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"An Empire Awakening"
Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Year Number 6531
KLAMATH FALLS, OREO ON, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1025
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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JOHNNIE O'SHEA TO BE TR
CHARGE OF
Acquitted in Scandi
navian Hall Murder
Case in February
Johnnie O'Shea, well
known sheep operator who
was acquitted last Febru
ary on a charge of first de
gree murder in connection
with the killing of Oscar!
Erickson on the morning of
January 4, in the basement
of the Scandinavian Hall,
will be tried next month on
the charge of robbery ac
cording to persistent reports
around the county court
house. ' ' , ... ' ...
'According to well authen
ticated information, the dis
trict attorney's office is
making preliminary prepar
ation toward gathering of
evidence on which to prose
cute the charge. O'Shea is
still in this country it is
known. His sheep interests,
however, keep him on the
ranges of Klamath and Lake
counties for the most part.
Taj Idi- To Testify
When O'Hhcn wiih Indicted by I ho
grand Jury cm the first degree mur
der charge. (Iiu Jury also returned
mi Indictment nurtliiHt him (or rub
bery. Acqulttod of tho murder
rhurKu, thu robbery Indlclmuiit Hi 111
held. Tho robbery Indictment In III
connection with tint sumo alleged
erlniu committed In thu basement of
tho Scandinavian hull, Preliminary
arrangements have been mndu with
tho warden of tho stulo n Itt'lil lury
to release at lensl John Tuylor to
testify ngnlnst O'Sheii on behalf of
tho mule.
. John Taylor was arrested In tho
Applognto country two weeks nftor
tho hniliil nuiriler of Oscar Krlck
Mon. After several duyn of k r 1 1 1 1 n K
Iiu confessed to hnvlim taken pnrl In
tho Scandinavian hull hold-up and
murder nnd Implicated four other.
4 John O'HIiou, Poto Kulllvun, 81m
I'ntu nnd Pete Mneyok.
O'Shea, Bulllvun nnd l'uto were
arrested und tried. Hiilllvun, mitt
Pain worn convicted nnd sentenced
to lifo Imprisonment In tho pmilton-
, tlnry. O'Shea wim iiriiultled nfter n
sensational trial.
John Tnylnr plondod guilty to
wnusluughUir nnd was snntoncud tha
limit by .Indue A. h. l.onvllt, fltteen
ycurii In tlin ponlttmlliiry.
ROBBERY
ND
iVogrant Cow Starts Disastrous
iiu'' Fire In Mexican Settlement Of
-Small" Town Near Bisbee, Arizona
. Ilisnni1). ArUonii, May 2(1. Work
of rebuilding Its dwellings of tin
, fncod many Inhabitants of .Tlntown,
' n Mexican colony nonr hero today
nil linen lino of the unties of n vng
rnnt cow who wrought havoc to tho
vlllngn In uiniilullng thn bovlno ot
Ohlcngo flru fiimii,
Thu Tlntown (lonringriitloii llko
tho disastrous Chicago flro, la siip-
posed to Imvo nlnr'tod yesterday
' 'linii a cow wandered Into tho klt-
' - ,,.!( C O C 1 . ...
Survey Board
Sees District .
at First Hand
Inspection of Smaller
Projects in Western
Klamath Today
With Klamath Knowing to Its' best
iidvuntuKo, the lluiird of Survey nnd
Adjustment wan today escorted
lluuugh euslerii Klnmuth on thu
sucoiid day of KCinir.il Inspection of
HJVernineiil ruclumutlun projects In
Kluinath. 1
Tomurrow morning, llm flrl
hunting of tho survey board will
alien at 9 o'clock In Hid circuit court
rooms i f t'lu county court house.
Thu muullcr districts will b-j
heard Hint. II In understand (bat
they will a.ik for n postponement of
ejl)lk:it'3n vf tho second notice
f,r pjyniciil uf cuiiiitriKllnn caurges.
N.;t until the second ncilce l pub
lllu,d jro tiny obllg.tl t'u pay.
Then will liilnu thu Title lake
homesteaders, who will make their
supremo effort uKiilnsl tho $90 uu
acre construction charges on Tule
luko land. .
l.uiil but ii Jl least, will coum the
Klamath Irrigation district, with 1be
cIiiIiiih of IIIcK il iigsrundliiuinoiil ul
their wilier poly-orb thi Cullfurnln
Oirgon ' Power company,. Thl will
be I lie Buprcmo effort of tha dlilrlct
t recover what It claims is right
fully Its own.
The offlelul piirlx yesterday .left
Kl.uiiath Kall.H und druvo directly
to tho Lower Lost Itiver diversion
dim, two miles below Morrill; then
buck to Malln nnd directly to tho
t'lenr l.uko (lu in1, then bark to .Miilln
whero luncheon wiih nerved nnd the
Malln chiiciio factory waa Inspected:
tiien anuth from Malln acrosa the
atutu line und west through tho Tulo
luko homestead hind. Then across
tho lowor Klamnth l.uko marsh and
then back tJ Kluinath Kails, whore
tho party Inspected ldnk Hlvr
"Power C'unyan."
During tho trip, M. II, Lnpham,
uf thu United .States department
collected aoverul specimens uf 80 11,
particularly In tho lower Klnmuth
l.uko l.ind.
Kx-tlovernor C'umphell und other
members of t'ln board, expressed
thuiuselvea ua itreutly Impressed
with thu Klamath Irrigation dis
trict nnd thu Tulo Luke luiida.
lloorgo M. Crutiher, head of bu
reau of economics of thu depart
ment of the InturlcT will arrive lu
Klnmuth Kails next mouth' to. con
duct u comprehensive and fur rcndi
lug Investigation of land settlement
problems mf tho government reclam
ation projects in Klamnth. Mr.
C.unphell mild, llo will nlso Inves
tlgnta' thu lower Kluniiith I.uku
couutry with tho view of nscertaln
Ing whether or not It would bu ud
vlsnblo to crent rortaln suctions ot
the lowor Kliimii'th I.nka country
Into a bird reserve.
I'UiKO.NH HACK
HKATTIiK. May lit!, -l'lgeons ot
thu Hunt tin pigeon elub racing hero
from I'endlelon, Oregon Sunduy nv
crugnd close to 27 ',i miles tin hour.
chen of n honso and kicked over an
oil lamp. Thoro bolng no flru
fighting equipment In .tho Vlllngo,
ono entlro block wna razed. Tho
'ilninago amounted to $15.
Tlntown In Inhabited solely by
Mexicans ot the poorer class, who
have built their homes from tin cans,
parts of junked automobiles and
anything nlsn that could ho tacltod
or glued to railroad lies that form
I ho fra tun work, .
in urn
in
H I
AMUNDSEN PARTY
Anxiety Increases as no Re
port is Received From
Polar Expedition
RELIEF IS ORGANIZED
Want Explorers Offer Ser
vices to go in Search of
Missing Men
'
At 2:30 P. M. New York day-
lluhl saving time no word had
boon received from the Amund-
ttttii-KIUworlh flying expedition
to tho north polo. The cxplur-
era hupped off in two flying
limits from SpitzcnbcriU'n on
Thursday afternoon. President
('oolldgo Is considering the pes-
nihility of sending an American
relief expedition. .
Some Arctic experts began
today to express anxiety but
generally expressing n nolo of
optimism regarding tho' futu of
tho party was maintained. II. 4
K. Pcrrin. secretary of the
Hoyul Aoro club of fJroul Ilrlt-
uin voiced confidence tho party
will como through safely.
Weather reports from the far
north were less fuvornblo to-
day. .
OSLO, Norway. Mny ail. (A. P.)
.1 lursMigc received here by Ilie
Shipping; (iiiu'lto from Kpit.bfr;cit
said the riloivr Amundsen bud
not returned from his North Pole
flight tills morning. Wenllier condi
tions vciv less favorable, It vens re
ported. '
LONDON. May 2C A.P.) fn
crenslng unxlely wns felt hero to
day regarding v tho fnto of- . the
Aimindsen-Kllsworth flying expedi
tion to tho North Polo.
Optimism continued to prevail in
many quarters und some felt thnt
the luck of news from him merely
Indicated that bo waiting fuvornblo
weather conditions for his return
to Spitsbergen.
AniVt.v Increases
Nevertheless the general feeling
was less confident nnd more fears
were felt thut some mishap had
left Amundsen und his companions
without the use of their flying
bouts somewhere In the vast
stretches of Ice In tlul polar basin.
Tho anxiety was Increased by re
ports from Spitsbergen this morn
(CoiitliiucU On Page Night)
A
America has thoughtfully and rightfully set aside a day on which the
living may offer reverent tribute to her warrior dead. As one of the pat
, riotic institutions of our land, Memorial Day has been designated by
state and nation as a day on which the fires of patriotism shall burn a
. little brighter; when memories of those who have fought and died for the ,
, land we love shall live again in the hearts and minds of a thankful people. '
vxi By virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Klam-i
, , ath Falls, I hereby urge and beseech the people of this city to give thought
' "ful and patriotic observance of the day; to join hands with the nation in
this annual memorial to those who have made the supreme sacrifice for
our national honor, our institutions and our homes.
I especially urge that all merchants close their places of business at
' least until the hour of 1 p. m. on Saturday, May 30, that artisan and
' laborer alike may participate in the memorial which a grateful , people
will so gladly offer upon the altar of their patriotic devotion.
'" . Done under my hand this 26th day of May, 1926. ' : , .
' - FRED R. G ODD ARD,
' . Mayor of the City of Klamath .Falls.
Murphy's Death
Laid to Way by
Coroner's , Jury
1 -
Manning and Stone to
Face Each Other
. ; at Trial
! , W AV A( ( I SKI)
Kruiik Way stood net-used uf the
murder of Tim Murphy In it ver
dict of tile coroner's Jury lute tills
afternoon. The Jurors round Unit
Murpliy came to Ills death from a
fractured skull Inrllcled by Way
(luring a fight.
Mix men, composing a coroner's
jury, were listening this iiflernoou
to the different (ulcs of the tragic
ilealh of Timothy Murphy, promin
ent sheep ojH'rutor of Klunmth, nutl
upon llielr declsliui will lint wlmt
chnrge If any will be preferrtrtl
ngninst I'riiuk Way, who fought
.Murphy, in (he Devil's (Jnnlcn coun
try shortly before .Murphy relapsed
Into unconsciousness from tlic ef
fects of u friictureil skull.
.The coroner's Jury Is composed of
James H. Drlscoll, Charles Johnson, j
I.. K. Crawford, L. U. llongland. Hoy
Ourbln nif( S. E, Sullivan.';.' The in-)
Miiest wmi Ix'lng held in the ehnpel
of tho coroner's office, this after
noon. Among tho witnesses called
wero. Dr. J. G. Patterson, Hen
Murphy, the brother of the dead
man, Krunk Way and deputies from
the sheriff's otflco that investigated
tho case. The inqucBt was conduct
ed by County Coroner Karl Whlt
lock with the assistance ofa deputy
district attorney.
Yesterday Way, Sheriff Hurt Haw
kins and a deputy district attorney
drove to the scene of the tragic fight
between .Murphy and Way and amas
sed certain ovklcnce concerning tho
case that was to have been submit
ted' to tho coroner's jury this after
noon. Albert Way, Frank Way's brother
nnd partner in the sheep enterprise,
arrived In Klamnth curly this morn
ing nfter nn all night drive from
Prinuvlllo. his residence.
"It Is terrible, tho whole situa
tion," Mr. Way said this morning.
"However.' Timothy . Murphy was
killed, tho fact remains that It is
bad. It is simply terrible which
ever way you look.nt it."
Two of the ablest lawyers in
southern Oregon will face each other
In tho prosecution ot Way, If the
case is ever brought to trial. Judge
C. K. Stono lin8 been retained as
counsel for Way and friends ot
Murphy have retained ' Horaco Man
ning to uid in the prosecution ot
Way.
Way is still held In jnil on an open
charge, pending the decision ot tho
coroner's Jury this afternoon.
PROCLAMATION
P
Council Opens Bids on
Three Street Paving
Projects
H EARING TONIGHT
Used Car Dealers Scrap it
Out Before City
i . Council
Deliberation of a week by the fin
ance committee of the city council
led to the decision last night that
the First National Bank of Klam
ath Falls was the lowest bidder far
the city library $50,000 bond Is.'ue.
The bid of the local concern was
just 1540 lower Jhan the firm of
A. D. Wakeman of Portland, Ore
gon, the finance committee reported.
Twa of the bids that were opeaed
at tho cauncll meeting last week
were held over for further, action
to' last evening. , .
, llioS ' Opened '. -
" Although,' from figures compiled
last night, it . appeared ' that the
Warren Construction company was
the successful bidder on two of the
projects and Dunn & Baker com
pany the successful bidder on the
third, the council decided to ad
journ the meeting 'till this evening
to further consider bids.
On improvement unit No. 36 a.,
the Warren Construction company
appeared to have underbid their
No. 36, the Warren concern bid
closes competitor by $5500; on unit
wns $147 lower than Dunn& Baker;
but on unit No. 37 it appeared that
Dunn & Baker made the successful
bid, underbidding W. D. Miller. Bids
were offered for bJth warrenite and
concrete.
Property holders of unit 36 a.,
which is the biggest Improvement
ot tho three and composes some 2)
blocks from Kluinath avenue south,
petitioned the council last night to
designate warrenite not concrete as
thu type ot paving to be used in
that unit.
Argraves Hearing Tonight
A letter of protest against his dis
missal from the police force wa3
submitted to the council by J. W.
Argraces. Argraves asked tor a
hearing at which he would, make his
complaint against the mayor public.
C. K. Stuckney, chairman uf the
police committee moved to hold the
hearing at the adjourned meeting
ot the council 4onlght.
Argraves, while standing in the
Iback ground with his former work
(Continucil On Pngc' Six) .
MAT (ML
AWARDED
Horace Greeley WiIson
(Must Serve 18 Months
In White
Former Indian Agent on Local Reservation
. Makes Dramatic Plea to Judge Bean :
Severely Criticized by Court '. '
PORTLAND, May 26.
Island penitentiary was the sentence imposed today by
Federal Judge R. S. Bean upon Horace Greeley Wilson,
who last week pleaded guilty
violation of the Federal Mann
Indian agent at the Klamath
recently was at Roseburg.
Judge, I take an oath before God I never married
that woman, if I did I was crazy," said Wilson in a
statement to Judge Bean.
A crowded court room, tense and silent, listened while
Wilson pleaded. Wilson stood calmly before court and
counsel and dramatically declared he was innocent of
a crime to which a few days
he pleaded guilty.
I do not remember a thing about what Mr. Stearns
has said about marrying that woman, your honor," he
continued, referrinir to Aletta V. C. Lindslev of New
Yoik Citjr-wilh wJionv the government charged he went
throueh a marriaze ceremony.
. . .
IN MURDER CASE
Discharge of One Juror and
Tampering With Others
Under Probe
WANT TRIAL HALTED
One Venireman Suddenly
' Changes Mind About
Capital Punishment
CHICAfiO, May 20. The dis
charge of n juror. lircukhiK tlie
first panel obtained in the trial of
William 1).. Shepherd, charged with
murder, and jury tampering charges
brought . u double sensation . in
Judge Thomas J.' I.ynrh's court in
the criminal courts building today.
"We have information that must
be Investigated before a . jury is
sworn ( in In this .case," Former
Judge Robert E. Crowe, states at
torney, declared In answering Wm.
Scott Stewart, chlet defense coun
sel, who demanded thnt Judge
Crowe be stopped from further in
quiry as to possible jury tamper
ing. .
Changes Ills Mind '
Harold Pillar. 22, tho youngest
(Continued On Page Sij;)
CROWE SPRINGS
mm
Harry Thaw Entertains Dancer : ;
With Champagne Supper; Former i .
Policeman Is Now His Secretary
NEW YORK, liny 26. Two Ner
York papers 'today say that Harry
K. Thaw, has appeared on Broad
way again, lavishing tips In a cab
aret. ."Somewhere" says the New York
American he had found champagne
and had shared several bottles -of
It with a man companion and with
pretty little Fawn Cray, a dancer
who graced his table."
The New York World says tho
ninii companion was a f irmer police
man who now net as Thaw's secre
tary.. ' .'.;'"'
Texas Guinan's new club in the
"Hearing Forties" Is given "s the
sceno ot Thaw ? appearance for. the.
Slave Case
Eighteen month in McNeiU
to an indictment charging
Act. Wilson waj formerly
reservation, and his home
; j
ago in the same court room
'tt X ' J(.T li.A (U (AH .
but that I was crazy. But i am
not crazy now." He paused a mo
ment. The crowd leaned forward
to get - every word. , Judge Bean
moved restlessly in his chair.
i uere sua my wue una sou sail
daughter they can ; tell . you
whether or not I have been a
good husband and father.", ' ,
Every eye turned to the little
family group sitting on the front
east side of the hot court room.
. "Mr. Stearns has said many
thfnes here, manv thlncs - I ' know
nothing about, nothing about at all.
your honor." said Wilson. , -Singular
'"ase . ..
"This is a very singular. case,"
began Judge Bean, speaking quick
ly and snappy. '.'The defendant evi
dently knew what ' he was doing
when ho pleaded guilty. And now
he" '.-
Here Wilson raised his : right
hand and interrupted: ;"JMay ,Xsiy
a woru, juogs, muy i suy jusc u
word?" ' j 1 :',' .
But the court continued u;"Tho
defendant's entire conduct lu, this
-case has been very strange.1' He
asked to have the case postponed,
which was once done. Then upon
the eve of trial, when the govern
ment had its Witnesses all ready,
he conies In and pleads guilty. Tha
court can only 'recognize this plea,
as tho defendant did nothing when
all wns ready for trial but to an
nounce It. . ...-..
Actions Strange
"Ills actions have been strungo
throughout. He has written (otters
(Continued On Pago His)
first time since the quaililng of
kidnaping Indictments removed an
obstacle u hi) visiting New York.
Recently ho has been a gentlomun
farmer at Winchester. Vn., bnvlng
been released fiom an usylnui In
Pennsylvania after a series of sen
sational legal battle that began
when he killed Stanford While lit
Madison square garden 19 years
ago. ' '
Every, pretty woman, received ft
costly corsage bouquet nt the club
late last Saturday night, tha stor
ies relate. A five hundred dollar
tip went to the orchestra. "'Tens,
twenties, fifties and even hundreds
went to waiters, . i . . -
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