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Tee Klamath Mews CIRCULATION Dally average distribution fur Ihe mouth euiilng March II, ill? 3694 Hciber' Audit Bursal of ' Circulation ' The lOmth i:7. Official Pftper '7 of Klamath Fall "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER GET OUT YOUR HORN' Vol. 4, No. 177 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1927. (Every Morning Except Monday) Berlin Or Bust, Is Attitude Of Flyers Forced Down in German Marth by Fuel Short age, Chamberlin and Levine to Fly to Capital COTTBUS. Gormuny, June 0, (UP) The amo spirit which carried Clarence Chum bcrlin and his passenger, Chug A. Levin?, to a new world non-ntup flight record, a flight which ended shortly after day. break when the little mono plana "Columbia" defended on a smooth field 100 mile from Berlin, still urged the airmen - on - towards the Ger man capital Monday night. Before ther would rot attar tltotr iicrre-rai king Might across Ihe Atlantic unit halfway across Europe. Chamberlin aud Levins Inalatrd upon arranging tu fir to llerlln. Thn Columbia's proiollcr waa shattered lu a forced descent upon a marsh near tht vlllnge of Forsl. whither tlin airman had flown after replenishing their gnanllne eupprV at Klsclben, where the non-stup fllatltl ended. (VII In Mud Wind and fog had carried th C'nliiinlila from Ha course and a sudden descent In a Pruaalun mead ow resulted lu tho uionnplana bury In Ita nana In the mud and crack Ilia: Ins propeller beyond repair. The propeller from a raptured Billed wur plaue ninr Imi annt from llerlln tu repair the damaao and lnko the llttlo ll.lUucu plauo to tho flrrmnn capital.' ' '' When eahnuatlon of I lie mono plane'a fuel supply forced Ita des rent at llelata. near Elaelheln, loo mile weal of llerlln Monday niorn InaT. the roluiubla .had been In the olr for 41 houra and it inlnutea. Bet Two Itrronh) Their disappointment at being un aliltt to rontluuo on to llerlln waa rompeniuitiid for In part by the fact (Continued on lajre roar) D'Autremont Trial Progresses Slowly COURT HOUSE, JACKSONVILLE. Ore.. Juno (. (A.P.) Blow prog rem waa made thla morning In the aeleetlon of a Jury In Ilia retrial of Hugh Ie Autremout, charged with tho murder of Chaa. O. (Coyle) Jnhnaon. "l"p to noon four venire men had been questioned, and two had been tvntatiroly accepted. The atate queatlona dealt with prejudlrea against the death pan nlly and rlrrumatantlnl evidence: thn defence queatlona upon the thoroughuera of clreumatantlal evi dence. Tho flrat venireman called waa prejudiced aaalnat rlreumatniitlal evidence, ths aocond held an opln ,lin. and they were excuaed by the court. i In the flrat drawing to till the box. nil but throe men wore from Bedford. The court after tho morning recoaa. excuaed three reglatered pltnrmnelsls from aervlre. They were C. C. (Millwood of Jacksonville W. N. Poley of Aahland. and M. II. Jarmln of Medfonf. the latter In thn box. Ilia plnro waa filled by Mllea Cantrall, farmer of Kuch. Do Autremout viewed the morn ing aoaalon with but rnaual concern, hla mother, Mr. Ilelle Do Autre mont, of Lkewood, N. M eat by hla aide, but hla father, Pnul I Autreinont, of Eugene, Oregon, wna not In court.. ANOTHER AIRMEN IS OUT FOR LONG TRIP HAN IHEOO. June , (IU Cnptnln Harold Campbell, com mander of the North Ialnnd marine air fnrcea, may attempt the Ban Dlego-llonoliiln flight fur tho Jamea Doel prlre of 835,000. Cnptnln Cntnpbell,' who la the holder of the Herlierg flchlff trophy, awarded lo him flying more houra during the Inat year without an accident than any other nlrmnn In the navnl or marine aervlce, la a flyer of long experience. He la now buay alitdylng maps and pinna for the flight at his office at the , nnvnl nlr aliitlon. , Murder Trial to Open Here Today Selection of a Jury of II men to try rrank Clark, Indicted by tho Orund Jury on a flrat degree mur- der count, will commence thla morn ing beforo Circuit Judge A. L. Lenv lit aa .the preliminary step In thla clty'a moat seiiaollsnal shooting caae. Probably three daya will be re quired to complete the Jury. It waa alated by one prominently Identified with tho cuurae of the trial, Mon day. Clark la charged with ahooilng hla former wife, Mra. Nellie Clark, aeveral week ago When abe waa re turning to her home from church aervlce cue Hunday night. The woman died a few daya after the ahootlng. In a local lioapltal. Prosecutcrs nro William Duncan, dlatrlct attorney, and hla assistant. U. 8. Ilnllentlne. while W. P. Myera la the defenae counsel. Oregon Fish And Game Body Name Changed at MeetjuperviHion of II. E. Ronkamp, Will Be Called Came Protec tive Aitociationi Sportamen Members to Receive Num bered Badge. At I lie meeting of tlin Oregon Htme HHirt i nien'a aaMirlailiin run atllutlonal enmnilllre Im-IiI In H lem tuinntay, June 4. aeveral rliangea Mere made In tlte run allttilhin of IMPml to the vartoua p.rt: men' orgaliljilliiiia over hip '"- akHA tU ehnniM tritel I n a e II IW I alltutlon H the name of the Ore- j gun tlame Protective aaaoclatlon In place of Oregon Htule 8porlmon'a aaaoclatlon, for the roaaon that an aaaoriallon of gun cluba had been operating under that name alnce 1SH. and did not feel like giving up the title. Another change of Importance waa the ordering of badgea fur the membera of the varloua rluha, to be worn when hunting or flatting. In hunting particularly thla la hoped to have a at rung Influence. Karh badge will have a number, which will lo registered by the rlub burn ing It. When aeklng permlaeton tu hunt r.n pouted land, the bearer of the badge will leavo hla 'number with the owner of the land, and In which the hunter belong". Still another Innovation waa the adoptloa cf an obligation lo be algned by all membera, and all mem bora will be enrolled on the book a of the elate oragnltatlon aa well aa on tho bouka of local bodies. The date of the regular bualneaa meeting waa fixed fcr Uecember, In ordor that any mattera dealrcd to ronio befors the legislature run I.I be 'thoroughly prepared tor that body. The .reaenl date. Feb ruary, handicaps tho organisation In thla reaped. . Anglers Asked to Get Fish for Fry Fiah Fry next Sunday. tiet that? The aasociution needs flab, too. and ye wleldera of the mighty rod had better got busy thla week, In order that our guesta be bountifully provided for. The Klamath Falls Creamery has generkitaly offered to keep all flan taken lo their place of bualneaa trosen until needed next Sunday, and It will ka necesaary lo clean tho fish before taking them to that place. This Is caused by tho fuel that after thawing the frosen flh It would bo Impossible to serve thetn In a proper manner, and the association- members are proud of tho fact that they do everything right when enlertulnlng cur friends ut our au nuiil affairs. lio out and get your limit, and lake tho fish to tho Klamath Falls Creamery. Portland Girl is ' Kidnaped; Escapes PORTLAND, Ore.. Juno 6. (AIM Itoao Wanner. 6, was kidnaped from Port lu lid streets yesterday af tcrnocii, to escape from her cuntur a short time. Inter and be retttrnod safely homo. Iloso wua playing when aho waa auddenly picked up and taken nway by a shabbily dressed man driving an old car. Two hours afterward Hose was relumed home by Thoodore Knr rock, who said he picked her up on tho Linton road. Itose an Id she had esenwd her raptor when ho got nut to repair a tiro that wont flat. Hose, who Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wanner, was ap parently unharmed upon her re turn home. Detectives today are Investigating. Willi the owner 01 tne lanu. ana in , ttnU wMI mM a ladlee' par Ihat way Inauro the landowner oflUjr , yolnr p,opi, chapol and a the protection of the aaaoclatlon I community hall, with a atage and Methodist Church To Be Built Here Soon Will Raze Old Building Today to Provide Site for New $50,000 Edi fice at 10th and High ... . , .i .. . . 'the berrlea la, nr large aa a (mall Razing of the old church ,Ucd ro bu,n. building, which hus stood on : the corner of ioth and HiKhgjg Liner Changes streets for twenty yea, will; J? tr 1 commence today under the! contractor, in preparation for the immediate erection of a 150,000 edifice for the con Krejcotion of the First Meth odist church of thiit city. Announcement of tho flno nw church waa made at a luto hour Monday night by the Methodlat paa tor. Frank I,. Wemett., followlnr awarding of the contract for con atruellon to II. K. ltoakamp. The new building which la to arlao on the preaeul alte of the old Molhodlat church, will be one of tho mt conimodloua and beautl- fully appointed rhurchoa lu aouth ern Oregon. The edifice, which will bo Moorlah In architecture, waa dealgned by DeYoung A Itoald. arrh- Itecla, with Howard It. Perrln aup ervlaing conatructlnn a4 reaident architect. f.'onatrurted In the form of an "U" with the main entrance on Tenth alreet, the building will be 101 x ion, outelda dlmenaiona. Tho Sunday achool unit, compris ing complete fncllitlea fur ednca tl'inal and aocial pocpoaia. -wttl .be three at or lea in height and of frame and atucco conatructlon. In addition to aeveral rlasa room. (Continued on Page Four) Klamath Indians Have Good Health That the hoalth of Indians on the Klamath reservation la good and conditions there above the average, was indicated when thirty-nine In diana were examined Monday by a staff of specialists for diseases of tho lungs, heart and eyes. ' Tho new hospital building at the agency la bolng utilised tor this .urpose, and the examlnutlona and advice aro given free cf cost to the Indiana of the reservation. Dr. O. C. Delllnger. who ia chief tif the medical staff during the aer ies of clinics, saya that flue spirit of cooperation is being shown by tho Iudinns. who have a keen in terest lu their own health and thut of their Children. Dr. Collnrd, eye sperliillKt, has made ararngements for special treat ment for patients found to be suf fering with trachoma. A mid-day lunch waa served to the Indians who were waiting to lie examined. Thla practice will be kept up each dny during tho three weeks of the health survey. In which officials of the Klumath county health unit are cooperating with the specialists from all parts ut tho United States. Indian Arrested On Assault Count Alvln Jurkacn, Chiloquln Indian. Is In tho county Jull on a charge of naanult with Intent to commit mur der, following on alleged attack with a gun on Henry Shadlvy, In dian officer, Inst Saturday morning at two o'clock.'. The attack Is alleged to have oc curred In a house on the tlnll ranch near Lhlloiiuln. where Shadley waa summoned to quell a disturbance ' set up by Jhckson, reputed to have been drunk. Tho Indian, according to Shadley, barricaded himself In the ranch houso and when two children came homo and started to enter the house, Jnrkaon fired two shots through Ihe kitchen door: Frightened, Ihe small children ran back to Chiloquln and return ed to tho house with Shadley. Tho officer found the Indian outside when he reached the ranch, and af ter a struggle, look him Into custody. STRAWBERRY PLANT FOUND IN OREGON . WITH 1252 BERRIES HAI.KM, June . i(A P.J W. O. Allen and C. H. Spencer of Hunt J llrothera Cannery reported today, on ' returning from trfti to the straw berry flelda near Laiomhe In l.lnn county, that they auk' a ttrawberry plant there bearing 1252 berrlea. A cureful count wal made with a number of wllnossnl. The variety of the berry la not tnown. the bar- lie. vein in. - ...u ,n , enough advanced token the variety . from their texture. The p.'uiit la gn acre field of berrlc Downing Brothers. Ing in 100 belonging to Allen eald the bvrrlea were In such condition It appeared that every one on the plant would mature. The buah bearing VOUTSe SUjlcUpic Pan SJpp T-inrlhprffh o , Mid-Ocean Exchange of Greet ings Scheduled for Today ( 800 Pasaengert'Want to See Famous Aviator. AIMMItll THK I. B. S. MKM rillri, Knroute to- Wawliington, June O, (l'l) A big liner cluing eil Ita rounw un tho high araa .Monday Jut to give Its pawien giTN a flectlna: Rllnipae of thla bolting battle wajcon anil ita hero IwmtenKcr, Captulai Charles Lind bergh. From the steamship President Roosevelt came a wireless aaklng Ihe Memphis to give its position so the liner could pass close. "Kight hundred passengers are anxloua to. aee you." pleaded the liner. j The Mempbla responded. A mid ocean exchange c-f compliments was scheduled to take place during the afternoon Tuesday. v Lindbergh radioed hia congratu lations to Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine in Berlin. "It was splendid flight. Chamberlin deserves eTery jireehL'V LladbergU said. No HaniUlukhiK WASHINGTON. June (. (UP) Handahaklug ha been barred from the reception program for Captain Charlea Lindbergh. Like a baseball pitcher, an avia tor's hands are highly essential In his business, and Lindbergh has considerable flying ahead of him when he learea the capital. John Haya Hammond, chairman of the clttsens committee arranging for the flyers reception, haa given strict orders against hand shaking. Authorize Bonds For Highway Work PORTLAND. June 6. (UP) The state highway commission was re quested to Isaue immediately ap proximately $5,600,000 In bonds, to be used In tlulahlng construction of the Roosevelt highway, -In a resolu tion adopted by the Roosovelt high' way association meeting here to day. An attempt by Leo Merrick of K- tcrlii to amend the resolution by restricting the amount to be used to finish the construction, was vot ed down by an overwhelming ma Jorlty. Another resolution adopted was one providing for no change In exist ing gasoline tax and motor vehicle license fee until the state highway system shall have been completed. A companion to this resolution was one providing that there shall bo no diversion of highway funds to othor thun highway purposes. Chairman J. C. Alnsworth of the association was .nithorlied to ap point a commission of seven Port- land men to confer with the Ore gon delegation in congress lo oo tuin adequate federal aid for atate highways. A resolution requesting the California slate highway com mission to haston completion of the unfinished stretch of the Redwood highway in northern California al" was adopted. WOULD STOP WORK IRRIGATION PROJECT SALEM. Ore.. June 6. (AP) Officials of the Pacific Livestock company appeared today before Stato Engineer I.uper and asked that work on the completion of the distribution 'system of the Harney valley Irrigation district be deferr ed Indefinitely. They claim that the time Is not ripe for rolaniintlnn of tho pro ject. Of the 80,000 acres In the project the company owns about 30.000. The request will ba dis cussed later Ly the state reclama tlnn commission. T - . 1 HI III V II S C Surplus Shown In Treasury . Sir-ll " Administration Will Up- pose Using Over Half of Big Sum for Tax,' of Big St Reduction WASHINGTON, June 6, (UP) The government sur- . - d- i plus this year will be more it... lenn nnn turn Thi nr-nh. than $600,000,000. This prob ably is the largest in history. 11 make8 a tremendous melon end a big slicing party is cer- tain. The site of the surplus ia decep tive, however, and the administra tion will oppose using more than f250.000.000 or t300.000.000 for tax reduction. Prealdent Coolidge and Secretary of the Treasury Mel lon want to keep a margin of safety In event buainess should slow down and cause revenues to drop. -Propose Ilrdurtloaw ' Proposals for tax reduction are already coming in. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, an intimate friend of Mellon, apparently had advance Information aa to the else of the aurplua. Last week he called at the White House and later announc ed that at least half of It should be applied to tax reduction as fol lows: 1. Reduction of the corporation tax from 1J.5 percent to It. 5 per cent. 2. Reduction of surtaxes on in comes between 130.000 and $75,000. S. Reduction of maximum sur taxes to 10 percent. - 4. Repeal of Inheritance taxes. AnotV J propeee-. Jf;,US. United States chamber of commerce Is to cut the corporation tax from 13.5 to 10 percent. Nobody haa yet spoken In favor of tax reduc tion for tbe little fellow, but as an election la Impending, a good many champions will come forward. Demos Want Cat Anticipating thia huge aurplua, democrats agitated for a tax cut last summer, but President Cool idge and Secretary Mellon vigor ously opposed this, saying that there might not be enough money to warrant It. Democrats retorted that the ad ( Continued on rase roar) Work on Buildings Halted by Council , Evidence of the functioning bf the new city building code administered by A.- L. Jlice. city building in spector, was shown at city council meeting Monday night when the council, on Rice's recommendation, refused a building permit to F. W. Knight, and halted construction on tho Jackson Apartments situated on Pacific Terrace. Knight's permit was for con structlon of a barn on Doty street and as this section haa been made purely residential hjr the new city xrinlng plan, his permit waa turned down. Work on the Jackson apartment house waa temporarily held up be cause of construction of a number of garages beneath the building, which is of frame construction. Work will be suspended nntil plans lire revised in Portland, giving fireproof construction In this part of the building In accordance with city and state bnlldng statutes. A permit for a service station to he erected at a cost of $4,000 on)aow Hia corner nf Rtxth and Walnut, i nk- . i n ,i 1 i- - - was .warded F. M. Cornet and F. cralg. , . r ( txnirrkpi Auariiorl . wiiunvii nnuiuvu For Braymill Road O. I. 8tebblns was successful low i bidder for the contract to Improve! the Chlloquln-Hraymlll read, lor which bids were opened . by the county court In session Monday. Stebblns was awarded the con tract with a low bid ot $19,195.00 and will start work on the project Immediately. Other bidders for tho Job were: .1. A. Maddox and William Kndlcott. The project Is cne which has been under fire for soveral months and surfacing of the atretrh of hereto fore had road. Is considered aa Im provement of real worth to resi dents In the localities serviced by the road. Local War Veteran Given State Post With the election of N. H. Cantor, city, aa Junior Vice Commander of the atate organization of Veterane of foreign Ware, a poat of high honor In the Oregon body, aouthern Ore gon haa Ita aole representative In I the Oregon order of vela. J Cantor waa elected to the office Veterane of Foreign Ware, held In McMinnvllle. Delegatea from here! to the conclave. In addlttcn to Can- tor, were Cbarlea Laraon and Earl .rnew aut. capacity. Cantor will carry on the wtrk of the body - JTZ It ,h. 1 lnenl oritur of Vr'ernna of Forelcn ! Ware. In whom actlvltlea he has taken a prominent part. Early Completion mr m , ' Of Q r P V Q J Tllink . . FYtpninn KiimnrPfi .xiension numoreQ, ir- . mj ,i r:.,. a:ulea to an at once on a prove Purchase of Sherlin Hixon Logging Line) Nego tiating for Common-user. ST. PACK June 0, (CP.) Koiiy completion of the llend Klaanarh Falls extension or the Oregoa Trunk line is planned by Ihe Crrat Northern railway, it was Indicated In raUroad circles here today. Following decision of the North ern Pacific to decline participation In the project of the Oregon Trunk which ia owned Jointly by the N. P. and Great Northern, the work of extension Is well under way. j Two new steps are contemplated by tbe officials of the Great North ern. They are utilizing the Shev-lln-Hixon company railroad track age from Bend southwest approxi mately 23 mllea. Ralph Budd, president ' of the Creat Northern was to confer with Southern Pacific officials In New York today regarding trackage rights on that road from Paunlna sooth. . Tbe Shevlln-Hlxon line purchase wa.s.-opp.'oved.t j-meeting. oX the board of . directors of the Great Northern, when the entire exten sion project met with approval of that body. The Shevlin-Hlxon com pany will continue to use the track- i ed to the entrance and foyer of the age for hauling loga to the mill at I theatre, the three stories will be Bend. Budd announced before his! given over wholly to show house departure for the east. ! ' . j, An attractive mexzanine floor will T . tx 1 provide ample space for a ladies' rOllCe IN CI UragS jparlor and gentlemen' smoking a . w ! room, while the logea located at the UneiHlerS lO jail The police had a busy night of It Sunday and the net which they . . . . I UmkItam I in e w put lur Mw ui i l. W.VUE,U. i II men to headquarters tor hear-i Inga before Police Judge Gaghagen Monday. ,.t, Ure .r.CT u vm-.. w. vagrancy and wore gl lee. $100 and 50 day. in Jail bf he Judge The arm cm c nMo o u ."- u v . - - . ; under the consideration that thej men leave town at once. Those; arrested were W. Evans. Paul Mil ler. Frank Robinson. Charlea Ma lone; and Oxro Huffman. M. M. Hampton and Riley Loomls, hauled up on charges of Intoxica tion, forfeited ball of $25 each, when, they failed to ap-pear tor trial Monday. sweeny was guru V0 days for drunkennew while D.' crew, ft , feM Buck. Jack McDonald and Sam Wll-.at pmvat running survey Hues- for srn. all arrested for alleged nto-the railroad e,en.lon. Hauser .Mat Ication. were dismissed by the Judge. eJ nd ,00n M theM are satta , rri" jfactorily completed Hauser Brothers PriSnnPrQ SaW WaV are ready to throw a full force, on rsis s w ! w P"J d P on- inrougn jail Bars ASTORIA. June . IU.P.) Three prisoners in the county Jail escaped early Monday morning by sawing their wav throuch several thick iron han, , wlre .Creen on the win- i i u u nim mm, an iuuiiiicu L j one ce, work(.d ln Telttyl! ung b,8! of hacksaw blados smuggled in to , them. Those escaping were W. D. Kline. 45. serving 60 days and serv- Ing out a $250 fine for Illegal pos soaston of liquor: Ernest Ely, 23. serving two six-month sentences for 0ne bandit, Ini't m 11711 ! OllVCr 1 (HI VY 111 Be Held Friday The silver tea for the Doernbech er hospital which was reported to have been scheduled for Monday will not be held until after the gen eral library meeting Friday, June 10, in the library club rooms. The meeting yesterday was tor the study department cf the library club for the purpose of hearing a review by Mrs. E. H. Pike of Sor rell and Son, by Deeping. Plans For New Show House Are Given Out . ' ' (Pwin Get. Petite Build Fine S2 00,000 Theatre on Main, Op- posite Old Pelican Site With the issuance of a per mit for construction to How- i, a va -i4jva. uv, ttvu iv a a V v ard B- Perrin, . supervising w: . il. c uie"' ine c,iy councu Monday nightf work te Khed. $200,000 theatre, to be locat ed on Main street across from . the former site of the White Pelican hotel. : . " Granville MacPherson. at present proprietor of the Orpheus theatre and well known la theatre circle along the Pacific coast, will be maa ager of the new theatre. It was an nounced last night. Tbe building, which Is to be of beautiful old English design, will be of brick and concrete construe- itlon three stories above the ground with the conatructlon coat alone run ning approximately $100,000, - ac cording to the permit. Cost of the theatre. Including the most modern and attractive furnishings - procur able, will be $200,000, Perrln stat ed last night. ' Sixty by 130 feet In dimension. the new theatre will have a seatlnk capacity of 1,000 persons and will be called the "Piccadilly" la keep ing with the type of architecture choatfn for the creation by the archi tect. Perrln, who will supervise construction. Both external and la- Linvi .FNia m- --, . " the old English tavern. , - " With the exception or bhe large store space ' on the ground floor. which la also to be partially devot- front of the spacious balcony wUl (tjoauaaea on nuns vuri Hausers Ready for Speedy Rail Work With two camps established In Ticlnlty of LaPine where crews Conalne vmtou are at work clearing right of ways, every thing Is set for speedy construction of the Oregon Trunk extension from Bend to this city as soon as definite line- location Is decided. - This Is according to information gleaned from Kenneth Hauser who is In active charge "or the railroad construction being carried on by the company ot which he la a mem ber, and who was In this city at a ,, i. i-ht troi Attention Is being centered on right-of-way clearing at present; In order that advantage may be taken ot the lessened fire hazards In !the forests which the line penetrates, at this season. - The contrsetor would venture no prediction as to the outcome of the . , . j . conference be weeir-Ralph- Budd president of the Great Northern. end William Sproule ot the South ern Pacific, regarding Joint use of Southern Pacific rails from Paunlna south. I , EXPECT FINDINGS " t REPORT ON DEATH LOS ANT. ELKS. June .(UP) The second court ot inquiry Into the death or Ensign J. J. McShane. whose body was found floating In Wilmington Harbor last October1 11, was to hare been concluded Mon day aboard the U. 8. 8. Tennessee, enrouto to Bremerton. Washington. The findings ot the probe ordered by Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, on request of Mrs. Maria McShane or Kllcott. Maryland, mother ot the dead officer, are to be forwarded to Washington. D. V,. and announc ed there within a month.