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wvivRRHiTr or one. i-.g-c LIII-tARY EUGENIE. ORK The Klamath IMews SERVICE If Tow copy of TIIR KRWa doe ot arrive by BiOO a. m., phoaa 77" ad copy of lbs paper will be ml. Two Sections Twelve Pages United Neva and United Prea Telegraph Services Vol. 3, No. 261 Price Five Cent KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1926 (Every Morning Except Monday)! BRAYMILL ROAD NOW ASSURED: Bay City Uninjured As Shocks Are Felt Word Received Late Lat Night That Damage Was Only Nominal; Excitement Subsides A teluphono message receiv ed by The News last night from a prominent citizen of Son Francisco, stated that few pvoplo were aware of any dis turbances, and that ho did not know there had been a quake until he camo down town and was told of the shocks that had taken place. Therefore people can rent cany, free from care, and sleep the Bleep of the just. RAN FRANCISCO. Oct. It trailed New.)- AlthoUKh visited by the rooul severe earth horkj since (ho disaster ot !". Ran Francisco haa escaped a repetition of that great tragedy. Two aharp earthquakee of major Intensity rocked cities and lowna of central California betore dawn Fri day, causing mild panlca lu aereral communities and resulting In dam age which mounted steadily a re porta continued lo come In through I ho day. ' Contrasting with tho actual oc currences, however, waa a startling picture presented by Futher J. Itl.kard of tint I'nlvprslty of Santa Clnra. noted meteorologist and as tronomer, who told tho United Newa that a few mile difference In the renter "f the disturbance might hare meant api-ullng destruction In the city of Ran Francisco. Father Rlckard dUfern with oth er erleiitlsla who maintained that the IcmUors were along tho line of tho ureal Kan Andrea fault, whlrk canned the earthquake ro aultlng In the Kan Pranclaco horror of 10. "There were two principal ehocka." Father Rlrkard aald. "The flral waa at 4:15:20 a. m. and the second at 5:31:20. There' were other ot lea Intenalty'later. From raretul checking hero I place th renter ot disturbance near Mount Diablo, nt the Juncture of the San Joaquin and Harramento viilloy." Mount Diablo la tho "moving" mountain eat nt Berkeley, which haa appealed to the populur lmng Inatlon berauao scientist auy It ha (Continued (m rage Two) Emmitt Handles Number of Cases In Justice Court Justice R. A. Emmitt presided over a busy court yesterday when he postponed one liquor case, fined on hasty speeder, and released an aliened bad check artist on hi own recngnlinnra. F. P. O'Noll, rharaod with upced Ing In the city limit, puld a fine nt illi nnd cost before Kmmltt. O'Noll was arrested by Joo Kim ey, deputy sheriff, who bus boon the medium through which a titim bor of fast .drlvrfs hovo been brouaht to Justice. J. T. Ilnrtholf, I aliened to hnve Riven a check to Joe Cass for 1200 on the American National hank. When Cnss attempted to pas the chock, ho was told Ilnrtholf had neither credit nor fund with the bank. Ilnrtholf will nppenr October 35, at 8 o'clock In be Riven a henr Ing.' The Irlol of Gertrude ., DoVoro, who pleaded not Ritllty to nlo of Intoxicating liquor on August 11, wn postponed from the scheduled dnte of Friday nt 10 o'clock tn November IB, due lo absence of Iho defendant and witnesses. COMMUNISTS NOW DEMAND REMOVAL KAISER STATUES lEHI.IN. Itrl. XI. (I'lllted News) The 4 'ouiniunUl parly rr urnily petitioned the Prussian KM to order the Immediate dls inuatllng of all monuments In tbe Mlrgea-Allee. TIh-m marble lnoliu incut, sIIurKhI In I In' Tu-rgartcn and numbering thirty-two, por trny all ancestor of the He Kaiser iM'Kliinlnx wl'b tbo middle ax. Tbe communist deniaml that the varloun sluluea tie di-atrovcd, the marble plcec t In given to art school "for the curving of real art ohji-clii." Hie lft-riMllu lion, no doubt, will be defeated by the I'ruwlan Diet, which recon venes for It netl session shortly, j ' j PormviYh Is Held i " a van a.- Oct. 22.-uni-) I UpUVILIl la lieitl lled New) StagRerinjr into' For DeStrUCtlOn j Havana this afternoon and go-1 AUiomopiie iiresjtiftl palace wjth an appcai for Charged With Sla.hin, Tub..! d 8trick?" f anS Tire, on Car Belonging! P- McCarthy, president of: to Bech.lli of Bieber, D.- Camber ' 'f : . . j l i j -ru..k Nueva Gerona. iBle of Pines, lected byjnjured Thumb. ecreUryi juu a. Hi-' i-.n.umcn were brought the news that many bout lo attarh their aiicnaiurr tn i i'oMvMi'a bond, tiie prbi- oner walked front the aherlfra office aanollml. Whca the bond inea dlarovereil hi alMenee tliey were illMiualiried from alanine Hie iMiad. A aenrrh waa Immediately Inatllulnl for. the inisalnK prtn. oner but up until an early hour IbU nuirnliia. I'ounvlrh had not beea found by the aheriff di-pu. tic. . .. I.eo I'opovlcU. former owner of the Three Mile Uouae, wa released from the county Jail yesterday un der ICno bonds chanted with wan ton destruction of five balloon tires. Inner tube and caslnxs. on a heavy sedan owned by Frank llechelll of llb-ber. California, while the car was parked In front of the Clare ( Continued on race Four) Popular Resident Of Klamath Falls Answers Last Call Fred I). Mahan, aged 65 years, a resident of Klamath Fall for the last two year, died yesterday at Ihe family home, 2027 Appleslale avenue, following a brief Illness. Mahan was born at Livingston. Wis consin, but came to Oregon: many years ago. Since coming tn this city Mahan haa been employed a a carpenter by the California Oregon Power company, and during hi realdenre hero had established many warm friendships. In addition to hi widow deceas ed I survived hy three daughters, Mrs. Frank ftponsel, Manro. Colo rado; Mrs. C. Ilnurh, and Ml Or Icne Mahan, and one son, Ardl Mnhsn, all of Klamath Fall. Keninlns are at the Towey & Harrington mortuary and announce ment of funeral will be made later. County Schools Provided With Budget For Year With expenses cut to the lowest possible Item, the county school hoard announced Thursday, that the budget for the maintenance of coun ty school, exclusive of buildings outside of Klamath Falls, would de mand $107.41.1. for 1027. , Tho budget Is $.1611 moro than Ihe 1028 budget which waa $161, 802, . i The following distribution of funds was mnda by Ihe county school board for oparntion and main tenance of tho schools: Furniture, $2000: supplies, $5000; library hooks, $1000; flag, $100; playground equipment, $1000; Jan itor supplies, $1000; fuel, $6000; light, $1600: water, $2000; sta tionery supplies, $150; two teach ers' cottage, $1600; teacher and principal, 07,710; Janitor, $000; county school clerk, $1800; county school superintendent, $1000; emer gency fund, $5000; transportation, $17,000; Insurance, $1500; miscel laneous, $1550. Americans Killed in Tropical Hurricane Nueva 1 Gerona, Isle of j Pines, Suffers Great Damage Entire City Is J Reported Wrecked Americans are among the Lia(i there as a result of the storm which struck Cuba Wednesday. AmonK the American known to lie dead aro Mra. II. I.lndelie and Mr. U. C. Jamea. a Mr. and MM. Moea and Mr. and Mr. Schurman 1L lavl and their three children. Fllty srarely Injured Americana and Cubana were taken to Hatahaao. McCarthy - fold - Prealdtnt Marl-ado that ha knew nolhtort of the ap penlns In the other aecllon of the Inle of Pine, but he uraed that medicine and food lie ruahed to the alorm refui-a Uiere by air plane. He waa Informed that there are no airplane In all of Cuba. He aald that the entire rlly or Nuera Cerona waa wrecked, that rano fruit treea had been blown to the aea and that .rklnu plant were completely detnoliahed. While Cuban official heard re port of haroc on the Inle of Pine each hour swelled the total death list In Cuba, which la known to be 2T.0 In Havana alone. Tho presidential palace wa au thority for the death flfiure here. Kallmate on the money Ion in Cuba place the flaure at $30,000. 000. It I posailile that the death list In Cuba will reach BOO. Horse men -arrlvln from the province (Continued oa rage Four) Ballot Boxes Are Dragged Out From ; Resting Places Now that 92 ballot boxes have been dragged from storage at the county courthouse and are being prepared for shipment to the 46 precincts of the county, all that remain to launch the Nov. S elec tion la the receipt of a amall truck load of ballot from the printer. The bag. It la aald. will be ap proximately four time heavier than usual this year due to the tact that in addition to the general election ballot comprising state, county, pre cinct and city officers, and state In itiative and referendum measure, there will be three other ballot. Ono of these I a special county fair tax levy ballot; another I a special ballot for city rhurter amend ment; nnd a fourth the general recall ballot. In addition. East and West Chlloquln. Wood River and Kirk precincts are to receive a spe cial ballot covering the Rplnk re call measure, making a total of five ballots to be received there. And to further add to the weight of the ballot bags, there will be separata tally , theetsi statement add general voting supplies for each precinct. DKIIS FrNF.lt A I, TODAY TKfinE HAUTK. Ind., Oct. 22. (United News) Funeral service for Eugene V. Debs, famous i clallat who died Wodnosday night In a sanitarium at Klmhurst, 111., will be held from the Deb resi dence here at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, INDIAN TRIBES OF NEVADA DISCARDING TEACHING OF WHITE tVKI.I.H, Xevwlu,' Oct. 22. (t'nlml Xrwul KcatK-rcd liwluin trlbea of noriliwenlf-m NVvmIji liave revertetl to the brlli-fit of tlirlr anremor and. Ihrowlnit anbl llw teaching of the white maw, have rhoM-R a tritwil inedlclm man 'with nil the aiiclcnl rc re nin u In U. Jiihnuy Tltonip-uin, ! brnve, wan MrcUil for tlie .poult Ion of nctlk'lnal ami aplrilual adrlwr, nt a fwt aa.1 dance w ar here. ! t'ntll ThoauiMon dlea or a aucceaa- j or in rboarw, lie will rule over the phyalcaj aad memul wrclllN-inx of : hbieople. ' . i Hi-vcral ounx Indbuw, who, J lierauM of aiodcra mlurathin were IhouKht ! Iiave fonaken iM-lw-f ' In I lie tmwcMa of a medicine man, 'I were camlldaleii for the po.t. Expansion Week Brings 64 New C. C. Members Total Membership Now Ap-jfor proximate. 350, and About the rail conference there Oct-j $9000 Will Be Available to;0ber 26. Meet Expenses of 1927. Civic Kvpanaioa Week drew tn a clone Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock, and the auccesN of the undertaking; ' waa up expecta tions. Within a period of seven day 64 new name had been enrolled as member of . tbe Klamath County Chamber ot Commerce, although it la poaaiblo that tbja number may be Increased when the various work- ing committees In charge of the expaaslon of thla civic organltatlon have filed their final reports. - . The addition of the new members wlll aid materially in assisting the chamber of commerce directors to carry on the work outlined for the coming year. New llfo will naturally be Injected Into tbe organisation. (Continue on rage Five) Utah Construction Company Completes Fill at Terminal Th Vtah Construction company yesterday dumped the last tralnload ot dirt for the big yard till at the new Southern Pacific terminal here, and the work ot loading dinkey train and equipment preparatory to moving southward, ha begun. One dinkey construction engine will remain in operation for a tew day, picking up equipment through the yard and at the big cut north of the city where fill dirt wan ob tained. Within two weeks It i expected that all excavating and hauling equipment will be loaded on flat car ready tor transportation. Working two ten-hour shifts for several weeks and operating with all possible speed since starting the fill work In the local yards last summer .the Vtah Construction com pany finished the work here In rec ord time, officials at the terminal stated yesterday. . Every effort at the terminal now. apart from construction of buildings, la holnc concentrated on lavlnc track throughout the yards. Nearly 250 laborers were at work yester - (Continued on Pago Three.) Superior Judge Hardy Testifies . J. AilYinp'q rPpjr ... " 108 ANCEI.ES Oct S (Unl - ..j" o.!'Ji. ... ., "J ,, . . , . Hardy, whoso name has been In- ' torwoven Into the events that have transpired since the opening of the Almee Semple McPherson prelimi nary perjury trial, took tho stand for the defense Friday as the fourth week of the evangelist's hearing drew lo a close. Judge Hardy testified as to his knnwledgo of negotiation that Mrs. McPherson asserted hoc kidnapers hnd with the lata'R. A. McKlnlcy, blind attorney of Long Reach, and told what had passed between Mc Klnlcy nnd himself, as- unofficial representative, ol the Angelas temple leader. ,T i 1 Af ijVilll lVlvli Set New Klamath Meeting YJJJ Assemble . in NeW V 1 KT . nr- 1 - York Next Tuesday to Confer Over Bend-to-Klamath Extension Word received here yester day following the return of, N. H. Bogue, chief engineer! for the Oregon, California & Eastern, railway, from San Francisco Thursday night, that j .u .-. r- c. i. o.;nr Robert E. Strahorn, president -of the shortiine, is en route; New York City to attend Chief Engineer Bogu- Merrill. ! i. w. i... Mondav to advise, with i : President Strahorn concerning data nt, the survey of the proposed ex- u union of Ihe Strahorn line from f.nragne River to Illy, and the Wil liamson Ulver branch, relative to the entrance of the Northern lines t Into Klamath Falls. Tho conference, which la to open . In New. York earW' jTt. eli.,i lelwcen 8outhern Pacific officials 'a(, thoM of the Norihcrn uaea to d lde .,le,her , progiam of c- I .hall h. fo.lowed to en operation soan oe iu.iuwvu m --( aMe ,he Oregon Trunk line to carry its projected extension from Bend to Klamath Falls part way over the new Cascade line of the Southern Pacific. President William S'.ioule of the Southern Pacific, lift San Francis co several days ago fa? tho east, according to report heie. and Pres ident Ralph nudd of the (iri.lt Northern, and President Charbjn Donnelly ot the Northern Pac'f' ', will arrive In New York from St. Paul next week. Tho.M! closely identified with ship ping Interests here bellere thi-ro Is a fair prospct ot tha railway ex ecutivea working out a common user program whereby tha Northern lines will have entrance to Klam- ( Continued on Page Three) "attlemen Meet Today to Talk Over Conditions R. M. Hagen, assistant general manager of the California Cattle men's association, was expected to arrive here' late last night by mo tor from bis Snn Francisco head quartors to take charge ot the cat tlemen's conference here today. The storkgrowers' meeting will be held In the chamber of commerce rooms, starting at 1:10 this after- noon, and constitutes the annual tall meeting for Klamath county1 I members of the association. j ' A good turnout for the conclave! . Is expected, according to Jack Hunt, ! local representative of the assocla-1, tlon, as there are about 75 members j quln Is proud, Is the recently com among the cattlemen of this county. , pleted high school situated on a Discussions ot marketing condl-j knoll above the city and command tlons throughout the country, both I ing a vlow of the Williamson River ,or xhe Pa,t ,cw month, and In the j future, will play a prominent part 1 ,he r,,,rnoon's Pr"rnm. It was1 stated, while mnny other subjects ! of vital Interest to cattlemen will , ., . . , lu IlirnaheH nrn. From here It Is expected that! dents In Chiloquin, t think this llt llngen, who has recently finished ajtle clly haa ryie of tho beat chances similar meeting at Eureka, Calif., I in "the slnto to make a real namo will Journey to Lake and Harney i fr liaelf," Selberg stated yeter cotintlea for meeting with the as- dny. soeintlon members In thoso sec-. , , ftlInr. -iii nt n.n tlo. PRISON KHCAPK CAPTl RED , I PORTLAND, Oct. 22. Roy L. Smith, who escaped from tho slate , penitentiary at Snlcm In June, 1025,1 was captured here Friday after - noon. BRITISH OBJECT TO JAZZ RADIO nw CAPRATU n A V ON SABBATH DAYi U)MH, rt. 22. (t'nHaNl ; vwm ) llrliUh people Jauffli nt j Kuni.ajiirntMl.Mm In rrHRlon, jiml roiiipuriiilvrly frw of them o to I rhurrb hut they havn not rrwh- ! rU trw Magi when ihry will ron t nont .to hear Juxx riiclionl on Hundny. Iiiuinibf from Toting proplr for dnnco procrtinu on HunUy nliclitM ntrt with proint nfUHal li lirtiwiulmHt Ink au( horllioit. It "ecb.rl that rcliKlou H-o- pie would not Htand for It. ' Offlcbabi cited an inniitnce. ome utonilw mco when a band Intcr Mpered a fox trot between two ordinal-) lirntH of acrcd musU- In a Sunday iron;ram. Hotel Men Have Own Troubles in iVirrrttinrr Rwwo ! agreements made by the coun ngllUUg DVULV ty court and the Indian de- , j Scofflmw. Accuse Them of Of- fense for One Re.m and j Drunk. Tear Up Furniture Opening Bottle., Say. Host. MADIMOX. WUim Oct. 22 (Vat- led Xew) Hotel owners will have their trouble, too, especially with srAfflaw. Richard It. Laue. who oma hoatelrie. la Do Motor, .i IM.r ftsslik and Davennort. said. here In an aiHresa before the XorthweMrra Hotel aaenriaibia.' "If we put bottle openers In unr i rooms tho prohibitionist nay wo i are promoting drunkenness." aald ; um. we non i pui noure open- ! 1- . 1 l .. 1. ,n.Br "-. vm ."""w guests deiace an tne cnatrs anaj one ciuo, me miuiomiioner oi. m dressers, attempting to.' open their i dlan affairs yesterday- wired 8p bottles. , ", v j perintendent Arnold that the gov-! Hotel room have become, bar - i ! room and are being ruined by the: drunken parties staged in them. "Another trouble is in getting bellboys who won't accept bootleg bribes and get the hotel owner, pinched for violating the dry law.' Piers Are Started For Center Sixth Street Viaduct j Forms were under construction j yesterday for the first of the three ; huge piers which are lo form ihe foundation for the center of the; new Sixth street viaduct. y ..... ,, , ..j ., . n ...,,h footings for J2 smaller piers south . ... ,., . ..... ot me aoumern laciiic iruiKa, win be finished, and framework for the! i piers will be started. i I . . , . ' Excavation and the reinforced I ... . . , , ' foundation for another ot the larg- I , . . 1 as nlava lo anmnlafa ft n si tthan ffAII. i ' , . crete is poured Into these major siruuiurvn, me si cut, ui uiiciniu-u : is expetced to shift to the north i side of the tracks at Sixth.. All piling will be completed next week, ready for pier footings to be placed at the north end of the big bridge being Jointly built by the city and the Southern Pacific com pany. i XIJq.J CtlftAl fif ' OvIlxiOl Ol f-7 Chiloquin Makes All People Happy One of the things ot which Chllo- 'country and surrounding forests. L.. K. Selberg, of Portland, held the general contract for the school. which cost In the neighborhood of 1 $25,000, .,. v, 1 ... "Outsldo of a few 'ralnmlly' resl- Chlloquln high schoM, Is completing bungalow overlooking tho city and farther back on tho school houo hill, tlodard has been doing a lurgo amount of the construction work himself and after school hour oversees the work of hi caruen- , Tho hml80 wnl nBV0 ,tu(.c0 exterior. !0 i IVUUlllV 18 a Ready to Spend Its Half Cost yVJJJ Bring ChiloqUUl and D ll I Braymill in Clete Touch With This City Within Short Time - ; Residents of Braymill ' will ' be in close contact with the j outside world this winter .if partment materialize at; a; x. ... . l" -ul j aa- Late last summer the county court agreed to match fund obtained by resideuts ot Braymill through tbo reservation head In the Improve-; ment and completion of the four mile stretch of road between Bray-' ' and Chlloquln. a section that la I Practically ImpaimaDIe during Inter month, cutting Braymill otf from connection with the outside world. Through the efforts of William Bray, owner of Braymill, I. D. Ar nold, superintendent of the Klamath' O. K.'Cole, inumu .-. ......... uu v.. . v... ' ..:.!.,... ,.t Ih. llHVMlll. lltlAHMj r-w"- " "., : eminent stands ready to enter into' . , ... a contract and pay haJX of the necea- sary expense in construction of the' roadway. i When County Judge R. II. Bun-', ell was notified of the tact that: official action was sanctioned by the government, he stated hie approval; of the affair and assured those in terested that when Superintendent Arnold appeared at the county court meeting today, the matter would be taken up and official action taken. ' A year ago a federal survey was' ma(P of ,,, folir.miie .tretch to as-; certain tho cost ot constructing tho road. The report received by th county court and the government stated $30,000 was needed for con- stniction of the. road which de- mended the driving of open eats, en- tailing heavy expense and time. x'- Soon thereafter Braymlll resldenU appeared before the county court and asked the body to match $L5,- t, . jV ' 000 which they were sure they could ' raise 'to create the roadway. This action was agreed upon by the court, although all agreements were er- bal. ..... Superintendent Arnold . notified j County . Judge Bunnell yesterday. quoting the telegram received from (Continued oa Page Foar) Middleton proves Ardent Sportsman ' And Likes Klamath "Klamath county offers the finest duck hunting In the West," re marked A. W. Middleton of the Richmond Sanitary Supply company of San Francisco, who returned to this city yesterday afternoon after spending a few days In quest ot waterfowl tn the remote part, of this county. Middleton was accompanied on the hunt by H. L, Nohlet and George Lindlcy, who took him to a number of sacred spots where ducks and geese may always be depended upon to be found. .., - "My visit was extremely pleas ureable," continued Middleton, "but you must remember that this Is not the first time I have chased duck, and geese In Klamath county. I come hero yearly, knowing that real sport is to ho found In this, the busiest little community oa the Pa cific COSBt." ..... Whilo Middleton, Noblot and Lin. dley gave some attention to hunting lor deer they met with poor mic ro, according to their own state mint, but. ho fur as waterfowl Is concerned nil agree they secured their share ot the game. .