The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, November 02, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUhtVdmlty Library Kuirnie, Oreuon Published Duily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated PreM Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number fMi rrs : : : KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS Local Budget Committee Favors City Manager; Need Experienced Head Five Recommendations Made by Body; Pest House, Street Lights, Street Flushing, Sewer Situation, all -Included Klamath Falls, a five million dollar corporation, needs a city manager. Jt needs this paid executive just as much as any private business of that magnitude would need a general manager. This is the belief of the city budget committee, which in its report Saturday night, recommended to the city council that careful study be given the city manager form of government which litis proved such a success in other growing cities throughout the nation. The committee was of the opinion that the city's growth could be direct ed in the right channel, if an experienced head, who could devote his entire time to the city, was at the helm. Nor was this all that the committee recommended. It favored the construction of a new pest house; the paving of Oregon avenue and south Sixth street; a sewage dis- DOal plant; and 11 ytein if strict light lu repine the iiiiiliitiuiod ,i Icm that HOW prevails. 't About tamo Concerning thn actual coil of run ning tlui city fur UOXt 'Mr, It In practically unchanged. Ttio bndf committee, confined by , la which stipulated that lanes run not be In creased more than nix Pr rant over thn previous yonr, won forced i re turn practically the (tamo budget nt last oar anil unull' to moke fliiiiu cut provlilona for the m-hy lin pruveuient nu'essary The aetuul lltc.ua-o was tiuOo oor Inil year, or a total of "Hu,63G. Owing to ttio Increased aniosawil valuation Of city property, thu mill ago rate la somewhat lower than last )oar. Thla year It will N 20.'.' mtlla ifthereaa laai your It via close to 17 mllla. Complete KepoH Following U thu report of the budget committee which will he submitted to lie city council to night: "Tho committee feela that It ti necosiary and proper that atten tion should bo called to certain vital -problems that now confront tho city and which muat bo mot In tho Tory near futuro. Klamath Kalla haa paaaed tho village -tag and growing and expanding at lUOh u rapid date that It la going t.i tax tho boat thought and cnerglea of It officials to mure tor tho multiply. ax noeda of tho community. T'lo rove- nue tor oporaung i"w ,,.-, mout la limited ouch yonr to six per oont ovor tho am Mint lovlod the provloua year, yet tho noeessnry ox ponaoa are far hi oxcoaa of this amount and will continue to rapidly Incrouso with tho growth of the city. "While tho Committee hesitates at thin thpo 10 advlae asking the chitons to nuthorlio a special levy Jo oxcoaa of the six por com, jet thoro nro certain permanent , Im provements iwhleh the welfare oi the city will not permit delaying much longer, Tho following Itema are respectfully submitted for tho .'iiro fuil consideration of tho mayor, coun cil and tho OlUsena: "First; City Detention Holptt-al, Tho Bo-cllod Post Homo la unfit for uso and It la vital to the health and welfare of tho clt.v flat aomo (Continued on 1010 Hoven Tariff Revision Will 3c Sought WASHINGTON,' Nov. 2. tl'i Oeneral revision of the tariff aoj will ho Bought at tbo coming session of congress by Ueprnsoutnllve Cordoll Hull of Tennessee, former domocrnt 1? national chalrtnan. n member of tho house wnyH and moans commltlne in cbnrgo of Hiieh legislation. JIHNNIOSSV IMtOMOTHK MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 2. (If) Jamos P. Hennossy, manager of tho ahnvlln-Ilix m Company at Bend, ore., avus elected vice president and general manager 6t oporntlnns of tho Shovlln, Carpenter nnd Clarko Ooifipany today. Another Death Is Charged To Martin Durkin "Steel Vested" Bandit Adds Second Notch To Gun CHICAGO. Nov. 2. (IP) Aoo- tiuu Ueiuii haOrtffr '!. id tS tln J. Durkin, dapper automobile thief and Hlayer. Sergeant Marry firay. f hoi by the fugitive stinman in his sensational escape from a police Irup last Wod neiulny nlKbt. died early today It wan the second death in the coatly attempt lo capture the slayer Of Edward Shaniihan, govornmi'iit agent Moyd Austin, uncle of Dor- kln'a awoelhoart. Holly Werner, In whoao home the ill-fuled police irnp waa laid, died of wounds rocolvod In a general uhuollug affray, from w,hleh Durkin apparently escaped unharmed. When news of Q ray's death waa flMlted, police redoubled efforta to approllenil the "steel vostod" bandit, who had vowed that ho would not I be takeu olive. The Werner women told police to day that Durkln had threotc I'd to onntmlt suicide' in the event thai bin capture appeared certain. in bia career as nn automobile thief. Dur kin wounded threo police In Chica go and two on tho Pacific coast bo forhhO slew Shanahan, who attempt ed to Question him concerning a Btoi- en car. Cramton Asks Flat Payment On Irrigation Congressman Submit? Report To Cool idge WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.r(Pl- a chgnge in the method of reim bursing the government for reclu nmiiou expenditures was advocated today by Representative Cram ton, republican of Michigan, In n report to President Cnolidgo on nn exten sive inspeoUpn of irrigation pnojeots In tho wesl, Just eomiileleil. Itepresi'iiiatlve Frtuntnn, who is chairman of the bouse cub-enminli-tOOi which drafts the Interior de partment appropriation bin. said sotllers should be required to com Plate their payments In forty years with Interest Instead of having ro tmbursoineiil to the government reckoned al five per cent of their gross CroD as the law now provides. Representative cramion said he was 'opposed to (he present method of computing rct'hunntion pnyincnis hecautie It Involved compllfiileil cal culation thai had not proven feasible nnd in the opinion of experts, would result In stretching reimbursements over til lonst "G yenrs. wmjmnSSL HIGH OFFICIALS T TIL Former air Chief wants Sec retaries Davis and Wil bur to Testify OTHERS SUBPOENAED Mcmlu.ru of Con area. An) I a i iki rrr- j rtrmy ana iiuvy uiiicen Included in List WASHINGTON, N v. 2. (PI Col onol will in in Mitchell, on trial by court martial, Its a result of his Crlticlsbl nf I tie oohducj Of the gov ernment's air service, tpdajr asked tho court t.i suinmou Becratary Uav la of lbs war department and Wilbur of din navy department as Witnesses, Several other high officials of tho two departments, several memjierii f inngrens and morn than sixty army and aavy officers uleo were named by thn defense In a list of thotb It would like to question. Igtttves Out Coolldge The name of Presldenl Coolldge did not appear on tho Hut. The Colonel and bis lunae sjftat asse-i- sing the legal obstacles that wjuld t(nd in tie way of a subpoena from the president, hid mado up Ihelr minds DOl lo try to summon him. It was apparent from the colonel'' action in seeking to bring cabinet officials and inembera of congress Into tho trial that ho ihopcs to t'.'roh out In court the whole range of issues Involved In the air con troversy und than present a justi fication for bis charges that tho air services had been administered vliii criminal and almost treasonable negligence, Whether the cou.-t will admit that procedure Is question able. , Auto Accident Kills Cripple Man Injured Near Klamath Falls Succumbs MkDFORD, Ore. Nov. 2. August MediKk, a cripple from ,Mt. Angel. Ore, died at midnight last night at a hospital In Ashland hb the result of Injuries sustained at B p. in. Sun day when his car was overturned on tho Ashland-Klamath Kails highway about three miles from the latter city, Tho Ashland police nre looking for an unknown man, who. ihey say. was driving Medock's car at the time of the aecldent, and who, they be hove, the deceased had picked up en roll to. Stock Judging Now Under Way Record Crowds Attend ing Livestock Show PORTLAND, Ora., Nov. 2.- -(P) Horse Judging, individual fat steer Judging, the boys' nnd gjrls' club Judging In all departments wore under way today at the Pacini In ternational Livestock Exposition here. The genoral Judging will occupy nil of each day for the firs'! half of the week, and the mornings on Thursday and Friday. Final awards will all be In Friday. tlato records for the Ripening day, Saturday, . were 25,I'. ), as against 81,000 for opening day lust year. Little Love Imp St ages Comeback Apparently stung into activity by four divorces which were granted on Friday, Daniel Cupid, known for his love matching proclivities, In stilled the matrimonial desire into three couples Saturday, all of whom wore Issued marriage licenses by County Clerk C. It. Del.ap. The couples granted licenses are: l.loyd Martin and Jennetle Day, bbth of Klamath Falls: William F. llilynvd and Frances Short, Klamath Falls: and Marlon D. Enlon nnd Harriet M. Dawaoiij both of Algomu, vyuctii i luiuci i Shipped Today! Funeral Services And Interment Will Be Held in East Today f'lurpncc W. Jones had planned to return lo his home in South fiend, Indiana Today the body of Clarence W. Jones left Klamam Kalis, not tlr Hm'Ul "","1' ,,ut '"r Klmlru' N' Y where II will bo l.ild in real. The I body was accomplish d by Mrs. C, IV; Jones, Jones was aecidonully killed on Saturday morning al 11:20 o'clock by Ted McAboy, while McAboy, Jones and Itoger Terry Were hunting quail on the Latta ranch, eight miles south nf town. A coroner's Jury Saturday night ut an Inqneai, held that Jones came to bis death accUh-nlally. Jones won employed In Soutli Bend aa n meelMtnlc for the stude- baker eorioratlou. Seattle Vice Declared Bad Preacher Says Town Has "Gone To Hell" SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 2. (Pi iteV, Dr. Ambrose M. Bailey preach ed the second of a scries of anti-vice sermons last night to a packed audi torium of the First Baptist church here and to an overflow meeting In the basement, on the subject "Has Seattle Gono to Hell?-" Mayor Brown, who sat on the platform last Sunday, was not at the meeting and Dr. Bailey prayed for him and Police Chief Seteryns and "all (hose whose hearts bear the brand of shame." Dr. Bailey said that two preachers had come to him during the week and reported thut thoy were continually being "solicited by women of the pnlnted cheek" and that brothels were in operation all around their chnrches. Winter Makes Pass At City Thin Blanket of Snow Covers City Ths Morning i i w A light blanket of snow, which disappeared with tho first few hours of sunshine, greeted Klamath Falls' early risers this morning. Burly this morning low hanging clouds gave forth the second snowfall of the fall, just enough to whiten the green' of the lnwn and the black of auto tops. Hecords at the It. S. reclamation office disclose that the temperature sank to 27 degrees above zero. The lowest temperature this fall was re corded laRt Thursday night. Octo ber 29, when the memory sank to 2fi above zoro. An Inch of snow covered the slate highway on the Ashliind-Klamalli. Falls highway Ibis . morning, accord ing to reports received at the division state highway offices. The snow was at its greatest depth on the Green springs mountain. Want High Tax on High-Power Beer WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. (P) -Prohlbtlon enforcement officials to day sought the aid of the taxing power of the government as a means of chocking what they described as tho "trometulons flood of high pow ered beer swooping tho country." Not To Pardon Social Worker SACRAMENTO, Opt., Nov. 2 UV) Gdvernor Friend Richardson indicated In a lottor made public to day Hint ut present ho would riol par don .MisH Charlotte A. Whitney, so cial service worker, whose opnvtctton of violating the criminal syndicalism law has just been upheld by the Flitted States Dnprome court. mfSSSm Crackers Invade p mil aLrllll II PISTOL DUEL Dead Bandit at Muskegon, Mich., is Identified aa "Dutch" Anderson MURDERS A DETECTIVE Outlaw Slain by Police Of ficer During Gun fiattle in Dark Alleyway MrSKkXiON. Mich., SW.' (A.r.y A bandit slain here Saturday iiighl, after lie hud allot and fatally wounded dm, llniulimud, city detective, was positively identified tiHlay nn "iiutcb" .tndei-hon, noted thug nnd pal of Ocrnlil t'lutpiiinii, KiiiM'i-.bandit. The identification was made '.oday by fingerprints of the slain bandit and those of Anderson. Secret ser vice operators, v.ho-arrived here this morning also aided in tho identi fication. Fingerprints Identified "There Is no question but that it is Anderson," said Peter Hansen, chief of police. "The fingerprints tell the story, while the Bertllllon mea surements show it to be Anderson." Police took tho prir.'.s of the ban dit's fingers as he was dying Satur day night at the station. Finger prints of Anderson arrived here this morning and Lieutenant Roy Ferris of tho Identification bureau at one declared they were the same. ' Dies Fighting Anderson went to his death fight ing. So did Detective Hammond, who. although fatally wounded, wrested the- revolver from the bandit's hand lu an aliey in tho shadows of the police station and then killed Ander son with tho latter's own weapon. The arrest was made after Ander son, who had ?2,20O in counterfoil ,,,, 20-dollar bills on his person passed one for a box of candy at a restaurant. Election Betting Is Being Probed By Gand Jurors According to well founded reports about the court house this afternoon, the grand jury is investigating charg es of gambling on the recent special election in the second ward. It is Understood that a number of witness es were called before the jaroi-s to give whatever evidence they might have. Street reports following the elec tion indicated that it considerable sum of money changed hands on the outcome. It was l-eportcil timt those who won most of the money hud wagered that one of the candidates would get more than 100 votes, and tills candidate gathei-cil in lltlt votes, tints winning easily for Ills support ers und backers. Body Of Copco Employe Found Drowned Man Proves To Be N. Helman, Not I. Lund or I. Sund The body-of N. Helman. who went by the name of I. Sund and I. t.uml. was recovered yesterday at tOitS a. m., 15 feet from where the Copco employe sank in Link river Falurday afternoon. Funeral arrangements await word from relatives .although tenietiye plans have been forniuhiled lo bold tbo funeral tomorrow. A brother, lie t heard of in Wnt-hingioiii and a sisler in Finland ' survive Helman. according to word received by the coroner's office. Helman was drowned Saturday af ternoon in Link river, apprpglnltttoly 200 feet above the Copco dam. lie had put out in a small canvas bout, which capsized when he was about 20 feet from shore. Unable lo swim, ho floundered about for a few uiln utos and then sank. Three men r. 'covered the body. V. V. Hargrove. It. T. Wiggins and L. A. Cool. The sad thing about lots of peo ple Is they have no Idea of what would make them huppy. SAIUHUAT Three Klamath Stores; Creamery Vault Looted Lewis Grocery Store and J. S. Mills 8C Son Imple ment House Entered but Nothing Dis turbed; Professionals Turn Job Safe-crackers invaded three Klamath stores last night or early this morning, blew open one safe and were frightened away from two others. For the fourth time in one year, the small safe at the Klamath Falls Creamery, 1248 Main street, was looted. Approximately $200 was stolen, according to an estimate made this afternoon by Glenn Kent, an officer of the creamery. Between 2 a. m. and 3 a. m. this morning, robbers, supposedly the same gang that looted the creamery, en tered the B. P. Lewis grocery store, 223 south Sixth street, but were frightened away by Thomas Gurney, who sleeps in the store. They apparently crossed the street and broke into the J. S. Mills & Co., implement house, Sixth and Klamath avenue, but did not disturb an emp No Fire Loss In Two Months And One Half But Three Alarms Dur ing October; One Is False Not one dollar in actual cash I damage has been sacrificed to the fire demon within the boundaries of Klamath Falls during the past I two months and a half, is the lllum- , inating and cheerful report today I of Fire Chief Keith K. Ambrose. The fire chief filed this morning his. fire report for October, which disclosed three calls, one of which was a false alarm. The other two were small blazes that were extin guished before damage was incurred. Duridg September a similar r -ord was made and it has been back as far as the middle of Ausust since actual cash damage was sus tained in a fire. Big Freighter Burns At Sea Vessel Algiers is Loss Sailors Not Found NEW YORK. Nov. 2. iff) The freighter Algiers burned off Norfolk list nlcht. the Independent Wireless Telegraph company reported today. A message from the freighter Birm ingham City, which went to the aid of tho Algiers, said no sign of life was seen aboard the British ship. The last wireless from the Hirm Ingham City, received shortly before midnight, said it was cruising about in search of "possible lifeboats with survivors. Belief was expressed by the Birmingham City's captain that the crew of tbo Algiers may have been picked no by another ship. Philadelphia was the hojno purl of the Algiers, which was 2S1 feet long and 2.294 registered tonuagc. it was owned by ti e Southern Steam ship cetnp&ny. The number of men in the crew was hoi reported. Government Wins Oregon Land Case WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. - (PI -The District of Columbia court of ap peals today uftlrmed the decision of the lower court Which denied a :n:m datory injunction against Socrotary Work lo compel the settlttj Mid ol '. a decision of the department .of tho interior concerning lands Withdrawn for forosi reserve purposes in Ore gon. The Injunction had been asked lor by Alexander (!. Shnw, nn attor ney. NBW II AVION, Conn. The colors of Yale have gone far in other quar ters than the gridiron. Donald Mac Mlllan has carried a Yale flag 8,000 miles ou His Arctic expeditious. ty but locked safe in tao front of fice of the stJie. I'lcks Kcar L:;ck Kntranco la the creamery iwas gained by picking the lock to the rear door, In the opinion of Mrj Kent. The door was .found open this morning when Mr. Kent arriv- led at work. The robbers walked through the building to the front office, grasped hold of the small sate and wheeled it into tie Ice stor age room. Closing the dcor tight they Inserted a charge of nitro glycerine which completely "olew the dcor from the aTo. The safe-crackers then picked out the cash nnd checks In the snf' and made their escape through the 'door which they had broken thronfeh. They left no elue behind, by which the sheriff's office could trace them town. It is believed that there were two or more who broke Into tho store as the lob of moving the, safe to the ice storage room was too( much for one man, Mr. Kent said. Hate Insured The l.:ss was covered by Insurance.! In the three other robberies of the Creamery safe. Silo was lost In one robbery, a watch and small chango ia another and no loss In the third. Ourney, who scared the' robbers frcm the B. P. Lewra grocery store, is the man nvho killed a robber who tried to enter the. storo lastJtme. Both police and the sheriffeJtft fice aro following up the case close ly, and carefully checking up to un earth" any possible clues whioa might lead to the appre'aension -of the robbers. ' ' !'1. J ' j epOtter WOUnded , 1 By Peruvian Poet LIMA. Peru, Nov. 2. (P) Edwin Elmore, a newspaper writer, lies In a hospital hero with a bullet wound in bia abdomen, Inflicted yesterday during an altercation with Carlos Chocano, poet lnureuto of Peru, who calls himself "Tho Slngor of America Aboriginal and Wild." Train Hits School . Bus; Pupils Killed NASIU'NTA.-Ga.. Nov. X s-(P)-Six were killed and' apVroxfrhately '.' children injured whejy'thc Allnn- tic coast lino's 'fust New York to Florida passenger train number 81 crashed Into a loaded school' litis nt a grade crossing today. ELECTIONS HOLD MUCH INTEREST WASHINGTON. Nov. 2. (If)- Several contests which have attracted wide attention", notably the gttbernat- orlol fight In New Jorsey and the mayoralty congress in Now vorKi l ily. Boston and Detroit, will h settled tomorrow at the polls. J While. Tuesday's elections are re ferred to as general, there will iMi balloting lu only III slates, with statewide voting In only five of those. Iteslili'H New Jersey, Virginia will &' I he only slate lo elect a govern dH in only one other state Peuylvh i.'i is there a slate office at taaao, that of Judge of the sujterler court.