THE KL AMATH
UP. (Every Morning Except Monday)
p WILL
ILL SITE
M REPORT
Move: Council
htt Spur And
;ng Permit
Wing bid let
n I n W..t
Of Link River
Be Improved
Ukn Dn cot ?any mv
L tamt soon.
Lor mtt t nail
u th. opinion of prom-
La, who lt night hoard
.uirll. M regular meet-
ptrmlwlon (o the box
roniirurl a railroad apur
Ena, arrosa Willow
Plum street.
L..ty'i ninva. II be-
mi init It may rnango
luirter. from lla present
tlhe 8. P. tracka at Sixth
ik ilrect, between Socond
It ureet.. Officials of tba
1 j id not verify llio roport.
rtn Construction company
iu .warded paving bid.
la itrei'l, tl3.24U.20.
itre.1. lin.3ng.lo.
Vtoa itrrel. $10,308.10.
bit. H ami IE will ho Im-
cent of ll.tHl.no.
m repairing of a number of
slut night referred to the
snmlltee.
nidrH fifty (Inllara wa.
It ibi council for lbs pur-
piirlsi tho toad ,on the
of Link river, after C. A.
Ed deary and Andy Col.
rwnled a petition. It la
tal further work will bo
NEWS
United Neva and United Preu Telet rath Services
' KLAMATH FALLS. ORE.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 25 iqqkT" .
" . . . , mn rive utynn
Lafollettc Jr.
Fires Loud Gun
Vociferously Attacks Bis
Money Interests And
Askt Lower Tnxe
WATER FLOWINGlGov'tEmployes
Seek Pay Raise
LAKE MAIN CANAL
K. F. Engineer Responsible
For Success Of Big
$360,000 Project
1
WaNT Iri rtowfnff In the main vtnn
Is Leader, and
;'0bey" Must
in Ceremony
. KTOIKIHTON. Win., Ana.' 24.'
(United New.l With , fHh
and fire of oratory displayed by lit
ftimoua father. Itobort M. l.nKollrt
to, Jr., luunched hli rumpalitn bore
Monday night for election to the
et In the I'nlled Slate, senate
made vacant bv tlm iimi. ..i n..i.
"rt M. LsFolletle. Sr.. bin Ruber. 1' "' til,,n,"or ' Irrigation pro
Voung LnFollotle openc.: hi. .pnei h f Apparent victory crown, a
with an attack on the great monoy ""1" vMrh beRan ,hre0 year "K0
power, which he declared seek, to- "eemea to De Insuper-
lower laxc. for the rich which i",'le "'lcl"' I,"ard board of
meana higher taxc. for the' poor i""Kln",'r" "'l salvage the Rum
Uui.hlv ,min , ., ., . n"'r dam after Its break under
aaa.n I the mon. v . . , T' - "'U "r"1 ""ef ",t or
hi. fa her. .Illng f h ,,lea. hi. bond,a d()bt , ,300i000i
1" , Were " --ib county engineer, who. m.1."
ma lted the care of hi. father in the ;a(lvll.e of m.ny pert
national cap.,.. br.n,n up ,h. ... ld .. could be done and proved
u.l h TT; " e,',""n""! ,h8 I'"- own .kill and aba.lty.
.land hi. father look regard!., Ilmken Oull.t
them. ..
When, three year. aao. the Irrlaa
IJtKollrttc nrx! cipiiir.-d his plat lion work, of Hummer lek froJc,
form, e.plulnlnx fully the l.nue. of at the north end of Lake county!
which It I. built. Ho .aid. he waajhad been built and water wa. turned
flnt and primarily for the reduction 'on from aprlna. which flow 130
of tho federal laxe.. and for .trlct jecond feet, and become the nource
economy In every branch of the pub- of Anna river, the dam .lipped on
lie .ervuo. lonna LaPol elle an. It. clav base. An nnllnl hrk. i
Federation Of Employes To
Wage Stiff Battle For
Bigger Minimum
.ailed the prenent republican admin
istration, from the b:.:he.t to the
lowe.l.
the aaa. K.caplna water aucked out
a holo in the dam Into which a large
dwelling hou.e might hvo been
dropped. With money exhausted,
Rl7l.4l. II 1J Ipwplo or the dl.lrlct felt the can
( Klamath Holdups m i. i.oPeie... u ... decided t
fnilirorl Wrtan FlJira M,aK) one mo "orU The taak
V r. o w, nut ln tlle bands of Hhea Lnper.
Ol Car RPIIIS Sfnn """5 enxlneer. J. II. Maon of San
""riKrunclsco,
repro.entlnK Iho bond
holders, havina raised the money.
The cost was reduced from a first
eatlmnte of 1130,000 to $10,000.
Parley IMnrnl In Clmrjjo
C'T., Darley of Klamath Kails,
wa. put h cbaran of 'construction,
fork, were aerlonsly Injured late Z ,V , ..iT . "
Sunday nlKht when the motorist d"T '."'7' " h ""Per-
..nit,,,, nag iiuiie L.
No other project like Summer
luke exists. Tho (rrlsablo land, aro
Two my.terlou. men, In an at
tempt to hold u; a passing mntor
iat on The Dalle.-Callfornia hlgn-
war, four miles north of tho fill
ing station on the Port Klamath
snuggled under a mountainous rim
which tower, more than 3000 feet
nhovo. Although the altitude of the
VultK. Aug. 24. (Unit
I The himliunH nl fuihA. '
"M.itatu. a. an army cap-
lownmcnt In ills homo.
Ix'lng Peako John.on.
ihop of Colorado declare.
ck on the proposal to
tbe word "obey" from
'tt lervlc. of tho Kpiaco
r It. trlonnlul general
H New Orleans Octobor
Wr h a Coriinrullnti "
ha.0D ..y. "rUhnr M,o
lk hid or It I. presided
wmmtttce of two. which
ft of determining a tna-
Mt by an endurance
a,l min tho head of tho
It la his duty to
Protect. Defining tho
' l the service as mean-
'f la tlin h.,...
.ll,. '
kd to 0. ,i. . ,,
F e'. uilcrly not ,.
W. I It? Whnn . -,.!.
f " captali, ho docs not
DI" manhitn.l ,(,.. v
t' ' womanhood, then, la
nut h.t.. '
-nnn womon are a.k
,!llr ihtiHlinnds.
'y In women's rights
rn the family t
fulled lo atop tho car. striking
tho alleged ImnJIts to the ground.
Ilr. K. Dletscho and Dr. K. Hurch-
ardl were roused from their beds
at a late hour and called to tho
men. Who placed the call, It was' ke a 4000 feet, It grow, melons,
unnoio to no ascertained. j peache. and apricot., with unending
Arriving at the scene, nix otberi profusion of garden product, and
car. wero parked mysteriously I apples. Other projects not so pro
along tho roud unable to assist the looted are limited lo hay, grain and
Injured men. It I. claimed by onn. products not killed by summer
of the men that they wero signalling frosts.
to tho motorist . to stop n ordorl Plans are made by Dean D. Harv
to' help them move their car from rls, .eiir K. Elder and Jamn. Small,
the aldo of tho bank. The six cars, directors, and E. F. McKoe. secre
and their occupants, companion, of tary of tho district, to take aggresa
the others, would give no explana-jlvo measure, for colonliation and
tlon a. to the part they played In; tho development of the project to
not animating the car In righting realization of what they believe are
itself. . I It. unusual prospects.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. (United
News) President Coolldge's econ
omy program Is under fire from an
other quarter. Government em
ploye, are seeking a raise In pay,
asking a minimum salary of $1500
a year. This would Increase Uncle
Ham's annual payroll by several mil
lion dollars.
Many salaries now are under
I $1000. The average pay of 75 per
cent of government employee here
I In the capital Is $1325 a yoar, and
i there are several times more work
I era In the field ' service than here,
I with about the 'same salary range.
There are 44,000 government em
ployes ln Washington.
iMnt hi Two Weeks
The campaign for higher wages
will be taken before the annual con
tention of the National Federation
I of Federal Employes In Boston, be
ginning September 7. This feder
ation Is the unjon of government
employes.
Tbe luorwuM ftsked would mean
aroand $5,000,004 a year among em
ployes here in the capital, and sev
eral million more among the field
employes, who are scattered through
out the country, aerving In one ca
pacity or another
Kmployes Dropped Off
Several weeka ago, there was un
easiness In huge government build
ings here,' when It was indicated
that many employe, would be drop
ped In carrying out the economy pro
gram. It was said that the govern
ment payroll would be lowered by
a million dollars dtiring the year
through reducing forces at the ship
ping board.
The number of employe. In Wash
ington, however, mis remained prac
tically, the same --through replace
ments' and Increases'" in "other bu
reaus. '"" v -
The federation, apparently, is tak
ing things now in Its own hands,
and will force tbe battle for the
thousands of government workers,
whom It represents, before another
move comes from tho other direction.
One of tho men Is suffering from'
a fracture of tho akull. Internal in-! Coitf n flona DlVian
Jurle. and bruises, while the otherl 3tIJld .US "j
wa. unable to walk or assist him- ii,arly IvUSlI UrderS
aelf, due to flesh wounds when "
the passing car atruck him into
the gravel on the road. ' KANSAS CITY. Aug. 24. (Unlt-
Both men refused to divulgo!cd n0wb1 Douglas Mlloy, of Del-
thelr name, or to accept medical ( pna!li Ka3 0ther ta gomewhat of a
attention. i practical Jokester or a very cautious
kid. In either case, hi. lack of In-
Wakefield And Mather ! Wtlve Is not to be questioned.
On August 17, wttn a pard ton
pencil grippod in ono band, he
wrote:.
"Dear Santa Claus:
"How are you? Wo are all
Are Fined $200 Each
JiiBtlto of tho Peace Kd Kendall
stiff flno. for nlleged liquor pos
session. Kd. Wakefield and Kd. Mather,
charged with the unlawful posses
sion of whiskey, entered pleas of Tho letter, the first of Its kind
guilty. ' ' received Mils year, was turned over
.' .. It ...III l.
They wero each fined J'.'OO ami. in Mayor uaicu. ...
cost..
steam engine. Cleo wants a doll
and a carpet sweeper. I can't think
of anything moro so will say good
bye.
Instant alloutlon In about four
CELEBRATES WEED VICTORY;
I ONCE AGAIN IS UNPOPULAR
months.
tinned on u,o streets
il iiiriii wnen
'all tm arrived
'h News special, to-
Militant
"in L,nf 11,6 ylKlnry-
It ' Klamath Falls folk,
b,,, UeI" the game.
,,, " 8. P. dopot ,
' klltoa 'r0lU lln
Kvon Mayor Ooddard. who rem
onstrated upon the crowd's arrival
In Klamath Falls, against the boys
ii nil girls having a little fun.
much lo his unpopuiailty, roul!!
not be restrained, and the merry
makers continued their peaceable,
but exhtiberant celebrating.
On the wny back, the baggage
car of the special train was thrown
open and used a. a dance hall
while the train was enroute to
Klnmnlh Fnlls.
COL. HARVEY BREAKS
OLD SOCIAL KtWKU
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.. Aug. 24.
A social world record wont gllm
morlng Monday when Col. George
Harvey, former ambassador to Oreat
HHtsln. passed tho 48-hour mark as
a guest at While Court, summer
white houso, and prepared to spend
another night.
The colonel alteady had beaten
tho duration record of the most per
sistent previous guest by many
hours.
He hn not given any hint as lo
the nature of hi. discussions.
WO IN NEW
BUNGALOWS ARE
TO RISE SHORTLY
Weekly Building Permits
Soar To $113,390 At
Council Session
E. J. 'Murray, local newspaperman,
is to spend $58,000. in bungalow
courts to be constructed between
the reclamation canal and the
Southern Pacific tracks on Espla
nade street, according to a build
ing permit approved -by the city
council at it. regular meeting last
night.
:Other building permits Included:
Helen W. Powell, garage, $376;
P. C. Eayrs. dwelling, $2200:
H. C. Cleveland, dwelling, $1200;
T. P. Henderson, dwelling, $3000;
Mrs. Daisy Osborn, garage, $25;
C. C. Healy, dwelling. $376; U. E.
Wattenhurg, garage, $1000; War
rent Hunt, addition to hospital,
$40,000; Mrs. Zcm Yearsley, struc
ture, $400: Mrs. Maud Kllensnor,
structure, $B00; T. C. Bechdoldt,
structure, $300; Allen B. Jones,
garage, $100: George Earlandson.
dwelling, $2500; Arthur Oberg, gar
ago, $40; J. C. Peck, dwelling, $26;
E. Qulltitch, living rooms, $5,000,
and E. II. Balsiger, dwelling, $260.
7 GUARDSMEN ARE
KILLED, 14 HURT
AS GUN EXPLODES
Trench Mortar Explodes In
Maneuvers Mowing Its
Victims Down
CAMP GRANT, III., Aug. 24.
Seven national guardsmen were kill
ed lata Monday, when a trench mor
tar exploded during firing practice
here. Fourteen other persons, in
cluding a number of spectators of
the drill, are injured. Five of the
Injured are In a serious condition.
The dead soldiers were members
of the Eighth regiment, thirty-third
division, Illinois national guard, en
camped here for summer training
maneuvers. All wero Chlcagoans, of
a unit recruited on the south side.
For the past week Camp Grant,
a World war mobilization and train
ing center, has re-llved war days In
the colorful maneuvers. Battle con
ditions have been Imitated and the
countryside has rung with roar of
field pieces and howitzers on the
firing range. -Flame
Belches Forth
The gun crew was grouped close
In service of the piece with live
shell, when the explosion occurred
today. A roaring sheet of flame
shot from the muzzle, the breech
splintered and .hrapnel-like frag
ments of metal mowed down (Ha
crew and bystanders. Six men were
killed iDBlantly. Hospital units
rushed wounded to Rockford, III.,
where one soldier died later In a
hospital. Brig. Gen. Milton Fore
man, commanding officer of the
camp, has begun an investigation of
the tragedy, to determine whether
faulty construction of the mortar or
faulty service of the piece was re.
sponsible.
Mail Train Is
LootedByGang
Railway Clerk Near Death!
Result Of Holdup Of
Santa Fe Flier
SANTA ANA, Calif.. Aug. 24.
(United News) B. E. Campbell, a
government mall clerk, was taken
out of a Santa Fe mall car uncon
scious and near death shortly af
ter the train pulled In here late
Monday.
Tbe mail section of the 4raln had
been rifled of a considerable amount
of cash snd registered mall. Tie
exact amount of the loss waa not
determined because of the confu
sion mall manifests had been thrown
in by the robber..
Two bandits are believed to
have boarded the train between
Oceanslde and lifais city.
Campbell was severely beaten
about the head and may die. -Trainmen
were unaware that a roLbery
had taken place until they opened
the mail car and stumbled over
Campbell', prostrate body.
The train was enroute from San
Diego to Lo. Angeles.
Lone Argument Kavors
Poor Shippington Road
ATLANTIC CITY, X. J., N. J..
Aug. mi. A b"l In tho street
saved tho Hfo of Nora Pnuiirr,
age 12. An ambulance was
rushing her to tho hospital after
she hod tried to swallow quar
ter and It stuck In her throat.
Tlie car hit the depression In the
street and tho Jolt jarred, loose
the two-hit piece.
Cattle Rustling Ring
is Uncovered mliend
BEND, Aug. 24. (United News)
Charges of cattle rustling, re
ported to have been done on a
largo scale, resulted in the arrest
here Monday of P. Robertson and
Ralph Whaley. with others exnected
to be taken Into custody soon.
The evidence is understood to
incltide numerous hides of cattle,
mutilated so that the brands do
not show, and hugo piles of partly
burned bones found on a deserted
ranch 45 mile, east of Bend.
Mother, Slayer Of
Illegitimate Babe
Must Go On Trial
LITTLE HOCK. Ark., Aug. 24.
(United News) Physicians here are
fighting desperately to save the life
of Miss Alma Siler, 18-years-old
mother, to bring her to trial for the
murder of her Illegitimate child.
Arriving here from Judsonta late
Sunday, the girl gave birth to the
child in an alley, beat It to death
with a large stone, and then dragged
herself to the home of friends, where
she called aa ambulance.
"I couldn't stand the disgrace."
she sobbed, when taken io a hospital..
Prison Investigators
Inspect Salem Prison
SALEM, Aug. 24. After devoting
more than a day to an Inspection of
the state prison here, the committee
named by Governor Pierce Saturday
adjourned Its labors Monday to a
later date as yet undecided upon.
Adjournment of the Investigation
was prompted, at least In part, by
the inability of Col. C. G. Thompson,
superintendent of Crater lake na
tional park, to continue, as a mem
ber of the committee.
YOUTH, ATTACKER
OF LITTLE GIRL IS
NOW AT LIBERTY
. m -t i I".
. ., v
Boy Alleged To Have Mad
Confession But Is
.. ' ,- , :
Turned Loose ,
ASSAULTED GIRL OF 3
District Attorney ; Claims
No Provision In Laws t
' For Jailing Youth-
August 24
TWO KILLED IX CRASH
MEDFORD, Mass. Two. men
were killed, two others are be
lleved ' to be dying; and seven
were injured seriously when
gasoline motor driven two-car
possenged train on tho New Hav
en, railroad struck a track ln
which the 11 were riding at a
crossing near here late Monday.
- TOXG WAR IX N. Y.
TOXG WAR IX K. Y.
NEW YORK A renewal of
iMtlastawidto' 'Warfare, tiuawea, the,
On Leong tong and tbe Hip Sing
tong is expected as the result of
the slaying of Ho Kee, member
of the On Leong faction, who
was killed while at work in a
basement restaurant in the heart
of Chinatown, early this morning.
KIXANCIAL HEADH CONFER
LONDON Joseph CailUnx and
Winston Churchill have begun
their discussion, of French pay
ment of the debt to Great Bri
tain, but no announcement of
progress has . been made. The
conversations will be continued
Tuesday. ;
PRECARIOUS POSITION
QriNCY. Iir. The Rev. Rob
ert Van Meigs, patsor of the
First Baptist church of Quincy,
will be asked to preach at the
funeral of Mrs. May Sellers, 68,
whose husband waa killed more
than a year ago In a collision
With Uie preacher during a game
of volley ball.
XCX-STOP FLIGHT DELAYED
SAX FRAXCISCO Need of
additional time to overhaul the
three navy esaplanes, which will
attempt a non-stop flight to Ha
waii has caused a postponement
of the hop-off, which now is set
tentatively for next Monday, ait
S n. m.
WASHINGTON Headed south
ward after abandoning explora
tion beyond the polar sea, the
MncMlllnn arctic expedition reach
ed Igloo Houndy, 100 miles south
of Ktah, in Murchlson sound, early
Sunday, Commander Robert E.
Byrd, Informed tho navy depart
ment Monday In a delayed radio'
dispatch.
A Klamath Falls tot, a baby girt,
was outraged by a 17-year-old youth,;
according to a confession alleged-to-hare
been obtained yesterday ' by .
Deputy Sheriff Joe Kimse. '
And the little glrPs assailant' was'
not lodged In jail. On recorfcmen-'
datlon of E. L. Elliott,' district at-'
torney. the yonth was released on'
his own recognizance. - U'.u,
Elliott, explaining to newspaper
men who demanded to- know , the-
rftasiio foj- hi action, saia yesterday
that ''there Is no regular place is)'
Klamath county for the incarceration
of a youth under IS years of age.'
Moron At Large . ' 4
Prominent Klamath Falls "attor
neys declared last night that it la.
absurd to say that a person, accused
of a heinous crlae, . could not ' be
detained, regardless of" his age".1'
"Do you mean to eay" Elliott vjaa
asked by a 'reporter, ;'that .there Is.
nothing you can do with, a man of
the type arrested today that Klam
atn. county has no place wherSj h
can be kept ?" . ,. .l,a
. And the district attorney repljed
that, with the. exception of. soma
iiMLka-sbJf jufcrters, the communlt
provides'. 'no, tfjftee tor-erring youths,'
Many Klamath Falls, .cltisensj
learning' of the district attorney's
.ueaestinn in' thn r'nnvf "ila,fMj1
that some move should be made to
provide for characters accused of a
crime' of the nature of the 'one
brought to light yesterday.'1
- . ... r i
Attacked Baby . Qir , -?;
A youth, who gave his name as
Kenneth North, said to be an an-
ploye of a local lumber, company,
was alleged by Deputy Sheriff Kln-
sey to have admitted the assault on
the , three-year-old girl, . . . t ; ' ,
"It we bad had a India arallahla
we would hare dealt with his case
Immediately." District Attorney. El
liott Insisted. "A. It was
Ing to my Interpretation of ' tfte
'aw there was notulng mora., we
could, do."; . f J '; t it
A number of citizens of Klamath
Falls declared last nlrhl Ih.t ' l
there Is no place to Jail Individuals
who annoy children, one should be
arranged tor immediately. ; , il
But District Attorney Elliott said
he . believed that the 17-t..e-nlrt
youth ought not to be placed. up
stairs with the other law 'Violator.
ALLEGED BANDIT ) '
SLAYER CAPTURED
' I'
SAN FRANCISCO,!' Aug. J4.
(United News) Edwin Schultz, JT,
believed to have been no of the
men who tattled the police In the
robbery of . tbe Hellmso bank ln
Los Angeles last Saturday, was ar
retted here late Monday.
Schultz was seated In an automo
bile, bearing the-flicense .. lumber
which Los Angeles officers had tel
egraphed here as the one on a rm
chlne used ln the Tobbery.,, He was
accompanied by a woman, said to
be his wife, who also was detain
ed. . "'
300 FIRE FIGHTERS
BATTLE NEW BLAZE
BAiN DIEGO. Calif.. Aug. 24.
Three-hundred fire fighters wero
battling a fierce new blase here
which by Monday night had al
ready penetrated Into the tall tim
ber of he Cleveland forest reserve.
The fire, the most destructive
of the season, waa fanned ' by a
strong west wind and is heading
toward the fertile valley of the San
Luis Rey river.
SAKES ALIVE! SNAKES ALIVE! TWO
HEADED ONE FOUND BY K. F. GIRL
Snakes and no snake., there Is
at least one girl In Klamath Falls
who has no fear of them!
One headed or two headed, It
makes, no difference (to Feme
Koenlg!
Miss Koenlg, a young Klamath
Falls girl, found a two-headed
snake, a young garter. In the rear
of her home at Third and Jef
ferson streets.
There may have been a scream
or two little ones but these
are not reported by the neighbors
who were called , to witness , the
find of Miss Koenlg, when she
captured the little Siamese snake,
and placed It, with a little grass,'
In a pink pssteboard box. ' '
A little bread, a fly or two, fad
such delicacies, dear to the palate
of all Mr.. Snakes, have been
placed in the box, but what wor
ries Miss Koenlg, should there be
two files' for two heads, or what
Is the diet for a Mr., Two-Headed-Garter
Snake? ' - t .n ..'.