The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, December 11, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUniversity Library Eut'enr Orteon Published Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awnkcning" AID THE COMMUNITY CHEST; IT DESERVES YOUR WARM SUPPORT Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number 5701 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS JAIL BREAKERS RETAKEN AFTER BRIEF LIBERT! Harry McElroy and Donald Hall taw Bar of Jack sonville Prison CAUGHT AT GOLD HILL Sheriff Jennings Captures Fugitives Singlehanded in Railroad Yard JACKSONVILLE, Die . lice. 11 -UP) Hurry McRlroy. under senten ces of Mtvcn und three ycur n( Kit Inm pcnltcntury. and Donald Ball, Indicted ynstnrday by Lt) gruud Jury In connection with two car thuttii, broke Jnll hart lni nlisht only to M captured nt 4 o'clock this morning at (lolil Mill. The mini escaped from tlm second story of the Jackson county Jnll by sawing tha ban to tnelr oall ami sliding to thu grund on u rope made from blanket", Tim vncupo wax made at . I r. o'clock and was not discovered until the Jailer mail" his rounds at 7 o'clock. Thrr- I'... hi -. Out sin -nri Ralph Jenkins Quickly or ganised (tirufl i i unit ordered thmn to lake different roads from Jacksonville. Ho dlnirted one to ward "old Hill nnit enrly thin moru las' found tlm non In ihe rnllroml yards thoro. Sheriff Jenkins was alone nt the tlmn of ill.- capture and seeing Hie mm approut'liliiK l b stepped )"- hind a box car and when they slop ped up to whnni ho was standing tho sheriff pulled his sun end or dered tho mun to submit to arrest. They inndo no resistance. Knees Mton Term The in. li explained to .Sheriff Jonklus Hint thy had lone terms ahaad and seeing opportunity to srapi, deemed It worth trying. McKlroy was convicted Wodnes riay of robbory of n Hold Hill garage. Ho had been traveling nboul for a month with Richard Dunn, u I I year old hoy of Oakland, California, di recting tho boy In thieving oporn- Hons. according lo testimony at Hit trial nl Mudftird. MKH. HOIHTON lllltNKD An Involuntary and natural mow of hor rlKhl hand to keep her bal ance resulted In a painful Injury last night to Mr. Will Houston of this city. Mrs. Houston. iiliindlng near tho kitchen stovo In her home on Fifth and Lincoln street, slipped. She shovod out hor rlnht hand to tho stove to support herself and laid the pnlm of hor right hand flnl on tho stove, l'ujnful bums result ed. TO Ol'll BUIVH'IUHKHS! This In tho way the curriers hove put It up to us: "iay. ask tho folks, that wo deliver the paper to, to pay US next Haturduy, iwlllya? Say. tell 'cm wo need I ho money for Christ- inns presents, and. nay. toll 'cm to pny us HiIh Saturday 4) so wo will know how much wo are union to havo to spend. bo's wo will know iwhnl wo can get." In thoro anything you can add lo that request? Wo don't think so. Nolther do we believe that thore In n mib- serlbor to tho Bvonlng Herald who will fall to nnswor that appeal. 'The boys iro out to . onrn evory cent they can nnd wo nronsuro you are going lo do your pan to old them In tholr efforts. Thoro In allot hor ronson, loo, why they nro -unxl- ous. Wo uro going Do havo a Chrlstmss troe for tW b'oySi nnd Ihoy want n ilclin slate whon Hint tlmo cbthoi. When you rumomhur I Hat I huso Inds, dsy In and day out, fair woa- thor und. foul, dollvor ycur ovenlng pnpor to you, wo know that you will not forgot to help thorn out on thla particular oc- ceslon .by having your 65 conls ready f.ir thorn tomorrow. For tho convenience of thoso who may not be homo whon thn hoys call, ovo will koop 4 tho Ilnruld offlco open tomtit- a ro.v ovunlng until 9 o'clock. If you uro nt home, ploano pay a tho boy'. If not, then call nt a 4 tho offlco Saturday evening. (.' Two New Cases Of Meningitis Are Suspected One Known To Be Dis ease And Other Suspicious oiiu hi a-, case or spinui mnla gills nil 'I unotlii'r uso which In be Jlcvud to bn meningitis uro I'm lut sst developments in tns local epi demic of Din drssd niulndy which flint liroku out lust week In Poll' BSD pity school, ui-cmllng lo wuril received from thu ojunty health mill officii thin afternoon. Aiiiii dim; lo tho ruport, ono euio in or ii boy tan raars old, aim lbs necnltd l of a mini ef middle af. In ono case, Hpci-lnicni. have been taken and i bus boon definitely ss- ccrulnod Hint nplmil mentiixlils It Iho disease. In the scond case, specimens urn being examined and the nature of iim disiuso win bo de termined ullhur torn irr iw or Sun day. -Providing tho suupcrtcd cine l meningitis, I horn will hive boon four camm of aplnul mi nlng 111 111 Klnmntli Falls within tin. past week. Two of theso huvo resulted In daathj. Films Of Tule Lake District Will Be Shown Motor Association Of ficials Take Pictures Here Mollon pictures of Klnmntli coun ty MCenos. un well an the duck nnd goose marshes of tho Title hake country, will soon niipeur In motion pletimt hointm tnronghoiit the coun try. This wuii niisiired when Otto U. Jones, publicity director, and George O. Hraudenliiirg. mnniiger. of the Oregon State Motor Association, arrived here to "shoot", interesting Kenes of thin part of the state. The pletaras win be displayed in screen reviews. , Harry Poole, locul theater owner; Million Barnes, district game wnr den, nnd 10. II. Cnle, district mana ger of Southern Oregon for thcroo tor association, accompanied Jones nnd prandsaburg to the Tale Lake country whet-,, some excellent vleWH were obtained. Including n number of shots of geese In (nil flight. Jones nnd Brandenburg returned to Tule Lake strain thin morning with Qanu Warden Iliirnos to complete the work, nnd will leave this pnrt of the state tomorrw. The motion pleuires of Klsntatn and tlm 'Title hake country are a pnrt of the educational campaign being conducted by the stale motor nsnociniion us a means of drawing automobile tourlstn to Oregon. Livestock Men Seek Decrease Present Grazing Fee is Declared Too High WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. () Sentiment among livestock men of the west In for modifications of the regulations covering the grnnlng of cuttle on public landn, President Coollilgo whs told today by Senator Odriln of Nevadn, n member of tho sonnlo public Inmln commlttoo. A docrenne In grazing fees also Is urged by the cattlemen, the nen utor lidded. REPEL BANDITS Tw.o Invasions of Damascus Fought Off, According to Reports Received HEIHUT, Syrlu, Dec. 11. (P) News en me today Hint bandit! hn.l boon repelled In I wo Invuslonn of DamatCUS. A fores of 200 after en tering tho City yesterday wnn driven out by pollcemon with motorlned ma chine guns and Ihe line of nrtlllory. Sovon bnndltn were kllod. Later In the dny another party of 20 men entered the city vln n cemetery but was speedily put to rout, E TO FACE FIRING SOOffO JAN, 1 5TH Ralph Seyboldt, Aged 24, Hears Sentence i Pro nounced Fifth Time MAKES BEADED PURSE Youth Who Killed Police man Has not Yet Given up Hope of Escape KAI-T I. A KB CITY, Dec. 11. UP) Hentonced to face a firing sound on Jununry 15. 1925. Itulph W. 8dy boldl spent last ovenlng In bin ll milking n woman's beaded pursse. The youthful murderer he. Is 24 years old late yesterday heard the words pronouncing bin doom uttered for the fifth time. He wan convicted by n Jury In .the tjtnh district court on April ti 102-1, for tha murder of Patrolman David H, Crawtbor on October 23. 152.'l. Various court ac tions have carried the cane along since Hint time. Beyboldt oYpressed s hope that he might see bin father and mother, who live nl Defiance. Ohio, before be dies, but declared that he hardly thought Ihoy would come here. item- From Rather He hoars from his raihcr regularly nnd Inst week when Ihe warden of the penitentiary carried to blm the news that the state board of pardons had denied his Inst appeal for clem ency, he ulso handed the condemned innti a Irtter from his futher.- "And It wuii only n two page let- ler. when I usually received an eight pnge letter." plaintively remarked Seyboldt. Seyboldt said ho had a wife and baby at Westervllle, Ohio, and that be bad never heard from his wife nor seen his child. t'ouvlciisl Munlen-r ' Seyboldt was arrested at San Bernardino, OSHf., several weeks af ter Crowther's body was found some dlBtnnco west of thin city. He was brought back, tried nnd convicted by a jury on April 1, 1821. On April first his sentence was first pronounc ed. An appenl to the supremo court automatically acted ss a slay of ex ecution tor Seyboldt. Tho case wan argued und lost. On April 25, execu tion was set for May 20. On May 28. Oovernor H. Horn grnntod u re prieve nnd on August 22 tho bonrd of pardons again refused to commute tho sentence. For the third time, on August 28, Seyboldt heard the death sentence pronounced. This time the court named September 11. A writ of certiorari acted us another stay becnusu Ichs than :iu days separated tho two dates, und execution was again fixed for October 2:!. Acting Governor 11. E. Crockett granted another reprieve enabling the board of pardons to review new evidence. For two tlnys lust week the board bonrd witnesses and read affidavits thon refused further clemency. "I'm not through fighting yet," snld Seyboldt. SHIP REPORTED DRIFTING AGAIN SEATTLE, Dec. U. -(VP) Navy radiQ dispatches received here today disclosed that tho stenmcr West O'ltowa oT Los Angeles which lost her rudder December 1 In the north Pacific ocean and which tho ntemner West Holbrook took into tow yester day, was adrift ngiiln with 75 fath om's of her anchor chain hniiglng from I ho Holbrook. After tnklng Hie O'ltowa Into tow lit 2 o'clock, the Holbrook started drawing nt two In tho afternoon, with Iho nte.nmer Dewey dragging on the O'ltowu's astern to act us n rudder. Fiddler to Play For Ford's Dance DETROIT. Mich., Dec. 11 UP) Molllo Dunham, Norway, Maine's tiddler, who enmo hore with his wlfo a to- days ago at the request of Henry Ford, will reach the climax of his visit tonight whon ho plays for tho eld tltuu ilaiu-lng class or ganlzud under tho direction of Mr Ford. The class Is m-.ulo up of por- sons Mr. Ford has Invited to aid In i'0-ujlabllshlng the old time dances. UTAH ID Bob Hunsaker To Come Home Next Tuesday Strange Bone Malady Halted at Lane Hospital "Hob" Hunsaker. Justice of the pence mid ono of. (lie best known pioneers of Klamath county, will ar rive borne from the Lane hospltnl, San Francisco, next Tuesday night, well on the roud to recovery. This wan Ihe Information contain ed In a telegram received from hos pital physicians lasi night by Mrs. Hunsaker. Although he was repos ed dying about throe months ago. Mr. Hunsaker staged a remarkable rally, nnd tkii drem! and little known disease which was affecting hlH bones has been stayed, und sur geons are now hopeful of hln ulti mate complete recovery, Mr. Hunsaker will leave San Fran cisco Monday roorutni;. arriving here Tuesday evening. News of hin re covery will bo hailed with much satisfaction by bis hundreds of friends throuffhout this section of the slate. New Ice Boat To Skim Over Klamath Lake Douglas Puckett Awaits Freeze For Initial Trial A large Ice boat, outfitted for every emergency, win snim over Klamath lake this winter at a speed exceeding 80 miles an hour. All la In readiness for its Initial voyage and Its owner, Douglas Puckett, log ging contractor. Is Impatiently await ing tho winter freeze on the lake. The boat was bUllt by Telford Ilrolhcrs. bout builders, on Conger avenue. It Is 20 feet long and seven feet wide und will be propell ed by airplane propellers driven by a powerful 01) horsepower Curtiss airplane ongine. Tho Ico boat Is so constructed that It can bo used on open water as well ns on ice. This is necessary becauso of certain warm springs in the lake where the Ice is thin during tho winter. When these spots are traversed, the boat will break through tho ice and plow through to thicker Ice unimpeded. Puokett plnnn to use the boat in transporting supplies to his logging camp on the west side of the lake. It will facilitate his work, as the road around tho west side of the lake during winter time is in poor condition. Last winter, Puckett operated a smaller Ico boat, seven feet by 12. He plans to Install another motor for the old hull and have the use of both ice boats during the winter months. Fine Whiskey Found During Bank Meeting Florida Hospitality May Lead to Some Arrests ST. PKTKRSHl'RO. Fin., Dec 11. (a) Pinellas county officials were continuing Inquiry today to deter mine who Is responsible for tho pre sence of 39 quarts of whiskey nnd three gallons of fine mm In a Sereno hotel room yesterday. The whiskey wos seized by Chief Deputy Sheriff Stricklnnd In a raid on n room used as n lounge or reception room by delegates attending tho convention of the' Investment Hunkers of Amer ica. No arrests were made up to a late hour Inst night In connection with tho raid and leisure of the liquor. Stricklnnd declared Hint be would sook a warrant for James B.'Coad, executive vlco president of the St. Petersburg ohnuilmt of commerce, host of the convention. Mr. fond last I'nlght denied knowledge of the whis key. Friends of Mr. Cond suld 4 he was arrested they would furnish 0 million' dollar bond. Raiding officers said they hud no "documentary evidence" tending to show who owned the liquor nnd who had placed It In Iho room, FIFTY BELIEVED TO RE DEAD IN ME EXPLDSI Twenty-Six More Bodies are Brought to Surface Early ( This Morning CAUSE IS NOT KNOWN Wives and Mothers Hover Near Pit all Night Wait ing for Some Word BIRMINGHAM, Ala., 'Dec. 11. UP) Twenty six bodies were brought from the Overton mine number 2 this morning, bringing the total removed to 48. Mine officials nnd rescue work ers believe thai five bodies still re main In the mine but have aban doned hope that the men would be found alive. Mine officials expressed tho belief that the death list would not exceed 53, as they estimated that all bodies except five had been recovered. Res cue crews worked all night and con tinued their labors today, hoping to remove before nightfall, the remain ing bodies. The explosion was one of the worst of the 17 largo o:ie3 which, since 112 lives aere taken in the Virginia mine disaster in 130. liRve killed "16 mine workers iu Ibis state. May Hnve Been Mutch The Overton mine is the property of the Alabama Fuel and Iron com pany and is considered by federal and state mine officials one of the best equipped lo the Alabama mine field. Tho blast did not wreck the air machine railway and this aided the rescue iparlios. The cause of tho blast propably never will be learne 1 positively. Some of the mine wor'ior.i believed It was caused by n miner strikinc a mutch which Is forbidden, or by a "wjndy shot." It is believed that most of the bod ies not recovered are those i f negro workers. Relatives of the victims were not allowed to view the bodies, identi fication was being carried out with greatest difficulty. Some may never be identified. Kelntives feentnj Viyil Wearied watchers kept vigil about the pit's mouth through the night. Rain began falling at djyhrenk, bo; women hoping to find their loved ones yet alive, never budged from the guard lines. One woman who heard the blast yesterday. 'while she was about her household duties, and knew its mean ing, had never for a moment left the mouth of the pit. She hugged her baby to her bosom through the night lo protect it from the cold. Portland Men Are Hurt Near Salem SALEM. Ore., Dec. 11. W. E. Smiggs was Injured about the head, and Theodore Reuss sustained torn tendons of the left knee and leg when a ear driven by Geo. Ebert ing of Dallas, ran into them at Ui unk's corner, six miles west of here, early last night. Both men arc from Portland. Smiggs giving his address as 1203 Lougane street, und Reuss us 6S7 Oregon street. Former Nevada Governor Sick (Special to The Herald) YREKA, Calif., Dec. 11. Sud denly stricken with tin, attack of heart disease while inspecting min ing property near Happy Cn:;ip. former governor Elmer D. Boyle if Nevada, owner of n Reno newspaper is In n critical condition in the gen eral hospital here. When Uovevnor Boyle was strick en, friends rushed him here and .Mrs. Boyle was wired at the Bovle home nt Mason. Nevada, nnd she arrived at his bedside yesterday. Dr. Charles Plus, attending phy sicitin. said this morning that while Governor Boyle's condition w,s sen nits he expected that the fnrmnf leader in Nevada politics would recover. LONDON The Princo of Wale,-. has sprung bashfully sonio of the Bpattlsh ho learned in South Amer ica. His hosts, members of the Ar gentine club, npplaudcd, f K. F. Third In Building For November 1925 Construction is Active In Late Fall Month Klamath Falls stands third In slate building activity for the month of .November. She was bested during the month by two Oregon cities. Port land, the metropolis of Oregon, and Eugene. November building in Klamitn Falls represented an investment of 1109,420, according to the S. W. Strc.us & Co. building report received here today. This is 76,000 below the Eugene figure, but 130,000 above Salem's total. An idea of the increased building activity in Kiamath Falli may be gained by comparison of last month's total of (109.430 with the totai 'or October, 1924. which was !8,I73. Among the larger of the 'Oregoo towns that were bested in buildiug by Klamath Falls durln-; riovember were Medford, S57,7S0, Astoria, 129 720 and La Grande, 512,:: !'). Murray Given Lease On Life Condemned Slayer Will Not Hang on Dec. 18th SALEM. Ore.. Dec. 11. The state supreme court, just after noon today, granted a writ of probable cause to Tom Murray, convict convicted of the murder of Guard John Sweeney in the prison break of August 12 and sentenced to hang December 18, after listening to arguments on the motion of Will R. King, Murray's attorney, and District Attorney John Carson for two hours. The writ, signed by Justice Rand, automatically stays the execution of Murray until the supreme court can pass upon the appeal, which will be perfected and filed within the next few days. Kiddies' Fund Gets More Aid Total of $122.15 Now Received For Little Tots Another. $5 from a contributor who requested his name be with held was received for the Kiddies' Christmas fund today. Thus far the Herald has collected $122.15 for the kiddies' fund, and the goal of J 150 ought to be reached early next week. The Kiddles' Christmas fund, as promoted by the Herald, is being raised in conjunction with the Com munity Chest. Chest officials said it would be Impossible to use heir funds for the purchase of toys, si this is the only fund being raised for that purjiose. The toys will be given to the p.ior youngsters whose names are pro cured by the Investigation commit tee of the Community Chest. Those iwho desire to aid the fund can make their donations to the Kid dles' Christmas fund, In care of the Evening Herald. CHRISTMAS RUSH TO START SOON "We look for a big Christmas rush tomorrow." These were the words of Post master John btcCaif today, who has made preparations for the rush by installing another stamp window at tho local office tomorrow, r.vlth John Syeiisotj IS charge. Eastern mall is being mailed out stoadily the past few days and in itnether week's time the local office expects the rush to be on in all earnestness. Go far tittle Christmas mail for local people has been re ceived. 1. 1 MIHUIMAN Bt'RlBl) BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 11. OV) The funeral of Charles A. Smith, president of the Coos Bay Lumber company, who died Wednesday nt his home here, was held today from St. Michael's Lutheran church.. In terment was at Mountainvlew ceme Wry. Piedmont, FIVE SUSPECTS HELD IN SHEDD BANK BURGLARY Portland Deputies Get Men Who Attempted to Sell Stolen Bonds ALL ARE EX-CONVICTS Vincent Murphy, Implicated in Sensational Murder, Jailed Again PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 11. (P) Five men were held In the county jail hern today for investigation In connection with the robbery of tho baak nt Shdd, Ore., Tuesday. Offi cers were also trying lo determine whether the suspects had any con nection with the hbldup of tbo Trout dale bank yesterday. The men were arrested iust night at a home in Portland where six years ago three men were caught following the holdup of the Clare mont Tavern. All Have Rcconln Tho sheriff's offlco gave out the names of the men held In Jail as Wallace Wltzel. an ex-convlct out of Oregcn pen; Mike Welch, nnd ex convict of Walla Walla penitentiary: Columbus Jimmy Murray, an ex-convict out of Walla Walla: Charles I. Griffin, a former inmate of Monroe. Wash., reformatoray, and Vincent Murphy. They were arrested as the result of a tip to the district attorney's of fice that Murray and Murphy bad tried to sell S5700 of the bonds tc li en from the Shedd bank.- Witzel. Welch and Murray are tho direct suspects, according to the deputy sheriffs. Griffin was arrested, they say, because he was in th house with the others. HoiMls lilentUlr.l Sheriff Frank Richards of Albany Is expected to come to compare linger prints taken at Shedd with those of the suspects. The name of the person to ivhom the bonds wore, offered, according to the district attorney's office, is bo Ing kept secret. It was slated, how ever, that the man inndo n list of the offerings and found all except ; one bond to be fine securities, easily -negotiable. Steal $10,000 About $10,000 was stolen from the Shedd bank and these Secnrtttaaj were listed among the losses, local' authorities said. James Ogle, Walter ("Dutch'.') Banaster and David, Smltn were nr- rested at Murphy's place November 22, 1919, and sentenced to life ore their plea of guilty that they killed, George E. Peringer and J. Newt Bur gess in the robbery nt Cloremor(, Tavern, November 21, 1919. Since they were sentenced. Ogle has been, shot and killed by a prison guard" during a bull pen riot. , STATE OFFICERS STOP 91 AUTOS; 15 ARE PINCHED Traffic Is Diverted from Sixth Street to Walnut, By Ac- ii tivities of 3 Cops War has been declared on Klam ath motorists who have not adjusted their ligh's iiccordlng to tho roqnlro ments of the now state headlight i law. Ninetv-one nutomobllcs were ! stopped last night by throe stnlo I traffic officers and 15 motorists ar I rested, for having failed to have ! their unto lights adjusted. Stale Traffic Officers W. A. ful ler, J. J. McMahon and Charles Tnl lent diverted traffic from south Sixth street Into WuLiut street and there inspected tho hoidllghts of all cars which from their observa tion they believed were not adjust ed. All drivers who could not prn duco certificates .testifying to their lights being adjusted were arrested. Others were advised to lake their car back to the light adjusting sta tion for readjustment. This morning tho 15 motorists were balled Into court and all wen fined J5 nnd cosib by Justice of the Peace R. A. Emmitt. NORFOLK, Va. Three lun-fom-missioned officers and one mm at tendant of the battleship Texas are under arrest for operating a Still on board ship.