The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, June 04, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUuiv'TiMv Lilnarv 1 BUY AT IIDATR r T.nHAT. I MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Eighteenth Year Number fif).'!) I STORM NHDDLEWEST i cms Baby Tornado Brings Injury and Property Damage in North Omaha HOUSES TORN DOWN Third Successive Day Finds Much Property Ruined Throughout State OMAHA, Nob.. June 4. Hevon Injured nnd $100,000 property damage wn llio tiruru fur ihu etc mnnlH yesterday, when, for the loriiix, called n buby tornado, third nucrusslvo iliiy, violin I wind swept across northwest Omaha, levelling trees, lmtiHi nml wires. While llio d"n III toll In Nebraska of Ilia three days' ili'lmin'h of (ho ntarm klnit Mood at four nml the Injured number over u score-, nd dltlonnl reports of violent weather continued to rench Oiiiulin. Mlllnrd nnd lllnlr. Neb., mid oilier lo Intnd points reported wind und rnln. Three death near Madison. Neb.. Tuesday, and ana nt Orchard, Ni b., the ssmo day comprised llio fa tulillca. Yesterday's storm unroofed, und in Homo cases rimed, several houses. Rainfall Here Is Breaking AU Previous Marks All rainfall record for tho past 20 yoar In this section have been broken In thn period from October. 1924, to tho prone nt date, accord ing to official! of tho lncul rocla nmtlon service. Rainfall rorord nro taken for "slrcnm years." from October of onn year to October the next, t'nl- pndur years arc not used nit mols turn falling In thn lultnr part of n cnlondnr year li of no benefit to crops of that year. To llio end of May. 14,69 Inches had fallen thin year. To dale, counting thn heavy ruin of Juno 1, 16.04 I no lion liv fallen, with n largo part of thn Blrenni year ye I to go. In tho 1911 stream year a tnlal of 18.73 Inches was recorded, up to now a record. Klamath County Roads Best In 2,000-Milc Trip That Klnmnlh county ronds over thn Oroon Springs inoiinlaln to thin city aru bettor than uny encountered In n 2 ,(-in II n trip from llimsun, Arizona, In tho doclnrntlon of two former resident who returned been Inst night. Thoy nro Minn Auhrn Iirndliury nnd Mini Mnxlno Ilrndhury, duugli . torn of Mr. nnd Mrs. It. K. Ilrndhury Miss Auhrn Dradbury lias boon teaching ichnol In Ilonmm, Arlinliu, and her sister hns boon nltcndlng school thcro, Thoy nindu thn trip hero by wny of I.ob Angolo. They will vIbII hero with thnlr pnrnntn thin summer. Jealousy Causes Farmer to Murder Sweetheart and Man He Thought Was His Rival TACOMA, Wash., Juno 4. Un rngod bncniiBo ho believed thai ho was losing favor In tho eyes of his swootlieart, Victor Hugo Halo, 2B yoar old Orogon farmer, yostorday ovonlng shot nnd killed Miss Polnot ta Qnlnot, thn girl, and his believed' rival, Klinor Monica, 21, n former JJ. S, Bailor nnd then turned tho gun Hill Railroad Will Not Harm Klamath Mills C. A, Hart Says Big- Operator Will Not i Bring Disaster 1 Kiilraucii of III" Northern linn Into this Beet ion will nut imher In an era (if fcrciil coinpetllloii fur locnl box shook manufacturers, do ilin iiiito coinmon belief to tho contrary. This in I he declaration of ('. A. Hart of I'ortland, of the law firm of Cnrey & Kerr, legal representa tive of tho Northern lines in this section. I lu left yesterday evening for Portland, In coinpiiny wllh I.. ('. (lllmnn of Keattlo. vice president of lh (ireut Northern. "It Is Iruo that the. prospected route of the Northern lines .will Inp territory which will render large bodies of Wcycrhausor und Long-Hell timber accessible for mnnufncliiri) In llio near futuro, but that will have lltilo bearing on local Vondltlons. It will inenn more mills for Klu ninth Kails, but It will not uieun stlffer coinpetllloii for mills already here. .Middle West .Market "The Weyerhaeuser anil Long Hell companies nro not lurKv munu farturers of box shook, nnd 'their limber holdings hero nro uot des tined to be made ' Into that com modity. "tSule nitcnclea of hOih firms arc almost .wholly In tho grcnt fnrra- lug nnd Industrial sections of th middle west, and it Is th-so sales j agencies that will bo suppllej with j rv. nn m.n .umoer. , o Ilo.h companies have these ho & oa thc njtonc cs already established and!. . ,, , , . , ., , ,, , . 1 house nnd said he would shoot tho their problem s not to open new , ' . , , , , ' pictures oft the wall. Russell Is 43 markets or to buck other people j . 0() who hnvo markets established, hut I F ! ' ' ., ,,', i .... , ... , I Most of those killed were sleep- to supply their agencies with lum-, , her. - I'""- "renin Xev Mnrkcf "A rensonablo view of this mat ter will show tho truth of my state ment nnd I fuel that local lumber men will soon come to seo Hint nny action on thu pnrt ot big companies In this section will not bo for tho purpose of nnulhllntlng competition, but rather to supply nn existing demand which these compnnlci hnvo created and which they nro supplying right now with timber from other sections." Hurt will In all probability be thu man who will nppcnr botoro the Interstate t'ommerco foininlmilon. In Washington when flnnl hearing of tho Northern lines" application to , enter this section Is formally heard. TAXSI'i:il AI'PUOVKI) WASHINGTON. Jtm 4. (A. P.) Transfer of tho biirenfi of mines j from tho interior department to tho department of com memo hns been decided upon, , TIIUOWIXH SNOWBALLS C1RKAT FALLS, Mont., June 4. Four Inches of snow, fol- lowed by n heavy rnln, fell hero between 3 nnd 1 1 o'clock this morning, (luring a storm I which, according to available reports, was general over this 0 section. ' ' Heavy damago to 0 trees, shrubbery nnd gardens In tho city from tho heavy snow was reported. on himself In his apartment here, ac cording to police. Miss Qulnot nnd Monica nro be- 1 loved to hnvo been Instantly killed but Dale lived long enough to ho taken to tho county hospital. How ever, before physicians could pro paro him for nn operation, Halo died. Ilo pnssud nwny without giving u motive K LAMATII FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1925 I RUNS AlvlUGK 8; IN PADDED CELL Lloyd Russel, Hamilton, O., Becomes Wildly Insane and Stages Killings ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Entire Family Almost Wip ed Out in Frenzied Shooting of Maniac HAMILTON, Ohio, Juno 4, (AP) -Rccoiiilng violently iiiBiino, Lloyd j KuhbcII enrly today shot and killed eight members ot his finally, accord ing to tho pollen who arrested him nfter ho bud shot and sIlKhtly wounded himself. Ills victims aro tho five children of his brother, his mother, brother and slsier-ln-law. Hussell Is lu n padded cell in the county Jail. Tho dead: Mrs. Rose Russell, 60, mother. John Lowell Russell, brother. Kmmn Itusnell. Zb. wife of John Lowell KiikscM. Julia, 12. Kobert, 8. lieorgo Kran cls, G, Paul Lewis, .1, and lib hard, 4 month's, nil children ot Mr. and Mrs. John KuphcII. Cliilil Haves Self Dorothy. 10, naved berselt by hid ing In bed when she heard shots. ltiiHsell Ibnii turned the wonnon ,, ,, ,,,,,, , thn (lf( jun .,,,, ,, .,,,,.,, .. of Bevrlll of ,he .chndron I oitcciucn nuimuoncii Itohert Leonard nnd Lotils Keller, policemen. , nnd Captain Wesley Wulzcn. deputy sheriff, wero summoned. As they npproached tho 'house. Hushel, who wns employed ns a laborer, appeared at a window and told a story that a $1600 mortgnge was duo on the place, and that they would hnvo to move todny. . "I'll shoot tho pictures off the wall and then surrender," Russel told the police. With thnt the slayer turned about and fired mora bullets Into the boM(, t tho children lying In the room. Russel (lion appeared nt another window nnd the police broko in a door. -. Russel then turned thu pistol on himself, Ho fired ono shot before tho police could reach him nnd tho bullet penetrated hlH lung, near the heart, but ho will live, according to reports from the Jail. "I mndo a poor Job of myself," Russel said when taken into cus tody. Thomas Marshall . Is Laid To Rest Simple Service Marks Funeral of the Former Vice ' President . INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Juno 4.---ThnmnB Riley Marshall was laid to rest horq "today. Such simple ,obso quloa na might ho tendered nny humble citizen wero accorded tho, man who sorved tho nation as vice president during tho World war nnd his native stulo of Indiana its lis 27th governor. It was tho wid ow's wish thnt In death he should ho unostentatious Just ns ho was In life. A trlhulo was pnid by Rev. Mat thew Smith, Mr. Murshnll's warm friend nnd pastor. Scottish rite services for a departed brothor wero read nnd then the body wns taken to Crown Hill cemetery, where It will remain in a receiving vault until Mrs. Marshall decides upon Its final resting pluco, mm Associated Press Leased Wire Common User Demanded on S. P. Tracks Public Service Commis sion Asks I. C. C. for Ruling WASHINGTON. June 4. f AP) A petition for reopening of the case which has allowed llio Southern Pacific to retain control of the Cen tral Pacific was filed today by the public service commission In Ore gon. In approving continuance of the merger of tho two railroads the commission attacked certain condi tions of the merger and the Oregon p1!tlln nHK(!(i for tho enforcement of rights to uso Central Pacific prop erty which other railroads, may be entitled to exercise. Tim Central Pacific now has n lino through Oregon, the petition said, which tho Oregon Trunk rail road lias been entitled to use be tween Skookum .and Klamath Falls. Tho general complaint was made that the merger In Oregon had re duced competition in railroad ser vice. Frances West Will Become June Bride Marriage Tomorrow Morning , to Paul Evans is Made Public. Today Mls Frances West, daughter of, Mr. and Mrs. Walter West, of 20 4 South Riverside, will bo married tomorrow morning to Paul Evans, employe ot tho Union Oil company ' lmrn rtlatinn 1 llomtnclnn nf the Episcopal church will officiate The hour of thc woddlng will depend upon the hour of Hlshop Reming ton's arrival in tho city. It will bo a quiet home wedding with only tho immediate family in attendance. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Evans will take a short wedding trip, the destination of which they aro not divulging. Upon their return to tho city thoy will reside In their new home nt Third nnd Ornut streets. Jury Exonerates Killer Of Tatro Gurnee's Act Found Fully Justifiable at Coroner's Inquest "Justifiable homicide" was the verdict of a coroner's Jury at 3 o'clock this afternoon", Investigating the shooting of Robert J. Tatro ear ly yesterday morning by Thomas C! urnee. Tho Jury found that Tatro, when shot, was attempting 'to break Into tho II. P. Lewis grocery nnd that liurnoe wns justified In shooting. Members ot tho Jury were: J. J. Keller. It. K. Calkins, li. L. Cook, It. It. Amlcke, C. A. Rocknrd nnd It. L. Orom. Tatro died late yesterday after noon. His body Is held nt Whit', lock's undertaking parlors, pending word from relatives in tho cast. Conditions Here Good, Opinion Of Bradstreet Man That buslnoss conditions In Klnm- 'nth Falls are very satisfactory on the whole. Is the opinion of J. II. Currie, representative of P.rnd street's, III Ibis clly for n couple of weeks on business for his or gnnlxallon. Wllh comparatively few full tires nnd wllh many businesses showing added strength over Inst your the outlook here Is iiulto good, Mr. Currlo said. Ho emphnslzod especially that thin city might expect great ac tivity und move prosperity ns tho result of contemplated rail de velopment hero, mm SUEGOVERHMENT FOR ALLOTMENTS Maggie Ball and Rosetta Crawford Plaintiffs in Federal Litigation WANT TITLE TO LAND j Say They Have Been De-j Pr,NiX 20Y,arf ! Maggie John Hall, 21, and Ro setta Crawford, 19, members of th;; Klamath and Modoc Indian tribes living on the Klamath reser vation, have filed suit In the fed eral court at Portland seeking to force tho government to give them title to allotments which they al lege were made to them In 1906. "The government, tho complaint sets forth, has refused to give title j ' KIamath counlry was near death in a Lakeview to the land on the grounds that It. ..... , .. . . was part of the timber holdings, j hospital this afternoon from carbon monoxide poisoning. The two Indian women charged that ) He was found slumped down in the front seat of his their homes also were valuable as sedan on the Lakeview highwav this .morning between grazing land and thnt they had j B and Lakeview. The discove'ry was made by a stage been occupied and Improved since ,i , , . . . . ....u'. tU innp ac - Titio to the allotments, an counting of the funds received by the government for use of tho land Blnco 19l6, -the returns this; other relief Is sought. He Worked for Swift and His Speed Tc CnnA xs vjuuu PORTLAND. Juno 4. Harry E. Wachnick, for five years an em ploye ot the receiving department of Swift and company, was arrested today on charges of defrauding the firm out of 17500 to $10,000. Although on a salary of slightly more than $100 a month, Wochnick has . been living at an expensive hotel, riding about in an expensice auto, according lo deputy district attorney, Leon Beherman. Officers who arre3ted him, re ported that they found a quart ot gin on his hip. Possession of liqu or charges were also placed against him. According to Deputy District At torney John Mowmy a conferedate who delivered cracklings to the Swift plant, cashed ficticious receiv ing invoices supplied by Wochnick and split the proceeds. LONDON ALARMED LONDON, June 4. (A.P.) A very grave view is taken hero of tho disturbances at Shanghai nnd the outlook In China generally, fear belns expressed thnt things are moving toward a situation sembling the noxcr uprising. rc- La Grande Votes For Improvements Additional Fire Equipment, Sewers, Sewage . And Water System Asked LA CiRANDK, Ore., . June ; 4. La ' CIrando voters yesterday nccopted t four municipal bond Issues totalling ' $:;ii0,00(i at a special election by a vote of nearly flvo to one, unof-! flcial figures this morniiiK show, j Tho vote was medium, with 1041 ballots cast. The vote follows: i 'For $1S5.00H to Improve water system and build auxiliary supply. Yes, Slid; no, 205. For $15,000 for sewage disposal plniy. Yes. S72; no. Hill. For $25,000 for storm sewers. Yes, 7S7; no, 2,1 n. For $ 15,000 for nditlonal fire pumper, equipment and housing room. Yes, 75t; no, 205. This is tho first bond election resulting favorably In La (irnndo lu IS yours, city officials declared. Found Unconscious In Car On Lakeview Road By Stage Driver Today Carbon Monoxide Gas Physician Called From Out No Hope-Fainted Last Night, Belief At 3:30 this afternoon a hospital was to the effect that slight improvement and now life. He is being attended rushed to the Howard ranch pital at Lakeview. Jarlc McAuliffe- nn nt luiivci, nriiu Laiiicu tiiiu : OHie Howard ranch. ', A physician was summoned from Lakeview , immedi-. ately. ; He pronounced it i . "sj ii u.. iCLiiu lidiu uicic wu,.uui a i He rushed the unconscious pital shortly before 2 o'clock j When the stage ' driver.,, discovered .'McAuliffe in the car this, morning, the machine ; was parked by the side !of the road, and the. motor idled down, was still running. ! Gas fumes' rising, into the closed car are believed to ' nave caused the poisoning:' j Members 0f the OHie- Howard family saw McAuliffe driving by there at a fast rate of speed early last night,4 going toward Lakeview. His car tj ""l J'was sti" heal'e' toward Lakevlow WOmari VjnargeOl'when found this- morning, and it f With Murdering Three Children! . . , M A r' ' r"rrr rs. Anna running- hanit Gary Ind., pg "Jj.gJ . , CROWN POINT. Ind.. June 4. (IP t Mis ' Annn Ptinnlnffhjim.' 49,' Gary. Ind.. widow, was Indicted on three first degree murder1 htirf..,a vplorilnv liv the I.fike county grand jury." The state ! "Potions are believed to have brok charges that she slew three of her'en down hU healtl1" - , , " children by poison. F'1,s 4o Hovive Mrs. Cunningham was held with-! Lakeview physicians who ' woro out bail by Judge Martin Smith of i called to aid tho stricken man were the stiDerior court. i cf the belief that he felt a fainting The Indictments charge that the mother killed lsabolle, IS; Charles, 19, and Walter, 13, upon whose (tenths insurance nnlleles were col- l..ete,l 1,1 lwr cnntnolnn Vra Cunningham said she killed u:ily tho ones she loved best nnd at tempted to kill herself bv poiron so thnt they might "Join pa in heaven.". Her husband. David Cun ningham, Sr., who she culled "I n,'" died July 2. 1918, when tho fumity lived nt Valparaiso, Ind. After his . ilnn, I, Vr-a fnn 11 in fb 11 m nnil 11. e' children moved to tlary, where all! ofithe other deaths occurred. Robert A. Booth's Niece Is Secretly Married to Grandson of Levi Ankeny DALLKS, Ore., Juno 4. Invesli- gntioli here todny of a report from Walla Walla, Washington that. Levi Ankeny Jr., grandson of tho lute Senator Ankeny ot Washington, was I married hero two months ago to Klysta Cornett, uaiiRlitor of a form er Prinoville. Oregon businessman nnd nleco of R. A. Booth, former chairman of tho statu highway corn- Published Daily at .. KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" PRICE FIVE CENTS ' Poisoning Held Cause- Lakeview But Holds report from the Lakeview McAuliffe had shown some has a fighting chance for by Dr. J. H. Kelty, who and took him to the hos-. tho Keaf Irnnwn lni-Lmn nf uic aiagv auu iuoiicu iu tuo carbon monoxide poisoning .i:V. . .1 t . uui' Luaiikc l ui ixi.uvcij -man to' the Lakeview hos this afternoon. 1 Koll Is believed he had remained In an unconscious state throughout thu ight. . . .. Tlrcaks Blood Vcmcl During the heavy rains In tho Sacramento valley Inst wlntar, - Mc- 'Aulifte lo9t a large number ot oat- tle Ia the gwonerj torrents. .' By he- jraic efforts he succeeded In resell; j ing s)me of his cattle, and Ills over . exertion at that time caused a blood vessel In his head to burst. A a result he was forced to undergo an- ' operation at -CWo 'i"lis uc -a viicmicu uu 'far appenaicittes. ana. tnese two spell coming on as he was driving toward Likeview. n Then, to protect himself ho had stopped his cur by the roadsldo until the fainting spell I 'ad paS3ed I mit tno iieatuy carnon nionoxiuo I fumes began to get In their work in tho warm .closed car, and he failed to recover consciousness. ; (.'Ives Hope . Although a car was rushing Klin to the Lokeview hospital this after-. noon, the physician told members nf tho Itnw.rit fnmtlv ttiul h en4A was extremely critical nnd he. 1 dkl (Continued ou i'n go Font ) t - r 1 1 I mission, revealed that a license had been granted to Leo Ankeny, 21: nnd Ulancho Cornett, 18, ori April 17. nnd that they were married hero the snnio day. Tho marriage coremo;.? was per formed nt thu Preshyterlun church hero. Ankeny wns described as a student at Kugeno nnd Rlnnche Cor nett gave her home as Tllckrnnll, ft town four miles east of Dalles.