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City Edition
The Old ' Home Paper
WEATHER..
Oregon: Generally wnaottlcd
tonlxlil nd Sunday, probably oc
casional rains In the northwest
portion. Normal temperature.
Moderate louth to west wind.
Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service
Herald Advertisers Appreciate Yo. .ade
v-
Prlco Five Cents
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1928
Number 6270
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ONE BADLY
Auto Plunges Through
Heavy Railing of
Lost River Span
ACCIDENT HAPPENS
ON MERRILL BRIDGE
Report Tlmt Driver Vn llllnil.il
lly Lights "f Amatlicr Machine
Approaching; Identity of Mil
rlilno Which i'oiifuMtl Driver
of ll-l'tnl Car I nkiuiwn.
Attempting; to make a turn
in the ,rojid at the Jxst Riv
er bridge, located-about one
mile this side of Morrill. II.
C. "Curly" Kn lex. proprietor
of the Olcne rondhouto fail
ed to make the turn, plowed
through tlio it i d c of the
heavy bridge and complete
ly demolished his heavy
sednn, nhoi'tly after niid
n ht Sunday.
Chariot flllmore, an occupant
i of I lie rnr lie In ti Klamath
Valley hospital aerlnunly Inlurml
aa a mult of Ilia erarh. Il la
suffering from bad gashes about
the brad and poailble Intcrnul
Injuries.
Mr. ami Mra. Ilalea and Charles
( ard:i. olbrr ocrupanla of Ihn
rar, escaped Willi severe ruts ami
brulae.
The pnry was returning from
Murrlll at tlin 1 1 mo of the arrl
di'iit and were rushed to the
Klnmatli Valley liuaptlul for med
ical aiicmion uy a rar wnicn waa
following. Hum enrouto to Klum-i
nth Kail.
Htnto Truffle Officer W. Fos-
ter. was called Jo I lie scene of
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HTK.WV HAT
IF UK1H IS til'T
Formal drliut of I If flrat
atraw bat of the season was
nnted by resldenla of Ktfim
atlt Falls on Hunilujr when
"Hoc" Conk of the 1'nder-
wood I'litrmary ventttrert
out wearlna bla lust .year's
stta,w.
t'omment Ihut Cook It ml
taken honor from Hied
Houston was made by sev
eral residents of the city.
Houston Is enjoying a visit
In Kan Francisco and It la
thought Uils Is the first
Ume In many years he has
4)
not carried the honor of h
INJURED INI, DECIDE ON
CAR CRASH 11 BOND ISSUE
lug the first business man
of the city to wear a straw
bat with the opening of !
soring.
Six Seattle Men Found
Guilty of Conspiracy; public office
,u ' . i " . The Oregon Voter from whose
- ' i pKns emanates political gossip
SEATTLE. Feb. 27. Six billon ngcnl. were the principal n(, K(hoTl B. Knykon-
pcrsons were convicted and 'thrco government witnesses, One thnu- tjall. Klamath Falls, and member
nruultted In the. verdict of the'siind dclliirs In cash, alleged loj0f the law firm of Jiiykendalt
Jury In tbe Ze liquor consplr-, havo been paid aa nn attempted j am Kuykeudnll, a ft candidate
acy case. The verdict wu bribe, and a quantity of H;i' 1 0n the republican primaries elth
renched at 1 0:. '1(1 yeslerilny morn-elred when the spud linnl iCov' o!. for attorney general or delc
Ing nnd opened 111 fed"tal court j wa captured, was the mnloi'lnl j gute-at-largo to tho republican
today. j evidence iigulnst the d fenduii.s. national convention. Herewith Is
Tho following were convicted: ! Henloncos were Imposed r.n the the Voter's commentary:
HcnJnmln A. Newman. John Ar- ix convicted cnnsplrntors atj Itobert 11. Kuykendull. Klamath
thur lloyd, Christopher hkron
dabl! Lniirunt Vereeekcn. Fretl
Nou rue and Dan Iliirch. They
announced through their attor
ney that they would appeal.
Jack Mlusky, Loulo Bussiinleh
nnd Mr. Eva Hoard were "found
not guilty.
The case wn given lo fho Jury
lute Saturday night. 'I liree hours
of actual dtillheriillon wkio re
quired lo reach Ih i verdict.
Alfred M. Iliihlmrd an.t Knh
rd L. Frynnt, suspender! prohl
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Above are two pictures of II. it.
Ithickin-r. Ever since 11m Teapot
liiinitt Investigation started Mr.
Black mer ban been in Europe and
refuse to return to testify. C:urt
anion which may mult In" a
heavy tins will alurl soon.
IN SEA; 2 DIE
SKW YOltK. Feb. 27. t,T) -
A flight In tho frrtlng cold cf
Saturday afternoon by a pilot and (
panaa nger who wanted to meet an
Incoming liner and wave a greet-
Ing to a woman poaaengcr. to-
day was believed to have added
two more nnmes to the list of
filer lost at aea.
The two missing nun are Wal-
ter llnndrlcks, 27 years
old, of
Kew (Itirdi-na. ling Island, a
professional pll-t and the pas
(iiger. believed to be Have
Sluggert whoau address is un
known. They took off from Citrtlss
field, Long Island. Kuliirdav- af
ternoon with a four-hour gaso
line supply and nothing Jiat
been heard of them or their
plane.
HFAIMJl AltTKHS HKWKH
t)IMirTKK AT HALL
lleadnuarter of tho few
er bond election committee
hnve moved to tho lobby of
the hold Hall from Ihe
Loomls building because of
the rcctnt fire. Announce
ment of tho change was
made today by. llert Hall,
nun of the active members
of tho committee. Parlies
wishing to get In toiirh wllh
heudiiunrlers by ' lulephono
ure asked to call phone 6118
PLANE CRASHES
once. Newman and lloyd vero Fulla attorney who made the nn
sentenced to 15 months in .Me- i usually strong race against At-
Noll Island penitentiary uml fined
M.000 each. Skrnndiihl nnd
Nourso drew n year and a day
In prison nnd wore flnod SKO'J
each. Venecken and Huron
went fined 3250 and given a
connly Jnll sentence of
mrnlhn. that he could spend his tltno to
A Iwo-dny stay of seii'ccce bolter advnnUge by becoming n
wns itriintnrl to give the tuber lie-! ciindlilnlo for dolcguto-iil-liirgo tn
fentlanls lime lo file new liomli.the renuhlicun untluuul conveu-
and noltcos ot appeal.
Sewer Bond Question Be
fore People' of Klamath
Falls Tomorrow
POOL ROOM CHANGE
IS ALSO PROPOSED
Ijirge Vote Anticipated on Im
portant M nirlrluil Question
Wlil-.li Comca Itt'forr Elector
ate Tomorrow i AdiiiiniMrnttnn
Aska fur targe Vol"' nt Toll.
The electorate or Klamath
Kalla tomorrow will go to tbe
polla to vole on the propoaal to
Ireiie I.1U0.OUU in eewer h.:i.U
to finance the construction cf a
trunk line aewer.
Another propnaal. to limit :ie
number of pool halle in the rltv
to one for each two population
will alao be aubnillled to the
people,
Vetera h'auld not be confuaed
over the boundary rhaugea of
prerlnrla. "If they are registered.
Ihe c'ltnty cb-rka offlcea haa
eeut them a card telling them
vhlih precinct tbey are ren'iorod
Tomorrow' election will be,
according to the five waril-i and ,
the following preclncta are lo-
cated in each ward:
Precinct one. two and three
In ward one: preiu-incta four,
five. alx. w-ven and eight In
ward two; prcclnta .
10. 11. 1!
and 2! in ward three: prvelnota
IS. H. IS. 1. 17. IS and 19
In ward four, and precincts 10,
21 and 23 In Ward five.
Each of tho five p-lllng places
will have list of voters In their
particular warn anu in a .-
i dividual Instances wnere me r--
brtored voter has lost me euro .
from Ihe clerk ofllee anvising
him where to vole. Inquiry at tho
polling place will soon reveal ,
where one I to' vote. I
The. election will begin at 8
o'clock a. m. and continue until j
S o'clock p. tn. !
rolling place designated by
tho council, nro as follows: j
Ward No. 1. At the borne of;
Mory A. Wilkin. No. 2 Main
street. I
Ward No. 2. In tile nasemeni
inr ihn C'uiiiitv i nurt - House on
Main street, tieivrei
3rd and
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Ward NM 3. K. H. It.
81 Klatnatn avenue.
Ward NO. . i-aae iiuiui, twi
ner M;iln and Esplanade, 1229
Main street.
Ward No. B. Falrvlew school,
between Worden and Sargent on
Donald street.
Tho Judges and clerks are as
follows:
Ward No. 1. Judge: Mr.
C. P. Mason, Mrs. Charles Mc-
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j torney-Cleneral I. H. Van Winkle
! in tho 1921 republican primaries
eem to bo between two fire.
Some of his friend are strongly
urging hi in to again undertnko
tho raco against Van Winkle.
ixj while others nre equally Insistent
! lion.
Inventor of Motor
Gives Explanation
of Main Principles
PITTHIIl'lldH. Feb. 27. (At
Lester J. liQiidrmlict, 29-year
old West Elizabeth, l'a.. inren
tor, whose" fuelles motor ha ,
gained the Interest of Cclonel
Charles A. Lindbergh and olh-,
era prominent In tbe aviation
world, wanta the "humbug" el
iminated from repcrt on ble In
vention., which hi developed
while experimenting: In an effort
to produce a Inmprored compaw.
"Make It clear to the world."
be aaid. In commenting on storJ
lua KlrinK It Tartoua dosrriptlon
to his creation, "that radio "and
Ha allied phenomena have notb-
mg to do wttn my motor.
"The force that turns my mo
tor la the aame force that palls
the needle of a com pans arcund .
and there la nothing mysterious
aDsut thai."
Ilcndershot said that when
twjji up aviation three years ago pre-determlned when tbe motor
he discovered that the "ultimate . is built. It can be built for any
development of aviation depend- j deaired speed and a reliable con
ed largely upon discovery or ln-iatant speed mctor Is one of the
ventlcn of an absolutely true and ' greatest needs of aviation,
reliable compass" and that bis "The motor I demonstrated at
i experiments wera an effort to!
at-veiop sucn an loairumcni.
"The ordinary magnetic com-!
Data does not point to the north
It points to the magnetic north
and varies from the true north
to a different exiont at almcsl
every point on the earth's sur- flrat consulting the (uggenbelm
fu,.,. v - . v Foundation, and hi attorney.
"There Is another compass, the Colonel Henry Breckinridge, who
magnetic Induction compass, that 'also Is Colonel Lindbergh's at
indlcate the true north. lint torncy. .
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Sun Frnnclsro, Feb. !W.
TV7AIT1N for a governor Is not
ao easy. Everyone thought
the Oregon caravan would be
I along Tuesday, (iuess Governor
IVittcrson found tnut cleaning up
hi desk was bigger than he had
expected, or else Hill Merry of
the party punctured a tire, or
Phil Metscbam stopped to tell
about tho good old times in
tirant county, or C.eorge Itaker
had to get hla picture taken, or
Frank Irvine decided he must
writo another editorial on graft
ers before leaving.
Anyway the Oregon delegation
a arrived later than expected, so I
lust killed time by seeing a lot
of things I had never seen
be -
fora In San Francisco. If a
, , wn. Everybody Is
.. eBsc () t() sp),ak ,n ,,,,,
city. Policemen nro Jovial ana
sociable, bell boys kid you along
wondering It It Is going to be a
quarter or a halt In the next tly.
Business men and capitalists
seem to have time to say at few
words.
No one get excited. If a
huckster wagon drawn by an old
creature of a horse turns around
in the middle of a street blocking
traffic each way ypu don't hear
any wild exclamations or h-jrsh
language. People Just wait until
tho mess Is righted and on they
go.
t helievo it wu Irwin Cobb
who said whon you cross the bay
and enter San Francisco proper
Flagship
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The world's largest Diesel yacht Is tho-i.000.000 Savarnnn, plclured hero nt New York completing
Its maiden trip from Wilmington, Del., whore It was built for Mra. Richard M. Cadwalador, of Phil
adelphia.. It Is 291 teot long, displace 2100 tons und has a crusing .radius of 20,000 miles.
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It muHt be aet lx fore each fllnhl.
and It la not alwaya reliable. I
really not down to work' on the
idea about a year ago and last
fall began to aee I waa headed
toward my ffcal.
"I found that with pre mag
netized core I eould act up a
magnetized field that would In
dicate the true north, but I
didn't know juat bow to utilize
that In a eompaaa I act out to
find.
"In continuing my experlmenta.
I learned that by cutting the
name line of magnetic force north
and aouth I had an Indicatsr of
the true north and that by cut
ting Ihe magnetic field east and
west ' I conld develop . a rotary
motion.
"I now have a motor built
'on that principle mat win ro
be tale at a constant speed, a apoed
Detroit had a apeed of 1800 rev-
wiuhuui m wiuuic t t.,a
45 horsepower cn a block. The
.'motor Is now In New York."
Asked what he Intended doing
I with it. Hendnrshot said he had
: decided to do nothing without
lid
you bave a little different feel
ing a feeling of contentment, a
feeling of don't care rap what
happens, everything will be all
right. He was correct In bis
diagnosis, for San Francisco Is
a city of the entire world. They
are here from every place. It Is
the financial center of the west
and alwaya will be. The old boys
who grabbed off real estate In
the mining days got ao rich
neither themselves nor Ihelr fam
ine knew what to do with their
coin. Some of tbem did a lot
of things, and they are still doing
them. BulMlngs. public and
semi-public buildings, havo been
erected from their "unearned In-
' crement" accruing from advanced
prices of real estuto. Swimming
pools and parks have also been
donated to the public, ell of
which combine to matte- San
Francisco a groat city to visit In
and feel wonderfully comfort
able. iiAiiuiml'lt "Jill t il.n nnmnn
O L k
manent residents. 8traus Bonds j
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a numoer oi oui.o-
Ing both In Sacramento and San
Francisco. Strauss haa a great
financing layout all. over the
country. but the thought come
asking bow are all the new build
ing going to py. Financial peo-
i . i A..Hn.inl.ltf nH.n aav
the building game I. far over
done and that the rcictlon I on
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of Palatial-Pleasure Craft
'.P " a'.-w . :-arwwi' -
till' l.f laanfU mi lilf II
TINY PLANE
WASHED UP
ONSHORE
I
No Trace Found of Harry
Brooks, Aviator for
Henry Ford
START SEARCH FOR
REMAINS OF FLIER
Kueculute on How Acclib-nt Oc
curred; Ilclh-ve I'lane Went in
to Xonc Ile anil Tlmt Hrooki
Hud Time to Free Himself
From Sinking I'lnne Hrfurc it
Fonndcreil.
SEBASTIAN. Fla., Feb. 27. (VP;
The Ford flivver plane which
disappeared Into the Atlantic
ocean Saturday night off Mel
bourne, was washed ashore near
here this morning. No trace
waa found of tbe body of Harrj
Brooks, who was piloting the
plane when It disappeared.
The plans was badly damaged.
One wing bad been entirely tern
off by tbe wave, and the fabric
of the other wing waa stripi-ed.
The propeller was broken aaa tbe
fuselage were wrecked.
Working on -tho theory that
Brooks freed himself " or war
thrown clear of the cockpit irhcn
the plane struck and attempted
to swim ashore, a beach patrol
was begun at daybreak. Sea
planes were still working up and
jdewn the coast off Sebastian In
let.
The plane was loaded on a
truck and brought Into Sebas
tian. Ford officials said It
would be sent to Jacks, nville.
The search for Brooks' body con
tinued with airplanes looking
ever the aea coast and beach
es and beats searched the sea'
Examination of the strap by
which Brooks wag oaid to have
fastened himself into the plane
when be left Titus e. Satur
day, offered no cine as lo wheth-
er he disengaged himself
be-
fore
the
crasb. The battered
condition of the fuselage m.iue
this means of determining the
pilot's exavt fate impossible.
It was generally believed, how
ever, that he had lime tJ free
himself befcre the p'-.ne fell
AUTO PLUNGES
FROM HIGHWAY
MEDFOBD. Ore.. Feb. 27. (A.
P.) o. H. Pledger, salesman for
Bobertl brothers of Los Angeles,
driving an automobile on the Pa
cific highway, plunged over an
embankment near Canyonvllle
vesterdav. Halfway down the 100
i Tini nrilU. I llUs,ri n
'out and escaped with minor in
, . . i. aa anvisheil to
juries, mo 1 " " "
i.in.iii,.r Th . accident was at-
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! AtiGIKS llKATF.X
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb.
; 27. (AP) Whitman college was
; too clover for tho Oregon Aggies
here Saturday night, out-manouv-
erlng and outnlaylng the ,orang.-
men throughout me
score was 39 to J'
MMftl!jt "L-
. i Mi
tail aftaTi,.--
--; -fl-i-
Pastor Held
A
9 ' iammm ni il'7l'
Arthur B. Brooks, who said he
recently resigned from the pulpit
f a church at I'onca. Ariz,
rhile a federal grand Jury con
lidered charges of Mann Act vlo-
atlcn against him. He was
irrested with Velma Vorhles, 20.
Brooks denied the charges, de
rlatlnc Miss Vorhles was secre
tary of the church and be bad
br:ught her to Phoenix as his
jecretary when he came west for
bis health.
CH11EI1
Because . Jt . was exceptionally
cold ilur!n November and Dec
ember, tbe problem of mainten
ance of state highways has been
comparatively simply during this
winter season.
"Tbe serious problem in main-,
tenance In this part of the coun
try." pointed out C. C. Seeley,
resident engineer, "is the alter
nate freezing and thawing. Tbe
Toad expands and contracts as the
marked change of temperature
recur. Constant thawing lessens
np and disintegrates the road bed
opening np the road bed to tnols -
ture.
"Bnt this year it turned ccld
In November and stayed cold. A
coat of Ice penetrated the road
lost far enough to protect the
Mib-strata. There were no mote
warm days causing h?aving and
contraction of tlie road bod What
tittle thaw there was di1 r.ot ins.t
long enough to break -.lova tbe
coat of tee on the upper layer of
the road.
"Thus our winter maintenance
problem In Klamath county this
seasrn has been helped c -i.sider-ahly
by Mother Natnri bei-i!f."
SPECIAL MKKTIXtJ
TONIGHT
' A special meeting for all
citizens Interested in the
passing of the 3300.000
sewer . bond Issue which
come up for election to-
morrow has bean called for
7:30 o'clock this evening nt
the chamber of commerce.
Chairmen of the various
4 committees In charge of the
work are askod to be pres-
ent as Tell as all citizen
tv Interested In the project.
HELPING
ROADS
American Forest Week
Set Aside
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. (AP) t owners, have undertaken organ
The week of April 21-28 was I ized protection against forest
set aside today In a proclamation
by President Coolidge for nation -
wldo observance of American for-; ernl government na given us
est week" by "public discussion j support to the movement. This
of our forests and of what must : great cooperative enterprise must
be done to safeguard and restore j be extended and strengthened ntt
Ihem." til every forested county In the
The president emphasized par ' United State I ateguardcd
ticularly the need for suppressing , ngslnat forest fires,
the forest fire evil, and point out I "Bnt we are still far from tho
the benefits that will accrue from gonl of complole protection,
making the forest lands ot the! Every year, on tbe average, ,
I'ntted State productive of con-1 000 fire scourge our woodlanda,
tlnuoii crop. The proclamation I steadily undermining their vital
say In part: Uy. For this) bad situation the
. "The rehablllatlo'n of our for- blame fall equally on . u H.
est demand flrat of all that the Public agenrle rarely provide
(forest tire cvir be suppressed. : adequate protection against lire,
.Many of our forested state with, the timber land owner I too ti(
the cooperation ' of .timber 'nnd (Continued on page i)
INVENTION
MYSTIFIES
SCIENTISTS
Some Authorities View In
novation With Ffank
Skepticism
EXPERTS ASSEMBLE
FOR INVESTIGATION
Invention W'oulil Revolutionise
Industry If Foil nil To lie Fcn-ie
- Iblo and Practical; Machine
. Claimed To lie Energy Collec
tor. - ' '-
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, (A
P) The Hendershot "Fuel
less motor'" was in New
York today to be put under
the critical eyes of electrical
experts as soon as a patent
can be obtained.
It has already mystified several
men familiar with electricity, said
Major Thomas B. Lanphler,
flight commander at 8alfrldie
field, Mich., and leader of the
(firs ptirsult group, at the Hotol
iiiltmore. -srnefe he and Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh and a party
of friends are staying.
Dr. Nikola Tesla, Inventor of
the Induction mctor. who recent
ly patented plans for a "Helicop
ter airplane" views the inven
tion with skepticism. Dr. Tesla.
who has spent' many of his 71
years experimenting n taking
energy from tbe heat of the sun,
earth and air, aaid power obtnln
ed from these sources by a small
motor "can only be measured In
Mouse power." "There is apart
lfrom lightning, no natural elec
trical source which, could be ex
ploited with the p. act leal object
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HIMi'S THIRD SOX
IJlKi:i) IX FALL
MELTON MOWBUAY,
England, ,Feb. 27. (,V)-
Prince Henry, third son of
King Oeorge. was heavily
thrown from his horse whilo
hunting with the Q n o r n
) hounds today. He Injured
his leg and collar bone but
made light of the accident.
The prlnce'a horse fell nt
an awkward hedge obstacle.
near Bagdale. throwing him
from the saddle. The prince
making light of the Incident,
4 wanted to ride again but
was persuaded not to do so.
He wa taken to Itagdnlo 4
Hall, the home of Major W.
s P. Cantrell-Hubhersly and
later to Craven Lodge Club
at Melton Mowbray. On his
I arrival at the latter place
the prince was given medl- s
cal attention.
A
By Coolidge
1 fires; and in recent yoara, unuer
; tbe Clark-McNary law, the led-