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ORECION: Cloudy tt and
fair aat portion tonight. and
Friday. No chant In temper
Blur" or humidity. Moderate
north and northwest wind on
tba coast.
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FIND BODY
OF FAMOUS
jim am oi rn
T 1HIUMLI
Mystery Surrounding Di
appearance of Captain
Lowenitein Solved
REMAINS ARE FOUND
OFF COAST FRANCE
Notrd IW-UcUn 114 Kallr-a 4MK
f Fret Kruro 1IU Private Plan
While returning From London
to llruwMb Death Vrtlflrt
W ill Now IU luunl.
COLOGNE, Franco, July
19 (AP) The body of Cap
tain Alfred Lowonnteln, not
kd Belgian financier, who
disappeared from un air
plane while it wax crowing
the Engliith channel at a
height of 4000 feet on July
4, wan found near here to
day. Tha body ot I ha banker waa
takan to Calais Ihla evening by a J
(lulling boat aud Identity waa
Mlablliilied by means of a wrist
walrh. '
' The tragic end of Captain Al
fred Loweusteln -caused a sensa
tion that bad echoes on the stork
exchanges 'of London, Paris,
urusenia ami iierun. A pour
Inquiry In France developed that
only hla vales and monographer
. who were accompanying him on
th .trip, noted bl dUavpenranee
when he failed to return from a
lavatory at th rear or the tna
ohliie. They found door open
and later the captain's collar and
(Continued on page six)
BETTY DARLEY
T
To Mlsa Betty Darloy. attrac
tive youug girl of Ihla city, went
(Irat prise In the Votorans bath
ing beauty contest apnnsorrd by
Jack Rnwrlna and his orchestra
m S CONTES
which waa staged at Altamont
pavilion last evening. Mlsa Dai-!""
i.. ... sfMpnini wtih Ifio from
Ihe Bowrlng orchestra. Hhe en
tered the contest for Justin and
Montgomery and was culumed In
, a anug ont-plece bathing ault of
'beige, blue and whit. Hhe car
ried a colorful parasol of pastel
ahadea.
Judges, who were picked from
post of the Veterans of Foreign
War from Portland and Oregon
City found It difficult Uak to
pick the prls winner with mora
than 10 beautiful girls on parada
down th runway.
Each girl waa deserving ot
nttAinl mnnflnn. an'l when the
- . ,
winner waa announced. Mis Hen
derson, entered by the Pelican
Clrllle, and Miss ,lrace Bennett
for th Pelican Drug company
wer placed second and third.
The conteat proved one ot the
moat popular and successful
event yet held In Klamath Falls.
Th Altamont pavilion waa
pacjed until atandlng room was
not available to witness th con
test. -
Poor Pa
"Our youngest son-in-law Is
so nsy to get his feelln'a hurt
that we have to handle him
rnreful or ha won't lot lie
help him."
CONVICT hm,
SUSPECtED OF
EUREKA CRIME
Kl'flKKA, Cel.-July 19. (A
IM Pttitr Htroff, alias "Dutch
J'ela," x-eonvli'l arraalad ya
tardayaa suspect In tha rob
bery or Ilia Willow Creek post
otflr July II and Ih murder of
Deputy Sheriff William Carpen
ter, today continued denials of
I guilt, but officials aald he had
made damaging admissions.
Una of the admissions was that
h had coma her from Portland.
Ore., about J I daya ago, with
John W. Bishop, who waa killed
In the gun fight at Burnt Itanch,
where Carpenter also -waa killed
and Oscar llayward, another de
puty sheriff, waa wounded.
Htroff was captured at the
ranch home of Oeorg (Jrlner, II
miles west of llurnt ranch, (inn
er called the authorities after
giving the man a meal, and In
vited Rtroft to sit on tha porch
and rest. He waa still there
when deputy sheriffs arrived to
arrest him.
Fearing tha man would be
lynched- It taken to Weavervllle,
Trinity county officials brought
the prisoner her to Ih Hum
boldt county Jail.
Postal Inspectors who took
charge of th prisoner on his
arrival here, aald thoy would
continue to quit him. They aald
they already knew tha names of
the two bandlla yet at large.
Officials believed Htroff was
the pandit who fled Into the
brush after the llurnt
Itallrh
fight.
Two or the outlawa ea-J
(Continued on pag alii
Patrick W. Knlley, department
commander of th Veterans of
Foreign Ware In Oregon for the
past year was unanimously elect
ed to serve In this position for
another year at the annual elec
tion or officers held on Wednes
day afternoon. "
Noble If. Cantor, rommander of
Pelican Post, 1.113 waa elected to
serve aa aenlor vice commander:
Cicero F. tlnxan. Junior vice com
Marnier: Giant K. Getchell, qusr-ter-maatar;
Karl Oloaa. judge ad
vocate: Dr. W. O. Scot t. depart
ment surgeon; Hev. M. 0. Tenny
son, chaplain and R. O. Uarrett,
council of administration fur a
term of-flve years.
' The election moved along rap
Idly and with fow arguments.
During the afternoon aome clever
and witty remarka were passod
between the delegate. x
Hid for the 1910 encampment
wer held over for to days, wltn
""" mrougnoui me siaie given
opportunity to writ Into th
!eecutlv department.- It I pos-
slbl that th convention might
he held In Portland, Inasmuch
as lour years haa elapsed since
this city entertained the Vet
erans. ,
imi'.VKKNKHH I PHKI.D
OX PKIVATK IMUU'KUTV
HILI.8BORO, Ore., July
19. V-Bolng drunk on prl-
vate promises doea not con-
atltute a crime
In Oregon.
4 This Is the conclusion at-
torneys her drew from the
derision today of circuit
Judge George Bagley, who 0
dismissed a n Indictment 0
against It, M. Waggener, ar- 4
0 rested on a charge- or drunk- 4
0 enrss. , 4
Judge Bsgley sustained
4 Waggener's demurrer, which
contended "T h a Tllllrutn
Tavern la not a public place '
and Is not alleged In aald
Indictment to be a public
place."
iir-rrniiifi aimr
1 1328 OFFIGERSj
Vets Enjoy Boat Trip
Up Lake To Eagle Ridge
Veterans or Foreign Wars at tending
the eighth annual en
campment being held In thla city
were entertained thla. forenoon
with a delightful trip on 'Klam
ath Lake to Knglo Hldgn Tavern.
Tha vtsltore were taken by motur
to Shlpplngton where they went
aboard the boat which carried
them to the acenlc spot. A lunch
eon waa provided by tho Ladles
Auxiliary.
This evening the guests will en
Joy I ho banquet at the Pelican
Grille which ban hoen arranged
by the Pelican Post as one or the
many couretoslo being extended
n Tr p
fen r n i '
i. c. c. of fwmM
PROPOSALS m 0mM&a-
Western Pacific Petition!
for 163-Mile Exten-
tion Submitted
PLAN OF EXTENSION
GIVEN COMMISSION
lUllruatla to bo I'oiurtrortaal la
Onlral and Northern t'allf or
al Will Inrrrase Tonaef W.
P. Plana Own llrrt IUII t on-
- nrriloa to Haa Francisco.
WASHINGTON. July It. (A
P). A proposal to - build 1(3
ml lot or new railroad In northern
California was Mad with th In
terstate commerce commission to
day by the Western Psrttlc ays
tent and application waa made
for authority to undertake tho
oulerprls. ,
Through tha Western Pacific
t California rallrnarf mmnenv
new corporation) the Western Pa-
- - - ..-.w.v.u
iclflc Intends (o esublish Its own
direct rail connection Into Ban
Francisco,
Tbe maps and application pre
sented call for the completion of
a through line 13H miles long
(Continued on page six)
LAKKVIBW, Ore.. July 1.
A total or 1.38J.0OO pounds or
Lake county wool left Lakevlew
Ibis year for the eastern markets,
according to figure compiled by
local shipper from tabulations
made of wool which paased thro
ugh th local wool warehouso.
In addition, a eonsldorable
quantity or wool In the northern
and wostern part or the county
waa taken to Bend and Klamath
Falls for rail shipment.
Bring Half Million
According to th best aVailable
flxurrs from rail shinners. Lake
county wool -this year brought'
the grower more than 1600,000.
aa the value of the wool which
waa shipped from Lakevlew alone
totaled II 60.000.
The Lak county clips sold for
S3 and JS cents, with a majority
or them going at the hhjhor fig
ure. 37TH SLAMMED
OUT BY B. RUTH
NEW YORK. July 19. (AP)
Bab Ruth hit his 37th home run
or the season Into the right field
"'earner m tne urai inning ot
lody mo between the White
Sox and the Yankees at the sta
dium. Ruth's drive followed
Combs' double and gave the Yen-
aeea a lean oi iwo 10 one over
Al Thomaa
COLORED THIEF
STRIKES WOMAN
PORTLAND. Ore.. July 19. (A.
P.) Mra. Marie-Silver waa struck
by a negro burglar whom she
surprised In her home early to
day. She waa foiled by a glanc
ing blow or a club, hut soon re
covered. Th Intruder escaped.
them.
Following the banquet the vis
itors ar Invited to Altamont
where dancing will be enjoyed
until one o'clock.
Friday miriiing tho caravan
will leave Memorial hall tor the
trip tn Crater Lake at eight
! o'clock. This a courtesy which
j the members or 'this post and
tne Dtisiness men ot me cuy are
extending.
A barbecue will be staged near
Fort Klamath tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock,
Again tomorrow lilglit dancing
' ICoulluued pa pag ilsi
WOOL GROWERS
JETS500.000
C LAMATII FALLS, UJREGONy
Where "Mexico's Lindbergh"
Plrliired here la the wreckage or the plane In which rapt. Emlllo Carranta, "Mexican Llnd
berith," waa killed while beaded toward home for the acclaim or bta nation and a reunion with bis
bride. Ilia craft crashed near Ilurlrcgton. N. J. Carranta, who repaid Colonel Lindbergh's visit to
Mexico ty flying from Mexico City to Washington and New York, bad left Roosevelt Field, Long
Island, bound fcr Ma.-xioClty, when bis plane ran Into a freak storm! The body was found near
the wreckage.
Federal Magistrate Binds Over
Victims of ' Klamath Raids
Another chapter In federal pro- over on the charge of selling In
hibition raids staged In Klamath toxlcaling tonic for beverage
early thla month was enacted I purposes. Included In tba tonics
Tuesday and Wednesday before ; were Remit Wine tonic and
i
Thoraaa when every defendant
Diim DLMin muiiuiHiuDDr no, ,
ho demanded hearing waa
bound over to the federal grand
Jury under 1 25(10 bond. .
William K. Bolluy; charged
with possession, sale of liquor
and maintaining a nuisance, waa
bound over but managed 13 raise
a bond.
W. M. Mcllnrdy was jound
TODAY'S
RESULTS
First game American ' . ''
at Philadelphia HUE
8t. Loula .. 0 10
Philadelphia '....r 2 4 0
Gray and Schang; Walberg and
Cochrane.
American, first game:
Detroit 9 13
Washington S - SV 3
Carroll ond.Woodall: Zachary,
Brown, Burke and Iluel.
American
Cleveland ...
Boston
, t
3
(Jl Innlnga.)
Sbaute and Sewell: Morria and
Hcvings.
American
St. Louis ......
Philadelphia .......
(11 Innings.)
S
4
Blaeholder and Manton; Rom -
men ana f ox.
American
Chicago ....4 13
New York t 8
2
A. Thomas and Berg; Pennock :
and Grabowskl.
National
Brooklyn ...
Pittsburgh ...
3
0
McWeeny and De berry; Fussell
and Har greaves.
O.N. OFFICIALS
Ralph Biidd, president of the
Great Northern railroad, and a
party ot high officials of the
Great Northern railroad, were ex
pected to arrive In Klamath Falls
from Bend late thla afternoon.
Mr. Budd and hla aides hare
been Inspecting Hhe Bend-Klam-ath
extension with a view of de
termining whether or not the
Shcvlln-llixon logging line seg
ment will be reconditioned, or
abandoned, and a new line built
'to the beginning of the Great
Northern's trackage.
Accompanying nudd wer John
F. Stevens, Internationally known
railroad man who was president
ot the 8. P. S. at tho time
that road built up the Deschutes
canyon: C. O. Jenks, Great North
ern vice-president, tn charge ot
operations; Colonel Frederick
Mears. assistant chief engineer;
A. J. Wltoholl, chief engineer of
the S. P. ft 8. and John Budd.
son ot tbe railway president
RE DOE TODAY
THURSDAY, JULY 19,
1
oiqi I n in lull,,;, inn iutcib-i
i i way naa imaiiy oeen oiscoverea
mont alleged. On the outside of!K. ....,.,. .j i...
' each bottle
waa the Inscription
totowZrJZt""' tfne 111, visit, to
Hardy, a resident of ' Sprague
Hlver, wan selling the tonic for
bverage purposes which consti
tuted a violation of th prohi
bition act. Had he sold It merely
. (Continued On Pag Eight)
PORTLAND. Ore.. July 19. (A.
P.) John L. Bowman, president
or the Brownsville Woolen Mills
and chain cf Brownsville stores,
died late yesterday "after a aud-
2 'den heart attack at hi summer
'home at Awawans, near Mount
Hood. He came' to Tortland 30
I years ago from Coos Bay. where
he waa engaged tn mercantile
! business. . . '-
1 1 Employes or . the Klamath
Brownsville Woolen Mills store
were saddened today by the newa
of the death ot th president or
I tbe company.
j Webb Kennett. manair cf the
0 ! store, announced today that the
' I store would be closed tomorrow
in respect for the late head or
j the Prownsvllle Woolen
Mills
store. Mr. Kennett plana to
leave tonight for Portland to at
j tend the funeral. - ' r
li :
GEOLOGY CLASS
OF PRINCETON
TO VISIT CITY
i To view one of th geological
pbenomenona of tho world. Crater
lake, a group of Princeton col-
I lege students, majoring In geol-
ogy, will spend a day at the rlnl
under the expert guidance ot
their professor. Professor Rlch
laTd N. Field.
The party will arrive on a spe
cial car on the afternoon ot July
31. Motor fnrs will - meet the
Prinrwtonlans that afternoon and
take them to Crater lake lodge.
Tbe atudonti will devote, the morn
ing .and early afternoon to .the
study ot Crater lake and then
will return to Klamath Falls to
board their train on the after
noon ot July 22. Northbound
train number 1 will pick up
their car. -
CALIFORNIANS
TO VISIT RIM
As the guests of J. K. Grimm.
San Francisco, a group of 23
('allfcrn)ans will arrive In Kla
math Falls aboard a special car
on the, northbound "Cascade,"
August 21.
The party will motor from Kla
math Falls to Crater lake and.
return the same day and. their
car will be picked up by the
northbound "Went Coast" lim
ited on tha eveulng ot August
list. , , ... 1
WOOLEN ILLS ;
' IAD IS DEAD
1928 -
Was Killed
in cis
BEND, July 19. Further proof
that The Dalles California high-
. . .... . . .
by tourists and vacationists waa
secured here today through a
local hotela and a trip through
auto parks. Number of tourists
atopping In Bend and using mid
state roads Is at least double that
of the earn Urns last year, fig
urea Indicate. - j , .
- One-Thlnl "Forcli."
Approximately one-third ot the
autolsts reaching Bend so. far thla
month are from outside the slate,
the majority ot tb foreign cars
bearing California,
ana luano licenses. A count or,
cars recently laxen on rne uaues
Californla highway north ot Bend
and south of the Bend-Sisters
Junction listed 773 Oregon auto
mobiles and 24 out-of-state ma-
'"V?"' ,A f?"?1 on Tne Dalle"-
imorma niguway one mue
north of Madras listed 173 Ore
gon cars and 150 out-of-state
machines In one day. ,
ITALIA'S CREW
- ORDERED HOME
ROME. July 19. ( AP) All the
rescued members" of the Italia
will return to Italy Immediately
tn conformity with Instructions
from Premier Mussolini".
Tho premier- has given orders
to all the members of the expe
dition to refrain from all mes
sages, declarations ' and inter
views. PRODUCTION OF
AUTOS GAINING
SOUTH BEND, Ind.. July 19.
(AP) Automobile production In
th United States in 1923 will
pass the 4.000,000 mark, accord
ing to an estimate made by Albln
McAuley, president of the Nation
al Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, here to attend the mid
summer meeting of the directors
ot that body.
ELWOOD MEAD
AT STANFIELD
PENDLETON, Ore.. July 19
(AP) Dr. Elwood Mead, reclam
ation commissioner, waa here to
day in conference with Stan field
Oregon, officials relative to the'
Stanfleld Irrigation project.
DistiiiguisKed
Be Guests
Klamath Falls will be host
Saturday to one ct the most dis
tinguished group of men to visit
southern Oregon this year. Includ
ed In the party ar members of the
Interstate commerce commission,
prominent railroad men and pos
sibly Governor I. L. Tattorson.
The group bt approximately 15
will arrive In Klamath Falls
Saturday evening and will be
guests at a banquet given by the
Klamath county chamber of com
merce In the Pelican Grille. The
party will leave early Sunday by
motor for Crater lake, ' where
they will bar breakfast
I
i
Innv f a nrkTr?tV
ATTEMPTS TO
MAKE ESCAPE
ATLANTA, Oa July 19. (A
P). Atlanta Federal penitentiary
wa beselged for a Urn from
wltbln by two desperate prisoner!
armed with smuggled weapon
laat nlgbt.
With three other long-term
convict, they were In solitary
confinement today while a guard
waa nursing a minor scalp wound,
tbe only casualty ot a 30 mlnut
gun battle.
A near riot was precipitated
during an exercise period in th
prison yard about dusk, ' when
Roy Gardner, notorious Pacific
coast mall robber, and Jo Ur
baytls wer seen at th Inner
wall. They are serving SO to (0
years terms for mall robbery and
are notoriona as "escape artist. "
Guard Captain Clarence L. Park
er and Guard Bunc -who found
thepir In the act ot climbing aa
Improvised ladder, wer confront
ed with drawn revolvers. Bunce
waa clipped on the head.
, Before th remainder of the
prisoners knew what had hap
pened, the plotters bad marched
Parker and two. other guard
who rushed np. through the first
gat toward freedom. On near-
Ing tbe second gat they opened
fire on tower sentries, using the
guarda as shields. Balked in this
effort, ' practically because Cap
tain , Parker threw his , keya
though the gate grating, they
surrendered to a score or so ot
armed guarda,. after a fierce ex
change of bullets daring which
son was hit. '
Another attempt to rob Con
nolly Brother atore on Main and
Eleventh was made on Tnesday
nlcht when tha door at tha mr
ROBBERS FAIL
TQ OPEN DOQR
wasmngiuniof tne ,,., clothing atore was
badly battered.
Unable to gain entrance- by
' ,. A" ,v.
enough of the door to place a
hand through.' thinking they
could unlock the door from the
inside. They were disappointed
however, for two strong locka
had been placed on the door, one
too far above to be reached by
the hole cut through.
Thla Is the third attempt made
to enter the store within the
past few months.
One of' tha employes sleeping
in the store was undisturbed by
th catting away of the door.
Not until morning was the at
tempted robbery discovered.
Dearth Due To Accident,
VALLEJO, July 19. (AP).
A coroner' Jury decided Mrs.
Ray Brandon, drowned In Car
qntnea straits last month, met
her death accidentally after a
skltt upset while she and three
other person were going from
shore to a yacht Her body was
found recently near Sonoma.
! REGVLAR "PKACH OK
A TIME ANTICIPATED
.
CHICAGO, July 19. (fl
A regular pear ot a time
4 appear to be right at hand.
According to a report from
the government bureau ot
agricultural . economics to-
day, Georgia, the Carollnas.
Washington and California
have the best peach crop in
years. The movement to
v market already on a big
4 scale la rapidly Increasing,
and peak shipments of
Georgia Elberta are expect-
ed by July 25.
Party T6
At Banquet
Following the breakfast they
will leave Crater lake by way
of the Sand Creek entrance and
return to Portland via the Mc-;
Kensle Pass and Pacific high
way, arriving in Portland Mon
day morning in time tor the,
grain bearing case which Is still
pending.
The party includes:
B. H. Meyer,' member ot the
Interstate commerce commission;
Arthur R. Markley and George
J. Halt, examiners for the Inter-!
state commerce commission; J. J.
Murphy, member ot the state
(Continued on pag six)
Number 6391
IE
OF SOUTH
E
Democrats Will Vota for
Hoover and Will Fight
Al Smith ;
PRINCIPLES NAMED
IN LONG DOCUMENT
Only Way to Defeat Thi Wei
Tammany Delegate" Is to Vota
for Republic Nominee, state
Oaw Bectloa ot Principle; to
. Caavaa State Carefully.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, July
19 (AP) Formally declar
ing their intention to work
and vote for the election of
Herbert Hoover, republican
candidate for president of
the United State, the "Dry
Southern anti-Smith demo
crats" meeting in conference
here today, adopted a state
ment of principles and aims.
Formal organisation ' also wss
completed and the meeting de
cided that a committee ot two
from each southern state Includ
ing Oklahoma. Missouri and 'West
Virginia should be selected ta,
carry on the campaign against.
Governor Alfred E. Smith of New
York, the democratic candidate.
Th . statement of principles .
carrying : four sections setting
forth the. aims .of the meeting .
and the grounds on which they
oppose Smith ia soma two thous
and words In length. It accuses
Governor Smith of falling to keep
faith and declares undying op
position to him because of his
stand on th prohibition qee
tlon and bis connection with
Tammany Hall. ' .
Th statement says:
"As thA mnal rflrKwt mr.A -f fn.-- '
Nlvo way. Indeed, the only way to
Insure the defeat, of this wet
Tammany candidate Is that our
dry . southern democratic vote's
cast their ballots In the coming
election for Herbert Hoover."
EST BLAZE
ER CONTROL
A serious fir which threatened
timber holdings ot the Pelican.
Bay . Lumber company and the
Shaw Bertram Lumber company
was' controlled last night after a
strenuous fight which lasted tot
over 12 hour.
The . biaxe covered about (00
acres ot land north ot Beaver
Marsh and near the south boun
dary ot the Fremont National
forest Several crews of the Kla
math Forest Protective associa
tion aided volunteer tire fighter
in curbing the blase. The blase
waa said to be near The Dalles-
California highway. ' '
At no place did the fir crown,
according to. word received here,
and damagea was confined prin
cipally to second growth timber.
Aunt Het
"I'm toj tired fcr prayer
meetin', but Jane was hi re all
afternoon talkln' scandal, an'
1 feel like I got to go to
mnetin' or take a bath or
aomethia'."
Bor-
s
ORGAN Z
FOR