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The Klamath Hews "THROW A WA Y YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN" The Klamath News The Klsmath Nev.i Official Paper County of Klamath Official P M City of Klamath 1". ' Vol. 6, No. 134 Price Five Cents, .'" v. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THRSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1928 (Every Morning Except Monday) ' if HOOVER : TO STMtT EAST T ODAY Newell Testifies For Cross State Line Public Service Com mission Rate Expert , Say. Line Will Pay From Beginning PORTLAND. Aug. 15. (U D If a croM-Htati ruilroad Is built find if it ha a went- rrn Orcjcon connection, it will pay from the bi-fc-iniiinii J. P. Newell, rale expert for -''(ho Orexon public service rommiHion, told tho Inter- Ui to commercu commuwion hearing toduy. Newell waa called la I ho stand by Hie Onion conimlsalou to of fer evidence (n support of the rommlsalon'a petition for new , railroad crossing the slate from east lo west. The statement, without quali fication, was made by Newell when ha waa being cross-exam-Ined by attorney for railroads sorting Orexon. all of which op pose tho Oregon iwtltlun. John (Continued on l'n Tbrral GRAFT CHARGES MADE IN SOUTH l.OS ANtiKI.KH. AUK. IS. (UP) Charges that a fund of Ilea. Oot had been aet aaldo by the . Routhera California gaa company for the rorruptlon of public of ficials were made In court today. The asaortlon waa a more by the dofemu) In the trial of K. K. Sweeney fanner employe of the company, who la charged with having embetiled auma amount ing lo nearly f luu.ooo. Joseph llyan. allnrney fur the defense declared , In his opening alatemeiil that he would attempt lo abow the company had cre ated tho enorraousj fuud lo cor rupt city officials In order lo , torn re abandonment of tract cf land which were desired. He named three former offi ciate an being Implicated In the asserted corruption. The money which Sweeney la alleged lo have stolen went Into the graft fund, tho attorney nld. Marines, Bandits , Nicaragua Clash MANAGUA, MnruKua. Aug. IS, l!l') Marino patrols clashed with bandit forces agulu today, killing four and capturing fire. Tho patrol, under Lieut. Kdson, . which last week Inflicted heavy casualties on. Sundlno Iroopa, to day encountered a group on Ihe Coco rlver.Tho ongaKemenl, near Kspuunlita, waa ahurt anil no mnrlno casualties were reported. It wan believed that the bandit group encountered today wan & purl of the forco scattered lust week by the aamo marine patrol. Stork Delays $6,000,000 Job BAN FhANCISOO, Aug. 15 (UP) Construction of a ,- iA 000,000 municipal building hero waa delayed at least ona week today because His stork was winging Its way to an apartment near tho' site of tho structure Andrew J. Gallagher, coun ty supervisor, and J. P. Hol land, contractor, agreed lo hold up construction when tho landlady or the apartment In tervened to prevent blnstlng until after a baby Is boru to one of her lonants. . "It will be a ,nno,000 baby If Ihe stork Is lalo and, I lose tho contract," Holland suggested. . "A new baby's worth that much anyway," Gallagher re plied, and' Holland agreed to postpone blasting.. , . NOTE FOUND IN BOTTLE MAY BE AMUNDSEN'S Written , on Paper Pound an Kr-thcrland Island In North Hen Compared Willi KiplorT's. Thought Authentic. UlNHON, Aug. U. (UP)- Des patches to Die Dally Mall from The Hague tonight sold that the Norweglau minister ut Amster dam announced an apparently genuine message from -Koald Am undsen, noted esplorer who waa loat while participating In the espedllions seeking the crew of lb wrecked polar dirigible Italia hsil buen found In a bottle near Itottiitnfroog. The innaaage. which was eufn pared with Amundsen's handwrit ing and was' said lo be authentic, gave the position of Ihe es plorer and bis party. , I llnttemfroog Is In Ihe Nether land Island In the North Sua. . Amundsen and four companions have been missing since- they started In a French seaplane to anarch for Ihe Italia parly. The message Indicated only Ih limglludo In giving Amund sen's position. It read: "July I, 1821. eiglity-rour degrees, 2s minutes east. ItOAf.D AMUNDRKN." Eight Pay Liquor Fines; Partlow Case Held Over F.ixh! persons pleaded guilt lo liquor charges yoaterduy In Justice I -cm I,, Uughagen's court. Joseph Walters was fined $20 or ten days In lull on a charge of disturbing the peace, and tho case agulusl Lewis and K. N. I'srllnw. brothers,' rharged with robbery by forco aud rloleuca waa Jnkea- under advlncmrnt by Ihe Judge until lodsy. Two who were arrested yesler day for liquor violations, .Mrs. J. I.. Curuaw, sate; and Charles Miller, a . previous offender for possession, paid a fine of 150 each. His offenders arreated Tueaday appeared, pleaded gnllly and were sentenced and fined. Myrtle Pouts sale, was fined I3u0 and ISO days in Jail. Wanda McKennln, saie: and possession. $200: J. L. Cur no w. sale. $.100 and ISO days In Jail: J. M. Muffle, ssle and trans portation. SiOO. ISO dars In toll! James O. t, .sole and trans portation, itruo and 150 days in Jiill; K. I.. Myers, sale und pos session, tl'on and six months In Jail. Wanda Mi Kennle and K. I.. Myers paid their fines. The Jail sentences Imposed will be sus pended when Ihe fin- Is paid. County officers say that more arrests are to follow. They are also going lo adopt the practice In the. cano of persistent violators who have children dependent, of filing charges lo show why Ihe children should not be adjudged delinquent. Redwood Traffic Hindered by Delay Tourists contemplating dstvlng over the Itedwood highway 'now are warned that there will be n deluy of 30 minutes to one hour ut n slide below Crescent City, and that oiling is going on near Patricks creek. Visitors are cautioned lo drive slowly In those places. Tills In formation Is given out by the Klamath falls branch of tho Ore gon Stnto Motor association to thoHO who contemplate a trip through the Redwood country. Fo ur Applications To Build Are Filed O. A. Smith, 707 South Sixth slroet, has applied for a permit lo coustmict a one-story commercial building, 60x100, at an approxi mate rest of iS, 000. - The build ing will be occupied by a lire storo and repair shop-. Other permits applied for are: ltuth Kropger, garugo; I.loyd V. Wray, HID Mon Claire streel, ro l model dwelling; I., 11. (tuns, re model garago. - grand ji-kV ixuhth MKIICKD. Calif.. Aug. lb. (U P) Grand Jury Indictments were returned Into toduy against An ions Ncgra and Robert Doluchl for ths murder of Ralph Amahlle. shoep rancher, near Los lianos throe weeks ago. . . , Cooper Ahead Of Begg In Ohio Race Dry Candidates Lead, Burton Ahead for Short Term;' Fess Unopposed COLUMBUSj O.. Aug. 15 (UP) Myers Y. Cooper, of Cincinnati took a lead of several thouxand vote over Jamea T. Begg, of Sandusky in tho republican guberna torial race tonight, accord ing to unofficial returns of all but 24 precincts in the atate. The totals were: Cooper, 260,784 j Begg, 256,317. ' l Dry Win For Ilia most part, dry forces In Ohio were victorious In I ho election results.' Candidates who ran on radically wet platforms failed to win large support, es pecially In rural dlslricta. and the Anti-Saloon Ix-ague ' candidates were apparent nominees. In the democratic race for Ihe gulternatnrlsl nomination, bow ever. Peter Wilt, a modification advocate, made substantial gains (Continued on fag Three .; oustddeputy wants office EUGENE. Ore.. Auk. 15. (I P) A uew candidate for sheriff of , Ik county has etnerjeed from the seiiKatluiial scandal that hu ha ken the county law enforce ment office. Melvln Turnbul!, whose resignation an deputy was requested by Hhertrf Frank Tay lor, announced that he will run independently Against Karl Luck ev. republican, and Harry Brown,1 democratic nominee. v Cordon 8. Wo I Is. resigned dep uty district attorney, mild he would demand a grand Jury in venttKAtlon bf the affair which resulted in hi resignation. Bheriff Taylor han aked Cor. I. L. Patterson to appoint an im partial investigator. ANNUAL FARM CROP TOUR WILL BE HELD NEXT WEDNESDAY The annual farm cropa tour of the Klamath project will be held Wednesday. August 22. It was announced yesterdsy by C. A liouderson, county agricultural agent. The tour will follow a sot lime schedule so tbit those who do not wish to lake tbs en tire lour ran attend ..the part that InteresUMhem. The tour will take In as many farms In ths county where experi ments or methods are used as Is possible during the day. Pro fessor ' tlyihip of Oregon State Agricultural college will accom pany tba tour and will explain some or the experiments. (Mart at Court Howait The caravan will atart from the court houao iu Klamath Falls at :S0 a. in., those not familiar with the lour are requested to start at thut place. The sched ule for the day with the demon strations which will be held fol lows. a. m. U. K. Itceder farm. Due (irure. Mr. lleeder baa a Coolidge Lauds Kellogg Treaties In Legion Speech Aboard presidential apeclal train enroute to Superior. Wis.. Aug. 19 (UP) -President Cool idge was on Ihe way back to his summer White House tonight from Waasiu where he' acclaimed Ihe Kollogg anil-war. treaty as the "outstanding step toward In ternational peaca In the d:adff since tha armistice was signed la I'll." - .., The president's address was made before a crowd of IS. 000 persons at tha Wisconsin conven tion of the American, Legion. . "It Is In-accordance with ont determination to refrain from aggression." President Coolidge told Ihe assembled veteraas. "and build up a sentiment and prac tice among natfnna mora favor- aide to peace, tint we ratified a treaty for the limitation of naval armaments made In 1921. earnestly sought for a further extension of thla principle In 1927, and have secured the con sent of 14 Important nations to the negotiations of a treaty con demning recourse to war, re nouncing It as an Instrument of national policy, and pledging each other to seek no solution (Vontlned oa rage Four) A Fish Story in Six Reels 'field of Ladlno clovor that should be of interest to everyone loathe ,'railey. While the stand In Ibis .field is not good, still this dem ! oust ration show what Ladlno i;over will do. j ? 1:20 a. m. lonard Lewis (arm. Pine Grove. A barley va riety nursery will be Inspected, containing six different varieties, tamely': Six-row barley." Trebl, wleloy, llanncbea, Marlout and t'nion Beardless. These arera all Slanted on the 4th uf May. side Iky side. This abould show the j barleys best adapted to local con Ultlona. t Wbeut I mi pert low 10: IS a. m. Ira Orem farm, ilerrill Road. A wheat variety aursery will b Inspected here, oontainlhg tha following vari eties: llurbank. Hard Federation, Helectlon 21, Marquis, Federa tion. Jlluestem, White Federation, baart, Onas, Halgaloa. These va rieties war planted April 11th. aide by side and should glvs a ; (Continued oa I'ass Three) Kelley Defense Will Hint Melius Had Chance to Km Wife ,' IXJ9 ANGELES. Aug. 1 (UP) --The defense of Leo P. Ke-y. accused of tha murder of Mrs. Myrtle Melius, bis sweetheart, will attempt ,o --reat a reason able doubt it nls guilt in the mluds of tha Jury by hinting thst her husband, Frank Mellua, had opportunity' to commit tha $rluia, IE.waa Indicated la court today. - Attorney 8. 8. Jluhn, In argu ing a motion' that bis client be released on iiall of 150,000 dis closed the probable plsna. "Assuming that Melius did get home one-half an hour before the murder was committed how long does It take lo murder a woman?" Ilahn said. Ths body of Mrs. Melius waa discovered August S oa a bed In i her homo when her husband re ) turned from a fishing trip, he reported. Kelly waa found hid ing In the house. "Kelley was only a sinner In the eyes of society not a mur derer," the attorney contended. "They met with a hug and a kiss the day Mrs. Melius was I murdered." - Kelley, a butcher, has admitted I a love affair with the society ma tron which lasted five years. Daniels Says Al Can Get All South Governor Must Not Be Pugnacious on Prohibition To Win, Ex-secretary Says ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 15 (UP) The "solid aouth" will go to the polU for Alfred E. Smith, the New York governor was assured today by Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, N. C, secretary of the navy in the cabinet of President Wilson, but the usual democratic majority below the Mason and Dixon line will be cut down if Smith's acceptance speech is displeasingly pugnacious In the matter of pi ohibition. Daniels would discuss directly with newspapermen bla confer ence with ths democratic presi dential candidate only Insofar aa to say that ha would tell Smith of "conditions la the South' M'siiu Hoft IVclal Rut speaking to newspapermen uf these aatns ondltiona, ha used words freely. : He left not lbs slightest doubt with his hemren that h would Contiuclq. la4co Three) . R0CKF0RD MEN TO START HOP ROCKFORD. III.. Aug. 15 (VP) Bert R. J. Hassell and his navigator. Parker D. Cra mer will take-off at dawn Thurs day In their monoplane "Greater Rockford" In a proposed four hop flight to .Stockholm, Sweden. Hassell announced hers late to day. The fliers received favorable weather reports from , govern ment bureaus to the United States and Canada tonight and announcod all was ready for a start at about .'6 a. m. Bad weather conditions In ths north caused postponement of the Jump this morning, j Slops are scheduled st Coch rane. Out.. Mt. Rvans, Greenland, and Reykjavik. Iceland. Court to Let Bids For Two Bridges . ' Bids for the construction of two bridges will be opened by the county court Saturday. Aug. 25, It waa announced yesterday by K. B. Henry. - county engineer. The largest bridge to be con structed la to span Sprague river at the town of Sprague River. It Is to be 183 feet in length .and will Involve approximately 50.000 feet of lumber.' About three wtfeks ago a ten-ton truck crashed through the old bridge at this point. ' ' . The other bid Involves Ihe con struction of a bridge across Wood river noar the Weed ranch and is lo be 87 feet in length. About 18.000 feet of lumber will be necessary for this project. Group to Inspect Rocky Point Road A party of Klamath Falls. men. headed by B. B. Henry, county englnocr, left yesterday to look over ths Rocky Point road. Tho road Is In very bad condition, and there Is a question of who Is to fix It. v The road la In the national forest and county officials say that the road should be main tained by the forest service. The forest service men say that the county should maintain the road. The group were Judd Short, Nate Otterbeln and Earl C. Rey nolds. Thejr wm return this evening. . ,. , MORRIS DEAD, MISS BUTLER IS CHAIRMAN Is First Woman to Hold Job of Republican Htate Committer Mead Takes Over Oath-a at Once. . NEW YORK, Aug. 15. (UP) The death of George K. Morris. republican state committee chair man, raised a unique situation In New ork political campaigns to night. For ths first time In history a woman will be bead of the state 'party machine, Sarah Schuyler Butler, vice chairman of the atate republican committee, succeeding to the chairmanship. Morrla died suddenly today of a cerebral hemorrhage while alsue In his room at the Drake hotel. Miss Butler, daughter of Nich olas Murray Butler, was notified at her Southampton home and started immediately for New York to take charge of ths cam paign affairs. Morrla rose to political prom inence In New York nnder former Governor Nathan Miller. He waa 4. one of tha youngest men ever to hold a republican chairman ship In the. atate. Before hla se (Contlaed on Page Foar) City Street Work Progressing Fast, One Unit Finished Satisfactory progreaa la report ed in the city improvement pro gram by C. C. Kelley. city engi neer.. Unit 69 has been com pleted and will be open for traf fic in about three weeks. . - Unit 6$ includes the work on Commercial, Broad, )fn and WU row- streets. The project inciade 25.000 square yards of seven Inch vibrollthlc paving, 50,000 square feet of sidewalk, and sew ers to drain ths territory. Work on this nnit was done, by Dunn A Baker, contractors. East Main street Improvement, nnit 71, which consists "of 20,000 square yard of six-inch Warren- ite bltullthte pavement, will be completed In about four days. Work on Alameda, across Mon Clairo street, which is the thor oughfare to the new Union blgh school, will be finished in about two days. It will be open In four weeks. In time for school traffic. This la known as unit 78 and la constructed of six-Inch concrete. Grading has been completed and sewers have been laid In pro jects (7. Oregon avenue; (S. Portland and Pacific terrace; and 77. Spring street. . Paving on these contracts will be completed before lnclemeut weather sets in, it is stated. Warrenite bltullthic will be laid on project (7. Pro ject 77 will be a combination, a 2 2-toot center strip will be black top with a 19-foot strip of con- Publicity Stops Twins' Operation NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (UP) Dr. Francis Weston, who said last week he planned an opera tion to seperate Mary and Mar garet Gibb, known as the "Siamese twins," announced that the operation had been postponed because of "sensational public ity." - When the twlna were brought here for examination It was said the operation was prompted by a desire of Margaret to marry. Grass Fire Calls Out Fire Truck The fire department was called ont yesterday on a call to "put out a big tire or everything Vlll burn up." The blaxe proved to be a grass tire beyoud the Sixth Street Lumber company grounds It was under control when the tire truck arrived and U was not necessary to unroll the hose. T. S. RKXGMZKM MTADOH WASHINGTON. Aug. IB. (UP) The present Ecuadorian gov eminent was officially recognized by tho United States today. Rec ognition was withdrawn In 1525. I Secretary 'of Stnta Kellnes? ad vised Ecuador that this country was convinced of its good Inten tion to return to a constitutional government. Candidate ToConfer On Farm Aid Plan Conference of Those Interested Called for Three Days Next Week PALO ALTO. Calif.. Auk. 15. (UP) -Farm tenants, ttJitnH . I 1 J 1 .1 wn aiiu uciu uttima us the middle west are being" invited to sit down with Herbert Hoover at a three. day series of round table discussions in Iow nert "ecu tu una auous tne Hoover plan of farm relief. The Renubllcan nraaldaatlal nominee has authorised hia cam palgn managers to aummoa ev ery in tr reatf-d aartv . ska will come to thresh ont with him the details of the three fold agricul tural . relief program which he laid down ' In bis faeceplanea ment tonight from his campus home.- . - V Hoover pro noses lo amplify his STRATON SAYS' - OHlFTil . BaYs"kTl?a : XM.3L- ujtjirjcaj CtENTVOOD LAKS,' N. Aug. IS (IP) Tho Rot. Dr. John i Roach. Straton.- pastor of Calvary "TJsptUt church, foalght reiterated bis Ulogatlonj that Coy. Alfred E. Emitb, democratic preildejtlU nominee, waa tha enemy cf "ovary ceasura of rtghtojus reform." . , The f-h&rraa a-. .1 .n in. tera to Joaephua Daniels, sec re tary of the navy In ths WUsoa administration, and to Senator natter ueorge ox ueorgia.. H In the letter to George. Dr. Straton charged Smith with the enthusiastic advocacy of every measure calculated either to pro tect or advance the liquor Inter, eats and the forces of ramhllnW and prostitution." . . .j Governor SmlthT. Straton wrote! Is trying to dodge the proposed debate with the pastor. . , County Officers ;.v Arrest Three When county 'officers ' visited the home of rienny Lance, in Altamont Acres last night they found 34 bottles of beer, abont 500 empty bottles and the owner. The bottles were broken and the owner arrested on a hcarge of possession of intoxicating liquor. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown. (18 Willow street, were arrested and charged with the sale of liquor. Frank F. Lane, Midland, was taken Into custody, charged with assault With a datifffkmii. WMnnn . Flapper, Fanny Say: When father casts bis dough upon the . daughters. It is re lumed in the form of sons-la-law, r ; . ... tA V " fit ass ua est. err. Y Cms, sy st stswr. we. J
