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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. '