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KMSIATII PALLS, OREGON, TUKHDAV, NOVEMBER SI, 1011
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LAYTON SLAIN BY
GAMBLER'S SHOT
IS INSTANTLY KILLED
FORMER KLAMATH PALM MAS
WHO "MHOKK" ON FREIGHT
TRAIN M Ml'HDEHKD IN IILI.MI
I'M AT WEED
Special to The Herald
WEED, Calif., Nov. 21. Jnklo
llrown, better known aa "Panama,"
resldoncc unknown, gambler by pro-
feealon, shot and killed William Uy
ion In a gambling retort ruu by 1,. 0
lleloud, at 1:30 o'clock Monday after,
noon.
Tho gun mod w a ,38 Coll.
Layton inado a gun play In tho foro-
noon, running ovcrybody out of tho
room. Including "Panama."
Aa "ranama" ramo from behind
the homo ho was heard to rvinark
that he "would get that inun before
he left tho town."
llrown then went to a party In town
of whom he had bought a gun which
he hada't paid for, and secured tho'
name, with which he did the killing.
When he came back to tho retort
he waa In the doorway whon Layton
walked In past him and aald:
"Well, I auppoao you aro satisfied
now that yon have cleaned mo."
"Panama" remarked, "Well, you
had the advantago of inn ttila morn
lug, but we aro or on now, and If
you want to have. It nut we will go
to It."
At thla he pulled hU gun, and Ley
ton mado an effort to get up from
whore bo waa alttlng and dodged
down behind the counter.
"Panama" ihot three timet, two
holt going through tho counter.
For tho third ho leaned over tho
roti liter and shot Layton Juit abovo
the left temple, killing him Instantly.
When tho coroner'a Jury examined
the body of Layton ho waa found to
havo a .38 Colt automatic revolver In
hla hand, which waa cocked, ready for
firing. It contained two ahotli, which
wero probably tho onea he had loft
from the ahota ho had fired In the
Joint In tho forenoon. Ho did not
fire In tho afternoon.
Immediately after the ahootlng
"Panama" ran to an officer and gave
himself up, and waa hurried over to
Yreka by auto.
Cnroaer Devldeon waa Immediately
summoned, and after bo had aocurod
a Jury a verdict waa rendered that
La) ton came to bit death by gun
ahot wound "Inflicted by a man by
tho name of 'Panama,' but whoae real
naniu la unknown to tho Jury, and
that xald wound waa Inflicted with
murdrous Intent."
Dletrlct Attorney F. W. Hooper wna
alio In attendance, and aecured auch
evdlenea aa ha could.
Layton leaves a wlfo and flvo chil
dren. Nothing la known of the other man.
La)ton'a body waa turned over to
the Order of Railway Trainmen, of
which ha waa a member.
Ho haa been employed for the past
Horsefly Irrigation
Voted On Today
Mosara. Jack Evan, Jacob, Kip
Van Itlpor, John Irwin and Mosdamea
James Orlacoll, Jeaao Parker and Natu
Ottoiboln want today to Bonnnaa to
coat their votoa In tho election to de
termine whether the Horaefly Irriga
tion district aball be formed under
tho now state tew.
Tlm company which left thla city
are ull owners of ranch property In
tho affected district, and aro vitally
Interested In the outcome of the laauo,
which la expected to carry "for" by
an ovirwhelmlag vet.
The prosotta dlatrlct will be Indus
he of m largo amount of farming land
la UBgeji and Tout Valleys, and
mmuoii with tho Weed Lumber com
piny In Ihulr loaning cntnpi.
J M. 1'ortnr waa fornninn of tlm
runnier c Jury,
"I'nnnma" hud a hud ropulatlou,
IioIiir been run out of town auroral
month iiki) with a hunch of loiterers.
Tho town In very much wrought up,
ntid n complete clean-up of all aurh
litnccd an Heloud'a la to bo madn at
once, and all had rharaitcr tnnde to
It aro.
II I understood that the whole
trouble occurred on account of Layton
having been n heavy loiior to "Pana
ma" In tli ii game.
Thertt wero anvon or olght eye-wit.
nMfM to tho affair.
Layton lived In Klamath Fatli for
omo tltiin prior to a year and a half
ago, working on thn railroad ait a
freight brakcmaii between hero and
WcimI, Ho lout hla position with tho
ronipany, and removed with hla wlfo
and children to Weed.
, Of lato ho had been playing rardi
n good deal.
Tho dead man w about 3fi year
old, and hla parent! aro uudcratood to
live In tlm Itogun Hirer Valley.
CANNOT HAVE THRONE,
HAVN VOt'A.V 8IIAI KAI
United Pre Service
PKKIN, Nor. 31. Youan flhal Kal
I quoted n saying tho task of aavtng
tho throno la hopolet.
It I rumored rebel havo recap
tured Hankow.
If they capturo Nanking tbore la
nothing left for tho Imperialists hut
flight.
COLORED FOLKS
WILL GIVE SHOW
TONIGHT IIKGINM KNGAGKMKNT
OF VAHIIVILLK MINHTHKM FOII
TWO PERFORMANCES AT HOI'S-
TON'H THKHPIAN TEMPLE
Tonight tho Culllgau ft Hockwald
inlnatrula, known aa tho Naahvlllo
student, will open a two-nights' en
gagement In tho Houston opera house.
Manager John V. Houston haa tho fol
lowing loiter from W. E. Thompson,
mnnagor of Peters' theater at Yroka-,
recommending tho attractien:
"Tho Naahvlllo Students played
horo last night to a good house. Thla
Ii by far tho best colorod show that
ha been hero since I havo had thla
house. Tho peoplo seemed well
pleased, und personally I thought the
show very good, Herndon'a act with
the hoops In worth tho price of ad
mission," v
Tho alnglng quality of tho aggre
gation I suld to bo especially good,
and there will bo ballad from "bofo'
do wah," besides plenty of dancing,
fun and feuturea of varloua kinds,
combining to innko tho entertainment
satisfactory and delightful.
Tho company Include Thomaa liar-
District Is Being
At Lost River Town
will, aa .planned, Irrigate between
10,000 and 20,000 acrea of land.
It la oxpected that tho coat under
tho ayatom will run about iSO por
acre, Instead of ftO, aa would havo
been the approximate coat If done by
ho government.
Aa thore are already Inquiries for
tho bonda that may bo Issued, there Is
little doubt of being able to market
tho securities. About two-thlrda of a
million In bonda aro expected to be
Issued.
The ranchors are not only elated at
the prospect of getting water for their
lands, but additionally Joyful over the
fact that tho Installation of Irriga
tion will In all probability more than
pay for Itself In the enhanced value
whteh It will give to the affected land.
rlx, tho limn with tho "mnal! fcct."Nuy
llroa , wooden uinl noft iihon dancers;
llcrmlon, femalo Impersonator nud
hoop roller: J. W. Jordan, tromhono
soloist; B, Perkins, youthful baud di
rector mid orchestrn leader.
Thorn will bo a pnrnclo at noon and
n concert In the open nlr In front of
(he opera homo at 7:30 p. in.
HK.VATOII WOltKH (JOKH
TO NATIONAL CAPITAL
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LOS A.N'OKLKS, Nov. 21. Sonator
Work left today for Washington.
Ho atop at Chicago, November 34,
to nddrea a the League for Medical
Freedom,
Arriving at Washington ho will
commit with tho progressive until
(iitiRrer inoeta. ,
Mclliflit Kplacoiial Ladle' Aid
An nil day meeting of tho Ladle'
Aid Boclot of tho H. E. church will
bo hold In the basement of tho church
on Thuraday, for work.
DEMURRER FAILS
TO GAIN OBJECT
Jl'IKiE IIKNHON OVERRULES
THAT OFFERED IIV DKKK.M)-
AXTH IN LEWIS CAHE RROUGHT
ON INJUNCTION BOND
In tho case of Ira 8. and Arthur C.
Loala . I). II. Campbell, tho Klam
ath Dutelopmcnt company and C. B.
Worden, Judge Henry L. Uonson over
ruled tho demurrer fllod by Noland ft
Crane for tho defendant, which al
leged that a cause of action waa not
recited by the complaint.
Attorney J. C. Rutenle for tho Lew-
Uvs and tho defendants' attorneys
had argued tbo question before hla
honor, and at that tlmo tho defend
nuts' attorney raised the question of
E. It. Kennies not being a party de
fendant. Tho court ruled that aa a
general demurrer had boen tied, the
defendants' waived
defective parties.
Ono question that tho defendants!
brought up waa that A. II. Waftagcr,
In signing tho namo of tbo Klamath
Development company to tho bond, as
Its president, had no authority to do
so. Tho court malntalnod that aa tho
company had presented tho bond to
tho court and got tho Injunction or
der on the atrongth of It, that there
waa no basis for holding the signa
ture unauthorised.
Tho plaintiff In the case wero own
ers of tho Tobln 360 acre ranch on
tho Klamath river at tho tlmo when
Campbell and tho Development com
pany got an Injunction which pre
vented them from Irrigating their
acre. Tho Injunction, which waa
temporary, mado It necessary for tho
enjolncra to give a bond of 1600 to
ludcinnlfy tho Lewises In caso It waa
not mado permanent.
C. B. Worden went on. tho bond aa
a Hiirety. rno nearing on tno in
junction resulted In the court over
throwing It, and aa tho Lewises had
beeu prevented from Irrigating their
landa for a full year, loalng any
chance to get a crop, they eued to re
cover tho full amount of the bond,
600, and Intoreat.
MMIWITH1ERRIBLEEVES"
HAKES YlCIi COiUPSE
Pivavneo of California Dentist Who
Imprisoned Gta-1 Next to Hla Osace,
Has Vltiful Effect on Her In the
Court Rooaa
United Press Berne
SAN DHRNARDINO, Nov. It.
Stinking with fear, Dr. A. W. McDavlt.
the "man with the terrible ayes," waa
cur Hod Into Judge Dledso'a court to
otnml trial on a charge of holding
Jessie McDonald a captive Ifteea
months In n room adjoining his oHoa.
Tho girl, their son Arthur on her
knee, when McDavlt came la,
shrieked;
"Oh I Those torrible eyosl For
Clod's sake take him away I"
She almost collapsed, so tho prose
cutor exoused her, to remain In an
adjoining room until callsd to the
stand, when McDavlt will b removed. '
FREE DELIVERY
OF TELEGRAMS
TO ALL I'AltTM OF CITY PltOMIHKO
IIV WK8TKKN UNION WITHIN A
I'KW IIAYHTIIK IIKFOKM IH
OKNKItAL
Tho Western Union Telegraph .com
pany froo delivery limits within which
tolegrama are to bo delivered will be
extended to cover, with practically
few exceptions, the corporate llmlta of
all cities xand towns whore Independ
ent telegraph office are eatablbrned.
Tlm arrangement will be made 3f-
fcctlve within the next fow daya and
delivery charge to peraoaw within
established limits of cities and town
will itop.
Tho freo dollvery will Include aec
tlonx not now favored with free de
livery service, oxcept Isolate caeca,
where, because of Inaccessible loca
tlons car faro collection may be
necessary. The telegraph companice
hnvo hitherto made collection of car
fare a well as delivery charge upon
mcuragea delivered In a- very large
proportion of the residential acctlona
of tho cities. Tho new plan la made
practicable largoly by larger use of
tho telvphono In tho delivery of great
numbera of message, and as the tele
phono ha been largoly Instrumental
In rolleving delivery charges, the com
pany hopea to utilise the telephone as
much aa poaalble In delivery of tele
grams. Thla change enhance the value r.t
tho day lottor and night letfer service
by largely removing additional
charge heretofore collected. Tho plan
will bo established In Klamath Fall
and all other chit "on the Pacllc
cor.st without delay.
MURDERED rORNaWWOS
FaTE OF JEWEL SalESIiW
u umn mva, luvi,
any ob "(Ion foiw!irk!raa Young Mam Cairiea Several
-! " "rti Thousand In Valaablea, for Poaart.
Ion of Wldcli Ho Is Mala and Body
Hurled In llefuso
t'nlted Press Bcrvico
8AN FKANCISCO, Nov. II. Mui
dcred and robbed on the Barbary
Coast for 16,000 In diamonds which
ho waa known to carry, the body of
tienjamln Ooodman, aged II, was
found In a gutter la the tenderloin
thl morning.
Milton Onto aw n foot protruding
from a pllo of refuae, and notified the
pollco, who dug up the corpse and
found tho akull a crushed mass.
Ooodman, 'who waa a salesman for
tho Drllllnnt Jewelry company, waa
coen on tho Darbary Coast Saturday
ntgnt.
He Is bellovcd to have been killed
for his Jowels In a den, and the' body
concealed until there waa a chance to
evade detection.
Police are raiding the whole Bar
bary Coast.
GOOD NEWSPlPErTiHrt
OSJECT OF ENOOWMMEHT
Joseph Pulitzer' fllft of MilHon Do.
Urn WIU He feed at Colasabte VsJ
versify to Turn Oat Better Journal
ist for Future
United Press Service
NEW York. Nov. 2. "We cannot
guarantoe to produce good newspaper
men, any more than wo can guarantee
to produce good engineers or good
teachers; but we can and will train
students to becomo such If they havo
the root of tho matter In them."
Thus spoko Nicholas Hurray But
ler, president of Columbia university,
In regard to the future of the School
of Journalism to be founded under a
gift of 11,000,000 by the late Joseph
FBlltMT.
Since tho death of Hr. Pulltier,
when the endowment becarao avail
able, thla Is the problem that con
fronts Columbia educaters: "How
can we so equip a class of young men
Inexperienced, but ambitions to
became Journalists, that at tho com.
plotlon of their studies they may "cov
er" a flro or write editorials with
equal facility?"
Frequant conference between the
truetoes and advisory board, compoacd
of newspaper editors appointed by
Mr. Pulltier before hi death, havo
been hold. Tho opening of the school
before next year la regarded a im
possible. "With tho establishment of a school
of Journalism a new academic Held la
entered upon," said President Butler
today. "Although In a senae It Is ex
perimental, the university oflela),
barked by a.large portion of the lnfla
tntlal pre, believe tho achool will
bo abundantly successful.
"If Journalism Is a calling that re
quires no previous training, It mast
be an exception to all other trades
and occupations," continued President
flutter when It was suggested that
newspaper men 'are born, not made.'
With Mr. Pultlter ho believe that
tho only position In our republ e
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ANOTHER SMOKER
FOR ELKS' LODGE
HI'KCIAL INVITATIONS MSUKIi TO
THOHK WHO AWUBTKO MIN
8TRKL HIIOW THANKS GIVKN
THRM ALSO
Another "smoker" will be given by
Klamath Falle Lodgo No. 1,247, B. P.
O Elka, on Thursday evening. Among
those to whom special Invttatlona
have been Issued are the friends of
tho lodge who contributed their ser
vices In order to holp make the Kilts'
minstrels a success.
At a recent meeting of the lodge
resolutions were adopted unanimously
tendering a voto of thanks to the
folks who. kindly assisted the recent
chow. The meeting acknowledged
renlliatlon of tho amount of time
(and work which waa necessary In or
der to have good rehearsal, and get
tho "stunts down pat.
IIANKKtlB' CONTENTION
ON AT CRE8CKXT CITY
United Press Service
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. II. The
American Bankers' Association gath
ered today nt the Atheneum In their
thjrty-aeventh annual convention.
President Watt' Indorsement of
Sonator Aldrlch'a reserve asaoclatloa
plan waa a feature of the opening ses
sion. Practically every speaker endorsed
the plan.
Alf Wallace, n formor rancher In
the Yonna Valley, and who stilt owns
some acrea there, la a visitor from
California on business connected wltk
hla Intercots In this vicinity.
Earl Whltlock, son-in-law of Coun
cilman M. O. Wllklna of the Flrat
wtrd. la 111 with a mild attack of
typrotd fover.
Mrs. B. L. Balla will leave thla eve
ning for Cloverdale, where ahe will
visit with friends for a few weeks, and
then proceed to Ban Joso, where aha
expects to go Into business. Mrs.
Dalla conducted tho Richelieu hotel at
Merrill during the past year.
INOM HI SmUKlE HOLD
OF BRITISHJOVEREIGIITY
In Country Where Natives Dte Faster
The tho Survivors Oaa Bary Thesa
Moaarcha WIU Havo a Twenty Mtt.
lion Dollar Spree
Utlted Press Service
LONDON, Nor. II. The corona
tion durbar Is a cruel and costly re
minder to Indiana that they aro a
conquered people.
It IsTJreat Brltala'a adroit method
of "rubblag It la."
Queen Victoria; waa the Irat British
sovereign to have a durbar (by proxy)
In 1877, Just twenty years after tha
tall of Dilhl, when the test spark of
Indian Independence waa wtlagulah
od. King Edward aaaouaced his suo-
cesaloa la mora Impressive faaaloa la
1108, whea ha and Alexandra war
GREAT LAMB DRIVE
WILL BE WINTERED
represented by the Duka and Duchest
or Connaugbt.
And now George and Mary, "king'
emperor" and "queen-empress," are
to chow themselves to "their loyal
subjects" a vast majority of whom
huto them and all they riprosent moat
cordially and tho ceremonies lead
ing up to, during and following "tho
blggeat show on earth," will bo at
tended by a. pomp and circumstance
and a lavish expenditure of money ab
solutely without a- parallel In the
wcrld'a history. It wilt be the arst
time that a British aovorolga baa at
foot on Indian soil.
Every stage of the projected "royal
progress" la Interpreted by tho natlva
population aa a calculated Insult.
The royal party, arriving at Bom
bay early In December, will be herald
ed by booming cannon, and the whole
city will turn out to see Uie alien who
Is their emperor. The king will entor
Delhi through Shadl Darwata king's
gato which waa used In olden days
only by native royalty.
Hero will come the prince of In
dia, heavy with gold and ellver and
stones without price, with their ele
phant, their bodyguards, their bonda
of native soldiery, from the uttermost
corner of tho country, with smiles
on their lips and gifta la their haada.
to make oblcsance osd awear alle
giance to the successor to their an
cient power.
Then the king will go a-hnntlag.
At this moment the sultan of Negal.
whose house was ancient before the
flrat Saxe-Coburg waa bora, ts round'
Ing up the beasts la his Jungle, like
any gamekeeper, ta order that Oeerge
V. may have plenty of Mtlete for Ma
bullets.
Then Calcutta and the last' crown-
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CLERICAL FOLK
TO BE EXAMINED
CIVIL SERVICE TESTS TO BR GIV
RN AT KLAMATH FALLS POST.
OFFICE TO GET ELIGIBLE LIST
FOR LOCAL SERVICE
Postmaster Clyde K. Brandenburg
announces that oa December Ith
there will be held at the Klamath
Falls postoHco a civil aervlce exami
nation tor poatoace clorka, la order
that the local office may bo provided
with an eligible llat from which to
fill vacancies aa they may occur.
The examination will be conducted
by Jesse Siemens, a clerk la tbo oHce.
Those who wish to take tho exami
nation mutt make applleatloa la ad
vance and details of tho matter may
be obtained by applying at the post-
office.
STOLEN Party taking sled from the
Square Deal yesterday had better
return It at once. Tou are known
Long Lake Shippington Mill Closes .
After Eight Million, Season's Cit
After an excellent season the Long
Lake Lumber company last night
closed down lis mill at Shippington
to? the winter. The company was up
with tbo logs, aid having sawed up
all the timber available, doclded to
end tho year'a sewing. During tho
sonson It cut tbut 8,000,000 feet of
lumber, the lower grades being taken
by t'te bos factory at Shippington and
tho higher grades by'tbe Big Baala
Lumber company, so that the market
for the product waa a very ready one.
Last year the company did soma of
Its logging oa government reserves,
but at present gets its timber from
tho Wilson and Moore elatma north
east of Klamath Falls, which will far-
nlah all told about 10,000,000 feet of
timber. These two traete have eaoua
NEED UTMOST CARE
FIVE MEN WILL BE COWKAMTLT
employed TBmcm'wiirn
MONTHS TO LOOK AlflsB THN
THOUSAND "WOOUHsT
O. T. McKeadree retaraed teat
night from Oaaelle, what ha had
gone to superintend the disposttiea of
a bunch of lambs beloaglag to the
Arm of McKeadree ft Arthar. Tha
majority of the baaeh waa aald to
Swnnson Bros, of Sacra mea to. hat
600 head ware turned lato or feed yard
to bo disposed of whea tha awrket
la In better condition.
The market la la good condition,
but McKeadree ft Arthur have made
preparation to keep through tho wla-
ter montha quite a band of husks, to
bo turned over to the wholesale butch
ers Just before tha CalKorala grass
lambs caa be marketed, whoa tho
market is at Its best potat far .tha
year. e
Beside the baaeh at OaasHe, thai
firm has bow at tho food yards Bear
Merrill between t.eaa and !.
chotco lambs. This big drove haa
beea "topped.1 aad oa Tharsasy
8,000 head or the "top" tease wtB
be shipped from Midland to tho flava
Fraacteeo saarhec.
Thla wHI !sm BotwaaavT ,s
8.000 lambs ta fed throat tha Waa
ler, aad spleadld prsaarswlaaa havv
beea mado for their ksssv
Five men will ho employed ta thla
work, and conataat care to aeeded ta
bring them saecasafally Ureas tha
winter and have ttesa. la sweh ooadt
tlon In the spring that they will Sad
a ready market. Maay toaa of alfal
fa hay will bo required, aad 118,080
pouBda of ground grain haa beea tak
en to the fcedyard aa a part of their
winter bill of fare.
A huge well operated by horse
power Is kept conataatlr la oaoratloa
to water thla bunch of baby sheep.
Each day the waterlag troughs aro
emptied aad cleaned thoroughly, ao
the water la aa pure aa It la possible
to furnish them, aad twlee a day tha
feed racks from which thsy sat their
nourlshtag alfalfa are eleaaod of all
stems aad dabrte.
Tho greatest care ta takea of their
temperament, aad no dogs are al
lowed about the corrals ta which they
aro kept. The bay Is throwa lato
the feed rack from outside tha ser
rate, aad bobs bat the attendants are
allowed to eater the corrals. These,
mea the sheep boob heeoata aequatet
ed with, and become so familiar with
them that they caa be haadted with
out frightening them. The oaly 'ex
ception to the herders In the serrate
Is the old gray mare that faratohea
the power for the pump, aad aha to .
never taken out natll the, sheep are "
shipped, drinking from the some .wa
tering troughs aad eating from the
same rack'a aa tho sheep.
timber left to furnish the mill with
about halt of next year's eat.
Woaaewaf
Crlcle, Women of Woedsfaat, wt he ?&
beld toalght la the west hallef ahe
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