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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1927)
cm. Klammtf The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath 1 Bnnmtvi ov. AVOID THE RUSH I IHE I JIEWS Only 18 Days Until Chrutma "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN" Vol. 5, No. 10. Price Five Cento KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1927. (Every Morning Except Monday) Need For'lLcad9 Fid ReUef Arms Is Stressed i i In Talk Local and Medford Club Members Hear Fine Addrei of Dis trict Governor. "With England having recently luuni-hed a great battleship costing thirty-nix million dollars, with our country ready to launch one - even bigger and better, with Japan constantly at work building ship for war yur Pohvs, I admonish you, fel low Rotarians, to I lute p to ,' the words of Lloyd George, the great English statesman, Thomas A. Edison and other learned men, who In sist that there will bo an other world war, and that within twenty-fivo years." Thua apoke Hank Manning, governor u( dUirti-l nuutbvr on Itolary International, Urn night hn Klm1h rails nd MniUord Itolarlsna gathered at a dinner id iay Irlhule In their noted official I'mtlrU War 1c.uil Governor Msnnlug opined tit, furl that International tniuhlun worn liable lu thicken until they snum'Hl the ehape of war clouds In the nest fw years, but be aaw a silver lining In every rlnud in lha faal spreading Hulnry whlrh la going Ilka lha proverbial pralrls (Ira around lha entire world Ha Inok (or hla aubjert (C'onllnat-d on l"aa KIo , Mathews Placed On Oregon Game Association Roll Klamaih county sot another representative on lha board o( lha Oregon (lama Protective aa aoclatlon yesterday when O. 1 Mathewa waa alerted a director lo acrve (or ona year. accord Ins to word last night (rum Portland whera Iho annual nteol Ins waa held. Mathewa attainted tlio state same convention aa s dolrsate from lha Klamath Hportanirn'a aaaoclatlon. He waa accompan ied by Nate Otlerbeln. alao a reprrarntallre from here and aerretary of the atata aaaoclatlon. J. C. Veuderveari ot Bend waa alao elected to lha board ot dl rnrtora. aa a central Orogon ron reacntallve. Kdwurd K. I'laaerkl of Dnllaa, waa made presldimt. k Logger Hailed As Anatomical Freak ASTORIA. Ore.. Dec. J.'U'P) Anatomalicnl experts wero sn tnnlshed lonlsht by lha post mortem examination of L. Mado Tlch, logger, which revealed that he lived 41 years with hla vital organa In unntittiral poaltlona. Adding to the cnnstornatlnn of medical authorities la the (uct that Madovlch apparently never know his heart waa on hla right aide and that hla atnmarh and lunga were under hla cheat. Frlonda of the man said he- never Indicated any knowledge of the dlaorder Inalde hla body. Cattleman Gets $10,000 Damages T1KND. OHK.. Dec. 2. (U.P.J The contention of J. H. Lane. - blind cattleman. Hint C. 8. Hud son, former president of the de funct Klrat National hank horo. knew It waa neroaaary (or a third party to read Lane's loiters and then wrote him an epistle which damaged hla reputation, reunited In a Jury awarding him $10,000 damages here today. Lane asked f7r,000 damages from IltidHon and II. P. Schilling, receiver o( tho bank, for sn as serted libelous letter written to him by Hudaon In 1914, although the former bank exocullve know of his affliction and roallsud someone else would read II. The letter charged that Lane had mortgaged more rattle than lie owned and was making fraud ulent use ot proceeds of ssles of the csttle. 6rTrininiBiMaiaisaaaaaaaal lllhop- William Lawrence, of tlostun, haa been dnalguaied by New Knsland benkcra to direct rehabilitation of the flood-atrlck-en t'onnecllrut river valley. biWlaIIll hop atdawn PiloU Hope to Shatter Record for Sustained Flying MILLS FIKLU. Ban Franclaco. Doc. 2. (l'P After mora than a week of delaya canned by me chanical mlahapa, lha giant Fok ker monoplane, Southern Croaa temporarily ro-chrlatunrd the Spirit of California will take off at dswo, on a flight which la hoped lo break ihe world record for auatalued flight. The ship successfully took off and maneuvered with a gaaollua load of 1.100 gallons today. Thla waa Ihe greatest load ever taken up by a ahlp on the Pacific, roast and waa nearly 100 gallons more than Lieutenants Multlaud and llegenberger had when they atarted for Hawaii. ' Following the load teat and s radio lest flight Lleutansnt lleo. , It. Pond snd Captain Chsrlea I Klngsford-Smlth announced that I everything la In readlnoaa (or the take-off at daybreak. The record whlrh they will at tempt to break la tl hours, 22 nilnulci and 21 seconda. Bates' Death Is Held Unavoidable By Inquest Jury Ponalblllty of blame being fixed for the death here Thura day of Calvin Bates, who died of Injurlea Incurred In an automo bile accident, vanlahed yeaterdsy when a coroner's Jury declared the ntlahap unavoidable. "No one la hold gullly of neg ligence or rarctosaneaa" was the verdict read following the Inqueal by Frank Ward, foreman of the coroner's Jury. Other members of the Jury wero Lynn Ncamlth. J. fl. Harrla, Bert Palm. Clyde Thompaon and O. A. Milliard, The verdict rellevea J. F. I.oper. driver of the car In which Bates received fatal Injurlea, of any reaponalblllty In tho caao. Loper waa repreaented at the In fluent yesterday by Horace Msn nlng. I.oper wss not culled to toatlfy. Klamath Debate Teams Winners Before Iho Inrgeat crowd which over attended a high school do bate In this city Ihe Klamath county high school debating team lust night won ovor the Morrill team who 'dohatod tho nogntlvo aide of the quoatlon: ."Resolved. That there should be s child labor amendment to the Consti tution." , According to the Judges the Klsmsth debstors won through the abundance of facts and tig urea whlrh they gnvs snd their ablo presentstlon of tlieae srgu ments, whlrh Is due to the train ing given the debstors by Fred erick Borger, debalo conch. Aloxls Lyle and 'Herbert Mun sell wore the sfflrmatlve do haters. The Judges were the Rev. W. K. Wemcrtt, Attorney TJ, 8. Balontlno, and Altornoy Van Kmon. Howard Prultt acted as chairman of tho evening. Klamath debatora at Merrill had the negative side snd slao won. Helen Cnfer and Robert Clay repreaented Klamath high at Merrill. Indicted Governor Must Go To Trial Jailed Klan Leader' Talk Will Bring In diana Politician Be fore Jury. INDIANAPOLIS, I n d., Dec. 2, (UP) For tho sec ond time in four years, a governor of Indiana must stand triul on a criminal charge. Indictments against Gov ernor Ed Jackson were held valid today. Jackson is ac cused of attempting to bribe former Governor Warren T. McCray the other state ex ecutive who waa tried and sent to prison for a felony. Two other prominent Indiana republicans are accuaed with Jackaon Robert K. Mirah, the governor'a former law partner, and Oeorge V. Coffin, republican leader. Special Judgo Oacar H. Mont gomery, In a long opinion, over ruled a motion to quaah the In d'etment on the ground It did not charge a public offunao. snd If It did. the statute of llmlta tlona made It Invalid. Trial Hale Hnnn Pate for tha trial before Judge (Continued on rage five I Army Enlistment Record Is Made Here Last Month The great number ot Klsmsth county enllatmenls In the United Steles srmy ever chslked up In one month, Is on record for November of this yesr when tl men signed up for service. Thla la according to Sergeant J. 1). Lowman, army recruiting officer here, who eetabllahed the enviable record In enllatmenla. The figure Is believed to be higher then of any other j county In Oregon during Novem-I bor, except Multnomah county. The men who enllated algned up for service In the Hawaiian lalanda, the Philippine. China; and other foreign countries. Un der existing regulstlons. the men will be with their companies In foreign lands within SO days after leaving Klamath Falls, Sergeant ' Lowman atatod. I SENSATION CREATED BY NEW FORD CAR, VIEWED BY THOUSANDS FRIDAY Elmer Balalger. of tha Ford I Motor Company here, was boat to nearly 2.000 people who vlaVi lied the Ford headquarters ea tha large colored pictures ot the new Ford cars yeaterday. , ' Balalger was happily surprised st the Isrge number of visitors snd the Intereat each expreased j In the new line of Ford automo-i biles and trucka. Ha said never j In the history of America had! any article of merrhandlae bean ao royaly received and never bad such Intereat been shown In commodity. Humanitarian "I sm sure thst Ford would hara been delighted If ha could have hnn preaent at my place yeaterday and beard the pleasant comment relative to this great man of the automobile Induatry. Ford la s man who does not wor ahlp money. He bellevea flrat of all that service to humanity Pastor's Antics Amuse Court Attempt To Mimic Girls Fails LOS ANGKLES, Dee. I. (U. P.) The exact moment when s chorus girl becomea voluptuons and licentious was demonatrsted to s Judge and Jury today by Rev. "Fighting Bob" Shuler. - most prominent of the Loa Angelas vice crusaders. And while "Fighting Bob's" demnnstrntlon contained s very doubtful lure for the -male, it proved more humoroui than any exhibit Ion by the comedian of "Hot Mamas." who with 17 wo men snd ' 10 male members of thst cast. Is on trial, chsrged with presenting sn obscene pro duction. Ten minutes were required by Municipal Judge Frederlckaon snd his bjllffs to quiet the gleeful demonstration ' that followed "Fighting Bob'". Imitation -of s blonde chorine bent on a vam plriah mlsalon. snd the court never did fully recover from the Incident. The comedy relief occurred during the teatimony of "Fight ing Bob." who Is rated the prose cution's stsr witness sgalnst what has been termed the world's moat Indecent show. How They Lurrn 'Km "The girls then amlled In s moat licentious manner." the cruaadlng minister said from the witness stand. "And Juat what do you mean by 'licentious manner?' " queried Dcfenae Attorney Joseph Ford. "Like this," answered the min ister. Ho leaned forward In the wlt neas etsnd, contracted his Hps. The Bookworm ahould be the Impelling force for every undertaking," Balalger de clared. "This very thought came bsck to us yeaterdsy ss the crowds cams to see the pictures of the new csr snd their remarks re flected the very thing tbst Henry Ford's greatest principle stands for. "He Is making s wonderful csr thst will serve the millions, but ha Is slao endearing himself to tha American people In a way thst cannot be measured by either profits or prominence. Ford is living with people In their very homea, not In person of course, but In thought, snd bis preaence has been a benefactor to every noma In which bis Infleonce Is felt." Car Arrives Monday On Mondsy morning at o'clock the new car will be on (Contlaoed ob sage eight) protruded bis teeth and grinned. "Every mother should have a picture of thst," a blonde show girl confided. "It would make children be good when 'a goblin will get you' felled." Drat He Coald Do When the courtroom quieted. the Rev. "Fighting Boh" guessed "that wasn't very voluptuous, but it's the best I can do." One might ssy the entire ses sion waa rather embarrassing for "FlghUng Bob." He spent other uncomfortsble moments when ho attempted to describe the drees and dances of the burlesque show girls. "A dancer came on then." he declared, "and she had nothing on." I w Mr. Suuler." defense oo- ed. ""she muat hate bnn wearing something." "Well, practically nothing." "What do you mean by prac tically nothing?" "Almost Nothing" "I mean virtually nothing," with some Indignation. "She wore only a brief cloth over her hips and an affair over her breast." The Rev. "Fighting Bob." aware of the success of his first imitation, blankly refused to demonstrste to the court how the girls did s "muscular dance." He confided, however, that their feet failed to move, while their bodies went through won derful contortions. "You would call them won derful?" he was asked. "Well, yes," he answered. "I guess they hsd wonderful control." Ex-Grid Star Is Hurt In Love Row Movie Man Held For Alleged Attempt to Kill Rival; Fought Over Actress. . HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 2. (U.P.) A former all-American football star was re covering from an attempt on his life, a prominent mo tion picture director was held on a charge of assault to commit murder, and po lice sought tonight to locate a pretty motion picture act ress over whom the men are said to have fought. Althoush the action took olaee Saturday night, facts In the easel came to light only tonight when William Nigh, screen director, was placed under arrest. Hit With Crank His ssaerted victim. Edward Usher, former Mlchigsn univer sity halfback. Buffered a fractur ed skull from a blow with an automobile crank. He will re cover. It was said. Jean Jarvis. motion picture "sit" player, has left her resi dence here that she msy not be called as a material witness, po lice reported. (Continued on Faoe Five) Christmas Chest Organization To Be Made Dec. 9 "fbe annual drive to fill' lfiknf ath's Christmas Community chest Is scheduled to start soon after December 9 when last year's of ficers of the caest organlxation will meet to lay plans for the 1927 charity campaign. This was announced by the Rev. J. Henry Thomas, president ot the community chest last yesr. New officers will be elected st the December 9 meeting, the president ststed. at which re ports of last year's drive will be read. ' The Christmas Community chest, while prominent only dur ing the holidays, is sn all-year Institution in thst its contents are distributed throughout the 12 months to deserving needy families, the Rer. Thomas pointed out. Those who are fn the work at present and who put on the 1926 drive are B. Blevins, chair man soliciting committee, Misses Frlcke and McLellan, distribut ors. Mrs. George Wright, head ot Investigating committee, Geo. Llndley. treasurer and Miss Edith McGsnn, secretary. Society Woman Seeking An Ear CHICAGO, Dec. 2. (AP) The "persons!" column of the Tri bune today carried this adver tisement: ... "Attorney representing non resident society woman will pay $2500 for one left ear to be re moved and grafted on my client; operation will be performed by competent surgeon end will keep matter strictly confidential. Ap plicant must be young. Not over 25 years of age, light skinned. Applicant will submit name, pho tograph to attorney. It mi understood that the client mentioned Is a former Chi cago society woman who lost her left ear In an automobile acci dent In Europe two years ago. Oddities in the Day's News , (United rreaa) I.KKT DIRTY IIOVSK SAN PEDRO, Calif.. Dec. 2. (UP) "Plesse to forgive me tor I have not clean my house before t have done thla thing" read the note left by Mlsao Klsklmoto, 25. Japanese, who shot her husband to death to dsy snd then committed snl slde. Netghbores ssld the pair quarreled bitterly. Succeeds Brother 2f V VI mil Brat lan a (above) Ru manian cabinet officer, haa suc ceeded to the difficult duties of the prime ministry left vacant by the dramatic and unexpected death of his brother, Jon. SET DYNAMITE TO MAIM GIRL Farmer's Teacher-Sweetheart May Die As Re sult of Blast DANA, III., Dec. 2. (UP) Hiram Reed, son of s well-to-do farmer, confessed todsy thst He placed dynamite In the school bouse stove to kill his teacher sweetheart. 1 The girl. Iola Bradford, 23. may die from Injurlea received when the dynamite exploded as she was building a fire In the stove. She snd a amall girl pupil were aloue In the school st the lime but the child wss not ser ious hurt. ' .-' Heed V Motive; 'ftw-aald.-waa Miss Bradford's Insistence that he marry her because he was the. father ot the child she expected to be born in a' few months. The wedding had been postponed re- peatedly. but Reed finally agreed to have tbe ceremony performed next Sunday. (Continued oa Tags Five) Man Seeks Big Sum On Alleged vTaxi Injuries Damages In the sum of $50,000 sre being sought by Fred ' M. Young from the proprietor of local hotel and Fred D. Bryant! Ul lus nurrj, 1 uai dci , n-u iui ' Injuries which the plaintiff al leges to have received last Jan uary While in a taxi which had been summoned by the clerk of the hotel for Young to catch a stage to4 Medford. Young alleges that while he while be! ,otei last ; ke a trip was a guest of the hotel January he had to make to Medford. and the clerk prom ised lo have the stsge stop for him. He waited in the lobby for sometime and finally asked why the stage didn't come. The clerk said that he had neglected to send word for It to (Continued on page etaht) Popular Judge Is Klamath Visitor Judge U. O. Couch of Union county stopped In Klsmath Falls yesterday on his way home to La Grande from Oakland to visit Bruce Dennis snd wife and Wil liam T. Lee. Judge Couch has been connected with county af fairs In Union county for msny years, nsvlng filled the office ot county assessor several terms and later was elected to the office of county Judge, position which he still holds. Throughout the stste he is looked upon by sll officials ss one of the most careful In his ! official work. Ills policies have often been frowned upon by some of the Union county people, but in every Instance hH desire to 'save the county money and keep down the taxes has finally won for him the respect of everyone. In his county the agricultural problem la quite pronounced, snd the valueing ot farm lands from which there hss been little In come In Iste years has offered a serious problem. His wife -Is Visiting relatives In Oakland, while recuperating from the effects of sn operstion. and Judge Couch ha, been In Oakland visiting her. 9 V. S ft C II T 1 t y Against War Not Effected Peace Parley Ends With Objective Un attained; Russian Plan Shelved. GENEVA, Dec. 2. (U. P.) Limitation of arms and ' security against war re-; mained unattained goals to night as the league of na. tions disarmament confer ence adjourned until Febru ary 20. - ; ' Two days sfter its opening, which was heralded as crucial becanse of soviet participation' for the first time, the security commission which the league ot nations preparatory disarmament commission created as its moat i portent work, struck snsg. Count Johann von Bernatorff, chief German delegate, and war time ambassador to Washington,' declared that one essential fea ture ot the security problem could be found in article 1 of the league covenant, which envisages revision, of out ot date and In applicable treaties. Including the Versailles treaty.1 Hear Dleacswenai -. Even before the disarmament delegates left Geneva for their native lands, they heard rumb lings ot dissension snd dlacou- ' (CoutlauaM on race Ftve) Dry Body Laying Plans To Fight - Wet Candidates WASHINGTON, Dec' 2. (AP A poller of opposition to sny presidential candidate not com mitted to the 18th amendment and ia enforcement was endorsed to- ' day by the national legislative conference representing 31 tem perance snd reform organisations of the country. The policy, which alao demands positive declarations in the plat forms ot both democratic snd re publican parties on prohibition, was adopted at the cloae today ot a two day meeting of tha tem perance forces here. A convention of all temper ance organisations to meet hare 1d.ii. -w II wan na I lt.il hv tha January WM by the . . i--..,-,... ,f.r.nc tn lay strategic plans for getting the desired declarations into the plat form and to decide on the pro cedure In fighting the nomina tion or election ot a wet candi date, v .' "l ' . Fireman Charged. : . ni , witn Arson not SPOKANE. Wash.. Dec. 2. IV P) Shadowed by police since they learned of asserted thrests of revenge, Henry Isle, 34, form er firemen who wss found not guilty of an alleged plot to blow up a Spokane newspaper building: last July, was arrested today and charged with attempted arson. According to police Use tried to burn the garage ot his former comrade on the fire department, H. R. Woolner. who testified agalnat him at his trial. Use de nies the charge. W.C.T.U. To Give Silver Tea Here The W. C. T. U. ot Klamath Falls will hold a meeting Tues day stternoon from 2:30 until 4:30 st the Green Lantern on Main street, which meeting will be both social and business. The business feature will bo short after which a Silver Tea will be conducted by the ladles and everyone Is Invited to attend. Placing the hours ss they have the ladles feel thst all' profes sional people msy be Riven an opportunity to attend. . Proceeds of the Sliver Tea will be used ss a donation to the local community chest ' snd for the purpose of assisting the W. C. T, U. children's home st Cor vsllls. Officers of the order re quests both men snd women to sttend and If only a short stsy csn be made, to enjoy a cup of tea and make an offering tor these worthy csuses.