The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, August 08, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextBUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wire Kijhteentli Year- Number 8595 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, J!25 PRICE FIVE CENTS Published Daily :it KLAMATH PALLS "An Empire Awakening" I S.P. Bridge To Block 0. T. Work Starting Today on Road for Rail Line Talk ttml Hlntomcht have rhur aetorlsad i in' ii,: in f tiii Southern pacific end Dm Northern Pacific to dull', hill l. tin morning III" first tut ii ii i diovo inward " pbyeldal Mock, mlr iif tin' Nurtht'i ti Linen u.i i inmli' by tlin Southern 1'iiclflc. A dredge atrtod work thla mn.-n- 1 II K llimwlllg Up . dike along ""' shore i i the mllti strip it ilu H. I recently purchased from Unfa MOOm. Tin' illkii Ik I I bo ii make Musi "ill bed pOI w It If Ii will Ih (OUtOd a Irark fr lu u p.. ill a Ma I'lit lake 'mm I law lli-riiaiii lu Hi" Link Itlver bridge. Tim uciiuil hlukmlii of i - - Nor thern line will Ii" mi (lit, ttulur. Knr tti" Southern Pacific pr 'iinM"i in onnatruei u troaUja (nun IB old OkfliM mill nit" to iih rocoeily ac quired boldlaga annus the tike, nun (ho (rooilo, I' appears, win be riitiiiiil In mcli a WMJ ai 10 crun III" proposed route of Hi" Northern linen Irnnlln w ilc'i would I'm I onto Its rlfiltl nl wuy up III" Ink" aQd I. ink uivit to Bhlpplngton, In other word. unl" mi Injuni Hon l illi'il in reelrala Ibo Booth Onl POClfll (run i umtru ting the tromle In mu ll u way (0 t i bto k:nl" tho Northern lines. Ill" Northern linns muni cross ill" Southern Pact fir Imiilu In Hi" middle n( t i.ik" Arcording In rOpOfio bee Boutb Vfn PaciHe han (O0l rill's OVOilOblO lo i i.ip it rwn mi ill" railroad bod along Its property ami tin no 4 tr"ll whirl) will tn- h ull Iinno !: nl"ly. N Information coulil h" si'dinnl i'i " afternoon cumcrulng huw noun tho construction el tim treetle would Man or in wh mi ih" contract for III" I rent I" was !" Il lii though) that III" prOPOOOd H. I'. spur Htm will looyo Mia South- ora Pooltlc main (Ian el the Id Ohaltoa mill kite ami cruising ih" Bhaw-Dortrant holding,, lo Ibo lake ahoro, proceed ecroei too lake mi Hi.- trestle. Th mini win then bo touted along I ho laku ibora m t 10 Link uivit bridge, PONTPOXK MRET1NG Thu Ki'hwiltilotl mcintlnK ot Hi" BuilaoU ami Profdiilonol Womon'ii dull Monday pvonlng bai boon pool ponoil, nfflrvrn iinnoiinei'il imluy. A now ilnt" fir tho IlU'Oling 001 nut jot boon llXOd, B.iby Artivcs at Home of Editor of Morning News Horo'fl n scoop on tim nioralni pa porl Oonildoratt of tho wlthoi "( n pfoud nmi bappy tatlier. tim (fork iiivi.nl obovo tho Klamath Valley hiiHiiiiiii ttata morning and led h llttlo buadlo of emlnlnlty for Mr. and Mih. .1. W. McDonald, Tho you UK lady him mil yet boon named, II la tho Hrki child, mi naturally tho parents are riding on Iho olottdi, Mr. MiDontilil In odltor of tho Morning NoWi. V'i MOIlAtiB H;i'Ai "PINOHHS" PIjABTBII OP I'AUis JANKH PORTLAND, or".. Auk. 8. Plotter m' Parla women who o have beoh HiatuiitiK on htroi't oornert alnoe the Roae toatlval with their handa ntlaod in a'op- plleatlon fur aonio m ami water r iomo now polnti or aomethlnc, laal dlghi wofo gath' orod up and pltteeil In Hi" bnab; hionl or the niidiintimu. o ThBy ii""!!!!!" " bedraggled ami dirty thai Mayor Baker IhbiioiI otflora in Captain U, a. Harma of the morale aiiuad tp pick tooth nil up. They may ho ropattttad ami noi up again for tho odd Peltowa convention in .Sontotnhor, 11 wan mild at Ih" t-lt y hall. Jnck Slater Demands That His Name Be Withdrawn From S. P. Rail Extension "Endorsement" Head of Lakeside Lumber Company Declares His Company is Not Party to Rail Con troversy Seven More Lumbermen Sign Names to "Dotted Line" "My ItlttJlO U nOf Htiil (locuiimnif1 wm the inpliiil4 utt in ii i iimde h .(in u si,if'i of tbe l-iltfs(r Llfilllirt' romtmiy (Ills nun lit it. 'Si-vera I RwlttlW ttjfO I ujti n-.ki'd lit hlun ii Hdtctotnt to i iii 'f(v-i iiuii Mre fjivrwi ihe con ti in i inn of 'i in Hi ui ai from HiU rltj in Laltovfow, Am wtt nip tiOoVtl l In Until of i.ut li u inovi? I oUirnml WlUlOUl K iitlinu I In roiitctiti Of UlC (lucuni(nl Hini wm Itilfl f me, TliU wh mi the ilnw Hh- H, iv looli ur Hm Htmhora line After it'H I ptklHl II up Htltl m'.kI If tn -i. mill whru hiiu Hull uluil I li.nl VoflMNl uai In In- IfJMH in il iff tt In Ufvp Mmj Otrfiii Tiunli from i niilin iii Klntujitli i 'ui is, i mi id "notliltiji itOltlff" anil iln-u ti Hm UtrvuKh ill) -1 1, tin I lit r. Tin' dOCIiniOtll Ih ill Hir "III.,- lit Hi.- O, i. & R. in IliU rltj rMitl iMiyonfl liii'-rrsiii) mmy Hon Huil ui hIkiuiI iii i" in not I u In oonnlilBitHl ii nnioni thoM ivtiu Hium.l I J - slafi'iui'iil in,: Huil Hu- tigfal fir (in Oregon Trunk In build lllto Hi in lu- mil j;t-ii HI ivl." Toll wu (hn Maii'iiii-nt Hiin niurn nu of Jim k BUUnT Of tbfl LftMldfl Unntonr eonpnoTi folibtnt Ibd pub lication f ii itomotypod "ondorao' mtnt" by lumbtr oonotrjii of ih Borithtrn PnflftC cmiipaio 'H rati plnns hi HiIh oooLty Not To Probe Negro's Death Justice Was Done, Says Prosecutor Follow ing Lynching KXCKI.SIOU BPIUNOBi Mo. Auk. S. tP) 01 fil ial" of Clay COOBty hnvo ladlcatod that no Invi'ntiKtiilnn will h" made of tho lyaohlng horo yon tarda) of Walter Mltobell, 98, negro, who waj tnk"ii from Jatl hy a mob and baagod in a troo, 'I'll" negro wan lynched tbllowtng bla iii' iittriintinii by a yonag vtonan UN hor kaaallaol into Tharaday night, wlillo sho and Loonnrd I'll, 111, wori rotunilttg In u motor rar lo tho airl'i hinii" aflor a parly. "Wo fool lhat JuattOO han hoon done,' Ray Qoouningai county proso rutnr, bald, "t)f oourao! tho nothod wgk crude, I would have pretorrod that tho noBro onttld hnvo hoon hgngod li'Kiilly mid I am oouvlnood. that II would hnvo hoon dono." Seek 90 For Vulmotor Fund American Legion Asks Donation For Good Cause Onoa mni" tii" American Legion han cOmo forward with a inovo- meni in tho name of humntty. PollOWlng OUl ii proposal of s,-v- oral wooiis uno. tho ox-aervtce men today Btarted out to collect 300 fur tho pufehaae of n puimotor, By noon today Ih" sum of $210 had I n gathered. They need hut $im nun,'. Persons who wish to glvo to this worthy bailee BfO askod to aommunlokte with h, B. Qota at tho Klamath tiumbor nnd Box company. Many drowning trageiSlea can be avoided if a puimotor is procured ami is in readiueaa to ho taken to tho lulu's for omorgenoy purpoaes, Tho puimotor win ho ordered at once nod should ho horo within a week or to days. ThO firms which hnvo iilroady Contributed In tho fund arc: '. Hill Hunter, $60) BwatiBa Boa company, $ritt; Plrat National Brtuki American Notional Bank, 186; American Legion, ?ru: Bvenlng Horn Id, $10. w ti.l, ATT10AUT swim lltll l.OtlNK. I''rani", Aug. 8, (P) .Miss Lillian Harrlaon, tho Argent ine K't'i awlmnior, will begin hor third attorn pi in awtnt tho English Ohantlo) tonight, it was doctdod horo tins morning; I "i ii m doI o!ng perinll thnt I ondortamobil to bo forwltrdnil yn jlntorttftt oommorc comnifniiofl wiih I tb tlirnntnro of nu eorapnby at- tncbod lo II." conHnui'd Mr. Slali-r. Thin will lavn fi-vi'ii addllinnal hutiiiiTin' b ho ftro plarJoj ihi'in I ) vol on ri'ionl iim oppooodiftp Hh Oroioo Ttunk butldlni Iti rixtonilpn from Bon to Klnmntll KnlU, ami at 'ttii Mtnio Hm' fnVorlni tbo nVutbefb ( I'arlflf and lu propoKi'd rail upi-r- ' itfpni in tlu eonoty. Tin lunihoriiH'ii ri'iiiiiid tho Kn ; erftl public thai it Ih i brougb the ; lunbot bunlnOM Uono that tlW Klam nib country han irrown 10 it h pronont : proporitoinni Tfaoy Htuti t h prnior .in i. ti tbnlr lot with Ho road whh h hnH ''plonnnroU" in tbn Klnmnfb COnfltry and thnt Ih would In- a "dfrt- rlmout' to tit" oduQtry if pnmlll moil WOUid rros-.n i tion K la mat It ' countyl Tho Hlnx r of the Htatfiiu'tit WBTC n-i follriWK: Canipticll TowL I, imhi-r lompaiiy, by W. r, Matuon; Klain ulh Moulding 1'innpany, hy A. J. J I. mull II ; Loo LOiglUC romjmny. by Loo; Wblto Ptnt6 Moulding bonipnny, by Cnnrtti R. btjlior; tlllnoli Lumber tuiipaiiv. by VVoodcock; v. n. KittH Lumber company, hy v. h. KHU; p. yton Lofglni compnny, by Om-ar Peyton. j Youth Held On I Murder Charge Boy Who Killed Father WrllL-Out Con fes3ion ALLISON. IOWA. Atifi. S. (ff) Cmtrged with killing his fat hor, u. IV VandiTvoort. a miniatcr of i'ar I;'r8hnrir. Iowa, Thursday nihl. Warr.-n Vondervoorti hold hero without bond first defree nurdor, who. art'urdlnK to tho Wrote in hin roll. 1h 17. today is chargod with nix inother conxeeston he also shot, is aorittaly Oljured and In a local hos pital. Motivo for the orime has not boon entirely aotabUaaod by authorities horo and at Patkoraburg whoro tho Kbootlng took pliico. ThO minister's Hon in his conteoalon said only that thcro had been niimerous disson Hloas lu tho family, lie and his father have "always boon good friends." however, the confession stated and In most of these mooils. Ihe father and sua have stood together against Ibo mother. Another Earth Shock Is Felt Three California Cities Report Slight Quake ' LOS ANGKLKS, Aug. S. , (fP) A slight earth shock at 2:ia o'clock I His morning was reported tn she Santa Pa train iHspic-bor'a office hero hy the dispatcher at Snn licr- nardtnd, Telephone opevabora and police lieadiiiarters at San Iter nardliH) reported they bad not felt the shock. SAN JACINTO, Calif.. Aug. 8.0P) An earthquake shock of a few aeeondk duration was loft here at BtlG oYloek this lu.iriiing. No re sulting damage has been reported. SAN DIUllO, Calif., Aug. S. (P) A slight eart'hquajta ahoqk was foit hero shortly before II o'clo.'k this morning, Volcano Starts Severe Eruption MANAGUA, Nicaraugud, Aug. s. (VP) Tito double volcano of Ometepi'. ' n, nmfclAn lulatwlft It, r.nVj, Vl...,,. i gun. has hurst into violent eruption from both its poaka, Large Quantities of dense smoke and ashes are being thrown out. Bproadlng ruin to near by plantations. mnrn KILL "SET MEW RECORD 125 Blocks of Paving and Remainder of Macadam Work now Under Way MEANS MORE HOMES Program is Greatest Ever Attemptecl in One Year Saya Cily Engineer Nearly three uillot of street Im inn.ement al a inst of approximately t8a0,000, lll h" completed before now fllna'Thls winter and perhaps I., (me ihe flrsi heavy ruins of the fall. Fifty oltfjt hlnckx. of which IS iilui-ks are lu I" iiaved and 23 In he mni iidami" I. will open up sec tions of toMpi this winter that have been practically Inaccooslble to auio iiinbllo unit, during the rains and snow months of Klamath. I Seubli'dicM Itecord No such comprehensive street Im provement progrniii has ever been undertaken 1 Klamath Kalis in one year. K. Bk Henry, city engineer, declared today. Tho street Improvements will in creaio lo a large extent the value of the property served anil will bring a consequent home building activity. Within six weeks time, providing no unforeseen accidents occur, the 2.1 htocks of sireet iinprovement of 88 a. Inducing streets from Fourth to KlcvcnlhjSslreet am) from Klamath avenue to oak street, will be paved and automotive traffic will be Riven eiiiy accessfto a district close in dis tance liut'gptliertn far in time from Main street, 'J'uiir Asotiall With several hundred men work ing steadily on this, the biggest pav ing job of the year, ft is estimated that first asphalt will he poured on the streets next week. During the last several weeks, work on the pro ject has been confined lo pouring end laying the concrete for the curbs along tile streets within the district and grading and roiling the streets preparatory to pouring asphalt. War ren Construction company bus the contract fur this project. A mil" and one eighth of the main artery of travel rerving the. south eastern section of town including .Mills Addition. Railroad and Harrow addition- will ho macadamized: It is called the East Main street Im provement and will extend from Michigan avenue swinging out Main street into the heart of Milis Addi tion, then veering southwest on Fast Main street until it joins south Sixth street. Work was started on this project yesterday hy the W. 11. Miller Con struction company, the successful bidder. Stakes were laid and grading, preparatory to surfacing, will start Immediately. Other Projects tllbcr projects included in the wide scale street improvement program are three hlocks on Second street and three hlocks on Fifth street. Outin and ltaker Construction com pany has the contract for this job and will he through this fall. War ren Construction company has the contract for the paving of one block on Ninth street nnd tho paving of two lilocks no Huron street. The Jefferson street paving pro jocl nnd Hi" Washington street pav ing will he started shortly after Aug ust 21. when the contract is let by tho council. An attempt may bo made to push through two more paving projects this' .vear. On,' project would ho pav ing Hie street from south Riverside to the public school on top of the hill and the other would ho the pav ing of two hlocks oil Pine street. Two Families Are Held as Captives TAMPA. Fin.. Aug S Police In day discovered two Portugeoso fam ilies, said to he residents of Taun ton, .Mass.. held Prison"!' hy a gang of confidence men. They were said to have been hold for 12 days during which time relatives in Mass achusetts were alleged lo have been rohbSd of more than $2,000. THREE f TBEET WORK TO IFAVORS OF SMAL t q p IIMILROM FIGHT , Most of Timber in Klamath County Strongly Favors t Oregon Trunk Road FIGURES ARE GIVEN j Investigation Discloses In- signifigance of Lumber Men's Endorsement If the 21 lumber companies who have publicly renounced the North ern lines were lo line up their tin ner holdings, tree for tree, with the holdings of Ihe lumber companies I who have stood pal for the northern ' lines, what would Ihe result show in j hard ' old figures? In order lo clarify Ihe facts. The Rrenlng Herald has amassed approxi mate figures on the timber hold l ings of big lumber companies in ! Klamath with the object of cstabllsh ' ing a just comparison between those who .want another transcontinental line ill Klamath and those who do not. The Investigation reveals that a little over two billion feot Is owned by the twenty-one lumber companies lhat oppose the entrance of the Northern lines. 1 1 Billion Pool Against this figure is one of eleven billion feet of limber owned by limhermen who not only support the entrance of the Northern lines, hut await with aaxiety the rails of steel from the north, in order that they may tufld mills and manufac ture their, ripening timber. This fig ure is very conservative, according to experts, who aided in the compila lion of the figures. Only seven of Ihe 2t signers of .-!! .:.: ; ! ;i-r';rr-;:- !l' V:rfi-1 ern lines, have any timber holdings to speak of. Their estimated holdings are ns follows: Pelican Bay Lumber Co. 250.000.000 feet; Kwauna Box Co. 600.u00.000; Big Lakes Box Co.. 50. 000.000: Lamm Lumber Co., 100. 000.000; AJgoma Lumber Co., 600, 000,000: Chlloqufn Lumber Co., 10, 000,000; Shaw Bertram Lumber Co. :iuo,ooo,ooo. Own Little Timber These holdings total 1.910.000,000 feet. Fourteen of the companies whose signatures are inscribed on tho statement for the S. P.. and against the Northern lines, have practically no timber holdings what ever, or are merely small re-manufacturing plants on South Sixth St. They are: The Campbell - Towle I. limber company; Klamath Moulding company. Loo Logging company, the White Fine Moulding Co.. Illinois Lumber Co.. W. II. Kitts Lumber Co., the Peyton Logging company, the Sixth Street Lumber company, Klam ath Lumber ,t MUlwork Co.. White Pine Moulding Co.. Klamath Lumber and Box Co.. Klamath Moulding Co.. Nine Lumber Co. To bo conservative, the holdings of all the companies are placed at slightly over two billion feet, Includ ing what small claims the above mills have in the county. l-'nyor Northern Lines Here are the timber owners who stand behind the Northern lines and who own eleven billion feet. It. Hi Gilchrist, one billion feet; Day Brothers. 300,(100,000; Woyer hauser, four billion feet; Soper Wheeler Co. 250.ooo.ooo; Booth Kelly Lumber company, half billion feet; Oshkosh Lumber company 350. 000.000 feet; Chester In Hovey 250,000.000; Long Bell Lumber Co. two billion feet; Sbevlin-Hlxon Lum ber company, two billion feet; and ihe Modoc Lumber company, half bil lion t'eot. SHOPPING HLHi: Mrs. W. O. M.'KimmJU of llon- ania spent Friday In the city from her home shopping and attending to business interests. a- TAKEN TO ASYLUM CHICAGO. Aug. S. () llussell Scott was taken to tho Cheater state bospttat fnr tho criminal Insane today to begin serving tho sentence which, saved hlin from the gallows, o He was taken frnm the shadow of the gallows Thursday night when a jury found hint Insane. MINORITY Films of Ball Tragedy To Be Tuesday Shown "Home-Grown" Movies Coming to The Pine Tree Klamath Falls will liuve an op portunity of seeing some "nome- ... . jgiuwn" motion pi tures at the Pine j Tree theater next Tuesday evening, I when 'the pictures of the baseball tragedy at the fair grounds last Sunday will be put on the sliver screen. It was a tragedy so far as the Kvenlnji Herald was concerned, for the Medford Mail-Tribune give tho local ball players a neat trimming' K. W. Hall, an old-lime moi.'on picture man, took tbo action pi tures for H. K. Stiuson, and the films were received from San Fran cisco t :day. Besides Ibe pictures of the ball game, several .Main street scenes as well as some auto cjmp scenes also were taken by Mr. Hall, and thffse will be Included In this special feature. If yju saw a movie man on Lie streets the first of the week, its's barely possible he got you In his pi .-tures. Any way, you can find out, and also sen just how baseball shouldn't be played by taking in these pic tures at the Pine Tree next Tuesday evening. Two Airplanes Being Used In Forest Patrol Army Fliers Watch Klamath and Shasta Timber (Special to The Herald) YREKA. Calif.. Aug. 8. Two gov ernment airplanes have completed their first fire patrol of the Klamath and Shasta National forests and have returned to Mather field, Sacramento, subject to call from forest service officials in Siskiyou. Fred D. Douthitt. Klamath forest supervisor, and Perry Hill, assist ant, greeted the arrival of the planes in Siskiyou when they landed near Montague on the field that has lust been graded and completed under the direction of Hoy J. Swigert. mak ing it the only landing ground north of Bedding. Captain Norman W. Pot ter is pilot and Otis O. Hanson, mechanic, of one of the planes, while tho other is manned by Hall A. Andert. pilot, and B. T. Torrcy, me chanic. K. P. Hickey of Orleans and Charles Sinson of Yreka were the first forest rangers to ride with the patrols. Thomas Carter of Happy Camp is slated to lake a patrol to morrow. Just to show their indifference toward Uncle Sf.ni's latest equipment four fires broke out on Dona and McKenuey creeks near the Klamath river Sunday. Handlers and forest rangers bad the fires under control by nightfall. They were declared to he of incendiary origin. The person setting them waited until two had been put out beforo starting the others. The Callahan district had its touch of forest fire when flames swept the Picayune creek on the Trinity sidi of Scott mountain. Fred Williams and crew put the fire under control. Ed Kendall to BE Named Judge Of Lower Court Ed Kendall, deputy sheriff, was scheduled to be appointed acting justice of the peace this afternoon by County Judge Bunnell. Kendall Is to serve during the absence of Justice of the Peace Hunsaker, who is aorloUaly ill in a San Francisco hospital. Tho appointment ot Kendall Is being niiido as a means of expedi ting Justice court business in this city. Jttdge Bunnell has been serv ing as a committing magistrate dur ing Mr. Hunsaker's absence, but 'ho Is o.ut of the city so much of the time defendants have been un able to got speedy hearings. BELIEVE CORPSE THAT OF TRIP E Another Identification Made in Schwartz Disappear ance Mystery EVIDENCE PILES UP Further Proof of Gigantic Insurance Fraud Found, Assert Police MARTINEZ, Calif., Aug. Confirmation of the identification by Cecil Barker, Placorvllle, Calif., undertaker, of the body found lu the Pacific CellulOse i inp.iny's plant after all explnslnn was snught by authorities today with only par tial success. Striving for legal proof that It was O. W. Borbe. Itinerant laborer and wandering missionary, who is the dead man. a asserted by Baker and not Charles Henry Schwait.. heavily Insured chemist, the police today questioned numerous persons w in might have seen Bnrbe In t ie vicinity of the oollulase plant. Theory Proven Verification. Sheriff Veale states, will corrorborate bis theory that a mu.der was committed and thu body of the victim employed to de Laud insurance companies out of more than (100,000 represented in P7li:les carried by Schwartz In fav or of Mrs. Schwartz and the com pany of whlca he was ylce preJl dent and getieral manager as well as chemist. Tae desciiptlcu of Barbc, which was contained on a registration card made out by him when he entered tho servlco of the United States mer chant murine, was declared by a resident of Saranac, Calif., lo re semBle that ni' tne man he had picked up on the road and given a ride to Walnut Creek, wiiere the Cellulose plant is situated, a short time bef.KO the explosion. This man, however, said that the photo graph of Barbe which was shown him did not strike him as a like ness of the man he had given a lift. A bookkeeper in pie plant of the company who has given the police considerable information regarded as imparunt said she had neve' seen an one around the Celluloso factory resembling Barbe. Wife Simula Firm While the investigators redoubl ed their efforts for legal corrorbota tlon ot the Insurance hoax theory, Mrs. Schwartz maintained firmly Ut position, refusing to concede that the body Is that of any other than her husband whom she married- In- F.ugl.ind after his honorab:o dls-, charge from the Franch arnnjV the termination of the world war. E. S. Bell, attorney for Mrs. a,; U wa:tz declared today that Mri. Schwartz would not give her. con sent to the burial of the corpse nn der the name of Barbe and he suld he had proof that the dead man Is Schwartz. He stoutly contended that the authorities have not refut ed ais proof of the body's identity. Five Burn To Death In Fire Only 2 Escape When Flames Destroy Farm House Today CENTRAL VALEY. N. Y., Aug. 8, OP) Five members of a family of several persons were burned to death early today in a fire which destroyed their home on a farm one mile from here. Harry Hall, a farmer and head or the family, and his son, Russell. 20. escaped. The dead: Mrs. Clara Hall, 39; Harold Hall, 17: Gladys Hall. Ill; Viola Hall, 2; Evelyn Hall, fi months. Tho fire broke out from an un determined caiiso In the Hall farm house shortly after six o'clock this morning. The farmer wns awak ened at that tinio by smoko and jumped to the ground from the first floor of the home. Once out side tho house he was unable lo gain entrance. The flames spread rapidly. IN MURDER m