WEATHER
Oregon Cloudy weal and fair
but Willi thunder tormi la aso.Li
taina of Mat portloa tonight and
Sunday. Slightly cooler aaat por.
tluo. Normal humidity wt. Low
humidity aait portion.
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1928
Number 6333
mm n
CityEdition
The Old Home Paper
IWECiS
GONVICTS
SHOOT WAY
TO FREEDOM
.
One Guard Killed and
Two Wounded in
Gun Battle
GUARD PULLED FROM
HORSE AND BEATEN
Ariita-d I" o a r I'ollow Hlmxl.
IuiiiimI Through ,M w a an p a In
Hran h of Knur -rliittnalx HI III
al lnrr Authorities lU-llrve
All WounnVil. '
IIOL'HTON. Texae. July f . OP)
Hcorea of armed men trailed
It bloodhounda through marshr
adjoining Itlrhmond, 20 mile
aoulb of here, early today In pur
ault of five convlct who boiled
the Imperial alaie prison farm
number I late yeaierday after
killing a guard and wuiindlui lo
deputle In an enaultig gun bai
lie. Klghl convict, who hadl"-n
cultivating riilliiu. Joined
the.
break, killing Henry Ward, prla
on aergeam In charge, of blood
bounda. One waa raptured abort-
ly afterward near Ihe farm, while j
(Continued nn page five) j
T STAY IS
uniiiivnniv lain IAP
GIVEN
IS
Oeorga Ilemus. whose lncarrer-lf(ir
atlon in Atlanta penitentiary mr
bootlegging wn a prelude to hi
trial In Ohio last year on 'he
charge o murdering ni wue. , At another Hum the complaint
lis obtained from Ihe Immlgra- ,r, , Christie and Miss ilur
Hon service a temporary tay of j (Continued on page 41
proceed iti((t looking to nia oe
portatlnn.
Whl'.e ha waa a prisoner In
Atlanta, the Immigration author
Itlee questioned hla atatu aa
rlllien nf Ilia United Hlate. and
ordered him to show cause why
ha should not be deported. j
3HAW-MACREA
HAS NEON SIGN
Rhaw-Macltea Blelloncry .com
pany In II new location on Main
between Seventh and Eighth, I
the latest business house of Ihe
city to hang a Neon ailin. Last
evening peojiln on Main street
were attracted by the brilliantly
lighted algti, which waa hung on
Thnraday by the Industrial ElcA
Irlc or thla city.
The algn la ona of the finest In
the city. It tncaur 4x12 feet.
HAN'MNO MKN HI HRKXHKIl
WASHINGTON, July 28. (P)
The navy department was ad
vised today that 66 Handino fol
lower atirrendered to marine
forcea at Romolo, Nicaragua, July
14. The men were granted Ilia
customary clemency.
Poor Pa
"I think I ought to take
out some morn life Insurance,
hut I don't much like the way
Ma agreed with, me so quick
when i mentioned It."
Shoots Straight
f 1 1
W. C. Hill. 7-ycr.old farmer
of near Poplar Bluff, Mo., la
blind but la held Tor hooting to
death Clyde Wllnon, fit son-ln-law.
He lulil police Wilson rame
home Intoxicated and threatened
la kill him and that ha fired
In I lie direction of Wllnon a voire.
SUIT FILED
BY SPURNED
MOVIE STAR
1.08 AMSKLKri. July IS. Ml
( baric II. Christie, nioliun pic-
Ur producer, was arcused of
"seduction, breach of promise lo
marry and breach of promise to
employ" In a srnnstloiialljr word-
d suit fur II,a4.60v filed by
Aly Mnrrell, film artreaa, bar
today.
V Ilia tliif-edad anion usaed
I for tl.0UA.0u0 damage for the
i breach of promt lo marry;
1 1750,000 damagea for seduction
and . 600 damage for breach
of promise to employ.
The breach of promise to marry
tilt eel forth that Christie had
asked Mis Mnrrell to marry him
Isa Mnrrell to marry him i
1927 and ah. had ;
The wedding waa a.l
A"ut
jnnurr of , , he
: rompl UWnAt were
, ,nrrlll , llw lorlhconiltig nup-
),,,
DEALERS STAGE
runikAAU, ure.. juiy a. Ml :
A largo number of the leading
Independent gasoline dealera In
Portland loduy announced that a
uniform price of 1 cent, had!,
been agreed upon,
Till I the second step In a
gasoline wnr which began when
a, number of smaller Indepnndiint I
dealers cut the price to 1 centa.
The fixed rel.ll price of g.so-
compnnln, who wholesal the gaa
lo the Independent and who
themselves have service atntlon.
were sticking by the atandard i
price of 21 H cent at their retail j
alntlcns, but were continuing lo ,
ell whtilosiilo U tho Independent
dealers. I
GASOLINE WAR
QuartzMountain Highway
Surfaced, Open to Travel
LAKEVIEW, July 28 (Special
to The Hornld) Surfacing of
the Quart Mountain highway
from Drew Valley an the Owen
rnnch I completed and the new
road I open tiutravel. With the
completion of Ihl piece of work.
Ihe Lake county section of the
Lakevlnw-Klnmuth Falls high
way la entirely complete and
(here now remain only Ihe Iv
II' Garden section and Lorens
mill section In Klnmnth county
to'Completo the entire highway.
Grading of tho-JIcyll'a Garden
nei4ton Is now under contract
lo W:- ('. Klllott and all but two
mile of the grade havo been
completed. The contractors hnve
run against some unexpected dif
ficulties la the construction of
RAIN STORM
NUN DATES
U NS
Report That Three Were
Drowned Believed
Not True
WIND BLOWS BRUSH
INTO HEART OF CITY
Flood Control Walls l lmlilo to
W il luil end Turrenla of Water
Avtoimibllra W a a b e il Inlo j
Flood f 'anal If oueia Itlowa
Ikiaa Jinny oilier I'nroofril.
Ml A. Mr, Arliona. July 28. M !
Nearly half a million dollars
worth of damage waa done here
yesterday by a raging mountain
cloudburst Ibat swept through
the town from the hills and left
Its mark upon business bulldlnge
and residences alike. The ter-'
rltlc wind which accompanied the I
cloudburst blew down -a few I
II t structures and nnroofed
nn 1 lk.n
Wind end wash made a awamplwise. waa tbe only near wltnesa
of tbe downtown alreel. Itork i
and bru.h were carried from lb
hills lnl tbe heart of town.
Htreet
debris.
were plied high wlthjavutor baa iota mm w. . j
u... M.n.i moui
ir r,. Bd.nsliieM at..L-,
llshment. . Autoroobllea were j Intead of reveling- off." bow
washed Into the flood canal run- ever, after a nosa dive the plane
nlng through th city. There auddenly crumpled and fell. '
- i - , - 1 1 a I Twrt vesrs ao while flying
were no sou -" I
early rumor, mai mree ...r.
been lost In the Hood.
The flood control wall, did
little or noming io-.ru ...-(
lg lh. torrent which originated ,
II. the Vlnal. mountain w.ter.hed ,
little or nothing towaru cneca-,
passing thrcugh tbu bloody tank
wash and irwepl along
Mluml-Superlor highway,
with
TWO RANCHERS
FOUND KILLED
FRESNO. Calif.. July 2. (V.
P.) Apparently vlctlma of cat
He rutlcr, two well known
ranchera of th San Joaquin val
ley were found dead In iaolated
place last night.
The body of Ralph Amablle
30. promineni urvi maw, -
totina in an. nonavuu wt
ranch near Loa Bano. north
a rancn ne.r is .... '-
- , . 1. K..ln K i, t J,
note
' " - s.w
iKatlon, said there waa every
evidence of murder. ,
A. Amablle seldom went near ,
the ranch where hi body ;
.. A It a.e.ei Kol Inuarl 11 as W
ou"u- " .7 ,"
,h8re "a-.-
there after he waa shot.
The body of John McGeorge.
69, Kre.no county rancher, waa
touna nau-auomergea in n nn-
gallon alien, rna mroni nau
oeen cm onu mere ws eviuumo
of a struggle on the ground
nearby. '
the road In the way of bed rock
which waa not anticipated but
In spite of tills It Is expected
to have the grade completed by
August 15th.
A large gravel crushing pliint
la now lie Inn installed oil Hi
Garrett ranch at Illy for the sur
facing of the Bly-Beatty aectlon
and thla will be In operation
within the next few days. A drag
line scraper I being Installed
and a Hfeam shovel will ho used
to feed the huge rock crusher.
A big fleet of trucks will be used
to distribute the gravel.
' Gravelling of the Devil's Gar
den section In Klamath county
will be completed Ibis fall and
It Is thought the contractor on
the Bly-Beatly section, will also
complete thla work-
"h, h' w " V Rherlff Mor.ei"n quarter, to lnduca him to
' -h" 11 Vn. I chng bl. mind: Should these
Volcano Goes On
Rampage, Natives
Flee In Terror
MANILA. Julr 28. UP Tba
, western portion of Albajr pro
vince wan bald Id a grip of ter
I ror toiluy aa tbe volcano Mayo
t began a now rampage, shooting
(ona of laa hundreds of feet
Inlo tba air while the entire
countryside abook and rumbled
Swayed by auperatlutlon and
fear of the volcano, many of tba ,
natlvea fled at tbe beginning of
I The phenomenon. A few hour.
!". '' " "
I no aigna of abating and the eartb.
I quake and rumbling continued.
T
DIVES TO DEATH
IMPERIAL. Calif.. July 28. (,
While attempting to show a
traffic policeman "b,ow eaay It la
to nose dive under BOO feet,'
Carol il. Croasan. Loe Angeles
stunt aviator, was killed near
here last night when bia plana
crashed.
The trsffic OollcSUian. 8am
to the crash
Rhonlv before, ha
and Cron had had a dleeu--
lon ancut aium urma o
"riirk." ( mui enierea
.Ki
.ar.J am nraao m
. ,M
--
;tornia. i.rossan. in uis.-u.-- .
, J. bee- a forced
-" " . ... lrl,j.
- - . trM
g Jn tu"f? b,
' . TV.
i I.. -rit..erail. The
......i -....-. nfrir. dronnedl
the charge last month.
DALLES SAYS
ILL DESIGN
TT . .
MEXICO CITV. July 2.
Intimate frlenda of Preildent
Callea aay that be told tbem he
will retire front the prealdency
ruh-.
It
appeared probable
today
, v., .,,. would be made in
... . . . .
i fall. It waa thought that Dover-1
i, aa thai fin vara I
nor Aaron Saena, of the state of
i' , i
. nr.,,en(t lo which the late
Gen(,ral Atar0 Obregon waa
STUN
AVIATOR
elected. ed in on the Interstate corn-
Leader of the Mexican con- mere commission grain rate here
gresa announced that a special today. He came merely . aa a
session called for today haa been spectator, he aald,. and took no
postponed until Monday after- part In the session,
noon and that even then It will Direct and Indirect cost of
remain In session for only two transporting an ordinary 41-ton
h0ur, ,car of grain from Pendleton to
The change In th. plan I. part rrtW totalled S'-91' W0
of a general effort being made Robb na. attorney for the On
to avoid political gathering, as gon-W.shlngton R"roa
much a. possible until there I. a Nation company told the
further clearing of the uncertain commlaalon today Other cost
a(mo.pher. which ha. prevailed dd-d to that
sine, the assassination of Presl- oa ne huI 18
dent-elect Obregon.
OFFICER MAY
NOT SURVIVE
SPOKANE, July 28. (AP)
Fears that Ludwlg P. Johnsen.
federal prohibition agent. nilRnl!. . - .
not aurvlv the day were ex- POLICE RELEASE
pressed over the telephone today
by attending physicians at the
nospiiai in iavenwonn, an..
wnere me wounuen oiucer is P-)How,rd Johnson, arrested
being cared for. here WpdneBjay on BUptclon of
Johnsen waa shot five limes being. John Meek, wanted for
when a parly of hla officers and murder In Klamath Falla, Ore.,
a sheriff posse mistook each Waa released today when it was
other for moonshiners near definitely established that John
Leavenworth Wednesday night. mn , not the man wanted. Kln-
Ono of the shots penetrated gerprlnta of Meek sent to the
Johnsen'a stomach and this local station from Klamath Falls,
wound la declared to bo proving did : not correspond to those of
daoi.roui, Johnson taken here, .. t '
what few persons remained In tbe
town of Llbog. near tba foot of
lb mountain, moved to safety.
Tbla waa aald.lo be tba worst
eruption of Mayon alnca 100,
when It waa particularly violent.
I A new crater waa opened la tbe
! aaountaln Ibia morning aoout duo
llrat dlarbarge of molten lava
atrark tba earth at tba bane oa
tbe mountain it eplaebed about
half a kilometer.
( Hug quantitlea of tba melted
rock started ooxlng toward Llbog.
(.Continued on paga five)
TODAY'S
IRESULTS
'National: R H E
St. Louis 7 1 1
Philadelphia I IS 0
i ;; , (1! Innings)
f II a I n a a. Shedrel and Smith
Ferguson. McGraw and Scbulte,
Davla. -
.National:
Cincinnati 7 11 0
Brooklyn S U
' Luque. Klip and - Plclnlch;
Do. Koupal, Clark and Coocb.
ueirrj. .
-v r ,
i
R H E
.i 2 -
aT Vara,'- ; i lit 1
(11 InnlngaK ' - '
Nebf, M a I o n and Hartaett
Genewlch and Hogan. t
National: PlttaUurgh - Boaton,
dohl.h..a. .IBaBA R.I-
AMKRIcT?!-LKAGCK
St
ci.
First game R. H. E.
New York S ' 1 1 0
L'levelano s a i
Batterlea: Pennock and Gra
bowskl, Bnengough.
L. Sewell.
Uhle and
Boston 1 .-'
Detroit 7 9 t
Batterlea: Griffin and Hofman;
Carroll and Woodall.
American (first game):
Washington.;..: ..' 8 it 1
f'hlrato . 5 11
Brown and Kenna: Taber and
Croun, McCurdy.
BUDQ VISITS
I . t..i.afA
r R.inh Rudd. nresldene of
tne GrMt Northern railway, look-
1D4.JB.
The testimony waa introduced
In connection with th. declar
ation by P. J.-Newell,- rat. ex
pert of the Oregon public service
commission 'that If rate were
cut In half there would be a
! great Increase in busineaa of-
, fered.
MEEK SUSPECT
TXCOMA, Wa.h.. July 28. (A.
GRAIN
HEARING
VICTIM OF
KIDNAPERS
THREATENED
Blaclunailcrs Demand
$5,000 be Placed
in Box .
MAIL" CARRIER FINDS
NOTE IN MAIL BOX
Woman Who Was Kidnaped Hri
era! Day Ago ami Left I'ncon
acloo at Hide or Road la Ask
ed to Pay Money, or be Kid
naped Again.
EUGENE. Ore., July 28. OP)
Mrs. John Matson, of the Browns
ville district, who waa recently
the victim of kidnapers, received
a note In her mall box yesterday
demanding payment of IJ.000
under threat of being again kid
naped, according to. a report
from Halsey. -
Jesse Cross, mall carrier, found
the note when ha opened the
Mataon mail box to deliver mall
and believing th. measage waa
for him ' he opened and read it.
Tba note demanded that the
money be placed In a black bag
on a mail box south or Halsey.
When Cross returned to Hal
sey. the sheriff of Linn' county at
Albany Waa notified and tba Mat
son place waa placed under guard.
.Mrs. Mataon found th. note
after Crocs had read it. Several
daya ago th. woman waa found
unconscious in her automobile on
the highway near Halsey. She
said she bad been kidnaped by
two men who had Ill-treated her.
' Tbe note which waa written
on green wrapping paper with a
(Continued on page five)
LAWYERS READY
TO LEAVE FOR
THEIR HOMES
SEATTLE. Wash.. July 28.
(itP) After hearing repeated at
tacka on the present prevalence
of crime In the United Stalea,
and being exhorted to work for
obedience to all lawa, 2.000 lawy
er were today preparing to re
turn heme from tbe fiftieth con
vention of the Aemrlcan associa
tion here.
Alarm at the rapid growth of
organised crime waa expressed by
Mrs. Mabel Walker Wlllebrandt.
assistant attorney ' general In
charge of prohibition, at th.
lawyers ' annual banquet last
night. ' .
' Tbe upholding of all laws, par
ticularly tbe Volstead act. is nec
essary to the preaervatlon of
constitutional government, Mrs.
Wlllebrandt declared. .
"The great center or lawless
ness cannot continue lawless
without graft and corruption by
city, state and, sometimes, na
tional law enforcement officers,"
she aaid. " But It all starts with
(Continued on page 4) .
Sisters Living at Poor ;
Farm Said To Be Wealthy
NATICK. Mas., July 28. (4 I
Three aged and eccentric sisters
who claim descent from the j
family or George Washington as .
well aa cousln.hlp to Justice!
Oliver Wendell Holmea or the I
United State supreme court and j
who tor the past year have been i
cared for at thqtown farm have
been discovered to b. compara
tively wealthy.
The women, all more than 70
years of age, are the Misses 1
Electa and Little Morse and
Sarah Morse Tlbbeta. They have
been aided by the town for tha
past 10 years and when their 150
year old home burned a year
ago they were removed to the
poor farm while an aged brother.
Ritfua, was Uken to a hospital t
where h died of malnutrition. I
To Join Byrd
Dean C. Smith, night airmail
flyer between New York and
Cleveland, la expected to join
Commander Byrd on bis South
Pol. expedition.
OFFICIALS OF
U. P. INSPECT
RIGHT OF WAY
LAKEVIEW, July 28. (Special
to The Herald) An Inspection
trip by Union Pacific officials
thla week of the proposed . loca
tion of the Coos State Una from
Burn to Odell is causing much
speculation in Burn and the, ter
ritory through' which the Una
passe. Official making the trip
included M. C. Manson., superin
tendent of th. Idaho division of
the company, and three other of
ficial or th. Una. ' "
A hearing of the case before
tbe Interstate Commerce Com
mission brought by the Oregon
Public Service Commission wfll
be held in Portland on Monday.
Th. visit of the Union Pacific
officials 'was made, it ia thought,
to secure material to present at
the hearing. .
Considerable Interest ia being
taken in the hearing; and a rep
resentative of Lake county will
probably attend the hearing," to
atresa the local clafcaa lor con
nection with the line by an ex
tension southward to Lakevlew.
T
PASSES AWAY
Klamath county haa lost an
other of Its pioneers with the
paaalng of Henry Snowgoose. aged
' 8S, well known resident or Keno.
The aged man passed away at
tbe family home this morning
following a brier illness.
Born In Park connty, Indiana,
in September. 1842, he came west
when but a young man and lor
more than 40 years haa been a
resident of southern Oregon.
Three sons survive, Daniel V.
Snowgoose of Big Pine, California
and Charlea Snowgoose of Keno.
The remain are In the gold
room or the Earl Whttlock Fu
neral Home. Pine avenue at Sixth
where friends may call. Funeral
announcement will be made lat
ter. , .
Belief persisted, however, that
the alsters were not as poor a.
supposed and an ' Investigation
was started. Charles L. Kopff,
chairman of the board or public
welfare discovered bank depo.lt.
totalling )12,000 in the nam. of
Mrs. Tlbbets, widow of a Boston
contractor. Kopff aald th. sis
ter, had other wealth.
Unless tha alsters aid In de
termining the full amount of
their estate for a report to the
court, they may hare to remain
In tha poor . house Indefinitely
despite their avowals of a desire
to pay the town Ita bill and re
establish a home. .' -
Linle Mors, shot and killed
Lewis Perry a Spanish war vet-;
eran in 1S99 but waa acquitted
(Continued oa pa lira)
CONVICTED
COW THIEF
VANISHES
Ak Permission
Good-bye to Pa
Escapes
to Say
rents, -"
UNDER SEVEN YEAR
SENTENCE FOR THEFT
Last geaaioa. Grand Jury : Tun
' in Third Indictment CTiai;ln4T
Larccay Attempt to Rata
93,000 Bond From Friend
raaarceaafiiL ' '
Charlea Walker, claimed to ba
on. of th. most notorious cattl
rustlers that haa aver operated In
the Klamath basin, convicted In
January of thla year for stealing
livestock and sentenced to s.rva
seven, year. In. the state, peniten
tiary, early thl morning gave
Deputy .Sheriff Stoneman the alio
and today a' county wide search:
for- the missing man la Veins'
made by officers throughout th
county.: ) i. '. ; :
Lai. Friday "afternoon Walker
was bound over to, the, grand Jury
WhaB lirourht hufnra JM.. n
the Peace" Wolfbrd' a't Spragua
River. A complaint bad bean fil
ed 'againaf -Walker-try" a' promln-
(Continues on page dr.) , J.
CTnor-nnnip.
jiunL umia
Formal opening of the Pelican
Drue enmninv r 714 Main .
under the management or N. J.
Crane, ' well : known pharmaciat
was held today. . Throughout
tbe day visitor called and In
epected the atore, which haa. been
completely .remodelled. A num.
ber or new featurea bare been
added, making It ona ..of th.
most up to date drug atorea In
thla section. ' . .
Because of tha 1 demand of
former patrons of the . store,
when It waa known a tb. Plna
Tree, wishing prescription, taken
care of, th. atore baa beet open
for the paat two week, despite
th. fact remodelling had not
been completed.
'
MERGER SESSION!
SET FOR MONDAY
BALTIMORE. July 28. OP) A
special meeting of stockholders of.
Dodge Broa. Inc., held her. today
adjourned until Monday without
taking action upon the proposed
merger with the Chrysler cor
poration. Adjournment waa moved
by a representative of tha merger
committee after It had been an,
nounced (bat the commltte. did
not have on deposit the necessary
90 per-cent of stock fot consum
mation of the merger. - '
Aunt Het
"My notion I these women
that feel broad-minded when
they lay 'leg' and thlnga like
that ain't got. much .1. oa
their mind.."
PELICAN IDG