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

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Newspaper Page TextUniversity Library Jiui'cne Orcion Mb BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE : YOU BETTER BARGAINS : Published Daily at KLAMATH FALLS . "An Empire Awakening" a Associated Press Leased Wire EiKhtconth Your Number 55:52 KIAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27,1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS Survey Board Begins Hearings; Tiile Lake Ranchers Are Heard J. H. Carnahan, Attorney for Tule Lake Ranclv ' era, Aks for Reduction in Exhorbitant Government Charge of $90 Per Acre The farmers of the Klamath project are today taking their last stand in their fight for justice, for the restora tion of their stolen property and for the adjudication of the cost of the irrigation works that has brought them to the brink of ruin. Seated in the' circuit court room the Board of Survey and Adjustment this morning opened the hearing that will either clear up the various ques tions that have torn, this county for the past fifteen years and more, or start them on their journey through the courts in an effort to secure the justice that the bureaucrats of the interior department have fought so strenuously to deny them. Tlio firm iii!Htlit Iml ciuno he- fori) lliu hearing Hilt .morning wus (ho flKlll of t Ho Tulo lake borne menders lu ntH'uro a reduction of the charge u ninety dolum tin acre DKatnul Hie Tulu Inku lunds. J. II. Cnruiiliun u there id cany on Ilia flxlit (hut ho litis waged fur lhesu boy f r no long onil under aii.-h discouraging clrcunitunri. Unit HI linn boon Hi is wonder of iiiuiiy tint! ho bus continued II. j Aa tlm lucutllitf hja oitolicd ' Chairman Campbell briefly ouiiin- ed tlm mode of procedure, jttwtlim j , tuul I lie entire Hearing w.-ald bi thai there would be no oral iry mi l1 strictly confined tj lliu prodiu t;on ' of facts. Attorney Curnuhau Inimcdliiluly , i c i)r , , , D 'i . wont straight o the pi.int bo htt.',,- Would be Bankrupt if boon contending f ir. Ili4t there havu hoon too ninny charges allocated ngulnvt the Tulu like lamU, lll flmt contention whs iluti tliu charg of )H3,U0O, linlf thu cast, for the construction of t ho Clear lake dnm and reservoir should nut he churg- ud against the Tulo lake binds. It ha been the contention of tho j millions of dollurs of I ho tax pay llwclamallon Service (hut this charge , era' money "to stop Iujs than one (as nerrssury t guard ugulnst any i per cent of lliu flow of liquor In the cost tint might be' Incurred by roa- I'ultod Mules." on of an abnormal flow from Mil-1 "Klgurei compiled by Ir. Ilufu.1 ler creek, the aourco of supply fur s. Tucker, speclul ugent of tho do Cloar Lake, Cariiuhun submitted , partment ut commerce, nt tho direc tum showing tho precipitation fortlcn of tho department, show that the past twenty years and tho rap-1 imported liquors to tho value of hilly with whl.-h tho wator In Tulo ' no.000.oou were 'smuggled lulo the l.iko receded. Br this latter exhibit It was, shown that n mutvrliil re cession occurred until nfter tho con strucllon of - the l,ost river drain. After the completion of thu drain thu process of reclamation was vory rapid. ' It wax while this point wiin under discussion (hut thorn was a mani fest disposition on I Tie mill of two iniimbiirti of I ho hoard to force Ciirnnhun Into a position where ho would admit Hint (he Clear Lake (I n in was a uiiclHslly and In plu hi in down lo u cnnrrelo statement of what ho believed the hinds should pay. . It rourhod a point at one time when Chairman Campbell impu llently aroso on tho plen thai he wished to smoke unil left tho room, when lie was iinahle to K't an ad mission from C'lii'niiliiin that hecaiiHe tho Tulo I.nko IiiixIk woro rn cliilinod I hey should bear a like burden to (ho I.uiikoII Valley lauds becauso they wore Initiated. HudKcrcd by both III" ehttlruiaii li nd Mr. Onodwln, the ropi'eNiiinu tlvo of tho Interior depart iiient, t'lirnhhan clung tenaciously1 to hlo (Con! lulled On Pniro Five) Brooks-Scanlon Sawdust Pile At . Bend Smothers Second Victim In Three Years; Dead When Found , IIENI), Oro.. May 27. (I. I, Silng lo was anuUhoYcd to death Into yes terday In tho suWilust fnul houso of tho Urooks-Si'unUin Lumber emu puny saw mill. He was tho second man to loso his life within threo yo'ars nt (he sumo place ' A third nian wiir rovlveil la:it winter nftnr having been iindor tho 'sawdust for 50 -minute. Tho Job which Stlnglo hold Is imnslclorod ono 'of tho most dnngorous in tho mill, according to ortlclals. No onn knew tho man wjis under tho sawdust nnd ho was not mlsneil for S.QIH0 (Imp.. WJiuil foHixl hy- 1 HELD WASTE OF 1 Wets say 400 Ships Working to Stop One Per Cent of Supply '.ERROR IS CHARGED -w cniorcea, wei nu- herents Declare WASHINGTON", May 37. (A. 1'.) The rum blorado Is described In s stuiuincnt published today by the ansjclullou against the prohlhlion I ninendiiiunt an "a throwing away" of country In 192-1," said tho stato ment. "He estimates that tills valua will bo reduced by $10.01)0,000 this your "Prohibition officials, basing their estimate on the report of William V, Under, chemist of tho prohibi tion null, declares Unit the amount of Illicit Imported lliiuor In (he on tin try lent thiiu one per cent uf thu total Illicit Imo7.u supply." "The ro.'unt much advertised, ruin bl.iraile, resulting In the concentra tion of nearly 400 ship lu a given Iigou, convinces one thut thu dry olficht aro paying much mora ut lonili.njo tho ouo per cent lliiuor solirro than tho Internal source, which supplies 9!) per cent of t ho nation's Ihltsty, It also would seem to prove Ihut the roil of effective enforcement of prohlbtlin through out the country would undoubtedly bankrupt the I'll I ted States t lens 1 ury.'' IIWIOV Itll-APPOINTHH WASHINGTON, May !!", (A.l'.l --llerl 13, lliiney of Portland, Ore., was re-iippiilntiMl n niemlier of thu slilpplnit hoard tmliiy by PreHldent Coolldge. slel'.in-i said be had been dead for an hour. Ho was 30 yours old and a widower. lie Is. survived by two small children who nru with their grand mother.' Ho camo lo llend from WcHttnll, Ore. An 'Influent will not he held. SPOKANB. WiihIi., May 27. While his brother, a fellow employe, stood by powerless to help, W, J, Mi'Oomilil, IS, was smothered to clout U beneath, 'HO foot of snwdilut In a bin at the llliimond Match com pnn.v'H plant .hero trluv. TREASURY WAY TO FACE GRAND JURY ON JUNE 15TH Doctor's Opinion Mur phy Was Struck With .Blunt Instrument Tlmo'lhy Murphy, Klumuth sheep oiieruliir, was burled thin morning In Ml, Calvary cemetery following im prsslvii fiiiieral services held at Hnc red Heart church ut 0 u. in. Tho Ituv. Father Williams delivered a stirring tribute honoring the luad man. The church was nearly filled. And Ibis morning, iis alleged killer, Krimk Way stands with a ehargo of first dogrou murder ugulUHt IH in as the result of an In- iiuest held ut the county coroner's chamber yesterday afternoon. Timothy Murphy ruino to bis death from the blow of soma instru ment which fractured his skull, and that blow will delivered by Krnllk Way, was Iho verdict of the coron er's jury 'after deliberation of sev eral in In ti I Will .AwmM Jury Way will bo bold In the county Jnll until tho grand Jury for tho Juno term of court Is chosen on Juno IS, when Hie Jury will con sider whether or not he should be Indicted on tho killing charge. It was an Instrument with a pro jection on the end of It thut caused tho fatal fracture on tho left sido of Murphy's skull, III thu opinion of Ir. J. (i. Putlnrson who testified at Iho Inquest yesterday. Tho skull, was ;iot penetrated. It developed, j The fatal frarturo was In n it shape with tho legs of I he C. ono eighth of an inch long and with width of the, I' three eighths of an inch. ! Kcvcrc Conl unIoiis Dr. Paiterson also testified thut Ihero wus a contusion on tho upper left forehead of .Murphy, also a cut j Up, a cut along the cheek nnd a sev ere abrasion one and ono half Inches from tho crown of tho bend, Tho physician recounted . brlofly the circumstances of tho tragedy In sofar as ho was concerned and ex plained that the Immediate causo of denlh was hemhorrage. Tho most drainutic feature to tho Inquest, was the testimony of Hen Murphy, brother of Timothy. In a high pitched nnd almost hys terical voice, and In a broad Irish brogue. Hen Murphy told the coron er's Jury whut ho knew of the clr cumstnnres which Burrounod tho death of bis brother. Timothy. Murptiy'fi Story Ho told of how ho met his brother on bjs way, from their sheep ramp Tho Arc to Illy; of how hla broth er told of tho fight with Wuy; and uf Ilia brother's tiuhscqucut collapse. ' "About half past 10 that morn ing I see Tim coming riding n horse and lending nnother one," Murphy leslil'ied. "I sou the, blood on hla fine nnd 1 UHked him what happen ed, nnd h says: "Frank Way heat inn up with a gun." "Why no did he bent you?" t says. Ho says "It was all over that black aheep. Ho said the hluck sheep was Ms and I said ho could not have tier because she was ours." 1 snys, "You ought to bo man enough for Way." "How could 17" ho says, "Ho told mo to hold my hands up and bout mo over the head with a gun. I'm going to Illy tor tho sheriff und have him bound to tho peueo." I say, "There iu up occasion for a sheriff on ac count of thorn few cuts." "Oh yes," ho says, "I'm badly hurt." I nays, "Yon ought to wash soma of tho blood oft yourself.", Su he, went over to tho luko nnd got off his horse' und wnshed a llttlo of the blood. Ho got on his horse und was, riding towards Illy. Ho says to mo, "You had bettor take your rlflo with you bu'euuso Way is bringing tho dry sheep and going to tnku n hunch of ewes und lambs Instead. And," ho Buys,' "you had hotter cov er him at a dlstunco becauso It you leuvo him he'll pull that gun on you." I snys, "Alright I'll wutch out for him," ro I got my rifle out of the bed , und I wus walking along wltb,hlm on tho trail. - Ho got off hla 'hWso and ho sank to his knees nnd I went tit) to lihn nnd I snys, "Aro you badly hurt?" and ho snys, "Yes. I am." So I says ngaln, "How dld .lt happen?" Ho says, ;'It was over Hint black sheep. Ho suld she was his and I said ho could not have her because she was qurs,o ho tells ma to put my hands up nnd ho beat mo over the head with a gun," Then ho put 'Ills bunds to his head and ho anys'Ood help us! tlod Al mightyl I'm dying, Ho beat mo (loiillmictl on Pago Two) : Memorial Day Program Given Following Is the Memorial day 'progrum. as aim oilfield this morning by I. Inn Nosmith and II. W. I'.ntb liuiv, In charge of arrangements: Order of inarch, Katurday, Muy 30, from Itiverslde avis-. line lo the Pino Tree theater, beginning -111,9:30 a. in., Im mediately following exercises on the Link river bridge. . J. .Marshall of Hie day (Cap lain O. C. Applegate). Major (lull S. .N'ewsoine and Fr'il A. Baker, aides. 2. Flag carrier and color guards. 3. .('runt! Army of tlm llc- pilbllc. i. Spanish Amerleau War Veterans. G. Spanish - Americun V a r Veteran' auxiliary. C. Klnmuth Fulls Post No. 8, American Legion. 7. Americun Legion auxiliary. X. Daughtera of the Ameri can Revolution. 9. Hoy Scouts. 10. Cuinp-FIro Ulrls. 11. Schoul Children. 12. Citizens In cars. The order of Hie progrum In the tliculer Is as follows: 1. Pruyer., Arthur L. Itlco. 2. Chamber of Commerco chorus. 3. Solo. Min. Marjorie Me et lire Olds. 4. Address. Senutor Kdward W. Miller. 5. Solo. E. K. Valenle. Mr. Knox, pipe organist of the Pino Tree theater, will ren der two selections, one ut lhe beginning und one at the end beginning and one at the clos ing of tho exercises. Harry Poole, manager, has donuted tho theater for this occasion. Fred A. Baker will preside, Tho entire 'urrange mont is In the hands of Linn Xesmlth nnd H. W. Hat ninny. MINE BLAST TRAPS FIFTY IN CAROLINA KALKKill, . (.'. May 27. (A. P.) More tluin 5t men lire .cnlonibcil In the mine of tlie Carolina Conl comiuiiiy mine eiKlft tnilcs from Sun foul, X. C.t as the result of un ex plosion there tutlny, mi officer of the company tohl the AsstK'liitcil PrcKg hero this afternoon. The fine uf the men, he milled, mis undeter mined nnd grnvo fenuu wciv felt for their safety. .Most of tlie men lire siiltl to be white. S.WFOItO, X. (i. May 27. None t,f Ihn fifty or more men entombed liy ii iih explosion at the miiio of tlm Ciii'ollnu Conl company had been iivscuiil nt !l o'clock. ..lliiHiird Hut ler, surface foreman, .with n frioup uf nliles, K-neli'ated the sliuft fur a short ilislnnce. lie reported thut lin hiiw tslx bodies. He could uul, lie sulci Yell whether the .six men were dead or alive n he was driven buck by n second explosion which sent out gu.s fumes thut made fur ther. ultoiiv.it lo enter the shaft lmHisslhle. (iltKKNSItOltO, X. C. May 27. Messages received here this after noon by the chief dispatcher of the Atlantic und Vudkiii railroad com pany said ix iMulics had been recov ered from the mine nt Saiiford. ASSASSINS HAXOHI) SOMA, Ilulgarlu, May 27. Threo of the leaders In tho recent bombing of tho Svetl Krul cathed ral .In which lliu persons were killed, were hanged hero today. The men executed weru Zudgorski, cus todiun of the cathedral; Friedman nnd Koeff. ' , .. RILLS I'lVK STOIUKS . : '. ' SAN FUANCISCO. Muy 27. L'slng tt.15 to.it plunk for a parachute, ltalph Hurth, carpenter employed on a new building here, accidentally de- sconded from the fifth story to tho sidewalk today, unhurm- od, save for n slight shock. Hurth was pushing upward on tho' plunk when ho' fell from tho -Kouffuldlng. Ho held fust to tho timber nnd the urea It exposed to the wind broke his tnll. . , ,tHtttttttt POLE FLIGHT FATE STILL IS MYSTERY Sixth Day of - Arctic Dash Brings no Word From Explorers SKW YIII1K, Mujr 87. To day is I Ik- sixlli since the Am-uililseii-KHHworlli mhir fliiiC exH'illlliin hopped off for lliu .North, mid llio uliereuhuuls mid welfare of thu slv udven- ( Hirers remain u much of u wyslery mi ever. As to what hu iH'fulleu (ho parly, ihcre ure fHtvcrul os nihllitlcH, but Iho truth can Ins for the present only n mut ter of couji-cturei Having reached the' pole or It3 vicinity, lhe explorers may be spend ing sunie time In verifying their position and making the necessary record 13 prove their feat to the scientific world. i Again, they may have discovered a new land in the Arctic and be engaged at present In exploring It. Another theory and this is put forward by some who know the motile of tho discoverer of - the south pole, Is ,that . be knew It would be impossible to fly back from tho pole because of the .dam age likely to be 'suffered by the planes on landing; that the out ward trip was made without mishap and that the members of the ex pedition, equipped' with their hunt ing rifles, sleeping bugs, folding boat and' other aides, now are on their way back on foot across the ice which covers the northern caa. The last possibility and one which admirers of the adventurous 4ix hesitate to discuss, is that disaster has befallen the expedi tion that one or both of the planes hare crashed and tew, or perhaps none of the explorers now survive There Is much discussion about relief expeditions but Amundsen's friends In Norway declare this .talk Is premature. The explorer, they say, went prepared for all contin gencies; he Is fully capable of tak- Ing care of himself and his party. and he may be relied upon to turn up, sooner or luter, at some out post of civilization. Statements made at the White House yesterday indicated that Pre sident Coolidgo would sanction any plans formulated by the secretary of tho navy for an American relief expedition. Secretary 'Wilbur, questioning tho use for that purpose the dirigibles Los Angeles and Shenandoah said tho chances were remote. Latest news from Oslo, Norway is thut the weather at Kings Day was more lavorablo last night than for some hours before. LOS ANtlELKS, Muy 27. (AP) Plana for u seaplane expedition to go to ' the reliyf of Hould Amund sen, polar explorer, which liavo boon going forwurd hero for scvorul days under tho direction ot Haakon II. Hummer., who led the relief of Amundsen In 1913. havu been halt ed on advices from Spitzbergcn headquarters ot the American-Norwegian expedition that such a pro gram is premature. This announce ment was piado here today by Hum mer. Construction Of Iron Works Here To Begin Today Authorization to commence con struction Immediiitely on tho 4lx 100 plant of the llend iron Wurks on Spring; street wus. received here today by the Concrete Pipe com pany. Jack Hnowlcs, licnd of the concern announced. I'nofficlnl iiu- nouueeinent wus rurrlcd In th Herald oino time ago. The (limit will bo Wutcd next to lhe new Associated Oil plant nnd will be of slone tile construction, (lie third such building In the block. ' The lteud lion Works duos all Mac kstiiltliiiig for the Slielvln lliv oii Inteivsls und decision to hcglil w rk, al once Is to point to activity on the part of that company lu the near futiue. " I.KK CHAl'T 11.1, l.eu Craft, former city patrolman under Ex-('hlet of Police Oeorge Humphrey, was operatutl on this af ternoon nt tho Klamath General hos pital. Tho operation was a major one. hospital authorities skid!' nnd Mr. Craft was severely 111, Farcical "Expose" by Discharged Cops Is Held Dismal Failure Hearing Does Little Except Establish Fact That Mayor and Chief Were Justified - in Making Changes in Force Ex-policeman Jack Argraves carried his suspension from the police force to the city council last night and after an amusing, if not illuminative hearing reminiscent of the Hotel Ray "kangaroo court," the council speedily adjourned without taking any action. In explaining, under oath, the reasons for the dismis sal of Argraves, Mayor Fred R. Goddard said he and Chief Loucks had switched the former policeman around several times in order to find, if possible his niche on the force. They had him first on the night shift, then cn the day shift, finally on the motorcycle job, arid in the end let him go because of things. STILL UNABLETD SHEPHERD TIL Robert White, Fugitive Wit ness, Believed Near Cap ture in New York ANOTHER IS ARRESTED J. J. Kelly Alleged to Have Forced White to Flee Frorii Chicago Case'; CHICAGO. Illinois, May 27. Efforts today to r:n.-; twelve men willing to convict William Darling Shepherd on circumstantial evi dence for the alleged murder of his millionaire foster son, William Nel son McClintock, continued to be- the chief stumbling block In the selec tion of a jury. The state's attorney expressed a belief that Robert White, sought as a witness against Shepherd, would be in custody In New York by night. ; ' - State's Attorney Crowe traced White to New York last night and expected his arrest there today. Meanwhile tho formal arrest of James J. Kelly here last night turned tho prosecutor's office Into a huzzinK hive of activity, around which Mr. Crowe threw a blanket of secrecy. Kelly was named in u letter pur ported to have been written by White in Philadelphia last week which charged ho had been forced to flee from Chicago. Kelly vadmltted having been with White and Arthur E. rtyrne. investigator for Shepherd, the night before White left the city. "Kelly has told a lot." said As sistant States Attorney Joseph Sav age after tho sudden rush of ac tivity had started, "but Mr C we has told me to say nothing 12 IN Mr. Crowe's only announcement;80 far as ou know hav orAen " was that Kelly hud made admls- j ,eave somB 01 tno nousc a,ouu; sions that "Implicated" White. ! nuerled the attorney. .... Amplification of this statement "We not," was Cooper's an was refused. The prosecutor ex- ",ver' , plained his retlclencu by saying the j Kiimor Unfoiiiided Shepherd defense had accused him 1 ln other words, all of tho Insldu of trying to "poison the public ! us street gossip ot the past few mint; 'against them." ' days to the etfect that the. police '. ' were protecting some of these bawtly, WASHINGTON", May 27. (A.P.) houses und raiding others,, was proy- Former Vlco President Thomas ' en false by the' testimony eiC' Wil li. Marshall, who is 111 hero at the! nosses for Argraves. . New Willurd hotel, passed a good f Argraves and his attorney sought ; night nud was described toduy us ; to make much of one or two police, much improved. - 1 (Continued On Pago Five) ,',v Band Of Eight Robbers Besieges Town; Bank Safe Dynamited As v ; Citizens Face Guns Of Party KKNTI.ANIl. Ind., Muy 27.- Be tween eight and twelve robbers ear ly today heselged the town of Brook near here, blew open tho vault of tho State Bank anil escaped with $2!i00. Kenllund Is the homo ot George Ado, humorist. i Telephone, and telegraph wires leading out ot tho town were cut and the men proceeded In a leisurely he didn t fit into the scheme , wi'nwii During the month he rode motor cycle, Argraves did not make one arrest, for motor violation, said tho mayor, while the new motorcycle officer has made 35 arrests In th week he has been on the job... "I never had any complaint as to his moral character," testified the t mavor: he simnlv was not an of- . ! ficicnt police officer, and I removed him, in order to make way for an ex perienced speed officer." Through the testimony of himself and two other discharged police officers, Argraves sought to build up a "case" against the mayor and chief of police. 'I 1 "Plant" fliuiKiil. The most serious of the accusa tions voiced by Argraves was. that the police, with the full knewledgu lof .Chief-Loucks,' had-'Dlantcd" a quart of moonshine whiskey during a raid at 432 Broad street in order to make certain of finding liquor ut ' that place and thus bring about a conviction. ' It was A. W. Bardell, who was fired - from the force early this month, who sat In the witness chair and brazenly admitted that It was he who had planted the moonshluu during the raid. But this exidence blew up with a bang when J. E. Cooper, another- of tho discharged trio, swore on oath that he knew absolutely nothing about taking whiskey out of tbe police headquarters locker to plant at the Broad street house. He fur ther testified he bad heard nothing of the alleged conversation in police headquarters about , planting tho stuff, although Bardell previously had testified that all members of the force. Including Chief Loucks, woru j present when it was agreed to plant the stuff. , ; Cooper Fulls In fuel, the "star" witness, Coup or, failed miserably in his testimony in defense ot Argraves. "Do you know whether or not the officers had orders not to molest some of the houses of 111 fame but to arrest the Inmates of others"? shouted William Marx,' attorney for Argraves. "That is not so," replied Cooper. Did you or any of the officers, I manner to dynamite their way to' tlm j money. Frightened , cltlisens worn , hold ut bay und were eye witnesses to tho robbery. Members of the band patrolled tho various corners In the town, slopping at. the- point of weapons all citizens who ventured from the shops to Investigate the five dyna mite explosions that shook the place.