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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1928
Number 6379
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SOKOL 4TH
JULY FETE
S SUCCESS :
Several
Malin Hot to
Thousand Czecho-Slovak-iaru
at Big Celebration
PROGRAM IS STAGED
BEFORE BIG CROWD
Itirrelv How he (iltrn by Jay
t'pfoa, IHinknr Mirlark, anil '
$ i. 1. Ilalikai I ra- Visitor to'
Hrliln tm Fertile La at
Klatiuilli Country,
Klamath DukIii never wit
n cn.se d a jjreater Nutul duy
celebration than thltt held
at Malin Wednesday' when
that community acted ab,lB druak. poasesslon -of is-jhJ
hont to several thounnd
'Initors.
Mayor A, Katliia and bis splen
did w"ljle tart this secllon ,a
retebrntlnn I list will lung he re
membered, and when, al th rinse
of the program Hires rousing
cheers were given Kill I us thny
er earnest cheer and earnestly
glron by that throng of people,
iiwsaay a ereut waa ine paini
a-tfat ocoaslun of b thre dny cH(0 ,,- chsrr of drlrlng whlle'f1
brallon which Mslln staged. Thnrll-k ,Bd ihron.h his aitorBev.l"
Ciecho - Rlusaklan popnlailnn of
Klamath roiiuiy waa In charge
and they pulled off th first cele
bration of Its kind on tha emir
I'arlflc roast. Cserho-Hloraklans
rams in special trams from Han
rrnnciaco. IM Angel., uo.lnml. . Wvbur, h,d occupied for lllll
Porlland and Wlllametl. valley mor, ,h, , ww.k lh offieers
settlements. (found a larg anantlty of beer,
Th city of Malin waa gaily jwn. ,d moon,hlne. U to m
decorated and a dellehtftilly hoa- h Wxl)ur, , .erring
pllabla .plrlt prevailed among. drIlk, , umb,r 6( men
tha people Klamath Kali, turn- Ume , ,h, mTfm
ed out a tremendous crowd on IK.hol of ,?4S Mais
Wednesday and other polnte In . tr)M (orf,Hw, b, , lh. ,um
The program began at To'tlork
In the- morning when a bandi,
ev. .a . -.I of -liquor.
concert alerted Ihe nrcaslon. The
(Continued On Page Eight)
FEDERAL PROHi
MAY BE PLACED
V IN CITY SOON
t If present plans do n:t mis
carry, a full time federal prohi
bition officer will be assigned to
, Ih Klamath Falla territory for
' luw enforcement work. It was an
Bounced by L. O. Hhlrley, stale
field director for federal prohi
bition work.
Shirley, who formerly was lo
cated In Klamath Falla for pro
hibition work, la now altuatd In
Portland. .
"We are making plans to plare
' a man In the Klamath territory
to work In cooperation with city
and rounty authorities, cr alon.
If need be," ho said. "His rases.
If of sufficient Importance, will
be carried Into federal court
through Ih Culled Htate com
mlsaloner'a office. Otherwise Ihey
wilt be submitted la the local
justice of the peace."
Poor Pa
"Ma never says anything
about my people that she can't
repent lit a different tone of
voire nn' mnke It sound like
she was ronlly speuktn' woll
ot em, '
CONVICTION OF
"FOX" UPHELD
BY HIGH COURT
BAN FRANCISCO. July t AP
Th suprem court of Cslifor
iilu In decision today sustained
th superior court of Los An
geles which found Wllllsm Kd-
.wsrd Illrkmiin sane when b
murdored 1J year-old Marian
arker, daucbtar of Perry U
I'srker, a banker there. "
I Tba derleloo ' In affact found
I that Hickman was guilty as
jcharged, that ha had fair trial.
(h' " sen at It) tiros of
ine muraer ana mat in new
aula lnaanlty plea lav under
Mrh h was triad la conatltu
tlonal. Th decision aiao denied
Hickman a new trial.
Hickman pleaded not guilty, by
reams of Insanity, lla was tried
(Continued on mm SI
POLICE HEST
18 ON FOURTH
t.'n holiday 'r
Tnt r& SSJ
,",.rr.,n.,, '",.0,!r dr,v,n 1
T . , ,.!had not bees definllely cleared
A. Holllngswarih, rbarged wllb!., . . ' ,
drlrlng whllo lntoxltd for-f
felled hall In the aunt of $100
when he failed to appear in po
lice court I h la morning to an
swer lo lha chsrge. '
I'natile to pay a fine of ftOO
for driving while Intoalrated, A.
j Ijing was sentenced to serr to
days In th cljy Jail.
j amMt ,Med to
in ..b
David It. Vaodenbnrg,
for a trial.
Hon U',hli,r inMlnl h it
officer at 73 California avenue I
paid a fine of H0 for possemion j
f 1(nllor , , reaid.nc whlrb
iswer to tha charge ct pcasessloa
HEFLIN FAILS
TO APPEAR AT
KLAN MEETING
NEW YOTtK. Jsly . fAPI
Guarded by klanameB armed with
pistols, clubs and sabres. S.00Q
persona attended a Ku Kltis Klan
rally In a 40-acre field on Long
Island yesterday, but th guest
oChcnor, Senator J. Thomas Het
lln. failed to appear.
I .ate In the afternoon word
waa received that the senator
waa spesklng at a klan rally, la
Jackson, Mich., and ohvUnaly
would not be able lo address the
Long Island meeting. The klans
men, who had spent ihe day la
rnrlous ceremonies, ' then disbanded.
A. A.Schramm Announces
Final Dividend Of Bank
SALEM, Ore., July S. (API
A. A, Schramm, state superin
tendent of banks, announced to
day thai the final dividend In
the liquidation of the First State
and Having bank ot Klamath
Falls will be paid Saturday. July
7. The order hns been signed by
Circuit Judge Inrltt, which will
release tl3,29?,S4 to 1915
olnlmants.
The bank wns closed Jannnry
IS, 19S2, and deposit claim were
filed and approved totalling
$66, 153.17, of which I1,
870.61 were for. savings deposits.
In addition preferred claims
amounting to H3t,l&.0, most
of thorn I nil I tin rlnlms, nnd hills
paynbl secttrod by assets of he
bank amounting to S400, 159.78
have been paid In full. Suit was
Instituted In the federal court
against the banking department
to have the Indian claims de-
' dared preferred, and Ihe claim.
1 pots won alter lha case ho4 been
FINANCIER
(ILLED IN
LONG FALL
Alfred Lowenttein, Bel
gian, Walks Out of
Speeding Airship
I
DISCOVER ABSENCE
10 MINUTES
Multt.mlllhHH.lr of Kara, M
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to itptm Hoot lo list broom
I'M-ngn- Plane, tiul Instead
Hhovrd p-B Kill Ituur and
FrII 4,KK r'eri to Terrible
ttroth.
noULOGN'E-KUK-aJEIl. France.
July S. (AH) The
mystery
whether Caputs Alfred Lowen-
,LJ
prt irp!aM while orerrwi tboosaad or mora people.
th ksk:m cb.nnei i.t night
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j" V"?,, , ' h .
dined to think that Ih theory of
accident in that be opened the
wrong door of Ih plane In going
to th wash room waa Improb
able. The plana waa held at lbs
Saint Ingierert air field today.
and th staff of six persons In
waa detained at Calalr for a
judicial investigation.
did sot see Captain Low.nst.in !
i ne pour sais mat ine crsw
Pir. The authorltiea wer
" qjscuss tn situation
uontinuM on nana at
IflPH. RICH
RAIDED OH 4TH
Charged with operating one of
the most complete- bars ever seen
In aouthern Oregon alnce prohi
bition went Into effect, Michael
Murphy. Malin; "Wbltey" May
las, Dorria. and Charles Reames,
Dorrts, Calif., were arrested yes
terday la raid conducted en
Mnrphy'a ranch, two mile ncrth
of Malin.
Thsra charges have been pre-
; ferred
maintaining a salaaare,
I (.ossesslon of liquor, and sale of
liquor.
Raiding officer said "they con
fiscated it gallons of whiskey
and 1000 bottles of ' beer. The
Murphy place waa crowded with
Fourth of July customers.
Officers participating In the
Fourth of July raid included Fed
eral Prohibition Officers L; O.
Shlrlen Terry Talent, Warden,
Mr, Kochler, representing the V.
8, intelligence department, and
Deputy Sheriff Louis Mueller.
carried lo the United .State su
preme court.
The total amount distributed
to creditors of the bank since
the liquldntica began will be
, 5971, "B0. 02. This represents 9
percent of th savings deposits,
55 percent of the comnierrlnl de
posits and 100 percent ot pre
ferred and seenred claims or an
aggregns of 83,5 percen of all
claims filed by creditors.
The liquidation haa extended
oyer period of sig years dur
ing which time Ihe income re
ceived from tha assets, such as
interest and other earnings, ha
been more than sufficient to pay
all the expanses of the liquida
tion. '
A considerable number of sheep
Was handled during ihe liquida
tion. The final dividend, com
pleting the liquidation is the
third in tha savings department
and the second In tho commer
cial department.
Inventer Goes Over
Niagara Falls Inside
Of Huge Rubber Ball
BUFFALO. N. T.. July S. (A,
P.) Except for bruises, Jess Al
bert Lassler, Springfield, Mas.,
was none tba wane today for bta
thrilling experience of Independ
ence Uay, when be went over
Niagara Falla la a bug rubber
ball and tired lo tell of bla sen
sations. He la one of few men
who bars dsred th mighty cats
ract and coma out alive.
Tba occupant of tba 768 pound
i fabric was lowed out Into the
LATER! upper river by motor, boat, bar
ling abandoned a plan of being
! ? TiT"""- ttLI!!!
i ball rolled and, bounced throngs
j,n. ,,,,. rapM, ,od
horM .hoe falls. A weight had
j been placed at Luasler'a feet to
kep the orcupant oprlght, bst
It became dislodged and 1. outer
went over the brink bead first.
A short time later lb ball waa
reclaimed a abort distance below
he precipire, waa rippea open
and th springtleld mas baaled
from within, smiling. One bob-
lining tba scbores cheered. Ills
sister. Madam O. P. Can I (ere, of i
Angler-ized Account of Jonah
and Whale Told By Fisherman
Jonah and bin whale bare .stared cos-eyed, a gigantic rain-
nothing on th yarn told by Ar-!
i taar Leavltt. proprietor of Rocky
Point resort, and awcra to by
: eye witnesses. . , .
I Leavltt waa laying out a bea li
,fu "r on Crystal cMk-Hta
feathery creation fluttered to'the
(water like thistle dowa. It was
', trresttbte.
j Suddenly a fat " one plunder
floated up to tbe surface and
I quietly sacked la the deceitful
lure. Learttt clucked natlsfae- asd Swisses or sis great tan, tne
torlly as fbe book rank home. I lertathsa of Crystal creek, shot
He waa after mesa of small 1 up the atream like torpedo.
trout for dinner, rather than th Learitfa reel screamed .shrilly,
big boys "which are good but sot s his fly rod best double, asd all
so delicate of flsvcr. . j the skill of a competent angler
Tbe one pounder splashed asd ; was brought into play, to atop
leaned and rashed, but Ineftee-' the rash of the fish pirate,
tlvely. Slowly hut surely he was! Ail to so sraii. The end had
drawn towards-the boat. 'tfo came and the sharp snap of
Of a sudden, a rldga of water ; th light leader marked the f In
broke the stillness of Crystal Ish of the angler-lied version ct
creek's surface, and, aa Lesritl ' Jonah asd tbe whale.
K. F. EXPRESS
OFFICE STARTS
AUTO DELIVERY
Weary ot the city lite which
has been theirs tor the paat
eight years, during which time
they bare covered thousands of
miles walking th streets ot
Klamath Falls, "Blondie" aad
"Raldy," the two horses owned
by the American Railway Ex
press, retired today. For their
remaining years they wil he lo
cated on a farm is the Mails
district, having bees purchased
b R. May. farmer and atockmaa
of that community.
Today the new auto delivery
truck oi the American Railway
Express waa put Into erviri with
Leo Houston In eha-ce,
"I f'td myself ratlum "whoa"
lo tho Ford truck, but :i re
fuses 1. 1 obey," Houston t oro
menlcl today,
CONFISCATE 2
CARS AND HOLD
4 DEFENDANTS
W, F, Foley and a man named
tlesberg were arrested on th
Fourth of July by county and
federal offh-ers, and a gallon of
alleged alcohol waa confiscated.
According lo arresting of fleers
the two men were conducting an
automobile-bootleg dispensary,
Their car was takes and action
will be inkon to confiscate it un
der federal proceedings.
Able Donne and a man giving
his name aa Nail, were arrested
by the same offlcera on Pershing
Way. Officers said ihey foand
flv rations of whiskey In the
car. The car In which the liquor
was found wat confiscated.
Shsrbrociw, Quebe. kissed him.
Masy other womett tried to do
likewise. Not s few succeeded,
, "t bare spent mors than a
yar asd mora (has 17,000 on asy
Test are," Lsaater esplslsed to
day. "I bsr soceeeded asd I
am happy, 1 hare demonstrated
that my theory was correct. 1
coo Id do It assist I am sore, bst
ones waa plenty for me.
' "Ai the ball waa carried down
stream In the rapida It waa bump
ad aboat quit s Ml, Just be
fore 1 plunged crcr the falls I
receired as extra serere bams,
it gsre me s sssty braise on my
right temple, another on the right
cheek and ose on the left shoul
der buav.
I bad really no testation
whes t west orer the falls. When
I landed on the water at the bot
tom l got a gooa jarring up. .ue
ball struck th water and bounced !
np and down aU tlmea juat like i
a bail betns bonseed es Use side- j
walk hy s child, I west over the j
talis bead first tat it rips and
p,o.a ,u
jury."
hfw trout raced serosa the stream
laftff smashed seadloot Into the
straggling cue poono tront si ;
the end of Lesritfs Mae. j
Literally shaking his saarry in j
LesvltCs face, the great red-
sided shark of the fresh water,
gulped dsws his detectable dish,'
! got himself aecarely hooked with
j the small barb on Leavltt's fly.
i and then departed hence. '
j' With series of mighty thrusts
. OFFICIAL
VISITING CITY
Deeply Impressed with the na
tural resenreea of tbe Klamath
country aad alscera Is his belief
that this eity has, a great rater.
Charles F, Faiiaway, Washington.
D. C. eaaMaat to the dlrectcr
of the sadget bureau, Waited
States treasury department,' ex
pounded ea hi yiews of th Kla-
i math country following a trip
around the city accompanied by
Postmaster John McCall.
v "Klamath Falls la one of the
most talked of cltle Is Washing
ton, D. C, said Mr. Fsilawsy,
Mr. "and Mrs. Faiiaway were
d riven to Crater Lake National
park thia morning by Caloael C,
!. Thomson, apertateadeat -f
the park. He will return' tSnight
to Klamath Fslia and tear for
the east tomorrow.
PARAPET TO BE
. BUILT AT RIM
Kevpr stais ill automobiles
slip ever the rim of CrarVr lake
la front ot ' Crater lake lodge.
CossirstctioB of a $M9 eonerete
! parapet extending lor oae-haif
j mile- paralleling the asphalt prost-
knnade which skirts the lake rim
for the same distance, will be
constructed this summer. It waa
announced this morning by Col
onel C. O, Thomson, superln-
eadent of Crater Lake park.
During Ihe 1917 eeaso a Lla-
cola sedaa owned by James
Rwansen, slipped orer the rira
of the lake aad tumbled Is lbs
boMB. it h a total wreck,
20,000 SEE
LAKE ICE
JUNE 16TH
Colonel Thomson Predict
Season Total Will
Exceed 100,000
SOUTH ENTRANCE OF
PARK VERY POPULAR
ars from tftrr 34 Diftemtt
Wafraj hit Throttsb Kiaaaatb
(iateway to Crater Lake Na
tional Park (tapesteteadt
DterwMiew Geolojcfral Features
of ladte.
0T,r 0M hnn(lred thoaBand
. . , . .
tourUt" ,rom '"r and
bywsy Is tba Cnlted States, asd
from scores of foreign nations.
Wtt !and at th rira of Crater
'"-iijste ihl. season, and drink la
the deep, deep blue of the most
besotiful body of water in the
wnrtd. -
Thia is the prediction of Col
onel C, O. Thomson, superintend
ent of Crater Lake park and,
what's more. It Is the first fore
cast he has ever made pnbltcly
since he has held his position Is
the national park.
"The reuos why I make this
' pr.dcltnn , th(t ,B to j1!rt aiebt
orer jo joo people had passed
tbroagh the entrance gate of
Crater Lake since the opeaing,"
he said. "On the same date last
year, 4.4S2 had been checked at
the entrance-sates.
irjK ilTUMlc frenK-Itow 1
i no oanner year was ct.uuw,
anu i cera.u.y oeuere . am saie
. ,12... u .r "1"!
B? , ?. Kedeibf,,?ete'
f 'h' "f? ,?e"OB.TJh,t
fCiDtlDBed oa pace
' "
TOBTH OF LY
BABT BOBS IX CITT
"Mary Lon" Is the name
or tbe Kourtn ot July baby
born In Klamath Falla to
A Sfe Se 11mm tl'.t.l. A
at tha f.mtlr k... 1131
a m.t .r.n. . w-t. a
day . morning at 7 o'clock.
The baby weighed seren and
, nne-hatr noonrt. .t birth
Mr. and Mrs. Walsh are
well knows young residents
of thia city. Before her
marriage Mrs. Walsh was
Blllie Burk ot this city.
Mr. Walsh the proud new
father is manager of tha
Oregon Woolen Store oa
Seventh and Main streets,-,
Governor Smith Telk
Tammany's Good Points
NEW YORK, July 5. (JP)
Governor Smith turned his face
toward the state rapitol at Albany
I again today after two Indepead-
ence day addresses In which he
toid what he thought of the con
stitution, cltlienship and Tam
many Hall, and tock a sty dig at
congress,
: la each ot these addressee he
made passing allusion to his re
cent nominstlon but on the whole
he steered clear of politics.
Ho said at tbe Independence
Pity address at Tammany Hall
thst he bad heard a great deal themselves to death and aome
of caustic criticism of Tammany j times It looks to the American
but expressed the opinion that public as thoagh Hey were at
nothing that was not all right j tempting It" nobody ran inter
could have continued Its exis- fere aa long as It remains with
tenee la this ecus try, as the soc 1 the privileges Ha enactment guar-
lety of Tammany has done,, for
IJ years.
Tammany, he said, cared sot
whether a man was rich or poor,
or what his religious beliefs
might be so long aa he was a
lover of America.
In his second address of the
day, delivered from the steps
-the city hall to several thousand
new voters, he likened th dec- j
iteration ot Independent, to a,
DEATH CLAIMS
C M. RAMSBY
1 P.M. TODAY
tea a reddest I i II T I il T Ai I
Carey Ramsey,
of Klamath Falls,
most prominent men
ath basis, pissed
today Is the Commas
at Ashland following an
Illness
of pneumonia of one waek'a du
ration.
Jt ose week ago today, Mr.
Rasuhy with his wife and da tigh
ter, Miss Betty, T'jlted is Kits,
ath Fails. Paring his visit he
waa strfekea with pneutecnis. far
the prat several days little hopes
bars bees held tor bis msoyery,
although tha sttesdiss phyalctasa
Continued Os Pag Eight)
NEW LODGE IB
STALLI
Formal Isstallatlos of tbe
CMloqaia Masonic lodge which
haa been ecder dispensation dar
ing the paat few months will be
staged at as impressive service
Monday sight, ft was asssassed
today br Thomas Rkbsrdsoit,
worsaipfal master of the Kiamseh
Masonic lodge. ,
Ail members of tbe Klamath
lodge are requested to - ke ia
Chilsssls at 7 p. m, Mssd&y,
Taking part Is the Impress
installation ceremony will be Beat
W. Davis, Salem, grasa master
of he Oregon lodge, and D. Rntus
Cheney, another high official of
the- lodge. . - "
AID, FROM. AIR
SAVES BATHER
FROM DEATH
EATIEW. Wash, Jtsiy S. .
L. ,w. nr. nreBi- Wheat-
h. ... eaneht In the
i j,. ,vm Bw(m(t.. .i.,.
; ber, Wbe friends on
shore fcnsd they wer. ssaMe to
reach him. the aid ot an airplane
was enlisted asd the allot drop-
fB ja-jmmer. Wbeston held tbe
t rem until those OS the beach
! could psll him In. Artificial re-
TlTed hiffi.
p ,
UIV1 rVfUA lUVLti
CLAIMS YOUTH
ROSEBURQ. Ore., July 5. A
P). Berton Wilson. IS-fear-eid
jBaados hoy, waa 4rawae tot
n'tht while swimming Is the
Cmpeu rlsr sear Rosehurg.
The boy was wading the rlTer
with bis stepfather, H. 0. Nettie-
ton, sad stepped into a deep
hole. The body wn carried Into
a bed ot water moss, where It
could not be located until about
J 20 minute later. Rescusclatlon
i efforts were continued for nefcriy
(three hoars, bat We could sot he
restored.
political platform and said that
the whole thought ot tt was con-
tained ia the ess sentence last
holds that ail men are created
equal, the life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness are their
available rights, asd that to se
cure these rights governments
are formed which secars their
powers from the gorerned.
Of the constitution he said
that no matter how much we
may quarrel among onrselres
politically "The senate and the
house of represeotstiYea can talk
anteed.
Allusions to bi r.ominatifin
were made at the opening of the
two addresses and In each in
stance were called forth by re
marks of tbe persona Introducing
him.
Thunderous appiaaee cat tbe
ofysenteace off at mention sf tbe
j democratic convention which.)
nominated the serB sas a
did aot coaplet tt.
...r nip a niii I r i 1 1 1 1
FIREWORKS
HUL U II I III
kotuo- uni i it ii
Hj sespWsli ' ' ' '
Fatalities Exeeptiotullr
. High on InsEepeaee
Day
LAKES AND RIVERS
TAKE LIVES OF 106
Two Densely Pc pel led Areas la
Middle Atlantic States and
Mid-west Ststee Hit Hardest ;
Mowwtaht State aad Sortbwent
Tors la Seat SeeardU
CHICAGO, July 5, AP)
Celebration of Independ
ence Bay cost the Uvea of t
least 224 men, women and
children. That number mi
known to nave died from
fireworks, automobiles,
drownings, heat, lightning.
airplane accidents and other
causes according to figures
compiled -b y. Associated
Press today from belated re
port of Fourth of July fa-
talities-i - ' .
Firework, esc the source ot
most Fourth of Jaiy deafhs, took
a 4sas Urea this year hat was
sstrasked hy drownings which
totalled more than 1S mat by
. CCosstJased Ob Page Eight)
AUTO WRECKED
AT SHARP TURN
A Stsdehaker sedaa, carrying
a California lieetl was badly
wrecked art to jascttes cf The
Daiies-Caiiforsla nd Fcrt K!ta
ath highways wVJaesdiy after
noen aa the drtrer attempted f
make tha sharp Mrs. it waa re
ported here.
People whs rtTS shortly af-te-
the accident had happened ,
lound the ear C9.nr.vl. alth niirh
reports were trrtnght to KlamaUi
Falla tsat tsrae . skb were to
th car at thi tlmj rf the acci
dent. .
The ear had tnraed ecsopletely
on aad was reported slstost a
total wreck. '
Another accident was reported
last ontsids of Pelican City wins
a sua driTtnf Z Ford coupe at
tempted to make a tcm. a mo
torist driving down the hlgh-.vay
crashed Into bis car. badly wtecs
Ing the car. Ss injuries u
anattined hy either si the drtrtra,
TODAY'S
RESULTS
American tsgse
B H. E.
Boston 0 ' 1 t
Philadelphia S
Batteries Bradley, P. Sim
aas aad Hoffman. Bering;
Esrsshaw asd Cochran,
Aunt Het
"1 don't know tot h in ad
der taaa a great mas tryfa
to act like be waas't ashamed
of th foot wife he married
before a got great,"
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