The Klamath News from Klamath Falls, Oregon • Page 1

Fhe Kl'amath News "Throw Away Your HammerGet Out Your Horn" Service We Endeavor To Give You Service. Phone 877 If Your Paper la Not Delivered by 7 A.M. The Klamath Newt Offlcdl Paper County ot Klamath City ot KImU falli 7, No. 139 Price Five Centa. TEN PACES KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1930 TEN PAGES (Every Morning Except Monday), BLAST KILLS 22 NEAR TACOMA -1 J.

a Registration To Hit Hat' in Ring Detective Shadows Jefferson High Band Wins in State Contest Clifford And Clark, 5 .4 Girl In U.S. Navy Office Is Murdered To Scrap Vessels According To Treaty May Elect Cullison Corrigon, Allen May Comb'ne, Lynch and Right May Quit; Clsf ton and Clark May Be Atked To Resign. Governor Hire Burn Man for Probe. Bt HEN I BUM 1-reaa Htalf PORTLAND. April 12.

Tho tat gam. ku beam ana I 'am ttormr spot of tba 1 primary campaign duo for a teiamic dirturbane Men- If k. katlMtwatll. umj iiwiw There) it a strong rumor rigon and Wilford Allon will that iooor Jack Cullion chairman of tba commmiomr. MAY INCLUDE WARDEN UV Men In Mine As xplosion Is Heard Number of Dead Un known; Blast on Third Level; Car bonado in Panic CARBOXAOO, April IS, (UP) Lives of fja sarasr believed claimed In sua aisduassa the Pacta Coast Coal oaaspaasy aalae bare at at, sa, today.

Bodies of It varthsas of the Blast 10:80 p. an. Tbe expjoaioai cpegiss! mm the third level of the wire, tea pasha ackers of the algfat crew who id gooe oa shift at a p. an, 10 ea Shift Th mine employ a total of 100 mea and 14 were oa shift which want down into the black hole thta SatnrdalV evemlng to ork until th saebata approach The camp waa hysterical. Few knew the detail of the aeddeat.

Efforts to- obtain Identification the dead failed. 1 Cotaasutty tn Pasd Th detonation of the blast waa heard throughout tha community and In a moment children were streaming attar thalr aso there over tbe rocky trails which their husband and fathers bad followed only a abort time Before. Blanched and trembling they stood la th aight at th face tbe tunnel, hoping In vela that their men would come back out the hole. Bock Care-la Follow Screams and groans (rested. fhV rescuers a they struggled from the depth into the eerie light with their hardens, the Bodies of the men with whom 'they had A rock cave-ln was said to kara (Oeatcaeed oa Page Two) a List Dead in Mine Disaster AtCorbonado CARBONADO, WaelL.

April 13. (UP) The list ot victims la the Carbonado mine disaster lata today Sylvester Barker, married, two children. 1 John Bates, married, one child. R. C.

Leg re. married, on child. William MoMurphy. married. on child.

L. B. O'Neill, married, one child. John O'Leary, married, three Cloie Tueeday at P.M. Under Law Heglatratlou will cloae Tuefday eteolni at p.

m. Tboae who ar not reglaterod at that time will be unable (1 vote at tha primary election to be heu( on May If. It a atated at tb county clerk'a offlc yealerday. All muat reglaler who hare uJt done bo In the peat three year or ho her not vuted In the laat two electlvn. The county' olrrk'a offlc which ha been open nig lite from until p.

m. will aaalu be open during tboee hour on Monday evaatng but lb law require that the books be cloaed at I p. m. on Tuesday, April 13. The Inlereet In the gubernat orial campaign baa cauaed a large number to register (or the prim-ary laetlon.

It 1 atated. BASEBALL TO BE PLAYED AT 2:30 AT FIELD Arraugemenla br bn mad for a baseball gam this afternoon at 1:10 o'clock at lb lair ground between th team a a 1 to represent th Klamath rail ball club and th Klamath Kids. Th latter aggregation la comprised ot high school boy and former star ot tb high achool team and I ponaored by Mr. Harney of th Different Store. Club Looks Strong.

Pre-a all appearaac, th elab team la on ot th beat gotten together In Klamath Falla In re cent year and Manager Red Saunder la aallou to find oat what tb prospect are for th season. Tb club team 1 eched-aled to meet ih fast Columbia University lean ot Portland ea the local diamond April lOU. Barney Bark Klda. Mr. Harney I ure has a bunch that will maks th club team wore.

11 1 outfitting hlsi with Bnltorms and expect to match the Kid with ether Junior aggregation ot th dis trict. Th lineup of th club team Sunday I a follows: Bills. right field; Puller, shortstop; Zachary, first baa: Varnadore. base; Peterson, third baa; Tomlln, left field; Anderson, center field; Knolee, Catch-err Beck, pitcher. Klamath Klda: Palmer, short- atop; H.

Wakeman, first has; Kendall, aecond base; Olion, center field; Swlabar. left field; Robertson, third, base; Harney. right field; Wakeman, catcher: Molatore and Whitney, pitcher. Th game la aot (or 1:10 and admlaalon la free. rillNt'K VISITS KHARTOUM.

Sudan. Annl' 11. (UP) The Prince of Walea will arrive here by alrplan tomorrow The royal big gam hunter arrived at Malakal by ateamer at 8:15 thta morning and seven rav el air (ore plane wer dlapatch- ed from Khartoum to meet him will com her aboard one of the plane about noon. Limit Aircraft Carrier. Hope To Sign Five-Power Pact By Thursday.

1 "lew- LONDON. April 12, (UP) Scrapping of two United States battleships and transformation of another Into training ship unfit for war service was provided today in a report adopted by the first committee of the naval conference. The report, which executes th 1-5-1 ratio (or battleahlp nnder th three-power agreement, pro vided the following: Would He rep Ship Scrapping of Ih United State battleships Florida and Utah, both ot 11,111 tone, and ballt la 1111; retention of tb Arkansas or Wyoming, both of M.OOt tons and built In 1111, for training purposes. Scrapping ot tb British battle ship Marlborough, th Emperor ot India, and Ben bow, all of 000 Ions end built la 114. And tb battle cruiser Tiger, of 11,100 tons, bbllt In 114; retention of the battleship Iron Duke, ot toa aad ballt In 11 (or training purposes.

Retention ot the Japanese bat-It erulaer Hlyl, of 17.100 ton and ballt In 11 for training poae. Achieve Formula) Su-h plan of ecrapplnf weuld achieve th previously announced (IfcatUtacd- eaa rero Twel Miss Cummings Elected Head of Women Students In a closely contested race, Miss Margaret Cnmmlnga ot thl city waa electer pres ident ot th Associated Women 8tndenta at th University of Oregon, Thursday, according to word received here. The new president lean Mon day for Laramie. to repre sent th CnlTtrelt ot Oregon to a riierlct convention of aseoc! and women student officers. While there she will give a paper on "Th Problem ot tb Town Olrl." Mis Cumiuings Is tb daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. K. O. Cum. nilngs of this city and a graduate ot Klamath Union high achooi.

Sh I affiliated with PI Beta Phi on the Oregon campus. Mlaa Helen Chaney, who was elected treaaurer for A. W. 8. 1 a former Klamath Pall girl, but sow reside in the valley.

When Day is Done! Here Mayor Jame Rolph, Jr, mayor of San Francisco for mors than 11 yean, who haa formally announced himself as a candidate for the republican nomination for governor of California. MACDUFF IS SUICIDE, SAY ALL EXPERTS EL'OENE, April 11, (UP) Virtually unanimous decisions that Kelson F. MacDutf, Cascade forest reserve aupervtaor, cam to bis death laat Saturday by hi owa head war reported today by espert Investigators at Portland attar nearly one week ot Intensive lnvetigtlon. Attar an examination ef tb body ot tha (oreat supervisor and experiment with th gun found by bla aid. Dr.

Frank P. Mean. autopsy expert ot Portland, re ported that the bullet ram from the same gun, or on 11k It, nd passed through "tb head Irom rich til hrtu JSules Pro evolve Expert considered It Impor tant to determine whether the ballot entered from the right In order to decide whether MscDutf tired the bullet hlmielf. Menne ssld that th gun anb- mltted fired- the cartridge, the empty case ot which waa found near the body, through Investi gation and photographing with compound microscope and cam era. The Imprint ot the firing pin on the ahell case found by the body was exactly the tarn as that upon aaother ahell case fired from the same gun.

Alto th mark ot th ejector on both ahell caaea war tb same. Reams la Hidden An examination ot the wonnds nnder a handglass revealed that MacDnft held the gnu with hi right band against his head aad fired tha ballet Into hi head from tha right aide. Friends and relative ot ilac-Duft war atill at a Ion to ex plain a motive for the act. The examination of th body revealed ha waa In perfect health. A check ot bla book and finance alao abowed everything to be In order.

OREGON STATE COLLEGE. Corvsllls, April 11. (UP) Jefferson high achooi of Portland won the seventh annual Oregon state high school band contest on the campus here today. Albany high achooi was second end Medford, last year's winner, waa third. Roosevelt high ot Portland wont th class high schools of between 400 nd 600 pupfls with West Linn second and Bead third.

The Seaside high school girls' band for th second consecutive year won first prise in class high schools ot less than 400 pupils. Ealacada was second lo this class and Hood River third. The scores In the class A contest wars: Jefferson, Albany, S.1: Medford, 11.71. COURT HOLDS BABY AS TWO CLAIM CHILD PORTLAND. April 11, (UP) fonr-cnonths-old baby stared from ber white blankets with -onderlng tonight at th police officials Into whose care she was placed by court order, then dosed to sleep, unmindful the tight being wsged over her two women, each claiming to ber mother.

Mra. George F. Sobaefer of Portland claims the baby Is hers snd was born In a Portland hos pital, while Miss Geraldlo Wat son ot Los Angeles asserts tb child I bar daughter. Cwt Holds Baby Judge Clarence H. Gilbert of the children' court, ruled today that th child matt be held in the custody ot the court of domestic relations until each -time her real parentage can be legally determined.

The acttoB waa taken after probation officers la Los An geles wired anthoritle here ask ing that the child he taken from the Schaefers and held until Miss Wa atsoa arrives in Portlaad. Break Down Doe Waea local, police aathorirjes wat to scree a warrant charging dependeacy apoa the Schaefera, Mr. Schaefer clutched the baby she claims la ber owa in her arms and refused police admittance an Inner room. The officers were forced to break down she door to renre the warrant. At court, Jndge Gilbert told the Schaefer that the baby waa under protest and that tha court had ao option but to assume cus tody.

Ton will be allowed to eee the baby at any and all reason able times," Judge told the dlstranght mother. New Hotel Will Be Constructed In Portland PORTLAND, April (UP) series ot building projects, tor Portland. Including the construc tion ot a 13,000,000 hotel with ork to alert by the middle ot June, war. announced here today by Ralph Lloyd, Los Angeles spitallst. The hotel will occupy th equivalent ot two city blocks and will be constructed on th Lloyd holding east ot Ilolladay park.

Th building will constat ot 14 stories, and It waa planned to have It ready for formal open- Ing by July. 1931. Modernistic design haa been selected for tbe exterior plan. The hotel la the centerpiece of the general development planned by Lloyd tor tba Holladay park A high grade theater, fac ing the hotel, and a rose garden are also planned. Lloyd also announced tbe lease of tbe two-block are the Portland sport arena for 19-year period, while backer ot th project will 3175,000 sports arena tor ice hockey, bowling, boxing and other sport events.

Construction ot a vlsduci over Sullivan's gulch at East lath street, which may be started by December 1. was also Included la the announcement. Discus Wounds Mechanic in Head BTJTTB, April 11 (UP) A. B. Ducheaheau, mechanic, was In a serious condition tonight from a' head injury sustained when he waa struck down by a dlscua wildly thrown by a high achooi athlete, The youth waa practicing lor at at ed.

of of Military and Civil Police Search for Killer of Pretty Mary Baker. MfU WASHINGTON, Apr. 12. (UP) Military and civil police joined tonight in a hunt for the murderer of Miss Mary Baker, attractive young employe of the navy department, whose body, shot through the head, was found hidden under a culvert adjoining the east wall of Arlington national cemetery. Her automobile was found about a mile from her body.

Miss Baker and a girl friend attended Lenten servlcee lata yes terday afternoon, but ah never reached home. Body i Bder Culvert The body eras hidden In the ditch under the culvert, and was aot found until after noon today, aa a result of search started when Deputy Sheriff A. A. Rlcharda ot Arlington county, discovered tb bloody automobile about daylight. The Arlington county coroner announced after an examination that Mlaa Baker, who was the daughter of an Oak Grove, Va.

Episcopal minister, bsd been criminally aaulted. Police estab lished that she also waa robbed. Justice department agents. called tn by experts ot the Waab- tCostllaeed Pag Two) May Renew Rail Speed Contest East to West ST. PAUL, April 11.

(UP) Tb St. Paul Dally New will ay tomorrow that the rail road apeed war to th Pacific northwest Is doomed to break ont again. Contributing factor, tha Kewa aatd. include the recently an- nounced decision ot extra fare train ot th southwest to cat their running time; th demand of Spokane. Seattle aad Portland for schedules on a parity with San Francisco and Los Angeles Che desire ot the railroads to save their Pacific northwest pat rons a complete business' dsya In time, aad- tba tremendous ad-vantsgea ot highly developed train equipment and operating facilities.

Saying that the western end ot tie line Involved th great Northern. Northern Pacific, Union Pacific and tha Milwaukee were clamoring tor a atill earlier ar rival on tha coast, th New "Although no official Information Is available from either the Northern Pacific or Oreat North ern, It la known that the Oreat Northern hss considered possibil ities ot taster Urn still." Robert Tabor, 15, Drowns in River A Boat Sinks ROSEBURG. April 11. (UP) Refusing to bead the warnlnga of his younger companions, Robert Tabor, 15, Insisted on crossing the Umpqua river In a home made boat today and on bla return liip waa caught In a strong undertow and awept to bis death in the treacherous wsters. The hoy wss attempting to bail out water that had leaked In.

when the craft capaised. Hla younger brother aecared help but the body waa not found until four hour later. Robert was the son ot Mr. K. Homme.

Today' Weather Oregon! a tiled, TJn with rata Sunday and Monday, cooler over the Interi or, atrong south weat winds on th coast. Or omlrnl Commissioner Matt Cor combine to elect Commia- Another rumor that If such Procedure goat through that Commiaaionara M. A. Lynch and L. A.

Wright will resign. Knl afnnelnr at that Bolnt- Ih old dam haa apread Ih report that tha maloritv member mar alao call for th resignation ol Rfata Dim, warden Harold Clifford and bla chief deputy. Ed Clark, and nam Culllaoa rial gam wardes. Detective on Trail Clifford and Clark, who bar beea th target ol varloue group of aportamen a orgaolsallooe. including th Multnomah Hunter an anetara eluh and the Port land chapter of th laaao Walton league, ar about to demand that Qororaor Norblad fore their aecuaara to "com out In th open.

Clifford releaaed letter written to him by Clark today branding th attack on them ea politics and demandlBg "ahowdowa or ehowup." Meanwhile It baa beea learned t-lt Wi L. a-riaet. Portlano man ager at th Burne Detectlre a haa beea "Inreatlgatlng chart agalaat Clifford and Clark. Prleet Inalata that he wnrklne a renreaentatlve of Oo -tor Norblad, but aorne of Ih dleeetlefled aportamea claim he la working for Clifford and Clark. Einort Blow-Up tr en investigation- la demand ed officially by Clifford or Clark no one la certain luat who ahould do the th gover nor or lb gam eommlaaloo.

Culllaon and Allen ware ap-notnted to the gam commtealon largely th BgeaUon of aportamen' and according to all Ih "dope, Cor-rlgan haa Joined force with Ih.m If thl. le ectnallv true. It I believed majority of the commlaalon will he ut of locua with Clifford and Clark, for whom the aportamen' organlia lions bar been "gunning," leglng oflenaea ranging from the AvrlAntr1iiv nf am.ll Mffll vlnta- llona to mlaadmlnlitratloa ot The whole gam warden' office. That th iliuallon la aur-cliartd-wlth dynamite I conceded by both aide and th coming week will be noted (or more thing pleratorlal han th open ing ox tn mo tuning aeeaoa Local Dentist Chortled With Beating Woman A charge of aaaault and bat tery waa filed yesterday before Justice of th react W. n.rnes pharvlnv fir.

f). J. Jnhn- aon, local dentist, -with taeaultlng and Beating air. Iran rerria oi this rllv. Th.

fninnlalnt atatea that the alleged assault and battery took place yealerday. Dr. Johnson haa been summoned to appoar to answer th charge oa Monday Family Language Puzzles Enumerator BUTTE, Mont-, April It. (UP) Prankly punled, censu numerator were driving today to lo cal aorne linguist who could successfully Interrogate a family by the name of Sturm, Th Sturm husband, wife and two children apeak Strang dialect that ha myatltied all linguists. They hare beea eddreaaed In Slav, Bulgarian Greek, French, Swlaa, Spanish, Italian and Hungarian languages To queries In all ten, they won daringly ihake their bead and chat In an unknown tongue be tween thamaelre.

Canaua 8uprvlor K. Fteilet believe th family apeak eome little known pronuclei European WET AND DRY LOBBIES TO BE INVESTIGATED WASHINGTON. April II. (CP) Th aenal lobby committee prepared lor a careful scrutiny all prohlbllloa and auli-pro-hlbltloB organisation Mil week. In connection with charges bat they melBtaln aellve lobble here.

Tbe detailed Inquiry will opea Tuesday with rreldnl Henry It. Curran of th eesoe'allon aiaisit th prohibition ameadmant. ai a witness. II will be uUond bout record and correepondenee ol bla aaaoclallon, ubponed by th eonnnlll. fall altendaaee ot the lead-ib ea both aide waa aaeurid today wbco Dtabop Jamea ran-bob, oC Illcbmond, cbatr-Biaa ol lb foutbara Molhodlat bm-vgi-rraBr anil gof.

1 service. ootltled tba eotuinlUee ha waa willing to testify. Th committee already baa In-dlrateil that whan It concludes with th aaaoclallon atalnat th prohibition amonnra.nl 11 win search Into lb activities ot th Methodist board and th federal council ol churcho. Antl-aalooa league leader alio ar expected to rallrd to gl an accounting ot thalr actlTlllea. State Librarian Dies Yesterday After Illness PORTLAND.

April 11. (CD-Mr. Virginia Cleaver Bacon, 47. aula librarian, dl.d at th flood Samaritan boapltal today n(tr an lllneea el nor than all weeks. Mr.

nacon bacam atat librar ian March 18, succeeding rnrnel a Marvin, wno re- l.n.rf Ia marrr ai-GoTernor V1 or M. fierce. Bhe waa formerly adTlaor In adult ducatlon In tba Central library ol Portland. Mra. Baron wrot a booklet In His on "flood English" lor the "Reading With a Purpose" erla ol th American Library aaaoclallon.

Speclillat ware rallrd on to wrltn th 41 booklet In the a-rte and ot tba' number only two wre written by woman and only (our by llbrarlana. iter Ilia work tnoludad teach ing, library work and writing. 8he bad a degree from, th Rlvrsld school of library artlre In Call- fnrnla 1n 1014 au3 a maater ol arta degree from American unl veratty In Kit. TRAMCAR JVMT9 RAM LONDON, April U. (UP) An Pixchang Telegraph dlapatob from Ulaagow aald 60 peraon ware iniumd when a tramcar Jumped tha ralla today Into the window of a ahop.

Men, women and children wera burled In the wreckage. Character Cloae-upe HtAVY UPPfcR UP AND PROMINENT TtfcTH INDICATIONS THAT THIS GIRL WfeUSHM FLATTtRY children. Alfred three children. 1 Victor Pete, married, one child. Thorns Schsekley.

unmarried. John Wolpl, unmarried. David Hughes. assistant aitna foreman, married, one child. WBIIam Mataon, married, one child.

Mike Sheridan, unmarried, Bd Woll, unmarried. Pete Flers, unmarried. Roy Glockin. on child. i a John Flood, married, on child.

William Kennedy, unmarried. In announcing the name of 18 men known dead, w. wiiko, mine menager, aald be waa on-certain that other men were dead. Flapper Fanny Say: jf IbyV 'If lT. i a forthcoming track meet, when hi toe went wild and th heavy mlasll bit Ducbesneau In tb Some people thirst tor knowt edge erca thoogh It le oftca dt.

Jttad, causing a tartr concussion.) Mia..