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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1935)
HERALD SERVICE Herald shIim rllirre who rail l receive their nir ly (1:11(1 . in. art N'iiieli'd to mil the Herald business office, plinna 11)00, and a paper will be "in by special carrier. WRATH Ml FORECArtTi Fair and cold. OIIKfJOXi Fnlri valley fog TKMPi High, fla; low, 1. ITIOTI'i SI hours lo 8 p. ni. Friday, 00: season, S.flti nornml,, Jl:llj laat year lo ASSOCIATED PRESS IN SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS flute, R.07. Price Fivo Cunts KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, DKC. 21, 1935 Number 7502 ni PI? P Ex-New Dealer Says Farmers Editorials On the Day's News lly l'HA.VK JKNKIN BintlKHT piilllirnl newt of the wrn-k : Senator Borah announces, for mally anil definitely, tlmt If llbor al forces In th Republican party WANT him to ba lie WI1.1, II K a camllilnta for tin Republican nomination for Frealdont. That la Important because llnrah la on of the few llepub llrana who nilllht bo able lo de feat Itoosovolt. IN THIS column tho other day. tho opinion wa expressed that tha present polltlral upheaval In thla country will and a long way ihort of whera (ha raillcula want to lo and a long wny ahead of where tha conaorvatlvna want to atop. Ilorah, aa Judgod by hla record, cornea pretty close to bolng tho man who flta Ihla trond. rjlfj news la In the making, aa - Indicated by thla Asaoclatod rrc dispatch from London: "Tha llrlllsh government waa ala(cd by a rollalile aourca today (Saturday) to ba considering fur thor precautionary measure against the pnsnlhlllty of a war like act on the part of premier Mussolini of Italy because of 'Great Britain's determination to enforce ennctlom agnlnst Italy." The ttrltlah expect tha attack, If It coinoi, In Egypl. DOES Mussolini molly think ho can whip Ureal Britain? (Trance, aa you have probably obaorved, docan't aim to fight Mussolini, whoae Ethiopian ad venture ahe la reported to have OK'd bofore he began It.) Well, here la an Intoreatlng an gle on that, contained In thla aame Asuocln'.od Prcas dlipatch from London: "The attack fears (that la, Miiaaollnl'a attack on Britain) ap ponr l uaaed on a belief In aoms qunrtora that Muaaoltnl eventually will have to aue for pence on terma offered by the leaKiie of natlona, or elaa try ome act of doaperatlon." WHAT doea that meant Woll, It might mean that rather than ba atarved out Mua (Contlnued on Page Four) FATAL ACCIDENT An automobile driven by C. S. Edison, Klamath Falls, atruck and fntnlly Injured t Jacob Wull schluegnr, 75. nt Crowoll, Ore., In Lane county, Saturday. The aged man apparently did not see tho coming car, and waa unable to get out of the way. Witnesses anld Edison waa not driving at an oxcesslve Bpeed, and the Klamath man waa not held. E. A. Colllor, atnte htghwny en glnoor and brother of Andrew and Alfred Collier of this city, la much Improved nt Bugono, fol lowing aorloua Injurloa aimtnlnod, In nn accldont there Thursday morning. Colllor Is woll known lioro. Morrltt Eastwood, driver of a truck Involved In tho crash with the highway department car, died at Eugene Friday night. GEORGE PEEK SEES GENERAL TARIFF CUTS Major Program Should be Approved by Congress, Claims Speaker. DIRECT REVERSAL OF POLICY VIEWED Roosevelt Speech Cited in Argument Offered by Treaty Foe. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. W George N. reek, foe of the new doal'e foreign trade program, do clarod today agriculture "la be ing aakod to take the rap" In the reciprocal trade pact with Canada. Peek, who quit aevcral weeka ago aa president of the Import export bank, In a radio broad cnat on the national grange pro gram continued hla crusade agalnat the trade agreomenta. The laical auch agreementa were algned with llonduraa and the Netberlanda. Declared Reverel Secretary Hull haa atruck out aharply at opponenta of the ad mlnlatratlon'a -program, while the opposition haa urged a toat of the agreement law In the courta. "The agreement," l'eok de clared, "Involves a direct re versal of the position of the dem ocratic party aa laid down In the platform of 1931 and aa presented by apokoamen for the party. "President Roosovelt himself In hla Baltimore apeech of Octob er 26, 1032, aald, ' . . . I know of no effective exceaslvely high dutlea on farm producta. I do not Intend that auch dutlea ahall he lowered. To do ao would be Inconsistent with my entire farm program.' Xreda Congress' O. K. "The Canadian agreement and the othor agroemenla, excepting Cuba, through the operation of the unconditional most-favored nation policy, substantially effect a general tariff reduction. This la a matter of major national policy upon which congress haa not paasod." He declnred hla belief that congress should bo consulted specifically regarding tha agree menta, "regnrdlesa of the tech nical authority granted to the president. "I have greater respect for our representatives In congress Main . hns the chairman nt tho trade agreemonta committee (Dr. llonry F. (Irmly) whon he enys 'we will do It more carofully and scientifically than la pos sible by legislative action." BRIGHT BUT COLD Sotttrday. December 11, narked the official close of autumn, and temporaturea appropriately continued to hover woll below the froeilng mnrk. The sky, how ever, was cloar. The low temperature for the day wns rocorded at 19 dogreos, and the mercury rose only to 32 dogreos for the maximum tem poratiire. Trospocta for a white Christ mas seem romote, for th predic tions for the coming woek indi cate that far western Btates will onjoy fair wenthor with some what higher temporaturea, with poaallile rains about the middle of the weok. Forecasts for Sunday are for fair wonther with local valley fog, little change In temperatures and moderate easterly winds oft the count. ,,' .. SCHALIi BKTTKb WASHINGTON, Deo.' 21, () The condition of Thomas D. Schall, blind Minnesota senator Injured Thursday by an nutomo blln, wiib roported "slightly Im proved" today In a bulletin Is sued by Dr. George W. Calver, capitol physician, . , State D.As Seek Tighter Laws to Halt Crime Wave PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21 (P) George Codding of Jaekon county was elected rroldnnt of Clio Oregon District Attorneys as they and the Htutn Sheriffs' organization wound up their annual meetings here today. C. ('. ProeliNiel. Umatilla county, was named vice-prosldent and Jamea R. Ualn of Portland secrelary-trcniturer of the prosecutors, lilt False Swearing Th district attorneys unanimously authorized a committee to draft legislation relative to false swearing in legal proceedings. This was one of a aeries of anions by the prosecutors and ahorlffa to tighten law enforcement Woman in Mass Murder Case Fears Attack from Underworld. SEATTLE. Dee. 21 (P) Peggy Paulos, In a secret hideout In the Cascades because of threats against her life, Attorney Ralph A. Ilorr said today, will remain secluded until she Is ready to go to relatives in W est Virginia, her birthplace. She received several threats during the trial In which Leo Hall, whom ahe accused of com mitting the Erland'a Point masa slaying, waa port vletod ' and the death penalty recommended, Ilorr aald. "Peggy ran with a dangerous mob and now thnt she Is quitting them, there are underworld char acters who will atop at nothing to kill her." he said. Meanwhile, the claimant of tho 1500 reward offered by Kitsap county for tho solution of the case was undecided. Hon- said Mrs. Paulos' confession entitles her to It, but that sho does not oxpect to clnlm It and that al though her confession waa made to him, he will not claim it either, unless someone else makes an application. SALEM, Doc. 21, (Jl Op- poaltlon to employing any otit- alde archltecta or supervisory nrchltocts from outside Oregon for Orogon'a new capitol was voiced today by Governor Mar tin. The governor said he not only opposed the capitol commis sion's plan for the drawings but also strongly urged purchaso of all materials for tho building In the state. "We have adequate materials and thoro Is no dearth of Oregon architects and builders." tho gov ernor said. He staled tho speci fications for the capitol could be so written to include only Ore gon materials. "The trouble with Oregon Is that we already send too much money outside the state," Gov ernor Martin continued. "Our architects have been starving for a number of yonrs and we now have an opportunity to assist thorn. It would be a tragody for the cnpltol commission to employ a non-resident architect. "While I have no control ovor the cnpltol commission I hope the poople of Oregon will rise up and protest any move to em ploy an archltoct or builder out side the state California con fines all Hi publlo purchases to that state and Oregon should do llkowlse." . OLGA STECK DEATH DECLARED SUICIDE SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21, UP) Olga Steok'a 12-Btory donth plunge was a closed chapter In police records today. A coroner's Jury found the for mer Follies star came to her death by "suicide" nnd officially ended what for a brief time police suspected might have been toul play, Tho Jury heard testimony from Thomas L. Matklns, mlddle-ogod bond salesman, and once Miss Slock'a husband, and Everett E. Snxe,' widowor of the one-time stage beauty, and doclded she came to her doalh by Jumping with suicidal Intent. PEGGY HIDES I CASCADE REM and to safeguard law enforce- in nt officers. In a Joint session, the sheriffs and prosecutors recommended an amendment making the slaying of a peace officer in the discharge of his duty a first-degree murder offense. This waa designed to prevent what the group termed "wishy-washy" second degree murder or manslaughter verdicts In Buch cases. Against Dart Gsmn The group also urged legaliza tion of the Introduction of pic tures, death marks and similar evidence In homicide trials; re peal of a law making It necessary to obtain a doctor's examination in drunken driving cases; a pen ally for onlawful assemblage, and making refusal to obey the law ful command of a peace officer an act of disorderly conduct. The district attorneys urged re peal of the law giving county courta the right to license dart games. They alio recommend that pros ecutor be given aa many pre emptery Jury challenges as the defense, and that prosecutors be permitted to comment on the fail ure of a defendant to take the witness stand in his own behalf. Abolition of the minimum pen (Contlnucd on Page Five) TULE LAKE ITER Waters of the Tule lake sump which broke through the dike Thursday have spread over ap proximately 2500 acres, on the east side, according o B. E. Hayden, superintendent of the Klamath reclamation bureau. The water has spread out until It is now nearly level with the watera of the Inke. Dikes on the Llakey leasee are being strengthened and are still holding the water back, Hayden stated Saturday. Lessees on the western and southern sides of the sump have started to Irrigate their lands, and will continue to do so until spring, when the dikes will be robullt. Christmas' Approach Told by Brief Yarns From Here, There WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, (.W Gifts from all over the coun try poured into the White House today, Including food stuffs In Increasing; volume. As In previous years, they Included presontB from many people unknown to, the White House family, aB well as gifts from personal friends. The packages were stored away, to he opened Christmas Day. Many of. the gifts usually are little home-made articles from well-wishers, but occa sionally elaborate and expens ive presents 'are sent by peo ple unacqunlntod with tho pres ident. . President nnd Mrs. Roosevelt have made It their custom to return such expens ive giftB, ' FREMONT, Neb., Doc. 21 (IP) Midland college aft studonts morely turned an old-fnshloned wringer' Into a new style wrin kle today, and began wringing out the old year greeting cards. Anna Krelnhedor, art In structor, said the class need the old clothes wringer, linoleum scrapB, knives and printers' ink to turn out their greeting cards, www KANSAS CITY, Dec. 21, UP) Six-year-old Jerry Epstein gave till It hurt. He read of the firemen at No. 28 station, who repair toys for poor Children, and telephoned: "You can come and get my toys and give 'em away If you want lo." A firomnn came and gnther od up the toys. Jerry watched, then his Up WINTER'S ICY RAID FELT IN I Si Midwest, East and Upper South Report Zero Weather Saturday. 14 DEATHS BLAMED ON COLD WEATHER Snow Blankets Maryland, West Virginia; Wind Sweeps Columbia. CHICAGO, Doc 21, (Win ter's Icy clutch kept part of the nation shivering today. Zero weather cut a ragged path from the Dakotas to New York and south to Maryland, West Vir ginia and Kentucky. Snow In Texas Snow flurries fell In Texas as yeaterday'a country-wide blanket of low temperatures shifted east ward. Warmer weather was to bring more snow to the midwest, the weather bureau said, but temper aturea would still be considerably below freezing. At least fourteen deaths were attributed- directly or indirectly to the cold. Chicago Shivers Icy blasts off the Great Lakes held the mercury close to aero in Chicago. To the northwest, the weather waa moderating. Devil's Lake, N. D.; which reported 22 below yesterday, had b!x above today.' Oklahoma City had Its first snowfall of the season. Utah and Idaho were fair and cold. Snow blanketed West Virginia, and temperatures dropped to sero. Maryland's hills were deep In drifts. Crops Damaged Unusually cold weather and heavy frost caused extensive dam age to vegetable crops In Florida, but spared the citrus crop. But the weather bureau warned of still colder weather. Bean, pepper and pea crops in tho Lake Okeechobee and Brow ard county sections of south Flor ida were hard hit. PORTLAND, Dec. 21, (U.B A chill east gale measured at from 50 to 60 miles an hour roared down the Columbia gorge and Bpread fanwise over Port land yestorday and today. The wind overturned two (Continued on Page Five) began to tremble, and he cried: "Say, Mr. Fireman, do you suppose you could leave me my bike? I like it an awful lot!" ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dee. 21, (J Roast pork will grace the Christmas tables of some fam ilies on relief In Anno Arundel county, because a farmer raised too many pigs. The county agent found the farmer exceeded the agriculture adjustment hog restriction by nine animals. Rather than suf fer a pcnnlty, the farmer of fered to give thorn away. ' Tho county welfare board ac cepted the gift today to distrib ute to indigent families. PORTAGE, Wis., Dec. 21, ttP) Harold Miller, 13, caught the Christmas spirit, but he won't buy any presents for his family. He was found dead, his body hanging In the garage at his homo, but the reason was not known until todny, when cor oner W. E. Brauer said Inves tigation disclosed the lad took his own life because he was reprimanded for taking 12.00 from his father's coat to buy Christmas presents for his family, Including a shirt f0r bis dnd. . The family Is on relief KANSAS CITY, Deo. 21. (P) A young man with crimson ears hurriedly purchased a neg lige, "size 16 any coloi1 It's a Christmas present." Sovai'itl hours lntor Ills ears a deeper rod he returned for hla change $4.66. MUCH OFU Hit by Trade Pact Preparations for Special Election in January Start By MALCOLM EPLE1T Although the special election is only a little more than a month away, Interest In the Is sues to be decided at the polls ; January 21 la still dormant here, i It ahould stir Itself after the! holiday celebrating Is over. This special election will involve mea sures only, while the primary and general electiona of 1936. which will be concerned with personalities as well, are already getting some attention here abouts. Unregistered voters are re minded that they hare only un til December 31 to get their names on the poll hooka It they want to vote in the special elec tion. Those who have voted In the past two years, and who still live In the same precinct, need not worry about the registration matter. Boards Lined TJp The county, clerk's office Is getting the county election boards In line for duty January 31. Cards have been Bent out to all members of the boards at the last election, asking that they reply by December 28 to the invitation to serve again. ' Quite a number of voters will be affected by changes in pre cincts, recently authorized, which will be in effect at the coming election., .Personal ' cards have been aenrto each of the -voters in these precincts informing them of the change. The clerk's office, through this newspaper, will give detailed information on the changes again, closer to elec tion time. Major precinct change was in Altamont district. - Tax Big Issue The measures to be on the-bal-lot at the special election are tbe 2 per cent sales tax for old age pensions, authorizing legisla tors to set their salaries, chang ing the primary election from May to September, and the high er education student tee bill. Big Issue, of course, will be the sales tax. Twice sales taxes have been defeated in Oregon. (Continued on Page Five) For the third time in as many weeks, the Parks grocery on South Sixth street was broken Into Friday night and 26 muskrat pelts and one beaver hide taken, according to police reports. Entrance waa gained by break ing and removing siding from a storo house shed in the rear of the store. An attempt to enter the Pines beer parlor on South Fourth street waa also made on Fri day night. The would-be thief pried on the front door in an ef fort to open it, and damaged the lock, but failed to gain entry. The Balslger Motor company reported to police bureau Satur day that a kit of automobile tools had been stolen from the second hand car lot Friday night. The thief climbed over a high fence into the car lot, and departed in the same manner. Christmas Carol Program Sunday Christmas carols are to be sung, and the spirit of Noel will be prevalent Sunday afternoon when city school choruses and glee clubs, undor the direction of Miss Lillle Darby, supervisor of music, will present the annual program at the First Presbyter ian church at 3:30 o'clock. Members ot the audience are asked not to applaud at the con clusion ot numbers. Retired AP Man Dies in South SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 21 UP) Paul Cowles, retired exe cutive assistant to the general manager of the Associated Press, died at his home shortly before midnight after an illness ot Bev eral months. He was 88 years old. IOUIS STILL ALIVE CHICAGO, Dec. 21, UP For the tneth time in three months, Joe Louis, sensational negro hoavyweight boxor, today denied reports that he had been killed in an automobile accident. Aged Men Fight on City Street About Pensions ABERDEEN, Deo. 21 (JP) Police, called to a down town corner here by a report of a tlst fight, saw two aged men exchanging furious blowa. One gave bia age aa 74, the other 70. The elder claimed It was hla first tight. Because both are "fine old gentlemen," their names were withheld. They were released after first aid treatment. The fight started after an argument over the merits of tbe Townsend plan. T Sweepstakes and Zone Awards Planned for Christmas Lights. Eighty dollars to be distribut ed aB prizes In zones and lor a. city sweepstakes prize, has been contribnted to the Christmas lighting program sponsored by the Woman's library elub, it was announced Saturday by Mrs. John H. Martin, chairman of the lighting program committee. All prizes -will be cash, with the sweepstakes ' award set at 215. There will be first, second and third prazes of 27.00, $4.00 and 12.00 in each ot the city's five zones. Winner of " the sweepstakes prize will be barred from com petition In its own lone, Mrs Martin stated. Outside lights are to be turned on Sunday, December 22 at 5:00 p. m.. and must remain lighted until 10:00 p. m. The Library club committee requests that they be left burn ing later on the first evening, however, In order to give judges an opportunity to view all dis plays. They- will also judge lighting exhibits Monday evening, and re sults will be announced Tuesday evening. Cash donations for the prizes were made as follows: Library club 210: California Oregon Power company, $25.00; Safe way stores, $10.00; E. H. Balsl ger, $5.00; Fred Schallock, $5.00; J. A. Gordon, $5.00; Martin Bros., $5.00; E. M. Bubb, $5.00; Kiwanls club,. $5.00, and Rotary club, $5.00. WrlTH THE ITALIAN ARMY AT DOLO, Italian Somaliland, Thursday, Dec. 19, tiP) Italian bombing plane pilots reported to day they had been successful In breaking up the camel supply train of Has Destu's Ethiopian column which is trying to reach Italian Somaliland down the Dawa Parma river along the Kenya border. DeBta's column now Is called "the lost army" because the bombers apparently have cut off his supplies, causing abrupt moves, back and forth, by the Ethiopian troops. Pro-Christmas activity by the Italians includes occasional scout ing contracts. "The Informer" Held Best Film NEW YORK, Dec. 21, UP The national board ot review of mo tion pictures, an organization composed of several hundred un paid lay critics who preview films, today termed "The Informer," starring Victor McLnglen, the best picture made anywhere during 1935. Based upon popular appeal, the board named the following In or der ot choice: David Copperfleld, Mutiny on the Bounty, The In former. Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Top Hat, Midsummer Nlght'B Dream, Naughty Marietta, Les Mlserables. Anna Kareulna and Ruggles of Red Gap. FASCIST HEAD ' SCORNS DEAD PEACE SCHEME Disdains to Reply to Pro posals Prepared by French, British. ENGLISH CHALLENGE NATIONS IN LEAGUE Urge Preparation to Re sist Any Attack by Italy. By The Associated Press Premier Mussolini of Italy di rected his Blackshlrt troops to proceed' with their campaign of conquest In Ethiopia today, and Great Britain again took up tha challenge to "sanctionlst" nations with a war-like appeal for aid. The Italian dictator, scorning to reply to the now dead Franco British proposals for peace, poaed hla "unshakably united" people against the "disorganization and contradictions" of the nations seeking to penalize him for tak ing up arms agalnat Ethiopia. . .. ' Idnes Taut " .', . ' At Birmingham, England, Ne Tllle Chamberlain, chancellor ot the exchequer who has been mentioned widely as a possible new foreign secretary, told an audience of conservative party workers: "I trust the nations of the league will show that they are prepared to make themselves re sist any attack which may 1e made on any one ot their num ber." Thus were the lines drawn taut for a resumption ot the explosive-filled economic battle be tween tbe League of Nations, under British leadership, and Italy over the question of ag gression in East Africa. Town Kecaptured ' The headlined declarations In Rome and . London were an aftermath to the failure ot the French and British attempts to bring peace to Italian and Ethi opian arms with a plan pro viding Immense concessions to Mussolini. ' ' An Ethiopian government com munique issued at Addis Ababa said the vanguard of Dedjazmatch Ayele's troops on the northern front recaptured Enda Silasl, 30 miles west of Aksum, and Dega Shah, from the Italians. "The Italian losses were con siderable," said the communique. "Our troops captured ten tanks." The action occurred six days ago. The two villages are about 35 miles north of the Takkaze river site where a bitter tbrse-day battle was waged early this week. Italy's northern army concen trated on cleaning up "trouble spots" in that sector, from which Ethiopians were reported with drawing. In token of Premier Mussolini's determination to defy the league which means Great Britain In particular the fascist grand council Issued a communique after a meeting with II Duce asserting Italy is confident of victory. Mussolini dispatched 4.000 additional militiamen and 800 workmen to EaBt Africa. Reports meanwhile were our rent In London that Britain was prepnrlng to sound out other na tions, aa well as those border (Contlnned on Page Five) Thieves Yield Tiny Black Dog to State Police Cubby, a tiny- black Pomer anian dog, stolen from hlB mistress. May King Conradl nearly a week ago. Is back home again after a sojourn at Bly. And he Is mighty glad to be home for Christmas, too. If actlmiB really speak louder than words. The little dog was traced by state police officers, who as sert that the people who had him In their possession con fessed to having stolen bim "because they wonted him." Ho was picked up in front of his home at the May King studio last Sunday evening, ac cording to officers, and was recovered Friday afternoon, aftor his mistress Journeyed to Bly to identify him.
