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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1921)
Be !??, "' $A$ r-2 ?; .. .- V r" m jf" A Class Ad Will . Do It Today? Newt &t Today V Member of the Associated Press, - ; Fifteenth War. No. 14H. KLAAIATII FALLS, OIUCGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1021, 2E Hi. PRICE FIVE CMtnii tjw; 4rl itt I n jl.. im sni mi V J U PROBING CHIR6E i ,0F WHOLESALE i . i 1 1 ii in n i in n rAIti bANIHLINb ;i BT. J08EPTI, Mo Oct., 17- The 'special grand pury cnllod by William I'D. Uti, Judge or tho criminal court, today began Us Investigations of tho charges against William Kuoker, she riff of Buchanan county, Lowls F. Randolph, assistant prosculng at torney, tho directors of the St. Joseph Fait Festival association, and a number of othor lesser county of ficials who aro said to havo boon In volved In a wholosalo gambling and bribery campaign during tho fall races at Lake Contrary, noar this city. Thofchargo mado to tho grand Jury by Judgo Uts wero that during tho fall fostlval, opon gambling flourish ed, craps and roulotto bolng played by minors as well as othors; bribery was rampant attor ordors worn Issued by tho court to stop tho gamos and that within 30 minutes aftor tho ordor was Issuod, Sheriff Kuoker and .Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Han dolph told tho oporator "to go ahead," alleging that monoy changod hands Indirectly so that It fell Into tho sheriff's and assistant prosecuting Attorney's possession; that tho fall fostlval directors accoptod monoy from certain well known gamblers In Bt Joseph for tho "gambling con cession"; that Shorlff Kuokor was tho alleged agont to whom' tho dlroctors of tho fair paid tho gambling conces sion monoy and ho In turn, "distrib uted" It where It would do tho most good. '" rrho special grand Jury was sum moned to court JV Coroner Oray as tho court would not allow nny mem ber of tho sheriff's or prosocutlng attorney's ottlco to assist In tho sum monlng of tho Jurymon. Prosecut ing Attornoy Perry Brubakcr Issuod a gtatomont to the public Wednesday October 12 calling upon alt tho citi zens of nuchanan county to appear bnforo tho grand Jury and toll all they know about tho mnttor. Judgo Utz In a statement to tho grand Jury said that ho wan tod no "whitewash", no matter whom the person was who foil Into dlsrcputo; that tho assistant prosocutlng attor ney could not assist In olthor tho do fenso or submission of oldonco as he was under suspicion; that tho sheriff and his doputlos wero reliev ed of all dutlos In connection, with tho mnttor as tho coroner and his deputies would tnko tholr placos and attond to tho Jury, ending his chargo with tho statement; "Thoro must bo no whitewashing," tho court said. "I know of no aris tocracy oxemptlons, or political, com mercial or social standing that a per son or combination of porsons can acquire or attain, that will pormlt thorn! to violate- tho law and escapo tho conoonuoncos of tholr acts, and so far as I can ascortaln from study or n gonoral knowlodgo of tho law, tho statutes In roforenco to gambling and brlbory apply to dlroctors of tho fair association and sounty offlcors with tho samo forco and effect that they do to tho blackleg gambler ply ing his vocation In n dark room with barred doors, In n rod-light district of tho city. v "If thoro Is ono crimo obovo all othors In 'tho catogory of crimes that strikes at tho vory Wo and oxlstonco of organized society It Is that of brl bory and attempt at brlbory." Judgo Utz told tho grand Jury, "and all tho tnoro emphatically Is that tho caso when Involving officers of tho courts." It Is sa,ld In political circles that tho present investigation tls purely political and Is an outcropping of tho old split In tho Republican ranku In Buchanan county prior to tho gen eral election in 1920, when John Albus, leader of tho "cotton sock" faction, put over his political cam paign for selection as stato commit teeman 'of tho fourth congressional district to both stato and national Republican conventions. ; , Many a man has died, without a struggle who found It Impossible to llvo that way. Incinerators in Barns and Sheds Are Prohibited Flro Chlof, Ambroso today found trash and othor Inflamablo mater ial being burned In an inclnorat- . or which was Insldo a barn on the cornor of Fifth and Pine slreots. Tho flro chlof cautioned tho owner of tho premises not to contlnuo the practice as It was dangerous to tho Immediate neighborhood, and in cidents learned that a number of other pooplo tn tho city havo ad opted tho plan of installing Incin erators In barns and outhouses. Tho praetlco must stop In the interest of safety, Chlof Ambrose says. Local Woman Dies Suddenly; Seeking Husband Mrs. Charles Jenton, wlfo of tho blacksmith for tho United States Reclamation Servlco, died this mor ning nt 2 o'clock at nor homo, 112t High stroot. Tho causo of hor death will bo estanilshod by a post mprtcra oxamtnatlon. Sho was tak en III Saturday morning with a bil ious attack. Mrs. Jonson was n betlover In Christian sclonco and no physician was In attendanco. It was not bo llovod that hor Illness was serious ..nll M..n...S fc-. . .t.. n Wright was called. Ho arrived af- tor death had occurred. Mr. Jenson left last wcok-ond for a deer hunting trip to Barnos Valley. Mcssongers sent to Inform him of his wife's death had not reached him this attornoon. A tot ophono messago said that ho bad moved from his original stopping place. A post, mortom examination was mado this afternoon by Dr. Wright who pro.iounced death duo to heart dlsonso ana intestinal trouble. Smith Residence Destroyed by Fire Dofcctlvo electric wiring Is tho allcgod causo of approximately $3,000 flro damage- to tho residence of K. G. Smith on Lookout strcot yesterday morning at 3 o'clock. Tho insuranco amounted to $ 1,650. Owing to a defective flro plug at tho corner of Fulton and"0regon avonues, tho lire dopartmont was compelled to string ovor 1,000 foot of hose from tho plug at tbo cor nor of Oregon and Upham. Tho building was a comploto loss. ALL MATH FALLS HEMS deer: HO CONCERT i , ' , Professor J, B. Rees of tho county high school, In his experiments with tho wlroless telephone, seems to be extending tho radius of his activities. Las( night, his waves caught tho an nouncement of the, Reynolds Radio company of 619 Nineteenth street, Denver, Colorado, was made that -a concert would bo given and' the words, tho professor said, were as plainly enunclatod as though the spoukcr wero In tho same room. Two' selections, "Tho Throo ONTJlock la the Morning, waits, ' and ..Fandango Walts" wero then played. At the closo Professor Rees announced to Denver that the music was welt ap preciated In Klamath Falls.' In provlous experiments, Profess6r Jlcos has hoard tho conversations hold botttcon Avalon, Catallna Island, California, and peoplo In Los An geles, tho thrco nights a week con cert at tho Fairmont hotel in San Francisco, and music from Los Al tos, California, about 40 miles south of San Francisco. In setting tho Tolographlo range, signals aro heard that como from as far distant as Honolulu, T. II., but aro not decipherable, rrhoro aro so m"1y.codcs n T tl'nt ') tak.08' skilled oporator to decodo them Tho International, Morso and com mercial codes vary, tho professor says. Tho exact range of tho local wlroless tolophono and telegraph out fit has nevor been tested to its full capacity yet, Professor Rees said. Local Football , Players Lose At Ashland, 27 to 7 Klamath Falls high school foot ball team was apparently no match for th oAshland pigskin warriors Saturday afternoon, for when tho dust rollod away from, the score board, Ashland had 27 scoros while Klamath tallied but 7. The trnmn u'rm nlnvnil nn n anrtrtv Inim field where tho heavy lino workk0 "?"" .?at"h,?JL ora,"ed ,' played havoc with tho local play ers. Milam scored tho only touch down for tho locals in first quar ter. Tho games now stand ono to ono. I Don't think that a man looks the right way every tlmo his head Is turned. DRESSED UP AND WAITING STRIVING HARD , FOR PREVENTION OF RAIL STRIKE - WA8MNQTON, Oct. if. Official Washington Is'watoamg today " for the effect on railway executives and labor leaders,of the proposal of "the public group of the Railway Labor Board to proven t a general railway strike. The board propesed: 1. That railroads put Immediate- lJnto effect freight rate reductions nuiTaiom, 10 me wage reduction nuiuunteu iubi July; s . 2.That requosts for further wage decrease be withdrawn; 3. That employees withdraw the strike order pending action' of tho board. UponTany request for further wage reductions which carriers may file. CLEVELAND. Oct 17. Proposal of tho public group of tho Railroad Labor Board to ralso freight r.ttes to prevent a strike Is not feasible, Warren S. Stono, Grand Chief of tho Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers, said today. Ho declared that "By tho tlmo tho reduction got to tho con sumer It would not' amount to ono half of ono per cent. The middle man would absorb all tho differ ence." CHICAGO, Oct. 17.Whllo the heads ofjho Big Four Brotherhoods and Switchmen's Union prepared to meet In Cleveland tomorrow to com ploto rail strlko plans, leaders of somo of, the eleven -?ther railroad labor'organlzatlons st 111 woro" oppos ing i. a walkout on October 30," and will attempto keop tholr men from striking. Tho Big Five includes on ly four hundred thousand of tho country's two, million railroad em ployes. Reporter Faifed to Give Proper Credit glvo credit to tho Red Cross for Its shnro In supporting tho county nuno, slnco tho workhas boon, under way In Klamath county. Up to July 1, tho Red Cross co-operated with tho state Tuberculosis association by furnish ing tho nurse's car and paying for its operation. Blnce that date the Red Cross has supported tbo work entirely. Two Bound Over r To Grand Jury On Gambling Charges Qoorgo Snldor and James Da vis wore arraigned In Juatlco Gagh- agon's court thls foronoon upon an alleged chargo of condiuitejr gamb ling games, a warrant charging them with this crime being swora to by Sheriff Low today. Balder, the alleged game-keeper, was re leased upon a cash ball of ISiO and Davis upon 1S0 cask ball both men waiving hearlag aad br ing boaad over to tbg'gnuia Jury; George Boyle, charger with fre quenting gambling aoneee was re leased temporarily from castody upon a strict promise that ha woald &, to work immediately and stay at it? Sheriff Low , notified thai. If he failed to' -work, him the gambling charged would be sed. ' pree- Sheriff .Low In court today stat ed that he would raid every place whero gambling was alleged to be going on and that any offender caugh need not expect mercy. SERVICE' ENDED Henry L. Benson, former circuit Judge'etKlamath county and for the past six yoars Justice of the supreme court of Oregon', died Saturday at midnight at hla homo in Salem, ac cording to a message received yester; day by Mrs. C. F. Stone. Judge Ben son has been In HI health for some time and-foYfci past year (& dltlon h&d-grfiwn steadily "worte. Tho funeral will bo hold tomorrow afternoon at Salem and burial' will take placo thcro. , Judgo Benson was born In Stock ton, California, July 6, 1854, his father, tho Rev. Henry L. Bonson, having come to California as a mis sionary of tho Methodist church. Tho Rev. Mr. Benson was ono of tho leading figures In tho early develop ment of California, and, to a lessor oxtont, of Oregon. Ho was ono of tho leudors of tho movement for tho admission of California as a freo state and stood firm In a perlodvot much factional bitterness and no lit tle bodily danger. Judge -Benson's mother was a grand-daughter of tho Earl of War.wick. Both parents liv ed to a ripe old age, the father dying In San Jose, California, In 1897, at the ago of 83. His wlfo died four years later at San Jose, aged 80 years. Judgo Benson was ono of a family of 12 children. After graduating from Stanford University, Judgo Benson studied law with Judgo Herrlngton In San Jose and was admitted to practice la 1878. In 1880 bo moved to Roseburg, Oro gon, whero he taught for a couple of years in a private acadomy. In 1886 ho movod to Grants Pass and In 1892 was olectod district attornoy for tho district comprised of Klant atli.vLako, Jackson and Josephlno counties. In 1896 ho was elected to tho legislature and becamo speak er of tho house, rrwo years later ho was olectod as ono of tho two circuit Judges for tho same district and1 Im mediately afterward becamo a resi dent of Klamath Falls. Judgo Benson's career on the lo cal bench waa marked by uprlgh nei.a that was part of his charactor and fow of his doclslons wero rovers cd. With an Interim of a couple of years, during which he roslgned and tho bench was occupied by the late Judgo Nolan, ho hold tho office until 1914. whon ho was appointed to ho supreme bench. Tho older families in Klamath county will mourn tho passing of the stato Jurist with the sorrow of close friendship, while later comors will regret tho cloao of a career of use ful service to tho state In which all Klamath citizens took pride. Judgo Bonson Is survived by a widow and tho following children; Rea W., of Portland; Arthur 8., clerk of the supreme court, Salem; Harry O., of Pondlcton; Mrs. Gall E. Briggs, of Holllstcr, California, and Sfes. Louisa R. Robertson, of Salem. One eon, Clark, la dead. A grandson, NOTED JURIST'S LONG RECORD OF 3 TO CHOOSE D CHIN : THE FIRST WW Aa amendment to the charier will be madeltralght at the meeting 'of the eewett to provide for Inclaste of-av special section which will au taerfee tho election of a new council man from the First 'Ward to replace-. Fanl Bogardaa who Is now a rest dent of Medford. The amendment waa drawn np flat urday for presentation to the connell tonight In view of tho fact that tha seat of Fan! Bogarana hae aatomat. leally become vacant by hie repeato absence front the BeseUagr'wlthoat leave. Unofficially; It hae come to the attention of the council thatfr. Bogardua was not coming back to this city but his official resignation has never been turned In to the conn ell. Police Judge Lcavltt, realising that a successor would have to be chosen for Bogardus, Informally, sug gested to the Mayor that at the name time when the refunding bond elec tion was on, a special election could be held IntheiWrst ward aad save additional expense' to tho city, The suggestion waa actod upon and to night tho amendment will be Intro duced at the council. Political, gossips advaace the ituery: Will Bogardus successor he pro or antl-aSaJInlstratloaT' WaleeY aide will be the one to select the new1 membor? Are the Wiley foreea strong enough to offset the antl-en ministration effort?' It la said that Mayor, Wiley carried the first wart, by a nice majority when the eleettea kektplnroitjfaftolty.tktetele ont raifr to tht,aplmrafitratlon anft A put overa.man -who will break the consistent deadlock whlch'has ham p'erod tho mayor in all his efforts to secure a police department ana pui other measuros through? Will tho first ward citizens be "buttonholed" by the class of poli ticians v?ho say, "I told you so," or will tho peoplo 'who really want to sco the city ot Klapath Falls advance put out a strong clear thinking man who will act for tho city's best In tercsts? Will Remedy1 Sidewalks The sidewalk situation Is a matter that the council members say will be Investigated. ..Much complaint haa been made to the police department and mayor, about boards flying up and cracking the shins of pedestrians. In snow time, one romplatnant said, the city and property owners will como In for a heavy damage suit should some one be hurt by Imperfect Bldowalks. Former Resident Dead in Calif, T. H. Jolly, former resident ot Klamath, died yesterday at Jackson, Amador county, California, according to a messago received by C, C. Ran dolph, 16 Main street. Mr. Jolly re sided for about tlvo yoars at Cres cent, whoro ho conducted a news papor while proving up on a home stead. For two years, he was a rest 'dent of thU city and foreman ot the Klamath Weekly Record. Mr. Jolly had spent most ot the tlmo In California during tho present year. About two months ago he was horo and returned to California, ac companied by his mother, to visit a brotltor In Amador county. Ho was employed on a papor at Jackson at tho tlmo of his death. No details aa to causo wero given. ADDED POPULATION Mr. and Mrs. Gus G. Johnson ot 435 Pacific Terrace are receiving congratulations on the birth ot an 8',-i pound baby girl, born Sun day afternoon. Dr. George I. Wright who was In attendance reports both mother and baby to be doing well. LAW STOPS BOUT WICHITA, Oct. 17. Mike Olb bona, Mike O'Dowd, and all othors connectod with the GbbonB-0'Dowt match Tuoaday night wero arrestedl on a chargo ot violating the state law which forbids boxing. ijiATti innfBarnii"ir i ' -" Cyril, son "of MrandjMri. Xea Ben son, Uvea In Klamath FelbV ' r