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DAI LY 7 THE KLAM United New and United Press Telegraph Service, f .i . t, i . j.i . i i jTT ( 'Vl'rv M(,ni'"K Except Monday) KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.. TB UKSDAY, APRIL 30, 1925. !may day dawns over worried KlTUmw Airriri? icr.-.vi.-'ov mmnT, U, " s-jii. i liiv iiuv.'W t IjIv I lilllLliMf PAST WEEK OF COMMUNIST PLOTS HOTEL WILL BE ju. -Price FiveTCet- li I With Abduction Voung Cirl On Way ho Reformatory RIVKIl. oltK. April !. .(flr.r. b..ve hero scour 4,rl.. (or Hi' past ,h ..t M" '" ..-r way l Hr I'mi-it N'.w. I,.., wir, , , . Ity May day reporting by wis-- i WASHINGTON. April 29 - Gov. ,.., f .,,:( r,H Kii,l4.rln)!1 irumvnts uf Iho old world are en- r observed ! duavorlng lo check the wildfire! Little entente countries are un-' pred of what Uey all'-Ko is com- d-rstuod In be preparing for tun-1 uiunl.t terrorism. Th approach ference May t to discuss a general' of Max lr has roused almost every .dtlm against comuiunUia through- tiiitrnmnil and reports of prerau-' ou( central Europe. tluua against the sUeavd purpose I Julian jof the communists come frum all alli-i;rd to have bceu made by the directions. I t.ivll aoibaaaador predicting thai to Chamber Casts A Light Vote In Primaries To Go Up On Dalle Calif. Highway frrm , rrfurinX'")' Kirrr J""'" . the Hill'" (i thli rl' , k aar a! 1 ' 1 1 l.-riy Construction work will be com-! started at once on a new two- story summer resort hotel on Communist agitation i. alloaed to The Dalles-California highway no inut thi ,.r i ..: li.io r,,uv Jl INC Jf.Jllll, where the Williamson river Italian police conducted nation- winning of the Japanese wide scries of raids on rnminuu- monism 1st retreat, and subsequently an- nouuc-M mat win rra ai lirnv In lit- rrauonalb v fur mm h of 3 Imlv U rliik..lv ri.li.1.. In . riitii. f It.. u.iH. u.., ll.li'l f""v tnreo ' " rranre unci . i iiiuiii.l fi.ii ii iiiniitti iiir Kiitt'r:!' iirini ill rvnrin Arr cuii miiii.i ii-i. unit iiiriiiwr i ... - ......u i .4 , vi h iiii-nin nf nil Hip H;,lk:ni and nniral tu!n und Dm auvli-t hum nirrriimnil- crosses mat 1'OaU, It was an I ,.r abdm-lln' Kur",'""n nndi-d !-nj!!lilly ubu.it allied com- "Ollllced yesterday. F. A. Sut .. wblli pa- '-""""n aiiiioun'M tlmt a c.iin- miiiiUt activity In India. ton irt to be the owner and op Tu.mI.i)- nldht. I n""""1 "'"'"I" "n "" '" ''"-, T.:c r.-cont uiurdi-ra and bomb- erator of the ton t nam net lain I he rriltn m-n... I.r. linn l.i...n f-.i -I r I...I " uu.m, uil'itllllK I" rrillHT ' .... , . iiicnut in ina lawns giirrouna thi.ui'd fr , Inx In Siif u worn liMtliuted b) roinmunfKta, uccrdlnK o lrcmlci .i i hm it!i a d.nit a "" .i't-hih gm in a smi hji- .uuaiiii ami uy unnuppy iiuixar -.ir( DK ' , , .,, I ... ... I I .... .........4 '- . t KLl.l 1: Ix reported " ' " "... ... . unmr. tb. dcacrlp ' uii 1'i.ii.r i.iuii-!. win I'uirui in, mi.i.'i iurriKn atrtrri-iary. Jur," ,jr waa at.in a:: ; : :N0TED forester TALKS AT FORUM t ronpb ; y t i be loop road b. ra.i((lit . ' bi-uvy niiiiwi J the I t 1 li:i:M;iy about mib II. mi, Hlrr. ...unit anliiin. Mrit. Helen hi brlnir i.ik u from Ib'tid .li by the prnaecutlllR t 1 mat run liv uutnmilblln California To Get a Rise Out of the Raisin' of Raisins The following IS prominent mem- I ber of the chamber of commerce $15,000 Hotel and Ground received tD nomination for direc tor! of the organization for the ! coming year according to the offi cial tally of the election board laat nlgbt. E. H. Ralalger. J. C. Boyle. A. M. Collier. W. C. Dalton. R. E. De weae. M. P. Evana. Fred Fleet. It. C. Groesbeck. E. B. Hall. W.I W. McNealy. J. H. Martin. C. J. Martin. H. N. Moe, C. I. Roberta, W. O. Smith and George Walton. Ninety-one ballots were cast In the election but owing to the great I number of members who obtained a few S'-atterlng votes, the task of the election Judges, Dr. B. J. , Itea, Jchn McCall, and Judge Lent ! U. Gatthagen. was a rather lengthy; affair, requiring over two hours! time to ascertain the It winners, i Out of approximately 300 members' names on the primary ballot 127 received one or more votes. Tne final election voting will Donate Site For A Golf -Country Club Elks Persecute Poor Devils In Electric Chair 200 Acre Site Placed At Disposal Of Club By Wealthy K. F. Man " In order that the proposed Klamath Falls Golf and resort hotel. ing the place, will cost nearly 1115,000. W. C. Ames was given the contract for construc tion of the hotel. According to the plum of H. R. Klamath people who ultendcd the chamber of commerce forum meet, lug yesterday noon beard ('- M. I'errln. architect, the hotel will cit the rustic type, will be surround ed by a ubaded lawn, and in general will be fur above the average renorlH of its kind from the angle of at tractiveness. In addition to the hotel itself, enhins will be erected back from the iMr luii UK tJOil.lie br bearing a llv I'lillert New Leim.-d Wlr.-I KKKSNO. Calif. April 29 Thursday Is the day of days in the n0"1' ,or ,he U!,e of """"n" tour-j inu. A supply store win ne operalea , ,, er. deliver one of the beat talk, on , lhe Rreater portion of the state for tne tourUt ,rade al5 , foreat prolei (ton ever beard and re- It la raisin day a day of festiv ity and celebration, when the cit I- tenry turns out in true holiday .pped here '-ranm-r. uortnwent oMjtrict mrcsi- San jojuia valley of California and h llfornla II ! lo behind the other! " main rana. wked. Shortly after, the ; l'rotcctlmi against fire ud ibe girl returned from i forestatlon were the two main M,r, , a0 homage to the raisin i' liar, ind )ut as they ( polnia emphasized by the chief for-! j.'irBt ,ne day, program will .it to enter the car. Joneai , '"' ,,y Pursuing the policy of.be the giant pageant in which most Ui rr from the stutlon carelessness with fire and neglect-; of tn principal sections of Callfor ttrl ntde a dash for It. i'n 10 encourage the planting of wm be represented. lalfr w.. recently caught foresis whers the old ones are, j,ew .Cody, colebrated villain of U hi room In Hend with ,0 rapidly disappearing. Ibe future ; lh, ,lver ,.reen and J-atta Love. I liquor. if Klamath's and the northwest s of Livingston, Merced county, will great ha!c Industry, lumber, was lount the mythical throne a float JENCE OF MARY """" i"''"v"r1'1" according to the of pur,,e an(i gold king and queen VlNrv ic HKirMTD ',l,r"kl'1'- ,'' d"y ' ne Kingdom, on the . in J flrlLY lb UlNULK I -The manufacturing lumber In- .;..- roa.t in addition to the. Fnnthnll Star Knr1 A. ..f Or-.,iii nl.tlil.kvu nwl Her. .. . . .. . , t . . me"; " ' iuei'iin lour ui it-uuniiia ..iniy rV suns than auy two other iiianufac- Macheskl. juvenile movie actress luring Industrie. There Is more r)lie ! cnplt.il iuvented in It tliiin in any; I other manufacturing Industry in gQl ACRES OF SUGAR I the slate. The value of lis pro. ciriurri I ID I duct la arester til nil that of any, BEETS SIGNED UP b, close on Friday evening, May 8th and the eight candidates of the 1 who were nominated last night will he declared elected for directors of the chamber for the new term, to serve with the following holdover directors now In office: J. A. Gor don, J. W. Kerns. Dr. G. A. Massey, R. E. Crego, E. S. Bubb, and H. D. Mortenson. In selecting the site for the hotel resort It was pointed out that Its nearness to the Williamson river an dtlie lake would attract many outside anglers who annually come I to the Klamath eountry to spend i their vacation fishing. Boats will I tie rented by the hotel, and tentative 'plans call for the establishment of . bathing beach cuk :he lake near the hotel. ;TwinBeds the Only Solution When Wife Wants All the Bed i Campus Romance of ATE DEPT. PROBE An electric chair, rigged up with a voltage that would floor an ox, performed ticklish service at the Elks club yesterday afternoon and last night, ten or more unsuspect ing lodgemen falling victims to the Infernal contraption. Eddie Clark, short-circuit art ist for the Link River Electric company, patented and perfected the electrocuting device, which was an ordinary lobby chair with copper tacks In the seat and con nected up with the regulation wires, switch, and battery. The plan, which worked invar iably, was for the usual circle of lobby hounds, who spin yarns in front of the fireplace, to fill all the chairs but the one high ten sion seat, and each new arrival at club would flop down there for a second Just a second and nothing more. The following records were re corded by official . o,he-,'B-George Stevenaos- pulled down the record for long distance leap when; the Juice caught. hUnJinoNes milh did the most vigorous squirming. Harry Hessner cussed the londest. Ed Bodge took the most punishment, and Jack Jewett cut loose the loudest squawk. iIMiToX. April 2!i - The onmrrii Investigating the lhe I'nlted Stutes of Miss .Slney. i-i. t of the lulu U...U..I i. .. . ... .....iim'., nun niuyor oil I. I. I . ... . .... 1 w.iiw -..mm Mere. .fHHS 3IIIC- nuklna lies on Irs- ' itate department's atti-n-keen directed lo her ae AlthmiKh officials would NEW YORK, April 29. If Ernest Schmidt Insists upon sleeping nights, he will either have o get twin beds or buy half of his wife's double bed. The Schmidts, Ernest and Anita. both 20, and a year In the bonds, I appeared before Magistrate Goodman i today In answer to charges by Mrs. , j Schmidt that her husband had treat- In Divorce Courts ,ed I Schmidt denied the charges. "The whole trouble with us your i n- 1-nlt.d News Leased wire) j honor, is that Anita wants nine- OAKLAND. April 29. The cam-, tenths of the bed." the young bus Freak Storms Kill Thirteen in Texas 'Country club might get off to i a good start, E. R. Reames, re tired real estate and business 'man of Klamath Falls, has of fered to donate a 200-acre tract for the site of the club, with the provision that $5,000 in improvements be made on the tract to insure its success and attractiveness. The site Mr. Reames offers Us on the lake, this side of the Shaw Bertram Lumber com ipany's mill, about 3 miles west, near the highway. I Organizers of the proposed golf club are all highly pleased with j the offer of Mr. Reames, and It was indicated yesterday that It would I probably be accepted at the next meeting. Mr. Reames-iiuld . be willing to sell the 2" ". ,,.... at (1500, providing the $5000 -worth f01 'nprovements was not made, bat 1?' PrtJers t0 donate the tract If the c?mmittee wilt agree to making mprorements. ("'-iner than the offer of Mr. Meames the next lowest bid was for $9500. It was pointed out that the ground on the Reames site Is natur ally adapted., with s few minor ex ceptions, to a golf links, and Its no-' sltion near he 'eke wculd make s . wonderful view s1Sburd''i?ne proposed country club be erected ' 4 DIE IN PORTLAND I FIRE WHEN STRANGER HOUSTON. April 29. Freak storms over a large portion of Texas during the last 24 hours took a tollj TRIES TO SAVE 9 CENTS of at least 13 lives, injured between1 fill Anil 7rt npnuini a nrl Aia iknl.J -- . 1 sands of dollars damage. industry. I Shull we sit thoughtlessly still, and allow this great resource, which j IN KLAMATH COUNTY pus romance of Don Newmeyer. "and declared. "All I want is my my United News Leased Wire) PORTLAND. April 29. Some one Snow fell at San Angelo. where a I wnn ..vert ten rent, hv insertinr week ago temperatures reached 107 .. Be-ny lnto an electric nlus In Rains in varying degrees of vio-j place , a fu8e mav haTe oeen Tem. university of California football : "hare, Just half, but she crowds me; ltuie- oveialug from .01 of an ponsible for the loss of four lives . the rase in detail. It Isl futures analogous to thosel "I lhe reij.ni , Use of Count !'e arl,,.,, 'te department. In looking! "melius m Is so much a part of the well-being been siRned up for the experimenta of our alate. go by the route of , Hon of sugar beets in Klamath A few farmers who have Maine. Michigan and Minnesota? county. Or shull be now. while lime Is yet been considering working part of ourn. rise as one. and by voice and their acreage fur that Industry have tlx hundrecd"a"ndone acres have 8tar and Doroth' A11"' Berkeley I "ear over to the edge and several ; to 12 inches, fell over all ofand ,25,000 In property today in MX nunnreea ana one acres nave , j. tlmoi ho a nu.i. i.. Ithn tto arum ,in.. ..k . " - u.u "uu an apartment house fire, west portions. , Flremen searcnlng through the hear Kyle, in Hays county, wherel ,, ,, fh. ,., nar.,. the storm reached tornado propor-j aUhough tne adm,t,ed the flre tions. two Mexicans are known to. ,.., nave re8ulted trom other ..n.c urtii ninru, nuu n lUITU IS in. , . . . causes, a serious condition. Meager reports: t , , . . ,, . , ... "i"" The Victm3 0 ,ne fjre were two oa.u auj.ucic liuill OIA1J IU M V e U L co-ed has ended in the divorce ', "mes has pushed me clear out." court. "Why don't you buy twin beds?" Mrs. Newmeyer filed action for -the magistrate asked. j divorce here today stating that herj "We can't afford them." Schmidt husband told her he did not love j replied. "You see Anita's mother' -o find passport D one ' "" action, see that action is taken fur not reported, according to County the protection of our slate. Agent Henderson. It is possible, ..... .1.1- ..-..l.l..n. itfr nu .u.. "illl n. mnra necm will he 10 am P ma I .i.iui . - - - .Innrtlnir nlnveri on the Bear tesm II Is not, -iciicd un shortly. Officials of the;. . . . , . . I her and w ished she would divorce j gavo her tho bed when we were mar- him "for the sake of his family." iried and she doesn't think I'm en-i Newmeyer was one of the out-1 titled to my half." Goodman referred the case to the ind ,-v. 1 .1 . It Is the peoples prouiem. 11 Micrameniu uuej our... aniciii 11,,. department . ' . .. ..' . . . .i- .s tanlgration official, bow nd 1 a"1 l" 11 1" " ' " where l. ,1 .1, 1 cause the major forest lire losses growth or ueets nere ieii yesieiu., P1"'". Petiiliiii, iiiiii,n.n..n hy onr curelessness. not iiieiiure.1 t ..v land tho people can do more to mln- 'h l to be permitted to "I IDeakliu, 1 Tou and 1 1 well satisfied with the showing. tour. '"KMHI.I. LEAVES ""''"rt H Kuvkendall of I ' Kiiykenilull nH v....! (r Portland today on H'ltinlng to rein in ..rlv Kuykendall was for-1 'wUled with the proclnentl " of c. ... . .. H! MARGY ,y JOHfV held jR ' 1 r "A i 1 I'li Pfel''SaaTi -.:Vi Margy. J imlxe forest fires than all the patrol ' Strange Murders Are system we can puT in tho forests. I Puzzling Authoritie You snd I snd the people can cry- staJixe sentiment thut will cause. (ny United News leased Wire) the pass.n of federal and ... W ANGELES, April 29 -PcJ-l.ws. which will make rcforoststlon Ice are searching for an artist ... . a , ...i ,i. nen-ifrnm Hollywood" believed respon- proilianie. oiu "u t ..... -- a.. .1. .hi...... ..mil we-slhle for two gruosome IHV Ills, sill tssss- do them, they will not ho done." , within the past ' Frank Confer and John Houston In both case, the victims 1 1.1... M'll..tt'a . flr.l class musical pro- weuuu, ............ mini on. I Jack Kimball presided at .i..'. ininrivtilna u n, l import- j llabcock, ant meeting. murders Latest victim was Mrs. Marie E. 68. who was found club- bed to death In her home. in 1923 and was married last November after a widely publicized campus courtship. POSTOFFICE DEPT. ISSUES FHAUD ORDER AGAINST MANY OIL OUTFITS FIVE BALLOONS ARE ENTERED IN RACES n- United News Leased Wire) 8T. JOSEPH. Mo., April 29. Only fire, instead of ten balloons, will participate in the annual Am erican elimination balloon race, starting from Rosecrans field here May 1. It was announced today. The winner of the race will com pete In the International event in Belgium next fall. It was announced previously that both the army and navy each would entor three bags. The navy will not he represented and the army entries have been cut In two. fraud order against lhe Mexican Land company. Aztec Oil company. .... I ..I l.anA West Coast Agricunuiui ... Development company. A. C. John- (llv Culled News t.e ieed Wlr.- KANHAS CITY. Mo.. April 2 An entire fnnillv was Indicted by , the fedoral grand Jury here today. on charges of fraud In connection , officers and ot tlU ' ""I ...... nMrallng m Kansas City, r01"1' .... ....., rlo. Los iiirnnt. dkiu., Cnl., and Mexico uiiy. ti,. Mexican lanu .....ii... I., the indictments, proposer. i colonize. 60,000 with the operations can Land cimonny. a chnrEfd vlc- tlmlxcs scores of south western and AiiKc-lt. Pacific const farmers. f The Indictments conlnlneil ! fraud counts and named A. ( J"11"' aKricuIturaI land In the on, Mrs. E. M. Johnson, his wife, i oil yen tTuti Mex." Mrs. Lillian Hodgos. ",lter "'l"W-1 Karnlcrs throughout the country fn invest iiiuu liiuii.ru acres of rich Simultaneously Postmsster Cen-worc eral New, In Washington Issued a ! ings. the Indictments allege. Thirsty Indian Who Just Couldn't Wait Drinks In Courthouse McKlnlry Cowen, Klamath Intllnii just couldn't stand It any loiigrr. Culled as a wit ness at the court-houso yester liny MrKinlcy was on tho stand ' about IS minutes when court recessed. His tliront paretics! McKlnlry retired to nn anto room nnd hnil his little drink. A moment liMer snd the In. tlian would luva had the pint bottlo nently obsenred In his hip pocket, but In enmo a deputy anil In the jail house went McKlnley. family court. D'Annunzio To Fly To South America ROME. April 29. Gabrlelle d'Annunxlo, poet, aviator, soldier, whose thirst for fame seems un quenchable, says he will endeavor to fly from Italy to South America in June. D'Annunzio announced he would start from his villa at Gardone and tly by way of Rome, Gibraltar. Mo gadon Rio de Oro. Cape Verde is lands, Fernando islands. Nurumba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and Torto Algers to Buenos Aires. The poet will lead a two-plane squadron. persons were injured. The city hall has been turned into a hospital. Buildings are said to have been i wrecked. shop girls, Clara Short and Ber- i nice Frazier; William H. Lawr, 14 year old blind man. who could not see to make his escape and E. E. Sullivan who Jumped four stories WIRE (TTTING FISH I or a "e net onlr 10 De thrust FOl'XD IX JCXGLES as'de bv the llln0 ' tree he crashed to the pavement and died. NEW YORK. AprU 29. A wire CVRRIN AND BUKTT FISH Charlton S. Cuirin and Joe Brett cutting fish is among the discoveries made ty the Hamilton-Rice expedi tion In the Jungles of the Amaxon. pent yesterday afternoon on the according to Captain A. W. Ste-j v nilamson r(Ter i quest of heavy vens of the army aviation service, rainbow trout. They returne-1 late who has Just returned from South j jgt nlght with nire fish, and re America, (ports of lots of big ones that got Although the fish Is only a foot away. The appetite of the 'Willlam long. the strength of Its jaws and ! son river trout is not yet partiralaily the sharpness of Its teeth enable 1 keen, according to Currin. since It It to sever small copper cable with requires n lot ot persistent work to ease. Inmke any kind of a showing. BIG TIMBER MAN TO COME TO K. F. MUCH INTEREST BEING SHOWN IN BIG CIRCULATION CONTEST "Dick" iHovey, junior member ofj the firm ot C. L. Hovey & Son Tim ber and Investment Co., of San ' Francisco, and one of the big tlm-1 her owners of Klamath and Lake ; counties, Is expected to arrive in Klamath Falls within tho next few days to look after extensive company Interests here, according to Hurry Messner, local timber expert. Young Hovey spent the greater part of last summer In going over the holdings of his company In the Klamath basin, and he knows the woods game better than a lot of old cruisers, says Messner. who worked with the Hovey people last year. Nominations of contestants for The News' great subscription con test are now coming In, nnd some have taken advantage of the won derful opportunity that has been placed before thorn, nnd are out to win one of the big prizes that are to be given away. There are seventeen valuable prizes $6000 in all and those ac tive contestants who do not receive a prize will be paid twenty per cent cash commission tor all new sub scription collections. This Is not a game of chance for everyone will be well paid. All have the same opportunity, regardless of where you may live. You are not confined to your own .district in securing subscription col lections, contestants can secure sub scription collections anywhere. In this contest The News will glvo ewny prizes totaling Stinno in value. Contestants who are expecting to enter the contest should do si) at once, tor there is a lot in getting a good start. Tho campaign will officially run 43 short days, and during that time if you devote an hour or so a day In seeing your friends and acquaint ances, you will be surprised at the (Continued on Page 8)