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tit ttito Herald Local Forecast Fair, moderate. High, 68; Low, 33. OREGON: Fair east; cloudy west; tonight and Thursday. HERALD SERVICE Ilerald subsosibtrs who fall to receive tbelt paper by SiUO p. m. arc requested to call the llarald business office, phone 1000, and paper will be wnl b special carrier. ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS Vrlce Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1934 Number 6067 WARMIH AQDPLa)! Lfup a desid aL n fo) ffn a "t?3 row Editorials On the Day's News lly 1IIANK JI.NKINH i"NH duy wo read that' tho v house pussc the bonu mil Tho nnxt day wo road that dofoat of the bonu bill In tlio onat ! predlctud. That ralo till question: If It hadn't boon known In advnnco that tha onato would defeat tho bonui bill, would an overwhelming majority of tho niomber of the houo haro voted for It. . nrilB answer, of course. It "No.1 Tho member of tho house who voted for tho bonus hill wore just making un Inexpensive polit ical gesture Thoy weren't vot ing their convictions, at all. It U gosluru of llila sort that causa the public to loso faith In politician!. WALTER PIERCE. Incldxntnlly, banei hi campaign for re election onn day on aupport of tho president, and tlio next day votes FOIl the bontia bill, which ho know Prosldont Kooaavalt OPPOSES. TUB former kulnnr, wo learn from tho dlspatchee, may do eldo to quit Holland and roturn to GormanyT Whyt Woll. H'a thla way: Tho Hitler govornmont hai for bidden export of money from Germany. Tho kalaer'a money all COMES mOM GERMANY, where ho ratal at one of tho world's rlchoat men. No wonder ho'a going back. TUB government' Inooiuo for tho present tlacal year, which nda on July 1, yesterday paaied tho TWO MILLION mark. Expenditure for tho year to dnto nro 14,444,087.000. In other worda, tho DEFICIT for... tha current' year, which. Is only about throe-fourth gone. It approximately. FIVE time the total coat of running tho govern ment only a few year ago. , Time aro changing, aren't they? STILL, there' iorio comolatlon In tho figure. Receipt of the fedornt govern ment from laat July 1 to March 10 woro 13.001,069,450. which compare with 11,303,622,000 for tho tamt porlod laat year. Business eem to bo gottlng better with Undo Sam. WHEN buslnoai gcte bottor with Undo Sam It moan thnt WE aro paying mora taxe. Which moan lomethlng clo to think about. B IOC EST Item of Increase In Undo Sam' Income I revonue from taxation of dIMllled spirit, which amounted to $548,008,000 laat yoar, and Jumped to 31,036, 681,000 thla year. Liquor, for 14 year an outlaw,' I now tha Santa Clou thnt I filling our Uncle Sam' purao and laving him from bankruptcy, Time cartnlnly do change. ' e COR nearly 20 yoar, tho Stnto of Oregon win hounding tho liquor traffic, fining those who engngod In It and throwing them Into Jail. Now tho State of Orogon Hsolf (Continued on Pago Four) BEVERLY HILLS, Mar, 14 Editor The Evening Herald: Well, Just a the air mall toppod, thnt fnmous now stream lined train pulled Into our vlllago. It looks illko moro than an ad. It looks Uko a fact. Rnllroad nro waking up now. Thoy are speeding up and giv ing sorvlca and' gottlng tholr rates down, finally competing with tho bug and truck now ln gtoad of Just cussing 'cm. Trouble with American trans portation Is thnt you can gat somewhoro qulokor than 1 you can think of a roason for going thora, What we iiood now Is a new oxcuse to go somowhoro. Yours, M ROGERS SENATE F.B. GETS T Necessary Two - Thirds Majority Falls Far Short. ST. LAWRENCE PROGRAM FAILS President Fears .Canada " Will Take Control of Outlet. WASHINGTON, March 14. (JP) Tho aenalo today rejected the St. Lavrrouc watorway troaty with Canada. The vote was for ratification 46 to 42 agalnat. which wa far ahorl of tlio required two-third. Vote Mnjnr Hrtbark The voto 'administers tho first major leglalatlvo setback for tho Roosevelt administration. Proaldcnt Roosevelt hod urgod ratification In two communica tion to tho lenblo a a step to ward opening van Interior areui 6t the United State to ocean commerce, and providing cheap electricity for bis own ma to of New York, but tho opposition of a largo group of ilomocrata and republicans proved too atrong. Canadian Control Feared Only a whilo beforo tho troaty volo ho told reporter be would end tho troaty back for consid eration when there la time. Tho glnnl waterway Is going to b built anyway, and' ho feared that failure of ratification would place the seaway entirely undor Canadian control. To roach tho voto, tronty oppo nent withdrew all reservations to tho resolution of ratification, paving the way for a clear-cut voto on tho pact without string. Senator MeNary and Stolwer of Oregon opposed tbo treaty. GIL COVERING ' REJECTED BY PWA Tho public work administra tion has rojocted the Klamath reclamation canal Improvement application In Its prosont form. Thl tnformallon wn' rooolvod by Earl Reynolds, sbcrotnry ' of tho city plnnnlng commission, from Souator Frodorlck W. Stel- wor. Stolwor'i tologram ' said fur ther. dotoJl on tho' matter wore following by mall. .Ponding their rocolpt, Reynolds said ho did not Know wnothor more is any fur ther hope of putting Vtlio canal problem through. The application 'most Tocontly denied was tho socond - sent to Washington In connection' with the canal program. The first called for covornge to a point In Altnmnnt, ' costing" moro thnn 12,000,000. A revised plan wns thon sont calling for lining and fencing part of the cannl. E PASSES IN PARIS PARIS, March 14, (JP) Prince Slxto do liourbon-Parmo, 47, hrothor of tho former - Empress Zlta of Hungary, and who had ne gotiated for world, wnr -peace In tho spring of 1017, dlod today.' In tha spring of 1017 his brother-in-law, tho Emperor Chnrlon I of Austria-Hungary, took him from tho Belgian front, wharo ho was a captain of artil lory, to nogotlitto In Btrlct socrocy for sopnruto Austrian poace. He shuttled from country to country, carofuliy concealing hi movements on tho emporor'a be half. - Rut his - work came to naught whon Italy refused to consldor peace. REGIME BLOW National Air Policy Shapes IIOOHEVKLT PLANS TO CO ORDINATE ALL PHASES OF AVIATION WASHINGTON, March 14 (AP) President Roosevelt Is shaping a concortcd national aviation policy which will In cludo not only the air activities of the army and navy and mar Ino corps but the custom. In' ternal revenue and commerce branchoa as well. The proaldont 1 going to ask for an Immedlato study of this wholo problom, but whether It will be done by a board or by an Individual baa not been decid ed. FAMED FLIEItS CALLED WASHINGTON, March 1 4, (AP) Charles A. Lindbergh Clarence Chamhorlin, Eddie Rlckenbackor and William Mit chell are to bo asked to give their viowa on permanent air mall legislation to tho senate postofflce committee They will be asked to appoar (Continued on Pago Eight) L TICKETS ON SALE Klamath Merchants Help .- .Sale For Crater'Lake Event. Tlckol for the Crater Lako ki tournament of March 18 havo gono on sale hero at Drew's Man's store, Muglll'. Webb Kon nnll's, tho Scrvlco Electric and tho chamber of commerce. An Intensive campaign will bo mode In tho remaining fow days to Bond a Klamath Falls attondanco to tho ovent that will bo larger than tho representation of Mod ford and Ilcnd, the othor spon soring communities. Meunwhllo, plans tor tho ski carnival hnvo ahapod up Indicat ing It will be ono of tho out standing snow sports ovonts on tho coast thla year. Sovoral ovonts havo boon added to the program, - Including a - motor snowalcd raco, and reports are that many of tho coast's best known ski Jumpors and racors will be on bund. Two Events Added A class C Jump tor boys and a two-milo raco for high school boys were events added to the program WedncBday by Tony Coalol, hond of the Crator Lake ski club. The ski race on a hill back of government camp will bo com pleted Thursday noon. Under direction of Alfrod Orhn, former national ski Jump champion, the hill has boon put Into first class shnpo and Jumps of from 176 to 200 foot are expected. Money taken In for the tic kets will bo UBod to purchase food for tho workers, material, printing programs, talophono and tolograph charges, etc., and the surplus will be used tor further wlntor sports In this area thru the Roguo Snowmen, tho Bond Skyllnora and tho Crator Lake ski club. ELECTION OUSTS SEHTTLE'S , SEATTLE, Mnr. 14. IP) Only twn nut nf iftvnn itltv nfrielnln lin for ro-doctlon stood choson ngnln today, and ono of them waa un oppoBod, nftor a municipal oloctlon In which the votors slnshod rock loBsly this way and that In tholr demand for "now blood." Annnrnntlv dissatisfied With Mnyor John F. Dore' drastic economy progrnm, tho votors oust- aA 1,1m vnatnrrinv hv.A mnrEln of moro than 16,000 votes and elect ed Charles L. Smith, formor as sistant corporation counsel, In his piaco, ' , ' Kansas Deputy ,. k ,',,. Slain. in Ftght CLEARWATER, Knna., Mnroh 14, (IP) R. J. Hnmmors, dopttty city mnrshnl hero, wns shot nnd killed nbottt 2 o'clock this morn ing In a. mysterious gun fight With two or more men. His body, riddled with machine gun bullets and shotgun slugs, wo found In the street. EMIT niinnMBPlaB i . . i HOUSE IVES TO RESTORE FEDERAL CUT Amendment Resulting In 5 Per Cent Change Favored. SENATE ACTION ON VETS VIEWED Representatives Tense As Roll On Benefits Draws Near. WASHINGTON, March 14, (AP) The house today tentA' tlvely adapted an amendment to tho Independent officea aupply bill to restore n per cent of cut federal pay as of Feb. 1, and 6 per cent on July 1. Tho vote was 157 to 139. Tho senate voted for restora tion of 6 per cent as of Feb. 1 and returning the full 16 per cont on next July 1, tho end of tho fiscal year. Tho difference now will be adjusted In conference by com' mluecs representing; - tho Jwo bronchos. t A vote on the senate action In Increasing veterans benefit then waa In order. VET BENEFITS VIEWED WASHINGTON. March 14. (AP) After - overthrowing '.ad ministration forces, a tense nouse thla afternoon considered ' the controversial independent officea bill with a view to separate votea on senate amendments restoring the cut federal pay and certain veterana benotlts. A move by democratic leaders to aond the bill, carrying $354,- 000,000 in senate amendment, to conference was defeated by 247 to 169 in revolt against the administration. In the face of report that the president intends to veto the bill If the aenate amendments are allowed, the veterans bloc kept at It. WASHINGTON. March 14. (AP) Without mentioning di rectly the house action In voting for cash payment of the bonus. President Roosevelt said today there was danger in paying off (Continued on Page Eight) NIL BASE CIS PORTLAND, Mar. 14. UP) At least three points of advance to ward development ot 'tongue Point as a dostroyer and sub marine base for the Columbia rlvor, wore laid by members ot the Oregon delegation In congress on Tuesday, according to a special dispatch to the Journal today from Washington, D. c. Sonatora MeNary nnd Stelwer and Representative Mott, the arti cle an d. Jo nod in a request mac a survey ot the Tongue Point site be made. Sonator Mcwary ana Congressman Martin were to call today on Admiral Parsons, chief of tho bureau of docks and yards, to ascortaln his views.' Senator MeNary and Representative Mott also were scheduled to see Secre tary ot Navy Swanson to ask his aid in the survey. Mist and Fogs Cover Northwest PORTLAND, March 14, (JP) Mist and a light fog were gen oral . over the Pacific Northwest today, as five days of summer like weather came to an end. - Seattle reported light tog and mist; a drlsile was falling In Portlnnd; Willamette Valley points were cloudy, and the iky was obscured at Caacado Lock and Hood Rlvor. PORTLAND HA It HEM HELD SAN FRANCISCO, Maroh 14, (A1) Martin Luther Lenon, 82, a bnrbor ot Portland, Ore.) and hi wife, Cnrrle, 24, were aocusod of posBossIng and passing 10 coun terfeit notes In a complaint filed with United States Commissioner Ernest E. William here today. Outlaw Held . Raid Leader DILLIXGER RECOGNIZED 'IN MASON CITY, IOWA, BANK ROIIBERY CHICAPO, March 14 fP) The sinister hand of "Whittling" John DUllnger, Indiana desper ado, waa aeen today In a. 152, 000 robbery of the First National bank of Mason City, Iowa. The loot of the raid, staged yesterday by seven machine gun bandits, marked a new high In a recent series of assaults on mid west banks. Witnesses aald they believed the leader was DUllnger. Tactic employed by the gun men were similar to those nsed by the bandits wbo stole between $10,000 and 120,000 March 6 from a bank ' at Slouz Falls. They were also like the method! of robbers who made away with 121,000 at Atchison, Kan., last Monday. In each Instance they took hostages with them as shields. Arriving at the Mason City bank, the bandlte scattered a rain of machine gun bullets. In juring two person, scooped up the cash and escaped under the protection of a dozen hostages. FEEL Seventh State Acts Today ' To Halt Recurrence of Abductions. By The Associated Press In seven states kidnapers within a few hours have found out what It means when the law "bears down." ' A Chicago Jury quickly found Basil Hugh (the Owl) Banghart guilty yesterday of participation In the John Factor kidnaping and fixed his punishment at 99 years imprisonment. Similar sen tences for the same crime have been pronounced against . three other members of the gang In' eluding the leader, Roger Touhy. Two members have met violent death, Charles Ice Wagon Con nor, having been found slain yesterday. Strewl Is Convicted ' At Albany, N. Y., Manny Strewl was convicted ot the kidnaping of John J. O'Connell, Jr., scion of a politically powerful upstate family. Because of his criminal record, Strewl, who acted as go- between, will receive a manda tory sentence dt 50 years. St. Louis police sought Mrs. Nellie Tipton Muench, .alleged brains" of a gang that kidnaped Dr. I. D. Kelley, wealthy phyal elan In 1921. She waa Indicted yesterday with five men for the crime. Theatre Worker Held At Racine, Wis., George Wolf, a theatre employe, was Belied and later confessed in Chicago, police said, to participation in the attempted kidnaping of E. P. Adler, Davenport, la., newspaper publsher. Two others are await ing trial, a fourth committed suicide and a fifth is sought In connection with a plot to hold the publisher tor $100,000 ran som. Dolaware saw passage by the state house of representatives of a kidnap law providing death or life Imprisonment, at the discre tion of a Jury,' for persona con- (Contlnued on Page Eight) - POLICE WILL TAKE ATHENS, Mar. 14. UP) Author ities stated otllclally today that Samuel Insull, Sr.. Chicago fugi tive, will be escorted by police to the Greek frontier tomorrow. The announcement came after the former utilities operator had defiantly refused to . accept an American consular travel docu ment Issued In ordor that he might comply with the Greek govern ment's, ordor that he leave this country by midnight tomorrow, . , ' FARM BILL PASSES ' ' 'WASHINGTON, March 14, (IP) Tha senate today passed the agricultural department bill ap propriating approximately $64, 000,000 for the fiscal yoar end ing Juno 80, 1936. ANDERSON LEE ENTER Merrill Man Candidate For County Com , missioner Post, ASSESSOR SEEKS TO HOLD OFFICE Republicans, Democrats . Listed For Every " Opening. By Malcolm Epley R. H. (Henry) Anderson of Merrill filed for the republican nomination for county commis sioner and W. T. (Bill) Leo came ont for re-election as as sessor on the democratic ticket to provide Wednesday with im portant political sews. - Anderson's announcement pat the republicans definitely Into the commissioner situation, while Leo waa the tint incumbent In Klamath county to break the news ot his candidacy at the May primary. . " " "" Connty Races Contested -With these announcements, there are now both republicans and democrats in the field for every county office to be filled this year. Only the state legis lature openings are without at least one aspirant from both parties. Henry Anderson's candidacy for commissioner not only is a republican bid tor that Job, but also is another evidence that out side ' districts want representa tion on the county board. Roy Taber, also of Merrill, is run ning for the post on the demo cratic ticket. Emil Dreber ot Klamath Falls la another demo cratic candidate, and there are reports Jack Almeter of Ctllo quin, a third democrat, may got into the battle. Anderson Regarded Strong Anderson, the only republican in the field, is regarded as a strong candidate. He has been a resident ot Klamath county for 46 years, and has been in business 25 years In addition to years ot farming. He has never sought county office, but was mayor of Mer- (Contlnued on Page Eight) SFEES REOUESTED Speeding up work on the Chilo quln airport and the Crooked Creek . state trout hatchery was proposed at Wednesday's meeting ot the county relief committee In connection with the civil works program.. The. committee also heard complaints and gave consid eration to a number ot matters pertinent to the county's direct re lief program. . . A few more men may be placed on the trout hatchery job In order to get It done before the CWA terminates and in time for the iprlng hatch. An attempt will be made to get the Chlloquln airport on a 24-hour instead of a 15-hour basis. 1 1 ' The relief committee heard sev eral complaints, particularly with regard to the operation of the re lief wood yard, frompeople on the relief list, A committee composed ot W. F. B. Chase, Llnsy Slse more and C. A. Schieferstein was named to Investigate this- matter. The committee Instructed the re lief director to encourage more prompt investigations In connec tion with tho relief program a It affects families In need. Attention was given the dem onstration scheduled for Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock by the Relief Workers Protective asso ciation. The committee decided to proceed on the basis on which It has operated In- the past,' meettng on Wednesday mornings and hear ing ail legitimate complaint at that time. There was some discussion that possibly the county court and olty council moiy some time In the next few day hold a Joint aesslon to study relief matters. Neither body, (Continued on page Eight) PRIMAR ES FLAMING NORTH Or HONG KONG ALL SAILORS U.S.S. Fulton Destroyed by Fire in Bias Bay; Officers and Men Taken o British Port; Cause of Disaster Not Known HONG KONG, Thursday, March 15, (AP) AH of ficers and men 'of the United States Gunboat Fulton, which burned in Bias Bay, arrived here this morning: HONG KONG, March 15, (AP)' (Thursday) Two rescue vessels reported early today they had saved 187 men from the United States Gunboat Fulton which burned in Bias Bay, 60 miles northeast of here. It was believed the 187 composed the complete ship's personnel. The British Destroyer, H. M. E. Wishart, reported she would arrive in port at 2 a. m., with 139 men from the Fulton including Captain McHenry and his officers. The Chinese S. S. Tsinan reported she had 48 members THIRTEEN NIPPON Sixty- Four Bodies Recov ered From Capsized Boat. SASEBO, Japan, March 14 (JP) Thirteen sailors, snatched from slow death, described today the hours of ghastly suffering they withstood after the . Japanese torpedo boat Tomocuru capsized. with 113, men aboard. imprisoned In walls ot steel, with scores of dead shipmates around them inside the storm tossed, up-side-ddwn craft, the men were - near death when saved. Scene Tragic One Hope of finding any more ot tha 113 alive In the water-filled interior of the little fighting ves sel passed as dawn broke over a macabre scene. At the drydock, where the craft was towed, blue Jackets were still working fran tically at the tragic task of tak ing out bodies. By - morning, (4 ' bodies had been removed from the hull and carried to morgues . through lines of weeping; relatives. Women with babies . - strapped . to their backs waited as close to the scene as authorities permitted. Three men escaped through a hatch before the craft was towed here. The other 10 were' taken out through a hole ' cut by res cuers. Most ot them were un conscious, SALT LAKE CITY, Mar. 14. (P) Growling and roaring - sounds that accompanied the splitting of the earth's crust near Kosmo, Utah, at the northern end of Oreat Salt lake during Monday's earth quake, continued in diminished volume today. v LATE BAN FRANCISCO, March 14 (AP) The Norwegian ship Aai Yin, bound ' from Manila, ran ashore in a dense fog on a sandy beach five miles north of , tho It, Reyes llghthonao today. OORTLAXD. March 14 (AP) J. O. Arnold, disbarred attor ney, was arrested here today by the United State marshal on a federal commissioner's warrant Charging Income tnx evasion. SALEM; March 14 : (AP) Henry Duffy, SI, Inmate of the mm SHIP I SAVED of the crew aboard. They started for Hong: Kongr from Bias Bay with the Fulton still burning fiercely. Another British warship, H. H. S. Wbitshed stood by the burn ing ship after a two-hour Jour ney from Hor.g Kong under forced draft to tha rescue ot tho Americans. ; . Cause Not Known , Tho U. S. S. Fulton and H. M. S. Wishart had both oeen on pa trol duty against pirates In Bios nay. The cause of the Fulton's de struction was not ' immediately reported. Only meager details ot the de struction of the gunboat cama to the naval base from H. M. 8. Wishart. The British . destroyer made its first repo.-t at 8:21 p. m. "Received radto from Fulton stating ship burning aerlouoly. Wants help. Going to assistance." British Lend Aid At 10:30 p. m., the Wishart reported: ' r "Arrived. Taking crew from boats. Ship abandoned. Tsinan also taking survivors. All boats not yet recovered." The British naval authorities advised Douglas Jenkins, United States consul, who went to tha U. S. S. Mindanao, now In dry dock, to obtain, additional news. The U. S. S. Tulsa had left Hong Kong, bound for the north, and no other American warship was close to the Fulton. The rescued men will bs ac commodated at the Sailors' and Soldiers' home and !n tho new, (Continued on Pago Eight) - KILLS 1 MEN NEW YORK. March 14, (JP) . One hundred men were reported killed In a dynamite explosion at La Llbertad, El Salvador, ac cording to a message received In the New York office, of the All America , Cable company. Berlin, Dietrich ' Patch Differences BERLIN, March 14, (JP) The German capital was electrified today by a sign of reconciliation between nasi Germany and Mar lene Dietrich, the motion picture star. : , i NEWS stnto penitentiary, ended his life today by hanging himself with small piece of cord In his cell. The act wns committed some time between the honr of OiM anil 11 ' o'clock this morning, prison officials stnteil. ' SALEM, March 14 (AP) Eda Mogglct (Ml, Inmate of the tato hospital here to which she was committed from Portland Dorember 10, 1083, hanged bet self In her want today by means of piece of heavy twine.