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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awukeiiiritf"
LET US MAKE 1926
THE BANNER YEAR
FOR THIS SECTION '
Associated Prei Leased Wife
Eijrhtoenth Year Number 15812
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 192G
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FARCICAL
HEARINGS
NEAR END
Bitterness Marks Close
' of Senate Liquor
Hearing
WASHINGTON. April 21. r,
iiuirulod by compluliit from both
aides, the aoiintii prohibition rum
iuKli-9 rnutlnucd It hearings to
day In nil atmosphere of Increasing
tension.
Tlio drys iiKnln lioil the right of
way, una an l lie llmo allotted ilu-in
. drew toward Its close they put on
tho. stand succession or witnesses
who spoke (or prohibition orgnnlxu-
lions; rnrm groups snd others, lb
opposition to any change In tho
Volstead act.
Th-J managers of the dry sldo of
I lid controversy formally aiked thai
tbdlr tint i be extended, and tho com
mit ton took tho petition under d-
vlsvmnnt. It was pointed out by the
dry leaders that Huiiator lived, dem
ocrat, Missouri, tho comiiiittvo's on I
wet member, hud taken up with
cross-examination much of hu time
allotted for dry testimony.
Senator Reed lins complained Hint
tho drys are being fnvored by th
committee's methods of procedure.
Chnlru.an liarrald announced re
celpt of letter from Governor Tin
chot of Pennsyhnnlii. d'tclnrlng thr
dry In' can be enforced but at-
tacking present enforcement met It
ods. Tl.e chairman turned the l.
ler orer to the dry managers wbj
Indlcnted they would present it fm-
mally later,
Another VnlUiil Hlules district
Bltorney, A. K. Bernstevn of t'leve
Inr.d. Ohio, was enlled uext by the'
drys.
"What's tho best way to brlux
nlonl enforcemnnt of thu l.i ?"
nsked Reuator Ootf, republican. Wert
' Virginia.
"Prosecution with Jail sentences,"
nernstern replied. "Klnos mean
noihlng."
'Have ynu received much assis
tance from (ho local police?" usk'd
Ooff.
"Wo did Mot at ono tiiiM, hut have
during tho past yenr."
Thu witness contended that trial
by Jury In misdemeanor cises he I
not been abolished as suggested br
District Attorney Iluckuer of Now
York. -
"Our dockets havo not been clear
ing good," he said. "If a com
munity knows you nro going to cn
force tho law, It will react to It."
' "Do yon think the Volstead uot
can lie enforced?"
' ' "It can bo enforced and Is being
enforced In northern Ohio."
Ilornntccn said ho thought tlio Vol
stead net should have "morn tooth"
In It. especially with rospoct to
search Warrants.
"Wo can't proceed against pilvai;:
linmos lyileHs there ,,ls n, sale," he
added. ,., ;
Committeemen didn't ugreo tluu
tho lnw plnced that conalrucllun op
cnforccr.ient.
1 HKHilClt killed
LONOV1KW, Wash, April 21. (P)
William Curoy, 21, of Toludo, Ore
gon, was killed tilinost Instuntly by
a rolling Jog 'Vlillo at. work fur tho
Mid woy lagging company Hour stol
la, yostorduy Hftornoon.
Texas Again Swept By Storms
As 4-IncK Rain Is Recorded
DAIXAS, Texas, April' Si. W)
A violent wind anil rain storm
swooping ovur south Texas butwoen
Bun Antonio and thu It lo Ornndo
yostordny look a toll of throo liven,
d urn ii god strootn nnd bridges In San
Antonio lo an extent astlmutod at
$2, BOO, cau'od n train wreck curly
In tho day nonr Snyder on tho Uos
cou, Snyder and Pacific railroad, nml
loft brldgoR wrecked mid Htroums
overflowing.
fluslo WIIhoii.I, and Iloslo Wil
son, (I, worn drowned on n ranch
near Swoctwnlor wlion a gulcit nonr
lh homo wns flooded iwlth wutor
early yostordny,
J, It. Jlni'otighs, 60, nromlnont
Hiorclmnt , pf Lubbock, was klllod
Hgliluln(j
Long Sentence
For Captain Of
Liquor Vessel
Crew of Pescawha Also
Receive Stiff Punishment
PORTLAND, Ore., April 21.-(P)
Cnplulii Hubert i'niuphlet, muster
of tho Ciiiinillun schooner I'esruwha,
which was selti d as u rum runner
off the Washington roast III Feb
ruary, 1 D 2 I . wus senienred In fed
eral court today to two years In the
penitentiary nud fined l&.VOO. Ja
cob Wultlo, who wan convicted along
with C'nptuln I'amplilet was senten
ced to two years and fined 110,000.
Frank Hates, Wolite's second In
commnnd, was sentenced to 1
months and fined 5.000.
(leniences were pronoilncvd by
I'nlted Mates' District Judge II. K.
Ilenn, who presided at tho lengthy
trlnl. Five other defendnnts were
sentenced. Joe Essex received nine
monllis In Jail and $200 flno; Tex
Hmlih, six months and $200 flue;
Clnreuro I.aroy and Michel Ogllble
fined $500 each.
Cupturu of tho lVsenwha by the
coast guard culler Algonquin fol
lowed tlio rescue by the I'escawha of
the shlpwrcked crew of tho freighter
C'aoha. Tho I'encawha defendan's
declared they were drawn Inside the
twelve mile lluo by necessity of that
rescue.
Chiloquin Vote
Elects Giencrer
99 Vote Ahead of Bal
four in Balloting
llllyl l.V OITICI.VI.H
A. t (ilinger, mayor.
C. K. I led rick, J. If. llosslg,
J. K. McCain.' F. 11. Manmurdt.
('. A. Newman, C. It. Williams,
councllmen.
Henrietta Murqiiardt, city
treasurer. 4
Itutph M. Parmer, police
Judgn and city recorder.
James Frguon, city mar-
shal.
In n spirited context which culled
forth practically every voter In t'hll
oiiuln, A. ('. (ilengor yesterday poll
ed 1S5 voles, defeating W. V. Hal
four In tho mayoralty contest by a
count of JS. Unlfouor's total bclug
Juul SC.
Halph M. Farmer, candidate for
police Judge, had no opponent and
got 216 votes.
A total of 277 cltl.ens weut to the
polls.
Tho now officers will he Inntallod
tho first Monday In May.
0
I.AKEPOHT. Calif. April 21. (T)
A fire which did damage estimat
ed at $80,000 swept through the
downtown section of this town last
night. Klve buildings iworo destroy
ed and two otheni slightly dnmnged.
Ono of tho burned buildings, tho uld
I.ukovlow hotel, wus unoccupied.
Klvo roomers escaped from the
Monroe npnrtnienl hottno, which was
leveled by tho flames, by sliding
down ropes madn of shoots.
Tho blaitn orlitlnatnd In tho rear
of u riuluuriint,
San Antonio cxpevlonced tho worst
slorm of tho your in tliu attcrnoon
when 4.C4 Inchos of rain fell over
tho city , In throo hours swelling
small fltronnia to rushing rivers.
jMoro than a hundred persons mur
oonod In tho lowly lying districts
of tho city had to bo token from
tholr homos. Traffic was held up
sovoral hours by Iho flooded stroamn.
Tho Hlo Clnuida swelling ton font
In RO minutes swept nwii.y two In
tnrnntlonnl hrldgos.
A tiolght train hntwoon Rcscoo
and Saydor crnshud through a flood
woakoncd hrldgo curly In tho day,
tying up trnffio on tho road. Hush
Williams, engineer, was Injurod but
not BfirjoiiDlv, . - .
ipnn
OU
IT
Me)ocmenfSlSClJEIReS
tnnaamemaiist
NKW VOHK, April 21. fP)
Professor Jumes II. llreusted, t:.
turned from tho sceno of iscuvatlons
In tho Nllu valley, suys Egypt has
yielded nothing among its thou
sands of undent luxi-rlptlon to bi'ir
out fimdhuicntulIM Inlerpretutlons of
llllili. stories, lln is directing IK'
work of threo expeditions and Is
organizing a fourth to penetrato f r
Into the Nilo valley. Ono of tho
expeditions Is studying the coffin
Inscriptions In Hi" Cairo museum,
another tlio Inscriptions In the tem
ples at I. uxor and a third has bc,i
excavating the ancient mounds at
Armageddon.
"Itemeinlier, I am not fighting the
fuiidumftitiillsls when I say this,"
explained Professor Hrenstod, con
cerning tho biblical stories. "Yet 1
ray emphatically thcro Js nothing in
the Inscriptions to bear oui their
Interpretations of the bible. The
fundamentalists will never bo sup
ported by tho documents on wh!ci
we aro working."
Ono of tho first finds mado ut
Armageddou, Professor Breasted
said, was a stone block on which
was recorded tho victory of King
Hhlshak of Kgypt over tho Jews In
Iho reign of King Itehobonm.
T TO
LEE
Withdrawal of W. F. B.
Chase Thought to be aid
to Latest Candidate
N. D. Cilnsliach will bo a candidate
for tho democratic nomination for
county assessor, and will match his
steel with that of tho present In
cumbent. "Hill" I.eo. (ilnsbach has
been o reridcut of the county for
about seventeen years, Is owner of
considerable illy nnd county prop-)
erly, and has a lnrge acquaintance
throughout tho county. Tho advan- j
tsgo t lint I.ec holds over him by rea
son of having been in office nnd in
contact with' the public for yenrs,
Is a rcnl handicap, but (UnsbaCh will
have back of him a following that
will make n determined fight for
his nomination nnd he expresses con
fidence Hint ho will win tho nomin
ation. Ono factor that will help (iinsbach
materially wns tho (Incision of W.
P. It. Chano not to bo a candidate
for tho office. C'haso has a' Btrong
following throughout tho county that
was anxious to boo him run for ns
sessor or county judge. After giving
their Bollcilutlons careful considera
tion, ho decided not to be n candi
date for cither office. In announcing
his decision, Mr. Chaso today said:
"It Is needless for mo to say that
I appreciate the Interest my friends
havo manifested In my behalf, but
I prefer to serve them as a private
citlron. t gnvn careful consideration
to their suggestion that I sock tho
nomination for rounty Judge or as
Eiissor. hut I bollevo I enn bo of
greater servlro to my county outside
of public office than I cnu in It. My
one (U"ilio Is to suo Klamath county
forgo uhend, nud to that end I nm
going to dedleato my efforts."
Tho Cluddaid onlranco Into tho
rnco tor comity Judgo was a fruitful
sntirrn of conversation among tlio
politicians throughout tho day.
Il seamed to ho the geiiorul opin
ion Hint tloddnrd's candidacy prac
tically cllmlnntod Frod 1). linker nnd
thttt (lie hnltlo would bo between the,
mayor nnd llunnell. Thnl tho cam
paign would bo nil Interesting ono
wns conceded on nil sides us both
men aro ndmlttedly strong.
I'HOTKNT 8AI.K
IiA GIlANmS. Or.;., April 21.
(TP) Attorneys for tho ltuy Wood
bury company of Portland, nnd 13d
Wot ml of Spokane, todny filed n, de
murrer In circuit court against n
recent Injunction restraining the
sala by the sheriff of tho Central
Itiillwny company In Oregon, n lino
In Union county connoctlng with
tho O. W. R. R. nnd N. tracks, nl
logins that tho court has no Juris
!,!,'.,JQ., J. !).!'V.Hi" ? -W.lVT'.
GINSMGH TO RUN
0P01EN
NCUIENT
AHTH CONDITION
With one Man Tak;n from
Cavein, Effort to Recover
Other i Balked
SHOVELERS MENACED
Men, Working Feverishly,
Themselves in Danger
of Another Slide
QUINT V. Calif.. AprO 21. (ft
Untried by a stubborn inngled debris
after ono of the six workmen hur
led In a cavo-ln In the firlizly creek
tunnel of U:o Feather Hlvor 1'owcr
company, SO miles from here, had
been suntclied from death, ' rescue
crews early today had dug to with
in u few feet of the place tho other
victims were believed to ni trapped.
The men were caught In a slide In
the tunnel Into Saturday night.
Thomas McDermoU, who was pull
ixl out from beneath sheltering tim-
bors at 8:20 o'clock last night, wasi
found to bo uninjured except for ex-
hiutstlon. Ho was taken to a bunk-j
house nearby which htd been fitted
up as an emergency' hospital, and
ufter he had rested a bit, ho said
he be) I.-veil his coaifianions would
bo found ulivc near the spot where
he wits found.
Tlio slushy earth that extends
; from the facing of the rescue tun
' nel Is wiping out tho work of tho
I rescue crews almost as fast as they
progress.
Drlvlna northwest, straight
through tho original bore'of the tun
nel, the rescuurn aro tirjbering and;
nliorlng ns tlniy go aleng, but the
work is distronslngly slow. The
workers Ihemnelyos, aro In a long
chamber, eight by eight feet, pick
ing thulr way along by painful Inches
nnd hoping that the hastily con
structed tunneling behind them will
not collapse from tho weight of the
loosened rock and granite, or bo un
dermined by tho sbcadily trickling
waters Hint drip niton them.
The scone Is set. Incongruously, In
a background of matchless beauty.
To the north, Yjrlxzly crock runB
through a char.uij cut through gran
ite, and all about Is a rugged wilder
ness of plno and fir. A snow cover
ed trail lends to tho nearest settle
ment, threo miles nway. nuck's
ranch, headquarters tor the con
struction executives. Is eight miles
away, over a rock nnd granite moun
tain. It can bo reached only by horse
or snowshoes over trails that have
been marked through" tho snows.
Begin Storing
Water In New
Idaho Project
Entire Town Must be
Moved to Make Room
. For Flood
AM KMC AX FALLS, Idaho, April
21. (Al Storage of water in the
American Falls reservoir, Idaho's
largest Irrigation project, started at
!) o'clock this morning, when the
gales In Jho incompleted dam were
closed. Enough water to moot the
legal requirements of the Minidoka
nnd Twin Fulls projects was allowed
to flow through tho specially con
structed guU-a. It was estimated that
the storngo today would nmouut to
23,000 nero feet.
Construction of tho dam will pro
( Continued On Vuo Six)
Want Ad Replies .
N Flood Local Firm
In yesterday's edition of tho
Kvonlng Herald uppoured u
want ud, Inserted by tho firm
Head & Reed, real estate firm
in tho Grizzle building, offer
ing fur salo n $4,000 homo.
At 1:30 thfs nftornoon 42
people hud culled in response
to tho ndverllsement and de
spite tho fact thnl terms woro
offered, Indications wero that
tho house avould bo sold for
cash lit 3:30, according to J.
R. Kcyes, salesman for " tho
firm.
Herald MU hn.vo a kick,
'
Pinchot Says
Dry Laws Can
Be Enforced
WASHINGTON, April 21. (Al
The prohibition law . can be en
forced la any place where tbe state
or the national government firmly
determines to enforce It, Governor
Pinchot of Pennsylvania, said today
In a letter sent to the senate com
mittee which Is conducting hear
ings on modification bills.
"The wets who hsvo appeared be
fore your committee," the governor
wrote, "have produced nothing that
was nst known before. The politics,
the corruption, the Inefficiency, the
grantpig ef permits to concerns ut
terly unfit to hold them, the huge
diversions of denatured alcohol to
the bootleg trade.
"During 1923, more denatured al
cohol was manufactured In the
Philadelphia district than anywhare
else In tho I'nlted States except In
Maryland and Louslsna, and more
whiskey stored In the Pittsburgh
district than anywhere elio except In
Kentucky.
"Where In the fall ofi 1923 the
Investigator counted In tbe streets
cf Philadelphia In one evening from
150 to 250 Intoxicated persons and
j from 3 0' n Saturdays, a
! recent trip during the same hours
over tho same streets showed only
three pc.-sons nnder thu' Influence of
liquor."
STREET CLOSING
pN TO BE
Ifly BALLOT
Circulators of Referendum
Petition Obtain Over
300 Signatures
That Klamath Falls voters will
vote next May 21, on the proposi
tion of closing Walnut street from
Third to Fourth and adjacent al
leys, became a certainty tils afler
noou with tho announcement that
over 300 signatures on the street
closure referendum petition had
been secured.
"Have we enough signatures?
Well I Bhould say so." Doc Powell,
councilman, who has opposed the
street closure Blnco Its Inception,
said today. "We have almost twice
as many as we need, and you can
put it down for sure that the refer
endum measure will be on the bal
lot, May 21."
Opposing forces to tho street
closure seek to have, tho ordinance
passed by a tear fifths majority of
tho council, vacating one block and
several alleys, annualled by vote of
(Continued ou Pago Six)
Miller's Auto
Is Recovered;
Thief In Jail
Car Taken Six Weeks
Ago Found in Port
land Yesterday
A high-powered roadster, stolen In
Klamath Falls from W. D. Miller,
prosldont of tho Millor Construction
company, wus recovered into yester
day in Portland and tho thief placed
in n Portland Juil under u govern
ment charge, according to word re
ceived hero this morning by Chief
of Police Hurry M. Loucks.
Miller's car was stolen from In
trout of his office. South Sixth
street and Commercial street, six
weeks ago. Loss of tho machine
was reported to local police. Notice
of tho stolen car wus Immediately
flushed to law enforcement ngcncles
in Orgeon, Washington and Call
torn la.
Thu thief, whose tiumo polico were
unable to learn, wus arrested on an
other chargu. Examination ot tho
motor number on tho cur disclosed
that it was tho saino ns that on the
car stolon from Miller.
Police are still searching for tho
small rondstcr stolen Saturday night
from Oliver W. Howard, My. Tho
small car was taken from whoro It
wns parked In front of tho Ray ho-
IE
till
Officer Fires j
To Halt Boys
In Stolen Car
Calif. Youths Caught
With Powerful, Fast
Roadster
MEDFORD, Ore., April 21. UP)
Everett Rhodes of Los Angeles,
15, is in a local hospital with a bul
let through tho left leg, while his
traveling partners. George Thornton,
17, of the same city. Pearl Roberts,
IS, and Joseph Beach. 1(, both of
Long Ileach, are in jail, following
their arrest by State Traffic Officer
C. P. Talent, south of Ashland, for
an alleged automobile theft in south
ern California.
Two of tbe boys, Roberts and
Beacb, claim the responsibility,
claiming the other two to be pas
sengers they had picked np at San
Francisco enroute north.
A federal charge will probably bo
placed. Roberts claims he has a
father living In Eugene, and a
mother and slBter in Long Beach.
The car they wero driving waa
powerful roadster and by its speed
officers say, a California officer,
from Yreka, was left behind when
he attempted an arrest shortly before
their arrival here. Rhodes was
wounded by Policeman Ingland of
Ashland, who assisted In the cap
ture of the boys.
Dempsey Signs
And Rickard Is
In For Trouble
$5,000,000 Stake
in
New York Endanger-
' ed by Move
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 21.
(IP) Jack Dempsey put his name of
the 'dotted line today.
The heavyweight champion ot the
world signed articles of agreement
here shortly before noon with T'x
Rickard to fight ' a championship
bout around September 16, at a
place and' against an opponent to
be selected by Rickard.
Waving aside reports from New
York that the New York state ath
letic commission might revoke his
license and put in jeopardy bis $5,
000,000 Investment in Madiscn
Square Garden it be should pick
Gene Tunney as Dempsey's oppon
ent or New Jersey as the scene of
the fight. Rtckard reiterated thit
his choice would be made between'
the two sites and that Tunney wculd
be considered. i
Rickard called attention, how
ever, to tho fact that contract sign
ed here today by Dempsey and him
self does not violate the rqqulro
ments ot tho boxing commission.
NEW YORK. April 21. (P) Tbe
New York state athletic commission
will summon Tex Rickard upon his
return to this city from Fort Worth,
Texas, to explain his action in sign
ing Jack Dempsey for a world's
heavyweight championship tight In
September, Chairman James A. Far
ley said today.
UAH. VETKUAN" DEAD
PORTLAND. April 21. - (IP)
William McMurrny, who nsked to
bo retired May 1 from the position of
general passenger agent of tho Un
ion Pacific aystom nt Portland, died
horo late yesterday.
Italians Celebrate
Anniversary
ROME, April 21. (P) IMmoiis
today abandoned their usual act
ivities and assembled In tho gally
beflaggcd stroets and squares to
colebrate tho city's 2680th anniver
sary with coromcnlos symbolizing
Mussolini's determination that
Romo ancient glory shall bo re
stored. . Unllko most ot tho celebrations
slnco tho advout of Fascism, today's
occurrences wero dominatod by tho
participation ot tho working men In
stead ot tho military, In accordance
with tho dodlcntlon ot tho ovont and
tho slogan, "The spiritual founda
tion ot tho now empiro has boon
creatod; now thi work of realisation
must begin,," ')"
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mm m n j n m
WAR nFRT
PLAN 01
Vote of 45 to 33 Ends
Long Debate, of , ;
Law Makers
WASHINCTON; April 21 ()..
Tbe war doht settlement with Italy
was approved today by the senate
An effort to send the Italian debt
settlement back to tbe committee tor
further Investigation failed. The roto
was 45 to 33 with oppononts of rat
ification lining up behind the mo
tion to recommit. ; ; ,' ! "'
Wltb a vote set for 4 o'clock this
afternoon, the senate today engated
in Its last hoars of debate on the
Italian debt finding agreement. Sen
ator Reed, democrat, Missouri, Ud
started the discussion with a fiery
denunciation of Premier Mussolini,
declaring the settlement would be a
gift ot a billion and a bait dollars
to tbe premier, "who Is drunk with
power.'' . - i,: . ': 1
"The vision that delights his eye."
the Missouri', senator said ot Musso
lini, "la an ocean of blood, through
which he can walk In triumph ",
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho,
moved to recommit tbe settlement to
the finance committee with Instruc
t'.ons to . lnvestlgae Italy's capacity
to j..-.y and this motion must be voted
on before a vote can be takes -en
ratirying tne agreement ltscir.
.The settlement waa defended by
Senator Gerry ' democrat, Rhode
l!and.' ' ' " . .
Wool Price
Stronger As
Bids Continue
Three ' Cent : . Advance
Noted as Growers
Hold Firm
PORTLAND, April . 21. , (ff) Al
though wool trading generally " Is
quiet In the noif.'iteit,-the market
Is showing a firm undertone and
local buyers have ' advanced their
bids approximately thiee cents ' ;.,
pound over former quotations. ,
, Shearing operations are .becom
ing general east of the Cascades. A
few tanch clips have sold around the
Condon district at the thirty cent
level while 100,000 pounds In .-the
Lakevlew section sold to a Boston
firm at 30 He , r;- :;
Local hide and wool b.cuses.i.'e.ra
now offering 35c for valley, fins, and
mediums, and 33 cents on ioartq
wools, while bids on eastern Oregon,
ranch clips range from 26 to 40c..
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FRBAIC DRATH
FAIRMONT, W. Va.; . April' '
21. (JP) Last January. Join'
It. (Jock) McNeil, 60, a ialne
foreman, led 21 minors' Ij f;.l
oty following a tiro In the Jiiml-1
son Coal and Coko company
mine near hero In - which. 19
otoer men lost tholr live. 1 Ty- '
day McNoll Is dead, havbg Hue'- "'
cumbod to Injuries received 'ih a-;
tall from threo stops of a flight !
stairs. . -.'.-." ' j "i -
2680th;--;;;-;;;;
Of City Of Rome
Scores of thousands t . national
and black flags floated In a gcnOo
breeze, and Innumorablo multi-color-ed
proclamations covered the wa,U
ot buildings throughout, the- ltr.
Early In tho day the iftreots' jrero
filled with marching inon. -V "
The Romo of yestordajr and, to
day woro Joined symbolically -when
two now tramway linos, dsstlnda" (o
extend tho limits of tho tlly, i";'
Inaugurated simultaneously 'with tlio
official beginning of tho Work it
restoring tho ancient; Marcellus the
atre. The ancient building Is aov
surrounded by , squalid., aweiunp,
fl-blcb are to. )o roijioTjJ, ; : '