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Newspaper Page Text-The: The Klamath News ; Official Paper , City of Klamath Falls ews The Klamath News Of ficial Paper -County of Klamath ' 'THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET- OUT YOUR HORN1 Vol. 5, No. 180 Price FIvp f its. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1928 (Every Morning Except Monday) S.UC IVOR GIVENtlTALIA'S GREW Klamath 1 Pig Bill Is Found Guilty Of Grafting Chicago' Anti-Briton Said to Have Picked Up Large Pot of Lucre CHICAGO, June 20. (U P) Mayor William Hale ) Thompson, two other city officials, and other were found guilty today of con spiracy In employing cx ' pert for local Improvement in previous Thompson ad ministrations, and ordered to make rcHtitution in the amount of $1,732,279.23. Two ml estate oxperte named In III original aull . " KrnMt If. Lyons and Arthur 8. Marigold, paid back more tuau KOO.000 since tha alart of llio (rial, and i wara -omitted from thq raalllutlun order of tha court today. Tboae found guilty today with Mayor Thnmpsou wero George F. Harding, former county treas urer, Percy V. Cofflu, reul etnle man, Michael Vaharty. prealuent of the board of local linprove manta and Kdward Waller, real aetata expert. 'RAILROADCAMP TOBEATKENO i- Weyerhaeuser 'njmber company will establish a ramp of about CO men In tha vicinity of Keno round tha Fourth of July. It wae announced lent nls lit by of flctala ofaMhe company. - No nttn are needed, the offic iate announced, to till out the quota, i contractor! will be em ployed In the work, and the con tractors selected have full crewa. At present, work on clearing , right-of-way hi progressing rap Idly, but no grade haa been put up aa yet. Tha new ramp will do grading only. It waa announced. No track will be laid until later In the eeaeon. The company expect to extend Ita logging line to Spencer creek tbla yoar, It waa announced. . Suggest Change In Market Road Line J. Taylor and W. Moore, of Poe Valley, and A. M. Thomas of Klamath Falln were cnnforlng with County Judite F. It. Ooddard and Commissioner Short yester day concerning the routlug of the Ioe Vallcy-Mulln market road. It la the contention of tlie three men that the road can bo routed .In a more aatlafactory manner than the present survey. The court haa taken the matter under advisement, and will con fer, with other residents of the Toe Valley and Malln districts to see If the proposed alteration meets with the approval of the majority. Bremen Completes Circle Of Globe- Wildly Feted BERLIN, June 20, ' (UP) On Templehot field, from which they started for Ireland three months ago on a trans-Atlantic flight, tha crew of the monoplane Brem en landed today before a frensled crowd of two hundred thousand persons. ! They had flown from Bremen and halted at Newburgh atter which they took wing to the cap ital escorted by a squadron ot airplanes. ' When the machine bearing the fliers Captain Hermann Koehl, Baron Gunther Von Huenefeld and the Irishman, Major James Fitimaurlce appeared In the sky forty atrplanoa leaped off the .field and. flaw out to moot them. Other airplanes circled about. TWE 'DEAD IN it YHWEST STORK' VREAS Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma Moat Severely Stricken Transportation Crippled KANSAS CITY, Mo.. June 20 (IT) Southwestern slates were apprehensive tonlfht as reports from tornado stricken aectlona brought the death toll to 11. Wind storms, tornadoes, and cyclones that ripped through Mis souri, Kansas and Oklahoma con tinued today and threata of floods added to tha danjtor of storms In other sections. According to reports received st llurbank. Okie., a Mrs. Har rison and her baby were killed by falling debria In a tornado that struck. Webb City early to day. One child waa killed, one man waa Injured seriously and IS others suffered minor Injuries when a twister demolished the home Df Joe MrKlhen. two miles east of Koutb Coffoyvllle, Okla., todsy. The child, llsrbsra Km Ing. four months old, suffered a fractured skull. Tbe baby's (Continued 1-ge Nil) Two Killed, Three Wounded in Slav N Parliament Row VIKNNA. June 20. (CP) A clsah between government and opposition parties In tho Jugo Hlsvlan parliament, following a filibuster by tho opposition, re sulted todsy In the killing of Paul Itadltrh, president . of tbe Croa tian peaaunt'a party, and deputy llassarlcek. secretary of the party by the radical deputy Itonlca Kadllra. . . Several other Croatian and farmers deputies were wounded. lucludlng Hcphsn , rtndltch a brother of the president of the Peasant party, and deputies (Iranja, Jolaaltch and Pcrnar. When the chamber of deputies reassembled today (hero was an exchange of bitter words be tween' Itonlca Itadltcb and Per- nsr, vice-president of tho Croa tian petfsant's party. Then Its ditch -drew a revolver. Or, Bas- sarlcek Intervened, but tho radi cal deputy cried ' : '111 kill any one who comes between me and Pernar." Then ha began ahooltng. Passat-trek was killed Instantly. Paul lladltch vainly sought to save his brother, Btophan, when tha radi cal turned the revolver on Stephen. Paul aprang forward and received the bullet tn his own breast. He died on the way to the hospital. A third shot entered Stephen's abdomen, seriously wounding him. ' The assassin escaped In an automobile but later sur.enderod to the police. King "Alexander hurried to the hospital with hsl .own . private physician and atood by as the physician removed the bullet from Stephen Itadltrh's abdomen. The deputy's condition was de clared serious but not critical. The entire city of Zagreb went Into mourning for tho dead Croa tian leader. Shops were closed and 'draped In black. ANOTHKIt ACTRKHS 1.03 ANGELES, June 10, (UP) Mae Murray, screon star, today was awarded a 132,295 judg ment against Jack Donovan, actor and architect, for asserted mis representation of the value of a home he sold her. I A delegation of hlah officials. diplomats and prominent men gathered on the field. The crowda repeatedly broke through police . cordons In their enthu siasm.., Vice Chancellor Oscar Hergt greeted Koehl and Von Hunefeld as "pioneers ot German civilisa tion." lie apoke ot tha federal, Prussian, Bavarian and Wuertt emborg governments. Lord Mayor Boes of . Berlin paid tribute to all throe. The roar of "Deutschland Ueber A lies" drowned the welcoming speeches. "In honoring, these heroes I desire td ray homage to the Ger man and Irish races for their (Continued on page four) . Girl Ace Receives Marriage Proposal Buys New Gowns; Longs for Former Lowly Position; Pilots Slumber LONDON, June 20 (UP) Miss Amelia Earhart laid aside her borrowed clothes tonight and donned a newly purchased party frock. The firat woman to fly tho At lantic ocean was attending a dance at the embassy club and no woman -not. even a famous one who prefers aviation and sociology to parties finds a new gown distasteful. Miss Karhart announced that she would sail for New York within a week and would not visit tha continent, . She appeared today In bor rowed clothea ready to eppe with (Continued on Page Wve) New York Officer Dislikes Divorce; Placed In Bastile rtKNO. Nevada, June 20. (U P) Samuel 8. I.lppert, chief rec ord clerk of the reglstrar'a of fice of New York county. New York, waa placed In jail for con tempt of court here tonight after he had energetically but unsuc cessfully contested bis wife's di vorce ault. "Nevada divorce laws ore a menace to the cltlsens of the country," I.lppert. who Is also a member of the New York bar, said while addressing Judge Geo. K. Ilsrtlett, before whom tho trial was held. The eastern official waa ar rented ion affidavits of his wife's attorney, who claimed .I.lppert plauned to leave Iteno Immediate ly without paying S300 attorney's recs and 1100 alimony for his two children as the court had order ed. Ills hall was fixed at SiOO and ho was assigned a oil when he tailed to pay t. j It Seems DEMOCRATS WORRY OVER PROHIBITION AT HOUSTON MEET HOUSTON. Tex.. June 20, (U P) Only one thing really wor ries democratic leaders assemb ling here for their national con vention tbt fear of an outburst of tempers over prohibition. Everything else, they feel. Is adjusting Itself naturally. 4 . 1 The aomlnatloa ef Oovaraor Smith, most of them believe, will coma not later than the second or third ballot. Smith forces dominating tha convention are prepared to do anything to pro mote harmony over naming tbe vice-presidential candidate. Farm relief, It la expected, will be dealt with In a plank which will go farther than the repub licans did at Kaasaa City. J Tha McNary-Haugen equalisation fee plan will not be named, but tbe plank will be drafted to cover tha object sought In that bill Talking Picture Hailed as Help Further Growth HOLLYWOOD. June 20. (UP) The "talking" picture, enigma ot the film world. Is welcomed by producers as an aid to further promotion ot the Industry, Will Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distribu tors of America, Inc., told , bis board of directors In Now York today. In the report, given ouU by the association's local ' office". Hays declared "the 'talkie' will not binder progress already made any mors than radio abolished newspapers, phonographs ended symphony concerts or sutomoblles wiped out railroads." ' The Industry. Hays' report con tinued; waa never more ready for new developments nor In aa good shape In the way ot personol and resources than It is today.' It declared the Interests of other Industries are so, Inter-related with the motion picture business as' 'to create Identical objectlvea. Investments wore estimated at 12,000,000,000. Hays declared there Is no for eign Invasion by American films and said American pictures go abroad by Invitation. "The people ot the world vwant them, despite activities of foreign governments to lessen effective ness ot the Amerlcsn film Indus try by practically subsidising In digenous film production," Hays told his directors. That He Chooses without' committing the party specifically to this .particular form ef machinery. . , A proposal for any extra ses sion to deal with farm relief Is urged by aoms democratic lead era such as Representative Cor ded Hull, of Tennessee, a demo? erotic presidential candidate. The party Is almoat certain to prom ise an extra session. One trend, unusual for a dem ocratic convention, la tbe dispo sition to go lightly oa tariff re vtskm. Certain revisions, to equalise Industry and agriculture and to eliminate special Instances of favoritism will be urged. But oa tbe whole, the democratic party Is, for thla year at least, drifting away from Its former ideal of free trade. It Is leaning strongly toward a species ot moa (Coetieeed oa Pace 8lx) Eugene O'Neill's Wif e To Sue for Divorce In Reno NEW YORK. June 20. (UP) The New York Dally Newa to- j night published a copyrighted story aaserttng mat sirs. Eugene O'Neill, wife of the playwright, will go to Wexioo or Reno; Nev to file suit for divorce In tbe Int ro edlste future, ' -,'.'., Mrs. O'Neill, . the . story said, announced that- al) questions ot financial auDoort .and custory ot ' t I n MIiImii tia.1 luu n at - I tied. Divorce will be asked on grounds ot desertion and incom jpatltstllty. ehe eatd. . . . According to tbe News' story, O'Neill fs In Frsnce. ' where the name ot Charlotte- Monterey, a former film beauty, has been linked wlth that of the famous author. ,( - Here Is Your Hat; What's Your Hurry PHOENIX, Arts., June 20, (H P) When his guests refused to heed his announcement that the party was over and that he wish ed to retire for the night, J. Vlllabobaa hauled out a six shooter and a shotgun and broke up the party - in true western style. Three ot the guosts were slightly wounded tn the hurried exodus that followed. The irate host disappeared after ILe shoot ing.' . to Fish LOGGING TRAIN IN BIG CRASH BEYOND OLENE Fir Car Derailed, Two Overturned; .Wrecking Crew Summoned Five cars of logs left the rails, and two cars turned com pletely over when tbe afternoon logger of tbe Oregon California and Eastern railway wrecked yesterday afternoon at Pine Flat, three miles the other aide of Oleae. aear the Klamath Falls Lakevlew highway. No one waa hurt. The first car to leave the rails waa fcur cars behind the engine. It waa thought that a spreading rail caused tbe car to jump tbe track, but first band Informa tion waa lacking as officials ot the rosd were at tbe scene of tbe accident until a late hour last night. Four cars In suc cession after the first then left the rails, two ot them turning completely over. , The engine stayed on the track, and came on Into Klamath Falls, returning with a wrecking crew, which at an early hour this morning waa engaged In getting tbe cars back on the track and repairing the damaged roadbed. Tbe train consisted of 20 cars of loga and a caboose. Mrs. Glab Charged - - CT With Slaying of Chicago Druggist I LOS ANGELES. June 20. (UP) Has!.. Glab. and her 17 year-old- irleee,-- Miss "Ethel O. Kaser, were charged with first degree murder ot the former's husband. John I. Glab, wealthy Chicago druggist, in a complaint Issued by the district attorney's office late today. The case will not be taken be fore the grand Jury, deputy, dis trict attorney Clifford Thorns announced. He said the women would probably be arraigned to morrow and that Immediate trial would be sought. The action came atter a coro ner's Jury hsd failed to pene trate tbe mystery surrounding the slaying of Grab as he stepped into his automobile at his Vsu Nuys borne late Monday night. After a brief consideration of evidence, the Jury found that he died ot a gunshot wound Inflicted by "parties unknown. Suspicion waa first levelled at Mrs. Glab when a neighbor, Mrs. J. Goodrich, told officers she saw a "woman in white" leave the automobile and run into tbe ; Glab home a tew seconds atter the fatal shot wss firrnl. H. Work Named , For Chairman ' WASHINGTON. June 20, (UP) Dr.' Hubert Work, secretary of the interior, has been selected aa the new chairman of the repub lican ' national committee, it was learned today from an authori tative aource; Work is understood to have the support of Herbert Hoover, republican presidential nominee. The formal announcement is ex pected to be made Thursday atter the selection haa been ratified by a special convention committee of 26 republican leaders." Young Director Defies Advice Of Older Heads HOLLYWOOD. June 20. (UP) In the fact of Wall street's dic tum that extravagance In film making must cease, Howard Hughes, a 2S-year-old Houston, Texas, youth, has passed the $1, 800,00 mark In production ot "Hell's Angels." his drama of war in the air.' About the time old establishes executives launched their now fa mous economy campaign, Hughes colored the movie business and began production on an extrava gant scale. The film career of the youth, whose income Is reported as $15,000 a day, la a testimonial to one who rofused tc allovr wealth' to kilt ambition. The belief that "it takes money Suffering Men Dance Leap, As Food Drops From Circling Plane Major Maddalena Unable To Land; Sees No Sign of Amundsen; Attention of Relief Expeditions Turned to Search for Ex plorer; Braganza Sends Shore Party KINGS BAY, Spitzenbergen, June 30. (UP) General Umberto Nobile and five of the crew of the lost dirigible Italia, were found on an ice floe today by Major Mad dalena, Italian aviator. He dropped them guns, ammu nition, food, and cigarettes, while the castaways danced joyfully about .their desolate encampment Maddalena was unable to make a landing. This first relief for the Italian explorers came 26 days after their dirigible, returning from flight over the North Pole, and weighted with ice, suddenly des cended, smashed the gondola in which Nobile and eight of his crew were riding, and carried the remainder in ' the unmanageable baloon northward before a gale. Richfield Concern Acquires Stock in Pan American Co. LOS ANGELES, Juna 20, (UP) ' R,'h";ld1 u ot r-llfnrnl. tnnlrht announced ac quisition of all outstanding vot ing stock In the Pan-American Western Petroleum company from .k.. r . .. jand Edward. u Dohenyw, In addition' the Richfield com pany purchased all of the crude and refined products, distribut ing facilities, steel and concrete storage, service stations and tank steamers owned and operated by the Petroleum Securities com pany. I Richfield announced a contract with Petroleum Securities and Doheny for the latters' entire production of crude oil for e period ot tea years. The deal was at current posted market price and Included a contract for the entire output ot caalnghead gasoline. . In addition to the Toting, or "A" stock, Richfield acquired a substantial block ot Pan-American "B" shares, the announce ment aald. In the near future Richfield will submit a proposal for exchange of lta sharea for the balance ot Pan-American 'B.' Richfield also purchased the physical - properties. Including marine terminal and distributing facilities, ot tbe Pacific Petrol eum. Products company on San Francsco bay. The transaction resulted In the retirement of Petroleum Securi ties company. Pacific Petroleum Products company and the Do heny Interests from the refining and marketing ot petroleum pro ducta on the west coast. It waa expected Rtchfleld's crude oil production, with the addition ot that contracted tor,' would be 65,000 barrels daily. LICKV MAX LOS ANGELES, June 20. (UP) Charles H. Magee, court reporter can collect $30,000 from the county tor transcripts ot the Jul ian Petroleum trial, a jury in superior court decided today. to make money," ran true in Hughes' case. He Inherited thq Hughes Tool company, manufac turers ot oil drilling equipment from his father, and the millions pived the way to Hollywood's financial Inner circle. Calloused old executives shook their heads aa Hughes threw his money into production. First came "Two Arabian Nights," co starring William Boyd and the ugly Louis Wolhelm. Hollywood saya the picture cost too much, but Jt. was a success from both box otrice and entertainment standpoints. . Next followed Thomas Megh an's new vehicle, "The Racket," from the atage success, which (Continued oa Page Four) Major Maddalena said Roald Amundaen, South Pole discoverer . who left Tromsoe Monday after- ' noon with Major Rene On'.lbaud la a French Latham seaplane to search tor Nobile was not. at the encampment. No word had come frem Amundsen since his de parture with sufficient fuel for an 18-hoor flight, and It was believed he might have found No bile and landed nearby. Fear Felt , Grave fears were -f.lt tonight for . Amundsen's safety, aepeclas- . (OosUhswed Pace Five) ,. . UONS CLUB v NAMES HEADS Officers elected for the ensu ing year for the local Lions club were announced at Tuesday's regular meeting of the clnb held at Llnkhavea. They are T. Rich ardson, I president; Fred Hous ton, vice-president; Lee Craw ford, secretary and treasnror. Merle Stroud, Tall Twister, and Dr. J. J. Goble, Lion Tamer. , Two new directors, Clnadf Davis and Barry Poole, were chosen to serve with Walter Rob inson . Waggoner and James Baker. ..Waggoner and Baker are holdovers from last year. - i Pinnaor Po-itons- w fs . wva Vll ay . Called by Death . . . Harvey L. Swift, 75. passed away in Klamath Falls Wednes day, after aa Illness, ot several days. .' ' Deceased had been a resident ot Klamath county tor nearly 20 . years, having been employed by rartous lumber companies In this section as welt as doing other varieties of work.' He Is survived by a daughter in San Francisco. Swift was a member ot the- Klamath Falls chapter Benevolent and Protec tive Order ot Elks. The remains are at the Earl Wbltlock funeral home where friends may calll Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Flapper Fanny Say a ( Tbe sheriff may not be aa etec trtclan, bat be attaches auugr radto. "..','. 15 '''-' ss.ua est. em Qi . wuk mmcc, we J .