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County of Klamath
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Vol 4, No. 226 Price Five
Two Hit!
By Truckl
Die On!
Highway
Woman and Girl Killed
Instantly On Way
To Work In .Oregon
Berry Patches.
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PORTLAND. Auff. 3.
f' IV. P.) An unidentified
woman und a littlo girl,
probably her daughter.
" were killed when they were
run down by a truck driven
by W. J. Smith. Portland,
12 fu'lcH east of, Portland
on the Columbia river high
wry today.
. Smith passed another' machine
'" lul befon bo struck them. The
wnninn'a body wan drugged H8
font before It finally foil off llin
1 radiator nf llin machine.
Tim victims appeared In hnvp
been hurry plrkcra tin the way
a work. W. J. Smith, an ex
pressman, the driver, wan re
turning from Bnnnyvllle whore
(ho KnlKhta nf Cnlnniliun hold a
barbecue. Ho hail
una um
early to take out the cook and
hohiora and Incldentnl auppllea
for the foaai.
Smith had Just driven around
w the car operated by f. II, lloerk-
''t-r. who Uvea near tho acene of
Ilia tragedy, aud airuck the wom
an and girl almost Immediately,
i lloeeker aaid be had aoen the two
walking on the right hand edge
of the pavement, but Smith evi
dently did not aeo them until
too late to avoid the accident lie
rauae bin ', view waa obstructed
by'Hoecker'a car. " i t-
Deputy Sheriff Wilson, one of
the officers sent out to Invostl
(Coullnucil on poge eight)
Posses Searching
Hills for Slayer
' PINK BLUFFS. Wyo.. Aug. 3.
(fl'l Poanes were riding all
the trails out ot tills little town
tonight hunting the slayer , of
Deputy Sheriff Art Oshorn of
Cheyenne, ahot Into today while
tryhtg to arrest an alleged bank
robber.
On horn waa summoned -here
nfler a man known aa Snodgrana
had cashed a traveler's check,
me of a aerlea stolon in a recent
bniikrobbery t Ilnffalo, Kanaaa.
First word of the shooting waa
rocolved at the sheriff's office
here when a tiirlst drove In with
OHhorii, suffering from three
mortal bullet wounds.
Okborn died a few minutes af-!
Kc being takon ta a hospital. The j
inurisi sain no imu iwhh.i
In an overturned automobile. As
' far as In known hers, there wero
nn witnesses to tho shooting.
Many Names Out
j For Legion Post
The' filling of the vacancy of
commander of the Klamnth Falls
American Legion Post caused by
the resignation of C.eorgo nrth
Tuesday, baa caused some exclle
inont In legion circles, and much
speculation..
A number of legion men ore
liefng put forward by their
Mends, but until anon time as
' Vies Commander Ted Case calls
a special election for the pur
pose of electing a commander
for lbs remainder of the year,
no one will-signify his Intention
of running for tho Job.
However the name of John M.
Glover assistant cashier ot the
First National bank Is mentioned
qalta prominently, aa l( Douglas
racket, Robert I). Knykendall,
Kidney Abbott, Linn W. Nesmlth,
C. C. Kelly, Al . Fldler," Jack
Knowles, Alfred Collier, mil E.
M. Ul , V s .
PILOT DIES WHEN
; PARACHUTE FAILS
MT."TlF.MEN8, Mich.. Aug. .
(VI')- Lieutenant LeClalre D.
Schnlti. ,3, of the S7th Air
siiadron at Rclfrldge Field, met
Instant death today when his
plana caught fire at an altlturio
of H00 feet.--
Although he leaped ant, his
clothing aflame, hla papachule
failed to open until ha was 50
feet from (ho ground, , He waa
teatlhg k pursuit plnno at the
time of the accident.
Cents
Dry Agent Shot
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Involved In 13 dry law scan -
dnla. accii.oi nf heat n a doon
Kinky" Thompaon, waa ahot by
a Tncomn pnir.Hnian on whom;
he drew a kuu. und i rcpnrti'd :
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Harvest Underway
I . n
I In Some Regions
! , ,
I'vn r a... a
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llarveat and threnhlnx of "-
iar wnent proceenoq wnnoui ln
i ,mipion and mUch prln uraln
i... i.n -, i ih. nill.liir ilia,
rlc, . ..v. .1,1 week Ore -
trlcla. says the weekly Oregon
crop report today. Immature
grain suffered some shrinkage
due lo high temprruture, but
moat grain which ' liar been
V
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Com Is Improving, but In .Irri
gated sections needs rain
Picking of raspberries and lo
ganberries is , mostly complete,
Vu-klng of cherries continues In
some of the more elovated local
ities.,. Karly apples and poaches
are coming Into market In In
creasing quantities. Full fruits
are siting well.
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HIS BEVERAGE HAD !
TOO MUCH ALCOHOL '
EIHiK.VE. Aug. 3. (IT)
Frank Mcfracken. proprietor of
,h. i.,aviiw iintnin u-n.l,. u.nu
hod o" I circuit court' her!
,... ., -ni . !,.,.,.
ufnln. In . er7oiase M
talnlng an Illegal percentage of
Btnni..i
ZL .
The state alleged that Mc-
Crackon marketed California
wine aa a beverage and not med-
Irlne. Ha was convicted when
former prnhllillion officer , Mike
Thompson and -Sheriff Frank
i Taylor aamplod the evidence and
i declared It to be
nothing els"
j than port wine,
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So Many Talented
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INERS BELIEVED j
ENTOMBED AFTER
di act rrorwt vac
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j CLAY. Ky.Aug. 3. (I'D j
One man In known lo bars been.
killed and 111 are missing aa a re.
.null cf nn cxploflop In a weat
! Kentucky roal company mln
Ihere today. '. i
Tho' explosion waa confined tO
In amnll part or the mine, accord-1
i Iliac to officials of the coal cornr'
pany. The caite haa not boon i
! ftu.anl..aij4 hill It I. ItOllpVOlt lO I
havo been mine gas. In .... , " . w i
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!thn aamo mine killed 1 men.;
About 2S0 men ar employed oil
line mln and many of thorn were)
jalrondy at tho surface at the)
I time of the blast which occurred I
about 4 p. m.
iDucey Tells of ',
j Highway Tragedy
In TiicflPO Tniirf
j " " j mental reservation when he I
j Tale of a highway tragody in; announced he did not chose
.which Itobort Shaw. II. of-Cre-ilo ru for president again.;
jconl c ity, taiirorma. ioi ...
: July H. came haltingly from the
i hp. of a 17-year-old youib In
: . , . . i (. Kwerney. Oleno :
mprrhull, ruirKett with rerkle
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.nrivina. u
The youth. Thomaa Pucey
roco..i . ny. -' '""h.m . and u.e the prnal-
nilllW, 11" 'Mini...
i fnrcoil to kii
... ..t to ,. rev.
' I hi cur drlvoi
Iforcoil to mi over the embank-.
prevent a colllHlon wheni'"
n by Sweeney kept
' crownink mo iiKninr cur m um,
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two bova to the outer edite oflOno Important republican naa
.,,;. , .iviB. hl teall-1 written to the preaident aiiklnf
I niony however, he waa unable to
, ,nis that Sweeney wna reipon -
athle for the filial accident.
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Mt h,,ad crunlied between two
j boulders, and slated that hot
j climbed hack to the highway and
' fnnnri . hull fa,, frntll ' Iho
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wrecked car lying ln the road,)
and front! abrasions on the
Sweeney cur whrol.
The trial will resume today at
jilno a. m., .when,, according to
.'Ill h InlnfriHCAft htf Ihn'
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aiaia.
OCCtVS CCLU1IUC3
In Butte Sewers
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Bl'TTE. Mont., Aug. S. (UP)
Searching aewers Is not a ploa -
sent job even It 113.000 ln secur -
lllns nro tnvnlvoH. Thnmas Davis.
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P"ll";d..
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i W",""n Mnhon h"e
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officers that he threw $13,000 In ,
- bonda Into a sewer.
j The remainder of the loot of
HOT. 000 mostly In securities.
was recovered. Davis has searched
every sewer vent In the large
! area of the Butte business dis -
j trtct. but has found no trace of
, the missing bonds.
Children She Doesn't
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
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Believed
Sincere
In Plans
Announcement As
Being; Final Word
On Presidency Race
WASHINGTON. Ausr. 3. ,
tt'.r.) Opinion is growing'
among politicians here that
iCoolidgo spoke without.
,,. , h- fyllBn
)n th(i adM ( cynU, bBt
j n dw(ndIlB(l m are
ever the prnldont'a Intentlona.
the pffOKt will, be to eliminate
. l 1 ... ...v .!. .Imhlii rniwti that
, ,,, ;, ,InInPd,al!,y
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Iinmflun. a r A Hln.t.lV ftDOCUlAI InE. i
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mm 10 nay wneiuer m win ii-j
jmlt hla name to Ko before the
convention, i ne luuuwnm u..m-
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trenRth .4 nour after the an-
nouncoment at Rapid City:
1. That the president apoke
without menial reservation and
regards himself as through at tne
l.u npaamnt (Arm
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, 2. That a movement for ("tans
E. Hughes will shortly be started
In New York, headed by Charles
. utiles, vice-chairman of the
irepubllran national committee.
ki. AtA ,nnn
niiiiuuii.a ui. vu.ni-.."
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(Continued on Page, Five)
DRY Ar.FNT SHOT
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; by cop is dying
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1 TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 3. VP)
j Unconscious since Inst night
I William "Kinkv" Thomnon.
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' "v " PhyMclani at
the. cnuniv hosnital here this.
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morning. -nd,,,on w"de;
scribed as ."most unfavorable."
I Thompson waa wounded on
Tuesday of last week by William
! Nerbonne, a Tacoma motorcycle
' officer. Nerbonne claimed he
i shot In self defense while at-
1 tempting to arrest Thompson.
: whom he said was fighting with
a woman companion.
Know What to Do
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4,
' "Sleeping Beauty" May Yet Awake
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a i r .at i , 4 . i r
3v :.- . '.r--- ..,'4i
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la raltfornia's much-dtscuaited
cura Drummond of Freno. who
innaiing k. up id a mir uuur uie .n.vuiui . n.
LSSff' L 'V"10'- W" be" ,reat'ng '
month. - ., . . .
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Eighteen Plants Enter
Trans-Pacific: Air Race
; SAN. FRANCISCO, Aug. J.
-"OT'r') Eighteen ' airplanes - pro-
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be In the race from
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, the Pacific coast to Honolulu on
August 12 for 935,000 .In prizes
offered by James D. Doel. nine-
apple magnate. Frank A. Flynn,
! 'ST h0e'r
the contest commit-
here Wednesday night,
Although only 16 had been en -
,tere(l on tne 0(Iiclal list when it
waa c0lie(i Fiynn explained he
had g00l reBson to believe two
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uiiicr uviuiurs iiuii piacvu lucir.i tne enirics oi vi. it. KHrren,
100 en,ry fee ' ,h or, U Angeles, and Robert Hers -
nuaniBoi iiiesnay mgnc ana win
,owed ,0 compete. '
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a ..a .uvia wuu uitva utreii uc-
clared eligible for the race. pro.
vla,, ,,, , ,h
vlded they pass tests on their
ability and the staunchness of each of the other take-offs,
their planes, are: Arthur Goebel, : None, ot the contestants had
Santa Monica; Major D. Irving, reached San Francisco Wednes
Berkeley; John Auggy. Peddlar. day night. Mnjor Er'vlng who
Flint, Mich.; F. A. Giles. De- lives In Berkeley., was on a test
trolt; Charles Park hurst, Lomax, ' flight to San Diego and return.
Queen Contest To
j Open August 12th
I.
. The contest for the queen who
will reign In this city over theJ f,re chiefs special train Wednes
labor day celebration. Sept. 3-4-5, nd fcongry. perspiring dele-
will-open August 12. It was an-
nounced Wednesday by the com-'Klamath reception three hours
mlttee In charge of arrangements j late, due to a derailment at Hot
lor the labor day celebration lum California nd engine dlf-
hi-k ..in i.. k u ,k, , 1 ficultlea at' Midland
which will he hold this vonc. In !
onni.mctinn w.ih .h. ...
and rnrton
...
The prltes to he given awny
f iu ins ifuiung ranuiuaies are a
large diamond ring and $100 ln
gold to the queen, a late atyle
watch will be presented to the
second contestant, and a pearl
necklace . lo the . third. Other
prises will also be awarded.
The queen, will be crowned
sunuay, aeptemner At at 1 p. m., I man's orchestra of twelve pieces,
at the carnival-grounds, and shejy-ho played several numbers,
and her maids will lead the. grand ! , Th. firemen . n. f 'it,.
parade nn labor day In a beautt-
f is 1 1 as .LmmOi lnH ,. -ui .
........ i with new neckties and lir full f
guests at the fair together with; nnlform nrt g(,k hy thelr che baLEM. Aug. 3. (UP) The
the other entrants in. the contest. ; tm ,he Ua nol ot lh. ,,reIl onj,tate banking board Wednesday
The main feature of the cole-! the special had faded ' away In . afternoon accepted the reslgna
brntlon will lake-place., Saturday j the distance. . j tlon 'of Frank C. Bramwell for
night, Sept. 3, at 10:30 .p. m.j v . '. j the past six years state superln-
when the queen and her maidens I c , oxnir I tendent of banks.
will be gowned In gorgeous cloaks : WUKK.LK5 TO BACK j Bramwell's resignation was not
for the occasion. MEN BY STRIKING Xod, he said In a statement
. A decorated car will he at thej v . . . . jillvea to the press, but was vol-
qneen'a service throughout the; Bl'ENOS AIRES. Aug" 3. (t'P)" unlary and la "only carrying into
celebration to convey her and a general trlke- will be de- effect the action which I have
tne maidens to tns aiitereni
amusements. .
! Amu uahhw InJIu vl.kU.
...l UK..,, .allies n.e....ip. ... k uciinivil Wl umciliui
enter this contest or anyone Fuller of Massachusetts Is unfa
wishing to nominate a candidate . vorable to Sacco and Vancettl, It
may send their names or see- was announced tonight. ,
personally Mrs. Earl Canoe at I Police have taken precautions
No. 117, Arcade Apartments, be-'to prevent recurrence ot recent
fore August 12. Each contest- bombing Incidents. t -The--Amer-
ant will receive- looo free votes
fr.n. rfnv Ml.k.ll..i
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commlttea to start her off,, .,
1927
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aleeolne beautv waktnc no? Mra.
waa in coma for 120 daya after
111. I Lieutenant N. A. Goddard.
IMego: .Captain' Willlam-'T
Ervfln.' Dallas."Texa"s Captain
Arthur Rogers. Los - Angeles;
John W. Frost. 'San Francisco;
Bennett Urltfen. Oklahoma City;
Fred W. Burgh. I.os Angeles;
' Captain Jamea L. Orlffln, Long
! ueacn; i-ranx l.. iwx, ixis An -
fceles: t.eorge D. tovell, San
; Diego; Martin Jensen. Honolulu;
nd a pilot yet to be named by
, Edmund J. Moffatt, San Fran -
' Cisco,. who deposited the fee.- .
mL . n
ey, Sarasota, r m., are oeucvca
to be in the mail.
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Alia lire, uitiue iu siari m
noon a week from Fri
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teen minutes will elapse between
Derailment Holds
Up Chief's Train
It was an Ill-fated, day for the
i Halts tu inn iuiiiiuu kwicuiiuii
200 strong, arrived here for their
Another engine was sent out
f rom ,h,ere . ,0 bring, the train
into mis city atier tne special
engine had rnnxouf of oil at
,
Midland. ,
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But the crowd which gathered
the local terminal to welcome
ne lire cnieis oi me racmc
Coast here, stood by patiently
and waited.
Klamath didn't do all the en-
tert&inine ; for- in tho hsffeaorA
cr was the Lou Angeles Fire -
fire engines turned out en masse
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clared by the workers .anions
. throughout the country Imniedl
IaIu it Ik. .1 n I .. I .. .. .
Iran embassy and consulate and
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uh, iiinjuiii; in nig American
lflrms premises are guarded.' '
(Every
NON-STOP FLIGHT
FROM CALIFORNIA .
TO TOKIO PLANNED
PASADENA. Calif.. Auk. 3
(VP) A non-atop fllitbt between
I J I M, ... 1.. .
jrawucm ana loaio Will D at-
i tempted within 10 daya by Bart
llllalio. Paaadena aviator. ,
Belief that hla plana will
not be able to leave the (round
with the load neceaaary to carry
;the more than t.ooo-rolle flight;
will cauae him to take-off with
(00 Kallona of gaaollne and take
;on 450 Kallona more while flylnc
above the Paaadena field, he
Id. -Milatio
la a brother of Jack
iMIIatco. air mall pilot killed laat
April In a craah between Chicago
and Cleveland. Rex Smith, ex
army aviator, will pilot the plane,
Milatio aaid.
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Lita Denies Any
Spttlprni- Mori a
, xwwavarawaav 1IUHIV "
I T TY ItTAlMA Wtllt
All aVlTUlCC OU1L
W3 ANGELES, Auk.! S.
(UP) Lita Crey Chaplin. 1
repudiated an aaeerteA monetarr
settlement with Charlie Chaplin
land la contemplating filing aa
amended complaint against her
: famous husband, la which aha
will namd a well-known screen
actress as co-respondent. It waa
stated here today.
This development waa exposed
In Superior Judge Walter Burea'a
court where attorney Liadabl
i Young of the firm of Young A
Young, was . demanding attorney
tees after having been dismissed
Saturday as representative ot Mrs.
Chaplin. -
In a report which he
j from the wltnesa atand, Vounf
ii1iej the aervicea be claimed
perform by bl. ..rm
lMt j w, M ch
...-j w
The settlement " whieh Young !
.?sJ! a n 'ui
ta, Hci.
Beverly Hills home., Principals
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U. S. Is Asked Ta
. Let Mexico Alone
rv ivtrt- a fna. I
, Rapldfl, Mich., was elected anP'
1 reme knight of the Knights of
Columbus, at the . nanonal con-
Tentlon here today. . succeeding
JllnlOT F. Flaherty, of Pbiladel-
Jpnla wno retired aftar holding
the office for IS years.
a Hpwnfflce Blinrenie council-
1 tor Z "IZel oZ Zrl
was unanimously elected to that
7.05t. ' 4 - ,
, , d.
! keep h"nd" off In TorjrUilng
pertaining to the affairs of Mex
ico, was. made today by the
spokesman ot the Mexican dele
gation at the convention. ..
Senor E. Traslosheroe, who
said he had been an exile from
hut country for more tban a
year because ot conditions there,
gave a statement pleading that
Mexico be allowed to work oat
its affairs In its own way, and
denouncing President Calles. .
"We 'have sent van appeal to
Washington, D. C, stating that
we are very much surprised to
see that the administration has
kept on good terms with the
bloody tyrant that reigns In Mex
ico, Calles. because the Wash-
1 tngton administration through Its
embassy In Mexlro City has all
the details of the horrible crimes
committed
by Calles and his
j crowd.. ,,, the statement.
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I kMA"fr.wf""0"ln . """" '?'
I.II.IIIH ll. MCAIIV, Ik kUHIIUUVU.
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' We want to state that we
,,ha Mexican, now in p.m. in
, Unted States and all home
,ovlng Mexicans now living here
erer asked for Interven-
.,,,,! or otherwise, from
the American government In
1 lia.iM. .rratM
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Resignation of
Bramwell Taken
i contemplated for sometime,
At the same time the board
announced that Bramwell's suc
cessor would be sppolnted at a
later date. Four candidates are
I known to be receiving the con-
sinerauon ot tne noara ror tne
appointments. .
They are former governor Ben
Olcott: A. A. Schramm, Corval-
. . . . ...
,11s; jonn w. rnrone or Koaentiro,
and Ed Cuslck ot Albany.
Mornfag Except XTcr J)"
Hope I
r
Gone
Doomed
Radical
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Governor Fuller . Hi
fuses to Intenret
Say Trial Waa F
: and Won't Pardxv
' BOSTON, Au jr. 3.(U.
P.) Sacco and " Vanzetti'
must die. Governor AVrlr
T. Fuller of Mssachusttv ,
in a decision wlifch he. de
liberated for . many .weeks,
announced tonight his belief
that-the world famous meri
convicted of . murder 4 six
years ago, had been given
fair trial and were ruilty.,
Aa the result of , the action
of the chief executive of tho
state' la which they were eon.-1
vlcted, Nicholas 'Sacco and; Brt
olomao Vantettl, whose fata oe-'
came a "cause celebre" tbrpneh
out tho civilUed, world, wlll.be
executed Mr the electric chair at
Charleatowa prison on tho. night
of. August 11. - ' ,
Fsdr Trial ' ."
As a result -of my study of
the records and my personal' lat
vestigatlon of the-case; tncrucng j
?y rview larce iMnl-
"I Mkn Jr. that
S.oTa.d' Vanaettl im. MlMy
d t Aa tal,..., '
In these words -tho Maaaachv
i . . a . . . . -
seiia governor aeaiea rata or
two art Whom kuitsaa hellatad
to b Ttctim bf-postvwar hysteria. ,
and -opposition:' to1dirTitsT -s
(COntianM on sag eight)' , ,.
All Contracted
BEND. Ore , Aug. 3. (fl)ThO
entire Great Northern soothers;
extension from tbe .end of tho
Shevlln-Hlxon' logging; road to th
Eugene-Klamath : rails, line' ol
the Southern Pacific at Chemaalt
is ' under sub-contract, -. it ' waa"
announced today from tho off lea
ot Hanser . Brothers company,,'
general contractor In Bend. ;: ,
Not only have all rob-eoatraeta .
been let, but .the first ot "tho
track - laying material, two cara
ot tho plates,' Is-on Its sray- to
Bend. Other material -has been
ordered. All work ' now under
way is ht preparation for tho
laying of steel. .1 . ; ''. '. -.
A considerable amount of clear
ing and grading started by tho
general contractor- early In" the
summer has been eompleted.- ; .
ACTRESS TOO LATE ;
IN AIRPLANE DASH
HOLLYWTJOP, Aug.. .' (CF) ;'
Though Madgs Kennedy, noted
stags across,-chartered' atr. err- .
plane to fir hero ' to - the sick
room of her - husband, Harold
Bolster, she arrived a tew min
ute after he died. '4.,'
The actress, playing In a San
Francisco theater, left the north
era city Wednesday morning la
a Pat plane to visit her husband.
She Intended to remain with him
for only two hours and then re
turn to . Ban Francisco tor -hep
Wednesday night performance.'
FLAPPER FANNY SAYS
Tangling purse .and h
strings maksa true lovers' L
- ssav.asirr.srF. - ' . t
1 oistr sv so aswiiea. aw.