The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, June 10, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUnlvcrnlty Library liuecnp. Oregon Published Dally at KLAMATH FALLS . "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leaeed Wire Kightoenth Your Number 5544 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS tlu SOLON HEM CONTEMPT; ALSO FOR OFIUNKEIMESS John W. Langley, Kentucky Congressman, In Lime light Once More IS ORDERED TO JAIL Fiery Legislator Already Faces Prison Sentence ' on Federal Charge PIKEVILLE, Ky Junii in.-'llo-loancd curly thin morning utter serving a Jull sentence of 10 huurs an J payment of a fine of 110 hoth for contempt of t'Oiirl, Congressman John V. I.nngloy, republican. Kvii tucky, will fnco n charge of drunk nnM today before Police. Judge J. P, Mnrrs, who beard the rhnrgo In part yuamrday arid who sentenced lilm for contempt nf court. Jndgn Mtrn fined thu reprsn tallvn 110, when .Mr. Langley, with nn onlh. declared that whoever wore out thu warrant against hint nworo to B lli. Tin) Judge con sldcrcd additional outh III denial of tho chargo as further contempt of court, and ordered hi in Impris oned for 10 hour., Mr. I.niinloy'ii jail sentence officially wan at a close at 1 a. m. thin morning. A deputy sheriff In making thu arrest Hniil ha found Mr. I.atmley only partly clothud In a dtiwnuiwn IiuIIiIIiik. Mr. I.ailRley li us" been In thu pub lic oyo on numerous occasions In tho lat year, most of which ilenll with feileral Indictments ngulnnl hhn for alleged withdrawal of liquor from government ware houses, llo wan convicted on one of tho char gen and face nn Atlanta federal prison sentence. , Itocontly hi deposition wns tnken hero on Imllar charge ' to ho heard In Washington in a few mouths, lie alio was- arrested on a churga of drunkenness In yahliiK(on, where A woman pollen lieutenant nwore out n warrant ngnlnsl 'him, Preachers Protest Sunday Auto Races Jackson County Court Asked to Stop Exhibitions at Fair Grounds MEDFORD, Juno 10. Signed by paatora of twonty churches In Jnck aon county, a communication was filed today wllh the comity court protesting ngnlnsl tho holding of automobile racea at the fair grounds ' thla Sunday, or any Sunday In the future. - Tho county court took tho matter under odvlaenieut. Tho nuto mobllo racea aro being put on by tlu 'Jackson county fulr association ns a part of tho ontiylalnnient for tho atato encampment ot tho Oregon National fjunrd which opona hero Friday. OHKOON K.MtOlTK nrtEMEUTON, Wnh Juno 10. Tho, liatllaahlp Oregon, In tow of tho navy tuga Mahopac and 8wnl )ow, waa reported ut tho I'ttget Sound navy yard hero today na ho lng about 15 mllea outaldu of Cape Klnttory. Bho cleared .C'npo Klnltery at 8 o'clock thin morning and In expnetod to rench tho mouth ot 'tho. Columbia rlvnr nl noon tomorrow Poison Gas to Go Under Ban tIENEVA, Juno 10. (A.P.) Tho International conference for the control ot tvuf flo In nrma today out' lnwod polaon gna warfare by adopt ing n protocol .Htibmlttud by tho . Amorlcnn doloHiillmi ilrohlbltlng iiho of chomlcnlH nntt bnotorln na weap ons. ' ' . . IlKPOltTKI) niCTTMIt Jack McAullfto, Klumnth Stockmnn recuperating In tho Iakovlow hospital from carbon monoxide gus pols-anlug and had burns, was roportod better toduy; i- McAullfto, exhausted 4 by' a 400-mllo drlvo, slumped unconscious In his oir with tho cnglno running und nftor spond- lng all night In tho car wns 4 found tho noxt day by a stngo 4 driver and tnkon to Lnkovlow. Judge Butler Will Deliver Flag Oration Eloquent Speaker to Appear at Elk Ser vice Sunday Eve . t JmlKo Itnliurt H. Duller of the Dalle, heralded us one of tho most eloquent orators of tho Htattt, will deliver the flig day eulogy for tho t Judge R. R. Butler Klamath Fnlts lodgn of Kiln at tho annual flag day service! at thu Elks temple, next Btindjy evening. Flag diy Is one of tho patriotic I nn 1 1 1 u t lonx of thn order of Elks and ti olmorved hy tho ludgu throughout tho world, cnmMcmorullng thu un nlvorsary of tho hlrth of the Mara and stripes an fashioned by Jlcuy It in on June 14, 1877. A.l CHtubllnho:l ritual Is, observed during tile ceremony In addition to othnr fcutur&'a whrh make tho oli (er wince of patriotic significance Franc!) 11. Uldi), coninundor of tho legion nasi, will give a history of .ho'flug. while musical numbers will ho f iirnlxatl hy Hnrry llorol's or chonlra. Tho general public In Invited ti '.he norylco, with special. Invitations open to tho O. A. It., Spanish War Veterans and mmj)irj of tho Am erican Legion. Every man who lias been nnturullirtd In Klamnth county during tho past year I nln) being sent n special' Invitation to bo proa' cut. Injunction Sought Against Railroads OLV.MPIA, Wash., June 10 (A.P.) Proceedings to aecuro an Injunc tion U restrain tho rnllronda from chnrglng log .ratot other thin thoao in offect during tho tlmo the log ruto adjustment hna been considers Hon under thla wero filed shortly after noon. Partlca defendant to tho suit are tho Northern Pacific, Oront North- oi n, Oregon-Washington and Chicago MllwauWo and St. Paul railway companies nnd S. J. Honry of Seat tle, agont for tho North Pacific coast frolght bureau. Tho bureau repres ents tho roads In tariff and othe matters common to carriers operat ing In thli section. It was pointed cut. HTItlKK OltKDltKU KOO CHOW, Juno 10, ( AP) A general strlko has been proclaimed hero. The altuntlon la quiet bu strained. 4 Eastern Star Name Officers Mrs. Caroline Lewis o Seaside Is Worthy Matron POIITLAND, Oro., Juno 10. Mrs. Caroline Lewis or Honsldn wns elected worthy grand mntron of Oregon chapter, Order or tho East ern Slur,' nnd nr. D. O. Wnhstor, Portlnnd, worthy grand nnlron at iho 30th iinnunl session of tho grand chapter hero yosterdny. Mrs, Mary Alice Ilurdotte of MoMlnnvlllo and' II. Frank Poters, Hlllshoro, be came past worthy Krnnd matron mid patron, respectively. John II. Hnnltln of Portlnnd wns olucted associate grand patron; Mrs. Leonora II. Korr, . associate grand matron Miss Nulllo McKlnley, Port land, grand secretary and Mrs. Mnrlo E. Smith, grand treasurer, both rooloctod; . Mrs.. Mnr'gnrut flnrilos, (Irnnts Puss, grand con ductress, nnd Mrs. Hess Setters, Aslorln, nnsoclato grand conduct ress. Other offices ' will ho an nounced by Iho Brand nintrou. Kf J : j ' ., ' JF V 0 TONS 1 D GET-EXTENSION Owens Valley Farmers An xious to Migrate Mere to Langeliy alley . AWAIT SETTLEMENTS Just as Soon as Sales Are Made, They Want to Leave California (Sporlnl CorroHpondenee) I.ANMKI.L. VAl.I.EV. Juno 10. Word hna been received from Sam lead, who la now In Owens Valley, hat the Interest of tho farmers In Umt section la at III very been In Lnngnll Valley. Tho city of I-os Angeles has Just voted 18.000.000 to be used in buying out the farm ers ot tho Owens river valley and hen aeltlement Is made they will bo ready to seek new homes, ac cording to Mr. Head's letter. No auction that baa been Investi gated has met with tho sumo degren of approval as that accorded I.angell valley and It in Mr. Head's belief that a lurgn number ot tho farmers niay be Induced to como to that sec tion and buy. Tho one difficulty now confronting tho project Is the fact that tho options Hint .Mr. Head holds will expire early In July and that will not allow of sufficient time to carry to completion tho big pro ject of migration that ho hopes to put over. In the letter written by Mr. Hond to people In iho valley, ho asks tor nn extension of tho options so ns to fiivo him tho needed tlmo to carry through his pinna. At a meeting which Is to be held In the community hall next Saturday evening, this question of thu exten sion of the options will bn discussed an! ;:kui v.ud upon. - Another matter that will engage tho attention ot those preaenl will bo the big hnrbecuo to ho held tn ('ulceration of tho opening of the hondgntoa of tho big canal. Thla celebration will bo held a week from next Sunday. Everything Is going to bo free and overyono will ho welcome. Man Refuses Aid To Drowning Boy Coroner's Jury in Canada Says He is Negligent and Undesirable SEATTLE,. Juno 10. A Canadian press dijp.ilch rocelved hero today said after witnesses testified that Gergo Schrader,' Elm wood. Mani toba, had refused use of his boat to attempt to rescue Robert Hock 13, drownod In tho Ked river Sit urday a coroners Jury yesterday held Schrader negligently respon sible for the boys death ond express ed tho opinion Unit hla conduct w.is suoh ns to mako him an undesir able citizen. The boy's mothor pleaded with Schrader for tho uso of tho boat, but was refused, testimony revell ed. She said while tho hid was drowning, Schrndor told her "I have told tho boys many times to keep away from tho rlvor. They take no notice, and I don't euro If thoy drown." Idaho Land To Be Sold At Auction , WASHINGTON, Juno 10. Sale by public, auction of 15.S90 acres nf hind located In tho former Coour d'Aleno Indlnn reservation In Idaho was authorized . today by the sec retary of the Interior. The sale will bn hold nt Coour d'Alono on October ' B, In tnictB 'ranging from 1)0 to 100 nt'ros. Any conl or oil deposit thnt might' ho found on the lnnd will bo reserved by tho government. ' v Moonshiner Shot By Prohi Sleuth . SEATTLE, Juno 10. After be ing beaton unconscious In n fight with John Lusk,. about 5 G years old, suspoctod owner of a still found on a farm, about ton miles north of horo, A.- F, Sadler, United Slates prohibition ngctit, shot Lusk early today, PERMIT SOUGHT TO BUILD MODOC NORTHERN ROAD KOl TIIHIt.V I'At II IC AI'I'l.IKH to iTi;itsT.Vn; commkiick COMMISSION (KmtIuI to 'The Herald) ' HAN KitANCIHCO, June 10. An other 'move In tho Klamath rail battle was reported made here to day when thn Southern Pacific company Is wild to have made ap plication with I He liitoritato com merce commission for a certificate of .convenience and neclsslty lo build the Modoc Northern line. Whether or not the company In tends building thn line south for through connections was not learned, as il was Indicated thai tho Southern Pacific, preferred to let the Interstate commerce commis sion make public their application from Washington. Thnt the Southern Pacific would file such an application was con sidered n certainty here Inasmuch as surveyors aro now relocating this Inc through tho Merrill and J'alln country. Local officials also were silent as to the scope of the appli cation said to have been filed. Shepherd Jury Chosen Today Twelve Men to Try Man for Murder Are Sworn In CHICAGO, June 10. (A.P.) The Jury to try William Hailing Shep herd for the murder of Ills yminn millionaire wnrd, William Nelson McCllulock wan completed shortly after four o'clock today when the final panel warn accepted and sworn Nearly four week has boon spent In the examination of several hundred veniremen. CHICAGO, Juno 10. (A.P.) Tho seventh special venlro of 100 men reported today In Judge Thom as J. I.ynch'a court, where at torneys In the trial of William I). Shepherd, charged with tho mur der of his foster son, William N. McCllntock, by typhoid inoculation, prepared to mako unusual efforts to complete, the Jury. Eight Jurors have been sworn In and two others tentatively ac cepted. ' YOl'TH TO KKCOVKIl ' DEND, Ore., June 10. Boyd Can trill, 19 yeur old son ot Mrs. Jay Gardner, who was shot Sunday by a policeman when he failed to halt on command, Is progressing sat; isfactorlly at a local hospital ac cording to reports this morning. Eugene Plumbers Go Out On Strike Union' Men Demand Increase From $7 to $8 Daily ; 25 Men Out EUGENE. Ore.. Juno 10. De manding a wage scale, ot IS a day all union plumbers ot Eugono went out on strike today. Boss plumbers went to work Inimedlnloly after the strlko was declared, and aro endeav oring to carry, on during tho tlmo n settlement Is pending. Tho former scale of wages for union men was $7 a day. Approximately. 25 men nro affect od by tho walkout. DOUGLAS FARMER GETS 250.00 FINE Russell Bryant Assessed When Officer3 Find Liquor Un der Hay in Barn ItOSEBUIUI, Ore.. Juno 10. itus sell Bryant, who rosides noar this city, was fined $250 in tho local Justice court today when ho entered a plea ot guilty to a chnrgo of pos sessing Honor. Sheriff Stnrmer and deputy found four bottles of moonshine- hidden In the hay In Bryant's barn, they Informed tho court. MCW l'HONE M'MltllltS If you want tho advertising or huslnoss office ot. Tho Herald, plenso coll 7Qg For tho odltorial and news do- pnrttnont cull gg'' ALLEGED SLAYER OF SPOUSE HELD Omar W. Murphy, Medford Indicted for Alleged Killing of Wife - DIES AFTER BEATING Manslaughter Bill Returned Others Hefd For. Various Offenses MEDFOUD, Ore., Juno 10. Omar W. Murphy, charged with man slaughter, as the result of an alleged heating administered to his wifo on April 1. and whose preliminary hear ing has been postponed twice, has been indicted by the grand Jury, on the preferred charge. He Is -at lib erty on 13,000 bonds. , Ilesldes the indictment of Murphy, the grand Jury, which convened Tuesday, returned four othor true bills. , F. M. White, a farmer living be tween Jacksonville and Gold ' Hill, was indicted for possession of a still and possession of mash. White was arrested In a raid on his place Mon day night by the sheriff's office and federal prohibition officers. A fifteen gallon capacity still, three quarts of finished product and forty gallons of mash were seized. According' to Sheriff Jennings, White admitted ownership and pos session and said ho "was selling what he could not drink himself." T. E. Edy, a Junk man, arrested a year ago in connection with dog poisoning was indicted on a statu tory charge Involving a ten .year old Gold Hill girl. , Merrill Detts was indicted on a charge of driving an automobile while Intoxicated. UKKARD CLEARED NEW YORK, June-10, (AP) Jany;s W. Gerard, former, ambas sador to Germany, was cleared to day of the charge of contempt of tho supremo court of Now York, based 'on his failure to appear for examination. . Alleged Forger Is Sought By Police Former Head of Military Acad emy Leaves Trail of . Worthless Checks HILLS BOKO, Ore., June 10. Local officers who hold a warrant against Harry Johnson, superintend ent ot the Oregon Military academy at Orenco, near here, charging is suance ot worthless checks, beliove he is headed for Victoria. B. C. Tho exact amount of the alleged bad checks and unpaid bills alleged to hnvo been left has not been asccr. talned. One irregularity . of . tho checks turned in was that . they were dated 1S26. Persons cashing them failed to notice the' wrong date. - Chinese Company Suspends Sailings SHANGHAI, Juno 10. (A.P.) The China Merchants Steamship company, Chinese owned, hns sus pended Its sailings Indefinitely. Some other steamship companies are instructing their vessels nt out side ports not to return to Shanghai nt present. VI.! KM TO MOROCCO HAnAT; French Morocco, June 10. (A.P.) Premier Pninlevo of Franco landed safely hero at 6:30 tills afternoon, after flying ' from Purls. ' ' - j , . ' COAST LK.UHK SCORES' - At Vernon 4, Oakland 5. At Senttlu 5, Portland II. At Fun Francisco 5, Los An geles 5. At Stilt Lako 11, Sacramento IS. Relief Ship Nears Spitzbergen Today ' AIIOAItD STEAMSHIP INflEH THK, Juno 10. (A.P.) Tho relief ship liigertro crossed. -.ho Arctic clrclo at 80'clock this morning en route to Suitzborgen, vylth the Nor wegian government's expedition In search ot tho Amundsen-Ellsworth polar fliers. ON BONOS Merrill Folks Will Hold Big Mass Meeting Rail Situation Will Be Discussed There To morrow Night Merrill residents will stage, a railroad mass meeting In their community hall at 8 o'clock tomor row night, at which time a thor ough discussion of the railroad problem will be had. Efforts are being made to have representatives of both the Hill and the Southern Pacific lines present at thn meet ing to explain their positions in the big rail battle which is now being fought in this county. Rev. C. C. Hulet, who. will pre side, took occasion to correct a mis-statement of facts as given by local newspaper. Ho says that he did not say that the people of Merrill . wero entirely dissatisfied with the result of the Malln meet ing last Sunday, nor did he say that the action taken at Malin was wrong. Instead, Mr. Hulet says he ex pressed the belief that further in formation might have been Qb talncd. Inasmuch as R. E. Strahorn and It. ('. Groesbcck ot the South ern Pacific were willing to give the Southern Pacific side ot the con- pec ted to bo present at the- Merrill troversy. ' These two men are ex meeting tomorrow night. Mr. Hulet further announced that any person who might be able to shed any light on the rail situa tion is invited to attend and will be given an opportunity to be heard. - - . Unemployment In England Serious . - More Than Million People Now Out of Work, pov . . ernment Figures Show ; LONDON, June 10. General anxiety and disappointment was ex pressed today over an official an nouncement .that the number of un employed In Great Britain increased tho week ending June 6 by 60,778, the most formidable addition in a long time. Great Britain's unemployed total 1,237,300 which is 244,385 more than a year ago. Arctic Airplanes Leave Navy Yard PHILADELPHIA. Juno 10. (A.P.) Fit for any service, the three am phibian plaaes to be used on the MacMUlan Arctic expedition left the navy yad this afternoon for Squan tiam, Mass. The Na-1 was the first -to get away. Na-2 and the Na-3 followed at minute Intervals. They headed down the Delawire river In the teeth ot a stiff wind, circled around and started north. ' HKKRIOT TO REMAIN LYONS, France, Juno 10. (A.P.) Former Premier Hcrriot under pressure from his friends, has with drawn his resignation as mayor of Lyons, which he tendered yester day. Work and Mead to Start West Will Leave Friday for Another Trip to Pacific Coast WASHINGTON, Juae 10. (A. P.) Secrotary Work and Dr. Elwood Mead, -commissioner of ' the bureau ot reclamation will leava Friday for a trip through - tho - northwest to Investigate, reparation projects, In dian reservations and national parks Their Itinerary, includes Calo-rado, Wyoming, Moutumi, : Washington, Oregon and, Idaho. They will re turn to Washington July 21. This trip, It was pointed out, will complete tho Inspection of the department of tuterljr's project in tho west by the secretary and com missioner who provlously toured'- the southwest. Tho Inspection Is made to "obtain first hand Information of conditions in the west and obtain local view points with the Idea of Improving the addition ot the de partment's undertakings. MADAME T' HAD A PAL III MARCH County Records Show Coy .Lady of Mystery Got Another $100 Mysterious Madam "TV had a companion in Klanv ath county liquor investiga tions during the period from - January 5 to March 31. This was reveaed in a further in-, vestigation of county re cords today. W. P. - Myers, ' assistant prosecuting attorney, swore that the following itemc had -been paid out of his office or that the following in debtedness had been incurred,- and on April 3 signed for $557.70 in county funds: Madam T'" se:ret wark In March . $100.00 k E. W." secret work in J .Marci 1 .$60.00' j. D. Burke, Jan. 15 Feb. is .:..; $iso.oo: I,. I). Bnrko, Feb. 15 to March 15 v; .5..:.J:.:'$t6O.0O A. W. Stevens, 501 miles, - ' , car mileage .$100.20 City Transfer, hauling sllll :.,.$7.60 Total .... .. . $567.70 Prior- to Januar 6, Klamath, County liquor Investigations were, handled by E. L. Elliott. ' i Had Recefpta i' , Scrutfay of Elliott's- records, for' several months prior to the time ' Myers took over the work revoaU that Ellistt -ased different method! In recording expenditures ' of Ills fiice.; '.. -v : v:7 . -Elliott's sworn statement of ex penditures is supplemented In, all. cases with receipts in full from every person to whom hfc ' paid money. , '.- ,. Myers' record now on file are accompanied ;by no such receipts. - Check cf the records also-'howj that "'Madam 1" camo Into alng only upon the appointment ot Myers a3 deputy. ' Coy lad" ot mystery, she was not employed by any other county offi cer 'In any capacity prior to March &y far as can be ascertained. - Southern Pacific Worker Is Killed Man Employed on Rail Con struction at Odell Lake Crushed to Death DEND. Ore., Juno 10. An un identified worker, died yesterday as tho result of being crushed between two cars near Odell lako on the Nat ron Cut-oft construction, according to word received in Bend. While the body was brought to Bend, the accident happened in Klumath coun ty and official action nwalts word from Klamath Falls, according, to A. J. Moore, district attorney. . ' The man was employed by the Stewart : nnd Welch Construction company but telephone lines botwoon Bend and Odell Lake aro partially out of order so thnt full Information is yet 'unavailable. - - ; v BELGIAN WINS RACE : BRUSSELS,' Juno 10. (A.P.) The Belgian pilot Veehstra of . the balloon Prlnco Leopold ' won tho Gordon Bomiott cup balloon ruco which started from hero Sunday, it was ' announced ' today. Veonstra landed Tuesday night, lit Capo, Tourlna, Spain,, ' ", --..''.. : ) '.. '-' ' WHAT URANI)? , : . : " --,-:' . NEW YORK. June 10,-Flor- onz Zeigfeld has mad nr- rangements with tho Amerl- can Tobacco company far tho distribution of pteturna vt his glorified girls of the "Follies" In cigarette packages. This will rovivo a custom ot some 25 yeara ago.