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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1920)
Wqv 3Eumtttg Mvtuth fAAAAAAAAVW VMAWVWWWVM( A Classified Ad Will Do It , Todays News Today IAMAAAAMAMMf riiririii'rvrKYvwwvMVm I'litiitrt'iitli iMir. No, WW! KImVMATII FAM.H, ORKGON, Tl'liSDAY, NO l;Mlli;il iiil, im. Prlco I'Jto Ccntii TURNER IS HELD FOR MURDER IN SECOND DECREE Jnamr Turner, with tint stoicism chnriiclerlalln of hla men, nut iippnr nlly uncniicnrneil In lulled States miiklsali)nor Hurt Tlimniiii'ii officii .'jr aiivonil hours yeaterdny nfler noon wlillo wltneaae wnvn it wuti of testimony nrounil til tit which. If mil) Mtuntlntcil, will clear up tho mys tery surrounding Dm death of hli wife, Mury Turner Titrnnr wan arrested recently upon Information, ohtalnutt from Iinllana who nay I hoy heard him admit that tin riimmlttod thu murder (loorgn Alnssmlor, deputy United Slates mnnihul, mnilu Ihn arrest United State Atlornoy Hall I.usk ncted for Iho government In lli heurlng, Anil II. M. Manning conduct i Tumor' defense. After examining about n ilomn wltnoaaea, Ihn honrltig niiKitillnK witll Into Ihn evening, Titrtiiir wm bound over to nwatt tho action of thn grand Jury on n rhsrgn of Rprond degree murder ami In at liberty uudur f to.noo lunula N (1 Went, superintendent of thn KUtnuth Indian reservation wan thn flrat wltnea Mr Wt told about hi hurried trip to thn homo of Wll limit Turner, fnthnr of Jaipur Turn er, lii Investigate thn reMirt that Vary Turnnr hud rommlttrd lulcldn Thin wan In May of thli ynar The death of thn woman wan laid to havn occurred ahoiit S o'clock Monday tnornttiK, hut owing to tno ueiny in .....II... I I... Inr,.r....ll.. Mi,l thn distance to ho traveled, hn did GENEVA, Switzerland. Nor S3 not arrlvo Ihern until ahoul S o'clock, Paul flyman, juit elected flnt preal Tuesday mornlnic When hn arrived .dent of thn league of natlona, and Dr. Abbott, Jack Turner, nn Indlin former promler of Belgium, U hli policeman, William Turner and hlalcountry's forcmuat italeaman. wlfn, Benjamin Martin, englneor for) Hymatii took an active part In thn Klamath aicency, and Jaapor.tha Belgian conduct of tho war Turner warn there, land wai particularly active In ItcM-ribr llir Scene (placing Belgium' plon for bolp after Thn body of thu woman, Mr Weat the (tvrman Invasion before tho aald, wa' found lying on the floor world. of a front bedroom, her own room hn understood, with tho feet lowanl tho door. Immediate examination dis closed a bullet wound In her breait, and her clothing, for a space thri'o Inches In dlamnlnr, had apparently . been burned. When thn tody wai tumod over a bullet fell to thn floor, and another bullet wound1 directly opposite thn wound In thn breait, wai discovered. A pool of! iin'um, nn iiii.,.ui.u. iivui " i i.i.o.i t...i ...,.i i,.i.ui ,i,.. ,i..n,i uiuuii II".. i.,. ...... u..... ..... ...., woman', head. The llmbi wern lylnic perfectly atralitht and rlald. with tli ncnpllon of thn rlitht hind, which waa turned toward thn body, which might Indicate that alio bad releai (1 thn revnlrnr after dropping to thn tloor folloH-ttiK thn fatal ihot. A per eon iiiIkIiI bavo nalnrd thn Imvrea alon, arrordlnK to Mr. Weit'a toatl mony, that tho body had been placed In ll itrnlxhtnned poaltlon fnllowltiK the ihontlnR. A rovolver, with thu nimilo pointed toward thn feet, wai lyluit nbottt four Inchei from tho dead woman' hand. Tnlknt to Turner Mr. Weit told about hi conreraa Uon with Jnipor Turner Tho lot tnr'n vernlon -wai that he and hli wlfo had quarreled that mnrtilnK. They bad nlao quarreled tho nlKht before, and Mary had threatened to kill hnr aelf. Following thn quarrel In tho morning, Jaapor hud gone to thn cor iri itouthnait of thn hptlin to catch Thorno. A ihort tlnto after ho enter oil thn corral hn heard lila mother 'palling to him thut Mary had nhot bnraulf. Iluahlng to bouao tin found Itnry lying on thn floor dead. After tolling hla piirentH not to dlatltrb thn body, hn Informed tho nuthorltlea rol ntlvn to tho denth. HualMinil Wits CnIiii Jnipnr, Hold Mr, Weal, wu not flUHtrutcd when ho talked to him ID hoitri after tho ahootlng, but rela ted tho itory In a mattor-of-fuct wuy. Furlhermoro, Jaipur told him thnt Mary had threatened to kill homult eeverul tlmoi. llenjnmln Murtln, engineer for tho Klamath agency, waa tho aocond wit noai, I 11m toitlmony corroborated that Riven by Mr. Wont, ulmoat In dotnll. Ho, howover, testlflod that Juipor luul said that ho hoard tho xhot bo fofo ho waa npprliod of tho alioot Ing by hli mothor. It la Mr. Martin's opinion that tho bullet ontorod from tho front. Couple llatl Quarreled JaclJ I'Almer, Indian pollcoman, wan then cullod to thu litand. Ho wunt to tho Turner homo In. his cap acity as poaco officer ho said, Jai pur and Turner had boon having "mouth' trouble ho undorntood, but ho did not know what the troublo waa about, I'almor'H tostlmony open od a now phaio of tho Inquiry. Ho tontltlod that ho had boon told that whou 'Juipor readied tho room In which his wlfo lay ho found tho door locked. Jnspor'a mothor ontor ' -ed tho room flrat how aho managed (Continued to Page 8) Head of League is a Power in His Country eaaagtaVsK. jJM I m m e. - I PAf? fVSVT7l7' JfiU.L JJWJ'JUVJ Ito protoited whoa Geneva wai rhoaun aa thu neat of league, arg uing for llruueU, llymnn li &f and 'waa born In llruaaoli. Ho entered public life ai a lawyer In 1885. Thereafter ho was Mnmber of tho house of rcpreienta; tlTM. ' Member of tho municipal council ii-... oi iiruiaein . . . ' - "" ',l ' l,r.u""1 U,V i7 . . n,or " k laud. irraldent of Mlnlator of foreign affaln. llelglan prcmlor Now by tho popular cholco of 41 natlom of thn world Hymani will prealdn at their dellbeartlom and conduct their dlacuialonx of way and meani to provont war. m Give Farm Boys And Girls Chance, Says Meredith On tho ahouldera of tho farm hoyi and girls of today ruata, In conalder iihlo meuauro, Iho futuru of American agrlcutturo. Their iucchm or failure financially and their antlifactlon or (llaaatlafurtlon with their environ ment la of direct Importance to tho whole country. I have nlwny been much Intereatod In what tho boy' and glrla' club nro doing to help them, and I liellevo this Important unit far-reaching brunch of t'xtonalon work ahotild ho eucouriiRcd In every fuualblo way. One of the needs of tho cluha la mora ndcquatn houalng on tho statn and district fair grounds for tho club inomberH and their exhibits. At moat of thn falrti tents are now usod for Ibis purpose. These have proved to bo very Inadequate, especially when tho woathor Is had. A move ment Is now under way, which I am very glad to Indorse, 'to provldo n permanent exhibit huljdlng and n permanent rump for tho Junior farm ors nn ovary largo fair ground. This would omphnilzo tho Import on co of tho work thoso young peoplo arc do ing and mako thorn feel thnt tholr old In promoting tho Intoroits of ag rlcutturo through exhibits at fairs In bolng propertly appreciated, K. T. Meredith, secretary of agriculture. . m MOUK THAN UOO CIATHEB KOIl MA&IN OANOK MAUN, Nov. 23. An Invitation party and danco was1 glvon Friday ovonlng at tho Matin halt by the throo upper grados of the public school, Invitations wero sent to the Htudonts of tho Union High and Shas ta Vlow school and to (rlomls of the school children. The dance was attended by approx imately 220, portions. Dancing lasted until 11:30, when supper waa served by n rofroshmont oonnvltCeo from tho school, COUNGIE LETS CONTRACT EOR REPAIR I.nat night's meeting of tho city council was not productive of any thing of leniatlonal nature, only an ordinary amount of business bolng transacted, with very little discus sion. A full council was present. Ilulldlm; permits were granted, thosu of I,. 0. Aureus, who want to mako Improvements on tho Wblto I'ollcan gnrago on Main street, and to J. O Deardalcy, who wishes to put a wood floor In tho gnrago ho will build on tho corner of Hovonth and Klamath. This Is tho building which will bo occupied by Louis Hougland, recently appointed agent far tho Ilulck car. Mr. Hoagland was present, and stated that If a concrete floor was Insisted on It would ruqulro a fill, and norcssltatn thn charging or a ronlal which would ho prohibitive. O It Iloyrlo and K (I. Allen wero awarded the contract for tho re pairing of thn bridge acroaa thu gov ernment canal on Kloventh street, 1494 being thn contract flguro. This bridge, according to J. C. Ilrockcn li rough and others who live In that vicinity, has been In bad shape for qulto a wlillv, the supports having heon weakened. Tho work dhdnlr contemplation I expected to placo It In shopn to withstand travol until Iho city can repluco It with a con crete or steal bridge, a chango which muat tako place. In Council Luvon Ick'a opinion, before many year have paaaed. Tho Warran Construction com pany wai authorized to pave the al loy through block 37 and 16, the paving to bo of Warrenlte, tho cafaa pany'a uiuil paving material. This work will not bo done until aprlng, It li belloved. I'roportr owner In several part nt ttin rtlr will tw nnlltUA il hl ft..... .: ' " .. ...- .-. ..., will be expected to comtruct aide-, walks within the near future. A petition was read showing that thero. woro no sidewalks on East Main, street from Applcgato south to Sixth. Tho petition stated thut aldo-, walks on theso streets would accom modate a largo number of children who attend tho Mills school. Has a Job That Keeps Him Moving Hon. Frank Davoy, erstwhile now- paper publisher, politician, speaker of tho houau of representatives, and for thn pait four sesalons member of tho houio. Is in tho city. Ilo comes as a representative of tho stato In dustrial accident commlsalon and will bo In tho city for several days, Mr Davey's home is In Hums legal ly, but actually It Is undor his hat, as ho Is afflicted with tho wander lust to a largo degreo and tikes to stir around thu state, swap stories with "the boys" and kcop In touch with the development of Oregon. Va riedm Experience Gained Traveling Malin-K. F. Road MAUN, Nov. 23. Traveling In Mr and on land, but most of all un der water was thn experience of C V, Holmes, local merchant, on n ru cont trip to Klnmuth Falls. This condition of tho roads was caused by the lengthy rains, which Malln and other points have boon enjoy ing. Mr. Holmes reported having trav eled the highway nil tho way, w'th tho oxccptlon of two miles which! waa still fenced. Ho says Wo enoy; driving a nubmarino and nn air- ptano, but whon it comes to driving n skating automobile tho pleasure ceases. According to his statements It took throo hours of solid work to got tho mud oft his car. JJNM.AND WAHNH OllKKCK NOT TO HKHTORK KOHMKK KINO PARIS, Nor. 23. Groat Drltaln has! already takon stops to warn Oreece that sho will loso tho terri torial advantages, given in tho treaty between the allies and Tur key, if former king Constantino la testorod to the throno, says this morning's Issuo of tho Petit Part- sain. 11ANK SUP'T QUITS TO TAKK OFFICII IN PKNUIiKTON HANK BAM3M, Nov, 23. Will H. Bon net, stato superintendent of banks, today tondorod his resignation, ef fective Docomber 31, Ho announced that ho had purchased stock In tho Vnlnn,l Vmnl.A tinnlr nt TAnHAllon OI.UUU u...t.,u w- . . wU-v. .. . ot which he will be vice president.' T AFTER RAIDING :i IRE SLAIN ..... .Mir Associated Press) DUIII.IN, Nov. 23. All train serv ices were resumed today after n quiet night following Hunday'a bloodshnd and yet.torday'a raiding. A statement Issued at Dublin cas- tlo yesterday said that tho shootlnK at Croto park Hunday resulted when tho force of tho crown wont to tho football gamo to round up men asso elated with tho murdor of 14 mili tary officers Sunday morning. The statement snld that tho pickets in tho crowd fired first resulting in a gonoral panic In which many nt tho men wanted undoubtedly oscbpod. UKbr-AHT, Nov. 23. fivo per sons wero killed In fighting In Dub lin yesterday, according to roports received hero. During tho morning a sentry at Dublin castlo was at tacked by a force of armed men. Ho fired on bis assailants, killing throo of them. Two other deaths occurred during rulds throughout tho city. COKK. Nov. 23. One pollcoman was wounded and two civilians wero shot In a tight between auxiliary po lice and cltlzeni In Mlllstrcot vlllacj last night. I Personal Mention H. H, Roberts wo In the county scat yesterday from Poo valley. Dan I.likey Is In town for a fow days from Dairy. J. 8. Ualtey Is hero from Macdocl to attend to matters of business. 8. 8. Stiles of Yreka Is registered at tho ttyilto Pelican hotel this week. Mr. and Mrs, Merle Kltgore nro city visitor from their ranch home In Langcll valley George Offield and C. Dowman Klamath Falls business visitors from Merrll todsy. A. T. Hutto, sub-agent on the n dlan reserve, was In town from Yaln ax yesterday. 8, J. Cnluhan and wlfo aro among Fort Klamath cttlxcns who are pay ing this city a visit today. Stanley H. Myrcs arrived last night from Corvallls and is a guest at tho White Pelican hotel. J. M. Bedford, a lumberman from Chltoquln, Is a business visitor here today. Ho Is registered at the Whlto Pelican hotel from Fort Klamath. F. A. Stankey returned this morn ing to Seattle after a throe or four days visit with old friends In Kla math county. W. C. Van Emon returned last night from Portland where he has been engaged with affairs ot busi ness for tho past fow days. Mr. and Mrs. K. Ohles arrived hero last evening from Fort Klamath and aro spending a fow days here pur chasing supplies from county seat merchants. A marriage license waa Issues yes terday to John ICutchenton and Ora Ocorge. Both nro rosldents ot Yaln ax, Oregon. Ben Daly, Jack Fenucano. and Ben Shanahan nro sheepmen from l-uko county who nro In Klamath Falls this week on business. Jack McAullffo Is a business visi tor hero today from Fort Klamath where ho Is Interested tn tho stock business. Cleo Inmnn was a passengor on tho morning train hound for Portland nflcr having spoilt tho summer In this city. 6 Dr. Win. Abbott, physician at tho Klamath agency, Is spending tho day In town on business. Ho Is accom panied by tho missionary from tho agency, tho Rev. R. T. Uooklnghara hnm, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schnllock left on tho trnln thU morning for San Francisco where they will spend Thanksgiving with their daughter. Constance, who is attondlng school In that city. Vern McCiollan drovo Into town this morning from Mac's store on the Merrill road to pay a visit to a den tist. He roports the roads In pretty fair shape this morning considering tho amount ot moisture we have had tho past two weeks. Alva,Boals loft this morning tor Day's Greek, whero ho' will attend a Thanksgiving reunion feast at tho homo ot his mothor, who Is 80 yoars old. Brothers and ststors with tholr wives and husbands and children will bo at tho dlnnor, some ot thorn travel ing sovoral hundred miles to get to tho Crook . George S, Nlckorson, who is oil known to Klamath Falls pioneers as a lawyer and engineer arrived last night from Sacramento, where he has charge ot several large construction DUBLIN IIUIL Will Seek Laws to Aid Women, Children i ifjLmjy w-r VffWKf W . HJr -M 4 ' Mff JWiK'. "Z&wverrA NEW YORK. Nov, 23. MIm Jean ette Rankin ot Montana, tho first woman to sit In the congress of tho United States, has been appolntod fiold secretary of tho national con sumer's league. Sho will doroto herself to promo ting legislation for tho protection of wago earning women and providing better environment for minors. Eighteen boy scouts, under tho direction ot Paul T. O'Dowd, have been scouring the city in their role ot "gleaners," unearthing peoplo who havo been overlooked In the Red Cross drive, and securing con tributions from places which would certainty be overlooked t.by other solicitors. .'UkVrto.the present "time the boys nave turned In more than 1100, and the end 'Is net In sight'. Edmund Folllett and Kenton Hamaker worked In the Hot Springs addition, and George Bradley and Claud Rcdfleld took care ot tho Socond Hot Springs addition. Her bert Phillips and Harold Batcman worked in tho district between the canal and Tenth street, George Shu- man and Hugh Curran from Tenth to Eighth streets, and Weaver Solo mon and Donald Loomls from Eighth to -Sixth streets. Donald Ritchie, alone, took care ot tho peoplo between Sixth and Fourth streets, and three boys, Rob ert Knight, George Condrey and Lo land Qull, canvassod tho district bo tween Fourth street and tho river. Lmclan Applegate worked In Mills addition, Cecil Humphrey on South Main street and East Sixth, Gordon Loomls across tho river, and Frank Upp In the business soction. Mr. O'Dowd devoted a great deal ot his tlmo to tho direction ot the boys, and the boys themselves, Im pelled by Mr. O'Dowd'a good Judg ment and perseverance, responded nobly, dXho amount already turned In will bo materially Increased, said Mr. O'Dowd, before hia charges ccaso tholr work. Weather Probabilities Tho Cyclo-Stonuagraph at Un derwood's Pharmacy shows tnat tho baromotrlc prossuro has re mained almost stationary for the past 24 hours. This would 'in dlcnto a continuance ot tho pres ent woathor conditions until to morrow. "Clear, cool, with varlahlo winds." Tho prosauro commonced fall ing about noon today, which, it continued, will bring a change ot conditions In 12 or 24 hours. PELICAN RAY SCHOOL HAS POSTPOXKD ENTERTAINMENT Owing to bad weather and road conditions and some cases of colds and nieadtea among the pupils, the ontortalnment that waa to have been given tomorrow night by the Pelican Bay school, at tho hall ' at Pelican Bay, has been Indefinitely postpon ed. HARDING AT PANAMA COLON, Panama, Nov. 23. Pros-ldent-olect Harding arrlvod at Cris tobal today. Ho was given a noisy wolcome as ho landod. schemes, for a visit with old friends and relatives. Mr. Nlckerson is a brother-in-law ot Captain O. G. Ar- plegate ot this city, veteran ot the Xodoo. war. BOY SCOOTS AID RED CROSS IRK LOCAL C. DEC. OF D.S. Formal notification has been re ceived by Socrotary Stanley that tho Klamath county chamber or com merco lias been elected to member- ship In tho chamber of commorco ot tho United States. Affiliation with tho national chamber gives tho Klamath chamber of commerce & volco in tho activities and affairs ot that constantly growing business or ganization, which now numbers about 1,400 commercial and trado organizations. Closely following Its election to tho national chamber, Klamath, county chamber of commorco will appoint a national councillor who will servo aa a connecting link be tween tho local organization and tho national chamber at Washington. Hereafter whon policies affoctlns; business are under discussion by tho federal authorities, tho Klamath county chamber of commerco will naro a cnanco to express Itsolf, In asmuch ns one ot tho chief func tions Of the Chamber of commnrrn of the United States Is to voice tbo business sentiment ofvtho country. From tlmo to time referenda nrn sent out br tho national chamber for the purposo of ascertaining, for tno benefit of congress and tho gov ernment departments, opinions pre vailing throughout the countrv nn questions of, Importance. The views and onlniona of thn nation's , business men, expressed throuarh ttiA nAflnn! ,-t.amHA -- listened to with respect. In fact, the vlnwa nf lh hmha. am i.m.a.- ant legislative matters affecting busl- ness are sought. Never before In the history of. United State have Dusinesa Interest been so efficient ly represented at.lh national capi tal, toward which there aeemn tn.lui an Increasing business centraliza tion all the time. . ' Tho national chamber will anon have a homo of its own.iust arrn.i Lafayette square from th,o White uouse. a s:,60o,ooo fund for this building has practicallr been all subscribed. It will be an elaborate workshop for American business. In the study and solution ot Its na tional problems. In Order to be of creater anrrlm to Its members, and tho business men ot the nation generally, tho btlafneaa nrffnnlvnllnn nf ,k m.i..i chamber was recently department Ized. the various departments bolng, foreign trade, lnsurancn. irmmnri.. ftlon and communication, domestic distribution, fabrication, production, natural resources and civic develop ment. The aim Ot those denart. ments is to heln tho bualneaa man solve his problems, and gain new markets for American trade. Mem bers have tho privilego ot utilizing' them, which virtually amounts to tho Klamath county chamber ot commerce having a special Wash ington representative. Membership In the national cham ber entitles the Klamath countv chamber of commerce tn rarnlvn a weekly general bulletin containing news or commercial Interests, a weekly legislative bulletin while con gress Is In Besslon. which follows thn progress and gives a digest ot legisla tion Having relation to the conduct of business. They also receive a spe cial bulletin which Is issued when ever anything of commercial import ance arises which Is not regularly covered, as well as the Nation's Busi ness, tho official magazine of the organization. e F1UK.UK.VS MEETING AT STATION TONIGHT AT 8 Fire Chief DeLaney has called a meeting of all volunteer and regu lar firomon for 8 o'clock tonight at tho station. The chief promises a most interesting and instructive evening, and desires that all tbo men make an effort to bo there. Regular equipment will be used n the practlco drill, and the men will bo tested as to their speed la handling the truck, attaching equip ment, and spocial attention will be given to team work on the part ot each fireman. It is particularly necessary that the firemen be pres ent to tako part in this evening's drill, says tho chief. FORUM TOPIC TOMORROW IS DEVELOPMENT, THANKSGIVING Thn wonklv forum luncheon ot thn chamber of commerce will be held tomorrow at the Rex cafe at 12:15. The topic ot tho forum Is, "Community Development and 1 Thanksgiving." 1 MEMBER CIA .-