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The Klamath News
"THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN"
The Klamath News
Official Paper
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The Klamath Nsw
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Vol. fi, No. 205 Price Five Cent
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1928
(Every Morning Except Monday)
LIGHTNING S
S DARING AC
TRIKE
E
Ely Ext
1 .;
Grading
Now Half
Finished
On Line
Bridget Rapidly Near
Completion; Vast
Stands of Timber
Opened for Cutting
Laying of steel on thu Ely
extension of the Oregon.
California, and KuMlurn will
begin next week, it wan an
nounced yeaterday liy H.
N. Bojruo, general manager
of the railway.
Tho ettendiiii. which run
(ram the prtiaeiil termlnua u(
the O. ('. 6 K. (o Illy. In 3S wile
In length and opens up Ireinen
dime Manila ef pin timber. In
addition lo giving Iho fertile Illy
section a rail oiillrl.
Grading la abuul half roinplpto.
Mr. IJ"iu elated yi-slerilny. and
I ha brldx.ea uloua the new route,
which are uftdi-r a aeparule con
Iran, are being rapidly pualiwl
toward completion by a wry effi
cient contracting force,
i Aa aunn aa I hi extension I '
rnmplou. groat development la
expected In lb Illy ewliun. Tha
IVIIran Hay l.umlH'r company
will at once brain cunatructloii
of 1 3 miles t main line tunning
road, reaching from I ha rail
hrail al Illy In the heart of the
riimpany'a heavy (I in tier holdings
In that section.
BANDIlFLEE
FROM PQLICE
ItfcimiXO. Cullf.. July IS. (V
D Three bnnillla, believed lo
ha former convlrta, were fleeing
Ionian! from Iho scent of their
nun battle whirli caused the
death of two men and serious
wounding of another.
Trapped by two deputy aherlffa
at Burnt ranch after they had
robbed a general -atnre, the trio
ahot their way lo freedom, tem
porarily at leant, but they left
the llfeleea bodlea of an officer
and a partner In crime behind,
Deputy Sheriff Dud Carpenter
waa killed and Deputy Sheriff On-
car II. I lay ward waa critically
hurt. The rohbera dropped a
rtond member of their baud from
their automobile but he waa not
Identified. .. '
Posses were unread out fanllko
over an urea of several hundred
mlloa In apprehend the crlmlnala.
All road leading to Eureka were
eloaoly guarded when It waa be
lieved the men were most likely
to go In that, direction.
Carpenter and llayward re
ceived the report pf the atore
robbery and Intercepted the au
tomobile filled with, armed men
at the ranch. Without any hosl-
lancy the bandlta opened fire on
the offlcera.
llayward waa too weak to tell
mnny detalla of. tho battle.
Governor' Smith Makes
'Bid For G. O. P. Votes
NRW YORK, July 13, (UP)
Gov. Alfred K. Smith todny
watchod democratic national
committeemen depart for tholr
native states with Instructions to
Urt Immedlut and Intenalvo
campaigns when he turned hla
personal attention to tho poaal-
( blllty of a "reconstructed" parly
which would Win favor In Iho
enst and wext.
Political . speculation through
out the ilny stressed tho bolduoss
with which the democratic nom
inee has bid for pro-ropubllrn'n
tales in Now Gng'and, tho mid
west and openly commented on
tha possibility that the govor-
' nnr's action might bring new
and decisive strenglh to his party.
ension
OPPOSES SMITH
MlM JimnltK' JonM. field vr
rrlttry c( th National W. ('. T. U.,
la Kentucky democrat but d
rlMrt hor ataln and uihrra will
upport lloovrr frir the preM
denry burituM of-Httitth'ti wet de-
Titration.. She may the youth of
I1 l lie land In ltarlriK Omt alcohol
haa no place In thta axe of mo
tor untl alrpluue.
German Prisoners
Given Liberty by
Amnesty Ordinance
- IlKftLIX July 13. PP Th
Inll doora in (lermaity Here
lopetifd to thuuimnda of prUnnera
j todtty when the nrhMait pametl
1 by more than two-tblrda necea
jitary major?, y the moat aweephtK
amneniy out ainre ine aurreaa or
the rt'puhllran revolution.
Anionic thoae lo be act free
under the ni nature are the laat
of tha Imperial army ao I titers
who were sentenced by the kais
er' court martial for desertion
Iuixl other offentea.
Score of the primmer to ben
efl by llie aninoMty ore aervlnc
I life aentences.) ainoiiK them Max
! Hneli, the cnmmuuUt, who In.
19X1 oritaiilxed it tier ilia warfare
in Saxony, and the so-called Von
mlc murderers belonRltiR to the
former black retchftwehr.
One hundred and twenty com
munlHta who were aentenced to
lonf terms In prison for treason
and conspiracy and also several
radical Journallsta living abroad,
who were threatened with severe
penalties for published tharses
that (lormany possessed Illegal
armaments, will be among those
liberated.
Charge Bribery
In Liquor Case
l.OH ANOKl.KS, July 13. (IT)
Charged with having been
membera of a "hush ring" which
atopped giving of testimony In
liqnor Uf case, L. C. Murphy,
former Ma una Iteach Juatlre of
the peace, and hla wife were ar
rested today by federal offlcera.
Mrs, Murphy waa alleged to
have paid lllanrhe Howell, a
wlluosa ngnlnst Murphy and
other defendants In a liquor case,
f'JUO not to testify.
The so-called "reconstruction"
moves which Governor Smith per
aonlflea have Ignored the threat
of robelllon In recognised demo
cratic territory, nnd bid strongly
for stntea which formorly wore
undisputed republican strong
holds. Two principal declarations on
the pttrt of the governor have
omphnatiod this policy. They
wore tho appointment of Joint J.
Itnsknh. a repreaenlallve of "big
business," to direct the democrat
ic campaign, nnd tho appeal for
support of legions of embntUcd
fanners In the heart of the corn
bolt.
Governor Smith apparently
(Continued oa r(e "even)
ii
Ready
Russian
Steamer
Rescues
Lost Men
All of Italia'. Hi-Fat-ed
Crew Rescued
Save Those Carried
Away in Balloon
MOSCOW, July 13. (UP)
A tale of triumph of a
Hturdy Ruiuiian ice ahip and
hardy Soviet seamen, Hci
ontixts and naviKatorn, over
the ruthlout, elemental forc
es of tha Arctic wan told
in messages from the ateam
ahip Kratutin which reported
today the rescue of all the
known living Kurvivors of
the ill-fated tramtpolar dir -
ilfible Italia. '
The Krjsaln. which Thursday
look from the' Ice two Italian ex-
plorera who had left General lrui
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SZTZ wTt w v - ri wx I ('ll"'r,l,,n, general secretary of
GIRL INJURED th Worid -u KtntvAifoe
TV A ITflirvmriIir w-i'hnl,",n. munched an attack on
DI AU lUillUijlLrj John J. Haakob. new democratic
national committee chairman aa
Addle Kin nip, small daughter t "wet republican."
oi air. na air, j. nnnie, wno
maltaa thaalr hnma In haa A railaa
ap.nn.enla. anffored a fractured
leg when aha ran-Into a car
Thursday afternoon.
The car in which
were two
brya by the name of Nowbery.
waa going along Walnut avenue
when the child ran out from the
alley In back of the apartmcnta
and dashed Into the hack part of
the car. Her screams were heard
by tho hoys, who Immediately
slopped the car and carried her
Into her home.
It Is the cuaiora of a number
of the children in the neighbor- i the truth that Tammany and the
hcod to nae thla alley to play In, i liquor group and not the demo
and the little girl waa enjoying a ! cratlc party are conducting the
romp with a number of compan-1 New Vork governor' fight tor
lona when the accident occurred. J the presidency."
For Heavy Steel Next Week
RELIGION HtfRT BY
JOY-RIDING, GOLF
PASTOR-DECLARES
CHICAGO. July 1J. UPI
Had boys who play g'olf on Sun-'for
daya had better beware of th
"bogey nan" will get them. f not a atymle to Sunday rec-
Tha golfer atepa op to tha tee,ratlon.
on Hunday morning and trueta Id - "It la all very wall to aay one
God that hla drive will aend thaleaa worship Ood In other place
ball close lo tha green, but be-1 than la church, but the fact la
yond that ha haa no divine
thoughts on the course.
Hav. D. A. McGregor, pastor Ot
HI. Mark'a Episcopal church at
(ilea Kllyn. a suburb, think golf
la a "great game." even on 8un-j
day but be ask how many men
worship Ood on their trips along
the falrwaya. -
He doean't like the game to
Senator Ileflin '
Predicts Defeat
For A. E. Smith
WASHINGTON. July 13. (UP)
Senator Thomas J. Ileflin, Ala
bama democrat and bitter foe of
joov. Alfred E. Smith, democratic
presidential nominee, predicted
; today an even worse, defeat for
i the Smlth-Kobfnaoo ticket than
that Buffered by John W. Davis
four year ago, aa Krneat, H.
Ileflin aald the
nomination
' 8m"h nd Rb'" ' "
the
worst work the democratic party
had done in &0 years, declaring
that three-fourtha of the women
In the democratic party would
oppose the ticket.
Cherrlnglon charge Raakob
waa listed In "Who a Who" aa a
wet republican.
"The choice of a wet republi
can to direct (he Al Smith cam
paign for the presidency,", he
'aald, "la one more evidence of
Brown Derby Day!
!lh eitent
religion
of subetitutlng golf
and avers tha latter
Should come first, aa tha church
j that people don't." Rev. McOreg
or aald. "There la no harm la a
cam of golf on Sunday, but
! there la Jiarm In substituting rae-
nation for religion or making a
holiday out of a holy day."
Sunday gardenera, who till tha
toll la their back yarda Inatead
of cultivating tha garden of their
(Con tinned oa Paso Seven)
Constitutional
-Government vs.
- ' Chaos Is Issue
WASHINGTON. July 13. (UP)
4-Th Issue' la the forthcoming
araaMentlal campaign la not oa
of prohibition nor la It "wet and
dry." but ona of "constitutional
government versus nullification."
P. Scott McBrlde. 'general super
intendent of tha Anti-Saloon
league, declared tonight la a
statement attacking Governor Al'
fred K. Smith, democratic stand
nrd bearer. .- t
,VcBrlJ ald the .league elands
now JuAt where it atood before
and during the convention, aa to
candidate and platform declara-
tlona.
- "The Kanaa City convention
chose Herbert Hoover aa ila
standard bearer," McBrlde aald.
"He atanda oa the platform aa
presented. 'At Honaton the con
vention chose Got. Alfred K.
Smith a It candidate, but to the
amaiement of most of those who
favored the majority sentiment
as written In the platform, after
hla nomination he sent a message
in which he presumed to accept
the enforcement platform but
added In substance that he fa
vored modification. -
"This In fact waa a repudia
tion of the platform plank adopt
ed by the convention on the part
of the candidate, and n substitu
tion by the candidate of the plank
already rejected by tl'.e conven
tion, i . . ,
Work On!
Mill Tol
Start In
Earnest
Surveys for Tram
way Com piste; S. P.
Ready To Lay New
Steel into Yard
Preliminary surveys for
new trams are well under
way and burnt and twisted
steel rails are being picked
up from the fire-wrecked
yard of the Ewauna Box
company.
Monday, actual recon
struction will start, accord
ing to C. B. Crisler, presi
dent of the company. .
Today the big sawmill VUl. be
gin sawing timbers for the tram
way which have to be replaced.
The : Southern Pacific, havltg
picked up tha old twisted steel
which ran tnto the log dump
from the mala line, will now.
commence spreading gravel for
rdadbefl.'-The ldVlog' llnefa'n
" (CoaUaoed .jm-Pafea .Five)
EMPTY BOTTLE
RESCUES CHILD
MIAMI, Fla.. July J3. (VP)
An old empty bottle was respon
sible for the discovery of 1-year-old
Blllie McAllister today
scarcely 13 hour after he had
been kidnaped from hi bed by
"a dark man and ,a fat, dark
woman."
Blllie waa found by Roy T.
Gallagher, and Mra. Gallagher
locked in a closet In a vacant
Coral .Gable house. The Gallag
hers, who live next door, were
attracted to the house by noises
from tha closet. They approached
the closet and called:
' "Who are yon?"
- "I'm 811116," a child' voice re
plied, "and I hungy."
Gallagher unlocked the door
and Blllie walked ont. an old
bottle in hla hand. Ha had been
pounding on the door with the
bottle alnce ' he awoke to find
himself alone In the dark and no
food ready for consumption.
Thirteen Luckv
For This Flyer
KANSAS CITY. July 13 (UP)
Demonstrating that he 1 not
superstitious. Lawrence D. Ruch.
chief pilot of a flying school
here, took oft today, Friday the
13th. at 1:13 p. m.. and went to
ah altitude of 1,300 feet, exe
cuted 13 loop and landed 13
minutes later. He carried 13
rallona of gasoline In his plane.
There are 13 letters In his name
and in the name of his plane,
American Eagle.
Human Interest Shows
In Portland Rail Meet
PORTLAND, July 13. (UP)
A. flash of real human Interest
shoved dull routine to one' side
at the railroad rate hearing here
today when a farmer told his
troubles to membera, of the inter
state commerce commission.
"Dad went broke. I had to
take my youngest son out of
college and my other son left the
farm," said R. S. Roberta, Wasco
county furmor. .
"The crop wouldn't pay Inter
est and taxes. I was the heaviest
taxpayer tn my district and had
considered myself In the IS per
cent class, who, Roger Babson
aaya, support themselves tn their
old age, but now I am In the 85
per cent class who can't."
ace of aces;
V
Straight from the tee Into the and tqmultuous welcome which
cup, without any roll or bound m Vi u . .
that' the sort of a hole-ln-on ?'" X"1" "
Prank Leonard of Traversa City. ! aviator boldly drove hla Ryaa
Mich., made the ether' day and monoplane through a seven also
he has an affidavit to verify ht trlcal and rain storm which broke
great shot. The shot waa made .Immediately after he left Roose
on M 180-yard hoU. It wa a fT.t field. 'ADDarentlv hi. craft
lucky break, he aay.' but not be
ginner's Inck. as he haa been
trying for years to shoot a nice
game of golf. Ile a a newspaper
man. , . f v.-' .......... ,
Veterans Leave
Portland Early.
Sunday Morning
Sunday morning 'at 7 o'clock.
300 Veteran of Foreign War
will board a special Southern
Pacific train In Portland en route
for Klamath Falla. for tha open
ing day of the state convention,
to be held here for the enauing
week. The delegation will be
headed by Captain P. W. Kelley,
department commander,- of the
Portland police department.
A week' program, mingling
business with pleasure, has been
outlined for the veterans.
Although buslnee men and
citliens of Klamath Falls have
been very liberal in offering
their services, cars are still need
ed for the accommodation of the
veterans. It was' announced last
night. Anyone hating a car
which can be placed at their
disposal is asked to call N. H.
Canter, telephone 711.
Justice of Peace
. Held for Insanity
i HUNTINGTON BEACH. Calif..
July 13. (UP) John W. Shirley,
former Justice of the peace, was
in a jail cell here tonight, held
on insanity charges, and his aon.
George, was in a hospital fight
ing for hla life aa a result of a
knife wound said to have been
Inflicted by the father.
Shirley senior la 93 years old.
He formerly was tn an Insane
asylum aa a result of shooting
into the walla of homes.
The father became violently
Insane and stabbed his son with
a butcher knife, George Shirley
'said.
Insisting that the American
farmer pays an unfair rail rate to
transport his produce to market.
Roberta joined with others who
are Insisting on a drastic down
ward revision of railroad rates.
"I am a good American but t
there are times I'd like to be a
bolshevik," Roberts said when
testifying 'that American farmers
pay for higher rates on grain
than do Canadians.
George A. Palmlter, master of
the Oregon Grange, followed Rob
erts. He, too, complained of
high freight rates on farm pro
duce and declared that IS, 000
farmers favored the Portland dif
ferential rate which gives wheat
piuwon . lower rate lu snipping i
to Portland tbaa to Puget Sound,
I
Mexican
Aviator
Slain In
Smashup
On Nonstop Flight to
Home; Storm Be
lieved To Have
Caused Fatal Crash
MOUNT HOIXY, N. l Jul
113. (UP) Captain Emilo
Carranza, his sturdy silver
monoplane flaming meteor
like above a storm raked
wilderness, plunged to his
death in s bog near Burl
ington Thursday night, leu
than an hour after he' had .
started a projected nonstop
flight from Roosevelt field,
L. I., to Mexico City.
Returning home to a triumphal
waa track by lights log.
' - Tubiea Downward -
Downward toward a round and!
tree-covered . wtlderneu. . with
only brilliant flaihe of lightning-
-.Th Uot evidently had
to guide him. Carrania'a stana
battled courageously to right hi
craft and- ajratjahly-dM BO at
about the moment It thundered
Into the tree top.
Kltit Wine; Torm Away .
' In that tint desperate contact
(Gosrtlaawd oa Fags Five) . .
CHILE, PERU,
TO GET ALONG
WASHINGTON. July 13. (UP
After 17 years of controversy.'
Chile and Peru have agreed to
resume diplomatic relations. Sec
retary of Stat Kellogg announced
today. '
The agreement, which la- ex
pected speed ultimate settlement
of the Tacna-Arica dispute be
tween the two countries, waa
brought about by the state de- -partment.
Both nations have
hiccepted hla plan tor resumption
or relation. , Kellogg aald. Ha
also made public notea which
have paased between Waahlngtoa
and Santiago and Lima..
Oa July t, Kellogg wrote the
foreign ministers of both coua
trlea aa follows:
"After long and careful delib
eration I have now come to the
conclusion that an accommoda
tion of mutual Interest would be .
promoted should the government
of Chile and Pern re-establish
diplomatic relation through tho
appointment of diplomatic repre
sentative at Lima and 8antlago."
. Kellogg aald he felt that such
a re-establishment of relations
would be consistent with the best
Interests of both .countries and
afford a means of settling all
existing misunderstanding.
Flapper Fanny Say$:
It's only In the novel that a
girl ran get married and lira.
f lapplly aver after,
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