"he Klamath News
The Klamath News
Official Paper
City of Klamath Falls
The Klamath Nsa
Official Paper
County of Klamath
"THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN"
Vol. 5, No. 146 Price r Centu.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE , WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1928
(Every Morning Except Monday)
Capper
Predicts
BigG,O.P.
Victory
Kansas, Nebraska,
and Oklahoma Safe
ly Republican, Sen
ator States
Sl'PEKIOR. Wk, Aug. 28
(LT) A republican victory
made poiwible muitily by the
vote of women and farm
cri wan forrcUMt here to
lny by Senator Capper of
KnnHHH in a lengthy con
ference with Prcaldent Cool
itlge. Farm lil-r )llmlllo
Tho K4iiMn. leader of the
farm block In III aent. report
ed lo Mr. I'oolldg that Herbert
Hoover would not Iom in p
prn.labla number of farm votoe
Mill aararlau oppoaltlon U
manifest against lb republican
candidate, and Gov. Alfred K.
Smith's wetmaa mora than off
seta tho firmvra' dissatisfaction
with Ibo agricultural aliuatlon.
Beuatnr C'apptir Mid.
Despite aome dlaaffertlon for
Hoover, moat farmer will re
main In lino rather than vole
for an avowedly wot candidate,
bo prvdlrted.
Capper told the rlilef eieru
tlvo ha believed Kanaaa. Ncbraa
(Continued on l"ae Hlx)
GERMANS RIOTj
OVER SHIP PLAN
UKItl.lN. Aug. J a. IT A
group of romniuulat demonatrat-
una. protesting agalnat t lis pro-j
posed construction or a new tier
man battlrahlp. attacked police
luarda here tonight and were
tired upon.
Three persons were wounded
seriously and a ncore were hurt
In the rlntlni.
1 The police wero ronipelled to
fire when their attampta to hall
the demonalratlon merely caused
'the rommunlsta to turn on the
office ra.
The demonalratlon waa the re
mit of a vote by the cabinet to
tunalrurt a huge new crulaer.
Boclallat Ivadora. who control
tba cabinet of chancellor Mueller,
permitted tho vote to carry de-;
aplle atroiiK aoclallat oppoaltlon'
to the ahlp program before the
election.
Hoclallata charged the leaders
iiaa croaaea thoir party in order
lo bargain for auppnrt of other
parly leatlera In the cabinet.
Interest Shown
In Queen Contest
i
Aa the dtiy nppraiuhea for tho
cloahiK of tho Labor Day tjucon
conteat lola of tntnrrot la being
hown aa five enlrlea work for
the leud. The contest -cloaca
Sunday evening at Altamont pa
vilion when the winner will bo
proclaimed.
Kntnles of tho girls aa they
now aland arv:. Grace Dennett,
6300; (lorda Anderson. GmiO;
Linda Hid ley, 3(100: Mary Her
man. 2 0 0 0 ; Ceorglu Kbblcs.
1000.
800 Attend Gala
Opening Dance
Over 800 peraona opened
the Klamath County Fair and
i0i,auur uny reiunrauon weea
last nignt wnen tney uauceu
to the music of Jack llciwr
Ing'a orchestra In the highly
decorated exhibit building.
Flngs and bunting hid the
ceiling, and dunging fust cov
ered tho floor, 'truo Fair-time
Bxhllanitlon pruvaded tho
atmosphore betwoen the two
levels.
Perry Haley, ' Morrill,
brought 2!) ladles to tho dnnca
and took homo 12 hons and a
rooster to commemorate tho
evening, a Merrill girl, lluby
Streeler, waa given a heifer
calf and a bale of hay. .It
M not stated whether she
rode the calf home or not,
Officials at a late hour could
not find the lucky girl.
ENSINGER
SELF,
SAY
OFF
,tMl tr'arnier Tolu lnitrr
That III- IMiln'l a Well
On Mark. Hair Trove Mulrkle
Money In Pockets Ix-tler lo
Ihiugltler Found.
foiiuly offlclala atated yester
day that there la no doubt but
that, A. F. Ilvualnger. aged Hwan
Lake rancher who waa found
dead In hla house with a bullet
hole In hla head on Monday, died
by hla own hand.
Information aa to th reaaon
for the act may be found III a
letter addreaaed to hla daughter
that waa filed with hla recently
mad will In a Klamath Valla
off I.e. The letter ran onljr be
opened by hla daughter.
Itenslnger had recently com
plained that hla back hurt and j
that he didn't feel well.
Hair found on the gun la aald I
to be llenslugera. The bullet i
entered the right aide of the
head at tho back und the gun
(Continued on I'age HU
Railroad Strike
May Be Avoided
By Agreement
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2R. Il'l'l
An gntrmi'iit on rate of pay
tic working rule. Hum bwii
rfftrhrd by rundurtuni, .rlnmfn
ml rail mud of I It wtvrn ter
ritory, probably Midtf.K I lit IhrMt
of a atrlko In (hla arfa. Chairman
Wlmlow of (he ffdru Imard of
mediation, aniiountrd today.
Flnnl approval of the aitrt
nivnt, U'ltutow aald. la ubjccl to
rallflrallon by tl aaaoclatlon of
CntrMl rommUtffa of tho weai
rrn lerrltnry. Thin falling, he
aald. "the dlapnte will coutlnuo
to pxlnl aa horetoforo and will
have to lie treated In accordnnco
with law.'
WIiikIow aald that pending
ratification by tho aaaoclatlou.
th employca' organliatlona have
agreed to provlalona Insuring thn
piHwldent and tho tmartt of medi
ation a reaannable opportunity to
proceed under law, ao far as the
railing of a atrlko before any fur-Iht-r
action has been Marled by
employe. j
U. S. Steel Soars, !
Highest in Year,
NEW YOKK. Aug 2, (L'lM
lulled ttlate Steel today
aoared to th hlgheat prl-e alnce'
the 40 per cent atock dividend
last year, .closing at the top'
prlrea of IIS up 3 7-8 net. The
enllr ato.k market strengthened
after an early flurry of Irregular-j
Ity and at the close the majority j
of Issues showed advances, some I
of them then running to 12 j
points.
Several Issues mado new highs.
Including, In addition to ateel,
American express, closing with a
gain of 11 points. Adams express,
up 12, American linseed up 2
7-8. International nickel up 9
1-8, Victory talking machine up.
6 1-4, and Warner brothers pic
tures up 1 1-8.
Motor shares firmed up late
In, the day with good demand
for Hupp. Studubakcr, Packard,
and Chrysler.
Honda were ateady to firm in
quiet trading.
Curb atorka rallied vigorously
after early Irregularity.
Cotton closed with gains of
more than 21 a bale, grains
rallied sharply with wheat up a
cent at the close after an early
decline.
Petition to Change
Road Is, Granted
' A petition to re-survey the pro
posed rond from the town of
Sprague Itlver to a point one mllo
north of Yalnax., signed by Dei
Wolford and five others, was
granted by tho county court In
soaslon yesterday afternoon.
Advertisement for bids for con
struction of the road as first
surveyed 1tad been ordered by tho
county court at a recent sosbIoii.
Wolford was along with the party
that mudo tho first survoy. .
"I regret very much that they
should ro-petltion bemuse adver
tisement for bids for construc
tion of the road had already been
mndo and tho road could novo
been complotod this fall," Judgo
Fred II. Ooddard stated laxt
night. "As It Is now,. It will be
so lute before tho road could bo
surveyed, bids advertised for, and
the work done, that It could not
all he completed boforo bad
weuther this fall, and that will
leave Sprague River in .the mud
Again this winter."
Milk Herd
Entries
For Fair
Largest
Holsteins, Ayershires,
Jerseys, Brown
Swiss Dairy Cattle
Registered
Fuir crowds this yeur will
center their attention on the
exhibit of dairy cattle which
will be the largest ever
entered at a Klamath Coun
ty Fair. Besides numerous
entries from this county,
three large herds; have been
entered from the Willam
ette Valley.
Five herds of Holsteins will
probably attract lbs moat atten
tion. The large black and whites
are show anlmala of the flrat
quality. Their contrasting colore
and gloaay coata make them es
pecially Interesting. Ayershlre.
Jeraeya and llrown Bwlaa have
also been entered.
Kmll Kehiesel, Henley, haa en
tered a herd of Ayershires. and
Fred I.. Pope, Merrill, haa enter
ed a herd of eight of the aauie
breed. Both hurds are now In
the county. Srbleael purchased
(Continued oa rage Ma)
KLAMATH ELKS
GO TO AST0RIA
Thla evening In Astoria the
officers "of Klumath Fala Elks
lodge No. 1347 will put on the
initiatory work far Astoria lodge.
The alate convention opvna
Thursday morning for a three
day soaalon In the northern city.
Thoae who will put on the
work are: JJames Swaneen. di
alled ruler: Dr. I.. J. flohet.
leading knight; K. Urlacoll, loyal
knight; O. It. Moeller. lecturing
knight; Franrta It Olds, esquire:
F. S. Veatrh. chaplain: F. D.
McMillan, outalde guard; Frank
Drlacoll. tyler. Perry O. DcLap.
third Oregon president of the
Oregon slam Elks Association,
heada the delegation of 10 to
art In convention business.
Others from here who are at
tending the convention are: A.
II. Collins. Clone Argraves. J. I.
Johnstone. W. tt. Canton.
The Klamath Falls delegates
will extend an Invitation lo the
stato association to hold their
1929 convention In Klamath
Fulls, and will be supported by
the Ashland- and Deud lodges.
Ml
SUFFRAGETTES PUT
IN PARIS JAIL FOR
ATTEMPT TO PLEAD
IIAMHOl'll.l.KT. France, Aug.
in. I HI') I.Ike their militant
forerunners of pioneer suffra
gette daya, ten world-known fem
inist today dlacardrd the smooth
glovoa of diplomacy lo carry by
forcv their equal rlglila plea to
Ih plenipotentiaries of 14 na
tions assembled here. And. Ilk
those first, atern euffragelte.
they wer carried alruggllng and
kicking to Jail where they want
served a.
I'romBnrnt AnH-rlrau Present
Several hours In Jail failed to
dim the eulhusiaam of the fem
inist leaders, however, and to
night Dorla Htevena. wife of Dud
ley Field Malone, New York law
yer, waa Just a vigorous In her
denunciation of the manner In
Democrats Hold
Nine Confabs.
Win Predicted
ST. UlLlrt. Mo.. Aug. 28.
(CP I Under the "big business"
stimulus of John J. Hsskob.
I chairman of the democratic na
jllonal committee, the central re
gional headquarters of the Smith-
j Robinson campaign hummed
; through nine conferences her
l'todsy and produced a high qual
lliy of optimism.
Raslcob opened the dsy with
'the assertion Smith already was
t assured of victory, and followed
i that up with the announcement
j that 8S0O.000 will L spent to
I organise too counties In the ten
corn belt states. He then re-
celved comprehensive reports of
j eight states comprising the ceo
i tral region.
One of the outstanding reports
i came from Illinois, admitted by
' llaakoh to be among the doubt
1 ful atatea. Thomas F. Donovan,
chairman of the state- central
I committee, reported indication
were Smith and Robinson wauld
awenp llllnola l-y 600,000 to
800v000. . .
Chicago Man Kills
i Son Explains Act
CHICAGO. Aug. H. (ITPI A
.quarrel over liquor, a dare to
1 shoot, and belief that "the gun
, wasn't loaded" today caused the
, death of Kldrldge Falk, 22. at
trie hands of his father. Arthur
j F. Falk, a city park commis
. sloner.
The fatal shooting occurred
.after Falk. returned lo his home.
drunk. Ills son hsd remonstrat
ed with him before. Interfered
'when his father became abusive
! toward hts mother. '
f "I guess I was pretty blustery
from drink, and my boy resented
Jit,". Falk told officers.
The Powder Boy
j which their plea had been re
jcetved as aba was before courte
'oua but determined police salted
I her banner and escorted ber to
i Jatw-il-
I "W ar 1 1 red of being shout
ed from embassy to embassy,"
sbe proteated. "We only desired
its) send a letter to President Dou
Iraergu when we attempted to
enter the gate of the summer
i presidential palace. W have not
'received satisfaction In regard to
'our request to Foreign Minister
: Dna.id for a ten-minute Inter
I view with the plenipotentiaries."
French Clircr Prison era
! "It was a splendid battle and
We are proud of It," Miss Stevens
i continued. "What atrurk me
; t (Cou tinned oa Page Bis)
Search for Bodies
Buried When Three
Buildings Crash
I 'SHELBY. N. C. Aug. 28. (U
P) The debris of brick, plaster
and twisted planks all that re- j
; mslns of the three buildings
willed collapsed today, crushing
toal seven lives was searched to-
: night for
; workmen.
the bodies of
nursing alnce
four
the
'crash. j
1 Police, firemen, relative of
the mkealng and frlenda. pulled
jaad tugged at th maaa of wreck
1 age. trying to penetrate lu
depth. A negro and a white
jntaa were found alive' under one
I ol the bnilding tonight. Neither
. waa aerloualy hurt. Search then
jttfrned again to pulling away the
j wreckage of th Mlknlght build
ing where four men were belier
, ed trapped. Searchllghta wer
used to help those digging into
I the debris. .' .
j 'Oat of the ruins earlier in
jibe df were lifted the bodies of
tttur employe or the First Na
. tlonai efcank. two farmers who
'bad come Into town to deposit
i money, and a negro, aa yet un
! identified. -
The four massing men were
believed trspped in me Dase
ment of one ' of the buildings,
near where a retaining wall they
had flung np. gave way. bringing
down with It the atrueture of
three buildings In the heart of
this town of 4.000 population.
Beaidea the dead and missing,
three other employes of the tiank
were In the Shelby hospital to
night, their condition aerious.
They had been plucked from the
wreckage, bruised and with
broken bones.
Th seven known dead: On
iThtidge. bank clerk: Zcb Bian
! ton, a farmer; Carl Blanton, a
farmer. Guy Green, bank teller;
I Alex H. Hoyle, bank teller;
j Clyde Carpenter, bank clerk, and
an unidentified negro.
World- Wide Peace Attempt
Is Made, Delegates Feted
Kellogg
Pact Wins
Favor In
All Parts
Soviet Acceptance It
Needed for Success.
In Effect Only
When Ratified
PARIS, Aug. 28. (UP)
Messages from every part
of the world have definitely
indicated the favor with
which the Briand-Kellogg
treaty to. outlaw war has
been received and tonight! "'"' J10'
, , , building waa awarded to Fred
interest was centered i n jord,n laat night at a Joint meet
Moscow, where the Soviet . Ing of the county court aad city
union appears as the onlyt-y,-cloud
on the otherwise , other bldder, w. Kiamath
peaceful horizon. Construction company. R. E.
Hovtrt Adherence Xeolrd Wattenburg, T. B. Weatfall, and
' Ruaala and 44 other nations: James L. Qulnn.
have been Invited to adhere to 1 Th bid for wiring the bnlld-
the pact Which waa aliened by,j Ing waa let to th Llnkvllle Elec
( Con tinned oa Pace 81x) .trie company who waa low bidder
j at 1298. Other bidden on this
IIrtrV17P lf flVlTQ trJect wre: To Elactrie Shop
LM.JJ V a-Jitr lliu i laj
HEADQUARTERS1
WASHINGTON. Aug. 28. ( V
Pi Herbert Hoover, republican
presidential -candidate, has poet-, heated by two atova. Th balld
poued the opening of Jiis. eastern ! Ing contract awarded include the
speaking campaign- tot several
weeks, it waa announced today,
It previously had been planned
to open with a labor day talk,
but Hoover found the time too
short to prepare. -
Hoover also was forced to "m- J P Mn. bid will be I Fau,-Ash!.nd blghwny Int. Sat
ahift hla executive headquarters "e1 br Mnntr urM urtay evening, bargained con
front the home owned oy me
late Hep. Louis Forthlngham of
Massachusetts to a residence a
block away. Member of hi per
sonal staff went to th Froth
Ingham mansion today to aet np
office but found It locked and
equipped with burglar alarm
belle.
Arrangement for the use of
the residence hid been made by
republican headquarter shortly
before the sodden death of
Frothlngham but complications
with the estate upsef them.
Hoover, who arrived shortly
after his staff, was forced to hold
a scheduled political conference
In the back yard.
Search for another headquart
ers started Immediately and a
Massachusetts avenue home, own
ed by Mrs. Francois Bejger
Morgan, prominent society wo-
man. waa leased until the presi
dential . election. '
Prisoners Plead
Jail Is Emptier
The countv tail which lias
hnen frnvitnrf n llm enai.lt n
extensive work of prohibition I fa,al hlng of Muncy and then
officers in the county, was some- oroT wltn Barnes to Curtis
what emptier yesterday after a home' where Barne demanded
hard day a session In the Justice the rlg" hl babT- Tnl
conr, was refused and Curtis waa
'.u ...... t J'. ... . I killed. Then Klein and Gerrhart'
Ruth White pfeaded guilty to accepted separate Invitations to
two charges, possession and salc.lso ,Mtomoblle riding with
and paid a 8300 fine on each j Barnes and were shot when they
charge. E. Spear forfeited aiot out t0 see it a tlr8 was
istiu oond when he tailed to ap -
pear ior a nearing. spear waa
arrested on, the charge of poises-'
sion and sale ot beer. J. O'Nell
also pleaded guilty to charges of
possession and sale and paid 830
tine on each charge.
Lindy Disappoints
Awaiting Crowd
SEATTI.K, Wash., Aug. 28. j
(UP) Disappointing a largo
crowd that had expected him to i
land nt the Hoeing airport. Col.!'
Charles Lindbergh brought his
plane to the ground at Sand
Point late today.
Included In the number of per-!
sons who turned out lo greet the I Kirkpatrlck. formerly a first Ileu
"flylng colonol" were Lieut. Les-i ,cnant' Los Angeles. California;
ter 1, Maltland. California-Hawaii j James P- Long, formerly ser
fllcr, and Allco and' Cynthia Da- 8"eant- Billings. Mont.; Sergeant
vis. daughters of Secretary ot,JoseP! E. English, Langley field,
War Davis, who is visiting here. I Virginia.
Traffic Officer
Rule Violator
Stat traffic officer ar
used to tagging car for viol
ation of th cod bat (or
traffic officer to have their
cars tagged for tba same
reason Is lea common.
Yesterday T. M. Farmer,
Med ford, who stated that ha
waa stat traffic offkeer ap
peared before pollea Judge
Lent L. Caghageo In answer
to a tag accusing him with
parking hi car on Fifth
atreet all night. He pleaded
guilty but waa dismissed
without a fin because he
wa not a resident here.
Three other violator who
were vkaitor were dismissed
for traffic often.
Jordan Awarded
, Contract to Build
County Hospital
Bid for th construction of
.inj Davis Electric company -
1 DlnnM.- hi.- ...
last night since It waa decided
to postpone th installation of
j radiators antll more fund an
, available. The building will be
onnoing or two CDimney.
j ft was found that bid for
, installing a heating system and
j plumbing were higher than had
j been expected since a steam pipe
lln had to be run from the poor
'
j
M Altr ' MllrnartkA
In Marital Row
strmvivm r-.n. ..
(UP)-Fonr penon. Involved in
me uugiea marital atraira of
Percy Barnes. 25, were dead to
night and Barnea waa held In the
city. Jail on murder charges.
L. R. Kobnra. 18. railroad em
ploye who was blamed by Barnes
for two of the murders but de
nied he had been out with the
man when the four victims fell
from bullet wounds, wa held for
questioning.
The fiance of Barnes' divorced
wife. Clarence Muncy, was the
nrst victim. He waa shot in
front of Mrs. Barnes' home. Two
j brothers and a cousin of Mrs.
Barnes, Charles E. Curtis, Charles
Klein and Len Gerrhart, were
killed a short time later.
Barnes admitted killing Muncy
and Curtis, but claimed Koburn
was guilty of the other crimes
after taking the men "for a
ride." .-
According to the asserted con-
I feSSlOO,
Koburn witnessed the
:fi,,ti police claimed.
Flying Crosses
Awarded Aviators
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 HUP)
'Distinguished flying crosses
j have been awarded to seven air
men who participated In the
army's flight from New York to
Alaska In 1980, the war depart
ment announced today.
They are: Captain St. Clair
Street, stationed at Wright field
1 "f""' un': ut- cnitora c.
; Nutt- Brook field, Ohio; Erik
I H- Nelson, formorly a first lleu-
tenant, Seattle, Wash.; Ross C.
Rest Of
Nations
Invited
To Sign
U. S. Opens Way for
All Nations To Ad
here; France Asks
Russia -.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S
(UP) The United SUtei
has formally invited all of
the remaining nations of
the world except Russia t
join the fifteen who have
just signed the Kellogg
Briand anti-war treaty.
Russia waa not formally 1
Tited bat had beea given to ua
drtand ah may commnnlcata
her adherence to th treaty
through th French government.
Thia indirect method waa takes
because ao diplomatic relation
exist with soviet Rnssta. . '..
t'oar Are Ready
Four governments already have
signified their Intention of ad
hering to th treaty Denmark.
Pern. Jngo-8lavla and rtnmanin.
Identical Invitations tn Join
( Cow tl awed oa Page MO '
. ' ' ' t
R0HN MAY LIVE
RfflORTfATES
According to report from th
Med ford community hospital yes
terday, 51. F. Rohn. who waa
seriouely injured In en automo
bllo accident on tha Klamath
sciousness and may live.
Rohn who la a member of 'a
Klamath Falls stag firm waa
In hi car whea It plunged from
a Green Spring mountain grad
300 feet to the rocks below. It
was Miievea noun w
' ,he "hU of B DP,
car.
His Injuries inclnde a broken
collar bone, fractured arm. frac
tured leg. broken pelvic bone, 'a
fractured skull and probable
other Injuries. Then were no
other occupants In tha car at
the time ot th accident.
1 v
Fire Department
w Vl ' ! a 1
is U)mpiimemea
Member of the fire depart
ment yesterday were compliment
ed by the Ewauna Box company
with a !75 check "In appre
ciation of their work In putting
out the recent fire."
The check wa divided equally
among the eleven firemen who
were as appreciative ot the com
pliment as the Ewauna company
was of their work. Junior Dag
gett presented the check to
Keith Ambrose, chief of the fire
department. ' ' ' y,
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If man's excuse for twang lata
were all bound up In one book,
'twould make a nice volume of
fiction. ,
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