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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1926)
Kl'OK.NB. on K The Klamath News SERVICE ir your raff of TIIR NEWS tloea mot arrive by Hi no a. m.( phoue H77 Ml a ropy of Iba paper will be eeat. Two Sections Twelve Pages Unittd Nttu and VntUd Press TsUgtvph Services Vol. 3, No. 255 Price Five Cento KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1926 (Every Morning Except Monday) COAST CRIME WAVE SPREADING Reception Awaiting Lady Upon Her Visit Whole Floor of Ambas sador Hotel It Char tered; There Will Be Detective in Evidence NEW YOKK. Oct. 15. (United New) "Willie, run over to Mr. Smith' and nor ' row the 'Book of Etiquette'." The Queen of Rumania in due here Monday "Mother, huke the moth, ball out of father' frock cout." What bo! Tha Huron la cam In Jut a surely aa the lowering anout of (ha M. 8. leviathan plow lha Atlanllc'a wkm. Quean Maria of Rumania, au engaging woman, but ona who never awam tha Eng lish Channel, not even, for her kid dles, la dun Monday. Tha aorlul IIoiim aro anarling and snapping; lha ring of rurpenlry re sounds throuich tha aldermanlr chambers, whnra a llirnno la being erected; (irover Whale haa had all palra of riy alrlpod .paiila crtwa. rd to a raior dca, and oty lllllr stenographer alon lower llrodaway haa brouilit har.axtra url papers tn tho office, ready lo film thorn Into tha danrln confusion of lower New Vork'a ranynn aa tha queen passes by, Tha moat democratic of Knropoan monarch", who will endorse cold1 cream of turn har band to movie I scenario at a moment's notice, la com In lo tho mot adulatory of democracies. "Why la aha coming, pop" asks tha amall boy. whnaa adillatlnn ex-; tenda only aa far aa tha larruping of that Homeric papoose, fleorgr i ' Herman Ruth. 'Willi, so to bed." Queen Maria herself. In bar ln-1 ed, copyrighted and not to he re- produced own alory aaya aha la 1 ruin In a hecauae aha want! to see t you. So with KO trunka, an ellg-1 Ihle daughter, and practically no , (Continued on rage Fit) " i Civic Expansion Week Is Proving Great Success With the drive for new memhera, I one of tha main feature! of Civic Expansion Weak, wall under way by tho three raptolna, Henry K. Porklns. Ed Livingston and Fred Fleet, breathed a sigh of relief when half the, quota of 100, woa reached laat night at f o'clock, Mra. Willed T. Stewart, former ly of Klnntalh Falls, and more re cently of Hollywood, haa returned to thla city and waa among the first to obtain membership In the chamber of commerce, following la the Hat of namea submitted by Pred Fleet, wihn lead In yeaterday'a. raco: C. T. Trice, C. T. Barley, (leore Ilarnhart, Charlea Clrove, Arthur It. Kennan, Steve flabo, Jr., Jay A. Cxlxck. R. O. Elllngaton and II. P. Elllngslnn. Roy Orem'a momhershlp wna oh lalnod through Pcrkln'i tenm, add In to bin Ion Hat auhmlttcd Thurs day afternoon,' According to Iho member of tho Klamath county chamber of com merce, the drlvo for new memhera la going over tho top In a befit t ln manner to the city of Klamath Falla, which haa mode audi rapid atrldea during tho pant throe year that organisation In tho city nnd county aa well must atep double tlnio to keep paro with the pulao of the city. The, period termed Civic Expnn alon Week, October 14 lo October 21, la exr.sctcd to add materially to tho aenpe of work hour lit by the budget for 1927. HAREM DISAPPEARS WITH WOMEN BOBS SAYS TURKISH LADY WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (Till. I.-.I News) High cost of upkeep of modcru bob-haired women ' brought elmut the abolition of polygamy In Turkey, according; lo Mine. HalMn lloundii'd IU-y, a vlrllnr here. It'T liusliand hm chamberlain In Hip n)l Itouschnld under Hi" uIiuii. When Turkish woiiw-a lcoiMal Iho veil anal lk to short lialr anil European dress mrn found they roulil am af font more wives and the harem made, a forced disappearance. Jdamath Potato Finest Grown in Western Country Largest Buying Firm on Coast ' Namea Product White Peli can and ia Ready to Con tract for all Local Spud Klanulh county liimhrr pro ..ducla have been In tha national., market fur years, but oulsblo of lumber and box shooka thla roun ly Ium luul lllllr call to fame until recently, when potatoes be gan coining Into , their own. From now on tha White Pelican brand of pntatoea will ba shipped far and wWe, over tho aurfaro of tha I'nlled States and will hear the Iv'.-el of a While Pelican and the leltera V. H. grade number one, ac cording to A. J. .Kronert, of the Klamath Brokerage and Warehouse company. i Kronert represents Iho Weyl Zuekerman company, exclusive po tato and onion dealera with head ' (Continued on Pairs rive) Motormeters Wait Claimants; Sheriff Growing Anxious Flfly-two molormeicra, from shin ing onea with marhlo knoha, to little cheap arfalra from amaller iara, were arranged In rowa yeslvr day In the county vault at the aherlff'a office. They repoaed In the aanie vault aa the gallona and gollona of mcnahln and wine that have Veen gleaned from ralda prompted by prohllitlon offlrera. And now theaaherlff aaka that motnrlnta come und Identify their own. He mcana tha motormetera, not the moonnhlne. Yealerday two were Identified aa belonging to P. C. Bergman. 124 Waahlngton atreot, and Klule Wll lurd, 135 Congor avenue. It la ex pected that the aherlft'a office will he deluged with telephone calla and pereonal Tlalta aeelrlng mlaalng mo tormetera. The molormetera were returned to Klamath Falla from Salem, aa were Carl T. Wlngnrd. L. L. Cray and Henry llllchell, who confeaaed to Hulcm pollc that they had atolen the accctworica from rare In Klam ath Falla. Tho trio waa tn the act of Bell ing the motormelera to a junkman when the police a r rented them. The hoya offered the it acceaaorles at B0, although they are well worth $400, according to officers. Red Cross Drive Opens on Nov. 11 for Fourteen Days Mra. Florence Perrln, county chairman for the Red Croaa drive, atartcd the campaign yesterday when ahe began lining up county chairmen to work with Qier In the country dlatrlcta. Letters were mnlled by Mra. Perrln to many or the men nnd .women throughout tho county that proved auch effi cient wr.Tkera Umt year, whon Klam alh caunly went over It n quota, Tho heada of commlttoca for the drlvo Innldo tho city limit will be appointed by tho end of next week and when the formal drive open on November 11, Armlatlce Day, thlnga will then he In Tendinous to start with a bnng. The drive will bo over a short perlcd, raiding on Novem1'..'; 25, Thanksgiving Day. Leader of Legion is Savage of Big City Chicago Man to Head American . Forces of Late World War ; Con test Was Spirited PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 15. (United News) Howard Paul Savage of Chicago is the new national commander of the American Legion. He was elected Friday after a spirited context of two ballots in which neither he nor hi chief op ponent, J. Munroe Johnson, of Marion, S. C, was able to com mand a majority. Three other candidates, Thomas Amory I,ea of Topeka. Kaa., K. K. Hpafford of New York, and Jay Williams of South Dakota, received acatterln votes. ' Five vlco commissioner were elected from alx candidates. They wore John K. Curtlsa of Lincoln, Men.; J. D. Sims of Maryville. Tenn.; Thomas ilusha, Helena, Mont.; Staf ford King of 81. Paul, Minn.: and John II. Townea of Waterville, Maine. QUI Ilohert' Wlbion of Trenton, X. J., with 6U vote, waa tha de feated candidate. Captain Joaeph I.. Wolfe of Phil adelphia was elected national chap lain over Father Francis J. Hur ney of Washington. D. C and Cap tain A. V. Slmonl of Fort Sill. Okla. Savage waa a first lietenant In engineers, having been appointed (Continued on Tags Five.) County Club Work Has Great Year In This County Hailed aa eminently the most suc cessful year In the history of the county, thla . year's cluh work I", drawing to a close with a high per centage of completion In all pro jects apparent from memhera final reporta now being turned In. Thla la according to Frank Sex ton, county club leader, who la or- ganlting for lha 1927 club work in southern Oregon basin. - "Hoys' and lrla' club work baa bcccmo Increasingly more popular each succeeding year of the alx years we have had It In Klamath county." Sexton elsted. "And this vnne hi. Keen tiiniwp nn, fn. us. Memberships, true Index of the popularity of club work, has In creased about 20 per rent this sea son over the total for laat year," he aald. "Club exhibits at the county fair thla full wero far superior to those of last year both In number and for quality," he declared, "and clearly show that the standard of work la .continually being raised. Indicative of Me widespread Interest In the work, both by parents and young (Continued oa rage Four) Del Norte Bank Robbers Carry Away $20,000 CIIESCENT CITY, Cat.. Oct. 15. (United News) Mountainous sec tions along the California-Oregon boundary were being aonrrhed this afternoon tar three men who at noon held up the Del Norte County branch of the Liberty bank and escaped with $20,000. The bandits sped north from here after the robbery. Their automo bile was believed to be making to wards flrats Pass, Ore. Two sus- pecta were arrested during tho af J tcrnoon, ' BUSINESS OFFICE OF KLAMATH NEWS IS OPEN TONIGHT For the rmivriileitre of tlm itcn- I ile generally the hu'lncM .tflic , of The Xewa will In" open tlil evening until 0 o'clock t tier mil of subscribers piiylng ibelr arrears. Ily ralllliK al the office much lime la sated for the man aKement, for whkh tlunka are I extended lo our many reailera ! ' advance. , Federal Officers ! Investigate Case , Of Evangelist I 1 : i ; U. S. Attorney Not Satisfied A Reeult "Avenger" Let ter Mailed Mra. Kennedy, Mother Mra. McPheraon. IX)rt .tXfiKI.KH, Oct. is. rnl. tml News) I'ncW Ham may take a liand In the Ahnep Kemple lc PlienMtn rase. It waa Indlcatetl here Friday. A new federal Investigation may be launched. It waa Intimated, when United Stales Attorney J. (I. Cban neson announced that his office waa Interested In two new "aveng ers" lettera reported to have been received by Mrs. Minnie Keouedy, mother of the evangelist. Channeaou aald that postal In spectors probably will seek to trace these lettera which, according to reports, were received at Angelua temple and purported lo have come from tho "kldiiapersV of Mrs. Mc pherson. Meanwhile the prosecution drew Its raae agulnat the famous phophet of the Four Square gospel to a close and the defense prepared to answer rhargea made by thj state that Mrs. Mi'l'herium had attempted to - veil (UooUooed ob Page Four) Klamath Livestock To Be Exhibited , At Portland Show That Klamath county, home of some of the finest livestock in the West, Is to be ably represented at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition In Portland, was learned yesterday when D. E. Alexander. Fort Klamath stockman, announced that aome of hla purebred' atock will be taken to the world-famous show. Included In the exhibit of quality stork which Alexander will take to Portland, are eight head of regis tered Aberdeen-Angus rattle and probably three pens of rtomney sheep. Thla atock was all ahowa at the Klamath county fair here thla tall and waa awarded much of the prise money at that exposition. As the Pacific International Is to be held from October SO to November 6, Alexander will not transport his valuable atock north until late this month, he atated. Whether other stockmen of the county will exhibit at the Port land exposition could not be learned yealerday. L. A. West, an whose stock ranch ten miles south of here, are to be found aome of the finest Shorthorn cattle In the state, said yesterday that he will not exhibit at the famed livestock ex position this fall. West's purebreds received much favorable comment when exhibited at the Portland show last year, and won many prlxea In competition with other atock at various fairs in the Willamette valley. He will prob ably take cattle and sheep to the Pa cific International next year, he aaid. Alexander did not show at Port land last year, but Iho quality of the stock which ha Is shipping there thla season will make up for Inst year's nnn-exhlhlt, cattlemen who saw his display at the local fair, do clare. ONE IS KILLED IX .UTOMOIHI.K ACC1DF.XT ALBANY, Oct. 15. (United News) Ono person was killed and two others Injured Friday morning In an automobile accident between Salem and Jefferson. Mrtr. Emma Colo, 70, of Salem, suffered a aovera gash and probable fracture of the skull from which she died a fow minutes after. Suffering Foretold as English Lack Coal Seven Hundred Thou sand Workers Remain on Strike During Long Period; No Settlement LONDON, Oct. 15. (Uni ted New) If England' six-month-old coal strike were to end . tomorrow the country would still face many hard winter months which promise death for thousands and suf fering for millions. With 336.S92 of the million min ers who struck last May now back at work, the great majority in the face of steady adverse? in their fight for shorter hours and higher wages, are bitter, and determined to con tinue the fight all winter. If neces sary. Even If thejr were to give up it would take months to get the coal industry nn a pre-slrikc ba sis again. - A had winter is Inevitable, not only for the miners, but for the general . public. There Is the cer tainty of cold homes, of Insuftiiient nourishment In the cold, gray, damp DritUh winters .fur mllllnns .Trr men and children. Lowered vitality and cold are fol lowed by an Increase of disease. In tht country of coal fires, house keepers are already limited to eight pounds of coal a day unless they also have to cook over coal fires or there is sickness In the family. In such cases special government permits authorize a little more fuel. (Continued oa Togo Four) Produce Company To Open Market For Perishables Opportunity for development of an excellent market in Bend and central Oregon for Klamath county produce ia to be offered through the combined efforts of the South ern Pacific Railway and the Pacific Fruit & Produce company. Plana as presented by officials of the produce company are to con struct about 300 feet of highway from Chemult, along the new Cas cades line of the Southern Pacific, out to the state highway, over which trucks can operate. The Southern Pacific haa agreed to build a place adjacent to the apur track at Chemult, where Klamath and California produce can be easily un loaded from "reefers" Into produce company trucks for transportation to Bend. . t By Inaugaratlng this truck move ment of produce from Chemult, nearest point on the line to the highway, to Bend, the shipping time on perishables will be cut down about 30 hours. It was stated. Here tofore, the produce 'haa been sent Into Portland and shipped from there down Into central Oregon. An average of two carloads of mixed produce each week will be unloaded at Chemult. While It Is (Continued on Page Two) Jap Freighter Is Badly Damaged by Fire Lower Hold SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15. (Uni ted Newa) Fire In the lowor hold of tho Japanese freighter Mon treal Mam, docked at a local pier, today rnuscd damage of approxi mately $250,000 to the ship and pier. Two firemen wcro slightly In jured and three others overcome by smoke. Heat from the engine room was believed to have Ignited cotton In the lower hold. ANCESTRAL TREE IS INTERESTING SAYS CALVIN COOLIDGE W.HIII(,TO, itrt. 14. (fnl led Nens) lresidi-nt fonlidKC pent die afternoon ImUy In tlie Whlle House Inspecting his ' an cestral tree with the family gen ealnfclst, Krcd J. 'ooledgr, Jr., of .tl Uinta. I'ootiHlKe In n cousin of the president. ' They aN-l tlielr namea dif ferently, as d several bram-bea of the family, but all trace tlx-ir dc4Ynt fnnu Captain John f'ool iritfc, who landed In Massachus etts In Klittt, ten years after Iho I Mn flower company. . i Uncle Sam Will Give Protection to Mail Transfer New Law Proposed That Will Provide Capital Punishment for Those Using - Force of Arms in Robbery WASHINGTON', Oct. l.V (Cnl ted News) larastic meaaurea to protect the I'nlted State malls against auch robhrriew aa occur red yeslenlay at Elizabeth, X. J., are under comthlcnitkm here. President Coolidge is In sympa thy with such steps, the White House spokesman said. "Wo ore going to stop such out-! rages If It takes the whole army and navy to do it," declared Post master Ceneral Harry 8. New, on leaving the cabinet meeting, where measnrea were discussed.' ' . "Wholesale .hanging., might go farther" than anything, else to curb . (Continued on .Pago.. Four) . Quail Hunters 1 Have Busy Day - At Start Season At four o'clock yesterday morn ing all night restaurants In this city were crowded with throngs of quail . hunters, eager to be afield shortly after daylight to bag the limit before working hours on the opening day of the season. Reports frctn returning hunters bear out earlier predictions that the hills and valleys of Klamath county are replete with quail thla .season. Of the hundreds who left this city for the first day's shooting, a great many were successful in getting the limit. Some not so fortunate de clared upon their return that there were aa many hunters aa quail In the field. Lee Carter and Junior Wager, city, atated upon their return in time for office hours yesterday morning, that ahootlng was extreme ly heavy around Olene. Many hunt era were able to bag the llmlth within a few miles from the city limits. Police Officer Ross Brown was one of the latter-named and stated that within eight miles of Klamath Falls he could have era were able to bag the limit Nlmrods declare." that the quail are extremely fat this season, due to f.ood feeding year, and that Chinese pheasants, upon which the season opens tomorrow for one week, are quite numerous. Moroni Players Please Theatre Lovers of City It la rumored that Klamath Falls responded so enthusiastically to Mo roni Olsen and his players, that they will return several times dur ing the winter In equally fascinating portrayals. Klamath Falls was especially for tunate on Thursday nnd Friday nights when tho Moroni Olsen play ers were presented In "Dear Bru tus," a whimsical play from the pen of James M. Barrio, the fa mous playwright and novelist. The three-art play Is one of the finest ever presented In Klamath Falls and mtteh credit is due tho mnnngement of the Pine Tree thea tre In bringing It to this city which has been literally starved for (ho better things of the legitimate stage for so long. Search of Bandits is Becoming Exciting Governor Offers Militia to Hunt Down Crimi nals; Hundreds Comb ing Woods ELIZABETH, N. J., Oct 15. United News) Two thous and New Jersey state militia men have been offered by Governor A. Harry Moore to assist in the search for the bandit gang which killed a mail truck driver and escaped ' with $151,700 Thursday. The offer has been temporarily refused by Colonel H. Norman Schwartxbopf, head of the state po lice, whose men, armed with tear bombs and riot guns, are moving cautiously through the foothills of the Watchung monntaln ranges on ' their man hunt. .;. -We don't need any more men Just now," said the police bead. "What we need is to find out where the bandlla are:" ; .. - Tha latter' fled Elliabeth In two sedans, after killing John" Ens. ' . wounding his guard,, aad -Mattl down a motorcycle policeman guard- -Ing the mail truck ,frpmrwhlich..the5. currency, comprising several pay-rolls, was taken. . '. ; . ; , Believing that tbe bandits, va-' rtously estimated to number aix -to ten men, had taken to the hills, . Colonel Schwartikopf ordered hla . troopers to comb the wooded slopes, examine the acattered cablna In the foothills, and proceed slowly on whatever trails presented themselves " in the theory that the gang had a cache somewhere In the mountains. The possibility that the bandits might hare divided and gone Indi vidual ways was presented Friday afternoon when John Madden,' pro prietor of an inn at Manville, report ed that he had carried the gang's leader In his automomile shortly after midnight unaware of his pas senger's Identity. This leader is -believed to have (Continued on Pago Four) ,t Federal Narcotic Officers Arrest :, Alleged Peddlers Federal narcotic agents gained additional headway in their - at tempts to purge Klamath Falls of the dope evil yesterday, with the arrest of A. C. McLachlen, former taxi cab driver, and John C. Bond.' charged with possession and sale of nacotics. ...... The arresting officers, who con ducted a campaign against the rice several weeks ago here, are E. M. Jackson and J. B. Chambers, work ing under Harry V. Williamson, nar cotic agent In charge of the Seattle division. Following the ce-pletlon of their work here, the l men will return to Seattle torn ..,w.t Bond was arrested after making three sales of morphine to an agent, and was found with about 15 grains of the drug In his possession. Mc Lachlen van peddling opium when the officers caught him In, making a direct sale. Some eight or ten grains of smoking opium were found on the peddler. Both dopesters waived prelimin ary hearing before Bent C. Thomas, V. S. Commissioner here, and will be taken to Portland this week tn appear before the federal grand Jury. Neither were Ohio to post the bond set for them by the federal narcotic agents. Tho apprehension yesterday of the two alleged dope peddlers leav es Mils city comparatively clean from dope traffic, Jackson stated. "Klam ath Fulls has improved consider ably after our first work here," Jackson said, "when an organised (Continued oa rage Four)