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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1927)
VN1VBHMITY OF OnB svaxsa. 09. PTr? r The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath ,11 HE 1 The r: pf JOamatK Fslb ? ii "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN" Vol. 4, No. 228 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUG. 6, 1927. (Every Morning-Except Monc?") KLAMATH 1 Two Die As Love Pact Is F Id ute d Film Executive and Ex-Screen Actress Are Found Dead In Auto; Girl Blamed. HOLLYWOOD, Auk. 5. IU.P.) While his Holly wood friends were mourn- inir the pacing of Hamil ton W. Munnon, film exec- ..m.v niiu tivv si vn.ill-llfc Ul lh Technician Arts studios, tlho coroner's offico' Friday Closed the cane of his death With the official seal, "homoclde nud, suicide. " The Intensive inveatigatlon waa not nocessart lo alio Hint Hetty Moiitugue Gottlieb, olio limn film extra, hail ahot and hilled Man nan and then with the aamo gun Calnlly . wounded herself, r'ouml In Var. The two bodies. Mannnn'dcad nd Iho woman unconscious, were' found In Iho front seat of an au loinoblle parked neor Iho ht-urt of Iho nmle colony early Friday. Mannon'a head, wlih a bullot behind (lie right our. waa rentinii i lu her lap. A revolver waa lying J between Mlaa Oottllph'a fef. The fingers of her right hand barely I touched Iho weapon. It contained two exploded , he III. Her self-destructing bill-' let had paaaed the temple. Houglit In Knil Lorn. I From frlendi of the couple. I police learned Mannon'a attempt j to break off a lore affair with Mlsa Clotlllet bad led to the double-shooting. ' ' The girl jlerld- a i. ......I., t,n It-fl., than til 0 on without him. , , t I State Motor Tour Here August 22 Ceorgo O. ' llrandonbcrg. huud of tbe Oregon Automobllo aso rlslloll. war lu Klamaiii Kails yesterdny with a bevy of younn 'indie whom ho was showing the country so that Ihey would be more familiar In routing Inurlsts fur the young ladles are Uind enberg's , clerks In. his several tourist bureitu offices. Ilrumlciibcrg .aid the first or a auric of statu niolor cnravntis would reach Klamath about Aug ust 22nd. It start from Port land on the SOth and Is bmg run by hi in lo fanilllurltc ,erle with their own state. , Klanluih ' llusln Is olio of the ohjcct'.vo ' rnihUi na there is. so much in ir 1 lo m-o hero both In the wnv of nnluie's beauty and development in well. In Iho parly yealcrday wire Minn Mvrtlo Itordcn of PortlunJ, ' Miss Mildred Welch of , Siilero, mill Mrs. Lucille Calkins of Ku gon. A. W. Dais, represciiiing the Hoiithorn Oregon illatrli't nf the association, wm also with Mr. llrandenberg. .The party wore gnosis of the Klamath county chamber of com merce for luncheon. County Agents In City Saturday . Agricultural agents from scr ' oral counties of central Oregon begun arriving In Klamath Knlls Kilclny evening for n suasion In I his city today with C. A. Hen derson, .Klamath county agonl. and a lour of several ranches In this vicinity on which Interesting demonstrations are being con ducted. : .. ' ' , ,JThn men will b arcomponlod, tngelhait .with Hondursot), by K. .. Ballard,' elate county agent leader1 from Corvallls, and N. C. Jamison, dairy specialist, Corval lls. Zawdke grass,' the Klamath dairy Industry, potato produc tion, and grains will bo among 'the things to take tho attention of the agents today. Those who had arrived here early yesterday evening for the cbnclavo, were: F, L. Ballard, Corvallls; , W. T. McDonald, Hod mond, Deschutes county agent: Dick Illchards, Canyon City, (Irant county; ''W(:'.li.,t Tucker, Prloovllle, Crook co'tintyuaml P. i T. Fortner, v Lakcvle w, ' Lake eouniv gont.;., ,, ' ,..f Atlantic's New Challengers V.'hero Nungeacr and Coll fullrd. Captain Itlgnot and l.louten-: ant Iileuilonne Coato i ti-n In rutin above i lioe to aurcovil. They're reported about r.adv to tuke off from Paris nu a mni-atop t!ir!il to New Vi.rk, They will flyTi Hromiet i no-motored biplane. In w hich mey airouciy nave set a reeorn i,i . record tluit It nuiiitlniMl fur l.inilliiTiili to nreiiK with his eporaul : Journey In the Spirit of St. Ionia." "V -catesltwa Cbolidge Proves Sincerity ot!theMobo7y" f-i j. j ' riis Announcement on lanaiaacy ' 1 """'wu'" v" v"" 7 HAPII) CITV. Aug. 5. (CP) PFMlilant r'luiKilan hsH removed whatever doubt may have existed .. ... .inrriiv nf hla . n-1 nounremvnt Tuesday that he did not chooae lo run for president In 19 "8 ai.i ...... ....Sir v' Although d.ll .l..g lo an illfy, hla statement todav he let it be I known In his first regular news- L i 1.1 i . .i-.... ( paper conterence since ino an nouncement that ho did not in- ference In .11.29 bocauae of hls rotlromc,.. on .March of that year nt ... .v... .-. for such a meeting. I Simultaneously he made known that he had not yet begun to Ihlnk about what ho would do after hla retlremonl and sng- gutloti nt (leneva. and Secretary gustcd that work usually has ' of Stale KollOKg, who have ans come to lilni. Ho Indicated bn lyxod the American position has nM had m...h trouble finding ..,...e......K ... o. .i . .et.eu,.... .u.ht. ..u.nt. ..,.R,. Klamath May Get , Title Convention! F.niKNK. .Aug. S. H'P) Itoy Vatea of The Dalles, wus ! elueted president of (ho Oregon Title association at Friday's busi ness session of tho annual con-1 volition under way hero. "klmimth Falls tentatively was I given next year's convention, but final doeialon will bo held in abeyance until It Is learned whether the l2SNiulonul con vention Is to bo held In Scuttle. Other officers: Vice prosldbnt, (ieorgo Crowell, Alb:"y; second vico president, Ie Wylde, l.li Grande: socrelary-treaRiirer, Fred B. Hnymond, Portland: exerullvo committee, W. K. llunaon, Snlcm, and Arthur Wilson, Klamath Falls; delegate to American Till" association convention In Detroit, Fred E. Hnymond, Pott luh ' KLAN KICKED HIM OUT; SEEKS BALM I.OH ANCIKI.KH, Aug. B. (T P I Charging he wn bimisuod fnun the Ku Klux Klun for no reason at all and that the ostracism In jured him grlevlously, Knrnest M. Dramson, Thursdajl fled a complaint In libel asking Si'i, OOtt damsgos against Karl K. Kel ler, ' exalted ruler of the San Pedro Klun and five olliers. I Brnmson's Complaint declared he never violated lhe laws of California nor tho constitution of the Invlulblo Kmiplre, but that on April . 0 tho dufendant hnd published nn order banishing him from the organisation and charg ing, him with spreading dlsson- oloii. )'' m m m , .. mne oi i-..in.i.uuua innu -a . m.vj; ; .... ' : -'flrs m order of Ita kind tVan- he will o to his Vermont fiu-m 'home for a rest. j The entire tenor of the press - ,... -hin ,. , h. ! ore.lileni'a exnoctalion to retireJ'""5 ,he crlme' ln ,u-1 unique, j, wa ,-,, Known thni Mr j iiTt niin. ,', i ThJ ., T "o Plnu" " rail the ; ,,, into another disarmament meet Ills'. There mav arise some it. .i. ' , . . .1. 1 . 1. , 1 ... . .. ,..(,.... ;cot)Ver!ll.Uon (or another ronft-rencf, but at; t .u.h a move. ICAB DRIVER PAYS ! MrvCoolldge feel. It I, yet too' $200 TO JUSTICE' eariy 10 ten wnai win oe tne i I effect of the failure of the C.en - eva meeting. He stands by the, careful statements by Hugh lilb - dele- . ron. head of the American Ingiili. it tlreat Britain, demand Gosh! HEY, KIDS! DON'T MISS THE BAlUiOON FETE AT THE 'HEWS . Hey. klda! Don't miss I he colored balloon ft' I a the Klamath Newa office. Fifth and Main, at 2:30 thu after noon. ,' . V . 'ji'fi.. , Titers' going io he ' a nig balloon dance at. the A'u tnout pavilion thla evening, for the grown upa. staged by Hal tilackhurn'a band, but the big time for, the young fallen comoa thla afternoon. '" Gather round the New of. flee and watch ths aky fill up with multicolored floater when Mr. Stroud of the Buater Brown shoe, store cllmba on top the Newa building and start throwing the free ones out into the air. . There'll be a balloon an J maybee two for everybody1, ao bring the kid brother down nd grab any color you want. Woman Murdered In Rest Room of Subway Station NEW VORK. Aug. 5. UP) I While mid-day aubwny tralna j roared .through the eml-dark-. workera paeed to and from lunch i In Iho stre't overhead, Mrs. Em m. Wlcgand. 3S. wo." murdered i cu,ed , h"e "'eo UD noDe nd in the women room of the city'"8 themselves against K.i, ....i t ne alk to the electric chair on hall station of the Brooklya-Man- nattan Transit lines. The scene of the crime was vnt-ur the heart of the city's finan cial distlrct, deep under city hall i square. Because of the contbina- ,lous of onnds. peculiar to the station at that time of day. the report of -the fatal ahot was heard by no one. j i va K.aooB . .. follnd ,he room, and the nature of the wound In I tie right breast indi cates It was not self-inflicted. .. er. detoctlvea nnlnl out. I had .been dragged from jtne tint to the intra or the booths ,u ,he Toom- DetecUvoa aald that this. -the i hattaa a criminal history, showed 'extremely Intelligent planning on ",0 J1"11 ,h ''" ' real ', Kooi luck on hi part In commlt- ut Ideal spot for a murder. . Uur,nH "oon -or city h I, j,ne of tho busiest of lhe world,- The com - .... . . .. (Oinstion ot crowu noises and tne.ot tne two" boyg are playing a almost Impossible, , Al Save, local taxi driver, nald a fine of 1200 before Justice of ithe Peace Barnes yesterday for'f their fathers to make the trip possession of Intoxicating liquor. ''provided they work their way Saye was one of three taxi drivers arrested early Wednes - day morning for possession of juuor.. The remaining two have I not hud their hearing. . Mebbe Darwin Was ( jr. ) awvA Will Try Again To Save Two Radicals One More Legal Move Is Planned In Final Attempt to Get Sen J tence Lifted. ; BOSTON, Aug. 6. (U. ! P.) The legal moves which 'for. six years have failed to do more than lengthen the I span of life for Sacco and nzetti wtill be resumed Saturday. Thla time, with but fire day: remaining . in which the con demned men might be saved, there la only the fainteat of hopea of further prolonging their Uvea. ; In their cells in the death h""e;'"' prisoner,, npon whom the attention of the world la fo- Thursday morning. "We are sure we are to die." Sacco, strong and composed de spite his 20 days without food, told hla wife when she visited him today. Iiosce II y V'trot V'anxettl. (he elder and 'more K'outlnsml on I'aur Vive) Scions of Wealth WorK As Sailors SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 6. (CP) On a liner in The Pacific ocean ,wo """ " are working a neck hands and do cob know that In the safe" of'the' .vesseP are - tickets for both are ' ticket for both of them guaranteeing first-class pas sage. The reason that Bradford Cook and Richard Lawrence. Syracuse bniversity students, are taking orders from a cockney bosn in- slead of leisurely strolling the 'upper deck is that the fathers ' : . i here today, by Reginald Back. Union Steamship company agent. ; Lwrece Moorea In the SuT Set , gather material for college mneraita n. foil When thev ,n,,nnt nermlmlnn across, the parents acquiesced, iAnd then, without letting their sons know, they purchased tickets for the boys so they would bo 1 weir taken care of as sailors. Right t GERMAN P.LOTS ESTABLISH NEW ENDURANCE MARK IIEIILIN. August S. (UP) Following ; a -flight by a Junker airplane that broke the endurance record of Clarence Cbamberlln and Bert,. Acosta: : the Junker company plan to. send two airplane across tho. Atlan-. tie, to New York next week, . . possibly Monday. ' In the Europa one of the proposed trans-Atlantic planes Johann ' Rlatic and 'Cornelius'. Edzard flew" for 02 hours and 22 minutes, landing it the Junker flying field at Dessau at 10:13 a. m, Friday. - , Chamberlln's 'record was 51 hours and IS minutes. Irrigation Board To.Consider New '. Drainage System The draft of a comprehensive i uramage system lor me niamaiu irrigation district nas oeen pro - pared by Herbert D. Newell. P'O-i Ject superlnteadent, and will go before the " district - directors - at their regular meeting today, for initial discussion. This is according ,0 A-I l nomas, . aisirici - secretary, wuw Friday revealed that tbe V. S. reclamation service has offered a new plan which will provide effi cient drainage at a cost of ap proximately $200,000. including the deepening of 'about 32 miles of drains, cleaning of 42 miles, and construction of about 10 miles of new mains. The map submitted by Super- intendent Newell sets forth his Ideas as to what Is needed to give the drainage so long sought, ii v me niairirr ana maue uusMim. i o( the uppien,entai eontract,on cost. v The $15,000 appropriated for drainage work in the district at nrounl . nan been nroved tnsuffl - , .,ZjZ" ' eh3nt.loBta,-ldw.. n. """"'' ai f aults, but 11, so limit scope of .jtbe work, that' it, U Inefficient expenditure In . the end Tne secretary exp.u ueu mat througa the reclamation com - missioncr approval oi .nanauus the draluage system , under- sup plemental construction plan for repayment, tb? district can reim burse the government by long term' payments. : Local Cemetery To Be Improved.0 A meeting of the cemetery Im-i provement committee was held EVMnv nlffht In thA office of Mayor Walters, for, the purpose of discussing Improvements to be made in the Linkville cemotery. . .. a .L.i I ,"!?,? ?' f",h. I, Ztlrl I. Tobut threw little light on tbe mat- be reaired o, that it will belyr passable all the year around, Plans were made for. a suitable sited plat book which will show the ownership ot lots in the cem etery. Other' Improvement were l discussed, but arrangements are I being made tor the definite ones nights, to start eoon. j jjrs. Suslan and " Kosich are I Junior Daggett, chairman ot j ig nei on , opea charge, j the committee, Jennie Hum, and i ! Charles Martin, in company within 'a . -rv ' T " Don Zumwalt. city engineer, and j car. rt nmucK, curnurer, maue I an inspection ot cemetery condt I tions Friday afternoon. i BOOZE LANDS HIM i .tTrt frr fri m-rn tniu irtu V,UUrtlJ;AnU.8,o0 league tor 25 years, II. R. Sen,.!., ,n.i hi. iinnne ,' waa held guilty of contempt by lure having a difficult time evad - ling the law. it was learned yes. - jterday following hi rrest here! ""'" ""' I for drunkenness, when D. G. I?0- . . ' . Sloan. San Francisco, told nollce' that Soqulst crashed Into his car Shumacker was guilty of Intlmi near Dorri the middle of theldatlng H by threatening-defeat woek. . . The accident occurred when Sloan was en route to Klamath Falls, and Sequlst was later fined! on a charge ot driving while In' toxlcatcd. lestcrday Sequist as taken to the city Jail for over-1 marker was ordered. loading himself wllhtho Illicit I , . waters, und will hnvo a hearing cfUD A HH 1C flVCM -boforo Pollco Judge Oughngen to- OWnKAmiVl IS UIVCD "y ... . ! BANK SUPERVISION SHIRLEY WILL ASK CAL TO ROUND-UP An Invitation to the Pondloton rounl-tii in September Is to be sent to President Coolldgo thlsiDonra ne "ay. 1 coming week and will bo carried to hi in by L,. O. Shirley, federal 'timber 1, when Bramwell's reslg prohlbitlon officer for this dls- nation becomes effective, trlct, and W. K. Nuwolt, deputy 1 Schramm was formerly connected prohibition administrator. (with tho I.srtd and Bush bank Shirley - .leaving for' , Portland ;hore.- Ho left th services of that today where ho will Join New bank to become state bank examt ell, and tho two officer will start 'ner and subsequently - became on their trip east by motor. connected with a Corvallii bapk. . i ,. ' Latest Thriller ' - ' , '"':' ii ii Hum i wtm: a-aTi sasii ... t farf ""it ' .'. ii r K o v x- ' cm "Here's Llewt. C. C. Champion of th I a. hbtv'r air force. who ha, Jn,t ,urred another .rlstrn thriller. While , Cfcam. plon WM more tha uix milea above. Boiling field. . Washington. In an attempt! to break tbe alti tude record, tbe motor of hi plane exprbded, . Champion pilot ed the powerless ship to a safe landing.- Harvest To Call 6,000 Laborers VANCOUVER, B. C. Aug. 5. (CP) The prairie harvest fields this year will , require the ser vices of KAAO men from Rritiah Columbia. The first parties for ,he work wl ,eaTe next Monday but tBe mOTeIoent , continue mt0 Septenlber. . The - Employment Service of Canada and the Canadian Rail- Way Passenger association decld-l ed upon the number of men need ed. In 1925 there were 10,000 1 ftrlftah rnlnmhttn. In tha flalrial I d ta j . h . omb d r0nDBd 1 . . . A I f , .... ;i, tofr-Tmrts M - ?T - an teed to - harvesters and the wages -are expected-to be about I $J50 day f0T ,tacklllg ,nd $4. B0 for threshing. Special ex- nnion ratea are chg by tne ! , . . Farmer Victim of Murderous Attack KEXXEW1CK. Wash.. Aur. 5. -fVP Frank Sustaii. - local farmer, v.-hi was found unconsci ous early today on -Ms farm with severe gah on 'the side of his head, caused by a blunt instru ment, died here tonight. Police ara at a loss to explain ! manner In Susie u met death I Hl wlfe son-in-law, Frank Kosich, were questioned by the lahofifr anrl t.pnsAa-iit.nsT otlnrnnv j ter other than advancing the i theory that he, might have been kicked by" a' horse.' It Is. reported that the family had been quarrelling for several days and that Suslan had slept ln the barn for the past three , jrrOinincIll UlJ IS Up for Contempt INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Aug. 5. -(UP) Dr. E. S. Shumacker, 1 superintendent of the Indiana !tno ndln" supreme mart today 'or critlciilng Us rulln?s on pro- The tribunal held that Dr. of it member at the polls. Jesse i E. Martin, attorney for the league, also was held in con tempt but Eathun Miles,. another j attorney, was fouhd not guilty, ,'; Immediate arrest 'Of Dr. Shu- i 8AI.EM. Aug. 5. (UP) A. A. Schramm, Corvallls banker, was named superintendent of banks t0 uwed Frank A. Bramwell, ' resigned, by. the state banking Schramm will take office Sop- Bombin f " Close Up New Yori: s Belived Work' of Four Men In Car; Prob- -. able Sacco-Vanzetti Sympathizer. . NEW YORK, Ausr. 5. (U.P.) Bombers spread destruction through the up town tubes of Manhattan's intricate sub.way,pju3teinHQ- . . . ;..t.t(.u ... i nignt, - wrecKtnu; . sutuoiis, breaking through the side walks overhead and shatter ing windows of street levej buildings. . ... .:' An early ebecknp by the police indicated that foar 'time bombs had been' set presumably by an- arcnuua nent on avenging tne sec sentences which, are hanging over their comrades, Sacco aojl Vaniettl. ' ' ' ' ti The station of the . Brooklyii Manhattan . Transit company ' sit 28th and Broadway was the first station bombed. '- - Explosions- followed in quick succession at the. station of the Interborough -company' line stv tions. . , - . j One identified .man was killed at the B.. N. T-atation and two women were Injured., Pedestri ans on the streets overhead were thrown from . their .feet. . Although " ambulances and pri nce reserves .participated In mad .dash, to.; thee scenes ot tbe explosions, . racing '- recklessly mrougn tne crowd which throng rth "mr-towa jlfrodSarmrd" through the crowd which throng . Coqttnaed oo lac Jive) . Poisonous Still i , Taken Near aty A - large oil . drum with the copper coils leading Into an old wash tub, is the description of a still discovered near the city limits ty the sheriffs office late yesterday afternoon. Four gallons ot moonshine and a S2-gallon barrel of mash were also taken. The still is owned) by two men. who hare left the country, officers believe., v , . Louis Mueller, deputy sheriff, stated that the liquid only ran through the coils once, and the moonshine couldn't be anything but rank poison since, it Is man ufactured in an oil drum. Got a Still With His Pear Orchard SUTHERLIN, Ore,; ' 'Aug. 5. (UP) When Ensign .Armstrong. North Bend, bought a ranch near here he had no. Intention ot going into the liquor bulsness. It was a pear ranch and he Intended to .devote his -time-, to raising pears. He found -the place equipped with a . modern and up-to-date still, however. Shortly after purchasing the place Armstrong was looking it over and came upon a well beaten path such as used to lead to the old oaken-bucket: Following it to the end he came upon the till and other "hootch" produc ing apparatus and material. FLAPPER FANNY SAYS - ln tbe moordtgiit alt nskbs ssshI to roam. Subway . . .a .-.... - ,r '. . ' -Fts n s. at err,' ' ' f , ) ay ta stsvttc, we,