS when Ihe officer attempted to question him and Keith Crosswhite, 19. hla companion, concerning a stol en car. Helms died Dec. SO. Crosswlilte. likewise, waa Indicted on a murder rharge. The two youths were captured In the Blue mountain two daya after the shooting. Nurse's Suicide v Attempt Succeeds POUTI.AND, Ore., Feb. 15. (VP) Mr. Mnry Jnrvls, former war nurse, directed her cab to a down town undertaker' establishment lent Wednesday, and a the ma chine drew up to the curb, shot a bullet through her head. Today she died and hor body waa taken from the hospital to the funeral home at which she made her sui cide attempt nearly a week ago. Nntoa In tlm woman'a handbag directed friends aa to the disposi tion of her body. Her husband offered no reason lor her act I To Aid Jobless arv-r vSaVJP " v"'jf s vi e- -f ' "" j ..J('JVt LJiiJ llanry L. Steven. Jr.,' above, commander of tea American legion, la touring the country. taking cnarge of regional meet Inge to work out detail of the legion campaign to Increaae em ployment. Interpretation of State Police Act Asked of Attorney General PORTLAND. Feb. 15. W The late game commlaalon. at a meeting here today, announced It will ak the attorney general for an Interpretation of Ihe atate po lice art aa related to the game division of Ihe elate police de partment. The attorney general will he aaked for an opinion covering the constitutionality of the measure and the legal authority or lack of authority by which funda are di verted from the atate game pro tective fund to tbe atate police department. Dissatisfaction of aome aporta men'a organliatlona with the en forcement of the game lawa by the atate police department re aulled In Ihe action. The game commission will con fer with Governor Meier and Charlee Pray, auperlntendent of atate police, on administrative problem In game law enforce ment. The commission agreed to con form to Ihe state hoard of control order filing a 5-cenl per mile al lowance for operation of stale owned cars under direction of the commlaalon. All ataff member will submit Itemized statements of coat lo ascertain If the charge la In accord with actual expense. The commission will, however, point out to the hoard of control Ita Inability lo require members of Ha executive peraonnol to oper ate between Ihe hour of S a. m. and 6 p. m. on week day and ex clude operation from Saturday noon until Monday morning. Moat of the morning aeaalon of the commlaalon waa taken up In the annual procedure opening and (Continued on I'age Three) FISKE BEATS OFF OLYMPIC BOB BUN. Mount Van Hovenberg, Lake Placid, N. Y., Feb. i. &) Hilly Flake, American 'Ivlng abroad, succeaa ftilly defended the four-man Olympic bobsled championship today, by beating off the final drive of Harry Horn burger and hla world record holding team In Ihe lust two heats of Ihe de layed title event. Going, Into the final two henta with a margin of slightly over three iiernnda, Flske piloted hla team clown the mile and a half run over a much faster course than yesterday In two runs of one minute, 67.41 seconds, and 1:56.99. Hla total for the four heata wna 7:53.48. Blow Torch Starts Owens Street Fire A Mow torch lined to thaw froson plpea In the home of F. A. Burson at 1948 Owena atreet early Sunday morning atarted a fire whlrh waa put tinder control by the Klninath Falla fire depart ment shortly before S:00 o'clock. Little damage reaulted from the blase. 7 J .,,, b rrV.. 1 X., ir"' " f S HOLD 0 01 P 50,000 Chinese Wait for Attack Which Fails to Materialize. Nippon Troops, Fighting Equipment Landed for Battle. By MOBBIH i. HARRIS (Copyright, IMS. by The Aa aoclated Preas) SHANGHAI. Tuesday. Feb. 1. lP Fifty thousand Chinese eol dlera atood by In the dark behind Ihe trench of Chapel today wall ing for the Japaneae offensive, which did not come. At nightfall Monday the Chapel guna opened up. but subsided af ter aa hour or o. and presum ably the concentration behind the line were going on while the Jap anese completed anloadlng troop and aupplle near Woosuog. Official estimate aald 15.(00 Japaneae aoldler already were oa ihe ground. SHANGHAI. China. Feb. II, (JP) Upward of II. too troop were maased In the Bhanghal-Wooaung area late today, according to of ficial re porta of the varioua na tions, awaiting a tremendous bat tle which promised to put far In the background all prevloua mili tary action of more than two weeks of heavy fighting. United State consulsr authori ties advlaed all Americana In out lying place In the lower Yanglae valley to evacuate the towns and come to Shanghai becauae of the possibility of widespread hoatlll tie. Other forelgnera alao were reported evacuating Interior towna. Thousand of additional Jap aneae troopa unloaded from four more transport In the river today and marched to quarter, accom panied by artillery, machine gun equipment and a hoapltal corpe. Headquarters announced that fur ther detarhmente are expected shortly. The total number of Jap anese troop here now waa given a approximately 15.000. tliineae Mretigth Greater General Taal Ting-Kal. com mander of the Chlneae troop. In tbe area, aald two new divlatona have been added to hi army, bringing the total number of Chl neae eoldler now ready to oppose the expected big Japaneae Ihruat to 50,000. The two new division. (Continued on Page Three) STOCKS REACT AS NEW YORK, Feb. 15. RtocAs reacted under profit-taking today, although the decline waa checked before laat week' galna had been seriously Impaired. Most of the selling came In the first halt hour when leader back ed up tl to $5. Price then ral lied a new buying orders were uncovered, hut sagged again when the upturn failed to ap proach the vigor of Saturday' push. However, trading became very dull on the second dip and quotation generally held above the early forenoon low. United State steel, after drop ping 11.50 to 145.50. recovered moat of Ha loea before easing again. American Telephone waa down 15 to 1117.68 at Ihe loweet but atrengthened substantially. American can. Union Pacific, Santa Fe railroad. New York Cen tral and Du Pont showed maxi mum decline of IS to IS which were eubject to Intermittent re duction. AT T Lawrence Bertram waa chair man of tho Twenty-Thirty club luncheon program Monday at the Hotel Willnrd and Chandler Gra dy, aecretary of the Klamath fn dependent Merchnnta aaanclatlon, was the principal apeaker. Grady told of early day and modern merchandising methods, of the formation of the K. I, M. A. here, poliriea of the organ isation and Ha purpose and ex plained Ihe Oranae Stamp Idea whlrh the association sponsors. MKKTIXO POSTPOXKO Owing to Ihe absence of Mrs. M. J, Young, the Tueaday after noon meeting of the Daughters of the British Empire has been post U. S. TROOPS ARE LANDED ,m, . .. t j; -JyCJi .-. . ' I - ..iLllL& K A Uncle Sam' war game la the Hawaiian tslania scored a big point In favor of the SOth Infantry, Ttlh Field Artillery and other unite of the "attacking" fore when they landed on Oaha Island. Thla picture, made In army-navy training for maneuver show: Above, army combat wagon landing from navy barge; below, left, navy barge from L". 8. 8. Tennessee bringing army equipment aahore; right, special alalia and chute for handling mule In the landing effort. E Confirmation New York Jurist Is Assured by Backing. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. UP) Benjamin Nathan Cardoto, chief ; Juatlce of the New York atate court of appeala. waa appointed j by President Hoover today to the supreme court vacancy caused by ' the resignation of Juatlce Oliver! Wendell Holmes. ! In view of assurances of back- j lng received by President Hoover. early confirmation la expected. The nomination waa forwarded j to the senate at 1 p. m. I Cardoso now la chief Juatlce of the New York state court of P-! peals. He I a democrat and a Jew. Cardoso ha the backing of New York two senators and 1 al ao known to be favored by uch leader as Borah, of Idaho. The President conferred with Senator Watson, of Indiana, the republican leader, and other ad ministration senators before mak ing known his choice finally. Appointment of Cardoso make the political line up of the su preme court five republican and four democrat. T PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 15, (AP) Governor Julius L. Meier today In a talk with newspaper men confirmed the already known fact that J. C. Alnsworth and William llanley have resigned from the tale highway commission. The resignations were turned In because of friction with the third member of the commission, Chas. K. Spaulding. It la known tbe governor 1 attempting to per suade Alnsworth and Hanley to reconsider. They have declared they will. In no caae, continue to serve on the commission If Spaulding remains, and there 1 aald to be grave doubt whether they can be persuaded lo continue on a reorganlxed board in event Spaulding la removed. Governor Meier eald he had no formal statement to mak. He expected to leave Portland fov Sulom during the afternoon. One Killed, Three Injured At Salem SALEM. Feb. 15, M-Automobile accidents In Salem and vlclnltv over Ihe past week end resulted In one fatullty and three Injured. All received Injuries In one crash In Salem laat Saturday night. Mia Franco Monner. 20. Salem was so badly Injured she died on the way to the hospital. J. A. Starker, 21, of Brooks, la still In the Salem hospital with a fractur ed skull. Miss Agnes Monner, sister of Ihe dead girl, and Paul Bolnton of Brooks, the other two occupanta of the car, (uttered sever bruise and ahock. Prisoner Pulls Saturday Night Joke On Officers Keeping faith with the old adage, ''cleanliness Is next to Godliness," kind hearted atate and federal officers granted one Frank Malatache permission to take hla Saturday night bath before going to jail. Inatead of Jumping into a steaming tub, however, Malatache Jump ed out of the bathroom window and hasn't been aeen since. Offlcers Invaded Malatache' home at S00 4 Broad atreet about 10:00- o'clock Saturday night, and arrested him on charges of possession and sale of liquor to an Indian. Malatache made no attempt to resist arrest, asking only ;hat be not be cheated ot hla Saturday'a ablution. Irate federal officers and state police declare that their next prisoner will go to Jail "as is," washed or unwashed. No more baths allowed. CITY IS PROPOSED Establishment of a public mar ket In Klamath Falla Is being ponsored by members of the Po mona grange, whose purchasing committee met Friday and made preliminary arrangements. A ten tative site In the heart ot the busi ness district ot the city Is believed to be obtainable. Stalls would be rented In the market at a nominal fee. and members ot the grange would par ticularly be encouraged to aell their produce there. Preliminary plana call for the conatructlon ot 25 alalia to start with, and the possibility of In creasing that number to 50 or 75 tall aa the market become es ta Wished. No corporation Is planned, and the market would be open to any one who wiahed to rent a stall. Announcement of the plan was made by C A. Henderaon, county agent. Brand Out for Supreme Bench SALEM. Feb. 15, OP) James T. Brand, circuit Judge of Marsh field, led the list of candidates who filed with the secretary of atate since late Saturday for nom inations at the primary election May 20. Five other filed Satur day night and today. Brand announced hla candidacy on the non-partisan ballot for Juatlce of the supreme court to succeed Chief Justice Henry J. Bean. Hurts Slight In Long Auto Tumble PORTLAND, Feb. 15. (fl) Slight Injuries to hla right arm waa the only ill-effect Charlea Schafer auffered today when hla automobile slipped from Terwil llger boulevard and plunged over a 250-foot embankment. The car waa demolished. Schafer aald another car (truck hi on a curve, causing him to log control at the machine, IN HAWAII NEW BANKING BILL E Plans Making Available Federal Reserve Re sources Favored. WASHINGTON. Feb. IS, V The Glass-Steagall bill to make Immediately available the vast credit resources of the federal re serve system was p,ssd today by the house. It now goes to the senate. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. UP) Legislation to set up a 110,000, 000 revolving fund to assist in financing agriculture credit cor porations wa approved today by tbe house agriculture committee. The bill, drafted by Chairman Jones Is designed to make avail able additional eredlt to farmer from the intermediate credit banks. The aecretary of agriculture would make loana from the fund np to 75 per cent of the capital tock of eredlt corporations with at least J10.000 capitalisation. MEDFORD. Or., Feb. 15. fJPl Adolphus C. Frick, 80, ot Gold Hill, a prospector and Civil war veteran, suffocated In the city Jail In that town last night. Frick was arrested for intoxication and placed In a cell. He built a fire in the stove and the smoke tilled the Jail. The interior ot the jail waa ablaxe when passersby aaw smoke pouring from the win dow. Frick was suffocated by amok and heat and was dead when found. He was an old-time resident of southern Oregon and haa a niece living in Washington. He la believed to have no other rela tives. LATE ROME, Feb. 1.1. (AP) A quantity of powerful explosive was found today In a package discovered Haturdny night near the cen tral altar In HI. IVtrr'a Calhodrnl. Police Mild it Indicated a plot to bomb the cathedral and possibly Injure the Pope himself. WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. (AP) The sonnte today rrjected the 7.VUHHMMHI relief measure proposed by democratic leaders aa a substitute for the Ijit-'ollrtti-rostlgsn hill. I nili-r the substitute loana would have been made to the I'niled State tnatrad, ot glfla. SALK.M, Feb. in. (AP) Hpectal consideration to employment of Oregon teachers in filling; vacancies for the coming; school year was urged by Nlale Superintendent I'. A. Howard In a letter ad dressed Oregon school officials Inlay. Howard aald lhat amler nor mal conilltlona there la something to be aald for aome exchange af teachers from state to etale, "but theae are not normal times." WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. (AP) The government notified the) District of Columbia supreme court today It wool, I appeal from tha laat Saturday' derision which invalidated corrupt practice act In dictment against Bishop James Cannon, Jr., and Mia Ada L. Bar roughs. DRASTIC MOVE PLAN UNLESS REDRESS MADE Report from Investigator Stirs League, Says Open War Exists Japan Prepares to Fight Plea; Situation is Growing Tense WASHINGTON. Feb. II (P) The United atatea and Oreat Britain have again proteated against Japan'a uae of the in ternational settlement in Shang hai aa a military base for at tacking the Chinese outside the settlement. A message today from Coniul General Edwin 8. Cunningham at Shanghai aald he had proteat ed agsinat the landing of Ja paneae troops oa docks In Hong kew. the section of the interna tional settlement policed by the Japanese. Similar action waa taken by the British conaul general. Cunningham's move was made under hla Instructions to act on individual Instances which violate the neutrality of the internation al sentiment. GENEVA. Switzerland, Feb. II (P) China prepared today to call upon the league of nations to authorize an economic boycott againat Japan, the moet draatle action provided for In th cove nant ot the leagn of nation, unless redress Is obtained through a special meeting ot tbe league ssaembly. nnder article XV , of the covenant, which H' has In voked officially. The decision of W. W. Yen. Chinese ipokesmsn, coincided wilh a report received by the league - from Ha Investigating commission at Shanghai In which the commissioner declared "a atate of open war exists" there and "the offensive la entirely in the hands of the Japanese, whoae declared object la to capture th Wooaung forte and drtre all Chinese to a considerable dis tance" from the city. The report was signed by Count Galeaxxo Ciano. aon-in-law ot Benito Mussolini, of Italy and Italian consul general at Shang hai. Coupled with the new that (Continued on Page Three) TE E MacMarr' store on East Main waa entered shortly after S o'clock Saturday night by a bandit, who handed the clerk a note stating that he waa covered by three men. and ordering him to hand over all the cash he had. The robber eacaped with approx imately 5200, the day'a receipt. Clare Barnett, 29-year-old clerk and his wife, were the only persona in the store at tbe time. Barnett was standing behind the counter when the robber entered. He immediately reported the robbery and police officera began a thorough search, covering every part of Mills addition. No trace of the bandit waa found laat night. The clerk described the man a 5 feet 11 inches In height. 150 pounds in weight. He wore a long greenish overcoat, which hung below his knees, and a soft grey hat. He al-o fore glasses and a false nose, Barnett aald. The man did not carry a gun, and eacaped with the note aa well aa the cash. No trace of the other three men waa found. Police have arrested one man In connection with the case and ere "ilding him for further Invest igation. NEWS
