The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, August 20, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textsltv Library t I In win, Oregon Published Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening Eighteenth Year- NiiiiiIiit FIRE MYSTERY TO HE Finger of Suspicion Points More Directly at Man Now in Custody EVIDENCE IS GIVEN Room-Mnte o f Suspects t it i . f a - I ells Weist of Actions , on Night of Crime The finger of suspicion ; ALGOMA I D mm cunpiiv ULVLU UIIUIIILI which hat been wavering itrangvr who forced Ww i ince the murder of Valcn- wU,t r " P0Uir,to Porilwid, m . j j. . maUi a I on t- of tin' th, uixl tlii'ii lino Navarro, pointed direct- . . , ... i i ortwi down (no t oiumiiu rtvor high ly at Luz Lauccdo today aa a t pointer, whor the itmngor the result of facts uncovered nildrnly . i . i i ho M1 ion desire at Alnoma. bv W. A. Wicst. to ran tl line lhe in.-. Thej then deputy district attorney. For the first time since the tragedy early Tuesday morning, an account of the discovery of the fatally wounded man as he lay un conscious in a pool of his own blood, has been mad? public. Julio Gonzalcs,who room ed with Lauccdo, was awak ened early Tuesday morn ing by the sound of an argu ment outside. He did not move from his bed until he heard a man groaning. Moots- LSucouo Stepping through tho dinr f his ; lodging ho Uatscodo now In custody it tlio n'H'i llf -who ; earning and nUg'tcrlng :it. If drunk.: SOOOrdlDI lu tho nlory Uilil WlOSt. 1 Tim two men pawu-d OtcCl other i vltttoul spoaMng, lite one bent on locating I lis ource of the groaning, tho other "ii rinding bis bod. denial wcni on and dlsooverod Navarro badly ut tram a long Basil With a knife. Hi' bundled lilm Into his Nntiiro"si room and attempt oil l.i atop I'U' Bii'u.ly llow nf btood. libfirs Wlthoul pay. rear, noi guilt, Impelled Joss sndj Juan Hamlres, who resided in Bio same bottle 'wllh Navarro, lo Inuvu yesterday without won asking ror tholr pay, In Nho opinion of .Mr.. Woblt. Tim IWO nii'li had SPPaT- ' i-niiy boot) thrsstaned with lolon! ir thoy dtsoVasod whsl they knew ol tin trm:i'iv. Autlhwltles hhvo not luniiod Choi knife unod by lh ninnlorer. A I liiiifr wan found In Lsuoods's r om but nothlni about h Indloatad thtl : Ii hu.l been iinimI ii Uio killing I Nor could antltt)rltlw looato pish with whteb, It Is said, Navarro wtu truok ovor the liosd. Laueodo is still In Jail. N mur der charge Iiuh yel boon filed nor will there bo until moro Inorlmln-1 niiiii ovldenae i unoovored, Inquest dvsr (pie Mexleau'i death will ii" dold donlghl Ut T::ui o'clock 1 in w:iiu vIi'h undortakliig parlors, j Dawes Will Be in Portland Sept. i ptinTi.ANi). ore., auk. o.- j unarios mrvvii vu iin'r.uiunt ui the United States, lias accoptetl an iuVHUIMil) in Bpoan in ruriiuoo tin Labor Day, BbpteMtber 7. ijrtder the j PLYMOUTH, vt. auk. 20. ypj aosploei Of tfco goneral oomhttttee ProsMsnt OotslMie's Snnusl pll of olvle bodies, 11 was tvnnounoed to i irlmage to his tether's home drew lav Presldenl Dawes will make only one public appearance while In Portland. The length of IiIh stay hero was nol Indicated In his message of acceptance, 0KT8 COAOHINO - SKATTl.K. Aug. 10. yri Hub ert s nutlet', or this city, nesh rnn orew coach at the University or Washington, announced today thill he had aecopted an Offer to ; become conch ut 1116 'United Slates nuvul ncademy. anil would report October I, . . 6606 THREATENS Man Who Said He Was Kelly Captures Car Oak Grove Motorist Has Unwelcome ! i-ortla i, oA.. Aug. ao. -TV T. llorrbll of Oak Grovei Portland snbnfb, rt) ported to the police todsj jniut .. who clalmi bo Ml. j World lvll. one Of Mm trio of fu- W" B,WM 'i '. EonpeUeil hint to drive about the clt) from 0t80 , , . . I in! night til 1 1 80 luonuagi Horrall declared thai while bo was im hm. to ojik Grove from Pott i;mi . i uiuhi Iw wm bj turned to rrt hunt ami iicnuii mi IVhrn rfiiown plcturo of kriiy, iiriitiii saiii if iitii I.. i rmemblQ it i nstuvlconic pmmcdoi AUcndNnfii :ii ii gwniga whore Hormll hl in- n m I the st riiliKri- stopfH'it fOl" KUMi- Uiie imm coiroborjitod tiuri pin-c of IIerrnllH story. Noted Cowboy Dies In Fall During Rodeo Roy Kivct, Cheyenne, Is Killed at Salt Lake Show SALT LAKE city. Utah, Auk. ;o. (IV Roy Klvlt. 4, iwboy 'jnd ad- opted sou of Obarlas 11. Irwin, ranohor i Cheyonuo, wye., late yes torday was killed Ibslantly when s boats he was rldlitK l:i afilee:- r p lu; contest In a rodoo ero fell with him, The rider Buffered n broken nook unit fraetured nkull theu crushed bonststb his mount. Tin- ncoldsnt oeeured on almost t hi exact spot and almost a year to lie iliy that Klvet nil l and kill ed liarri) Knowlos in n rodeo men hern last year. Klvet was SCQUlttOd of n murder on n plou of soil de (onse. lie nlia twos the second son of Irwin is die while roplnt a steer. Salem Farmer Kills Himself George J. Parsons Ends His Life Early Today SALEM, ore.. Auk- George j, Parsons, 72, retired tarinor living in West Baleui, oommlttod suicide at his home shortly alter seven o'clock this morning. Despondency over 111 health pooasloned by heart 1 rouble from which ho had Buffered fdr many years. Is given by members of the family as the reasop for his net. Coolidge Leaves Home of His Dad to h close lo.iuy after nenri; week's stay. Refreshed by the change and the lithvoil cdmpiato reutxdtion hs has enjoyed here, he turned tOWtord BwamiPSOOtt, planning lo spend to night enroute there, at Nbrtbanip boh, .Mass. He expe.-tM lo he hsck at the summer White Htouse by to in irrbw aflernooh. a stop ut Nbrthampton where the president lived his election as for years prior to vice president will bo ill the home of Mrs. Klmlrii liuod hue. inolher of Alls. ('" dldiie. hp fawning, KLAMATH FALLS, OKKOON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1925 ANOTHER ROMANCE C M TO USUAL CLOSE Rudolph Valentino And Bride of Three Years Agree to Separate ARE STILL IN LOVE Careers Conflict With Mar-1 rlA I if Pmii Airent Tells Public NKW YtlllK. Auk 20. (ft Ru- dolpb Valentin... orl.lnal sheik of the .,.,. his seeond wife Wlnlfr-I , -1 ..I.....1..l .1........ I and daughter perfume manufac turer. have aarced to Hepnrato. ir All I' 11111111111 , it ti ....... ......... The wreck "f one of Hollywood's dearest romances was announced ear ly today by Qeorge Kllmun, manafor for Mrs. Valentino, but be empha sized that the rocks were nicely cushioned. The separation Is entirely frlend- lv. Mr. Kllmun said, there bcltiB no Idea of ii divorce, no agreement for alimony, but merely tlui desire 01 the two artists to puraue tneir own talents In different directions. He added, however, thai he did not hoc how It ivuh possible for either of ilbora to run homo after the publicity which is destined lo ho given the an nouncement . friendly Parting lloth will continue In motion pic ture work. Mrs. Valentino as n pro ducer, and he as a Stat for the United Artists. Mrs. Valentino came to New York on business lust Monday. The separation agreement was signed in the palatial Valentino honiu on Wb.lt nay Heights, Hollywood, the preced ing Tuesday. Mr. Kllmun described tho meeting 'a follows: "You know. dear 1 have mv work, just u you have yours." Mrs. Valentino said. "Yes." he ropllod, "and 1 wish you nil tbo succeet in tbe world In tout ventures" "I lore Rudolph and always will." Mr. Kllmun said Winifred told hlm. "Hut I will never return to him " Too Much Tenipern.nent "The whole easo Is simply one of iwo artistic teiuiieranients seeking .1... rmnilnm tl.nl eneh finiln lieees- ,;,,.r..iifA,tm'i;-' Mr KllmanMin. tlaubd Wils nn, ullst'l"nis when a dar drove J ""When they happen to meet, they and carried him buck to Klam Wlil have breakfast, luncheon and , "' - Ho w"s ,J,l,el dinner together. There is no quarrel, there Is no prospect of one." Rudolph and Winifred were mar lied In Tia .1 uuna ill 1 - - Astoria-Will Get Catholic Hospital ASTORIA, Ore.. Aug. SO. A new hospital was definitely assured for Astoria today when It was learned that the Cttth0)lc Sisters of Charity or St. Mary's hospital have purchas ed un entire city block crowning the ridge of the hiu above the city. The time ot construction bus not yet been set. but It Will undoubtedly be wllhtn n year, according to the sisters. The cost of the structure is esti mated at lOO.OJJOi Recdsport Youth Is Given Libertv R08Bnuna, Ore., Agu. 20 .- John Ootorth, recaptured Monday follow-1 lug Ills escape from officers Sunday alter his brother, Dave, had boon j BhOI lo deQtil when lhe Iwo attempt id to escape from officers, was r leased today. After recovery of S 1 S I) 0 missing money, which bo bad hid - don during his llborty Sunday afl0r noon' and made u payment In full of dobtS which brought llbOUt th" war- rani tor his arrest, the man was loosed by authorities and left for Centraltt, Wash., Immediately,' to attend his brother's funeral. Associated Press Leased Wire Housebreakers At Work; Two Homes Entered Thieves Loot Solomon Home on North Sev enth Street ::,-": Of pldU lM)UHi-hi'CiikflH is nM-nttliiK i tho rooidenoe iec tlono of Klamath Pwluj mxl no tuv has boon ktndotoctcd in it nofarlosj ocUrlty. A hutiM mi nori h Borontn otitoel wu prokon Info soniB time l"sl "'k'1' uhl,r ,,M' 'i'i' wore out and stolen; Hlttt from Or- liliella Allison and from ('. Y. Vn Iruee of Uu liurulun. or no ,.,,. , .rk on .. BDCOTePeU thjj, morning; by police who Investigated ll... i'.,ltl.t't Tl... Ill Cev Vfilnwl - ' - . - .. n.. eulnioce tbtOUgh (he rear door ami casually ransacked the house, otli Inst but money whs taken. The llouMC u jgraed by Mrs. Racbel Solomon, who is travelling in Alas ka. Circumstance surrounding the "Job that was pullctl off at the home of ('. K. Hi iinl. nl. i I ; Tues- day nlKht led officers lo bciletrp that l lie same ganii Is responsible' fr hoih robberies. Duly cash, and that amounting to gun, was taken from trie llramlcii- gorg hum. ' Crash Victim Is Not Hurt; r ryi j OnaVeS 1 Oday Reports of Fatal Injur - ies Are False; Wheel Drops Off John Jackeon, youthful negro, ro - p ried fatally injured in an auto- ; mobile ueddent last night had re- covered sufficiently tills morning lo arise and shavo himself. I In oilier vvoi-Js Jackson, was lut Injured nor hardly slightly injured, ; 1,0 ls suffol"lfK f''onl a sllglu gash V 11,0 loft sldu uf iMl ' and knwle. According to Jackson's own story, ! " U run-a'bo)t which he bad pur- Chased two days beBJre, lost a ; wlieel on tlui Hilgnway near fine- 1 h 11 fSt ind tho ear turned over, throxvliiR h m into the diteU He! Kiamaiii uenerai noopitai nisi nigai for treat men t. Jackson, wfoo was formerly 'a belt hop at tho White Pelican hotel and now engaged In shoe shining, ad-! mlttel thai he was not very seri-: ously hurl. He will be discharged from the hospital cither ioiday or tomorrow. ' Brands Initials on Rival's Neck i Chicago, Aug. so. yp) -En-raited at the attentions Walter JohnsDn, 'i. paid to Mrs. Rose h'o ' ISCt, 19, her husband. Victor, brand led his initials "V. P." on Johnson's cheek with a wire heated over a gas flame, as the victim lay. tied bund and foot, before htm. Polcamon heard the story when Johnson, his lace scarred with the tbree inch high letters, stumbled j Into n police station. Polo, i could not bo found. ! Dollar Interests May Purchase More Government Ships SEATTLE, Aug. A) it. , Stanley Hollar, who with associates bought from the I'lillod Stales ship- ping hoard March :i I five liners operating between San Praiuisco and the far east, arrived here to - day to arrange to buy the govern- inenl vessels Unking Paget Sound and tho orient. IKeratf. TIMBERLAND DISCIPLINE ATlPeat Land Ablaze On s CAUSES REVOLT Escape of Desperate Con victs Held Due to Gen eral Inefficiency JURY MAKES REPORT No Effort Made to Place Direct Responsibility With Any Official SALEM, OrC, Aug. 20. Lack of discipline among ' .1 ronvicts in state rjeniten- tiary, insufficient guards to properly patrol and inspect the institution, absence of a guard tower at the main gate to the prison and the maintenance of the arsenal inside the main building are blamed for the. break and escape or last week in Which two guards and one convict j were killed and the three slayers were loosed to en danger the public, in the re port of the coroner's jury..-,.. No effort to place the re sponsibility for the lack of Ji S1I I- L-. .1 discipline was maue oy me jury in the report. The four convicts, Tom ' Murray, Ellsworth Kelly, James Wi,18 and Bert "Oregon Jones are held equally responsible for the 1 death of the two guards, Jonn Sweeney and James i M;jt Holman who are f11"0" "olman. Wno j lauded for their observance of their oaths, j "Their unfortuUite dektiUJ was I occashmed by their fulthful udher- ense to tfclr oath and duty as guards." the report reads. j The hearing came to a chose late yesterday witOt the testimony of John Davison, the guard who kill- oil uregon Jones, wio nan aeeu recalled tj the stand. Uuvlson testified that he had been rep; im- (Continued on Pago Siv) FORTY DEAD IN SHIP EXPLOSION NEWPORT, Ii. I., Aug. SO. (Jf) The death toll of the Mackinac disaster was raised to forty today, when throe more of the injured died. Those who succumbed today were Pauline Stephens, Darlington, it. I.; .lean McCarthy. 80, I'awtueket. H, I.j and Mrs. Mary tl. Wlldenhain, Pawtucket, li. 1. Pour separate investigations are under way to determine the respon sibility ot the explosion of the boil er on the excursion steamer. Four other persons are still miss ing and It is believed that they may have jumped overboard and drown ed. Hospital authorities, who still i have many sufferers from the ROald- . E stettm which enveloped the boat. said that the death list would proh- ; auiy exceed SO. state Roller inspectors whp visit- efl the death ship yesterday said that the boiler which exploded was cracked and in a weakened condi tion. At TO I'.l' KVS A small euipe win practical- ly destroyed by tire shortly after 3-o'clock thl' afternoon. The oivupants of the car had loft Me machine 10 mlnules he- tile to visit with a servant at the homo of Pied Siialloek ui Esplanade and Pacific Tor- ! race. The. car was driven by ; Klva Aram of Hairy. She was , accompanied by BVa Schafor. J UntbUN N Skillet Handle; Farms Send In Call For Aid Fire Fighters Rushed to Scene to Save Green Stands of Pine 600 Acres of Land Now Burned Out, Says Report This Afternoon Six hundred acres of peat land of volunteer oat crops, were on fire this afternoon on the Siemens and Bloom ingcamp' 1500-acre ranch on the west side of Klamath lake near the Skillet handle. Adjacent tracts of fertile peat land in Caledonia marsh and Wocus valley were threatened by the blaze which has been slowly but surely spreading since its inception last night Heavy stands of timber which border the ranch are threatened by the blai&c and a representative of the Klamath Forest Protective Association is on hand to , ' L preven' the peat fire from work- Gives Birth To Baby On River Bank ASTORIA. Ore., Aug. 30. Sifkllig for a lost Kir' who dis appeared the day before from the field where she had beep working near her farm home, deputy sher iffs yesterday discovered the girl in the ferns and rushes beside a tldeliiiid slough, a new born babe hi her arms. The child had been born to the lonely mother the night before in the damp darkness of the marso.. Tbe child and ils mother were removed anil given care. . lloth will survive. High School Students Can 'fcf'Ot rlA7 & . Principal Jackson Anx- r . - , lOUS tO (jet Under Way Klamath county high school is iioiv open. This was the announcement to day by Paul T. Jackson, principal, who says he Is ready to register students and advise with them con-. cerning the courses of study they wish to follow. He' is especially anxious to confer with those at(bi dents who will enter college upon j the completion ot their high school Course in order to help them in meeting the college entrance require ments. Mr. Jackson also urges that per-1 sons who have room and board to offer either students or teachers ad - vise him as quickly as possible In order that he might register all such homes and have them in readiness. The work of renovating the in- tcrlor ot the high school building has been completed, unil the students will find more cheerful surround- Ings for tho new school year. An adlttonal 10 new desks also have been Installed, Special Election In Wisconsin to Be Held Sept. 29 MADISON, Wis.. Aug. 20.-OP) The special election for liiitod) Slntes senator to fill the unexpired j term of lhe late Senator Robert M. i NKW YORK Aug. 2". The long LaPollette. will he held September , ontlmied controversy in the bulld 211. tloveiuor Ulalno issued the call i lug trades Industry reached a n today. This special primary to mini-1 ciisis Knlay when :" i , M u woii.ei. inate candidates lor lhe office will ! momhora of tine,- union local, left ho held two woks before- the nec-1 their machines In ubeillonce to an Hon. tho law provides., I order from their action commltf BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS PRICE FIVE CENTS Ing Uo close to the lluiber stand. Starts 1'rom Thresher Tie fire Dtarted late yesterlay altera .on when the threshing ma chine crew were about to lay off for the night. It to thought that the fire started from tho threshing , ,,..;,i,-.o l',i(iui:'i no Luteal theory -e- - :: i vanctsuV S 1 ' . . j The entire personnel of the r.mcj. the crew of the threshing maiilne. (and neighbors j.lned In the attempt 1 1 j check Uho peat btaze before t ic I entire volunteer oats crop was d -slr:i;cd. A: wordlhtg to reports ' I'.ila afternoon their offorts were reward cd with a temporary check. Virv Hard lo Stop Kxpe:ieuce has proven peat firoi extremely difficult to stop. Tho fire Ismiuldcrs down into the peiit woil land eats in way through the fortllu I land until heavy .vinter rains and Isnowi extinguish the blaze. The upper Klamatn basin country ilu! summer was clothed with a hale of smoke f:r two months of the summer duo to a peat fire that do- i s,ri-ve'1 acrea ot mediocre farm land belonging lo the Port KJimdtli Mei- !dows company. . M vl"a Latest reports of the fire wore ,hai captain J. W. Siemens anil Uloominjcamp were eontcmplat:- -Ins flooding the lani'h us a fitc I fighting measure'. Only in t'.iin "rW.-; ( could the deep rooted tiro -SSe put out. ROBBERS STEAL EQUIPMENT FROM LOCAL GARAGE Magneto Taken from Truck; Youths Are Suspected by Authorities j xhe stale highway department i :. minus n magneto and the sheriff's trrii-t- Is looking ior Iwo young men w, .0ko Into the stale highway Kal.alto ai Kono some time last night. . i;i,(ianco was gailiiil by Jimmying ,. hack door to the stnte garage, 'fh,. magneto was stolen iro n a stale highway truck. j Suspicion centers about iwo j yimthx w ho wore seen Inhering , about the garage lust night. 500,000 WORKERS OUT ON STRIKE Buildings Trade Industry Crip pled by Action Taken in New York Today