The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, November 13, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text"niverdltv Mhrir '.uirenn, OrcKOf fcxtvribux Published 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(177 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIO A V, NOVEMBER 13, 192;' PRICE FIVE CENTS U BEUEVED 10 BE HEAD, IN RIVER Martin J. Durkin Writes Mother That he Will Commit Suicide SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Some pf his Clothing found and Officers Believe he Killed Self CHICAGO, Nov. 13. Martin J. Durkin, auto thief ami slayer, may be drown-; ed in the Chicago river, or he may have perpetrated a suicide hoax with blood stained and shot-torn cloth ing, and a farewell letter to his mother. The handwriting and clo thing, found on the Michi gan boulevard bridge last night were identified as his, by his sister. Coast guards dragged the river all night. Despite the assertion that the writer was slowly dying of a bullet wound in the lung and was desperate be cause he had to hide in base ments arid filch food from ice boxes, the police doubt ed the expressed intention to end it all in the river. There wail III (In doubt, thougi, but that the letter and clothing woru genuine. Thu blue overcoat nmt a gray null coal, bourluii Kantian City flrm'n label bid shot trim loam ihruiutli the le(t sleeve and lr In! bid id ou the. Mnlltjta. A lark plaid rap wan found beside tho coata. All wauld (It u USD 'Ol Durkln's build. lilt by Officer Durkin wn thought wounded whon bn (incnpcd October 2 , from ii pollcv trap Ml In tlia flat of l.loyd Austin, wbn, with Sciko.uu Hurrv (Iray, AMI killed In tho n h it 1 n k pis tol buttle Durkin previously Ml nought In many rides lifter he kill ed Edward Hhannhnn, u fejernl iiKonl, who attempted to ariust him In a Strife for auto (heft, October It. Tho letter, containing 12 BSJJfOS, expressed regret for tlio slaying mid lold of the writer's love for tho mother and for Mr. Hetty Werner, for whoso small kou he had planned "A new and clean life." (Vlllle MM'Ml't Pay "II breaks my heart u do this thing, but I know It's much better then Retting killed by the pollen. Thoy would kill me even bufuro I Hot to trial." the letter said. The .writer miyii hln arm bad boon broken by shotgun "ri' ""' "'lit '"' hull n bullet In Ills limit which made him think he WM getting lockjaw. i "Crime don't pay, I ISO, but too ute." the letter concluded. TORNADO WREAKS FURTHER DAMAGE HAl.EM, Ore., Nov. l:t. further damage wna reported today from u nniiill tornado which swept ovor 1 1 1 -Wlllnmotlo valley aouth of here yes terdny. A mllii south of llall'H ferry tho storm uprooted the greater part of u prunn orchard on the Novak place, demolished most of the oit bulldingii on the place and lor' av.ny part of the roof of the dwelling. I'lie roof wan torn from 11 burn on the J. n. Oummlngs farm and many Inrr.o fir Infos' In the district were (listed In' two or uprooted. Mt'MMY ItKVK.VI.ICD "'" CAIRO, Nov. 18, (flV-Tho mummy of Tiil-Ankh-Amen wliu the hands clasped on the brSMt and u golden crown on tho heart, him been disclosed .at Inst, says a message from Tuxor today, The experts ex- a in I n ii I Id n exhibited Unit the 4 Paraph wan only 15 years bid when he died. Oil thn breast were found two large gold HcnrabH and strapped to the side two gold Kilted swords 4 and two gold bundled knives. CHICAGO DUTLftW S. P. Employe Loses Leg In Bad Accident E. H. Holmes Slips And Falls Between Cars This Morning i ii mill roll from sn ' cotcieil ptntfofln oil tbf rent' of li pntsc tiger COttCll lit I'lillliliiii, cost K, n. Holmes, Mi SoiHU cm riieirir 6ngtttcor wttfclihmii, lib right log this morning. Tim Hull, mm aovcred Jus) below Hie knee Wllfll two wtiootj of n Cfl boose passed over it. I iul tin : WSS rushed over 0(1 tttllM hi rullrond on u special In. I" Ibis mornlni to Klamath i 1 1 . where he wss taken to the Klamniii ; n ill borpltnl. Death win dot resuli from the Injury, hospital authorities BUI M.I. afternoon, be' UlO shoe:; might prove fatal. The H. P. employ -I UlOili d a' Psuniris, boardod :ii" mixed irsln u1. 7:J0 this in i Hill-- bonnd for Uhtio qplD where bo pl tiiim I to pun bus i grocer) SUPpllOS. lie wan on the pir milliter couch, the cur Jiuil a1, end ot the esbpeso, Ai: the train started to pull or.t o( Patlolns, ii" apparently ncrcolvod nomeihliu, wrong with the coupling which iiectired tin- coach to too cy booiin. HO started to climb down to the coupling to InvcMlrnte when lll tool slipped Rjid be f. li betwosn the turn cars.. Owing to. the fuel that Ih" lull from thn platform was uw:i from the car, only bla right leg tell .i.tosii the rail. The train was moving so slowly tbst It was stopped In (Into to prevent the rur wheels of the caboose from further Injuria.; the prostrate mini. Holmes resides at I'niinln.i with his wife and sinnll child. He bus !mep employed by the s. P, for none' lima utrtl Is well known 10 Klamath Mils, Big Rye Crop Is Harvested On Lower Lake Forty-Six Bushels to the Acre is Yield Reported It William I'lnlcy. together with those who have for years claimed thut tho bed of the lower Klamath lake was unfit for agriculture, could huve SSSlSl I In tho thr: hlng of the crop of rye uown on the 37J acre tract by M. MotSChenbtChvr mid his asso ciates, the might change their uiliids. The work ol throwing the grain was completed ibis week. There were 8 C 4 7 sacks, each sack holding two bushels. Thin Is an avorare us forty six binUiels to the acre. It i:; clalbiud Hint at least two sacks to the tier,' were beaten down by the ducks mid geese that alighted during their (light south and Ihhi will remain as reed for the birds that follow. This would make un average yield of ap proximately Till bushels to the acre. Near this Intel is another of about 1100 acres of outs and barley that would have yielded equally as well, but the ow ners have sold it for sheep pasture, roaltafng more money in this way than If they had harvest ed the crop. Other tracts throughout the lake bed produce equally as well mid it has been demonstrated that Ibis land which some "experts" hnv'e claimed to be "heavily Impregnated with al kali" will eventually be ono of the rich agricultural sections In the Ore gen - Callfornlu district. Over six thousand sheep are being pastured on the Motsrhonbiicher stub ble and It Is expucted that upwards of fid, 00(1 sboep will be cared for In the lake hod this winter. SENTENCE 7s UPHELD Coiigressiunn ,l,niiftlcy Musi Serve Two VeniH hi Prison, Bnyg court CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 1,1. (IP) Thn sentence of two years Impris onment Imposed upon Congressman John w. Langfoy of Kentucky, who was eonvlcled on the charge of vio lating (he national prohibition net, was nffjrmed by the Unltud stales Circuit court of appeals here today. VTIII.KTt: DIMS Now York. Nov. 111. (p)- -Kolieri H. Wrunn, .Ml, famous tennis player and all-rotlllil lllhlele. Is (lend. T U F W. P. Henry Acquitted of Charge of "Assaulting" Mrs. Mary Waddcll CASE HAS FEATURES Little Girl "Peeks" but Fails to See any Osculatory Demonstration i Spsefsl 10 The Herald i VltKKA. Cnllf., Nov, ll Kissing Is kissing on (be Klamafh, and not to be roiihirued as u violent luylug on ol bands or lips with intent to do bodily but in. according to a Jury al Happy Comp, which bus acquit ted W, P. 'Henry. Classli Hill ranch er, for the second time In lb days, ol lining other than purely plumule in his oacululory demonstrations with, maldn nhd matrons of thai roglOO, Modern day Romooa Of the Khun alb have u lono woman and 11- men lo (hank (or the cn(nbllshmen( of the Mudis of (he kiss, and l( Is said, the woman of the Jury stood up man fully and held that while kissing certain porsons was a matter of taste, Henry had certainly not com mitted SSSSttll and battery on Mm. Mary Wnddell. wlfo of a neighbor of Henry. Three ballots were all that were needed to clear Henry of the charge, which was similar lo (hat preferred by Miss Pearl Ince against the defendant after she had taken the witness stand In behalf of Mrs. WaddtH at the first trial of Henry a modtb ago. AcojttlUed itcfoi-e Tho Jury at that time asrwd to dlsngree In Henry's favor, nine lo three, and Henry wn then charged with kissing, MISS luce In an envlron riteol of buck porch wooing. When Mli.s luce appeared against Henry she testified that the salute d'amour had inudc her "wiggle" but Henry protested that he was not the man of kisses the complaint Indicat ed and Miss luce's sinnll sister. Palsy, was called ns a witness for the de- fense and while Patsy testified that she had "peeked", she saw no kiss and no 'wiggle" and Henry was ac quitted on the first ballot. No "WlKflle" Hut there was no "wiggle" and there was no "iieuk" so far n.s Mrs. Waddcll war. concerned. It was not with the finesse of n lover, but with the brawn of a cave man that Henry went u'woolng (o the Wnddell ranch, during the absence of Waddcll. according to Mrs. Waddell. There were no murmuring pines or soft ripple of a silvery mountain stream to mold the picture, but the quiet Interior of a simple mountain homo, with a pot of coffee steaming on the stove, when Henry name, it was declared." t'offeo mill Kisses Offered a cuV of coffee, Henry triad to show his appreciation of the warm, brown fluid by Implanting n kiss or Iwo upon the Waddell lips. "I didn't like It," anid Mrs. Wad doll, "I lold him so and 1 told him lo gel out." "Mrs. Wnddell has evidently for gotten1 said Henry, when he took! Iho Stand before Judge II. (I. Hoorse. Justice of Hie pence at Happy Camp, "thai she told me when 1 kissed her (o 'Come again, Honey ." "Did she?" asked 11. K. Collier, who defended Henry In his oscillat ory activities. "Sure she did," replied Henry, Charles B. Johnson, district attor ney, personally bandied the proBOCU? lion, and evetl he was forced to smile ill (Inies'wbun tho technique of kiss lug on the Klamath was gone Into with flnesnc, . FIND WOMAN'S BODY Miinler Mystery Uioiiglu (o I.iglil Willi Urowsniiie Discovery nl Kelso ' KHL8P, Wash., Nov. 13. (ff) Finding of the unclothed body of n woman, apparently 40 years old, was reported here today by Coroner W. I), Vannote. The find was made by Wllllnui BHRIor and J. .1. llagennaii of Woodland, on the bank ol' the Columbia riiiT. The upper portion of Hie remains was lull a skeleton, bill (he lower hair, which was Hurled In Jlie sand, wns well presurved.. ,shu hail been dead lor several months, KISSING Ei IN ifl OF RANCH HAND Evening Herald Will Give Fans Football Dope Interest locally is at a high pitch in both the Oregon-O. A. C. game at Eugene and the Washing ton-California game at Berkeley tomorrow, so the Evening Heral.J has com pleted arrangements to turnish Klamath fans with u football bulletin service for both games. The Associated Press wires will carry running stories of both ijaraes di rect from the two playing (iclde, and these will be bulletined in the Herald windows. This will give the people of Klamath the quickest and most accur ate service of both these coast conference games. Come to the Herald of fice at about 2 o'clock and the bulletins of each game will be posted in the windows as fast as they are received over the Herald's Associated Press leased wire. . If you can't come to the olrice use the telephone. Call 88, and the news staff will be glad to keep you fully posted on both games. QUAKE RECORDED , Severe Temblor Centering Near I Formosa Is Reported at Vancouver, B. C. VICTORIA, I!. C. Nov. irt. An earthquake of about one half the intensity of one that devastated Tok yo mid Yokohumn September 1. 1923. wns registered at the Gonale Heights observatory here today. The indicated eented was oSOil miles off In the dlreetion of Formosa. POLISH CABINET ot'T WAKSAW. Nov. 1J. (VP) Polish cabinet resigned to.la-y owing to a difference of opinion between the ministers and the Bank of Po land In regard to the mettled of maintaining the exchange value :.f the Zloly, the Polish unit of cur- rency. A man seldom turns over a new leaf until ho hat finished the old one. Man Wanted Here Is Arrested At Bend On Charge Of Robberv John Tuel, Ex-Convict Indicted Here For Burglary, Gets Into More Trouble After He Is Allowed Freedom on Own Recognizance John Tuel, arrested here about two months ago as a burglary suspect and later released on his own recog nizance "so he could support his family," wa sarrested at Bend yesterday for an alleged robbery committed at Prineville the day before, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Bend today. Local authorities have been searching for Tuel since the grand jury last week returned a secret indictment against him, charging him with burglary. He is alleg ed' to have stolen a quantity of women's wearing apparel in a house near Broad street. Tuel also was arrested on en into the Loter brothers suspected of having entered the house where the cloth ing was stolen. The loot in the latter case , was later recovered. Tuel, an ex-convict, was placed in the county jail to await grand jury investigation. But before the grand jury had an opportunity to pass on the case, representa tions were made to the court that TueFs family was in distress and he was given his release on condition that he would go to work and provide for them. According to reports from Bend when officers picked him up yesterday he had in his possession a marked coin aken from the Prineville robbery. Whether or not he will be returned here to face trial for burglary or will be prosecuted at Prineville could not be learned this after noon. ' Many Friends Witnesses For Hyman Huntley "Love Conspiracy" Is Charged in Medfor'd Case I -v. - ':! '-; j , MKDVOKO. On-.. Nov. IT I.ife 'long friends, who had known him 'from SO to 40 years, some of tbeni I prominent In the nffulrs of Oougla.i county, three hoys In their 'teens. two of them his own sons, and a member of the grand Jury thut in dicted him for murder in the flr.it t degree, for (be alleged killing of Jesse James OtbbS (n this city last September, were among the witnesses who testified lii behalf of Hyman Huntley when his defense started in circuit court yesterday afternoon. - Tie' defense attempted to show that a "love conspiracy" existed he tween Clbbs and Mrs. Huntley, and to thow that the defendant had been the target of threats both by his wife and her alleged affinity. Letters written by Mrs. Huntley lo i Dlllard, Ore., purporting to recite Ho- family I roubles of the Huntleys. were offered by the defense, and their admission, .bitterly objected lo by the stale, was upheld by the court. The defense alo endeavored to impeaeh (he lestimeny of .Mrs. L. It. Counts, mother in lev.- of Huntley, by witnesses, showing that her testi mony at the trial varied widely from statements made to friends shortly after tin- tragedy. Jury Convicts Ex-Policeman PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 13. fll LORO) Hansen, former special po lice officer for (he oily, who shot and killed James A.-Day in an apart- ! ment house, was lust nistbt cpnvlct- ed by a jury of murder in the serond 1 degree. He will be sentenced Mon- I day. Hansen's defense was temporar iusnrrlty prompted by Jealousy. FARM HAND WOUNDED j Sherman Kdingionof Portland Shot in Stair tir1 rtikiiowu Assiiihint i PORTLAND. Ore.t Nov. 13 Kol The I lowing an attack unon him three weeks ago in which he was knocked unconsciouss by two men. and re ceipt of a note on Wednesday of this week warning him to get out of the 1 country, Sherman Hdington, 30, farm band, was shot in tho side today at e farm near here. He was brought to a hospital here and interviewed by officers. The wound was not consid ered serious. suspicion of having brok sate on the sams nmht he is: ASHLAND 111 BY CLERK KILLS SELF Mrs. Fred R. Neil, former Klamath Resident, Vic tim of Murder WILL HOLD INQUEST Chauncy R. Jillson Commits Suicide Following Atro cious Crime HBDVORD, Ore., Nov. fSl ' .Mlllllci am suicide Cioiincd two well known AsftlSnd residents early yesterday nffomppn When Cnauncey Hay .llllson, ;io, SoiHliei'n I'aciflc niilrond clerk, shot unil killed Mrs. Fred It. .Nell, at her home on Hlicr iiian street, where be lived uml boarded, ami (hen shot liliii.self through the head, dying Instant ly. IxkuI authoritiea are completely al a loss to account Tor the crime. According to Mr. Nell. Jillson had been a close friend of the family for many years, enjoyed an excellent reputation, and his relations with Mrs. Neil were of the friendliest na ture, with no suggestion of any ro mantic attachment. Had 1'lmincd Marriage Another strange feature of the case is thai Jillson had made all ar rangements to marry Miss Murjorle Hibbard of Jacksonville, a former Klamath Falls girl, today, the cul mination of a three years' engage ment. The only explanation of the crime offered thus far is that Jill son, for reasons unknown, became suddenly and violently insane. Mrs. Neil, mother of three chil dren, was prominent in Ashland's musical and social circles, being an accomplished pianist and an officer in the Bastern Star. A coroner's In qucsl wfil !)' held today or tomor row morning. HENLEY SCHOOL L HAVE Bond Issue for Gymnasium Approved by Large Ma jority of Farmers PLAN AN EARLY START Manual Training Quarters Also to be Established in New Structure Passage of a-bond issue to fin ance the constru:tlon of a new gymnasium at Henley school and intention to' start blltldtng at once was announced this morning. To serve u long felt need. th proposal to build a combination community building and gymnas ium was 'started last spring. This propect has been too slow to ma terialize, so rcsideitfs of Henley join ed hands in putting over a bon.l Issue of $5000 which will finance the new structure. Tho structure' will be 54x70 fee; In dimensions, and iw.lll provide ample space Tor not only a high schcol basket bull floor, but also for manual training quarters. It w-iit bo built adjacent to the combina tion grade school and hlgii s.hul buildings. Plans and specifications are new being prepared and work will start on the structure within thfc next ten days, il was said. It is hoped "a no completed in time for the basket hull season. Henley sell v ' has employed t'oach Hlken. iti direct the bwkei hall teaffll aid are f:ank ly out to defeat Klamath County high school. CUTTER IS AGROUND Coast Gunril Patrol llout Hlt Hocks Otr Coast ffear Uostau BOSTON, Nov. 13. .(;j,. The const guard p&trol boat rjQ-l3b u-eni aground on the Menemsha brenkwot er. early loduy, It was roported In a radio messnRe received today from the const guard cutter OiirhbltngS. The erew was 111 no danger. 10 NEW BUILDING SOON "Wobblies" Strike At Local Post Cans Full of Literature Found Near Legion Building Corner Indelible stamp of the I. W. W. on the American Le gion Memorial building was luckily avoided yesterday when Louis K. Porter, con tractor, discovered two to bacco can filled with !. W. W. radical literature hidden underneath the cor ner stone, which was laid amidst appropriate cere monies on Armistice day. Beneath the corner stone, there was an aperture into which the tobacco cans were slid. This space was to have been filled with concrete this afternoon and the anti American Legion and anti- government literature would have been securely lodged in the legion building inde finitely. Wednesday uftefnoon the corner stone was laid. The ceremonies at tending were the feature of the Armistice day program. Hundreds crowded 'around the , building to hear the speech by George Griffith, past state commander, and to view the laying of the corner stone. Wednesday night, the building was bathed in the light of a search light shining-from the county couvl house. But the "Wobbly" prowler sneaked in through the opposite side of the incompleted structure and placed his infamous literature, secure in the protection of tho shadows. Found by Chance Porter, .who Is the contractor con structing the building, just happen ed on the two tobacco cans by chance. On the job yesterday morn ing, he glanced underneath the cor nerstone and perceived the two cans. An investigation disclosed their fiery contents. The principles of I. W. W.Ism, the "Wobbly" side ot the Ccotralia Armistice day slaughter and various vicious ' and anarchical poems were found. American Legion officials aro seeking the percptrators of the de liberate slap at the legion and ex isting government, lint they have little upon wblcb to base their In vestigations. This morning the corner stonn was cemented into place, free from the sraln of I. V. V. tlterature. Many Reported Dead In Naval Tragedy Today j PLYMOUTH, Kng.. Nov. 13. (P) j The giant British monitor sub I marine M-l, with 58 officers und linen en board is believed to be ly ing helplessly ou the i ocean bead j southwest or Star Point, Doven U'.Ure, in 240 feel of water. Word that the submarine, mlssliig since early ester-lay, had bon found was received here from the commander of the searching stittsit r0"' ' "r 'it The news carried a neart-sfnkfng signlEtCBiice for it in believed rescue lot 'lie erew by d1!'"'.:! will be i m liro -jsible because of the trentqndOU? pressure at that, depth. Messages from Wejrmdbtn, sdp ! plementlng the one reporting tho discovery of the submarine, said that the hulk believed to be the M-l was located y ihe use of i hydrophone (sound catching device i used by uutl-Hiibmurtno Craft. KxperU hero recognized the df flculty of being certain thut tho submerged body encountered is Sr. tually the M-l. This part of the coast Is the graveyard of manv beiitH sent to the bottom by tMf men submarines during the '"f'sj war.