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ElKhteonth Year No. C500
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Von Hindenburg Named
President
In Sunday's Election
Former Field Marshal Defeats Marx by
Nearly One Million Votes to Take!1,0;-;,
Of f ice Next Week
ScriOUS IVIenClCC
BERLIN, April 27. Field
"f.t nnrak" .., r.i Lrn nn,yA,w.tn, fi-nm Vila Vinivin i,,
1, . . p 1
Hanover, has been successful
muuciea into oince as me
dent of Germany
The 'first president, the late Friederich Eb'ert, was
named bv the national assembly immediately after the
1 1. ir.i 1
revolution, which esiaoiisneu uie rt-puuiiv, uui von nui-jb(.
denburg was chosen .by direct vote of the people running
as the choice of the national-conservative, consisting of
.....j:..,. tU .,;t,l ..i.rM Un nnnit.nsl 1J fiSU 90
U1C Ul UIC UllltCVI liuilt, IIV ivttnvu i-i,vw.,wi'w 1
46. 1 ,.t il, tl ,.1!,1 K.llt .ncf in
VUlt'D, Ul . iO.O Vl ll'IIU Ul M1U luuil oim uuiium iuoi 111
yesterday's polling. He obtained a plurality of 886,759
over his principal opponent, former Chancellor Dr. Wil
helm Marx, candidate of the republican bloc, who re
ceived 13,752,640 votes. Ernst Thaelmann, the commun
ist, trailed.-with 1,931,591. -
i - - Run Neck and Neck , . . ' "
The race was close from the start, the two chief can
didates running neck and neck almost, until the official
count. Dr. Marx, backed by the centrists, democrats
and socialists, conducted a whirl-wind campaign on the
American plan, delivering several scheduled addresses
dully, as woll as spciklng from the.
rir pisiform of his train when o?.
caslon offered
Von Hludonburg took little urlivo
personal part In the flg'U and did
not oven voto hluisclf. but Ills sup
porters were busy everywhere wag
ing a slrtmuoui campaign. His
,ii iit Importuut speech was de
livered before a groil Kiilliorliu of
iiallonullsts at Hanover. wh-Mi lie
denied tltat he represunlcd .o.ictlon
Or that Ills candidacy was mimical
tj the republic.
Abhor War
His only oilier public utterance
significant or final appeal, hr id
cast by radio luH Krlduy tilisht, In
which '.io snld: "I nfllrm botoiu the
whola world that It has nlwuys burn
madu my holiest endeavor lo pre
vent new horrors of war and to
help to tha utmost thu victims it
pnsl wars. To 'servo our people as
lendur will bo my policy."
Tho women's volo and the heavy
turnout of former stay-at-homes
are believed to hove been rcspaiisl
ble for hlB victory over such a Ma-
coned political cniniulKiicr in Ir.
JInrj. T.io latter, however, failed j
to arouse mu.'h enthusliiHm In tho
ranks of the so-called Weimar
Cunlltlon.
To Take Oath ,
The KulciialuK will roconvunn
next Tut'Bday and Von . Hindenburg,
If ho follow estahllshcd ciiiitoiii,
will hava the repuhllcuii oath nil
mrnlaturcd to him suna tlmu dur
ing tho week by the soclullat roh-li-stag
provident, Paul Loob, In the
presence of a parliament hi w iljli
ho probnhly h:is morn opponents
than supporters, us tlio '.centrists,
democrats, soolallsts mid' oommiin
lsls cum mil nil 1177 Heals ukuiiiH
only 818 'for the Tight dts. ,
(('oiitlmii'd On I'uhc Six)
. r. ' ' FLIKUS IIOOKKI
Washington, April 27,-Ma-
Jor Frederick I- Mni'tln, first
enmmnndor of the army world
4 filers expedition, mid first
Lieutenants Lclu.h Wwilo and
Leslie P. Arnold, members of
that expedition, received todny 4
4 the first dlsllliKulshcd sorvlca
medals over given fur military 4
service performed In llnio of 4
peace. . .
t f '
, I
If
oi
Germany
Victory Declared
tO-Future Pe&Ce!"llll0 a va"i"l, a,ll!mit ,0 prevent '
I nun NKimu iron, uenin uuuauu uig
in bird roiorva which the Audubon
Marshal Von Hindenburg'siwew, and w Kiams.i, P.n-
1 1 11 -ii 1 1
and next week he will be
nrsc popuiariy eiecieu presi-1
11... 1.1:- it:., 111
MAYOR AND CHIEF
HERD STRAY COWS
IN SHIPP1NGTON
Somebody's cows strayed this
'morning onto tho Kardens and
Inwns of cansclentotis housewives In
the Shlpplngton district.
t'nsucccssful attempts to root tho
offending bovlncs fsom tho strango
pusturo which grows In Iho woll
kept (tardon proved unuvjllliig, o
a hurry up call was put In for
pollco prolecllon.
Mayor Fred 1. Cod.lard, Chief of
Police Hurry M. Loocks' and City
Patrolman Argraves Immediately
responded. Ownership and respon
sibility for the nuisance will bo de
termined. The owners' of the animals aro
unknown tJ fie authorities.
TO WASHINGTON
Secretary of Interior Tells
of Trip Through the
Western States
WASHINGTON. April 27. -Soc,
ro'lnry Work returned to his doali
4ndny aftur u mout'.i's Inspe'cllon of j
western 'reclamation projects. In-,
(linn lands nnd nutlonul parks, HU
ciH'ltiJlons together with tho find
ings of two special committees now
surveying and re-appraising roili
uinUcn proJjeclg' will form tho sub
ject of n com pt'elicii live luport lo
tho next congress.
' Tho rnclamatlou sit nation i)M
seuled such a varluly of cjndltlons,
Mi'. Work Bnld tndny, that 'ho hesi
tated to speak In a gonoral way re
girding It.
,Vluit remedliil stups are taken
to aid settlers lo meet their con
Blru.nlnn nhllgallons to tho gov
oin in on t will, depend largulv on tho
findings of his sommlsslous now In
III,, 'tlelil, . ' i ,
WORK
t lEtsttittg
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 27,
9m
FLOODING OF
KLAMATH UKE
TO
T
BE FOUGH
Wool Growers' Association r j
n 4 t j . t i On the ground that not
to Meet Tuesday to Take guf f ;cient evince was
Definite Action , avaiable to warrant proge.
Aiinin thai iho flooding of io!cution, larceny charges
lower Klamath ijko would mean n
of from iooo.ooo lo 1000.000
to annual cash income or Kimn-
tl. c:uuty. members of f.o
mi, w crowpr' association in
IIIUII llOVe advocated.
Mombor of tho executive cim-
m,M uf K,.WBW Woo, Grow-
er' association win meet in the
room of the Kliimath Irrigation
district u discuss plain whereby
they will Intervene In preventing
tho land from being flooded. Mem-
of SXCcutivo committee aro
Dennis o co.mor, president, from
Morriu road district; Michael
P. lurry. Jamoj Laser and Nod
0 Connor,
all from the Merrill cec-
tlon. '
Klo.HlIng of the land,' according
to A. M. Thomas, would mean to,
Klamath 'county a lo.'s of 1600.000. j
Last year, said Thantaa, . 50.000 !
head of .tlicicn were fed In that sec
tion, and tiic flooding of the land,!
particularly tho grazing area, would .KKiHTKIt MKKT8 XKL1IGK
mean an Irreparablo loss. . The WASHIXOTOX, April 27. John
in cot I'd k of the' executive committee n, Dunilcc, world's fcntlicrivclnlii
Is planned for Tuesday afternoon,
J a. m., May S, this being the regu
lar meeting of tho association.
HILT SWEPT BY
L
BLAZE I TU
S
Damage of $50,000 Caused TO ski. kit sitk
by Blaze Which Burns j sai.km, re April 27. ;ov-
Several Buildings inor l'lerer. Secretary of State
Koer nnil Slato School Supcrinteiid-
YIII-KA, (all.., April 27. For t liunhlll. immlK-rs of the
the second (lino within a year. Hilt, I"'""' u' Will of OrcRon normal
the most nortlieily town in full- j schools, left today for Aslilimd,
rornln, was swept by Jinnies lute Sat- j "I'" " IwarU ,wlll arlwt -n site
iirilny evenhiK. The old Hilt hotel, , fr the bulldliiR nt the Ashland
Its nniiex, the lup:tal ucloiiKiitu: j "" inal school,
the Fruit (inim-rs Supply roiiipiiuy, ! .
an apartment house and tV IV W. TO KCTl'KX FUUITIVK
Foster rcsldcneo were ronipletely j S.M.K.M, Ore., April 27. (iover
destroyed nt an npproxliitiite loss of j nor JMcrcc has received a reitulsltlon
.1(l,0(K). Slany of the employes of I from the governor of Michigan for
i the company lost their enthi" pcr
i sonnl effects.
I Tlio fire stm-teil In the hotel
from unknown causes anil rapidly
swept throiiKh the flume structures,
A feeble f leht. wns offered by n vol-
uiiteer fire demirtmcnt. batllv handl.
clipped by luck of equipment, mid
tho flro prncllall'.t' exhausted Itself.
No one was Injured hut the only
put lent In tho hospital hnil a nar
row escno from being, burned.
T
1 Approval of tho stand taken by
Iho association of county Judgoa and
coinuilaslonei-s In fighting Iho'rofor
ondum ngalnsl the so-culled bus and
truck bill Is given ' by the stnto
highway commission In resolutions
tidoptod . In Portland, nccoidtng to
word rocolved 'here today' by - the.
county court.
In the opinion of the highway
commission the bill doei not levy
a confiscatory foe, but does attempt
lo distribute the burden ciullnbly
among those who uso Uo hlghwnvs,
and for that reason should not ho
LI LI S ID
RUCK
BILL APPROVED
do fen ted,
-
Associated Press Leased Wire
j"Bud"Moe
Freed; No
ence
against Bud" B. F. Moe,
former manager - of the
n. , .....a
Klnm-jrinc tree inw.,.,
i dropped this afternoon. UlS-
missal of the charges was
made by justice or uie
jp p p HnnaiIcr at the
j '"".7: f 1 act-
ing district attorney.
The acting district at
torney dropped the case fol
lowing a conference today
with Frank Cassidy, gen
eral manager of the George
Mann Interests, Moe's for
mer employer. W. C. Van
Emon, local attorney, was
Moe's attorney.
News Flashes
rliati'pinn, was received today !)'
I'mhlcnt Coolldue. The fighter had
Just returned from a trip through
Kuropc and lie assured Mr. Coolldgc
or the Inttcr's popularity abroad.
HKItK'S fiHl) NEWS
WASHINGTON, April 27. An ln-
j toxlrntcil iperson. If he so desires,
i may lioomie sobt-r in about half an
I lioor by the proor exercise of his
i liuigN, Ir. Vaudell llcudcrson of
j tile .Sheffield scientific school nt
jVale told the National academy of
' science here t.Klay.
the extriulltioii of lonunl Halt,
alias John Skinner, an escape from
the Michipiu leforniutory at lonln,
nlio Is now under arrest nt Khun
nth Falls. Hall was sent to the
iMIilihsnn rcfoiinatory from Kalunia.
I oo on five-year sentence for as-
sniilt wltli Intent to rob.
SHJ'.K MlUDUIl CLEWS
CHH ACiO, April 047. Worklnvt
nieniti-r clews authorities today
hunted for the slayers of a !(!
! Jeiir-ohl tt'rl whoso liurned nnd j
miitlluted body was found Inst night
near Chesterton, lnd. ,
-HU"A;0, April 27. The un
clothed body of n woman itlciitiriiil
us Miss Marie MrCo'rmark, 4il, wits
found In an npartinent In the llyilo
I'lirk illstrlrl lodny. Tliomns Davis,
n hotel clicf, who called the atten
tion of Iho police to. the death, "lis
held, for questioning. Kuv.ity bottles
mill disorder In the apartment, the
pollco wild, Indicated death may
hnvo foddwed a moonshine revel.
SHEPHERD TRIAL SET
CIIIOAllO, April 27. WllliUm 1.
Shepherd, charged with tho murder
of William Nelson McOllntock, his
fosttir son, from whom ho Inherited
a $1,000,000 .estate, will be tried
Mnv 18 before Judge Lynch,
' ,. ......
Witt
1925
:s;
Heart Attack Is Fatal to
Prominent Klamath
Citizen .
Apparently in the best of health
this liloniliiK, William Hewall
Slough, aged O.t and prominent
rltizcu of Klu 111a Ih Falls, wns dead
a 1 o'clock this afternoon following
a sudden attack of heart trouble.
The end tumo at the Klough home,
J3I Washington street.
Shortly ' lifter brcakfnM this
morning Mr. Slough couipliilnrd to
his nifc of nn annoying pain in Ills
chest. He remarked at tho time that
he would call on the doctor when
he went down town Inter iu the
morning.
Went to lied
While attending to other business
'lie called on a pbvslclan, who pre
scribed . certain medicine. . After
running a few errands be ret.irncd
home, arriving a few, minutes be
fore H o'clock.
He again complained mildly 'of
pains In his chest, and announced
his Intention of going to bed for
i the rest of the day.
j Atlor undressing and goln to
i bed, hljwifo askudjjim If ho didn't
think it. would be a good Idea to
call the doctor..' t .
"No. I don't think so. I will bo
all right in a short time, af'.or I
get a little rest," Mr. Sloug'a re
sponded. .Last Words Vttcrcd
Those were fie last words he
uttered. Ten minutes later Mrs.
Slough asked him a question and he
did not respond. Investigation dis
closed that ho bad passed Into un
consciousness. A physician was
culled, but all attempts to revise
him proved unavailing. Two hours
Inter he died. Doctors pronounced
cause of death as anglnapcstoras.
an acute disease of the heart.
Mr. Slough came to Klamath
Falls in 1903, from tho Puget
Sound country, w'.iero he and hi
wife taught school. At one time he
was principal cf the Klamath
county high sc'.iojI.
Later he entered the abstract
business, with J. B. .Mason as a
partner. The firm was known as
tho Slough-Muson Abstract company.
Pour health in 1911 led him to sell
out his interest to Mr. Mason. ,
ltulh Slough llulldlug
Since 1911 he had built thu
Slough building en Main street,
between Fourth and Fifth streets,
and had been active la the real
estate and Insurance business.
Mr. Slough, since his arrival
here, had been active In the Pres
byterian church. At the time of Ills
death ho was an elder of the
church,
Horn in Ohio
Ho was horn In Pataskolu, O. He
and his wife devoted tho greater
part of their lives to teaching both
public and prlvjto schools. They
taught In Kansas and ulso !n
Wn-jhlngton.
I Funeral urrar.gcaicnts have been
i deferred until word Is received from
relatives.
VISIT IN MKIH'OUI)
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard and
daughter Mary and JIlss Louise Cat
lur.zii, Miss Cecilia McMJlion and
Miss Lornlno Lavenlk visited friends
In Medford ovor Sunday.
PKXALTIKS HKMITTHI) '
Opinion cf tho attorney gen-
l oral received today by the
Klamath ciuaty court holds
tint the farm relief act passed
at tho state legislature last aes-
4 sioit, makes It mandatory for O
all county courts to annul all
penalty and Interest charges
on delinquent taxes (lint 'have
not been paid for 1921, 1922
and 1923.
II
DIES SUDDENLY
AT HOI TODAY
Neighbors See Smoke ;
And Call Department
Just In Nick of Time
Spontaneous Combustion Is Believed to
Have Been Cause of Blaze Starting
in Science Laborato ry Fi re Chief
Ambrose Slightly Injured by Fall
'" ' -
. Fire, originating in the general science laboratory from
spontaneous combustion,
high Echool with complete destruction last night. The
flames had burned their way through the second floor
and from the first floor to the basement when the alarm
was turned in to the fire department. In ten minutes, the
fire was under control and in
extinguished. -:-
Total destruction of the
avoided by Miss Betty Mueller, trained nurse, and her
brother, Louis Mueller. The Mueller family reside on
Third street, between High - and Washington.1 Miss
?vlueller, happening to glance out of the window at 11:15
o clock last night, thought, she saw smoke filtering-out
; rrr- , . ... . ' j' of- the. -school;-Sh' rMdr 'aer brother.
LOGGER MAKES
THREE EFFORTS
TO KILL SELF
SPOKANE. Wash., April 27.
H. George Smith, a woods worker,
aged 42, was recovering from three
attempts to take his lite which were
terminated when the chilly waters
of a mill pond .here gave sudden
birth In hU mind of a desire to live.
Smith told police he had become
despondent from drink and had de
cided early yesterday to commit buI- J
cide. He cut his throat, but still .
lived, tnen siasnea his wrisis, oui
. 1 .... .- a ,k
fottnH Ihnt InnffecllVR. nnd then
walked several blocks from his hotel
to a mill pond and Jumped In. The
cold water gave him a different
notion and he seized a convenient
log and called for help. "
After an all night rest In Jail. )
his view upon life was reported ns
considerably improved. ,
F
III FIRE
Youngsters Playing With
Stumping Powder Bring
Fatal Results ;
OUKfiOX UTV, April 87. Four
children were killed, one seriously
injured and another received severe
burns, the result of burning blurt.
powder Saturday nt the fnrm of I
1. Kolsrhinski nbout 23 miles south
of Molalhi. i
Clare, aged 11, was buried yes
terday and the bodies of Joe, 14,
Carl, 9, and Paul, 5, are at an un
dertakers hore where funeral ar
rangements are pending. Wesson,
",! Is at the Oregon City hospital
where his chances for rocovcry were
said by his attendants today to bo
fair. Frank, the sixth child of the
Kolschlnskt family Is nt the family
home.
The children had been playing
with a quantity of black powder
which had been obtained for the
purpose' of blasting. There was no
explosion, the powder being loose In
n larbe container. The Injuries of
the children were from burns, phy
sicians stated. '
0
GHLDHEII
IET DEATH
I
Published Dally at
KLAMATH FALLS ;
"An Empire Awakening" -"
PRICE FIVE CENTS
threatened Klamath County
fifteen minutes, practically
-,- , -v- ,
high school was probably
I who. after a careful look, reported
the matter to Keith K. Ambrose,
fire c'llof.---''-''"-'---'"" -'i- '"-
Damage $300 ' '
I Damage" of approximately $800
.was done to the building, was the
report of Mr. Ambrose aad Deputy
State Fire Marshal Will J. Lester,
who thoroughly Investigated tho flro
this morning. s
The lasty person In the laboratory -was
Harmon Chapman, a member
of .tie., faculty. Mr. Chapman,.Kiri
been working In the laboratory
where acids, phosphorus and otli.n'
chemicals were stored. Tho flip Is
thought to hivo started frotn spjnj
taneous combustion. In . an 'ofcil
container of phosphorus.
Investigation disclosed that.- tluS
, , , .
fro had probably, sijioldered an. hour
'
: before It was discovered. A vcat. in
I tho ceillns of the laboratory c,ir
'ried the flame's to tie second floor.
First tire . .
The fire was t'Je first In the high
school. While tho laboratory could
not be used today, the general sci
ence class convened In an adjoining
icom. - 1 .
If the fire department had ar
rived three or four ihlnufcs lutv .
the flrd would have been vlrMnlfc'
out of control, Chief Ambroso twifj.
The fire had worked up lo"'l'.fat
point where a general sprjud of tho
flames was about to occur. Pitch
was melting from beams and nbout
ready to Ignite. : , . ) .
Ambrose Injured
Flro .Ci'ief.. Ambrose narrowly
escaped serious Injury after the
flro was extinguished. He slipped
through tho hole burned Urough
tho laboratory floor to tho'buio
ment and only saved hlmaolf ,hy
catching- onto th; floor ui' h fell.
Ho Is suffering from minor vurs nnd
bruises today.' "tV . . . .
'-
OIO IX , HMOS i i
Klamath county has roiilltcd $916
from fine) fsr ' trifflc Violation!
during the last three months, tlm
county court announced, today. All
tha money collectod for traffic,
violations goes Into the county cof
fers. R. E. Knowlcs Is tie cuny
traffic orflcor. : ; 'A 'U1'
'ft
MATtll AS IIOKPITALi'"
" Anacortes, Waijlti, April 27;
John Dnlloy got up before .
daylight Sunday to go fishing..
He struck a match and peered
Into the gasoline tank of b'.i'
automobile. , He spent the day.
In a hospital. Buffering frcrm
badly burned hands and fa.
Ho has no garage today cn
his car Is n ruins, with nn In-
surnnce. '.' i
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