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"An Empire Awakening"
Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Yonr-
-Number 5540
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE g, 1925
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FOURTEEN HELD
IN DEATH PLOT
AGAINST
Barcelortia Police Mold
Persons as Suspects of
Planned Outrage
ALFONSO IS TARGET
King of Spain's Life Said
to Have Been Threaten
ed by Student Group
PKRPIGNAN, Friinro, Juno G.
(A. P.) Fourteen persons liuvo
been urrcstod In lliirrclouu In run
uuctlon Willi Ihv bomb plots against
KIiik A I foil oo, according lu travel
ers nrrlvliiK over (ho frontier, who
nay news of Iho plot h being sup
prnnsed In llio Spanish newspapers.
Tlioau arrested witu young stu
dents nnil fiini'llniinrlcs, members
at nn extremist riiluluii group which
liml linvii camouflaged nn n literary
and' tnurliiK association,
Thu prisoners denied any con
ncclon with thu plot.
Tim bomb, wlili'h wus Intended la
blow up ihu roynl train between
llnrccloiia nnil Madrid, In mild In
havo biion a largo one. weigh Iiik
ITS pounds, arranged tu ha im
ploded by nn eloctrlc merhuiilsm.
It wan found several mile outside
t ho city near tilt track of thu
Madrid linn.
Thfl travelers any Iho pollen also
found n hiup showing (Ii locution
of n bomb under unu of tint num
erous tiinmda on the. routn to
Mndrld.
Several duys ago. they assert, n
bomb wan exploited which sorloiihly
duniugnd h pulucu of ihu Murquls
Do Caslull, ut llnrselunn thu day
after n bull hold there lu honor of
th kluK,
President Favors -Poison
Gas Parley
Wants Arms Conference to
Stage Further Meeting
in Washington
GKNKV9, Juno 5. (A. P.) Rep
resentative Theodore K. Ilurton,
head of tile Amiirlcun delegation lo
thu arms conforcuro, declared to
(ho conforonco today ho wan nu
thorltcd to atmouiico Hint President
Cool hi ko would tin Kind to convoke
a special )o I no ii gas enntnrenco In
Washington provided this question
cannot bo definitely and adequately
handled during tho present confer
ence at Clenuvu.
OREGON WOMEN
CLOSE SESSION
MARHIIFIEI.D. Ore.. June B.
Tho four-day session of the Oro
on federutlon of women's clubs
cloned Inst night, and tho dele.
Kitten quickly scattered to their
bomoH.
Rend nnd I.a . Grande nl tho
cloning iicmdon presented their In
vitations for Ihu 1925 convention.
With two places In competition, tint
decision will rest with tho board
nnd choice will' bo announced later.
MEETIN'O TOMORROW XOOX
Members of thu Klamath Fed
erated Community club board will
moot at thu chamber of commerce
rooms tomorrow ut 1:.1U. Various
community problems will bo ills.
cussed nnd a largo iittendunco Ih
expected. Iteprosentntlve's from nil
communities in tho county arc, ex
peeled to bo horo.
Airplane Patrol
To Start July 1
Eugene to be Base of Fliers
Guarding Forests of
Northwest
HUG13NR, June li. Airplane for
est flt'O patrol will start from Ku
igono Juno.., with a Jjiiso ut tho
municipal aviation fluid, twoordlng
to official iinmmncuhiont. from the
government, received today by Nel
son F, Miic.Diiff, supervisor ,;' the
Cdsciido National Forest, Uilier
patrol buses will ho lit Vaneniivoi'
nnd Spoliuiia, Wash., and Mnlhor
Field and itoss field, Cullforiilu. ,
Two of tho ton plunoB nsH.r.cil
to tho various, buses will he at
jougono, , .
Bobbed Haired
Girl Aide for
Bank Robbers
Gang: of Auto Bandits
Get $3000 After
Fight
SEATTLE, May fi. ( A. P. ) A
gang for whom a k " with bobbed
hair drove nn unto stub! about
:I0IM front the stnlu Hank of llo
Ihell, (i ll uilli'H niirlli of ricalllo, lo
dity. Many shuts were exchanged
with men renlntinK the robbery, unci
thu gang escaped with mm of their
number lying cross ways lu the
hack of thu car.
Thin hunk wan held up January
:I0. ami I3M1.HU tnlieii. VuuKlin
llimley. who wan shooting today
when bit robber Afterward Keen in
Ihu bade of thu cur fill from u
sldowulk ngaliint Ihu machine, wan
locked lu u vutilt lu the January
eplnode. :
Crippled Woman
Slays Another
In Furious Rage, Is Said
to Have Beaten
Woman
NEW YOKK, Juno 4. Mrs. Nora
Prederguht. 74, lior og crippled
with r'loumalbin and bur sight dim
med, In accused of beating to death
woman less than half her age
with such fury that tho victim's
nk nil wus fractured and her body
welted from waist to neck.'
The body of May McOurrun was
found by pnllco In the dark buse
incnt flat occupied by bath women.
Youth Kills His
Teacher Because
He Was Whipped
lUtyOK 1IAVKN, Miss.. Juno B.
Nolnnd Bltibbloflold, H-yenr-old
MhislHnlppI youth, today was held
In jnil accused of killing Professor
A. K. Wutklns. his school princi
pal, because of IiiivIiik been dis
ciplined.
Tho boy told of tho slaying, of
ficers suld, following bis capture In
a dento wood nenr the scene of tho
sillying yesterday to which a hur
riedly formed posse wns led by
blood bounds after tho body of
Professor Wntklnn was found with
a charge from a shotgun lu Iho
breast.
L
N E W VOltli, Juno . Ken II
IIiiiiin, li-rt fielder for Hie St. l.oul
Itrowim, Nlniiiiueit his eleventh mid
twelfth home runs of the season
toduy UKiilnst the Yankees. In the
fourth his drive rumc with none on
hiisc liml In Iho clulilli his clout
sce-red ItolH-rt.Hon.
PARIS, Juno G. (AIM The
II I Tf In 11 trlhuHiiien have launched
tho strongest and bout organized
offenslvo since their Invasion of
French morocco Willi a drive
against Tno I'uat hi thu middle of
tho front.
American Legion
Service Scores
Needy Veteran Gets Quick
Action Through Local
Post
Hubert I). YA'oodworth, disabled
velernn, afflicted Willi tuberculosis
nnd desperately in need of hospital
care, recelvod tho quickest action
on record hero when ho appealed
for aid Wednesday to V. R. Can
ton, local service officer., of tho
American Legion.
Clinton, realUing Iho seriousness
of Woodworth'R enso, w I rail ou that
dntu In offleluls of tho tlnltod
Htntes Veterans' bureau hoHpltnl In
Portland.
Thursday night Canton received
n wlro saying thnt the transporta
tion for Woodwnrth would be
mailed. Today It nirlvod and to
morrow Woodworth beivltiH Iho
Journey- to Portland, .whero gov
ernment pbyHlclniiH will sou thnt his
falling lien Hh is restored.
According to Canton tills one In
stnnco only siirvoa In show thnt de
serving vetorans, by nppcnllng to
local legion officials, can secure Im
mediate action and avoid delays
wlilrh formerly caused relief to
coma too Into lo do nlllng men any
good, J
ARMED
S
PROTECT PEOPLE
DURING STRIKE
Shanghai Presents Dramat
is Picture With U. S.
Forces on Guard
TROUBLE SPREADING
Chinese Are Attempting to
Starve and Drive Out
Foreign Population
HHANUIIAI, June S. (A. P.) A
forco of American fullirs with bay
onvttud rifles lic-nl I lit; u number of
cows down tho undent Nuuking road
to un ubbaoir; American women
combining boustdiolds whim their
Chinese servants shuffled uway;
foreign society women becoming
telephone operators and accepting
all forms of employment ; tills was
tho picture presented in Shanghai
toduy o tho culostlul city Bottled
down to u seemingly grim struggle
-tho Occident agalnnl the orient
while Chinese strikers attouiptcd
wlthc-ut outwurd disorder to dis
rupt foreign activities in a cam
paign cu leu la led 10 starve out and
drlvo out foreigners.
Money changers lu tho streets re
fused to take foreign bunk notes.
Chinese banks are closed and the
cash supply Is disappearing rapidly.
.Strike Spreading
The strike of Chlncio worker
continued to spread toduy. . A tease
situation loomed hi tho French con
cussions where thousands of slul
cnts meandered peacefully, wearing
casplcious mourning bauds, while
alert policemen and French offi
cers heavily ormed, wero patrolling
the main thoroughfares.
Many meetings wore held across
tho bouudnry frjm tho French ott
cosslon, in Chinese, territory, but
only petty outbreaks were roport-;a.
Shorn distinctions were empha
sised by Chlnoso in favoring Ameri
can firms and homos. Those Chinese
shops doing business, refused the
patronage of British customers while
favoring Americans.
.Mrs. Milton Purely, wife of a
Judge of . tho United Stalej court
hero and tho wlfo of Counsel Gen
eral Cunningham, combined house
hold fjr-'es for the emergency to
day when tho servants In their
respective homes left.
.Many of tho Chinese servants ro
main loyal however. Sonio old scrv
ants havo remained with th.nr
musters despite death throats In
volvlng their fiimllits' quartorcd in
Chinese territory. Tho thrcuts have
been voiced directly by student can
vtissers.
Thoso foreign firms, hotels and
Institutions which continue to tunc
tlon are doing o through the aid
.)f volunteer foreign women work
er's, who have stepped Into the places
left by llio strikers. . .
TO KXrolH'K I..WV
POHTLANU, Ore, Juno 5.
Knforceinent of the new Oregon
law relating to grading of eggs for
sali' by Jobbers and retail dealers
will bo undertaken within a few
days by N. C. Marls, deputy stnto
dairy nnd food commissioner.
Strawberries aro lower In prlco
In today's local market, duo to con
I Inucd heavy yields and a slacken
Ing demand. Prices rnngo from
fl"5 to 12.25 a crnto. depending
on typo nnd quality. On informa
tion from growers nnd Intimate oh
servntlon in fields adjacent to
Portland, dealers predict, that tho
close of this week will see tho end
of cheap berries.
Heat And Storms
Take Heavy Toll
At Least 140 Deaths Attribut
able to Peculiar Weather j
Lately
CHICAGO, Juno B. At least 140
persons havo died throughout tho
country In tho past few days due
to iho hunt 'wave, 'drownings and
storms. Of this number, 71 wore
In tho territory onst ot Ohio and
61) were In several stales from Ohio
to Montana. 1
Deaths yesterday caused Indirectly
uml directly by tho hunt wore 30
In tho east and 24 In tho mld-wost.
Twenty one ot llio mid-west's fat
alities for tho period of the heat
wavo wore duo to storms in Iowa,
Minnesota, Nebraska anil Montana.
M'AULIFFE .
CONSCIOUS;
TO SURVIVE
Report From Lakeview
Hspital Says Re
covery Sure
Jack McAulilfe, promlimnt Klam
ath' cuttlemaa now In tho tiencral
Kmurgency himpital at Lukevlow
where ho wus taken in nn uncon
scious roiiditbm yesterday, was re
ported well oh the way to recovery
nt 3:f)0 o'clock this ufternoon by
members of thu Lakeview hospital
stufr.
Mo wns conscious and able to tuke
food, tho report suld.
The nurso In churge stuted that
ho bad madu no explanation to ac
count for his being overcome.
McAuliffo was found yesterduy by
a stage driver on tho road near the
Howard ranch. Ho was lying un
conscious in his closed car, the en
gine of which wiis Idling. Or. J. If.
Kelty of Lnkvlew wns called and
McAuliffo wni rushed to tho Lake
view hospital, where he was found
to ba suffering from carbon monox
ide poisoning.
Curricula Board
In Session Today
PORTLAND; Ore.. June 5. The
Mute board of higher curricula was
In session hero today considering ap
peal of tho Dnlverslty of Oregon
asking that tho Oregon agricultural
college be prohibited from present
ing certain courses hold- to be as
signed to tho University.
The hoard went into session at
10:30, reviewing the briefs filed by
both colleges and also the steno
graphic notes oi verbal remarks by
representatives of both Institutions.
No faculty members of cither In
stitution attended the session.
which wag strictly a conference be
tween tho boar members on their
flndingB from itlufly of the' briotu
and tho ininntes of the early meet
ing. 1
Dr. C. J. Smith, chairman, said at
tho opening of the meeting that a
final decision may not be ghreo, as
further lines for examination may
bo brought up by members of the
board at tho conference.
Tho charges of duplication of
courses were filed against tho agri
cultural college by the University.
Tho lines -involved being commerce.
Journalism, music, education nnd
liberal arts. In tho brief reply the
college charged tho university with
duplication of courses in commerce
which had previously been adjudi
catcd to the agricultural institution.
I1END. Ore.. Juno h. Ruin, ac
companied by a light fuill of hail
full in llend lato yesterday eve
ning. The total precipitation was
.12 inches for tho 12-hour period
ending at S o'clock this morning
Man Runs Amuck
In Art Gallery
Richard Burnett, Oakland, Is
Murdered in Sacramento
. Today
r i i i
SACRAMENTO. Calif.. June 5
Suddenly running amuck, an un
identified man shortly before noon
today shot and killed another man
believed to have been Richard Pur.
nott, of Oakland, former Vatcjuvot,
R. C, in the Crocker art gallery
in this city nnd was himself sift ml
killed by a transfer man whose
name was said to be Bralnard.
Early details Indicated thai tho
unidentified -man opened firo within
the Art Gallery nnd shot down Uur
uott. Then, from all accounts," he
left the interior of tho building and
sat on the stops, a smoking pist il
in his hand.
Hralnard, from across tho streot,
hud heard the shooting within !' e
art gallery.
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number of the Evening Herald
editorial and news department
Is SS. ' " .
Tho business office and ad-
vertislng telephone number li
70S.'
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ness office, please remember t.i
ask tor 708. It you want t'.u
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SEEK EXPLORERS
Commander of Navy Dirig
ible Would Look for
Amundsen's Party
FLIERS NOW ENROUTE
Norwegian Government to
Start Patrol Instruc
tions Kept Secret
NKW YORK. June 5. f API The
two weeks of grace which Roald
Amundsen allowed before search
should begin for him and his polur
expedition, are over, and prepara
tions for patrolling the edge of the
Arctic ice pact are rapidly being
brought to completion.
The Norwegian explorer directed
that a sharp lookout should be es
tablished along the ice edge If ho
and bis six comrades, who left Spitz-
bergen for tho north pole fa two
airplanes on May 21, did not return
within a fortnight. He also left
seuled Instructions to be opened at
about that time, dispatches from
Oslo, tho Norwegian capital, say,
but the nature of these instructions
is not divulged. .
Send Kcout Planes
The Norwegian government is des
patching to the north a steamer
bearing two naval Bcout planes
which will bo unloaded at Kings
Bny Spitsbergen, and flown thence
to Wellman Bay, Danes Island, to
Join Amundsen's supporting crews
on the steamers Farm and Hobby.
Meanwhile, talk of a search un
der American auspices Is continuing.
Commander Lansdowne of the
United States naval dirigiblo Shen
andoah, has submitted to the navy
department, a detailed plan for the
operation of his craft In case It is
used In a. rollef expedition.. !
. : To I'rovldo Base .
While details of the plan were
not given out. It is understood to
provide for tho establishment of a
floating base at Spitsbergen, utiliz
ing for this purpose the airship
tender Patoka.
Tho Shenandoah, according to the
reported plan, will fly to Spitsber
gen, stopping for. fuel at Pulham
England. Tho navy department re
iterated that there havo been no ap
peals for American aid.
Supervision Of
Playgrounds Is
Rotarian Plan
Movo to insure supervision of
city playgrounds during the coming
year was begun at tho noon meet
ing of the Rotary club in tho cham
ber of comiuerco club rooms today.
A committee, consisting of Rev.
Arthur Kite. Arthur Wilson and
Paul Landry was appointed to
make a recommeudutidn as to the
best way of achieving the desired
objective. -
There aro two city playgrounds,
one in Hot Springs and the other
on tho courthouse grounds.
SMALL ROY 1XIHCTEI)
CAMIIRIRCE, Mass., June 5.
(A.l.) Elglit-yenr-old John Veres
of Lowell was Indicted for murder
odny by the Middlesex grand Jury,
The liny admitted to police that he
ud a sl'-.vcnr-old companion
pushed Vivian lliisson. 111 months
old, Into the .Merrimack river and
threw stones at the body until It
sank, TheMrtlicr boy was too
young
o face criminal prosecution.
Former Football ,
Star Passes Away
Tiny Shields, Ex-Oregon Cap
tain, Dies Following
Long Illness
PORTLAND. Juno 6.' - Tiny
Shields, captain ot tho University of
Oregon football eleven In 1922, is
dead, said- a niosaugo received by
his brother, Floyd, from his mother
lu Los Angnles. Tiny has been an
Invalid since 1922, when his back
was injured In the Whitman-Oregon
game ut Pcmlloton. Ho thought lit
tle of his Injury at tho tliiio.
Tho funeral will bo held hero
Sunday and burial will he In Wnsh
ougal, Wash., his old home, accord
ing to present plans,
S EN 0
1 TO
Richard Loeb
Now Delirious
From Measles
Slayer of Bobby Franks
III Doctor Says
May Be Sham
JOLIET, III., June B. (A. P.)
Richard Laeb, slayer of Hobby
Franks, who has been ill with
measles was delirious today ax an
after cffcH of the disease, prison
physicians said, Loeb muttered In
coherently most of the day and at
tendants were constantly at his bed
side.
Dr. Herman Adler, state physician.
said the delirium was not a fre
quent after effect of the measles.
Dr. Harry Patterson, who visited
Loeb said that in his opinion the
prisoner was shamming delirium.
The' opinion was also expressed
that I3eb's mind was at Its break-
ng point, due to the confinement
and prison life.
Realty Board
Will Banquet
Prominent Realtors to
Meet Local Men
Monday Night
Plans were completed today for a
meeting of the Realty Board of this
city tj be held in the Dutch Grill
of the White Pelican hotel on
Monday evening at 7:30. At this
time the board will iave Will Rou
of the national association ot retl
estate boards, whose residence is
Chicago and T. W. Zimmerman,
secretary of the 'Pacific northwest
real estate association, with head
quarters in Portland as guesU.
Speeches will be made t,y both. ,
J. F. Mrguire, president of the
loeal realty board, urges all mem-.
.bei;.Krl?iW,ltjio attend and
at the present time it -Ji. expected
the attendance will be 100 per cent.
The local organization lias a mem
bership of twenty-five.
Find No Clues
to Mail Theft
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5 (A. P.)
Post Office Inspector Charle3 E.
Calno said today no progress had
been made toward uncovering any
clue leading to solution of the dis
appearance several days ago from
the mails between Reno, Nev., and
Floriston, California, of a package
containing 35,700 in currency, part
of the payroll of the Crown-Wll-liamctte
Paper company at FlorU
ton. Reports said the package had
gone forward from tho Reno Post
Offico but failed to arrive at Flor
iston. DIE FROM HEAT
DETROIT, June 5. (A.P.) Two
more dentlis from heut in Michigan
were "reported today, bringing to
nine the number of fatnlltles in
the state. Seven more prostrations
also were reported, several of the
victims, aged persons, being re
ported in serious condition.
Several Injured
At Shrine Parade
Two Women Seriously Hurt
And Others Faint at
Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, June 5. (A. P.)
Two women were seriously Injur
ed and forty five other persona
were treated for minor injuries or
brought out of fainting spells as a
result of the milling about and
rushing ,of tens ot thousand ot spec
tators eager for places ot vantage
along the line of the shrine parades
hero last night, it was revealed early
today In a check up of cases brought
to tho emergency hospital made at
tho Los Angeles coliseum.
One of Iho serlotisly injured wo
men was kicked In the stomach by
a horse; the other suffered a frac
ture of the hip during a mob rush
for .one of the entrances of tho
coliseum after the big bowl hud
been filled to capacity and gatemou
were turning people away. . ,
MRS. SLOKill HERE
Mrs. W. S. Slough arrived in the
city today and will spend sometime
here visiting with relatives and
friends, .
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T
NORTHERN LINE
No Basis for Rumor Big
Deal is in Prospect,
He Declares
NO OPTION IS GIVEN
Tract in Question Declared
Ideal for Terminal
Site I i
Rumor was prevalent hore today
that sale of a large pleca of pro
perty on the west aide of Lake
Ewauna, Immediately adjoining the
city limits, had been sold by Rufun
Moore to the Northern Lines to to
used m a terminal site. .
Emphatic denial of the my.'r
was given this afternoon by Mr.
Moore.
"1 have not sold the ropprty nor
have I given an option on It '.'...
said. He denied also that be had
been aproached by officials of the
Northern lines.
' According to the rumor, tho p'o
perty, largely swamp land, wat to
be acquired both because ot lu de
sirability as a terminal site and
also because ot Its proximity to tan
Weyerhauser mill site.
But cne piece of property, that
owned by H. N. Whltellne, lies be
tween the Moore tract and tio
Weyerhauser mill site.
A small slto which could be util
ized for a bridge suppurt Is owned
by the Wyereaaeuser company on
the east bank of the river opposite
from the Mcore tract. ,
Solicitor General
Is Selected Today
HISi'Macn3t- PautT
-. - ..Receives r cuctai
Appointment
WASHINGTON. June . 5. (A. P.)
William D. Mitchell of St. Paul,
was appointed- today ai Solicitor
General of the United States.
- Mr. Mitchell, a former law partner
ot Associate Justice Pierce Butler, of
the supreme court succneds James
M. Beck, whose resignation was an
nounced several weeks ago,
Today's Scores
National at Pittsburgh. R. H. E.
Philadelphia 6 9 1
Pittsburgh 5 9 2
Batteries Mitchell and Hcnlino:
Morrison, Kremcr and. Smith.
National at Chicago: R. It. E.
Brooklyn : ..7 13 0
Chicago : 6 13 1
Hatterios Vanco and DoBorry;
Cooper, Keen, Jacobs and liart
nett. ' ' . ':
National, Cincinnati: R. H. E.
Boston 0 3 2
Cincinnati ...: i '71
(Ten innings)
Batteries Benton and Gibson;
Luque and Hargrave, Wlngo.
ETI1ERHXIE FREED
PORTLAND, Ore.. June 5. Fed
eral Judge It. S. llean today granted
a motion for n dlifcted verdict dis
mlMstng charges of misuse of the
mails against John : L. Etberidgc,
Portland bond dealer. The govern
ment charged that Elberlilge, In
selling bonds of u Seattln local im
provement district, had misrepre
sented that they wero backed by
the credit of the entire city of Se
attle. " ' . :.
Big Jewel Cache
Is Found In Sand
Diamonds And Other Valuables
Worth $30,000 Buried .
at Coney Island .
NEW YORK, June li. (A. P.)
Diamond and Jewelry estimated t
value $.10,000 toduy were found
burled In thu sands ot Conoy Island
by Investigators searching for mis
sing asseU of the bankrupt Jewelry
firm ot Morris Sieger and Son, whlcn
fulled for more than 1200,000 last
month. Morris Bulger, head of tho
firm, Jumped to his death from tho
roof of u 15 story building In Times
Squure shortly before the bankrupt
condition of (he concern becami
knowp,
MOOR
DENIES
RACT SOLD TO