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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1934)
1 etal Local Forecast Generally fair, mild. High 60; Low 40. OREGON: ' Unsettled, rain west, ; rain or snow east "" HERALD SERVICE Herald subscribers who toll to receive tbalv pa pot by OiOU p. m. are regussud to oil the Uerald business office, phona 11)00, and pP will be Mill by special carrier. v ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRtiSS less Price .Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1934 Number 6059 ami rn Editorials On the Day's News UUVI r j BSflHI eft mils Ity I'll A N K JHNK1NH Miiin n..uf Diiuinurutio iiovorn mont ol Krunoo, wo routl, Is roportod to Ijo seriously coimldor Iiik how tho question of debts owod the Unllod Status may bo settled, Tho solution ot that problom Is to PAY THM DEUTi which U an boDMt ona. T1IK solution of ANY debt prob lem l to pay tho dobt, It you have tho money, or can let It and franco haa tho money. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, peaking In Washington on Saturday, aayi tho outstanding feature ot tho first your of his administration has ' been the nmailng and universal Incroaso In the Interest ot people la the government. In thoso days, peoplo HAVE to be Interested In tho gorernment, for government onion Into prac tically everything they do. THAT, however, doesn't alter the fact that Interest of tho people at a whole In tho affaire ot government II a tremondoutly Important thins. , ' Whether wo hart good govern ment or not dopenda pretty large ly on whether or not peoplo are genuinely Intoroitod In govern ment. When all tho people are gen uinely Intereated In It, govern ment la pretty apt to be good. ' When they aro not, It la pretty aura to gut bad. . SAMUEL 1NBULL. Alheni die patchea tell ui, has been told that ho must leave Oreeco. It la reported that ho may take up bli residence In Syria. In tho courao ot time, It may bo that bo will wish ho had auyed In the United Slate, and. taken bll medicine. r; e HKllB It aome fairly good ad vice: It yon ever get Into serious trouble, you will bo bettor oft In tho long run If you atlck If out and taco tho mualc than It you try to run away. e e SPEAKINO further of Ineull. he la roportod to have offored a huge sum In roturn for being mado king ot Andorra, a tiny na tion lying botween Franco and Spain. Tho Intorostlng anglo to that report Is whothor or not he HAS a hugo sum of money. Those who bought stock In his enterprises, In tho days when he was one of tho kings ot big busi ness in this country, will be par ticularly Interested In that angle. If Insull really' has a lot of money, It will bo mighty hard to (Continued on Pago Pour) ; OMAHA, Nob., March 6. Editor' Tho Evening Horald: The army Is handling the mall very aenslbly now. I loft Now York at I a.m., arrived In Chi cago at 8 a. m. Woathor In and around Chicago was bad. Thoy hold us thoro till noon. No mall In'or out. You soe, both army and commercial are very careful. Talked to Qonornl Wcstovor, In chargo ot all army fllori, nnd Colonol Hickman of Chi cago aroa. Thoy said thoy woro tnklng no chances. (8omo bankor may lose a day's intorest on his chocks, but that's tho worst can happen.) And what about tho fllors and tho old buck prlvntos, aomo ot wjilch draw only $21 a month, and have boon moved away off np hers from their posts? They want somo monoy. Thoy aro eating and stooping on credit and living off the gen erosity ot the towns thoy aro In. So hurry up and got busy, congroBn, and strulghton' tho whole thing out. All ot you say you want to. Woll, thon, do It. Salt Lako at midnight, Bov orly for breakfast. ' Yours, fctf Indiana Orders 3 Investigations Into Jail Break Far-Flung Manhunt Fails to Bring Traces of Fugitive. POLICE SPREAD EXTENSIVE NET State, County Demanding Complete Probe of Escape. nnifinn Vnr K ilpi -The motor car In which John Dlll Ingor sped away from Crown Point Jail has been under sur ..in..... itnp. Katurdav evening on the northwest aide of Chi cago, police admlted today. Tney left the car where thoy found It, hoping to trap Dlllluger If he ruturned to It. CHICAGO, March 5, OP) "Klll-Crasy" John Ollllnger re .nin.i f... tnriav. hunted In half a dosen states, while threo vig orous Investigations got under way to tlx responsibility 'tor bis braton ureas, last oaiuruaj irutu Crown Point, Indiana's "eacapo proof" Jail. . ti.a . 1 1 m tm t-w rfnanarado. who i.n.l.Mil .vnrvnn.. aanacla.lv his woman custodian Sheriff Lillian Jlolloy by blurting nis way io MmNitiHil a lumn ahead of the law, while a trlpla Investi gation was underway to aoier mlno how ho managed to escape May Have Had Aid nHn.M that- a "rls" mlaht ...tricarl inlA hli annaa! I onal ua.u buiuivm ...... - - get-away woro hoard. County Prosocutor llooort u. caim oi Lako county, lnd., . announced that tho results ot Inquiry by him would no lurnoa over id iuu grand Jury. A a.nlfi invnaMirnf Inn. ordered by Governor Paul McNutt ot In diana, la also In progress,-with Assistant Attorney Goneral Ed ward C. Darco ana noy tiuiou, an Invcstlgntor, In charge. County Hoard vniica A nnih.. Innitlrv waa undor- taken by Judge William J. Mur ray before whom Dllllnger was (Contlnuod on rage tareei FROM ICE FLOES umpniv Wnr K. tfffi The 10 arnman anrf Wrt fthllllron BinOnff the 101 porsons marooned on Boring sea tco from tho sunken vossol Chcliuakin were rescued today by the alrplnno Ant-4. They wero flown to Capo Wollen. Thnl. fflinii. wnn renarted In a radio mossngo from tho casta ways camp to the government roscuo commission here, , ASTRAKHAN. U. S. 8. R., Mar. 5. (VP) Airplanes and Ice breakers hnvo roscuod all but 84 of 545 flflhormon cnrrlod out Into the Caspian sea on breaking ico flooB, rescue workers announced today. The romaluder of tne maroon- od mon were expoctod to be cnr rlod to Bafaty soon. It was said they woro In no Immediate dangor. ; y SAI.WM. Mnr. 5. (m The state hlghwny oommlBslon will moot In Portland Tuesday to consider the contrnct for tho five Oregon coast bridges whloh was reoolved by J. M. Devors, at torney for the commission, hore yostorday. Tho contrnct covers an agree ment reached between Devors nnd officials ot the publio works admlntstrntlon when the former was In Washington aomo time ago. Mailing ot the contracts had Legless Indian Gives Portland Cop the Jitters PORTLAND, Mar. 5. W) Patrolman Tommy Chllcoto had the Jitters with a large J today. He arrested an Indian for drunkenness on a downtown street Sunday night and asked a passerby to aid him In trans ferring bis prisoner to the nearest call box. After taking several steps, thoy wero start led to soe tho Indian's left leg drop off. Patrolman Tommy plckod up the artificial limb and went ahead. Presently tho Indian and bis log wero safely slowed In the patrol wagon. At the police station, the Indlsn firmly refusod to leave the wagon. Officer John Hatch, to aid him, firmly gruaped his remaining leg and pulled. - It came oft In bis bands. Jail attendants reported the Indian too drunk to need either leg. Quarter-Million for Use of Road Department Approved. Bii.CM .uirY.li a IIP The busiest sosslon ot the state board ot control in rocent months was hnlri hflM tn.lnv nt which time authorisations affecting virtually ovory slate institution ana pur chase of more than $.50,000 worth ot material for the state highway commission was ap proved. A report ot the state flax In dustry during the present ad ministration showing reduction of deficit at the penitentiary institu tion and Increase In balanco on hand -ot about $170,000 wnn given by William Eldilg. secre tary ot the board, at the con clusion of which Governor Julius L. Meier said, 'you are steal ing iha thunder of niv second ad dress to the people next Satur day night." . Costa Show Increase. Institutional heads, present at tbo session, reported virtually without excoptlon, an Incroaso In nnn,tiniinn tntln. nil Institutions. and an Increase In the price of food mntorlals. Indications were the 1935 legislature would bo callod upon to appropriate iunas for additional buildings and fa cilities tor the Increasing popula tion. Dn.pnla, nf fltntn P. J. fltadol- man urged Investigation of what ho termed excessive rem Doing (Continued on Pago Three) ATHENS, Mar. 5. (IP) Tho ministry of tho interior announc ed ' tonight that Samuel Innull Sr., the former Chicago utllltlos oporntor, muBt leave Greece to morrow. Insull was to be notified ot the expulsion ordor at once. Enrllor In the day tho foreltn ministry notified the American legation that tho expulsion had boen decided upon. WEATHER The Cyclo-Stormagraph at Un derwood's Pliarmaoy continues to register a rather low bnromotrlo pressure but tho goneral Indica tions point to anotlior -pleasant day, Tuesday. Not much change In temperatures. The Tycos recording thermo meter registered maximum and minimum temperatures today as follows: High ... .. 60 , Low 40 Forecast for noxt 14 hours: Generally fair and mild. HER LEAVES UNCERTAINTY IN POLITICS Governor's Talk Confined , to Accomplishments of Office. SPECULATION IN WAKE OF ADDRESS Indications of Ground . work for Campaign Observed. SALEM, March 5. (AP) Political observers at the state capltol were divided between threo points of speculation on a possible Meier campaign for re eloctlon as a result of the gov ernor's address delivered Satur day night. The address was the first ot two which the executive la delivering "Slowing the achieve ment of three years' administra tion, s , Those who would have the governor seek another term were cheered by the emphasis the ex ecutive placed upon carrying out. every pledge made In his cam paign aa well as additional ac complishments of the administra tion and his long discourse upon carrying out the late George W. Joseph platform. His numerous achievements were also a matter o gratification to those who have stated the governor would seek a second term. Mnrtln Fmncntloned Additional Indications of prob able groundwork tor a campaign were seen In the discussion by the governor ot the Bonneville dam project, In which he gave much credit to 8enator Charles L. McNary, but failed to mention Ropresontatlve Charles H. Martin who likewise was active In that work, but who since has announc ed hlmsolf as democratic candi date for governor. On the other band those who have declarod the governor would not again enter the gubernatorial campaign and who might wish him to remain out ot the race, wero consoled by the executive's opening remarks and later In the address. The executive stated "tho purpose of this address Its sole and only purpose Is to give you an accounting of my (Continued on Pago Three) , Monday was expected to bring an end to tho period Judge Dun can allowed- attorneys for H. M. Manning to filo citations of au thorities supporting their de mand' they be permitted to ex amine furniture and other arti cles removed from the Manning law office by the state after the shooting of Ralph Horan. At mld-attornoon, D. R. Van donherg and George Roberts,- the attorneys dofendlng Manning against ' first degree . murder charges, had .not filed the sug gested, brief. Unless the time Is extended, It appeared likely Judge Duncan ,would deny the motion, as ho told Roberts he would take such action unless the defense could substantiate lta claims with citations of author ities. Workmen Start Removing Old School Building First -work toward dismantling the old Klamath county : high Bchool building started Monday morning. This Is a CWA project, the old building to be replaced by a olty park development. . Ultlmntoly, a total ot 95 men will be employed on this project. All are being transferred from other CWA jobs. Work also began Monday on romodollng the Legion hall on the cotirthouso grounds as a CWA project. ; , R. E. Bradbury Post Disputed CHAIRMAN OF FAIR BOARD ' DECLARED NO LONGER TAX PAYER. That R. E. Bradbury la no longer a taxpayer of Klamath county, whereas the law specifi cally holds that members of the county fair board must be tax paying residents of the county. Is asserted in a report prepared for the county court by a com mittee representing the Pomona Grange and the county chamber of commerce. At the county assessor's office It was stated Monday Bradbury Is not at present a real property taxpayer, but he was assessed on the 1933 roll for personal prop erty taxes. The chamber of commerce and grange committees were ap pointed some time ago and made a Joint study ot the fair board situation. The report as prepared tor the court follows: Court's Attention Called "We, a committee representing the chamber of commerce and the Pomona Grange, wish to bring the following facts to the attention of the Klamath county court: ( "Mr. R. f . Bradbury, who has been acting In the past as chair man of the Klamath County Fair Board, Is, according to the records ot the Klamath county assessor, no longer a taxpayer of Klamath county and for nearly a year has not been an active rest- (Continued on Page Three) British Court Awards $125,000 Damages; . New Suit Pends. LONDON, Mar. 5. OP) jury in the libel sujt ot Princess Irena YoUBSOupotr today awarded her 25,000 pounds $125,000 Against Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Ltd., makers ot the film "Raspu tin and the Empress." The award was made after a dramatic trial In which Prince Youssoupott testified that he was one ot the group who killed the Mad Monk ot Russia, the slaying pictured In the film. Princess Irena testified that the character Natasha, In the pic ture was a libel on herself. Attorneys representing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contended the character Natasha waa purely fictional. In the trial Princess Irena said she intended to sue every Indi vidual theatre which had shown the picture, widely used through out the United States aa well as England. The Jury's verdict came after only a short deliberation. Previously the high powered lawyers engaged by the litigants made their final arguments. TRAFFIC PROTEST Protosts against the police de partment's announced decision to permit double parking only be tween Eighth and Ninth streets on Main street, are expected to be placed before the city council tonight. In announcing plans tor strict er traffic regulations, Chief Shaw of the department said Saturday that restricted double parking will be permitted between Eighth and Ninth streets because that is a busy shopping center. It Is un derstood the protests will be made by business houses on other seotlons of Main street. , Goss Will Seek Post in Congress MARSHFIELD, March . W) Another candidate for congress topped before the Oregon voters over the week-end, as state Sen ator John D. Goss of Coos and Curry counttea made Ms formal declaration as a candidate , for the democratic nomination as United States representative from the first district. . LEGISLATIVE POST DRAWS HARRY BI N Attorney's Announcement Surprise to Local Politicians. SEMON VIEWED AS CANDIDATE Young Democrat Hereto fore Considered for District Attorney. By Malcolm Epley Harry Botvln threw a surprise Into the political situation Mon day, when be announced tor the democratic nomination for state legislator. Botvln was generally believed to be a certain candidate for dis trict attorney. ' His decision to enter the legislative race alters the -district attorney situation considerably, as he waa the only prospective democratic candidate. . , ...Two Fosta Open ,.. ' With Bolvln's announcement. the legislative race begins to as sume definite shape. There are two positions to be tilled, and at present Botvln and Henry Semon, Incumbent, appear to be certain democratic candidates. Bolvin has seen public service as deputy district attorney under W. S. Wiley and W. M. Duncan, and as city attorney In the Cofer administration. He was born In Ashland. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bolvin, are Southern Oregon pio neers, and moved here when Har ry was about two years old. Here Seven Tears The candidate was educated in the public schools here, and grad uated In law at Santa Clara uni versity. He took post-graduate work at the University of Cali fornia. Bolvin has been admitted to practice law . both In California and Oregon. Before admitted to practice in California, he waa af- (Contlnued on Page Three) IT PORTLAND, Ore.. March 5. (ff) Adolphe Wolfe, 85, founder ot Lipman, Wolfe and Co., large de partment store here, died at his home here Sunday. He had been 111 since November. Mr.' Wolfe remained active In the management ot the store al most until his death, though the firm , was sold to the National Department Stores, Inc., in 1925. A resident ot Portland for 54 years. Mr. Wolfe was president of Temple Beth Israel for a score ot years, a 32nd Degree Mason, a Shrlner, past president ot. B'Nia B'Rith Center, a mem ber ot the German Aid society, vice-president ot the local execu tive board ot the Boy Scouts, a charter member of the Multno mah Athletic club, vice-president and director ot the Lewis and Clark exposition here in 1905, In addition to many other fra ternal and civic offices. He was made an honorary doctor of laws by Oregon State college In 1931. T WASHINGTON, Mar. 6. (ff1) In a decision having -an Import ant bearing on the validity ot recovery legislation, the supreme court today upheld the right ot a state to tlx a minimum price for milk. It sustained the New York milk control law under which the minimum price was set at nine cents a Quart In an effort to promote the return of prosper ity. Justice Owen J. Roberts de livered the opinion. PRESIDEN 1 DRIVE F n IMPROVED 11 Roosevelt Declares Industries Must Absorb More Unemployed to Relieve Govern ment; Wage Increases Again Asked WASHINGTON, March 5. (AP) President Roose velt asked American industry today for "immediate co operation to secure increase in wages and shortening of hours." "It is the Immediate task of industry to re-employ more people at purchasing wages and to do it now," he declared. ; Speaking to the several thousand members of NRA's code authorities, assembled in Constitutional Hall for a three-day review of the industrial control program, he warned that "the government cannot forever continue to absorb the whole burden of unemployment" - He called for greater- protection of small business, terming the code authority "the keeper of your small Financier Sells Holdings Two Weeks Before Cancellation. WASHINGTON. Mar. 5. (ft Evidence that J. P. Morgan, head ot the big banking house hear ing his name, sold a block of 45000 shares of United Aircraft stock within two weeks before government cancellation ot the airmail contracts, was presented today to the senate banking com mittee. E PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 5. (JP) More than 400 delegates from Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon attended the opening ses sion of the Pacific Northwest Regional Planning conference here today, determined to evolve a definite program to put more men to work on PWA projects in the region. The group will plan for a de cade ahead for further work In line with President Roosevelt's re-employment program. Marshall N. Dana, regional PWA advisor, presided at the meeting which will continue through tomorrow and Wednesday. PHILIPPINE BILL T WASHINGTON, Mar. S. (IP) Unanimous approval tomorrow ot the Tydlngs-McDuffle bill for Philippine independence by the house Insular affairs committee was predicted today by Chairman McDuffie (D., Ala.) after an executive session ot the group. LA TE WASHINGTON, March 5. OT The supreme court refused today to pass en the validity of a fed eral order suspending tho Chi cago board of trade as a con tract market for 60 days In 1032. PORTLAND, Mnrch 5. (P) The possibility that the matter of larger salaries for head football coaches at University of Oregon and Oregon State college might be discussed at a meeting here today of the stato board of high er education, was hinted a the board members gathered for their regular session. RE-OPENS S industrial brother." . ' He said the anti-trust laws "must continue in their major purpose of retaining competition and preventing monopoly." 4 , .-, ; , He demanded that "every cor poration in the United Statea give its workers free choice to or ganize themselves and emphaslxed that "those two words - 'free choice mean Just what they say." Compliance Promised Baying he knew Industry with few excentions would aive whole- rhearted compliance, the president warned that in these exceptions "the government itself must and wiU under the law move firmly and promptly to prevent failure." He contended that Industry must keep to "the lowest sched ule of prices on which higher wages and Increasing employment can be maintained." ., Permanency Urged . For the future, he said, "the methods and details of x X X re organization may and will change from year to year but z z z the reorganization must be perman ent for all the rest of our lives in that never again will we per mit the social conditions which allowed the vast sections ot our population to exist In an - nn-' American way, which allowed a maldistribution of wealth and power." . So far, he said, "we hare been tolerant of certain misunder standings even when they result (Continued on Page Three) P.E.P. PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 5. (ff) Contending that the Portland Electric Power company Is in imminent danger of Insolvency, as evidenced by default ot $480, 000 in interest due March 1 on $16,000,000 In' outstanding de bentures, Percy H. Clark ot Philadelphia today successfully petitioned tor appointment ot Frank T. , Griffith, president Ot the company, as Its receiver, Griffith said "the purpose ot the receiver,, subject to approval ot the court, will be to proceed with the reorganisation of the debenture now under way, and to maintain the properties as going concerns so as to protect the In terests ot the creditors and stock-, holders. NE WS SALEM, March 5. iPf Jack E. Allen, of Pendleton, filed here today for tho democratic nom ination for stato senator from the 10th district, Including Uma tllln, Union and Morrow eoun lies, for the position now held by Fred E. Kiddle, president of the senate. . . LOS AXGELEfl, March B, OP) The trial of the contest of the will of the lata Margaret A. Keith, wealthy spinster who rndmt Iter lire last April, entered fte thirteenth week today. . . CONDITION boon dolayed from time to time.