The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, March 22, 1926, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextfeVENING ilfiRAtD. KLAMATII FAltS, 0REG6tf Momlay, March 102(5 X. It (..' Bond Frost Wedding Held This Afternoon Coming as a complete surprise to Ills frlonds In Klanutlh Fulls was the marriage of Arthur W. Ilond of the Btnnclnrri Oil company and Miss Clara Frost of Yreka, Calif. The young rouple were married thin ufternoon by Justice of tho Peace R. A. Em mllt. The bride arrived, from the south this morning and is the iluuRhter of n prominent California family, riond is connected with the Rlundurd Oil company lu the service department and was transferred here about a month ago from California. Ho Is n graduate of the University of Cali fornia und a member of Sigma Nu. social fraternity. .Miss Klna Jeusoll and F. N. N'eit sel attended tho young couple, who will make their homo In Klamath. LOVE NEST BROKEN AS EMBEZZLER IS ARRESTED RKTVRX TO MKltltll.l, Miss Thena Anderson returned to Merrill to resume her position In the schools after spending the week end as the house guest of Miss Ann Sctxer. T D IR IE S1 ' 30x3 V- C. L. Chamel Cords $12.55 33x4 White Arrow Cords $23.50 34x4V-j White Arrow Cords $33.00 30x3 Vj Volunteer $10.40 HUB TIRE CO. 502 SO. SIXTH PHONE S16 IS U U Take"? Grip O -1 S3 (37 . ' 1 W laxative Brom III uniting iabtefs Remrma iTrnpsn vrM vim. plirationa often follow an ordinary Cold. Check it; use the old Reliable, Safe and roven Kemedy, .Lax ative BROMO QUININE." llie First and Original Cold and Grip Tablet. Proven Safe for more than a Quar ter of a Century. Hie box bears this signature Price 30c E HGINEER'SUYS iin OFFICER GARY. Ind.. March 22. (JP) Mrs. Lucille Myers, El. a probation officer, was shot and killed today by Lester Simpkins, a civil engineer, who resented an inquiry the woman was making Into conditions under which Simpkins' family .was being reared. Simpkins escaped. MABEL N0I1D TO BE QUIZZED DETROIT Mfch., March 22. (P) Mabel ' Kormand, motion pic ture actress, will be summoned to his offico for questioning in con nection with the murder of William Desmond Taylor, picture director, as soon as be gets back to Los Angeles, Asa Keyes, prosecuting attorney of Los Angeles, said today. ITS IND DDI Your Insurance Does Not Protect Your ; Valuable Papers and Records FIGHTING STILL (Continued from Pago 1) 111 jlp? frfl jj ll 555 m - ' because of Its structural steel, insulated skeleton a feature found only in the O.F. All-Steel Safe this safe is easily the strongest manufactured. The insula tion is all-mineral and non explosive. Collapsing floors, falling walls. Intense heat, streams of water or chemi cals can be dismissed as al most negligible dangers. W. O. Smith Printing Co. fj 130-13:1 South Fifth Streot V where liquor could be obtained in all parts of the country. It was this investigation, he said whlcli con vinced him that prohibition was "an utter failure." "Prohibition has failed," he said, "because the people of thi3 country never really believed in it." At various times he posed as a commercial traveler, an analytical chemist and a vagrant. Ho spoke at St. Luke's Episcopal church. WASHINGTON, March 22. MP) Public hearings on the prohibition question were ordered today by the senate Judiciary committee. Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon tana, alone opposed the recommenda tion of a sub-committee of five in favor of opening hearings. Tho sub committee will conduct the hearings giving six days to the wets and an equal length of time to the drys. No date has been set for the hear ings, which will be confined to five modification measures before the committee. One would amend the 18th amendment to that states which were wet before the prohibition amendment, would agin be wet, with the government manufacturing, sell ing and distributing liquor. Three of the other four measures, proposed to legalize beer, one for 4 beer, one for 2.75 beer and the other for beer "non-Intoxicating in fact." . The fourth would remove the re strictions on prescription whiskey. Senator Means, republican, Colo rado, Is chairman of tho sub-committee and the other members are Goff, West Virginia, and Harreld, Okla homa, republicans, and Reed, Mis souri, and Walsh, Montana, democrats. (Continued l-Vum Pngu I) manded. t Silence was tho answer. Knowlcs Inserted a pass key Into the door lock and was In tho net of turning it, when tho door ami denly swung open. The officer whipped out a re volver, thrust it against Uuruett's stomach and ordered the lights turned on. Tense fuoed and deathly palo, Bur nett's companion stood in tho room. "You are under arrest Ruruott," tho officer announced. And then ho called the Texas sheriff and other officers. "I'm not as guilty as they think I am," Uuruott muttored with his head hanging low. And then his former friend Sheriff Compton step ped through the door. Hello John." Burnett said, and then with averted gaze gave himself up to tho officers. : As the officers left loft the room with their primmer, the woman, sobbing pltcously in tho corner, cried out: "I ns ns guilty as ho is. l.rt mo go back with hint, limine, pletiM) Irt mo go!" At the sheriff's office. Uuruott re cognized County Commissioner Smith of Childers county, and addressed htm by his first name. Hut his manner was strained and his speech broken. S. P. Employe Burnett and his woman compan ion, under the name of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, came to Klamath the early part of February. Johnson ob tained a positron as mechanic in the yards of the Southern Pacific rail road company. They rented rooms from Mrs. Charles Marsrow, 139 Michigan avenue up to a week ago, and then took a small apartment in the Puterbaugb apartment house, . While living here, the couple were loath to associate with others. They had planned. It was learned, to leave for California next Sunday and Burnett bad paid $10 down on a second band roadster, which he planned to purchase from the Chev rolet garage. To those who asked. Burnett said that he was formerly In the insurance business In Fort Worth, Texas, and he also said that he occupied a position a deputy county clerk in the same city. He said that lie would like to secure a position as deputy clerk In the Klamath county dork's office. Gives Companion Check Before being taken back to Tex as, Burnett signed over his pay check of (SO to his woman com panion, and that with $10 In cash he gave her Is all the money she now has. Burnett was the county clerk of Chlldern county, elected three years ago.. His alleged embezzlements cover a period of three years. Ac cording to Sheriff Compton, he ef fected the defalcations by padding the pay roll. This proceeding, it is said, netted him between $300 and $500 a month. Burnett lived quietly and hap pily with his wife and family in Childers, the county seat of Child ers county. Then he met- the wo man. An acquaintance blossomed Into . love. The woman was mar ried, and so was Burnett, Alleged Embezzlements Baffin Then it was that the embezzle ments began. With the books at hand and with his plans well laid, Burnett, Texas authorities 'believe, made out warrants to fictitious per sons and by thus padding the coun ty pay roll obtained the money. But, the Texas sheriff told Klam ath authorities, Burnett did not save the money. He squandered it on the woman he loved, tho wife of another man. Burnett was In tie habit of go ing away on business trips of sev eral weeks duration. Hence when,! three months ago, he was absent for' two weeks, nothing was thought amiss. . Audit Books '! Three weeks had passed before the county court of Childers coun ty became suspicious. An effort was made to locate Burnett, but to no avail. An audit of the" county books was ordered and the alleg ed $22,000 deficit was disclosed. A letter to a friend back home led to his arrest. Texas authorities were notfied. They Journeyed across the continent to Klamath Falls, and a few hours after their arrival Sat urday night, Burnett was behind the bars and they were making prepara tions to return to Texas. Woman Married Identity of the woman, who was found with Childers, is not defin itely known. According to lnforni.-i- 'tlon here, she Is the daughter of W. C. Sibley of Cash, Texas; but, authorities have been told, she had been married and was the mother of children. . Her married name is not known, No chargo will be placod against her, local officers say. i i ; fc VAULT RECORD NKW YORK. March 22. A' Charles Hoff exceeded the world's pole vault record for the tenth time lu the post office clerk's game lu the 102nd engineers' armory when ho cleared the bar at 13 tout 7 ij. Inches. e5fainly cbout 'People '. f. WKI.I.S II KltK C. ('. Wells, deputy I'nited Slates marshal, of Portland, arrived In the city this morning to h lib poena wit nesses for tho trial of Charles tins kill, charged with possession of In toxicating liquor. Cnsklll was arrest ed on the Keno ro.id und his trial will be held some time this coming week. DAI.Y.MARKLKV tiKT l.K'KNSK Michael Daly, well known ranch er of. the Midland rond, and Miss Marie Berkley of Klamath Falls were Issued a marriage license at tho office of the county clerk this afternoon. Hiland To Be Tried Before ! Justice Spink Judge Leavitt Denies Writ in Court This Afternoon Cieorge inland must lie tried be fore Justice of the Peace 11. t Spink, There la no sufficient cause to warrant ti chance, of venue In Jus .tlce of the Pence Kmmitt's entirl. This was the ruling this afternoon of Judgu A. U l.euvltt lu sustaining a demurrer of the state to n writ of mnmlamjis, whlcli cited Spltitt lulu court to show cutiso why lie iilimikl lint grunt Ihn change, It Is n ulullliel victory ror the sluto ngtnat lltlund, charged with possession ut liito.tlntt. I tilt liquor. "Wo will liuvo to go ahead mid try the rase In Uphill's court," tVllllum Marx, IIUiuhI'h niloriiey, admitted this afternoon. "Thou lu ruse of a conviction, wo enn appeal." NEW VOUK, March 32. -r (!')-- Miles K hue of Jersey City who helped welcome spring t Conrl Is land is Hie Inventor of a new H. O. S. Waiting up cud riiulln him self marooned In tho dark ill the top of a hlg ferls wlu-i-l on thu do sorted bench, ho set his handker chief on fire utid was rescued. MEN SAVED IN DRIFT ING BOAT KGYWKST, Kin.. March 22. (P) A message received hero today by Mla l-'loroncn Crltleutun said W. I-:. l. Htolion, Jr., sou of tho New York hotel owner, and n crow of three men had reached Cape Cnrnu viuirnl, Kin., lu a small boat after drifting helplessly ut sea since March 15. , , Tho faster you try lu wait thu longer It seems lo take you. Everybody seems surprised when u politician plays polities. All . and VICORY IIKOOKFIKM) A. "C. Vicory, aged !1, and Miss Carrie Brookfield. aged 17, wero is sued a marriage license In the office of the county clerk late Snturday af ternoon. The father of Miss Brook field gave his consent. Inasmuch as sho is not of legal age. Both young people are employed at a box factory. II. S. STIDENT WKO Coming as a complete surprise to their many friends in Klamath Falls, Miss Irene Lewis, popular member of tho high school student body, and George B. Kruuss wore married on Sunday. They will mako their future home In Klamath Falls. MISS HOAGLAM) MARRIED Miss Grace Iloagland, one of Klamath county's most popular and well known young women, was mar ried to Stanley HaJIcek, local lum ber man, on Saturday evening at the First Presbyterian church. After a wedding trip into south ern California they will be at home to their friends in Klamath Falls. The bride is the daughter of Mrs Nate Otterbeln of this city and Is employed in the Wilson Abstract of fice. TO ATTEND 1). A. R. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Wattenburg, Mrs. O. H. Harshbarger and Mrs. Wilbur Jones are leaving in the Wattenburg car for Portland to morrow morning where they will attend the 13th annual conference of the D. A. R. In the state of Ore gon. The sessions will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the First Presbyterian church of Portland. A feature of the convention will be the annual banquet In tho Mult nomah ball room on Thursday ev -nlng. Annual election of officers for tho office of state regent will lie held. MOTOR TO MEDKORI) R. Dixon and Miss Mario Ridings motored to Med ford . on, Sunday where, they met Miss Riding's bro ther, who is hero to spend tho spring vacation from the U. of O. GOPCO EMPLOYE DIES MHDRT (Continued I'roni Page 1) . critical. This nccldont was tho sec ond he had Buffered In the past few months, he having received painful and severe burns about the hands from a live wire In the Malln dis trict some months ago. Anderson Is survived by his wlfo, Mrs. Ethel Anderson, and two chil dren, Arthur Ruy and Mary Jose phine. Ills mother, Mrs. Davidson, re turned from California Just tho day before the accident. Ho was 29 years of ago and would havo worked for tho company one year on tho' first of April. Funeral arrangements are pond ing until the arrival of Andorson's father, who Is enrouto, from Grand Junction, Colo. Tho remains are at the Earl Whitlock Funeral honto. It is a simple matter to beat a record that represents no achievement of particular importance. But when you attain World Leadership and still continue to shatter all existing marks then indeed it i3 Progress! t Graham Brothers became the world's largest exclu sive truck manufacturers early in 1925. Their growth since then has been even more remarkable than it was before. Recognition of the exceptional quality of Graham Brothers Trucks and appreciation of the remark ably low prices arc proving to be an irresistible stimulus to sales. New Prices 1 Ton Chassis x - -1 xz Ton Chassis MBM Low Chassis Delivered 1190 1460 1510 WAKEFIELD MOTOR CO. 170 MAIN STREET Graham Trucks MOTHERS SOLD BY DODGE BROTHERS DEALERS EVERYWHERE CANNES. March 22 Riviera has seen Helen Wills play Ing without her poker faco for the first time. While sho and Henri Cochet were winning tho mixed doubles she ami led and laughod. Perhaps tho reason was that there wore less than fitly spectators or that Henri was In a hurry to got away to see his fienceu. (VP) Th-J 4444-4.4..4.4444444.'"C-444'4-t444444444444f44H I CTO U4iPX ilPAU AVllfia tUyi!KE5Pffi'M7WUlliHlUl . . OBITUARY HAKL (XJ.NXKY NAROKXT Hastel Conhey Sargent, aged 23 ivoars, and wlfo of M'Jtito Sargent passed away at her resident In Mo doc Point Sunday morning, Resides her , husband she leaves 3 minor children to mourn her Hs(. Fun oral services will bo held this after noon at 3 o'clock at tho family resi dence, interment following In the family plot in tho Hill cemetery. Arrangements In chargo of the Karl Whitlock Funeral Homo. CHINES E 1 L G FLGH T (Continued From I'ngo 1) (national army) forces aro rcportod at tholr headquarters hero. Whether an offort -will bo made to hold Pok ing appears to be undecided. The Tientsin-Peking railway Is oc cupied by tho running troops many of whom continue to move around Poking to the Kalgan railway, on their way .north. Others aro quart ered at Tungchow, east of the capi tal, and Nuuyunnt to the south, MIXED FEED MAKER Reduces the cost of feed 25 to 50 Tnyvnn tl . 1C i.A IfttW iiiucagco IJ1 uu UL null u lu oI"q Stop that monthly feed hill. Tha Leu Dlila will Homt'Modt tfi cut, (rind and mil anyiliins frown makdf pp tram feclly btilaacsd ratlou bom homa-f rowo cropa. Homt-Grotfn Crops CAPACITY No. 344 Pitts with FOHUSON TRACTOR Corn foddar with ears 2500 to 5000 Iba. PER HOUR Ear corn with aliuck '.....,.... MOO lo 8000 " " " Allalla or clover hay WOO to 5000 " " " Soy bean with vlnee .... 2500 to 5000 " " " Green, wot, or oily material will not clod the I.ETZ Dixie. Built In three sixes for 4 to 25 h. p. engines. lias two to three times theenpacity per li. p. of any roughage mill made. Write or call Immediately for furthor particulars, prices nnd sample. J. W. KERNS Moline DistriButor Farm Implements, Cream Separators, Milk'ing Mach ines, Fencing, Hay, Grain,' Feed and Seeds 1303 S. Gth St. Phone 557-J Klamath Falls lit04TttTVtrT