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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1925)
3Tbr ihmthin iterati Published Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN CIVK YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wiro. Lihtd'nlli Year Niiinlii'i- 5f)!)0 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, AUOUST 3, 192 PRICE FIVE CENTS LOCAL ELECTROCUT ED MURDER CHAHGE FILED AGIST rs San Francisco Manufacturer Sought by Pacific Coast Authorities LABORER IS MISSING Insurance Fraud Similar to Brumfield Case at Rose burg Suspected HAN FKANCtilco. Auk :i ((f)) Henry Bob-warts, rloe president ami general llllllliiKir nf 111" I'll rifle Cellulose i iiiiipaiiy, wbo was supposed to have hi'1 death in h if own Inboriilury Ml Walnut, Creek mi iiini Thnnday by an i iploalon. Unlay Wit sought by Sheriff II It Vrnln of Go&tfti Coeta touiity. a J. Nlelaoh, dental sxpert, who iiuii worked on Behwarts'i lft.li. declared after ii minute amlnallon or Hie charred iioily found in Behtrirtt'i laboratory, thai 'This dead i" "ii i" not Bcbwarti Tlii' LOOth r' not MhWI' I li HcAY) lu-lll-fOMt Hehwurts carried IIIO, In life Insurance Hoy itoRriKio'i. ii laborer, nu I ti mi' -ii,, from Hi" W'lilnui Crock district Hlnc Hi.' explosion. District Attorns? a ii Tinnlni announced todaj thai ho had with- llrnwll ir,n imhI hi , hut rl"" to Mm Bchwarts yesterday pro ooad niih tba funi'iiii of Hi" body with h she Insists i hor husband's. w .ii.i. ,1 for Murder. . "Vou run nnnounr" Hull Btbwnrll In wanted for murder." Ill" Snn Francisco ICxnuilior QUOUM Tln- niuK nu riayiiiK. "This body in pos itively nqi Bchwarts. i nave asked iii" sheriff to broadcast n reQueal to sheriff and fthlota of police to find Schwann." Man Drowns In Sprague River Colorado Visitor Could Not Swim; Sank in Deep Water Orln ('. Alwnid, iikoiI "1 cars, ii resident f Dsnror, Oolo., wns (liiowni'd Saturday evening I" Spin nun river when bo stepped in over IiIh dopuh. Alwur.t, who was on IiIh vacation, and who wm cbhpected with tba Colorado lion works, hud taken a temporary position with the Pey ton logging company, whlah in bp. muting nu n logging rontrnrl In tin- Sprains it Ivor district. ii.. oould not swim, in sonic way he got In over bis depth und before any hyatanders oould coma to the rescue iiio hud drowned, Tba body wns recovered Baturday nighi and Deputy C unty Coroner I. A. Towey look (ho u:y in charge and broukht It hark to Klamath Kails. A 1 ward Ouid been iii Kiiiniuiii county tor three days mad was accompanied by ii brother and SlBtor, AioQOfdlng to tin! rim 11 1 y coroner's office III" body will bo i, hipped lo- morrow morning to Denver whoro funeral services and Interment will take place, Besides bin brother and sister, th decasjieN is Survived by iIiIh mother and lather, finis: HOBOKBN, N. J. Auk. Arthur Chambers," vaudeville orayon nrtist, was found dead from riih III ill Im loom last 4 night, Beside the body was i liko- ness of Iho dead man bearing this Inscription luslll'ied r II." "Til old no tilth. "Donf no hope, Bnoke no money. Total- Zero." CH Directors of District Balk At Canal Work Feel Farmers Would Have to Pay Tto Much for Job l!w-niiMt tin i)trM torn of Dm K lu iu.il h In tun i Inn tllMt l I OH (hut II per OfflM of ilii- tOHt tif (hi linpruvi'tui'iit In loo In: h htmli-ii for th" Olnlrlrt in lnar hi tli v- lr Of til A. runnl hy COtnOQltlg (he ild uid Hi" bottom the work will mil in included In' the nmlr work of f hit ycttr, U dOVolbpOd m u nootfni or dimriri dlfootbn Snt ii rd ii y. ACAHOl IuhI NpriiiK hrokf Itn bftOkli dttO (o Mtiiilrn-I it ml gopllfff bolts, M'Vi-iul llint'H ami UlUndAtod tho oottattryildQ ror a Diinbor or ktenM around und ftliO ffUilOd out octlooi of Ibfl Morril blghwftjr Tbo breoki Qooonrod about tlylii nsilfoi Otttb of Klamath Kiill whOtO tho bOflkl uri' bffhi AiiiuMiKh Botborl i. Newolt. pro J. t manager. mroiiKly rr c oninn-iKh-d that Ih work ht cfft-rti'd thht yonr. in order timt recti rrooee of dum- :' - hroakii of hiNt hpitntc ! in tldodi b' dirocton hofd ihm th peroOtltOffi of rout w.ih -loti lurgi'. Thry would hnv' boOfl Wll" I tag ti meet 1 pr oeoi of the lOHt, The rf ii huI or tli- dlroctori to endorse ibe Inprortniii win nu-nn that tin BoyernneBl win fail to iypproprleie none) .r the rep 'r of iho en "til. . I h" director! did. howtjyor, up prove ol the repulr of the ifaper Numi ltke tlumei end of the u' Honi flooie deer iimrv, imt toeif deelloed to teJra definite action on tho low r Nu km hnko flume on the KrOUnd thut tho cnnal In that district ttlfttl be reroutSi.. Declpton was nnde to hold a meetlni bl tbe hoard of e4nollsa lion lor tho purpono nf lo-ir'iu: i ml adluntliiK all tlainis for dan ;u: from tho dlttlrht. Tho tm-otlnR will be held at tho September nvwtilni of tl. hoard. The hoard of cqutili- ssUon in maih' up of tho tune per sonnel bj (h bonrd of directors, the rhanKo In nam hftnn made jliHt to fit tho tu t union. A spi'dal meetlni of tho hoard will ho held next Wednesday for tho purpose of run Imt bonsltjlerlns t h- tp ration ami Mstntensnde oontrnot, hy which the farmer! on the project would tuko oyer the control ol their own district, with, o? courHo. some super vision. Questions Report Of Typhoid Fever From Camp Water i. i-:. Kesierson. in n long distance telephone conversation from ilrants Pass today, Questions the correctness of the statement made by Df. n. s. Kewsom, county health officer, that Ibe typhoid lever case thai develop ed In I lie camp of Ibe Topsy Lumber company is the result of contaminat ed water used in the camp. Mr. Kesterson said: "A sample of the water was senl to ibe California State Hoard of Health by Dr. I'. ("'. SI rung ol' D6r lis. When be received n report to the effect thai there wus something wrong wllb the wuler. he Instructed us to boll all water used In Ibe camp until it could be doternilnpd wheth er the wnter was contaminated or not. We immediately culled upon Dr. Newsom to make an examina tion, and be Informed us he would do so und w-'iilil send ContnlUOra In Dr. Strong to be used In securing Samples. ThlS bus not been done to date. As soon as Dr. Newsoiu sends the containers we win see that samples lire taken. lu Ibe meun- tlnte, we are handling1 the water un der the direction of Dr. Strong." .11 IttilW SKIiBCTTBl) CHtOAOO, Aug. it, (pj The jury to decide the fate of Hussell Scott wns selected In four bonis today In the BOUrl '.if Judge JosoTili n. David with Scott's snnlty I ho Issue. THREE S LONE BANDIT M DENVER STREETS i Stops Auto and starts Shoot ing Occupants Without Any Warning TW0 WOMEN VICTIMS Outlaw Believed Man who Has Been Holding up "Petting Parties" DKNVKK.' COLO,' Auk. 3. UA'O t'lty and OOUDty' polleo authorl- i u-H today wi re combing Arapahoe county 'or a holdup bandit whose revolver lata int niniii took u toll of three ll.-s. two young WO- (oWi uHlri(t attorney of Klamjath men und a youna man. when h county, who Is und. r indictment for wub foiled In bis mi- I to rob j failure to account for some sugar U,m of their valuables. Th" shoot- ; lllt was ,.onflaied In r. liquor lug was committed on a boulevard j uM Kniott Is not qualified to act in Ih" outskirts of Denver. j s ,,ros.utor by reason of his m- The victims of the bandit were: diriment. Mm. Julia Sterns, her sister. Miss. circuit Judge Leavllt, !b" gciv.r Marl" McCormJek, 17: Fred Funk-1 nor was afornll.d. has grained an ner. IS; I it r 1 terry. wns w.iiimik il in the shoulder, Mail 1'lring The bandit, who is bettered to be the man that ha recently fo cused bis ii. iiwtles on uuioiiioiitif j Portluntl to Klamath Falls to ban "petting parlies'' In Denver. Jumped i lU . ,,rOBOt.ulilln r t. ,.nscJ. on the running board of the slowly moving machine In wtiU-b bis four victims wet'" riding and Ordered them at Hi" is'lin or two revolvers lo turn over their money und val uable... One or the men told h! th ill they bad no money. The ban all i ben fired into the machine several times, instantly killing .Miss UcCormlck and fatally wounding Punkper 'und Miss Sterns so Hint they died on the way to the hos pital. He then took flight. I 'nils f,r Police Perry, who WOS shot In the shoul der, ran to a nearby farm bouse ami summoned 'be police. A police atitomnbiie. scouring Ibe country side soon after the robbery encountered a motorcyclist, who sped by them. Their orders to hall weru nm heeded and they gave chase. Km the man outdistanced the police cur quickly und escaped toward Fort Logan, an army post Id! miles west ol Denver. According lo the police the man's description tilled that of the ban dit related by Kerry. FLOODS DO DAMAGE Bt PASO, Texas. Aug. 3. (fP) High watars in the iiio Qrande have rendered fitly families honieleas ami have done damage estimated at $90 000 ar.und Fabens. Texas. The water Still was rising today. , SOUTHERN VISITORS Mrs. M. Buehn und Miss Blsle Buehn of I. os Angeles were over the week-end visitors in Klamath Palls, leaving this morning to visit at Crater Lake. Big Rock Crusher Topples Over When Heavy Blast Does Damage; Crater Lake Warren Construction Company Takes Chance To Save Time and Loses Out Will Be Several Weeks Proceed, Twenty eliauces out of one bundled iiituinst them and lb i'i nstrurtten company lost. Tills Is Ibe candid tyiptnnatlon of Major Y. B, Arnold, when naked today why Ibe rock crusher 011 Ulo Cnyer Uike Road nl Whltehorse irna nei oneratlnir, "We saw ibere WO could save si'veial weeks week by btnSUnn 15,000 .Mll-ds al lie shot". Major .Vriiold said. Mujiir Ariudd is gbOral 1111111 uger lu charge of all road work of bis company in Klamath this year. "It was .lust h gniiibllut; rlmure of Mil tpoluta to our luvor and lit) iigalost. We took 'be chance and i i. 1...1.... 1...1 ...... age Is concerned, there is little It i rusher up once ngniii I bur Is hnhllu.tr. The WnlTou Const rurl Ion Company, of the Kluinalh enlrunre lo Cruler Crashing; plnnl at Whltehorse, Major .Arnold pointed out (lint In lo lake lieiiiient lon' chnnces lu whlrh mmfo y In Local Care Portland Man to Han dle Trial Against E. L. Elliott irariy from ruDiic oervice . m.k.m. oi;i: . ao Konii.-r , Commission in Salem Ar- Clrcull .IuiIku c. y. Stone of Khun- i rives Here Today nth Falls bun Offered bin eeraaeai "' w"":",: s '' " 1 " : probiiiitioii oommbutloner, wic la under Indletment 11 on a cb4rsOi'i wm t i of larceny ..f a revolver, iiriing ;Engmeer to Make Inspection to Information received hy u& i I of O. C. & E. and O. T. nor Pierce. I., i. McBrlde una of i Surveys I KeV"ns' ald.'H, Is ueeused of mal- j feaaooce In office, j Uovernor Pierce today rwiu'-fted 1 Attorney General Van Wlnkl I,, assuni" charge of the prosecutions I of Keu-ns. Mcllrl.l" and K. L. Kl-1 affidavit of prejudice tiled against him by Klliott. and an outside judge will be railed In to hear the case. Attorney Qoneral Van Winkle was expected to send K. J. LHJeo,ule of Crystal Creek Yields Large Rainbow Trout Crystal Creek at Rocky Point yielded tho largest Kalnbow trout in the Brening Herald's contest for the largest flan caught in Klamath county waters so far this vear, when Charles BUckmSD, local man, yester day pulled a LSrpoond rainbjw trout, measuring ;irt lOObes in length, from the waters of the popular sum nur renort. inu.'hui.in is ceusioereo one oi uia liMdlng sportsman of this section auu lias reiuuieu m jviaiuaiu ratMl'iaii iiiiiwwuihb. from an extended t.-Jtir through Al-j aska and Siberia. .Mr. lllacknuui spent the week-end at Rooky Point nnumg who jn moiner 1,111 nu - mini, who holds the position of gen- oral manager 01 me uurus air riuue i-fi 111 mi n v in imv Vfvl; ( it v Mr. in Ncn- York City. Mr n mm, ,.f Kb. vorlr m'a M... - - - - - - ti. . , - . ....i. ..... ... ...on siiiiliui . in .. .0 .t-ft.o.v- Rocky Point at the opening of this I ceedings involving separate units of season. About a year ago Mr. Itjje original program or alternate BlaokmaU was visiting in San Fran-! surveys in lieu thereof. It is anti elsco and by chance ran across his ctpated that formal hearings on brother, whom he had not seen in , these several proceedings will be 20 years. had In this stat within n few yeeks. One of the largest crowds of the!'d all parties Interested in the summer season registered at Rocky ! proposed consiruction are making Point -and some n-Jiiderful catohea eTy t,ffort ,0 1,0 fullv Prepared, were made yesterday! according to! To Interview Shippers I lllacknuin. Paving Is Delayed;''"' t? 1 corey Before Work Can Says Arnold Win ren lost. The crusher wns blown ever , i . i... .i Is .lust the work of selling tile us up," bus the runtrarl for tho paVlUPC l,ulco nml lias recentl.v erecled u the contrnotlnff huslitoau one hml odds were eilber for or ugninsi you. iTRflFFIG, yiLjsl-hinire ciimirv mum or i J UI2VLI mil UL B U r n o - ! INTERVIEW SHIPPERS Members and representatives of ibe Oregon Public .Service Commls- mull woo iiii" im:'.-ii ui u". ill iu- !,lal" raiiroau (K-veiopni-nt pro- K as conductd l.efore the In- I terstate f'onim. rce f.'oinmfssion, ar- : rived todya in Klamath PaOa, where they wii. make a careful and de - tailed investigation of engineering featur. s involved in the pnvoaM rail construction in l ake and Klam- ath counties, as well at a survey of available traffic tributary ry there - Th proposed mil consiruction now in conii-mplatioii bring the direct resut o fihe Cosamission.'f complaint heretofore filed with the I Interstate (ominision, it is the pur I poae of the state's reprt sentativefi j to collect the necessary data aud information to a-sist the Inter- statebt.u.- in determining the proper location of the several lines. The commission'. position It that of se curing the location of the proposed lines in territory wheiSj they wl'l best serve the interests of the en tire state, and where thy an be constructed and operated m X econ omitvlly. Members of la ly Included in the party ute Com missioner H. H. Corey, who filed the original complaint urging new rail construction in central Oregon; J. P. Newell prominent engineer of Portland and for many rears consulting engineer to? the i?om mission; Hal P. Wiggins, rao and traffic ansLst on the Commibsion'ci staff :,nd Wm. IV s 1-U .Utarnel, : ioi me iiuj uimiuu, an ui hiiuiu I tlclpatea actively in the original Having secured a favorable ro - port from the examiner who heart the testimony in the State's cose 1 more tiian a year ago, every error: i8 ,elng made to carry this adv.in- j tage through Ui as early a coil 1 .- ..;i,iA 'pi,,m. 1 ....'.....' j.i-iiimiK uciutv mi' iiiiaiauiii; v I . . ..... . nu ri'i1 i iimnnssion live separate pro- i ; The members of the commission are also planning to interview ship pel's concerning the application of railroad carriers in the no-.ttiwosl to raise the freight rates, which is now before the Interstate Commerce Commission A meeting for that purpose was held at the chiniber Commerce today, at which .Mr. undertook to explain the position of the commission in Ibis matter. As .Mr. Corey put it. Ibe commis sion was faced on the one side (Continued on Cage Tuo) .McCAI.I. G1VK8 TO MM) Postmaster John McCall knows how badly street signs are needed in Klamath Falls. nis corps of carriers have to ugiu Hie cuise in nf.. n -w streets ev.ry day in the year. i ,, ., , ! 'bats why John walked In with a smile today and plunk- ed down a $5 bill. "I saw the game all right, but It was worth a live-spot instead of a qnar- ter," he said. !l UL, U I UUIIL Comes Near to Lumber Plant! Knox Mill Threatened Yesterday by I Big Blaze j Kiu: m: wm tbreatenpd ye terdny afternoon and the chanre that the plant mien eaten fire to- :''- " s;l" Wstent, as he result lor an intense -;..-,i r.re mat broke Ollt several miles west of W-rden yesterJay noon and burned stead ily the remainder of tue day ami last Dlgfilt, despite desperate efforts of fire fighters' of the Klamath For- est Pr itectlve assDelation aided by joggers of the vi.lnity, to corral the oiae Fillars of smoke r.,l!ed to the sky and gave ample testimony to resi- ' (tents of K! .math Falls that a severe. M waB in progre5S. According1 r,porU t;ii$ morMini , j,,,.,.., 1 firc i-ok.ou,s the fire wblle not igOthtt .'ti apparently under ' c0,rol and wU tne ,ri3e la inm. .,,., ,.,, ,H, , ,:!,, ! , J J A 1 , . Ln i, . n. i HuiiKditv this neon was below " the danger mark. 30, and falling steadily; The intenseneis ;f tho blaze yesterday afternoon was au- mented by toe humidity being at 10. 17 degrees below the danger pout. ; . I Former Klamath Withouj a warning: ar;. of r r kind the stricken man Man Brings Suit j fell backward into the wat- To Divorce Wife,er- The tragedy was wit- nessed by F. Hill Hunter, ispeciai to The Herald) i general. manager of the com yueka. Calif.. Aug. 2. (IP) How j pany, who, with other men late may r. married woman stay out' from the crew, rushed to the jto a dnnre without having' the hour Ljj of the faj,en tjr j become a vital part in a suit for u . , divorce? i This is Judge C. J th'e question Superior Luttreii will find con- ; fronting hiin when the divorce ac- tion filed in the superior court here wife. Melvina. comes before him for . adjudication. Hayworth in his complaint sets ifortll that It was married at Klam- a1, p.11. August 2s. 1922. and that ftja .j;1 jtjy 20 after she returned from a daac at I nrri, .1 c.an in tho morning Jfcayworth protests this is far too att. ,. ,.arv an 'WRnt!i his liberty. hour and be Kstella Matney Vreka has I TOU8h actlon tor divorce against 1 D alorous O .Matney. charging that o treat in a husbandly he has failed to treat in a husbandly manner. She wants support money for tw-o minor children. Both ac tions were filed by James M. Allen. Automobilist Is Nicked Hard for Liquor Violation 1 waiter iiiu is in jail today and will lemain there tor so, days mi- less he can raise the money to pa for a fine assessed this mirnlng by Police Judge Oaglugen. Hill wus arreated yesterday morning on charge of driving while drunk. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was tned $ltm by Judge Galiagen. Accounts o( domestic dlflicilltles III the it. c. Andoraou home difler - ed. when v u e judge tiaghagcn listened to the tales of wife ami I husband t 'is morning. Mrs. Auder - son and ner father declare in.il I Anderson beat up- his wife yest.v iay Anderson says not. Judge Uaghug Un oompronilsed by fining .Mr. And erson $25 tor being drunk. ! war VET praisks l'l..Mil,E,lli., ore., Aug. ...trt'l Another of Ibe Utile ban. I of Civil'" Hie noonmm 01 tm War Veterans In Umatilla Bounty Iki answered the final reveille. Hiram a Woodmen of the World i B. Lee, si, who served wit.. t!"' but a member of the Oddfel- SUIh Illinois infantry throughout the j . . , i i w;ll war died yesterday at his homo lnOW? Ioae; .lne DO"1Jw " Milton, following an illness of many months. DIIJ AIIVAM HlaallA I UWCI TfUC Fatal To Worker Henry Stiles Is Killed I Instantly at Lake Ewauna Sunday Henry Stiles of 2011 Eb erlein street, M'Hs Addition, was instantly killed yester day at Lake Ewauna when 1 1 . . ..i j "f came in contact W1UI a High voltage power line ....L;n . aTttZ. 'li driving crew for he Sawmill tngineering and Construc- tion company. A brisk wind is believed ii , ,, . . I Dy teiiow employes to have blown the power wire against an iron runway of I L ! 1 ..... ) "e pile anver at tne instant Stiles leaned against th runway to keep from being j over.Dalanced - - ... reins into vyaier was latveii iru muic waL- er almost immediately, but every effort to revive him j nroved unavailing Oeath ii i 1 i was cieciarea to nave oeen instantaneous. Stiles had been employed 1 O !! i oy tne sawmill construction ' i l : : mm engineering company for the past two years, and two Mrs1, jj . r.,i n uo n.ijiuwu as a mil.ui and competent employe, Mr. Hunter said. The pile driver at the time was driving piles to protect the Big Lakes Box company trarlraap alnncr tri lalrA I . . o.-i . J , shore. an5 Stiles Was Stand ing on the bank watching : the progress of the huge driver. It is believed he lost his balance and leaned ! against the iron runway for : Kunonrt at the instant it was j struck by the live wire, i which was said to be carry- ng n.ooo volts. The deceased was 32 ' years old, and is survived j by a widow and three small children. He also leaves : other relatiVes in the city , , iant county. I The body was removed to j the Whitlock mortuary, but following an investigation ! f h lragedy Deputy Cor- 1 1 oner Towey said an inquest I would not be necessary, as jthe death appeared to be ,,, ;j.fi Funeral service for Stiles will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, the Rev. A. F. Simmons of ficiating, under the auspices - , 11 J il , World. Miles was not Only oe interred in me aurei- I lows cemetery. . i
