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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1923)
10 PAGES TODAY 10 PAGES TODAY Member of the Associated Press HlxteoiHh . Your No. (1(171). ., KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON; I'lMD.AV, JULY HI, IDiiiJ. PRICE FIVE CENTS WINS C3 C IC. Gl J T JESS WILLARO IS DEFEATED BY ARGENTINE li EIGHTH ROUND OE ..SCHEDULED TWELVE ROUND FIGHT Giant Kansan Succumbs Before Fierce Attack of "Wild v Bullof the Pampas"; Battle Witnessed By Largest Crowd Ever Seen At Ringside RINGSIDE, JERSEY CITY, July 12. Luis Angolo Firpo of the -Argentina kiioclied out Jess Wlllard, former heavywalBht champion, In the eighth round of a 12 round match hove tonight. Ho sent the big Kansnu .down for the count of 10 with a terrific attack to the Jaw, the end-coming one minute and B5 seconds after tho start of the round. '.-' Th.o hnttle was wltnosRed by the greatest crowd that ever assembled tit a riiigsido. In the eighth round Firpo rushed his heavier opponent -to the ropes within attack as furious as ever has been seen In n ring. A right cross to the Jaw sent tho Kunsan to his' knees In his own corner 'unci before he could rise the count of ten was given, and the "wild bull of the pampas" waB shaking his fist In the face of Champion Jack Dompsey,- challenging his right to the heavyweight crown. . - Firpo eiytored the ring first, at 10:06, receiving an ovatlop. His weight was ' announced as 214. Wlllnrd weighed 242. Richard, an nounced the attendance exceeded 100,000, , . . The .fight by rounds follows: , Round ' Ono Firpo enmo from his corner with n rush, Wlllard hloekod his right mid Jnbbcd with his left, Firpo landed ft light blow to the body nnd drovo right ugnln to Wlllnrd's) ribs. Firpo Jessd to tho ropes nnd cuffed tho Kiinsnn about the head, blood trickled from a cut on Wlllnrd's loft env, Jesso drovo honio n right to Hie sldo of the hcd. nil sounded. ... Round Two J "aTes'o''arrietttho fight to Firpo but missed n right npporcut. Firpo landed In (ho ribs hut Was short with a right. ,'Tlio Kansan.. blocked Flr po's nttcnipt to attack the body. Wil lard's loft side Bhowed splotches of red from his ' opponents punches. Firpo shoi hard right to tJio Jaw but Wdllnrd stopped out! of tho way of another wallop aimed nt the same spot as the gong sounded. Hound Three - Wlllard Jabbed Firpo about the h-nd at close) range. Firpo fortfed Wlllnrd into ft corner with a body attack. Wizard's long Jcft stop ped Firpo short ns ho tried to bore in. Wlllard seemed content to ran. ploy defensive tactics, Blocking Flrpo's powerful rights. They wcli-c spiirilii;; as tiio round ended. , Round Foiip Wlllard Jarred Firpo with a. left to (Jie head,. .Firpo swung both flstfc ns they weuil into a clinch, inflcttng no damage, .Wlllard I'atight Firpo with nn upporcut coming in.. Firpo boundcid from tho rojies, landing a right to tho stomach. . He pummel, led M'lllnrd about the nrcnla at close quarters. Jesso smiled. Wlllard was wild with a right and took fur ther punishment about .'.lie head. Firpo rushed in with, both fists, lauding havll,v. Jeso rallied nnd drovo Firpo to ft coiner ns tho hell rang. i 'v . Round Five Wlllnrd sent Flrpo's bond back with ft straight left, He took a right to tlhcTjaw In a clinch, Firpo was short, will) n right. They clinch rd ropoalodly as Firpo was blocked In nttrhnpts to rench Wlllnrd's body, Tho crowd, . whoso sympathies ob viously wore with the big .American, chorused "Hurrah, Jesso!" As the bell rang, ' Round Six Firpo .shot ft right to the neck. Wlllard covered ns ho was short witih II left. They Jabbed tightly ah long rangn ns Firpo circles his opponent searching for, an opening. Firpo drove rights nnd lefts to the Jnw but. failed to shake Jesse. Wlllnrd's loft, stopped Firpo short. ..Flrpo's nlm was bad with n left but. ho shot in ft right to tho body ns iM gong rang. ' i Round Seven ' Wlllard shot a hard right ' that smt Firpo to tho ropes.,' He em ployed tho rnbbltt poMcli to the back cf Flrpo's bend, Wlllard's left shot homo twice to 'ho Jaw. Firpo show ed a slight cut tmltler tho right eye. Wlllnrd took several blows to the bend ns the round ended, Round Fight I - . Firpo clinched after missing with Ills left, Wlllard Jnbbcd but PJrpo JACK McAULIFFE IS DEFEATED BY. JOHNSON IN FIRST Don Moines Fighter Score Knock- out After One MlnMto mid I 'our Seconds of First Round RINGSIDE, JERSEY CITY,Jul 12. Floyd Johnson, of lies'" Moines knocked out Jack McAullffe, of De troit, after ono minute and four seconds of the first round of the Heavyweight bout Btaged on Boyle's Thlriy Acres tonight, ' as a pro logue to the Willard-Flrpo fight. One of McAullffe's handlers sprinkled water on his back as he crouched near his corner and when Joe Jeanette, negro pug, acting as referee signed Johnson as the win ner, fight fans thought that he had disqualified the Detroit boxer. ..It was announced from the ring, how ever, that Jeanette had counted Mc Aullffe out. Johnson weighed 198 against Mc Aullffe's 190. He raced Into the fight at the sound of the gong. In a few seconds he knocked McAullffe flat on his back and the thud of his head could be heard almost on the rim of the giant snucer. In a few seconds more the flying fighter from Des Moines punched McAullffe al most through the ropes with a right to the Jnw, McAullffe re-entering the ring dropped to one knee, clinch ing to the ropes when he was count ed Ollt, - RINGSIDE, J.IER9EY CITY, July 12. Al Bright, and Torn Roper, In the first preliminary struggled to a draw, Cliff Krnmor, of San Franolsco, oiitboxod and outsltlgged Tiny Jim Herman, of Omaha,' In the second preliminary. Kramer had Herman close to a knockout In the' sixth. The third prellmnary of six rounds between George West, of London, and Chnlrlds Nnshort, . of Jersey City, wau stopped In tna fourth to save West from further punishment, MARKET REPORT PORTLAND, July 13. Llvos'toek, eggs, and butter steady. CITY IS DEDICATED Longvlew, Washington, Host. Many At. Ceremonies To LONGVIEW, Wash., July 13. This, city, now In progress of con struction, was formally dedicated today. Crowds were here for the ceremonies. Sports, a. dance, a bar becue and dinner In the new Hotel Montlcello were among the events o the day, ' - - clinched again shooting in ft right to the ribs. Wlllnrd wen, down to his knees fro mn drivo to the head. Fir po sent, the big Kiuisnn down for the count! of ton with a terrific nltnck to tho Jnw, the end coming after ono nilmito and fifl seconds of tho round, 500 FIGHT FANS GATHER AT HERALD TO READ BULLETINS Hound Ity Komid HcmhKh Pouted la Wiiftlow As SiMin Ah KrHved From Associated 'vo.hh A crowd estimated at BOO persons gathered In front of tho Herald of fice early yesterday evening to road the bulletins on the Wlllard-Flrpo fight The fight fans blocked the street from curb to curb and cars filled every available Inch of space between,,- Main and Pine streets. Round by round bulletins were posted in the window as soon ai re ceived from the Associated l.-fess over the .Western Union wires, and the result of the fight waj known here a few minutes after Wlllard was counted out In the eighth round. KLAMATH KIWANIS GETS CHARTER AT SPECIAL MEETING Presentation Is Made At Banquet At Whlto Pelican Hotel By Judge C. C. Lantry The Klwnnls club of Klnmnth Falls recelvod Its charter last night at a special meeting and banquet held at j the White Pelican hotel. Members and their wlvos with a number of invited gnes:s, officials of the Pacific Northwest District of Klwnnls International, and, 'repre sentatives of other local organiza tions Joined in welcoming Into the parents organization this branch with Its 60 members. 'Ttff VmHSr'T was Judge C, C. Lantry of Spokane fol lowing an address In which he out lined to the officers of the, local or ganization and to the Klwanis mem bership something of the purpose and duties of these officers and members. Acceptance of charter by The acceptance of the charter by the club was acknowledged by Pres ident A. A. Soule, speaking briefly and in a pointed manner of the value Klamath Falls Klwanlnns place on this charter. , The evening was one, first of ser iousness,' then of mirth and Jollity, the leadership of the fun being dir ected by toastmaster F. A. Uakor, but passed by him frequently to Cy ril Mee, Portland song leader, who by bis own singing and his passing to the ' banqueters some of his stunts In which all Joined, the en tertainment never lagged, . . Other local, organizations through ihelr lenders 'xpress'ed congratula tions to Klamath Falls Kiwauis, Mayor Arthur S. Wilson spoke for .1 e city: V. S. Wiley, president" of tho Rotary club spoke , the , senti ments bf that organization; It. X. Moe . represen:ed the Merchnnts Bureau, and T, A., Stevenson - rave one of his characteristic happy talks offering the best wlBhes of the cham ber of commerce. v, Out of town visitors besides Judge Lantry were S. W, Lawrsnno, gov ernor of the Pacific Northwest dis trict; Walter Hoener, representing Portland Klwnnls; C. A. Lincoln of Chicago, field representative, nnd Cyrl ' Mee, song lender. Hnch of these men spoke briefly along Kl wanis lines, . s ' Considerable merriment was caus ed by the awarding of attendance prizes to Klwnno.ties present. These prizes went all up and down the lino from n pair of stockings to a box of fancy groceries, . Telegrams of cong.atulatlon were read by Secretary II. K, Crego from a dozen or more organizations In different parts of this Pacific North west district, one being from Van couver, B, 0., this district being nn International district, the only one of that breadth In the country, Mlsg Dorothy .Elliott, accompan ied on the piano by Miss Lucllo Lam bert, gave several vocal selections, and at Intervals' Houston's minus its very efficient leader whom the club was told had Important busi ness elsewhere rendered seleoMons. WHFAT PRIC'HM PORTLAND, July 13. ;Soft whltn wheat 1,0(1, western vert DNc, ATLANTA'S DEBUTANTE BEAUTIES Atlanta has selected its six bathing beauties from the season's de butantes at the Piedmont Driving club, one of the most exclusive clubs In Dixie. These two are Miss Marian Ivey Harris (left) and Miss Vir ginia Dabnoy, MOTORISTS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Car-Forced Eom Highway Plunges 40 Feed Down iresefiCeTbTfTteep.. Embankment ; " Mlaa Clara Calkins, cuy treasur er and insurance agent, and Wm, M. Bray, head of the Sprague River Lumber company, had a narrow es cape from- serious injuries or death on , the .highway . Just beyond ' Bar clay Springs about, 4 o'clock Wed-j nesday afternoon when the car drlv- en-, by Miss Calkins plunged over a (iu-iooc emDanitment. itsotn escaped without -Injuries.' Miss Calkins said she was going to Chlloquin to make some Insur ance collections and Bray, return ing to his plant near Chlloquin, had caught a ride with her. . In passing a car standing on the highway Just hoyond Barclay Springs, sh.e said, n man suddenly appeared from be neath the car, where he had evi dently been ' making ' repairs. . Her car was:movlng at a moderate rate of speed, between 15 and 20 miles an hour.,. . ; . Miss Calkins swerved the car to the left to pass, but encountered an other car stopped" on- the road just ahead. -The car occupied most-of I. he road and there was no room to pass on elther side. Miss Calkins Jammed on the brakes and. tried to drive around the car to the left, but the margin of road was too narrow und her .car struck the fends?r rf the other. Seeing Instantly ihn possl-, blllty of her car rolling down the steep embankment; she turned " the wheels directly down-the hills, and the car .bumped over, the rocks for the entire distance and came t) n stop 40 feet below tho highway..., ' Miss Calkins retained her hold on the steering wheel and kept her foot on the brake the ent'rj dis tance, she said. Th0 car', a llulck owned by Charley De Xap, fortun ately stayed upright, and nsido from a severe shaking up both occupants escaped without Injury, Bray ruin ed a s:raw hat and a elgcr, Miss Calkins said ASK TAX EXEMPTION EE RAISED TO $1500 Resolution Introduced At. Conven tion of Women's Clubs At Port . Inud By". Ohio Delegation . PORTLAND, July 1.3. A resolu tion asking that" the federal Income lax exemption for single persons be ralsod from $1,000 to. 1,500 was Introduced by, the. 'Ohio 'delegation today Sit the convention of the Nu (lonai Federation 6f Business and I Professional Women's clubs. WEED LUMBER CO. BUYS LARGE TIMBER TRACK IN SISKIYOU 83,780,000 Paid To McCloud Lum her Company for Holdlngsi Deal ..-Largest Closed in County YREKA, July-13. The largest business deal ever consummated lu fili.vtii :-Mmtv, Kurt a- stvu3iit ot fli'iinces lnvc..ved, was fonrnllv closed a n-Juy tircn the Wo-1 Lum bor . 3ompit! fi,ed a uoen (o a largo tract if limber lai d 'n tll-V eastern part of the county. . The land was bought from the McCloud River Lumber company and the ' price paid was approximately j 52,750,000, the deed carrying $2,750 in government revenue stamps. The formal transfer of the original Weed Lumber company, to the Long Bell Lumber company, a transaction made mar.y months ago, was com pleted, so far as the county records are concerned, this week. . The buying of this tract of timber I places the Weed Lumber company In a position .where It is now the largest property owner In Siskiyou county, and , the new possessions gained' have added a sufficient amount of stumpage to assure ma terial for operating t.he company's big plant for the next decade. ; This deal Is the second Important development In the lumber Industry J this year. Coupled with the an nouncement of the buying of this tract from' the McCloud River .Lum ber company, is the rumor that the Weed Lumber company is contem plating extending operations Into the Klamath forest, southwest of Yreka. Several Bmall mills are Already in operation in the Scott river section of tho Klamath forest, and there are billions of (eet of-available ' mer chantable lumber In and adjacent to tho valley. . ;.' ; 'J"--1 .,- MORE TERRITORY IS OCCUPIED BY FRENCH IN RUHR F.lbergeld, tllg Industrial Contel', Is Occupied By Invaders) Llm burg Also; Taken BB'R'H'N July"' 13, French troops have occupied the big Indus trial city of Elbergeld, on the edge of the Ruhr region.,; DUESSELDORF, filly 13. The town ot Limburg, .just beyond the Coblonz bridge head, which the Americans formerly held, was occu pied yesterday by French troops. Marmen In the Elberfeld manufac turing district, was also ocqupled by a detachment of French troops. Sev eral Barmen city officials wore ar rested, after which the Fjcricll with drew. (. . PORTLAND IN IS SKULL CRUSHED Mystery Surrounds Death of ! Sebastian Natscher in - San Francisco : . SAN FrtANCISCO, July 13. Police are investigating the murder of Sebastian Na'.scher of Portland, Org., whose body was found ina vacant lot last night with the siiuli crushed. All pockets ' wore turned Inside out, and the s.'ks turned down. . ; ' ' PORTLAND, July 13. Sebastian Natscher, B8, lived In Portland 25 years and owned' an apartment house and hotel here. He leaves a wife and four daughters living bore. He left Portland Sunday for a two months' visit In California, as ! was his habit every summer for I some years past. ; SECTY. WALLACE SEES DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA FARMING Announces Conviction, However, That Territory Will Not Produce Crops Beyond Own Needs ' ABOARD ; ."' THT?r"TRANSPORT HENDERSON, July ' 13. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, after con sultation with agents of his depart ment - and other Alaskan agricul tural; experts, announced today his conviction that the future will see great development In farming In the territory, but that the country will never produce. crops beyond Alaskan needs. .'''' The president Is to land today at Seward and travel to Fairbanks over the Alaska railroad. INMATES OF JAIL BEAT FLAG DEF1LER Jail Attendants Forced To Remove Alien To Save Him From Attack Of Infuriated Prisoners FRESNO, July 13. Inmates of the county Jail took the law into their own hands and administered a severe beating to Steve Montonas, alien, who was being held for al leged desecration of the flag, :l Jail attendants were forced to re move Montonas Into a private cell when the angered crowd at the jail learned of , the prisoner's offense and beat him unmercifully. . Later he appeared In police court with blackened eyes and swollen cheeks as the result of the fight. ; In court, the man admitted being nn alien, said he hated this coun try, Its laws and : ways ot living and made a bold assertion of how he had spat on the American flag ns It passed by during a Boy Scout parade here lafe yesterday. Technically Montonas was charg ed with vagrancy and given a 180 day Jail sentence by Police Judge Ohlchton,' who censured him severe ly nnd told . him to "respect America and "her' laws, or get out." . . George W. Moore, Immigration officer, who was present at the hearing'. In police court, said he would ask for a warrant for the deportation of. tho prisoner Imme diately;'. .; During the entire court proceed ings today police kept, a : close watch over the prisoner in fear of fin outbreak from citizens who flooded the court room to hear his testimony. : , 0H1NK8E IOOT (JBHMAM'H ,, ' , RESIDENCE NFAR CANTON . HONKONO, July 13. Chinese robbers today raided and looted the residence of a Clormnn at Tung-Shnn near Canton. Foreigners in district are In consternation, UD WITH iJURYMAN VOTES T W LOSE WIFE Peaceful Tranquility Of Home Upset By Verdict ; In Murder Case , . OHICACO, July 13. The wife-of the foieman of the Jury that' sen tenced Mrs Belle NittI Crudelle to bang. for the murder of her hus band, has glv.cn an ultimatum to her husband which says: ' ' .' ; ' If that woman hangs,' I'm going home to mother," and as.! result domestic infelicity reigns . In the family The peaceful traasqilllty of the home of Thomas L. Mur taugh, foreman of the Jury, was upj set when he returned home from the trial and the rupture has not been healed. '" i .-': ""' ' Send a woman to the gallows?. How could you? Hang . a. woman I Tell me you didn't really vote for It,' i Is the way' Mrs. Murtaugh L'reetod her husband. . . ' '- ' ' ! ANTI-JAPANESE MEASURES URGED, FOR SPANISH VETS Members J SiWttiltti j 1 f "V ." With Convention Are Asked' To Support Campaign r ALBANY, July 13.--Spanlsh American war veterans were urged to get behtnd an' uncompromising campaign for Japanese exclusion by Dr. m L. Hyde, of Hlllsboro, at a meeting last night In connection with the veterans' convention here. . Resolutions adopted endorsed an-tl-chlld labor laws, state loan prlv eges for Spanish war ve.erans and pensions the same as civil war veterj PARK MAN HERE Col. Charles Thomson, superin tendent of Crater lake national park, was a . visitor In Klamath Falls to day, returning to the lake early l;h,M afternoon. Geo. E, Ooodwln, civil engineer of the national park service Is expected at the park shortly in connection wlti the road surfacing projects In view for next year. R. W". Price, vice president of the. Cra ter Lake Natiqnal Park company, owner of the lodge, will be at the lodge Saturday," Col, Thomson says the road from Klamath Falls to the lake Is In excellent condition, FIND BODV IN COWLITZ LONCJVIEW, Wash., July 13 : A body believed that of a vlotlm of the Kelso bridge disaster of January 3, in which a score died, was found In the Cowlitz river today. The body was unidentified. No bodies were found after the disaster, JAPANESE SHIP AGROUXD NORTHHEAD, Wash.. July 1.1.J The Japanese steamer Yonan Man went ashore Just Inside the Colum bia river bar last midnight In a fog, The ship was reported in no danger and th0 sea calm. A tug from As toria was sent to Its help, , WEATHER PHOIUBILITIES The Cyclo-Stormagraph at Under. wood's Pharmacy registered a slight Increase in baro metric pressure this morning but no change weather-wise Is indi cated. Conditions favorable for elec trical storms with showers In the mountains. v Forecats for next 4 hours:. Fair and warm. j ... The Tycos recording thermometer ! registered maximum and minimum , temperatures ! today as follows: j , High , 88 1 Low -K ...,,,,...88 ' ' OH M IN 2
