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The Old Home Paper
THE WKATIIFH
Oregon: t'nsettled, rain wont
and probably local rains ami
snows east portion tanU$tt anil
Sunday. Moderate temperature.
Strong east and ncnMlicu.il wluiU. ,
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, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1928.
Number 6245
. HICKMAN
REPUDIATES;
CONFESSION
Fox "Does Not Admit",
Alleged Facts of Crime, i
- Attorney ays j
WALSH TELLS PLANS
tOR SAVING YOUTH
. I
HI nl toriwy Ailmlla Changci!
I'lnu i'f Defense PM'M I New
Amnio lo (' llul Can il Her
' Where It Provides l.mipliitc
Tlu-uiigli Which I li tid-Cini Slli
' . LOS'ANGKLlcS. Jan. 28.
(AP) Wm. Kdward Hick
ruan, kidtwipfd-.sluyi'r of
Mnrinn Parker, "docs not
iidmit" the alleori facU of
the crime, and today repudi
ated his confCHHion to the
police, his nttorneys declar
ed t'day. Jerome WalHh,,
Hickman's chief counsel,
hIho revealed defenxo -plmm
for demanding- a rfiecond
trial it tho innv In'tho r,iw '
cnt caMo find the defendant
nano. ' ' '
Walsh declared ihnl hi client
toil iiut a ilmli killing the girl.)
' Dial ho lina tutored a pic nti
"not guilty by reason of lnan-
Ity" and thii If ho U found to
hnvo Urnii nana at Ilia time uf t
tha trimo, an arrwt of Judgment
will lm Interposed ImtnedlHtoly.
Then Walsh said, a demand for
tnilltm Irlr h III I I
w ..... iiikiiv uniii'r
the pica Dial lllrkuinn now ta In
aanv. Ma miIii(.1 out Hint undvr
the Callfnrnu law an lusnno mull
, ratuiot b hanged.
"' lllckuinn mnile 1ne r"pt1iH"tt1rn
of hla confession to Or, A. I..
Sknog of Kansas -City, rhlef of
I he defense ataff of alienists,
during an Interview.
When questioned about lhi re
ported repudiation III la morning.
Walsh at first admitted It had
licun made,. then quickly derlar-
(Continued on pa an 41
AS TREE FALLS
Mlnruli-ilhillna tha direction a
large pltm tree would full, Del
bert Inland McCoy, aged 8 2,
atepped Into the pain of the fall
ing pine and wim Innt intly killed
near Uoiitty lute yiflertluy tt((,,-v
noon. ... ' " , i
McCoy and Lurry rruntia were
felling for the government anw
mill In the enntern' aeclnn , of
the reaervallon. ' Aa they unwed
thrnngh tlio trunk of one giant
if the foreit ami an If wan nvinv
yltig about, lo fill,' McCoy1 run
'downhill, enpectlng II to full up
hill. Down cunio the big tree ond
crualted the logger under Ha
ponderoua welcht. lie fcnidn no
outcry. Authorlllea any McCoy
waa an experienced logger and
cunnot underalnnd lila fill a I error.
McCoy I mirvlvcd by. hla wife
nnd j a fnnr-ycnr-ohl ann: hla
futlior and flvo brotberx. 1'he
fni her la on bin way to Klimitth
loduy from Wnaco county. - Ku
neral arrungeniunta will bo an
, nounend luter.
LOGGER KILLED
District A tiorney Will.
Not Prosecute, Is Claim
POUTIAND. Jnn. 28. (T)-
Duclating Hint repented attompta
to get- action from the oftle ot
.? tha -district .attorney of, "Mult
nomah county have Hilled, 11. 8.
Franks, of Frnnks-Clilltis, Inc.,
who recently exposed an assort
ed vice ring In Portland today
petitioned (lovernor I. L, Pat
terson to appoint Attorney Ar
thur Molten aa special prosecu
tor In the ease.
Franks, wild employed private
dnlcctlvos to make llio expose af
ter efforts to conduct the Inquiry
met with many alleged official
lonlts, bncanio jneetmd when
some of tho star wltns.iKes wore
nrtt taken before the grnnd Jury,
- So much prosstire was brought
to bear, Franks dee la roil-, that
permission ,was sought tj have
one of tho witnesses sent out of
tho country.
Briefly Franks presmils the
following rnse to (ho stale, execu
tive: . '
. ; ; '
LARGE CHECK
I S RECEIVfeD
BY KLAMATH
A check for I54.2n.52 rep
resenting Klutiiilh's' shurs ot
receipts- derived froin'saius of
I'nlunl State forest sorvlio
timber and forest reiilul dur
ing 1927 waa received today
by County Tnuimirur dura
Houston and will lie placed In
llio county acliool fund and
road bond sinking fund.
Tim enm received la one
foilrth of thn total receipts rnl
lected from (tailed Hlatea fir
csls within Ilia boundaries of
Klamiitb routily Inst yeir. Her-vniy-flvo
per rent of tha fund
will he placed In I lie road
bond sinking fund, nud 25 per
ci nt In I hit county school fund.
l.aHt year Klumulh jenlllud
$31,2:111.64 from thla aouce
of r v a n u a, approximately
13,0011 le.s than tlila year.
K.C.H. S. PLAYS
BEND QUINTET
THIS EVENING
Ktuninth ccunty high ai hool e
five "baaketeera' will, play .to
night the tli-nd high arbool bas
ketball learn on the American
Legion Memorial 'building floor.
ADilona loiraiae their aland
ard aiiolhur, noti S o ibat there
will be greater Inter. ml In their
return K. C. , tl. rt.-Medfcrd
game, the hlgta arhofl playeni
are keyed up to a h lilt .pitch for
Knight a lilt.
Thai Hind vlewa Klamath li
"bad medicine" la acen by the
following comment from the
llend pri'aa:
Klamalli Pnlla la known lo
nuVe one of the beat loulna In
aouthern Oregon. , Thn . atrong
Medford team icored only a two
point margin of victory over
Klamath recently. Ill ta IT. Nl
eol uiil. while the Klamath
Kalla team defeated Urania I'aaa
by a margin of about 10 points.
VIElHEADOF
RAILROAb DUE
... HERE SUNDAY
On a tour of Inspection ( the
I'aclllc rnaal,' R. R. Mrl'beraon.
vice-preatdenl of the, Spokane In
ternallnnal Hallrnad, with head
inariera In Hpokiine. will arrive
In Klamulb Falla on. Sunday af
ternoon In his private ear. .Mr.
.Mcl'tierann will visit here briefly
with (.real. Northern and Hout'h
ern Pacific officials cn route
anuth. ,
MAFK ItOltltFII
LA CltANUE. Jan. t. (fl
Thn post office at ,1'nlnn was
robbed of an undetermined
amount of money. In it nlk'lit.
CAKF.TAKF.lt KKI'OIITM
IH;l:i- HMW AT I.AKK
"Any snow up here?-1
John Maben, iiuckled
over 4ong distance phone
Jnte yesliSdny.
"Well, rather. We have
an the ground not Includ
ing drlfta, mind you seven
feel, , eight Inches nf snow.
And then nf rntirax f you
aunt lo tell uhonr the drifts
jam run say truthfully that
is'iim v( Ihein have reached
Ue aecond atory of Crater
li ke lodge. Thn last snow
was on Tuesday; there Is no
snow on the lake; all llio
nulmnls -have holed In ex-
rent a few marten: nnd the
lake Is so beautiful that It's
a, ehnino that the general
public ran nut view It at
Its best."
.Maben is caretaker of
Crater lake lodge:
"' Two men are In the county Jail
waiting trial, a third Is at liberty
on ball. A secr 't Indictment was
returned against a fourth mem
ber of the alleged ring hut this
man left the city. He was In
dented In a mhlwest clly .but
, Franks assorts ttluit Ihe il ill rid
attorney's office has donn noth
; Ing to force his nil urn.
Two of the men are raid tn
1 have been given thu promise that
If they pleuded guilty they Would
,be sentenced to a yeui In prl
I son nnd then pnrolod, Thiio
1 two men am also faring charges
I of entering Ihe country Illegally.
I The son of a former city of
ficial signed an affidavit In
which ho mudo , accusations
ngnlnst ono of the members -, of
t hoi alleged ting but this, .youth
has nuver been taken before the
; grand Jury. Pressure has been
brought to bear upon private In
vestigators In nn effort to have
) this boy whlski-d out of tho state.
BUNCO RING
BROKEN UP
BY POLICE
Real 'Estate Dealer Ex
. poses Activities of "
Portland Sharpsters
sale to klamath
indiaf; lures man
UhUki'K Druggiil and I:IIM.IM
Taken Truni IImikhI lluslnm
Mini; One of t.alig Is IHswiK.
flecl Villi "Cut" nml Tip of taker of Crater lake lodge and.
Victims Arrest Follow. j Ineldcntally. weather observer
during llio winter months.' Ex-
ccpior a few occasional ski
!-OllTI,ANl. Ore.. Juu. 28. (P) J(1111"J , ycrt Kunla,h for attp--rollce
today investigated opera- ollea, the lonely recluse remains
Hons of a ganv alleged to .have in hla castle Crater luke lodge ;
drugged and robbed 11. K. Sell-1
wood, real e a I a t '
ll.1ni. Hellwood rauss
dealer, .of
.a ,k.
r..( ,if SAVwriil m,.mh,,i-s nl Ih
gang lute yesterday when one of
ila members, dissatisfied w 11 h
division of lite loot, telephoned
lo him that the crooks were In :
certain room of a downtown
hotel. '
Hellwood who was just recov- J
eilng from . the A'ffeets of thu
drug administered Tuosdny nfter
noon went to the police atiitlon
and accompanied officers to the
room where ha Identified eerlal'i
men Ibere a having been the
oues who robbed Wm-.
" Kd Crewe, alleged leader of
Iho gang. . calfed on Kellwood
Monday afternoon inyluff au In
dlan from Klamath Kails, who
hud recently rwelved a largo al
loiment of money from the gov-
eminent, wished lo purchase a
hofne In Kasf Morels lid for about
$12,000: Next afternoon Sell
wood received a telephone call
asking hi in to meet the prospec
tive purchaser In a' hotel room,
lie'tora they started out to
the property Crewe Insisted on
having a drink, andatgainat Sell-'
wood's protests prevailed upoiv
lh real Ml! man tn loin. Sell-
wood aald he took 9nly a alp
and Immediately becyno dltiv.
The gang then took Iflm lo his
office where he was .forced to
give up $1200 from hit sale null
.write a cheek for tlOff. The
check was Improperly signed, and
the next day a man returned th.s
rhcik. Insisting that "the-mistake'
be corrected. , -
Ketiwond id he not the check
In his pocket and turned away, j
teruay in tno notei room, giving
the names l!orse Fraufone,
(imu-ge F." Swan. Hardy Burton.
Charles Swanson and Mrs. Kd
Crewe. They wero sent Iff the
pollre station, arid officers wait
ing In Iho room latT arrested
Klhel Oyer, Vjvlan Stewarl.-' Kd
Crewe and Don Wilson, as they
came In one by one. Miss Ste
wurt'nnd Mrs. Crewo later werp
released. ' .
Queer Quirks
From the Wires.
IIAKHY WAS PKOPIIF.T.
NEW YOKK". Jan. 28. (Al')-
P. M VI - ' - - '
Sir Harry Lauder Is priding mm -
simi on iiis i " "
Twenty years ago some curious
Amiirlran asked It he did pot
ft ir he would- ontch cold. Ho
4hn said tlmo would-como when
women's skirts wore as short as
his kills. As for. conditions now.
ho looked down six Inches anove
hla knees and remarked
YofT
know, some nf them have gotten
even shorter."
' MOKESTV.
umtniiirw N. J . Jan. 2S
(A
p.) , Mux Baehemier, livmiun
seaman, dying ln a hospital,' got
to talking over the w-nr with
Walter Yeomans. mumber ot
Amurlcsn Legion, who was ln
the next bed. ' . . .
"1 was a rotten soldier," sald
MU"Yesh, rotten." remarked Wal-
ir .-The found two iron cross -
es an vour clothes here."
i ,, uii iiuiiio
Asdelegatlon from the legion
hurled Max and his crosses with
military , honors'. , ,
,v , .
HOW TO HPEM.
. OimvilA, Jan. S. (APl-'Jns.
W. Hough. S3. Civil war veteran,
IA wondering whnt to do wllh a
leitacy of $20,000. It costs him
less than $l.li0 a day to live
and his pensions from the gov
ernment and llio Northwestern
Hal way tolul $1.'IB n montli. The'
bequest Is from his brothor-ln-
law. Marvin Haiighltt. who was '
president,!)! tho Northwestern, K
XOT IX (IV It TIME.
LONDON. Jan. 28. (API Tho
moon Is to' crush down upon the
earth If Sir Oliver Lodge Is j
r(j:lit. but ho advises that wo do'
-not worry; It will bo blllloils of ,
years heqec.
Man, 2 Black Ravens
arid Cat Sole Rulers
- , , i1 (
of Crater Lake Park
A mart, a ret and. two coulr
t.lticl rnvmittlhiu Im the ilrantll
Iq.iartet that rulea undlapuledly ,
juror Craier Inko.
1 There If a community Interest
between theao four, an Intereal
enforced by hunm-r akd by lone-
llneoa. There la no fonveraatlon
but there la a companlonahlp
ih men naa grown wnn ine enu oi
euch abort winter day. Their
dcmala In wide and long but the'
man and' the eat do not care io
'niiciillulo aeven feet eight Inches -
-( linn and the raven prefer
, r,.mBn elose to lite larder.
Thn man la Jobn Maben, tare-"
nrouguoui tne
rHl u r"lr' ' e' .
best wttn a ccai oi ermine iu
the deep .and won- contendedly In their, castle over-j meut which waa filed with Gov
of the Jewel of theJ locking the lake. surely the'ernnr Patterson today. Of thU
- (strangest quartet that evr ruled sum, $8, 474. 609. 91, ms state
iniensuiea in
derfu
blue
Cascades.
As bh) sola companion. Ma-
Wlih announcemunt. . of the
leasing of six acrca of land on
the C L.' Hollid'ay dulry ranch.
Uicated funr miles sooth cf the
city on the Ashland highway Jiy
w D
sillier of The Miller Con -
,,,., nn
,. .-rk liss
company, w.rs nns
.
it rn i rinrn
IVIILLLII LLnuLu
OUARRYGRQUNO
Starieu. on iuv muniuu w. : ln ine luuiur oi sj cimuren
$30.00 rock ond cinder quarry. I three wives. According to Nov
- Already s crew of men are'.srri the stork wiU soon visit'
engaged iu ths Installation of I be s Is -borne for the lUlny.fourth
rnrk crusher and is planned to
have the plurrt.ln lull opera! ion
In six weeks itm.
In
closing the "deal witn air.
I HollUlay,
Mr.' Miller Has lateen
a lease on tne acreage ior a per
iod cf 10. years and the plant
wllV be worked on a roynllty
basis. '
This plant will be recognised
a. the finest In southern Ore-
gon- when compieteo ana me im-
der formation tasen irom
ground will he used In hesiir-
facing of many mlles-cf K ama h
' Fills to
Keno was " surfaced I
wllh cinders fr?m tne lana. :
which will be worked by Miller.
The Holllday dairy ranch, one.
ot the largest In southern Ore-
gon takes In n acrcago 'of more,
than -1400 acres Air. Holliday
recently sold 460 acres of
nte
land lo the Weyerhaeuser
in-
leresta tcr . its mill site. -
-Through an error 'in the col
umns of The Evening Herald of
Thursday It "was onnsnnced that
llolliriav had leased the land
from, W. D. Miller.
HOLD HOPES OF
RECOVERY FOR
CRASH VICTIM
MAKSHFIKL1V Ore..
Jan. 28.
, (p).Thl condition of
E. V.
Smith of Grants Pass, Injured In
an auto crash near Coqullle Wed
nesday Is reported hiiprovcd, and
hopes are held for his 'recovery.
The funeral of his step-moiher.
Mrs. Sarah L. Smith, killed In
Ihe same accident, was held yes-
terday nt Coqullle.
Mrs. -mlth was the grand
mother of Earl and Claud Smith,
well known resldenta of this city.
mey are mm in "ram, ,
this time nt tho bedside of their
father. K. V. Smith. v
;
) QUARKS CI AIM
nP .l.1l'
LIFE OF FLYER
i , MELHOVRNE, 'Australia. Jan.
, 28. (API Fear for the life of
Lieutenant'' II. Qttlller,
noted
-- - y
parachute Jumper, Is fell here as
an outcome vot nis latest expioir.
When Lieutenant duller drop
ped from a plane while giving
an exhibition at Hoiitly Beach,
Sydney, he fell Into the water
and drifted out to sea Into a sec
tion known to he shirk-infested.
, While 12.000 spectators await
ed his reappearance', a surf boat
rushed to rescue him, but sn i
hour later Wulller had nut
ap-
pearod and It was feared he was
lost. s - m
TEACH Ell KF.IXSTAf F.l. "
SALEM. Ore. Jan. 28. 1VPI
Th Salem school board has re-
instated as a member of
the
! Purrish Junior high school fac -
ulty il. -JC. Rice, -ho was re -
ecntly suspended by the prln -
clpal bocauso he put his arm
, around a girl pupil.
ben ,flrt tuil only kla maltcw
cut. The milr njr the wimhIn of
the national park craduaUy be-j
ecme more and more deaertod.j
The beam, after" looting fovcrn-
mcnt Camp bulldlnKn: holed in
f r the wlntem rarloua and aun-
dry fur bearing . animate hlber-
nated until there remained onlyj
iew nmrLen iiiioiiiik aiuua m
nhor'-a of Crater lake,
One day two Tiattors made a
rail: they were the two rarennx
Maben immediately aenaed the
situation and boapitahly and of-
fered the ebcny-hlatk birds food.
They accepted
Bince. idbi uuy sues in mu-
ly .caretaker saved the ravens i
from starvation, the number of
rulers cfor Crater lake In wlu-i
ter time has increased to four.
While the north and eas winds
whip up mow and pile it egainst
the aide of the .building scAne
drifts are up to the aecond story
now these four live happily and
an empire.
FATHER OF 33
ASKS CITY TO
". GIVE HIM HELP
A) ANGELES. Jan. 28. XAP)
Pedro Novarei. 73. today ap
pealed to the city government
here for aid In giving his chil
dren a harcut. . . .
"Ah. aenor, fhlrty-three
I . i .. i ... i. ... . i. mnnuv i
blghed lVdro. 'The stork
Tr""""
l i H r 1 1 1 u u i . , ri ran, nnm nra
r V. . ,
0varex. according to statistics
time.
SET DATES FOR,
CONVENTION OF
LEGIONNAIRES
MEDFORD. Ore.. Jan. 28. (A:
P.)--The executive committee of
the- Medford Post of the Ameri
can Legion yesterday afternoon
announced the dates of the slate
convention whb.h will be held
here this year, as August 2. 3
and 4. Tile executive committee
met with State Commander Ceo.
r.. iove oi r.ugene. ana oiner
state legion officials to discuss
the meeting. . '
.
A ('TO NIIOW OPKXS
CHICAGO. Jan. 28. (41 "Re
vealing all .that Is wew tn the
minor car Industry. Chicago's on
nual automobile show opening to
day had more than 200 exhibits,
Including 15- new
sengcr cars.
niodels of pas-
.ssV
'
Nl'llHK IH SAFE.
MOSCL, Irak, Jan. 2. (AP)
AfU harrowing' experience In
tl iresert between Mosul ami
WlH,l .lurln ,trh her'niilo.
mobile broke il-tn. on the brink
of n prvciplrr- anil hc was at'
tncked by wolves. Mis Alice (ai-r.
Near Host Helli-f nurse, who Ms
enronte to Hmyrnln, nrrin-d here
loilny, t . -
L.
ij-h;isi.ati he mcst amkxh.
SALEM. Oiw., Jan. 28. (APV
t. cannot be brought
within the Jurisdiction nf the
i stole tmnrtl of pilot eonmilsslon-
rs without un amendment of the
law Hy the Icglxlnluce, sjiyfc nn
wmkuv
COXTIM'K SK.VHC1I. -XOMTHAMITOV,
Mass., Jan.
i!8. . CAP) Twelve possible mo
tives lvhlrlt may Imve actiiutwl
ll-yciir-oM IUs l-nnrea rw, John
Smith In her illsapiiearnnce two
weeks ngis from Smith colleife
here, . fornieil n new basis llMn
which the stato planned to con.
cent rat Its Invest igutton.
COOI.IIHiK HELP HOl'dHT.
M ASHIXGTOX, Jan. 28.1 (AI'Vi
-lrslilent CiHillilgo whs asknl ;
: tisluv sxi support, ef fbrts to oliraln
1 recognition of the Columbia river!
; li ilgi.tlon project. In tho north-,
west as a fiMHwul work.
FLASHES,
v v .(Barrl). Incidental solo by Mr.
4(JflIK IX WRECK. .George Meyers. '. "
RAXfitXlX, Ttunna, Jan. 28.: Duet: "God That Madest Earth
; ( AC) Forty hmlles were recov
! creel today from the wreckage
ior tho Mundiilii,v-UunRaji train
1 whlchT pi u (reel Into stream
from a- bridge low miles from
,' here.
IEN
IN
i
' '
p ' c, , Hiwliwav
Jl. . , , . v
Work for ast Year
Announced Today
'
GREATER PROGRAM
PLANNED FOR 1928
Many Contracts Let In I1KS7 to
: lie '4'onaumnmted Thla Year:
Alltjeipnti ,realer Income for
Highway Purpose: llleax
Now 4:111:1.4 miles In Oregon.
SALKM, Ore., Jon. 28, OP)
The total expenditure on tre;
. highway system of Oregon by the
state highway department in
'1927 waa JIO.263.442.80. says
I the annual, report of the depart-
units, inis.nn zj county state
funds. Jl. 111. 521. 64 federal
funds and "5.s.6J:).i)S 'from mia
cellaneoua sources.
The total Income for the .year
was J9.497.CSG Its. Including 4.
62U.0O0 motor vehicle license
fees. IJ.887. Cif.H gasoline and
distillate tax and $870,407.98
balance from 192H.
The anticipated Ineime for
1S28 is it.777.07:.u7, nf which
89.677.077.07 will be from state
funds. $450,000 county fund'
8640.000 federal and $10. BOO
miKcellaneoua funds..
There la already under obliga
tion for 1928 to coyer work un-
SPEND
MILLION
ROAD IRK
"y I der contract $10,357,547.61. l?av
aDl,lng $4 19.529. 1,6 available for
1 new consiracuon
i ,, , .
I ........
work
the year totaled 219.8 miles,
Concrete paving was only a smf 11
stretc;. of O.k. Hle, bltuminou.
teadm 3 5 miles, rock surfac
ing 138 miles aud grading 79.4
mueV At the end of the rear
there was under contract 46.1
miles of rock surfacing and 61.7
miles ot grading.
. Resurfacing and widening dur
ing the year totaled 468 miles.
The mileage of improved high
ways In the state system now
totals 4393.4 miles. Of this
207.8 is concrete paving, 688.6
v ..(Continued on pag- 4
TRAP IS LI;
M NABBED
Answering a call to deliver two
pints of liquor to a certain ad-
are5s ln ot springs, -w ney
I Carey, .ircged bootlegger, walked
' into a trap set for him by Louis
Mueller, deputy sheriff and sev
eral other officers. .
"Is this number ," Cary
N started to ak. as Mueller an
swered the door, "les you have
the right number, don't be In a
hurry to leave." Mueller answer
ed, as he placed Carey under ar
rest. ..Bill Sewell. who answered the
rjjll with Circy was also nabbed
by the officers on a charge of
possession. Sewell had a pint In
! Jir oTfi cers'sa!., ' '"'I
: Z"!., been con-!
vieted four times for similar of-'
tenses In Klamath county and
during the month of 'September .
paid $600 In fines, arrested on
two different occasions.
Whi'.e attempting to cross the
Siskiyou mountains In December.
Cirey was caught with a load of
liquor In his car and for this of
fense paid a tlno of $750 and
had his car confiscated.
Attorney D. E. Fletcher, will
represent Carey.
runtp rn niwr i
rrATr DDrtro a mil
tlNt. rKvJVjKAm
. I
. The choir of the First Pres-'
byterlun church' under the dl-j
rectlon of Ms. Bert Holloway
will give a special program of
music on Sunday evening at 7 : 30
o'c'ock with It. K. Patterson as
a guest soloist. On Iho program,
the following will be Included
Organ numbers: "Prelude"
l Chopin): "Romance" (Svend
senl, Mrs. George Mclntyre.
Anthem: "The Ruillant rn
His Passed Away" (Woodward).
8ll0; "As
R. K. pUe,
ha mid of Jesus, Mr.
terson. -
Anthem: "The Good Shepherd"
j and Heaven." Mrs. Holloway ind
mr. raiierson. .
Solo: "debet" (Killer), Miss
Ruth Mlnlcr,
Anthem: "Praise e tho Fath -
cr" (Gounod). '
TEN GUNMEN
GET 25,000
IN BIG CLUB
MII.WAIKEK. Wis. Jan.
28. W Ten men believed to
be Chicago gangsters, who
boasted of being armed with
machine guns held up mem
bers of the Wisconsin Athletic.
Clnb, shortly after midnight,
slugged ope man, cut tele
phone wires and escaped wl'.h
currency and Jewelry worth
$257000. ,
Thos club la located In the
bart of the downtown dis
trict hut police did not learn
of the robbery until almost 6
a. m. The entire detective'
force was assigned to hunt for
the robbers who escaped m
automobiles.
The bandits forced tbel
way into the club, lined up
the 25 or 30 members an 1
leisurely yobbed them. '
One elub member whose
arms became tired, started U
lower them. He waa struck
over the head with the butt of
a" gun and knocked uncon
scious. ,
MISS BtflSCOE
COMPLETES SKI
JAUNT FRIDAY
yarr but happy. Miss Ida
Briscoe, skiled easily and smooth
ly down the last steep grade Into
the property of the Anna Creek
1. limner r,m iixti v ttnA nt!itieH
the distinction of being the first
woman io nove SKitea iron vvooa
Kiver valley to Crater Uke and
return In one day. At the same
tlme. Miss Kriscne won a nor-
trslt cf Crater lake, offered by
John Maben. caretaker nt Crater
lake loilee. to the first girl to ski
to and from Crater Jake between
the hours of 6 a. m. and 6 p. m.
Mis? Briscoe's time over "the
somewhat sticky snow was eight
hours and 45 minutes. The round
trip Is approximately 30 miles. '
Miss Briscoe was accompanied by
Millard Briscoe, her brether. snd
i Hay herguson. They arrived
Crnter lake lodge at
11:43
.o'''0'
In the morning.
J " '1 ,
UL.UlNt. lJ i lAu Y .
' TO STAY UNTIL
SUNDAY NIGHT
Succumbing to the pleas of her
admirers. Miss Uudine I'tley. 15
year old Vhlld evangelist whose
impassioned snd inspired address
es hare held her audiencea en
tranced at the Klamath Temple
this week, has derided lo remain:
In tale city for another , two
days. She plans to leave Klam
ath tomorrow slight and has pnr
chased her tickets tor that date.
She. will preach again tonight
at the Temple, again tbmorrow
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at a
large mass meeting and at 7:45
p. m. Sunday she will deliver
her farewell sermon.
Last night Bhe preached to a
large audience on the toVk, "The
Rose of Shaaron."
SKA I, SALE I.AKI.KIt
. THAN LAST SEASOV
4 Alttlough collections "from
the Christmas seal campaign
are still coming, in. the am-
ount Collected this winter
season to date already ex
4 ceeds the total for the yule-
tide seasomof 1926. It was
4 announced yesterday by Mrs.-4
A. W. Schaupp. secretary of ,4
the Klamath Couuty Health
Unit. -
Total raised to date Is
Wl 'h"
WMn
$1137.917 last year the
arch 1. was
h saveral clti-
tens yet to be heard from,
Mrs. Schaupp experts the
1928 total to exceed $1200.
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Minister Chastised By;'-::
His Irate Congregation
Portland, ore.. Jan. 28. a.
P. Disheveled and with one
eye blackened. Rev. C. B. Clark. '
pator cf the Full Gospel Chapel,
64th Street and Foster Road,
rushed Into a nearby police sta-'
Hon, and breathlessly told the
officer, Patrolman Benner, that
a fight was .going on at. the
chapel
Benner put Rev. Clark In his
police flivver and they hastened
to the scene.
"There I found all the symp-1
toms ot fanatical religious meet
ing." said the officer In his re
port. .. "The brethren, it seems.
1 wished to
evict the pastor, who
I retaliated
hy extinguishing the
i lights. Whereupon one of the
brethren led ,wlth u left Job to
, the reverend's eye. putting 'that
. also iu darkness. He followed
jwiin a rigm noos io ina leiopie.
..and Ihe reverend gentleman took
tthe count of ten. The reverend
Jthen dashed to tho station,
) . "The flock In general w be
HUGE LOSS
SUSTAINED
IN BLAZE
$100,000 Damage Incur
red in Short But Spec
ular Fire in Oil Fields
EXPLOSION
BEGINNING
HERALDS
OF FIRE
One Killed anil Five 'injured In
Conflagration Which U vcepe
'Over 1'ropcMy; 'Twelve Tanks,
Are llurneil l'p; Kntlre Itefln
rry Once Threatened.
McCAMEY, Tex.,' Jan 28
(AP) -Subsiding within n
few hours after.it flared up,
T f' Tl 81ecitcu,ar ,
iiiea in inn nisiory 01
oil fields) had passed away
today, leaving- a record of
one dead and five slightly
injured
and damages ap-
.t.,1.. i aa a a e-.
Proximately $100,000.
Starting with a terrific explo-
siou heard for miles when a
nrk nreima.i, i.nli. . ln
a 3,000 barrel tank with Fred
Hendricks,' chemist, was Inspect'
Ing, fire ycsltrdsy destroyed the
contenta of 12 tanks, filled for
the most part with gasoline, on
the uroDertr of the HumbleV)il
company here and threatened .for ,
time to seep the entire refineryj
Early reports 'indicated that,
(many Uvea, bnd been lest but
these were unfounded,. InresUga-.'
Hon revealed. . , ' . :
. . . - - .
DRUNKEN AUTO
DRIVER FINED
Charged with driving an auto
mobile while drunk, John Cortex,
arrested on Klamath and Tenth
stirtits 'ast night by Keith' Am
brose, chief of police, paid a fine
of $100 In police court this morn-
Ing. ... , u r .. -., .. . v
Cortet was picked up shortly
after midnight hy Ambrose.
MENTONE
France. Jan. 28.
(fP) V I e e n t e
Blasco Ihanex. -
whose "Four ' Horsemen
of the
Apocalypse" made him one of tho
widest known of contemporary
writers, died in political exile St
?:40 o'clock this morning, PI ti
Complication of bromho-yn ;
monia and dlabatas. s V
II Is son, Igfrldo. who hurrk",
by airplane from Barcelona when
jews of the gravity of his fath
er's condition reached him, wpti
the race with death at s scsii?
fwo hours and was at the lied,
side when the end came In tti
Ibanez villa. Fontana Rosa. " ;
"My greatest business seems ti
be denying that I have either
been Jailed by the Spanish or am
plotting against Premier Piimo
Dc Rivera", Ihanei said a few
days ago. adding a rltersti-d
denial that be had any conn!
Hon with v a r lo u s anti-royal
Spanish plots discovered recently
having more, like a lot of rils
reputuble sinners than plus Chris
tinas, but no one wanted to sign
a complaint so t dismissed the
meeting and sent them sll home."
Today Rev.- ,Cl irk swore out ,
romplntnts charging assault and
hatlery against M. S. Miller and
"John Doe" Miller. . "
IIAXK BRIM.H HI'IT
' Holding that they are entitled
to $575 on a note, (be Mnlin
Stale bank of . Malln has
brought suit J,:r the recovery nt
this sum from A. j. Orer'ion ,snd
O. Scflcrlanil. In addition th
Plaintiff prays for $,1 30 atf.n ny' .
CANADA' CHOP BM.
OTTAWA. vOre., Jan. 27. (A.
P. ) The total yield of wheat In
Canada for 1927 is estimated st
410,024,700 bushels1 from 22,
4(0,000 acres, according In n,
crop report Issued by the domin
ion bureau of slallstk's today.
NOTED AUTHOR
PASSES TOOAY