The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, August 15, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texts v ,. - - - ' t - i - ; ' ' Equal Right; Equal Justice, are the Twin Pillar of Democracy A Million a Month Is Klamath County Industrial Payroll SO Membsr of the Associated Press Nlstwntti Yrar No. TOOfl, KLAMATH PALLS, ORKOOIT, WKI.KHAY, AL'ftlBT 15, IttiW. PRICB PITS CKJfTS Ml ' aster I WORKMAN INSTANTLY AS Edward H. Fuller Is Crush ad To Death At Plant Of Big Lakes Box Ed ward' II. Fuller, aged 37, a log unloads for tbo Dlf Lukus lion company, n killed liistunlly it 1:10 this morulng when a lug from the ear ho wot about to un load struck him to tho (round, orushlng tbo backbone and tho' body o horribly that tbo hoart and halt of tb liver wore found aovarul foot from ths body, While thorn '' no witnesses to tho accident, .t was bollovod (hut fuller bad released tho logglo chain holding tho load, by moans of it slodgo hammer. Tbo uaual meant Is to fasten a book, attached to a trip chain, to tho toggle holding tho chain around tho load, thon ro loaelng tho catch from a aafo dis tance A sledge hammor wua found Soar tbo body, whllo tbo trip chain waa aomo dlatanco away, It was aid, and had not boon uacd. Struck On Hlioulder Threo logs woro roloaaod, one of which atruck Fuller on the shoul dor, breaking hit back In auveral placoa. Tho log than rolled over hla arm and ono log and lodged on tho loft ildo of tho body, cruthlng It almoit flat. Dealdei tbo heart and tho liver, a portion of the left lung and other Internal organa were forced from, the body by I bo tro- mondouo weight of tbo log. Ray Cook,' who waa working on tho othar aide of tho load, did not wlt neaa . (ho accident, but when be hoard tbo loga fall bo Investigated and tqufiif fuller' body. -'Tried Quickest Way M. 8. West; l member of the fcompany, aald It waa apparent that Fuller had probably taken a chance tt unloading nf the quickest means, aa a large shipment of Ion had been received at tbo mill. Ordin arily, bo aald, the loga aro held In place by tneana of a cable hold by power equipment, whllo the chalna aro being roleaaed. In using tho trip chain, tho unloadrr atanda it tho end of tho car, away from the path of tho loga, and la unto from Injury ahould tbo load giro way. Weet aald Fullor 'had boen warned aovoral tlmoa . previously to oxer dIko more caro In hla work In or der to proront' any euch accident. Wife, Daughter Survive - . Ho had boon omployod at tho plant since January, Fullor la aurvlved by wlfo and alx-yenr-old daughter. No funeral arrangement had boon tnudu thla morning, O. C. & E. NAMED WITH CONTRACTORS IN COURT CLAIMS Contrnrliir I-'IIih I.Ii-ii fur I'nyuiriii iif Silim.il.lj I'our l.iiliin-t-rH Iill-ll Ainu Tim Oregon California imil Kiml crii railway Is limned with thu Nut-tlelon-llrucu Kchbaeh ooinpuny In lions filed In tho county clerk's nf flen yoalonluy. Thu largest claim Ih Unit of l l'utltirnon, sub contructor, who., filed a Hen for :i!ia.:ir. In addition four lubornra' lleiiit woro filed. They were: I lur ii III KelKll, tl2.or, (1. O. Elliott, (13.1111, llldwull Itlddln, Jl und Ham Lurson, 102. 0l. ,r t'NMAIKI" HIIOTtilN KILLS I, 1N.II Itl'.H -i WAH1ITU.NA, Wiih., .Onu child la Uniul, and two sarluusly Injured us u ri'fiult of II (HncliiirKfd shotgun lit i ranch house 13 mllnn from here, 11AXI) COM KI1T roSTCOXHI) , . , Duo to thu iihsenco from the city nt several members of the municipal bund, the- reR ulnr weekly concert will he hold on the Central school lawn Thursday Instead nf Wed nesday, It was nnnonneed by Director W. F; Ornmer. LOGS GIVE WAY L. "CAVE GIRL" tlt fSS ML 'A ' '" fh' LM:'. Emma Adumr, who, proba tion oft Ices -ar, waa found living with her fa! lit r and brother In oavo on an laland In the 'Kaw rlvsr naar, Tupolia, an, She had bor hair bobbed but wanted none of tho finery of tamlnlno clvitlaatlon, 0F--91-M Rescuers Still Working To Find Others Entombed in Underground Workings KKMMEItKIl, Auu. 1 S. Xliiiiy-flvc ImmIIw hnil bi rc cnvcnMl Inlp tofLiy, Dnly three morp arc Ix-llevcd to bo In llic u-orkhiKM, Itotcuera rxirnitl to recover I lie lui( bt foro dusk. KKMJIEnhJrt, yy. Aug. 13. Nino-ty-ono bodloa bad boen recoverod th In muriilni; from the lll-futed Fron tier mine whero 134 minora were en tombed by an explosion yesterday. Thirty-four miners wero rescued iillvo yi 'Hlml.iv, Itesrunrs worked thl.i llinnilliK to rerovor the bodies uf other miners believed to bo In th0 mine. A check tmluy definitely showed 134 In nine when thu explosion De emed. YAREROUGH NAMED TO HEAD DOKKIES Alalminii Man N ICIecteil liiiperlat At N'mIIi nul I'niivi'iilliiii of linprrlnl Palace l'()ltTI.Ajl'. AllK. In. - I). W. I". YnrboriiKli r HlrniliiKhiiiii, Alu liama, today hi'. Mine Imperial prime of the llolikiia. William Irvine, of Nelson, II. I'., elected Imperial ny.hu, tho Iowvhi. Iiinierlnl palai'o ori'lce. Imperial t I'lixt nt-ri are .1, (I. liaKer. Itiielne, Win., 1 1 in ry Hesse, St. Jos eph, Mo., and .1. L. Ilelner, IMiarlos town, W, Va.r relucted to the offlco of Imperial kadi, which waa not abolished. .;.THi:it ritoiiAiiiMTiKM Tho C.vclo-Ktornia!niii nt I'ndor- wiiiul a I'harmacy , Indicates a contln II nance nf coo d weather, aa baro metric r In n It o havo been slight since last report. Foreran for next S4 hours: Fair and warm. TyeoH re- Iiik ' thermom- f ) e t o i r I'OKlslored maximum nnd minimum tempera RECOVER IHERS tures today im rollnwn: nigh fin Low ,...(!0 CUT-OFF WORK TO BE STARTED WITHOUT DELAY Construction Will Begin With Granting; Contracts, Declares S. P. Head No delay Is anticipated. In tho be ginning uf construction on tho Nat ron cut-off, and with the granting of a ctti'tlflcuie iof public conven ience to tho Southern pacific by tho Intorntato commerco commission, ap yllca Ion for which baa been modo, nnd.tho rrantlng of contracts for construction, tho nctuul building uf tho lino will proceed. MesMUjO 1'roin M, I', II end This la according to a mossuge re ceived hero this morning by J. J. Miller, district frolghl and pa'ssengcr oirent, from J. J. Scott, of 1'ortliinil, assistant passeiiRer and traffic man ak"or, quoting Wm, Bproule, presi dent of tho Rotitbern Pacific. The measnge wns addressed to the cltl sens of this community, and raid: "It Is proper yau should know that we expect that the Interstate commerco commission will now grant for tho Natron cut-off a certificate of public ronvenjenco, the necessity for which we mado application In anticipation of this favorable decision, and we are also tak ing stepi to sot I ho necessary authority to go through the In dian lands. "Chief Rnglneer Roschko has at once gone to work prepar ing papera for . bids to submit to contractors ao that tho act ual physical work may begin, survey partlea having been In tho field for aeveral weeks past, as has already been told you. Menus ,o Delay ' "All of thla means that there will be so delay In proceeding ." with the work and, after win- . tor' WealSer shall -.force lis to' atop, tho ahtit down A such ..time will b only until next ; apring weather . permits us to resume It. ' "Wo wish the people of Ore--son- to -know that ths company appreciates their confidence and wo delsre to continue to prove worthy of It." Asked by the chamber of com merce to give preference to local contractora, Geo. W. Boschke today replied as follows: Thank you for your telegram of August 14. Pleaso advise mo of contractors experienced in railroad construction who would care to bid on 33 miles of grading work from Kirk north. Expect to lot thla first an miles as soon as we get matters In shnpo to do so. 8 AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. Work on iho Natron cut-off will be underlay' before wlntor, Prosldent Sprnnlb, of tho Southern Pacific. In dicated today. Ho expects construc tion to proceed without delay and to "be halted only by the wlntor months. Ho said contractora have boon nuked to submit bids. HUGH KNIGHT HELD Indian Accused uf Having Kulsctl Nulc l ioiii i?;o to !WO C'haiueil with "paKslnit, utlerliiR and pulillxhliiK n fiiiso, rurit-il and counliirfelt mite," Hugh KnlKlit, In diau, Ih In Jail hero, and will he Riv en a ItunrliiK In thu morning before llert Thomas, l". S. roinmlsiilinier. Knight la nllecod lo have raised a $10 note to tin, nnd to have pass ed It on Claude Htitler. an Indian near Chllottuin. ' llutler sworu to the compnllnl, Knl;;ht la n brother of lamis KnlRht, who wns rolcnsed from jull today niiili'r liaboiiH corpus pro cnoilltiKn. I-oiiIk KnlRlit uIIoroiI that hn WHS linlnwfllllv lipid In tail 2.i days by ordor ofj Fred Baker, kidlun agent. TWKXTY-TI1RKK TOflllHTS 11IK IN IU S At tiDEXT TAP.BICCS, Franco,' Ann, 15. Twontythroe tourliita were killed In a motor bus nccldont at Saint Snuvour, a Pyroncos resort about 25 iji II os south ot hero. IIbasebTllTsTjl i . National league Cincinnati,. 0, Now York !!; Chicago 2, lloston 3; 81, Louis 1, Brooklyn 7. Amorlcsn lenRiie Washington 5, Chicago 1, v. TAXI MAN HELD FOR FAILURE TO STOP AT CROSSING Arrest U Mist Of Kind In Klam ath County) H, M. Herbert I'aya Fill of 10 and Cost Tho first .arrant knows to bo made In' Klamath county for fail ure to atop an automobile at a railroad crossing, was that of 8, II. Herbert, taxlcab driver, wbo was arrested last night, He was fined $10 and costs In the justice court this morning. The law requires that all motor vehicles driven for biro come to a complete atop buforo all raUway crossings. Wlndlo Estcn paid f 10 and costs for exceeding the speod limit with in the city, E Led By Standard, Atlantic Seaboard Companies Cut From One To Two Cents NEW YORK, Aug. 15. Tho gasoline price cutting war spread to tho Atlantic seaboard today. Led by tho Standard Oil com pany, four largo oil companies an nounced cut of from ono to two centa a gallon, making the retail price 23 centa. Tho cuta do not bring 'prices In seaboard atatea to the pre-war low price of IS centa. as In western and southern states, but further reductions are expected If crude oil drops. ' STORMS WRECK KOREA Henvy Los of life Feared As 23,-' 000' Homes Arc 'Hitbrucrgcd TOKIO, Aug. 15. It is reared that heavy loss of life has resulted from tidal waves and storms on the west coast of Korea. Several boats are missing. Along the Yalu river 35,000 houses are submerged. Crops and lumber industry are damaged. WHEAT ACREAGE LESS Reduction of 13 Per Cent Shown V In 23,000 Reports To V. S. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. A re duction of 15 H peY cent or 7.117, 000 acres In acreage to bo sown to winter wheat this fall Is indicated by 25,000 reports from farmers gathered by tho department of ag riculture. MARKET REPORT PORTLAND, Aug. lo. Livestock steady; buttor and eggs firm. Women Being Mobilized LINE PIC SPREAD ORGANIZING Cars For Transportation Sought Organization of Iho lutsrstatu picnic to be Iwld n't Crater lake Sunday was placed In thu hands of a special committee of Iho cham bor of commerco yesterday. Clara Call; ins is mobilizing a group ot women lo keep tho tele phones busy between now nnd Sun day, urging tho women or Klam ath to ho present, to go prepared to havu a basket plenlo and to carry plenty of lunch tor u pos sible overflow. KMni Cars fought Tho co in in It tee Is working this afternoon among tho garages and automobile agencies, ondeavoring to have a number of oxtra cars make thn- trip for the benefit of those who have no means of transpor tation. . . Isji f L. O. Arer.s, manager of the White Pelican garago, has agreed to put In two oxtra cara with drlv ors, and a committee composed of John McChll, W, C. VanUmon and L. O, Arena Is working this after noon to have a number ot other ears ontor, , : ISveryone who Is equipped to carry oxtra passengers, la urged to telephone the chamber of com- MEILI5 L E Abolition of Post Due To Natural Development Of Projects WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. Aboll tlon of ihe post of director of the reclamation service. Involving the retlromont of Director A. H. Davis, was said today by Secretary Work to be due to natural developments of reclamation work past the atage whore engineers are of first con sideration. Answerkig an Inquiry by the American Socloiy of Civil Engineers as to the roason for Davis' separa tion from the government service, Secretary Work declared the govern ment was now faced with tho "nec essity or dealing with problems of the water user and tbo collection of tho original cost of projects," The secretary added that unless conditions Improved many reclama tion projects will oe abandoned en tirely by the settlers. BEARS CREATING HAVOC AMONG LAMBS Bands Depleted la Inland Empire Stock Itanchcaf 100 Are Lost From One Herd PROSSER, Wash., Aug. 15, Black and grizzly bears are creat ing havoc among In ' Empire lambs on tbe summer r. m n west ern Montana, according ... Howard Nye, of Prosser, who la visiting In land snnrtsmeA to organise bear hunts .there.rf Nye'a (beep, are. sum- merlng in "the "vicinity " of Trout creek, Montana. Bears have taken about 100 lambs from Nye's bands, and proportion ate numbers from other bands, al ready, he reports. 1 With little trou ble, Nye's herders have killed five of the sheep-killers this season and hunters can be sure of at leaat one hear skin If they will visit the dis trict, about halt a day's journey rom the railroad, he claims. A lorest ranger recently reported being attacked by a grlzily in the district. Though taking to a tree, the ranger failed to .climb high and quick enough at first, and the bear bit his foot. When he hurriedly mounted to the upper branches the grizzly despaired of getting another bite and disappeared for othor game. WHEAT PRICES PORTLAND, Aug. 1 5. Hard I white , wheat, 11.08; western red 57 conts. , To Provide Basket Lunches;; mercc, as It Is neccssnry to havo I npaco for the bund members, and tho cliainbor would also Hko to acciuumodu'te oil those anxious to Ko, but who havo no curs. FROM SE C INTERSTATE PICNIC ioliij l'p Salimluy ' First I'ulilii- Appearance Shire It was learned today that a mini-! lteins "u the Run" bor of local people were going up! ' .Saturday for the wlonio roast and ENNIS. COUNTY CLARK. IRH danco, but most of tho cars will 1'AND, Aug. 15. Kamonn do Val- loave the chambor of commerco at tt:30 Kunttav miirnlnir Ten dozen fancy paper I'.ats have boen ordered by telegraph to be disposed of among the Klamath delegation, and everyone will be given a sleeve budge with tho word "Klamath" printed on a silk ribbon. Postal curds are being printed, which will be addressed to a num ber of automobile owners, and It is tho aim of the chamber to have the Klamath delegation outnumber all others. This Is as tt should be, according to the committee, a Klamath Is nearest the lake, and Is the host for the day. W. T. Lee reported at the cham ber this afternoon that Mcdford Is expecting to have P00 ut the lake Sunday. ' MOTHER-IN-LAW : -St , .: -if.i'K' V'tlhi :mnyk Hi;' I E r ' J'.'Vv'" ' This Is the first . mother-in-law of the land, If you please. She la Mrs. Lam Ira Goodhue, of Burling ton, Vt., .mother of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. . H. W. Young in Jail Follow in g Crash At Tenth and ; : Main. Streets , Charged ' with driving while In toxicated and with exceeding the speed limit, H. W.v Young, civil en gineer for the Southern Pacific, stationed at Kirk, was fined $50 on each charge' In police court this morning." ; ''..,- - Speeding up Main street at a fast clip shortly after 12, o'clock last night, Young drove his road ster into the "deadman" at the intersection ot Main and Ninth, tho car with the heavy iron standard wedged between tbe front wheels coming to a stop at the corner ot Main and Tenth when it struck and partially demolished the newly erected wire Tence bordering the Central school lawn. Young was arrested and taken to Jail by Patrolman George MoDonald and waa released an hour or two later on an order ot Judge Gahas- en, who was aroused from bed. Tho Judge directed the patrolman to release Young,, who gave tho name "Smith" for the police blot ter, under 3100 cash ball it he thought it, advisable to do so. Young was represented In police court this morning by his attorney. Young , was not Injured, an! . i n... rnn, tho car escaped serious damage. jDE VALERA, MAKING POLITICAL ADDRESS, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ! . : ! Irish 1 .t-:i)t-r Sri.i-il As He Makes ! cra w" seizort 1,v f,ee 8tllt0 tro0's ! and taken to a barracks when he came Into the open for first time since ho has been "on the run." Ho Is republican 'candidate tor tho Clare scat In thg forthcoming elections. A crowd of 1500 gave him a wild welcome. While ho was delivering his political address troops appear ed and fired several volleys over the heads of tho crowd. In the en suing statupedo severnl arrests were mode by the troops. Troops sur rounded the platform, taking do Val era Ir.to custody'. MIXK MEET HEM) WASHINGTON, Aug. : lo, The federal con! commission today met miners' i representatives and plan ned to meet anthracite operators la ter '---; p:u i "' tv.U1' Is r.:: - ENGINEER ATS 5PKDING Fl KNiBHTAHRESl Action of Reservation Sup erintendent Scored' By V Circuit Judge "This Is certainly treading close upon tbe heels of soviotlsra," .dr, clared Circuit Judge Loavitt, aumi mlng up bis reasona for granting the writ ot habeas corpus applied for by Louis Knight, as ho dismissed Knight from custody this morning The court said that he regretted' that tho sheriff, a public office of' Klamath county, had lent his office. ' to the unwarranted ' detention 'of Knight, and declared: - r ' , 'I- ' Heavy Damao Awards ! -.'' "If tbe sherlf of Klamath county follows out this line bt conduct, ths salary of hla office for the next ten years would not be sufficient to pay the damago awards that would soon accumulate against him." Speaking of th0 manner in which Knight 'was placed in the county jail and detained for 25 days, by direction ot Fred A. Baker, Klam-i ath reservation superintendent, the-' court said: . "It Is not within tho power of an executive officer, more than any oth er citizen to say 'Put this man lU' Jail and keep him there'." . Not Judicial Officer -.1 Thla was In line with tho argu-i ment of Edward B. AahuraV Knight's counsel, that Baker waa an executive and not a judicial officer, and that the Power of committment was reserved by tho federal eonstl ! tutlon and by statutes and- decisions,; to the Judicial branch of govern ment. ' r ' j',;"','- ' ". ."'i?'1 As a fnrtber yeason for granting the writ. ' AahOrat' artusd" tfeWthk paper issued by Baker,- Bb-ictlng Knight's detention,' wa no tip due form, that It specified no crime on the part of Knight;, and further that v the refusal to accept ball fo Knight was unconstitutional and .fn' Itself ground tor the habeas corpus writ. Court Ac ion ..Aaatuned - District Attorney SroWer, op (be half of the aherlff, argded that: the' written direction of Baker toehold. Knight, contained reference 'to'' court ot Indian offenses, in whlci: Knight was to be tried at some un specified later date, and therefore1 assumed action ot such court In-the matter. '.rV If such a court existed, said Judge' Leavltt, the- paper on the face fail ed to show that a committment had been Issued from It, but on the con- (Continued on Pace Rlcht) - No Cussin' bn Road CrVv? friui i ivii: uiii nivuiiMf SPOKANE. Wash.,' Aug. 15. ' Couuty Engineer 1. J. boolitAle has discovered the way ,to .road copsttuia' tlon efficiency In ths person .of a protty high school girl, working ciu n content mixer on a road job, vast of the cty, ho claims. ' '! ' ' '.. When Doollttlo approached Uiol road crew rocontly ho. did''.nnt heat' a "cuss" word, and to his atiloJ.J Islunont found every ono' of the 2s" men there wearing a clean slave an( u wreath of smiles, ; j ' '.' "Why are wu all dolled up, tor day?" ho askod.J 1 "The leddlo, the toddle." sinjled the foreman as he polutcd to a pret ty blonde In khukl .trousers lnd,uiH tlrously gathering the cement sacks. . tossed from the mlxor andi lylng them In bundles for return1 h the cement plant. 1, iiiJboi Josoplilno Rule, the girl, from Alberta, Canada, . wR iada, . wlUv )icr 'poolluM.Wn ng' to earlifm(oiny wldowed mother, learned, and, wfshlng to continue In high school, accept- od the place of a boy who Quit the -cement job, at 4 a day. The road t crew welcomed her. ; ' " V' Stijv "The men are actually UrKis more paving since shebegnn work," II. D. McCormlck, county Inspector, asserts. "Every one of the men Mi pleased the girl Is with. us. Tber helped her at first when she was behind with her work and they aro already worrying about the tlm when she will leave."-"