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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
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Eighteenth Year Number 6606
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1928
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Thirty-Five nrc Tagged for
Hie. ill int.; Parking Laws
Recently Enacted
JUDGE PINES
Night Parking on Prohibit
ed Streets Most Com
mon Offenic
Tblrty-flvt arrlng motorists, trie
tim ol the I"'" ii- parklm law,
which wi'hi inio effect yoitarday
morning irerc arrested yesterday f-
tcrnnoii mill IMI nlKht iiiul Ibis
morning contributed several doton
shiny dollars to the clly'ii eo(for,
seventeen motorists oonnlttad Uia
misdemeanor of "nl(hl parking'! on
itroaU tiiui arc closed to parking be
twaatt I it- in- and a mi
Thirteen drivers exceeded the two
hour parking limit In the down-town
Motion.
Kivi' autonioiiiiinin committed tug
Indiscretion f parking in front of
moving picture thtaten
Kuch niotorlHt wan gssoaiOd the
tin of ii by Pollca Judge Oabagon
UiIh morning,
I'u) i fine
"Tbli scale of Clnaa win bo follow
for ft few days," Judge Gahng-n
Mild, "until tin. public ti oducatad to
(liu now law. Then tin' ltd will ho
damped down ami traffic violator
w in ba forced to pay mora "
KoiiowitiK in a brlaf raaunie of tin.
DOW traffic law:
1. No mr may park longer thai
two hours on Main from Iftftb to
KIkIiUi iiir'dn mid on Intoraactlni
itiri'i'ta from Pino to Klamath avo
inn1, baiwaan Ike hourH of G n.tn. and
is p.m. This does not include Klamath
ami rino streets.
No MkIii Parking
Ii Parking ou Main. Plho and
Klamath avenue and nil Intersect
liiK slrools between Second mid Kiev
antb streets, t prohibited from I
a.m. to 5 a.m.
1 I'arkliiK In front of tboatan I)
prohibited
Doaoni of tin motorlata who ap
paarod before tin. polled Judge thin
noraing, declari'd they knew nothing
of the now law.
Man Slumbers
While Fire Is
Blazing Near
Transient Believed to
Have Started Brush
Flames
.1 tint the direction oi the wind
nothing tuiiro - saved Dave Kugan
off, transient, from serious njury
from n briinh flro In Mot Bprtnga
addition that ho aooldohlally Btartad
Jnat before relapsing Into a drunken
Hlupor curly this afternoon.
A pair of lOfl slicking OUl from
under a willow trao, a bottle and
tin' familiar sound of drunken Slum
ber, testified to what had happonod,
Kuguuotf hud 00n HiuokliiK a
olgarelte. He oarolessly threw it
nwny and It lit In the midst of a
pile of dry grass., A South wind
caught up tl)o tiny blase and whlti
pod it ovor to another stand of
hrtiidi mid In n short tlmu sago
brush and dried grass was flaming
at tho feet of ttii' ilujnborlng ECtignn
off.
Ilnl the south wind) instead of
carrying II t" Kuganoff, carried tin
flro away. The Intense haal of the
blase did not awake bim and not
until Ohtet of Police Louoks mid
Plro Chief AmbroHu shook him Into
oonSOfOUSnosi again, did ho know
what had hapiH'tii'd.
iio win taken to jail, and a charge
of drunkenness will probably ho
proforradi The brush tiro wan x
t Ingulshod afior burning out kw-
oral actus.
VM.lTKril RBIiHAHHi)
Seattle. Aug. 21. Kenneth D.
tioynr, Broinertoni arrested by Brit
i.h Columbia authorities, at Dis
covery Inland, cIohu I Victoria, II.
0 Tuesday night, when his dis
ublcd hydtViplaiio wan discovered
near n launch luudod with llQuttvt
wu.i released yesterday. Tthe plane
IWIIB 'hold,
each $i . mm m
I K. eSBsi
Kh it .n Lba fii'M for Ln rv
puMIOftn iP'inlihitlon fur atiilt Kilp
-ri iiifinlt'iii of iullli litHf rue. Ion lt
A. Howard of Mumhflcld, far
iimt Klumutti rjtiKii u. and nc -ff
i In- hi-.t kiioii imMlf Mrhool ffk'l
utf In I k Hiaic. niUtiK U word
U'ct'lTt'd tvrv l 'duy from Manhflidd,
Mr. HOWatrd'fl vuiidlilur.i In rtcu!vln
Klfilf-wide support.
Stage Drivers of
Early Days to Be
Given Memorials
(ftperial to Tin- n.i ,i i.
MtKKA. Col'f. Aug. II, TO
Ofitttntaniorata tho memory of t.iv
i-;irly taa- drlvi-rn of uorthirn Call-
fornli ami soutoarn Qragon, a nova
incut but boi'ii Isnncbad hi-rc to
naim- tho viirloun brldxea on tho
uiluiitial hiiilrAav; of tin- t.'. j statai
nfti-r tho ntBKo drlvem on wlio.u
nhoalilora tho prohlom of L-ouNtwIao
otorland trjnnl"! Uillon routed.
Tbg Pacific bbibwajt rat formerly
tin- only 111'' "f D 'in m u u li'a t on bo
iwaen San Prauotocej aoid Portland
anil iu'Veral of Ibo dflvorg gavo up
their llvo' tJ p'rjtert tholr lm'son
gorn and vuluublos from 1iIkIiw.iv-
tneti. of aha largo Attttfoar of driv-
ITU, Qeorgl 1.. Chnne of Vrokn, U
tliu last survivor,
it in propoHod bo orbat on ogjah
bridge a broiut- tablet. xIIiik the
nniiii- an 1 a brlof arroiint of th-
driver's life. Tho proposition win
bu takon up with olvlo organlaa
ttotirt and (ho etato blgbfaagr com-
UllHI'l u.
Probe Dismissal
of Bureau Chief
NBW YOIIK, Aur. ill. (,?) Joint
l) Miller Htibi t Jay a congrowlonal
fnvostlgatton may be aakod to da
lermlno tho rauso of rotn-ival fi-jm
Office nf I)r. Itenrtjr ('. Taylor, chlof
of tho bureau of airlooltarb ooon-
otn rCS,
Dr Taylor rcalgnod at I ho raqnai
of Secretary of agriculture Pardlno.
Nurses' Acquittal
Upheld by Wilbur
WASHINGTON. A UK. -1. uV)
Vardleta of not guilty returned by
a court martial board la.u Juno
OK.iiUMl .Mls Until M. Anderson and
Miss Qathbrlne Qlancey, navy uuraea
charged with violation of tho Vol
stead acl in bringing liquor into
tii,' Unitod slut.'.", frcm tthe Wool in
dies or.' dlsapproyod today by Bee
rotary VVtlbur.
Guard Slain by
Payroll Bandits
PHRTH AM BEY, N. Ji, Auk. 21.
MP) Janies Oallegltor, special of
ficer of iho Perth Atnboy Tnmt
I'onipany, was wounded today while
resisting thOft of a $100,000 pay roll
ami died wHIle hi'hiK removed to a
hospital,
COACH NA9IKD
MOW VtHIK. AUgi HI, ll')- Ap-
polnltnoni or Rlohard a. tiiondon.
onclt or thiH years vlorartous navy
era a i dilroctor ol roiwlng at Colurft
blt Unlvorslty, was announced to
day, I
ai to pnonuuTtoN
WASIIINHTtlN. Auk. SI, W)
July production ol nutamoblles In
tho railed sintea itallbd 840,7i0
pAssengpr oars and :i7,i:u trucks.
Toiai production tor 'it your to
dale or passenger envs is J,20!),m9
ami inicka 81)8,848,
Serious Bribery Charges Filed IIMHI TUV Drjl TV
Against Two City Councilmen of JML '.ffl
Los Angeles; Held in City JailjUN It) LnAHbLU
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 21. (AP) Charles E. IN H 1 N I iflSr
Downs and Jostiph F. Fitzpatrick, members of the Los'H' ' UIUUI1 UMUL
Angeles City council, arc held in separate jails here to- I
day on charges of accepting bribes, while District At- J John Gobel, Daytona, Flor
lorney Asa Kcyes is preparing the cases to take before 'da, Ordered Hold by
countv zrand itirv latsr in the day and also to probe ! Coroner's Jury
the workings of a great suspected city hall grafting.
The pair, elected to the council for the first time at
.i i - i t .i i c c
tne Hit election wcn tnc cuy paa.ee u. ..ew .orm o,
charter government, have both made statements, accord-
ins to Keyes. One of these, attributed to Fitzpatrick, j
is a confession, Keyes said.
A third man, Jack Murphy, is charged with being a
go-between in the alleged deal in which the councilmen
ure said to have accepted a bribe of $1000 each to sup
port a franchise to the Tunnels Transportation company,
which planned an escalator for the new Second street
tunnel here,
While the county grand jury is considering the case,
the city council also will meet and discuss the matter
hen, it is expected, a resolution will be approved sus-
1 pending its two accused members.
2 Mile House
Knocked Over
J his Mornino-
Habitues Pour Liquor
Into Barrel of
Lye
An Innovation In the "indoor
sport of gattlng rid of Intoxicating
Hqnofl before the officers can
break down the door, came to lUht
this mornlnK with the arrest of Tod
l.ewtti, who conduct tho well known
"Two-mile HOuse" west of town
Whon prohibition officers and
deputy sheriff! demanded entrance
to the Inndcani looking dewlUjUn
unveil imlrH of handa reached for
whiskey which was In pltchera. In
KlUHMeM and In bottk-n.
Craah! frashl aud the bottles
wore nroKi n into a large uarrei oi
lye tlial was statlotii-d liolH-atli tile
sink. No possible chance of un
earthing n drop of moonshine for
evidence from that barrel, accord
ing to Stale Prohibition Officer Mr
Mrlde, who conducted the raid.
Hut lb" officers who were in
vading the pi-ace anil solitude of
the "Two-.MIlo House" cut their way
through the screen and Intercepted
the lasl bottle of moonshine us It
was ou its way to Join Its fellows
in the bnrrel of lye.
Ted Lewis, apparently tho pro
prietor of tho establishment, took
the burden of tho blame on his
shoulders and pleading guilty to pos
session of Intoxicating litjuor before
Acting Justin- of the Pence lid Ken
dall this morning, paid a f)no of
ft fill and costs.
His six companions, reported to
have been more or less intoxicated,
wore not held under any liquor
charge.
IBeBride was assisted in th
by Deputy Sheriffs Klfnsey
Burke.
Big Brush Fire
WpBrit Pasadena the rt,lcw 01 N'avnrro na Lnu-l-Nears
rasaaena ioJo Arising :ie stepped out ot his
PASADENA, calif.. Auk II. W)
Tiie brUSJb fire which has burn-
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mi t .. . -
mo ing T'ljunga unojruu iwih-jh.
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l.lllll.l Clllllllliieu n,v.,..h """"'
control in the mountain north of
Pasatlana, Completion of a 4" I
root fire-break ln the ridge be
tween tho Big Tuglinga Canyon
and the Arro.wo Seen d.u'ly t -day
was expected t keep the flames
out of the Pasadena water shad.
Standard Oil Co.
to Establish New
Station at Malin
A new tllstrlhutlng station of the
Standard 1)11 company In Klamath
will soon be In operation just out -
side the boundaries of Malin on The
Dulles-California highway, was the
announcement last night of H. W.
Overmler, manager of the Klamath
Branch.
The new station will ho super-
Vised by parent station In Klalnath
'alls, althouith a manager will be
selected to be In direct conlrol of
the ffaW plant. The investment rep
resented in the enterprise is ap
pi'.xlmulely $20,QO0, Work On, lh
Station was slnrlod this morning.
Murder Charge
Will Be Filed
By Prosecution
Laucedo to 'be Charged
With Navarro's
Death
Lug Laucedo. silent Mexican, most
stand trial on a charge of either
second decree. murder or manslaugh
ter. This is Iho decision of t lie dis
trict attorney's office, bused upon
evidence which was bAiusat out at
the coroner'S'jti'iuost, and cortlalu
incriminating- fa:ts Whloh came to
light yesterday and which state pro
secutors arc tooth lo divulge.
Laucedo continues to gCt In sil-
enM aad ,u ri.sl)0I1( , on,y mono
syllabic terms whon verbally grilled
by authorities. His answer tj ques
tions slut at him from ever;.' angle
Is that ho "could not remember."
A oaroner'e Jury did not connect
LauccJo up with tho murder of
Valentino NUrarrO at Algoma, Tues
day morning, and returned a verdict
of :''Valentino Navarro came to his
death at the 'hands of some un
known person '.
A new angle to tho murder trag
Otfar came to light whon it was re
vealed that Navarro was not killed
by the sljsh if tho kuife but by n
blow on top of tho head from a
heavy instrument, presumably a
pick.
Dr. B, d. Johttaoh, wftpo performed
the autopsy, testified that wCieu he
raised tho skull, he found a fractur
ed pla.'O and that Navarro undoubt
edly came to his donih from this
wound, not the knife cut.
raid 1 Testimony of Julo Gonzales,
"1,d friend of the deceased, and of Umi
eedo, was damaging to Laucedo. He
I testified that he heard an argu
ment outside his house and roeogni-
1 lodging and met Laucedo on his
,ay to his rooms, evidently drunk
land cursing to himself. A few
"Isteps furl he
n he encountered the
prostrate form of Niovnrro bleeding
f,, . ,i,, l. I f .unit M.I
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The Inquosl was conducted by
Countv Coroner Karl Whitlock and
i W. A. Wlest, deputy district attor
I ney.
The coroner's jury was composed
of I!. It. Ami'ke. Lloyd Low, Henry
llagley. .Mike I.avenlk. licit Cook
and B, M, Igl.
Convicts Face
Murder Charge
Must Stand Trial For
1 IfiliJriix Pricnri
I IVlIling ITlSOn
Clerk
SAN" RAFAEL, Oalif., Aug. 1M
(PI Charges of murder were filed
here yesterday against th- six Bin
IJucntln oonvlcta who yesterday at"
tempted to escape from the prison
waterfront gang in a tugboat lifter
fatally beating 11. O. Miller, civilian
Shipping clerk.
The six OJIlVtctS are expected In
be arraigned here toilav.
ACCUSED BY WOMAN
Victim Before Her Death
q.;j l l-l n,.
Said he Gave Her Drug
Bribery Sought ,
.MIAMI. Kla.. Aug. 21. IP) John
Gvbel, rdilthy Uay'ona real estate
dealer Is be: ,: hold without ball
bore today fallowing the recjinmen
datlbn of a coroner's Jury yesterday
that he be detained In connection
with the death of Mrs. II. II. Hunt.
Testimony was given at lJe inijucsl
Indicating that Gobel poisoned bio.
woman and liad confessed to one of
the officers. It was also Intimated
he later attempted t bribe county
solicit ,r Hubert It. Iliylor. Jr., and
Ueputv Sheriff L. A. Short.
Dr. Grimes whj attended the wo
man before her death, said she kept
saylns: "Why did he do II?" and
repeatedly mentioned Gobel.
When the woman begun to .cry,
stating Gobel ihad poisoned 'her,
Gubel said, "don't mintl her boys.
That's her alibi, she's a dspcr,"
Deputy Sheriff Latham testified. He
added that the girl put her arms
around Gobel's neck -and asked him
VAhy did y-u give mo that," but
Gobel only pushed her away. Later
the witness said, ion talking with
Gobel, about the case he said, "I'm
6.rry I did :t. I'm sorry."
43 Known Dead in
Boiler Explosion
NEWPORT, II. 1.. Aug. 21. yp)
The Mackinac death toll mounted to
4o today when Miss Bessie Mullin
! of l'aw-tucket died at the Naval hos
pital. Hospital authorities expect that
at least five more will succumb to
burns within the next few hours.
Girl Bobs Hair
Then Kills Self
CHICAGO. Aug. 21. UP) The
body of Itose Hallon, 17, whoso
disappearance last Tuesday night
was attributed to her dlsappont
nieut because she had bobbed her
hair, was found today In the Chi
cago river. The g-irl Is believed lo
have ended her life by jumping
Into Iho water.
The mother fiiid Iho girl so re
gretted her chUnged appoarancc
after tile shingling of her hair, that
she sat crying before
much of tho time.
a mirror
Air Trips To
Honolulu May
Come Shortly
Naval Admiral Predicts
Service to Start
Soon
nuiMUiiULiii, -vug. Ji. tfi '.nan
and passenger service by air from
San Kranolsco, loos Angeles and San
Dtogo to Honolulu will be an ac
complished fact in t'hc near future.
Hear Admiral William A. Moffett;
chief of tfbo bureau if uoronautls.
navy department, said in a state
ment last night.
The prediction was made Just
prior to the rear admiral's depart
ure aboard the President Taft for
San Francisco. Moffett said that
the proposed flight frcm San Fran
cis:o to Honolulu is the most Im
portant event In naval aviation since
the world war.
"It is even m'ore important than
the rbUnd th world flight because
In making the flight to Hawaii we
tiave definite things in v'o.v for the
naval air service." he Olid. If the
planes fall this time another at
tempt will follow very s on.
WILL P.W COST
ROSSI, AND, It. 0. Aug. 2 1. ()
FVjrOBI official frim Wnsiilngt n
and Oregon agreed here yesterday
to bear the whole cost of keeping
..I rotten! forest fire at .Mount So
phia near Ihere from spreading
across trohl the 1'niled States into
Canada,
School Books
Next 2 Years
Text Commission Se
lecting Courses of
Study
sal km, ore., Auk. 21. --T.-xt !
book that win ba Died in (he "
He m-IiooI.h of tlie btutf during; ili
next two yearn will h ronHidcrably
higher In price than the old books,
it waH Indicated at the meeting of j
the state text hook cotnmiHrtion In
seaaion here today. The morning!
HeIon was given over to a discuM- j
alon ot hookn and prfeoi and the
hearing of argumenlH by som forty,
hook Halesmen who are being ai-'
loted five minutes each to discus
the moritH of their books.
Indications were that adoptions!
will not be made before late aft"r-1
noon with the poriKlbillty that the S
fieHHlon will carry over until to-
morrow. Opening of bids and pre-.
Hmlnary organizations occupied theFrank r(0berts and all his deputies
entire day Thursday. Tentative se-jas we 09 tho clty ,.,. (ook tno
lections were made of the subjects
that will be adopted for the Iwo and
four year periods but these were
being revised today as the com
mission got down to the work of
considering the books available In
each subject.
Portland Boy
Leaps Through
Window: Dies
j the man to "Go to hell' and sped
Excessive Headaches jawa
Blamed For Suicidal j ohZZ IZ
1 lified by telephone and deployed Oi
Act ' fleers along the highways on both
- - I sides of the city and a dragnet was
PORTLAND. Ore.
Charles A. Moissner
Aug. 21.
0. a nephew
of John A. Moissner, who has a real
estate office at S21 Gasco building j PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 21.--here,
commited suicide last night by I lolleo today are still sea retains
leaping from one of the windows j for ine man who Wednesday night,
of the Gasco building Into the light I representing himself to bo Ellsworth
shaft between that structure and J Kelly, escaped convict, at tho point
an adjoining building. j of a gun forced T. T. Harrell to
"Eicuse excessive headaches and ; drive him about the city, but the
ill health." was the message scrlb-1 officers do not connect him in any
led on a card bearing his name way with the real fugitives, who
and address. Windows on the shaft shot their way out of the Salem nen
wero open on the fifth and seventh itentiary more than a week ago.
floors, indicating that ho may have j The hunt for tho criminals, as
plunged from either. j far as Portland Is concerned, is at
The body was discovered this i a standstill, with officers lacking
morning by n shipping clerk and ex-1 a single tangible clue as to tho
amination indicated Melssner bad I course pursued by the bandit trio
been dead several hours. Tho body after their spectacular arrival hero
was mangled almost beyond recog- j Monduy night in a commandeered
nition by the fall. auto from New Era. The convic-
Meissncr recently came here from j tion with police is growing that they
Los Angeles. doubled back on their route to the
Miner Injured
During Strike
Flying Bricks and Clubs
Used on Picket
Lines
ZElGLEIt, 111.. Aug. 21. 0PI An
unidentified miner was severely in
jured and several automobiles were
battered by flying bricks and .dubs
today as approximately 150 miners
passed Is picket line at t&e Bell and
Heller mine number 1. here where
a "wildcat' strike is in progress.
Southern Nevada
Rocked by Quake
GOLDFtELD, Nov.. Aug. 21.
(f) The southern Nevada desert
was shaken twice today by earth
quakes, the shocks awakening sleep
ers here and rattling dishes. The
disturbances were reported as far
north as Mina. 50 miles from Gold
field. 771 Accidents
Are Reported
SALEM, Ore.. Aug. 21. A I )lal
of 771 -industrial accidents were
reported to the state Industrial ac
cident commission during the week
ending August 20, declares the
weekly report. T lere 'wcru no fat
alities. Of the total number report
ed 62:1 were subject to the provis
ions of the stale compensation act,
14;t wero from firms and corpora
tions that have rejected tho provl-'
si.ms Of the 'act, and five were from
public utility corporations not sub
ject to the state compensation.
NIT
NUMEROUS
L
Portland Police still Search
for Man Who Said that
v Was Kelly
CHEHALIS GETS CLUE
jOme
Officers Persist in
Belief Tht Men Doubl
ed Back to South
i llt:n.l.is, Waste, AuK- "'
Three turn in an Oregon li
censed automobile, who ai-e be
lieved to be the cscup-U con
vict from the penitentiary lit
MtU'lll, StoplKHl ut Toh-ilo, 120
miles sonth of here, nt 10
o'clock l"t night.
Word was flashed here to Sheriff
,lcld at once covcrnK aU rood ,B
tjljs vjc(nty
rVccordlCR to the officers here, this
is the most reliuble clue on the miss
ing men that has developed In
southwest Washington.
The word camo from the owner
of a service station at Toledo, known
as tho, Teapot Dome station. The car
; containing the three men drove up
! to the station and asked to have their
j tank filled. The man compiled alt
the more readily when he noted that
the men all carried rifles. When the
tank was filled the motorists told
j thrown out all over Iswls county
I points.
south on the same night.
Macdocl Will Get
New High School
(Special to The Ucruld)
YltEKA, Calif., Aug. 21. Mae
doel is lo have a high school holla
ed la Its own building.
Tills decision was recently reach
ed at a meeting of the Siskiyou
Union High .school at which tho
bOiri of directors signed a tiO
year lea:e with the Macdoel Cham
ber of Commerce, represented by O.
E. Snider and .1. R. Adams, its sec
retary, for a building to be erected
by tie chamber.
Construction began this week en
the building, which will be modorn
in ever, respect, 30 by DO feet, with
throe rj;ins and '.vhlch will oost,
when completed, nppi ox1! mutely
$3400. The building will be tlho
property of the Macdoel Chamher
f Commerce and when the school
board decides to build Its own struc
ture at Macdoel It will probably be-n-me
the home of tao iiamber of
commerce. It will house 19 pupil i
during the mining term, whloli wi 1
open iu early September.
KOitEST KIKES STARTED
WENATCIIEE, Wash.. Aug. 21
Nine forest fires were started by
yesterday's electrical storm at, the
head of Lake f'loclum. the local
forestry office was advised today.
OLD SCHOOL I'HI MN
Will O'llara of Marahfield, Ore-
gun, who spent the day her,- on
. business, visited with James A.
Perry, the two men belnit school
chums over 35 years ago back In
Hod Wood Palls. Minnesota. They
spent the greater part of the mors
Ing renewing their old tlmo friend
ship and relating happening of their
childhood days. .Mr. O'llara Is here
looking over business conditions,
THEORIES
GIVEN