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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1927)
VNIVKHHITV OK OltH H UIIUARi . ' The .Klam ULATION A distribution (or the II g March (1, 1111 II CIRCULATION ATM Three Sscticz3 IMIly nvnrag month andin 3694 14 Pages Unbar Audit Duru ol Circulation "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN' Vol. 4, No. 188 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1927. (Every Morning Except Honi'T). Aviatdrs Wait For Improved Weather Byrd's Plane Groomed for Non-Stop Flight Over Atlantic; Will Fly with 3 Passengers roosevelt field, n. y.I , June 18, (AP) Like a race home groomed for a big der by, tho fiant throe-motored monoplano "America" rented in it hangar here tonight, ready to make Its dash east ward to Paris as noon aa the weather man, unofficial start. r, gives" the word that fly ing conditions on the Atlantic are favorable- IndlralloiM wore thai the bug monoplane which may curry t a fourth man Is addition to Comman der Hlchard R. Ilyrd. leader ol I bo expedition; Hart Arosta. pilot, and Lieutenant George O. Novllle. radio i-nnlnwr and alternate pilot, will be unable to start lis hatardoua fllclit before tomorrow night or Monday morning. Today's report showed unfavor abla wvslhtir on the Atlantic, and the prediction was that It will ba : no bolter tomorrow. Nay Take .Norwegian 1 pounced thnl lbs Kacramenlo ebem- wno mpr,.,,, Wg business. I , Lieut. Hermit. Ilslrhen. former I bar has Joined the mora for com-. .yoar propMwi ncoma tax Norwegian natal officer, who Is an plrtlon of falUornlaa end of he ; bill will not ralaa much money. a Xpert pilot and machanlc, as well Klamath Falla-Weed k , ay. j Their anawcr waa: 'It Is an In aa an riperleaeed navigator, waa I Tha flacramento cnamber - will : mm tax law. and with it von can said to he a likely choice as lb fourth man on the I lip. ' The "America" wss vialled toilay by the man who waa originally sa- . (Continued oat' pnrfe) Tits Mad Bull Leading RilPP hv 91 IlIp!",MI' " Sacramento, it was pointed i ivaic UJ sax lTSHCOjouli , lhM. ,, wU be asked ; ,0 l.nd their assistance in Obtaining I SCOTIA. Calif.. June IS. UF) Chorhee, the 48-year-old Zunl In. dlan In the 4110-enllo Redwood high way marathon front Han Kranclaco lo Grams I'xss. Ore., wss reported held this afternoon al I'epperwood eight miles south of Scotia, snd about ten miles behind Mad Bull, Karook. leader In the race. A pity-lb siclsn was rsllcc to examine: Cho rhee, and reports were that ha was not ronaldcred In good condition. Choc bee wss sent out on tba road last night by his American trainer. Hike Kirk, with' Instruc tions to overtake Mad Dull It pos sible. For fifteen hours the Zunl Indian strained every muscle lo catch his adversary,' and it one lima -was within one tullo and a half of tho leader. Ho covered ap proximately 60 miles before slop "ping at Pepperwood, ICS miles north of the Ban Kranclaco starting point. .Mad Hull Marled from Bcutla ap parently fresh, ha was smiling and declared he would reach Kureka, Calif., soon. If Chochee Is forced to quit the rare,: It will mean that Mad Dull will It-ad the remaining Indian run ners by It miles. Grayson Holds to Plea of Innocence Protesting his Innoronro to the Inst and avowing to the court that his finger had not pulled the trig ger of the automatic whose bullet sent Mrs. Myrtle (Irayaon In her grave, James H. (Icayson, central 'figure In the county's sensational murder trial, was led back to his cell In the county jail Saturday after Circuit Judge A. L. Lesvltt had pronounced seutenc of life Imprisonment ' ' Motion for a new trial filed by W. A. .Wiest, Grayson's attorney, was donled by the court after argu ments had been presented for and against It by Wlcut and Horace Manning, apoctal prosecutor. In bin motion, Wlrat charged that the Jury had . not been properly guarded , from the allegeiOvll Influence of the dally preas wnk-h he declared had presonted a binned report on the csae. He cited other "Irre gularities In the trial," till of which Manning contested In his argument against a new trial. 1 (I raj nun was convicted by a Jury of twelve mi'K Friday, on a second ringree murder count, for the kllllnt of his dauglitr-ln-lnw, Mrs. Myrtle Grayson, nt Mulln. March 6. He will be taken to Balrm to the state prison Id. the near fill arc. UMATILLA COUNTY PREVARICATORS TO ... TRADE WHOPPERS I'KNUI.r'TOV Ore., June IN. (.LP.) There I going to bo some strung Ilea bnuulraal urr Hie (rain Ill-Id uf liiialllla rouu IX neat Wrdiimulay when the lM't prevaricator ol I'matUI rminly gi-t IukHImt In a corneal HiNMml by lit I'llut Hock Hud and Una Club. The vurauua roininuiiltM have entered flirtr beet talent, all of w tilth Ium brrn undrr training for inuiillu. TImi champion pre varicator have practiced llirlr liUrk art on Innocents or on professional listener, until uiany of thrm rualil put a rrrtala bnV llral gentleman who was recklea Willi Ihe tragi, to ehanie. Calif ornia Strong For Completion of Proposed Highway Movement to Work Out Fin . Slicing PUn Spreading to Many Counties! Sacramento C. of C to Call Meet. With adilllloual newspapers, rluinibrni uf romnirrre and oilier Influential "agencies In northern Cal'fforula enlisting ilally In thr Increasingly popular rauar for a romplrtril highway hrlweea Weed and Klamath raits, Hh nrweat elep ' toward pulling over Jhla ' road program Ihta year la the rail ft 'a a ge nrral meeting In Harrninrnlo In I he war fulnrr, lo threalmut 11m" problem of fin ancing the project. This Is according to word rocelv- id hero Hsturdsy by Lynn P. Ssbln. executive secretary of tba Klamath i rouniv rhimbr of commerce, from ' r ------ Sacramento. In which It was an-1 sponsor the genersl mealing and representatives from all tha sec tions that would benefit from the highway, will he .anked to attend. i Including leaders from Ran Pran- TclHcn and Ahimiwta counties. Oak tail d and Ban Kranclaco wlll,iu. coat of state government in ail benefit br the highway nulla aa I in,. i-oo.OOO eatlmated to be need- ed for completion of the proposed highwsy from the Oregon-California line south into Weed. Tha Oregon (portion is already flnlihed Bocrelary Sabln pointed out that the completion of this Important , their offer.1 They stated on leav-sll'-wlnter route to the south wllh),,. my offc, ,h the WOuld dK one 0f the polnla atrrsaed on the Hacrsmento-Ban Francisco ex cursion lo he Isken by locsl busi ness men July IS, IS and 14. 5,000 Trout Taken From Private Pond BI'OKANK. Wash., June 18. (A. P.) Whoever filched 5.000 little; fishes from a private pond here may have been a slippery thief, but police are waiting for him to try to dispose of his finny plunder. K. K. Murray, fed and attended to his eastern brook trout for near, ly year, he said, and was . Just ready to Invite his friends in to an lannk Walton paradise, when he dlacovered that his pets, had beim kidnaped. His little fenced In lake fairly "boiled" with flickering fins and nhlmmorlng sldeeM u r r a y said, whenever he went to give them their lunch. Yesterdsy at feeding time there was no movement In the 100 foot lake. Murray . drained the lake and found but at halt doten fish. He recalled seeing a large automobile near the place on several nights. ( Elk and Buffalo Used at Barbecue i ItAPID CITY, June IS. (A.P.) A barbecue of elk and buffalo In me puuu am nam wcvicru nrm was served today to several hundred small town eniiors ana puunsners who then watted upon President and Mrs. Conlldge who planned to Join them a half mile from the summer white house., Headed by. Governor Billow of South Dakota, who Is a democrat, and Governor MrMullen of Neb raska, who favors former Governor Lowden-of Illinois tor the republi can presidential nomination next year, the delegation mingled In'the valley of Bqtinw Creek near the slnte game lodge, ready to greet Mr. and Mrs. Cnolldge. The editors had conic from Omaha, Nebranka, where they at tended the convention of the Na tional f BOItorlal association, in ' n caravan ot 1S9 automobiles. ;':"' i : Evils Of Tax Bill Outlined By Pierce Ex-Governor of Oregon Telle Why he Oppose Income Measure Ad vanced by Patterson PORTLAND, June 18, (Spe cial to News) Ex-Governor Walter M. Pierce today gave out the following statement telling why he is opposed to the Patterson income tax bill which is to be voted on by the people of Oregon on June 28: "In my first message to tbs legis lature Jsnusry. 1 urged tbs enactment of an Income tax law lo bring about a mora equitable distribution of slate tssea. Kern observers soon discovered that real headway was being made to ensct such legislation. About the middle ttt tha session, representatives of the same big powerful financial In terests that are supposed io have written tba present pending income lax bill, came to the governor's of fice, and offered lo compromise I witn me. Toaaering tneir support in,m . bui .r. .imllar lo ,ne ona uom propped. . ..Afler Canfully conalderlng the , ..u . ., iwiivr in ronioirnw nun iwu ui inn , k..,.., .... satlafy tha people.' I remember dlatlnctly that I stated: 'Tha ef forts that 1 hava made sad expert to make to bring abont an' Income? tax law tin the state or Oregon Is for lb purpose of redistributing lt i.tlrlfiu Part at the hu burden now born by the owners of visible property should ba shifted nun tha ahnnliW nt Ihnu who h. inm.. .nH .r. little or nothing.' Only a Xamo VI further stated at that time: 'I hava no desire to see an Income tax law inv name only.' I rejected teat any Income tax meaaure that attempted to raise any large sum of money, and especially the one that I was then advocating, the South Carolina plan. I shall al ways remember with pride the fact that t was largely responsible for forcing the passage of tho Income tax law at that session. We op erated under the law for one year. It was an equitable, honest Income tax law and we collected under 'it three million dollars, i "Its repeal was brought about by . (Continued on Page Vive) British Aviators In Forced Landing M AKTLKSH AM, SUFFOLK. Eng land, June IS. (IP) The Brlttah long distance aviators, flight lieu tenants C. l. Carr and P. H. M. Acworlh MacWorth. . who' Hopped off from Crauwell,. Lincolnshire, at IS: II o'clock this afternoon for a flight to India, were forced down at the .Marleaham Heath airdrome this afternoon. , The aviators were forced to de scend because of a minor defect, and despite the great load which their bombing plane carried for Its long flight, landed successfully. The airmen were uninjured. Mnrtleshnm is near Ipswich, which la about one hundred mllea from Crarwell. Lieutenant Carr In previous at tempt to reach Karachi, made last - month, wn forced down pnraian aulf in the LIFE OF AMBASSADOR TO CHILE IN DANGER . . BOSTON, Mass., June 18. (An An unsigned letter threatening Wil liam Miller Collier, United Btatos ambaassdor to Chile, with death :n event of the execution of Icholal event of the execution of Nlcholal radicals, who are uniior sentence of 'death here for murder, was for- warded today to Governor Alvan T. Fuller from the department ot state. Ambassador Collier reported that he had brought tha letter to the attention of the Chilean police, who hare taken '"every possible measure to protect the einbassy." PULLET SWALLOW'S, j 6-INCH HAT PIN; HAS ONE PUNCTURE VtHIM..M. 'sl.,' June- Iff, (l .l.) . al wet-as' aid leg horn awllrt tmnnl by Mrs. rml Thomas, . accoaapllnlird th amax Ins; spaajruaomlr feat, of awal lowing; .a) alx-lnrh hat pin without any aipam-at . arrkma l after ef fect. ,- .. '' . ; Tile pullet had evidently awal lottnl tba pin knob first. , Aa Inch of tha pin was ohaervril prulrwllng from tint fowl's nerk. and was xtrartnl Intact. ' The pin had been lost by lra. t Thomas a few days before. Drive for Funds To Finance Scout Council to Start Big Corps of Local Men Will Begin Canvass of Entire City Tuesday to Raise Sum Needed for Boys. In. ordrr that the liny Hrouf twnrrmrnt In Klnatauh runnty may continue to expand during the coming- yrar aa M has In the past. rarrytns; Ha benrflrlala work Into more and more rommanlllrs of the Klamath bawls, a group of local btuiiieaa and professional men will start out Tuesday mora ine; on the first campaign of a romprehrasive fa ad drive for the seouts. V, . , . , i , . , .' , "Headed J.y X A. Gordon, drive committee chairman, who is aided in bis work by J. J. Miller and W. K. Lamm, the large group who are working In the Interests of the Klamath county scout council will start from .tha chamber of com merce Tuesday morning with the sum of HOTS as their goal In the drive. - This amount te be raised for the scout work this year. Is a figure reached through compilation of a strict budget nndrr the supervision ot the executive committee at the scout council and this committee has charge of all expenditures. ServiSs; in this eacaclty are W. E. Lamm, president;' 'Fred Kleetj J.- A. Gordon. JackaOn . Kimball. U. A. Kruuae. John C. Boyle, Don J. Zum walt. Dr. 0. A. Maasey. Dr. Bern ard Hea. J. J. Miller and R. C. G roes beck. Scouting In Klsmath basin bos enjoyed a very substantial growth. With a total enrollment of 111 scouts on June 1. Hit. and a vol . (Continued oa Page Two) Whole Valley Will Oppose Team Today All of the Rogue River valley will be pulling this afternoon for the BOAS st Ashland and Gold Hill to defeat the Klamath Pelicans' when these two baseball teamsjace each other at the local grounds, starting at I: SO. The Pelicans have won their first seven starts of the present league season, having defeated all the oth er teams of the league. The BOAS are conceded to be the second best team In the league and they will make a desperste effort to humble the Pelicans this afternoon. They eent their battery here during the early, part of the week to get ac customed to the climate and alti tude. . - Back of the Interest In today' game Is the effort to oust the Pelt cans from the league at a meeting In Ashland last week. A few trivial charges were made against the local club concerning alleged disobedience to league rules, but the real reason back ot this ouster ' attempt was paid to be the fact that the Pell- cans have proven themselves far j too fast for the othea teams. Local fans did not take kindly to ; this attempt to blacklist the Pell cans, and they are expected to an swer It by attending the game In full force today. The Klamath band has donated Its services for; the afternoon, and all In all. It locks like a big day tor the base- ball folks. BOY, CHOKING, BITES BENEFACTOR ON HAND 1 MICHIGAN CITY, lnd June 18, (A.P.) Dr. G. D. Kanford. ot Michi gan City, has a throbbing, lacerated right hand to remind hint ot his saving the life of a boy yesterday who wss unconscious from choking on a bltof apple. The boy, 'James Johnson. 11. of Porter., near here was near death from loss of breath when Dr. Kan ford reached his home. Not wait ing to get instruments from his satchel, the Dr. plunged his hand down the boys throat, i As young Johnson recovered consciousness. Dr. Kastord withdrew his hand. Johnson Involuntarily closed his jaws and the doctor hand waa bad ly . torn. , Farmers Of South Returning To Homes Hundreds of Refugees from Flood Areas Face With Courage Huge Task of Rehabilitation BATON ROUGE, La., June 18, (AP) By scores and hun dreds, men," women and chil dren forced to flee from the waters of the Mississippi flood, are now setting forth from the refugee camps for the home ward trek back to farms de spoiled by the muddy torrent, to lands left waste, and rotted crops. They go with the spirit of the southerners of recon struction days, to build again, to plant anew. , ' " In the camps, they have bees reetleaa. They hava been, Impatient . . , ,,, ! satisfied with the treatment accord ed them by the Red Cross and by tha citizens, but they are a practi cal people, and they know what Ilea before them. .- , They will call the boats when the day arrives and they chatter of what they will find at Home. The boat takes them up the' river, leaves them on the levees nearest home. Tracks take them on.' leaving them at their doors. Desolate feVenca Scenes of desolation and wreck age greet the eyes ot the returned exiles. For some there are not the remnants , ot homes.- where, eurrenta have carried all before them.-- Oth ers, more fortunate., enter sagging structures, water-soaked. 111 smell ing, with furniture sodden and warped. -A coating ot dirty ailt Is on the walls, floors and furniture. The laud, only a few weeks ago. blooming with luxuriant crops of corn and cotton. Is an unbroken stretch ot brown mud. covered with , the dang, loul rot of dead vegeta tion. Here and there the decompos ing hulk ot what was once a cow, a horse, a pig, a dog, sickens the air. "' .' ntrirken Land It Is a land to flee from as the j plague, out to ne reiumiug re fugees It Is . home and they' set to worka The Red Cross has given them clothing and ample food, with the promise of more later. - The men go first into the land where death has had his brief reicn, and clear the way for the return ot the family. ' Fathers and sons, old men and boys, work side by side, to take the mud from the houses, to restore the furniture, where that Is possible. - to Build (CastlssVd oa rateFIn) ., Strangled Photo , Located by Police PORTLAND, Ore.. June 18, (AP) Police Lieutenant Graves, acting chief Inspector of the Portland bur eau, announced late today that a nine-year-old photograph ot Earle Nelson, ' held In Winnipeg, Man.. Canada, as a Wrangler suspect, had been virtually Identified as Adrian Harris, alleged alayer ot Mrs. Blanche Myers, who . was found strangled to death here In Novem ber. The Identification was made by a grocery clerk who sold Haris supplies during his week's residence j In Portland prior to the slaying ol i Mrs Myers. f "That eertalnlv la a close semblance It must be an old pic ture," the clerk was quoted as ray ing. . FUR SKIRTS LATEST IN LADIES' -STYLES "PARIS. June IS, (A.P.) Paul Polret. the Paris designer who thought up "trousers", (or .wom en when the sport skirt vogue ar rived. Is now making fur skirts for next winter latest novelty. ' "If the ladles will wear them so short, at least they can have them warm,'.' la his genial explanation of why he Is making skirts of rabbit skin to wrap, the- modern' tlnpper.' In-so-far the fur skirts' are a sec ret of Poiret workshop In Paris even their existence was not ex pected until a woman reporter learned about them.' ' i ' . ' i ' DISLIKE FOR CATS AND DOCS CAUSES ' CITIZEN'S ARREST POUTI.'iXD, Ore., Jane IS, (l. P.)-Hatred of rats' and docs coat H. K. Mrhnmp 0130. ' Saw he hates them worse than ever. aVfaamp waa convicted of ar- raaglag an r la borate rleetriral device a has yard which wwaM kUI any animal eemina; In eon tact with st. '. Anthorltlea also computlncrl that it anight bare kUled a child. . One doe; la aald to have, loat lia life on the thing. - Avenae for . penlahmeni . waa. - foe awl la that Mchnmp had vio lated aa ordinance prohibit nac exposed waring. That . coat bust 100. The other IMO ' fine was aaaeaard brranae he installed rlee triral wiring wttnont a permit. Way Re-Trial to Open in Circuit Court Tomorrow "Black Sheep" Quarrel to' Be Under Discussion Again Monday With Circuit Judge Campbell On Bench. . tieorge F. Way. Crook county sheepman i-barged.- with . killing Timothy Murphy. . also a sheep) grower, la Devil's Garden May m, IIKM, wUI again be the cen tral flare re in circuit court here Mondnr momma; when his re trial opens with Circa It Judge P. t. Campbell of Oregon Cur e-nwpyinaT the bench. v. Circuit Judge A. L. Leavltt. fol lowing Way's conviction ot man slaughter by a Jury here in the fall of 192S. sentenced the sheepman to 15 years In the state penitentiary. The case was remanded by the state supreme court for re-trial und as! Way's attorneys filed affidavit ot prejudice against Judge Leavltt, Judge Campbell will preside at the re-trial. , - , , , . X. G. Wallace, of Prlnevllle,' WIU represent Way la the defense and will be assisted by J. H. Carnahan sad CV r. Stoae alty - Horace Mahniog. local attorney who acted aa assistant prosecutor In the first trial, will officiate In the ssme capacity, at the re-trial. . The Murphy brothers. Ben and Timothy, were marking their sheep In the Devil's Garden couatry east ot Bly. when the affair began. The Murphys and Way are said to have quarreled over the ownership of a hlack sheep, an argument which terminated with the alleged murder of Timothy by Way. - ; ' ' At the first trial." the defense contended that Way and Murphy engaged In a tut fight and that in the course ot the tray, Timothy sustained fatal injuries. Marathon Swimmer To Practice Here . Rocky Point waters are scheduled to help- a California . lady Win water marathon this summer, ac cording to word received here Sat urday, stating that Mrs. Lea Four ier, long distance swimmer of con siderable repute along the Pacific coast, will arrive here Monday, June 20, to practice her art at the I Point , Reason for the selection of Rocky Point as a place for her practice. Is to give Mrs. Fourrer an oppor tunity . to acquaint herself with fresh water swimming. It was said. She plans to enter the Toronto, Canada marathon August SI, 'and In the waters of Upper Klamath lake hopes to put herself In shspe to win that fresh water meet. Mrs. Fourrer 1 holds the Pacific coast record for the Golden Gato swim, hsving covered , that distance In one hour and SO minutes. Her record iirthe famous Catallna swim was a distance of 14 miles In 10 hours and a half. i F if f 1a TntprP-ST 11 Shown in Voting! ! Wb'le ballots n th special elec tion of the Klamath Irrigation dis trict, held to give water users an opportunity to approve or reject the 1 amended repayment contract with the government, VIII not be counted until Monday, officials ot the dis trict Saturday predicted a light vote. The few precincts (rom which re ports had been received late Sat urday afternoon, showed an ex tremely light vote. It was stated, a tut the belief of director waa that ! this condition prevailed in moft section ot the district. I . Acceptance of the amended coa- tract and directors, all of whom favor the new contract, believe it will be ratified by the voters will give the water user 40 Instead of SO years In which to repay the government th construction charge on tke Klamath reclamation project. St Louis Acclaims Lindberg Its Hero Returning Flyer IUi Eight Miles ;TlirouS . Cheering Crowds' in City's Great Reception .ST. LOUIS, Mo.,' June 18,. (AP) St Louis gave Colonel Charles A.Lindbergh a tre- mendous ovation today ia IU , public acclaim of its youthful ' trans-Atlantic flyer who tame home yesterday, to an infor. ' mal, virtually private recep- tion. ' ' -;- ' "The most enthusiastic, yet most orderly demonstration I have seen ' since my. landinr In Psrla."' said Lindbergh after he had ridden two, hours through eight allies ef "un broken cheering' men, women sad children packed two to twenty deep on sidewalks along the routs. His reception al Soprtonus'e Park this' afternoon . lacked .only , numbers to equal that of the par-, ade. Even then, an estimated ST. 80 persons, the greatest reg alar season throng ever to attend a- 8t. Louis baseball game, JasMned their way In to see the young flyer aa- ' slat Rogers Hornsby, previously St. Louis' greatest . Individual ' here, ' raise the world's ' aeries peaaaet -won last year , when he ' managed " " the Cardinals." - - ' ' ' Blntest Crowd ' fet ' ' ... 8t' Louis" 'former standards for r outpourings, tha Armistice say eel- . oration, the annual parade of Is . VeHed Prepkels.--iaitf: Hr fetnra' '"" the victorious Cardinal after -they bar' defeated the Nt "Terk " tis " kees in America's' anaual kasetsll v classic last tall,": all went-by 'the '1 (Coatmaedolairsr) ' To Speed ua Wcti, On Modoc NcrCaCm Close on the. heels of the tardy announcement from. Pre Idea t Sproule of the Southern Pacific that thst company is opening ap cos-, strnction of the Modoe Northern between Klamath Kalis and A Horns, came indication Saturday that the railroad la to lose ao time la com pleting the project. . A an early hoar.' several car loads of grading - equipment, eassp supplies and other paraphernalia used in railroad construction, wet unloaded In the local terminal ot the Southern 'Pacific and are be lieved to have been sent toward Merrill where work on the new line la now In progress. ' Several wagoas. . also a . part ot the construction equipment, were loaded with the scrappers, shovals. tents and other miscellany and then lost no time In starting toward' the project. Unloading of the equip ment by the Southern Pacific seb stantiates the report In tke News the first of last week that- Plais . were then being made to ope np additional camps along the right of way of the Modoe Northern. - - Naval Limitation :' ( Conclave to Open GENEVA, June IS,' (AP) Indi cations are that' the American dele-, gstlon , at the naval- pattr opens here Monday, hot only will outline broad proposal for the Urn- ' Itation of the total tonnage of cruisers, destroyers and submarine, but will accompany this with def inite plan treating the problem- in all of It technical details. - Meanwhile considerable uncer tainty end contusion exist concern ing the British interpretation ot the; Agenda. Shortly after hi arrival , here today, W. C. Bridgeman, first lord ot the admiralty, said thst be understood thst the . conference., "would treat, all questions concern- ' Ing the limitation ot ship." ReceirlLg British corespondents this afternoon, he gave the Impres sion to some of them that th Agenda was not restricted to mat ters which had not been covered la the Washington conference, a point of view that Is not shsred by th American delegation, - The Japanese are sitting tight I and are saying nothing additional to yesterday' announcement, when , it was clearly stated that they lav no intention ot taking np- th ae tion ot naval bases. i V