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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1922)
p Y. ',jv V VSi ptt W i i Q Mht lEttenmg Wtmtb ( y y OFFICIAL PAPER. OF KLAMATH COUNTY AND OF, KLAMATH FALLS WEATHER FORECAST TONMIIIT ,.VI KINI,V, PAIR Member of the 'Associated Press. ririiwiiiii win-. .No, iiitHo, KLAMATH I'ALLH.ORKOON, HATIRBAY, JULY SS2, HttS, pRien mm oRTi ' T T Controversy Grows Bitter; Citizens Oppose K. K. K. Rccnll of Sheriff Meilfoiil liuslno-m iiikii nf lilith hIiiihIIih: hem jimlerdiiy nulil , IM. Kit Klin K In n riclil In .Mcilfiinl liml divided the town lulu fiiriliniH miK ImiIiik ii hlllriHHH Mali iin wit never llllllHII t KlnillltlllH HMlrlllllllHlt rmitrmniay, I'teu m fraternal unli'i of highest -minding w.m thteiiteiieil with iIIxmpIiiIIoii. they "alii They express tho hope liml Klaniiitli woiilil no! innll ilio vlnm n( the liiimlril order In sprc-iul In (IiIk rum iniitilly MKDKnttl). July 2J. Application for ii ti liijiitirilmi against tin- riiiinty ilcrk In enjoin It I in (rum holding lint special riTnll election iikuIiim Slier- ff Charles i:. Torrlll on Saturday. July 2'Jlh, wim fll.'d Into W-'dm-sdny afternoon, liml nti order wat signed liy JiiiIki I' M Calkins. hoIIIiik Hi"' Into fur tlio hearing neyt Wi'dm-s-ilny morning. Tin' iliirtllunut. which In 1 1 type written pages In length, attacks tlu ViMtlly nf (I loitloti. I In- vnllillty of tlin expenditure of between trtnoil mill Meno of county funds for tlin tmrMini in withdraw names of sign ers nf tin- recall petitions, when p liienlcd In writing In lo ho, nml charges Hint lhi power behind tint recall moir-im-nt Is tin Kti Kins I niill D 0 ICI.tn. Thu plaintiffs In tln nppllrntlon nre. mimed a (. K. Tirrlll, W. ('. Daley nml all others who might de sire In ln Joined im parties plaintiff." Daley In n pioneer farniT of tho KiiKln Point district nml n heavy taxpayer. Thn ilnpiiliilntitH iih nnliicil, n-ililn front tho rotttity clerk, urn I). M. Lowe, recall candidate for thn slwr Iffn offlro. the Hnv. W. Jmlnon Old field, pastor of Hi'- Congregational ihitrch nt ANhlaml John J. lloog str.int, n klenglo of tho lornl klan, George Iv-irson, n lornl carpenter. Clay Walker, a former Meilforil po liceman. Ilowaril lllll. an orrhnrdlst, W. I Hughe, proprietor of a vul canising plant In thin rlly, anil It L. Hay ami Thomas II. doodle. The purposes ami motived nf tin? recnll, which havo been labelled liy Hh jiroponenlH mi n 'rlKliteoiiN move ment." ami a "wet mnl ilry flKht." nro net forth In paragraph three of thn ilin timeiit, an follows' "That prior In the clmihtllon of the prutiiiiileil recall petition heroin nftnr net out a iinturluiiH Hecret poli tician organization known iih thn Kit Klux Klau li tid het'ii furineil In Jack hoii county, Oregon. That nmonrc other purpniK'H thn nalil nocloly hail cmiHplreil to Hcrnrivtlio hit ret control thrniiKli tint nluctl if It n niemhern In tlin varlniiH puhllc offlceti In nalil county. That cnlndilent with tlin v formntlon of hiiIiI Hiiclety rertaln iicIh nml nutriiKefl of nioh loliuiro worn perpetralml tipiiu thn iiormiim of ill verri rltUoim nf Haiti couiiti, kiiIiI ho rlely roinntonly ami oponely IihIiik clmrKt'il with ri'HpoiiHlhlllty thorofor. That nt ail I linn It wait generally kunwii mul unilnrstooil that u ;:raml Jury wan to ho RUinmnueil In Inrt'itl etiln hiiIiI nulriiKi'H mul thn nrtlvlllcH of until Horloly, That thn ilefnnilnnta 1). M. I.nwn, W. JtulHon Ohlflolil John J. Hnncnlraat, OnnrRn Ivernon, Clay Walker, Howard Hill, It. I-. Hid; ThotnnH R. Oomllu mid V. 1). lliiRlrtiH, nml each of them, wnro nt all Union tnontlniieil liereln, mid now nro mom liera nf Hiild soclnty. That on nr ntinut May notli. tlin nald liiflt iiatnnd ilnfnnilanlH, tnKother with illvora and min dry ntlior pornonH wlinmi names to tho plnlntlffn lioinln nro ttnknnwn, with thu Intont dtiHlro nud purpoao nf perpotratliiK n fraud upon tho plalnlirfH liornln, mid upon tlin loRnl .TaikHon cnlinty, (XruRon, mid with thn Intent tn frauduloutly dnprlvu lilalntlff, 0. R. Torrlll, of lila office, mid frmtdulontly usurp tmnio to n inomhor of hhIiI snerot socloty mid with thn Intont to nlmtruct JtiBtlen In imld county, tlioy wall knowing Hint thn wild Bliorlft'a offlco In tho uoloc- (Couttiuod to Pngo 4), Society Awaits Gould Bride m ;l' 7 Wat :Z,: Tho announcement of the marriage in Paris of George Jay Gould to Vere Sinclair, former musical com- J etly actress, caused a stir in New York society. The first Mrs. Gould, formerly Edith Kingdon, the actress, drop- icd dead last. November while pnlying golf with her hus- i )and at their country home, Georgian Court, Lakewood, N. J. Members of the Gould family are said to have registered no opposition to the marriage. LUMBER DEALERS SUPPORT UNMERGER OF TWO RAILROADS ll.int V ltn-f.ll llecbiie lift In- Ii'M'oIh of (Irecmi l.ln In t'niiiM"- lllltn Lines In Hlato Derhirlui: that thn best Interests of OrcRon lie In thu unmerRer of thn Central mid Southern 1'arlflc lines, mid polntliiR mi nrcusliiR flttRer tit thn Han Krnurlsco rlinmbnr of com merce for Its Htnnd fur thn Southern Pacific and iiKalnst thn uiiinorRur, thn Portland firm of Dant . HuhsoII. luinher dealera nre brniidrastlnK their views by letter mid by ndver tUement Thn follow InR letter was received by Thn Herald teday: 'n urn extensively eiiRaRcd In OreRon mid other western Htnteit In thn tllhtilbutlun of lumber mid tim ber products Wo depend, In tho iniiln. upon railroads for trauspur liitlnti. Mom i.illroiids In a com munity mean morn transportation, morn cunt mid mnrn service. "Nuw cuiiies .Mr. Whllam' M. Alex ander, president of Sail Francisco chamber of rominercn. with a circu lar letter to OrcRon shlppeirt and liuslnehH men tellliiR tlicm that It isn't Riiiid for them to han two rail roads to California; that OreRon should help Smi KrmilHcu hold thn (Vutrul Parlfle mid Southern Pa ) trie us. nun operatlliR unit, the Pulled Stales, with a declsluu of thn supreme court HiistiilulnR II, to tho contrary not it ItliHinmlliiR. "How does tlin San Francisco chamber of rominercn happen to bo ho suddenly mid passionately con cerned for tho coinmorclnl welfare nf OrcRiiii? "Isn't this thn answer? "All Southern Pacific rnnds lend to San Francisco. For years thn Smith em Pacific, tins nlenclled thn Central Parlflo "Southern Pacific" and oper. nted It as a part of tho Southern Pacific "unit." "If tlin Southern 1'nclflo bo com polled tn sell thn Central Pacific, and (ho two ronds, by Joint use nf each othor's tracks, ouornlo. botweon Portland mid San Francisco ns siir nested by thn doclslnn of tho supremo court thoro will ho tin Independent nml competing Central Pacific In both California mid Oregon territory, mid this Mr. Aloxnnder erronoouslyl thinks would bo to the dlsndvniitiiRO of San Francisco. "As wo understand It, tho govern ment tins been sustained by tho su premo cour( 'u ltB contention that tho Central Pacific was built to form, with the Southern Pacific, a contin uous military mid postal road across tho country; that It advanced to this same Central Parlfle millions In gov ernment bnniN and vast last Rrants with thn agreement that thu Central Pacific wnulil nnt discriminate against the I'nlnn Pacific, nml that thn Southern boiiRht control or tho Central with kunw ledge of this obll Ration; that It has been the policy of the Southern Pacific to Ignoro this obligation mid divert thn Central's traffic to the Southern's long linn whereby It might obtain lOOCr nf thn trnnsportatlnu revenues. "With this record, will (bo pcoplo of Oregon make common causo with San Francisco chamber of commcre, nr wilt tlmy say that thn government Is doing Its duty In protecting Inter ests of national concern and In en forcing u contract made, for national benefit mid protection? "Will Oregon, at thu request of the San Francisco (hamher of commerce, pass up this opportunity whereby two railroads may be required to operate through western Oreguu Instead of one? "Will the people nf Oregon listen with patlemo to thn assertions of the Southern Padflc that It will be eut nff nt tho stain line and dismember ed, when thn supreme court deci sion protects It, but says It must so operate with the Central Pacific, whereby "euch company will bo able freely to compote with thu oilier, to (Continued tn IMgo 4) ' PIONEER WOMAN DEAD Mrs, Hiiiilett Ijiurn Otlen Passe At Age of 07 Years Mrs. Harriett Kaura Oden, wlfo of H. S. Oden, ploneur resident of Klamath county residing on the Dairy vend about 18 miles oust of this city, died at her homo this morning after an illness or flvo years duration ut, tlio ago of 67. Mrs. Odon had lived nn tho same ranch for 34 years, during which tlmo sho acquir ed n wide" circle of frlonds through out tho' county. She Is survlvod by her husband, and three sons and three daughters: Phillip Odon of Dairy, Mrs. Dolla E. iCnrlo of Kurokii; Wndo Odon ot llono; Mrs. Klsn Doau ot , Dairy; mid Qorttld Oden and Zelma Welmer ot this city, Funeral sorvlces will bo hold In Whltlock's chapel at 10,-30 a, m. Tuesday, July 24, . RANCH HAND DIES BY DRINKING PINT OF DEADLY POISON I Km ry KrlritMin Hulrliln on Mncl i .. .. .. . ... .... .- i line jiniirii iiii'-niionN iin i , Mourned Tn IIoiim-IioM f Hltatitlnic "Onoiihyo all"' Harry KrlniRcm. rl, for two ycnrii n fnrm hnnd on thn HazUlno ranch 12 ml Ion nnuth of thlit city nn thn Merrill roml, about 0 o'clock yenlonlay ovon' InK "tilled hln llf hr drinking a pint of fnrmald'hydn. Iln wan ruhiid to a local liONpltal whern he rxplred a hnlMioiir later. KrlniHon hud been acting In a peculiar manner for tlin pant wcok nr no, It wait Raid. About o'clock yeiterday nvctiltiR ho rodn hlit horo to tho runcli door wlmru ho Raid to P. A (iondncnr, In charRn of tlio ranch- "My father was n I-utlicran I milliliter; I want to die." Member of tho LiiUHC-hohl i 1 ed that KrlniRon ,,,,mnd In 1 way and Mhoilld lit taken t ! KrluiHun riido hlit Jinmo to t remark' In a bad to town. tho barn where he. dlMinouiiteil and entered. Then en inn the cry! and thono In the limine niMheil out jo the barn. Thuy fiiund that KrlniHorj hnj drank about a pint of fornialdelivdn from a iiunti Hty kept on hand disinfect rccUh. Krliimon wait Ul married mid tlio only known relntlv Ik a winter, Mm, i: Ulciiimur. of 1 Innion. Orc6on. County Coroner Wl Itlock dispatched a U-tcKram to licr.liut had received uo mmner, ' NEW LIBRARY BOOKS 1 l:l Volumes of Fiction Arc Added I To Shelve; AtteniUnce Good ! Tho city library has purchased and I placed nn Its su'clvcs 13 new books of fiction by popular writers. This addition brings tho number of books In tho library up to 3500, Mrs. French, librarian, also reports that tho attendanco has, remained very good for tho summit months. Thn list of new'lbooks follews: Rila or Ingeslde, ly Montgomery, Tho Pralrlo Wife, Pralrlo Mother and Pralrlo Child, by Stringer; Illg Pe ter, by Marshall; Custard Cup, I.lv ingston; Aprllly, Abbett: Illuo Cir cle, Jordan; In tho Morning of Time, Roberts; Contrary Mary, nail ey: Oentlo Julia, Tarklngton; Oreat Prince Sham, Oppenhvlm, and Whlto Desert, Hooper. MANDATES APPROVED League of Nations Arts on Pales tine and Syrian Question LONDON'. July 22. The Pales tine nnd Syrian mandates wero ap proved today by tho council ot the league ot nations with tho under standing that they tako effect soon as Franco and Italy reach an agree ment nn certain minor details. Tho council announced that It is encouraged by tho reported willing ness of the reparations commission to suspend Its claims against Aus tria for 20 years to lot Austria re gain her financial foothold. Austria thus may pledge her customs duties, salt monopoly and other ussests as security for loans. cvySoyltlLsKwI. Itotro atr ROAD BEING IMPROVED Repaint Uuderwny on Section lie twevu Rocky Point nnd Cherry t Improvement of tho road between Rocky Point and Cherry creek Is proceeding iiuder a crow tn charge ot Jud Short, Is tho word brought by J. J. Furber, recently returned from a trip through that section. Furber says tho rocks aro being re moved from the road and othor re pairs made, Including a bridge over Dry Rock creek, throe miles this side ot Cherry creek. It Is prob able that the road will bo straight oned and otherwlso improved, Short told Furbor. fim: fish dynamiter i RED 11LUFF, Toharaa Co., July 22. A ploa ot guilty to a chargo ot dynamiting fish was mado by Joseph R. Long, stockman, residing near Jelly's Ferry, before Superior Judgo John H. Ellison here yestordny, Ho wns finod $200, which he paid. SANTA VK TO UUIIJ WASHINGTON, July 22. Tho Santa' F railroad's plana lo secure construction of an additional main track lino botweon El Dorado and El llnor, Kun were approved today by tho interstate commorco commission, Tlio project will coat ?2,017,0O0. FIVE DIE 1EN FRIffllTWK CRASH HEMO ON Dead Engineer It Blamed; Michigan Central Averts Strike of 8,000 SPRINOKIKM), Mo.. July 22. Klvn peron wore killed and lovcral Injured thin mornlnR when tho east bound Krlitco asscnRcr train struck tho Frliico paititnnKcr train west bound In a bead en collision at Lo Kan, MlKNOtirl, 2.' miles west of SprlnRfleld, Mo., apparent miscon struction of orders by Engineer Hlnir. who was killed, was reported by railroad officials as tho causo of the wreck. HI'KINOPIKMJ,. Mo., July 22. In addition to KnRlnccr RlnK of S.ipulpa, Okla., dead In wreck were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hammer of fltoutland, Missouri, and two small sisters of Mrs, Hammer.. DETROIT. July 22. Thu Michi gan Ccntarl averted a strike of 9,000 maintenance .of way men by signing a wago agreement restoring tho scalo effective beforo July 1, with the eight-hour day established, tho over tlmo rate to bo fixed by arbitration. CHICAGO, July 22. Tho threat ened strlko of 7,300 clerks of the Chicago and Northwestern R. R. has been postponed tor the tlmo being at toast, according to reports to tho labor board. Tbo company was re ported to havo made some conces sions. EDITORS TAKE STAND Religious Issue In Politic Baa ard; Officers Elected CORVALLI8, July 22. The itato editorial association today adopted resolutions condemning the dragging nf religious issues into politics, urg ed wider uso ot Oregon manufactured products nnd endorsed a movoment for a Homer Davenport memorial. Elbert Dcdo of Cottago Orovo was re-elected president; Hal E. Hots ot Oregon City, secretary; E. II. Pot man of Albany was elected vice president: Threa now members wero elected to tho board of directers: Clydo M. McKay, Dcnd Press; J. D. Tomlson, Hood River Glacier; Bert U. Dates, News Rovlow, Roioburg. DEBATE WOOL TARIFF Benefit To (i rowers Declared Omit; Attack Mado liy Democrats WASHINGTON, July 22. Tho 33c u pound duty on scoured wool proposed In administration tariff bill would enable wool producers to maki an average, profit of 10 per cent a your over n period of flvo years, Sen ator llursum, republican, Nuw Mex ico, declared today In scuato oponlng debato on the wool schedule. In opening the democratic attack, Senator Walsh. Massachusetts, de clared the duty proposed was tho highest over levied on raw wool and said- It could bo shown that tho cost to wool manufacturers nt a 33c rate would be $72,000,000 annually, KTKIOIi MKRUKIl REPORT WASHINGTON, July 22. Attor ney General Daughterly announced today that tho department of justice would sotul to tho senato tomorrow tho roports of its inquiry Into the re cent steel mergers. .MARKET REPORT PORTLAND. July 32. Livestock mid eggs steady, butter unsettled. WEATHER PROBABILITIES Tho Cyclo-Stormagraph at tin- aerwood a J'narma cy has registered but slight changes today but tbo tend ency Is downward. Indications are that prosent weath er conditions will prevail tomerrow: Forecast for nest 24 heurs: Fair and warm. Tho Tycos record ItiK thermometer roguiorea maximum and minimum temporaturos today as follews: High - 8 4 Low ......,.,.61 5 . Mediation Fails Lord Mayor CNeM vainly a4iM ;to medial betwstn Ftm Stat 'and republican (acttam.Mera th Iprcaent sanfulosry. ,-! '.Svblla trek m- ' f- WM. ALLEN WHITE'i' ARREST THREATENDD FOR POSTER DISPLAY Not it I Editor anil Author Prflr-t Governor Allen; HIio-ti Hniy- pnthy For Striker-) TOPEKA. Kansas, July 22. The arrest of William Allen White of Em poria, author and editor, for display ing a poster sympathizing with strlk ing railroad shopmen, probably will be made today. Governor Henry J. Allen announced following a report from Judgo McDermott of the Indus trial court following his pilgrimage to Emporia and his failure to per suade White to remove tho poster from bis newspaper offlco window. , A test case to determine wheUierr display of the poster Is In violation of tho Kansas supremo court act will follow Whlto's arrest. Mean while, the governor stated, "strike cards will have to come down from every window In Kansas." TOPEKA, Kan., July 22. "Henry and me," the one Governor J. Al len and the othor William Allen White, closo friends for many years, fellow travelers, both with national reputations as publicists and .'editors, co-workers overseas during the World war, and two ot tho chief political leaders of Kan sas, today differed materially. The Kansas court ot Industrial rela tions, ot which Governor Allen was tho chief sponsor wns the point ot dissension. Posted Placard Mr. White, publisher ot the Em poria Gazette, rising to a point ot personal privilege, posted tn tho window ot his newspaper offlco a placard espousing the causo ot tho striking railway shopmen and ex pressing sympathy for their an nounced stand for "living wages uud fair working conditions." Mr. Whlto bad been told that the state attorney general had ruled that such displays wero In viola tion of tho Industrial and anti syndicalist! laws. "Tho order of tho Industrial court Is un Infamous Infraction ot the right of free press and freo speech," Mr. Whlto asserted. Ho proclaimed 49 per cent sympathy with the strikers and said he would add otio per cent a day as long as the strlko was continued. "Wo all know Bill," said Gov ernor Allen. th "Henry" of Mr. Whlto's book, "Ihe mnrtlal adven tures ot Henry and mo," written after their return from overseas. "It ho Insists on being tunny we will havo to do something about It." TAX KLAN FOR HALL Salem Members Assessed 913 Each To Defray Recount Costa SALEM, July 22. Salem mombers ot tho Ku Klux Klan aro being asses sod 15 each to help flnanco the pro posed recount for Charles Hall, ac cording to a circular letter sent to Klansmen with instruttons to "road and then burn," a copy ot which was glvou out today by tho governor's of flco. Tho appeal declared Hall tho 'true nnd legal republican nomi nee." ' TREASON! PUUTMIIL! EXITHCKEII! That's the Schedule for To Night; Public Execution Will Be Staged J Hero lies the bones Of William Crockor; Had lots of dough But was born a knocker. High treason! Trial br moon light; Then ah, ha! See the TIN Han squirm! Thus will end the career ot a knocker who will stand trial tonight nt tho corner nf Sixth and Main, the opening gun In thn chamber of com merce "knockers' holiday." At least, we'nre so Informed by tho following letter uddrossed to Phil Space, caro , of The Herald; My dear Phil: . Consider this a gracious and earnest request tor you to be pre sent nt tho trial ot a local knocker charged with high treason tonight promptly at 8:45 at 6th and Main streets. Suggest that you leave all your Jack at home ns you novcr can tell what can happen at an execution such as will tako place tonight. If tho misses Is not In the habit of fainting when sho sees blood, you might bring her along. But we do not euro to hare anybody distract from the arranged program and would dislike very much to have a number of ladles fainting and tak ing all the glory from our knocker. With kindest -V'TSonal regard to you and the U;'ius I bef to subscribe, i . wccplngly and walL'air youra, irall;"lr yo EDfYE 1 DEJD'tYE DICK. ContmtuleU(m.-ia h-m &l?s55ra5iZ3?' .. publicity through the news column of The Herald because he vn tna ware ot the present address ot Dead Ejq Dick: Dear Dcd-Eye: Well, old scout, I sea by your let ter whero you nre goltis; to have a execution ot ono of these knockers which grows on every bush in K. F. and that you wish for ay present at tho fateful movement. Tho mlwes she can not como because she says al though sho has not got no objections to seeing one ot these birds kick oft sho docs not like to see them squirm and besides tho last time she iaw a execution tho rope brake and tho bird which was being executed got op and sworo something fearful, not even making no apologies to the la dles present. Well, anyhow, 1 will be present Id so you need not worry if this knocker gets hard fore you no me, Ed, hoar I am when a bird gets hard. Every body Bays why Mr. SpaSj I did not no you wero such a stern man and I smile a klndcly smile and say my flrend my hart Is soft only I have no uso for vllllans being mora on the hero lino myself. Well. Ed. I would not miss this hero execution for nothing and you-, can count on my presents. Besides I wnnt to got some Idcura for my own trip which will bo foro to hlro out aa u knocker cxtcrmlnater In other towns. And you need not worry, nona about by bringing my Jack with me tonight, Dcd-Eyo, because I have nfit got no Jack on hand at present oa ace. tho missus was the first one UP this morning. Bollovo it or not, Dod Eye, It thoys street ears in tnU burg old Phil would not have been nblo to ride this morning except on his dogs. Howsoever If you see a' damo breezing along the street with unow lid why like as not thats ajf missus. Yra. rcsplly, PHIL SPACE. Anty-knocker, W. C. Van Eraon and W., A, Wlest will prosecute oa a charge ot high treason and the accused will be defended by Dr. K. O. Johnson. Earl Whltlock will side as judge and the Jury will" ha selected from members of the aud ience Tho name ot the person found guilty ot falling to root for kla home town was bttag withheld to day in the interest t ,lWr. was being closely guat4efiy em bers ot the loeal noli,' assisted If the fire department. He wilt t brought aefore the puWc ifcortlr .(Continued oa Paga TX'- i J AJ Ai, fJM ' f . o.v fo'i . ''l