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"An Empire Awakening" f ;
Associated Press Leased Wire
Seventeenth Year No. 7441
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEB. 14, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MAY NOT REACH
Wbservations COLLINS UNI
I I II u
' Vwf IIiiiih of worry rraiKOil the
lb row of John lloylo, Cupco muiiuKur,
wliou- Im entered Ilia office tliln
niornlnK. Ills nlioultlum seemed
wolghted down und hla eyes lie I (I a
look t murk tuar.
"Are you Dick?" n sollcltloua
friend Inquired.
"No, no," hu cried. "n"l that.
Hut I am ii f raid thai Cupco la going
trtto tho liamU of u. receiver If this
legislature doesn't hurry . ui J ml
adjourn. '
' There a monimit of tenae
nltonco wlion ha hud flulxhcd.
"Cupco broke!" tho friend ex
claimed, unbelieving.
"No," whlapurod John wllli D
stiuddor, "not yol, but If Linn
Nenmilh doesn't hurry up und get
back from Hulcm, wo cn:i look for
lbs worst, (o hnppuu."
Any luno a person mentions Hh
word "attUp" to Chloo Palmer, prin
cipal of Riverside school, Klin's muily
to toko a dive Into lha slough of
dottpond. And thoraliy hangs n lulu.
iLel'i go: :
-A niaok looklnn youngster knock
ed timidly at tbo door ot her room
and handod her a nolo, hlch road:
'"Please glvo thla yMiiiigHor thu
strap."
' Mix Palmar looked ut tha notil.
then at tho youngster, and forth
with produced tho strap. Tho strap
wan oniployml much In tho mun
faHhlon aa the paternal flipper, anil
It ' iwaa a toarful und antounik'd
. youngster who returned to hla romp.
"Why are you crying?" asked tit i
toucher,
"Mlta, Palfner llckml n.c. Micd
tho boy. ' .
And not until than mi It revealed
that Mlaa Palmer had made a tragic
mistake. The teacher had wanted
the strap to una on another young
ster, but tho principal thought the
youngster who bore the rote was the
one achedulod for a "thla hurta m
worae than you" aentlon.
'' Unconsorod Obaorvallona today
prose nts .iiotlior group of mythical
Interview's on a aubjoct' Hint ought,
to arouae Intcnae Intorcat from hum
to Keno.
- , TODAY'S QUKfiTION
' "IKm Honraty VnyT'.
TODAV'U ANBWHItS
i "Doo" Powoll Why auk me?
Jnck Monroo 'How do I know?
, Joe McDonald 1 couldn't any.
: Ulll Marx I'll aland on my enn
stHullona! rlghta.
Prod Morloy I're never tried W
find out.
Ilolnle Wagner So I've henrd.
There waa a pcralalent rumor cur
rent about the alroota thla morning
4o the effect that a churns of Mnln
treat, bualnoas man' who hnvo boon
- attempting to got la. alree! lighting
ayatom for more than a year along
tha "main drag" wilt nppeu,r before
tho chambor of commerce at Ita
next luncheon and wnrblo thualy:
,"I)arUng 1 Am Growing Old."
And It .wouldn't aurprlao ua a bit
If aJong toward tho end of the aong
a "bunch from Mills Addition, whore
there's a ton of mud to every squire
foot of Mreet, should ruah the Joint
and Join In a roualng .fliuilo to the
above song, somothlng llko thla:
.!'Llfo Is fading Foal Away."
l.lko a man without a country or
n. Mexican halrloaa dog In Alualin, a
lonoly roctnnglo of concreto repoaea
In tho nivorsldn park.' Way hack In
1924 A. J), the city wrk bonrd hnd
the concroto laid In tho park for tho
express purpose of a lunula court.
Somothlng waa ail Id about n wlro not
hing for tho court, as It la alleged
among tennis enthualnata thn t a
tennis court without hnckalopa la l
four word Inttor monnlng Satan a
stamping ground. What mas dono
about tho maltor Is not exactly
known, but lovernl tennla cnthuvl-
aata fooling 1ho hint of aprlng In tho
air, hnvo rontloatod Ian 'Unconaoi'od
Obaorvatlon' on. Hie mnttcr, hoping
that tho bnckatop, which haa boon on
Ha, way 'to Klamath alnco laat Sop
, tombor will at laat find 'la way to
Ita homing phee.
H. K. Moiftno nnd tho rest of tihe
staff at tho Shall Oil company oftlco
wore watering their "Sunday go t.i
' miwttlnir" elrvtlifta tnriuv. At f ll'Hl It
was (inspected (hey ware planning
somo sort or noiltiuy, until it uaenmo
known that one of thoir number hnd
advortlaed last evening for a steno
grapher, nnd the whole bunch want
ed to create n good Impression on
those member) of tho weaker box
who applied fur lha Job.
' A. Jay Walker waa hoard to re-
mark thla morning If III oho off-iignln-on-agnln
thu.wa keep recurring much
longer It will' lake micro thnn a
oouncllmnnlo frnnohlao to get you
acroan anmo of tha stroots In thla
junuhi muni
Searchers Believe They Are
Now Three Feet .From
Roof of His Cave
CAVH CITY. Ky., Feb. . H Tho
roof of an uvciiuo uxp'tctud to 1 -' 'I
to tho natural rock trap where
Floyd Collins hua been linprlaoneil
for 13 dnya, waa only three feet
awcy from the dlggira In a rvxciie
ahnft ut 9 o'clock thla morning, ac
cording lo tho cifriciul bulletin luaund
by thumi In ch-jrgo.'
M. U. 8. I'oaey, executive fiecro
I'ury of tho alatu lilghwuy diipurt
menl, who wun arnt to Band Cava by
Oovvrnur W. J. KleldH, aenl u tele
gram to the governor ut Frankfurt
tiiduy In which ho fixed K o'clock
Bundiiy night aa the zero hour, un
let unexpected dlfflcultlea uru on
countered. Slow I'roitreM
It bad taken nine and one half
hour to complete a threo-foot unc
tion I nut night, auld tho bulletin.
Tho rotten character of tho material
encountered and four distinct cavea
In made tho progreaa tin alowcat on
record.
Two wneka ago today Collins'
pllkht hu (Uncovered und for the
list 10 days he hua not received
food. Four work:nen testified bo
foro the military bcurd of Inquiry
yesterday Hint ihey hud heard the
Imprisoned cuvq explorer breutho
and rough.
lloM Tor Victory
Three feet Immediately below the
earth atlll to be removed Ik a luyor
of llmealane. ulao eailmnied to bo
three reel thick, 11. T. Cirnilchlel,
In churge ot operat'ona raid. Once
they hnvo pu::trnted thla "roof"
they expect to find a paaaage through
which they can roach Cnlllna.
"IIFAX KINti" HIKKI)
Al.ltlOf, N. Y., Feb. 14. Lowla
K. Sands, world bean king, today waa
iaciulttud of grind lurceny by' a Jury
which dnllbcrnlvd 12 hunf.
1'I.A.N JOIXT HKKVIt'K
WASIIINOTON. Feb. 14 Tho lu
leratato commercn comnilleilon today
authorised three rallrouda whleh op
crate betwem I'uget Sound ritlca In
Wanhlngton nnd Portland, Oregon, lo
conanlldnto punaengcr train service,
In thu Interests of economy.
KM. I, KINDKItUAKTKN llll.l,
STATE 1IOU8K, Snlem. Oro., Feb.
14. Tho sennto today defuatod tho
kindergarten bill Introduced by Rep
resentatives Woodward., Collier,
Hurlliiirt, Halley, Tucker and
H.llletl.
VOLSTEAD SAYS
' PRISONS EMPTY
Father of Famous Dry Law
Pleased With Its
Operation
OltA.NITB FA 11.8. Minn., Fob. 14
Prohibition hua reduced tho prlaon
poptilutloii of thla country und
greatly IncrcaHo'd tho church mum
linrahlp, according lo Andrew J. Vol
atend, former Minnesota congroaa
innii nnd father of tho prohibition
enforcement net,
"I'ndor tho old rule of affairs."
Mr. VolHleud recently wruto a per
ronal friend, "thn anloon never obey
ed any law, while now, dcaplta our
Increased population, there are few
er prlHoners by xovornl thousands In
our Jails.
"Thoro has been a decided In
croaao In tho church membership
since tho eighteenth nmondmont be
camo law. Tho uvoruga length of
Ufa hna beon . liicrotiaed by three
years; people are saving money und
buying homes; slums In tha eltloa
are no more; gono are the ribald
songs and foul stories.
"Thoro la no constant violation of
the prohibition law, generally
known, iwhlch goes unpunished. It
la unfortunnlo that certain largo
newspapers labor to nncnurngo re
Blstanco to law o nforcomeiit. Noth
ing la perhaps bettor calcnlalod to
offoct that purpose than to extol the
nlloged high character of those who
are breaking the Inr.
"That prohibition cannot be on-
rorcDfl: that the nifficuitiea nvo
fundnmontnl und Inhoront In the
character ot tha legislation and the
nature of tho pooplo, la' not only
clearly dlaprovod by our oxporltmeo
In tha prohibition stalaa, but by
whut wd have accompllahed under
nntlnnul prohibition.
"Public opinion, roflceted In mora
drastic and adequate punishments
Is growing stronger nnd tho organ I
r.atlon for onfercoment Is atendlly
Improving nnd bocnmlng moro effnc
' !y?..";: v ). :... . ......
Senate Passes Bill
to. Prevent Income
, Tax Law in Oregon
STATU llOI'Hi:, Hulom, Oru., Feb.
It .illy a vota of 10 to 14, .the
Dotinls Joint reaolutlon directed
against Incomo and Inheritance tax
puaaed Iho sonata en reconsideration
yestorduy. The resolution proposes
to submit lo the people a constitu
tional amendment to prevent tho en
actment of Income and Inheritance
tax laws until tha year 1D4Q and
would repeal Iho present Inheri
tance tax.
THOTZKY IIKAIOVKI)
MOSCOW, Fob. 14. Leon Trot
sky, who was recently removed from
Iho post of War Minister, has been
relieved of' his membership In the
council for labor und defense, It Is
officially announced. -
22
Klamath Rancher Now Has
Fine Herd of Ayr
shire Cattle
A decided st6p forward In the
Klamath dairy Industry haa beon
taken with tho unnouncemont today
of tho purchsso of tho first hord of
purobred Ayrshire cattle In Klam
ath. Tho herd, composing 12 of tho
fine animals, wn purchased by
Kmll SchleBef from the Oregon
Idaho Dairy Loan Co., through Dr.
C. D. Clarke, Klamath representa
tive. '
In purchasing tho herd of Ayr-
ahlroa, Mr. Sthleael is making a de
cided Innovation In the dairy In
dustry In thla county. The Ayr
ahlre cuttlo originated In Scotland
and nre known for Me high grade
of mflk they produce. Their m!lk
Ja particularly r-n.laruabK i-io v;he
manufacture of butler and rhooMj
Tho flno hord l lod by "Poidr
Poii," Ayrshire bull which haa wun"
many prises In slato livestock BhoWl
"and which has been kept ut tho
Oregon Agricultural collig.i. Tho
herd arrived laat Thursday.
.Mr. Schiescl's ranch Is located on
tjie Merrill road, near I lenity
school.
George A. Parks Chosen
by Cooltdge to Succeed
Governor Bone of Alaska
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. C.corgo
Alexander Parks of Alaska, was
nomlnutod today by President Cool
Id r,o lo bo Oovcrnor of Alaska.
Mr. Parka, who bus been station
ed In AJtmka for several yeara will
aucceed Scott C. llono, whose term
of governor will expire In several
months. '
FISH MEASURE
After Close Vote Aliens
: Are Permitted to Ob
tain Licenses Here
STATU HOl'SK, Salem. Oro., Feb.
14. After a battle lasting ull yes
terday afternoon and unlit nearly
ono o'clock today, tiia group sup
porting tho majority report of the
liouso fisheries committee permit
ting nllons, during tho next six
yeara, lo obtain llcunsoa to fish on
tho Columbia river, won by s vote
of 81 to 27.
Representative Mott's drive to
have his minority report substituted
lost by the same vote.
CHILOQU1N PARENTS
AND TEACHERS MEET
' Ono of tho moat constructive com
munity mootlngs hold .In Chiloquln
for some months took place lust
evening when tho Chiloquln Pnrent
Toachora' association met In tho
Chiloquln church to discus achool
problems of tho district. An Inter
cut In school affairs, hitherto un
known wus displayed at tho moot
ing. .
Fred Poteraifii, . aounty school au
perlntenilent, apoke briefly on cur
ront educational questions ot Chilo
quln, speaking principally on a high
achool for that section.
'County Club Leader Frank Soxton
delivered an address on county club
work, pointing out Its benefits to
tho young boy nnd girl and how tho
work In conducted bund in hand
with regular public education.
Folowlng tho addresses, refresh
ments wero Borved nnd the meeting
resolved Itsolt down . to , a com
uiuiilty get togolher,
SGHIESEL BUYS
pons
HOUSE PASSES
INDIAN YOUTH
CONFESSES HE
T
Admit Placing Obstruction
on O.-W, R. & N. Track
Near Pendleton
' PENDI.KTON, Ore., Feb. 14. An
Indian youth', ) Harvey Strong, who
guvo his age as 17 und his home aa
Toppenlsh, Washington, confessed
lust night toiShorlff It. T. Conklnx
ham. Deputy; Rcanett and rail(oad
operatives to pluclng obstructions on
tho O. W. Ii; it N. tracks that re
acted In the (wrecking of a big mal
let freight engine, Iho tying up of
traffic for 12: hours on tho main
line, and the Injury of Conductor
Kuxter of Iho- fre'ght train. .
'Strong admitted fouling the
Switch at Cayuse, but stated that Ills
companion had placed the fallroad
tie aril fence, post which the east
bound freight 'hit at a point three
and ono half miles west of the
awitcli where the mallet Jumped
crosf-'Wlae of the tracks. Deputy
Shoriff Bennett lelt last night tor
Toppenlsh after tho second Indian
youth. "
Young Strong was Raptured short
ly after the - wreck occurred but
after a grilling that lasted most of
Thursday, was turned loose by the
officers. Latei Deputy Dennett with
a railroad operative, returned to
Cayuso apd found the Indi'an youth
and fuced him with evidence that
tracks had been seen on the right
of way near the; two obstructions
and had been ' positively Identified
as his, wh?roupon the young Indian
confessed.
IIOroiSflSTER
Damage of Over $1,500,000
.Wrought in Kansas
City Pavilion
KANSAS CITY, Feb. I I. Fire
Hunting .n fllnmy decoration, sup
posedly froro ilcfoctive wiring de
stroyed automobiles vnluicU nt $!,-
500,000 nnd the American Itoyul
Livestock PavlHon valued nt $O.W.-
(I(M curly toibiy.
All exhibits nt Hie annujil KiinsuN
City Motor show, wcro n total loss.
Tlio show bad closed for tln n!;lit,
ami no one vw In tlio builiUnti when
Ilip fire stnrtiil. ;
The exhibits aw to have been
mo'f-il to Sun I'rnnl-isco for n slioiv-
Init llicre lute iliLs iiiihiIIi.
Flromen wore hampered In their
work beoanse of tho lack of water
plugs uour the building and it mas
aever'al minutes bofore tliey could
pluy streams of wntor on the build
ing, which was a mass ot flames
when the first companies arrived.
The explosion of gaaolino tanks on
the exhibits also held the fire fight
ers In cheek.
Within two hours jitter tho flro
nion from the two Kansns cities were
Cilled to tight tho hlnzo, the walla
fell In.
Klvo Fighter Killed
Captain John. J. Crnno. Cfl, the
oldest fireman on tho department,
was caught on an Incline between
tho annex and the main building
where be was attempting to work a
hose, and w'w burned- to death.
Flremon who. had noted his dianp
peanuico, found iho body when they
penetrated the ruins.
Throo hundred pleasure cars, ap
proximately "." trucks and two air
planes wore burned. In nddltion to
tho exhibits of about 200 accessory
manufacturers were dostroyed.
Most of the cars on display hnd
been Known earlier In tha year at
Now Yorkt Cleveland and Chicago.
The fire started in tho last 'floating
mlr.ules of Friday, the thirteenth.
And, it wns the 713th fire of the
yeur here.
Stal ls Quickly .
Jess Simpson, engineer of tho
pavilion, -said the tiro broke out In
a tiny blnaj In tho annex. ' "One
minute there was a little bln.e and
Iho next It was all over", ho tu-.'d. -
Flro Chief Henderson declared the
flro had "an awful start" when tlio
flro apparatus arrived.
Tho ghosts ot the recently proud
kings of the motor world, It seunied,
slulokid and moaned from Iho Inter
ior when sirens and horns on tho
cars woro act off 'as Insulation burn
ed from switches. ' .
JAIIDIXH IS NAMED
WASIIINOTON, Feb. 14. Wil
liam M. Jardlne, president ot the
Kiinsns agricultural ' college, waa
selected - today by Pr'oaldont Cool
Wso i. 1)0. Secretary ( Agriculture,
WRECKED
RAN
AUTO SHOW IS
IPEOOUTBY
Nick Longworth Now
A Father; Daughter
Arrives Early Today
CHICAOO, F.cb.' 14 A daughter
was bora to Mrs. Nicholas Long-
worth at the Chicago Lying hosplt-jl
at 10:30 this morning.
The child Is the first born' of Mr.
and Mrs. Longworth and Is an ad
dition to tbo grand children of Theo
dore Roosevelt.
Representative Longworth of Ohio,
was In Washington, but Is expected
to arrive here tomorrow by fast train
to be with his wife and their first
child. .
The baby weighed six pounds and
i'i ounces, the nurses announced.
and was a normal, healthy Infant.
The mother, too. was in good con
dition, though for some time after
the event ot the daughter's arrival
she was under an anaesthetic.
EASTERN FLOOD
Bridges and Dams Wiped
Out in Storm Through
out New England, ;
BOSTON, Feb. 14. Three deaths,
the destruction ot bridges and dams
and the disruption of rail, telephone,
telegraph and highway communica
tion in various sections were listed
tod'jy among the results of the flood
end ice Jams that have occurred
throughout New England during the
last two, days.
Pete Silver lost his life, while
helping to strengthen a railroad
bridge in New Hampshire, Carl
Hooper, a lumberman, was drowned
while trying to prevent logs from
being carried away in Maine, and
Alden Lories, 9 years old, was
drowned in a brook at Stoneham,
Mass. . ' ".' . ..
NEGROES KILL WHITES
Shooting Affray In Texas Results In
"Three Deal lis Two Arc .
i I'nrtcr Arrest .... ,
ORANGE. Texas. Feb. 14. Three
white men were killed here today In
a shooting affray between negroes
and whites. The dead are:
Joe Projean, about 46; Dallas
Morris, about 22, and Deputy Sheriff
Basil Stakes, 39. Two negroes were
arrested.
Montana Slayer Goes to
Gallows in Calm Manner
and Munching at Orange
BOULDKR, Mont., Feb. 14. Roy
Walsh, convicted slayer ot Albert
Johnson, Renova, Montana, store
keeper, paid the extreme penalty tor
his crime on the gallows of tho Jef
ferson county grand Jury early to
day".
Eating an orange and cheerfully
stoical, Walsh went to his fato.
"t wish the world well-' were his
final words.
Last night Walsh prepared 4 long
Htutemcnt for newspapers In .which
he urged boys' to avoid tho pitfalls
Into which ho bad fallen.
BOOTLEGGER'S AUTO
WILL BE SOLD SOON
urnpnnn fire icnl,.. 14. An
order has been, filed In tho circuit
court serving notice that the sale of
the expensive automobile In which
Arthur Page of San Francisco, re
puted bootlogger. plunged to his
iionth rr thn Pnclfie hlchwav. near
the summit of the Sisklyous, lust
November, would Do neiu jionuny.
Tim e.lulniant nf the car is Rose
Page, widow. Tho district attorney
and sheriff will conduct the sale as
part of tho confiscatory action
lnnmhed hv the state. The 88
quarts of liquor found In the wreck
ed car were cuimpeci iniu me oci
nt Jacksonville the first of the year.
CIRCULATE PETITION
FOR KIRK'S RELEASE
A petition la being circulated
among the business men of lvlam-
nth Falls to secure tho relnuso of
Clayton Kirk, now In Fort Leaveii'
worth, Kansas, serving Unto tor an
alleged bbotleg chaig. He has
served six months t tha sentence
to date.
According to past records' Kirk
was convicted on a churge ot In
traducing liquor on' the Indlnu res
orvatlon and when trial came up no
witnesses wore found and ho was
convicted an the testimony ot ,tho
government arid two girls who Inter
made affidavit to the effect that
their testimony was false. No liquor
was found' at any time In Kirk's car
or on hla possession. Ho is A man
of about 40 and well liked and re
spected in the community. Ho was
of Klnmath Indian doscsnt, ' ,
DEATHS
Sullivan Convicted;
He and Pate Ordered
To Prison
Two Reputed Ringleaders in Gambling
House Robbery Are Sentenced This
Morning by Judge Thomas --Taylor
to Receive Penalty Next Tuesday
"' . ; .''.' .: "'.4 i ;
; . '.'.'.':.'
Pete Sullivan, 30-year-old sheep herder must spend
the rest of his days within
i,i,'nM. .-tnuMA4. u:
icuiiai jr aa puiuoiiincnu xui ins
bnckson. A verdict of guilty of first degree '.murder,
with a recommendation of life imprisonment was ' re"
turned by the jury sitting in judgment on Sullivan to
the court at 3 :45 o'clock this morning. - - '
Sullivan was the actual
to John Taylor's confession,
substantiates the testimony
was Sullivan who carried the
.vhich was shot the bullet .which struck the table In front
of Erickson, richocheted upwards and struck Erickson in
the right breast, Taylor said.
RETURNING TO
I. W. W. Leader Who Fled
to Rusia U Reported
Ready to Give Self Up
CHICAGO, . EB. : .-14 .4-Federal
agents today investigated reports
that William Dudley (Big Bill)
Haywood, who fled to Russia In
1919 after he and 92 others were
given penitentiary "sentences for
obstructing the government in
prosecuting the war, bad returned
here so settle his affairs prepara
tory to giving himself up.
Officials of tho I. W. W. here
denied 'knowledge of his presence
as also did Wlliam Brass Lloyd,
wealthy communist, who paid the
government the $30,000 bonds be
had provided for Haywood: ?The
I. W.' W. headquarters said It would
not be surprised It Haywood ehbiild
appear before long." "- .
Haywood was 'reported to have
left Russia, where he had been an
agent for the soviet government, a
month ago. A sentence of 20 years
In the Leivcnwtorth federal peniten
tiary and a J10.0U0, fine were
given Haywood by Judge' K. M.
Landis in 1918.' He was Sent ' to
the prison but released In 1919 on
bond) provided by Lloyd pending
an appeal. Tho sentenco was up
held, but meanwhile Haywood hid
fled to Russia. ' ;
Wrestler, Fight - Promoter
and Others Injured .
There Early Today
13 END, Ore., Feb. 14. Three men
were injured, one seriously, when
their car turned turtle at 3 a. m. this
morning nonr the camp grounds
within the city limits.
Ed Uurdett, cook in a local
istauract, is the most seriously In
jured having aa Internal hemorr
hage ot the. chest, two broken ribs
and a fractured collar bone. Ho
will recover attending physicians report.-
- ' -
"Paddy" Ryan, locail wrestler Is
injured ill the back, his left hand is
cut acd right leg bruised. Matt
Magee has a fractured left foot.
Two other membsra of the party,
fflaldy" Noraker, driver cf the car
and Cue Dlmlt, local fight promoter,
escaped with ai scratch.
BITS XKWSPAPEH
UA GRANDE, Ore., Feb. 14
Frank B. Apploby, formerly a news
paper publisher of Washington
Iowa, has purchased a controlling
Interest in the La Grande Evening
Observer, the newspaper announced
todny Slato Senator Itruce DnnniR.
former editor and owner, retains a
nilnor. Intorcat,,,;.,,
BILL HAYWOOD
THIS COUNTRY
BEND MEN HURT
IN AUTO CRASH
For Life
the walls of the state" pefti-'
i 1 i r '..
jjctiu in uie inut uer ui .iactu,
slayer of Lnckson, according
and the verdict of the jury
of the state s witness. It
.32 caliber automatic from
-; , . 1 '
(sunran. unti w. a.- ioiiu ,riir,"
convic.ted .oa a first; degree murder :
i charge In connection with, the same
j crime,' were each Sentenced to Ufa
imprisonment In the .slate peniten
tiary 6r Judge C. M. Tbdmas.:
Nothing to Sr J " s '. t .
."Have you . anything to My. for. .
yourself?" Judge Thomas asked pat
as the convicted man stood' bafdr
the ten?h this- morning to receive
sentence. - t IX.
'.'Vfot a thing," Pate responded i
quickly. ' .- 1 i t- . ...
-"You stand 'before the court' to
rerAlVA ai?f Aiti .tTic& .lutein I fit .
hunfah'''flfe-i!-the. greatost of all
crimes'," judge Thomas sald.i. .;.
."Through your acts, In aiding and
abetting M the "Commission or t
crime ot robbery you are legally re
sponsible tor the acta of each vf '
your fellow conspirators. The Jury,
composed ot;12 Of the most hon
orable and highly, respected cituten
ot yoiur community, after giving you
an . Impartial . hearing, lhave ' found
you guilty ot murder. In 'the first
degree and recommend ' life Im
prisonment, i , , : '' - ',- ,
; Palo Is Scored . ;.
'I hive Investigated your career'.
in this community. Yon have toeta,
an active and energetic member ot
that despicable group In southern
Oregon, operating - In ' the field .or
bostlegglng and moonshlnlng toe
incubator of the crime of murder,'
and the preliminary ileld ot train
ing for outlaws and desperados., i -"It
was Inevitable that you should
become enmeshed In tho net of tba
law. Your capture and conviction
comes at a time when jrour criminal
career seemed crowned with com
plete success. Tho machinery. Of
the law may appear to bo .lax at
times, but its arms oxtend '.every-,
whore, at all times, and those Who
think they can outwit and dofest
the Uw should stop, meditate 'and
accept tho lesson that.! this "affair
teaches, viz: That It pays to live tti
pn.rt of a good American -clttaea,
which means, to-respect' and- obey
the laws of his country'. it
"You will be sentenced to) tha
penitentiary tor life. But In pass
ing sentence I take this occasion to
remark thit" whether or. not yott
will be granted leniency depends on
the mannor In valcli you conduct
yourself while In confinement.. In
due time the matter will come be
fore the stale parole board 'and lf
your conduct .justifies,.; I will .ex
plain the case In, detail to the. pi
role board with such recommondk
tion as I see fit., If, I say, yor
conduct 'Justifies leniency, I will so'
recommends. 1 trust that yon 'wll
not become embittered against so
ciety and will reorganise your "lira
In the penitentiary." ' ' ' ! r..
Sullivan .Sentenced ;. ' r
To Sullivan, Judge Thoma: mado
practically- the same statement. . u'
"Testimony brought out In this
case has brought but facts concern
ing your character-which I trust
you are not proud of.' However; I
hope you win remake your lib)
within the prlaon walla.- 1 aentencfr
you to life Imprisonment In - t&fcj
state penitentiary." ; - p,
lloth men . were self -contained
when receiving . their - sentonces.
neither had any statement to'makjnv
John . TayJor, whose ; arrest, and
suosequeiu conression cleared UP tnr
murder myatory which had puttied
authorltlea for aeven do!', will be
sentenced next Tuesday morning i
Judge A. L. Leavitt, before whoju:
he entered his plea ot guilty to
i. (Continued, on pog;e five; 'j