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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
EiKliU'cnth Year Number
DESPERADOES ELUDE
GARAGE ROBBERS
ARRESTED THEN!
Confusion over license Plate
on Walker's Car
Cause of Move
BANDITS AGAIN FREE
Thieves Are Stopped on
Warm Spring Indian
Land in Wasco
Tiiri nlghiBayflion who looted tlio
till of tin 1'iuii .luiittxiiti gnnma on
Ilium. H li IIVI'llllo ! M ! III ilio
iiorili In nil nndooed car atohn from
Luke to. Walker, I OH v. Fifth street,
were BMBIod lull' Sul uriliil nftcmOOlj
In Wnplnlilii mi ha Wiinti spring
iniii.iii H49rvatloui on!) 10 in ro
ii ii .. .1 svwnU bouM later i Blicr
iff Vtrisman ni Wnsoo coanty.
This l the woni received Into
Saturday night by Walker from
Hherlff tiirlsltiiin Tin- bandit are
now ut Inrgt. In Walkor'l car sad
no trace of ibsu bas boon found
Inn' iln Wni.ro sheriff tinned than
loom'.
Knew Ton ' "
Nol until Hhurlff clirlmnun tnlkcd
over Uiiik OlSUthM With Walker.
dill iir realise thai lbs tin Pea
who wore Mopped on tin1 iitillitti
rsstrvaUoQj wore it"- tatnc three
outlaw thnt cleaned nut tho rash
register In I ho Kin m Hi Will garage
1 lu ll II wuh too lull nn tin' flee
ing thieve iiuii a bead mart of
ncvcrnl hour.
"There in no question hut what
tin three man, stopped In Wanlnltla,
won? llu sunn three thnt Mole lin
ear," Mr. Wnlkrr Hiilil loiluy. "Tin'
IIccuko of Ilio far wiim under the
mi mo of J. J. Miller pi Portlsnd,
tin' uumo Of B0 lunu fi'oui wliotii
i purchased tha cor. Tho lloanaa
number of tin' est atoppad in wspl-
niii.i wn tlii' sumo mi mini'. Anil
Ilio description of tho t'nr gtvBh to
in'- hy tha Wasco county sheriff,
tallies I'xiully with mini'.
Forced to Rotcase
"Thd shtHff, with no facts at
liunil, with tin' exception of my
nana, wan forced to rolaaaa t in
three tpabi wim protested their iu-
nncuncc of any crime in Klamath
KnllM."
From what could he gleaned from
Sheriff HawklUN tha "hull" which
ri'nultcd In tho freeing of the tbraa
robbers, arose baoaUM of confusion
ovnr license pinto.
"I rocolvod a call Saturday afler
iioon from WftRlnltlS that tho three
men were In cuHtotly and wore being
held," Hi" sheriff elucidated, "i
told iln iii to hold tile throfl nun
and then wired the Hherlff of Was
co county to hold tha men. Later
I received word thnt the sheriff had
left Tha Dulles for WaplBlflB to take
the men In custody.
"Instead of culling Again, i wait
ed for a call from Sheriff t'hiis
mnn, who, I thought, would let me
know what fuctH he could unearth.
The next thliiK I knew of ttlO affair
(Colli lulled on I'iik 7.)
GIVEN FREEDOM
DAIRY SICK OF TOWN LIFE
Property Holders Wlttll I'm I of PlMtlod Oily lleclm eil Ranch l.niid
BOOM TOO LONG COIVIING
Thirty-eight years since the town
was platted, und no boom yet.
So why not vacate certain blocks
of the town of Dairy which huve
lain Idle since 1880, so they can
bn UHiid for that which they are
most fitted, agriculture.
ThlH Is the potlllon of II. Ii, Ar
nnt, rancher of Dairy, who Is the
owner of several blocks of properly
on the outskirts of the ill y of
Dairy,
Tho town has not grown slncn II
was pinttod In 188(1, nnd It won't
grow for years to come, Mr. A rant
nrgues. In tho meantime, proper
f(i()2
Widow Trapped
SHOT 115 HE
Daughter of Hood River
Preacher Caught in
Toils
UOOiD mvF.lt. Ork.i Auk. it
Mrs, Nell Ponce, daughter ol a Hood
Itlver milliliter nod widow of the
mm of a Portland ministerial family,
wan nrreated at her country place
ut Odell yeaterday sftosnoon with
five men, and aii fade ohargas f uie-
I'ul iMiiii'-vi.iiiii of litiior. The men
arreaied were: w. f. oaaniaa, nan
agar of a Balom packing company,
F. Wi WOgOn, Portland auto dealer,
ii. c. niackwcll, salesman of The
DaUos; If. M. Foldal, Portland auto
man. and J. W. Castle, The Dalles,
salesman.
The arrest were made hy county
and elty officials sccompaplad iy
District Attorney Baker. All of the
men except llumiuin were arrniKiied
today mid entered pleas "f not guilty
to liquor charges. Gasman win plead
later. Mrs. PoBCO wan to be arraigned
this afternoon.
Hugo Lowe
Proves Self
True Friend
True i , i , 1 1 . i -. 1 1 1 j i vai dlsployed Km-
illdiil. when lingo l.oe, foRnel
ii i i m.ii ii i .iii-. man, nonr fenitlioK
in iinkiniiil, California, gave hla sUsj
in help hi" fi lend. lack McAuUffai
who l III the hospital 111 Kan Finll-
cisco, one or the lanfoal grafting
OpOratlOnS ever iici-fonned wan lllatle
In cover UlO bSIVje wound on Mr.
sfcAnUffe's iiit, rausod by indni;
Mi'Verely hlirueil over loo ptOllthM
ago.
Word from Die south lolls Uial
Mr. Mcttillffe N ImprOTlng nicely
ami win Ik- able to rot urn home '
Bbonl five week.i.
Mr. Iwe Im roiu dm bored here
li hell' he lived null! nOOUl nix yenrM
llii when lie moveil BOUtlt, While
here he wax III die tailoring busi
ness and Was 11 prominent member
of in.- Klk-i lodge here.
SILENT TRAFFIC
DIRECTOR STOPS
AUTO; MAN HELD
The light of a car idled up againx!
a street dummy Saturday night In
trigued City I'atrolman ('oIIIiih no
much that he Investigated and found
that Qus OhI unil hail driven against
the Silent red traffic director be
cause he wuh no Intoxicated that he
had apparently seen two, and chOBO
the wrong one.
This morning; careful thought of
IiIh predicament an ho lay In jail
ov, r tlie week end, led OhIiiiuI to seek
Hie easiest way out and he paid a fine
of inn and let It ko ut thnt.
agricultural development of the
I land within the Imaginary boundary
lino of the town Is prevented be-
leniiti,. nf Hie evlsleliee nf HtfAAta mid
rUloys,
If tho streets nnd alleys should
bn vacated by the county court, Mr.
Arnnt sets forth, unjust taxation
would ho eliminated. Hie property
could he made to produce and could
be sold by the owner iik ranch land.
I'our other ranchers of Dnlry
approved the petition to the court.
They are I'hnrles Hi Ilurghdorf, 8.
I). Tnokes, 0, (!. Anderson nnd Eld
Foster.
KLAMATH
IN
EVADES ARREST
W. G. Goforth, Aged 25,
Dies from Deputy Sher
iff's Bullet Wound
WILL HOLD INQUEST
Creditors Sought His Deten
tion on Charges of Ob
taining Goods Falsely
ROSERURG, Ore., Aug.
17.Attemting flight to
evade arrest on a charge of
Obtaining money and goods
under false pretenses, W. G.
Goforth, aged about 25, of
' Reedsport, was shot and fa
tally wounded early Sunday
! morning by Deputy Sheriff
Ed Grubbe, of Elkton, on
the county highway, about a
( half mile west of that town.
I Goforth was put into an
automobile immedi ately
after the shooting and rush
ed to Roseburg for medical
laid, but he was dead when
'the car arrived here. The
ibody was removed to a
jRoseburg undertaking estab
lishmentment, where Coron
!er M. E. Ritter and District
i Attorney Guy Cordon are
j today conducting an in
i auest. , t
J. P. Goforth, a yvjiigor hrothc
I jot thB dead man, was captared joint
ly In tho oimplaint that led to the
tragedy and was with him when it
occurred, He took to his heels at
the same time, but whoa bit brother
fell wounded Hio stopped and sur
rendered. He accompanied -the
iwuunded inlan In the uaiJinohllo thai
brought Mm to Roieburg, but upon
arriving in this city ho Immediately
disappeared when Informed that hut
brother had expired.
Brother Disappears
The two brothers and a thir l man
known as Drown, ihave bean work
ing for several months pnst gathor-
! Ing ehlttlm bark on Arthur Walker's
I ranch on Sell -'field Creek. noUr
Reedsport, They had ssnio sort .it
, partnership ng.eeni.enl with WalHor,
jit Is said, to pay him a percu.i.. o
I from the market prjfiiB of tin
I hark. T icy failed to keep t'hl "
agreement, ii is reported, audi 'it
addition, contracted bills In and
about ReedBRori that ran their ob!l-
gatiinis up to tin aggregate toi i ct
hearty J-'.l'OO. Several days nz :o
the report rum, the partner known
as Brown mysteriously dtsapp) :.
OredVOrS .f the Wo became sua
piclous of something Irregular and'
Inquired of his whereabouts, Thov
i worn ha formed by the iiofit'i bn
thera timt he iu situ at the Walker
randh, but a searc'i flailed to ro
venl his presence there. Scenting a
plot bo swlndlo them out of tho
money due thorn. . creditors of Hit
trio then prefeired against Doforth
Brothera n pbarge Of obtalniAg mon
ey und supplies by false pretense-.
To Start Probe of
Negro's Lynching
LIBERTY, Mo., Aug. 17. (ff)A
special grand jury wns Impanelled
here today lo Investignte tho lynching
at Excelsior Springs recently of Wal
ter Mitchell, who attacked a young
white girl.
tanner montmunt
IIOHENW AI.D, Tonn., Aug. 17.
Tho ltlSt birthday of one of the
explorers of Hie American northwest
will be celebrated tomorrow by the
dedication of the Meriwether Lewis
National monument on tho spot
where he met his death.
Associated Press Leased Wire
FALLS, OKKCON, MONDAY,
FISTS, SAPS AND GUNS FLY
rni-I'm-All I'IkIh Btagad '
SPECIAL COP
Flsls, nap.i, and revtalvepj were (ly
ing freely and general pandemonium
feigned for IS minutes at the Alt
u in o ii t Jan e Saturday nlRhi
iw the remit of a fight which 'is'
devefepad htto a free-for-all Inv.o'v
lug offlcons, basablill playem and
rympsthlsora -1 the latter.
It all gtdrted over a fight be
tween two yjung men, wiiose nam
could not be learned.
Their language, during PBB argu
ment did not suit Mickey Demit t.
catcher for the Klamath Falls DM
ball nine and lie told them BO. The
tall one struck neurit In the faca
and Juke Rlgney at about this time
peiceived his friend "Mickey" In
trouble.
lie boro dtrn on the second of
liie y..;ing men li staned therum
lius, but dBUlstOd when Demltt or
dered him to keep away.
nhe four tornered fight was settl
ed and the principals were making
tholr way back to their respective
dance partners when a special po
ll. email charged t irougj ibe crowd
sap uprulHCd, and striking Demltt
City Parking
Law Enforced
In Three Days
No Leniency to be
Granted Motorists
Says Chief
Three more days of grace are al
lowed Klamath Kails motorists.
On midnight Wednesday, the bnrs
go up and the regulations of the
new trafie ordinance, which becoines
a law nt that time, will be strictly
enforced. Chief of Police Harry M.
Loucks announced this morning.
The ordinnnce, which wns passed
on Jnly 20, goes Into effect 30 days
after Its passage. Midnight Wed
nesday is that thirtieth day.
"No leniency will be granted mo
torists to give them time to become
accustomed to the new ordinnnce."
Chief Lo.ucka said today. "The ordi
nance has been advertised enough.
Offending motorists will be haled
into police court on first offense."
Salient features of the new law
are as follows:
"No automobile or other vehicle
shall park on Main street from Sect
ond to Eleventh streets, or on 5th,
6th, 7th nnd Sth streets between
Pine and Kluniuth avenue, for a
longer period of time at one time
than two hours from 5 n. m. lo G
p. in. Hut from 6 p. m. to 1 a.
m. there shall be no limit on the
time of said parking ou said streets.
"There shall be no parking on
Klamath avenue. Main nnd Pine
streets or crossing or Intersecting
streets from Second to Eleventh
street inclusive, from 1' a. in. to 5
a. m. In the morning.
"No automobile or other vehicle
shall park in front of any theatre
or moving picture show on any of
the streets heretofore mentioned."
Movie Actor Hurt
in Auto Smash-up
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17. (P)
OUIIeB Landls, moving picture actor,
wns brought to the receiving hos
pital here early today following an
aUtOWOblle accident on Ventura boul
evard near Calnbasa. 27 miles north
of here. While the actor complained
of pains in tho back, his surgeons
snld superficial examination fulled
lo disclose any Injury.
OAS MRN MHKT
. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17. Tho
annual convention of the Pacific
Const Gas association opened hero
today with about ISO delegates In
attendance. Mayor Geo. L. Uaker
welcomed the delegates to Portland.
AUGUST 17,1926
.litiinoiii Dance Hatttrdny .ighi
IS "TOUGH"
over the back of the head with the
nip.
lie then turned around and nras
walking' through BOB door of the
hall when JCigney caught hold cf
llm, according t) repjrU. Rlgney
for lhly detained PSB speilal deputy
until Demltt urrived to carry on
the battle.
Whereupon the sap was agan put
nto play and the officer also drew
a revolver.
pna spectator desi--:iblng the fray
said:
"Every time I 1 lokod I saw some
thing bouncing off of Mickey's
head."
While tine officer struck Mickey
over the head with the sup. Rlgney
was busily left h.' king and rlgh'
crossing BOB officer.
Eventually t he ra?us was quieted
Rlgney, It is understood, askel
the officer if he would lay a.vay
his sap and fight it out.
"No thank-j." the officer is re
ported to have said. "I am only B
special on this job and this is the
last time I come out here."
State Parole
Officer Quits
J. V. Starrett Resigns
From the Prison
Staff
SALEM, Ore.. Aug. 17. J. V.
Starrett, parole officer at the state
penitentiary, has resigned, It was
announced at the office of Governor
Pierce today. The governor hud no
comment to make regarding the
resignation.
Strnrrett has been under, fire in
connection with the break Df four
convicts from the prison last Wed
nesday. And ihns been accused by
some persons close to the adminis
tration of being directly responsible
for the break by stirring up dis
sension among the convicts.
Dentist Goes on
Trial for Murder
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 17. ()
Dr. Thcmns V'oung. dentist, accused
of murdering his wife, Grace Gro
gan Young, list February and bury
ing her body In a cistern of his
country cottage In Beverly Glen
near here, came into court today to
plen for his life, dapper and calm.
Portland Cop Is
Killed By Rival
PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 17. Le
Roy Hansen, former a special police
officer Ihere. today was charged with
murder, following the fatal shoot
ing last n'lght of James O'D-iy. Han
son to'.d police he shot O'Dny be
cause O'Day wns paying too much
attention to Mrs. Hansen.
Auto Crash Fatal
To Civic Leader
T. H. Foley. Prominent Bend
Resident, Succumbs From
Injuries
11 END. Ore.. Aug. 17. T. H. Fo
ley, general manager of tho Bend
Water. Light and Power company,
nnd lender In local civic and busi
ness activities, died here yesterday
as the result of injuries be received
in an automobile accident Saturday
evening.
William Foley, his son, wan with
him when the accident occured. Ac
cording lo tho son, who suffered n
broken nrm, when about 25 miles
east of llond the machine skidded
completely around, then turned over
William was thrown clear but the
father was pinned beneath the auto.
P
Believe Convicts Are
Men Who Stole Car In
Monitor This Morning
If Latest Report is True, Murray, Kelly And
Willos Have Made Successful Dash From
Posses New Theory Given Weight
By Prison Officials
SILVERTON, Ore., Aug. 17. A Studebaker car with
license number 173,732, was stolen from the streets of
Monitor, 7 miles north of Silverton, between 1 and 2
o'clock this morning, according to word received shortly
after noon at the prison.
The report said that the car had been taken by four
men, but no evidence was given to explain how this
information was secured.
The car was a 1918 model and was owned by Lawr
ence Jacobsen, a farmer, living two miles from Monitor.
This clue bears out the theory of prison authorities
that the fugitives would lie in hiding until they had a
good opportunity and then steal an automobile and
make a dashs to get out of he country being scoured
by the posses. " a,so '"'"'s weight to the report
icf John Diehl. the farmer who re
SHARKS INFEST
Gertrude Ederle Faces New
Dangers When She Takes
to Water Tomorrow
NEWS KEPT FROM HER
Man-Eating Variety Caught
By Fisherman Along the
Route She Will Go
CAPE ORIS NEZ, France. Aug.
17. Sharks have made their ap
pearance in the English channel
within the last few days, adding
another hazard to the already count
less difficulties of the attempt to
swim the English channel which
Miss Gertrude Ederle plans to make
tomorrow, beginning at 7:25 o'clock
in tlie morning.
Two sharks, measuring a little
over six feet in length, were caught
by fishermen several miles off Bou
logne Inst night. They were brought
to Boulogne and exhibited.
Trainer Once Attacked
Precautions have been taken to
keep the news of the' sharks' ap
pearance from Miss Ederle when
she arrives here at six o'clock to
night for her last rest before the at
tempt to swim the channel. During
one of his attempts to swim the
channel. Jabez Wolff, Miss Ederle's
trainer, was forced to leave the
water because of the attacks of a
huge shark. Fishermen here say
that the continued hot weather
which brought the temperature of
tho channel water to a higher point
than usual was responsible for the
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CHANNEL WHERE
GIRL ML SWIM
Noted Outlaw Eludes Cops
"Hutch" Anderson, Pal of Gernld Chajiniun, Missing;. As I'aual
Kills Man Who " Squealed"
Ml'NCIK, Ind., Aug. 17. (VP)
George (Dutch) Andersin, mail rob
ber, jail breaker and pal of Gerald
Chapman, today still was being hunt
ed tar his latest 'crime tile slaying
of Bon Hamco land his .wife, wio
informed on Chapman,
Last night police received n 'h ll
tip" that Anderson was hiding In u
farm lrouso between Munclo and
Hartford City. Ind. Armed with riot
guns, several squads of ppKce clos
ed In on Ibe place hut utter u com
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ported he found one of his t:jw
milked dry Saturday morning, as
the "Bfptil 1'irrrt-as hi the liglicul;;'
path tli'i c.iiviijs would take; tor get
last seen, fo Monitor.
WITH STATE POSSE,
Near Silverton, Ore., Aug.
17. Posses hunting Tom
Murray, Ellsworth Kelly and
James Willos, who killed
two guards when they escap
ed from the penitentiary last
week, early today again
turned their attention to the
district about the John
Small ranch, seven miles
south of Silverton.
They planned to encircle
and close in on a point
where smoke was seen curl
ing up between two clumps
of trees at dusk last evening.
Charles J. Edison and E. A.
Ekman watched the smoke
and said the movement of
the smoke indicated that
some one was trying to keep
, it smothered.
The small ranch district
has attracted the possemen
daily since the chase began,
and some of the man hunt
ers think it probable that
the fugitives are in that dis
trict. Shots have been heard in
that district several times.
More shooting was heard
last night by George Cleav
er's squad which has been
stationed nil I'nliin Hill, the burial
1 place of the pioneer German family.
A tentative plan 1 1 search overy
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plete search of nhe placo, Anderson,
as usual, wUs missing.
Hnnce, police say, -lias paid with
his life because he violated tile un
written code of the underworld in
"squealing" on Chapman.
A coroner's Inquest scheduled tat
today, officers nay, will bo Indefin
itely postponed to give 'police and
federal operatives, who ure analat
ing 1n tho aearch, more tlmo lo
hunt the slayer and to gather evi
dence, j
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