Equal Rights, Equal
Justice, are the Twin
Pillars of Democracy
A Million a Month .
Is Klamath County's
Industrial Payroll
Member of the Aociated Pret
I -. .
Kevoweeiilli Vrai-i-.No. 70ill4.
KLAMATH KAMJt, OIIKOON H VI I KD.tY, KUTI'-MltlJIt 15, 102:1.
PRICK FIVH 7maii
Dempsey Retains World Title;
Firpo Floored In Second Round
CHAMPION HAD CLOSE CALL IN FIRST ROUND,
WHEN FIRPO, RISING FROM FIFTH KNOCK
DOWN, SLUGGED OPPONENT THROUGH
ROPES; N'NFTY THOUSAND SEE BATTLE j
POLICE PtivVERLESS
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.' Jack tomjwey, world's
heavyweight champion, knocked out Lute Angel Firpo,
the Argentine challenger, in the second round of a
scheduled 15-round bout lust night.
Tho bout ended 57 Hccdnds after the start of the
furiouH Beeond round, when Dempsey floored the chal
lenger with punches to the body, and when he struggled
to his feet, knocked him out with a left hook and a light
to the chin. ...
I Knccki Champ Through Ropes
1 The Argentine giant, after being floored five timer
in the f ii-st round, knocked Dempsey completely through
tho ropes.' When the champion crawled back in he was
groggy and bleeding and probably only managed to last
through the round because of his greater experience.
rirM' famous (lilvlnir rlijlit wkm mimt I'ffertlvo wiiixin.
Mink till Mow linn llciiipyy'a body nml Mnnnliril lilm on lln Hiln nt
Kvcry opportunity. Iempry lrp rlKlit lulu Flrpo fmin the mart, hook
ing 'over abort I'-fU nml rtitliu nlillo lilt lirwllileroil. stow moving
Bt'iillnn ww.iut. '
r ... EAflAA Inninin.l'
their way Into tbo Toto (irounde,
way
whlla toni of thousands more
iwormed In nt every entrance whou
tho flrtl preliminary to tho tltlo
match waa called.
Crowd Swamps Ticket -Wagon .
Crowdi turfed around the wagon
front which . (If bt ttokota war to
be fold, long botore. tba window
opened, Tba' '. mounted polloe
charted, driving their boriea Into
tlis crowd,- and bluo ooate wtoldod
' their. VaiUj lo a trantlo attempt 4
form' Una. When tba paatboarda
finally . arrived tha crowd again
i broke ' add lb police wore power
leea to wlthatand tham. The proa
ure around tba wagon becamo ao
great that It began to tottor, and
It; was moved another block wtlh
tha thousands running aftar It. pull
ing coat telle and puinmottng one
another.
' flundreda ot men lot tholr hati,
bad their clothing torn to ehrortH,
' lout thulr Jewolry nod money and
war buttered and brulaed beforii
they gave up the alrugglo and left
for home. . ,
Nlnoty thousand . tana worn , In
I heir scats by tho tlmo that Flrpo,
who cntorod tho arena while tho
lust preliminary waa In progress,
urrlvud. ' Mo wua tho flrat to enter
the ring.' He waa followod a mo
uiml later by Dompsey.
The cbnllengnr ecowiod heavily
nt hi opponent, hut tho champion
uppnrenlly paid no munition to Iho
Houtli Amorlcan,
' Dompaoy wolghod In at 1 9 2 V j
pounds, and Flrpo 216 pounds.
Johnny Gallagher of Now York was
named roforoo. Ho brought tho
flghtora to tho contor ot the ring
for inatruotlons at 10:04 o'olock,
daylight aavlnga tlmo, 0:04 etand
nra eaetorn tlmo.
,.Tlo ight by .rounds:
,' ROIND ONE J a c k Dompsoy
mlaied a ' loft and Luis Flrpo
dug a right Into hla body tending
him to hla knoes, Dompaoy toorod
Flrpo with a loft hook to tbo chin,
but ho waa up attor taking a count
of one. Whon ho got up Dempsey
tent him to tbo floor for the soo
ond time with a hard right, but ho
' did not take a count. Dempay
knookad him ovor for the third
tlmo. Whan he cot up Jack ohaaed
htm to the corner, knooklng him I
down again, attor bolng floored for
tba fourth tlmo, Flrpo knockod
Dempaoy through tho ropoa and
Dempaoy camo back groggy. Flrpo
pounded Dompsey on tho Jnw with
lodge ' hammer , rights, bringing
blood from hla mouth. Flrpo also
was blodlng when he wont to IiIb
corner,
: HOUND TWO Flrpo swung a
right to Dempsoy'a back. Demp
aoy hooked a left to tho chin, Jack
drove both flsta to tho hody and
Flrpo foil to tho floor. Flrpo,
bleeding and groggy, staggered Into
.tha center ot tho ring. . Dempsey
hit him with n loft hook to tho
chlrt and a right to tho snmo spn'.,
knocking lilm tint. Ho rollod ovor
on hla back- with blood trickling
from' hli mouth, remaining in this
TO H...JLE 'CROWD:
VICTORY GIVES
P
Only Superior Generalship
'Saved Title From Firpo's
Savage Onslaught
NEW VOItK, Bopt. ; 15. Dcmp
eov'a eueclacular victory over Flrpo
ruuks aa ono ut tho shortest heavy
weight tltlo contests In, history.
Tha champion atanda out aa a
mlghtlor i-'xlitor than over aa the
result ot hla smashing, dramatic
knockout ot . Flrpo In tho second
round ot a match that for aavage
fury of attack bus no purallol In
pugilistic blatory.
Only a mnaterpleca ot general
ship, plus tbo- Inoxporlencu of tho
Argentina Kluht, iiavod tho chum
plon from defeat toward tho close
of tho spectacular first round, when
Flrpo, with tho ferocity ot a wild
beast rose from Iho fifth knock
down to drlvo Dompsey through
tho ropes with a terrific awing to
tho Jnw.
Dompsey mado short work of the
challenger In tho second round
flooring him twice, before a short
right upporcut to tho jaw brought
Flrpo down for tho eighth and last
tlmo.
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 15
"Next tlmo It will bo different.
Next tlmo bo will win." say Argon
tine aportamon, who though gloomy
over Firpo's defoat, are proud ot
hla magnificent battlo,
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15. Jim
Jottrlca today declared that a re.
turn match botweon Dempsey and
Flrpo would moan only another
Dompaoy vlotory.
position while the rotoreo awung
the count over him.
Dompaoy, nervoua, rushed ovor
and helped pick up hla fallen toe
add then trotted to hla corner,
. Preliminary llonta
Dam ' nrlKht llBht-honvywolght,
knocked out Loo Drown, Australian
In tbo flrat round of tho flrat pre
llmlnnry. Charley Naahoart, Joraoy
City llglit-hoavywelftht won a do
clnlon ovor Frnnk Ko'ebole, Brook
lyn, Alio of Flrpo'a spnrrlng part
norn, In ' tho second preliminary
Mike Durko ot Qreenwlch vlllngo,
battered At Roberts of Stolen Is
land Into defeat In tho third pro
llmlnnry of six rounds, Dnrtloy
Mnddon, wost sldo hoavywolght, won
tha JuiIkos vordtot ovor Loo Oatna
of Harlofm, In tho fourth prollmlU'
CI
new
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ONE SE ISP ILTOL:. .
Believed That At
Of HI-Fated Seven
Will Float Again
SAN DIEGO. Sept. 15. That at
least one ot tho aavon "destroyers
which wont on tha rocks at Point
Honda -last Saturday night may be
salvaged waa the opinion expressed
here today by naval offlcera. Word
waa received hero that the bureau
of navigation of tho .navy had been
oakod to order Captain Daniel C,
Nutting. Jr.. to Point Honda to view
the wrecka. Upon hla recommanda
tlon will depend largely the work
of salvago If nhy Is attempted.
C OF C. ASKS REPLIES
PrraloVnt ' Urires " Public To Ull
and Jtrturn Quratlonnalrni
Somo of tho post card Question
nalres, recently sent out, have been
.eturned, says W. O. Smith, presi
dent, and others lire Mill out. Tho
directors want to get a-i many aug-
Rcstlniia an possible for the coming
year's program, and they would np
proclnto the sending in ot (he cards
by those who are holding them.
A now aecrotary begins work
September 22, and tho dlrecttora
want to got him atnrtad with some
Idea beforo lilm. of what the chief
community endeavors nro to be.
The quostlonnalro was prepared.
aid Smith, to glvo all an opportun
ity to express themeolves. The
chamber aooka to act along linos of
development sanctioned by the ma
jority.
BENEFIT SUCCEEDS
HOO Cnna of Milk For Near East
Itcau.lt of Motion Picture Show
Tha first Near En.it relief milk
show evor stage In Oregon occurred
at the Liberty theatre thla morning
at 10:30. A special ohtldren'a per
tormnnce waa the attraction and ono
oan of milk waa the admlrlon,
Four-hundred and eighteen cana
of Itordon'a milk, and S4 cnna of
Alpine milk wero collected nt tho
door. Inasmuch as each can of
Borden's milk handed In will bo dup
licated, a totnl of 860 cons of milk
will bo sent on to the Near East
by tho local Nenr- East relief organl
antlon, v
There wore 443 children present.
The ' youngsters gathered for half
an hour beforo the show .started and
boforo time for tho doors lo open
tho block wna Jammed, each boy and
girl bearing n can of milk. Pictures
0 fine crown anil oox oiuce receipts
J wart taken by R F,. Btlnaon.
UNCLE SAM'S SEA HORNETS
Still Intac-t but niplilly piiundinc to pier en on the rocks near Point
(trnpli was taken, the V. S. dintrnycr
Knllie nml tho linunrey. two more
913.0tl0.00O In the navy's blBS-st
Oklahoma Governor Ready
To Occupy Hostile Coun
' tie With State Troops :
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Sept.
15. Governor Walton has determ
ined to use the mailed fiat against
again all who oppose hla war on
flogging. Ha will Invoke martial
law and use the state troops If nec
essary. The executive today threatened to
send members of the legislature to
jail If they attempt to convene In
extra session without his call. Slate
newspapers raising , their voices)
against tho executive will be muz
xled by censorship.
Counties considered hostile to his
course will bo occupied by troops.
The sovernor demanded tho resig
nation of five Tulsa county officials
aliened liy him to be under domina
tion ot the Ku Kltix Klan.
$343 FOR JAPAN
Voluntary Donations To Red Cross
mid Salvation Army For Relief
Contributions from residents, or
ganizations, and Industrial plants for
tho relief ot earthquake smitten Ja
pan havo been growing steadily the
past few days. '
Tho Salvation Army have collect
ed 1109.65, ot which the Klamath
Lumber and Box company donated
$100, their employoa (23. tho Ewau
na Dox company J5 and tho Elks
lodge. $18.65, Thla monoy will be
forwarded to Portland and thenco
to Japan, i ,
In addition to $500 contributed
by tho lornl chapter of the Red
Cross from their fund. $117.50 has
been handed Into the FlrBt National
bank, and $56 to the American Na
tional bank by voluntary contribu
tors, ,
WRATHKR PHOIUHI UTIKS
Cyeln-Siormaitrnph at t'n-
dorwood a Phar
macy continues to
record a very evon
barometric pres
sure, Indicating a
continuance o f
plen,sant weather.
Forecast for next
24 hours: -
Fair with moder
ate temperatures.
T h e Tycos re
cording thermom-
ot'e'f registered maximum and mini
mum temporaturoa today as fol-
lows :
Hlglf ,
Low
...7$
...63
in IIH IIIU rt 1 IIIU
4ea.t.One ,Hnil Ull IXLRIl
. Tb
HAVE LOST THEIR STING
Nicholas Is scon in the forcgronnil. Agroantl farther out are me
of tlio seven destroyers lost September 8 nt a cost of -a UTe ana
dltuister on the Pacific coast. ,
JAPANESE PREMIER .
SAYS- CAPITAL CITY .
-v . WILL BE REBUILT
-.." ... -
TOKIO. Sept.' 15. Premier
Yomamotp la preparing to la-
ana a declaration that ibe gov-
' ernment 1a determined: to re-
build the capital and main- 4
tain the nation's prestige. He
also will express the gratitude
ot Japan to the world for aid
and sympathy. Material aa-
slstance from America and
China la. arriving. Food la 4)
plentiful but typhoid anddy-
sentery are increasing.
CHORCH FREE OF
Christian Congregation Will
Burn Mortgage; Paid
$4200 in 7 Months
Dedication services will bo held
at the Christian church tomorrow
morning, when members and their
friends will rejoice In the final pay
ment of the church Indebtedness,
and noteis and mortgages will be
burned. Dr. C. F. Swander of Port
land, superintendent ' ot missions
In Oregon, wll conduct the morn
ing and evening services. The dedi
cation services will be held In the
morning, and after the aervlce a
get-together dinner will bo hold.
Members are invited to bring, bas
ket lunches and enjoy a social hour.
Seven months ago the church had
an Indebtedness ot $'4,200. In ad
dition to paying thla, $1300 has been
taken into the church treasury tor
other purposes, The building com
prises a large baaemont, divided Into
10 rooms, and plumbing has been
completely installed. The present
main auditorium seats 200. The
building ao far, has coat over $10,
000. No further building will bo
done right away, said the Rev. Cllve
Taylor, and no funds will be solicit
ed at tho meeting tomorrow.
Nntlonal League Drooklyn 1,
Pittsburgh 4; Brooklyn 13, Pitts
burgh 3.
American League Chicago 4,
New York 10; St. Louis 1, Phlla-
I dolphin 8,
TEDNESS
Baseball'
Argnello, Calif., when till plioto-
- -
Lakeview Road Reported
To Have Million To Spend
. On Standardizing
LAKEVIEW. 8ept.' 15. Rumor
again baa it that Lakeview will have
a atandard gauge railroad, within the
next two years. This time. It Is not
j the Oregon,' California & Eastern
1 the Union Pacific that will lay the
i first standard gauge rails In Lake
county, but instead, rumor has it
i that it wilt be the Nevada, Callfor-
j nla and Oregon. ' ;
According to (hose supposed to be
on the inside the plan contemplates
the construction ot a broad-gauge
road from Susanville to a point on
the present N.-C.-O. right-of-way and
the broad gauging ot tho N.-C.-O.
from that point north to Lakeview
Dame Rumor further has It that the
N.-C.-O. now has a million dollars
to apply on the project and the bal
ance necessary to carry out the Pro
ject will be raised by the business
Interests In the territory served. It
la estimated that $2,500,000 will be
required to Carry out the project, ot
which It is proposed to raise $500
000 In Susanville, $250,000 In Al
turas, and a similar amount in the
Lakeview territory, the balance be
ing supplied by the N.-C.-O. ' ;
. Hlnta dropped by S. H. McCart'
ney, vice-president and general man.
ager ot the N.-C.-O., In conversing
with local business men, Indicate
that a plan Is under consideration
although not yet ready to be made
public. McCartney la supposed to
havo said that within 1$ months af
ter construction Is started the broad
gauging will be completed to Lake-
view. ' ' !
"MISS ALASKA" SUES
Juneau Miss Auks 9150,000 From
Atlantic City Committee '
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 15
Suit for $150,000 damages baa
been Instituted against the Atlantic
Carnival committee by Mlsa 'Alaska,1
otherwise Miss Helmar Llederman ot
Juneau, who came here to partlcl
pate In the recent beauty contests.
The young woman came here aa
representative ot an Alaskan news-
papor, but she waa not permlttod to
participate In the beauty contests on
the alleged ground that the commit
tee had not authorised that news
aper to hold a beauty contest,
GAUGE
SEARCH PARTY
GOES TO SEEK
LOST HUHTER
Anxiety v Felt ' For
Local
, Musician Lott South
Fork of Rogue A '
'. ; rV'
According1 to a telephone1 cqni- ,
...... . . . ...... iJ...
w miininnr nn. TT-nm i .nnirn . ' wnttt a .
ranuer station "to thtr sheriff's
office thla afternoon, no. trace
of Joseph 8olonberger has yet
been found. Tho searching
party which left Klamath Fall.. .tt
this morning had not reached
tho ranger station when - thla.' -,.
4 message wag received.. -. .
Considerable fear la felt "for1 thV'1
safety of Joseph Solenberger of this '
city, who has been tost since Th.ura-
,1 .. i. M , 1, n Inn n.n. An WUbl.m..
creek about 70 miles north of . bete -
near the headwaters of the "Sooth
Fork of the Rogue river. Solenber-
ger, Ed. Bodge,' George Meti, A. B. ' '
- ' . ' t ,y
Collins, Tom Graham, and A., R.
Dair left a wek ago on a deer hunt-, -
and packed In 34 mlleahefore mak-'
tna; camp, innrsaay morning ins
members of the. party eeparated,'
each with a gun. In- search, of deeV. '"
his 30-30 caliber gnn to. Bolenber-
ler... . , ,,,.t. t ,vrs
' ;&fiaaed XhaMaWaajM'.'v v. .
Tnuraaay evening au return a w.
camp, exoept Bolehbergar, Several
ahota were fired butt no' anewerlng .
UUl f tmm t n mim..E.mm ummt
Instituted In and around tha eamo
with no raaults. : The party had Bo
clue to Solenberger'a movemeata
during the day aa there were no
Ytnta firttA hv attv mamharm nf tha
party.' t. ' i ,i
George Jleta, local - Jeweler - and
cu. uoaae reacaea lonn laat uifu,
having tramped 35- mllea from the
camp to where their automobile waa
left, and this morning Bodge retain
ed to the wooda with aaearch partV,
consisting ot C. A. Hayden. Dr. E.
G. Wlsocarver, and othera familiar .,
Solenbereer had no nrovlsloaa .
when he left camp Thursday morn
ing. He was ot quiet disposition
. .....II. v.....! Iil.li. n K.
or so ot the camp:'' ' ...-..-'
During his residence here Soleu-
berger palyed a drum in the. mu-i
niclpal band, and waa a member of
the Borel orchestra. - . .. .. . ..'.'.
In Wild Country ..5 V-. ,.
News ot the reanlt of the search
must await wora irom tne aearon
ers. The country li wild and cut
oft from communication. The near
est telephone Is at the Lodge Fhle
ranger station,-nut is on a lorwi
service line, and not connected with
the commercial JIBea. . ., l '?
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CITY UKflCIALS TU
INSPECT STRAHORN
ROAD TOMORROW
Party
f Will Leave At o'Ctoeh
For Excnreton Orer
. ' Vm Rallanait ...
. City officials, bankcra and a Taw
buainesa man will take part in 'an
excuralon tomorrow over the Btra
horn line to Sprague river, Fcr'the
mayor and council it ta in IniOec
tlon trip,' with tho purpose of vja.
terminlng whether the completed
line la satisfactory If therokeb-Jt,
the city will acoept from Robert'!,
Strahorn, ' the builder, ' .'$'300,009
worth of Income bearing bonds, com
pleting the agreement between Stra
horn and the city, under which the
road waa built. ' ' V '
The excuralon will leaive"" front
Third and Klamath avenue In the
morning at 8 o'clock. Dinner will
be aerved the party at Bprague river
and they wilt return In tho after
noon, 1 " '.; '' ;;;'f '
The line la handling a heavy daly
freight shipment. The chief reason
for the Sunday excursion Is" the
week-day congestion due to the' ax
tensive freight movement of turn
her and other oommodltlei),