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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1928
Number 6375
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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. . .
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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.
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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'." . - ,-
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