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Only 4 Days
Until Christmas
The Klamath News
Official Paper
County of Klamath
I NEWS
"THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER GET OUT YOUR HORN"
Vol. 5, No. 31. Pi Ice Five Cents
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE , WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21, 1927.
(Every Morning Except Monday)
CAPTURE OF
BELIEVED NE
11
XT
navy iyjlcii
Hold No
Hope For
Sub Crew
Sole Chance for Life
Lies in Torpedo Air;
Rescue Depends on
Wind.
I'ROVINCETOWIJ. Muss.
Dec. 20. (U.P.) Nuvnl of
ficers have abandoned hopo
fur the men entombed in
this sunken submarine 8-4.
Rear Admiral Frank
Krumbly pronounced "fin
ish" to the 72-hour fight of
the vessels and forces under
hi command to save them,
in nn interview with the
United Press lato thin after
noon on the deck of the
U. S.' U. Fulcon.
"I have loot hopo (or 111 Di-'n."
Ailmlml Brumbly nld.
"We have put no divers down
today, and rnnot put
any
down tonlht. It It
too rough
weather out ther for any at
tempt at rnrm."
Won"! tomorrow be too late?"
tha t'ulted Proa correspondent
asksd.
(Continued oa Hl rU"D
Funds Coming In .
ForXmashest:
Only 4 Days Left
While funda are coming
lowly. Ihe Christines Community
Cheat la alradlly being filled and
Willi the drive inienauiea our-
Ing the nom four dnya. worker
are beginning to feel hopeful
the goal of J.ooo will lie al -
talned by Saturday nigni. I
Dellverlea of food and clothing!
will commence Friday. Ihe Iter.
J. Henry Thomaa. head of Ihe
nrn l-imiullllvi-, n.w. m.
i i. . , 1 1 .. , .. .t v .ha HI.
lliaut nimiiiuii hu..-. ...
recllon of C. 8. Uobertaon are de
voting every hour of the day poa
alble to liitorvlewe wllh prospec
tive donora and laat night ron
trlhutlnna had reached 11.000.
The need for warm clolhliu
and footUluffa la atlll gronl and
all who feel charitably Inclined frora Htanfordv uulveralty waa re
al Chrlnlmaa Day approachea nro loany .h(n I'ro.hli-nl Kay
asked to leave food and clothing
' at the chest headquartera In the
legion building.
Filling of shoes nn youngstera
who have been notified lo report
will begin thla afternoon at 1
o'clock. Fitting will also be Con
ducted Thursday afternoon.
Rare Comet May
Be Seen Tonight
VICTORIA. B. C, Dec. 20. (U
P) Proldlng aklea are clear.
Frhjellerup'a comet will be vis
ible to the naked eyo tomorrow
evening, Dr. J. H. Pluakctl, di
rector of the 'Dominion Astrnphy
alcal observatory here, aald tndny.
The comet, which has attracted
the attention of the world' lead
ing astronomers slnco It was dis
covered hy an astronomer named.
Orlgg In New Zealand on Juno
12. 1801, passed tho perihelion,
or poiiu o,
vine aun, on uuccmuur '
Plaskntt said. '
Only three times
has the
comet been observed, - nnd It la
believed this Is Ihe first time It
has beon within range of lho
naked eyo. ' V
Flyers Fail To
Set Up Record
BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. (U
P) Almost tholr Inst drop of
gasoline eihatisled, Captain Chaa.
LriMrnr,i.Rmlih nnd Lieut. Geo.
it Pond brought their Fokkor .
monoplane. Southern Cross, to i
earth at 9.37 a. m. today falling
In their atempl lo break the
world's record for sustained
ffltgllit. . I
The plane' was In the air more!
.than 49 hours. Both said they
will msko another attempt In the
Bear future
hick manstole
AND SLEW GIRL
Kidnaper Suspect Staunch
, ly Defended) Say
Youth I Clean
KASHAS CITV. Dec. 20. (UP)
A whila-halrcd mother, over
come by the shoik o( potii. nllo
gallnlia, la tha ataunrht-at sup
porter of Edward 1 1 It k inmii'a In
tegrity and Innocence.
In tragic word "II rau'a bo
to my Iniy could not do a thins
Ilk that" Mra. Kva Hickman.
4a, disavowed wlih an expres
sion nl mother love tha deed that
l.os Angelee police hnvn atlrlli
tiled to hr aon - tha sensational
kidnaping and irui'im murdur
of 12-yearld Marlon Parker.
Surrounded hy friends who
lioiiy her III her beliefs and hope
t Jiut II waa not Kdward who mur
dered the child F.dwnrd. who.
an honor hluli si html studen',
had hoped In rnlur tha mlnlalr
Mri. lilt k man la confined to
ht'r home, recovering from near
ncrvoua collapse.
(Continued on Paa Thrr)
Legion To Pick
1928 Officers
III Hall Toniffht,ic Steamship company.
OfflroM for tha year 121
will be alerted at a meeting of
Ihe American Legion thla even-
Ins at oYlork at the legion
building. A urge turu-oul 01
Icglonalrrrs la expected. Re
freshments will be served after
tho bualneaa meeting.
Thn nominal inna are aa fol
Iowa: for commander. John
lluualon and l.oula K. Porter;
firat vico-comaiander. Leon F.
Crawford, llogua Dale;
third
I vUax'ommnnder, Shinny Ahboll;
ri)tant.-H. K.-"fmtth:' finance
I officer, (loorge- Mclulyro. .
Following are the exorullve
Committee nominee out of whom
five will he elected: A. II. Hun-
! .mn: Un Crump. Perry O.
' w-,rron Fruits. Floyd
M(.MIIlan. Fred lllelbronner.
c c Kelly.. Bert lugle,
iiett Q M,tlhewa,
j Ambroe. Hi. cue Dale,
. ,.rnwfordi i,ule K.
H. K.
Kleth
Irfon
Porter,
John llouaton.
n n .
S00Z& "flrty Alfly
Spell Doom Of
Stanford Frats
PAI.O ALTO. Calif.. Dec. JO.
I U.P.) What waa believed by
many lo be Ihe ftrxt atep toward
lho oiinilnallon of fraternltlea
Lyman Wilbur announced the
cancellation of the Icuite of Iho
Slunia Chi houan. effectlvo at Ihe
end of Ihe proaent qunrtor.
Dr. Wilbur, who had oflen been
nrcuaed of enmity toward college
fralurnltlea, aald the atop wna
taken aa the roatitt nf nn Armla
llce day party, at which liquor
wua served In tho house.
Nine mombnrs, held responsible
for the Intoglcanta, will be denied
tho privilege of representing the
student body In any activity for
an Indefinite period.
NonStop Flight
To Rome Talked
, SAN DIKOO. Doc. 20. (U.P.I
A non-stop flight from New York
or Washington to Home will be
attempted In March by Mra.
Evelyn Itnaeiirrnnts, 37, she said
' today In placing an order with
(ht r Mnh()npy Alrcratt cor.
,,, ., . v ..
I plane, an csact duplication of
jtlof Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit
t of St. Louis."
Mrs. Itnsenrrnnts enmo hero
with her flnnnrlul backer, V. K.
Hiker, prosldunt of n Hollywood
motion plcturo concern. She said
she, planned (o Mke oft about
March 30.
LIFT Nl'HPKNHlON
DENVER, Dec. 20. (UP) The
suspension of six months handed
California Joe Lynch of San
r rnnciscj, unmaniweiKui, iiy uio
Colorado boxing commission, was
lifted ao that he might fight
Mickey Cohen. The auspenston,
Imposed aftor Lynch had fouled
t'ohen In a; previous encounter.
was to have beon In offoct until
Docomber 33. The bout was
scheduled before the promoter
realised. lyyacb was la discover-
Thirteen
Kf aririntf
Sailors
Picked Up
Crew of Rum-Runner
Rescued After Drift
ing for 92 Days in
Open Boat.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec.
20. (U.P.) Thirteen desti
tute and . starving British
seamen, vho had drifted at
sea in an open boat for
92 days, were picked up
today off the coast of Cal
ifornia by the motorship
City of San Francisco, ac
cording to a radio received
ship by the Panama Pacif
from the muster of the
The men aald they wore satl-
jors off tha rum-runner Principle,
whothcr Iho Prlnrlnlc aank.
rtntl dctntli of the alory. were
p:-t contained In the radio mee
.fi. The City of San Fraoriaro la
dua In tho Golden Oatu tomor
row. Wlrvleia requests for additional
details aant to Captain T. K. Uak
of tha City of Han Krnnclaro. by
oiiiciaia oi me i-anama .nan line
and the United Preaa rf:malned
Ultanawarrd Vito TjioatUy nlicht.
' (Continued1 on Paoe rivet
Boy Hurt In Car 1
Crash Cannot Be
Revived, Report
PHOriNIX. Aria.. Dec. 10. u
Pi Death he'rors over Gale Pet
erson. 13, who haa not regained
consciousness since he was st ruek
by an automobile here Sunday
al 5:00 p. m
The boy waa riding on a blfy
cyle when the car. driven hy
Homer Young, of Phoenli, hat
him.
Despite the prolonged uncon-
aclousnesa, attending physlclane
declaro that the Injured boy may early Sunday. Private Bernard F. took off at j:j7 p. m. for Tulsa,
recover. No fracture has beon I Calloway of -the United States j Okla.. cn her flight from Detroit
discovered, but the aevere case j marinea was killed and the re-! lo Mexico City to apend Chriet
of concussion la very dangerous, I malnder of the marine patrol was j maa with her aon. Colonel Charles
the lectors report. I forced to retire. ' A. Lindbergh. '" -'
Why Not
Santa Claus
At the. special request of several Klamath Falls
merchants jfhd the Klamath News, old Santa Claus
will arrive in this city some time Friday night to
present himself to children of this city at the Christ
mas party in the Pine Tree theater Saturday morn
ing, i
Ihe patron saint of Yuletide festivity will give
out the prizes donated by merchants, whose names
appear below, for the best Santa Claus letters so all
who have sent in letters td the Klamath News should
be on hand. All children, regardless of whether or
not they have written letters, are invited to the
party, however.
Harry Poole, theater 'owner, has donated his
show house for the occasion and yesterday found
a big Christmas tree for ihe party. Mr. Poole has
also secured a bang-up rfp-roarin' western picture
for the party, to be ano her of, his gifts to local
kiddies. -
Ira H. Pysert, manage of the Pacific Fruit and
Produce company here, y sterday sent a lot of or
anges to the News office for the party, while Lee
W. Jacob, manager of the Mason-Ehrman company,
sent up several boxes of candy for the occasion.
And in addition, the Klamath News has its candy,
oranges and nuts on hand for the kiddies, and is now
preparing them for distribution.
It's rroing to be SOME party, and the merchants
and News hope eveiybody can be on hand for the
fun. Here's a chance to see old Santa in person
before he visits Klamath Falls' houses on Christmas
Eve, so all the youngsters had better turn out to see
the jolly old boy. The letter contest closes Thurs
day evening and Santa will pick the best letters
after he gets in town Friday night : .
The following is a list of the gifts being offered
fcr the best Santa Claus letters written by children
under twelve veavs of aee: ,
ghaW-MacRea
Brownsville Woolen Mills
George. Mtz....,..-..v..-.:r...-,...$35;Wnst Watehc
Palace -Market-..-- : ; 18-pound Turkey
Klamath Variety Store Hook and ladder wagon
American Nat'l Bank ..Five $1 savings accounts
Blue Bird !....5-pound Box Krause's Chocolates
Earl Shepherd Music House--....Portable Phonograph
Underwood's Pharmacy Beautiful Baby Doll
Claud H. Davis - Flexible Flyer
! May King, Original Stinson Studio
I Onp-half Dozen PhotoeraDhs
I
UODeiTS H narvey
l'. S. M.iRINK KII.I.KD
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.: (AP) j
In nn engagement with ban-,
dlla near Micullto, Nicaragua, I
a Real New Yeas
Is Con
i. $10 uamera
Stored... $5 Boy's Blazer
. e- TVwO PViziet
LANDS AT McLVRK FIF.I.D
8PniNGFIELD. Dec. 20. (IP)
Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh land
ed at McLnre field here at 3:05
d. m. todav from St. Louts and
T-
Resolution
fl T? pm lie
VJ. JYClllUd
UnnuiHaA
x ivjuiwiyu
OfMurder
Charges
"Unwritten Law"
Saves Man Who
Killed to Protect
Home. .
C1NCINATI, O., Dec. 20
(U.P1) George Remus,
who made a million dollars
breaking the laws against
liquor, was acquitted today
on a charge of fir-:t de
gree murder.'
A Jury of ten men and two I
women fonnd him not guilty of I
murdering, hla wife, Imogene, on I
the ground that ."ha waa Insane ,
on ise moniiDl 01 uct. o, win
he ahot her to death oa ahe waa
enroute to .court to teatlfy against
him in a divorce hearing.
Remus' plea that his wife's
alleged Infidelities with Franklin
L. Dodge Jr., a former prohibi
tion agent, had driven him tem
porarily insane, waa accepted by
the Jury. He was acquitted In 19
mlnutea on th frat ballot. I
Mart Kxabllsh Inaanity
A flat acquittal of the former
millionaire bootlegger waa made
Impossible ' by the Instructions
given the Jnrors by Judge Chester
Shook. Not guilty on the grounds
of Insanity was the moat favor
able verdict-they war allowed
under the ' Instructions of the
' (Continue.! on rase Five)
Oddities in the
, Day's News
" ' CTJalted Press)
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Dec.
20. (CP) Money his brother
sent him to come home to
Terre Haufe for Christmas
caused the arrest of Lewis D.
Wyatt as a suspect in the slay
ing of Marion Parker, it was
reported here today.
Wyatt wia .taken in custody
at Las Vega, K. M.. when, he
exhibited three $20 gold cer
tificates aimilar to those given
the kidnapper of the Los An
geles girl. He was released
when it was found the serial
numbers on the bills did not
correspond' to those used for
the Parker ransom.
BEND, Ore., Dec. 20. (UP)-,
A stony ovai, oeuevea to oe
the petrified egg of a saurian
that windered through Oregon
In Matosolc times haa been
found in Grant county and will
be sent to Washington. D. C,
for examination. The rocky for- .
nation Is about the site of a
large cocoanut.
Popular Attorney
Pays Visit Here
Daniel Boyd. . of Enterprise.
Oregon, waa. in Klamath Falls
last evening for a few hours, hav
ing come over from Ashland,
k k. ..n.j i.i
business, end boarded the S. P.
main line train here for Port
land. ' ,-
Boyd Is one of the best known tho ranch ,ne fIrat , tne
attorneys In (he state. For years
he has enjoyed a large practice haTe a 0,ect herd o
In the eastern part of the state. Jcey cow, that ,hev expect t0
and at different times has been , R, the(r 0U8inOT9
connected, with the political life I ,; , tn9 lnlenUm of
of Oregon in a eryv prom Inen ale and Jone 0 e ony ,
manner The three last national rlor grade of mk and lhey
conventions haa seen Daniel Boyd!fee, tHt Jerey cows ,
as a aerate iron ""
was prominent lit tim iiuiiiiiiwiiuit
of both Harding and Coolidge.
While he would not state last
evening whetl.-r he Intended to
run for deles ite to the repnbll-
can national convention again this
coming year, it is believed by
many of hia friends that he will
make the race.- He Is nn ardent company, according to an an
Coolldge supporter, and still has nouncement here. The building
hope that the president can. be j will be two stories high with a
prevailed upon to accept the nom-, frbntago of 600. feet. The ln
tnatlon. Boyd Is also a staunch : vestment will be In excess of
supporter of Senator Charles L.
McNttry, '
KLAMATH ROAD
J0B CONTRACT
LET TUESDAY
Resurfacing of the Merrill
Highway Sector Will ,
Cost $151,242
Four contracts awarded by the
atate highway eommlMton- In
Portland yeaterday Included one
for the reaurfaetng of the Klam
ath Falls to Merrill lection of
The Dallea-Callfornia highway. It
waa revealed here laat night In
United Press dlspatchea.
John Hampshire waa auccesa
ful low bidder for the Klamath
Falle-Merrlll project as hla bid
of $151,242 for the Job waa ac
cepted. The commission also adopted
proposed route of the La Pine to
Silver Lake section of. the Fre
mont highway. The road will run
from, the summit of Silver Lake
mountain to the town of Silver
Lake and then northwesterly to
the Horse ranch Joining The
Dalles to California hlnhwav a!
few miles south of La Pine. The
eetlmated cost of grading this
road Is $375,000. ;
.
(ggj UllC He
For G.N. Bridge;
Work Unabated
Steel girders for the Great
Northern -bridge now under con
struction across Lake Ewauna.
are doe In this city today from
the. east, according to C. N.
Chrlstopherson, local agent tor
the Great Northern.
The bridge Is virtually com
plete, with the .exception of the
steel work, which la to go for
ward without, delay when Jih
girders are placed on location.
Weather la no factor . in con
struction -' of 'the bridge-' "or .lifT
yards, which is showing excel
lent progress. .
Kenneth Hauser of Hiuser
Brothers, who are doing the
Great Northern extension work,
having completed the Bend , to
Chemault rail laying, la direct
ing most of his attention to the
Klamath Falls work at present.
Deep snow haa held up parts of
the project In the Bend district.
Big Crowd Turns
Out To Welcome
Lindy's Mother
TULSA, Okla., Dec. 20. (UP)
-Mrs. Evangeline Lodge Lind
bergh arrived here at 6:15 to
night on her flight to Mexico
City to spend Christmas with her
son. Between 10.000 nd 15.000
persons were at Mclntyre airfield
to greet the mother of the "air
master."
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.', Dec. 20
(UP) Mrs. Evangeline Lind
bergh, Mexico bound to spend
Christmas with her son. took off
from here at 3:27 this afternoon
headed for Tulsa. Okla, where
she will spend the night.
Approximately 2,000 persona
greeted her after she landed here
at 3:05 p. m. after flying from
St. Louis. Members of the Ameri
can Legion auxiliary and city
officlaia were In the crowd.
Men Will Start
Dairy Farm Here
With full confidence In the
possibilities of Klamath county
as a dairy country, C. 8. Hale
and J. E. Jones, both former
residents of Tennessee, have an
nounced their Intention of start
ing a new and superior dairy on
guarantee of this.
XKW A1RPLAXK FACTORY
8ANTA MONICA. Dec. 20. (U
P) A new factory wllh 85,000
feet of floor space will be con
structed on Clover field by the
Douglas Airplane Manufacturing
$90,000, It was said. Construc
tion VM start ear(y ,n February.
Hunters
Hot On
Trail Of
Kidnaper
Fiendish Murderer of
Banker's D a u ghter
I d e n t ified As Ex
Bank Employe. -
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.
(U.P.) "The Fox" a vexetl
and weary animal was
majcing a desperate attempt
to escape - the hunters to
night.
And though he darted
hither and yon, he appear-.
ed balked at every turn and
it seemed impossible that
the fiendish murderer of
12-year-old Marion Parker
could escape detection
through another 24 hour.
Since early thla morning vhen
authorities - announced "Irrefut
able" evidence that Edward Hick
man, 1. formerly of Kansas City
waa tha bltcherer of tha daughter
of Perry Perker, local bank, exe
cutive, police, have crossed his
trail again and again. -..
. Each .-trail strengthened . ther
evldenee pointing to Hickman as
"The Fox" who abducted r suut
killed the schoolgirl, mutilated
iir.r, bodv, tJi returned her dla-
- y Continued oa ffa eight)
New Officers Of 7
masons installed
At Tuesday Meet
- Newly elected officers of the
Royal arch masons of this city
were installed at a meeting of
the order last evening, following;
a banquet in the Masonic halU
given in honor of the new leader
Past High Priest George 1.
Wilton officiated as Installing
oflfcer.
Those installed were: J. A.
Leech, high priest; Oscar Pey
ton, king: E. C. Stuckey, scribe;
Charles Griffith, captain of hosts:
Marion Hanks, treasurer; and
Frank Evans, aecretarv . 1
Christmas To Be
Observed At C.C.
. . . 1 .
Christmas will be celebrated
at the chamber of commerce for
um luncheon this noon, and the
three service clubs of the city,
the Lions, Rotary and Klwaurs,
will be In charge of the program.
The speaker of the day will be
Wilson S. Wiley, of the Rotary
club. Ha.1 Blackburn of th
Lions will furnish the Instrumen
tal music, and the Klwunis quar
tet will sing several numbers.
A Christmaa reading will - be
given by Mrs. Don J. ZumwalU
and Mrs. Francis R. Olds will
sing a Christmas carol. ' ,
Stove Fumes Are '
Injurious To Two
MEDFORD, Ore., Dec. 20. a.
P.) Inhaling the fumea from
burning gas heater In an un ven
tilated automobile camr cabin
here last evening nearly cost the
lives of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Drake
of Butte, Mont., who were re
vived at a hospital, following sev
oral hours of treatment. The
couple were completely recovered
today and left this afternoon by
motor for their home- following
an extensive Pacific-coast auto
tour. . : j.
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Jury Indicts
Counterfeiters
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20. (A.
P.) Mary Clifford. 23. arrested
recently at Oregon City, was In
dicted on a charge of passing
counterfeit money today by the
federal grand Jury. -' -
Chin Fon and Luke Jennings
were Jointly Indicted charged
with manufacture of counterfeit
dollars In Portland. ,. ,