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IIKHARY K MM, K'"f!P:.VF-. ORB. The Klamath News The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath The Klamath News Official Paper City of . Klamath Falls United News and United Press Telegraph Services Vol. 3, No. 177 Price Five Cento KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1926 (Every Morning Except Monday) , ABDUCTED WOMAN" IS LOCATED ' Telegraph Connects Klamath, Portland aimeu lo iirmk the damaging ...... i Ari" utomoMI" man. who Initial Message Will Be'n "uw Aimee Md'heroon at Sent on July 23, Says L. M fVfan Pl. Superintendent W. U.Mygtey Surrounds Tr.vMi rrrtm i...h. i J Shooting Mexican Klamath K.IU by ,tor. rail.! b. ua an work train over the! new linr, A. V. Flannairan.l eurrouud. ih. ahootlng of! Mrs. I'mphrey, in hr affidavit. superintendent of Southern ,M" ""m"ro- laborer, who ..id .he rearm hied the noted paa 7 ' ' 1 iwu"Hrn .aa nmurhl Into Klaniaih falls'in i. ., ...i 01.. M. Mvaanrr, plant superintendent fr In Western Union, t..w...i fc. i . i turned here yesterday morning following a survey of Southern Pacific holdings, and left at tnre for their respective head-d 1 '' quarter, in San Kranfi.no. The' "',""0,"" '""""J" rU . . , i .... i by fellow laborers hi rould speak lt official were principally hM, uvi, r:i.gii.h. )w..r. infoc interested In line changes to mat Inn nwld e gleaned from them lak plare here in anticipation Mi ,h "'"i'"-' 'r Aima. of the new terminal construe-' -"" drunken rondl- Hon and II ' thnusht by Wiorlff ' " I Hurt llastaln that tha Mnlr.n wa. Tm Initial Ulrtr.pa lr dirorl l.nut In a drunkn braul ovit card. ffa Klamath falla to Portland ,nr dlr dutlna tha noon hour Irae- III rarry Ma flrat mmim Mon dr. Jaly IS, riaanaaan ataled, fo-l-.tn final a-! inaiallation July II "Thia a an aipvn.lva and IftleMll tr at Una canairuiilan." Ik ap-iifadnt aald In nn In trte kwrv. "for Sr tka trark. Inl .atrnrtlna nMinnlalna. oar liaaa had t- h null I ovr tha tup r miahty tlau ta rpnrt that kt nrk la vlriaally flnl.hrd nm la addlllnn ta the dlrort t-.lrar.ph rvtrau klrh hprrlufnra haa hn k.sdlod larly thrnush Ran Kran rtaro dlppafklna atatlnna. thfr will III a train lar-alrhln aerrlea la maat-rtlna. ho aald. I Tha two nftlrlals arrre rlali-d ' vr thlr lnnertmn tour and mk ! eniha.iamirally nf the pn-allillltlr. 1 for Klamath to h ofmreti vhon lha (Coallaaod on rae Mi) Stanfield Given Advice on How to Get Refund Taxes WA8HINi;ToM. July 1 (I iil Ird Newal Srnator Hlanfleld today advli-d liy tha artlns aerretary of tha Inlerlor dopariment ss to whit hla proredure Would be for rharklnR anms due lha lands grants rountles under the new Isw for pay ment of taxes. of Eugene that Lane county already tlon by county and tax official, for years 19K to 1026 Inclu.lva with jiruof of any aperlnl flint rlt-t levlo. whlrh may hnve been ninde. The ile psrlment Is IntorpretliiR tho lnw as excluding from Its benefits nil lands embrsred In pntenled Um ber sslea and Hstiutor Rtnnfleld Is advising the county officials ac rordlnsly, lln was advised today by County Judge C. I Dnrnnril The first steps sre for rmnputn, had Its IU1 computed and roady to present. Brunswick "Light-Ray" Electrical Records - Popular Selections 11110 Poor Pspa, Esther Walker. S09S Prisoner's Song, Tho Wall I. Regent tills Orchestra. 3041 Keep Your Iklrts Down, Msry Ann, feci trot. Tho Volun teer Firemen. 3109 I'm Donnn Let tho lluin hlo Ilea He. fox trot. The Alx Jumping Juda.' 3U69 Aftor I Ray I'm 8orry, fox trot. Lyman's Orchestra. Currins for Drugs ma Klamath Falls, Ore. Cor. 9th and Main. Evangelist Plans to Break Testimony of Tucson Garage Man ; MLS AM.M.LS. July - y" UvI"r n,r reappearance" there, wan revealed today ' tho evangelist's attorney. TOWII Of Allfftma rwy a a a lown oi Aigoma C5 - from Alaoma. ahorltv after I o'clock 'jesterday afTernoon with a l.ullel re-;'"""1 hu ho"1'1"' Rome treated br Dr. Paul Sharp. win ;.,,,, , ,. ... , rp(! . Nc -Him. rounty health officer. Ro ser " 'he Klamath, timers! dom. ' rai(-a Tastenada and Jose (io mea. tioth Mexlrnn laborer am. ployed near Modoc Point,' 'were qnealioned by lha sheriffs office when thy rants to visit Ramon Mura !n tha raunty Jail. They war unalila to shed any light on tha ahootlng llomero was resting easily last nlsht, arrordliig tn re porta from the sheriff's office. Alleged Spurious Check Writer Is Wanted by Police 1 I). W. Ilyrne. who Is alleged to have aurrssfully passed worthless checks amounting to mora than was apprehended lato Thurs day night and haled before Jus tice II. K. Kmmlti. Ilyrne had been working as log ging contractor In hsnllng Luke Wslker's logs tn the Lone Pine mill of the Lnrcni compnny be fore the mill burned aeveral weeks sgo. Ills rhecks were cashed on the Josephine County llsnk st (irsnts Tass and a number of Bo nanis. as well ns Klamath Falls merrhanls, had been duped by the passing of the paper. The. hesvlest nf the IS losers was the llalslger Motor company, which rnshrd a check for $160 signed by Ilyrne. Kmmitt released Byrne on a ISO bond and he failed to appear yes terday morning at the designated time. Pollen weru searching for him last nlfih I. Business Men in Unison Protect Own Interests The Businessmen's association of Klamath Falls has been organised. and will work for the mutual pro tection of all members who may af filiate with the organisation. . Tho third meeting of a representa tive gntlierlng of business men of this city met yosterdny afternoon In tho office of Walter West, secretary of the Klamath Falls Commercial Service, to outline pollciu that will he Incorporated In the furtherance of tholr eauso. Present wore K. Sugarmnn. Fred Houston, Percy Kvans, Chris Barnstable, E. W. Vnnnlce and O. M. Hector. Protection of members of the as sociation against had Mils being In curred, and acceptance of checks that sre found to be spurious, are two of the principal objects of the association, although the scope of activity will lie brondened from time io time Offices of tho Business Men's as sociation will he with the Klamath Falls Commercial Service, presided over by Waller West. 1G. (United New) Evidence testimony of 0. E. Tape, Tucson. told the grand Jury Thursday Agua Prieta outside a cafe five ' In signed sworn affidavits. Mrs. j V. II. I'mphrey. Mr. Murle Mc Carthy and Frank Booth, all of la Angeles, stated they were ( I hi- Internnrlonnla club In Agua l::'r":,.J"':' " ,,"'" rrn II J I KiB DQ II COU1 i union. Turaon Dhv.i-i. ! .i ItIM ).rl t ha inlnmnhlla man tnA probably mistaken her for Mrs. Mc pherson. In further accord wlih Pape's story, I ha affidavits agreed that the party visited the Mexican road' Imw In a hlne sedan. Pane had described s slmllur blue car In whltti the party had driven away. Another development today in the mate of conflicting evidence of the aasertlng kidnapping rase waa the uffer of Harry llallenlierk. plc tureaoue Yuma rancher, and de fender of Mrs. Mcl'heraott to "firing back" Kenneth Ormlstnn, missing witness, who. - authorities believe, ean blear up tha mystery. "Ormlaton Is not doing Mrs. Mc pherson right by staying away." tha ranohman declared. "Ha Is not far from Loe Angeles and I ean produce htm tocfore the rand Jury it acxt "T-taiMtar .If Ike district attorney will give ma au thority." Vast Audience Is Happy When Band Concert Is Given An attentive audience of approxl-' mately Zooo people lined the lawns of the Central school and rested in rowa of rare parked along near by streets last evening when the Municipal tand, under the capable leadership ot Fred Selak. played to perfection the second open-air con cert of the season. Twenty of the 2S musicians com prising the band, were out in full uniform and gave an enjoyable program of lively marohes. fox trots, and overturea. The crowd exceed ed thot of tho previous concert by several hundred, in the opinion of bandsmen, and contained a great many ooople from outlying com munities. Local music luvers ace beginning to look forvard to these musical treats nod If the crowds continue lo grow Director Selak .and his trained musicians may play to a schoolyard of folks ibefore the summer Is over. Four Million Feet Lumber Destroyed In Martinez Fire MARTINEZ, Cal., July 18 (Uni ted Nows) Fire, raging for three hours this evening In the plant of the Coos Bay Lumber company, near hero, caused damage conser vatively estimated at $100,000 be fore fire fighters from six neigh boring communities finally brought It tinder control. .. The flames sro believed to have originated with a high tension wire. The plant Is situated at Bay Point on San Francisco hay and emer gency calls were sent ont to nearby towns. The Mare Island fire tug aided the 260 fire fighters called upon. Rupt. C. R. Johnson said that 4,000.000 feet of lumber were de stroyed. A crane valued at $25, 000 also was lost, as were tracks, runways and other equipment. The blate was highly spectacu lar,' flames shooting high In the sir. KIOTI.MJ IH KKNKWKII WITH HI.MdH-MONLKMH CALCUTTA. July 1 (United NcwaJt-Renewed rioting has brok en out between Hindus and Moslems over (he holding of the Menu ran festival by the Mohammedans, A Mohammedan wihn killed a pol ice officer with an Iron rod was shot and killed. New Innovation Proved Popular , WithFight Fans An Innovation, the popularity f which was ntlrsii'il by the alee tit llie rruwil, was introduced by llie Klamath News last even ing; In llie Interests of local fans. .Nearly 200 of whom gathered at the Mcwm rnlraur tn gel Itrrli'nliaeh-IKiUnry fight rrsirit hot off the wire,, Kiinlpprri with a large megaphone. Art l-alluc, of llie rlrrulatlou di-iarfmeiit, sia llonet himself just outside the offlre and shouted the progress of the fight, blow by Mow, as a breathless copy-girl rushed hark anil fourth, hetneen tlc trie, graph operator asrt Hie announc er with the tight dope. If anybody ot Ored anil went home liefnryi llelaney was given the ilerlsiiiw at the close of the I.Mh round, they left unwotlrrd. Klamath County Fair to Be Held September 16-18 Board , Meets and Decides Upon Preliminaries in the Office of Co. Agent Hender son r $4000 in Prize Awards Cash prixea aggregating ap proximately f)AO will be award ed premium entries In the Klam ath County Fair awl Products show to be held here (September 10, 17 ami IS. was the decision reached In preliminary meet ing of the fair board hrkt yester day afternoon In the office of V. A. Henderson, coanty agricultural agent. The meeting, the first of the sea son for the fair board, waa attended by. ft. E. Brsdbixti president . pf board: E. M. Jlammond. member; snd C. A. Henderson. If. N. Moe. third 'member of the board of direc tors, was out of the city. In addition to the cash prizes, there will be a number of special awards In t the form of Merchants' specials, and' the work of gather ing and cataloguing these will start In the near future. It wss stated. After necessary revision, the cata logue will go to press sometime next week, lo be followed by the second board meeting which is to take place Monday. July 26. At this meeting the presidents of all civic clubs, as well as the super intendents of the various exhlbl tory divisions, will be In attend ance to outline a definite prepara tory program for the fair. While no steps were taken yes terday in the matter ot entertain ment for the September event, a probable auction sale of purebred and grade dairy cattle was dis cussed. If inaugurated the sale will occur one afternoon ot the fair, and will comprise cattle from Wil lamette valley points, as well as local stock. Only high quality stock will be permitted at the sale, ac cording to Henderson. Bogus Mountain Fire Continues To Cause Alarm The Bogus mountain fire which broke away Thursday, ten miles south ot the California-Oregon line and headed in this direction, con tinues to rage, snd late yesterday all but obscured the sun with clouds of smoke. Forest fire lookouts In this district were put out of com mission for several hours by the heavy smoke screen, according to Jackson Kimball, head of the Klam ath Forest Protective association. At nine o'clock last night both the Summit Prairie and Shake Butte fires were reported, to Mr. Kimball to bo fully under control, but at that time flames were still devouring lodgepole pins north of the Jndian reservation In the bate which has been previously referred tn as the Sugar Pine mountain fire. It was learned yesterday. Kimball said, that the fire Is not in the Sugar Pino mountain region. PORTLAND, July U. (United Pressl The forest tire situation In tho Pacific northwest continued to be very serious today with low hu midity snd relative high flame hnt srds. New fires have broken out In the Umpqua national forest near Tiller. At present there are 13 uncontrolled fires In that area, but several are small ones. Numerous fires, started by light ning, flamed up in Ihe eastern pnr ( Continued oa Page six) Abandoned by C aptors After Being Confined in Shack Sixteen Days Kidnuped from her home at Myrtle Creek in Douglas county south of Rose burg-, on the night of July 1. ju.st 24 hours after her baby had been spirited away by her hus band, Mrs. Madge Galley was reunited with her mother at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon gagged on steps of a service station near Keno, directly across ' from the Keno Gun club grounds. Mrs. Gazley was found by Vernon Tucket of the Keno her from her bounds. Thin aud wan. following her it days of privation and hardships. Mrs. (iasley told her atory to A. W. Scbaupp, asslatsnt district attorney, and members of the sheriff's of fice. Mrs. Galley bad been kept la total darkness for It days. She wss blindfolded during her bur- rled ride from Myrtle Creek to a j a considerable number of bead lone cabin in the mountains and . ihta on local automobiles ure due bad been kept In a darkened room during the 1 days she was a pris oner In the shack. That her husband kidnaped her. as well as her baby girl Is certain. : Olln Nichols and Charles Talent, saya Mrs. Clara White, mother of both station' d regularly at Med ina young woman. Two prominent ford. re t'.e two men who TIjuts- Myrtle Creek residents, whe has Illy made the trip from Myrtle Creek to Klamath Falls, also sta ted last night that there was no doubt In their minds aa to the iden tity of one of the kidnappers. Bahy Foaad Alone According to C. R. McGee of Myrtle Creek, retired business man. he was called from his home across the street from the White home, with whom Mrs. Galley resided, st 10:30 o'clock the night of July 1. Ms. , Wht'.s. d A gone Into her deughter's room and found the (Continued oa Page 8ix) Potato King Says Klamath Can Grow Prolific Crops Raising 1500 acrea ot rye in the landa of Lower Klamath, lake Just to show the United States govern ment that It will ibe unnecessary to reflood the thousands of seres to make them profitable. Is Just a side Issue in the mind of H. J. Zucker man. extensive potato and grain grower of Sacramento, who spoke before members of the Klamath FaNs Rotary club at luncheon yes terday. Zuckerman owns several thou sand acres of the -Lower Klamath lake country which the government Is desirous of ; timing Into a wild fowl reserve 'by. reflooding the land. "It I ran raise the rye seeded there this spring, and prove to the government that the land Is too valuable to reflood I am going to use the land I own In Lower Klam ath lake bed to raise potatoes for the seed of my Sacramento potato ranch," Zuckerman told Rotarla.ts yesterday. . ' "I hope to raise the seed here as It Is unusually prolific, when seed ed In the north and then planted in the Sacramento valley. The av erage yield of potatoes over the United States Is 50 sacks to the acre or 100 bushels. On the land I am cultivating In Sacramento- I get four times that average yield or 200 sacks to the acre and 400 bushels. We put back 150 Into the sold of every acre In fertiliser, and If my plans materialise Klamath county will (benefit, as well as the Sacramento valley. In the exten sive cultivation of the world's greatest commodity." stated Zuck erman. ItKVIK COMUniAX HAS WKIIIJKI) KF.KTj SWIMS LONDON, July Is. (United News) Pred Kitchen, veteran revue comedian, has Joined the regiment of swimmers who hope to swim the English channel. He bases his hope of success mainly on the fact that his feet are so flat as to ho almost webbed. FLYIXH AXTH KM) MiK OUSTRICTIXO TH.IFFtC MILAN. Italy. July (United News) Swarms of flying ants, en gaged In a flight during which the Insects find mates, according to en tomologists, are obstructing traffic here. Local iprofessors say a sim ilar phenomenon occurred In Bres-j an in 1331. after being found bound and! service station, who released Headlights Must Be Adjusted or Fine Awaits You for readjustment, according to re ports from three state traffic f flee:', who are checking up on I Iftumath Falls mAlnpl-la eh la WO. Ir day and Friday nights worked with State Traffic Officer Waitw Foster ot thia city, testirc.iheadiights. The state men have found that about 20. per cent of the cars here are beln driven ' with ' defective headlights. Vhtnally no arrests sre 1-eing n.sde. It was stated, as all offenders are to he given chance to correct the lights. The officers are an the lookout for all manner of traffic violations, but are here primarily to make a .headllht euTrejr. .' . Offenders wtho paid fines In Judge Emmltfs cou't yesterday in clude S. L. Richardson, fined '10 and costs of 24.25. for driving withoutan operator's license: E. O. 6oto and T. F. Thorns. 210 and $3.75 cosu each, for lnnVllty . to produce driver's ' ilicji;?e; J. E. Blair, who paid It: r.oi IJ.75 costs because he neglected to have head lights tested before selling an au tomobile: and Ray Dix. nnea and 13.75 costs foe failing to have defective headlights adjusted. New Angle Found McPherson Case By Statr Attorney LOS ANGELES. July 16. (Unl- Vd News) Officisl Investigation into the self-described disappear ance of Aimed Semple lick-horson took a new trend late today. Disregarding the futile cfcissj tor Kenneth O. ortnlston, myster- wit ness, Deputy District Attornoy Ryai and Detective Chief Hern.n Cllne were planning tonight: to !sve for a mountain retreat near '.r Mexi can border. Despite utmost secrer' whlth sur rounds the new "tip" It ":s dis closed that a woman, said t', an swer the description ot 1. evan gelist, appeared In the crmrany of two men several daya she dropped from sight at W.r, May 18, near the sanuar.um. According to tntot nit:,n in the hands of the district, attorneys of fice tho two mon and ib drove to the sanitarium nn-. reserved a cottage some distune, i from the main building. The woman was hravlly veiled and the resort keeper was in formed that she, was III and needed accommodations Immediately. Though the woman had said she Intended renialrlni, several weeks tha hotfsekeepln:, apartment the three rented was vacant the next morning. A traid found sufficient money under a door tor the night's accommodations. Trapped in Lofts Fifty People Die As Dikes Break BELGRADE. Serbia. July 16. Fifty persons, most of them trapped In lofts where they hare lived since the recent cloudburst, are dead. aa the result of an avalanche turned loose with the breaking of the dikes at Apatln and Neusata. Miles of territory have been In undated following the breaking of these dikes. Animals, houses snd furniture have been Inundated by the most recent catastrophe. Fighting Editor of Canton is Ambushed Lived Under Sentence of Death For Months at Hands of Gangsters of Ohio City ' CANTON, O., July 16. Don E. Mellette, fighting edi tor of the Canton Daily News, vho was ambushed and assas sinated at his garage door early Friday morning, had lived under a sentence of ideath passed by underworld gangsters months ago. . Scarcely a day passed that hs did not reco.ve some intimation that tnlesa me .sed his fight against the forces he -believed were cor rupting the city he would not be permitted to live. This was revealed tonight to tha TTnited News by Mrs. Mellette, wits of the murdered editor, who, try ing to fulfill her husband's - In structions, Is attempting "bravely to carry on. . . . i , . i . . Four small children are with her. . "I think Don had a feeling that I trhaps those death threats wars) not all bluff." she said. "I beilevs ' bow he had an intimation that- ha might die. A few days ago 4m. test,: me to bear op bravely If saythlst 11 should ever happen to him. I am . going to do as he asked. He has ' been threatened with desth for months." Mrs. Melette 'had been la s state . of collapse most of the day. Rewards totalling more than tl.li Oro for the arrest ot the assassins have 1een offered by private citl- tens, the Scripps-Howard news papers. H. C. Tlmken, Canton man ufacturer, and ethers. Many civic bodies were holdlcar ' meetings tonight to raise funds to add to the reward. v Running down every meagre lead that has present ed Itself, authorities late today dej. (Continued oa Page Six) Water Main Leak Attracts Crowd Main and Fifth A leak in a dead-end service main on Main street near Fifth, spotted early yesterday morning, punled the city water crew for sev eral hours yesterday and after much prospecting with an electric plpe tlnder. was finally discovered short ly before 5 o'clock In the after noon. The manipulation of the - pipe finder In the hands of A .West fall, water foreman, was highly sug gestive of willow-switch "water witch" antics and kept s smsll crowd ot Interested apectstors hov ering about the workers, most of the day. The unique machine, Op- . erated by electricity, will, when connected with a separate line, find the exact location of s pipe line to a depth of 20 feet, accord ing to Westfall. ' The Coolest Thing Nearest You Is Light Weight Underwear Which Ever You Like Best, B. V. D.V Springbak, N-B Fullback (but tonless, you step into them),. 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