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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1925)
University i ibtHry HUutnt, Oeaam MMVWVVVVVWVVVWVVUVVvvUViuv WWW PubliHliud Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wire EiKlitccnth Year- Number 5i5 KLAMATH FALLS, OKIOGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS KFI I FY RFPITP1! I PTnm nr nnrif dlUm III DnLfiU FHD1 STATE PEN Convict-Slayer is First Wit ness for Defense in Salem Murder Trial HINTS AT INSANITY Says Fall From Jail Bunk 12 Years Ago Causes Frequent Headaches halkm, Or . Oct, It, Ellsworth Knlloy, mi trlnl fur complicity In til" murder of Ouard John Bweeuoy in tin' prfSOO bri ll l of August 11 ii with James Wlllos, wuh the firm nr the two defgndADU to lake tb slum! K, 'lli'y, nervous and spMl -in k bwltaotly si though reciting, s piece lua r ii I'd l,y linnrt, took ill; stand Intinoiltsitoty aftiar Tom Mur ray, convicted Uul sreek ol lbs mUr der, lulil )i In iiinr) ol UlO OSCgpe, An Ki lty roclted hi version ol the nffnir Hun hai pltosd aim "ii trial for his lift, be rested Mu albOWl un tin, arms or lbs I'luilr, ii'hI ii', I," poke riM'kuii inn body forward sad backward 1 1 1 m stataraoal was nui'i" ln narrative torin beginning with the lino h inn) iii" Ibroa otb'r convicts made ibelr way tbrougb ibo bolt) in lbs root ol tbs prison ani loading up to tit" oapturo of him self unit Wlllos oedr uoldendalo, Wash The story wgs 1 1 same, OS hcntlully. iih the ron viol Imii told on previous occasions, Kallej contending last ho norer find u shot during tiiu broak, and thai b novo mr. I a nun on i it he picked up the autpty shotgun dispardod by Bprl "Orogen" Joneg outside the walls, Pains in ii, , i Under direct examination uf hi, attorney Kelley testified si to hit iitu iirior to being committed to tho prison on n 20 ycur senti'tice for trying to assist Oregon Jones to cape from (ho Josephine county Juii iiiiiinrtiiiK the dctbnso plea 6t Insan ity ba declared (hail in- had suffcr ed ii blow on tin, head in a full ntiout 1 years aso, and since thm time had boon subject to frequent and violent baadaohos, Askod tioint blaak by District at torney Oarson whore it was thai h received tli" blow on tho head, ly admitted that it was whon b" was in the Doono county, Iowa, juii. "I wits rolling around In un up per bunk in tbs Juii Croat layers cramps In my stomach when I (ell nut und Itrttck my head on Hi" ion Crete floor." Kelly suld. Coolidgc Favors Medical Corps in Veterans' Bureau WASHINGTON, Oct, 22. ,7Ir Dlrootbr iiiiu'H of tb" veterans bureou told ii meeting ot tho bureau's med ical council today thai President Coolldgo (aVofad tb" ostabllshinoi t of a veterans bnroau medical corps along tho sitms linos us those or Hi" army and navy. A bill to cstubllHli SUOll n corps wns puHsud by tile house lust vein' I.hI wnu lost In the senate. Another iif fort will be mndc lit the UpprOAClllllfi tiesnlon of congress. New Schedule of Income Rates Is Urged by Mellon WASHINGTON. Oct, 2:!. (TP) A new schedule of normal Indents rutoH wuh presented to U'lO house wnyH und ineuus commlUee loiluv Serictuiy Mellon. The proposal BUgKostod a rets of one percent on the tlrsl $11,000 el taxable Income, tWO peivonl on the next $1,0011, three mi the 119X1 $4,000 and five percent thereafter. Kelso Slayer Is Freed by Jurors KELSO, Wash., Dot. 22. (i K. Moi'hiKiikl, Japanese of Longvlew was Qcqulttfid of Hie murder ot s, Kido, laborer, in lite superior conn hero thin morning M 10 o'clock, after Ibo Jury had deliberated thrOO Jjniirs, Self defense y,ns the jilen, PurPle Pajamas And Breakfast Parties FiSure Suit Against Popular Actress Wife of Charles Frey, Turf Follower, Demands $100,000 Heart Balm From Wilcla Bennett Other Love Affairs Arc Revealed M1NBOLA, N. V., Oct. 22 iA Cm pie pajamas end various love uf. fairs attributed do Charles t;. Frey, lunf follower, figure in the $100. -ooti allocation sun of .Mrs. Kathorlnc m. prey agalusi wilds Bennett, act ress, Celesta Hsdeu, former butler ol .Minn Bennett's told u jury yesterday or Intimate breakfasts at Miss Den nett's 1.. nit Island home ut traits) Kiev whs present urrnyeil only In purple piijiiiiius. Mrs. Prey otr the stulid sdmitted that she hod made un application for dIVOroe but suld It wus on Sdvlfp of her utlorneys DO lOOUnter her bus- band's previously filed null She did I Louisville, Mrs. Frey's sister, testl POl want a divorce, she said. fled of an offer of $10,000 by Frey lnu of two tinnamod twomen In for s divorce. Hbo' attributed to ibis suit. BU0 declared, wus Miss Frey the stutomunl e'.ial he would lleiinutl. Tho oti'ier wus J.llltnn l.or- get the money from u girl. Small Tot Is Snatched From Certain Death Fireman Climba Out on Pilot And Saves Baby IIF.AVKIl t'lTV. Neb.. Oct. 22. (;!)- Kuceii with u regotar movie thrill, r situation, it. Bi Button, Bur- ItiiKlon rnllrond fireman, clumbnre.l from Ills engine cub und snatched h child from Iq front of it fast mov ing train while perched on the pilot near hero yesterday. The child wus two yur-ohl Quel I Keiger, A nearly fatal suspense element was lidded by the frightened Squirm ing child, however, When he slip peri from the cngincmuif u gloved bund before tho trulu wag halted, ii,, fell between tba rails und was picked from under the trulu a few curs buck, suffering but minor scratches. Umatilla Game Refuge Meets With Disfavor Warden Averill Oppos ed To Project This Year PORTuAND, Die. QCt, 22. l.Vi A tenlittlve recommendation against the proposed gume refuge III south eastern njnallUa oonnty will be made by State Qame Warden B, P, Averin and commissioner Bauer of Corvallla, to the game commlaston ut Its next meeting us a result of Investigations just concluded ac cording to the warden. From Information obtained trow ' rosidoitts ol the section near the pnapOBOd gume refuge the Investi gators concluded thai deer were on the Increase there, .More deer were killed , there bltlg year than before, they said. They iil.m found that the winter range Is llmHod and feared Hint un Increase 'n deef nvould bad ly Impoverish It, Another Investi gation o range conditions some time this wpnter win he recommend ed, Woman Is Hurt In Auto Crash ttOSBBURG, ore.. Oct. 22. Mrf. otio Nucterhahd, of Oakland, ore., was brought to the hospital in this bity this niornlne, suffering from serlotts injuries sustained lust night when the cur driven by her husband went over the grade "i Isadora, Mr. und .Mrs, LiUCtOrltatltl were iv- t timing to Oakland from Cottage drove when Hie cur went off u steep grade on tlloo nm and rolled down abOUt 76 feet. The women sustain Ml a crushed chest und head und is In it very critical condition. Mimoy won'l get you Into society, 111 limit !'!' I iTflll pll! pet '""i In Alienation ruiiie hIk,' un ectregg, "He told me ones tbgl Miss Lor- mine wns the only sweetheart hd hud ever Bad" Mrs. Kniy suld. i"ry hud (wo apartments i" Mew York hU wlfo testified, He told Mis, Prey, be said, thai she most never c.j to one of thm, because people be did not muni IS Or to meet were constuatly there caiiililliiK. One diiy, seeing red roadster In front Ol the other place, she went In and hoard u Woman's vol CO, which she reeoeHbied u Miss Behnett's, Prey, she Said, then drugged her dowiistulrc. Mrs. Mary Itolntyre Pierce of t SE 1 Debt Payment to the United State Stirs up Contro versy in France I'AltlS. Oct. 22. (II Belief that ,i new plan which Finance Minister Calllaux proposes to submit to the American debt commission sell in volvo larger annual payments than previous French proposals was gen oral lu political circles i-day. On the other bund it li kir.wn thill M. I'ulliaux fcelii even the temporary arrangement offered b Secretary Mellon would be better Chan any plan Involving higher pay ment.! unless such s plan curried some sort or Insurance against the crippling of French financial re sources. Three Hunters Fire Eighteen Times At Bird But They Don't Even Displace One Feather A Chinese pheasant is utruttin' his Stuff today. But his companions are telling htm to consider the source and not to in, over confident, Also today there are three employ es of the PI rat National bunk. Lloyd Porter, .1. 1). t'onway und .1. I. Beard by name, who are silent, their heads hanging low. Poller. Conway and Beard spotted the above pheasant at Hie same tim in a field near Mnlin. Throe guns upraised simultaneously and then the fireworks started. Farmers sought shelter, chickens squawked and from the adjoining hills thunder reverberated as the report of the guns echoed and re-echoed. From the smoke of Hie battle emerged a Chinese pheasant, un touched, und crowing his hattle-cvy. Truth will out. Beard, porter and Conway each fired six shots. IS In all. ut the lobe "Cltlney" and didu't even displace a feather, Penitentiary to Get New Convicts BAR Fit, Ore., Oct. 22. () Ro man Velarde and .1. A. Moore were sentenced to the atate prison by circuit Judge ,i. ll. Mcculloch here today, Velarde was gives two yours for forging a '.'heck uiul M 1OC0 one year for larceny, Following a plea for leniency ',in account bl Moore's youth the judge said he would recommend a parole. HI'S MOINES, Uv.va.. Oct, 22. i.-T) Frederick ('. Br., nil, former Heii tOltamt governor Ot Idaho und ro uted mining engineer, is dead hero. He wua OS years nit! and hud ro 9ldd in lies m dues tor it years, OP UX PLAN E A MURDER TO STILL Death of Henry Sweet and Whereabouts of Carmen Wagner Yet Unsolved SUSPECT IS DETAINED William Keith gives Self up Many Theories Ad vanced by Officers KUHEKA, Calif , Oct. 22. UP) The mountains continued t ula-y to hold (he secret of the shooting of Henry Sweet more than a week ago and the fate of his 18 year old girl cempsnlin. Carmen Wagner, missing since Sweet's death. While the posies search I n' hills, quite sure !or the belief that Car men Wugner when found will be dead, others arc pursuing clues in Bureka which may disclose that Car men Ik alive and far nway from the mountains, One of the developments in Eu reka yesterday was the voluntary appearance; of William Keith at t:ic Bherlft'g office where he was ques tioned by District Attorney Hill. Keith has been wanted tollonrimg his disappearance Wednesday evening. Keith, according to Harry Selv age. Kureku machinist, wuh seen With Carmen Wagner on Monday. Oct. 12, tho day following the dis covery of Sweet's body at Oyote Flut. Selvage said tie heard Keith talking with Carmen on G street, near the city hull. Roll Of Bills ' Stolen As Man Sleeps In Bed Two Are Held Under Charge of Robbery Yesterday A bund slid carefully into the breast pocket of Larry lloblnson's shirt as he was slumbering peace fully yesterday morning. It slid out a second Inter With u roll of yellow and green backs, represent ing the sum of Just who that hand belonged to was the problem police and the dis trict attorney s office were attempt ing to solve yesteroas and as a re sult C. K. McCarthy, said to bo an employe of the Southern Pacific, and Art Ames were urresterday on a charge of larceny in a dwelling. Robinson, an employ of Cofer Bros., contracting firm, attended the prize fight Tuesday night. When he left the Scandinavian hall he was accompanied by McCarthy. The pair, according to the district attorney's office, visited several houses and then early Wednesday morning took a room, number BOB, in the Arcade hotel, with McCarthy. According to Hobinson's story, he was awakened at 11 p. m. Wednes day by McCarthy, who excitedly pointed n finger at the window and declared a man bad just disappeared down the fire escape. Roblhson rushed to the window und saw nothing that indicated, a fleeing robber. He then ascertained that his roll of bills, which he owed to his employers, was gone. A thought struck him, and he rushed to tho door of the room, where he found out that whereas when they went to bed it was lock ed, it had mysteriously become un locked since he went to sleep, Ames had taken the room down the corridor several doors, it devel oped. When he was arrested by po lice und searched, a roll of bills which Robinson said corresponded with his money was found on him, lie denied any knowledge of the theft,' however. RobibBon claimed that Ames yas the man that McCarthy was talking to before tho went to bed Wednes day mornip'g, These fuels, ami others the dis trict attorney's OtfiCe uncovered, led authorities to the belief that Ames and McCarthy were the guilty par ties. A charge ot larceny in n dwel ling house was accordingly filed against each, bachelor is a man wfltp can'; even enjoy slaying Rw' from home, WITHOUT GLUES Secretary Work Says Greatest Problem Of His Department Is Getting Settlers On Projects Head of Interior Affairs Reviews Work of Pasi Year Without New Settlers, Irrigation Can Never Be Successful, He Declares WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. iff) T'ie problem of obtaining settlers for government reclamation projects wus declared by Secretary Work in reviewing his department for 152.". to be the most difficult of all re O&mation problems. Hi pointed out that thi- cmcenus is that construc tion on the new work should be deferred until this question Is solv ed. "The essential part of the feder al reclamation policy of the future.' ..aid Mr. Work, "it a program of land settlement and farm develop ment. Unless settlers can be at tracted to the projects and are able to remain on them, there is no ro 3ii for building them, and t".e gov ernment will not be reimbursed for this -cost. The governmen con structs Irrigation projects, but it cannot draft settlers. HIT WITH AXE MOTHER-IN-LAW Butte, Mont., Police Seek Polk Farmer Seeks Re-Son-in-Law Following publican Nomination Brutal Attack BUTTB, Mont., Oct. 22. (JP) Tosses today wore Beft&&ittE tot Art Ma nil, who last night disap pearing after striking his mothe--lii-law, Mrs. Frances Handervicn. on the head witfi an axe. Tii? fro man is in a hospital in a critical condition. The attack occurred ai Mrs. Kand ervich's cottage on the outskirts of Bulte, where Mrs. Mann ment to live two days ago following a quar rel with her husband. MM; Mann told officers that her husband start ed to strike her n&cfti her mother intervened and received the blow in stead. Woman Claims She Is Framed Mrs. Edna Harper Say? Buyers Are Dis gruntled I.OS ANGELES, Oct. 22. P) Mrs. Ena M. Harper, arrested yes terday Under indictment for mis use of the mails in a colonization Scheme on a Mexican island south of Mttzutlau, declared today tb.it the ettanses against her were the result of a plot by a .smalt fraction of the colonists who far , some rea son bad become disgruntled. She yaid that she had carried out con siderable improvement work on the Isltuid and that It was not a bar ren waste us represented by those who assailed her. V. H. O'ltrlen. associated with her In Hie scheme, also under in dictment, still was the object rt a search b.' federal offlcluls today. I Many residents of the statu if Washington and Oregon are said t have invested In the ,.olc olzation plan, the aggregate being $500,00'.!. Sixth Body Found in Wreck of Sub NEW LONDON, Conn.. Oct. Tf.ie sixth bod.' was rec. vered to day from the wrckuge of tho S ,M. sunk eff Block Island by the City of Rome, September 25, and taken by Hie Peqiut to the naval hospital at Newport for idontifica lion. The body i vas found by divers un der the turn of the 'hull, leading to the conclusion that the sailor wis caught in tiic rigging ami carried to bite bottom when the S-51 sunk. QRKKKH ADVANOM SOFIA: Bulgaria, Oct. 22. (yp) -The Bulgarian Telegraphic Agettcy declare Greek artillery lias penc- trated Bulgarian territory killing five sentinel und tiring shells at the villn.ge of rclivch. "One solution of the settlement problem is cooperation between the I federal giivtrnmcnt and the statei ! In which the projects arc located, j to assume the responsibility .' set tlement. "Arty nee settlement policy must ' be based on the selection of settlers ! who have Ciad experience In farm i lag, and wao have sufficient capital , to underwrite advances made by the i government. Financial aid to set 1 tlerj at a lew rate of Interest for i the clearing of the land, improve j ment of farms, and purchase of necessary equipment is also pura ' mount to success. Until these ' problems of land settlement and : farm development of the old pro jects can be solved, t'he concensus j of opinion is that the construction of new works should be deferred." Ike Patterson Announces His Hat's In Ring F r.nvl.nnr a vet w w ssvs PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 22. (P) -Formal announcement of his can didacy for the republican nomina tion for Governor was made today by I. L. Patterson ot Polk county. Patterson, who has aerved several terms In the leBlsIature. represent ing Benton and Polk counties in the senate, was republican state chair man in tho presidential campaign. He has been engaged In farming since 190". when he retired from the position of United States col lector of customs -which post he was appointed by President McKinley in 1S9S. Patterson's platform was based on four issues: Tax reduction. Enactment of an amendment 13 the state budget law making the executive the budget official. Enactment of legislation placing the penitentiary under the state board of control and removing it from politics. Impartial enforcement of all laws. Hunter Brings Down Big Buck H. L. Smith Gets Deer With 34 1-2 Inch Spread What is believed to be one of the largest, if not the largest deer killed in Klamath county this year wns brought into the city today by II. L. Smith of Smithy's repair shop on South Sixth. The buck weighed 365 pounds and had a spread f horns of :',4 inches, and is a roar pointer. Mr. Smith brought the buck down on Whitworth creek the day befoi" the season closed, and got it within to feet of an old country road which runs through that section of the country. Will Seek Pardon For Social Leader NEW YARK. Oct. 22. (A) A nation wide campaign to win i par don for Miss Charlotte Anita Whit ney, civic and suffrage leader In California, convicted tinder that state's criminal syndicalism laws, wus announced today by the Ameri can C1V11 Liberties Union. An appeal was sent to Governor lticbardson of California, declaring the refusal of tho United States supreme cour: to take jurisdiction was a blow to tree Speech' DHNINll ADMISSION WASHINGTON, Oct. tt.(ff)- countess Karolyli wife of count Michael Karolyi. former president of the Hungarian republic, has been denied permission to visit the Unlt- ed States on a lecture tour, L N SENTENCES ITI UIIUU I OF ED KENDALL Jim Burke Sent to Peniten tiary for term of 15 years by Judge Leavitt FULLERS ARE HIT HARD Father Must Serve 10 Years and Son Five Years at Salem Prison Inevitable us fate, the wheels of justice moved tills morning and as a result .tin Burke, Kd waril Fuller anil Charles Fuller must serve long terms in the pcnltcntlury. tfini Burke, convicted on the (barge of assault witli Intent to kill, was sentenced to 13 years in the KtJiU' prison. Kdwimi Fuller, who U bent nndcr the bunion of approxi mately OO years, must serve ten years in the penitentiary nt H lcin on the charge of assault with a rlungcrous weapon. Charles Fuller, a young man of approximately 30 years, convicted on assault with a dangerous weapon charge, must spend five yean behind prison bars. Arrest, indictment, trial and ul timate conviction of tho three mon was the result of a gun fight near Olene in which Jim Burke in resist ing arrest, wounded Deputy Sheriff Ed Kendall in the arm and foot, on June 19. Of Seriou-S Import "The trial and conviction of you three men," Judge Leavitt said in pronouncing sentence, "but empha sizes the folly of possessing a deadly weapon and of carrying it about with one on the public highways ot this state. "In passing sentence upon you three men. the court realises what a year means. It can look back over its own life and see how long a span of time that includes." "Defendant Jim Burke, you have been duly tried and convicted on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon with attempt to commit murder. Although the court feels you are glad you did not kill too person you aimed at, it still ruallz- es that you have maimed, perhaps for life, a reputable citizen ot this town. . "I trust and hope that others in this town who are carrying deadly weapons will take thlsscntence I am about to pronounce, to heart. "It is the judgment of tho law and tho sentenco of the court that you be confined in the state penitentiary for 15 years." No Sy input by 1 In passing the maximum sentenci, upon Edward Fullor. Judge Leavitt said he had no patience with the de fendant, in that his age and exper- (Coutimicd on Page Seven) L e t The Southern Pacific D o It If those business concerns in this county thai ore op posing the coming of I be Oregon Trunk want to do business here, lei them -ct their support from the Southern Pacific. Ill oppi s- Ing the Oregon Trunk, y are opposing yjf.r Interests. Then why should you spend your money with any. 'on cern that knife's you in ".ho back? Stand by I he mer chant who slar.da tor yoo. GIVEN SHOOTERS