1 3Ettetmtgi l&miKi
Gity Edition
The Old Home Paper
WK.iTIIKIt.
OREGON: L'nitotl lul tonight
net Wednciduy, probably ruins
lu tl portion. Not miirh chain
In temperature. Mndurate In
fresh southerly winds on tlm
coast.
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KLAMATH FALLS,. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1928
Number 6.113
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LONE WOLFi
Bandit Quickly Goes
Through Pocket
of Victim
rMror.FNrv
PULLED: GETS AWAY
W. 11. lliNfccr, lrptilrni of Kun
I'rniw ixit lUnk, Anionic Tra
ilers Victimised by OiIi-hro
1 Handle Crime (iimnlHe Hue
prlso lu Iti'liuilllilrr of Train
CHICAGO. April 17. (A
P) A man wearing a blue
polkadot mask hold up ton
pnttsi-ngera in the olwcrva
tion car of the Overland
limited an it pulled out of
the Chicago & Northwest
ern station last night and
em-aped with cash antl jow-
elf)' Valued nt $5,000 01'
more. ,
Among those robbed, special
officers of tho Northwestern
learned, was W. II. Crocker,
president nf the Crocker National
hank nf Kan Krauuisaa aud re-
. .. ... , 1
ui miiurma. iiips iwi in i..n
was reported to have been 1800
Ills daughter. Helen, who was
with lilm, also was robbed of
somo rash, but succeeded In sav
ing her Jewels. The alarm was
spread. Flashing a revolver on
tbe oiciip.iins of the observation
car, whom he herded lo the rear
(Continued on pag t)
BAI.KM. Ore.. April 17. (AP)
When Governor Patterson yes
terday called on members of the
supreme rnurt and gnvo them op
portunity to make recommenda
tions Individually In regard lo
executive clemency fur James
, Wlllns and Kllsworth Kelley, earh
nf tho Justices declined lo mnka
a recommendation, according to
an official stntement Issued by
the court. There Is much specu
lation whether the governor will
cnmmtito the death sentences In
life Imprisonment.
RAINS HERALD
OPENING GAME
PORTLAND, April 17. (VP)
Cloudy skies with occasional
bursts of sunshine and ruin, and
an ominous forecast of more
rnln gave dubious weather pros
. pect for Iho opening fnino hero
Ibis afternoon of the Pacific
rnast hasehnll league. . Portland
was scheduled lo moot tho Sun
Francisco Missions.
Poor Pa
".My brother Joe's wife is
his second an' he's beginning
In soil off the property he ac
rulmiilntod while, hit was tlvln
wllh his first."
CONITSI
01 REPRIEVE
KLAMATH MEN
ARE HONORED
BY DE MOLAY
j KANSAS CITY, Mil.. April 17.
4') An tribute lo tlm seal of
IIiiiko who have been active In
l ho progress of Ihe orcl r of Do
Mnluy, llio Kruml council of that
orgaiiliatlon baa awarded the
li'Klnii of honor to 3GI pant and
present I Molays, thn cross of
honor to 2K0 advisors of Do
.Mnluy rhaptera anil thn honor
mry legion of honor to 41 free
I Mn ho ii a not off!, lolly Identified
with thn movement. The lint
wu mode public today by ('rank
I H. I -and. I ii u ii d 11 r ami Krnml
scribe of thn order. The awurds
fur Oregon follows:
Legion of Honor. Leslie IVyton.
RRAKP1"' Klamath chapter. Klamath
Honorary legion of honor. I
8. Muli'oltn. I'ortlanil.
Crow of h o n o r. Harry W.
Hiithlany. Klamath chnptir. Kla
nun li Falls: lunac K. Staples,
Oregon chapter. 1'nrtlanil: John
K. Hunyan, Itns.burg chapter.
i llosehurg.
PAY ROLL FOR
A pay roll of $1500 wa given
out to the men of llattery B of
the National Guards at the regu-
lur drill meeting on Monday
night at the Armory. Tills marks
the third pay any llio nailery
Ii.il received bringing Into Mam-
alh rails more than i3.uun.
G RRIS
Heveral of the younger rnrnj"'"' hi.,,.
took their checks and deposited
them lo sivtngs accounts last
evening. .
The company has an enrollment
of S3 men at thl
time and holds
a one-hundred percentage attend
ance. EUGENE JURIST
TO PRESIDE AT
CHANEY TRIAL
RAI.KM,
Judge 0.
gone will
Ore.. April 17. (AP)
K. Kklpworth of Ku-
, . . , , , ,
reniuo ii inn irmi in
District Attorney Newton Chaney
of Jackson county, which la to
iMgln at Medford May 14. Skip
AS
worth was assigned
yesterday by Chief Ju
of the supreme court
C. M. Thomas of Medford had I
requested that another Judge be
assigned to the rase. Chaney was
Indicted on a charge, nf misappli
cation of prohibition funds.
(.IHMAVH KVI'ltK.HM
THANKS TO (-OOl.llMiK
WASIIINGTO.X. April 17
(41 A message of npprerla'
Hon for the telegram of con-'
gratulatlons sent them by
President Cnolldge wns re- !
reived at tho White llotisn i
I4 today from the crew of the (
Bremen.
I "Deeply moved by your
kind congratulations," the
message snld. "Tho Cor-
! 0 inan-Irlsli crow of Gorman
airplane Dromon hope lo :
4 roach tho great rnpuhllc of !
' I'. 8. A. very soon when j
they will personally expross
their great appreciation of 4
, and tbuiiks for your svm- .
,0 pathetic Interest In their .
work." !
School Property Will
Be Sold
Decision to call for bids on the i and there will bo very good sec
Central school properly on Mnlnjond rate rental property on Ninth
street between Klghth and Tenth, street as rut through, with fair
and lo reservo a sixty foot strip locations on Iho Pino street cor
for a continuation of Ninth street ! ners. Some think the Main
and alt font strip for an alley,
was reached Inst night at a meet
ing nf tho city school hoard.
Bids for Ihe school property
will be opened Mny 21.
Now comes the question of how
much will thn Central building
and slto bring under bids
submitted. With the 60
o he
fool
street out of the property there 'and others say only 1100. If only
Is left approximately 200 reel on 10i a toot that will add $27,500
Mnln street and 2B7 root on Pino; making a total to Ihe district
street, There will be three ex-! of $127,500. This Is purely con
ccllcnt corners on Main street (t'uatluut'd oa pag t)
ONE
SKIPS OUT
HOSPITAL
Roy D. Kelly, Redding,
Outwit California
Police
HAD BEEN WOUNDED
. ..wwufw.
BY CHICO OFFICER
To Wives Mi-rt at HiiMilc i.fj
Wounded Mnn anil Kiprcss ;
.Mutual Kyiuptiihy fur Wrong" j
('iiiinililnl at Hands of Allcg. I
nl ItiKnilll.t; Then llelM
Him (iet mj.
IIEDKINO. Calif.. April 17
Hoy H. Kelly whone two wlven
met and comforted earh olh
7
orer Kelly's bed in Chlro
rently took hl nard' plmol and
enrnped from the rnunty hoapita
i here.
Kelly (hot through th
lung by a Chiro policeman who
sought to arrest him on
charge
of issuing fictitious checks.
. Two wlvo went in hi. l.ed.i.lo
exist-
i
was brought here for treat-
I - " "
.... .wl ..... ......... I. ... 1,.l.
v.. lnn..n h.m i ii,i.i..!
that Mrs. Kelly number 2 who
was denied admittance, to the
hospital helped Kelly to escape
when l.ee Headrlrk, his guard
hud left the room.
Tho mun'a condition was bo-1
lleved to dangerous to permit !
a court hearing but physicians i
said today he probably pretend
ed his condition was more ser
ious thnn I' really was.
I cin'iiii s tiiiii ria ami i.iipnr
riherllt s officers and a posse
.... ... '
are seeking ioiiy ana nis second.
. fn.
PIRATES TAKE
linvrik-nvn Anrii I
Fifteen pirates disguised as pas-
sengors overpowered the officers
cf the Chinese steamer Hstn-Wnh
Saturday and took possession of
It. They ordered Captain J.-n-
sen to steer for Sainchau Inlet,
the nothrlnus plrulo stronghold.
Thorn the cargo and the be
longings of tho passengers were
transferred to sampans. Five I
Chinese pnsscngors wore carried
off to be hold f.ir rnnsom.
While tho pirates were, trans
ferring their booty, a Chinese
gunboat appeared. The pirates
hurried for tho shore. A land
ing parly wns sent nflor them
hut they escaped after a chase
of two hours.
The Hiln-Wnh, which wus en
route from Shanghai to Hong
kong nt Iho time of the rapture.
Inter proceeded here with
gunhent iscortlng her.
the
On May 21st
street property will bring JfiOO
a front foot wtillo others think
It will bring more. If a bid of
1500 a front foot for Mnln street
trontngo Is offered thut would
mean $100,000 for the Mull!
street sldo of Iho property. Thon
! whnt Is Pino
! worth? Some
street frontage
... i3ftn a foot
0 E STEAMER
James' Ambition To
Connect Two Roads
Hinted In Interview
In an Inlervolw given out In 1
Han Frunclsco, Arthur Curtis
J n men. Ill controlling fglure in
thn (Iri'at Northern, Northern
Pacific and Western Parlfle rail
road, uituin hint id thut hit ulti
mate unililllrn In Urn wan to ful
fill tho criginnl ilroam of Jump
J. Hill to project a. railroad
south from Rend, through Klam
ath Fulls, to connect with the
w""'prn Tailrm'i B! '
point mar Pnxton.
(" Already the (treat Korthrn'i
line
to IKInniath U completed.'
The next mow on th? railroad
map la yet to be disclosed.
following are exerpta from the
Interview which partially rercaln
what lion Inalde the head of tbe
man who owna more nhares of
I railroad than any man In the
I'nlted Statea:
r, "We're not fishllng the South-
j Valuable Publicity Accorded
Basin in Railroad Pamphlet
Klamath Falls, the largest city
In southern Oregon, and Crater
. . ..
M"" "lu-lrated publicity pamph-l
uiusiraiea puuiiciiy pampn -
: iM. iB..,n,i hv ih. rireni Vnrthern
I railroad company on the tourist
attractions ot the northwest. Tho
I'mphlet
Is distributed by
to every state In
the,
lake, jewel ot tne cascades, are trie Klamath country. '
accorded commendatory publicity Following Is the comment on ': Huenefeld for the Wander
In one of the most complete and Klamath Falls: . ng which brough' ..he trans-
I thousands to every state In Mm 'by a new line of the Great Korth
i union. em Railway extending south, ap-
Wlth an airplane view of Kla-
math Falls, a picture of a log-
I glng train, a view of pine woods
land a view of Crater lake. the.
ROB 1 D DENTAL "TRIPLE A HEAD
OFFICE SUITES GIT! VISITOR
PORTLAND. April 17. (cP)
Ten dental offices in downtown
buildings were robbed of gold on
Sunday, police revealed today.
The robber obtained about $500
In gold and cash. The only clue
obtained was a report that an
elderly man had boon seen Sun
,, day loitering about hallways cf
!'' n"",lln vh-r" f1'1'"1'"
I p urred. Six. of the offices were
I " Morgan bull.l.ng three n
h Selling building and one in
'"" M"cal AMI building.
T
E
I. A. Towoy, owner of tho Tow-
i ey
Mortuary, and for 13 years
Identified with the undertaking
huslness, announced today that
ho would bo a candidate at the
May primary election for the re-
! publican nomination to tho office
of county coroner.
Mr. Towoy Is tho second to of
ficially fllo for the position, Karl
Wbltlock, Incumbent, has a'.so
filed on llio republican ticket.
.
Dr. A. A. Soule, who Informally
nnouiiced his candidacy, had not
tiled up to enrly this afternoon.
Mr. Towoy tins been a resident
of Klamath Falls since 1D1D.
moving here from Montana. He
was formerly raised In Portlnnd.
His campaign slogan will be:
"Kxperlenre plus Kconomy and
Efficiency."
In a pro-oleetion statement to
day. Mr. Toweyisald:.
"If I am nominated and elect
ed, I will during my term of of
fice endeavor to give an eco-
' mimical and etiiciont service, .ny
1 12 years experience In mortuary
nrk Including approximately five
years as deputy county coroner
lot Klnmnth county, together with
1 my completely equipped parlors.
fully qualities me (or office."
DWEY ENTERS
CORONER
C
orn Pacific, we're not fighting
iho Santa Fe. Thcre'a room In
California for three railroad.
Our whole purpose la to build
up the state."
Arthur Curtina James, chair
man of the Western Pacific rail
road, leaned lurk In til office
cbalr yesterday at the Mill build-
InK and beamed a promise of j
big daya to come. i
Vou ran t get away from that i
iwui'i imlle the twinkle at clear!
brawn eyea that leap out at you I
from the ambu.h of hia ample j
whinkera.
It flaabed at our firat question:
"They tell me yon were the
Ii intent stockholder in the South
ern Pacific."
"And perhaps still am." was
the surprising answer."
It has been generally thought
(Cnnllniied on pare S)
two brief but descriptive articles
tell In a few words the tale of
...
i rviamain rails is a moaern.
.tim.ii.a eitv in v.a n.
vast area In southern Oregon
noted for its scenic beauty and
Up productiveness.' It Is reached
proximately 140 miles from Bend, I
Oregon. j
"The great forests of southern'
(Continued on Page Three) j
On a tour of Inspection through
souinern uregon, i.ecrge tiranu-
enburg. manager of the Triple
A booth cf Portland visited in
i Klamath Falls for a few hours I
this afternoon enroute to Ash-j
land. '
Mrs. John Dn Ruis accompan
ied Mr. Brandenburg and has ac
cepted a position at Bend where
she will have charge of the Trl-!
plo A booth. !
While in the city today, Mr. t
Brandenburg visited with Mrs.
Virginia Schuppoi of the Triple
A booth at the chamber of com -
inerce.
BUILDING SLOW
IN CITY: BAD
WEATHER CAUSE
Despite the Inclement weather
which has prevailed throughout
the greater part of April, build
ing permits for April up until
this afternoon showed a total of
$16,660, according to a check of
permits made at the office of
1'r.lleo Jn.lt. I.eni C.anhnaen tills
morning. ;
With the exception of four of
these permits, the greater mini-
; her were granted for remodelling I
of residences and erection of ga-1
rages and ndilitlnnnl rooms. A '
total of 11 permits were granted1
for the first IS days of the
month. . I
FORFEITS BAIL
ON RUM COUNT
Failing lo appear in police
court this morning to answer to
a charge of possession of Intoxi
cating liquors, which hnd been
preferred against hi in by Keith
Ambrose, chief of police, George
Kingston ofk63.1 South Sixth for
feited ball In the sum of $100.
I'pon searching Ihe premises of j council acted, would be tested in
Kingston, Ambrose and Officer ; the state supreme court.
Pardne located six cases of home i In other words, according lo
hrew, 20 gallons of brew in the ! word received by authorities,
making: eight empty cases: 3jcne or more of the affected s r
plnts nf moonshine and 2 pints I vires are contemplating ignoring
of wine. The arrest of Kingston i Ihe council mandate and contln
took place Just at midnight on nlng to operate. Arrest of the
Monday. t taxi operator will follow as a
PLANE LOST
AS LIGHTS
FAIL TRIO
n 1 1 r ii w ii I in iicnnis room, canea inrougn
Baron Huenfeld Te!i.,he wlnrtow for neIp , ,,, rob.
Why Bremen W hers fled. One of the robbers
I jumped on the running board of
lOSl jan automobile and forced the
idrirer to carry blm to Front and
,
HUNDREDS OF MILES
pi r WM IN nARIflMF?
r W n ln L,AKfk1'"-'
Itaybrrak Ili-injt Opportunity for
Daring Arlulorw to Correct
ThWr Io):Ijii nml to Attain
Hrad Toward Short of lnltN
Hlatr; Flying Wry w
rOIXT ARMOUR. Que
i bee, 'April 17, (By Marconi
Wireless to the Canadian I
.,,.,(
Press) Fa-lure of the light-
!Sic8hy
stem on the Bremen, formai acceptance of the in
made it impossible ritation of the. Klamath county
for them to read their in-: chamber of commerce to address
j struments for hours, was the annual meeting In this city
k,j l p, v'nn Thursdav evening. Mav tenth.
iuiuisb.us.uuuvsjv uai llll W If II
Ati,. i... J-,,.-
on
I jreeflly Island, hundreds of
TllleS from its course
I Tbe Baron estimated that 4 no
i miles weer flown " fn
aarsness,
j ,
during which the
plane swung
from Its southwest course Into a
j northerly direction.
I The plane had progressed
well, he said, all day Thursday
I after Its take off from Ireland.
! Mut that night a blizxard dev-
eloped. Storm conditions forced
, tne plane to lose altitude until
i it was flying "very low." r
Daybreak gave the aviators
an opportunity to correct the'
direction in wnicn tney were ny -
jing. the weather became worse
I and worso every hour and it was
, with the greatest difficulty that
,n(,
planc could be kept up. It
lOnnllniiKl on page 41
If present plans do
not mis-
carry, the first actual
move to
clea; ,he Lake . ,he Woods road
of soncrnl feet of snow will be
1 under way within a short time,
I according to C. II. Vnderwood.
i president of the chamber of com
i merce, who with Leslie Rogers
drove to a point within several
miles of the summer resort Sun
day. "Peter Beck, logging contrac
tor, contemplates breaking the
crust of the snow with his heavy
tractor, thus exposing the drifts
to the elements and facilitating
a thaw." explained Mr. Under-
- " Cimcull lo say now
TRACTOR HILL
soon the rood to the lake will be noted Swedish architect, were
open to automotive traffic, suf-! married today at tho Berlin reg
fke to say that Mr. Berk's ef- lstrar's office. A religious cere
forts will hasten that day." i mony will be held tomorrow.
Revoke Taxi Permits;
Test Case Is Rumored
Close on tho heels of the sus-
' pension of licenses of three Klam
ath Fulls taxi service Pat's tnxl
owned by Pat Hogue: Cal's taxi
1 service, operated by Cal Crows,
and the Hurry tnxl. owned by
Fred Lyrns rumor were heard
from authentic sources today that
tho ordinandi under whlrh the
THIEVES MAKE
SPECTACULAR
DASH; ESCAPE
PORTLAND, Ore., April 17.
i A-) After robbing a man and
woman In a room on lower
Washington street last night two
armed men escaped from police
in a spectacular dash by com
mandeering two automohilea and
Intimidating a crowd by firing
shots at First and Washington
streets.
Henry F. Dennis, who with
Barbara Mitchell were held up
Harrison streets, where he drop
ped off and disappeared. The
other robber forced a garage man
on Main street to drive him to
Front and Columbia streets.
E
K. F. S
VI
', . .. , ..
Ralph Budd, president of the
(:reat Northern ralIroild ha, wlr.
I - -
The wire from H. M. Sims, sec
retary to Mr. Budd was received
this morning by Karl ('. Rey
nolds, secretary of the chamber
ot commerce.
While anxious to accept the in-
, vltatlon and wiring his apprecia-
., ,ln.i,B deflnitelv state
'hlh.r . no, u. .niIir he able
to come to the coast from SI.
Paul for the annual meeting.
He will be here for the opening
day of the Great Northern rail
road celebration on Friday.' May
11. according to the wire.
Upon receipt of the word that
Mr. Budd would be able to ac
cept the invitation, directors of
,ne
chamber of commerce ex
pressed themselves as h I g h 1 y
. ni-aged at the luncheon todar.
The airectors went on record
endorsing the Klamath Poultry
Association which Is being soon-
red br the leading Don it ry men
of the county. C. A. Henderson
of the county agricultural office
was commended for hia work in
attempting to form the associa
tion. With the ballots for the pri
mary election of the chamber of
commerce closing on Wednesday
evening, a total of 85 ballots had
been cast up until noon today,
according to a report made by
Fred Fleet who presided In the
absence of Earl Reynolds.
The ballots will be closed at
7:30 o'clock on Wednesday eve
ning at the chamber of com
merce. That the chamber of commerce
tnke no political part In the
"World Court" discussion wns
the concensus of opinions of the
directors today. ,
l'RIM'K IIISM.XRK WF.DS
BERLIN, April 17. (P) Prince
Otto Von Rismark, grandson of
the Iron chancellor and Miss
Ann Mario Tengbom, daughter
of Professor Ivan Tengbom, a
matter of course. He will he
hailed Into police court, tried
and convicted under the stipu
lation cf the ordinance.
It is then the plun to appeal
to the circuit court and from
that Jurisdiction to the stale
supreme court.
The rumored test Is considered
to he of momentous Importance
as an adverse decision for the
city would prcbahly Influence
the trend nf future legislation.
"We're willing to glvo the mut
ter a test," said one councilman
Inst night. "If the ordinance
(Coutloued on Paga Three;
OIL
STATE HAS
NO CLAIM.
COURT SAYS
Affected Counties Alcne
Receive Benefits of
Stanfield Bill
DECISION REACHED
BY HIGH TRIBUNAL
Ponsfblf Aical to Suprrme Court
of I nlled States Indicated by
IliKh tMrlcinls; Three ftuprr-me
JuHtlrea Imiae DIssentlnK Opin
ions on Case. .
SALEM, Ore., April 17
(AP) The state of Oregon
is not entitled to share in
the Oregon and California
land grant tax refund to
the counties, under the Stan
field act, according to an
opinion' of the supreme
court today.
The rase was that of the sit ate
tax commission against the Mar
ion county, court to recover from
the county $24,059.41, claimed
by the state, as its share. This,
however, was only the pivot on
which, turned " the Interests of 17
other- counties lying along tho'
Southern Pacific railway, Includ
ing Columbia county and Involv
ing a total claim of the state In
the amount of f 1.349, 000.
The supreme court opinion was
written by Jnstlce Bean, concur
red In by Justices Coshow, Mc-'
(Continued on Page Three)
,c;
IS
Mrs. C. E. Dennis, business
woman of this city, today filed
for the nomination for county
treasurer on the republican ticket
at the office of C. R. DeLap.
county clerk.
Mrs. Dennis has been employed
In accountant work for more
than 20 years and has1 been a
resident of Klamath Falls for the
past nine years. With her hus
band and three sons. Mr). Den,
ills resides at 103 Pine street.
For tbe past four years, up
until a short time ago, Mrs. Den
nis was employed as bookkeeper
at the Baldwin Hardware store.
At the present she holds the tame
position with the New City Laun
dry. Prior to coming to Klamath
Falls from Ihe east. Mra. Donnls
had charge of the Indian service
pay roll in Minnesota.
Miss Clara Calkins, business
woman of this city filed on the
republican ticket for the same ,
office on Monday afternoon.
Aunt Het
in i
"Snllle smiles awful sweet
an' pretends she's got over
bein' mad but she seen my
petticoat hangln' diwn st
tha postnffice an' never said
E word."
IS
DENNIS
CANDIDATE
1