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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
BUY AT HOME; LOCAL
MERCHANTS CAN GIVE
YOU BETTER BARGAINS
Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Year Number r(:7
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ma n
BOUND
AND GAGGED If
Intruder Then Sets Fire to
Home of Lumber Comp
any Sales Manager
RESCUE IS EFFECTED
Neighbors Call Fire Depart
ment just in time to Save
Girl From Death
flKNI). On.. Hvpt 2'J. Having
bound unl gagged the nuild. a
tramp wl Mr Ut the TfSC Call
child hone this norol&g about
11:30 und nsdi good hi bsobps,
The girl tM NMtMd by the neigh'
born wbO lulled till fliv do pa it
mtiiit. Tin' dBBssgB 1,1 the bouse wuh
nllKlit nml resulted mosily from
smoke. Bocordlng in members of ibo
fire. ttnpuriiMi'iit.
Mr Kalrrhlld is local sales man
ager of din iiruoki BbsbJob Lumber
company With Mrs. ralrchlld be
ih in Portland or Banday ami
In driving linrk t" Bend today.
A good dOSOrtptlOB id tlio tramp
wan secured and I tt sheriff's Of"
Hot I" took Ink for bits now. While
suffering trow the Shock, tin' Klrl
In halt! lo have told BOlghbOrs IB't
refused tlii ninn foo'd, which an
grrod him.
Tho girl's nitim In Bessie Kuntuin
A sister Anna Kciiuiin In n telephone
operator In Tho Dalles, having re
cently I B truntifei r. d from Bond.
Kii-nii for llin result ol the nhork.
(bo Injured girl wan reported In good
shape thin afternoon Sin- uianitgi-d to
IrnK herself Into lln hnll and call
Ilia fire department alter the tramp
bound her hundn,
Lodi Clears
66,129 With
Lights. Water
i inn, ( ai.. sept. B8. Mantel-
pnl UWQOrthlp of lii-.Li and writer
In I. fill iniitle a net profit of
tno.r-Mt during the rtncal ar.
TIiIm Ik IbOU " I" 'he annual re
port of City Clerk John Itlake.
I).
The water Nervlce nfter pay
Iiik oHratlnK eipfUM ihOWOd
9Ull,2n7.HH profit net to (lie
tmitiiclpnlMy. Klectrlchy for the
llj(htH nml power showifl il n(
profit of l?l-'.H7I.M.-. The muni
cipal hatliM wen opc-indit at a
Ioism or 8,1B0.77
hurlntc the year there wiin a
Kil ii of M-venteeii water UtCM
vvhlili lrlnKN llw total COnitimCM
up to lmsh and 8,800 OMm of
elrrtrlelty.
Tlio flunl epenilltiiri-H of Ihe
city amounted to JM8480.?1
while the receipts mossed
414.88.
Four Youngsters
Burned to Death
in Blazing Home
BVBRfpTT, Wlarih., Sept. 28.
Four children of Mr. an ! Mn. Nl
return, of Sliver I,ako, ivere hurned
to donth ii" mornlni in n firo ttiat
dtHiroyed ihu Pettrfl h inn.
TRAMP
BEND
Klamath Residents Give Large
Majority In Favor Of Building
Oregon Trunk Into This County
Out of Nearly 400 Ballots Cast by This After
noon Only Three Opposed to Line Vot
ing To Be Continued Throughout.
Present Week
I'll lo 2 o'clock lliln afternoon,
llittMi residents of Klaninlli roiutty
Imvo i nine out openly an being; op
posed to (he coming of (he Oregon
Trunk (o Kliinuilh Kails, II. was shown
III a tnhiiliilloii of IiiiIIoIn in The
HernUTN voting on (he rallroud ques
tion. Of lliene three, two are known
lo lie lumber opci-atom, who ul. lite
present, (hue are nt (hi mercy of
(lie Southern Pacific.
Ilpt Hie ureal mass of Ihe people
(hose who really slant! for the pro
grcNN und development of this Um
pire Awakening want (he Oregon
Court May Not
Rumor Verified
Road Down West Side
Of Link River
Considered
Curbktonoi rutnori w$n vrlfld
tfniimlny afti-tnuoii when an enKiii'
wi n report dlwfoMd thai thi county
court In rw-rlmiHly cOnfldtriQf nlmn-
don lot ('' construction of brldfu
lu't oiih Link rlv r. und In- g placa,
routo ttao ilook craoli rond down tiw
tti-hi h1ii of Link river In the Link
river Mu I ii Htriit bridge,
Nnturday the cotuily ttffnttr'i Of"
fii prepared entiinuU'h for iln coun
ty court, on tho COtl of l h r' bridffM
and tbO mud down the wml hide of
the rlviT.
Tln ui'rti df river route. iihIiik tin
M p In ttrMt lirilK would coni the
rounty upproxtinutt'ly 3C,0')U, the
j rt'pori of County Kuidiieer Howard
dtoCiOtOl. This would Include about
ONi mil'' and three quartern of t:rad-
In k and surfacing.
Tliut thi' California Oregon Power
oompAnjTi owner of dm property on
too wi-hi hid ! of Link river, over
I which ih' river road would be touted.
1 will OppOM Ibfl road on ihe weht iilde
of the river, In known. Th power
company la In ponsoaalon, of suffi
cient land to Inke care of pfOtDOOtWo
dOVOlOpmonl that It hus hud In mind
for noun time. ClutterlnK up the
strip of laud atoiiK Ihe river with
roads and railroads would H'tIoukIv
lntfrfre with thi construction of n
new power hniifte, it Ih claimed.
Yu rlnuri coin pi It ut lonn assail t he
county court In their attempt to
KlruiKhteii out the Hock Creek road
tain;! and complete (ho project
which ban hecome no much of u no
QOJlaity to t ommertlal and tourist
Ira v. f!
The first uinn of the courl wa to
construct u bridge act ohm I, Ink riv
er fust below the Link river dam.
UP this plan a bond LWUO w:ih Intro
duced ami approved by the people,
by which Ihe authorization fur u
bfjdfe at the point ipeoltled In the
I hh li 0 was approved by the people.
Inability of the city to live up to
It.i aKreeiu.-nt to Join with the roun
ty In the completion of the Hock
( frook brldfO project, forced the
county to abandon -the original prop
osition and to consider placing the
brldfO above t he Idnk river dam.
The question haH tliaon whether or
not (he money available by the bond
isue can bo utilized for another rond
project than the one mentioned In
l ho issue.
The county court Is extending ev
i ry effort to finish the Hock Crook
road at ii In considered that the
road Is not worth the money spent
on It until some other route than
lh hazardous road up I . ut, river
ciui he constructed.
Principal Jackson
to Speak at Forum
Professor Paul Jackson and mem
bers of the high school faculty will
be gueate at tho chamber of com
merce on Wednesday noon at the
forum luncheon, according to the
announcement of Mra. Leah smith,
action secretary of the chamber of
Bommeree, in the absence of Lynn
Babtn, oc rotary,
Profossor Jackson will give the
principal address of the day and
short La Ike will he given by various
members of the faculty.
Trunk lo evlend from Itcinl, mill they
are mil afraid to sign their nanu s to
u petition asking Ilia! this road be
permitted to build Its projected e
(ensloii, .The railroad ballots will he con
tinued throughout the present week.
If you hV0 not yet marked your hoi.
lot, clip OUt (he coupon today, vote
your choice mill bring; or mall It t
The HeMld office.
Tin' result of this voting will he
forwarded to tho Interstate commerce
commission Which slmtN lis hearing
n week from today.
s
I SERVICE IS
OFFICER'S VIEW
Aircraft Board Told Work
Should to Turned Over
to Men Who Fly
COOPERATION NEEDED
Major Walter G. Kilner says
There is Much Dissat
isfaction New
WASHINGTON. Henl. 2H. (R
RMBBiIbI Itn Inquiry Into the ulr
eraft problem toduy Hie prosldSBt'S
nperlul board WBI "ld ul the oulnet
Hi .r nnny red tope hinder the
work of the army air nervlic and
bat operutlonn of the nervlce nhould
be untrunted to the flying men.
Major Walter ; Kilner. exei utlve
oifieer of the nir Barrios, "wuh tho
flmt wltnenn and lie dei lan d dlffl-
etttttoi ooBfrootlBi tho lorries "woro
not ones of pernonalltlen" but one
of orKnnlratlon. The chief of the
fill' MTVlce. he held, nhould at ull
llmen be empowered to direct the
actlvltlen of hln men.
Tor Unified Bodrioo
1 1 .-.id I ri k a long lint of army avin
lorn to be heard. Including Colonel
Wm Mltchi II. who In fluhtlnB for a
unified it Ir Mrrlca. Major Kilner
declared at the heiilnnltif; that he
favored a separate air corpn In the
army. BUCb an that favored by Major
(ieneral Patrick, thief of the nervlce.
"Have yon any connecutive huk
fOStlOBST" COBtlBBBd Senator ISinK
hatn. "Ven, turn tho air service over
lo filer.."
Air I'roliletun
Major Kilner then read a ulute-
! ment on the functions of the nlr
service In war service. In Which he
declared pursuits and bomburdment
presented an air problem that only
airmen can develop.
The Witness said hi) understood
ficnernl Patrick, who In chief of
the sarriee, was preparing a state
ment letting forth his position, und
that he believes would express his
views better than he could.
"Do you know of uny dissatisfac
tion nmniiK air officers?" he was
linked.
"Yen." replied Kilner.
Aged Recluse
Kills Himself
Farmer at Weston Was
Constantly In
Pain
PUNDLBTON, Ore, Sept. 28. R.
S. Mover, used farmer an I recluse,
living m the bench land east of
WsSton, nouyit relief fr.'m b.idlly
pain tlii.uiKi Beif destruction in th
Opinion of the Justice N. Berkele,
ucting ooronar, and t'. t'- Prabstel,
district attorney, who Investigated
the man's death, lie waa found
dead Saturday. The body re lined
across Ihe lied, and tn the hands,
lightly el ispe.l, was the barrel of the
man's shot gun. According t the
leport. a !'ut from the gun load pen
etrated Ube base of the braid,
The man was "7 years old and
lived atone on a farm of Si) acres.
Ho was subject to constant attacks
of Intense pain, according to the
neighbors, He is believed ij b&vo
relatives In Chicago, ill.
Popular Traffic
Cop Killed When
Car Leaves Road
YRBKAi Calif.. Sepl. 2S. (Spec
ial In The Herald. I John Derby,
aged It, statu traffic officer for Sis
kiyou county, was almost Instantly
killed yesterday when Ills roadster
plunged off the highway In the Sur
rumenlo canyon and hurtled for a
distance of nearly 200 feet Into the
rocky gorge, lie was dead when pass
ing nut lsts rushed In his aid.
The dead truffle officer was well
liked throughout the county because
of his unfailing courtesy to motor
ists. Examination of the wrecked cur
Indicated that the steering wheel had
failed as Derby wns rounding n sharp
curvo on the down grade.
RED TAPE I
Livestock Use
K. F. Yards As
Grazing Field
Nineteen Horses Herd
ed Into City Pound
Yesterday
"flolni: going, done; Mr. Smllh
giitN the white-faced nicer. Now
Indlen und gontlemBBi here In us
fine a dray horse an one could find
In a stable or out- ".
If the OVoers of liornen and cattle
do not wntrh their llvestork, the
above speech will be common al the
city pound.
Yenierdoy. nineteen head of hornet
that have been wandering over flow
er gardens and lawna within the
boundarlex of the city were rounded
up und herded Into the city pound
They will be kepi there u reasonable,
tiliie and then sold to the highest
blder ul public auction. Mayor Cod
dard announced today.
A cowboy was hired today by
Mayor Ooddard to take care of the
nuisance. According to reports to
the police department there Ih yet
another band of horses und a small
band of cattle that are utilising
yardH of prlvat" homes as Krazing
fields.
"GD GETTER" IS
ACCUSED OF BIG
E
Aviator, Lawyer, Chicken
Raiser and Salesman,
Held by Seattle Police
BIGAMY IS CHARGED
Authorities Say Reputed
Swindler has Another
Wife in Milwaukee
B BATTLE, Sept. 28. (A.!1.)
Clarence F. Ctaeea, aviator, Juw
power salesman, must, it was an
. :! today, answer n SSoOO
forgery charge here before relum
ing lo fare accusal Ion of a 1100,000
swindle in Milwaukee.
(ireen. dispatches related, sold
washing machines back east. He
told n prosecutor here, after arrest
Saturday, that contracts he juggled
in Milwaukee as manager for the
Coffleid Appliance Company might
have totalled $200,000, but ho got
only tSSidOO and when he came to
Seattle last winter brought only
$1100.
Has Two Wives
investigators stated that Green
had a wife in Milwaukee besides
the wife who was found with him
on their chicken ranch at Pes
Moines. 1 r, miles south of here.
This wife was from Milwaukee and
relatives of hers were telegraphed
lo come after her.
Oreen'a arrest followed a mistake
in a loan association here through
which Creen had borrowed $"500
on a house in Seattle, tlreen had
rented the house. The association
mailed Green an overdraft. He
came into the office and asked why
the extra money was sent him.
Checking this mistake, clerks dis
covered evidence that tlreen hud
forged the nnmo of Thompson in
obtaining the loan.
When an examiner for a title In
surance company called a policeman.
Green run out of the office of tho
loan company, He stumbled in an
alley, and the policeman caught
him, Airplanes are a hobby of
Green's, Ueioiv he left Milwaukee
he ordered a fast one built.
4 KRIjD I'oh MVRDBR
PORTLAND, Ore., Sepl. 2S.
(iV) Charged with committing
a murder a year ago on Ihe
Muuittlla Indian reservation,
Hill Hint, a cowboy, aiied 88,
was brought here today by tad
oral officers lo await act! n
by the igrnnd Jin . Hurl i.vas
arrOsted in tho hills 20 miles
from PendUOon by Deputy r.
S. Marshal Murolorl; last night.
He Is charged wit.ii healing to
death Matthew Shoeahlps, :is, a
nrominenl Indian, on the Uma-
tllln reaerval m.
FORGERY CHARC
BELIEVE SUNKEN !
nimnnsniAir iiiii i !
0
Underseas Craft Rammed
Friday Night to be
Brought to Surface
MEN BELIEVED DEAD
But Slight Hope Held that
Any of 33 Aboard Will
Be Found Alive
NEW LONDON', Conn., Sept. 28.
(A' Belief that the submarine
8-51, sunk 11 miles east of Illnck
Island Friday Bight, when rammed
by the steamship City of Rome,
might be raised today, was expressed
tills morning by officers at the sub
marine base here.
The Monarch, giant derrick upon
which authorities pin their hopes
to raise the S-al waa started to
ward the scene of the disaster at
7 a. in., an early message to the
submarine base here stated.
The sea was calm after a night
of heavy wind.
Crew Believed Dead
Although every effort was being
directed toward rescue work, only
slight hope was held out that any
of tho 33 men who went down with
the craft would he found alive.
Naval officials say thut the number
who went dow-n with the submarine
is 33. as one mai at first listed as
aboard, had' been found at home in
New York, visiting a sick relative.
One message only was received
ut the submarine base during the
night from the ring of naval ves
sels on guard and at work during
the hours of darkness at the spot
where the S-51 went down.
How's Dampened
That message, received shortly
after 1 o'clock by wireless, inform
ed the anxious persona ashore of
futile effort to hoist die S-51 by
means of a 100 ton crane, the Cen
tury. It also dampened the hopes
of the naval men that some of their
comrades of the sea were still alive
In the battered shell of the under
sea vessel.
The message sent In by Rear Ad
miral H. H. Christy, commander of
the control force, stated that divers
at work outside the sunken sub
marine had been unable to obtain a
response in answer to their attempts
to communicate with the men with
in. NEW LONDON. Conn., Sept. 2S.
JP When informed by the As
sociated Press early today that the
owners of the City of Rome had an
affidavit which stated that he S-51
was commanded by student officers.
(Ocatinued on Page Four)
TOT FALLS INTO
WATER TROUGH
AND DROWNS
YIIKKA, Calif.. Sept. 2S. (Spe
cial to The Herald.) John Basting.
3 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John
J. Hasting of Hornbrook, was drown
ed Saturday when he fell in a water
trough on -the Horn ranch at Horn
brook, where his father is employed
as foreman.
The lad's parents thought he was
with his older brothers who were
fishing in a nearby stream, while the
brothers thought the lad was at home
witlrhis mother.
He was not missed until late in
the afternoon when a search revealed
his lifeless body in the water trough.
The fniully came to Hornbrook a
few weeks ago from Los Angeles.
YOUTH PROTESTS
HIS INNOCENCE
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 2S. (jP)
Rotten A. Wlnthrop, whose arrest
in Pasadena on Saturday on grand
larceny cTnargei) ifrom Be:ul, Ore.,
Stirred social circles of the former
city, today stoutly continued to pro
test his Innocence and declared he
never had been in Bend, although
sheriff's officers this morning re
ceived a message from Sheriff S. E.
Roberts al Bend, urging them lo
hold Wlnthrop.
The message from Bend snld:
"Hold Wluthropi we want him
badly."
Tho prisoner said his mother and
other members of the family live
In Beacon Hill, a suburb of Brook-
line, Muss.
UDMflnint I1! ILL1
dl Diiicrn cnnM
UL NrtldLU JUUi.
11Reiden mm raiders
trnScSdiCONFISCAIEBIG
W. M. Swartzsfager,
83, Dies From
Injuries
A 15-foot fall from a scaffolding
Saturday afternoon proved fatal last
night at 9 o'clock to William
Michael Kwarizsfager. aged S3, of
1432 White avenue. TSe aged man
died from crushed ribs and internal
Injuries incurred from the fall.
Mr. Kwarizsfager was busy build
ing a small house on White avenue
In Mills Addition when Ihe tragedy
occurred He had nailed a scaf
folding together, but the fastening
proved too Insecure, for when he
climbed onto It. It gave way and
SvarUafager fell heavily to tho
ground.
The victim of the accident was
employed In Klamath Falls as wnteh
rnan for the Ackley -Lumber com
pany. During his eleven years of
residence In this city he hud made
a wide circle of friends and ac
quaintances and was well known
throughout the county.
Mr. Swartzsfager is survived by
three children, C. O, Swartzsfager
of Ashland. J. W. Swartzsfager of
Klamath Kalis and , Mrs. Fannie
Matney of Iluch. Jackson county,
lie was horn in Minnesota.
The remains will be shipped to
morrow morning to Jacksonville,
where funeral services and inter
ment will take place.
Youth Almost
Severs Finger
Cutting Wood
Ik-n Bergman, 15, wanted hot
cakes for his Kuitf.Ay morning
breakfast... Hotcakcj ami uuiu4v
yirui hrhl a strong appeal to his
zfstful appetite
"Please, mother, cook me
Bome," he pleaded to his mother,
Mrs. O. K. Bergman of Pelican
City.
"If you'll spilt me a nice lot
of wood and kindling I'll do It,"
the mother responded, as mothers
ahvuys do.
Young lion hurried to the wood
Bhod to make good his half of the
bargain.
A few minutes later he rushed
hack into the house In agony.
The ae had silpped and almost
severed the index finger of hiy
left hand.
So Instead of the wlshcd-for
hotcakes, young lien sipped hot
hi-oth and soft-boiled eggs for
breakfast. And he ate at the
Klamath General hospital, where
he is a patient today
"Xuw, it don't hurt much,"
vouchsafed t he in jured lad t o
day. although he is anxious to get
back home and dig into the crisp
brown hotcakes which his moiher
is waiting to rook for him.
Change of Name
Has Slight Lead
in Herald Poll
Votes on the proposal to change
the name of Klamath Falls simply
to Klamath continue to stream into
the Herald office in spite of the
fact that the last ballots were print
ed Friday afternoon.
Up to 2 o'clock this afternoon, the
vote stood:
For changing the name 1-18
Against tho change l'Jtl
The ballots will be turned Into
tho chamber of commerce this af
ternoon, while other ballots which
might he lata in the mails also will
be forwarded to the chamber for
their reference.
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
CACHE OF ION
i Ralph Almeter, son of prom
inent Contractor, Arrest
ed This Afternoon
POSSESSION CHARGE
Prisoner Denies Ownership
of 60 Gallons of Whisk
ey in Basement
Sixty Kallous of moouslllne were
confiscated and Ralph Almeter, son
nf John Almeter, contractor who u
building the new Central school, Is
under arrest as Hie result of a raid
conducted this afternoon on Al
meter's home, I in I Alamaila slceel.
The whiskey, In six 20-gullon
kegs, was discovered In the base
ment of Almeter's home. In addi
tion a complete outfit of bourbon
extractcarainel flavoring, alcoholic
tester, yeast, part of a still, filter
paper, corks and other articles
necessary to the kit of an efficient
moonshiner were discovered.
UcBride Again
The raid ;aa conducted by State
Prohibition Agent L. L. McBride,
aided by Deputy Sheriff Cole and
Patrolman. Brown. Almeter's wife
was in Ihe house at the time. Al
meter was arrested shortly after
the raid, while working on the con
struction of Ihe new school. The of
ficers also confiscated a pint of
alleged moonshine which was In the
pantry of the Almeter home.
Almeter denies that he knew tho
liquor was in the house.
"A week or ten days ago, a fel
low who went by the name of Ed
asked If he could store gome camp
ing equipment in my basement."
Almeter said. ."I told him to go
-!.... iwil it never cvciirrpd to me
that he stored booze in my base
ment. I never go down stairs and
the man had It padlocked anyway.
"1 know it looks bad for mo be
cause they found a bottle of whis
key upstairs In the pantry. I don't
know just what to do as this is
the first time I was ever mixed up
in anything like this.
"Yes, I knew tho fellow was sell
ing the stuff. He came around up
at the job once and gave me a bot-
i tie. If they just give me the oppor
j tunlty to locate the man. ! think I
! can bring the real culprit into
court. I don't deal iu the stuff
and never have." g
McBride expressed the opinion
this afternoon that Almeter was tell
ing the truth when he mentioned
another man having something to
do with the liquor, hut insisted
Almeter was his partner.
"He undoubtedly knew the stuff
was there." he said. "Tho house
reeked with It when we made our
raid and his wife admitted that It
was ia tho basement. We found a
bottle of the whiskey In his pan
try, which makes It look had for
him." i
Almeter has been a resident of
Klamath Falls for the last six
months and with his father is con
structing tho new Central school
building on the corner of Seventh
and High streets.
A charge of possession of intox
icating liquor will be pressed against
Almete, according to McBride.
Man Inured in
Sunday Smashup
A broken arm and other Injuries
of a minor nature were sustained
last nisht by a man giving his name
to hospital authorities as Steve
Rogers, as the result of an auto
mobile smash-up. The Injured man
was rushed to a local hospital wheru
the broken hone Wra8 set.