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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1925)
Univftrtiity Library Eti7.".. OrT;crt BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN (JIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Published Daily at , KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number MM KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS t TO BE Northern Lines Purchase $90,000 Worth of Property in West Klamath Falls LINE UP LINK RIVER W. F. Turner, Railroad Chief Refuses to Issue Statement Along I ho went hunk if Link rlvor will be bulli mi riK n Trunk ser vice Una Itiui will r: rim t.io river ulmvn thii ('njMO il ii in mill e.ilor tlm lumber miliiufiirltirln i Inn In lilio IIiIUIiiki mill I'rllnin City I dlBlrirlH. Tho main xUilun n the On x in I Trunk rulliaad will bu benied on the cliy purk property i:i miuili itlvorsldc, providing tli.it thu prs perty ran bo purchased widow trouble. These furls id nio. n became known Saturday evening liH II"' I Illlns uf llio first r.'c i Unit i mtu.il n reliiiMti of Kouih Itlvorslde property liy Iht) Northern Hues. l'riM'Hy HoiikIiI Involving mi expenditure f ii i proximately $il.iniil, tlm Onion Trunk rullroud, (lir.mnli Its intent (I. II. lllehmonl, Inn purilnmcd a riKht of way extendi. ig fr in Kwuuiiii I'olnt purallcd lit S.nilli lllvorsldu Slrfi'l. to IIiii cly park property. Tliflto from "whom Mo Oregon Trunk pun-tuned pinprrty were C. It. K. lleLnp, Juhu ('leghorn, Hii(u. Muoro, Adclu Hhermun, Allen Kloati, David Nicholas, (Viurlim F. Uel.ap. Mr. llllyuril, Dr. O. A. Miiy anil Dr. ltanttnll, From an aiithrntl- fiiurco Satur day night Came word thai I he city park properly hua liven tentatively chosen is tlm slto for tlm mul:i alullon of lliu Northern Hiiuj. Much depend on thu purchuso of llio pro perly from llio city. Three Linen From O'lo alullon, railroads would extend In throe direct ulruetlon. Ono road would luud up Link rlvor to Hie in 1 1 1 h , another would lend across Link river to tho eiiBt ldu of Kauuiia lukn. And u third would load from tho atutlou down tho went aldo of tiho Inko mid Klnninlli rlvor, to tlm Weyerhaeuser mill alto, whore a lutvio mill will bo nulll when the Northern flnea build Into the Klamath territory.' V. F. Tumor, president of ti'ie Oregon Trunk rallrMJ, who arrived In Klamutli Fulla yesterday, refus ed to m like any alnlcment relative to tho purchase of property on South nivoraldo or the HQlocilon of a alle for tho Million. ' ' Tinner la Hlleut ' "I can any nothing In rcginl to the matter nt liila llimi," Mr. Tum or aald. That llio IIIII lines nnllclputo no notbtick from tho lulerstnlo com jnorco commission In tholr imivo to build Into Kluiiiiith la rlcurly shown by tholr purci'mso nt property oil Houlh Hlvoralilo. ' Tho report ot the station silo, lny to roat many rum ora that hnvo provallod us to the lo cation of tho depot, slnco (ho NorKi orn Hnea rirst admitted tholr In tention of building Into Klumalh county. ' DISMIHSAI, HOCtillT WASHINCITON, July 27, (A') WiiHliliiRton uulhiirltlea naked tho Dlstrclt of Colnntbla court today to dismiss tlm action of Loren II. Wllt nnr, who cliarRod achool nuthorllles with leui'liliiK dlsroBpuct fur llio holy lilhlo. - i ' Small ,Girl Drowns In Swinuning Tank HAiKIOIl, Oto July 27. KHwi' lioth llakor, nod 10, was drownoil In tho nitiiiclpal nulaloiiitm hero lyostorilny. Tho hotly was discovered by onoMior HWtmmor 'who Rlepped ui hor tliniid In tho bottom irt t)io plungo, i ' 0.1 mm SOUTH RUE W. A. Wiest Is Named Deputy Under Elliott Local Attorney Accepts Job Proffered Today V. A. Wlent, well-known lornl utlorney. was appointed deiiuty dis trict attorney this afternoon by K. I.. Klllotl. who liKcomea district ut lorney of Klu ni ii t Ii county on Au mini 1. Mr. Kl lint t iiiinnuurcd the ap pointment fill In w In i brief ranter eiiei with the eoniity (-ourt, In whielt the cniuiitliedonors endorsed the Knlcctlnu uf I hi Hew district ultorney In bo. Mr. Wlent will iiiiauiiin hla duties us deputy roui:iitr,r on Align! 1. Ho la :i'J yearn oil. la inarrleil and la tlit) ruthor of four rhlldren. Ho! Iiiih been practicing law In Klumalh ! Full for flvu ycara. DurliiK ll"-' ! j ear , of 1 !22 and half t'io year j 11i2J, ho occupied a pokIHol as j deputy prosecui'i u:uler Dlitricl : Attorney c. ('. Ilrower. Ho resinn ed III (he middle of tho year and a h irt time later accepted a pjaltlou ai aporlal euuniM!l for the county iiiiiii. Mr. WIcBt's dutlea In that iainnlty weio for the mit part tax,, tnrei -loBuro innticra. Mr. Vlet Is ;ii III 'jreupled In this capacity. I'tlor 1 1 hla coming to K liim.it h Fulls Mr. Wlent lived In Sulcm. Ho sniduated In 1907 from lh Mon-j mouth normal school und 'n )'.M7j whs a member of tho" Rraduatlnt! j elaB-of tho Wllllametio I'nlverslty. I Ho Bt lulled law In l',o office f Chief) Jitstlro of llio Hupreme Court Frank A. Mo'iro In the years 1915 nnd 1910. DurliiK the years 101S lilul 1919 ho was deputy clerk ot the stale supremo court. Of all the mi men mentioned III connection with the appointment of a now deputv', I lie name of Mr. Wleal's wna heard the leant. Monro llio appointment cornea as a com plete surprise In Klamath lefiii cir cles. ALIENS REFUSED ADMISSION HERE Mother And Son Enroute to Hillsboro, Oregon From Germany, Are Halted NKW YOHK, July 27.- -11') A mother und Bon who salted from llambiirR, (lornmny, to join relatives In lllllahoro, Ore., though possess Ihk but 121 with which to flnnnco the trnus-contlnontal trip today wore retimed admission to the United Stutes by Federal Judgo Hand becauso their pusnportn bore traudiilout vlsna. They aro Mrs. Marlon Kchulhoft and Iter son, Her mann. DIGAMY CHARGED AGAINST COUPLE VANCOUVKU, Wash., July 27. Oeorgo I.nnKlniul and Mrs. l.yle Robinson, wero put Into tho Clnrko county Jail today to face n charge of unlorlng Into n bigamous mar rlago. LniiKland Is foreman of tho Mncltijll-riilno Voneor plnnt here und Mrs. Robinson, who has boon known hero bIiico their marriage In April us Mrs. Utuglnml, is tin em ploye of I lie plujlt. According to the complaint tiled ngaliiHt tho couple, Mrs. Ilohliison wnB mnrrloiMo t'linrles Itoblnson In St. l'nul nhout 10 years ngo. .Mr, and Mrs. Kohinson lived hero about two years. A warrant for tho nrrcat of I ,n ii Kin ml and Mrs. ttohlnmin was sworn out lust week. About Iho Hiiuio time tho couplu went to Se ll I lie. When returning last night they worj tnken oft llio train nt Kelso by Cowlitz county officials al the reiiuimt ot ('Invito county sher iff nnd brought to Vancouver this morning, VIMITIMI liltOTHDIl J. M. Tlngluy who Is mulling n tour ot tho counlry from his homo nl I.ns Mnllnns, Oiillforiiln, Is visit ing hero with W..I,. Tlngloy, popu larly known us "our own IIIII." L 5 TO AID IK President W. F, Turner of Oregon Trunk Tells why They Want to Come MORE DEVELOPMENT Timber and Farming Re sources Will be Greatly Benefited, He Declares CoiiiIiik of another railroad sys tem to tho Klamutli counlry will mean a more Kpeedy development of tho timber' und funning re sources of this section und provide u Quicker und more eertuln murket for thee and other products. Kuril 1b the argument advanced today by W. F. Turner, president of tlm Ori'iton Trunk rullroud, who arrived here ycat.-rdny on a brief j bittilneHS trip. - i TThat tho people of Klumuth j Falls and the whole strelih of ter ritory embraced In Southeastern Oregon must be vitally Interested In the potential development Implied in tho proposal of the so-called j Northern lines to enter hen-, ll would nppear Is self-evident." de clared Mr. Turner. "Not only does It HlKiiIfy on tho part of tho of ficials of the (Ireat Northern nnd Northern Pacific u wlllliiKness to procued with tho construction of roads Unit will ul onco eoai mil lions nf dollars, but there am other nnd more Important fentig-es to be considered. . "What would It mean to Klam ath Falls and vicinity to bo placed on tho mnln lino of these two jcrcnt transcontinental rallroada. with their vast resources? This Is a question full of the niont vital Importance to every cltiten of this community, no matter what Ills position In life. "It would mean, among other tliinas. that Klamath Kails nnd vi cinity would no lontser be de pendent upon one railroad company for shippltii" facilities. Two j-rent systems, new In this territory as far na actual physical contact Is con cerned, would bo added to the equipment of this city nnd sur rounding territory, to assist In buiUHiiR up Oie district and to co opurnto with business In making generul conditions better. "Of llttlo value Is tho great po tential wealth of any region, be It ever so rich, unless there la af forded a means for development. for utilization ot Its products and tor distribution of same, (.old In tho mines Is Just gold und nothing more, until It Is tnken out and put (Continued On 1'agc Five) Grocery Store Closes Doors This Morning Attachment of Stock Is Result of Business Adversities Il'Oiutun & l'lielps grocery storo fulled to open tor business this morning, owing to business ndvorsl- tles whk-i-iulmliiatod lnt,o Saturday In the utlachtuent by tho sherirt of the store, following t'io filiiiK of n suit for recovery of $2319 by tho Wood Curtis I'roduco Co. During tho past tow months, ,rum ors of financial embarnssment of the grocory sluro, havo been clrculnt' ed. but cvon o tho closing of tho storo caused much surprise In bus liiciiB circles, . ' Lawrence K. t,holia, wluv wll'i I,e).i llouslon Is the owner ot Iho storo, said today (hat nt this time ha '!iud no slntemunt to make. The store lit closed ItKlefinltoly,-' Mr. Phelps nld, "I do not know wlinn wo will reopen or whether we will open nt nil, I havo no state ment (o lu'ako In regard to llio mat tor tit (his time." IS BO KLAMATH T WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN b 1 i - ' fry' 41 & iH t f - ' ' It. i " 3 S t - ' v' & 'S Sty. I d t jr . 2 - l srv f -t . Oregon Democrats Take Steps to Procure a Bryan Memorial . '...., . 1 r. : : 1 -r I'ORTLANU, Ore." July .27. (P) wide. "We feel tihat the dlatiui!u!sh A national memorial In . hon ir' of led services rendered to the counlry Wlllluni Jennings Bryan was propos ed hcie today nt a meeting of Oregon democratic leaders, with Dr. C. J. Smith, chairman of the atule democratic central committee. A committee of 25 with Covernor Waller M. Pierce honorary chair man, and Milton A. Miller. fo:mef state senator, active chairman ,w- named to initiate the movement which H la Intended to make nation- Train Crashes Through Bridge ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., July 24. W) Nine persons wero severely bruised and shocked when a Penn sylvania bridge train duo hero at 3:06 p. m., was derailed just Inside tho city limits soon after crossing tho drawbridge nt thoroughfare. Nino coaches of tho twelve-coach train wero derailed. Believe Bad Check Artist Steals Car That tho man who passed a flock ot bad checks on local merchants Saturday night was tbo man who stolo a . Ford roadster which was parkod in front of a house on 411 Klamath avenue, Is tho belief of Sheriff Hawkins who wired various Oregon und CsvUfornln cities yestor day to watch out for the car. K. Sugarman accepted n chock from a man Snturduy night In pay ment for a suit. Tho chock was made out by n C. L. Wotklns and endorsed by F. M. White. The cheek wns for $29.30. Shortly after Iho man left (he store, clerks nt Sugarmnn's storo Investigated and found tlmlho check was no good. At olher s(ores that tho man pass ed bad chocks on, tho nnme of I.owo waa used. Tho Ford car which belongs lo a. Mr.. Drowning. Is practically new with a license number 129S9. Battling Siki Is Stabbed In Brawl NEW YORK. July 27, (r)r-Rnt: tllng Slkl, former light heavyweight boxing champion, slabbed . in (ho nock In a street brawl, was reported on the way to rapid recovery in a hospital today. U was said ho would bo nblo lo leave Iho hospital In n week or so. by William Jennings Bryan entitle him to a national memorial, and Oregon Is taking the initiative in tho movement," sail Dr. Smith. "Nothing definite as ta tho nature o the memorial has been suggested yet, but Tfe hope that it will be suitable permanent recognition of the efforts of the frroat commoner in behalf of the felfare of the peo ple of the country." Autos Collide; Three Injured SALEM. Ore., July 27. ilrs. Frank Knns of Reedley. Calif., was seriously hurt when the roadster in which she and her soh-ln-Iaw were driving collided with a car driven by J. W. Pease, taxi driver of this city, on the Pacific highway four miles north of Woodburn at 7:30 o'clock last night. Aaron Neufleld, Mrs. Enns' son-in-lnw, escaped without a scratch. Pease and his wife, who was rid ing with him, were both slightly injured. Ashland Girl Hurt In Auto Collision ltOSEUURO, Ore., July 27.' Luella Strong, 7 year old daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Earl Strong of Ash land, was badly injured near Dlllard today, when she waa struck by an automobile driven by Herman Marks ot this city. Tho llttlo girl is said to have run out from bciilhd Oier father's icar, which wns parked be side the road, while he was repair ing a tire, and tM have stepped directly in front ot Mr. Murks ma chine. She was knocked down and dragged about fifty feet 'sustaining itbuisions of her face and forehead, and a deop cat on tho right - leg abovo the kneo. She wns taken to Money 'hospital in (his clly. Hor par onts wero on tho way to Myrtle Point, whea tho accident occurred. Three Killed In Fall Of Airplane ' DETROIT, Mich., July 27. (PH Throe persons wero killed here yes terday when nn nlrplano nindo a forced landing and caught fire. Tho dead are: Milton Stein, 24, tho pilot; and Mrs. Violet Fleming, 20, and Allss Evelyn Himog, 10, pnssougers. p , Commoner Dies i ureal While Asleep at of Friend in Dayton Energy Sapped by Hard Work During Scopes Trial-Body Lies in State Today-Burial to Take Place at Arlington Cemetery in National Capital DAYTON, Tenn., July 27. William Jennings Bryan, who many years ago as "the boy orator of the Platte," with his "Cross of gold" speech, won a de mocratic nomination and a lasting place before the American public is dead. - The end came yesterday afternoon ,while the com, moner was sleeping here, when he came from the Scopes . trial. Dr. Thomason and Dr. Broyles, who examined -the body, stated death was caused by a hemorrhage of . the brain, resulting in apoplexy he was 65 years of age. .. Dies While Asleep .-. . : James McCartney, family chauffeur, was ;nt by Mrs. -' Bryan at 4 30 p. m. to wake her husband. McCartney shook Mr.. Bryan twice in an attempt to arouse him and then noticed he was not breathing. . Rushing to the home of A. B. Andrews, a neighbor, the chauffeur ca'iled for physicians,who reached the home within a few min-' utes. After an examination, probably had been dead. 30 arrived. :,..,:.-.it....u; Funeral arrangements had not been completed early today, but Mrs. Bryan indicated the body would be inter red in Arlington cemetery, as Mr. Bryan, who was a colonel in the Spanish-American war, several times had expressed a desire to be buried there. ? The commoner had been living under a strenuous program since he came here three weeks ago to assist in the prosecution of John T. Scopes, found guilty of vio-.' lating Tennessee's anti-evolution law. He appeared in: excellent health, however, and was planning to launch a great campaign this week in Many Tributes Are Given by Noted Leaders National Figures Mourn Death of Great Statesman Vice IreHiiU'nt ltawcs: "He never did niiytlitnx unworthy or menu. He may have becu mistaken at times, as we all lire but he was tiling always to do the ritcM as he saw ll." Senator Ashuist of Arizona: "His superlative otatory, his frame of oak anil his nt.Mstolic zeal brought the Income tux, woman suffrage, pro hibition ami direct election of sen ators." Former Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska: "Ho wns the greatest moral force it Ills day. Hi' sacri ficed his health nnd strength by the most extraordinary exertions." John W. Dnvis: "The example lie set of devotion lo principle, no mat ter nt what cost Is one his country men may well cherish. Many of the things he advocated In the face of bitter opposition now are among the accepted policies of (ho nation." (lovcrnor Smllh ot Xew York: "He was n vigorous American mid even those who iliffei'cd from his Ideas had great icgard for him," Clarence Harrow: "Ho was n man of strong vonvii Huns unit iilwnys espoused his cause Willi ability und courage. I always respected his sincerity and devotion." Flllirf Knot : "He was a good and kindly man, fairly sincere nl nil (lines nnd very slnceie on 'mints wherein mOst dlsagived with him." Tho Iter. Dr. 1 V. Fetter, Xew York Modernist: "Ho was n mighty crusader, n sincere preacher of the i Id school, Tho Scopes trial signed his death warrant." The ltev.' Dr. John Itonch 8( ral- (Continued mi I'age Five) Home the doctors said Mr. Bryan or 40 .minutes- before they .; Hy"T&fiv: -fhi-k' .' behalf of fundamentalism. ,! Airs, uryan, woo nas peen an in-i valid a number of years, bravely' stood the shock ot her husbands un expected death. She immediately took c'aarge ot funeral arrangements and received a few of the hundreds of persons wi'io called at tho resi dence to. express sympathy. "F m happy that my husband died without suffering and In peaiee," she said...) Ills Last Words His last words to her, as he en tered tho room for ihis nap., werej "I am so sleepy." ' Before he went to sleep, Sir. Bryan autographed two books for Judge J'jhn T. Raiilsti.e,- wao pre-, sided at the Scopes trial. The books were "The seven questions In dis pute," and "In tils Image." He wrote: "To Judge and Mrs. John T. Raulston, Win'hester, Tenn., with the good wishes of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan, July 24', 1925." One ot the books was opon when physlcianj reached the room nnd the ink was mot dry. After traveling over ttj Cuindred miles Saturday and delivering speeches at Winchester awl Jasper, Tenn., Mr. Bwan .returned to Dayton early yesterday morning from Chat- tanooga where he bad spent tho night. . ' ' IVcpailng Speech. , Before he left Clfattanoogu, Mr.; Bryan Joined A. W. Lesly, owner of tho hotel at whkh be stopped, and soveral others tsr breakfast. . Mr. Lesly accompanied nlm: to Dnyun and during thu trip tho commoner expressed his determination "to sou the case ti'irough." Mr. Drynn show ed no evldonco of bad health, Mr. Lesly said, but remarked I'.mt nil was suffering with dlabetls. Whllo In Chattanooga, ; Mr, Bryan com plo(e4 arrangements for publication, ot the speech ho was to hnvo de livered during the tclOHlnff hours of the Scopes case, Hu wns uuvlng'.lt printed for distribution throughout tho country and Its delivery . wna1 to murk tho opening ot tie nalimif wide battle against modernism pla i ned by him, '.i i? Although Mr. Bryan appeared in (Continued On Page Kle)