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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
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Eighteenth Year Number 5578
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RAKER FAVORS
OPENING UP OF
' LAND ON LUKE
Congressman Assures His
Support to Tule Lake
Homesteaders
TALKS AT DALTONS
Claims More Farmers, More
Land, Means Quicker'
Railroad Construction
HI 111 smarting under llm Httng of
IIiiIiitI Work' attitude towiird Ilia
ripening of nddll1o.ini land In Tub'
lake for snttlemolit, farmers of
Hoiithorn Kloiiuiili mi l niirihnrii (lill
fiirnln u a ray uf hong yestoi.lu,,
iiflnrm oii In the ptciUo of CongreiH-
Itintl Ji.Uii H. 1 1 uk it if Calif irtilii. lo
(In nil In IiIh power to.i:d Uini.!,
nil t'!io lunil 4 n Tula luko which run
lid UlTVPil 'Villi 'iUM', opened up
Immediately,
Standing rn III Iniuniiiiiry line
Unit separates Oregon mini ('ulifur
lilii, CoiiKreiuiiittn Itiikor, aurml
hi oiiimt II u I mil ii.ti their neigh
bum across ilia linn In Kl.nnuili
county, that tho boundary lltiett of
Ilia district were m l 111" I lull (it "tit
ortlvllloH. Mr. Ituki . wn guest .if
tronor ut I ho Miilln 1 1-1 1 " li HI '
lordny uflornoiin nt uliu V. C. UjI
Iuii ruiuCi south of Mullu.
'l warnl you people of Klaninth
CO tl ill to target tlml I represent a
different district, and -;mo to mo
with your trouble." ho .ild. "Any
OiliVK t Jin I 1 ran do mill tin ik no.
rest assured.
"1 utiDHKV Vivo? the opening up
of every piece of laud lliut cuu bo
served by -water, fir Hotllemeiit, In
fix't I can mot oo liny plausible run
Hon why It tliouldn't b d.ino unil
Khali do all In my power 10 have It
done.
"I Imvo driven throuii'i Tule luko
this morning,. ni'd Alio: o li , jvayir
available. Farmers iMoiild bo til
ling tli ii aMI, Tlio iuro l.ind thut U
producing agricultural products In
I bin country tlio h.it will ru II
ronds build here.
"I don't hesitate to nay Hint t'-iu
soutihorn Klnniulli mid nor I horn Cal
ifornia territory Ih tlio iiiohi rortlio
lorMUiny In the fulled Stales un
nerved by a I'jJlrond."
Congressman Raker niudo n atlr
rind plea for law enforcement, cul
ling attention to t.o furl that obey
ing ono law and breaking another
wat the qn j.'kpMt win to bring dl-
tlespect of lill lawn, llo pointed out
Umt America whs unlqua li that
Individual effort wiu lerognlxed ami
rewarded ntilcke In thin country
than any other natlun on the face
f tho globe.
The Nrmor AH urns Judge spoke
In a barn yard au.l addrcaaed up
proxlmatoly 200 furmors and Hve
tack men f:om Lha Tula luko unit
nouthera Klamiitli lorrltory.
Ileforo ill Is add rot Do attended
a buaoball igumo hetweou Mullu and
Allurns. In tho morning Jio hm
tho guost of Cio reiH-esonlutlvcs of
Klumuth Wool (Irowors uiuioclutlon,
tho Klamath I'rrlgiUion il 1st riot imd
the Tule I,nko homoHlmidora nssi.'lu
tl in who drovo him around Tule
luko and acquainted dim will) tlio
problems of tlio farmers and live
Block nion.
C.MI'lli:l,I, HOI,I)l(l OWN
KlJdKNhl, Oro., July 20. Tia
condition ot President I'. L. Cnmp
boll nit .the Unlvornltiy ut Oregon,
wllio lias boon 111 for muiiy months,
vo roportod todny to bo "no
worBO," ill Is conillllcin. ihnvlng ru
liialneil lllio nnmo for (lie past sev
eral fwooka.
Huckleberry Picking Will
Soon Be Favorite Outdoor
; Sport; They're About Ripe
It'll sWm bo .liuckloticnv time In
Klamath,
This Is tlio word broiiKht back lo
tho city today by Mrs. Itutlli White,
1128 North Thl'ril atroet, who with
lior sons, Robert nnd WiHlnm, nnd
Hilly Dyor, returned Jnsl might from
nn outing to Ilucklobomy Iiko.
"Thoro Is nn nbundiiiico of l.iuuk
loborrles, and somo 'of thorn nro now
turning rod," tlhe said. "Thoy sliould
lie irlpo wllhlu 10 duya or two weeks.
Jtucklehorry miouiilUIn Is nb.iul 20
mllos the other eldo of Cralor Lnlto.
Aged Klamath
Pioneer Dies
This Morning
Death Calls J. B. Casey
at Family
Home
TIiiiii claimed anolhor pkiurosqiie
pioneer flKiiru of early Klnniulli
history today whuii J. 11. 1'iisoy,
iiltod 70, passed away nt li Ih homo
In Ashland ut 10 a. in. Death
ouiiii) nflor a severe IIIih'hh of In
fliiflir.it which llio fnllliiK constllu
llou of tlm elderly inn fi could mil
W It llHt II lr.
Tint iiumn of Casey Ih Inilnllbly
written In tlio history of tho Klam
ath country. For 40 years, Mr.
Casey lived mid raised a funilly In
K III in li t li .
llo rnnio horn from Texas mill
crossed ovor lo Klliiniilh Fill In over
I ho mini. i route Hint tlio suite high
way fellows, only thon It wim Juki
a Irnll, I'rovliiK up on n linine-
MK'Uil In I'd" v il 1 1 1--. tin lived there
for li bout I li rcci decades nnd thon,
IiuvIiik nmuHHi'd sufficient money lo
retire, moved to Khiin.illl Falls to
nut ko IiIh Iiiiiuo.
Hut iimtend ot rotlrlnic, ho bo-
rninii m l I vil In real entntn mid
milled to IiIh cupltul In nevernl real
enlnlo dontH.
About tun yenm uko Mr. Canny,
will) hi wife, moved to Anlilunil,
bouitlit Hoiiin proporty there, and
nettled down la upend (heir lattor
diiys.
HenlileH bin widow, Mr. Cim'-y
Hiirvlveil by two daiiKhtem, Mm.
(Jeorisn Nobln of Liuntell'ii Valley
and Mm. ('hunter Del.np of K latum li
KoIIh, unil u lion, J. Ilr Cuney Jr. rf
l.anaell'n Vulloy.
AlthoiiKh no definite fuootal nr-
rrnnceiiienlii hitva boon mndo, It Ih
thoiiKlit by relatives In Kiiiuiiuli
KiiIIh Unit HervlcoH wl'l In; condui'K"
In Anhliind.
Thaw's Mother
Sues Grandson
NEW YOUK, July 20.(P) Mm.
Mnry Coploy Tbuw, nui ih or of Hur
ry K. Tluiw, filed null Kiliiy In tCio
feilernl murl UKulnHt I.awrenco C.
Thaw, her Kriiiiilnon.' fir tho return
of 101)0,000 wlifc.h aha nlloitoii iJie
gave ill in on IiIh reirennlutlon that
he had been iinjuotly dvierlinliintml
uKiiin.Ht In hl fuiliom' will.
Hl'd.llt TAKI'-S IIUOI
SAN r-UANCISCO. July 20.
The prlco of refined augur to v.nolo
salers in the ireflnorlea declined 25
cents n hundred pnuuils toiliy
brliiglnvt tho cane bii-so to $5.65 unil
j ,he ''"' 1nB0 t0 I5.4S.
LANDSCAPING OF
DIMPLED KNEES
IS LATEST MODE
CHICAGO, July 20. (P) Land
Kcnplnx Kiich feminine knees us limy
from lima to llmo bo oviijrihI by
r illed alocklngu unil prevorse winds
la allwcntcd by lieuuto ipeclulUita
h.) began a weeks convention Jiero
today.
"Polluted k'lioes are tho latest
tilling," anlil Mrs. Kutli llauror, pre
Hiding at the opening session.
"Hiind painted pictures vn U'.io
knees nro intriguing. Soma doslgiiH
Uro .nlmiilo, tii..mo ulnbornto, eonio
girls prefer u Dower or n group
K)f hloHsoins. Othcira liko o "por
trait or n little liindsoape."
Women of U io United Status spend
nppi'oxlmitloly $0,000,000 a day do
ninko UiomselveB aynlholitatlkjr lionu
tlful, ono report to tho Jiivoiillon
iissertciil.
II. Is roachoil by going out (too Mod
ford entrance nnd I una lug oft on n
foroHt Borvlco rond, Tho roads nro
In good condltlpn nnd easily pass
able, In addition t huckleberries there
nro also plenty of wild blnckborrlos
In ' Mint district, said Mrs. While.
Thoro aro sumo njiloimlld camping
spots tilling tho mountain nnd sev
eral ftinvlllo.! nro mow tlrinro wait
ing until tho berries trro ripo enough
hi gather.
WIFE'S SPIRIT
IS TO
END
BACK PASSWORD
J. Gilbert of Portland Says
Messages to Mediums
Are All Fakes
REWARD IS OFFERED
Still Promises to Give $500
to Person Who Will get
Spirit Message
NKW YOltK. July 20. (P) A
rcwiird of 1500 to anyono who can
commiinlf'Uiii' with IiIh dead wife.
hUH broiiKht J. Gilbert of Portland,
OniKon, 11119 "Hplrlt mesHiiKoH." but
they tire all fnkeH. he nnniiiiie In
toduy'H Ihhiiii of llm Siieiulfle
American.
Ileforo Mrn. (illliert dlod In 1!H7,
a piiHHWord wiih oun'oil upon o
that her hunhnnd could Identify
nicnuKeH couiInK rrom her uner
dnulh. A copy of llm paHW(ird wan
Mealed In n Kufo depoHlt vuult.
Mntiy Sii-k Itcwanl
Bliue tho $500 offer wan mode
three yearn ih-o Cllbert li us been
flooded with alleged meHiiKen from
li In wife, variously HlKnud "Stinnn,"
"Anna," "I.oiilro," "Sunbeam." Mrs.
(illbcrt'H name wim f'lorencn. Tho
offer ha been renewed.
In annotiucinK hl rejection of all
tho meKHaeeH, (Illliert nald: "Those
who knew mywlfo would cer'.alnly
not IiihikIiio her bujIiik : 'Jim, I am
here, old hoy,' or "(111, I lovo you.'"
' lino I'riiin Voiiiih .
Some of tho nlleVed nieaHBReH,
(lllbert Hnld. worn obtained by pro-
feKHlonal luedluniH, and other
through automatic writing, one
Hpeclmen which cumq ostonHlbly
from the planet Venua.
'Mont of llio meHHngen ' mib-
mltted," ho added, "were claimed to
have been oblulnud directly from
Mrs. ' (lllbert. Many of thorn ' de-
Hcrlbed hallucinatory Images of
Mr. Gilbert uh hIio npiienred to de
liver tho password. Details of her
dress nnd general appearance were
given."
May Empty Canal
To Find Body Of
Boy Who Drowned
YAKIMA, Vnsh.. July 20. Di
rectors of tho Sunnysldo Irrigation
district must decide today whether
a mother's anguish over-balances
lha positive damage of shutting off
water from Uio entiro Sunnysldo dis
trict ot over 100.000 n.:res Tor the
period of a week.
Mark Story, Granger yopih, was
drowned abovo tho siphon yesterday
afternoon whllo swimming nnd the
body has not been fount'.. Appeals
aro being ninilo to turn olf tho
watof1. which would require n week
on account of the danger of having
the soaked dirt walls co linso If It
were done too suddenly, according
to Project Munnger J. '.4. I.ytel. The
crop dnmngo rrom such action
would bo largo, ho considers.
Over-Subscribe
Australia Loan
NKW YOUK, July 20. (VP)
Tho $75,000,000 common wealth of
Australia flvo per cent external
lonn, flontud by n banking group
bonded by J, P. Morgan & Co., was
over-sulisoiiliod within ono hour
after tho books worn opened today.
Operator Gets
Bravery Medal
High Honor Is Given
Telephone Girl
at Madras .
llF.N'D, Ore., July 20. Mrs. Julia
naii.uuult, of MiKlras, chief oporator
of tho Pacific Telephone nnd Tele
graph office (bore, was tycstevdny
doit.nijtod with he Vull modal for
bravory In holding bo lior post dur
ing n fire In Madras September
1024, wihllo lior own household
goods woro bolng .consumed by tho
flnmos. The affair took place dur-
litg a 1 picnic of tllio local telephone
girls liore 6'ostondny nt which Port
land nnd control Oregon officials
and families attended.
S. P. Employe
Drowns; Body
Not Recovered
Cecilo Garcia, Mexican
Laborer, Is
Victim
Cecilia (inrela, a Mexican labor
orworkliig for tlm Southern Pacific,
wan drowned nt 3 p. m. yesterday
In Klamiitli lake, near Ilurclay
Sprlnga.
Although there was a gang of
Koulliern Pacific labororM In the
vicinity at tho time, nobody Haw
Oarclu In tho water nor heard n
cry for help.
CiiHto Mozzo, straw boss of tho
gang of luborerii, was eating a pic
nic dinner with Ills family at liar-
clay KprlngH when the victim of the I from death on the gallows last Frl
tragedy walked up and after talk-.day would become tangible first
lug a few moments, announced that ! to prove hiH InnocetK-e during a fler
he was going swimming. Ho men-'en day reprieve Ylm gone cut for
tinned In IiIh brief conversation with
Mozzo thai ho could not swim. -
Curcin then stepped in behind
Home willow bushes along side the
lake and undressed, and. according
lo Mozzo, picked up a plank and
carried it down to the water's edge,
presumably to hold him up in the
deep water.
Time passed and Mozzo looked
for tho missing man but could find
no traco of him in the lake or
thereabouts. Sheriff Hawkins was
called and a number of expert
swimmers dove into the lake in an
endeavor to recover the body, but
without success.
Owing to the abundance of tales
and other obstructions, on the bot
tom of the lake, dragging for the
body would bo Impossible, according
to the county coroner's office. In
tho next few days It is expected thnt
the body of tho Mexican will rise to
the surface.
Tho coroner's offico announced
that lato this week it would search
for tlio body. ,
Slight ..Quakes
Are Reported
CURAT FALLS, Mont.. July 20.
W) A slight earthquake was
felt hero at 10:07 this morning. It
was not felt by pedestrians but per
sons in buildings said they felt a
light shaking.
HELENA. Mont., July 20. ffl
A distinct earth shock was felt here
at 10:08 this morning. Beyond
the stopping of n clock In a down
town business house, no damage
was reported.
Cut Worm Blight
Wipes Out Acres
Of Hay In County
In armies ot millions, cut worms
are sw'armlng ver fluids ut alfalfa
In southern Kkimimi and In ninny
.coacs wiping out entire crops, ac
cording to word received today by
the comity agent's pftlco and the
Klamath Irrigation DlstrbH head
quarters. .
County Club Loader Fraak Sex
ton, who is acting as County Agri
culturist In the nbJenco of C. A.
Hondorson, left this afternoon for
the Merrill land Miilin territory U
Investigate fhe situation.
It tho cut work menace is ias seri
ous ns reported Here todao", W10
agent's lofflca will wire for the
aid ot experts In gurblag the de
structive Insect.
Reports IKint came Into the Klam-
utl'.i Irrigation District Offices to
day, 'wtm'o tio the ctfoct that literal
ly .hundreds of aoros lot (second
growth alfalfa wore dostioyed.
Whoro tho blight would descend
upon a field of now. Inlfalfn, they
would clean the ' green sward, as
Completely as If a mow flind swopt
acnoss from ono side to the otiher.
Fnrmors 'aro at a loss to know
how U jovorcomo the pest. Poison
has proven satisfactory In aome l.i-
stunccs althoiigih on one farm nort'li
of Klamath Fulls, laUout iflve acros
of hay and Joltuco wore wiped out
bufore oyanldo poison curbed the
011 ocmlng hordes af tiisoMs.
Seriousness ot the situation Is
roallzcd by Mr. Sexton who will
lenvo no stono untiirnoil tu stop the
blight. !
LONDON, July 20. (ff) An
agency dlspntch itrom Berlin says
tlhrea were killed nnd fifteon Injtird
when a Polish torpedo bout explod
ed In Dunulg iharbwT.
HOPE FADES FOR
RUSSELL SCOTT;
HILL HANG' SOON
Telegraph Operato.r Admits
Story of Witnessing
Murder Was False
TESTIMONY FLIMSY
Two Unknown Women Said
f to Have More Evidence
Will Hang Friday
CHICAGO, JuV 20. W) Another
ray of bope that of the amazing Ian
hj:ir dcve:opmenU f iat saved him
Ilusscll Scott.
James M. Hall, a Detroit tcle-
STaph oierator who laat Friday de
clared be witnessed die shooting ol
Jr.seph Maurer, ChicagiY drug clerk,
and that Russell was Innocent of the
slaying had admitted coat the'stor
was a romance, conooeted "for Die
suke of humanity."
IJall sail that he "COM a lie to
save one whom I elleve Innocent'
bat that when he found that bis
story was not accomplishing any
thing, be decided to admit tbe fake.
TelegTiiiii a Fnko
Th".s was the seo:nd b)W tiaat
Scott has received sinoe Mis d : am-
utb; reprieve six hJ-urs before be
was to hiiiog. The atay Df execution
was ordered by Governor Len Small
wloen a telegram frrra Detrok pur
porting to be from Robert Scott,
tho condemned man's broblier, om
fesslng the murder; was Te:eived
Acoca-ding to Russell's story, Robert
Scott, also under Indictment did the
shooting.
The sender of the telegram prom
ised to surrender the next da!, but
tyouning developed. Various other
communications were "received, how
ever, one a letter purporting also
to be from Robert, mailed in Oil
cagtj laut Thursday night. In , this
Instance he was seriously III, but
would give Ihlmself up as soon ns Hie
was able.
lawyers still Hope
Scutt'B attorneys still are pinning
hope for a commutation 03 affi
davits they said they had from two
women, declaring to have been in
the drug store at the time ot Che
shooting. So tar as known, no of
ficial action l-.'-ts been taken In the
case.
Ball Indicated that he may have
been the one who seen tf.ie Detroit
telegram to the governor. Declar
ing that 9:ott's predicament preyed
nn his mliwl, the operator said he
first decided to concoct a telegram
purporting to be from Russell's bro
Cher, "but I thought It tout a little
further and lastly struck the idea
of representing myself as ti witness."
Unable To Swim;
Youth Is Drowned
MARSHFIELD, Ore., July 20. (IP)
A. J. McBride, aged 2S, was
drowned near Myrtle Point Inst
evening white bathing In tho river.
McBride who wns unable to swim,
got beyond his depth when he step
ped Into a deep hole. Clifford Ap-
plegnto, also unable to swim, tried
to reach him and almost drowned.
McHride's body wns recovered, Mc-
Brldo's mother resides nt Wheelock,
North Dakota.
Bend Men Hurt
in Auto Wreck
Forced Off Highway
by Unknown Road
"Hog"
BEND, Ore., Jul y2D. Don Mac?
Buln, drug clerk, Rw Van Vleet,
photographer, both gre'at war vet
erans, and Fnrncls O'Connor, em
ployed In the offioo of the Brooks
Sranlon Lumber company escaped
with Bovcro cuts and brokon ribs
yesterday when an automobile In
whir thoy were dilvlnx was forced
oft I'ho road by another maichlno nnd
turned turtle.
.MncUuin rocolvcd several cuts
about the henij 'and face. Van Vleot
suffered fractured ribs, wiillo O'
Connor was severely bruised. Tho
aiitoniobllo n borrowod cur was
wrecked. j
Girl Who Was
Shot in Neck
Will Recover
Youth Says He Didn't
Know Rifle Was
Loaded
SALF.M, Ore., July 20. Pearl
Moore, 18 year old daughter of
Jesse Moore, of Hopmere, this
county, was shot in the back of the
neck Saturday evening while riding
In an automobile on the Ilopmere
Whealiand road. The bullet passing
through the right side of her neck,
denting the main artery and going
Into her right cheek, where it
od god 'near the nose. She will re
cover barring possibilities of infec
tion.
Oswald Koenlg, 14 y,ears old, who
did the shooting, and Eddie Koenig.
his 16 year old brother with him at
the time, were picked up by deputy
sheriffs Smith and Burkhart this
morning and brought to Salem for
questioning by Sheriff Bower. '
Both boys acknowledge their con
nection with the shooting, but both
aver It was purely accidental, arising
from the fact that neither ot tbe
hoys supposed the repeating rifle
with which the shooting was done,
was loaded.
COOLIDGE PLANS
WINTER'S WORK
Administration Program for
December Session of Con
gress Mapped Out
SWAMPSCOTT. Muss, Jul 20.(P)
With the congressional fecesa half
gone, President Coolidge todm be
gan formulatton of the administra
tlon'j pnogram for the December
aessi on. '
The visit to the summer twhite
house of Senator Curtl3, the repub
lican leader, afforded the executive
an opportunity- of going over- lue
legislative situation, wluo one wtio
will be called upon to carry Into
effect proposals of Importance.
Conferences witih other congres
sional leaders during the summer
are plauned by the president.
In line with his "policy of havins
government officials confer with
him here from time to time. Presi
dent QJolidge Invited Dr. Hlnes ot
the veterans' bureau to visit him
late .today' at. White Court.
BOW WASHKD ASIIORK
MARSHFIELD, Ore..'July 20, (JP)
A body was washed ashore by the
surf at Port Orford yesterday. It
had a lite belt attached. The body
appeared to be that of a sailor. No
marks of identification were found.
CHICAGO BROKER
JUMPS TO DEATH
FROM BUILDING
CHICAGO, July 20. (P) E. 'ft'.
Wagner, (ormerlry one of tloe big-
Pfuat flfirilroa in tt'l. Phll5i- praltl
trade whose firm failed far mil-
lt:ns a few years ago, plunged to
death today from the fifteenth story
ot the Westminister building. In
the central business district.
The "body dropped to he roof cf
the Mcaroe Theatre. Mr. Wagon
er was about 60, years Of age.
I'LAXKS KXROUTK WKST
CHICAGO, July 20, (P) Si army
pursuit planes which left Selfrldage
field, Mount demons, Michigan, at
six o'clock this morning, on a test
flight to the Pacific coast, arrived at
Maywood field here at 8 o'clock cen
tral standard timeand took off an
hour later for Omaha.,
All Records Broken Sunday
at Crater Lake When Eighty
Cars Register From Klamath -
With 341 peoplo and 80 cars reg
istering from Klnmuth Falls at
Crater Lako Sunday, Lester Turn
baugh, forest ranger nt the soutii
entrance of tho park, declared all
records hroken for tho season, so
far. Klamath Falls had more cars
than the remainder pf the entire
stnte, according to Mr. Turnbnugh's
report. 62 cars from olher parts of
Oregon passed through tho south en
trance yesterday, with 239 people.
Tho total number of cars from nil
STREETS 70
BE FIXED
AT ONCE
Shippington Road and
South Sixth to Be
Repaired
Oregon avenue the Ship
pington road and South
Sixth street, are to undergo
immediate repairs.
In response to a public de
mand, the city council,
through its street committee
hjas decided that these two
important highways shall no
longer be a disgrace to
Klamath Falls.
- Tom Dixon, road contrac
tor, was today employed by
the city to repair both roads,
and he will put acrew of
men to work at once.
Dixon said that South Six
th street would first be im
proved, after which he will .
turn his attention to the
Shippington road. The men
will start work on South
Sixth street tomorrow morn
ing. ' ,
Business men generally
believe that many tourists
have been kept away from
Klamath Falls by reason or
the deplorable condition of
these two roads leading in
and out of the city.
Vledford Boy Is
Expected To Die
Henry Sanders Still Uncon
scious From Injuries in (
Auto Collision
SIEDFORD, Ore., July 20. .
Henry Sauders. 16-year-old son of.
Mr. and Mrs. . Sauders, who -was
seriously Injured Saturday night,
when struck by an automobile;
driven by F. B. Goodhue of Cen-S
tral Point, was still unconscious In
a local hospital todny and Is not
expected to recover, according to
attending physicians.
The dimming of automobiio
headlights was given as the cause
of the accident by Mr. Goodhue.'
also said the boy was walking on
the wrong side of the road. '
pnhU Hnlrl T Tn
r
Train; One Killed
Wounded in . Battle
. rVnOtncr
With Trio of Bandits at
Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. JuV 20
One man was killed and anotuor
dangerously woundo! t--day -when
three robbers held up a speMul car
of the Westchester county electric;
railway. Jacob Schmucher. a rail
way .Inspector, was shiit and die.! In
a hospital. R. I. Nldhol, conductor,
was L'tt-'t nnd is In 11 critical condi
tion. . . . . - :
The robbers took a hois continuing;
about $1800 from Schnuiackor but
(abandoned It when .their auto broke
down,' . . . '''
parts of tho country to register
amounted to 181, with 710 visitors.
California peoplo touring tho park
registered in at 103, with 30 cars.
During the week Ranger Turubnunh
rinds California leading Oregon car's,
hut at the week-ends this state al
ways surpassed tho soutnorn slnto
in people nnd cars.
At the south entrance yesterday,
Oregon registered 142 cars, Califor
nia 30, Washington 2, Arkansas 1,
Colorado 1 nnd Arizona 1. t
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