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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1926)
Itt&jftr co Published Dully at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" LET US MAKE 1926 THE BANNER YEAR FOR THIS SECTION Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number r7:i; KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS MARTIN BUR KIN WILL BE TRIED Dapper Police Slayer Makes Last Desperate Effort to Escape Police COMPLETE STORY TOLD Account of his Wanderings Since Murder Reads Like a Fancied Romance Chicago. Jap, II. (4 Msxi tin J. Durkln. dapper polios slayer, raptured III Hi. I.ullln Willi hU IK your old bride, wan III the bunds Of III prosecutors today. Federal officers limn Hulled Mm virtually from eons! tn const, somc Union "lily 24 hours behind li lm alocii hn killed Edward K. Hhuuuhnn. government ngonl, October II, unit hat lln way nut Of a poliM trup. killing Sergeant Harry Uruy. iwo weeks later. Anil tmlay Iho government liuil Joined with the Htatit authorities io bring lilm to trial an noon an possible, prohnbly March 1, with the fallows tho objective of tho prosecution. Trim ItoSSMrB) Durk.n mudo om lam dnspcrulo effort yesterday to escape tho rap torn who hemmed hi in enroots from 8t. l.ouln to Chlruito. Di-nplii- Hi" shackles nn wrlntn ami nnklSS, I'" reached nroiiml hln wife and sought to grab it guard's plslol. Hut an op erative SSlMd hln wrlnt anil I he tempi tutted. After that hn manifested Sllftll concern. Hln find ijmtry on hln nr. rlvel wan for hln lawyer. !l i rot.iil.'in wore reported making an rtlori to ohtnln Clarence harrow, noted crim inal lawyor. to defend hlui. Through the night prosecutors lunnilonm! him, hln wife Inun, tho daughter ot Bwt Sullivan, village blacksmith of Cornell, 111., hln cou sin, Harriot (lallo of Brooklyn, unit Holly Werner. Durkln's (miner sweetheart, for whoso baby's clothing Durkln dared tho polU-o trap not at hor Bads'! house. From their an swers, tho slate's nltornoy placet) to gether Iho nlory of hln flight, llnnscil an l-'bipHar Minn (Inllo rnlatoil how llurkln, nf tor killing dray, drssasd hlniwU In fomlnlno atllro In Now York niu! rnlmly powdered hln noa i In Iho pre sence of policemen who won. qucs (Continued oil Page Too) FEDERAL AGENT WILL NOT CLOSE CHICAGO HOTEL CHICACiO, Jnn. 21. (P)--E. Yollowly, prohibition ndmlnlHtriilor hero, ban ao IntanllOtt, nnd novor had any, of cloalnK tho (lU.UOn.OOfl Morrison hotel .by federal padlock procoadlngu bucuuno "under cover" nitunlH woro able to purahBSS liquor from omployoa. "They're making a mountain out of a mole hill," the onforostnsnt chlof Mid. "Thoro are no Inventl Katorn there now und there have been no neeret conforoncoH with a view to pndlockliiK the doora." The itaternont onme nfiu prohi bition Slants working under Yellow ley hud doelared tuttlelottt evidence had boon ohlalneil to clone Iho hol d nnd mild tho government's plans bad boon npolled by premature publicity. EARLY IN MARCH Meets Former Sweetheart ' Martin Durkln anil Betty Wnrnrr Knee Snctt Other In Chicago Office "Sheik Bandit" Is Bitter CHICAOO, Jan. 21. (ff) Martin Durkln, "eholk bandit," cvho fncoa two iqurdbr Indlctmcntli and llotl'.v Worner, hla former aweothourl, for tho comfort of whoao lmby boy Durkln walked Into a polico trap which cost Iwo lives, face I each other In tho stato's nltornoy's of flce today. Kxcuses mid explanation! sprang from each, whllo Durkln'a 18-year old tirldo looked on, nut of earshot. Yoatordny Durkln said Mian Wor nor had 'holpori "frnmo" him. J'ni vlouely Betty was quotod as having said alio wna "through" with blm. Dead Body Of San Francisco Girl Is Found London Police Solve Disappearance Mys tery LONDON, Jan. 21-P) Tho body of n woiiiiiu with clothing unci jswsl ly COITOSpOUdlllf to IhSI worn by Minn VlCtOrlfl Mll' IMw'urdti, lillnaltu; Ban Pranolsoo a'1'- iv,,m found today in ths woods near Pornborough, Nearby wun an i-mply bOlUo sup- poissd to hnvo contained polspfl. ' Minn Edwards disappeared on Do- oombor Ifl from bar aunt's bona in Baokanuam, laavloi supposedly io call on friends nearby. Kho rami' io Bnglsnd last June racovar from an lUnosi sad M times ni'oinod depressed. Sin- hud planned to return to California in February nnd Shortly before tho disappear unro urruiiKod pannporl maltohl no lhal niu' would bo ulili' In depart a. thnl tlnio. Mr. F. K. II. Edwards, her moth er, who miiki-n hor homo la London, n.-iid to r daughter had narsr threat ened nulrlilo. Srotlund Yard detoc- tlviin hud I n workliiK on iho can". All tho hnnpltaln In and nonr Lou don woru SsarsbSd and Ki lvoy 1'ark Lakf, In tba llnckoiiham dlntrlct, wan druKK' d Minn Kdwardn wan 33 yuarn of aso. Miss Stanf ield Married Today WASHINGTON-, Jan. 21. lP) Mm. Calvin OooMdfa headed the lint ot Invlled guenlii for Ihu wed- ' dini: thin aftoriioon ot Minn Inu. Barbara Stautlold, daunliter of 8on- alor und Mm. 8lnllold, of Oregon, ! and Henry Tcusdule Huiin, of Jurk ' Bonvllle, Fin. j ilsmbari of the cnblnet and many faprasantsUToa, ssnstors, dlpldmata und other offlclnln were on the guest I Hat. Tho acono of Ihc wedding was St. John's church, and Rov. Hubert I Jonnson, rector, wan e hoaen to of ' flelale. A Urge choir of boys, slug- Inu "Father of Low", iwas amlgn- lid to lead the bridal procession, with SCnnt r Stanfleld walking to the altur with tba bride. Tho maid of honor selected was Miaa Elisabeth Hamlin, or Now York. Brldnsmalda were Mlaaoa Hi nts Bristol. Portland, Martian Dunn, Jacksonville. Anno Covington and Beatrice McLean, Washington. Klamath Court to Reach Settlement on Road Controversy PORTLAND, ore., Jan. 21. Tho Klamath county caurt and the bureau of public roads will noon reach a settlement In tho mattor ot $2L23Ti said la bo duo tho federal government In a highway construc tion agreement, This Was announc ed today by C. II. IPurceU, district engineer fur the bureau,, Klamath officials declared yentordny hofore tho state highway commission thai they had rOOSlVsd nt) bill from the government for work done. In a conference last OVSnlng rep resentatives ot the bureau of public rands told tho county court Unit bills had been mailed regularly. Trior to that they hud sworn un dying love. "You couldn't find mo o yoU took tho next heal you could find," woro Hotly'a first worda. Durkln counterod that ho had ronii n newspaper quotation tii.nl alio wna "through." "I toad lola about you Marty, but I didn't bollovo anything," Miss Werner ropllod. "No mut tor whoro you woro I would have enmo for you," ropllod Durkln, "I put advertisements In tho newspaper lolling you to coino lo Michigan and meet or commiin Icato with my mother but you did neither." 1UIAY MOT WF1 ' ift! "..-B UIL WtLL N t An HAIR! SECTION Geologist Offers to go in With West Coast Co. Stockholders 50-50 FAVOR PROPOSITION Claim Abandoned Well was on Poor Structure; Wants Rigging for New Well Another oil well will noon be In procsss of drilling if stockholders of Went Coast Oil & Oaa company ap prove a proponlnlon submitted to them by J. K. Uorsmsn, geologist. Tho proponlllo.il Wat outlined Inst nlgbt by Mr. Loremaq to 15 stock holders at a special mealing at the chamber of commerce. Mr. Ioreman offered to raise lS.noO If stockholders of the Went OofeSt would mine a nlmllur amount and turn over to blm the rigging of Iho abandoned wi ll mar Hairy. His Idea wan to dig a well which would tell for good and all whether or not there In nil In Klamath county. The Wen! Coast well, which wan aban doned last AngttSI after having been drilled to u depth of 1550 feet. Is nol correctly located, he emphanli ed. It would be necessary to pierce to a depth of 6000 feet before oil would be struck. Ho proposed to start drilling nt n more favorable location and drill down to a depth which will definite ly disclose whether oil Is In Klam ath or whether It Is not. No FuIm' Hopes Mr. Loreman, In bin address lo tho stockholders, did not raise false hopes. Ho explained thai the -'intact) coudltlona were greatly similar lo those of proven oil fields thai he had examined, but that that fact alone, would nol guarantee oil. U merely Increases the chalices for oil. Owllng to tho fact thai but 45 of the stockholders, owning approxi mately 1000 shares, out of the 280 etockholders, were present at the mooting, no notion could be taken. Ilowovcr, the opinion expressed by the etockholders present was decided ly favorable. It was pointed out that to finance this project, each stock holder would need to buy ouo more share of slock. Meeting January 27 A mooting was called for the eve ning of Junuary 27 in the bnsement of the chamber of commerce, at which some decision on the matter Willi ho made. If a majority of the stock holdera aro present. Mr. Loreman graphically described the oil situation, drawing a cross sec tion of tho oil structure in the vic inity of Dairy, on a blackboard. By mentis of the picture, he explained to the apparent satisfaction of those stockholders present that Iho West Const well was oft tho structure atvu that In another location, In the snmc genornl vicinity, better results might be expected. Man Believed Murder Victim PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 21. (fP) Tho coroner's office hns decided that the man whose body yesterday roao to tho surface of Colhinbt.i slough hnd been killed and bis body tossed into the river. Thoy bused their decision on total nhaonco of water In his lungs nn l the' fact Hint blB skull had been brokon ovor tho left temple with n sharp instrument. The next slop Is Identification. Tho man's upper lip bears what might he a batrltp or n prominent scar. Cities Will Seek Summer Tourists PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 21. (VP) Four snuthorn Oregon cltlos In cluding Ashland, (Irnnts Pnsa. Mod ford and Klamath Falls are consid ering a propostlon lo raise funds to conduct an advertising campaign to nttrnct tourists, according to Horb ort Culbbert, publicity mnnngor ot Hio Portland chamber of commcrco, who returned today from Ashlund. Bees Break Up Farmer's Home Near Grenada Jd Azzary Wants $500 Damage And Tries To Sell Land (Hpoclal to Th" Herald) YREKA, Calif., Jnn. 21. Been, great swarms of them, aggravating, pestiferous and annoying, have made life mlierublo for Joseph Azzary. rancher who own. 121 acrSI of land one mile north of fjrenada. Adjoining Azaryli land, Is a one acre Inn I, on tAiiHh I. K. Hatl- fleld ami J. H. Boraejr are raising boea. So annnyed has Azzary be come that he hut Inouxht suit for 1500 damage agaiaat Had field and Horsey und has advertised his ranch for sale "exceptionally cheap", in iho Siskiyou County News. The lutes "were In great multi tudes, were troublesome and pei tlferoua lo plaintiff and his hired help." the damage complaint suites. "They have caused great annoy ance, trouble and inconvenience." STEALER OF HAMS IS BANK ROBBER John "Blackie" Ryan, Yreka Prisoner, Is Caught in Sacramento, Calif. (Special to The Herald YKKKA, Calif., Jan. 21. G. W McTravlsh, the robber of hams from a Yrcka butcher sh:p and John "Blackie" Ryan, desperate bandit who robhed the bank at Rosevillc recently, are one and the same, ac cording to word received here to day. Ryan waa picked up in Sac ramento and a check on his past ac llona, revealed that he had served time in Yreka. Caug'nt in the act of stealing hams. Ryan alias McTarvlsh, was brought before a magistrate and sent to Jail for 60 days. He proved a "tough hombre" und a diet of bread and water was necessary for aeveral days before be WSS suffi ciently cowed to take to the rock pile. Tax Bill Vote To Come First WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. (.a?) Supporters of the world court todav agreed to a proposal of the oppo sition to permit action on the tax reduction bill before a vote of the court. Senator Curtis, the republican leader, said ho believed an agree ment would be reached before the end of the day. MAN WOULD SELL YOUNG DAUGHTER DUIU.'QCE. Iowa, Jan. 21. (P) Dubuque officers were waiting nt the station platform nt Galena, Ills., yesterday afternoon und frustrated alleged plnns for the "snlo" for $100 of a 13-year-old girl by her father to n man 4ft years old. Tho father. Loni Tuttle. 46, en tered Into nn agreement with Joe Parr, aged -III, to allow him to marry Ills daughter Bortha, upon payment of tho sum of H00. Tuttle's rela tives charge. This was said to bo agreeable lo Parr nnd tho trio de parted for Galena to havo the mar riage performed to consummate the donl. Purr and Tuttle, who Is n divorced man nnd had tho custody of tho child, were arraigned in municipal court today. KILL MESSENGER AND STEAL CASH HACKEN8ACK, N. J.. Jnn. 21. i (P) Four gunmen today held up the offices of the American Railway Ex press company, shot Frank Brcn nau, n messenger, and escaped in nn automobile with 16,808 In cash, r.rennun received three bullet wounds and died halt an hour later. COAL sitortTAaK NEW YORK. Jan. 20. (iP) New York City's coal shortage Situation ro.iehod a serious stage today when BollavUe hospital, housing 1,377 pa tients, was unable to get coal and 18 Institution was hcaUc.j. N CHURCH RON IS SETTLED III OPEN COURT Baptists Settle Bitter Con trove ray arid Join in Friendly Prayer SACRIFICE IS MADE Rev. Milier Concedes Prop erty and Name to Plain tiffs and Drops Out MEDKORD. Ore.. Jan. 21. VP) In prayer and humility, the suit of the Ashland Baptist church, ad herents of the established Baptis'Jc faith against the First Baptist church, Inc.. for settlement of church propeity rights, dramatically ter minated late Wednesday afternoon urban the itev. is. c. Miller, lead er of the "Aimee Mcl'herion F:ur Square Coapel" torces withdrew. The court, with Judge Waller H. Eyana on tae bench, recessed when Rev. Miller, at the conclusion of bis direct testimony aaked permis sion to make a statement. Legal furniali'ii i attendant upnn the dis missal or the action, the firat of its kind in the history of Oregon Juris prudence, it is claimed, will be completed, and the issue formally closed next Monday. itouch Agreement Rev. Miller said he wa3 prompted in hla action after talking to the Rev. W. B. Hinaon of Portland, Tuesday, and a meeting of mem bers of his flock, in whica toe conclusion had been reached "that we lose it we uln. and our Lord suffereth the most." "Y-cu may have the house upon the hill, the parsonage, and tba name of Baptist," Rev. Miller said. "I have made my sacrifice. I have lost my Baptist standing an.1 many I Baptist friends." The plaintiffs accepted the terms. No costs will be assessed against any side. Join in Prayer As Rev. Miller retired from the witness stand. Judge Evans . called upon the Rev. W. B. Hinson of! Portland some in while the ta pray. The audience, tears, bowed and stood noted divine beseeched ncaveniy blessings. At iae conctu-, remains 'ere brought to the city in ! cf Lane countyi started the discus sion of his supplications he shook j another passing car. When Young ! sion when he revloved the clrcum hands with Rev. Miller. In a short j arrived here be learned that the i 9tance3 cf increasing wear and tear talk he urged all to forget and j dead man was his second cousin. I ,.,,, result of forgive stance.' "In this unhappy clrcura- Judge Evans, acting In no legal. capacity, praised both sides f :r the 6plrlt of Christianity and considera tion for each other .they had dis played. Addresses were also mado by Attorney W. O. Sims, head coun sel for Ihe plaintiffs, and by Gus Newbury, chief counsel for the defense. The suit iwas the outgrowth of a series of revival meetings hold in Ashland In 1922. when tho Buptist congregation split over the qucC n ol divine healing. Senator Reed Scores Dawes WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. (A) Vice President Dawoa and his cam- puign for revision of somite rules were put on the gridiron today from te senate floor. Within n few minutes after the vice president had taken his place in tho chair of the presiding officer. Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, punctuated With this observation, n discussion ot "propaganda" in Wash ington : "If this senate is to trucklo to propaganda, it will become so con lemptlblo that it would not bo worth Willie for the vice president to con tinue his criticisms." There was laughter In tho galler ies ami General Dawes smiied broad ly while the ushers scurried nbout restoring ordor. OIL PERMITS DENIED NEW YORK, Jan. 21. OP) Ap plications for injunction recently filed . by . American oil companies against the new petroleum law in Mexico, havo been refused by tho first supernumnry court of Mexico, Guy Stevens, director of the asso ciation of producers ot petroleum of Mexico, said ho was Informed today. j Marines Grab I Half Million Liquor Cargo Ocean Going Tug Cap tured off Sandy Hook NEW YORK. Jan. 21 (IP)--Marine police early today seised th,. oenn srnlMa tnir i1. with p ' cargo of liquor said to bo wonh more than a halt million dollar i after a chase off Sandy Hook in which half a dozen shots from a one pounder were fired. The Rescue Is valued at about 880,000. The present owner la unknown to the police. A coast guard launch first ob served the Rescue and fired a shot houses at midnight, a standard "f across her bow. The tug put on! salaries making tbem the same in apecd. A police launch hearing the counties of like population, and ac sbots Joined the chase and fired scv-j ceptance by county commissioners cral hundred rounds from a ma-, of state compensation for p3ace of ehlne gun but th" tug was not fleers were urged in resolutions by struck. the Stale Sheriff's aaaoclatlon t- Meantime the Rescue eXtlngnlahC-! day. Its running lights and boldly cn- The resolutions were adopted Juit tcred the harbor and went to a slip prior to the opening or the Joint t at Jefferson street. Before the blue gegsion of the sheriffs with the die-," coats could reach her the Ros-'jo'e trict attorneys association and the seacocks had been opened and .lost. Association ot county Judgea and. of the crew had fled. The four men commissioners. who remained on board surrendered. The Bherirfs also adopted reaolu- r-oticemen dived into tne water tn t ho hnlH nnrl n rx'ia A the cno inetc. Coast guard officials said the, craft had on board over 25,000; cases of assorted wines and liquors. Coast guard officers said they re ceived a tip three weeks ago thai the tug was bound for New York with a million dollar cargo. Farmer Killed . In Auto Crash WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 21., fWalter S. Barnett 64, promin - ent farmer, was Instantly killed last night about four miles orest f Walla Walla, when the automobile in which he was riding alone skid-Une Wx 0, 3 centJ a gaIl3n reyerU. ded in the soft dirt alongside of , t0 the 8tate and that the countles. the .pavement and went Into tho;a g su,n receive ilTecl benefit. ditch E. G. Young, of Oakland, Oregon, who was on his way to Walla Walla to visit his wife's relatives, roundly rJrer the QUe3tion to the coin the car in the dltca and extricated i mUtec on road3 f0r reeommoadat- the body from tho wreckage. The Barnett was born ia Oakland, Ore. November 4. 1S61. He has resided in ihe Walla Valla valley more than 40 years. Suspects Arrested in G)mmunist Plot;ta"s lost .durln5 ,,h lasLTZT BELGRADE, Jugo. Slavia, Jan. 21. (P) More than 200 suspects have been arrested and raids are be ing carried on throughout the coun I ry. following discovery of nn alleged communist plot to overthrow the gov ernment. Hundreds of houses aro being searched for evidence. Hagenbarth Named By Wool Growers HOISE. Ida., Jan. 21. (PP) j Frank J. Hagenbarth, Spencer, Ida., 13 years in charge of destinies of the National Wool Growers' associa lion, was re-elected president at the closing session of tho nn.iual con vention yesterday, and Butte, Mont., was awarded the next convention. Coal Bootleggers Thrive Anthracite Strike Brings to Light New Kind of law Knwiqn Fuel Delivered At Night PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21 ) Anthracite bootlegging, a new indus try, which sprung up as a result of the hard coal strike, Is growing rap idly. Starting in n small way the prac tice has spread, until hundreds nre engaged in it. Some of the bootleggers' supplies are picked from the culm banks. This la permitted by nearly ail the coal companies, the only restrictions be ing ngainBt tho use of trucks and tho sale ot the wrecked coal. These re- T BY TIS HERIFF3 PLAN Oregon Officers Favor Dras tic Law Against Road House Dances WANT GAS TAX RISE ounty Judges and Commis sioners Favor an Addi tional One Cent PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 21. (JP) A state law that would close road llons ol 5vmpathy t3 tne ramlllee ot . . ' E. Ellington, sheriff of Coos county, who was killed In a wreck. anA q u-a-iM .hB,i Han- ten county, tvho died of heart dis ease just following the sheriffs con vention here last year. Would Close Tavern The proposed law directed against road bouses would place the same regulation against the dancing and amusement features of "road bousea inns and taverns" as would hold against dance halls. The county Judge' and commis sioners association late 'yesterday favored iegijiation that 'wonld re- ' , au(0 owneTr to n ,dd, tioDil of lc 8aU9n ,on g0llne for county road purp:aea. It was I Doin(ed ont that tha present gaso- Want Tux Refund Following an extended discus sion, the association passed motion tlon. C. P. Barnard, county Judge ; slead.. growing auto traffic, pi" ticuiariy rrelght cars and passenger busses. Tho association also adopted un- nnlmnHEl- n reanl lit inn f IVOrtniT f'OIl- . gresslonal reimbursement ot Orogon California land grant counties tit Ul'CUUSe Ol giant l-iuu tiniimnnmi Track Walker Is Instantly Killed BEND, Ore., Jan. 21. (JP) Mike ' Makahus, track wnlkar for tb,e Shevlin-Hlxon company was Instant ly killed late yesterday when hit by tho branches of a falling tree near the company's logging camp south of Bend. TRACK COACH XAMKD OAKLAND, Calif., Jan, 21. (IP) Forest Smlthson, foimer Oregon Agricultural College track star and high hurdles champion in the 180S Olympic games, was appointed track coach of St. Mary's college at a, meeting here today. The appoint ment takes effect at once strlctlons, however, are Ignored by the bootleggers, who deliver most of their coal at night and collect from 10 to $20 for a short on ot Infer ior grade. The greater part of the supply la Inken from out crops and old work ings in Isolated places Fleets of trucks are busy nightly In the vicin ity of Wllakcsharro and Hanleton. Scores ot arrests hare been madn and officers of the United Minn Workers have endeavored io stop) Hie practice, without lueccsa. CLOSING HIGH
