The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, August 27, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUniversity Library 'iuueno. Orfitoi' Published Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" i BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year--Number Will KLAMATH FALLS, OREGLN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS DENTIST KILLS 'SELF IN CELL; TRIAL STOPPED Dr. Thomas Young Strang les Himself in Los An geles Jail Today WIRE STRAND IS USED Man Charged With Murder ing Wife Brings Own Career to Tragic End LOB ANCIKI.KH, A nit. 27, Dr. Thulium W. Young, dentin! on t rlul in iv for tin murder ol wife nmi tin' burylni of bar body in clatcru, kllli'il Mm ' ii In Hi" county Jail hern early today. County Jail employes discovered tlii' dentist's body In III" ' ll where )io hull mrunslcd himself wlih n place of win'. Il' hint btM dead for Nome time w In n ihr body wn founil. The wire Mad by llr. Young wan probably hmiukkIi'i! Iiiio him, the county Jailer mi III. Perinli ilun huil been nuked several day ago to tuke a coll of wire Into Young's coll. ostensibly for use, In i ki .i.e. a radio receiving Mt, lint thin denied. Tho dentist liml twisted the win' about bin neck ami tlxn turned It tllthtly with a stick. Assistant County Jailer Oeorgo Palmer v 11 li'il Young's II ut five minute to nix thin inurnltiK niul roiim'il Itlin with Instructions to prr parr hlmaclf for court where hl trial In In i n An hour later. County Jailer t'rounliorn wan sum- hoik .1 to til" lan:, by the primmer',' distress signal When ho rouched Young's ell Iho dentist wun dead, n. ...I ,iu Minnies TIib Jull phyilrlun arrived shortly and after an examination announced that llr. Young had I n dead lor moru He hi a half hour, IndloiUni that he Jiad gniraltnd hlinsell a few mlnutei after the first call. limy n Foster, cell mnto of nr. Young, said that the dentist Bp peured In high nplrTtn ufter he wan u nknned at six o'clock. "I'm gilng l sleep a little long or." Feslnr said Young Ibid bint. "Call roe whon breakfast In ready." Fulls to Answer Dr. Young then pulled IBS blank ctn over bin head. Forty five niln ntOS later, Foster nald, he culled bts fellow prisoner and there won no reply. "Don't he no lasy, Hoc, here'n your i. ,ni and ckk." Foster called to him attain. Win. n a reply wan not hud the SOOOnd time, Fouler Hid he throw back the rovers, to find that the wire about Ihu dentists' throat had bllten deep In the flesh und t'.ie nun WBO wan on trial charged with murdering; hie woslthy wife In one of the outstanding crimen of Lo.i Angeles county, wan deed, Prize Herefords to Be Shown Here A herd of lli hoad of the bent puro-hred llorofordn in the Pacific northwest mill bo shown ut tho Klamath county fair next week, ac cording to word received at th"i county fair otflca today. ltoglnahl Pursotis of Hill tele phoned Ihut ho would bring his prlstu-wlnulng catllo lo Ihu Klamath fair. This herd always hIiiiwh ut iim pacific International exposition In Portland nnd 'generalVy at the Chicago exposition, Eugene Men Hurt in Auto Smashup EUGKNK, Ore, Aug. 27. Mayor E. II. Parks of Eugene, nnd J. A. McLean, Ideal hotel proprietor, were slightly Injured yesterday ftf lernnnn I when the heavy enr In which liny woro riding wns struck by another mnchlno nt forvnllls. The car drlv on hy McLean was overturned, nnd was badly damaged. Mnyor Parks escaped with slight bruises, nnd it few cuts, WuHo Mr Loan's hack wns wrenched. PPPOHBB STATU COXTHOL HALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 27. (1 . Hcelamntion will die It the puh lln dontnln Is turned over tn the Btntim as advocated by tunny per sons ns n remedy of I he present na tional reorganization, declared Land Commissioner Spry, In an address hero. Father Loses Own Life In Vain Attempt To Save His Son; Both Fall Into Well Filled With Gas William Moore, Kentucky Farmer With Seven Children, Dies in Heroic Manner Res cuers Fail to Reach Stricken Men In Time ASHLAND, Ky., Ante. 7. Vu ttnsttoeflMfnl attempt to jwvd the lire of III noli ye .icrtliiy cost wiiiiiini .Moon', Jin, father of seven children, In-, own life. .Moore, niih in nmi, Hubert, I I. attempted to reach n natural i" in", at his home near here. After retaining n depth of - feet .Moore net off ll i-hitrKe of d lionilte to lopsen bit of rock. After the evplojjon -Moore let Ins noli down 111 "Star Boarders" Are Sued . I.. Newman Piles Claims Against state ss Result or convict Visit Wants State To Pay Bill KAI.E.M, Ore., Aug. 27. A dam age claim against the State of 1 21 wun filed with Secretary of Ktnlo Sam A. Koier yenlerday by C. L, Newmsn, anwllllni hunt to the three ofrnped couvlctn of the Oregon ntale prlnun, who npcnl the day at bin form near New Kra before their .1.1 h Into I'ortlund. Declaring that ll wan hln under tsndtni that the mate would pay duinngen Jor any Injury done by one Rail Advisory Board Formed l'OUTI.AND. Ore., Aug. 27 OP) The Pacific Northwe.it Iteglonal advisory hoard of the American Hall way Association was organised here today for the purpone of promoting sftlotenoy of servlca in transporta tion und to bring nhout n better Understanding and doner cooperation between rnllrnndn, nhippern and. gov ernmental SgSncleS controlling trann- portation, Wore than three hundred prom inent railroad offlcluln, producers, merchuntn. Shippers, bnnkern nnd Others Interented in rail transpor tation nltended tho organization meeting. Fire Destroys Town Of Hope 'SPOKANE. Aug. 27. (iP) Five hulldUigs on the mala street of Hope, Idaho, woro destroyed lint night by a fire of unknown origin. They Included the Farmer' I'nlon Hall, to stories; the Odd Fellows bulldlUj three stories: N. O, Slsson'n general store nnd residence above It; Twin W.j's one-story store und a vncnnt ouo-StOIU building. All were of frame. No ostimale of the damage nrsts available. The flro that threuloned Priest Illvor, lduho, yesterday ufternoon, was brought under control lust night uftor It had burned to within a mile of the town und had put the tnin.imlsHlon lino out or commission. Tho t'.iwu was without lights und power for several hours until 10 p. in. However, a rosorvolr provid ed nn emergency water supply for riro fighting, About ioo mores of burned over land .was covored hy the flu mes. The fiirm home end out buildings of W. C, Spencer nen: SdgOtuerOi about seven miles eust of Priest River, wore destroyed hy a fire which threatened the canip of the Mumhlnl Lumber company. Two miles easl of Priest ltlver anolher flro burned 20 neron of slashings and cut wood belonging lo Frank Mhlo, Bend Men Are Held For Calf Stealing QBND, Ore., Aug. 27. Vnnnle (Punk) ttohlnsoh, nnd Ralph Whu ley, charged With stealing a cult, were yesterday bound over to the Doschnles county grand jury by Bdi (lllson, Justice of the pence. Ball wns set ut $2,500 each, which had not liouu furnished this morning. to the excavation to fan MM the roioke ami fniites, Wlii'ii Hubert reached the floor of lli, well lie Mlicllcd Kim and Coll ed lo III flllher to pull llllll out. ModVe startod to extricate hN non but, half way up Hubert beraiiie iineiiiiscioui., released bin hold on the rope nnd fell buck Into the pit. .Moore started to descend hut wan overcome by the nan mid f sin ted, When rCSCHCM reached him, lie u.i . deud. II noil died five minutes Inter. of lis wurdn, Newman itemized hlu claim agulnnt the state nn follow: One pair nhoun, tC: 2 pair silk nockn, nt f0c each, 11; 1 pair cor duroy puntn, 3: 1 pair new garlern, f0r: hoard for ronvlrin three mails, i. 50; board for four men brought hy OOnrtCtS, 10; total 121. The clulin will he presented In the unual form to the next legln lature, Koier declared, and It will rent with thot body whether the bill will be paid. Coolidge Will Have Visitors SWAMI'PCOTT, Mann.. Aug. 27. With his vacation nenring an end, President COOlldge ban decided to rerelvo more eallers than he ban dur- nR tlf, nln wftfks he has been renting here. Labor Meeting Nearing Close MAIUHPIBLD, Ore., Aug. 27. As tho fourth day of the annual convention of the Oregon state fed eration of labor opened here today with delegatos expecting to leave for homu In u few hours, a resolution to change the present election law oi mo leueraiion irom a raieren- dum precipitated n debute that ap- parently has resulted In n dead lock. The resolution calls for the elec tion of officers directly on tho con vention floor Instead of by referen dum as at present. If the deadlock Is broken before tho convention Is adjourned, officers will be elected Malarkey, Evening Herald reporter, the hours of 1 a. m.'and 5 a. m. Last on the floor before the convention left this afternoon on a pleasure j night but four autblsts were tagged adjournal Otherwise the present law trip to Crater Luke. 'for this offense, will prevail and tho elections will j Until the parking signs are erect ile held on the rirst of January. Act- NEW YORK Countess Leltentz, lod. Police Judge Gaghagea will malu ing President C. O. Taylor annoua-lol Italy, has acted as stewardess onitain his $1 fine schedule. But after red that all delegates will have a tho stoamshlp Dullio in order to the signs are located then $2, $3, 5 chance to debate the question on obtain material on American tour-J and up, will feature traffic violation the floor. Ists tor a book. leases in police court. NEAR DEATH IN FIGHT ALLEGED ASSAILANT IS SOUGHT TODAY Another murder easel looms as the result of an attack on Harry Munson, laborer employed at the For est Lumber company mill, Tuesday afternoon. Munson i lies at the Klamath Valley hospital hospital in a critical condition as the result of a blow over the right side of the head with a shovel. His alleged assailant, C. C. Caid, left the mill shortly after he and Munson were discharged following the argument which is said to have resulted in Munson be- FIND SKELETON OF RAIL WORKER E Disappearance of Scott Kcl ley Cleared by Grew some Discovery BODY IS IDENTIFIED Man Worked on Eugene Kiamath Extension Mis sing Since March BL'OKNB, Ore.. Aug. -J7. Finding of parts of a skeleton ami clothing in the jHH'kets of which were papers containing Ids name, yesterday solv ed the mystery of the dlsappencaiice of Scott Kelley, railroad laborer, from one of the Construction camps of (he Southern I'aiifle railroad above Ouli Itldge, On the new Eugene Hlamalli l-alln cul-orr across tie Cascade mouittiilnn. The skeleton and clothing wen- found by llr. M. C. j Harris, dentist of Kugeue, who in spending bin vacation in the moun- tains. Kelley disappeared last March, and for some time a search was In stituted for him. No irate was found at that time. Message Located Two weeks ago, a women who Is Htuylng at a ranch above Oak Ridge found a number Mt cards on which was written, "Come quick. 1 am sick and starving. V Tho cards were near a trail, some distance from tho Willamette river. The woman reported her finding, but little was thought of it. as set tlers believed anyone no close could find bis way out. Find l'ockctbonk Two or three days ago a pocket hook with K, ilcy's name on it was found, and news of this and the find in" of the cards reached Harris. Yes terday lie set out in search of the missing man. In a comparatively short lime Dr. Harris -found a number of Human bones In the bed of a dry creek nhout two miles from the river and a mile cvbovo the ranch. The bones were scattered, evidontly by wild animals. Tho skull, lower jaw bone, a few ribs and both hands were located. Utile Known of Jiim Little was known of Kelley in the Oak ltldgc vicinity, except that ho leaves a widow und his mother, who had left for Pennsylvania before he disappeared. In one of his pockets was found an automobile driver's license which indicated that he wns 41 years of age und that be lived at Astoria ut NEAR OAK lb the time the card was issued. Anoth-ithe or Csjd indicated that The was a mem her of the Moose lodge. Sheriff Frank E. Taylor and Cor oner W ,W. Brnnstetter left for the scene today. An inquest will be held, it Is believed. TO CRATBB LAKE Leslie White of Portland and Tom ing struck down. He is un- derstood to have left for Grants Pass. What the argument be tween the two men was over, officials of the mill could not ascertain. Both I were working on the con- crete foundations of the new ' mill which is being con- j structed. After the fight both Caid j and Munson were discharg ed. At that time, Munson showed no ill effects from the blow from the shovel and walked off with Caid. Second Ward Demands Special Election; Petitions Are Now In Circulation Among Voters Will be Presented at Special Council Meeting Next Monday Night, is Plan Insist on Representation Following Resig nation of M. S. West Residents of the second mini to- real when .. resolution offend by day started Hie circulation of pe-c'otuicilnuui stuckey railed to net UtlOns demuiidliiK thai the city any support, from other council mem. council call a icpceiul election for j her. It wan the opinion of the the purpose of naming n SUCCQBSOl'' 1 council that the second vvnril could to Merle H. Went, who renlicneil lust go without representation in the month as the second ward council. : council ..ii, I thus save the city np man. j proximately h.kio in the cost of ., Il wan reported thin nftf moon special election, that, the petitioitn UTS lieing freely ' Hut residents of the second ward Signed, and (hone in charge or the j take an entirely different Viewpoint, movement believe there will be more ; They point out that they are ell than the reqtred number of namen j titled lo a councilman and they want when the petition-, are presented at one. They also nay that If their pc the special meeting of the council tltion contains the required iiumlier next Monday night. of niguuturen there in nothing left flue attempt III the council to: rail a Special election met with de- Tom Malarkey Is Peeved Somebody on Morning Xews Vol Psrrfalgton i Spoil flood Ilcer Wants One More Chance If two competitive newspapermen had "played ball' with each other this mor:.Ing, not quite 360 bottles of powerful home lire- beer would have met an inglorious end on Ewauna Points. Perhaps 330 bottles or even 340 bottles of the aggregate number confiscated lust night, would have been broken, but certainly not 360. Officers committed the tactical error of requesting two newspaper men to aid in officiating at the de struction of two cases of bear. The s-eno of the slaughter was a mile wei t of town' Tf.'o rocks were plac ed side by side and two deputies nnd three witnesses pitched tho b iih ; against the rocks. But one newspaperman, for some No Parking Signs to Be Posted on Downtown Streets If several score of annoyed motor ists want to make good their throat to stop enforcement of the new traf fic ordinance, until signs advising the general public of the new law are created, they had better act quick. On the press today are dozens of placards which will be placed on all streets affected by the now or dinance, and which will give the ne cessary Information to foreign cars which have no other means of know ing the regulations. But the public is learning fast, city patrolmon state. The night af ter the ordinnnce went into effect, 18 erring drivers were arrested for parking on restricted streets between Early Wednesday morning Munson relapsed into un consciousness and was rush ed to the Klamath Valley hospital where it was quick .y found that he was suf fel ing from a fractured skull. According to the sheriff's office a warrant for Caid's arrest was sworn to this morning by Munson's moth- er. No trace of Caid had een located up to 3 p. m. Hospital authorities ad mitted this afternoon that Munson's condition was crit-cal. for the council to do bur to call the ; special election. unaccountable reason, would miss toe rocks wheu the two deputies had their backs turned and bottle after bottle of goad cheer woolJ sail through the air and light un broken In the soft dirt behind sage brush. AH in all, between 25 and 30 bottles of beer reposed quietly be hind the sagebrush. Then cne newspaperman, appar ently a God fearing .and law abid ing sou, circled the two beer rocks like a biooG bound bard on a scent and collected each and even., treas ure v thrown by his competitor and broke them all on sacrificial altar of John Barleycorn. Give us another chance deputies! We'll knew our signals better next time. Veteran Express Messenger Dead From Gun Wounds SANTA ANA Calif., Aug. 27. (P) A bullet wound received last Mon day night by Elmer Campbell. 62 year old express messenger, durmg the hold-up between here and Ocean side of the combination mail and express car of Santa Fe train number 75, caused his death here early to day. Campbell had not regained con sciousness since he was found lying in a pool of blood when his train reached here Monday night. He ap parently had been shot by the rob bers from the roof of the car through a ventilator. Chairman Madden Will Favor Site ASTOHIA. Ore., Aug. 27. The Tongue Toint Naval Base will have the complete support of Martin B. Madden, chairman of the appropria tions committee of the house of re presentatives, if his further investi gations of the project nnd its needs bear out his early impression, he deol&red yesterday after an inspec-1 tion of the work already done at Tongue Point. Link River Span Being Repaired Old and rotted timber is being replaced by now planks on the I, In kriver bridge by a county loud crew busily at work today repairing tho span. Traffic across the river was held up at five minute Intervals while the timber wns placed, and lines of automobiles a half block long crowd ed up close to each side of the bridge, throughout tho day. Then entire flooring of the bridge will bo replaced, and the old and torn pavement will be torn away. COAST IiKAOVK StXHIKS At Sacramento 5, Portland 3. At San Francisco 3, Los Angeles (11 Innings.) At Salt Lake- Seattle, Tain. At Oakland 6, Vcrnau 3. LOCAL LABORER CRUSHED UNDER PILE OF LUMBER Swan Swanson is Killed at Shaw-Bertram Mill Early This Morning IS SURVIVED BY TWO Cause of Accident is Mys tery Employes Can not Solve Swan Swanson, aged 37, lumber piler for the Shaw Bertram Lumber company, was crushed to death at 9:30 this morning under a pile of lumber that toppled off a truck. Death came practically in stantaneously from fractures of the skull. Swanson, who had been employed at the mill since early spring, was lifting the heavy green lumber from the trucks onto the piles when the tragedy occured. He was helped by a co worker, Fred Brobom. Suddenly the pile of lum ber shifted slightly and then tumbled off the track, crush ing Swanson to the ground. Frobom nearby managed to get out of the way of the flying planks. Swanson resided in Klam ath Falls, at 709 North 11th street He is survived by a widow and one child. The body was taken-in charge by Coroner Earl Whitlock. Swanson was a native of Sweden and had been a cit izen of the United States for 16 years. He had been married only 18 months. During the world war he served with the United States Armies in France. He is a member of the Swedish Fraternal organization, the Order of Basa. Funeral services have been tentatively set for Sunday. Sleuths Find Small Brewery Fifteen Cases of Beer Confiscated By Cops Fifteen cases of home brew beer with a powerful kick were confiscat ed last night near the end of Crescent avenue in an abandoned cabin, by Deputy Sheriffs Moneymaker and Burke and State Prohibition Agent McBride. Two men named Kbner and Smith, residing in an adjoining house, were taken into custody on suspicion, but wero released today when It appear ed there was not sufficient evidence to hold them. Before releasing the two men.Ic Bride took their finger prints. Cer tain finger prints wero taken from the confiscated beer and nn attempt may he made to check up. Court Sessions to Be Renewed Monday Sessions of the county court will not be renewed until next Monday afternoon and there ii a possibility that the court will not :onVcne till next Wednesday afternoon for the opening mooting of tho September term of court. Judge I in ii mil and County Com missioner Short arc out of the coun ty nnd will not be buck until Mon itor or Tuesday of next week. CHAIHMA.V NAtiKI) PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 27.--Judge John II. Stevenson today ac cepted appointment ns Oregon state chairman of Navy Day, to bu celei brated October 27.