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Newspaper Page TextI THE KLAMATH NEWS United Neva and United Press Telegraph Service !No. 253. (Every Morning Except Mondavi KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16, 1925 Price Five Cent :ayor's rail ; veto is spurned LAFOLLETTE CHOSEN TO EED FATHER ion I Conceded Young ctte By Opponents; Its Big Majority DEFEATED IN N. Y. Smith Put Across His in Gotham Primary; In Is Badly Beaten Traffic Cop Shoots and Kills Youthful Eloper for Speeding State Officer Talent Shoots Boy Who Failed to Hoed Or Hear His Signal CITY AUTHORIZES" pii 1 ,.ir nc Dn Ready To Build K. F. LALLIIMll lir DlUiYTo Cornell At Once ON HUGE PROJECT Largest Single Paving Unit in City's History Included in Council Action ALBANY. Ore.. Kent. 1.1. i-il News) Kil Lmislgnot, 60, flee ing In a stolen automobile ' on a thoughtless love affair with Gcnla Owen. 18. was shot and killed by C. P. Talent, state traffic officer. near horo today. , I . Talent became auspicious of tho! couple and attempted to atop them. Assessment Roll on 7 Other Big when Loualgnot started to speed Protects Called Bv Council DESIRE TO SPEED UP JOB TION IIKillLIUIITS no.N Wisconsin demnn- iiH feelliiK for the Into Kiihert M. LnFollctto. by u son a IjIk majority In biaries to fill the sent In e vacated hy Hohort, Hr. e'n opponents conceded luatlon. VOUK John F. Hylan. tk's mayor for nenrly a yearn, was defeated In urlcs hy J. J. Walker. It lory for Tammany hall, prnor Al Smith's presldcn Lpocts were brightened hy Smith foment for in Afternoon Session away. Talunt rireU to brlns; the nuto mohllo to a haK. Then I-oualgnot 'KOt Oil! Of tho machine iatnrtct In walk towards the officer, and foil! Authorization for bids on tho dead. 1 '"'Kent single unit of paving in The girl said her parenta worol"18 cil' history, and itwo lesser Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Owens, who oaea were Kven at a special ad moved to CleKlum. Wash., recently ! Jollrncd mooting of tho city coun from Troy, .Mont. She said shojc" Venerday afternoon. The coun- mot Louslgnot there about two c" '"" "Pi'mvea caning or an as- weeks ago and has been traveling around with him since, In Wash ington, Oregon and California. I'KKK, Sept. 15. (Unll- Hubert M. LaFollctto. )rtn chosen to succeed his iilier as head of Iho pro- kpulillcans In tho wtiitc. krtcrs of Hoy P. Wilcox. i-e taiidurd hearer and ' chief opponent, con ,it at 11 p. m., Tuesday, up porters nilmltted that iiiii'to had been bealen by of (10.000 votes, illation fro-m 1,496 pro- hilling most of tho eon- Klrongholtls Indlcalo that Diet-to linit will bo even ie from 1.496 proclnctn ' state's total ut 2.682 e. 1 18,795. r. 4 . ;io a . K. Mctiovern. former of Iho stiute, wns badly le ran a poor fourth, hn- I hy Daniel Woodward, rlaed political observers K the K. K. K. voto to third In tho- raco with .M (iovern'B total wa 11.- lost a large conservative 1o Woodward. which formerly gave antl enndidatea a heavy vote heir support between Wll t lie Klan candidate has apparently lost Ills tntv. Eau Claire. p George Bruce the domo- refnaed to endorse tho nations and world court knocratlc nominee, Itruce's hnna itt vnln ennstflnrahle prom ithe conaervatlves In Ion that Is to follow, due s stand on International 1ity that Bruce would not to qualify as the demo- lu'llilale to have his namo tho ticket under tho dent in!, was seen In the light for him, tho Wisconsin law, Druco li 16.000 votes ito go on piratic ticket at tho eloc- cuse he does not poll that e will havo to Tun as an k-nt. vote from 1.439 pre- n 6,480 Including Mll- oiinty where he received a reentage ot the coto which poll in the state. It will '"ally impossible for him " tihe required 16,000 voto remaining precincts Ho bo om whiih are strongly re- YORK. Sent. 15 (United Tammany hall still rules or Now York democracy. "many candidate for the lc mayoralty nomination, "nr James J. Walker, galn wping victory over Mayor "ylan, In the primary enn- E'lny, after one of the blt 1 most dramatic fights In y of New York politics.' - "Y hall Tuesday night f Plurality for their candl Wnxlmatoly 100,000 and ""Iclal returns uo to mid- Ptlnncd! on Page Two) Vets of Foreign Wars Form Post Membership Of 100 Secured In New Ex-Servicemen's Organ; Meet Friday With slightly more than a hund red applications signed fur member ship In tho proposed Klamnth post of Iho Voterans of Foreign Wars, a kindred organization of tho Ameri can Legion, tho first official meet ing will bo held Fridny night of this week lit tho Moose Dull for formation ot tho post and election of officers According to local organizers of Iho Klamath post, three forth, of tho membership resldo In Klamath Falls, whllo tho remainder are scat tered through tho Merrill, Mnlln and reservation districts. Organizers of the local post desire tho presence of every man who sign ed a membership and all those who wish to join at the meeting Friday night, Inasmuch as officers for (he year will ho named It thero Is a sufficient turnout. seasment roll on seven other paving projects ihere. Authorization came as a result ot tho desire of the councilmen to hurry along the bad ly needed paving in Klamath Falls. The totul expenditure on the three units for which bids are to be advertised as soon as the papers can be drawn up Is $139,000. The large unit amounts to $110,000. It Includes the project south of Klam ath avenue around the City Hall and expending as far cast as the Scandinavian hall. The second project Involving a fotal expenditure ot $16,000 Is on Fifth street from I'ino to Jefferson. Tho third prr-Joct Involving $13,- 000 Is on Second street from I'lne to Jefferson. Those sovon paving projects on which assessment rolls were called are that of (U M Main street to tho end of Mitfilgnn.- to Mills Addition and back to Sixth street; (2) Washington. 7th lo 8th: (3) 9lh otroet rom IMne to High; (4) Lincoln street from 9th to Main Irrigation Canal: (5r Jefferson, east from Uth o Linkvllle Ceme tery: (6) Alleys In vIclnHy of Mc Carthy apartment building; (7) Hot Springs project cn Huron and Eldorado streets. WASHINGTON, Kept. ,1 (1 lilted News) Tho Southern 1'iulflc company advised tho In terstiito Commerce coiiuiiUsloii that It will start construction tills year on Its proposed branch, a .40 mile line, from Klamath Falls to Cornell, t'allf.. If tho applica tion Is approved before bad weather Interfere. The read, running through an Irrigation country not served by carrier at tho present time, ran he completed In S8 months, tho railroad addressed tho commis sion. ' . Missing Man Is Found; Learns of Alaskan Fortune tilltL .t.M) AVMTOIl KILLED AURORA. 111.. Sept. 15. An Inquest was ordered today into the deaths of Lieut. Clarence K. Work- i man, 29. ana Miss nose i-ouicsua, both of Chicago, who wore hurlod to tho ground when Workman's air- Tho Veterans of Foreign Wnrs ' ,,an0 dropped from a height of 200 feet near hero yesterday. dirfcrs wllh tho American Legion only In the fact that eligibility In tho foreign wars organization re quires overseas service. MOTOR VEHICLES ARE AFFECTED BY RULING SALEM, Sept. 16. Approximately 10,000 Oregon owned motor vehicles are affected by an order Issued hy he secretary of state Tuesday, which provides that vehicles furnished lights from magneto generators will not be compelled to make an entire change of equipment In order to comply with the new state automo bile light law. In a letter to light adjusting sta tions, the department says that after experiments It has determined that the maximum light provided for by the law may be produced on motor vehicles equipped with tho magneto typo of generator by the use of specific eiiulpmc.it If the vehicle Is not operated at a greater speed than provided by law. , Longview Man Wants To Try Death Stroke PORTLAND. Sept. 16. (United News) Joseph II. llourg, of Lnng vlow, Wash., WBnls to ho experi mented unon Dr. Kdwln II. Scott, San Francisco Inventor of tho "death stroke" machine. , Ho declares hp will bn in Snn Francisco September' 22 or 24, and that he will willingly undergo a test with the dovlre "In the Intorost of furthering science." He said ho would he willing tn enter on agreement to relievo Hr. Scott of any responsibility If the In' ventlon produced tho "doslrcd re sults." MIMSTKIl t'O-HRSI'OXDKXT ' ClTK'AGOV Sej 16. Breaking under the strnln of s recent divorce suit, in which he wns iiamed as co respondent, Rev. Carl Ca) retired from tile ministry today. Tragic Story Told On Note in Bottle Found on Seashore American Seamen, on Wrecked Vessel, Make Way to Little Island Only to Starve LONDON, Sept. 15. (United News) On a lltjle Island in the center of the Indian ocean far from the steamship lanes, may be lying the bones of tlve Am erican seamen, saved from drown ing when tho Mary A. Boiling of Philadelphia was wrecked in a storm on March 18, 1924, ac ccirdlng to a dispatch from Brus sels to the Morning Post. A nurse at a sanatorium at Breedone, near Ostend, found In the sands a bottle containing the following message: "sailing ship Mary A. Boiling from Philadel phia wrecked In storm March 18, latitude 83, east, longltlude. 10 eolith. Five woro saved but will starve unless somebody comos soon. Please notify grand father, P. S. Woods, 4103 Walnut street. Philadelphia. For od's sake, hurry." The bottle with Its message ot hope traveled many thousands of miles before it was picked up In Belgium. It had to drift south and - west around Cape of flood Hope at tho southern extremity of Africa north along the entire west African coast, Spain and France, through the English channel to the spot where 1t waa plrked up. How Jong It rested on the Belgian sands 1s not known, but It must 'have been 18 months ago that the sailors, even then fac ing starvation sent the message. Tom Frainey, Sought Here Hears Of Brother's Death And The Untold Secrets Of Gold Mine While his brother, John F. Frainey, fought a losing fight with death in a Portland hospital, holding a secret of gold cached In the far northlnnd. Tom Frainey worked on a road being constructed by the Deschutes national forest in the Broken Top country. Frainey. still employed at the forest road camp, was notified, yesterday by telephone that his brother died in Portland on September 10. ."Ho "wilt "also lis (old that his brother vainly searched for him Just before his death, In order that papers disposing ot gold mines in Alaska might be signed. Both John and Tom Frainey are uncles of I. A. Towey, deputy coroner here. It was when John Frainey was notified by physicians in a Portland hospital that he could not llvei that he begged that his brother be lo cated. But Tom Frainey had come to the Bend country from the Natron cut-off, and the search in the Klam ath and Odell country was in vain. Tom Frainey left from the Natron cut-off about two weeks ago. A group of Klamath Falls papers were brought to the road camp several days ago, but Frainey evidently did not notice the) news stories about ttio death of his brother. In an attempt to locato the miss ing brother, a radio message was broadcast from Portland Just before John F. Frainey died. SINNOH TO HELP, FIGHT BEETLE IN U. S. Congressman from Ore. Here Today, Will Urgently Appeal for Fundi FETING OF RODGERS AND CREW CONTINUES HONOLULU, Sept. 16. Now hon ors were heaped upon Commander John Rodgers and his modest crew of the navy seaplane PN-9-1 at a luncheon tendered them Tuesday. Governor W. D. Farrington was the principal speaker on behalf of Honolulu's admiring citizenry. He praised the men's heroism In sur viving nine days at sea In their fuel less machine, and paid a tribute to their expressed desire to attempt the flight again. At the conclusion of his speech, Farrington presented the guests of honor with watches, gifts of the lo cal chapter of the national aeron autical society. Sheriff Takes Way To Salem Pen Today Today will ho a busy ono for Shorltt Burt Hawkins. He will take (roorge F. (Frank) Way and Richard Clauson to Salem. Way is accused of slaying Tim othy T. Murphy, Klamath sheepman, following an argument over tho pos session of a black ewe. He was convicted ot manslaughter last week. ' Young Caluson was ordered com mitted to tho stale training school for boys hy County Judge Bunnell aftor, It hsd been charged, he had inn away with n automobile and had passed a worthless check. Sheriff Hawkins said he expects tn rem-ii to Klamath Falls as sojii as potsHUe. Way wns sentencud to seTve 15 years In the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $1000.- FAVORS KENDRICK BILL Thinks Method Senate Debate Might Be Changed; Leaves For North Tonight That he will do everything In his power further to aid Klamath tlm bermen In their efforts to eradicate the pine beetle, was the statement made last night by Nick J. Slnnott, republican congressman from The Dalles, and chairman of the house committee on public lands, who is visiting for a short while in jClam ath Falls, and who is registered at the Hall hotel. "Unquestionably," he said, "the problem of doing away with the beetle Is one ot great Importance. To a degree, I believe, I was Instru mental in raising the $160,000 ap propriated by the government to be used in this vicinity against the pest, and I am convinced that a great deal more money should be avail able for the work." Mr. Slnnott said that he is Just "visiting" among residents of the neighborhood, and Insisted that there Is no particular significance attaching to his appearance here. Behind Kendrtrk Hill He declared that, from, the start, he has been behind the kendrlck bill which, ho believes, would help those persons Interested In 'reclama tion projects. Irrigation, forest re serves, public lands and' hlgsways. In particular, are holding Mr. Sin nott's interest. He had nothing to say regarding the proposal to cut out entrance tees to national parks. Regarding Dawes stand against the senate, Slnnott simply said: "I believe there should be some method ot closing debato In the senate." Sinnott left The Dalles last Fri day. He expects to be In Klamath Falls until this evening. Bullet from Target Mrs. Earl Masters Is Struck in Shoulder At Odell Lake in Unavoidable Mishap PRETTY MVOItf'KE SHOT SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Sept. 15. Mrs. Besslo Jones, pretty di vorcee, was shot and killed hero to night by . her alleged lover. Jack Croft, 31. Illegal Divorcing Ring, Uncovered in L. A., Being Probed Americans, Working in Mexico With L. A. Branch Office, - Guarantee Secrecy LOS ANGELES; Sept. 15. United News) An alleged divorce mill which openly advertised it could procure divorces for Its clients "in from five to 20 days," was broken up here Tuesday, with the arrest of a woman proprietor. Prominent film folk, according to police, were on a long waiting list, which was confiscated and held as evidence against Mrs. Reha W'ylle, Joint owner of. the Mexican service bureau, with II. E. Graco, attorney.. Grace, operating from the Mex ican village of Cuernavaca, hand led the business from that end. He established legal residence for his clients there and secured the divorces. Mrs. Wylio got the business. The pair are alleged to havo obtained several hundred quick and "legal" divorces for wealthy socloty and film folk at an aver age cost of $700. The bureau, according to the charges, violated the California staute, which forbids advertising divorce agencies. Literature and circulars con fiscated at tho divorce mill, po lice charge, guaranteed absoluto divorce, free from publicity. One advertisement confiscated read as follows: "Legal residence established In one day. Absolute divorce In five to 20 days. All transactions con fidential. Save time, money and annoyance by starting right." Mrs. Karl Masters of 418 South Tth narrowly escaped serious Injury Sunday afternoon when a glancing bullet struck her In the left shoulder severely tearing the flesh and lodg ing deep In the shoulder. With a party of friends, Mrs. Masters was spending the week-end In the Odell Lake district on a hunt ing trip. She is the wife of Earl Masters, state highway engineer. An Improvised metal target was placed near the camp and before starting out on a hunt, the members of the party were shooting at the target. A bullet shot by a man In the party glanced from the target, strik ing Mrs. Masters In the left shoulder. The metal was taken from her shoulder before leaving for Klamath Falls, where immediate medical at tention was obtained. Although painful, the wountl Is fast healing. Legion Turnout Big Last Night Americanism Is Stressed By Col. Clark, Klamath Spirit Is Praised Klamath county may well be proud of herself for her deport ment during the recent drive to raise1 money" for the American- Leg- Ion, Colcnel Alfred E. Clark, of Portland, told a group ot Legion men who gathered for dinner last night at the White Pelican hotel. More than 100 persons were ia attendance at the meeting which is the first ot the coming year in local Araorlcaji Legion activities. Americanism was the keynote of Colonel ClaTk's talk, although he went Into detail regarding the Am erican Legion endowment fund. In the drive Klamath county, he pointed out, far exceeded Its quota, raising nearly 43.500 when $2,000 had Jeen the goal. "I hope," Colonel Clark ' said, "that the people responsible for the success ot the drive here realize that theLr work ' was appreciated." An orchestra was provided at the meeting, and there was a gen eral discussion follcwlng Colonel Clark's talk. In the future, 1t was decided, Legion meetings will te held on the first and third Tues days of the month. . PROGRESS IN K. F. TO HOLDING BACK Mayor's "Hunch" That S. P. Is Plotting Ruination Meets Rebuke of Thinkers 6TH ST. CROSSING UP NEXT ITALY TO TOKYO AIR MAN REACHES MANILA MANILA, Sept. 16 (Wednesday) Lieut. Francesco de Pinedo, Ital ian aviator, has left Manila in con tinuation of his flight from Italy to Tokyo. Because of the unexpectedness of his departure there was only a sim ple ceremony when de Pinedo took the air air at 8:30 a. m Wednes day. . . He headed toward Aparrl, a small seaport on the north ot the Island ot Luzon whore the American air plane tender Heron Is stationed with .supplies and parts. The flyer's Tonte is to Tokyo by way of Formosa and Shanghai. Council Decides to Act on Veto of Strahorn Application At Monday Council Session . Mayor Goddard's veto' Mon day night of the council or dinance ' passed September '8, granting the Sawmill Engineer ing and Construction company the right to build a railroad track along and near the east shore of Lake Ewauna, , met quick action with the city council yesterday afternoon in an adjourned session. It was unanimously over-ridden and the ordinance stands. The spur line will be built at once, according to officials of the construction company. The mayor claimed in his veto message that building of the spur line was another of the. so-called Southern Pacific "secret"' moves. The council, after weighty consid eration, found the spur not to be an S. P. move, and at the same time a necessity and a boon to the Indus trial .expansion oi uie ciiyt ana eon- WVuj . sequently unanfinoasly v over-rode I if the veto. The council also acted on the Strahorn application to cross Sixth street, one of the hottest and most delicate questions before the city council over a period of the last nine months. The mayor's veto, which came months ago, was read to the council and action deferred until next Monday night. Action will no doubt come then, one way or the other. It is known that unless the vote Is unanimous the mayor will again veto the proposition. PEACE NEWS BIGGER THAN WAR LEAGUE GENEVA, Sept. 16. (United News) An effort to removo war psychulogy, from the school rooms and to convince nJuVts, particularly newspaper editors that peace news Is more Interesting than war news wilt be made in the league of na tions assembly Wednesday.. Kledoro Yanez, a Chilean dnle gato, will Introduce two resolu tions with those alm In view. He will demand that tho league con voko two International conferoncos, ono for Journalists of all nations and the other for grade school teachers. The purpose of tho press confer ence would he to further moral dis armament and to create a new International conscience tn behalf of peace. KID M'COY GRANTED NEW TRIAL. BY COURT SAN QUENTIN. Calif.. Sept. 15. Kid McCoy went about his rou tine tasks tn San Qnentln peniten tiary Tuesday ignorant of the ac tion of the Los Angeles court of appeals which granted him a new trial. ' " Warden Frank Smith said that the ex-puglllst would not be told of the decision until official notifi cation had been sent to tho war den's office here. . . . Despondent, Leaps To Suicide In Mid-Ocean NAPLES, Italy, Sept. 16. (Unit ed News) Dr. Vtncenso Virdone, of the Wyooff hospital, Brooklyn, leaped overboard from the Bt earn er Conte Veirdl and was drowned in mid-ocean, according to the ship's commander, 'who reported ' the death to the police Tuesday. . A fit of despondency caused tho suicide, the report said. Effort to recover the body was unsuccessful. SECRETARY WORK IS BACKED BY COOLIDGE WASHINGTON. Sept. 15. (Unit ed News) President Coolidge ap proves of the administration ot the reclamation service by Secretary of Interior Work, despite Teported widespread criticism in tho north west of the department's policies. No representations -have as yot been made to the president by dis satisfied northwestern senators or homesteaders, it was said at the white house. GEORGE MERRYMAN HAS LEG BROKEN Georgo Mcrrymnn, 14, suffered a broken leg yesterday when he was struck by an automobile said to have been driven by Irma McQueen, 427 Commerlcal street. Young Merryman was removed to the Klamnth General hospital.