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The Klamath News "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN" The Klamath News Official Paper The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath City of Klamath Vol. 5, No. 223 Price r. S KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1928 (Every Morning Except Monday) Crew Of Courtney .Picked Up By Ship Flight Across Atlan tic End in Middle of Ocean; All Mem bers Safe NKW YORK. Auir. ?. (U p) The Atlantic transport , line's Htfumship Minnowus ka radioed tonight that it had rescued Captain Frank t Courtm-y and hi three com panion, who were forced down thin morniiiK. while attempting an airplane fliKlit from the Azores to this country, via Newfound land. The lnriu, which come to Ilia Itaillu Marino corporation from the commander ol (ha Mill newaska Mid: "llesrued Courtney "d his crew from plane. A'l ell. Po sition it degrees, 1.' mltuitos north latitude: 31 degrees, five minutes went longitude." The mcssagn limed la In dicate thnl Ihe rescue took plmo at 10 p. ui. lireenwlih mean time or 6 P in. eastern stsunaru i into. The message from the master of the Mlnneawaska confirmed Vnlied Press reports carried nt (Continued on Pae Four I M. B. MARTIN HURT IN WRECK j M. II. Martin of this city au- talti4 a fractured arm. and ; brulnr and cuta In an automohlle accident on the Lakevlew high way lale Wednesday afternoon. Martin, who Is connected with Johnny Houston In the Insurance business, was en route lo Lake view on business when a pausing motorist crowded his car into the loose gravul. On hia aide of Ihe road was a 200-foot drop, but with a dexterous turn of the wheel, Martin avoided going over Hie bank. The car shot across the road and turned completely over and Martin waa flung from It. The Injured man was rushed to a local hospltul, where his rendition last night was reported as fuvnmhlo. Mrs. Martin Is duy clerk al the Kerns hotel. Condition of Vare , Reported Improved ATLANTIC CITY. N. J . Auk. I 2. il'PI Senalor-elect Wllllmn H. Varo of Pennsylviinln was ro- 1 ported "slightly better" early t- iilKltl but still In serious contll-1 tion. Vare. who suffered aslroke of paralysis Wcdnesduy nlxlil. had been at his summer home nt Ventnnr City fur seversl .nonths. i The stroke caused temporary j loss of use of one aldo of hla liody. physicians snld. II was not ST. CATIIAiclNKfl, On!.. Ann. known whether tho loss of use j 2. (Jl Tho dentil list In l In ml ofono arm and leg would liOliipsu of a lock in the Niw WHI pormniieiit. and cnnnl remained nt eight toilny Vare liiul been mi a fishing with thirteen Injured In linx- (rip. returning WcdnomlHy night a few hours before he was strick en. Strenuous exercise was blamed for the stroke. Vsre waa olected to the senate In 1926 but was refused his seat because of charges of cxcoslvo rampniKii expenditures. Male Models Refuse To Parade For "Those Men" NEW YORK. Aug. 2, (UPI Tho word went out today that the fashionably attired mule this fall will appear In ensemble (yes, Indeed, nu ahnsahmnl) outfit, and If he doesn't, ho might Just as well have halltosln. Two hundred crltorlons of what's what In pants nnd nork tlns gathered In a grey end silver suloii In Madison nvonuo nnd Applauded tho now dictate vigor ously while thoy wnlted for the first showing of the new cren tlons on the first male living modols over to appear tu New York. A sluge, set In ornngo nnd or- clild, was prepared at ono end :SBigCrowd IN "FOX CASE Qe A Allcimi). fin- lllikiium Will Tarry Ciim' lo Nuprrliie Court U Kvery Possible Mfurt lu lie Mmlo lu I'lrli'lll or Invito rUcrulloll. I. OS ANCKI.KH. Auk. 2, IL'I'l The fight lo euvs III llfo of WIKIum Edward lllikman today entered Its final pluso. Attorneys for the slayer of Marlon Parker, notified Dial I ho atutn auiireniu court dad denied a petition for rehearing of their appeal. preured to curry the rase to i ha United Stales su-prt-m court. Every possible method lo pre rent, or delay, death of "the Kox" on Ihe gallows will be uaed. Itlrharil I'antillon of counsel llitluiited. ""; C'utiailtiitlonaliiy of Ihe atate IllKattlty art will lie Btlm-ked. (Conlluucd on Tago His) Spanish Aviator Abandons Flight Around the World NKVIl.l.A. Kpaln. Auk. J it' I Pl Commander lumon I-rancn, j Klamath Kaglerork Sulea com HpkiiInIi aviator, haa abandoned i puny, took ancoud money In the all plana for his propoaed fllltht j slic k" race, and dlrlded around the world In 40 daya, he honors with three other pilots In announced today. !a four-lap raio which fulled to Franco, who landed at Porlofjg,, tu roinpletlon because of a Huelva Wednesday due to enitine ! rlinputed course. Ir.illlil Mfl.tr lakllltf .iff frnin ... I -.1.1,-. I. In Cadis with hla three companions which a pilot climbs to a Klven ! NEW YOIIK, Auk. I. (UP) on the first lex of hla fllltht. said j altitude, shuts off hla motor, and George N. Peek, western farm Ms plane waa ao badly damaged ; attempts to land his machine as leader mud former republican, to Ihat the time necessury to repair near In a mark as possible. Illlljduy endorsed Gov. Alfred ft. II and put tho motors In condi- ,,,n would make It Ion late for : favorablo w rather cuhdltloni for th flight thin xar. An PkamlnatUtn of Ilia plane today atiowrd that on of th i pontouns fl badly da ma unit. The piano la hvliiK towed to Cadlx. The tHke-off which disrupted Fianco'i pinna la con Id e red oue of the tnnnt darhif that haa evor been wltneaaeri. After two un aurruBeful attenipti to Rut the plane Into the air. Frnnro had t !,! at. ths, (.w s.n.1 II I. as . k--.... .i.ilKu enore. i ne p.an. nowerer. The plans, however, I IBBIlt'll II-UII7 UK l( I IIH I I IIP al!- f.na of the watnr hoforo rlalnx. It In hellen-d Hint thin conlncl of tho hoavy plane pllt tho pon toon. Others Believed Involved in Crime MKXICO CITY. Auk. 2. t'P!"e slate school funds alone. Jose de Leon Torsi. assuKsltialor From tho brink. Ihe mine pit of President -elect Ohregon. was Kve tho appearance of a cleft in not nlone involved In Ihe crime. 'the eanh'a side that had been but had others buck of him. ac cordlnK lo n slntemetit Issued to day by (Jovernment Prosecutor Cerrea Nloto. Nleto dftrlnrod thai he believed hal Toral was a mettilior of a 'Z rrorlat orKnnizntlon which met uenlly and talked over the possibility of assasslunling lead ers of the Kovornment. This gives the act every ap pearance r.f lining one other than tliul of a religious fiimitlc. Nleto ilecliired . Gate Death List Remains at Eight piluls. Two of Iheso ts-e.ro in jured sn seriously that llu.o hope was held fr Ihelr recov-.iry. Tl.o luck gnto fell yesterday. The property danin'to was placed at 160.000 by K. S. Mat tien? chief cnoinocr and ninnnirer 'of tho Steel Gates company. of the salon for tho pnrado of the models. Spcerhes liy fash ion authorities prefaced their ad vent. The speeches came to an end and ull eyes turned to the door through which the. flrl mule In America to model In public was about to appear. Ho did tint appear. No one uppenrod. It was a big disap pointment. Paul Thompson, advertising ill rootor for tho exhibition, finally explained that thero had bocn a last-minute strike among tho liv ing models. "Wild horses couldn't drag me out there In front of nil those (Continued on Page Fiinr) uivo nil Circus In Medford Kammer Takes Sec ond Money in "Dead Stick" Race; Rankin Wins Stunt Flying Five thouwand people gathered at the fuir grounds near Medford yesterday af ternoon to see the aerial circus HtaKi'd under the aus pices of the American Legion. There waa a generous sprlnk tlnjc of Klamath Kails peop'o hriuiliout the crowd, which wit-, lll'KIH'fl .'-. niuu. ;..., -, rhuto dron and eky writing un- til after o'clock, Krank Katnmei. p. lot for the Keatle. tlyliiK an Kuglcrork from Portland, stopped with his wheels j on Ibe center or tne tine, nam mer missed by 30 feet. Tci Itan kln. of the Itankln flyitiK arhool, , (Conllnucl on pm four) CAL INSPECTS BIG COAL MINE J VIRGINIA. Minn., Auk. . U 'pi President Coolldxe today viewed one of tho nioit romantic In the Industrial life of (e Bood on brlnk of lhe .Miysabe mountain mine here and ; looked down hundreds of feet I onto a tno-arro trad, valued at throe billion dollars, that a Ken oral In the Amortcan army bir terod to the atate some years ago for a tiny strip of almost worth less farm land. Sln.-e Jho trade the mine has paid more than f23.uuo.000 Into corroded by a spiteful Rod in prltnevnl ages. Terraco on ter race of furied Vermillion, blended with shades of opnl. rose from tho pit tu tho uppermost ledge. Yes, Some fM&0 ( TUE WORLD HAS ifw gone to pot! a j ftv Jrnf i4jjj 1 FARM PAPER EDITOR ASSURES HOOVER OF MID-WEST SUPPORT HV P.W I. II. M.U.MI.V l nll.il I'm) Mlaff rorreauoiulrat I'ALO ALTO. Calif.. Auk. 2. (IT) -The hoi quadrennial de bate over who haa Ihe farmers' vote waa officially luauKursled hire today when Hoover leadera opened their rebuttal of newa from the eaat ronrernltiK Ihe ac tivities of OeorKO N. Peek. Ill) nola farm leader with (invernor Alfred K. Kmllh, the democratic nominee. iJante fierce. Des Moinea ed Hnr cf a number of farm Jour nala. railed neon the republican presidential candidate to loll him ha need (ul credit -Peek a asser llnna about what Ihe farmers are going to do. "The farmer of the mid-west have no faith In Tammany."sld Tierce to the nominee and later to newapapermen. "Mr. Peek wspspcrmen. "Mr. recs not represent Ihe sentiment rim i .r Ihe main hodv of the farmera. He la , oemurrai, nil iiwsji wwa in iwt. wi democrat and the mcnlllon work west of Plttaburih. i been who are associated with him are democrats. "1 believe Mr. Hoover will lose Relief Leader to Back AIE. Smith in Coming Contest Smith of New York for president. peek sild he waa won over to i the democratic candidate .after , hearing his views on farm relief. ' He promised to work among the fnrmors for Hmltb's election. Peek made his declaration after I Smith. lengthy conference with who himself Issued a statement recognlilng the need of agricultural relief based on the principle that lis cost' must "be Imposed on the unit to be benefitted," w hich Is also Ihe . placed the men under arrest., principle of the equalization fee Marple and Caronna were said for which Peek and the corn to have had letters of introdac bclt committee he heads is still tion from, other California sher aKltatlng. Smith, did not come iffs. out specifically for the eoualiu-; purine: the negotiations, it was lion fee. the so-cslled "heart" , tmated that Marple and Coron- of the McNury-Ilangen bill wnirn President Coolldge recently vet oed for the second time. Swift Killed in Auomobile Wreck MILL CITY Ore.. Auc 2. (U PI Newton killed today A. Swift. 6 1. was when a car driven by Mrs. Swift, an Inexperienced have been opened with t'irl Wal drivcr. plunged 75 feet from an lace, deputy sheriff, wh i was to embankment three miles east of have received part of the $2,000, Niagri on the Detroit highway, which was to "be split aricugtbe Mrs. Swift wa Injured. 'boys." Folks Have All the "Luck!" only two stales west of Ohio Montana and Arliona." fierce caught the nominee as soon as he disembarked from the ferry at Ran Francisco returnlitK from s five-day vacation trip throufh northern California and southern OreKon. Ha hopped In a taxi with Hoover and rode 30 miles to Ihe campua home of the nominee. He made plain he did not de sire to enter any controversy with Peek. He said be wanted only lo clear up a situation he be lieved had not been properly pre sented to the public. Pierce haa lonK been polit ical leader of prominence In Iowa. He waa associated In 1924 with the Independent movement Haeklllr election of the lute I'cn. jntnr Itohert M Lafollette. ' tioover aiso receiveo a reiwn . IdurliiK the day from Nathan Wl Hoover also received a report liam MacChesney. CblcaKO. sbl .MacChesney was manager of (Jen- eral Leonard Wood s campaign t I (Continued on lae Four) Bribe Plot Exposed By Peace Officers Of Ventura County VKNTUIIA. Calif.. Aug. 2. (U i) An alleged attempt to bribe Ventura county peace officers was exposed here today with the arrest of Lee Marple, former through the neck, with a 22-cali-deputy sheriff of San Bernardino, bre rifle which lay on the floor, and Charles Coranna, Los An- His purse was missing and ao geles bail bond broker. I was the boy whom Dewey had Representatives of the district attorney's office. In an adjoining room heard Marple and Caronns offer sums amounting to S2.000 i weekly for liquor manufacturing : eriYiieges ana tne ngni to con uct aisoraerty nouses " the ttlleged offer was made lo Sheriff Robert E. Clark, who na had "done business" with wn weaning ring sua other offlcera in the state andlrl" " td .furnished the that the offer to the Ventura men j principal hope of identification was higher than that usually paid, i of the woman. Clark reported. j Her scalp, covered with close- The alleged bribe was lo have ' ly cut blonde hair, bad ,been been on the basis of liquor out- badly lacerated. The right leg put, at $1 for each barrel of had been severed and the body liquor produced. The general price. It was said, was 75 cents: per barrel. I j Negotiations also were said lo Officers Searching ForYoung ChoreBoy 15-Year-Old Qfisnet A llAmnls T(i wusetvi nkiiiiiks a v L7 I 1 ' U 1 Z ocii var oeionging to Victim PORTLAND,. Aug 2. (U P) Police of Roaeburg, Medford, and northern Cal ifornia cities were asked by the Multnomah sheriffs of fice tonight to watch for Rex Mead, 15-year-old boy - - J J who is SOUIfht for the mur- j r ... i .-. i , . r ricnd, fcphrtam JJewey, bO, well known retired Portland .newspaperman. The lad was traced from here to Salem, where be tried unsuc- cessfully to sell car which bears Dewey's Ford O.'gon license No. 118-054. Dewey's body was found sit ting in a chair before Ibe table of his suburban home near here j today. The table still contained . tbe remains of what appeared to i be a Wednesday noon meal. He I 'had been shot from behind. (Continued on Pace Sx) DISCOVERY OF CORPSE MADE HOLLYWOODr-Augv J. -(UP) The mutilated, nude body of a woman was found tonight In a canyon at the outskirts of the city. A bullet had pierced the right temple and police found a cart ridge shell 100 feet from the body. otherwise butchered. Search of a wide radius about the canyon tailed lo uisclose any clothing she might have worn. The body evidently had been in the canyon about 30 days, but despite its condition, police es tablished the woman's age as about 30. It was believed she hid been a woman accustomea to leisure and expert personal care. Police tonight Investigated the murder for a connection with the killing of John I. Glab. million aire liquor racketeer. The body was said to correspond with de scriptions of the mysterious "wo man In white" who was seen floelng from the Glab automo bile shortly, after the murder. RKPOKTKRS IJKATKX MKMPH1S. Tenn.. Aug. 2. (A) One reporter for the Memphis Evening Appeal was arrested and placed In jail today and several others were said by the paper to have been "beaten up", in en counters at polling places in to day's state-wide primaries. Ke- porters with cameras were sent ! nere. ana jacous ... uutnuts to the rolls by both the Evening j Both aviation enthusiasts. Appeul and the Commercial Ap- They returned late last night, peal. The cameras of a number I highly satisfied wilh the pcr woro smashed. I formancc. Gene Quits Ring Account Of Injury; Fear Insanity NEW YORK.' Aug. 2. (UP) Tho vorir nntiv ,vl in a copyrighted story published to night under the signature of Paul Gaffles, News' sports editor, stated that It had learned from the lips of Gene Tunney that he retired from the heavyweight boxing throne lo savo his sanity. The story sots forth that Tun ney give this version of his re tirement to Gulllco and another Bports writer In the presence of a tew personal friends. An accident during the course of his training tor tho second bout with Jack Deropsey the Chicago fight was responsible TWO POLES HOP OFF ON FLIGHT ACROSS OCEAN II nl now-like AvUtrfn Head ."ten Over Atlantic at First Favor able Weather; Venture Financ ed by ! llith Government. I.E BOUROET FIELD. France. Auk. . (Friday) (UP) Two Polish filers Louis Idtlkooski and Caslmlr Kubla left here at 1 6:41 a. n. on projected trans Mlirder Atlantic rilKht to New York. Their Am lot airplane, power- 1 e(j Ith a 1(0 horsepower Lor- alne-Oletrlch motor, rose slowly from the runway after a heavy run of 900 yards. The pointed her nose westward and disap peared over Paris Just &s dawn was breaking.. The plane left tbe coast at Lorient. soaring rapid!? In the direction of the Asore islands. The fliers, who had been wall Inn several months for favorable CCoa tinned oa Pace Six) Railroads Made Defendants for Crane Line Case .nmivn . it,p. The deTelopm.llt of eBtlre state of Oregon has been retard ed because of the lack of a cross state railroad connecting the east and west pans. H. H. Corey, ! chairman of the Oregon public service commission, testified be fore the Interstate commerce I commission at tbe cross-state road hearing here today. Every railroad serving the state was made a defendant In the public service commission's suit to commence the construc tion of C o road. Corey told cf the promises made by both the 'southern Pa cific and Union Pacific when they were fighting for control of the Central Pacific. Coos Bay, southern Oregon and the Willamette ' valley - are as I much In need of the road, Corey I said, as the eastern and central 'Oregrn country which it will penetrate. The present hearing Is solely on the state's demand for the construction of the railroad. If the commission reacts favorably Us location will probably be an other Issue. Hearing on Phone Rates Will Be Held PORTLAND. Aug. 2. (AP) Proposed rate redactions would wipe out net earnings and par- s,uwlu' jr..... Tele prion ana Teiegrapn com pany In a formal objection filed with the city auditor today in answer to the telephone fran chise proposed by the city coun cil. The council will meet Sat urday to recelre objections and set a date for public hearing. Through its attorneys the com pany declared that it cannot ao cept the proposed franchise, be cause "to do so would, be to vio late the law of the state of Ore gon. This we will not do.' Aviation Men See Legion Air Circus O. G. Vroman. Normsn Hen- Isen. C. Latabaugh and Emll Ja cobs motored to Medford yester dsy to attend the aerial circus staged under the auspices of the American Legion. Vroman Is connected with tho Eaglerock Sales company. Han sen operates a plane of his own for Tunncy's decision, stated. the story While sparing with one of his partners. Ceno was butted over the left eye, then, before he had recovered the sparring partner let go with a terrific right to Tunney'a head which almost knocked him down. Tunney fought back anil sent his partner sprawling under the ropes, but It was several days before the i champion's head the butting and recovered from tbe bard Tight blow. Tor several days, the News' j story relates, Tunney wandered about his camp and rested In his (Continued on Page Four) Main St. Property Transfer Complete Ed Vannice Acquires Hopka . Property at Eighth and Main; Figure Unknown t One of the largest, and perhaps one of the most im portant real estate trans actions of the year was con-. gum mated this week, when. according: to county court records, Ed Vannice, owner of the Golden Rule corpora tion, purchased the W. F. Hopka property. This property has a It 5-foot frontage on Main street and 120 feet on Eighth street. The pur chase does not Include the Hopka building which Is located on the opposite corner of Eighth street. The amount involved ; In the transaction was not disclosed. Mr. Vannice stated hut night that no definite plans for Im provement of the property had been made. . This transaction will be consid ered In Importance with others which have been closed In this (Continued on Pair Six) ARGUMENTS TO BE PRESENTED BALEM, Ore.. Aug. I. (UP) Judge U H. McMahan of Marlon county my.. hear .arguments to w)rrow 1rJ -the"rrtt brought by tbe -state, - on relation of John Carson, district attorney, to re strain Earn A. Koier, secretary cf state, from placing on the bal lot at the November election an Initiative measure providing for a 60 per cent reduction la motor vehicle licenses. The measure originally waa sponsored by Senator Dunne of i Multnomah county. He later re pudiated It on the grounds that It apparently was nnconstltutlon- Ial. Senator Dunne also repudi ated his measure providing for an Increase In the gasoline tax, but this will go on the ballot at the general election. The secretary of state has filed a demurrer to the complaint filed by the district attorney. Local Boy EntersU. S. Naval Academy Herbert Campbell, well-known young man of this city and a member of the Order of DeMolay, reported for duty at tbe U. ' S. naval academy at Annapolis yes terday morning, according to a wire received by his mother. Campbell received his appoint ment from Senator McNary, and passed his examinations. - In June. Campbell went to Seattle, where he passed his physical ex amination In good shape except for a slight weakness In his left eye. However, after wearing glasses for the past two months this weakness haa been remedied. A week ago Campbell left for the east. . . Flapper Fcmny Says: Thla may be a fast one, bat there waa more bustlo In day of (&) i A mil assrorr. ' '' I QttM. OV MCA scnvicc V.Z,
