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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1925)
University Library Euttana, Oregon PubliHhed Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number 502!) KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IK, PRICE FIVE CENTS SAFE CRACKER LOOTS ' USE Believe Man Who Broke Cofer'a Safe Last Night Cleaned Out Home POLICE HAVE CLUE Inmate of Domicile Hear Man Brag of Pulling 'Job' Last Night Kiuiit hours after Uo looted Ow mifn nf Oofor Bros, contracting Itrw ill simIi ami klniiinf li. B lOWO Mill tier ttOUl ccriil Mill nisi", full (ll women dottUrag from a Iumjoio ni ui'j Kiuth Boeonil trci according to authentic lafowiwiUoii uncoTered linlii) . It wan n 'brag' mil l i ll ni lite linn of Mrs, D, in- i'v the rob' U'r I hut lui. It'll authorities In believe- iho itmr ouuaiv ooujuulfted bolli i 1 ' I I i . Till' mifn of lilio omi tract lug ftftn was MHi'4 lii'liiin i". m. .tii-l (:4b p. m. Twenty dollars Was lnk,en from tlui .vault. Hud Patrol- innii BttdMll bMa itundlaa on su- tb unit Kluimitli t.intuid of K'fih a ml K in m u : ti uu' safe cracker ralftv have been apprehended, It develop od today. Pollosnuin Nearby "l was In the vllmty of Filth and Klamath between thi' linuri I 8:00 and 8:t5 o -lock." Utll 10 I aid today, "but did n II btsr lini -thing that wutill l-al in ti believe a ulibbery win In progress." Lull luHt evening a man in eom pan'y wllih SOVCrSl Other n ttorlouii character of the town. In laid to (have railed at the Mr. II. Draw holme on Second Street, Living With Mm. Drew ergs a w.mi'in uiimed I'j'i'ti. Unukgtta. Illflin Moose Hull nit Hie cuiverniitl n. the " men overhnard one braiptlo' about a ')jir bS had pulled tbiil ulitbi. La tST the two women lift wllii the man who bad ma la i 'brag' otll in the houaa, When the., returned e.i.ty Ihl' morning they found tbolr affacta rifled. Aiiionp the articles Inlten mero eoUtS, lingerie, u kodiik and other valuable oosta, IVllre an, wt.rklng hard n I raiie and expelled to make IIVOSU Homo time loduy. Dawes Returns To Windy City CHIOAaO, Sept. 18. (P) Vice prenldent Charles (!. Da wen returned homo today after it C.ouo mile trip through the Western Milieu, where he tinted modification of the rules of tho united states senate, lie iid he believed a favorable sentiment for the proponed changes had been aroused. iiih next address win be at Bllsa- bolli, N. J., October 12, nnil Oelnber 15 he will Hpeuk at Atlanta, (ia. 1,000,000 Fire Blazes at Tokyo TOKYO, 8opt. 18. (P) Klro at 3:30 o'olork IhlH afternoon destroy ed tho Diet buildings, two story wooden structures whlob housed the legislative brunches or the Japanese government. Several persons were Injured. TM lOSS i. estimated nt SI, 000, 000. Many valuable documents wero lout when u government library in one of the IiuIIiIIiikh Was burned. a big modern building Ih under con struction to Hiipplimt the buildings burned today, hut nH It will not be rondy for occupancy for Heverul yearn it in understood a temporary structure win replace those de stroyed, Seattle Sheriff Suspends Jailer seattlio, Sept, tSi 4tlng tuu- ly ahorltf Hlnrnvlch today Indefinite ly HiiKpundeil Head Jailer Dave Mor gan, if or failure In pull it leeor III the King DOUnty j ill 'when six primm er escaped Tuosduy. Tho lovor would Diava sounded an alarm ut ji 'lire hoiukiunirlors. BRAGGING First Football Game Of Year To Be Held On Fair Grounds Gridiron Tomorrow Afternoon Klamath High School's Rejuvenated Team Will Tangle With Alturas High Interest In Local Athletics Keen Game Starts at 1:30 P. M. Klamath hlgh'8 rejuvenated football team will get its baptism of mud and fire at the fair grounds at 1 :80 tomorrow afternoon when it clashes with the speedy football squad from Alturas, California, high school, Although in no way over-confident, DWIght French, new high school athletic instructor, believes the boys will give :i good account of themselves. Interest in high school athletics is greater this year than ever before. Business men generally have inter ested themselves in the team and have provided new equipment for the boys. Promptly at 1 :.() Kddie Clark, referee, will blow the whistle and the game will be on. Paul Noel will offi- ' k elate us head Hneemea and J hn c. Man From Bend Denies Taking Of Stolen Car William Johnson Held In Jail as Suspected Thief William 0, Johnson of Bend wan sreated in Klamatb Falls yesterday in poaaaaaloa of a stolen eat owned by Ouy Hancock of this elty, In he telllni the truth when he slates that he Is but an automobile mei liurili mid that the ear was turn- eil inn in bliu fur repairs by an other man? This is the question pasallni coun ty authorities this inornlnK and a Iouk distance call to Dead fulled in shod any UkIiI 00 the proposition. Johnson lolls u plausible story ut iiuu bs ear waa turned over to him In Bend for repairs and bow be was told to deliver 111" ear to n rertnln address In Cortland. "I delivered tho car nil right, but when I Kill there the people had moved away," ba said. "i didn't know the ear was Helen. I drove down lu re In the ear, with the in tention of keeping my eyes open tor the people who Claimed to OWU I Die ear." Authorities are Inclined to sus pect Johnson. Owing to certain let ters he bud on his person. They will conduct a very careful examina tion before turning the matt loose. Johnson was picked up on Sixth and Klamath streets early Inst eve- nlng, FaiIs To Show Up For Trial Senator Stanfield For feits $50 Bail At Baker BAKER, Ore.. Sept, IS. ()--I'nlled States Senator Robert N. Stanfield, failed to appeal- in the linker police COurt at title time so! for trial ni l" o'clock uoday, tin a chirge at resisting an officer filed against bliu tdllOWlng his arrest last Sundap evening in a local cafe. Hall of $.ri(l was declared foiiteil- qd by city Judge J. it. SmurtOiwalta on motion of Frank c. Mi Colloohi elty attornoy. The i.'hanse mf roslstkig an loffl-. cer was llni only one filed, but JIc- Oolloch said ther charges hud boon prnfAircd and would have been presentod if tihe detendgbt hud nppi'ai'ed. DESCHUTES FIRE SEASON IS OVER I1KN11, Ore., Sept, IS. -All look outs In the Deschutes National For est were brought In yesterday, mark ing the end of the man forest tiro Season, Rains during the last few weeks mado possible the removal of the lookouts earlier than a num bor of years, according to forestry officials. NRWi SCHRI) RECORD MITCllBLli FIELD, N. Y.. Sept. 18. A new unofficial world's speed record was eiabltSUod today when Lieutenant Alford .1. Williams, navy BVlator, flew at the rate of SOI. 9 mill's an hour. I I . lee will servo ah ilmekeeper. Tlhe Klaiunlb bays, With SO uver imo team welKht I 1 T. r. pounds, will Unci up us follows: 1, B William Smith; left tackle, Joe miss; loft KUurd, Oeorno Con nor; center. Hubert Oliver; rljtht Ktsurd, bud Magulre; rlitht tackle, I'm Walsh; rlwht end. Zed Hurnes; iuarterhoek, Koluod Cofer; rlKht half, Frank Hall; left 'half. Roy Coleman; fullbuek. Curl Vanccy. Ailmlsslon to the game mill bo B0 -ent, with 25 cents for all stu dents. More Missing Children Are Being Sought SAN 7BANCI8CO, Sept. is. (P) - The San Krnnclsco Call says today that search Is being made for three children ns u result of the finding W. 'lnesduy In a cess pool nt Tracy of the body of n child believed to have boon tho daughter of .Mrs. Louis Zumoru. Mrs. Zamorn and her husband are being sought by police to explain the burial of the child at their old home. Mrs. Zamora, me Call says, visit ed the home of her sister, Mrs. Z. i alliens, in Oakland, eight days ago and look away with her Kelipa, the S-year-obl daughter of Mrs. Qal lcgnn. Two of their children have been searched for since the .amorns left their home nt tracy two weeks ago with the announced intention of going to l.os Angeles. They are Mary Johnson, 10 years old, who disappeared four months ugo, nnd it child of five years known only us Bella, who Is said to have drop ped from sight several months ago. Uoth the Johnson girl and Zelln lived with the Zamoras nt Tracy. Attempts Suicide; Ordered to Asylum BALBM, Ore.. Sept. 18. Charles DaVls, 65, who said he had lived in Portland for a number of years, was committed to the asylum this morn ing following an attempt to commit suicide by stabbing himself In the neck with u pocket knife in the city Jail last night. Copco Is Sued For $500,000 The Fort Klamath Meadows company Ibis afternoon started an other half million dollar damage suit against the California Oregon Cower company alleging that the power company failed to live up to jineir coiuiaci wild uie i;nvei iiiiieni. when the Link River dam was con structed. Tho Fort Klamath land concern claims that damage of $600,000 wns susliilned on their land by tho manner In which the lake waters wcro Impounded nnd bucked up over tho land. They claim that tho power company agreed with the government to protect the land I along the sort of tho lake from da mage. This Is Hie second halt million dollars suit filed against the power company by the Fort Klamath Mea dows company. The first claimed that the government contract by which the power company had tho power to control lake Waters was Illegal. 5 BARCLAY IS INJURED in ESCAPING JAIL Klamath Indian Shot in Leg and Back by Officers at Prineville SENT TO HOSPITAL Notorious Fugitive Long Sought Here Taken to Portland Today PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 18. (AP) Silas Barclay, a Klamath Indian, was brought to Portland today by a United States deputy marshal from Prineville, where Barclay was wounded Wednesday night in an at tempt to escape from the jail. Barclay was taken to a hospital tor treatment ot wounds in his leg and back. He was shot when overtak en in the brush near the Prineville jail. Barclay will be held here to face federal liquor charges. Barclay was arrested at Prineville Tuesday by Sher iff Yancey in company with a man who was suspected of larceny. Barclay had escap ed from jail in Klamath Falls six months ago. Silas Rarcluy three times escaped from the law in Klamath county. Six months ago he escaped from the county jail where he was serving a long term on n iiiiuor charge. Again ho escaped near Chtloquln. when ho was arrested by nn Indian officer, following Ills escape from tin- county jail. His thlsr escape was at Copco on the Klamath river, from a flimsy jail In which he wns incarcerated following his capture. Barclay is Bald Vo be the adopted son of Foster Barclay's uncle. Fos ter Barclay is nerving time in the County jail on a liquor charge. Silas Barclay was at one time suspected of being involved in the death ot Freddie Jackson. Klamath Indian, but investigation whitewashed him of this suspicion. Kelly's Plane Hurt In Crash Reserve Officer Crah es Into It At Arlington ARLINGTON, Ore.. Sept. IS. Lieutenant Oakley O. Kelly's Do Havtland plane was badly damaged when a United Stat es Curtisa plane crashed Into it at the Arlington landing field late yesterday. The Curtiss plane was piloted by B, L, JacObergeW reserve officer, and appears to be almost a total wreck. Kelly's machine wiis parked at one end of the field. The other plane smashed Into it In an at tempt to take off. GOES TO DENVER WASHINGTON, Sept. IS. () Secretary Work left today for Den ver, Colo., where his son is ill. NOTICE To BjUBSCRIBBRS Now that vacation is over and the boye are hack In SOhtaOl again, we 'i.-pe our subscribers will nut compel tihe boys to re turn move than on'.e for tuoir subscription money. Tomorrow tho boys will make a final Bdll an ths.ie who have not paid this month. Please have -the mliaey heady fof them, Ua every minute ti ley ihave to spend col lecting means ti'.tal much less time tor recreation. We know that no reader of The Herald nvants to demy to the nbytl this recreational relaxation acid we hope you will prove our Judg- meal right by placing ti.'. cents IWbere you can place hands kn It tonunT.iw morning when yur carrier calls. Malin Residents Refuse To Be Stampeded By Southern Pacific: Still Strong For Oregon Trunk Railroad "Testimonial" Meeting at Community Hall Gets Out of Control of Dr. F. M. Trout And Rev. C. C. Hulet Farmers Stand Pat Any hope entertained by the Southern Pacific railroad that their latest promise of giving a through trunk line would swing the determined farmers of that section over to their side of the fence was blasted into total obscurity last night at a representative meeting of farm- I ers held at Malin community hall. Once before, about two months ago, Malin farmers expressed themselves unanimously in favor of the en-1 trance of the Northern lines. Last night they reiterated I their feelings forcibly by resolving unanimously that the I Oregon Trunk should be supported and that the Klam ath Irrigation District should be commended for its ' activities in this direction. Ostensibly the meeting aj one in which all the farmers of the district were to gat ier together (Or 'be pur pose of discussing the railroad que.-;-tioa and select a delegate to appeal before the interstate commerce com mission. It was understood that n.3 rull rood representatives were e pected to be present, because the urgumentj of boti'.t railroads were elaaatT understood by all. J. J. Miller Arrive Thus It was with arine surprise that furmerB at the meeting viewed (Continued on Page Two) Typhoid Is On Wane, Newsom Reports Today No Cases Reported For Five Days; Two Are Observed "The epidemic of typhoid fever in Klamath Falls has been gradual ly subsiding until now I believe it is a thing of the past." This was the optimistic observa tion of Dr. G. S. Xewsom. county health officer, this morning. "It has been five days since any new typhoid cases have been re ported, which indicates that the source of infection has been cut off. There are now six cases of typhoid in the city, not one of which are serious enough to indicate a fatal ity. In fact the typhoid cases have seemed to be rather mild." Internal Warfare Threatens China PEKING, Sept. IS. (P) -Internal warfare threatens in China with the province of Shansl, to the west of I'eking, as the bone ot conten tion between rival military leaders. Reports from Honan say Yue Hwei-Cbua, a supporter of the Christian general Feng Yu-llasieang is massing troops for an invasion of Shansl, to bring it under Fen's con trol. Sale Of Coal Is Prohibited IIOSTON', Sept IS. (VP) Delivery of domestic size anthracite coal to consumers who have half their win ter's supply in stock and delivery of more than throe tons at a lime to householders was prohibited to day by state emergency fuel ad ministration. FORMAL CHARGES LODGED AGAINST MAJOR GENERAL WASHINGTON, Sept. li. () Formal charges have been filed nt the war department against Major General Wm. H. Marl, the quarter master general by his predecessor. Major General Harry I.. Rogers, re tired. The allegations revolve around the conduct of QeneraJ Hurt prior lo and in connection with his ap pointment to succeed General Rog ers. War department officials declined today to go beyond aduiltlfng that the charges had been received from j General Rogers. They did not In dicate what steps had been taken to investigate, Estimates For New O. T. Line Are Prepared Contractors Go Over Proposed Route With Lintner Confident that (he Intri-stute romitK'i-ce commission will grant the Northern lines iwrinissioii to extern! into Klamath Falls, three of the biggest contracting firms in the northwest are pre paring estimates on the cost of the Bend-Klamath extension. Three representatives of the contracting firms were escorted! over the survey of the proposed line by G. V. Untner, assistant chief engineer of the S. P. & H. and Oregon Trunk railroads, it was learned yesteiMay afternoon. They are Frank Bailey of the Grunt, Smith & Co. of Seattle; F.ric V. Hauser of the Hauser Construction company; nnd Nat MacDougall of A. Guthrie com pany. The three contractors left for their respective homes yester day.. They will prepare esti mates on the total cost of the project, preparatory to the time when bids will be opened. Solons Submit Players' List Bucky Harris Gives Out Men Who Are Eligible WASHINGTON, Sept. IS. (P) Washington's list of players eligible to participate in the world's series, made public today, includes eight pitchers, three catchers, eight in fielders and six outfielders. Three "rookies" are among the number. The list follows: Pttchera: Johnson, Coveleskie. RUether, Zachary, Ferguson, Mar berry, Baildu and RtuselK Catchers: Ruel, Severetd and Tate. In fielders: Judge, S. Harris, J. Harris, Peckinpaugh, Bluege, Adams, Scott and Myers. Outfielders: Rice, Ooslln, McNeely, Jeaues. Vache end l.eibold. Fails to Remove Hat to Flag; Is Ordered to Jail NKW YORK, Sept. IS. (A) For failure to remove his hat in salute to the flag, John GraneUer. a young Lithuanian, is serving a sentence of 10 days in a Brooklyn jail. He pleaded guilty of disorderly conduct while watching a parade nt Coney Island. Granetzer said: "My flag Is the red flag." Tumalo Proect Tracts Are Sold llF.Nli. Ore.. Sept. IS. The sale of four tracts of land on the Tumalo project was nnnounced yesterday as the first concrete result of the cam palgn to secure 200 new settlers for the project. None of the sales were ot a speculative nature, D. J. Mc Lellan, project manager suid. my SAYS HE IS VICTIM OF L FRAME Court House Janitor and De puty Sheriff Explains Queer Booze Deal CASE IS UNDER PROBE Deputy Sheriff Moneymaker Nabs Brother Officer With Part of Pint "It was a frame-up, pure and simple. They were sore at me because I wouldn't' let them run around the streets." This was the answer this morning ot lom Iracy, court house janitor and de puty sheriff, to his admit ted possession of a small amount of moonshine in the court house Wednesday morning. Deputy Sheriff Jim Moneymaker, tipped off by a county trusty, Billy Huff, caught Traoy with the bottle of moonshine whisk ey in his hand as he wag on his way from the basement to the first floor. "Abbott, another truaty, gave Huff his watch to pawn, l racy averrea. With the money Mutt bought a pint of whiskey. "Wednesday m o r mng, while 1 was working en the first floor, Huff came to me and said he. knew where there wii tv.ir.'.e liquor cached In the court hou-ie. 1 v.t-i:: downstairs with him and located iome boozo in :i pint flask. Huff asked me jp take a drink ot it. i refused and thci aught vn w'1'.at it was a'.I al':ut. Xnbbcil by Moneymaker "Come af:ng with me." I said and started to take tfie b:oe upstairs o the sheriff's office. I Just -jot to the basement stuirs ivien Jim Mon eymaker jumped out aud said, 'what have you got there'. I aniw'erei whiskey.' 'What are yor. doing with it,' he wanted to. kialow and I aold him that I had found it cached downstairs. "Huff and Barcitu have been sore because I wouldn't let them trot around the streets. They lire Dotn trusties and the county court told (Continued on Page Six) , S. P. Ignores Own Argument, Hart Insists By their latest announcement that they will construct a through line oast by way of MaKn.i the Southern Pacific has irepudlated Its own argument against the Northern line entrance into KlU-math which was advanced last spring. Thus did CbUrles A. Hart, attor ney for tile Oregon T:unk rallitmd, view the latest S. P. promise. "When we annoumced our Inten tion to build Into Klamath, tho SJUdiern Pacific arg.ied that the re-sJi::-.e3 ut Klamath would not stand any more railroads." he pointed oil. "Tho said It would be P lly to consti urt a railroad Into this terri tory when Hie tonnage would not so justify. "Now, however, liliey propuae just that thing which they argued agUiirmt so strongly. In other Words, our activity has stimulated' them in:o actfrn. "Sij trow t :e question Is not one of tonnage, nor of the advisability iof building another railroad, it Is whether or not one 'railroad for .i country is better thnn two rail roads." Mr. Hart arrived in KlUmath Kails this afternoon from Portland W spend several days Interviewing wit nesses who will testify on behalf of the Oregon Truak railroad before the Interstate commerce commission on October 6, There has been an Increasing currency to a rumor that initiations wcro pending between tho Northern lines and the Southern Pacific, hav (C'ontliiueU On I'ngc Hlx) ,
