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I'MVKRnTTV op ORE. 1-tl-ll UIIKAKY KCOEN'K. ORB. The Klamath Two Sections Ten Pages The Klamath News Official Paper City of . . Klamath Falls United News and United Press Telegraph Services Vol. 3, No. 147 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1926 News Brazil Withdrawal From League Cause of General Alarm Diplomats Cite Belief That Action of South American Country Is Intended to Sound Call to Arms of Strong American Alliance for New League of Nations. i CENEVA, June 10. (United Newt) Pan-Americanism is foreseen by leader of the League of Nations as the prob able outcome of Braiil's defection from Geneva. Before departing for their various capitals Friday, Euro pean statesmen were frank to admit that the resignation of Braiil from the council and the threatened withdrawal of Spain had faced them with a grave difficulty. That other American countries may follow suit is not unreasonable to ex pect ' Inded, Mello-Frsnco. the Ilrsill- tan delegate. In hla statement to the Iregue Becretsrisl. called attention Jo the fart that Coat Hlra had Iresdy withdrawn from the learnt snd that Mexico had never applied (or membership. t Theae slstemenls wars taken by tnsny aa an admonition from llraill that the league waa faring a grad ual withdrawal from lu council by Lalln-Amerlcsn nallona, , The dlploniala cite rnrloua acta of Uraill to support the belief that Her withdrawal It Intended to aound the call to arma of t strong Amer ican alliance. Before the league Of Drain's contemplated realgnatlon totea wore tent to all countries . from Itlo da Janeiro, notifying them Of the coming league aenaallon. Thus American nallona were given prior conalderallon In matter which vitally affected the welfare of the league. ' i'A mestago from Prealdent Der nardss of BrasU'to Blr Erie. Drnm mond, aecrutary of the league of nallona, delivered here Friday, fol lows: "Owing to her record In the great war and arlao to the eateem In which aha had been held by powers. Braiil waa nominated at the out-1 let aa a non-permanent member of the league council. Thla ahe ac cepted In order to make adequate response to tbeae marka of eateem. tlao for the purpose of auumlng ahare of tho common burden. "Although overalepplng somewhat tho bounda of her American policy. Bratll began to tuke a ahare of responsibility In deciding European queatlona, queatlona from which ahe has always dealred to bo aloof. She acted In thla manner convinced that he waa- Tendorlng a aorvlce to a universal organltatlon cloatined to give material ahape to the political life of the world and to endorse the Ideals' of the lain prealdent of tho .United Stales." Earl Whitlock ! Made President : Funeral Ass'n. ' rpilTLAND, Juno 11. (United New) At Friday aflernoon's scs slon'of tho annual convention of the' pregon Funeral Directors' as sociation, officers wore electod to serve during tho ensuing year as follows: i Earl Whitlock. Klamath Fatla, prealdent:- C. D. Webb, first vice presidents Leo Goetxrh, Portland, second vlco-prcaldont; (lion Mockey, McMlnnrllle, secretary: C. W. Illnkle, Dallas, treasurer. I, If You See an item advertised in your favorite magazine, which is sold in drug stores you will very likely find it here. We sell nationally known qual ity merchandise. Currins for Drugs . INC '; Klamath Falls, Ore. Cor. 9th and Maia. Caravan Will Wend Its Way To Lava Beds, Modoc County Dedication of Monument to the Memory of Gen. Canby Will Take Place Sunday Morning at 11 o'clock Headed by Captain t). C. Apple- ;gate. one of the few remaining aur- jvlvore of tlie Modoc 'war, aurvlvlng memhera of the California It I tie- men snd Indian Scouts, a caravan uf automoMlea probably uumlwrlng 60, carrying 300 people, will de part from Klamath Falls aunduy morning at II o'clock, and wend In way to the lava bed a In northern Modoc county, California, whore the monument to the memory of General R. 8. Canby will be un veiled. This monument has been placed at the arene of the Peace Commls alon Maaaacre where General Can by and hla gallant anlillrra met their death on April 11, 1873. Dedication of thla monument will be under tho auaplcea of the Al luraa chapter of the Native Daugh (Cnntlnned On rg Two) Cupid Is Working Overtime Bringing Lovers Together Juno continues to pllo up mar riage licenses and hopoa to boaat an enviable record when the month of brides and rosea Is ended. Yesterday afternoon, in the county clork'a office, Albort N. Bkol lon, 19, bridge englnoor, who ro aidea In Cirnnts rasa, waa given a llronso to wed Mlsa Helen Jones, popular teacher of the Kromont school. Miss Jonea gave her age aa 23 and her profession as a teacher. Miss Sarah K. Folsom, Fremont teacher, accompanied tho young couple. In the office of Judgo Hobert A. Kmmltt, at 3:30 p. m.. yestorday. Mm. Clara Itevenuo became the brido of Joseph Ilowon Sllva, of 705- North Second street. Bllva hgavo his ago aa 40. and hla occupa tion aa a mill worker. Mrs. llov enue gave her occupation as house wife. Senator Oddie's Good Roads Bill Passes Senate WASHINGTON. Juno 11. The sennto has passed Oddlo good roads bill, which authorlaoa appropriation during tho next thrco years of ll6, 000,000 for Improvement of highways in co-operation with tho stales. The measure, approved Friday by the scnato. pasacd the house several weeks ago and goes now to confer ence tor adjustment of differences The measure enrrlea In federal aid appropriations 175,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June .10, 1928, and another $75,000,000 for the following year. The other M6,- 000.000 will he applied to forest roads and trails. In Installments of 17.500,000 for the same two years. Out of the federal aid appropria tion tho secretary of agriculture ap portions the amounts for tho various states, which are met on a 50-60 hnsla by atnlo npproprlnllnna. HOQDOO BELIEVED BROKEN WITH 13TH ALARM OF BLAZE KHth AuibrotK, flm rhU'f. brralhrd m of rrlhff ymtrr tiny ulim I ho flro Urpaiimcut nrm a rail lu qurnrh tlui thlrtrrnlh nim ttrr thin ntunth. 'MtU tlut unlurkjr nutnlMr will put out the firm., olll.tjui rU RUinatl', fire rlilrf. Tlr rail mnie In at 2:10 p. n. from Orrffon avrnun nmr Hliliplnictoa. It waa nrar lh graMi flro which Nprcad over a InrRA nrrm last wcrk. Thrre wa no claiiiaic. R. W. Carlson, Alleged Booze Law Violator, Afoul of Court Charged With Selling Liquor to Indians he Languishes in County Jail; Must Co to Portland for Trial It. W. Carlson and severs! of hla friends who figured aa witneasee in proving an alibi for him In the fa mous "llurket of Blood" trial in the circuit court, have fallen afoul of the law on liquor charges. When Carlson waa tried on a charge of holding up the Prultt grocery store on Sixth street, hla frlenda came to hla rescue. It waa proven, despite the 'testimony of the complaining witneasea that Carjson waa somewhere else at the time Prultt testified he was holding a gun under hla noae. Carlson waa gathered Into the net by prohibition officers and haa waived a preliminary hearing be fore United Statea Commissioner Bert C. Thomas. Not having 12,000 he la held In Jail on a charge of selling liquor to Indians, and la now swslting transportation to Portland,. where It la understood he will anter- a pica of guilty. Fred Nephews, three timea convicted on liquor chargea In the local courts, waa aentenced to pay a 1500 fine and acrve 18 monlha at Mi-Nell's island on s similar charge. The officers are now looking for "Plnkey" Payne, who owes Justice Emmltt 90 that he promised to pay, but didn't. Payne Juat doesn't want to face the court. So, when beer snd moonshine waa located at hia elleged residence three daya ago, Payne tallod to put In an appear ance. After watting for him for aome time the officera took Mrs. E. . D. Householder, in whose pos session It Is alleged Payne's liquor was found. She paid ICO and costs. Federal Officer Had Deadly Aim In Gun Battle SALEM, Juno 11. (United News) John Kaborls, allegod boot legger, was shot and killed in a gunflght with C. C. Mcllrde. state prohibition officer, at the William Brown ranch, between Woodburn and St. Paul early today. Jamoa Angelua was severely woundod, William Drown captured, but Chrla Angelua, another niomber of tho alleged moonshine gang, es caped. At the time of the arrest of Brown he wan In the act of deliver ing 38 gallons of moonshine to Mc- Bride, according to tho officer. When told he wsa under arrest Brown shouted to his companions. and Kaboria appeared with a rifle and McUrldo shot and killed him.j Other prohibition officers, who hsd been In hiding, joined in the fight that fnllowe3, during which James Angelua was wounded -and Chris Angolus escaped. Seventy Men Are Fighting Fire On Rocky Creek A heavy pall of "strawberry roan" smoke lay over tho western shore of Klamath lake near Rocky Point last night, where upwards of 70 men are fighting desperately, under direction of Fire Warden Duncan McLean1 to got under control a tim ber fire that Is blazing over an area of two miles. The work Is hampered by the rocky nature of the country. Tho tire Is being trailed and It Is hoped by tomorrow night to havo Its pro gress blocked. New President of Printers1 Union Is "Progressive' ;. - ' '..44 J! Charles P. Howard, of Chicago, leader of. the "progressive party" of the International Typographical union, baa been elected president. Klamath Project Stands At Head of List Touching Cut-Off Charge Reclamation Bureau Says Only $10,000 is Listed as Defi nite; Umatilla Loss is Near ly Million Dollars WASHINGTON. June 11. (United News) The Klamath pro ject has by fur the lowest loss to the government of any of tho 19 reclamation rvJecls covered In tho new charge-off law, according to tabulation mndo by the bureau of reclamation. Tho total is 164.000. of which only 110.500 is listed as defluite, the remainder being under auspended payment. The Umatilla project has a total of tl. 479. 000. of which 3992.000 Is rated as definite loss, the remain der in auspension. Six projecta have greater losses thsn Umatilla, the doubtful cham pion dlalnction going' to the New lands project of Nevada, with a total loss of $5,462,000, of which only approximately $800,000 Is suspend ed. SQUASHING DAY IN COURT KEPT JUSTICE BUSY Justice of I lie Peace It. A. Em llltt in worried. Attorney Ageo has Riven no tice that he is to wove to "Hquash tho cvMcncc," In the owe of Mrs. Dorothy I,rnoa of Payne alley, who is chanced with having- in her fioaactiaion three gal lons and one pint of moonshine. She is awaiting (tlspoeitlon of her rase on a;IOO ball. "JuHt what does this business of squashing the evidence In a liquor caso mean?". -Kmmltt de manded to know. "Three gal lons In a might)- big lot of liquor to nqutuh, though I've heard it's been dene around here. "And, anyway. If there'a any squashing dono it will have to bo dono on Saturday afternoon. Hut seriously speaking, we're going to ace about this business of aquatdiing the evidence." Clean and Cool The Orpheas Today BILLY MURRAY the great vaudeville artist in song and funny stories. Charles Hutchinson The dare-devil thrill creator in "Hutch of the U. S. A." A super feature melodrama of da.nhing American pluck amid dangerous surroundings. Comedy "Out and In" also Beauty Land TARIFF MEMBERS OF COMMISSION DISCUSS HOSIERY WAHHIVGTON. June II. The following la aa rscrrpt from an arguaw-nt during (tie invniigatioa Into the coat uf production of female hoab-ry by the ernate tar iff roiuniMMlon: t'ommlMlunrr Henry II. .Cjbut bh It la my opinion that eeaiu Irae hosiery doe not fit as well aa the seamed article. Chairman Kobiuooa of the com mlMdon 1 iwtuunie you are com petent to testify. Uncle Sam Takes Up Burden Many Farmers of West Helping Projects Twenty-seven Million Dollars Chopped off Assessments Levied on Land for Irriga tion Projects WASHINGTON. June 11. The federsl government hss sssumed ob ligatlona of farmers on western Ir rigation projects amounting to more than fi7.O00.000 aa a result of psssage of the reclamation relief act. Secretary of the Interior Work announced today. The sum represents the charge- off which congrasa haa caused to be lilted from the obligation of farm- era for project construction. The new lend project in Nevada was grsnted the greatest relief, with a charge-off -totaling I6.4SJ.J76. Other projects receiving substan tial relief under rhe new law in clude Umatilla, Ore.. l. 469. 944. Klamath. Oregon-California. $64,- S98. Fascinating Side ' of Mormonism Is To; Be Heard Here Mormonism. to those not famil iar with the doctrines of the church, haa always presented a most fas cinating snd Interesting side. Ques tions concerning Mormonism hsve not easily been answered In Klam ath Falls as there are but tew mem bers of tho Mormon church residing here. Sunday night, however, questions may be solved with the presentation of Urlgham S. Young, grandson of the famous Brigham Young, Mor mon church pioneer leader, and second president of the Mormon church. . . At 8 o'clock in the American Le gion building Ilev. Young will dis cuss the principles and beliefs of Mormonism. He Is president of the Northwestern States Mission of the Later Day Saint's church, and cornea to Klamath Falls heralded u a most Interesting speaker. Juneau Suspects May Possibly Be d'Autremont Boys , JUNEAU, Alaska, June 11 (United NewB) Authorities were attempting to establish the identity of two men under arrest hero, be lieved to be Roy and Hugh d'Autre mont, wanted for a sensational train robbery in southern Oregon In 1923. Four persons were killed in the hold-up, which was effected when the robbers blew up the train In a Southern Pscific tunnel. The suspects gsve the names of As Erlckson and J. Martin. Another man. known as Dirk Allen, was being sought, under sus picion that he was Ray d'Autremont. Th men arrived hore on the steamer Queen Sunday from Ket chikan, where tboy worked for two weeks after arriving there from the states. The men were first under sus picion when Curator Kasheyarotf of the territorial museum here com pared their pictures with govern ment circulars. The men went to work In a mine here. After the two were arrested Wednesday their partner hurriedly left the mine and came to town, where the lost trace of him wan lout, although It Is believed Impos sible for him to escape, as all aven - uea of exit are SMarded. The two arrested men stated they knew nothing about the Oregon' hold-up. In their baggage were found many checks , on bunks In Now York. Florida and lutorvenlng slnlos. (Every Morning Except Monday) Reservation Indian Seeking Freedom on Writ Habeas Corpus Action Is Bated on Treaty of 1864 Between United States and Snakeskin Tribes, and Con tention Is Made That State Has No Jurisdic tion Over Federal Territory. ; With the filing of a writ of habeas corpus proceeding in the Klamath county circuit court yesterday on behalf of Lind son Cowen, reservation Indian, who waa sentenced by Justice of the Peace R. C. Spink of the Wood River distrct to serve SO days in jail on a charge of driving on the highway while intoxicated, a real test case loom of the recent court decision that state courts were without jurisdiction over Indians on the reservation. Campf ire Groups Have Enjoyable Pinehurst Lodge; Hear Miss Squire Four Towns Represented; Twelve Groups Present, to Hear Address of National Executive Fifty-four campfire fire different groups. girla. from renresented i Klamath Falls late yesterday af ternoon at Plnehnrst when Klam- j that the state courts hsd no Jnxte ath Falla. Ashland. Klamath Agency diction over offenses committed by and " Jacksonville "campfire coun-1 Indians on the reservation. This cils met there to hear Miss Mary opinion created nationwide conr Squlre. national executive and edl- j bl ' understood . that tor of Every Girl s magaiine. offi- I Washington authorities did not gsin clsl publication of national camp- -' w " ndersund tin . Ing of the law. Federal officers Members of the Kiwanis club and j naTe been ner Inveatlgatlng con tainers . the 'girls- drove the 64 " - ,u,t- r7'r girls and their. u.rdl.n. to Pine- -P-nurat. There Mis. g,, e state Jurisdh: ion-w.s ntil- i Itnrion ralhnp thin liMru I Thaea heard on a subject concerning the, national work of campfire. She is j enroute to Stockton where a na tional council meeting Is being held this month. Members of. Kiwanis to provide transportation were: Rev. J. Henry Thomas, J. Hirvl, W. W. McXealy, Tom Deliell. E. S. Vestch. E. H. Balsiger, E. W. VsnEmon and R. E. DeWeese. C. L. Harvey also drove a number out. The guardians of the v.tIouj groups Include Mrs. A. U Rice, (Continued oa Pace Four) Klamath Boys Commissioned at Military Academy Each of the tour Klamath Falls boys, cadets In Hill Military Acad emy of Portland, have received ap pointments, according to word re ceived In Klamath Falla last night. Freddie Blehn, son of Mrs. Paul") Johnson, bss been named sergent. and Don Dunham, bod of Mr." and Mrs. Ed Dunham, was similarly honored. Henry Grimes, con of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grimes, was commis sioned socond lieutenant, and a similar commission was received : by Basil Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Brown. The boys bad planned to attend summer school at Vancouver Bar racks, but now find It unneces sary, to follow that course by rea son of having received their com missions. All fo-ir p'an to return to Hilt Military Academy in the (all. Local People to Visit Old Scenes On Isle of Man Mr. and Mrs. It. M. Tesre and , daughter are planning to leave j Klamath soil for at least six months, and perhaps a year, when they de- j part today for RaniBey, Isle of 'Man, ' Brooktleld, - England. For the past few years Mr. and ' Mra. Teare have i their homo, on a ranch -..ear the poor furm dls-j trlct. Their land has yielded well ;and on the returns realized they . are going to enjoy a prolonged j Vail to their former home. Mr. and Mrs. Teare .city yesterday attending I details before Icavl ng for Ncw'T1 York. They will sail within I week. I The writ Is based on the treaty lot 184 between the I'nked Ststes : snd the Klamath. Modoc and Ya 1 booskin band of 8nakeakln Indians. It holds thst the treaty did not provide any auch jurisdiction over the Indiana on the reservation as was exercised by the Justice court In sentencing Cowen. It ia further set forth In the writ that Justice Spink has established hla court "wrongfully within the boundaries of the Klamath Indian reservation." Recently Circuit Court Judge A. L- Leavitt banded Gown aa opinion In the case of Guy Seonchin,' In dian, in which it waa held in effect. " waa much talk of test cases', but no sppeal has been taken from Judge . Leavitt'a opinion. Should, the writ be . successful, the release of several Indiana now serving Jail sentences will follow. It is held. The writ was prepared on behalf of Cowen by Attorney Fred Mills, who for several weeks past, has been making an exhaus tive study of the law -covering the matter. Cowen was also sentenced to pay court-costs amounting to $8.20, in addition to the fifty days In jail. Judge Leavitt will set a date for hearing of the writ later. Law Enforcement Directed Behind Strong Iron Bars CHICAOO. June 11. (United News) Law enforcement In great er Chicago for the next thirty days will be directed .from behind -the jail bars of an adjoining county, where Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman Is to be locked up for contempt of federal court. -. . The jovial sheriff has been ' a prominent figure in republican cir cles here for 30 years, and he does not intend that a mere month In Jail shall deprive him of his offi cial status, regardless of what It may do to his rating as a political lesder. "I will continue to be sheriff," Hoffman said, as he tidied up. his desk, preparatory to going to the (Continued a Page Two) FREE Baseball Regular Size Horse Hide Cover . . 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