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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, S EFT EH BER 3, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SHENANDOAH IS TOTAL WRECK
GUARD
SLflpS:Cou,yFair
OFF
nin ur-rn
WAL VUU
T
Requested Extension of
Time by Strahorn Road
Rapped by Mayor
REASONS ARE GIVEN
Declares it is Attempt to
Shut Out Competing
Railroads Here
RAIL
GRAN
AMlhtr vii) From ins pen om With fair weather pre
Mnyor UuUdnrd Jelled tin- Htrulmrn ' vailing this morning and
railroad nntl 1 1 it parent lino, th
Koulhorn Pacific, today. Tim Olen
itis lo the city council wus flle.l
I bin mumliiK wlih PollM '
Utm l. cusIiuskii.
fl... ........ I li ii Jl.nmiMMl n1
n resolution imrmiii -...I i.v i in siri-!
a M ' ianw ,,- - "
hom mi.- ukitiK for mi -
of llmo fr Lie i-nimiru.lloii f l'i
r j . t spur extension scroti Six
th street.
Ill their SPPlfeSUOfl for Umi M
teiuioii th tit rah ;i railroad
aumd that 'li1' I'TinIt In rriiim Slv
Hi street huil nil icudy boon grunt
ed, despite tho two ffltOM of lt)
resolution for the cronnliiK.
Tliut llio rliy h oild protect l&Snl'
selves against furl hi-1 attempt 00
tho purl of uny rulltnuVt to secure
street rrosnlng privileges without
provision for romum-i user. Is. tho
belief of Mayor tloddurd, unit hi
iirarn In til voi.i message Unit th'
people take trpn lo amend tho city
-hnrler to till ond.
Following In ran veto message:
lontlomon i
I beg to return to (Ton herewith norses nng uuiu.iw...
tint certain Hi-no luii. i n punned iy i races are attracting unusual
tin- Common Council on August 31, j attention. With cash prizes
10Ur. by tho vote of throe conn II- '
men, dlssppiwtd for lbs following
rsssfini'
AiiKiint si.
This Resolution
of
1925. In 001 unlike Ihe one panned !
Jiy tho aainn membern of Ihe t'oni-
inon oonnoii, way n. .;.., -
r.iH llenolutloii of Hay 11. 1 92C.
WSJ dlnuppi oveif nnd vetoed by mo.
Kinmatih Kni's in situated In ,.i
oanyon, Therefore, it ono rallroau
system should secure advantageous
locations for 1U trucks la vutloua
places In tho city It would vlrlu
nlly bur from entrance Int i the city
competing rullroud Hue or linos.
I do not bollovo It Is lo llui
tiont interest of the peopla of Warn
nth Fulls or tho surrounding (oun
try Unit one rullroud aystool h Ii Hid
bo given u monopoly In this illy
no Hint It cun "bottle up" our town,
thUI compelling oilier railroads lo
Hluy out or If they uro permitted
to oomo In tboy vim do bo only ill
tremendous cost.
1 do not bollovo this soroud up
pllOatlon .for extension of tlmo win
(Continued u i'ng hu)
Mother's Joy
Becomes Grief
Mrs. Elizabeth Lans
downe Mourns
Son's Death
CIUKKNVILLB Ohio, Sopt. 3.
(fl) Mrs. Elisabeth Lnnsdowno,
motbor of commander Zachary
Lansdowne, hud anticipated greet
ing her fiimous son, Commander
of tho lll-fntod Shenandoah, from
tho ynrd of hor homo on Third
street, tills city, as nho did lust
stimmer when the glnnt ship wus
steered out of Its course to puss
over tlreonvlllo. .
Mrs. liansdowne Is reported ns
being near OOllapsO, n day of ex
pected Joy having been turned Into
one of deepest sorrow. Neighbors
nnd - townsfolk culled to Oisuage
tho grief which bus befallen tho
nged Woman1 nnd everything is be
ing done to llghlnn her burden.
Captain bntlgdowne visited hor
With hie family lust November.
vjeis Jiaruu
This Morning
Stores Closed This Af
ternoon as Many
Visit
All roads lead to the
county fair grounds today.
From Klamath Falls, from
small rural towns and from
small communities however
remote, streams of automo
biles left this morning all
bound for the county fair.
this afternoon every
cation points to the
indi
most successful county fair ever
staged by Klamath county.
A wider diversity of at-
. .
tractions meets the eye
of
the sight seer as he drives
into the fair grounds. There
are the usual exhibits of
agricultural products, of
high grade beef cattle and
dairy cows.
But in addition to these
is a community club display
which gives one a concrete
conception of the Principal
products of each district in
the county. Tonight the
Kiwanis club will stage the
comic opera, "Pirates of
Penzance," a decided inno
vation in county fair activ
ities. n i .... i ...,.!,; i..
lnrintive a hitzh m ade
of Derformers have been
secured for these events.
Word Declines
Wardenship Of
Oregon Prison
Portland Man Tells
Pierce he Doesnt
Want It
PORTLAND, Ore.. Sopt. 3. Tom
Word, former Multnomah county
nhoriff. today deoUnod to accept the
office of warden in lbs Oregon pen
Itanl lary
Word millfled Governor Plorco of
his decision today, mid at the same
time anhouijeod Intention of re
mii in i i k hi defies as special agent
for the federal department of jus
tice from which he resigned several
weekH ago.
Tho former sheriff retimed to
Blnto bin ronson for docllnlng the
Wardenship. "The reason i have
turned down thin position does not
Interest anyone oilier than my
fuinlly and myself," ho told nows
pnpor men.
TWO PLIERS KIMilCD
NAPA, Calif., Sept. 3. (r) Irvln
(i. ttunt, amateur aviator, and Ray-
mond Asedo, n passenger, wore killed
during tho noon hour todny when
the plane piloted by Hunt crushed
i, turn feel lo Wlllard fluid, near
bore. .
COURT HOl'SK TO CLOSE
All offices 111 the e.nirt bouse
extoeptlng the circuit court clerk
nnd aiudge Leavltt, will closo
tomorrow nnd Saturday after
noons fioni noon until llio re-
malnlng ot the rtty, Jfhls de
cision lures reached by counly
ottloinls today nnd is being
dono In oildor to permit clorks
nnd oilier employes to attend
tho icounly fair.
LIST OF MEN
WHO DIED ON
SHENANDOAH
CALDWELL, Ohio, Sept. 3,
(IP) List t desd ..mi Injured:
The following Ik u lltit of dead 0-
in the Shenandoah digester:
Commandoy '.muury Laos-
downs, Oroonvlllo, Ohio,
Lleutejnnt Dr, Louis Han-
Cock, Austin, TOX S3, executive
offl er.
Lieutenant ci. D, LsAvrence,
Si. Paul, Minn., watch offlcor.
Lieutenant a. it. ftoutfilon,
AllsH lie, Hi is ... wulch officer.
(ieorge i. Schttitter, Tuck-
erton, N. J., chief radio man.
James A. Moore, Jr., Savun-
e nuh, (lu., uvintlou msdhlaisl
mute, flrnt elSOS,
Kverett I'. Allen, Omaha,
Nebr., aviation ehlol rigger.
Ralph T. Joffrcy, St. Louis.
Mo., aviation rigger.
Bartholomew B, o'suiiivan.
Lowoll, Muss., aviation inu -hln-
int mute, firm clunn.
William H. BharUey, Venice,
111., marhlnlnl mule, flrnt clns.
Charles H. Broojn, Toms rtiv- '
er, N. J., aviation madilnlnt
m.ile, rirsl clans.
Colentino P. Murzueo, Murruy
Hill, NT. J., aviation pilot.
Missing and pr ibably dead:
0. Lieutenant B. V7. Shepperd.
Wushlngton, I). C, engineer of-
flcor.
Scrlomly Injured:
- Ju'.m K. McCurthy, Kroobold,
N. J., aviation chief riggor.
Gunner Cole.
NO TRACE FOUND
OF SEAPLANE ON
HAWAIIAN COAST
PN-9, No. 1, Still Missing as
Destroyers and Aircraft
Keep up Search
BELIEVE CREW LOST
All Plans for Flight of Oth
er Plane Halted Pend
ing Definite Word
HONOLULU, Sept. :t (P) For
tho second time since nnval sur
face aircraft took up their unrelent
ing vigil in seni-ch of the missing
l'X-i) number l and its crew, dawn
hrOke over the now peacefully calm
Waters of tho tropical niiii-i'aeirie
sen which sllll kept SOcrcl tho des
tiny of the seaplane and Its crow
Clear skies ulded the ntr nnd
wnter crnft on their search todny.
but destroyers searching lust night
were bumpered by the moonlight
reflecting on the Waters which lim
ited visibility so as lo prevent sight
of any possible flare which might
be sent up by the missing seaplane.
Just before midnight the destroy
er Aroostook reported: "Think 1
see a flure attend. "
The Aroostook steamed at full
speod In the direction of the sup
posed (litre, lint could see nothing.
(Continued on Page six)
Joseph A. Hill and
Wife Here on Visit
Josoph A. 11111. president ot the
Hill Military Academy ot Portland,
nccoinpnnled by Mrs. Hill, arrived
in the city Inst evening and will
visit hero for n few days with
friends nnd cadets who hnvo at
tended the academy, They are stop
ping nl the White Pelican hotel.
Mr. Hill was one ot the Oregon
educators who led the fight ngnlnst
the Oregon school hill, mid who suc
ceeded In having It deolared uncon
stitutional by the United States su
premo court. Mrs. Hill formerly
wns society and club editor ot Tho
Oregonlon,
Storm Wrecks Giant
Dirigible; 14 Lives
Are Lost In Tragedy
Commander Zachary Lansdowne Among Those
Killed in Crash Early Today Graphic
Story of Fight Against Eelements
Is Related
CALDWELL, Ohio, Sept. 3. (AP) The giant dirig
ible Shenandoah is no more. It went down in three
pieces here early today and killed its commander, Lieut.
Commander Zachary Lansdowne, and at least twelve
of the officers and men, making up her crew.
The airship struck a line squall a variety of storm
most feared by airmen shortly after five o'clock near
this Noble county village, while traveling at an altitude
of 3000 feet enroute from Lake Hurst, N. J., to the west
Most of the dead were found in the tangled wreckage
of the control cabin where a full crew was on duty at
tempting to ride out the buffeting winds which resulted
in the complete destruction of the giant of the air.
Ambulances and other conveyances which carried
physicians and others to the scene immediately followed
the accident were transporting the dead and injured
to nearby towns. Those who met death in the unsuc
cessful flight against the elements, were taken to Belle
Valley, while the injured were scattered in the various
hospitals of the community
The storo- ti- the -dlstasler la one
of heroism of tho crow, pioneers in
tho Interest of the development of
lighter than air transp Jrtation. It
Is best told by Colonel C. G. Hall,
United States urnuy observer aboard
the illfuted tfttp.
DescVibed Tragedy
"We were traveling west at an al
titude ot about 4000 feet when me
encountered a storm,'' Colonel Hall
said In describing the accident. "By
chnuging our course a dozen or
more times, we dodged it only ta
encounter a line squall whlcu sent
uj to an altitude of 5500 feet be
fore we realised what had happened.
"Wo opened the valves to let out
gus and lowered the ship and were
drawing away from the storm at a
fifty mile per hour rntc nthen the
storm enveloped us and broko tuo
ship Into three pieces. 1 exclaimed
to Commander Lansdowne: 'Every
ono beat it.' When the craa'a came
1 was on tho ladder leading from
the control cabin to the rear por
tion of the ship. As 1 started to
fall, I clutched a girder of which
1 hung suspended; finally swinging
my body over it and crawling forty
or fifty feet back into tho ship."
Attempt Descent
Wthen he reached tile ship proper.
Colonel Hall aald that he found
othor members :jf the crow prepar
ing to open tho valves in order to
bring about a descent. Here ho
found Lieutenant Roland 0. Manor,
leading officer, and Lleutonnnt J. U.
Anderson, aerologlat. Tho latter,
Colonel Hall said, had made his way
to tho rear on tho cat walk. All
three descended safely.
Colonel Hull said that tho catns-,
t-ropha was In na may attributed to
any dofect In the d'.ilp. Meteoroligl
ost stations in-the Vicinity, however,
the ndvlces were 'not available. At
the tlmo of the crash, Hull Bald,
four of the six engines which pro
pelled the ulr monster were going
full speed. Tho craft simply met air
currents which Bho could not sur
vive Crew is Praised
Colonel Hall voiced bWh pntlso
for the crew of the dirigible. Even
Immediately after the crush, he said,
tho crew's bohuvior wiu leiuuik
ablo. Each man took tho situation
quietly, deporting himself as If he
wcro on a free balloon nnd attempt
ing to bring tho craft to the ground
In Who best manner possible.
In all there Wore eltf.it men who
mailo the peiillous rido on the por
tion ot tho ship on which CotOpol
Hull found himself. It dritlod for
tho better part of a halt hour and
(Continued on Page Two)
Dim Lights
Ordered By
Speed Cops
Listen, autoists, if you hnv
ent had your headlights fixed
under the new Oregon roqulrt
ments, you've got to illin them
until sueli time as your car
panes the required "8 point"
test.
Autoists during the past 3
days have been refusing to dim
whether they had their lights
fixed or not. Hut the s;ood
c;ps toibiy served notice that
unless they dim, they'll he ar
rested for falling to comply
with tlie new lnw.
A reasonable tune will lie
allowed autoists to get their
lights adjusted, but they must
exercise caution by dimming at
night or else they'll find them
selves saying "Good morning.
Judge."
COUNTY SCHOOLS
OPEN ON SEPT. 7
City Schools Open on Day Af
ter Labor Day, Tues
day, Eighth
County schools will open their
doors for registration day on the
morning of September 7, Labor day,
it was announced today from the
county school superintendent's office.
The first day of school will be
held the following day, September
eighth.
Approximately 45 schools are af
fected by this announcement, includ
ing two new schools, one at Kirk
and the other at the Ewauna Lumber
Camp north of t'hilouuin.
City schools open Septomber S
for registration and the Klamath
County high school will open Sep
tember S for the first day of actual
school work .
On Monday, Tuesday nnd Wed
nesday of this week I'aul T. Jackson,
principal of the high school, has been
registering students. Owing to the
teachers' institute, there will bo no
registration todny or tomorrow, but
on Saturday the principal's orflce will
reopen for this purpose.
NEW YORK. Augustus Thomas,
dean ot .playwrights, is to play tho
loading rolo in his oivu plno'.
"Doc" Powell
Is Candidate
As Councilman
Strong Support of God
dard Policies
Promised
After weeks of solicitation by those
who feel that he will best represent
the Interests of the second ward,
Z. J. (Doc) Powell today consented
lo be a candidate for councilman
at the forthcoming election. It was
chiefly due to a desire to secure
Powell's candidacy that the peti
tion was circulated asking the coun
cil to call the special election. When
the decision was reached at the
council meeting last Monday night
to grant the request of the peti
tioners, the friends of Powell re
dubled their efforts, with the re
sult that he today definitely an
nounced he would enter the race.
Powell's well-known loyalty to the
Goddard administration and the
real need for someone on the coun
cil who will be in sympathy with
the mayor's- policies, together with
his unalterable opposition to further
concessions to strahorn and the
closing of public streets and alleys
for the benefit of private interests,
were the controlling factors among
thoso who have been urging him
to stand as a candidate. When
asked to give an outline of his
views on matters now interesting
the people of his ward and the city
generally, Mr. Powell said:
"First of all I have in mind the
r.iviiig of such assistance 'o the ad
ministration of Mayor Goddard as
to make it the success the thinking
people of the city want it to be. HeJ
nas never missea an opportunity to
do what he believed would be for
the best interests of all the people,
and 1 for one want to see put into
effect the broad plan of civic bet
terment that he has outlined. I be
lieve he was right in his stand
when he opposed to closing of the
city to the Oregon Trunk and in his
stand on the question of the com
mon user, and I will, if elected, do
everything I can to aid him along
these lines. I am unalterably op
posed to the closing of streets and
alleys for the benefit of private in
terests. If these people want this
property which is the property of
ail the city, let them pay for it just
the same as they would have to pay
for it It acquired from private in
dividuals. Even then I would not
be in favor of closing these streets
and alleys if such a step would be
an injury to the property owners
in the area affected.
"I believe that Klamath Falls is
in need of what Mayor Goddard is
trying to accomplish and it is chiefly
because 1 want to see him put over
his program of civic betterment that
1 decided to be a candidate. He
Is no man's mayor and I don't pro
pose to be any man's councilman.
When the time comes that this city
must be turned over for the bene
fit of the few. I want to be on the
job to do what little I can to stop
it and it looks to me that that time
is right at hand and that is one of
the reasons why 1 consented to be
a candidate for councilman from
the second ward."
Bulgaria King
Seriously 111
ROME, Sept. .I. The Gionale D'
Italia today publishes a report that
King Borris of Bulgaria is gravely
111 from the effects of poison and
that specialists have been rushed' to
Varna to attend him. The source
of the report is not stated.
CUD PLEADS Gl lLTY
E. E. Cald, who struck Hnr-
ry Munson, over tT.ie head with
a shovel, at Aspgrove a week
ago, pleaded guilty to a charge
of slmplo ussault and was fin-
ed $25 today by Justtce ot the
Pence Kendall. Munson, who
sustained a skull fracture, is
out of danger, and did not
want to prosecute Cnbl.
THREE SUSPECTS
ARRESTED
: HELD
MURDER CASE
W. R. Lloyd, Ex-Convict,
and Two Companions
Caught at The Dalles
DROVE STOLEN AUTO
Had Driven Car taken from
Taxi Driver Who Was
Slain at Independence
THE DALLES, Sept 3.
W. R. Lloyd, former con
vict in the Oregon peniten
tiary being held here in con
nection with the murder
Tuesday night of C. L Baun,
Independence garage man,
admitted today officers say,
that he had taken money
from Baun and stolen his
car.
Lloyd denied any connec
tion with Baun's death and
said that he must have been
out of his head at the time
of the robbery, questioning
officers declared.
Lloyd's purported confes
sion was mads at the jail
to traffic officer, Hans B las
er and Bud Crof ton, Deputy
Sheriff George Shearer, City
Commissioner Kelley and
Sidney Jenkins, a newspap
er reporter.
THE DALLES, Ore., Sept. 3. i
W. It. Lloyd, Oregon state peniten
tiary cx-convlct who In wanted by
I'olk county officers lit connection
with the murder Tursdajr night of
Clinton I. llaur., Independence Bar.
age man, Ls being held here follow
ing his arrest hist night in the roll,
road yards here by Jos. MacCln
key nnd W. H. Kelly, railroad de
tectives. J. H. Mite, who claims
that he and a bo)- about 20 years
old were picked up by Lloyd U:u
automobile near Troutdale, is ;
being held.
Both men deny any connection
with Baun's death. Officers seized
a suitcase checked by Lloyd from
Mosier, 16 miles west of here, to
The Dalles. In the suitcase officers
found a .38 calibre revolver wirttill
of the shells discharged, 125 rotmfls
of ammunition, a blue serge suit,
and a pair of shoes similar to thoso
Lloyd was said to have worn before
he left Independence Tuesday night.
Bloodstains Found
Bloodstains were found on the
right knee of the trousers taken
from the suitcase and detectives
said stains were ?ound in a- cpf
respondlng position on the under
wear now worn by Lloyd. Bmojj
stains were also found op the auto
mobile belonging to Baun which
wus found abandoned near Mosier
The windshield ot the car has a
hole about four inches long, ap
parently caused, officers declared, by
a mushroom bullet.
Lloyd was discovered hiding un
der a pile of poles In the railroad
yards and when first questioned,, de
nied that his name was Lloyd. Ho
contended ho was W. E. Smith, but
under a grilling by detectives, broke
down nnd admitted that his nnmo
was Lloyd.
Uhunes I niu pan inn
He claimed that the blue serge
sull found la his sultcaso belonged
to Hlte and that Hlte put the
gun into tho suitcase when they
were at Hood Hivcr. Hlte denied
that the suit or gun are his.
A finger print expert has been
asked to come hero and examine
the revolver which has been touched.
Hlte was arrested by Wasco cdMl
ty officers. They attach no impoit
ance to the youth he said was
picked up with blm nt Troullfale
by Lloyd.