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The Klamath News
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County of Klamath
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Vol. 5. No. 32. Pi ice Five Cents
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1927
(Every Morning Except Monday)
YOUTH MISTAKEN FOR FOX, KILEED
FoxWon't
Be Caught
Alive, Is
Opinoin
Many Believe Killer!
of Banker's Daugh-I
ter May Have Taken j
Own Life.
LOS ANGELES, Dee. 21.
(U.P.) The belief grew to
night that "the Fox" fiend
ish murderer of 12-year-old
Marion Parker, would never
be brought in alive.
Continued absence of any
reported police contact with
him, despite the fact that
the time limit for hi cap
ture was almost up, formed
the basis for the opinion.
The theory received some
official credence.
Tuesday morning at 1 . m.
Chief of Detective Herman Cllne
railed Ms lieutenant nil nows
ptpermcn to bl office ami staled
briefly that "the Foil" had bM
ll-nllf l-cl as Kilwanl Hickman.
lt-yar-0d Kansa Cliy hoy. ami
lhal Milkman would bo In cus
tody wllhln 4H hnura.
Hulrlill' DIm-ummI
Tunis hi with a possible suicide
being discussed openly, and with
only a lew of the 48 boura re
maining. (.'Una a'U:
"It urnu lmu(illile Him F.d-
jra j(ia.-KUraC3(l !
Fire Destroys
Lumber Firm's
OIIam Dion,
1V11V1 M. iMii
A fire of unknown origin com-
nietcly destroyed the boiler room lectcd the members of their teams ,
of the famphellTowIe planing,'! Immediately started looking
mill at
Hprague IllViir Tuesday '
evening about right
..'luck ill'-I
curding to word received here
yesterday
Volunteer fire fighters man
aged to save the mill, to which
they confined their attention,
when they saw tho flames had
rained too much headway In the
boiler room to bo rxllngnlnhed.
Tho actual loai has not been
estimated, but It believed to be
under $10,000.
t'amphell-Towlo plan to hive
iinmo of their lumber planing
done In Klamath Falls mills un
til their planing mill Is once more
In operation, it waa learued.
k,
VI lir it. I nth Is Tloouea oy waier irom mu
JTsUrOPCail Weather turbulent Anna creek, and d--4
n mi 'spite tho efforts of a crew of men,
KelieVCU liy liiaW. laboring to divert the water, the
situation allows little Improve-
LONDON, Dec. 21. ( 1'IM ' ment.
With more than 60 deaths re- This la according to word here
ported In the European cold wave .yesterday, when It was first learn
narta of England and tho contl- ed III this city that nearly one
lent were relieved today by sud
den thaws.
Central Europe, however, still
was suffering from tho Intense
cold. At I'argue the temperature
was 16 degroes below soro, the
lowest In a uaqrler of a century.
Warsaw reported 16 below.
Search For Hickman Now
Covers All Of West U.S.
(Uy United Press) (youths, following report of a Mil-
The search for Edward lllck-jlng station attendnnt that Hick
man, Kansas City youth, accused man had been seen at Plntts
qf killing Marlon Parker, has ex- burg, Mo., driving a coupe, and
tended throughout the western waa headed for Dos Moines and
half of tho United States. Chicago.
Tho man-hunt was more In- 0. M. Hamilton, who said his
tenso than the soarch for Erd- home waa In Sagramento, Calif.,
man Olson or Harry Hill, youths! was later arrested in Des Molnea
accused of murder, whoso whoro-1 for questioning, and may havo
shouts was tho outstanding proh- hoen tho motorist suspected by
lent of police everywhere for the Plnttsburg man.
weeks. I On main lino railroad towns
Olson was accused of killing his hotween Los Angeles and Chi
sweetheart In Wisconsin a year I cago, vagrants taken from freight
ago and was never npprehended. and pnssengor trains were ques
Yonng Hill disappeared after his Honed In the belief that one of
mother waa found mysteriously them might be Hickman,
murdered, and ho made his wny Youths driving automobiles or
from Chicago to Seattle before riding motorcycloa along tntf high-
he was apprehended.
Police departments In cities bo
p 1wecn Chicago and lies Moines,
la., Issued orders to question
Kidnaper's
ACGTT7
o. . tty ty 0 -t,ouK V.So-.
Goaoo-t "toof. omi.h Business a&
uua. LCAvlf. ou-t VoUcC amo t)e.TlC-VMC5.
Mann, no ponuc NOT kfc . 'tfr.C J tVi'V
rvifc. PRWATE. YW?. no 6fcAicv.
AJtX-Vv- J 4 ojaJI w . '
AVJJRt TOCOPV. mIith THE"'
TCQOO&Tf. K,EAV?,-ro OWfi M'vU- EVER.
Stt -HE GiRU A6AlV,.rr r-. m 'M;.V,V
. , tao-v,c. ,
IF Yao
The uViitli Hm-nt l rrrnia of Marlon I'nrkrr b hrr oh-
dui-tor thr in nilna itlii-r tlie illwiKTiinrr.
"
Vets To Start
Drive For New
Members Here
A iticmNerstilp drive was inaug-1
erulvd by Commander V. J. Walk-!
er of Iho local post of Veterans ,
. - hi aiin, i
OI rorrisu i.ui. - "
ara at II
la.t eveulng. Two cuplalns. Noblo
t'anier and Jimmy lliiyea. were;
Icrlcd to lake charge of the two
l-'uni-i. the losing side to piy for
tne oanquei wnn-n wm w mi
dered on New Veara day.
' A large membership is desired
I i.u tt.a Hnmrmia In nril.r In since
.1.. -tr.,., ronv..nt!n of vets. I
irhhh will be held In Klamath I
Fulls during July next year.
faptnlns Canter and llayea se-
UP iru.it-i:i-.. I
prospects
desire tho
iitiiii i um" iiii-u iii'..d ...v
names of any veterans who would
like to Join the local post, which
! haa boon growing by leaps and
bounds during the past few
I months. . if ,h, Klanvith Falls lodge Is
Next Wednesday evening. e!ec- :.f,fi m getting the 1929
tli, n of officers will be heli. to ; conVentloii 'they plan to leavo a
lako command of tho post for'ood mrresslon in tho riilnds of
the ensuing year. ' all who attend. The 192S con-
Ice Jam Causes
Highway Flood
A long sector of the Crnter
lake highway abovo Fort Klam-
. . .. . - . L -
mile of tho road la under water.
An Ice Jr.m, created by troea
which fell across Anna creek last
fall, has blocked tho - stream,
causing the water to flow, out
arrois the highway and over ad
jacent fields. Tho road Is believ
ed to be virtually Impassable.
ways were questioned at various
points.
None of tho suspects .was held
Continued on l'n(0 Six)
First Note
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liilKS COnVentlOn
To Be Discussed
By Lodge Tonight
Whether or not Klamath Fallal In the family to which the tin-
wants the next Blks stale con- 'fortunnte baby belongs, are four
... ... . ... , I children. The oldest, a boy of
vent on will be the main subject' . . ..'
. ,, , h. m.l Innlirlil l tho
w, " - -
Klka lodge. All members are
aike.i
o bo present tonlcht and
expross
their attitude on this
movement.
It has been 10 years since the
Klka convention was held in this
clly. and It la still beinx; talked
about all over the state. Elks
iay.
During tu.s convention a
,cal
garage burned, destroying
t Cara of visiting Klks.
reds of cara in ide the
llund
trlp to
iiiirriuiua iuuk. iiiruusil omi anil
ruia, m-rv tni r.i. ui wi ue
,was held. Others made the trip
to the lodge by boat with a barge
j attached to accommodate many
hundrcda of persons.
vi'ntlnn will he held In
sometime next August.
Astoria i
I
Mother
' though' ovjn-
IliM I) Bl'v -4s
CHsJMPfEN-
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Only Three Days
ru
j Tree; All
i
Only threo day more, kid, i
and the big ChrUtman party will
he mated In. the I'lne Tree by
the munaKement of that theatre,
neveral local merchant and the
Ncwh, with old Bania Claua on
dork in announce the winner
of the Ht. Melt letter content. j
The party atarta at 10 o'clock
In the IMne Tree, Saturday morn-
jinx, and every ynunKter In thM
(clly In Invited. The candy, nntniv!
and oranices are all sacked In the J
j News office, ready for distribu
tion at the party, so don't miss
It and be there on time,
j Mr. Toole has secured a dandy
'western movie for the occasion
as his xlft to the kids and has a
hlK ChrlMtmas trco mounted
ready for the staxe.
Pan a Claus has advised the
News he will be there to hand
winners of the letter contest their
handsome prices, donated by mor-jtool
Infant Found With
Because Home
One of the moat appalling ron-.cheat sollcliatlon committee, la
'dltlnna of poverty ever brouithti'119 worst case on cheat record".
10 IlKht In thl. city waa uncov- ,ut there are many other farnil-
t . . .
"ei by "0Tkcn ,or ,he
mas community chest
jiw.ua,
'when a ilx-momha-old Infant waa
found with both hands frozen be-
cause of a shortage of bed cloth-
Iiir In the barren home.
'six. lias unanrgono inrce opera-1
., .
nuns uunaK me pisi year ior a
' serious ailment, and must again
go under the sttrgo.in s knife
" "
ils In live. It was rennrted
j Th ful11r burdened with bills.
,ml himself not In the best of
health, found work on a local
construction Job this week anil
has been able to draw wages for j
two and a half diyj. On this!
meager sura will the family cele- j
brate Christmas by enjoying a ,
square meal. I
I This, it waa pointed out by C. I
S. Robertson, chairman of the
1.ICHTH AT K1X1.Y KIF.l.l)
. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Dec. 21.
Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh,
mother, of Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh, alighted at Kelly field
here where her noted son acquir
ed flying skill at 1:35 this arter-
i noon enroute to Mexico City
where she Is to spend the Chriut -
mas holidays with him.
Gets Out the Morning
Stv
Until Big
Children InvitediLOCated;
dianU who- names appear In
this article. While It la adrUable
for all prize winners to attend
the party, those who are pick or
otherwise unable to attend will
hitve their prized held for thnn
at the Newi office.
The prlxet belnic given for let-1
tern, many of which have t?en J
appearing In the News dally andi
their donors ara as follows:
Shaw-Madlae, camera; Brown-
Hie Woolen Mills, boy's blazer:
George Metz, wrist watch; Palace!
Market, blje turkey; Klamath Tar-I
tety store, hook and ladder was
on; American National bank,
five $1 savins accounts; Illue
IMrd, S-pound box candy; Shep
herd Music House, portable vie
trola; Underwood's Pharmacy,
baby doll; Davis Furniture store.
flexible flyer sled: Original Stin-;
non atudlo, 6 photoKraphs; Iloh
jerts
& Harvey hardware store,
cheat.
Hands Frozen
Here Is Too Barren
ica in aeaperjie neeu. ine i nnn-
chr,,,-;mas,che.t. if Ita quota of U.OO
;1, auaineu. will Bring looa ana
.warmth to moat of the cit
r,0;!
The drive for funds la maklnn
icood progress, but It must show
1 better results it the quota la to j
be reached by Saturday nlKht. he j
' declared. Ho urges that local
folk, constrained to share their
.
i uieuue ciieer, mso uuauie iuuii
i.i.i . i.n..
Alltl-
minium, moywtttj iui
r n. Donations may be left at
Xcadquarteni In the leElon build -
in
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'Mrs. Lindbergh
, Completes Lap
BROWJiSVILLE. Texas.
Dec,,
21. (CP) Mrs. Evaageline Lodgi
Lindbergh finished another lap
of her flight to Mexico City.
i where she will spend Christmas
:wlth her world-famous son, when
she landed here at f:02 p. m. ed. was elected to succeed him
!Mrs. Lindbergh will remain here,elf in this rank.
overnight. i Those elected to serve on the
She left Tulsa. Okla.. at 7:45 'executive committee are H. E.
, this morning. After a 45-m!nute Gets. L. W. Crawford. C. C.
. stop In Dallas, Texas, she hopped jKclley. E. M. Igi and Dan Crump.
off at 11 a. m.. and continued to! The new i.on commander.
San Antonio, landing at 1:37
i m. She came here from San
! tonio and expects to proceed to;3iQC& that time has been active
'.Mexico City. i In American Legion affairs. His
Edition
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SHOCkS.MA.
EM OVER ON MY
P!.STE- I'ViE ONW
fj THERcS NO
WA'sTIM'
CM
U r
LoSt Sub
Pump Air
To 6 Men
TVfT " Air TiikaOa
,VCr . JL .
Into Probable Death
Chamber; Weather
Moderates.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.
(U.P.) The process of
pumping air to the six men
in the torpedo room of the
submarine S-4 has begun
j and will be continued until
they are rescued dead or
i alive, Rear Admiral Brum-
by, commander of the pa-
med iu Navy DePan.
"Pressure was built up to four
pounds,' his lucfesage read, "and
then dented down, which' proc
ess of alternate blowing and
(Continued on Page Five)
Louis Porter Is
Commander of
Legion Post
Louis K. Porter, owner of the
Sorter construction, company or
; " ' " -
! alnt. was law night ted
commander of the local Amerl-
ican Legion post for 1928. The
new commander, togetner wun
other officers elected last night,
will be Installed January 4.
. Legionnairca selected Bogue
-Dale for the post of first vice-
commander for next year, while
Sydney Abbot was elected second
vice-commander.
H. K. Smith was elected ad
jutant, and George Mclntyre.
whose work aa finance officer
'daring 1927 was highly commend5
Porter, served with the 91st dt
An-irision during the World war and
wire, Mrs. Porter, is just com-
Pitting a successful year as presi
dent of the ladles' auxiliary of
the legion.
Oddities in the
Day's News
(United Press) -
I
, QUICK JUHTICE
WALLA WALLA. Wash.,
Dec. 21. (VP) Arltons Brady,
mule thief. Is going to have
IS years behind the bars to
think about tho swift Justice
that was meted out to him.
Brady was arrested, confess
ed the theft of several mules,
was sentenced and entered the
prison in less than 24 hours.
STOXB HTOPIMII) HOB CAT
y.l.AIIKE. Ore., Dec. 21. (U
P) Edwin Billings, 11, Is the
hero of Itlnhee's younger set
because he killed a full grown
bobcat with a stone.
"BusterVns going to school
when ho encpuntered the ani
mal. He threw a rock at it and
It was killed Instantly when the
stone hit Its head.
JOAX OF ARC KICKI.F.
PARIS. Dec. 21. (IT.P.)
Thnt Jonn or Arc waa defend
ant In a suit for breich ot
promise Is the discovery of
Jose Frappa, French author,
was was commissioned to write
a sccnnrlo based on the lifo of
the heroic saint. Ho went to
the town of her birth, examined
old records, and was surprised
to find that she had been order
ed to appear In court ut Ton!
because a man ot her home,
town had charged that, after
agreeing to marry him, she
changed her mind.
I Slayer's Victim
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This Is Marion Faraer as she
appeared Just before she waa kid-
naeed and then slain in one of
California's most sensational
crimes.
(Admiral's Idea
Of Navy Economy
Declared Wrong
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.' (CP)
Rear Admiral Thomas P. Ma
Gruder, critic of tho navy's ad-
' ministration program, today faced
the fire of members of the house
naval affairs committee, before
which be bad .be?n appearing as
a witness.
His proposal for bulldln; all
government ships in private yards
and his suggestion to abandon the
Charleston. S. C. navy yard .were
criticized as costly and detri
mental to the national defense.
The committee meeting ended
in confusion with representative
Britten. Illinois republican, de
claring that the admiral had
not offered one constructive sug
gestion. However, the committee mem
bers decided to recall the admiral
to the witness stand on January
4, when he will be permitted to
enlarge on his plans to eliminate
waste and Inefficiency In the
navy.
PACK.UiK IS DOOMED
; FREEWATER, Ore.. Dec. 21.
i (IP) The "suit case package,"
'used for 'shipping fresb prunes.
appears to be doomed. A com
mittee of growers', meeting In an
agricultural economies conference
here, has gone on record a3 in
favor cf a change to a package
containing four tin-top baskets,
with the fruit graded and sized.
A federal grade for prunes also
is asked in a resolution to the
United States department cf agriculture.
Rescued Sailors Tell Of
O i a S T T 1 1 OI
oiarvaiion
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 21. (U
P) Tales ot days and weeks on
a "Hell ship," a bucko skipper,
stinking- food mid then none
were told by 13 sailors of tho
steamer Apollo, when they ar
rived here today aboard the mo
torshlp City of San Francisco. ,
The chief engineer shot himself
because he could not manage the
engines. The men were forced to
man the pumps constantly for
four days and nights while the
vessel was filling with water.
The sklppor refused a tow be
cause It would cost him money.
The food dwindled. until there
was nothing but dry bread and
rotten salt pork. Sometimes they
caught fish and they feasted.
Some days they did not eat at
all. When thoy faced utter star
vation the skipper finally ac
cepted a tow and when thoy ar-
Prisoner
Beaten To
Death In
City Jail
Robber Bearing Some
Reeemblance to Kid
naper, Mob 'bed Then
Murdered in Cell.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 21.
ftTD o-t: j i
v" . ucucicu ay rcuow
prisoner to ' be Edward
Hickman, suspected kidnap
per and mutilator of little
Marion Parker, ' a youth
who gave the name of
Ralph McCoy was aet upon
and beaten to death in the
city jail tonight, according
to a preliminary examina
tion conducted by police
surgeon Jack Renfrew. ,
McCoy's body was suspended
by a scarf from a beam in the
"tank" to make It appear that he
bad taken his own life. It was
said. He was being held on a
suspicion of robbery charge. .
Saved From Mob
-A short time before his body
was found, .police had in arrest
ing him, rescued him from an
inturlated mob which also sus
pected him of being Hickman.
He vis charged with the hold
up of the clothing store ot Dave
.Moss.' He was Said to have grob
(Coniinaed oa, pass eight)
Surgeon Abandons
Victim Of Knife;
Flees To Safety
OAKLAND. Calif., Dec. 21. (C
, P) The body of Mrs. C. K.
I Buckles. 25. was found dead on
! an operating table In the office
of Dr. Irvln A. Cole, here today,
and Dr. Cole had disappeared.
Mrs. Buckles was said by po
! lice to have been the victim of a
so-called illeeal nn.r.llnn
The body of the woman was
I found on the operating table.
! covered by a surgeon's apron, by
I her husband and detectives. -The
j doctor's diploma, his personal
; papers and some Instruments
were missing. Detectives who
rushed to his apartment, reported
that clothing and personal ef
fects, were gone and everything
pointed to a hurried flight.
Watch For "Fox"
In Race Crowds
I
SAN DIEGO. Calif., Dec.' 21.
: (UP) A report that the Tl
Juana racetrack had been sur
' rounded and that track followers
jwere not permitted to 'leave todav
; pending a search for "The Fox."
j slayer of Marion Parker, of Los
Angeles, was found to be false.
The Ti Juana Jockey club,
customs officers and other offi
cials said however, that an in
1 tensive lookout was being maln
J tained for Edward Hickman,
Identified as the murderer.
un neii onip
rived In port there was no pay.
Eight months they worked, they
I ..M Bllhm., vamtMnAlnn "
j The Apollo, formerly the rum
runner . rrincipio, . now unaor
Guatemalan registry, . left Van
couver May 11 with a cargo of
fir for Glasgow. Four days out
the German engines went had and
becoming desperate at his Ina
bility to repair them, Harold
Grossman, the engineer, com
mitted suicide. The vessel final
ly reached Matzalan, was repair
ed and departed June 12.
! Only a few miles out the en
j glues again stopped and the ves
sel drifted Idly while the crew
I starved snd tho captain refused
aid. until September 17.
The crew libeled the ship at
i Manzanlllo and returned to thl
j country on the. City ot San
Francisco.