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The Klamath News
Official 'Paper
City of Klamath Falls
The Klamath i'N
Official Paper
.County of Klamath
"THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN'
Voi 5, No. 140 I'ricc Five Cento
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1928.
(Every Morning Except Monday)
SMITH STATES STAND ON ISSUES
Light..;.:
Proposal
Protest
Is Filed
60 Property Owner
Said to Have Signed
Remonstrance; Some
Say Misrepresented.
A remonstrance aguinnt
the proponed Installation of
an ornamcetul lighting ny-
K-m on Main between 2nd
utid 1 1th street, and on
11th between Main and Oak
KtreeU, was yesterday filed
in l.em L. Gnghairen's of
fice, by A. n. Collins, one of
the property owners who
would be affected. ,
II wu staled thai (0 persons
hail dinned the remonstrance and
' that number wss 83 lf rent n(
iltt property owner, who would
have lu pay uuder Ilia proposed
plan.
In lh rrnionsirnilro III" sign
pri say that they arc willing la
pay for the cniftif. liMlallatton
of the standard and equipment
bul that they in protesting
against the proposal that
pay for the cost of operation of
the Inaiallrd ayatera.
Mayor T. II. Waller, aald that
If after the names had been veri
fied thore wna n sufficient ma
jority, two-thirds, of the property
ownors agaluat the proposed pluu,
I- Mist the propoml :. wjjjtld be
dropped by the council.
Mlsrerrw-nliiilon lisriptl
Ho also ald thai there hud
v ' (Cnatinned on I'ago Two)
C., B. & Q. HEAD
MAY JOIN S. P.
NKW YOltK, Aug. 22 tfl'l
Hale Itblden, prnaldunl of the
Chicago, HurlliiKton and Uulncy
rillrosd. probably will be named
lo a high position In the South
ern Pacific railroad management.
It waa predicted here today.
Ilolden. through auch an ap
pnlnlnieut, would strengthen the
position of Arthur Curllsa Jamea,
,,,
wenlern railroad leader. In
northern and southern Irunsoon-1
tlnentul lines.
Jjinus. who has InlernstH In
Bimthem Pa.-lflr, Norlhorn Pa
cific, and tiront Northern, has
been working on the cnmplellou
of a now tranicoiillnontal route
which la lo Include a portion of
, the Denver and Klo Grande rail
road, the Denver and Salt Lake
City, and Hurllngton nllroads.
The Hurllngton line, of which
Ilolden Is president, Is controlled
by the Northern Pacific and
Great. Northern. .
Holden probably wi)iild become
vice-chairman of the Southern
Puclflc's executive committee
Another part of James' pro
gram Ir for the development of
tho Wostern Pacific as a Pacific
coast ally of the Ilurllngwin.
This move his beeu fought by
tho Southern Pacific and Santa
Ke.
llolden's appslntmont probably
would greatly Influence James'
plans for tho , transcontinental
route by effecting a peace treaty
botween tho roads. .
Tunney Wants To Be Left
'Alone, Will Wed In Paris
LONDON,
Aiig. ' 22 (UP)
Oeno Tunnoy-
-lust n manly, ro-
aorved boy not long since promt-
nont in the fieht business, rap-
Inrcd the favor of critical Bng -
llshmen today by politely asking
them to loave hlra alone. .
A hlinple but fnthor cllroct
Tunnoy statement, which never
theless displayed the Tunney eru
dition qualities, reached tho
usually calm hearts of every Bng -
llshinan who heard or read of It-; newspaper reporters and pnotog
WanU Obscurity rsphers for Tunney hnd hopod
"I want to sink as far Into oh-j Hut this ror.ont renunciation of
srurlty as possible," Tunney said 'the rlnR would bring 111 in some
when he arrived tit Plymouth ! pence of mind he rovenlcd that
from tho Maurotanla. "The Brit-1 y (CtontluucU oq Pago Three)
(' ' " ! "', t t
M')TE FOUND
,, MTTEN BY
DOKAN
Uu J.,Ml 'tJ'n IIuiiiiIiik Lou
Ilecn Hunting on Wings ......
lay. M ....oraii, Ikl. II. 1IIU7,"
Heads Miwagv IMaiwrrwl oa
Washington IWarli.
AIIKIIDKKN. Wash.. Aug. II
(UP) Tho mysterious dlssppesr
snc of lha Iwls airplane." "Miss
Ixiran," whs Is on flight from
Bin Frsnrlsco lo Honolulu laal
year, waa believed tonight to
hava been cleared up wllh the
flndlni of message In a lightly
corked bull la washed up on Weal
port beach, .near here. '
The meaaaie, written on a
atrip of paper apparently torn
from a paper baa. waa elgncd
"Miss M orall Oct !. 1927."
Ii chanclon, almoat obllioral -
cd by Ha conatant exposure to
!i',r,rhr,t,re:!PO'-tin. the railroads' con
h. . mined it declared that a Itentiona that a cross-state
waa written by a woman. raj line is neither desired
The message, partly deciphered , no a pubHc neceiwity.
'"'Gas gone. Water running I Two representative, from Kla
(t oullool on Page Four) jmath Falls. II. D. Mortenson.
' president of the Pelloin Bay
r : . :
i mill iir i iiiii
IV Via r. m
Head Raps Smith
e . n
FOr (Jimta KaSlS
U
Til'nVIl Uatt Alia?
it. ,.. ' .1... itfr
.. - .... . . a . . i
k. muiiiu a ai'manu mat inimiKra-
lion quotas l. based on 19!0 orj
l3a census flsurea will cost him
they'the votes of millions of people In
the states that "want America
kept American," Congressman
Albert Johnson, chairman of the
house Immigration committee and
author of the present Johnson
Immigration acl, today declared
the ''people are sick and tired of
t-elna' tharatencd and browbeaten
In polltlce by organised minority
groups."
"Governor Smith's objections
to the use of the 1K!I0 census aa
a quota basis correspond with
the objections made by Tammany
democrats In congress, all but
one. of whom voted against re
strictive Immigration," Congress
man Johnson said.
"That one was Charlea I. Sten
gle. whn voted for restriction ou
an appeal from hla old father and
was promptly denied another
nomination by Tammany, as far
bark as possible for census fig
urea In an effort to equalise and
balance the population of the
I'nlted Stales.
"Governor Smllh wanla tho
dote raised lo 120 or to
tno nest census. i no pwuinw uu
not. t hello vo that a greut ma
jority of the people. Including the
iold-llmo natitrnlltad, are sick and
'tired of being threatened and
browbeaten In politics by organ-
Inert minority groups.
I "While the statement of Gov
ernor Smith may add to his vote
lln Now York City. It will lose
many millions In tho states that
want America -kept American,"
the house Immigration committee
I chairman declared.
Visitors at Lake
Break 1928 Record
The record ilu for th season
of 1928 waa last Sunday at Crater
lake when Ihe number of visitors
reached the 3.000-mark. bringing'
the season's total to 80,000.
The day was Ideal for .viewing
,tlie lake and throughout Sunday
ithe rim and trails were thronged
with sightseers. The demand fur
boats St the lake shore exceeded
tho supply.
lh are famous throughout tho
world for minding their own
business anil I surely hnpo they
will do so as far as I am con-
! corned."
I.
That
llltlo slntomnitt "got
over" Just like the Tunnoy rlght
Jnb got over to ono Tom lleouey
recently. , '
- HeportrrH-Pliologrnplionl
I Confronted by an almost but
1 not, quite unexpected battery of
Klamath
Men Talk
At Road
Hearing
Mortenson and Dalton'"
Testify on Crossotate
Line Proposal Before
Commission.
' rORTLAND, Aug. 22. (U
P) The city of hlamuth
1 Vu nnnarentlv lit the only
I community in Oregon sup-
Lumber company, and W. A. Usl-
on. pre.ld.nt of the American
Naai .. th. principal
witnesses Wrdneiday. and their
lesllmony atrongly Indicated that
Klamath Falls wai U for the
rUtn..k la
, rtiiirojdi and very much Ka)nat
it he- jtate. or lu other words, the
I Pit hit H.lVlfA fO tt ttl lailOn .
i . . . - -
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Introduced
The witnesses were
by lien C. Dey. general counsel
(Continued on Pea Three)
'
FIVE DIE IN
. . , .
RESCUE TRIAL
ULAJVUU 1""lu
.., . i .bungalowa ' practically ' completed
. ... . i' ! ." .i'and Tu-adny - night he- retired
liri rive pcru!i pifou
their deaths, one by one, early
, rt.lt v a & tlt-v ratna into contact
.77'
Wlin ft l.iluvlTiiit eiccinv
each aucceedlng one dying as he
tried to help thoso who had gono
before.
In addition to the five thmTT
and, twisted bodies, the sputter-
Ing wire cf death left la Its wake
four orphaned children, lour ra-
tterlesa children and the widow
of .a man wba unhesitatingly:
went to the aid of bis neighbor.
Tho Victims :
The deed: Mr. and Mrs. Rich-
ord Miller, their sons. Wesley. U. i
and Kugene. (i; and Carl Meek,
30. They were, killed In .the the city first noticed th flames 'Ray Lawrence, agent's assistant,
yard of (he Miller home. ; about midnight and said th (Ire will leave for Port Klamath to
The high tension wire was ' burned about an hour. i visit two ranches whore crops for
broken during a high wind which! Approximately a $4,500 loss winter feeding; such at ball bar
swept this city last night. The i was sustained. Partial Insurance ley. peas and oats, trill be dem
( Continued oa Pao Two) j waa carried. ionstrated.i
1 5';. '
TRADE CONFAB
OPENS TODAY
IN LIBRARY
limine liislllute lo IhsjJji at
o'clock Thla JliM-rrtiig II. H.
SW to I'reakln Vanrc awl
Itoaworlli la Hprak Warlaj
ly'e Program.
The bualneaa' Inatltute 'lielng
held -n tbls city today and to
morrow will open 'at f o'cluct
thla maralng la the City Library
udltorlom with H. N. Moe, prs
Ident of the Klamath eountf
chamber of commerce, .presiding.
The opening address will be
delivered by Prof. H. T. Vance
and will deal with advertising,
after which a dlacuwloa of thte
aubjeel will be led by 11. N. Moe.
Prof. K. K. Boaworth and Prof.
Vance, who are here for the par.
poae of the Inatltute, will be the
principal apeakcra throughout
the day, with the following mer.
chanla leading In the naif-hour
dlacuaalnni which will be th
main feature of the two days:,
(ieorge Cunning, Fred Houston,
W. W. Southwell, Percy Krone
and II. N. Moe.
(Continued on Page Three) 1
Owner Awakes to
Find Two Houses
Burned to Ground
After a queer twist of fortune,
Kr.nk Itoynolds had the sad -
perlenre of arising Wednesday
' - ,. , nA ,h., ..i that was
Ml uf vo h0UM!, whCB belonged
K ulm were. Cders. blncksjnad
bricks, and smouldering embers.
I Itoynolds who lives Is M small
i cabin on his property about a
h' "1 ",o cn on ,Ue e,d
Fort Klamath road had two new
,h hl. hni... hl.h for he hsd
deal ou hand wherein one of. the
!new
homes would prubably be
. .
sold. '
About midnight Tuesday one of
the new residences caught fire.
, . , . J..
- "'.""':
"re oreese. .oe ""'
' hou arrt 'h1e
-j . .
" t-ll)r destroyed.
aujuiniiig en. I lie (1117a uuuu-
Reynolds, whose cabin is about
100 feet from the alte of the
houses, slept through the night.
knowing nothing of his loss. He
was unable to state when the fire
occurred, but eoveral people In
- Speaking of Dance Marathons
H.Hooyer
Will Ask
Creation
Of Board
Nominee Tells News
paper Men He Would
Demand Strong Farm
Commission.-
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa,
Aug. 22. (UP) Herbert
Hoover told 61 Iowa farm
editors in a secret luncheon
here today he would de
mand creation .of a power
ful federal farm board
"wjth wide authority and ;
ample resources to deal j
with all phases of farming."
The lea-minute apeech behind i
closed doors opened two days 'of ;
conferences planned by the ' re-',
publican presidential nominee!
wllh . farm representative who
are here from 19 atates. .. ' I
KaraKTS Call , !
While Hoover was addressing
the editors, a croup of Iowa far- 1
men In from nearby corn fields
Uield a meeting and tried to select
(CuatlsMwd on rag Three) I
ANNUAL TOUR
DRAWS CROWD
it The annual crop tour through
tTlie Klsmarlr Basla brought out a
. I.r mW vaMenlaT lnl.re.l-
led in the' -agricultural develop-
ment being .carrlel on In tbo
county. It ' was estimated by
County Agent C. A. Henderson
last night that about 7 mado
no Ida caravan, with flcure rls-
,;- ." 10fl. uolng those who
Joined the group dtrring the day.
The method of demonstration
cafried out during the day was
mainly visual that Is, each per
son could draw his own conclu
sions on the various experlmeats
being carried out on the basin
forma.
About 8:30 this morning Prof.
Hyslop. C. A. Henderson and
DEMOCRAT FOR
MODIFICATION IS
AGAINST SALOONS
Alfred E. Smith Announces Stand on All
National Issues, Will Call
. Agriculture Meet.'
ALDAN YT N. V.. Aug. 12. U
P) Governor Alfred K. Smith of
New York accented the demo
cratic presidential :, nomination
tonight la a apeech laying down
a definite program for prohibi
tion modification end urging Its
adoption on, moral grounds.
' First. ' he proposed changing
the Volstead Act by Increasing
the legal limit of alcoholic con
lent of beverage and by permlt-
ting Individual atatea to aet lower
i limits or prohibit all liquors, at
their discretion.
Second, he advocated amend-
Takes Half-Hour
Off to Be Married
-"Please tiurry," stated a
bride-to-be as she and her pro
posed husband dashed Into the
county clerk's office yesterday
noon for a marriage license,
"I must be back to work by
12:30 and I haven't even had
lunch yet." '
Marriage licenses were al
most sold by the crate yester
day at the clerk's office when
three licenses were granted to
couples. -
A new member waa added to
the Smith family when Arthur
R. Smith and Dorrls L. Rich
ards, both of Dorrls, Calif.,
were granted a lisense, - Law
rence A. French and Naomi P.'
Bnnra,-ixiisuiX .Klamath Falls,
were united in. nurrtage by W.
B. Barnes, Justice of the pesce.
Judge Barnes stated yesterday
that this makes the 167th cou
ple he has wed since taking of
fice January 1, 1927. Tba
third license was issued to
Robert Gordon Nl.-hols of Kla
math Falls and Emma Spolek
jf M-alln. '
Forty Gallons Is
Too Heavy, Chief
Nal?s Liquor. Car
A heavily loaded back end on
a Dodge coupe yesterday after-
1 noon aroused the suspicions of
Keith Ambrose, chief of police.
The, auto-was turning from Main
onto Conger avenue. Ambrose
caught the car on California ave
nue and proceeded to investigate.
He found 40 gallons ot wine.
t As a result Pete Blnchel Is fn
Jail. Charges will be filed against
him this morning for possession
and transportation of intoxicating
liquor, and the car will be turned
over to the federal authorities.
Poliiflarges
(iplontjin Store
Louie Pocl Chlloqutn mer
chant, was a visitor in Klamath
Falls .yesterday, completing ar
rangements for the enlargement
of his store. .
' "I will soon put in a full stock
of drugs, aad have a licensed
druggist," he said. He Is build
ing an 11-foot addition onto his
store.. Installing new plate glass
windows, and generally Improv
ing the attractiveness of the
place. Construction was started
yesterday. This addition will
make the store one of the largest
In Chlloquln, and the installation
of a drug stock will give the rest
dents of Chlloquln a highly mod
ern store.
Woman Democrat
: To Help Hoover
OMAHA. Neb., Aug. 32 (UP)
Dr. Jennie M. Callfas. Demo
cratic national committee-woman
for Nebraska since 1920 aud an
jardent dry worker, announced
tonigni at tue cuuciusiuu wi t.tt, .
Alfred E. Smith's acceptance
speech JhJt she cannot support
him as the Democratic president
ial nomine because of his views
on prohibition.
Mrs. Callfas announced she
would support . Herbert Hoover,
Republican, presidential nominee,
Instead of her own party's leader,
meat of th ltta ameadment to
permit states, by popular Tot, to
adopt a system of slat sal of
liquor similar to. th system used
In Canada. He pledged himself
to strict enforcement of the Vol
stead act and th 18th amend
ment as long as they remain oa
the statut books aad reiterated
previous statemeata that h
would not countenance retara of
the salooa.
He promised. If elected, to call
an agricultural leaders' confer
ence to work oat a farm relief
plan for presentation to congress.
Believe la Tewpenusce
"I believe In temperance," the
governor told th crowd gather
ed around th capital step to
(Coatlaacd oa Pag Eight)
Stolen Wire Found
In Car Thought
Liquor Carrier
Deputy Sheriff Louis Mueller
went to Ashland late yesterday
to get Herman Bsumsn. arrested
early yesterday morning by Terry
Talent, federal prohibition ageat,
and who admitted stealing cop
per wire from the California
Oregon Power company here".
Talent stopped a Willys-Knight
sedan on the highway near Ash
land ate a. m. . The .car was
heavily loaded and anspecled ot
being a liquor. Th officer was
. forced to chase the car before
the driver -would stop. .
Several hundred pound of
copper wire was loaded in the
back part of the car. Herman
Bauman and Fred Graff, occu
pants of th car. admitted steal
ing the wire from the California
Oregon 'Power company In Klam
ath Falls.
Talent took Bauman in his car.
ordered Graff to follow In the
sedan, and set out for Ashland.
In the outskirts, of Ashland.
Graff auddenly drove oft the road
behind a boos. Jumped out of
the car and escaped. Ha had
not been located at a late hour
lost night.
Bauman waa lodged in the
Ashland Jail. - '
Hospital Patients
Periled by Fire
PALO ALTO. Cillf., Aug. 22
(UP) Lives ot H patients of
the Palo Alto hospital were peril
ed today by tire that damaged
the structure but they were all
safely removed by firemen.
The blase -destroyed the third
story and root of the structure,
causing damage estimated at
S20.000.
A fireman enjoying bis day oft
was passing the building when
the flames were first detected
and manned the hospital's fire
hose single-handed until his com
rades arrived.
Auto Club Card
Good for$25 Bail
SALEM. Ore., Aug.' 22 (UP).
Any Individual or corporation,
either domestic or foreign, hav
ing an unexpired membership
card In automobile clubs operat
ing in this state, may deposit
such card in lieu of ball up to
S25 la cases ot traffic violations,
according to an opinion prepared
today by the attorney general. ;
Posting of - the membership
card is conditional, however. In
the automobile club complying
with the law which provides that
it shall deposit with the state
treasurer 81.000 In cash or ap
proved bonds In ' that amount.
The opinion was requested by- the
secretary of state.
NKW IIATHIKG HfIT
CHICAGO, Aug. 22 (UP)
"The Sunshine Suit" is what the
well-dressed bathing beauty of
1929 will wear, said 200 bathing
suit manufacturers and repre
sentatives who convened here to
day. , It Is eut halt way down
the back and comes In - pastel
shadeB for blondes and dark con
trasting hues for brunettes.
Audience
Applauds
As Smith
cepts
Rain Forces Ceremony
Inside Many Stand
In Wet to Hear Gov
ernor's Speech.
: - ' is' -
ALBANY, Ni'.Y, Aug. 22,
(UP) Governor Alfred E.
Smith took over the reins of
the democratic party and
formally opened his cam
paign for the presidency to
night with a ringing speech
accepting the party's nom
ination. It was delivered in
the assembly chamber of
the state eapitol where he
began his legislative career
25 years ago as a swanky
young man from the east
side of New. York. ?
In "no, uncertain", terms, th
democratic aomlne laid down a
definite program for th prohibi
tion modification and urged its
adoption oa moral grounds. ' ,
;.' Proposes Chance ' -
First, he proposed , chmglng
the ' Volstead aet by ' Increasing
the legal limit 61 alcchollc con
tent of beverages and by permu
ting individual states to set low
er . limits or;, prohrbn ' all liquors, '
at their discretion.
-.(Wtea4 ea Page. Five). : ..
CHINESE RUNS
AMUCK; KILLS 10
FAIRFIELD. Calif.. Aug. 22
(UP) A Chines who shot and
killed 10 members of his owa
rac near her during the day
wag sought In all counties bor
dering San Fraaclsco bay tonight
as fear swept through Oriental
sections ot th region.
The man. believed to be Leung
Wing. 82. virtually wiped out a
small trait- picking - camp near
thla town. His victims Included
women and children, leading of
ficials to halter he was erased
and not an agsnt of a Tong war.
. Ween he had ended the lives
ot 10 persons aad possibly fatal
ly wounded another, the' assassin
fled In a stolen automobile and
hundreds ot peace officers were
united la th sole task ot tracing
him before further crimes might
be committed. '
The slsyer, : whose aim waa
amaslng, had worked In the same
field with his victims. It was
leaned. - He surprised th Woag
See family and aa others ran to
determine tha causa ot the shots
they were met with bullets from
the same gun. '
Wing apparently sought safety
la the large Chinatown ot Sacra
mento bnt officers obtained wvl
dence he had turned back and
waa-believed to be making an ef
fort to reach the Chinese sctl$n
of Oakland or San Francisco. -
Flapper Fanny Sayt:
liable are a lot of trouble only
when you allow them to be.' ;
sca.uiaMT.orr.
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