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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