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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1928
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DIRIGIBLE
BOUND
POLAR SEA
'Exploration of Arctic
Regions Contemplated
in Long Flight
headed"north FOR
KINGS BAY SECTOR
Huppl) Hhlp nf Italia Awaiting
Flyers In Miiluhergra s (Sen
rntl Xolille Will (Waull C'aH
tain Wllklna anil Lieutenant
KlrlMtn Almut r'l)hig Con
ditions, HTOI.I', German). Muy a.
Tim sturdy illrljilhlc Italia,
wtiUh mIiIiMikmI a liit of but
frlliig by ailvrw weather on In
trip from Milan, Italy, an April
l.Vlfl. waa bended nirth Iwlav
fw the frlnup "f Antic Mates
Mlilrh II la la rlirr.
Taking off from Snldln air
drome near burn at 1:30 a. ni..
the alrahip, whlh la carrying an
Italian expoaltlon tj rxplore
(Continued on page 4)
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JACKSON
1
" FACE HEARING
If plana of Deputy Dlalrlit At
torney T. K. rilllenwattera bear
fruit, Ted Jarkann. Klamath Io
nian, rnargen witn tile munler
or jaaprr Turner, will race the
aecond claah In hla fight for
freedom Saturday morning at 10
n'clork. Jarkaon lnnl mil In hl
flrat hid fur freedom when a cup.
oner', jury held that cuts and'
hrulaea on th. hilv nf T..r...r i
aald to have been sustained at the
hands of Jarkann, waa o contribu
tory ranao of death. Acute at-!
t'ohnllam waa given aa another, j
Turner, also known aa Jack-1
son and aald In ba a roualn of
Ills alleged assailant, died Mon
day. April S3, In Hpraxu Klver.
at Ihe home nf Tom llarkley
following three-day drunken
brawl.
"Tentative time set for Ihe
preliminary la 10 a. m. Saturday,"
Mr. filllenwatlera aald today.
"Jackaon'a attorneys are aaklng
' that something be dono Immed
iately." J. !. Carnahan and K. II. Aah
urst reproaent Juckaon.
Tlie prnllntlnnry hearing be
fore Justice of the Peace W, II.
Ilarnes will ba In determine
whether or not there la sufficient
evidence In the hands of tha dis
trict attnrney'g office to warrant
further Investigation by the
(rand Jury,
" rORTLAS'D, Ore.. .Mar- S. T
7 Plans for Imal action to pre
vent use of voting machines In
Multnomah county at Ihe state
primary May 18 wore made at a
meeting today at the court house.
Among thoao present were said to
Ihuvo been 14 candidates.
"Delia's folks give her a
nice rar an' she feels right
charitable when she takos her
husband out rldlii' In It."
Poor Pa
1131
r:Drirr
Fc 'ERECTING
G. N. BUILDINGS
A liimk nf building pnrmlla
madii at I ha off Ira of I'ollra
J u (Ilia l,em Gaghugen tcday re
veala tha flgurea of f 110, DUO
reached for tha flrat three daya
of May.
(Irantlng nf a permit to Tha
Greet Northern railroad for the
erection of a depot, freight and
paaingr ahsda and other bulld
Inga waa made yuaterday, tho por
m It toiullng Sloo.ouu.
Another permit waa granted
on Wedneaday to Ji.hn Ilrott of
tha Central hotel. Tha permit
ralla for Improvements on lha ho
till at Main and Ninth to rout In
the nnlithborhond of 11.0(10.
Work of remodeling tha build -
i.;i.r.
M. I.. Miller waa granted a per
mit to erect an apartment houaa
and garage In Mllla addition to
ro.t 14. BOO. The building to
ronalat of nix room a covering a
aparo of 3040 feet.
The building permit for the
(ireat Northern waa granted to
Jamea I.. Qttlnn, contractor In
cbargn of the wcrk.
P IIM I PI II 11
. S. WILEY MAY
C
ETOOAYF
unal decimon on whether oriew over Shanghai today and
not no will be a randlilato for; dropped four bom ha. They e
thn n-publlran nomination for1Poded In tho vicinity of the
congreaa will lie announced thla , HhunRhal anuth rallwav atatlon
afternnon by W. 8. Wiley, It waa
learned today.
Itepuhllcan rt'i'Portera of Mr.
Wiley have been rtrongly urging
that ha derlaro hla randldncy but
tha ex-mayor of Klamath Falls
waa reluctant to commit hlmaelf
one way or another until he had
given the matter careful thought.
Vnlfled support from central
and south central Oregon would
RVS
Mr. Wiley a majority, of
votes at the May primary elec
tion, hla aupportera claim.
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4
PKXDI.KTON. Ore.. May
J (AIM Jim Had niacin,
s.4, one of the real "blan-
kel Indiana" on the I'ma-
tllla Indian reservation,
waa yesterday elected head
man of the Walla Wallas, 4
rmatlllaa and .('ayuae In-
dlan tribes. 4
There waa no feasting 4
ana rejoicing when the 300
or more braves and squaws
gathered at the llama of
Captain Sumpkln, verier-
ahlo .chieftain for many
years, who died laat Rep-
tomber. Instead thore waa
Inmetitlng for the spirit of 4
the departed head man
and his belongings left by
him nn hla Journey Into 4
lha land of departed splr-
11s wore distributed among to the Karl Whltlock funeral
hla many friends and fol- 1homn, Pine avenue at Sixth. Fu-
lowers. 4 nnral arrangements will bo an
I nounred later.
Nomination Of Smith
Confidently Expected
By IUYMOMI CIPPKB
I'nlted I'resa Ntnff 4 'orrenponilcnl
WASHINGTON. Mm . It Is
I a long hard grade from tho slile-
walks of Now York to the Golden
Gato, but Governor Alfred- K.
fimlth has male It with such mie-
cn-s mar. poiiiK-iiins Hero, except that this accounted for Smith's
those Intlmntoly Identified with majority over both Reod and
some of te other democratic Senator Walsh of Montana,
candidates, expect him to bo nom- "The activities In behalf of
Inntod at the Houston convention. Senator James A. Rend In many
! It la not com e led, however, j Quarters will give him the prosl
Ihat he will be nominated by ac- dontlnl nomination In Houston,"
rlnmntlon, as some of his sup- hla headquarters aald In a atate
porters here predict. Favorlto 1 nient.
son candidates from state,
which anti-Smith sentiment
In I
Is
strong aro expected for th
most pari to remain formally In
Iho race, nllhntigli Ihny hnvo
definitely ahlftod tholr ihopos
from the presidential nomln.itl .in
to that for vice- presl lent. Most
of these expect tholr delegations
to lvo them a complimentary
vole on the first ballot at least.
Headquarters of Senator James
2 YELLOW
RACES
MAY
I
Clashes of Chinese and
Japanese Troops Grow .
More Serious
1 SHANGHAI BOMBED
BY TWO AIRPLANES
Hltunttin In (lilna Gradually llr
nunc Mure Kcrluua; Ih-tnlls
of Murder nf American Mia
alnnary Told by WliWiw on llf
turn to Safe Ground.
TOKVO. May 3. (p) Clashes
between the Japanese and Chl
neaoa trooa at Tainan, capital of
'"hantung. are bee
become more ser-
Tlentaln to the
ncjr report.
paneae caaualtlea are
acod at four offlcera and 30
prlvatca wounded.
RMANCillAI. May J. UP Two
planea, one of them a aeaplano,
.. I I.. -i
and among the nationollata war-
ahlp. anchcred off the Kl.ngh.n i
araunal. Two women twni
cowa were Injured.
The planea were bellevod to lu
frcm the northern crulaer Halchi,
which waa off Wooaung
Their flight over the Interna
tional settlement cauaed a com
motion. They returned un
acathed. Five southern, soldiers killed
(Continued nn page 41
El
A
WA
INSU
A
f'PASS ES TODAY
Arthur W. Kerrler, well known
resident of Klamath Falls passed
away at Portland on Wednesday
morning at 3:00 o'clock follow
ing an lllnesa of six months' dur
ation, t'p until the time of
his Illness, Ferrler was connect
ed with the Muutal Health and
Accident Insurance company of
this city.
Ho Is survived by his sister,
Mrs. n. W. Marks of Opportun
ity, Wash. Ilia wife, the lnt"
Illunehe Johnlel Ferrler passed
awav in this city In March. 1927. 1
Tho remains are expected tn
arrive In Klamath Falls on Fri
day morning and will be taken
A. Roed of Missouri refused,
however, to conredo Smith's nom
ination. Tho.v said Ihe fight will
go on to the end. Some of Heed's
friends thought many wet re
ptilillcsns voted In the demo
cratic primary In California and
Although detailed Information
was not given out, a feeling of
confidence
wns
shown Hi I Im
Mlssnurlan's headquarter.
After assorting that tho flg-'U
for Weed would continue un
almtoJ and with renewed vigor,
the Mlssourlan's managers as
serted that their candidate had
ma.lo a splendid showing In Cali
fornia witn no organlxutlon and
without large funds.
Bound for Pojar Seas Today
77 nn I ruiin 1 1 1
t-vllVEINI
; X niinrn umi
ii y.
3. ' '-::lf
Thla la the Italia, aa aba looked -after
a teat flight arroaa Europe )
In which rh met a terrific atorm ,
and waa buffeted In the beav- ,
ena for houra. Today the big,
ahlp, guided by Commander No
bile. Inaet I la on tha way north
to tbe arctic aeaa whore a flight
over the north pole and adja
cent reglona will be conducted -In
make a atudy of polar regiona.-
HII.DItKV K1I,I,K!.
UUCHAKKSr. Rumania. May
'h. ""711 ? I
' "e - uor-
the aiie of a chtcken'a eaten, fell
during a hurricane it Ktauz-n-burg
while tbe people were celo-
hPulln Mat. rl v AKaii,
ptnt)'m wer lnJr'ed. "
Cash Pours Into Coffers of
Rail Celebration Committee
Kveryone la giving freely and j work shows $2,500 in cash on
with a smile. ; hand at thla time. .
This Is tbe discovery being' j Many committees have not
made by the 'budget committee turned In their collections, which
of the Great Northern railroad in all probability will Increase
celebration now making a can-, thla figure materially. That the
vass of the city to raise $5,260 Quota will be raised la the gen
for tha two days' celebration of eral opinion of the committee in
May 11 and 12. charge.
A check made thla noon by Within a few daya, a complete
K. M. Ilutih. J. A. (iorden and J. ; list of all people contributing to
P. Duke of tha money turned In the fund will be printed In the
by the various committees at; (Continued on page 4)
THEFT CHARGE
DROPPED AFTER
rnfDT ur a d r rr
Chara-es of borse-stealina
against' Floyd Boiling waa dia
misaed lute yesterday afternoon
by Justice of the Peace W. B.
Ilarnes following a preliminary!
heuring before that
magistrate in'
Iiiutlen rnnrt Rnlllna hail hnen
accused of stealing a horse own
ed by Kdwnrd Cross.
"The evidence waa not suffi
cient to warrant a grand Jury
investigation," the magistrate
said today. "The plain Tacts of
the matter are that Boiling was
Instructed by his employer to:serer' aelectlons. led by Mrs.
get certain horses. He made a
mistake and got Cross' horse In
stead." GREECE AGAIN
HIT BY OUAKFS Klwn' ' During his
"l""" Mr. Ipton laid stre
ATHENS. Greece, May 3. (AP)
Now earthquakes were felt this
morning In the Grecian penin
sula. Kncrunchmenla ot the sea
at Struma, In eastern Greece,
during tho tremors caused now
damages there.
Tho river Struma has over
riowed large area or cultivated
land in the districts or Zeres and
Dermlrhlssar. Three thousand
families are homeless. The dam
age was estimated at 80,000,000
drachmae 111, 040. 000).
PRICE WAR ON
GAS FORESEEN
TUCSON, Aris... Muy 3. (UP)
. - ' j
.. -.. , r similar ;ioi!shod tho Shrine magailno.
to that which has been waging official publication of the order.
In lhoenlx for several months ; wUh th8 general expectation tbat
was forseen hero when Inde-ithe $1 snnnally assessed mem
pendent dealers cut the price bers for anh.i-in.inn .n,.u k.
two cents per gallon. The fuel,dded to the 1 2 n 'early hospital
was selling at the Independent I assessment. No action In that
stations tor twenty-five cents. respect, however, was taken.
t ' - -4 I I II
n
lilifHiin iimirn
mwm wivtu
Pllff DDflPDMIJI
UIVL NIUUIIH1VI
Mrs, Paul T. Jackson, wife of
' '
presmem 01 tviwams CIUD
presided at the Klwanis luncheon
today when the wives cf mcm-
here were hostesses. Each of-
fice was filled by the wife or days In New York, leaving May
some member or the club, a!'01" I'-d? tour or the midwest
'Incluilln r.li.- o t ..ii
luanet ot women entertained
" member, and guest, with
iieorge Aicmtyre. The program
was under the direction or Mrs.
W. W. McNealy.
Jay Upton, district governor or
iwwanis addressed the members,
bringing greetings from the Bend
short
ress on
the Importance or Klamath Falls
members attending the Interna
tional meeting to be held In Seat
tle. June 17.. He closed his re
marks by congratulating the club
on the part their wives take in
making tho elub successful.
Attention ot the members waa
called to ' meeting to be held
In Rnseburr on Saturday night
to which the ladiea are Invited.
Following the meeting a dance
Is to be held at the Country club
, at Roaeburg. It is expected sev
eral rrom Klamath Falls will at
tend the meeting.
WIMi ABOLISH MAGAZINE.
"MIAMI. Fla., May 3. (P) .
The Shrine Imperial council today
sin um iuiR)ritii c
I AMTI 0HIITN
ii u i i-Aiu i i n
Third Party is Plan of
Discontented Group
of Democrats
JOSEPHUS DANIELS
COLD TO PROPOSAL
Former 8rrr4arr of avy De
clines to Be Candidate for
Vice-President on Ticket;
Hints- That Per ha pa It Would
Be Better If Democratic Party
Would Stand I'nlted.
WASHINGTON. May 3. (P
A third party movement among
democrats unfriendly to Governor
AJfred E. Smith had poked ita
head into the political spotlight
today following the New York
executive's decisive victory In the
California presidential primaries.
What success the effort will
achieve remains to be seen. Ita
first attempt to find willing can
didates baa failed.
Joseph Daniels, secretary of the
navy under President Wilson put
his foot down hard on a more
made by Wilbur Legette, Cali
fornia manager for Senator Reed
of Mlsseurl, to have tbe former
cabinet officer ran for vice presi
dent on third party ticket head
(Continued on Page Three)
UEFIf AGAIN
WASHINGTON, Max 3. (AP)
Renewing his assaults on Gov
ernor Smith's presidential candi
dacy. Senator Heflln, democrat,
Alabama, demanded in the senate
today that the new campaign
funds committee make a search
ing inquiry Into the financing of
Smith's pre-conventon campaign.
Heflln said he believed the lar
gest slush fund ever used in be
half of a candidate for office tiad
, been expended to promote the
governor's candidacy.
GERMAN FLIERS
TO REMAIN IN
N. Y. ONE WEEK
WASHINGTON. May 3. (UP)
The Pre HI nf the Clnrmnn nUn
Bremen wlll.snend the next .
' " " T,.' ,?
I "ukee De'r' "turn-
bassy announced last night.
ATTACKS
SIT
Companionate Marriage
Plan Scored By Clergy
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May S.
tan temporary aereat of a
fundamentalist attempt to attack
modernism, disclosure of the fil
ing ot chargea against a clergy
member and the scoring ot com
panionate marriage and obscene
shows, stood out on Wednesday's
program ot the general confer
ence of tbe Methodist Episcopal
church.
Dr. Harold P. Sloan, Haddon
field. N. Y.. chairman or the New
Jersey Methodist conference, in
troduced a petition asking an In
vestigation or church schools and
colleges for their a lie (fed modern
istic teachings.. The petition, aim
ed against tolerant views of the
divinity of Christ, was referred
to a standing committee, thus
frustrating the fundamentalists'
attempt to place tha Issue direct-,
ly before the conference.
It was disclosed today that
Bishop Francis J. McConnell.
Pittsburgh, Pa., had been charged
with maladministration and im-
FLYING TAKES
LIVES OF 164
IN PAST YEAR
WASHINGTON. May . (TP)
Aviation accodenta during 1I7
cMt 1H lives and resulted In In
juries to 14 other persons.
A summary for tbe year, tbe
first of Its kind ever to be made,
was given ont today by the aero
nautlc branch of the commerce
department, which began last
year tbe duty of Investigating
every serious air disaster.
It was noted In the figures that
only six of the 200 serious acci
dents last year occurred In sched
uled flights over air routes.
These resulted in the death or
six pilots and one passenger.
There were 17 airplanes smash,
ed In the crashes, of which onb
34 were government licensed
plsnes.
Out of the total death toll, 24
were charged to experimental
flights w4th planes of nntested
and novel character. Of the 164
fatal accidents, the Investiga
tions found errors by pilots were
the cause of 78 deaths, or 48 per
cent of the total fatalities. Among
licensee pilots 17 were killed,
while among unlicensed pilots the
number killed was S3. .
SEXTON MEETS
ER
Having lost complete trace of
each other -when they parted In
the -east. Frank Sexton, county
club leader ot this city and his
brother, P. O. 8exton ot southern
California, clasped hands last
evening for the first time in more
than 30 years.
So much bad both- brothers
changed that neitber recognised
the other. The reunion was made
doubly pleasant when the Cali
fornia visitor learned that bis
mother was residing In Klam
ath Falls with hla brother. It
Is more than 30 years since tbe
mother and son have met. Mrs.
Sexton is recovering from a
critical uiness which has eon-
fined ber to the home of her son
tcr several weeks.
After remaining In Klamath
Falls for a week, P. O. Sexton
plans to return to hut home In
California, determined that never
again will he lose all trace of
those near to him. '
SEW AIR ROUTE TO
EUROPE SUGGESTED
OSLO. Norway. May 3,
(U.P.) Captain George H.
Wilkins, noted Australian
flyer. In an Interview with
the newspaper Afterposten 4
this afternoon, declared that 4
it la possible that future
Arctic air lines will follow
the route be recently fol-
lowed on his flight -from
Barrow Point, Alaska, to
Spitsbergen.
Wilkins said that he Is
writing a book entitled, "My
Polar Fllghta," which will
be published In New Tork
July 1.
I morality by the Rev. George A.
Cooke, Wilmington, Dal. The lm
morality charge waa based on an
alleged indorsement of the theory
of evolution by Bishop McConnell
In a pamphlet of the American
civil liberties union In January,
1927.
The bishop's alleged arbitrary
dismissal of charges filed against
hhe Rev. P. P. Trultt and tha
Rev. R. w. Jonea. The former
was charged with marrying an
other after divorcing bia wire.
Rev. Jonea was charged wltb
marrying a divorcee.
The Episcopal address today
contained condemnation ot com
panionate marriage, a denuncia
tion ot debasing lltourature and
the alleged obscene tendency of
the theater, a firm stand for pro
hibition, a definite charge to pas
tors to bring their Indifferent
church members back Into tbe
church or drop them from mem
bership, and a plea for greater
Christian unity,
BROTH
AGAIN
LOSE VOTE
ON RADICAL
FEE PLAN
Recover From Set Back
This Morning hy Win
ning on Amendment
PRESIDENT LEARNS
OF STRONG ATTACK
Huccrer.ful Offensive Against the
Mc Xary- Ha 114-ra Measure Near.
ing Another Climax aa Op.
poatente Strive to Divert Meas
ure ot All Form of Equivalent
Pee Plan.
WASHINGTON, Mar S. (AP)
Preparing rU shattered lines,
supporters ot the McXary-Haa-
Ca farm relief bill today defeated
their opponent . la the first
skirmish of tbe day by a vote
of 189 to 119. - The 'vote came
oa an amendment by Represents
tire Aswell, democrat, Louisiana,
to eliminate a sectloa of tha
While the section contained no
reference to tbe equalization fee,
Aswell " desired -to strike It cot
because It waa Identical with the
(Continued on page 4)
N STRUCK By
BUCKET; DIES
Joseph A. Jacoby. aged 60.
came to his death as the result ot
an unavoidable accident at the
Yonna Valley gravel pit ot Rocco
at Ireton,, county road contrac
tors, according to the findings ot
Earl Whltlock, county coroner,
who returned from the scene ot
the accident at noon today, where
he made a thorough investigation
ot the accident which resulted In
the aged man's deatu.
' Jacoby. employed as a feeder
at the plant, had stepped to the
wrong side of the platform and
was struck by a bucket on the
rock crusher, suffering a frac
tured skull, from which he passed
away In a local hospital on
Wednesday night, leas than three
houra after the Injury.
Mr. Jacoby Is survived by ills
wife, Mrs. Ida Jacoby ot AHamont
and six children, Varlsn Jacoby,
Joseph Jacoby, Jr., and Mrs. Lois
Smith of Klamath Fails, and
Otis Jacoby, Mrs. Ruth Vaughn
and Mrs. Ooldle Wilton of 8a n
Francisco, die waa born In Ful
ton, OMo,' and had been a resi
dent of Klamath county for th
past It years.
The remains are In the Oold
room ot tha Earl Whltlock Fu
neral Horn, where friends mar
call. Definite funeral arrange
ments will be announced later
upon word from relatives.
Aunt Het
"I can tell a girl that's
goin' to make a good mother.
She likes to kiss s baby's feet
instead of Its mouth."
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