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VMVKUHITV OF OR EOGKSB- Our- The CV T th News The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath The Klaisith Twtrjl Official PaperVV- i "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER GET OUT YOUR HORN" IWHiHII . . Vol. 4, No. 207 Price Five Cent KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1927. (Every Morning Except ITonday) i ...... V x 1MAMA Old Feud Ends With Death Of Laborer Apartment Home Own- er Resent Calls Upon Divorced Wife; Kills Man in Office. PORTLAND, July 12. (U. P.) A lung standing feud be tween two men flared up again Tuesday night, and as a rcHtilt, Dan Hunley, 39, labor er, is dead, and Fred Hart wick, an apartment house owner, is held in the city jail, pending an investigation of the affair by police. According lu HuUlck's versUu of I lie murder, he shot Hunley In self-di-fcnse. llanley, llartwlck told police, wus a eonataut visitor I I hi' apartment haute because his divorced wlf resided there. ltrH-iiil Vl.ll. llurtwltk resented the vUHs and bout Ibrve muni ha ago swore out warrant (or hla arret. Hunley disappeared lha next da ao lb warraut was not served. Tonight, llauley reappeared at Ihe apartment house and refused to leave. After Hanley bad threaten ed hliu several times, llurtwltk, ac cording to police, called Hauler Into lila office. Fearing an attack, he removed a revolver from bis deak and fired one allot. The bullet look effuct In llanlcy't right lung and be died a fc iiiluutea later. Flames Threaten Home of Veterans 8AWTEI.1.K. Calif.. Jul tl. -(At Klre which dmnnnded the call of aij fr m Lot Angeles. IS miles away, broke out In a barrack building at tho Sawtcllo soldiers homo shortly after 1 o'clock tills afternoon. The home shelters u arils of JUUO vetorans, many of whom ore aged or bedridden and crippled. Fire kpparatua from .Santa Moni es and Venice responded to tho first alarm, hut tho bluie quickly eiiVLluptd t. o r-of and aid from Lot AtiKelt wst cuiled. Wllhlu half un hour the bnrrncks building, whti'h Is three stories hl-jb, appear ed iluoined. The bluiu was be ond' rhvcklng mill threiiteuid to leap to othir neurby building". About 2riU civil war veterans were quartered In tho barruckt bul the majority of litem were In the I dining hall nulling when tna tiro broke out. The remainder were removed ivllh little contusion und without Injury, uccor.llng to first reports. : Telephone Service To Be Speeded Up Long disliince service to Portland, llend, Medford, Kugene, anil a num ber of o'her cities frequently called from Kluiuath Kails will be greatly speeded up If Kluhtat'.t Kulls pitrons will cooperate lu a very simple milliner, according to K. Hay Dunn, manager of the Pacific Telephone A Telegraph company. Arrnngo monts have been completed by tho telephone company so that "Infor mation" will, when requested, give (he telephunn numbers of persons or firms listed In other leading centers of Iho Pacific Northwiist. If tho business man or resident calllnx from here can give tlie num ' bur with which ho desires to talk In another city, his call will gci through quickly. If ho does not know tho out-of-town number, ull ho hut lo do it coll "Information" and ak for II. "Information", will give It to hint. "Wo are putting those conveni ences ut disposal of the tele phone users lhl city," said Mr. Dunn, "becuuHO we know, from Ihe studies we hove made, that much quicker service can be hod to the more Important Jblnls frequently railed by Ion distance by this method. Ir our customers will so cure from "Information" tho num ber of the party In the more ills . taut point before placing their 'long 'distance rolls, they will bo assured of foster and m:re convenient service." MAN SENTENCED BY PHONE, REMITS HIS FINE OVER WIRES IIK.VI), July lit. til') J. 1'. Urcjiury of I'orllnnil, timed over long-distance tele Illume laal week to pay it flue of (MO on n truffle roiln vio lin Ion. today used the wire lo my Ilia fine, thus roiiiplellliK tlie KlU-nilln atreleli of the mill of the law. Crruory wired t'. T. Terrll, Justice or the penee, the mount or the fine anil cost ami accompanied the money with the rheerTuI ini-Muigr: "Till breaks mo but I mill reuinlu a booitrr for Hcuil." World War Veteran Victim of Amnesia Leaves Wife. Baby Man Suffering from Shell Shock, Disappear Warrant ! Issued to Aid in Search for Ruaiell. A victim or wnr'a ruthltna blllllll, Fred lluaaell, oversea velerun aufrerlnic from aliell shock anil aubjert to lnpe or memory, tiaa loft hla home In tills rlty. abauilonhiK ouiik wife and 1 1-nionths-olil babe nho nun- be destitute unless I the cxnuldler la located by authorities. This la according to a story I which eauio from Mrs. Russell lo i W. II. Ilarnua. Justice of tbe peice. Tuesday, who Issued a warrant for tbo arrest cf the war-torn ex-er-vlce man In holies that officers may I find him. In her compiuiu:, the wife nl tho overseas veteran stuted that she und her Infant had been left with out money or provision for their support during Kussell'a absence. That Russel: r.ms suffered another (Continued from 1'aRv Two) Week-Old Baby Is Left on Doorstep MAHHIIFIELI), Ore.. JMly' t (I'P) small week-otd girl baby bundled up In an old kluiono wot deposited ut the door cf Mrs. George Morgun's home a half mile cast of llandon on the nandon-Coctillle high soy at an early hour yesterday morning. A woman knocked at tho door of tho Morgan homo and Mrs. Morgan went to answer and then returned to her room to sccuro a wrap. When alio returned she noticed a large automobile moving away and the next Instant taw tho bundle on her doorstep. ' The affair is being Investigated by A. T. Morrison, county proba tion officer. No clue as to the Identity of tho child's parents has been cblulned. Pony Express Ends Run to President 1117 KAPII) CITY, S. D., July 12. M'l-r-Tho pony express carrying an Invltlatlon from Cheyenne, Vo., to President Cool hi ko ended Its Journey at tho summer white house today ut 1:30 p. in. President CoolltlRo, with a com pany of Wyoming officials, Includ ing Covirnor Frank Kmorson, was staudliig cn the front steps of the lodgo when the Inst pony rider drew np. Dakota Clxle Jones, cowboy, rodo tho lost seven-lullo lap from Chey enne, on the horse Calvin Cooldlge and ho came Into the lodge grounds on s gallop. Drawing p smartly before th presidential parly. Jones swung from bis saddle and honded the president a large buckskin cn iwhlch was scrolled the Invitation from Uovernor Emerson. Mr. Coolldgo smiled nnd thanked him without replying to tho Invlta'lnn and returned with his Wyoming guests to finish lunch In tho sum mer whlto house.. He seemed quite pleased and gave photograph ers un opportunity to fully record tho event, HOLY SEPULCHRE IS DAMAGED BY QUAKE JKKl'SALKM. iPnlestlno; July 12. (UP) Part of the Holy Sepul chre where Jesus Christ Is believed to have been burled beforo he rose from the dead, was damaged In an earthquake Monday In which t( persons were, killed. The tomb Is In the church of the Holy Sepulchre ' here. . There have been disputes whother It has been the sepulchre where Christ was hurled. Tho earthquake oc curred at 7 p. ni. and lusted five seconds, Weather Extremes Alarming Europeans Superstitious Afraid ofj Strange Phenomea - Which Has Followed; Sun's Eclipse. LONDON, July 12. (U.P.) A fortnight of weather ex treme", climaxed by the dis astrous holy land earthquake, that hits followed the total eclipse, of the sun in northern Kurope June 29, is alarming tuperstitious persons and puz zling scientists. Kurth shocks, daixllug lightning norms, cloudbursts, flood and heat I waves have visited Europe and the j fringes of northern Africa and Asia. ' Pulestlne and Kaxonr where ef- i forts of the Coods are being felt seriously have been the worst suf ferers. Nearly every Kuropean I country from Itussla southward, has j been visited by some climatic dls-' turbanee. . j Many persons naturally connect tho storms with the eclipse of the sun. In whose path a clammy death-; like darkness covered the earth. ! Sclentltsts are discussing the posst-' blltty that aorae of the maiiltesta-', Hon may be connected with the) eclipse. I KTOIIMH KWKKP 111 SSIA. , M O 8 C O W, July IS. (At Cloudbursts of great severity are sweeping many portions of Russia. ! At Ilatau 30 excursionists wero swept Into the Caspaln sea and are feared to have been drowned. Several workmen were., drowned by the sudden rising of the river on the shore of the black sea, It Is reported. PKOPI.K l'. Vll'-HTItll'KKX. JF.RU3ALEM. July 12. (At In habitants of the Holy Land are panic-stricken, fearing a recurrence (Continued on Page Right) Foreign War Vets j to Plan New Work . Foster, state traffic officer. Program of work and entertain-) Sweeney, who is alleged to have ment for the last six months of the crowded Show s car off the grade current year will be planned at .'when the former attempted to pass meeting of Ihe Veterans of Foreign ' him on a blind curve, will appear Wars In the basement of tho court j before Justice of the Peace Barnes house this evening, a session which i for arraignment July 14. all members are urged to nltend. .! . This Is according to Commando V. J. Walker, last night, when he also announced that a number of new member will be Initiated Into the organization tonight. With the ushering In of the lu ll lutes this evening, tho locul mem bership of the foreign wnr vets I will leap aliovo the 100 murk, Com mander Walker staled declaring that the members. goal now Jumps to 200 Three Gangsters Laugh at Lawyers! BEXTON. III., July 12. (I'P ) inree parnoncd gangsters nan good laugh today as humorless at - mine,. gources of Income to bring in reve- of law how shall the gangsters bo nue (Q (he cnanlber WM .tressed put to death If convicted? j ,,, ,he e9nmted receipts ran "Mochlne dun" Charlie Blrger. ; J5 4J6 n(, penduurM totaled leader of the once powerful gangs ,15 4,g 7J operating under his namo, Art New-i' ' " ' ' ,,, -h.i. man. his former lieutenant, now Henr Pckl", clr" hi. mortal enemy, and Bay Hyland. I of the membership committee lust an ordinary gangster, were In-on J h. ' c'1''',0' h' cn0mJ terested lis attorneys argued the,"""'"' nd the possibilities o ne v point. 1 The defendants tire charged with the murder of Mayor Joe Adams of West City. 111. It was one ot the murders incidental lu southern til I -nolt' two years gang rule In whlcii a score were killed by various mod ern method.. , , The trial Itself has hardly begun. First there were the usual defense motions for dismissing the Indict ments on technicalities. Now a fool-proof Jury must be selected. When the prosecution attorney told veniremen that the sentence would be hanging rather than by electrocution, the . defense lawyer protested but was overruled. He persisted In his objections, how ever, as the prosecutor asked the prospective Jurors If the method ot punishment would make any dif ference to them In making a decis MAIL PILOT SPOTS . STOLEN CAR WHILE FLYING OVER LAKE MALT , 1.AKK t.'ITV. I'tuli. July IS. (II') A'mlo Hain't nlr inn 1 1 service cooperated lu unique fashion with the slier irr's office when Pilot Hugh JIurk.T, on (lie Klko-Halt Lake run, spied a stolen autoinobllo as be flew over Great Halt Jke. ' f TIm uvlntitr saw the nuu-hlne, anil led on bf curiosity, cirri ed low over the automobile, which was about 10 reel from shore anil In two fict of water. Ihirker saw that the car had no occupant ami ascertained It make. He could not dl Uuiculsli tho. number on the license plate. . The deacrinisM fnrnlsned by Iturker emilsjijl so ahertffs office to dlcoV-r ltt the cur luil been . stolen rus Walter (ireen of Halt lke (Ity awl abandoned by fie thieves. Dispatch Tells of Sacramento's Plan to' Fete Visitors' Stresses Boost that Klamath Excursionists Will Give Pro posed . Highway Between This City and Weed. A special ' disiatru from ' the Kacrnmento llc leading after noon dnlly newspaper in Califor nia's riipltat city, Tuesday out lined tho program or entertnih ment to lie estended tile .visiting Klamath delegation, which left Iw-re foe the south Tuesday even ing, and retold the story of the Klamath ami nortliern Callrornia right for completion or the Weed highway lluk. The dispatch to the. News follows "Immediately upon their arrival In the capital, the visitors will be taken on a trip stiout the city. "tieorge W. Peltier, president of the Sacramento chamber of com- ' (Continued on Page Two) Figure irrDeath; - Plunge' Arrested J. C. Sweeney, Olene merchant, who figured In the , death crash Iwhlch on July ( cost the life ot ; Robert Shaw, 19-year-old youth from Crc-ent City. California, when, his light car went over a grade on the KlamathFalls-Ashland highway, was arrested Tuesday xn a charge of rccVless driving. A complaint against Sweeney had been sworn out br Walter A. e Smith Reports on C. of C. Expenses The chairman of the budget slid flilonce rommlttee. W. O. Smith read a report of the expenses for the ensuing year, commencing May first, before the director s luncheon i at the chamber ot commerce tcrday. The committees provided for all the expenditures necessary as fur as possible. A brief list Is as follows: Salaries, 16060; quarters, . $1700; : office. $2467.27; activities. 12860; miscellaneous. $2061.60: grand tot- j ,1, $15,428.77. ' Tha noiM nf n atrontr mam her- , ,np drve , WB glopi for other iiiciiiuvif.. i ,' vv. , w...,. composeo oi viiiiiiii'S, nin, wiiiiisb" ton, Hunter, Schuppell. Hist, Miller, Perkins, Ostendorf and Dunn hopes to add at least 100 new members the coming year. There are 32S memoers at me present lime., . " . " DISASTROUS r IKt. RIIRNQ ITS FT F OUT pUKiNa uatxr uui WKST BLOCTOtt, Ala., July t2. ' (CP) After raging unchecked I because of low mater pressure, a disastrous fire which destroyed vir tually all 'of West Blocton today was brought under control. The fire literally burned Itself out as all efforts ot fire com panies, rushed here from nearby towns, were ineffective. Property damage was estimated at $40(1,000, Aviators Get Huge Ovation At Home Oakland and San Fran cisco Vie to Outdo Each Other in Greet ing Pacific Flyers. SAN FRANCISCO, July 12. (U.P.) Tuesday they were heroes, Maitland and Hegen- berger, and all day long they) bowed and saluted as San Francisco and Oakland outdid each other in tendering them ! rou8infr ov?t.on8-- i be just soldiers. They will enjoy a furlough, to be) sure, but they will be soldiers nevertheless, swalting orders from a brigadier general, bead of the. army air service, for their next as-; slznment. 1 The returning conqueror, of the Irans-Paelflc airway ended . "their day'' at a banquet given to them i by the city of Oakland in Its muni - cipal auditorium.-- It was. truly . of"th fal7 pioneers Met br Plane. ' ' Their first greeting was roared br a squadron of army and civilian. whlch picked np the liner Maul on which the lieutenant, returned from Honolulu, at the golden gate. Just Inside the bay they were met by a boat con to in r members : of t-e offltial reception party.' May or James Rolph Jr. was first to hall the aviators. . i ' : " "Boys, we're glad you are with s agalm1 hw-Tlled. -'- Mrs. Maitland and Mn. berger. with Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mallland, parents of the aviator, were standing a little to one side of the great crowd which greeted 1 the fivers at the dock i tireet Families. ! tioih mn immedlstetv hazan to h ... a. .Bes. wpr. (Continued on Page Eight) Queer Trick With I aami IAwrAnlA1 JUCIIC19 WCTCOICU. Fate plays queer tricks even with the mall. Yesterday the . Chamber of Commerce received a letter from W. G. Ide of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, Inquiring for the whereabouts of J.. W. Wambcrg who Is supposed to be living in this city. day a letter arrived On the same from J. W. Wamberg of Taconia. t ushlngton, . sent to the Chnm'wr of Commerce here, and asking about ,n0 BKrleultural possibilities in this country. ' ,. T,e worh of tne Land" Settlement .omm,,e8 i, bringina- in many in- . alrlen concerning the Oregon land, and 1t la reported that many are ceremony of exceptional merit and planning to move Into this country interest. as soon as new lands are opened. R c Qroe8l)eck. prominent at- ' torney of this city, will represent Vlsloris1 Holtri nf Klamath Falls In the program vioieni jueam 01 ,Khlch ,s to be hcl(1. u h0ped Movie Man Probedti t the K..m.th Peo. ur., i vivnnn r-.itf Ji.lv IS.! (A.P.) ay oegsn an invesnisiioii nu ... j apparently violent death of Perciral I L. Llnwood. 49, motion picture em- i Plve- wno 'onnd de,d ,n hl j home with a 2-Inch gash at the ; base of the brain. Mrs. Llnwood, ! who said her husband was a dlrec- I Police reported they were unablo (o ob(a)n any nform,on from hel. , i ,l ... k-J w-hlla A. tectlves tinder Captain James Beau attempted to question . her. They reported that the Llnwood ' apart ment was In great dls'order and that there twas. evidence that there had hMLoon.lH..rl.l drinklna. The dSteetlves reported , that 1 neighbors said the Llnwood rouple bad not been seen to leave their 8partmmt , ,,.., ,,, ,nd thllt the landlady of the house declared the Llnwood door had remained j locked during that time. ; I The police received their : first I report of the unexplained rdeath at IS a. m. when undertakers called them to view the body. It had been I taken from the Llnwood apartment, to the undertaking rooms at the telephoned ' request -of Dr. Jesse Boss, who hid been called to the iald of the man, whom he said he i fnunil dead, PREACHER CHASED BY INDIANS' LAST VISIT IN DENVER DK.VVKK, Colo., July 12. (II') The lost time that Iter. Allen K. Wright was In Den ver ho was ciuued by Indian and had to run pretty fast to nave hla life But that was - 03 years ao. "It seems good," he com mented on his arrival here lo ony from hi home In Long Ilcarh, Calif., "to come bock to a place and know your life I not in danter. Big Crowd Gathers At Depot As Train Leaves for South i'Sirens and Jaz Band Feature in Send-Uff Uiren excur sionist Enroute for Califor nia Cities. Car Jammed the depot drive, siren, acreeehed and a Jazs band blared music madness while a crowd or more than 300 people gathered at the. local southern Pacific terminal at nine o'clock Tuesday night to give nearly 130 Klamath Kails California excur sionists a rousing send-off toward Harramento nnd the bay city. Tl,. ,1 a m nn.lr.llnn .nnllnil fnr mlnutea tne tralB rry. I ing nine coaches, pulled' out of the yards for the first leg of a good- 1 , M f vbo8e obJectlre, , w for ot 'e Ktola.tB FalUj.Weed highway. I H' Blackburn's band, which Is i " eu",1I, to pr0 entertainment, both for mem- .of,'he craTan and for their c' fra' hol. Provided the mnsic ,hB e?'',wl,"?hLOp ?h... d ht ' 'he. Po"" C.h,e' t Vcslth A m hmto vlort fair nnlsu. Knn. . ' ,M . ors in the demonstration. Following a day's work by a spec , (CoaUnwed on Paga Sight) ' :rBao Boy BtfdiPrf Given Life Term SALMSAWV Okla.. July 12. (CP) Mathew Kimei. the "bad ' 00T bandit" of the southwest, vlr- I tually ended his caree.' as an out- law desperado and gunr.ian today. I The swan song wos, rendered per Kimes when Judge G. G. Smith t sentenced him to life in McAlcster I penitentiary for the killing of Perry iChucultite, Sequoiah county deputy while 5000 persons crowded the persons district courtroom. , Klmes, a' youth scarcely out of his teens, has had a colorful career leading Oklahoma's peace officer oa many a merry chase. It termi nated with his capture recently In Grand Canyon, Ariscna. ! Bridge at CrOOked River Is Highest The highest highway bridge In ! the worid, that spanning Crooked ! Rlver a few miles north of Bend, I. to be dedicated Frldav afternoon. I jly is, at 2:30 p. m with a I- C. Seeiey. resioem engineer 01 the state highway department, says that the roads are in good condition and there Is no fresh oil to go through. County Judge Fred K. Goddard, County Commissioner Horace Dun lop, and County Roadmaster Spldell are leaving this morning to Inspect the roaxls between Chlloquln and Kirk, Beaver Marsh and tbe Lake county line, and Crescent and Odell lake to determine what mainten ance and repair work' will be needed this season. Then they will Journey on to the Crooked River celebration. COPS RECOVER LOOT STOLEN FROM AUTO PORTLAND. Ore.. July 12, (A. P.) Police last night recovered the Jewel case containing $1,000 worth of Jewels belotfgTng to Mrs. R. K. Wetble, ot Fsrgo, N. D.. which had been stolen from an automobile be fore Mrs. Welbte left for the Union station to entrain for California. The thief evidently had been afraid to retain the loot when he discover ed the value of the Jewels and had thrown the ease Into tall grass, where it was found by a woman and turned over to the police. - K l a m a t li ...... Suspects Indicted Twelve Indian Girl Charged in Federal Court With Iktnsft? School QuateaC ; - . . . :. ' ; ; 1 t PORTLAND, July 12-i-U, P.) Twelve . Indian Jrirto; ranging in age from 11 to 18 years, were indicted' by th federal grand jury today , on charges of burning hefr dor mitory. A' desire to be- free a erihprl n tho rcnaAn " TtiA iIav. - mitory, one of the first of the Indian girls' school buildings at the Klamath Agency, 'wail burned March 30. - i,, . ; The Indictment says the -matron of the lottltttUon bad confined three girls because of misbehaviour. These girls, Leola Schonehln. aged It, Hattie Godowa, aged 14: and An-, drey Baker, 18. are accused In the indictment of being, the ring lead ers and of planning the act. - V While the matron and other girls were attending a motion picture show the three are said to - hare obtained matehe itnit Him sail later directed the - firing of the building. - " - ' ' j Forty Escape Flontes. ' " ' Forty girls were In the Institution at the time and escaped without In jury, although vmsny had to' fleo their night clothes. The 12 girls indicted today are still at the Indian Die. i .-rr,v--- ."TrTT-'-'T-- va. aaaiiion to uie laree ring ,teau- crs. tbe following , girls'' were' hr dlcted: Many John.. 11; Marlon Hecocpa, 17; Florence Cow.. IS; Orthalie Crane, 12; Bva Barney, 11; Addle Weeks, 13; Wave Riddle. 14Orph Schonehln, If; and-Css-sie Ball. IS. -- - V Additional indictments returned In federal court today were John Picard. an Indian from the Klam ath reservation. Hbeft - ot personal property belonging to Joseph Craig, also an. Indian. -. . Langell Valley to Have Banner Crops Langell valley will this year ex perience the finest crops It has ever produced, according to present in dications. C. A. Henderson, county agent, stated Tuesday following a rlp to that agricultural section. A big potato acreage there looks exceptionally good, Henderson aald and the rye crop is phenomenal in point ot promised per acre yield. Abundance ot moisture Induced , by the winter's hesvy precipitation., is a great aid to the dry land crops, he said.. . ; , The first hay crop Is now being cut by Langell valley farmers,, with excellent results, and the second cutting is likely to be much larger, Henderson stated. "Undoubtedly this will be the best year the Langell valley" ranch ers have ever had." the connty agent declared, "and the crops being raised there now will be duplicated In many other parts ot the county. The year generally Is to be. very good." . .. . I: ' FLAPPER FANNY S'AYSi I srs u s wit. Off. It but always the bright boy who shines In a dark room.