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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1925)
University Library liuuene. Oregon (Tin itmnthut iHtralit Published Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number 6606 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS MANY .roSTSLMJ OINiCE WWk Thirty-Five nrc Tagged for Hie. ill int.; Parking Laws Recently Enacted JUDGE PINES Night Parking on Prohibit ed Streets Most Com mon Offenic Tblrty-flvt arrlng motorists, trie tim ol the I"'" ii- parklm law, which wi'hi inio effect yoitarday morning irerc arrested yesterday f- tcrnnoii mill IMI nlKht iiiul Ibis morning contributed several doton shiny dollars to the clly'ii eo(for, seventeen motorists oonnlttad Uia misdemeanor of "nl(hl parking'! on itroaU tiiui arc closed to parking be twaatt I it- in- and a mi Thirteen drivers exceeded the two hour parking limit In the down-town Motion. Kivi' autonioiiiiinin committed tug Indiscretion f parking in front of moving picture thtaten Kuch niotorlHt wan gssoaiOd the tin of ii by Pollca Judge Oabagon UiIh morning, I'u) i fine "Tbli scale of Clnaa win bo follow for ft few days," Judge Gahng-n Mild, "until tin. public ti oducatad to (liu now law. Then tin' ltd will ho damped down ami traffic violator w in ba forced to pay mora " KoiiowitiK in a brlaf raaunie of tin. DOW traffic law: 1. No mr may park longer thai two hours on Main from Iftftb to KIkIiUi iiir'dn mid on Intoraactlni itiri'i'ta from Pino to Klamath avo inn1, baiwaan Ike hourH of G n.tn. and is p.m. This does not include Klamath ami rino streets. No MkIii Parking Ii Parking ou Main. Plho and Klamath avenue and nil Intersect liiK slrools between Second mid Kiev antb streets, t prohibited from I a.m. to 5 a.m. 1 I'arkliiK In front of tboatan I) prohibited Doaoni of tin motorlata who ap paarod before tin. polled Judge thin noraing, declari'd they knew nothing of the now law. Man Slumbers While Fire Is Blazing Near Transient Believed to Have Started Brush Flames .1 tint the direction oi the wind nothing tuiiro - saved Dave Kugan off, transient, from serious njury from n briinh flro In Mot Bprtnga addition that ho aooldohlally Btartad Jnat before relapsing Into a drunken Hlupor curly this afternoon. A pair of lOfl slicking OUl from under a willow trao, a bottle and tin' familiar sound of drunken Slum ber, testified to what had happonod, Kuguuotf hud 00n HiuokliiK a olgarelte. He oarolessly threw it nwny and It lit In the midst of a pile of dry grass., A South wind caught up tl)o tiny blase and whlti pod it ovor to another stand of hrtiidi mid In n short tlmu sago brush and dried grass was flaming at tho feet of ttii' ilujnborlng ECtignn off. Ilnl the south wind) instead of carrying II t" Kuganoff, carried tin flro away. The Intense haal of the blase did not awake bim and not until Ohtet of Police Louoks mid Plro Chief AmbroHu shook him Into oonSOfOUSnosi again, did ho know what had hapiH'tii'd. iio win taken to jail, and a charge of drunkenness will probably ho proforradi The brush tiro wan x t Ingulshod afior burning out kw- oral actus. VM.lTKril RBIiHAHHi) Seattle. Aug. 21. Kenneth D. tioynr, Broinertoni arrested by Brit i.h Columbia authorities, at Dis covery Inland, cIohu I Victoria, II. 0 Tuesday night, when his dis ublcd hydtViplaiio wan discovered near n launch luudod with llQuttvt wu.i released yesterday. Tthe plane IWIIB 'hold, each $i . mm m I K. eSBsi Kh it .n Lba fii'M for Ln rv puMIOftn iP'inlihitlon fur atiilt Kilp -ri iiifinlt'iii of iullli litHf rue. Ion lt A. Howard of Mumhflcld, far iimt Klumutti rjtiKii u. and nc -ff i In- hi-.t kiioii imMlf Mrhool ffk'l utf In I k Hiaic. niUtiK U word U'ct'lTt'd tvrv l 'duy from Manhflidd, Mr. HOWatrd'fl vuiidlilur.i In rtcu!vln Klfilf-wide support. Stage Drivers of Early Days to Be Given Memorials (ftperial to Tin- n.i ,i i. MtKKA. Col'f. Aug. II, TO Ofitttntaniorata tho memory of t.iv i-;irly taa- drlvi-rn of uorthirn Call- fornli ami soutoarn Qragon, a nova incut but boi'ii Isnncbad hi-rc to naim- tho viirloun brldxea on tho uiluiitial hiiilrAav; of tin- t.'. j statai nfti-r tho ntBKo drlvem on wlio.u nhoalilora tho prohlom of L-ouNtwIao otorland trjnnl"! Uillon routed. Tbg Pacific bbibwajt rat formerly tin- only 111'' "f D 'in m u u li'a t on bo iwaen San Prauotocej aoid Portland anil iu'Veral of Ibo dflvorg gavo up their llvo' tJ p'rjtert tholr lm'son gorn and vuluublos from 1iIkIiw.iv- tneti. of aha largo Attttfoar of driv- ITU, Qeorgl 1.. Chnne of Vrokn, U tliu last survivor, it in propoHod bo orbat on ogjah bridge a broiut- tablet. xIIiik the nniiii- an 1 a brlof arroiint of th- driver's life. Tho proposition win bu takon up with olvlo organlaa ttotirt and (ho etato blgbfaagr com- UllHI'l u. Probe Dismissal of Bureau Chief NBW YOIIK, Aur. ill. (,?) Joint l) Miller Htibi t Jay a congrowlonal fnvostlgatton may be aakod to da lermlno tho rauso of rotn-ival fi-jm Office nf I)r. Itenrtjr ('. Taylor, chlof of tho bureau of airlooltarb ooon- otn rCS, Dr Taylor rcalgnod at I ho raqnai of Secretary of agriculture Pardlno. Nurses' Acquittal Upheld by Wilbur WASHINGTON. A UK. -1. uV) Vardleta of not guilty returned by a court martial board la.u Juno OK.iiUMl .Mls Until M. Anderson and Miss Qathbrlne Qlancey, navy uuraea charged with violation of tho Vol stead acl in bringing liquor into tii,' Unitod slut.'.", frcm tthe Wool in dies or.' dlsapproyod today by Bee rotary VVtlbur. Guard Slain by Payroll Bandits PHRTH AM BEY, N. Ji, Auk. 21. MP) Janies Oallegltor, special of ficer of iho Perth Atnboy Tnmt I'onipany, was wounded today while resisting thOft of a $100,000 pay roll ami died wHIle hi'hiK removed to a hospital, COACH NA9IKD MOW VtHIK. AUgi HI, ll')- Ap- polnltnoni or Rlohard a. tiiondon. onclt or thiH years vlorartous navy era a i dilroctor ol roiwlng at Colurft blt Unlvorslty, was announced to day, I ai to pnonuuTtoN WASIIINHTtlN. Auk. SI, W) July production ol nutamoblles In tho railed sintea itallbd 840,7i0 pAssengpr oars and :i7,i:u trucks. Toiai production tor 'it your to dale or passenger envs is J,20!),m9 ami inicka 81)8,848, Serious Bribery Charges Filed IIMHI TUV Drjl TV Against Two City Councilmen of JML '.ffl Los Angeles; Held in City JailjUN It) LnAHbLU LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 21. (AP) Charles E. IN H 1 N I iflSr Downs and Jostiph F. Fitzpatrick, members of the Los'H' ' UIUUI1 UMUL Angeles City council, arc held in separate jails here to- I day on charges of accepting bribes, while District At- J John Gobel, Daytona, Flor lorney Asa Kcyes is preparing the cases to take before 'da, Ordered Hold by countv zrand itirv latsr in the day and also to probe ! Coroner's Jury the workings of a great suspected city hall grafting. The pair, elected to the council for the first time at .i i - i t .i i c c tne Hit election wcn tnc cuy paa.ee u. ..ew .orm o, charter government, have both made statements, accord- ins to Keyes. One of these, attributed to Fitzpatrick, j is a confession, Keyes said. A third man, Jack Murphy, is charged with being a go-between in the alleged deal in which the councilmen ure said to have accepted a bribe of $1000 each to sup port a franchise to the Tunnels Transportation company, which planned an escalator for the new Second street tunnel here, While the county grand jury is considering the case, the city council also will meet and discuss the matter hen, it is expected, a resolution will be approved sus- 1 pending its two accused members. 2 Mile House Knocked Over J his Mornino- Habitues Pour Liquor Into Barrel of Lye An Innovation In the "indoor sport of gattlng rid of Intoxicating Hqnofl before the officers can break down the door, came to lUht this mornlnK with the arrest of Tod l.ewtti, who conduct tho well known "Two-mile HOuse" west of town Whon prohibition officers and deputy sheriff! demanded entrance to the Inndcani looking dewlUjUn unveil imlrH of handa reached for whiskey which was In pltchera. In KlUHMeM and In bottk-n. Craah! frashl aud the bottles wore nroKi n into a large uarrei oi lye tlial was statlotii-d liolH-atli tile sink. No possible chance of un earthing n drop of moonshine for evidence from that barrel, accord ing to Stale Prohibition Officer Mr Mrlde, who conducted the raid. Hut lb" officers who were in vading the pi-ace anil solitude of the "Two-.MIlo House" cut their way through the screen and Intercepted the lasl bottle of moonshine us It was ou its way to Join Its fellows in the bnrrel of lye. Ted Lewis, apparently tho pro prietor of tho establishment, took the burden of tho blame on his shoulders and pleading guilty to pos session of Intoxicating litjuor before Acting Justin- of the Pence lid Ken dall this morning, paid a f)no of ft fill and costs. His six companions, reported to have been more or less intoxicated, wore not held under any liquor charge. IBeBride was assisted in th by Deputy Sheriffs Klfnsey Burke. Big Brush Fire WpBrit Pasadena the rt,lcw 01 N'avnrro na Lnu-l-Nears rasaaena ioJo Arising :ie stepped out ot his PASADENA, calif.. Auk II. W) Tiie brUSJb fire which has burn- ... i. , , . . . .(,., I nan invu In mi t .. . - mo ing T'ljunga unojruu iwih-jh. ........ J . Ik. hAvXnrf.1 l.lllll.l Clllllllliieu n,v.,..h """"' control in the mountain north of Pasatlana, Completion of a 4" I root fire-break ln the ridge be tween tho Big Tuglinga Canyon and the Arro.wo Seen d.u'ly t -day was expected t keep the flames out of the Pasadena water shad. Standard Oil Co. to Establish New Station at Malin A new tllstrlhutlng station of the Standard 1)11 company In Klamath will soon be In operation just out - side the boundaries of Malin on The Dulles-California highway, was the announcement last night of H. W. Overmler, manager of the Klamath Branch. The new station will ho super- Vised by parent station In Klalnath 'alls, althouith a manager will be selected to be In direct conlrol of the ffaW plant. The investment rep resented in the enterprise is ap pi'.xlmulely $20,QO0, Work On, lh Station was slnrlod this morning. Murder Charge Will Be Filed By Prosecution Laucedo to 'be Charged With Navarro's Death Lug Laucedo. silent Mexican, most stand trial on a charge of either second decree. murder or manslaugh ter. This is Iho decision of t lie dis trict attorney's office, bused upon evidence which was bAiusat out at the coroner'S'jti'iuost, and cortlalu incriminating- fa:ts Whloh came to light yesterday and which state pro secutors arc tooth lo divulge. Laucedo continues to gCt In sil- enM aad ,u ri.sl)0I1( , on,y mono syllabic terms whon verbally grilled by authorities. His answer tj ques tions slut at him from ever;.' angle Is that ho "could not remember." A oaroner'e Jury did not connect LauccJo up with tho murder of Valentino NUrarrO at Algoma, Tues day morning, and returned a verdict of :''Valentino Navarro came to his death at the 'hands of some un known person '. A new angle to tho murder trag Otfar came to light whon it was re vealed that Navarro was not killed by the sljsh if tho kuife but by n blow on top of tho head from a heavy instrument, presumably a pick. Dr. B, d. Johttaoh, wftpo performed the autopsy, testified that wCieu he raised tho skull, he found a fractur ed pla.'O and that Navarro undoubt edly came to his donih from this wound, not the knife cut. raid 1 Testimony of Julo Gonzales, "1,d friend of the deceased, and of Umi eedo, was damaging to Laucedo. He I testified that he heard an argu ment outside his house and roeogni- 1 lodging and met Laucedo on his ,ay to his rooms, evidently drunk land cursing to himself. A few "Isteps furl he n he encountered the prostrate form of Niovnrro bleeding f,, . ,i,, l. I f .unit M.I . , , -' 1 ... " ""' The Inquosl was conducted by Countv Coroner Karl Whitlock and i W. A. Wlest, deputy district attor I ney. The coroner's jury was composed of I!. It. Ami'ke. Lloyd Low, Henry llagley. .Mike I.avenlk. licit Cook and B, M, Igl. Convicts Face Murder Charge Must Stand Trial For 1 IfiliJriix Pricnri I IVlIling ITlSOn Clerk SAN" RAFAEL, Oalif., Aug. 1M (PI Charges of murder were filed here yesterday against th- six Bin IJucntln oonvlcta who yesterday at" tempted to escape from the prison waterfront gang in a tugboat lifter fatally beating 11. O. Miller, civilian Shipping clerk. The six OJIlVtctS are expected In be arraigned here toilav. ACCUSED BY WOMAN Victim Before Her Death q.;j l l-l n,. Said he Gave Her Drug Bribery Sought , .MIAMI. Kla.. Aug. 21. IP) John Gvbel, rdilthy Uay'ona real estate dealer Is be: ,: hold without ball bore today fallowing the recjinmen datlbn of a coroner's Jury yesterday that he be detained In connection with the death of Mrs. II. II. Hunt. Testimony was given at lJe inijucsl Indicating that Gobel poisoned bio. woman and liad confessed to one of the officers. It was also Intimated he later attempted t bribe county solicit ,r Hubert It. Iliylor. Jr., and Ueputv Sheriff L. A. Short. Dr. Grimes whj attended the wo man before her death, said she kept saylns: "Why did he do II?" and repeatedly mentioned Gobel. When the woman begun to .cry, stating Gobel ihad poisoned 'her, Gubel said, "don't mintl her boys. That's her alibi, she's a dspcr," Deputy Sheriff Latham testified. He added that the girl put her arms around Gobel's neck -and asked him VAhy did y-u give mo that," but Gobel only pushed her away. Later the witness said, ion talking with Gobel, about the case he said, "I'm 6.rry I did :t. I'm sorry." 43 Known Dead in Boiler Explosion NEWPORT, II. 1.. Aug. 21. yp) The Mackinac death toll mounted to 4o today when Miss Bessie Mullin ! of l'aw-tucket died at the Naval hos pital. Hospital authorities expect that at least five more will succumb to burns within the next few hours. Girl Bobs Hair Then Kills Self CHICAGO. Aug. 21. UP) The body of Itose Hallon, 17, whoso disappearance last Tuesday night was attributed to her dlsappont nieut because she had bobbed her hair, was found today In the Chi cago river. The g-irl Is believed lo have ended her life by jumping Into Iho water. The mother fiiid Iho girl so re gretted her chUnged appoarancc after tile shingling of her hair, that she sat crying before much of tho time. a mirror Air Trips To Honolulu May Come Shortly Naval Admiral Predicts Service to Start Soon nuiMUiiULiii, -vug. Ji. tfi '.nan and passenger service by air from San Kranolsco, loos Angeles and San Dtogo to Honolulu will be an ac complished fact in t'hc near future. Hear Admiral William A. Moffett; chief of tfbo bureau if uoronautls. navy department, said in a state ment last night. The prediction was made Just prior to the rear admiral's depart ure aboard the President Taft for San Francisco. Moffett said that the proposed flight frcm San Fran cis:o to Honolulu is the most Im portant event In naval aviation since the world war. "It is even m'ore important than the rbUnd th world flight because In making the flight to Hawaii we tiave definite things in v'o.v for the naval air service." he Olid. If the planes fall this time another at tempt will follow very s on. WILL P.W COST ROSSI, AND, It. 0. Aug. 2 1. () FVjrOBI official frim Wnsiilngt n and Oregon agreed here yesterday to bear the whole cost of keeping ..I rotten! forest fire at .Mount So phia near Ihere from spreading across trohl the 1'niled States into Canada, School Books Next 2 Years Text Commission Se lecting Courses of Study sal km, ore., Auk. 21. --T.-xt ! book that win ba Died in (he " He m-IiooI.h of tlie btutf during; ili next two yearn will h ronHidcrably higher In price than the old books, it waH Indicated at the meeting of j the state text hook cotnmiHrtion In seaaion here today. The morning! HeIon was given over to a discuM- j alon ot hookn and prfeoi and the hearing of argumenlH by som forty, hook Halesmen who are being ai-' loted five minutes each to discus the moritH of their books. Indications were that adoptions! will not be made before late aft"r-1 noon with the poriKlbillty that the S fieHHlon will carry over until to- morrow. Opening of bids and pre-. Hmlnary organizations occupied theFrank r(0berts and all his deputies entire day Thursday. Tentative se-jas we 09 tho clty ,.,. (ook tno lections were made of the subjects that will be adopted for the Iwo and four year periods but these were being revised today as the com mission got down to the work of considering the books available In each subject. Portland Boy Leaps Through Window: Dies j the man to "Go to hell' and sped Excessive Headaches jawa Blamed For Suicidal j ohZZ IZ 1 lified by telephone and deployed Oi Act ' fleers along the highways on both - - I sides of the city and a dragnet was PORTLAND. Ore. Charles A. Moissner Aug. 21. 0. a nephew of John A. Moissner, who has a real estate office at S21 Gasco building j PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 21.--here, commited suicide last night by I lolleo today are still sea retains leaping from one of the windows j for ine man who Wednesday night, of the Gasco building Into the light I representing himself to bo Ellsworth shaft between that structure and J Kelly, escaped convict, at tho point an adjoining building. j of a gun forced T. T. Harrell to "Eicuse excessive headaches and ; drive him about the city, but the ill health." was the message scrlb-1 officers do not connect him in any led on a card bearing his name way with the real fugitives, who and address. Windows on the shaft shot their way out of the Salem nen wero open on the fifth and seventh itentiary more than a week ago. floors, indicating that ho may have j The hunt for tho criminals, as plunged from either. j far as Portland Is concerned, is at The body was discovered this i a standstill, with officers lacking morning by n shipping clerk and ex-1 a single tangible clue as to tho amination indicated Melssner bad I course pursued by the bandit trio been dead several hours. Tho body after their spectacular arrival hero was mangled almost beyond recog- j Monduy night in a commandeered nition by the fall. auto from New Era. The convic- Meissncr recently came here from j tion with police is growing that they Los Angeles. doubled back on their route to the Miner Injured During Strike Flying Bricks and Clubs Used on Picket Lines ZElGLEIt, 111.. Aug. 21. 0PI An unidentified miner was severely in jured and several automobiles were battered by flying bricks and .dubs today as approximately 150 miners passed Is picket line at t&e Bell and Heller mine number 1. here where a "wildcat' strike is in progress. Southern Nevada Rocked by Quake GOLDFtELD, Nov.. Aug. 21. (f) The southern Nevada desert was shaken twice today by earth quakes, the shocks awakening sleep ers here and rattling dishes. The disturbances were reported as far north as Mina. 50 miles from Gold field. 771 Accidents Are Reported SALEM, Ore.. Aug. 21. A I )lal of 771 -industrial accidents were reported to the state Industrial ac cident commission during the week ending August 20, declares the weekly report. T lere 'wcru no fat alities. Of the total number report ed 62:1 were subject to the provis ions of the stale compensation act, 14;t wero from firms and corpora tions that have rejected tho provl-' si.ms Of the 'act, and five were from public utility corporations not sub ject to the state compensation. NIT NUMEROUS L Portland Police still Search for Man Who Said that v Was Kelly CHEHALIS GETS CLUE jOme Officers Persist in Belief Tht Men Doubl ed Back to South i llt:n.l.is, Waste, AuK- "' Three turn in an Oregon li censed automobile, who ai-e be lieved to be the cscup-U con vict from the penitentiary lit MtU'lll, StoplKHl ut Toh-ilo, 120 miles sonth of here, nt 10 o'clock l"t night. Word was flashed here to Sheriff ,lcld at once covcrnK aU rood ,B tjljs vjc(nty rVccordlCR to the officers here, this is the most reliuble clue on the miss ing men that has developed In southwest Washington. The word camo from the owner of a service station at Toledo, known as tho, Teapot Dome station. The car ; containing the three men drove up ! to the station and asked to have their j tank filled. The man compiled alt the more readily when he noted that the men all carried rifles. When the tank was filled the motorists told j thrown out all over Iswls county I points. south on the same night. Macdocl Will Get New High School (Special to The Ucruld) YltEKA, Calif., Aug. 21. Mae doel is lo have a high school holla ed la Its own building. Tills decision was recently reach ed at a meeting of the Siskiyou Union High .school at which tho bOiri of directors signed a tiO year lea:e with the Macdoel Cham ber of Commerce, represented by O. E. Snider and .1. R. Adams, its sec retary, for a building to be erected by tie chamber. Construction began this week en the building, which will be modorn in ever, respect, 30 by DO feet, with throe rj;ins and '.vhlch will oost, when completed, nppi ox1! mutely $3400. The building will be tlho property of the Macdoel Chamher f Commerce and when the school board decides to build Its own struc ture at Macdoel It will probably be-n-me the home of tao iiamber of commerce. It will house 19 pupil i during the mining term, whloli wi 1 open iu early September. KOitEST KIKES STARTED WENATCIIEE, Wash.. Aug. 21 Nine forest fires were started by yesterday's electrical storm at, the head of Lake f'loclum. the local forestry office was advised today. OLD SCHOOL I'HI MN Will O'llara of Marahfield, Ore- gun, who spent the day her,- on . business, visited with James A. Perry, the two men belnit school chums over 35 years ago back In Hod Wood Palls. Minnesota. They spent the greater part of the mors Ing renewing their old tlmo friend ship and relating happening of their childhood days. .Mr. O'llara Is here looking over business conditions, THEORIES GIVEN
