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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MAN 10 KILLED
Rli IS FREED
Common-law wife of George
D. Howard Bares Bitter
Story to Jurors
NO EMOTION SHOWN
Defendant Calm when Ac
quittal is Read Love's
Triangle Unfolded
(Bptdsd i" Ths
aid )
YREKA, Calif., Sept. 25.
When a woman bared
her heart on the witness
stand to save a man from
the noose and when friends
of the man came to tell of
his honorable conduct in
years gone by, a jury yester
day acquitted George D.
Howard of the murder of
Walter F. Vaughn at Duns
muir in June.
The outstanding feature
of the trial, which began in
the court of Superior Judge
Charles J. Luttrell, Monday,
was the testimony of Mrs.
May Austin, whose marri
age to a Dunsmuir man a
month before the killing of
Vaughn, came as a surprise
in the trial as she was sup
posed to have been Mrs.
Howard until she took the
witness stand.
Howard WSJ on trial fur his ll.'e.
f'linwiiiH Hit death if Vauthn June
28 at lu iiHtu ulr, Hollowing uu uf
tray, June 21, whtei Vaucfcu sustain
(OontUmfld ii I'uic Hewn)
IN MIIIRflFR IMF
in iwiuiiul.ii un
Shall Klamath Falls Progress
Or Submit To Southern Pacific
Domination? Vote Your Choice
Evening Herald Offers Citizens of County Op
portunity to Vote on Railroad Question
Result Will be Sent to I. C. C.
Hearing in Portland
Do Mir pOOpIO of Klniiialh I'uIIn
nml Kliuiuilh county wiml the Ore
gon Trunk to luilM rrom lliiul to
Klmmith?
Or would thoy rallirr mm Mm
ftouthcru Pacific conUooo n - rail-
It mil nionnpoly on III In srrtltm of tlir
Mnl?
Shu II Klumatlt I'iiIIh mimhi a
"wlilMlini- pout" on tllO main line,
cir rthall It In a rnllr.mil Center with
two or more IIik'h hriiiirliliig out
from tin- point?
What lo the people the rank ami
flic think ahout this rallroail ques
tion? I'm several months the Southern
I'm Mm has malntalneil a COrpc of
lilKli-salarleil puhllrlty men In Klain
ulh Kails, eniployltiK every posslhle
human ingenuity In a desperate ef
fort, to win support to Its cause.
Through promises, threats, cajolery
ami other means, it has succeeded lu
"Indin-liip;" a small group Of lumber
men to come out publicly ttgnlnit the
Oregon Trunk.
Hut what do the people (he vast
body of men and women who lire
liome-biiilderN and home owners, ami
nut money-grabhers think?
Tho Interstate commerce rommls
hIou wilt moot in Portland week
from next Monday and there deter
mine whether or not the Oregon
Railroad Ballot
Vote ( ) I want the Oregon Trunk
Vote ( ) Keep the Oregon Trunk out
To the Interstate Commerce Commission:
I herewith submit my opinion of the present
Central Oregon rail controversy.
Signed
Address
Antoist Is
Wounded By
Own Pistol
KVGRtfB, Or., Hopl, 25.
revolver dropped from thus pock
t ol I', it. Hooker of (toUd$p
iimf i.i ' it luh i on Uifl
olflc lilfchwiw Konili of Cottage
Orovo Tho luntunof t 1 h
Kitn Mi u k (In 1 11 1111 Ink Imuii l
iif liU car, And (hi' DUllOl plt't't'-
i hit hlNlouion iiin condition
In critical.
il.i.Li 1 tijif) ntopipod to Nspnlr
a UfO aliil u'jin l niiic, over (In
running boonl wUoa tin icvoiv
vv nl loped rrom pookoti
Gunmen Invade
"Love-Nest" Of
Mary And Doug
... . . .
Watchman hires at
Four Intruders Dur
ing Night
LOB ANKtiKLKH. Hopt. 85. )
Wlm I was ili'm Titled by the watch
DIM i't thS bOBSS Ol DougltS Fair
banks sod Mury I'irkford tin nn at
I' mpl by four Kiinrni'n to break
Into Hi" Plckford-Fslrbsnks home
In Bcv..rl Mills near here VU re
nortod I" tli poll arly toduy.
Polios un investigating.
The story (old by lbs watchman,
Anthony Aberls, known sa "Black
Tony" eras lliul b heard unusual
noises and when bo started to ln
rostlgate on tba exterior of tin?
house, hi' wiih flrml npon. One
bullet, ho snld, knocked tho fliish
llrtht out of hlN liiitnl.
Abarla declared that ho returned
tho hou and believes that he
wounded ono of tho Intruder!, of
whom, ho said, there were four.
Trunk shall he permitted to come to
Klamath Kalis, The attitude of this
Community will, in a large measure,
he a factor lu guiding the Interstate
COtnmcCCG commission.
So The Kvcitlng Herald will under
take to ohtnlu a eros-sertioii of
Klamath county public opinion. Start
lug today and cont Inning t h rough
next week, a ballot will be printed
in which every resilient of Klamath
COIinty will Im given an opportunity
to eXprCM his or her opinion on the
railroad question.
The ICvenJng Herald will further
undertake to get the results of this
balloting he fore the interstate com
merce commission when it moots at
Port laud.
Ho every render of The Kvcnlng
Herald is urged to vote. If you favor
(he coming of (he Oregon Trunk,
say so and sign your name nml ad
dress plainly. If you oppose (he com
ing of another railroad tu Klamuth,
make your choice known.
You are asked to vote hut mice,
and thru mall or hrlug your ballot,
to The Herald office. USO the accom
panying coupon. We believe that a
vast majority of the people of Klam
ath want the Oregon Trunk, ho we
urge those who favor progress and
prosperity to urge their friends to
sign one of the Herald ballots and
get them to this office.
WITNESSES TELLI'
OF If 181 GIMPS
FATAL COLLAPSE
Colonel Hall Corrects Testi
mony Given Before Naval
Court Yesterday
ENGINES ARE RELIABLE
Stories of Survivors Indicate
That Terrific Storm was
to Blame
lake ill'ltsT. N. J. Sept. :. OP)
He examined toduy boforo tho
navul court uf Inquiry Uolonet C.
(i Hall, I'ndcd Wales urpiy observer
iiiuard the Bhenandosa on her fat
al riiKiii. huIiI his statement of yes
toivLui that tho failure of tjwo on
jrlnoH of tho iiili furnlaiod a po
viblo cJiitrlliulliiK factor to tho din-
aattr wan more in she DAtere of un
sasunptloa than a statemeBl bl fac.
"U j you know at what tine the
enfiDM MledT" . I Lieutenant
ConnnsnaeT Rosendeihli Hcntor aur
vlTiog otflcer ol the ihlp,
"I do not know," wum the reply.
"Wuh It after tho uncontrolled
dee began ahiawitti that we w-ero In
the vortex of the Htbrin?" pursued
Oomtn adder RosendWii,
! ; i-'iill Bpeed
"I canint 8W," Uio army ufficer
returned. "I thought uu engine
arete Koing full speed until the hip
a ah i ro -.' ! '
"What Ih your opinion as to tho
retlabllitv ut the Shenandoah's ca
nines?" ' I believe there have been no
in ro reHa&la uvluttn ensinea do
velopul thun thoiio on the Shenun-
ftoa'a."
in ihb teetimony yeatorday c.j:uh-
el Hall expressed Ibe opinion that
the .falluro of two of the ulrnhlp'n
five engines nindo niore proboblo
the drawing Ol Iho bis craft Into
tho vortex of the sturm which wreck
ed her after a spectacular flight of
fifteen minute. One engine wont
nut because of u cracked cylinder
and the other because )f u rudl
a'.jr loakugo.
The lUpltl Ascent
Qhlef Qunttar Haymond Colo esti
mated that it was approximately
:30 a. in. Central time, when hi)
passed I lu ship's gallery and saw
thermos bottles and vanned goi.!s
falling down In the keel of the ship.
This ,ias when the Bhenand ah M'ns
ion the first flight up just before ahc
began the uncontrolled ascent with
her bow sticking almost slrniglu up
in baa air.
Further testimony that no sound
of gas cells grivlmx way before the
breakup of tho ship was given by
William RJchardeon, naVy engineer
on hAtrd. Rl2hardaon was in his
bunk when tie vessel bagan to
to pieces.
tVilof Aviation Hlgger Ioui.s A.
Allely ftltt declared ho had ob
serve,.! no sound Indicating rupture
Of tho helium gas cells.
Allely said he actuals? saw th"
cars containing engines tcrur and
five break loose from tho Shciion
'donh In ithe air. This was at 4:10
a. in. central time, by the clock In
the crow's space, about the time trad
ship broke up, 'ho said.
WOMAN FALLS ON
STOVE AND DIES
YAKIMA, Wnsh., Sept. 25. With
faco and arms ibadly burned, tho
body of MrJ, Phoebe Catherine
StittsUBS, tt, was found lying against
ithe hot kitchen sbovo in her ihomo
early y esterday morning by her hus
band, s. Btfouss. Physicians said
Mrs, StrOUSS had died of a heart
attack.
Hhe family cumo to Yakima seven
in nilis ago from Hosoburg, Ore. A
daughter, .Mrs. O. V. BuOhOl, llvos
in Prlehd, Oro.
Hllips STRIKE STORM
s
WASIUNISTON, Sept. 25. (P)
Sovero gales are whipping
iho nofBhern coasts where the
MucMlllan Arctic expedition
ships Peary and IV.iwdoln are
cruising, but ihoth vosaols nre
safo, tho Peary reported today
In livlieless dispatch tq lhe
nntlonul gOOgraphJKoal society.
I I U VCU 1U DC
Very Frequent
Startling Number
Liquor Violations Re
vealed Today
Qraphle lesllmony that scores of
Klamuth residents have come to re
gard exlHtenco as one grand succes
sion of alCQwtlc ilnys was revealed
this morning from records at the
sheriff's office..
It was disclosed thai never before
in the history of the country
and. it
Is believed, In southern Oregon, has
the nine-month record of Klamath
county since January 1 Men ex
ceeded. On- hundred and fifty-five men
and women have sojourned in the
ounty pall since the first of the year
barged with violating one of the
disturbing array of prohibition "thou
shall nols."
Fifty-seven of Ibis number were
released from the county pail with
out paylng jlnes or taking Jail sen
tences for ono of the following rea
sons: 1. They wore not guilty.
2. Not sufficient evidence was se
cured to warrant prosecution.
3. They were tried and found not
guilty by jury.
Total fines assessed by Justico of
I he Peace It. B). Hunsaker and Act
ing Justice of the Peace Ed Kendall
aggregate 112,805 since January 1.
A large portion of this money was
not paid and the prisoners were
forced to serve out
a day in jail.
All told, liquor violators were fined
a total of 2303 days. The longest
jnll sentence was 250 days on a li
quor possession charge.
By far the most common liquor
charge In the imposing array of ar
rests and convictions since the first
of the year, is possession of intoxi
cating liquor.
Compared with Inst year's record
tne recoru ol arrests ana convictions
is especially noteworthy.
The scores of mere drunks that i
pour into police court every Monday
morning and In scattered hunches
throughout the week, are not con
sidered in the figures quoted above.
Week-Old Baby
Left On Porch
Myrtle Point Couple
Find Strange
"Package"
HARSHFIBLO, Ore.. Sept. 25.
Arthur Rice and wife of Myrtle
Point are today wondering whether
or not to mcept a "package
nn
unknown man loft at their home
last night. When unwrapped, the
package was found to contaiu a
lusty week-old boy.
The Rices, who are childless, took
the baby to the Mast Hospital for
temporary care. After leaving the
package, the donor sped away in
an automobile toward Roseburg.
Todd Held To
Grand Jury On
Four Charges
Deposed Mayor of Kel
so Arrested in
Town Strife
KELSO. Wash., Sept. 25. P)
A. Ruric Todd, deposed muyor of
Kelso, has been taken Into custody
and released again.
Todd, whose charges of embezzle
ment preferred ngninst eight prom
inent Kelso citizens hnvo brought
his own arrest on four charges of
malicious prosecution! was yester
day bound over to the superior court
in n preliminary hearing on the
charge of malicious prosecution
brought by Judge Poland.
Todd was remanded to the cus
tody of the shorlff, but within an
hour hnd raised the J2500 bond de
manded by tho court to assure his
appearance.
Todd has also accused George Nor
rls, former Kelso city engineer, with
conspiracy In connection with tho
murder of Thomas Ilovery, Kelso
editor, several weeks ago.
ELLIOTT LOSES
nnpT piiniipn
if I R D I DMnllliuli
M COURT TODAY
District Attorney's Counsel
Waives Motion to tjuash
Indictment
PLEADS NOT GUILTY;
Date of Trial of Case to be
Set This Afternoon by
Judge Kelly
Klamath's district attorney, v.. I..
Klllott, this monllflsj entered a plea
lot not i-"l" before Judge Percy It.
; Kelly on the charge of iiialfcusull'. e
llfld negligence in office.
This aftern ijn some decision will
be arrlvnJ at concerning the date
when Mr. Elliott will io on trial o.i
the ciuuge against him.
Motion Withdrawn
A motion Ha quash the ladlMment
against Mr. Elliott on tue ground
that the names of the witnesses
were not Inscribed on the Indict
ment and also on the ground that
the indictment was not found ac
cording to statute, was first made
by the defendant's counsel and then
withdrawn.
Judge Kelly, -when uae motion waj
first called, stated that the court
W)uld ascertain at that time wheti
er or not the allegations in the
motion were correct.
At this poisi Caleb Jones, farmer
acting district attorney and special
the fine at $2 1 Prosecmior par tne slate In tne EIU
Cott trial, insisted t'hat inasmuch as
there were no affidavits supporting
the contention of the motion, uhat
the motion should be overruled. 4t
this point i.unsel tor Elliott wit'.i
drew the mOttaiL,
Case Reversed
The charge of malfeasance and
negligence In office against the dis
trict attorney is based on certain
alleged actions iwhlle Elliott was
acting as special state prosecutor In
liquor cases. It is charged in the
indictment that Mr. Elliott conflscat-
ed 2000 pounds of sugar, stored
the sugar in his garage and 3omo
time after "unlawfully and feloni
ously direct the unofficial sale and
disposal thereof without legal pro
cess or iuterpusition of any court."
Widow To Get
Large Legacy
Mrs. Gloria Morgan
Vandenbilt Willed
$7,000,000
NEW YORK. Sept. 25.- (&) The
will of the late Reginald C. Vander-
' hilt, who died nt his summer home
at Portsmouth. R. I.. Sept. 9. was
filed there today. It created a
trust fund of $5,000,000 for his two
children and bequeathed the resi
due, estimated ut more than $7,000.
000 to tho widow, Mrs. Gloria Mor
gan Vnnderhilt.
The widow, and James It. Deering
of New York were named executors.
Mr. Yanderbilt's first wife was
Miss Cathleen Qebhard Malison,
daughter of Mrs. Frederick NellSOn,
from whom he was divorced in 191i).
By his first wife Mr. Yanderhilt had
ono daughter, Cathleen, born in
1904. She will share equally in
tho $5. 000, 000 bequest with his
second child. Gloria, born to Mrs.
Gloria Morgan Yanderhilt in 1924.
Mrs. Gloria Morgan Ynnderbilt,
who was IS years old when she and
Mr. Yanderhilt wero married two
years ago. Is the daughter of Henry
Hays Morgan. American consul gen
eral in Argentina.
Attendance Record
At Eugene Broken
euoene, Ore., sept. 25. All at
tendance records for the I.ano county
fair were broken here yesterday, Eu
gene day, when 17.000 paid admis
sions were recorded. An address by
Governor Pierce was a feature of
the program.
Today Is Cottage Grove day, nnd
marks the closing of Iho four-day
fair.
Tn.TO.V8 HAVE BABY OlJtL
A baby girl, weighing 6 pounds,
wns horn to Mr. nnd Mrs. A. D.
Tilton nt Algoma mill on Wednes
day morning.
Hubby Gives
Wife To Man
As Present
m.nsi ii;u, i;im., gept ".
Tiinl of IiI.h wMv'n rooking
and lHnnttsTflocI wli h lu-r cult-
duct, Waiter Jimmies, a clerk
of Km in, iMnt her I'viTy ni(tiit
for u nrk and then uavo her
to t heir bOMrdey us n prosoiK .
He admitted m much to the
judgi' utifii culled Into court on
u charge of non-support.
Tin- vrlfe ptrMvutvti a note
Written by her husband rrad
lug: -Tliis certifies that, I
Walter Knowleff, have turned
in j- wife ofer to Andy Haylins,
i(ilyer."
Auto Plunges
Into River; 3
Persons Drown
Driver Hurtles Off Fer
ry Landing At
Harrisburg
EVQSXB, tire., Sept. 35. (JP)
Thrive men were drowned at
.1 o'clock this morning when the
rar In which they were riding:
plunged into tba east side or the
Willamette river nt the Pacific
highway ferry, at Harrisburg, Ore.
The dead are W. R. Eastcp, of
Roseburg; Edward Boyer of Percy.
111.; Archie Stevens, of Percy. 111.
A fourth occupant of the car,
Trevor Spiller, swam out.
The three bodies have not been
recovered.
The men were on their way to
Eugene, and it Is thought that they
did not know the ferry existed at
that point. Their car plunged
through the ferry chain at the ap
proach and plunged ilo the water.
Stevens was driving the car, which
was owned by Spiller.
Today Is Final Opportunity To
Cast An Evening Herald Ballot
On Changing Name Of This City
If You Have Not Yet Registered Choice Do So
Today Importance of Rail Situation
Necessitates Switch in Plans
oie To Date Given
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Klamath o
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For "Klamath Falls" 57
By '2 o'clock today those who fa
vor changing the name of the city
from -Klamath Falls to Klamath had
maintained a little better than a
two-to-one lead. In spite of the in
convenience it might cause them,
employes of the post office, from
Postmaster Mefall down appear to
Tavor the shorter name. The post-.
master today brought in a hunch of I
ballots to The Herald office nml they
all favored the change.
Tin Evening Herald is sending
nobody on the streets today solic
ing votes either Tor or against the
proposal. Except for ahout 20 bal
lots which gathered on their rounds
yesterday, all ballots are being eith
er mailed or brought directly to The
Herald office.
Because al the importance of the
rail situation to Klamath and the
decision to sponsor public balloting
on tbal question, The Herald has
decided to switch its plans on the
'Klamath' vs. 'Klamath Falls, "
voting, and is printing the coupons
lor the filial time this afternoon.
The movement to shorten the name
of Klamath Falls is yet In Its in
fancy, while the railroad question
Which Do You Want
"Klamath Falls" or "Klamath"?
( ) I favor changing the city's name to Klamath.
( ) I oppose any change in the name of Klamath
Falls.
Signed
Address.
F
Sheep Man Asks Help of
Police in Negotiating
With Wife Here
CHILDREN NEED IT
Mrs. Bradshaw is Adamant;
Refuses to Turn Car
Over to Husband
The A. W. Brndshaw family l
again In a turmoil, this time over
the ownership of an automobile, po
lice reported today,
.Mrs. Bradshaw has deserted her
husband and is now residing on Ap
qlegate street in this city, police
say.
Bradshaw is tending to his flocks
of sheep In the Tule lake country.
Girls With Father
Junie and Esther Bradshaw. whose
mysterious disappearance from their
homo two months ago caused such
an uproar In the county, are with
their father.
Bradshaw claims that his wife has
his automobile and that be needa
the machine badly because his chil
dren must drive 12 miles to school In
Malln each day.
He came to police and solicited
their aid in securing his property.
Every time he would approach his
I wlfe on the subject
he would meet
with silence, he told the police.
Police Refuse Aid
This morning, bright and early,
he was on hand at the police station
and endeavored to secure tho aid of
a patrolman in negotiating with hia
wife for the car. Taking the position
that it was more or less of a family
altercation, the police decided to
leave their hands off.
So far as was known by authori
ties here today, Mrs. Bradshaw still
' has possession of the automobile.
tiN 'aching its final stages. For that
I reason The Herald bollevcH that It
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generally to get a public and county
wide expression on what the people
think of the coming of the Oregon
, Trunk to Klamath county.
If you have not yet voted on
changing the name of the city, be
sure to clip the coupon today, vote
your choice, and get it to TJle Her
ald office. This is the last time It
will nppcur in this uewspaier. .
The final result of the Herald
poll will lie printed tOlllOI'IOH .
VOLl STEERS WANTED
Wanted; Men whu will vol
unteer their services in a
search for .Martin Owensby,
Merrill rancher, who has been
missi.Tg in Huckleberry moun
tain for the past nine days.
The county court t'jday usked
that all persons who Mould Join
a posse to be at tho court house
between 0 and 7 o'clock to
night. Tie tunuy will furnish
provisions and transportation
for all. Jackjii county Is also
sending a posse, Judge Bunnell
said.
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