whnm
tiaratttia Uteratd
WEATHER FORECAST
TONIGHT FAIR i:tT.PT HIIOW-
i:iih iv north wcsr portion,
rnoi.cit in i:aht pom ion,
vi:iini:mimv fair,
NEWS, Of THE;,
BY THE
ASSOCIATED PRIM,
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Member of the Associated Press.
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KLAMATH I'ALLH.OItTUO.V, 'II LHIMV, MAI a, I 111!
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GEO. J. NICHOLS
KILLED BY II. !
iffls.iiiin
Investigation of Quarrel in
Negro Section Conts
Landlord's Life
I
Tim urroxi nf Luwii, wlui
stH reported In Invit In-rn seen
ni'iir Keno, wnn iniitiH'iitiirlly
exported thin iifternnon, It win
imlil by Deputy Hherllf lluw-
k I mi ill ,1 n'lluck Tim mnn Ik ''
lining trailed liy Hherlff I. oh
iiinl Deputy Hherlff llnrncn.
mIhi with mild to Imi (limn mi
hi trull. ,
)
InvfstlRutlnn nf a family iiiiirn'l
lit ttm rulorml iiunrter tit Fourth
mill Oiik. t iihI George J Nichols, !'.'
till IK.- ulimit III HO liial lilKlit, when
Wllll.t tit l.nwln, colored, utter firing
thr'o nluiln lit ti In flenlnx wife,
turned mnl iiliiit Nichols In lint
neck. UIIIIiik lit tn Instantly lli
llr. I mnl Imi nut been upprchi'tuled
lulu tinl.i
Arcurillug to Hut police. Nlrholn.
u Inborn-, renlilliu: ut 135 Mouth
rotttth, wni the owner n( a mini
Imr n( minill huuwn in thui neigh
borhood, whlrli urn largely tenant-
i'il liy colored peupln. Hearing the,
altercation tin wnn believed In Inn K
tniiilo .in IliMdlKatlon with view to
iiilptliu: hi. ti'tiiuiiii From ull re-
n rta It ma apparent Hint hit w,m
nut Involved himself, hut liuil ill-'
tempted to net iin it penie.muker.
M.irk Howard, Jailor, unit C A
Hiulth. rupn-neiit'itlvo uf Hi it Sttits
riiiui.iny .lit charge of tint new flro
ii tt lit. wh Merit tin' first to urrlvu
on tint ncenn, a.ilit Nichols wan ilcul
when thi')' foilinl Mitt. Lowln wu
nut in night Portions of Mrs
Lewis" personal effcrtn drown nbiint
tint hark y.irit g.ivo evidence uf tltu
innrri'l Jmiwii-ii h.ir nnd lttli.
Lew In U n.il.1 In hit mi upholster
it, uul i'tnilo)ril recently, while
Mm. I.i'hIh bun hri'ii i'inpli)nd til
I tut Unlet Hall miiiex Tint police
ii.tlil th.it li llu'lr knowledge In1 hml
it tit I ii luvilved lit pri'lmi hIiihiI-
lug tiffi:t)H In Hi., iiilitri'.l iti.irlir
NlrlinU' hml) wnn l.ikrii tu tin
Whltlntk titiderl.iklur. t-MlulilUlimrtil
whlli- mi if furl U being Hindu hy
Cnrutier Whlllork lo locale rela
tive Nlrholn liiul no futnlly Ihti-
FARMERS OPTIMISTIC
('mill lli'Mirl Itrtiirni-il liy IIiiii
Cnniiultlri Afli-i'Tnillltiu Count)'
A rplrlt of optimum iiiuuiir farm.
it xImIIi'iI w.ih ri'potli'il hy Krntik T
NHmin, ChnrliM II. Hplilnll uml C J.
MrCollum, tint promMit loan romiult
li'ii of ICiamalhl"nlU Natlnunl fnrm
loan iiHHDclatlon, who hart Juct ruin
pli'ti'il n flttMlny tour of tint county
limpi'ctliiK Ht't'iirltli' offered fur fed
rul furui Iuiiiih. TliU Ik urconlliiK In
MrH. I.. II llumin, hocrotiiry-trcMHuicr
of Hut iiaiiurlnllon
Mr. IIiiRiiti hiiIiI thu committee wim
pnrtlculiirly plenned with thu IiIkIi
rhmri of necurlty offered fur Hut dexlr
ell Iuiiiih, which will uinuiint tn uhuiit
iir.o, uoii.
Thu papern In connection with'
ttiCHu Io.iiih will hu Bent to thu l'ed
ciiil l.uiiil hunk of Hpokmiu mid u
Itnverninent iippriiUer will hu neul to
Wvt iho rmichu.
itin.Mi- m:kkh it) yw.Kr
A minlliiK of thn retail cloikn' luc
nl, Hchedtiled fur lust nlKh't, will hu
held m S o'clock tnnlcht III (hu )ulor
hull, rifth uml Mulii.
WKATIir.lt I'HOIIADH-rriKH
NutwIthutmiiliiiK thu HironteiiliiK
iiHpecl today, tho
CycloHtunuttKniph
ii t Mulcrwoud'H
I'liiirmncy liBNirvK
iKtered ii Bllnhtly
rlniiiK burumolrlc
piunHiiro. Thin h
mi liullcallun of
fair w outlier and
iinHtnrm In expect
ed. Kurt-cant for iioxt
lit limirn:
(loiicrtilly fulr,
continued cool, with vnrlnhlu wlmhi,
Thu Tycoa rocordlnft tliormomntor
reKlHlered iiwixlmtim ami minimum
tuuiiuriitiirc'n, today, us (oIIewh:
IllKll I'.'J
w uv .'. , 1u
Vot a Soviet Hat
'$ Vf
Trhltclterln will li.tv.t to ilu u heaii
if rxplulnlliK wlicri In- Ritn Imik tn
lil lltiMlan frlrmln Hnu ho In ull
ilullnl up In llm lilKlt ullk lull. (lll
hoi uf tmillalUui. which hu wora (u
dlnmr with tho king uf Italy.
TOPSY LUMBER CO.
ADOPTS EIGHT-HOUR
BASIS, MEN RETURN
N.iiiiulll Ni'iir tlniil ItKiiini". .f
Ii" .kiii iiii'iiI IIiiii In ili ii(ti
.Hi nl,. .IJill Mi'-tit .nil
Smi,i tu Tln ll'r.il.l
DOItlllH. May 2 Hlmrlly nftcr
lil k I lie. out )ontiriluy .ifliTttooii, tint
iinphiycti of Hit) Topny l.uttihi'r rout
tinny raw mill, ni'ur lirrr. owniil by
tint Ki'nti'rituu hrothiirn. ri'tunu'il to
work when lint roinptiu) JKrri.l to
mlopi tint rlnlit liimr tiny with llnio
ntut (iii'-luK for owtIIiiii' Ahotit 30
Mini urn uuipli cil
Tin' himlr wnur of II Pit ib for
10 liniirii hnu hi'iti mljuitril lo iiinit
I hi. ui'W' kcIkmIiiIu no that lull.' ihmiKo
will rrmill In lti(. iii.'U'k rarnlliK Tin:
plnnl will (ipiriitit lo Inaim p.T iluy
Hi'PurtH nru that tln llurklurt
mi w mill in-iir Ml lli'liiou will re
iiiiin hliorll) on mi vlitlil-lioiir lanln
Tin ulilntlit hlnw ut the Acioclat
ril lloxoinpany plant In-rit mti'ril.iy
iiiiniilnr. hut only four sjUilrd mrii
ri'pnrli'il for work
LAMM NOW BENEDICT
rioliilui'iil I .mil I.iiioIh'iiiiuii Mnr
i li-il lo Mi Alii i MrC'oiirt
HAN I'ltANCJSCO. M.iy 2 W K.
I.UIIIIU, Kliiiinilli K.iIIh liiiiihi'r op.'ru
lor mid Ml ft Alice Mi Court, of Klam
ath CalN. weru married ut u lead In K
lintel hi'ro. nl 10 n'rlo-k tlilx ninrn
Iiik Tim irreliiuny wn" nlleiiileil hy
Hut hrldit' iiiothiT. MrH Jentilu Mr
Court, of Han I'r.nn luru tln bride
Kromn'it inolher mid Hlnter. Mr.
IMIth l.amm nf Danville. llllnoH, nil. I
Mm Kthel PUher of Santa ll.irhnrn,
nnd other Inililfdl.ltit relntlvuH. Minn
IMIIh l.ainm, tint hrldi'Rrnom'H hU
I it. wan maid of Junior mnl Henry
McCourt, thu hrhle'ii hrulher, wn
heft mnn. Thu bridal roupln will
upend n rniiplu of weeliu on n honey
innnii tour hy niito ticforu rctiirnliiK
to Klnmntli KnlU.
W. II. Loiiuii In well known hero
nH tint chief owner mid iminiiK'r of
thu l.iimm Lumber cniumu ut Mo. lor
Point He Btarted the mill In l'.H,
hniiiR romo hero from Danville, Jill
iioIh about two enrH pruvlntmly.
IIIh irldo I equally well known
hero Hbo Iium been ImiK In the em
ploye of thu Kluninth DitM'lopinent
comimny, In n director of thu local
rhiimher nf uiiiiiiioiro mid Iiiih IiIkIi
Hoclal vtmnlliiK In Hie community.
Mix Kiln r.lllott, of. this city, mini
nf thu hildcKronm, wan In attemliitue
at tlm weddliiK. On their relurn It In
uiidernlnuil Mr. and Mm. I.anim will
iiiukit their linniu In thin city, occupy
lni; tho tlco Watt rusldenro
UNION ELECTS HEADS
I'liink Itllrlilo Kucu'wN Arlle Vr
it'll us I'rvitlilent
At tho rt'Kiilur meetliiK of tho Cen
tral Lulior union hold. Friday ovon
IliK, April 28, thu following rlinllKu
nf offlceiii wok niiidit, on account of
Iho roRlKiintloiiH of llin prosldont, Ar
llu Worrull mill tho irrotnry W. S.
CenklliiR:
1'ri'Hldont. Krmik llllchlu, ILirliorn'
union; Vlco preiildent, J. T. l.uper,
TimberwoikcrH' union; Heciutury,
Junius (Irnynon, Culinary alllauco;
Heii;eaut ut iiriux, Juiiioh Ktovenn, cul
inary alliance. No oilier chauiU'ii were
made,
TRIISllfS QUIT
! CITY JAIL FDR
; mnoi;
Tom Capcncr nnd Rex
Evnni, County Prisoners,
Make Their Escttpe
Tom CniieiitT, I!), mid Ilex I'mim,
'lo, lounty prlnoiuirn nervlni: limn In
Iho rliy Jnll win re for k'Hiio tltno
(hey hud hi'cii trimtleH. about four
o'clork )enti'riliiy uftitrnooii remein
heri'il they hml hunlneitM ilKi'whern
nnd proceeded at once to depart for
partn unknown Chief of I'ollrn U'll
nun nlKheil an hit rrarthil for the
broom thin innrriliiR. remarking,
"Thonu hnyn certainly kept t liln place
(lean, hut I r.ili'M ll'n up lo mo now."
C.ipeniT, convlded on n monnnhliic
rharKe, hud 1ST, dnyn of a nlx-monthn
nenleni'tt yet lo nrrv He mi arrent
id In connection with u raid noun7
luunthn a Ko on n hoiliut nl Worrier
ineiiiio ami I'phiim llert C "lllnck
Id' McDonald wnn iilno tiled In con
iinpltiiti ullli III., pin... hut wn freed
by u jury Iterently hi) ! ft HiH rll
lli'furit heltiK Kvlileiicod hi'rn Cap
eiier hud feried n ulinrl term In the
federal prlrnn nt Portland (hroiiRh
conilctlon on u IhiiiiT rlmrRo renult
Iiir from it ruld on it htilldliiR adjoin
Iiir Hut llatilwln hotel
i:uun wnn convlded recently en n
htalutory churRo and nentcuced to
four luonthn. llu had 37 da et to
cre.
Iloth men had been entrimted with
Jniillor work around tho pollco ta
Hen. Their abicncu won noted by
Jailor Murk Howard nhortly after
four o'tlock when nuppcr for the
prlnonern wan hroiiKht frnui n ren
taurunt. That the eicaro hail been planned
wan Indli'iited, It developed, when It
wan recalled that C.ipener had re
marked that tho roprnl! worn by
Kirn Chief Atnlironn whllo werklnt:
on hl.i c4r would bo "flnn to travel
In". AliiWanu firmly hellmes he
would ho mlniii tin, covcr.'illn had he
mil worn them later than tinual yon
terday No trace of iho men had been
found at ti l.ito hour loda.
ki:i:k iu:iit aimcmjicvt
I'AJtIH, Muy 2-Tlu' American
debt fuudlliR rommlnjloii tuformed
Iho French government that It would
1 ...... ... ....l. .. ., ..,.l..A..'j
lilt i.iiiii ill rrvi'itt' nut hii,',iiui-n. n
ohnervatlnim on what It ban to offer
runcernliiR llm payment of liUerem ,
on tlm J'rcnch debt to tho CnltcO
Htaten mnl ninoriltatluu of Hut prln-j
(Ipal.
WOMAN SUSPECTED
OF MURDERS FOR .
LIFE INSURANCE
lime IIiiMiiiiiiK III.' I'nil.i M)N-
lirluliH CIm iiiiisljinirs; llrrint-
lk Aiinilrril ti Hhlli
Cl.i;vr.f.A.N,l). Muy 1! The (oloii
(l In impeded today to oxliumn the
hiidyof a iiimi in t'latiiluu fur true.'
of pnhiou wbldi. If found. In expfdi'il
lo renult In llu- pron''eulloii of it wo
mnn for u iterlen nf iiturdern or III,
0110 lift) lunurniiri'
Iho woiniiii In now bi'lnr. held on n
rharKe not roiiueded with tho mur
ilern
Thu woman icrently nrijulred if
nlxtli hunh,iiiil Tlircn illfil In inyMerl
otin elrrumiitmicrn. also two ihlldren
by Hid firm mnrrl.iRit from whai'wan
ii... tared necldi-ntal pol.vinlni;.
COMMENCEMENT. IS -ON
Piounini (illio by llluli Sdiool HIH
iliilM 'I hi. Afli'rnooii
Commenceinent In In full hwIiir
at the hlRh Hhrol thin week, anil
the KiiilorH nre enJoyltiR to tho full
ent extent their laxt nchool duyn by
u fitting celebration of thn time
Tho Prenhylerlan rhurch wan
crowded Hunttay iiIkIH by pupils of
llm hlr.li nchool uud by rclatlven and
frlnndti of the Rraduati-n who had
count from fur and wlilo to hear the
Keriuou ilelhered by tho Itev. Mr.
.Hlmmnndi to tint netilnr clami. A
munlrul program wan furnished hy
thu I'nnhyiiTlan choir
TIm entire day etcrtlay j, Riv
en over lo thu Junlor-aciilor picnic.
Tint Jnnlorn lentud two ttiRn and a
InrKu to convey lh" clause and
their clunv advhiur to Wocin bay,
where u Reed time and Reed cam
were Indulged In until ovcnlnR. No
canunltlen were rciKirfd nnd uvery
une was back tu town on time.
Clans day excrclncg wero held at
the IiIkIi tchool auditorium thin :if
frnoon. Thu program wai thor
otiRhly rnoyed hy the puplU and
thu many friendg who camo to hear
II. The proRrnm wan:
Vocal nolo .. Dorothy r.lllott
Accompanied by Harry llorel on
the violin and Marearct Wordcn
ou I Im piano. -
Salutatory . Dorothy Del-ell
Clasu Poem . Harold Wortloy
Clann History . Vera Thompson
das Prophecy . . .Martin Adams
Clani Will . Jo Upp
Clusi Hone
Vuleilietory I'ratice.s Humphrey
Vocal Holo Delos Mills
ANOTIU.lt STIIIKi: C'ASCAI.TV
PORTLAND. Ore.. May 2. Krncst
Crump, who has been working en
terminal number two for several days
wan attacked thin morning by six or
eight men and beaten about the head.
Hu wan taken to thu emergency hos
pital. Ills assnll.intg escaped.
IT'S PA'S TURN NOW
,T
IS
New Schedule Will Be In-
vt'iiliKatcd by State Board
Before Taking Effect
HAI.KM. May 2. Tho public er
lre eomnilnslon today In an order
wrJiten by Chairman Wllllatnn,.iuin
pndeil iho n'v,' tariff Involving an
liicrr-unn of water raton In Klamath
Kail. ' which wan recently filed by
'tlie California OreRon J'ower com
pany. effecllYo-May 1. 'i
Th" miBpennlon It effectlvo until
July 1, unle,, otherwlne ordered by
the commission In the meantime.
The proposed new tariff In now un
der liiventlRallon liy tho commlv
nlon.
Application for the new tariff
rwan filed by tho California OrcRon
Power company previous to the flro
Insurance rate hearing here, and
would result In a CO per cent rat
lucrcaio. The power company, In
turn. nRrced to provide better fire
protection through additional con
struction of additional water mains
ut a cost not to exceed 160,000,
Palluru of tho company to pay
dividends was given as u reason for
tho ratu Increase.
INSPECT. ROAD WORK
htiili- Hh-liwny KnRlnecr Nunn Hero
Willi K. K. llotlirman
Until a redistribution of fVids Is
made by tho state highway commis
sion at a meeting to bo held In Port
land on May 9 and 10, no action will
ho taken on tho proposed road work
In this county between I-a nun's mill
and Fort Klamath, and on-tho Circcn
Sprlngn' mountain road, according to
Herbert Nunn, state highway engin
eer, here In company with K. "B.
irodgman, division engineer.
Ilodgmau Is her primarily to In
npect ;iho proposed routes of tho
I.ako!eiv.Klamath road, construction
ou the I-akcvlpy- end of which will
start the completion of tho survey
now- being made. Several alternate
routes In Klamath county have been,
considered. Ho'dgmau will also In
spect tho section of tho Merrill road
which will be Improved. I
Nunn said It was expected that
work would start soon on tho section I
'of Thu Dalles-California highway be
tweeu Fort Klamath nnd tho Des
chutes county line, as well as on tho
Anna creek road.
DRIFT
5 ii
Ml
; The, Youngest
i ' ' iisi i Yn
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Pauline ll.'JIoyd Is the. you a cost
tawjtr vtr admlttod to practUe
'before the U. S. Buprero Court.
Sho Is 24, Juts bn pracUst-uf threa
years In Washington and haj never
lost a, case.
ULTIMATUM TO BE .
HANDED RUSSIANS
AT GENOA MEETING
Failure ofjHovlet Drlrgalnt to Ac-
crpt Will Mean ItrcaklnK of
' -A'l .Vcjrirffallonn
(JKNOA, May 2. Urltlsh represen
tatives announced today that a mem
orandum to bo handed tho Russians
"embodies tho maximum which tho
powers aro willing to glvu to Hussion
government and thu minimum which
tho powers will accept from Russia."
If tho Soviet delegates do not ac
cept It Is certain that all negotiations
with Itussla will bo suspended for
Bomo Imc, probably until another
government arises In Russia.
A Genoa correspondent for London
Evening News today reported an offi
cial denial that an agreement had
been mado between tho Shell Oil
group and tho Russian government
for an oil monopoly.
1922 F1RELOSSES LOW
Record of 273 Remains CalpokeTi
During Month of April """
Klamath Falls' low firo loss rec
ord continued unbroken during
April, with four alarms and no
losses, and a total loss of only 1275
for tho four month,, cf 1922. Fire
Chief Ambro'o says this Is a rec
ord for this city, and points out
that It Is for tho pcopto to say
whether It shall remain at that fig
ure Tho only loss occurred In a
basement tiro at tho Klamath Gen
eral hospital.
CHINA BATTLE RAGES
Wu Pel Fu Retire Afler Fulling to
Turn F.ncruy's Flank
PEKINO. May 2. Wu Pel Fu's
drlvo for Poking was vigorously re
sumed In tho -vicinity of Changlnttcn,
12 miles south of tho capital, yester
day afternoon, tho attackers trying
to turn both of tho enemy's flanks,
but eventually retiring to Lullho, IS
miles southwest of the capital, last
night. Thcro was also brisk fighting
on tho Hun river at Klan, 40 miles
south of the capital, Chang Tso Lin a'
forces being driven from tho town.
ASK WAR FRAUD FUND
Money Woultt Uv lrel to Prosecute
Criminal und Civil Cases
WASHINGTON, D. C May 2. A
request for a special appropriation of
1500,000 to bo used fur prosecuting
war fraud cases was sent to tho house
today by thu president. Tho fund
would bo used for Investigating or
prosecuting all cases, civil or crimin
al, growing out of tho war.
COUNCL MEETS WED.
Special Scxslou Is Culled (o Consider
I'm lug Mullein
A special meeting of tho city coun
cil will bo held Wednesday to consid
er paving matter's demanding atten
tion, It was decided at tho regular
meeting List night, when only loutluo
lmslnes!) was transacted.
LEGION MF.I7TS TONIGHT
Iloth tho American I.eKltfh and tho
Legion auxiliary will hold regular
uicctlUE3 lu thulr uuurltra tonight.
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Investigation ' CntkkM M , J
' it t , tr,if f "1
neiuii or ivuiiim in
Lot Aimeles Suburb
r , 1
1.03 AOlSLES, May 8. One
hundred nndifffty membcrt of tba
barjd' of men.lWfto raided-a. rttl
iloncn, at Iniilowood,' a ?rnWrrb, a
itr ago.'JMhUs preclplUtlfik
nowspapermen hitii 'bjr W-X-l Co
burn, 'gra'nd gotitfn of 'theikjiavfor
lts""Pac,iillc domliln."' 'Jj'fv't
Pacific domain." '5X
Plans for this" move, ccdrdlaf
to Coliurn, wero laid FrldayVBtekt
WCl
grorVd ,JirylnvMlgatlon'"ot;iI- c- f
(tlylUes.offthoMu'KluV'Kin?Jn Los J
AiRele-!;countr,iwlll;surreHr t a
boi)y , to tho' district attorWy ant
Wednesday. ItAwaa ditciafd-J-." lo i
at a meeting InInglewood. YMftf- C
six rcsldcntg of thatJcitWattilM, J
30 being business mea andV act (
more than 16 of tho total mtabm
of tho Ku Klux Klan, Coburn aaJd.
They endorsed N. A. Baker,
"klcaglo" or organiser for tho JUaa
In this section, and alleged leader '
of the rslders, and L. L. Brjraoa,
constablo at Huntington Park, - ,
other suburb, who also bv boea
mentioned as having figured la tat ,
raid.
They further pledged themselvea,
Coburn said, to round up tb,8 entire 1
band, estimated at ISO, aad that all
of them would march In a body to
tho otflco of Thomas Loo Woolwlat, j
district attorney In Los Angeles, tad
surrender.
"They expect to be proaoeatad," )
said Coburn, "but they do not- b- j '
Hero they have doae any wroag." A
. v
"Thore was no mob." declared 4,
Uryson,. In a statement ut Inttod.
"A picked body, of cltUeaa waa tail
ed upon by sworn ottlctrs, of the f.A
taw to aid them In securlag
denca against the operator!
of a th
r sfat' fu Iqttrtons tatla w 'kooltea) . laf -,
lory and blind tiger."
W. C. Doran. chief doputr district
attomey, said ho had no commtat
to mako upen tha declaration at
Coburn as to the prospective sur
render. Tho Investigation of Ku Klux
Klan actlvlt'es, proelpUated by a
raid of masked men upon a winery
ut Inglewood, near h:re, a week
ago, will bo re mi mod by D'strlct At
torney WoolwJno and his staff. Tho
, Investigators they said, will con
ttlnuo to rentor their labors upon a
I mass of documents seised Wednes
day afternoon at the headquarters
of the Pacific domain of tho Kb
Klux Klan organization In this city.
Examination of theso papers mar
not be completed for several days,
It was stated. A grand jury order
od Impannelled by the Los Angeles
county superior court will bo se
lected next Thursday, and the dis
trict attorney said ho would be pre
pared to submit the documentary
evidence and call witnesses as sooa
as the Jury was ready to receive
them.
W. S. Coburn, "grand goblin" of
the Kuklux Klan for the Pacific do
main, gave out what he stated was
a copy of a statement made to tho
district attornoy by N.A. Baker,
"kleagle" or organizer for the klan
In this section. Baker, according
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Speaker Ha. Raal "Kick"
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Listener Take Couat
J. A. Churchill, state superlntsn
dent of public Instruction, who Is bsre
this week, whllo not a large maa
physically, apparently Is possessed of
some, unseen power which makes it
self felt during public meetings.
At a meeting In Malln last Bight
ono man in tho audlcnco persisted la
hurling questions at Churchill, At
Churchill's third reply, returned with
somo forco, the questioner's chair
collapsed, leaving him in an uodtgal
flod position with bis foot polatlag
upward. ' ,
"That really was nothing at' all,"
Churchill raodostly replied jwhea
questioned. "At a meeting Jn ,Col
bla county four yeare agagfttr I
had finished speaking, a maa la tho
audlcnco dropped dead.'
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