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farmers 1o action
km Hrrimia
I the entire day in
I around Merrill and
Ina declare-! laat
tallon l deplorable.
In throwInK a araro
Illy, nor giving out
the fact that the
Vitatlug cropi. but
Vl awaken to the
ir. of not only thla
to follow.
iteration thla li IHo
country I hate In-
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U..A uhitr. I have
practically doa-
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Of Polnon
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1th poiion tonight.
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the polaon ti effec-
(it we have done nil
Charlie Dawes
Now Member Of
Sioux Tribe
Billy Wilkinson Is World
Champion Cowboy; Wins
$5,000 Trophy
ING NEARMother Slayer
CRESCENT CAUSESlXits' verdict
25 FOREST FIRES;
CROWN POINT. Ind., July 21.
CIIKYKNNK, Wyo., July 24
(United News) It la ('hint I'harlea
G. Dawea of the Sioux Indiana now.
In an eluborate ceremony here on
cloning day of (ha wild wostern fron
tier day celebration, the vice presi
dent of the United States waa for
mally adopted Into Oxallala branch,
and created chief of the red men.
He waa preaonted with a fine Cal
umet and an Immenne buckskin to-
Southern End Of Deschutes
National Forest Is
Fire Stricken
PROGRAM STIRS
U.S. TO
(United Newa) The Jury 'deliberat
ing the innocence or guilt of Mra.
Anna Cunningham, of Gary, Ind.,
churned with the murder of her aon
Waller waa atlll out late Friday with
the proapect of not reaching a ver
dict until morning.
The case waa Riven to the Jury at
12:10 p. m., after the Judge In-
Little Hope Of Arms Parley
Seen After Announcement
Of British Plans
Legal Strategy
Stays Sentence
At Last Minute
Russell Scott Once More
Saved From Gallows
By Legal Brains
IIKNI). Ore.. July 21. (United
New. I Twenty five lightning flrei
in tha liBK-ltiitita national forest
atartcd by the electrical atorm of. "fueled mat a vertuci oi gumy or
laat nlxht and yoaterday evening, ! "t returned. No compro-
have been reported by lookouts ""Ise verdict ahould be reached In
.. .. I view of the evidence he aaid.
A majority of theae fire, are In The 'tat. plead long and clo
th. Crealent district, near the Klam-! """' ' V0"'"' Ut'
bacco bag to hold the "makings" i,th county line, aouth end of the no mlu ' ' '
. ; w ni le aeienie iwutM
tores .nr .... . - .,, of arsenic found in
the fire line, in Crescent dlatrlct, v . ' .. .
UltJ UUUJ wi . .... ........... -
L 11 IB IHCrHUUII.
for hla upilde down pipe. Gover
nor Nellie Taylor Rim at the aame
time wa created a prlnreaa of the
tribe and waa given a beautiful In
dian handbag.
Twelve thouiand pate facea and
three hundred Indiana attended the
ceremony, tho latter garbed In full
war paint, feather headgear and
few other outer garment!.
Xrw World i 'hfimplonfl
The rodeo ended In a bunt of
apeed and glory.. World's cham
pionahlpa in the principal events of
the five days' celebration were
awarded aa follows:
Cowboy bucking won by Billy
WHHponn, of Cheyenne, paddy Ry
an, laat year'a champion, aecond.
Two aloer roping contest won by
Fred Lowry. of Lenapah, Okla., first.
Den Johnson, of Foraker, Okla.,
aecond: Hoy Crosby of Kenna, N.
M., third.
The bulldogging event weiil to Kd
L. Ilerlan. of Anlloch, Neb., with
Dee Vllib, l.aa Vegaa, N. M , aecond.
Geneva Craig, of Holly, Colo., a
alxtuen-year-old girl, emerged vic
torious in (ho cowglrl'a bucking con
test, over such oppoiienta as Mabel
Strickland arM Ituth Koach, former
champions.
The area in which the scattered
lightning flrea were spotted by forest
service lookouts ia the most ex
tensive covered by an electrical
C'onfraaion lb-pudiatcd
Mra. Cunningham, a kindly mid
die aged woman, confeaaed several
months ago to murdering three of
atorm In central Oregon in recent I her children and attempting the
years. Fire thla morning was murder of a fourth I wan ed them
.... ., j to io to neaven, ane aam. one
nurning irom uio uretn niu" - . u
M t ntrv in the north to I Pt arsenic In their food, ahe aaid.
the Crescent district In tho south. She later repudiated her confea-
h on The trial toon a aramauc
twiBt when the woman'a aon, David
himself Buffering from arsenic pol
aonlng was called to the wttneaa
stand bv the court. He refused
to testify against hla mother.
HA K Kit. Ore., July 21. Reports
received Friday told of the killing
of three honea on the farm of J. W.
Ilpnnehoff of Richland by the elec
trical atorm Thursday evening.
SinaH damage was done to the
houae and the telephone was burn
ed out.
Telephono wires were damaged
by the atorm and communication be
tween Richland and halt way waa
nald In be Interrupted Friday.
A 20 ton hay alack owned by Al
bert lea was hit by lightning and
burned. A horse owned by Fred
GnrherdliiK waa killed. Hall atonea
said lo measure five inchca In cir
cumference fll during a atorm at
Halnea Tuesday. Tho hail destroy
ed much grain between North Tow
der aud Daker.
Intoxicated Driver
Given a Heavy Fine
11. (i. Decker was fined 1250 and
b send a corpa of ex-
old us In saving the
on the Llskey farm
veral acrs Infested
rmf. U takea about
icm to breed and we
liorde this year to be
all patch. ' Thla year
wever, four typoa oi
m.
laces I Inspected to
aotno of the dleaa-
tiro Oregon Agrlcul-j torday for driving a car while In
toxicated. Uecker, a California
tourist, waa arrested early yester
day morning when hla auto amash-
ed tnto a machine driven by H. F.
Howard of Klamath Fulla near Al-
tamont camp.
Ilecker'a car waa partly wrecked
In the collision. A amall quantity
of liquor waa found inside his ma
chine.
Ilockor paid tho fine und wus re
leased.
Erill IHstrlrt
arm 30 acrea out of
op Infested. Bocond
ly destroyed.
rm 24 of 34 acros
mond farm 40 of 40
fil badly infested.
nor 25 of 80 acres
blor and tho Hasklna
infested.
Mn District
Irm 15 out of 30 acres
20 acrea practically
farm B of 30 acres In
B of 30 acrea In
farm 40 of 80 acrea
10 out of 30 acres
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French Battalions
Save Doomed Fort
Pitiful Story Told By Few
Survivors Of Garrison
On Riff Front
PICTED FOR
JNT OIL FRAUDS
f, July 24. Ten mon
man were fndictcd hero
ne grand Jury, charging
nnoctlon with the 1800.-
P frauds in AUnnxtn
la claimed by Alameda
horltles that the group
proximately 11,000,000
p-nla and mid-west Invest-
the proposed meraer of
Pdent oil comoanlea In
fll company.
FEZ, French Morocco, July 24.
(United Newa) A faltering parade
of tho 12 unwounded members of
a French garrlaon of 81 aoldiers
brought to a close an heroic Incident
of the Franco-Hlfflan war, according
to tho first eye witness report of
the parado which has Just roachtd
hoadquartera.
The atory lioeamo known follow
ing the delivery of Iho French post
at Aln Maataux, whore tho garrison
had been aiirrountled for 33' days
bv Ahd Krlm'a mnrksmon, Ropeat-
a.i ninan for asriiatanco finally
cauaod Oon. Illlloto to leave Aln
Alcha with alx battalions. Thoy
made a forced march, arriving at
tho boleaguerod post aftor alx and
one-halt hours, driving tho hoslcgors
beforo them.
Illlloto found the dofondora In a
doaperate elate. Mai. Richard the
commanding officer waa lying in a
tent, wounded. He had been there
suffering from the heat of a north
African mid-summer aun 19 daya.
riftv-.ti nf Rlchard'a men were
wounded; twelve word dead; and
12 remained at their posts, holding
WAR MADE ON MAIL
ORDER MOONSHINERS
NEW YORK, July U. (United
News) rorsons from 12 large cit
lea in the mlddleweat and south,
whose namea appeared on the client
firm exposed here recently, will be
summoned before a New York grand
Jury next week.
More than twenty aubpoenas have
been forwarded to United Statea
marshala at the varloua cities,
United Statea Attorney Emory Buck
ner announced Friday. The men will
be brought here partly at their own
expense, aome appearing before the
grand Jury Monday and others Wed
nesday, In an attempt by the federal
prosecutor lo discover tho "higher
ups" and tho 40 district salesmen
said to have been employed by the
bootlegging firm, which shipped ex
pensive liquor to a list of 20,000
customers' In all parta of the coun
try. '
8 ENTOMBED MINERS
GIVEN UP FOR DEAD
ROCKFORT, Tcnn.. July. 24.
The eight miners entombed In tho
hlailng recosBcs of tho Roane Coal
and Iron company"! mlno horo have
been given up aa dead, and attempta
to save them have been abandoned.
Two bodlee havo been rocovercd
from the amoke-fllled ehafta. and aa
officials wore confident that tho re
maining men were dead, roacuo
stiuads wore out lo work at shutting
off parts of tho mlno whoro tho
fires were atlll raging.
FRENCH OFFENSIVE
AT RIFF FRONT ON
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LONDON, July 4. (United Newa)
French troops have taken the of
fensive along the entire Morocco
front and moro than two doien vll
lagea are burning within eight
milea off Taounat' after an intenae
hnnvhardment toy U calibres ot their
artlllory. according to a dlspatchi era'
from Fea to tho Iaily Express.
Tbousanda of tribesmen are flee
ing In the Taounat region, attempt
ing to drive their live atock ahead
of them, but they are being pur
sued ty more than a hundred air
planes with bombs ana macuine
guns, according to. reports.
KLAMATH HEATING CO
FLOATS NEW $100,000
BOND ISSUE FRIDAY
A $100,000 bond issue waa put
on the market yesterday by the
Klamath Heating company of Klam
ath Falls, to be used in general ex
pansion ot the company'a plant and
operations.
The bonds are 10-year first mort
gage. 7 per cent gold bonds, and
will be Issued In either 500 or
X1000 denominations.
The present corporation value of
the Klamath Heating company is
$140,000.
BAPTISTS SELECT A
PORTLAND MINISTER
ASTORIA. Ore.. July 24. H. M.
Gherwood. principal of the Buckman
Bchool of Portland, thla morning waa
elected president of the Oregon Bap
tist Btato convention for the coming
year, being chosen without opposi
tion. Other officers of tho conven
tion elected included the Rev. M. S.
Woodvvorth, Ashland, vice president.
WASHINGTON, July 24. (United
News ) Great Britain'a decision to
build 16 powerful battle cruisers In
the next five years, announced by
Premier Baldwin, has centered at
tention again on the loose link In
the chain forged by the Washington
arma conference to throttle war.
The failure to limit thia type of vea
ael, which la a ready weapon, has
often been commented upon. The
British plan will atlr up big . navy
men In the United Statea and other
countries, which Joined the laat arma
conference, to call loudly for cruis
ers to match those ot the British,
it la expected, and the armament
race will be on full tilt again, union,
the nations take aome further ac
tion. Capital ahlpa were limited by
the conference, but a nation can
build aa many battle crulaera aa it
deslrea, up to a limit of 10,000 tone
each.
Menace To Peace
The reaction here will be two
fold; the demand from advocates
of a atrong navy for more cruisers,
and an appeal tor another limitation
of armaments conference from tboae
who aee in thia tendency a danger
oua menace to world peace.
Aa a result ot the British initla
tive, It ia likely that both schools
will stir up lively agitation in the
next congress, which may force this
government to open up tho question
ot another armament conference, to
take up limitation of battle cruls-
Presldent Coolidge announced
some months ago that he Intended
to call another conference when the
time waa ripe.
I. 8. May Strengthen
The attitude of the navy was In
dicated by an official Friday, who
declared that the Ir.rted Statea is
"woefully behind" In the matter ot
battle cruisers. A group in congreas,
for whom Representative Britten of
Illinois Is big navy champion, apeaks
most often reflects the same view.
Britten made a tight last year for a
navy than was secured.
The last congress authorited eight
new battle cruisers, but appropriated
for only two. An effort will be
made by the navy department to
have appropriations for others made
by the next ' congress. A special
navy board, which made an investi
gation of the navy's strength, reco
mmended that four others beside
these eight already authorized be
provided for by 1927, which would
give the United States 12 new crula
era. Thia would compare with the
16 to be built by Great Britain,
CHICAGO, July 24. (United
Newa) They have taken down the
gallows erected for the hanging
of Russell Scott, and William 6cott
Stewart, flushed by a new victory
that came awlft on the heels of the
acquittal of William D. Shepherd
flghta (or the life of the man be
saved from the noose.
He baa ten days to make the
fight. In a seven minute trial four
hours before Scott waa to hang for
the murder of a drug clerk, Stew
art's brilliant legal mind found an
avenue ot escape, and won a delay
ot execution until August 3, on
grounds ci dnsantty, which will give
Scott a new Jury trial.
The trial, however, will deal only
with the queation ot Scott's sanity,
aa raised In Stewart's ahrewd plea.
ttcull Indignant
Scott himself appeared almost in
dignant when he was informed that
his life haa been eared through a
plea of insanity.
"I'm not crazy and there'll be no
attempt to prove I'm insane." he
said. "My friends mado the plea
that I waa Insane almply to get an
other delay. They wanted to de
lay ao that they could have more
. i . un,.Mnl "
ASS'T MANAGER
OF S. P. VISITS
ON INSPECTION
F. L. Burckhalter Says New
Natron Cut-Off Route To
Get Even Break Or More
In Traffic Hauls
time to prove IbaL I am inaucest
Later, however, he Indicated that
possibility he might pot e quite
normal.
'I must have been insane a week
or so beforo that killing." he aaid.
"I'm not normal now, either. Any
man who haa been confined in thla
Jail for 1 months and' who has had
to go through what. 1 nave wouiu
nortie normar." "
Scott, who expected to wake Fri
day morning to go to his death
woke to find hlmsclt suffering from
a tooth ache.
Motorcycle Owner
Claims His Vehicle
The partly wrecked motorcycle
brought lo tho Bhorlff'a office Tburs
..i was claimed by Its
aa v.u
owner, J. W. Maddux of Gold Hill,
..irrtav morning. Maddux
UID. JVQ.-.
.t,i the sheriffs office he aban
doned the machine when he waa
thrown heavily In loose gravel near
.u. .m. f the road. Maddux aaid
he was accustomed to riding a mo
torcycle with a side-car attached,
and consequently misjudged the
ability of hla machine to plow
Ihrniigh the grnvel.
Possible Candidate
To Council Vacancy
U. S. Fleet In Australia
Gets Varied Reception
A posslblo candidate; for the po
sition of counrllman from the sec.
ond ward, recently vacated by Merle
Wo.i in. said to be O. A. Smith,
proprietor of the Diamond Tiro
works. Smith, according to report,
has refused to declare himself a
potential successor to West on tho
city council, but many of his frlondB
In the second ward are Bald to be
pushing his candidacy, and arc
bringing pressure upon Smith him
self to becomo an open candidate.
The city council la aaid to favor
letting the election ot a aecond ward
councilman go over until next year.
In order to avoid tho expense of
holding a special election. A special
election would probably be called,
however, it tho aecond ward were
unwilling to go without representa
tion on the city council until the
fall of. 1926.
SYDNEY, Australia, July 24.
Many Australian newspapers are wel
coming the United States fleet as
a dotendor of the Pacific,, although
some of them dcprecaio the ten
dency to attach political Importance
to the friendly naval, visit.
Most newspapers in Melbourne
and Sydney, however, find it Impos
alble to Ignore tho Importance of
tho visit from the standpoint of de
fense. The Mclbourno' Herald "feels
with comfort the presence of the
fleet of a friendly nation, showing
that Australia's coast Is within range
of her protection."
Boy and Girl Face :.
Serious Law Charge
Ray Bunch and Edith Sanklo were
found not guilty of the possession
of Intoxicating liquor by a Jury In
Piin jutta-a Gaghagen'a court yes
terday. Tho pair, however, were
immediately re-arrested on a charge
of lewd cohabitation, and will ap
pear before the grand Jury Monday.
Fay Morris, attorney for the de
fendant, refused to waive the pre
liminary hearing, even when Assist
ant District Attorney vanoenoerg
declared he could bring them before
the grand Jury regardless ot the re
sult of the preliminary hearing.
Morris declared that a preliminary
hearlnf was one of the privileges
the law afforded defendants in such
a case, and he intended to obtain
all possible legal advantages tor bis
clients.
Vandenburg could not appear for
a preliminary hearing today, how
ever, bo if one Is held it will come
after the grand Jury Investigation
ot the case,
F. L. Burckhalter, assistant gen
eral manager ot the Southern Pac
ific, arrived In Klamath Falls yes
terday evening for a two or three ,
days' tour of Inspection In thla ter- !(
rltory.
Burckhalter emphasized. how
ever, that his visit to Klamath Falls
waa not connected with the eon
strucMon work now under way on
the Natron cut-off. The first as
sistant general manager will travel
aa far as Odell lake In his private
car in order to familiarize himself
tn a general way with the work
now being done on the cut-off. Act
ual supervision ot construction,
however, ia handled by the chief
engineer.
Traffic Evenly Divided
When the cut-off Is completed
most of the through freight traffic
will be routed through Klamath
Falls, Burckhalter believes, and pas
senger traffic over the cut-off and
the old Siskiyou route will prob
ably be about evenly divided. '
' The maximum of traffic and ser
vice over the cut-off may not tie
reached Immediately, according to
the assistant general manager. The
right-of-way will be "green" ' and'
probably subjected to traffic inter
ruptions from slides, anow drifts
or other obstacles which will be
eliminated when the route is "seasoned."--
xtarcHhaltrras supervisor,
of operating- lines, . will .assume,
charge of the cut-off when construc
tion work Is completed. ' Hla trip.
here at thla time, therefore, ' ". is
somewhat in the nature of prepar-.
ation for his connection with the
new route sometime in the future.
Coolidge Hands Down
3 Important Decisions .
SWAM'pscOTT. Mass., July 24,
(United News) These important
- - rr. ewrrent
issues were expressed at the sum
mer white house Friday, by the
spokesman for President Coolidge.
The president will . maintain, a
hands-off" pc-llcy toward the an
thracite strike altuatlon. believing
that any suggestion of , interven
tion would do more harm than good.
He is opposed to any changes in
the present high tariff. Ho. does
net believe it has had an opportun
ity to demonstrate ita value.
He will support Lincoln C. ' An
drews, assistant secretory of ' the
treasury in preventing political trea
sure from tampering with the, reor
ganization of the prohibition enforcement.
Rotary Delegate Is
Back. From Cleveland
Boat Sinks Quickly
IA Columbia River
ASTORIA. July 24. (United
Newa) Her fctcrn caved in by a
collision with tho ond of a log
boom sho was towing tho tug Co
qulllo of tho Knappton Tow Boat
company sank In tho Columbia
river last night near AVauna.
Suicide and Duel
Are Fatal To Two
Love For Woman Is Cause
Of Strange Fight On
Desert Sands
EL CENTRO. Calif.. July 24.
(United News) Lovo tor a woman
waa the motive for the duel and
weird suicide pact which blotted out
the lives of Henry Kirk and John
Truden, a coronor'a Jury decided
here Friday.
In ita official verdict tho Jury
doclarcd It was satisfied that Kirk
had been shot to death by Truden
and that Truden then killed himself.
A note found in Truden'a pocket
when his body waa discovered Mon
day in the desert, propped up against
a rock, indicated both men had con-
tnA in tha HiiaI. with the under-
The tug lies In 30 feet of water, .,,,
. k ,j tin' "' "
anu is comiiiwci? bhuuhiibou.
are already being made to salvage
her. Capt. Thomas Bell and his
crew of five were forced to Jump
Into the water and swim for their
Uvea, as the tug Bank within a mln
lite of the time ahe wbb hit.
Rotary merrfbors wbo met yes
terday for the luncheon In the cham-
br of commerce dining Toom on-
Joyed a report on tho convention ot
International Rotary, held during
the past week in Cleveland, Ohio.
The report was given by Dr. H. D.
LKoyd Stewart who waa sent east
as a delegate for the Klamath Falls
Rotary club. ' 1
According to Dr. Stewart, a per
son nover appreciates what ho haa
until It is taken away from 11m
and he did not realise what a coun
try the Klamath country waa until
he spent several warm 1 aleeplew
nights In tho heat of a Cleveland
hotel.
Tho report on tho convention was
especially enjoyed and Dr. Stewart's
accurate portrayal of tho conven
tion was of Interest to the organiza
tion In Klamath Falls.
kill himself.
Kirk and Truden had last been
seen In the company of a woman
and the party waa headed for the
desert near tho spot where the duel
and suicide took place.
Slight Temblor Felt i;.
Again In Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA. Calif.. July
24. (United Newa) rA slight tem
blor of several eeconda' duration
shook this city Friday afternoon.
No damage waa reported.
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