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Editorials
On the
Day's N ews
111- MtASk JkMllVU
J0N FI8IIKU, chief ranger of
, lha I.ava 1 1 1 1 nnllnnal monu
ment linn Just received from tha
war department a now flla of pic
' (urea taken by army photograph
arii during tha Modoc war.
Among Ilium la plctura of
Canaral Canby that la Interesting
baeausa of tha character and tha
courage that are shown In hit face,
"
-KNKRAL CANIIY had been
warned that If ha went to tha
parley with Captain Jnrk (on tha
pat now marked by lha Canby
erosa) he and the membera of hla
party would ha killed. There la
abundant erldenca that ha be
lieved tha warning to be genuine.
Yat, knowing that In all proba
bility ha waa going to hla death
(along with the other momhera
of tha peace party) ha Initiated on
attending lha parley In accordance
with tha arrangementa that had
baen made.
No matter what, tha outcome
waa, ha told thou around him,
ha felt that It waa nil amy to go.
. - -
-iANBY had been told alao that
ha could atall off trouble by
PROMISING to give tha Hot
Creek country back to tha Mo
doci, but he knew that tha promise
couldn't be made good, and ha re
futed to Promina aomethlng that
he couldn't dellrer.
Do ha went to hla death.
rpillS writer can't eacapa tha con
clualon that our country
would be better off If had
mora man Ilka Cieneral Canby to
day. We have too many cheerful
promisors.
lvTIIEIl war department pie-
tiirea In Don Fisher's posses
sion ahow Klamalh and Modoc
Indiana In the early 70'a, when
they wera free and elf supporl
Ing. There la a marked contrast
between theao aelf-rollant Indiana
shown In the plcturea and those
we know now after six deendea of
Jiving as wards of the govern
ment, Thla question arises:
What will WE look Ilka after
alx decadea of living on the
bounty of the government?
It la a rnther DISTURBING
question.
QUAimuri.KTR
DEQUEKN. Ark., .tune 28 (P)
A woman weighing only 98
jiounda gnvo birth to quadruplet
girls, early today but one of
tha Infanta died a fnw hours
later. The mother Is Mrs. H. T.
Valentine, 27-ycar-old wife of an
orchard workor. She was re
ported in aatlsfactory condition.
CRANIUM
CRACKER
Mileage means a lot In those
"fast-moving days. On both the
' north and the aoutta, highway con
struction projects are underway
"-which will reduce tha mllonge to
"Klamath Fnlla from tha metropoli
tan centeri. Try yoursolf on those,
questions.
! 1. The mileage to Eugene, by
the McKonala pass, la represented
"hy one of these figures: 288, 207,
250, 311.
2. The mileage to Eiigone, by
Medford, Is: 262, 198, 307, 230.
3. The mileage to Eugene hy
the Wlllnmotte highway, Includ
ing the present detour, la: 123,
.190, 235, 212.
' 4. The mil en Re to Eugone, by
the Willamette, highway when the
ilntour Is eliminated, will be: 180,
'225, 217, 124.
5. The mileage to Weed la at
'.present: 101, 80, 80, 68,
6. The mllonge to Weed when
.the new Cougar cutoff Is com
pleted will he: 58, 78, 92, 70.
Answers on Page 4
Mother in Hunt for Lost Son
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A griet-strlcken mother Mrs. Ruth llnnna McCormlck Slmms
Joined experienced mountaineers In a search for John Medlll Mc
Cormlck, 21, missing In rugged hills near AHiuqiiRrquo, N. M. Tuns
day the aearchera, abandoning th theory that the youth might be
lodged on the steep face of North Scandln peak, prepared thoroughly
to scour the brushy terrain below the ledgo on which the body of
his companion, Hlrhard Whltmer, waa found last Thursday. At
right In the picture above Is (lov. Clyde Tlngley of New Mexico,
who Joined In the widespread hunt,
Council Votes to Purcha.se
Recreational Tract, Refuses
Part Payment By Drink Club
On a vote that split, S to 2, the
city council Monday night de
clared Ita Intention to purchase
the Klamath Development com
pany proporty In Industrial addi
tion for use as a rocrontional cen
ter. Councilman Charles Thomas
urged tho action and moved that
the council work out a financial
Arrangement wheroby It could
obtnin an option on the site, now
In uso ns a softhnll diamond. He
said the volora passed the recrea
tion bond Issuo in May. with the
understanding tho city would ac
quire that centor, which lies oppo
site the Southern Pacific depot.
WPA or l'VA
Councilman Elmer Hosklng,
who represents tho KI) company
here, snld thnt the rompnny has a
proposed deal for disposal of tho
proporty clsowhere. Thomas, Hos
klng and Councilman Leo llonn
voted for the motion. Councllmcn
John Keller and J. E. Van Camp
voted agnlns It, asserting that the
arrangements should bo mndc
first so tho council would know
whother a satisfactory deal could
bs mnde.
Tho council urged that efforts
be made to dctormlno If the prop
erty can be devoloped with the aid
of WPA or I'WA funds.
Club License I'p
An offor of $200 for a half
year's license, for the Embassy
Town club, submitted by P. D.
McMillan, proprietor, was refused
hy the council, which Insists on
having the full $400 yearly feo
tor the half yenr, or nothing.
rollco Judge Otto 1. annulet said
ho had beon informed thnt Jnmes
Ptilvor, who originally applied for
a license ns oporntor of the Em
bassy Town club, waa no longor In
the city. Lnngslot anld thnt ho
hail boon informed that a 8400
chock tendored tho city under tho
original application would not bo
good.
Cou nt ernct Inn
Proponents of a chnnge of the
atato highway from Ninth atreet
to Elovonth atroot came In with
a petition to counteract one of
fered by opponents of tho change
a week ago. The now petition,
with 39 signers, nssortod that
Ninth street Is not a propor street
for a highway in viow of grade
and nllgnmont. The petition was
signed by "residents of North
Ninth street" and by "rosldonta
of Klamath Falls," it slated at
the opening.
The council volod to mnke for
mal application to the highway
commission to shift the highway
lo Elovonth street.
At last the city hni agreed with
tha Southern Pacific company on
" '..".v . mmml .: J",'"Z', j
a division of the costs of damages
for tho Main street underpass.
Tho company's offer, accepted last
night, is to pny $9000 cash toward
the dnmages, and to stand the en
lr cost of moving the Big Basin
spur, estimated at $5000. Cost of
tho entlro undertaking Is $30,512.
On the basis of these figures, it
appears the city will have a bal
ance loft over, ns It voted a bond
Issue of $24,500 for underpass
damages.
Federal Project
The federal government will
finance the actual construction
of the underpass. It is expected
to start' this fall, having been
placed definitely on schedule by
tho stnto highway commission
and tha federal authorities sev
eral months ngo. M. J. Jennings,
S. P. superintendent, filed a let
ter with the council last night
stating thnt In gnnornl. the S. P.
will not oppoao the underpass be
fore the state utilities commis
sioner. Its answer to the ap
plication for a hearing on tho
underpasa by the PUC tho S. P.
admitted all major claims made
hy tho city.
More council news on page S.
DOLL'S HATS DICTATED
BY MILLINERY STYLISTS
NEW YORK, June 28 ()
Millinery stylists fresh from tho
Paris fashion show predicted to
dny the next feminine vogue
would be smnll doll's hats.
The hats, they sntd, would
perch on top of tho head, with
ribbons In back tying under the
hair. Colors will be wine red,
russet and moss green.
The stylists snld the hnts are
modeled from those worn in por
traits of Madnmo Du Barry.
Baseball
NATIONAL I.E.VCll'E
It. H. E.
Cincinnati 5 14 2
Pittsburgh 2 6 0
Vnndor Meor and LombnrdI;
Bailors, Brown (7) and Todd.
It. H. E.
St. Louis 13 1
Chicago 3 7 1
Warnoko and Owen: Carleton,
Root (3), Epporly (6) and O'Dea.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
H. R. R.
Detroit ....4 7 1
Cleveland 6 8 0
Bridges, Kisonstnt (2) and
York; Allon, Humphries (8) and
Pytlak.
MINORITY BOSS
POST OPENS AS
SNELL RETIRES
Veteran of 24 Years in
Congress Not to Seek
Reelection.
WASHINGTON, June 28 (AP)
Attempta to liberalize the house
republican leadership in the 1939
congrcsa appeared likely today
as a result of the retirement of
Minority Leader Bertrand H.
Bncll.
Snell, outspoken critic of
Roosevelt policies, announced he
would not be a candidate for re
election. After 24 years In con
gross, he said, ho had decided
to devote himself to his varied
business Interests in northern
New York.
Martin Possibility
Politicians, speculating as to
Snail's successor, recalled the ef
forts made In 1936 by Repre
sentative Fish (R-NY) to replace
him with a leader favoring a
"more progressive" program.! The
Insurgent movement, however,
was unsuccessful.
Among the tew -congressmen
atill in Washington, the first
name generally mentioned for
Snell's post waa that the Repre
sentative Joseph W. Martin of
Massachusetts, assistant minority
loader. He la 63: Snell la 67.
Liberal Enough
Frlenda of Martin assorted his
political viewpoint waa liberal
enough to satisfy all factions of
the party. They noted that while
ha opposed many Roosevelt
measures, he supported much of
the president's social legislation,
including the wage-hour bill
algned Saturday by the president.
Martin, a newspaper publisher
at North Attleboro, Mass., began
hla political career In the Massa
chusetts house of representatives
in 1913. He came to congress
In 1924.
Landon Manager
He waa Alfred M. Landon's
eastern manager In the 1936
presidential campaign and now
ia chairman of the republican
congressional committee.
Other possible candidates for
Snell's post are Representatives
Wadsworth of New York, chair
man of the republican policy
committee: Mapes of Michigan,
dean of the house republicans;
Tabor of New York, one of the
president's most consistent critics
in congress; Treadway of Massa
chusetts, ranking minority mem
ber of the ways and means com
mittee, and Fish.
Snell's decision to retire caused
considerable surprise in Wash
ington because it waa known he
long had cherished a hope of
being speaker of the house.
MAHONEY CONSULTS WITH
RFC CHAIRMAN ON LOANS
FOR SAWMILL OPERATORS
WASHINGTON, June 28 (IP)
Willis Mahoney, Oregon democrat
ic senatorial candidate, aald today
the war department had agreed to
spend $165,000 for Improvements
to Coos bay, Ore.
The work, he said, would begin
in about a month and would In
clude dredging of the mouth of
the hnrbor which serves Marsh
field and North Bend,
Mahoney asked the engineers
to study a $600 rehabilitation of
the north Jetty of the harbor. He
aald he was told the district engi
neer would make the survey.
Mahoney said postoffice offi
cials assured him $90,000 would
be made, available tor a two-floor
addition to the Burns, Ore., fod
eral building. Additional space
was needed, he said, because grat
ing division offices wore being
moved from Reno, Ner., to Burns.
Financial problems of the lum
ber Industry in Oregon were dis
cussed yesterday by Mnhoney and
Chairman Jones of the reconstruc
tion finance corporation.
Jones said Mahoney aBked spe
cifically about loans for sawmill
operators In the state. Mahoney
Inter conferred- with RFC exam
iners. "We did not go Into details and
no conclusion was reached," Jones
said.
Retiring
Bertrand Snell (above), house
minority leader and for 24
years a; member of congress, has
announced that he will not aeek
reelection.
Reorganization Bill With
out Powers for F. R.
Held in Prospect.
PORTLAND, June 28 (Sen
ator Charles L. McNary, the repub
lican minority leader, predicted In
an Interview today the next con
gresa would approve a reorganiza
tion bill without extraordinary
power for the president.
The senator arrived from Wash
ington by train and left immedi
ately with Mrs. McNary and their
daughter for their Fircone home
near Satem.
No Third Term
The majority of senators and
congressmen favor a measure to
Increase economy and consolidate
governmental functions, McNary
said. He added that congress de
clined to approve the program at
the recent Besslon because it as
signed too much power to the
White House. -
The senator said 'both the presi
dent and democratic leadera were
"well aware of the third term tra
dition" and there probably would
be no movement to reelect Roose
velt in 1940.
He described congress as "a
good one" with the president
"three up and one down" on his
must program. The administra
tion succeeded In passing its re
lief, farm and wage and hour
measure.
MRS. ASTOR'S FATHER
APPLIES FOR RELIEF
NEWPORT. R. I., June 28
(AP) Francis O. French, father
of Mrs. John Jacob Aator, 3rd,
applied for relief in Middletown
Saturday, It was learned today.
Public Aid Director Robert J.
Smith said French's application
was in the hands of a relief
case work supervisor at Newport.
French, whose financial and
marital difficulties and desire to
"expose" the foibles of aoclety
have kept his wealthy kin in a
dither for years, has atcadfastly
refused to accept financial aid
from the latter, lie once said
be would "nover take any as
sistance" from his children, even
though he considered Jack Astor
a "fine lad."
NON-STOP FLIGHT
MOSCOW, Juno 28 (Vlad
imir Kokinakl today reported to
Joseph Stalin and other soviet
leaders that he had successfully
completed a 4300-mlle nonstop
flight from Moscow to the soviet
far east within 24 hours.,
t
JAPS HELD BY
T
Barricade of Sunken Ves
sels, Mines Delays Ad
vance on Hankow.
SHANGHAI, June 29 (Wednes
day) (AP) Major fighting in
Japan's drive on Hankow swirled
tonight around the great Yangtze
river barricade of sunken Junks,
mines and forts at Matowchen,
175 miles downriver from Han
kow, but Chinese said the main
barrier still held despite desper
ate Japanese assaults and local
gains.
The Chinese army spokesman
at Hankow admitted Japanese
land forces trying to advance
along the Yangtze had captured
one of the several forts protect
ing the barrier, but he denied a
passage had been forced. Chinese
troops, he declared, Immediately
counterattacked in an effort to
retake the fort. .
Land Forces Blocked
Japanese land forces were re
ported definitely blocked in ef
forts to-drive ahead" along vthe
river. A column on the south
bank fought its way out of a
position in which it was en
circled by Chinese, a Japanese
spokesman announced, bnt Chi
nese reported an Invading focne
dangerously surrounded on the
north bank.
Foreign military authorities
said the fate of the Matowchen
barrier, or boom, depended on
the success of the Japanese land
columns trying to reach its ends
and shore defenses.
The river was rising, making
it easier for Japanese boats to
pass the barrier once lta defend
ers have been driven off.
"Dare to Die" Stunt
While increasing armies on
both sides fought for the Matow
chen boom a "dare-to-die" Chi
nese aviator was reported to
have aunk a Japanese gunboat
some 40 miles downriver by de
liberately plunging his bomb
laden plane on its deck.
Chinese air force officers said
the act occurred near Anking.
215 miles downriver from Han
kow, China's provisional capital,
Monday, in air attacks that dam
aged at least three Japanese gun
boats and destroyed six Japanese
warplanes.
The Chinese pilot, they said,
dived headlong to the gunboats
deck when Japanese anti-aircraft
fire set his plane aflame, "ex
ploding his bombs and breaking
the back of the man-of-war."
FIREBREAK BUILT ALONG
HILLS EAST OF HERE FROM
SHADY PINE TO CALIFORNIA
Forty miles of a 45-mile tire
break, extending from Shady Pine
to the California line, has been
completed by a state forestry de
partment crew.
The long firebreak, averaging
12 feet in width and functioning
aa a road which fire-fighting
equipment and crews can be trans
ported In case of emergency, fol
lows the west slope of the hills.
It protects the eastern slopes and
the tops of the ridges from the
fires that frequently start in grass
and brush at the edge of the well
populated Klamath valley.
In past years, these tires have
often run over the hills out 'of
control, one of the most spectacu
lar burning oft all of Stukcl
mountain a couple of years ago.
Foresters believe the firebreak
will serve as a "Hindenburg line,"
which will repulse the attacks of
the flames In the future.
Observers In the valley can see
the firebreak In the Btretch that
crosses the face of Hogback,
southeast of town. Foresters say
that a spectacular panoramic view
Is obtained from the break itself
on the side of Hogback.
At present, the forestry crew of
14 men under W. Connlne Is con
structing the firebreak In the
Dodd hollow section back of Mer
rill. The break has been com
pleted In the Bryant mountain sec
tion, in the section north of Dodd
hollow to Olene and north of
Olene to Shady Pine.
The men under Connlne are
subject to call In f ase of fire.
GREA
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With the marriage of Barbara
Button and Count Court Haug-witz-Reventlow
apparently head
ed for the divorce court, Euro
pean rumora have linked the
name of the twice-wed Wool
worth heiress romantically with
that of Prince Frederick of Prus
sia (above). The prince, grand
son of the former Kaiser, em
phatically denied the reports.
Danish Count
Agrees to
Face Charges
LONDON. June 28 (Reli
able sources said today that Count
Court Haugwitz-Reventlow would
come to London to face 'allega
tions of his wife, the former Bar
bara Hutton, that he wrote her
letters she considered threatening.
It was understood tho count's
attorney, Norman Birkett, who
was counsel for the Duchess of
Windsor in her divorce proceed
ings, would see a Bow street mag
istrate tomorrow or Thursday to
fix a date for a hearing on the
case.
The Woo'twprth heiress obtain
ed a summons against her hus
band last week after she received
letters which she believed were
threatening. Since then her two-year-old
son. Lance, has been
closely guarded In her Regent's
Park home.
The count's Danish representa
tives already have Indicated be
would allow himself to be served
with the summons as a prelude to
divorce or separation discussions
with his American-born wife.
It was understood the count
waa ready to fly here from Paris
to attend the hearing on any date
the court decides.
STRIKE-STALLED CIRCUS
GIVES UP TOUR, RETURNS
TO WINTER QUARTERS
SCRANTON, Pa., June 28 UP)
The Rincllna: Brothers , Barnum
and Bailey circus, stalled hero by
a strike rolled southward today
its summer tour ended after nine
weeks on the road.
Circus officials and perform.
era some nearly In tears
watched roustabouts working In
a heavy rain run the last wagon
aboard the circus trains for the
Journey to winter quarters at
Sarasota. Florida.
"I'm heartbroken," Bald Fred
Bradna, ringmaster, who has been
with tho clcrus for 38 years,
can't realize the Bhow Is closing.
I was the first time in the 64
year history of the circus that a
strike had cut short the 30-weeK
season. The company's 1600 em
ployes struck last Wednesday
after refusing to take a 25 per
cent wage cut.
WILLIAMS HELD
TO ACCOUNT BY
TE
Aide to Hopkins Advises
Relief Alliance to Keep
"Friends in Power."
WASHINGTON, June 28 UP)
The senate campaign Investigate
ing committee cenaured today aa
"unfortunate" a speech made yes
terday by Aubrey Williams, deputy
WPA administrator, to the Work
ers Alliance.
The committee voted to accept.
however, a statement by Williami
that no political implications were
intended in his remarks to the or
ganization of WPA workers.
Chairman Sheppard (D-Tex.)
of the senate committee told news
papermen he would ask the alli
ance for the stenographic tran
SENA
GROUP
script of Williams address.
Transcript Distributed
Newspapermen Informed him
that the alliance had distributed
what purported to be a transcript ,
of tho talk in which Williams ad
vised, the workers to keep thalr,,
"friends" in power. . , r,.. ,. -A
In a letter to Sheppard, mada
public by the committee, Williams
aummarlzed his talk and said he
waa unable to send the transcript
because hia remarka wera mad
extemporaneously.
"What I said and what I am
reported aa saying are entirely
two different things." Wllllama
Informed the committee in re
sponse to ita request for Informa
tion about his talk.
"Politics In Relief
Williams appealed yesterday to
a delegation from the Workers
Alliance, a relief labor organiza
tion, to keep "friends" of the un
employed In control of the gov
ernment. He declared the Roose
velt administration had shown
"what the government should do"
for the Jobless.
His remarks heightened discus
sion of "politics In relief," which,
has been a major issue on Capitol
Hill ever aince WPA Adminis
trator Harry L. Hopkins express
ed a senatorial preference In the
Iowa democratic, primary. Tha
senatorial campaign expenditures
committee Is under orders to study
any complaints about coercion of -relief
workers.
It was that committee which,'
Senator King said might Investi
gate Williams' address. Chairman
Sheppard (D-Tex.) declined comment.
ALBANY, N. Y.. June 28 (IP)
Representative Hamilton Fish. Jr.,
(R-N.Y.) said today that Presl
dent Roosevelt "owes It to thai
American people" to remove Aub
rey Williams, deputy adminis
trator of the works progress ad
(Contlnued on. Page Three)
Council votes to obtain option
on Industrial addition property
for recreation, refuses to accept
Embassy club license fee on half
year basis; petitioners ask high
way shift to Eleventh street: city
reaches final agreement with S.
P. on underpass damage costs.
Page 1. .
Merle S. West reelected mem
ber of high school board. Forty
three votes Cast. Pag I.
Forty-five mil firebreak oa
western a I o p a of hills from.
Shady Pine to California lln
nearly finished. Page 1.
Principal Lloyd B. Emsry an
nouncea tentative appointment
to several high school teaching
posta. Pag 5.
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