The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, March 22, 1926, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUniversity l.Unwry Umii, F.UKene, Orceo't Wat l&ntmtwi, Published Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" LET US MAKE' 1920 THE BANNER YEAR FOR THIS SECTION Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number G7H7 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS tiPPAIllIMliWMKTMffiF: II M H II K 11 M rl VI fl l iU ti U. r3 A MM I! JS IV U VI 11 II Mil II A . ' '; ' . .... :. .. . . :: . v. ; jmimmmvimvminTi ,-n-i, , . CHINESE ARMY IN HEADLONG FLIGHT FOLLOWING FIGHT Peking May fall Before Vic torious Troops of Gen. Ching Ling CABINET IN DISORDER City of Tientsin is Panic Stricken as Invading Forces Slay Men TIENTSIN. Munli 22. W) Thl clljr o( $760,000 Inhabitant completely evacuated today lijr the Kumlochun or National army troop In ihelr retreat toward Puking, 81 biIIm, beforo lh victorious troop of Chang Tso-LIn, the Manchurlan dictator, and thou of allies (rem the province of Shantung. Tho city w thrown Into brief panic by Ilia sudden npp.'aiuuce of of hundred of armed nmu dra ins armlola of General I.I Chlng-LIng, formor civil governor of Tlilhtl pro vince. They had secrete! rjemsolvei In the Japanese and French settlo- Bionta and rushed Into I ho natlvo city In automobile while thi last detachment of the Kuomlnchun troopa wore marching to tho con- tral station, to Inke trains toward reklug. A few Kuomlnchun atraKglers wero shot by 1.1 Chlng Ulng aold lera, who also frequently fired mau er rlflea Into tho air. Presently the firing ceased. There were numerous rasnnlllci to the city owing to tho recklesa fir ing by 1.1 Chlng-LIng a Ircnps, but there waa little looting. It la ro ported, however, that villages along the line from Machang were looted by the retreating soldiers of the third Kunmlncbun troops. Tongshnn, on tho I'eklng-Mnkdeu railway, waa occupied this morning by Chang To-I,ttia forces from Pen gtlen district, Manchuria, but their progress toward Tanitku, a seaport t tho mouth ot tho Tel river near Taku, was very alow, owing to the seliuro of telephones and other es sential lustrumonta ot communica tion by the Kuomlnchun troops In their retreat. Taku waa eyacuated during tho night od tho situation at the port baa becomo normal. Poking, March 22. (VP) The mem bers ot the cabinet which renlitnod on Suturduy, are rotnlulng their posts temporarily at the request ot tho chief executive, hut It iu assum ed tharo will be a realignment shortly. Tho exacuatlon of Tientsin and gonoral rotlremant of Kuomlnchun (Continued nil I'imit Twit) "Spiritual Agreement" Is Cause For Ending Divorce Suit Of Rich Store Owner NEW YORK, Mnroh 22. IP) An - agreement "purely and solely on a Spiritual piano," induced Mrs. DorlJ Mercer Krosgo lo drop hor suit against her husband Bob.istlan S. Krosgo for $1,000,000 worth of stock whleh BhO allogos ho promised her In a pro-nuptial contract. Tho agreement nlso mado Mrs. Krosgo financially Indopenilont tor llfo. Theso revelations wore mail a to day in a statement Issued over Mr. Krasgo's signature Tho first att thorltod version of tho torms upon which Mrs, Krosgo withdraw hor suit lust Friday. Tho statomont says Hint It Is ln Miod "In Justice to Mrs1, lfrcsge v and to vindicate Knd oxonarnto hor ' complutoly from tho charges, Innuen does and suggestions"' mndo In a pictorial nowspnpor. ' J l:) - , Tlhough tho: ilatemont, Issuod through Mrs, KroRgo's attorney, did Youth Confesses Robbery Of Bank K.U.KM, Oik., MiiicIi SKI. Walter lllitKi'rw Iwl'l In Jail hern rliniged vtltli riiinplliily In u lui nk liolilui nt Troulilale on Heci-mlier 10, nml III n robbery ( n grnei-iil nlai nt Monitor tin Ilwiiilier I, has orced In Hlinirf (. II. Hotter, DUlrlrt .Ml or my Jnliii II. I'linum ml li'iuly SlM-rlrr hum llurkhart to din lnv;llriilloii In IkiIIi rob ImtIih, according to lliu officers. It is probable, llint an soon nn 'flio MnteiiM'lit III signed llllturno nlll bo lurni'il over lu officer of Multnomah munly to Ik- tiled for Km Troutdnlo affair. Illg gnut was) brought hero fraut Oregon tlty several liny ego. MURDERER DIES TD FOIL NOOSE California Slayer Hangs self in Jail Cell; Had Killed Three People SACRAMENTO, Calif.. March 2 (!") For thu wcoud lime within less than a week a wholesale slay- er cheated tbo hangman when Henry Khow, trlplu murderer, housed him self In his cell at tho county Jali today. Show's aulcido followe that ot John M. dolus, sextuple murder er. Show wns held for the murder February It of Miss Jang Shoe, Ills sweetheart, Owyang t.tim, her com in, and Owyang Jim Sing. Copco Employe Dies From Hurt In Pole Crash Broken Vertebra Fatal To William R. An derson Death claimed William Itaymond Andersen, employe of tho California Orogon Power company, nt a local hospital Into Sunday evening, fol lowing nn nccidetit on Wednesday In which ho received two broken epin nl vertebrae Wlillo working In Mills addition on Wednesday, assisting in loading poles, Auderson waa caught and crushed beneath a pole which weigh ed nearly half n ton. Following to accident ho wns riisljvd to tho family homo on Cali fornia avenue and on Thursday was taken to a locnl hospital when It was dlscovorod that his condition wna (Continued on I'ngo Two) , not Bpoclfy tho monetary torms of settlement. It Bald: "Mrs. Kresgo's fight In shares ot 5. 8. Krcsgo slock has boon confirmed, thoroby making Mrs. Krosgo Independent for the rest of hor llfo." Tho sottlomont was effected, tho Btatomont snld, In ordor. f "avoid wldonlng tho brooch already existent," between Mr. and Mrs. Krosge nml "to provont tho all-lug ot domostlc grievance"! In a court room." Mr. Krosgo stntod that ho hud "imposed no conditions whatsoever upon his wlfo ns a bnsls for recon ciliation." Mrs. Krosgo wns suing for 2G00 shures -of stock. Since the with drawal vif tho suit is has boon ro ported Mint tho couple have recon ciled thnlr mnrltnl, us well ns tin nnclal difficulties, Mr. Kresgo's Btnloment did not mention this, It said Mia. Krosgo was "oxlreinoUy tin- soirisu" In tho negotiations. Wets And Dry s See-Saw In Week-End Liquor Battles; Order Open NEW YOIIK, March 22. (A') A flood of prohibition dlculon ban I coino with aprlug. Hut unlike the J bulmy nature of the opening of the; was a "muddlo and carnival of now acimon thuro wan nothing mild ' crime," where there we:e no.atate In the vlewa oa the uuontlon net!enforc-cient mcIh, "wo already bavo forth Inriny a a reiiult of a buny I different klu.J cf prohibition In wiu'k end of apuechea and ntuto nieiita In varlou cltlbii. Tho hopea of tho weU ruuo a bit when Kumry 11. Iluckner, wbo) copal church, in a atatoinent at since leaving Jhn law firm ot Ellhu Washington, discounted rosulta of Hoot to bociiuio fgderal uttomey lu newspaper straw votes and usaertoil New York City bus made an extra-'that tho dry a wero Ignoring them. ordinary drive to enfJrco the Vol-i stood Act by padlock, auggeated that tbo law be modified to permit each aula to define Intoxicating liquor. Mr. 'Uuckner'n auggestlon was mado fat an addrcae at Kordham Manor church. A similar solution of tho enforcement problem was propesod In a statement nt Now York by William H. Wni. formerly counsel for the Hrewors' association. Mr. Buckncr said a partne:ahlp E Fastest Speeder ; Caught Saturday Twelve miles of swallowing dunt In an effort to catch K. R. Harris of San Diego, Calif., convincod It. E. Knowles, county traffic officer that Harris has Justly won tho title of the fastest speeder in Klamath county. Harris, in a Ford with a Fron- te'nan cylinder hond, a Ruckstel axlo with an over-drive and with a Hud- son speedster carburetor, was spoed- Ing, so Knowles charges, on tho Merrill highway Saturday night. Knowles, who was accompanied by W. M. McMllls, state prohibition FEARS agent, swung in behind and gav.,,,,i llB(,n h,ivine huce nuautltioa of chase. Harris stamped on his accelera tor and his car tped up to a mils a minute and, held that pace for 12 miles. Suddenly Harris turned into a barn yard. The officer's oar pur sued him and bohind a cow born Harris was arrested. He was to have been given a hoarlug this afternoon. P1IYSH IA KII.I.KD PORTLAND, Ore., March 22. (JP) Dr. Charles Lording. Portland physician, was fatally injured Into (mil n 9 Knn n f rnnlAii luhluli It i . ., ., ., , ,, was oporatlng on a side hill at his , . ., , Mount Hood loop highway over on htm. Ho died nt Portland sanitarium early today. Tiny Engines Used In Racing Cars For First CULVER CITY, Calif., March 22, JP) Shattered fragments of speod; records t'hat woro but recently es tablished lay today In tho wnko ot Ronuott Hill's non-stop drive to vlc- tory In the 26u mile automobile racojemhor was eclipsed by Lewis' avor- hcro yesterday. "I H was n fitting farowoll to tho 122 cubto Inch dlsphceiuont case as today there began a now ora In Isonrd track racing, tho Inaugura tion et the 01 V4 icuhlo Inch Jobs, and tho rocords that woro sot yes terday probably will romnln unmo lested tor n time. Hill was not nlono however, In I ho writing of tho now page of en tries In tho lodger of spoed rocords, tor Dnvo Lewis, a, veloran of tho road race days of Santa Monica, blazed tho way la the 250 mile mnrk whlla ho wns In front, Tho rocords that thoy sot: Harry Hurts, world's rocord ot. 135.23 miles por hour sustained, for a dlstnnco ot 60 Senate Hearingl between the l.'nitt-d Suites and the J slates was necessary for prohibition; enfoicenu - nt and at ' prexerit there j different alalca," be added. The board of temperance and public morals of the Muthndliit Epis- The bst referendum of prohlbtltion, said tho board, were congressional elections, which drya haul won "with monotonous regularity by over whelming majorities." In New York, the Itcv. Dr. Jamei Kmprlngham, national secretary ot tho church tempvance society, which came out forjmodlflcalion of tho Volstead Act, trijd of disguising himself and visiting apoakeasics (Coniiiiued on pose two) I s LONDON. March 22. (P) Tho Dally Mall today makos no reference to a atorr to whl:h lta Sunday edl- tlon, the Weekly Dispatch, gave pro- mlnonco, concerning - extraordinary secret negotiations for the purchase of arms and munitions and a plant for their manufacture by several European countries. 1 The Weekly DUpatch represented the arms hunger as being colossal. jt Ba,j that Russia for some time rifles, which were shipped to China and Persia as aoon as they were obtained, and taut she was still seek ing more. It also declared that Greece had plared an order for 200 000 rifles In Italy, that Jujo-Slov-akla was trying to obtain 400,000 rifles and that Finland, Lithuania, Poland and Rumania asd other Balkan stutes all wore urgently sook lug supplies. German armament firms were being flooded with ord ers and secret German war stocks. hidden In nearby countries were he- ing sold wholesale and shipped as . . ,., . , , , , fast as poss bio to China and Turk- sisteiu enorcs naa oeen inauo iu place orders in England, but all ot them failed. WAR BOUGHT! HUGE QUANTITIES Time Shatter World Speed Marks i miles during a sprint program here ',,at April was smashed when Lewis! wheeled his trim speedster nt the, into of 135.78 miles nn hour. Tho 100 mile murk ot 131.54 made by Earl Cooper 'hero last Nov- ago of 133.71. Earl Devoro's Miami, Fin., rocord ot 131.008 for 150 mlloa sol Feb ruary 22, wub outclassed by Hill's speed nt 131.54. Hill's spoed of 131. G4 at the 200 mllo mnrk supplanted the ro cord of. 131.408 made by Dovoro on tho Mlnml bowl. Tho 250 mllo distance Hill cover ed In one .hour 64 minutes and 14.-8-10 seconds, an average speed of 131.295, bottorlng by nonrly two miles per hour Potor Do Paolo's ro cord vt 129.531, established In tho Miami ovont, Do Puolo, Italian' woaror of tho natfonni driving crown, too, drove a non-stop race., but ho tinUhodjIioij, Pivorcee Clubs Lover's Spoiise ('III.',UiO, Miii-eh 22. Mrs. In- Clornet a divorcee, wax ai rested , today charged wltli assault with Intent to murder Mm. lU-jilrico Cable, wife of Jobn F. Caine, a (leiartment manager for the American Can company, whom alio lient with a (("If club. Mrs. Osborno entered the f'nlno apnrtraent and bid In a rlowt, police Suld. ' Hlie M'lnnln 'd until after )lm,. CuJne luid gono lo sleep. , ' ' ' ': Having provided herself with liio club and a revolver, tho wo man attacled Mm. (Vine", beai ing her until she u jreoif o sac ' fur a' divorce ai that' Mrs. Os borno could have her 'husband. Mm.. O, borne then flex! 1 Convicted State Agent to be Sentenced Tuesday by i Judge Wolverton rOKTLAXD, Ore.. March 22. (A1)' I Federal Judge Wolverton today overruled the motion for a new trill . presented by attorneys ot A. C. j Smith. Robert Smith and Arthur , Chrlstensen, state prohibition agents, convicted recently In federal court : of conspiracy to protect moonshiners and engage in the booze traffic. ' Tho trio will bo sentenced tomo. row, the Judge announced. Middle West Skeptical As Spring Conies Date on Calendar Qoes- n t Mean Much, View CHICAGO, ' March 22. JP) The middle west hopes tbe calendar Is right, that an eagerly awaited spring has really ' arrived. Official!.;-; if the red figurej on a calendar may be considered official, old man win ter has now passed on to h'.s re ward and flapper spring has been holding the weather sceptorfor sev eral hours. But middle ' western era have seeq othej winters pass and other springs come and they are skeptical. Consequently; today most of the corn belt is casting a watchful suspicious eye on tho sky. The corn bolt wonders it the old lion-lamb rule will hold -true this year. If the remaining days of March will be mild and tame. about 30 seconds behind Hill. Harry Harts was third and Eddie Hoarno, after an nbseuce of move than a year from tho boards, .drove Tom my Milton's car to fourth place money. .-.,', I The remaining seven drivers who finished tho race, finished In the order named; Frank Elliott, Ralph. Hepburn, Dave Evans, Norman Bat ton, Cliff Woodbury, Loroy ' Duruy and Peter Krels. Hill won nearly half tho $25,000 - !prse receiving; $10,000 as the wln- ners prize and $6,000 additional in lap prlzos. Hearts of tho 40,000 fans went pit-n-pnt when tho car of Bob Mc- Donogh, youthful protege of Milton, and before tho race looked upon as one of tho leading contenders, skld der on tho south curve and whirl ed around three or four tlnies. Skill fully handling his car, he pivoted It out of tho way of tho rest ot the T III fIS AS SHERIFF IN SATURDAY NIGHT RAID 22,000 Theft Charged Against Texan Who Worked for S. P. Here; Made Payment ' on Car, Contemplated Flight Desertion Charged Against Pair Woman Who Posed as Mrs. Harry Johnson Left ' Husband Behind in Lone Star State; Financial Aid Scorned . : ? A tragic and desperate love affair, an infatuation which has broken up two homes in far off Texas and which inspired the theft of thousands of dollars of public money in Childers county Texas, came to a calamitous end in a Klamath Falls rooming house Saturday night, i It is a tale of a man and woman sacrificing everything worth-while on. the altar of passjon and love. ' Family life, position, standing in the community, everything that served to make them respected where they lived, were consumed in the burning fire of their infatuation. ;. ' ? The man, who posed as Frank L. Johnson, butvhQ in Childers county is known to be J. Burnett, former county cierK, is on ma way charge of misapporpnation ot $zz,wv 01 county iiinqa over a period of three years. " . . ' '' s- The woman. 30 vears old and attractive,' who lived with Johnson as his wife, but H. left her husband and alias Johnson, to the far west of which they had hearcl so much, lies in her small room in the Puterbaugh apan 'Woman In Case' Has Appendicitis Known only as "Mrs. Hairy Johnson," wlthcut friends and nearly penniless, tho . woman who was left alono hero with tho arrest cf J. Burnett, Texas embezzler, is today lying seri ously IU with appendicitis In her looms at tho ruterbnugV apartments, Tenth and Pine. Physicians attending: her say her condition is serious. She has refused to allow a , wire for aid to be sent her'-' relatives, saying that she nunc 11 here without their help and tbut she will go back the same way. I PARIS, March 22. (P) The! cabinet today approved Finance Minister Peret'8 tax plan. Police Hunt Treasure Box In Which 500,000 LcK)t Is f Believed Hid; Nab Thieves NEW YORK, March -2. IP) A safe deposit box which it Is believ ed holds a part of tho $500,000 loot of numerous crimes in four cities alleged to have been committed by n gang led by nichard Reeso Whitte moro, escaped convict, wa3 sought today. ' Tolico also woro working on evi dence tending to link the gang to seven murders committed In a lit tle mora than u year In Baltimore, Buffalo, New York City and No.v Jorsey. As the result of evldonce found on one ot tho seven men under ar rest stato officials wero undecided today whother they would peimlt the extradition ot Whittomore to Baltimore for trial for slaying a Maryland penitentiary guard dur ing his escape Inst year or attempt to convict him and others of tho killing ot two guards In a $93,000 holdup In Buffalo Inst October, Eusono A. Edsett, asuistaut dls 1 CRASHED TAKES DacK xo iexas w aiiswtt w a . who, Texas authorities have family to flee with Burnett, ' -menis, iranuc wiui grieu Burnett was arretted saiuruay evening at S o'clock by SacVif-f John Compton of Childers county. W. O. Chandler, .southern. Pacific agent, Charles Duggan, S.' P. agent and Count Traffic Officer R. ' E. Knowles. He was taken to the county Jail Saturday night,, unj yes terday morning In tho cuitody'of two men with whom ie had. work ed In the conduct of county affairs, Sheriff Compton and County .Com mihsliner Fraak Snilio. be started ou bis long Jou.ney back to -TuxaJ, where he will answer to the Bqrjtus, chaTges against him. ,. ' ',.. 1 ' In Small Itoom- ; ; Burnett and tho woman who pon- ed as his wife: were In their small room in the Puterbaugh apartments j on Tenth and Pino streets,, when Officer Knowles kaocked at tho. . ! door. "Open the door" Knowles Corn- (Continued ou l'ao Two) trlct attorno. of Baltimore, yjill con fer with Dltsrtct Attorney li(intou regarding Ihe extradition progress. Among the murders laid V tho gang's door are those cf twi for mer members of tho gang, Slmbn L. Gilden, whoso b;dy was found In Trinity church yard In December, and "Chicago Tommy" Lnngrelln. found, dead in New Jersey. Tho sovonth supposed victim Is Former Police Captain Henry Helwig who disappeared after a band re cently held up two Jewelers on Finn Avenue and escapod with ' $150,000 of unset dinmoads. . ) ', ' Helwig then employed as a pri vate detoctlvo, fired on tho rob bers, who are believed to have klllej him to provont recognition by him. CIl'll WOMAN DIKS ; . OREGON CITY, Ore., March 22. (VP) Mrs. -..George, A. Harding, promiuont In Oregon club circles. - j tiled at hor home bore today. t MAN