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Newspaper Page TextThe Klamath Hews The Klamath News The Khmath News Official Paper County of Klamath Official Paper ' , City of Klamath Fan "i 'THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN' J Vol. 5. No. 212 Price Five Cents. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1928 (Every. Morning Except Monday) JOHN MEEK BELIEVED AT CONDON Trial Of Mexican Youth On In Court F fl Sntn Chnrired i.y t a V 4 'J With AttaUlt; .Said to Have At tacked man wiui ivnue. With the court room filled with many o f his friond nnd follow country men. E. 0. Soto. Mexican youth, went on trial in the circuit court yeiterday, charuod with aiwault with , , IIUUIIl VU Kill. Uatwacn his counsel. David Vandouburg. aud an Intarprotor aal Ilia defendant. Imperturbed. but paying cloaa attention In an endeavor to understand aa th atat presented It ran all yea terday afternoon. Solo doea not peak Kngllrh plainly and nnder atanda vary little. According to testimony. Soto attacked and aerlouely wounded I.oule Johnaon In a knifing af fray which took p!arw at Pelican llay mm on inKiu wi (Conllnunl on lgt HU) BOMB SUSPECT DENIES GUILT L I nut'KKOKU. Ill r July Jo. (iHtrilhln Si boura the action of the l-i Mainiatnlne hla Innocence ' anti-Smith . dry conference at Iteadfaatly, Paul Heed, SO. told police he wn not In Iba city Tburaday whan a bomb riploded In the gasoline tank ot an auto mobile, killing Vernon W. Piager almoet Inataully. Authorities continued to work on the theory that Heed bad been paying attentlona to Mr a. Piager and were Investigating atorlea tl.at (he accused man bad threat ened Planer's life. Mrs'. Piager told authorities that Heed bad been bothering ber recently and that she told him .-to leave and not attempt to s. her agalu. Heed and Mrs. Piager, I authorities said, eloped about a year ago, but were located In southern Illinois Ma wife. Plugnr forgavo , Plagor'a body was thrown it feet In tho air wllh such force. In the explosion ot tho bomb, that II bent a lead cable. Tho victim tiled a abort time later. Explosion Takes Lives of Workmen v I'UOVIDKNCK. n. I., July 10. (UP) Six workmen wore fn the hospital here (onlght In a critical condition, following the explosion of a transformer In the basement of Loew's now theatre, under construction, here this afternoon. The six men. who were work ing on a ll.ooo-volt transformer, were lifted and thrown IS foot out ot the basement by the forco of the explosion. Two of (hem hid their clothes completely burned off their bodlos. Paul Bunyan, Miss Joyness To Arrive During Week "Killlnr I.iimberlogiie, Klamath Falle, Ore.: Will arrive next week to help conduct your paper and tend (o any unfinished busl- yjV;V.i. wily MODIFICATION STRESSED BY J.XJtASKOB Al Kinllli's I 'ampalgu, Uaw Itrnfflrina HI mill nil Prolilbl. llnli gunllun - ) Nallou lntiuiKrli. ( NKW VOUK. July 20. (UI'l- I Chairman John J. lUskob of th democratic national comnillla re- eraphaaticd hla advocacy of mod- illlnillou of Hi prohibition Iiii I ha nd hi board of mpl.l.d organisation plena fur tbe campaign I) which lp'"h.,b."10'' "'" one uf lh'' Itaakob declared aona plan la neceaaary to rid I bo count rjr of present "Intemperate condition!" and .that It la up lo Ilia paopls to work on out. Ila aald ba hat uune, and that Ilia democrats do not osport to offer ona in Iba campaign. Campaign organlntlous prac tically waa complated tonight with announcement of poraotwul of " executive and advisory com ! mltteaa and of regional haadquar lara which will cHprriu In th effort to make Governor AHred K Kmllh Ihit tiwct urHalileut of th United States I (Continue) oa Page Mi) Republicans Make Big Bid for Votes ThroughSouthland WAHIIINCITON. July XO. (t'l I .. .4 1 .1 a... Ik. au.M.ilill. , rua win maud a ppriai api),! In the tvoutti wr tn hy aoma 1 today In the announcement by the republican national commit , te that C. Basrom Hlemp of Vlr- t ! glnla had Joined th ataff ot Na- llnnal Chairman Work. A Thla announcement followed Aahevllle In urging dry demo crats to scratch their presiden tial nominee and rota fur HiHiver. Work was vague aa to what Rlemp's duties will be, but In view of his record aa an active Mmihllean nrhr In III annth t. .. - I tire In that field again. Lumberlogue Cup Will Be Awarded Sunday afternoon at 1:30 the Pelican Bay Lumber company's baseball team and the Malld nine will Dlay the game which will dM.lt. ,no -Timber and Spud" league rhumplouahlp of Kln'inath I county, a series of games held In the eastern and western divisions of 'the league.' the Mallti toain won the esatorn division aeries land tho Pollcans won the weat- ern. ' ' The gam Sunday will decide :!eh7rrpw,e,rh'w entire rill re- jcelve the l.umborlogue cup, do mated to the timber league four years ago by the Lumberlogue. IIA.NK BAN KIT (itiTM B.1,400 OAKLAND. Calif., July 20, (II P) A bandit entered a bank -at one of the busiest street Inter sections here today, held np two employes and esraped with 3.400 In currency. O. A: Wilson, man agor of the bank, commandeered an automobile and gave chase, hut was outdistanced. nesa I may have overlooked on my last visit to Klamqlh. Re member me to all th nilllmen and lumberjacks. Surry I couldn't get there sooner. . Miss Jalllcose Juniper Joynos will arrive with me. , ' PAUL BUNYAN." Old Paul has been dolayed a bit. but this telegram proves he'll bo hero next week. Paul, though an old timer, has adopted modern methods,, nnd has sent 'his ad vance publicity and a cut of him self, snnppod as he decided to crme to Klamath Palls this sum mer and enjoy himself and at the same time help out a bit on the Lttmbertogue. Miss Joynos, who Is well versed In the common or garden variety of love, will give' her usual snap py and highly readable advice to (Continued on Page Five) Children Poisoned By Food On Picnic 40 Taken to Hospital; 150 More Awaiting Treatment Source Sickness Unknown. WASHINGTON. July 20. (L'P) Forty children were ruxhed into emergency hos pital tonight "tricken with ptomaint poisoning while on an excursion down the Po tomac river. On hundred and fifty more, doctors stimatod. were still at Marshall Hall, a resort, twenty miles down lb river, awaiting medical treatment. Blx doctors and a squsd of luternes were rushed lo tho scene, while ar rangementa were being made to bring them bark to Washington by stesmer. About 700 children were la th parly which was orgsniied by tbe Central Union Mission, to give the children relief from the Intense heaf today ' Hlrkneiia Mystery Bom doctor ba'leved the children wore mad III by eating hard-boiled eggs, but this had not been definitely established during th early hours when all (Continued aa Hla) . APPROVAL IS" GIVEN BONDS The "ratification olectlon" hold yesterday In tbe Fremont s hool, to approve tho Issue of bonds or tbo building of a school house In Hot Springs addition, carried by a rote of 131i to 4. it was an nounced last nigh. The election was held merely lo clarify an error, clerical In na ture, which waa Iliad In the resolution adopted at the lust school election, which adopted the bonds. It was held by the-board that this final olectlon, which is mere ly a ratltlcitlon of tho accept ance of thu-bond Insuo, might prevent trouble, which possible would arlao over technicalities. SLAYER OF MEXICAN PRESIDENT ELECT TO BE TRIED BY COURT MBXICO CITV, -uly 20, (CPeslm thoroughness.-; He Issued Jose de leon Toral, who ebot 'stslemeoi blaming tbe Catholic President-Elect Obregoa In tha' church for tb assassination, back flv times, will be tried by "I'ollc; headquarters now la the civil courts as soon as lb. in a position to make public tbe police Investigation of th mar-, fact that responsibility for th der baa ended, it waa learaed crime rests with th 'Catholic autborllatlvoly tonlgtit. It is an-'clergy." his statement aald. usual in such esses In Mexico "Th general inspection ot ao for th military authorities to try.Hce. new under my charge, is th assassin. Jabout to conclude th Invest Igs- Tbe second district court, Hon and we will make known tbe moanwblle, granted temporary results in every detail. " "amparo" which enjoined thai Previously lertuche ordered war office or the police depart-lib young assassin brought be ment from ' proceeding against fore a number of newspapermen the prisoner for 72 hours. Th to show that he had not received action la equivalent to a habeas corpus. Th petition was signed by Jose Mendel, unidentified. Additional arrests. were made today, it waa learned officially, and the police are continuing an inquiry to disclose the assassin's at a banquet In El Psrsdero. religious connections and the poa-Jstste of Jalisco, when he told his sible responsibility ot tbe Clh-j followers: olle clergy for the murder. r j "Our enemies are unable to Chief Of Police Kloe ZertucJl. ! fight us face to face, either po a'.thoagb known as'an ardent ad- lltically or with arms. They will herent of Obregon, Is conducting endeavor to strike us in the the examination and the band-.back." Hog of Toral with a methodical,; (Continued oa Pag Flee) , Thunder Shower Relieves Heat : In N. Y. City KKW YORK. July 20. (UP) A brief but intensive thunder shower lat today temporarily , broke the torrid heat which baa ' prevailed in the Greater New York area for nearly a week. Two girls were drowned, two Ibcya killed by 'lightning, and a j number of persons war pros I trated by the heat today. : -i. Alice and Martha Patloa. sls- frs, 18 and 14 years old. were drowned at Port Montgomery when they went for a swim In the Hudson river. Robert l-ewl. 72, of Lavalette, and an unidentified boy were killed by lightning at Barnegat Day. where a large crowd of bathers were panic-stricken when the electrical storm broke. The temperature rea.'h 87 de grees early thla afternoon and the humidity was recorded aa 6 A warm sun broke through tbe clouded sky after the rain. TRl'MPKD ACK I.OS ANOKI.RS. July 20. (UP) Nathanuol Jeffras played an ace. Ills wife trumped It. Ho slapped her fate. Tho judge granted the decree to Mrs. Audroe Jeffras. ALL'S FAIR IN POLITICS ) MEBBE I CAM ' I A I 1 WHILE IVe ISM"! J I I V LOOKIMG? J rough treatment Krienda of Obregon revealed today that be bad foreseen th possibility ot being shot from be hind. Just a year ago. July 17. 19J7, the general waa speaking Reincarnation, Police Believe, Causes Suicide ' NEW YORK, July 20. (UP) The mystery cf reincarnation and a young girl's ballet In a better life after death were involved to night In the attempt ot New York police authorities to explain the apparent suicide ot Miaa Virginia Uyaw, 24, whose body was recev- Jerea from the North river and I Identified today by her father . Foremost among police activi ties tonight waa . a search for Maxwell Bodenhelm. a New York novelist of some, distinction,' who was known to have taken an In terest In Miss Drew and to have given her promise of assistance In ber struggle for literary atten tion. Bodenhelm, it was learned soon after his name was brought into the case, baa been absent from his 4 5th street apartment since early Tuesday, when h left., carrying two suitcases and a typewriter. The possibility of a suicide pact, with the girl fulfilling her end ot the vow and the novelist backing down from bis end. was considered seriously lr police, who bclioved Ilodenlic'in' would he found either In New York or in some nearby city. Passing Of Henry Mourned ByHoover Presidential Nominee and Wife Spend First Day in Coast Home in Seclusion. PALO ALTO, Calif., July 20. (UP) Herbert Hoover, republican presidential- no minee, spent his first day at home mourning the death of Mrs. Hoover's- father, Charles Delano Henry, Mon terey banker, who died last Tuesday. A public appeal was Issued to cltliens to enable his arrival her tbls morning to pass almost un noticed. College students guard ed the driveways of bis Spanish villa atop San Juan bill through out the day and only the nearest friends were admitted. In the afternoon he went with his wife, bis II year-old son, Al lan, and Immediate membera of th family to the unostentatious Quaker funeral service held in Leland Stanford church in the center ot th university campus. Supposed Gala Day. -Thla waa the day set tor the gala home-coming celebration in San Francisco and Palo Alto, but It was changed to a day ot : (Coiidaaeal. ass, rage' Ut - KELLOGG PUN ROUNDED OUT WASHINGTON. Julr 20. (UP) Secretary ot State Kellogg rea lised hi hope ot banding leading world powers for renunciation of war today when Japan and Cse-cho-Slovakla last of the 14 na tions Invited to become parties to the- multilateral anti-war treaty--announced their willing ness to sign. This more for world peace by outlawing war hailed aa a mile atone in international agree ments will become a reality on or about August 28 In Paris. ' when representatives of tbe in- terested nations affix their slgna- I tares to the document. I The possibility that it will be come a world-wide pact gained added Impetus with publication today of the British acceptance reply, suggesting the United States extend a general invita tion to all countries wishing to Join In the treaty.- - Nations which have announced they are -ready to alga xare Ger many, France,- Great Britain, Italy. Belgium. Irish Free state. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa. India. Poland. Ja pan and Cseccho-Slovakia. in ad dition to the United States. ' ' .: SAILS FOR HOME SAN FRAJJCISCO, July 20, (U P) Manuel Queson, president of the Philippine senate, sailed for Manila today after an extended visit , in the United States. Russian Princess Ends Career In Hollywood Jail ' N . HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. July 20. (UP) The Russian revolution. Paris, New York and Hollywood, wealth and great want, are woven Into the story of Princess Frances Rostislaroria Olorltxine, 33, for mer Now York society leader, and her aged mother, Mrs. Ellen Stev ens Probst. The dramatic story was reveal ed when the Russian princess was arrested today on charges ot grand theft because she was al leged to have stolen clothing and table linen from two Russian girls who worked as extras In motion pictures. The mother, S3 years old, was ill and unable to loave her bed. The daughter, who was said to have married the Russian Prince Dlmtrt Glorltilne shortly after by incendiary FIRE, BELIEVED Automobile Entirely Demolished In Mklaight Blaae Second Hrn of Hnspktotn Origin No Insurance Carried. Mrs. Calvin Bates. 2SI1 Recla mation avenue, and her email son, awakened last night to find their horn In flames, and their automobile, narked Just outside the wall of th house, biasing violently. A strong odor ot kero sene was ' noticeable about th premises, firemen reported, when they arrived. It waa aald n- firemen that somebody had evidently doused tbe automobile and the side and under portion of (he tram house with kerosene and applied n match. It waa the second time tbat Mrs. Bates' ear hid been Ignited. she aald last night. The car was ruined by the tire. but tbe fir department, careen ing over the rough and cut-up streets ot Mills addition, arrived in time to save th bona. Dam age to the residence will not be - (Cosulanaed am Fas) Six) ' Veterans Make Record Trip to . Lake and Return What la believed to be a rec ord round trip from the rim of Crater lake, to the lake and back, ill mad yesterday by Ray Weston and Claude Nyberg. both veterans, belonging to Battleship Oregon poat No. 1472. Portland, Oregon. . . - ' Tbe two young men went down the lona. windlnc rim trail, rest ed seven minutes at the waurtU edge, and reached tbe rim on t he- return trip Jnst 37 minutes after their daoarture. "We Jnst touched th water It felt too cold for swimming." Weston remarked. It was the first trip the two men had made to the lake and both were full ot praise for the scenic gem of the Cascades. George Nolan Gets Eight een Months .Eighteen months in the state meted out to George Nolan, who'"1 box tnctorien-wlll bejlslted. was found guilty In the circuit court last Tuesday of injuring a. person when driving an automo bile while under . the Influence of liquor. '. Nolan, It was held, drove his car into the back end of a Copco truck last June, breaking both lege ot Joe Long, Copco employe, who waa riding oa tbe rear end of the truck. Nolan Immediately drove on without ascertaining what injuries he had done, but was arrested IS mlnntea later on Main street in a very Intoxicated condition, testimony showed. SIO.OOO HART BALM ' LOS ANGELES. July 20(UP) A verdict for 210.000 was return ed by a Jury today that heard the alienation ot affections suit brought by Mrs. Rose Miller against Mrs. Ann Mae Mnllin. Mrs. Miller asked 130.000 for the love of her husband, Joseph Miller. the World war, Is a ..Wellesley graduate, Investigators said. - The princess and her husband lived abroad for a number ot years, enjoying continental so ciety. Later she returned to New York to live with her mother. Mrs. Probst's husband died In 1922. leaving a large estats to his widow and daughter. The two women went to Con necticut, where Princess Frances leased a stock farm and ran a race horse establishment. . She returned again to the continent and lived In Paris, London and other centers. 11 Constantly, police said, her wealth dwindled. - ..' . A few months ago they came to the Pacific coast, stopping at San Francisco. The princess (Continued oa Page live) piayer UI vj uii kj lu 1 Employee Captured Authorities Hal ding Man Whose Finger prints Tally With Fugitive's. CONDON, Ore., July 20. (UP) Answering the des cription of John Meek, al leged murderer of Johnnie Ansel, of Klamath Falls, a young man is in the county jail here held awaiting the arrival of Klamath county officials.. - : ' He waa arrested at a county road oonstrdctlon camp today. He gave the name of Ja4rMUIer and denied. the. charge- Hi de scription and fingerprints corre spond with loose ot Meek, police say. - "i -Officer -believe Miller has been working at the construction camp as a blacksmith for about two week. Ho came Here from Portland- '" MaeUe Gone. . Deputy Sheriff Louis Mueller could not Ue reached by tele- SU) . VETERANSTAKE LAK&40URNEY . About 90 Vet and members bt the Ladle Auxiliary , who are here attending the eighth' annual HNnnMil nf Ihm VetArana hf Foreign Wars enjoyed a motor trip to Crater Lake yesterday as a feature of entertainment by tbe Klamath hosts. . - Returning lo the attarnoon. the Vets stopped near Fort Klamath, where they were honored with a barbecue, n courtesy extended by Pelican Feat 128. Tbe final day ot th conven tion open this morning. During the day there will be motor trips over th city, when various mills This evening at the Altamonl pavliicn will be staged "Tbo Grand Military Ball." with Jack Bowrlng and his orchestra pro viding the music. This affulr will be the big wind-up of the encampment which baa been held here the past week. Breaks Window to Ease Peevishness EUCENB. July 20. (UP) Be cause h tried to get work and couldn't In Klamath Falls, ear nest Losh, 23, Long Beach. Calif, started to avenge hlmseir on so ciety here (pday by breaking a plate glass window. n "Now I'll get a dinner for nothing," he said as he was lock ed up In Jail on a charge of malicious destruction ot personal property. Flapper Fanny Says: .'nut t. or. ) IMS, BV MA.SUwCC, INC. :11 Youth Is slowing down. Now adays it takes a girl DO year to roach 80. , " "1..'. ' .