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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.
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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.
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ENGAGEMENT