University I,ilr,irv
Buirtng, Oregon
Published Daily at
KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
Eighteenth Year Number
PIRATES WIN SECOND GAME
S. P. STARTS TO
GIVE TESTIMONY
IN RAIL BATTLE
Eastern Extension by Way
of Alturus Sought from
Federal Commission
STRAHORN TESTIFIES
President of O. C. & E. tells
What he Planned When
he Started in 1915
IfHtTLANO, OH., ii. H.
(A.i1.) Testimony in tin- i.e.
Oi I" -'i in;; here on railroad do-
volopaMml switehed from Oro-
Uini (o Gnllfornln todny, an Di
rector CTuirloi Muiiaftio toek up
f t1 SPPltl Ml loll Of titC SolllllClll
fur esteiuloni in northern Cali
fornia itfti-r tin llltl rtutflt. (inn
plefcil llii'lr MM In tx lmlf "I
their proposed estennlon from
llellll In hliilitiilli Pstll
Tin Southern Pselflc'i case was
begun uftcr Director Mnhfttfh) r.-luh-i(l
llu roquet of t It it t ritllrond (lint
ihc Oregon public service colnniln
nlun should pul lit. losllmony before
the BouHiorn Purine produced lis
Willi t' HSU.
J. y. Bhinughnotty oi Onrson Oily,
Nevsds. president f the Nevada ruti
romi and publtfl norvl lomhilsston.
upttko In (arnr of an extension of the
Central Pacific (Southern Pacific i
from Klumalh Palls to Allurus, Csl
Ifornln.
HtrahoVn on stand
Robsrt B. strnliorn. builder id Iba
Oregon, California ami Kant. rail
road in tbo soolboro part .if Oregon,
spoke i snpporl uf attending bis
linos from Sprnmio ti v.-r in Silver
Luke and also to Laln-vlew. Ilonitnzii
ami Williamson river, ii. (old ol but
struggles in finance this uadoriak
lag.
"i wan attending a IiIk rullrond
TniiH'i mooting ai Dood In 1016. Will ii
n delegation ot loading bltlsons from
Klamath Falls .'am.' ami asked mo
to (to down there ami study tholr
transportation n in." said Btraliorn.
('nine In Klaiiinlll
"I went In Klamath Falls, hiado a
careful survey of tbo iltuatlon ami
planned a lino from thore to Bond
and in Lukeviow. Prom the moment
it wan found iif Klamath Falls pro
ject might i" a sucooss, the lumbor
iiii ii of iii ml began Id oppose it.
"Mr. Short In of the groai Bhovlln
nixon company ropootodly told me
personally thai they could not Miami
for tiin southern extension of the rail
road." said siiaiiorn. "My friend
who wore in business in Bond at tin
time wore threatened that it they con-
tlnncd to favor building a railroad
tioutli tboy would suffer."
Plan Approved
Mi' mild thai alioul this, ttpid the
chambers of commerce or the state
took a vottt on tin' desirability of
building bis proposed Klamath Falls-llnnil-Lnkovlow
railroad and every
chamber of commerce i" Oregon fa
vored it but Hi mi.
The ntory of Klamath Falls' coop
eration was, told, a $300.0011 bond
issue wan voted and given him. right
of way to Bprague river was prom
ised us well nti a terminal kite 111
Klamath Falls and certain needed
munlotpsl franchises.
m MttrlKiigcd Homo
"Only one half of the right of way
was furnished and the same amount
of tiio terminal site glv " Strnhovn
snld. "And iqma of the franchises
nre laoklhg, I am not complaining
niiout Klamath Fails booauao tho
people there attempted this, bill
inntlt me shoulder more troubles.
Itathor than lot the entire project
fall and the people limn tholr $800,-
ooo bond issue, i had to carry on. i
ihon strained my orodll in the vory
utmost ami 6von mortgaged by homo
in Bpokano to take tho mad up to
Bprsgue river."
Hit dodlnred that, before he started
his now work ho bbttsultod with tho
I'ltlof offltlnls of llio Hill nnd lliini
gttftf lEumttixri
564fl
Salesman Held
Up On Highway
East Of Salem
A. G. Bach of San Fran
cisco Victim of
Outlaw
tAUfM, Ore., Obi a highway
Mbborj on tlm opi'ti road and in
broad daylight with a. ii. Baob of
San Krancitito, a totmo'o HaloHinan.
t If- vlt'tlm, watt porpolrutod on HII-vi-rton
mail alimit 1!:30 o'clock yes-ti-rday
afttrnnon. BgCfa wan retlovod
or t7v
Bach wa driving along tho payod
blgHWay when another inr drw
ulongtldo, tin' driver signalling Bach
to stop', which in did. Tbo other
motorist asked the dlrootlon to Mi
Minnvltlo, ami while Bach was giv
ing him ih" lnormatlon be suddenly
pullbd a gun and ordered Bach to
(let out or the rar. After the utrunif
er hail gone through BgOh's pockets
ami taken hfti money. In- urdcrvd
Bacb to step usuie. The robber
tht-n lumped UttO hltt own ear and
tipcd away Tile lift-nun tans tin liitt
automnlillf were envered so their
qumbera could not he obtained, by
Much, lie (iirnlttbed u dencrtpllnn or
thf man for tho pollen.
Murray To Ask
For Acquittal
Convict Claims Abuse
Justified His
Escape
BALBH, Ore.. Oft. s In koop
Iiik with the surprises uml thrills
Whleh have marked his entire earner
.it prime tin defense of Tom Murray
ullt-Kotl lender ur the throe fonvlftn
who ghOl I heir why out or the Ore
Kon prison Augnel 12. Mllinf; two
Kiiards. did lb" unexpected iikiiIii In
ontllnlng their ease yesterday after
noon. Instead of basing his case upon
extonuatlng circumstances ami seek
ing a verdict less severe than first
degree murder, as had been Inti
mated in his nooning statements ami
generally anticipated, w in It, King,
chief COUUSOl tor the ilefenne. tnld
tbo Jury thai he expected tn bre
soni evidence substantiating an
acquittal nn the grounds that Mur
ray wan so mistreated and perse
cuted during his confinemonl in the
prison as to place IiIh life In Jeop
ardy, and to justify It I in In Hoek
liiK lo escape even nt tho rost of
,t ii It I ii K a bUman life to secure his
liberty.
KIiik In describing to tbo Jury
the various degrees of murder and
the verdicts they were authorized
by law (o rind, explained that there
were extenuating circumstances
which, ir noi justifying acquittal,
would amply supply tlpdlng a gUlll
of second degree murder or man
slaughter, Associated Press
Founder Eulogized
NKW YOUK. Oct. 8. (P) A
tribute to victor Fremont Lawsqn
was adopted unanimously yesterday
: by the hoard ot directors .if the As
SOOla'tod Presj as the flrat action or
the first mooting held since bis
i death.
DetldCS enloglilng him as a true
i American, a Christian gentleman and
j a courageous newspaperman and a
lower of wisdom ami strength, tlm
directors ordered Mr. Lawson's por
trait reproduced In a steel engrav
ing and a copy sent lo every member
of the Associated I'roseH, which be
founded.
A rottRHGTtON
Due to a lyphngraphlcal or-
ror in k. Sugnrman's udver-
tlsemenl in yesterday's Lumb-
orlogue, hoy's overalls were
priced al 60c a pair. The price,
abJOUld have been 8 Be a pair.
jf t 1 1 1 t.t 1 1
KLAMATH FALLS,
BURGLARS TRY
AT LOOTING OP
HOTEL STOPPER
Attempted Robbery of the
Arcade Pool Room frus
trated Early Today
J. SHEEHAN ARRESTED
Screen and Window Broken,
Find Man in Hiding
Near Hostelry
,ni inpr to break litto-tlic r-
tuitr ItolVl pOOl 100111 wit tVUlh
I I'iiI'mI i-url.s this niotniiiK '""I
si crrj sih-cIiiiii wm niTtpctod on
u chin tif iiitcmpii'd burglary.
. M n'fii hitd bOPU torn RWNy
hihI u window on tin cas4 ildo
or tuc liotol broken, when the
niuiit clerk al Itio Arrado liotol
railed Patrolntrn Mltcfacll ami
I'atti TMin.
The UVo ofrlttrh riiKliril arottutl tilt
rnrnt-r of thr hotel and found Slu t -
iimi hidiriK nnderoaatb a pUi-Uorin
Iti Ibe rear of 111.- inonnmcnt works
on tho COrnor of KUvt-ntti and .Muln
HtrcetH. Sboeuati -jm placed under nr-
rest and lodRi-d In jail. AccordlnK '
to pulltc bo WAI In un Intoxicated '
condition.
That Bhechai) et tern plod to pit
uade him to allow him to etcape,
wuis iho riatojoienl thin boou or ra- (
trolman UltcheJI, who with rnttcr
kou more In (I Shrcohan down to jail,
"He tried to proposition me to lot 1
him go;" Mitchell uld, "but I told i
i. mm nothing dOlOg"
Shpbhnn Ik w II known In Klamath ;
I-'uIIk, hut ho far an in known by
authorities, has not been in nerioutt I
trouble before.
Rancher to Serve
8 Years in Prison
DALLAS, Oro, Oct. t Carl Pinkos
Polk county rnnoher who pleaded
guilty to snooting nt B C. Kirk pat- ;
rlck, former cnunty judge of Polk
county with Intent to kill, was this!
morning sontoncod to servo not to j
ogeeed olghl yours in tho statu pen
itentiary by Clrcull Judge Rahisey.
Macdoel Now Over
Smallpox Epidemic
YRKKA. Catlf., Oct. S. (Special
tit Tho Herald.) Following several
weeks of a smallpox, epidemic. .Mac
duel is gradually resuming tho even
tenor of ls ways.
The disease was no respecter of
persons and business and profession
al men found themselves quarantined
while the disease progressed mildly
through the district, No fatalities
wore reported and the most confu
sion came when disinfection began
and whore. In some Instances, more
than BO pounds of sulfur poured
volumes of smoke lo eradicate any
(lunger of the return of the disease.
The schools continue with filled
classes.
Klamath Indian
Wins Acquittal
C. Reynolds Mose of
Chiloquin Found Not
Guilty of Forgery
MBDFOnO, Ore., Oct. S. C.
Reynolds NtosQ of Chllouuin was ac
itultted lute yesterday after twenty
minutes deliberation by the Jury In
the Federal district court ill session
here, et' forging and passing a check
on a Ohlloquln Morekoeper, lie was
defended by two Klamath Fails law
yers while United States District
Attorneys Neuner and Stearns of
Portland represented the government.
Associated Press Leased Wirn
OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, L82
His Home Run Wins Game
1 '
-i-JjUjM r . . '
Reduce Loads
On Automobile
Trucks, Edict
Paving And Construc
tion Work to
Impeded
Construction and street paving
activities twill be serious' Impeded
this full as the result of a state
highway regulation which oes into
effect October 13, lowering the maxi
mum truck I ad limit frm 22.QQQ
pounds to 1G.G00 pound... Announce
ment tot the new regulation was
made t day from tie state ihlghwav
office.
Owing to wot weather, the regu
lation, lowering truck load weight, Is
going into offeVt full month ear
lier than last year. It will slow
up street paving operations now in
progress, w. D. MlUea Constitu
tion company which Is hauling grav
el and the Warren Construct ton
Ko.mva.hy which is hauling patio?
material over The Dalloi-CalStarnia
highway to Klamath Falls mast cut
down their leads to meet tie n'e)
i egulatlon,
The regulation will affect truck
hauling over tho Dallas-California
highway to the south and north of
Klamath Fulls, the Ashland-Klamath
Fulls lilsltway, the Klainat'i
Falls-Lakevicw highway, the Klam
ath entrance to Crater Ltso and the
Prtooville-Lakevtew highway, besides
Mther principal hlgl.i. ,i s throughom
the stale.
The state highway regulation wa
prompted by tho necestlcj' of pro
to'ting the hlghwav against disi ite
gratlon during the va!n saSsun, i:
remains in el't'ect till April 16; 1920
CIVILIAN FLIER
KILLED IN RACE
MfrOHSId KiLl). N. Y.. DCt 8;
iiV) -Harry Bunnelll, civilian avi
ator, wan killed and Clawnco D.
Cblimborlatil, pilot, was InJurtMl to
day when tholr homo built mouo
plnno orashod in tho first ovont of
14 or
I More Than 400
Wild Fans Get
Baseball Dope
Evening Herald Service
At Pine Tree Draws
Crowds
More than Kill baseball fans wore
guests i.r the Evening Herald today
at the ploY-by-play Associated Press
report of the gnnie at tile Pine Tree
l heat co.
Almost from I lie start the gnutc
was thriller, an. I .lack l-'rnney, who
.litl the auttoahciiig, kepi the crowd
in good Innnor as the telegraph in
stcniiiont on the theatre stage click
ed oft the plays direct from Forbes
field.
in (lie eighth and ninth innings
when (lie ls'sult of the game
hunt:
"aianco, tne fans went wild
until tlie final flash came, nnnoune-
ing that liittsburgh had won.
Because tif the cooiicrntlon or
Harry Co. tie, ovmor of the theatre.
this linecello:l service will he giv-
et, rv.tu.miiis oasooan inns uiraugu-
mil i nt mtion. i i toy run su in com
Portable clinlnt, talking ami lauh
iuiz and tmlokttlg anil cllcrUlg While
tho plays lire flashed by tho Asso
ciatod Press Wire lUreei t tin thon
irr. Tho hro trains will moot in Wash
ington toimnitiw, and ult fans who
want to "see' tho gaim as guests
of tlu Kveiitttg Mora It! can want lor
tlmvn to the l'in Troo mid i it all
from start to finish for nothing
Tho innps rails (ho first battel up
prompt I y at 1 1 o'rlorh, loral tlmo.
Probable Head of
State University
Visits in Eugene
EI'GKNIO. Ore., Oct. 8. Colonel
Frank P. Day. prominently mention
ed us a possible successor lo the
Into Prince L. Campbell ns presi
dent oi the University of orogou, is
in Eugene today for two addresses,
one. at the university and one at
the luncheon oC the Eugene cham
ber of commerce.
am
Aldridge Wins From
Coveleskie In Fast
Pitching Duel, 3-2
Cuyler Comes Through With Home Run in 8th
Which Puts Game on Ice; Pittsburgh
Plays Great Defensive Ball
Score: R H E
Pirates 3 7 0
Senators 2 8 2
FORBES FIELD, Pittsburgh, Oct. 8. (AP) A home
run by Kiki Cuyler, Pirate outfielder, scoring Moore
ahead of him in the eitghth inning gave the Pirates a vic
tory over Washington today in the second game of the
world's series and squared the count at one and one
apiece.
The score was 3 to2. The official box score:
Official Bos Scorrs
Washington AB H
11 PO A E
2 2 0 0
0 4 4 0
0 0 0 0
1 11 U 0
2 0 U 0
0 0 10
110 0
117 2
15 0 0
0 0 2 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
8 24 14 2
H PO A E
0 3 10
2 4 0 0
1 1 0 0
13 0 0
0 0 2 0
2 15 0
0 9 10
1 C 2 0
0 0 2 0
7 27 13 0
Rice, cf 5
S. Harris. 2b .... 3
Goslin; If 4
Judge, lb
J. Harris, rf.
Bluuge. 3b ...
Myer, 3 b
I'eckinbaugh,
.... 4
.... 3
.... 2
.... 1
S8 3
... 3
ItUfil. c
I t oveiesKie, p
McNettly. x .
Veach, xx . ...
Iteuther
Totals 31 2
Pittsburgh AB R
Moore, 2b 4 1
Carey, cf 4 0
Cuyler. rf 3 1
llarnhart. If 4 0
Traynor. 3b .... :! 0
i Wright. 33 I 1
Grantham, lb .... 4 0
Smith, c 3 0
Aldridge. 3 0
Totals 32 3
x Ran for J. Harris in 9th
xx Batted for Rtiel in -9th
xxx Batted for Coveleskie
j
Score by innings:
Washington 0101 000 001
Pittsburgh 000 100 02x
Summary
Home runs. Judge. Wright. Cuy
ler. Sacrifices, Coveleskie, Cuyler. T" '" ,ob" ,ota" ?
S. Harris. Veach. Left on bases, ; ''.ved when a file sw,..t throu.i
Washington S; Pittsburgh 7. Bases'"11' g"'ges owned by the .VISoni ,
on balls, off Coveleskie 1; off Al-J IJSStnbcr company at Algoma shurt
dridge 2. Struck out by Coveleskie I before it o'clock this afternoon.
3; by Aldridge 4. Hits off Al-! Volunteer f Irenien sUct'eeded in TOt;
dridge 7 in S innings; off Coveles- l"K four cars. The iiutos burned
k1e S in 9 innings. Hit by pitcher, were a Chevrolet and a Studehakci .
by Aldrige 1 (Bluege). Balk. Al-
dridge 1. Passed ball. Reel. Losing
pitcher Coveleskie. Umpires. Owens
. !,,,; McCormlck, first base;
Moriarity, second base; Higler. third
(base. Time of game 2:04.
A 'battery of photographers sur
rounded Coveleskie as he warme I
j whl,0 Bnother group of photograph
era took snapshots :f Vic Aldiidite
as he tgot iato k-ondltlon for Pitts
burgh. Coveleskie did trot seem to
shot.v any difficulty in his pitching
motion because of a recent muscle
! strain In his back. Aldridge em
j ployed a wide curve and it was evl
I dent that he was going to follow tiao
plan of Meadows In feeding the Sen
ators with deceptive hooks. This
i was considered good stategy that
I McKechnie because the American
j league Is mostly a fast ball league,
jits pitchers depending on speed
I largely.
j While the pitchers were iwacmlns
up the big crowd was kept in good
humor by the antics of Nick Altrock
! and Al SfthSCht.
I They put on their rowing and
boxing stunts which drew a big
laugh.
The players of each club wore
I mounting bunds on their left arm
ijor Clrrlshy Mathews. in. Led ly a
band the two Iclubs in parade lines
matxlhed across the field front the
h 'me plate to the deep center field
in here exercises In honor of the ln'.c
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Christy Mathewson. The band play
ed Nearer My God to Thee, whll
the immense crowd stcod with un
covered heads, the band then play
ed the Star Spaogled Banner while
the colors were raised and then
brought hack t'J half staff. The two
clubi then lined up and marched
across the field while the icra.vd
broke into a big cheer. Umpire
Owens then called the players tj th-i
j field and everybody arose and cheer
ed as Sam Rice went to the plate.
First Inning Senators
Rice up. Vi- Aldridge took a brlaf
warm up after he got to the box.
and after Grantham conferred wltn
Aldrirtge a few minutes Rice took
his position, at the plate.
Rice up Ball 1. AidriJge first,
pitch was wild and Traynor rushed
ovur to talk to him. Ball 2. Striko
1. Ball 3. Strike 2. Wright thrive
out Rice at first.
Stan. Harris up. The Pittsburgh
infield kept talking to Aldridge.
Ball 1. Strike 1. Foul strike 2. Har
tCoiitlnucti on l'age Six)
Six Garages At
Algoma Burn
The cause of the fire
wits un
! known this afternouii.
it was neccs.
! silly to lay IOO feet of hose from
j the plant to the top of the hill, and
fin- that reason the buildings were
u total toss.
Pendleton Man
Dead Ih Crash
Loses Control of Auto;
Skull is Frac
tured PENDLETON. Oct. S. Jack Uer
tont of Pendleton died last night at
10:55 as the rosnlt of Injuries Sus
tained late yesterday afternoon on
the Old Oregon Trail near Pendle
ton when his automobile went ovur
a bank. Burtonl was on ills way to
a unary where Iih had charge of
! the blasting and taking out of rock
I for the county roud work. About
three miles out of town he waved at
la truck driver and it Is believed
that ho lost control of his car, the
muchlnu going over In the loose
gravel, fracturing Merloni's skull.
Ilertonl was a skillful rock blaster
and experienced qtinrryronn. rle
conducted his business under the
name of Burton. Ilertonl was n na
tive of Italy and had taken out his
first naturalization papers In the
United states,