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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1928)
3kT nisi)' 2$t City Edition The Old Home Paper THK WK.tTIIKIl Oregon: Fair tonight mid Sun day but cloudy northwest por v Hon, heavy frosts In rant por , lion. Moderate soiiHi?rlT wlncU on the coast. Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928 Number 6317 " Ml rn mm- m mm b 01 i t AmLKlUANS riM Aonnooi ri III K IX x il nimuuu b a m m nil in i u i ji ii ri iui in i n nil r in in 1 1 1 i i n i i w i i vs h-ft- Captain Georire H. Wil- , , kin Announces Sue- Wul Flight WAS SEARCHING FOR LOST FROZEN LAND ' Hup) From l'oliil Harrow ; K.lilM-r.'n In SI Hour: Vli ! lory F Two l'n-urrrf..l Attempt Mudo Arrlir Hra. I'rovlnii!)' In i DKTROIT, April 21 (AP) Captain George H. Wilkin announced hin ar rival at SpiUenbergen from Point Harrow, Alaska, in iiWit chiioquiu radio meiwage today to the Detroit NewH. ' "Reached Spitzenbcrgen after twenty and one half hours' flying; one ittop five days account bad weather. Greeting to aviation society hnd flying club." Tho me age received this forenoon Success cam to Wllklna on third expedition. Two previous attempta at aerial exploration of the "blind apot" lying north ofNrtIiern celebration committee Point Ilarrow were unsuccessful, In (he first of these In 1S24.J rnlmer II. Hutchinson, a Detroit' newspaperman accompanying the expedition ! killed at ralr- j morning we received assurance banks when struck by lh pro.'from VvnA ,, dflegntlon of peller of one of Captain Wllklna' pli.nea. la tho second allempl, made I bo following year Captain Wll klna flew out Into tho Arctic spaces and waa forced down. Sev-1 parade committee with Mr. Riley, oral daya later he returned lo j within a fhort lime the com Polnt Ilarrow, re:erallng hla con-, mlttee will give a complete pro- vlrtlon that a plana could lie . flown across the "lop of tlie world" to Spllibergen nnd his de- termination to try again, I HATTON, N. I).. April 21. (A. P.) O. Klelson. father of Lleu-j leuant Carl II. Klelson. received a cablegram today from bis son at Spllibergan. saying "arrived safely, will bo homo anon." OSLO. Norway, April 21. (A. P.) The newspaper Ptighlnd re (Continued on Pago Three) FAIR WEATHER WILL PREVAIL SAYS FORECAST HAS FRANCISCO, April 21. fJDTh weather outlook for tho Work beginning April 22. was nil nou need hero today by Iho V. S. weather bureau as follows: . For western slates: The out look la for occasional rnlns w nf tho Cnscado mountains generally fair weather elsewhere. Temperatures above normal In California early In Iho week and , libnut nnrmnl elsewhere. Poor Pa "Nora's n queer somebody. When you'ro n it fenlln' well she romea to soo If there's anything she enn do for you an' then stays an' loin you fix Innrb for lier." . , C-l m It rrTr r a r a nor OF POWER IS HELD BY CITY Exceeding even (ho forecast yesterday uf county of flcialH. an nouncement man mailn thU after : iimtii Hint thi lolul registered vote In Klu ninth county wan snz, over l&uu mora limn ine highest preceding registered voto. Of th total, the illy ha I plurality of 4S5. Tim clly regls trullon Is 447 unit the county's 1 4UM2. A itulyalH of thn figures sub- ml,,"d ,,y '"Pr iy nrk '. F, I .ufi reveal there am r, nr, rfiiitiiitiin in the county I""'1 -"'" Th'ij. ;wrro 511 wlin have no purl y affiliation. IS registered Progressive, 39 so rlallil mid eight prohibitionists nil of whom Cannot votu In thn May primary where only repub- llrnn nnd democratic parties are ri'trmiin-l. but who run rote In Hie general election next full, ' republicans. .1531 with invn unn ."ii wiimn, hi tin. HO democrats, It .5 were men and R!3 womn. Following aro lliu ten pro ducts In which tho registered vote la tho heaviest: Klamath Knlla prcclncU 3, t, . ID, II, 15, 20 and 21; county prcilnrt. Kaat Chlloquln and I Ri FETE "We've met with 100 f-r cent cooperation from every builni'ss h:u In Klamath Palls." This waa the answer Riven out .y C. K. Itlley. chairman of Hie parade committee of The Ureal BUS NES IN when asked how plans were pro-1 wblrh are one of the chief crops I gresslng. (of the region and furnish 90 per .. -ir-anv have aiauranre' cent of the F.urnnean suniilv of , , .a i,.nll!iful float. ml thW more than 400 would arrive on Krldav morning for the two-day relebrallon," Riley further rcut- mented. Frank l Miles and A. CI. Morrison aro serving on the groin of tho parade nnd where ! Pnch aertlon Is lo be plnced. Invitations lo all trade unions of the atnlo were Issued by the Invitational committee H day lo attend the celebration. I . a ctHt n.l.K MAN ASKS v FOU .Mltl'I.W IC SI.KKPKIt SAN FRANCISCO, April 21. Wl The flrat effort j recorded lo reserve n sleep I er on an air mall plane was reported by Hie Hoeing Air Transport today. A. M. Klmer, Cnqullle, Oregon, fil ed Hie Inquiry and was ad vised Hint ns yet air mall planes did not enrry sleep- ers. Mr. Klmer says he la six feet tall nnd weighs 155 j move, addition of another unit pounds. l wants to go to , on the round h iuse, II wns lenrn Syraruse, N. Y. . ed today. Definite decision will ndH. I. L. Film "Shoots" Movie Scenes Without the usual prellmln- April 26. 27 and 28. Lnymon ex- nrles, Iho II. 1. L. Film company plnlned the "Modus operandi." j today plunged Into the Job of "You see," he explained, "thlaj making a comedy scrouin withils a series of bco America first1 Klntnath Falls us a background "Fatty" Lnymon, vice-president of tho firm, who has been a fa miliar comic figure on Iho screen for yonrs nnd Chnrles Doroty, tho Ike nf the famous "Iko nnd Mlko" duo, are the (wo mule- profes sional leads In tho Klnmnlh com edy, the "Reporter. j Joyce Mae and Nancy corneous tho latter was elected Miss Hol lywood recently are Hiding In Iho production. Hustling from one corner to tho othor tho screen stars aro Inking shots hither and Ihlther and yon In order to Im pnrt lornl color to tho comedy which will first ho given hero. A limit soon feel of mm Willi ho. run off, nil of which will be! shown t tbe i'lno Troe theater THOUSANDS OF HOMES Intermittent Quake Con tinue to Rock Bul garia Today RECONSTRUCTION OF NATION GREAT TASK KmIihiiio IlWuri'ii l."W nnd l'rili Kill! From K'Hr of Vloh'tit Trmlilon Whtrli lluvr Htrurli S4iullMrn Him t Ion of Itu I knit Nit I Ion. , KOKIA, lhilKnrla, April 21, ,V) J More than 125,000 ho me loan ; fnmllli In wnit honntorn Itulaarla today endured mUery, cold and deprivation In trrror an Intermit tent eartlifHiuffm continued to rock the nln'itdy devastated re ir In n. DESTROYED The government and volutileer d, ,, ,f,er . flay ! Zl'Zr Tha'n To 'r0vo,ed 10 lbe d"f"en' """" li'" "..'1. r.r: '.'.2 ". '' r'ent rr,nnt, sons injured In the n-alon around riiillppopolla. The utmost was being dune to supply refugees! with food. The death toll was ! variously estimated at between 150 and 300 persona. Itulgarla faced a tremendoua problem In relb'f and rennairuv! linn. I The valley of rosea near Philip-1 pnpolls was turned Into a sandy' waste when walera buret through! the ground or poured down from) ... .... ,........, I Altar of Rosea were almost readv m open when the quake brought ,ro1, by niov,me"1 of ,hc disn.ter. Thousands nf to..""1 of ,he "aonance dc- I'uslies were obliterated In the I valley which Is ono of the beauty Pts of Knrope. I 1 hree-fonrths of Phlllppopo-1 lis was destroyed. The new I quarter built in recent years around the railroad station and ! containing the principal tobacco! factories was a mass of debris. Sanitary materials stored In an army depot were destroyed by fire. Churches, mosques and homes were broken ruins or piles! of fire blackened debris. S,.rin wn. .HII nnnl..kv " he people fearing Hint the havoc ... ..,,. I-1'. in ik 11 . ! befall ths capital. I MAY ADD UNIT IN RAIL YARDS With throe tracks each 4700 feet laid In the railroad yards with the Iresllo and steel draw span completed. With the south Riverside spur Hearing romple-. Hon. thn Great Northern rail-1 rnnd Is now considering another j ilm reached In the near future. Company pictures with a snappy comedy 1 to emphasise the scenes in each town. We wnnt to havo all the I11c.1l people In It wo can got for naturally It will have n greater; attraction to tho Klamath Falls public. j "Tho picture will bo shown In Its entirely In Klnmath Falls.' Then wo take tho film and re- odlt It that Is, we will probably ellmlnnto much of tho local color, except that which la good, and put It on tho market at 2000 feet." Mr. Lnymon said Hint his com - pnny was always on tho lookout for talent. "Naturally ir we see someining good, we're going to bring out tho contract papers," he exp'.nlued. They FreeI Sinclair 'si.-, i I tH-nrkf 7 . r 1. This U tho Jury which today In Washington, P. C. exonerated Harry Sln lair of c: nHpirary in runnertlrm with alleged Toapot Pome munduiH, Klnrlnir'H nur-ccsriftil flRht for fn''ilom eamo at th end cf u Mix-yfar flfht. Mechanical Voice Speaks to Society at Annual Banquet WASIIINOTON. April 21. (API i foot, takes the place of the lungs. araphed Secretary of State Ko i k..i,.i i. mUnd an oraan reed serves as the!Ier Tt Oregon, withdrawing as ,!. -omiwr. ,.r ,h. m-ricniTO'al rord"- The function of the ! candidate for reelection because the member, of the American i (g ( hlg appoin,ment as Judge of Physical Society at their annual.. .ver., ...... . ,.ar,i,Jrrt lh.court of claims. In their active field of research. lluther!" It said with the ex-1 a pinched rubber tube moistened sage from Representative Slnnott resslvely broad "a" attributed by ; on the Inside, but skillful hands 'with instructions that hla name American comedians to cdtintry-' and fingers applied to end of the j e withdrawn from the repub men of Ita creator. Sir Ktchard reed makes the most effective : lican primary ballet as a candi- Paget, noted llrltish Inventor and ; physM!. who waa a gueat of thet4.Tn device la the product f a society and manipulated the de vice. "Hello. London, are you there." It asked a little later, and then exclaimed : "O Lllla. I love you!" "O Lllla, I love you I' Klr 5,cnttrd explained that his lllTC""on conformed to the laws of l,h'"'' applied naturally hu"inn "Peorh through con-: velopea 111 ,ne mouln or c- or ,ne vol'al coro"- A hellows. operated by the T TAKE BIG PHHT Leaving Portland on Thursday in o n,. ...i - " ' " "" ".. several ounurcu resuienis 0? Portland will entrain for KUmnih - ,. runs to HiLcuii ine iwn-nny rail- I read celebration of Tho Great I Northern. At Kugene the train will pick up several hundred pas sengers including tho "Radia tors" who will radiate Joy on the trip. Tho party will in-rlvo on the first train into Kliinuilh Falls which reaches hern Friday noon 1 at 12:30. It. 'turning north the i guests will lenvo Klamath Falls on Sunday morning at 1:00 i o'clock. i Tho Portland clinmber of com merce will bring a band, accord ing to word from Kdwin N. i Weinhnuni, manager ot tho trado' and commerce department. Mr. j Welnbaum assured the Klamath Falls business men that every effort would be put lorth by the Portland chamber to nsslst In making tho celebration ono of the outstanding yet staged in the state. FORM MIDLAND POTATO CLUB; BURNETT LEADS Another step In the. develop- ment of county work In Klamath wns taken last night with tho gunlxation ot a midland i-otnio club with William Burnett ns lender, It was announced today j ''V fonnty Club Leader Frank ! W. Sexton. j The c'.uh Is composed of ton 1 members. I "Over flvo hundred children I will be Identified with county 1 cum worn una year," said air. 'Sexton. "Last year club enroll- 'ment waa a little over 300." LAND WILL - j i w r t i i m' " PP" -".nlpulatlon of t,k fitted on the end of . r, ac- i of ai rod. 1 tHIfereut tones are obtained when substitute for the natural oraans. long atudy of the physics and me- chanlca of tho human speech. which. Sir Richard observed. Is a combination of two arts the 1 gresslonal district as n candidate, cobs, John Boyle, C. N. ' Chris emotional art nf rrnnttnff snrt thi In the meantime the tv:c forms ! toDherson. R. R Dewees and intellectual art of mninmin. in convey ideas by movement of the tongue and lips. For example, he called attention to such root words as "up " and "down." Jn the former, the tongue and(na' a"" -t mean that he will chin move upward while the : "nahle to withdraw as i c.it- speaker grunts, while Inenuncia-1 ,lle la,ter- ,ne Pantomlne Ki'" ,a reversed .,.. ;Wlll be necessary for the seer.--Ai J LlYlfJ MAUL, jtary of state to send apecial in TO T!CMt D ADtTD structions to the county clerks. SCR ANTON. Pa., April 21 P.) -Three persons were Injured nnd about 30 persona narrowly escaped with their lives earlv .ki. i .k t Mn.4ii.iiR nun n lutic timiKn ot nynam te. believed bv the no-i lice to have been planted In an: attempt to wreck the "La Voce. Italliina," an Italian newspaper, was set off near the press in a four story brick building In Cen - ter street. FAIR BOARD TO HOLD MEETING Whether or not the labor djy celebration and the county fair wf" again be combined In early September to make a three-day period of merry-mnklng, will bo decided this afternoon at a meet- ing of the county fair boq,rd in the office of County Agent C. A. Henderson. We will come to some defi-1 nlte decision this afternoon," said: h. M. ILimmond, chairman of BUDGET PLANS ARE OUTLINED At a called meeting of tho bud-j get committee of the Great North- em Railroad celebrntlon, com- posed of E. M. Iluhb. J. A. Gor- don nnd John P. Duke which was held on Friday evening at the chamber of commerce the follow- j Ing budget was outlined: j Invitations, 1350.00; parade, or-i$2500; general expenses, J600; 1 nreworKs, iaoo; band, 1250. mil I'oHi-i-iTi-n ' I-Olll-I'.ITKI) Falling ta appear In police court thla morning to answer to . a charge of driving while Intoxl rated, Krwln C. Vanblagan for- felted ball n the sum of $100. , Vnnblngnn was arrested Bt mid- ntgnt on South Riverside by Chief of Police Keith Amhfoso ust this aldo ot tho city limits, N. S1NN0TT WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY Congressman Settles All Speculation In Re gard to Move REPRESENTATIVE TO ACCEPT COURT SEAT fiovrrnor l'utiiron Will l"rol nbly Call Sx-rlal Kliftlon to lrtprniJnp 4,icrcwr of Veteran IKil"tor From Knsti-rn rr Ron lUtrii-t, WASHINGTON. April 21. VP) Congressman Nicholas Sinnott.l republican. Oregon today tele- SALEM .Ore.. April 21. P) P to noon today Secretary of 'State Kozer had received no m- date for renominallon. Unless such . a request ia received be fore the end of the day Sinnott's ' name will be certifii-d to the 'county clerks of the second con - 'at the certifi'-iiion a-e b.-: .K held iat ,ne s,a,a printers' office await- j ln Instructions from the e n- I gressman. Delay by Slnnott beyond to-: "'D' n ooy.ousiy is nis in- He may ! withdraw any time up to th i date of election but after today it nrintinff nf thn haltats I iNenner nas ine- siuLf any ui- ; flclal information whether Sin- j nott intends to resign before the ' expiration of hla term as con- gressman. nnouin ne resign n ' , , t , . ., 1 wollia oe n-essry lor nip koi n a anecial election for the selection of his suc- ! cessor. or allow the district to I be without representation until March 4 next. ' 1 Attorney General Van Winkle, i irnnlinoed on Page Three) INEW JURY FOR I MURDER TRIAL TO BE DRAWN I io ASTORIA. Ore.. April 21. (A.! r.) Selection of a new Jury to , try George Hannula on a wife murder charge will start Monday. I The Jury selected this week was ! discharged late yesterday after ' i one of the Jurors was charged j with having voiced prejudicial views, Western Story Writer Joins Big Stock Drive ,nlp Identity unknown to his cowboy companions, Robert Ormond Case, Portland, promln- , .,. tnr ,s -.,r .....v. .... ... ......... magazine, is louny iar 0111 on, ine sage brush plains of Klamath on a rattle drive to Bar Y ranch of. the Ynmsey Land and Cattle com-1 Pony. ; Mr. Case left on the drive , Thursday. How long ho will be gone he does not know nor does he care. "I'm a writer of weatert stories and naturallv. I want them to he as true lo life as pos-1 Bible. Having never been on a: cattle drive before, there wns Just one thing to do: Journey to a bona fide stock country and par-: ticipate In one. Don't write a INDIANS WILL LEND PEP TO RAIL PARADE Chiloquln, the thriving reaer yatlon town, will feature the ' Klamath Indian an it part In the big parade of Saturday morn Inn. May 12, the cloning- day of the Great Northern celebration. I'nder the direction of the Cblloquln Commerce club, the reservation town plan Bomethlng entirely different in the way of a novel feature to be ataged dur ing the parade. This division j will he under the section which Thomas II. Walters, mayor of this city, haa charge. Assurance that people of Chilo quln stand ready to help In every way possible in making the cele bration a succesa was sent to the clumber of commerce today by C. II. Williams, president of the Chiloquln Commerce club. TO Ralph Budd, president of tbe Great Northern railroad, and George S. Long, general manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany, will be tbe principal speak ers at the annual dinner of the Klamath county chamber of com merce on Thursday evening. April 10th. Word reached the office of the secretary of the chamber of com merce today telling of Mr. Long's intentions to be present -for the banquet and the Great . Northern celebration.- - -- " .' - Committees for the annual ban quet have been appointed as fol- )ows General program. Lee Ja- I Rov F. Durbln: Ticketa. Paul O. Landry; Printing and programs, Glen Ilout; Music. John Hous- ton: Equipment. Henry Perkins and Tom Schuppel. JIMMY ANGEL ON SECOND LEG MEXICALI. Lower California. Mexico. April 21. (AP) Jimmy Angel got into the air at 8:35 o'clock this morning, bound for Guayamas, 500 miles away, on the second leg of his proposed 25.000 mile Pan-America flight from Fresno-to-Fresno, California, via Cape Horn, South America. III I.;.K1.A.S KI.AMK yl.KK OX CiOVKRXMKXT LONDON. April 21. (A A Vienna dispatch to the Daily Express today said that a political upheaval might result from the earth- quake which devastated southern Bulgaria. 4 The people of Phillppop- oils. In the center of the stricken district, hold the government responsible for the disaster, because, for 4 the first time in Bulgarian history, a session ot parlia- 4 ment was held on Good Fri- 4 day, a holy day. . The peo- pie are convinced that the catastrophe was punishment 4 for this impiety. m story until I'm two days out, as ' 1 on't want the cow-punchers to know 'ho 1 "'"''' . t ' Mr' 1 n"e ",id ,h"t 'hen ,he mntnrlnl HA wnnlil n frnm (no cattle drive would appear In a story, he would take occasion to boost the Klamath country, The writer was formerly a newspaperman. A penchant for feature story writing eventually attracted attention and soon he was hnslly engaged in writing 1 for the Western Story megasln?. ! While In Klamath Falls. Mr. Case was thn ciiAHt nt Mr nnrf Mr A. II. Kimerson. Among the novels Mr. Case has rltten Is tho good seller. 1 "The Riders of ths Grande Rondo", published recently by Doubltday and Doran. BOTH OIL BARON WINS SIX YEAR FIGHT Jury 'Holds $268,000 in Bonds and Cash Not For Crooked Deal VERDICT RETURNED 1 HOUR 59 MINUTES Wealthy Magnate Wans Fight Which Ijitts Over Hlx Yours; Two Contempt Cases Stilt Face IK fcndant; Albert Fall has Con spiracy Charge Yet to be Trlcil WASHINGTON, April 21, (AP) Harry F. Sinclair to day was acquitted of the charge that he conspired to defraud the government in the leasing of Teapot Dome. A jury In the district ot Col umbia aupreme court accepted his contention that when he paid Albert B. Fall $233,000 In lib erty bonds and $.15.01)0 In cash, it was for a part In the ranch owned by the former secretary ot tne interior anq waa not a part ot a deal through which the Wyoming naval pll reserve was tnrncuf , rt him k ' 1 The Jury took the case from Justice Bailey at 10:25 o'clock this morning and returned Its verdict at 12:24 p. m., being out exactly one. hour and fifty nine minutes. Immediately after the verdict was rendered Sinclair authorized this statemeut: ' "I have felt since the Incep tion of the oil cases that I wonld be acquitted ot any charge of conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment when the evidence went before a Jury." Today in the court room he j was surrounded by his friends who poured their congratulations upon him. Mrs. Sinclair was so j ' (Continued on Pago Three) APPLICATIONS FOR TULE FARM LAND RECEIVED .While several ' applications for eight tracts on Tuie lake opened up to homestead April 18, have been received, the United States reclamation office haa not been swamped as they were last year wiien a larger tract was opened, e"We have not stven this Tula lake opening the same nation wide advertising as the last,'." ex plained H. D. Newell, manager ot the Klamath reclamation bu reau. 'There were only eight tracts totalling approximately 500 acres, and n.iturally there la not much to be taken up." The examining board Is con sidering applications and definite announcement of the successful applicants will be made in the near future. The tract adjoins the eastern boundary of the block of home steads on the north fringe of Tule lake opened up last year. Ex-aer-, vice men are given a two months Aunt Het "I don't really need tho Mark dress I'm makln', but I'u's heurt bothers him a lot an' a woman my slxn can't always get ready-mada dress-