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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY. MAY 24, 1923
Price Five Cent!
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UiNDKEDS DIE I
i - .
U1MUI
wm of
HE FLIERS
iap Or Delay In
way From Pole
fcd Reason
rWBy, May 23.
rt have now turn
ays and beyond
t, still no definite
plain Roald Am-
hit arctic aviators.
lie brave men who
iday in their Dor
planet to reach
Ihe first time by
!c, have accomp-
forcmost fent and
for scientific ob
not known.
If Amundsen and
an colleague, Lin-
trth, hoped that
K clocks marked
in this northern
Vre the summer is
ay without dark-
were fears that
was not well with
rer. As the hours
mora thnn 48 since
hop-off from
Spitsbergen, there
some wavering of
QLE WEATHER
ihing, tliouph, buoy-
ailing at Spitzber-
sewhero and that
tic weather. Re-
(1 it continuing ex-
once the thought
dscn might have
down in a storm
fcted.
(t has befallen his
it must be defects
bwcrful motors,
liS friends. Thev
console themselves
thought that Am-
set no definite
return.
argued, it miorht be
Pi stayed on some
pole, or perhaps
ICOVerot! Arrtir ter-
tarve it and make
'o aid science in
Pme.
kere the case, then
otiung in the cards
due concern. Yet,
nc grew with the
P". Folks thought
us or arctic exDlor-
fcouted Amund sen s
comeback? That
question Norsemen
Mother. And only
1 Was the answer.
emcnta, the sciences
Mnsweritifv u j
'he curious.
h.Pcrts said he had
ance to sledge his
in si.,It!
- - iiiiaiion should
a; but they did
oo much with him
'0 evenf ll.
Hume-
lb P' he and
" "vers have come
!'" a flnn of
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r,lr on n ...
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iiiilK-riito.
, 1 '" sinnll towns
1 Urn ,nni..
hi.iK near hero
H '"nlRl.t. Fro war.
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1,000 Miles Should
Separate Newlyweds
From Parents-Judge
KAI.KM. May 23. At least
1.0011 mile kIiouM separate new
lywiMlH sml thcilr parents, In the
opinion (if JiiiIko I.. II. MrMa
lian of lliu Marluu county court.
That U what hu told Wlllluni
Conk, when lio was haled before
the liar luduy to answer to a
divorce filed hy Mrs. Cook.
"If I ha, my way about It
there would h a law on the
Hlatitln hunks requiring ull young
marrli'd couples to livu at least
l.OOO miles from llu ir parents."
ho mid. "Pari-nlal Influi'iiru Is
too often rciiiuimililo for tho dis
ruption of marital Hiss among
ne wly married couples."
OF $210,000
Record Breaking Heat
Wave Broken By Gale
Bringing Rain And Hail
Over Wide Eastern Area
CMICACO. May 23. Vpwnrds nf
1 2.(100.000 properly duimtKo wan
caused hy severe storms In tho hint
21 hour, which struck almost sl
iiiultiini'o'.iMly over n reiiion exlend
Ing from tho linkotas to tho eastern
const.
Hiding wllh n p:ilc that nttnlned
a velocily of CI miles nn hour in
somo sections, rain onil hall pelted
many states.
A record-hrenklng heat wave over
ilio I'nlire rcch'n was hroken. In
some Instances tho mercury drop
ping sixty degrees In a few hours.
Scores of buildings were torn
down anil hundreds of cattle killed
In central Minnesota and eastern
North Dakola. Tho mercury drop
ped from 99 to 50. Dama::o was
estimated at from $500,00 to $1.
000,000 In these states.
At llihhing. Minn., the Ihcrmn-
niiter dropped sixty decreet; from
0 1 to 34.
There was snow In upper Min
nesota nml Michigan. Ohio swel
tered villi a teinperaturo In the
eighties, hill n high wind sprang up
and clouds threatened showers.
A iiilnaluro tornado struck cen
tral New York In the Kinger Lake
region, causing more thnn $250,
000 damage. .
Hull stones ns largo as marbles
pelted sections of southern New
York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
A 0 l-mlle-nn liour gnlo hit New
York city. A fenco wns hurled on
Olga Whitney's two-year-old baby,
crushing her to death.
White Pine Moulding
Commences Operations
Tho White Hno Moulding com
pany, located on tho O. C. & E
railway near tho Midland road, com
menced operations on Wednesday of
this week. Work wns started on
this latest Klamath county milling
operation about four months ago
by Chiis. Miller and associates.
The capacity of tho White , Pino
plnnt will bo approximately 40,000
linear feet of moulding per. day. and
round 10 men will ho cm,, oyo.l
when the plnnt gets under full luad
wny. For tho past two seasons Mil
ler has been engaged In culling out
window Hhndu rollers at Algnma.
"f.AVK MAN IN F"
n ul,ln of (Irnnls 1'ftsn.
manager of tho famous Oregon nv
resort, was a visitor .
Falls yesterday wllh th
templo Hhriners. Lynn wW.
secretary of tho Kln.n - rnunl
chamber of commerce. U the "
tho Oregon caves niniinser.
Woman Dies Of
Injuries From
Brutal Assault
Med ford Woman Beaten By
Husband In Jealous Fit
2 Weeks Ago; Old Family
In Medford
(Special to The Ncwa)
MKDI'OItn. May 23. Mm. O. N.
Murphy i!I;1 ul lnr homn hero yK
icrduy from Injurlm received when
Imt liuslmnd. In a fit of JuImiim rugn,
Itfitt hiT Into unconBclouMiieHH with
It 1 1 ffritH und then trampled her un
derfoot, ubout two weeks uko, ac-
cording to Chief of Police Charles' c ii. d
. .., ,. u , , . . ; Southern Pacific company
Adams of this city, who stated he!- ei i tri l
was not fully familiar with tho do-!i.ro,m Skookum to Klamath
tails of thp crlmo. The sheriff of'5H ,s emphasized by the
Juekson county Is In cburgc of the1
case.
According to Chief Adnnis, Mur
phy fled tho city Friday night when I
he Icnrncd his wife was not expected'
to live. j
"I tried to bnvo a warrant signed!
hy neighbors of the Murphy family .
after llio beating. Chief Adams
dared, "11111 they all refused."
Tho Murphys nro old residents of
Medford. . Hour grown up children
! reside In this city.
WIRE FLASHES
M ill: HODY l'(H'M)
i.n 1 11 iiwi , .Maine, .nay
llliliien neiween two niauresses on
a cot bed in the locked second story
room of a cottngo on the shores of
I.aku Marunacook, searchers today
found the nudo body of Miss Aida
Hayward, 3H missing since Wed
nesday. 21 MlOW i;i
HltKST, France,
AT HltKST
May 2S. Two
life boats, bringing In fishermen.
readied from the wreck of their bout
were caught in a sudden Btorm-off
I ho roast tonight and sank. Fifteen
live savers and 12 fishermen were
drowned.
TO llXI'LOKKHS' ItKSCl K
r.OSTOX. Mny 23. Tho MnrMil
lan expedition to tho arctic will go
to tho relief of the Norwegian ex
plorer Amundsen If no word Is heard
from him hy tho time the expedition
leaves hero, Lieut. Commander Mac
Mlllan announced hero today.
44 IHtOWXKI) AT SKA
CONSTANTlNOI'l.K. Turkey. May
2S. Forty-four persons wero drown
ed today when tho TurkMi steamer
Keriman sank in tho Illnck sea hear
tho Iiosphorus.
MOVIKS TO 1'KillT 1JAIW)
I.OS ANOF.I.F.S, May 23. A $25
000,000 defense fund has been
raised by Motro-Goldwyn-Mnyer to
fight tho combination of Indepen
dent motion picture producers and
exhibitors organlied at tho recent
film convention In Milwaukee.
Nine Storv Ashland
Hostelry Is Rapidly
Nearing Completion
Klamath peoplo who are a little
inclined to look upon Ashland as
a slow kind of a town have an
other guess' coming, according to
Rogue. River valley Shrlnora yes
terday, spaeklng of the new ,nlno
story re-inforced concrete notei
building which Is rapidly nearing
completion thero.
The nnma of the new hostelry
will' be the "Llthia Springs Hotel"
and U will bo one of the finest
In Oregon, and one of tho largest
in the state outside of Portland.
Tho building will bo completed and
furnlshod by July 1st, according to
tho contractors. Tho hotel, com
pleted and roady to operate will cost
$2 10,000 and all the financing with
(ho exception of nbout $80,000
bonds has boon raised right nt
homo.
Tho hotel will contain 100 rooms
iiin mnln part of tho building
will bo strictly firoprood with even
iho floors of cement.
NEW REQUEST BV
PUBLIC SERVICE
IN RAIL BATTLE
Oregon Public Service Ask
I. C. C. For Common User
Of S. P. Line By Oregon
Trunk From Skookum To
Klamath Falls
SALEM, May 23. The ne
cessity for a common-user
agreement between the Ore
son Trunk railroad and the
Oregon public service commis
sion in an answer filed with
the interstate commerce com
mission today.
The petition is in answer to
the petition of the Oregon
Trunk railway for a certificate
of public convenience and ne
cessity, authorizing the extcn
do-j8on of ;ts from Bend t
! Klamath Fall.
While the Oregon public
service commission in its an-,
swer, urges the need of the
additional rail service in cen
tral and southern Oregon, it
strongly urges that this service
be afforded withnj.-t unneces
sary duplication of investment.
Particular attention is call
ed to the fact that under the
proposed plan of the Oregon
Trunk,- its trackage would
parallel the line of the South
ern Pacific company for 80
miles, from a junction point
near Odell or Skookum to
Klamath Falls, and that the
identical service might be af
forded at a saving of more
than $3,500,000 in capital in
vestment by arrangement for
joint use of the Southern Pa
cific tracks between these two
points. It was the recommcn
dation of the Oregon commis
sion in the Kephert report,
filed last year, that the S. P.
and Northern lines use the
same road from Odell to Klam
ath Falls.
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Historic Points
In Klamath Will
Get Advertising
Pres. Vining Of Oregon C.
Of C. To Devote Time To
Photographing Old Land
Marks Here
Professor Irving E. Vining, of
Ashland, president of the Oregon
state chamber of commerce, arrived
In Klamath Falls yesterday and
planB to spend tho next week or
ten days in an extensive photo
graphing expedition with Captain
O. C. Applegate to the various
scenic and historic points in the
vicinity of Klamath Falls.
Expert photographers from both
Portland and San Francisco will
Join Mr. Vining here Monday and
the party will set out for tho
famous lava beds district for the
opening of the picture making cam-'
paign. In addition to the photo
graphs Professor Vining plans to
take notes of Captain Applegate's
accounts of Modoc war events. The
stone bridge below Merrill, famous
land mark of early pioneers, will
be one of the IlrBt points visited,
and near the famous stone bridge,
tho Captain will point out the ex
act site where the Modoc war
riors were camped and where the
first skirmish, between Fort Klam
ath soldiers and the Modocs, opened-
the--hostilities. ot 4haL. bloody
little war In 1872. ' .
The heiroglyphphlcs painted by
an unknown race of early aborigines
on the cliffs at the south end ot
the tule lake bed, will be photo
graphed. Prison Island where the
early, warriors held their captives
secure from rescuo parties, out in
the lake, will be visited and the
fortifications studied. At this point
the skulls of two white women were
found in the rocks by a souvenir
searching party a few years ago.
Indian Pictures
One of the chief points of Interest
to be visited on the initial trip will
bo the Stronghold and natural rock
intrenchments where the little
group of Modocs held several hun
dred soldiers at bay for months.
Just beyond the Stronghold the
Canby cross will be visited, the
exact spot of the massacre of the
peace commission headed by Gen
eral Canby. Captain Applegate will
outline the full details of this
event which inflamed the whole
country at that time.
Following the lava bed trip Pro
fessor Vining has a most original
plan of publicity photography which
he will work out on the Klamath
Indian reservation. Tho plan is to
prevail upon some of tho old time
Indians ot dress In tholr pre-civil-Izatlon
garb and pose for the cam
era. Tho replica of a scantllly
dressed savage in a dug-out canoe
on tho Williamson river, poising
a spear ready to hurl at a salmon,
will be filmed. Then as a contrast
a picture will be taken of a mod
ern Indian school graduate piloting
a power boat. Othor interesting
contrasts and replicas of tho old
and the new will be filmed and
from these pictures cuts will be
made for use In Oregon advertis
ing and publicity circulars and mag
zlnes. Klamath Moulding Co.
Is Increasing Plant
Extensive Improvements, under
way at tho present time at tho plant
of the Klamath Moulding company.
located across Sixth street from tho
county fnlr grounds, will make that
plant one ot tho largest moulding
producers in this county, according
to mill authorities hero. The latest
installation taken up nt the Sixth
street plant Is a refuse burner,
which will cost around $3,000. A
much larger investment In new ma
chinery and Increasing tho site of
the plnnt has bocn expended thero
within the last six weeks.
The Klamath Moulding company
is under tho management of C. Cald
well, and ho has associated with him
as owners, A. J. Lundcll and Dert
Schultz.
Mine Rescuers Dig
12 Days in Effort
To Rescue Captive
BUTTE, Mont., May 23.After
12 days of constant drilling res
cue workers today located the
body ot Gus Bolden, burled un
der a fall of rock in the West
Colusa mine here May 11.
So great was the force of the
falling rock that Bolden'a body
was carried 12 feet below the
surface of the slope on which be
was working at the time of the
accident.
The body was discovered this
morning but at a late hour to
night tons of rock had yet to be
removed before the 'body could
be freed and taken out.
CHANGES SLATED
METHODS, CLAIM
lurvey Board Enroute To
Klamath Falls Say Other
States Should, Follow In
Wake of Wash. On State
Land Aid . . - :
' PORTLAND,. May 23. A com
plete disorganization of the federal
reclamation program may result if
othe states should follow the lead
set by Washington when Governor
Hartley refused to sign a contract
pledging state old in settling up
the Kittitas project.
This was the opinion expressed
by members of the board of survey
and adjustment of federal reclama
tion here, today.
Thomas E. Campbell, "ex-governor,
of Arizona and F. M. Good
win, members of the so-called south
ern division of the commission wero
here enrouto to Klamath county to
survey the project there.
Governor Hartley refused to
pledge state aid in financing set
tlers because he held It would bind
the state to "unlimited liability."
The Kittitas project embraces 70,
000 acres and the government has
already appropriated $9,000,000 for
the work. . "!
Secretary's Stand
Secretary of Interior Hubert
Work has taken stand that money
appropriated for reclamation shall
not be allocated until the respective
states agree to finance and locate
settlers, Goodwin pointed out,
. Should various other states
through htelr governors, follow the
lead set by Washington practically
all the new proposed reclamation,
affected by the state settlement
clause, will be tied up, he predicted.
'. Goodwin said that it was the
hope of the commission the matter
ot the Kittitas unit and three new
projects on Oregon Vale, Baker
and Owyhee would be disposed of
when Secretary Work visits the
northwest In July.
Goodwin said Gov. Hartley him
self was wrong In holding his state
would bo pledged to "unlimited lia
bility" in the Kittitas case.
"Tho state would not have to
provide more than $250,000 as
against $9,000,000 appropriated by
the government," Goodwin said.
"Much cf that would be In the way
ot loans and not direct out-of-hand
payments." 1
Bricklayers Union Head
Is In K. F. On Business
Miko Dunn, head of the state
Brlckmasons and Plasterers Union
of America Is In Klamath Falls In
connection with organization work
going on In the various trades in
Klamath Falls.
KXTKXSION8 MKKLY
MEXICO CITY, May 3. Two
former soldiers were arrested here
today charged with being Implicated
with Senorita Jauregui in the plot
to assassinate President Callos,
WHOLE VILLAGES
WIPED OUT; FIRE
Many Americans May Be In
Death List; Is Worst
Quake Since 1923
OSAKA, Japan, May 23
Hundreds of persons were
killed, several towns destroy
ed, bridges shaken down, and
railroads and mines destroyed
in a devastating earthquake,
which occurred in the Kansai
district of Japan at 11 a. m.,
today, according to' reports
from the stricken area.
Whole villages, including the
famous hot springs town of
Kinosaki, were wiped 'oat,
newspaper correspondents who
flew in airplanes over the
scene of destruction reported.
Loss of life is greater than
in any earthquake since '. the
catastrophe . of September,
1923. . Fires are ravaging' the
district.
Although first reports from
the . devastated '.area gave no
list of foreign dead, many for
eigners were staying in the' ho
tels at Kinosaki and some may
have perished.' ' :'.' .i ':
Reports ' from . prefectures
along the ' western coast at
Kyoto and Hyogo tell of three
towns destroyed and a' mount
ing death list, which could not
be accurately estimated at the
present time.
A train is reported to have
been thrown from - the rails
and overturned near Genbudo.
At Ekuno, near the western
coast, the shafts of a big sil
ver mine collapsed in ; the
quake.
. FIRE BREAKS OUT.
Tunnels, water tanks and
bridges were destroyed in the
Kansai district, although the
naval establishments at Maid-
zuru escaped damage. ' ,
The cities of Osaka, Kyoto
and Kobe were not damaged,
but felt the full brunt of the
earth shocks more severely
than in the 1923 catastrophe.
From these points relief trams
with first-aid, food and cloth
ing for survivors, have been
rushed to the devastated
areas. ...
A first report said that the
entire town of Kinosaki,; to
gether with the famous springs
had been leveled and Toyooka
is understood to be succumb
ing to flames, which are de
stroying the dwellings . the
earthquake left.
PORTS PARALYZED
Japan's western ports have
been paralyzed.
Many structures at the im
portant city of Tottori, includ
ing the railway station and the
telegraph office, are reported
to have been destroyed, - the
shocks in this vicinity being
the most severe that have been
experienced in 30 years. .
The earthquake centered in
the Kansai district, at Toy
ooka, which is some 60 miles
northwest of Kyoto. The first
shocks occurred, at 11 a. m.
Half of the town was wiped
out by fires which sprung up
immediately following the
tremors.
Toyooka and the neighbor
ing town of Kinosaki were still
afire at 5 p. m., six hours after
the earthquake. . ;
The population of .Toyooka
is 10,000 and that of Kinosaki
3,000, although many foreign
ers, including Americans, are
always at the later place tak
ing the waters. ' -
Smaller villages within ft
radius of five miles of Toy
ooka were practically wiped
out.
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