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which is cxpeciea
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WEDDING
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muted thtm n
I tb drama,
IT k II iltraillr Ban
ui Mr. Anthony In
pill It th dir.
mi ti Ik Evening
is rooms
m kemtMiy'gowaed
Muk olok rrao da
rl4 a brldii bouquet
nryuithiaiB. Mr.
way wirt mended by
Klig.
l of the Pint Dainl.l
ins nag ceremony,
I hi populir yuung
fin. Anthony plan la
Ink for th south.
rehired ot hi dul leu
f( lpr.
A Operators
Meed In Dispute
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Operators and miner
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'ment for Septem-
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Pt production In ih
PlJ-ihre I hero Is a
for month
p-" lher than at
"Mi ht year.
P reaction likewise
f following threat
" mde iljr ,mon ot.
'"ril mine walkout.
Production for tha
P' '"dings, furnish-
I mn, amounted . to
P", is Increase of 64.-
' Percent oyer the
It ll It K u. .
(' Period Lit year
rl..was threatened.
T!C LIGHTNING
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Aug.. l.Death
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Vancouver To
Frisco Flight
In Ten Hours
PORTLAND, Aug. 1. (U. P.)
Prom Vanrouvir, Waih., to
fin PrancUro and return In 10
hour and it mlnuln flying lima
wa a feat aceompluhed Katur
day (by Lieut. Oakley 0. Kally,
II. H. A. )n command of Ihe air
quaitron at Pearwin field, Van
couver larrark. In a round trip
alrplan trip to the hay city.
Th purpoa of tha flight wa
lo recnlva a coiuilanment ot
IIG.000 In nnwly ruined 10 rent
placea from tha United Hlatr
mint In Kan Pranclaro, dolg
naled to rommemoral th 100th
annlvaraary of the founding of
Port Vancouver. Tha ruin bear
a reproduclloa of old Kurt Van
couver On ona liln wllh tha head
of Dr. J. M. MnLoughlln, found
er of tha fort, on tha other.
Upon Kelly' return the coin
war received with due reramuny
at Praraou (laid by Herbert
t'ampbnll of tha Vancouver Col
umbian who la preaidvut at tha
centennial.
Ilreakfaat ' in Portland, lunch
In Han Pranclaro aod dinner In
Portland, wa th order of th
day for Lieut Kelly and the
writer, who accompanied him.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY. AUGUST 2, 1925.
Price Five Cent.
County Court Appropriate
$100 For Portland Nuraery
npreentlng the Pacific coaat
Reecu and Protective society, Mra.
Lenna Burn, field secretary, and
Mr. Clara Upton, special state In
vestigator, were In Klamath Falls
yealerday.
Tha county court, upon request
ot Mra. Upton, appropriated 1100
toward the maintenance of the
Louis tlomb and th Alberlina
Kerr nursery Id' Portland. The
Louis home baa successfully hand
led a number ot case from this
vicinity.
Mra. I'pton and Mr. Burns are
also collecting voluntary subscrip
tions, far th Cottage hospital for
veneral dlseaasa. The Cottage hospi
tal received an appropriation of
17.000 from the stute. but the
I'arlflc CoMt Riisrua society hopes
to raise several thousand dollars In
addition.
BY STRANGER IS
AIDING MYSTERY
J. Gordon Admitt Murder
Of Drug Clerk For Which
Scott la Sentenced
WICHITA. Kan.. August 1.
John Gordon, held by authorities
here on two first degree robbery
charges and accused In several other
robberies and on criminal assault,
today confessed, according to county
authorities, that he la the man who'
killed Jos Maurer, Chicago drug
clerk, and for whose death Itussey
Scott is sentenced to hang.
Declaring that he haa gone under
many assumed nsmes, but that his
real name la Donald Allen Guerley,
"Gordon" today told officers whom
he bad summoned, ssylng thst he
wanted to confesa: aaylng that he
had killed Maurer. while he was at
tempting to hold up a drug store and
that an Innocent man is condemned
lo die because of his act.
Ctonlon Insistent
Gordon was Insistent in declaring
that It waa he and not Scott that
killed Maurer.
Several persons claiming to be
eye-witnesses to the slaying of the
young drug clerk, positively Identi
fied Ituasell Scott as the murderer
when they testified at Scott's triul
In Chicago. Ruaaell haa maintained
bla innocence, declaring that his
fugitive brother, Robert, fired the
fatal ahota. He has never accused
a third unknown person as the
slayer.
OfflcaUr placed no ' credence in
Gordon' "confession." They sug
gested that perhaps Gordon was at
tempting to lay th basis for a plea
of Insanity when he la brought to
trial on other criminal charge.
Local Sheriff's Office
Helps Get Stolen Car
The Klamath sheriff's office was
notified yesterday that through their
efforts, a Ford car alolen at Jerome,
Ida. waa recovered in Reno, Nevada.
The thieves, two boye. were In
thla vicinity a week ago. They were
seen last tiunday In Klamath Falls,
coming here from Dorrla. California,
wT.ere they are reported to have
stolen a robe, tool and a quantity
of gasoline.
Th sheriff's office reported lo
Sheriff Sid Stanton at Jerome and
ha requeated the Klamath officer"
to telegraph authorities In this
vicinity to Intercept the thieves.
Tha capture of the auto bandits at
Reno followed the warning sent out
by Deputy Kendall.
Well Known Resident
Of Spokane Stricken
PASCO, Wash., Aug. 1. F. J.
Ilolman, 73, Barre, Ma., near Bos
ton, was taken to Our Lady of Lour-
de hospital here Friday, suffering
from . beat prostration. He was
prealdent and manager ot Vermont
Loan & Truat company In Spokane
for many yean rp,nr about 13
year ago, when he retired and re
turned to th New England state
to reside. He still has Interests In
various parts of tke Inland empire,
and had been driving much of the
time for tour days.
Wednesday afternoon, ho arrived
In Pasco after a trip over the Horse
Heaven, and registered at the Pasro
hotel. Tho attending physician re
port hi condition favorahlo.
MIHH Jl,KNN RKTI RNH
Miss Oenera (llenn, who has been
writing on th staff of th Great
Falls Tribune, has returned from
Montana to Klamath Falls, where
she will remain for thd balanro of
th summer. In September Mis"
Qlenn plans to, leave for the Univer
sity ot California, where she will
study journalism for the winter. Ml""
Glenn has spent the summer with
her father, who is also Interested In
GREECE MOBILIZES
AGAINST BURGLARS
ATHENS. Oreece. Aug. 1. (U.
P.) Greece has started concentra
tion of two army division on the
Bulgarian frontier, it was reported
tonight.
The reported concentration fol
lowed failure of Bulgaria to answer
satisfactorily Greek demands lor in
demnity growing out ot the amas
slnstlon ot a Greek citizen named
Nicolaldea.
tiimnl Atip 1 ninitAfl
V II tl-'HI v. ' " o -
Press) Rumblings of a financial
- A .i,n.t i-nrlnln Investiga
tion of the Chicago (board ot trade
were nearo aiong nrci,
... . , - nt flnnnCA. tnitnv
inirasu s
as a result ot Arthur W..Cutten'a
spectacular coup in me wiieui j.ii
n..n.. whn first gained linen-
horaunn of hta sen-
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satlonal earnings In the corn mar
ket, Is credited wltn reaping r-
r lsst S260.000 In the
yesterday when
he sold his starea uummeo
. .v.ri-iv advnnoea pneva w
Bl uai'i' .
dealers who were "Bhort and
were forced to buy ai any Vn
it., secretary of Agrl-
jieiiuris
. i..ji.. would launch an
culture !'
Inquiry to asceriaiu nuu. .
.. . i.. -tint had been nego-
"corner. i -
tlated were freely circulated In the
financial district, ami my
. .. the market. grain
nrtre. making further gains at the
Saturday essiou.
Fiaher Here Allocating
Ratios Of State Taxes
F.arl Flher, state tax commlssion
. n...J.u tnr Tkevlew.
er left eariy
after spending Saturday In Klamath
Falls Ralph winu,
tav, commission, will remain In
1 . . ii Ni.ha' vol urn
Klamath Fall" unu r . -
. .. ...in, nnr v in tho week.
from ijoso'"'" -
Commissioner Fisher has charge
of allocation of tax ratios for every
. ... . 11m annnrtlnns
county in me ." -----
not only the percentage of state
not . ' i, ratio to be levied
taxes otii ,
upon public ntlllll" serving the
American Girl
Ready To Swim
English Channel
CAPE GRIS NEZ, Franca, Aug
ust 1. (United Pres.) Ready
for the teat that may establish
her a the first woman aver to
swim the Kngllih channel, Gert
rude Ederle, concluded her train
ing tonight, while her trainer,
Capt. Jabei Wolfe, anxiously stud
ied weather forecasts for the next
48 houra.
Unless soma unforeseen con
dition arises Miss Ederle will slip
Into the cold waters of "La
Manche" about o'clock Monday
morning and commence the long
battle wllh wind and tide acroaa
to the Eoglish shore.
A the American girl swimmer
limbered up In the smooth waters
of the bay this morning, a boat
of admirer on shore praised her
smooth stroke, her powerful, al
beit graceful form and the quiet,
unspoken grit she display In
every move.
From weather reporta Capt.
Wolfe expect aom rough weather
may be encountered In mid-channel
on Monday, bnt feels Miss
Ederle Is fit for whatever the
waters have In store for her.
Odds of 7 to 1 and slightly bet
ter continued to prevail against
a successful crossing.
Man Stricken on
Ashland Highway
Dies in Hospital
Death claimed Samuel 11. Bird-
well, aged E2, Friday afternoon,
while enroute to Medford, several
mile out on the Klamath Falts-
Ashlahd highway, following a stroke
of apoplexy. Blrdwell was rushed
to a Klamath Falls hospital where
death occurred 30 minutes later.
The man was accompanied by
his wife and daughter and had re
cently been In the Klamath country
in an attempt to better his health.
Decision to return lo a lower al
titude was the Immediate return
to the valley. The body was ship
ped to Bellingham, Washington,
for 'burial. 'The deceased was a
member of the Masonic fraternity
which liT5 charge of the fu
neral ritee.
PROMINENT RANCHER
DIES OF PARALYSIS
Jesse H. McFall, prominent Poe
valley rancher, died in a Klamath
Falls hospital Saturday afternoon,
following a stroke ot paralysis,
which he had suffered during the
past two weeks. The aged rancher
was one of the first developers ot
the Klamath country, and especially
the Poe valley section.
Funeral services will be held for
McFall at 11:30 Monday morning,
from Whltlock's mortuary.
ESKIMO MUSIC FROM
GREENLAND IS HEARD
POLE EXPLORERS
REACH FIRST LAP
OF LONG CRUISE
Ships Are Abandoned And
Planes To Take Up Dan
gerous Leg of Long Trip
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. (United
Press) The first stage of the Don
ald MacMillan polar expedition was
believed to have ibeen completed
tonight. . The Peary and the Bow-
doin, ships carrying the explorer's
party, expected to drop anchor at
Kiah, Greenland, late today. At
Etah, the main supply base will be
established and MacMillan will pro
ceed by airplane.
Commander MacMillan messaged
the national geographic aoclety to
day that both ships had rammed
through heavy Ice floes and that the
party would reach Etah tonight.
The arrival will be celebrated
by the first radio program ot Es
kimo music ever broadcast from
within the arctic circle. Tha pro
gram it is hoped by MacMillan, will
be heard In tha United States. It
will sunt at 10 p. m., eastern
standard time on a 40 meter wave
length.
The monotony ot the long boat
trip to Etah was broken first when
the Bowdoln and tha Peary ran Into
a swarm of . mosquitoes, which
caused discomfort and later the
ships encountered an Ice field and
the expedition was halted tempor
arily.
Airplane FltRht On
After battling- Ice several days.
the boat finally succeeded In ram
ming their way clear and should be
in Utah tonight on schedule time.
'Is aplte ot difficulties, we. are
on- schedule.". MacMillan messaged
the : naltonal geographic, society.
"Before leaving Boston w planned
to be at Etah on August 1."
The- next stage in the dash. to
the north and the most dangerous
will be by -airplane "
Th- navy planes will be unload
ed and set up. A short flight to
Cape Hubbard, Aielhelberg island,
will be made. There a flying base
will be established.
MacMillan and a few chosen
members ot his party then will set
out on their flight over the "vast
blind spot" ot the vit corth.
Cowboy Stunt Rider
Shoots Self While
Riding At Gresham
GRERHAM, Ore.. Ang. 1.
"Brcncho Bob" Hall ot Los Ang
eleges, a member of the Ben
Jory rodeo troupe, which is giv
ing exhibitions on the county
fair grounds here, was seriously
wounded tonight when hi horse
swerved while he was doing bis
"drunken ride" act on the race
track.
. Hall was standing on tha
horse, which waa galloping mad
ly down the track, when be drew
hla pistol loaded with blank cart
ridges. As part of bis act, he
shoots the pistol, in wild west
"bad man" style, but the horse
Jumped as he ired and the
wad atruck his left arm. '
PEARL HARBOR
MUST BE MADE
BIG NAVY BASE
Senator Underbill Advises
Coolidge To Waste No
Time In Hawaii
N. CO. APPROVES
UNDER CONDITION
Moran Answers . Query
Approving S. P. Program
With Reservations
NEWTON, Mass., Aug. 1. (U.
p.) H. H. Cooley, radio amateur,
told the United Press late tonight,
he had heard "Snatches" of a ra
dio program on 10 meter wave
length which he believed was the
MacMillan Eskimo program broad
cast from the tar north.
Reception was not particularly
good,. Cooley said, but he was able
to hear ibrlef snatches ot a song.
He said It appeared an It tho tend
Ing nparatus was aboard a ship
which was swaying or rolling in a
sea.
Cooley owns a powerful low wave
length receiver and ' transmitter,
with which he consistently com
municate with New Zealand, ho
said. Earlier In the evening he
was in communication with the
Peary and copied several hundred
wonts ot press messages addressed
to the national geographic society
In Washington.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 1.
Eskimo music from the 'MacMillan
polar expedition was received by
radio amateurs here. Several tele
phone calls wer received 1y the
Milwaukee Journal from local op
erators, who reported hearing the
call letters ot th Peary and mulc!
broadcast by tho native rew.
U.S. ILL ENTER
IN WORLD COURT
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug- 1
(United Press) The United States
will enter the world court, without
Insisting that the court be entirely
divorced from the league of nations,
Senator George Wharton Pepper.
Pennsylvania said tonight at the
summer white house here.
Pepper is a house guest of Presi
dent Coolidge over the week-end.
His visit is social, but he is prepared
to discuss the world court question
It the president so desires.
Pepper, who sponsored one of
the world court proposals which was
not acted upon at the last session
of congress, predicts the senate will
adopt a resolution permitting the
president to make the United States
a member ot the court.
8WAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. 1.
(United Press) Pearl Harbor, Ha
waii, must be developed as a great
airplane and submarine base and
made the furthermost outpost of Am
erican defense In the Pacific, Sen
ator Charles L. Underhlll told Presi
dent Coolidge tonight. The Philip
pine Islands are unimportant from
the standpoint of naval defense. Un
derbill oild, .... ..
" Underhlll. -who joss just .returned
from an-" inspection trip In the
Orient, said Hawaiian military con
ditions were deplorable. '
The Philippines wilt not be ready
for Independent self-government for
200 years. Underhlll said. The Fili
pinos are dominated by unscrupul
ous politicians, he said, adding that
although more than 50 per cent of
the population are opposed to the
Independence movement,- they were
afraid to say so because of this
domination.
Must Dcrrlep P. T.
Underbill advocated ' that the
United States develop the Philippines
as a rubber center. He said through
this the United States could control
the rubber market ot the world, and
break the British monopoly, which
Is causing the present high prices.
Governor General Wood's admin
istration in the Philippines should
be strongly supported by this gov
ernment, Underhlll said.' One neces
sary reform Is the removal ot the
judicial system from politics, he
said.
Underhlll also visited Japan,
where he said ,he observed no feel
ing either ot hostility of friendship
toward the United States. Japan,
he said, has not made as great de
velopment In Industrial and other
fields In recent years as the Japan
ese expected. ,
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. (United
Press) -Answering the questional
of the interstate commerce commis
sion concerning the views of the
Nevada, California, Oregon railway
on the 'application of the Central
Pacific for authority to extend its
line from Klamath Falls to Cornell,
Modoc county, Cal.. President Cba.
Moran of the N. C. O. makes it
approval conditional on previous
approval by the commission ot th
Southern Pacific's application . to
acquire control of hla, line.
He regards the Klamath Falls
Cornell line as part of the reneral
scheme for the development of south-
central Oregon and northern Cali
fornia, he says, and the various ap
plications should be taken together.
If the Southern Pacific doe not
take over the N. C. O. ha wonld
modify his answer aa the 'new :1Im
would seriously lmnalr tha revenne
of the N. C. O. and forclose It futare
development. He expresses th opin
ion that the line to Cornell will not
produce profitable - traffic unlea
extended to Altnra.
Steamer Finally Gets
Off Rocks In Safety
VANCOUVER, B. C Aug 1.
After apendlng ulna hours hung op
on Louise Rocks, oft Balmoral can
nery. Port Esslngtcn on the Skeena
river the Canadian Pacific coast
wise ' steamer Princess Beatrice,
Captain A, Johnson was floated by
her own power at 10:10 a. m., ac
cording to report wirelessed by the
captain.
WELL KNOWN NOTRE
DAME PROF. IS DEAD
flOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 1.
Father Arthur Berry O'Neill, C. S.
C. an associate professor at Notre
Dame university died here tonight
after a long siege ot illness.
Father O'Neill had been a priest
In the order of the Holy Cross 48
years. He had been at Notre name
25 year.
D C Highway Contract
To Be Let This Month
The contract for the last section
of The Dalles-California highway,
about ten miles in length extending
south from Crescent will probably
be let by the bureau ot public roads
some time this month, it was learn
ed from a reliable source yesterday,
Clearing ot thla stretch win he
taken care of by the twentieth of
the month and clearing of the right-
of-way In Klamath county will be
completed by the first of September,
JULY BEST MONTH
FOR CITY CLERK
July was the best month for col
lections at the city clerk'a office in
the past three years and probably
the best month within the history
of the city.
Judge Gaghagen's office Issued
nearly two hundred receipts on as
sessments and a total of $23,407.32
was turned over to the city treasurer
from the office of the city clerk.
This total Is over double . that
of the previous record month of
last year when $11,000 was received.
Oddly Matched Troops 'S
Fighting Riff Battle
' FEZ, Morocco, Ang. 1. (United
Press) Perhaps .the .moat oddly
matched battle In history is being
waged along a front ot 1(0 mile
where the French... employing th
moat modern equipment and. tactics '
of warfaile, art ' pitting" "thlr
strength against th ancient savag
ery of wily Riff Ian tribesmen. .,
It is a veritable battle of th cen
turies, as though the present aga
was demonsarting Its highly dev
eloped forms of cruelty against th
crude but cunning barbarity ot th
past. '. .'
The Riffians are master . ot
Apache warfare. Not infrequently
in the heart ot aome well guarded
French encampment soldiers ar
knifed as they sleep. . Tha tribes
men, tirelf I'.oirlne Tcfcej . ed;
their bodies smeared with eheep
fat and rolled in brown clay, gild
silently through the night through
the center of a French post. They
plunge their daggers into the
throats or iearts ot their sleeping
enemies, escaping noiselessly . and
Bnake-like aa they came, ; ... -n
Possible Attempt At 4
Jail Break Is Hinted
Two Iron bolts aawed through.
the middle constitute the exhibit .
In the alleged attempted Jail de
livery at the county jail. ' . .
The bolts are part of the re-
enforcing bars of the jail window.
Deputy Jim Hilton, acting as jailer
during Tom Tracy's absence, dis
covered the sawed bolts and la keep
ing them ss souvenirs. The prison
ers responsible for the sawing are
still unknown.
LaFollette Followers In .
Illinois Will Carry On
CHICAGO, Aug. 1. Illinois fol
lowers of Senator Robert M. LaFol
lette . ot Wisconsin today held a
memorial meeting here In his honor,
end pledged themselves to comple
tion ot hla work.
Dr. A. E. Hayden ot th divinity
school ot the University ot Chicago,
who delivered the funeral oration
for La Follette, will be the present
speaker at the meeting. '
Ku Klux Honor Memory '
Of William J. Bryan
DAYTON. O., Aug. 1. The mem
ory ot William Jennings Bryan waa
honored by the Ku Klux Klan In
many places In Ohio, according to
reporta received today.
At Cleveland, Klansmen in full
regalia 'burned a cross which bore
this . Inscription: "In memory ot
William Jennings Bryan, greatest
Klanaman ot our times, this croaa la
lighted." . ';'
the Montana paper.
entire itate.