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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1931)
Fee Klamath Mews "Throw Awav Your Hantmet (Set Out Your Horn" The Klamath News Official Pupcr County of klumnth City of Klamath Falls ' It's the Truth Yon can't advertise today aa4 quit tomorrow. You're not talk Inn to a mae meeting. You r talking to parade. DKIXK BARTON. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, APR. 21, 1931 Vol. 8, No. i:i:i l'lit-o Five CcntH (Every Mummy Kxi-rpt MonilHV) MAYOR WALKER FLAYS CRITICS . City Officials Opinion Is Given Council At Meet Payment of Van Camp for Extra Du ties Declared Legal By City Attorney An opinion concerning tho legality of a member of Iho council n-cclviiur acl ditionul compensation for nervier rendered was pre aetitctt by H. I), lioivin, city attorney, at a meeting of tho council last ninlit. After consideration of the Charter provisions, It ll pointed cut by Iho city attorney that thvro Is no r press prohibition directed toward a city tXllolal performing eitra work, and there U no eipress provision prohibit, lug Iho illy trom paying lor eucb estra work. VI OTKM AtTIIOIllTV A portion ot the report fol Iowa: "McQulllin on Municipal Cor porations, a lending authority, states: 'Kslra pay may be lowed' In innii rases, tor tho per formance ot adillllonal services: tlila depending upon Iho circum stances of Iho given rato and the Imluro of Iho dutlea of tha of. tleo or position: that a public official may recover aalary for other aervkea which ho may ren der outside, and In addition to Ma ordinary official dutlea which could a well bo performed ny other persons aa by Iho officer. "Tho entire Intent of all these decisions oem to bo that ao long a the official l performing dutlea not Included In. and out si.lo of. hla regular duties, he la entitled to eitra compenaatlon. J OH KXTIM ttlillk "An example of this If ahown hv a Wlaronsla cae. Kolock alnt Hodge, wherein It was held where a clly anrveyor baa a (Continued on page five) Daily. CAPITOL News Letter 8ALKM. April 50. (lpIM De veloped water power In Oregon ehoa u growth of S74.077 horse, power since ll'liK, reports from Hlato Engineer Charles E. Strick lin'a office reveal. TUB TOTAL Installed rapacity nf water wheel lu tho atato on January 1. 1931. n 3&J-n"? horsepower nt 80 plans. In 1908, the horsepower waa 70.000. T1IK 1NCIIEASK dnrlng 1930 consisted of a new lo.ono horse power plant on MrKentle Itlver by tha city ot Eugene; an Im proved runner in first unit In creasing power from 35,000 to jnnno and a second 40,000 horsepower wheel in Oak Orovo plnnt of Pnrllnnd Oenernl Eloc trlc company, and a 150 horse power plant on Jack Creek near Sitters. tiltKOON'S power la used aa fnllnWH? Munlclpul. 8 plants. 17.410 ranarlly horsepower: public llllll- tv. 39 plants, 278.486 rapacity liorsepowor: pull" nnd paper mills 5 plants, 46,3011 capacity horse power: Irrigation pumping. 4 plants, 2,.86 cnpncllv horsepow er: miscellaneous, 24 plants, MS. capacity horsepower. Mother Unrtli's spring outfit la aaunlly a very aoudy one. . Flapper Fanny w 'Lawrence Of Breaks Silence As Aircraftsman Shaw II V I'.MTKII PltEKK l-anrriue of Arabia has amkrn. Ijixrenie. who whirled like a mi nturlou f(rro over tho dunea of Arabia, la found an empire on Ha shifting political aunus, lias hrokra a silence of right J cars lo trll why ho waved bin honor and glory, ! sink hla Identity be. nraili Iho tunic uf a pnvato aoi- dler. Tinlay, from hla own I'D", the r lilted I'rraa la able to give his answer to a riddle of right ears the reason why this man, .l'e aliiailoin" stretched from me ll.il Ha'a lo the I'erslnn gulf, from Alepiw to MiM-ha, changed hie name and heramo a humhlo me- hanlc In his Miajestt's air tiH-re. asirnre, tho unknown, his hurnoos-clnd figure appearing and disappearing like luuglr In the tenia of deftert princes. Is Ihn man who fanned I lie flame of Aran re. toll, and Mrlded In Its fiber he engine that swept Turkish rule froiu file land, Iiminv he tells win. shunning titles and honors, he aka for "nothing hut honest conlenllllent.', this Is the first rtplnnalion of the ni)slery of "Aircraftsman Khaw." II waa to Henry T. tins. II. of the I lilted I'resa london bureau that he gave hla story. In HONDURAS IS THREATENED BY REVOLT TKOUCIGALPA, Honduras, April 20. (L'P) Drastic rneaaurea were taken by tha government to night In an effort to quell a rle Ing rebellion which threaiena to overthrow president Vlcenlo Me jia Colindrea. Martial law waa aeciareo throughout tha country.' Prominent military leaders In all parties offered to support the govarumnDt, l . , Tho l ulled Blalea cruiser Mem phis arrived at La t'ebla today. where the rebels were reponea io havo been active In tko nasi 48 huurs. ' However, the Memphis reported all quiet there aud ia proceeding to Truilllo. where the slluutlun Is declared to be menacing. The I. S. cruisers Trenton and Marhlehead arn steaming swiftly for Tela, another clly near Prog reso, reported to hnvo been at lucked by tho revolutionism. A manifesto wus Issued by President Collndres declaring that ho Intended lo stay and fight, al though this might mean throwing Ihe country Into civil war. Ho appealed lo Ihe people to support Ills administration. A daring attempt by Honduran rebel leaders rilled In Sulvador. to Join tuo rebels waa reported nipped. Hoover Dam Contract Is Signed Monday WASHINGTON, April 20. (VP) Tho formal contract tor con struction of Hoover dam, Ihe giant power and Irrigation development to be eroded In the Black canyon of tho Colorado river, was signed today by Socrotnry of the Iutorlor Wilbur. The contract speclflea that work doea not havo to begin until 3d daya nfter the company la formal ly notified. However, officials of Iho Six Companies, Inc., which several weeks ago wag awarded tho 149.000,000 dnm contract, havo notified the Interior depart ment that they aro prepared to ho rIu work nlmost Immediately. Their construction camp Is laid out and some preliminary surveys have boon made. Wedding Plans Cancelled by Dorothy MacKaill HONOLULU, T. II.. Apr 20. (UP)WcdditiK pious ot Dor othy Macknlll, . molloa picture star, and Nell Albert Miller, member ot a prominent Los An gelca family, were abruptly can celled tonlRht an hour before the time announced lor their marrtago. ' Tho couple had obtained a marrlngo license late today af ter overcoming several legal re quirements by special privileges and announced they would be married In the home ot Judgo Francis Brooks at 8 p. m. Pat Gathwright Under Arrest Pat Gathwright was arroslod yenterday by Deputy Sheriff L. Llnvllle on a charge of possession and transportation ot Intoxicating liquor. The deputy states that six Indians were In tho car with Gathwright whon the arrest was made on Host Main street. Entitled To Extra Pay For Arabia personal and privileged conversa tion. Following Is tho first of a sr. rlea of four articles by Mr. Itus. sell. lly IIKMtV T. Itl'HKEI.L 1'nllrd I'reaa Htaff I orrrsiondrnt (Copyright, 111. In all countries by I nlted I'reas. All rights re. served I . PLYMOUTH. Bng.. April 20. (l'')' ,awrenro of Arabia," the moat mysterious figure that omerged from the great war, now serving In the ltoal air force as Alrcrarismun T. K. Shuw, lifted today tho veil of secrecy which t.aa surrounded bia Ufa during the past 10 years, t IIAMiK.II MTK This man who, alugle-handed, raised Iho Arabs against the Turks, rhsngrd the fate of the Allli-s on the Palestine war front, and for whose body, dead or alive, Iho Turks offered f io.ooo re- ward, told for tho first time why ha gsve up Ihe position which earninl for him the description "uncrowned king of Arabia," abandoned his rank of colonel In tho llrltlsh army, refused all titles, mnnetnry rewards, decora lions and honors, picked a new (Continued on I'age r'our) FORM LEAGUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST LA REVIEW. Or., April 20. (Special) The South mw irn O ro il on IteTeioptwnt Ioukuo wit formed at a meeting uf repre- irntatlYrt from Lake, Harney. Malheur, Grant, and Pewchutes coiinilt In llurni, Saturday nlKht. About 70 peruana attend ed tha meeting, lucluillnjc a croup from .Modoc county, Calif. Luko county had the largest delation Including the member ot h county court and nfno mtunb k "t the chamber nt commerce. Archlo McUowan of - Tlurna wan elected pnwldent of the league, with Crover Jamlenon, mayor of Hitrna aa apcretary treasurnr and tho members of the county couria forming the ttiocutlvo committee. Tho firm meet I iik of the eiecuttve com mllteo will be held at the Im perial hotel In 1'ortlaud, April 2. Tho purpono of tho newly formed organisation In to de tolop tho highways of south eaKtnrn Oregon. t was pointed out that islucf. tho eaut-went railroad was blocked, railroad development of this section Is a forlorn, hope, aud (hat It will bo nnrertsary to rely on tho highway-, for dovoloplug the dis dUtrlct. Au area equal lo half of tho at u to of Oregon has no flutohed highway. Tho two roads fore most lu the dlscunnlnn were tho Central Oregon highway from Hums to Vale, and the Lake-vlew-Iiurns highway, called the Yellowstouo cut-off. Hl'VH FOU DIVOIU K AViniom Brown has filed milt for divorce from Alberta Ilrown charging cruel and - inhuman treatment. They were married In Klamath Falls, October 7. 1930. I). E. Fletcher Is plaintiff's attorney. Gir' Hunged To Tree Almost Nude Body Found on Mountain Near San Diego; Find Two Letters SAN DIEGO. Calif., Apr. 20. (L'P) In the hour junt before 17-year old Louiiie Tcubcp was hanged almost nude to an oak tree on Lonely Black mountain, Rho penned two letters tolling of her determina tion to leave home, depu ty sheriffs learned today. Meanwhile, autborltlea were aearchlng for a local commercial photographer, who aasertedly made two nude pictures of Lou ise In a glado near here several months ago. The photographs were glren to deputy aheriffa thla afternoon by a "disinterest ed party," It waa annouueed. SOTK TO FATHEK . One of the notea was to Lou ise's father, William Teubcr, a barber. It read: "Dear Pad: I hare tried for a long time to be satisfied with tho way you are running the house and 1 can atand It no longer. I am learlng home to night and I am not coming back." The letter waa posted at 7 p. m. Sunday. The prerinus mid night Louise waa struck behind tho ear with a heavy weapon and. thn hanged from the tree Willie still alfre.' It waa believed she pasted the letter In an out-of-the-way box. FOl tillT VUR LIKE An autopsy - todar rerealed that she fought desperately for her lire. Loroner i nestcr iiunn said that bits of skin, apparently (Continued On I'ago K.lgtit) Road Crew Busy West of Canby In Maintenance CANBY. Calif.. April 20. The forest . aerTlco road crew under tho supervision ot Pan A. Paris ia engaged thla week In main tenance work on tho Pit River Happy Camp road west of this place. Although uusnrfaced for most of Its 16 miles distance and con structed for a light duty road the project has borne most of the traffic between the Reddlng-Al- lures slate highway and Klamath Kails for a number ot years. The road wag heavily punished by truck traffic during the past winter and Is being put In shape for the coming fire season since it Is one ot the main fire pro tection roads of the Happy Camp district. ' Already Counting His Chickens ! Last Household of a Proud mm Swept front their throne by the ramlly of Kpaln are ibown here in the most recent photo taken of them together at the Palare ot Mlramar In Han Sebant.au. Their abdication ended 981 year ot monarcnial rule over Spain. Stand In, left to rlicht. are the Infante Don Jaime; Infante Don Alphonse of Orleans, son of Princess Eulalte; Prince of the Asturfan; King Alfonso XIII, who was born to the throne which he bad to relinquish; and the Infante Don Gontala. Rested, .:f to right, are the Infante Beatrice; Infante Isa bel Alfonsa; the Queen Mother Christina; the Infante Don Juan; Una. FATHER SITS BY SON'S BODY THRU NIGHT LIKELY. Calif., April JO. Further Inquiry Into the death ot John P. Gorman, 54. whose dead bodv waa found near the South ern Pacific right ot way south ot thla place revealed the tact that deceased waa not a professional hobo as at tlrat supposed. Gorman, with hla 66-year-old father left Portland last week to seek work on the new Great Northern construction near Ked die. Itolh men had been out ot work for mouths and not having railroad' r got luto a freight car with oilier men. Near here the father missed his son and notified train officials who let him off the train. Going bark along the trark Ihe father found his son's body. He had evidently fallen from the train. The father kept an all night vigil by tho sldn of his dead eon until found the next morning by Coroner J. F. Kerr, of Alturaa, who decided that death came aj a result of his fall from the car. The body was taken to Portland for interment. Denies Driving While Intoxicated John Bradburn yesterday pleaded not guilty to a charge ot driving while intoxicated Sunday on the Lakevlew highway when ho was arraigned In Justice V. H. Barnes' court. He was nrrcsted by State Traffic Otflcer Mace Pewlhcr.. Bond was set at flitt. Judge Corkins to Sit in Klamath Circuit Judgo O. M. Corkins of Lokeview will be on 4he Klamath bench Wednesday to hear motions In several cases in which Judge William Duncan Is disqualified. ' Him a-4L3! growing tide ot Republicanism, the BRIGHT SPOTS IN BUSINESS SHOW TREND By United Press Substantial Improvement In March ateel business over Feb ruary reported by U. S. Steel of ficials at annual meeting. Immediate present abows algns ot business Improvement, Walter S. Gilford, president ot A. T. T. aaya. Youngstown district employ ment shows gains. Nash ' Motors April' orders show 6.16 ner, cent increase over March. : , t. , - , F. W. Woolworlh' Co. Easter week bustnera above 1930 week, says H. T. Paraon, president. Bohn Aluminum A Brass Corp. first quarter earnings equal to J1.54 a share, against 1.13 la like 1930 period. Open School Of Flying; To Construct Plane ' Announcement ot the opening ot the Forrest School of Flying here was made last night by For rest D. Smith, instructor. A com plete ground course will be taught. Students of the school will build a one place full cantilever mono plane In West's repair shop on South sixth street. The first meeting ot the school will be Thursday night and it will meet Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and Friday evenings each week. The course will last about five months. Smith helped " to build a Lee monoplane in Salem' in the Lee Eyerly school of flying in 192S. which he Bays is the first plane built In Oregon. He has been con nected with the Lion Aircraft company ot. Salem and Eugene and was Instructor in Eugene where four ships were built. Episcopalians Will Convene in Alturaa April 28 ALTL'RAS. Calif.. April 20. Episcopalians from all over Mo doc county wilt gather here on April 2S when clergymen from two states will conduct special services. Bishop W. H. Moreland of Sacramento and Wtn. P. Rem ington of Pendleton, will conduct the services which will conclude with a banquet at the Hotel Nlles. . Favella Return 'To Lakeview LAKEVIKV, April 20. (Spe cial) Mr. and Mrs. K. O. Fnvell and little son ot the Favell-Utley Realtv company of Lakevlew and Klamath Falls, returned Sunday night from Florida, where they have been since January. Favell rennrted that conditions In Florida and the east at present aro dull. Today's Weather Oregon: Fair Tuesday: local frosts, east por tion: rising tem perature In the interior Tuesday, with low relative humidity; mod erate north to east winds off shore, and east winds In Interior dC west portion. jfWi ml VS ft Work Dynasty members of the form a r royal Queen Victoria, and Infante Chris- MERGING OF ALL SCHOOLS IS ADVOCATED SALEM, Ore., April 30. (UP) T h a so-called "California Plan," under which Oregon's fire Institutions ot higher learn ing would be consolidated as one great university, with one administration head, was ad vocated by Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, prealdent of tha Universi ty ot Oregon, la a report made to the state board ot higher education here -today. . Toe -Calttarnla laa. Dr. Hall said, would be preferable to tha so-called Montana lan, ander which the Institutions wotrid be placed under- a chancellor, but would retain their individual indentities. REDUCE EXPENSES Considerable expense, brought about at present by ' duplica tion ot certain studies at several of. the state's various Institu tions, would be eliminated un der the California plan. Pres ident Hall said, as would fric tion between heads of the vari ous Institutions and 'the chancel lor. He also declared that the people of the state would be drawn more solidly to tha sup port of the one great Universi ty of Orogon, A greater flexibility . In the development of joint committees and exchanging of staffs to meet peak loads also would be obtained by this system, than could possibly be gained under the Montana plan, he declared. FAVOKS MGRGKK 'For example.' rresmem Hall pointed" out, -"There is a great deal of elasticity between the medical school in Portland and the pre-medlcal work In Eugene, much more than there Is now between the Inftltutions at Eugene and ' Corrallls. It all were' parti of the University of Oregon under a single aamin Istratlon the same Intimate rela tionships and elasticity ot admin istration could exist between the fira branches of the unll versify. - "In view or these general conditions, - 1 believe that consolidation ot the five Institu tions into one institution, pre ferably the University of Ore- gon, .would enable the InstltU' tion to be most effectively man aged, would secure the largest possible service for the taxpay er's dolla-r, and would create an Institution of greater, prestige thau would be possible under our present organized arrange ment." Caseys Observe Anniversary on Wednesday Night Mt. McLoughlln council Knights ot Columbus will celebrate its 10th anniversary Wednesday evo ning. A program of short talks and musical numbers will be followed by a buffet luncheon. The first annual roll caU for all former and present members will be held. George P. Donahue, grand knight, states. Inez Phillips Is Bride of W. T. Lloyd CANBV, Calif., April 20. Miss Incs Phillips ot Alturas and Walter Ltoyd of thla place wore anletly married in Iteno Tuesday. The bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norrls Phillips ot Al turas while the groom Is in the employe ot the State Highway commission here. After a brief honeymoon the young couple will make their a", v"" Answers Charges Made By League Reply Made in Vitrol ic 15,000-Word Pa. per. Refuses to Re move Officials , ' BY 8IDXEY B. WHIPPLE ' United Prese KUff CorrrpoeleBt ALBANY. N. Y., Apr. 20. (UP) Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt re ceived today a 15,000 word' document written by Mayor James J. Walker with all the vigor of that dynamic executive, in re ply to accusations made against him by the city af fairs committee. The reply not only discussed, separately and at length, every charge of malfeasance made by Walker'a political enemies, but flayed the makers as ''an annex ot the socialist party," addicted to making "unwarranted and falsa accusations" for political purposes. And, to afford aa ad ditional contrast between - his own appointees and his accusers, he cited the war records of hla appointees as opposed to those of "this complainant, who was en deavoring to break dowa Amer ican resistance behind tha l!nes.1 ANSWERS CHARGES "This complainant" was tha characterization by Walker of the Rev. John Haynes Holmes, chairman ot the city affairs com mute. Tha complaint, tha mayor aaid. waa dictated by "bias and preju dice," and its accusations had ao foundation In fact." There upon, he took ap each section of me attack and answered it with data of his own. The reply covered tan e-eneral headings, corresponding to tha specifications pf the original ehargea - fileaT , with ' Governor Rooaevelt br Holmes and Rabbi ' Stephen - Wise, as chairman and vice-chairman ot the city affairs committee. REPUTABLE HEX Regarding the board of stand ards and appeals, the mayor pointed out that ha had appoint ed a committee of reputable businessmen, experts in building zone legislation, to examine into (Continued On Pass Eight). Klamath Boat - Club Will Hold Meeting Tonight The newly organized Klamath Lakes Boat club will hold Its sec ond meeting at the Community hall of Altamont camp tonight at 7:30 o'clock when preliminary work of organization will ba worked out by boating enthusiasts of the county. The club will be organized for the purpose of promoting -water sports ot all kinds In this region. Everyone Interested, inoludlnK iadles, are urged by Commodora Tom Ingram, who has donated tha use of the hall, to be present to night when plana on the possibili ty of putting on a regatta at aa early date will be discussed. It is understood that several carloads of members ot the Med ford Boat club will arrive la Klamath Falls this evening to at tend the meeting and to aid th local club members In their plsns for water sports. Since the valley oliib already has to its credit sev eral successful regattas. Its coop eration will be appreciated by tha local club. This year, Interest in the posst- ' blllty of using the lakes for recre ation is greater than ever before and Klamath Lakes Boat club la . determined to help make Klamath Falls a boating center before the end of tho year. New Want-Ad Deadline 6 P.M. Starting today all classi fied advertising will appear first In the morning News and follow in the same day's Issue ot the Evening Herald, All want ads received up until 6 p. m. today will first appear In tho News tomor row morning. The low combination rata ot S cents per word per day In both papers still applies. Want Ad Dept. FHONB 1900 I
