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Eighteenth Year Number 55H(5
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1925
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Klamath Indian Woman is
Found Not Guilty of De
stroying Public Record
MAKES STRONG PLEA
Conducts Case by Herself
. and Treats Jurors Like
Autocrat at Times
PORTLAND, Ore. July
29. Mrs. Lulu Lang, from
the Klamath Indian reser
vation, refused the services
of a lawyer and fought her
own case to an acquittal to
day in Judge Beans' court.
She was charged with at
tempting to destroy or mutil
ate a public record. 'Both
he and her husband, Thorny
at Lang, made long talks.
The charge was that she
tried to scratch her name off
an agreement between her
self and the California-Oregon
Power company. The
paper was held by Superin
tendent Baker of the reser
, vation and, since the In
dians are wards of the gov
ernment, was held as a pub
lic document.
She conducted her case in
rather an autocratic man
ner, objecting to questions
of jurors now and then and
winding up with a strong
plea to the jury. :
RIM ROAD
OPEN, IS
MESSAGE
Advice Sent Here
Superintendent
of Park
by
Tlint tho Him roml nroimil Crater
Inko Ih now open to IoiiiIhU for Its
entire illslmicn won Hit- word w
reived nt tint chamber of com
nicrce. tiHlnj- from I'nrk Niipcrliitend
nit I'. 1. Thomson, ('onillllon of
llio roml wan not stated In I he mes
wigo, iiKIioiikIi It I" assumed to lie
III fair i'oiiiIIIIoii line lo the fact
tlint men have liecn ut work on It,
for llio past few week. Further
iMlvIrn from Thomson wax lo the
effect Unit there were no forexl
rhin In Hie lake region mill thai
tnivel In (hut section was entirely
wife.
Flier Injured As
Plane Takes Drop
PITTSBURGH,' July 20. (P) -Limit.
Thomas Cagol, U. S. M. C.
aviator, was Injured Borlously today,
whon this pluno crinf'-UHl nonr Unlvor.
Hnl, Pn. Tliu 'wrockod nlmhlp caught
flro mill Cagol was burned. Another
occupant of thp plane escaped wilh
inlnKir hurts, ,
Victim Of Leprosy.
Found In Spokane
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flPOKANK, WiihIi., July 21). A')
Bum Alaiml, 34,, of Hawaiian nat
ivity, was tnlcon Into titsl.idy by
hnallh officers hero today nflor phy
hMiuih declared ha waa afflicted
with an advanced cuso of leprosy.
Alapnl oamo from Tn.ny, Mont., iho
said, lib condition was discovered
. whon hn 'walked Into tho Office,
)f J', 0. Ilamhnrt, connly physlclii
I'JIfJ
ACQUITTAL
and asked for troiitniont. '
, ..'ii(i-ci
Probe Report
That Suicide
Is Hunted Man
Police Scout Theory
That He Is Scott's
Brother
ClliCAdO. July 2(1. (A') Ken ut
belief U hold by t''io police Unit an
unidentified mini 'who Hlint imil kil
led hlmef In a Reading, I'll., lutel
yosmrdny i notion Hioti, brother
of Russell rV (l, umlr sentence of
ilnath fur killing 11 drug clerk In a
holdup. Hubert 'him been sought
In i-o I ha killing, which Russell uy
hU brother did.
The description of Ifin suicide,
who rut nil InbvlH from hi" cloth
ing und let a ii C : "I nm nobody
from nowhere," tnlHm only sllght
ly with l lie missing Scatl. Slnco
Russell's two escapes from llio gal
Iuwii a few tiours bfffora thn llnio
sot for hli hanging attracted na
llonnl iillniitlou, Robert him been
reported found In viiHoiih pnrtii
'3f tho CJuntry. (
.Meanwhile, nllunbtlti continue lo
eflinln Itinwell In't'io comity Jnll,
pending a sunlly hearing Monday.
Tho "tale, determined lo noiid 111 in
lo thn gallows, und tha defense
delermlued to save him, 'will each
submit testimony of upoclalht.
Scott mother und hi wife, wltOi
(he old of Detroit club women, novo
rented a atoro room there aid have
srrungod to ruliie fiindH for Ilia do
feline.
Postal Receipts
Show Big Gains
Willi llio closing of tho fiscal year
at the local punt office, ending on
Juno 30, 1 !!, rerolpta for tha year
ahow n Kiln of 10 over Hint of
dial year, 'Which la proof In Itself
thill the Itit-ul office ahnuld hnvo
been placed In first cluss, which Imp
polled on the first day of this month.
Owing to the local offlco being
put into first class, Postmaster Me
ruit makea announcement Hint the
chedulo ill 1 1 mo at tho local offlco
will he Homcwhat chanced. , Tho
money order window will brf open
from 0 In llio morning until 5 In the
afternoon Instead of from 8 In the
morning until G an was tho ruling
until Hie first of tho month. Tho
window for stumps, registry, parcel
post and general delivery will bo
open from s' In tho morning until
six o'clock nt night. Formerly this
window was open from 8 In the
morning unit) 6:30 In tho iiftor
noon. Thn hours nt sub station No. 1,
Tho Golden Utile store, will remain
(ho snmo as heforo and will transact
all business that the main offlco
does, with llio exception of selling
of postal savings stain pa. Postmas
ter McCnll lays stress on this fact,
feeling that a large number of peo
ple travel to tho main offlco which
la out of the way duo to their not
being., famlliir with tho sub station
rulings.
I'II-M I'liANK WRlX'KKH
CINCINNATI, July 2. P) The
nlrpliino wrockod nnd abandoned ut
Corbln, Ky.', lust night was piloted
by Charing Tempo of Chattanooga,
Tenn,, a photographer and motion
picture enmornmnn whowiM Gaston
lug Uioro from Dayton, Tenn.,' with
pictures lakon at tho ' Ili ya.n fun
oral sorvlcos. :!
Bystander Killed
By Hotel Robbers
'cillOAOO, July p (iP)-- Five
robbers' attempting to hold ip the
Drako hotel on Lako Hhoro drlvo
Into today engaged in a fight with
detectives and pollcopien Insido nnd
oiitsldo tho oxoIiihIvo hostelry dur
ing which n bystander was shot
and killed and ono robber and 'A
hntol clerk were shot nnd wounded.
Another robber waa captured and
thi'cn , Others escnpod with upward
Ul. tlU.UIIUi . f t'
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BODY OF BRYAN
I S STARTED 0 N
FINAL. JOURNEY
Special Pullman With Fun
eral Party Leaves Dayton
for Washington
BODY VIEWED BY MANY
Casket Containing Body of
the Commoner Banked
High With Flowers
DAYTON, Tenn., July 29. W)
Quilling forever tho llltln southern
town where friends made, his lust
duy happy, the body of William
Jennings llryan today began Its
long train journey from Dayton to
Washington, where tho nation will
pny tho final tribute to his memory
before burial Krlday In Arlington
cemetery.
The special piitlman, attached to
a regular Southern railway train,
drew out of Dayton at D:03 o'clock,
moving first toward Chattanooga,
where the public will enter to view
tho face, of tho great commoner.
Mrs. llryan, with members of her
household, occupied the forward
end of lk'car. The casket lag" on
supports In tho observation section
at tho rear of the coach.
Crowds Pay Tribute
Cltlxens of Dayton, whero Mr.
llryan' waged lila last vigorous fight
for religious orthodoxy, gathqred
at the trackslde to see their leader
und friend depnrt. Associates of his
fight In support of Tennesseo evolu
tion statntu stood with bowed heads
as tho fuqeral train moved away
through tho Cumberland hills or
gated with wistful eyes as the sor
rowing entourage passed from their
view.
The casket containing tho ' body
of the commoner was carefully,
placed in the special car after the
removal of a rear section of glnss
In tho observation end.
It was hanked high with floral
designs and Kelio Hlce Chatla
noogn officer, stood at' attention at
the head of tho casket until the
party reached Chattanooga,
Mrs. llryan was tenderly assisted
to tho car from an automobile by
her chauffeur, William H. McCart
ney, V. E. Thompson, Mr. Bryan's
secretary, and Wallace Haggard.
Photographers, by request of the
llryan party, refrained from any
attempt to snnp pictures of the In
valid widow.
O. H. Aborcromble of Chatta
nooga and C. .I. Wlnefrey of Som
mersl, Ky., special police of Hie
Southern railway, directed traffic at
the Dixie highway crossing, where
tho body of Mr. llryan wan taken
aboard the car and Mrs. llryan en
tered. .
. The special car was attached to
No. 2, Southern ralway Now York
special, with " Walter . White of
Chattanooga, conductor In charge
or the special car and another
Pullman attached.
J. I.. Meek,, assistant division
general passenger agent, accom
panied tho party on tho trip to
Washington anil L. P. Woodall. di
vision superintendent, accom
panied It to Chattanooga.
Twins Alternate
In Lead Role Of
' High School Play
t i. .
OMAHA, Neb. July 29.- () Do
causo thoy look 'a'o" much alike and
a ro of tho saino ability, hoKi In tho
clasa room and on thn, school stngo,
Corn and Joan bavXirty, 16 year old
Omaha twins, 'will nlternnto In the
loud of the class play, t,o be given
by South hlg!i school August 6.
It was decided to glvo, tho "lead;
tng' part to li'.io girl having Iho boit
scholastic average and tho bos tnl
ont, but tho leachor-cnacih found tho
twins ovonly matched. Thoreforo,
Corn will play two ancts and Joan
will lend In Iho other two C Mto
lour not piny, I . ,
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Experts Urge
Poisoning of
Cut Worn! Pest
Declare Conditions in
Some Sections Are 1
"Fairly Bad"
The days of the! tut worm, not
the army worm, are numbered In
Klamath county. If farmers of Klam
utli will ilnvoto thlr llBie.durlng the
next two -weeks to poisonfng Infested
fields. .
This is the way D. (i. Thomp
son assistant chief of the entomology
Jepartnient f O .A. C, summarized
the cut worm Infestation problem.
'In the firm place, it U not the
army worm, but I lie cm worm" fie
explained. "You hiust understand
that there are score of species ol
cut worms and many have habits
slmllur to the army wjrm. hence the
mistake made by lue lucil Investi
gators. "In two weeks, all the worms in
the county will have pupuled, and
Dales Klumatji has a late fall, it
will mean the last of the worm?
until next year. -. In fact, on tbe
Dan Drlscoll raiKu near Bonanza,
me worms have already- eitered the
pupale stage.
"Karmera of Klamath, if they de
sire lo protect themselves from a
serious mtejtmlon next year must
treat Infested fields with the poison
mliaure advocated, in an effort to
kill off most ot tihe worms before
the pupate stage. Each warm 'will
piadu.o lOOO.othei'-woi'ina, It every
tiling la favorable to production.
' ' Clieckwl too Hoon
"Results of the poison treated
lands on the a us Hllyard land were
checked up on tuo soon to ascer
tain any definite check on the kill.
The poison works slowly. When
we checked, up on kill two days
later. It was found that Hie pilson
bad nccounte.l for s, 90 per cent
kill."
Mr. Thompson seemed to think
that tno general Invastion cf .cut
worms throughout Oregon was large
ly due to the absence of parasites
wJilch are We check on the worm
menace, supplied by Mother Nature.
'lie spoko of tne fly that lays its
egg In behind the hoad of the cut
worm and eventually brings the
rlcnti'i of the post.
"We have not seen that kind of
a parasite In our investigations of
Klamath fields;" he said. "In fact
we taave eoen 113 parasites at all,
and thut, is probably the reason fr
the serious infestations this year. '
Mr, Thompson chnracterlxed con
ditions throughout the county , us
fairly, bad In some sections and only
mildly affectod In ither.
Control operations ar,e being fur
thered by operation of lacal commit
tees in various rural communities
throughout the county. Poiion Is
delivered t'o each local committee
from toe county agent's office, nnd
the local committee distributes the
poison to tho farmers needing It.
Mr. Thompson, L. 13, 'Hock wood,
U; 8. cntQhologl.it, from the Foreat
Urovo StntKm and C. C. Wilson, V.
S. UureaU o't etomology at Sacra
mento, will probably leave this even:
lug or tomorrow niornlirg for their
respective homes. v
Ycstorday tho thrco entomologists,
Frank, Sexton, acting county agent,
and C. D. Chorpenlng, Inspected the
Infested fields of Algoma and Fort
Klamath. No traco of serious Infes
tations In other than truck gardens
and second growth alfalfa fields
oro uncovered.
CTT WOUM lOINOX
:
The following poison Is prov-
lug effective In erndlcnUng the
cut worms now Infesting Klnm-
nth alfalfa fields, according to
entomologists' who have com-
ploted their Investigations hero:
SO pounds bran. ..
16 pounds sawdust.
2 pounds arsenic. .
1 gallon molasses.
; Six to 8 gallons of water or
enough to mnke n crumbly mn'ss
that Is. "easily scattorod.
ELLIOTT
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GETS RELEASED
Warrant Served on New
Prosecutor by Deputy
SJheritf Hilton
HAS TWO ATTORNEYS
W. P. Myers and J: H. Car
nahan to be Counsel
Arraignment Tomorrow
E. L. Elliott, on the eve of tak
ing tho office of district attorney,
was arrested this noon in his office
In the Sugurman building as the re
sult of an indictment returned by
the grand jury this morning charg
ing him with malfeasance and negli
gence In office.
He was placed under arrest by
Deputy Sheriff James Hilton and
In Hilton's custody was brought to
the court house at 12:15 p. m.' Un
able to appear before Judge A. L.
Leavltt because, of the noon hour,
Mr. Elliott was allowed to return
to his borne for lunch in tbe
custody of Deputy Sheriff Hilton,
ltond Posted
At 2 p. m. Mr. Elliott was ar
raigned before Judge Leavltt and
tbe bond set at $1000. At the ar
raignment he was represented by
W. P. Movers', former acting district
attomeyi. and Carnaban.
Judge Leavltt set tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock as the time for
Mr. Elliott to plead to the indict
ment. - :
The personnel of the grand jury
which returned the indictment was
as follows: E. M. Hammond, fore
man: Merle Kllgore, clerk; Frank
McCornack, Walter Donart, Mar
shall. Orr, E. L. Hopkins and H. S.
Wakefield..
Witnesses who testified heforo
the grand Jury In connection with
the Elliott indictment were John- J.
Shai!ghne-:sy, William Marx, Fred
Snyder, Perry O. Do Lap and Arthur
L. Fortson.
Mr. Elliott declined to nake any
statement concerning his arrest, fol
lowing advice of his attorney to re
frain from making any statement.
The Indictment
The indictment of Mr. Elliott
read verbatim as follows:
"That said E. L. Elliott, then and
there being the duly appointed,
qualified and acting special piose
cutoT of cases arising under the pro
hibition law of Oregon for the
county of Klamath, state of Oregon,
wilfully neglected to perform his
official duty to tho manifest hind
rance and obstruction of public
justice, in this, that the an ill E. L.
Elliott did unlawfully and felon
iously advise, connscd nnd direct
F. W. Snyder and Carl Wolfe, pro
hibition agents, to take and re
move without legal process 2000
pounds In sugar from a . certain
cache situated in Klamath county,
Oregon, about five miles from
Klumath Kails, Oregon, and to
storo tho samo in 'his, the sntd
Elliott's garage at Klamath Falls,
Oregon, and did hereafter unlaw
fully and feloniously direct tho un
official sale and disposal thereof,
without legal process or Inter
position of any court."
Mr, Elllottt's bondsmen were L. O;
Avens, Will Wood, O. A. Smith. II. I.
McKim nnd Lloyd Uyun. ' '
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New Born Infant '
- Beaten To Death
, VENTURA, Cnllt., July 29, (p)
A new born Infant apparently boat
en to death officers say, was found
today In a clothos closet of a room
Hint had ,110011 occupied by its moth
er,' Mrs. Dona Rasovlch, 20 years of
age who came from Chicago two
months ngb. The mother was taken
to tho local hospital in a serious
condition, ' not having had medical
care.
An. Investigation of the enso was
opened by tho coronor.
Malfeasance
Against Man Who Will
Be District Attorney
Reputed Disappearance of Sugar Under His
Control Last Year Brings True Bill Charging
Felony-County Thrown in Turmoil-Accused
Man Scheduled to Take Office Saturday
E. L. Elliott who is scheduled to take office
Saturday as district attorney of Klamath coun
ty, was indicted this morning by the grand jury.
He is charged with malreasance in orrice.
It is charged in the indictment that Elliott
unlawfully disposed of a quantity of stolen sugar
which came under his jurisdiction as special pro
hibition prosecutor for Klamath county more
than a. year ago.
The sensational charge against Elliott dates
back to the spring of 1924, when Elliott had
criaro-p of the nrohibition enforcement of Klam
ath county.
Involves Stolen Sugar ,
, The Mason Ehrman and company ware
house was entered and robbed of 21 sacks or
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Iiott as a special state prosecutor, had the sugar,
or that part of it which was recovered, removed
to nis private garage. ' .
Later, it is alleged, the sugar disappeared
from Elliott's garage and has, not been ac
counted for even to this day.
Turmotl Will Follow
Elliott's indictment is expected to throw
Klamath county into a turmoil by reason of his
impending ascendency to the office of district
attorney. Whether or not the criminal charge
against him will halt plans for his induction into
office Saturday could not be learned this morn
ing. .-. . ': . ."-'.'.'. . , ; ,v-' ; '
Upon the resignation of William Ganong as
district attorney early this month, Governor
rot M annninfmAnt . In
Elliott, his close personal friend. Elliott ac
cepted the office and was arranging his private
affairs in order to take over the office Saturday,
August 1.
Elliott served as special prohibition prose
cutor of Klamath county for 18 months,' prior to
the. first of this year. When William Ganong
was elected district attorney Elliott relinquished
the office of special prosecutor. Since then he
has keen engaged in private practice.
Future in Doubt
Just what action Governor Pierce will now
take relative to Elliott's appointment as district
attorney is a matter of pure conjecture. ' It is
possible, said Elliott's friends this morning, that
be will ask the governor to withdraw the ap
pointment temporarily until he is given a chance
to clear his name from the serious criminal ac
cusation. It is also possible, say local friends
of the governor that Elliott will be asked by the
governor to stand aside for the time being until
a jury has passed upon the guilt or innocence of
the accused official. '
May Charge "Frame-Up"
Other friends of Elliott believe he will
brand the indictment as a political "frame-up,"
and that he will take office according to sched
ule Saturday morning, with the full sanction of
Governor Pierce. In this event it would be nec
essary for the county to employ special counsel
to prosecute its district attorney.
Under the laws of Oregon, malfeasance in
office is a felony and is punishable both by a fine
and imprisonment in the state penitentiary.
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Alleged
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