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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1920)
: f r"."t tot) '-W(f fTIirtlW I : Vi QH.fif 1; frt l' . y it v . jr. V' MIMMWMMMMIMAMA i iium camnic IlMMMMWWMMMMMMIIMaAMaMa KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1920 Fourteenth Year No. 4060 Price Fire Cant aUfceJB .Uj. . i .' . , nnV . wwwwwwiwwwwhiwwww MsiasBBBr waw CWI snmP ' mm BBBW MJttAnr VST I KIAMATK FALL 1 A-l I - ltiprauj eua iii iji e & beforo J ' 0n V fcuaanv d lb LABOR LEADER SAYS LYNCHING WAS AHEMPED Declaring that ho wi arrested without causa In Husanvllla Call., laat Monday, and attar helm kept Id Jail for a (aw houra wa taken out after dark by tho city marahal on pretext that a hearing had been arranged, and aoltod by "vlRllanco commit tea," who threatened hit life and maltreated dim, B. II. (Harry) Wood, vlce-preldenl of the Interna tlonal tlmherworkar union and an organiser for the union, left today (or Ban Frnnclaco to lay hla caie be fore o((lcera of the CalKornla feder ation of tabor, to aet In motion the machinery for an appeal to (lover nor Btephena and Attorney Ueneral Webb for redreaa for what he as aerta wnn a gros and iinjuitlfled vio lation of hla comtltutlonal right. Wood arrived In (hla city Wedne day evening In a atate of physical collapse, which ha asserted wa tho' remit of hla experience. Yesterday he made a aworn atatement beforo a local notary, covering the affair In detail, which atatement will bo laid beforo Governor Htophena. Tim fol- nllegatlons are baied upon tatement. , On Beptember 30 Wood went to Clusanvlllo 'aa an organiser for (ha Imberworkara union. Ho registered at a hotel tinder hla own' name, "My errand," he aaya, "wa a law ful ono, namely the organisation of a local union of the ' International Union of Tlutberworkera, and afford-1 Ing auch other aaalttanco a wai'if quired by other unlona affiliated with the Amrcan federation o( la On Mondajr,ffctobr 11, abpufti o'clock In (he 'afternoon, be waa placed under arreat by man' who aald he waa the (own marahal. This man charged Wood with being an. I. ,W. W., and despite' hie protests' and offera (o ahow credential! lodged hla In Jail. After removing the prls onara'a balonglnsa. Including ISO In caah and a depoalt book, ahowlng a credit, of 8&0 In a Huianvllle bank, the marahal went away, promising to aend George O'Connor, a friend of Wood'a, to see him, O'Connor did not come, l.ator the marahal came back and again prom ised to aend him. Finally Wood aent word to O'Connor by a paeerby, and O'Connor cam to the Jail, Wood eiplalned hla predicament and O'Con nor went and got a lawyer, named Jewell or Jewett, city attorney of Buianvllle. The attorney told Wood that without doubt he waa being un lawfully held, lawyer and , client, after conaultatlon, concluded to wait over night, It then being about 10 o'clock, and eecuru a writ of habea rorpua In the morning. Tho attor ney left. Flvo minutes later tho nwrshnl returned and aald a bearing had been arranged and Wood waa to accompany him to court. They atnrled out. After proceeding two block a crowd of about 20 mon atopped (hem and rolled (limit. Three men held Wood, hn aays, bandaging hla eyu. They walked a hort dUtance and cam to four au tomobllea. Here tho bandage waa taken off and a gunny aack substltu ted aa blind, being tied around Wood'a neck with a he-ivy .rope. "During this time," aaya tho affi davit, "I heard remark," auch a "have you got tho rope:" and "yea, It'a In the car." The crowd .got Into the cam, two mon holding Wood' In the rear aeat of one and drove to (he bridge acroi (ho Suaan river, Hera another atop nd conference took place. Two of the machine went back uptown and two other, Wood In one, atarted for the country. Altar driving consldearhle dis tant (be cur -atopped. The light were all put out and the aack (aken from Wood'a face?, One of (ho mob apoke, saying, "we don't want any thing here like they bad In Wash ington." Then ha addrened Wood, aaylng, "there' the road, beat II, and don't ever com) back,. If you do we've got a rope right bore to bang you with," The apokesman directed the way Wood waa ,to walk and he started, After for about half an hour he saw (wo cars coming toward him, equip ped with powerful spotlights which war nwuoplnf the roadside, "I Immediately apprehended that WM.HO.V AHKH ALLI'.N Wit WHEAT INFORMATION WAHIIINOTON, Oct. IE. President Wilson today tola- graphed (lovernor Allon of Kansas, requesting hlin to for ward to tho fcdnrul Irudn com- mission any Information ho 4 might bavo tending to Indicate. that the recent docllnu In wheat7a price I due to unfair practice or any other artificial causoi', . : AV,) CHICAGO, Oct. 15 Wheat prlcea madj) a big advance,' id'p the local market today after) the new of President WlL eon' rnjucst to Governor 'Al-, Ion became public. t'u' Hoy Hcout will liold anothet big meeting tonight at the Methodist church to plan furtbor the winter program of (hn organliatlon. KHMtl CO bovs were nrcsent nt Tuesday night' meeting. Tonight It I hoped, through report and Invitations that have been aent through the schools, to hnvo at, least ono hundred srputa and their boy friends present. The winter sport program Includ es motor boating on the take, a long aa the weather remains favor able, and skating club will be org anised when Ice form. It time re main 'the boys plan to atart some football and baseball organisations among the membership and stage some contests before winter aela In. Another Important matter now In It preliminary stage li the secur ing of a clubhouse, which may (ake tM form of a building In (hla city or a 'big summer camp 'In the woods, perhaps B4tuyibuWraVteVfuai maktUifsslble. .All boys Interested' In the scout movement, whether members of the organisation or not, are urged to at tend tonight's meeting at the Moth odlst church. a man hunt was In progress," de clares Wood with myself aa the vic tim, I climbed through a barbed wire fence on my right, tearing my clothfcg and lacerating my hands, legs and fsc. It waa cloudy and a drlsillng rain was falling. The con sequent darkness enabled mo to (ravel for some distance before tho aeachllghta played on the vicinity where 1 wa hid." The searchers got out of the car and atarted beating up the field of aage. Thore were at least ten of them, saya Wood. They had flash lights and a whistle system of sir nals and made, a' systematic Job of the search. Often men passed with In SO feet of where Wood lay curled In a bu.li but missed him. As day break approached, after what appear ed houra of auspense to Mm, Wood aaya tho party gavo up tho reach, and Ml. , ,,. In conversation ha said be felt sure that tho men had comp'bacx to find and hang him, that turning hla loose. In the first place was sub lerfugo to rid tho mob of som&4tftk cr members who would not staitor eitremo measures. After the'lMders had rearranged their party liWtytiks they were ready to lynch hlaTrftbo hud been found. fj At daybreak, Tuesday, ho emerged from hiding. Ho discovered theall wuy (rack and walked a wayscoining In sight of the Welden station. He saw a crowd of men tboro, anbjteikr Ing they were another mob, fjijjkcrd hla atops. Ho camto to the BmClHot Sprlnga, where he found KrajCkTsJul llvan, a timber worker, who gave him food, and water and soap tojaUihso himself. Ills clothe were tofjnd be waa muddy and bruised. V In hla pocket he found j'tffyhst the marshal had overlooked,'" and from Amadee, Cal bought 'UJVet lo' Luke view, arriving (here Wednes day morning. He waa (oo w'ew (o walk to a hotel, ao remalned'Jihe atatlon until an expreasiuan came, who gave him. a ride uptown,' IJC Wedneaday morning he tdqk,'the stage to Klamath Falls. "Upon' ar rival In, Klamath Falls," ho pffalri, "I waa In a state of physical col lapse, being unable to walk, or ds robo for bed without asslstanto." Friends helped him here, keeping the tact of his presence quiet, Yee turday he preparod a statement and sElETINS TO PUUI WORK NOT I MILL U ING ON EWAUNA Another big sawmill will be slicing Klamath pine by spring la the new carried by (be announcement that the Bbaw-Ilertram lumber company,' an organisation composed of eiperlenc- ed Oregon lumbermen, haa puchaaad a site on tho southern edge of Lake Kwaiina, Just west of the Chelsea box factory and already have a couple of carloads of material and machinery on tho ground. Tho slto consists of 70 acres pur- eh'saed from Mrs. Margaret Barney of Milwaukee, Wis., who still owns 109 acres adjoining. Tho deal was handled for Mrs. Ilsrney by William Dray but does not Includo any of tho acreage, owned by Mr. Dray In the aame vicinity. Work on the milt will atart at once, It la announced. It la planned to Install a circular outfit, with a dally capacity of C 0,000 feet to start with, but the program of develop ment contemplate a plant expansion that will eventusllx; make the mill ono of the largest In the country. J. R. Shaw, president of the new company, is one of the leading lum bermen of tho state. For years be was general manager for the Ham mond Lumber company of Portland, a company In the foremost ranka of northwest manufacturers. He waa also connected with the Gootch lum ber company of Marahfleld, aa war hla associates, W. A. Smith, vice president. W. J. Bertram, treasurer, and A. W. Norblad, secretary. Mr. Norblad'a home Is In Astoria, and he Is atate aenator (ram (hla district. The company recently waa award-. ed, government aale, the timber InJ (he Solomon 'unit on (he Klamath reservation. The tract contains. It la eatlmated, 160,000,000 feet, which will all be mUled at the local plant. COURT AND LAWYERS BACK FROM SALEM Judge It. II. Dunnell and Com in Is .loners Short and Fordyce, K. L. El llotl and F. 11. Mill; attornoya for the county court, and C. F. Btono, attorney for J. M. Dougan, plain tiff In the ault of Dougan against KlumiUh county, returned last night from Salem whoro Messrs Elliott nd Mills and Mr. 8tono appeared on op posing sides In arguing before the supreme court the appeal from Judge llcmlllon's decision In the court house caae. lloth aldea came back confident that their cause would triumph when the suprenve court finally 'reaches a decision. The time at which a decision might be expected was variously estimated at from three to four weeka In tho future. No now features were Introduced at tho hearing, It was said. IMPOHTS IK1K1IIKK HllltOPHlUltK IllTK llurr Westhrook, who operates a stock ranch near Merrill,' recently re ceived and placed on his ranch a blooded and registered Shropshire buck from the famous herd of A. T. Guthrie ft Bon at Newton, Iowa. Mr. WestbrooK, who came here about a year ago from Texas, and went Into business, has dono 'much In that time to Improve the stand ards of stock raising In Klamath county. left for California, to demand 'redress from the city of Busanvllle for the al leged maltreatment by Ita officers and cltltena. Through the meshes In the gun ny sack,. Wood clilnta to have recog nlied the man who said he waa tho town marshal aa the ringleader of the mbb, Aa one of the five vice presidents of the timber workers, an organisa tion with a membership of 176,000, Wood atanda very closo to the top of the union, and promtsea to bring pressure to bear (hat wl1 cause the wholo affair to be thoroughly sifted, by the California atKhorlllea. When he arrived here had a dol lar or (wo In change left, His, pre dicament would have been worse had he not barf (he S3R to pay tare with. All of his belonglns, except (ha clothes he waa wearing, ara In Busanvllle, Including ault case., a camera, cash and bank book. W LEY MAKES STATEMENT! Wilson 8. Wiley, candidate for mayor,, today In reply to the request of a Herald representative for a atatement outlining hi platform, aald: "The one outstanding feature that appeals to me la the also of the Job that my friends have commanded me to tackle. If the decision bad been left (o me, 1 confeea that I would have dodged the responsibility that wilt be Imposed upon the man who Is elected next mayor of Klamath Falls. "But the arguments of many par- aons of all clsase and vocations must necessarily Inspire confidence In any man, and I confess tha( (he belief of my friends In my ability to fill (ho poeltlon acceptably has giv en me courage and I certainly will try to merit their confidence It I am celcted. 'KUraath Falls Is a city ot des tiny. The firm belief (hat every cit izen haa in the future ot tbla com munity, may make that aeera-ar trite remark. But I, In common with my fellow citizens, feel that we have. In aplte of remarkable progress, hard ly atarted upon the pathway ot de velopment. 'j "A rapidly growing city presents many problems. The number ot our needs la ao great that I hestltate to enumerate them here. I have In mind, however, the need for mora houses to take care of our swelling population. The city, perhaps, will have but little to do with (he build ing of homes, bat kinged upon a hats building program are ques tion ot street Improvement, aewer and water main extension, lighting, provision of parka and other matters In whleh the chief executive of the city will have direct contact. "I pledge my word,, that It It falU upon me aa mayor of Klamath FalU. to wrestle wlfn theae problems. I will'. In recognition ot their deep Im portance to present and future clt- Isens ot Klamath Falls, consider them earnestly and diligently try to deal with them aa rapidly aa may be conalstent with the . building ot a aure foundation for the future. "We have outgrown our swaddling clothes and ceased to be a, village. Before we realise It, -we are' destined to become a large city. Even now. in many commercial relations. ' rank aecond In Oregon. I will strive to make my vision ot the future broad enough (o place beneath .the with which (ha chief executive of the foundatlona produced by the best Idea la modem city planning. "I am not and It must be admit ted that I should know whereof I sneak the candidate of any claaa or faction, and, If elected, I will repre sent no clan or taction. We have all heard It aald tbat the city needs strict enforcement of existing lawa and with tho Idea that the law should be enforced upon' all alike, Impartial ly and with Justice, I am in complete accord. It the law la' a good law, Ita enforcement wilt work good, and 1 know of no quicker way to secure the repeal ot a biased or unjust law than by enforcing It. Tho offended aense ot Justice, Inherent In tho Amelrcan people, will bring about Ita speedy repeal. "Finally, I nm'but a plain cltlxen, with an abiding lovo for and faith In tho future ot my country, my state and my city. The majority wish ot my fellow cltisens will be my guldo. It they select me to serve them as? nuyor. providing always that their wishes are In accord with the law of the land and ot the ordl nancea of the city. "In ther service. It the honor Is conferred upon me, I would sacrifice much, but It I can, even la the slight- rest degree, advance the general In terests and welfare ot the community that iHore. I will gain compensation from the sacrifice that cannot be measured In money." KKKAK TUBER FOUND Ii;OOD RIVER, Oct. IB. R. H, Webor, whose ranch place la near Odell. exhibited a record-freak po tatecvlne an. whlehr'th' tmhavra. hav formjid lUm,(namtsis an U ot.tte gronnd. The nailing aaaa farattt at point ot;ta ntnav f POSITION IXXJAIi MAN' KliNOTKD 11V KNIGHTS TEMPLAn PORTLAND, Oct. IB. E. B. Msgco of Klamath Falls waa elected Junior grand warden ot tho Oregon Knight Templar t tbla morning's session ot the convention here. Weston O, Sbellenbarger! ot "Portland, was' chosen grand commander. La Orande waa ehosea as the 4 place In wnlch to bold the next annual conclave. WATER RATE Petition of the ... -i" laurornia-ureiM PnwM.r rnmmnv fn an Inpretaiaua T local water rate, la being hea"rt (c - dar In the eltr hall, before H. H.' HEARING TODAY Corer. member of the ttn ntihlllhU be well treated," ha said. service commission; H W. M. Shepherd, general manager. and H. O. Phelps, general auditor ot the power company, both of Baft Francisco, and J. C. Thompson, di vision manager of the company, are In attendance as witnesses In behalf of the applicant. Ferguson" FletchTr and Ft. C. Oroesbeck appear as counsel for the company and City Attorney Carna- han, aaslsted by W. If. A. Renner represent the city ot Ktamath Falls. The morning, seaalon waa apent In securing a statement ot flnancl conditions from tha. .company's "-1 aaaa. Tfca eoannanr la andeavorla to ahow 'it? la .net reserving an ade qaa(e nisim fm the tavaataMai la the loeel water system. The after noon wlll'tat derated to presentation of teatlaf s r whnaasaa LUTHERAN CHURCH HAS NEW PASTOR The Rev.. .Karl Matthlem arrived yesterday from' Oarr, Indiana, to (ake charge of the local Lutasraa pulpit,' whleh haa' been vocant since the deah last winter of the Rev. Martin Rosaman. except for occas sional services conducted by the Rev. George Thlesa ot Eugene. The Rev. Mr. Matt hies will de liver his first sermon to his congre gation Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. In the First Baptist church. The subject ot the sermon la "The Way to Life." PAYNE RE-OPENS LAKE HEARIN PORTLAND, Oct. 1G. Secretary of the Interior Payne baa decided to repone the matter of Klamath lake storage and will hold hearings at Waahlngton. December 2. He' says the special action Is taken at the requeat of American legion posts, which were not satisfied with the plan for settlement ot the question proposed by former Secretary Lane. MERRILL REBEKAHS a WILL ENTERTAIN The Rebekah lodge at Merrill has extended an Invitation to the Re bekaaa ot Klamath Falls to meet with them at a district convention to be held In Merrill Monday even ing. October 18. . The Klamath Falls degree staff will exemplify the Initiatory degree. The Merrill- lodge ladles have the reputation ot being wonderful boat aaaea and this will be a strong, drawing card In favor ot a large at tendance from this city. I. W. W. IN ORCHARDS HOOO RIVER, Oct. IS. With la bor for harvesting the apple crop al ready acutely abort, orchnrdlata are now being worried by agitation ot I. W. W. In different frnlt section. The agitators who are said to.be well aaaed, appear to be foreigners. Thay visit raaehea while owners or superintendents ara away .and arte harvest craws to aak tor mora pay. Their agitation already haa reaaltad tar aeTeral grawora teatmi moat of, their now. U 01 MIT mmiw TO REIMS r; ,, ; 1 ( CtSBTMHM Av-ert Johnson, rtntrjua of thsj vase Immigration nmlttee, an nounced that he wenM. snake a state nreat' to the camlHas, when It . . v " - WieU, October 15. advocating limit ing Immigration to relatives of natur alised cltlaena ot the United State. ' Congressman Johnson expressed Ue belief that Immigration front Ja- can be limited te visitors ana dents without offending the Jaa neee government " "I believe that the Japanese, gor- laatat will agree to auch anepen- aa ot the Immigration from that j""tr - r' w,t ' "rtsandinf tant - M ow in tne united "Ten thousand IsMnigrnnla am now arriving" from France vary day," said Johnson, "aid" (here la n widespread demand that tba neat congress .pass a' atrlagent immigration-bill." -T- by the federal tanttthan Mtfaak Fie" H'"H1 over the' namber I ..::L-.IZlK..1.2H..rsBHya "1.' flguree' from 14,t0'.t give sr total ot 1.71IM1 scholars. Indicating' In effect, that oae-tantk of the nopntatlan la getting alga school edncatfM, tha aarean state. Only J1 of the schools reperUng k. ....-- --- tabulated have an enrollment ot be tween 17 and 100 students. City high schools constitute lees than 10 per cent of the total. They enroll 51 per cent of all student. Almost 86 per cent of the high achoola ara rural with 40 per cent of the atn dents. As 65 per cent ot the schools of fering a four-year course have terms of only 180 daya daring tho year, a longer achool term la "uamtstakaaly foreshadowed." according to bureau officials. The school "cost thou sands of dollars to erect and to util ise the property for only 180 days n year la "bad Judgment." the state ment said. The number of high achool gradu ate has Increased from 11,881 In 1890 to 114,867 In 1918. Consider ing the Increase In poplatlonjlurlng thla period, It la found that Ameri can youtha are becoming over six tjme aa well educated aa they were. The atate ot Texas leada In per centage ot high achool graduate! who continue their atudlea In preparatory achool or college. North Carolina and Kentucky are aecond and third re apecdvely. The average high achool principal, the statistic ahow, receives 81171 a year, or about 8100 a month tor the entlro year. Prlnelpala of (he District ot Columbia. California, Arliona. Massachusetts and New York receive the highest salaries In the order named, while Nebraaka paya the low est average salary. In 1918 there ware 81,084 high school teachers, aa compared with 9,180 In 1890. Since 1901 there haa been a ateady Increase of women en tering the profession and today only 34 per cent ot all high, school teach ers are men. The largest high achool in the United' Statea la the Polytechnic Evening high achool. Los Angeles, Calif., with an enrollment ot 8440. WBATKKR REPORT ,.; OREGON Tonight and BaUrdar, fair, except rain in the northwest portion. m ' VALUE INCREASED t TULTJsMOOK. Or., Oct. 15. Pro perty In Tillamook county aa final ly eqaalked a the eevatyboardjof HuallaaUa h) vtiaaeVg ll,alr 81. aa taemia at 7I.4 ef Vnat roar. - - y- it - i,t,t T -COMA. Oct. SCHCOLADAY BUILT IN U S. laTWlU) Baawwai wTF.Jt.- AHtKOTONiOftt. 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