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10. Hlit F ISuh Lj Suspicion My led Soon Say Official ,t flra wblcli broke Unnl Bol compsny in U coming from M(ti tovre tbsn at j, (a III opinion 1b compsny nd tut I. w" r.n. nrti' ago kirt. md that ,u deslfnsted to I, lb firm bsllef of wllb the sltustion. Ortrtssce lesion (or reeling Loss mill I In fact day 111 put Into me o. A majority nlll worker! ask- boar dir wlll ,lme lor ourtlme fir I Ut Bijorltx of be ltd - to make the tbeniMl' s el Lsr durlog It koaf dr be birtlst In September. biUrsir wu proved I to bt of Incendiary lii Mtrled I" three llou ol tho shook Vto topirkm kk to tb fir de- plw nari' sprluk Inottml yeslerdsy's km of nil SS&O, re- Jfirt til witer dam Kit. wu -axo a at fto"bt the work of a Inn It wu thought lit nrtlOMtr throws fu mpousibl for the bveiHgslIng the conTlnced, however, the work of an In I firebug b under tun- by arretted within koors, officials ot tho krrt. Old Boy Is fic Violator four counta. young 14. of Morrill p Bunnell Saturday to Mrtind possibly mor I Way. rr wia arrnited late rol by R E. Knowtea. coucti agalnat w. o payments of tiro MMr'i barge and last OHrillng a truck for f ofcUlolnr. a parmlt Ft mrlce commission. A WARFARE P BY CHEMISTS FES. Aug. 4.-Prohl-P'rolctl Warfnr. hv th. fr.nce, wan denounced Humanity and to the ( United State.. In led t the 7nth n.uii.. frlc Chemical aocloty loading ued hers Tuesday In n" Inasmuch locol tooa nn t,..,i... ""Inston conference H. " lll tlmo would em- "Heal prosecution nf "ya in behalf of na 'which at n. by pacifist,, who ..n"Ta combined with SoOO YEARS f RE DISCOVERED Aug. j,Two foMtl!0(I entlniMf.j . . !' haw. fc D0 r at n ee" "'"'"'orod Id, " 100 "co ago , which woum ... yam. " luolr THE KLAMATH NEWS Cjtverv Morning Except Monday) ElEVEBGirl Fails At m iiiiTU Channel Swim til """iBy Single Mile Current Saps Strength Of Plucky French Girl At Goal Sighted CAPK (iHIZ NKZ. Franca, Aug. S. (United Nvwa) Mm. Jan Hlon abandoned hr atlmnpt lo awlm the Encllah rhannal II It In lllila more than a mils and half of tba Knx llah count Tuoaday nlht. Tho plucky ilrl. caaplnx and ahlvrln, waa lifted aboard lbs tug which bad accompanied har, and ruihed to Calala on the French coait Mm, Slon battled through dark neaa during th final hour! of her effort lo become) the first woman lo awlm acroaa the tricky channel. Th long hours In lh water grart ually aapped her alrenglb until fin ally ah waa compelled to give up The Kngllah side of tb channel haa ruined th hopes of hundreda of awlmmrr before this. Dangerous currents, ennta sweep ing on way, some another. Inter fered with the girl's swimming. Oertrud Kderle and Lillian Har rison, American and Argentine girls, respectively, have been (raining .with Mm. Hlon, and each of them Is anxious to be th first of her sex to conquor th channel. Miss Ederlo haa postponed her start from day to day, and although ah had hoped to get away for Dover Tuesday. It waa decided that the moment waa not propitious. Mm. Blon entered lh water at 1:10 a. m., and atruck out for Dover, 31 mllri away aa th crow file, but anywhere up lo SO If one muat swim In and ont of cross current aad tides. Mies Kderle watched lh start. Miss Harrison waa aboard the tug which accom panied lh Krench swimmer. , ... . The Krench aid of the channel waa calm and Mme. Hlon made good progress. Shortly after , mid-afternoon Mme. Hlon was reported IS mile from Ihe Krench coast, with prospects of her success Improving. S. P. PREPARING Land Trade Is Conditional Upon $175,000 Bond Issue By City EUOENK. Aug. 4. (United News) The Southern Pacific rail way, through K. I,, nurckhaltcr. first assistant general manager, Pa cific ayatem, Monday night algned an agreement lo accept 209 acros of land adjoining the city of Eugene on the north, In exchange for J55 acrea of land belonging lo the com pany at Springfield, and Install on the Etigcn tract terminals, shops and a lle-lrcsllng plant. The agreemont Is conditional upon Ihe voting by the people of Eugene of a bond Issue of $176,000, at an election to be bold August IS, pro coeds of which will be used to pur chase the site of the new terminals. The agreement waa reached by the railroad committee of Ihe Eugcno chamber ot commerce and was an nounced at a mooting Monday night. The tract at Springfield has been In possession of the railroad company for 13 years, and waa Intended for the silo ot the improvements, which now, It Is definitely dolormlncd. will be located hero. The site of tho proposed railroad plant extonds for two and one quar ter miles along tho track from a point about 100 feet beyond tho northern city limits. Strahorn In Portland On Railroad Matters PonTDA-ND, Ore., Aug. (United News) Itobort K. Htrahorn. president ot Iho O. C. ft E. railway company. Is in Portland on business connocted with the carrying through of his project to, connect Klamath Falls and the Interior of Oregon with the outaldo world. Recently the Southorn Pacific committed It self to aid tho Strahorn projoct financially. , ii i i i a. - i(wraf Unnct - . i KLAMATH FAU.S. QRR.. WrnMPgnAvTTTTrTom P ' ' y WALLS CAVE IN Firemen Digging In Ruins Where 7 Victims Are Believed Buried kanhah city, Mo.. Aug. HURT AS HOTEL (I'nlled News) Three persons were B0' ,n bla province to prosecute killed, seven were badly Injured and' R' L- K'Hott, 'district attorney of six are reported to be Imprisoned' Kl,mlb county, on a charge of mal In Ihe debris of a roomlnr house I '" In office. He declared the which collapsed bare lale Tuesday afternoon. Two of lh seven maimed, all of' whom were taken to hospitals, are not expected lo live. A few momenta before the struc ture crumbled to the ground, J, M. Ilollldsy, 7. wss seen going to his room. Id his hand he carried a bottle of medicine for his In valid wife. ', Firemen alfting through the dekrla found Mrs. Ilollldsy In her wheel chair, by her aide waa the lifeless body of her husband. William Danks, a negro workman waa the third to perish. Ills bad ly mangled body waa recovered from the wreckage a few momenta bo fore ho died. One hysterlsl workmsn said four ot hla companions still were In Ihe ruins, fiearch for additional bodies was going on at dark, although rescue workera expressed the fear lhat none of the trapped could be brought out alive. Brilliant Defense Is Helping Scott Silent Love Of Father Is Shown ,1a. Dramatic Court Scene ' CHICAGO, Aug. 4 (United News) The mystery of mother love, and Ihe silent love a father bears his eon, gripped a Chicago court room as Mrs. Hills Scott and Thomas, her husband, took the wit ness stand here lo fight for the life of their boy, Russell. In order that ha might spend the balance of his Ill-starred days In a prison mad house. Thomas Scott had obtained one of Chicago's keenest criminal law years to plead that the boy had be como Insane under prison confine ment, and should therefore not be banged. The lawyer, with knowledge of the relentless lawa which govern destiny, based his fight Tuesday not only on the sins of Ihe son, but on the weakness o the father, who gave him life. He pleaded lhat Rus sell's sin wss that ot tainted birth. "Thomas 8cott was a drunkard," William Scott Stewart told the court. "At one time he became insane and tried to leap from -a hospital win dow." Father Admits All As the father listened, the lawyer stressed that he had been an alco holic at the time of Russell's con ception. ' The madness which he aa crlbed to his client Was Inherent, he said. Two brothers and a sUter of Mrs. Scott had gone crasy, and two of them died of convulsions, Slew srt declared. Russell, he said, had had convulsions as sn Infant. In recent yoars he had been a drug addict. Mrs. Rllla Scott, her square face white nnd hoavy, hor buxom figure loose with weariness of the long strugglo. took the stand briefly to admit tho truth of tho lawyer's .(.laments. Thomas Scott himself similarly testified to his own shame lhat his boy might be declared mad. Earlier In the day alienists bad testified for the defense Delusions of persecution riot In Scotfs sick brain, they said. Failure, defeat, dissipation and prison had shattered ...in.t "Paranoia domentla, was the namo given Iho condition thoy said they found In examining him. RKl'KMCHS IHUVINO DATA VIA, N. Y.i Aug. 4. A mo torman horo Is hold for reckless driving. RIPb Chrlsdansen made (ho chorgo, declaring that while he was waiting for break In the traf fic the motornian had driven bis trolley csr into tho roar of his au-Inmnhlle. ihw ana unltjfl Hrn l r j ' , "UVJUOi . io- Price Five Cent Van Winkle Says Gov. Pierce Is Sadly Lacking Up To Judge Leavitt To Name Prosecutor In Elliott Cae KAI.EM, Ore!., Aug. 4. (United re!., Aug. i. ( News) Attorney General Van Win kle has Informed Gov. Pierce that It circult Pd( that district should appoint a apeclal prosecutor. Elliott la charged with falling to properly account for some supplies seised In a liquor raid. It waa at torney General Van Winkle's opin ion, however, that Elliott waa not disqualified to) prosecute William Levens, state (prohibition director and L. L. Mcprlde, apeclal state agent, who are alleged to have taken property Illegally In a raid. UPON WALKOUT Nationwide Strike To Be Called' After Failure At Arbitration ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. Aug. 4. (United News) Unable to reach any basis for agreement, anthracite miners, and operatora broke up their wage conference Tnesday night and left the public "to face strlke In the anthracite fields, which la achedulol lor September 1. The negotiation; were cut 'Short by the representatives of the min ers, beaded toy John L. Lewis, pres ident ot the United Mine Workers of America. The miners declared that the operators had not only refused to . grant any of the do mauds of the workers, which car ried any suggestion of Increased costs, ibut bad emphasised the nec essity for a reduction In wages. Effective Deadlock The deadlock which caused tho negotiations had centered chiefly around tho demand ot the miners for a 10 per cent wage lncroase. hut the operators had also refused to grant the demand for the "check-off" under which mine com paniea deduct union dues from pay envelopes of employes. After a session lasting four hours, tbe miners moved to adjourn the conference sine die, subject to the call of either side through the chairman. This motion was seconded by the operators and the conference came to an end. Neither side has any apparent In tention of resuming the negotia tions here and If another meeting Is held to avert the strike which the miners promise when the pre sent working agreement with the operators expires at the end of Aug ust, it will come through either fed eral or state mediation. In the latter case, an attempt at settle ment probably will be made by Governor Glfford Plnchot of Penn sylvania. ' Trouble Reported To Be Brewing In Owen Valley LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4. No evi dence ot violence against the water lines of this city was reported from outlying stations In Owens valley by police officers on guard there. Reports woro received here Sat urday that an attempt would bo made V to dynamite Iho groat pipe system which conveys the water 160 miles from Owons velloy to this city. Thirty-five officers, armed with shotguns, are patrolling the water near Its Bourco UNITED STATES EXPORTS MANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. Rever sing its general policy ot kindly and brotherly deeds, the United States shipped more banjos, saxaphones and other jazz Instruments out of the country in the last fiscal year than ever boforo. These exports are valued at 315.221,727, aa against 312.429,471 last year. FORD BUYS 200 FROM U.S. GOV'T Will use Some Of Ships To Transport Fords Into Europe WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.-(Unlted ! News) The shipping board has ac cepted the offer of Henry Ford for 200 government vessels, for wbtcb Ford will pay 31.70S.00O. The decision came after an all day meeting of the board Tuesday. Acceptance of tbe Ford bid had been recommended to tbe board by Presi dent Leigh Palmer, of the emergency fleet corporation. Ford will scrap most of the ves sels, but will retain a few of them. In which he will Install Diesel en gines to use In oceanic trade. His bid waa the highest mad. when the board re-opened negotiations after turning down the offer of the Boston Iron ft Metal company of Baltimore. With the acquisition of these gov ernment vessels, the Detroit automo bile manufacturer becomes the lar gest individual ship owner In the world, according to officials of the shipping board. Many To Be Hcrapped The ships were sold for scrapping. Under the contract, however. Ford can retain 50 ot them, and equip them with Diesel engines. Whether this number will lend themselves to sea service is nut known. Many nf the vessels are obsolete. If as many as 50 are available. Ford will be master of a sizable fleet, which he may use In tbe South American trade. Some weeka ago, he Indicated hla desire to obtain re- frlgeratot ships in which he could transport automobiles to bourn Am erica- aad . bring tropical ; fruit to this country. Fifty May Be Kept Aside from the fifty which may be kept, the fleet must be scrapped, under the terms ot the sale, with all engines, boilers and auxiliaries. Tbe Ford bid differed In this respect from the bid of the Boston Iron ft Metal company of Baltimore, which provided that the engines, boilers and other .parts were to be re-sold. The . Baltimore company's bid ' was turned down by the board, which objected to throwing this quantity of machinery upon the open market. With this sale the shipping board Inaugurates a new policy. It con stitutes the largest single sale made. Ever since the war the board has been trying to get rid of the gov ernment's vessels, to sell those that are UBeful to private companies for operation, and to sell the others tor scrapping, as In tbe present deal Ford, who nearly lost his oppor tunity to buy these ships, when his first bid failed to reach the board, "waa mainly responsible in the first place for the board'a action In put ting the 200 on the market. Chair man O'Connor of the board, went to see the manufacturer In Detroit, and Ford indicated he would like to buy as many as 400. Subsequently, the board approved the scrapping ot 200, which was opposed by Commissioners Thomp son and Llssner, who contended the board had no authority for such a large scrapping. Attorney General Sargent recently ruled that the ac tion was legal. Expert Mnro lllds -Chairman O'Connor, In a atate. ment, commenting on acceptance of the Ford bid, said he had "a firm belief that other Americans will shortly submit bids of such a charac ter that some ot them at least may be promptly rocommendod, and fav orably received by this board." . He said that Ford's announce ment, "that ho proposes to buy ships and make a bid for ocean trade," la most welcome news. "The Importance of this announce ment can be assured' only by the scale and success ot Ills operations." Many Killed As Result Of Ammunition Flareup LONDON, Aug. 4 Many persons were killed and many Injured, when an ammunition depot at Plevna, Bul garia, exploded Tuesday, according to a dispatch from Sofia to the Central Nows. the blast dostroyod the I'levna railway station. Sisemore Given Post On Calif. Cattlemen Assn. First Carload Left Here Yesterday Under New Market System Llusey Sisemore, prominent Fort Klamath cattleman, was elected to 1bos'd ' directors of tbe Call- lurnut v.ui ii u rowers association during a meeting ot that body In San' Francisco last week, according' to W. C. Dalton, who attended the meeting representing the Southern j Oregon organization. Sisemore will serve on the board" as the repre sentative of Oregon. According to Dalton, the orderly marketing system, which aroused tbe Interest ot . Klamath ' cattlemen during the early part of July, is spparently a perfect success from all standpoints snd Ihn project has met with little opposition. OOOO In Association. There are now more than 5000 members . in the organization .in cluding membership from Califor nia, Oregon, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico. Oregon, Arizona and Nevada are tbe three most recently admitted states to come under tbe association. Idaho 1b at present signing up according to Mr. Dalton. Southern Oregon In Itself Jias signed up 15,000 cattle with an out look of more as tbe production is increased. The first carload to be marketed through the orderly mar keting system In Oregon was ship ped south to Oakland yesterday by W. C. Dalton, Including SO head of Shorthorn calves. Heads of the Klamath branch include Llnsey Sisemore ot Fort Klamath,' president:' W. C. Dalton, Malln. vice-president; C. A. Hen- iOmnofr-onty :agent,..x secretary- treasurer.. ... CHEAPER FREIGHT RATES IN OFFING Coolidge Thinks Merger Of Eastern Roads Would Relieve Farmer SWAMPSCOTT,. Maea., Aug. 4. (United News) President Coolidge has tacitly approved the Vanswear- Ingen Nickel Plate 31.200,000,000 railroad merger. He believes that when 1t is con summated and he expects It to be approved by the interstate com merce commission and placed Into effect without a great deal ot de lay many of the transportation ills of the "nation will be relieved. The other railroads according to Information ranching tbe summer white house are holding off their congressional p.ans until the com merce commission approves the am bitious pla not tbe Vanssweaxlngen brothers, for a S.vOO mile third major eastern trunk -line. After that they will come forward volun tarily with mergers which will fol low In principle the Ripley consoli dation plan approved by congress and adopted by the commission in a modified form. This plan contem plates the merging of the 161 class one railroads of the country into 21 gigantic systems, without aband oning any present trade routes and without giving any lino a monop oly in any field. To Relieve Farmers Mr. Coolidge, It was said! tblnks that those tromendous transporta tion systems could through the commerce commission arrange equitable freight rates, so that a fair profit would be made on each system es a whole. This, he fore sees, will eliminate most of the present complaint against unequal rates between, sections. Tho president has taken notice of the dissatisfaction In many parts of the country with rail rates, par ticularly In the fanning regions. He Is prepared It necessary to ad vocate legislation but he thinks that voluntary mergers along economic lines will clear the way to adjust ment without law making. YOUNG LAKEVIEW POSTAL CLERK IS HELD FOR THEFT Trusted Youth Out On Bonds Following Indict- ; ment By Grand Jury Under bonds of 315,000. Charles E. Arzner, for alx years a trusted employe of the Lakevlew postofflce. faces charges of theft and confisca tion ot government funds, following an Investigation by the Lake county. grand Jury early this week. Arzner. 26, Is said by tbe Lake- view postmaster, to have "mis placed" funds at different times, until suspicion waa aroused and Arzner diamlssed from the employ of tbe office. He has a wife and several children. Investigation - followed what ' was supposed to have been an alleged theft of 350, when Arzner was said to have put in his own pockets C. O. D. funds and money taken in on parcel post packages. - The grand Jury followed up the Investi gations and found a much larger sum missing than at first reported. According to United States Marshal C. C. Wells, who served in the case, the exact amount will not be knowa until tbe trial of Arzner, which ha been set for September. . ' Bonds of Arzner were provided by prominent residents ot the Lake view country. E. H. Hogan ot Med ford made the Initial investigation Into the affair, which resulted In the arreat of the trusted employe. Boy Confesses To r,;: Murdering Father , WAHOO. Neb., Aug.. 4. (United News) Adolph Smetak it year old, confessed to county officers her. Tuesday that he beat his aged father. John Smetak, to death with a ham mer last May and then threw the body In a well on their farm. ' ' ' The young farmer , was arrested following tbe discovery of the body by officers, who - conducted the search at the Instigation ot neigh bors of the Smetaks. The elder Smetak was killed May 2, during an argument, according to the confession. Young Smetak al layed for some time tbe suspicions ot neighbors by telling them that his father had gone to Montana on a visit, preparatory to returning to his former home in Bohemia. """'" Smetak was a widower and he and his son lived together. . ; " ' .-rj I Prison Editor Was ... .. , : X Quite A Foreflusher JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Aug. 4r (United News) As editor ot the weekly Clarion, newspaper, publish ed In the state prison here,' Ken neth C. Fiebelkorn was a reform ing geneltmen of no mean ability. " , Just before he -had finished his bit behind the gray walls he wrote a aeries of articles entitled: "How to go straight and why.": -r;'i'.f ;- Tuesday Fiebelkorn was "dress ed In" again at the prison and. be gan serving 15 years for highway robbery. . , . ,.. .',!. MILLIONAIRE TAKES -POISON BY MISTAKE LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4. George A. Johnson, millionaire, died at his home here from poison Void him" by a druggist fcy mistake. An examination revealed that Johnson had swallowed several pills containing iblchlorldo ot mer cury. He had ordered 'bicarbon ate of soda pills, It was learned. - In Investigation to tlx responsi bility tor the fatal mistake was be gun by police shortly after the) death. ' '':,'''' ANOTHER CHANNEL SWIMMER CAPE GRIZ BEZ. France, Ang. 5'. (Wednesday) Col. Krleberg, an Englishman, Is off toward Dover, on a mysterious channel swim, for which he arrived unexpectedly. Frieberg entered the water at 2:20 a. m., and thrashed away In the di rection Jean Slon took 18 hours and ten minutes before him. '
