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KLAMATH FALLS '
"An Empire Awakening"
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, LKIDA Y, SEPTEMBER 4, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
L
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AND CREW LOST
Practically all Hope of Find
ing PN-9 No. 1 is Ab
andoned Today
TWO ROCKETS SEEN
Searching Vessel Reports
Flares But is Unable to
Locate Source
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.,
Sept. l. (AP) The St.
Augustine Record today
says a local radio operator
talked with a United States
warship 400 miles off the
Samoa Islands and learned
the missing seaplane PN-9
number 1, had been found
with all aboard safe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.
The navy department had
no information today bear
ing out the report of a St.
Augustine amateur wireless
operator that the PN-9 No.
1, navy plane lost in the Pa
cific, had been found, and
all on board were safe. The
last official word they re
ceived regarding the plane's
plight was yesterday morn1
ing and that was indefinite.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.
4. (AP) The flight com
mander's office here, to
which ships searching for
the missing seaplane are re
porting, said no information
had been received to con
firm a reDort from St. Aug
ustine, that the lost fliers
had been found.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.
4. (AP) A message from
the U. S. S. Aroostook sent
at one o'clock, Pacific stand
ard time, reported the
search for the PN-9 Nn. 1,
continuing. The flight com
mander's office said this
disposed of reports that the
lost plane had been found.
HONOLULU, Sept. 4.
(AP) Just befor midnight
the tender U. S. S. Whip
poorwill, searching in mid
Pacific waters for the mis
sing PN-9 number 1, naval
seaplane, reported:
"At 7:10 p. m., we saw
white flare ahead. Wc head
ed for the spot for one hour
and then saw two flares or
rockets from starboard.
Have been steaming now
for half hour but have seen
nothing more."
HONOLULU' Bopt. 1. W) Into
tha Umbo o! "ship lo1 111 w,u4"
out o traeo." M 1,u' lunl
soaplana PN-, number I. i"i.io or
tho mivy and Commander Jean
(Continued On rK Pu
Senate Committee
in Seattle Today
SEATTLE. Wash., Sopt. 4, The
senato sub-oommltto'e on publlo.lands
unci grtulng meeting hi re today with
forest SOrvloe offlolals, Hlonk men
and the public, to discuss public land
grilling regulations, announced that
It would hold only u one day ses
sion Instpnd or two, us bad I i
scheduled due t lack ot time.
Collision Sinks
British Steamer
Ornvesendft, England, Bept. 1.
Tha British steamer Pennant, op
erated by Bjiron Pesrhyri, was slink
utter being In collision With tho
tanker Aogsta. fhp captain Of the
Pounnnl nnd his wife were drowped.
The erow wns snvnd.
THINK
SEP
Student Shot
Accidentally
On Deer Hunt
Edward Wright is Near
Death in Yreka
Hospital
Udward a. wiiithi, aged II, seel
i ii it 1 1 y shot himself in the itonv
uli while door hunting on ti" lover
iKIamauii river, just oyer iii" Call
i torn-la bopdv, iut yosieniuy after
soon, neoordlng to u report received
ben I hl lunrnliiK.
The injured youth nrss carried I
distune of lit) milt!" down Miu
in ii k ii 1" luntaln side and taken in
: V roll ii . where ho underwent an
operation i"t night. Aaeordlng lo
' Dr. Choi Plus, iUo attendod biro.
I Wright has fighting ohanee tor
recovery.
Wight's cojnpanloni said be trial
''Mi. on a stump "nil had J I
, rimin to continue Uie bunt, when
ho stumbled, the rifle discharging
ami strlklu'i ii i tit in tin- abdonlen,
Young Wi ir 1 In ii ' ii ''' al tho
University r California, ami llvat
ai jn in Telegraph Iroot, Hi rki lo
Explosion Kills
150 Jap Workers
Tokyo, Bopt. 4. -One hundred
ami llfly persons wore killed In an
explosion at the Tolhaku coal mine.
Inoar iMngynng. Korea, dlspatobos
I to the .itji Bhlmpo roeblved bore to
day miIU.
Dalrymple to Stay
as Prison Warden
hai.km. ore.. Sept. i Ro ports
'curr.nl lure thin morning Unit
Governor pierce hud assured a. m.
IDalryinple tbat be would be allow-
I'll to remain as warden of tho iiluto
penitentiary under the arrangement
by win, h Dillard A. Blklns, cbalrntin
lot th' imiuhtriui accident commli
luion, would become advisory super-
inii'iuii'tit or the prison temporarily,
j viMiltl nut ho ronrirmoil olihor at
I the governor's office or at tho
I iirliion.
R. C. Vanderbilt
Dies in New York
ni:v YORK, Sept, 4.- Reginald
c. Vanderbilt, who diod today it
hiii country home in Rhode Island,
was otio or the leading horsemen of
tho country, llo wot prosldeot or
tin national horse show association
or AUertea, whloh bo organised ami
also was president it tho American
Hackney iiurse society.
llo wim tho youngest son or (ho
lato Cornollus Vondorbllt. llo In
herited 110,000,000 rrom his father
when lo wok 21 years or uge and
lator in 1010 he Inherited 18,000,
oon from his brother, Alfred Van
derbilt, who was lost In the sinking
of tile 1 .11 h i I n 11 ill .
Wives of Doctors
to Have Auxiliary
MBDFORD, Ore.. Sept. 1. A
woman's auxiliary 1.) the Oregon
staio Medical Society, was formed
at a meeting Ol the society here
lust night, to consist of doctor's
wives handed together primarily for
the fostering r public health work
through stale and oouoty organi
sations. l, HAYING s.mitDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Howard nnd
daughter, Miss Mary Howard, with
Miss l.oraine l.avenlk, are leaving
tomorrow morning for I.akevlew
where they plan lo remain attend
ing the RotindUP expecting to re
turn boms on Tuesday,
HOME.- Italy's mission tor Hie
funding or Oka Italian debt will
procee.l U) Washington next mohtTl,
DAWES IX SPOKANE
SPOKANE. Wash., Sopt. 4.
Vice president Dawes hroughl
bis righl for revision or the
senate rules Into tile Pacific
nqrtthlWest today, when ho atop-
pod hero on his way lo tho
Hist formal speaking engage- O
4 incut In Seattle, and delivered
a hrlet rear-plat Torm uddross
u a rew hundred persons who
greeted him.
HttMtHHtvtT
ATTENDANCE ATIT-"
IS
Crowds Continue to Flock
to Annual Klamath Ex
hibit This Afternoon
JUDGING CONTINUES
Rapid Development of this
Section is Reflected in
Crowds and Interest
Crowds continued lo rinck to the
county rah gyoundu today ivliero the
splendid variety or exhibit, tlie well
balanopd liorao mid unto racing
programs mill tlte tunny other nt-
tractions or the (Jrpteal county fair
tvdrc in roadiitoss roc their coming.
Judges thlH morning bent eager
ly at their difficult laslf of select
ing the prize winning exhibits ami
phicliiK the red, H'iHe and blue rib
bons ul merit on t It u which ex
celled, Youngster Kntter
Bgelted group ot youngsters, aa
woll as their elders, followed the
judgOl In their r.iund ot the booths
Old pens to nee lr they would 00
the tortunute ones to win the annual
honors.
There is something missing at ihls
lair. It Is Hie shrill cry of tho
barker, who In other years drew
crowds nboul the paddle wheels, tho
knife recks and other ciicup and
tawdry gambling devices. Rut It Is
a welcome abooneo, for the fair
crowd. 11 Klves them more lime u
examine and marvel at the splendid
exhibits from rami and homo and
factory: it Kives then more time
to enjoy the dean, exiitiiiB racing
program.
More Interest .Shown
AlthoUK"! attendance records wee
not available this arternoon, unof
ficial tabulations Indicate!) that the
attendance f r the first two days
fur exceeds that of former years. In
dicative of t'.ie pleasing growth and
development ot the entire county, ex
hibits of ever, kind are uure com
plete and the crowds show more
genuine Interest in the attractive
displays:
Dr. Hunt Gets
Medical Honor
Local Medic Named
Officer of State
Society
Dr. Warren U Hunt of this cily
waa elected second vice-president
of the Oregon Slate Medical society
ut MedtOrd tills morning, according
lo word received here this arter
noon. Dr. Paul ItOCkey of Portland
was chosen president for the en
suing yenr.
The annual session closed today
noon, and many members, it was
said win pass through Klamath Palls
this week-end following a visit to
Crater Lake,
Coolidgc Caught
in Big Rainstorm
KWAMl'SrOTT. Mass., Sept. 4.
(JP) A heavy rain overtook Prest
! dent t'oolldge during his daily walk
i more than a mile from home. He
was prepared lor the emergency,
however, and donned n slicker which
ho curried, trudging back to White
Court over slippery roads little the
worse tor the experience.
Bar Association
Names Kansas Man
DETROIT, Sept. 4. (P) Chester
t, Long of Wichita, Kansns, today
was elected president of the Amer
ican liar association to succeed
Charles Evans Hughes. William
P, McCracken, Jr.. of Chicago, was
chosen secretary and Fred E. Wad
hauiR or Albany, N. Y. 1 .was ro
elecled treasurer.
HACK I'ltO.M El HOPE
NEW YOKE, Sept. 4 . - (P)- -llav-rv
Wills, negro heavyweight, ar
riving Ironi n lour ot Europe to
day on tho AQultlnla, expressed the
opinion that tho proposed match
between him and Jnck Uenipsey
would never be held.
COUNTY
RECORD BREAKER
W 1113 A ICCUUIU
For Prisoner
Robert Brown Freed
From Charge of
Forgery
Klrmly convinced lhat he was In
for a long term In Jail and per-
i!iap the penltyillary, Kobert llrown
steppod Into tnc Circuit Court room
Ihls morning Willi the Intention of
pleading KUllty lo writing a check
without HUfriclcut funds to cover it.
A rew minutes later the swinging
doors or the court rooms gave rorth
a young man fWhose expression was
a stuly or oonruslon and happiness.
llrown is perhaps (he only man
who hiiB ever pleaded giilltf In the
Klamath circuit court to a lelony
ami then walked out or the court
a few minutes later with no strings
oiled.
When Brown sen! word or his
willingness to plead guilty. District
Attorney B. I.. Elliott perused the
Indictment iwhlch had been made
out prior lo his assuming office. He
detected an error In the construe
tlun ot the Indictment and on Dliat
ground moved Hie court this morn
ing lodlsmlaa the Indictment. To
Which move, the court acceded.
"The slate will not make any tur
thor move iu (be llrown case as
lar as I am eOncorned," Mr. Elliott
said this morning. "The man has
spent 110 days In Jail already and
Inasmuch as the Indictment is rani
ty, I doubt whetiaer it would be
worth while to continue the case."
Green House
Aboard Truck
Yields Moon
KmiiWliinff ; lirv- it H!ftk
riisy" on wltt't'Ifr-1 was utu-uvrrc!
this afttiiioon by SUtC Prohibi
tion Officer MrHride when lie
much! Sam Court nry in oos'S-
iribn of five piiiontt of moonshine
cnclUNl l" " Mmtll truck on Hroncl
strr t(.
Sam lutS n little irni ItOUM
ituttntttMl on tlit' truck. The ex
terior view is unique. It looks
like a comfortable little home.
Inside the view was just as in
terest iii;, according to McHrhle.
lie says lie not only found the
moonshine, but also located a
lot of bottles within the little
jcret-n house.
Courtney will tell Justice of
the IVace Kendall all about it
tomorrow.
ROBBERY CAUSED
BRUTAL SLAYING
OF TAXI DRIVER
THE DALLES Sept. 4. W. It.
Lloyd, ex-couvlct, who yesterday
confessed to the murder of Clinton
I. Baun, Independence Garage man,
today was taken to Portland by
Sheriff Hooker of l'olk county.
In his confession, according to
the district attorney's office, Lloyd
said that robbery was the only
motlvo for the killing of Hnun.
WEEK-END AT LAKE
Mrs. Minnie Dlllard. Slven Lung
dahl. Florence McCluy, Caroline
Vaeretti, Ellen McVeigh and Mr.
and Mrs. H. .1. Hendriokson are the
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs,
Lester Turnbattgh, at Crater Lake.
The party mako up tnc teaching
stuff of the Merrill schools.
O.N I'I.EASl llE Tltll'
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. ltea and
children left this morning by motor
for Orland, Cat., whero thoy mill
visit with friends over the week-end.
DKHLINtiEllS CLEAN IT
Samuel Dolilinger and II.
DohUnger, his son, are happy
today. For tho tiivo men wulk-
ed off wll'.i tho first an.l second
special prises in the potato dt-
vision at the oountt fair. Bamu-
ol Is new t lio proud posse r
of an $nr potato planter do-
noted by .1. V. Kerns, and his
son Is fingering J 25" In crisp
hills, the second prlkO. Homy
fiemon, president of the Potato
Producers association was
awarded, the third prize In the
special awards, which Is $20.
E OF LOCAL'
Judge Leavitt Rules That
House and Lot Exempt
From Judgment
LONG SUIT IS ENDED
Mrs. W. C. Davenport, is
Now Assured Ownership
of Residence
A home and a lot were saved for
a Widow yesterday.
Creditors of W. 0. Davenport, who
died last year, will not be able to
take bankruptcy judgment against
Mrs. Davenport's home and land.
All as the result of a Judgment
handed down by Judge A. E. Lea
vitt, declaring that the house and
lot Is entitled lo a homestead ex
emption. Tratiil Ls Charged
flarrell Van Ilijier. trustee In bank
ruptcy, brought suit to allow the
creditors to take bankruptcy judg
ment against the house and lot. They
held that Davenport's action In trans
ferring the house and lot to Ills wife
prior to going into bankruptcy, was
done to sidestep creditors.
Judge Leavitt in his decision, went
hack further In support of his find
ings. He stated lhat in 191'J Mr.
Davenport had appeared boforc the
hoard of trade at Portland and told
that body that he was the owner
of a house and lot in Klamath Fall:.
that was entitled to homestead ex
emption from any judgment.
Charge Disproved
lly this statement, long befor: he
ever had an inkling that l.e was go
Ing into bankruptcy, Mr. i)aonport
ha dgivon Ills creditors notice ci his
exemption , u,im uid therotof tL
transfer of property to his wifo was
not to avoid claiihs cf creditors.
Mr. Davenport was a prominent
jeweler In Klamath Falls for many
years.
Plane Falls into
Cemetery; Youth
and Man Killed
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Sept. 4. (P)
A 12-year-old boy ami a man
were killed here today when an air
plane crashed more than 1000 feet
Into Highland Park cemetery.
The plane had been circling: above
the municipal golf course and the
cemetery when it seemed to devel
op trouble.
Athletic Group
Elects Officers
The Klamath county athletic as
sociation met this afternoon to re
organize fjr the coming year, plan
ning a number of new sports. A
committee was appointed to draw up
by-laws, upon which the following
men were placed: Paul Jackson,
chairman; H. J. Hendrt ,'kson, Lc
lalne West, O. A. Schults and James
Luebke.
Officers tor the ensuing o'ear
wore elected as follows: Lester
Turnbaugh, of Merrill, president:
Paul Jackson, secretary and A. E.
Street. Malin, treasurer.
Girls "volley ball'' will be an ad
ded feature this year to be played iu
conjunction with boys sockor 'foot
ball. All Ohher major sports will
be the same as last year.
Tractor Crushes
Worker to Death
TACOM A. Wash., Sept. A. Mike
Adams. II. was crushed and burn
od to death today when his tractor
ran over him nt the Tacoma golf
and country club. In some manner
the tractor bucked over the man
and pinned him down under tho
exhaust of the motor. His clothing
caught fire nnd he was badly burn
ed. He was dead when found.
The victim had boon caretaker of
the golf course at the club for eight
years.
VETS ELECT
TUL3A, Okla., Sept. 4. Kred
Stover of Ilutler, Pa., today was
elected national commander of the
veterans of foreign wars at their
national convention here.
1
Ill IS SAVED
Pill CREDITORS
Kiddies Mourn
Their Daddies
At Lake Hurst
Grief Stalks at Homes
Of Dead Naval
Aviators
LAKE HURST, N. J., Sept. I.
IIP) Children lefl fatherless by the
norol dirigible Shenandoah's 111
Jatcd western trip were mourning
today In their homes near the naval
air station, the headquarters ot
the "Daughter of the Stars" and
her male "The Angels."
Mrs. J. II. Klein, Jr., wife of
the commanding officer at Lake
Hurst, called on all the bereaved
families and found them taking
their sorrow with the philosophy of
the bfrdman's wife as expressed by
Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne, wife of
Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne,
who was killed.
(iumbled nnd Lost
"When I married an aviator "
said .Mrs. Lansdowne, "I knew what
chances we were taking and I will
not knuckle down now. I am glad
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A. J. Lyle To
. Be Candidate
As Councilman
Third Hat is Tossed
Into Second Ward
Ring
A. J. Lyle is to be a candidate
for the office of councilman from
the second ward. This makes the
third hat in the ring, the others
being O. D. Mathews and "Doc"
Powell. There have been rumblings
of Lyle's candidacy ever, since West
resigned. la that boliwlck Lyle
has many friends who arc familiar
with his ideas on municipal affairs
and who believe that he would be
a valuable addition to the city ad
ministration. It was through the
solicitation of these men that Lyle
has decided to be a candidate.
"It was not my intention to make
any announcement at this time,"
Lyle stated today, "but those who
have been asking mc to run con
vinced me this morning that if I
had any notion of being a candi
date the lime to make the announce
ment was right now. I am going to
prepare a statement uutlining my
view on matters of immediate in
terest to tho people of the second
ward particularly and the city in
general, so that those who may
favor me with their support will
know what I stand for and what
they may expect if I am elected to
represent the second ward in the
city council."
To Decide Plans
for Reception of
Senatorial Party
Whether or not the proposed ban
quet to the senatorial delegation on
next Monday evening will be called
of is to be considered and decided at
an informal meeting of all interest'
ed at the chamber of commerce this
afternoon, starting at 4:30.
The delegation will arrive here for
hearings on the public land leasing
problems, starting at 9:30 in the
county conrt rooms Monday morning.
Local persons have made every ef
fort to have tho hearings put off a
day, but a telegram to the chamber
of commerce this morning from Sen
ator Stan field said it must be held
here on Lubor Day.
Gold Rush Starts
Near Grangeville
LEWISTOX, Idaho, Sept. 4. (P)
A gold rush was on today on
Slate Creek, near Grangeville. fol
lowing the announcement here yes
terday by George Thompson, an old
time miner, that he had discovered
croppings of quartz gold on a side
hill In that vicinity. More than 100
persons staked claims today within
n radlUS of five miles of Thompson's
claim.
STOCKMAN HKRE
F. SS, Lane, well-known rancher
of this section Is up from his home
ut Stockton, California on business
matters. Mr. Lane owns a large
ranch In the Midland district.
IS
BROKEN TO BITS
Soldiers Guard Remnant of
Once Proud Air Ship to
Prevent Looting
INQUEST TO START
Survivors Deny That Dirig
ible Was Flying Too
Close to Ground
CALDWELL, Ohio, Sept.
4. (AP) On gently sloping
hillsides some 12 miles
apart, winds today whipped
through flapping yards of
silk and twisted and broken
aluminum of the cracked
Shenandoah, until vMln)av
a proud mistress of the skies
and pride of the United
States navy.
What remains of the only
American-built giant dirijj-
iKIf whirh mt Aitmitfr in
a fnnnrlr snnall nBF kri.
early yesterday morning was
t 1 1 .
Deing broken up by the
wind, much the same as an
ocean going ship aground is
broken up by the waves.
of the crew, including Lieu
tenant Commander Zachary
Lansdowne, lay in an im
provised morgue in Belle
Valley, their faces uncover
ed to the view of the visit
ing hundreds.
Twenty two of the surviv
ors are enronte to Lake
Hurst, N. J. The air port
from whence the Shenan
doah embarked Wednesday
afternoon for her voyage
into the heart ot the continent.
Three of the officers and bwo of the
crew speat last night In Caldwell,
where they were Joined by naval
officers from Cincinnati, C'.evelan'l
and Pittsburgh. Two injured ireui
bers of Ihe crew arc in a Marietta
hospital.
Wreckage Ginmlcd
Last uleH a guard was thrown
around the approaches to tho wreck
age In a belated effort to stem the
time ot curious visitors who had
thronged the scenes by thousands
from early yestcrdaty through last
mid-night. Nothing could have sav
ed the dirigible in Its battle with
the storm, according tj consensus
of all members of the crew. Neither
was it any fault ot the ship, in
their opinion. The disaster was t'iu
result ot the most feared t Jfio
storms to an aviator, a line squall,
the result of the clash ot hot and
cold air currents.
Lieutenant Charles E. Kosendnhl.
who came inlj command cf life
crew after the death of Lieuteuunt
Oommanlders Lansdowne and Louis
j. Hancock, declared that nothing
could ihave saved the Shenandoah
and lhat human hands could not
have fashioned a ship to llvo
through the ordeal.
To Hold Inquests
Commander J. H. Klein, executive
officer of the Luke Hurst, N. J.,
(Continued on l'ngo Five)
CONNOLLY liKTS OBANGKS
A. J. Connolly today received a
large box of "Sunkist" California
oranges from u close friend of his.
U. Cooke, of Kullerton, California.
Mr. Cooke comes up north mosl
every your to hunt with Mr. Con
nolly from his home In the south
ern city.
WOMAN TOl'ltlST KILLHO
REDDING, Callt., Sept. 4.(fl)
4 Mrs. Peter Swanson, of Ab-
erdeen, Wash., was killed to-
day wihen tho uutomoblle In
which she wuh traveling to
San Francisco, with her hits-
baird plunged over a 100 foot
embankment near CastellUl
O Swanson had limited the ear
on a steep grade and was stand-
Ing on a nearby promonlt try
viewing the scenery when the
....,,,. i,ll ai,,rted rolling buck- O
ward and hurtled over the
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SHENANDOAH
B HEAVY liS