The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, April 27, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text, Unlvarsliji IMnnf I BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS ElKhteonth Year No. C500 pmrhTP imp a Von Hindenburg Named President In Sunday's Election Former Field Marshal Defeats Marx by Nearly One Million Votes to Take!1,0;-;, Of f ice Next Week ScriOUS IVIenClCC BERLIN, April 27. Field "f.t nnrak" .., r.i Lrn nn,yA,w.tn, fi-nm Vila Vinivin i,, 1, . . p 1 Hanover, has been successful muuciea into oince as me dent of Germany The 'first president, the late Friederich Eb'ert, was named bv the national assembly immediately after the 1 1. ir.i 1 revolution, which esiaoiisneu uie rt-puuiiv, uui von nui-jb(. denburg was chosen .by direct vote of the people running as the choice of the national-conservative, consisting of .....j:..,. tU .,;t,l ..i.rM Un nnnit.nsl 1J fiSU 90 U1C Ul UIC UllltCVI liuilt, IIV ivttnvu i-i,vw.,wi'w 1 46. 1 ,.t il, tl ,.1!,1 K.llt .ncf in VUlt'D, Ul . iO.O Vl ll'IIU Ul M1U luuil oim uuiium iuoi 111 yesterday's polling. He obtained a plurality of 886,759 over his principal opponent, former Chancellor Dr. Wil helm Marx, candidate of the republican bloc, who re ceived 13,752,640 votes. Ernst Thaelmann, the commun ist, trailed.-with 1,931,591. - i - - Run Neck and Neck , . . ' " The race was close from the start, the two chief can didates running neck and neck almost, until the official count. Dr. Marx, backed by the centrists, democrats and socialists, conducted a whirl-wind campaign on the American plan, delivering several scheduled addresses dully, as woll as spciklng from the. rir pisiform of his train when o?. caslon offered Von Hludonburg took little urlivo personal part In the flg'U and did not oven voto hluisclf. but Ills sup porters were busy everywhere wag ing a slrtmuoui campaign. His ,ii iit Importuut speech was de livered before a groil Kiilliorliu of iiallonullsts at Hanover. wh-Mi lie denied tltat he represunlcd .o.ictlon Or that Ills candidacy was mimical tj the republic. Abhor War His only oilier public utterance significant or final appeal, hr id cast by radio luH Krlduy tilisht, In which '.io snld: "I nfllrm botoiu the whola world that It has nlwuys burn madu my holiest endeavor lo pre vent new horrors of war and to help to tha utmost thu victims it pnsl wars. To 'servo our people as lendur will bo my policy." Tho women's volo and the heavy turnout of former stay-at-homes are believed to hove been rcspaiisl ble for hlB victory over such a Ma- coned political cniniulKiicr in Ir. JInrj. T.io latter, however, failed j to arouse mu.'h enthusliiHm In tho ranks of the so-called Weimar Cunlltlon. To Take Oath , The KulciialuK will roconvunn next Tut'Bday and Von . Hindenburg, If ho follow estahllshcd ciiiitoiii, will hava the repuhllcuii oath nil mrnlaturcd to him suna tlmu dur ing tho week by the soclullat roh-li-stag provident, Paul Loob, In the presence of a parliament hi w iljli ho probnhly h:is morn opponents than supporters, us tlio '.centrists, democrats, soolallsts mid' oommiin lsls cum mil nil 1177 Heals ukuiiiH only 818 'for the Tight dts. , (('oiitlmii'd On I'uhc Six) . r. ' ' FLIKUS IIOOKKI Washington, April 27,-Ma- Jor Frederick I- Mni'tln, first enmmnndor of the army world 4 filers expedition, mid first Lieutenants Lclu.h Wwilo and Leslie P. Arnold, members of that expedition, received todny 4 4 the first dlsllliKulshcd sorvlca medals over given fur military 4 service performed In llnio of 4 peace. . . t f ' , I If oi Germany Victory Declared tO-Future Pe&Ce!"llll0 a va"i"l, a,ll!mit ,0 prevent ' I nun NKimu iron, uenin uuuauu uig in bird roiorva which the Audubon Marshal Von Hindenburg'siwew, and w Kiams.i, P.n- 1 1 11 -ii 1 1 and next week he will be nrsc popuiariy eiecieu presi-1 11... 1.1:- it:., 111 MAYOR AND CHIEF HERD STRAY COWS IN SHIPP1NGTON Somebody's cows strayed this 'morning onto tho Kardens and Inwns of cansclentotis housewives In the Shlpplngton district. t'nsucccssful attempts to root tho offending bovlncs fsom tho strango pusturo which grows In Iho woll kept (tardon proved unuvjllliig, o a hurry up call was put In for pollco prolecllon. Mayor Fred 1. Cod.lard, Chief of Police Hurry M. Loocks' and City Patrolman Argraves Immediately responded. Ownership and respon sibility for the nuisance will bo de termined. The owners' of the animals aro unknown tJ fie authorities. TO WASHINGTON Secretary of Interior Tells of Trip Through the Western States WASHINGTON. April 27. -Soc, ro'lnry Work returned to his doali 4ndny aftur u mout'.i's Inspe'cllon of j western 'reclamation projects. In-, (linn lands nnd nutlonul parks, HU ciH'ltiJlons together with tho find ings of two special committees now surveying and re-appraising roili uinUcn proJjeclg' will form tho sub ject of n com pt'elicii live luport lo tho next congress. ' Tho rnclamatlou sit nation i)M seuled such a varluly of cjndltlons, Mi'. Work Bnld tndny, that 'ho hesi tated to speak In a gonoral way re girding It. ,Vluit remedliil stups are taken to aid settlers lo meet their con Blru.nlnn nhllgallons to tho gov oin in on t will, depend largulv on tho findings of his sommlsslous now In III,, 'tlelil, . ' i , WORK t lEtsttittg KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 9m FLOODING OF KLAMATH UKE TO T BE FOUGH Wool Growers' Association r j n 4 t j . t i On the ground that not to Meet Tuesday to Take guf f ;cient evince was Definite Action , avaiable to warrant proge. Aiinin thai iho flooding of io!cution, larceny charges lower Klamath ijko would mean n of from iooo.ooo lo 1000.000 to annual cash income or Kimn- tl. c:uuty. members of f.o mi, w crowpr' association in IIIUII llOVe advocated. Mombor of tho executive cim- m,M uf K,.WBW Woo, Grow- er' association win meet in the room of the Kliimath Irrigation district u discuss plain whereby they will Intervene In preventing tho land from being flooded. Mem- of SXCcutivo committee aro Dennis o co.mor, president, from Morriu road district; Michael P. lurry. Jamoj Laser and Nod 0 Connor, all from the Merrill cec- tlon. ' Klo.HlIng of the land,' according to A. M. Thomas, would mean to, Klamath 'county a lo.'s of 1600.000. j Last year, said Thantaa, . 50.000 ! head of .tlicicn were fed In that sec tion, and tiic flooding of the land,! particularly tho grazing area, would .KKiHTKIt MKKT8 XKL1IGK mean an Irreparablo loss. . The WASHIXOTOX, April 27. John in cot I'd k of the' executive committee n, Dunilcc, world's fcntlicrivclnlii Is planned for Tuesday afternoon, J a. m., May S, this being the regu lar meeting of tho association. HILT SWEPT BY L BLAZE I TU S Damage of $50,000 Caused TO ski. kit sitk by Blaze Which Burns j sai.km, re April 27. ;ov- Several Buildings inor l'lerer. Secretary of State Koer nnil Slato School Supcrinteiid- YIII-KA, (all.., April 27. For t liunhlll. immlK-rs of the the second (lino within a year. Hilt, I"'""' u' Will of OrcRon normal the most nortlieily town in full- j schools, left today for Aslilimd, rornln, was swept by Jinnies lute Sat- j "I'" " IwarU ,wlll arlwt -n site iirilny evenhiK. The old Hilt hotel, , fr the bulldliiR nt the Ashland Its nniiex, the lup:tal ucloiiKiitu: j "" inal school, the Fruit (inim-rs Supply roiiipiiuy, ! . an apartment house and tV IV W. TO KCTl'KX FUUITIVK Foster rcsldcneo were ronipletely j S.M.K.M, Ore., April 27. (iover destroyed nt an npproxliitiite loss of j nor JMcrcc has received a reitulsltlon .1(l,0(K). Slany of the employes of I from the governor of Michigan for i the company lost their enthi" pcr i sonnl effects. I Tlio fire stm-teil In the hotel from unknown causes anil rapidly swept throiiKh the flume structures, A feeble f leht. wns offered by n vol- uiiteer fire demirtmcnt. batllv handl. clipped by luck of equipment, mid tho flro prncllall'.t' exhausted Itself. No one was Injured hut the only put lent In tho hospital hnil a nar row escno from being, burned. T 1 Approval of tho stand taken by Iho association of county Judgoa and coinuilaslonei-s In fighting Iho'rofor ondum ngalnsl the so-culled bus and truck bill Is given ' by the stnto highway commission In resolutions tidoptod . In Portland, nccoidtng to word rocolved 'here today' by - the. county court. In the opinion of the highway commission the bill doei not levy a confiscatory foe, but does attempt lo distribute the burden ciullnbly among those who uso Uo hlghwnvs, and for that reason should not ho LI LI S ID RUCK BILL APPROVED do fen ted, - Associated Press Leased Wire j"Bud"Moe Freed; No ence against Bud" B. F. Moe, former manager - of the n. , .....a Klnm-jrinc tree inw.,., i dropped this afternoon. UlS- missal of the charges was made by justice or uie jp p p HnnaiIcr at the j '"".7: f 1 act- ing district attorney. The acting district at torney dropped the case fol lowing a conference today with Frank Cassidy, gen eral manager of the George Mann Interests, Moe's for mer employer. W. C. Van Emon, local attorney, was Moe's attorney. News Flashes rliati'pinn, was received today !)' I'mhlcnt Coolldue. The fighter had Just returned from a trip through Kuropc and lie assured Mr. Coolldgc or the Inttcr's popularity abroad. HKItK'S fiHl) NEWS WASHINGTON, April 27. An ln- j toxlrntcil iperson. If he so desires, i may lioomie sobt-r in about half an I lioor by the proor exercise of his i liuigN, Ir. Vaudell llcudcrson of j tile .Sheffield scientific school nt jVale told the National academy of ' science here t.Klay. the extriulltioii of lonunl Halt, alias John Skinner, an escape from the Michipiu leforniutory at lonln, nlio Is now under arrest nt Khun nth Falls. Hall was sent to the iMIilihsnn rcfoiinatory from Kalunia. I oo on five-year sentence for as- sniilt wltli Intent to rob. SHJ'.K MlUDUIl CLEWS CHH ACiO, April 047. Worklnvt nieniti-r clews authorities today hunted for the slayers of a !(! ! Jeiir-ohl tt'rl whoso liurned nnd j miitlluted body was found Inst night near Chesterton, lnd. , -HU"A;0, April 27. The un clothed body of n woman itlciitiriiil us Miss Marie MrCo'rmark, 4il, wits found In an npartinent In the llyilo I'lirk illstrlrl lodny. Tliomns Davis, n hotel clicf, who called the atten tion of Iho police to. the death, "lis held, for questioning. Kuv.ity bottles mill disorder In the apartment, the pollco wild, Indicated death may hnvo foddwed a moonshine revel. SHEPHERD TRIAL SET CIIIOAllO, April 27. WllliUm 1. Shepherd, charged with tho murder of William Nelson McOllntock, his fosttir son, from whom ho Inherited a $1,000,000 .estate, will be tried Mnv 18 before Judge Lynch, ' ,. ...... Witt 1925 :s; Heart Attack Is Fatal to Prominent Klamath Citizen . Apparently in the best of health this liloniliiK, William Hewall Slough, aged O.t and prominent rltizcu of Klu 111a Ih Falls, wns dead a 1 o'clock this afternoon following a sudden attack of heart trouble. The end tumo at the Klough home, J3I Washington street. Shortly ' lifter brcakfnM this morning Mr. Slough couipliilnrd to his nifc of nn annoying pain in Ills chest. He remarked at tho time that he would call on the doctor when he went down town Inter iu the morning. Went to lied While attending to other business 'lie called on a pbvslclan, who pre scribed . certain medicine. . After running a few errands be ret.irncd home, arriving a few, minutes be fore H o'clock. He again complained mildly 'of pains In his chest, and announced his Intention of going to bed for i the rest of the day. j Atlor undressing and goln to i bed, hljwifo askudjjim If ho didn't think it. would be a good Idea to call the doctor..' t . "No. I don't think so. I will bo all right in a short time, af'.or I get a little rest," Mr. Sloug'a re sponded. .Last Words Vttcrcd Those were fie last words he uttered. Ten minutes later Mrs. Slough asked him a question and he did not respond. Investigation dis closed that ho bad passed Into un consciousness. A physician was culled, but all attempts to revise him proved unavailing. Two hours Inter he died. Doctors pronounced cause of death as anglnapcstoras. an acute disease of the heart. Mr. Slough came to Klamath Falls in 1903, from tho Puget Sound country, w'.iero he and hi wife taught school. At one time he was principal cf the Klamath county high sc'.iojI. Later he entered the abstract business, with J. B. .Mason as a partner. The firm was known as tho Slough-Muson Abstract company. Pour health in 1911 led him to sell out his interest to Mr. Mason. , ltulh Slough llulldlug Since 1911 he had built thu Slough building en Main street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, and had been active la the real estate and Insurance business. Mr. Slough, since his arrival here, had been active In the Pres byterian church. At the time of Ills death ho was an elder of the church, Horn in Ohio Ho was horn In Pataskolu, O. He and his wife devoted tho greater part of their lives to teaching both public and prlvjto schools. They taught In Kansas and ulso !n Wn-jhlngton. I Funeral urrar.gcaicnts have been i deferred until word Is received from relatives. VISIT IN MKIH'OUI) Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard and daughter Mary and JIlss Louise Cat lur.zii, Miss Cecilia McMJlion and Miss Lornlno Lavenlk visited friends In Medford ovor Sunday. PKXALTIKS HKMITTHI) ' Opinion cf tho attorney gen- l oral received today by the Klamath ciuaty court holds tint the farm relief act passed at tho state legislature last aes- 4 sioit, makes It mandatory for O all county courts to annul all penalty and Interest charges on delinquent taxes (lint 'have not been paid for 1921, 1922 and 1923. II DIES SUDDENLY AT HOI TODAY Neighbors See Smoke ; And Call Department Just In Nick of Time Spontaneous Combustion Is Believed to Have Been Cause of Blaze Starting in Science Laborato ry Fi re Chief Ambrose Slightly Injured by Fall '" ' - . Fire, originating in the general science laboratory from spontaneous combustion, high Echool with complete destruction last night. The flames had burned their way through the second floor and from the first floor to the basement when the alarm was turned in to the fire department. In ten minutes, the fire was under control and in extinguished. -:- Total destruction of the avoided by Miss Betty Mueller, trained nurse, and her brother, Louis Mueller. The Mueller family reside on Third street, between High - and Washington.1 Miss ?vlueller, happening to glance out of the window at 11:15 o clock last night, thought, she saw smoke filtering-out ; rrr- , . ... . ' j' of- the. -school;-Sh' rMdr 'aer brother. LOGGER MAKES THREE EFFORTS TO KILL SELF SPOKANE. Wash., April 27. H. George Smith, a woods worker, aged 42, was recovering from three attempts to take his lite which were terminated when the chilly waters of a mill pond .here gave sudden birth In hU mind of a desire to live. Smith told police he had become despondent from drink and had de cided early yesterday to commit buI- J cide. He cut his throat, but still . lived, tnen siasnea his wrisis, oui . 1 .... .- a ,k fottnH Ihnt InnffecllVR. nnd then walked several blocks from his hotel to a mill pond and Jumped In. The cold water gave him a different notion and he seized a convenient log and called for help. " After an all night rest In Jail. ) his view upon life was reported ns considerably improved. , F III FIRE Youngsters Playing With Stumping Powder Bring Fatal Results ; OUKfiOX UTV, April 87. Four children were killed, one seriously injured and another received severe burns, the result of burning blurt. powder Saturday nt the fnrm of I 1. Kolsrhinski nbout 23 miles south of Molalhi. i Clare, aged 11, was buried yes terday and the bodies of Joe, 14, Carl, 9, and Paul, 5, are at an un dertakers hore where funeral ar rangements are pending. Wesson, ",! Is at the Oregon City hospital where his chances for rocovcry were said by his attendants today to bo fair. Frank, the sixth child of the Kolschlnskt family Is nt the family home. The children had been playing with a quantity of black powder which had been obtained for the purpose' of blasting. There was no explosion, the powder being loose In n larbe container. The Injuries of the children were from burns, phy sicians stated. ' 0 GHLDHEII IET DEATH I Published Dally at KLAMATH FALLS ; "An Empire Awakening" -" PRICE FIVE CENTS threatened Klamath County fifteen minutes, practically -,- , -v- , high school was probably I who. after a careful look, reported the matter to Keith K. Ambrose, fire c'llof.---''-''"-'---'"" -'i- '"- Damage $300 ' ' I Damage" of approximately $800 .was done to the building, was the report of Mr. Ambrose aad Deputy State Fire Marshal Will J. Lester, who thoroughly Investigated tho flro this morning. s The lasty person In the laboratory -was Harmon Chapman, a member of .tie., faculty. Mr. Chapman,.Kiri been working In the laboratory where acids, phosphorus and otli.n' chemicals were stored. Tho flip Is thought to hivo started frotn spjnj taneous combustion. In . an 'ofcil container of phosphorus. Investigation disclosed that.- tluS , , , . fro had probably, sijioldered an. hour ' : before It was discovered. A vcat. in I tho ceillns of the laboratory c,ir 'ried the flame's to tie second floor. First tire . . The fire was t'Je first In the high school. While tho laboratory could not be used today, the general sci ence class convened In an adjoining icom. - 1 . If the fire department had ar rived three or four ihlnufcs lutv . the flrd would have been vlrMnlfc' out of control, Chief Ambroso twifj. The fire had worked up lo"'l'.fat point where a general sprjud of tho flames was about to occur. Pitch was melting from beams and nbout ready to Ignite. : , . ) . Ambrose Injured Flro .Ci'ief.. Ambrose narrowly escaped serious Injury after the flro was extinguished. He slipped through tho hole burned Urough tho laboratory floor to tho'buio ment and only saved hlmaolf ,hy catching- onto th; floor ui' h fell. Ho Is suffering from minor vurs nnd bruises today.' "tV . . . . '- OIO IX , HMOS i i Klamath county has roiilltcd $916 from fine) fsr ' trifflc Violation! during the last three months, tlm county court announced, today. All tha money collectod for traffic, violations goes Into the county cof fers. R. E. Knowlcs Is tie cuny traffic orflcor. : ; 'A 'U1' 'ft MATtll AS IIOKPITALi'" " Anacortes, Waijlti, April 27; John Dnlloy got up before . daylight Sunday to go fishing.. He struck a match and peered Into the gasoline tank of b'.i' automobile. , He spent the day. In a hospital. Buffering frcrm badly burned hands and fa. Ho has no garage today cn his car Is n ruins, with nn In- surnnce. '.' i -1