The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, August 26, 1927, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMufVft The Klamath 13 The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath Three 'Sictlci": 18 Pages T , "THROW A WA Y YOUR HAMMER GET OUT YOUR HORN' Vol. 4, No. 245 Price Five CenU KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1927. (Every Morning Except Mondry) Convicts Use Soap Jo Aid In Getaway Three Escape Through Small Hole in Jail Wall by Greasing: Bodies CllKHALIS. Wn., Aug. 25 (U.P.) Greatting their bodies with shaving cream, three prisoners slid through a hole torn in the wall of the old county jail here and escaped early Thursday morning. They number a murderer, robber, nod man hold on statutory charge. Two other prisoner In the tamo tank re fused to lake part In the break, but aided the trio by lichee unlit the night Juller made hi round at J: 10 a. m. and dis covered the yawning' bole. Tbn Jail break ori are: Emmllt llnlle), 31, condemned to bum (or ibe murder last January - ( hi a-wlfe: V. K. Kobort. 2S. a negro, with a lone criminal record, being held on a robbery charge; A. J. I). Burke. 41. held lor trial on a statutory harge itnl Jxmmo Itaf , The men. according to report to Hbcrtff Kdward ncggultcr. I re a bar from the lank walls, burned through tome two by four limber on the outside wall, rammed the bricks loose with the' bar and lowered themselves from the second-story aperture (t'onttnacri on Paw Kle) : " Theatre People Care for Canine Kmilnyes of l. W. Poole at the Liberty theatre, last night assumed the rolo of the canine' "tiood Hamarilan" when they rusbed from the show house to administer first aid to a large white and brown dog which had been run over and painfully In jured by an automobile, dlrect "ly In front of the theatre. Tenderly picking up the suf fering animal which whined plto ously with the pain of It bruise, the theatre folk carried the dog into the show- house whore It wa glren every possi ble comfort. The dog I still being cared for at the Liberty, and the own er may have It by calling there. The canine I while with large brown spots and I apparently a valuable dog. ' Lodges to Hold 0 Big Social Here One of te biggest fraternal social evont of the season Is scheduled for Saturday evening l the Moose . hall when the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Loyal Order of Moose and the Veterans of Foreign War combine for big box social. Decision to hold the big social was reached at a Joint meeting In the Moose hall last night, attend ed by the following represent-1 HVeS Ol IIIO TSnUHB llMlHi-n. ter Perkins, F. O. E. ; N. H. fan ft V. F. W.; and 0. I). Long, L. O. O. M. The public I invited to at tend the big supper and dancing pnrly, and each lady Is rcauostod to bring a basket supper. Girl Wounded by Banditsis Dead MEXtCO CITY, . Aug. 25. dip) J. N. Ives, American Tlco , consul at Maiallnn, telegraphed the embassy tonight that Miss Florence Anderson, American, leirher at Pomono Colloge, Calif., had died of wound suffored Tuesday when a gronp of armed men tired on a Southern Pacific train enronte to Nognle. , It I reported that tl other Americans, most of them sum mer school students returning lo the United Hlnlns, wore aboard Hie' train. The embassy has madn repre . sniitntlon trr tho Mexican gov ernment asking tho apprehension and punishment ot the guilty assailant. Budd Completes . Trip Over G. N. Bend Extension PORTLAND, Aug. IS. M'.P.) Knlh Itudd, president of the Ureal Northern, returned to Port land today from nil Inspection trip over the new (treat Northern Oregon Trunk line now under eonstrnetlnn between llcnd and Cliomault. ' Problem Huld was highly pleased with the manner in which ronstructloa I being rush ed along, gome ten mile of grading siuth from tho end of the Hhevlln-Hlion road toward the Chctnsult connection has been completed, lludd reported. Kin!iiienl for the material camp, to ho established at tin near end or 'the new construc tion, prohably will he moved In ne1 week, lludd said. The (treat Northern official left Portland later In the day for Umgvlcw, where his private car will pick him up for a trip to the uew Cascade tunnel project on Ma way hark o St. Paul. Navy Refuses to Relinquish Hunt , For Lost Flyers SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 25. (t'P) Tho navy doesn't propose to glvo up hope for the three mlselng ArJns-pai'ltlc airplane as yet despite the fact that tho Mlsa Doran and Golden Eagle have not been heard from for nine days, and the distress call of the Delia Spirit w heard nearly a week ago. (ilven authority to continue the March as long n he thought necessary. Hoar Admiral It. II. Jackson, commander-in-chief of the battle fleet, today had nearly 30 ships continuing the hunt. The cruiser Omaha and a flank of destroyer were sweeping ! across the Pacific toward Pearl! Harbor, searching .the sea lane I for trace of the aeven flyer or (Mum from their plane. . t " To the south of this search. 1 nine other destroyers were sys-1 tematlrally !g-taglng weatwarj in the hope ot finding tho flyer or their plane drifted oft the regular coure. Passes were penetrating the wilderness of the Islnnd of Maul. Investigating persistent report that many person heard a plane pawning over liana, on the eastern roast, a week ago. Sheriff Oeo. Crowell of Maul head Ihl search. I Boiler Spark is ! Cause of Blaze EUGENE. Aug. 85. (API i Fire broEo out at 1:05 a. m. j today In the fuel shod of the: Mountain State Power company ! at Springfield, doing damage esti mated at 13,000 before it wa j checked. The roof and wall I were partially destroyed and two ! car-loading convoyor owned by the Dooth-Kelly Lumber com pany were burned. A spark from a boiler I believed to have started the fire. Tho llooth-Kelly sawmill was shut down today. Motors were drowned by the water poured on the fire and the starting box wn srorrhed. The distributing convoyor wn burned. Four tire fighting agencies wore employed in chocking the blnie which for a time threat ened the nooth-Kelly mill. The mill and power company equip ment and tho Kngcno und Spring field fire departments united to chock the blnie. Passenger Plane Service to Begin PORTLAND, An. 25. (U.P.) The Hell line air service cor poration expects to have from to to IB passenger plane op erating from Portland to Seat tle, San Francisco and Seaside, on the Oregon coast by -next spring, A. T. Shere, president, told the United Pros odny. Shero arrived hero by airplane from San Francisco to Inspect landing field to he used In con nection with tho new passenger service. Swan tsland field will bo used In Portland after 1t Is developed, ijnd Medford probably will be tho halfway stopping point be tween Portland and San Fran cisco, Shere said. Delay in delivery of plnnes Is lha only thing which prevents Immediate Inauguration of the service, It wn stated. Tho Moll line air service was Incorporated In Oregon recently. Hunt For Youth Is Extended To Nation Relieve Murderer of Mother May Have Headed for Coast Following Crime CHICAGO. Aug. 25. (U.P.) Search for Harry L. Hill, 21) former college student, wanted for matri cide, has been extended to the rnliro cot nl" ' Vounif Hill !s i"S.ir;tort .lth Urn murder nf liU m t'ir, ,v!i . 1:1. j Hill. 6, whoio body wn found In a shallow (jrjve, in the base I men! of their home at Htreutor. III.. Monday night. ' llended for Ami.i. He wn last seen hero Tuesday In railroad yard, seeking Infor- j motion . on cost-bound trains. That was two hours after the jpollro mNed him at the home jof a friend. ' A letter from Mrs. lllll to her 'divorced husband. Dr. Hurry C. ! Hill, prominent physician and . surgeon of Ktreator. where the Hills lived, might give a clue to the motive. Illurred apparently , by her tear, tho missive, duted j August 3, appealed to the phyal iclan to try to correct the son's ways. I Poo (nmhli'l-. I The youth was in financial dif ficulty because he liked luxury and was a loser at gambling. ! (Continued on Piige Six) ' Guns Bring Fight To Fatal Ending TltlNIDAl). Colo.. Aug. IT. (CP) mating six-shooters set tled the quarrel of two ranchers at Trlnchera, 35 miles from here, today. , Ilefore the smoke of the fifth and last shot In the death duel had curled away. W. L. Brack et!, 60, and A. l.ucero. his 40-year-old employe, lay dead In the street. ' Sheriff J. J. Marty of Trinidad, who Investigated the shooting, was told that Lncero shot first, sending four bullets Into Drack ett. Hrackntt fell mortally wounded. Ho drew his revolver and fired one shot with fatal effect. It was said. Kanch hands at llrackctt's place told tho sheriff llrackett and Lucero had been quarreling recently and that both had been going armed. Since the lERSATLt AVOC OF KIU5 IWS -fllU IOWCXJWM OM ALL -we NATIOrlAL eg! Hill rCgr, u 3 m i arm s l: u I JJJ mm 1 rvu"na 1 .. 'W.e til nwniHiM. 4j-t j ww- i ITATtGRM-l , i ( ' STrViEA "Nt 1 Thousands Will March In Funeral Procession BOSTON. Aug. 26. IV Pi Through the street of Boston the bodies of .Nicola Haeeo and Hartolnmro Vaniettl will be bora Sunday afternoon In oue of the largest funeral profession this city ha ever een. Permission wa obtained from the department of health lute today to hold the funeral Sun day, although a city ordinance which require burial within four day after death, threatened for a lime to Interfere with tho plnn. - - Corldn't (let Hull. ' Attempt by the defense com mittee to rent a hall where the bodies could lie in state until Sunday, have proved fruitless. Member of the committee de clared owner nf available hail' bare been told by police. not to allow use of their building for that purpose. Hundreds of sympathisers are expected to follow tho casket in the procession Sunday, hut the defense committee ha said- that It will not apply for a permit aa required by law where there are more than 200 mourner. The committee contended that there will he only that number of offl- Believe, Nations Have Naval Pact WASMII.N'CTON. Aug. (API The Washington Post to day says that word has reached the statu department officials from trustworthy sources that Creal Britain and Japan came to a mutually satisfactory secret understanding regarding; future naval supremacy when It finally became . apparent - lh' United Stales could not-accept the Brit ish program at the recent Geneva conference. The gist of the secret under standing ha not been divulged, the newspaper adds, declaring that It Is dophtful of murh definite- information on lA 'eonttmt Is available (0 the offlclnls of the American government. The newspaper story also say the secret understanding Is be ' lug discussed behind closed doors by officials here with a view to weighing possible consequences. FLURRY OF WIND i TIPS DIRIGIBLE i LAKKlU'ltST. N. J., Aug. 15. (AP) The giant dirigible. Los : Angeles, was slightly damaged this afternoon when, as she was ; about to leave her mooring mast on a brief flight, a sudden gust of wind threw her stern up Into the air so that the ship assumed 'an 'almost vertical position. 1 The flight was abandoned and ' the ship put hack ,into her han gar. ' Field Is Open, Why Not IS Cf-ft... . 1- ttHtMf Hlff- ku-r. ikvij on. I'MV! it it vj TiTEMOiTETi lvNI Tin Pupuc A OAlL CWXKI.E iclal mourners and that their re sponsibility doe not extend lo I those other sympathizer who are present. Wail to Hee IkxlUn. ' All day long a throng of 1500 ' persons waited outside Joseph Langone' tiny undertaking par lors today to hope of seeing the bodies of Kaceo and VanzeMI. - While (hey lined the cstrb and overflowed Into the streets, the removal of the bodies wa being delayed by the work of making death masks. Not until eve ning wa their long vigil re warded by a glimpse of- t.he bodlea. Ifavo Knall flooni. A small bare room, hardly more than 12x15 was made ready to receive - the 'casket. There wa only one door and It wa planned to have the mourn er file In and pass about the biers and then out again. Preparation wtre made for an all-night guard and the bodies will be constantly on view from tonight until Sunday. when"the funeral will be held. ' I: - Hundreds of persons were ex pected to view the bodies in that time. i House Committee 1 Plans Completed The dinner In honor ot the Irrigation and Reclamation com- ' mlttee of the House of Repres , entatlves, who are expected here I Saturday from Crater Lake, will I be held at the new Pelican Cafe, j Saturday evening at 6:45 o'clock, land tickets for It may he pur I chased by anyone desiring to attend. ' 1 Tlie committee ' d e c I d e d- to 1 spend one more day around fiend : before proceeding to Crater Lake. : hence the delay, since they were expected here todiy. ' Six or seven car will go " to Crater Lake. Saturday afternoon ilo return wltnJTthe commute to ! Klamath falls; -where It 1 ex ; peeled they . will remain over j night before going on south. I President Underwood says as ' many a possible of the members , should plan to meet with the committee and attend the dinner PARALYSIS MALADY HITS MARSHFIELD MARSHFIELD. Aug. 15. i (UP) With the third case of : infantile paralysis placed under quarantine, health officials are taking the greatst precaution to prove A spread of the malady. ;The two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. Rlnne, was placed under quarantine today. ;The small son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Allen, tho second case to be reported here this season, is improving, doctors say. I 1. ' eSJ i m SB M MT tW i "l i i Heavier Tax Cut Declared Possible j , director Tuesday. . , . I I A preliminary report by a com- : Reduction Can Exceed!"!!"" J$7rh ZT. I fffrtrt r I plicated problem which was , $ 1 5,0 0 0,0 0 0, Says I brought about by the collapse of , If lithe five Watterson controlled us ttu ui vt aym cuiu ! Means Committee WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. i (U.P.) Tax reduction caiiieedy ettiement of the con-j25. (U. P.) Missing ' a ! exceed afely the figure of ,Bd M,rk w,ttewB.i heavy JhundersW by n aao million dollars mention- the brother who are charged i hour, Paul Redfern of Geor I ed .in some administration with 44 count of embezsiement.j gja hopped off on long quarters Chairman Gen to Rio ;or-tne house ways and j ence today. . Jauerio, Brazil.- ; ' ' ' means committee believes. In ,he contention, they were. Hit flight if successful, 'will b He mentioned no toD fiir - i ure,' however. v I This mil, h. ! rr. rTr.:'.:dd:':'!.hJ : committee, who recently joined j the administration in aettlng lSOj million as the safe maximum re- 1 ductlon. If cad for Deadlock I Usually the house and aenate I get into a deadlock over tax re j ductlon detail, and apparently I they are beading for another one ' next winter. j Green believe the revision iran be completed before March lis, when next ' year's tax pay I cients begin. He is calling hi i committee fcr November 1, and : hopes to have plans completed i by December, when congress 1 (Coatlamed os page eight) iFire Frightens Horses; 1 Hurt POHTf.ANBi-Aug. 2u.iiCAP) While engaged In directing a crew fight ng forest fires in the Green river district of the Colum I bia natlonul forest," George E. i Griffith, assistant in public re llatlons in the Portland office of I the forest service waa injured ! yesterday In a runaway accident. A buckboard in which he and iRnnthpr msn vera Hrtln over- I turned when the horses became ! frightened. He was brought to a hospital b,ere today. Light rain In the Colombia ! .Vinrnc KPSnV tnr rest last night aided the meni01?"8 dUJ 1UI ' forest last night aided the men j ; fighting the Hungry Peak and Fifty-four fires have been Rtartcd by lightning in the We- natchee forest In tl-.h past four jdays. I Indian War Dance Feature of Fair The Injuns are coming! , And they'll be in Klamath Falls j September 1 to S, In full regalia j including some warpaint, to con I stltute ah Imporant and highly j Interesting feature of the Klam ath county fair early next month. ! As aajtdded attraction to what i will be the biggest show on the . Pacific coast this tall, the fair j board has completed plans to hare the Klamath Indians stage a regular war aauce ears aner noon at the fairgrounds. This dance, not seen here for years, will augment the fine display of Indian handiwork and relics to j be a part ot the fair exhibits. Cash prixes have been offered I for the best exhibits of Indian I work of any nature, and It Is 1 expected that an Interesting and educational array ot the . early Amerlran handicraft will be oiu display. j The agricultural and livestock exhibits this fall will be the best i ever shown In southern Oregon, J members of the fair board del : rlare, and with a big rodeo each afternoon at the fairgrounds and I the labor celebration in this city j at night, the four days in early I September will give this city the i Pacific coast's biggest show this year, they say. MAN FROM EUGENE IS CALLED HOME Because ot serious Illness In tho (nmlly. L. J. II. Behlola, sales man from Eugene. Is urged to return to his home In that city at once, according to a wire recelv- led from Eugene by the local I police department yesterday. Dehlols, whoss return Is Sought hy his wife. - Is traveling In a Pontine, delivery car and Is be lieved lo he In this city, or en routo here. Rehabilitation Of Owens Valley , ' Lands, is Plan LOS ANCELE8. Aug. JS. (IT. i P.) A definite plan for finan cial rehabilitation of Ovcris Val ley with the ultimate view of ending the long warfare between valley ranchers and the Los Angeles water bureau over water rights, will be presented to the chamber of commerce board of banks lo Inyo county, was pre-' ented today. I The committee wa ordered to' draw up a definite plan, "where- by conflicting interest would be able to effect an equitable and 1 " . i mr inpir nira was rnntiniipn nnin ' for their plea was continued nntil next Monday. Stone's Newest Store Opens to Public Tonight Just tour years since R. L Stone opened his first small grocery store in Susanville, Cali fornia, this progressive firm ' opens to the public tonight ano ther new store in Klamath Falls, located at the corner of Sixth! and Main, former location of the Falls grocery. The new store, opened for in-1 spectlon this evening following a week of speedy, renovating, re modeling and kalsomlnlng. Is the i5th grocery to be established by Stone's, and Is the third ot these enterprises that this con i corn has launched In Klamata Valla ' Operated on the chain plan the Stone's. Incorporated store j fTV-. Ty A have beeo-eminently aaeeeofnl la.U IVlimviIjCl averv leealttv thnf ih ranrarn ! ' ' ' ' 1 ---t- every locality that the concern has chosen a a scene for . It business endeavors, and ' the 26 establishments are scattered throughout Washington, Oregon, and California. The development of the Stone chain groceries is one of the In terestlng mercantile achieve ments of the west. . Beginning (onr nn tnl mon'n (Continued on page eight) n v in Load Limitation The signs which are to be placed on the streets prohibiting heavy traffic, as a result of a new ordinance recently passed by the city council, have been finished and are to be put up immediately. The load limit is 3000 ponnds over these streets. It is hoped by this to prevent future damage to pavement, much ot which has been cut up badly In the past few years by the heavy loads passing over them. Harry E. Pelts, Paul Lambert, and E. H. Balslger are the members ot the council on the road committee. - Following are the streets which will be designated by these signs as closed to heavy traffic: Prospect from Tenth to Ninth; Ninth from Prospect to Pine: Eighth from Prospect to Main Seventh from Prospect to Main Sixth from High to Main; Elev- enth from Upham to High: Cres cent from Southern Pacific to Eleventh: Esplanade from Main to Pacific Terrace. Also the speed limit is to be twelve miles an hour at the entrances to the city. DUNN & BAKER WIN BID FOR LOOKOUT Paving of four blocks of Look out street was settled upon yes terday at a meeting ot the fin ance committee ot the city coun cil, when discussion of bids open ed last Monday night revealed Dunn & Baker to be low bidders. The contract, councilmen stat ed following yesterday's session, will undoubtedly be awarded to this paving firm next Monday evening. CRUSHED TO DEATH. ; VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 25. (AP) Austin Mills. 12. was (crushed to death under the wheels ot a heavy gravel, truck ion the highway, five miles north of here today when the horse ho was riding became frightened i and reared np, throwing the lad beneath the wheel, Georg inn ins 4,600 Mib , ' ' . .4 Journey Will Carry Man Over Junzles; Will be Longest Flight Ever Made BRUNSWICK, Ga.; yAiig . the longest ever made by man. j Expert here assert he la unlikely to -get farther than Para, 10 I mile this side of Rio, a la j northern Brasil coast. ' ' The flight is difficult. It re verses the order of the lone flight across the Atlantic by Colonel Lindbergh. ' Lindbergh' first- stage, was over land and hi second over a fog-obscured sea. Re fern' head ed southeastward over, calm sunny water. . -' But the second stage of his flight, after he hit . the' South American coast, presumably aroand the mouth of the Orinoco river." will be' leargely orsri a- most unknown territory, mnch'ot h Jungle. ; ' " V Refers 1 "carrying equipment to enable him to combat tropical fevers ' as well .as poisonous .(Ceatlaaed oa Fasje TVree, ' Bad Gash Fslb .When i rod bf Iron,' weighing about 160 pounds fell -on hi head, cutting a large gash.' Bry-l -ant ' Williams, son of Mr. Mary Williams - of - the ' Spring7 Lake route, wa painfully Injured Wed nesday afternoon at the abattotr ot the Klamath Creamery, where.'' he was loading some pigs, pre-'! paratory to bringing them to; market. '' ' i , " '" -' J The plucky youth started . on'' Into town with his load. Injured,: as he was, bat was stopped by aj; man who saw his condition and brought him into doctor. .Williams is a student of the ' Oregon Agricultural College.; where he wilt be a sophomore, this year. He has been employ ed at the Klamath Creamery dur ing the summer months. 1 ' ? 1500 Men Fight v California Fire LOS ANGELES, Ang.. JS. (UP) With approximately lSjt 000 acres already devastated,. , 1500 fire fighters were battling with small effect to check the tire In the Angelns forest, north ot Newhall, . termed the worsr since the San Gabriel blate -in 19Z4. To date "back-firing, blasting and use bf tank tractors hafev failed to curb the fire which started on the ridge route, near Sa"berg re80't s"ndy- . - t fighters Is to direct the blase Into the Gillette mine scar of 1924, where It can do little damage and will quickly burn it self out. FLAPPER FANNY SAYS The best part ot everr"Vrtf ' . parting, ':' Beg Air Trip !mU . " 1 1 V Mil- S'y iwca.- . ... v ;