The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, July 22, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUniversity Llbrry luiircnj, Oregct BUY AT HOME; LOCAL j MERCHANTS CAN' GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS : l'ublishcfl Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" . - Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number 0580 'KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1025 PRICE FIVE CENTS FORMER GERMAN IE CONSUL 5 HELD FOR TREFT Embezzlement of $70,000 Charged Against C. J. Pape, Portland CALLS IT FRAME-UP Declares He Was Trying to Protect High Official of Shanghai Company PORTLAND, Oro,. July 22. W element J, Pnpo, former llonunii vlco consul here, niiil niHl lent ntnn ngor of (ho Hliunr.li.il PoUdlng twin jmny, who wun nrrontud yoitorday nt Ci faJll H I'lIKH ClllU'gl'll Willi ;lll- btnuli'inonl uf weoti $0o,()U0 ami (70,00 from thu cumimny. declared when bioUKltt here toliiy, Unit he hud been mudu a neupe mint, "Thin. In thu remit of blackmail, liilluildiillun mill IIcKmih pormi culhui," i)iu unlit ut Uiti couniy jull, whom lui U Imlil lit Hun of r.ii.oini blil, Pnpo wun found by officers (working an u laborer In it 'rock quarry near (Iruntn Puss, Ha mild itlioriiiKO of fiMiiln lid I forced aim Ui tiiku thai employment an n mewm (if livelihood. ll mihl hi trouble resulted from ail attempt to over tin speculations liy mi vffl'tir of Urn n-oinpany, who ho until lit a wealthy resident of Shanghai. Pupo (IwIiitimI thin sev eral limns iiio 'lull heen promised Immunity rf ho would agree to ml in It that ho food Kijlitn the money tlml thu company L nhurt. l'io denied ch'.irgo Hull lui liiul boon extravagant mill luul nquai lur ed iniiiuiy on a woiiiun. Rebuilding of Gravel Plant Starts Today Structure Is Partially Destroyed by Lightning A fur of men was set to work thin morning on the rebuilding of thu Porter Count ruction Co. hum I mid gruvol iilnnt, partially dontroyeit hint iilKhl liy n holt of lightning during a HKirin nt 6 i. 111. yenter tlity. llotwouii 2nuo it ml $:tooo iluiii iiko was Incurred liy Ilia accident, Louis J, Porter said toilny. Owing to tlio fact tlml thu Purlor Con Mlrtictiou roiiiiHiny In to hitiil gravci for llui Warren Construction com imny tlm recount ruction of tlm pli.M will hn r u nil oil . Mr, I'orinr anil A. L, Lewis, in omiiloyo, wore ntniiillug on tho top of the liunkiT of tlio pliuil whim llin lightning holt struck. .11 is presumed thai I hn holt hi ruck at I ho K 11 y polo, will ill carrion heavy wired unil 'followed down a wire which crossed tho bunker on Its wny to tho gravel pit. Mr. Porter wun knocked uncon seloun for ten hilnulon and I.owIh wan knocked off ttyo top of thu hunker to tho ground .10 feet be low, Hurlnun Injury to J.owIk was averted, It wan mild, by ' n lurgu el ll ill J) of sagebrush. Lewis fell Into thu ccntor of the hiiHh, which broke tho force of the fall. Ilotli Porter and Lewis tire ro iiovnriid today from Injuries sun titltietl III the accident. ' TO JtllTllIN' ITOITIVH ,' SALKM, Oro., July 22.-(iovor-nor Plwro liwlMy iion'ortl n rotfiil KlMon from tho Kovornor.or 'Calltir lilu Ifor Uiio extradition of Hurry Van (Jollier, iwlm ' iIb wanted ki Lob Angolua on a eJlnti'KO of ''ombuzxlu nionl.' ': ' i Baptist Young People Pray for Conversion of Chicago Attorney, Clarence Darrow MANDKVII.LW, Ln., July 22, (') Prayem for tho conversion to Ohrlstnnlly .0 (Ilurenco Darrow, a tlofonso nttoi'iuiy In the John T. Scopes trial, which ended yesterday In Duyton, Tend., was offered last night, at: the Hint 11 nssoinbly of llin Jlnpllst Young Peoples' llnlon hero. Modoc Mill Building to Begin Soon Forest Lumber Com pany to Announce Plans Willi final papni'i relnllvo lo the Halit'of tho Mnilnc Lumber company al AxpKi'ovu lo bo KlKiied In I'ort liinil today and tomorrow, offlilulH of tho Korea t Lumber lompMiiy of LoulHlana will within the next fw diiyH aiuiounce pliinn for recount mo duli of t liu mill nt Akpkiovk, dit xlroyed by fire thin Milliliter. Actual poHtwiiitloii will he taken on Friday, July 21. ' It. II. White, oiio of the nwiiorn of thu I'orent Lumber compitny and Ita nlllctl in 1 11 n. In now In I'oi'tliiud. eonferrliiK with reprcnnliitlveit of llui Menefne InteroHtH ami with J.I (). Colilthwulle, former owner of the mill. , j One of Chain j The l'"ront Lumber couipiuiy la out) of a chain of eight iiiIIIh, iniir kellng for which In dnno by' the Ktcliunge Kawmll! .Salon eompniyr of KanmiH City. I The .combination In one of ureal iiiaiiiiliuile and of nueli gruiit ex tent Unit Itn marketing facllltlen are iinuHiiully great. Tliun It In bellved that practically an all-year mar ket will be annured for lb local mill, a fact which will do much for the proKperlty of Chlloiiuln mid vldnlty by anHtirliig ulilionl year around operation. Property Acquired In imrchitnltiK the property, the I'lireBt Lumber compuiiy ban ac quired, title not only to r.Oll.llllU.OIMI feet lif pine timber but also to 4v mllcM of logging rallVoad, mill nlte, plitnliiK mill, dry kllun and a ijtimi llly of logging equipment. The Umber Involved In tho deal In, owned by thu federal, governinnt and In under contract of mile to the Modoc I'lue company, organised by J. O. Cloldthwulle. who nfterwardn Iruiinferrrd bin IndTOKL to L. H. (Monefee. . , .' v. ' . ' Thin nprlng riol'dtbwnlte obtained ii n option from Mcnofoo covering the entire property. I'ndemtnnillUK In, that Menefee agreed to tako "00.oou f()r tho property, providing mile wan made within 30 dnyn from ditto of the option, liy Helling lo the Forent Lumber company, Coldlhwultn In believed lo have cleared between tiuo.uuo and Moo. nun, an (be property In iiulil to bnvo brought about Jl. 000.000. Mill to Itlw luimedlate beglnulug of con si ruc tion of the Hiiwinlll at Anpgrovo In expected, Junt prior to the mile It In known that the Mcnofoo com pany bad prepared plunH for n two rig mill mid It In believed that nub Hi n n t lot ly tho Hiunn plntis will bo curried out by the new ownern. . Moduli Pino (fninpnuy togs are now being no Id to the lllg Lnkes Lumber company and to tho Wlieeler-Olmntead company, it prno lli'ii to bo ended Immediately le.v Inlllig conlractH are fulfilled', ItOCT l'OSTIH.Kl MOW YOUK, July 22. (P) Tie bantam weight champlo.inhlp mulch scheduled 'tonight at tho Velodrome, wiiioro Charley lloHoubiK'g was to de fend Oils title against ICddlo Shea of Chicago, has been postponed until tomorrow night heruuse of rain. itiinicio w.ii;s LAWKKNCK, Mass., July 22 (I') Three mills In the Low- irenco district iinnouiKiod wage reductions of 10 per cent rol- lowing the example of thn.AmV crlciiu Woolen icoiiipany. and other plttnln which igavo not- Ice at wago cuts in tiho last few days. Tho mills p.isllng notices . today omp'.oy Uppraximutol'y 4 1.000 operatives. 4 Tho prayer was given nt tho sug gestion Of H, 1). Solomon, stnla sec retary of the organization ani hope was expressed that Darrow might, bo won as St. Paul was won. At tho conclusion of the prayer, ft chorus of "Aniens" rang out. NEW JERSEYMAN RELEASER AFTER NEARLY 3 YEARS Jailed for Failure to Pay Alimony, Jonathan Meek er Gets Freedom STORMY MARRIED LIFE Divorce Litigation Has Been Under Way With Wife for Thirty Years NHW IiHI'NMVVlCK, N. J. July 22. (I1)- J inntbiiii T. Meeker, loner In N'ew Jorneyn lougctit divorce liti gation, lantliig thirty yearn, ban beun orderel roleaHd from HicMlddlenvx county jail where be dan npent ni'jr ly t'hrco year-j fir (faljuru to pay alimony. ' '" The Meekern were 'married In 1HS8 and begun lltigutloa III 1KI12. Several nulu by cue or the othe. were dlninlnnwl or denied bet irc Mm, Meeker wan awarded a decree In 122. In November of .that year. .Meeker wan Jullcd miien the H2 weekly alimony he w'jn ordered ' ti pay wun 1400 In a;rearn, Meekor'n jietll en for frccdoin wan no;onded by the Mlddlonex comity nollclUir wli.) nmcrtoj that the coun ty qo longer wl(bod to nupiiort htm. Anna 0. Linen of Itiverdulc, his fonnor wife, opponed the relcane. Auto Qwned by Sim Pate Will Be Sold Soon Klamath Falls Slayer . Loses Car Used for Booze MICDFOltD, Ore., July 22. I)e croes ordering tho sale of three iiutomoldlcs confiscated in tuis county under t'iio law prohibiting tho IranspjTtatLm of liquor were filed Mowing. ' One of tho.10 Is t'ho cur formerly owtied by Sim Pate, nerving a IKo sontouco in the slate prison for the B.-undl-navlan hall hold-up ut Klam urt Fulls lust January, when Oscur KrlckBtJn win murdered. Tie car was sol2c.il last December, when t'nte and John Taylor, were arrested for liquor vlojiilljn. A small car be longing no Carl Nelson, and w car bcl'oiiffing (m Claude Stevonw of this city, wero also ordered nold for the snnio reason. Tho docroes dlic-t flint the sheriff sell t'he cars and ift or the cost of the action havo been paid, t urn the halaiiro over to the general fund of the enmity. CO.U. STIIIKK I'K.MW LONDON', July 22. tP)The ims slblllty tjt a tlreat Britain civ.il strike was Inrrensed boday wun miners refused lo confer with owners un less the latter withdraw proposals fuf wage decreases. Main Canal of Project to Be Repaired Soon Two Breaks in Banks Near Henley to Be Fixed Plnns nro under way to repair thu main cnnul of tho Klamath Ir rigation district In the soMlon near Ilenloy where two breaks lnundnt oil adjacent farms last spring, Herb ert D. NewelT project malinger of tl'io district, Mid t'0ilai.v. The repair work would luclii'.lu tho lining of thu bottom and sides of O'.ie canal with cemont. thus ;ln Burlng against further breaks caus ed by holos of ground, squirrels' and pocket gophors.. "Tho repair work would be In stituted this fall," Mr., Newell said. "Arrangements have not been e.on. suinmalod Tor 'the work, but wo hope that ; It can he projected, without trouble, "in t'ho section wlaero the canal blinks w'ashed out, It Is diffi cult to control when a break ixvurs. In both of the breaks lust spring, tihere wero men near al 'Iho time and yet Ihcy could n'.it check thtv will or." Worms Invade Bonanza Farms Grain Pests Make Ap pearance, Asserts Farmer Outbreak of thu. army worm Jn fenliilioli wan reported In llonanzn yenlerduy by J, L. Hparrotorn, prominent merchant of that town, who wiih In Klamath l'ulln to ; euro polHon with which to check the oncoming horde of, the denlructtvo worm. . . ; ' : Allhough the' nltuatlon In not nn mrloun an , In the Matin dlntrlct, Bonanza farmei-K lire watching the matter clonely In tin effort to check and norloun hifentatlon, Itivagen of tho worm In the Ma llu district continuo apace, am the ri-poi'tH, received . today, although farmer, by either 1100111111 tho af fected landn or lining ponton, are In hopen of curbing the menace he tore further' damage In done. . Cum J. llilyurd, whose ranch In Junt no m h of town, reported to the county ''agent's office thut hln ranch wan overrun In nome places by nrmy worms. , tieorge I'lrlch, who resides on Conger avenue, appealed for aid In combatting the ravages worms have made on hln garden; Frank W. Sexton, acting county club leader, and County. Judge llunnell inspected sections of Klum nth'n agricultural land yesterday afternoon which In most, effected by the army wormn. ' V According to report this morn ing to the Klamath Irrigation dis trict offices, socond crop of hay on many Tule lakO homesteads in being wiped out f "by the, nrmy worms. t. . ' The crmy worms kave not In vaded any fields of gi 1 to date. Lane Forest Fire Now Under Control EUGKNK, Ore., July 22. A 30 uc:e forest fire three miles south of Loranc, which burhed juite-ti li;tt- ly 'ycslerday, -wag reported to be under control this monalng. Yes terday It seriously threalend o saw mill 'and caused considerable alarm. .Carl V. Oglesby, head of t)')e West ern Lane Klre patrol asiiK-latlon, de clared today Mint 1t was his belief that tho fire was set. Million Dollar Blaze Now Raging in City of Detroit DETROIT, Mich, July 22. A million dollar fire was raging in the Gladstone-Linwood Avenue, section this afternoor and whipped by a high wind was beyond control of firemen at 3:30 p. m. Seven buildings, five of which are apartment houses, were in flames arid 200 families had been driven to the streets. The fire started in the basement of an apartment building nearing completion. . Children playing with gasoline were blamed by firemen in a hurried first ex amination. No one was injured. , The fire fighters were handicapped by limited equip ment, the section being- several miles from the down town stations and the high wind was menacing other property on Gladstone. Avenue. Two of the burning buildings are four-family flats. The others are three to five story apartment houses. Hodges, Dawson To Appeal Conviction MHDFOHD,, Ore.,; July 22. Notice of an appeal -to tho staio su preme court lpis been filed by at torneys for T. Kdy, sentenced to 20 years In state prison on a statutory charge Involving n ton-year-old (Ibid Hill girl, and 11. J. Hodges and 11. Dawson of Klnmath Falls, sen tenced to three years In state pris on, for selling liquor while armed. Hodges and Dawson wore sentenced also lo six mouths in the county Jail and to pay fines of $500 each. Ordors asking tor slays , of ex ecution of sentence are also sought. All three men were sentenced Mon day by Circuit Judge Thomas. CONVIC'I'S KKCAPK ''.' ' ."..,' SALKJl, Ore., July ,22. I. Abbott.,, a 'trusty In the flag gang at the state prison, made Ills oscapfl tuesdii'y ottoi'iKioii and Us still missing, llo was 'received fvjm linker icounty about a year ago lo servo 20 years for ,a statutory crime, , ' t M TS AFTER Father and Mother of Form er Oregon Girl Located at Quincy, 111. , LIVED ATT PENDLETON Married Woman Taken to Portland when Child and Adopted by Others QCINCY, Ills.. July 22. (yp) A IG-year search for her parents wan ended yesterday when Mm. Clar ence McNeall of Denver arrived hera and embraced Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I lock of this city. Mrs. McNeall said that when she was u girl of nine and living In Pendleton', Ore., among her neigh bors was a childless couple nan.',! Gardner, who becamo very mcch attached lo her. They Induced her parents to allow' her lo remain with them for a time, ufter which the Hecks took her hack home. . The Gardners, tho said, offered her ppr enls Inducements to allow them legally to adopt the child, but they refused. ' Taken by Strange Mnn Mrs. McNeall said that the Gardners then moved to Portland, and in a short time a strange iriuu camu for her and took her to the Gardners. That was the last the saw of her parents until, she met them here" today. The Gardners treated her as their own daughte. and sent her to 11 private school, at all times endeavoring to impress upon her that she was all a daugh ter could bo to them,' and asking her to forget her parents. ; Sc-arch lti'wanlcit Some years ago the Gardners died, within a short time of each other, and Mrs. McNeall began the search for her parents. A short time ,' W-SifctBwfc'-faoMt --fitiit.7iSf relative there was a family by the name of Heck living In Qutncy, and she- wrote to this city. Facts con tained in the reply left no doubt in her mind' that she had at Inst found her parents. Yesterday she came here and tho Indentificatlon was completed. ; Ailing Seaman Taken Ashore Coast Guards Remove Sick Man From Rum Ship . ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 22. W) A seaman, slowly dying In his .bunk on the .mm schooner ' J, Henry McKenzie, 45' miles out at sen, wiis the cause of a short truce between con'st guards . and rum runners yesterday., , Word of tho desperate plight of tho seamen reached friends ashore who relayed tho informa'ion : to Captain Ran dolph Rlgloy of the "dry navy." The latter, learning, that the story was not. a mere sea yarn, dis patched a cutter which returned to I port bearing the stricken sailor. Ho i was turned over to friends, who have promised to look after hin.' OI'KX FOK INSI'KCTION . WASHINGTON, Jmly 22. (tV) In wine tux records for the last year 'yill be opened to public Inspec tion' by all liilernnl revenue callec oi's Sept, 1, i L Slaye r's Fate Rests Upon Brother; Search For Him Under Way Russell Scott Must Dangle From Noose Friday Morning Unless Robert Scott Surrenders Nation-wide Hunt Now On Full Swing t ' " ;'"v'';,'"' CHICAGO, July 22. Only the surrender and confes sion of Robert Scott can save his brother, Russell, from the noose, dangling ready for his execution on Friday morning.' -". ' ''''.' ''-V'- ::. ' Unless Robert returns, Governor Small has indicated sUm of Robert Scott can-save his brother, Russell, from the gallows as he, was saved last Friday. ' Russell in the county jail death cell, watching the clock mark the passing of his remaining hours of life, bases his only hope on his brother. V The return of the brother also is the objective of the frenzied efforts of Scott's relatives and friends. Robert's whereabouts are unknown. He was indicted with Rus sell for the murder of Joseph Maurer, a drug clerk, in 1 - a bold-np, but never appreiiendod. Alimony Paid; Hall Released Local Restaurant Man Settles Family Troubles (Special to the IlerajJ) YKEKA, Calif. July 22. By pay ing back support money f.r tils three cluldrea, Ambroslo Faiven Hall, Klamat'h Falls restaurant jro piietor secured his liberty, here Mmi-da- following fall arrests by, -Shoriff A. S. Calkins at Klauiaji Falls Fr- dav. a -. --.-'.! -a - :u Hall's farmer wife Jiad Hall cited before the superior court here from her bed In the Siskiyou bounty, hos pital where tfte Te:entl,y underwent an operation forj 'appendicitis. She claimed mat Halt, irom waom sno secured a divorce August 23, 1924, had fulled to provide ?00 a month support money for the tiliree ichlld- rcn, Patricia,, Irene aimd MargaTett according to the decree ' handed down by Judge C. J. Luttrell. The amount, under the ducrcc, will be Increased to $125 commencing August 1. , ' . The Halls wero married in Visalla January IS, 1915,-and the divorce was secured laere.- Following the divorce, Mrs. Hull moved to Oak land and Hall went t-a Klamath Falls where ihe opoaoj a restaurant ill Fcbiuury. Tho children are wiih Mrs. Hall's parents at Dray. : When Hall ivas arrested, f.ie waiv ed -requisition papers and accom panied Sheriff Calkins to Yreka where the difficulties were" adjust ed and Hall returned to bis busi ness In Klamath Falls. PLANKS .AT rilKVKNNK CHEYENNE,. Wyo.,- Jmly 22.- Six army pursuit planes cnroule from Selfrldge field. Mount Clemens Mich.,. t.j San Farncisco, -via the air mall route, hopped off here at 11:10 o'clock mountain time, with Salt Luke City as the next scheduled 'StDp., .'-,.".'' --; ',. ,., '", . ! ISLKAt HKUS ('OLLAPSK -' : ' ' CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 22. - A section of bleachers at Frontier Park collapsed at 2:45 V'cl'ock this afternoon during the Frontier Days wiii west snow. One 'woman sustained a fracture et 'the leg and several ot'her persons were less sort- omly Injured.. ,' ! : Yeah, and You Might Send a Little. Chunk of It Out ' to Klamath Falls, Mr. New WASHINGTON, July 22. () A resident 1 of Tomahawk, Wisconsin has' 'written '. Postmaster General Now: "I read" In the newspapers that thousands of dollars are found In the dead letters. I'm just think ing as tho owners of a large number A message signed with i'iIs name, whfcih reached Governor Small last Thursday and caused the weeks do lay In the execution, -was thought to be a hoax. :.: . ' '-, Vj Radio appeals to Robert will be made by Scott's wife, land by this aged father. THey will augment Wire pleas sent by the family' to President Coolidge urging the ex e.utive ask the governor for len lency. - ,; " -. " .- Fund is lUlnetl A nation wide campaign t find the missing brotner is planned b.' a Detroit newspaper which has ask ed that Rus-sell be given a long re prieve whilo. .iie"tierch Is made. De troit club wi.mtn also ialsei a Ifund i!t $3,500 to be.ut-j in retaining ex- vpt 'i legal alen--: &mv .'.:"' -' 'i'i '1''-...'-;.'''J'.i. uesperaie, eriort ;iq irusi.aiw ui hanging. - Clarence 3. Darrow, . de fender of Loeb aijd Leopold, said he could not serve, but tiliat fie had telegraphed Small asking olemoncy. Miss Dorothy Newburg who sevor- al years figo sued Scott lor breau'v of premise came out in his defeino and was reported onroutc to Chl- ago from Chelsea, Miss., 'to aid him. Fish Commission Appointment Made J. S. Hayes of bay City Named " to Succeed Senator A. G. Beals SALEM. Ore., July 22. Oovornor Pierce chulked up a, new develop ment in tho state fish commission controversy that has been stirring Oregon politics' for the past severn: months this morning when hp an nounced tho appointment of J. S. Hayes of Iluv City to succeed Sena tor A. II- Heuls of Tillamook, re signed. Announce Sale Of Los Angeles Paper LOS ANGELES, July 23. (fl3) The Los Angeles Evening Express today announced a change of own ership whereby Edward A. Dickson, its editor, and Guy C. Earl, jr., be come tho now proprietors. ; , F. W. Kellogg, former publisher of the San Francisco Call and Post, who 'with Mr, Dickson purchased the paper four years ago, retires and takes over full control of a chain of afternoon dally papers in adjoining cities and towns, II in number, ln which Messrs. Dickson and Earl previously had been asso ciated with him. These all are mem bers of the Associated Press. are unknown. I trust Hint it Is God's will that I could have a small part of thisonly 60 or 70 thousand dollars. I surely," thank; yon - un speakably ; for the ., kind favor by sending me a bank draft within 10 days. May the dear Lord bless us more and more at all times,"