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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)
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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