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KLAMATH FALLS
'An Empire Awakening"
Eighteenth Yeai' Number
CONVICTS STILL AT LARGE
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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
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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
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