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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
BUY AT HOME; LOCAL
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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
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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...
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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.
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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.
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