If etalo HERALD SERVICE IIitiiIiI ulmrrllH'r who full Co rorelve llmlr paper by (I i llll i. in, are rci led to mil (lit Humid bunllirss off 1(0, phone ll(M), unit paper will be irnt by special carrier. WEATHER FOItKCASTi tnnotlled, cooler. OHKGOVt Rain, now in inmiiitiilpa. TKMPj lllul, 4fl, low 8H. PIlEClPi an hours (o 8 MM) a, m. Tuesday, ,IH season, 7.88 normal 8.48; Isat year lo ditto ASSOCIATED PRESS IN SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS Prico Fivo Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JAN. 14, 1936 a a . - . irtnrLfUL Number 7521 o)o) sum t0U- (burnt ES AMfnlUl January Storms Break Editorials On the Day's News II) I HANK JKNKINK HKAiiKU fur Portland, and a miracle la In I lie process of oc curring a strong tall wind. Nlne-ly-nltio Hums out of a hundred, 11 1 a head wind. Itlpluy ouiilit to hear of tlila. T TP ALONG Klamath lake, uhlch la froton III apols and open In olbr apola. One of those open apow, aeveral arroa In extont, la literally crowded with mallard ducks. Far be It from (lilt writer to criticise, but If be had at hla coin Dinnd transportation ai cheap and swift aa a mallard duck'a, he'd be blading for the Silver tjtrniid, down bnlow Han Dlcgo, Instead of paddling around up bore In ley walr. sight, evon If they "lei hcd In the bead. are a Utile A I.ITTI.K further on, up The Dnllos-Cnlllornla highway, the Paulina mouiiialua III; their hoada off to the eal. In on of them la Paulina crater, and in Paulina crater la Paulina lake. Old Chief Paulina certainly cultured hkt name around over tlila country. OLD CHIEF PAULINA, accord Ini lo all surviving accounts, waa a had Indian from the atandpnlnt, lhat la, of the whllea. Dul that lan't all. Not only waa he a hud Indian, but be waa a crufly Indian aa well. In I Mono hoctlo earlier duyii, they didn't com to puy much attention to dumb Indiana, for a dumb Indian was apt to be aoon a dead Indian. Dumb Indiana could be put on a apot without a great deal of dif ficulty If the alluallon aeomed to call for such lactlca. llut a crafty old raacal like Paulina waa different. Every tlmo they gut him out on a limb and propnrod to saw It off behind him. he ahowed ud aomcwhora elao with about aovon klnda of now devllmont up hla alcove. It half tho stories about hlni aro true, Paulina certainly not In the white mon'i hair, In tho days when this now peaceful country waa wild and woolly, and It Inn't to be wondered at that hl name la acntterod around qulto a bit. (CV COURSE there aro always -'two aldoa to every contro versy. Paulina, ono niiwt romom bor, was an Indian, and the while men ware taking tho Indian's country away from him. If some body olno should come In now and Slnrt to take this country away from US, the chances are we would got mean and ornery about It. People with any spunk at all always have boen that wny about ucli things, nnd probably always will bo.) e IT TOOK a long time and a lot of schoming to do It, but they finally got old Paulina. Howard Mniipln, after whom tho llttlo town of Mniipln whore tho highway crosnos the Doschutos canyon away up townrd the Wapl nllln cut-off was named, got the old boy square In tho sights of his Sharp's buffalo gun one day, and liquidated him. After that, llfo was a bit simplor for the whltos around those parts. Colonol William A. Thompson (Continued on Page Nino) Bail Forfeitures, Fines $10,173.35 Finns nnd hall forfeitures col lected by Police J ml co Clifton Itiehmond In 10.15 totaled $10, 17.1.35, tho largont amount ovor collected In municipal ' court. Ciifles hoard hy Richmond during the year numbered 10,15, Amounts collected In fines nnd ball forfeitures for M1 tho . past tlireo yearn have boon tabulated as follows fur comparison: S, 251.00 In 1034; 17,884.02 In 1033, and f2.eS2.20 In 1032. ' New Gale Reported Brewing On Coast; Wide Section Hit Entire Northwest Suffers From Severe January Weather. MONTH WETTEST IN TWENTY-TWO YEARS Major Roads Good ; Many County Highways in Bad Condition. Heavy snowstorms and pour dig ralna contlnuInK almnat with' out respite for ill paat ten daya have piled up precipitation far In wettest Jaun ary for 22 yeara, according to United giatoa weather bureau sta tuses. Precipitation to dale la record ed at 7.25 Inches, against a nor mal of 5.4 2. There have boen 2.79 Inchea rainfall In January lo data, while normal Is only 1.04 fur the entire month. First Normal HInon 1010 This January la the first since 19H In which the precipitation bo reached the normal aet by the weather bureau. Elevation of Upper Klamath luko stood at 4140.48 feet at Mon day evenliiK'a reading, a rise of almost one foot since the first of January. Inflow alnce the begin' nlng or the atreum year, October 1, 1935, haa been 11 per cent greater than that to the Hint da to In 1934, official figures re veal. Some Ice still romalns on Die lake, but It baa softened and become spongy under the etoady hamtnorlng of recent rains, and li nany placea haa gone out en tlroly. t'ounly Roads Critical Although all major highways are reported to be In good shape, county road conditions are becom ing critical. Roadbeds are men aced by deep water standing In pools, and residents of the Mer rill district have appealed to the county court for equipment to aid them In making dltcbea to drain roads before they become im pass able. Water has been bncklng up Into basements all over the city, aa well as In the outlying districts. Llttlo hope for any change In wonthor conditions for at least the next 12 hours Is held out by local or slate weathermen. More rain or snow seems In prospect In tho Klamath basin, with Indi cations favorable for clearing and cooler woather Wodncsday. The slate wonthor bureau fore cast Is for occasional rain Tues day night and Wednesday, enow over the mountains and no chnngo In temperature. Strong southeast wlndH off the cosst with local galos aro also predicted. MOW STORM BREAKING PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 14. fp) Tho warning thnt another gale was roaring coastward from the (Contlnuod on Page Nina) T NEW YORK, Jan. 14. (JP) America's newest speed king of aviation, Howard Hughes, a young dare-davll from' Califor nia, crowned his thrilling air achievements today hy . complet ing tho fastest transcontinental Might over made. , Hughes flow without a atop from Rurbauk, Cnllf., to Newark, N, J., In 9 hours, 27 mlnutos and 10 seconds smashing by. more than hnlt an hour the record of 10 hours, e! minutes and 61 sec onds sot by Col, Roscoa Turner September 2, 1094. The now record-holder flew moat of the distance at 18,000 feet, bronthlng part of the time from a tank of oxygon. lit attained a speed of 205 miles an hour overd one long stretch. His flight covered ap proximately 2,450 miles, nnd he averaged close to 200- miles an hour for the entlro distance "I've been wanting to do this for throe yoara," said Hughes, erstwhile Hollywood film pro ducer, "I fool protty good about it." Personal Income Tax Held Invalid OLYMP1A. Jan. 14. (VP) The 1036 personal net Income tax law Is unconstitutional, the slate supreme court declared today. Tho Invalidation of the state law moans the lose of more than $1,600,000 annually In revenue during 1036, the atata tax com mission snld. The supreme court sustained a Thurston county court ruling In which Judge V. F. Wright de clared the law "wholly uncon stitutional." Ten Dead or Wounded, Reports From Africa Indicate. Ily the Asaorlnlcd 1'rcns The death or wounding of 10 Ethiopians In a church at 8a kotn. In tiorthcrn Ethiopia, and tho blinding of 10 others by Italian aerial bombs was claim ed today In official Ethiopian quarters. A communique from Dessye, where Kniperor Halle Selassie has established field headquart ers, snld Fascist war planes wrecked tho church of St. Mary In Knkala on Jan. 10, and that tha town was being bombed dally. Warnlil Steam South British warships steamed southward today toward the Gi braltar gutoway to the Mediter ranean aa Premlerre Pierre Laval of Franco began a period of watchful walling for soltle- mont of tho Enst African war. Authoritative sources at Lon don snld tho massing of the Eng lish crnft off the coast of Spain was a defense preparation (Continued on Pnge Nine) AUT0M1E TIG SALE INCUSES SALEM. Jnn. 14. (IP) Oregon 1936 automobilo license plates sold to date totaled 21,000 more than sold on tho corresponding data last year, tho secretary of tale reported. More than two-thirds of the estlmnted 300. ooo total for the year, or 206.372 pairs of plates had already boon distributed. Sale of liconscB from tho seven distributing points was divided as follows: Wost Portland 46.150, East Portland 22,803, Salem 20,666 AAA In Portland 10,613, Eugene 7,912, Oregon City 6,006, Pa clflo Automobile club In Port land 6,017. The romnlnlng 88,- 128 wore distributed through the mall from Salom, STOCKHOLM. Jnn. 14. (AP) Swedon- formnlly protoBted to Itnly todny nguinst the bombing of a Swedish ambulance unit In Ethiopia through a note present ed to tho milliliter from Rome. The protest was based on the allegation that one Swedish sub ject was killed and anothor wounded. The 8 w e d I a h government claimed investigation showed tho bombing was In the nature of a dlrort attack upon an ambulance In which Ethiopian soldiers were bolng treated for wounds. Spud Market SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14 (IP) (U. 8. Dept. Agr.) Potnto mar- kot steady, supplies liberal, do mnnd fnlr, Two Oregon cnrB, 4 Idaho, 2 California arrived; 14 unbroken cars, 13 broken cars on trnck. Prlcos unchanged from Mon day, S GET APPROVAL Senate Finance Group Re ports Favorably on " Program.. SECRETARY VOICES OPPOSITION TO IDEA Plan Expected to Bring Public Debt Nearer $36,000,000,000. WASHINGTON. Jan. 14 UP) Despite testimony by Secretary Morgenlhau that the government would have to raise a minimum of 611.000,000,000 In the next 17 months, the senate finance committee today approved the new buby bond bonus payment bill by a 15 to 2 vote. Senator Couxens (R-Mlch) who with Senator Carey (D-KI). were the onlv members opposing a favorable report, disclosed Mor- gonthau's testimony which was given in executive session. Coux ens said he would not be bound by any secrecy. Increase In Debt Seen . The Michigan ijennlor aojd the treasury secrotury took no stand one way or the other on the bonus measure and raplied be "couldn t tell" when asked It the troasury could stand the added burden of bonus payment. Couxens further quoted Mor genlhau as saying that the $11. 000,000,000 of funds needed for the rest of this fiscal and the noxt fiscal year Included an esti mate of 62.000.000,000 lor rellet (not Included in the president's budget); Jl. 500. 000.000 which the president estimated as next years deficit; 62.000,000.000 if the bonus is paid and 65.800. 000,000 of refunding operations. Couiens snld Morganehau estl mnted this would bring the pu blic debt to 636,600,000.000 by the end of noxt fiscal year. It another billion had to be raised to take the place of an nulled processing taxes, Couxens said the secretary testified, this would boost the total debt then to $36,500,000,000. Itond Market Questionable Couiens said Morgenthau told him In reply to a question that the voting of the bonus together with the knocking out of the AAA would "not help the bond market." "The most astonishing thing (Continued on Page Nine) Mr, and Mrs. Max Myers, part owners of tho La Potnto Btore, Tuesday sold their Interest to Mrs. Stella Hatfield. The announcement was made by Mr. and Mrs. James Keith, the other owners. Mrs. Hnttield 1b Mrs. Keith's sister. Tho new part owner was re cently tho proprietor of the Hollywood Gown shop of San Francisco and has been associat ed with the Keiths for several years. She will be manager otl the Btore. ' Tho owners announced that the same standard of quality, would be maintained. Mrs, Keith will continue to. do the Store's buy ing. KLAMATH AIRPORT , WASHINGTON, Jnn. 14. (ffi) The commerce department bu reau of air commerce approved todny 39 additional airport pro jects and tour air marking pro grams proposed for development with works progress administra tion funds. The bureau's approval of the projects from a technical view point Is required by WPA be fore they can be listed as eli gible for fund allotments. The projects approved Includ ed: Klamath Falls, Ore., $42,063; North Bend, Ore., $38,008. BONUS BOND I COMMITTEE Moisture Records Pounding Surf Halts Search ONLY HIX BODIKS OF IOWA'S VICTIMH WAHHKI) I'P IIY WAVES ASTORIA. Ore., Jan. 14. (Jp) Rising winds and heavy, avid seas pounded at the skeleton of the freighter Iowa on Peacock Spit today. Coast guardsmen found It Im possible to bring their boats close enough to board the broken bow of the 410-foot steamship whose crew of 34 men met death rn Sunday's tragic wreck. Six llwllra Found Only six bodies bad been found. All identified. Watchers had expected the pounding surf would float other bodies ashore today. The belief grew, bow ever, that the Iowa disaster oc curred so suddenly that those seamen caught 'Inside the vessel had no time to obtain life Jack ets. In such event the bodies would not appear for another week. Many of the crew nndoubtedly were killed by the first smother ing crush of water as the seas poured through smashed batches to the hold. Diving Too Dangerous Captain Lars BJelland, com mander of the Point Adams coast guard station, said the two dis joined sections of the wrecked steamer probably held most of (Continued on Page Nine) Results of Possible Fail ure of Sales Tax Considered. SALEM, Jan. 14 (IP) Governor Charles H. Martin today celebrat ed his first anniversary as chief executive of Oregon by giving serious consideration to relief conditions and possible outcome should the grosB sales tax tor old age pensions be defeated at the January 31 special election. The first several hours of his "anniversary party" was spent In an interview with Elmer R. Cloudy, state relief administrator, who stopped here on his way to Roseburg where he will Issue an order closing the Roosevelt tran sient camp there because of no funds for that project. While the situation was seri ous in Oregon since no federal funds were available tor direct relief, Goudy told the governor that "no one would go hungry." Relief now must be handled by state and county funds, which were declared extremely limited. Goudy further requested opin ions of the attorney general as to the effect of possible defeat of the sales tax, which was passed by the special legislative session to aid the aged, and. the effect of the referendum atuathe old age pension bill which would provide that the one million dol larse already allocated for that purpose be transferred to the state relief administration. He further asked If this would In clude the county matched funds as well, should the legislative not be sustained. Goudy refused to be quoted on his views of the matter, stating there were so many contingencies that he would await the opinion of the attorney general. Gover nor Mnrtln stated that" should (Continued on Page Nine) EMERY GIVEN FULL PRINCIPAL TITLE Lloyd n. Emery last night was elected to the full title of prin cipal of Klamath Union high school. His contract was voted for the remainder of this year, and all of next year. Expiration date of the present contract Is August 1, 1937. Emory has been serving as act ing principal since Paul T. Jack son took leave of absence to be come head of the youth adminis tration In Oregon. Jackson re cently accepted a position as head of the Chemawa Indian school, and resigned definitely from his post here. Monday night b action followed. Emery was assistant principal under Jackson. Members of the board expressed their satisfac tion with his work as principal, T E District Attorney's' Affi davits of Prejudice At Issue. UNIQUE CONDITION - DEVELOPING HERE Blackmer Considers Ask ing Mandamus Action . Against "Ashurst. An involved situation that has developed in circuit court over affidavits o f prejudice filed against Judge Edward B. Ash urst reached the place Tuesday where It appeared mandamus proceedings will be brought by tbe district attorney's office against Judge Ashurst In an ef fort to force him to sign orders to call In other Judges in the cases in question. Judge Ashurst, It was learned, ha failed to sign orders In cer tain cases In which the affi davits of prejudice were filed by District Attorney Hardin , C. Blackmer. Attorneys say that the supreme court . haa never oeen1 called 'upon fo ruleriri' the' question of the Judge's obliga tion . to call in another judge when the affidavit is filed by toe district attorney. The rule is definitely established with re gard to private attorneys. ' Old Friction Exists District Attorney Blackmer. It was understood, is considering bringing mandamus proceedings if Judge Ashurst fails to sign an order for a new judge In the case of Joseph Jensen vs. Klamath county. In this case, not only Blackmer, but all three members of tbe county court, who are named individual defendants, have filed affidavits of preju dice. It has become Increasingly ap parent, ' since the courthouse blow-up at the time of the gambling investigation late in 1935, that tbe district attorney s office was unwilling to permit major cases to be tried before Judge Ashurst. A number of af fidavits of prejudice have been (Continued on Page Nine) THREF KILLED IN CUBA GUANAJAY, Cnba. Jan. 14. (IP) Three accused kidnapers were shot to death In a running gun' battle with Cuban soldiers today, a few hours after Paulino Gorostiza, 28-year-old son of a well-to-do manufacturer, had been abandoned by his abductors In the foothills near this village. The battle was fought near the spot where the young kidnap victim was found after his ab ductors had been hemmed in by 700 soldiers, sailors and police. ' Gorostlsa, uninjured and ap parently In good health, was brought to Guanajny by his res ellers. It was reported his fam ily already had paid half of a $50,000 ransom demanded lor his release. Eleven suspects were arrested noar the farm whore Gorostlxa's kidnapers abandoned him and po lice were pursuing others at the time of the gun battle. The young Havanan was the fourth victim of Cuban kidnap ers In the last year. STATE PHYSICIAN SALEM, Jan. 14, (iP) A private hearing on his resignation as a member of the state tuberculosis hospital staff was requested of Governor Martin today by Dr. Phillip Newmeyer of the tubercu losis hospital at Salem. Newmeyer's resignation was an nounced last night. The request for bis resignation was confirmed by Superintendent Qrofer C. Bel linger of the Institution, stating he considered the resignation "necessary to maintain hospital morale." GALLNG N NEW JUDG Rebuilt Farm Plans Pushed NEW PROGRAM MAY BE READY FOR CONGRESS BY END OF WEEK WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, OP) Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic leader, predicted after a lnncbeon with President Roose velt today tbat new farm pro gram to replace AAA would be ready for congressional consider ation hy the end of the week. He declined to express an opin ion as to what the program wonld be. "It la felt that within a few days, probably by the end of the week, a draft of legislation relat ing to the AAA will be completed and ready for submission, " he said. . Initial Work Progreseea "Work on the draft Is In prog ress. I will not attempt to an nounce its provisions." He said he waa not Informed whether the president wonld sub mit a special message to congress- Earlier in the day -Senator Nor- ris (K., Neb.) had Bluntly ex pressed to farm leaders a view that no law regulating agricul tural production wonld be held constitutional In the light of the supreme court's AAA decision. Court Opinion Feared His opinion waa given at a sen ate agriculture committee meet ing summoned to hear farm views on AAA'a replacement The large committee room, ' Jammed with farmers, became suddenly silent, when Norrls said: "I don't believe it possible to pass any law tbat in any way reg elates -agricultural . . production that would be held constitutional. "I hate to say it." Earl Smith of the Illinois farm 1 reau federation was the witness at the time. Norru expressed "entire agree ment" with the recommendations of the farm group, made the ad ministration Saturday that soil conservation and domestic allot ments be the basis of a new pro gram. Decision Thought Wrong "I think the decision was wrong, absolutely wrong," Norris (Continued on Page Nine) U. S. ENTRY Needs of Commerce Held Responsible for Aid to Allies. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. (AP) Puffing away on his brown briar, J. P. Morgan listened without comment today as Senator Clark (D-.Mo) charged that England's war-time shipping regulations "tied up our trade irretrievably with the allied cause." The financier and his part ners were shoved temporarily into the background of the sen ate Inquiry by Clark's story of American entrance into the World war. They sat almost as spectators, free to leave if they wished, as the senator began a survey of documents he Bald proved this country's neutrality collapsed In compliance with the needs of commerce. He said BrltiBh regulations adopted over this government's protests "had the natural result of drying up trade of the United States with Germany and Austria and to control trade with the Scandinavian countries so as to tie up our trade Irretrievably with the allied cause." SLOT ICiES SALEM, Jan.. 14. (AP) Slot machines, "played for .money" cannot be operated In any coun ty in Oregon under license In the face of the state constitution pro hibiting the legislature from enacting laws authorizing licenses of such machines. Attorney Gen eral I. H. Van Winkle ruled today. The opinion was requested by Tillamook county where such machines were declarod In oper ation under county licenses. The opinion reiterated the ruling given State Senator Robert M. Duncan during the regular 1035 session. Section 4 of articlo XV of the state constitution was quoted in the opinion. Here DENIES STOP Eleventh-Hour Plea Made to Federal Judge At Trenton. GOVERNOR REPORT ED FAVORING STAY, Attorney Wilentz Says Hoffman Considering Reprieve. BUIAETIX TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 14, UP A writ of haDeas corpus and stay of execution both were de nied Bruno Hauptmann by United State Circuit Judge 1. Warren Davis tonight, TRENTON. N. J . Jan. 11 im Federal Circuit Judge J. War ren Davis today denied Bruno Hauptmann'a appeal for a writ of habeas corpus to escape execu tion jTiaay mgnt lor the Lind bergh baby murder. Opposing Bides Lauded Judge Davis said that If he granted the application, he would in effect.be overruling tha New. Jersey court of errors and appeals and the supreme court of the United States, which refused to review the conviction. "I happened to be In court at Flemington a couple of days dur ing this trial," the Judge said, "and in my Judgment it was tried brilliantly on both sides by very Industrious and capable counsel." Legal Remedies Exhausted As to the action hv htmfiAlf nnv Judge Davis said: "This would seem to me to he sheer Inexcusable judicial earotlsm on my part." He commended attorneys on both sides for their seal, and said, "Every remedr known to law hn been used to save this prisoner from electrocution." TRENTON. V. T Ton Mim Attorneys for Rrnnn mkavrf Hauptmann went before Federal circuit juage j. warren Davis, late today with an application for a writ of habeas corpus or tor an order to require the state to show cause why such a writ should not be granted. (Copyright the Associated Press) TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 14. CD Bruno Richard Hauptmann sign ed an appeal to the federal courts this afternoon to save him from the electric chair Fri day night. Even as his lawyers were at the death house obtaining his signature on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus Attorney Gen eral David T. Wilentz, who pros ecuted him, said he was "re liably Informed" that Governor Harold G. Hoffman would grant the condemned man a reprieve. Jnfsie Letters Revealed Lawyers for the convicted Lindbergh baby killer went to the death house shortly before 3 o'clock to get his signature to papers for presentation to Federal Circuit Judge J. War ren Davis here. As the lawyers dashed from (Continued on Page Nine) , LONDON, Jan. 14. (IP) The International naval conference will continue, with or without the Japanese, It was learned au thoritatively todny after the Americans and British held a long conference at the foreign office. The decision was reached after an authoritative source bad re ported Admiral Osaml Nagano would pronounce an end to Jap anese cooporntion In Internation al naval limitation tomorrow un less something comes np tr In ject new life Into the five power , parley. Delegates of the other four powors Britain, the United States, France and Italy Intend, however, to proceed with the original agenda of the confer ence, discussing building plans, limitations and kindred ques tions outlined when the discus sions began early in December. COURT WTO ELECTROCUTION ITOT MIES':