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The News The Klamath Newt Official Paper County pf Klamath City of Klamath Falls iAMATH ' Crater LaJto. in Klamath County Short Drive Over Good Highway "Throw Away Your Hammer Get Out Your Horn" , ,. , i' ; Vol. 8, No. 185 Price Five Centa . : KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 28 1931 ;..,, , . rniT7YTl A 17V tfTTTin. in mm . . ' '.a,' .. Senator Hearing Today at Agency luin Senators Frazier , Wheeler, and Mr. Scattergood GueaU At Banquet Senator Burton K. Wheel er, Montana, last night called upon the people of the United State, to "abolish graft and corruption" to ' forgot' individual selfish policies and adopt broad policies to prevent the downfall of the modern civilization. Senator VYheelar we pklng t lha hnqnt la honor of lb Henste Hub-Conrmlliee on Indian affair at lb llotal Wlllard at which Senator Wheeler. Senator U J. Frailer ol Norlh Dakota, Hsnator Fredrick Blelwer of Ore (on and J, II. acaltargood. utM ant commlaeloner of Indian af fair were tb honored guests, Klmer Balalgar, president of Iba chamber of commerce, presided. Tb aenatora and mambara of Ibalr party ramalnad In Klam ath rail laat night and will laava this morning lor Chlloquln, wbar thajr will conduct an Indian hearing. A delegation of Klaav atb chamber ot commerce mem ber will aleo aUend Iba CbUaajnln hearing lo preaent and discuss tb Bialiar of (rasing a ISdlaa hands. ffetwer. Bell at Rave) , " Hearings will also be conduct - ad In Klaniat h Agency, wbara lha Klamath Indian reservation heed auartera sra established. Friday hearing will be conducted by tb commute on tna Warm sprint n-aervatlon. lltt.IKK HPEAKH Bcnalor Htelwer welcomed lha aub-committe to Klamath coun ty and to Oregon In n colorful apeech, which was. followed by violin and piano number by Mr. J. V. O'Neill and Mr. T. R. Olllenwatera. Senator frailer commented on , tho visit of tha sub-committee to reaerTatlnne In California. Arliona and New Mexico and elated that a variety of condi tion exist on tha different res ervations. Ha commented on pro hibition earing It waa tb duty of every federal officer to (aalat In cleaning up tha reservation and the town bordering tha reservation. II o ald that on soma reser vntlon achool and hoapitsls are badly needed. Pointing to tha work of the Indian affair committee of which ha la chairman. Frailer said: "1 believe wa have .helped to stir up public Mntlmenl for tha In dian and that I all wa need. If publln aentlmenl I atlr red up It will not stand for tha treatment which la sometimes given the Indiana." YVIIKtil.KK HfKAKKR Senator Wheeler in Introduct ory remark praised Oregon as a progreaalvo atate, lauded tha beauties of Klamath and then Invited rltltcns here to visit weatern Montana saying that If one visited there ha would not wish to leave. The republican were the ob ject of joke told by Senator Wheeler who id ha wa the only democrat In tha party, that he understood thl wa a strong republican community but that he would Ilka to enlighten the people. KI T! KN8 RKMARK "Thora are two kinds of Jack- (Contlnued on page five) Hay, Grain, Feed! If you want to buy or ell farm products remember t the News and Herald For Hale Ads on the Classified are your nisrket place. Read by over 10,000 readers very day, ' ; Jhona 1900 , New and Harsld . Want Ad Headquarters i ' -. ' Chiloq Wheeler Ask-: Gen. Butler Becomes Q Oan. Bmed'ey llutler of the lialllana, tlermana and 'many others, but at Urania I'aaa, Ore., ho fared the Cavemen, and aarrendared. I'hoto show Butler'a mem bership ceremonial. In connection with the dedication of tha new (irani l'aaa bridge, at tha northern termlnu of tb lledwood Empire. . MORALS COUNT BRINGS YEAR JAIL TERMS ALTl'ItAR. May fts M. L. Kerr, bulldlbg contractor, and Kd (ihrlat wars aenteneed by Judge V. M. Jamlaon in auparlor court hero Monday to eerv on year In Iba county jail on a eharga of contributing to tha delinquency of minora, tha charge Involving two yoang high eehool girls. Tha me were found guilty by a jury laat weak after a aaasatlon- al trial wrung several oaya. wai ter Harden, tail driver, a com pantos. -who- aleaded guilty A I he preliminary, wa wawtaed- a 1300 fin. Kerr and Ohrlat de manded a isrr trial al which Har den taallfled agaluat hi eratwMI and older companion. Tha ver dict of tha Jnry waa rendered In riva minute. The rata aroae oat of the three men taking tha two high achool glrla and an older girl to variou epeakeaay jolnla throughout tba ruunly and plying them with liquor. Harden, who pleaded guil ty when flrat arraigned, claimed he wa aervlng In hi rapacity of driver throughout lha affair, Dlatrlct Attorney 3. T. Sharp produced eenaallonar testimony at tha trial which created - county wlda Inlereat, Kerr and Ohrlat' both being connected with promi nent famlllea In the community. Both are man ot mature year and both widower. Sentence Check Forger To State Penitentiary Edward Jamr Tobln yester day waived Indictment by the grand Jury and entered a plea ot guilty to marge 01 lorgory. Ha wa aenteneed lo not to ex ceed five year In tha state peni tentiary by Judge William Dun can. Tobln forged checks of tha MacMarr stores ' on John Gard ner, local contractor, ha ad' milled. He alao has a former sentence of 13 months In McNeil lalsnd federsl penttentisry for forgery of government check. Officer have announced a drlvo agalnat bad check art lata, promising to do their utmost to erur conviction and sever sentence for violator. Pantages Jury . Stul Unknown, Woman Excused BAN DIUDO, May 17. (UP) A new panel ot veniremen was called In from another court lata today to complete the Jnry to try Aiexanaer rentage.. raltl-mll- llonalr ex-ahownian, on chargaa of contributing to tha delinquency oi 17-year-oia i,ydla Nltto. , Although tha defense appeared well satisfied with tha jury as at present constituted, tna prosecu tion continued lo exercise peremp tory challenges throughout the dsy. Only seven challenges have been uaed so fsr, most ot thenf by the prosecution. Mrs. Kmma Clifflnger waa dismissed by tba stats because she hsd exchanged greetings with Mrs. Pantages in the corridor ot the courthouse, . Final Rites For ; Mrs. Mills Today Final rite tor Emma Lee Mills who paaaed away T,ueday will be held today at I o'clock at the Karl whltlock funeral home when service avlll be read train the Flrat Church - ot . Christ Sciential. Interment will follow In the fam ily lot In Llnkvlllo cemetery, j . . i.' Marina I'orpa baa faced Filipinos, STATE BOARD OF CONTROL OUSTS FORCE BALKM. May (7. (UP) Ru mor which had been current In slat political circle for some lime were aubatantialed today, when tha atate board of control. In meeting here, adopted resolu tion which demanded Iba resig nation of the entire) office lores nf that department. laclnded among those who will be farced to real a la Carla Ab rama, secretary lo tha board and late purchasing agent. Tba reaoUtloa waa IntndaCad by aula Treasurer Molntaa sad tVondsd by Oovernor swier. Secretary of 8tl Hoe dM not attend Iba meet lag. as ho waa not advised there would be a meeting until a few minute before It wa held. Hoa announced over tha telephone I bat ha had no atate- nient to make, but that he wished to be recorded a opposed to tbe otutlon. The call for .reelgnatlon' wa occasioned by tba vtato's "con aiautly Increasing deficit, which now total more then 13,000.000." the resolution declared, and Is an other attempt at economy. It was pointed out. however. that although every member of the office, force will be jeqairad lo hand In hia resignation, manv of tba preaent force probably will De retained, aa tna new secretary of the board will have a free bend In the selection of the new organ isation. A ahort while after the board ot control adopted' tha resolution Governor Meier Issued a state ment In which ha aald that "the resolution preeented to tba board of control today by State Treas urer llllman la In line with the general retrenchment program I launched when I aauoied this of fice." The governor' statement also declared that "the time baa come when vigorou teps must be taken to transfer lha financial af fair of tha atate from the red to the black column ot the stata led-gor." Another Wild Gusher That's Hard to Tame! lYiaiiiaiii rower Program Is Dead State Engineer Can cels Application For $27,000,000 Copco Project , SALEM. Ore.. Mar 27. (UP) Approxim ately 25 applications covering: hy dro-clectric development on Oregon streams, on, which no- attempt was made to abide by, the. 60-day op tion triverl under a new act by the 1931 legislature for transfer of the application from the state engineer to the hydro-electric commis sion, today were cancelled by C. E. Strickland. ' state engineer, - who- based his action upon a ruling made yesterday by Attorney Gen eral Van Winkle. The attorney genersrs ruling waa to- tha effect, that such ap plication war cancelled - auto matically It they were not transferred within the 0-day limits COPTO rKRM ITS . HEAD Six applications by tho California-Oregon Power company. covering proposed power develop- aavni on me fYiamam river iu Kianratb Mety,wsr Included In the list of cancelled appHca tloaa, ; Expenditure of approximately I17.0u0.000 were involved In the aix appllcatlona ot the Call-tornla-Oregon Power company. On one of them the so-called Grant elle" the atate engineer bed refused to grunt the com pany a water right on the ground' that1 all ot the' water In the Klamath river , bad been ceded to the federal government for reclamation purposes, and that therefore, "the state wa without . Jurisdiction over the waters. ' PROGRAM KIUJCD " '." 1 The last legislature passed a maaaure, known aa "aenaoa bill 31a In which an attempt Wa made to clarify, the atate'a posi tion In connection with the dis puted water, but- the bill was vetoed by Governor ileler. Failure .of tha Caltfornia- Oregon Power company'a . repre sentatives to transfer their ap plication to- tho new bydro-elac- trie commission was regarded here a aa Indication that the veto of "senate bill 315" which ita representative defended be fore legislative committee h car inas aa absolutely easentlal to their development i plans in southern Oregon ' because of the position previously taken by the engineering department, had de finitely closed tho door to tholr program. t " ; leanup ofly TWO SCIENTISTS IN BALLOON BELIEVED DEAD; AUGSBURG. Bavaria, May 27. (UP) Two determined men of ecleace, scaled within a six-foot aluminum balloon carriage, aalled from the earth toot into tha fringe of outer space and did not return. Tbey were believed dead. Their great, silver balloon, be lieved u have traveled 10 mile from, the earth, farther .than nan even before ventured, wa toss ing -erratically and 'apparently out ot control at dusk' near tha Bavarian Alps. BKMKVKH 1KAI. They had been aloft since 1:67 a. m., but bad sufficient .oxygen lor only 10 hours voyage Into the "atratoapbre." Police official at Ltndeck. In Tyrol, told the United Pre by telephone tonight that tha bal loon had paased over Landeck and aiguilled with 'lights. , Although Professor Augustc Plcrsrd and hia companion, Cha. Klpfer, had been believed dead because of . lacs of oxygen, of ficials of the Augsburg balloon factory aald lha scientist had ar ranged signals aimllar to those Police Bill Ballot Title Approved aisid ' Petitions Started SALEM, Or.. May tl (CP) ; Tha Oregon Stata Supreme court here today approved tha. ballot titles for proposed referendum agalnat ' tha ' atate police ' bill, which were written by Attorney Oeneral Van Winkle. : Tha ballot title which will' ha turned over to ' Secretary of State Hal K.. Hoaa for-eerUOca- tloa, wa approved by the- n tire court. ': j- " ; 5 The deiat.)a"f6atr'M 'shear ing yesterday on -Millions pre sented by Custer Rosa, Ralem at torney, on behalf of J. 1. Mo Donald of Marlon county. "We find there la no ; merit In contention of J. J; McDonald that the ballot title la aatalr." the court ruled. "It I a tru reoresentatloh ot th atate police act. It la not OPENS MODEL FLORISTS SHOP HERE TODAY Thomas Andrew, recent arrival la Klamath rail, will ooen modern flora! shop st 100$ Mala st reel . at x o'clock this af ternoon. Tbla announcement I th result of a ten-minute- stoo- over allowed Andrews as ha pass. ed through this city a tew weak ago. Without any thought of .lo cating nere, Andrews devoted m brief stsy to a hasty inspection of the city, and observing block ot new bualness buildings, , busy streets, snd a populsce moving bout with the speed of thus of a metropolis, decided to make thorough investigation, 'with tba resultant decidon to locat hr. Thomas hss hsd years of exper ience, m tna floral business,; snd (Continued oa Page Twelve) . dtton BAG IS LOST seen at Landeck prior to starting tha flight. sHlMUi HEFX Tb factory officials aald tbey believed the occupant of tha balloon were signalling for land ing accommodations, bat prob ably had not been able to land because of tha mountain. ' A message received here at II:lt p. a, aald tha balloon had been algbted la Italy and auto mobiles were cent out la aa ef fort to locate it. The Plccard balloon paaaed over Bolsano. lo Italian territory, at 10:3 p. m. MAT bYAVK DATA ' There waa little bop held by competent aclentlau and balloon ista that tha two occupant of the ealed cabin could he aided or that they would return alive from their hold venture. Hope wa held, however, tbat any scientific material they might have gathered or data recorded on the many Inalmraenta carried In the cabin might be brought safely back to earth. (Con tin Bed oa sage five) contemplated that a title ahould be summary. Tha attorney gen eral la not required to be wiser than tha law. . "We believe tha attorney gen eral presented a fair. Impartial statement ot tha purpose of th action, enough to enable the voter. If called a so to do so. to exprea Intelligently, their ap proval or disapproval or th same." ' ''.'' :. i Matt f .b'Mm.. cfrlotr today, irefanrldaai ti4 lion now neieg circulates throughout the atate caa be con tinued without Interruption, and operation of the atate police de partment 'automatically will ,be deferred until after tba general election next year, it the re quired 10, COO signatures are filed with the secretary ot atate before June S. NEIGHBORS OF WOODCRAFT ' I MEET TODAY The southern Oregon district convention ot ths Neighbors of Woodcraft will open thla morning at o'clock with a parade on Mala street. Scores ot delegates from cities Included In tha district arrived In Klamath Falls yesterday and last. Light to attend th two-day sea sIoq, aa well as Gind Guardian Minnie Ilelner. ot Portland, and Florence Holland, district grand neighbor, who will be present at all meetings. At 1 o'clock todsy, district offi cers will be seated and the open ing program will he held.' The publio ha been Invited to attend till meeting, but the remainder ot the sessions will bo tor members only. Regular ritualistic, work of the convention will wmmence. Imme diately sfter the opening session. This evening at o'clock a ban quet will be served to all dele gates snd members in th commu nity room ot the Methodist Epis copal church. Tenth and High The program for Friday will in clude a luncheon at noon and eve ning meeting at 8 o'clock when Installation of district officers ill be held, as well as a program and drill work. This final session wuj also be open to the public. Alexander And Newell Visit W. K. Newell, federal prohibi tion director for the state ot Oregon, and George Alexander, ...j , ,h. u i nrnhthition de partment, are in Klamath on a comoinea dubiuvsb iuu vvmm. urklu lh.. Mm. nap 1,11 m- arlly on business they admitted having inning equipment in iuo hack of their car. Today's Weather Oregon! Fair tonight and Thursday; rising temperature In the Interior on Thursday: fresh north winds off shore, i , W .' . loudr , One Is Killed, Score Injured When Train Is Smashed by Wind Six Members of Crow and 16 Pauoifer la Hospital. Many From Ores on; Can Hurled Into Air Fall Back to Splinter; Farm Damage HijjH . 1 '' MOORHEAO. Mianu. Ur 17. fTJFVA lanaaXa m tl amaaialiaa -a liftJ "Eapir BuilcW," fas forthana Pactftc assaan trajxt froaa tha rail bar Ufa taiar and sasshaJ tlaansi kdck ta aMMrtb, auUinw mam snaai ausal injuring 33 adsMrs, A farmer 18 milea away waa killed br tha asm a fcrl.' oua blast of wind, which uanota ana swirled acroea cities of Fargo, N. D., and RUSH MEDICAL AID The man killed in the unique- train wreck , waa identified tentatively as a "Mr. Anderson" of Mont- eaano. Wash. Of the 27 pas sengers and six members of the crew injured, four were hurt seriously, :' . Injured were rushed to hos pital here and In Fargo. Ns D.. scroa the. . river. All avaUabl pbraiciaa. - ndrses' and ambu lance rashad -to th acena oa roads choked by sightaeer who bravd torrential rain which, fol lowed the toraado-,- IBAVELIMO EAKT. . Survivors aald tho train was proceeding toward St. Pant tram Uio Pacific coast, when taar araam cloud avdrlad out- at tba . wast, striking tb train broadside. Ona Pullman ear after a Bother Jolted Iu the ah- and than mashed down, tilting at portion angle, aatll iir ear ha tho trara waa derailed. Only the engine re mained on the track. RERCtTB FA8SEXGER8 - 4 - It was at or than aa hour be fore rescue crew eonld extricate all of th passengers, . moat of wnom were forced to climb out ef brokan wmdowr-- . .. Moat of tha tnlnred aaBered from minor braise and cute. They were taken to hospitals with the minimum of-contusion while a re- Met train cleared the tracks. Tba rails ware ao badly dam- agea ny tne .wind-buffeted care, however, that railroad officiate said it would be Impossible to open the main line to traffic un til morning. A second relief train thus wss sent to the scene to take 102 passengers, none of whom" waa hurt, to 8U Paul. Tba farmer, as yet unidentified. was klUed IS miles aortheaat ot Moorhead. When he saw the fun nel-shaped cloud racing toward his home, ha ran to tha cellar, cntr to be. crushed to deatv by a (Uonttnaed en pace me) . Twister Strikes Beiber; Wrecks ': Office, House A' twister which, hit Baiber, West Beiber and rushed through urronndtng .country - picked up tbe Fsvell-Utley real estate office, carried parts of It a anarter of a mile and then amaehed It, Leslie Peyton, local- manager, stated on his return from West Beiber, last night. - - . The small tornado struck the towns Monday, snd .waa followed by a. hail etorm. MK Peyton said. The Klamath manager was called to West Beiber, new railroad town on the Great Northern extension south, late Tuesday by J. R. Day, manager ot tna newly erected West Beiber office. The typewriter In the office was found a Quarter ot a mile away from the original site and boards were twisted . from the building and scattered for that distance. One bouse on the bank; ot the Pitt river in Beiber waa blown In to the middlo ot th river, and a barn In the country near Beiber was demolished by the twister which, bounced over the country' de. Lakeview Will Hold Services " Memorial Day The Lakeview American Legion post Is sponsoring Memorial dsy services Saturday In Lakeview at tho theater, stsrtlng at 10 a. ni. Rt C. Oroesbeck, Klamath at torney, will deliver the Memorial day address at the servicee. ne will leave Friday evening. Glider Club To Meet Tonight The Pelican Glider club will meet tonight at Ptomaine Tom my's for a specially called meet ing to effect a membership cam paign and take up other im portant matters before tha or- aanisatlon. t Plans are under way ..to pur chase a second glider for the na of club members snd start sn sdvanoed instruction course in glider flying and air naviga tion, . , . ...... fk L.. .1 A at apparently atartad in North.. the Bed mer, tkirtinc th Moorhead. EDUCATION ' ": BOARD ACTS ' ONREjPOUT PORTLAKD. Ore.. May tl (IP) Recruiting of Blah achool athlete or other atadeat who would be especially desirable by th state college aad a niv crafty waa coademaed by the atate hoard of higher dacatios re meeting her today. Tha board alia errtk-lasd the greater Oreaoa committees at, tbe atate college and .100 uni versity. It finally waa sgteed that the preside! ot the two schools would call ape the ato dent hodlM ot the respeetlve a ask last th 3M OOXFEKTSCES It was brought out. darlnc th coarse of the board, meet ing, that the oommRtees nought the registn-tioa of vadou stu dents, aad thi discovery 14 to the ceaaotuae aau critietasa oC the eosamlttjaaa Ail All . corned.- ' I ) As e result of the finding to4 day. Ue hoard of higher edweavs tip SJI'Uiad a. rsosmaeadaUua, of th racant'sanrey report te the effect. That (rem mow en there win he ne conference, meet "or other atmBar faacttona at the aniverslty and college te waica nigu aenooi students might be asked with a view to havina them entering tha Institution, JRVrXB 8PKAK8 I The only exception to thla. rale will occur when one of the pres idents ot the Institutions 1 ha some reason to believe that such conference or meet would be (OonUaaed on Pagjo Twelve) j Daily I CAPITOL News Letter SALFM, May 27. ' (UP)) The "little red schoolhouse." which educational authorities decreed must go, doeaat need to he torn down In order to make It useful. . A LITTLB remodeling ; can make th building satisfy mod ern demands, according to rec ommendation ot the federal of fice ot education, received by Oregon officials. : ' Sl'tJGFjsT CHANGES ! J THE! old-tasbioaed one-room school with a make-believe bet try, weathering clapboards tbat show traces of their first and only saint, two er three small windows in each side, and the brick pillar supports thst let tho cold winter wind sweep under the none-too-tight floor, is ont of date. " ' - TO BRING It up to modern standards, the experts suggest: "MOVE the windows to the left side of the children, ss they sit st thelr'desk. Windows which ' (Continued on page five) : Even the girl who decent I - water will try to , Ma a I I social swlna, ,. . . . , 1 1 r Flapper Fanhy ; 61 xanie; '
