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ably rain In w vat portion tonight
and Tuesday. No chum In tern
pernture. Fresh southerly wind.
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1928
Number C282
vi
City Edition
The Old Home Paper
RIVERS OF
mm
OVERFLOW
Willamette at More Than
Flood State; Traffic
Checked
NORTHERN PACIFIC
TRAINS SLOWED UP
Wall 'Walla Krnr Disaster l
Narrow Margin of 1 4 lurlici;
Hnuki ami t IcnrwnliT River
IIIm Itnplill)' aa Ileal y Hnln
Storm Occur Iti Mountain.
KL'GENK. Ore., March
12, (AT) Fed by melting
Known und heavy rains in
tho mountains, tho Willam
ette river rowo rapidly to
more than flood stage Sun
day, nnd water wait still
standing on tho highways
in Homo pi ii ccs today. The
river had receded somewhat
thin morning.
From Saturday In Sundnr
morning tho river came up
(cel. and ruse an additional tour
-k . o
' I The water went over the high-
'"war In three place nil the Pad-
f flc blahway between here and
junction i lly, to trio uoitn and
In two place between here and
Springfield J u n r I I o n, to the
(Contlnti. rt on paia 41
PEWlSll
IN BIG UPSET
Set back Saturday uiKht by
the biggest upset of the dipe
bucket Ihla raaon, the Pelican
ilay Lumber rompany team la
prepurlnic for thn third of the
Klamath r o u n t y rhntnplnnsliip
aerlea with Merrill which will lie
played In tuition 1 1 nil Wednesday
night. The aenre Saturday waa
28 to 21.
After having romped over the
Merrill quintet by a one aided
aenre In their firm clash, the
Pelican live Journeyed aoiilh Sat
frduy nlnht to piny the second
and what everybody believed
would be thn flnnl gamo.
f la quick snrccsslnn (ho Peli
can bnskoloor "tossed In five
baskets. It looked like nnolhnr
walk-a-way. Then the Merrl'l
team took n new lenae on life
and the game took on champlon
ahlp rnllhrr.
Ono of those lnat-mlnute hn
keta won the name for the Mer
rill quintet.
Merrill la the winner of tho
aont.hern division of thn Inde
pendent lenitue of Klamath. Tire
Pellrana awept through the
northern division wlthnul a de
feat. Wcdneaday night's game hid
fair In bring out a capacity aud
ience. Poor Pa
"Jone nn' III wlfn belong
to different rhiirche. but Ihey
keep down trouble about II by
not goln' to either one."
1
SUIT BROUGHT
TO CLEAR UP
SCHOOL TITLE
A a preliminary move to plac
! lug the hind mi Main, Ihe city
rhiiu hoard School district
, number I today brought null In
; circuit conn to clearing lh tlilo
on the Central hi-IiooI property
j which faro on Main lnl be
tween Eighth and Tenth trt
and extend bark to I'Iiia street
! Defendant 11 a ni d In the
' "qulet-tltlo" lawsuit were Mar
garet llronk. Agne Pierce. Al
bert Pierce, Chnrlc Wlldey, un
known heir fit W. I. Nichols, un
known heir of I. lull. Ilrooka and
, (Jiilnry A. Ilrooka, unknown heir
of J. (i. Pierce and unknown
heir of J nines II. Churchill.
Tho school board? when It de
cided to pluro thn property on
;the mm led, concluded that any
jpoalhlfi chance nt challenging thn
Icliy'a lltlo to tho properly ahould
be rraacd through court action.
I They Instructed their aitornr-y.
W. S. Wiley to Institute soluble
action In circuit court to his end.
"Itoyally enlvrtalnrd.'
Thoae two word expreaaed by
ttu a Keller, aerrclary of the l.an-
gell Yulley community club, con
veyed the feeling of I.AUK"II Val
ley toward Henley following on
Inter-cninmunlty meeting at tho
il'enlrnl community club houae In
Henley Knturdny nlahl.
" Approximately 75 Langell Val
'ley realdenta Journeyed to the
' Henley dlatrltt to partake of the
hoapltulliy of the progromilve
! ogrlciillurnl diatrlct.
I After the ahorl bualneiia mee(
jlng of the Central community
I I In b, l.nimell valley'a delegation
j took the floor and with Chrla
I Cowley and M. T. Prince taking
leading part euterlulned
Itoata ton a abort lime.
Ilculcy reafKinded with an en
lerinlnuient featuring a . Hindu
fortune teller.
ROSEBURG MAN
DIES IN CRASH
HENLEY HOST
FOR
nOSKIirm:. t)re Mar. 1J. (A.I.Mr. Scovlllo haa a voice of un-1
I P.) Jack Waynlck, 20. of ltoe-',, quality and iieople of Klam
I burg, waa killed and Harry llapp. lath Pall are looking forward to'
jalan of Itoaehurg. wa aerlmiaiy . hearing her. Willi her hunhnnd,
hurt In an autn arcKient at t am-
a Valley early Sunday. The two ,
were on their way to Mnnhfleld
when the enr kldded and rolled, time alio will appear at the First
- .. . i , , . , . . ,
over four time. Ithrlstlan church where her hu-
. . . , , M
1 - ' I hand I conducting a aeries of
.. ..
evangelistic services.
.STIH1I A C.MII).TK HAS
htka (iK pi.ATi oitM
SAI.KM. Ore.. March IS.
lJV-"! believe that the state
should furnish each farmer
and laborer with a Kord
coupe; that tho weight of
Ihe Saturday Kvenlng Post
ahould be limited to 1A
pounds; that the poor fish
ahould have more fins. I
am nil wet, but spit cotton."
This Is. Ill part the plat-
form of Knoch K. Mnlhlson
of Astoria, who today filed
na candidate for the ro
publican nomination for rep- llsliod. Mr. Sexton la expecting
reaentntlve in the leglsln- H. C. Seymour, state leader of
turn for Clatsop county. club, to bo a Klamath visitor
! the latter part of March.
Rescuers Frantically
Dig
SANTOS, rtrnxll, March 12, (JF) crumbled wall and rock, the
(loping cracks In thn sldo of j rescuers would dig for the friends
Mount Serrnt, towering In Iho.of relative sllll nllvo. From
renter of this stricken city, to- the debris was tuken a woman
day threnlennd new disaster as who bad been hurled for 2S hours
1500 volunleera dug steadily In- In a room with, the body of her
to the ruins of Suliirdiiy's elide, ilinrbnnrt.
i The known dead stood at 39! Police ordered n wide nren
and It was feared that tho pou-,nround tho slide ovarunlcd and
' dermis mass of earth crashing , thl prevented a fresh dlsniier
' down upon tho sleeping city had when a new nvulunrho occurred
crushed out 200 live. ! yesterday on tho opposite side
Women, wenrled by weeping ; from Ihe slide. Nine houses wero
land walling, nnd terror-stricken 'crushed but there wero no ens-
chlldren stood around the scene,
remnnnnt of fnmllle shattered
by tho catastrophe. They hoped
that out of tho mass of earth,
t
SUSPECT IN
I F. BOMB
CASE HELD
Portland Police Question j '"u""" on ""T !
- T.Pichi m. irs ; rr irsi.
. or ATr riDf-llfADCl" T ,, !tion. of Tule lake. Uncon-
LUCAIL CIKL.ULAIOI (lovernment lenaeea on Tule tro.ed lhnle bed a would be the
ABOUT DYNAMITING ! "V"! 'honrntCVoVi, :"urre of one r ,he r"lte"t ln"
gardlng graaahopper control work ; eatatlone the lower Klamath ba-
(County Agent f. A. Henderaon ; lln h evor experienced,
l-onm-r I.U.rlct A.torne, -. le,l. j empha.Ued I hi. morning. One I.
.Ice W IW.,lt on Ma, 10,to do all they are able ',ed; olheni ,re wlth
loani Xo Arru of H...pec e control of the In.ect menace
lliut Kver lUfn Ule In (on
liertion With Attempted Oilne,
POKTI.AND. Mar. 1J. (AP)
Qunatloned concerning the dyna- i
niltlng of the home of K. I., Kl-'
llott, former diatrlct attorney of j
Klamath Knlla. Ore., two year
ago, tierce Toplch, who waa!
or rented Saturday on liquor !
charge, toduy denied any connec-;
Hon with tho dynamiting. In i
.Tophh'a rocm waa found a bun-!
die f circular pertulnlng to the1
dynamiting, wlili h led the diatrlct j Eorl Keater. tllenn H. Jed- M. uunran. Kiamatn rana. aiu
attorney'a office to believe that 1 ter, Mn Heed, Mahlon Lan- j ed Mr. Haney In the questioning
T ii h may bo in piuuealon of dia. John A. Jo lie. I-oula A. Ojof a Jury.
knowledge which may be helpful, j Kullna. II. K. Ilauger. John Mrs. J'hllllnaon who Is the wife
Tonic h wn aald In anawer the! Cacka. W. P. Watlera. K. I.. of E. C. Phllllpaon. Klamath
deacrlptlun of a man who waa' Arum, (in Keller and Mar- (Knlla contractor, allege ahe uf
aunpeclaat of-he dynamiting. but'lnn Hnnka.-' - " fervd wermabent injur lee on her
who ban never been upprehended.
SUPERVISOR OF1
."r - I
PARK TO SPEAK
BEFORE FORUM i?"1""1 ',un'-ow""
of the Klamath Valley hospital
. ' T . , . I brought by Mr. Maria Phillipson.
Announcement of plan for the, " '
. , ...... x. v i patient In the hospital ever
deve opment of ( rater l.ake Nn-' r ,.
Ib.'lr,na p.rk for 12- will he told
U. k..i i . rt tv.
-I,' "'. '
. , . ' , .
neaoay n. inn ii.r. no. neon
of the chamber of commerce. Col
nnel Thornton will be the prln-1
clpal apeaker. ,
Mr. Charle Scnrille, eoloiat. 1
accompanied by laanc M. Karri,
pianlat, will provide the mualr. I
nr. I harle Keign S'oville. Mr,
Hcovllle will apend aeveral week I
in Klamath Pall, during which
CLUB FILMS TO
BE DISPLAYED
Moving picture of Klaninlh
county club work tnken here
through Ihe activity nt the South
ern Pacific publicity division
will be displayed In various farm
ommunltlca during tho week of
Mnrrh 26 and April 1, announced
Krnnk W. Sexton, county leader,
thla morning.
At a later date definite sched
ule of when and where tho ple
lures will be shown will he pub-
To Save Relatives
unit leu.
The enormous quantity of enrlh
which slipped hampered Iho work
of oxenvntord.
Tule Lake Lessees
Mobilized To Wipe
Out Hopper Menace
With the protection of thou- 'Klamath reclamation officials
sanda of acre of grain an an In-', bate agreed to cancel Iraaea
rentlve, preliminary step leading whose holders ignore the grass-
i to control of a grasshopper In-
an
land; and the aecond
la to re-
fiiae to do any work and aland
I the chance of harlug their leaned j
'cancelled.
Damage Case Instituted by
Woman Opens in Court Today
I
THK ll'HV
I!
With qnickne and dispatch.
a lurv wn .elected thia mnrnlna
-,'. .i.. : k.
U. ti ir,n .i.m m.nnthe had been brought back from
"no r" unnHr
i way.
Hrlef but lo-the-polnt opening
Itntenienta were v:lced by lior-
,..,. ,,nrn..v r,.r
Dr.
GET 29 CENTS
rOUTI.AND. Ore.. Mar. 12.
(A.
P.I Creditor of Overbeck
nd
I ., , """" "
. wl.l receive -about 29 cent on
,....... ,. .
the dollar on their claims from'
., , ... .
line present asset of the com-1
: n . , I
p...L. L..L....I t,. - t.j,.A
i..nr. .......... . onurr. ui.ue
public -today by J. O. Gllllngham.
I elected Saturday aa trustee of
!the firm.
With a total liability of 2.-!
1K9.0O5.10. there are assets
amounting t 1429.649.48. This
amount Is composed of !.-
i5..37 In cash and 1374,3 1 5. .5
cash receivable. The fixtures are
worth 12. 706.34. The money
which customers owe the firm Is
an Item that must be collected
heforo the creditors receive their
29 cent on the dollar Investment.
Those that do not pay will be
sued and will be put to addi
tional cost of court procedure.'
Gllllngham will qualify tomor
row as permanent trustee.
GREEK TORPEDO
Df a t mr tat r cdc
OVJXl tKJUiyUCKj
!
. ATHENS. Mar. 12. (AP) The '
Greek torpedo boat. Pannrmna'
struck a rock and foundered !
while making for Iho Island of
Aeglna last night. No lives were
lost. The cnmmnmlcr Attempted i
to commit
suicide with hi re-
volvcr.
DAKillTtll IIOUN TO
POITLAIl YOl'Nfl torPl.K
Gernliline Dobre I the name
which Mr. and Mr. Merland
Stroud have given their Infunt
daughter, born on Snttirday af
ternoon nt the Klaninlh Valley
hospital. Thl I iho second child
born to Iho popular young cou
ple, a son Merlnnd Junior being
tho ether member of tho family.
Mr. Str'ud Is manager of The
hunter Drown Shoe. Mora and Is
one of the active young business
mco oC Klutuuth Fulls,
CREDITORS TO
hopper menace.
by a paraaite which Mother Na-
ture baa prorlded to check the
(f.nntinned on page all)
Hunt, and Bert Haney. Portland,
Rtt6rney for Mr. Pnllllpaon. W.
left foot and leg frcm w hot ws-
or bo," h,'n- ,he rlln"-
P" ' bcd y repreaenla-
Mive if ihe hoapital Just after
the operating rocm and before
she had regained conclouneM.
Dr. Hunt aa owner of the hos
pital.! responsible, plaintiff acta
forth, on tho theory that one of
hi agenta committed a careleas
net by placing the hot water bot
tle In the bed while a pattrnt
(Continued on page aixt
SPUD GROWERS
WILL DISCUSS -VITAL
PROBLEM
One of the mot vital pnblems
in any potato growing eectlon
that of disease of the plant and
It control will bo the principal
subject before the Klamath Coun
ty Potato Growera" association
which will hold a meeting tonight
in the Central Community club
hall.
included In the sneaker who
w aaareM the meeting arc
j rount, ARen, C- Henderson.
. wl dlM.us8 disease prob-
i.,,.. i.ii.ni Count Aeent
Wray Lawrence who will dwell
on demonstration and fertlllilng.
ad Carl C. Reynolds, secretary
0f tne Klamath county chamber
i of commerce, who will tell the as.
nriatlon of the financial status
I tf the association following the
: Secind Annual Klamath County
Potato alio
MONTANA TOWN
HIT BY FLOOD
CROW AGENCY, Mont.. Mar.
12. (API High water caused by
iho Little Big Horn river rising
; behind an Ice gorge here last
' n""Ui "" v
families from their homes, caused
unesttmatcd livestock losses and
blocked a highway.
The flood waters rose almost
four feet over the section of the
town near the river and washed
over the sidewalks of Main atreet.
-
ORATORIO IH)STPONEI
Postponement of tho re-
hearsal of the Orujorlo so-
clety wljich was scheduled
for' this evening at 7:. 10
o'clock to Tuesdoy evening
at. tho same hour was an-
4 ounred this afternoon. Tho
change In dales Is due to
the Illness nt Mr. Ruth
A k e r s Hnlloway. director.
Members are asked to ho
present on Tuesday evening
at 7:30 o'clock nt the First
Presbyterian church for the
rehearsal.
'FOX' WILL
BE
TO
Sentence for Toms Mur
der to Be Pronounced
Today by Judge
HICKMAN ATTORNEY
WINS BIG VICTORY
Failure- of Jury to Condemn Ixm
Angele Slayer to Death for
Murder of Drngzclst Looked
I pun as Ilia; Sncrrxa for Voong
I Jiwyer Who Are Defending
Klilnjiper.
LOS ANGELES. March 12. UP)
By an abrupt change of pro
cedure. William Edward Hirk
uan, twice convicted of first de
gree murder. Is to be sentenced
to life Imprisonment for the hold
up and shooting of C. Ivy Toms.
Itosehill druggist, this afternoon
Instead of Tuesday, it waa learn
ed here today. Hickman's co
defendant, Welby Hunt will bear
life Imprisonment pronounced on
him tomorrow as originally
scheduled.
The ehange in plans was re
queued by dele a a attorneys
Jerome Walsh and . Ulchard Can
tillon. Hickman, it la understood will
be rushed under heavy gunrd to
San Q u e n 1 1 n tonight. Coder
sheriff Eugene DlBcalllux, In
charge of the prison party, re
fused to say where Hickman
would be pat aboard the north
bound train.
A cordon of deputy tsheriffs
and special guards have been
ordered on d a t y In Superior
Judge Elliott Craig's coutt room
when sentence I passed this af
ternoon. Only those who held
admission tickets to the trial will
be admitted inside the barricade.
Everyone admitted Is to be
searched for concealed weapons,
Riscalllui ordered.
Hickman, morose and down
cast for the first time since go
ing to trial, refused to talk to
day. Jailer Frank De War said
the slayer of Marian Parker was
suffering from a severe headache
and an attack of melancholia.
The slayer spent a restless night.
ED W. MILLER
TOSSES IN HAT
SALEM. March 12. (yP) Ed
W. Miller of Grants Pass and
R. J. Carsner of Spray, bath
members of the state senate in
tho 192S and 1127 sessions of
the legislature, today filed with
the secretary of state their dec
larations of candidacy for re
nomlnntion in the republican pri
mary In May. Senator' Miller
represents the seventh senator
ial district, comprising Josephine
county and Senator Carsner the
18th senatorial district, com
prising Gilliam, Sherman and
Wheolor counties.
1VD
PRISON
Lay Plans For Annual
Fight Against Rodents
Still sleep sodden from their'
: hibernation, but ravenously hun-;
, gry from their self-imposed fast,!
tens of thousands of ground
I squirrels are beginning to bestir
I themselves in their dark winter
quarter and. cne by one, are
poking their heads out of their!
! subterranean residences to get i
' thn lay of tho land. j
Concurrently with their awak
ening, human agencies are at
i work preparing for the annual
offensive against the destructive
rodent whoso deprudatlon nn '
! Klamath basin farms provide one'
nt the most annoying agricultural ;
problems. .
Scores cf larks of poison have
,bccn mixed and are being dlstriu-.
DENY WHEELER
ANDOLMSTEAD
SECOND TRIAL
PORTLAND, March 12. CD
Emery Olmstead and J. E. Wheel
er were refused new trial today
by Federal Judge R. 8. Bean on
Indictments on which they werej
convicted of misapplication of
funds of the Northwestern Na
tional bank. Judge Bean Indi-
cated that sentence would be
Imposed Wednesday.
In a verdict February 17. Olm
stead. former president of the
bank and Wheeler, former presi
dent of the McCormick Lumber
company were found guilty on 22
count dealing with check kiting
operations through which the
government charged the bank lost
approximately $800,000. They
were found not guilty on a charge
of conspiracy to violate the. na
tional bank lows.
Maximum penalties fixed by
law range as high aa two years
In prison and fine of 15,000 on
each connt.
BOOED SILENT
CHICAGO. Mar. 12. ' ( AP) A
negro audience booed and hissed
Major William H. Thompson of
Chirago last night as be address
ed them In behalf of Congress
man Martin B. Madden, republi
can chairman of the- house fi
nance committee, who is np for
re-election. ., .
Addressing a meeting In the
first congressional district, four
fifths of the population of which
is negro, Thompson urged sup
port of the governor Small
Thompson faction candidates In
the state election. As he spoke
for Madden, who la opposed by
William L. Dawson, negro, the
2500 people In the hall booed
and hissed until Thompson was i
forced to stop talking.
CHARGE WOMAN
WITH SHOOTING
NEW ORLEANS. March 12.
UP) "She got me. I'm gone, but
she's Justified," was the dying
statement yesterday of Oakley
B. Harris, wealthy proprietor of
the Crescent billiard hall -and
widely known sportsman. who
was shot to death at his chicken
farm on the outskirts of the city.
Police charged that Mrs. Sarah
Kalloway tired a pistol at Harris
when the sportsman refused to
return with her to her apartment.
WOILD BAX YOVXG
WOMEN FROM PLAYS
LONDON. England. Mar.
12. (yP) If St. John Ervine,
distinguished English dram-
atlst. had his way he says
he would permit no woman
under 40 years old to enter
a theatre.
"The great day of the
theatre was when there
were no women either on
the stage or In the and-
lence." aald Mr. Ervine au-
ariously In addressing a
gathering of women.
uted to various and sundry
stores throughout the Klamath
basin. Already a shipment of
poison mixture has been sent to
Sparretirn's store In Bonanza' and
this week shipment will be sent
to Knllnn's store nt Mulln, Ben
Fnus' store at Merrill and Mark's
Cash store In Mt. Lakl district.
The poison will he distributed
from these stores to various ,
farmers In the respective dls-1
trlcts. Tho poison Is given to j
the farmers at cost. I
By constnnt poisoning, year af
ter year, the rodent question on
tho Klamath basin Is kept down'
to a minimum. The poison Is'
scattered In front of the squirrel '
holes and usually consumed by
the rodent a short time later. ,
LEADER OF
DEMOCRATS
nnriin nnr
i Mil nil' Mill
urmo niL
Robinson Says Repub
lican Head Was Guilty
of Corrupt Practices
SECRETARY MELLON
WILL GO ON STAND
Treawory Head Will Testify on
What lis Knew of Mysterious
Transaction Involving; Trans
fer of Continental Trading Co.
Bonibj; To Be Vbmt Witness.
WASHINGTON, March
12, (AP) Reviewing the
testimony before the Teapot
Dome committee. Senator
Robinson of Arkansas, the
democratic leader, today de-,
dared that Will H. Hays
had "subjected himself .to:'
the possible charge of per
jury." .
The democratic, leader carried
the oil case before the senate
shortly ' after Secretary ' Mellon ' :
agreed to annear before the oil
mminlltM' lnmnf,A Ttt a
tary will be asked about the $60.
000 In Continental Trading com-
pany bonds sent to him by Hays. '
who Is former secretary of. the
republican national committee and
refused by Mr. Mellon. Robinson
In a brief speech dealt entirely
with campaign contribntiona from "
Harry F. Sinclair, lessee of Tea- .
pot Dome to the republican com
mittee.
l - Ua..a .... 1 . - t 1
885.000 in liberty bonds from the' !
lent transactions by which the
uavui un reserves were oanereu '
away," he said, "and proceeded '
by methods common to crooks
with efforts to exchange the' '
bonds with prominent republicans
for cash.
"Such records aa were kept
warrants the conviction that the
whole transaction was corrupt.
"Quite lately before the com- V
mittee. when at lnat thai illm '
transactions waa divulged, . Mr."
Hays said: 'I do not volunteer: .
about the government bonds.
ws not aalrerl ihnn. ttt
TERRY TALENT
FACING TRIAL
PORTLAND, Ore., March 12,
(P) Terry A. Talent, youthful
federal prohibition officer, faced
trial In federal court today on a .
manslaughter charge' growing out ,
of the death of Manford Zlm
merlee, rancher of Trail, Oregon, ,
killed In a moonshine raid.
L. A. Liljeqvlst, assistant atate
attorney general was in charge of
the prosecution and United
States District Attorney George
Neuner of the defense, numerous
witnesses were subpoenaed from
Jackson county, where the killing
occurred.
AuntHet
"1 didn't Intend to have Ben
an' his folk for supper, but
Pa backed the car over that
old red rooster of ours."