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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1928)
Wept- lEwwteg :?ralJt lCity Edition The Old Home Paper WF.ATHK.R. OREGON: Fa'r tonight ind Saturday but cloudy near the coast, warmer In tha Interior Saturday, normal humidity Mod erate westerly wlnda. Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Price Fivo Centa ILJ.... .! HI I - - J L .. (TWELVE PAGES) KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1928 Number 6375 nn in an Ml mmm m m fHH AL WIRES CONVENTION HE IS WET Nominee Comet Out Fiat Footed Against Prohibition CONVINCED PROBLEM SjHOULD BE SOLVED Governor Ninlllt, hi Mnmkii Ar copllng Nomination, Dora Not Hlilrlraj lu but, liaill Dry llourbon I'Uiform. Ilclirruuw Former W'ri Hlaml. ALBANY, N. V., Juno 29. (AP) Govcrny Alfred K. Smith Kent tin acceptance telegram to the democratic convention today in which he reiterated hit belief thut there Hhould bo fundamen tal change: in the present provision for national pro hibition. lla Hid In Hie telegram,' which Was addrowed to Senator Robin aon that: "Honesty compel ad mission that corruption of law enforcement official, bootlegging and . lawlr-asncs are prevalent throughout the counter,.. .... "While I fully appreciate." he aid, after attain atatlng hl stand nn prohibition, "that these chance ran only be made by the people themselves through their elected legislative reports, 1 feel It to be the duty of the chosen leader of the people to point tha way, whlrh In his opin ion loads to a sail, eriiatbla solu tion of a condition of whlrh I am convinced I entlruly unaatls factory to the great mass of our people." Tha full text of tha tulegram (Continued on page 1) ST. PAUL. June 2.. (A) Rot ting: a world rocord.V'Thundcr" Johnson, , St. Paul aviator, made 80 "barrel rolls" over the alr r port here today before1- he waa forced to descend by Illness. Three official observer of tha 'national aeronautical association witnessed tha performance. .) A "barrnl roll" la "a maneuver In whlrh a piano, panics through the air with a acrew Ilka motion meanwhile continuing It forward flight. It turn over on Its bark and continues turning oil It long itude aula until It I right' side up again. Voteran pilot at the airport dolcared that tho maneuver la the most sickening stunt known to aviation. Johnson was groggy when ho landed but recovered quickly. Poor Pa "Ma'g goln' down to look at annrts clothe today. Just to get an Idea what our son's wlte paid for that outfit of bora." RECORD SET B! GROGGY FLIER Al is Smiling uSZ. aV fci " This Is the famous smllo of Al Hmlth, nominated last nlKhl on the first ballot at tho democratic national convention last night. It la Just Such a smile that la gracing the democratic n.mlneo's face today. . . T NEW VOUK. June 29. (AP) Supreme Court Justice Mullan today denied the application n( Calvin II. Goddard. minority stockholder In the Dodge Hro llier' corporation, for an Injunc tion to restrain the proposed merger of the t'hryslor Motor Car corporation with the Dodgo cor poration. Justice Mullnn. howover, or dered tho Ilodgo corporation to file a boud to guarantee that all preference stockholders who have not assented to the merger be paid the amount "whlrh may be awarded to them a aurh stockholders by reason of such transfer ofassela," J. McCORMICK UNDER ARREST John MrCarmlck. wanted In Klamath Falls on the chargo of obtaining goods .on falsa pre tenses, waa arrested In Portland vostnrdav. accordlna to a wire received by Constable Gary Cosad from the Portland sheriff,- late Thursday afternoon. It is alleged that McCormlik sold a washing machine to I.. Itnhln for 1135. A short time after Robin purchased the ma chine the owner arrived and claimed It. Robin Immediately swore out a complaint for Mc cormick. Cosad left last night for Port land to rot urn with tho prtnaoncr. ou UPHOLDS AUTO CI 1 Twenty-Eighth Annual Club Conclave Closes Tha twenty-eighth anitiint con- veutlon of tho Oregon Federation of Women's clubs was brought to a close lute Thursday aftor - noon In the library clubs rooms with tho formal Installation of officer for the ensuing two years. Mrs. Sadlo Orr-I)unbar presldod aa Installing offlcor. The final afternoon of tho four days' session waa spent In com pleting tho unflnlnhod of tho convention. A report on tho legislative lives of everyone waa passed. In notiimlttoe was rmul by Mrs. the resolution adopted, the au (ladle Orr-Punbnr In tho absence thor urged that art Instructions Of Mrs. Loander Martin, cliulr- plan. ' . i 1 Mra. Martin urged tho women of the Federation to take mora Interest In bills which are com- Dl ITO nTD rUlo UVtti GOVERNOR Ohio Switches 45 of Its Votes en First Ballot Last Night FOUR BITTER-ENDER STATES STAND PAT Remnant of Anil Tammany Koulh Fig-lit to I.at Gasp anil Decline to Join Triumphant Parade of Hmlth Adherents I Decisive Victory. HOUSTON Tea., June 29. (At The democratic nominee for president la Govornor Alfred K. Hmlth of New York. - The party atandard was placed In hla hand by the democratic natlonul convention lato last night, a solitary ballot sweeping him far beyond the two-thlrd majority needed to nominate. In contrast to the bitter ani mosities that surrounded Smith' unsuccessful bid fur tbe presi dential nomination four years ago In Madison Square Oarden, Im pressive gestures of harmony and conciliation preceded and follow ed hla ealectlon Inst night aa tha leader of hla party. Just before the ballot waa taken a party platform contrary tv. tha uawtl case, was adopted without a fight In open convention. After the nomination had bo come a fart hla moat active rival for the honor. Senator Heed of Missouri, went to the convention (Continued on pag i) L"S. MESSAGE RAN HOUSTON HAM.. Hous ton. Juna 29. (AP) Governor Smith's telegram replying to the notification of his nomination waa read to the democratic national ronventioA today aa tho last act before final adjournment. Morn than half the delegatea already had left tho hall and those who remained hot and tired from tha long oslon.' wore for tha most psrt silent during the reading of the mcaasgo by Sen ator Harrison of Mississippi, tho acting chairman. There was a very short burst 'of cheering when the chairman rama to tho words In whlrh the governor declared ho would bo bound by tho patty platform and If elected would obey hla oath to tha best or hi ability. Chnorlng followed the reading of that part of the mesaago In which the party nominee roller ated his belief that tha prohlbl tion law ahnuld bo modified. Whon tho raessaga had neon finished the assemhlago stood for a moment cheering. Ing before congress and to watch tho legislation of tills state, r'ltoad and discuss Important lbllla before your cluba and when you arc Ignorant of a bill tor copies and study them,' send tho chairman wrote. Resolutions took up a part of tha aftarnoon's program. A reso lution on "Art" to whlrh the Oregon Federation of Women's BOURBONS HEAR business club pledges to spread the knowl 'edga of art which enriches tho ba brotutht Into every school lu the stato. ' A resolution asking tho feder ation to take part In an Invostl- . (Continued oa paga U Member Of National Bourbon Committee HOUSTON, Tex.. June 29. (AP)ltlon to Governor Alfred E. f.mlth A protest against the ratification and further, because of the re- of Oswald Went aa Oregon dem-: ocratlc national committeeman waa drafted today by Dan J. Fry. chairman of the delegation, and Will It. King, retiring commit teeman, for presentation to the national committee this after noon. Explaining why 'West'a name waa not presented to the commit tee, Kry said: 'Tho reason Os wald West' name waa not sent to the convention to be ratified aa national committeeman from Oregon, to which position ha waa elected two years ago, was -bo-cause of hla well-known opp Klamath Intervenes Against Proposed Klamath tod ly formally mitted Itself a ooocslne the Im- mediate construction of the East and West line from Crane to Odell. . - The Klamath county . chamber xf commerce early thia afternoon I wired tha Interstate commerce commission for permission to in , terrene In the case of the Pac ific Service commission of Oro- gon vs. tha Union Pacific et al. In. which the Oregon commission Is seeking to have the interstate commerce commission force the I'nlon Pacific or any other road, it saw tit, to build ino Crane 6dnll line. Klamath's position Is briefly this: That It doea not oppose the eventual construction of the Kant and West line hut believes that such a line would pnstpeno the construction of the Modoc Ncrthern' railroad a Southern Pacific project extending from Klnmath Kalis south to connect with tho S. P. line' at Alturas. as ihnt llnj, Will An mnva few rtr gon than the Crane-Odull pro - Jfrt. The Union Pacific la stronu- LOOMIS TO BE SENTENCED BY BARNES TODAY Rentenra against R. I.oomls, charged with Issuing a bad check, will ba pronounced this afternoon by Justice of tha Peace W. D. Barnes, following I.oomls' plea of guilty In Justice court this morning. Tammany Hits Houston I If '''-I'm i Prominent New York delegates are pictured here na they arrived at Houston tor the democratic national convention. Left to right are: J. S. Cullinan, who welcomed the party. on behalf of Houston; George V. Olvuny. leader of Tammany llulli George Van Namee, In charge of Oovarncr Al Smith's campaign, and James Eagan, Tammany secretary, ' port that If Governor Smith a . nominated West would resigns aa national committeeman from Oregon. . "A majority of the delegates from Oregon are opposed to West or anyone else serving aa com mitteeman miles they have some assurance that be will loyally aupport the candidate of the democratic party and only work for hla election as tbd national committeeman." PORTLAND. Ore., Juno 29. (A P) Oswald West, who receive! (Continued on page 4V Cross-State Line rom-;ously opposing the Oregon com mlssion'e move holding that it ' I could not. In Justice to Its stock holders, construct a line across a duaert country, bereft of ton nage, present or potential. - The commission hold that ton nage originating In Willamette valley and central Oregon would Justify the construction of the link. The Creat Northern ' Inter-', renea with the atatement that It can ably serve I gon territory. tha central Ore- HUBERT WORK SELECTS I WASHINGTON. June 2. (AP) Chairman Work of the repub lican national committee an- eound lata today that Jamo. W. Good of Chicago, pre-conventioD campaign manager for Secretary Hoover, had been selected aa manager of the western division of the party's campaign. ' The appointment of Al". Good, who Is a former repre. entatlve from Iowa, waa made after he had agreed to re-arrange his business affaire so aa to devote practically his entiro time to tha campaign work.- . He will be in charge of tbf re publican presidential campaign In the western half of the United States.. . ADDRESSES OARAN Ex-Governor of California Gives Instructive Talk TRIP AROUND WORLD VIVIDLY DESCRIBED Reported Hatred of Americana b Nothing Store -Nor Lea Than roll! leal Propagamla, Reports Noted California Politician. Eg-Gorernor- Friend W. Rich ardson, of California, delighted every Kotarian Friday at lunch eon, with a 45 minute talk on hla trip around the wcrld fend regret of tha luncheon club was that two hours could not have been used to hear more and more of this Interesting Journey Tha governor Is with the Cali fornia Press association at Cra ter lake and in company with Paul W. Moore, publisher of Red lands Facta, J. F. Craemer. pub lisher of the Orange New and ll, j. Reese publisher of tho Yen-1 tura Free Pre, came down to ( the luncheon to be guests of tary. Taking his listeners from San Francisco bay Governor Rlchard . .. (Continued qn paga alx) . HOME SOLD TO . BERT C. THOMAS Through a deal closed today. Mr. and Mrs.. Bert C. Thomaa be came tha owners of tha attractive j English bungalow on Pacific Ter race, formerly tho property of Dr, C. R. Lttcaa. Tho homo is lo cated In one of tha most desir ab:e sections of Pacific Terrace and eontalna alx large rooms. Mr. and Mrs. Thomaa plan to mora Into the home shortly after tha middle of Aagust. . The deal was handled through the offices of Chllcote and Smith of this city. Another deal closed through the same real estate of fice brought tho property of Robert Fryrear on Market street Mulkey purchased tho property. where aha will reside. TODAY'S American: RE81LTS R. H. New York 4 Philadelphia Pennock and Collins, ski; Ehmkne Grove and 10 14 Gra bow Fox. National: . R. Chicago .r 2 Cincinnati 4 H. 7 13 Root, Jones and Luque and Plclntch, Hartnett: National: Boston-New York postponed, rain. Two games tomorrow. ; TODAY'S ! RESULTS Klamath Will Be Host To Editors Tomorrow California editors will be en tertained tomorrow by Klamath business men at a luncheon held in the Tollcan grille, at 1:30 p. m.) A group of business men will' Ing to this city today for a bual motor to the lake tomorrow ( ness session and outing at Crater morning and bring the Golden Lake lodge aa the guests of Rich state editor to Klamath. lad W. Price, lessee and manager, Bert Hall, hotel man, will pre- over the week-end. Registering side at the banquet and will ex-'of deserters from editorial aanc tend a formal welcome to the turns was undorway at the cham Calitornla newspapermen. Kx-'ber of commerce and 200 state Govornor Friend W. Richardson, scribes aro expected. . Berkeley, Calif., will respond. The cloud of the early morn Bruce Dennla, Klamath Falls, Ing faded at noon, and bright publisher, will describe to the sunshine Is tha weather predlc visiting editors what Klamath haa'tlon. Conditions at Crater Lake, to offer from the standpoint of (Continued oa paga six) Vice-President? I oft '.. 4 ' . f BSfiai fj I WirrTifftiitfafcafcfeaaiagas Thia Is Senator Robinson of Arkansas who was selected today to be the democratic candidate for vice-president and the run ning mate of Alfred E. Smith, governor of New York. S TO BE CITY'S GUESTS Fraternal bonds will be strengthened and. Incidentally,' friendship of Portland and Klam ath Falls will be enhanced to morrow wnen approximately law Masons from tha Snnnyslde lodge 1 Ro-)No. 13. A. F. and A. M., win arrive tomorrow morning at 7: SO o'clock on a special train, to be (Continued on paga 4) SCHOOL VOTES Official vote yesterday of tha county school election held June IS reveal that John Reber, Ma Un farmer, defeated George Of field, incumbent, for a position on the county school boaTd rep resenting the southern district of the county by 14 votes. The fnal count was as follows: Reber, 244; Offleld. 230. 1 ' . The official count was made BOARD COUNTS today'0' tne counly school board. Pre sent SI l II e mevuas wero uwibo ! Offleld. Charles Mack, H. A. Tal ' bot and David Turner. KLAL 1 UK WILL. FRFPT OFFITF Erection of a modern real es tate office to be occupied by J. T. Ward t Co. Is neartng com pletion on the vacant property adjoining the Williams building on Main between Seventh and Eighth street. Mr. Ward expects to take possession of the bsjlldlng by the middle of July. Built of hollow tile.' the ono story atructuro will rover a space of 12x34 feet, to ba modern throughout. When completed it will cost In the neighborhood of 11500. A lease on the ground, which la owned by E.' O. Williams of the Williams building, has been tecured by Ward, who Is erecting the building. Fred Jordan la the contractor In charge. Industry, agriculture attractions. and scenic j MEDFORD, Ore., Juna 29. (A IP.) Oregon editors were flock ARKANSAN NAMED BY BOURBONS Democratic Minoritjy Leader in Senate to Run With Governor SELECTION FAILS TO SURPRISE CONCLAVE Senator Joseph T. Robinson An nexes OOO of soaalble, 1100 Ballots of Democratic National Convention in Houston Tex., Today. . , SAM HOUSTON HALL,: Housotn, Texas, June 29. ' (AP-)The democracy pres ents to the nation: For president, Alfred E. Smith of New York; for vice presi dent, Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas. " , The ticket waa formally placed on the political roster of 1921 today wbea tha party's national convention at Its concluding sea- , !alon. overwhelmingly named the ' Arkansan as running mate of the New Yorker to whom It had en trusted tha party atandard but a few jiours earlier,, , , i ' The nomination of Senator Robin sea waa Ilk tttat of Smith, a smashing, (trot ballot triumph over a scattered field of rivals.) For tha past 24 hours there bad ' been little doubt of his victory, and at tha outaei of today's pro ceedings he left his post as pre siding officer of the convention (Continued oa paga 4) EIGHT HURT IN AT MINE MINDEN. Mo., Jona 29. (AP) Six men were shot and two others injured la a clash early today between company em ployes of tha Western Coal and Mining company and union "eym pathlsers who are reported to have been picketing the com pany's No. 21 mine for about two weeks. . " Two of the pickets and two of tha employes were seriously In jured. The disturbance occurred about a halt mile from the mlno, which waa preparing to reopen activity after being shut down since April because of wage dis agreements. Arthur Eagleton, district 14. mine auditor, was shot through the leg, Jaw and neck, while John Strahotap. a picket, waa ahot in the left ejv. It was reported to officer that the shooting started when the five men. In a motor car, ap proached a large band of pickets a halt mile from tha mlno. Tha officers said tbe pickets captured the five men. stripped them, and pursued them to the mine. . AunVHet "I guess religion ba Hs faults, but I ain't never heard anybody maka fun of religion that didn't give tholrselvaa away by overdola' It, Ilka a little boy sayln' h ain't scared of nothin'." . - ,- CLASH i r.