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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 192
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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;