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The Klamath News
Two Sections I
The Klamath News
Official Paper City f
Klamath Fall
Ten Pages
UniUd Neva and United Press Telegraph Services
Vol. 3, No. 231 Price Five- Cento
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1926
(Every Morning Except Monday)
KIDNAPING EPISODE IS EXPOSED
Hi
e X V S L I
Weather
Draws Out
Populace
I
Judge of County Fair)
Complete Award and
C... TkMiti) rVil.:
v i
lars Distributed
A crisp autumn ufternoon
whoso sparkling . sunshine
greeted- the crowd which
surged throuich the fair
ground for the Hecond big
day of tho Klamath County
Fair and Product Show yes
terday, gave typical harvest
weather for the fall festival.
Iluay Judge and officials torn
pletod decisions on the prise awards
aggregating 14000, lute In the af
ternoon. Virtually all rllibom had
been placed wllb III close of the
second day. tha prliea to b given
out latar. A fratura of the afti-r-noon
waa tha aurtlun aula of pure
lirad cattle In wlilrh over !t head
of tlna dairy slock, worth several
thousand dollara. changed hand.
Entertainment today will consist
of lively baseball name between
tha KUtnalh Fall Pelicans and a
picked lam from tha Henley timber
league. Thla la tha laat day of the
fair, tha galea to clone at o'rlork.
(Continued ott I'nge 10)
First Cold Snap
Of Season Felt
By Many People
Klamalh, Falla ;hlvered for the
flrat time In many a day when the
mercury dropped down to 27
five degree beiw freeflng on
Thursday night.
The' advent of the early cold
nap la Indicative of cold, snappy
winter, when It doea dasrsnd upon I
Klamath plains and hills, according
to old timers who have spent win
ter after winter, hot harsh and
mild, In aouthern Oregon.
Many a Klamath Falls housewife
took Inventory yesterday morning
so that her family' would not feel
the pangs of winter wlnda during
the wea amall hours of the night,
when the mercury la the lowest.
Farmers, sitting by fireplace and
grate last night, chuckled down toi
their boots, for Old Man Winter
aent his front too lale to damage the
aummer crops that have sent Klam
alb ranches and farms over the top
In a banner year.
Although yesterday afternoon
found the air snappy, there was a;lng
better altendnnre at the Klamath
county fair than the opening day,
and tomorrow 1a expected to be
tha banner day for the fair.
Tula Lako ranchers brought In
an excellent crop of grain thla win
ter, rtenlto the grasshopper plague
that threatened acre after acre of
Iho reclaimed land crops. The truck
farmers were congratulating them
selves that the firm frost of the
year, which covered housetops and
sidewalks yesterday, did not bite the
pumpkin and Iho cucumbers from
the vines.
American Embassy
Demands Arrest of
Rosenthal Slayers
MEXICO CITY, Bcpt. 17. ( Uni
ted News) Mexico' law forbidding
foreign clergymen to function hore
will prevent services for Jacob Ro
senthal, American business man
lain by bnndlts Wednesday, before
the latter's body Is sent to his home
lit New York.
A second note for presentation to
tho government was being prepared
at the American embassy Frldny.
It will reiterate tho necessity for
early apprehension and punishment
of itho bniitllts who killed Rosenthal.
TAXI DRIVER SAYS
MARRY AND COUPLE
DO AS HE SUGGESTS
iucMKi.y, tfc-iM. i r.
IIum-I K. TrrniM'r, U married
lit (tvi'Hon Tn-niMT, University
of I'riiiiayli-anla student, on the
suggestion of a IMtlcab driver,
Mlu Mas taking them (u a college
dnim. Now she I urn asked tlir
courts to nnnul lirr man-luge
Turks Island Is .
Badly Wrecked by
Hurricane
Meagre Report State Build-
. . ....... r-
ingt Demolished With Few
Being Left Undamaged t
Salt Lifhtera Lose Livea,
KIXtMTO.V, Jamaica, Kept. 17.1
(United New.) A hurricane
' moving al the rat of nillra
an knar haa struck Turks Uland.
Many building linvn hon demol
ished anil few arp left umlnm
aged. Home aalt llghlrr were
lost.
There haa been no Ions of lifo
but tha food aupply la low.
Turk'a Inland la one of a (roup of
Islsnda In the (Inhuman, a limit 110
tnllcn north of Sanlo Domingo.
Driverless Auto
Smashes Window
Sunset Grocery
A ruuaway automobile, left park
ad In front of tha Puterlnugh apart
ment nonaa on Pino and Tenth, yes
terday crashed Into the plate glass
window of the 8unnt grocery on
Tenth and Main, piling up about
I3V0 damage. Tha window, accord
ing to I'ercy Evans, proprietor of
Iho tore, win not Inaured.
The car, belonging to II. C. Stan
ley, who arrived here yesterday
from Longvlrw. Wash., hid been
standing several houri when the
brakea apparently gave way, allow
ing the car to bark down Tonth
and Into the ature window. Cars
Iwcre parked on bolh aldea of the
alreet, down which the driver lens au
tomobile careened, but none of these
received an much aa a acratched
'fonder from the runaway,
Th .,. fomni.,.lv
torrt. and a display of merchandlac
In the window waa damaged to some
extent. The Impart also loosened a
section of marble facing on the out
side of the building, which splinter
ed when It struck the sidewalk.
Alvie Kendall Is
Dead From Wound
Received on Head
Alvie Kendall, tree-taller for the
Kestorson Lumber company at Dor
rla. died In tho Dorrls hospital
shortly after noon Inst Tuesday
from Injuries received when a fall-
llmh fractured his skull In
southern Kluniuth county early
Monday morning.
Kendall, who wna 30 or 32 years
of age, was the oldest of the four
brothers, all who aro well known
In the lumbering game of north
ern California and southern Ore
gon. Their parents resldo In Jack
sonville, where Kendall's remains
were shipped shortly after his death
Tuesday.
According to word received from
A. P. Heiip, secretary of the Kea
lerson Lumber company at Dorrls,
Kendall was working In tho Kestor
son holdings Just over the Califor
nia lino In Klamath county. While
fulling a tree, a llmh from a neigh
boring tree was brought down In the
crash and did not full true, crush
ing Kendall under Its weight. The
tragedy occurred at 9 o'clock In
tho mcrnlng and until his death, at
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, he
did not regain consciousness. Hls
brothers were with him when he
(tied.
Although Kendall had been em
ployed with the Keslerson company
for the past three months, he had
been With other concerns both In
Klamath and Jackson counties, Ojr
pon. Hn la tho son of well known
Jacksonville residents, ' pioneers of
the Horiio Hlvor valley. Ho was
uumarrlod.
Widow of
Murdered
Minister
Arraigned
With Kirumen Plea of i
Not Guilty I Entered!
in Court at Somerville,
New Jersey
SOMERVILLE, Sept. 17.
(United News) Quietly, with
the assured dignity of aristo
cracy, Mr. France Steven
Hall and her three kinmen
pleaded not guilty late Friday
to indictment charging them
with the murder four years
ago of Rev. Edward Wheeler
Hall and Mr. Eleanor Mill.
Preceded by Henry and Willie
Kteveua. hrr brothers, and Henry de.
la llrpyere Carpender. her cousin,
who also are charged with the dou
ble murder. Mrs. Hall entered the
crowded courtroom to plead before
Justice fharlea W. Parker and
County Judge Frank I.. Oleary.
The men were remanded to pris
on. Imperial Prosecutor Alexander
Simpson announced he would not
oppose the granting of ball for the
release of Mrs. Hall. He suggested
placing $25,000 ball on each mur
der count against Mrs. Hall. Until
now Mrs. Hall had been free on
$1.1100 ball for each count.
After considerable - wrangling- II
was agreed that Mrs. Hall should
provide $40,000 rash ball $20,000
on each count. The bond was pro
(Continued as) rab-e Five)
Homeseekers Here
To View Display
County Products
The Klamath county fair's attrac
tions have not beckoned to resi
dents of southern Oregon alone,
according to 8. It. Head, local real
tor, who atatad yesterday that a
good many persons from other parts
of this state and California, are
here to see what the county farm
ers are ahlo to do on Inexpensive
Klamath land.
One party rama in from the Ow
ens Valley In California, 10 look
over the Klamath produce, and mar
velled greatly thereat. Head stated.
This group comprised ten persons.
There were also several people here
from Tillamook county, interested
In dairying possibilities here.
The dairymen were highly enthu
siastic over the fino Bhowing of
blooded livestock nt the fair, one
of the best showings of stock ever
assembled In southern Oregon.
Incidentally,, 13 farmers from
Iho famed Owens valley have pur
chased land here In the past year
and a half.
Prayers Answered .
Too Soon; Farmers"
Greatly Damaged
CHICAGO, Bcpt. 17. (United
News) Hundreds of middle west
ern farmers who prayed for rain
during Hie dry heat of July and Au
gust are faring financial ruin be
cause their prayers were answered
too abundantly.
A survey of agricultural depart
ments and farm bureaus In the six
slates where rain has been a dally
occurrence since September 1, In
dicates that the former has suffered
almost unprecedented losses.
Floods In Illinois, Indiana, Kan
sas, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska
have ruined thousand! upon thou
saands of acres of ripening grain,
principally wheat, corn and oats.
In Illinois tho loss to farmers
In estimated at 13,000,000 and the
bulk of the fifteen or sixteen mil
lion dollars In damage that has
been tho flood and cloudburst toll
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BUSINESS OFFICE j
OF KLAMATH NEWS
IS OPEN TONIGHT j
. Time II nifty br iiumIc ronvr- j
ti It-it for MutmrrilMTM to Klanuilli
im to my ( lirlr iririirM, I In I
tiit-liirMt offim will be kft oM-n
Ion Ik hi until 0 oVIixk. ,
lly rulliiitf m( lh office anil ;
Mthife our Mutmrriptfon I In uf- j
fulfil In flu huttiiMUM office will t
Ik ftlnittllfHsl,
U p tlimik you.
Planes Collide;
Parachute Used,
To Reach Safety
Pilot Dropa Sis Hundred Feet
Before Canopy Opens; Sec
ond Machine Brought to
Earth Safely by Pilot '
iio.oi.ri.r, fi.pt. 17. ini-,
led News) Meat, f. I.. W'H
lUnu, army flyer, was saved from
certain dratli toilay Uy the use
of a parwhulp afl-r two planra
had collided during: maneuvers
at an atilude of KMHI feet.
Williams' plane rollapsed and
dropped like a ston after collid
ing with the machine of l.leut. II.
C. Winehart. Williams leaped clear
of his cockpit and his parachute
opened after the aviator had drop
ped COO feet. Winehart was able
to bring bis plane safely to the
ground. .
Aged Lumberjack
Expires Suddenly
At Lamm's Camp
Charles Weir, aged 73, one of
tha beat known lumberjacks In
Klamath' county, wifE" a' residence-
of many years, died suddenly yes
terday morning at 10:15 o'clock
while working at the new ramp of
the Lamm Lumber company on the
Indian reservation, four miles from
the main cutnp and seven miles
from Chlloquin.
Weir was working under Fore
man Carl Ledell. and with Joe
Congleton, James Kearus, A. D.
Campbell and W. S. Randall, was
unloading finished lumber from a
car. He waa aeen to fall to the
ground suddenly and without warn
ing and was dead when his co
workers reached h!a side.
Weir had complained Thursday
night of a pain over his heart, and
also mentioned the same thing yes
terday morning.
Coroner Earl Whltlock was, noti
fied of Weir's death and Deputy
Coroner Joyaux responded, return
ing in the afternoon to thla city
with the remains which are now
at the Whltlock mortuary.
Deceased was a former railroad
man of Chicago, where he haa rel
atives residing, who have been
natified of his demise. Pending
advices from the east no arrange
ments for tho funornl will be made.
Cody, Lothario of
Screen, Married
Mabel Normand
HOLLYWOOD. Sept. 17. (Unit
ed News) Lew Cody, guy Lothario
of hundreds of feminine rnnitiiests
on the screen has again entered
the realm of connubial bliss, pick
ing this time as the Ideal fireside
companion the piquant Mabel Nor
mand, original Mark Sennett girl.
The debonair Cody announced his'
marriage early Friday, and efforts
to locale him later for a statement
failed.
"I love Lew, that's all," was Miss
Xormand's smiling answer to ques
tions concerning the marriage,
which came as a surprise to Hol
lywood. ,
"We have been wonderful friends
for years. He proposed to me to
fore, but nt tho time I hesitated,
thinking It might he a passing In
fatuation. Hut time proved that
our love was substantial." the fam
ous comedlenno snid. Tho couple
wore married at Ventura 75 milos
north' of Los Angoles at three
o'clock this morning. Tho event
followed n dinner party at the
Normnnd home, when Cody propos
ed and was accepted,
Dry Chief
Has Plans
to Dry Up!
Country!
Andrews to Demand of.
Directors Plug in Leak:
Rather Than the Use
Strong-Arm Work. 1
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.
(United News) Lincoln C.
Andrews, dfy enforcement
chief, hereafter will demand
that his administrators show
results in checking the big
sources of liquor, such as div
ersion of industrial alcohol, I
rather than making a show by ;
strong-arm "police" enforce
ment methods, he revealed in
announcing appointment of a
new administrator - in New
York.
Itoscoe C. Harper, now counsel
for the federal alcohol supply di
vision, haa been named administra
tor at Iluffalo, where an acting ad
ministrator has been In charge for
several weeks, following the resigna
tion of Kugene C. Roberta.
Andrewa praised the work of Har
per in connection with the govern-.
ment's efforts to check the flow of
Industrial . alcohol. He explained
that he first recognised the new ad
mlnist tutor's irbllltlfV aim itetaut
before him as legal representative of
alcohol drug store Interests.
The dry enforcement head Is ex
pected to emphasise his new policy
(lontlnuril on IaKe Four) .
Scientist Says
World Likely to
Get Free Energy
BERKELEY. Cal.. Sept. 17.
(United News) Visions of the fa
mous Roentgen and ' his pupil.
Abram F. Joffe. depleting a world
freed from dependency on oil, coal
and water power, are resolving
themselves Into realities, and the
university of California In a few
months will participate In an effort
to tap an unlimited source of en
ergy.
Vnder the personol direction of
Dr. Joffe, director of the physical
technical institute of Russia, grad
nate students will try to obtain
from tiny crystals no larger than
dire, a supply of power that would
drive a doien locomotives.
Joffe has discovered that the
power Is In the crystals, he has
even extracted some of It, and hopes
to Isolate and concentrate them for
the good of mankind.
Similar experiments being con
ducted here have so interested the
famous scientist that he has agreed
to leave his Institute and become
a member of the physics staff at
the university for the spring sem
ester. Phonograph Record
' To Startle World
Latest Invention
s
'KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 17.
(United News) A twelve-inch
phonograph record, containing a
mile and a half of music was dem
onstrated here today by Charles A.
Edison, son of the famous inventor.
The record, which Is very ordin
ary looking, was invented by Thom
as A. Edison. It enn record a com
plete opera of two hours' duration
on the stage on Its two surfaces,
each of which will play forty min
utes, as compared with the six or
seven minutes of the ordinary, rec
ord. There aro 430 grooves to the
Inch, whereas there aro only ninety
on the old type. The diamond
needle which fits Into these grooves
must ho only two-lhousnndlhs of an
Inch In dlnmotor.
WOMEN, HERE IS
AND ALL IN ONE!
t'Ol.t MUCH, N.b., Hept. 17.
Mrs. .Mayhrlle Vizzard has Invent
ed an i'Hrlit-plrc rnnembln for
women, which they ran don with
a silicic twist. It fasten with a
xlpM'r and includes corset, bras
siere, slip, step-in, vest, etc., and
goes on over the heatl.
Control of Air
Brings Landlord
Suit of Thousand
Tears Down Aerials When'
Noise Annoys Tenant and'
Listeners' Club Names Him!
Defendant in Civil Action ;
CHICAGO, Sept.- 17, (lolled
News) Who controls tho alr
rijcht above apartment buildings?
Tenant or landlord?
The first test auit designed to
answer this question has reach
ed municipal court here with
tlm National Radio Exposition
barking the tenant.
Jacob Lowenberg owna a three
story apartment tulldlng. Five
years ago he rented one of his
apartments to a radio engineer.
(Continued oa race Four)
Washington Boss
Of Timber Likes
Klamath Section
, ,. ; , . , released on $2500 bail each, lata
Klamath Falls Is located In the I ,. ,, , '
. . , .. ,, .... .,. , I Friday, pending a preliminary bear
heart of the finest timber belt In . . . , . .
the country, according, to Z. B. " Scpt'mb" "h"
Hoyt. tor many years . identified T"' 7'ed on chMM.f ,
with prominent timber interest. In t j-.r "
... .. , . , . . . Defendants Arrested . .-.. i
Washington and Idaho, who wlthi .. . ,. . ,7, .
. . -. . . ,1 The - arrest -of the bible teacher -
,t . j ana 7ici,olBr ras' carried oat
through here yesterday. ... , . . .
ath: Falls up north.'1 Hoyt stated. I " ' t ' '"3r
"so I expected to find a lively 1 hrCC LOCal Men''
city, It is certainly all of that, and! y j. j - wr.'rt , t
is by far the most active ' place - IndlCtefl t)
. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt were returning ! ' t POFtldlld T;'
to their home In Leavenworth, ' " ' " ' . . - if i.
Washington, where for several years! ' Seven:een indictments returned ".'
Hoyt has been superintendent of j bT ,ne federal grand Jury in ses- ' 1
logging operstions for the Great j sion Thursday at Portland. Included' '
Northern Lumber company opera-! ln the llst 'hree narcotic Indict-';
ting in North Central Washington. "en's against Jsck Larson. Res :',
The timber boss Is completing a' EV!"" and WonR K,y- "'. all ;
motor tour through the Northwest.! f K,ama,h F"- . '
anticipating a new location, and thei This was tne wort received late (
the Impressions which he gained of! ,ast nishl ln lh6 C,,T- Larson. Br
ibe Klamath country may bring hlmlans and ,ne Oriental, were arrested
here later, he stated.
Copco Exhibit at
County Fair One
Real Attraction
L. F. Ivan hoe of Jhe California
Oregon. Power company. is Jn charge
of the Copco exhibit at the fair
grounds this year, and the display
arranged is attracting unusual at
tention. This exhibit shows a striking
scene of a raging forest fire in ac
tion as the centerpiece, with turn
ing trees, flames shooting skyward,
and smoke rolling through the tree
tops, depPctlng vividly the havoc
and destruction of forest fires. Its
Intention la to bring clearly to every
one the hazards of tires In the tim
ber, and to urge fire prevention and
precaution of the forest resources
of Oregon.
Another feature of the exhibit Is
a large map of the field servde
by Copco, with a tnck showing
each stockholder on the system.
More than 2000 tacks show the lo
cation of Copco preferred stock
holders, practically all towns and
communities in southern Oregon
and northern California being in
cluded in the groupings of the
tacks. Klamath Falls looms up
with 216 stockholders, leading Ash
land, Roseburg. Grants Pass. Duns
mil Ir and Yreka by a comfortable
margin.
Mr. Ivanhoe advises "Copco pre
ferred stock will advance ln price
on October 1. and Investors every
where throughout the field served ;
by Copco are buying their shares)
now, thus saving thrmselves a dol
lar a share. Many are merely I
making their first payment on tho j
number of shares wanted nt this
(Continued on rago Four) 1
lf a
Engulfed
in Sea of
Disgrace
Warrants Issued for Mrs.
McPherson, Mrs. Ken
nedy, Ormiston and
Four Others . ' 4
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17. ,
(United News) A whirlpool ,
of public scandal that each -hour
engulfs another victim
as the Aimee Semple McPher
son case investigation pro- .
greases promised even more '
sensational revelations than
those already disclosed.
While tha famona evangelist was
reported to be In a critical condi
tion at her home suffering from
an infection of the face and ner- -vous
collapse, her mother, Mrs,
Minnie Kennedy, appeared . before
Judge Samuel L. Blake late Friday
in answer to the conspiracy com
plaints. The famous evangelist and her
. iuumr, -i i a. mania n-enneay, were
September 1 during a raid against
Wong Kay's place on Commercial
street. Eight others, Including sev
eral women, were arrested at the
time, j'
JJ. M. Jackson aud Lou Mcintosh,
federal narcotic agents, arranged tha.
raids that netted a stratllng amount
of cocaine, morphine, and "dope",
paraphenalia. ...
STANDARD KII.KS 81 ITS "
in circuit coimr
Standard Oil company yesterday
filed two suits ln the circuit court"
for the recovering of money said
due on gas aud oil.
The defendants are F. A. Bliss V
from whom 1567.27, Is said due,
and W. Orvllle Smyth, whom tha '
oil company claims Is Indebted to
them for $233.91.
It Has
Been Said-
"You can fool some of ,(
the people all of the time
and all of the people some j
of the time." We don't try J
to fool any of the people
any of the time."
Currins for Drugs
ma '
Cor. 9th and Main.
Klamath Falls, Ore.