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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1927)
The CIRCULATION Dally average diatrlhutlnu (or tha niunlU ending March t, 1917 3694 Member Audit Bureau of Clrculutluo AMATM The Klamath News Official Paper of Klamath Fall Full Leased Wire United Press Telegraph Service NEW Vol. 4, No. 137-Price Five Arnold to Keep Fund for Minor I n dian s Payment of Funds for Youth of Reservation, to Parents. Will be Dis continued Under Plan! Following out a plan inaug urated four month ago dur ing n pur capita payment to Indians of tho Klumath Indian reservation, Indian minora will have their fund deposited with L. I). Arnold, reservation superintendent, until they be come of ago. There are from 500 to 600 Indian boys and girls who will be effected by j this ruling. I,rrny 1). Arnold, superintendent of Klamath Indlnn reservation, re turned from Washington l. C. early this weok whore ho wan called, Willi other reservation head, to confer with Charles Uurke. commissioner of Indian nffalra. to outline pollrlm to b niada national throughout government roacrvnllona. "All minora" fiinda will not In paid out to parents n they havit In the past, except by apodal author ity." Arnold alatrd. "Thla la r mnllnuallon of a atcp taken at tho laal per capita payment and funda will only be used In ran of health, duration or relict ' from destitu tion." "The balance of lb money will be plated to tholr credit whore th ludlaa children . become of axe. to be used lu the' purchase of homes ad to naslsl In getting an ludiis trlal atari," the reservation head alated. With the quarterly payment to the Indiana during the coming weeks, checks amounting to $112. 600 will be received at Klamath Agency hendiiiartnra aa well aa dla trlbuted to Klamath Indiana, aavcral of whom are lorated In Okluhonin. and poliila on the Pacific roam. Pnyient Noon While at Washington. It waa de finitely announced that per raplla payment, to bo made aome time next week, will he $250 according to Arnold. "There are 1260 Indiana on tho rolla to rerolve thla money," Arnold atated. "Thla dlffera from the luat payment when checks ranged from 100 to 1300 per rnplta. It la understood anion Indian offlrlala, that thla money will aaalat I lie Indiana In funning: and It haa been derived from the anln of tribal tim ber. Kqual distribution la fnvor ed." Woman is Killed By Actor's Auto 1,08 AN'CKI.KH, April 20. (II. P.) A few inlmitoa nfler alio wiih truck by nn nulomohllu drlren by Kennelh Harlan, inolion pxture atar, Mr a. Klenuor lllahop, 40. riled here Wednenduy night. Harlun with the nid of a paaaer by mailed her to a pbyalrlan'a of flro, where alio died without regain ing conarlouaneaa. In n alntcment to Hollywood police llarlnn anid ho fnlled to are the woman until ahe alepped direct ly In front of lila car. lln aald ho waa driving at a moderate apced when he hit the woman. He wna relenard on hi' own recngnliance. Razed Indian Dorm -Won't' 'be Rebuilt The boarding school of Klamath Agency which aorvea hoya and girla of the Klamath Indian reaervatlon. will be dlacontlmied for a year and pnaalbly eloaed permnnently, accord ing to announcement nuirie Wednes day night by I.. I). Arnold, auperlfi tende.nl of Klnmalh Indlnn Agency. The boarding school, which re cently burned to tho ground, will not be rebuilt, Arnold elated, and Indlnn children will be placed In the nine public schools throughout tho reaervatlon or In non-reaerva-tlon achoola sponsored by the fed eral government Including ('hem awn, Oregon, Phoenix, Arlxona, and Klverslda, California. Duo In the lack of nttenrianra of reservation Indlnn children, I ho per capita rate waa unnecessarily high, tbe official stated. Cents GROCER'S REMARKS TO GUM PURCHASER MAY COST $10,000 IX I'Aho, April ill), r ' William llell.r, nu behalf ur lila adopted on, liny, 1 1, luui filed aull In rourt here asking; VIO.IMHI linages from I lie manager of I'lggl) WlitKly atom. M .ti ler rliiluia lila eon waa Insulted by the giiMerlliau while tile led wna pun-lmalng. a put-bagi f Ifuiii. Justice of Peace To Hold Hearing For Clark Today! Prosecution Will Preeent Evi denca in Sensational Street Shooting Case, Before Judge Barnea. Krnuk ('lurk, charged v. lib flrat b gree murder of lila former wife. Mr. Nellie Chirk, Sunday night, .rll .1, will lie aranled a bear ing In Juitlre court at l a. hi. TIiuimIii), ni-eorilliig to annoiiiiii lliewl tunlle by Jualliv of the I'eneo W. It llarne W.sliieliiy. Ctarire la being held wllbcut bond In Klamath county al where he waa tuken Sunduy night Immediate ly after the ratal shooting of hla exwlle, on Ninth and Lincoln atreeta. W. I'. Myera repreaenta Clark and Dlatrlrt Attorney 'Allllam Dun can and I'. 8. Ilalentlne, aanlalnnt dlxlrlct attorney, the alate. I I t The raae la exiiected to be one of the moat cloaely couteateu held In Klamath courts for aome time. Mrs. Clark waa shot ahortly af ter 9 o'clock Hnnday night, April 3. when ahe waa returning from church in company with a friend. ('. W. Stephens. Clark la alleged lo have followed them fur a d la in lire, aald a few words to both tbe man and woman and then fired ahola at hla former wife and at Ktepbena. Mr. Clark lived for aome time following the ahootlng. C.hargea of flrat degree murder were filed agalnat Clark at hla ar raignment. . Violent Heat Wave Strikes New York NEW YORK. April 50. (U.P.I The east la awelterlng In the flrat heat wave of the year. There were four proatratiuna, throe In New York and one In Kliialielh, N. J. All warm weather recorda for April were ahutlored Wednesday when the mercury climbed Into the nineties In New Kngland. with hot weather extending on down tho At lantic roaat. Street thermometers in Hartford. Conn., and New York City register ed aa high aa 92 degrees. At 3 p. m. official rcadlnge In Manhat tan were 8. 1-ato in the afternoon a hot south west wind ahlfted to the north and the weather, bureau predicted It would be much cooler. Subway crowda during the eve ning rush hour In New York ex perienced tho usual glimmer ill Irk I ness. Thousnnda rushed Into the pnrka for a breath of fresh air. Ilrooklyn beaches. Including Coney Island, were alive with humanity. Mistrial Motion Filedjor Ford I.KTUOrT. April 20. (U.l'.t A motion for a mistrial In the million dollar libel suit ",f Anron Snplro iignlnst Henry Ford wna filed In federal rourt here today by attor neys for tho billionaire. Affidavits bringing rhnrges agajn at Mrs. Cora Hoffman, one of tho Jurors nlso were Ifled. A ropf of tho motion was given William II. (lalliighcr, chief of Snp lro' counsel and arguments will be henrd in court Thursday morning. INAUGURAL BALL IS STAGED FOR SPIKER Prominent on the week's cnlon rinr wna the tClk inaugural ball held Wednesday night when Oliver W. Spikcr. newly-elected exalted ruler of thla Klka lodge, wna com plimented nt the annual affair. Thla was the largest event of the year nn the Klk.i social calendar and Hal Illackhurn and hla anven plece orrhustrtn provided music. PASSENGER TRAINS DELAYED INTO HERE Two pnasengor trains were late Into Klamath Falls Wednesday after noon, as the result of a derailment and engine trouble, according to reports from (rnlnmen Into last night. Train Nn. !I0 wna held up three hours by a derailed work train near Ady and arrived hero at 6:55. En gine trouble delayed No. HI until five o'clock. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON; THURSDAY, APRIL 21 ,1927. Mexican Renegades Set Fire To Train Many Passengers Killed When Marauders De rail Engine and Set1 Fire to Coaches I MEXICO CITY, Apr. 20, (U.j P.) Bandits who attacked a! train and burned iU coaches i on the line to Guadalajara.! have killed and wounded be tween 100 and 160 poron, I iiccordinp; to reports renchinuj railway official)! here. I Concealed by darkness at iJiharca atatiou Tuesday ulghl. the attack ing group derailed the engine of the train, engaged ita military ea-!er con in a two nour oaiiiu ana men. i before tboae aboard had an opporl tunlly to flee set fire to tho en- lire trnlu. ' I Karllrr renorta said that 187 per- j sons uhtnrd were either killed or wounded, but It waa thought thla figure was to high. The holdup occurred between the towns of I.imon and Feliciana in the atate of Jalisco. While terifled passengers hud' died In the coaches, the troops fired on the attacking band, but In tbe end were fct-ced to yield to superior numbers. iUilroad offl ciala aald the holdup was the worst railway dlataater In Ibe history of Mexican revolutlona. After the handlta had gone,- through tho train and robbed the passengar Ibey act (Ira .to all thai After the bandits had eoachea before those Inalde had bad an opportunity to flee. While the flamea leaped ever the roarhea. aome of the paaaengera were able to fight their way out and reach abarra station, where .hey wired Ihe news to Mexico City. According to reports of railway authorities, there were I3A second class paaaengera, 40 first claas, IS soldiers and two officers aboard tho (ntlnuel on Vug Pour) Durbin Appointed To State Post as Commission Member Roy F. Durhln, vice president of Klamath Klothlng Kompany, was late yesterriny appointed a member of Ihe Slate Oeorge Waahlngton Memorial cnmmiaslnn that waa cre ated by the last session of tbe Ore gon legislature. Thurs are 13 rltiiens In Oregon appointed to this ' commission, of which the governor, president of the atate senate, and speaker of the house, are ex-oftlclo members. Thla commission, which Includes pnmlnenl cltllens of the stato under the direction ot Kdgnr 11. Piper, editor of the Oregoniun, as generul chairman, have as their duties the preparation of the cele bration of the 200th anniversary of ttre birth of (ieorgo Washington In 1932. Mr. I)ur?in's appointment came from the speaker of tho house, Hon. Jihn H. Carkln of Medford, upon the recommendation of Hon. Jay H. I'l'ion and Hon Denton O. llurdlck who represent Klninnth county In the sennte and lu the house. Mr. Durhln la tho youngest mem-! ber of Ihe commission, and ho lskendnll and Innla Roberta, aeem to receiving many congratulations up-1 be the two youths in question who on the appointment. i will hold the law In their hands on Malin Residents Plan Ocean Trip Three Mulin residents are leav lug'thls city soon to aull from New York late In May for Kuropo, where Ibey will spend from four months to two years visiting friends and relatives In Oermnny and Checho slovakia, it vna announced Wed neadsy by J. J, Miller, district ng ont for the Southern Pacific. Steve Kuder will anil May 21 on the Leviathan for Bremen, tier many. From there he will go lo Prague and after a few months In that city will go Into Cxecho-Slo-vakla. Ills sojourn wllr take nearly two yeora. Albert Mlckn and Frank Cnckn will sail about May 28 trom New York City, to visit In Bremen and Prague for nliout four months, ac cording to Miller, who arranged transpnrtntinn for tho trio of trav elers Wednesday. VORCECASEIS I CARRIED ON WITH I FINGER LANGUAGE! WW VOItK, April 30, l'.l.) 1 1m Hr M orr h, m don f m u t Umtlfyinf , III (hi illrnrro cum brouictit lir Mr Mollir hit ln. hr r. who in draf a Mil tlumb, mtttnt bfr litwlMiiit, lfrrt t-'lclnrhrr. who aImb Im lirml and dumb, ffV rtlilcnn rrftiinliiiK 'lit rhitrsff that Hi-Urhrr bad affair mlth flv Huiiirn, who rrr n'ft hi-r flnf nor tlumh. Jackson Reveals Plans for Union o i t..:ij: OCIIOOl IUIIUIIlg, New Structure, to Be Started Soon. Will Be One of Moat' Adequate on the Pacific1 Coaat. Humumi Mien of Ul.m.ili falla ! t from l-.ui l....a-a.al aTiaa haaaul jmkaun. princi,.i of Klamath i roimiy iiih Hrhoai, of the plana , for the new t ni..it iiinh arhooi ooiinina; wnirn aui in- put bihst ; coiiHlrnitloa lliia aainmer on the I site itt the old Hot Kprluga Court Imuae, now being rawd. principal speak-'1"'" r of commerce r ot commerce Jiukaon waa the of the 4,nlllnb,r 1 fru,n " W'edneaday noon. I , arrOTt tne rraieit killer. j 1-eallo Itogera. chairman and other , The house waa beaetged by off 1c- Imembeiu of tbe Inion nigh srhoollera until Pallia, peering through hoard were also In attendance. Jackson went over in detail plana aa they were represented on the blue prima showing excellent facili ties for the housing of high school students from Klamath Falls, l'lev I n Kumnera which Includes Alta-1 .i moni ZrZ. Tni A.gom.' Jackaou pointed out such excel lent fnrtliilea aa an auditorium with a seating capar ty ot inctuninx !! '"".'k Ll,"'e "Jh" f,,,0r v"d 300 m tne nairony. i no stage naa ample room for the odurt on of ((..nllanedon Page Five) . JlQllaJ. WitVi - I Jae ' T ttCCll llUI 1-AI3S Of Home; Cdiiple Attempts Suicide SALT LAKE CITY. Vtah. April 20, IV. I) A suicide pact enter- ed into by It. K White, aged ex press man and his wife, because they were about to be evicted from tholr little home kas resulted in the death of Mrs. White and the probable fatal wounding of White. White, who Is 6 years old, and his wife, 65. had been given until Wednesday to vacate their home under a mortgage foreclosure. Ilnther than move out they agreed to die . together. White shot his wife through the temple, killing her Instantly, and them fired a bullet Into hla head. White waa taken to the county hospital, where physicians aald he had little chance for recovery. School Youths to Run City One Day Traffic violators, canned beat addicts and all manner or eo. laws must watch their i-:i on May 3 when a new city adiuliii - trntlon takes the reins of mun'.- rlpul irovernincnt. for IS tiours. The new administration will In elude students of Klamath county high school who will borrow Mayor Tom Walters' official meln. Keith K. Ambrose's shining badge and even I .em L. Caghtigen. police judge, may have to move off the bench for n tew hours while serious mind; ed youths deal out the penalties. Juat who the mayor will be has not yet been decided. Vernon Kuy- that day. Appointments to neaa or the police, fire, city cleanlug a.nd other departments will be made by tho now "mayor," It Is underatoo''. Thla plan of teaching students civil government has been carried out In other cities throughout the United Stales but this Is the flrat time that Klamath Folia haa been able to place hoys and girls in a position where they could find out. first -hand, how the city govern ment is carried on. ACCIDENTAL SHOT' IS FATAL TO MAN EIIOENE, April 20. (U.P.I B. W. lllnkle, 44. waa accidentally shot and killed Wednesday, when n gun he waa dragging through a fonce dlachnrged, tho bullet striking him In the head. Investigation by W. W. Brnn atetler, coroner, determined - that Hlnkle'a gun had caught on the fence nnd wna accidentally dla - charged. A - J T A26(l iYIflll O Goes Mad and Kills 2 Persons Iruae Rlu Barricad-; es oeii in aDin 10 ci nr.-u ci ; 0"W"n8!Ceore Hill Ship. Firat Seven vrgy iciyniK v-apturc, I'ETALUMA, Cal., April 20, l(U.P.) An aged recluse, his mind suddenly unhinged, en- . . !Kaea ln a w"a snooting orgy here today and killed two; men before a police bullet Knuffed out Me murderer's ... - lllv John Fnllla," 72 year old retired Portuguese rancher, barricaded him-1 bl holne ft'r 1',n Mike, 1 pheo"-cook' "d R' '" K"n",- i denutv sheriff, who aought : window, was hot down ny ueputyi"-- "-. Sheriff P. V. Fuller. After pur-j The cattle are being ahipped bete rvhaaing a rifle at a downtown by George Hill, way bills indicated, hardware (tore early In .the day. ' Jam where the stock Is to range, Fallla ran into Petaluma'a main j officials of the railroad company business district and started shoot-, m-are unable to state. It is expect - i v.nrfAm Blv iwranm Aaeaned ! ili.i ih. klnMA . u u r ' - T .. . ",1' Bi7cu e Pheon. braving the gun fire, at-, I tempted to wrest Failla's weapon . , ,,, fh. m,Hn,,n nnnred three bullets Into the cook's body. kung him naUBtly. Fallla then (or , hom. , , ot ,he , ..nm drl,t. A oosse of 2S w.-... . men wan nastily ornannea ana wem lln pursuit. An airpiane patched ' to Ban' Frakc 'for-tear. gaa bombs. Two machine guns were brought up and pumped a hall of lead Into the Fallla home. Itasmuasen was killed In the first rfvanni on the house. The bar- j rlcllde( ,. w shooting as rapld- ly as possible from his windows. Finally Fuller, who was crouch ing behind a tree, saw Fallla at a window. Taking careful aim, the officer shot Fallla through the head. The man was dead . when officers broke Into the house. Bare Fist Slayer Is Found Guilty On Murder Charge LOS ANGELES. April 20. (I'.P.) An Indictment charging ' Paul Kelly, brllllont screen juvenile actor, L.(lh ,ne flrst degree murder of Ray nxmui muuirnl enmedv star, was returned by tho grand . Jury here Wednesday. The Indictment followed the brief testimony of witnesses.' Including Dorothy Mackaye, widow or tne dead actor. Miss Mackaye. unaer i oueattoning. nummea sne was in ! Kelly'a home the night that he ad- ministered a terrific beating Itaymond. to Kelly declined to testify -before the Jury. Injuries received In the primitive bare knuckle battle between tbe two men are aald to have reanlted in the death of Raymond. Both Kelly and Miss Mackaye have admit ted that their friendship provoked the struggle between the aclora. Mlas Mackaye testified only under the greatest difficulty. She broke down twice during questioning and was revived by stimulants so she could continue her hysterical story of events leading up to the tragedy. Crew of Rum Ship Are Given1 Liberty 8AN FRANCISCO. April 20. (U. p.)LThe captain and crew of thejlng driven a stolen car from Mln-j Honor laden steamer FederaU-hlp. .....a ... -ii... r r.nr 1. coaat last month, have been releas ed from jail, following a federal court decision, which held that the capture was Illegal. "Seiiure of thla vessel was sheer aggresalon and trespassing like that ! Iale Wednesday, believed by police which contributed to the war ot j t0 be wnnted by authorities In sev 1812." declared Federal Ju2gW, western cities, brought finger George M. Ilonrqiiln, who ordered , prnl equipment at Ihe local police release of Captain S. S. Stone andialR,on into piay hRre yesterday. Id members of the . Federalship i Beard a finger prints were sent crow on a writ of habeaa corpus. t to aevornl different cities of The aelied ship will be allowed j Oregon and California by Chln( of to take her $1,000,000 cargo from Police K. K. Ambrose, to whom this port and proceed on the voyage I Beard la said to have confessed mla Interrupted when ahe waa captured ; demeanors In a number of towna. 1 by ronatguard cutters, dlcntcd. It waa In - (Every FISHERMAN DROWNS ATTEMPTING TO FREE LINE FROM WILLOWS I MIDIH.KTOWN, (linn., April ; Tin- flrat flailing tragedy of ! I lie season waa recorded here when Hurrl Vlnrgerr, ahow line her a me entangled In m rlump of j willows, allppeal Into the water ami drowned before help could i reach him. i 'Arizona Cattle to Graze On Klamath lvaugc xiua ocasuii c. of 15(X).Head Herd of Fine Beef Stock to Mid-i land. I I Tiuu Kiamatirs rich range Und la attracting lirealork growers I lliroufrhout thj. ijrel flrat -vL .j M.rpr,l Ufn mfa Khrn iurae of taiifornu ah-p on isMarair or i aurornm sheep on , rQ..f - - MHior point by a Poland buyer tratt for common-iiBer en wna announced, waa siwwn again , trance into Klamath Falls, in- i-aa khi - 7 laine, irj aa hrnl of l.VMJ cmttlr from Ihin- i ra i itwtm muir inin inin- . ran. triHina. mat nnlna.le.1 m Midland. i n,. .h,Dn,.n, ,ram Arl.on. .1 terday Included seven carloads eon-! orfrJ00 h"d ' ftoe- billed aa feeder cattle. This Is the j "';", ' hS0 ttv' J ! i are to r,nM cut ot lne -"'dland dia- j'r'" V"ea"n;i,ac''ord,nf,1to of"'l " "-'"-"- " ' ! !'' J,,d - - - ...vu.u, ,u vu ine range early in May. The Imported sheep that are to ! n., Point, will Le kept on Klamath pasture until fall when they will be hlpped ,nto ,,, fJr Uaga. ter. reeent rennrt. uM i , I 'nrt Hlte I fnf r mi u auwj v a, va . VttlCICSS ISUIIipiIlg jjumpers, Deware: i This was the warning nsaed by Justice of the Peace W. B. Barnea, when he fined Logan Black. Paul Smith and Ellis Nelson coats of!rrom iae. Klamath Development j,. i .i . (company could not be learned. The proceedings in Justice court when ,," Iocted Mt . vest they were arested by Deputy Sher- j of ,he Pelican Bay school house, are iff Lou Mueller on the charge ofiin one bunch and so situated aa to dumping garbage alone the old ' give the Northern Lines, should Fi-rt Klamath road. A war has been perpetrated against garbage and refuse damp ers by city and county officials and the a rest of these first three will aerve as a warning, according to Barnes. Deschutes Jury to btart VlCe Jrr0beral narcotic operative, who has - heen in thla city for several days, BEND. April SO, (U.P.) An In- working under cover, and spread vesication of vice conditions in the by Chief Keith Ambrose and his county, with particular reference to men, closed Wednesday night with alleged madhouses, gambling and three dope addicts, one a notor violations of the prohibition law. j lous woman, inescapably enmeshed, lias been started by the Deschutes The woman. May Allen, who gave . county grand Jury, according to the j police a fictitious name, but who grand Jury made public today. was nstaI"y recogniied by the led ,. , . , , i eral agent. Is alleged to be facing Member, of the grand Jury inj,n federa, , fora;erv making their report requested Clr- portiand. police a,ale tnat ahe cult Judge Duffy to recall the Jury forged doctor's prescriptions In ord-. some time within tbe next 0 days;1- to( obtain dope from Portland for the purpose of making a report i "ores- The woman Is also ... . : charged with violation of tbe Har- on this Investigation. ; .,, ., Auto Thief Gang f j gi . j Leader Laptureui LOS ANGELES. April 20. (CP.) Jack Gorham. alias Roy Yoder. said to be the leader of a gang of automobile thieves who specialize': in transcontinental trips with stolen, machines, was ordered held under SJX. S2.500 bond when he was arraign-1 Gorham, arrested by secret aer- vice agents, was charged with hav- neapons to Hastings, .sen. Hearing waa set for April 26. POLICE TAKE FINGER PRINTS OF SUSPECT The arrest of William Beard hnre 1 Beard told police that he had I "done time" In San Quentln. Morning Except Monday) Northern Lines Buy Terminal Property !s.le f KUm. D.,el- opment Lots Believed Traced to Oregon Trunk Representative Following close upon the ' announcement Saturday that '.L, - vn-,l..n, U.J v ........ "'P- ed the Southern Pacific con lratt terest in the railroad situa- r ' tifin 'U'SS fir riio-h niteh II sra w jj- .v .. """ nen 11 WaS Vealed that terminal Of right- of-way properties had been I . . . . . Purctla8ea nfar ippington Dy the incoming railroad. : Only partial confirmation of , the report could be obtained here at a ; late hoar Wednesday night from j T. P. Henderson, realdent manager j for tbe Klamath Development com-, j pany. from which tbe block of lota I are said to have been purchased. , ! . ... . . . IViamatn ueveiopment com- !''' ld approxlmate.r z or ju lots in Buena visia, ana ; Klamath Lake additions," Hender : son stated, "but so far as I know h.j k. ,a,.ia jual. I cannot ear If the northern i lines are behind the purchase." , nn,tb, bammt.- ... ... 7 L .. , i al-U tutr roui 1 w ucu i. w ava rwrn" .!ld hr nwruanat .ranriManlatlVaM that Bert Harrington, resldlnc at Shlpprngtonv -received -an otter of' there Dy . nortnerB line, representi representative. I Harrington. It la understood, was offered an alternative of accepting hla price or having the property condemned for railroad uses. Price paid for the lots purchased they bnild a terminal at thla point. an excellent opportunity to bid for lumber tonnage originating along Upper Klamath Lake. Police Net Spread For Dope Addicts 1 1 .. t : t l l. . ... .1 It is alleged that the 'woman serv ed three years ln San Quentln. i"hers arrested on dope charges er Edi,K worthmgton and ai fined and ordered to leave town. Portland Police Comb Underworld PORTLAND, April 20, (U.P.) More than 100 suspicious characters were questioned here today aa Port land police moved to end a aerie of bold downtown holdups and rob beries. ...... Stung Into drastic action by the ft ..bH nf fl Un, handlt whn hold MM I " a waist shop yesterday even as abot gun squads patrolled the atreeta police headquarters ordered a gen eral round up ot all idle men. Four downtown holdups or bur glaries, two of which were daring daylight robberies, occurred here within a period of nine days. The loot obtained In the four crimes approximated 149,000 and no de finite clue was left In any case. . Many of the men taken Into cnsl tody were released early today while others are being held ' for further Inveatlgation. It was an nounced that the drive would con tinue Indefinitely.