The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, March 20, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVlllVCI'xIl I.IIHMI7 ' Kiigi'iin, Oregon MttuB BUY 'AT HOME; LOCAL . MERCHANTS CAN GIVE ' YOU BETTER BARGAINS Published Dally at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" Associated Press Leased Wire Seventeenth Year No. 5474 ' KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH"20, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS Uncensorei Observations i Ona of Ilia first slrnot f Iff htn n tlia aouaon utiruclod 11 lingo crowd ob Main, atreot Inst nlRht, when two logger inveigled ench otiirr in a Km- wo"r r T". nor hour whvn muiiy of (ho box fur lory employe were hurrylnic bomu to. tlmlr dinner, llowovor thla did not hinder them. In. wulrhlng tho miniature Tom.ny Olbobna going around and around. According to old timer, tula wan tho bout lRn of spring Hint Klamath Falla hu aeon.' If tho quoatlon of standardizing tho narrow (mi go railway of h Nevada, California and Oregon rail- wat wm tuff nn 1A I'riHililnnL Mnrtin of tho company, there wotiM bo no doubt what tho outcoma would b. And thereby hangs a lalo; It wax n bright sunny Sunday and President Moran, Vlco-Prenldent McCarthy and their attorney woro' hopping It off to Iakevlw on a apc:'al speeder when tho apaader bounded off tho track. Heigh ho! . Nothing i In jured but their fiellr. A apodal ear wag dlspatrhed from Lakavlew to asalat tho president and hi aide-de-camp to get back on tho track. Yet through It all Proaldont Moron aweari that he la too abort of copl- tal to put the atandard gaugo back Why wait for aomo ono to tell you on the track and ho will continue to; to clean up. Remove tho cauae and aid atep off of tho track on hla way yju not only help youraolf. but alio from Alturaa headquarters to Lako-"your neighbor and the neighborhood vlow. Yal th prealdeiit should n which you live. Cloan the rub worry, be wag only out In thla eoun- blah out and keep It out. Tin can try for a bit of Wild West almoa- woa'l burn, but they aro a place for phero! W-ondor how he fell -when Uue-i and a breeder of dl.icaso. hla apeeder off? nroncho bumped h'm Ani again, another sign of Spring; for yaara and year tho talo run back and ao to begin at the bottom. For time Immemorial Fred' llounlon haa had tho reputation. tha rrplx de, guerre and tlin D. 8. M. tor barittln enln a itraw bat, tho .first JnattyOf Xhe aeaaon, tha flrat hat xit the aea aor, the flrat itraw bonnet to muko Ita appearand) on tho atreeta of Klamath Falla. Uut llouaton tu'uat rollnqulah hla belt for thla aenarin for Captain 0. C. Applr-gale haa won. out and worn the Initial atraw for tho aprlng of 19Jf. Whether he wlna moro than nolorloty la not known, but tha Captain la expocltng a little mora anyway. An artlat who haa been In hiding for yeara; that la 3. K. Franoy, atreot eommlaalonar who la under the gulao of an unromonllo city Job. With warm- aun and dry weather, Franoy waa out apllllng while paint on tho olty atreeta In the "No Parking" limit, and with a practiced hand awung a mean bruah to produce thoao lottore. Several trualona from the Jail wore also out slinging paint moat vigorously with rod linos com ing up beautifully under tholr gonlle tutelage. Next thing you know, Franoy will be glvott tho contract lo paint tho wliolo town, rod.- , CENTENNIAL PLANNED Vancouver I'raplo faiy I'lnnn 1'nr f'cli-lirtlii(r Ono HundrcdtH Annlvoninry Of Town .VANCOUV.En, Wnah., March SO. Preparations for a Conlennlnl celo bratlon hare July i to August 4; to commemorate tho founding of Fort Vancouver, In 1885 woro formally launched hero yesterday In a colubra tlon which Included breaking ground for a reproduction of tho old fort, a parado, and a banquet Inst n'glit at tended by more tban 400 men from nil parte of tho Pacific horthwost. Mns. .niouxKY mr ciiii-tv Wamnn la Krcod On Clinrjio Of MiUntatnlnff A Nulsnnro Mrs. Susan A. Crowlny was found not guilty In- Justice court this morn ing on a chargo of maintaining n nulsnncn following trial hotore n Jury. Jurors Itv the enso .woro l'or ry DoLap, Hoss Flnlcy, II. N. Moo, Dort Cook and J. C. lloylo. itoAnn to sockt Attontlnnro ! Wnrrimt KlortJon Of OfflcoM At M'itiir If tho nltondnnce of tho Federat ed Board la large enough nt tho mooting scheduled for tomorrow noon In tho ohambof of commerce rooms, officers tor tho onsulng your will 'be elected, according to thnsa Intorostod In the project today. Tho mooting will bo the regular session of the board with business dlnctis lion. : ". .' , iTRASH CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN W START SATURDAY - Advent of Spring Brings Fight Against Fire and Health Hazards With (lio offl'lal advent of gprlng tomorrow, tho 21t day. of March, Klro Chief Kellh K. Ambroio will Initiate a campaign toward t-io clan-Up of rubbish plloa, In the intvreal of butt or health of Ho communlly and to out down llio flro hazard to a minimum. Tho cam paign will bo conducted with tho hope that bualnasa men and prop orly oWnura will ciiopoiuta will the flro dvpirtmont. Citizens roaponslhlo f' . r"l,,b,", Pll -r olhor flro or health hazards will ha notified to motif condition on thnlr property nnd ' 0V0IU ,allura 10 11,1,0 Ulu Aarnlng, wll! ba eubjoct to prose- cullon under too city ordinances dealing with rubbish and trash. The flro chief mode tho following auggoitlon today -to property hold am In Klamath Falls: Mnko HuKUcntluoK ' "Cloaa up tho wlntar'a accumula tion of rubbish from vacant lota, uuder tao atalrs, In tho attic, undur Ilia bouse and out In tho back yard "City reguiatlona ' require that rubhlah remain no longer 4 bun ?U hnura or over night If In any biill.l- , Ing or on any preinlacs. I nsk t.io help and cooperation of evory nun. woman and child in tho city, be- cauae It la their welfare which-1$ at Make. Think" of Uiaki" "T-iiInk T flro rlaka. Jnit - g.vc them a araall nmount of attontlon and tha flrea In .thla locality will be cut to a minimum. Hutlatlra ahow that 80 per cent of all flrea aro duo to tho carotcm act of aomo peraon and tho flro record In. this city will ahow tho game In the majority of cases Many Freaks Reported as Result of Tornado in Southern Illinois WEST FRANKFORT, ills., Murch 20. Many wind freaks were report ed In- Wednesday's tornndo. Mur physboro tax rocclpts of Wednes day's 1ato wrro picked up at Fair- fluid. B0 miles northeast.' , A barber chair found In a fiold near hero wns a myatory as no bar ber shop was known to bavo been In tho stricken Wont Frankfort area, Presumably tho chair had boon transported through tha nlr from somo olhor town. A framo building of tha West Frankfort Wtttor Plant was loft standing untouched whllo largo trees on all sldos wore snapped off or torn up by tho roots. Hundreds of automobiles horo hud tholr tnpB blown off, were hurlod up sldo down, or virtually demolished. Most of a tin can dump was pick ed up from ono sldo of the West Frnnkfart-llontnn highway and transferred to the athor sldo. A grove of trees nonr horo re minded observers of tho family wash day 'because of tho articles of cloth ing strotchod on tho llmus. SEDAN OVERTURNED IN AUTO ACCIDENT EARLY LAST NIGHT A sedan driven by Roy Orom was turnod over lust night nt tho corner of Tenth and High streets about six o'clock whon struck by a touring car driven by Mrs. Sndlo Hartley ot tho Klamath Rooming Ijouho. Orom wns nccompanlod by hla wlfo and baby; Miss Maudo Wboelor wan In tho touring enr with Mrs. Hartley, who was driving north on Tenth whon sho collided with Oram's car, which wan traveling oast on. High at root. Nono of tho occupnnta of either car sufforod Injury othor than - minor hritlnRs and nervous shock. Orom and his family woro helped from tholr overturned car by bn ran dors who opened tho upper door (ft tho scdun. , ' . Oram's enr had lis fendom crum pled and tho framework ot tho top limit; Mrs. Ilnrtloy'R car was unhurt savo orumplod fenders, Square Deal Drug Store Is Defendant Miss Nellie Grant Charges Will AVood arid ; Employe Were Careless and Negligent in , Filling Prescription Claims She Was Made Seriously 111? Carelessness and neirlii?ence in filliner out a prescrip tion are charged against the Southern Oregon Drug com pany, owning the Square Deal drug store, Will Wood, active manager of the Square Deal drug store, and Harry Walker, a licensed pharmacist employed ' in the drug store, by Miss Nellie E. Grant in a damage suit against me drug company ior $iu,uuu ineu in circuit, cuuit, to day by her attorney, W. C. Van Emon, of this city. . Miss Grant claims damages for sickness and disability incurred from the alleged carelessness, which is claimed to have constituted an overdose of strychnine sulphate in CHEAPER LUMBER RATES WILL BE GIVEN LAKEVIEW (Hpcrlnl to Tho Hirald) LAKEVIfSW, Ore.. March 20. marling May 1 cheaper rates on box alicok will bo In effect between I-akevlew uud tho ljun Franc'aco Boy ; district, according to auuounceaiont made here thla week during the visit of President Moran of the Nev ada, Callfors'a and Eastern railway. The proposed new rates will bo ap proximately 7 centa higher than from 'Klamath Falls, but thla' will enablo the one box factory In Lake view to compote on a parity with the Klnmuth Falla fnclorlca because of the dlffcronca In tho c:st of pro duction. President Moran l'kowlae told Ukovlew bualnois men that Just as soon aa tha lumber traffic Juallf'cd It, hla railroad wouia cnarge irom a narrow gaugo to a standard road bed. - .". , ' - Sees His Automobile w ' Blown Away Survivor V Relates Experiences DB SOTO. III., March 20. Jesse fBOKoy or narcow was. je- turning to his home from St. Louis wlia his wife and txo small chil dren In an automobile whoo I Wednesday's tornado approached. Today ' he roiaiea nis auempi u seek shelter and described a fan tasy of the winds. Ho swung Into i garago ' to escape, rank or a!d, and ai be 'stepped from the auto mobile the roof of the garage waa whirled away. Next, ha asserted, hla car '' Uased into tho air and carried off with his wife and chil dren In It. He also waa lifted and blown five blocks, alighting unin jured on t"io Illnols Central rail road tracks. His wife and children later were found In a plowed field and thoy wero wnly , slightly In jured.' Ho added that tho last time ho saw his automobile U was still sailing through tho clouds. ' GRANDSTAND M'RXH VANCOUVER, B. C, Mnrch 20. Tho (grandstand ot Hastings Park, a horso raco track, wns destroyed here today y fire. ' PASSES AT PORTLAND, Ore., March 20. Muloolm A. Moody, 70, an ox-rcpros-ontntlva In oongress rrom the east ern Oregon .district, llod nt a hos pital horo Inst night. M'oody'a homo wns In Tha 'Dalles. Ho enmo to Portland, early lui November. A pioneer of The Dalles, Moody onco served as Mayor. Ha had largo property holdings In Wusoo county. Ha wns eloclod to congress in 1806, Tho Colllo canal was built largely through hla bfforis. H'a father, Z. F. Moody was govomor of Oregon from 1882 to 1888. Moody was horn In Linn county, nonr tho present town of Itrowns vlllo. In November, 1855. Tho fam ily niovod to Tho Dallas In 1862, whore Z. F. Moody ' orgnnlio.1 Tho Dalles City Ilnnk. Two brothers, Zonas A. Moody ot Ashland, Orogon, nnd Ralph Moody, nri Attorney ( at Washington, D. C. survlvst MALGDLM MOODY PORTLAND in $10,000 Suit a prescription sue nau imea out at the store at the bidding - of her physician. ' ' Miss Urant states In her complaint thut xin January 12 her payslclan proscribed a tor.lc In w'Jlch one of (he Ingredients Was one grain of jtrychnine sulphate, to serve as a stimulative tonic In Mo medicine. Instead of Incorporating In the medicine ono grain cf strychnine sulphate, as the prescription road, the dofandants Incorporated six grains, Ue complaint states. Lock of Kklll? "That the Uoienuauu, nod thoy or either of Uiem, exercbted - b-e aire and aklU couiaieOjU.lta ana requisite with . their profession aiorosaid," the complaint stales. "fiould have knewn and did know. that au-h large amount of strych nine sulphate as they placed In the said compound, rendered Ue sime Jilgaly poljonua and dangerous u human life, and should Lave con suited the prescribing physician b. Qre c:)mpounil,ng ald prescrptiou. d hattW nave dlrectea tbo al. tent.on of -this plaintiff to, and warned -ier of the excoalve aniouui of said poisonous valkeKId In said compound and of I's dangoroua and poisonous nature, but; the said de fendants, disregarding- the duty they owed .to. the plaintiff In that be.iait, carelessly and , negligently failed ao to do." ' Become Deathly m - ., . fnI,.,ri. ,iB fmn. out of the prescription-Miss Grant took, the medicine prescribed by J lelled wUh ft Tlo.enl trembling and'0' "Uastrous tornado recorded in painful macular twitching, con tractor and flexions, also a lock ing ct the - Jaws, - toother with nausea end sickness, the plaintiff sets forth. Not realizing the alleged poisonous content of the medicine, Miss Grant took another dose ot tho medicine later In the day and Im mediately suffered from violent convulsions and paroxysms, toe complaint states. Miss Oram's physician was Immediately called and strenuous efforta were made to savo :Uer life for one and ono half hours. It was aald. After under going careful treatment at a local hospital tor tour days, Miss Grant waa taken to her home and convalesced,- under tho care of a li censed -nurse and bor physician, it iwas stated. ' Woa Near Dcnth Miss Grant claims that from the effecta ot the alleged carelessness ot tho Square Deal drug store, that she would have died had It not been for ! quick and prompt attention ot her physician; that she has sustained lusting and damaging effects from the alleged ovtrdose ot Btrychnln sul- phato; and that she Is now so In capacitated that she Is unable to per form the duties of her beauty par lor business with her accustomed efficiency; and that from the effects of tha poison sho may ba forcod to dispose ot and abamlon her business. Miss Grant Is well known In this city, having at first been employed In a beauty parlor and later started a beauty parlor of her own, Sho Is bolng represontod by V. C. Van Emon,1 local attorney. ; EDITOR ADDRESSES ? ROTARIANS TODAY Sotting forth what ho believed to bo tho .function of a newspaper In a community, AV. H. Perkins, news editor ot The Evonlng Herald, nd drossod the Rotary club nt their noon luncheon In the chamber of com morco .today. TOo address was enlivened with humorous rofor- ences to Rotarlnnn, Including ' John AloCall, John lloylo, C. H. Under- wood. Del Kuykendall, W. O. Smith J.. A. Gordon, Charloa Martin, Ed Vnnnlco, Honry Moe, Glenn Kont and othor inuuiuurg ot tho clvlo club. BELIEF WORK IS UNDERWAY N Recapitulation of Losses in Lives and Property Now Being Made Reports at noon today show- 4 ed 815 dead. , Injuries to about 3,000. . . 4 Kentucky and Tennessee stricken areas virtually clean- 4 ed up. Burials being made 4 4 both states. Dead at Murphysboro, Ills., 4 climbing to previous estimates. 4 One hundred and seventy five known. ; . W'ost Frankfort, Ills., deaths increased lo 110. Deaths In 4 other, Illinois cities unchanged In numbers. 4 All bodies recovered at Princeton, Indiana, and most 4 of tbem at Owenavllle. Passable 4 4 roads mak'ng rescue and relief 4 work more exped'tlaus. Prop- erty loss Indiana towns eotl- 4 mated thVee to four million dol- 4 lars. 4 Devastated regions' turning 4 to plana and means of burying 4 their dead. Shortage of coffins 4 4 and facilities may canse croup 4 4 -burials. 4 4 Rel.'ef workers report better 4 4 progress In. car' eg for injured 4 4 and destitute. '4 4 All business In Murphysboro 4 4 suspended. Banks urged to 4 4 keep doors closed. .. 4 4 Estimated that more than 4 4 one third of the nearly 120 4 4 dead at Do Soto- Illinois, were 4 4 children under three years. 4 A violent snow storm frlngel 4 4 the tornado on the north when 4 4 It struck Wednesday. Weather 4 4 bnreau . predicts freeitn? or 4 4 above try. thwdevaoted regions 4 4 ton'ght.much colder. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 MURPHYSBORO, Ills., March 20. Southern Illinois presented a fun eral aspect today. With the cessation of first frenz ied efforts to relieve the suffering, to count the dead and to estimate damage yesterday that fallowed the this section, organized rel'ef work went forward quietly. West Frank fort's loss of life numbered approxi mately 125 dead with about 80 Identified. Benton, McLeansboro, Logan, Far- rlsh, Murphysboro and De Soto to day shared a common sorrow, each having suffered heavy losseB In the ranks ot Its citizens. Da Soto, perhaps, sustained the most tragic loss, It being estimated that one third ot lta dead were child ren under three years ot age. Sevan persons were killed, sixty mora or less seriously Injured, eight unaccounted for . and , 160 made homeloss In Bush, Illinois. The tale of tho heroic work ot rescue was only begun, visitors and relief workers from the outside world gazed upon a scene of appal- Ing destruction at Murphysboro. Virtually the entire northern section of the town,, the. Industrial center and the western section, the best residential district, lay In ruins. The banks of the Big Muddy Vlver are littered with debris. The streets of tho city, aro crowded with home less people' '" Plans for burial ot the dead were beUg completed, CAIRO, Ills., March 20. Ninety dead la the latest estimate of the casualties In and around Oorham by Wednesday's tornado aocording to a message received -by J. E. Luby, local agent ot tho Missouri-Pacific Tho school building was destroyed and the message Intimated, that many ot the dead were pupils. The town has been leveled and a tent city lias boon established to care tor the many Injured. . CAiR-BONDALE, Ills., March 20 Full realization o( the appaling ells aster which befell the circuit ot small cities and towns with a radius of 25 miles of this city dawned to day when, after another night of toil In durknoss to recover the in' Jured and doad, recapitulation of the disaster ot Wednesday's tornado showed the number of dead climbing steadily nbovo tho 500 mrak, with between 2,000 and 3,000 Injured and property loss nt 26,000,000. (Continued on Fogo Five) Net Tightens About Chiloquin Man Held For Slaying (Special to YREKA, CaL, March 20. sweating this afternoon failed to weaken Bert HilL held for the murder of Fred Smith at Weed October 28. but three finger prints taken from Hill and corresponding in every whorl and loop with those taken from the window of the murder room may be the link that will cost Hill his life on the gallows. Sheriff A. S. Calkins and peace at Weed and a finger print expert, took three f in ger prints on the window ledge across which Smith's murderer crawled to liberty after strangling the- aged logger to death and stealing his boots. These prints were brought into use today. Calkin,, who with Chief of follce George McNabb, arrested Hill at Ashland Tuest day, will leave tomorrow for Chiloquin to. check the dates given him by Hill of the hitter's movement; since the murder, with Hill's wife, from whom he is estranged and who is said to have recently sworn to information charging the suspect with non-support. , ' Hill admits that he passed his Way to Brawley October mission of the crime. ' Calkins, who trailed the move ments of the murderer through California, declares that the killer went to Tia Juana. Hill's dates vary just enough to give him a complete alibi, if he can prove them. lalkms declared today that Hill was the murderer be yond any doubt Hill has already been identified by three witnesses from Weed as the man who had been carous ing with Smith before the killing. . STATE HATGHERYlLIOUORPQIIR-n FOR SAL II TO RISE r ROSEBURO, Oregon, March 20. Ground Is being staked today for tha ' proposed new commercial salmon hatciery, -which the state ish commission proposes to locate on the North . Umpqua at ' Rock creek. When the North Umpqua UaU-hery was abindoned last year, the commission planned cn a hatchery at Winchester, expecting to put in a great show place, whl'h being on the Pacific hlg.iway wouid attract the attention ot tourists to, the fishing Industry. The hlgh'l water durlne the -winter, however, proved this location impractical, and and tha Rock Creek site has now been chosen.' The hatchery mill be located on Rock creek, with. toe racks across the main river. Fresh running water with, gravity flow, will be available for the hatching and eyeing troughs and tor the feeding pondj, the water being taken from Ro;k creek. It is planned by the com mission to expend about 215,000 the first year. on. buildings,' equip - ment and Improvements." The land Is being procured from Kendall brothers, who are leasing the stato the property for an In definite period. ... TAKF4 WAV lHl4ITlrtV . Miss Minnie Barnum Now Employed By Sheriff's Office Miss Minnie Barnum has resigned ' EUGENE YOUTH IS from her position at tho CaVtcrDiaSLIGHTLY INJURED nrnann Dntvar Anmnlina nnPanl ti ! position as ux collector m tne sncr- Ift's office. HOLLAND BACK Homo Builders' Organizer Returns To City On Husinr, James Holland, of Havre, Mon tana, organizer ot the Home builder movement In Klamath Falls returned to this city last night In order to spend several days here attending to business matters. .a LTOUUtll PARTY EXPECTED ShovUn-Ilixon Officials Will Arrive I Short Tlmo Arrival of n party of Shevlln-Hix-on officials to discuss final plans tor the erecton- ot a saw mill in Klamath Falls or Klamath county Is expected hourly by authorities. Mall has arrived for tha mill men at a local hotel and will bo hold there un til their arrival. Friend The Herald) J' Two hours of intensive J. P. Bradlev. iuatice of tha through Siskiyou county on 30, two days aftsr the com Evidence Against Couple . : Destroyed Last Fall, , State Announces Destruction of Intoxicating liquor . and a still, alleged to have been, the nrooertv ot Mr. and Mm. Ertrt'n Won. nan of Hot Springs 'Addition, Baved Mr. a:d Mrs. N'ocnan from prosecu tion by the state; Acting District Attorney W. P: Myers announced to- day-.- - V ' .'";'"'.' ' ' Mr- Noonan waa arrested last summer , .by Deputy Sheriff. : Lon 1 Burke on tho charge of possession ot . llqnor and a . still.. .. .Hor husband. wae not located at that time. Mrst Noonan was taken .to the poor .farm ,lu oe ,aepi. .mere id ouaLoay over night. During the night, according to Burke, she slipped away and was cot seen nor heard ot till yesterday afternoon when Burke, happening to elnrrA thrntiph tha ilnnr Af thn ahi.' tft's office perceived Mr.. -and 'Mr. Noonan procuring a temporary lie- ! ense- Burke stepped into the Sheriff's office, located the . warrant against tna c0"PIe and placed them under arrest. This unorn'ng It developed that the liquor and stilt had been destroyed last fall, and that hence i l"erw wa i'iubulb iu . could "9 Introduced against Mr, and "7 " ... . .,,,, ,,100una ; himself through tho fleshy purfy ot tho tlilirh T.. 1 UnnnrM Af HhimnA In :..", . uA i." .t I ; Th)) ,nfXMcM occurred ' ,,, w. Walker, . en 'route to Klamath Vails, from Kii- Rene, where they were anticipating 'work, woro alighting from tho rai On tho highway. The gun which Hl'Mwrrs was carrying accidentally ilinrhargeil,' the bullet pasting thru the thigh. His condition I not con sidered serious, however, nnd medic nl attention was given him linmedl 'ntely. , ; " . V' . ., ( . ' '"'" WJX8 TKNYIS MATCH BROOKLINE, Mass., March 20. Mrs. John B. Jessuo of Wilmington'; Dol., defending champion, reached tho finals of tho women national ; Indoor tonnl singles tournament at Chtmtnut Hill today by defeating Mlaa Mnrtha Bayard,