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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, DKC. 21, 1935
Number 7502
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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.