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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1925)
University Library Ktiirene, Oregon Published Daily ut KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Prc Leased Wire Eighteenth Year - Number 5068 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, l!)2.r PRICE FIVE CENTS POWELL SEATED AS COUNCILMAN FROM 2ND WARD Former Chief of Police takes Place Around the City Council Table GAGHAGEN IS QUIETED City Clerk Attempts to Mix up in Argument and Gets Calling Down A now fm-r appeared "I lbs elt council lublii Itial night tin- line of (ho ni'W rounrlliuiiu. '. J. Pow nil, who hy ii decisive majority wsi ulncted by voters Of tin weeund ward lo succeed Morlo S Wont, former councilman Councilman Powell wn quietly worn Into office Oily Clerk OukIiukuii, ami .mud tbu (cat at thn fool of tin council table, no long held by Mr. Went. At tint cloBO Of tile COUIIcll lui'l-i- InK last nlKbt Councilman Powell wan appolnlnd chairman of lhi fl nnnco coininlitee. chairman of the wharf and water front eonwltft and a int'iiiher of the police com mltttin, Judiciary cominlttue and flru committee. The dope around the council table wan decidedly up net by the mayor appointments It wan aupponed that cOmmltUM chairmanship wuuld be Jockeye 1 around to allow Powell to lined tie police committee. Thin belief w.m tilrengihitiiod by the fart that Pow ell at the beginning of the Coddtird admlnliitrallon wan appointed Chjof of police. Ait member of the finance committee. Powell will carry on the burden of city finance (rom where It wan dropped by Mr. Went, who wan ahio chairman of the finance committee. Knglncor Question Up "If 1 can SOca It n clear cut mate ment from lite state examining board of engineer on the qualification of dene Henry to act an Klamath Fall' city onitlneer, will the city council ublde hy that decision'' wan the question put to the council by C. T. Darley, county surveyor, nnd senior member of the engineer ing firm of Hurley. Jensen nn.l Usury. The couuclt would abide by nuch (Continued on Page Kllit CALOR SECTION OF DORRIS ROAD MAY BE VACATED County Court Anxious to Elim inate Two Serious Acci dent Hazards ' 'With the completion of the Mid land mate line load from Klumatli Kalis to the mate line, a section Of the Kono-Dorrls road will he ib undonnd. The county court han 11 dlstlmt reason for taking this courso. Around the Southern 1'aclflc Hiding, Cnror, tltero aro owo serious hazards, In tho form of bad crossings, which will be eliminated with the com pletion of the Midland Stnta Una road. That section of road which will bo vaciitod will ho In the vicin ity nt c.ii r Hy tho abandonment or vacation of the Color suction of rond, the road property will rovort to the property holders owning hind nhiililtiK onto tho road. Abandonment of the Color noctlo'1 would leave Klntnnth temporarily lit leant, without an outlet lillo Do ris, Calif. However It. In believed Iiorils Will bring prennttre to bear upon Siskiyou county authorities nnd build a rOUd north from Dorrls to connect with the Midland Slate Jlno rood at the male line. AtfOTHKI? PKKWICTION NEW AUK, N. ,1. Nov. 3. Robert llelda, Long Island "Ap- tlo of doom," who prdWtod thai tho world would end on February ti, last, today an- nnnnnori In New Ark that the present "reign or pence" would end on Armistice Day. lie said he wan preparing' Id move at least .mi mllen Inland U us- enpo Impeiitllng destruction ot tjio metropolitan area. tftttttttt' Marshall Dana Appointed To Parole Board Portland Newspaper Man Gets MacLaren Post PORTLAND, Oro. Nor. 3. (&) Marshall Dsns, loeoJ nowspsper man. han been appointed an successor to V, (I. McLaren, a member of lint BlatS parole board. Circuit Judge Anhhy C. Dlcknon, wan wan comnilnnloned by (iovemor Pierce to Interview Dunn, announced today that liana hud accepted. J mice Dlcknon alno muted that Judge Ulchard Delch hud accepted Sppolnitnent an a member of the but llenhlp Oregon rotnmlnnlon. succeed n Colonel I' ti Worrlllow. KLAMATH FALLS Henry PottB Is Last Inmate to Leave Jail in Basement cf City Hall Cold, gray light of a rhcorlr over-cant wfntry day failed to reveal any Signs of life In the city jail this morning and for a good reason because for the flrttt time In several weeks the city Jail l empty. The lunt person to h ave the Jail wag one Henry Potts w ho hod served U n days an a charge of Intoxication. NBW YOltK Ouo of Joffren' luxln of the Marne has iwhSMOd u,i and down With Auoiuo SAd Hroml- way to help sell tickets for a ball ! In aid of needy A. B, P. Veterans. "Petting Parties" Halted loud. en tin- rilled With Young Kolkn Held t At lil-ru . By Courteous Bandit Trio SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 3. (Ar) Fourteen uulomubllu loads of sigh; seem and putters, were grouped to gebher by chance on tho Twin Peaks boulevard last night lo nee the lights of the pity twinkle below them In the clear November dusk. Three young uutom Iblls bandlin took full tidvuntuge cf tint opportunity and Many Drowned In Bio Flood Seven Dead And 17 Missing in Wales Disaster I.anih'DNO. Wales, Nov. 3. -Seven persons are reported to have been drowned and seventeen, In cluding a woman and nine children, are missing, as u result of the burst ing n doth and tho destruction of the village of Otilgarrog. Holmes and buildings i.vei'e swept uwny and hundreds of 'cattle nnd speed drownod when 1 80.000. 00 gallons of witter from Elgliin Lake rushed down tho vale of Conway, yesterday. Parents Seek Runaway Youth lamas Whlrland, n, son of the night operator1 at tho Southern Pa cific station, nnd a youth believed to he .fuck Horn, are being sought as runaway youths, II became known lo ll ay. Tho Whli'lnni! hoy (aft home Sat urday allying he was going on a hunt ing trip lo Swan lake. When he failed to return bin parents begun making Inquiries, and learned that he 'had iniii playmates he was going to run uwny. A singe driver reported today he had Heen two hoys answering tllolr description walking toward Hend. They were about 30 tulles from Band ill the time. The Horn hoy hail been working ut one of the box factories and had ap proximately $ T r on him ut the tlinu they disappeared, The Horn hoy In Hnld lo have run nwny from his homo In another pari of Ihe slate, PAROLE GRANTED DRIED CASHED E P. B. Bell, Ex-Official of Gold Hill Bank Released From Penitentiary PIERCE VERY LENIENT Records Reveal that Com mutation was Given by Governor on Oct. 16 SALEM, Oru. Nov, 3.- It became known here todajs that P It. Hell, former cashier of tho Hank of Gold Hill, who dun 111 the slate peniten tiary, doing time for embezzlement, was discharged under a commutation of sentence on October 10. Hell Is In Portland whore he may locate. Hell was originally sentenced to servo 10 yearn In prison. Recently Governor 'Plorco commuted the sentence to two yearn, which he hud served minus good time credit;, or a total of 16 months. It l.i understood here that the OZssntWs clemency extended Hell hun tho approval of many prominent Southard Oregon people. Whllo ut the prison Hell was a trusty employed in n clerical rap pa'lly in the prison office. MODESTO. Calif A death bed statement by J. 0 Natlress of Tuo luninie county sceused pbarlos I'lunimer, boltbroed Indian of shoo'. Ing him twice through the leg. Nnttreas died before the ompletlon of the ntiltemenl. went through the cars, collecting niore thun J-Otl at the points of two black looking revolvers. Courteous ly enough they refused to molest the women and girls 'Of the caravan, although they losl rich loot thereby. To block pursuit, they threw anroy the switch key of each car. A shot gun squad was soon on the scene, but the bandits had fled. POCKET GOPHER CONTROL WORK TO BE STARTED Ira N. Gabrielson Here to Ad vise Klamath Farmers On Problem While the pocket gopher, banc of existence to the farmer and reel abl ation engineer, begins to holo for winter hibernation, the time has ar lived for e.nitrol work. And for the purpose ot Instituting this work, ltn N. Oabriolson, state leader of rodoril control .work far the United Stales Biological Survey, arrived 111 Klamath county yesterday. T.ttlay, accompanied by County Agent C. A. Henderson, Mr. tl.ilirie! SOP Inspected gopher Infested fields south of Klamath Kalis. He will confer with nnd advise fanners as t,t the bast method to combat the dt slrttctive rodent. The gopher has been credited .vlth causing two breaks In the main ranul of the Irrigation dlstrl.'l last iprtnjr, . : Mr. (lahilelson was to confer this rtttetnorm with M. T. Prince, Oscar I Campbell and .Marshall Off; all of l, allien vauey 10 iiM-criiiiu willtl should he d ine lo combat Ihe rapid Increase in the Jack rabbit popula tion. Poison will lie resorted to a1 first, and ir thin doe's nut serve th purpose, an old fashioned rabid. I drive will he held, THC.W IIONOUK1I t). A. C OORVAblilS, Nov. 8. North II. Tiuux, of Klamath It'alls, senior In eloctflsa) engineering, has been appointed student major .if the It. (1. T. C. infantry unit. TfUa.t Is a member of Sigma Nu a clul fra ternity, Tun Beta PI and Klu Kappa Nu, honorary engineering fraternl lies( ti iitl National Collegiate Plnyers. 10 MBEZZLED Three Klamath , Suspects Held With "Moon" Jackson County Offi cials Make Night Raid MKDFORD, On., Nov, 3, Three Klamath Kalln men with 170 galloni of moonshine valued at $3,400, were csptnred by Jackson county officers hint nUht and are languishing In tho county Jail, with their two seven-passenger 192r, model cu. confiscated. J. J. Trjvcrn, wan first caught about midnight In the Blski yous, after a abort cbaso, and two hours later Walter Byreborg and Jno. Dogbner ever captured on the Green Springs mountain road. Trav ers had 120 gallons of moon and Hyreborg and Hughner had fifty gallons. Tho three men will be glv- . en a hearing late t odoy. Col. Mitchell Asks Dismissal Says Court Martial Has Not Proved Charges WASHINGTON. Nov. 3. JP) Col onel William Mitchell again was overruled by the general court mar tiul trying him today when lie fought to have the charges a .jain.it him dismissed on the plea that the pro-, necutlon had presented no proof of his guilt. Ileprescntatlve Held of Illinois, .Mitchell's counsel, argued that no defense testimony will be necessary, because the prosecution hud rested yesterday without proving the charges that the colonel's uttor ence In the air. controversy amount ed to an Infraction of army disci pline. Meantime the question of issuing subpoenas for f u r score jf defense witnesses, headed by three cabinet members, remained unde cided. Thieves Steal Winter Spuds Forty Sacks Taken by- Auto Robbers at Bend BEND, Ore.. Nov. 3. Forty sacks of potatoes were taken from the root cellar of S.. D. Mu.stard near Powell Butte last Saturday nignt according to reports received in lb ml today. Members of the fam ily said they found automobile tracks In the yard after discover lug the loss of the potatoes Sua day morning. ! Eugene Bootlegger Finally Convicted El'GENK. Ore.. Nov. 3. Mark Broom was f tend cullty by a cir cuit court jury late yesterday cf possession of liuuor. He had been acquitted several days previous on a charge of settinig up and operat ing a -st 111. Painleve Ministry to Learn Its Fate PARIS. Nov. S. (J?) The sec ond Painleve ministry taay know its fate late this evening. The premier having accepted immediate decision of interpolations on his general pol icy intends to push' it through lo a vote before adjournment of the chamber. COOLIDGE HOPES FOR REDUCTION WASHINGTON, Nov. i.V) President Coolldgo Is hopeful that taxes can hit reduced by more than $300,000,000 although he believes no safe maximum call be fixed until the budget for the coming fiscal year Is com pleted. Secretory Mellonnj reoonimenju lion was for a reduction of from $880,000,000 t.' $JW'0,000,OOOi bm It was disclosed loday al the White House Hint the president was not convinced tho cut would have to bo held within that limit. llrLlliu IS PLANNED FDR! ACCUSED SLAYER Denver Physician who Kill ed Daughter Will Plead Justification IS BETTER OFF DEAD Was Act of Mercy, in Slay ing "Soulless" Child Woman, is His Claim DKN'VKIt fTolo.. Nov. Z.liPi Tie phllosaphy of Socrates on the soul ! till be used as a defense weapon in one of the most unusual oases in Colorado criminal Juri-iprudence w .cn Dr. Harold E. Blazer, aged phxlclan, goes to trial tomorrow, charged with the murder of Ills uaughter. Hazel IJlazer, 32 year oi I paralytic "Child weman." The defense will contend In sub-! ,MUL v'",m Uiea wn' w-.u, us UUi uuman. nan nj s-jui and was better off dead than alive. we may further prove Uat when mis old, Kindly country doctor cmo roiormeu mm -numan husk tnat , ,vas called Hazel, he was insane, bu. at the same time he was no more morally wrong than had he chloro formed a helplessly crippled dog. " said Defense Attorney Lewis D. Moniry. Hazel Illazer, wao never grew from childhood, had neither speech nor expression and lived without hope, he said. The triul will be held 1 : the Xra jahoe county district court at Lit tleton, near here. Fate Of Crew Is Mystery No Trace Vol Bound or Freighter Algiers Since S. O. S. CttO Vessel Is Still Missing NORFOLK. Va., Nov. 3. The fa'.Lt of the crew of the steamer Algiers, found Sunday night gutted by fire and abandoned today remained ob scure. Coast guard vessels from Norfolk and New York have set cut to search for them and other vessels lhat have sought them failed to find a trace of the freighter's life boats. The vessel was out of Philadelphia. Sheriff's Office Fails to Unearth Clues of Robbers No clues that might lead to the identity and apprehension of the safe crackers that entered three Klamath stores Sunday night and stole 350 from one. had been un earthed by the sheriff's office up t:. noon today. Belief was expressed by the sher iff that the same r ibbers that brok inn seven otiFnr t-, .or,i months ago, pulled the Sunday nigh1 Job. He pointed to similarity In methods, and the entire absence of clues which has charucteriied both. The heavy loser in Sunday night s robbers nvas the Klamath Falls creamery, whi, h lost $360. The rob- bers were scared awav from the 11. P Lewis Grocerv store and tho J. S. .Mills Implement house befor they could blow In the safes. American Priests Held by BanditS ' it.kiw.. Nov. :;. -Information that two American priests are held in bandits at St. John's Islands south'! of Hong Kong, has been rorelved h. tho Amerlesn legation. It is under-j stood that an American destroyer i and Chinese warship are proceeding lo the island; LOS ANGELES. R. C. Miller was arrested last night us the al leged einbeisler of two carloads -,f wheat in Kansas a lew years ago. Detectives say he altered n bill of lading while working uh n rail rond clerk in Newton, Kans., and caused I In. Still pounds of wheut to be oOhsgned to himself at Kansas City Instead of to the lawful purchaser. Sw1' Convene Thursday Eve Social Night is Planned For This Week's Meeting Applegate Camp No. 2", and the I Ladles Auxiliary of the Camp, will hold their first social night at the I.eglon rooms at Courthouse o.i Thursday night, November 5th. A ' full attendance of members of both ! the Camp and Auxiliary is expected and the meeting promises to be a large one. Matters of Importance 'to both or- ganlzatlons will be discussed and a membership campaign organized to resell the Spanish War Veterans ir. this vicinity who are not now mem aers of the National organization. Community Chest Movement Starts Dcflnits steps toward organizing a city.wlde community chest for Christmas tnd the winter months following were taken at the meeting of the c.hamb;r of commerce dlrcc tors louay noon chHa Barnstable and Misa L.dia Fricltc, who took a cad ing part in the Christmas charity work last year, spoke briefly and told of tho need of the work. A special committee will meet to morrow noon to complete all plans and get the movement under way BAKE KS FIELD. Calif. George nougheu received fatal injuriu.i when his automobile was overturn ed by a whirlwind on the hlghway ncar here. The crews of the other two" sliip3 that were caught In the week end storm in this area have been ac counted .for. The British freighter Mount Royal yesterday nosed her way to the entrance of the Virginia Cape and uailer her own power, de spite a damaged rudder bead. Ap parently garbled messages concern ing her gave rise to the report that she had .gone down. Band Will Be Started Here Musicians Asked to Meet at Moose Hall Friday Definite steps toward the organiza tion of a band for Klamath Falls will be taken at 7:30 Friday night at the Moose hall at a meeting of musicians and others interested in-the project. The meettng has been called by F A. Selak. who formerly directed u band in this city. Mr. Selak said today that 22 pieces have now been signed up for the or- sanction ana n is expodcu iwti a. k'"sl a bA wtu formud- A" '5i('ians w be mterest- fd in the niovement are .urged to a,toml SMALL HOME IS RAZED BY FIRE H. C. Harmond, Owner, Severe- ly Burned in Afternoon Blaze; Loss $1500 - r The home and entire personal be longings of II. I'. Harmond wont up in smoke nnd flames this uflernoon shortly before 3 o'clock, when Har- tttOhd's now home in Dixon addition was completely destroyed by fire. The loss was estimated ut $ l r o t) . which according to reports, wns not eovor'ed hy Insurance. Mr. Harmond. In his desperate efforts to save some of his books and his tools, suffered severe burns about the wrist. . He was taken to ti doctor while his home wns still burning. The cause of the blaze was said to hnvo been a defective stove. Harmond was on the roof of the house working when the five broke out. s. ST ILIUM. DENIES REPORT Of Wife of New York Banker Says she will not Marry Fowler McCormick TO PROCURE DIVORCE Husband will not Contest Suit, she says Harvest er Heir too Young NEW YORK. Nov. 3. VP) Mrs. Anne V. Btlllman, denies that she and young Fowler McCormick of Chl.-ago plan to marry after she oo talns a divorce from James A. StUlman. "I am too old and he is too young," she has Informed a repres entative of the New York World, anesering a direct question. Agreo on Divorce Interviewed at her camp nt Grande Anie, Canada, where Mr. McCormick is visiting her. Mrs. Still man admited, the Woild says in a copyright article today, that tie and her husband have reached an agreement as to a divorce. A mutu al friend acted os mediator last sum mer. All that remans Is to reach an agreement as to a m-ney settle ment before proceeding with her suit. Mr. Stillman agree J once ' be fore, five years ago to permit her to divorce him, sho said, then start ed his "unpleasant suit." Dressed la a bright short velvet Jacket, short plain skirt aid wear ing beaded mc'casins and a neck lace of large pearls, Mrs. Stillman was putting to bed Baby Guy, whose paternity was disputed In t ie unsuccessful divorce suit brought by her husband. GotH Uig Allowance Mrs. Stillman says that she and her husband are "good friends" now, and that their children visit him whenever opportunity offers. He is giving her an allowance of 17,500 u month, the amount decided by tho court pending settlement or his suit. As to reports to a marriago with Mr. McCormick, the World sayj: "They deny it singly and together, but do not deny thn groat i'ond 'f sympathy between them." She did not seem displeased that the question was asked nor did Mc Cormick. In New York when informc-S of Mrs. Stillman's statement about the divorce suit her attorney, Isaac N. Mills said: "I am sure- a mistake has been made." , Aged Timberman Drops from Sight PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. U.iPl O. A. RItan, 76, timberman of this city, disappeared yesterday ufte -neon and all efforts to trace him have been In vain. Mrs. Ritan drove her husband to he barber simp and while she park ed the car around the corner he dis appeared, not entering the barb-.tr shop. Ritan has for some time been sut- ferlng loss of memory. Skipworth Named U. of O. Regent SALEM, Ore., Nov. J Judge Skipworth ef Eugene was today ap pointed by Governor Pierce as u member 'Of the board ot regents of the University of Oregon, succeeding the late C. E. Woodson of Heppncr. whose death occurred recently. Ju.lg t Skipworth huS' for many years oc cupied Ihe circuit court bench In hU district, having succeeded JudKo I.. T. Harris when the lattor was elect eil to the supreme court. SNOW AT COATEH MEDFORD, Ore.. Nov. 3. Reports received in Mcdford this morning stated that there was six Inches of snowfall at Anna Springs camp, Crater National Park, Inst evening. with snow falling heavily, and that this morning there IWU-J all Inch of snow at the summit cf the Slsklyoiis. Mod- erute rain was falling In th valley today, foil twing a rain- fall last night if ,01 of an Ineh. t t t f f f t I ENGAGEMENT
