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"An Empire Awakening".
Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Year No.. 5519
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1925
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Same Old Story Repeats
Itself With Same Old
Forces Lined Up
A concrete wall, again Intervened
Inst night between the O. C. & 10.
railroad and their oxcluslvo railroad
crossing across Sixth street, a con
crete Htructu.ro personified by two
adamant councllmon supported by
a mayor who wlil exerclso Ills veto.
It was just an encore of the same
number, with slight variations In the
upper register. It. C. Grpesbeck, at
torney for the Strahom lines, ap
peared before, tho council to' dsk
passage of a resolution to cross
Sixth street with certain modifica
tions which he specified as follows:
That the O. C. & 10. bo given 120
days to grant certain property, to
the city; that tho railroad , be
.granted the same, time' to begin
tonstructlon of its tracks."
. - Hume riot.
The same old forces fell into line,
facing each other. Councilihon 13, H,
Balsigor, C. E. Stuokcy and Charles
I. Roberts, helped along by the at
torn oy for tho railroad, sponsored
the cause of the O. C. &. 10. railroad..
Councllmon Merle West and Fred
Cofer,, the only two councllmon who
have served the city previous to last
January, aided by Mayor Goddard
took up au offensive defensive
against the O. C. & E.
"Just a, camouflage,'' was Mr,
West's verbal disposal of the mat
ter. "We. have told Mr-. Strahotn
time and again tnat he can have
the crossing permit with common
user Included." .
. ' Grocsbcik Mutters
To which ..MrwGrbesbe.ck1 muttered
.'"aloud -soindtnlng to; the :effect that
Hades could ho frozen . for!,, iOOO
' ;ears .bofcro the 6. C. & E. 'would
permit tommon user on the lino In
' question.. . . ' . i . 1
No compromise or agreement In
the offing, tho council voted on .she
ersolution with the Uual result.
Cbuncllmenl Stuckey. Roberts and
Balslger favoring the resolution, and
(Councllmon West and Cofer oppos-
Ing. Mayor Coddard indicated last
night that the resolution would
meet the same fntn sm tlio rea-i.
lutlori favoring the crossing,, which
was passed April 13 by tha council.
HnVAH'a 1i.n,ull....
' The bickering , on the resolution
was primarily dofonslve us far as
West, Cofer and Goddard were con-
corned. But the mayor led tho of
fensive against tho Strahorn line,
when In ti written communication
ho strongly recommended that the
city attorney write to the Interstate
commorcb commission nsklng that
some assurance bo given that the
city's 300,000 coulty. In tho rail
road bo protoctod In case of a trans
fer of the railroad.
Councllmen West and Cofoi-.TIn
particular, seemed, to favor. the
propostlon. It would not do any
harm to write the Interstate Com
merce 'commission and ask what
could be done to protect the cit;-,
they held.: ' ' ' ,
. " Roberts Disproves
Councilman. Roberts showed his
disapproval when he sourly snapped
at Mayor, Ooddard: . " ,
"What assurance have we t'jut
the railroad is going to be sold.".
(Continued 011 l'age Six)
Air Mail Pilot Has
In Effort to
CHEYENNE.' Wvo.. -May
;,peifaftcl mail has a counterpart in Pilot Frank R. Yager
of the1 air mail service. 1
.Leaving Omaha early yesterday morning with a 'cargo
,-of mail,1 Yager. found the fog so dense he was unable to
see. He-made a forced landing in a small tield in Ne
braska. In a short time the fog lifted and he took, off
again, only to be forced down a second time. . -Yager
made five forced landings in this manner in the
course of 100 miles, he reported here, the fifth being at
Archer, Wyo. There, determined to get ahead in spite
of the fog, he decided to taxi his way across the wide
open spaces. But even .the wide open spaces have oc
casional fences, and the air mail pilot began to encounter
them, but on hurdling the, seventh e .began to tire of it.
; He' then waited for the first streak, of dawn and then took
the a5r for a'!thag'e';'alTiving herpat eight oclockiin the'
. -'..:.ij.,.i-.i .yAunfi-rVr ;' . . . ,,vi!iri'n'''Xi:r:' 'J1'1
Jail Sentience
Given Klamath
County Woman
PORTLAND, Ore, Slay 12. Mrs.
Zclla Jr. Hough v.f Klamath Falls
pleaded guilty hi ft-dci-al court to.
day tu a charge of using the mails
to defraud anil mis sentenced to 1)0
(lays in. jail. Ilir husband, who was
arrested on' the same thai-fee, was
freed when the federal grand jury
returned it nut true bill against
him. The two-year-old baby girl
which Mrs. Hough bruught with her
to Portland when arrested, has been
glared In the' Waveiiy Haby home
hole pniuliiig the ill-other's release.
The rlim-go against. Mrs. Hough
was based oil two alleged worthless
checks, aggregating less tliiin $100
willed were sent to 11 Poitlaud .mail
order horse for orders, incliidin;
licuschold goods, auto parts and
soap. The (hecks got. back tu the
mall order house before the goods
were delivered.
DAIRYMEN TO FIGHT
ANY RATE INCREASE
SALEM, Ore, May 12. Freight
rules on shipments of dairy produce
will bo the question at Issue at a
hearing before Interstate Commerce
Commission officials In Portland
today. , Oregon dairy produce ship
pers will -be represented by the
public service commission. An ef
fort is afoot to Increase the rates..
The move, It is said, was precipitat
ed by shippers cast of Salt Lake
who want uniform rates in the west
ern states. At present the rates
are lower on tho coast than farther
east.
DR. F. M. TROUT TO
ADDRESS KIWANIANS
Some v stralght-from-the-shouidoi-facta,
about .what the: .people. pt liar
Hn anil Merrill think of the present
railroad situation and the 'Strahoi-n
of torts to bottle up the city will
be given mombers of the Kiwanls
club Thursday noon by Dr. F. M.
Trout of Mtilln.
One of the leading boosterj of
the valley, Dr. Trout yesterday con
sented to address the Kiwanians,
ani wIU Prent the vleW3 f tho
IPle of .that section In a forceful
mannor-
NOTES APPROVED
. PARIS, May
cabinet today
12. Tho French
unanimously ap-
Proved Foreign Minister Drland's
two notes, one replying to the Gor
man 'offer of a security - pact and
tho other laying down tho require
ments for Gorman disarmament be
fore Cologno shall he evacuated.
SKKKS MISSING HON'
Wallace W. Vernon, who,
dropped out 'of sight shortly
after the war, 1s being sought
by his mother, who lives at
Ramsey, Ohio. The mother
has writton to offlceis of the
Moose lodge In Klamath
iFalls, asking their aid In lo-
eating the missing son. The
young man- was reported ' to
have come to Klamath county
after he was. discharged from
the army, .but his mother has
not hoard from him for sev-
eral years. Any information
will be gladly received either
by the mother or by local of-
fleers of the Moose lodge.'
'.
Weird Trip
Keep His Schedule
.12. Kipling's hero of the
FURTHER GHARGEiTflashes
ADA Id MVU VM 1
MADE PUBLIC
.j
New York Nurse Worked
With Undertakers to
Fleece Parents
XKW YORK, May 12. Investi
gators of the career of Mrs. Helen
Auf.vu.stc. GelseiwVulk, under arrest
fee alUse-.t baby substitution at her
lillby fai'ill, were lohl today that
she woiiu-d , Willi undertakers to
fleece tin; parents of children who
died -while J in her care, Assistant
District Attorney Ryan . announced.
Mrs. Margaret Toohey of the
Drcnx, whose 18-month-old child,
Agnes, was one of the 23 children
who (lied during the past 11 months
after having been placed with Mrs.
Geisen-Volk, told Ryan of the latest
phase of the investigation. She -said
that the woman had' induced her to
pay $60 for a grave purchased from
Jacob Heerllch, an undertaker who
had his place of business near the
baby farm. 60c later learned that
her baby had been interred in Mrs.
Geisen-Volk's private burial plot In
St. Michaels cemotcry where many
other little victims of the baby farm
have been buried, Ryan said.
Ryan is seeking a supreme court
order for the exhumation of tho
Tc-ohey child's body, for several
witnesses have' testified that Mrs.
Geisen-Volk banged the infants'
head against a wall when the child
annoyed her with Its cries the
night before its death.-
ICQ.
BUYS PROPERTY
Site at Sixth and Klamath
Sold by A. B. Epperson
for $16,500
A record was set for values on
Klamath avenuo yesterday, when
the lot at the southeast corner- of
Sixth and Klamath avenue, now
occupied by the service station of
the Union Oil company of Califor
nia, was sold to that corporation by
A. R. Epperson for ?16,G00, making
a price of $310 per front Oaot on
Klamath avenuo.
The negotiations for the pur
chase pi' this pioco of property have
been under way for several months.
Two. years ago tho lease for the ser
vice station was taken by the Union
Oil company, and soon thereafter II.
decided that it would prefer to own
the property outright, but there was
some difficulty in reaching an 1111
dorBtandliig as to tho price to be
paid. . '
Tho property was bought by Mr.
Upperson about flvo years ago from
D. A. Lamm, for a fraction of what
It was sold for.
ELKS WILL MEET
TOMORROW NIGHT
Exalted Ruler Charlton ,S. Currln
announced today that the weekly
session of the Elks' lodge will lie
hold tomorrow nisht, Wednesday,
May J 3, instead of Tnursday, due to
the opening . of Western Nights
Thursday:. There will' be Important
business to transact.
Authority for the change in the
dates of lodge t'nis week was given
by District Deputy 'P. A. Young of
Albany.
RUSSIA NOT PRESENT
GENEVA, May 12. Russia re
fused to attend the present arms
conference giving as the reason that
Us purpose amounted to interfer
ence in- domestic1 affairs.
-
; ' Collier Chosen President
A.M. Collier, representative
from this district at the last
.session of tlio legislature, was
cxerclspd , Its prerogative of
the Klamath County Chamber
-of Commerce for the ensuing
year by unanimous vote of the
hoard of director;. E. M. Bubb,
cashier of the American Na-
tlonal bank, was chosen vice
president. The board In. elect-
. Ing W. O. Smith as trensuror
exorcised Its porogatlve of
chasing a man for this office
who wa.S Hot a director tjf the
chamber.:-' 111
KIL1.S IIUHI5AXD
COEUR D'ALEXE, Idaho,
12. A charge of fii-st .degree
May
niiii'-
der was filed today against Mrs.
Jt. J. Miles, who has confessed to
dynamiting a shark in the rear of
her home- here In which her hus
band was asleep Sunday night. Sliyos
died sooh"iifteiward.
' ARMY OFFICER DIBS
WASHINGTON, May 12. Major
Cieneral Arthur Murray, retired, for
mer coniJiiaiidei' of the western department-,
died at his home here to
day' after a iolonged illness. He
entered the 111-1113- from Missouri in
1870 and retired 011 account of age
in 1015. ; I: ...
REWARD SIONEV PAIR
PqRTLAXU, Ore'., May 12. The
$100 reward offered jointly by
Chief of Fuller Jenkins and t hief
Inspector. John T. Sluore for cap
ture of "Inch mid a Quaiter Jimmy"
was today paid to J. 1". Padden, who
friiin his darkened window the night
of April 10 saw Alexander Ger
lach's effort to jimmy his way into
a near-by house.
HELD FOR MURDER
vixmoil. tin.. 'May 12. Sirs.
(ircen Bowman, whose husband
1
was killed by Ouy Thurmond last
fall, was placed in jail here today,
charged with ' baring shot and
killed-Thurmond. Sirs. Bowman, ac
cording to uiforniation . given' of-v
ficials, met Tliuriiioiid 011" the'iiiainj
street of Staham today ' and de$
maudod the return of'a pistol, which
she said the luan liady
DAVIS JURY THOSKV
TOI'EKA,: Kans., Slay 12. The
jury that will try Jonathan SI.
Davis, - former governor -of .Kansas,
on' charges of .seeking a bribe, was
completed and. mvorn liv-iodnjv: : -41
,; CHICACfO, ' May 12 Sliss Isn
bella Pope, fiance of the late Vi'il
11am X. SIcClliif ocb, orphan mil
latlier, Win.' D. Shepherd, Is charged
lionaii'c, for whose death his foster
with murder by tj;;ihoid inoculation,
today was on Iiei- way to Chicago
today to .testify in the trial of
Shepherd, set for next Slonday.
FORFEITS HEAVY BAIL "
.PORTLAND, Ore.,, Slay 12. Cap.
tain K. V. Swank, British Columbia
murine!-, today '. forfeited $7500
bonds under which he was at lib
erty 011 a charge of being Implicated
with an alleged 111111 r111111in.tr gang,
five members of which went m trial
here today in federal court.' They
were arrested at Warrentoii, Ore.,
July 24, 11)21. Two gasoline sea
going craft, 175 cases of liquor aiid
a truck were seized at the time of
the arrests.
START CLEARING
ROAD TO GRATER
Chief Ranger of National
Park Obtains Horses at '
Fort Klamath Today
Openlng, of the Crater Lake road
wll start tomorrow, according to
Pete Oard, chief ranger ' of the
Crater Lake National park, who
spent the day in . Klamath Fall3.
Oard came d:vn as far as Fort
Klnmath to arrange for the horses
that will take the snow plows up to
Crater lake to make the Initial
clearing of the road.
Through telegraphic communica
tions this morning'Oard learned thai
moro than 12 feet of snow sur
rounded the l4.1se and snow began
falling again tills morning after a
cesatlon of more than two weeks.
According to Oard, the lodge Is
preparing for tho biggest . tourist
season In- the history of Crater
Lake park. Publicity sent out
through various mediums has her
alded the beauty of Crater Lake as
novel- before and the lodge Is ex
pecting 50 per cent Increase over
the number of tourists both In the
lodge i .Itself and i:i the camp
grounds.
Cofcnel C. G. Thomson, who has
spent the past few weeks inspoctluii
the Crater Lake park land, was ex
pected to arrive In the city late
this afternoon on his way to his
homo. In Sledford." . Headquarters " ol
the ,p,avk. are also In-Mo(lf6l-d."C61.'
Thomson i.. Is .superintendent !'" Of
Crater Lake hatluiial Jmrk, i"";'
MFLEBII
SCURRYING FOR
ST
Blockade Off Atlantic Is
. Causing Liquor Carriers
to Change Plans
. NEW YORK, May 12. With a
business that has approached $40,
000,000 a year, smashed by the dr;
navy's blockade;- whiskdy ships flee
ing the .'.Atlantis seaboard are be
ginning to ' offer their cargoes In
foreign ports at - bargain rates.
Meanwhile an effort Is being made
to pour into tho United. States via
the Pacific coast. Five 10,000 ton
vessels flying British and Belgian
flags and stocked with well assorted
cargoes are 40 miles off Saa Diego,
Calif. 1
Their presence has been reported
by the coast guard cutter Tamaora
and officers of tho cutter are quoted
as saying that the- boats of customers-
of the rum fleet are too speedy
for the dry navy there, as at present
equipped to overtake.
Presumably tho coast guard' will
extend Its activities to prevent the
thirst of Californian3 being 1 satis
fled in an Illegal manner. When
there were indications that the rum
fleet was heading south to seek
customers' from Baltimore . and
Washington the dry navy promptly
met. the situation1. Mlxtest advices
say. that 26- coast guar craft are
maintaining a Xig'obloekade off the
ivirgima capes, tne; ary navy naving
been doubled ElnceJ the biockade gff
New England, Nev York and JJew
Jersey began a' week ago todays
OGTORSMEET;
Interesting' Medical Papers
Read by Portland Phy
sicians at Banquet
Meeting with .13 Klamath Falls
physicians, a number of Portland
and Eugeno doctors gathered in the
White Pelican hotel last night for
a banquet and meeting which prov
ed to be one of the most interest
ing held lii Klamath Falls among
medical men. ',
Dr. Fredorick Strieker; secretary
of the State Board of Health Bpoke
on the work of the .public health
commission. Frank S. Ward follow
ed with an address -on the work
of the State Medical, Society and
the Public Health league. Ward is
executive secretary of the Oregon
State Modlcal association. ;
On tno "Treatment of Cranial
Injuries" Dr. George A. Cathey of
Portland spoke. Another Interest
ing paper road was the "Correla
tion of the Roentgen end Clinical
Findings of . the Diseases of the
Lungs.'.' ; Dr. F. E. Diemer of Port
land stressed the X-Ray findings of
the work and Dr. Mattice discussed
the clinical ond of the subject.
Among the covers laid for tho
dinner for out of town doctors were
Dr, . Frederick Strieker, Dr. F. E.
Diemer, Dr. George A. Ciithey, all
of Portlunil, Dr. L. Bogan of Eu
gene, Dr. Charles T. Early of Port
land, Dr. R. H. Early of ' Portland
Dr. Mattice, and Frank S. Ward
also, of Portland.
TO APDRI'SH PA RSI Kits .
SALEM, Ore., .May 12. Govern
or Pierco will leave today for Bend
where' tomorrow he will address
the chamber of commerco at a meet
ing of fnrmers in the afternoon. He
will also Inspect the Tuinnlo pro-
(ieot. Ho will be accompanied by
William S. Levens, state prohibition
commissioner. .'' '
Accident on High Street
' W. "L. Flnley, driving, a
Bulek touring car, and Charle3
Gasklll, driving a Dodge car,
crashed Into each othar on the
intersection of Tenth and High
streets nt 2:30 this afternoon,
P with Flnley's car getting the
worst of It. Front tenders of
Flnley's car were crushed and
front wheels wore broken, (las-
kill claimed that , ho struck
Flnley's car . while trying t;
avoid- hitting a -small , child
tliat had run Into the', middle
of the si.i'eet-. A -v
..
PCI
0
ire Cop Will
Patrol Forests
During Summer
Thousands of camp fires that will
burn in - the forests, of Klamnth
uriug the .summer months, nil! be
lieeked by u United States Eores-
y Fire Prevention officer, tvhd is
scheduled to arrive here on Slay 15,
he opening of fire season, Duncan
McClcan, connected with the Klam-
lli Forest :! Protective Association
uiioiiiieed yesterday.
The officer 'who. will take charge
f this work Is Charles Unlcum of
Portland. It -is a new position
rented by tho forestry department
as a result of the heavy fires that
prevailed, not only in Kluinath but
timbered sections throughout
Oregon last summer. . . ; ; . :
Sir. Unieuni will patrol the, for-
sts of Klamath. He. will enforce
tin law with regard to care of camp
fires, careless throwing of matches,
cigarettes and the like. ' Any of
fender of the forest, laws will be
-anked up before proper authori
ties and fined according to statute.
In connection with the opening
of fire season, Sir. SIcClean men
tioned several, "shall nots" for the
benefit of logging operators: ;
1. Hum slashings or brush dur
ing the period Slay 15 to . October
without first having secured n
permit from a state fire warden."
(See. I).)
i. Iturn slash dining period Slay
to October 1 without first cut
ting all : snags over S3 fect In
height for a distance of 250 feet In
ward from the outside edge of
slash area. (Sec. 21.) . - ;
!l. Permit fires,, in flieh-Uvo
logging operations or on their cW'V"...'. ihi In the formules which had
over lands wDlcli nuvc not oeen
burned in coinpllnnce with the sea
sonal requirements of the law. . :;
SPRAGUE MERCHANT.
,., .P'JRCIIASSGVTIMBEK
A timber 'claim, owned by. Jef
ferson , Riddle, Klamath .Indian, of
"aina, Was purchased yesterday by
B. E. Wolford for the exceptionally
low price of approximately $1.85 a
thousand board feet. The tract con
tained 1,100,000 feet, according to
the deed, and lies fairly close to the
O. C. & E. railroad. It Is located
just two miles northwest of Yainax.
The purchase price was approxi
mately $2000. The description . of
the timber discloses, that it. lies in
section 12 of township 36, south
range 10 east.
Mr. Wolford is a merchant, for
merly of Sprague, but now or
Sprague River. -' ', "
EUXD FLAX GIVEN
PARIS, May 12. Finance Min
ister Caillaux announced today that
the Dawes plan annuities that re
vert to France must be used for
.the completion of the reconstruc
tion of the devastated regions anl
for the amortization of interallied I
debts, under s-ome form to be de
termined later. Caillaux made the
statement to the finance committee ;
of the chamber in outlining his
financial plans. . . ':
SIANY AUTOS SHIPPED
LONDON,- May 12. Amerlcnn
made automobiles are being ship
ped to Great Hritlun nt the rate of
a thousand a day as the result of
Chancellor Churchill's threat to ad
vance tho date for the Imposition of
the McKenna duties, which placed
a tax of 33 per cent on foreign enrs
or parts, retroactive. '
Railroad Employes
Heavy Steam to Hide Big Thefts
7- ;::,'4(:j,., ''i'K'
' BOSTON, May 12. Under" cover of clouds of. steam
purposely released from a locomotive in the south station
here, between $20,000 and" $25,000 worth of American
Railway Express company shipments have been stolen
by a group of railway employes in the last three months,
it became known last night on the arrest of three railway
employes.. ' '.
Light more men, including an engineer, are, expected
to be taken into custody tomorrow. '
Police said the thefts were made from baggage trucks
on the station platforms. The trucks to be looted were
drawn along the' platform and .as they, reached .a .point
opposite a certain locomotive :,0'.engineer. ai'iQ.wwd elouds
of' steam to 'esckpe' from' the cylinders.""' 'Under covcii'of .
this screen, packages containing furs and valuable cloth
ing were removed. . . ,
HINDENBURG
TD
DEPUTES
CH
Impressive Service as Field
Marshal Becomes Presi- '
dent of Germany -
P.ERM.V, Slay 12. Field Slur
sluil Von Hiudenburg was inaug
urated President of Germany, to--day.
;- '.-;,v.,'.
Except for a brief shower of pro
test from ' the communists, the in
auguration was carried out accord
ing to schedule, the field marshal
being sworn Into: office by Reich
stag president Paul. Locbc before a
crowded house.
The oath taken by the president'
was as follows:-'.'
r "In the name of the Almighty, ,
all knowing , God, I swear to de
vote all my energies to the welfare
of the German people, to increase
tholr . prosperity, to protect them
from Injury, to preserve the con
stitution and laws of the common
wealth, to perform my duties con
scientiously and to deal justlywltn
all." To this he: added tho rellg-:.
lous affirmation "so help me God," -.
thereby setting a new precedent for
German presidents. : ;
Cooperation Urged r -Ilerp
Loebe had addressed the
flold marshal briefly expressing the
hope", that . during his administra
tion the reconstruction of Germany
which bad been begun under Presi
dent" Ebert . would be continued as
!.;!. i, ithe .0ijey of mutual under-
been successfully initiated so that
the terrible consequencies of, the
war would gradually be removed. -. '
Jn acknowledging Herr Loebe's
greetings, President Hindenburg re-'.Wr-3l
;9a9)4Jf!j!-. "i?ti .vuiiablisiftu-'
constitution of August 11'' 1919"
adding:. , ''.The Reichstag and Reich
president , belong together as both
are elected" by f direct "vote of the .
people." '-.'.' '
To Unite People
The president's voice as he rep-.
lied to Herr Loebe was firm and
resonant. He said he had solemn
ly, on his word as a man, taken
the oath .of the constitution and he .
once again affirmed that he would ;
practically, devote shimsei; to tho .
task of uniting the. German people.
The . ceremony . concluded, with
President Loebe calling for three
cheers for the German republic.
These the deputies gave enthusias
tically, rising from their seats. .
After the' conclusion of the program-
In the Reichstag, Prosldont
Hindenburg left 'the chamber ac
companied by all the eabinet minis
ters. Then in the presence of a
large crowd outside the Reichstag
building he took a salute from, a -regiment,
bf Relehwehr whllo the
crowd chanted "Deutschland, Uber :
Ales." "'"'' ' ''
After reviewing the regiment of
Relehwehr President Von Hinden
burg re-entered his motor car, and
accompanied by Chancellor Luther,
rode to the executive 'mansion be
tween two squadrons of cavalry, j
TO 1SIPROVE ROAD
i Improvement of the Rock Creek ,
road where It passes through the
Crater National forest will be proj
ected by V)ie United States:' forest
sorvlce this summer, according to a
communication received this noon
by the chamber of commerce board
of directors from Forest Rangor
E. J.. Rogers. The sections of road,
that are particularly hazardous to
tourist traffic will be improved, Sir.
Rogers wrote. '"' -, , .-. ;
Use Screen of ,
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