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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Knijiire Awakening"
Kighti'i'iilli Vfar Niiinlici'
LAST WEEK
A. H. Combs Says he Talk
ed to Owensby Either
Friday or Saturday
SAYS HE IS POSITIVE
Further Mystery Added to
Strange Disappearance
of Merrill Farmer
While two volunteer pos
ses were searching the
wooded sections of Huckle
berry mountain to. lav for
sonic trace Of Martin Owen
sby, who disappeared Id
days ago, A. H. CombSj a
Klamath Falls building jan
itor, Insists he saw O.wensby
on the streets of this city
either last Friday or Satur
day morning, and three or 4
days after Owensby was n.
por'cd as lost on Huckle
berry mountain.
Combs Could give no ex
planation as to why Owens
by's horse and rifle had
been found on Huckleberry
mountain four days after
(Continued on rug, Two)
it T H HE Y
JANITOR
HE Si MISSING
MAN
First Results Of Rail Ballots
Shows Big Majority Favoring
Coming Of Oregon Trunk Road
Only Two Votes Oppose Another Railroad Out
Of Total of 74 Submitted All Citizens
Urged to Mark Ballots and
Send to Herald
Do (lie people uf KlftiltoMl (ulliily
favor i hf bowing or i lie Oregon
Trunk i jillroatl?
In hpltr of (hi1 miiivc UWlimnCCNI
of a small Kroiip of IiiiiiIm'I no o,
noil In split or mlrotily Mordt-il
"pflllloiiN" liy clover Holtihom
Olfifl pnsH MguntS, tilts KvonltiK Her
nlil lii . inalnlaliH'd throiiKlioitt that
ilio HuoiH i.i tin peoplo arc tit. 1 1 ni
Soul horn Pari. Ic ilontiuaf Ion mill
uniit nnoUiov milpontl to, como to
Klonmtli.
Thai I llO ItOrillfVi assumption is
rorrrct wan provon with a Imiuc
today WllOtl Tor tlfO rii( day of bal
loting, only two votos wore rcmi
1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 In opposlt Ion to tin ,( Irogon
Vruitki M aKaluvl 7l! ballots which i
favored comliiB of tho new J
rood.
U lillo thfl Kvi'iiIiik Herald Is I
si l onely lu Tnvor or tho 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
hW
Local Concern
Will Have New
Dredge On Lake
$20,000 Represented in
Investment For New
Machinery
a lOo.tnicui sueU n tfradga
III "H l In .p.-rall hi ,n Ewnuti.i
lake, n ,lr. thai will furllltat"
work of exruvilloa and filling.
TVs was MM n n noun emeu t tkl
Horning at r urn Kuntif ol Um
Xalillll Engineering mill Onst ruc
tion cum pun. The new dredge In
cltiill. : iiiirliliiery and Its hunt car
rier will rpiecnl an Investment
of approximately I20.HO0.
Tin- new dredge will In' very much
like the CnlK.; rnlit OFOjrM Power
oompsny dredge n Klamath lake.
Mn. i Hum to the no iir-iiK
will nr :v In the iioar future unit
rk pi (MWdbllBI tin- in, uli I no will
soon be In progrrtis.
Grape Dealers
Are Arrested
POUTI.ANI). On-.. Si'pt. 2G.- (Ayi
Mix men urv unWr itrrvM hiro
horntlrin thiy wim (telling California
wine itrapfK from a carload lot.
Police tiM'lniit ttlly Ch&fgftd ihwu ultli
doloi bathkoM without n Hconm.
Wbon otflcri look the men into
cuHtotly a r rout I of prospiHtlvo cuh-totm-rtt
wan vnitlnn to obtain firaiK'H.
Ijihi yi'ur two rntlro tritinlomlK of
Trains were itold In this manner.
Tin it K or any other railroad wltlch
i b -slit s to rotno to Klnmat li COUU
tj. It has not nor will It Roliell
oiio vote in tuts railroad halloUitg,
It In a matter Which the people must
deelde for themselves, ami IIO OffOlH
will l llttttlo to sollell hiillois.
The Herald believes that the
people (generally ran vision the
Ki ow t h and progress whleli are
bound lo COUIO to Ktauiath when
another Hue of roils is Qxtencled in
to th' city and county.
The railroad ballots will be print
ed all in t week. You are asked to
vote hut OIICC ami then mall or
bring your ballots to The Herald
Office- with your; name ami address
signet I. The Herald will make an
effort lo gel Hit ballots and the
result of UlC vote before the Inter
stato i 'onnnereo omnilsslon when
li moot (n Portland on October B.
KLAMATH PALLS,
HN FAILS 10
mm
AS BANK llfi"
c . , , Starts
Mate s Case Against Clyde j
(Whitey) Watson De- pe.ndi.eton. Ore., Sept. it.
cidedly Weakened Article of ncorp.iratlon of the
Harding Meagirliil I'ark association.
SUSPECT BOUND OVER :, body rliat will drat- Its member-
!hlp from tbafhrec Korthweit stales
Another Woman Identifier of Idaho, wAhlngtwn and Oregon,
Alleged Thief as the
Right Man
SAI.KM. Or-. Sept. SO. --Tin-
Ktatn'M rase was uppiirt'iitly badly
I damaged today at tin- preliminary
I hearing of Clyde IWhltoy) Watson.
; who lh hold In thp county Jail here
under tCCUiatton Of being one if a
Irlu who robbed IBP bank ut Aurora.
Ore., on October 29, 1 it I . when
I Mrs. IIoluTt Itrorl;, who was In the
bunk at tin. time full, a to Identify
tlim. WaUon wan, howover, bound
over lo the BTttQd intj by Justice
of the Peica Smnll w It li IiIh bond
fixed at $:,00n.
Although Mrs, Broil; failed to
Identify Watson, ho WO! Identified
by HIM Oraoa Patch of Oanbjr, who
WU employed in nn offiee across
(he fllrcol from the hunk, had a clear
view of tho robber, and who lofd
on tho WltnOM Stand today thai
WatMon vol on'a of them.
The Mate had expvled the testi
mony of Mrs. BrOCk to utrenglheu
Initoad of weakening its COIB. She
Iftd not been liirnn nn opportunity
prior to the preliminary hearing to
day to see the prisoner, hut Miss
Pitch had previously been allowed
to mi'.' him and bail identified him
at Astoria after his arrest on the
robbery charge.
VVatson and ills attorney deelure
that the small hlnnd man, whom
Miss Pntcb Identified Ol Watson,
was undoubtedly a man namt'd
Charlea Nygren. afterward killed by
a police officer a! lUiekb'.v. Wash.,
while &ttemtttUS a robbery at that
place.
Other witnesses today were Loutl
M. Reese t.nd Vernon Hoy, both of
whom were employed in a lotting
tamp in ClattOp county with Watson
and who were held in Jail as sus
pnelH With him at Astoria. Hot li
signed statements that were some
what damaging to Watson. Neither
offered anything today that dam
aging to him relative to the Aurora
robbers .
"KLAMATH" WINS
IN HERALD POLL
Shorter Name for City Fav
ored by Readers by total
of 141 to 97
By n BUbntantlttl majority, Even
ing Herald lenders favor changing
I the city's name train Klamath Falls
i tn Klamath,
This was revealed this afternoon
when a recount ol Hi" ballot! show
ed 111 rotea favoring the change.
and !I7 opposed to it.
Tho Herald would have liked to
contlnuo the balloting for one
j week, hut because of the apparent
, Importance of the railroad situation
land hntmliliA fif tli mt'iiilitti nrlsini;
from two laps rate ballots running
at the aama time, ll was decided to
hall the voting on the pity's niinii
Tho ballots received by the Met
aid will be forwarded to the cham
ber of commerce Monday for their
reference,
Associated Press Leased Wire
OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1926
MARINE
LOSS
West To Honor
Harding; Plan
Memorial Park
pave hern prepared and sent to the
I corporation coinmissloai'r at Salem,
jao-ordlng to Frederick Steiwer, Pcn-
dlctun ulturnf,. Mr. Steiwer was
cnalrnian of the . i-ilzatlon om-
ntlttee app Intcd at a mcctlag at
iMeaohani In lloe summer of 192tj
to draft the articles and work out
the Ijeneral plan of organization. A
I man meeting In the Interests of til..'
association -will be held at Milton.
j October 8.
i The .general purpose of the asso-
lalilon t
tho lale
f.mi of
to create u in--:.t- r ,1) tt
president Banting in the
a bcuutllul park which
will mark for all time u como
the respect of Ltie tsrost for Qbe pre
sident w no lent Lly presence to tho
dedlcattDa of the final stretch of the
Old Orcr n Trail highway over tho
course of the hlstsrl trail that sav
ed the N:rthwest and insured it
SncluBlun in the borders of t:!e
United States. Mr. Steiwer declared.
" Lay Steel For
New Spur Line
On Lake Shore
Job Being Rushed; Will
Be Completed in
Near Future
lilttra tints has boon lost do the
(MnstructiMi iwtjrk on the railrou 1
spur from the lilg LukiM Hox fao
i try along the shore of Bwanua lake
lu I'lf.-ue alley, 'a dlitanca of 2700
eat. -.a (fe
The Sawmill Engineering tnd Cju
stru.'iion company wbich has the
contract for the job, has already laid
200 feet of railroad from the Wi
Lakes site west to u'.te lake slwre.
Under the direction of P. inn
Hunter, work Is starting this morn
ing on laying a substantial risht ol
way aKing the shore Of the lake.
Ajcdordhug t(. .Mr. Hunter, with the
exception of the first 200 feel 00
tho Itlg hakes oiKl of the spur, tfll's
line will follow a einn-.-e aung i!!'1
lake (.vliieh at this time is under
water. .
Some distance from Hie shore and
running parallel to the shire, a line
of aheap piling which la roti'ilng laas
than an exaggerated picket fence
under water, is being cons.ructed. A
dredge will scoop up dirt from the
bottom of the lake and till in the
water between t'lto line of sheep pil
ing and the main land. Hie sheen
piling will act us a bulk head to
hold the dirt in place.
Thus, Mr. Hunter pointed out. the
railivad spur will be routed over
what la nothing else but Iwnter at
this time.
W'.irk on the spur is progressing
steadily and the project will be com
pleted in the near future.
DXIM.osioN KUiLS THIIKK
HERItlN, III.
Three men were
severely hururd
plosion at mine
Sept. it. (Ai
killed and three
today In M ex
number 7 of the
Consolidated t'oal company here.
lie
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NOW WEAR DEATH
Lute Savage suffers Relapse
and is not Expected to
Live, is Report
PNEUMONIA SETS IN
Wounded During Escape of
Murray, Willos and Kelley
on August 12
SALKM. Ore., Sept. 2C. Lule
Savage, stale penitentbrjr suaru wh'j
wan wounded by IJe escaping con
victs, Murray, Kc'.ley and Willos on
August 12, trflen Lv? -jlher guanU
we;e killed, was rep:rted li!ay by
his iihysicluns to -be In a critical
condition, though with possible an
even chan-e for recovery".
Savage was tihot firoiigh the body.
the bullet entering the abd.men un-1
dor Ihe hour!, mill nil nrobablv i'hot
by Murray. Though his wound was
at first believed u be fatal, he
made- rapid ptreaa wini reov-
cry and about 10 days ago was re-
leased from the hospital. He suf
fered a slight relapse, ho wever, -an I
was again sent to the hospital wuere
bronchial pneumonia developed. This
the physician says, may bo attribut
ed ti his wound. About midnight
last night Savage's temperature sud
denly arose to an alarming manner.
He rallied later and -lis tempera
ture rapidly dropped again.
Was Ofr Duty
Savage was off duty at the time
Murray, Kelley, Willos and "Ore
gon" Jcaes made their break for
liberty. The shot that wounded him
was p: tbably fired after Guards J.
M. Holman an I Jo in Sweeney and
the convict, "Oregon" Jones, had
been killed.
Savage was returning from his
dinner and was walking outside the
prison enclosure when he I'.vns spied
by the desperadoes. Knowing him as
a dead shot and fearless, cae of
them men on Dim at close .rango
and Savage fell to the ground.
H'
was unarmed at the time.
Will Appoint
Prosecutor To
Probe Murder
Dovery Slaying at Kel
so To Be In
vestigated KEI.SO. Wash.. Sept. 26. ()
Elite lmus. prosecuting attorney for
Cowlitz county. Sheriff Clark Stude
baker and Nat R. Smith, mayor of
Kelso, returned from Olympia lust
night after a conference with Qo'v
ernor Roland ll. Hartley and Attor
ney General Ounbar and announced
that nt their request, the attorney
general assured them a special pro
secutor would lie appointed at once
to investigate the Thomas Dovery
murder mystery.
"Recuuse of the bitterness of the
political factions here we thought it
advisable to ask the state to appoint
a special prosecutor who would be
ttntramnieled by prejudice, friends
and enemies in the effort to run
down tho Dovery muderer," Pros
ecuting Attorney lmus said.
C. A. Slorse Is transacting busi
ness matters here from his home In
Prinevllle.
GUARD
UUnVIU I b
IS SUNK
134 Officers
Go To Bottom 01 Sea
When Craft Is Rammed
Three Survivors Picked Up By Steamer City of
Rome Following Night Collision
Other Vessels Attempt Rescue
BOSTON, Sept. 26. (AP) The steamer "City of Rome"
came into the harbor shortly before 3 o'clock this after
noon. It was expected that it would take some time to
warp her into her berth at Charlestwon.
The three survivors were the first taken from the ship.
They were able to walk but were wrapped in blankets.
They were sent immediately to the naval hospital in
Chelsea.
The men said they were in their bunks when the crash
occurred, and that thev happened to be near the con
ning tower. They said they were floated out of the
opening and into trie water.
I The survivors said they had little hope that any of
tj,e 34 men who went down with the submarine would
. f ol;,TQ UQ,Q f fU V,l,.;r,Q m. tViof ,aa
l.'eleased in the craft.
Scotts Denied
Divorce; Both
Are To Blame
Michigan Judge Refus
es Decree to Either
Of Them
AtiPENA, Mich.. Sept. 26. (P)
Frank 1). Scott, Michigan congress
man, and Edna James Scott, his
wife, were denied div-rcej in a de
cision handed down today by Circuit
Judge Frank I). Emerlck.
Congressman Scott charged cruel
ty and misconduct, alleging that his
,,. ,ha,j "been indiscreet" in her
relations with three men. Captain
Will Sumner of the army air ser-
vice. Hairy Wykoff. a Washington
hotel clerk, and an .unnamed man
site met .In Europe.
Mrs. Scott ichhrged her husband
gamble;! for high stakes and drank.
The Seotts separated in December
1922. The marriage i.-if t'.io Scotts
took place in 1914. There are no
children,
ITALIAN AVIATOR
FINISHES FLIGHT
J
TOKYO, Sept. 26. Commander,
Francisco De Pinedo. Italian flying!
m e. comploted his Rome to Tokyo
flight this afternoon, arriving at
the Kasumlgaura air station near
here at 3:25 o'clock. He was wel-j
I coined by naval and military of -
tlctala
SIX DROWN WHEN
SCHOONER SINKS
NORTH SYDNEY, N. S.. Sept. 26.
Captain Joseph Vnti her of the SB
ton schooner Inez G. of Rurgeo,
New Foundlund, and five seamen
were drowned last night when their
vessel inpsiied about three miles
off Mngan, while making for North
Sydney for shelter.
PROM MCHI'OKD
Mr. and Mrs. R. Filer of Medford
are among the valley visitors in
Klamath Falls over the week end.
BUY AT HOME; LOCAL
MERCHANTS CAN GIVE
YOU BETTER BARGAINS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LIFE
And Men
One of the men was in a serious
condition when pt-ked up by the
City of Home, passeigera reported,
he having been partly overcome by
chlorine gns.
He also had considerable water .'.a
bis lun js as d!j one of the others,
the third man. a good swimmr, ai
floating on tils back and aside from
being cold was in gocd condition.
The men rescued were Alfred
Geler, New- lledford, Mass; Dew '
Kile, Peoria, Miss.; and Michael 3.
I.Ira, St. Loots.
It was impossible to tell whetfejr
the men were seriously Injired us
they were taken from the boat, as
they were immediately rushed a.v
to I :e ho'pttal.
Passengers on the City of Rome.
sat;I that the night wis clear wh m
: ic colllsl a 'occurred. The steamer
I .as maldK fro, into 12 knots and
ue 3bmar!ne, it was thought, w Is
partly submerged and approached
the clty ,r Rome dtaonally from
rhp starb .ard side, about limit of the
passengers were In their state rooms
bm a nllmber wore on deck.
Crash Without Winning
C. H. Tfnkham, of Medford and
Miss .Mario It ach of O '.ando, N. IV.,
ti.i:o of the passengers said that
none on board saw tho submarine us
it uppt urtied. but expressed the op
int.: 11 that the look ml. must have
noticed t just before the crash. A
few- persons noticed a red light Just
before ICie .steamer stn.irk.
The fiist Ihtlmutlod of dunger
came with t'lroe blasts of the ship's
whistle, fallowed W a series ftf short
toots. Then came the ruin uh tlin
vessels struck. The t"ly of It m. .
1 Tlnkhsm -iald. keeled over slightly
as It it had run upon some ob
struction. Lifeboat launched
'i;i.- searchlight of the City of
Home was out of commission. Ufa
passengers said, but flares were
thrown up Immediately and a llf-.i
boat ins launched. Th e on deck
hea.d cries for help but there w:n
no sign of I ho submarine which
must hove go.10 down 'iiimedlalel
Tlnkham and others satil liny b..
lleved It was seriously damaged an I
perhaps spill in two.
The three men w-lio were rescued
were asleep In their bunks when the
olllslon came, thoy said. Ikiay d' l
ColltlllUPd I'll I'llge HfVenJ
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