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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1925)
Unlvorilty Library Buuttnti Oregon Pllplllhed Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" Eighteenth Year Number PIRATE BELIEVED 1 10 STOLE G!0 Sensational Clue Uncovered in Murder Mystery at Eureka, California INTERCEPT LETTERS Posse Starts for Camp in Hills on Information Gleaned from Missive HUHBKA, Calif., on. iu, (A.I'.) Evhicuro im( tivnry Htroet, Dyorvlllo youth) who was mjratoriously shot t donth in iiIn auto on the blajiwn) south or bora, was slain from nnibusli, and thai 1,1 companloui Cawwon IVaKUoPi Ruroka nianJctirlsti was bdnctis, developed today. An ottipi) rifla shell mi ruiiini !. hind M inn-it uoar the scene, unit n tiullot hots was found in fi'lln- rati un (tlQ opposite side tit lUO lllghwii). Search for tha k Iri li being ton; tlnusd today throoithoul tbo bill ra glons, An Intercepted lotter front an unnamed Buroka minor developed a ' fn-uli clue Indicating ibal tha lrl ami bar lupposed oaptor may Us al Morgan camp, an Isolated point IS miles northoasl "t Uureka An armed abprlff'n detail has boon sent to that place. Other evidence In apparent Indi cating thai Sweet might hare baen murdered With hl own huntlna rlf le. Tin- inn was found fully loaded, hut one fiii-ii bad bean xtrnctcd from his cartridge belt, gnd appar ently placed in the gun, The calibre of tin- ihall found behind1 the rook was ihr atna as Sweet's ririo. LUMBER WORKER PICKS DAY AND STEALS MACHINE L. O. Arcns Left in Klamath Holding Stick ; 48 Hour Head Start He picked his Morion, formerly Algomn Lumber day, did (loorge n workman at the lompany box fan- tory. ih' plelfed H with iiiiii' Mini (11 c rt ion and im a romill ho la far, fur, awny wllh n neat Chevrolel roadster while Lou Arena, owner of lab Chevrolet gnrngo, Is "holding the Sack1' with a worlhlosa pheok of 37fi. Mortoni n ntOD iippearing chap. alKulfluil hia wlllliiKiu'Hfl to buy a small Bdeond hand car Inai Sunday niorntiiK. oni' of Aroua salesmon hosltatad and thbn look Morinn'-i Pheok for tht. fail amount. Monday was a holiday, Columbus day, ami the banks were closed, Tuafday morning otflclttia ai a local bank gently biit firmly Informed Aroim Unit Morton did not have an aCCOllhl at tlln hank. Morion with a bond start ot 48 lioui'H might be iniywiiiri'. authori ties admit, a warrant has boon in sued for his arroat, He ba,d boon worHiiiK for n wopk ni Algomn, NolhliiK l liunwii of bin nvonl hn forb takliiK a Job al Alr.oma. BLAZE SWEEPING BAY CITY WHARF SAN FRANCISCO, Oct'. 15. (fl'i Fivo of iindstrtnlned wtgln today j wan swooplrtg Over Plo. 40v nboul one mile Houth ju the Parry build in r. one Hhip, a trplighter ot the MHCormlck Steamship company was ondsingorod nnd offortj wwo belug unado to low her to Bnfoty, A $800,001) xtodslon )a tho Pier rs- n'l'iil l.v wan , pdliat I'Uctutl. OONHTANTINOIMK. PlrBt Iwo vowH nf aats tm trolly I'lira MO bo- jhg roso'fVOj for women, 1 fiGfitJ Newell, Dalton Henderson Are On New Board Local Body to Probe Qualifications Of Settlers To Inaura Un- Im'hi typa of soUlari for Klamath, a board of examiners whoss iimy it Im in invsstigata ths 'iiiuiirii iiiiini-t ot settlors desiring to nil on government agricultural in nil. lum boon created ly Secretary of Ihej Interior Hubert Work and Itoclama Hun Cimmiflslonnr Blwood MoadOi ac cording In announcement hi're today. Tho board i composed of W. C. Dal- inn. Malta ranrhnr. ('. A. Henderson, Bounty ((ant, ami it. i. Newoll, pro. jure ntanaaar ot tha Klamath Irri gation dliilrlcl in tba Instructions to tha now board, it wan brought out dial ex servloe men were in in given prncod encc in tiling on tba land. tii'tiritiK out hiti pollay as expressed hero, nf m-bittv,- settlement, Secre tary Work lastruotad tha board to exaralna Millars who wantad m nu on tin' tollowlns points: available u i 1 1 it I in support (In- land: Industry! Qbantotar ami previous axpaiiaaoa in axrlouUural pnrsults. Tin' rn in lit-n. of (In- hoard will not be reimbursed for ibolr work on tin board, Mr. . i stated. O. T. CONFIDENT; SHOWN BY BUY ING PROPERTY Van Riper and Alphonsc Pitch Sell Holdings to North ern Rail Lines J unt as If there Ware no question of their being allowed to enter the Klamath tm rllory. Un- Orison Trnn': railroad acquired yesterday another piece of property on south Riverside ownod by 0 arret Van Riper and ai phonss Pitoh for a consideration ot over 91000, Tho ploce of property, which faces "ii South nivorslde etroot, is so by 100. The deal was negotiated by ti D. Richmond, land agont for tho Northern llni-s. According to reports, but one pleco of property remains to ba purcbaked by tin- Northern liin-s to complete an unobstrnctod t-brhl of way up South Riverside to Main street! and that In tin' land own 1 by Bile tiowia, adjacont to the pro perty formerly owned by Charlos DeLnp. O. A. McCOURD DIES SUDDENLY ON S. P. TRAIN Man Passes Away 21 Hours After Passing Physical i Examination Twenty four Jonim afti-r Ire had passod a perfect physical examina tion, t). a. MaCourd, Southern PaCU tic railroad construction clerk, drop ped dojld Hhonly b'otoro noon today In n caboosjQ al Paunlna, McCourd had secured a lob, working under Assistant i'hh-f Bngtnoor c. H, Beat 11 and WOtt OH li in way to assume his now duilos When death, laid Its. Inuul on him, VoBtafdayi according to epprts at ihc cbpnty corpnor'a office, PiioCourjfl had been dxamlped and adjpdged in porteci physical condition by a local doctor. Llttlo Witt known of McCOUfd hv Southern Pacific authorltleB hofpi Tin- body was scheduled to arrive hare troni Papnlnii tnla afternoon, An autopsy win ho performed to do termtna the nnuso of iiin , middon tlenth. nOAST I. i:fit n Al'Si'jillh'-rorllniid, ai sun Francisco i ai Baoratnento B CORKS no Kiinu fog : Oakland 8. Knit Lake t. Al li;t -JgolJ yprjion KLAMATH FALLS, OltKCON, THliKKDAY, OCTOBER, 15, H)r, Tf fin rT Tnnnni r- o t A lt I Mm. IN ill CASE Deposed Mayor of Kelso Wants to Stage Mass Meeting at Eugene ALLEGES FRAME-UP Says he Will get Clarence Darrow to Appear Dur ing Murder Trial BUOBNE, Ore., Oct, l ".. - Bmpbat h' dh approval of A. Iturlc Todd, de posed mayor of Ki-Iho, Wuh., and IiIh proposed mass ttaatfng at the Bpgaaa Armory toniKht han heen volrod by Mayor K. II Parks of this rlty. "i am against anything of ih' kind," Mayor Park! Bald. "I ran nol nay that an aildrcaa by Todd on tho subjert of tba i)ov-ry murder will hi. of any benefit to tho cltl-m-nn of KiiK'-ni,-. What ho expaota to' Kniu by eotatng bava i bayad my pomPrahanilon. it Ih Koios flgbt, and it should stay there." Todd, wboo Auestlonod directly UK to bin purpose hero Bald: "Thin Ih Dov.'ry'M home town and I want to afraken public seiitlmoat to the true Blluntlon. The- news paper Hlorles have been colored by corfaapontnl - and were not true Hi-fount. " Todd is Dpntradicting the hold-up theory in the Dovery murder enwe, and declares that Luke - May. Seat tle criminologist, is luinKliiiK tho case i Todd slated yesterday that efforts would he made to get Clarahca Har row or some other lawyer of equal prominence to handle the case in soon as his Investigations were com pleted. Death Claims Seiia Ralston Junior Solon From In diana Succumbs to Disease INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Oct. 15. IP)' Samuel Rbiston. ti". junior railed Stales senator from Indiana, anil vo'.iei-atcd patriarch of Indiana democracy died ul his estate. Iloosier Home, near here lasi nigbti after an Illness of six weeks. Ooath came to the senator attar 88 hours of unconsciousness climax ing "li attack of'urenmlc poisoning which had confined him to his hod since September 5, ami which had Impaired his health since early this year. Dead Man Drives Western Express SYltACrSK. N. Y.. del. 15. (P) With a deatl man's hand gripping the throttle the Western BxpreBSi New York Central sleeper train, hound lor Chicago, sped westward lor a distance of nearly fifteen miles early today. Charles 3 Foreman, fireman, dis covered his engineer, William Van blorgsn, dead with his head crush ed, lis the flyer came through Miuoa yards, jusi east of Syracuse. Van- bnrgen is bellbvad to have heen Struck by a girder of a bridge, Germany to Sign Rhine Peace Pact LOCARNO, Switzerland. Oct, 1ii. -(f). (lerinany today ol'i'iclally an-j hauncod her adhesion to the Rhitie pad of mutual guarantees, framed ! al the BRCUI'lty conference here, with tin- ohjeel Of oiiltawlntr war. The pact will he slgnod by Oer iii ii ii y. l-'rance anil Belgium as tho pi'lliclpal" purl les anil by Creut lirit- j iiln ami Italy as guarantors, TODD Associated Press Leased Wire WORLD SERIES Fans Go Wild 1" Lidal VJctlllC At Pine Tree Nearly 500 Hear Her ald's Play by Play Report Nearly GOO Klamath fans v iec.' etl and yelled and groam.-d ami laughed anil dried and kidded each i other at the tine Tree todjy while the PiratcB wwe trjunclng the- San! dtDS-Si 9 to 7.fln perhaps the most j wlcret worlil sorh-j game evt-r staged . The Herald i Associated I'rcss re I pjrt as Td.elTed direct tdora tha piaylbg field gwva the fain eaOh and ever jilJy wllhlti a second or ti':) from tha I'm they were mule la Pittsburgh. With the score alternately (led and then In fuvi;r of Washington 'until the- eighth Inning. Klamath fans gjt more real tense excitement crowded into two aours than ever ; before In their lives, j The Herald was able to Igiro Klamath people this Dp to the min ute servi e because ct the Ijyal 00 i operation of Harry Poole, and m Isuixessful wis tho Berles that the Herald and Mr. Pcole desire tfc assure t.!ie baseball fans that th:s service will become an annual In stitution at tho Pine Tree. There was every ev'.Joucc during the progress of the play feat quit la sum ot mouy was dueio cteaEe j hands here on the result, and -a hen !thc flash came thut the Pirates bad ! won the world series, '-one luckless Washington fan straddled the plan t ntcol and began playing a funeral ! dirge. Klamath Falls 2nd In Number Of Buildings Best in Number But Fourth in Capital Ex pended, Report Says Klamath Falls leads the state in the number of buildings erected : during the first nine months of (1925. with the except!-n of Part land, arording .to a biilldln:; survey (Opart made public today by the S, W. Sttaus company. I Hut In point of capital invested I In bnllding, Klamath slii .r.hl IL'urth In state building, the report di3 I closes. Which indicates V'.rat small frame builtdlngs have predominated in tthio icity this year. The actual Capital Invcsled In building the first nine months was quoted in the report at (1,379,387. j This figure, is slightly under the report for the first mine mouths ot ilillM when it was revealed that $1, 433565 was expended, bul many MiunJred per cent greater than the first nine months of l!i.:i when bill ; '$289,765 w-.is Invested In building, The number ct buildings erected jslttco the first of this . car i:i Klam jalh Falls was 701 in; ml re than l'ucene, Klamath's closest Compc I tito-r, ntot considering Portland. Fbllawlng is a brief clurrt of .state 'building for ilie .first nine motiths jelly No. Per. Invest. : Portland . . 14,369 j8S,8t7:930 Eugene 605 . 2.161.7 ir, I Salem 416 1.596. 70.", Klam. Fails Astoria Mediford ... 70 1 266 274 l.:!79.:'.S7 S2S.140 6U.:iS2 LlwVVIN'ti I'Olt SON'S HKAliTM 'I'o Motor South to Southern t'llll foriiln tor Winter Mr. and -Mrs. ('. 11. Know les ami son John are leaving in the morning for southern California, having beon ofdered BOUth by the family physi cian for the benqtll of John's health. Mr. Knowles plans to return to Klnmaih Falls as soon as possible, E MffiftNdnnrii Trmin. WILL NOT GG DN Board of Equalization Turns Down Advice of County Court Yesterday DeLAP VOTE DECIDES Vote is Two to One; Judge R. H. Bunnell Dissenting Member of Board County JmlgC R. H. lliinnell ami the new county timber cruise of IIIO.OIMI acres, were (uracil back by die board of pgoalfzatlpn at its last meeting ) f-li'l tin ufteriioon. Tin- board rbfatacd to foiioiv (lie. atl.it,- of tin- rountj court to force (In- :(.5J M'i- cent of pine timber found on the 100. 000 acres of timber land, on the tag rolls. It proved a mixed up affair al best. County Judge Bunnell, who was the moving spirit in having 100.000 acres of Klamath limber cruised this year, is otto member of the lax equal ization hoard. County Assessor W. T. Lee. who refused to place the in crease on the rolls, Is another mem ber. IK-Lup Decides So. with Bunnell and Leu at swords' points ov.e'r the Issue, and not amenable to compromise, the question of whether or not the in crease should be placed on the rolls depended upon ihe decision ot the county clerk, C. U. DeLttp. County Clerk DeLap by refusing to even consider the matter. throw In his hat with the county assessor, nnd the equalisation hoard adjourned without the timber increase heing added to the rolls. It developed that the Increase of the new cruise over the old cruise in pine timber was but 2.58 per cent while the increase in the entire tim ber stand, including larch, cedar and llr. was 12.4 per cent. The pine tim ber increase on the tax rolls would amount to only $700, Mr. Lee in formed the hoard. Murray Trial Nearinp- Close SALEM, Ore.. Oct. 15. At 2::!'i this afternoon Will R, King, attorney for Tom Murray, convict who .s accused of the murder of John Sweeney, one of the guards who was killed in the prison break of August 12. was approaching the end of his long address to the jury. With the exception of the noon recess King had been talking steadily since 9:10 this morning. Near the conclusion when King averred that up to the time when he became a fugitive from law of ficers. Murray had been a "home hoy" the convict's aged father wept and his mother pushed away her spectacles and gently wiped her eyes. Murray himself sat most of tin- time as he has done throughout the trial, nervously scribbling with a pencil. His parents and sister have listened to every word of th" loiii.', trial. District Attorney Carson indicated that lits rebuttal speech would be brief and the case is expected to gb to tho jury this afternoon. State Highway Man Inspecting Roads Tilt- resp 'llsibiltt.y of keeping the highways in good shape after they are htitll, falls on the shoulders of !;. 11. Batddok, state highway main tenance engineer w'-io is a Khuuutii visit jr today, Mr. Haiti ck is speiul Ing t'.ie day with C. c. Kolley, divi sion engineer of the state highway department, in Inspecting Klamath ami Lake COUnty stilto liiflllWliys. IJM LS w.nl Wild, Wierd Contest Game Is Played During Steady Downpour; Cuy ler Brings in Winning Runs with Terri fic Drive in 8th; Many Hits FORBES FIELD, Pittsburgh, Oct. 15. The Pittsburgh Pirates took the baseball championship of the world to day from Washington by battering Walter Johnson and scoring their third straight victory over the Senators 9 to 7, in a furious battle fought out in a drizzling rain on a soggy field. The Pirates touched Johnson for 15 hits, four of which were made by the veteran Max Carey, who poled out ihree smashing two baggers. Several times during the game it apoeared as though play would be called be cause of the continual rain, but in their excitement fans and players alike forgot the moisture as the game went into its final thrilling stages. . rirsi lllllinK nciiaior Rice up. There was a big cheer: when Aldridge went out to the box when Rice walked to the plate. Al- : Washington drldge warmed up for a minute and 1 Kice t.f seemed to have plenty of stuff. The ' g jjarrj jD crowd booed Itice as usual. Foul, j Q0sijn ff strike 1. Rice shot a liner into letl'g ya.rja rj but it was a foul. Riee got u singl ? that bounded over the middle ban. Stan Harris up. Stan Harris filed out to Baruhart, hitting the first ball pitched. Goslin up. The Senators were go ing after the first ball. Ball 1. high and inside. Ball 2. outside. Ball 3. Rice went to second on a wild pitch. It was a slow bull and ; hit into the dirt in front of the plate. Strike 1, called. Ball 4.! Cosltn got a base on nuns. the fourth hall being low. Joe Harris up. Ball 1. Ball 2. high. Ball 3. On another wild pitch Rice went to third and Goslin to second. The Pirate infield gather ed around Aldridge. Ball 4. Joe Harris walked, the bases were filled. Judge up. Ball 1. outside. Tho Pirate infield was in on the grass. Strike 1. called. Ball 2. high. Ball ::. low. Strike 2. called. Foil". Judge hit a long foul into right field. Foul. Another foul went into right field stands from Judge's bat. Foul. Ball 4. Rice scored when Judge walked and the basts were still filled. Bluege up. Strike 1. called. Ball 1, wide. Foul, strike 2. Goslin scored on Bluege's sharp single to left. Harris going to third and Judge to second. Aldridge was then removed from the box and Morrison took his place. Bluege's hit near the top of the screen and was nearly a home run. It is very dark hut the Senators did not seem to have difficulty in fol lowing the course of the pitching, Morrison now pitching for th" Pirates. Peck up. Hall 1. inside. Peck hit to Wright who threw to Moore and (here was a dispute at tho plate because of Interference of Peck by Smith. This allowed Joe Harris to score and all base runners worn declared safe. Peck taking first. Ruel up. Hall 1. outside. Strike 1 nnnr Hall 2. outside. Strike eaitoA .TiiH scored when Mooci juggled Unci's grounder and t he I bases were still filled. ' Johnson up. Foul, strike 1. Foul, strike 2. Johnson struck out. swing-! ing on a Wide curve for a third strikl, Peck gets no time at bat and: ,.,,1 i,ls huso hv interference hv the catcher. . Rice UP- Hall 1. low. Strike t, called. Foul, strike 2. Hall 2. wide. Itice flied out to Barnhart. 4 runs, 2 hits and 1 error. Kirsl timing Pirates Moore up. Foul, strike 1. Moore tried to bunt but fouled the ball. Moore bunted but Johnson threw (Continued on Page Seven) BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS PRICE FIVE CENTS l 4 Box Score AB II Ii PO 3 i jujgei u, Bluege. 3b i pecy ss Ruel. c I Johnson, p Totals z3 5 Pittsburgh AB Moore, 2b 4 7 24 H PO 1 2 Carey, cf Cuyler, rf 4 Barnhart. If. .... 5 ! nigbee. If 1 ! Traynor, 3b .... 4 ( Wright, ss 4 j Mclnnis, lb 4 Gooch, c Smith, c Aldridge. p . Morrison, p . Kremer. p .-. Oldham, p .. Grantham x Yde x.x Totals 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 3S 15 z Peckinpaugh given first on Smith's basA In interler- ence. . x Bated for Morrison in 4 th. xx Ran for Smith In 8th. Washington -100 200 010 7. 7 2 Pittsburgh 003 010 23x 9 K 2 Summary Two base hits, Carey :!; Moore, J. Harris, Cuyler 2, Smith, Bfgbee. Three base hits, Traynor. Homo run, Peckinpaugh. Stolen bases, Carey. Sacrifice. Cuyler. Double plays, Stan Harris to Judge. ' Left Ion bases, Washington 5; Pittsburgh 7. liases on bulls, off Aldridge .": ! off Johnson 1. Struck out by Mor rison 2: by Kremer 1: by Oldham 2: by Johnson 3. Hits oft Aldridge 2 in 1- pinning; off Morrison, I in :' 2-3 innings: off Kremer 1 In 4 In nings; off Oldham, o in 1 Inning; off Johnson 15 in S innings. Wild pitches, Aldridge 2. Winning pitch er. Kremer. Losing pitcher. John- I son. I'mpires: McCormlck (National! plate : Mori.irlty (American)- first; Rigler (Nalionah second; Owens American) third, Timo of game 2:21. (JHEBN IS KI.KCTKI) ATLANTIC CITY. N. .1. Oct. U- lP) W'lam llieen ot ussnu.-ion. O'lio, today was uiiunlnioiisly .re elected president tot tho Amerlcm Federation of Labor. He 'as nom inated by President John I.. Lcwh FROM LAMM'S MILL Mrs. Frank Mc-Bllen and Mrt. King Grey are visiting In f ie city I day from Weir home at La nun Liinibo-r company, f - , iaj
