The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, September 11, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUmvcinity Library "uipene, Oregon (Eiu Htummri; Iftrralft Win' ii 'Ill' ii i ihWh 'l I m iVwwA)VAfc PubliHhcd Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wire itoenth Year Number r(2H KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 192 PRICE FIVE CENTS Commander Rodgers Is Acclaimed Hero By Seaplane's Crew "He Pulled Us Through" Says Member of Air ship's Party Courage and Faith Holds Up Against Odds on Lonely Pacific LHUE, Uland of Kauai, Sept 11. (AP) In a dark ened suite of roomt in the little, old-fathioned Lihue hotel, five men lay unconscious in sleep this morning. It was sleep of a kind that had been denied them for nine long days and nights, while, faced by threatening death, they tossed on the broad Pacific in the wrecked navy seaplane PN-9, No. 1. The five men were Commander John Rodgers, com mander of the attempted San Francisco-Honolulu non stop flight, and his four sasociates, rescued late yester day by the submarine R-4 after nearly all hope of ever seeing them again had been given up by their brother officers of the navy. Carefully Guarded Their sleep today was carefully guarded. Exhausted but too excited for slumber, they were ordered to bed early this morning by navy doctors. Sleep soon came to them. Outside the hotel this morning the scene was different. Villagers and navy men, their imaginations captured by the drama enacted when the five aviators were suddenly brour;'l bock l lifi, itO i .ilwii In sroui. discussing UN sudden sad-, ("Qcf Qf SH1V6 ihk f tim flight, and exchanging I ami relishing bit bj Ml thi blfor- To Be BoOStcd million given llicm pcpmnally I... Dm- , tllsrs. wnou Captain nodgirs nui hi Jour rninpaiiluiia stepped iinlioi" :i fow BUSS down IbS niail rr.un hero shortly butoro u o'oloek last uliht, one of Iho.mont 'harrowing ilmp turn tu American imval history had boon written. Whim the five stepped Hon Hi ssspfcas, it w iin firm timu thoy liud left (tM craft lines tukln.i .iff from Sun Pablo Bty, an arm - Han Frunclco Hay l 2:112 P m. August 31. iunIktu Acdalmod Wlilln ( mwiiiindor )U).lK".'s do- predated ii'H own in tho sit- plolt, his inon could not gits trim sufficient PMUMi and In turn re garded tuolr own parts In tlio epic sen umi air drams si negligible. "Rodgers pnltau os through,"-1 hoy said. "Hi Should 'to.olvo nil tho credit." "llo kidded mi," nald one of them. I0" ni cuarge lor n nair am "(bOUgh not Once did ho lose hear:, ill"1 priseat price. It was learned, and tho doleful inomtafSi i kept ; picking UP failed to Improis Win. llo WASHINGTON. Secretary Mol Jokod about thorn and ti.ld iih nlKiut j Ion. having Inspected rum row In mi anrlvud safe mill" K"r' ,"1"' marvels at tho ound." ltodiie.ru wan tho first of tho flvo men to fall imleop nftor reuchliu hia rooms, hih physicians twain him niunnor Jum before ho droppod off: "I'm going to rldo In that plan? when It's towed tij Oalhu." tt was tiiat i in" determlnstlon, to compleU) tho flight from the wont oimihI to Hawaii, .which male tho live aviators stay In the soiplitnc until it wiih beached on tbls is- (Coiilliiuoil On Pago I'lve) Stork Outpoints Death DIvoroi'N Inri'oaso Hut So Ho lllcths, In Itovotalion of ltooordH Riddle PiizzUng To All There Is n Ronllomnn who Is proud- ly ntruttlnB up nnd down Ihe oorrl dora of the county court hOUSS, proudly cackling itiio n hen that htti jioit Inld an ore. Hn Ih Dr. 0. S. Nowiuxn, county horttth officer, ftfttl ho Is proudly pointing to n chart in which it is ntnlod Hint tho births oxeood deaths in Klamath county during August by a ' In l mnjorlty. Ho look" With scorn upon the cir cuit court dork, who tu hiding1 under the thame or filing more divorce cuhoh iliirltiK AiiKiist Hum (ho niiir- riiiKo licenses Issued by his father tlownntnlrs. When uskeil why there Hhoiild ho Bitch a sudden Increase In births whim ntntlHtlcs clenrly ihOW that dl vorcoH exceed lunrrlnfioH, I ho health pfflcur Mfttdhdd hit head ami Biildolory September 15 Ten Cents to be Added To a Price by Barbers Tuesday. September is. is n day dssi Import to Klamath Mis barbers. For on that lal" til'' price of tho luxury of being shaved by a harhor win bs boosted ten conm. In othor words, It will OOSl just :t r cents to got shave. Bsrhnr shops an- explaining tho ruise hy varlotiK placards whlrh un nOUUee thnt tthM the patron nsks for i neck nhaio, it will cost him ton cents oxlra. For most "ion. neck shaves nro an necessary to shavca u.s logs nro to trousers. It in not planned to boost tin' tflclcacy of the wlrslass telipboni In transmission of hlookndo orders. ACQUITTED PORTLAND, Ore., Seat, 11. Clement 3, Pope, former Gor- man rice consul at Portland, . mm acquitted tint night of u charge of forgery by undone- mint in connection with u chock ho 'h'.ul drawn as manag- of tho Shiiiitfhnl Building oompuuy, of 1hhVi hi Was the PtOrtland mumiKer. ho roil 1I not toll, but Hint tho figures worn clour. F0ll6wlng nro the Indisputable flKuros: Divorces Bought Marflagot 12 , U Qlrtha Deaths . : ill 7 BX-CONORBSSMAN DtBS WASllINCiTON, Sept. 11. (p) Former Representative Patrick H. Kelly, of Michigan, dlod bore today after u prolonged Illness, TO 111'. I1CRIRD SIMMY Funeral services for T. M. Durham will be held Sunday at II o'clock from YVhltlock'H ('Impel. A CbrlH tlon Hclonco Horvlce will bo rond. IntOrfriutlt will be In I.liikvlllo t'om- LOGGING ENGINE EXPLODES; TRIOj JUIIUUbLI IIUI! William Holt and "Bud" South Believed Fatally Wounded in Accident CAUSE NOT LEARNED Lafe Potter Also Burned in Bad Accident at Shaw Bertram Logging Camp Two men nro near death at the Shaw-Bertram oamp horribly scald ed, und spother is" badly burned, Hn' roBiilt of tl xploHlou or a loitKinK engine at the camp yester day. The badly Injured aro William Holt and "Dud" South, engineer and fireman, respectively, of the wrecked eimlno. I.afe l'otiT, cater pillar operator, who was riding in Hit- cub, Is uIho badly hurl. Deafening Rear Tho aosldonl occurred as the en glni was InkliiK it sirlni! of empties lo the WOOds. As the oniclno topped n Hho and Started down the other side there wu u deafening explo sion. Tho bodicH of Holt and South wre hurled SO feel from the en gine gad that of potter Was burled a longer distance. Tho cnKlnc i a total wrick, with all holtH In tho holler torn or looiinid. Scableil li Steam Kvery bll of skin on tho body of Holt, with tin- exception of one small patch on IiIh back, wiih Hcald- ed by the exploding steam, eye witnesses ay. lloli and South are helnc at tended at the camp. Poller waB brouRbt to ChllOQiln last Bight for attention. No Investigation as to tho cause of the utH'Ident ti iih yet been made. Enrollment At Sacred Heart Biggest Ever3b Banner Year Seen by Heavy Registration Of Students With every promise of tho banner year In tho history of the school. Sacred Heart Academy has opened Iih doors for the fall term under the lutelaito of tho Slaters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. Never before bus the outlook been brighter nl the academy. So large wart reglHlratton thai it became necessary lo transfer tho seventh und Klghth Kruile classes to Lyceum ball, In order to relievo congestion at the academy. In round numbers 1 ti 0 pupils registered. I. list year on opening day hut 115 hnd registered nt the school. During tho summer, new flooring, plastering and ether substantial im provements wore completed in the academy. New sonis wore purchased to lake cure of an expected Increase, but not enough were bought to tnke cure of all. No lnnovutlon in tho conduct of the school will ho Instituted It was learned ill tho academy from the Sister Superior. General courses win be given ns usual. Particular stress was ltild upon the musical nnd art courses which tho academy specialises upon. Another Flight to Islands Is Planned WASHINGTON, Sept. U, (,P) The naval Boftplsne PB-1 will attempt a fllgh from Sun Francisco to Hawaii soon attar September 21. Captain Stanford Ej Moses, com mander of the flight project, advised the navy department today Hint the flight would lake place Often con clusion of the sqnlnnxlnl storms of tho Pacttto. llo reported thut successful tests had boon made with tho pianos whose flight to Hawaii bud been postponed Indefinitely, to penult concentration on H115 Search tor ho PN-9 No. 1. The IM1-1 on 11 recent test took oft with a load of 1900 gallons of gaso line, 71.1 more gnllons than tho l'N-9 No, 1 carried, and regarded as Bitffl- elutit for thu trip to the Islands. Frank Wav f nnvirtPtl Ut Killing Jury Returns Verdict of "Guilty of Man slaughter" Frank Way must serve from one to ten years in the state penitentiary for killing Timothy Murphy in a bitter fight over the own ership of a black sheep. Nine hours of delibera tion and argument finally brought forth 12 tired but determined men from the jury room with a verdict against Way of manslaught er, shortly after 6 a. m. The cold cheerless light of clear early morning light ed up the court room and revealed just the principals in the dramatic trial. Flrank Way faced the Jur jr. The PHnerille sheep operator was quiet but conflicting seas of emotl.in were i Marly evident from the tWltaCtitkJ of line face muscles and from rho clench of his jaw. When Judge l.eavitt said: Is this your verdict gentlemen?" Way moved forward on Mb neat, Mi body bent forward. Dut when the fateful words of. "we find tho defendant guilty of manslaughter", no display of the pent-up emotion was evident. Perhaps his oyes drop ed. Not' ling molt. In a few min utes he was back in the county Jail. Comes to close Tho trial it Frank Way came to a close ISSt uigiUt with a dramatic plea for conviction by Horuce Man ning, special state prosecutor. Step step the arguments of the de fense were undermined, shattered aud checkmated. Before a crowd that frlled the court Hsom and pushed in through the swinging doors, the state prose cutor 'hammered his points home with telling effect. One of the most telling final ikrguntenis of tho defense was deliv ered by Jay I pton. who in a calm measured tqne outlined the theo:y of the defense, 'attempted to point out structural weaknesses in the case of tho stato and reminded them time und against that only n 'reasonable doubt' was sufficient to enable them to brins ia a verdict of not guilty. Not three verdicts as '(he defense (Continued on Pago Seven) Rodgers Given Big Promotion Flight Commander Is Made Assistant Chief WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. (IP)--Commander John Rodgers rescued after nine days afloat in the mid Fiaclflo In his plane PN-9, No, 1, todsvy was appointed assistant chief of tho navy's bureau of neronautlca. He will report 1.0 Washington as as soon Us possible to assume h's new post. Secretary Wilbur divid ed on tho appointment late last night when lie lenirned of t'.ie rescue of tiho l'N-9 No. 1, and its crew. More Trouble Is Stirred at Kelso KKI.SO. Wash., Sept. 11. Sheriff Clarke Studobakor was today sorv lng eight warrants agolnil prominent Kelso men. Seven charging einbez zloineut of city funds and one charg ing perjury, which were issued last night ut the Inslnnco of A. Kuvie Todd, former mayor of Kelso. Tho warrants and complaints wore Is sued from tho office ot W. M. Mc Coy, Justice of the poace at Castle Rock, and the men will havo lo go Ihoro lo arrange ball bonds for $1600 each. S" TAYLOR mm Pendleton Chief of Police and Colorful Roundup Figure is Dead SKULL IS FRACTURED Found Unconscious Late Yesterday Afternoon Animal Stumbled J'KXllliKTON, So;. II. W. It. .link" Taylor, Pendleton chief ol police, coltirfu llgilre of the old Wist snd former sheriff of t'mii illla coumy, iiled in the St. Anth ony's hospital at 8180 this worning as a retail of injuries attained shortly before four o'clock yester day Afternoon at Roundup Parle. Ihlef Taylor's borSO, a IiIk powerful black Will ..known., to round-up crowds, fell Willi film und a frac ture Iras BUHtjiincd at the boe of I be skull. .Mr. Taylor never regnln ed consciousness. Them were 110 eye witnesses to t'he accident but from tcioae who were near aad who picked the In jured man up, the horse had ap parently stumbled over a rock and turned turtle. When found, the rider was lying with arms out stretched and with blood pouring from his ears. He was rushed to the hospital fir medical attention where en- extent of (lis Injuries were ascertained. Familiar Figure "Jinks" TaMc- bad carried the national colors at the head of all round-up parades since the incep tion of Ihe show back in 1910. The straight, stalwart figure, upright '.a beautiful saddle with flowing tapa deros, carrying Old Glory and mounted on a beautiful black hard er, was a familiar 0110 with all round-up crowds. For years it had been Taylor's custom to Ihelp ihandle the stock at the grounds before the show. Taylor an ex-cowboy, was one of the best ..-iders in the country and yesterday, ho, with others was running the roping steers back (torn the arena to their barns. Sone one careless ly left a gate open leading off over the railroad tracks toward the liver and several of the steers raced wildly out to freedom with Taylor in uot pursuit on uncertain foot ing Ms mount stumbled and turned a sommersault with Taylor under neath. His horse running free scon attracted attention and the Pend leton officer was picked up. Succeeded Rrotlicr In 1920 when Til Taylor, the then sheriff ot Umatilla county, was kill ed b. escaping prisoners, "Jinks" Tttylor was appointed to fill out His unexpired term. In 1921 Taylor was named Chief of Police and had served in that capacity' since. Prior to 1920 "Jinks" served for about 10 years as a deputy under his famous brof'-iei', Til. After tilio murder of Til Taylor, when posses had finally caught the three desperate men, a mob gathered around the court house with the very definite idea of rushing the jail ond lynching the three men. It was "Jinks" Taylor Who went out alone to tjhe mob and dissuaded them because "Til wouldn't have wanted it that way." CONTRAST MARKS PLANE'S FLIGHT SAN FRANCISCO, Eept. 11. JP) Contrasts marked the flights of tho PN-9 No. 1. .Commander Rodgers and his man started in an airplane, .and were rescued by a submarine. The speed for the first two hours of their trip was around 100 miles an hour for tho last 200 miles, loss than five miles an hour. Storms and high winds exhausted tho gasoline supply and left their lives in danger, but after landing the weather was almost all that could bo desired. Food tho first two days Included soup, coffee and chocolate; the last four days, nothing but wnler was available. Perhaps tho most grim of tho con trastSi however, was the ability of tho men on tho senplano to receive rndlo messages without being able to send them which enabled them lo hoar themselves given up. as lost by a council ot nav.ul officers. JINK IDramatic Stnrv Tnlri By Fliers Their Belated Rescue J After 11 Days on Air Rodgers and Crew of Four Safe at Last Could Hear Radio Messages L1HN, Island of Kauai, Sept 11. (AP) In a country hotel in this sleepy Hawaiian village early this morning, five men heroes of the greatest aviation adventure in history sat around, too excited to sleep, all talking simultaneously attempting to give the high lights of their plight, drifting 218 hours in a disabled seaplane without gasoline. The most poignant point in their experience was the) ability to listen to radio cast messages from searching ships saying that hope of a rescue was being abandoned, that the seaplane had "cracked" when it wag dashed to a fuel-less, forced landing in mid-Pacific Every member of the crew commented on this phage of their situation, adding that inability to broadcaat mes sages, while they were able to receive, prevented them from replying. An amazing story of privation was pieced together out of the running fire of cross conversation in the little hotel. Mill Owner Is Fatally Hurt Wilbur Bourgeis Killed Yesterday Near Eugene EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 11. Wilbur A. Bourgeis, 41, president of the Bourgeis and Evans Lumber com pany of Notl, was instantly killed yesterday morning when he was caught on the main drive belt at the company's plant and dashed against a pile of lumber. His neck was broken when he struck the lumber. A bruise on the shoulder was t'ie only other Indica tion of injury. GAME WARDEN TO BE HERE SUNDAY E. F. Averill, newly appointed state game warden, will be in Klam ath Falls Sunday to meet with the Klamath County Sportsmen's asso ciation, according to word received here today. He will be accompanied bv Commissioner Bauer. The two game officials started today on a tour of southern and eastern Oregon for an investigation vof game fish hatcheries. FIXI HUMAN SKULL EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 11. Finding of a human skull and a pair of overalls by workmen on' the McKenzie highway at the Cascades has led to belief in a possible murder commit- ted seme time ago. The skull and overalls -were dug from tihe earti'i near Lost Lake. No trace as to Identity can be made, it is said. Navy Traditions Upheld Tragedy Ami Humor Sialk Willi lll-Fatcd Plane On Trip Some Rescue Highlights Commander Rodgers and his men determined to seo it through, took food from the submarine launches that towed them to harbor, but re fused to leave Obeli piano until it wus safely beached, Tho valiant fliers were in the water a total of 218 16 hours, ostab lltihing prabablt-' mnjrathon record for dorollct seaplanes. While bhe PN-9 No. 1,'s crow was attempting to anchor It In tho har bar, a Hawaiian, swimmer made hlJ way out to to the plane to tell the commander that ho was in a duii'gcr ous place. "All right, fow us to tho beach" was Rodger's reply. Navy traditions were upheld to the very last. Commaudec Rodger Following and Water, Commander Tho talk was lntorruoted wiien naval surgeons forced tho crew to bed. They, were told to forget temporarily and strict orders were issued for bidding visitors to disturb the men until they -.-wakened. "We were torceu to litrrc at sea I after the second day out from San Fianclsco" said oae member of tho crew, "we sighted a mecdhunt ves sel five miles off. Signals were sent up repeatedly and every effort wan made to attract the attentlcm of th vessel but It passed on. Days of Suspense "Onr prune wins ablw to pick up messages from the steamer which refused to divulge Its name, but drifted to the northwest. Then came the peilod of added suspense. Afte.' that no planes or ships were sighted until last Tuesday when he saw u plane off Bis coast of Oaihu." "The plane was sea: vrthy and stood the rough weather well," said Comminder Rodgers. "We exper ienced bad weather for Just one day at sea. That was tihe third day after we wei.e forced dowu. Rain and heavy seas made matters uncomfortable. "The worst part of tihe drifting period was when he were able to hear messages put on Uhe air aay- ins that hope ot finding us had I bcea given up." ) Commander Praised f The men then told how Command- er R;dgci.s shared his rations wita. I them and refused to partako of theirs when his own neared exhaus tion on the fltti'a day out. At thi end of the fifth day all wore with out rations, which originally, oou sisted of IS sandwiches to each man, three pints of coffee, three pin's 0'. soup, 24 lumps of sugar, six ocianges four canteens of water. This Wa intended for the 26 hour trip to Honolulu. The emergency rations, thirty gal lons of water, canned beans, bard tack, dried bread and prepared tlhb- I (Continued on Pago Four) was the last to stop from tToe Ill fated plane. Tie men were pale nnd haggard but not la low spirit, "Has the PB-1 made a successful flight to Hawaii?" was one of tho first questions put by the fliers to their rescuers. (The PK-l was to havo started with tho two other planes but was prevented by a me chanical mishap. It since has been Iheld 111 San Francisco.) The 'hull of the Pltf-0 wia Intact when found by tho siibmairlne. Food and waler gave out the fifth dav after taking to tho water but fab ric was torn off from tbo wings and with this rain water wan caught for drinking. The fliers Btatcd that their lives wore avod by the whl"' (Continued on Page Jnrii;