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NEAR RIOT HELD
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Christian Minister at Red
lands, Cal., Refuses to
Leave the Pulpit
FACTIONS QUARRELING
Arrests will be Sought To
day as Result of Bitter
Demonstration
MIDLANDS, Calif.. Nov It (Jpj
A religious quiet sullied down
over thin (limine boll Oil? lodny a
participants In veitOrday'l mar rlii '
nt tbt (Irsl Christian oporcb pre
pared to till I r t I liu urunii of Ihoir,
conflict to Hun Bsraardlqo, the
oounly seat, where opponents o( thai
linv. it. OIobb Kdwurds. formerly'
of Yuma, Arl., hoped to obtain IBS
assistance of litw enforccm ni of'
flclnla In thidr effort" tu hum Mm
from tin' pulpit
Sunday moriilUK services wore
thrown Into nn uproar yestcrdu) :
whim Curncr t) Oi.dlck, soii-ln.
Inw o( JiiHtli'i! I'. 0, MelVtr, lander
of Ihn forms opposing Edwards,
arose from hit pew us tin- pastor
bi'Kun tu proaobi
RoftUkM i VH
Iti'mlnditiK III" congregation that
At a ni. .nn,: lum Friday Mr. Ho
wards "lud bMn VOtod out ol UlS
pulpit iiy mi mombors." Osdles
inquired pointedly of tin' clor4yais.fi
whothof as Islanded to boot tu ih"
win of tin- lit. Tin- pastor repini
that hi' did not. explaining that since
tbero am IIS members of tho
ohurob, tbs win ot tho mi iras but
tho will of n minority.
Illu remarks wore made with dif
ficulty after shouts of "throw him
out." "nit down." "lot lilm speak."
mid tbt singing of "Nearer My (lod
to Thoo" by tbs choir.
llnotN nnd Catcalls
Ono of thu few womi'ii present al
thn services which vara expected lo
bn stormy III view of n iunntti-loi)R
clash on actions fnvurlnR and op
postal thn retention of Edwardi in
pastor, attempted to quell the tu
mult hy hastening to th' pulpit and
with hnr hand on (ha Bible, appeal
ing for peaoa, Rar voice i lost
In a sea of shouting, hoots and cat
calls. Quint liimn eventually whan about
loo members walked out of tin'
church In n "poucuful ili'inoiiHt ra
tion." Later Osdlrk announced he and
Other members f his faction would
go to Hun Bernardino today "lo 1011
u criminal complaint" ngalind tfao
puntor nnd three oldors charging
Ilium Willi disturbing a religious
mealing. Ha alleged that Bdwards
nnd his supporters' hy "Invading"
Hi" cliurcll lifter 111" pnslor hud
linen "deposed" were lo blame for
thu rasultaol uproar.
Aged Burglar
Badly Wounded
Church Thief, 73 Years
Old, Is Cap
tured 8T, LOUIS, Nov. 10. () A 7fl
(tear old burglar wns shot and sev
erely woumlod early today In a ft"
volvor fight In tho rectory of. St.
Mark's Cnl hollo church by n dotoe
tlvo watching for n persistant con
tribution box thtof,
Tho fight look plnco In a diii'lien
ed hallway with the aid of flash
lights. Kach fired kWO kIioIh. The
prowlor who guvo his namn us Julius
ZnlBnnr and said he had come here
from Colorado linen, weeks ngj).
Tho uged man wns b ircfoole I,
hatlataiand wiihout a coat ami ox-
plained thnt confednrnto known to
him cnly us "Jnck" bad taken
charge of hja. ulollilng kboofo hcost-
ing blrn lino n windiw ot tho
church. The Rev. Pather D'Rottjko,
pastor of 81. Marks estimated ap
proximately 1 0 0 1) from vollve of
ferings reoo'Ptaoloi nnd pom- boxes
t tho church lit tlt Iftsl your.
TARIFF l Vilti:ii
LONDON, Nov. 1(1. (') rPramte
Baldwin slated In Ihe hotUO of cotn
monn today Hint legislation would
bo Introduced ml tho .present acs-'
lon for the further prntectlon of
llrlllsh Inilitstrlos. This would mean
further (mpgrj ,dulle.s.
AT CHURCH WHEN
I
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51)7!)
3 Mile House
Falls Victim.
To Prohi Raid
Ted Lewis Arrested on
Charge of Sale And
Possession
"Th" loldt'S pile lied."
This laconic sllllemellt from thfl
llpa of a federal piohlhllon SKSjll
and a deputy special state sseni :t
Ihs "Three Mile Koula" midnuht
Kuliirduy. frozu about 411 rhullerln
morry-iiukum Into silence. Tad
Lewis, iSu proprlator, locking into
thn iiiuiii i jf a rnvolvnr held 'by an
officer, slsdly iinsendlid lo a "be
bind the liar" search which neiled
I wo gallons and n half of alleged
m inshlnc whiskey.
Thn door will opi'iied by the of
flrvrs lo let Bpaclal Bible Akuiii
William C I '. leader of Hi" mid, In
side. Patrons "f thn rood hollas'
wars totd to n still, during a tur-
tlmr search of thn premised. They
worn nil allowed m luuvn the bourn
unmolested f minutes Intor.
i.ewu aas lakaa in custody by
thn officers. This moinliiK be win
released under I22f. bond, lie en
tered a tentative pica of not ruIHv
but inked the court for permhMkrd
to chance ihe pies to Ku!!iy If he
so donlred berora hi" trial neji
WedDeada morning,
l.uwla formerly oponl id III" "Tw.i
.Mile" bouSO, located Jutt two otilea
went ol Kluninlb rulh on t in ASf
laud Kluinatii Pails lilnhwiiy. Tjio
rjnd hoiifie was raldej rieveriil tlmus
ami f 1 11 u 1 1 - I.i-aIh moved one mile
down the AshlSBd hlKliway nnd OS-
labllihed what it gaaMaUy kn ijrn
a tho "Thraa Mllo" house loeatad
on tho crest of a knoll md f icllilt
I be tate highway.
l.owl.1 wu formerly charged with
Sale and possession of Inioxli atlni;
ii'juor. Prior to' thu sBDounoemMt
that the house under arre.it, the
two offlcurn bad purchased several
drinks of aliened moonshine.
Two Trollers
Blown Ashore
High Wind Off Colum
bia Wrecks Small
Craft
ASTORIA, Ore., Nov. 16.
Two trollers were blown ashore yes
terday In the SO mile gale which bit
thu const. The boats were lying nt
anchor In Snug harbor, near Ihe
mouth ol tl . rlv. ;- ami in uplle of Ihe
fuct that the engine' wore pulling
with ihe nncbors, tin", were blown
high and dr. onto land.
Nine vessels hovered off the river
yesterday and Ihb. morning,
Five vessels were loduv anchored
off Kurt Stevens availing a favorable j
opportunity to put to sen. Tic gale i
bad dropped to is miles an hour.
SELF -EM BA LMING
BOOZE IS GIVEN
CHICAGO PEOPLE
cHioAao, Nov. in. chi-
oagoans Imbibing1 bootleg liquor
ore drinking formaldehyde, ordinar
ily used to embalm Hie dead, and!
thereby nre gradually onitinlmlnu I
or pickling themselves.
Dr. William D. McNenlly. coro
norS chemist, made the statemenl
yesterday lifter examining hundreds
of snmplcs of liquor und making
ninny post-mortem examination::
Formaldehyde, he said, cannot be
Separated from alcohol easy and art
n result It is being paddled und
Chicago tipsters are gradually VJti
iiaituiiig themselves,
. ttenthe from alcoholism here are
on the increase and now average
one a day. The lornialdehyde," Dr.
McNeully Says, "bus a pickling ef
f et on the human system. The in
lernul organs gradually become em
balmed. Death or serious CObke
nuences is ihe iienalty for lis itai'
over a long period,"
AT MBDFORl)
Miss Bvolyn Amlcke mid Hob Dw
ell enjoyed 11 motor t'rlp lo Meilforil
over Sunday, returning home Inpt
avohlni;,
PAIt'l'V ltKTl'HNS
The Misses Jnnn Perry nnd Marie
Rldlhg with liny Harlan and Bobo
ltiggs returned lust evening from
Bugeriti where they motored In Mr.
ltlgga' car to ftttohd the Oregon -I),
4. C, 15a 1110.
'ALLS,
ii-rr n.iaui nn in !
L n nn A U
uil inmnii mu
iii i r n ninu -j-n
Mm Ml 10
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Piatt May to Plead he Was
Afraid of Father-in-Law
a Medicine Man
BURIED INFANT ALIVE
Says he Waa ToldChild's
Death would Restore his
Dead Wife to Him
ITHHI.O. Cold., Nov. 10. (JP)
The trial of Platl Muy. I'te Indian
brave, on a charge of murderlBg
his 17-duy-oid luast hy bqryfngtlf,
alive lii Die Kruve of Its mother,
wai delayed In United States dis
trict co'arl hfite today because some
"i ih-- apveHiQiaut s Indian wltnaas'
es strayed frdnj the foderal building
und , roumed over 1'unblu.
Cass K. Horrlngtoif, Jr.. and Ivor
K. tlreeu. defense attorneys. iues
tinned the witnesses Informally uml
annpitnced tln-ir defense would In
that May lived In extreme fear of
Mormon Joe. his father-in-law, the
I'te inedlcint: man. and thnt the
burial of the baby iras made under
blOrttlQO foe's orders. Mormon Joe,
It has been assertod. claimed burial
of the baby would restore tho
mother's life.
Mormon Joe, the only arltDeaa to
be subpoenaed by the defenue. WBS
brought from tin- state penitentiary
today under heuvy guard. He is
serving a m ntence of from 25 to
.1" yours for the murder of a cell-
mutu, who taunted him about the
burial of the baby. Al that time
Mormon Joe was held on n charge
of being an accessory to the killing
of the Infant.
BILL OF HEALTH
Western Pine Manufactur
ers' Association Exoner
ated from Charges
MINNBAPOLIS, Mlnu.. Nov. 16.
(P)Tbc Western Pino Manufactiir
eri;' association which wbF charged
yesterday by the federal povern
tuent in a federal action tried here,
with Violating ihe Sherman anti-trust
laws. toda win: given a clean hill
ol health In orders filed In federal
court bj mlge Wilbur V. Ilootb.
In effect the order of I he court
entered following stipulation of the
defendant! and the attorney general,
recognises Die fairness and Ijsgullty
of nil trade practices of ihe Western
I' i n e Manufacturers' aSgOclattooj,
There were more than sixty defend
ant:; Individuals and firms cited in
tho original action. .
Big Barbecue
Given Grange
SACRAMENTO, Calif.. Nov. 16.
Grange delegates today are being
entertained at Lodl with a typical
"Did Time" barbecue,
Atiiomobllus carrying grangers
left Ihe grange headquarters hero
Ibis morning fur a trip about Sue
tamehtq und the surrounding ter
ritory. The delegates .will return hero
this evening tor a special evening
session when all business for Ihe
closing days of tho session will bo
introduced.
Rediscount Rates
to Rise Tomorrow
CI.MVIOLAND, Ohio. Nov. I(j
11 The fourth federal reserve
hank lule today announced a raise
In Its rediscount rati' from II H to
I per cent effective tomorrow. -Th"
action follows a similar Increase re
cently by Ihe federal reserve bunk
nt BOStOtT.
The II per cent had been in ef
fect since Audita! I'.i-I.
is atVRN 1. 111:
NOBLBSVILLE, 1ml.. Nov. 16. (jP)
Dnvld C. Stephenson was sent
enced to life Imprisonment today
by JIldRS Will M. Sparks for tho
nnirtler of .Madge Oherholtzer,
KLAMATH
ANOTHER
LUMBERMEN GET
OREGON', MONDAY, NOVEMBER IB, 1925
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For Gun Fight
rce: J t c... I
wmccr ciiiu i wu out-
pects Arc Badly
Wounded
HALT LAKH Cl'I'V. Utah. Nov.
1 6 iff) The ejnoklng compart
ment of a Western I'nrlflc railroad
Pullman cur was lie scene of a
gun battle between .i special agent
and two robber busp cts here tbia
morning as a train pulled into the
local yards from lb" west. W. A.
Mi rrlll. railroad Officer, wus shot
and dangerously wounded by a man
giving the name of Stanley at.
Smith, of Sarratinnto. California
and M. rrlll In turn i inn SmlUi and
a man giving ibe name of A" N.
Holfro, of New (York, believed to
have been Smith's Lreompllco In the
robbery' of u hotel al Wendover,
I'lah, some time yesterday.
Morrill, rldlna tin train to Halt
Lake from N'ovuii.i points, flad
received a telegram to take the
two suspects Into custody.
All three raon are reported in a
critical condition as a result of
their wounds.
Court Delays
Foley Inquiry
Until Tuesday
Charges of Influence
To be Probed
Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (P)
Investigation into the charge that
Captain Paul Foley as judge advo
cate sought to Influence the testi
mony of Mrs. Margaret Lnnsdowne
before the .Shenandoah naval court
of Inquiry, wns preferred today by
thnt conn until tomorrow.
The postponement was on the
motion of Major Henry Leonard,
appointed last Saturday by Secre
tary Wilbur to succeed Captain
Foley on Judge advocate. Major
Leonard said be had not had time
to complete examination of the rec
cord of the court made during Its
hearings at Lake Hurst and Wash
ington. Captain Foley will take the stand
to give bis version of his communi
cation With the widow of Command
er Zachary l.ansdowne. captain of
the wrecked Shenandoah.
Love Letters
Show Threats
Alice Beatrice Jones
Insisted on Mar
raige WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. Nov. 10.
(PI The fervor of ; the love letters
which Alice Beat ica Jones, daught
er of a negro t.r-' driver, filst sent
to her husband. Leoriurd Kid Ithlii"
lander. dining their courtship,
gradually changed to an Insistent
ilire.it that hu would lose he:' un
less ho married her,
Today's series of letters,' intro
duced at resumption! of tho trial of
young Rbinelander's annulment suit,
nre filled with demands of marriage
nnd ut the same time promise the
greatest .Secrecy until the wealthy
young scion of an nrisl cratic fam
ily have boon attained his majority.
On November !, 11122, All 0
wrote:
"if you can't come home, 1 will
l: live to go away with someone else."
H was tit this tiuye thai Leonard
was attending school. Two months
later Alice wus even piora out
spoken, "You are going to be mine.
nor or never," she wrote. "I have
thrown down two chances for you.
1 would keep things n dead, dead
secret. After you ire mine 1 ..voul 1
keep quiet until you are your own
baas."
.KCTI'ltMMI TOMOHKOW
Harry Prnther Is expected to 10
turn home tomorrow from Rugono
where he motored to attend the Ore
gon - O, A. C. ginne.
PALlj MKItl Tll,i: MI X
Bob Xmloko and tieorge Plfri spent
the greater part of Sunday in tho
Tula hike country hunting ducks.
Tin' hunters report having seen thou
sands of goose.
U
TO DEFENSE OF
BERT E, HA NEK
Oregon Senator Says Port
land Man has Support of
the Entire Coast
TALKS WITH COOLIDGE
Effort Made to Heal Breach
Between Commissioner
and President
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16;
(A. I'.) President CoolUIge to
day Informed Senator McXni')',
republican, fire (4011. Hint be
trould not re-appoint II. K. H1111
' as commissioner of the
United siai-,, shipping board.
WASHINGTON, Nov. ID. (P)
Cnmlng to the defense of Bert K.
Ilaney, democratic shipping board
c jmnilssloncr, who-!e resignation
President Coolldge requested sever
al months ago. Senator MoNary,
republican, Oiegon, told the ex
ecutive today that Mr. Haney rep
resents the Pacific coast'a view ot
the may the merchants marine law
should b3 enforced.
He declined to say, however,
whether he had urged the president
to submit to the senate Mr. Haney 'a
nomination to continue in office.
The Oregon senator said lie wa
not interested in personalities and
Indicated that If the president deem
ed il unwise to submit Mr. Haney's
nomination to the senate, he would
propose the name of some other
democrat from the northwest, who
would generally be in accord with
the present commissioners views.
Mr. McNary also discussed- the
agricultural situation with the pre
sident offering some suggestions for
use by the executive in his speech
in Chicago, December 7, on tht
farm question and. in his annual
message lo congress. He said he
had not determined whether he
would :c-introduce the MeNary
Haugen bill, designed to facilitate
sale of surplus farm products
abroad. I
Seattle Gives
Team Ovation
SETTL-E. Nov. 16. IP) Amid
the deafeuing roar of automobile
sirens clanging street car bells ami
cheers of early morning pedesteri
ans, the University of Washington
football team arrived here this
morning from Berkeley, California,
where it defeated the Unlversity
of California Saturday 7 to 0.
A long procession of noisy auto
mobiles escorted the Huskies thru
the downtown business streets.
Proud traffic policemen cleared tho
streets of all other traffic to, let the
herues passu 1
The pkiyyrs were ah reported "n
good shape.
Fire Destroys
Business Block
Damage Estimated at
Over $40,000 Is
Wrought
SPOKANB, Wash.. Nov. 16. (VP)
An early morning fire, fought by
citizens in a bucket brigade owing
to tho failure of tin town's water
supply, wiped out 11 block of busi
ness buildings, about, a third of the
commercial section of St. JOhtt, in
Whitman county today with a loss
estimated at about MO.HOu.
ijiho electric power fulled about
midnight and life pumps word out of
commission. When a water supply
was sought H was found that a hy
drant had boon lert running and the
reserve storage was druined.
FIND MISSING GIRLS
Second t'oiisin of liille Plesblenl
llaiiliiig Located by Social
Worker
NORFOLK, Va.. Nn. 18, i.-Ti
Isahelle Bennett, lii year old. sec
ond cousin of President Harding,
and Sarah Cohen. 17, who bad boon
missing from their hemes in New
York City SlhcO Friday were found
lure today hy a traveler's aid so
clcly worker.
IVI liilli I ULMBIL
I Twister Gale
T T C 1
w nips vjp oanu
Storm Sunday
Early Dusk Settles
When Air Fills
With Dust
A twiMins. whipping- whistling
and jmt(j( iilitK k:iIc CRUbed through
the Klamath country ycftt;rday af
ternoon and precipitated a band j
utorm In the Tule lake district.
It was a weird experli-nrc, ac
cording 10 the reportn receivtd from
returning ..i"" Sand. Tu'c dust
and plain dirt wau scooped up by
the peculiar twisty wind that whip
ped its way up from the south. A
dusk, induced hy the sand storm,
settled, and pnly with difficulty
could motorists see, much lens drive,
over the makeshift roads south of
the state line.
Thousands upon thousands of
geese were disturbed from their
early afternoon meditations on Tule
lake and were Boaring, checking,
wheeling and tacking In the wind.
So dark was it that the geese were
remarkably closi to the ground.
Yoncalla Has
Damaging Fire
Entire Town Threaten
ed Early This
Morning
IIOSEBITRO. Ore.. Nov. 16. An
early morning fire today is reported
to have destroyed a clothing store,
pool hall and telephone exchange
at Yoncalla. and to have threatened
the entire city for several hours.
The fire is reported to have been of
incendiary origin and Sheriff Starm
er and the state fire marshal have
been asked to make an immedlato
Investigation.
. The fire is wiUl .to have started
shortly after midnight either in the
Lutz Pool hall, or In Mrs. Bunyan 0
ladles' wearing apparel store. It
spread to the telephone exchange
adjoining, destroying that building
and all equipment.
As the fire department had to
Kurn his full attention to the savins
of the business district, the three
buildings were burned to the ground
and all stock and fixtures were a
total loss.
New Board Meets
For First Time
One member of the Klamath Ir
rigation district board, retired th;s
I morning and a new member of the
board. R. C. "Lum" Short, assum
ed his official duties. The retiring
member was Charles Drew who was
decisively defeated la his attempt
to be retained on, the board.
The old board, comp-sed of R.
E. Bradbury. J. L. Jacob and Drew,
met for the last time this morn
ing to cauvuss toe election votei.
Drew was couspiclous by his ab
sence. Shortly after, the new board
composed of Bradbury, Jacob wli I
was reelected for the three year
term, and lihort. opened tie flr.it
meeting of the new board.
The board was lo have gone into
business session this afternoon to
discuss tax levying matters.
ANOTHER QUAKE FELT
Hartford, ponn., Kcrjorts Baby Tre
mor Kiii-ly This Morning,
Says Dispatch
IIAUTFOilli. Conn.. Nov. 1C. .IP)
This section was visited by an
other slight earth tremor this ntorn
Ing similar to one felt hero Satur
day. Tho "baby" quake was ex
perienced at l;2U a. 111. and lasted
hilt a second or two. The buildings
shook for a moment but so far aa
could be learned there was no dam
age. SILETZ AGENCY
ORDERED CLOSED
NEWPORT, Ore., tyov. 16. (Pi
The Indian agency operated at Sil
otz, since ,1850 is being closed on
account ot lack of business. Ed
win L. Chalcriift who has been In
charge since 1914 bus boon trans
ferred to Seattle. It was pointed
out that tile Indians have died off
rapidly during the past few years
nnd that now there are many moro
while persons In tho reservation
than Indians.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TOEL CAPTURED
AFTER fiiMfi
PRISON ESCAPE
Man Wanted Here on Burg
lary Charge Breaks Jail
at Prineville
IN CELL ONCE MORE
Taken on Highway Early
Today Has Record
for Hia Escapes
BEND, Ore., Nov. 16.
John Tuel, under indict
ment in Klamath county for
burglary, and who was ar
rested last Thursday in
Bend as a suspect in a
Prineville robbery, was re
captured this morning at
daybreak by Crook officers
after having broken jail in
Prineville at 1 o'clock Sun
dav afternoon.
When taken, Tule waa
walking along the highway
20 miles east of Prineville,
bound for Mitchell where
his wife's family are said
to reside. Officers were on
their way back having al
most given up the search.
The escape was not discov
ered until 9 o'clock last
night by the court house
janitor. Tuel was the only
prisoner in the jail and he
is said to have broken a bar
on the window which had
been broken in a previous
jail break and not well re
paired. Tuel's wife is said to be in
Klamath Falls at the present
time.
. Has Bad Record
SALEM, Ore.. Nov. 16. With
three escapes and two returns from
parole violations to his credit, John
Tuel. under arrest at Bend as :i
suspect in robberies at Prineville
and Klamath Palls, is one of the
most troublesome convicts "who ever
annoyed officers at the state peni
tentiary, according to officials here.
He was first received at the pri
on December 5. 1917, from Multno- .
mnh county for burglary not in a
dwelling for a term of from 1 to 3
years, after he already had done
three terms in the. state reform
school as a boy aud youth.
l uei was paroiuu reDruary iu,
1 1910 and returned as a parole vio
lator on October 7, of tlje same
year.
First Hscupe
He staged his first escape Decem
ber S. 1919, being returned three
days later on December 11. Again
he escaped on October 16, 19!i,
and was returned on November 20.
lib was then paroled again February
11, in 2 2, and returned September
15, 192:1. ou a new charge, this
time from Ftiiutilla county where
he committed larceny In a store,
and was sentenced to serve ono
year.
He again escaped under that sen
tence June 12. 1924. but was return
ed July 19. 1924. and managed to
serve out his sentence, being dis
charged at the expiration of hla
term on October 22, 1924.
A Petty Crook
Tuel's actual delinquencies all
have been minor In their character,
lie originally came in for larceny
of a -mall amount of produce, was
returned on his first parole be
cause he forged his father's namn
to tt chock, bul the check caslred
represented money earned hlniseir
tor a number of months' work.
Bishop Urges Men
to Wear Mustache
FAYETTEVILI.K, N. C. Nov. Hi.
(P) Bishop Collins Denny advis
es every man to wear a mustach"
as the last distinctive badge of mas
culinity that women have left him.
"Wear ono." ho told .1011 delognts
assembled here for the North Part
Una Methodist conference. "That'"
all tho women have left us. Tlmy
cut their hair and wear men's
clothes, but they can't wear a mus
tache. It 1b your badge of masculln-
"''. . u