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1-1 .Klamath Mews Register Today It in important that ull vot ers -vote on "City Manager I'lan" for Klumuth Falls. Election May 21. I , Register Today Every. man and woman in Klamath County should reg later AT ONCE. . Last day to register l April 21. 11 HE United News and United Press Telegraph Services 4 Vol. 3, No. 99. (Every Morning Except Monday) HOPE-WANES FOR LAND SETTLB1ENT GOVERNMENT AID ..I.II r . ' i Political Trade to Eliminate Chance, FAVOR NEW PROJECT Bill Which Finally Comet up for Vote to Force New Construction WASHINGTON. Pr" 18. trail ed Nwa) Elimination from the In terior department appropriation hill of every tract of lend aottlemrnt aid appeared Thursday aa the posolble solution of I ho conflict between eenate Mid house conferees over the now reclamation projeert contained In that Senators MrNary of Onuoj and t Walsh of Montana, representing the western senators, met Representa tive Cramton of the house conferees and discussed tba propoaal recently submitted bjf Crainton. which makes ronatrarllon of new projects manda tory, but leaves discretionary pow ers la I tin secretary of interior In enter Into contracts for settlor se lection and aid with non-profit prl vata corporullona organised for that purpoao. Aa mcaua of settle ment of differences the senstors sug Seated dropping the land, settlement plan, and Cramlon asked for time to consult with the other house conferees nigardlng It. If asreement la reached along these llnea, Congress will practical ly accept tho gu Most Ion. at Kecre tary Work that It government-aided lnnd aettlement la barred, congress ahould dlrecet him to proceed with construction regardless of till opjn lon aa to feualblllty of the projects. Fire Threatens ,.( Oregon Forests PORTLAND, April 16. (ITnltod News) Cool, woelerly wlnda Thurs day held tamperaluroa six degrees bellow the level of record-ahatterlng heat .that doacended on western Oresos Wednesday. The high mark Thursday vat 82 degrees, aa compared with 88 de , greee Wednesday. Willi cooler weather la In sight for Prldny, ac cording to weather bureau fore east, ( Forest service haadquartora waa Informed this afternoon that four small flrea sot a start In the Rain ier National forest, but wore soon extinguished. ' ; Both Oregon and Washington for ests re getting dry and 'brittle, with fire danger Increasing, SMOOTH HTKI'l-'ATIIKIt HILLINGS. Mont.. April IS. (United Newa) Joseph Oarson Is In 4 he county Jull' here, arrested Thursday nlRht on a charge of ..' f hooting bla stepfather, David Kohn,' 43, a well known local mer chant. , Kohn was shot through the thigh at his place of business, being rushed to a local hospital, where his condition la not considered ser ious, t ....... Try Washing .. By Telephdne You just gatherup all the clothes and telephone. About fifteen minutes of ( your time and the work of washday is over. We'll 1 wash ".and finish your clothes in the way you like; and put new freshness and life into them. . ... '.' Begin this week to enjoy freedom from washday wor ries; Telephone and we will have our representative call immediately. Troy Laundry Phone 6S6 LOCAL LABORER IS FOUND DEAD Neighbor Discovers Body of John E. Carlson In Hit Home John K. Carlson, 41, a brick ma- sou who 'has resided In Klamath Falla fur the past two yeara, waa found dead In bed at Ills homo HZ6 No, 10th street sround 7 o'clock last night. A neighbor discovered the dead man. - Carlsou Is said In have been suf fering a severe lllnesa for the past two months and according to cor oner Karl Whtllork his death la undoubtedly due to natural causae. An autop.y. however, will be held over the body today. About three weeks ago friends started nut to tako Carlson for a trip north Into the stats of Wash ington, where he haa two brothers residing. On this trip, however, be waa forced to give up at Al bany and enter a hospllul there I where he- waa treated for week's lime. Finally the man fame back to Klamath Falls shout two weeks I ago. Carlson was well known among ; local contractors and building peo I pie, and wua a member ot the brick mssona union. The man Is believed to have died around noon on Thursday, accord ing to Mr. Whltlork. Carlton's brothers have been notified and funeral arrangements are pending until they are heard from. CODY HANGS AT 8:30 A. M. TODAY Governor Refuses to Inter vene in the Case of Sheriff Slayer 8ALKM. April 15. (United News) Archie Cody will hang. Gov ernor fierce Friday night refused to Interfere with the decroe of the court that tho slayer of Sheriff Aus tin Goodman of , Harney county, ahould pay the supreme penalty for his crime. "I cannot find one scintilla of evldenoe that leaves In my mind any doubt but that Archlo Cody delib erately shot anif killed Sheriff Oood man In attempting to escape," the governor aald In prepared state ment to the press Thursday night. In announcing hia determination not to Interfere. Cody. will pay the extreme pen alty for his crime In the execution chamber ot the state prison at 8:80 a. m. Friday. Cody Tloronrllwl. All arrangements fur the hanging have been completed and formal an nouncements ot the execution Issued to the few who will be entitled to admission to the death chamber.. Cody, according to prison offi cials In dally contact with the con demned man, Is apparently recon ciled to his fate, and displays no eigne of unusual nervousness as the lime for his execution approaches. For several days he has been un der constant guard, day and night, In the death cell on the top floor of the prison, only a few feet from "the gallows chamber. The crime for which Cody is un der senteuce to hang was committed In Malheur county, August 27, 1924, when Sheriff Goodman was at tempting the arrest ot Cody on a bad chock charge. . Friends and relatives of the con demned man. In their last desper ate efforts to avert the death pen alty, are relying upon the argument that Cody, although a man In years, Is but child of fifteen years men tally, and that as such was not en tirely responsible fer his act In kill ing Goodman. PELICAN CLUB WILL , SHOOT WITH MODOC r-olican Ray Gun club versus the Modoc Gun. club Is the order ot events, tor next Sunday afternoon at the Pelican Ray grounds, 2:30 P. m.'' . During the. handicap shoot at Pel llcan last Sunday morning the loams woro. tied and this tie will be broken Runda? when G. A. Krnuse, Charles Martin, Horace tirldgoford and Lee Smith shoot. , Pelican Bay shot with the Chllo 4uln elub Sunday afternoon with the Pelican men scoring 83 points. Tho results of the ladles' shoot Sun day morning gave Mrs. Edward II. Pike, first, and Mrs. Earl Tilton, second. KLAMATH PRESIDENT TAKES STAND -OPPOSING LEGALIZED BEER Against Weakening Volstead Law DRYS GRILL ANDREWS Enforcement Officer Tries to Explain Hit Answer to Senator Reed (Copyright, 1926, by United News) WASHINGTON. April 16 Re storstlon of beer or sny other weak ening of the Volstead act la op posed by President Coolldge, the United News Is Informed. When Lincoln C. Andrews, as sistant secretary of the treasury snd chief enforcement officer told the senate judiciary sub-committee that sale of light beer, non-intoxicating In fact, and nnder government su pervision, would aid enforcement, he spoke without the approcal of the president. President Coolldge does not be lieve the Volstead act ahould be weakened In any direction. On the contrary, be has approved the legis lative recommendations and budget requests for additional authority and funda to make enforcement effect ive. Whether this difference of opin ion between the president and An' drewa means the imminent retire ment of tho chief enturcoment offi cer Is uncertain. Drys are domand lag that Andrews be dismissed. .." Ktatiment liusty. There is some: feeling among gov ernment officials that the state ment foe beer waa Ill-advised even though It was presented as the per sonal view of Andrews In answer to a hypothetical question by Senator Reed. Andrews has been subjected to severe criticism by drys recently be cause of his malt extract permits and because of appointment of cer tain enforcement men regarded with suspicion by the drys. In some quarters It Is felt that Andrews made a mistake In giving encour agement to the Impression that he ia not In full sympathy with the Voletead act. - Andrews sought to take the edge from this wave ot criticism by Is suing a stntoment in which he em phasised that he had only answered a theoretical question, had not pressed for a change In the law (Continued From Pago Two) Palace Market s Rates 5600 Lbs. Pull An aciopus. tne first one) ever seen In -Klamath Falls, measuring IS feet from tentacle to tentacle. was placed on display yesterday morning by the Palace Market. The deadly sea monster was shipped from Alaska directly to the local firm. It wag caught In a net while a achooner waa netting salmon and halibut off tho Alaskan coast. , According to . J. C. O'Nell, who arranged the octopus, tt 'weighs 66 pounds. Each of the eight tenta cles has a pressure of 700 pounds. In many story books for boys, stressing sea life and the activities of divers, the octopus Is featured as one of the most dreaded ot ob stacles to be overcome In the hunt ing ot treasure on the seas' floor. Balsiger to Guide - Lost Air Flyers In concert , with the oUiof 9000 Ford dealors In the United States, E. . H. Oalelger yesterday had the name of Klamnth Falls pointed on the roof of his new building at th and Klamnth In black and white. The name will guide pilots of airplanes over southern Oregon and an arrow pointing due north is also painted on the root of the Ford home. The letters are white on a black background and are' It feot deep by 4 feet wide. FALLS, ORE.. FRIDAY, APRIk 16, 1926 CITY MANAGER PLAN i Centralizing of Responsibility Is One of Chief : Features ' (Shortcomings of Klamath Falls' government are de laying the city's progress, a series of articles published In The Klamnth News indicates. In the hope of finding the remedy, thit newspaper i now studying the city mali nger plan of government, which Is operating successfully In many cities. This article, the third of a series, deals with one of the bad features of the city manager plan, "unification of powers.") The reposing of power in a single body, as, for in stance, the board of commissioners, has its obvious ad vantages. t , It is easier for the people to control a unified gov ernment than a ramshackle one, as the National Mu nicipal league points out in its pamphlet, "The Story of the City Manager Plan." L ,-, In the old . mayor-and-council plan . it . was often difficult for the people to ascertain who was responsible for failure to carry out their mandates. The mayor could, and did, in countless: instances, say : "Don't blame me, blame the council How can any thing be accomplished with a bunch like that? Every move I make they block." ., . Or the council could claim exemption because of a veto-swinging mayor. Not being able to fix responsibility, the people were often confused as to the way out of a governmental tan gle. They could not tell where to loose their avalanche of votes to get rid of obstructionists, ..-I.... With all power reposed in a single body, however, the voters know just where to strike to protect their in terests. There is no one else on whom blame may be thrust As to the city manager feature, the advantages of . having such a single direct head for execution are ob vious to any business man, advocates of the plan, point out. - . For counsel, many minds are. needed, they assert, but with execution the need is different. Universal busi ' ness practice demonstrates this. ' 7 ," .. '""'".'" "','" It is essential to the plan that the city manager shall be appointive. He must be completely the servant of the council, or whatever the legislative body is called, else it cannot be forced to take responsibility for his acts. He must in no way be independent of it The city managership possibilities will be further discussed in tomorrow's article. , TROOPS PATROL BLOODYHERRIN Militiamen Will Probably be Kept There Until Af ter City Election HERRIN, III.. April 15 (United News) National guards patrol the streets of Herrln, and . although there has been no hint ot renewed strife In "bloody Williamson" coun ty, the troops probably will remain until after the aldermanie elections Tuesday. Friday the Investigation will be gin into the loss of six lives during the election riots ot last Tuesday. While Coroner Bell begins the probe funerals of some ot the victims will be. held. .. Mayor Marshall McCormlrk has requested Adjutant General Black to hold the guards on duty ; until after . the local election, pointing out that the bitter feud still smol ders and might break ont afresh unless curbed by the menacing ma chine guns and rifles that have proved the only effective means ot maintaining order. Shell Oil Tank : Is Turned Over A big oil tank truck ot the Shell Oil company turned over on the highway five miles this side ot Ma lln yosterday afternoon when the driver, W. W. Potter, lost control of his steering gear and drove over culvert. ' , .- ii " r. Two .trucks begonglng to W, D. Miller of Klamath Falls happened along shortly after the spill, and with their aid Potter got bis big tanker straightened , up, with no damage and the loss of only a small quantity of oil. ; ENGINE KILLS BOY . PORTLAND, April . IS. (United News) Caught by a switch engine while playing near the Southern Pacific tracks, Richard Spina, seven, lost both legs below the knee and died Thursday from the Injuries. PREPARING FOR EARLY OPENING Summer. Caretaker. Makes Trip to Crater Lake Lodge - to Put House in Order Crater lake lodge is now submit ting to those necessary repairs and final arrangementa Incident to the opening of the tourist season, which this year will be earlier than usual. This was the word circulated about Klamath Falls yesterday when John Maben, summer caretaker, passed through the city en route to Crater Lake Where he will make preparations for opening the lodge. Dsn Haas, who has been care taken during the winter months, has come out for the first time this spring and desperately craving fresh vegetables and frnit. Haas will return with Mntcn. ' Both men will have to walk ten miles into the lodge as the snow has not suf ficiently melted to permit cars to go to the entrance. R. D. Price, president of the Cra ter Lake Lodge company, and also president of the Lithia Hotel com pany of Ashland, drove Haas and Mabtn to near aa possible to the lake. In the party was R. W. Price, Brysn A. Gilkinson, new member of The Klamath News staff, John Maben, Dan Haas, Olat Han sen, an employe of the company, and I. H. McC.ee. merchant of Ashland. Barnes Circus to Show Here May 10 Hey kids! Al O. Barnes circus ta coming to Klamath Falls. Yes sir; on May 10. And there will be Jo Jo, the dog faecal boy, and Spldora and acro bats and elephants. The blood sweating hippo and the lady Hon tamer. . ( t . . AH this became common talk on tho streets of Klamath Falls yes terday when It . was learned . that an advance agent of the famous circus group had rented a plot on Sixth street ' for ' appearance) here on May 10. , DISTRICT ATTY. TAKEN TO TASK E. B, Afhurst Wire Con gressmen Over Reser. '.. ration, Propaganda The' following wire to Congress man Slnnott and Senator McNary front Attorney Edward B. Aahnrst on the subject of the remove! of the Indlsa reservation from the Jurisdic tion of local law; enforcement offi cers, la self explanatory and Is be lieved most timely by many Klamath people who see the hand of politics behind much of the ' hue and cry which has gone np over the recent decision of Judge Leavltt. Hon. N. J. Sinnott, M. C, also to Hon. Chas. L. McNary, U. S. 8., Washington, D. C. judge A. L. Leavltt, thirteenth ju dicial district, recently decided slate courts are without jurisdiction over offenses committed by Indians with in jurisdiction of Indian reserva tion. . Section 289. Penal Code, gives federal court Jurisdiction over minor offenses, and section 276 covers In famous or violent crimes by Indians within federal Jurisdiction. District Attorney Elliott creating great disturbance and trying - to bring honorable Jurist into ill re pute. . ' ' : ' Please give serious consideration before making any report to de partment reflecting adversely on onr Judge. . '. . Elliott's action resented by every decent and self-respecting member of local bar, also by all sober. In dustrious, law-abiding Klamath In dians.. Tonight 'a paper report slan derous statements sent by Elliott to yon. - EDWARD B, ASHTJR8T. FLOW OF LAVA -MENACE TOWNS Situation - in Hawaii - Caus ing Considerable Alarm to Plantations HONOLULU, April 16. (United News) Rivers of molten lava, run ning down the slopes of Mannaloa, Hawaii's world famous volcano, threaten the destruction ot several plantation Tillages. Fearing that Inexperienced visit ors may be surrounded by rivulets Uot fire which have epread ont from the three major streams, government officials Thursday ' night warned against attempts to explore the slopes. The main lava flow, grow ing more ' voluminous ' hourly, la winding its way through the gulches toward the sea In the direction of Kau beach. Residents ot Honma- lino, threatened by one fork ot the fire stream and dwellers In Wlao hinu, threatened by another, fled from the district. - Three great streams, pouring from fissures five thousand feet above the sea have reached points near the forest belt The central stream Is following 'the old Allka course to the sea, and Is expected to reach and shut oft the government road by Friday. Forest patrols are .guarding all approaches to the danger xone and are urging hinterlanders to aeek places of safety. Like freshets after a shower, the smaller streams take devious courses to lower levels, run ning In all directions and forming miniature islands where the incau tious might be trapped. Following several days of Inac tivity due to the sealing of the fis sures by cooling, lava, Maunaloa broke her bounds Thursday, sent fire and lava into the sky and then began belching ' forth the red streams. : Explorers nearest the craters said the eruption ia accompanied by an Inceassnt roaring.. . There Is uneasiness throughout the entire area but scientists hope the openings . have prevented de structive explosions. HOTCHKISS COMING It was learned here yesterday thai Lieutenant Colonel Clarence R. Hotchklss, United ' States marshal for Oregon, would arrive In Klam ath Falls next month to Spend Msy 4, S and t. Aa president ot the state associa tion of reserve officers' corns. Hotchklss t will attend the regular meeting. Plans are) now being mads tor him to speak before the chamber ot commerce and other luncheon clubs. Price Five Centa RESERVATION LAW BREAKING IS NOT REALLYJ.ARMI1 Still Have Police and Federal Jail , FEDERAL COURTS OPEN Percentage of Law Break ing on Reservation ' in Proportion By BRYAN A. GILKINSON Appeals from the district attor ney's office addressed to Washing ton officials for the obstenslble pur pose of obtaining further federal action in preventing what It said to be an Increasing amount of law lessness among the Klamath In diana, bav followed a recent deci sion by Judge Leavltt of the circuit court declaring that offenses com mitted on- the Indian reservation are not within the Jurisdiction ot a court of the state ot Oregon. - An impression . easily obtained from these reports Is that Indians can now commit offenses cat reserved land with Impunity, and that there 1s danger of , considerable unre strained lawlessness - among them. Such , Is hardly the case for three reasons: - In the first place ths Indian agent, commissioned by the fed eral government with the Immed iate oversight of these wards of the federal government, has at bis disposal not only considerable au thority for the xnainteaance, of -or-., ,t der among bis charges, bnt also a police force largely composed of Indiana It is true, but none the -leas reliable and efficient for that and even a Jail into which he can clap offenders If need be. j . Courts Open In the second place, offenses. even mmor ones, committed by In dians upon reserved land, are amenable to punishment in the fed eral courts. The federal statutes distinctly provide in cases ot this kind, in which the state laws would apply without question if the land on which the offense were com mitted were state land rather -than federal, that .the state law will be (Continued oa rage Two) Burbank Leaves $200,000 Estate SANTA ROSA, Cal.; April 15. (United 'News) Luther Burbank's will, bequeathing his entire estate to Mrs.. Elizabeth Waters Burbank, his widow, was filed for probate Thursday In Sonoma superior court. Property, stocks, bonds and cash constitute the Burbank estate, es timated to be worth at least $200. 000. . ' . , .- The principal property bequeath ed consists of Burbank's Santa Rosa experimental gardens, com prising three tracts; a 26 ' acre ranch in Bennett valley; nine other acres In. Santa Rosa, and a 12 acre garden In Sebastopol. The will was drawn March 20, 1924, and was witnessed by W. H. Pool, and C. D. Barnett, both ot Santa Rosa. Cake Cutting Today at 3 Yesterday' Lucky . Mra. J. T. Totton, 8h!pplngton Road, $5 gold piece; Mrs. II. T. Smith, 704 East Main, $1; Mrs. Emma Corson, 269 South River aide, men's hose; Mrs.' E, . L. French, 1171 Pine,' men's shoes; Mrs. Cameron Wilson, 1642 Cres cent, girl's gingham dress;- Mrs. R. F. Smith, 132 Canal SL, ging ham; Mrs. D. C. Haskett, 808 Cal ifornia, child's wash suit. .rr, Center of Shopping District,