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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1925
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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
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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.
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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. ' ' -
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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,, ' ",
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WHAT URANI)? , :
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. 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.