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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1925)
Universli Library 1' j ' , 1 1 1 won Published Daily at KLAMATH FALLS 'An Empire Awakening" Eighteenth Yeai' Number CONVICTS STILL AT LARGE L TAKE INITIATIVE IN RAIL BATTLE Oregon Trunk Opposes Pro posed S. P. Extension South to Cornell, Cal. WANTS INVESTIGATION Declares its road from Bend to Klamath Will Serve Needs of Cpuntry WAHHINOfON Aug, la tAI'). Further illlfrreuers hetttrcn i nil rowU over rotinit-ui Hon projected In central lln n1'" WCW drvrl"ci bfl" fort' lllf I. C, Ci lOdajf illicit Ihr Oregon Trunk iruiailirli nifltltiod ji hiMtl1t KMlfliiti to ihi' lmi ol the CMtnii Pacific to build i iuIIcm nr ihm from Klamath PiUUt, 'n-.. to Cornell, Calif, TIik Oregon Trunk derlari'd lln own proposal to sxtend rallr sd from Hon it. (rv, lj Klamath Full-, win be sffMtad i Hi" Contra Pu ririi-'n plan. "The Oregon Trunk ilol.c t.i investigate niui dstermln whether u I Ui of rivlra.ul standing noutv nojttrily fr: m Klamath Rills thru (he territory relw i'l n In uc up iiilrHiinu herein and cont iirlni connect wllll rllslllIK I'm'' i Oalli firiili, would be Justified" (ho dc ilnrnllou maid. "It believe Mint ihe npp'.l Ml (the ContTuI Pacific i should not i given permission to liuilld u forty mllo pxtnimlon from Klamath Falls onthaaatacli if the gnmiing of the nii)lliitlon wniild nilvnelv affacl the conildaMuon it future nppll- ration for the right I" build an liner Hue of rtitlrnud southeasterly from Klamath Falls, Ore., to n rnnorllun with existing lines In California, The Oregon iriink deal rot rj liciuui, un the application In Mils pr.-c I- init." Henry Shadley Will Give Self Up To Sheriff Chiloquin Officer Charged With As sault and Battery iienrr Shadlsy, ileputy uliorirr. constable ami Klamath Indian res- ervnllon officer nil In one. will give hlniHi'lf up thlH afternoon Of his own volition, on the rliurgo of ns Hitull unil buttery against Loons Hoover, in Indian arlrl. Thin In the wonl recelveil this mornlni by one or Bradley's chief. Sherirf Hurt Hawkins. Sbadlby I" ohargad with having struck MrM. Hoover, who Is nbout to become a mother, nnil .drafted her aroupd on the ground by her foot. The alternation In said to have oc curred nt the Ohtloqtllb, prison. It's East to Get Rid of Your Wife If You'oe Ruler CONSTANTINOPIJ':, Aim. U.(V) Mtistapha Keimil PathOi president or Hie Turkish Republic, has tllnrurtl- oti iiiH wire Latlftj Hanottm, An Of (tolal Httitemeiil talil that III" president decided to separate from bin wife and linn IsHiied a decree pro nouncing a divorce effective from August G. WOULD oi'HT PRtJiMDH KALAMAZOO, Mich.. Aug. ill, (!') a resolution tlemffbdlng that (leorge 11. Carter be OttSted M pub lic printer of the Hulled Stnlim was RdoptOd VrltbOUt a roll cull by the tnternsttonnl Typographical union todiiy. NORTHERN IS 551)0 Lang And Co. Warehouse To Rise Shortly PIjwm tot ihp coiiMtracUoii in Klainiith I-'jiII of a u iii-Ihiihi riu' it firm in in- rontiollnl hy I'iiUK V wbolOMlfi Hun frn o I'm t html, RN mm DOing ii aw it, ncfordlOai in hiihi II- rrlii'tl Urti' lixlit) fitnii I'ort- IhihI, Jnrobci'Kor Hint Smith, -it known I'bKtond im-tiitrrtt, luivo In fit roilllitlNHlniiffl In inilki thi' plim iiikI Hn-t If It atloiiN lit Imi flora 1'iinit, wIiii Will btfftid (he ni'K'liil.alltMi. ,h toon iin tin- plaiiM art rom- nlctod wH ni oonM motion win in- Niarii-ii mi tin- !( pnrdiAied li) Mr. Iiiiik w III It- Itom Lit Ht't'it. Wuni fraw PoHJand Im Iii ttii' Offod thai the KlmmUh POlli hOOM will i " mil' nf tht mtisl raOdOM lii l hi si ntf ami will bo fully rquipiH'il In him illr a Lie vfilumi' nf wholOMta KfiHi'iy butUpoM. Threat Made Good; Woman Leaves Home Wife of Bend Man Dis appears Toward De- schues River IIK.N0, On'.. Aug. IS. Aftor rc- paatad tbraata ihai ith" would "oine dny tlimippcnr and thnt it would do no good to look for her." Mr. Mury Davis, 50, wife of li. B, Davis, but- ter milker for the Central Oregon j jparnara' evraaqiary, left her home at 11I7S Aubrey Nad and was lit i sMn dlaappaariBg over the hill to ( tile rear of her house at lu o'clock yastorday morning. llyr husband on arriving home at j 7 o'clock hint aveBlflg found a note Which rend: "Don't look for me, It will do BO Rood." Davis at once atar- ! ed a saaron t&t tiia niasMg wlfa, I belluvlnR that nlie may have ut'cmrt- ! ed t mtOStrby herself (J a remilt of! . of montiiit dura::on. Neighbors tracked the woman to within 200 feet of tiw Dflkehutes rlv- ev where thiy lost the trail. The search continuing. Florida Whiskey Launch Captured On Mexican Road POftT I.AI'DKUDAl.i:. Kill., Aug. : in. (A) After u running tight off iSbOre In New River inlet here to- day, during which one man was I badly wounded, a const guard OUt ! ter overtook the launch Sail K-805 with I r,0 cases of whiskey aboard. j .1 Coast Guard Ship Is Out of Danger HKATTI.K, Aug. Ill, (fl") A mes sage received here today from the steamer OdUnn. which yestenlay was on her way lo alit the United Slates const guard cutter Hear, ashore in Bering Strait, .said that the iBenr was "Okeh," and the Oiluuii was proceeding to Seattle. Infected Cattle Are Exterminated HOUSTON Tex., Aug. 111. (P) Kx I it m I n ii I Ion of all livestock In the font anil tttoitth dlSOSSS Infecleil area south of IIouhIou began today. Firing squalls expected to kill anil liliry by tonight 800 head of cattle. The work will continue until all the cattle in the quarantine tone nre slain. ASTOUIA, Ore., Aug. III. After 211 yours as keeper of the lighthouse nt NOfthhofld, Wash., Alexander l'er Honen, till, died at his post of duty lust night, KLAMATH NEWS FLASHES TO ORGANIZE MAN-HUNTERS SALEM, Ore. Aug. 33.- Deputy Wankn Lilley of the .state prison today joined the man-hunters and intended to make an effort to organize the forces. A prison guard returned from the Pratum district with the report that the man hunters lacked organization and leadership iiml were making no headway. PLANE NEARLY DESTROYED WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. One of the navy airplanes with the MaeMillan Arctic expedition narrowly escaped destruction last night when an iceberg drifted upon it. 10 KILLED IN WRECK PARIS, Aug. 13. (AP) Ten persons were killed and ' fifty were injured seven of them severely when an ex i press train jumped the rails near Amiens station today. GUARD. WILL RECOVER SALEM, Ore., Aug. 13. All fear that the wound re ceived last night by Lute Savage, veteran prison guard, Would prove fatal, was dispelled this afternoon when physicians attending Savage announced, that he was resting easily and would recover. The bullet, which : truck him just below the heart when the riot broke out at the state penitentiary here last night, lodged be tween his 5th and 6th ribs, and did not touch any vital spot. ORPHANAGE CONTRACT AWARDED SALEM, Ore., Aug. 13. The state board of control ! today approved contracts let by the W. C. T. U. farm i home for Captain near 0raih's for a school building iio cost about $45,000 and a cottage to cost a contract I price of $14,952.73. The state appropriated $35,000 for i the school building and the excess cost will be paid by the W. C. T. U. CHICKENS POISONED EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 13. Mrs. Byrd Land of Cres well opened a can of home canned peas for her supper last night, but they didnt look just right. After careful consideration, she decided not to put them on the table. She threw them into the chicken pen. Seventy five young chickens and one old hen died after eating them.' MAIL TRUCH ROBBED PEORIA, 111., Aug. 13. Four men held up the mail truck which had just been loaded with mail from the Chicago-Bound Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train today and escaped with an unestimated amount of reg istered mail. The robbery occurred at the station just as the train pulled out. The robbers escaped. LOOK OUT FOR THESE MEN! Descriptions or Rscancd Convicts from state Prison Are Given THEY'RE STILL AT LARGE! POKTI..WD, Ore., Aug. lit. De scription of the three escaped con victs, broadcast from the penitentiary follows: Thomas Murray, age 20; height II feet lii. inches; weight IS3 pounds; blonde hair, gray-blue eyes, light complexion. KllsWorth Kelly, alias Kugi K. Kelly; age till; height .1 feet II Inches; weight 101 pOUntIS light baji : slate colored blur ryes, medium complex Ion. .lames Wlllos, alias Waller Miller, lillas Walter Hums, alias .lames Wil- Southern Pacific To Complete Work NKW YOltK. Aug. Uir-Wililam Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific,, said today on his return from abroad that If conditions hi Mexico remain favorable the lEiOO miles of railroad the company Is building to connect the west coast of the United States us far-north as Portland. Oregon, with Mexico City, would he Opened In the fall of 1020. Work of piercing the mouutimiH Is being car ried out nnd whon completed the line will he one of the most pictures que routes in the world. Associated Press Leased Wire FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1925 loos, age 27: height .1 fret 4 '.. incll i'; weight 111 pounds; gray brown eyes, chunky build, dark complexion. More than a dozen INirtland poller i under Captain I'lvd West left last night for Salem to assist In the search as did Chief Deputy Sheriff Martin I'ralt and Deputy Sheriffs McDonald. i llatrteld and Tally. Other poller, armed with sawcd-ofl' shot guns, xvcre guarding all the roads leading into Portland from the south. Those who wore on all night I were relieved early today. I Two Are Arrested For Embezzlement PITTSBURGH, Aug. IS, (A?)--charges of erAbessltng approximate ly; $1 is, olio of the funds of two Carnegie building and loan associa tions were filed Into today against William V. Sossong and his son. Leo F. Sossong, both former offic ers of the association. They were released under $10,000 bond each for bearing Inter. BTRVBN'SUN IN TOWN tloorgo Stevenson, who owns a ranch In Caledonia valley, was In town today to attend to business mutters. Guard Slain By Convicts Resided Here .. m. "Mill" flotation, one of the iwii prison guan killfl fliii'liiK hi prfKon riut in flic state fH'iillPiitlury last in-L'. wu.H a former rCflddOOi of Klam ath lull ami wrll known thriiuhoul . this part of tin: country, "Mill," ti lie was faitiilfurly known, BOrrcd as dopntf sher iff 10 years ugn umler Sheriff . ('. LOW ami iin such vh.h known well throughout tho county. He was a patrolman in ton umler f'hief of Police Itahhvhi ami wan a famMiar ami piettiresiie figure pat roll I utf the HtreetM of Khuiiuth Kills during hl.s long dully shift. Luter he urreptl a po-iti(u as -uL-.il:- mi on the KlainulTi In (lian reservation ami un hucIi u.i- stationed at Vatmiv wher he VUperyfeeO' the affairs )i the Imllans ami was one of i h prim ipal governtneiil employes under the rcserrotion superin tendent. llolmaii moved to Lakeview along alMut 1018, uml after re siding then for several yoMOf journeyed to Mexico, in tht year 1022. He had been jail guard at the state penitentiary for the past two years. Crazed Woman Kills Two And Ends Own Life All But One of Family Slain While Asleep Today BOSTON, Aug. lit, () Kcorge II. Curtis, or the West Koxbury dis trict nnil Ins wife, Mary, are ileail, a daughter, Rfarjorio illtil at the rlty hospital later anil u son, (icorgc, is reported near ileath of hullet wounds in the head. A daughter, Dorothy, the only mem ber of the family who escaped in jury, told the police her mother shot the others in a fit of depres sion and committed suicide. (corgi II. Tunis, Jr., 21), and Mnrjorie. 7, were shot while they slept, their sister said. Dorothy said she slept on a upper floor, and she had not completed dressing after 'her mother had called her. After she had finished dressing she heard four shots. Schwartz Held To Be Suicide Final Chapter of Per fect Crime Case Written OAKLAND, Cullf., Aug. lit. (fP) A coroner's .lury today returned a verdict that Charles Henry Schwartz, Walnut creek chemist, tiled a suicide, Mrs. Schivari., widow or Ihe slay er or Qilbcrt W. Bacfao, itinerant laborer, in an elaborately planned death hoax to collect more than .S i oo.tiiiii lire insurance, testified briefly, Identifying the body us that of her husband. The Northern Life Insurance com pany of Seattle yesterday started ac tion in federal court to resist the attempt of Mrs, Schwartz to collect $20,0011 carried by Schwartz lu that company. FARTHKHT 1 lnM HOME Of all the tOUnStS that arrived In Klamath Falls yesterday Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Crane were the furthest from home. Mr. nnd Mrs. Urana who registered at the Hall hotel yesterday are from Voro, Beach, Florida, and ale touring the west. Three Dead In Daring Prison Break; Oregon Jones Slain by Guard Tom Murray, Leader of Convicts, Wounded Two State Penitentiary Employes Murdered Trio of Convicts Are Still at Large SALEM, Ore., Aug. 13. With nothing seen, heard nor indicated as to the exact whereabouts of Tom Murray, Ellsworth Kelly and James Willos, convicts who succed ed in making their escape from the Oregon state peni tentiary here last night after killing two guards and wounding another, since 8 o'clock last evening when they deserted the taxicab they had commandeered and- dis appeared into the marshy lands near Pratum, eight miles Kast of here, the manhunt this afternoon had settled down to a waiting game. SALEM, Ore., Aug. 13. (AP) National guardsmen, police, sheriff's officers, penitentiary guards and volun teers were combing the country around Salem today for ihree convicts who escaped from the state prison last night in a break in which two guards and one escaping convict were killed. The dead are: J. M. HOLMAN, 55 years old, guard. JOHN SWEENEY, 5$ guard. BERT . (OREGON) JONES, escaping convict. LUTE SAVAGE, another guard, received a bullet through his body that entered just below the heart. Ellsworth Kelly, Jim Murray and James Willos, are at large, all heavily armed, and pursued by posses. The national guardsmen under command of Maj. Tom Rilyea reported at daybreak by order of Governor Pierce. ..Mur ray is severely wounded from a charge of buckshot fired, by Warden A. M. Dalrymple. Oregon Jones, notorious from previous breaks, was shot dead by John Davidson, 65 year old frontiersman and veteran prison guard, slayer of the desperate "Tiger" Johnson at Walla Walla penitentiary several' years ago and whose unerring rifle about three years ago ended the life of Jim Ogle, robber who killed J. N. Burgess and George Peringer of Pendleton in the Claremont Tavern hold-up in Portland in November, 1922. . Davidson alml.'st para'.yzeJ Malta LATEST PRISON BREAK RECALLS TRACY - Other Famous Penitentiary Deliveries at Salem are Again Recounted WAS REIGN OF TERROR Notorious Outlaw Killed 7 Men Before He Finally Killed Himself SALEM, Ore., Aug. 15 The state prison br?s.k here late yesterday, which re sulted in the killing of guards J. M. Holman and John Sweeney and Oregon Jones, escaping convict, and the serious wounding of Lute Savage, another guard, was the third delivery of major importance that has occurred at the Oregon pri son. The first was that led by "Sitka Jack", July 3, 1883, in which three con victs were killed, and the second was the escape of Harry Tracy and David Merrill, June 9, 1902, in MERRILL (Continued on Page Four) BUY AT HOME; LOCAL ivIERO HANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS PRICE FIVE CENTS with a kirk lu the abdomen, 'theft ran for his rifle, which he used ef fectively a few minutes later. Flee From Cell The break started about five nv'.n- utes before six Vc'.ock. Man. ay. Jdiics, KeKy and WflJOn were wjrk tng in the yard wuen the sunyar call w;u rounded. Instead o( go ing to the dining room the fuiir went to Oelr cells, later contriving to get together. They went to the north wing 'of the building anxl wlrrked tier i.vay to the top of the feu. th tier, of cells. Here, they tut through six boards and ti'.ie tin GjVer of the roof, on Hie roof they I made t clr way to the west end of the bulling and by means Jf ropes lowered themselves lo the gTi.nn.1 In the firm yard. Warden Shoots Murray Warden Da3.-ym.Dle hud just tb ladled dinner at his house near prison entrance outside Uio iron front fence, when lie saw the con victs. He run to his house anil arm od (himself with a shirt gun. Judg ing that the convicts would go to ward the stute Insano hospital, i,:io warden hastened ta the prison gar age and lay In wa!t. It was frni I Ills ambuscade that he winged Mur- lay a little later. Ff.-.m the prison yards two run vlcts ran to thu south side of wuig and up steps leading Into u short corrldur between the pawlo office and '.lie turnkey's ofllce. T1)J other two entered from lie north side. All had knives. In the n r lildor .lonea met Charles .McKlnley. a guard ami made a pau til him with ti krtlfe. McKlnley purled the knife, nnd Jones struck McKln ley 'nit the Jaw with au fist, flo-r-ing the guard, but McKinley Jumped j (Continued on I'lige l'lvc
