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MKDPOBD. 0HK00N, MONDAY, MAY 25, 10125
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NO WORD OF
NORTH POLE
AID Dl AMCC
Kin rLHiLO
World Waits in Vain for News
. of Amundsen Expedition
Authorities Declare No Im
mediate Cause for Alarm
. Movement Started to Fi
nance Relief Expedition.
NEW YORK, May 25. (A. P.)
Up to 2:15 o'clock this afternoon
the North American Newspaper al
liance had received no word from
the Amundsen-Ellsworth seaplanes
since their doparturo Thursday after
noon from King's Bay, Spltzbornen,
for a fllKht to the north pole. This
kwas announced at that hour through
A ... t. ....... t... T m-lnrw Ti,.lr
cring, general manager of the alli
ance. LONDON, May 25. (A. P.) Not
Bince the world waited for months
In 1912 for news from the ill-fated
expedition of Robert F. Scott, the
British explorer, to the south pole
has the fate of any polar explorer
excited so much speculation and in-
tercst In England as has that of DAYTON, Tenn.. May 25. (A. P.)
Amundsen, now overdue at Spitzber-
gcn ... John T. Scopes, high school sclen.ee
Throughout continental -Europe teacher, wns Indicted by a Rhea county
also Amundsen's plight is the one nb- grand jury here today on a chargo of
sorting topic of interest and anxiety. t01u.hing evolution In a public school
Newspapers give the greatest promi- voltlon ot th0 Tonne.s!10e law.
nonce to dispatches from Spitsbergen Bet Ju, ln at Uaylon,
ns well as to the speculations of for tho trlJ;,
other explorers and of arctic experts The Brnnj Jury wn8 ascm,)lcd )n
as to what might have, happened mlecial Ke8Sison to pass upon the ense
after the party hopped off for the ,)resented to lt as a result of prelim
north pole. ., Innry hearing two weeks ago when
Reports from the United States tnr,,e justices of the peace held Scopes
thnt the United States navy dirigi- for grand jury action,
bio airships Shenandoah or Los judge John T. Raulston presiding.
Angeles might be pressed into service charged the jury on the law of the
to search 'for' the explorers; have theory ' of evolution- .as it shall be
aroused the keenest Interest. ' taught in the public schools of Ten-
So far. lt Is the general opinion nessee, the first time such a charge
there Is no Immediate cause for nnx- has been delivered in a Tenncsse
iety. Many Norwegian, other Scan- court.
dlnavlnn and English authorities say 1
It Is probable that the pnrty reached DAYTON. Tenn., May 25. (A. P.)
the pole and that Amundsen now is The American Association for the
awaiting favorable weather condl- Advancement of Science has Joined In
Hons before attempting to return. the Tennessee evolution case lt was
Sir John Scott Keltlo, for many announced today as a Rhea county
years secretary of the Royal Geo- grand jury assembled to determine
graphical society and recognized as whether John T. Scopes, science teach
an authorll on matters relating to should be Indicted for violation of
the arctic told the Associated Press the state law. which prohibits teach
todav that Amundsen had the great- i"K of evolution in the schools,
est confidence that there Is land In Dr. George W. Rappleyea. who in
the vicinity of the north pole. Sir stigated the court test, announced that
John said he believed that if Amund- Professor H. I. Pupin, president of the
sen has found this land ho undoul.t- ""Hocintlon, and member of Columb.a
cdly has descended to make a thor- university faculty had pledged sup
. , ., port, to the defense, promising a
ough investigation. scientific expert advice" for the trial.
Sir John expressed the opinion that Tne cnce f , crmV(1 in
such an attempt wou d be extrem- Dayton to atpnd , ,s prelmlnal.les
ely hazardous, but In view of Amund- broU(.nt (n0 BUBKCIrtlon thlU a tem
sen's long record of arctic explora- pol.nry court room should be erected
tion, De declared that If any ex- on th(J naselmll pnrk B,t0.
plorer could land at the pole and re- The propos(,d building would seat
turn safely that man is Amundsen. 20,000 persons.
ln connection with the reports of Scopes was held for action by throe
. proposed rescue flights by American magistrates at a preliminary hearing
, .iii,iiii.p, llIK i" i-- HCCKS UU. . il I'AflUCLtl LU VK III-
" In scientific circles thnt should there dieted.
no news of Amundsen within tho
next few dnys such a relief expedi- COLUMBUS. Ohio. May 25. The
tion would be of the greatest value, pending test of the Tennessee law
against the toachlng of evolution in
SAN D1EOO, Cal May 25. flans the public schools Is not so 'much a
Nansen of the First National bank' of question of correctness of the theory
San Diego, a nephew of the noted of evolution ns It Is of the right of a
explorer, Frltjof Nansen, announc- people to control the schools which
ed here today that he was raising they create and support, William Jen
funds to finance nn expedition for nlngs Bryan declared In the course of
the relief of Amundsen and was an address here last night,
certain his plans would be a success. Mr. Bryan has volunteered to assist
. ln the prosecution of John T. Scopes,
OSLO Norway, May 25. (A. P.) Dayton. Tenn., teacher, charged with
A dispatch from Splfzbergen to the violating the new law.
Shipping Gazette says no news has "If the people are not to control
huii, received regarding- the Amund- the schools." Mr. Bryan asked, "who
ri pn .loi . U mi n nn ,vne evnrOHRen
sen polar flight expedition up to
two o'clock this morning.
The dlsnatch reads:
"As late as 2 a. m., today there
was no news of Amundsen. The
Hobby (one of the expedition's
steamera) has returned to Wellman
Bay having patrolled north and cast
of bane's island. She found Ice
conniuons U..UCU.I. . ,
The d snatcn aaaeo hm
..t,.fn
- "5. '; ",. be-
nmuum ui ui-iu... i"-
cause
of Amundsen's non-appear-If
their flying boats were
ance.
damaged the members ot the expe-
fContlnued on Page Elght
MAN DROWNS. KLAMATH RIVER, WHEN
4 MILE PURSUIT IN
KIAMATH FALLS. Ore.. May 25.
Trapped by the fast rising waters of
the Klamath river when the flood
gates at Cnpro were opened Sunday
afternoon. N. U. Wilbur, traveling
man of San Francisco who Is survived
fry a widow at 701 Post street, was
drowned, and J. Rosherg of San Fran
cisco and Jack Severen of Yreka. nar
rowly escapP.l with their lives. The
U. S. Sea Operations
Against Rum Fleet
To Start On Coast
EL. PASO, Texas. May 25. (Uy
the Associated Press.) Sea oper-
ations against rum running and
other forms of smuggling will be
extended to the Pacific coast and
carried on with intensity equal
to that on the Atlantic, Lincoln
C. Andrews, chief of the prohi-
bitlon enforcement department,
announced here today. 4
Mr. Andrews announced Ills
aim Is to equip a coast guard
4 vessel to dog the movements of 4
4 every rum runner ship. 4
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IS INDICTED IN
EVOLUTION CASE
John T Scopes Trial Set for
July 10th at Dayton, Tenn.,
in First Test of Law Sup
ported By William Jennings
Bryan.
,1 l. ,t.. ... . t 1
shall control them, the scientists who
.amount to nDoui one in len inuunanu
lin our population, or the teachers?
National League.
,.., - o u r
At rinauurK .
Chlo
Plttubnr
Pittsburg
Bush. Jacobs
Brett and Hartnett;
Morrison and Smith.
Other games postponed.
CAR FAILS TO RESCUE
'flood of water caught the men as the
ln-prp ftahine in Klamath river. id
j Rosherg caught Severn as he was
swept down the river and his body was
'pursued In nn autnmn'le by the sur
, ivvor;. '"it he sank alter uchnse of
four miles.
I The body was recovered near the
I Charles Hubbard ranch, six miles be
jlow where he lost his footing.
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TEACHER
BASEBALL SCORES.
HE'S GUILTY
OF MURDER
E
State's Missing Witness in
Chicago. Germ Case Writes
From Philadelphia to Dist
Attorney Claims He's Just
beginning to Fight Shepherd
vand His Gang. , .
CHICAGO, May 25. (By Associat
ed Press.) A purported letter from
Robert White, missing witness In the
murder trial of William Darling
Shepherd, was made public today by
Assistant State's Attorney Joseph
Savage. The writer declared he' was
"Just commencing to fight Shepherd
nnd his gang," and would come back.
"Shepherd Is guilty," said the writ
er whoso signature, except for the
letter "V" was virtually identical
with the signature signed by White
for the rented car in which he Is said
to have disappeared, and the signa
ture of a purported letter from White
to a Chicago newspaper.
"Shepherd Is guilty, I must ndmit.Y'
the letter ran, "and he knows I know
lt. and God help him when I return.
His bunch made a nervous wreck of
me 'and also made me write a state
ment against my will. I am Just
commencing to fight Shepherd and
his gnng."
The lotter denied he hnd stolen the
rented cat? and said he had left $45
tor Its temporary use. It requested
the stnte'ij attorney to protect him
from prosecution on a charge of its
theft.
A postscript In a woman's hand
and signed with Mrs. White's name
donied that her. husband had stolen
an automobile and that he had talked
about the Shepherd case, so far as
she knew, before leaving Chicago.
The . letter was postmarked Fhlla
delpiiia, '6:30.,JIa'23.. . .
,
Death Toll of
the Automobile
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., May 25.
A. McGregor Allan, 20. a Hill line sur
veyor, was almost Instantly killed
early yesterday near Olene, when a
small coupe in which he was return
ing from a dance at Bonanza cata
paulted off the highway. Allan sus
tained a fractured skull and was dead
when atltolsta reached him a few mo-
ents Inter. Young Allan was with
the surveying group which has been
running location lines for the Oregon
Trunk near the Bonanza country. An
other surveyor, whose name was not
learned by authoritlos, was also In the
car but escaped with minor injuries.
The dead man leaves a widow ana
small child at Tacoma.
LA GRANDE. Ore., May 25. Mrs.
W. R. McDowell, wife of the Western
Union agent at Boise, Idaho, was al
most instantly killed yesterday when
an automobile in which sho was rid
ing with her husband and three chil
dren wont over a steep embankment
on a curve on the Old Oregon trail
at Perry, Oro., about four miles west
ot La Grande. Mrs. McDowell was
thrown from the back seat over the
front scat nnd struck the brace of the
windshield. McDowell and baby were
slightly injured. Two daughters aged
7 and G were unhurt.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., May 25.
Mrs. Agnes Hempe Newhouso of this
city was fatally injured about nine
o'clock last evening when the auto
mobile in which she and her husband
wore returning from a baseball game
at La Grande, went Into the ditch on
the state highway about four miles
from this city near the Walla Walla
river bridge.
AT OREGON CITY
OREGON CITY. Ore.. May 25.
Five prisoners escaped from the Ore
Ron City jail about midnight Sunday
night, it became known this morning.
Officers believe the delivery to have
been an outside job.
Those who made their get-away
were Bob Spooner, sentenced to a
year on a liquor charge; Jay Upson,
in for a year on a statutory convic
tion; James O'Connor, awaiting trial
on a liquor charge, and Charles Wil
liams and Lee Adams, arrested Hat
urday on a liquor charge.
Tom Culbertson, one of two prison
ers who did not go out with the
oftiera saw Upson unlocking a door,
he said. Four doors were unlocked.
Merrill Conviction Upheld
SAN FRANCISCO. May 25. The
convirtjun and sentence of Fred Mer
rill, who wan nccuHfrt nf violation of
the VolHte.ifl act In conrn'ctlon with
the operation of a road houne near
Portland, Ore., was affirmed today
by the U:0eri States circuit court.
SAYS 111
Trial of Evolution
Promises
fh. JiV
Tlic trial of John T. Scopes, Dayton, Tenn., teacher, on the
charge of violating Tennessee's nnti-evolution law, promises to de
velop into a great legal battle. William Jennings Bryan has asked
to be allowed to appear for the prosecution, and Clarence Darrow
and Dudley Field Maloue, internationally famous lawyers, have
offered their services gratis to the defense
LOCAL RESIDENT
HELD ON CHARGE
El
Charged with mnnslaughtor, O, W.
Murphy, a well-known resident o( this
city, was arrested Sunday by the . sher
iff's office as result of the death of
his wife, Emma Murphy, at Iter home,
610 West Second street, last Friday.
The accused Is alleged to have severe
ly beaten the dead woman, Inflicting
Injuries that caused her death. The
alleged assault, according to the dis
trict attorney, was committed April 1
last, in a fit of jealous rage.
The warrant for Murphy s arrest was
filed after an autopsy and post mortem
had been made Saturday. -
This morning Attorney George M.
Roberts was retained to defend Mur
phy, and efforts will be made to secure
bis release on ball.
No date has been set for the pre-,
llminary hearing of Murphy. The re
sult of the autopsy and post mortem
will not be made public until further
medical examinations have been com
pleted. The details of the alleged fatal
assault will not be divulged until told
by witnesses called at the preliminary I
hearing.
The funeral services of Mrs. Murphy
will bo held Tuesday afternoon from I
the Conger chapel, sue is survived
by two daughters, two sons and her
mother, living in this city.
Tho accused man has lived for years
in this city and county and is well
known. He is about 50 years of age,
formerly operated a taxlcab and has
been working at carpentry for the
last two years
According to the district attorney,
the affair caused a flood of wild and
unfounded rumor to be scattered over
the city, handicapping the work nf the
prosecutor's and sheriff's offlco in
their investigation of the affair, and
needlessly arousing public onlnlon.
Sheriff Jennings said this after
noon that he would Blgn tho com
plaint charging O. W. Murphy with
manslaughter, and that Murphy had
voluntnrlly given himself up to the
authorities. The official also said
that Mrs. Murphy had left a state
ment before she died.
3 MEN BURNED TO
DEATH ON
MARTIKZ. Oil.. May 25. Thwe
men were burned to death early to
day in a fire which destroyed a two
story garage and outbuildings on the
I'armalee ranch two miles from Con
cord, south of here. All three appar
ently were overcome by smoke as they
slept.
The three men had their beds in
the second story of the garage build
ing. The men are James C.lennon.
tractor driver and Joseph Azevedo,
truck driver, both of Concord and
Oforge Jones, a p.ilnter of Oakland.
-The loss Is estimated at $2S,00.
ie fire is believed to have started
from a discorded rigaretto stub.
MANSLAUGHT
Teacher
Great Legal Battle
X?vc-e CARHOP
E
IS CAPTURED
NEWBURYI'OHT. Mass,, May 26.
Uiy iissociauui n-., ,
Klrby, hunted in connection w h ho
munlor of Mihh Aula Iiuywurrt, tho
HhootinR of Mi'H. Kmma TownH and
the burniiiR of their cottao in Win-
throp, Maine, was nrreated here to
day. When taken into custody by police
ni a oou.ou K uUBa
that ho was the man sought by Maine
authorities hut denied any connec -
tion h the fining of Miss I ey rd.
lie said that he had found ti e won.-
an s body ln a cottage besldo Lake
Maranacook, near Winthrop. Ma ne
and moved It to the cottage of Miss
Jano Gray of Watertown, Mass., I
which ho was occupying, lio gave no
explanation of his reason.
Klrby said that he arrived In New-
buryport from Malno Saturday on n
Pullman car.
He took a room Satur -
day night nt a lodging houHo'koiit by
r rente i mm. rum. i-".n"
ond. Pond recognized the
man from pictures published In Sun
day newspapers and called tho police.
When officers asked him if he wero
Kirny. mo man rpiiu "-
11
RSUSPECT
MASSACHUSETTS
in.. i pn0 h0,iy 0f the dad man was
Pond said that Klrby had seemed ,ir ht lnto Klamath Falls late last
polite and friendly nnd had Bceom.l whp).b cxnmIniUlon rtHCiOI,en
panied tho family to church. Vhn.t,ml h h d (Ued fpom flkuU frac.
arrested today -Klrby inndo no rcHiH-'turo
tnnce. Ho said ho would make a. Bhorlff (1oputies arrested May at his
statement later, explaining his move- . . hrnueht ,.,m hopo to
nntH winre last Tuesday . night when
Miss Hey ward was carried away from
her homo after her aunt, Mrs. Kmma
M. Towns, had been shot nnd the cot
tago set on fire.
Klrby Baid he was willing o return
to Maine for hearing. It was ex
pected that deputy mnrshals would
arrive today to take Klrby to Au
gusta. E TAX IS
WASHINGTON. May 25. (A. T.)
Newspapers which published HBts
of income tax payers nnd tho
amounts they paid last fall wero
upheld In doing so today by the su
preme court.
The court declared the newspapers
were not guilty of a violation of the
law in publishing Income tax lists
made available o public Inspection
nt ttje offices of collectors of Internal
revenue.
The cases nppend were those
won by the Kansas City Journal
post and the linltimore Post In the
that
lower courts which Inn held
any law prohibiting publication or
Information which congress had dl-
rectd the fntcrnul revenue bureau
lt make avnlWde for public Inspee-
tion would be unconstitutional. This
contention the supreme court,
feet, upheld
In ef-
PUBLICATION OF
Mrs. Geo. Chamberlain
Wife of Ex-Senator
Dies in Washington
PORTLAND. Ore.. May 25.
Funeral of Mrs. George K. Cham
berlain, wife of Kx-Senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon, who
died yesterday In Washington,
will be held at the national cap-
Hal and Interment will probably
be in Arlington cemetery, rela-
Uvea here were advised today.
FIST FIGHT TO
DEATH STAGED
BY SHEEP IN
Two Klamath Ranchers Fight
flvpr Rlar.k Sheen On Sun
Baked Range Lund Con
test Ends When Tim Mur
phy Falls Death Follows.
KLAMATH FA LLC, Ore . May 20.
Timothy R Murphy, 40, Klamath
sheep grower, is dead, and Frank May,
also a sheep operator, Is held here In
tho county Jail on an open charge aa
a result of a fist fight to a finish in
tho doHolalo Devil's Garden country
in southern Klamath county yester
day. Tho two moil enmo to blows over a
black sheep. Only an occasional stray
lizard or sleepy rutlloRnako witnessed
the bloody battle as tho two men
fought and tumbled about among tho
dusty sagebrush clumps and Inva
rock.
I The argument started over tho di
vision of 1040 sheep whieh had been
owned Jointly. All their differences
hnd been settled until they- came to
the last of tho flock a frisky little
black sheep. Both men claimed own
ership. '
At first they ant astride their horses
,V,n pn,nn, uvwl urn,.,,. Then
they decided to dismount and fight
out to determine who should get tho
little black sheep.
Tho horses browsed
among the
"-.U..h..h . ,h. mra -IHone,!
, - smashing blows at
' . . , . ,
ach othor. Tho nun beat down to
BllHton on tho Htrcuks of crimson
which flowed from faco nnd body
wounds.
Twice, acorrdiiiK to the Htnry Riven
authorities. Murphy went down kuhp
ing with pain nnd fatiKuo. lint twine
J , , .
, .
' n(
)o fiilu,d ,o
j mi,lto. he remained In a
-comntoHB n,.cornln(t tn
May's story, ho helped the defeated
man to his horse and in tho saddle.
Then they parted.
- Just ns ho roaehed his sheep camp.
Murphy slumped down In his snddlo I
(tin,! nulri hntrn ffillnn In ihn trrml rwl
;. . . . utlhn nnt Bhlwl tn hia ul(lw
t) help him dismount.
AernrdiniT to tho brother. Palk
I Murphy, Tim Rasped out: "Frank May
hit me over the head with his gun.
A few hours later he wns den'd, with
ollt hnving regained consciousness.
tho county jail. He had a rovolver nn
him when he was taken into custody,
nlthoutrh ft was declared no shots had
been fired.
County authorities are In tho south
ern part of the county today making
a complete Investigation.
Wall Street Report
NB WYOUK. May 25. Extensive
readjustment nf speculative accounts
by professional traders accounted for
the mixed prlve movements in .today's
stock market. Steels, public utilities ,
and several of tho motors were in de- J
maud, but heavy accumulation took
place In the food, chemical, coal car-
rylng railroads and- merchandising
shares with over two score Issues
breaking through to new peak prices
for the year. Total sales approxlmat-
od 1,700,000 chares.
MEDFORD ORDINANCE
BY DECISION OF U.
WASHINGTON. May 26. The or
dinance of Portland. Ore., requiring
U'e Payment of license fees and the
'"inB "i y iwi-h huh.mk
orders r iods for future dellvei
on which thi-y collect payments 9
advance wns declared invalid today
by the supreme court. The caso wan
nrought by tne Keai siik Hosiery
.Mills of Indianapolis.
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10
Two More Violent Shocks Last
Night Puts People in De
vastated Zone in Panic
Death List Nears 300, 1000
t.
Injured, Property Loss Is
Tremendous.
TOKYO, May 20. (A. P.) Re
ports from tho Hoyoglo profocturnl
authorities officially plnce the num-
of iod m Saturdays cann
I uuako and fire In the TaJIma dls
trkt at 278. Tito number of m
Jinea
Is fixed at between 000 and
1000 and tho number of houses de
stroyed will exceed 3000. Two ad
ditional violent earthquake shocks
added to tho terror of thousands of
refugees at Toyo-Oka last night.
Meanwhile, official relief agencies
continued to minister to the panic
stricken populace In tho devastated
rural area which had not been visit
ed by an earthquake for 400 yoars.
Moro than two-thirds of Toyo-Oka
n town of 7000 was in ruins today
as a result of the fire that came in
the wake of the temblor, according
to word received at tho home de
partment from local Toyo-Oka gov
ernor. Hoporta trickling Into Osaka
from the devastated ara give oye
wltnoss accounts of tho scenes of
horror which' followed tho temblor.
The dlsturbnnco renched the fUll
measure of Its intensity with alarm
log suddenness which gave residents
of Toyo-Oka no chunco for escape
to the open streets
A number of persons also woro
roported kl'lcd by boulders falling
from tho hillsides, lnflammablo Jap
anese, houses burned like tinder. The
water . mains -wore buckled and' sev
ered and fire fighters were unanio
to halt tho flames. Tho worst ouf-
altering and casualties, Osaka reports
, said, were caused by. tne llres wnicn
broke out after tho earthquake.
OSAKA, Mny 25. (A. P.) Imme
diate, construction of six hundred
barrack houses to provide shelter
for survivors of t tie earthquake nnd
firo ut Toyo-Oka was decided upon
after the arrival of the prefect urn I
governor there today. Three hun
dred houses were ordered constructed
at Kinoskal and 200 at Tsuiyama. 1
Refugees have been living ln im
provised sheds and tents while others
have been forced to remain In tho
open area. Fifty carpenters ard
already working on tho 1 refugee
homes, materials for which were
commandeered at Kobe and Hlmejl. -
Victims of tho disaster have been
given food, clothing and bedding of
fered by neighboring towns. This,
with governmental aid, will bo suf
ficient to enro for tho oufferers for
tho present. Tokyo has raised a
relief fund of 20t000 yon. The em
peror has ' contributed to tho r roller
of tho survivors.
ORAKA, May 25. (A. P.) An of
ficial prefoctural report today from
three towns Toyo-Oka, Klnosakl and
Mlnato village shows that 278 perr
sons wero killed and 528 injured as
a result of . tho earthquako and fire
on Saturday. The same report showg
444 houses collapsed as a result ,of
the earthquake and 2234 houses were
destroyed by fire.
START INVESTIGATION
KLAMATH FALLS, Oro., May tfi.
Investigation of the Klamath Irri
gation project was started today -by
Thomas E. Campbell and V. M;
Goodwin, members of tho - federal
commission of survey and adjustment
for the reclamation sorvlce. M. !L
lapham, soil expert, accompanies
them. ;
The commission first will make a
tour of Inspection of all the projects
of this county und then will conduct
public hearings later in the week.
DECLARED INVAUp
S. SUPREME COURT
Cities In Minnesota, California,
Iowa. North Dakota. Montana. Lou
isiana and Washington have similar
ordinances. Justice McHeynolds In
delivering the opinion said such a
regulation was an unlawful restraint
nt Inter-state commerce,
fThls decision also renders null nnd
void the ordinance passed In Medfoid
at the request of ho State Merchants
association ' '
on
TRAGEDY