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Seventeenth Year No. 5472
CHILOQUIN MAN HELD FOR
Uncensored
Observations'
J.MXi:i FKI.I.FI
For leverat diiyn, Uneimsored Ob
orvatlons ha been devoid ot tho
Locond Kollnr, 1 for lack ot proper
' material for friend hiivo oomd to
fall oft ot Into and lliejr are alack
with their uwtllon.- However
; tliero li tho question ot tho day,
turning In tho mind of many a Frau
la tho city today, question that l
to burning that It miiHt burnt Into
print, If not into flam. The clock
ticked oft their customary minute
loat night, ticking them oft loo fnat
for eoroo. ,
TO-DAY'S QUESTION
"Where wero you Last Night?"
TO-DAY'S ANSWER
Harry Loucks I wan a man about
tons.
John Doyle Tripping the I'ghl
fantaatle, abaolutely.
Preeland Btaley (lotting ready to
o lo tho Culinary Hop!
C. H. Ksjowlfl Kooplng tho table
cloth long enough at the aide.
Dr. Harden Carter Where I
teat night? Agwnn! (i
: t . .
You ,wlll admit that Klamath
Fall boaati large number of
Irishmen, and that laet night wa
81,, Patrick' festival when everyone
' from . tho President of the Honk,
frolicked with the l.lttlo Hlgh-Schonl
Flapper. But putting two and two
together dooan't exootly eolre the
myetery Of the broken window thla
morning In Mara Barber ehop and
whether "It wai aome exhuberant
. Irishman coming home from an e
' peclally delightful party, or whether
It wat Juat t celebrant ot the even
ing;,' they haven't found out yet,
however the window apace wa na
bare a Harold Lloyd' glasses thla
morning when tho guardians of the
three chair came to work. ' .
- No lgn ot activity la apparent
arbund the ad-callod tennla court on
outh Rlvorlld. The tonn'i court
la still without ny backstop, any
net or any of the neceaaary mark
ing. According ' to roport, tho
park board ordered backetopa for
the tennla court many montha ago.
The ordor wta , to be handled
through' the vecretary. So far no
action on the order ha boon manl
fented. Thoro aomo talk about
tho town of a petition, requesting
that omotlilng be done about tho
mattor, but apparently the birth of
the Idea wa exceeded In spood only
Iby Jt doftth.
'" . Initoad of perching on a bridge
"over Loat River, "watching the cot
' fish roll by", or perching on tho
front aoat of an automobile and
watching', the terra, flrma roll by,
ome of tho boy around town nnvo
discovered auolhor ' way to whllo
away long Sunday until tho open
ing of fishing aeaeon.' Thla sport '
shooting ground squirrels, To duto
tho big game hunters huvo remained
tho "Farmer frlond." Howovor
there aro tboao who predict that a
tray bullot from omo big 44 will
connect with a fat purveyor ot milk.
In tho southerly portion ot her
anatomy, and from that time on tho
qulrrol shooter will be known by
a four word phrase 'of foreign do-
rlvatlon, unprintable dn ovon this
column. . ' , . .
CHICKS Ilt'HV TO DKATH ,
; SANTA 110SA, Cullf.,.Miirh
18, Thirty-two tlioiisund 1n1y
ohlcks woro' bUrnod to dentil
when the B. W. rttithorford
hatchery at Sohastopol, west of
here, went up In flnmof this
morning. Tho lose was osll-
mated, at ' $100,000, Tho
flame melted the main powor
line In Sobastopbl and loft tho
town In tlarknoM from four
otolook until- dawn. .
SUSPECTEDSincla
MURDERER
I
Bert Hill Arretted by Siski
you Sheriff After Search
of Many Month
EXPECT CONFESSION
Suspected Man Has Been
in Chiloquin Lately
Teeth Prove Undoing
(Kpcclnl to The Herald)
YREKA, Cal., March 18.
Trapping his quarry after
a chase from Weed to Tia
Juana, back again to Chilo
quin, Oregon, and thence to
Ashland, by means of the
man's TemarKaoiy smaii
and well regulated teeth,
Sheriff. A. S. Calkins or
Siskiyou county late last
night rushed . Bert Hill j
ncross the Oregon line from
Ashland to the county jail
here on the charge of mur
dering his benefactor, Fred
Smith, an elderly logger, at
a hotel at Weed, October
28, 1924. Hill was identified
by three reliable witnesses,
who saw him .with bmtih
the nieht that Smith was
strangled and robbed.
Calkins, with the tacit
consent of Chief of Police
McNabb of Ashland, who
arrested the man yesterday
morning as he stepped from
a Chiloquin stage, put Hill
in the sheriff's automobile
and before Hill had time to
expostulate he was on his
way back to the scene of
the crime without having
the opportunity to waive
extradition. Hill has not
been told . of . the charge
against him, being held in
communicado here, but a
confession is expected.
IliT RECEIVER
CHICAGO, March 18. Appllca
Hon for a rocclvorshlp for tho Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Taul railway
company was Pilot! In tho unltod
State district court toduy.
,Tho petition offered as u frlond
ly notion with ' tho company con
curring was' tiled In Wstvlet Judge
Jrtmo H, Wlkorson's court.
." Tho rocclvorshlp Is tho climax of
tho weeks and month of uncer
tainty markod by steady and heavy
donllno . of tho mnrkoX quotations
ot thi) roud's securities as to tho re
financing ot tho $48,000,000 ot
four por cent bonds dud next Juno.
Under tho recolvorshlp a drastic
reduction In ' tho Capital strtictliro
now oxooodlng $7000,000,000 Is
oxpoctod,! . , . i .
A
NAMED FOR
RAILWAY-
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1925
BRUTAL KILLING IN WEED LAST OCTOBER
tir Defense On
In Teapot
CHEYENNE, Wyo.,; March 18. Leadinfe the defense
into action in its side of the legal battle of Teapot Dome,
Martin W. Littleton, noted New York attorney, expressed
the "gratitude" of the Harry F. Sinclair interests today
at being in the quiet atmosphere of a federal court, after
having been hunted through the senatorial jungles and
pursued acroea the burning plains of presidentialpolitics.
He addressed his remarks to. Federal Judge T. Blake
Kennedy, who is presiding at the case in which the gov
ernment, seeks annulment of the Teapot lease on the
ground of a conspiracy between Sinclair and Albert
Fall, former secretary of the interior. Mr. Littleton then
launched into an explanation of the administration policy
in 1921 toward the leasing of the oil reserves and the
justification for such action.
Mr. Littleton said he would call "from the household
, of the palntifT' tiree wltneaaea to
LOSES FINGERS
IN PLANER AT
LAKEVIEW MILL
(Hixlnl to The Herald)
LAKEVIKW, Ore,, Match
18. I. A. (Anily) Vnder- .
wood, ptraildcnt of Uio fndfr
wood Lumber nnd Ho coin
IMUiy, 'auflercd tho loss of (ho
lltrro middle ringers or hU
left hand and the mutilation
ot hi thumb anil little ringer
whim til hand beranio caught
In the planer of hi mill yes
tcnlti) . .
Ttie Injureil man wa
rushed to the lkcview hwpl-
tal, whero ho w aa reported to
be proa.ialng favorably this
afternoon.
The men at Uio mill had
been OTcrutlng the pinner, but
lirtd shut oft tho power. In
(.oino way Underwood' glove
b.innie caught In the ma
chinery befoie tho power had
been completely shut off, wltli
the result Hint Ills baud wn
painfully mutilated. .
MRS. STRAHORN TO
BE BURIED FRIDAY
SPOKANE, WaS., March -18.
Tho funeral of Mrt. . Robo;t B.
Strahorn, who died Sunday tn San
Fr.inclsro, will Bo held In the First
I'resbytorlnn chureh of this pity
next Friday afternoon, It was an
nounced today.
Iter. Wm. J. Doono, president of
the College ot Idaho at Caldwell,
Idaho, friend ot the family, witl
officiate. Intormont wKl be made
hero. , ,
TWO OREGON LAND
OFFICES TO CLOSE
WASHINGTON, Mureli
Twoiily-elght loeiil land office were
abolliihvd In nn exccutlvo order
signed ycateidny by President t'onl-
lilge, tho Order being effective April
ito and brings to ill) tho number of
such office discontinued in the last
two months.
Doclliio in public land business , ty authorities on a charge of pos
wn given as tho reason for dls-se8slon o , 8tni, Wa arrestod In
contliiiinnco. Amoiut tho offices toBend thIg m0rnlng by Sheriff S. E.
bo closed aro ha Urnnilo anil Hums,
Oregon.
PALM BEACH HOTEL
IN MASS OF FLAMES
MIAMI, Fin., March 18. Tho
Kim-room Flagler hotel nt Palm
Ile'ach Is n nuiN of flames, accord
ing to telephone Information ' re
ceived by tlio manager of tho lloynl
Palm hotel hero this afternoon. Tho
telephone inessngo said tho flumes
wero vlslhto at Wext Palm llcuoh,
Tho hotel ontvrtnlna largo uuniber
of iieoplo prominent lit tho financial
and sovinl world,
Associated Press Leased Wire
Dome Case
dUprove the government charge
that the lease wa executed not In
the lntereat of the United State.
Theae, he aald. are Rear Admiral
rtoblnaon, chief of the nary bu-
rcsu of engineeriag; H. Foster
Bain, head of the bureau ot mines
and A. W. . Ambrose, . bureau of
mines technologist'
' Ha further declared after an In
vestigation of Lie dome by Bain' and
Ambrose ' early In 1921, a confer
ehco In Washington on their find
ings resulted In the determination
among government officials that the
oil In Teapot Dome mutt be made
available tor use ot the navy at
strategic points on - the Atlantic
coast. "
CHURCHILL SLATED
FOR PRESIDENCY OF
ASHLAND'S NORMAL
SALEM, Ore.. March 18. J. A.
Churchill, who for about 12 year
has been state superintendent ot
schools, is being mentioned promin
ently for the presidency of the state
normal school at Ashland when the
school Is revived under an act of the
1925 legislature. It la understood
the number of candidates will be
large . and that many applications
are already in the hands of the
regent.
OREGON OFFICIALS
TO ATTEND HEARING
OF RAILROAD CASE
SALOI. Ore, March IS. . H.
Corey and Edward Ostrander, mem
bors ot the Oregon Public Service
Commission, and W. P. Ell's and J.
I M. Devers, attorneys for the com
mission, will loave Friday , for
Washington, where they will appear
bofore tho Interstate Commerce
Commission In the central Oregon
railroad development case. .Repres
entatives ot tho central Oregon dis
trict will also attend the Washing
ton hearing.
MOOXSHIXKIt HELD
BEND, Ore., March 18. Joe
Poloi'. wanted by tho Marlon coun-
j noborts.
NAUGHTY 1 NAUGHTY!
' WA8HINQTON, March 18.
Presldont Coolldge had his
plcturo tnkon today with
Charles W, Bryan, the demO'
cratlo vice presidential can ill
date In last year's campaign
and hi brothor, William J.
, "The occnslon w.is a visit to
tho White House by delcgntes
to a meeting of the genoral
4 council of the iPresbyterlun
church, attended by the Bryan
brother.
Irrigation
District to
Be Started
i (flpcclol to Tim Flcrnld)
YREKA, Calif., March tH. Fol
lowing tlirro days of hectic test.',
mony for and against the creation of
tho Montague Irrigation district
whicb will embrace 22,000 acres or
arid land in the fihasta valley, the
board or rupervisora at a special
mnoirg hero yesterday gave the
rmtitloreni the rig'a to hold a spec-
it eteetlm on April 13. :
Three iHreccr at lprge. nn acee-
-er. a t colloeor and a treasurer
will he elected nnd the voters are
evpectrd to approve the cr-ation otf
ho district, which wilt cot th e-
tjmated airm or $t.2O0 00O. The
wroject will reou're a dam 70 fei
Mgh and a main canol 87 miles long.
"Lifer" Wanders
Away From "Pen";
Calls for Guard
. SALFMi. Ore., Marth IS. WhUe
hoeing Btrawbcrries in the state
prison garden yesterday. Abe
Eva-s, life term, who about a year
ago was saved from the gallows by
clemency cf the governor, wandered
away and 4ecsl.ne i)ost. . He weal lo
a farm house and, requested that the
farmer call up the warden acd have
seise one come after him. Evans
was sentenced .to be hanged for the
murder of James Doran. The crime
was committed near The Dalles
wb'le Evaaa, Doran and another
man were going from Bend to Mc
Mlcnvllle. FIRE SWEEPS T6KIO
Twenty Thousand People Mndc
Homeless By Huge Conflagra
tion Early Today
TOKIO, March 18.-Twenty Thous
ind persons were rendered homeless
when a major conflagration swept
Northwestern Toklo today destroy
ng 3.000 buildings and result ng in
n estimated . casuall'es. The tire
iras brought under control tonight.
Broken Arm Suffered
by Lakeview Resident
) (Special to Tho Herald)
UAKBVIEW, March 18. Mrs.
(!u-. Schlngol, wife ot the night
mirshal of Likevlew, , fell and
broke her arm Tuesday afternoon
while turning aer ankle on a ce
ment walk. Mrs. Schlagel had left
the house to visit with neighbors
when the accident occurred. She
probably sllppod in the gateway on
tlie damp pavement.
ELECTED SECRETARY
Enrl W. Murphy, Maihfleld Editor,
Take Over Chamber Of
Commerce. Work ,
- MAUSHFIELD, Oro..' March IS.
Earl W. .Murphy, former newspaper
man of Portland, who' recently re
signed as ed'tor of tho Southwestern
Oreson Dally News, has been' elected
executive secretary 'of the Marsh
field chamber ot commerce. He will
take office April 1. '' " "'' '
ARSONIST INDICTED
Chester O. lliielitel, Portland Mre
' .man, Held For Causliig
, Sixty-Six ntnffi
PORTLAND, Ore.. March 18.
Chester C. Buchtel, fireman who re
cently confessed to setting stxty-slx
tiros, was Indicted by the county
grand jury lata yesterday on two
counts chnrglng'arson.
John F. Logan, attorney tor Buch
tel, announced today that tho de
tense would shortly ask the court to
havo Buchtel examined by a commis
sion ot alienists.
'
Commissioner Short
Declares Law Being
: Violated by Company
Reports From Bend That Contract With
Duke Brothers Has Been Signed, Are
Denied Protests To Be Heard at
Hearing Saturday; Deschu'es Arou3e I ;
If the Central Oregon Stage company ha3 been col-,
'ecting tolls on the Klamath-Bend highway . they are ,
ioing it illegally and without permission. .
Such was the declaration last night of County Com
missioner Burrell Short, who denied reports from Bend
id the effect that the Klamath county court has already
igned a contract with the Duke brothers, giving their
stage line the right to charge
:ween the months of October 1 and June 1.
"The contract has not been signed,' and I believe' will
:ot be signed,", said Commissioner Short. ''If this stage
ompany is new collecting tolls it is doing it 'without
my authority." ;. ' ; ; - . ' " ' '
Because of protests received from Bend and Deschutes
county over the reputed injustice of the toll road plan of
the county court, a hearing will be held 'at the court house
' here next Saturday in order that
VETERANS SEEK ":
INSURANCE FOR
WAR INJURIES
PORTLAND, Ore., March
Tiinl of the first of eleven .
suits against the government
by World war veterans for
amounts alleged due oa back '
payments of war risk insur
ance began hero today in fed
eral court, the ease of C,
Clarence Likins being started.
Ho seeks $3104 back pay
ments, a disability rating In
tlio veterans' ' bureau, ; and.
$57.00 monthly for life, alleg
ing injuries prevented him
Trvm 'earning a livelihood. He
told of fighting, in the. Aigonno
in the Inst days of the war.
, V. G. Heanlslce, 1 Seattle,
national jndgc advocate cf iho
Disabled American Veterans
of tho World- War, nnd A. B. '
Green ot' Portland, are 'at-j
. torncys for tho veterans. L. A.
Lnwlor .of Washington, I, C.,
connected with the lesal de
partment of the veterans' bu
reau, - Is assisting : tho local
dibit let nttcniey'H office iu
fighting the case.
GLORIA COMING HOME
l llui Star nnd French Husband to
Sail for United States
Today From Havre
PARIS, March 18. l'.orla Swan
son, with ier husband, the , Mar
quis .Henri do la! Falaise, "left today
lor Havre. ' ' ?
The , film star was .clad in a' beige
three-piece droi of her own do
sign and- a brewn dyel ermine
cloak with a - gold euibioldered
beige cloche hat. Sho confided that
sha wsald certjlnly return to
Paris within a few months, '.'be
cause I have 90 many friends here,'"
She expects to spend nine or
ten daiys in Now York after arrival
and toon leave for tho Pacific
coast.
SAIU1KNT TAKES OKFICK
WASHINGTON, March IS. John
O. Sargent of Vermont look the
oath ot office today na attorney
general of the United State - v
XAJIK BK-Sl'ItMlTTKl)
WASHINGTON, March 18. Presl
dont Coolldge today re-submltted to
the senato the nomination ot Thomas
F. Wondlock of New York to be a
member ot Interstate commerce
commission, a
: Published DAily at "
KLAMATH FALLS ,
"An Empire Awakening"
PRICE FIVE CENTS
tolls over the highway be
i i complaints ; might bs beard. ' r By
reason-of the universal Indignation
wJich the proposal, has -ar:uaol, It
is understcod tat the tall roai b'n
will be dropped by he . Klamath
county court.
I BEND, Ore.; March 18. The
j Klamath county court fouad 'out
Mast Saiu.-da? that a toll raii could '
j not be maintained on a star route
'and notified Duke Brothers of the
jCectrwl Oregon Stage company U.
take down the UU gate), according:
to Information received th.s mo.n
ing by the Bend Commercial lub. '
The Information came from tao
Crescent committee, whiea hai
been working for tu elimination ot
the toll ' line and received:, the la'-,
formation dlrectj trout -KlamitV
Falls. ,'... u . :'"'' ?!jJ'.
Two star rcutos, a taall route ''tg.
Silver Like from Bend, and o.u .
from La Pine,.-,,t6.-, Crescent "lara .
routed over this road. Tho Bend'
Commercial club plans to ' oend ' .!,.
fln'Mntd In tho ihnnrinv ' on " IIim
road vh:ch has boe& sot for ' Si',-"
urday at Klamath FaiU.
IE FOR
DITREiiT.
nOSEBURO, Oregon March 18.
Judge J. YK ' Hamilton, late yesterr
dny handed dowd. a decision, tn favor
ct the guardian life Insurance com-'
puny In a suit to cancel lnsurancn
policies ot Roy A. IVAutremorft, ono
of the brothers scunht In connceilou
with the holdup pf a Southern PaC.
tic train and tho '.nurJer of -fonc
membors of tho crew at Slpklyou."
D'Autrcmont, prior, to thu.rrlmo
with whlbh he Is ebnrged, took. ont
five ' insurunco policies which thu
.. LM....I.I .-!. tn.. n,,ri,,l '
M''ss Dorothy M. Wlhorg, tormerlr
of this city, now of A)lmy, wuii
made boncftctitry In twd of the polir.,
clcs'to the amount of l'3,000. The
Insurance corapiry settled with Mies
Wlberg: for 8775 and; as Daautre
mont fnlled to answer the summons
his' case went "by default and the
pallo'es were cancelled a requested
by the company. ..' , - '
' '. .- r 1 '
f WA9HlNaTON, Mar. 18. George
L. Kveeck of Kansas wa nc.ninated
today .by President Coolldge to be
Minister to Paraguay, ,.;.
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