The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, March 17, 1938, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER Unsettled High 40, Low 84 PRECIPITATION , 24 hoar to 8 a. m ........08 Mcason lo dnt II. OH Idwt year to date 4.UU Normal precipitation ............8.68 WIRE SERVICE Tlit Humid Mid Now aiiliscrlli lo full leaard wlr aervlr of III Aasorlnted Press and III Child I'rnu, III world' grew l cat kxragnlherlnii organizations. For 17 hour dully world dw canto Into Til llornld. New afllr on teletype machine. ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS Price Five Cento KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1938 Number 8197 CLOUDY 00 4MHII 4 u A Ashurst Attacks Editorials On the Day's N ews By PRANK JENKINS 'AS you may have hoard, from one source or another, It lian GAINED In Southern Orogon and 7,'orthsm California thla winter. But In this country rain It a plcsalng and NOT a calamity. ' If It doesn't holp ua In one way, It doea In another. TjKAD, for example, thla Horn from the Oruvlll ,Morcury BegUter: "Torrential rain In Iho foot hill landa east of hore hnve been a benefit thla winter. Proapectora are reportd lo har mad better than usual t gold find after the rains which ' hate thoroughly washed out the ravines. "J. D. tracker, of llurlcton, la reported to hav found an MO nuggot near Mlnera Ranch. An Enterprise prospector la aid to have picked up 1300 worth of nuagels, two of thorn ; worth 120 and Sl each." nrllEnB'B at 111 gold, you aoe, In ((hem lhar hills, and gntllng it out remain quite an Industry In thla country, ren though the bonania day of gold mining nre ooupl of genarntloni In the put. 'T'WO or thro year ago, aa reader! of the newspapers will recall, Rob Ilurna and hla wife waahed out a S,000 nugget Bear Grant Pn roportedly the blggeat ever found In Southern Oregon. It made quite a atory, and two r three wka later nob ahowed up at thla writer' office and wa ef coura questioned about hla find. '! H reached In hla panta pocket, aa unconcerned aa It he were Teaching tor a clgarotte, and lugged out a lump of gold aa big ;aa your flat. Digging Into other '.pocketi, h brought out a good douDl nanaiui or oiner iiukk"b, and piled them all on the desk. Ther mutt hav been 15,000 or f ,000 In the heap! -rlll8 WRITER could look at twlc 15,000 In bills (some body le'i, of courao) without a "quiver Of excitement, but the eight bf that raw gold stacked ul thcro on the doak aont the blood pound ing through hla volna with a dis tinctly accentuated tempo. ' Why? Well, why doea a house bred puppy growl excitedly and the hair on the back of his neck rise up when he hears the distant jhowl of a wolft Th answer la simple. There' something primitive and allrrlng about the howl of a wolf nnd there's aomothlng prlmlllvo nnd v I'ittrrlng about raw gold. .BUFFALOES. RYE WHISKEY 'KEPT EARLY DAY SOLDIERS FROM GROWING TOO SOFT J WASHINGTON, Mnrch 17 (.11 nArmy offlcora, dolvlng Into offi cial record of the Oregon Trail "days, came across thla "gonornl order No. 2" toclny, Issued Octo ber 25, 1842 at Fort Ulloy, Kan sas! , . . "1. Membora of this commnntl will, whon shooting nt bufriiloea on the pnrndo ground, ha cnrorul not to fire In tlio dlroctlon of the commanding officor's qunrtors. "2. Tho troop offlcor having the best trnlned remount for thin year will bn nwnrdod one bnrrol of ryo whlskoy, ' "8. Student officers will dls opntlnuo tho practice of roping and riding buffnloos, "4. Attontlon of all offlcora Is called to paragraph 107, army reg ' ulallons, In which It provides under uniform rogttlntlons that alt offlcora will wonr boards." "Th army," sighed one offlcor today, "has grown soft," I: .. JUDGE QUOTES TEST HONK SEATTLE CASE Sensational Local Angle Stressed; Court Hints At Corruption. Circuit Judge Edward R. Anhurai lashed out at gambling and vlco In Kin utatli county In lengthy oral lustructlona to the grand Jury whon It re-convened Thursday morning. I lo warned the grand Jurors that gambling Intereata would like "to inako moukeya" of the grand Jurora and the court and that It was their Intention to reopen their uperntlona as soon na the' Jury again adjourned. Quote From Paper The nifist sensational foatur of the Judge' addresa, however, dealt with tho trial of Lie 1 1 and Clnlro Ulchardson In Seattle on charges of murdering Clara Comp t on Itli'hnrilsou, wlfo of Dell, who allegedly was at one time In a house of prostitution In K la ninth Falls. Judge Ashurst read excorpts of a stpry on the trial from the Seattle l'ost-lntolllgoncor which told of the appearance aa a wit ness In the cas of Patricia O'Neill, Klamath Falls. Tho story atnted that Mrs. O'Neill admitted, on cross exami nation by defense attorneys, that alio operated a house of prostitu tion here. Askod If she knew that It was against the Inw to operate such an establishment, sh was quoted as saying: "I Imagine so." "Vlco lltiy I.w" Tho attorney then asked her If ahe "flghta tho law." Her answer, according to the newspaper story as road by the Judge, was: "Vice doesn't fight the law; It buya It." Thuso words, th Judge assert od, enmo from a woman who (Continued on Pag Clx) SEADLUND ACCEPTS DEATH VERDICT RESIGNEDLY IN ROSS KIDNAPING CASE CHICAGO, March 17 Un "It turned out Just aa I thought 11 would." That was John Henry Soad lund'a reaction today to a fedora! Jury's decision that he should pay with his llfo for tho 250,000 ran som kidnaping of Charles S. Ross, 72, Chicago buslnosstnan. Ken (11 ti nd 'a comment waa re echoed by many courtroom obser vers who heard the kidnaper con fess tho crlmo from tho witness stand and saw federal prosecutors pile up a mass of evidence. Tho jury wns asked only to vote on a rocommendntion that Send lund be punished by death. The verdict was roached last night uftor It hours of deliberation. Seadltind hnd pleaded guilty to kidnaping, but a Jury verdict was ft prerequisite to tho (loath pen alty. Unless the verdict Is rovorsed at a new trial, th 27-year-old formor Minnesota lumborjack will bo electrocuted In the Cook county (Chlengo) Jnll'a oloctrlc chnlr. A motion for a new trial will bo henrd Saturday. Seadltind will bo the second kidnaper to dlo undor the Lind bergh IfrWkpaased In 1032. Ar thur Clooch, 27, was hnnRed at McAloslor, Okla., in 1038 for kid imping two Tcxns offlcora. YOUTHS KftD AT OAKLAND ADMIT SEATTLE KIDNAPING OAKLAND, Calif.. March 17 (AP) l'ollco snld today that two Senttlo youths In custody in Oakland had confessed to two kldnnplngs and a sorlos of rob beries In Seattle, l'ollco Inspector Emll Hnmm, who reported tho assorted con fessions, snld the youths were Mnynnrd Lnngo, 17, and William Durst, 17. They wore arrested Sundny night for questioning In nn attempted nutnmobllo theft. Fodnrnl dopnrtmcnt of Justice ngonls snld thny hnd a tugltlvo warrant for the pair from Se attle. , Klamath Achieves Revenge for Loss By Belting Dallas TEXAS MOTHER, UNABLE TO PROVIDE, KILLS SIX OF NINE YOUNG CHILDREN CENTER. Tex., March 17 (AP) A mother who told offlcora ahe was 111 and unable to provide for her family killed six of her nine children at a lonely farm home near here laat night, kiss ing each of them goodbye be fore and aftor shooting them as they slept. District Attorney Wardlow Lane aald he would file murder charges agnlnet Mrs. Dili May Curtis, J8. who waa under a five-year suspended sentence for alaying her husband, Robert Curtis, 44. In 13. Tho slain children were: Mor el Jack, (, boy; Margie Ree, 7, (Continued on Page Blx) INDIG1TI Politics Seen in Charges Against Mahoney ; Can didacy Announced. Opinion prevailed on Iho strecls here Thursday that there are definite political aspect to the indictment ' of ex-Mayor Willis Mahoney of this city by a Linn county grand Jury on chnrgea of reckless driving, In connection with an Incident In which a man was struck and killed on the Paci fic highway November 28 by the Mahoney car. Evon poraona politically unaym- NEW FILINGS Henry Ketsdever, Algoma, Thursday afternoon tiled tor the democratic nomination for county commissioner, and R. A. (Smiley) LnLonde filed tor the democratic nomination for Justice of the peace. pathetlo with the ex-mayor of this city, a candidate for the United States senate, expressed indigna tion over the action of the Linn county Jury almost four months after th accident, and at tbe opening of a political campaign; Cleared by Eyewitnesses It waa alleged that the grand Jury In Linn county had mot a number of times slnco the fntnl accident but had apparently de layed returning an Indictment un til tho political situation warmed up. It was alao recallod that at the time of tho mishap, Mahoney was definitely cleared by eye-wlt-neasoa. Th Albany Domocrat-IIerald In a atory on the Mahoney Indict (Continued on Page Six) GUFFEY COAL ACT REWARD FOR LEWIS' CAMPAIGN DONATION, HOLT CHARGES WASHINGTON, March 17 UVt Senator Holt (D-W Vn) told the senate todny tho Gtiffoy Coal act waa enacted by congress "because John L, Lewis donated nearly half a million dollnra to tho domocrnt lo party campaign fund." The youngost member of the sennte had tho floor to discuss the reorganisation bill and launched a gonornl castlgntlon of the ad ministration. Senator Lodge (R-Mnss) askod Holt if tho Quffoy Coal act had helped "tho minors," "The only thing that's been stabilised by tho Guffey Coal act aro politicians on tho payroll," Holt shouted. "I Intond to go Into the rela tionships between the members of the United States senate and boiiio persons on tho payrolls of tho coal commission," Holt said at nnothor point. Ho said nt a Inter date he would "discuss the con) commis sion most thoroughly nnd most oxposlngly," and In so doing would list rolntlves of mombors of congress on th commission's payroll,. , - .. Vice Polk County Quintet Set Back, 42-22; Thurston, Woodburn Win. Till' It HI) AY RKSULTS Consolation Thurston 36, Adams 24. Woodburn 36. Salem 34. Klamath Falls 42, Dallas 22. Myrtle Point 41, Eugene 40. Eugene 41. Myrtle Point 40. SCHEDULE Championship 8 p. m. Amity vs. Chllo quln (for class B title). 4 p. m. University of Eu gene vs. McLoughlln of Milton Rreewater. 7:30 p. m. Sandy vs. Ba ker. 5:30 p. m. St. Helena vs. Medford. . 8ALEM, March 17 (iiP) With Howard and Ken Fox making al most all the points between them, Thurston defeated Adams 36-24 today In the opening; gam of the consolation aerie of the state tournament. - Thurston, with an enrollment of 17 boya, la the smallest school In the meet. The defeat dropped Adams from the tournament, the Warriors having lost two straight. Hard Lurk Champion Thurston led all the way, being abend 16-13 at the halt and 27-23 at th third quarter. The winner of the consolation aeries Saturday will gain fifth place. Salem, host team, won the tournament's hard luck champion ship, losing an overtime game to Woodburn, 34-36. The loss eli minated Salem from tho meet, whllo Woodburn will meet Thurs ton at 10 a. m. tomorrow In the first of two consolation games. Trailing 20-28 at the end of the third quarter, Salem ataged a furi ous drive to tie it up, 34-34, at the end of the regular session, but Charley Shaw, Woodburn guard, (Continued on Pag Six) ALLEGED VICTIM OF BATH TUB MURDER "BETTER OFF DEAD," PROSECUTOR SAYS SEATTLE!, March 17 () Rais ing his voice, Deputy Prosecutor Henry Clay Agnew shouted "She's better off dead" today after re viewing ' testimony about white slavery In tho first degree murder trial of Dell and Clnlre Richard son for the death of Clare Comp ton Richardaon, Dell'a brld, for merly of San Franclaco. Agnew recalled the testimony of sovcrnl Oregon women about their acquaintances with tho Richard sons and then charged the de fendants struck Mrs. Richardson on the head with a beer bottle and threw her In a tab of scalding water, for refusing to obey one of Dell's commands. Agnew was making a closing argument to the Jury. "She stuck to her determination of 'I've never done a thing like that In my life and you can't make me'," Agnew said, quoting a phraso which two other hotel guests had testified they heard a woman any In the Richardson hotel suite one night last October. "She's dead because she stuck to that determination and she's better off dead." he denounced, hla voice rising to a shout. The case is expected to reach the Jury today. JUDGE DIRECTS ACQUITTAL IN SKUNK BOMB TRIAL EUGENE, March 17 (AP) A directed vordlct of acquittal wns returned In Lane county cir cuit court this morning In favor of Henry Qunm, who had boon chargod with riot In connection with the skunk musk bombing of a local non-union barber shop. The verdict was ordered ' by Judge G. F. Sklpworth, who ruled there was no evidence pre sented In tho case connecting Qunm with th crime. In Jury Instructions Seeing Eye Thla picture shows Cecil Car lile of this city and his "seeing eye" dog. The highly trained German shepherd dog, which comes from the Seeing Eye school at Morristown, N. J., guided Carlll about the streets by means) of the leather-- narnesa handle. ' 1 "Seeing Eye" Dog Guides Blind Man Cecil Carllle. who lost his sight as a youngster on a hunt ing trip when his gun accident ally went off, blowing some of the shot into his eyes, has re turned to his home here in Klamath Falls after spending a month at tho Seeing Eye insti tute tor th blind, at Morris town, N. J. He brought with blm from New Jersey a trained German shepherd who will be his "eye" wherever he goes. This dog Is the key to a new personal and economic freedom for Carlile, who has a mental picture of Klamath Falls and directs his dog by oral commands of "right," "left" or "forward." One ot 800 Carlile Is one of 300 gradu ates ot the Seeing Eye school founded by Mrs. Harrison Eustls (Continued on Pag Six) MRS. AGNES LEDFORD ILL JUST BEFORE DAUGHTERS, TESTIMONY DISCLOSES ST. HELENS, Mnrch 17 (AP) Statoments gathered In an in vestigation six months ago re vealed todny Mrs. Agnes Joan Ledford was HI two daya before the first of her two stepdaugh ters suffered a fatal Indisposi tion. Walter Johnson, Columbia county court reporter and the last scheduled witness for the prosecution, snld he had copied statoments from the 35-year-old dofendnnt of a first degree mur der charge that Dorothy Led ford, 15, was ill from a stomach disorder two days after her step mother's sickness. The reporter testified that Mrs. Ledford. on trial for the death ot Ruth Ledford, 13, said she observed blackberries in the substance Dorothy vomited. Since the child did not complain ot what hnd brought on tbe Illness, tbe stepmother snld she paid lit tle attontlon to tho blackberries. When Mrs. Ledford was ac cused of murder, tho defense claimed tho children died of eat ing wild berries which had been covered with spray from a near by potato field. The dofendant (Continued on Pag Six) , SPUD PAYMENTS UP WASHINGTON, Mnrch 17 The house agriculture committee approved today a proposed amendment to the new farm act which would have the effect ot Increasing bonnflt paymonts for potntooa from three to 6.4 cents a pound. "t 'ft V r British Ministry Totters, May Be Forced to Resign Piemier Chamberlain Ad vised to Adopt Firmer Policy or Quit LONDON, March 17 UP) Threatened revolt agalnat hla cau tious foreign policy by his fol lowers both Inside and outside bis cabinet today drove harassed Prime Minister Chamberlain Into a precarious position. Hla tenure of power, said in formed sources, was Imperilled by a vigorous demand by his youth ful secretary tor war, Leslie Hore belisha, that th prim minister announce a firmer course in deal ing with Europe' crisis before to morrow.. Ultimatum Closely following this reported ultimatum cam a warning from a committee of Influential con servatives that Chamberlain' foreign policy must be changed quickly or they would Join the opposition. " t Winston Churchill, key member of world war cablneta, and Robert J. G. Boothby, headed th . com mittee. .. - " ; -V:-- ' Labor party circle discussed the possibility ot Chamberlain's resignation within 48- hours in favor of an interim government, to be headed by his predecessor, Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. . . v Stick to Guns . In the house of commons, how ever. Chamberlain stuck to . his guns. He ignored repeated labor cries of "Answer!" after Phillip P. Noel-Baker, laborite, aaked wheth er In the event ot armed conflict In western Europe, aa the result of unprovoked aggression In vio lation ot the league covenant, Britain would fulfill It league and Locarno obligations for arm ed assistance. Want Aid tor Csechs At least two cabinet . minister were demanding a firmer foreign policy Horebellsba and Malcolm MacDonald. dominion secretary. They wanted definite pledges of aid to Ctechoslovakia if she were attacked and strong action to prevent Italy and Germany from dominating Spain. Tbe return to th foreign office of Anthony Eden, who resigned because he would not - follow Chamberlain's policy of bargain ing with th dictators, was con sidered possible in changes be lieved Imminent. Conference on Riviera Meanwhile the'four most fam ous British politicians outside the cabinet Eden, Lord Baldwin, Churchill and David Lloyd George, world war prime minister were in the south of France, en route there or preparing to go there. It was believed they would con fer on the situation which may result In the recall ot aome of them to office. The overworked Chamberlain, who will be 69 tomorrow, seemed faced with th alternative ot (Continued on Pag Six) JAP NAVAL PLANES BOMB SOUTH CHINA AIRDROME SHANGHAI, March 17 UP Eighty Japanese naval planes in a sudden thrust into the south China province of Klangsl today bombed Chinese airfields at Nan chang. Sweeping over the fields In re lays, Japanese destroyed the old airdrome ot Nanchang and six Chinese planes,' they said. A newer airdrome ther also was bombed. Meanwhile, on the north cen tral front, Chinese guerillas aro harassing Japanese through a wide area of Shantung province, American reported . today from Tslngtao. THREE NEW SAINTS VATICAN CITY, March 17 UP) Three new saints were created by the secret consistory today in the presence ot Pope Plus XI. They aro the Rev. Father -Andre Bobola, a Poltst Jesuit who waa martyred In Russia In the 17th century; Salvador Da Horta, an 18th century Spanish lay Fran ciscan and professor, ' and Gio vanni Leonard), Italian priest who founded th Cleric of the Mother of God, . HULL URGES AMERICA TO ARM FOR PROTECTION IN INTERNATIONAL ADDRESS WASHINGTON, March 17 (JP) Secretary of State Hull, declaring America must hold to Its rights in Its queat for world peace, laid down today a policy of arming for protection against "international lawlessness." "It I my considered Judgment that. In the present state of world affairs, to do less than Is now proposed would lay our country open to unpredictable hazards." bo said, referring to the naval ex pansion program. Hull treated, In measured phrases, every aspect of the world situation In an address before the National Press clnb. His speech (Continued on Page Six) F. K. Delegates Commit tee to Settle Finan cial Crisis. WASHINGTON, March 17 UP) Whit House officials, describing the railroad financial situation aa critical, announced today President Roosevelt had named three members ot the Interstate commerce commission aa a special committee to formulate recom mendations for immediate action by congress. Chairman Walter M. W. S p 1 a w n and Commissioners Joseph B. Eastman and Charles D. Mahaffie were named on the committee at a conference on railroad problems attended by representatives of railroads, labor, financiers and the govern ment. Report March 24 Stephen T., Early, a presidential secretary, aald after the one hour and a half White House meeting that the president asked the three ICC members to give him on March 24 a "complete, Continued on Page Six) INTERNATIONAL MONETARY MACHINE HALTS COLLAPSE OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES WASHINGTON, March 17 (JP) A high government official assert ed today international monetary machinery In which the United States participates successfully weathered the heaviest storm of it history yesterday. He. Indicated the agreement between the United States, Eng land, France, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland prevented a criti cal collapse in international ex change due to European , war fears. What part the American 12, 000,000,000 stabilization fund played In the events was not made clear, although treasury officials always have asserted the Ameri can fund never undertook on Its own account any risks In foreign currency. The war scare caused many European persons to seek safety for their funds by transferring them from other currencies to American dollars. Apparently, this movement waa so strong It would have caused dangerous de preciation Of all but American currency had It not been for the Intervention of the six countries adhering to the tri-partito agree ment seeking currency stability. This agreement originally was en tered by the United States, Great Britain and France. The. American stabilisation fund, for Instance, may have off set the heavy demand for dollars by selling dollar for gold. Simi lar stabilization funds of the other countries probably protected tbe value of their currencies by buy ing up currencies dumped by pri vate individual during the flight to the dollar. SEPARATE ATTACKS LEAVE Hundreds Wounded by In surgent Bombardment; Buildings Razed. BARCELONA, Spain, March 17 UP) Insurgent airplanes, attack ing wave after wave, today claim, ed a toll of deatha In thl wat shattered capital that was expect, ed to exceed 600. Four hundred bodies have been taken to morgues. Officials be lieved dlggera would recover at least 100 mora from th wide spread ruins. Hundreds were wounded, many still trapped In demolished build ings. Tbelr cries and tbe weeping ot women and children added to the terror. Fire broke out in many places. , BARCELONA, March 17 (ffy-. Nine insurgent air raids took well over 300 lives last night and to day In this metropolitan capital. One bomb shattered window In the United State embassy: Hundreds were wounded In" a series' of bombardments which shook the city at intervals dur ing 16 hours. Casualty liata wer ' Incomplete. A bomb fell near tbe United State embassy In the ninth raid, which came at 1:50 p. m. th third daylight assault. The build ing was Jarred and windows wer blown in. Attache Shaken Col. Stephen O. Fuqua, military attache, alone In tbe building at the time, was shaken but not hurt. Charge D' Affaires Walter O. Thurston said new temporary quarters would be taken Immedi ately. Hospitals wer still too busy caring for the wounded to issue an official count oj the dead but pri vate sources estimated between 60 and 60 died in tbe ninth rain of bombs. Deaths In the previous eight bombardment had been set .at 284. : Thousands of persons were on the streets when Generalissimo Francisco Franco' airmen struck, tor th ninth time. Caught by Surprise . Tho stricken city was cleaning up the debris, gathering bodies and caring for the wounded of six nighttime attacks when th daylight bombardment started. At 7:45 a. m. (2:45 . a. m., EST) came a new rain ot death from the skica. Rescue squad rushed out to probe the debris , only to be driven to cover at 10:25 when bombs started falling (Continued on Page Six) ' Circuit Judge E. B. Ashurst lashes out at gambling and vie In addressing grand Jury. Cite testimony about Klamath Fall prostitution in sensational Seattle trial. Page 1. Local opinion held that Ma honey indictment in Linn county has political aspects. Mahoney an nounces tor senate. Pag 1. ' Klamath Fall blind man has) "seeing eye" dog. Story and pic ture on Page 1. . Klamath Pelican defeat Dallas, 42-22, after losing to Baker, 81 29, In Initial game, enter soml flnals of consolation brackot. Page 1. i C. A. Dunn awarded eontracl for construction of big concret Eloventh street bridge at bid of 132,430. Page 4. ' IN THIS IS8UB i City Brief Page 8 and I Comics and Story ........Pag 10 Courthouse Record Pag ; 4 Editorial ............Page 4 Family Doctor .....Pai ; 4 Market, Financial New ..Pag i 1 Sport ... Pag I CITYINHQRROR Today's News Digest