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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
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Eighteenth Year Numbre 05GG
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1925
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SHEPHERQ JURY
1 GET CASE
THIS AFTERNDON
Closing Argument by De
fense Attorney Stewart
Being Made Today
DECLARED I N N O C ENT
Lawyer Argues That Unseen
Power is Directing At
tack Against Client
I IIICAlil), June . ' W il
liam l. Nlicpliciil the In Im of
n tl ttilxtl ic run piracy iiimI idioiild not
lie hanged mi ill" tc.iliniiiiy of inn
limn, nlio houglit in n-: liiui null
I) of IminllT of Win. Met Hillock.
I lit Jury him lulil tiiihiy by William
H, HtclMill, t'tlti-f ul defense coun
sel, ','lf y (lit c'l'llilni'ii I ti i ti k IllU de
fendant wont mil ii ii tl talked wliH
dimlcs Falmun. hung lilm," aSi .iu1-
Stewart nl I lu' ..nihil n( hi argu
lili'lil. "Hit illilii'l Iiiivo any buslm-iu
talking with Fdlliiiitl."
U win C'liurlB C. Ka 1 : . pro-'
pilelar of tho Nalliuul l ulvtiriiiy of
Science will) wild ho K Shepherd
iviioUI f.-'tm iitiM liui;lil lilm ''. i'v
t i into ilium id murder MllUnm Mi
Clintock f.r Civ ll.uoo.ooo mtaio
bu li ul willed to Shepherd.
Midden Mnlw
Prosecution ot HIidiiIk.miI l.nit was
nunched by Stowu..-t .jthvrv&.Ut
" pOU'lir lll'lllllll till' scenes, and lio
churned llaburt K. Crowe, Hut Mule's
attorney, unci Slew-art's lurtntT chief
Willi piirtllllllllli himself t-l Ilu made
a cnUpnw In it will light.
Shaking his f!l within h foot n(
Crone's f.i -o. Stewart demanded t,i
know why Ka I inn n ' illplmna, had
nut lii'i'ii clased mid mild he would
1 nil v o the prunut'titorii cxpia n u LI .m ton
IiIm rountltutunls. ,
Klvwiiri tiilkud for llilriy minute
lifter deorKn K, Cioitnun, flint m
nliitmit nl iiu'h iittoi ue)'i hud . inn
i-lnduil thu prosei'tttlun, opetilnit Jury
liliii. ii ilein.ind fur tlio dentil pen
nlly. SleiMin lu l'n-iiy
Ktuwiut w.irkpil lilm'elf Inlo u
liuniy im ho pleiuleil fir Khcphenl.
I'm I UK from tbo Jury box I) Shep
liclil'rt Hlilo, KivlurlliK fonulully nmi
ahiiutliiK lit )ii lop of Ii Ih v. lire, be
wim Ktre.iliilim i, r.-ph all.ili I iiik he
foro I Ii it uo.iti rceeHH hulled lilm.
"lOn'l yon .know lli.it '!f ihu de
fnnduut Is (liven even one dny In
prison hv never will liciieflt by thu
will of Hilly .McCliiiloch?" linked
(tXilltJlllled Ull I'iikii I'ihii )
Reclamation Expert Here
to Untangle Situation in
Local Irrigation Project
Declared to be a unique situation in reclamation pro
jects, paralleled at no other place in the country, a prob
lem of the Klamath Irrigation District will be taken up
this week by directors of the Klamath Irrigation District
with George C. Kreutzer, government reclamation expert;
here to make a report on conditions in the Lower Klam
ath Lake basin. . ' ' , .
;, The. problem has to do with the rapid industrial "de
velopment of Klamath Falls in such a manner as to bring
,' city, homes and industries onto lands of the Irrigation
; district. , '
This has resulted in a peculiar condition, according
'(o A.; iM. Thomas, secretary of the district.
City, dwellers, who make their living in Klamath Falls
are owners of email tracts of acre size or less on which
they build their homes and on which are planted small
f gardens.
These small tracts are on lands of the Klamath Irri-
gation District' and the owners of them are entitled to
a voice in irrigation affairs of the district.
None of, them are especially interested in irrigation
"problems and most of them have nothing in common
with' the 'farmers whose welfare is wrapped up in the
:: conduct of the district. -
; . Krcutzer is to be asked vp aid in unraveling the tangle.
Will Begin
Heating on
Lower Lake
Committee Due to Ar
rive Here This
Evening
Hi'tu'lntf of fit Kiiui''iiU jho it ml
run for tht flooilliiK of 11m- Lower
Klltliuith Lull" Inn Art Ik fxfit'tiMl to
bf i;lM Iht' lttiinrrw with lliii nr-j
nvui iiiiH I'VtfiitnK oi four im-n up- r- 1 ur-.i r J
no ,1 .. tl.., ,., li,.r.m..,.t .,f , j Is Seized With Cramps and
interior id iniikd thorough in-1 Goes Under While Com
vi'Ht iKutioti or null nmi roji luniii-l panions are Helpless
lions In llinl sccilon, .
Tho f nit r ini'ii nro Professora YREKA, Calif., June 23.
simw nmi Powers, tlio first fnnffl Caught in an eddy of the
th.. r.,iv..n.iiy ,f ciiirnmiu mm ti..'jfa!t running Klamath river
u'coiul from I). A, ('., nmi Soil lix- ,, -n i i on
Minhmn of V. B. .lopurl- n"r Gville bridge, 30
iiiont of niiiiiiiirc. win win iiui1""2 from here on the
.iivoiniunii'd by tirorun c. Krimt-I Klamath river highway, Lee
ir. iiir.-ttor of thu iIIvIhioii of fiirm i Clyburn, aged 26, oldest son
I'Conoiiili of Hi u I'. 8. lliin-uii of if rt.,i.. C!,;fr j K
1 1 "I' 1 :i til It 1 1 Jl .
'I'lir niilv liiwK' fcii f ii i iiiiiii)i fi
i kiiiiih(i ftiiniii.it; of ibn iiiniis of joiskiyou county, was drown
ilu; l.ownr KUiniuiii i.iiku iiain in ed late this afternoon in a
tin. AiKiitbon Horkty. desperate effort to save the
Om.lnK .ho mor... m o mi-ntb, I j;f f j p u
of thu Miiiniith driiliiBKu illntrlrt , , .
nmi n (iniii iiiiiiiiiiir of Kininaib 'rom Arizona.
loiinty Hhft.pmfti and moikmcn. Meager details received
whiwo rioi kH nmi in rii iimt winter i hsre say that Pruett who
ptiiroil . on tbo lowor Ink. l.mtU. j gwimming with Cly-
Thc (ilotrlil Inst yi-nr l nalU to j , ... r- r i
him. ,.r,..it-Mi f...i.i Kuftirii-ut to burn. Mlss Frances Brock
wintiT fully r.o.unii hoa.i of i nincp well of . Gottvillc, and an
mid in now iintiur niltivuiion in , other man, suddenly cried
,,,-. ,.tiK. , , , . . . vttt for help and, Clyburn
1 1 ii rt hi ii of Itoi'lmnntloii him It it tl
wldu oxporlcncn In ro'luinaiioii miit
terH. Ho wiik lilintlflcd with tin
ntovn of Iho KiiKlh'h KovirnniiMil to
opi-n up new nri'HH of liutil to m:t
tlcrH in AiiHlrnlla mid wus Hiipir
inii nili'iil of th" Durbiiiu lutid col
onlnllon project lit t'nllfornlii.
iiih iniiiiniiiurtcrii urn In I)"Iivi.t
mt tlln nrem'lil limit
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Lumber Mill In
Path Of FlaitlCS
VAI.K.M. Jilnu 24. Klro weil
IhraiiKh Cuinp four of Ihe Cubbn
Mltrhull l.uilllii'i' lomiiiiiiv winl of
Fulls City luil. i) mid us buinliii;
illtvilly townnl Ihu I'oiiipiiny's bli;
itilFl ill Vitltel. mid tlio town Itself,
tircordiiiK lo repoii.1 reielvoil hero I
ul luion today. Another flro Id J
burning neitr lamp 3 twenty miles
southwest r DiiiKis. Klru ward-1
ens mid men wero belttK rusliod I
from nnlliu mill Kulls flty to flultt
Ihu tinmus.- A dry northwest wind
was fuuulus tltu fUnies'. ,.
SISKIYOU YOUTH
LOSES LIFE IN
Lee Clyburn, Son of Deputy
Sheriff, Drowns in At- '
tempt to Save Man ....
BODY NOT RECOVERED
VI L.puijr tJUVIII I U 1 U lllltf
struck out to his assistance,
when he was seized with
cramps and disappeared be
fore the eyes of his compan
ions and Mrs. Charles Nel
son, who was watching the
swimmers. -
The body has not been re
covered, although ranchers
and tourists have taken up
the search. The drowning
' lnc secon tragedy in the
iiyourn lamiiy wiiinn a
year. The second son being
trapped and killed in a for
est fire near the Klamath
river last fall.
ARRAIGNED
MEN PLEAD
NOT GUILTY
Men Charged With
Shooting Make
Court Plea
i ,
I'leus of not Riillty were entered
'llilu emi'iiltii' li slv rleftuiiliili Ih who
Inppeured before Circuit .)ui1ro A. I..
l-envltl, on -ehni'Kos running from
: passing bad i-heeks to assault with
n duimcrous weapon.
I'harles Fuller, Kd Kuller and Jim
Unrke, held In eonnoetlon with
shooting of Deputy Sheriff Kd Ken
dull, wore perhaps the most pic
turesque. The two Kullers nro typi
cal out-of-door men, long, loan and
rangy, llurke, more solid mill mus
culiir, appeared on ft pair of crut
ches. Ills is n ruddier complexion
and he sports u stylo of mustache
of it typo much favored In the days
'",. .
All Ihreu were charged In sep -
urate Indictments Villi assault with
Intiml lo kill and Willi being mined
with u dnngerous weapon. Charles
Fuller and Jim Murke were separ
ately charged with carrying conceal
ed weapons. . "
ll. K. Turner, charged with pass-
ing had checks on local merchants,
T. M. Owens, churned with a statu
tory offense and Ira Waru, charged
Willi assault, ull pleaded not guilty
and were reiiiunded to custody.
Judge Leuvltt set Saturday, June
2", ns the date on which Harry
Hamilton will bo beard on charges
growing out of bis mnnugontont of
an fliito sules lot hern last year.
WHffi
No Confession
Yet Given by
Whitcy Fuller
1 f -
Prison Warden Con
firms Statement of
Fred Morley j
'-..
"WMley" Fuller, alias Morton j
Hanson, who is thought to liuvo been I
Imiilieated -In tin, murder of Dan I
McDonald, Ku'ituna lump blacksmlll)
hero two yours ago, lias not made a
confeosiou. ' according to word re
ceived hen:, today from Warden
Archer of .McNeil's Island federal
penitentiary, '
I'uller, or Hanson. U thought to
have bnel) lure ut about the time
of Hie McDonald murder, and prison
authorities aro now cooperating vlth
Vfml Morley of Klamath FaTls In an
effort lo connect tbo convict with
the crime. ; However, thu mull has
not coufosstMl lo Archer, Morley or
any other person.
This Information was verified hero
again today by Morley. who said he
still believed Keller was Implicated
in the rrlmc. although lie has never
procured 9 confession, cither writ
ten or orul.
Word from McNeil's Island today
stated that Fuller hud eluded tlio
guards while working with a road
gang on the Island Into yesterday
afternoon.. He Is believed to still be
in' hiding on the Island, although
government boats are circling
about to catch him gjionld he at
tempt to (nitilate tbo notorious Hoy
Gardner unit "swim 'the 'channel. .' '
Fuller, nllas Hanson, was sent to
the federal prison from Portland on
March 14 of Ibis your Tor n violation
of the fcd'Ttil auto thoft act.
TACO.MA. Wash.. June 21, (V)
Federal guards under Warden F. H.
Archer of the McNeil Island pcirt
Icntlarsr near hero were tiearching
the island this morning in the ef
fort lo cnpluro Morton Hanson, who
escaped yesterday while at 'work
with n gang of men outside) the
prison walls. Notices, have been
sent broadcast mid boats havo been
circling the Island constantly since
his 'escape. Prison officials believe
he is still on the island, hidden In
th(e brush. Hanson, who eauio lo
McNeil Island March I I, 1025 from
Portland to serve Iwo years for vio
lation of the Dyer Acl, is believed
by prison officials lo be "Wbltey"
Fuller and to have been implicated
in a murder in Klamath Falls two
years ago.
John Moss Will
Head Kiwanians
ST. PAUL. June 24. (P) John
H. Moss, of Milwaukee, will be the
next president of Kiwnnls inter
national. Ho was the unanimous
cholJo of the nominating committee
here today. The election will be
held' Thursday as -part of the or
ganization's ti nn mil convention.
Jewel .Robbers
Get 200,000
Oaring Daylight Raid
Is Staged on y
Broadway
NEW YOUK, June 24. (JP)
Two .crs held up the diamond
store of Marcus Fell! man on Uroad-
wav lho theatrical district today
and 'escaped with diamonds said to
be worth between $150,0110' and
$200,000. Tho robbers with pistols
drawn, entered the storu. and tied
up two clerks on duty. They then
ransacked the counters, piling dla-
j mends and Jewelry Into a bug. The
holdup occurred shortly after
J0:Hu. The Feldnuin store Is be
tween 45th mid 46th streets.
Tlio robbers nlso emptied a safe.
Marcus. Fcldman, the proprietor,
entered u few minutes after the
robbers hud escaped mill released
the two clerks. Police wero investi
gating' descriptions of the 'robbers
and a general alarm was sent out.
KISSING PARTY
HELD NO PROD
OF NF OEL TY 1UI mw 1UUI1SI 1,1 ;
i2
New York Jurist Says Wo
men of Today Are as
Pure as in Old Days
DIVORCE CASE HEARD
Negligee Breakfast Parties
Not Sufficient to Win ;
Divorce Decree
XEW, YORK", June 24. M'J Not
withstiftidlng kissing and cocktail
parties young women are . Just as
puro nowadays as. they were years
aiy.). In the opinion of Jolin W.
Ford, a justice of the state supremo
court and u backer Jf the clean
l.tok league, which has been aclivo
in seeking legislation for supiircs-
sion of salaefius. literature. - ;
ile expressed bis views in court
yesterday in ruling that testimony
f a wife' breakfasts 4n neBUsee
with another maa and occasional
kisses and coekiai! parlies 'were not
sufficient evidence of infidelity. The
dictum was given in the suit of
Thomas H. Symington, wealthy rail
road equipment manufacturer.
Things. Misconstrued
Justice Ford said that many of
the things women did nowadays were
misconstrued. . '"' ;. . .4-
Talbot W. Chambers, oal deal
er, and cue of two oo-respdndents
namod by S.vmington, wns'orraiga
ed yesterday on charges ol adultery'
as tho result ot his teillmony con
cerning Mrs. Symington. Ho pleaded
nat guilty.
Ciunsel for Hie wife gavo notice
that- she Intended to file perjury
charges against Symington.
' Dr. Edward S. Pope tpstlflcd that
Mrs. Symington had admitted to hi in
oonfldcntlnlly that she hud been un
faithful lo her husband.
' Six of tile 19 charges against
Mrs. Symington were withdrawn by
the court.
Legion Drive
Over Top Is .
Believed Now
Think Over-Subscription
May Amount
to $200
That the drive for the Legion En
dowment fmid will be slightly over
subscribed was tho opinion today of
officials in charge of the drive, bas
ing their opinion on returns still in
complete. About $220(1 will be
realised, was predicted today.
Final figures will not bo avail
able until tomorrow, was believed
tills afternoon. -
indicative of tho Interest taken
in tho drive was the action yester
day ot Will T. Crouch, cook in a
'local irnnip, who came In and sign
ed over his government tnaurunce
to tho fmid, tho policy totaling
$ir.i;t. ' .
Having no relatives Mr. Drench
concluded that When Ilu died the
money could go to no worthier cause
and therefore camo in and made it
out to the fund. Mr. Urtwch came
hero from Murray. Kentucky,
Portland Man
Ends Own Life
POUTLANU, June 24. Harry F.
Wuodhond, local manager ot a' cor
reapondoneo school, ended his life
by jumping Into , the WUllamotte
river from the Hroadway bridge, lust
night. His body was recovered to
day. Relatives were unable to ac
count for his act. He had appear
ed cheerful yesterday, and had just
recovered from Injuries suffered in
an accident several months ago.
i Authorities Sparrh
Camp Ground Battle
Henrv Asians Renortrd To Ha
Aged Father-In-Law Into Insensibility -;
This Afternoon Physicians Say ''
Victim In Bad Shape
An elderly man whose name was not kno-vn but who
is said to be the father-in-law of Henry Askins, recently
from Kelso, Wash., was reported in a critical condition
at a, local hospital this afternoon, while county author
ities were prosecuting a search for Askins, his reputed
isaailanL ' ' "' .
The injuries are said to have been sustained in a fight
between the old man and his son-in-law, Askins at the
Bunnell camp grounds shortly after noon today.
According to Dr. G. S. Newsom, county health officer,
who attended the injured v man, his condition was
serious, and there was doubt as to whether he would re
cover. There were indications of a spinal injury which
might prove fatal.
EDITOR'S DEATH
AT KELSO STIRS"
UP CITY STRIFE
Two Separate Municipal
. Governments Seek to ;
, Rule City Today ;
MORE, TROUBLE BREWS
A. Ruric Todd, Deposed
Mayor, Again Seeks to
Obtain Full Control
KELSO, Wash., June 24. Two
municipal governments each as
serted rulo today over this city of
iDOil, where Thomas Dovery, editor.
was asstissiuatcd Friday after a
year's factionalism in which A.
Kuric Todd was recalled June 3
from the office of mayor.
Todd today, following declara
tions at a meeting of his followers
last night; when he addressed 1200
in the open air, appointed five men
to be councilmen and named others
(Continued on Page Four)
Southern Pacific Opposes
Oregon Trunk Extensions ;
Into This Part of State
WASHINGTON, June 24. W Proposals of the Oreg
on Trunk Railway to make certain extensions to its line
in Central and Southern Oregon were opposed before
the I. C. C. by the Southern Pacific company, which as
serted that the Central Pacific, one of its own subsid
iaries, had under way, or was projecting a considerable
mileage of new lines in the state. ' '
The Oregon Trunk construction declared by the South
ern Pacific to be unnecessary duplication of facilities for
the territory. The1 Southern Pacific also asserted the
Oregon Trunk had over-estimated the timber resources
of the territory to be served, and that the area was hot
sufficient to support both new railroads. - ., t :.
PORTLAND, June , 24. Railroad 'officials " in Port
land construe the Washington report on the protest, of
the Southern Pacific' against the Oregon Trunk cxten-
sion to refer to an answer to a questionnaire sent by the
Interstate 'Commerce Commission to the Southern Pa
cific and the Strahom Railroad, project after the petition
of the Oregon Trunk had - been received. Only last
week the Southern Pacific applied for permission to
make its projected southerly extension from Klamath
Falls, Hearings on these issues will be held, ,
What precipitated the Imiiivi or
haw' Jung ,lt lasted had not been
learned by authorities tale this
afternoon. The otdor man jvas
found.an conscious- and,.. haV.flg' -con-'
vulsions when the -sheriff's office
was called Ho. on tho aao
Aik'lns, Ith his wife and two
'sons, is, reported t- have Xled the
city Immediately after ttie supposed
fight, find a diligent search was be
ing prosecuted for him at a lulu hour
this afternoon. . ' .
The family. Including the futhus-ln
law, came hero about 10 days ago
r.-.m Kelso, registering at the camp
ground where they had been, om-pi-oyed
in the city, but following
tho fight, he Is said U have fled
without giving his employers duo .
notice. - .
Heat Records At
Salem Are Broken
SALEM. Ore.. Juno 21. All hoat
records hero for the month of June
as far back ai government statistics
have been compiled. ' were broken
at 1 o'clock this afternoon when the
mercury reached 99 degrees above
lero. With the . mercury 'ut ill
climbing rapidly, indications were
that the heat record ror ut! . time
ut Salem. 102 degrees above goro,
would be smashed. The 102 murk
is a July record.