Mvmlh OWIUIAIi PAPKIl OK KLAMATH FALLH OFFICIAL PAPEK OW KLASIATH COUNT I Fourteenth Year No. 3861 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1920 Price, Five CenU Ste lEuttfttn ft tf NO EVIDENCE T0SMI.U. : 'HALL RAID:; MONTK8ANO, Mar. 5. T. T. Kit mnmlN, I'ronbyturlan mliilHtor, now without n churgo but recently oiii ployed oh nn Investigator for tlio do fonso In tlio ctiRQpf tho ton ullcgod Industrial Workors on trial tor tho murder of Wnrnm O. drlmm, Ccn trnlla ArmlHtlco day victim, virtually Admitted In a lottor to George Van dovoor, dofoiiHa counsel, re ml Into tho court record today, that ho had found no evidence connecting Orlnun -with tho alleged raid, which tho lofonHo claims wan mado on tho I. W. W. hall. Edmonds, testifying toduy, ack nowledged tho letter, tho production of which caused a dramatic surprise. Tho western law of reaching for u Sun should apply, tho letter said. "When askod It ho meant drlmm Toadied for a KUn, Edmonds said ha tried to convoy what a former Borvleo man had told him. Wllllum Spears test Mod that a man named Hubbard romarked to lilm Just after tho shooting that tho Industrial Workers deserved being run out of town. Vandorveor In timated that Hubbard watt tho presi dent of nn eastern railway, lumlior nnd mill company, and thn dofcnRO could provo that Hubbard engineered tho alleged raid, un Issue ho haa Ticon trying to gel Into tho record Tilnco tho raRO began. Tho stato withdrew Its objection, declaring It would provo that Hubbard was In Portland on tlio day of tho shooting. FATHERING GALLERY OF FORMER JURISTS Judge l).i V. Kuycndall Is on tho -way to muklnc a complptu collection of?enlargodportralt of his prodo cesiorH on' tho circuit bench. His latest addltlonto the gallory Is nn enlarged likeness of Associate Jus tice Benson of tho supremo court, fonnorly of tho local bench. Por traits of Judges Noland, tho Jurist who proccdod Judgo Kuykondall, and Judgo Hnnnn, tho first man to occupy tho Klamath county bonch after tho county's organization, havo toon obtajnod and It only lacks tho portraits of Judges Hule and Web stor to mnka tho collection complete Tho local bar association mnn per linps tnko tho mattor up, nnd tlioro nro a few of tho oarllor Ncstors of tho bar, who may occupy places with tho Judges. Somo day, when tho courthouso controversy Is dccldod. It Is expected that tho portrait gallory will ndorn tho virgin wnlls of tho now court room, which court-room or whoro no prophet ventures to prodlct. UNION SERVICES AT M. K. CHURCH SUNDAY EVENING Thoro will ho a union sorvlco Sim day Evo nt tho M. E. church, at 7:30, nt wlilch tho Ilov. E. P. Lawronco of tho Prosbytorlan church and tho Iter. O. F. Trlmblo of tho Christian church will speak on tho Intor-Church World conforonco meeting at Port land this wook and which thoy at tended. Thoy bring back good re ports of thowork accomplished at tho conferonco nnd will havo inter esting tidings for tholr hoarors Sun 'day night. Morning sorvlces will bo hold as usual In tho various Protestant churchos. PHILIPPINE POPULATION TEN MIIilJONS IN 1018 WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. Tho populatlon'ot tho Philippine Islands In 1918 was 10,350,000, it was an nounced horo today. Of tho total population 9,500,000 woro .Chris tians. Thoro aro 0,500 Americans In tho IslandB. FIVE THOUSAND PEPJSHED ,IN ARMENIAN MASSACRE PARIS, Mar. G. Tho number of 'Armonlans massacred at Marasch last month will not oxcood 5,000, ac cording to dotalled information ro cotvod by tho French govornmont. London reports yesterday estimated tho numbor at from 15,000 to 20,000, ' ' , t ' if aih'ocatiIh 9.100 itoNim FOR EX-HHHVICK MEN WASHINGTON, Mar. B. A lump sum payment of $500 to each person serving In tho military or naval forces of tho United 8tates during tho war wan urged by Marvin (lutes Sporry before tho houso ways and melius commlttuu today. Sporry opposod tho proposals of other soldiers' organization for nn adjusted compensation. vurylng from $30 to $50, and said that tho services of four million young Americans never could bo paid by skimping and miserly additions to thu bills now ponding. IluslnoKa oftlces havo been opened In this city by thn Sadrilo Mouninln i Lumber company, and nro loratcd In thu WllllttM building. Kor tho present II. II. Edmonds, manager of tho company will ho In charge, trans acting all of tho business of tho com pnny bore. Ho will bo nsslstcd by bin son, II. M. Kdmonds, who ar- i rived from Vroka yestordoy nnd who has formed a pormanont connection with tho concern. Tho Sadtllo Mountain compnny was recently organized for tho pur- poso of manufacturing tho timber In I tlio Klomunn-DuFault tract near Spraguo river, nnd will bo tho first company to get a mill started in that territory. Its Inception Is duo to tho construction of Strahorn road. Tho mill, work on which Is well tinder wny, will bo rcudy to turn out lum ber for shipment to this city by tho tlmo tho road Is completed to Squaw Flat. It Is tho Intention of tho com pany to hayoji plenty whon com.- piuiuu, dim win proauco iuu,uuu root a day. Those plana call tor tho con struction of a flvo-mllo logging road, tho steal for which has already been purchasod. t TRAINING QUARTERS IN' CIT1T HALL BASEMENT Training quartom for tho boxers who will ongago In tho noxt exhibi tion undor supervision of tho muni cipal boxing commission, which will probably tako pluco about March 19, nro now established In the basoment of tho city hall. Tho room Is not ontlroly fittod up yet, hut enough oqulpment is In placo to muko It available for training and it was In ubo yestorday by tho ath letes and will bo usod from now on. APPEALS FOR DECISION' IN FOUICGLOSUItB SUIT Attornpys for'Uio'Sfondnnt In the foreclosure suit 6t Sundors A. White against Gilbert C. Harrison, aro pre paring to appoal to tho supreme court from tho Judgmont of tho cir cuit court, which awarded plaintiff n vordlct of $5000, Docomber 18, last. Tho property involved is tho ranch nnd promises of tho old Royston stngo station. C. F. Stono Is tho lo cat attornoy for plaintiff and J, H, Carnahan roproscnU Harrison. PIONEER PASSES AT RIPE OLD AGi; OF 02. Hiram Richardson, plonoer of Ore gon and northorn California, and ouo of tho oldest mon in this part of tho stato, died Tuesday at Yroka at tho ago of 92 years, 1 month and 26 days. Ho was a resident of Siskiyou county for 63 yoars, coming horo in 1857. In 1883 ho moved noar Dorris and continued to mako that his homo until six years ago when ho camo to his son's ranch noar Agor. ' Mr. Richardson is survlvod by his ,wifo, Mrs. Balllo Richardson, and two sons, Sldnoy of Ager and D. M. Richardson of Dorris. Had Mr. Rich ardson survived until April 15, ho and his wlfo would have colobrated tho 69th anniversary of tholr wed ding, Siskiyou Nows. ' o Tho first woman Justlco of tho poaco in Now England was Miss Annlo P. Ladd of Augusta, Matno, who was appointed, in 1870. OFFICES OPENED Bf LUMBER CO. GOVERNOR FRANK O. LOWDEN i KvmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH Klamath county Republicans at present aro taking considerable in terest In tho career of Governor Frunk O. Lowdcn of Illinois, and a number of loca'l leaders havo organ ized a Lowdon-for-Presldent club and tuken oft tholr coats In an active campaign to mako Lowdcn tho G. O. P." standard bearer in tho 1920 elec tion. Tho man they aro backing, was born In Minnesota, but his family emigrated by prairlo schooner to Iowa In the late '60s and he truded. n barotoot boy, .beside the wagon His education was attained by hard effort. Ho taught school and did odd Jobs to get money to put himself through tho Union College of Law in Chicago, now the Northwestern. He ranked first in his class and when he took tho bar examinations he dis tanced all other candidates. f ' Ills legal carcor was successful, and ho was on the eve of prtrtlal ro tlremont, when friends called him Into politics. In 1903 he was candi date for governor of Illinois but was defeated by Charles S. Doneon for tho nomination. Ho turned In and helped elect Doneon, then sought re: tlromcnt again on a farm that he had purchased. But his nolghbors were again lnslstont that ho should devoto himself to politics and elected him to congress, whoro ho served two terms. He retired voluntarily to rogaln his health. Again camo tho call to the political arona and ho OFFICERS ELECTED BY B. P. O: E. LODGE Last night was election night at tho Klks'lodgo and tho officers for tho coming year woro chosen. The Installation will take place, at tho first regular meeting In April. Following Is tho new roster of of ficers; Exnltod Rulor, G. W. Hous ton; Estoomod Leading Knight, C. A. Hnydon; Estoomod Loyal Knight, M. P. Layentk; Estoomod Lecturing Knight. P. M, Noel; Secretary, H. E. Momyer; Treasurer, W P. Johnson; Trustee, L. G. yan Bollon; Tyler, A. F. Saiflcky; Representative to Grand Lodgo, C.1 H, Underwood, qiJILI) FOOD SALE Cakes, pies, rolls and other varie ties of cooked foods, tho products of tho ovons and ranges of some of tho best cooks in the city, will be on sale at tho Baldwin Hardware store to morrow from A o'clpck until they nro gono. Tho salo is being conducted by St. Paul's Episcopal guild which holds monthly sales for benefit of tho church fund. Invariably tho public loses no time In grasping tho opportunity to buy tho dollclous homo products ottered, so ovoryone Is warned to como early. .WEATHER REPORT Oregon Tonight and Saturday, fair, gentlo southwesterly winds. was chospn as a member of tho Na tional Republican commltteo, serv ing eight years. In tho 1917 election he was, made governor of Illinois by a majority of nearly 150,000 at tho general elec tion, taking oftico the following Jan uary. A statement he made afer the election is typical of tUa.man. "I do not wish," he said, "to prophesy an Augustan era for the state during my administration. I do not care tp boast of high Ideals. Bo L.bnVe' definite views regarding certain changes In the, administration of btate affairs. Many evils have crept Into ' the state government which 1 believe I shall be able' to remedy. I am going to give Illlnols'an honest. efficient and economical admlnistra tlon. To do this I propose to sur round myself' with tho ablest lieuten ants it Is in my power to elect. "I will hold my appointees to as high Oj degree of efficiency In the public service as Is exacted from men in tho employ of tho best man aged private businesses. When I mako an appointment ttiat man's whole duty from that moment wHI bo to the public. I will have that definitely understood at the start." Governor Lowden was married In 1896 to Miss Florence Pullman, daughter of tho late George M. Pull man, of tho Pullman company. One son and three daughters were horn to thorn. RECRUITING FOR7 MOUNTED ENGINEERS Otis Knight, master engineer, Junior grade, and Corporals C. W. Little and W. C. Thomasson, a re cruiting party for the Eighth Engi neers, mounted, arrived in the city last night seeking men for the sor vico. They will be nt tho Hotel Hall for a week or ten days.' Tho Mounted Engineers, of which there are two battalions, known as the "Eighth and Ninth Engineers (Mounted)," are unique organiza tions formed under, novel conditions. Company "A" of tho First Battalion of. Mounted Engineers, was'formed in Mexico in 1916, General Pershing heading the flying column of the Mexican punitive expedition, was confronted with the problem of how to preparp roads and bridges ahead of a fast moving column of cavalry, in d country where tho movement of dismounted troops was necessarily slow on account of tho sand and lack of roads. There were mounted sec tions In each company of dismounted engineers, however thoy were not of a sufficient number for his purposes. A bill was immediately pfa'ced before tho houso recommondlng an appro priation for the formation of a batta lion of mounted engtnoers, tho, bill was passed speedily and the mounted engineers woro formed. Women have had' the Vote In Ice land for fifteen years. senate witholds colijv'8 endorsement WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. Action on tho nomination of Ilainbrldge Colby as secretary of stato was again deferred by tho senato foreign relations committee today after tho mem bers declined to voto without further 'Information. Senators said that while no definite charges had been filed and no formal Investigation had been decided upon, there, were cer tain matters that should bo cleared up before tho committee mado any recommendations. ( FULLY CHECKED No new cases of influenza havo boen reported for three days, said Dr. A. A. Soulc. cltv health officer. N N today, and ho Is confl.lfint thnt thkIns tor March 15' and as far M danger of any further spread of theknown' no change of date ,s contem' disease is past. Ten or twelve cases remain In the J Isolation hospital, but as no new cases aro coming in, it is only a question of a short time until the building will be empty. All quarantine officers were dis charged tho first of the week and the quarantine Is entirely lifted. Dr. Soule was unablo today to furnish an accurate list of deaths from influenza and its complications. but said the total deaths reported in Klamath Falls during February" were 61, and the probable number of deaths from influenza 27. He is en gaged' in checking his reports over at present and when the work is complete will be able to name an exact figure. -tt & 1"J ... . ' " o r i r l r ,ieiegrapn laoioios WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. The President's rejoinder to the French and British premiers on the Adriatic situation was cabled last night. The state department declined to make the contents public or intimate the position taken. i THE HAGUE, Mar. 5. The Dutch government today for the second time refused to deliver the former German emperor to the Allies for trial. LONDON, Mar. 5. It Is expected that the proposal to sell the British west Indies to' the United States as a means of balancing the war debt of Great Britain will be discussed In tho house of commons by Lloyd George next Monday. SUES WEED LUMBER CO. FOR $26,000 Claiming that ho received Injur ies that will Incapacitate him for life while in the employ of the Weed Lumber company, P. W. Bush of Weed has filed suit against tho com pany, says tiro Siskiyou News, ask ing that damages to the amount of $26,750 be awarded him. On June 9, 1919 be was engaged by the company to bore a well at camp 3, near Morrison. On the same' day tho rig broke down and he went in Search of a spring said to be near camp 3. On his way back to camp, after his search, he had occasion to pass along tho railroad tracks of the company logging road and while walking L along came upon a crane with a crew at work on It. One of the crew called to him to help and he did so. Owing to carelessness and negli gence on the part of the crew, says the complaint, the crane was tipped over and he sustained a broken shoulder, broken collar bone, a fract ured spine and other Injuries which kept him in the hospital forty days and which, he declares, disabled him ifrom further work. DANK GETS JUDGMENT Tho First Stato & Sayings bank was given Judgement against John Oskar In the circuit court yesterday for $240.65, Tho sheriff has levied on property of the defendant in an amount sufficient to satisfy the Judgement. E T Notification has been received by attorneys Interested in the case of J. M. Dougan & Co. Against Klamath county, that the Hon. J. W. Hamil ton, circuit Judge of Douglas county, has been appointed by Chief Justice MacBride to try the case, In place of the Hon. F. M. Calkins of Medford, against whom attorneys for the de fendant filed a petition of prejudice. It is believed that Judge Hamlltom will sit in person to hear the matter. Judgo Calkins had appointed' Mrs. Louise Fergnson as referee to take the testimony, but It Is thought that Judge Hamilton, being unfamiliar with the issues, will desire to bear the testimony himself In order to gain an Insight into the details of tho controversy. The hearing was set by Jndge Cal ls plated. ASK FOR LETTERS IN MITCHELL ESTATE By request of tho relatives of the late George C. Mitchell,, Leslie Rog ers, cashier of the First National I bank, has tiled with the county court, through his attorney, H. K. Manning, petitions for appointment as administrator of the Mitchell es tate and guardian of the estate of the estate of tho surviving son, Gar- jrison Mitchell, aged 7. Through his banking! associations with Dr. Mitchell, say the next of kin, the petitioner has become close-. Iy acquainted with the business of. the estate and Is well fitted to ad minister its affairs. r. Ml..olfoiraayJpIri to the death -rnfa Wife, leaving- a. will bequeathing all his property.. t her, Mrs.- Mitchell died, wlthomt tearing any will. The estate is 'val ued at about $12,000 and consists of a house and Jot on Walnut street cash, bonds and other securities. BLY CATTLEMAN VISITS PORTLAND Bly is Just about as big as its name, according to J. N. Givan, one of the prominent cattlemen of Klam ath county. Bly ha3 a postoftice a'nd a .couple of stores. It Is not even a shipping point, for when the stockmen around Bly want to ship they walk their animals to Klamath Falls, or over to Lakeview. "Our market is California," explained Mr. Givan at the Imperial Hotel, Port land, says the Portland Oregonlan. 'Practically none of the cattle ot Klamath or Lake counties are ship ped to Portland, for; it would tako too lohg to get them there. Wa drive them to Lakeview or Klamath Falls and send them to San Francis co." Tralnloads of stock from the range In that section are sent south every year In preference to being routed to the Portland yards. Mr. G Ivan's headquarters are oa Spraguo river, one of the big streams of that part ot Oregon, & stream which not alone provides plenty of water all the year, but af fords somo magnificent scenery for the tourist. YOUNG WIFE OF i JUD ILLlHTCul DISPUTE RANCHER SUCCUMBS Mr, and Mrs. T. M, Cunningham left this morning for Prospect, Jack son county, having received word ot the death there last night of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lillian Cun ningham, wife ot Floyd Cunning ham, Pine. Grove rancher. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cunningham and their three-month-old baby went" to Prospect two weeks ago to visit Mrs. Cunningham's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nye. Mrs, Cunningham, ' contracted the Influenza and devel oped pneumonia later. She was 24 years old and had been married only a year and four months. Sho had lived,' at Plne. Grove since her marriage. Arrangements for the funeral will bo determined upon the arrival at Prospect of tho older Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham. The burial may take placo there or tho body may b prougut nere. , .Ml i h. h I j i( vt, " ( " V