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City Edition
The Old Home Paper
OREGON: Generally fair to
night and Saturday with fog near
the roast. High temperature and
low bu inlilli y la Ilia Interior.
Gentle variable wlnda. Moder-
la wart and northwest wlnda oc
the coast.
Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service
' Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade
Tiice Five Cents
KLAMATH FALUS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1927.
Number 6090.
AIMEE TO
'ABDICATE
VERY
DON
Los Angeles Times
Says Leader Will
Give Up Work
I IIAMKH IIM.
MM ANtJKI.KM. Jul) StO.
A I') -Morning nnd early
afternoon mHra llnio
forth Ihe aimnunrriiirul lo- "
ilny lijr Alinrf Hrinplc Mr-
I'lii-ramn, rtangHial, that hr
liilrnilnl In resign her hud.
oralilp of Angrlna Temple
anil move In other field. A
fw hour biler ahe rrrnlle!
lliat statement anil aald
lhm wnulil he nn "limnedl.
nlo change." .
LOS AN'iiLF" July 29,
( AP ) 'the Time says
Aimr-e Sample McPherton
will abdicate her throne at
Angclu Temple.
The evangeliat announc
ed laat night that the would '
submit her resignation to
the church committee now
engaged in reorganiiing the
business affair of the tern-'
pie, to become effective a '
oon a Mr. McPherson's j
poaitian a paitor can be
filled and lh prinnl
squabble between the pastor :
and her mother, Mrs. Min
nie Kennedy, can be ironed
nut.
Tha announcement of 'bar Im
pending re-tlgnailon cam the,
unexpected climax nf lha laat !
fifteen month during whlrh the'
fouudor of the Four Square (lua-1
pi baa rarely been out of the
ncwa polllrhl. Her reiiorlod ;
ilrownlna. her return with a
alnrr of kldnoplns 'and earape '
In Mexico, rbargee that s Car-1
ni l lore tryat wlih her former I
ruflln man n tbo rxplsnallun
nf her abnenre. then her con-1
piracy Indlrtment and prellmln-1
nrr heurlns. followed ny
nurceaalon nf row a within thn
temple. Tha laat one, a break
with her, niolhrr over flnunrea,
coined the cvaneellat to daab
home from an Alton, Ilia., revival
rumpulec. Since then the two
hare encaged in the battle of
(Continued on pake four)
Noted Britisher
Freed From Jail
l.ON'DON. July I(P)l
.Moral lo llottomlry. widely known
war lime flguro In (Irent Ilrl
lulil. . former member of parlia
ment. lr Hirer and flnnncter, waa
releuaed from Mnldaton.i prison
this -morning where he had been
si rvlng a seven year term for
fraudulently converting to his
own use fi,00l' pounds sterling
Nttbscrlbcd to a victory Innn bond
club whlrh ha founded while a
member of the house of com
mons. Good behavior resulted In Dot
lomley's release? stlcr serving
sUghtly moro thnn five years of
bis sentence.
i I
Forest Fires are
All Under Control
Nlno. forest fires which started
during ihe elect rlinl storm In
Kliimnth , cntinly Monday were
nil under rcntuil l"tlny, accord
ing to -olflclnls of tha Klumnth
I'lblniilvo ssBoclullon. Thojar
et of the flrea wna west of
Klumnth KnllH and hiirnod over
JO ticrna of tlnilier before It waa
pluftctt iintlnr control. Klro war
dens are now watching all the
hisses.
' to iikcomk ni.oxr:.
mow voitK, July an. t-
I). t'onaloiire TiilmiidaTO la
n btiitielte hut not for long.
Her treaara lire an illalnxlefttl
thill alio hid litem under tt
hlic lint while her picture
wna being token, remiirklngi
"I wont Inkn off my Imt till
I'm a blonilo niinln." '
)
Churches Will
Seek to Save
Willos, Kelley
Salem Pastor " Take Up
Movement to Save Con
vict from Callow
HA I. KM, July ail. ( )
The effort lo saw Kllawortli
KMIf)' anil Janir Willi from
iS gallona Iim mended Iw
I hi- rhurrhea tit Hnlrm. The
pa.tor of several uf I ho lur
arr rluirclwe bivi been naked
lit lnk the eiihjrrl ' up nrsi
HiiiiiIhv, and enuir. It I nn
drraliMal, have mnilr1 In iln
an. Irihcra .any they prefer
In Irl (lie law lake IK rnurao.
A mora determined effort U
being mad lo aava lha Uvea of
lha two mn. It ! believed, than
waa ever matin before In Ora
nn In bcbnlf cf a condemned
man. The fai l that the tk-Aiitre-!
mom brothers. I lie Siskiyou Inn
nel slayers, were given Ufa Im
prlanniiient and also Ilia l.ocb
Leopc.ld case ar being cited.
Kclley and Wlilos wero In
Ilia prison break of Auiutl 12.
I'Jii. Ilial resulted in lha killing
of two guards.
Madame Helen
Sure Knows How
To Make Profit
IIOI.I.VWIMII), I'nl., Jul)'
SO. (t'l,)-.1 aenre nf
Horlil faiiaiua arreen alnra,
eiiknimn lo ilieinwltea,
liave hern itrklnc nn hour
rwrh iU for a rlerer Hull).
WimmI woman.
lwlnnie llrlene, wlm i
(ralea a Ira room mrri
Ihn Imulernnl from llie
I'araninuul aluilln, frnla
lliean arreen lar rvrry
day ami lliry patronlae lire
lMeauae alio haa wUel)'
IrarniM their fnvnrlle illali-
p,, ; ' ' - -
Hut hrr pmfll come mil
from thn alnra, but frtnu
Ihn hnnlra of tourlnla who
nm engcr lo dine under her
roof abnply In we I'oln
Negri. lr Itow, Wallace
Itrery. Adolphn .Mrnjnu anil
other film relrbrlllea.
Mndanie llrtene la mak
lug wime hamlMime pniflta,
the alnra rating regularly
nml the louriala are get
ling their rurloally antla
fliil. Triplets are
Happy; Now
71 Years Old
KN0XVIL1.E. Tenn., July !9.
Abraham. Isaac snd Jacob
w.ner. triplet.. b.ve '-"rt-j
Each has a family; each Is u
farmer; all sre happy. They
claim lo he the world's oldest
triplet mu pu ii mw u""""
havo appeared lo dispute the
title.
The three delight In spinning
ysrns about tholr early days.
when they looked alike and there
wasn't two pounds difference in
their weight-!. "That made, the
srrsps Interesting." they said.
lioynoon names, scoo, u..ja.
and even tholr love affairs were
complicated by their resem-i
hlnnce. The neighborhood belles
never could be sure whether they
were entertaining Abraham,
Isaac or Jacob. ,
Copco's New Sign
Is Now Installed
A smaller sign lias been pluced j
lunilnnlori Main street Inst eve-j
nlng, with thn formal lighting ot I ORKGON CITY. July 2!. ((?)
tho California Oregon Power With ' apathy that marked
Company sign was made. ,hlm dun.ig his trial. Alvln 0.
-Measuring 24 feet In bclghth, McCurdy. f.S. received his sen
ilis sign tlashcs 3S2 colored tenco cf life Imprlsomont and
lights and is one of tho most at- left for Salem last night. He
tractive signs In southern Ore-merely shook his head In "II-
;gon.
I smaller sign has been placed
on tho new Cnpco Rlectrlc store
at Chlloquln.
pitmiK onnioitKD
WASHINGTON. July !0.
-An Invesllgntloti In the finan
!ilnl relationship between the Dti- ing' a comblno yesterday caused
, print, General Motors and U. S.' fire which destroyed 100 seres
V Steel corporation, was ordered bylof wheat on tho Oiidorlmi farm
I ho federal tiado commission lo- n-nr Pilot Rock. Tho loss was
!uny,
MANY DEAD
IN TRAFFIC
ACCIDENT
At Least 27 Women
Drown in Wreck
Of Lake Boat
CHICACO, July 29, (A.
I P.) A Hidden off-shore
squall that passed in a few
second to leave the lake a
smooth as a mill pond, cap-
rized i small
pleasure
steamer late yesterday car
rying 27 of. the passengers,
mostly women and children,
to their deaths.
,Xr.V.7."":!Longworth Denies There Was
date of Chicago's greatest
fwi.'.er disaster, the sinking
of the steamer Eastland,
; with a loss of 812 lives.
. I he two resulted from the
same
cause the rush
raasenrers to. the oortside
- - -
of the ship.
Plftoen of yeaterday's victims
were rhlldren--ulne bnya and alx
girls-ten were women and one
waa a man. Home aeventy-flro
women and cblldren aud bill a
doaen men were thrown Into the '
water when tlui vessel-the Fa-,1
rorltp4npied over, but flfiyor!'"" 'altera fatal leap Into San
more were saved, soma, In' a "unoaj-, ato,(irii ine aaa news, mere .is
tluilllng rearuo byWIlllnra Hof.',OBe'' ,n following statement ' not one bit of credence to re
nauer, millionaire 'yachtsman. I br ,n speaker niion hla arrival ports that trouble between us
w ho chanced to be cruising by here trom Los Angeles: might have influenced his ac-
In hla large yacht, the IKirla.
when the storm broke.
. Imt Ibnliea Konnd.
While divers aenrrhed the lake!
iMittom near the arena for moro
victims, derricks lifted tha craft j
late last night as flood lights
were played on the tragic picture. J
The laat five bodlea were found
aa the ship earn lo the surface.
1 seven hours after the Favorite
' floundered.
I It was a gay crowd of excur
sionists that left Lincoln Park
; aboard the vessel In the late
afternoon for the iwo-mllo run
to the Municipal pier.
Hunt TIM Over.
A two-piece nrgVo nrrhoatra
banjo and mandolin at rum rued
"I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf
Clover." children scampered
along the two deck and their;
elders hung over shoreward rails. '
(Continued On Pago Right)
Senator McNary to
sr. .. epi c
VlSlt ItllS Section
-
McNary.
la plan-
Senntor Charles I..
I Oregon's senior senstor,
i nlng g
visit lo Klamath Falls
a.
the last of August, according to
word received here by Linn W.
Nesmith. v
A number of affairs are being
arranged in honor of the Sena
tor, under the direct Ion ot Clar
ence II. I'nderwood, president of
the chamber of commerce. It Is
hoped that Senator McNary will
be sble to sreept an Invitation to
,h ,.. . ... .nim
' npr 0( commercs on September 7.
This will mark the Senator's
first visit hern since 1924. W.
W. McNealy, Perry O. De Lap.
John Glover. Roy Durhlti' and
Andrew Collier will assist In ar
ranging for the entertainment of
thn distinguished visitor.
Slayer Sentenced
To Pen for Life
once wnen Jiittgo i ampoeii usr-
cd him If he had any reason why
'senleneo should not be Imposed
for the murder of his wife.
Hit! WIIKAT I I UK
PENDLKTON, July . 20, W
Simrks from n tractor haul
jcovorcd by Insurapce. - f
4
Close Friend of
Oregon Man Tries
to Commit . Suicide
Francisco Latour, Guatamala Minister to U.
S. Near Death; Close Friend of Maurice i
Crumpacker; Had Stormy Life ;
AMIIIVt.TOV. Jnlr -. I A.l'.l I rillliUro Hanrlirz Ijilour. '
.11, Hie liuntMnialln mluiMer wIiim- life In 'alilngtnn baa hern
tiiarkril by other nerlida of trnuhle, waa found nncouacioua In
bla atody IixImj with a bullet hole through lil body almve the
heart and lila own obl-faaliloneil pietol uearby.
While be lay In r.'mergeaey bimplinl aerlouly wounili-d. Ida
relalUea feprrrntcl augtfraltiina that the allot waa an allenirt
- at aub tile.
Mil hln rail waa III American-burn wife, who aelll oul
word I hnl Hnr Ijilnur had no flnnnrlal, tHililral or domexlr
Worrlra wbbb might proniM eulrble. She bail preTtoualy aabl.
however the recent auliide of lteH-ernlMilve Oumpacker tit
llregon bad greatly worried her hu-ltand. . The two men are
eatil to have, been cIohp frlenila. , - ' . .
MlnlMcr Hanehex Ijtlour'a trouhlea here have rrvolved about
auha In whlrh Jamea Annatmng of Waahingtnu, former huaband
of Henora Ijtiiiur, haa figured. Amatmng Inal year ucd an at
torney to gnln poarmin of letiera be eaid bad beew written
- lo Henora l-atour by lier prevent huahanU liefore alu waa dlv
nrrrd from Aruiatronc. Ara.imng IumI prrvioualy been warned
In a libel aull by Hnarhea latour but lb la waa dlambMtrd be.
anet tlie llplomal foik-l to atify. ' '
A 1 rnii a i -
Any right With Crumpacker;
SA.V FllANt rnt o Juiv iA
Nlrholaa Konaworth. apeakor
OI ,n nuae oi repreeentutlvea.
today emnhatleallv rfn that .
ei.rr.H m.u kin.
- - " .. i
igreaaman M. E. Crumpacker that
might have canned the derange-1
n"'n, nl ""'Hient suicide of i
Oregonlan.' j
nvi.ine. wmrn r a r n e o
-onsrorina Mr. niniing tnai a
Political break between him and
rumparger ws responsiui, ror
"i""" pr'"i me
EIS,
REAL BOOSTER
Tell Rotarians Local Peo
ple Don't Appreciate
WhU They Have
"You hava everything worth
while here, but you don't know
ltif you know It you have not'
the courage to go to the front
and say ao." aald Itob ''oyne to-
dav as he addreaaed the Rotar-
n, of Klamath Kalis at their
luncheon.
i "Don't misunderstand me." he!
i continued, "I think a lot of the
people of Oils Pasln. but I also
' positively know that few. If any
of you. appreciate the selling
r..i.ir., ... ,.,, . . l ...
ui IHM..B.
sold two ranches here and made
money on '.hem. I know the
..,, inlVln. nnlm. f.r 1 1,1. vl.
lev a..,l kn.xr .ho. e.-r n.n.h
can be sold. I would have had
thc large ranches nearly all under!
BOB
111!
new ownership. If the frost club'"
hsd not gotten so busy
snd
knorke my deals. The
very land;
Is raising
they were knocking
heud lettuce this season. Head
lettuce land Is worth 11500 an
aero In California, here In Klsm-
nth
llnsln it seems to be worth
about $3.00. You uittst awaken
to these things; you must know
your Klumnth and be for it. just
as those people In California are
for thetr Blate and country.
Trndo School Started..
Mr. Coyne told of the earlier
days when he waa head of the
Coyne trido school In the Vnlted
States. Ho discovered the private
vocational school and nt one time
run five In the larger rltles. He
mado a lot ot money and sold
out when bis nerves went hay
wire nud' came to the .coast to
live and enjoy himself. H s first
business venture out here wss
In Hollywood where he sold real -
delicts to movlo stars. Toduy at
ltinrhooii hn reviewed some of 'Klttlung river In Kuklen province. J sicians to play a Saturday night i otrien and his companion car
tho doals lis made, and fold some! The mountain floods were part Ic- engagement at that resort. Black-jrled out tho register, both escap
of tho close-up observations of itlarly destructive In the region j burn's . orchestra will therefore! ing Injury when the roof felt,
tho movie artists., lot Chnngchowfn. west-of Amoy, Journey out of town to Chlloquln. O'Brien later returned to Rosarlta
i'I want to Jolu the Klumnth
crowd and be one of them," tho
speaker continued, "for I don't
wsnt to leave this place without
' making some easy money on the
lands and town property. It Is
hero and so apparent that It Is
sticking out. Yes. we should .nil
lake a new outh and that Oath
I vvonunueu un i age r ivo;
r. h... r.u.j. ii. ...
the beat of health when I l.ai I
saw him.
Absolutely no nuplea
uniriM nmmmA k.f.un ... i :
t.. v .j t
. uaM www ti in num. aim aam
I laat ttw him here. When he1
left me the last time, he patted!
me on the back and aald: "I'll
see yon a little later." The'
urn i nearo ne waa in me noa-
pltal. Attendanta informed me ;
lhat he would be well taken rare I
of and that there waa no cause I
for worry. The following day I i
non
GIFT TO STATE
Office Building In Port- i
l i r . n i
una vjtven io reopie
o r- ' i I
oy r lonccr utwjrcr
PORTLAND, July !
lP-
i The old
t ii lira v htillHlno n-A. 1
rty A oorlh.t corner
a , .... . Sj S v l
of Second snd Morrison streets, j
valued In excess of $150,400,
.111 .....II I . V . L
.... ...io lur
' uancts oi tne atate ot uregon
the gift of the late Frank M
Mulkey, old time Portland
st-
torney, who died July 14.
Vnder Mulkey's will, sdmitted
i iu nroaoie loouy, ine state w in
... . . ,
h P"V"T subject w
h8',fe Jn,"e8' ' Che8,er
"oipn, i iiruttun aiiomey. ana
Marshall R. Armstrong, cousins
j" 1Wn'key-
In his will dated June
Mulkey expressed the hope
that the state may "at a con-
"''" nd opportune, lime not,
too 'ar In the future construct '
aim inaiuiai.1 a un..ie omce,
building for the housing of state.
MULKEY GIVES
offll- activities, snd thatttne n(lval ledu(.tlon conference
" D nenicnteu oy appropriate
lasting memory cf my brother.
Ex-Senator Frederick W. Mul
key. now deceased. In apprecln-'
tion of his unselfish snd itntlr- '
ing labor and devotion to athe j
city, county and state he- loved
ap well."
Mam Drowned In !
IVJOliy IVruWIlCU 111 i
Chinese Floods '
SHANGHAI. July 29. ((AP)!
The Chineae newspaper. Shlh Pao,
reports that 10.000 persons have
been drowned end IUO.000 rend-
ered homeless by flooding of the
Mho damage being estimated at
more than J2.000.000.
A Shanghai dispatch July 14,
reported a flood disaster In
Anhwel province, which Is far
northward from Fuklen prolnre. t
More than l.Otil) deaths were re -
ported In the Anhwel flood which
waa caused by tho overflowing of;
the Yangtse river.
PARACHUTE
CLASS 15
Veteran Naval Prof.
Tells About Work
Of Risking Lives
LAKEHURST, N. J. (A.
1 P.) Alva F. Starr has help-
GRADUATED
ea a nunarco, men to aie,h. aneeii min i.n r...nui.
nd yet Jive." Starr is
J "professor of higher educa-
: tion" at the navy's only par
achute school.
Hi latest class of eight
have just proven themselves
Icamnet..! of n,,l!. r,.-..
chutes and jumping with
them. And the "professor,1
who, in navy parlance, is !
chief b o a t s w a, i n's mate,
leeiaproua tnat none ot ni
boy. h.. "f.iien down-1
feel proud that none of his:
his studies.
Like the firat hifndred years.
!he P'1"1'8 JuniP
'hardeat. loatrurtor and pupils
i agree. It felt "like legal execu
tion." said William Cohen, avis-
itlon
m irhlnlst't . mate, second
class, and one of Starr's gradu
ating class. "Rut when I be
gan floating." he added, "oh.
boy. what s grand sad glorious
feeling."
Ills First I-eap.
Starr, veteran of io or more
lumps from every type of air-
(Contlnued On Page 6)
; Portland Major
Wins Promotion
WASHINGTON. July 29. ()) I
Selection of Major Ludaon D.
Woraham. scl'ng district engineer
at Portland, to be ascsistant to .
Major Donald II. Connolly, dls-1
trict engineer at iZchis. Tenn.,'
In the study of flood prevention j
'work In the Mississippi valley was
: announced todav in war denarl-
nient orders. Major George
Major, of the atxth engineers, haa
n. . .......
Iwls, Wash., to take over the
I district engineer's office st Port
land. I.
i- .9 fA ar
LAsaSI . J ntW A-a aalasJ
i
1 B BM A . B B.mmm
PORTLAND. Ore.. July 19. (A.
p nisaonearance Mondav of
14-year-old g'.rl who left home
clad only In a bathing suit and
light cost iisd a sequel today In
the arrest ot five men. ranging
In age from 19 to ST. In a borne
on Columbia boulevard,, charged
I w in coniriuuiing io me a
of , mlnor r,. Sne
! held as . material witness.
with contributing to the delln-
was
i Japan Will Try
To Settle Scrap
KOXDaVi Ju 29 (lP1)ja.
wl, nnd.rlak. tne rolo of
.H1M., h,a.,
the Vnlted I
States and Great Britain to save I
from i breakdown, says a Renter
dispatch from Geneva this morp
ing. .
, .
t amOU UrCneStra
era m e. a
I lo slay datUrday
Aa Ala , t- 'known lightweight pugilist had
J At Altamont Llance.been killed In the flra that awept
t two blocks of the border town
I Klamath Falls is to hsve an
Klama,h r" ' ,0 h,ve n
0pporlunity after al to dnnce to
ray SES
music pur
atrd his
Greenwich Coliseum . Orchestra.
Such la the announcement of
Hal Blackburn, manager of Alta-
mont Pavilion
who late yester
day made arrangements to hold
over the celebrated eastern mu-.Tia
i instead.
Elliott and his troupe are en-
route to Oakland following
cesses wtuen nave incinnen en
Basements st the leading New
Y'ork and Atluntlc City ball-
rooms. Following their appear
i unco In the south at Sweet's Ball-1
room they will return east via
tha Pntagea Vaudeville Circuit,
Special Train
Bearing Dawes
Badly Wrecked
One Man Killed and Two
Other Injured When
Cara Leap Treatle
M KM PHIS. Tenn.. July IS. (Jf)
One man waa killed and two
olhera aerioaaly llijurtd today
when the locomotive of a ap
rial train bearing Vica Prealdent
Charles (i. Uawee and hla party
plunged through a treatle on tU-
Yazoo and Miaalaalppl valley rail
road near Head, lllm. Tha vice
preaident waa aaleep In bla berth
and waa not awakened by the
accident, a telephone mceeage
from the arena of the wreck atat
I mA U. f I- tl
Mixa.. where the vica prealdent
addreaaed tha atate convention of
the American Legion laat night.
The train waa bound for Mem
phis and was due to arrive about
alz o'clock this morning.
Sam Jone of Memphis, an
glneer of tha train was killed;
ha fireman. J. T. Horton. alao of
Memphla. waa aerious injured, aa
waa alao Henry Fletcher of
Greenville, traveling engineer of
the Yatoo and ihulaalppl valley
""road.
Vereran Police
Officer Catches -
Fleet Fugitive
KlflKA.NE, Wa.h.. July
29. IP). Paul Hurhholz,
eo, a veteran ot the Spo
kane police force, wtio
weighs 2.10 . pouiHte, looks
. like an easy mark for a
fleet-footed law violator.
However, thU u another
case where appenrancea aej
deceptive. '
John StuMtril, . alleged
MMt office robber, waa at
large bt the riljr ami apvrr.
af officers aaw him. Hwrh.
hols, among othrn, etartcd!
In pursuit. I
Outtlbdanrlng hla brother
officers, the heavy cop rap
tared Ktupard after a chase
of eight blocks.
"Lord, but that old boy
ran run," wan (be fugi
tive's panting rruuirk when
booked at the police sta
tion. iTallC PHfw'c
Ilia . - JYY 3
Bees Seem to
Like 'Hootch'
GALLIPOLIS. O., July !. A
still, or stills, somewhere in the
woods near his farm, has almost
ruined the once fine apiary ot
William Harper.
His bees fly out every morn
ing for their usual round ot hon
ey gathering and many of them
return stsggerlng drank. Hsrper
wouldn't mind sn occasional
spree on the part ot the workers,
bi't the stay-at-home bees won't
stand for It. They set upon the
Inebriates and kill them.
With his hives fast being emp
tied. Harper has sppesled to pro
hibition officers to seek out the
still he believes is furnishing tha
Intoxicant. He says the bees
probably feed upon mash left ex
posed by a moonshine plant.
Pugilist Found
Not To Be Dead
SAN DIEGO. July 29. (JP)
I Reports sent out from Ti Juana.
I . .
; - cxico, tnai Tommy u linen, wen
early today, were proved false,
when
the fighter appeared on
the streets shortly niter noon.
O'Brien was reported to have
been fatally injured when the
root of the Red Mill cafe fell
In while he and one of the pro
prletors were taking out the rash
register. Corrected reports from
Juana thla noon were that
Beach, where he had been traln-
Ing and this noon revisited Tin
sitc-iJuans. 4 Mat
NEW YORK. July 29, ((API)
Mrs, Josephine Pulltser, widow
of the founder of the New York
World, died today at Deauvllle.
.France, after a Illness of less
hhan a week.
RAINIER S
CHIEF If
BE OUSTED
Recall Petitions Filed
As Culmination of.
Fight in Ore. Town "
1
RAINIER, July 29, (AP)
Denial that any ; force,
threat, or coercion waa used
by recallvr to secure igna
turea, and declaration by
Mayor A. E. Veatch that "it
is a liquor fight altogether,"
were development today in
a political tempest which
culminated in filing of re
call petitions Wednesday
against Mayor Veatch and
Councilman Val Knauf and
Edward Hougeberg.
W. A. Rader, merchant, '
asked today for a - atate-
ment, said: "One of the re
call petition was hero in ,
my store. Most persons who
signed" came in voluntarily
When the petitions . were
taken around we did ' not
use any argument. If pari
son wanted ' to sign, all ;
right, if not all right."
Mayor Veatch aald lodar he
J had not beard from John ''. Lo- '
- .. ,u. .uui uej mu
hsd retsined to help In bis flgbt ,
sgainst the recall, as to proce
dure to be taken in defense. '
Liquor Jtght.
"This thing Is a liquor fight
I altogether." he asld. .-"They are
claiming too strict enforcement of.
liquor laws. In the six months t
have been in office there hvi(
been 29 liquor arrests snd . 23" .
'convictions.' They claim tUv mart
shal I appointed. T. W. Finley; ,
searched ears . and a . traveling,
man or two made complaint. It
is Flnley they 'are after mora!
than anyone else. They are try.'
ing lo get rid of him through me
because I appointed him.. Char
ges In the petition are subter
fuges." .'.
Charges of neglect ot duty by
absence from the city, failure to
comprehend duties, disregard of,
desires ot the - electorate, and
violation of tha charter In mak- '
ing appointments were mads)
against the Mayor In the 'rece.il
petitions. The charges against
the conncllmen were the same
with the exception of neglect of
duty, which wss emitted.
Both Fine and Jail V.
For Beatty Citizen
Fifteen dollar fine and It dayj
In the county jail was the sen
tence Imposed on Oren Riddle of
tence Imposed on Oren Biddle of
Beatty, who was brought in Jus.
tice court lata yesterday afteri
noon. . . . ' ' ;'
Riddle was charged with dfs
tnrblng a religious meeting at
Beatty and was brought Into the
city by C. J. Tsylor, deputy sher
iff. Hliarious Tailor '
Is Sent to Jail
A. W. McClutcheoo. local
tailor, was lodged In the city Jail
on Thursday afternoon In at.
tempt to calm his hilarity, caus
ed from exrosslve drinking front
a bottle ot whiskey, according
to police. iii
Despite the attempt to quite
McClutrheon, be soon had thn'
other Inmates of the Jail- around
him, attempting to get some real
harmony out ot the chorus of"
voices. i ' . . " ' i . -I
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HEXD FOR f'AKDri.
HARTFORD, Conn., July
20. (AP). Mlsa Mary Hnm.
er GcMlrk-h will seen an en-
Kwremcnt to play bridge err
If she has to fly. She raate
8.1 mile In an airplane baa. a
cause sho feared she would
be late, piloting the rrart''
most of the way herself. -
d.