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The Klamath News TH NEWS The Khmath News Official Paper County of Klamath Utticial FaDer 1 II City of Klamath Fal - l.l!;n u;s THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN' J Vol. C, No. 197 Price Five Centa. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1928 (Every Morning Except Monday) II w w , ,. IS, .. MM Jj V 1 4 JJ .1 Tariff TO,! Be Issue, Declares Dr. Work Predicts Harmony .in CO. P. Ranks; Am erican Wage Scale . Result of Tax k CHICAGO, July 3. (UP) nuwwoy will prevail in '-the republican rank, the protective tariff and not the prohibition question will be ) the issue, and the republi can party will be successful . In the November election. Dr. Hubert C. Work, repub lican national chuirmun, de clared in an interview here today. Dr. Work arrived hart today from Hupsrlor, Wis., where Moo- - day he handed hia resignation aa secrelsry of lbs Interior lo Pros- Ideal Coolldgs. Ho spent aever- hour In ronfersnrs with 1 lit nulli political leaders and depart ed lata today tor Washington. Tariff Issuea. "This rsmpslgn wilt bo waged' on tho protecllva tariff and Ha benefits." Work aald. "The voters will caat their ballota to protect tha American payroll. ( Continued am I'sge Eight) WEATHER MAY BLOCK FIGHT LB BOUIIOKT FIELD. Frsnrs, July i, L'P) Unfavorabls wea J (Her conditions-made 4r doubtful tonight that tr two PolUh arlatora Idilkowakl and Kubala would take off Wednesday on their proposed fUght to Ns York. They had ' Intended lo Mart at dawn. A local thunder ahower of vlo lent proportion waa raxing to night, but the two fl.Tta slept beside their airplane, ready for a atari at the first opportunity. . A delegation from the Polish ambasay Inspected th runway to day and doclared It waa In aalla factory condition. Communists Brawl In New Tork City NEW YOKK. July S. (UP) An army of several hundred com munism, led by young .women, stormed the heart of the financial district today acrearalng a -challenge: "Willi collared alairos; strike for your freedom!" An hour later II of the el i leged leaders were led away by police and the remainder, their banner broken and their clothea torn, melted away, while from the windows of brokers' offices clerks and stenographers Jeered and hissed them, v The demonstration waa staged by the "All-American Antt-lm-perlallst losgue" and the attack was centered directly In front of the banking house of J. Plerpont Morgan ft Company. They In tended to slag a parade but the police had been tipped off and 30 bluecoats . were waiting for them when they luvaded Wall street. Familiar Express Horses To Be Seen No More Here The three big horses which iave tor the past eight years faithfully served the express company and Its patrons will he seen on the streets of Klamath Falls no more. Tomorrow, motor trucks will convoy oxprons throughout Klnm atli Fulls; tho horse, the inirln tay, the .life of the old Wells Fargo, and of Its successor, the American, has been forced out of one of his last elands. There, were two parts to Ihe old Wells-Fargo when it origin ated aa a pony express on the old U. P. ,trall liwthe early 60s of the last century. One part was the horses game, tough, wiry anl mlls' that didn't know what quit meant; and tho other pnrt, of no greater Importance, was the riders game, tough, quick thinking and. daring. Then tha stage coach came. Heroic Model V Thli ond of th bnrulc ilalut of I' h tint u to Innk out ovnr tht by at CorpUK ChrUtl, 1iaa. part of a pi tin of ornamental lraprovemnt of I ha day front. It la by Uulaca RrRlum. and tha atatuta will aland 31 fast high whrn Completed. Unofficial Check Gives Victory to American Balloon IIKTIIOIT. Mich.. July 3. (CP) Unofficial rhncit of dlstanrra lalo today Indicated :.al the lolled Hlatsa army ::.onn. piloted by ('apt. W. K. Kepner with Lieut. W. O. Kareckson as aid, had won the Cordon Dennett International balloon race and given America permanent possession of the tro phy. For the first tlino In 1? years of competition one nation will have woo the event for the third vcoiiaecullve time. America having previously won In 1816 and l!7. I'nolflelal tabulation of mile age gava the army balloon 473 mil.. tha lrr.nrK tiallfwin ItlMnrh. I ard. .piloted by Charles Dollfus. with (ieerto t'ornlir as aid. i mlloa, and the German balloon llarmsn. piloted by Hugo Kanlen. Sr. and his son Ashald, 463 miles. The National Aeronautical as sociation In Washington will make the final' checkup and an nounce awards. The German balloon Munstnr reported today from. Big Island. Va. The bag landed on a mnun-1 tain .even mile, west of Dig Isl- and Sunday night and although one of the men waa allghtly In jured, they were able to proceed In l .VH.hhn, '. ....... u Karly checks had given victory to Ih. Oerman balloon narman. which landed at Kendrrrtgo, W. Va.. The U. S. A. landed near Chase City, Va.. and tha Blanch ard was forced down In a mill pond near Walnut Cove, N. C. News Will Not Publish on 5th The Klnmiilh News will . not bo published tho morn- . Ing nf Jul) mil. Employees of the paper wl" lake one of IIkwf rare llilngw, a nmvw paper holiday, ami Join tlwv rrt of the city In celebrat ing the Fourth of July awl the coming of the Modoc N'otllwrn, Still tho horso was the backbone of oxpress work. Then rnme the Union and Con tra! Pacflc roads, united to belt the nation. The stage was crowd ed back a bit, but until tho ad vent of tho automobile, in re mote sections the horse held his own. Hut no longor ran he compete According to K. LaForest, super intendent of street equipment for the American Hallway Express company west of the Kocky mountains, the company has been I forced to replace- the' faithful horse. Sontlmcntal considerations have dolayed the change: tho company has a farm near Snlt LakoClty, Utah, where faithful old Dobbins who have hauled ex press the bettor portions of their lives are sent, providing that buyers cannot be found tor them (Continued on Page . Four) . Hope Of Reaching Lost Men Shattered Ice Grips Russian Ice breaker; Rescue Can Not Be Effected for Several Days VIRGO. BAY, Spitzenbcr gen, July 3. (UP) The Russian ice breaker Krassin which had been' reported near nix of the twenty-four men lost in Arctic ice waste ahattered hopes of an early rescue with a wireless mes sage today saying it would be impossible to reach the survivors for several days. The Krass had penetratod to beyond Sorssy Island when pack Ice waa encountered. The ship now la attempting to reach open water near the coast, but Is compelled lo steam slowly because of numeroua Ice jama and faulty charts. Krwr Irfuwlhorg. According to the Krassln's re port Monday night, the ship had penetrated lo within a few mltea of where ('apt. Klnar-Paal Lund born. Swedish aviator who res cued General Umberlo Koblle. and five of Noblle's companions are msrooned. Tha ship waa ex pected to roecne. them at any hour. Strong wlnda and thick fog (t'oatlaswd oa lsga Kbtbt) LIONS' CLUB TO STAGE, OUTING Plana were formulated yester day at the regular1-, meeting of the local Lions' club for their annual if '"""', "J1''0 ",n ? will bo held on the monthat the sum mer home of Fred Houston at Lake of the Woods. ' Claud Da vis, Oun llrowne and Ivan Kerrla have charge of arrangements and they have pomlsed to have atunta to entertain the Llona asd their wives that will make the day a moat Interesting one. Tom Richardson, president; Fred Houston, vice president; Lee Crawford, secretary, and ler!'.8'ro"d- U" L T'""- """J the meeting yesterday.. Ted Olllenwalers, a new mem ber of the club, was Introduced u , a . W. J. onrd of San Francisco waa a guest of the club. 'Silent CaF Coolidge . A. t. WELL, MR PRESlPEMT'v ' V. SjJL r DEEM WSHWG X ' . (CCV" )at MOt '. Vvfera0M((1. . '''A!' . lauRB OP HITU6' " ' 711 MALIN FESTIVAL DRAWS BIG CROWD OF MERRY-MAKERS r Tha big day of the Grand Pa clflc Bokol festival at'Malln will open tbls ' morning . at sunrise. with tha little city,' crowded lay capacity; with visitors who aa '4 atteadlnjr tha celebration. - In that southern ' Klamata ao mualtyy today lata t program be feagaraw. by esiebraelng unVelUag of a atataw of Woodrov Wilson la Prague, Cfeechs-SIOTa-kla. Later the visitors will be taken oa automobile tours around the Klamath basin to show tha agricultural assets at tha Klam ath country. Many local paoale are planning lo motor to Malta today to wltneaa tha celebration, Malla presented a l gala appear1 aaea to tha lit visitors wha ar rived yesterday from Portland and tha Willamette valley. Flags and bunting, featnrlag the Aaser-4 Coolictee Will Spend Peaceful 56th Birthday CEDAR ISLAND LODGE. Wie..' July t. .(UP) President Cool-, Idga will observe hla tth birth day anniversary Wednesday by apendtng a qalat day? with hie family at. Cedar ' Island Lodge., the summer Whits House. ' Ha will not participate In any public July Fourth celebration, but will remain In sexfluston with Mrs. Coolidgs and his son, John. Several birthday cakes bsve been baked for tha president, both In Superior and Duluth. and tha cutting of them will include the only ceremony on hla natal.1 day. In tha afternoon, membera of the presidential party from Wash lngtoa will visit the todge. Invitations to take part In In dependence Day observances hers. were declined k. Ih. n.M.. , ' C.:1,Z2 ,: Tss-trnsBt hari the term of aa n dr f";telca area as gnat as tho pres who made known quiet day -with his . immediats family on the banks of the Brule. Tha president has taken ao ac tion to appoint a successor . to, Hubert Work, secretary of tha Interior, who presented his reslg-, nsunn luonaay la oroer to take charge of the Hoover-Curtis ' roj puoiicau campaign. , , . f Despondent Man Commits Suicide PORTtiAND. July S. (UP) Frank W. Burke. ' 66, retired livestock buyer, .committed sui cide today by leanlnc 76 feet Into the Willamette river from the!ncK Broadway bridge. His body wss: later recovered Burke was well by hsrbor police. known throughout tha northwest livestock cjommlsslon dealer. Gives -Extended Interview on Fishing lean and Ciecho-Blovakfan flag, which Is also red, white and bias, were strung along the streets and hs 00 from buildings and houses. Id tha center t tha town Is the large danoe pavilion and a caraltral company. Near tha high school is situated tha huge grand land from shars will be wit nessed tba athletic stunts. Ma are being served la tba commun ity hall by the lad lea of Malla. la many yarda tenia have beea placed to aid la tha housing of guasts. On several lawna yesterday could be seen members of the Bokol who will appear la ath letlc stunts, practising la prepa ration tor tha program today. Even la thslr practice, their per fect poise, muscular control and altaultaneoua action waa easily aoted by tha bystanders. . Smith Eulogized In Radio Address By IL Moskowitz NEW YORK. July I. (UP) Oeroraor Alfred E. Smith's fighting courage will carry him Into th presidency of tha United States. Dr. Henry Moskowlti. bio grapher of tha democratic nomi nee, said here tonight in a radio talk sponsored ' by tba National League of Women voters. "His naturalness, his kindli ness, bis sincerity.,' syntheslced In. a personal magnetism which wets aot mere? obedience bnt ' a flaming lorn and a fighting loy alty. These qualities have made him a daageroua campaigner," said Moekowlts. "He la no ordinary candidate for the presidency, lis la a sym bol to millions 1b tha nation of L -- " V .'Fl- idency of the United States." . ' William L. Chenery. editor of Collier's Magaslne, following Mos kowlti. termed Governor Smith a new force la American political Ufa. ' .. i Morrow Returns To Mexico City ' V i ' MEXICO City: July 3 (UP) Ambassador Morrow arrived tonight after spending hla va cation in tha United States. "My trip waa uneventful," he said. 'I am very glad to be Professor Charles T. Burnett, of Bowdoln college, who accom- pan iea me smnssssdor, was pn sented to tha consular staff "St I tha embassy. ' Klamath! Jubilant! Over Railj Program Mere Announcement Coruidered Tonic to , Business ; Construc tion Expected Soon After the first excitement caused by the announce ment of the building of the Modoc Northern has worn off .there remains among Klamath b u si n e ss men, farmers, and lumbermen, a steady glow of satisfaction. One business man remarked yesterday that the coming of the Modoc Northern was just like winning a long argument when one was sure of being in the right, but up against a lot of opposition. It Is believed up and down Main street that the mere word of the construction will be of im mense benefit during the next few months, before actual work has begua. The tons of business wUI be Improved. It Is said. ' Malla Benefited. Tule Iske will perhaps receive tha greatest benefit of all." one farmer said yesterdsy." "Think of It hers. Just a few years ago. we bad to haul our products to town by tsam; then' trucks came; . (Ceatiaued oa Base 'Five) INDIANS MEET JN PRINEmTE PRINVILLB. Ore., July 3, (U P) Despite menacing aklea with squalls of rain dsmpening the high peaks of the Ochocos, sev eral thousand persons were here today tor the opening of Oregon's first Indian congress. Hundreds of Indians, representing reserva tions In at lease three northwest states, have established tepee vil lages on the outskirts of Prlne- ville and today paraded the city In their colorful robes of war. Although the congress opened todsy, with representatives of the various tribes holding con ference oa problems of vital im portance to tho race that once ruled the northwest, the celebra tion Id connection with the tri bal conclave will aot hit its full stride until "tomorrow. Indepen dence dsy. On that day. it is expected that the population of this, city .will be Increased by some 1,000 visitors from Bend, 38 miles distant. - Churchill Makes Huge Trust Fund LONDON. July. 3., (UP) Win ston Churchill, chancellor of the excheequer, announced . in the house of commons today that Lord and Lady Inchcape had placed 600,000 pounds sterling In trust for the nation in memory of the Hon. Elsie MacKay, their daughter, who was lost In' an attempt to fly across the Atlsntic. Klamath Falls Prepares For Outing, Festivals Good morning! . I'pon the best authority available that Is, rail road calendars, almanacs, etc. the day lr declared sacred to ora tors, the shades of those who de part this world by tho fireworks and firewater routes, and the memory of mosquito bltos end aches and pains acquired on sun dry fishing and outing trips in past years. The News has," at the cost of considerable effort and many shekels, "obtained a few pro- LFourth pictures -Mm Motorman Flies r V I I 7- -v Edward Dal? is a areet car , motorman lo Cincinnati and an ariator, tco. iaiy rang nia car on the Madtaon road all day then dont flying clcttaas and bopa off among the clouds. The boy call him "the flying motorman." Jimmy Walker Tries to Rest In Los Angeles HOLLYWOOD, July .' (UP) Jimmy Walker, mayor of New York, today started "to store ap enough energy for a strenuous late summer and tall but he faced a battle. '. Southern California waa loath to let the ally of Governor Ai Smith rest during bis vlelf.-'- "If they want to bury me, 111 accept their Invitation, but that wouldn't be a good advertisement for Los Angeles," the New York executive said. . He was willing to talk about anything, but ha ' would talk about nothing tor long. Prohibition, politics, the mov ies, radio and Smith and Hoover were subjects he touched on tleetlngly. The mayor doesn't know Just how he stands on the prohibition question. 1 "You hsren't time." he told In terviewers, "for me to go Into all I know about prohibition. "Mind you. though. I don't any prohibition Isn't a good thing. "There Just never has been any yet and I don't know wheth er there ever will be." Walker . formerly was counsel for the motion picture producers of America and when, he touched on the movies in politics he grew serious. : "The films should reflect" poll tics, not make them," ho de clared. . "JOXAH" OF COXTfTDEXCB ' M.EX GETS HIS 79TH DALLAS, Tex.. July S. (UP). J. Frank Norfleet. who pledged his life to exposing and aiding In convicting confidence men after he was swindled out of his life's savings here several years ago, returned here with his 79th man. Norfleet, who carries a special Texas ranger commission, ar rested his victim, A. J. Shsrrard, In Los Angeles. Shsrrard Is un der Indictment at Amarillo, Tex., for swindling a woman In a real estate scheme.- ' The first of these will be read ily recognised as the orator. Chest thrown out, knee crooked, this earnest soul is either disc ussing the Spirit of' '76. or the virtues of ihe American family, a typical example of which has beon caught by the staff photo grapher In the second picture, with a likeness of the Klamath Falls family starting out on a vacation. At first. It may seem that the car Is either going over very rough roads or that the focus Is wrong, or that It Is al- ready the morning after the (Continued on Page Four) Memorial To Heroic Soldiers Dedicated Monument Result of Five Years Labor; Honors Lafayette Escadrille - i'--ti PARIS, July 8. (UP) ''Two - hundred! and nine ' arrived ; sixty-seven paid the great sacrifice." That is the history, . in brief of the Lafayette ,Es- caaniie, tne vauant nana or. Americans who came into the great war as volunteer section of the French army before the arrival of their hundreds ' of thousands of compatriots from the United States. . V I This, also, la tba reason tor tha j dedication Wednesday afternoon ' of a memorial mausoleum in tha nlatorle park of Villsneuvfr. l'Etang, a portion of the national domain Of St. Cloud, half aa hoar's automobile rldd from Paris. ' Flve-Yesr-Effort. ; Conceived Immediately after the war by Lieut. Edgar Hamil ton, who decided to remain : la tha French foreign legion after , (Coaataused oa pace fosnr) - REFUSED." BY CITY DADS .-at;-fll.; Jlds'wwra -tamed -down by the city council which were received 'Monday night .on the $300,000 sewer bond' Issues, after a special meeting which was called yesterday afternoon: The finance committee of the council believed better bids could be received by waiting a short . time. Tha Issue will have to ha re-adrertlsed and a call for new . bids made, which will take about JO days. Bidders oa tha Issue were Carl E. Nelson, Salem; the Old Na- . tlonal Bank ft Union Trust com pany. Spokane: and Geo. H. Burr, Conrad, and Brown, of .Portland. Federal Building" Debated Question With thm iSmllMmml nf tha ; federal government recently. ask-v ing for otters of a site for tha new federal building, a bee has been put In the bonnet of those holding property which might be suitably located for such a build ing, according to local real estate men. . . . Bo far. the sitea which realtors and business men seem, to think i are most suitably located are the , old White Pelican site, the old ' Holllday creamery site at Sev enth and Klamath avenue, the and several fine street locations. ' rnsnt Is under waV VA aesnlrii. hv' ' donation or purchase", the Holll- ' day creamery aite, which Is at present the property of the Ore gon, California and-Eastern rail way. Flapper Fanny Say$: Tho riding young maa eaa't get a raise by readinc success stories. i f f-rA ! y.. sv BM.usMT.orr. V'1 I CJ1MS. ST SC HWVtCC. ISC J
