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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1934)
ti 1 ririrrrn irgiriririrr n ngpr nw iff kt Local Forecast HERALD SERVICE Herald iu burthen who fall to receive their paper by OHIO p. tu. art requested to call Ilia llurald business off lot, phone 1000, and paper, will b sens by special carrier. ra Unsettled and windy. High, 41; Low. 25. OREGON: Generally cloudy f occa ional rains. ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS Price Five Cents I FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21, 1934 ,v:VA . . ..HiU'lM1' CLOUOV 4 jiiio vim1 " Editorials On the Day's News , n nrrn Hy I'ilANK JENKINS WKATIIKIl In tho MWt again. A headline uyi "Flames and Zero Woothor Bring Death on Bust Count." . Tho West Count, meanwhile, ro niuln mild and aprliigllko. It's a somewhat unusual winter bore, of couno, but nowliora near as unusual aa auch a winter would bo In the East, whoso wlntor climate la uniformly niUorable, WKATHKIt, It ought to be add ed, Is Just one ot the Itema In which the Wcit Coaat loads the Kant. Thore are many oth ors. The Kaat, for the present, laadi the Went lu population and wonlth. but It won't alwan be ao. The time will come not, probably, In your llfotlme or mine, but certainly sooner or later when the Pacltlo Coast will be the business center ot the United Btutoe. e e ARMY (llora begin the task ot carryltif lio air mall. Ex perienced civilian (llora shako their bonds, some of thorn laying that It 1 little Ins than suicide to turn green army pltota loose on auch a Job. , As to that, we shall see hop ing, meanwhile that they are wrong, and that thore will be no casualty lists. The young men In the army flying corps are the cream of the country's young manhood, and wo can't afford to loso them. e nrlllU writer, who may be wrong. can sea no reason why the army shouldn't fly the mall ALL TUB TIMK. The army Is a gov ernment service. The malt la a government aervlco. Flying tha mall will glvo the army something useful to do In time of peace, which will bo good for It. e a a . A DISPATCH from Spain aays: "Nine bund rod wero report ed killed, 13 Injured seriously and a score hurt slightly today when a special train from Madrid collided with an express from Bevllle. "More than 000 rosldonta ot Seville woro returning from Ma drid, whoro thoy bad gono for a FOOTBALL gamo Sunday." KTINB bundrod residents of So- ' vlllo returning from a FOOT HALL game at Madrid. Imagine that, If you can. If It had boen a bull fight thoy woro returning from. It would have aeomod quite In keeping to as on this side, Spain must bo changing. . e KJOTE that thoso 800 rosldonta 4 ' of Sovllle wore returning by TRAIN, ' Hore In tho United' States! a JtotlnirtoMiiirl O WlaLI OGEftS Daisys: GRAND ISLAND, Nob., Feb." 21. Editor The Evening Hor ald: Olad thoy didn't atart tho army fliers out on this route till morning, for It's a tough night. But talking to army pilots all the way across today, and gee, thoy are Just kids. Frenohod and plod with 'om It It got tough to turn around and go back; or sot her down In an emergoncy field. Don't try to show how brave you aro, ahow how aonslbla you are. ' Thore Is not a lottor bolng- wrltton that's ono-tonth as valuable aa one ot you kld'a lives. But thoy nre ust ao koon to mnko good, well, It kinder sanres you. Mr, Roosovolt, I bollove It would do grout good If you would warn 'om, that you don't expect tho sorvlce the lavol-boadod old cxporlona ed regulars dollvarod. Colonol Arnold, an old frlond ot mine, In charge of all of 'om In the Went, told mo In Salt Lake today that ho had been preaoh lng that to 'om. I kpow you will llko the way the regular mail pilots tako It, (and moat of thorn r are ex-soroheada), thoy are fine men ot . fine Judgment, Yours, REVENUE BILL HOUSE VOTES T E Republicans Beaten In Attempt To Reduce Postage Rate, ACTION AGAINST EVASIONS TAKEN Small Incomes Believed Benefitted By Work of Lawmakers. TuiaiiTvnTnv rh. 21. IJP The 1258.000,000 revenue bill was passed today by the bouse ri, m rniihllenn move to re duce the S-cent first class post age rnto to 2 cenu was defeat ed 272 to 132. Now the senate gets this meas ure fort strengthening the tax laws. The main purposo of the meas ure Is to prevent tax avoidants by wealthy persons. ; ltatca Kovlsed , , n rovi.ion or tha Income rnto structure, persons of small Incomes are oonouuea. ana wodo in i.m hitrhnr brackets are levied on more hoavlly than at prosent. TWO omor proTivion u. Lower rates for second class mall. Hupoal of hank check stamp tax, offoctlve January 1, 1935. Tho bill's major points are: 1. Revision of tho Income tax rates, which Is estimated to yield 28,000,000 annually. A flat normal rate ot 4 per cont Is Im posed, with a surtax starting at (Contlnuod on 1'age Eight) GILLEIUWATERS BACK FROM SALEM CASE SALEM, Oro.. Feb. 21, (fly T. R. OlUonwators, district at torney of Klamath county, who loft prosocutlon ot one murdor caso to argue on on appeal In an other tho Theodore Jordan case In tho supreme court yes terday, said he would not be a candldato for ro-electlon, Olllenwntora doclarod he had had 22 prosocutlons for murdor and manslaughter during his term since 1028, and that he thought that was "onougb tor ono district attorney.". District Attorney Glllenwators returned to Klamath Falls Wed nesday morning. He said that during the arguments on the Jor dnn ' case the room was filled with ropresentatlvos ot tho "La bor Dofenso League," ' but that ho noticed only two nogroos In the crowd. OlUonwators said . he did not know how soon to expect a de clalon from the supreme eourt. . SEATTLE, Fob. 21, (P) Word wan reeolvod here today that the Rev. Harry S, Tamploton, B0, former Seattle, Portland and Bel llnghnm Presbyterian pastor, and former Unlvorslty of Oregon foot ball player, shot and killed him self In Los Angoles yesterday. Ho had beon 111.' ' The Templotona moved to Los Angoles throo yonra ago, where ho took charge , ot the Second Pronbytorlan church after ten years nt the University Prosby torlnn church hore. Ho was a grandBon of the Into Ksra Mook or, famous Puyallup pioneer, v V " 1 1 Prince of Wales Flies to Belgium LONDON, Feb. 21, OP) The Prince ot Wales took off In his private plane today for Brussels to attend the funeral of the late Kim Albort. 1 MEASUR New Building Plans Backed I'ltESIDENT INTERESTED IN MAKING INEXPENSIVE HOMES AVAILABLE. WASHINGTON, Fb. 21 UP) Presldont Roosovolt Is bolleved by some of his closest associates to be considering a request for congress at this session to put a tedoral-flnanclng spur behind homo building. Although disinclined to talk bocauso formal announcement of the selection of a committee of 16 to get tho legislation ready has yet to be made, officials said today the plans contemplate mass production of Inexpensive homes by private enterprise, re habilitation of existing homes, and clearance of slums. The project would require ex penditure of many billions over a 10-year period, while a rela tively new Industry develops to produce homes to cost as much aa 60 per cent loss than at present. STAVISKY-HAZ French Police Probing Murder of Judge In Scandal Caee.-- DIJON, France, Feb. 21, W) Police announced today thoy wore Investigating the possibility that Sorgo "Handsomo Alex" Sta viiky. founder of tho Bayone Municipal pawnshop, was an in ternational spy, sailing Informa tion to the Nasls In Germany. Thoy said It was possible that bo had uaod women agents. Their announcement followed a tew hours nttor the bound body of Judge Albort Prince ot the court ot appeals was found on a railroad track near here. Judge Prince was to have ap peared today as a witness In the Stavlsky scandal trial. A blood-stained knlto lay nearby. Police said thoy belloved the Judgo was murdared. Judgo Prlnco was the former chlof of tho financial soctlon of the Paris courts. Police Bald they bollovcd his doath might be link ed, with the notorious Stavlsky case the collapso of the Bay onno municipal pawnshop 'which Sergo Stavlsky foundod and whose failure caused a loss of (40,000,000 to French Investors. AIRMAIL PILOT PORTLAND, Feb. 21. (P)- Swan Island alrpor t looked "mighty good" to Lieut. M. E. Olasor, young army airmail filer from Kansas, whon be put his observation plane down hero Tuesday afternoon. ' Ho was "on top" of the Blue mountains for 40 minutes In "sero-soro" weathor before tho storm subsided, flying by dead reckoning with the aid ot Instru ments, newly Installed. He left this morning with the mall for Boise. . Lieut Olaser readied Portlord with 65 pounds of mall, but the heavy canvns , covortng ot the mall cockpit had beon whipped to shreds by tho high wind. Leading Markets Closed Thursday NEW YORK, Fob. 21 (fly All loading seourlty and com modity -markets In the Unltod States will bo cloBcd tomorrow In observance . ot .Washington's birthday.. Foreign markets, including the Liverpool grain and cotton ex changes, the London, . Toronto and Montronl Btock oxohnngos and tho Winnipeg grain exchange will remain open as usual, f KAY FRANCIS DIVORCED LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 (IP) The third marriage ot Kay Francis, 80-yenr-old brown-eyed film actress, was tormlnated to day with an lutorlocutory decree ot divorce granted against Ken noth McKonna, actor and di rector. GOLD KNIFES EAST COAST; Worst Blizzard Since 1888 Paralyzes New England. TOWNS ISOLATED BY HEAVY SNOWS Trains, Highways Block ed By Gigantic Drifts; Scores Marooned. By The Associated Preu Cold that knifed to the mar row staggered the east today as It strove to shake off paralysis caused by the "worst blizzard alnca '88." At least 25 persons lsy dead, struck down by the storm.' . Many towna were atill prac tically Isolated, transportation systems crawled at a snail's pace in numerous spots, and whis tling winds Imperilled shipping. The : mercury plunged - toward zero, and the cold glazed the land "wnnee7"Taarten1nar-ner-- drlfU that Impeded traffic. Relief Remote No Immediate relief was. In sight. .The frigid wave extended aa far south as Florida. New England, hardest hit by the slashing 60-mlle gale, was still burled In many places under snowdrifts 6 to 12 feet deep. There were at least nine dead thore, 10 In New York, and six in Pennsylvania. New York will spend 12,000. 000 to dig out ot the snow that marooned 600,000 workers In their homes and forced the stock exchange to open an hour late yoaterday. .. Traffic Delayed Highway traffic la still tied up In a knot in many places, but most trains were moving, al though regular schedules were largely disregarded. Schools, courts and business were reopen ing after suspending because ot the storm. Through the night 80 sailors stuck to the collier Northern Sword, which Jammed ashore off Wlnthrop Head, near Boston. Coast guardsmen with breeches buoy stood ready to take them off It smashing seas started to break up the vessel. Here are some high spots on the Btorm'a bavoc: A Boston train due In New York at 6:35 a. m. yesterday arrived at 6:45 p. m., the first to got through. . Trains Snowbound An expectant mother, Mrs. E. D. Melller ot Westbury, Long Island, started tor the hospital In a doctor's car. It got stuck in a drift. A policeman got an- (Continued on Page Eight) SENATORS RESTORE PART OF WAGE CUT WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (ffV The senate today voted to re store ono-thlrd of the federal pay cut as ot February . 1, and one third on July 1, but amendments to the Independent . officers ap propriation bill still were pending to restore the entire 15 per cent reductions, . MANY KILLED Songs of Medford Gleemen Received With Enthusiasm ,. .:.):.! i 1 i . By JANE EPLEY A wildly enthusiastic audience which filled the Pine Tree trea tre Tuesday night, .heard the Modford Gloomen,- led by their dynamle director, Jamos Stevens, In a program ot modern, tuneful songs, and went away humming strains which i lingered tn Its memory. 1 v .' ' Indeed, : this ' presentation of musle and good-fellowship by the Rogue River valley group will dwell long In the hearts and on the Una ot Klamath people. For not . only were all the pro S REPUB Prince May Wed Actress MEMBER OF SWEDISH ROYAL FAMILY DEFIES EDICT FROM FATHER, LONDON, Feb. 21, (Jpy Prince Bigvard or sweaen was hiding in a small, exclusive hotel on Picca dilly Clrcua today, ateadfastly de termined that royal displeasure shall not prevent blm from mar rying a blond German screen actress. Disowned by the Swedish royal family In a terse news agency communique Issued In Stockholm last night, the 27-year-old prince was reported today to be plan. hlng a private marriage to the blond and petite Erika Patzek at the London registry office. Neltber his ' father," Crown Prince William, nor King Gustav, however, haa abandoned hope of baiting the marriage of the prince to a commoner. This waa evident from the secret airplane dash to London from Stockholm last week end ot Count Folke Bernadotte. . The count, representing the crown prince, waa exhausting ev ery effort today, aided by de tectives from Scotland Yard, to (Continued on Page Eight) President Orders Investi gation of Prices For Liquor. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 JP) President Roosevelt and his aides are concerned over continued activity ot bootleggers and are investigating the prices ot legal liquor. . This was made known today aa newsmen gathered at the president'a semi-weekly press conference. Imports Fall Joseph Cboate, administrator of the federal alcohol control board, has reported that Imports are below expectations. The administration la aeektng to determine if there Is a short ago of supplies necessitating the high price ot liquors, against which many complaints are being made. A suggestion has been made for lowering tbe tariff on liquor Imports as one method of ap proaching the problem. Whatever happens, it waa em phasized that Mr. Roosevelt wants to put the bootleggers out of business. To that end a seri ous study is in progress. SOVIET, JAPAN TOKYO, Feb. 21, (fP) A new diplomatic tilt between Japan and Russia over fishing grounds in North Pacific waters confronted Tokyo and Moscow today. A foreign office spokesman said Japan wjll protest strongly to Moscow over "a serious breach of the International agreement," and will "consider steps to ob tain a remedy. Waters belonging to Russia and fished by Japanese under treaty arrangements perfected threo years ago, were the focal point of the dispute. Fishing rights have been a source ot trouhlo ever since tho Portsmouth treaty was signed In 1005. ceeds turned over to the charit able work of the Pelicans, but the spontaneous feeling ot friendliness, evident In the atti tude both ot the audience and the Gleemen, served to bind closer together the two southern Oregon cities. . Stovens Sings Solo ! From the stirring melody ot Grieg's "Land Sighting," to the beautiful harmonies ot "The Last Round-Up," and "Bella of St. Mary's," the program was well balanced, capably rendered, (Continued on Page Three) F. d. r; prepares BOOTLEGGING WAR PRELIMINARY HEARING F"5S FOR MANNING DELAYED U IIIL HU U Klamath Officials Re ceive Orders From Portland. PROJECTS MAY BE DISCONTINUED Board Approves Eight Petitions For CWA Assistance. A total reduction of 218 men in the CWA quota for Klamath county waa ordered Wednesday morning in an official telegram from Portland. The nnmber of employes on CWA projects In tbe county during the week be ginning February 23, shall not exceed 467. according to the order. This nnmber will include driven ot their own teams and tracks. . All materials need in CWA projects must hereafter be aup- pttodrnuJ poa I , ..agencies .ana not included in applications for CWA funds, it was also announced In the new order. Case Work Planned Necessary reauctiona will be made at once by tbe county civil works administration, and the service ot county relief employes will be used to investigate and determine the need ot persona now employed on civil works projects. Major reductions Will be made in county areas in which sea sonal opportunities tor re-employment are greatest, and where there is least industrial unem ployment, according to the order. It it becomes necessary to discontinue projects now oper ating, the least desirable projects should be discontinued first, the state committee announced. Eight CWA project appllca (Contlnued on Page Eight) 30-HOUR WEEK PLAN OPPOSED N WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. P The opinion that suoh a flat work week limit as 30 hours can not be applied to Industry was expressed to the house labor committee today by adminis trator Hugh S. Johnson ot the NRA. . In his first capitol appearance as Blue Eagle chief, he said the NRA was a "much more flexible and intelligent way" to reach the end sought more employment Gerard Swope ot General Elec tric likewise opposed the flat 30 nours week as provided in the Connery bill. FOILS KIDNAPERS CHICAGO, Feb. 21 (JP) E. P. Adler, publisher ot the Daven port, Iowa, Times and head ot the Lee syndicate ot newspapers, was attacked by two men in a hotel corridor today In an apt parent attempt at kidnaping. Slugged twice, Adler dodged the full effect of the blows and ran down the corridor from his room, eluding bis assailants. Officers said one ot them was arrested. City and County : Offices Close Washington's birthday will be observed Thursday by appro priate school programs, patriotic organisations and by the closing of all offices in the courthouse and city hall, aa well as the banks. Offices In the federal building will remain open. . LICAN OPPOSITION UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY Motion for Continuance Indicates Grand Jury Hat Horan Murder Case Under Consideration Wednesday With the, grand jury in session and considering; the case, the preliminary hearing on first degree murder charges against Horace M. Manning Wednesday was con tinued until Friday at 2 p. m., by Justice W. B. Barnes. The action was taken on motion of the district at torney. Defense Attorneys David Vandenberg and George M. Roberts appeared at justice court at 2 o'clock, the time set for the hearing, demanded a hearing, and asked that the judge make a record of their presence and demand. Manning is charged with shooting Ralph W. Horan, state representative, February 12. . . ; t Only newspaper men and one or two others were present in justice court at 2 o'clock, and Manning was not brought in. In the second floor hall of the courthouse, however, more than 50 persons had congregated, appar ently expecting developments in the Manning case in the circuit court room. The crowd dwindled away after ; TRIBAL COUNCIL Modifications ' In Con ; tracts Will Benefit Lumbermen. , Modification of existing tim ber contracts on tbe Klamath In dian reservation, providing a downward adjustment that prom ises to re-open operations in 26,000,000 worth of timber, was voted by the general council of the Indian tribe- at Klamath Agency Tuesday afternoon. . The action climaxed several days ot conferences between rep resentatives of the Indians and the timber owners, resulting in the agreement that was voted, 122 to 3, by the tribe Tuesday. Only the approval of the secre tary ot the interior and the commissioner ot Indian affairs is required to make tho action final, and bring an end to a two year effort to bring about -..satisfactory readjustment that would permit operations in the tribal timber. The new prices for stumpage (Continued on Page Eight) CHICAGO, Feb. 21. Charles O. Dawes, former repub lican, vice president of tbe United States, said today that he saw "continued better conditions" ahead for business and Industry of the nation, and that he pre dicted this belief on a feeling that President Roosevelt would carry through his announced plan tor a balanced budget In 1936. General Dawes made this, hiB first utterance on national af fairs In more than two years, In an address before the association ot commerce at noon. WEATHER The Cyclo-Stormagraph nt Un derwood's Pharmacy records the barometric pressure as slowly rising, with the weather condi tions still unsettled. J . The Tycos recording thermom eter registered a maximum and minimum i temperature- for Wed nesday as follows: ; , i , v High, 41: Low. 26. - Forecast for next 24 hours: Unsettled, increasing winds and cooler. .... Tbe United States weather bu reau reports .14 of an inch pre cipitation for the 24 hours end ing Tuesday at 6 p. m.; 5.67 for the season to date;. 7.6 normal; 4.4S last year, i o clock. That the . grand jury la " considering the Manning case was evidenced by the written motion for a. con tinuance of the preliminary hearing, filed in justice court by District Attorney T. R. Gillenwaters. The mo tion asked a continuance by reason of the fact the mat ter was before the grand jury and by such action the circuit court had assumed jurisdiction. Judge Barnes signed an order continuing the case until Friday at 2 o'clock, but it is not believed a hearing will be necessary by that time. Defense attorneys refused to make a direct statement about the state's action, but intimated they considered it an effort by the state's attorneys to avert the necessity of opening their case to the public. At pre liminary hearing enough evidence must be presented to Justify binding tbe defendant over to the grand jury. District Attorney Gillenwaters said he did not expect tha grand jury to make a report until toward evening. Testimony Sought -' "There are some phases of tha case we couldn't get by the or dinary course of Investigation," said Gillenwaters. "That la one reason we were anxious to sub mit, it to the grand Jury." . It was understood the district attorney meant that questioning ot witnesses before the grand jury might bring out Important testimony not otherwise obtained. There was considerable discus sion around the courthouse ot the question of regularity - ot the state's action in submitting the case before preliminary hearing. General concensus of ' opinion seemed to be that auch procedure was "unusual" but legitimate. The crowd In the second floor hall was obviously mystified at what was going on. One man was heard to ask: 1 "When does Manning's trial start?" - ; J Start Is Delayed ' A divorce case, ot the type that usually proceeds before an empty courtroom, happened to get under way at 2 o'clock, and many ot the bystanders went Into circuit court when It was report ed Judge Duncan was on the The grand Jury got under way tardily Wednesday morning, one juror having mistaken tbe time for 10 o'clock lnstoad ot 9 o'clock. When, the Jury reports, ir Is presumed it will return a true bill or indictment ror not true bill in the Manning case. If the veteran attorney la In dicted, i the Judge will sot tha time ot trial. Request tor si change of venue, It on Is made, must come from, the defense. Defense Attorney Roberts, however, Indicated definitely Wednesday that no such request will be forthcoming. "Mr. Manning practiced bera for many years. We have faith In the fairness and justice ot (Continued oa Pag kiight) ,
