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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. ,
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