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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1934)
Sera Local Forecast Fair, moderate. High 56; Low 31. . OREGON t Fair east; unsettled west portion. . HERALD SERVICE II (raid subscribers who tall to receive tholr pupa by OiBu p. m. are reguestt'd to cl lb Uarald bnilmi office, plume 1IMI0, nod pepot, will be mh by special carrier. ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS Price Five Cents CLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1934 Number 6081 SUNNY , la) ml Editorials On the Day's News Km msm lly WANK JKNKINH rIO NEWS scarce today. Preildont oft fishing. Con gressmen wondorlui If they guossod right lu dacldlns thul moro votos are to bo galood thU year by backing tho volerans and tho goYornmont Job-holder than by backing tho Proaldont. "1ORRKSPONDENT8, h ft Y I n g nothing much olao to write- about, boarlng down heavy on whotlior or not certain advlaora of Proaldont Roosevelt aro try ing to Hurt a rovolutlon. Plenty ot long-hotrod crunks hanging a r o a n d Waahlngton would LI KB to atari t, rovolu tlon, but In this writer' humblo Judgmonl they will got about at far with It as a ono-loggod man trying to lump up and click hoola together twlco. Thla lan't a rovolutlng country. A NOT COLLIER auggcatod aa a Republican candidate for gov ernor. Too good. In all probability, to be true. Hut among tho oranka and tho egotlata and tho wind Jammora and Ilia self-atartora who aro aaplrlng to tho Ropubll can nomination for govornor of Oregon, Andy Col I lor would ahlno forth like a llghthouao on a rockbound, alormy coaat, ' -ytEflON stato liquor control commission cuta booto prlcea again. Waahlngton, whore tho atatt Is also In tho booxo busi ness, lina cut prices oven lowor. Tb troublo Is that peoplo aron't buying onough tanglefoot at loatt, they aren't buying enough from tho atatca that aro . in the bualneaa. So something baa to be done to stimulate trado, , TT'S a far cry from a few ycara ago when theso some stntoi wore doing all they could to koop peoplo from buying any li quor at all. Tlmoa cbango. -HARLES MALAMUTII. lln gulat and author, wlna a Los Angeles divorce from Joan Lon don Malamuth, daughter ot the lata Jack London, on toatlmony that aha Insisted on annoying him by tuning In on radio croon era. Well, he wanted a divorce, and that exouae waa aa good aa any. CTILL, men who have a roason able amount of hair on tholr chests, amoke plpoa and like to put on the oldest, dlrtloat clothos they can find and go fishing will have no trouble In working up plenty of sympathy for any ot tholr followa who draw- the line at Individuals In pants who make a living by emitting sounds - (Oontlnuod on Page Four) f a! Ill V4 DOGEBS PASADENA, March SI. Editor Tho Evening llorald: Thoy aay tho air mall will be flying commercially soon. They say Congress votos on green backs tor bonus money soon. Thoy. say Dllllngor Is hoadod West'' (but I bet you not to Tucson, Arltona). They Bay tho President Is going to appoint a wnrdon tor Wall Btroot. But all theso don't moan a thing In the pa pers today, But whon Rabbit Maranvllla breaks a Jog right at the oponlng of tho soason that oonstltutas America's groatost orlsls. Tho otflco looker and tho humorists na turally look to Washington, for nows, but the youth ot Amorlca look to "Rabbit" and "Babe" and If anybody rend ing this has to ask who "Rab bit" Is, thon you should be made to. show your altlionshlp papers, ' . Yours, Insull TURKS DEFIED BY FUGITIVE One-Time Utilities Czar Clings to Protection of Greek Flag. SUICIDE LEAP REPORTED TRIED Captain of Vessel Pro tects Action of Turkey. ISTANBUL. March SI. VP) Turkey today ordorod tho arrest ot Samuel Iniull, but the 74-yoar-old Chlcugo fugitive flatly refused a police requoat that be quit hla floatlug baron, the tramp steamer Malatla which flics the flag of Oreoce. : It was Groom which gave him a year and a half's asylum from United Stales authorities who Book to try him on charges of grand larceny and omboxilement trowing out of the collapse ot bis Mid-west Utilities companies. V. 8. Mnkca Request Tho Turklnh order followod a roaueat by tho Unltod States government that Insull be ar ruatod, but Insull, apparently, clung to the hopo that tho tlreok flag would continue to give him protection. Complications In Turo-Oreok rolatlona aa a reault ot the In- ctdont worn foarod In somo quar ters, for Capt. lonnnls Mouaourbi, the mailer ot the Malolla, pro tostod to the Crook consul here against the dotantlon ot hla vos aol In the Btralta ot the Bos porus, a "fruo" paaaago similar, according to law, to the Danube. Greece May Protest It waa ovon prodlctod that the Q rook govornmont might aend a nolo to the Turklsb government on the subjoct. The Turkish police "request ed" Insull to dlsombark and re main In olthar a hotol or hoapllal pending decision In hla caao. Diplomat la circles were ot the opinion that the quostlon be- (Contluued on Page Tbroe) E CLEVELAND, Marah 81 (fl) Alvanloy Johnston, grand chief of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Englnoors and 0. Stirling Smith ware sontoncod today to Borve from 1 to SO yanrs in Ohio stato ponltontlary for misapplication of funds and false entry linked with tho falluro ot the closed Standard Trust bank ot Cleve land. Johnston was a director and Smith was presldont ot the In stitution, successor to the Broth erhood of Englnoors bnnk, which closed in 1031, two years before the bnnk crisis of Inst March. A stay of execution was grant ed, nnd bond was continued, ponding furthor lcgul technical ities. i i I f ! I 1 ! 'chlloqnln high school won the contrnl Oregon high school de bating championship Friday In a content with Rodmond, defeat ing tho Redmond high school two points to ono nt tho lattor city. This Is tho third successive year that Chlloquln lins won tho contrnl 1 Orogon championship, putting tho school In tho stato somt-flnals, Two yours ago the debating tonm compotod In the stnto finals, Tho victorious Chlloqnln tonm Is composod of Rohort McCain nnd Lorrnlne Larson. D. W. Ilronkmnn, assistant principal of the Chlloqnln high school Is the debating coach. FRI ABA Refuses To Quit Ship Clear Skies Greet Easter NUMEROUS CHURCH 8ERV ICHH WILL OIIHKRVE SACRED DAY Sunny ikies and cool tempera tures aro predicted for Castor Sunday In Klamath Falls by a wcathorman wbo became optimis tic after a glance at tbo baro meter which registered a slight rise. A light frost was folt Friday night, and the forecast for the next 24 hours Includes possiblo frosts for Saturday night. Church Service Many The official state forecast for Easter Is for fair weather In tbo east, and unsettled, rainy condi tions In the wost With a prospect of a bright day, plans for an Raster day brightened In Klamath Falls. The wholo country aldo, freshened af ter heavy ruins la clad in gay spring colors to welcome the-lto-surrectlon Morn. Churches of the city have made vast preparation for the day's sorvlces, and special music and pageants are planned for obser vance of the holy day. Easier Sunday will be ushored t In by a sunrlso service at 6:00 o clock In the morning on tbe hills above Hot Springs addition, when young peoplo of the city will gather to observe the annual coremony. In charge of tho young peoplo ot the First Christian church thla year. Plans for Eastor egg hunts tor (Continued on Page Three) ON THEFT COURT Sheriff and Deputy Nab Two on Highway Near Swan Lake. Quick action by Sheriff Ltoyd Low and his deputy, R. D. Davis, resulted Jn the arrest ot two mon about 1 o'clock Saturday morning aa thoy wore escaping with 40 blankots, allegedly stolen from the Algoma Lumber com pany camp, 14, miles north of Swan lake. Two companions of the flootng men were captured and held by omployos of the camp until the officers arrived. The tour men, John Regan, Lawrence Mohler, Roy Moore and Clarence Fosdlck, all ot Klamath Falls, are hold in the county Jail on charges of break ing and entoring the camp ware house. The tour are expected to be arraigned Monday. Employees at tho camp were awakened by the mon allegedly breaking Into tbo warehouse. The sheriff was notified and stopped the two men who were escaping in a ear while en route to the camp, A 60-gallon barrel of gasoline had been tampered with before the plot was thwarted, officers said. NOME, Alaska, March SI, (AP) Tho whlto Bllence ot tho Arctlo today withhold word ot tho activities ot throo men aboard the big Russian rescue piano which left hore two days ago, or further nows of the plight of the 80 Russian lcobound refu gees thoy hopo to rescue. With communications with Si beria always difficult, a wlroloss mossago was gotton through yos terdny that tho big ship had boon forced down In a snow storm 40 miles from Cope Van Karen, Siberia, but operators here wore unnblo to pick up any extonstvo details. A snto landing was mndo by Pilot F. A. Lovnnovsky, the mos sago snld, but that, was all. Japanese Launch New Submarine KOBE, Japan, March 81. (AP) Tho Jnpnncso navy's 1,000-tnn submarine, 1-0, wits luunchod to day with brilliant ceremonies St the Kawasaki dockyards. ., , The 1-0 . Is the sixth of group ot long range underso cruisers constructed in Japan's program of maintaining . tho most powerful and up-to-dnts un dorsoa flotilla In tho world.' Emergency Relief Goes Into Effect in County Today CWA Program Ends With Orders From Washington. STATE DIRECTOR SENDS NEW PLAN Registration for SERA System Ordered Undertaken. Civil works came to an end In Klamath county Satnrday, mak ing way for the government's new relief set-up to be known ss SERA. The CWA and relief of fices here received the first defi nite information Saturday on the new program by telegraph. From E. R. Qoudy. state ad ministrator ot relief for the gov ernment, came the following wired Instructions: ''All CWA projects except ad ministrative and federal shall -be discounted on March 81. Limited work programs are contemplated for the latter part of April. Cost ot i additional, materials, work men's compensation and other In cidental expanses must be met by otbor than fedoral funds. Rc-IlesdstnitioB Ordered. "New work projects must be taken' up with district engineer of SERA. : "All county Indigent, old ago pension and widow's pension cases should be segregated 'and provided for from county funds. "Case records of all persons on relief In your county and resid ing outside ot Klamath Falls area shall be closed as ot April 1 ' and persons needing relief shall re-register and subject to carotul Investigation may be pro vided relief. Lnst Payroll Out. ' "Make no commitments of fed eral relief funds until April al lotment for your county now In mall reaches you. Inform relief and CWA staffs Immediately." Last project work under the CWA was to close on Saturday ovenlng, when a final payroll was to be distributed. The' adminis trative offices under Manager (Continued on Page Three) POSITION FILLED SALEM, March SI, (AP) Silas Gnlser, Milton. Ore., school superintendent, was last night ottered a two-year contract as Salem city school superintendent, by tho local school board. If Oalser- accepts the offer, which he Is expected to do since he was one of tho numerous ap plicants for the position, he will succeed George W. Jlug, who Is completing his 14th year as city superintendent. Gnlser s qualifications include a bachelor of science degree from Whitman college, master of arts degree from Washington State college and . graduate credits from the Unlvorslty ot Oregon. For nearly , 10 years prior to 1932 he was school superintend ent at Sldnoy, Mont, KILLER FROM BEND T SALEM, March 81, (AP) T.homns J. Baugh, 48, ot Bond, sontoncon oy tne ueBcnuies coun ty circuit court to lite Imprison ment In the state penltontlary for the slaying ot Cecil Mont gomery, Bond musician, was dressed In nt tho prison here shortly nftor 0 o'clock lnst night, Bnugh was arrested on a first dogreo murdor charge but plead ed guilty to a , second dogroe charge. Ho was sontenced to life Imprisonment by Circuit Judgo T. E. J. Duffy yesterday wltn tne recommendation tnat ho never be paroled nnd his son- tonce never be commuted. Bnngh hnd been Involved in two kill ings In the east. - WEATHER The Cyclo-Stormagraph at Un derwood's Pharmacy registered a slight rise In barometric pressure during tbe early hours today and the new level Is being maintain ed. Consequently the outlook Is for a beautiful day tomorrow. Temperatures about the same as those prevailing today. The Tycos recording thermo meter registered maximum and minimum temperatures today as follows: ' High . , 66 Low 31 Forecast for next 24 hours: Fair with moderate temperatures. Tbe United States weather bu reau reports .14 of an Inch of precipitation for tbe period end ing Saturday at 8 a. m.; 6.89 for tbe season to date; 9.08 nor mal; 5.75 lost year. SYSTEM OF IA Johnson in First Move to Hasten Complete -v -"Recovery."' WASHINGTON. March 81 (JP) The job ot remodelling NRA's process will get under way next week and will be accompanied by new action to hasten re covery. First steps In Hugh S. John son's twelve-point revision pro gram for coded industries have been taken during the lost few days. They had suffered three weeks ot delay because of the crisis in the automobile indus try and other difficulties which monopolized the time ot Presi dent Roosevelt and Johnson. The NRA chief moved a long distance along the path last night when he - ordered that every coded Industry the actual num ber Is now 374 Immediately establish a labor board ot Its own. He regards tnls as a tried and trusted method tor solving labor disputes, since It has been used for years In the closed-shop in dustries, and was adopted with apparent success under NRA in the cotton textile industry and several others. NEW YORK, March 31 (IP) Federal Judge John C. Knox ruled today the government la entitled, under the national In dustrial recovery act, to a judg ment restraining Spotless Dry Cleaners, Inc., from performing dry cleaning services tor pa trons at less than the minimum rate provided for under the dyers and cleaners code. NRA officials In Washington had been awaiting the decision to chart a course for the han dling of code enforcement coses, and NRA Administrator Hugh S. Johnson already has a large legal staff preparing cases for court presentation. IT CITY TITLE The boys of Fremont grade school were In possession ot the city basketball title today after downing Pelican In the final contest this morning, 12 to 7. The game was closoly fought with Fromont's strong defense counting for the victory. The score was ttod nt B-all at the end ot the first porlod. Fremont's victory marked the first time in five years Pelican had not won the title. The Rotary clnb trophy goes to Fre mont tor the season. The first school to win It twice takes permanent possession. Pelican has been custodian ot the trophy since last season, Holgnr Stride was high point man of the game. He scorod eight tor Fremont. The summary: Fremont Pelican Stride, 8 . F 2, Graham Mayhew . '. F CeBsnun MtiBselman O 2, Bellottl Rogers, 4 ' O 2, Glovanlnl Plass O 1, Webbor Referee J, w. Peak. , EDWARD LUMBERMAN SHOOTS SELF Prominent Citizen Ends Life With Shotgun At Pelican City. MOTIVE FOR ACT NOT ESTABLISHED Friends Told of Trip East Just Before Tragedy. ' Edward Hall Pike. 55, shot and killed himself at his borne In Pelican City this morning abont 10 o'clock. He was gen eral plant superintendent of the Pelican Bay Lnmber company. Pike's body was found lying on his bed. He apparently had shot himself through the top of the head with a shotgun. He was alone in the honse at the time, except for a Filipino house boy, Charles Cardero, who heard tbreiort ot the gun and notified neighbors ot the trag edy. , Motive is Unknown . The motive for the act ot the well-known lumberman Is not known. Dr. George Adler, county cor oner, who was called to the Pike home, said mental fatigue was possibly tbe cause. Pike bad suf fered some years from a back in jury. After the tragedy, friends and associates with whom he had eon versed by telephone earlier in the day said they believed Pike had hinted to them of the forth coming tragedy. H. O. Mortenson, president of the Pelican Bay Lumber com pany, arrived in the city early Saturday morning from the south. He did not see Pike, but at 9:05 a. m., had a telephone conversation with him and told him he wanted to see him after a lumber meeting in Klamath Falls. Told ot Trip Mortenson said Pike told him he was going to quit and go east. In telephone conversations. Pike Indicated to Clauds McCol loch and James Drlscoll, close friends, that he expected, to take a trip. He told them good-bye. (Continued on Page Three) REYKJAVIK, Iceland, March 31, (AP) The famous volcano Skiedararjoekull Clrka began erupting last night according to a message received today from the village of Nupsstad in Skap tafellssysla, 155 miles east of here. Vivid, lightning-like flashes were seen here all last night and this morning. The eruptions broke the ice cap on top ot the volcano, melt ing glaciers, and sending a flood down the Skledara river. This flood Is carrying giant Icebergs into the lowlands. INDIAN ATTITUDE By Wade Crawford (Superintendent, Klamath U'.lan Reservation) -i The self-government bill for tho Indians that Is now before oongress Is approached by many Indians with a closod mind. So much misinformation has bton given the older Indians about this measure and so many false state ments made both on the street and In the press. It Is my b.:ief that In all fairness the truta should be told about the condi tions on the Klamath reservation (Continued on Page Three) at Istanbul Army Mail Flier Dies TWELFTH FATALITY RE PORTED FROM DEWITT j : IS IOWA. DEWITT, Iowa, March 81. (ff) Blinding rain and a perilously low celling aent Lieut. Thomas A. Woods, army mall flier, hurtling to death on a farm near here, au thorities said today. He was the 12th army flier to die since the fighting airmen received the or der to carry the malls. Lieut. Woods, flying an attack plane loaded with 500 pounds ot mall from Chicago, crashed hut night in the field ot William Mommsen. farmer. So terrific waa the impact that the flier, whose home station was San An tonio, Tex., was crashed between his motor and the 23 poaches of mall be carried. WASHINGTON, March 21. (IP) Washington waited Intent to day for possible .repercussions of the latest army airmail tragedy upon efforts for a quick return of the sky pouches to private operators. The eleven fatalities that pre ceded the death last night of Lieut. Thomas A. Wood in a crash near Dewitt, Iowa, were an Impelling reason for the call for new private bids prior to the enactment ot permanent airmail legislation. The aviation companies, whose contracts were cancelled, today had before them for decision whether they would meet the strict requirements fqr re-bld-ding. -. ' ' OUT FDHLECTION Circuit . Judge. Seelcs to .Hold Office At Primaries. By Malcolm Eplcy ' Circuit Judge W. M. Duncan filed his candidacy for renomlna tion In Salem, Saturday. Fourth in the race, the judge had made no secret ot his intention to run again. The eleventh hour for candi date filing has arrived, and there was evidence of feverish activity here among the politicians. The Duncan filing, however, was the only development In connection with major offices. Veteran Public Officer The Judge has been a resi dent ot Klamath county since 1911. He has seen much publio service as deputy district attor ney, U. S. commissioner, dis trict attorney for two terms, city attorney and circuit judge. His opponents this year are D. E. Fletcher, William Ganong and Arthur Schaupp. John Irwin has been mentioned as a candi date but has not tiled as yet. A determined effort was made Saturday to round out nomina tions tor republican central com mitteemen. Those who have now filed are Ben Gay, Worden pre cinct; Louis K. Porter, precinct 20; Harvey Martin, precinct 15; C. R. DeLap. precinct 20; Wil liam Kifykendall, precinct 1; Arthur Schaupp, precinct 4. Two Demos File Two democrats have filed. They are Noble Cantor, precinct 7, and J. D. Bagley, precinct 16. A report was on the streets Saturday that George Lindley, real estate man, will enter the democratic lists against W. T. Lee, Incumbent candidate for as sessor. Much favorable comment was beard over the suggestion of the name ot Andrew M. Collier, well known businoss man her and for mer Btate representative tor re publican nomination for governor. Collier, busy with his business (Continued on Page Three) ' INJUNCTION FILED IIST MILK LAIN PORTLAND,! March 31 (P) H. C. Wilson, milk producer of Banks, Washington county, to day filed an injunction suit In circuit oourt attacking the con stitutionality ot the Oregon milk control law,, The BUlt is the first attack made by a producer on the milk control board. ' i 1 v T TO Fl AT ST. PAUL Two Men and Woman In Flight Toward Chicago. ' ONE BELIEVED TO BE KILLER Blood Stains on Snow Convince Officers ' Man Wounded. IE 1 ST. PAUL, March 81, (AP) A red-haired woman and two men believed to be John DU linger, notorious killer, and hla companion, James Hamilton, " abont 35, were reported fleeing toward Chicago today after blasting their way out of a po lice trap in a St. Paul apartment honse. f . One of the men waa thought to have been wounded by the fire of Detective Henry Cum mlngs. ' Blood stains spotted the snow in the alley through which, the fugitives tied, after driving; t the detectives and R-. 0. Coulter, ' federal investigator to cover In the apartment honse with, ma chine gun fire. - Description Fits ; One of the desperadoes waa described by Mrs. Daniel S. Cof fey, wife of the building's pro prietor, as about 35 years old, wearing glasses and with chest nut hair. This fits the descrip tion of Hamilton, police said. In six suit cases taken to head quarters for examination, police) found one sub-machine gnu, ready for firing, and other weap ons together with evidence des cribed by police as "a lot f good stuff." Picture Unidentified Neither Mrs. Coffey nor oth er residents of the building could Identify pictures of DU- , linger as resembling the second man who fled from anthoritles. Police immediately broadcast warnings to police of other cities to be on the alert for the trio believed en route to Chicago. A number of good fingerprints were taken from the trio's ef fects found in the apartment and from a coupe abandoned by one of the fugitives who sought to escape in it- only to find the tire had been punctured by a federal operative waiting outside. The gunman fled on foot and presum ably was picked up by his com panions in a sedan. DRIVE UNDER WAY Already work has begun In the spring clean-up, palnt-up and fix up campaign sponsored by the Junior chamber ot commerce. Saturday marked the official opening of the drive. . , Proudly bearing banners en nounclng the beginning of clean up week, the city fire truck went out on parade Saturday morning, visiting all parts ot Klamath Falls. The survey committee of the junior chamber has been active In spotting places In need of cleaning, and will go out again next week to estimate the prog ress made In tbe campaign. Preparatory to the drive, the city water truck has been out every night, washing the streets. Workers, in charge of O. D. Ralph have swept debris from the streets. Henry Schortgen, city sanitary inspector, has' cooperated in the work, and has aided in having much property cleared and brightened' up.' - The essay contest also spon sored by the junior chamber of commerce In the city schools, is getting under way, and many boys and girls-are bard at work com posing odes to the clean-up. In scribed medals will bo given to the winners In the contest. , A proclamation and appeal was Issued Saturday morning by Chief ot Police Hamm as fol lows: , . j "I wish at this time to make an appeal to the cltlaens ot Kla- (Continued on Page Three) : V