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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1925
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F
TRIP
Amundsen and Party
Suffer Untold Hard
ships in Polar Flight
LONDON, June 19. w
Roald Amundsen has once
. more come wifely out of the
merciless grip of the Arctic.
An abandoned seaplane,
frozen in the ice 150 miles
from the North Pole remains
as hia "Farthest North"
marker, but the great Nor
wegian explorer and his five
intrepid companions are en
joying the comfort of bunks
and warm meals after 28
days of untold hardships
during which they pried the
other machine out of the ice
and flew it back to Spitz
bergen. Amundsen failed to real
ize his dream of reaching
the pole by air, but the fail
ure was magnificent and is
almost entirely lost sight of
here in the great popular
wavo of relief at tho turns of Ills
return and admiration at bis hero
ic accomplishment.
Amundsen's twu plium, uuu cum
niondcd by lilintelf and thu oihur
by hit Amor Icon fellow adventurer
and financial backed, Lincoln Kll
worth, dlsappourod ovur tha north'
urn horlton from King liar. Kplu
' borne U in May 31:
' Tbo other member of thu parly
wore iljalinar Rllnor l.itmcn, Nor
weglan and Dot Llethlchson, Nor
woglsn, the pilots; Oakar OmUuhl.
Norwegian and Karl Kcuchl. Ucr
man, (ha mochunlcluns.
Hope Faded
Tha planes curried no wireless
nnd as tha duys passed without llio
fllora' return, hope begun to fade
that oven Amundson, with nil hia
. (Continued On I'njio Six)
I'KHTIVAIi I'l-KASKH
rOHTLAND. Ore., June 19, (!)
Portland's rose fimtlvnl turned to
mirth and frivolity today with the
morrykhannn. a btirlosiina parade
umuslng thousands of persons nlonK
tho four mllo route. Perfect weath
er, which hna marked Komi festival
. wuok. prevailed. Thu hint porfor
inanea of . tho linen spoctuclo pug
eanl "Ilnsarlo" will bo given tonight.
BACK
ROM
ARCTIC
Officials Are Enroute
for Railroad Reception
Here Tomorrow Night
BOTH WILL COME
Both the Northern Pacific and Great Northern officials
will be here for the conference tomorrow night, accord
ing to a special Associated Press telegram to the Herald
late this, afternoon. It is barely possible, however, that
President Budd of the Great Northern will be unable to
come.
PORTLAND, June 19. Officials of the Northern Pa
cific arrived in Portland today enroute to Klamath Falls
to go into the issue before the people there as to fran
chise rights over streets and for terminals.
!,' An official party of the Great Northern was expected
to arrive here today and go south with the Northern Pa
cific group to Klamath Falls via Medford, but at noon
there appeared to be some hitch in the program and just
what may develop was indefinite.
Tho (Northern Pacific group went into conference at
the office of W. F. Turner, president of the S. P. and
S. systprri, with him and with Judge C. II. Carey, chief
counsel and A. J. Witchell, chief engineer of the North
ern lines, which are projecting an extension from Bend
to Klamath Falls and on to a California connection in
competition with the Southern Pacific. .
In the Northern Pacific party are Charles Donnelly,
president; R. W. Clark, assistant to the president; Arthur
C. James and C. E. Perkins, directors of the Burlington
System, and also of the Northern Pacific and E. E.
Ferry, also one of the Northern Pacific, board,
KLAMATH
EES
i 1 OAS
ASSERTS GEARY
Portland Attorney. Back
From Washington, D. C.
Urges United Effort
SQUABBLES WILL HURT
United Voice of People
Should be Heard Great
Tonnage is Here
That o position hus been taken
officially upon recent developments
In I lie Oregon railroad bulldlnif situ
ation by livestock nssoclitlons thai
bo represents, and that sovcral de
cisions of Importance to t'.io llvo
st iik Industry will be mudo by the
lulersiuto Commerce Coinnilsslon
shmily. Is the word brought to
Klamath Fulls by Arthur M. Oeury,
I'orlluud ultoruey.
Mr. Oonry Is enrouto back to
Port land from Washington, I). C,
where he appeared In final oral
arguments of livestock freight rule
custts before tho lutarstuto Com
merce Commission on behalf of thu
American National Livestock Associ
ation, tha Cattle t Horso Italsors
A'soclallon of Oregon, tho North
western Livestock Slilppers Truffle
Lcuguo and various other livestock
usaoelatloni.
"At tha time tint the Central
Pacific control rasa was before till
Commission, tha Cattla ft lljrso
Italsors Association of Oregon und
lha Northwestern Livestock Hit I p
pers Lougua" states Mr. Geary
"went on record In fuvor of obtain
lag tho economies derived , f roiu
common user of tracks where this Is
feuslblo and of the promotion of
competitive aervlco In preference to
monopolistic control, In fact, they
took very much tho lame position as
that assumed by tho Public Servlco
Commission of Orogou,- ( ;
Need lllll Lines
"The proper development of this
section of llio state, with Klamulh
Kails as Its contor, requires tho ser
(Continued on 1'iign His)
HOT KNOlfill? , .
Pollio und deputy sheriffs
lutu this aftornoon were on a
still hunt for thu bimbo who
atrutlud down Main street
shortly after noon wanting to
know: .
"Is It hot enough for you?"
According to tho voracious
weather man, tha mercury yes-
terdny tipped tho scales at 86
ringside, but ho opined that be-
foro lodny Is over It probably
would climb up to around 88.
Plenty of tha huiiio brand of
weather Is forecast for tomor-
row. .
"Is It but enough for you?"
Contract With
Government Is
Not Accepted
Irrigation District Re
jects Some Pro
visions Afler a two-day conferenro be
tween thu directors of tho Klam
ath Irrigation district and Project
.Superintendent II. I). Newell und
District Counsel It. J. Coffey, dis
cussing the pending contract be
tween the district and the Reclama
tion bureau, wliureiinder tha dis
trict! Is to lake over thu operation
und maintenance of the district, the
conference adjourned lute yesterday
without results.
The Klumalh Irrigation district
was ugrccubli, to adopting many of
tha sections contained In the draft
of tho contract provided by the
reclamation bureau, but there was
ono particular suction which the
board members stated could not be
adopted, rending in part lis follows:
'Tho iiuuiitlty of water to bu fur
nlshed to tho district hereunder
shall bu the iiuunlily which may be
applied beneficially in accordance
with good usage for thu Irrigation
of tho Irrigable lunds within the
boundaries of tho district, ns now
filed and defined "
'In no event shull liability ac
crue agniiiHt tha United States, Its
officers, AGENTS OH EMPLOYES,
or any of them, for and dumuge.
direct or indirect, arising from
floods, DltOL'CiHT, HOSTILE DI-
VEItHlON, Interruption of service
mudo necessary by repairs, unavoid
able accidents, SHORTAGE OF
WATEU SUPPLY, INACCL'ItACY
OF fJlSTItinUTION or other
causa." ,
Water I'ncrrliilii t
Director of tho i:islrlci took the
position that the United States has
endangered the water supply- of the
project by permitting diversion of
water for other than Irrigation use?
and having bud an Investigation
made by an engineer whoso report
allowed that thero will not bb suf
ficient Wnter to Irrigate nil of the
lands now susceptible to Irrigation
from the upper Klamath Lake under
present lake regulation, and show
ing further that tlio lowering of
the water level, us waa permitted
last your, exhausted tho district ro
sorvo supply of water and In ense
of a series of dry years, as has hap
pened in tho past, tha district and
lands of the projoct would ba with
out water for tha Irrigation of
crops.
-rThc engineer's report shows thai
under present regulation, without
additional sloruge, that tho lunds
now ready for settlers In tho Tule
Inko section of tho project will be
confronted with a water shortage
The district submitted a soction
providing for lake control.
Newell Objects
II. 1). Newell, project manager.
then slated that tho district's pro
vlslous would not bu accuptublo to
thu reclamation bureau.
The conference was brought to a
closo when It. E. llnidbury, chair
man of tha board of directors of
thu district, stated that ' the dis
cussion of tho contract bad de
veloped the fact that tho contract
as submitted was dictated by the
Durouit of Iteclamatlon at Wash
ington and that apparently Mr.
Coffey nnd Mr. Newell wero with
out authority to mnku any ma
terial change In tho form of con
tract. Therefore. Uriidbury contended,
it was usuloss to cotitinuo tha dis
cussion. Ho said that tho district
would submit objections to tho sec
tions of tha proposed contract,
(Continued On Pugo Right)
ATTENTION KLAMATH COUNTY FARMERS
Klamath county history will be made at the
White Pelican hotel tomorrow night. It will be
history in which you should have a part, because
it may mean the opening of the gate to the highway
that will lead to prosperity foil you. It will be an
occasion that will not call for silk hats or dress
suits. The men who. will be here want to come in
contact with the plain citizen 'as well as the busi
ness man and you are urged to come in "just as
you are and take pot luck," let the railroad offici
als who are pounding at your door know that they
are welcome and that if they come to Klamath
county they will be sure of a square deal so far as
you can secure it for them. The public reception
will last from 8:30 p. m. until 9:30 p. m. Deliver
your own message.
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State r Closes
! in Shepherd's
Trial at Noon
Defense Now Offering
i Evidene in Murder
. Case
CHICAGO. Juno 19. (p) Tho
statu rested Its caso In the William
I). Hhephcrd murder trial today
after nine days of testimony upon
which It bases Its . plea for the
death penalty for the middle-aged
lawyer charged with using typhoid
germs to slay his young foster son.
the millionaire. II II ly- McClinlock.
Tho dofonsc began presenting Its
caso In an effort to counteract any
unfavorable impression left by thu
state's last . witness.
Tha statd'a last witness, the man
upon whom It depended for estab
lishing the' necessary "corpus dcl-
Iclt, was Charles Kalman, pro
prietor of a small school known as
tha N'utiouul University of Sci
ences. -
His accusation of Slphord as
tho man who got from him three
test tubes of typhoid baccllll and
Information 1iow to use them In
eliminating young McClintock be
fore marriage would unlllfy a will
ho bad made In Shepherd's favor
was attacked viciously by the do
fensc, but In' Us essential points
was not denied by Kalmnn upon
cross-examination.
Falmnn admitted that bo could
not say who at the Chicago health
department gnve him the germs nor
when.
Body of Senator LaFollette
to Leave i Washington
This Afternoon
WILL LIE IN STATE
Final Service to be Held at
Madison Monday
Many .Messages Sent
WASHINGTON. June 19. (IP)
Tho body of Senator Robert M. La
Follolto will bo taken lata today
to Wisconsin to rest for a timo In
tho capital of tho stutc ho represent
ed In congress during seven terms.
A heart attack yesterday, coining
pl'tor similar assaults upon his vital
ity after a period of 10 years ended
in' his seventieth year tho career
of "Fighting Bob", one of tho out
standing figures In American politics
and Inst year ail Independent cundi
date for president.
In Siierlnl" Cur
In a spcclul car tho body will
laixvo Washington nt threo o clock
this afternoon, for Chicago. Thero
tho funeral car and anothor coach
carrying members of tho family and
close friends will be made into a
spoclul train for the trip to Madison.
Tho Wisconsin capital will bo reach
ed Saturday aftornoon nnd on Sun
day tha body will Ho In state in tho
capital wbero Mr. LuFollotto served
throo terms as governor. Funeral
servlcos will ho hold thoro Monday.
Ills passing brought from .many
other leaders who had stood both
with and against him in his political
battles, sincere expressions of sorrow
and tribute. Among them was Presi
dent Coolidgo who told Mrs. LnFol
(Cuntluued Oil lso Six)
FIGHTING IB'
WILL BE BURIED
AT FORMER HOi
CRAZED FATHER
ADMITS
STEP
Thomas Gilchrist, Los An
gcles, Says He Was "Un
der Lord's Command"
HAMMER IS LOCATED
House Shows Evidence
Bitter Struggle No
Other Cause Given
of
. LOH AN'GKLKH, June IU, (p)
TIioiiihh Uilclirlst admitted early Jo
day to the police and a representa
tive of the district attorneys office,
"tlnit under command of the Lord"
lie administered the wounds from
which his 10 ycur old step-daughter,
Mrs. Olive Morris, had died a few
hours earlier at I lie receiving hos
pital. The young woman bad been
brought to the hospital during the
night with her throat cut, bar skull
fractured and bcr body slashed and
battered after neighbors had found
her In semi-conscious condition In
a vacant lot across the street from
tho Gilchrist homo. A few wordB
tbo officers wero ablo to obtain from
her before slio died.
: Desperate Struggle
In tho house officers found over
turned furniture, blood splattered
clothing and other evidences of a
desperate struggle. Just outside the
door lay a hammer and a blood
marked bundle.
Mervlllo Morris, husband of the
slain woman, said his wife bad gone
to the Gilchrist home to help her
stepfather witb his housework in the
absence of her mother who Is visit
ing In Texas. ,
Gilchrist at first Insisted he bad
not seen bis step daughter, explain
ing he had been away from homo
all evening, . Vr. .'.-'"' ' V l-
Finally Confesses '
Hours of gruelling failed to shake
his stpry and he bad been placed
In a cell when bo called the officers
back with tha statement that he
wished to make a confession. "The
Lord ordered me to do it," the
officers quoted him. Ho then offer
ed to accompany Clio pollco to hia
home to re-enact the crime.
Trail Blazer To
Take First Ride
In Plane Tonight
Ono ot Oregon's ploueor trail
blurers will blazo a now trail In
tho heavens tonight, when Mrs. M. J.
MeCoy, mother of Mrs. L. O. Arena
ot this city takes her first rido In
an airplane.
Crossing tho plaius 72 years ago,
coming from Henderson county,
Illinois, Mrs. McCoy then just three
years settled In Lynn county, Oregon
with her parents. Tha trip across
tbo plains was made with a team ot
oxen and wagon, taking six months
to make tho Journey. ,
Since tho invention ot tha air
plane, it has been Mrs. McCoy8
greatest desire to some time have
the opportunity ot riding In a plane
and in speaking of the ride which
sho Is to tako tonight, her kind blue
oyes sparklo and her lips ara wreath
ed In a happy smllo.
Mrs. McCoy now makes her home
in Mnytlold, California whoro two of
her children reside. Sho haa been
the mother of ten children, two ot
whom havo passed away.
Mrs. L. O. Arens, daughter ot Mrs.
McCoy, plans to take tho ride with
her mother this evening. "Just as
soon as I have my rido I must wrlto
to all my children and tall them all
about tho thrills", tho elderly lady
said this aftornoon.
Suspected Slayer
Pleads Not Guilty
LOS ANOELKS, Juno 19. Dr.
Thomas Young, today pleaded 'not'
guilty to a charge of murder In con
nection with the death ot his wife,
Grace (Irogan Young, former widow
ot tb olive millionaire, Patrick Gro
gnn. Trial was set for August 7.
lMONKKR WOMAN' I'ANKKS
SEATTLE. Wash., Juno 19,
Mrs. Francos Ellen Page, whoso
father, Joseph Gale, was a territorial
governor ot Oregon, died here today.
She was 88 years old, '
DAUGHTER
Chief "Pussyfooter"
Of Southern Pacific
Does His Stuff Here
. ' " ' : - V. ;'; !
Paul Shoup, Head Mandarin of "Road of a
Thousand Blunders" Gives Klamath -
Falls Silent Treatment Purpose
of Visit Here Exposed "
Paul Shoup, vice president of the Southern Pacific and
chief Mandarin of the reactionary forces of the "Road
of a Thousand Blunders," was here yesterday. Only
the elect knew of it until after his departure. Shoup
is one of those Li Hung Chang type of statesmen who
say little and do much. When the Southern Pacific was
in deep trouble in and around Los Angeles and someone
was needed to lead it out of the wilderness, Shoup was
delegated. How well he has done the work those famil
iar with present conditions in the Golden State metro
polis will testify. ' x
So, when the Northern Lines threatened the S, P.
supremacy in the Klamath country, which promises,
be one of the greatest tonnage points in the west?
Shoup was again delegated to direct the fight. . Yester
day he came to get a first-hand picture of the situation,
to come in personal contact with those whom he hopes,
will help him and to begin preparation of the plans that
ae believes will bring to mm tne
same success mai rvnarucu uib ec
forts In Los Angeles. .
Those who listened to the honey
ed words that dropped so sweetly
from the lips of Mr. Shoup are as
dumb as oysters today. Jfea, they
met Mr. Shoup. He Just said bowdy
shook hands and left, but did sot
discuss the railroad situation. But
Veiled Promises
Mr. Shoup, or someone else; did
some talking. ' Since hra departure
it baa percolated through the busi
ness section that ' something -like
this "might happen:
Since the Southern Pacific has
taken under Its wing the Strahorn
line and since the Modoc Northern
"has not been abandoned" this
phrase has a peculiar official S. P.
tinge it would undoubtedly be ad-!
vantageons ' to have the division
point and substantial repair shops
Their Daddies Gave Their
Lives for America; Won't : i
You Help Them Oiit Now?
Do you remember a few short years ago when, the
men of America sailed for the land of La Fayette?? Do
you remember the patriotism
gulfed the nation when the colors of America triumph
ed" over the shell-swept fields of France? ' Do you re
member the heart-aches and grief which saddened thous
ands of American homes when the casualty lists were
cabled back to the homeland?
; Right now in America in Klamath county there
are casualties of the world war. They are the boys and
girls ; the war orphans of America. ; , :
The ex-servjee men, members of the American Legion,'
are novf determined to fulfill an unspoken pledge to
their fallen comrades. They want! 1 rs.
to protect the boys and girls who
were loft fatherless as a result of
tho war.
Tho American Legion Endowment
Fund la being " established as a
means of educating these boys-, and
girls. It . is a nation-wide move-
moot. Tho money will bo used In
maintaining the American Legion
billots. In Oregon it will provide
funds for tbo Doernbocber hospltut
for war ..orphans during the first
year. s -
Klamath county Is asked to sub
scribe but $2000 to this fund.
I WANT
AMERICA'S WAR ORPHANS
To J. A. Gordon, chairman of American
Legion war orphans' endowment campaign.
I enclose my check for. . . . , ... , - v, '
I want to do my bit for the children whose
daddies did their bit. '
Yours, in the name of humanity . ;J'
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located. in this city. Of course. It
competition should enter this ter
ritory, resulting, as It undoubtedly
would, In suqh a division ot traffic
as would make such an Investment
inadvisable. It migot reeU In con
siderable curtailment, if not entire
abandonment, ot the "extensive"
plans under consideration. f ...
Now, for the tacts: : ;
. '.The Ileal Truth i ;-
When the Southern Pacific was
in deep difficulties over the threat
ened Ions of the CenlraT Pacific and
It was yelling for assistance la this
territory, Ben Bey, or Portland,
stated that, while he could not
speak officially for the Southorn
Pacific, undoubtedly the : Modoc
Northern would be built witbin two
years. . When asked about the dlv-
Islon point, he- also, said, In
- (Continued On I'ago Five)
ef-
and enthusiasm,, which en
Klamath county haa never yet fail
ed to do its duty toward any worthy
cause. Klamath county will not fall
in this drive. It will do Its duty
toward the boys and girls whose
fathers lie sleeping fromewbore lit
prance
j WI1I you help maintain Klamath
county's record for prompt and will
ing service toward- a worthy causo?
Will you do your part for .(he war
orphans of Klamath county ' aiid
America? " Then glvo wVat'dii cun
and send it with thhl coupon to
J. A. Gordon, chairman ot th drlyo,
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