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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1931. THE KLAMATH NEWS PAGE EIGHT OAR ALIENS FUTION INJtfG LOTS Unemployment '. Situation . Caum of Hundred Being Refuted NEW YORK. May M. (UP) Eilli Island, plclurQU fuu el through which th tide o( Immigration aud emigration ebb ad flows, was in th heat ot Its business rush In years today, as th govrnmut continued to bar aliens who answered a cer tain question, "yes." and re fused to admit them If they an swered "no." Tho Island today quartered It aliens, of then ITS wer awaiting deporuilon. many voluntarily because ot "hard times" In America, and th re mainder seeking admlttsuc to th country. Ol! CONTRAST This odd contrast in figures, add. Iiecaus the opposite pro- rtlon formerly had been true. Ihe result of th government strict enforcement of Immigra tion restriction as a means of relieving the growing unem ployment In this country. A wonld-b immigrant la aalrwA III effect! "Do you hare a Job In th Vailed States:" If h answer no," he's liarred as likely to become a public charge. If he answers "ye." he Is barred under a Uw that forbids Importation ot contracted labor. CIT IMMIGRATION "These restrictions," Immigra tion Commissioner Benjamin Day said, "bar cut immigra tion to th lowest flgur in many, many years.1 " A train from th west. car Tying about 4 aliens. arrtTed yeeterdav, at Jersey City. Halt of the deportees are going home because they are in dire financial straits and cannot get work," Day said. Th. rush ot deportation, which reached its climax today, has been In progress sine th first ot the year, while foreign consuls and locsl Immigration officers are clamping down with all their might on Incoming movements. MAY AID NATION These regulations are Being nforeed stringently, because the administration belter that less Immigration and more deporta tion mar serr to alleviate, la great measure, th n nam ploy- men t problem in this country. Th number of deportations Tromi Ellis Island last July was 44 z. For August. 141: Septem ber. 471: October. 194: Nov ember.--X30: December, 332: January. 440: February. 334; March,. 4S9; and April. 498. Insanity Fear Causes Noted Engineer To Die BArf FRANCISCO, May ?. TCP) Fear that his mind would break because fa had lost fortune was responsible for the suicide of Bnlkeley Wells. 59. former president of tbe Ameri can Mining Congress and intern ationally famoaa engineer, here today. Wells shot himself through the head. He was in his office of two small rooms In the Hobart Building, once the office oc cupied an entire floor of tbe building. He bad been forced to leave residence quarters in an expensive hotel and move to room that were evidently so Cheap ha kept his address secret. The noted engineer asked for loan ot 120 shortly before he killed himself. The request was mad to a friend. Joseph O' Brien, who- had gone to a bank to obtain tbe money. Wells was one a . millionaire. He lost all the money, according to friends, by unwise speculations. Wells left a note for' A. D. 8nodgrass, an old friend, that res a: , "As the result of all my dif ficulties and worries, my mind la bound to go. Either that or a stroke, and I will not be charge upon any one. Nothing out Bankruptcy Is possible far as my estate is concerned. Io what you can for Mrs. .wens." Cider Cargo Brings Arrest Through Error SANTA BARBARA. Mar ?8 '(UP) DespUe the driver's pro tests that bis trurkload of bever ages was within the law. Traffic Officer Bob Rush arrested him on th Coast highway and brought him to the police station hero to day. To the discomfiture of tbe po lice, the liquid turned out to be honest-to-goodness elder on its Wuy to Los Angeles. Oldest Hit-Run l Driver Held To ' Superior Court LOS ANGELES. May 24. (UP) -The oldest hit-run driver In California records was bound over (or superior court trial today as Arthur Rickson, 80, of Los Ange les, wsa held on charges of man slaughter In connection with the death of Clyde Shenefleld Down ns tbe latter was crossing a street. Rickson then stopped bis car, car ried him to the curbing and drove aft. Qt'F.KN' HAS BIRTHDAY 8ANDRINGHAM, Eng., May it (UP) Queen Mary observed her C4th birthday today without pretension and received only a few guests. It was the first tint In many years th occasion had been observed away from Buckingham Palace. ' WANT-ADS C08T LITTLE AMI).. PRODUCE RESULTS. 1 Resting in even rows at th Fairfield Air depot, at Fairfield. O.. pan ot the fleet ot Mi V. 8. army nlanee are shown in this striking night photograph after they had passed In a spectacular aerial parade, wing tip to whig tip, befor zOo.i spectators In Ohio and Indiana. . This flight waa In preparation for th official showing in Chicago, to be followed br th greatest aerial demonstration STOCK PRICES TAKEJUMP Bears Threatened When Statements Asked, . Are Careful ; NEW YORK. May !. (CP) Faced with th prospects of a stock exchange investigation Into their alleged ruthless raiding tac tics, bearish professionals covered short lines in todsy'a stock ex change trading and th market closed with small gains. Prlc movements, however, were rapid and wide and trading on the whole was colorful. A weak opening was followed by a sharp short covering rally around mid-day after -which th greater Dart ot the early gaina were erased. Spectacular movements oc curred In a few higher priced ape eialtlea. Fears that exchange authorities might take disciplinary action against traders foand guilty of de pressing prices were occasioned oy the announcement ot the exchange before tho opening that it had is sued questionnaires to members asking for information regarding their snort contracts auu roaueu stock. It tm recalled that a almllsr questionnaire was Issued by the exchange on November 13, 1929, when th October-November crash of that vear culminated. Action oy the exchange at that time result ed in a Sv-point recovery In aver age prices. Possibilities of a ral ly at this time coupled with fear of exposure caused the reduction of short contracts by leading traders. London cables told of the fail ure ot two London stock exchange houses, a factor which nad been feared In Wall Street for some time and a development which had been foreshsdowed by the re cent heavy selling of leading American stocks by British invest ors. Holy See and Fascists Near Breaking Point ROME. Mar 2 fCP) Seri ous developments in the relations of the Holy See end the Fascist government appeared certain to night after a sharp controversy over charges that Catholic or ganisations had secretly attacked Fascism and a Fascist student demonstration against th Pope. The students, inspired by tbe severe strain put on relations with the papal state in the last few days, paraded through the street, shouting "Down with the Pope." About 200 students burned copies of the semi-official Vatican newspaper,' Observatore Romano. Meanwhile, tho most serious complications developed out of charges made by the newspaper Lavoro Fascism that the Catholic Young Men's association had held secret meetings at which sneak ers attacked Fascism. An ItiHplred statement was Is sued at the Vatican denying the charges and describing the storv as a falsehood. The statement said It was "unthinkable" that leaders of the association could I have made the statement attri buted to thein by tbe Fascist newspaper. Willamette To Graduate 72, SALEM, Ore.. May 26 (UP) ! Seventy-two seniors at tho Wll-! latnette university will receive the bachelor or arts degreo when tbefr graduation exercises are held June 25. I President of the university. ! Carl o. . Doney. will make the I baccalaureate sermon, and Hon. Charles 8. Crttlng. who gradu ated from Willamette in 1873, will make th principal address. PLEASANT VIEW DAIRY for grade A pare Hrr milk from tested J .-scy and Guernsey cows, produced and bottled In pleot that haa conformed to require : ', (Jo Keller) ' Call 2S7Wa W Deliver J Army's Sky Armada at n . i Vi 1 '-. -t N.v Character Closeaps WTH THN ZYfBPOWS 0Pt Mayors Back In Paris After Tour of France PARIS. May 24. (CP) The United States mayors touring France arrived In a - gay cere mony on the train, assisted by Franco-American . newspaper men. The party was chiefly con cerned with humorous sidelights on the debate which has spilt the group of mayors on the question of whether they should drink liquor while In France. Mayor John H. Porter of Los Angeles an ardent prohibition ist, waa presented with a water pot.' , George Baker, mayor of Port land. Ore., was presented with a hammer and Mayor Daniel W. Hoan of Milwaukee waa given a beer stein. Mayor W. E. Batterson of Hartford. Conn., received a brown derby. Later the mayors passed a resolution praising Francis Or landi, the French director of the trip. Gaston Gerard, minister of tours. Jean Castellane. president of the Paris municipal council and members of the American colony greeted the mayors at the station. TOO .MUCH RKLIGION Mistress: Ie asked Mr. and Mrs. Smith to dinner at 7. Mary, but I think we'll ' give 'them a quarter of an hour's grace. .Mary: well, ma'am. I m religi ous myself, but I think that's rather overdoing it! Tit-Bits, ONE GOOD JOKK -Stage mansger (hearing sudden outburst of laughter): Good Michael! Is the comedian actually putting a joke over? Scene-shifter: No It's a bit o jeenery fell on 'Is 'ead! London Opinion. , , PORTLAND (UP) While Mrs. . Burt made an accident report. thieves stole two robes from bar automobile parked In front ot the police station. . ' JVIoline 1 -Row GETS ALL THE WEEDS SAVES ALL THE CORN You can do mora thing " Cultivate better and get bigger yields with tha MOLINE See It Sit On -It Operate It- Leland Otey v 884' Market 8. Welding and Farm Irnpletnents Rest Tr(J i - ... . . - - - ;r -v- Woman Kills Father And . Two Brothers QCAXAH, Tex.. May 24 (CP) With a large crowd looking on. Mrs., Inet Tinker. 21. stood on th courthouse step her lat today and shot her father tonr time as th parent and his two tons appeared for trial on charge ot Incest against her. Th father, E. C. Coree. 55. prominent farmer, was wounded in the arm and leg. )Io waa ex pected I recover. I Mrs. Tinker was released on 12.000 bond. I A crowd which had sought ad mission to th courthouse to hear details of th caa against Gore and hia two sons, accused of Immorality against the young woman before her marriage, watched" the shooting. Th cas was continued today. As th -defendant stepped from tho courtroon. Mrs. Tinker, the complaining witness and mother of two children, started shooting. Gore is married and ia th father ot six othc- children Mother to See Babes Then Co Back to Trial AX FRANCISCO. Msy 26 (VP) Permission for Mrs. Ber nlce Foley. 30, to attend funeral service for her children, Pa tricia, 8. aud Robert, 4, whom she is accused of killing with chloroform, waa granted by au thorities today. "Let me. have one last look at mv "babies, then let me die," Mrs. Foley said. The services will be- held Thursday afternoon. When they are concluded Mrs. Foley will be taken to detention hospital for investigation by alienists. The test of her sanity was requested by James Toner, assistant public defender. . . " Swiss Scientist Rises Off Earth In Huge Balloon AUGSBURG.- Bsvarla, Ger many, May 27 (Wednenday) (UP) Prof Anguste Plccard. Swiss scientist, rose from the earth 'just before dawn todav In the largest balloon ever built, seeking to achieve an altitude higher than man has ever reached. . ' , The balloon, a queer looking craft with Its aluminum ball un dercarriage, ascended at 3:57 a. m., rising rapidly In the dark ness. It reached an altitude estimated at-more than 12.000 feet In 40 minutes and drifted rapidly southward. THE DALLES. (UP) An In dian shed tears as he'watrhed po lice dejtroy gallons of confis cated whiskey. ASTORIA. (UP) Jerry wss lonesome, so a mate was found for him. Jerry lives at City park. Ho's a buck deer.. Cultivator Because you are a Pro , riucer, You 'wont better ' Producing Machinery, 'DUEL ON THE DUNES' ISJPCTED Confesses Slaying Doctor In Night-Tim Fight. Only On Gun NEW. YORK, May 24. (UP) Howard Bridget!, confessed slay er ot Dr. J. T. Loughllit In Brook lyn's so-called "duel on the dunes" sutnuay. waa in pone rusiouy to night after "hiding" for 40 hours th lb crowded subways, motion plctur playhouse aud ' restau rauta ot New York. llrldgetts walked - Into police headquarter luday with his at torney, , George Leisure, aud , an nounced: .'. "There Was no duel. I tired three shuts. 1 shot myself la th left forearm. This is the gun I used. I used It lu self-defense." Rrldgetts described th light. which he said followed sn invita tion ot th d:tar "fight It out In th back yard.." "V started to fight with our (1st. Th doctor got mi dowa In tho lussl (Loushlln wa 40 pounds heavier) and lifted his hands just as If h had a big rock. I thought ha waa going lo hit m with a rock. "Then 1 pulled the enn, and In th struggle it went off, hitting my elbow. Then I shot two mor time and on bullet bit Loujhllo near th ear " Thus. Brldgetts told th story of what happened, a atory h at first had claimed h would aol tell "on advlc of counsel." Later today Brldgetta r-naot- ed th struggl h said took place on th sand dune lat Sunday ight, resulting in th death of Loughlln. His portrayal of his role In thst struggl tended to substantial bis alory ot self-defense. SEADROME PLAN TOLD (Continued Fro as rag One) He got no satisfaction out of post office officials, he said, beyond a v r a I expressions of polite interest in his project which, according to Armstrong, hss the backing of an Imposing list ot millionaires who do not want their name mad public now. He discoursed upon th peculi arly unrestricted states which his tijatlng oasea will nav in in At lantic, far beyond th Jurisdiction ot all national or municipal stat utes and subject only to what he calls "International rule ot de cency." Such manifestations of an ef fete civilisation aa th Volstead art and the Mann act, for example will not run In the seadromes, h Lid. Established customs of all nations will b respected within reason. PLASH FAST TRIPS In the hotels on on each sea drome accommodating 100 guests overnight th Turk with bis harem or the Borneo headtiunter will be received on a basis of equality with the tired business man from New York or the milk man from Omaha. Armstrong estimated that plaues on his projected route ran cross the Atlantlo in 24 hours. That improvement on Lindbergh's time, he explained, will be due to th fact that planes will not have to carry excessive loads ot fuel be tween airdromes. . - Amphibian planes carrying 40 passengers and with a speed of from 1J0 to 160 miles ner hour fare to be used, he said, and the far at first wtN be about 1500 per passenger. NEW VOX THEATRE Now 'Lawful Larceny' Now ... with Beta Daniela Don't Forget Wednesday Mai Family Night Two Adult Tickets Admits tho Family Only First Run Pictures, Reduced Prices JUST TURN A VALVE THIS IS ALL KLAMATH HEATING " ' ! : -. .... KLAMATH Predicts Return "'- Of Alfonso fonla La Lui.Mt. famed Kpaaish beauty and an of th royalist refugees in this country slue Al fonso XIII abdicated, stopped In Dallas, Tex., and predicted the Spanish people will soon b dis satisfied with Republican govern ment and will recall Alfonso d Bourbon. Kb Is shown sbov. San Diego Hunts Another Lost Girl, Age 17 SAN DIEGO. Cal.. May 26 (UP) Alarmed by series of "fiend" murders In San Diego within the past three months iu which four women aud girls were killed, nolle tonight hunled th city and environs for France Le Hubert, 17, who disappeared from her home yesterday dressed only In beach pajamas. The girl Is said lo bav friends In hte Imperial Valley and au thorities ar checking there. Her parenta told police sh had never left torn alons befor. Sine th epidemic ot girl murders in San Diego, pollc ar unususlly concerned over th "missiug person" report al though two women tor whoa safety fear was felt war later found visiting friends, - MISTAKE MAY SAVE LIFE (Continued From Fag One) carried with it only a prison sen tence. "They asked m why Mrs. Kirk land seemed so Jublllant when th verdict waa read. 1 told thorn It was becaus her son got oft with such ligtu sentence. " '.My God.' they sld, 'wa want ed to sentence him to death.' " Assistant Prosecutor Robert Es til announced that ha would de mand lb Jury be asked tomorrow whether its verdict of "guilty ot auault and battery with Intent to commit rape." was the verdict really Intended. "If tho Jurors are In agreement that they want Kirkland electro cuted," Estll continued. "I will demand this be declared mis trial." Estrll said that he had meant ti poll the Jury Immediately after the verdict was resd. but that th forward rush ot spoclators pre vented hltn. -Lowell Sherman Thf mere tunflng of a valve that la all that Is necessary to heat your premises- when you '-Have Klamath Heating Company Service, Think of all th bother you eliminate no fires to build, ' no fuel to order, ad Infinitum. COMPANY FALLS, ORE. PUNE CRASH KILLS FOUR (Continued From rag One) about two mils north ot (llu Kllyn, n western suburb, WIMi H.IH OFF The wreckuge Indicated that Ihe upper wing uf the glaul ship He cams ahaky while Hhurl wua send ing his craft roaring over a meas ured roiM-a lu au attempt lo eel a world's record mluraiic f 111 tit for plauea loaded with 2,000 kilo grams uf freight. When h noticed th wing wob bling lu th speed produced gale, Short apparently cut off both motors and tried - to . bring the craft lo a forced lauding upon the A, T. Col farm. An Inslant bufore ha would bav landed safely, th wing a nap pm'. oft. the plane falt ered and ca tana lilted tu earth. TKAHM UK IIOI.K It hit with a ihiindnrous crash, trurlng a hole five (out deep Into the earth. "The ship was flying along per fectly," aald llarloy Overlou, la-year-old (arm hoy whu had been watching Ihe lest. "Then Ihe tall started lo fly lo pieces. For a quarter ot a mil th plan went, Hi piece flying right and left. Then th ship loomed fur earth and hit with a trrrtfi crash." HHKCIALI.Y DKHKi.MFII Three ot th crew wer dead when Dr. Harry W. Klnn ar rived. Gurmley died in an ambu lanr on lb way lo a hoapllal. Th "Bin Streak." nanivd for th familiar blue-edged late edi tions of th Dally Newa, had been specially designed by Hellanca and Short as lha last word lu modern flying equipment. II had been overhauled completely after a 1.5u0 mil non-stop flight to Brownsville. Texas, and waa sup posed lo hav been In perfect lly-lUj- condition. Holy See Sends Note to Spain, Protests Decree VATICAN CITY. May 24. (I'PI The Holy So sent not lo th republlcua government of Spain today, protesting th recent gov ernmental doc re establishing ro ll K I o u freedom In Spain. Th protest waa baaed on the contention that the decree violate the coucordat under which Cath olicism Is recognised as the aol aud supreme religion of Spain, The concordat, which cannui ne' dlssolred without consent ot both parties, wsa accepted during th Spanlih monarchy, which support ed th church In Spain. PORTLAND. (UP) In a tail. Mrs. Savage left her pura con taining a week's aalary, valuable diamonds. En rout lo report her lues to th company, th driver re turned II. I SFttIM s - - . A Arden Preparations . Assure a Lovely, Soft Textured Skin - Elizabeth Arden Preparations are Featured Exclusively at To Bring Fresh Velva Cream , Orange Skin Food . , , ,. Adona Cream i Lille Lotion CAPT. ABBEY IS PROMOTED TOMAJOR Van Vector Mad Captain Of Battery D, Others Promoted 1 ' t Captain Waller W. Abbeys commander of Battery D, IIDIh Coaat Artillery has bea pro moled lo the post ot major and battalion headquarters bav been slabllahrd her with Second Lieutenant T. R. (IlllenwaUr alia. hod. It was announced yes- lerduy. Khst Lieutenant I). K. Van Vartor lis been pruinoted to captain and haa auutued com. maud of Hatter D. succeeding t'upuln Abb.-y. T. I), t'ss ha been mail Ural lieutenant and limine Dewey Powell baa been mad second lleulensut succeed ing t'ss. Powell lis boon first seraeanl n( th putlil. Kred llellbronner haa ba named first aergeant ot Battery D bv Captain Vaa Vartor. The battery, eulstsr-dlug In Ihe tale (or markanianshlp, at tendance and general ability will leave fur Port Stevens aud th annual summer ramp on Juu . o-wsrssif ss assa a-va Wife Leave For Florida Vacation OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. May 26. Il'l'l tiov. W. H. "Alfalfa Hill" Murray and his wife will lev her tomorrow lo spend a short vacation In California and spread the gospel of cotton. Tbe governor, clad lu cotton from the crown ot bla hat lo the sole ot his shoes, entered lb slat bouse today "on dress per ade." Th governor nd his party will visit Los Angele and Baa Kranrlsco. ' Louie Polin Founlalu Sporting Good Booths For Ladle WHEN YOU'RE IN CIIILOQI'I DROP I.N Ol'R STORE lloadqusrters la Klamath News and Evening Herald Beauty to the Skin