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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1927)
r.N'f VKKHITy OP OliK LIIIHARY erf LUUKNE. ottr. The CIRCULATION The Kbssth KcTra Official Paper of Klamath Falls Dtlly avrtg distribution for the month ending Mrch II, 111? igt distribute ding Mrch I 3694 Mfnbcr Audit Bursa o( Circulation 1 'THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN' Vol. 4, No. 183 Price Five Cent KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1927. (Every Morning Except Monday) Klamath New: Big City's niicflnrie Turn Out For Hero Ne w York's Welcome to Lindbergh It Greatest Tribute Ever Paid to Courageous Youth. NEW YORK, Juno 13. (U. P.) Thin grunt city, mussing humanity and noise in volume never known before, uuld iUi overwhelming tribute today to. the quiet, courageous youth who from this Hiimo shore jut three week ugo started his solitary battlo with fate. Thut morning he nailed off toward tho east nlone. But today he enmc back ax no hero ever, did. 1 Thousands maybe millions, for' lh eye could nnl Ink In (he tr-t mendnu spectacle parked every j larh of Inwrr Now York, hunt wit li I leg dangling out of every window. I perrhed Ilk gargoyle on every cor-1 nice and strung ihenielvo around! Ihe hlnh rnnf line like small alrnnilt' of bright colored bead, training! their eyea toward the frail, boyish figure braced against the hnrbnr breeto. goggle swinging from one hand, gripping the top rail of th rlty ruller slight vovsrt to bear aa magnificently the Ideala of Am erlra. HIiIm I'auxi All around crowded the trmk of the harbor, ocean llnera pausing to liay honor In him. ynrhta of mil lionaire wilh rigging In full dra. dinghy cow crowded-, wllb .work- men, pleasure bonta with hnlglng roll. epeed boata darting In and out. end nil with their whlsllea and alrena lied down In a deafening - blast that aplll even the eare of Lindbergh uulil he had to press hla flngrra In to anften the noise. Airplane roared overhead, cul ling through the dens amoke whlrh blackened the whole harbor. It could be aevn that everyone on the aurroundlng craft waa ahnutlng. but (Continued on page five) uivorce i,ase way Not Go to Court 1.08 AN0K1.KR. June IJ. (IP) Kumnra that th marital trou ble cf th Charlea Spencer Chap IIiih would never go to trial and that aettlement of the rase would be made out of court, were revived her Monday, when attorney for both allien algned atlpiilntlnn giv ing l.lla drey Chaplin ten daya ex- tenalon of time for filing her an awer to her hnaband' cro com- plaint for divorce. The anawer waa acheduled In be filed .Monday, but attorney for Mrs. Chaplin explained It preparation would require more lime became of the number and variety of tho comedian' accusations, which wore to be denied. Navigators Needed For Pacific Flight WASHINGTON, June 13, (AP) A Ran Frnnrlsoo to Hawaii fllKhl la practical and will be mndo in a abort lime. Colonel Charlo A. Lind bergh nld today, but he warned that the use of accurate navigation method w highly Important. The New Ynrk-I'arl aviator. In nn address at th nntlnnul aeronau tic aaaoclatlon brenkfaat, given in hi honor, exproaaod th hope that the method of navigation be ued nn hi train-Atlantic flight would t not ne adopted tor in i ncmc irip. ' lie nnlnted out. that If h had wandered far off hla con rue on hi Atlantic crolng ' h could havo landod in the Rrltlsh lale nr a far south a Spain, but doclured nrh land plan la not afforded In tho Pacific. "If by dead reckoning, "an at tempt I made to reach the Jin wallan laland and the piano drift even fow mile off the courae there are thousands of mile of water beyond tho Inland which would ninkn It Imprnlinhlo that nn aviator would be picked tip." Ilo declared the Pacific flight ahnuld not ha attempted without radio nnvlgntlnn facllltlca nr on experienced celestial navigator of boat. Flag Day Speaker ALFRED K CLARK The above, one of the foremoat nrntnra In the aiate. will be tho apeaker of th evening at the Klk' KJng day cxcrrlses lit be held here tonight. PortiiinTMan WUI Speak at Flag Day Ceremony for Elks Klamath Lodge to Observe Oc caaion Wilh Patriotic Ad drct and Progratjij Public It Invited. .tlfrwl V.. Clark, Portland at-' tjirncy. anil one of the stale foreio'Hrt citterns, and orntiir In the ant, ill deliver Hie Klk Flair !' adilrrm tonight In Hie Klk Temple at fIkIH o'clock, anil the general public I liivllcl to Join nlih the Klk In the rrlebra Hon. Tli l wja the announcement of Oliver W. Rplker. exalted ruler of the Klamath Kail lodge of Klk. No. 1217. lent night. Clrk haa twice been a candidate fur failed State nonator from Ore gon, and hn .spoken in Klamath Kail on nevoral occasions, . "' Dark will arrive In Klamath Pall from Portland III la morning and will lie mt at the train by the officer of' the, Klk. and ome of hi Intimate friend. During Ihe dy he will be taken over Ihe Kla math valley, the city and ap along the lake, and at :18 tonight Ihe Klk will glvo a dinner In Ihe Club Cafe In honor of Ihe distin guished guet. All veteran organisations, and civic club arc urged to hear Clark tonight at eight o'clock, aa hi speech wilt be nn exemplification of American tltlscnshlp and patriotism. Mr. Marinrle Old will render two vocal nolo, and llul lllark (CVinllnuwl on rage five) ' Wife Murderer Is Given Life Term Frank Clark, convicted of flrt degree murder Saturday, after a Jury had deliberated three hnura over Ihe cane, wna aentenced Mon day to Ufa Imprisonment by Cir cuit Judge A. I.. Lenvllt. ('lurk maintained hi usual com posure a the aentence which mean that he will apend Ihe rent of hla life behind the grny walla of the tale penitentiary, waa pronounced. Aked by tho Judge If had a lat atalonient to make, ( lurk replied tn Ihe negative and hi tenure on earth at a free man ended. . Neither did he hnw any ntgn of emotion when he wan led back to hi cell In the county Jail. He will bo taken In the atnte penitentiary eoiuo time In In week by the Hherlff, American Aviators Given Big Ovation IIADBN-BAIJKN. Germany. June 13. (API1 Clarence Chnmherlln and Chorion tavtne were given an en thusiastic reception by a crowd of about 2,0(10 at the railway station uptn their nrlvul from Ilorlln thl morning. The burgomaster and member of tho municipal council escorted the trans-Atlantic flyer to their hotel, where there wa anoth er demonstration nnd t frantic rush for nutoRrnph. The airmen en joyed their flrnt railway Journey In Europe nnd sold the continental sleeping cars were preferable to those at home. At Frankfort and Karlsruhe, they wero serenaded hy representatives of tho Aero club, delegations of (lormnn war aviator and boy pud girl senilis. They plnn lo tour the Dlnek For cat and to leave for Dremen tho latter part of the week lo moot llielr wives, who are due Friday Irom New York, Strangler Of Women Searched In Canada Hundreds of Police, Sol diers, Detectives Join in Manitoba Manhunt; May Be Coast Killer. WINNIPEG, Can., June 13, (AP) A contingent of Am erican police officer who reached Winnipeg today from tho annual police chiefs con vention in Wihdnor. Ont, abundonvd their program of entertainment to join hundreds of soldiers, police and detec tives in a province-wide search for the "hobo strangler" who murdered two Winnipeg wom en, within a period of 48 hours and stuffed each body under a bed. The slayer, who la reported to he wanted In number of American cities for similar crime. I believed lo tie hiding somewhere In the out hern part of the provinre, head ing for the United Rtalea. Posaca of police armed with awed-off bot gun, tear ga and rifle, were scour ing th countryside today. f nclatt lloily Pound. ' The victims here are: Mr. Kmlly-Plleron. 27. who strangled to death last Friday night in her home here. Ml Lola Cown. 14. whose unclad body waa found In a rooming house Iter yesterday. She also hid been Htrongled. Investigation diaclosed. The Cown girl' body waa found when police visited Ihe room of Ihe man euspecled of strangling Mr. Patterson. ' A good description, police said, was obtained of tho supposed slayer, and generally corresponds to that of the man wanted In American cities. A score of arrests l.ave been mado III connection with the Patteraon murder, but all of the men detained (Continued on Page yim) Men Saw Way Out Of Roseburg Jail noPEni'UQ. Or.. June 13. (AP) My oawlng out a section of the celling of the steel cage In the Dnuglaa county Jail. Harry Rogers, formerly of Crania Pass, held on a charge of turkey stealing, i and Har old Sperkler, deaf and. dumb auto theft suspect, escaped last night and effort lo recapture them have so far been unavailing. Five other prisoners confined -In the Jail re timed to take advantage of the ave nue cf escape. Several years ago an alteration was made In the pall arrangement and a metal plate waa welded over a hole through which the stove pipe formerly passed. Since that time several prisoners have made their escape hy sawing oft the bars around this plale, deaplte the efforts of the county to make the Jail se cure. Doctors Get View Snowbound Lake After spending a great part ot the day fishing at Eagle Ridge, Dr. P. W. Sharp. Dr. h. L. Truax, Dr. (J. A. Massey. Thomaa Massey, Dr Pulford, and Dr. Leo Dell, the lat ter two from Woodland, Calif., hiked five and t half mile over six feet ot snow Into Crater lake. All de clared the lake to be beautiful and the atmosphere fairly warm. "We kept thinking that It was Just a short way farther, and the visiting doctors wore anxious to see the lake, so we Just , kept going," said Dr. Massey. "None of us had on anything heavier to walk In than regular street shoe, and when we arrived our feet wee cold, other wle the air was warm enough to be comfortable." The trip was made over the Sand creek road, and the walking was not hard, according to those making the trip. It took two and a half hours to go up and two hours com ing back. Dr. Pulford and Dr. Bell left this morning for their hornet In Wood ford, after attending doctors' clinic here. Idol of New York I'OL. CIIARLK8 A. I.INDnKRGH i igive thl city a direct connection Colonel Charlea A. Lindbergh. toiwth Ogden and the eat. thus con whom New York accorded Ihe great-Immolating the original plan of the est welcome over given an Individ- great railroad system. " til In that city and undoubtedly j , ,Tne plan s( th Southern Pacific, in America. ' as announced earlier, is to throw Two Smooth Crooks Paec rVtlintorf ir i 133 VAfUIIlCilCIl. rViinC 111 rhllnmiin freight movement through the MJins in iuioquiiijsl,klyoill aFh , p,, tt nM been ' ' minted out. will make Klamath Falls i "Queer" Money ia Put Out j Throujh Card Garnet, It It I Alleged; Secret Service) Men ! Unable to Locate DoIUrAr-1 tuts. riraniHttrw hnv IW oMr a) luff l llilloquin latHy, and ilrw)li (Ih effort of nrrrct rr vice Mcnt who Wiva ranhrd lo KUnuith rounijr from Portland, thr two uim who Mtrcrrdrd tn pamlns; th q.wr mom), matte thrlr Ntrair. Accord inn tn report! received here Unt night, two young men breezed Into Chilmmju teveral dayi uko with a conotdentuie tnnotint of NpurJouH flollnrn nnd half dollars. Thej made good fellows of them selves about Ihe pool rooms and i card rooms, and then started passlnR over their "phony" coins at the card tables. The extent of the countrefelttnic (Continued on Pace Fire) Spo rtsmen's Fish Fry Big Success Sunday afternoon. June 12, tho Klamath County Sportsmen's asso ciation celebrated their third an nual fish fry at the Crooked Creek hatchery grounds, and the affair was a success In every way. Between 550 and 400 people were guests of Ihe association during the course ot the afternoon, and the cooks wero kept busy until almost 5 o'clock serving Ihe visitors. Roscoe Largent and Hans Chrls lenscn. aided hy a corps of volun teer helpers, were put to It to feed the hungry throng, but fell amply repaid for their strenuous labors by tho hearty praise of their skill heard from the partakers of their bounty. "The host fish I ever lasted." was a common expression, and all members of the association present felt that their efforts had been re warded, and'the numerous Inquiries concerning the venison barbecue and the duck and goose feed, two othor annual events of the association, waa jniiinv wiurnce oi ine general bhiih- ibi iiuu ui uiv piiuiic iur (lie iisn iry. The association members tender thanks for tho appreciation shown by the public, to the members who labored so hard to make the affair a success, and to the member who good-naturedly surrendered the greatest portion of their recent catchea In order to feed the guests of the association. The atale body was represented by Ben Dorrls of Eugene, recently appointed member at large ot the State Game commission. NEW LIGHT SYSTEM PETITION REFUSED Petition for an Improved street lighting system on Main and Sixth streets, which has been circulated among Ihe property owners, waa last night refused by the city council be cause only ten signatures had been secured. A motion was passed that 50 per cent of the property owners must sign the petition before It would be accepted. The council did nothing with the petition for Improved streets In the paving unit comprising Klamath "flats," becatiso the county assess ment 1 not high enough. By a mo tion, the police Judge was authorised to get the assessment roll from the assessor' office and charge the tame up to the unit. Southern Pacific to Prepare N. C. 0. For Heavy Traffic Indication that the work begun yesterday, by the Southern Pacific on ihe Modoc Northern near Merrill will be carried through to completion with all apeed. 1 given in the wire received here Monday by J. J. Miller, district agent for the railroad, from ft. K. Kelly. Ran Francisco, stating that the Southern pacific will Imme diately begin lo atandard gauge the 150-oille Nevada-Callfornla-Oregon line. Tbi line, at present a narrow gauge route, extend from Wendel, Calif., northerly through Alturo to ILakeview. connecting with a South- ern Pacific branch at wwdei. I !ly until Ihe lob I completed. Kelly, iwno i t the bead of ihe southern ' ,p.ifi. publicity dcpanmeni, Inounced In hi wire. ... , Completion of the Modoc Northern between Klamath Fails and Aitura. j and broadganglng ot (he N.-C.O. . from Antlroa oouth to Wendel 1 1 tonnage from the east over the N.- C.-O. and Modoc Northern Into I Klamath Falls and north over the Natron cut-off, thus eliminating the iiin h,t ende encountered one of the most Important freight di- vision points on the Pacific coast. 7" ZZ T PreSS UUD HOSIS To Oregon People SAN FRANCISCO. June It. (A. P.) Grants Pass residents, .mem ber of the Oregon Cavemen, and Indian runners whom they have en tered In the 480-mile marathon be tween here and Grant Pass, to be gin Tuesday with a total ot $2775 in prise offered, were entertain ed hr at-.tbe-fPre -Club lost night. ' Among those at Ihe banquet was Al Jennings, former bandit, at pres ent mayor of Crescent City. Among the Oregonians attending were C. A. Wlnetrout. H. B. Bourse. J. M. Cayton, C. A. Gordon. Stanton Row ell, Jack Kerr. Guy Knapp and Herbert Howell. Eight Indians. Thunder Cloud. Fighting Stag. Rush ing Water, Falcon, Mad Bull. ' Big White Deer. Sweek Eagle and Fly ing Cloud were guests. Hooded Men Give Flogging to Two TOCCOA. Ga., June 1J. (AP) Warrant charging four men with participation In the whipping of Mrs. Ansley Bowers of this place yesterday were placed In the hands of Sheriff F. A. Stone of Toccoa to day. The sheriff refused to divulge the names p-endlng arrest. Mrs. Bowers waa tn a hospital here today for treatment for "aer ioua Injuries." Details of the flogging were mea ger. Information was that Mrs. Bow ers and her son, Floyd, were taken from their home by a band ot hood ed men early yesterday and driven to a lonely spot six miles out ot Toccoa. Arriving there, Mr. Bow ers and her ton were flogged and the hand, said to number 12 men. parted, leaving the woman uncon scious and hardly able to move. Aged Man Hikes 31 Miles to Klamath There are a lot of young Klam ath men who might well emulate C. W. Canton wine,, a husky, light hearted old fellow who works- for the Sperrington store, seven miles the other side ot Bonant. Cantonwtne la 71 years old. with heavy gray beard and stooped shoul ders. He started for Klamath Falls yesterday, , a distance f 91 miles. thinking, of course, that some friendly tutolst would' give him a "lift" before he had traveled tar. He left at 7 o'clock In the morn-! Ing, tramping stolidly by the road sldo. Auto after auto whlssed by but they had no eyea for the old fellow who plodded along. At 10 mlnntet after noon he reached Underwood's Pharmacy, having negotiated the entire dis tance in five hours and 10 minutes or an average of tlx miles an hour. He laughingly declared he was not tired after his long hike Into the city and was prepared to walk back tho entire distance If fie had no more luck with autolsts than he had on tho way Into Klamath, Ground Is Broken By Southern Pacif ic For Modoc Northern Line Merrill Ranch Is Scene of First Work on Klamath County's Most Important Railroad; Groetbeck Says S. P. Wants to Conform With Ruling of I. C. C; Farmers Jubilant Over New Move Another of Klamaths many Come true! In conformity with the recent ultimatum from the Inter-" an-;gtat, Commerce commission, . . . jemneu aciuai cuiisirucuon worn on na projected une oe- tween Klamath Falls and Alturas, California, which, if and - .u-n huilr will triva tho Vlnmorh R.oin . AW let. ' -- - The Interstate Commerce commission's recent order del , creed that the Modoc Northern must start construction on this line on or before June 17th or lose its right to build. . R. C. Groesbeck, local attorney for the Southern Pacific 5 and associated lines, last night confirmed the Merrill repn-tv "Yes, some preliminary work was started in order to preserve our rights," he declared. "This does not mean. that ' we are going to construct the road at this time. , It is more of a gesture of good faith on the part of. the Southern Pacifc in its announced desire to build this line." ; -; ' Dirt waa flying all day yesterday on the Moioc North-, em right-of-way. , '. ... -v ., ' Fsrsms JsbUug Masked Men Stage Mysterious Search CHICAGO. June II. (AP) Mys tery surrounding the raid of eight masked robbers who for seven hour early Sunday leisurely searched the plant of the I3.000.060 Abbott; Chemical .Laboratories .here after j blndingvand gaging two. watchmen;'""' "c,-"""r" u w. . . ' Hones Btra1aeV-at tbi ait oad1 -hwrrjcadfiig ' themselves.' armed with three machine gun, wna un-lw.rtpers ctIt deeply, into the dirt a .-w, solved today. Company officials, af-jA surveying crew was busy runntnr ter a thorough checking of itampsjUnes and setting grade stakes 'and 1 and money, formulae files, and!f,'eck,I,g ow '" surveys which ; ,. ,. , I had been made by Southern Pacific ' atock. of alhocol. narcotics, medl-; , n.llleerln. e ' cines ana serum, snnounced nolo. Ing was missing. The company discounted the the ory ot some Investigators that the gang was seeking reported newly discovered formula for a non-habit terming narcotic. Company execu tives said today their chemists had perfected no such formula. The gang told the watchmen they had been Informed the company kept considerable money and stamps cn hand. Two safes, ten filing cab inets and desks and files on two floors were broken open. The nar cotic vaults were not located by Ihe robbers. Bowler Takes on . Partner in Work J. G. Fowler, who pioneered the field here as a wholesale distributer for manufacturers, has taken Elmer T. Anderson as a partner In the dis tributing business. Anderson, who was formerly manager for Swift & Co., will assist in covering the south-: era and eastern Oregon field, with offices In both Medtord and Klam ath Falls. At present Fowler and Anderson have two large trucks on the road, selling In Medford, Ashland, Klamath Falls. Lakevlew and Chlloquin. Thev are distributing agents tor Jell-Well, Blue Ribbon mayonnaise, Ehman's olives, California products and many other well known products, with headquarters at 1317 South Sixth street. Elks Will Again Cavort on Barges Probably the most enjoyable cer tainly the most unique dance held here this season. Is to be duplicated next Friday night. June 17, when the Elks again go up to the barges on Upper Klamath lake and dance In the moonlight to the strains ot Hal Blackburn's band. But this will be the last chance for Elkt and their ladlea to thns disport themselves, for after Friday night the big barges which held a merrymaking-- crowd last Saturday night will go Into service on the lake, ac cording to an announcement last night from John Glover, chairman of the Elks entertainment commltteo. The barges will leave the landing at 9:30 Friday evening, returning at 1:20 a. m. All Elka and visiting , brothers are urged to take advant age of this opportunity for a most unusual and highly satisfying evening. railroad dreams. may soon , the Modoc Northern yesterday ., . "The Modoc ; Northern's started: work!". . ... i. ' Like a paean of victory. , thl cry. : echoed and re-echoed along the farv tile farmland of southern Klamath.' - It was aa electric spark which ig-' nlted the smouldering fire of hop. ; Bell tingled Incessantly on the rnr- : al telephone line aa forfnl farmer and merchants of Merrill Malta " and adjacent points rushed to tell ' : Honrs atralaeeV -at 1bef ' hits r:- ; the chilled steel edges of the heavy Constrnction work was started at " the Bowman ranch, where the Mo- ' doe Northern light ot way run along the highway.' four miles thl side ot. Merrill. A crew of men' were hewing ont the dirt and' set tine it to grade. ' Southern Pacific : officials were scouring the section In an effort to find more horses (Continued on Page Free) ' Japan Wants Equal Rights for Ship3 TOKIO, June 12. (AP) Tho As sociated Press Is informed from an . authoritative source that 'Japan's' delegation to the Geneva naval con ference is instructed to nrorose aa equal ratio rith a maximum limit' ; for auxiliary vessels. The contention is thit Jap'j H ' theoretically entitled to hT -v", nine cruiser and o'.fcr aurUlarg -iei ' than America, osicg : tn ber greater necessity of protecting trads . routes, The Japanese delegation. It Is under-' od.-will declare that Japan. 1 does not Intend lo build the maxf- -mum but that what Is wanted is "liberty to build" equally with tba -. other powers. ' ' Grayson Trial to Open Here Today Klamath's second murder trial since the first of the year, wilt open In circuit court at ten a. m., to day with James H. Grayson, aged farmer of Modoe county, charged, with the murder ot hit daughter-' In-law, Myrtle Grayson, the object for Jury selection. ' ; ' , . The venire will be the same as that for the Clark shooting else re cently completed, and selection of a Jury of twelve men to try Gray son it expected to be completed lata . today. Grayson -hat retained. W.J i Wlest, local attorney, aa his counsel. while W. A. Duncan, district attbra- ney. and hit deputy, U. 8. Ballen-t, tyne. will prosecnte for the state." The elder Grayson, It Is alleged, fatally wounded ; hit idaughter-la ', law during the course ot an alter cation on the streets of Malln April 17. Grayson and bis ton, Albert)' and another man were struggling for possession of a weapon held hy the elder Crsyson. The defendant's srmi officer al lege, . was forced" behind him and the gnu explcded, killing Mrs. Oray