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Ity FRANK JKNKINS ..
ANKW order Issued ly Pros
Idonl saya, In eltoat, that tin
army air corps Isn't compelont lo
carry tho mull. '
Tlmt la a protty strong atnto
mont. '
OFFICERS of tho air eorpa ex
plain that army fllon lack
exporlonco In tho typo ot flylnf
encountorod In tho mall 'urvlco
That la to ay, thoy .aro trained
In devll-may-caro (lying, but not
In tho caulloui kind that iota
them thoro and back aafely.
It might not bo a bad.ldoa to
teach tho army blrdinen the kind
ot (lying that gota thorn thoro
and back lately, with tho job
o((lclently dono.
That ouiifyt to como bandy In
time of war.
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QBKBTION: ,
If tho nrmy, which la ono of
tho principal branches of tho gov
ornment, can't tarry tho mall ef
ficiently, how would tho govern
ment get along If It undertook
to run ALL buslneaa aa a lot ot
people profess to think It ehould?
CHARLES 0. JOHNSON, atato
tromuror ot California, aaya
In a ipooch at Sacramento that
Callfornlana aro demanding
forceful loader to pull tho atate
out of Ita financial troublea.
"The man In tho afreet," he
adda, "la not Intereated In poli
tics. Ho la looking for real ao
oompllahment, and when ho goea
to the polla thla year ho will
have more than political Intereata
in mind. Ho will dennnd
REAL LKADEil."
TjOSBIBLY. Anyway, It aounde
good to say In a epeech that
bo will
Out If tho biggest business
leader In California ran (or gor
rnor thla year, without tho ben
efit ot politic, animated solely
by dealro to bo of sorvlct to hla
tato and Ita people, how tar
would bo getT
Porhapa you tool competent to
anawer that quoetlon. It so, go
ahead.
COHTIIERN OREGON, over the
13 week ond, onjoya woathor
that la aa near perfection aa
weather eror gota. In Mexico
City, far down In tho tropica, at
SNOWS.
Tho weather thla year la about
aa badly confuaed aa tho poll
tlclana.
CPKAKINO of the earllness o
tho aonaon,. have you no
ticed the cottonwooda around tho
court house? The buda on thorn
aro almost ready to burst Into
leaf.
This tlmo a year ago, and for
t loast a month afterward, thoy
woro aa bare aa In lata Docem-
bor,
Incldonlally, ono ot the IntoS
atlng miracles ot this country la
tho apeed with which tho cotton
wooda burst Into leaf onco they
atart. It seoma almoat that ws
go to bed with thorn bare and
loaflcas, and , awnka tho. noxt
morning to tlnd thorn aa green
as In mldsummor.
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gUT thon things happen qulck-
ly In thla country, which la
(continued on Pago Four)
WILL
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, March
12. Editor Tho Evening
Horald: It's hard for mo to
keop these Notro Darao nnmoa
clear In my mind, but just
from memory I bollovo thla
army flyer killed named
Weinoche la tho same lad I
wrote you about throo woeks
ago that flow Into Newark In
tho billiard with the mall. He
was a fine (Iyer.
The more wo road about
that jail hroaklng tho (tinnier
It gota (thai la It wo didn't
know that thero was going to
be a lot ot people killed aa a
result of.lt.) '".
Now we (tnd that one of the
guards was 84 years old. Al.
they have to do now to make
the whole thing porfoot is to
find that Baby Loroy wae tho
turnkoy.
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THREE
One Reported Dead and
Several Injured In
Utah Region.
SCHOOLS ORDERED
SHUT INDEFINITELY
Campus Building at Logan
Cracked by Repeated
Shocks. '
SALT LAKE CITY. March It.
UP) A aerlca of severe earth
luakea Jarred northern Utah and
southern Idaho today, beginning
at :U5 a. m., mountain standard
timo, and continuing until 11:21
a, m. .
The major damage occurred at
Lojcan. Utah. 86 miles north of
here, where tho walls of the eco
nomic! building at tho Utah
Hlalo Agricultural college were
split by tho tromore. School offi
cials said tbe throe-story struc
ture would nave to bo suan.
rtpned. , ,
Ono Death Reported. '
Students at the school fled to
tbe campus when, tho chimney on
the economics building fell with
a roar. Tho plaster . In several
other school buildings was crack
ed and chimneys (ell from sev
eral residences.
Ono death, that of Ida Atklri.
son, 81. of Oxdon. was laid in.
directly to tho Quake. Ill In bed
for tho last two wooke. she (elt
tho tremor and asked members
of nor family, "Why are you
shaking my bed." Told the shock
waa an earthquake aha died al
moat immediately. .
Workman Is Injured.
Tho only other casualty report
ed was Charloe Ulthell, 66, an
employe of the city waterworks
department here. Ho was burled
when a six-foot trench under con
strucllon In the southern part of
this city caved In. Officiate ot
tho construction job attributed
the cavoln to tho auake. althouch
It occurrod aome tlmo aftor tbe
flrat ahocka. Illthell waa taken
from tho dobrls to a city hos
(Contlnuoa on Pago Threo)
Trafflo rogulntlona for tho
city havo been completely revised
according to ordinances, and tho
final rulings havo been announced
as followa by the pollco depart
ment: Thirty-minute narking from
Socond atreot to Balsiger'a garage
on Main street, with - no double
parking In any of tho district:
ono-hotir parking on side streets
from Fifth to Tenth stroots In
clusive and on Klnmnth avenue.
On Pine street, the one-hour
pnrklhg limit prevails In some
places and In others the limit Is
placed at (our hours. Motorists
will be nbloUo distinguish all
aonos (rom the now eigne which
will be Installod this wook.
Those regulations aro'effoctlvo
botwoou 8:00 a. m. and 6:00 p.
m. , .
Starting Monday tho police
Judge announced that fines would
ho assessed for all trafflo viola
tions, since ample warning had
boon given to tho driving public
early last week.
PROBE AT CLOSE
WASHINGTON. March 1.
(AP) The District of Columbia
grand Jury has refused to return
any indictments as a result of Ita
long Investigation of war depart
ment business dealings,
This Information became avail
able In mld-nftarnoon, nftor
wooks of study Into contracts and
preparation of contracts by the
war department,
WIDESPREAD
REmDRS LAST
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To Die
Harry Plorpont, henchman of
tho fugitive John Dllllngor, has
boon sentenced to die for the
murdor ot Joss L. Sarber, Ohio
sheriff. Tho sheriff was killed
when Dllllngor. made his first
escape.
Guardsmen on Job to Halt
Possible Aid From.
Dillinger.
LIMA, O., March 12. (AP)
National guardsman trainod ma
chine guns on the county Jail to
day and hurled an open challenge
to John Dillinger, the "klll-crasy"
Jail breaker.
Insldo the Jail was Harry Plor
pont, henchman ot the killer, who
Is on the way to the eloctrlc
chair. He was found guilty In
tho early morning hours yester
day of the murder or rormor
Sheriff Joss L. Barber during tho
bandit raid last October In which
Dllllngor waa freed from tho
prison.
Police On Watch
The guardsmen wore ready to
answer any attempt Dillinger
might make to free his former
ally.' Gen. Harold M. Bush, com
manding the guardsmon, said he
had boon warned tho desperado
might Bhow up In Lima to 'try to
snatch Plorpont (rom tno law.
With his machine gunners undor
(Continued on Page Six)
Soaring temperatures rose . to
75 degrees In Klamath ' Falls
Sunday as an advanced spring
nushed ltBolt toward an early
summor, and a new high mark
for tho season was estninisiioa.
Motorists kept traffic thick
on the highways, and the mare
athlotle pedestrians trudged paths
and biwnys In order to soak up
bb much sunshine as possible
against a rainy day.
Sundays maximum tompera-
tnre of 75 came near to being a
record breaker. At any rate It
was the warmest Maroh day since
1011, whan the official ther
mometer rose to a high mark ot
78 degrees.
In nearly every part or tne
state new high warmth records
(or the season wore ostaniisnea,
according to Associated PreBS
dispatches. '
Wolf Creek led the neat par-
ado with a maximum of 88 de
grees, and Medford had 80 de
grees, and Roseburg, 78.
It was 75 in Portland: Uma
tilla 'and Albany, widely separ
ated, had highs of 74 degroes,
and Eugene and Salem had . a
maximum -of 70 degrees.
Other temperatures included
linker 88. Mnrshflold HS, Long-
vlow 78, Walla Walla 88.
WONT GIVEN
DEATH SENTENCE
TAX Eli
NET LOWERED
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Former Cabinet I Officer
Chargey by Justice
Department.
JIMMY WALKER'S
NAME ON BOOKS
Score of Suits Pushed:
Ex-Secretary ".Makes
Heated Answer.
WASHINGTON, March 12. UP)
Tbe Justice department, crack
ing tbe Income tax whip over
the heads of Andrew w. Mellon.
former Mayor James J. Walker
of New York, Thomas S. Lamont
and Morgan and Co., and Thomas
Sldlo ot Cleveland, O., pushed
preparation ot a score more suits
today.
More than 40 tax experts are
engaged in the special task of
preparing the suits, similsr to
those naming Mellon and the
others. Among tho material at
band (or their study are reams
of testimony taken In the elate
banking committee's Investiga
tion ot stock market and financ
ial practices. '
Mellon Fire Back
The 78-year-old Mellon, mem
ber of three republican cabinets,
barked back yesterday at the
justlco department with a charge
that the department was playing
"crude politics.
. He called newspapermen to his
apartment here lost night during
a break In his Journey from Pitts
burgh to Aiken, s. C.
"Please don't add any frills,
was all he said as he handed
them a lengthy statement
Government Gota Benefit
Declaring In the first sentence
that be felt the effort to secure
an Indictment against him was
"politics of the crudest sort.1
he reviewed hla entire side of
the case.
Ho charged the use of "In.
(Continued on page Three)
RACE FOR OFFICE
SALEM, March 12, (AP)
Willard L. Marks, chairman of
tho state board of higher educa
tion, declared here today he had
no Intention at this time to be-
como a candidate for the repub
lican nomination of governor. He
added, however, that from the
time Governor Meier announced
his rotiromont from office, he has
been constantly beselged with
telephone calls urging him to en
tor the race.
Marks declared he 'would like
to be governor, because I am only
human, but I am not In a position
to sncrlfico my business to make
the strenuous campaign."
Marks did not say definitely
that he would not run, but that
at the presont time he had no
such Intentions. He Indicated
howover, he was giving serious
consideration to the urgent re
quests ot his friends to make the
light.
C. H. Gram, state labor-com
missioner, .was a Klamath visit
or Monday and while hero con
ferred with the county court in
regard to the state rehabilitation
committee's efforts to promote a
bnck-to-the-lund movement among
needy families.
Mombers ot the county court
said thoy felt the plan would be
more feasible west ot the Cas
cades, where water la more plent
iful and other factors more fav
orable to subsistence on a smalt
tract of land. County Judge
Gristle explnlned that much ot
the tnx-rcvertod land In Klamath
county Is of a desert charnoter
and useful only tor graslng pur
poses! '
OVER M
Mail Lanes
Quiet Today
ORDERS RECEIVED TO RE
SUME FLYIXO AFTER
SHUTDOWN
WASHINGTON, March 12. UP)
The posto((lce department said
today tbe army would resume
carrying the mall over nine
routes "probably tomorrow."
Resumption of this service
would restore airmail (lying over
about 25 per cent of the routes
covered by commercial lines be
fore airmail contracts were can
celled.
WASHINGTON, March 12. UP)
The sky was empty of planes
flying tbe mans today, just tnree
weeks after the army took over
tbe job.
The order grounding the planes
made no mention of the ten
deaths that hare occurred since
President Roosevelt cancelled the
private subsidies and turned the
airmails over to the army, but
It followed within a day of the
president's statement that deaths
in (lying the mails "must stop.'
Major-General Benjamin D.
FouIoIb, chief of tbe air corps,
directed the order to all airmail
tones, calling upon them to:
"Suspend Immediately all
carrying the airmail until your
personnel and equipment are In
position and ready to Initiate the
schedules furnished yon In radio
gram."
Bodies of Girls Missing
Since Last Thursday
Recovered.
SALEM. Ore.. March 12. (AP)
Bodies ot Betty Savage. 12.
and Annabel Tooley, 9, who had
been missing since Thursday,
were recovered late Sunday from
Junto Slough, near tbe Oregon
Electric Co. trackB southwest of
Salem. The bodies were found
in 16 feet of water, near a log
from which the girls apparently
tell into the slough while on a
flower-picking expedition. Physi
cians examining the bodies de
clared both had drowned and
that no marks of violence could
be found, thus ending the theory
that the children had been harm.
ed and then murdered. '
The two girls were missed
when they did not return to the
homes ot their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Savage and Mr. and
Mrs. Aman Tooley, for dinner
Thursday evening. It was learn
ed that they had appeared at the
home of one of their school
teachers that afternoon and had
asked her to go with them to pick
flowers. She declined, and the
two girls had started walking In
a westerly direction from her
home. Other neighbors reported
seeing them near the slough,
(Continued on Pago Six)
CASE MONTH OLD
The Manning-Horan case was
month old Monday, and pros
pects were that It will be an
other month and a few days be
fore much is learned about Im
portant, unanswered questions In
this sensational affair.
Awaiting trial February 18 for
first degree murder, Horace M.
Manning Is visited almost daily
In the county jail by Defense At
torney David R. vandenDerg.
Vandenberg s associate, ueorge M.
Roberts of Medford, comes over
every (ew days and the three ot
them confer In Manning's cell,
presumably mapping out the case
ot the defense.
Vandenberg said Monday that
he and Roberts are still confi
dent their client has a "perfect
defense" against the charges that
he murdered Horan. Other than
that, ho would not discuss tne
case.
The state has not received a
formal report from E. O. Heln
rich, called In as expert Investi
gator after the shooting.
There are persistent reports a
special prosecutor Is to be called
In to present the caso, but there
has been no hint of such an In
tent from 'tho district attorney's
office.
BOCKS mm ill
RACE OPENED iRrifltfV Fl T'Q THPFAT
BY MEIER'S
T
Governor Announces He
Will Not Be Primary
Candidate.
GO. P. FORCES
STUDY RESULT
Withdrawing Chief Names
Willard. L Marks
, As Prospect
SALEM. March 12, UP) Tho
dramatic exit oi juiius u. aieier
from the gubernatorial race
proved a sensational surprise to
a majority of state officials and
appointees, and his action, while
generally ' declared a "smart
more," has thrown tbe state cap
ital Into a whirlpool ot uncer
tainty as to whom to bnud up
and support as well aa ' cause
several aspirants to ponder over
their chances. :'-
Republican Field Open
The governor's announcement.
coming at the conclusion ot the
second of his addresses upon ac
complishments during his three
years' administration, threw the
republican nomination field wide
open, and other names previous
ly mentioned again have been
brought to the fore.
Chief among the latter la the
name of Willard L. Marks of Al
bany, former president of the
senate and acting governor at
various times during the present
administration. Political observ
ers here declared that should
Marks, now chairman ot the
state board of higher education.
comply with the wishes ot bis
supporters, he could be elected
governor.
Marks Wins Favor
It was stated further that Gov
ernor Meier. himself, who has al
ways been friendly with Marks,
would favor his candidacy and
lend support to his nomination.
The biggest obstacle to overcome.
It was stated, would be Marks'
own action, since he has repeat
edly declared be could not af
ford to campaign (or office of
governor. The executive office
indirectly declared that Marks
would make a good executive be
cause he was familiar with con
ditions In Oregon.
Rufus C. Holman today admit
(Contlnued on Page Three)
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ATCHISON, Kas., March 12.
(AP) Four machine gunners
robbed the Exchange National
and Exchange State banks of ap
proximately 821,000 here today,
shot and wounded Chief of Po
lice Willard Linville and (led
with nine bank employes as hos
tages, all of whom were released
later.
Ed Iverson. cashier of the Ex
change State bank, was beaten on
the head- and (ell (rom the rob
bers' car as It sped out of the
city. He suffered a fractured
skull.
The two ' banks, associate In
stitutions, are located in the Bame
building.
SAN QUENTIN PRISON. Calif.
Maroh 12, (AP) Using home
made guns, three desperate con
victs attempted a daring escape
from the prison here today but
were frustrated by guards after
many shots had been tired and
one prisoner killed.
Tbe attempted escape waa led
by Ethan A. McNab, guards said,
with William Bagley and Lewis
H. Downs assisting In the- effort
to flee over the prison walls.
The prisoner accidentally slain
when McNab'a gun went off was
John Hubert Arbuckle, 20. of San
I Bernardino.
RETREMEN
IIUUULILLI U iiiiu.ni
TO VETO BILL DEFIED
BY REPRESENTATIVES
Measure Asking Payment of Over Two Bil
lions in New Money Sent to Senate;
Recovery Plan Held Endangered
WASHINGTON, March 12, (AP) In the face of ad
ministration disapproval, the house voted today for cash
payment of the $2,200,000,000 soldiers' bonus in new.
money. . -
A final appeal by Representative Bvrns. the demo
cratic leader, that President
"strikes at the very heart of his recovery program" prov
ed ineffectual.
The legislation goes now to the senate which recently
defeated a similar proposal. President Roosevelt has
promised a veto if it reaches him.
Earlier, the house decided
packed' measure by a 313
120 JP SAILORS
New Torpedo Boat Sinks
in Mysterious Sea
Accident
TOKYO. March 12. UP)
Japan's newest scorpion of the
seas, tbe Tomosuru, a torpedo
boat with an armament greater
than most ships twice her also,
was wrecked mysteriously today
with the probable loss of 120
men. ..
The navy declined to describe
the disaster Immediately, but It
was almost certain that the To-
moiuru had capsized off the
Sasebo naval base i n heavy
weather.
Ship of New Type
The ministry announced the
ship had been fonnd, after being
missing since early morning.
badly damaged and drifting,
many of her crew believed drown
ed."
The vessel, of 527 tons, was
regarded as carrying one of the
hearest armaments ever conceiv
ed for a ship her else.
It was reported that on her
tatal trip. In connection with
maneuvers off the naval base,
she carried 10 officers and men
(ar above her normal comple
ment. . .. -
The navy office said "rescue
efforts are proceeding," but made
no mention of any survivors.
Contact with the Tomosuru was
lost early today.
PORTLAND. March 12. (JP)
The Oregon game commission to
day voted to open the trout fish
ing season April 5, ten days In
adrance of the nsual opening, and
to close it November 15, about
15 days earlier than usual.
The action was taken because
of the exceptionally early spring
and the many requests from
nnnrtumen who hone to visit Ore
gon's famous fishing streams I
early next month. I
LATE
WASHINGTON, March 13. (JP)
Denial that 3. P. Morgan and
Company had advance Informa
tion of government cancellation
of airmail contracts was made to
day by Morgan In a letter to the
senate banking committee.
ALBANY, N. Y., March 12. (JP)
The defense in the trial of
Manny Btrowl, accused of kid
naping of John 1. O'Connell, Jr.,
rested today after' the testimony
of Louis Snyder, Albany attorney.
Roosevelt feels the measure
to take np the controversv-
to 104 vote more than tht
two-thirds necessary to over
ride a veto. .
'. Before final passage, a
motion to send the legisla
tion back to committee was
rejected 160 to 41. . : . .'
The vote on final passage waa
295 to 125 eltghtly mora than
two-thirds.
WASHINGTON. March 12,
(AP) By more than a two
thirds vote that necessary to
override a presidential veto the
house today approved Immediate
consideration of the Patman cash
bonus bill.. The roll call vote
was 313 to 104.
Immediate consideration ot the
$2,200,000,000 measure got un
der way after It was agreed that
two hours of debate be- equally
divided between the proponents
and opponent.
Representative Fish (R-N. T.l.
controlled the opposing hoar and
Representative Patman (D-Tez.),
that for those who favor paying
the bonus with United States
notes.
"Everybody knows what the
result is going to be and we
might as weU do It here and
(Con tinned on Page Three) .-
Mavor Willis E. Mahohey. who
announced his candidacy for the
democratic nomination for gov
ernor In Portland last week, re
turned to the city Monday morn
ing. His speaking campaign
began shaping Immediately.
The candidate win no neara
over KEX. Portlana, Tnursaay
night at 9:16 o'clock. He will
speak Ssturday night .to tne
Young Democrats club at Eu
gene, and a week from Saturday.
nieht will address a convention
of young democrats of Klamath,
Deschutes, Lake and Crook coun
ties at Bend. '
Mayor Mahoney. when asked
about his reaction ' to the an-,
nouncement that Oovernor Meier
will abstain from running again, '
said he was surprised at: the da-I
velopment, but that he Is ."too ,
much Interested, lust now in the
democratic ' campaign .. to pay '
much attention to what the re- '
publicans are doing." , ... ,
The candidate expressed sat-
iBfaction at reports ot the re- ,
ception given his' announcement. .
He Indicated he will make no
formal statement ot platform thla .
we,ek as had been reported from
Portland.
NEWS
YAKIMA, Wash., March 18.
(JP) Henry Klingborg, 07, wal
nut grove rancher, was gored to
death by a maddened bull while
his wife and dog tried vainly to
(ight off the enraged animal. -1
THE DALLES, Ore., March 1&
(IP) The body of Tom IhunU,
50, killed Saturday la an aval
anche of snow and Ice at the
Tungsten mine In the Caaratle
mountains TO miles northwest ot
Yakima, waa brought lo The
Italic- today. '