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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1924)
Friday, January 11, 1924. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE SEVEN YOUNG KLUXEN GETS SHELTER Monell Sayre, Multimil lionaire, Adopts Boy Shunned by His Entire Neighborhood, , 1 Ity JM'ihiu Vun 1o (irifl) MCA NrrvifO Ktur WrltiT CONVKNT, N. J. Monoll Biiyrc, 8-ycur-oId bachelor und Inuny times a mllMoimiro, luus just udopt cd us liis Hon unl niuito heir to his ,110118, a 18-ycr-old boy up on whoso hi'ud two yours ugo rest ed tu stleimi of murder. "It nmy bo the one thing" I have lived for," ho miyn and Uiuh does this buchclor, millionaire, churclunun characterize his act in giving refuge to a boy whom his native city of Madison, N. J., was persecuting. The boy i Francis Kluxen, 3rd, henceforth to be known as Krancib Kluxen Sayre.' Ho Is tall and awk ward with tho unguin tineas of youth but IiIh mouth hua an in Kt'iiloud sniilo und hla eyes ure an untroubled blue. - It was two years ugn that the Uttlo city of Madison, N. J., wad .stirred by the brutul murder of 11-year-olil Janet Iawrenco. Twen ty knlfo woundH were found on tlie child's body, tho deed, dpporx untly, of a maniac. . But tangibly clues to the mur derer were lucking. The public ruge, determined to see punish ment done, finally settled on Fran cis Kluxen, then 14 yea rs old. These were the counts ugainut the lad: The Kluxen home was near the woods where Janet's body was found. A hunkerchlef was found in tho woods which bore stitching1 similar to that on Francis' handkerchief. Tho wounds on the child's body might have been mudo with a: knife sjmllur to t"e Boy Scout knifo which Francis carried. Presented with such evidence as this two grand juries refused to indict the boy. Then a gardener by the name of Frank Juncurck wus arrested, tried and acquitted, i Following this Francis was ar rested. The Jury acquitted him in 0 minutes. i "I knew I didn't do It and thcy couldn't prove I did, so why wor ry?" said Francis, and after that all should have gone well. But J Fruncts Kluxen's father, a man, In humble circumstances, had used his all to defend tho boy. Ho is today without a job. J School children gathered in little groups and pointed their fingers i ut Francis. There was no money i to send him. to school outside tho j community. People passed him with averted , face?. , I One day when Francis was stand ing with three companions on a lawn shots were fired at him from a passing automobile. That wus when Monell Sayre, ex j llinn l.Sirnl nf tlin t-'niunnmil fH.,..1, i of America and millionaire vestry- man of tho Graco Knlsconal Church of Madison, entered upon the scenes He invited tho boy to upend a few days at his homo In Convent w''h lies just outsldo of Madison. "The boy was being persecuted," ays Kayre, "and I took him into my .home to protect him." The days lengthened Into 18 months. The millionaire and his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Friend Pitts' learned to love the boy. Sayre took him to Kngland where Fruncls had tea with tho Archbishop of Can terbury and made frieds with Brit lsh statesmen. Back home again Sayro took measures to adopt the boy. Prob ably three lines in a newspaper would have been all that tho world would ever have known about it If it hadn't been that Francis, who Is a Catholic, elected to attend ser vices a couple of .Sundays ago ut Ciranco Episcopal Church, tho church of his foster-father. Tho Grace Episcopal congrega tion was affronted. The Itev. Vic tor Mori, rector of tho church, much disturbed, called his wealthy parishioners about him to consid ed embarrassing proportions. A neighbor hastily called Mrs, Pitts to Inform her that, if sho ln cr the situation which had assum slsted on keeping Francis in the home, she, the neighbor, would be obliged to go to her town house in New York considerably sooner . than she had planned. jT , 1 W , . x " v t-HKKKN A FT Kit 1)1 CK. '. Who sold anythhiR about inennsT 't didn't. But If you don't think Hie llttc fits. Just tell Mar jo He Daw, fa mous movie star, who's I he hold nhnrod (or should it he iiiiurcdess?; t.i Ihe pirturo. She roI tired r being shot at by the camera all day, and derided to do a little hunting on her own hook. The Uttlo city of Madison reviv ed It.i hate. lint Hayro went right on with his plans for adoption. "No mutter what happens," he says, "I'm with Francis. I have my Independent fortune and we can llvo abroad if necessary." ''I've never been a society wo man," says Mrs. Pitts, "and the cold looks of the neighbors don't bother mo in the least." "Some day," says Francis, "1 hope to show them how much it ull has meant to me." By which 0 means that some day he hopes to bo a famous mech anical engineer. In the meantime a tutor is ar riving from Kngland to perfect him in Latin and Greek, a rudlo und other devices have been sot up, Jap servants move over thick carpets to minister to his com fort, motor cars purr outside the door. There will be trips to Kurope und quiet tulks with leurned men und perhaps u degree from Oxford. And thus docs life begin anew for Francis. Just outside tho city of Madi son, N. J., some enterprising church has put up a lgn board. "Tho blood of Jesus Chrst, His son," it says, "cleanseth us from nil sin." WOULD PROTECT MIGRATING BIRDS NFW YORK. (AT) National legislation which would provide finances to carry out tho provis ions of a treaty entered Into with Great Britain several years ago to insure tho protection of migra tory birds, both Insectivorous an game which travel between Cana da and the I'nlted States, Is sought by American sportsmen. A bill sponsored last February by Senator Harry S. New now post master general, providing for tho issuanco of government licenses at $1 each for tho privilege of hunt ing migratory game birds, which was defeated In tho House by a small margin nfter passing the Ken ate by a largo majority is to be presented In this Congress by Rep resentative Daniel Anthony of Kan sar. Approximately half of the pro ceeds of the licenses, under tho provisions of the bill, will be used for tho purchases of areas suit able for bird refuges and the re mainder expended -for affording them proper earn und protection. 11. P. Holland, vice-president of the American Game Protective Aa soeiatlon, declares that conserva tion experts are united In. tho be lief that unless refuges where no shooting is permitted are establish ed along tho lines of flight, tho doom of the migratory bird is seal ed and the American system of rreo shooting will become Impos y hi ' MAN, LIGHTNING EQUALLY BLAMED FOR FIRE CAUSE ' i BAM FRANCISCO, AP Man I and lightning share equal respon- I sibillty In tho fuct that forest fires In California were more destruct ive during tho past year than In any other state, according to a re port Issued by the United Htutiu forest service here. More fires were started In na tional forests of California than In any year since 1917. In a total of 1.376 fires nearly 50 per cent were attributed to lightning, the rest to human carelessness. And tho man caused fires, tobacco smokers Bturted 358, or 60 per cent, and campers 117, or Hi per cent. Hall roads, brush-burners, lumbering and Incendiarism uecounted for tlwi rest. Klghty-slx per cent of all tho California fires In national forests wero extinguished by forest rang ers and their co-operators be fore more than 10 acres had been covered by flames. Forest offi cers obtained convictions against 120 violators of stato and federal flro luws. "The 'tailor-made, clgarettu und tho unextinguished match contlnuo to be tho greatest enemies of our forests," said District Forester Paul G. Hedlngton. "It Is surpris ing also to note the number of fires started by careless campers. 'Tho forest service would re gret exceedingly to havo to issue orders restricting the publlo uso of our national forests, which cov er tho greater part of tho mount ain regions of the state and con stitute a most poptitar playground. But If such action is taken, the public will have only Itself to blume. Ono thing Is certain, we havo to reduce the number of man-caused fires, and If educa tional methods full to produco the desired results, the government is prepured to take moro stringent ineahurea.'' Cury Art Lands Heady. 8ALKM, Or. Tho desert land hoard fixed the price of Cury net lands In the Tumnlo project In S OUR STOMACH .J fmiseti ltnd hrrnt h. many pntnj, iotttud toimuo and Uulclilmr. y Alwayi find relief in CrfAld&iifHfrttS Tablets Swwtcn your tomaco and breath only 25c Deschutes county at $77 an acre. This Jnnd, which aggregates 2000 acres, will now bo sold to actual settlers. Purchasers will not bo re quired to pay any of tho principal or Interest for a period of five years. Tho board approved a salo by tho North Canal company for wa ter for tho Irrigation of 21C0 acres of land In tho Powell Butte Irri gation district. This lund Is own ed by tho Deschutes Valley Seed company and tho Portland-De- se hates Lund company. 'HattieJ. 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