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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1925)
University J''f' Published Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number 5557 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 192.' PRICE FIVE CENTS CONVICT ELUDES GUARD E Morton' Hanson, Alias "Whitey Fuller" Flees Posse at Federal Prison IS STILL IN HIDING i Man Under Investigation Here in Murder Case Still Keeps His Liberty . TACOM A, Wash., Juno 25,(l) Suddenly coming runt la fuco with .Mort in Hansen, thn escaped feder ul pcnltent-lury convict who has linen frnn on McNeil Island far Hired lyn, (liiuril Klinur V. Illllon fir.'. I A filall.nli of bullet m III in curly IIiIh iniirnliiK, Hut HiiiiHi'ii look a long ehuiico M'lil o .raped In thn briiNli again, (luiird lllltun was vii tvrliiK Hi" mui'lilnw shop uboul 1 o'clock III In m.irnlng, Jim as lie oiinin In from onu !do. I humeri en leri'il (lia shop from the oilier. "Throw up your hinnl:i nntl d m't try la got nwuy, ir I'll shoot jmii," s.ild Illllon. 'I'm k en I Hit chance lluimnii quickly raised III hands m It In miliinlKiloti and llien luok a chunee, anil us lift muni Just bill able thn door through whlrh tie liu.l entered, lis limited Ink, puiiheil the door open nnd plunged outside. An the door wan nwliiRvng hnt bark of the prisoner, Illlluii tired three Union. Hilton rushed out side U nee I ho prisoner Juki dis appearing over the tup of J hill lu:li of the shop, lie let two mire Bin In fly nl hint, hut I hey evidently did no damage. Hide lu IIioj.Ii Hansen was Keen (or tho hint time at ha disappeared In the b'unh. Patrolling of the Inland In rllll going on to, prevent him oilcan UK- lUnitrn rams In McNeil Inland lanl March from Portland. Ore., on' a two year sentence. " Officials have recently been checking up lr!i no. alble Implication In a murder nl Klamath Fall". Begin Tests of Soil in Lower Lake Soil Experts Here Begin Labors Today to Ooorgo C. Kroutior, director of tho dlvlalon of farm cconomica of tho U. 8. Biirouu of Rerlumntlnri will bo unable to bo hero until Fri day for the hearing on tho request of the Audubon aoclnty that the Lower Klnmnlh I.uko liaaln be again flooded. Professor Shaw of tho University of Cullfornlu, Professor Powers of O. A. C. nnd Roll Export Lnpltam of tho U. 8. Department of ARrlculluro arrived Inst night nnd todny were preparing to begin their Boll tests In tho Lower I.nko. All three omphnslzcd that they wore technical mon nnd Hint llielr only function wnn to secure nnd muka nnnlysls of samples of thu soil nnd to report ns to tho commercial Tallin of tho luko lied as a plnro to (trow crops. Their fllidlngs aro to bo prosentod to Krettttor nnd on tho strength of thorn ho la to tnnko n rocommendn tlon to tho Department of tho In terior. The move to flood the luko Is op posed by Klumutli Htockmen nnd by members of the Klumutli Driilnngn district. Man Injured In v- Family Row To Recover, Belief Condition of Sam Ilimtod, nt tin Klnmuth Geneva! hoipltal recuper ating from Injuries alloge.l to b.ivo boon irocolvod :n u tmht with his Son-ln-luw, Henry Asking, was snld Milny to bo f '.utly Improved. It .was tho opinio i of hospllnl nli.icliiu Hint he wottW roeovtr unless terl oua complications sot In, Tho .'Iglit occurred nt tho nunnnll camp grounds, Asklns Is held nt tho county Jail, ohargad with assault and baltory, with ball sot r.t ,1000. UNDER GUN FIB Eskimos Are Not to Learn World History Would-Be Educator Is Declared to Be Shoplifter With tho urrnut of Frank K. Illli ler lodity, iiiilli'u believe I hut they have solved Hie mystery of smull theft from tho merchant iilonK for the Inst three or Mulll street four days. lllbler, when arrested by Officers llrnwii unit Lewis, hud on his per son a flashlight and several other siiiitll article believed to huvo boon taken, from the Klur Iruir store. It In aliened Hint lllhler tins been sol Iiik Minn 1 1 articles stolen from vari ous stores about the streets re cently. Home of these articles . bore Hie Itcxall trademark, mid It wus from this clew and the fuel Ihut the Hlur drug store has suspected blm for sevcriil duys, Hint Hie police Hindu the arrest. It. Is alleged' that lllbler has been In the huhll of coming Into the duric store early In the morning, asking for a drink of W'.iler, and slipping whatever he co ii I il Into lr!s pocket while the clerk went lo Hie buck of the store to Kit III ill u drink. lllhler wus arrested earlier this week on u churKu of Intoxication, but was relensnd on his plea of be nt! deaf, mid tliut he was Just talk- I ii K to himself, and not drunk. He stated nt tills time Hint ho was on bla way In Alaska to sell Weill Oulllno of History to the Kskltnos, and that he was a veteran of tho liner war, the Spanish American war and the World war. Jardine And Party Guests Of Medford Secretary of Agriculture Visits Orchards and Inspects State Troops . MEDFOUD. Ore.. Juno 25. Sec rotary of Agriculture W. M. Jar- dlna and party arrived In a spe cial car on tho Shasta shortly after 11 o'clock this morning. He was mot by a delegation of Medford citizens headed by Muyor O. O Alenderfer, luken on u short tour of tho orchard district nnd then whisked to Camp Jackson, where nflor a salutn of 19 guns, he was tho guest of honor nt a luncheon glvon by Brigadier Oenernl Gcorgo A. White. Secretary Jardlno on his arrival was accompanied by his brother, J. T. Jardine, director of tho ex periment station at Oregon Agrlcul (urn I collcgo; Prof, W. A. Jensen, exocullvo secretary, O. A. C; Dean llexell of O. A. C, nnd Ilohort Kerr, son of President Kerr of O. A. C. Tho secretary of agriculture Is making a tour of the const to In spect ngrlcultiirnl conditions nud nftor a conferenco with leading business men and rnnchorH In Med ford will lenvo for n motor trip to Itosehurg this evening. f Dragon Day Finds Shanghai In Arms ailANOIIAt, June 25. (?) Dragon Day, observed by Chinese In less trnublusomo I hues to mni'k tho season of sprouting soeds, todny was commemorated with tinned forces patrolling tho sweltering streets of Shanghai, which took on n holiday aspect diesplta the ex pressed fluro-up of strike sympa thizers. . - Mrs. Morgan Is Reported!; Better Wife of Noted Financier Re- covering Slowly From Sleeping Sickness" NEW YORK, Juno 25. (P) Hopes for tho onvly recovery of Mrs. 1. P. Morgan, wife of tho financier, who has been 111 of sleeping sickness at her summer homo nunr Olcnrovo, .wore strength oned todny when Mrs. Morgan, for tho first time since sho fell Into a Rtnto of coma on June 17, novo In dications of rulurnlng conscious ness, 1 Mrs, Morgan's physicians , an nounced Snturdny sho hud passed tho crisis. FIRE HAZARD IN STATE DECLARED TO BE CRITICAL Hot Dry Wind Sweeping Through Forests of Oregon, Says Report TIMBER THREATENED Camps and Equipment of Siletz Basin Company in Path of Flames I '(JUTLAND, Ore., Juno 25. Pj While n hot, drying wind was sweep ing the forest areas of Oregon, hour ly Increasing the fire hazard, several fires were being fought lodiiy la the western part of the stale, and one In centra Oregon. A hoiiK.st'Midi'r's cabin wus bnrn- i ..... .... ;eil nnil :i ai res swept ny a lire near Mist,' Oregon, yesterday, Hie chief Oregon flro relief association re ported todny. The fire was brought under control. About 100 acres of old slashing of the Nehnlem limber company near Scuppnnse, was burned over, It was reported today. Crews At. Work Led by forest service officials be tween 120 and HO men wore todaj fighting o fire which broke out yes terday in timber owned by the llrldul Veil Lumber company and (ieorgo Joseph, near Palmer, Oregon. Several logging ramps in tho Cochran nnd Kerry district on .the lower Columbia river, closed down today on account of fire danger. Threatening a greul body of tim ber in I be Silott basin, tho fire which yesterday destroyed camp 4 of tho Cobbs-Milchell plant at Vul setx was still burning today. The company's entire force of 200 men were fighting tho flames. For a time thu flro menaced the town of Vnlsett and tho big mill at that pluce. Hut (ho wind changed and ifro-cilmJiily within inurler:of a mile of the town. . SALti.M, Ore., June 25. Camps and equipment of tho Wllllamette Valley Lumber company northeast of Sllett basin are directly In lino with a forest tiro In green timber that Is burning fiercely and making rapid headway in Hint direction to. day, according to a message received from Will Caldwall, In charge of the ranger station on Dnld mountain. Tho latest outbreak of the fire is a continuation of the tire Ilia, burn ed ovor a' wl.do area In Slletx basin yesterday. The basin flro in uudjr control, nut has climbed tho llilfe of the basin, nnd, whipped by southwest wind, is ruging to the northeast. A crew from tho Wil lamette Valley company's camps is fighting the flames under hand! cap by building flro trulls. It Is practically impossible to uso bacV flros, because tho exceedingly dry weather makes these dnugerous. Tho fire is doubtless destructive slnca It Is In green timber. It has been found Hint tho flro started In tho Slluts basin from a ynrder or largo donkey cnglno. This machine was not damaged, but six other donkeys were damaged, some cut logs wero burned and sonio fcroon timber destroyed. Another small flro northwest of Fulls Cllyjs undur control. C(.ST LIIAOI'M HCOIIHS At Vernon 11, Portland 6. At Salt Lake 10, San Francisco 9. At Oakland 2, Seattle !). At Sncrnmonto 13, Los Angeles G. Oregon G. A. R. Names Officers F. N. Lathrop of Port i land Is New Com . mander OREGON CITY, Ore., Juno 25. Nowly elected officers of thi Ore gon atnto department of the G. A. II. were Installed todny at tho an nual enenmpmont hero. F. N. Lnthrop, Portland, was elected stnto department command or Into yesterdny. James K. Nelson, Oreon City, wus chosen senior vice commander: Comrade, Knolrhoim, Gremlin m Junior vlco commnndor; J, T. But. lor, Glndstono, department chap. lain, and J. K. Mall, Portland, niodical advisor. Mexican Held 'After Fight Near Algoma Countryman Files Com plaint Charges Stabbing Trlnldid Vjtirungan is held In Hid county Jail charged with as sault wilh a dangerous weapon and Florentine Navurr'j U nursing a bad ly slushed fight hand following a free-for-all fig'it In a oabln near Algoma last night. lioth iVunrangan and Navarro are Mexicans and unable lo give a clear account of the occurrence. According V) the story told offi cers more woa a puny in which Ix.w.imen and six men participated. As the party progressed three women left, leaving three women unit u'-x men and this discrepancy numbers Is alleged to have cuus- eil tie fight. Vanraguii Is said by Navarro to hive been the aggressor and the lulter appeared at the district at torney's office and demanded that u nurrunt be sworn out. Stage Driver Who Swallowed Acid Is Dead George Stanley of Bend Succumbs From Poison Hend, June 25. George Stanley, 24 year old stage driver who drunk commercial acid by mistake March D, died Into yesterday directly as a result of drinking the add, which ate away the lining of his stomach according to the physicians. He is said to have literally starved to death. Stanley was driving a stage to Hend whenthe accident happened. mora-inan an' hours ride rrom Bena He stopped by the side of another machine and during the absence of the other driver, saw a bottle on the seat and without noticing the contents, took a. big swallow. When ft was discovered that he hid drunk the poison, he was a-ushed to Bend but owing to bad roads arrival was delayed and it was some time be fore ho received medical attention Hesldes his widow Stanley Is survived by a three year old daugh ter. Hubby Punches Wifey's Nose; He's Arrested Domestic Troubles of Wealthy ' Couple Are Aired NKW VOItK, June 2B. (AP) Domestic tumbles of Arthur K. Bourne, Jr., 21, grandson of Oiiiimodnre Frcdlrlck (. lUiurne, sorting machine inug liutu who left, n $4o,tMH),0(lU estate, hnvo culminated In his nrrest after a chno by his wife, who says ho punchi-il her nose. Ought by n police automo bile directed by Ills wife, Itoiirne pleaded not guilty. For two days, his wife, Ben tiice ("limey llournc, nlso 21, laid seine to his imrtnient liou.se. Sho said she wanted to queslicn him rcgm-dliiR n divorce suit ho f Hod . in 1'iisu denn, California, recently. Bourne came home last nlaht. An argument ensued while u crowd withered. He punched licr nose, she snld, nud fled - theniiuh the crowd, t'oiiiniiind eerliiic n police flivver, Mrs, Itourno stood on tho rmiiiliiK board anil directed tho jiollco driver until Bourne was caught three blocks fail her on. TOO HOT TO WOltK SALEM, June 25. Hot weather has produced an acute labor situation In Wicr- ry orchards ond loganberry yards hero due to tlio rapid ripening at tho fruit. A hurry 'tip .call hits hjien sent out for 150 additional cherry pickers 'and 100 loganberry pickers. T 0 EXPECTED TQ BE CLOSED TONIGHT Defense Attorney , Stewart Makes Closing Argu ment This Morning CROWE WILL FINISH Special Night Session May be Held to Wind up Big Murder Case CHICAGO, June 25, yp) Tho Shepherd murder trial prbbably will be concluded with a session tonight. Judge Thomas J. Lynch and the awyers for both sides tentatively agreed to such a step at a recess conference in chambers this mora- ng. The first jury plea on behalf of Shepherd wus continued today by Win. Scott Stewart, chief of defense counsel. He spoke for more than wo hours .yesterday and said this morning he would require all of the forenoon and probably would con- Inue this afternoon. Tho Indicated length of his argu ment set back the probable time nt ho case going to tho Jury. . After Stewart concludes, V. W. O'Brien, "IiiH associate will close for the defense., Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney, then will close for the prosecution. Shepherd entered the court room this morning with bis face showing distinct marks of worry. He seem ed more care worn than at any time since be wns accused of using ty phoid germs to murder his million aire foster son, William Nelspn Mc- Cllntock. Takes To Will t Stewart took up the manner of the making of Billy McClintock'a will and scored that as a point in Shep herd's favor. "If he had been nursing the .boy along to slay him, wouldn't ho have gotten so'mo ' brife else-fbdraw,'fhe will?" asked Stewart. "That is one of the points he Is going to have to explain in the probate court in the will fight. He must face It. But if ho had been trying to prepare an alibi, wouldn't ho have had some body else draw the will so as to cast suspicion from him?" Stewart took up tho testimony of many witnesses in the trial and anal yzed It from h'.s view point for the Jury. Letter To Nurse The letter Shepherd wrote to Miss Estelle Gehllng, a young nurse with whom he once was frtetidly, "was just a letter to a girl," Stewart said, even though Shepherd wrote that ho was bankrupt, had no pltjns and probably would close his office and drift imay from It all., ' Shepherd's statement to the young woman that he had asked Billy to give him a valuable piece of property was not In keeping witH his alleged plan to kill the youth and gett all, Stewart said. Another Workman Killed In Tunnel BEND, Ore., June 25. A work man, Joe Coll, wns killed in an ac cident In the tunnel Inst night at Odell, according to word received In Bond this morning. Details of the accident aro not available. The hoJy Is being brought to Bend however, according to a long dis tance message received by Sheriff S. E. Roberts. Jealous Woman Murders Lover Robert Smith Slain in Oakland1 This' Morning OAKLAND, Calif., Juno 25. Holier t Smith, 4D, wns shot und killed today In an apartment of Mrs. Mniio On nn lug hum. Mrs. Cunningham wns taken Into custody and wns said by the police to have admitted Hint- sho killed Smith through Jealousy. "Ho told me ho was going to Portland with 'another woTiin," Mrs. Cunningham said.. "I pleaded with him nil night not to go. Ho refused nnd then I shot him, 1 tried to shoot myself but there were no cartridges loft in the pistol." HEP HAL Man May Die; Unconscious After Attack Heat Blamed for Af fliction of Lumber Worker Overcome by the heat while sealed mi a bench ill Hie holler '(mm ;f the. Pelican Bay I.um-lx-r coin pan) Monday, Ijucy Oinohundro, an employee of thn company, toppled to the floor unconscious and this afternoon was reported to be still In an iinconM-lous c million at the Klnmuth General Hospital. Onuihundro wa repairing n pair of shoes, when utlnck'.l. Doctors believe t!w heat, (unbilled with the extra warm th of the boller.4, caused him to give way. He suffered a very slight failure of the skull when he Knpled to Hie floor. His con dition is regarded as being very fccriou. JUDGE LEAVITT DISQUALIFIED IN LIBEL SUIT After pondering over tho ques tion for twenty-four hours, A. L. Leavltt, circuit Judge for thiB coun ty, this afternoon decided that he was not qualified to sit in the case of Myers vs. The Herald Publishing company. W. H. Perkins and E. J. Murray. The decision came as a result of an affidavit of prejudice filed against him by E. J. Murray in which he alleged that he did not believe he could secure a fair and impartial trial before Leavltt. j Leavltt stated that he t found upon investigation that he had no alter native but allow the case to pass to another Judge, since he had made no ruling in the case. The case- in question is the one filed, by Myers, alleging, ..Hhel on ?ttiuua4.u&iruantsX Vjj Reorganization Of Indian Service Is To Start July 1st WASHINGTON, June 25 () Two hundred an ninety four em ployes in the field service of the Indian bureau. Including one more In nearly every connection agency and reservation in the country, will lose their Jobs July 1, under a sweeping reorganization program announced here today. The reduction of force will clip $227,905 annually from the pay roll. Clerks, stenographers, matrons, Indnan police. Judges and other of ficials are among those whose posi tions will be abolished. The num ber remaining on the bureau rolls July 1 will be 4932. LaFollette Leaves Property To Widow Entire Holdings Amount to Only $68,000 -Debts . Listed at $29,000 MADISON. Wis., Juno 25. Senator Robert M. LaFollette's will, offered for probate in county court today, names his widow as sole beneficiary and executrix. Tho senator's debts, including the mortgage on the homestead, are estimated in the petition at 29,000. tlis oersonnl property at $20,000 and his real estate, which Is the homestead, at IMS, 000. One Death Occurs Because Of Heat Astoria Man Dives Off Dock and Breaks Neck Mer cury Mounting . ASTORIA, Juno 25. With Astor ia and Clatsop county suffering tinder tho most Intenso hent wave over experienced bore; the hot weather .took Its toll in an indirect nuuiner when Eckhurt R. Ilunsen. 25, single, of Hammond, a fishing village near this city, became over heated nt his work yesterday nnd stripping off his clothes dovo Into tho Columbia river from n dock. The ebb tide had lowered the wntor beneath tho dock to a depth of a foot or so nnd Hanson's neck wns broken, death occurring InBtantly. TWO ROBBED BY HUSKY YOUTHS Matt Swisle and Paul .. Riser Victims of Street Bandits - Two shirt-sleeved husky youths, strolling aimlessly in the vicinity of 11th and Walnut, last night at 11:00 o'clock "strong-armed" Matt Swisle of the Crater Rooms and Paul T. Riser, cook in the Central Hotel Dining Room. After choking' and beat ing Swisle and Riser into submission the holdups took $25 in cash from Swisle and $115 from Riser. . They also took Riser's hat but in the melee failed to , notice that he was wearing a $100 diamond ring as a tie pin. . , , , . . Swisle was overpowered , without too much trouble but Riser , tried to Irlck his op ponent In the nose and -as a result T - d and beaten about I ho raabar sh:wed any sign . , '.' rued, flcoxglkij? to fllger. ; Swisle caulrt give. .-naffine aiV .. and d one was short. , , V 'v "l:nv. g,2f T 'i-J get - a -permit ' carry a gu:. KlaeT'deW-wrath-fullv t S "I've, lived firr yean in Alaska, and 'toiieil l:t ixiom-'town mining camps but this is the "first tlmo I eves felt that I 'needed a gun." WASHINGTON. June 25. Per emptory orders have been Issued by Secretary Wilbur for tho instal lation of navy wireless equipment on the .Mac.Mlll.in arctic exploration ship Peary. . Whew! It Sure Is Warm Today Year's Record for Heat Broken This " Afternoon Klamath Falls sweltered nrfth the rest of the state today when the c.fficlul thermometer at the reclama tion office recorded the hottest day of the year. , , . At 1:30 this afternoon -tho. mer cury had reached 03 degvees nnil wns Nt (It mounting, said HydrORr.l pher Smith. He .Timllcted It proli ably would reach 07 before tho kIihv dc.wnward march would begin. ' The sky was cloudier, up ' eurly this afternoon but whether or not It presaged ft storm weather export could not say. The forecast for to morrow is fcr continued hot weiith ed in this section, t Convicts Stage t Riot; Is Due To Water Shortage SALEM, Ore,, Juno 25. Incensed because of a sliortago of wuter in their colls, several convicts created a disturbance- nt the state peniten tiary lust night, and broke halt a dozen window panes by throwing tobacco tins through the bars of their coll doors. They ndded to tho disturbance by yelling for water and pounding on the doors. , . Warden Dalrytnplo said ha thought not more than lx prisonern wero Involved and that hn had not been able 10 find out who they wero. Some of tho convicts . had allowed tho water faucets to run in their cells to cool tho air, with the result that water In tho prison tank be came low and cut off tho flow. It was first reported that ft riot of largo proportions was created by tho prisoners, that they broko up furniture., nnd that tho number of broken windows greatly exceeded the number actually shattered. ' '
