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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1924)
THE KLAMATH United News and United Press Telegraph Services Vol. 1, No. 125. ' KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1924. Price Five Cents RECORD VOTE IS EXPECTED NEWS INTEREST! ! ELECTION IS VERY GREAT ' The entire country Is keenly on tp ioii today for the election which promise to he one of the mont IntereNtinx held (or many yean with a heavier vote east than isfliit of the present voters bare ever known. The national ticket la 'uncer tain because of the presence of the third parly yet . helling I generally In favor of Cooldge aid Dawes. Late last night the national manager of all three parties claimed certain victory thonKh .llgure were not Riven in erery instance. ' : t Locally the big flglit seem to J crutered on Underwood and Short, the candidate for county fuinmlsnlnner. ' ' There are morle afloat u'nuil many attempt which - will Ve mide today to owear In nnreg biered votera and It ia aald that both nidi- will have men at ill Ahe voting placea to challenge any doubtful votera. The bond Issue, one of $50.- 000 for a city library jind the other for $125,000 for additional : roadi, are getting considerable attention. Those Informed aay that the road laaue -will carry easily tint the library Issue will have a tight squeeze -to jet by. Paul K. Malleon. staff correa- . pondvnt at New York for fne United Press, aenda the follow Inn: With all of the toattle over but the about Inn;, political gen eral of each faction have drop ped their clioottng Irona tooiy and turned to count head in an effort t. iiirwmt . the maximum atrenicth at the polla early Tues day. (Export from the republi can, democratic and Independent headquarter Indicated that, if .clear weather prevails, the nation will cast the largest vote In hls Inry. Kneh aide ha made con fident claim. Chairman Butler for the republican claimed 350 -elertorlal vote, chairman Shaver of the democrats, without using ny figure. Haw hi faction wln : ner on the baa I of the "allent '. ote." and John M. Nelson for the Independent pffljicted that U Kollette would either be eleet & or at lean would throw the lection Into congress. TONIGHT FROM UNITED PRESS Election returns complete In very detail, will foe received by ne Klamath News from -Che timed lrea and given to the Pubhe at the Waldorf blllard hall. Hurry Cash grocery and the rooms of the Klks besides t . " ui luo cm nesiunn oeina iiiunin... mi.. . a .nThoaft wn cannot come down "?" should call 570 on the i". ,e nd our operator will give 7on the latest. This news service hi continue during the night un h "e,.re,u"s- fully determine will he the winner. Local re- , "lrn will .be bulletined also. ,r- and Mrs. Cliff Dunnlngton K,'""'11 children moved to S lh P"U9 tram Medford wonrJay here Dunntgton has ELECTION NEWS l.lIHCOIAL C liritOf WILL OIVK KLtXTIO.X iti-mnxs There will be an exciting time at the KplKcopal church tonight when the open house will be held and election return received. The return will te .ponied on a large acreen. The radio. Instal led by the Baldwin Hardware company and runners from the county clerk'a office will bring the earliest news of both national and local return. Refreshment will be aerved, buffet style, by members of the Churchwomen's "Service League. TUNNE L WORK ON NEW LINE rm nnninnn rt n n a r III VI MUI VI II I 111 i lUtllrini 0UU11 K II C E N B. Nov. 3. Tunnel work on the Bugene-Klamath Kail line of the Southern Pa cific will to under -way within 30 days, said John G. .McFee of the firm of Henry & McFee, which hai the contract for the building of 17 tunnel In the Cascade mountains aotuheast of Kuyene. -McFee reported that within' 15 day the Kelly Sullivan con tract ior clearing the right of way would be practically completed and that the tunnel boring would be underway. The firm expects to employ be tween 900 and 1000 men be neath the ground, said McFee, and about 300 outside. If tbey ran et the underground work started before bad weather starts In they can accomplish much this winter, he stated. Of the 17 tunnel to be con structed by this firm the longest Is 2400 feet and the next is 2100 feet. The firm has six steam shovels at work. During the sum mer building wagon roads and camps took most of the time of the men employed 'by the con tractors. WU PEI FU NOW DECIDED THAT . WAR IS OVER TIENTSIN. Nov. 3. (United News) Fighting Increased today and peace negotiations began between- Feng Yu Hsiang and Wu Pel. The latter is considered finally and thorougBly beaten. Reports from Mukden said Chang Tso Lin, having crushed a Chi Li army at Shan Hai Kwan "was pre paring to send three divisions to Tientsin to help finish off Wu. This may have Hastened tai ter'a decision to capitulate. YF.S, CIAS AT TI LE LAKE - IS QUITE INFLAMMABLE wilt the natural gas from' the Tule lake section burn? Well. just ask Henry Holm or me Klamath Packing company. Holm was hunting Sunday and -eat down near where the gas was sUxling from a small vent. Later Holm Thought to light "his Pipe. Well, the story ended about then and Henry now has neither mus tache nor ga9 well. WITH LINCOLN' WHEN HE MADE UKTTSIU'RG ADDRESS HOLLYWOOD. iCnllf.. Nov. 3. (United News) Former U. S. Senator Cornelius Cole, the last of those who atood on the plat form with Lincoln at Gettsburg when he delivered his famoua ad dress died here today at age of 102 years. OREGON GROWS RAPIDLY OVER PAST 5 YEARS PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 3. (Special) There, are 955, 6C2 people In Oregon today. Accord ing to a detailed survey Just made by the Oregon state cham ber of commerce the state's in crease In population during the past five years has been greater than it wa for the entire decade of 1910 to 1920. Through the co-operation of the seventy-four commercial organizations affil iated with the state chamber a careful estimate -lias been com pleted. The five year period following the government census of 1920 show a gain in population for the entire state of 171. ITT, or 19 per cent. The ten years prior to 1920 showed an Increase of only IS. 4 per cent. If .the aame relative growth continues the population in 1930 will be ap proximately 1,170,000. Officials of the state chamber, who have followed closely the results which have come during the past season from the careful ly directed efforts of the varioua communities to capitalize the re turns .from the national advertis ing of the railroad and other agencies, believe it reasonable to expect the 1930 census to show at least 1,400.000 Inhabitants in Oregon, it continued local inter est in the development program is maintained. Portland's present population la placed conservatively at 315, OOO Currv countv. takes the lead wirh a 65 iper cent increase for the past five " year period, while Lincoln county is close second with 60 oer cent: Jose phine county is next with 50 per cent, then Lane with 49. uon 46, Deschutes 41, Columbia 37, Co'os 34.8. Jackson 38, Klamath 32, Douglas 30. 'Marion 27. Ben ton 21.8 and Multnomah 21. The increase for Tillamook and Yam hill counties la the name as the general state average and the other counties come In the fol lowing order. Crook 17. Baker is a Union 15. Wasco 14. Clat sop 13. Harney 12. Polk 10. Clackamas 8.1. Umatilla s.z. Washington 5. Hood River 4.9, anH milium 3.5. No estimates were obtained for the remaining counties; therefore the 19Z0 fig ures were used in the present compilation. $74,825 VALUE OF PERITS ASKED n..iil;ntf nprmit totalling $74,825 were asked from the city .council at tne meeting mm night. These repreesnted 15 k..(Mintra In cntlmatcd Value from $25 up to $60,000. The latter amount was tor tne dox luxury which Is to 'be used by the Shaw Her tram company. The greater number of per mits requested were tor private garages of smati cosi. Tiha matter of eranting a fran hlse for a bus line on the streets t triamnth Falls also came UP again, a franchise form being submitted. Titia matter was re ferred to the street committee. BUILDING KHKKMIX CLAV MVS' II KICK FOB HIS CONCERN H. O. Cray, head mechanic for Sherman Clay who was brought to Klamath Falls last week by B. S. Austin to inspect and reg ulate the many Sherman Clay In struments in this city, particular ly the Duo-Arts. Austin has rep resented the company here in person for several - months through the Klamath Falls iMuslc House and Is greatly impressed with the future of the section. Cray will leave in a few days for Sacramento. NO POLITICAL IN USE TODAY 'Political placards must not be displayed today. If in the window of your store or office there is today a card asking the support of the voter for any (person or measure the laiw of the state of Oregon is vio lated. 1 - i - , All political advertising ' in newspapers," on screen at picture house,' -on sign boards -. 'or - else where is fonbidden today.' Per sonal solicitation of a voters sup port today is also unlawful. There Is "some reatton to be lieve that this law 'will be en forced in Klamath Falls today and thie reminder to make away with the political ' literature should be heeded. ADVERTISING DEADLOCK ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WOULD CREATE AN UNUSUAL AND INVOLVED CASE By DALE VAX EVERY (United Press Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. (United Press) The machinery of the American Constitution may break down and leave the united States temporarily without , a president, after the fourth . of next March. . If the electoral col lege fails to cast a majority over all for any of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, and if congress becomes- dead locked .over the same issue, some constitutional lawyers say it Is doubtful whether the secre tary of state can -automatically succeed to the White House va cancy. Should "this contention be up held, there will be an interreg num, during which congress might have to find a way out; or the supreme court might ren der a controlling decision. In the history of the American gov ernment, congress -has : had to function before, for the election of president; but a case has never arisen whereby, through a- dead lock, no president has got the necessary majority vote. Kit tint ion Not Clew It has been assumed on the first view of this possible con tingency, that , the secretary of state would succeed to the pres idency if the deadlock should per sist to March 4.- But. It Is now possible that legally t h e r e wouldn't exist any secretary of state; if an outgoing administra tion expired 'before a new- one cme in. Or. If the secretary of state holds over, it has not been judicially determined whether he would have a legal light- to ; the QUARANTINE OF PLAGUE UNDER STATE CONTROL , LOS ANGELES, Calif. Nov, 3. tiuiteu News) Tne state of California has been intrusted wth -Mi" iatt) . monic plague -which has already. quarter of this city. A meeting of city, state and federal health autbor.iies late , today decUeU that the state should take charge of the quarantine. LOS ANGELES. Calif., Nov. S. (United News) vtiiu u utsJ cases reported, the . death total still stands at 23, hope was ex pressed at noon today that the pen'umonic epidemic in the Mex ican section of 1os ' Angeles is definitely controlled. . -The two men who died during' the night, Frank Pcrint and Peter ller radez, were the last victims of the disease, so far aa .known. . One of the latest' victims was a "dir--ect - contact" while ' the - other lived alone in a small hut. ac cording to A. L. Peterson, .assist ant county health officer:-' It la unknown how he got the disease. One hundred quarantine officers were sworn in for service in the Belvidere district. after one case was discovered there. Police and guards were equipped with sanitary masks similar to those worn during the "flu", epidemic in 1918. presidency under the connditlons of a deadlock.. The Constitution "" provides that if no presidential ticket has a majority over all In the elec toral college vote, when on Feb ruary 11, then. the house shall Immediately proceed to elect a president and the senate a vice president. If by the fourth of March, the house has not elected a president, the Constitution says the vice-president -shall succeed to the office. ; But. the Consti tution makes no provision for the possibility of there being no vice pres'dent through a senatorial deadlock. By law, however, congress pro vided in 1S6, that n the case of the death or disability of both president and vice-president, the cifblnet shall succeed to the presidency, "iby order of 1 prece dence, the -secretary of state be ing 'first. Whether or not this law would apply to a deadlocked situation Is a matter of opinion aince there is no legal decision to ibe followed. . A possible way out might be for the secretary of state- io summon a special ses sion of the new congress for rem edial legislation. Congress Is divided ' now In such peculiar fashion' that a deadlock in ftoth bouses seems probable if the electoral college faila to choose a ticket. Votln" lv SttfH Th method of election -'nf the president bv the house provides for voting 'by states. Each state delegation has one vote, to he de cided 'by the delegation Itself. It (Continued on Page Four)
