The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, October 28, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE KLAMATH MEW United New and United Press Telegraph Services -- N iv .! V V VoI. 1, No. 122. ENGLAND NEARS END OF BITTER CONTROVERSY wWnON. Oct. -27. (United Nel Climaxing ' rainpalgn diaiiineultihfd for Its bitterne. fOBrvtI speakers In every toaMtowy began tbi last iliree days' drive against, labor today, basing their attacks gpon ibe Zioovlev disclosures which they prt-du-t will cost the govern ment hundred seats. More than a thousand tory spokesmen, taking the keynote from their .leaders hammered the lalior gov ernmen't today for dealings with , Ranla. while liberal apokeiimen la many constituencies backed them up. The replies of labor leader are Hill Home what half bearied and uncertain. In view of Rorlet repudiation of ZInovlev letter. - Rt'HKl.tV GOVERNMENT DEMANDS AX APOLOGY ' MOSCOW, Oct. 27. A note dlnpatrhrd by the Russian gov ernment to the British govern ment completely repudiate the Utter'i charge regarding the "Zinovlev letter" and branded the letter an an "Impudent forgery" and demand an apology and punishment pf both private and official persons Implicated.,. Rus ila proposes an Impartial coun arbitration 10 confirm the . fact tbat the alleged "Zinovlev leUer" is a forgery and an attempt to disrupt the Anglo-Russian amity. JOHNSON WILT TALK TONIGHT ON BIG ISSUES I Follnte and Wheeler Speaker At Hraniliiiaviaa Hall, Nephew Of lliioiu Juitunou - Albert L. Johnson, a .' well known progressive speaker, will ddrn the people tonight at Brandianvlan hall apeak i'ng in favor of the candidacy of La Fol lette and Wheeler. Johnson u a Calttornlan. nephew of United States Senator Hiram Johnson, 'and has advo cated and spoken In favor of pro. ireaslve men and measures for a number of yeara past and Is an orator of more than ordinary abilKy, The meeting will he called to wder at 8 o'clock and everyone interested In the Issues before the 1ople should be present. Women well as men are Invited and Liii '"'''lona are that they w"l be there in large numbers. WW'Ol RAGED LOGGER - "'-V TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Oeorpe Gravel, a one-armed :ltA CKed 45. committed sul ,1m Sun''ay evening In his whin at Commercial and Klam avenues by cutting his throat. e seems to have tried a safety or blade first andf that falling fr- ..the work he got a knife InT.,",". klthen. sharpened It "d finished the Job. B ""Pondency because of sick-S.ll-."na,, the ,0M of "la arm are L .V,0 be the.cfcuse ot the 111, ,nll,(,'ed death. Funeral HToggeS. be amne1 by the Mot"p in TnornLK WIIRX HIT BY GALES (0?tUT,C,H HARBOR. Alaska, ter.' i (United Newsl Bat ing whlVer,.r,flc cro- gales dur half . 71 ,he 'easel wallowed er.L Tr Wa, "d with the the .1.1 ,w,od ,rom 'iKMing floM 7. through the heavy Ice Seam . mfttorsMp Anpolo of lerdVv r6fuKe ,n nor' ye Cani'atU T.he motorshlp, with leae.- Jlot fman ' wmmandtng. - uiwira river. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1924. MOUNT HOOD HAS GLACIER JUST FOUND Northern Mountain Going to Itlval hliaou In lrrent IimII Content of West PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 27. (United News) Hikers have dis covered what la believed to be a .ilihento unknown glacier on the southern slope of Mount Hood. Situated between two mor aine, unusual warm weather during the past summer melted the anow and disclosed a glacier of immense proportions. A stream at the foot of the glacial canyon, which eventual ly become the Salmon river has been reported to have a glacial Milt for years, but this was thought to have come from un derground crevasse through seepage. Fred Siadter and T. Raymond Conway, amateur climbers, made tlm dim-overy while selling a row of stakes to study the annual movement of ice. Chancing' upon the hare out croppings of the un familiar morralne they made subsequent discoveries thai pointed the existence of the gla cier. VOTE WILL BE LARGEST EVER THIS ELECTION 11 i pnn'nTAV rfc f fn 9 1 anre records at the polU will be iirboken on Tuesday next week, accord lug to estimates of the Na tional League of Women Voters here, which has been engaged In a nation wide campaign to gel out and vote. Tliu drive by tho organization has helped to swell the total reg Hi ration, which shows an in crease nearly everywhere over that of 1920, and in eome cases a very great increase, according to a statement giving figures of the gains. Large cities and small have in creuxed numbers of voters this year. Dulutn. Minn., leads In registration, with 80 per cent of its voters on the" books. St. Paul has 77 per cent of ks voters eligi ble. . In New York city 1.494,130 are qualified to vote tbls year, a riin nt x 7 ner cent over 1920. The increase in Chicago is 13 per cent, with 1.068.188 quali fied to cast their votes. BUILDING HERE KEEPS UP WELL FOR LATE FALL Out of 12 applications for building permits totalling 27, 725 which were presented to the city council last night 11 were granted. The one which was held up was that for a re-lnforced gar age building at the corner of Kfghth and Klamath avenue, which was delayed until plans and specifications are submitted. The budget meeting of the council was set for November 24 and the proper advertising which will include the proposed bud geting of the finances was order ed. -. . HF.MOK.S WIN FROM , HIGH IX FOOTBALL ) ' The senior football team won from the high school team at Mo doc park yesterday arfternoon with a score of 19 to 6. The game was rather one-sided all the way through with all the odds In favor of the upper classmen right from the start. PROMOTED LAW ENFORCEMENT PROHIBITION WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 27. (United News) The resigna tions of four United States dis trict attorneys have been asked whbin the past few weeks, and six euch officials have already re signed. Attorney General Stone declared today.' This upheave! and "general betterment in pro hibition enforcement," Stone said "resulted from the letter of Mr. Mabel Willebrandt. assist ant attorney general, to the Phil adelphia law enforcement league last July." Mrs. Willebrandjt's letter recently came into lime light when Samuel Untermyer of New York charged tbat the conr ditlons concerning "politics In prohibition enforcement," as set forth In the communication, hgd not been remedies. ' I "There has been a great speed1 Ing up in prohibitto neoforce ment throughout the country since Mrs. Willebrandt's letter was written." Stone said. HIKRE FROM PA8ADKXA LOOKING FOR LOCATION B. F. Talbott of Pasadena. Calrf., Is here looking over the possibilities of the county wdth the idea of bringing his family here. If he comes to Klamath he will bring with him his mar ried son and- family, a married daughter and her husband and family and an unmarried son. Talbott wa attracted to this city by reading The News which he saw in Pasadena. TEACHERS SEE BATTLE FIELDS OF MODOC WAR Extensive Party Vnder DlrecHon Of Captain Applegate' Make Trip Around Tule Lake More than 40 high school and grade teachers and students with others interested made a trip through the historic battle grounds of the Modoc war Sun day. Captain O. C. Applegate, veteran scout of that war, was the lecturer woo pointed out and explained each of the memorable spots. The party left Klamath Falls about 6:30 Sunday morning, there being ten cars In the car avan at the start. The trip consumed the entire day and every noted spot from the stone bridge across Lost river to Can by's Cross was visited. It was at Bloody Point where Mrs. Soule, mother, of Dr. A. A. Soule was rescued from the In dians when she was but a girl, and there she went wilth the fiarty Sunday ami the circum stances of her capture and sub sequent .rescue was told In de- It was at the stronghold of Captain Jack that time was taken for lunch and with City Super intendent J. . P. Wells acted as toastmaster while a number of teachers and others spoke. It is said that many of the high and grade teachers are yet wondering at the remarkable ac tivity of Captain Applegate after the walking and rock climbing trip they had Sunday following him through the trenches and fortifications of the Indian stronghold. The party came back as far as the Lost river bridge near Mer rill where a stop was made and with a fire and hot coffee a de lightful picnic supper was serv ed, the commlsary of the high school party furnishing an abundance of good things to eat. The trip ended with the ar rival of the caravan at Klamath Falls about 7:80 . Sunday - evening. MEASURES ON BALLOT TO BE UP AT FORUM lxra HprakrrM . Will Address Those Protcnt on Problems Which Come I'p Nov. 4 The chamber of commerce forum this week will take up the problems of legislation ' which will come before the voters one week from today, . - There will be no politics In the discussions and candidates will not be among the speakers, the talks being confined to measures which will .be on the ballot, -- Among the problems to . be discussed will be the road bond isHue, the city library, the state income tax, the oleomargarine bill and the workmen's compen sation law. Only local speakers will ad dress the gathering and both sides of each proposition will be explained, the object being to arrive at a better understanding of the problems so that tlie citi zen can vote intelligently. . The entertainment for this luncheon will be furnished by the high' school quartet consisting of Carl ' Yancy, Harry Molatore, Harry Peltz and Vernon Christy. Wm. McNealy will preside. STORMSWEEPS OVER KLAMATH DURING NIGHT Rain which started in Klam ath county Sunday evening-and continued the gerater. part of Sunday night, after cessation dur ing the greater part of Monday, started early last night . and .a heavy downpour drenched . city and country. The storm is general over the greater part - of Oregon and northern California, and early last night reached such severe conditions as to put all wires down on the western Union and thus interrupted communication. The later telegraph service of The Klamath News was cut off by the wires lielng down and today's paper carries no late ' evening wire service. . REV. W. DAVIS ILLUSTRATES HIS LECTURES Following a short review of the lectures of the last two Sundays, Rev. W. W. Davis at the Im manuel Baptist church last Sun day continued his sermons on the "Plan of Salvation." - Beginning with the flood Davis brought his listeners to the time following that event when the blood . sacrifice was accepted by the first alter after the flood and closing with- the consecra tion of Abraham. - The lecture was illustrated with colored crayon drawings which tended to make this lec ture and the others of the ser ies most interesting. Davis will continue each Sunday and. the public Is Invited to hear him at the Immanuel Baptist church. KLAMATH HEATING CO. WILL IMPROVE PLANT The Kkiimath Hebting com pany, the concern which furnish es steam heat for the business and downtown residence district, will remodel their . concern at Third and Klamath according to an application which passed the city council last night. The permit granted specifies that alterations to the estimated cost of S7.S00 will-be made. It Is understood that the smoke evil will be taken care of and some enlargement ot the plant made. Price Five Cents PEKIN IS HELD BY CHRISTIAN PEKIN. Oct. 27. (United News) The Christian Chinese army is holding Pekin, prepared today to meet the threatened at tack from the direction of Tient sin, where Marshal Wu Pel Fu, refusing to be ousted from Chi Li province which he controlled so long, 'was understood to be mobilizing the remnant of his army for a drive on the capital Marshal Feng Tiu Hsian, Christ ian general, has some 40,000 "nop inclnding the nucleus of his well trained shock troops at u.sposal if Wu attacks. GENERA LI RSMO NAMED FOB PEOPLES FORCES PEKING. Oct. 27. The peo pies army leaders. General Feng Tiu Hsiang and associates met today and elected Tuan Chi Juani, leader of the Anfu club, their generalissmo. Meantime the. formation of a cabinet was delayed. C T. Wang. Yale grad uate, has not decided whether he will attempt the formation of government, but said he would be willing to accept the portfolio of foreign minister. SERVICES HELD FOR WALLACE IN WHITE HOUSE Late ..Secretary ..of ..Agriculture Given Final Honors liy Men Who Worked With Him ARMED FORCES ' WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 27. (United News) Funeral ser vices were held in the east room of the White House today for the fte : Secretary of Azrfcnlture Henry C. Wallace while the gov ernment departments suspended business for a half day In offi cial tribute. Services were read by Dr. Wallace Radclftffe, with. President and Mrs. Coolilge," high government officials, friends and relatives of the Wallace family in attendance. After the simpler ceremonies were concluded., em- -ployes of the agriculture depart ment were admitted to the room to pass the bier of their chief. Mem'bers of the cabinet were hon arary pallbearers while agricul ture department officials were the active pall bearers. The re mains were sent to Des Moines, Iowa. WONDER THIS HASN'T BEEN TRIED HERE When Lull Follows Election Someone Should Easily Get , Away With This Stunt LIVINGSTON. Calif., Oct. 27. (United News) Practical Jokers are held responsible for the scandal that ensued when a cigarette dropped from the van ity case or. a young woman school teacher as she stood be fore her class here recently. The cigarette fell to the floor before the eyes of the entire class of children who immed iately told their parents about it and the fight was on. ' Sermons were preached about the incident and the two divided into two factions over the ques tion of school teachers who smoke cigarettes. Finally, however after an In vestigation of facts by the school board it was learned that the young teacher did not smoke and the cigarette had been placed in her vanity case .by the town Joker the night before.