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"An Empire Awakening"
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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,"