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WKATHKIt FORKCA8T. Fnlr ami wniwr. kllLVinV. I- a I 1. ma . HERALD SERVICE llorHld subscribers.' who fall to receive Iholr ln)ir hy (lillU p. In. lira requested to cull the Herald business offlcf, phone 100U, and a , pnpor will lie ent by special carrier, ' Mir luiiiHHi, 1 II unit .-""l TEMPI High, 54 1 Ion, 81. . Tuesdays' maximum, 88. PRKCIPi To 8:00 a. m. Wed- nestlay, t .09 1 season, 1 'J. till normal, 10,05; loat year to date, lO.Ba. SSOCIATED PRESS IN SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS .ce Five Gents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1936 Number 7618 ( 8 Rj 1 JJ E 1 II II t"., i ' ' - h. in? W4h California Editorials On the in Day'. N ews Ily FRANK JKNKIN8 'T'llia brief dispatch cornea from , Rome: "Premier Mussolini declared tonlKht 'the war la over and Ethi opia la Italian.' " Mussolini then added: "It la not without emotion and not without pride that after seven nionlha of fierce hoatllltltn I pro nounce this great word." nniDK? Well, If It la occasion for pride when a bin, well-heeled bully goes out and beata up iouio poor, dofenanloaa little devil and takes his possessions, Mussolini haa something to bo proud of. ANOTHER DIBPATCH, from Djibouti, In French Somali- laud: "Emperor Halle Solaaslo went Into exile laden with rich trea aurea. Whon the Ethiopian mon arch tailed aboard a British crulsor yesterday for Palestine, bla poeaoaalona Included the Im perial family Jewels and many eases of gold bullion, (old eoiits and Maria Tboreaa sliver Uialors. "Even tlx ; automobiles were listed among Imperial be longings." " e TT BBEM8 a, little tough that the emperor should depart In safety with the nation's treasures while the poor rascals who did the fighting and the dying re main behind to lake whatever Into the victors may Impose. Hut such Is the Institution of royulty. ess f KTTING away from Europo and back ntaror home, wo learn from a Chicago dispatch that the froedom of Al Capone, notorious gang londor, now con fined at Alcatras Island, Is to be sought by his attorney. The manuor In which Al's froe dom la to be sought Is intorost lug, being based upon the use of tho word "a" Instead of the word "the" In a statute covering the mannor In which grand Juries may be extonded. "We are convinced," the big shot's luwyer says, "that tbls ap plies to Capono's. case and our prosont plans are to contend thnt tho Indictment on which ho was tried Is void, so thut he is being Illegally hold." THO sonsllils people, of whom there are still a fow left In tho world, all of the evldonco to the contrary notwithstanding, It Bppanrs plainly that tile Vic tims of Cnpone's gang are Just as dead as If the word "tho" had been used In the statute Instoad of the word "a". INDICTED IN 1.08 ANGELES, Mny 6. (P) Tho county grand Jury Indicted Robert s. James, barber, . and Cliurloi II. (Chuck) Hope, ex miliary today on first dogroo murrinr-charges for the death of Jnnios' flfth wife, Mrs, Mary Km ma Bush Jamas, who, Hope Biild, was exposed to fnngs of rnttlesnnkos bafore she was dvownod In a bathtub. ' Hope rnpontod to the grand Jury thnt the wolrd details of his Btory thnt be bought tho eiiakos to aid Jamas In a plot to do dwuy with Mrs, James and collect hor 121,400 Insurance. llotore Hope testified, District Atlornoy Duron Fltts appeared boforo the grand Jury and urged thnt both be Indicted for mur dnr, snylng he though no pen alty short of the gnllows would bo enough for James, at loast. HUPPlY nilJj APPROVED WA8HIN0T0N, Mny 6. (P) The senate appropriations com mlltnn lodny npprovod tho $531, 01)0,000 naval sunply hill In es Biinllally the snme form as It passed the house, DEMOCRATIC BACKING GDES I Landon Delegates Beaten in Primaries Held in Southland. ' NO INSTRUCTION GIVEN S. DAKOTA Roosevelt Gains Greater Vote Than Combined Rivals. WASHINGTON, May t. IPi A rebuff to the l.andon-plndged tick et In the California republican primary, and a slight lead for the Kansas governor over' Senator Borah In South Dakota, dovoloped In yesterday's bullotlng. . BAN FRANCISCO, May (. UP California's presidential primary today gave the stales republican national convention votoa to an unlustructed delegation and lia democrat support to Freatdont A republican slate pledged to Governor Alf M, Landon of Kan aaa loat In the election yesterday, but hla auppnrters promptly de clared that because the winning ticket was "free" he was still In the running for the 44 convention votos. Itooncvi-K Kaay Winner The ltoosovelt endorsed slate, carrying 44 democrat convention votos, swamped two othor tickets: Headed by Upton Sinclair, advo cating a productlon-for-uso plank In tho national platform, and Congressman John S. McUronrty, Townsonj) old ago pension bill author. ' .. On the basis of returns from more than TO per crnt of the state's precincts, the linosevell voto was grcnter than the com bined total of. other tickets In both purlieu, .... ltoosovelt led his nearest rival, Sinclair, by mora than eight to one. (II j- The Associated Press) California Unlustructed slate of 4 4 delegates to the republican nntlonnl convention topped a rival slate plodgod to Oovernor Alf M. i.nnuon or Kansas ns returns (Continued on Page Six) III I E FACTS PORTLAND, May 6. (iP) Two Jurors In the murder trial of Jack Justice throw a surprise In to the midst of lawyers' cloning arguments today by asking what oxnmlnntlon wns mnde, ofi fin gerprints found on papers be neath the body of W. Frank Akin, slain Invostlgator. Tho Jurors, Donald 0. Allen nnd Frodorlck W. Alt, appeared with District Altornoy James llnln and dofonse counsel In the rhnmhors of Circuit Judge John Winter shortly before court was convened. Allen said It would "make a difference to the Jury" whother tho fingerprints ever had boon examined hy a Bertllllon export, Counsel and the court agreed to roopon the case and District Attorney Bain sent for witnesses, aftor which arguments will be resinned. The reason for the re quested testimony was not Im mediately dlscloBod. ',. Steiwer of Oregon . "insults" G. O. P. WASHINGTON,'' May 8. UP Representative Barry (D-N.V.) said today that Senator Stolwer of Oregon, tho republican nation al convention keynoter, had grat uitously lnsullod the Intelligence" of the people of QueenB In a speech at Jamlacu Saturday night, , . Stelwer delivered ft broadside attack on the New Deal at a meeting of the Queens county republican club. ' In a prepared statement, Bar ry said Stolwer "was not aware" that New York relief adminis trators, who he criticised, were republicans, . TO PRESIDEN Backs Umnstructed GOJ? If Grew 1 X. This cut from a big pine tree Is on exhibit In the chamber of commerce window In connection with the Logion'a observance of "Slop Korost Fires" week. The white cards, bearing dates of histor ical events, are Insortcd between rings that Topresent that date In the growth of the tree. The first date Is 1J36, when the tree was a sapling. Some other dntos: Burning of Joan of Arc, 1431; Colum bus, 1492: Pilgrims' Inndlng, 1620; first wagon train to Oregon, 1843. A largo card In the window soys tho tree waa killed by fire In a few minutes, causing a loss of 1247 to the community. At left Is Hal Oslo, Legion antl-forost fire chairman, and right, Lynn Crone mlilor of slate forrsiry department. (Herald-News Photo-Engraving.) Al Dobbins, Former Tule lake Resident, Dies Near. Talent MEDFORD, Ore.. May 8. UP Al Dobbins, 30, palntor, wns In stantly killed, and his brother, Hoy Dobbins, 33, and E. A. Inger soll, 12, were seriously injured, when the auto In which they were riding wns struck by an Al O. Barnes circus train on a grade crossing near Talent this morning shortly after ten o'clock. Al Dobbins was mutilated be yond recognition, and his com panions thrown clear of the en gine when tho Impact occurred. Tho tragedy took place within a block of whore Dobbins resided. According to M. A. Itlng and Lawrence Burnett,, eye-witnesses, tho Dobbins' auto approached the crossing nt a llvoly rate of speed and attempted to atop. The drlv nr evidently tried to turn off the crossing and foiled, the cow- catchor striking the car in tno rear. Ring and Burnett told the stnte pollco tho men woro riding three In the front scat. Tho Dobbins brothers have ro slded In the Talent district for the past month. Thoy are former residents of Tulelnko, Cnllf. Dobbins, tho dead man, is mar ried and the father of throe children. , Tho state police hold the circus (Continued on Puge Six) US LONDON, Mny . M1) David Lloyd George, war-time prime minister, todny called the muni tions firms which engage In agita tion for war propnrodncss, "the greatest dongor" of the present moment. Ho wns testifying bo fore tho Koyal Arms Inquiry commission. Lloyd Ooorge, who was minister of munitions in. tho early period of the wbil? war, declared: "Tho groatsst danger of, the presont moment la thnt you have firms whose existence almost de pends upon wnr preparations, "There are firms both here and in France and elsewhere which are taking part In these agitations," Potato Growers Increase Acreage PORTLAND, Ore., May 6. (Jf) Oregon potato growers are in creasing their plantings - this year, mnrkot sources here Bald today after a preliminary sur vey. The findings reflected just the opposite to some talk of decreas ing acreage. Trade sources Indlcntod a good cleanup of potatoes after la spotted season. 600 Years -j:'A Bright Circus ..Wagon.s RpL. Through City A nnm nmmtlnttv - Circus Cltv was built jn -Klamath county today. - . All through the morning gnyiy painted automobiles and trucks, iHvnlln In Inflff HOntlnnfl OVCC the twisting mountain highway from Medrora, ronea inio mam ath Falls to set up the big Tom Mix circus on the South Sixth street lot. Hand Welcomes Circus rtA...l,a Mt1 wnnthnr. a husky crowd attended the matinee per formance. Anomcr nus au dience was expected under the big top tonight at 8:00 o'clock. Mix. hero of a thousand wild west pictures, was officially wel comed ' to Klamath Falls tbls morning by the uniformed, 40 plcce high school band. Hun dreds of school children were rolcascd from classes to attend the inntlnce. The advance guard of the uni que show left Medford about 3:00 o'clock this morning. The cook wagon and the trucks car rying circus equipment wore the first to reach the city. Perform ers, animals and circus execu tives followed. Ijidy of the Press Blonde Grace i Baker, press representative, spread the otfl (Uontlnued on Page Six) Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE " , . R. H. E. St. Louis 4 8 8 . 7 10 2 Walkup,' Hogsntt, Knott, Moola and Hemsieyj mnrcum aim i Ferroll, ' - ; " ''. ' R. H. E Cleveland 7 11 1 nt.lln,tn1Mila . 17 1 Allen and Sullivan; Turbevllle, upenuren ana Berry. , R. H. B. Detroit ; 8 - 8 1 New York 14 1 0 Rowe, . Lawson, Klmsey and Cochrane, Relber; Pearson and Dickey. . v . Y R- H. E. Chicago ...... 6 18 0 Wl,lln 1 t 0 Lyons and Bewail; Links, Bo- . .1, - 1 E,nl.An Ktna, weave nuu nwu. . ' NATIONAL LEAGUE (10 . Innings) s . : R. H. Now York .................. 6 11 8 Pittsburgh- 6 !! 2 Smith, r Oumhert, Mnrberry, Onbler and ManouBo. Tlslng, Blnnton. Hoyt and Padden: " ! , ... R. H. E. Philadelphia 8 7 8 8t. Louis . 8 S I ' Walters, Davis' and Wilson; J. Dean and Ogrodowskl. ... R. H. B, Brooklyn .................... S 18 1 Cincinnati , 3 8 1 Enrnshaw and Berres; Holllngs- worth, Brennan, Hllcher, Nelson and campDeu, . .- R. H. K Boston 8 11 2 Chicago 8 IS 1 Osborne, Liiunlng, Blanche and Lopes; Carleton, Henshaw, War- noge, ana narineit. Mini Strong Wind, Snow Bring Unseasonable Weather to Klamath. SANTIAM HIGHWAY . WORK SLOWED UP Montana, Utah Report Sudden Changes in ; Climate. While warmer weather Is promised for Thursday, Klamath basin residents seem destined to shiver for at least the next 12 hours. Frosts are in prospect for tonight. The mercury dropped down to 21 degrees above aero Wednes day morning, and a chilly breeie kept temperatures down to the low mark ot 64 degrees for the day's maximum reading. Winter returned late Tuesday with a brief anowstorm and a "Bbwling" north wind "lasTied" tlie' Klamath basin all night. Clear ing weather followed the storm, however, and a rising barometer gives promise of more pleasant weather to come, ROTARY HARD AT WORK BEND, Ore., May 6. (P) A rotary snow plow bored Its way Into five feet of wet heavy snow on the Santlam highway summit today as sunshine followed a blinding snowstorm which im peded work yesterday. Progress was slower than ex pected, due to the heavy weight of the snow. The crew has ad vanced only three miles. Ten miles ot snow lie ahead on the detour route between Bend and Eugene. The snow plow was forced to backtrack yesterday to clear a foot ot new snow from tbe high way and re-establish connection with trucks carrying fuel and other supplies. MANY AUTOS STALLED LIVINGSTON, Mont.. May 8. m, Unrthavn Palfl train crews reported today that about 100 automobiles were sianea in . tnn nt annur vhtrh fpll lfiRt night on Boxeraan hill, west of here. Snow still was falling on the a ennfr.nl mnnlr tnrinv and state highway crews were using plows in an etron to open me roan. Eaatbound trains arrived here with a heavy coating of snow and Ice. The train crews reported there (Continued on Page Six) Authorities are continuing their Investigation of the death of Jack Murphy, Bheep man,' whose body was taken from Lost river at Morrill Sunday, It was disclosed Wednesday when an autopsy was held on Murphy's body at tho Klamath Funeral home. Murphy thus far has been regarded as a drowning victim, . although a bruise on the side ot his head was noted when he was taken from tho river. .! , This bruise, It was disclosed at the. autopsy, was the result of some sort of blow sustained before death. There were hemorrhage Indications. It was not possible to toll whother it waa a blow In flicted by somebody else, or whether Murphy hit his head on something, such as a bridge tim ber on a toll Into the river. . No other Indications ot Injury were found on the body. The blow that caused the bruise, it was said, was not severe enough to cauBe death. . r Sheriff Lloyd Low and District Attorney H. C. Blackmer spent part of Wednesday In .the south end district, Booking further In formation about the 1 events of Sunday, April 26, the day on which Murphy Is believed to have gone Into the river. Order Restored At Addis Ababa By Fascist Army . . : f Italian Flag Hoisted Over Fallen Capital Of Ethiopia; Roman' Legions Pour Into Town; Government Established. (Copyright, Associated Presi) - ' ' WITH THE ITALIAN ARMY IN ADDIS ABABA, May 6 An Italian flag flew over Emperor Haile Selassie's palace, natives raised their hands awkwardly in fascist salutes, and Italy owned Ethiopia s capital by right of conquest today. , . ; Marshal Pietro Badoglio, who.' yesterday C headed Rome's victorious Fascist legions into Italy's war coal in stalled himself in the former Civil Governor Appointed The marshal, receiving , newspapermen In his new headquarters said: "Now begins a task as war. That is to create in this territory, conquered with our blood, a great field of work for the progress of civilization and peace and for human elevation. ' Establishing Italian rule over Addis Ababa, the mar shal named Giuseppe Bot- tai, governor : or Home, as civil governor of the former Imperial Ethiopian capital. His Jroops.endjflg.days . of; native rioting with the sudden ness of a guillotine knife, stood guard over the Imperial palace, the railway station, tbe wireless Btatlon, and tbe barracks ot the city's military centers. The long column which Badog lio commanded was still pouring Into the city. Trucks Pour Into City : Hundreds of motor trucks roared through the streets In a steady stream. Tbe Ethiopians who had terror ised foreigners and their com patriots alike hid their rifles in the first accessible spot and ap peared waving white flags and cheering the conquerors. The high command . took no chances of counter-attacks from any disorganized Ethiopian mili tary groups which might be lurk ing In tbe surrounding bills. Erltrean troops were stationed In four positions at the beginning of The Imperial Caravan highway. Outposts were thrown out with military skill around the outskirts ot the city. The Italian troops were In high spirits. They cheered and sang as they rode In their trucks or marched afoot. . ' Bandits In Flight When the Italian troops entered the elty they found bodies piled in the streets. Starving dogs were wandering among them. Rioters had used the bodies for barricades. . When the first Italian detach ment appeared, the bandits fled to the hills, taking all the loot they could carry. A riot In front of the treasury building, where some of Halle Se lassie's gold still is stored, was suppressed after guards tired on attackers with machine guns. Women In soiled and tattered garments fought with the men for loot. IEU, BRITISH- GLENEAGLES. Scotland. May t. (P) The third renewal ot the international Curtis Cup golf competition between American and British women players, with the invading forces defending the cup, ended in a 4i to 41 dead lock today The rival teams each won one foursome, and ' three ' singles matches, and one foursome ended in a draw. Although the aeries ended In a tie, the United States retained possession ot the cup. Three Persons Die in Colorado Lake LA JUNTA, Colo., May 8. UP) Assisted by Lloyd Royse, 18, who escaped the fate which ap parently claimed his companions. weary searchers dragged the depths of Holbrook lake, nine miles west ot here today, look ing for the bodies of three per sons . rci-Tled drowned there last night. Italian legation. ;-' ? arduous as that required by PILLAGERS EJECTED Marshal Badoglio Sets Up Military Court at Capital ROME, Hay . UP) A dis patch received today from the headquarters of Marshal Pietro Badoglio at Addia Ababa said several group ot pillagers in the Ethiopian capital had been "rapidly eliminated"; by Italian troops protecting the French and American legations. The Fascist commander has established a military court for the administration ot Justice, the dlBpatch declared. . ADDIS ABABA. May . UP British soldiers gar ' military honors to the Italian conquerors ot Ethiopia yesterday. When Marshal Pietro Badog lio and his general staff passed the British legation on their way to the capital, the company ot Sikhs guarding the legation un der the Union Jack aaluted the Italians by presenting arms. LONDON, May f. UP) Dr. A. J. Melly, leader of the British ambulance unit In Ethiopia, who was wounded Sunday during na tive riots In Addis Ababa, died - (Continued on Fag Six) Ev SIGN AGREEMENT WASHINGTON, May 6. UP) The state department announced today an agreement with France on a reciprocal trade pact whicn is to be signed In Washington late this afternoon, : Although no details ot the agreement were available Imme diately, great importance was at tached In both countries In the commercial accord which is in tended to lower certain restric tions now applied by tbe French against American products. z ATLAKTIC FLIGHT FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, O e r many. May 6. UP) The new Zep pelin Hindenburg took off today on Its first north Atlantic flight for Lakehurst, N. J., at 9:30 p. ra. local time; (8:80 p. m EST). . . . - McMANUS PLEAD9 GUILTY MODESTO,. Calif., May t. "P) William L. McManus, 25, one armed ex-convlct, pleaded guilty todny to the murder ot Klie Deraas, Ripen ski champion, and was sentenced to life imprison ment. Ho was brought here Ir. m Oregon state prison. , . Slate BRITISH VIEW WAR'S EFFECT Secretary Tells Commons League of Nations . "Must Go On." LONDON CONSULTS WITH DOMINIONS Statesman Frankly ' Ad mits Serious Blow Struck at Geneva. LONDON, May . (P) Anthony Eden, foreign secretary ot Great Britain, declared to the house ot commons today: "The league ot nations must go onl" The . cabinet minister npon whom haa devoWed British rela tionship to the Italo-Bthloplan struggle, aaid the government waa beginning Immediately a atudy ot the problem raised by the Italian ' victory In Beat Africa. . . . ' - Tor khla purpose, he stated"; tlte government la entering into con- saltations with the dominions. "It la dear that the league of nations must go on!" said Eden. "In the modern world. It la ab solutely Indispensable for the or ganisation of International af fairs. . "There must also be a taking of stock and that stock-taking should, in the view ot the gov ernment, be undertaken by the league although not hurriedly. 'No doubt a blow has been struck at the strncture ot the league and the conception of col lective security. We must face these facta frankly." ' Eden Asks Confidence Eden said each member of the league must consider the conclu sions to be drawn from the last seven months and make them known In Geneva, where the fu ture course of action should be decided. - "When the time comes," said Eden, "His Majesty's government will he perfectly ready to state Its vtewa." The foreign secretary side stepped attempta to hare him clarify what policy Great Britain would pursue at Monday's meet ing of the league council. He asked that "some measure of confidence" be accorded the government "on this occasion." The action to be taken, he add ed, "must be a collective action and we will play our part in that action." To an Interruption by a labor party member, Eden pleaded: "At a moment ot this delicacy and dlf fioalty, I think It reasonable for the government to ask for a free hand In this matter with this as surance: The government will continue to pursue Its policy un der the (league) covenant," ITALY'S CLA! PARIS, May 8. VP) French of ficials, disturbed by Mussolini's declaration that "Ethiopia Is Italian," indicated today Pierre. Etlenne Flandln, foreign minister, was asking II Duce to "be reason, able.". ;.!,, Count Charles De Chamhrun, France's ambassador In Home, . was Instructed to toll the Italian foreign office, said diplomatic quarters, that "pure and simple annexation" of the conijuorcd territory would be difficult for tbe league of nations to swallow. An approval by the league of an Italian protectorate-mandate over Ethiopia waa considered in these quarters tbe easiest way out of the dilemma. : 81MONHON IMPROVES BEND, Ore., Majr: t. UP)0. W. Simonson, 78, republican can didate for Klamath county com missloner, showed further lm prorement at a hospital here to day, his physicians said, The . Chemult merchant suffered a paralytic stroke last week. UPON LEAGUE