TTTTTRfifiAY.. JUNE; 155?
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EVENINCf TlEirATJS. TCL'AMATIT - FATT$ OTvEOON
Low Prices to Prevail at
1 Boxing Card Here Tuesday;
Joe Coffman Is Headliner
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Hot weather prices ami ono of tlio
fastost bouts aeon here tn months
will fmture the boxing card to bo
presented to local fans next Tuesday
night at Scandinavian Hall. Sent
prices will rnngo trom 11.10 to
fl.6S rlngsldo.
Joo Coffmun, speedy welterweight
whoso two recent victories over
Johnny Carlson have made him a
drawing card anywhere on the coast,
will miuglo In the headline' bout
with Young Starkey of Chlco, re
garded as one ot the bent of the
new crop of coast welters.
' Coffman Is known to local fans
because of his recent ring perfor
mances here and needs no Introduc
tion. - Young Starkcy halls from Chlco
nd for a time fought semi-wind ups
there until It was discovered he put
up. a better battle than the head-
liners.
He Is credited with wins over Pros
Hontoti. Young Kruno, Mike Gibbons
of San : Francisco, Hill Bruyton,
Indian Nunco and other fast hoys In
the eentr. l California section. His
mainstay is a mighty wallop.
The fight should givo fans an op
portunity to determine for them
selves whether a slugger or a box
er has the tiest chance in the ring.
Wilbur Harrington und Maurice
Harris of Ashland an' slated to go
on as semi-finals. The rest of the
curd, yet to be determined, will be
composed of four-rotind fights suf
ficient to. make n card of about 26
rounds.
With the new low prices and with
the new policy of putting on fast
four-round fights it is believed that
even better houses than in the pnst
will he secured.
Confession of
! Killing Spouse
f Is Repudiated
CONCORDIA, ,Kan., June 25.
) Charles B. Davles. charged
With Hiring gunmen to kill his wife,
has repudiated the confession he
made to county officials, J. D. Fell,
local lumberman and a friend of
- Davles, declared today. Fell said he
and Dr. H.. M. Doty, county coroner,
bad been told by Davies that the
, confession was "wrung from him
while his mind was unbalanced by
' worry." . ,.
Fell added that ho expected
Davles to plead not guilty when ar
raigned tomorrow. .
BROADWAY NIGHT
LIFE NOW UNDER
... v: .HOT AT MEDKOKU
" MEDFORD, June 25. With the
mercury at 104 at one thirty today
all heat records for the year were
smashed and the weather bureau
predlmts that the heat record for
, all time promises to be broken be
fore night fall. Because of the
heat, maneuvers at the Oregon Nat
ional Guard camp were modified
materially this afternoon.
Pointed remarks get blunt answers.
GREEN
SLA B S
ARE RIPE
Our trucks will be hauling-
green slabs for a
few days,. 16 inch.
Phone in for a few
loads, $30 for 10 cords.
BLOCK WOOD
at Cheap Prices
Peyton & Co.
-Wood to burn"
601 Main Phone 535
FIRE OF POLICE
Love Philter Cocktails
Branded New Drink of
Those Seeking Thrills
WOMAN IS MURDERED
Youth Held as Slayer Fol
lowing Party in Road
House Near N. Y.
NEW YORK, June 25. The
murder of a woman in New Jersey
by means of a drug sometimes
used as an aphrodisinc had sequels
today affecting the night life of
Broadway.
Tho New York American in a
summary; of the conclusions ot in
vestigators says:
"Love philter cocktails are
served in several' of the smarter up
town speak-easics. (Bacardi rum
is given as one ingredient.)
- "," Xew Thrills
"I,ovo philter parties bachana
lian orgies have been common
among t ho ftencoliwrti for-Uioilinitve
now thrill,. - -iV- ;
VNeurologists are treating in
creasing numbers of a morbid con
dition due to excessive use of the
aphrodisiac."
. Yoiitli HcliI
Maurice During, 25-ycar-old son
of a wealthy widow, is under ar
rest accused of murder as the re
sult ot tho death of Ethel Wheeler
of Harrington Park, N. J., wife of
a New York department store buy
er. An overdose of a drug which
cost 25 cents was given her in a
drink at a road house, the authori
ties say. Her friends insist she in
tended the dinner to be her fare
well, to During.1
Mrs. Eleanor During, wjio lives
in New York and runs a restaurant,
said that both her son and Mrs.
Wheeler took the drug in coffee
for a lark and that both became ill.
Ifs a lucky June bridegroom who
gets a good looker and a good
j cooker.
Piicked in tea-foil.
instcud of tins ;
hence
Just about the last word
in pipe comfort
Here's a tobacco that's made for
pipes and pipes only!
First of all it's fine, old Burley, mel
lowed by Wellman's famous old 1870
method; and on top of that it's specially
I'&Mv.r.
cut for pipes cut coarser (rough cut)
so that it burns slower and smokes
sweeter and cooler. Pack your pipo
with Granger and see if you don't agree
that'Tor pipes it's mighty near perfect."
A large assortment of imported materials in
Worsted and Homespuns
iades
in exclusive patterns of new weaves and
of a standard value
Keep in mind thai the same positive standard of
high grade tailoring is always found in each suit
sent out of our shop.
YVc have the largest .stock of domestic and import
ed fabrics, to be found between Portland and
' San Francisco.
CHAS. J. CIZEK
(Merchant Tailor
Hart Building Klamath Falls
Favoritism in
Rates Charged
PORTLAND. Ore., June 25. The
Portland electric power company
sells electric "juice" to the company
lines at 1 cent a kilowat hour, a low
er rate than that charged tho South
ern Pacific and Oregon Electric com
panies, according to tho testimony
this morning by E. W. .Moreland,
statistical engineer for tho P. E. P.
company at the public service com
mission hearing on the petition of
tho housewives council for a five
cent street car fare. .
Testimony which followed com
pared wages paid by the Portland
Hallway with those paid by street
railway companies in other cities.
Vernon Moore Having Big Time .
on Construction Job in Alaska
Vermin .Moore, Klamath high never saw him again.
Kcho.'l graduate and well known In; Junu 7tb. Mucked lortny and
tho city, is having tho time of his went bear hunting after supper;
life while employed in railroad work; saw a big block bear 400 yards oft
in Alaska, according to u letter re-1 but did not get It 1 tit ; aaw lota of
k,mimtmmtVntmrn urn rr ri i tit trtii tmm, j-
iBlIIllil
ceived by his parents, 'Mr. 'and Mrs
A. B. Maore of this city.
Tho young man is at Moose Puss,
via Seward, and while he Is n it
working bn Is out trying to bag
bear, mO'MC and wild fowl.
In his letter to his family, Ver
n ji gives his experiences something
In tile f :rin of a diary, ai follows:
ptarmigan.
Juno Sill, .Mm kid tDil ;iy and neul
bear hunting after supper, never
saw anything.
Juno Uth, Mucked today,"
' Juno lMli, .M ii : kcil today. It
rained a g?)d deal.
Juno' 1 1th, .Mucked today. sThe
f ind Is fino and the rliiil.it.! health-
Arrived hero Juno 4th and help-j fill; tho bunk Li fine and warm,
ed 'put up camp after driving . a I The ' elevation hero Is !'-i'j teo'f
truck 20 niiles from a railroad and snow Is close ajid the ground Is
NO POLITICS IN
PROHI SHAKEUP
ked until 9 o'cl :ck.
I saw f-cv-1 frn.en.
.Spring iSfjust around the
i ral sheen ami gxits. icorner. I have ben xlraw buss
I Jii!ii: 5th, I helped Tix up ramp Vom'o uf Mm time. It lin-a lis you're
a:ij dragged In some wiod with thcinno of the hisses but y ni work
"cat". Went bear hunting affrllllie hlafce;. There will bo work
Tho !iiim-rtul Stago I'lay
"LOVER'S LANE"
A spieiidld lucliidrama that plenties until the final fudu-out
Also Another of thu pipulnr
"SING THEM AGAIN" Seric.
FRIDAY
Is Amateur Night. Cimo und win prlo
uwjiwjimpiiuin mm mm
WASHINGTON, Juno , 23. !( -State
"and local political Influences
aro to be shoved aside In filling
new administratlvo posts in the pro
hibition enforcement organization,
it was indicated today at tho treas
ury. It was freely predicted that
the assistant secretary would file
many of the 22 divisional adminis
trative posts in the coiillnentc.l
United States with men from dis
tricts other 1 1 ii ii ihifcr in wliiili
they will serve.
Congressional influences hi the
past, weighed heavily In the selec
tion of federal directors for Htate
and in the selection of many other
subordinate officials and the treas
ury has not been satisfied with
some of tho men thus nuiiied.
Mn Andrews icilil today ho would
not retain men whoso inle(;rlly was
(iiin:tfoned and who did not incis
uro up as producers of results. The
whole list of preecnl officers will
be gone over before the new system
goes Into effect.
. To obtain the type of udniinis
tralors ho seeks, the assistant sec
retary has asked Comptroller Gen
eral AlcCarl. for a ruling on the
salary question. It Is understood lie
Intends to pay us high us 1 0,00 0
annually for somo of (ho posts.
1t.ll, DENIED
NOULESVILLI5, Ind Juno 25.()
The petition of D. C. Stphenson,
Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry, asking
that they be admitted to ball pend
ing their trial on a chargo of murd
ering Miss Madgo OberliolUcr of In
dianapolis, was ovorrulod toduy by
Judge Fred Hljiz, ,
supper. Saw ahlre big bluk heir
Si) yards away and shot at him,
hut missed him.
J u no Ct'i, Worko4 on tho dit
ches. Wet feet; mucking; blisters
on my hands and knec; saw one
cow irj.o-e ad little calf. After
supper I saw a bear 4 miles off on
a mountain . I went after him but
heio until latj next fill. There Is
nothing but gamu here, so plca.Hu !
rsend my rlflo as I want to do a
lot of 'hunting. . ' , .
Klainalh friends Kit Vernon will
wish to write Ij him can address lib
mall' to:
A. V. Moore. Milo 211, Moosn Pass,
Aheika, via Seward. Ill c.iro II, P, It.
Telephone Girl
Called Heroine
HEM), Ore,, June 25. Elsie Au
gustine, substltuto night operator,
Is given credit for the early control
of the fire nt Prineville yesterday
morning by J E. Guithcr, munager
of the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company for iJeschutes and
Crook counties. Mr. Guithcr re
turned In liend this morning.
Miss Augustine discovered the
fire which broko out In tho news
paper office directly adjoining the
telephone office und in the same'
building, with smoke pouring Into
the room where the switchboard
was located. Sbo stuck to . the
bourd, calling all of tho firemen
and also officers of the Masonic
lodge, whoso lodge rooms were di
rectly overhead.
Miss Augustine also enlled ' Mr.
Galthcr in Rend, warning him that
the telephone equipment was
threatened.' lie mil lie the 38-mllc
trip to Prlnavlllo In record time
stepping Into the office 58 minutes
after tho operator had called him ut
his home here. ,
. "I shall certainly maka a very
special mention of Miss Augustine's
level head':d work when 1 maku my
report."
Gallher said this morning, "Kho
Him k to her bourd until every one
affected wns called. Hho was only
a substitute on I lie night board,
tho regular operator being on her
vacation. .Miss Auguslino has been
with the compuny only about a
year." ,
The telephone equipment was un
damaged but holes were burned
through Inlo thu wallH from thu of
fice of Mm Central Oregonlnn,
where tho fire originated und whoro
more Mian $rooi worth of damage
was done to tlio machinery, ac
cording to late cStluintuK.
I'ltEM'll KEPl l,SIOU
VE55, French Morocco, Julio 2B,
(Ay) Today's' "official eoinmlnliiuo
said French repulsed the Hlffliins In
two actions yostenluy. In ono case
a French column ndvanccd In tho
Tercuul region, defeating tho at
tacking trlbesmon. In tho vicinity
of Aln Maatott, French air and
ground forces cleared out tho Illf
fluns who had moved lnlo that.
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M LIBERTY
If you like action
Fighting Fools in Roaring IHols
An entrancing love story then see
"THE MAN IN BLUE"
FRIDAY
Yakima Camitt in "The Two-Fistetl Sheriff"
Ono thing about bathing sulls Is
you no longer have to luko it girl
at face value.
ComingTomorrow WAIT!