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1 Local Forecast "3 Fair, moderate. fy X High 63; Low 41. ) OREGON: (SgS; It Fair tonight, Friday; . . JT, U freezing in eat jg HERALD SERVICE Bar 14 aubsorfbsrs who toll to receive tbelr paper by CiSO p. m. are leqaesttd to mil the Herald biulntM office, phone IUUO, m4 panes; will be mI by special carrier. ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS 1 Price Five Ccnta ' KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1934. Number 6074 Editorials On the Day's News Igi Ily FRANK JENKINS 'AN AUTOMOBILE dealer isld to tliU wrltor yesterday: "Laat yor I couldn't get buy an (or the can I bid on my tlnor. This year I can make aaloa. but can't lot can to de liver." Llfs la Ilk that, Isn't it? Juat ana thing at tor another. . TUT listens: If Ufa gets ie easy that we common, everyday (oik don't have to huatle and achama and awaat In order to mako living, running ovary day and avery week and every month Into some new obstado that wa have to overcome, LOOK OUT! Trouble will be brewing! e e BACK In the (at yeara Juat be fore 1929, thlnga were too easy. Almost anybody could make money, and almoit EVERYBODY did. It Juat teemed to (low In, without effort. And look What happened In 1D29. And look what baa been happening ever alnce. e LET'S try not to forget that one big reaaon why timet have been too hard alnce 1(19 la that they were TOO EASY (or aoveral yeara before 1929. e "THE old passes and the new cornea on. The newest of the new, eo (ar aa transportation la concerned, la the Union Pacific's itreamllned, gaa-drlven, aluminum train, which visited ua yesterday and drew crowdi like circus, ' '' , The (act that people are keen ly Intereated In the new - la proved by the way they turned out to see thla now train. -PIIIB train that patted through li an experiment, , .,. . .- Hut the experiment, apparent-. )y, la regarded already at' a lue ceu, (or two more like It, only larger, have) beon ordered (or de livery iomo time thle aummer. The experimental train ton Ulna throe care, all day coachea, but the new trnlni will .contain nine can, Including sleepers. The entire three-car train. Inci dentally, welgha only about aa much aa one old-style Pullman. WHERE will thla train be put Into service T Nobody knows, yet at least none of the officials accompany ing the tnln knew.' It Is assumed that It will go Into aervlce on aoma short run that can be made la daylight, aa it haa no aloepor equipment. ' There la a rumor that it will go on between Portland and Se attle. e TT IS expected that these new, light, streamlined trains will (Continued on Page Four) ILL OGERS HOLLYWOOD, March S3. Editor The Evening Herald: Well the country woke up mighty rolleved thla morning when they found the president had been able to stall off those strlkos. Don't it look like In case of a wage dispute, it would be compulsory that you keep on working but you lent say two mon, the own ers two men, and tbo govern ment two. Now if they were months aottllng this; and labor won, tholr increase In pay would go back to the time when the (Irst protost was mado, or e shortening ' of hours and labor won, they would also be paid (or back hours; looks like nobody would he hurt much, end the. labor leaden and the owners, oould euss each other In a room, the ame ai they do now in the nowspapen, yet nobody would have to be Idle listening ' to 'em. v, ... : Yours, . i . . E TO T Firms Participating in 1930 Conference May Be Rejected. COMPETITIVE BIDS WILL BE ORDERED Reestablishment of Routes Proposed for Every Four' Years. WASHINGTON. March 13. (AP A revised airmail bill In troduced In the aenate today by administration men wonld bar from bidding on new contracts every company which had a rep resentative at the now-famous 1930 Washington conference of air mail operators, or at any olhor mooting held It says- "for the purpose of rearranging the air mail map ot the United Btatoe." ) ' . The new 'Mil waa Introduced Jointly by McKollar (D., Tonn.), and Ulaolc (U., AM.), cnairman o( the special air mall investl gatlon committee. Lindbergh Advice Noted -' The Interstate commerce com mission would be authorised to establish routes after a four yoar period. Instead of tbrco yeara aa In McKcllar'a tint bill which was aovorcly attacked by Charles A. Lindbergh and Oth ers. At that time. It could exlond existing contract for a period ot three yours without competi tive bidding. Extension or sucn contract by Waller F. Brown, formor postmaster general, was one of the targots of the In vestigating commlttoe. Competitive bidding would be reaulred on tho Initial letting of contracts when the mail was re- (Contlnned on Page Eight) WA8HINOTON, March 93 (IP) A call Issuod today for tho condition of national banks on March 5 will afford a sharp contrast with that day a yenr go whon President Roosevelt ordered evory bank In the United States closed. Now more than 8,100 national banks are llconted and operating. These banks on the date of the last bask call, December 80, re ported total assets of 121,717, 483,000. Since last year also the gov ernment has advanced 91,039, 000.000 In capital notes or pre ferred stock purchases In 8,300 banks to bolster their position for reopening. Of this number approximately 9,300 were na tional banks. TIE INJURED IN HEAVY BLAST PORTLAND, Maroh 28, Throe men were Injured by a dynamite blast set oft by a road construction crow on the lower Columbia Rlvor highway near Linton today. J, O. Arons, member' or the contracting firm In charge of tho work, auffored a broken leg and head Injuries; Grant O, Olover, a passer-by, was Injured about the head, and Earl Brock, em ployed near by received minor Injuries. Seismograph Records Moderate Earthquake WASHINGTON, March 93 (VP) Georgetown, university report ed today Hi seismograph re corded an earthquake of moder ate Intensity starting yesterday at 5:64:08 p, m., reaching Its grentost saverlty at (:10 P. m., and ending at 7 p. ml Tho quako was. about 6,600 miles away in N E W ELIMINATE CDNSPIRA an undetermined direction. Late Filing Rush Looms BUT TEN DAYS REMAIN' FOR CANDIDATES TO EXPRESS INTENTIONS SALEM, March 23. UP) Only 10 days rotnaln in which candi dates (or political office may fllo with the secretary of state, and yet with less than a hundred declarations, most ot these for legislative and Judicial positions, an unusual situation is faced the necessity of hundreds ot fil ings the last few days. Filings close here Tuesday afternoon, April 8. Ih-mo Strength Gains. In the meantime election offi cials reported, registrations of voters .were progressing rapidly, and a continuance of the trend of two years ago of many changes to the democratic ranks was noted. Registration of voters with tho county clerks closes (Continued on Page Six) T Federal Money Available for Relief Project in Oregon. PORTLAND, March ? UP) a hishwiiv hitautlflcAtion uro gram (or Oregon, in which fed eral monoy will be used unaer the emergoncy relief administra tion, will be started soon. . The work will consist of planting ot native shrubs end tlnwn aionr the blKhwnyi. rounding off high banks and building retaining walls where necessary. Amount Not Knows) The canyon road entrance to Portland will be the first hlgh wnv tn be so lmoroved. and this will serve as a model for future work. ' A. W. Martin, head of the ERA planning division here, said It is not yet known now mucn money will be available. . Th. nrnfrim conalats. how ever, he said, "in ilvlne lobs to evoryone In need of work, and the work will he limited to the number of men In need ot em ployment." WASHINGTON, March 23 (P) Sonator Frederick Stelwer of Oregon said today be has been notlfiod by Thomas H. MucDan ald, chief ot the bureau ot pub lic roads, that no money Is avail able for construction of the pro- (Continued oh Page Eight) 3 T The orogram for tho 1934 Spring Style show being held at the Pelican theatre this evening under the auspices ot the Klam ath Falls Federation of Business and Professional Women will start at 7:80 o'clock, and, ac cording to Information on the ticket sale, the house Is expect ed to be tilled. The review of fashions Is ex pected to last about an hour and will include two clever dance numbors by Blanche Houston and Zed Barnes and musical numbers by Roy Clark's orchestra. Following tno insnion num bers, a fast-moving picture of dances and music, "I Am Suz anno," will be shown, featuring the popular stars, Lillian Harvey and, Gone Raymond. T WASHINGTON, March 23 (VP) Strong pleas, Including ono from Alfrod K. Smith, (or ratifi cation at this session of the pro tocols under which the United States would Join the world court were hoard today by the senate toroign relations commlttoe. Approximately SO witnesses ap peared, including reprosontatlvcs ot business, church, newspaper. political and legal organisations. NEW PRIMARY CANDIDATES E Interest Here Running High With Approach of Deadline. MAYOR EXPECTED HERE SATURDAY Wildcat Registrations Halted by County Clerk's Order. Ily Malcolm Epley Less than two wetlu from the deadline on candidacy tiling, Friday found Interest running high in Klimatb county politics. The undorsurface situation seeth ed, witb rumor and talk,, several candidacies wore shaping up to the announcement stage, and registration continued to ' gain and shift, in almost unprecedent ed fashion. - Wildcat registration of voters wis halted by the county clerk's office.- llereaftof add- until 'April IS. votvs ..will . register . only with the clurk or with persons already designated In outside precincts to accept registrations. ' SOO Cards Returned In the current campaign of petition pushing, many circula tors have beeu taking registra tion cards with them. When an unregistered cltlien was solicit ed he was registered on the spot to qualify his signature. One circulator who has been working actively for one measure has brought In more than 300 regis tration cards. llorause of congestion at the clerk's office and- for other rea sons, it was decided to bring an end to this sort ot thing. There are official registrants at Mer rill, Malln, Sprague River, Bly, (Continued on Page Eight) RECALL DISPUTE E Outcome of the controversy between John Irwin of the recall movoment and petition circulators over the price to be paid tor each signature obtained, awaits the checking ot petitions by the county clerk, according to O. D. Matthews, deputy state labor com missioner. -1 The matter came to Matthews attention when Charles de Rocher and Charles Pratt of Altamont. petition circulators, claimed Ir win had reduced the price per name from 8 cents to of a cent, after they had circulated pe titions. ' Matthews said Irwin claims his offer to tho circulators was mis understood. Irwin says he ot tered 8 cents for each set of four namesthat Is the same signa ture on the four petitions being circulated. - The - circulators as sert their understanding was they were to get 8 cents for each sig nature. , . Irwin also told, Matthews he planned to give a bonus to circu lators tor good work, Pratt said he bad not heard ot the bonus but do Rocher said It had been montloned to him. Matthews said Irwin had stated he would pay the "agreed price" nB soon as names are verified by the oounty olork. TOIOUNC Fierce Arabian Tribesmen Guard Sheba's Metropolis PARIS, March 23, (IP) Fierce Arabs aro bolloved by Andre Mal raux, French ' explorer, ' to be guarding tho socrots of the rich lost metropolis ot the Queen ot Shebn'B reign against modern ex ploration. ... Mulraux,. who. ..with his pilot, Captain Corntgllon Molinler, re turned hore yesterday, la sure they found tho "Paris" ot the glamorous Sheba In a elustor of ruined towers and temples on the southwestern edge of the Four Teams Near Title At Tourney TODAY'S SCORES The Dalles 56, Coqullle 10. Columhla (Portland) 27, Dallas 21. SUverton 43, McMlnnvllle 14. WEDNESDAY'S LATE SCORES Ashland 45. Coqullle 23. Astoria 22, The Dalles 20. Klamath Falls 35 Engene 30. Franklin (Portland) 35, Sa lem 28. TODAY'S SCHEDULE Consolation 8:00 p. m Eugene vs. Sa lem. ' Semi-Finals ' 7 : 30 p. m. Ashland vs. As toria. 8:30 p.m. Klamath Falls vi. Franklin. Klamath County Would Be Included in West Mountain Zone. ' S ALEM, March ''41; ()-r-Pro-ducers, manufacturers and. other handlers ot buttor in the state of Oregon met,here today to eon alder certain amendments to the proposed butter code as sub mitted by a committee represent ing manufacturers and distribu tors of butter in the Portland trade area. The salient features ot the amendments discussed at the meeting were: Establishing a minimum sell ing price (or butter by manufac turers at one-half cent less per pound than proposed In the original code, nearly, two cents and two and one-half cents above the Portland cube price. Dividing the state Into four tones and establishing a ' buying price tor butterfat within each sone, and permitting additional payment to be made above this price by way of dividends pay able not oftener than once a month. Requiring resale prices by re tailers to be In conformity with the federal retailers' code with out fixing any definite retailers margin through the state code. Striking out the rnragraph ot the original code prohibiting the furnishing of free cream cans and permitting the furnishing ot tree cans. That prices charged to retail era tor butter shall be the same all over tbe state and be based upon the Portland cube price, and the price to be paid farmers for butterfat to vary In the vari ous sones and also to be based upon the Portland cube price for butter. Zone one, aa proposed by the committee, - would include the city ot Portland while tone two would embrace the area within 60 miles ot that city. All terri tory In Oregon west of the Cas cade mountains and Klamath county would be Included In xone three. The fourth xone would embrace all ot eastern Oregon, exclusive of Klamath county. Bank Robbers Gain $26,000 BROCKTON, Mass., March 23 (B) Bandits today held up a truck belonging to the Home National bank here and es caped with a sum estimated at $26,000. Police said between four and five bandits partici pated In the robbery. Ruba-El-Khall desert, which he identified as the city ot Nalth. British Action Awaited the possibility that Immense ly valuable archaeological treas ures Including the tombs ot the queen and hor dynasty Ho burled In the sandy waste Is seen by Malraux, author and achheeol oglst. "The Arab nomads who fired upon our plane when we flew over the city must be driven off, , (Continued on Page Eight), pUiLiL UliIU FAST KLAMATH T SEMI-FINALS Pelicans Meet Franklin of Portland in To night's Game. EUGENE DEFEATED, 35-30 WEDNESDAY Four Quintets Survive Elimination Tourney ' At Salem. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem, Ore., March 23.. (Special) The Pelicans ot Klamath Falls were in the semi-finals of the state basketball tournament here today, resting to- preserve their energies - for the all-Important game with Franklin high school of Portland tonight on the now battle-ecarred court at the Wil lamette university gymnasium. The Pelicans pushed through the second round last night when they repulsed Eugene,' 36 to 30. H was the roughest contest' of the tournament, and three play ers, -two from Klamath Falls and one from Engene. were ejected for personal- tools.--" ." v..y Four Teams Remain . A total of 23 , offenses were committed In the course ot this exciting battle. Klamath Falls joined Franklin, Astoria and Ashland In the semi finals. Two of these teams -will meet Saturday night (or the state championship. Astoria's smooth working combination stood out as a favorite over the surprisingly strong Ashland five, a team de feated three times by Klamath Falls in Southern Oregon compe tition. Astoria entered the semi-finals by brushing aside The Dalles, 22 to 20; Franklin ousted Salem, (Continued on Page Six) - L Total leases ot 5280 acres on the Clear Lake reservoir were awarded to Dan Sullivan, Klam ath county sheepman, at a bid of 31,600 for the year hy the local bureau of reclamation when bids were opened Thursday af ternoon, according to an an nouncement from B, E. Hayden, superintendent ot the project. Three bids were submitted in addition to Sullivan's. The suc cessful bidder bas other lands ad joining the Clear Lake leases. Two tracts, amounting to 154 acres on Tule lake reservoir were awarded to Dan Llskey, at a bid ot $125.60, and another tract, amounting to 76 acres, went to Steyskal and Laughlln at a bid ot $106.40. Eleven bids In all were submitted on the Tule lake tracts. - The leased lands will all be used as grating land for sheep and cattle. ' CANCEL STRIKE PORTLAND, Ore., March 23 (fl) More than one thousand longshoremen went, to work on Portland wharfes and ships to day as the International Long shoremen's association, in defer ence to a request of President Roosevelt, cancelled a - threaten ed strike for recognition. -' Conditions . this morning were about the same as on any other morning. There had been ' no demonstration while the strike order was In effect a contrast to conditions existing prior : to the 1022 strike. - SALEM MAN VISITS ' W. A. Delzell of Salem, field man (or the Internal revenue bu reau, Ib a business visitor In Klamath Falls. Delsell was for merly nostmastor for this city, and a resident hero (or a num ber ot years, 1 rr n n r rr Drunk Driver Gets I Year rVDIAX INVOLVED IX THREE ACCIDENTS THURSDAY -" PENALIZED ... ' Alvln Jackson was sentenced by Justice Barnes Friday to a year In the county jail and a 1100 fine. He pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. Jackson, an Indian, was ar rested Thursday after his car was Involved In three accidents. Tak en to the county Jail, he sudden ly lunged at Jailer Rex McMillan and caught the officer unexpect edly with a blow on the mouth. City police said Jackson has been In jail a dozen times, and frequently engaged - In a fight with officers when they arrest him. It was revealed his license had been previously revoked, and that he was driving without au thority when his car became In volved in Thursday's accidents. . LEAGUTS TOPIC O. R. Bean, Portland, ! Named President ' At Eugene. " EUGENE, March 23. (mO. B. Bean,, Parkland city, commis sioner, was elected president of the Oregon . league ol cities at me- annual convention ot the lea gue here Thursday. , 't . El Is a Large, Eugene mayor. was elected vice-president; George Mcliee. Forest - Grove, second vice-president; J. L. Franxen, city manager ot Oregon City, secre tary, and Bert L. Harvey, Baker mayor, . treasurer. , The league approved the Sumner-Wilcox bill providing federal legislation for municipal bank ruptcy.' . The league by resolution urged the national public works admin istration to take every possible step to expedite expenditure of funds already allotted for ap proved PWA projects. It was de clared Oregon bas not received its lull share ot PWA money. Modern methods of garbage disposal, prevention of stream pollution, 1 purification ot water and safeguarding of the public through examination ot food han- (Continued on Page Eight) FAILURE TO CALL El Failure p call Dr. George H. Adler, Klamath county coroner, in the death ot Harry Roberts at the Beall ranch in northern county has resulted in compli cations at Bend, according to word received by authorities here. Roberts, well-Known rancher, was shot and killed when his gun discharged as he was taking It out of a wagon. The scene-: of the accident is near the Des chutes county line, and Bend authorities were informed. The Deschutes county coroner went to the scene and took the body to Bend. At the request ot an undertaker in Bend, the body was removed to ' his estab lishment. In the meantime, It' was discovered a death, certifi cate had not been obtained from the Klamath county coroner, who asserted!" should have been in formed of the Incident. Sheriff Lloyd Low and Deputy Sheriff R. D. Davis Investigated the Bhootlng Wednesday. They said there was no question that it was an accidental death. LATE SAN FRANCISCO, March 2S, (AP) Mnrtln h. Lenon, 88, Portland barber, - was sentenced to five years In prison by Fed eral Juilso A. F. St. Sure today after he had pleaded guilty to possessing; counterfeit 910 notes. WASHINGTON, March 23, (AP) Tho White House gave formal notice today that Presi dent Roosevelt Is adhering strict. ly to a linnds-off policy in poli tical party Contests.' v ' ; f, . ; LABOR HEADS j FEEL CERTAIN: OF HARMONY President's Sentiment Be lieved Leaning to I: Workers. F. R., JOHNSON IN CONFERENCES Strike Held in Abeyance ' Pending Outcome o Negotiations. WASHINGTON. March 23, ) A feeling that President Roose velt was siding with them In their controversy with automobile manufacturers waa evidenced to day by labor leaders. The onion spokesmen had an other afternoon conference sched uled with Hugh 8. Johnson, NRA administrator, who haa been act ive In the strike-averting efforts. President Roosevelt was ready to receive the men on either aids ot the dispute. It that became desir. able, and was especially interest, ed In whatever position tho man ufacturers would take on nil plans. ' - - t . - Laiw xVeadew Ploaaedl i . 'Meanwhile, the labor ' leaders sent telegrams back - home ex pressing "elation" and confidence that President Roosevelt "will see us through." The strike was being held in abeyance pending the outcome ot the negotiations. - 'At this afternoon's meeting tho nnion men expected to hear some definite word from the adminis tration, bnt had no assurance as to what was planned. Results Are Unknown . During the morning Johnson conferred with the automobile manufacturers, hut both side kept strict silence as to the re sults. There was a growing feeling that today had definitely become the deadline for negotiations. The manufacturers were eager to return to Detroit and th union leaders were having in creasing difficulty convincing some groups of their followers at home that action had to be de layed further. Proposals Received ' r Labor men spent much ot the morning sending redaenrlng mes sages to Detroit, Flint and other ' points. . They still expressed confidence , President Roosevelt would nphold ' their demand for elections In the (Continued on Page Eight) PLOT TO MURDER El BUCHAREST, Rumania, March 23, (P) Plans 'to assassinate Premier George .Tatareecue and other government . leaders were declared by police to have been revealed today. ( The revelation was made, au thorities said, by the arrest of Professor Gomoju, one of . the most prominent surgeons In Ru mania, and a member of the na tional .organization, "Kultut ex Patrla," which Is strongly sym pathizing with the fascist ' Iron . Guard. Gomoju was charged with send ing threatening letters to mem- , bers of the government and other Influential persons throughout the country.i- , . NEWS WASHINGTON, March 88, (AP) President Roosevelt 1 to day urtrcd enactment of the Wag" netvLevna unemployment Insur ance bill at this session of eon gross. V PORTLAND, March 28, (AP) Fire baxard in the Portland area, wero greatly increased to day by a mpldly diminishing humidity and a vigorous east arlnil vhlrh aWCDt thnmah IOC Columbia Gorge. . . t '