Jfiit i ! r r t A Million a Month Us Klamath County's . Industrial Payroll SO Justice, are the Twin Pillars of Democracy Member of the Associated Press Hoventeeath Vmn-No, 7175 KLAMATH FALIH, OREGON, HATl'ItDAY, MAKCH 29, 1024 PRICE; KITH CHNTS Jury AcquitsJH. Qof LiquorJCharge; VerdictJ Is Returned in 20 Minutes Many WitntiMi Art Called In Trial of Former Police '''' 1 ; Chief of Klamath Fall., Arrested In Raid On Still Congo Trial Is Next. Deliberating only 20 minute, iho jury In the cae ot State v. II. 8. Wllion, former chief of police of Klamath Kails, on trial In Iho cir cuit court tt Jackaonvlllo charted with operation of tit 1 1 1 and possession of math, late yostorday roturnod a veraiet or not guttiy tui is Becom ing, to Information recolvod hvro br Win. Gaeong ot Iho law firm of Man ning' Oanong. ' Manning dafund ed JVIUon. i . Trial of L. Congo, who wae ar rested at the name tlmo as Wilson, will follow. Congo waa Indicted on fire count! in connection with leis ure tot a atlll on the Turtlo nock ranch la 6ama Valley, Jackson coun ty. January. 31. ' ' IfrtgbDor witnesses. Neighbor end merchant of Sams Valley and Oold lllll were the main witnesses Introduced by the atate In Wilton's trial, in an effort to link hi in with the buying of supplies al leged ' to have been used In the making of moonshine. The alate attempted to prove by the Introduction of ellpi and ohecka, that the dufendant mado pUrcbasea of goods. The defense by objections, sustained by the court, blocked mores, which confined the testimony to the bare detail. ' , Former Cashier Called. Among these witnesses war Theo dore A, Boll, former cashier of tho Oold Hill bank, now closed, whoso testimony . waa . halted upon , the grounds that the records of tho bank form tho beat evldonca. . ,' M. 8. ..Johnson, a bardwarq mur cbaht or Oold trill, called to Identify a sales slip, would not positively identify the writing on It as that ot his ten br his clerk and was ex cused after fc fow perfunctory ques tion. '. ' "i '. " Mra. M.' D. need, postmistress of . Oold Hill, Was called to identify the toy, daughter of tho dntondant, and her testimony was annulled bocnuso of the dofonse'l contention that she could not qualify as a handwriting expert Mra. Rood testified that the dofondant, tho McCalvoys and Iiu manuel D, Hatfield, Chief wituous for tho ituto, recolvod their mall through tbs Oold Hill postofflce. Merchant Trotlf Irs. a. H. I'rultt. another .Gold Hill ninri;haut, was colled to testify auonl a punbsso mado by. Wilson, but was, held to tho mere facta, without elaboration by tho dofonso. . - II. A. (Heinle) Burgor, Medford M'prcsentattVo Ot tho Standard Oil company was called to identify a spies , record ot koroicno, and hlnj testimony wont tho way of tho oth- crrtv:i Both n carbon copy and tho original -rocord woro In tho posses sion ot Ilurgor, and something or tho officiality of tbo oil concern and tho handling ot Its atrnlrn was dem onstrated, by tho watchful determi nation with which tho witness kept his oyo nnd hand on tho original document. Karl Day, a neighbor ot tho Wll Botis In Bams Valley, tostlflod that ho had sold Wilson 12G bush'ols of wheat and that It was huulod away at regular Intervals. On crous ex amination by tho dofouso, Day tostl flod .that Wiluon had 300 or 400 chlekous, that could cat wheat. i. u, uumwiuu, uauiuor uuiguuur. was 'called as a wltnoss, and dl vtilgpd nothing of any lmportanco. Mdmlstou, McCalvoy and Congo, all Impllcatod In tho allogod Illicit op erations, bilk In splto ot Bplrltod examination, oould not rocall what they had talked about, Nate Chauoy, fodoral prohibition Kent, who participated In tho raid, tostlflod to tho location ot various homos on the rnnoh, and details of tho raid, ' ' Biumnnuol llnttlold, suit admit ted partner in the Sauis Valloy still operation, testified that he was hir ed to opornto tho atlll and was to gut $1 par gallon. At this rate he collectod, ha said, $360, Ions his board. The still ho testified was opnrutod Jointly by himself nnd J. A. AlcCalvey, a son-in-law ot WIlBon. Lator, they oparatod on a GO-50 basis, lie tostlflod that It coat about S. Wilson y.,v' "fcsJMWnt )3.60 por gallon tu make moonshine, that rntiillod for (7. (j'i-ind Willi Laugh. " Hatfield testified that whenever lie ankml MVOnlvory, whoso whro abouta are unknown, what he rocolv ed, and whore ha disponed of tho "finished product," ho wus always greeted with a laugh. Oua day he said, Mrs. MoCnlvoy begged Mm lo quit, "a tho stuff small all ovor Hie ranch," "Just before Christmas, we ran all night hecnuiie a batch was spulllng," testified Hatfield. Tho wltnoas aald that Wilson vbtlt- ed tho ranch several t linen, hut an far as he could tell ho knew nothing ot tho atlll, and had nover anon him tako n drink, and never tank any himself. Tho first batch wus "not very good, bocauso wo had poor luck, and didn't know the witness aald. Ho alo aald that tho first product -was always higher proof than tho remainder, and by mixing "we're ublo lo get the stand ard proof." In his statement Hatfield said that the still was on tbo Turtle Rock ranch nvhon ho arrived, but tinder cross examination said that ha had hauled It from Dorrl. Calif., over the Croon Springs road, through Ashland, Medford and Central Point, thence up the Sams Valloy road to the ranch. He denied any owner ship In the till. JIo also denied buy ing supplies for the dlatlllory, when asked regarding purcbaaes be had made in this city and Klamath Falls. He also denied that Just before the holidays he had taken 100 gallons ot moonshine to Klamath: FUlls tor tho Chrlatmu trade. ' . I'svd Niuno of White. Hatfield teaUflod that While a dis tiller, he went under the name -of J, 11. Whim, and had rocclved two let ters' under tho name ot Brown, but denied the defense - claim, that at various time bo had been known aa Smith, Monnlg and Jones. - He said be had boon a farmer, d grocer, a garuga machinist, a deputy sheriff and a plumber during bis life. Tho atlll was sot up In tho court room In front ot tho jury tiox, ana various articles woro Introduced by tho sinto aa exhibits. Alphabetically clnsHlflcd, they oxlend to the Icttor "." WOO IT YIUiKA, Alurch 2. After bolng out. eight hours, tho Jury ' In the $100,000 personal Injury damago suit of Frank Ilorklna ot Wood agaliiHt tho Ciillfornlii-Orcgoii Power Company rendered n verdict in favor ot tho dufendnnt. HtirkitiH lout a foot mid a bund atld hud parts of his other hand and foot amputated us a romilt of Injuries stiNlainod u your ago when a fishing roll ho was carrying ciimn tu contact with a high tension electric wire ot Ihe power company while crossing a field traversed by tho lino. Tho basis of action was on tho ul leged fuct'thut the lino through nog HgniK'o hud boon pormltted to drop within' eight, toot of tho ground, TRI6BY too much FOR WALLA WALLA MAN; BOUT STOPPED ' '.. i i ' J ' : ; LWWIISTON, Idaho, Miurch 29. Itort Trlbby, ot Marshflold, all but knuekod out Danny Noodham, Wnlln Walla, In tho third round hora lust night. Tho slate athlotlo commis sioner stopped tho bout while Trlb by iwus ndntlitlstorlng heavy pttnlah meitt to his opponent who was bad ly buttered. .Trlbby vs knocked out hi tho first round by Jimmy Dougun ot ICIamiilh 'Falls at Mnrnhflold last LOST BY ANGLER Saturday. ONE OF ESCAPED CONVICTS TAKEN; Hi.. 5 STILL AT LARGE BAL1SM., March 29 i'ossc- molt reported tb! morning thoy 4 4 believed sumo ot the flv 4 cupetl convicts still af large 4 wr lurrouadod la tbo wood betweon Aumivillo and Bantlsm river. All river bridge are guarded. Tho general store at Auniavlllo was robbed last night, and five pairs of shoos, 4 groceries, ammunition and to- bacca tuken. Ono of the con- 4 vlcts, William Johnson, was captured luto yttnrdny, 4 T DEATH TOLL IN CENTRAL STATES Oregon Woman Numbered Among Eight Killed At Shawnee, Oklahoma. KANSAS C1TV, March 29. fls'lne dead, 75 to 100 Injured and damage of hundreds ot thousands ot dollars was tho toll of a tornado which swept part of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Missouri and Illinois' late yesterday and last night. Right were killed at Shawnee, Oklahoma. The victims Included Mrs. Myrtle W. Cunningham, ngod 20, a visitor from Oregon. CAirtO. III., March 29 Three villages.. In McCrackcn county,? Ky.', Heath, Maxon and Lamotte, wore destroyed by a. windstorm which la still aweoplng from the northwest : CHARLESTOWN, Mo., March 29. Three persons were killed and; 15 Injured In, a windstorm which swept through southeastern , Missouri, ear ly today. 1 : APPEAL IDE TO SAVE HARD Convicted Slayer of.. Fred Skeen Is Declared Too . Young to Hang. SAX KUANOISCO, Marcli 20.- A petition lor a writ of habeas corpus wus tiled tu tho etuto supremo court hero In bohulf ot William Hard, Los Angolos youth, who is undor sen tenco of death at Snu Qucntln prison fur tho murder ot Fred Skeun, Siski you county rancher. ' Tho potltlon was filud by O. V. Wilson, Los Augolos attorney, who hold that us Hurd was but 10 years old at tho time ot the commission ot tho crime last your, iio should luivu boun trlod in tho Juvonllo court. , Wilson also aald that Hurd Is still undor IS yours ot ago and a stuto law pieveuts the hanging ot criminals under that ago. , . Mrs. IOstelln Hurd, mother of the Hard boy, arrived In Sun Francisco from Los Angolos to aid In the fight to stive ltor son from the nooso. Acting Chief Justice William. P. Liiwlor ndvlsed Wdleon that the Jus tices would contor next Monday on tint question of Issuing the writ. This Is tho second appeal made to tho 811114 supreme court In behalf ot Hurd this week an appeal from tho doctslon ot tho trial court denying n now trlnl hnving been filed hore on TuoBilny by Willlinm P. Buna " of Vrekn, attorney tor tho youth. An affidavit accompanying the appeal contended Hurd wn only 16 years old when the crime was committed.. . TORNADO rnnii n i nuin hHUIVIbALLUWblVQT BEfiGDDLL NOT IS.; BACK AT HOTEL Draft Dodger Decide Pro posal For Hit Return Were Not Genuine. t KIJKItACH, (iormany, March 29- Clrovcr Cleveland Bergdoll, Amer ican draft evador, whose departure from his hotel hore early In the woek caused reports that ho was on his way to the United States, re turned to tho botel today and said he was not making any prepara tions to return to tbo United States. Ho suld that although ha was prepared to return under certain conditions, the proposals made him from unofficial quarters failed to Impress him aa genuine. UTO TUBAL COUNCIL MEETS CHJLOQUIX, ,' Ore., March 29. (Special to the Herald) The Klam ath Indian tribal council met In exe cutive session Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Klamath Agency to dis cuss business matters pending. The leasing of six townships in the Black Hill district, and a section of land In the northwestern corner of tho reservation known aa the Sand Creek district, to John Siemens for the Rnulug ot s'lecp, was approved by the council. Question ot railroad rlght-ot-waya was tRken up. Tbo council approved the Southern l'acific right-of-way uorih ot Kirk through the reserva tion,. After discussion, the question of , approval of the right-of-way of the O. C. & E. railroad was laid on th-3 tuble . Fred A. Uuker, eupcrintondent of the Klamath dndlan reservation, ad dressed the Indians Informing them ot the trip to Washington, ot the business transacted there, and of how the Indian delegation of five was faring. Following his talk linker left for Portland to spend several days transacting business. Tribal councllmcn present were William Cruwford, Flnloy Wilson, Tom Lang, Joo Ball, Bud Riddle, Dennlo Crowley, JJImor Lynch, nnd Suldon Kirk. E .u. s; WASHINGTON. March 20. Tho hoiiso agreed to approprluto $1,500, 000 for oporntion of a Now York Suu Francisco air mail servlco dur ing the fiecal year beginning jut? 1, nnd also approved an additional appropriation of $1,250,000 for op eration of an air mail sorvice liy night flying. FOUR TO BE TRIED ON LIQUOR CHARGE Trial of Herbert Waltormlre, Fruricla Waltormlro, Mrs. Qeorge Wnltonnlro und P. lloguuda, charged with .manufacturing Honor, as tho result ot their arrost n woek ago In a house ten utiles southeast ot Klamath Falls, Will open Monday morning nt 9:30 o'clock. Attornoys for prosecution and defense drew tho Jury this morning. Jurors aro Honry Grimes, Oscar Shlve, Frank Armstrong, M. R. Andoson, John Llnfesty nnd C. L. Harvoy, CALIFORNIA STOCK LOSS IS $1,000,000 M13RCK.I), Cullf., Murch 29. To tal loss In livestock in California to date tipin foot and mouth disease le estimated nt 11,000.000, according to a statement Issued here by H. 'Wl Levers, state accountant. ON WAY TO L MONEY FOD MAIL TRIES FORGER! TO Plan Adopted By C H. Bush Comes to Grief As Bank Refuses Paper. C. II. Bush, aged 22, was arrest ed yesterday by Sheriff L. L. Low on tho charge of forging the name of A. W. Bradshaw to an American Na tional bank check for HQ. Several hours after his arrest 'Data admit ted forging the cneck and signed a written contosslrn. That Bush le an amateur as a forger Is evidenced by tho clrcum strnces connected with the forgery a'.d bis subsequent arrest. Thurs day night he accosted - Gordon Qulmby, local taxi 'driver, and (Jked bSm to cash the cheek. Qui m by re fused but offered 5 with the prom st that the remainder ot the money would be paid Friday morn ing. Bush took the ?5 and gave Qulmby the check. The next morning Qulmby took the check to the American National bank and waa immediately Informed that Bradshaw' signature had been forged. .- Later in the morning Bush met blm and asked for the remainder of the money. ''The bank wouldn't cash the check," Qulmby informed him, "so I can't help you out. I'll tell yon though, come down to the sheriff office with me. He will help yon get the money by going to the bank himself." .. Sheriff Low, working in his office yesterday morning was dumbfounded when Bush and Qulmby iwalked la and Qulmby Informed him that Bash wa , forger. ',. ..J, ' " Stoutly denying the accusation," Bush was taken to Jail. Shortly al ter, while Sberitt Low waa In the Jail,' Bash voluntarily confessed. He stated that last summer he worked for Bradshaw three months and that Bradshaw owed him $30 for wages. . Unable to . collect, be made up his mind, he (aid, to get the money some way and decided to forge a check. When time camd to write tho check instead ot making it out for $30 he made It for $'40 "as interest", he pointed out, "for the long time I have waited tor my wages." . There was no attempt to disguise the handwriting on the check or to copy Bradturw's handwriting. . A glance at tho check, according to Sheriff Low, showed beyond a doubt that 'Bush's signature on tho back of tho chock und the writing on the t face of check were) poo and the 6amo. iBush was to have been brought buforo Justico of the Peace Euimitt this afternoon to plead guilty or be given a. hearing, rllo. will have to wait in the city Jail until the grand Jury Is called. r, j :' BROKEN TELEPHONE CABLE IS REPAIRED Repairing of tho telephone cable that was accidentally sevored Thurs day attornoon on Seventh between Pine und High, was completed last night' at 9 o'clock whon the last ot tho 1000 telephones, disconnected by reason ot the accident, was connect ed up with the main office. For 30 hours telephones west ot Main were out ot order. Repair work was somewhat impeded by tho stormy woaflicr that prevailed yesterday af ternoon and last night. OIL COMMITTEE DECLARES RECESS WASHINGTON, March 29. The senate oil committee went Into re cces until Tuesday, when tt plans to inquire Into liquidation of tho re publican campaign deficit. BANDITS GKT PAYROLL TAMPA, Fla., Murch 29. Three men' held up a doxen employes ot the Havana Tampa Cigar company in the factory office here today and escaped with the weekly payroll of $24,000. PAST DUE ICES 4-.' DELAY TRIAL AS KLAMATH INDIAN GOES ON WARPATH PORTLAND, Marcli 29, Be cause Elmer Lyncu, Klamath Indian, is on tha warpath, 1 cording to report received from Klamath county, trial of Lewis Knight and Towey Brown, charged with selling liquor to Indiana In Jane, 1023, ws) postponed until next Tuesday. Assistant I'nltcd Statas District Attorney Stearns appealed to the court to delay the trial nu til afternoon, whllo telegrams flashed between Portland and ' U10 reservation. At 2 p. m., Stearns told Jndge Bean that drunkenness was Interfering with Lynch, principal witness. DRIVE TO OUST WAY IN SENATE Meanwhile Daugherty Probe Committee Puts Brakes On Disclosures. WASHINGTON. March 29. While a drive to foarce the retirement ot another member ot President Cool Idge'a cabinet, Secretary Mellon, Is getting under way In - the - senate, Daugherty' resignation cast some doubt on the future course ot the special inquiry into his conduct. ' Disposition to apply the brakes to Us public disclosures were appar ent when the Daugherty committee -resu mod work- today -Instead 'of examining the confidential tile ' of the department of Justice' In public, the committee decided to consider, them in executive session. . ,- :. '.' ,. Several other resignations In the department of Justice have been pre dicted, including: W. J. Burnt, chief ot the, bureau of Investigation.-' . . Bums-'was -under.- BDbpoenea to testify today in connection with secret files, but the committee de cided Instead to question Nicolas Clmouo, ot New York, regarding Daugherty's relations to Howard Mannington and others. The Daugherty committee today tried to piece out details ot the $100,000 deal and heard hints ot another. H. L. Scaife, former department ot Justice agent, said Investigation ot tbo Mitsut aircraft case, in con nection -with which Gaston B. Means testified Jess Smith received $100, 000, was blocked by A. F; 'Meyers, special assistant attorney general, after it had been discovered the company owed the government many millions. -Nicholas Cimino, New. York res taurant man, told ot a conversation he overheard about a $100,000 whis koy dcnl. NEW YORK, March 29. Frank A. Vanderlip, retired banker, asked whether he thought any other cab inet members should go, said: "That will develop later. If I sold yes, you would want to know the name, and it I told you that, It would shock you." . Vandcrllp's citizens' research bu reau is, now Investigating the inter nal revenue bureau, war . depart ment, veterans' bureau nnd alien property custodian, Vanderlip said he and members ot his bureau had been shadowed by dotectives since, they were helping tho Wheeler committee In the Daugh erty .investigation. . ; RANCHER INJURED AS HORSES BOLT David Vinson, Bonanza rancher, is suffering from a broken hip In the Klamath Valley hospital as tbo result ot being thrown from a wa gon Thursday afternoon on his ranch when his horses became frglhtened and run away. Word was sent to Klamath Falls and an ambulance arrived to curry tho injured man here. Vinson Is recovering from tho accident and will be able to return to his ranch In several weeks. MELLON UNDER L WILL BE STAGED Of THE HEMILO ": l'' . . ' ' ' '" 'U' Prizes Valued At $500 to Be Given Women of Klamath County. . . A four day free cooking school for tho women of Klamath county, with twelve prizes aggregating $500 lit value, will be staged by the Evening Herald in the Chamber of Comsaeree rooms on April 7, t, 9 and 10. ThU will be the second newspaper cook ing school held In Oregon,' The first was put over by the Portland. Ore gonlan a fw weeks ago and packed the Portland Auditorium with ovor (000 women keenly Interested in the Instructive demonstrations nd live ly competition for prises, whtth did not exceed la value those offered by Klamath Taftl . merchants for. h Herald school. Following . Klam ath Falls, Medford, Roeeburg, and En gen o leading pspsr win (tage similar event. 1'; . ; Modern Kltchea A Laboratory The spirit of The Herald' how will be the demonstration of the most np to date cooking, the use of the most modem hitches appliance and the rewarding royally of Klam ath women and girl who take part, for their cooking efforts. The mothers of Lincoln's day, ' resorted to the open fire place .for all their cooking, only a step ahead ot the primitive camp tire. The result they attained were remarkable. Today the average kitchen is a laboratory, rt boasts work tables, refrigerator, and an electric range, all of white enamel, and with the setting of a dial and the tarn of a key the mod ern mother is free for the afternoon for affairs outside the home with the assurance of Perfeotry; cook.ed mean.oa her- return, . ' '; i : 'Experta TV111 Preside. ' . . -Tne;.cooktag demonstrations at the Herald's achool will' be conduct-; ed by Miss Dangler ot the -Edison Electr-le Appliance company :Ah'd she will .use the Saper-Automatld Elec tric range', donated to the seheol by the .California-Oregon Power .'com pany. Each afternoon at 3:80 the cooking school will be crowded with valuable hints in the art ot modern cookery. ' Individual cards contain ing each days program will, be dis tributed to the wotnen who attend this free school. . " ; - : Range For First Prize.' '' On the fourth day will be the Judg ing in the competition tor the twelve mangificcnt prizes ottered tor tha best bread, cakei' and, pies,' 'submit ted by any woman or girt Sh iKlamath county.'" First prlw fOrr the m loaf of bread is! $835.00 ao:rMPofnt SupeivAutomatlc'' Electlb range giv en by. the : Cnlltornla-Ortgttn-'-'Percr company; second prize fa a'NWef Cnii Electric coffee urn glvWti3tby:,!lr1io Electric . Shop and : valued "af fitf. 6b ; third: prize a saok- ot -Marti. Profil ers Crater Lake Flour; fonrtl'prlo. select groceries from A. C' TiWriger and Son. : " ";r . Vacuum Cleaner Up. . " In the pie division first prize will be a Uqiveroal Electric vacuum cleaner given by The Link River Electric company and valued at $65.00; second prize an electric waf fle iron from Uhllg Electric Shop valued at $16.00; third prizo a sack ot Martin Brothers Crator Lake flour; and . fourth prize - groceries from A. C. Glengor and Son, ; ', ; Also Mcctrlc .Washer. , ' In the enke division first prku will be a Number 25 Thor washing machine given by Baldwin Hardware company and valued at $18.00; sen ond prize has not yet been selected In this division;' third prizo will be a sack ot Martin Brother Crater Lake flour, and fourth prize will 1 groceries from; A.' C. (Monger and Son. : 1 ' ' : '.' ' No Hiring Oil Context. ' f ' There will be no fees connected with any entry and no obligation of any kind connected with attendance at the four day lecture. : Tho Her ald neks every woman and girl la tho county to co-operate whole heart edly by" attondlng the lecture anil submitting samples of their cooking for prizo competilon. - Tho bread cuke or pies may be bnked at home with any sort of range or home cooking facility and when they aro brought to the Chamber on the last day each will be given an COOKING (Coartiaaod aa Fag Tiro.)