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"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.
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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.