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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1920)
!- j5.. P&f r ,r '! paoio roun : AT, u THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON c The Evening Herald . f. NtRRAI VRBD SOVIiB ,OKy Bdttor lhiMtabed dally, exeefct Bandar, by mid rubiiehing company ei nils, at lis Fourth street. at tha voatcSea at Kits eta rail, Or., .tor transmission tans SM ata-la aa Mooaa-ciaaa manor. BMBRIt OP THR ASSOCIATED PRI2H8 Tka Associated Prou la exclusrv ely titled to the use for republication ('alt uewi dispatches credited to It, r not otherwise credited In thli aer, and also tho local news pub Msbcd herein. THURSDAY, HKITKMUKR 0, I WO WITNESSES TELL VERSIONS OF FIRE (Continued from Page 1) ons, was sleeping on a cot on (he lower floor. As soon as ho was awakened, ho ran to tho stairway to assist his wife and daughter. Cut of at tho front stairway, ho rushed outsldo and ran to tho rear of the building. Then he rehearsed the well known story of his efforts to I reach his wife's room through the wladow, only to And that the room was empty, 'and that his wife and daughter had undoubtedly gone to their death la the flames. sard nefatcoM Party Ester Hotel Mr. Dllderback said that owing to tka crowded condition of the hotel he. with fats two sons, were given cots la a room la the front of the hotel. At hit head was a hallway, leading from the outside to the ladles' par lor. It might haTe been twelve 'clock, according to his statements, when he was aroused by what seem ed to be voices of at least three men and one woman, who entered tho hallway mentioned and proceeded toward the ladles' parlor. They went toward the northeast part of the hotel, where testimony tended td show the Are started. It Is possible, this witness thinks, that the persons ke heard were under the Influence of Uqaor. After this occurrence, Mr. Bilderbaek want to sleep and did not awaken again until aroused by the commotion caused by the fire. As near as he could determine, the fire vsi coming from both the east and "west corners of the back of tha building when he first saw It. "" Asked about the time this oeewrr-' ed, Mr. Dllderback said thathe reached for .his watch once, :tiht xouna mat nis trousers were on backwards, and that when he finally did learn the time It was about half post three. DM the "Girls" Receive Warn, lnj; Letter? Mr. Dllderback told an Indefinite story about hearing bystanders men tion anonymous letters received by tho "girls" at tho hotel, warning them that the hotel would bo burned on Labor Day, and that they should leave tho building before that time ir they valued their lives. It ap pears that this story came from some mysterious Individual called "Shor ty," and also that Pierce Combs of this city bad heard the same tale. Mr. Combs testified that his wife beard somebody else tell about It, and after all the pertinent t6atlraony relative to It was given It was proved to the satisfaction of everybody present, apparently, that there was morgue. no foundation to tho story. Mrs. V. Houston, ono of tho "girls" mention ed, denied receiving such letters. No Delay In Telephone Office Mrs. Illncs, night operator In tho local telephone station averred that sho was "on tho job" when tho first alarm canto In. It enmo from tho Hall hotel, sho said, and connection with tho flro station was mndo Im mediately. About three minutes af terwards, when sho supervised tho call, sho found that It was evidently completed. In tho meantime sho had received sovoral other phono call notifying her of tho flro and connections wero mado as fast as possible. Sho knows, positively, sho said, that there was no delay in tho telenhono office, and that if there was any delay It must hnvo boon at tho station. To tho best of her be lief tho fire station phono wns an swered Immediately. Night Clerk Carl Coleman, of the Hall hotel, cleared up a misunder standing by testifying that tho local telcphono ofllco responded to his call Instantly, and that ho failed to get any answer from tho flro station. Falling to get tho station ho advised Mr. Uhrllng to run to tho station to give the tlnrm. Flro Chief Ambrose .said that he answered tho first call that camo In. This was at 3:35. Ho aroused tho other mon In tho building, and then drovo the truck to the sceno of the Are. No time was lost he said. He laid three lines, but did not man the hose, as it Is not his duty to do that work In flro emergencies. Therefore, be was not In position to know whether there was sufficient water pressure at first. Tho fire had broken through tbe east end of the hotel when he first saw It. He did; not get full pressure until be bad laid a line from the hydrant at Third and Main streets. Waa Not Give Relief, Ambnoac Bay Asked regarding conditions in the fire department, Chief Ambrose said ihat'he bad aaked tbe city council for an additional man. to take tbe place of a man who had left the de partment some time ago, but that be was given no relief. Ho petitioned, for this relief two times, be said. When interrogated relative to the reason for this lack of help, tbe chief pointedly advised his questioners to ask tbe city council about It. The Inefficiency of tbe city council, and a lack of funds, the witness 'stated, probably were the cause of the Inade quately equipped fire department Not at main In town Is big enough, coatlraed the chief. Asked whether bo thought 'tho water company was responsible for tho low pressure Chief Ambrose replied: "Well, there was not enough preasuro at first, but there was afterward when It was too late." He knew nothing about the amount of water In tbe reservoir at tbe time of tho tiro, be stated. James Ayers, a roomer at the hotel about three years, said be had heard about threatening letters. Ho did not know who sent tho letters, nor who the men were that told tho story. Ills evldenco was valueless. Known There Are fifteen Rodics Paul Dreltenstcln, employed by tho county court to recover bodies from tho debris, insisted that portions of 15 bodies bad been recovered. Eight were taken out of tho ruins tbe first day. In tho forenoon, four during the afternoon, and threo mora tbe next day. Doputy Coroner McCoppen In-JiiiA COUI'1.1. ARK quired whero tho other six bodlesi MAKIUKI), LAKKVIKW were, as he had only nine In the his statomont that thoro wore 15 In all, and backed up his assertion by stating that hitman bones, however Ismail and fow In number, could not possibly bo identified as parts of Mhr tindlr found several feet away pfrom them. Tho witness told about being com- missioned to recover tho bodies, and about the alleged efforts of tho pollca department to prevent him, from tak ing tho bodies from tho dobrls. Mr. Iireltonsteik laconically told tho jury that ho Instructed tho policeman who interfered with him to "go to tho dovll." It was wrong to permit dead bodies to remain there, ho said, chiefly bocauso of sanitary precepts. Harry Shadrlck and his room-mato Sanders told about their experiences In getting out of tha hotel. Tholr evidence was not vital, but was Inter esting. Sanders told about grasping n woman by the arm as ho plunged through tho smoke and flumes to a back exit. Tho woman broko a way from him. plunged down a stnlrwny, and was lost In ttio flames. Ho be lieves this woman was Miss Murgucr- Ito Hanloy. llcrt C. Thomas, awakened at his homo not far from tho hotel, said that ho first saw the tiro when It appeared to bo bursting through a gable In tho rear, and coming from the first floor. Upp Ksplaiiu'Dlfricultio In refutation of statements made by Chief Ambrose, Councilman Upp took tbe stand, and said that It waa Impossible for the council to hire an assistant for the flro chief because track driver and men who under stood, gaa engines could earn better pay in other positions. The council, be sold, recognised tbe need of better Tire protection, bat maintained that when the council put the question of necessary finances beforo tho people. they refused to grant tho relief need ed. At one time, said Mr. upp. tbe member or tne city council pam oui 10 each from their own pockets In order to overcome the results of tbe city's poverty. Coroner McCoppen asked Mr. Upp what the city did with tho money re ceived. Mr. Upp was willing to toll blm. but tho jury objected to the question as irrelevant, and tho audi- 'ence was thus denied some. Informa- lion wnicn migni nave renovcu ine minds of some of them If they could have beard It. Buildings in this city had been condemned, said Mr. Upp, but tho Houston hotel was not Included In the list. This concluded tho testimony, Jus tlceof tbe Peace Offlcld Instructing tbstjury umcct in tbe county cor oner's offlco at 9:30 today to return the verdict. Klamath Falls' Finest Ladies' Ready-to-Wcar Shop La Vogue Odd Fellows' Building Southwest Corner 5th and Main Leaders of Fashion For Ladies' Wearing Apparel LABOR DAV COMMITTKF. WH.h CIIKCK ACqOUXTH Tbe Labor day commltteo will con dude its work and render a final ro port at a special meeting of tho central labor council to bo held Fri day night. A financial report Kill 4o rendered, showing a small surplus disposition of which will bo made, at the meeting. The committee desires that any persons holding bills against the celebration present them at once. that payment may bo made. Ladies, Your Attention ! Klamath Falls will become on or about September 20th an important link to the chain conducted by La Vogue Stores. The finest, most up-to-date and complete lino of Ladies' Wear ing Apparel ever displayed in Klamath Falls will be stocked. REMEMBER La Vogue Stores have a Purchasing Power of eight stores. Buying in volume is a great factor in reducing high prices. Watch -Wait for Our Exact Opening Date ! California Eight Stores Oregon La Vogue Odd Fellows' . Building S. W. Corner th and Main Streets iuciAm:rorai.niDinroT ANOTHKIt FIRK VICTIM Tho body of Robert Dawson, ono of the victims of tho Houston hotol fire, has been claimed by his parents at Albany, Oregon, and was sent thore today for burial. HAD GENIUS FOR INVENTION AAAAAAAmWWW0jW00t0WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SSffi5 SuiVM! lf a u ruvvs-s tires ttauv liui k rBiunKHL'Hsin fQsxi:aBEHVarijl Ma-ia-s!-BsWiPiWWHWE a u "" ii New Fall Styles I -s now to be seen in our windows j! LATEST IN STYLE LOWEST IN PRICE ;f t-.' A J.' ik,J i -P LONGEST IN WEAR to - Sethfthem at Bradley-Evans Shoe Co. 727 MAIN ST. Msn Who Began Life as a Prairie 8hep Herder Made Most Re- markob'e Record. "it Is probable that Walter Turner wm tho world's ninst prolific, Inxcntor. SlbrtlniT life as u shepherd on a, prilrlo sheep ranch n''t&jfar ;Wct he, knew nothing of the, tn'echaiilcs of rullnny iiikIiicitiiic. Ono. ,ilay, turn over, while tending his sheep on th' pnilrlu In the neighborhood of n rail way, Turner cnuii- to whero the ruin of n train wero sruttercil, nnil ntnow; tl(u fragments lie picked up a it curl, oflty a vltnl port of the WeMliiglinmo brake. This ho was allowed to curry away. During hW lonely life on the prairie he would ponder over tho inccnnnixm or inn nrnko. ills chfi c' came when, haxlus fulled as a idi p fanner, w got a Job as n wheel tupper on the railway, ultimately being pn motiil to the engine shops. A Merles of lnentloni, improving brakes pat ented by tho coinimny, led to his fur ther advancement. Sir. Westlnghouw. who took him Into his works, finally made hi in the head of tho engineering department. Wevtlnghouse puteutcd two hundred Inventions, but tho shep herd, from tho prnlrlcs patented four hundred. Weitlnghnuse mado an ulr liriil.t! ilint would control fifty mlluny cnrrlnges; Turner linpnnod It till It uould control a hundred. When he died It was snld Hint tho value of the shepherd's Inventions to the world in over thlrly-IHe million dollars In gold. HAIiH OP TIMIIKR KLAMATH INDIAN RKHMIVATIO.M LtTTLK Bl'RAOUB UNIT MAItltlAOK I.1CK.NHH A marrisgo license was Issued to M. Kin (lrav anil llnrtha flnrrleti. Mr. Sealed bids In duplicate, marked ,.. . in.,i. m. ,..,- . n.i.... outside "Did Little Spragiie Unit." 0r"r J" m,, w" homo rt 0,,M,a and addreaeed to tbe "Huperlntend-1 w "la parents for a number of eat, Klamath Indian School, Klamath years wth tho excoptlon of thn year AV.?CJi 0?l"-.w'.,., ?. fO"'01 ho spent In school In llerkeley, Cell- until 2:00 o'clock V. M., l'eclflc .. time, Wednesday, October 27, l10,i rorn' timber on about 3, COO acres on for tho purchase of the merchantable. . Bpraguo, Hlyer In townships 34 and , ,h-,B,i-...in , .,, ki. a& south, itango SKast, Willamette ;,h j;V,' ' o;t' " Ki.m.ti, a.-.J. Meridian. This unit Is estimated at ?,trhJ"dUn Bcho1, KUn,,h . 40,000.000 feet II. M.. mostly wil.,01!!",,,..,.. T, ......, . orn Yellow nlnn of which nhnnt -" - " - C,000.no0,feet Is on about 480 acros " of- annrotftt! allnttnrtif-. ntwl im In vV waicn separate approved contracts isTAu.. CATO 8KM.H, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 19.Tb.,- flat. Ut' air, ureltenstein reiterated word has been recolved hero of the marrlago of Dalllo divans to Tina Thompklns at Lakevlow, Tues day. Doth aro residents of Illy and havo many friends throughout the t NEXT JOB IS WHAT COUNTS county. I Good Thing to Forgst What One Has Done, and Look Forward to Something Else. with' tbe ladl-B owners may prob-bl.bt,t!f-..No-bl.Lwlll be.. ac cepted .for leas than f4.00 for ) el low' and sucar Dli.aT anil ineenin cedar, and yi.CO for other -peclos during tho norloil of tho contract. ending March 31, 1924. Irlccs sub-,1 sequent to that date will bo fixed by tho Commissioner of Indian Affairs for thrco-ycar periods. Kach bid. must stato tho rntu per M that will bo paid for each kind of tlmhnrdur-i Ing tho first contrnct period ending' Aiarcn 3i, lK-l. and must bo ac companied by n cortlflcd check on a ATIIPHAV CrDTCMDCD Anlvimt K'ntlnnnl Itnnlr iImiuii In ' Wfc-l A -t-l-lx - - -. '... , .,. ,,, - vor or Klamath Indian Hchool In tho amount of $10,000.00. Tho deposit will bo returned to unsuccessful blddors, but' roiaincu ns liquidntoil. damages If tho successful bidder .shall fall to. oxecuto contrnct nnd furnish satis- Mtittr factory bond for IIC.OOO.OO within "lu, -; irura mo acceptance or ns c rtT Tiur n rr bid. Tho right Is reserved to waive OOD TIME FOR technical defects and to roject any EVERYBODY or all bids. For copies of contract,! refutation-, fulllir ,lprlntlnn nt hl area." nnil nthnr lnrnrm.Hnn -..i- " :,:.:::: . . . ...-,. ..vltUMUUtll MALIN'S First Firemen's Grand Ball JRDAY, SEPTErV inSi.T.Brd?!!i nl,V'? 1 1 the NATIONAL HALL for the benefit of the new Fire Department by Malin Orchestra apply ROOMKItYv NO. 8 ARK ACCONTKII FOR RY Kit I KM) Floyd Oden and Clifford Thomp son were the roomers In No. 8 at tho Houston hotel, first listed as "un known." This is according to Mr. tlarfleld, roomer In No. 11. Clifford anJ Thompson both escaped and aro working In a box factory here. Star' performers representing schools and clubs throughout Michi gan are to participate In a big track and field meet to be held at the Michigan State Fair Sunday, Sept. jit. , ' Arrangements are about conclud ed for a post-season series between tbe flag winners in tbe Central league and tbe Michigan-Ontario league, following the close of the series on Sept, 12. Tbe day Is not far distant when a boxer who outgrows the stand ardised weight of his class will bave to step Into tho division next above blm, no matter whether he be n world's champion or an obscuro second-rater. On arriving in his native city of Milan, a returned emigrant was promptly arrested for u murder be had comjmltted twenty-seven years James J, Hill, who potucsucd a phe nomena memory, uld It Is eusy to remember things jou are Interested In, What to do, thereforo, is to discern what thing are useful, what things one ought to bo Interested In, and then forget the others. That sounds easy, but It Isn't easy, as we all know, Hqwever, If we try, we may accomplish something. If we don't, we won't. Let's sea, therefore, what aro some of the thing we ought to forget. First, and most Important of all, for- 'get that brilliant record you made at school or that wonderful sale you made which caused all the boys to .talk, or that remarkable piece of work you did which won your raise of pay and promotion. Forget the big things yon did yes terday or last year. Forget all about the time you topped tbe list and were made a fuss over. Forget that you nro (In your own eyes) a wonder, a world beater. Water that has gono over tho mill wheel can grind no more corn. Forget what you have already done nnil address all your mind mid strength and talent to the next Job. Forbes Magazina (New York). ;' MMttM OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT Which, we take pride in announcing, contains one of the largest, classiest and most serviceable . shoe stocks with which the people of this city and vicinity have ever been favored, is now open to the public, and we invite you to come in and look it over, whether you buy or not. This department adjoins our grocery department, facing Main street. Competent snoe salesmen will have charge of this department salesmen who know the necessity of fitting a foot per fectly, and who will provide you with the class of shoe you want or needUVe can serve you nShk i i"T .' f, .". ,.tW,H - ' t mm irfvr4A B4l .A 'h before-. ,H - '". A).i t'tr j. , " rvrifi)aMiwnnnnsiniyrriiifiiiil