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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, .SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1925
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Mil TOM
CHEERS
AS SHEPHERD IS
Believe Verdict Ends all
Possibility of Further
Action
RELEASED ON BAIL
Judge Olson Says He Will
Continue Investigation
of Affairs
CHICAGO, June 27. mi
William Darling Shepherd
was found not guilty of us
ing typhoid germs to kill
William Nelson McClintock,
his millionaire foster son,
after the jury trying him de
liberated five hours and for
ty minutes last night.
Within hulr an hour ! i f r " I
from I ho couulv 1 1 where hu has
been since Miitvh 1,1. en h! i.t
unul bund u( IS.ooo an iImi rhm
ot slaying Mrs. Km in a Neliou Mc
Clintock, William's in-ithnr,
. Ii was an lit ni ihe criminal courts
building thul nix ballots huil been
' takuii by Hid Jury. The voto for
llio first Blum) Iiik 11 to 1 f ir -iulttul.
" The rl diet win tsjusldered by lht
Shepherd t ouli') ill eliding nil
possibility of furthur criminal action
agaliiHt him. It gave III in tho pre
iimptiva ownership of thu Mcl'lln
lock estate, left hi in by Mcl'liutcick'
will, pending fluid action In a null
to bronk thu will started by nine
cousins ot tho dead y.mth.
Despite tho Jury finding. .Judite
Hurry Olson, municipal caurt chief
justice and InsUgntor uf the Invos
tlgutlon of tho Mct'llntock's dciith
will continue to probe nd prose
cuto, ir th.it Is possible, be mild.
During the trhil JiiiIko OIii ex
pressed keen disapproval of the ef
fort of tho suite's attorney mid ro
llomted Ills irrltlel'in whim Inform
oil uf tho neiiiillliil.
A burnt of diners, dnsplto warn
ings or bnllirfH against liny dmnun
ntl'iitlon ciima from I lie crowded
Hporlutori when the vordlct u
nn no ii mod by .Mm. 1) union, fore
limn. ( '
"Tho stiilo' miide n good fight
and lost" said Hubert K. i-'riwe.
Suite's uttorney, "Tho verdict speaks
for Itself."
Attorney Stewart, who argued
throughout tho trial that bin client
was tho victim of n plot, said "the
verdict la in reality a finding of
guilt ot tho plotters. It In another
proof of tho sanctity of the Jury,
system."
Minn Isabella l'ope, finance of
young McCllnlock, who wulted at
hln (lout li bed with 11 'Hcciho to
wed If ho irocovorml, suld thu ver
dict wan what Hhe expected.
"Tlioro .wiia 8J much left out so
much detail Unit-wan Important .o
the wholo alary Unit I didn't nee
how the Jury . coulil convict .Mr
Shepherd," bIiu mid.
Cars Will Meet
Children Who
Went To O. A. C.
:
Tlib dulemitlon of 71 Klamath
boys ami girls win are rottirnlug
today ti'om their trip to O. A. 0.
nil in nun' acliool will be inn I. at tho
train In Ashland nl ilillO tills nrter
iiooii, duo to 4ho Konoi-OHlty wf local
poopo who fu'i'iiilslied c.irs that tho
final lap of Iho trip might bo com
pleted without iluliiy.
Thoso who supplied curs wore a
follows: O. leylw.n, A. It. Wlbon,
Cnllforiilii OrugOn Power Ciimpnr.y,
Charles Do Lit p, A. H. Campbe!!,
Charles M.ick, C. I.. Morrill. Den
Korns, lloliind Wright, U, S. Itocla
niatlon Service nnd ' ltnokiu;il Auto
STVlrn,
l.i
GIVEN ACQUITTAL
Bus Man Says
New Parking
Rule Needed
Cars Will Not Operate
Here Unless Change
Is Made
"Klitmiilh I-'iiIIh must either adopt
pariillel pnrklng aloiiK Main street or
ue will not opi-raiii our uulo utreoi
carn In this city."
This was Ihu iiltlmaluiii Issued to
oily official today by W. K. Young,
Ki'iii'ral munngi-r or, the l.lnnton
Transit coiupany, whoso concern re
cenlly was K run l oil n franchise to
operate motor busses In , thin oily.
It wnn Imllciiled today that a
npeclitl moot leu of the city council
will bn culb'd fur next Monday n Ik 111,
at which time the parking problem
and oilier matters urfecling the new
auto bun line will bo fully dlscus
lied. "With pnrkliiK iih it Ik at present
on Main street, It would bo un al
most Impossible tuik for our IjIk
earn to operate here," be suld. "The
mreet would bo entirely too con
gested." Mr. Voiiiik mild that tho finishing
louche are now beliiK put on the
three big busses which will be Kent
bore. They are even larger nnd bel
ter I hun he had firm planned, nnd
wilt be the very bent operated by
bin concern liny place In tho Htato,
he said. 1
l'rovldlntt the traffic reflations
me udjusted lo bis satisfaction, Mr
Voiiiig mi III liilseu wniii I bo lion:
nnd rendy for operation within the
next no days. .
Pelicans Will
Take on Yreka
Here Tomorrow
A baseball game which ought to;s:iUry provisions In operatiun, and
ill liw close to a record crowd will j park -operations In general fairly
be dished up at the league grounds
tomorrow afternoon' when tho
Klitmuth Kails Pelicans and Yreka
battle It out for what probably will
prove to bn Ihu top rung ot tho
league ladder. The game is
scheduled for 2:lii.
Word from Yreka this morning
Is to Iho effect that a largo crowd
of enlhiiHlants will motor up from
the Slnkiyon motfopolis to give their
team the needed moral nnd vocal
support. An uannt. Klumath Kails is
expected lo turn out n good ejowd.
The manager today announced
his lineup would be the snme ns
lust Sunday, with l.cfty Mohler and
Demilt doing the battery work for
tho locals. Arnold will romp around
the Initial sack, Watts ut second.
Ilaynuns at third. Norwent ut short
and Matthews, Nnel and llnuth In
tho outfield.
Water Dispute Is
Cause Of Fight
MONO, Ore. Juno 27. A dls
putu vor hot water led to n shoot
lug nfrray last night at Opal City
In which two men were injured, ac
cording to Sheriff Hay Kroeman of
Jefferson county who brought one
of tho men to the Demi hospital this
morning. At 1ho rocjuost of Kreo
mnn, Shoriff Roberts of Deschutes
county placed Jesus Mnnziineru, n
Mexican soctlim band under larrest
tlilj morning 111 lleud. Miiiiziinoi'ii
admitted that bo was thu onn who
did 'tho shooting, officers said.
A man named t'ni'liu who , was
nhot In tho hip In at a local hospital
whilo Pedro Coyns, who hud a flesh
wound In his leg la lit Madras.
POItTI.ANO t'OOI.i:it
POKTl.AND, Ore., Juno 27, (4')
Cooling breezes early today made
tho weather cnmfortablo In spite of
n torrid sun. Thorn was a gradual
rlsn In tho early morning hours from
fi8. at flvo it. m. Tho weathor bur
ciiu vxpeetod tho maximum for the
duy to bn belwoen 85 nnd S).
Crater Lake !
Road to Be j
Open Sunday
Park Head Says Crews j
Have Cleared Way
for Cars i
Travel to fho very rim of Crater!
I.uku will set In Sunday, June 28.
This U the mi-usage received today !
from 0. (!. Thompoii, superintend- ;
out. "Tho battle between deep snow
drifl-i nil J long-handled shrivels
wielded by huk blue-eyed men ban
been won by the shovels with a j
three day nurKln. Tho unusually I
h .1 weather prevailing fur four day
has been a handicap rather th in ir. '
unnet, caunlUK rapid melting In th" '
newly cut snow nnd Impoilns many;
drnltuiKO pioblcmn," Thonip.iin ad- i
vised. ;
"The severe hot spell In the low-j
lalidi bus dilven thuunandn ot vicm-
tlonlnls Into the mountains, so that
pre-eanon travel 'into the I'ark Is
unusunlly heavy. All or iho campi
Krjutids on opt'iiK- llio.io al the rlln
and at gjvcinment camp aic already
a pun, with HUfrlcient snjw retained ,
In adjacent heavier forests to f J i -rls'i
both spo.t and refrigeration tor j
campers wh.i "dudo" It. !
"Illui;trative ot luu wide variance j
uf dutloi Imposed up m Turk offi
cers Wednesday and Thursday a
crew of men were flK'itlng n 3-acrc
I f Jrest fire caused by l.xhtn1.ig,
I u-hlt.. f.ll,.lh..e ruu. I'nrn uli ,Vrl In t! i
,hriUBi, x feel of snow on tho lust
mile of road to iho rliu. The div
ersion of any more men from thu
snow crew lo (lie tire fighting gnng
will ne.essarlly delay the opening of
the last mile.
"The hotel operator nre already
in tho Park ami announce tint,
while full service will not bo in
augurated until July 1st, tho offici
al dale, nevertheless guests will .
well cared for in nn Informal way.
The ranger station will bo functwn
liig' June 27th, water supply and
well established. '
"In keeping with tho general spirit
pia.'llrally nil of the best known and
friendliest Park bears ure ulready
birk it their regular haunt it
Government Camp, and so hungry I
after their long fust that It has
been necessary l Iron bar all of
the cDok-shack windows."
Will Photograph-
Workers In Fire
Prevention Move
Hoy Soonta and Camp Klro Olrls
who will participate In thu Stop
Korest Klres .driver for tho signing
of fire pledges lire requested to
meel nt tho corner of Fifth nnd
Mnln, nenr tho Chamber of Com
mcrco rooms, nt 9 o'clock Monday
forenoon, where a picture of the
gathering will lie taken. '
All the Hoy Scout troops In' the
city are expected to participate, to
gether with Camp Klro tilrln from
thu Wlnema. Siiuchoco, Nnwaku
luoka and Apoyn groups
A' duterinlned effort Is to. bo
undo this yonr to exceed that of
lust when 7000 signatures to the
pledges were secured.
Cash prizes nro offered to thosu
hoys or girls who secure the most
signed pledges during tho drive.
The movement here will bo dupli
cated In ninny other western cities,
tho ' Stop Klres movement, which
hud Its beginning here, having
spread throughout all tho sections
of tho went ill which there nro
honvy timber stunda.
mi:ifoiu ronum
MB Droit D, Oi'o.. Juno 27. The
extremely hot spell in Modford ap
pears to he broken, according to the
local weather bureau. Tho mini
mum 'thin morning was 6S two de
grees less t him yesterday. AL eight
o'clock today the mercury had only
reached OS,, whilo yostordny nt the
saino tlmu It had reached 1T. The
weather bureau predicts (lie maxi
mum today will bo below tho 100
mark,
Purchaser Of
oWalin Taper
(jets Setback
!( HIM'IHH f llJlt HOIIM'OIM
"ImuKliI P'K Ih h jHiki'" Jit
(lie ileal involving I he -Iffuiirl
.Ma Mil VroKvv. iti-i-ciilly aji
nouiK'ciiM'iiL wan niacli tliat
(In rroKivus liad Im'imi a
(fiiiiril hy (it'll II. StrvriiMin
of llir Klamalh .Wvv. Ittit it
mi-iiih lliat tht! aiinoiiiu-4'tiit'iit
win pn'iiintui-t, 1 Innd'ad of
huyliiK tint iH'n:iirr hi ar-
ijulrt'd ttiily a iimi'tgitK ll"
nrMsaMT plant, anil nmv it.
llcvrl:ipN thM III IniH lost I'VCIl
ll.fr..
When the mmijiI of Xaliii
ittriirl that KlrvciiMtn whh
MfrkliiK his fiiiKiT Into their
community pit (hey bcun to
look arounil for a j;ooi hi zed
coloreil Keiiitemaii In tin;
wcMHlpllf and they thought
they dUccmed the well
ilive!oM'd TfnturvH of the 'all
fornijt Oregon I'ower company.
They didn't hit around for
MimethliiR to ImptK'ii, hut they
made thlitx hum for a fen
day. It was learned that
John Itt'ber ivio Kolt.R to
Portland on hu-niitess nnd he
was tpiuniiKsloiK'd to purcttaNC
the nanir, fcood will and nuI
Hrrlpt ion, list from the former
oviieroi the ProKreK who
was then in Kalem. : That left
Mr. Steveiifcoii with the
Keeundy tied In a poke.
Then they proceeded to cut
out the jMittnm ami he now
- lias -l!i(v"thr pijr, 4Mr Ar - Miott
nn they iloM'd the deal with
the former owner, they began
negotiations with the lunik for
the ' liquidation of the mort
gage. This was accomplished
ycsteulny. TtMlay with inster
MHtiott hpM-iul nrross his
count naiie .Mr. Stcveiisim Is
holding the empty hack ami
the people of Malln are enjoy
ing a good laugh at his ex
cursion Into 'the high fl
natice of newspaenhm. .
Not Milisilrd with the suc
cess of their efforts, a new
company has, hecn fornuMl
with the purpose of puhllsh--ing
a neWNpaiH-r that will, he
In the Interest of tho Tuk
lake valley ami not the I'ower
company. Already the slock
has been practically all suh
.hcHImmI and within a short
time a newspaper that will 1m.
the people's mouthpiece in
stead or that of the . alifor
nht Oregon Power company,
will lie puMKhed In the hust
ling little ctty of Maliu.
Lester DeLowe
Nabbed in Big
Morning Raid
Reputed Bootlegger Is
Nabbed With Five
Gallons
' In ii combined raid by Sheriff's
deputies and police this morning
tlireo persons were arrested and
approximately fivo galljns of mann
shine liquor wore taken.
The raid was staged at the hum.'
of Lester DcLowe, on Morton avenue"!
near Sixth slreet. ' Thoso arrested
woro Mr. and Mrs. Walter lleLjwe.
. nd (Jeorge Wultonneyer. All w.).-o
being hold this "afternoon awaiting
dptermlnnllon of the iim.nint of ball
lend. t
The three occupants f the hoaao
wore asleep in bod when the raid
ing party reached the place. Some
ot tho liquor was found In post hjloa
in tho yard, while small quantities
were fjund within the home, the of
ficers said.
It was reporled that both the
police and sheriff's office have had
Hol.nvo under survlllance for anno
time because ot bU reputed tripi to
and from tho Kliiuinlh Indian reservation.
! $50,000 Plot
! Fails; Youth
Tells of Plan
Tried to Emulate Loeb-
Leopold "Master
Crime"
SA.V KIlAXriSf.'O. Juno 27, (P)
! lilli linker. 24, a senior student at
the University of California, told his
: mother, when she called on him at
the city prison last night, that he
! was responsible for Iho attempt
made yesterday to obtain $50,000
from Daniel V. Jaokllng. mining
magnate, under the threat that Mrs.
Jackling had been kidnapped from
her suite at the hotel St. Francis,
police announced today.
Tho demand for $50,000 was re
ceived ot Jackllng's offices here yes
terday after Mrs. Jackling had been
called by telephone and told that
her sister, Mrs. Rudolph Sprecklcs.
bad been seriously injured in an
accident in San Mateo county.
Jailing notified the police when
the demand was received, Mrs. Jack
ling telephoned to her husband when
she arrived at the Mills hospital in
San Mateo and learned) her sister
was not injured, and Baker was ar
rested with a taxicab driver near
Ml librae, at the point where the ran
som money was to be delivered by
Jackling. The taxlcab driver was
held for a time and released.
After his arrest Baker said he had
received his orders to participate in
tho plot from a mystcMous Chinese,
but later ho said th entire scheme
I had been concocted by himself and a
book agent pal whose name he gave
as George Beeman.
The police are searching for Bee-
man today. Beeman, Baker said
cut tho telephone wires to the
Spreckles home in I'ittsburough as
part of the plot.
"Beeman and I had been study
ing criminology together," Baker
told the police.
'Ve followed every Step of the
Loeb-Leopold caso In Chicago. It
was our ambition to plun and exe
cute a more perfect crime than
theirs and when Beeman suggested
Wednesday that we put our study
into execution -I readily assented."
Southern Pacific
Makes Two. Offers
N; C. & O. Railway
WASHINGTON, Juno 27. OT
A transaction by which the South
ern Pacific coiupany agrees to pay
: alternatively two different prices
for one railroad was laid Wday be
fore the I. C. C. far approval.
The road is the Novadi-Oalifornia-
Oregau, operating 154 miles of nar
row gauge in the northwest. The
Southern Pacific agrees to buy from
Charles Mornn tho present owner,
the $750,000 of preferred stock
within four years. If before the
end of the faur year period the
Southoru Pacific demaiuls delivery
ot tho st Kk.. It agrees to give in
oxchnngc $725,000 in bonds; Hut
it a demand for payment Is made
within that time by Moran, the Sou
thern Pacific will have lo pay only 1
$100,000 in1 bonds.
Tho line Is 13 be transformed to j
standard gapgo and new bonds is
sued to replace tho $975,000 N. C.
O. bind Issues outstanding.
Range Outlook
Best In Years
Klnmath county range condi
tions have never been bettor nt this
time ot year nt any time in tho past
25 years, was the declaration today
ot Hex Bord. prominent stockman.
Kxcesslvo dry weather later in the
season may considerably alter con
ditions, but as they stand now
there can ho no complaint, Mr.
Bord said. I
SYDNKY, N. , S., June 2", (P)
Tho schooner Bowdoln, bearing Com
uui tiller Donald 1). ' MacMlllun's
Arctic expedition, lett Sydney this
morning for tho north, ...
500 Men Engaged in
Fighting Flames; One
Man Burned to Death
Electrical Disturbances
Conflagrations Which Are Aided By Hot .
Weather And Low Humidity '.''
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27 FJret fires on the
Pacific coast yesterday burned one- man to death, de
stroyed 62,480 acres of timber, grazing and stump lands
and defied the efforts of more than 500 men who at
tempted to bring them under control. . , , IVf'vf
ASPEN LAKE
HAS BLAZE,
IS REPORT
Word of a fire in the Aspen
ake area was received here
this afternoon at the Klamntli
Porrat Protective Association
offices. The message came from
rangers at the I'elicnn Bay
ltanger station, who sighted the
blazo but werenniiJtcj
term hie its are "bwornso or the
distance. ' Sic employed !v thir
Ktliinath Forest Protection As-
tMiclation ,in the Aspen liko
urea were informed of t:ie bluzc
immediately.
Jardine Passes .
Up Pierce When
Visiting Salem
SALEM. Ore., June 27. William
M. Jardine, secretary of agriculture
in the cabinet of President Coolidge,
stopped a tew minutes at the stato
house with his .party today enroute
to Portland, but did. not call on Gov
ernor Tierce or other state officials.
One stale employe met him by
chance in a restroom and was in
troduced to him by the cabinet .mem
ber's brother, Professor Jardine of L
Oregon Agricultural College.
Rain Is Check To
Bend Fire Hazard
BKND. Ore., Juno 27. Six hund
redths of an inch ot rain fell in
Bend late yesterday afternoon, the
temperature during the afternoon
reached 94, five degrees less than
tho previous day. Prospects today
were for another day at least as
warm as yesterday. .'''
All forest fires were down this
morning, according to the forestry
office. Officials reported eleven
fires in all were still burning this
morning, but none is serious.
Chamber Directors Will y
Study Daylight Saving . ?
Plan at Tuesday Meeting
Chamber of Commerce directors will take up the
movement to start daylight saving in Klamath Falls
during July and August at their regular weekly lunch
eon next Tuesday, it was announced today by Secretary
Sabin. The chamber of commerce will get back of the
movement and seek to interest other cities of the state"
in the project. :. .,' , . rr. " m ",u1
It also was reported today that the central labor
council favors the proposal, and it is understood that
a chamber of commerce committee may be named to
interview mill operators and other extensive employers
in the plan. 1 w
Under the proposal, which has met with a hearty re
sponse from merchants generally, it is proposed to ad
vance the clocks ahead one hour, thus giving workers an
added hour of day light, after their work is over.
s..-
Blamed For Starting
iMaJcr blazes were traced to else-
t. olefins Hune uul "cuiuvi uii'i ,
low humidity , combined to permit
the flames It continue blazing away
today at many paints in California, '
Oreeron Washington and British
.( i ............ un.. ... .
Columbia.
At Point. -Neville, British Colum
bia, Oliver G. Clark was burned
ta death when a tire swept In the
direction of his uialna. ' . ' '
Twa other ires la British Colum
bia burned tJ badges, two small
houses and destroyed a lumber mill
of the Blue Bird Lumber company;.
The Blue Bird fire destroyed 10U
000 feet cf lumber.- -. :
'iJfifeC.alifornlii the largest fire ot
reeen.tr 'yeari'f.is aging oft ' ' ten
mue. rram in luommne cauniy,
51,200 acres of brush having been
burned raver. ',. " .
' The fire was also started by an
eiecti'ieal storm. Volunteer fire
fighters are fighting the blase and
the fire warden haj appealed for
more men. f ';
After burning ever 25,000 -acrei
of grazing land the fire which
started in the Stainslaus river can
yon, California, was reported under
control late last night. ' '
A fire which started n u ran:1!
ner urangeviiie, i-auccraia, spreu'i
into nearby fields and burned over
several hundred acres of land, be
foiro being extinguished.
Tae buildings on the ranch wen
ail destroyed. Three thousand fivo
liundred acres ot brush and timber
were burned over by tiro in thd
Angeles mountaiin rarest tieu. Sail
Bernardino. '. ' : " f
A fire narthvt Bremerton. Wash.,
Inulrnvml '1 IMA nnifa nf tlml-f
One hundred people are honiel.s
as a result of 'a fire which destroy
practically all ;f the homes . in a
lumber camp near H-na'aan, Wash.
IS MK.NTK.NCKD
CONCORDIA, Kans.. Juno 27, (!)
- Charles B. Davis, retired Concor
dia merchant, todny pleaded guilty
to a charge of assault with intent to
kill in connection with a plot to slay
his u'ifo last fall and was sentenced
to from 1 to to years In thu stulu
penitentiary at Lansing. '