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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1927)
The Kilamath "News "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER GET OUT YOUR HORN" The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath Shop Early I Only 20 Days . Until Christmas AVOID THE RUSH Vol. 5, No. 11. Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1927. (Every Morning Except Monday) Mercury Suddenly Drops In Midwest 22 Degrees Belovfr Zero Predicted For Chicago; Hot in New York. CHICAGO. Nov. 30. (U. I1.) The middle west felt (he t'uldcHt wuuther of the KciiKon tniii(ht as tempera tures fell well below the freezing murk. Forecast predicted Htill colder weather by the end of the week. Strong wliiiln nut of Ihn north weal, originating In Alaska, mid ('snniln, were rriMtiti'il with ill sudden drop. Tho change fol lowed I ho wnrmeal November 29 recorded In Clilrano. Tho offlitnl reading here Tueadity was 65 de grees. I'rofg. Henry 1. Cox. dtatrlrl weather lorecaHior. predicted (t 'onilnueit on Page Four) Great Northern Officials Will Convene Locally One of lhi largest ronrlavca 1 ('.real Northern officiate to ho hold In Klamath Falls for many montha, la scheduled for thla evening when a number of tho northern line rcpreacntatlvea will arrive In thla city. Heading tlia roil II will ho ('. V. Cuntvllo. In charge of 0. N. paancnger truffle In Ihn northweat and W. I. Kenny, vico-prcaldent of tho flronl Northern. Several othora whoan namea wore not avallahln lal night, will ho In tho parly. Whothor Ralph Iludd. prcal il. ni. will ho In tho p:irly rould not ho learned. Rig Sum Sought For Movie Dog I .OS ANttKI.F.S. Nor. Jo. (UP) Tho Talur of a do film aitrtr will bo argued hrfnrn a Jury to morrow when flrnt evidence will In. aiihlnlttod In thn anil of ( hnrlea Itreyor and Kdward Faust to collect $260,000 damagoa aa tho reault of tho shooting laat yrar of Peter tho (.rent, noteil arrontt ennlno. Dreyor and Faunl naked $150. oon for tho dog mid floil.iiilii for y tho malice tho defendant. Fred Cyrlaika, ahnweit In killing It. Thoy rhnrgn Cyrlncks ' allot Pour Ihn Great without privneti-llon. State Police Go x Into Strike Area DKNVKH. f'olo.. Nov. 3. (UP) In ana! to an nppoul from thn mayor of Agulliir, a aquad of ntnlo pollee offleera waa aent lo Ihn Agulliir conl atrlko tllnlrlet ton Ik lit . Thn off leers . wero ordered to Invcatlgatn reporta that atrlkera had been "milling around all nfternnon and woro In an ugly mood." Itennwal of activity among atrlkera. In Ihnt dlatrlet followed (lonely tho rnleaao of flvo prl Konera nrrnatod . ntoro Ihnn a week ago for plekntlng there. Mayor John Borenrclo of Agiillar V- told tlio atnto pollra. 'Flapper Hog Is Sought For Trade CHICAGO, Nv. 80 Tho "flap per hog" wn Introdueed to tho public toiloy by the Nallonnl Swine Growers association. I'arkora are dojnandlng alend er. ttltrn-femlnlno llnna for the ' prodtteora of pork rhopa and bacon . Thn corpulent and un gainly lard hog la going nut, Ac cording to members of the nsso elatlnn. This la due to the demand both In America and haroad for lean meat, It was said, and the tend ency In America ot breed heavy hogs la held partially responsible for the decrease In this country's pork exports. AL SMITH IS NOT A TOPIC WITH CLERGY Mcthodiit. Disband With out Scoring Him A Candidal WASHINGTON, No. SO. Momhora of tho Methodist Kplaro IHil rhiirrh hourtl of temperance, prohlhlllon and public mornla broke up their annual inootliiK loilny without action on the proal dentlul candidacy of Al Smith nr tho prnpoaod hiacrtlon of a dry plunk In pollitrul party plut forma. Iloih woro scheduled for voto, hut wore disi-uacd lu rloaed sea alon and Ignored. Tho two roaolutlona had boon prepared for thn approral of the board. One mtidoninod (Tie cand idacy of Hmlth and tho other lu (Continued ob I'ajo Mis) IN CAR CRASH Faulty Steering Gear It Cause of Wreck on Highway A coUlnloii occurred short distance on the other aide, of Itarrluy HprliiR laM nltcht about 7:30 when a car In which Mm. Minnie Williams and a youim Indian who cave bin name a llarkley ran Into an auto contain In K Mr. and .Mr. John Copclald of Kort Klamath. A steering near which waa out of order on llarkley's car was lh cause of the accident. It wan believed by Waller Koatir. traf fic officer, who wan present at thn rice no of the accident. T'.m car In which thn Indlanii wrn driving had gonn into tho I ditch a ahort time lit-fnrw and . Mr. William had Injured her arm. It waa believed that the latecrliix Kar of tholr machine wna broken at tlr.it time. Ur whllit trying lo paKa thn t'npo ! land enr Ilurkley lot com nd of htn mnchln. catinliiK tlio col lision. Font or atnted. Molh earn wero damnged. Waited 41 Years" For Wife But She Failed To Return THK IlAM.KK. Ora . Nov. 30. (IT) Cnrewarded fnlthfulneita wna rtcordcd In circuit court hem today when V. T. Miller reveal ed ho has waited 41 yeara f r a wlf-t who did not comn. After waiting two acoro and on years for the womun who deserted him when they had been married alx yearn. Miller auks thn trpr.il trlbunnl In grunt hltn hla freedom. Thn couple wan married In Loulnlann, Mo., on July 1. 1KS0, Mlller'a ault for divorce claim. And then In thn formal phrnsn-olr-gy of Ihn document the man bnion thn many yearn of walling and nnfferlng na followa: 'In 1SS6 Mr. Knlo Miller left tho family home and 1m con tinned lo live npurt from me." Office Boy Rises To High Position SAN FIlANCISfO. Nov. 30. (V P) JtiHt a few yeara ago. Jatnea I. Hers waa one cf the moat familiar f Is urea nrounil Ihn .city hall here aa nfflro hoy for Mayor Jnmea lolh, Jr. Today. Hen, a member of the San Franelae atork and bon-.l exchange and president of the Dial dlvlalnn naaoclatlnn, waa re turned lo lite city hall llita time a mi.mbcr of Run Krnnclaro'a ward of aiipervlaora, appointed by Mnyor llolph to fill the un expired term of the late K. (1. Hath. , Honor Students Feted At School A banquet was held In the dnmeatle arlence rooms of the Klamath county high school laat night for tho now honor atudenta who recently attained tho honor aoclety of tile school. Short addroaaea were given by Itev. J. Henry Thomna. nnd Hollo (', (Iroeabeek. A nun lid t'lrlch and I'uul Cliek. membera, wolcomed the new honor students Into the aoclety. Those honored were: Henrietta Wright. Hen Wllklns Pearl Avery Irene Ash, Hetty Zimmerman, l.urllle Kent. Anna Noll, null Francln Harry. Price Of New Ford Given Out By Edsel Model A to Run $50 Mare Than Old Car; Press Given Speedy Trial Spin. DKTHOIT, Nov. "0. (U. I.) I'riten of the new Kurd cur, uveriiKintf about $50 higher than the prices of the model T, were an nounced tonight by Kdncl Ford. The basic price is ?.ni9."i for the phneton an the model A touring car is culled. Thn prices of ot her mode In follow: Two donr nednn. f IH5. Four door aedun. $570. Coupe. $495. Sport Coupe. $550. Koadfer. $15 , KoadNter with pl k-up body. $3H5. ChanHln. $n'.'fi. The tru' k hannls wilt ncll for $610. Thn truck villi cub and body will cost from $5j5 to i "10. All prlcea ar fob lietrolt. TniveU 7 Karller In the day newMpaper nun were treated lo a ride over a nlunhy. bumpy dirt road at 70 mllen au hour In ono of the new cam. It wan n ntunt prforni.inre. Kdnel Ford nuld, but It nerved to demontrato the nafty nnd (Continued nn I'nte Four) IFilm FoTk Safely Returned . To Civilization LOS ANC.KLKS. Nov. 30. (IT 11 Membt-nt of thn Ilruy-PaMio ti r a n d Canyon exijendltiou. thought lost for 26 day, arrived at Camp Penrnon on the Tnl-iti-d henert In Arizona late tonight, according to a radio nn-APn;e picked up by the I'nlted State Signal post here. Thn nunapo, cnt by the 1. S. Signal post nt Camp Pearson, nuld the 13 members of thn parly were uninjured although they had hod a trying experience nlneo they left (ireen Itlver, Ctah. No vember 9. The expedition. It was an Id, wan alghted by an Indian runner above. I.eea Kerry. Arixona. and a an led to Camp Peurnon by him. Why Some Folks Go South .fl J' f.fi- UNDGPNtAG. AW Tm-AMTOooon tfj) iMr $A T IB ANNUA.- wmtvo. 2 ( TTlXtH J-1 SAv " : UonwB will "Sbr"" CONVICTS AT FOLSOM INCENSED; FEAR FOR SAFETY AT INQUEST KOLKOM PK1SON. alif., Nov. 30, M P) Low. onilnoun grumt Un k ; monaclng threats; discon tent; rnjitlenMiieK,; hatred all then permeated tho tensa at monplioru of VoIrohi prison to nlgbt. j Tho grapevine, panned from cell to cell with that unbelievable npeed found only In prfnonn, and , known only to ronvleta, flashed out a menKUgn. thn hlttereat. niont dlrKiiNtliiK, mont hatred a "con" ever receives no me body la going tfi tttiltih. Tlio newn nprend ahortly after the coroner n Imiuent held In thn bullet riddled library at whbh lx convlcia wero held to annwer for thn murder of guard Kay SliiKloton during tho attempted prtnon break Thanknglvlng lay when 1 3 men were killed and a acorn of others wounded. According to tho grapevlnw ti:rnM.ge, one of tho nix rufriana who generated I ho rfota laal day. J a in en OieaKOti, Oakland NEW LAW FIRM IIUGE SUM SET TO COME HEREiFOR HIGHWAYS ! Portland Attorneys Will ! Handle G. N. LeEal : Business Here A new law firm will open of fices In Klumnth Kalis about Jan. 1 and wilt from that time on be a part of the community. The new firm U composed of Frederick Piper and James II. Van Horn. Poth attorneys have practiced for a number of years In Wanh liiKton. I. C, and each his wide experience In the legal profession. Piper I a brother vt K. 1). PIpT. editor of the Poril.,nt! OreKunian. Before locating In Vahlngton. I). ('.. he lived on thin count and was pructlclug In Scuttle. Tho new firm, while doing a general law bunincss. will alto have charge of all the leRal work In 'this section for the Gruat Northern railroad. In thn national capital both Piper and Van Horn were for some t ime connected with the federal Income tax de part nu nt. Mr. and Mm. Van Horn and duuirhter. Miss Amy, who Is now attending the I'nlvcrslty ot Ore gon, will arrive abont the first of thn year to call Klamath Falls Ibrlr home. Van Horn's mother will also locate here with them. Mr. and Mrs. Piper will arrive Inter as Piper has considerable It gal business In Portland to close up before he arrives here to be come a permanent cltlsen. I hug. hun promlned to plead guilty to a murder charge to morrow, turn ntale's evidence and receive In return a sentence no greater than that which he la now nerving, five yeara to life. "Mfe In pretty aweet, even In a hell-hole like thin," he U iioted aa aaylng to officials when be capitulated and offered to turn agalnat hla pain. The atate probably needed no additional testimony to Rend the connplratora to the gallows which niund yawning only a few paces dlniant from the library where the Influent was held today. The lentlmoiiy of the guards was suf ficient that the coroner's Jury Immediately held all six for murder. The Jury was made up of Sacramento bunlness men and farmern, a Jury of the same com plexion which will sit at the trial of the dortperadoes. The Niilb n glances of tho six and their iiiononyllublc answers today kIiuw- Continued on Pe Six) State Commission Fixes $3,898,000 for 1923 Maintenance PORTLAND. Nor. 30. (LP) An expenditure of $3,898,000 will be made next year to main tain the highways of Oreg?n, the state highway commission de cided here today In approving a bud ret for that amount. General malntatnance of roads will receive $2,500,000 of this nnd the remainder will be spent for special maintainance. It was agreed. I For oiling macadam highways the budget allows $740,000. This will provide for 347 miles ot road that are not oiled at prcs ! ent. With the addition there will ! be 1.325 miles of oiled roads In the state. Including paved high : ways, the total, mileage of the j tn:prfted highway of the state system Is 3,300 miles. The commission accepted Pilot Butte, near Bend, as a gift for a memorial park. Pilot Butte H a noted landmark of the state, drivers of covered wagons having used It In pioneer days tb steer their course through Central Oregon. It will be dedicated to the memory of Terreneo II. Foley, prominent resident of Bend who , died In 1025. Russian Submits Plan To Stop War Soviet Delegate Start les Peace Envoys With Proposal For Utter Disarmament. GENEVA, Nov. SO. (U. P.) The first cession of the league pf nations 'prepara tory disarmament commis sion, fraught with hazards because of the' presence of soviet Russia with a pro gram of complete disarma ment, produced these sal ient developments today: 1. A security commission was appointed to investigate the com plicated problem of security which France and other nations contend must precede disarma ment. Maxim Lltvlnoff, soviet assistant foreign commissar and head of his country's delegation, originally had maintained that disarmament begets security. 2. Russia decided to accept an Invitation to send ah observer to the security commission, there by Indicating her willingness to! Join with the other nations In working out a practicable rather than Idealistic scheme of disarmament. Plan Kcnwtlonjil 3. Utvlnoff presented, a few minutes after the preparatory disarmament commission meet ing was called to order. Russia's ' (Cmif timed on Paite Fonr) Politics, Rotten , Because Nation Is Sinking, Word; PRINCETON, N. J., Nov.. 30. (UP) Politics, in the Vnited States today are rotten because the nation has declined Into a state of fatty defeneration since tho war, Col. Theodore Roosevelt declared In an address here to night before the clinosophlc and the American whig societies of Princeton university. ' He named as the four out standing evils existing the coun try: The neglect of the farmer, the corruption of politics, dis regard for the ISth amendment and Injudicious cutting of the army and navy. He also attacked what ho termed the modern. American "do-nnthinR attitude." "What wo need Is prosperity for all, not prosperity for the few," ho declared. Vast pums of money are spent by politicians at every election, Roosevelt asserted, nnd as the hulk ot this money Is donated by "big business," that element naturally looks for a return on Us investment. i November Is Peak Month For Taxes Kvldence of the speed with which lax monies have poured In to county coffers during the month - of November, was given yesterday with the report of county officers that nearly tl. 000.000 Is on deposit in various Klamath basin banks to the credit ot tho county. t The report rnmo with a state ment that yesterday marked the htghcxt peak of tho year for county deposits. Contributing to the high total is the $253,000 recently received from sate" of county road bonds. Augmenting this figure Is $470,000 paid" to the county tax collector during November for taxes. . Man and Wife Are Held For Thefts SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 30. l'P) Lawrence Bates, Z4. and his wife, Mildred, 33, were ar rested here today on charges of 16 Denver hurglnTeis, paid to have been committed two years ago. Bates was a clerk In a local railroad office and pollca say h? has been "going straight" since lie left Denver. CRASH VICTIM NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE Calvin Bates I Near Death in Local Hospital, At tendants Report Vlvtlra of an automobile crash near the Link river bridge In i thla eltr. Calvin Batea. Injured ' December 20, waa dangeroualjr near death at a local boapltal laat night. At midnight It waa no believed he could live until I dawn. Batci waa erltlrally Injured when a car driven br J. F. Loper craahed Into a telephone pole, pinning Bates between the front aeat and post. The Injured man suffered per foration of the Intestines, as well aa other severe cuts and fracturea about the body. C. W. Knight waa the third occupant of the chine. FEDERAL LAND DANK MAN HERE Appraiser Is Astounded At Development of Klamath The great strides made in the Klamath basin in the past few years were lauded last night by Homer Humphrey, formerly with the reclamation service here since 1919 connected with the Federal Land Bank ot Spokane, as land appraiser. Humphrey came here Monday from Spokane to appraise farm land in .Klamath county and ex pressed great surprise over the advance both of this city anTI of agriculture. He was hydropragh er with the V.S.R.S. from 1919 to 1925. Regarding applications for fed eral loans from Klamath farmers, Humphrey stated that few. re Guests of this, nature. coma -Srom Klamath county. "We probably do not get over a dozen a year." he said. Humphrey declined' to com ment on the possibility of a change In the attitude of the land bank toward Klamath farm loans. . , Milk Quality Is Heightened Here Inspector Says In the past two" years the grand average of the milk quality in Klamath Falls has risen from 71 per cent in 1925 to 92 per cent In 1927, and there has been a gain of one-third of a pint for each person in milk consumption, Lee Craft, dairy inspector, an nounced yesterday. There has been no contagious disease such as typhoid fever that could be traced to a dairy within the last two years, the health of ficer said, and the milk situation is very good at thep resent time. There are 4,584 quarts of milk being delivered dally into this city, which amounts to three fourths of one quart a person or 8 tablespoons a meal that each person Is consuming, according to figures compiled by Craft. Mother Who Shot Attacker Freed LOS ANGgLKS. Nov. 30. (U P) Mrs. Hate! Hull, who in avenging an asserted stain on her daughter's honor shot and killed Cordon J. Waters, a trav elling salesman, was freed late today. The county grand Jury In vestigating tho case exonerated the woman for tho slaying to which she had confessed. A mur der complaint against her was then withdrawn by the district attorney's office. Tuesday a corouer's Jury ruled the shoot tng of Waters was "Justified." Marriages Here Are Increasing During the month of Novem ber Dan Cupid called for 24 mar rlnge licenses nt the office of the county clerk which is three more than he wanted for October. Up to date this year 197 licenses to wed have been issued, and it is evident that before December closes the figurea will mount to well over the 200 mark. Only 14 divorces were filed during November in the circuit court, six being granted by Cir cuit Judge Leavltt. Oshkosh Company Sued For Big Sum Ackley Brothers File Lien on Lumber and Timber Owned By Concern. ; Suit to recover $14,966.85 was launched here yester day against the Oshkosh Land & Timber company by Ackley Brothers, local lumber operators,, with the filing: of a lien of lumber and timber owned by the company. The action woald attach some 2(S piles of lumber owned by the Oshkosh company, as well a nearly five million feet ot the con cern's timber. The suit has been Initiated to recover money allegedly due Ack- . ley brothers in payment for saw ing and handling of Oshkosh tim ber, the lien sets forth. The work for which the snit seeks payment waa done by Ack ley brothers during the past sea son, a member ot the firm stated last night. Youth Narrowly r Escapes Death In Tire Trick L03 ANGELES. Not. 30. (UP) A nrlTate nertormance of a feat of endurance by which he hoped to startle the world may cost the lite of Earl Q. Vlckory. Viekorr bunt. .a beafii -aa4 after rubbing, himself Trltn a home-made salve, that was to make his body Immune ' from flames, jumped into the blase.' . Only the timely interference ot neighbors saved him from in stant death and hospital authori ties expressed doubt for his Te covery tonight. Vlckory intended to take his tire act . onto .the . vaudeville stage. It was said. ' ' Oddities in the Day's News . (United Pre) FULTON. Mo.. Not. 30. (UP) A family bible holding the key to a fortune and retirement and ease Is the object ot , a search by a well known Fulton family. Upon its well-thumbed pages are .the, names of the brother! and sisters of the late W. F. Cowan. Wheaton, 111., former president of the Standard Oil company ot Indiana who died in 1920. , ,r , t The ifhle contains the only rec ord of . the family history ot Cowan-Ahe names ot his broth ers sisters. The Cowan estate' is" said to bo valued at between S6.000.000, and 17,000,000. Utah Democrats Endorse Smith SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Nov. 30. (UP) Leading democrats of Utah, meeting here today, voted unanimously to endorse Governor Al Smith ot New York as the democratic candidate for presi dent in 1928. A preliminary cam paign fund of S5.000 for organ isation purposes was pledged and the national committee ot the party Is to be Informed of the action taken. . Mayor Thompson Kicks Out Aide CHICAGO, Nov. 30. (UP) Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, health commissioner credited with mak ing Chicago death rate in the low est of any major city in the U. S. was replaced In office today by Dr. Arnold H. Kerger, friend of Mayor William Hale Thompson. , The mayor submitted Kerger's. name to the city council and his recommendation was Immed' lately approved. Dr. Brundesen had hold office for seven years. He was appointed near the close of Mayor Thompson's previous administration.