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Vol. 4, No. 187 Price Five Cents
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,1 SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1927.
(Every Morning Except Monday)
Aviators
Preparing
For Trip
To Hawaii
Army Planning to Beat
Navy to Honors in
New Non-Stop Flight
Across Pacific Ocean
- SAN FHANC1SCO. June 17.
(LT) Whilo army aviators
course westward across the
United Stated towurd their
starting point fur an attempt
to fly from tho mainland to
Hawaii, another well equip-1,
ped expedition whoso object
aUo it to spun the Pacific, wax
potting under way from San
.francixeo.
Willi Ilia plane In Hie hold of Ihn
Maiaon freighter Munukal, Hli'hurdj
II. (irace, a pilot with .14 years rx-j
perlrme a flyer, Millrd tor Hiiuo-j
lulu Friday uliht. I
A 1 1 IiuukIi sltcmpta iirv tuailn to i
m.-c.l tlruce'a Han-. Ih. avmlnr
Hn.lttrd to the I'nl.cd Pros, that
. ...w..... . t .
roncra
n.l
of H.0 l-i d State, aa boob ,.J. .IM..1- A. kr. . Itan
poanlble I S!t"all ami Burr Blevina. A
number of olhrr men Interested In
(.rati., who la 2a years ol.l. wan' w ,, ,,, ,urlr th,
accompanied by Lieut. Klon U- laacat Sunday.
loser. V. H. V II.. art In nianagcrl
for tha fllxhla batkrra, and
rlinnlc. Karl 8MiiKiiltrtt?
Tlin tilano tirara will una
t'rulanlr. nwunnluiie, built In San
lilego and eu.nlipnd with a Wriitht for acorea of youths ln July. If
whirlwind modified "J-4" motor. the alte aelectrd proves aufrirlently
II la tlnarrlked at nlnillnr to Colonel dealrable. It will be acclaimed the
t'liarlea Undlieriih'a "Spirit of HI. ' pertimnent site for tho arauta' aum
(Omllnueil on fagc Four) mer ramp, and aa such will be vl.lt-
Garage Destroyed
'i'Kv ITlfA fall Pnna-Of
"J ass, via vriisjvi
A garage owned by Arthur Mil
liard, and located at (15 Conger
avenue, waa alinoat totally destroy
ed by flames lalo laat night, caua
d by a abort circuit In an exten
alon cord Ivudlng to tho anmll
building.
A man whoso nuine was nit
biarned, waa at work on his car In
the garuge when the fire broke
out, and aurceedvd In getting hla
automobile safuly out of reach of
I he flames, although he waa slightly
burned In doing an. The car waa
not damaged.
The lira truck inndo a quick run
to the scene of the blase, but the
frnmn one-room alructuro waa al
ready beyond aavlng by the time
the firemen arrived.
Coolidge Occupies
New School House
IIAI'll) CITY. 8. 1) . June 17. 1 1 . 1 knuckle" murder trial, with one
I'. President Coolidge. appearing j oiitatundlng exception. The excep
happler and leaa' carefree than for Hon particularly damaging to the
mom hi. went to work today Ir a defenae.
achool room with blurkliourdi j "Tell Mlaa Mackaye ahe had bet
around the walla dimly outlined tor come to the hospital, tho newa
wlth traces of chalk marka .left i papers are afler me." the negro
there by youngatnra, each one per-jmald said Dr. Walter Sullivan told
haps a potential prealdenttal candl-lher In a telephone conversation the
date In years to come. I night bofnre Raymond died.
Ordering the White limine motor j- r
car at an early hour, the chlof hlffl,- nM1 TWa
executive rode from hla summer
ramp In the Illnck Hllla to the new
arnooi oiiiiuing wnore oinrua nan
been ealabllahed for the handling of
rl
the bualneas of a nation.
Tho president sealed himself and
began opening hla mountain of mall,
before a row of six big winclowa
overlooking the rolling hllla. The
room la plain, bare of pictures and
adornments.
HELPLESS RANCHER
WATCHES SON DIE
VERNAL, Vlali. June 17. (U.P.)
Unable to obtain mecllrul aid be
cauae of Ihe isolated position of
hla ranch, Jens Chrlatensen. a furm
or living in miles north of Wlilto
rorks, Blood by helplessly while hlr
2-year-old son died aa the result of
accidental poison.
John, 2, and Jena Jr., .1, had
eaten a amall quantity of poisoned
wheat which had hern Intended for
use against ground squirrels and
other rodents. They been me violent
ly 111 unci allhnugh all the first aid
tonicities their parenta kno
of I
wore applied, John died In agony,
Jens apparently had not eaten an
much of the po!un na hla brother
iind la expected to rerover.
SISTERS REUNITED
AFTER SEPARATION
OF OVER 50 XEARS
mm ,t;ni.M, June it. r.
l,)-Two nUirni. wpamlcNl for
more limn tin I r century, held
joyful reunion here. Their Uvea
braurhfd In clllfi'i-riil mIIm from
amnll Inillmin limn aoine .
yrnin nu anil neither hail Been
the other until relatives located
lliriu mul arranged the rt'Uiilun.
Tin reunion t'Hik plnre hi the
homo of Mm. Mnrthn llurke, 70.
olio of tlir alalrra, who realilra
here. The olhrr woman aa Mm.
Haniti F.Hnhl, Tl, of Delphi, liul.
Scout Leaders to
Select Location
For Summer Camp
Party Will Leave Today for
Lake of Woodi for Week
end Trip Will Be Joined
by Other.
a" a -
Willi otrr 1!M buy urouf inrm-
iMmw oMhr kimiinth rouoty moui
roullill counting; the clays until
July IH, when thrlr summer
ramp f Ito outstanding- event of
tlw whole yrar" ' ngTuin of
scouting fun will oM'n, a group
of men prominently Identified
with Hie boya movement here
will leave early thla nflcnioon to
arlcrt tin- brat alto that Ijike a
lie Woods haa to offer for the
, ' . . . ,.
ln ,"" " ' I m
lun J." u-im T k
Im J. W. Htor.glna, William Kee-
rnmp.
Thl. .rnun will renin at lko
tha Wooila tonlKht and (ft an early
'tart around tha like adore Hundny
I mornluit. In arart'h of the one apot
which will serve aa an outing mecca
led each auminur. .. . '
With a permanent alte. It waa
pointed out yeaterday. the scouts
can erect thrlr colony of cabins
umj r(l,p them, n,ua eliminating
the nereaalty of living In tenia on
their annual outing. Wltb cabins,
the boys will alao be able to villi
(Continued on I'ago Pour) '
Mackaye Trial is
Similar to Actor's
1.08 ANC.KI.KS. June 17. Vf.'
A page from the trial of Paul Kelly, I
young screen actor, now convicted ;
of manalauiihter In connection wlthi
the death of Hay Raymond, mimical l
comedy atur, waa practically re-'
read into court rerorda Friday aa j
flrat prosecution wltneaaes testified
agulnal Dorothy Mnrkaye, Ray
mond'! wife, arcuai'd of concealing
the manner In which he waa killed.
Kthrl l-ec. nca.ro maid, and Dr.
Frank Wagner, county antopay aur-j
geon, occupied the stand moat of i
the day's aeaalon.
Mlaa I.eea tuatlniuny waa s' run-
I Ilia of that given at the . "bare 1
ITIUIUCI OlIU JU13
Perish in Flames
PORT HURON, Mich.. June 1".
(U.PI A coal oil lamp, used to
heat a chicken brooder, was blamed
for the fire which today coat the
Uvea of a mother and three children j
on a farm near here. i
The lamp la believed to have ex-1
ploded early thla morning before!
Ihe children had awakened, and aa i
the brooder waa located In a corner
of the bedroom occupied by the
youngatera, they had little chance
to escape.
The mother, Mra. Stephen) Mai
Insko, rushed . Into the bedroom
when she heard the explosion. It la
believed, and lost her life trying lo
aava Ihn children.
The bod lea were found by the
husband of the dead woman, when
he came Into the house after doing
hla morning chorea. Aa the win
dows wore closed, little smoke es
caped to attract attention of the
husband. Onco Inside the house
however, he ainelled the smoke and
rushed upstairs to find the room
In tlnmea. He aiicceedod, with the
help n neighbors In quenching the
flames before the house was de
al roved.
Crazed By
Troubles
Man Kills
3 Persons
Wife and Passerby Shot
by Driller; Believed In
sane Over Pending
Divorce Suit
DOUGLAS. Wyo., June 17,
(UP) J. W. Jordan, a 44-year-old
oil driller, wan held
in jail here Friday night,
i harmed with the triple mur
der of hi wife, his son-in-law,
and a banker at Parkerton,
Wyoming. 1
lli-llrved temporarily rraird by
dotneatlc troublca, Jordan - ran '
aiuuck wltb a atulcn rifle and allot I
down the three before he finally
wja overpowered and dlaarmed by I
Ilia own daimhter.
Jordan had been haled Into
rourr thta week for carrylnjc con
cealed weapona on charitea brouaut
by hla wife, who waa' auln( for
dlrorre.
Ntole III fie
He aurrendered hla rerolrer and
the caae waa dlamtaaed. Friday,
howerer, he atole a rifle and ahot
down Kd liaher. hla aon-ln-law,
and John Newhy, the banker, sal
they punned on the atreet. i
Then he went to hla own home
and ahot hla wife. Mra. Kd Ijuher.
bla daughter, grappled with Jor
dan, threw him to the floor and
took away the gun. After begging
hla own daughter to kill him, Jor
dan rollapaed.
Made Threata
1t la alleged by relatives that
Jordan had previously threatened
hla wife with the revolver whose
(Continued on Pago Four) ,.
Winner of World
Comes Back Home
8T. I.Ol'IS. June 17. (U.P.I
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, the
blonde youth who haa won the
world, came back home this aftet
noon to the place that carried him
to orernlght fume.
, Lindbergh's flying time on hla
return trip from New York, waa
nine houra and 20 minutes. He
rame to rest at hla home airport,
Ijimhert-St. Louis flying field, at
2:311 p. m.. after circling hla home
city for 2u minutes.
The silver winged monoplane waa
flint sighted crusting the Miaalaalppt
at 3:1)9 p. m. It shot out of the!
hum suddenly and In a moment I
waa- flying low over the bualneas
aeelion of the city, followed by a
group of army planes.
No effort was made to Veep In
formntlon. Visibility was bad and
many of the escorting machines
stopped at Schoffleld. an army fly
ing post, before reaching St.. Louis.
A few followed the white plane as
Ir flashed over and between build
ings. '
Fear Flood Water
May Block Highway
THE DALLES. June 1". (U.P.)
Highway officials today 'were con
structing a 600-foot detour at Dil
lon. 10 miles east of The Dalles
dn the Old Oregon Trail highway
to be used In case flood water from
the Columbia rose over the roadbed
at that point.
The water level la now within
about a foot of the surface of the
highway. While It Is not expected j
that the water will come high)
enough to block traffic here, the,
point which would go under water I
first la on a curve, and there woflldl
he danger from cars skidding Into
the river.
There Is no danger of the rock
roadbed giving way.
WILL ROGERS MUST
UNDERGO OPERATION
LOS ANC1EI.ES. June 17. (U.P.I
Will Rogers, nomanclic humorist,
Friday morning will undergo an
operation for gall stones In the
California Lutheran hospital here,
his physician announced tonight.
Ilngera Was removed to the h
pltal when he fulled to respond to
treatment on hla return from a
recent eastern speaking tour. Rog
ers Is In excellent condition Id with
stand the shock ot an operation,
hla physician sntd.
.
MILLION (DOLLARS
NO INDUCEMENT TO,
YOUNQ SCREEN STAR
NKW TOHK I ITV, June 17.
(f.P.) Aptwrrnity Colleen
Moore, Tfapper ilnrllna; itt arreral
million rilmjfana, waata to ajet
awaya from ( famine; a million
ilolbtra. .
Kim . National I'lrtarea, lnr
loflay 'took nrtlon to roniiel the
"modern" uelreaa to nrbltrale a
million tlollar contract a lie la try
ing to break.
II la Mlleged that Ml Moore
la under ronlnw-t to nmke a
doarn fth'tttrea ror Ilia firm. Willi
only aeven finished, abe llaa left
for the roaat, awl la planning an
rMenalve Kurueun tour.
Strangler Suspect
Is Charged After
2-Minute Hearing
Evidence la Circumstantial
But 17 Persona Claim Man
is One Who Rented Room
Where Body Was Found.
MIWKI'Wi, Manitoba. June
17 (V.l'l After a preliminary
hearing Inatlug only two niin
Utea, Karl NrlMin, HO, Of Hen
rTMnrtaro, at 001 1 eharge.1 furniallK
with the murder of Mm. Kuilly
I'ntteraon, 27. anil lla t'own, 14.
Hearing on he charge waa then
poatponed until June 23
Chief of
Detectives George Smith
says
.
l,C
haa orartlL-allv romDleted hie caae
agaln.t Nclaon. Erldenee agalaal
him la clrcnmatantl.l, but U per-
sona hare Identified Nelaon aa the
man who rented the room where
the body of the t'own girl was
found.
Smith wired Portland officials
he la almost aure that Nelaon la
the man known tnere aa Adrian I ernment, and with the dlatribntlon
Hnrrle. anught In connection with j ' b,,ot boxe nd election sup
the killing of Mrs. Blanche Jlyert Pe yesterday, everything la set
and Maa. Marlon Funk of Portland I ,or ,h ctlng of ballots today.
and Seattle respectively.
. RAN FRANCISCO. Jurie 17. In
vestigation by Pacific coaat officers
of the record of Earl Nelson, alias
Karl Ferrell,. strangler auapect un
der arrest In .Wanepeg. haa ahown
tba alleged 'murderer to be an ex
convict and escaped insane asylum
Inmate, who is wanted on a num
ber of charges in Pacific coast
cities.
Grasshoppers May
Uuin Crop, Belief
A graphic report of how millions
of tiny grasshoppers, many of them
a fraction of an Inch long, was
given here yesterday by Dave Ll
key, Tule lake rancher, who de
clared hla grain crop la threatened
by the Invading hordes of Insects.
"llefore the sun haa come up to
drive the tiny hoppers under the
shade of the clous and grain shoots
one ran walk through the fields
and see thousands of the peats on
an area not over a foot square," he
said.
"They are at 111 hatching by the
millions, too, and while they are
not
damaging the grain to any ,
great extent as yet. as soon aa the shout arose, and when a landing 8'on of ,he,r conclave Monday morn
batching season ends and they have i waa made. Mrs. Chamberlln and : tag-
grown a little larger, they may Mrs. Levlhe were warmly welcomed j Mayor T. B. Watters will deliver
ruin our entire grain crop If not by airline and. city officials. Ian address ot welcome to the vlsi-
controlled." he declared. The flyers and their wives had j tors, to which Robert A. Sawyer,
The county agents office has flown from Hamburg to Magdeburg i department commander. Mrs. Edna
been co-operating with ranchers of on the Elb river and thence to ' M- Carr, president of the auxiliary.
the Title lake section for about two
weeks, working long hours to
stamp out the Inserts which are
on many other ranches In that dis
trict. I.lnkey said be and his
brother are spreading huge quan
tities of poison dally and hauling
bran and sawdust from Klamath
mills by the truckload to use
In i
connection with the control work.
6TH STREET REPAIR
' WORK IS UNDERWAY
voincineni wicn cue a-icr.....a ... .
a contract for paving South Sixth ,
street from Commercial Xa the via-;
ductr workmen yeaterday began the i
lasa 01 repairniK una numunui,
thoroughfare from beyond the via
duct to the city limits.
A short detour was made neces
sary yeaterday while the work of,
resurfacing the macadam la In pro
gress, but motorists who use) this
highway regularly .tailed at '"'iMcKENZIE HIGHWAY
.-.l...l III J iuitjiiic.iidm, is
appeared happy In the knowledge
that thla present street ot horrors
la soon to be converted Into a boul
evard. FLKJHT WITIIIX HI.X WF.F.KS
WASHINGTON, June 17. (AP)
The trans-Pacific airplane flight
under ronalderntion by the army I
sir corps. If aulhorlied, will be
from San Francisco to Honolulu,
possibly within the next six weeks.
Assistant Secretary Davison fin'
nounced today.
Ranchers
To Decide
Upon New
Contract
Water Users of Irrigation
ri:.
Fate of Amended Con-
venant with U. S.
Acceptance of the amended
contract with the government
for extension of time on re
payment of construction
charges for the Klamath rec
lamation project, will be defi
nitely , decided today when
water users of the Klamath
Irrigation district go to the
pOIIS on the ISSUe Which haSj
been a topic of county.wide I
discussion for several months.!
I
Voting ln rarloua parts of the
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PnipUlet published by the
!board r directors of the district.
waa circulated among the waten
users early thla week, to Inform
them on all the angles involved ln
the amended contract with the gor-
Favor Xew Form
Directors of the district, alnce
certain conceaalona bare been made
to the water users relative to tho
new form following the visit here
In May of Elwood Mead, commis
sioner of recmaiatlootire in--favor
of the new contract.'
While the amended form waa or
( Continued on page five)
Wives of Flyers
. Given Reception
BERLIN, June 17. (U.P.)
While the acclaiming crowds re
peated Friday for tha wives of
Clarence' Chamberlla and Charles
Lerine something of the tumultuous
welcome which greeted the two
American flyers when they first ar
rived here almost two weeka ago.
Newa that the two record break
ers, would bring their, wirea bark
by air to this acene of the former
triumph, spread quickly through
out Berlin. Streets of the city were
almost deserted as crowds packed
busses and tram cars enroute to
the flying field.
As the planes bearing the visit-
Ing Americans and their escorts
appeared over the Held, a great
Berlin.
Rhinelander May
Pn Affor 'TBiviirPO1""1 "'ranged by the local organize
1JC allCl llfUlCC tlon. culminating with a trip t
It KNO. Nov.. June 17. (U.P)
Tbe revelation that four letters are
being held at the Reno postoffire
tor Leonard Kip Rhinelander. hjs
given added weight to the report
divorce here. '
Aslde from the disclosure thatil.Avn v v Tno i? m di
,ne wealthy New KorKer s mall was
being sent to Reno, there. was no
further evidence of Rhinelander's
rep.rted residence, here. '
i ne rumors prevalent lor some'
T . . u ZT riii.neinnaer wiaa-;
, . . , T . , ji
lenient iu oiicain a nirorce
from . Alice
daughter of
Jones Rhinelander,
negro chauffeur.
S00N TO BE OPENED
. . rourtn place in nis plane when it
II END, June 17. (U.P.) Thetes off. Thus far a fourth mem
eastern half of McKenzle Pass high-jb,,r of ,ne Proposed flight baa not
way was cleared or .Its laat snow I oten decided upon,
drifts late yesterday and the high-1 According to present plans, the
ay . department: snow plow was'
moving down Into Lane county to
day on the final plunge to open
Ihe mile high pass tn auto traffic.
Ten-foot, drifts in the "Big Cut"
leading to the Inva beds oh the
summit ere broken yesterday after
dynamite had been used to loosen
the packed snow.
"HENS' EGGS" HAIL
STONES ARE CAUSE
OF HEAVY DAMAGE
I.KWIHTON. Idaho, Jane 17.
(V.f.)-A win.1 and hall atorna
of ryrlone proportion awept oer
a large area la two alatea laat
night, ik-raalallng grain fleida
awl npfde rropa.
On the Waahingtoa aula of
the Hnjike'rirer, the f'olrrr aad
Aalone flata aaaialaed nearly a
quarter at a million dollar prop
erty damage. Hail the eiao of
bra'e eggw beat down bandrrde of
arree of giala In the lrwUioa
valley:. .
: Farmers, Loggers
To Match Strength
Here on 4th of July
Tug-of-War to be One of Many
Features Planned for Big
Celebration; Plans Being
Completed.
A titg-of-war- between the log
gers and farmers will be one of
the f rat urea of Klamath'a big
three-day- celebration on July- !,
S and 4, It waa derided by mem-
bera of the general rommlKee
taM 'h, "ft bo
J...?. "
i rlfh ,h. .thiwk. ..h fi.i
...
! cimaren amsitm or the
rounn or juiy parade promises to
oe one 01 tne attractions or Mocdar
...
.morning, and Monte Hamaker.
chairman of this committee, urge,
j , . yoog,ters who want to
take part In the parade get In touch
with him at. the Hamaker Motor
company oflces aa soon as Dosalble.
! Some good cash prizes will be of-
fered for the youngsters' parade.
There will be a merry-go-round,
ferrls wheel and other rides for the
youngsters and a variety of conces
sions on Seventh atreet. It waa re
ported by Roy Durbln, chairman of
the concessions committee. A car
nival company that la playing Yreka
thla week, araa signed to a contract
yesterday to appear here for. the
three days. ...
- A golf match on Sunday morning
at thee ncaiw :ouulre iab -cuca
will be aranged. Further announce
ment of thla event will be made
early next week.
The committee dlacusaed all
phases of the fclr relehrallon .nil
agreed that plans are-shaping up
well. Mt. Shasta and the Klamath
Pelicans will furnish the baseball
(Continued on Page Five)
Spanish War Vets
To. Confer Locally
Klamath Falls will- be a mecca
for more than S00 visitors from all
parts or the state July 17 when the
United Veterans of the Spanish War
gather here ror their annual state
convention, It was announced Frl
day. A special train will bear most of
the visitors over the Cascade line
of the Southern Pacific Sunday, the
17th. and following a memorial
' erT,ce lu Fremont auditorium, the
I veterans will hold the opening ses-
and Thomas Bodley, head ot .the
Military Order ot tbe Serpent, will
respond.
An excellent two-day program hat
Crater lake.
Byrd Won't Start
On Trip Until 20th
B.OOSEVELT FIELD. LONtl 18-
Monday has been set tentatively aa
! the date on which Richard E. Byrd
j win hop off for Europe In his
I giant Fokker monoplane "America."
Tha VB.Ih.r Hnialn. ih.
.,,. e,ement, however, and al-
1 though clear skiea over the Atlantic
are Indicated for Saturday and Sun
day, Commander Byrd said tonight
he did not believe he would start
either day. .
Byrd said he received approxl-
.""telr S.OOO applications for the
Occupanta ot the "America" will ln-
elude Byrd, Bert Acosta and Lieut.
Rex Novllle. In aome quarters It
was believed that the fourth mem
ber of the expedition would be
Lieut. Rernt Balrhen, former Nor
wegian naval officer, wfto aided
Byrd in his polar flight last sum
mer. .
Farmer Is
Guilty Of
Murdering
Son's Wife
James H. Grayson Con-'
victed of Slaying His
Daughter-in-law; Man
ning Appeals to Jury
Convicted largely upon the
) testimony ot his broken-heart
ed son, James H. Grayson, 70-year-old
Modoc county ranch
er, was found guilty yester
day of second degree murder
for the slaying of his daughJ
ter-in-law, Mrs. Myrtle Gray
son, on the streets of Malin
on March 26th, last The court
has no alternative but to sen
tence him to state's prison for
the remainder of his, natural
life. ; . . ; . .'; .; ''
Two houra after It had .iwcelred
the charge, tha Inrr. filed back
Into the court of Circuit . Jadg
Leavltt and aabmltted Its veraUet,
The aged defendant took It calmly.
His attorneys filed the uaeal formal
motion for a new trial. A moment
later Grayson waa led back to Jail.
All of the dramatic episodes-ef
tragedy and Borrow were crowded
Into the murder trial of this white
haired old man, and the culmina
tion came during the closing hoar
ot the trial when H. M. Meaning.1
apeclal prosecutor, delivered hla im
paaaioned plea to the Jury ... ..u
. Ilea More Hpeetatosa -His
son, Albert, sat on the frost
(Continued cm Page Wee) .-
Hoiaiestesds Ti
Popularity Spart
Increased popularity of Tnle lake
homesteads became suddenly sp-
! parent the first ot the week, and
aa a result the number of applica
tions for farm units In the area
opened under restriction March 1.
have taken a decided jump, it waa
learned Friday at reclamation bead
quarters. ' ," " ' '' "
Over 125 applications hare been
received for homesteads opened to,
general entry June 1, when the'
final ex-service men'a priority right,
on certain lands, expired. Since
that time any citizen ot the United'
Statea has been eligible for filing,
provided his assets measure np to
standard required by the govern
ment for settling on the lands. - "
The examining board has . held
one session on the new flock - of
applications, at which time several
allotments were made. . Other : aea.
sions by the board will be held la
the near future.
Defunct Paper is';H
Sold to Attorney
PORTLAND, June 17. (rf.P.0
The Portland Telegram, bankrupt,
afternoon newspaper, was sold here
today to David E. Lofgren, Port
land attorney. The aale waa' asA
nounced by A. M. Cannon, Teferee
In bankruptcy. .
It waa reported that the purchase
price was I22C.OO0. The Portland
News, which had submitted a bid
of J 200.000 for the paper, when
public bids were called for, sub
mitted a private offer ot 1178.000
and was the only other bidder."
Lofgren Is a director ot the Lom
berman's Trust company, one ot
the principal creditors ot the bank
rupt Telegram Publishing company.
Attorneys tor A. M. Smith, trus
tee fof the creditors, were present
at a private conference and agreed
to the transfer. Cannon said. Lot
grn will assume charge of the Tele-,
gram Saturday morning. It was
stated. " , 4 ;
PROUD WARSHIP TO : !
BE MADE INTO JUNK
SEATTLE. Wash..1 June 17, ?lf.
P.) The U. S. S. Philadelphia, once
proud fighting ship ot Uncle, Sam's
navy, soon vlll be reduced to Junk.,
The craft haa been sold te ship
wrerkera for S21.000. ; i
Commissioned 28 yea re ago, the
Philadelphia first began an honor
able career by serving as flagship
ot the Atlantic fleet.
For more than 10 years, the bat
tleshlp haa been moored at Bremer
ton, first as a receiving ship aad
later as a prison ship. : j