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August 3, 1933 THE KLAMATH NEWS. KLAMATH TAU8. OREGON PAGE THRO JUDGE MAKES APPEARANCE FORDEEENSE (Continntd from Tag One) $1600, hrln GUnn to gtv truRt od tcurUy. , Action Tlttml Po..ow..ig tha 01nn confer nro, Khl UU.tM that h bad gon to tha vaadhuta of tha audi toriura and aakad thoa praaont not la amok, and lhn wnt to tha auulh alda of lha cnurlhuuna and ahkfd Leonard Hall, news- p per man nut "to httrkfa tha apakara." He thn aald ha went to tha curb on Oakdata street, by night torrb, and atood thara for aoroa timrn, and talked to a number of people who paad. It a aa Id ha remeni he red die tlnctly that Joa Danlele and , W. I Chink Paifla. had ap pruarhrd him. Ha also aatd ha racalted that "Hhoriy" Bryant bad talked with bint for about So minute. Davit teatffted that at fhra plnuta to 10 ha and laitleii talked aritto ht all comparing thetr WMtrhe at that hour. IjivI. aUu lontUUid (hat Walter J. Jntim cam up then, called Frlil to una aide and aald: 'KvryihlK U okay now," and F.-hl replied. "Mum fa tlia word." Fahl teatlfled ha bad no in l rn m in tha outcoma of tha aherlff recount proceeding, . that lt made no dlfferenra to ma who aa aherlff" and that ba bad Biipported Kvarett Br.iB at tha election. Fehl aaid ha waa under finan cial obltgattona to 1.. A. Hanka. and bad been friendly with him for two yeara. Tom I. Hrerheen bad alo rendered financial aid, and had helped him in tha cam paign, but be "felt no political only personal obligation, be aald. Tha wttneaa aald ba and hit family had been friendly with the Walter Jonea family for nln yeara. Ed Srbollara, Mod ford laborer, who aald ha waa a member of tha Good Government Congreaa, teatlfird that after bla apeerh Earl Fehl cama to tha aouib aide of tha court houne and asked tha crowd (hera to keen quiet aa they wera disturbing tba con green. Rrbollara teattfted ba aaw Oliver Martin, a co-defendant, Hrerheen, C. W. (Churk) Darn. Edgar Hryant and Edwin Tobin, on tha ouulde of tba building at rarloua ..pott, 8alem Trip Iearrlbrd Attorney E. C. Kelly teatlfled that on Waahlngton'a birthday Fehl had coma to Salem and Kelly had extended to him tha courtesy of tha legislative ses sion. Tha witness said Kelly was In tha city a couple of days, and understood ha conferred with tha governor on relief m at! era. Robert E. Bell, Janitor at tba courthouse, testified that on January 1 last ha bad given Fehl a master key to all tha offlcea In tha courthouse, I lined In Jail Th wttneaa testified that Brerheen dined In tba jail tha night of tha robbery, and C. H. Brown, secretary of tha Good Government Congresa waa a frequent diner there also. Ariel Burton Foremoy ad mitted membership in the Good Government Congresa and aald aha beard Fehl say In hla ad' d resa to the bod)', "the recou n t has been ordered, and 1 do not consider tha ballots worthy of a recount. She waa the last witness for tha defense before Kehl took tha stand. The state did not crosa-examlne. Touch Babies to Beat He Old Dad Neptune Is proud of these two young daughters o f h I s. Scorning wtlerw tngs and other cliiMis.li play thing. I'efisy Raw Is, left, and Helen Hocrgcr, both four-year-olds, entertained the crowd at the recent na tional women's A. A. U. swim championships at New York by their swim ming and diving. They're alone in their clntw. 4 i i am - THIS CURIOUS WORLD - I SI - MJ A KNOX AS USEO IN NAUTICAL TE9MS. w a seeeo or i PPaOXIMATELY a cao rttreck H ja, on. omh IJAUTIOU. AMU PFR HOUR, AMD is Aor a C'SrAHCE, as AANy PEOPLE bCLIEVB. Tie Of YtAOAGASCAO., , oaiNKS 6v oipping rrs FMSeas imto water. AND POUK-JC. THEM THftOU&H ITS MOUTH in coumch. turn, to. A SNA. BOUGHT A OueX WITH A SARTCR. SNAKE and CAa out victorious. FOUR FORESTERS ! KILLED 1 STORM l.EWISTON, M,., Am. S. (P) ! Pour roatbii! torrtrs ot , Amrlc't eonitrrstloa trmr to-1 &1 lUwd i Ttctlmi ot th ttsu's moit mt lctnl : ttorm ot tb( &, j Elcht othen r rcoTrlm ; la s boiplui from th thork of t llfhtnlnc halt which ttract Trl Unit to th civilian coo- atrvatlon corps camp sr hart iait nlsht, Th four faulty Injured ware Benjamin Schwaru, Monon ; Maa Edward Alkant, Spring- ! field, !.. Lont Kaaby. Law-; renra, and Ferdinand IjKralta of Madlaoa. That died thre hours tatar In th hoa pltal. 'i Th hear? norm, th awond In tour dart, crippled rommnnl eallon and sowar lints, ttartad farm flrea and damaced cropi and traea. Fir peraona In other aectlona wer atunnad or barn ad or llshtnlni. BUSINESS BULLIES I TBifCOH. (Contlnntd from Fas On) A new ehlpment of Intlxnt ttir pli waa reeetrad at tba pott offlc Wedned3 mornlns. Mer chanla who ned additional aun pliet tra nuked to present their demands to th postmaster. Employers hirlnc part time helpers do not hav to lncretaa their hoars or pay on tb baals of full lime employment. Earl Reynolds, who heade th RN'A program here, aald last nlsht. The minimum was for part time worker aball b at tb aama proportional rate at for a maximum week of 40 beurs, ha aald. , Lumber Mills Of Klamath To Start Up Again Friday (Continued from Pan On) haeuaer and Long-Belt Laratier companies. Tha Increase waa an nounced yesterday. Lone-Bell increased th mini mum was rat from 3fr cents an hour to 42 4 cents and Wcy erhaeuaer boosted Ua level from 32 H cents to 414 cents, the minimum was named In the ' lumber coda now before Admin istrator Hush Johnson at Wash- Initon. Karl 11. Pehl, Jackson county Judge, charitt'd with conspiracy and ballot theft, prnhahly will take the stand in his own de- tense lato this afternoon. The tlefnse Is expeclr-d to complete Its direct rae before the court adjourns tndny. Mrs. Kdltli It. I'atton, sec retary of the grand Jury for Jackson county at the October tnrm of court, testified this morning that th grand Jury had requested Pehl to attend the meeting. February 20, of-the tlood liovernment rnngreita-to warn It against tillering ,"in- flanuuatnry remarks. The wit ness said that complaints also had coma to the grnnd Jury that tne congress mcolmga were un ruly and marked by attacks on county officials and th Judge ot tha circuit court. Corridors (longed Mrs. I'allon further testified that th corridors of the court house were clogged with loiter era. Under cross-examination, the atat attempted to show thtl ehl waa selected by the grand Jury to apesk because of hia as sociation with the Congress, The court sustained the de fense objection to tha state's query, that the grand Jury had directed stenographic report of speech mad by Fehl at meeting of the Congress held in the Armory the Saturday before the vots-sloallng. Mrs. Patton testified that about December IS she saw the ballot pottchea atored In the clerk'a of fice and noticed that the teals war coming off and locke and keya were attached to tome of the pouches. 8. P. McDonald, laborer ot Medford, testified that be waa a member of the Congress, had algned card, and afterwards turned it over to Pehl. McDon ald, testifying aa a defense wit ness, said he stood outside the auditorium the night of the rob bery and beBrd the comment: "What are they up to tonight. McDonald said he had been called first as a state witness, and dismissed. Pehl Heen At III: no Rdgar I., llryan testified that be was outside the auditorium on the robbery night and saw Pehl In front of tho courthouse shout J ft o'clock. The slate laid th grounds for impeachment of Bryan, claiming he bad told th Rev. E. L. Malkemus "h would not go around th southwest corner of the courthouse and set beat up." Bryan denied the claim. Bryan also denied that he had told Jailer Fred W. Kelly Tuesday: "I have been asked to be a witness for Oliver Martin, but am not because I would have to tell of all ot Martin's activities that night." .Martin la co- defendant. Ks-Jnller Teatlflr John llleiiii, former county Jailer, acquitted of ballot theft testified that he waa in the county court offlc with Pehl from 6:4S to 9:45 discussing a loan. tilenn denied any one came to Pehl'a offlc during the con verttat ion. Walter J. Jonea, convicted of hallol theft, testified of the meet log at Pehl's office to arrange bonds for I.. A. Hanka, convicted slayer, ot eating supper with the Pehl family and returning to the courthouse about 8 o clock with Paul. Jones testified be was on Ilia south side of the court house most of the evening. W. K. Penni, former Banks' guard and bondsman for some of the defendants, testified that on the afternoon of the robbery before the court handed down its recount decision he mot Virgil Kdlngton, on of the dofnmlante, who baa entered a plea of guilty and had hts case dismissed, near the front door of the courthouse. Kdlngton had a canvas under his arm and th witness asked him "What are you doing!" "I am going to get aome bal lots, Kdlngton replied. He ask ed Pennl to assist. Pennl said he replied, "I won't do it. Good night!" Met McKitrick Pennl, however, testified that he met Wesley McKltrlclt, a co defendant, on tha basement floor near th vault and agreed to open the door. Pennl testified that McKitrick asked blm to do this as "we are going to take a gentleman out," McKitrick has pleaded guilty. The state contends th flrat plan waa to take tba ballot pouches from the Sexton broth er! tud othen whll they were being removed trora th court room to the vault. May Powell of Talent, lesil fleld that eh attended th Con gresa on the night of the rob bery and did not hear Kohl criticise the decision of tho court ordering the recount. Under cross-exatnlnatlon, the witness ad mitted she was a defense witness for l A. Hanks In th Etigcno murder tr al. 'losing Sen Rebuttal testimony of the state It Is anticipated will take all day Thursday. Pinal arguments and Instructions of the court are due Friday with the Jury re ceiving th case lata that day. East Suffer As Mercury Stays Up (Continued from Pag One) heat-oppressed aectlona of New England and Atlantic seaboard states Indicated the grand total waa 100. Relief Ktpertril. Boston had a temperature of 88. The weather bureau looked to the northwest for develop ments to bring relief tonight. New Haven, Conn., with s temperature 10 degrees ahead of yesterday's mark, counted etx dead since Monday. Portland. Me., was running a temperature of US early In the day end ex pecting to go above 90. It was 90 at 9 a. m. In Phila delphia, where 13 have died be cause of the heat, and showers tailed to heir Harrlsbttrg, Pa., where the thermometer rose quickly Into the 90s. Albany found a little comfort In a yeslerly breexe, which seemed nice to compare with the 101.3 that it had yesterday Ohio Cooler, Southern temperature were not particularly unusual. Ohio's heat was broken last night and the temperattirea there today were In the comfortable ?t. Several bourt ot rain left the thermometer at 60 In St. Paul Chicago and Detroit had re lief with showers, their respec tive temperatures today being around 72 and 75: Indianapolis waa not to fortunate. The tem perature there waa In the 90s with no change predicted for th next 24 bourt. Moley To Direct War On Kidnapers (Continued from Pig One) making the survey and resume his slate department duties upon completion of the survey which it expected to last s couple ot months. Plans Outlined Meanwhile, no specific plans have been outlined by th admin istration for fighting kidnaping and racketeering, other then through cooperation by federal forces wllb tlate officer. j Mr. Roosevelt made known : hi Moley appointment at hit regular Intervlow today with newspapermen In which be dis cussed wide range of subjects. The meeting was held in the small study on the first floor of the family residence. Drawn blinds kept the rays of the sun from the room in an effort to provide aome relief from the terrific heut. The president was at his desk In his shirt sleeves with stenographs busy taking dictation. LOGGEHS Ql'lT. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 1. (P) Fallen and sucker la th La de logging camp near here, who have been receiving 33 and 33. SO a day, walked out ot tb camps Monday when th company re fused to meet their request (ot a wag increase at SO cents a day. Th wag demand waa made lasl week. Wage is tb Ladec operationa wer Increased (0 cents a day after July 4. It waa believed so other camp la th district was affected. INCREASE EXPECTED. PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 2. (fl) Headquarter ot tb Loyal L gion of Logger and Lumber men said today lumber mills on the Columbia and Willamette river near Portland are gener ally paying 52H cents an hour to their employes, Th 43 cent teal it expected to be tdated by th mills after the na tional lumber cod becomes f fectlv. Navy Program Is Delayed By Charge Hurled By Senator (Continued from Pag On) melt's charges,' th tecretary said. Despite the delay In award ing the contracts gwanson said be wished to push the construc tion program throngh to com pletion aa soon aa possible In order to build the United States fleet up to as near London treaty limits as budget limita tions permit. Cotton Industry Takes Peace Step (Continued from Pag One) Industry Itself. Under it will be set up related boards tor each state and committees In Individ ual mill. Th structure it to furnish th first voluntary ma chinery within an Industry on a national scale for improving la bor relations. Buying to Resume. Johnaon also disclosed plans tor an early campaign to have people resume buying on a large- scale, and to buy from display tra of th NBA blu eagle. : Hearlnga progressed mean ; while on proposed codes tor the millinery, sol) pip and cotton ; garment Industrie. At to the commute to trbl trate capital labor difference. It was specifically provided by amendment to th cotton code that "creation of tneb Industrial relatione committees within Ind! vidua) factories shall h wlthou' prejudice to the freedom ot atsa elation provided tor in tb in dnstrlal rcory act." This signified thai regardiKt of th new structure, employers are bound not to Interfera with any eflort by their employes to organlx or Join existing unions; for collective bargaining. j The amendment to tb code! and the accompanying report ' was framed by Robert W. Bra- j ere, editor of "Survey" with the' assistance of B, E, Greer, pre! I dent of Purmatt college, Qreen rttle, 8. C, and Major John Ber ry, president of th Printing Pressmen's nation anion. Aiiioifficeneii So that the general public and all employee in the Klamath District of the lumber industry may know definitely the attitude of the undersigned operators we wish to state that we have always been desirous of conforming with the plans of the President of the United States to spread employment and provide pur chasing power. Prior to the closing of our plants, all plant man agers had told their employees that they expected to come under the Lumber Code when it was perfected and acted upon by our President. The managers of our local plants did, in anticipa tion of the Code, make an increase in wages on tha first of July, although there was nothing in lumber values to warrant this action. After making the in crease, the managers asked the men to continue work ing until we could ascertain the provisions of the Code We had no idea how long it would take to perfect a Code for a nation-wide industry such as lumber, with its divergent conditions of production. We wish that everyone could visualize the stupendous undertakings in our National Capitol in preparing Codes for various industries and how energetically everyone worked to perfect a Code acceptable and fair for our particular business, lumber. It is a fact that this District placed before the In dustrial Recovery Administration a scale of wages higher than that proposed in any other lumber district in the United States, equaled only by the Douglas Fir; Districts of Oregon and Washington. A Code for the Lumber Industry was finally -worked out some time ago. It was submitted and pub lic hearings were held before the National Industrial Recovery Administration. The Code then went into conference. Its acceptance by the President is expect ed at any time. The Code, as submitted, provides that in this local ity the industry shall establish a maximum 40 hour week in mills and factories, and 48 hours in the woods, and a minimum rate pay of 42 '2 cents per hour in mills and woods, and 40 cents per hour in box factor ies, with the usual spreads for the higher paid posi tions in all departments. In furtherance of the sincerity of our previously expressed purpose, we are willing to resume opera tion on the anticipated basis of the Code for the Lum ber Industry at once, namely, next Friday morning, Aug. 4th, at the time that the different plants have usually opened their day shifts. In conclusion, we wish to say that the application of the Code will be retroactive- to August 1st as re gards the hourly rate of pay, and if, when finally ap proved by the President, any changes have been made in the matter of hours and rates of pay, as above re cited, we shall immediately adopt the new Code a revised. Algoma Lumber Co. Big Lakes Box Co, Chiloquin Lumber Co. Crater Lake Lumber Co, Ewauna Box Co. Ivory Pine Company Lamm Lumber Co. Geo. McCollum Pelican Bay Lumber Co. Shaw Bertram Lumber Co, Walker Hovey Co. Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.