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ULROADS TO SPUTOTY PARE
iii Found In Front
ll10f Citv Hull
i btLitr
MIND
F
ioui V lew
Reason For
.1
w, rawer
Wllll.m rrauks
L4 trl'lsf to Idaho
klldrao. after whisk-
ir froa Ut moihor
1 il PClea
h lupatchtd to clt-
Ui hading to Idaho
L tk child steal-
jln Franks, who
,u llrsfl, religious
Ind Ikslr homo some
L ,u wu (rank
tout itliadsnce at
nil Nllaii la the
tort tk children
troa tkatr not hop
I jot, rruka leaving
k ki k uld to hav
uMku'i aim In
Im traa aar attach-
kilcat k "d by
i
ll llMOUUlf wu
it iMtlM of her
in tidal diushter
MMUts hare
lit dlu;prior. l)o-
LutrMUd. Franks
iff itr vara taking
tUMm Iron their
John Barleycorn' Body It
Found; That's Morley's
Story And He'll
Stick To It
While eicavatlng fur a tile
drainage system In front of the
city ball yesterday afternoon,
workers uncovered a human
skeleton. Intact, about two feet
below the surface of the (round.
Craving eeuaatlon after an In
apectloo by Mayor Ooddard fail
ed lo (brow any light on tha
aubiect, Fred Morley. "tha re
tired gentleman sleuth" was d It
patched to the acene.
Morley gave juat one aweep
of tha eyeball at tho head.
'Why, thal'a John Marleycorn."
Scrutinising tha Jawe of tha akel
elon, Morley continued. "I told
yon ao. He waa a great tobacco
chawer. Sea how brown them
teeth are."
With that, Morley waa off.
Plata Prohibition Director BUI
'.evens waa next to paaa Judg
ment: "Well, they can't lay that
on bum monnahine, uVi. That
akeleon la a couple hundred
yeara old."
, And ao, It probably waa that
of old Indlau, passed up, no
doubt, by the hungry coyotet of
another day.
DECLARES
LUMBERMEN NOT
BY S. P.
Southern Pacific Executive
Takei Exception To Tur
ner't Statement On Lum
bermen' Action
Text Book Warj
In State Looms
Publisher Asking For 50
Per Cent More On Books
Of Grade Schools
SAN FIIANCIKCO. Aug.
POKTLAND. Aug It. (Unllod
News) Information from tha office
of Governor Walter pierce Tueaday
Indicated that lao publishers of
achool booka demand an average of
DO per cent Inoreate for grade
11. achool text booka over prices con
(I'nlled Newt) The following itat-lrict,d 11- but which expired
ment waa laaued today by Paul ,n June.
Bhaup. executive vice president of Oregon aeema to be on the verge
the Houthern Pacific company: t another text book fight that may
"My attention hit been called to;Pro,e as bot, if dot as sensational
atatement of Prealdent Turner of the! u conflict over the price of
8. P. a 8. railway of 6th Intt., com
menting upon atatement of prevlout
day made by the lumber manufac-
achool booka torn acore of yeara
ago.
The. Issue which haa been brood-
turera of Klamath Kslls. Their. ' ever text book
ttatemenl waa to the effoct that the ! 'K'ltlon of the laat leglalature will
railway couttructinn under war and "16 t0 ' Iea,t Preliminary focua
prom lied by Southern Pacific com-lAuu"t z0- "bi date the gov
o Ttf Morli. Mrt.
fir, there kad been
Hwa tha two for
likeaik thlt fact wat
I r ktra. Belle Kld-
Ird, mother of Mra,
I ioa- living with her
i Birkerleg
I Wckerlag at llmea."
Kldwell, "but my
time would make
flit her huthand and
Nbt op an argument
f' of thlnga of which
nl. the would not
l Urn."
ttm lo be at the
1 kidnaping of the
Vary 1J, William
b and Ivan 7. At
"anxa It aald to
pl to take the chll
F" Bomer forever, due
lout vlowt.
t the mother aho la
finer he will be good
f' or sot as he waa
rT leod to them at
d Wat Uzj
f ' lo Klamath Falla
fw me Franks family
r' Mtoiev Batln
franks had threaian.rf
l'lren, although thlt
flted both the rnrt.
l-'or who firmly be
- "xe them to
bas no roiaiina.
kt .
-'"a iu me
F"1 week Fr.ni. i. '
n,H "
I 'g. prior tn il.. i
proyea bv Mefn
Idlttiag . i.nm... ..
Brownsville Woolen
Mills To Come Here
J. Rowan, prealilenl of the
nrownavlllo Woolen Milla will open
branch retail atore In the city,
beginning opvratluna a noun as a
suitable location is found.
According lo Bowman, who was
In Klamath Kalis yesterday, Iho lo
cation need nt la In the heart of the
rlty, and If forcod to do ao, he will
contract for Ihe erection of a build
ing In tho city.
The atock will be moved here be
fore the holldaya, according to llow-
pany la such that the transportation
needs of the community would be
fully taken rare of and that the
plana of the Southern Pacific com
pany were deaervlng of their ear
nest and hearty support. They fur
ther recognised the value of our
pioneering work. Prealdent Tur
tier'a comment atated that with re
spect tn several of the operators he
believed the statement given by the
lumbermen to the press waa be
cause of 'reasons of policy compel
acquiescence In what is dealrcd by
tho existing lines.'
Regrets Wrong Impression
"If President Turner will person
ally Investigate the aituatlon I am
aure he wllLflnd. as the' fair-minded
man I know him to be. that he has
been misinformed.
"I wish to say directly that we
would regret It very much and feel
quite embarrassed' If any lumber
manufacturer felt there was any rea
son of policy that 'compelled bia
acquiescence' In their statement.
"Our relations with our patrons
are maintained on the basis of mu
tual good will, and tho oxchange of
as good service aa we rati give for
tho patronage granted us.
"The fact that the lumbermen at
Klamath Falls in their statement
have roconnlied our need for all
possible revenue to support an In
vestment tn excess If twenty-two and
"' "e hirh .hi
lood to, the t.J.
I "other to seek work
i"' F"a cloanlnir
ouches Off ,
Mity of Gas
T.J
'"U.. Att
I anork i,
L 1 mthlne touchy
JaUon, of g.a.
. ;r.1"!roT.un'-
Pt am. ' ""'"" wn":n
o.r:.u.nd- -
rt llor. Oa
ro ld to be
man. if the location la found. This
Is the second trip Bowman has niadoL k million dollars necessary to
to the city during the past four I comDleto and Improve Natron cut-
months in the Interost of tho pluc-loft. and a great many millions more
ing of a atore in Klamath Falla. t0 build a connection directly cast,
Branch atorcs of the Brownsville land to extend our lines local Into
Woolen Mills havo been established .'agricultural and timber resources of
In North Bend. Marshfleld. Albany, southern Oregon and nortnern can.
Eugene, Aatoria and Portland.
Airplane Saves Life
Of Young Stillman
NEW YORK. Aug. 11. (United
Newa) After changing planes twice
and ptlota once, 'Dr. David Bull has
arrived In Grand Anse, Quebec at tho
bedside of Aloxander Stillman, aon
of Jamea A. Stillman, former presi
dent of the National City bank of
Now York. International compll
catlona almost prevented the sur
geon from reaching tho boy In
answer to a telographod request
Naughty Co-eds Must
Come In Early; Rolled
Stockings Banned Too
BERKELEY, Aug. 11. (United
S'ewa) There will be little frivol
ity among the co-eds at the Unl
verslty of California this fall If the
women's executive committee re
mains In charge of their activities
Anticipating registration of 1000
women freshmen within the next
from Alexander', mothor. Mra. Anno few wceka. the committee tuesaay
U. Stillman, that modlcal eklll be Issued a list of actions which will
Bent by air to Grand Anae to savo not be tolerated on the campua.
hor boy s life.
fornla, an expression most frooly
and graciously given, is of course
very gratifying to us. and we shall
do all we can to merit the confidence
thua expressed."
ernon haa called at Salem a special
meeting of the state text book com
mission. Tbo selection of two
thirds of all the text booka uaed by
youngsters In the outside schools
will be under consideration.
K.F. Youth Gets
In Bad At Weed
Mob Threaten! Violence To
Bernard Rkhter For
Alleged jAttack
YKHKA, Calif., Aug- 11
(I'niteU Kew) Ilenurd IUch
ter, 18, of Klamath Falla, Ore.,
today was aentenced to serve aU
months In tho Mkl)'u county
Jiill for robbery.
Hlditer was .captured by, a
sheriff's pooso In the hills near
Weed after robbing a atore here.
While lit flight from the posso
ho entered the home of a Weed
woman, who claimed Klrhter bad
attacked her. A mob of clthsrna
took up the chaan, threatening
violence to ho fugltlvo, but ho
was taken by tho sheriff's men
before tho enraged crowd reach
ed lUchtrr'a hiding place.
FEDERAL Vigorous War
NWrnTIR rmrriOn Bootleggers
liniiuu.iuu uiULi
IN BIG DOPE RING
John AnrirnwN. a former army
pilot, began the Journey, with l'r,
Bull shortly after dawn' Monday.
They changed planes at Albany and
apod high abovo lako Champlaln
across tho Canadian border. Tho
mercy plane landed at the Fair
child aortal aurveya field and Can
adlan authorities took tho piano
and pilot In chargo, according o
lUrry Bruno, of tho Fulrchlld cor
poratlon. International regulations
forbid an American pilot to Invado
Canada without a license
A tolephone conversation to Now
York causod Sherman M. Fair
child, president of tho Falrclilld
corporation to ordor a Canadian
plane and pilot out at Dr. Bull's
service
Dr. Bull crawled Into tho third
piano and soon waa (poodlng up
tho St. Maurluo river to Grand
Anse.
j-.KDrotin "mitt ng panics ana
liquor aro placod decidedly among
tho hlnga which collego girls
.hi.i ahun. Kurlhormoro they
must come homo from dancea Lo.
fnrn 1:00 a. m., must not onter-
taln mascitllno friends after 10:30
p. m., and must avoid all oxlromos
In dress and conduct.
To make auro of' no mlBunder
slsndlng "tho commlllco doclared
war In particular upon rolled
stockings and tho two generous use
of rougo and lipstick.
1VLHKMAX WHONUKD
EAST LAN8INO. Mich., Aug. 11.
Patrolman Boy McOonlglo charg
es that while ho was on duty patrol
ling his beat, chief of police Wal
ter Allen was at his homo boating
him out of Mrs. McOonlglo's affec
tions and making her forgot hor
duties. Ho M eums "
110,000 damage.
Bill Bonf ield Place
Raided By State Men
Small Quantity Of Liquor
Taken From Place In
Hot Springs
Charged with the unlawful pos
session of intoxicating liquor Bill
Bonfleld, 1621 Mansenetta street,
Hot Springs, was taken in custody
lata yestorday afternoon.
Officera aald they found Bonfield
pouring into a sink the liquor, when
they burst simultaneously through
both the front and back door. About
a quarter of a pint of liquor waa
found In the house. Ten quarts of
liquor and 11 of gin, however, were
found near, but off tho Bonflold
property.
Officers declare there were no
Blgns of an intricato system of
alarm bells installed in the home tor
protection against police.
Those who took part In tho raid
woro Ktato Prohibition Officer Mc
Bride, Deputies Tracy and Kimsoy,
Police Chief Loucks and ratrolman
Brown.
Bonfield. who haa retained Horace
Manning as his attorney, will plead
not guilty. He Is out on $760 ball.
YPBKH LE.WK8 FORTUNE
LONDON, Aug.. 11. Drawing
rooms are butting with puisled goa
alp regarding the Into Earl of
Yprea action in cutting off his
widow,' two sons and his daughtor
without a ponny In an cllght-line
will probated Tuesday, wnicn oo-
queathed his entlro fortune to E. O.
II. Cox. Cox was the late- carl'a
attorney.
Whole Department Mixed
Up In Traffic. That Star
tles Nation With Magnitude
CHICAGO, Aug. 11. (United
Newa) Col. William Gray Beach
for 40 years the trusted super
intendent ' of the federal narcotic
division of the Chicago district con
fessed Tuesday to having conduct
ed an amating and sinister traffic
with the dope sellers of the under
world a confession that Involves
subordinates whose treachery has
resulted in the development of Chi
cago aa the dope metropolis of the
United States,
Already three of the aids have
been arrested. They are: Dennis
J. O'Brien, Alonto Baxter, who was
a Methodist minister in Phlladel
phla before he came here and Harry
Dietrich. Loot obtained from drug
addlcta In exchange for dope, haa
been found In the homes of all
tour men.
The business of bartering con
fiscated narcotic drugs with notor
tons dope addicts proceeded mer-
rilly for Beach and his aides until
one trivial incident aroused the sua-
plrions of federal authorities in
Washington. A peddler had been
arrested by two tried agents, whom
Baxter . succeeded
with a amall tine,
lion began... N, ' .'
Con tin ne . Dope Bald
Col. Beach, who la an elderly
man and the scion of a southern
family made his confession to Spec
ial Agent C, L. Converse. The dis
grace which he haa brought upon
himself aeemed to weigh . heavily
upon him. In the fear that . he
would take his own life he Is being
carefully guarded.
Tho federal men continued their
raids upon Chinatown Tuesday
selling besides large quantities of
opium, more than 50 revolvers. This
substantiated rumors that another
long war might break out- any mo
ment. Officera believo the weapons
to have been used In the war.
It
tho dope dens raided belonged to
the On Leong long. Some of the
raids were led by members of the
Hip Sing tong and of course, one
Hip Ainz place was raided. This
caused members of the On Leong
tong to believe that their centuries
old feud had led Hip Sing junkers
to talk to government agents an
unpardonable offense.
In New Orleans
200 Dry Men Concentrate
In Southern City And
Get Aplenty
NEW ORLEANS. La., Aug. 11.
(United News) Wholesale charges
of conspiracy, bribery and smuggling
in violation of the prohibition law
have been promised by federal of
ficials, following Tuesday's raiding
of caches and booze warehouses here
by an army of nearly 200 dry agenta
gathered from all over the United
8tates.
The aeries of raids, which lasted
all day, combined to make one of
the biggest liquor drives staged In
the history of prohibition.
E. C. Yellowlee, chief ?t general
prohibition agenta from Washington,
personally superintended the drive.
Ha was assisted by Assistant Chief
A. R. Butler. Divisional Chief A. R.
Harria, and State Dry Director O. D.
Jackson.
Not only the city and parishes
down the Mississippi river were hit
by the dry raiders, but the gulf
coast aa well. Another hundred
agenta aeiied hundreds of cases of
liquor In Bay St Louis and Fenton
Miss., under direction of Dry Di
rector M. II. Daily.
Assistant Attorney General Ar
thur M. Bager and W. B. Andrews,
legal advisor of- the national pro
hibition unit were ordered to the
city, by President Coolidge to handle
In Retting off tne prosecutions.
An lnvestlga
SmalTApartoent
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To Be Constructed
Answering the call of scores of
Klamath Falls residents who have
not been able to find suitable liv
ing quarters, a number of permits
have been issued for the erection
of small apartment houses. 1
One of these smaller apartments
Is now under construction by Frank
Hogue at an estimated cost of
13.000. The building will hold
tour apartments of two rooms and
private bath in each. According
to Hogue they will be ready for
occupancy by September 1. The
-was pointed out that all of apartments are located on Menlo
Way In the Hot Springs Addition.
Wheat Market Takes
Big Downward Slide
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Aug. 11.
Mad contusion and frenzied trading
marked the collapse of the wheat
market here Tuesday.
Worried when the government
crop report tailed to denote the ex
pected grain shortage in this coun
try and Canada, speculators dumped
huge atores on the market. Sep.
tember wheat, after being 1 5-8c
lower than Monday's market, finally
cloned at 5 l-8c lower.
December wheat was kicked down
4 3-4 cents and never recovered. May
deliveries closed 4 6-8 cents lower.
Only tho participation of heavy
holders who bought In expectation
of an excited bullish market, kept
prices from going ovon lower.
SECRETARY JARDINE
SICK IN HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. (Unit
ed News) Secretary of Agriculture
Jardlne wilt be confined to Wat.
ter Reed hospital, where he waa re.
moved for treatment several days
ago, for threo or four weeks, It
waa said at tho hospital Tuesday.
An examination disclosed that Jar-
dine has no ulcers of the stomach,
as waa feared by bis physicians. He
will remain at tho hospital to havo
his tonsils removed and tor re
cuperation from his Illness,
Cinderella Girl
Goes Back To Ma
NEW YORK, Aug. 11. For days
now, New York has been hoping
eventually to hear the lost of the
debacle involving Edward Brown
ing and Mary Spas.
Some things seem too good to
come true. But the last time Mary
Spas, once known as Cinderella, was
seen late Tuesday afternoon, she
waa speeding away In a taxi-cab,
with Papa and Mama Spas up Riv
erside drive, and was just in the
act cf eluding a cavalcade of re
porters N and photographers nearly
every one hoped would never catch
up.
Behind her, according to Brown
ing, the wealthy realtor who earlier
In the day . had been freed from
tha chains of adoption that bound
him to the girl, she left a repudia
tion of stories which had appeared
under her, name In a New York news
paper branding Browning as a per
son who never for a moment should
have been entrusted with tho safo-i
ty and honor ot a helpless little
lady of 21.
Browning said Le had obtained
a written repudiation of the liter
ary efforts that had appeared un
der Mary's signature from her Bo
hemian parents the owners ot the
$56,000 apartment house and a
verbal repudiation from Mary her-1
self.
Armed .with those weapons, the
STRATEGIC .-KAIL
GROUND SETTLED
TO SATISFACTION
City $40,450 Richer; Both
Roads Agree Peaceably '
To Park Division .
Klamath Falla is $40,450
richer. The Southern Pacific
and . the Northern Line are
satisfied. South Riverside City
P..U i .
of the past.
And about a score and ' a
half of interested citizens who
expected to sit in on a fiery
session in which two trans
continental railroads were to
battle for control of the strat
egic position owned bj the
citv were disappointed because
the proposition of the North-,
era lines dovetailed into the
offer of the Southern Pacific
in every respect.
The Northern lines, at the
park board meeting last night,
made a verbal agreement to
purchase two acres of land in
cluded 'in the eight acres of
South Riverside park for $15,
000 or $7,500 an acre. ,
The Southern Pacific, agreed
to purchase the remaining six
acres for $45,000, at the same
coat, per acre. ... All that re-.
mama 10 oe sone urio ronow
cne necessary. legal preceaure
governing the -transfer of the
city property to the purchasers.
Instead of holding to their
original proposition of buying
T 1. Cm. ' '
iruiM - aiicr uimsreiKQ la
Portland, abandoned this en
terprise. . ' ' ' , v
By the virtual purchase
or ine city para, tne rvo com
peting lines now have a clear
right of way to West Main
street. The announced inten
tion of both lines , is to build
spur lines up Link River to a
point near the Copco dam,"
there to cross the stream and
tap the tonnage producing ter
ritory in the mill district of
Shippington and Pelican city.
The city purchased the pro
perty in 1920 for $11,750 and
had invested approximately
$7,000 in improvements. . Its
clear profit from the deal is
$40,450. From the proceeds
of the sale, the park board will.
some other section of town. - '
A meeting of the board will
be held next Friday night for.
the purpose of completing fin-'
al arrangements before the,
sale is consummated.
50 Badly Shaken Up
In Astoria Wreck
ASTORIA, Ore.. Aug. 11.
(United Mows) More than BO va
cationists bound for the beaches .
received a severe shaking up Tues
day pvening when two rear coach
es ot the 8. P. '& 9. train from
Portland to Seaside, were derailed,
here. .
Only ono passengor, an uniden
tified woman . was seriously In
jured. She was standing in tho
vestibule between the two coaches
when they left the track and suf
fered severe wounds on the back
and head. '
She waa nnconscious when takon
from the wreck and removed to a
hospital. She recovered sufficiently
to be taken to Seaaido by automo-
self-confessed philantroplst promts
ed. be would sue the offending
paper In a $600,000 libel action.
Ho declared Mary had told him j bile.
that she did not wrlto the "tor- The accident was caused by a
rlble stories" but had merely given switch bolt breaking lust as the
permission for the use of her name, snxt to last car passed over. ' '