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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1926
Expect Rail
Decision In
Short Time
Corey Looks for Action
on Transportation
Fight in 60 Days
BALB.M, Ore. Fob, . 17.- (!') H.
II. Corey, rhnlrmnn of (hit public
service commission expects n duels
Ion of dm Infurslnta Commerce Com
mlMlon within (0 tiny on iho ennr
trul Oregon railroad hearing. Al
though uo assurnuco wun given hy
Iho I. U. C. that un early decision
would ho handed down, Mr. Corny
bolluvo Iho Importance of (ho ense
will causa tho commission to hurry
It along.
"Ai sure at the Hill lines build
from n.ind Into Klamath Falls, an
they wish to do," said Mr. Corev,
"the Woyerhaouser Interests will
build largo lumber mill near Klnni
ath Falls. We are also hoping that
Iho Union raclflc will build mi
from C'rano to conmirt with the line
from llond nouth and with the Nat
ron cut-off.
. "Chattel Moron and associate
will atandardlie tho narrow gaugo
lino from Nevada to 1-akevlew, Hint
la alrvady dacldud."
OVERCROWDING
AT III SCHOOL
FORUM SUBJECT
Principal Paul T. Jackson
Tells of Handicap Under
Which Students Labor
Need of a uew high school In
Klamath Fulla to rellove concei
ted conditions In the present school
building and to prepare for In
created enrollment of next year and
jyeara to come win emphasised by
apeakora at tho chamber of com
merce forum luncheou this noon.
"If wo can't do something, and
do it quick, tv foctlfy that situation
at the high school, wo ought to bej
ashamed of oursolvos," It. C. lrooi
beck, local lawyer, declurod. "Whutl
wo noed Is speedy action 3 that
seat year will not bo a ropllca of
Ibis yoar."
Paul T. Jackson, principal of
Klamath County high school outlin
ed problomi of overcrowding thai
face tho school authorities.
"Tho building mas orocted In
1905," he .said. "There wore 11
atudonta tho J I rut jroar and a gradu
ating olasi of throo. This year we
have an enrollment of 375 and next
year we look for an curollmont of
"lllght now toa:hlng Is 'sorloualy
' Impeded by congestion. We wore
actually forced to disband ono class
two wooks ago becauso of no room,
tpuao. Sixty four studonts now Hike
tho typewriting course, Ono hund
red pupils m ould on roll In tho courso
If thoy oould, but It Is Impossible
becauso of room, We hava tho host
manual training equipment In south
ern Oregon, but llttlo opneo to dike
advantago of tho machinery. Stu
donts, during ono porlod, o-.in not
use the library bocause Unit spuco
must bo utllliod by ,the Sociology
(Continued On J'ago Eight)
Helen Wills, Tired By Hard V
Match With Suzanne Lenglen,
Takes Day Off To Get Rest
NICE, France, Feb. 17. (AP) Helen Wills today re
quested that her first round singles match against Miss
Lilly Hammerton in the Beaulieu lawn tennis tournament
be postponed until tomorrow afternoon. She said she
was tired from her exertions in yesterday's match against
Suzanne Lenglen. -
Miss Wills' incapacity is only momentary she. insists
and she will play tomorrow. ',.," . . ,
Answering insinuations in the French papers that she
was not willing to compete further in singles play on
the Riviera, she said she would carry out her program as
priginally scheduled., ' ' , , ' ' ' ' , '
Round-The-World Flyers To
Resign From Army And Seek
New Lands In Arctic Circle
Lieutenant Leigh Wade and H. H. Ogden Will
Head Expedition Which Gets Financial
Backing From Universities
NEW YORK, Feb. 17. (AP) Lieutenants Leigh Wade
and H. H. Ogden, crack American fliers who circled
the globe for the army, now are to undertake a civilian
trans-Polar flight seeking new territory to claim for
the United States. Coincident with the resignation
from the army of Lieutenant Ogden in Washington yes
terday, Lieut. Wade announced, he too, was about to
resign and that the two of them, would make the flight.
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aincarr. vase
Causes Davis
To Lose Jaunt
Labor Secretary Stays
Home t o Study
Question
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. (Pi--Rocrulary
Davis postponed bin de
parture for Florida, on a vacation
trip today. In order to give further
personal attention to the rate of the
Countnas of Cut heart, who ha ap
pealed from tho doclalnn of immigra
tion officer at Now York barring
her from the United States.
.Mr. Davis had firm planned to
lunvo for Florida early today but he
decided title morning to tuy In tho
city until tonight to wrestle -with
problems described aa of a "seml
logal natttro," Involved In hi .duel
Ion concerning the countess who h
been excluded on moral turpitude
groutuU In connection with her
elopement several yours ago with tho
Karl of Craven. , -
JERSEY TROOPER
SHOT TO DEATH
IN HOTEL LOBBY
Slaying Occurs When Com
panion Leaves to Tele
phone for Aid
MOVNTAIM VIEW. N. J., Feb. 17.
(At Churles Ulrlch. a state
trooper, was shot and killed at a
hotel hero . today while gathering
evidence and bis companion. Math
ow McMnnus, was severely 'beaten.
Snmuel Alcsl, hotel proprietor, was
believed to bo dying from a bullet
wound.
Ulrlch and McMnnus, In : plain
clothes, wore recognised after they
had spent throo hours sitting around
In tho hotol.
Pulling their guns they covered
four men, and McMnnus went to k
phono to summon help. ,
Whilo ho was gona ono at tho
four moil began shooting nnd Ul
rlch dropped, nftor putting two bal
lots In Alesl.
Three omployos of the hotol who
took Alosla to tho hospital wore de
tained by Pntorson police.
Police said, that tho ' hotel had
been raided twice ns n disorderly
house nnd "that Alosi wan nt liberty
In 10,00 ball on charges of con
ducting such a plnco.
A curious thing about this world
Is poopla who have no right to be
cheerful aro our cheerful people.
i.ictitunnm vtauo win lean mo
cxpuilitlnn and Lieutenant Ogden
will bo his assistant. Other army
filers uro expected to Jolt) them, but
tlielr n a in oh uro withheld until their
resignations become certain. Lleii
tenunt Wudu denied that his own
withdrawal from tho army was
prompted hy tho suspension and
resignation of Colonel Vllllum
Mitchell.
The flight is to ho known as tho
American University Alumni Expe
dition nnd is backed by alumni of
llurvard, Yulq Princeton and the
University of Pennsylvania.
One of its primary objects will
be the location of land 'near the
polo as a possible airplane base for
the L'nlted States.
To somo extent this object par
allels that of another trans-polar
expedition sponsored by the Detroit
Aviation Society and now mobilizing
In. Alnska under tho direction of
Captain (Jeorgo Wllklns. Lieutenant
Wade's plans, however, are concern
ed more with tho acquisition nnd
limitation of territory than tho De
troit expedition, which has been an
nounced, as chiefly for scientific ex
ploration. Lieutenant Wado has no doubt
that land exists In the ice floos and
thnt an aviation bnso can be estab
lished on II. ' '.
PLAN OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY
Local Man Is
Held In Night
Liquor Search
Prohi Officers Raid
Place on Esplanade
. Street
A bJltod dosr proved no obstacle
to $ group of deputy sheriffs and
prohibition officers who broke into
bouse on Esplanade street lato
lust night nnd placed George Hyland
under arrost on a charge of posses
sion of Intoxlcntlng liquor. A man
who gnvo his nnmo as Freeley Mor
ris, was urrested on charge of vas
'tuncy. According to raiding officers, Hy
land was interrupted In the act of
pouring alleged moomshlne whiskey
into n receptacle. One gallon and
a flialf of the allcgod "moon" was
confiscated.
Hyland and Morris wore taken
before Justlco of tho Po:ico R. C.
Spink nt Chllonuin this morulnij.
Morris was fined $15. Hyland had
not colored a plea. Il'urtlclptiting In
tho raid woro State prohibition' Offi
cers L. L. Metritis and W. M. Mn
Mills, nnd Duputy Sheriff Zlmmor
mnn nnd County Truffle. Officer R.
E. Knowlcs. .. . ; '
TO SWITCH Jl'IMJES - .
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 17. (P)
Indications are 4hnt somo circuit
Judge outside of tho Marion-Linn
county district will try tho case of
the stnto against John Andrews, Les
ter Dixon nnd Henry Johnson, accus
ed of manufacturing liquor In n largo
still confiscated noarly n year ago
nenr Mt. Angef, The dofeiiRo filed an
affidavit of prejudice .against Porcy
R. Kelly, nnd It Is understpod that.
Kelly has accordingly undor the law
requested Chief Justlco Mcllrido of
thg supremo court to assign ano
ther Judge to nho enso.
Tl. JUANA HKPOUT MADK
SAN YSIDERO, Calif., Fob. 17.-
(P) UositltB of an Investigation Into
events lending upMo tho suicide Df
tho Potoot family in San Diego nnd
tho resulting International Invest I
Ration woro sent to Soc.rotnry of
mil
IllOO Ol CTUU XBIUUrU CllUUIUtJl Ul
oommorco,
1
Many Dead
In Utah
Slide
Fifteen Bodies Taken
From Church; Hunt
More Victims
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb.
17. (A.P.) At noon fifteen
bodies had been taken from
the ruins of several buildings
including the Methodist
church, which were buried
under a snowslide in Sap
Gulch, 18 miles southwest of
here this morning.
Estimates of those entombed 'In
tho avalanche of enow, rock and
brush that slid down the mountain
side, range between SO and 100. Lit
tle hope Is held out for their rescue
ollvo.
Fire, burning In the buildings
which were crushed under hundreds
of tons of 'debris, imperiled those
who have may have escaped Instant
death when their homes were crush
ed. The snow, the heaviest fall In this
section in several years, gave way
without warning and swept every
thing in its path, inclnding the Meth
odist church, two large boarding
bouses and several glomes.
The buildings, all of which were
heated by stoves, soon caught fire
from tho live embers, as they were
crushed undor the avalanche of
snow, rocks nnd small trees, which
started scvoral hundred feet nbove
on the mountninsidol Most.cf the
(Continued Oil Hoo F.iglit)
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GIVEN APPROVAL
AT BOARD MEET
Formal Acceptance at Meet
ing Yesterday afternoon
Following Inspection
OPEN HOUSE PLANNED
Friday Afternoon and' Even
ing Set Aside for Bene
fit of Visitors .
Fremont school, ono of the largest
school buildings In southern Ore
gon and representing a public in
vestment of J150.000, vrns formally
accepted Into yesterday afternoon by
tho city school bonrd. ' '.
FIvO upper clniwes and a part of
tho three lower classes of Central
school and throe classes from thrse
other city schools will be moved into
the new building next Monday. One
division in each of tho three lower
classes In 'Central school will-be kept
at the old bullcltug on. Main street it
was announced today. 1
Friday nftenvoon and Friday night
will ho open house nt tho new build
ing. From 3 p. m. to B:30 p. m.
and from 7 p. ni. to 9 p. m. the pub
lic Is invited to personally Inspect
tho building which It has paid for.
through a bond ltsue. From 4 p.
m. to 5 p. m. Friday thero. will bo
an approprlnto program, nccordlus
to Mrs. Lesllo Honors, chairman, of
tho committee on nrrangemonts.
In addition to moving tho children
from Central school,' it Is plnnned
to trunsfe'r the eighth grades of Fair
view, Mills addition and Pelican
City schools to the now structure,
relievo- 'congestion In tho three
schools. According to this arrange
mont, cnuuren mum suu mumi'm ih
from tho Pollcan City' district to and
from tho now school. ...
.' Tho now structure, Avhlch is lo
cated on High st root botwoon Sev
enth nnd Eighth streets is n brick
building, constructed along; the tnost
modern plans of school buildings.
Us facade oxtonds n.wholo block,
from Suventh to Eighth, and It la
j (Continued ou Pago Two)
FHEMDHT.SGHDD
Salem Prison Riot Quelled As
Guards Wound Nine In Revolt;
Strict Rules Thought Cause
-
Signal Given at Supper Table Followed by
General Uprising; Prompt Action of
Guards Stops Move at Beginning
SALEM, Ore.,' Feb. 17. (AP) "All right, let's go."
This signal, shouted by an unidentified convict among
420 prisoners seated at supper in the dining room of
the state penitentiary at 5:15 p. m. yesterday, started a
riot that raged furiously and savagely, though briefly,
and resulted in half a dozen convicts being sent to the
hospital and others to their cells with gunshot wounds
inflicted by guards.
Five unarmed guards in the dining room were at
tacked, tables were kicked over, cups, plates and catsup
bottles hurled, chairs broken and electric lamps on the
ceiling shattered by flying crockery in the two or three
minutes before armed guards wjere rushed to the scene.
Only brulsns were suffered by the
unarmed guards who were at-j
tacked. . '
The wounded prisoners are:
Albert Corley, negro, received
from Multnomah county October 24.
1923 for manslaughter, shot through
the. abdomen and expected to die.
C. Iti Moor, received from Lano
county March 9, 1925. for larceny
of an automobile, wouhded 'n
shoulder and scalp.
Pat Burke. Multnomah county, re
ceived October 11, 1921. to serve
10 years toi statutory crime. .
II. Smith! received from Mult
nomah county, January 18. 1926, to
serve two and a half years for as
sault and robbery armed with a
dangerous .weapon. . .- ,
J. M. James, received from Was
co, county. May 22, 1923, to serve
eight years for a statutory crime.
Dem'aclo Cadena, received from
Klamath county February 2, 192 1.
to serve life for murder. ,
Frank Davis, received from Linn
county Docemher 4. 1925, to servo
(Continued on Pago Two)
AFTERNOON
; : ; -
I Davidson Buys
Big Farm From
George Tramel
Pool Room Owner Pays
Over $15,000 For
Choice Tract
R. L. Davidson, part owner of the
Eagle Pool Room of Klamath Falls,
purchased Yesterday the George
Tramel ranch, located six miles
south of Klamath Falls, for a con
sideration in excess of J 1-6,000, It
wns announced today.
The farm, said to be one of the
most fertile tracts cIobo to Klamath
Fulls, comprises slightly under 160
acres. According to report it sold
for $100 an acre. It is located just
off Tho Dalles California- highway
and adjoins the Hilyard ranch on
ono' side and tho Short estate ranch
on tho other.
Mr. Davidson bought tho ranch
as an investment, but will, it is un
derstood, develop the land in the
near future.
Grand Jury May ,"
Submit Report
Unless othor mutters aro brought
to its attention, tho Klamath county
grand jury will report its findings to
the circuit court this afternoon, uc
cording to prevailing reports at the
court house today. The investigative
body was deliberating this morning
on the last criminal case submitted
by tho district attorney's otfido.
A IK HILL RKPOIITK1)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. (IP)
Tho house naval committee today rn-
nnrti.l n 1,111 t ptTvv mtt Itn new
- fko y(?af buiIiUng pt0am for tne
naval air service at a cost of nearly
$100,000,000. '
JAP CRISIS AVKKTKII
TOKYO, Fob. 17. -() Dlssolu
tlon of ' tho diet has been nvortod
by compromise reached today be
tween 'the Japanese gnvornmout nnd
tho Solyuhonto (apposition) party
concerning tho tax reform mcaBuro
Introduced by tho government.
Local Men See
Guards Squelch
Riot In, Prison
W. A. Delzell and Hor
ace Manning Ring- '
aiders
SALEM, Feb. 17. (JP) W. A.
Delsell, private secretary to Gover
nor Pierce, arrived at the prison
with Horace Manning, a ' Klamath
Falls attorney, just as the riot
started, Manning was gping to see
a -convict vbo had been his client.
Delzell stored at the entranpe gate"
to the prison yard and distributed
guns to the guards as thoy were
passed to hlm from the new arsenal
tiat stands over tha gate. T
Ooverncr Fierce was earl on tho
sjtfoii.- "Warden- IJHIa ;and ' Deputy
Warden Golden, armed with revolv
ers were among the first to' rash
Intj the dining room. '
The governor expressed regret at
the affair, ' but (was ' pleased with
the manner in which the 'riot was
quelled. . ' '
BOY CONFESSES
Death in " Electric Chair
Looms for Farmer Boy"
as Result of Deed '
KILLING IS ADMITTED
Crime Committeed 2 Hours
Before Marriage Was to
Have Taken Place
WEWOKA, Okla., Feb. 17. (IP)
Erman Higdon 22 year old farmer
boy in the Semin-olo county Jail
here, is today, face vS fuce-wtth tho
possibility of, death in the cieatric
chair or a life term in prison as A
result of a confession that he sh.;t
his sweetheart, Rita May Gosa, 17,
to death' two Jiours before thoy
sere to have been married Sun
day. .'He signed a detailed state
ment of the shooting late yesterday
afternoon after murJcr charges had
MI
FIANCEE
MARRIAGE DA
Chinese Army Forces Raid
Lutheran Mission, Destroy
Property And Kill Worker
HANKOW, China, Feb. 17. (AP) John Bly of the
Lutheran United Mission in Honan province has been
made prisoner by the Kuominchun, or national people's
army, at Sinyangchow.' He is charged with spying. ' '
D. Nelson, also of the mission, who was reported yes
terday to have been accidentally killed, was hit by a
stray bullet February 8, and died from his wounds. . '
The' property of the Luther Mission outside Sinyang
chow has been looted by soldiers. Selden Ohapin, Am
erican vice consul, at Hankow is going to Sinyangchow
to, ascertain the condition of the American missionary
community there. Marshal Wu Pei-Fu, commanding the
Hope's troops which are invading Honan to the. south,
has . promised Mr. Chapin transportation in a special
military train with an escort, V m''';' ''.
Poor Health
Suicide
Cause ;
Mrs. Pearl G. Sutton,
Despondent, Hangs
Herself Today
Despondent because of ill health,
M-H. Penil O. Huttou, AI, vtlfo of
Frank Sutton, hnngrd herself nt
7:00 o'clock' this morning In the.
bnncment of n general minluinillxe
store conducted by her anil her hus
band at the junction of Ilu William
son Itlvcr bridge mid tho Dalle
California highway.
Her body was discovered by Mr.
Sutton. 1
The couple rose this manning at
the accustomed time and Mr. Sut
ton busied himself In the front part
of tJe building. In ivrhtch the store
is conducted.
Thinking that Mrs. Sutton had
prepared breakfast,- he went to tha
.ear,. Into the kltcben. Finding 'no
one there -he built the 'kltcheia fire
and went upstairs .to. cull -his' wife,
believing th-it she bad gona back to
bed.'. , ; -. . ' . .'. .
Failure lij frni her tJers led htm
to extend the search' tj the base
ment, where b'e found her body.
The Suttons came hire fr.m Ash
land a number of yea-.s ago, and
for . a time conducted a . general
store and service station midway
betweeaMod6c Point and the Wil
liamson River bridge. - "
Late .last year the old location
was abandoned and new bulldlaa
erected at the Williamson river
bridge. - ' ' ' '
.40 ttauujuiz iu iior.swiDiiiu .Jin.
Sutton Is survived br two tons, Hub
ert Lester and Martin. A brothor
and other relatives ere said to' re
side In or near Ashalnd.
-r uaerai arrangements naa noi
been 'made-up bo a late hour this
afternoon. It iwas believed t&af 'th?'
body would be taken "Ashland
for burial. ; ' V "' . -. .
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LA GRANDE. Ore., Fob. 17 (Jp)
Members of the state board, 'meet
ing at HqI Lake late yesterday, de
cided tor launch an immediate can
cer survey of the state. .
, ' CHINESE EAT ICE -CREAM
' SEATTLE, Feb. 17. (IP) Con
quorlng their fear of ice and cold
foods, Chinese in Shanghai are con
suming an average of 100,000 'ice
cream bars dally. ',. .. j .
teen filed against him by County
Attorney Billingsley. ,
The killing fallowed tho 'girls ad
mission that she anticipated mother
hoed, the -confession raid. Hlgdon
denied that he was the father of
the child and refused to marry her,
he said.. When the girl declared
that her parents, en their :, return
I from church, would force -the maril-
age, ho shot itier. - . , -.
Higdca's first story was that Miss
Gosa was killed after he' had loft
her fcr a few minutes. . He then
changed his tale to the effect that
she shot herself when he iefused to
marry :her. The confession follow
ed lengthy questioning by dfflcalls.
Dato of Hlgdua's arraignment has
not been set.