d I U'JIAIII luuicsK. out:. CIRCULATION Dally average distribution for lb Bun lb ending March II, till 11 HE Three Sccticna 16 Pae3 3694 Msihsr Audit Buraaa of Circulation - - 'THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN' Vol. .4, No. 194 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALL??, ' OREGON, SUNDAY, -JUNE 26, 1927. (Every Morning Except Uondzj) 'AfSivKniTr of mw. S. P. Will First Build South End Of Road Company Telle I. C. C. Cornell to Alturas Sep : tor of Modoc Northern to be Completed First WASHINGTON. D. C, June 25, AP) The interstate com merce commission was inform ed by of f ici a la of the Southern Pacific railroad com pany Saturday that that con cern haK begun construction of the Cornoll-AKuras sector of the Modqe Northern rail road, a portion of the project 61 mile" long. ...' The Houlliern Pacific will nor, hVwever, undertake construction of ' Ihe Klamath Falls-Cornell ardor of Iba Modoc Northern, a 40 mil segment, al llila tlmo, ( To MiTt Coma Construction roala will ba met br Iba Southern Parlfir Iron) (unda oft band and raised through aalo of securities. Tlio only aiallnaa contemplated on the new Una, or ratbar Ilia first section of Iba now line, ara Canby. Alturaa and Cornell. Alturaa la lb point of Junction where lha Una will Join lha Nevada. California and Oregon, an extension lo Lakevle. which will b standard gauged Ihln summer and fall. ; ( Opens Timber Writ , About 1400 square mllaa, largely limber, will be provided with trans portation In nonhorn California, aa Iba rcault of Ibo now rail line. Tha Southern Pacific aaid that li Inlandod lo eventually build lha line from Klamalh Falla lo Cornell. Cali fornia. To data the commission baa re ceived no application relating; to a common" er agreement, between the Southern Pacific and tha Great Northern railroad! for lermlnala In Klamath Falla. - Celebration Plans Are Now Complete Plana for Ihe big three-day cele-l brat Ion In Klamalh Falla are now completed, and Indication ar that tha clly will be boat to one of the Urgent erowda that ever attended aim liar function here. People throughout aoulhern Oregon and northern California have tieen In vited to take part In the Jubila tion. A three-day program Including all the evrnte of an old-fashioned 4lh of July celebration will be tinged, with lha big patriotic parade and open air program on the morning of July 4th. Firework will . be atnged Loth Sunday and Monday nlghta during the celebration. Came of all klnrie. dancea at Altamonl, throe fait base ball gamea between the Klamath Pelicans, and Mt. 6hata a tug-o-war, a cnrnlval company and many other attractions ara Includedln the celohrntlon plana. ,. Body of Missing Aviator is Found SANTA ANA. Ckl.. June 25. (AP) , The body of Lieutenant Com mander William 8. Doctor, naval of' fleer ntlnched V forcea -stationed nt Ran Diego, and mlaalng alnce the crnah of a seaplane early Inst wed ncsdny morning aevarnl miles out nt aea, was washed ashore today at Seal Beach, near here. ' Tha body was washed ushore nt 4:30 this afternoon and was Immed lately brought here by Coroner C, D. Urnwn, of Orange, county. An Inquest, the coroner said, will bo held tonight. One other person lost Ills life In the ivlane, which oertirred while the plane was enroutn from Rest lis to Bun Diego. Charles RobMns. ma' rblnlst malo, traveling as civilian passenger In the plane, lost his llfn. Ills , body was washed sshoro the following day. Lieutenant Thomns KIshor, also of the naval forces nt San Dlugo, who was piloting tho seaplane, succcodod In swimming gthpra. . SOLON SAYS WHITE COMB WASP'S NEST IS BEST FISH BAIT KANSAS i'lTT, Mo., June 25. If President Coolldie, angling for Iba trout In South Dakota etreama. needa. any advlra aa lo what bait to uao, Honntur lleflln of Alabama, ran give II. "Anxuna ought to know tha while comb of a wasp-nest la Iba most alluring Irnitt hall," commented Ihe senator hero "today. In referring lo the president's fishing experiences. "There ' ho la, up there catchlns trout with garden worms Instead of wasp-nest comba." -f- Sheepman is Given yi rv i r nr From One to Seven Years in Prison Sentence Follow Way's Con viction of Manslaughter By Jury in Session Over Fifteen Hours. (raritn Fmnli Way, Prlnevlllp alintuium who wua convicted or iiiuuslnuglilrr for killing Tfcnolhy Murphy, KUutalli sheep operator, rariy rial unlay morning aCJrr Jury ImiI atnutglnl more1 Ihnn 1.1 lionra wild Ihe evidence presented at llie rr-trlnl, will servo from one to seven years In I lie slain Mnllntiar)'. This waa Ihe sentence Imposed yesterday morning by Circuit Judge J. U. Campbell. Oregon Clly Jurist, who baa presided over Way'e sec ond trial a hearing which has kept the court roam crowded "with Intt-reeled spectator until a late' hour Friday night. . Ity appealing hi rase, which was remanded to the circuit court here following Way'a conviction of man slaughter In 1S55. the - Prlnerille man gained at least eight years of liberty. His first sentence on the same count, waa for IS yeara In the alata pepltentlary. Way accepted the pronouncement of Ihe Jnry'a decision by Circuit Judge Campbell yesterday morning. I calmly and In a well controlled vole thanked lha Judge tor his Im part Is! handling of the trial. The sheepman's volco .quavered almost i Imperceptibly aa he asked lhat the Judge consider a lenient sentence. Uofore passing sentence, .Judge Campbell addressed a brief admoni tion to Ihe court room on self con trol. Indirectly citing the caao In hand aa an example of uncontrolled temper. "If only children and grown upa could bo taught to hoal tate when tha band goca forward to commit a wrong, those tragedies would not occur." be said. "Nearly alwaya they find their aource In the thoughtlessness of anger. . Way will be taken to the atato penitentiary In the near future, to start serving his .sentence. Japan May Ask U. S. For Peace .Treaty OKNGVA, Switzerland, June 25, (Al'i Overtures by Japan with a view to signing of a perpetual peace pact with the United States are ex pected ' In authorlatlre circles of trl-partite naval conference. Nolwlthslsndlng denials by both Ihe Japanese delegates and Hugh S. (Ilhson, -bead tl -the Amerlran delegation that any auch auggesllon baa lieen niado. Competent observ ers persisted In tho belief today tnal when he bad aaurance that the overtures would have i chance of h.tng favorably considered. Admir al Viscount Snlto, the Japanese spokesman, possibly would propose a treaty outlawing war between his country and tho united States. FAIR BOARD READY WITH PREMIUM LIST Tho county fnlr board In session Snturitny, placed flnaj.apprnvnl upon the premium list for this year's agricultural and livestock exposition mid Announced that (4,000 will be offered in cash awards. . There are few changes In this year's premium list over the one used Inst sesson, it was atated, and It J hoped that tho lists will bo published and In the I hands of ex hibitors late next month. A fea ture, nt the list this fall will be a sau awara tor ine oesi inn uticr 01 pl. N MMM.IXa Kill MS VP ' BALE.M, Ore., Juno tB. (AP) For the reason that they have fail ed to tlio annual reports with the' public service commission, four boom and logging companies havo; been cited to appear before thot commission July SI and .show cnuse why their booming franchises should not be cancelled, Tho com panies cited nre tho Mlnam I.um ber company, tho Sltislnw Doom company, tha Nelson Driving ft Room company and the iiourgela Evans Lumber company. Flyers To Await One More Test Of Plane Army Pilot Won't Start on Flight Acrota Paci- fic Today: Smith Anx - i cv a; iuui to dc rim in mi SAN FRANCISCO, June 25, (AP) Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland announced lute to day it wan definitely decided that he and Lieutenant Albert Heffcnbcrjrnr would not take off Sunduy on their attempt-j ed non-Htop flight from Sun Francisco to Honolulu. - The huge tri-motored mono plane i to be given one more severe test flight before it starts on its way toward the Hawaiian Inlands, the army aviators declared. This flight iia to lust for several hours and Is to test to the last degree the Instruments, motor and re-i sponso of the plane to its Ot's handling. ' .! court In Ita big road program. Some time Sunday Major General I The majority aentlment,-however. Mason Patrick, chief of the army I la for more roada and for a lub alr corps. Is expected to arrive hen merging of personal desires in the for a final Inspection of the't'lare snd lis Instruments. Lieutenant Maitland aaid today that , tho San franclsco-Honolulu' flight bad been planned by the army since Inst February, lhat prepara tions were carefully laid- and thai thex were confident of success. ; ; ' To Vty High ' "' ' "Wo will probably fly about 1.000 feet high most of Ihe way over," (Continued on I'nge row) t ; Water Users Debt To Government is PaidJJp to Date For Ihe first time alnce' tha agri cultural depression following the war, the Klamatn "Irrigation dis trict Is "square" with the United Slates government in the matter of operation and maintenance, and con- structlon payments. It was announc ed by A. M. Thomas, secretary of the district, Saturday, when the bark Indebtedness was disposed or. The district met this financial obligation to tho government Satur day when check for S46.014.34 waa tendered the reclamation serv ice, wiping out the burden of the back debt. Thla amount paid every thing lo date, Thomas stated. ' In addition to' squaring old In debtedness, the' sum of S3.S38.S0 In Ihe payment went toward paying for 1927 construction charges, not due until .July. The O. ft M. for Ibe whole of 1927 Is now paid In tiill, and 102S construction charges are paid In full. Thla step was made possible part ly through the reduction In annual paymenta effected by the new con tract with , the government, and partly because tax col.ecllons are showing improvement, Thomas said. Week-Ertd Motorists Confronted .by Oil Information from the ntnte high way office of C. C. Beeley, resident engineer, here Saturday evening, serves to warn Sunday motorists bound for the Fort Klamath coun try and points north, that In the region of Williamson river they will be confronted with at least two miles of fresh -highway oil; This aector, covered Saturday by the Mate highway oiling crew, will bo "wet" today, and there are no detonra. the engineer, stated. In addition, another two-mile , strip, which waa oiled Friday, waa be lieved to have dried but little yes terday. , . While the highway north of the Fort Klamath reglog la In excellent shape with only one five-mile do lour to traverse, there will be plenty of oil to splash through on the newly oiled four-mile stretch, As nn altornato routo to points In the northern part of the county Soeley suggosted Jor the benefit of Sunday excursionists - the road around tipper, Klamath loke. Thla road afttla an extra 20 miles to tho trip, nnd the running time between here and tho fort Is about two and a halt hours. WORM FARMER pOING WELL SINCE CALVIN IS" U S I NG THIS BAIT TAKIMA. Wash.. June 25, (AP) An ollsorhasta annellda farmer here la making money. Oeorge Howard, It, cultivates worms to sell to fishermen. He baa been growing tha wlgly bait for two years, but a very brisk demand for his prodnet baa suddenly sprung up since news dispatches revealed lhat President Coolldga uses worms to catch trout. - tieorge hsa - a large clientele among fishermen' of the Yskima valley, ami asye that alnce bis cus tomers hare adopted ibe preslden-j tint policy, the fat worm- crop Is j doing a fast turnover. i Election Fnrepasf ! Indicates Passage Of Road Bond Plan; , j Slig-ht Opposition Shown to County Court's Proposal fori Better Roads; Expect Com- j i fortable Majority. v . 7 Pre-election ll'lra by those I wltn have followed! the campaign. indicate Hut. Klamalh' VHMI,(MMI roal iKimt Ine will be passeit by a comfortable majority at the spoclal election west TucmUy. There has been but alight op position to the proposal to bond the county, and construct needed roada In tho rural sections at a time when they are so urgently needed. The only opposition nas oeen sporadic land from Individuals mainly wbo oppose one or two of the road pro- pil-'jeci mapped out by the county cause of a betlercounty highway system, according ft) County Judge Goddard,' who haa made a careful canvass of sentiment and found it favorable to tha bonds. Judge (loddard and Commission ers Short and Ouadap aaid last night that they had laid out a road proa ran which tbff IveVla-'tarMhe best interests of the entire county, and one which . will not only be beneficial to Klamath Falls,' bat will likewise be it great aid to far mars, who under present conditions, are unable to reach the main hlgh waya of the county during the rainy montha of the year. - - "We are confident that Increased revenues from the sale of govern ment timber, the state auto license fees and the atate gasoline tax will be more than enough to take rare of thla entire Issue," said Com missioner Short last night. "For this reason we want to assure tax payers generally lhat they need (Contlaaed oa Page Five) Son of Minister ; Has sitotion" NKW YORK, June, 2B. (P) A "visitation from Godr caused hla son, Warren, 18, to lay prone npon the floor of Calvary church, utter unintelligible sounds and sing beau tifully In an unknown language, ac cording to the Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton, the pastor, who, la charged with Introducing "pentcrostallsm" or emotionalism. Into the church by flTe deacons who resigned Tuesday night, told of hla son's "experience" In reiterating his denial of the charges. A "marked change. "-both In the youth'a spiritual attitude and phy sical well-being was noted by his parenta after Ihe "visitation." Dr. Straton said. . The young man alnce .has devoted himself more assidu ously to Ihe Bible and no longer stutters when he prays In public or nt family prayers, tha father added. The son was ordnlned last year as a napttst minister by the father. "It waa at a Monday night meet ing of the. young people's class, and during the study period when this experience came to Warren," I)r. Straton said. "He war seem ingly led by the Lord." , . Dr. Straton said his son wss kneeling at prayer , with othera when bo waa to the floor."; "overcome and fell FINE ALFALFA IS . ON DISPLAY HERE Several bundles of some ofVtho flnost alfalfa hay ever produced on Klamath county Soil. 'are ndw on rilspjir at the chamber of commerce here and will soon be taken 'to the Klamnth booth at the Asntand nign- way Junction, to show tourists and proapeetivu settlera the possibilities which exist in farming In this local ity. . Tho hay waa produced by J. Ilnriling, whose ranch Is locatod on tho Merrill rond. - Tho fine hay, recently rut, will be left on display nt the chamber for several days, It was stated. . . . . Believe Byrd May Take Off!: At Dawn Fueling; of Big: Plane Be gun Before Midnight; Weather Not Too Fay- . orable Across Atlantic roosevelt help. n. v.. Junc 25. (.apj ReportsUf favorable, weather conditions for a. flight, to, P&tia received here at 10:10 o'clock tonight caused Commander Richard E. Byrd to instruct his "ship mateH in the frmnt mrtnnnlsns I ..a .. . ., . KJ .-J I f s"vi ivur t,w s, v vis wu aiiu I ' ,, - -t t i. " " Should be decided to take Off for Paris at dawn tomorrow. Shortly after midnight fueling was begun, a Job expected to take about two honrs. Although no deinlte announce- men! about a take off bad yet been made, the fact lhat fueling,- bad J .73" .. . . ... .7 fj . .J'!tlny humirn freak yeara ago. died i tiler, fully expected to get away at dawn. Jos. 11. Kimball, weather bureau meteorologist, however, reached on the telephone by newspapermen at j me DBoasr. sam one norm to brewing in Pennsylvania ant! anoth er waa sweeping over from Lake Krle. . ! ' "In my opinion." He said, "It would take fancy navigating for the 'America' 4o get Off at 4 o'clock in Uhe morning." Four-o'clock In tha morning. Byrd said, is the best time for a take-off (Continued em Page ftoar) Nearly 200 Ticket Sellers to , Visit In Klamath Today - : . Nearly. . double .the .number, of ticket sellers, representing various railroads in all parta of the north west, will arrive In Klamath Falla nt nine, o'clock thia morning, ac cording to a wire received late last I night by Lynn Sabin. executive sec j rotary of the rbanber of commerce, I who Immediately. Issued a plea for I more rare with which to conduct the visitors about the city for less than an hour today. Everyone'who can possibly spare a rnr end a driver for about an hour this morning, la requested to be at the depot here at nine o'clock to take aome of the ticket men to the chamber, of commerce'. After an hour's program In the chamber rooms, where C. A. Hen derson, county agricultural agent. nd II. D. Mortenson, prominent lumberman, will be principal speak ers, outlining tho development and pros pec ty of their respective fields in this county, the visitors will be taken for drives within the city llmlta. , , ' They will board their special train at eleven o'clock thla morn ing, tor tire return trip, which gives them only two hdure in thia city, Sabin said. There will he 17S .In stead of 100, In the party. Hence the dliamber of commerce has less than half enough cars to accommo date the men. .. K Oil" Scouts Visit Bonanza Prospect 'Scouts from the' large oil com' nanleit and nnerstnrs from California and other states, have made ire quent visits to the location of the Southern Oregon . Oil company'a soutneni .uregon . on company a location near twnanxa. nunng ine, past week. The ieer; test of the l.,,.tiim ml(nft liv .1 K I.nra. man. geologist and Engineer, will be started this 'afternoon. Jt crowd of t several hundred h expected to be present when the .machinery Is placed In action soon after the noon hour. Visitors will at -all times be allowed to watch operations, Loreman stated. The Southern Oregon Oil .company, of which he la president, haa aufflr- lent amount of leases so that nollhe projM, which will cost tl. - secrecy will be necessary during 750,00ft! ' the drilling. ' ' - An open hole will be carried as tar as possible.- At the 200-foot level, the 18-lnrh casing will be set, This largo hole Insures a deep test, If necessary. JOY SHOOTS MOTHER AND SISTERS, THEN DIES BY OWN HAND' 1 COLl'MBL'S. Kan., June 26. 1 (P) William Justice, 13, late to day ahot and killed bla mother with shotguo, shot and probably fat-' lly wounded two aisters. and 17 yeara old, and then killed himself at his . farm home near Mineral, Kansas. It Is thought t:ie boy waa tem porarily mentally unbalanced by ex cessive heat. King Dodo, Circus Favorite, Dies at Carnival Grounds - African Pymy, Entertainer of Show Folk. Succumb. lo' Heart Attack. J j . "radini in the arms of a sti- i wan award sw.tk.wer, wrhow blue eyes blinkeil back tears, aait sur- 1 K . ... i i .K.w mia kim iwmIa imm nmi. whoso antics have amwsrd - - ',rr" aud rarnlval mrda In every sUle in IIh. unien, muttered final "jeaii, boy" beneath the M P ' ho esmilTal oroaaaa T,lra"Ltte.,: i i.h. rr- ku 4.... 4 lafuuil' mjiuti nun hi cmvjan.ej m , T.l fZH! i! i been under the guardianship of Henry Faulkendorf, retired animal tra(ner WBO took , fancy , theiered by police tonight " Tw "V - "" ' T . The tiny old negro man. who haa no living relatives, and whose body ! . t It. U'hltWk fnn.r.1 hnm.i pending fnm Loa Angelea. wss ! w II Inches tall and welched 49 I pounds. iBorn In Jacksonville, r Florida, th pygmy lost tb n of his lower limbs early in childhood and had never walked a ate. In j hta life. Grotesque in appearance, there was nererthelesa nothing of the oroff" 'tfbout ' Ktag' Dodo. Trno ! enough .he waa dwarfed la stature and his man a head perched on a child'a shoulders suggested the lu dricons. but behind those owlish eyes there lsy a brain wise in the ways of holiday humanity. King Dodo, best loyed man of the carnival fafk, could neither read nor write, but in private con versation, away from the glamor of the big tenia and the amaxlng tricks of the fire.-eater, the little man ex hibited remarkable mental agility. He was Intensely religions, and often during the quiet - hours cf tha Sabbath, which brought rest to : (Continued oa Page Five.) Four Killed When Two Trains Crash DAYTON. Ohio. June 25. (A.P.) l-rnl Hunter Liggett, and other, high. -Four persons are known to be dead officials In the brigade review that and fifteen reported injured In a I climaxed the two week training par head on collision between a local;1" here. Th camp wilt close and limited traction car near Mc- Wednesday, j i v Cook field tonight. Additions msy The entire force of 4,000 man be made- to the dead when reports! took part in the parade. It incrad are received from local hospitals ed the IS 6th and l(2nd infantry where Injured passenger were tak-j regiments, the 249th coast artillery, en. -"The known dead: . i 'and one hattery of the 211th flald John Bremerton, Piqua, motor-! artillery, Aesldes a provlsloaal regl man on local cat. . .. j ment of headquarters, medical and Hurler Folkert, 20, Tippecanoe other troops. . i . : ' City, nursery employe. Ben Reed, address unknowr,. ' T. Julius, address unknown. ' Tbe msporfty ot the dead and In- lured were from Dayton. Tippecanoe City, Piqua and email towns In the Miami valley. ... I I CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ROAD PLANNED, ( Construction of two and fourth miles of crossroad between th. .Msrv Williams rosd and The Dalles-Csllfornla highway at a point south of the Henley school, was an- nounced by the county court here . MnvBe tn9 i,r8,shopBer. wll, pr0T, Saturday. ' . . (of some little value after all, ea Announcement followed sep- of that tonce of rights dt way through the... , ,. . VSr'S.rJ. riZTJ ids rrr, r. ...on .. ranr.iee. ,uP.o,.R ... r's'"."M way for the proposed rosd. The wi 1m! imnortsnt stretch of road. - PI.AX NKW MARKKT PORTLAND, Ore., June 2B. AP Plana for a public market build - Ing on the river front between Mor- rlson and Main atreets. four blocks long, and three stories in height. were announced here today. Local capitalists were snld to be backing Guests at. Hljtmliart Home Mr. and Mra. Guy" Poyer, Miss Rita ; Interested In gntherlng grasshop Shamhart. and Tommy Smith are pora for his tlrfn familiarise him guests at tho Shamhart ranch near! Merrill today. J T W 0111611 IS Victim Of Portland Str angler Police Unable to Dis cover Any Motive for Crime;: No Jewelry Stolen; Body Found PORTLAND, Ore , June 25. (AP) - JIer half-clod 'body out on her bed. her hands tied behind her back -. and her feet bound together, ' Mrs. Zell Stebbins, 32, - was . , . , , , found strangled to death in j ner weii-iurnished apartment " : in a residential district 'here - today. It was believed the crime was committed yester dav. A man's handkerchief. wadded up, had been rtffed in tha trnmonV - m fa a - uiwii m tsavaave .eM 0 Ideaf.; motive'.for the murder had been discov- . t A pillow alip had aeea rolled ap r T .-. -- (her body. Stockings, aadergarmsats and a loose robe were the only I iHIHm nf irtnt Wfn V (amJ .. -k. woman. .: - Not. Dark Maw," Tft MMt-ris waa mnt ewiMSMlltaul ' b .. tor,B(tli)r-, wto! 5 u. Mat delan4 ra)r an investigation of tha cast. ' A theory was advanced that' the snaop aamat-aaasiBty. -amy nsaw' reaction from attendant sabUelty-' surrounding ' the . other deaths : by ' strangulation.' . ' ; Xo Theft ' -.' No--articles of Jewelry la 4 he '- i apartment was touched, a prelim- ' Inary Investigation "Indicated.' ' No other motive presented Itself. Watt ' no mettlcal examination had- yet been made tonight It was believed (Cbattaused ass rage ne)- -'-,- 10,000 See Oregon Guardsmen Psrcda, " :' t . ) CAMP SLATSOP. Ore.. June tS.i (A.P.) In spite of rainy weather. 10.000 persons gathered here today ' guard pass before Governor Pat- I tenon. General George White, 6ea- Tonight tbe guardsmen were en tertained at dances In 8easlde. Offi cers were guests'' of . tbe Seaside chamber of commerce ant enlisted" , men of George L. Baker, mayor ot ' Portland. ', , m," v'. '.v. jl.1 ikiiv uaiii .win ww uiu ui uci vh the day Monday and Tuesday. On ' Wednesday morning the aoldlars ' .'1 , . . 1 r ich I , 0111115111 V f ft ' l VllipailJ. Buy Grasshoppers .lt waa received here i Slltoraa. (n , jetter from tha Geo. r Fl.h eomnanr ot Port Huron. ... h " his letter, George C. . Day. ' owner of the concern, stated the grasshoppers are worth real money " to hls mmpany for Baft -pnrlMts. . 1 The company will pay. 25 cents a : P""t 'or the hoppera, he said, :" I "f "" had read of .the .TuVo , 'o"1" arnsshopper Invasion in the eastern press, and so followed .up , ,"10 le:L,' ' J , J- , . !, I sltlpprng" Instructions may ' ! lie obtained at the .Klamath News office, and Day mrges that, anyone self with these detalla snd turn I the grain tin pests, Into cash. ',