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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1925)
BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Kiirhtoonth Your No. fiiil?? ID) T 4 P. JLL3 Convict Confesses to Murder at Sacramento Nearly Two Years Ago C. R. Moor, Serving: Time From Lane County, in Fit of Jealous Rage, Confesses to Brutal ' Slaying' and Implicates His Wife SALEM, Ore., May 5. Jealousy, inspired by the belief that his wife was running around the country and enjoy ing herself while he is confined to the state prison here, is believed by prison officials to be the motive behind the confession of C. R. Moor, convict, that he shot and killed Harry Brown of Sacramento, during an attempted high way robbery near Sacramento in September, 1923. Moor, the prkon authorities say, is insanely jealous of his wife and when she visited him at the prison kunform him that she would have to go to Portland to seek em ployment he flew into a rage and declared he would tell everything, inferring that she would find herself in pris on too. According to Moor's confession, his wife drove the car in which they escaped from the scene of the murder. . The confession was made Friday after Moor had been visited by his wife and the two had quarreled over the woman s declared intention work. Sua bocumo hyatarK-ul. Moor became vloluiit ,"J1 koU la bo likon littnre Ilia warden, ifo wti handcuffed anil In too warden's of fice signed a written coiifolan to tho Drown murder. Html Automobile Moor waa aont up from Eugeno latt March fur automobile theft after ho had boon extradited from Doover. Eugeno authorities placed lllllo credence In tho confession bo tMUio of a Ktatompnt Moor mndo to authorities tlioro that he had klllud a man In a holdup In Portland. : Tho tolr-grum received from Sac ramonto, however, appears to con ,flrm tho coiifojulon mndo hero Fri day. Wirden Dairymplo ban noti fied Sucramonlo uutltorltlcs that Moor -will bo lurnod over n them It they doirira. Tho .confeailou waft lined by both Moor und It la wltu. NlKUCtl Confession. The confcaalon atatos that Moor and hi wife drovo from Erie, I'a., to California, reaching Sacramento Boptomlicr 17, 1923 . Whllo nt tentptltig to holdup a man on Sep tember 23, ho killed tho man ' who proved to be Drown, says tho con fession. Moor believe a you tin .woman ' wa with Ilrown. Pursuit wns begun at once but berauii Mi.-. Moor had tho car In motion when tho shooting took placo. tho ouplo luado tholr escape Tho sliitomont says thoy drovo to Stockton and Frcnno, lator lived In Arliina and Texas nd enmo to Oregon In July, 1024, lntor going to Bottle,, Woir.il ehco and Yakima. Thoy returned lo Orogon and lived nenr Kugenn. After tho automobile theft nt Eugcno, Moor escaped to lawn, and whllo being roturnoil to Oregon from Clinton, Iowa, .attacked the duputy ahorlff who had him In cus tody with n molikoy wrench tinil fractured his akull. Ho filled lo escape. ' Information from C. S. Morioll, suporlntondont . of t'ho California atnta bureau ot Idontlflcutlon, slows Moor lias served In various prisons In tho lust, ton yours und has boon known by it ho names of It. C. Whlto, C, 11. Whllo, Muc.Mjoro and Clifford Holland Moaro. Ilocord show that lia lias dona tlmo tit tho Indiana reformatory, Folsom, San Quentln, Keno and Donvor, mU. ki.ino lines WASHINGTON, Mtly (5. Mrs. Carollno 'lloatly Kllng, slopmolhor ot tho . lato Mn. Plornnco Kllng Harding, (Hod suddenly today on n train while enroufo from Duylonn, Florida, to her homo In Columbus, era to go to Portland to seek WOMAN DEJECTED AS PRISON GATE OPENS FOR HER SALB.M. Oro., May E.Mm. C. A. Taton, axed Tillamook woman, ,vaa received nt tho stuto penltontlary last night -to begin serving tlmo for fnnnalaiighlor. Mrs. I'utoa wai con victed of cuualng (ho do uh of her atrnndduugliler by beating the child an acvcro'y with a strap t'a-it she died. Tho woman waa ;iim.;i de jected when rocelved at tho prison and had nothing to say. !lho was turned ovar lo tho matron of the prison and Is Imprisoned wHh tl ree other women aluto prisoners and eight federal femaln prliniic.-s that tiro now In tho .I'enltenl1.!-. NEW LAVA CAVE FOUND BY BOYS CLOSE TO BEND IllCN'l). Ore., May 5. A new lava cavern bollovod never to havo been vlnltod beforo by man wua discov ered Sunday by four Bend boys who woro soaking new openings In the Arnold Ico cave southeast of Ilend. Tho walla nro covered with Ice bends, according to tho boys who ex plored It for a mllo and n half. It Is thought to be a continuation ot tho Arnold cavo on another level. Members of tho party discovering tho now cava wcro Krvln McNonl, Wilbur Wnlklns and Kimor John son, who woro among thoso who two years ngo scaled Mount Wash ington. Lowls McN'oal, 12 yours old, wns tho fourth member ot tho party. , FORMER HEAD OF VANCOUVER BANK HELD FOR THEFT VANCOUVER, Wash., May B, O. Jorgon Olson, former president of ho Amorlcnn Security bank hero, who was arrestod yoslordny charged Svlt'h omboiMlomont of funds of tlio bunk,- was questioned In tho county Jail today by Sheriff Thompson ns lo tho dls'uppcnriiiico ot Liberty bonds totalling (2100 from , the Yneolt, WrhIi., bunk, which was robbed on tho night ot March 3, 102,'l. Olson wns president -of tho Yao.ilt bank until ho rotlgnod re- "ccntliy as .proHldont of M101 American Socitrlly bank. Tho shor Iff snid ho Mnn ttniiblo to obtain a sUlomoat roni Olson. KLAMATH FALLS, "BILL" JJUVDINE TO RIDE 5 Secretary of Agriculture Ac cepts "Dare" of Boy-', hood Chum MANDA.S', N. V.. May 5. Accept ing n "dare" of a boyhood chum, Wllllum "Hill" Jurdlno. secretary of agriculture hag been entered In the broncho riding event at tho third annual Mundan roundup to be held here July 2. 3 ond 4. , Mr. Jardlnn "will bo able in rldo as many bronchoes as you can lead beforo him." said F. M. Russell, as sistant secretary of agriculture, In letter to John M. Stephens, sup erintendent of. tho United States Northern (ireat Plains field station hore. A ltol liuulier "1)111" and John Stephens were both born at Malud City, Idaho, and grew up together. Iloth punched cows as youngsters and both de veloped reputations as "mean bomb res" with an "outlaw." Then "Bill" went over Into western Montana and punched cows for four years. Doth gravitated Into the scientific Ida of ngrlcultun and Stephens, prior to entering tho government service, served us assistant to Jar dine when the latter wns- head of din Idaho1 agricultural department. - When Stephens was In Washing ton recently he had a talk with his old pal, the new secretary of agri culture, who Informed him ot his In tended lour through tho west and his Intention lo visit the govern ment farm at Mandan. "Dolter cosne up at the time of the Mandan roundup and I'll get you a tough broncho to ride," sug gested Stephons. - "I will If I can mnko it," return ed Jardino. "I'll lot you know." "Bet you can't stick on an 'out law,' bet you pull lenthor," dnred Stephens. "Met I can still ride 'em straight up," was Jnrdlne's response. "Wo will try to accommodate him," said I. H. Connolly, general chairman ot tho citizens' committee which stages the rodeo annually. "He'll have plenty of opportunity to tacklo tough horses." ' STAGE ROBBERY BELIEVED WORK OF EX-CONVICTS NEVADA CITY. Cfll.. May 6. Two motl suspected ot being Floyd linlt and Joo Tanlco, escaped mur derers from San Quentln, this morn ing hold up a atngo belonging to Jack Muscntlnl, ncur Oranltovllle. 2Ii miles norihe.iHt ot here. They commnndoered the vehicle, turned It around and stnrtod in tho direc tion of this city. Posses woro sent Ant to intercept them. .The driver of tho stage was said I3 have Identified tho holdups as Tnnko nnd Hall, tor whom a posse set out yosterdny. WAR VET GIVEN HELPING HAND BY AMERICAN LEGION ' Once again tho local American legion post has como to tho front and through t lip efforts ot its ser vlco officer lias provided miedlcul aid to Walker Burow ot this city, a world war vol,, suffering from tuboroulosls. . Bnroiv Is leaving today for Port land whera ho will undergo medi cal examination at tho Veteran's Unrouit hospital. Barow, iinnhlo to tnko caro of himself nppculod to1 tho legion, Im mediate comimunlcation ot tho local laglon with tho Votornn's btironu In Porllnnd rosullod In tho latter pro viding funds tor Wiilkor to como to Poi'tlnnd, 1 RRDNC AUDI HOW Associated Press Leased Wire OREGON, TUESDAY," MAY 5, 1925 L BiMenefee May Rebuild Modoc Plant Portland . Lumberman Admits Considering a New Plant "It l uncitiilu but Dm mill v. ill piohnbly tin ri'bulll." This win llm NliKenient (riven to Ilia Associated Ims In I'ortlnnd to day by L. I. Menefec, owner of the Modoc I'lno company mill, VlUch wua coiiiplirtely destroyed yestcrdny Alft-rnoon by fire "It In Impossible: to give nn' de finite announcement yet," Mr. Mrac feo said. Originating from saw dual ignit ed by a hot box In the boiler room, tho Modoc mill caught tiro yester day at 4 p. m. and in a short time the plant waa a mass if flames. . Haines Spread So quirk did the tire spread that employes, who did not hear tho alarm jumped from the second story to a millwright's shed below. No serious injuries were reported as a result of tho fire. Loss wag estimated at $125,000, most bt which is said to have been covered by Insurance. When It became evident that the mill wua doomed, the employes of the mill aldeeljOy-'resldciits of Chilo quln, concentrated their efforts In preventing the fire from spreading to the dry kilns, the company office nnd the lumber yards. This was ac complished after strenuous effort, although 30,000 feet of lumber and fifty lumber buggies went up in flames. llloiv To Chlloquln Approximately 100 men were thrown out ot employment by the fire and the loss of the mill will be a serious blow, to the reservation town of Chiloquin, which has been booming, since the mill opened up this spring. Formerly owned by J. O. Goldth waitc, tho mill was taken over by the L. B. Menefce Lumber company, 'When, it is said, he failed to meet certain financial obligations to the Portland concern. Last year It did not operate but this year, under the gianagement of V. D. C. Beach ot Portland, the mill opened once more. , HURLING SPEAR STRIKES YOUTH WHILE AT PLAY YAKIMA, Wash., May 5. Clar enee J. Ilador, 14, Naches high school freshman, is In a Yakima hospital today with a fractured skull as a result of the track practice at Naches yesterday. Kader trying out for the sprints was struck by a Javelin, the point ot tho spear hit ting his head and fracturing the skull so soveroly that an operation was nocessary. The lad Is expected to recover but must spend ninny weeks In the hospital. The boy who threw tho Javelin is prostrntod over the affair. BIG LEAGUE SCORES National nt Vhllndelpliln R. H. E. New York .. 6 7 2 rhlladolphla 13 11 3 Baltorles Scott, Dean and Hart loy; Knight, Sonthworth and Hen Hue. American nt. New York H. II. 10. Philadelphia 4 0 1 Now York 8 IS 1 Batteries Grovos, Andrews, Stokes nnd Cochrane, Schnng; Pon nock nnd O'Neill. National nt Boston It. "if.- E. Brooklyn 6 10 1 Boston J. 1 0 Uattorlos Grlmoa ond Taylor; Dnrnos, Ryan, Kump nnd O'Noll. T7.T7 FORTY-FIVE TO SCHOOL COURSE Commencement Exercises Set for May 22 at Pine Tree Theater Forty-five students of the Klam ath County high school senior class will, on the evening of May 22, re ceive graduation diplomas, Princi pal ?J. O. Darling announced this afternoon. The list of candidates for gradua tion, announced by Mr.. Darling, Is based on the day to day work of the students and Is assuming that the students will pass their exam ination on May 18, 19 and 20, as easily as monthly testa throughout the year. Final Exams Senior students at the high school are working over time, between pre paring for final exams and attend ing to various social functions which will wind up their high school work. On May 14, the senior class play will be given and during the afternoon of the same day, senior class exercises will be held at the high school. , 7 .J rr Commencement exercises are set fur the evening ot May 22, In the Pino Tree theater. The v 1925 ETaddaUng ' class" ex ceeds last year'a class by 5, but Is in turn exceeded by tho 4923 graduat ing class ot 46. Graduating Class .. Following is the graduating class: Harold Batoman, Velma Flossie Brown, Vrnon R. Christy, Mae Cry stal, Fred Lawrence Goeller, Eliza beth Graham, Ed V. Grimm, Dehlla A. Hawkins, Florence Ellen Hector, Laura May Holllday, Bonlta W. Kee see, Hugh Kerwln, Alice Kos, Char les H. Mack, Marguerite Geraldlne Mars, Josephine Leslie Melssner, Anna S. Michaelson, Alice Louise Miller, Mary Gertrude Maak, Harry Molatore. Robert E. Murphy, Max-' well Ncwsom, Bethel A. Nixon, Oliver Rogers. Paynter, Harry E. P e 1 1 2, Wndell Prime, Thelma Short, Letha Slmmonds, .WUda Mae Slavens', Agnes Evelyn Sly, Gertrude It. Smigh, Wendell Bristow Smith, S. Gordon Smith, Ernest Dale Soule, Mildred Axora Taber, Wilfred Dixon, Virginia Ethel Tickle, Frank M'elvin Upp, Katherine Wblton, Dale F. West, Marion t. West, Frances West, Mary N. Whltelino, Audrey L. Yancey,-Ralph Edwin Turner. INFERNAL MACHINE SENT THROUGH MAIL SPOKANE. Wash., May 5. An Internal machine sent by express to Electa chapter. Eastern Star lodge, here from Los Angeles, Cat., was turned over to the police, who an nounced todwy that had It not tailed lo explode when -opened, It Would have been able to kill fifty persons. The cxpresi company's tag showed the sender as H. E. Colbert, 327 North Dillon street, Los Angeles. CATTLE MUNCH DYNAMITE; NOW THEY'RE DEAD MEDFOIU), Ore., May 5. E. B. Day, a rancher in the Sams valley district found four ot his best beet cattlo dead on the range a few days ago and reportod the matter to Stuto Veterinarian W. H. Lytlo of Salem,' who came down and after an autopsy declared the animals had been killed by eating dynamite. Tho wrappers on the dynnmlto with the milker's nnmo plainly visible wore found in the stomachs ot the dead cattlo. According to Mr. iLytle tho state will assist Jackson county officials In prosecuting tho ' guilty parlies responsible tor leaving dynamite loose on the cattle range, - , MP COMPLETE H GH 13S . so Northern Lines Show! Proposed Extensions Into This Territory Either Sprague River or West Side of Klamath Lake May Be Choice of Hill System4- , ,Work Would Cost $40,000 per Mile ; ; PORTLAND, Ore., May 5. The detailed route of the proposed extension of the Oregon Trunk from Bend 'to Klamath Falls is set forth in an application prepared for filing with the interstate commerce commission today, says a special dispatch from. Washington, r " ; ' . Cost of constructing the extension is placed at $40,000 a mile.- , ,,:; .r; -' , The plans, provide for a single line sixty miles from Bend to Skookum, . formerly known, 'as -OdelL At this point the line would branch off in two possible routes to ' Klamath Falls. The petition is quoted as follows : A line from Bend, Ore., southwesterly, following" gen-' erally up the Deschutes valley, a distance of j approxi-, mately 65 miles to the height of land or summit bet-ween 1 the Deschutes and Williamson., river, . .drainage ; then i southerly and southeasterly approximately forty miles to the summit between the Williamson river aid- the Sycan. river?: thence in a- southerly -direction 'approxi- - CLAIM AGENT IS INDICTED; CHECK RAISING CHARGED PORTLAND, Ore., May. 5. Ed ward It. Jovlln, claim agent tor the United Underwriters Automobile Insurance company was arrested era a secret indictment charging that he had altered a bank check. The exact charge Is that he gave a $25 check to C. A. Wells of Hood River, then cashed it, afterward raised it to $1525 and .Interpolated a release from oil further claims against the company over Wells' signature. Wells at the time was In a hos pital. His car had been struck by a Columbia stage which was pro tected by the Insurance company. Mrs. Wells and Merwin Wells, a son. have since received civil judgments tor M000 and $25,000. WIFE WHO THREW ACID AT HUBBY ' MUST GO TO PEN LOS ANOELES, May 5. One to fourteen years In San Quentln peni tentiary loomed ahead ot Mrs. Ber nlce Lundstrcm Day today as the result ot her conviction In superior court yesterday of throwing acid In to the face ot her husband. Darby Day, Jr., during a domestic quar rel In Beverly Hills last February Sontcnce will be pronounced Thurs day. Young Day, the son ot a Chicago capitalist, was not In court when the jury returned. Had be been there he would have seen his wife take the verdict without blinking an eyelash, without even a small display of emotion. Carlyn Lundstrom, who was tried with her sister as an accomplice In the acid throwing, was acquitted. UNITED STATES TO PROPOSE CHANGES IN ARMS TRAFFIC GENEVA, May : 6. The United States will have certain constructive suggestions to , offer tho interna tional conference tor control ot the traffic In arms, Representative Bur ton of Ohio told the conference to day. Ono ot tho most Important, ho said, concerned additional measures to deal with tho traffic In poison ous gases with tho hope ot reducing the barbarity ot modern warfare. . Published Dally at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" PRICE FIVE CENTS - f at-" mateiy . zt nuiej to tne aprague river; thence in ioutherV, south westerly and" wesferiy'" airs-lIon,ar proximately 43 miles 'to Klamath Falls. . .' . ,;; Klamath Lake ltpute ' ' - - Also a line connecting wlu the Aforementioned line noar the sum mit bet weea the Deschutes and tho Wlllamson river "drainage; thence southwesterly and ; Southerly.' fol lowing , generally down the Wil liamson river 56. miles to the rallej" -north of Upper Klamath lake;. -thence southwesterly1,' southerly and finally easterly, fallowing generally the west aide of upper Klamath lake to Klamath iFalls, 26 miles. i- "The applicant does not now. pro pose to Issue' any securities tor con structing the extensions,' the appli cation sets forth, "but will file separate , applications therefor, should occasion require. ; . . ' x, -"Applicant's outstanding shares of stock are owned by 8poksa4, . Portland and Seattle Railroad com pany (herein referred to as the' ft. P. and 8.) whose capital stock . fit turn is owned, one-half each, ' by Great Northern -Railway compahy and the Northern Pacific; Railway company (herein referred to as the Northern- lines). The Northern lines have Invested ' more than 1100,000,000 In the construction of the railroad ot the S. P. and S. and In the acquisition or construction of the railroads ot the tatter's sub sidiaries, Including the allroad of this applicant. ., : ". ' "The required funds for the construction ot .the. proposed ex tensions will he furnished by the Northern lines. The northern lines own (one-half each) about -98 per cent ot the capital . stock of tho Burlington. : The . Burlington ' owns 48.3 per cent ot the stock of h Colorado and Southern Railway company. The cost of construction Is estimated "at $40,000 a mile." . , PARIS RADICALS- ' STAGE WALK-OUT ' ON STREET CARS PARIS, May 5. Street car and automobile bus services wero atm pended today. In some sections' pf the city where the radical elements are strong, services everywhere were greatly crippled and . about one third of all the transportation ' em ployes ceased work In a strike. called as a result of the ;t.ponslon of aomo transportation employes for not working on May Day. t . . . Car barns and power houses woro guarded by troops and a policeman was stationed on ea.-h car tint op erated, " lil I-
