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LaFollette Is
d In Capital;
e lo 1 he Last
lob Passes At Age of 70 After
Illness; Rallies Few Moments
Death To Talk To Family, But
To Speak.
ANGRY MOB IN
ETON, June 18 (United News) Weakened
fcs of bronchial attacks, Robert M. LaFollette of
d of anfina pectoris at 1:21 n. m . Tk.,v.J.
'afflicted with heart attacks for 10 vean. An
kenza in Europe two years ago, pneumonia and
bronchitis, several times since, with th ,AA.A
lo months' speaking trip during his presidential!
fall finally wore him out.
fer political career that began when President
eight years old, "Fiahtint Bob" LaFolletta had
Id final defeat. But two weeks ago. he knew'
never loses was attacking him. He was Ivinv in
lonchial attack and heard several children play-
I winilAW
a wonderful thing," he said to his younger
ry. I'd like to begin it all over again. But I
earned a long needed vacation."
night he knew this rest was near.
peace with all the world, but there is a lot of
till do." he laid to his son. Robert Jr.. who has
tie secretary and political manager for several
let fall a wondering remark that showed the
the abuse he had borne all through his 45 years
know how the people will feel toward me but
p the grave my love for them that has sustained
fe," he said. Those were his last words.
day was the senator's seventieth birthday and
Lewhat better, but his family was worried and
In, Philip, at Madison, Wis. Tuesday there were
Wednesday night he turned wors Thurs-
his doctors said his condition was grave. At
kinced his circulation was gradually failing. He
fcn hour later. Shortly after noon he became un-
ibout one o'clock he tried to rouse himself and
family at the bedside, to be trying to speak.
ds would not come and a few minutes later
WHITE SLAYER
Man Who Kills Marshall I
Strung Up To Limb Of
Tree; Dies Silently
I'ltlCE, Utah, Juno 18. Old-time
western Justice the way It was
mted out In the days of the bono
thief and cattle ruatler was revived
here today when Itobert Marshall,
white fugitive slayer of City Marshal
James M. Burns, was hanged to the
limb of a tree.
Arrested as he entered his cabin
at Castle Gate, where he fled after
his altercation with the officer on
Friday night, Marshall was being
taken to the court house for Incar
ceration, when a mob formed. The
plans of the Infuriated towns folk
evidently had been well laid. Cap
turing the prisoner from the offi
cers, they placed him between two
sturdy leaders and the march to
Price, creek, two miles away, was
begun.
Marshall remained silent. He
paid no attention to the Jeers and
taunts of the angry citizens, who
followed close on his heels. Occas
ionally one of the "necktie party"
prodded him with a stick, but Mar
shall kept his face straight ahead.
At Intervals the mocking voice of
a woman broke through the cries of
the men. The mob stalked angrily
on, finally reaching the creek, where
a halt was ordered. The marchers
then formed a circle about the
slayer, who was standing a few feet
away from a tree.
A noose was placed around his
neck and at a signal from the leader,
Marshall's body swung into the air.
The crowd waited to see that all
Ufa had loft ,hla. Jpdy. ,and then
departed.
L -The victim's body was cut down
later by officers, and brought to a
local undertaking establishment.
rebel spirit was re-
tatcment issued by
Marbury aflor he
hat La Follelt" al-
ly angina pectoris
ad lo the end pross-
o battlo.
ully Informed of tho
Inuenccs to himself,
pi lotto dctormined to
palgn last summer
medical advice and
timedlsloly aftor the
roat energy appeared
Marbury said.
itallty and undaunted
told In his favor for
Put ho was unable to
po angina attack he
8 o'clock a. m. to day
. m, he passed away
xpresslon of regret
korotary of Stnto'Kel-
senator from Mlnne-
offered the resolution
'ollette from the sen-
Itl-war speech.
sorry to hear of the
tor LaFollette. I have
'or many years and
him for six years In
e had a long and
career In the' public
fas a man of great oc-
Itraordlnarv ahllltv and
went Into Minnesota
lo and was Instrumen
ting Kellogg for re
he same time electing
teonts In the house and
fe him the balance of
ostracism he suffered
rar. LaFollette came
Ft power, he achlevod
P"I5 Political life, and
fred o disregard all
Health and lead tho
i:dentlal flgh
18 Popular vote of B.-
PMIed, he carried only
f1! votes of his home
'"Illations follow.! fn
drew to a olose. Ho
0rs were m.. tmm
B organisation In the
"lette was dnnrlvarf nr
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BIG ELK INITIATION
.. TO BE HELD JULY 9
The Inst big Initiation In the
present million membership drivo
of tho Klks lodgo will take place al
the local Klks templo duly Bill, four
days previous to tho national II. I'.
O. K. convention in Portland. Over
twenty condlilatos are oxpoclod to
be called for this event.
Over ono hundred local Klks nro
cxpoctod to mako tho trip to Port
inn.l fr the big lodgo meeting,
iwhero delegates from all parts of
the United Htales will gamer mr
..... . nntlvltloa nnil niorrv-
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making.
Hill Lines Bound
ToComeToK.F.
Says Campbell
2 Oregon Public Service
Commissioners In City For
Hill Reception
"The Hill roads are coming to
Klamath, you can depend upon
that, whether they got common
user on tho Soutihern Pacific or
not. They are coming." This was
the statement of Thomas K. Camp
hell, public service commissioner of
Oregon, who arrived In Klamath
Falls with Commissioner E. W. Os-
trander and a delegation of federal
and state road men and attorneys
last night to take part in the hear
ing for an over-head crossing of
The Dalles-California highway over
the Southern Pacific line 30 miles
north of Kirk.
"The plan of the Oregon Public
Service commission, In Initiating the
action before the Interstate com
merce commission to force common
user by the Hill lines of .the S. P.
tracks from Odell Junction to
Klamath Falls, was taken up be
cause we wanted to get away fom
any useless duplication in railroad
building In Oregon, since there are
30,000 miles that should be built
in the state and we Should make
the railroad building money go as
far as It possibly can. If this com
mon user plan is not practical In
this particular case, then I don't
think there is a question of a doubt
but what the interstate commerce
commission will permit the HiU peo
ple to build their own line. That
would be perfectly all right with
us."
The heaTing on the Dalles-California
overhead crossing will be
held in the court kouse here at 9
o'clock this morning.
Besides Mr. Campbell and Mr.
Ostrander, of the state commission,
the following men ore here to .take
part In the proceedings: A. F.
Morris and R. B. Wright of Port
land. U. S. highway englneres; J.
M. Devers of Salem, attorney for
the commission; Paul P. Farrens,
S. P. attorney; Herbert H. Hauser,
state engineer, and N. C. Williams,
of Salom.
BY FULLER SAYS
SPECIAL AGENT
Fred Morley . Reiterates A
Previous Statement To
News; Indictment Of 2
Men Expected Soon
SMITH PAYS TRIBUTE
TO CHAMBER FORUM
At the Klwanis luncheon yester
rtv noon W. O. Smith delivered a
iheart to heart talk to the member
ship on the good derived from the
weekly luncheon meetings.
The speaker pointed out that the
hour spent In the chamber forum
.m vnxt dividends to the
membership from a better under
standing and good fellowship starid
ni.. honrers were notably
UOIUI. "o . 4
Impressed with the Informal talk
and the opinion was generally ex
pressed that there would bo s l vast
void In the community wltiliout
such civic organization activity.
It's Costing Money To
Get Drunk These Days
From a revenue standpoint yes
terday was a big day
L Oaghagon's court: A. T. Kom
e,',o drow fine of
added sentence f ten '
tho charge of possession of n
Zor and .maintaining a I
Rome.lo arrested -n ;a.d
early Tiiosany
offense. Mrs. M. Carlson , nd Ann.
Johnson were ."- .
under $50 bail on ,m
morality charges. '
WASHINGTON, June 18. In a
letter of condolence to Mrs. Robert
M. LaFollette, President Coolldge
paid trlbuto to the "great ability
and untiring energy" of the Wiscon
sin senator, who died today.
His letter follows:
"My dear Mrs. LaFollette: The
news having Just reached mo of tho
death of Senator LaFollette, I wish
to extend to you and your family
the sympathy of myself and Mrs.
Coolidge. As yoji know, I presided
ovor the Bonato for a considerable
period while ho was a member of
that body, and so came to know of
his great ability and untiring energy.
"He has left behind him a great
r-nncnlirRA nf friends who will, I
know, do .everything In their power
to comfort you In this hour, but my
own experience tells me that noth
ing that mortals can do will be of
very much help to you. I trust
that you may, as the years go by,
find an increasing satisfaction in
the long list of honors' that were
conferred upon Senator LaFollette
by his countrymen,
"With kindest regards, I am,
"Very cordially, yours,
"Calvin Coolidge."
Health Officer Sets
Fire To County Jail
ROSEVILLB, Calif., June 18.
Constable L. Allen, never again will
doubt the word of Dr. J. L. Fan
ning, county health officer.
"Put me In Jail and. I'll burn
your old building down," Fanning
rinrlareH when Constable Allen
threatened to put him In jail on a
charge of drunkenness and disturb
ing the peace.
Allon put Fanning In jail and
Fanning set fire to It. After some
difficulty the doctor and two Mexi
can prisoners were rescued, but the
physician still faces chargos of dis
turbing the peace and of destruc
tion of public property.
INTENSIVE DRIVE
FOR ENDOWMENT
Klamath county people will not
fall In thnlr duty of assisting tho
local post of the American' Legion
to put across their drive for z,uuu
to en to the national American Le
gion endowment fund, for the bene
fit of orphans Tf ex-soldiers and
sailors of the great war, also the
maintenance this year of the Doern
bocker hospital in Portland, which
is devoted to the care of destitute
people of all ages and creeds, ac-rnrriinc-
tn 1 A. Gordon, president
of the First National bank, and
chairman of the legion drive, which
will close next Tuesday night, with
solicitation of the public of
all Klamath county. Klamath county
owes this help to the legion, Mr.
Gordon continued, the boys have
never asked for assistance except
what was most reasonable and fair,
and besides, the money desired at
this time Is not for their Individual
benefit, ut for the good of thlB
community, and every community
In the country.
The finance committee of local
citizens in this drive is composod of
the following: J. A. Gordon, chair
man; E. M. Bubb, H. N. Moe, l,osiio
Rogers, Rex Bord, C. H. Underwood,
Perry Wilson, Wilson Wiley, and
Junior Daggett.
The reneral solicitation commit
tee, with nossibly several names to
be added, Is composed of the fol
lowing: Dr. O. S. Newsom, to cover
the court house; Alfred Collier,
Swan Lake and Klamath Moulding
plants; H. K. Gets, Klamath Lum
ber & Box Co.; Harry Messner, Big
Lakes plant; Keith Ambrose, city
hall; Linn Vf. Nesmlth, California
Oregon Power Co.; John Glover,
American National and First Na
tional banks; Dan Crump, Lamm's
mill; M. Motschenbachor, grocery
stores; Boss Fldler, Pelican Bay
(Continued On Pngo Two)
Fred Morely reiterated to the
News last night that he had in his
possession a complete confession
from the murderer of Dan McDon
ald. The confession was obtained when
Morley was in Washington on a re
cent trip, stumbling on to clues
which proved to be connected with
the McDonald murder case of Sept
ember 1, 1923, in the Ewauna camp
at Lumberton.
Following the clues, to McNeil's
Island, a man now serving time for
auto theft confessed completely to
the special state agent, his partic
ipation In the crime.
Facts of the case were relayed
to Governor Pierce whose interest
In the case was instantly aroused.
According to Morley the governor
promises to bring the case before
Klamath courts with the settlement
of the office of the district attorney
In Klamath county.
Dan McDonald was killed on the
night of September 1, 1923, in a
small cabin In the Ewauna camp
when a poker party in progress was
interuppted by two masked men.
A third, said to have been stationed
outside the door, is known, his name
being withheld.
"Your story published yesterday
morning was accurate and any
statements to the contrary are mere
fabrications," Morley declared to
The News. '
ROSE FESTIVAL
TRAGEDY SCENE
Electric Wire Falls During
Parade And Lives Of
Thousands Menaced
Amundsen Fails In
Attempt To Reach
Pole By 120 Miles
One. of Planes Damaged While Making a
Landing, Forcing Party To Return;
Royal Reception Planned For Daring
Explorers.
LONDON, June 18 (United News) Captain Roald
Amundsen and his fellow explorers have returned safely to
Kings hay, Spitsbergen, but failed to reach the north pole, ac
cording to reports received here from Oslo.
. Amundsen's planes, the reports say, penetrated to within ,
100 miles of the ice. The expedition did not discover any
new land, according to the advices reaching here.
The wildest sort of enthusiasm swept over Scandinavia
Thursday night as the people of the north celebrated the safe
return of the Amundsen party. . Restaurants in Copenhagen
and Oslo were crowded with persons gathered to observe the .
great occasion.
A hint of the welcome that is to be Amundsen's when
he returns to Oslo was contained in the greeting he received
when he arrived in King's bay. All the inhabitants of that
community were there to meet him, according to messages
received here, and their greeting was enthusiastic
Amundsen descended to the ice at a point 180 kilometers
(120 miles) from the north pole, according to information
n:..-tn.. t c i u :
sociation. Amundsen descended at that point to make
observations and one plane was damaged there.
"Apparently floating ice prevented
Stoddard Refuses
To Be Propagandist
Goat; Here To Fish
PORTLAND, June 18. (United
News) Portland's successful rose
festival was almost marred by trag
edy, when one woman was badly
burned about the hips, a child was
burned on the arm, and the lives
of thousands were endangered about
5:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon
when two 11,000 volt lines of the
Northwestern Electric company
snapped at East Twelfth street and
Hawthorne avenue.
The break occurred at the point
where the floral parade was dis
banding after defiling through the
west and east side business dis
tricts. About one-third of the par
ade had passed when the trouble
began. One of the high lines is pre
sumed to have given away, touch
ing the other and causing it to
burn through. These two wires
fell upon 2300 volt primary lines
below them. At every contact there
was a burst of flames, a snap and
a crackle, and like the devil's own
fireworks. These contacts contin
ued successively until live wires
were festooned In broken lengths
for several blocks east end west as
well as1 north and south. About 12
wires were down tor a solid three
blocks.
Tho woman burned was Mrs. W.
J. Barrett. She was on the side
walk on Grand avenuo, when tho
wtros overhead began to crackle.
One fell to the sidewalk and tho
writhing end curled about her hips,
burning through Iher dress and in
flicting severe burns.
Amundsen (torn walking to the
pole,'.' Daugaard Jensen, royal chief
administrator of Greenland, told the
United News Thursday night. .."That
left him with two choices; to fly
the last 180 kilometers, leaving part
of his crew behind htm. or to pre
serve his crew and to .give up the
'Reports that I am a special dele- Pole. Amundsen chose the latter.
gate of Fallon, Nev. business men esteeming life more than fame.
sent here for the purpose of Hill ! "I understand that Amundsen will
line officials nere Saturday and as- fly toward the pole again shortly."
surlng them of the wholehearted j Another arctic expert Lauge Kock,
support of the Nevada community told the United News that Amund
are a base misrepresentation of Ben failed to reach the pole because. ...
facts," declared R. W. Stoddard, inls planes were too heavy. Kock
attorney for the Truckee-Carson ir-l1" the man who mapped Greenland. '
rlgatlon district, who Is here on a ; He ta Planning an arctic expedition. "
vacation trip and staying at the ln company with Prof. Hobbs, of
home of WaMeT Waggoner of thls.tne University of Michigan. .. . .
city. I Amundsen - landed too far from
"In the first place I don't live , the pole," Kock said, "butp he re
in Fallon. In the second place I , established himself as an explorer
didn't know the Hill lines intended 1 and should be able to finance a
to come to Klamath Foils until . fresh attempt at ' the pole. His
I arrived, day before yesterday. In j'planes were too heavy. His pilots
the third place I'm leaving tomor- should have been mechanics compet
row for Diamond lake' on a fish-lent to complete repairs."
lng trip, so I canlt very well be here
to meet Hill line officials Satur
day. I will be at Diamond lake for
a week. I came here to go fish
ing, not to be used for railroad pro
paganda for either side," Stoddard
declared.
Negotiating To Settle
Italy's Debt To U. S.
WASHINGTON, June 18. Nego
tiations for settlement of the debt
of Italy ot $2,138,543,862 to tho
United States will begin here Juno
25, the atato department announced
Thursday,
The department was informed by
Premier Mussolini that his govern
ment through Baron Giacomo dl
Marttno, Italian ambassador Is ready
to begin officlul , negotiations for
settlement.
BARER RESIGNS,
KLAMATH SUPT.
Announcement was ' made ' today
by Fred A. Baker, that he has re
signed as superintendent of the
Klamath Indian reservation, effec
tive July 1. His successor will be
LeRoy D. Arnold, who will arrive
here ln time to assume the duties
of the office on the date indicated.
In the future Mr. Baker will be
connected with the interior depart
ment In probate work. This will
Include supervision over and settle
ment of the estates of deceased In
dians, and his district will probably
Include the state of Oregon and al
portion of northern California.
As soon as he has completed tho
dotails ot transfer of his office at
the Klamath Agency, he will move
with his family to this city and re
occupy his home in the Hot Springs
addition. It Is his ultimate desire
to resume the practice of law tn this
state, most likely oponlng an office
ln this city. , .
2 KILLED, 15 HURT IN
PASSENGER WRECK
KENTON, Ohio. June 18 Two
persons were killed and 15 seriously
Injured tonight, when train No. 8,
nn ithn niff Fnnr. hound for Cin
cinnati from Detroit, Was wrecked turned north. Four minutes later
while pulling onto a siding at Oants, Ellsworth's plano with Dletrlchson
Ohio, near here. (Continued on Page Two)
Twenty-eight anxious days have
elapsed since Roald Amundsen, Lln-
coin Ellworth and their four com-
the pole In two amphibian planes,
the N-25 and the N-24, bound tor
as srreat an adventure as can camev
to mortal man. They are back now,
their story will be told. Aa Amund
sen returned to his base an Amerl- ,
can, Donald MacMillan, was moving
northward. '
Amundsen spent nearly a month
of patient waiting at King's bay,
Spitsbergen, on the edge of the Arc
tic circle, waiting for auspicious
weather conditions before he gave
the word that put his third air at
tempt against the pole in motion.
Before that had been a year of
careful preparation and tedious en
deavors to raise money, the latter
finally having been accomplished by
the American, Ellsworth, .,
From May 1, when the two twin- "
motored polar planes arrived at
Spittbergen in charge of Lieutent
ants H. Rilsor Larson and L. Dlet
rlchson, pilots until May 21, the
meteorologists provided by the Nor
wegian government to ascertain con
ditions calculated the weather with
captive balloons and instruments.
Events dragged a bit and It seemed
possible that the repeated delays
might prolong the waiting until the
explorer would again meet the dis
appointment that greeted him ln
1912 and 1924. But on the morn
ing of May 21, unmarked by sun
rise because the summer sun Is per
petual toward the cap of the world,
the instruments 'indicated good
weather. Amundsen ordered the
planes ready.
At a few minutes after 5 p. m.,
the plane bearing Amundsen, Lar
son and Carl Fought the mechanic
lifted oft the snow covered lea and