The Evening herald., June 18, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
Eighteenth Year Number rr).rl
AMUNDSEN
SENATOR ROB
"Fighting Bob" Loses
In Battle For Health
Alter Brave Struggle
Heart Trouble Brings Death to Fiery Wisconsin
Senator Who For Years Has Been- Big
Figure in National Politics
WASHINGTON, June 18. W Senator Robert M. La
Follette, for many years a stormy petrel of American
politics, died here today.
Death resulted at 1:21 p. m. from heart failure in
duced by a general breakdown and an attack of bron
chial asthma.
Robert .
Lafbllette
The Wisconsin senator and later independent presi
dential candidate, began failing in health even before
the 1924 campaign, Several weeks ago; he contracted a
severe cold which developed into asthma.
'His heart, which had been unable to stand the strain,
gave way during the nigljt and he sank rapidly after
daylight today. ,
Although they realized ' the serioussness of Senator
LaFollette's conditions, members of his family had
honed until today that ho would recover. ' '
Last night his physicians said he was resting but
nevertheless he took a quick and decided turn for the
worse in the night hours and hope was abandoned
Senator LaFollette long was a vicitim of angina pec
toris, n hoait nllmont niid tins, with
, nsthmntlo altiu'k ciiusotl him to
surfer groiitly from shortness of
hroath: Violent cniigiilng spoils c
companlod bin Ulnoss,
Almost, to the Inst, however, ho
. Insisted on cheerful reports being
given out lo his lllnimi, and It
was not until yoslordiy tliul. It was
1 ndmltloil that his condition was
aorlous, ,
After all the storms of (hls long
enroor, ho passod away very nil lolly,
surrounded by mombors of his fum-
usotl h I m
lly. Ho was conscious almost unltl
dentil but for sovonil hours Jiad
been ablo to spenk only In whispers
13 those nbout him.
.Death Is Peaceful
Shortly heforo tho end ho must
ered till his waning strength In n
vain effort la murmur a Inst word
to Ihoa'o at tho bodaldo. Then ho
InpHod Inlo unconsciousness nnd
without nny ovldonco of pnln, pnss
od almost Immodlalnly from life.
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THUKSDTY,
RT M. LAFOLLETTE DIES IN CAPITA
Fred A. Baker
to Quit Post
on July First
Superintendent of In
dian Reservation
Resigns
Announcement wis made today
by Fred A. Hiker, Ihiit he has re
signed as superintendent of the
Klamath Indian reservation, effec
tive July 1. Ills successor will be
I.olloy I). Arnold, who will arrive
hero In time lo ussumo the duties
of the office on the dute Indicated.
In the future Mr. llaker will be
connected with the Interior Depart
ment in probata work. This will
Includo suporvlslca over and settle
ment of the estates of deceased Ill
dims and til district will probably
includo the state of Oregon and a
portion of northern California.
As soon us ho has completed the
details of transfer of his office at
the Klnmutli Agency be will move
with Ills family to this city and re-
occupy his home In tho Hot Springs
addition. It Is his ultimate desire
to rcsumo tho practice of liw In
thia Jtate. most likely opening an
office In this city.
Mr. Halter bus occupied the of
fice of Superintendent of the Klam
ath Agency' for nearly threo yoars.
During that tlmo he has been inde
fatigable In his efforts tj'promoto
tho advancement and welfare of tho
Indians. Under his direction many
rudlral changes have been made In
methods of administration, resulting
In .decided improvement In condi
tions on the reservation.
Offield Retains
Lead In Voting
Willi only seven Isolated districts
yot to hear from, with an estimated
total voto of only 40, 0. W. Offield
was today conceded easily elected as
a Klnmnth county school director.
His' total votes are about double
those of his opponent, John Reber,
whoso namo was written In on tho
ballots In the Mnlln torritory.
Death Toll in
Wreck Now 44
NEW YOHK, June 111. (&)
Tho toll of tho Delaware, Lacka
wanna & Western railroad wreck nt
Roekport Sng,. N. J., Tuesday, was
up to 41 todny and 12 other per
sons nro In a critical condition at
various hospitals.
Tho bodies will bo shipped today
to Chicago, where' a majority of tho
victims lived. '
Mrs. O. P. Coshow
Passes Suddenly
Wife of Supreme Court Judge
Dies This Morning at
; Home in Salem
SALEM',' Juno 18. Mrs. 0. ,P
Coshow, wlro of Justlco Coshow of
tho Oregon Supremo Court, died
suddenly at hor homo hero about
9:30 o'clock this morning following
a stroke of paralysis. Sho was 59
years old.
' Mrs. Coshow was a daughter "of
t'10 Into Thomas Kay and Anno Kuy.
Oregon pioneers. Sho was a sistor
of Slnto Treasurer Thomas H. Kay,
of fliilom, Mrs. C. P. Bishop of
Snlotn,. Mrs. C. T. Hoborls of Hood
Hlver find Mrs. Bertha Kuy Flshor,
of Portland. Sho is aurvlvod by
thrdo daughters, Mrs, K. J. Plckons
ot Siilom, Mrs. John McCllnlock of
Lebanon and Mrs, Dale Thompson
oC rortlnnd,
Associated Press Leased Wire'
tM 112 iy jim HP
;t
SIX SEIZED
IN RUM
RAIDS"
Beer and Moonshine
Grabbed in Surprise
, , Forays
In ii serif of liquor ralibt con
ducted ycstenjiiy afternoon unci last
lilglit police cplcors under command
of tlilof Unity liouiks seized six
prisoners nnilj secured trucklonil
of beer ami hioonMiine.
In the first raid, officers lo
iwtiil what tliey term the "bomleil
warehouse" of the liieal Ix-cr-owl-tlling
organization.
In a slietl adjoining a vacant
house In tho 2100 block on Itail-
cllffe was seized nearly MM) quarts
nf bwr, n keg of brew in process
of fermentation mid n qunutity of
limit, hops and bottlhur materials
'" In a houso t 438 llroad the
officers arrested "Frenchle" Cos-
tello, Bessie Mitchell and Percy
Hawkins.
Hawkins, according to Chief
Loucks, should offer thanks today
that ho is still alive.
Loncks Attacked
Hawkins answered the door whea
Chief Lcucks- knocked, and seeing
his star mshed to a rear room
where ho poured a quantity of
moonshine into a sink, at tho same
tlmo turning on the water. Loucks
rushed to the sink, closed the fau
cet und clopped his hand over the
drain, afthe same time calling other
officers.
Patrolman Collins and Lewis
crashed in the back door and dis
covered Hawkins In the act of rea
ching far a meat cleaver. Patrol
man Lewis and Deputy Sheriff Lo 1
burke covered Hawkins simultane
ously and warned him to throw up
his hands, which he did.
la a house next door at 432 Broad
Gus Mtrtln, Anna Johnson and Mar
tin Milan were seized. Two quarts
of alleged liquor were found. All
prisoners will fare, liquor charges
later, officers indicated,
Thoso participating in the ru'.J
were Chief Loucks ( Patrolmen Mit
chell, Brown, Peterson, Colllm. and
Lewis and Deputy Sheriff Loa
Burke.
WARM IX HKXO
BEND, Ore., Juno IS. Tester
day was the wannest day of this
season, tho mercury reaching S3
during tho nftornoon, according to
tho government weather observer,
Delegate Stoddard
Comes To Welcome'
Railroad Officers
It. W. Slmldanl, prominent
attorney of Knllon, Nevada, ar
rived hero Into yesterday, u
Hpecial (Iclt'Kiite wilt liero by
I'allou liusliicHS men for the
purpose of nicotinic with Kill
lino officials hero Hal unlay
iintl assuring them of tho
wliole-licartoil supwrt of tho
Nevada community.
'Ve want n lino from Fal
lon to Klauuitli Falls," Stod
dard declared. '
'It will kill two birds with
one stone provide lis with, an
outlet for our melons and pro
vide your city with 11 niiirket
for more box shook. Nevada
wants to see the Northern lines
romo In and Join iheso two
roniiniililtics."
ray
JUNE 18, 1025
Morley Denies
Confession Is
Given to Him
Wild Rumor of Murder
Solution - Spiked
by Officer
Emphatic denial that
Whitey" Fuller or Say oth
er convict had ever confes
sed or partly confessed to
the murdea of Dan McDon
ald, Ewauna logging camp
blacksmith, was made today
by Fred Morley, specitl slate
agent, who has been con
ducting an investigation into
the unsolved mystery of the
McDonald slaying. A rumor
was prevalent here this
morning that Fuller had
confessed.
Fuller is not confined in
the Washington state peni
tentiary at Walla Walla,
said Morley. He is a feder
al prisoner "at McNeil'i, .Is
land prison, and although
there is some evidence that
he may have knowledge of
he McDonald killing, he has
made no confession of im
plication or knowledge . of
the crime.
It was also learned that
if Sim Pate, now serving a
life sentence for murder,
had any connection with the
McDonald slaying, he must
have worn his coat wrong
side out, because the bullet
wound in Pate's arm is on
the opposite side from the
bullet hole in the coat worn
bygone of the reputed slay
ers of McDonald.
Negro Slayer
Hanged by Mob
SALT LAKE CITY, June 18, (IP)
Robert Marshall, negro slayer of
city Marshal Milton Burns ot Castle
Oato, Utah, was hauged by a mob
near that city about 11 o'clock this
morning-, according to advices re
ceived here.
Shortly before 10 o'clock, a posse
had found Marshall hiding in a
cabin, Monday he shot and fatally
wounded Burns, who had, some
months previously taken a pistol
away from him.
Skull Fractured
In Auto Smashup
H. L. Homewpod of Eugene,
Seriously Injured in Wreck
at Pendleton, , Oregon
l'KNDLKTON, Juno IS. II. L.
Hoinowood,- KiiKcne. returning from
Iowa where ho was believed to have
been visiting his sick mother, suf
fered a serious skull fracture lato
yesterday when his car overturned
between Dead Mnn'8 Hill and Emi
grant Springs on the old Oregon
trail. Mr. Honiewood now lies un
conscious nt tho Clrando Hondo
hnspllul In LnCirundc.
The enr which Honiewood was
driving .struck tho soft dirt rond
which was being repaired artd tho
mnchino had turned over . and
pinned Honiewood beneath It. when
he was found, according to tho
shorltC's ottlco hfre. .
:1S
Intrepid Expl
Sate, Word
i From Far North City
Report Says Explorer in Touch With Spitzber-
gen, Has Signalled He is.Unhurt Q -Full
Details Lacking
NEW YORK, June 18. It was reported here this
afternoon that a message had been received at Spitz--bergen
from Raold - Amundsen, the explorer, reading;
"Am all right" - - - .-
There was no confirmation of this report from auth
orative sources. ' . . ' . -
COPENHAGEN, June 18. The reports of CapUin
Raold Amundsen's return from his polar expedition were
received in Copenhagen this afternoon. . They were not,
however, accompanied by any
The possibility of , Amurtdsen sending . any : wireless
message from the arctic is iibt'appareht' and therefore
cast doubt upon the authenticity of the report He had
no wireless on his airplanes and therefore could send
no messages himself. , .,. . ., , ::. ' ;"y
TULE LAKE
NOT TO BE
RE-FILLED
Published Statement Is
Branded as
Error
Statements published to the ef
fect that a commission is shortly
to investigate the possibility ot again
flooding Tule Lake were declared
today by local men to be an evi
dent error. ,
"I can not believe that there is
any intention of re-Hooding Tule
Lake." declared A. M. Thomas,
secretary of the Klamath Irrigation
district.- '""-
"Lower Klamath Lake Is evident
ly referred to In the article."
"Inasmuch as Tule Lake will this
year produce crops approaching 11,
000,000 In value, I can conceive of
no commission even considering it"
declared County Agent C. A. Hend
erson. Lakeview Agrees
To Aid Strahorn
(Special to The Horald)
LAKEVIEW, Ore., June 18. At
a meeting of the Lake County Cham
ber of Commerce here this week a
resolution was adopted endorsing the
Strahorn plnn for extending his lino
from Klamath Falls to Lakeview,
and any aid possible was offered
hi in in his rail cntorprlso. The res
olution was adopted after Mr. Stra
horn had addressed tho members.
In company with tlenernl Manager
Dyer, Mr. Strahorn passed through
hero yestorday, after a visit to Al
turas. Chiloquin Votes
For High School
By a voto of 26 to 0. Chiloquin
residents at tho sihool election sig
nified their approval of a plan to
form a high school district In that
section. Furthor plans providing
for the formation of a district and
financing the building will bo an
nounced lutcr, 1
BUY AT HOME; LOCAL
MERCHANTS CAN GIVE
YOU BETTER BARGAINS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
orer Is
Received
details.
Tho Amundsen-Ellsworth - air-1'
plane expedition of, two machines
hopped off from Kings Bay, Spitz--'
bergen, tor its attempted flight to
the North Pole on May 21.
The venture was one at which
the world held Its .breath, for tho
plunge out over the Arctic wastoa
was everywhere counted one of e
treriie hazard but those who -knew
from experience conditions in ' the
north and , wero well acquainted
with Amundsen's ability to cope
with them, wore almost to a -man
confident 'that he would rol'urn
safely. - -
. Ellsworth With. Him ' '
With -Amundsen, as observer- lif
the second plane, was Lincoln Ellsr
worth, aviator, bngineer, athlete
! explorer In many of the out, of
the Way parts of the west hcml-
sphere. Amundsen and he wejo too
navigators ot the expedition,
charged with the responsibility ot
heading it aright .on Its JaurnuJ
and coordinating Its activities".
In addition the expedition car
ried four men, two In each of Jho
planes. They were Hjnlmlr Klisor
Larsen, lieutenant in 1 the Nor
wegian navy and expert airman;
Lief Dietrlchson, tn airplane "Allot,
an ex-naval man of Ho'rten, ' Nor
way: Oskar Omdahl, i mcchanjq ot
Kristiansen, Norway,- long associ
ated with Amundsen's exploring
work and a former student of avia
tion at Mlneola, L. I., and Cart
Feucht of Frledrlchshafen, Oer
many, mechanic and expert on Hor
nier aircraft. . ' ' 1
. lirlllluut Kecoril '
Amundsen has a long and lirlght
record as explorer of both tho
northern nnd sohthern polar re
gions. Ho was the first man td
.each the south polo, nt which ha
planted the Norwegian flag on De
cember 14, 1911, heating tho, lato
Captain . It. F, Scott, tho DrltUftS
explorer, by 24 days In achieving
the discovery. " ' j !
: Amundsen remained at the south
pole three days, taking obnoryatJog.il
and charting the territory. He r
turned to his base shortly after
wards and announced his achlovu
uient, for which Norway proclaimed
him a national luiro and voted him
a life annuity. V
Vptrrim Kplorrrj
Amundncn started his oxplorallfuv
work back In 1807, Joining thj Oor
Inch south polar expedition and in
1901 started out on voyag In
C'oiitlnue1 on rage foil)'' i'