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Kijhteentli Year- Number 8595
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, J!25
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Published Daily :it
KLAMATH PALLS
"An Empire Awakening" I
S.P. Bridge
To Block
0. T.
Work Starting Today
on Road for Rail
Line
Talk ttml Hlntomcht have rhur
aetorlsad i in' ii,: in f tiii Southern
pacific end Dm Northern Pacific to
dull', hill l. tin morning III" first
tut ii ii i diovo inward " pbyeldal Mock,
mlr iif tin' Nurtht'i ti Linen u.i i
inmli' by tlin Southern 1'iiclflc.
A dredge atrtod work thla mn.-n-
1 II K llimwlllg Up . dike along ""'
shore i i the mllti strip it ilu H.
I recently purchased from Unfa
MOOm. Tin' illkii Ik I I bo ii make
Musi "ill bed pOI w It If Ii will Ih
(OUtOd a Irark fr lu u p.. ill a Ma
I'lit lake 'mm I law lli-riiaiii lu Hi"
Link Itlver bridge.
Tim uciiuil hlukmlii of i - - Nor
thern line will Ii" mi (lit, ttulur.
Knr tti" Southern Pacific pr 'iinM"i in
onnatruei u troaUja (nun IB old
OkfliM mill nit" to iih rocoeily ac
quired boldlaga annus the tike,
nun (ho (rooilo, I' appears, win be
riitiiiiil In mcli a WMJ ai 10 crun
III" proposed route of Hi" Northern
linen Irnnlln w ilc'i would I'm I onto
Its rlfiltl nl wuy up III" Ink" aQd
I. ink uivit to Bhlpplngton,
In other word. unl" mi Injuni
Hon l illi'il in reelrala Ibo Booth
Onl POClfll (run i umtru ting the
tromle In mu ll u way (0 t i bto k:nl"
tho Northern lines. Ill" Northern
linns muni cross ill" Southern Pact
fir Imiilu In Hi" middle n( t i.ik"
Arcording In rOpOfio bee Boutb
Vfn PaciHe han (O0l rill's OVOilOblO
lo i i.ip it rwn mi ill" railroad bod
along Its property ami tin no 4
tr"ll whirl) will tn- h ull Iinno !:
nl"ly.
N Information coulil h" si'dinnl
i'i " afternoon cumcrulng huw noun
tho construction el tim treetle would
Man or in wh mi ih" contract for
III" I rent I" was !"
Il lii though) that III" prOPOOOd
H. I'. spur Htm will looyo Mia South-
ora Pooltlc main (Ian el the Id
Ohaltoa mill kite ami cruising ih"
Bhaw-Dortrant holding,, lo Ibo lake
ahoro, proceed ecroei too lake mi
Hi.- trestle. Th mini win then bo
touted along I ho laku ibora m t 10
Link uivit bridge,
PONTPOXK MRET1NG
Thu Ki'hwiltilotl mcintlnK ot Hi"
BuilaoU ami Profdiilonol Womon'ii
dull Monday pvonlng bai boon pool
ponoil, nfflrvrn iinnoiinei'il imluy. A
now ilnt" fir tho IlU'Oling 001 nut
jot boon llXOd,
B.iby Artivcs at
Home of Editor
of Morning News
Horo'fl n scoop on tim nioralni
pa porl
Oonildoratt of tho wlthoi "( n
pfoud nmi bappy tatlier. tim (fork
iiivi.nl obovo tho Klamath Valley
hiiHiiiiiii ttata morning and led h
llttlo buadlo of emlnlnlty for Mr.
and Mih. .1. W. McDonald,
Tho you UK lady him mil yet boon
named, II la tho Hrki child, mi
naturally tho parents are riding on
Iho olottdi,
Mr. MiDontilil In odltor of tho
Morning NoWi.
V'i
MOIlAtiB H;i'Ai "PINOHHS"
PIjABTBII OP I'AUis JANKH
PORTLAND, or".. Auk. 8.
Plotter m' Parla women who
o have beoh HiatuiitiK on htroi't
oornert alnoe the Roae toatlval
with their handa ntlaod in a'op-
plleatlon fur aonio m ami
water r iomo now polnti or
aomethlnc, laal dlghi wofo gath'
orod up and pltteeil In Hi" bnab;
hionl or the niidiintimu.
o ThBy ii""!!!!!" " bedraggled
ami dirty thai Mayor Baker
IhbiioiI otflora in Captain U, a.
Harma of the morale aiiuad tp
pick tooth nil up. They may ho
ropattttad ami noi up again for
tho odd Peltowa convention in
.Sontotnhor, 11 wan mild at Ih"
t-lt y hall.
Jnck Slater Demands That His
Name Be Withdrawn From S. P.
Rail Extension "Endorsement"
Head of Lakeside Lumber Company Declares
His Company is Not Party to Rail Con
troversy Seven More Lumbermen
Sign Names to "Dotted Line"
"My ItlttJlO U nOf Htiil
(locuiimnif1 wm the inpliiil4 utt
in ii i iimde h .(in u si,if'i of tbe
l-iltfs(r Llfilllirt' romtmiy (Ills
nun lit it. 'Si-vera I RwlttlW ttjfO I
ujti n-.ki'd lit hlun ii Hdtctotnt to
i iii 'f(v-i iiuii Mre fjivrwi ihe con
ti in i inn of 'i in Hi ui ai from HiU
rltj in Laltovfow, Am wtt nip tiOoVtl
l In Until of i.ut li u inovi? I oUirnml
WlUlOUl K iitlinu I In roiitctiti Of UlC
(lucuni(nl Hini wm Itilfl f me,
TliU wh mi the ilnw Hh- H, iv looli
ur Hm Htmhora line After
it'H I ptklHl II up Htltl m'.kI If tn -i.
mill whru hiiu Hull uluil I li.nl
VoflMNl uai In In- IfJMH in il iff tt In
Ufvp Mmj Otrfiii Tiunli from i niilin
iii Klntujitli i 'ui is, i mi id "notliltiji
itOltlff" anil iln-u ti Hm UtrvuKh ill)
-1 1, tin I lit r. Tin' dOCIiniOtll Ih ill Hir
"III.,- lit Hi.- O, i. & R. in IliU
rltj rMitl iMiyonfl liii'-rrsiii) mmy Hon
Huil ui hIkiuiI iii i" in not I u In
oonnlilBitHl ii nnioni thoM ivtiu
Hium.l I J - slafi'iui'iil in,: Huil Hu-
tigfal fir (in Oregon Trunk In build
lllto Hi in lu- mil j;t-ii HI ivl."
Toll wu (hn Maii'iiii-nt Hiin niurn
nu of Jim k BUUnT Of tbfl LftMldfl
Unntonr eonpnoTi folibtnt Ibd pub
lication f ii itomotypod "ondorao'
mtnt" by lumbtr oonotrjii of ih
Borithtrn PnflftC cmiipaio 'H rati plnns
hi HiIh oooLty
Not To Probe
Negro's Death
Justice Was Done, Says
Prosecutor Follow
ing Lynching
KXCKI.SIOU BPIUNOBi Mo. Auk.
S. tP) 01 fil ial" of Clay COOBty hnvo
ladlcatod that no Invi'ntiKtiilnn will
h" made of tho lyaohlng horo yon
tarda) of Walter Mltobell, 98, negro,
who waj tnk"ii from Jatl hy a mob
and baagod in a troo,
'I'll" negro wan lynched tbllowtng
bla iii' iittriintinii by a yonag vtonan
UN hor kaaallaol into Tharaday night,
wlillo sho and Loonnrd I'll, 111, wori
rotunilttg In u motor rar lo tho airl'i
hinii" aflor a parly.
"Wo fool lhat JuattOO han hoon
done,' Ray Qoouningai county proso
rutnr, bald, "t)f oourao! tho nothod
wgk crude, I would have pretorrod
that tho noBro onttld hnvo hoon
hgngod li'Kiilly mid I am oouvlnood.
that II would hnvo hoon dono."
Seek 90 For
Vulmotor Fund
American Legion Asks
Donation For Good
Cause
Onoa mni" tii" American Legion
han cOmo forward with a inovo-
meni in tho name of humntty.
PollOWlng OUl ii proposal of s,-v-
oral wooiis uno. tho ox-aervtce men
today Btarted out to collect 300
fur tho pufehaae of n puimotor, By
noon today Ih" sum of $210 had
I n gathered. They need hut $im
nun,'. Persons who wish to glvo
to this worthy bailee BfO askod to
aommunlokte with h, B. Qota at tho
Klamath tiumbor nnd Box company.
Many drowning trageiSlea can be
avoided if a puimotor is procured
ami is in readiueaa to ho taken to
tho lulu's for omorgenoy purpoaes,
Tho puimotor win ho ordered at
once nod should ho horo within
a week or to days.
ThO firms which hnvo iilroady
Contributed In tho fund arc: '. Hill
Hunter, $60) BwatiBa Boa company,
$ritt; Plrat National Brtuki
American Notional Bank, 186;
American Legion, ?ru: Bvenlng
Horn Id, $10.
w ti.l, ATT10AUT swim
lltll l.OtlNK. I''rani", Aug. 8, (P)
.Miss Lillian Harrlaon, tho Argent
ine K't'i awlmnior, will begin hor
third attorn pi in awtnt tho English
Ohantlo) tonight, it was doctdod horo
tins morning;
I "i ii m doI o!ng perinll thnt
I ondortamobil to bo forwltrdnil yn
jlntorttftt oommorc comnifniiofl wiih
I tb tlirnntnro of nu eorapnby at-
tncbod lo II." conHnui'd Mr. Slali-r.
Thin will lavn fi-vi'ii addllinnal
hutiiiiTin' b ho ftro plarJoj ihi'in
I ) vol on ri'ionl iim oppooodiftp Hh
Oroioo Ttunk butldlni Iti rixtonilpn
from Bon to Klnmntll KnlU, ami at
'ttii Mtnio Hm' fnVorlni tbo nVutbefb
( I'arlflf and lu propoKi'd rail upi-r-
' itfpni in tlu eonoty.
Tin lunihoriiH'ii ri'iiiiiid tho Kn
; erftl public thai it Ih i brougb the
; lunbot bunlnOM Uono that tlW Klam
nib country han irrown 10 it h pronont
: proporitoinni Tfaoy Htuti t h prnior
.in i. ti tbnlr lot with Ho road whh h
hnH ''plonnnroU" in tbn Klnmnfb
COnfltry and thnt Ih would In- a "dfrt-
rlmout' to tit" oduQtry if pnmlll
moil WOUid rros-.n i tion K la mat It
' countyl
Tho Hlnx r of the Htatfiiu'tit WBTC
n-i follriWK: Canipticll TowL I, imhi-r
lompaiiy, by W. r, Matuon; Klain
ulh Moulding 1'innpany, hy A. J.
J I. mull II ; Loo LOiglUC romjmny. by
Loo; Wblto Ptnt6 Moulding bonipnny,
by Cnnrtti R. btjlior; tlllnoli Lumber
tuiipaiiv. by VVoodcock; v. n. KittH
Lumber company, hy v. h. KHU;
p. yton Lofglni compnny, by Om-ar
Peyton.
j Youth Held On
I
Murder Charge
Boy Who Killed Father
WrllL-Out Con
fes3ion ALLISON. IOWA. Atifi. S. (ff)
Cmtrged with killing his fat hor, u.
IV VandiTvoort. a miniatcr of i'ar
I;'r8hnrir. Iowa, Thursday nihl.
Warr.-n Vondervoorti
hold hero without bond
first defree nurdor,
who. art'urdlnK to tho
Wrote in hin roll. 1h
17. today is
chargod with
nix inother
conxeeston he
also shot, is
aorittaly Oljured and In a local hos
pital. Motivo for the orime has not boon
entirely aotabUaaod by authorities
horo and at Patkoraburg whoro tho
Kbootlng took pliico. ThO minister's
Hon in his conteoalon said only that
thcro had been niimerous disson
Hloas lu tho family, lie and his father
have "always boon good friends."
however, the confession stated and In
most of these mooils. Ihe father and
sua have stood together against Ibo
mother.
Another Earth
Shock Is Felt
Three California Cities
Report Slight
Quake '
LOS ANGKLKS, Aug. S. , (fP) A
slight earth shock at 2:ia o'clock
I His morning was reported tn she
Santa Pa train iHspic-bor'a office
hero hy the dispatcher at Snn licr-
nardtnd, Telephone opevabora and
police lieadiiiarters at San Iter
nardliH) reported they bad not felt
the shock.
SAN JACINTO, Calif.. Aug. 8.0P)
An earthquake shock of a few
aeeondk duration was loft here at
BtlG oYloek this lu.iriiing. No re
sulting damage has been reported.
SAN DIUllO, Calif., Aug. S. (P)
A slight eart'hquajta ahoqk was foit
hero shortly before II o'clo.'k this
morning,
Volcano Starts
Severe Eruption
MANAGUA, Nicaraugud, Aug. s.
(VP) Tito double volcano of Ometepi'. '
n, nmfclAn lulatwlft It, r.nVj, Vl...,,. i
gun. has hurst into violent eruption
from both its poaka, Large Quantities
of dense smoke and ashes are being
thrown out. Bproadlng ruin to near
by plantations.
mnrn
KILL
"SET MEW RECORD
125 Blocks of Paving and
Remainder of Macadam
Work now Under Way
MEANS MORE HOMES
Program is Greatest Ever
Attemptecl in One Year
Saya Cily Engineer
Nearly three uillot of street Im
inn.ement al a inst of approximately
t8a0,000, lll h" completed before
now fllna'Thls winter and perhaps
I., (me ihe flrsi heavy ruins of the
fall.
Fifty oltfjt hlnckx. of which IS
iilui-ks are lu I" iiaved and 23 In
he mni iidami" I. will open up sec
tions of toMpi this winter that have
been practically Inaccooslble to auio
iiinbllo unit, during the rains and
snow months of Klamath.
I Seubli'dicM Itecord
No such comprehensive street Im
provement progrniii has ever been
undertaken 1 Klamath Kalis in one
year. K. Bk Henry, city engineer,
declared today.
Tho street Improvements will in
creaio lo a large extent the value
of the property served anil will
bring a consequent home building
activity.
Within six weeks time, providing
no unforeseen accidents occur, the
2.1 htocks of sireet iinprovement of
88 a. Inducing streets from Fourth
to KlcvcnlhjSslreet am) from Klamath
avenue to oak street, will be paved
and automotive traffic will be Riven
eiiiy accessfto a district close in dis
tance liut'gptliertn far in time from
Main street,
'J'uiir Asotiall
With several hundred men work
ing steadily on this, the biggest pav
ing job of the year, ft is estimated
that first asphalt will he poured on
the streets next week. During the
last several weeks, work on the pro
ject has been confined lo pouring
end laying the concrete for the curbs
along tile streets within the district
and grading and roiling the streets
preparatory to pouring asphalt. War
ren Construction company bus the
contract fur this project.
A mil" and one eighth of the main
artery of travel rerving the. south
eastern section of town including
.Mills Addition. Railroad and Harrow
addition- will ho macadamized: It
is called the East Main street Im
provement and will extend from
Michigan avenue swinging out Main
street into the heart of Milis Addi
tion, then veering southwest on Fast
Main street until it joins south Sixth
street.
Work was started on this project
yesterday hy the W. 11. Miller Con
struction company, the successful
bidder. Stakes were laid and grading,
preparatory to surfacing, will start
Immediately.
Other Projects
tllbcr projects included in the wide
scale street improvement program
are three hlocks on Second street
and three hlocks on Fifth street.
Outin and ltaker Construction com
pany has the contract for this job
and will he through this fall. War
ren Construction company has the
contract for the paving of one block
on Ninth street nnd tho paving of
two lilocks no Huron street.
The Jefferson street paving pro
jocl nnd Hi" Washington street pav
ing will he started shortly after Aug
ust 21. when the contract is let by
tho council.
An attempt may bo made to push
through two more paving projects
this' .vear. On,' project would ho pav
ing Hie street from south Riverside
to the public school on top of the
hill and the other would ho the pav
ing of two hlocks oil Pine street.
Two Families Are
Held as Captives
TAMPA. Fin.. Aug S Police In
day discovered two Portugeoso fam
ilies, said to he residents of Taun
ton, .Mass.. held Prison"!' hy a gang
of confidence men. They were
said to have been hold for 12 days
during which time relatives in Mass
achusetts were alleged lo have been
rohbSd of more than $2,000.
THREE f
TBEET WORK TO IFAVORS
OF SMAL
t
q p
IIMILROM FIGHT
, Most of Timber in Klamath
County Strongly Favors
t Oregon Trunk Road
FIGURES ARE GIVEN
j Investigation Discloses In-
signifigance of Lumber
Men's Endorsement
If the 21 lumber companies who
have publicly renounced the North
ern lines were lo line up their tin
ner holdings, tree for tree, with the
holdings of Ihe lumber companies
I who have stood pal for the northern
' lines, what would Ihe result show in
j hard ' old figures?
In order lo clarify Ihe facts. The
Rrenlng Herald has amassed approxi
mate figures on the timber hold
l ings of big lumber companies in
! Klamath with the object of cstabllsh
' ing a just comparison between those
who .want another transcontinental
line ill Klamath and those who do
not.
The Investigation reveals that a
little over two billion feot Is owned
by the twenty-one lumber companies
lhat oppose the entrance of the
Northern lines.
1 1 Billion Pool
Against this figure is one of
eleven billion feet of limber owned
by limhermen who not only support
the entrance of the Northern lines,
hut await with aaxiety the rails of
steel from the north, in order that
they may tufld mills and manufac
ture their, ripening timber. This fig
ure is very conservative, according
to experts, who aided in the compila
lion of the figures.
Only seven of Ihe 2t signers of
.-!! .:.: ; ! ;i-r';rr-;:- !l' V:rfi-1
ern lines, have any timber holdings
to speak of.
Their estimated holdings are ns
follows: Pelican Bay Lumber Co.
250.000.000 feet; Kwauna Box Co.
600.u00.000; Big Lakes Box Co.. 50.
000.000: Lamm Lumber Co., 100.
000.000; AJgoma Lumber Co., 600,
000,000: Chlloqufn Lumber Co., 10,
000,000; Shaw Bertram Lumber Co.
:iuo,ooo,ooo.
Own Little Timber
These holdings total 1.910.000,000
feet. Fourteen of the companies
whose signatures are inscribed on
tho statement for the S. P.. and
against the Northern lines, have
practically no timber holdings what
ever, or are merely small re-manufacturing
plants on South Sixth St.
They are: The Campbell - Towle
I. limber company; Klamath Moulding
company. Loo Logging company, the
White Fine Moulding Co.. Illinois
Lumber Co.. W. II. Kitts Lumber Co.,
the Peyton Logging company, the
Sixth Street Lumber company, Klam
ath Lumber ,t MUlwork Co.. White
Pine Moulding Co.. Klamath Lumber
and Box Co.. Klamath Moulding Co..
Nine Lumber Co.
To bo conservative, the holdings
of all the companies are placed at
slightly over two billion feet, Includ
ing what small claims the above mills
have in the county.
l-'nyor Northern Lines
Here are the timber owners who
stand behind the Northern lines and
who own eleven billion feet.
It. Hi Gilchrist, one billion feet;
Day Brothers. 300,(100,000; Woyer
hauser, four billion feet; Soper
Wheeler Co. 250.ooo.ooo; Booth
Kelly Lumber company, half billion
feet; Oshkosh Lumber company 350.
000.000 feet; Chester In Hovey
250,000.000; Long Bell Lumber Co.
two billion feet; Sbevlin-Hlxon Lum
ber company, two billion feet; and
ihe Modoc Lumber company, half bil
lion t'eot.
SHOPPING HLHi:
Mrs. W. O. M.'KimmJU of llon-
ania spent Friday In the city from
her home shopping and attending to
business interests.
a-
TAKEN TO ASYLUM
CHICAGO. Aug. S. ()
llussell Scott was taken to tho
Cheater state bospttat fnr tho
criminal Insane today to begin
serving tho sentence which,
saved hlin from the gallows, o
He was taken frnm the shadow
of the gallows Thursday night
when a jury found hint Insane.
MINORITY
Films of Ball
Tragedy To Be
Tuesday
Shown
"Home-Grown" Movies
Coming to The
Pine Tree
Klamath Falls will liuve an op
portunity of seeing some "nome-
... .
jgiuwn" motion pi tures at the Pine
j Tree theater next Tuesday evening,
I when 'the pictures of the baseball
tragedy at the fair grounds last
Sunday will be put on the sliver
screen.
It was a tragedy so far as the
Kvenlnji Herald was concerned, for
the Medford Mail-Tribune give tho
local ball players a neat trimming'
K. W. Hall, an old-lime moi.'on
picture man, took tbo action pi
tures for H. K. Stiuson, and the
films were received from San Fran
cisco t :day.
Besides Ibe pictures of the ball
game, several .Main street scenes as
well as some auto cjmp scenes also
were taken by Mr. Hall, and thffse
will be Included In this special
feature. If yju saw a movie man
on Lie streets the first of the week,
its's barely possible he got you In
his pi .-tures.
Any way, you can find out, and
also sen just how baseball shouldn't
be played by taking in these pic
tures at the Pine Tree next Tuesday
evening.
Two Airplanes
Being Used In
Forest Patrol
Army Fliers Watch
Klamath and Shasta
Timber
(Special to The Herald)
YREKA. Calif.. Aug. 8. Two gov
ernment airplanes have completed
their first fire patrol of the Klamath
and Shasta National forests and have
returned to Mather field, Sacramento,
subject to call from forest service
officials in Siskiyou.
Fred D. Douthitt. Klamath forest
supervisor, and Perry Hill, assist
ant, greeted the arrival of the planes
in Siskiyou when they landed near
Montague on the field that has lust
been graded and completed under
the direction of Hoy J. Swigert. mak
ing it the only landing ground north
of Bedding. Captain Norman W. Pot
ter is pilot and Otis O. Hanson,
mechanic, of one of the planes, while
tho other is manned by Hall A.
Andert. pilot, and B. T. Torrcy, me
chanic. K. P. Hickey of Orleans and
Charles Sinson of Yreka were the
first forest rangers to ride with the
patrols. Thomas Carter of Happy
Camp is slated to lake a patrol to
morrow. Just to show their indifference
toward Uncle Sf.ni's latest equipment
four fires broke out on Dona and
McKenuey creeks near the Klamath
river Sunday. Handlers and forest
rangers bad the fires under control
by nightfall. They were declared to
he of incendiary origin. The person
setting them waited until two had
been put out beforo starting the
others.
The Callahan district had its touch
of forest fire when flames swept the
Picayune creek on the Trinity sidi
of Scott mountain. Fred Williams and
crew put the fire under control.
Ed Kendall to
BE Named Judge
Of Lower Court
Ed Kendall, deputy sheriff, was
scheduled to be appointed acting
justice of the peace this afternoon
by County Judge Bunnell. Kendall
Is to serve during the absence of
Justice of the Peace Hunsaker, who
is aorloUaly ill in a San Francisco
hospital.
Tho appointment ot Kendall Is
being niiido as a means of expedi
ting Justice court business in this
city. Jttdge Bunnell has been serv
ing as a committing magistrate dur
ing Mr. Hunsaker's absence, but
'ho Is o.ut of the city so much of
the time defendants have been un
able to got speedy hearings.
BELIEVE CORPSE
THAT OF TRIP
E
Another Identification Made
in Schwartz Disappear
ance Mystery
EVIDENCE PILES UP
Further Proof of Gigantic
Insurance Fraud Found,
Assert Police
MARTINEZ, Calif., Aug.
Confirmation of the identification
by Cecil Barker, Placorvllle, Calif.,
undertaker, of the body found lu
the Pacific CellulOse i inp.iny's
plant after all explnslnn was snught
by authorities today with only par
tial success.
Striving for legal proof that It
was O. W. Borbe. Itinerant laborer
and wandering missionary, who is
the dead man. a asserted by Baker
and not Charles Henry Schwait..
heavily Insured chemist, the police
today questioned numerous persons
w in might have seen Bnrbe In t ie
vicinity of the oollulase plant.
Theory Proven
Verification. Sheriff Veale states,
will corrorborate bis theory that
a mu.der was committed and thu
body of the victim employed to de
Laud insurance companies out of
more than (100,000 represented in
P7li:les carried by Schwartz In fav
or of Mrs. Schwartz and the com
pany of whlca he was ylce preJl
dent and getieral manager as well
as chemist.
Tae desciiptlcu of Barbc, which
was contained on a registration card
made out by him when he entered
tho servlco of the United States mer
chant murine, was declared by a
resident of Saranac, Calif., lo re
semBle that ni' tne man he had
picked up on the road and given
a ride to Walnut Creek, wiiere the
Cellulose plant is situated, a short
time bef.KO the explosion. This
man, however, said that the photo
graph of Barbe which was shown
him did not strike him as a like
ness of the man he had given a
lift.
A bookkeeper in pie plant of the
company who has given the police
considerable information regarded
as imparunt said she had neve'
seen an one around the Celluloso
factory resembling Barbe.
Wife Simula Firm
While the investigators redoubl
ed their efforts for legal corrorbota
tlon ot the Insurance hoax theory,
Mrs. Schwartz maintained firmly Ut
position, refusing to concede that
the body Is that of any other than
her husband whom she married- In-
F.ugl.ind after his honorab:o dls-,
charge from the Franch arnnjV
the termination of the world war.
E. S. Bell, attorney for Mrs. a,; U
wa:tz declared today that Mri.
Schwartz would not give her. con
sent to the burial of the corpse nn
der the name of Barbe and he suld
he had proof that the dead man Is
Schwartz. He stoutly contended
that the authorities have not refut
ed ais proof of the body's identity.
Five Burn To
Death In Fire
Only 2 Escape When
Flames Destroy Farm
House Today
CENTRAL VALEY. N. Y., Aug. 8,
OP) Five members of a family of
several persons were burned to
death early today in a fire which
destroyed their home on a farm one
mile from here.
Harry Hall, a farmer and head
or the family, and his son, Russell.
20. escaped.
The dead:
Mrs. Clara Hall, 39; Harold Hall,
17: Gladys Hall. Ill; Viola Hall,
2; Evelyn Hall, fi months.
Tho fire broke out from an un
determined caiiso In the Hall farm
house shortly after six o'clock this
morning. The farmer wns awak
ened at that tinio by smoko and
jumped to the ground from the
first floor of the home. Once out
side tho house he was unable lo
gain entrance. The flames spread
rapidly.
IN MURDER m