The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, July 25, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUnivtrnity Library lie? n BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS : " ' Published Daily at J ... KLAMATH FALLS ' "An Empire "Awakening",' so Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth YearNumber 5&H3 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY-26, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS ' TO -BE PLEA OF 'CELL MADNESS SCOTTH Convicted Slayer Will At tempt to Prove That he is "Stir Crazy" FIGHT TO BE BITTER Every Effort to me Made to Save Him From Gallows Hearing Aug. 3 CHICAGO. July 25. full mud- nCM Will 1)1) (III) ll'tl Of IttlHSell T. Hcnlt In lil of fort to oaciipo hi, gallows from which he Iiiih been Mtvoil Iwli-ii within n few lumrH of thn (loath march. Alienists who t -m 1 1 r I ! for Na than liapolil Jr., mill lth hnrcl Look, klduupera-iiliiycrn or Hubert Ki iinkn. will bo cuIIimI upon In lh effort to provo Siolt In suffering from "prl on phyhh." tlio (liifcnm theory will b Hint hln mlnil him become Affi'ctnil by hln confinement mill harrow Ihk experience of two ili'utli wulche In tlio shadow of Hni nooso. lltirltiK tlo ten day rillowi'il thmn before thn hunlly henrlng act by JiiiIko Joseph David for August 3, William Scott Stewart. Beott'a attorney, will aiunmbl psychiatrist for B di'upornta li'Kul bnltln to huvn Kcott committed to nn asylum. That tlio fight will b bitter ha been indicated by prosecutor who believe Kcott lit an anno nor a whim tlio kllllriK of Joseph Miiurcr, driis clerk. In n holdup, for which Hrotl wan condemned, occur rcil. They will not relent In ihclr efforts to linvo lha death sentence- carried out. Robert K. -Crowe, mutes nt tornny, linn been summoned from hln vacation In northern Wisconsin to lead tho Mum' otfort. It wa Scott himself, null! tlio nt tornvy, who thought out tho In- snnlty plan. When tho lawyer nt flmt Marled to courcr vrlih him, Hcolt Insisted Hint ho wan anno. Later he sold ha believed ha was "mlr crazy." ' Previously Scott told newspaper man that ha thought "thura munt bo NnmolhliiR wrong with ma to no and do thu thing I did. Perhaps tho lliiior nffuctcd my brnln. I wait drunk all the time, and then tho month In hero." An of for lo tnka Scott ' place wna mada to Governor 8mall by (, I'. ' MrGraw of Washington, I). C. who unlit ho mado It In nn effort to bring about abolition of capital punishment. "Bob" Coyne Making Many Improvements on Edgewood Ranch Once Ownep! by Reuf Ono unfnmillnr with what la do ing on out nt. Kilgewnod ranch would doubt tho accuracy of their vision or think Hint sumo of the small stars hud shifted their posi tions and settled In tho vicinity. In olthnr caso tho stirmUo would bo a misluka for (ho apparent phenome non Is nothing but electric, lights, ono of tho many Improvements Hint nro being inndo on this well known property by "Boh" ('oyno of Holly wood, Calif., (ho now owner. For tho ptiHt two or throo weeks Mr. Coynn hun had n crow of mo chiinlcK nt work Installing n privnte oluo.trlc plant and tho Jul was turned on for thn first tlmo lmit Wednesday night. Success -marked thn itnitortnkliig from tho mart. Electric llghtn nro (o ho Inslnlled In nil of thn barns und outbuildings as wall ns lit (ha residence. Another Improvement ! Just com plotnil wan the sinking of a deep well at. .tho reur of tho rcsldonco nnd from- this wntor will bo sup pllod throughout tho rosldonco nnd ''othor'uitlldlnga under pressuro. Tho wntor will bo taken direct from tho woll without tho lino of n storage tank, nn Is customary, Thn wnrlt of painting tlio build ings nnd decorating tho Interior of tha rosldenco la nenrlng completion nnd will probably ho finished next woek. . ' i, Tho Kdgowood rnnch woh for mnrly tho property of Abo Keuf, former political "boss" of Snn ' Francisco,' Ho had a resident ninh- agor whoso oxporlonco na n rancher wna limited nnd resulted In morn or lesa of n fnllttro, Mor(guget) to Sexton Wires for Aid From State College of Poison Con trol Measures Proven Definite full ii re of poison In klll i n K off nrmy worniH Unit Hwiirm iil f If u fields of Kliimnt.li, liroiiKhl the ciniiily UKi'iit'H office o ihe end of II. ratio today. In effecting micccHH fill cnnl nil measures for Ihe In fen Hit lull. Acting ii.nler nulliiirlt: Mven by County Judge It. II. Ilunnell. Frank W. Kextnn, uctltiit county UKelil, wired Donald (.'. Mole, head of the imtontoliiKy department of tho OreKon A k rln 1 1 ii ru I college, to send an expert lo Klamath Full to aid In coiitrollliiK the army worm incmice. Expense of llio expert will Im puld by tho county. Judg" Ilunnell assured Mr. Scxlnu. In addition, tho county liKenl'H office wired K. O. KhhIk, nutlonnl niilhorlly on ento mology, for advice on proper con trol measures. Mr. KhhIk Im hund of thn department of entomology of tho University of Cnllfornlu. A ninaa meellUK at Merrill and nt M ii 1 1 il will bo held tonlKhl at which pluiis will bo conmimmnted to ef fect orKimlinilou In tho communities affn teil uiiml seriously by In.'ema- tlon. Grass Fire Breaks Out On Alameda St. A grnioj tiro which excited quite a mlr In Hot 8prliiKH addition this afternoon, wan partially checked by Ihn local fire department and then allowed to burn alowly In order lo removo flvo ncron of dried weed which would bo n fire haxard throiiKhout tlio u miner. Tho fire firm alarted at 361 Alumcda and rapidly aprcad. Klre Chief Kolth K. Ambrose per aonnlly remulnvd on tho acene of tho blnxw while Ihu dry weeda worn bo. Iur burned. Weather Outlook For Week Given WASHINGTON, July 25. Weather outlook for the week bo RiniilnK Monday: North liocky mountain and pin (en ii roKlona: A period of scattered ahowora early part and again shortly after the middle of tho week; tempern tures'nenr normal. Ihn amount of .$ 40,600 had been placed on tho property and when tho mnnuger decided Hint ho had nil of (ho farming, experience he wanted, Iteuf decided ho also had nil of the rnnch ho desired nnd tha property passed Into tho possession of tho Dragon Life Insurance com pnny from which concern Mr. Coyno acquired It. Slnco ho bought It ho has expended tunny thousands of dollar on Improvement nnd do vulnpmeiit nnd Ih making It ono of tho show plucen of tho county. It Is recognized ns ono of . tho finest mock ranches In tho county nnd It Mr. Coyno nnd his nssoclntos' enrry nut their plan for using It tor tho breeding of polo ponies, it will bo nn Ideal spot for tho experiment. It was this property tXint Fornnn do MU'hol, tho. polo pjny export, stilted possessed nil lof tlio roqutro mcntH for tlio production of Just tho sort of animals tho polo onthuslusU wero looking for, Michel wan f.r years In clmrgo of li'io polo st'.ihlos '.if Marco Hollmun, tho Los Angulos banker. Tho rnnch, which iltns 1S40 ncres "under fence, and Is surrounded by almost uiillmltp.l range, Ih known ns ono of ti'ie ntiro foodhig grounds In Hint part of tho county, ns failure of forngo Is unknown, the property ovldontl.y having nn under ground supply of water that Insures tho growing of plonty of rungo fo'.id, ' Two of tho burns mi tho proper tiy nro tho largest In ti'.io county, ono of them being built nut of surfaced cedar und must hnvo irost moro Minn Jl 0,000 when built yearn ago. It Ib lu ported condition todny. Long-Bell Is Not Planning to Cut Timber R. Ai Long on Inspec tion Trip to Klam ath County Even with tho prospect of a torn pntillvi) lino untorliiK the Kluiniitli territory, tlio Long Hell Lumber coinptiny Ih not ut thlH time serlou ly considering lugging and manu facturing tholr Immense tltnlier holding In thin hcci Ion, Th Ih was the deflnlto stutmuent this morning of It. A.' Long, presi dent of Hid I.oiiK-llell Lumber ram- puny, who accompanied by hi wife mid It.'W. While, mnmiKer of tho Weed Lumber company, arrived taut night In Klamath Knlla in Mr. onit' upoclal car. 'Wo are not Dorlotmly roniildor- nn tho Tuanufiictiire of our timber thl territory at this reiioiircea In line." Mr. I.onit aald. "you boo. wo J urn pretty liimy nt our Weed plant and at tho plant at Lonavlow. I am here nn a general vIkII of Inflection and will remain In Klamath Kalla until tomorrow morn- Ini,'. Then I plan lo Hpend aevernl day in our timber holdlnc near Weed before retiirnlnK north y IxiUKVlew." Mr. 1-oni? WUH keenly Intereatod In (ho development of Klamuth Fulla and naked many quentlona concern- Inic lumber dovelopment, the lum ber pay roll and prospective rall roud dovelopment. Thin la not hla flral vlalt to the Kluntath country. liavinK visited here threo year ao. IloldliiKH of the I.oiik Hell In Klamath county Include lurco atanda of plno limber In northeaatern Klamath and went of Klamath Knlla nn either aide of tho atnto highway lo Aahland. Tho Long Dell com- puny also owns tho Wg llimlll Lum ber company,- locatud on the cor ner of Sprint; und Main atreeta. Death Halts Trip , , Planned By Woman FORBST GROVE, Ore. July 25.(P With hor trunk packed and happy becaitBO In less Man n week, she would bo traveling east to visit her tons In Now York City, Mm. Anna I.. Hoguo t'jdny received a mes sage that Mark Hague, her aviator on, hud been Instantly killed at nonl.n. Mark llogue was tralnln as an avlnlor In the war and was a stunt flyer 1n the air sorvlce after the war. Recently he operated an Instruction field In connection wlt'.i his airplane sales work In New York and Boston. Prohi Forces Not To Be Reorganized WASHINGTON. July 26. Tha present prohlbtljn ein'orccmont sys tem will bo continued Indefinitely. Officials have ndvlsed that a re organization cannot be Inaugurate '. as planned on August 1. , Assistant Secretary Andrews an.l tho others directly comco'nod lanvo encountered unexpected difficulties and delays In drawing up the de tails of tho reorganization and In the selection ot porsonnol. Chicago Prohi Cops Indicted CHICAGO, July 25. (P) -Major Percy Owen, Illinois prohibition di rector; Ralph Stono, former state director, nnd seven toher.t worn In dicted todny by the fadiral grand Jury on . charge of connplnu y to vlolnto prohibition laws. , State Official; Seriously 111 i SALKM, Ore., July 2R.-WIUlnm A. Mni'Hhnll, member of tho state In dustrial accident commlnslon, was schudulod to undergo a major surgi cal operation ut Good Snmnrltnn hospital In Portland todny. Ho 1 believed to bo suffering from gnll stones. Ho wnn seized with nn at tack nt his dnughlor's homo In Port land yestordny nnd rushod to tho hospital In nn ambulance. Mnrshnll has boon n member ot tho commis sion slnco Its Inception In 1914, first being appointed by Govornor West, YOUNG HEIRESS TO BE OF Gloria Gould, Grand-Daugh ter of Jay Gould, An nounces her Plans IS CABARET DANCER Will Give up Other Work and Attend to Select Lit tle Broadway House NKW VOItK. July 25, (P) Gloria j (ioiild Ih going to run an ultra-smart broadway motion picture theater operated exclusively by women ush ers, ticket ' seller and musician. She I tho yonniccHt daughter of the late George J.ay Gould, railroad mag- ("' ,hf! '" of Jlenry A. Bis- hop. Jr.. a broker. Besldes mothering a little girl she haa been dancing In a cabaret, con ducting aesthetic dancing classes and writing for newspapers and mngazincs. The theater will bn one of tho smallest first-run house with six hundred reserved seal nt 1. Long run presentation will be emphasiz ed. Miss Gould's appointment as di rector came as the result of a meet ing with the theater manager at dance. She expressed various Ideas on whnUmotlon pictures should be and he was so Impressed that he arranged at once to turn a theater over to her when completed. Miss Gould's mother, Edith King- don, a legitimate actress, left the stage to be married. "Ono of my grei st ambitions, which I got from my mother," Miss Gould said, "was to have a small, Intimate, smart theater." Many Industrial Accidents Shown r. In State Report SALEM, Oro., July 24. There was one fatality among the S02 In dustrial accidents In Oregon report ed to tha state Industrial accident commission for the week ending July 23, declares the report ot the commission today. The workman fatally injured was Virgo Stanqvich. trackman of Deer Island. Of tho total number ot accidents reported, 6S7 were subject to the provisions of tha state workmens compensation act, 120 were from firms and cor porations that have rejected the provisions of the net, and none from public utility corporations. Mrs. Bellman Is Called By Death Mrs. A. A. Bellman, nged 63, died suddenly at tha family homo In the McCarthy apartments at 4 o'clock this morning from acute Indigestion. No funeral arrangements havo yet been made. Mrs. Bellman had been In poor health for the past several years, although it had not been considered serious. She was about the streets yesterday and wna at her husband's real estate office diirhig the after noon. Mrs. Bellman bad resided hero for tho past 14 years and had a largo circle ot friends. Her husband has boon nssocintod with a son, G. A. Bellman, In the real estnto business. WHY CITY NKKDS SIGNS - Tho may.6r of tho city and the chief ot police of the city, Fred 11. Godd.ird a nil Harry M. Loucks, eased up to tho corner ot Eleventh nnd' Uphnm streets yesterday. (At least bant is tho nunlckor tho oldost 'tojldonts ot blie section : give the street.) "Where Is East streot, is Mils it?" askod tho Mayor of n bystander. "No, this us Upturn." ' "Well then where It la." "How (lo I. know. I dn't carry n map of the city around. with mo." ' And tho mayor nnd the chief ot pallco who could not find t'liclr way around tho town werp supposed to run, prococded on tholr way In scunci'i of East street MANAGER I North Klamath Store 'Raided; Sanford Jailed Deputies Journey 131 Miles to Make Raid" "The Springs", repuled liquor dla pennury of northern Klamath, was raided last night and its proprietor, Eddie Sanford is now in custody awaiting a bearing on a charge of possession of intoxicating loquor. Situated on the old Military trail, one and a half miles from Odell lake. Mr. Sanford has been conducing a store In which he soils soft drinks and other merchandise likely to at- tract the passing tourist or the hard working railroad worker. Last night, about lip. m.. Deputy Sheriffs Lon Burke and Money maker, dusty and fatigued from the 131 mile drive to northern Klamath, Jumped out of their car and with a quickness and despatch that bespoke of long experience proceeded to 'knock over" the store. Seven bottles of alleged beer, gin, and moonshine whiskey were confis cated, but the officers were too late to take possession of large barrel In a shed to the rear of the little store. It had been tipped over and the soaked ground and boards gave forth an odor reminiscent of intoxi cant of some sort. Sanford was brought back , to Klamath Kails early this morning and lodged in the county jail. Klamath Soldiers Urged To Attend Division Reunion Veterans of tho 91st division, who at the zero hour of September 26, 1918. went over the top, will gather together In Portland on September 26, 1925, and celebrate the an niversary of the first morning that they loft the ; security of their trencBds "and faced, the "withertfig fire of German, machine guns and shell fire. The occasion is the annual meet lug of veterans of the division, in cluding those who were In France and those who were . unfortunate enough to remain in America.' Powder River, Let 'Er Buck, and como to Portland for the three days' convention- is the word sent out from division headquarters to all parts of the coast. Robert Kuy kondall. local attorney, has been ap pointed ns Klamath chairman of Powder river and through letter nnd personal Interview he will spread the word of the three-day convention In Portland, which is noted as one of the biggest cele brations on the coast of the year. The three-day convention will be tho sixth annual meeting of the di vision. As year succeeded year, the conventions increased In size and the convention in Portland is ex pected to bo the best one staged to date. Not only are all war veterans who were identified with the 91st di vision urged to be present at th big reunion, but also nil World wnr veterans will be welcome. Anybody, who desires to secure Information on the convention asked to call Robert Kuykendall n his offices In tho Loomls building lNV.VDKRS UKPl'LSKD FEZ, French Morocco, July 25.- (JV) Am official commlque says the French hnve cleared the western part ot tho Oeurgha. river valley ot Abd-El-Krlm's Rlfflan invaders. The enemy tribesmen nro tleeing. Little Child Is Burned To Death PORTLAND, Oro., July 25,' () A Toport today from, Hoppner, Ore gon, says the two Via old daughter of Mrs. LcRoy Jones, who Was visit ing relatives nt Heppnor, was burn ed lo dtlnth tn n fire which broke out in tho room In which the child hnd been loft for n nap. The fire occurred Thursday of this week. Mrs. Jones nnd her little- daughter wero on a visit from their home in Washington, nnd were spending the dny nt Iho home of Mrs. Jpnes" sis ter, Mrs, J. O. Tumor. Tho cnuso of tho fire was not do finitely known, but vvas supposed to hnvo beon duo to tho child playing with mntches. Tho first tho mother know of , tho fire was when she heard the cries ot llio child. Aid Is Asked in Army Worm Control Work O. A. C. Expert Gives Advice on Pest ' Infestation - County Club Agent Frank W. Sex ton and 0. D. Chorpenlng, appoint ed by tho county court to aid In the army worm Infestation, wired O. A. C. yesterday with regard to proper methods of control and which was most effective In tho destruction of this pent. Tho following wire waa received from Don C. Mote, head of the Ento mology department, this morning: Have had no experience with flood ing. Doubt It effectiveness, while rsenlc bran mash kills cutworms nd army worms. Common army worm doe not occur In Oregon. Send ns specimens. Bait more ef fective when . spread after cutting hay. Cutworms sometimes travel by day. To prevent going from one field to another plow deep furrow, kill worms in furrow by dragging log back and forth. Larger worms by eating more, take more poison than small, however most effective staff life history varies with species. Generally egg stage about fourteen days. Worm stage about fonr weeks. Cocoon about two weeks. Two gen eration. First generation mohs appear June.' Second generation moths September." A large collection of the fonr dis tinct varieties that are Infesting Klamath county fields, waa sent to O. A. C. today. : -: "- Injunction Stay Given Railroads SALEM, Ore., July 24. B post ing 165,000 In bonds, railroad com- panics operating in the state have been granted a stay la circuit court hero ,r,t the decrea denylns an In jiinttiunt"aaifl3t the public servlvt commission to restrain It from en forcing a 15 per cent freight Tate cut on Interstate rates covering grain, grain products, -potatoes and onions. '": ' ; -i . The O. W. R. & N. and affiliated railroads posted a 125,000 bond, the Southern Pacific a $25,000 bond, the Portland and Seattle and affiliated roads a $10,000 bond and the Port land Electric Power Company and Willamette Valley southern a to.OOO bond. Under the bonds the railroad companies agree to rebate any over charres if tCie higher courts sustain tha service commission order. Many Lives Lost ; - In Korean Flood TOKYO. July 25. (P) An official report on the recent Korean flood, which centered around the capital city of Zoul says 436 persons werejgon Trunk railroad : to Klamath drowned and 215 are missing. The ranB tomorrow, according to a wire Tokyo municipality and the cham- received today by J. J. tloydar, gen- ber ot commerce are soliciting relief funds. Dwelling Looted By Truck Bandits MEDFORD. Ore., July 25. Truck bandits are blamed by local police for the robbery, of an unoccupied house on Onkdnle Avenue this city, yestorduy, when the residence was completely cleaned of household fur nishings, including a stove, dining room table, ico box and other ar ticles. Mrs. J. F. Redely, the owner, plnced her loss at $300. ' Young Naval Officer Gives Secretary Wilbur Pleasant s'; ;, Little Chat; Gets in Bad SAN FRANCISCO. July 26. (IP) The Examiner today says a young officer attached to tho twlefth naval district headquarter horo an swered a telephone call at the of flco during the recent visit of Sec retary Wilbur nnd th.i following convcrsntion transpired: "Twolfth nnvnl district, head quarters speaking." , V ! "This Is Secrotnry Wilbur talk ing. I would like to speak " "Who did you Bay it wns?" T "Sccretnry of tho Nnvy Wilbur. Connect mo with " CONIuS AuAnnrn; MVVHKUlU Much Work in National ' Parks Ordered by '; ; ; Government ' WASHINGTON', July !i.t, Ono of the hirRCMt piivhifr contracts ovor entered Into b' thr federal govern nient was announced today with the, V. It. Di iiiiIh Const ruction company of Sacramento, California, providing for laying ot about 20 miles of asph nltlc concrete' pnvlng In Yoftemltc national park,- covering Kl Portal Itoail und roads on the floor of th Y'osemlle Valley. . It I estimntrol thin paving will cost between IW.0,. OOO anil 9000,000. ' Another paving contract, covering, about 18 miles of roads of the Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, has been given to Warren Construction. ompany of Portia' -' a , r ' 213,490V,'- " ' ' y Other Contract ,1"'.V ' . other contracts bat included: v, ,,' For work on the west aide section trans-mountain road, Glacier Nation-:. al Park, 12 miles, cost 1869,145 to William and Douela. Tacoma.v, 'i. . Work on Two Medlclnaj' roads, , Glacier Park, seven or eight miles, cost $615,000 to Melchert Construc tion, Lewlstown, Montana. . ' Other contracts for the Rocky mountain national park, Colorado and Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, soon, will be let. v ,A total of $186,000 la beiag ex pended this season "in surveys and improvements of the roads In tho , Grand CanyonNatifHiBl Park. j- . The bureau or public roads la also making surveys ot the roads in the Hawaiian national park. It Is ex pected that portions of the high-. . way extending from the middle fork ot the entrance ot Sequoia National Park' to the Giant forest will be completed this season at a cost' Df approximately $229,000. The high-.; way will connect famous big trees In' the Giant forest of the Sequoia Na-; tional Park with the General Grant Park to tho north. ; In the Yellowstone National Park $130,000 is being .expended oh the reconstruction of road's. ' RAILROAD CHIEF ARRIVES SUNDAY General Inspection of surveys prof jected by the Northern lines, brings j p Tnrner, president of the .Ore- cra agcnt and locnl representative for the company. : i ' Mr. Turner Is making tho trip alone and will remain In Klamali county until Monday, accordlbg- to . Mr. Hoydar. Launches Capsize; Many Are Drowned SHANGHAI. July 25. (P) -Twenty eight persons were 'drowned horo today when a sudden Tain squall capsized two ferny launches cross-) ing the Whangpoo river for Pottung. Forty one persons were rescued. , "Come ngnln, Napoleon. What 1 It you want?" , ' ; ' ' "This Is Curtis D. Wilbur. I.t mo talk to" ' 1 "So this IS Wilbur, Is It? Well, I wouldn't brag about It if I were yuu. t. i Whereupon tha officer hung up the phone, chuckling at the way ha had answered the secretary. . . , Fifteen minutes later ho- . was called before a superior and re- quested to explain why he hail been . Impudent to Socrctnry Wilbur, -thn Examiner says. .