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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1933)
T N EWS CLASSIFIED N The Kimath News EWS COVERAGE klMiiiatU la rend in very mkimih uf KIniiimiU county and aurilivrn A ultfurMla. If Uirr U HiitiWliIng to wll, nriil u trade or II yon nrd oiuvljilug, Ui ciwlrat nifttiiud im Hi clanirird ad. The klaiuatb u imiml by Associat ed linlird Press, m KaiarprlM Association and McN.ught real are ayartl oats. Umaty eoteraa by Man wrMm mad caranpaadeata. Vol. 8t No. 275 PricoFi Editorials on the- , Day's News lly r'HANK JI-NklNa HKllK'8 a hot ona lor you: Th lov.rnmont of tho Unit ed Btsle. which I hiring turiner la kill tholr pit In ord.r lo radix-, .slating and prospective over-production of uiest. ! ' Ini III CCC camp etinlvoiy on dinned beef IMPORTED from South America! If you cau beat that, you'r. good. ' v TUB government la .pending tut iuhii In ao affort to In eroat. price of farm products Including beef. Excea of aupply over d.tnand la tl reason why prices ar. low. Every pound of boot brounlit Into thla couutry from sbrAid adds to tha existing ovfir-aupply. and ait 111 further de presses the price And yet tha government, will In It I doing all thla. foedi Hi own amployeea on Imported beet. e HF.KK'S another good one. re lated to thla writer Isst sum mer: Hh. chief of a big government department, located bere on the Coast, observing that blue eaglet were going up In th wlndowe all around, thought II might be a gVd Idea to have a blue eagl. in 1118 window. So be wired Wash Ington for permission to ilgn tha agreement. Hera la tha aniwer that came back: "Can't afford It. It would add too much to eot." GOVERNMENT, of course. Is a mighty good thing. We couldn't possibly do without It And ours la probably aa good aa any gorernmcnt anrwhere. But government doea a lot of funny thlngi. SP E A K I N Q of government brtngi up the eubject of or ganisations designed to Influence the government In one way or n othur. There are thousands of .them In thla country mot of them ex latlng for the primary purpoaa ot getting duea out of essy marka In order to provide good Jobs and traveling expensos for the amart ejrganlxers. It'a a great racket. BUT a new' one but Just been formed to whoso purpose thla writer can eay "Amen" al though aa a matter of principle, or purhnps of thrift, be will de cline to contribute duea. These purposoa are pretty woll et forth In thla opening para graph In Itt announcement pam phlet: "Amerlca'a Interests are basic ally different from Ihoae of other . natlona. The world haa many prohlomt to aolve. We mult atart by aolvlng our own " That la to aay, let the reat of the world mind lti bualneas and we'll MIND OURS. "THAT. In substance-, la what Washington told na when. In hie farewell address, he advlaed agnlnat entangling alllancea. Ev ery tima we have followed hla ad Tlc. we have done well by our solves. and every lime we hare (Continued on Pag. Pour) .y, IKKiS KILL IIOY SANTA CItUZ, Cullf.. Nov. 9, ' (U.R) A Jury tonight awarded A. Pasenti 17000 damagos against Frank Clements for the death of Pasentr five yenr old aon. Pie tro. the ault alleging that the boy was killed by a pack of doga owned by Clemonta. Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Nov. 9 Editor The Klamath Nowe: Every time some country g . t to thinking It has a dictator why along comos the old mas tor dlctntor ot all and show, 'em really how to dic tate. Thoy applauded too loud for Mr. Balbo on hla arrival In Italy and Mussolini couldn't help but hear It ao now Mus solini Is head ot th. aviation himself. Noxt year at Chicago's tcc ond Century of Progress why Italy will aond a hundred plane and Muasollnl will grow a beard and rid. In the front plane. Gold wont np 17 cents yes terday but they can't got any thing to go up with It. Trou ble with ua la we can't get anything to go up without the government buying It. Yours, veCents. nnroATP nnnw BUDGET FIGU . ...o Last Year's ExpenBe More Than $45,000 Under Allowance Is Shown Elimination of Month's Se s s i o n Attributed To Low Running Cost County elementary schools operated last year at an expense 1st, 224. 01 under the budget, It waa reveuled In the annual coun ty arhonl audit filed with tbe board by Carl II. Mason, public accountant. ' Mason also filed a report on all county high schools for the last school year, and forecast a reduction In high school coats under the unit ay mem under which they ar. operating for the flrat time this year. On. Month Eliminated County Superintendent Fred Peterann said th. chief factor In the under-budgot operation of elementary schools wss tho .llm Inatlon of on. entire month of school. Msson reported th total en rollment for county schools aa t6 3. On th. baala of thla en rollment, in. cost per pupil was 161.04. While no comparative figures were available, th. auditor said In bis report b. waa sur. no county In th. state eould make such a good showing. Tho per pupil cost ot 151.04 showed a aubatantlal reduction under the coat Uat year. 160. In 1928. when the county board took ovor the school system, the coat was $90. It rearhod a peak In 1925 of till, following con siderable expenditure for new equipment and other facilities nmler the new system. Polorson said the decline had been quit. steady sine, that time. On the bails of avorag. dully attendance, th. con was 166.11 por pupil for the year 1932-83. MnMin Comments Particular Interest Is attached - (Continued on Page Six) U. S. Aviator Sentenced to McNeil Island SHANGHAI. Friday. Nov. 10, (U.R) Hert Mall, flying sc. of half a doxon wars in scattered parts of the world, today was sentenced In United Stntea dis trict court to serve 2V4 years at McNeil Inland federal ponl tentlary for swindling a Chinese geuerul of $10,000 (Mexlrsn) In an arms purchase. Hull, formerly an aviation In structor for the Nsnklng govern ment, was arrested at Tientsin Inst month on chargea of Oeneral Ho Chu-Kuo. Chinese chief of onlanace. General Ho alleged thut Oeneral Chan, as Hall was known In the Chinese army, had misappropriated funds Intended ss payment for German pistols that never were delivered. Hall nleaded guilty to the churn, when hailed Into United Statea court here last week, but denied he Intended to swindle General Ho. Hall claimed tnat Japanese officers had seised hla papers at Kobe tnaxing it lev possible for him to substantiate his claims of Innocence. Kiwanians Hear Red Cross Talk Oeorg. Walton, secretary ot the Klumath county Red Cross chanter, was th. principal speag' er at a meeting of the Ktwanis club Thursday noon. H. dIB' cussed the work ot tbe Red Cross. In connection with th. an' nual roll call to atart November 11. Walton Introduced Mtsa Llnd berah, a school girl of Klamath Falls, who also spoke on Red Cross work. Children from Mills school provided the special mu sic. Clifton Richmond was chair man ot th. day. Beer Law Violation Charged on Dairy Complaint charging th. Lost River Dairy and Its manager, R, 0. Woodruff with violation of the city beer ordinance, has been filed In the office of . Police Judge Clifton Richmond. The, complaint was signed by r red Ahrens, city Deer ana ouua Ing Inspector,, and chargea. that the Lost River Dairy company sold a quantity ot beer to a local dealer which had not been prop erly stamped with city revenue stamps, Lakeview Elects Mayor Wednesday LAKEVIEW, Nov. The larg est vote In Lakeview htatory was cast her. Wednesday when Lo renzo D. Frak. waa elected may or of th. city by substantial majority. William Arxner and Harry An thony wore elected cnuncllmen. 0. C. Gllibs was elected recorder and A. J, Swift, treasurer. Fire Us In we . . e ...illAND THROUGH xHKKR CENTRAL STATES. CHICAGO, Nov. 9. (U.R Peace ful picketing replaced violence tonight in th. midwest farm strike with no new reports of disorders anywhere In the terri tory. Earlier In th. day two brldgea were llred and a culvert waa dy namited aa farm strikers contin ued their efforts to keep produce from marketa and farmers op posed to th. strike organised In several communltlea to keep their produc. moving. Iowa strike and aull-atrlke lesdera issued statementa that the situation there was not as serious as was generally believed and pointing out. that no troops had been called on duty. DES MOINES, Nov. 9, U.R Fire and dynamite were employ ed today In tb. midwest farm strike territory, while non-striking farmers perfected organisa tions to defy highway picketa "with shotguns If necessary." Two railroad brldgea were fired, allegedly by adherents of th. farm holiday program. Nei ther was destroyed, but both were dsmsged seriously. fitrikera Gain Victories A highway culvert was dyna mited by strikers near Wausau, (Continued on Pag. Three) FOR LIQUOR LAW Fiery Mayor Challenges Officials in Speech At Portland Thursday PORTLAND. Nov. .Speak ing before th. Willamette society, a democratic organisation, Mayor Willis E. Mahonay ot Klamath Fails today attacked what he de scribed as an "orgy of spending" by th. stau and natl.nat govern ments, discussed the state of af faire In Klamath Falls, and de fended tb. horn. rul. provisions of the constitution of th. stats. Rofnrrlng to th. proposed es tablishment of state liquor con trol measures, Mahoney sounded a warning against "the Increasing encroachment and the meddling of the slat, capital In the affairs of towns and cities of th. state. "This mad lust for supremacy of power In the capital at Salem should challenge tha thinking people ot Oregon," shouted Ma honey. "From th. fedoral government down to local government there has grown up an army of med dlers and busy-bodies. Inspectors and spies, all under government sanction, preying upon the Indi vidual, regulating personal con duct and personal habits. "We have developed a mania for regulating people. On. man out ot ten wears a badge, prying Into (Continued on Pag. Six) Touhy Hoodlums , Face Life Terms In Kidnap Trial ST. PAUL, Nov. 9. (U.PJ The black marbled, modernistic halls of th. St. Paul county-city build lng bristled with armament to day as th. trial ot tour Chicago gangatera on charges of kidnap lng William Hamm, Jr., wealthy brewer, got under way, ' Guards watched all building exits and almost tilled the "es cape proof" courtrbom on the eighth floor. So many guards were preaent that only a few spectators wer. able to find seats. Th. four defendants, Roger Touhy and three member of bis gang, faced removal to Illinois tor trial on another major kid naping charge It acquitted here. The penalty for kidnaping In Minnesota is life Imprisonment In Illinois, It Is death. Chicago Fair Visitors Warned Of Contagions Disease; 100 Suffering CHICAGO, Nov. 9, U.R An outbreak of a rare tropical dis ease ha caused IS deaths In Chicago and elsewhere In the United Slates, It was announced late today by Dr, Herman N. Uundesen, president ot the board of health, , At least 100 other persons are suffering from the disease, known as amoebic dysentery, It was re vealed, and an official ot the United States public health ser vice has been sent her. to help stop the outbreak. Develops In 8 Week . Dr. Bundesen said th. source of the disease had been traced to several hotels and restaurants and that the situation was now under control. Immediate steps were taken by the board ot KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, KLAMATH BIDS ON EMPLOYING I, Immediate Estimate for Available Work Here Sent - Thursday Night $250,000 Necessary Under Expanded Relief Plan To Consume Jobless Vl.math Vftlla nn Thttrftitav hid fn, Mid tn nrnvM lahnr and materials tor from 1000 to 1500 men here this winter, un der th. federal government's ex panded rttiei program. Word that th. government ntl (mmilltta ftvtirM on the number of men available and an outline of feasible park and pah lie grounds projects, resulted in a meeting Thursday afterooon of th. city planning commission, the .l.n.t .nmmlllM' ,h eOUtltV relief committee and member of th. county court. Local Capacity 1000 A irnrram ' Immediately mapped out, and E. A. Thomas, city engineer, sent th. whole plan to San Francisco last nigbt. Tha government. It Is under stood, want, to hav. th. men at .u i,. Vnv.m hur 1 5 a a nart ot determined nationwide at tempt to 'put -4.000,000 men to work by December le. t na Mttmatif 1O0O men can b. furnished for th. first month, and 1600 men from De cember 10 until February 1. Ninety per cent ot , these can live at home. Th. outlined program Include.: n DarVRka.tlnB- nond. stone wall, fencing, landscaping, a am nnsimetlon. retaining walls. grading, sprinkler system. Miscellaneous parks Grading, walks, sprinkling system. City Airport- C.earlng and grubbing, runway construction. dralnase, leveling. City roads Grading, lmprore- nf nneirwavs anil Center strips: sprinkling aystems, mis cellaneous, repair wooaeo Driuaa County . tair grounas wna (Continued em Peg -Six) Rescue Plane Will Pick Up Wreck Survivors riurnnv BAY. Northwest T,iinn m. . (IIP.) (Bv ra dio to the United Press) A res cue plane roared out ot wis wind swept outpost ot tne arrat mta tmluw fp desolate ooint on Great Bear lake where sur vivors of wrecked steamsmp are near deatn. Word of the plight of the crew was brought here by two com panions of th. shipwrecked men after an epic battle across Ice choked lake In aubiero tempera tures. Th. wn.wV.wl evafl la a boat of th. Northern Waterway Transportation i;o.t wmcn sup plies th. isolated gold mining camp and prospecting crew In this wild country on tb. rim ot the Arctic. Th. hwt atavtart from Fort Franklin on th. western shore of Great Bear lake on a trip nere. Shortly after leaving Fort Frank lin flea hrnlra nut. Tha crew was unable to check th. rush ot flame and th. steamer sank. Two members of th. crew were drowned. Th. otbara made their way to shor. In a tiny rubber hn.v Two men then set out to bring word of tn. tragedy to uamerou Bay. They arrived today, near .nlla nMA 'irnni aivh II li-lll ta tl Is cold. They reported that their comrades, less aoie to wimibiuuu th. hardship ot the already bit ter weather, could not survive long unless rescued. MACON IN HANGAR SUNNYVALE, Cal., Nov. 9, (UP) Th. navy dirigible Ma con was put back In her hangar at 6:15 tonight after soaring over the United . State, battle fleet anchored In San Francisco bay. ' health to get In touch with more than 18,000 persons, many of them world' fair visitor, who had been exposed" to the dis ease while here. The dlsense, while rarely ap pear In this part ot the world. doM not develop until about three weeks after the person contracts It, Dr. Bundesen said, so tbat a person might contract It here, return to his horn, city and not become 111 until day later, A new of the epidemic spread, hasty cancellations of many public gatherings, especial ly banquets, wer. made. . Bundesen remained In charge ot th. fight to stop the epidemic and was joined by Dr. R. B Spencer, who was lent here hur riedly front Washington. Soviet Meets F.D.R.Today ANNOUNCEMENT OP RKCOG NITIOX MAT BIS MADE ABOUT NOON. WASHINGTON, Nor. 9. (UP) A conference between President Roosevelt and Foreign Commis sar Maxim Lltvinor, from which may come an announcement of United States recognition of the Soviet union. Is scheduled for noon tomorrow at th. White Hous.. Th. meeting, which was to bav. taken place, tonight, was postponed at th. eleventh hour by th. Whit. House. Officials seemingly preferred to make a mystery of tb. delay, for non. would explain it. Actions Go Smoothly On. plausible explanation was furnished by a conference be tween tb. president and his ad visers on th. liquor question which was held at tb. Whits Hous. lata in th. day. This lasted from shortly after noon nntll past t p. m tb. hour set (or th. Roosevelt-Lltvinor talks, and ao left tb. president no op portunity before receiving the Soviet commissar to examine th. preliminary agreementa reached earlier at the state department American officials would neith er confirm nor deny the sugges tion that the negotiations had struck an unexpected snag and tbat thla waa th. reaaon for the postponement. F, R. Meet Delayed After a two hour conference at (Continued on Pag. Six) AUSTRIA FEARS Actions May Bring About Revolutionary Trend Over Entire Nation VIENNA. Austria. Nov. 9. (UP) - Reinforcements were called out today to guard against fresh Nasi outbreaks expected throughout -the. -.count..' AU available police reserves, mount ed and afoot, wer. mobilized In Vienna, patrolling the capital to cop. with the renewed activities of tb. outlawed Naxi party members, which, it waa feared. may assum. a revolutionary trend. Similar activities wer. report ed elsewhere, particularly In Salsburg and Innsbruck, where special precautions were ' taken. presumably on direct orders from Chancellor Engelbert Doll fuss. Officer. Attend Classes In Vienna, police were per manently detailed to preserve order at the university. Officers were Instructed to attend cer tain classes to prevent Nasi propaganda from being dissem inated among th. students. They also had orders to halt any sing ing oi tn. "Horet weasel," Ger man Naxi anthem composed fol lowing the death ot a young Nasi by that name. These precautions followed dlsturbancea during last night. Two hundred persons were ar rested among thousands of ildly demonstrating persons. cheering while numerous "hak- enreuxen" or "broken cross" swastika emblems wer. burned on floats In the Mur river. In th. - heart of Vienna. Aviators Lost in Alaskan Storms WRANGELL, Alaska, Not. 9, (U.R) Fog. rain and a low cell ing hindered search today for Pilot Cheater McLean, Capt. Wll llsm Strong of th. Taku Trading company and Phil Bishop, mech anic, who disappeared on a flight from Wranxell to Telegraph Creek yesterday. It was said McLean' Look' heed plan, carried a supply ot emergency rations, and a rifle, hut no snowshoes. McLean told airport attendants before leaving that he wo afraid of leaky pontoon In case of a forced land' lng. - Johnson Amazed ' By Reception KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 9. (U.R) General Hugh Johnson, na tional recovery administrator said her. tonight that he was "amused" at the reception he has received In the mldrilewest. "I would never have left Washington It I'd known that thing wer. In a good shape a tney are,'' he said. "I expected to he heckled at Des Moines and Omaha and I wa cheered." Governor Martin Denies Extradition OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. J, (U.R) Basing decision on a formal opinion from the Washington attorney general a office, extra1 dltlon of John C. Stevenson was dented by Governor Martin here today. Stevenson was wanted ' In Broom, county, N. Y on an In dlctment charging grand larceuy. NOV. 10, 1933 I DEATHSENTENCE Theodore Jordan Will be Returned Here To Re ceive Second Judgment State Supreme Judges Up hold W. M. Duncan in Case Against Murderer Th. supreme court today af firmed the conviction of Theo dore Jordan, negro, who was sentenced to hang In circuit court here for the murder ot F. T. Sullivan, dining car ateward. Jordan, wbo waa sentenced to hang on February I, 1933, re ceived a stay when his ease waa appealed to the supreme court. He will b. brought back to Kla math Falls from tha atat. peni tentiary for re-entenc. in the local conrt. Jordan was convicted ot at tacking Sullivan when be was sleping In hi berth while his dining car was on a spur In the Klamath Falls railroad yards. Tbe steward died In San Fran cisco several months after the attack without ever regaining consciousness. Justice Henry Bean wrot. the prevailing opinion In th. Jordan case. Justices George Rossman and Kelly conferred in tb. dis senting opinion. Jordan, negro. was convicted for tb. murder of a Southern Pacific dining car steward at Klamath Falls. Record Revealed. Records at th. atat. penlten Mary, where Jorda- haa been held pending the outcome ot the appeal, show a long criminal rec ord for the condemned man. Jor dan served a sentence in San Quentln prison beginning in 1924, on a burglary charge. On January. 9, 1929. he was received at the Oregon peniten tiary from Klamath county, on a robbery charge. ' Good behavior released him from his five-year sentence for that xharge on May 10. 1932. , - Sullivan, - th dining- car stew ard, was murdered at Klamath Fall June 3, 1932. Jordan was received her. December 14, 1932 where ho haa remained. Jordan, sentenced to hang, ap pealed from the judgment ot the (Continued on Pag. Six) Gang of College Educated Men in Huge Kidnaping CHICAGO, Nov. 9. (U.R) A gang of college educated men ac cused of taking halt a million dollars from kidnaping victims haa been broken up and at least tour of the leaders are In cus tody, it was revealed today by authorities. Secrecy surrounded th. arrests and th. obtaining of alleged con fession from th. men. It waa known, however, that at least four of them were taken today, on. at a time, to a house on th. outskirts ot th. city, and ques tioned. It was . Indicated that possibly seven others were un der arrest In neighboring cities. The "college" gang operated over a period of three years, it waa learned, and became so pow erful that it defied Al Capone when he waa gangdom ruler. Their success in eluding capture for so long was due. it waa said to th. fact that only on. had a criminal record, and that they cleverly arranged their kidnap ing so that the blame invariably wa placed aginst some known group ot gangsters. Another way In which It waa claimed that they avoided aus- plcion was by kidnaping men who were engaged in questionable enterprises and who usually pre ferred to pay ransom and let th matter drop without attracting any publicity to themselves. Grand Jury Will Meet November 14 The grand jar? has been culled by Judge W. M. Duncan for Tues day, November 14, according to an announcement from the clerk of the circuit court. There are aeveral Important cases to come up before tbe in' qutsitorlnl body, one of the most interesting of which Is tbe charge ot Involuntary manslaughter against Harry Spicer, 22, In con nection wltn tne deatn ot urai Chapman, who was a running' board passenser of tbe car Spicer was assertedly driving at the time of a fatal automobile acci dent on the evening of October 27. Tourist Sleeper Added for Game An extra tourist sleeping car of the very latest type has been obtained by the Southern Pacific company to care for the extra travel to Portland tor th. ArmlS' tic. Day game, according to an nouncement from the local ticket of tit t. Thla car Is fully as con venient a the standard sleeper, officials state, and has already been three quarter sold out from Klamath Falls. l Every BoardTangle To Be Probed AMERICAS ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOLS WILL INVESTIGATE. t EUGENE, Nov. 9. (UP) The American Association ot Law Schools will investigate th. con troversy in Oregon higher edu cation, H wa learned here to day. Dean Harold Shepherd of th. University ot Washington haa been named to conduct th. in vestigation and will report di rect to th. association. Mora. Fail, to Comment No comment wa forthcoming from Wayn. L. Mors., dean of th. school of law here, on ac tion of th. association, of which tha university 1 a member. In a statement given out her. tonight, however, he declared hi suggestion mad. yesterday tbat Dr. W. J. Kerr resign as chancellor was given out as in dividual, and that h. in no way spoke for any group or organ ization. Th. rest ot his state ment follows: "In view of th. fact that I bad become involved in a vital controversy I felt nnder obliga tion to ail mends of higher ed ucation to state th. real Issue frankly. I hay. no intention of embarrassing the board. I am pleased to not. that large num bers of citizens appreciate the tact tbat I bay. confined my re marks to th. basic issue in volved." PORTLAND, Not. 9. (UP) Indication wer. tonight tbat a thorough review of th. Roscoe (Continued on Page Three) WESTERN ORDER OF NATIONS UP Treaty Sought to Build Up Trade for North, South American States BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9, (U.R) Formation ot a western humt- spner. league ot nations com prising tbe United States, Mex ico and 19 republics ot Central and South America was advocat ed at a meeting here tonight. Francisco Muchon Vilanova. consul general for El Salvador, explained the plan to a gather ing of 1000 persons at the Cali fornia club. San Francisco con sular representatives ot all coun tries, exporters. Importers and representatives ot transportation flrma, attended. , Support GuarainU'ed The Idea tor a western league of nations was advanced three months ago by Dr. Miguel Angel Araujo, minister of foreign rela tione for El Salvador, tiny repub lic whose neighbors ar. Hondu ras. Guatemala and Nicaragua. Chile. Mexico. Uruguay. Ar gentina and Bolivia have already guaranteed support, vilanova said. Each of the 21 republics has been Informed of the proposal and invited to participate In discussion of It at th. seventh Pan-American conference De- (Contlnued on Page Three) Portland Enters Investigation of r Alleged Robber PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 9. (U.R) Further identification ot Al fred L. Cllne, held in Los An- gelea on a robbery charge, waa en route to Portland today from Los Angele at the request of local authorities. . Captain ot Detective. Harvey A. Thatcher said b. believed Clin, and Dr. William J. Worm, alleged swindler who operated her. soma time ago, ar. on. and th. am. man. Captain Thatcher based his belief, h. said, on the story ot Mrs? Helen Proctor, who Identi fied a picture ot Clin, in a Port land newspaper as the Dr. Worm who rented a house from her In December 1931. He assertedly defrauded a number of women, most ot them nurses, before he disappeared In April of 1932. She said one nura. had been swindled ot 9700. Police record show Dr. worm Is also wanted in Seattle and Chicago. Press Time EMPOR1A, Kan Not. 0, (U.R) A district court Inte to day found W. W, Finney, pio neer Emporia banker and po litical leader, Rnllty on em bexslemcnt charres. WEST POINT, Neb., Nov. 0, (U.R) The nation's cornhusk lng clMiiiplonthlp rested to night In the chapped and bleed ing hands of Sherman Hen drikscn of Nebraska. SEATTLE, Nov. 0. (U.R) Cornelius Vandrrbllt, Jr., who la making an NRU survey en route to his lodge In Hproat Lake, Vanronver Island, said today the country I "well on its way to recovery." Morning Except Monday REBEL TROOPS illRRENDER AT CUBA CAPITAL More Than 150 Believed Killed Before White Flags Halt Terrorism President Grau Denying Rumors Entire Prov ince in Revolution HAVANA, Not. t, flf.R) Loyal government troops crushed the backbone of a rebellion against th. government of President Ra mon Grau San Martin today. In a devastating, heavy bom bardment of A tares fortress, an ancient colonial tort on th. out skirts ot th. national capital, th. army' artillery battered TOO rebels concentrated then Into swift submission. Newsmen on Carpet Unofficial estimates ot casual. ties placed th. dead at upward ot 150 on both aide In the last 39 hours of fighting which apread terror through Havana and en dangered American Uvea and pro perty. Th. wounded ran into hundreds. The total killed at Fort AAases was at least 70, including th. colorful gorilla leader. Captain Juan Bias Hernandes, a palace aid. told the United Press. President Gran tonight called American correspondents to the palace and accused certain of them of sending out anti govern ment news. H. appealed for accuracy. A censorship was fear ed momentarily. The rumor of attacks on American property were still witbout foundation. Dr. Grau denied rumors of re volt spreading in th. provinces. and Insisted the Island was qnlet. outsld. Havana. HAVANA. Not. 9. UP) A tare fortress, held during a .day. ot bloody battle by rebellious troops, surrendered definitely at - 4:97 p. m. today. - - More than twenty woite flags were flying ever the bat tlement of the ancient forts ess, . whose 'wafts .had bee. smashed by artillery- and naval gunfire when the definite . capitulation waa received. The forces holding th. strong hold were believed to number about 2,000 men at th. begin ning of the sanguine conflict. (Contlnned on Page Six) Sinclair Fail's To Appear for' Investigation WASHINGTON. Not. 9, (U.R) A quiet gray haired little man startled the senate stock market Investigating committee today with a story of a boom time market transaction which netted profits ot more than $12,000,004 to Albert H. Wiggtn. Harry F. Sinclair and a hundred other without their advancing a cent of capital. -- Arthur W. Cutten, Cblcago market operator, described - by his attorney aa "very deaf and falling of memory," was able tl recall enough regarding a Sin clair Consolidated Oil Corpora- -tion stock pool In 1929 to cause committee member to fling charge of "market manipula tion" at the hesitant witness. The scheduled appearance ot Sinclair brought out the largest crowd since the investigation be-' gan. The oil magnate notified the committee, however, that he was 111 with pleurisy In Excelsior Springs, Mo., and could not make the trip to 'Washington until next week. Stare to Operate Transmission Line SALEM, Ore. Nov. 9, : (U.R , State operation ot transmission lines from the Bonneville dam project will solve Oregon's powet question. Charles M. Thomas, state commissioner of public utilities, told the United, Press today. "Tbe state should grasp the op portunity Immediately. Statt transmission lines could deliver to either public or private distri bution units, leaving tbe question of distributing service to the sev eral communltlea to decide tor themselves," Thomas said. News Flashes 4. 8AI.EM, Ore., Not.. f. (U.R) Second annual convention of the Oregon Hop Growers' as soriation will be held here Not, 18, Dean Walker, Independ ence, president, announced to day. KEV WK8T, Kin., Not. 0, (U.R) The naval radio' station here received a message late todny from the master of the H. H. Golden Mountain report lng the craft aoround at Mn dies Grande off Mnyagues, Puerto Rico. WASHINGTON. Nov. 0. (U.R) More than half a billion dollar was made available for farm work relief todny a the administration put Its late fall program Into high sliced. ( SI