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Wop Mtutnk Mttu
City Edition
The Old Home Paper
WRATH KB.
OREGON: Cloudy on the count,
fair and mild with low humidity .
In the Interior tonight and Hal
urdajr. Gentle winds, mostly
v northerly.
Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service
Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade
Price Five Cents '
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAX 18, 1928
Number 6339
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THE ITALIA
Safe Cruise Over Arctic
Zone Encourage all
Concerned
BIG DIRIGIBLE WAS
68 HOURS IN THE AIR
Oencml I'mbma Nubile Hays the
. Next Voyage Will tw lo the
North IN.Ir Me W Ul Hlart In
About Five) IHiys. -
KINGS DAY. Spitsbergen, May
18. (p finding a (8 hour
flight over the Arctic region,
the dirigible Italia returned to
Ita baan here thla morning.
General
Umberto Noblle waalP"t week programs bare been
tired and nervous but smiling.
The airship was In her hangar
at 10: JO a. ni,
The Beit trip of the- Italia. It
was announced, will be to the
north polo. Thla will alart In
about five daya. eManwblle. the
dirigible will bt given a thor-1
ough overhauling, aa It Is hoped ,
ln ttialra thla tha mnal Irnnarlanl I
rentnre of the ..edition.
ft in IA tha. Wllt.la tha. 1 1 fa 1 1 It
speed waa reduced to one-third.
Hha returned without having
actually flown over the Nicho
las II Isnd. otherwise known as
l.enln'i land. Hhe cruised about
in that nolghborbood. however,
and took pbologrsphs
41 one period Ihe dirigible en-1
countered a strong wind, which (
"
It -waa feared Also that the gaso
lene 'was running low. -
herjHlTbe
asked to talk
WASHINGTON. May IB. (AP)
M. Bert Thurmsu, campaign
manager lor Senator James E.
Vt'ataon of Indiana, told the aen-j
ta Investigating committee today
that In, bis opinion the Hoover
force had spent 1100.000 In
their publicity and advertising
campaign In Indiana,
Outlining ths plan ot campaign i
In Weat Virginia for Hoover, for
mer representative Harry C.
-Woodyard. of Spencer, testified
before the senate campaign funds I
e. -nmlitee lodsv that there had
effort to organise the
been no
slate. -
Asked about expenditures on
Hoover's behalf WoodJrd pre
sented a statement showing total
expenses of $3,768. Ths Israeli
Item was 11.000 for newspaper
advertising. The second largest
waa I960 for posting pictures
nd distributing literature. '
Hoover's primary campaign In
Ohio cost a totsl ot 137.760. 66.
Thad li. Brown of Columhua.
manager for the commerce secre
tary lb the atate, tent If led today
before the senate lnvestlgstlng
committee.
Senator lleflln ot Alabama, re
lentless toe of Governor Alfred
R. Smith .la to be called before
the aenate campilgn funds' com
mittee probably next week for
questioning on hla charges of a
huge slush fund on Smith's be
half. Poor Pa
"My sister li tellln' that
her daughter will graduate
at 17, so Ma explains to peo
ple that the girl will be IS
week after school's out."
.
KLAMATH IH IS I.IHT
WASHINGTON, .May 1.
Oil F.xpendlluros of 117.-
613.600 for work on ninety- !
nl" uu,,ll buildings thro-
UKliniit the country waa rec-
oromended to the house to-
day by lis appropriation. 4
committee In reporting the
aecond deficiency approprla-
linn bill.
The bill Included appro-
prlalloiia (or public build- ,
lugs aa (ollowa: Klamath ;
Fall. Oregon, pout office
l ISO, 000. .
I
LARGE CLASS TO
BE
THIS EVENING
With commencement exercises
scheduled (or thin evening In Ihe
udllorlum of, the new Klamath
Union high arhool, sixty-seven
young men and women will "re
ceive diplomas from Ihe Klamath
county high school. For Ihe
I In order (or student commence-
menta and Ihe daya have gone on
i In twllmell, lopsy-turvy Janh
lon. which la always characterls-
He of the witling daya of school
Mlfe' For Ihe pent week Ihe air
has been filled with excitement
Following la Ilia progrsm to
be carried out thla evening: Pro.
cessions! "Hope March" Zameen-
l..lr M.k vhnnl mpWim' Iha.
(cation. Her. V. K. Allison i "llev-1
..I i III. 1 el liiiel hleh inh..t
orrhr; Salutatory, Marjori
. ... ... . ,
Fossum: Presenutlon of As.rd ,'
Scholarship Fred Peterson: Kl-
wanls. Dr. 0. A. Massey; Vale-
dlciory, Jean lingers; Ho lections,
GRADUATED
high school I orchestra; Address I ,,,,. f ,,., ,
n F. Mulk.y; '.,.,,.. terminus of the Johnson
diplomas. Judge F. B. Ooddurd.' ,,,,,.. .. .,. i,..Hn.
Following the program a re-
"P"un win ov ob ma tsiru
noor or tne nign acnooi, ai toe
close ot ths reception the high
school faculty will entertain the
seniors In the gymnasium room.
People attending the exercises
are naked not lo attempt to
cross Ihe bridge but Instead to
take tha Mont Claire atreel en
trance, Flowers will be the olily ac
ceptable gifts presented to the,
seniors thla evening. , Other gifts
must be sent to the homes.
S. P. STARTS
IIL-I ROUTE
8AN FRANC1RCO. May IS. 0V
Negotiations to provide 8s n
Francisco with combined rail and
air. transportation lo New York
via t nicago are under wav r-e
'tween Boeing Air Transport.'
Inc., and Ihe Southern Pacific
company, ' Such waa ' the an
nouncement yesterday by W. G.
Hnrron, vice president-ot the av
iation concern who snld tha ser
vice would be started filer the
Boeing fleet of d. li.se It pas-
onger planes w.r ready and
,ne governments program of
lighting the airway east was coin-
pieie.
Chaney of Medf ord Stands
AcquittedofSwipingFuhds
MEDFORD. May IS. (P)
Newton C. Chaney, district at
torney of Jackson county charged
with larceny of public money,
contained In tha prohibition en
forcement fund, was acquitted by
a Jury In Ibe circuit court last
night, after 30 minutes dullhor
atlon. Before Ihe Jury returned . to
Ihe court room, Judge Bklpworth
of Eugene, presiding, warned the
spectators against any demon
stration. When the verdict Was
read there were cheers and
handclnpplng. which, the court
quickly suppressed.
The Jury retired at 1:45
o'clock, and announced It
had
reached a verdict at 1:14.
Disposition of ' ten other' In
dictments against Chaney, charg
ing the same offense, will be de
cided later, according . to an
agreement reached by counsel tor
both sides and the court. . .
The trial atarted Monday and
was Intortwlned with the prl
msry election. Chaney being a
candidate for re-election.
Chaney received ths rerdlct
E LEI
i
Work On O. C. & E. Ex
tension Will Start
at Once
LOCAL PEOPLE GET
THE RAILROAD WORK
Two t'nlts In Hprsgue lllvcr-llly
Hxlenslon line Is for Nineteen
Miles Knim Hprngur Itlvrr Knt
ml the (Nlier Is Heven anil a
Half Miles on to Illy.
Following his life-loir custom
of doing things rslhor than talk
abput' them for a length of time
T, A. Hern, Ihe new president
of Ihe O. K. A K. (Htrshorn)
line, yesterday through bla lo
cal manager. N. II. Uogue, let
contracts fur grading the new ex.
tension from Hpragua River id
my. ,
Word of Ihe beginning of oper
ations came following the award
ing of two contracta for building
of grade on the O ,C. A K. by
Uogue.
Johnson M rot hers, who have
bWn, dln '"TO'i n.lruc..on
here for the mat fe
-"7 " Z "vl l"ln
.for lv.n.ilN of (trade, DeitinntniE
..tending
ft y
,,.., con,tru.tton f,rm . war,
I. ' ,A . . .,,. , , .,,, .,,
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tomd nervation city which
i. ,t,m n,i the Htrshnn In the
prwnt undertaking
Bridges I-ster
Bridge coiuracts, and
It
been
stated all brldgea on
the
rlth
n, Wi be rebuilt along '
construction ot new ones, are to
be awarded In the near future.
I!oue staled.
With launching of thla Import
ant railroad project next week,
slarta expenditures by Ihe South
ern Pacific and Great Northern
on the O. C. E.. which will
aggregate more than 11,000,000
when the work la completed. Of
this 1300. 000 Is lo be spent on
reconstruction of the presont
trackage of the Strahorn, and
about 1300,000 on tha Bly ex
tension, a new feeder which will
open up vast deposits ot virgin
timber.
DIHCflARGK OK PI8TOI.
TICKING, ; May IS. OP) Wal
ter Granger, paleontologist with
the Roy Chapman Andrews Mon
golian expedition has telegraph
ed , the Associated Press from
Erniicn tnat ine snooting oi ur.
Andrews waa due to the acci
dental discharge of lh leader's
pistol while he was hunting an
telope. A cable received by the
American museum of natural his
tory. . New York, from "Walter
Granger on May 16 said that Dr.
Andrews hod been shot In the
left leg and waa not perma
nently Injured.
smilingly, and with hla wife, waa
tha center of friends. The' Jury
took but one ballot.
The district attorney received
many telegrams of congratula
tions from throughout the state,
the first being Jrom F. K. New
ell,, of Portland, federal prohi
bition enforcement hesd for Ore
gon. , ,
State Senator B.'L,vKddy of
Rosoburg, with J. N. Johnson ot
Grants Pass, named special prose
cutors, this morning Issued the
following statement before de
parting for hla home:
"Aa a lawyer, t could not well
'attempt to try through the press
'a'csne which has been tried In
court. , However, not discussing
the merits, In my Judgment the
Indictment nd the prosecution
were Justifiable. Tha defendant
was given an opportunity to be
hoard In full, and the Jury has
acquitted him, A hope that one
outcome of the case will be, thst
at least more business-like meth-J
ods of handling the prohibition
(updi will be adopted."
ou
CONTRACTS
FOR
GRADE
McNary-Haugen Farm Bill
Sent To The President
Veto Freely Predicted
WASHINGTON, May II. OP)
As asked by ropubllcan Inde
pendents In Ihe senate, the McNary-Haugen
farm relief and the
Jcnes-White merchant marina bill
today reached President Cool-
Id K" In the same envelope,
Predicting a veto of farm bill I
Henalor Norrls, republican, of
Nebraska, a supporter of that
measure anked In Ihe senile that
Mr. Coolldge also veto the mer-
I chant marine measure. Ha des
cribed the shipping bin wntcn
would provide eitenslva replace
ment of Ibe merchant marina as
a "subsidy"' proposition because
of provision for liberal ocean mall
LIGHT VOTE IS
BEING POLLED
Klamath county voters do not
seem to take much Interest' In
the election Judging from tba
light vote that waa polled thla
r..renvn. Ta the belief of many
' ... . , .....
.nai in Wu..i,
would bring oui a emaanina ti,
polls were Idle and there waa
dearth of excitement. Thla Is
true In the city precincts and
alao from the surrounding coun
try so far aa heard from.
I,A GRANDE. Ore., May II.
(AP) Voting In the primary
I iu. I- T m nrmnite la nillet to
day with 120 ballots marked,
during the drat five hours in
seven precincts of the city's 13.
This represents about 11 percent
of the vote. 8lxly-lbree ot the
voters were etemocrata. -
' nOSEBtmO. Ore., May IS. i A.
P.) A very light vote waa re-1
ported In the city Plnc, 00 j
oulto an early hour thla afternoon
Reports from nearby rural com
munities were to the effect that
voting waa slightly heavier than
In the city but not np to the
average . .u.
during the early afternoon. The:
weatrtcr throughout the county la
Ideal.
SALEM, Ore.. May IS. (AP)
Out of over 10 000 total regis-
tratlon In the IS Salem' precincts
on.? i. percent ...u u k
A U I Ut B . Iv yl a-ss sws.vs a
were that a similarly light vote
waa being cast in the Silrerton
and Woodburn precincts. In aome
five !
rural precincts aa low aa
votes waa the total at noon
PORTLAND, Ore.. May IS. (A.
P.) Cltlsens -of Oregon were
exercising their franchise today
over the heaviest primary elec
tion ballot since the last presi
dential year 1114.
Favored by fair weather vot
ing was expected to be heavy.
Early balloting In most Portland
precincts waa light, vrtiere was
some delay In precincts where
voting machines were used today
for the first time.
Tolal registration In the 1841
precincts In the state was 317.
491. ot which 111. 1SS register
ed as republicans and 83,040 as
democrats.
Herbert Hoover was the sole
candidate on the republican tick
et tor republican nomination for
president. All the republican
candidates seeking to be dele-
galea lo the national eonventlon
were pledged to Hoover except
nna whA H rl ffaelaraH fne 1 .! w -
one who had declared for Low-
den and one who favored a gov
ernment liquor control declara
tion by the republican party..
. . Governor AI Smith ot New
York, Senator James A. Reed of
Missouri were contending for
Oregon's delegates to the Berno -
crallc
national convention, though
ime of Senator Thomas J-
the name
Walsh ot Montana, remained on
the ballot after his withdrawal
from the rare.
KD1TOR PASSKS AWAY.
WASHINGTON.. Mar 18. (A.
P.) Sheldon Scott Cllne. .63,
managing editor ot the Washing -
ton Star and for many years a
member ot Us staff, died today
In Lankenau hospital, Philadel
phia. HAXDHKRG NOMINATKI).
WASHINGTON, May 18. (AP)
Samuel 8. Ssndberg, of Cali
fornia, waa nominated by Presi
dent Coolldge today to be a mem
ber of tha United States shlnninx
board, aucceedlng Commissioner
Teller alo ot California.
contracta to prlvata shippers.
President t'oolldge has ten
days In which to sign or veto
the legislation.
ftenalor McNary, of Oregon,
conferred at length with the
president today regarding the bill.
He. In conjunction with Repre-
tentative Ilaugen of Iowa, led
the farm relief forcea In con
gress to victory.
The Oregon senator after the
White "use conference limited
hlmr' '0.J , uylng that Mr. Cool
Idi . . thinking It over."
". fj-'y.y he baa not yet
made
down i
him nex
v 'nd.
I will come
una more with
ha said.
Igram s
Rotaryi
Hies
nn
Jobn Ingram waa i throt
tle Friday at the Rotnry lunch
eon and directed the program
levied tinea on the members and I
aaw that everything went off In
good ahape.
Mlsa Virginia West sang two
delightful nn
m b e r a especially
iuluble for , Rot,ry gathering.
She Nvae accompanied by Mtas
Vivian Trounce.
Postmaster Jobn McCall re
sponded to a request from the
chair and delivered a talk on air
mall.- Thla being airmail week
Mr. MsCall quoted from the gov
ernment bulletins on the subject.
Ten years ago the first airmail
"f.rr' w"
Installed between
Washington and New York with
more or less degree of sucfess.
It developed rather- alowly at
first but -today there are sixty
three major cities served . with
airmail service reaulrlnr tsrenty-
two routes and five more are to j president of Hoo Hoo for nortb
ue' added this Tear. According er ; California. Mr. Shores is
, k, - , y- 1 1 I. I. . K.nh nf
the ,ek tnat tna government
la watching with keen - Interest
for a movement Is now on to
link np nattona aa well as atatea
with airmail routes. .
Messrs. Powell. Bo wring and
Pickett Jaxxe the Rotnrlane with
' .,,ne,h and orlr-
aome of their superb and orig
inal brand ot Jaxs after, which
Chief ot Police Ambrose talked
om the department which he or
ganised' at the city hall when he
' of Mft f
police In connection with his old
flre cnlef. Chlef Am-
brose stated that he gave Instruc
tions to hla police to use com
mon sense at all ttmea and give
verT man chance. He aald hla
niiu waa w miiu" "
George S. Long and make Klam
ath Falls good home town.
LIVES LOST IN
DALLAS, Texas. May 18. (A.
P.) Reporta of three deaths, a
number ot persons seriously In
jured and. property damage
amounting to probably a million
dollars filtered In slowly today
from scattered sections of north
Texas and aouthern Oklahoma
that have been awept by aSgen
eral Wind, rain and hall storm.
Bruce Coleman was killed when
struck by lightning during a
'ha.tf etiln anrl . I n -1 r 1 1- I Ht firm
j t p TexM j c Brln!e, WM
.nJure(, ,n , toUttam of
i ... ...
a dance hall near urumwrignt,
Okla., and Carl Roach lost his
life when his automobile akldded
on wet pavement and overturned
at Ollton, Okla.
Thackervllle, Okla., with a
......t.ll.. ak.. AA waa
' (ruck pf tornlao ,t Ijl(!M
i nd . Mr, np0Tia vpr u,t
...- ..... .,.. ,w. ...
blown from foundations.
Large oil storage tanks at
Midland and Burk Burnett, Tex.,
were Ignited by lightning and
toaa waa estimated at several
j hundred thousand dollars.
Railroad tracks were washed
1 0ut In places and telegraph and
telephone wires were down in
several Instances Isolating small
communities. -
AVTO HITS DRUGGIST
PORTLAND,, May 18. VP
Frank Nichols, 72, drugstore pro.
prletdr. was killed last night
when bit by an automobile at a
street Intersection, John Wal-
I ters. driver, waa held under 1500
ball on a charge ot Involuntary
manslaughter.
TEXAS STORMS
i
10 H00'
ARRIVE IN
THE CITY
California Lumbermen
Come North to Do a
Little Prospecting
KLAMATH CLUB TO
BE PUT IN SHAPE
Weatwood Crowd Prove Fine
Guests awl a Jolly Bunch ot
Rood Men All Boosting for
Boads and Better Conditions.
"Hoo-Hoo." -Who
waa that calling?
A lumberman from California
la calling to his pal on the Ore
gon side. They are meeting here
,odayth( jIoo Hoo crod who
know mm tom plne kBoU
aril right If they do not know
the. meaning ot the worda "lum
ber substitute." That'a one of
the subjects this substitute bus
iness that a Hoo Hoo knows a
lot about.
In order that everyone may
know aa much the Hoo Hoo
knowa It la proposed to organise
a Hoo Hoo club In Klamath Falls
this evening. There are many
eligible here and all have been
warned ont'to attend the meeting.
To further thla movement Par
son Slmpkln of St. Louis arrived
In Klamath today. - lie la na
tional Organiser for the Hoo Hoo.
But the Parson la not the only
shining . light present. Take a
look.-' Hem Is A.-Bheres. vice
adltflp nf tha RllF&C PtnA till S-
j llshed at Westwoo. The presi-
dent.. J. D. Low,- la also here.
He Is superintendent of the ve
neer plant at Westwood, also S.
P. Gardner, vice president and
a wheel horse In the work. . He
Is manager of the erasing depart
ment of Red River Lumber com
pany. H. A. Smith of the aash
and door department, and W. I.
Johns, superintendent of the box
factory; A.. L. Welder,, office
manager: W.. I. Morrison, con
struction snperlntendent: and
Glenn Soares. son of the master
mechanic - constitute the West
wood party which arrived early
to aee that all who are eligible
to become members ot the Hoo
Hoo shall get in line for thla eve-
ning'a gathering.
On June S3 and 24 a big "con-
cat" will be held at Fall River
Mills. It will be the second Hoo
Hoo event to be held there and
00 of the tribe are expected to
be present.
Among the notables lo be pre
sent will be Congressman Harry
Englebrlght of the second Cali
fornia district: Frank Jordan.
California's secretary of atate;
Charlea Johnson, state treasurer;
Bert Meek, director ot public
works and - all supervisors from
the five northern California
counties. The Klamath Hoo Hoo
will also be In the party.
HOW MVCH TAX?
WASHINGTON. May 18. (AP)
The senate today adopted a
resolution asking Secretary Mel
lon to report what additional
tuxes have been collected as a
result of disclosures made by the
senate oil committee as profits
ot the Continental Trading com
pany of Canada.
Malin-Lookout Highway
Gets Boost
The road from Malln to Look
out got a big boost today when
Westwood visitors, told their
story of private work and per
sonal energy that la being ap
plied so that bond Issues will be
fruitless due to their delay lo
getting started . and In their
i place comes the Individual effort
and donations ot the people
along the Malln-Lookont section
of the highway to the south.
"We will have a three hnurjbsndle the project,
road from Klamath Falls to The association that Is back
Lookout before, the snow flies, ing the Malln-Lookout highway
and don't forget It," said Mr. lis officered by A. O. Loo mis
Gardner of Westwood. "Now! of Malln. president; C. J. Ful
get. us Tight we are for all'cher of Lookout, vice presidsnt;
i highways, every single one, andjW
sro tor Murphy's Weed blga -
BUILDING SITE
TO BE CHOSEN
BY JUNE 15TH
That actual securing of a site
for the Federal building In Khtm
ath Falls will be made before
Juno fifteenth waa assured In a
telegram received thla morning
I by Judge Lera L. Gaghagen from
N. J. Blnnott. Today the House
subcommittee on appropriations
approved the Klamath Falls
building recommending the sum
of $60,000 to acquire a site and
commence construction.
NATIONALISTS
PEKING ROUTE
SHANGHAI. May IS. (AP)
The nationalists were approach
ing nearer Peking today.
Members of ie foreign com
munity at Shanghai believed that
the northerners were preparing
to retire from the capital Into
Manchuria.
(A Renter dispatch from Tokyo
said that Indications there were
that Japan waa prepared to act
on a moment's notice to prevent
the civil war from spreading In
to Manchuria).
The nationalists were believed
to be advancing along the line
of the Peking-Hankow railway,
the latest nationalist reports
claimed that they had reached
paotlngfu, about 80 miles south
of Peking on the railway. The
nationalists news agency aald
that the vanguard of Shansl
troops, which are allied with the
nationalists, had reached Chang j
Stlntlen, about seven miles south
west of Peking.-
The Japanese formally notified
the Chinese authorities at Tain
an, where nationalists and Jap
aneas -crashed, teat Major Gen
eral Balto had been appointed
garrison commander there to as
sist the chamber of commerce
in maintaining order.
Chiang- Kai-Shek, nationalist
commander In chief, made an
unsuccessful attempt to open ne
gotiations with Lieutenant Gen
eral Fa Kuda, Japanese com
mander at Tsinan, being anxious
to discuss the Japanese demands
on the Nankins government.
CITFilAL
IS
HOOD RlS'ER, Ore.. May 18
UP) With a gnn poked In his
side as he stood on the running
board of an automobile. City
Marshal Manley, ot White Sal-
mom Wash., was carried a mile
and a halt today by three yonng
men be sought to arrest on sus
picion ot attempting to pass a
worthless-check. Manley Jumped
oft the car near Blngen, and
fired at the fleeing car. punc
turing one ot the tires. The fug
itives run about a . mile before
abandoning the car. Later Mar
shal Monroe captured a youth
ssld to have been In the car. He
refused to give his name. Of
ficers were not looking for the
others. '
The trio appeared at the Col
nmbia bank, at White Salmon,1
thla morning and prejentcd a
check which aroused suspicion.
and Manley was called. The
vonna men were In their car
when Manley arrived and when
he attempted to arrest them they
drew a gun. threatened to shoot
If he moved oft the running
board, and started the car.
By Visitors
way a thousand per cent.' But
we have a little project of our.
own. the extension ot The Dal-'
lea-Callfornla highway from Ma
lln south that we are working
on with good results."
Today a meeting is being held
st Malln and work will be out
lined. The Red Rover Lumber,
company has donated a bunch of
tractors, and other equipment,!
put up 81500 and hired Engineer
Abbott Green of Alturas to
D. Dalton, vice- president;
M, T. Potter, vlc president.
ADVANCING N
KIDNAPED
GENERAL
THREAT BY
OUT LAWS
Rebels Against "All That
is North Ameri
can
CHIEF ISSUES DEFY
OVER HIS SIGNATURE
Marines Are Puxhln Through
Nlrarafruaa Jungle in Pursuit
of Rebel Forces Headed by
Their Leader.-
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May IS.
(AP) Faced with, direct rebel
threat against "all that is north
American," American marines
were pushing their way through
the northern Jungles ot Nica
ragua today In pursuit of a rebel
force that killed one marine and
wounded two others in a fight
northeast of Jlnotega.
The threat waa Issued over the
signature of Augustlno Sandlna,
rebel chieftain and was found
at La Lux mine t? H. W. Amph
lett, manager of the mine who
returned there, after the place.
had been captured and destroyed.
by rebel forces several weeks
ago. . ''
Mr. mphlett, a British sub
ject, reached Puerto Cabezaa last
night. ......
The letter, -bearing the data
April '29, protested agalbst the
"warlike Invasion ot the United
State toWrtenr"hridaeclared;
that , President Coolldge waa re
sponsible "for the horrible and
uisiuiirvua siLuakiuu uivuku .uh-u
Nicaragua Is passing at the pres -
ent." .- r '' ' '. i. - -
"All that la ' north American
that falls Into our hands nas
arrived at Its end," aald the let
ter, which added that the most
honorable - course tor the United
States to pursue la to get out ot
Nicaragua.- .' - ;
Pushing their way through the
l.tnalH a M,lh Am.lnaa
marines today were tracking
down the rebel slayers.
In the most severe combat
since February 27,: one marine
and - on Nlrsraguan - national
guardsman were killed and toe
commanding i officer of the pa
trol, Captain Robert E. Hunter,
ot Kansas and another marine,
were wounoeu.
Sixty to 75 Insurgents and 25
marines and 10 guardsmen took,
part In the crash which occurred
near Paso Real, 65 miles north-
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CASEY DIES OF
GRIEF FOR BO Y
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 18. (A.
P.) Death of John M. Casey, 62,
Vice-president of Ira F. Powers
furniture compacr, late yesterday
occurred under circumstances that
Indicated suicide. Deputy Coron
er Snook reported today.-
Casey's body was found In a
wash room opposite his office in
the store. The coroner's deputy
said he hanged himself with a
narrow belting taken from
sewing machine.
Friends of Casey said he had
grieved a great deal following
the death ot his son two months
ago in an automobile accident
at Notre Dame, where the boy
waa a student.
Aunt Het
"I ain't got no patience
with Pa'a sister Jane. She
an' Bill are poor aa dirt an'
need help, but sbe'a proud aa
Satan an' ever time we help
her out she sets hateful Just
to show us sh ain't no beggar."