The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, October 29, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texturnvtciitv Ubnty Publinhcd Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number 5(50-1 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS y pes u President of Klamath Irri gation District Reveals Official Hypocrisy DECEPTION IS SHOWN Purported Interview Declar ed Given to Influence District Eclection One of the most uncon scionable attempts to mis lead the public has just been undertaken by the reclama tion service, through a state ment issued in Washington and bearing upon affairs of the Klamath project. When the statement was issued, the Portland Oregonian credited it to Commission er Elwood Mead. No soon er was it brought to the at tention of the officers of the Klamath Irrigation 'district, that President Bradbury de manded an explanation from Mead, but to date he has received no answer to his telegrams. Failing to secure a reply from the commissioner, ap peal was made to Congress man Sirsnott, who promptly brought the matter to the attention of the Bureau of Reclamation, when the am azing announcement was made by the assistant com missioner that no statement had been issued by Commis sioner Mead. That some one i deliberately lying la ivldont for th statement orriei loo many enr niarkii of official proparai Inn 10 Hinko ii possible fm- the bureau 10 deny n oooneettou, That line statement U an Issue of falsehood lit no palpable thai at ready 'bo NmIbjbsUoo lorvtco Is sSeklni covor. President Bradbury, however, proposes ij tear ibe tnaax of Uooolt mid hypocrisy from ihu faces of tbosd responsible for thin cowardly attompi, to Influence tbc approaching olociloii for Ulroclqrs of the irrigation district nod force (horn to publicly admit tboy Hod when they gave currency In ninny of the statements contained In tbu Orrgoulnn article. Onu enr ago. When Ilradbury and Jacob wore elected as directors of the djsuiei and the 'f li'Ht step was taken to ilrlvo tho reclamation rute.i out "f control iir Ubb nffolrs of tho district ami preveui iho Umn or iho water rights or the protect by the OslJ fornia Oregon Power company, the Dent-Stoutmeyor report wan issued Just on tho uvii of tho election. In which deliberate mlstatemonts of faciM were made, with the vldent purpose of Influencing the farmers In favor of, as tho report termed it, "the administration candidates." The rosult iwss the rousing or bhe fnnn ors to a point where thoy flocked lu tho polls and cleared Che dis trict of the Influence that hid heou no potent In favor of the power company. I This year the battle will he re nowed with redoubled Vigor, Tw I directors are to bo elected, and those will carry with fcheni the con trol of tbu board. If the roclam Utllon service wins, then II .will moan the restoration ot I'bt) con trol of Iho power company. In ud (1111)11, another flic tor Will 1)0 proni- inobt in ,tbo (ighl -that of tho Kouthern I'aclflc company. When the Oregon Trunk soufchl entrance to this county, and the Houthem Pacific began Us efforts to Shut them out, l.lie dire. tors of the district passed a resolution ask ing tho government to include In amy right-or-way grant iicrnNs gov ernment land that might bo Issued to any railroad, u commohiuser con dition. This resolution Was bitter ly resented by tho southern Pacific and ii used every bli of influence It could exert to bring ah. ml Idle withdrawal of that resolution. The" fuel that they fulled la gulag to BRAOBUR BROADSIDE NTD Hflrin EFFORT m .(('oiitlntin) op I'ngo ScTon). Judge Leavitt Calls Meeting Of Grand Juryj Many Important Crim inal Caseo To Be Considered i Next Monday morning the grand jury of Klamath OOnDty will convene! to dlSOUSS various criminal oases re tarred i" It by s I - luetics court, and other mattors brought to Its atton iiini b) the district attorney's officio, according to shnouncement this morninK by Dlstrlcl Attorney B. l. BlllOtt, Olreull Judge besvltl has called tho grand Jury into session at the refusal of the district attorney, a number or important cases are await ing consideration of the investigat ing hody, ihat had preliminary con sideration In Justice court. "ir any citizen desires to appear hereto the grand Jury and place he ron' that body anytblUg that they be lieve should he Investigated, I will be glad to confer w ith them and help them to ansemhle their evidence to place before the Jury," Mr. Blllotl said today. Thieves Steal Pre-War Stock Of Good Booze Jesse L. Lasky Mourns Loss of Choice Liquor N'K W YOIIK. Del. 20. - (fl)- Fourtflon barrels or liquor, bis en tire private stock, guarded since pre- j irohlbttlon days, has been Molen by hi-jackera from Jesse L, i.nsky, rice pretiiiii if tin Kononi't Playort Lasky Corporation. The liquors, worth HOiOOO at pre- war prices, and unlnsnred. were In-' termlngled with other barrels eon-j talnlng silver and household goods in a box car in the Pennsylvania trolgbl yards. The hl-Jackors also got four barrela of silver worth lu.OOo. A detective was guarding Iho con llgnmnnt which had been shipped from Hollywood under a permit and was awaiting transfer to Mr. basky's new Fifth avenue home. As throe vans drove Into the yards at no.n yesterday to koI the consignment, throo or lour masked men leaped up on the drivers Bud the detective, forced them Inlo an empty box car anil locked the door, i!o 'ii set about rohiovlriR'tho llquor-si silver and some fine paintings in a leisurely manner. At the time ol tho llioft an In specter tor tl:e railroad was looking ror Mr. Lasky to collect $2 11 adit, tlonal freight because or Iho aluo of the shipping. "Oh, really It wan a pity,"-mounted Mrs. Lasky. "It was all ptb-war stuff. There wore such tine wines and champagnes and cordials and such good liquors that one could get before I In war." Slow Death Certain Penalty for Drinking Denatured Alcohol WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. () The house ways and means commll tee today swept aside for awhile the mass of complexities Involved In malt ing a lax hill to give thought to the after-effects of bootleg lto.uor. "Does liquor made rrom denatured alcohol cause death, just slow death, or Is It harmful at all?" ltepvesenta live Crisp, democrat, aslteil Martin .1. inner, Jersey City chemist, repre senting dealers In loilet articles, who seek reduction of the alcohol lux. "The high class bootlegger," I he witness replied, "undoubtedly alms lo reduce the poison so Ihat slow death Is the maximum penalty, hut the clumsy sometimes kill irf their customers too quickly." DMM.WKS I'ltOTFCTlOX WASHINGTON, "'I- 29. (P) Ambassador Horrlok in Paris Was made representations to tho French government tor protection of Am erican life anil properly In DaflVaS' I'll", , .. BOOTLEG BOOZE IS HELD PO SON F PREMIER il l NEW AHMET GIVEN m u Changes Made in Official Family as Presented to President Today JUDGMENT SUSPENDED People of France Withhold Comments Pending Re sults of New Body 4'AHig, Oct. 2 (A'i Premier Palnloyoi seoompanlod hy tbs mom bors ot bin new cabinet, arrived at the Elyzo palttCO early thli' artemoon ror t he customary presentations to the president of the republic. The now rnhliiet la tonstltutt tl as follows: Premier and mlnlnler or finance. m. Piinlevo. .Minister or Jnstlco. Gamine ciiau- telnp. Minister or the Interior, A. Bcbrn meek. Minister or works, Anatolu do Monsle. Minister ot war, BdOUSTd Ualadler. Minister of commerce, Daniel Vin cent. Minister or agriculture, jonu Dir and. Minister or Instruction, Yvon IJei phos, Minister for the colonies, Leon Terrier. Mlntstor of labor, Antoino Pura-u four. Minister or tensions, LoulS An- terlou. New Portfoyo The cablnol also contained a new j portfolio, that or Minister of btfdgef, ! whluJi will be rilled by Qoorgea Hon- net. former under secretary tii tin- j state to the yreaident of th- covnolb i ftetlrement or M. llohineau rrom ! the governorship or the bank, in fa vor of M. Caumeti who was minister I or commerce in the retiring ministry. hi regarded as a concession bv Prom- j ler I'alnleve to M. Hcrrlott. the rad ical loader. Public Waiting The new cabinet Is received Kon erally with suspended judgment, ! everybody apparently Watting to aej' what I'alnleve is nhle to do as tin- I ance minister, which portfolio ho has! taken lu addition to the premier ship. The combination as It stands it re-' gatrded as containing no new element of strength and whether tho depart ure of Finance Minister t'alllaux proven an element of weakness Is what political circles and the general public are waiting for. Officers IVileial Authorities I But He Doesn't Show Up A hold, bad man Was expected to pay Klamath a visit this week and every state, county or city officer' In Klamath Falls has been eyeing suspicious looking cars with eagle glances. Federal authorities wired lbs sheriff's Office to he on the lookout tor a giant, standing six feel two tall, who Is wanted in Chicago for murdering two officers and robbing a mall trtrck of $100,000. There U a reward of $100 0 on the head of the outlaw, another reason for the close surveillance Ot officers'. According to word from tie' Fulled Ktates Department ot Justice I the murderer was last seen la Yreka' Driver's License i Is Susoended for 1 Period of 60 Daysj vn,N.N.A 0ct D(tf (.z Tsankof t, brother of Premier aick- BBtot); ore.. Oct. SB,. The drivers under Tsanhoff ot Bulgaria, ha:. license of Fred Hake. Uenil-Klam-1 been shut and killed in Sofia while ,h Falls slage operator, was BUS- walking on the street. I DtBpatcn6ft trom Sotm neuovibo 1110 ponded yesterday by Justice of the ,01v fol. the ,vim as m,sl;l-.,- Peaoo ID, D. Ollaon. The suspension I lis),,,,!. Tha slayer escaped. Tzan Is for a period of slxly days. Falt-jkoft was walking with his wife and ore lo have proper breaks on the sister-in-law when shot. bus. Improper headlights find lack i Of a speedometer on the bus, was SPUING VALLHY, N. Y. A Charged by Stale Traffic Officer I bridegroom of Si paid S 1 BOO to Karl Houston. motorists who visited him to sell DtlltO was fined $10 and costs by him diamonds for his SO year old Judge tlllson, in addition to suspend-1 bride. He has found they were ing the license, glass, fSSfc j DaringHoidupntuunuD uu nui Robbers Stick up Auto And Escape With $93,000 UUKKALO, N. V. Oct, -'!. ti; I Robbers today shot and killed one Hank Dl Jfuffalo employe and wounded another In making away with money vontiJii'-d in a bank automobile , Tho loot amounted to $98,000. T)ie man kllleil was Charles Vf Clifford, driver or tbe bank's auto mobile, Tho money obtained hy the gunmen was being transferred rrom the Marine Trum company 1 1 the Hank of Buffalo, Both banks are In the heart of the downtown busi ness section. I.. M. Arrlngton. a hank messeng er, also was shot. Ills condition is critical. John Myers fWas also abut and wounded by the holdup men. The bank car .contained approximately 1117,000, hut the bandits overlook- led about $24,000 in tihclr haste to escape. Thieves Steal Jewels; Woman Reports Theft Mrs. Eva Fleming of San Francisco Victim SAN FRAJfOtBCO, Oct 29. Mrs. BVa May Fleming, reported to the police early today that she had boon ro6bed ot t) 71000 .n Jewels by some new round men friends who land her to their apartment in Sutter i reek. Mrs. Fleming said she fell under the Influence of a drug administered by the pair on Monday evening nnd when she wan revived on Wednesday, her Jewels were missing. Police are attempt ing to loeule the men through a third party, who vouched tor them. Mrs. Fleming a business woman, was unable to give the names ot the men. Immunity Denied' Colonel Mitchell WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. (IP) Colonel Wm. Mitchell's plea of Im munity trom military trial on the charges pending against him was overruled today in the general court martial proceedings against him. Await Bad Man sheiiri's orric he on . l.uokout coming in the direction of Klamath Falls in a "Marathon" car and ac companied by a wouuia and small child. He was described as wearing a cowboy hat. The only physical 1 mark ot identification on his fea tures Is u pock mark on the side of his nose. lint, according to local authori ties, the mail robber must have either slipped through Klamath Falls unseen, or missed this city entirely. Itls believed that the fugitive from justice Is wearing a bullet proof vest, as in the tight In Which two ottlcera were killed, the robber was apparently struck In the body but unhurt. Premier's Brother Killed on Street! IBS. WL J. Powell in I'lin imp ii nil 1 1 AGREE ON ISSUE Strahorn Attorney is Shown in Black and White what He Did Testify to LETTER IS ANSWERED Lawyer's Memory Refreshed by True Transcript of Rail Testimony In the Klamath NearS ot yester day morning, there appeareil a let ter from It. C. Orotsbcck, which follows: "A recent newspaper purports to quote a "message'' from the mayor or Klamath Falls, relating to the relations of the tit.- to the Oregon. Callforulu & Eastern railway. The numerous inaccuracies bearing on this subject which have been for months, and are still being pub lished, can he Ignored. The facts are of reeard at the city hall, to be supplemented by the files of the Droning Herald, published at that time, however, by W. O. Smith. The writer, however, cannot pass with out notice the personal involvement appealing In the folkovlng quoti tion from the message mentioned: "Further, RDbt. E. Strahorn, and Attorney It. C. Oraesbeck testified at the interstate commerce commis sion hearing that Mr. Strahorn had never said that he was going to build a line to Bend. "The mayor may not have been present at the time, or his memory may be at fault or he may be mis quoted. I did not so testify, nor did Mr. Strahorn. The Strahorn plan was to build certain inexpen sive lines la ceneral Oregon to con nect up the transportation outposts of Mend. Klamath Falls. Lakcview. Silver Lake and Crane, each com munity to receive such benefit as might flow from such construction. The conditions which would make possible the execution of such plan (Continued On Page Four) GIVEN REPRIEVE Youth Convicted of Statu tory Crime Gets 30 Days More Time SALEM, Ore., Oct. 29. Allan .McLaren. Portland youth iwho Is un der sentence to the state penitenti ary tor a statutory crime and who was due to arrive at the prison to day, was today granted a reprieve of 30 days by Governor Pierce, dat ing trom today. Governor Pleive fa In Eugene and his office would make no statement cS the reason for the reprieve. Gladwyn Lawpaugh. another youth convicted in connection wlub the same case, has begun to serve his state prison sentence and Archie Livingston, a third offender, was paroled trom the bench by Judge J. If. Campbell of Oregon City, ac cording to Information here. The three were convicted In Clackamas county. McLaren is a son of W. G. McLaren, a member of the state par ole board. Lanvpaugh was sentenc ed lo .servo five years, McLaren four years and Livingston two years. DRAG RIVER FOR UNKNOWN VICTIM PORTLAND; Ore.. Oct. 2i. (t Engineers of the Harbor Patrol were today dragging the river in search of the body of a man thought to have fallen or Jumped from the lower deck of the Steel bridge last night. A hat purchased from S. Ban and COnvpapy. Portland, was round floating below the bridge. LOSES I'ABOIiB POKTl.ANll. Ore. Oct. 39. Bert a. McQillis, who with George Temple escaped from McNeil's island federal prison yesterday would have been set at liberty on parilo had he waited a lew da.-s longer In-, stead of throwing away his chance by a break. YOUNG UN To Council By Heavy Vote In Second Ward Voters Show Their Approval of Northern Lines' Plans and Goddard Administration; Victor Wins Easily By a sweeping and decisive plurality of 85 votes, that left no doubt of the will of the people, Z. J. ("Doc") Powell was elected city councilman for the second ward yesterday. Final returns gave Powell 218 votes; A. J. Lyle 133; and Oscar Smith 133. Supporters of Oscar A. Smith were stunned with sur prise and dismay at the result. They had believed their candidate was a "lead pipe cinch" and the crushing vic tory of Powell is a bitter pill. ' Considering tho fa:t that t'-io Carleton And Drew Out For Directorships Political Pot in District Election Begins to Boil W it li the fire a ntl briuihtunc of tho city election Imt-Idy suh Bidetl, another election looms on the. horizon and today Charles K. Drew ami G. H. Carleton an-itoum-nl t hemsel ves candidate! for directors of the Klamath Ir rigation district. November 10 an election will bo held for the selection of two irri- streets and alleys in second warrt, gation district directors; one to serve vhich won him more votes, the unexpired term of A. L. Marshall, j Powell has been a resident of resigned; and the other for the full ; Klamath FalU for years. Bev-ently three year term. Mr Drew, a Henley J he has gone intj comparative retire rancher, has thrown his hat into the ' ment, devoting his time to the care race for the full three year term, while Carleton aspires to serve out Marshall's unexpired term of 12 months. Drew and Carleton arc the only candidates who have announce 1 .themselves in the race. Carleton is a well known rancher of the Merrill district. Circuit Judge Thomas hands down Decision in South ern Oregon Suit MBDFORD, Ore., Oct. 20,. CIr cnit Judge C -M. Thomas handed down an opinion today in the case i I of the Dig nntte Cattle Company versus Alex Anderson, in favor of the latter, or the sheep men ofj southern Oregon. The plaintiffs, who consist of a number of cattle raisers in the big Butte country, brought a suit against the defendant. Alex Anderson, to! restrain him from using certain por-, tious of the public range in the. Butte creek country, where he had ' been ranging his sheep. The plain tiffs claimed that the range was an j exclusive cattle range and that the j ranging of the sheep caused an irre-j parable injury to the range for cattle! purposes. The court found that the range j Wits not an exclusive cattle range,; and Ihat the defendant had the right to pasture his sheep thereon, and that the case was not one that fell within the jurisdiction of equity as the plaintiffs, if they were damaged, had a complete remedy at law. i.i action for damages against the dc-! tend ant. This decision is of such Import ance to the cattle men that it is probable it will be appealed to the United Stales supreme court. HKUK FHOM noHUIS Charley Horton, well known live stock buyer and a frequent visitor in Klamalb. particularly at this lime of year) arrived In Klamath Palls last tight from his home In Dorrls to spend several days attending to bus iness matters. He is stopping at the Hall hold. HEP IN IH IMPORTANT CASE Elected election was hut for tho election of one councilman. Interest ran partl ! cularly high. With a possible 800 I votes In the ward, 484 votas wero feast, euimated tj bo a high per- oi entage considering the Importance of the election. Interest was heightened by issues' that were entwined in t-'ie cara- palgn or each candidate. Although j the voting public Uok consldera- tion of the character and qualifica tions of each candidate, It was : where that candidate stood on cer I tain issues that won or lost hint j voteB. r : The biggest Issue was the railroad ; question. The fact that Powell was j known a a dyed in the wool Ores in Trunk supporter was undoubt'.vl- ly a contributing factor to his elec ; Hon. Then there was ala opposi 1 10" te -tho vacation of certain and development of his extensive property interests In Klamath Falls When the Gpddard administration went Into office, ho was appointed chief ot police. He resigned his po sition several months later. His unalterable and absolute sup: port of Maiyor doddard and his program won him lots of friendt among the electorate. With God dard, Powell stands against the Strahorn Sixth street crossing fran chise; against any franchise to any railroad without common user; anil strong f jr the mayor's recommenda tion that foe city should take steps to recover the $300,000 lost lu Strahorn railroad bonds. LONDON", liaising to hlB lips a loving cup such as gracod King Arthur's board. Ambassador Hough ton has been elected as honorary knight of the round table. The Second Ward Election The election ot Powell for councilman from the Second ward Is the latest evidence that the people of Klamath Falls want the Northern lines and they are going to oppose anyone who opposes them In getting what they want. These different mer chants who are fighting your fight, warrant your patron age. See that each dollar you spend Is spent with a friend of the Oregon Trunk.