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' KLAMATH FALLS
''An Empire Awukening"
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THE BANNER YEAR ,
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Eighteenth Year Number &7S'J
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY,! MARCH; 24, 192C
PRICE FTVE CENTS
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BIG FUTURE
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OF THISJEGiDN
Klamath Basin can Support
25,000 Cowi, Declara
tion of Expert
ASKS BANKERS' AID
Industry Within County has
Doubled in Value since
1923 Figures
"I'ntronUo liumo Industry, ,Kn
courngo Iho Kluinnth dull y dinner.
Utand behind lilm from firm to Inst."
TbuM ill J J. E. Mlekle, atutu dairy
ml food commissioner, exhort Klam
ath Falla bualnoHu men ut llio chum
bor oi eouiuiorco foruui luncheon
(bli noon.
"A itw day l dawning." Mr.
Mlcklo declared, "The day of Iho
Indian has paused; tho day of thu
open raiiKo U pant: loday la I he
day of dairying of apnelullA'd funn
ing. "I often wondar If Klamath peo
pis realise ai wull aa we do In
Balotu tlio dnlryiog tnatttt 1 1 of
Hill county. Homntlmra ( doubt
It. With tho rood arallnblu In tin,
Klamath basin, tlila county can aup
port 15.000 dairy cowa.
"Think what thai will mean for
your country! Thono dairy product
will compote on a world market.
Thoy thlp dairy product to 1I1L
couatry from Denmark and they
bring a Rood price. Tho market U
Increasing, and thero la ever an
opportunity for tho modern dalrr
farmer.
"Cooporato with tho dairy farinor.
Hclp him out. Kncourago him at
ovory point, for th dnlry industry
' la potentially ono of tbo chief In
duatrloa of thto country. What you
ooed hero la obout flvo dairymen
who hav tho capital and tho train
ing to out ab Hub a runl modem dairy.
They would hu examples for the
rest of tho dairymen to follow. It
would pay local banka to subsidize
Much an undertaking, (or tho devel
opment In tho Industry would bring
back returns undreamed of."
Mr. Mlcklo had an Interesting dis
play of how much food vnluo thero
Is In a gallon of milk. In a num
ber of vials wore tho different com
ponent parts which went to make
up tho milk: Iron, sulphur, soda,
lima, magncala, milk-sugar, phos
phoroua, cblorldo and potiiHh.
- An Interesting discussion on tho
aclentlflo angle of tho dairy Indua
try waa given by I. M. Brandt,
head of tbo dairy department at
Oregon Agricultural college.
"Do you realise," Mr, Brandt
pointed out, "that It you tako tho
produce of an averago dairy cow,
ovaporatq tbo water leaving only
tho dry matter, and placo that
against tho dry food matter repre
sented In a two year old atoor ready
for tho murkot, that tho two would
bo tho Burner In other ,wordtt, tho
annual food , . value, ot ono dnlry
cow's produce In one year oqmtlti
that of (o hyoyoar old atecr ready
for tho market." ,i ,
"Porhaps you fall to realize it,
but tho dairy Industry In Klumath
hus douhlod since 1923,", ho Raid.
"In 1023 11 represented an Invest
ment ot (250,000. Today It repre
sents an Invostmont of half a mil
lion dollars."
MI
FARM
SOLUTION OF FILM KILLING
NEARING, PROSECUTOR SAYS
, CHICAGO, March 24. (AP) Solution of the.mysteri
ous murder in 1922 of William Desmond Taylor, fam
ous motion-picture director
lii 'i i i
sum tonay to oe imminent cy.Asa i.eyes, oisincc attor
ney -of Los Aneeles county.
''We knew who killed Taylor four weeks ago, but this
eastern trip, waa for tho purpose of getting corrorbora-
tive evidence, Mr, lveyes was quoted by tne tteraiu ana
Examiner as saying.,
'Armed with information
of investigation, the Los
assistant, Harold L. Davis, planned to return to the
coast in a few days, with the possibility that several wo
men whose names have been mentioned in tho case will
be further questioned. ;
One of. the two men being,
detectives was described in
young easterner who had been a resident of Hollywood
when the murder was committed.
The second man under surveillance was an expert
fnmcrnmari aw technicn,
Convicted Prohi Officers
Get Federal Pen Sentence
Chiropractor
Slew Woman,
Jury Decides
Ten to Twenty Years
In Jail Possible
Penalty
PHILADELPHIA. March ti.W)
Duvld L. Murshall was today con
victed ot murder In tho second de
gree for the killing of Aunn May
Dleirlcfi,
The verdict carries with It a pen
ally of ten to 20 years In tho atntu
penitentiary.
Miss Anna Mny Dietrich, for
rho:e death Marshall was tried for
murder, was a 35 year old mllllntr.
Parts of ber body wera found In a
wooded section fifteen miles from
Philadelphia January 21. Buiiplelnn
tell upon Marshall, a chiropractor,
who was known as her friend.
Ho was arrested January 25 und
the following morning hu told of
ficials that MIhs Dietrich had com
mitted sulcidti In his offlro January
19 and thai fearing notoriety be bad
cut up her body and bidden the
parts.
District Attorney Fox of Phila
delphia county announced luter that
Marshall had confessed that be had
choked tbo woman to doath during
a quurril.
Aged Indian,
Vet Of Modoc
War, Is Dead
John Ball Succumbs to
Pneumonia at Modoc
Point
A red skinned patriarch, a Modoc
Indian, who as a member of Cap
tain Jack's band of warriors, made
life miserable for several regiments
In Iho guerilla warfare of tbo Modoc
Llndlkn war, 1S72-73, is dead, ac
cording to word received horo today
from Modoc Point. Ho wns John
Hall, aged 85, and a resident ot
Hpragtio River. ,
Ilnll. then n young man, wns a
trusted warrior under Captain Juck.
Ho stayed with his chieftain In tlr;
long drawn warfaro of tho Klamath
lava beds until thn last, and as pun
ishment whs sent back to tho Wy-
! andotlo ludlnn reservation ot Okla
homa.
In 1915, ho wan released from
tho reservation and returned to his
old homo In tho Klamath reserva
tion and has been living hero since.
' Dull, still Weak from tho uffocU
of n serious operation lust year,
contracted pneumonia. Ills old ago
and weakened reslBtnnca took their
inevitable toll. Ho was surrounded
by many of his rod-iiklnnud friends
nt his death bed.
Despite his warllko past, Dull was
known ub ono of tho most peaceable
and llkenblo Indians on tho reser
vation. He was tho owner ot some
property, but did not own land ou
tho Klumath reservation.
at Hollywood, Calif., was
a tr a. -ji
gathered through four week
Angeles officials, Koyes and
shadowed here by private
newspaper accounts as a
Eighteen Months and $250
Each Penalty for State
Dry Sleuths
Attorney Says he Has More
Respect for Moonshiners
Than Hypocrites
'PORTLAND, Ore., March 24. UP)
Eighteen months In McNeil Is
land penitentiary and 1250 fine each
was Iho punishment meted out hi
Federal Judgo Wolverton today to
tho tbrco special statu dry agents
recently convicted of coniplrlng to
break tho laws. The three dry
dgenta arc Arthur Chrlsienseu, Rob
ert Smith and A. C. Hmlta.
Ulten Watklns, chief attorney for
tho defense was allowed until Friday
to perfect his appeal, which ho said
juld bo taken. Hail will remain
al 11500 each until that time, when
it will be raised to 13000 each.
Wutlilns, In a plea for leniency.
called to the court's attention tho
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eon HEARO
E
Attempt to Collect Money
for Pardons Charged to
Ex-Official
IS SECOND HEARING
Son Alleged to Have Acted
as Go-Between for .
Father in Taking Coin -
TOPEKA. Kans, March ! VP)
Jonathan M. Davis, former governor
of Kansas, wns called into court
today for his second trial on charges
of attempting to collect money for
pardons Issued whllo ho was in of
fice. Ho and Ills sou, HussoII, aro
accusod ot selling a pardon to Fred
M. Pollman, a convicted bank em
bezxlor, for 11,250,
Ilussull Is nlleged to haTO acted
for his fill her In an alleged trans
action, which took placo in a To
peka hotel. Through an arrange
ment mado by reporters tor the
KBnsas City Journal, witnesses wore
concoalcd In an adjoining room and
listened In . on n conversation be
tween Young Davis and l'ollman.
Tho atnto charges that Itusscll ac
cepted tbo money and delivered tho
pardon from his father. Ho Inter
roturnod tho money.
Tho former governor denied any
connection with tho deal, claiming
that ho had nlrfcajy planned to give.
Tollman a pardon, ltussell, ho said
had been "framed'' by reporters,
who took advantage ot his youth and
lack of experience.
Killing of Rancher by Dry
Sleuth to Receive Fur
ther Investigation
BEND, Ore., March 2i.-(JP)-Tho
Crook county grand jury has
boon callnd to meet March SI to sltt
charges which havo arlson ns n re
sult of Iho death of Vaylo Taylor,
who died us tho result of a shot
from tho pistol ot C. C. Mclirldrf;
state prohibition officer. Tho coro
ner's Jury found death resulted from
tho accidental ' discharge, ot Mc
Drido's gun and completely exoner
ated tho offlcor,
Tho accident -happened on tho
high dosort country 4 0 miles from
Bond and over, tho lino in Crook
county, .February IS. Friends ot
Taylor's In tho high doRert country
were reportod booh utter tho funeral
to havo engaged attorneys and pro
vided a fund to gathor evidence, re
fusing to accept tho verdict ot tbo
coroner's Jury.
LA flHANDK, Oro March 24.-
(P) J. B. Muco, churgod with om
bezalomout, wus sontencod to two
yours in tho atnto ponltontinry to-
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PRIMES
BY JURY
APPROVE
MANAGER
PROPOSAL
Committee Unaftimoiis
in Favoring N.ew
System Hearc
.i
l liniillnous iiHlurmtiueiit of
the city manager fori of gov
ernment, with n ref ijnimend
litlou to the rlty cosiicl! Hint
tile people li (then li'i oimii--t
mi ll y tu vU on lllu ques
tion ut the May prliuiry flec
tion, wns iiiihIo Inst cwcnliig.
This wit the decision ot tho
lty innnnget commluee, 'utter
wo-ks of lnvMlgiitlni ami dc- '
llborntkm.
The committee believes that the
city manugxr form of government
should immudiately reulac the pre
sent form In Klamath Falls; that
tho rapid growth of the, city requires
a directing head to bo supplied by
th- employing ot a man trained In
the conduct of municipal affairs.
Hulmilt to Council
Tho committee wfjl druft a new
city charter and submit it to .the
council at an early djito for coatsld
cratloa. Tho new city charter, It was
decided. - will differ from the.' pre
sent charter mainly in tho Inrwn-porn-llon
ot tho city mcinager f,nn. It
was believed that In all older res
pects the present chapter Is adequate
to serve the nocdn of Klamath Fulls.
It tho council aetp favorably. on
tho findings ot the committee, tho
proposal to introduce, tho city man
ager plan in this city will be submit
ted to tho people o,t tho !fay pri
maries, y than i-iovd, by tho tico
pls, tho new form : of cliy givern
ment in IJr.math Frills would corns
Into being January; 1, 192V.
TcNtlnionj. Taken
Tbo committee wrote to scores of
cities In the Unltod States, asking
them to wrlto of their expertunco
with tho city manager plan. All re
ported favorably. Tho commlltoe was
particularly Impressed with tho ex
perience ot Astarln'. Three months af
ter tho Astoria tiro In 1922. which
wiped out tho business section of
tho town, the city manager plan
wenl into effect. With a directing
head at tho helm ot the inunirinality
order was brought out ot chaos; the
city's credit, which was poor evon
beforo tho tiro, was soon on solid
footing. This rvcord, according to
Astoria authorities, was tho direct
result of tho city' manager plan. ;
The comniltteo took tho position
that Klamath Falls was growing
rapidly and that now more than at
nny other time In tho past, nn ex
perienced inantiger ot nincicipal af
fairs Is needed,
l'lnn !iggcstcl
Tho plan which tho comniltteo of
fers is n replica of the city manager
form commonly used. The city man
ager would ho hired by the council.
He would be in direct charse of tho
administrative functions of tho city;
he would havo tho power to hire and
flro heads of all departments and
would supervise tho work ot tho de
partments. Ho would bo responsible
for Iho activities ot all departments.
Ho would bo responsible to the city
council, which body would havo the
power to employ or discharge him.
Flvo councllmon would lie elected.
Tho. mayor of tho city chairman ot
tho council would be named by that
body. . '
AVell Paid Man ,
Tho thought bohlnd tho entire city
manager scheme Is that a city Is a
business corporation, Just as Is a pri
vato business Institution, and that, as
such, it requires a well paid and
competent manager, who wftuld de
vote his entire timo to administrative
functions of city governing, tho com
mittee pointed put.
Tho city utuagor : committee,
composed ot W. O. Smith, Tt. K. Cre
go, Wilson Wiley, E. T. Duffy, and
Mrs. Irmn lllxon. was nppolntod by
tho council to InvoHtlgato tho now
form of government, following o re
commendation by tho city budget
comniltteo favoring the new form, ;
' TOWN JU"UXS.
YAKIMA. Wash., March 2.I. (P)
About half of tho businoss sec
tion of llnrrnh was buruod to tho
ground this morning, with damage
New York's Most Desperate
Criminal Band Now In Jail
Leader, Son of Respected
Family, Began Career
While a School Boy
"Tiger Woman," Wife of
Master Mind, Carried
Guns for Robbers
NKW YORK, March 21. - VP)
All the members of what Is regarded
as the most desperate criminal gang
caught In years were In custody to
day. The loot of tbo band of six men
and a woman, known as "the tiger
girl." Ik estimated at 1 1,000,000,
obtained mostly by sensational Jew
el robberies. In addition, at least
two murders nro laid to them. Mem
bers of tho gung woro dressed in
tho height of fashion and bad ex
pensive nutos.
They frequented night clubs and
exclusive cabarets ot the class fre
quently padlocked and In them plan
ned some of their biggest coups. Tho
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HERE FLEE
OFFICERS
Suspected Leaders in
Crime Ring Make
Get-Away
Under the very noses of twe
guards. Mrs. L. McCrossin, bolieveJ
to be a member of tbe robber ganc
which has looted three Klamath
county stores, escaped last nigh;
from a house on Michigan avenue,
it was revealed late this afternoon.
Two other members of the gang,
E. L. Weston and C. B. Westec,
desperate ex-convicts from Wash
ington, are also believed to have
mado their get-away.
The fourth member ot the robber
troupe, Mrs. C. E. Westen, was tak
en to California yesterday by Sher
iff Andy Calkins. She is charged
with theft of an automobile.
A group ot detectives and sheriff
from California and Nevada arrived
In Klamath Saturday searching to.
tho quartet on various , charges
ranging from automobile stealing t.
robbery. They woro wanted In foui
different cities.
Trace of tho alleged criminal!
was unearthed by Fred Morloy,
special investigating officer. Tilt
two women, Mrs. McCrosoln ana
Mrs, Westen wore arrested Mon
day night. Mrs. Westen was taken
to California. Mrs. McCrossin was
kept in her own home on Michigan
a ven u 6 under (guard.1 Some time
last nighty the woman slipped out
of a window and escaped. Sheriff's
office forces were searching the city
for her this nttorncon.
From variouj links ot cvtdenco
and from articles found In the
Michigan avenue house, It is be
lieved that tie Woslen hiothers
robbed Iho Spraguo river, Algoma
and Bravmlll stores. Since Monday
night officers have been laying in
wait at the Michigan avenue house
for them to return,
A nr allogod to havo been stolen
In Nevada by the. notorious Woslen
brothers Is held by authorities liere.
Eighty Die In
Explosion On
Brazilian Ship
RIO JANEIRO. March 24, (P)
Eighty passengers,, the cnpt-.iln and
tho first and socond engineer ot tho
Brazilian rlvef steamer Paes Do
Carcalho perished when the stonm
or sank in tho Solimoes river, ono
ot tho upper forks ot the Amazon
near Manaos, aicordlng to dispatches
received hato. Tho disaster was
caused by an cxplostdn. ','
Sovonty eight passengers and sev
eral members of tho crew .woro
renflue, : . , . . . 1
all
Man Arrested
For Fishing;
Is Fined 25
Virgil Speese Throws
Pole And Fish Away
But is Caught
Virgil Speese. Chlloquln, was tin
proud possessor of eight rainbow
trout, fresh from the cold riffles of
Sprague Itlver at Braymill. He was
earnestly trying to garner him a
ninth when Marion Barnes, district
game warden, hove In view.
Then It was thaj. all of Speese's
pride In owning eight fine trout
faded. He looked at the trout and
his pole and he looked at the fast
approaching game warden, and then
be took to his heels.
Barnes did not bother to chase
him. He confiscated the fishing
pole and the trout and arreBted
Speeso the following morning.
Speese was taken before Justice of
tho . Poace R. C. Spink and fined
25.00. . . . ,
NEW COMMANDER
SAN FRANCISCO, CoJIf. Brlga-!
dler General Henry D. Todd succeed- j
1 Major General Charles L. Menoher
as commander of the ninth corps
urea of the United States army. Gen
eral Menoher retired from active
ervlce last week. .
Man Who Broke
Quarantine Is
Fined Tuesday
j a w WIcher Hailed
Before Police Judge
j Gaghagen
Warned three times, G. W. Wilch
r, ot Eberlein street, broke quaran
tine once too often and late yester
day afternoon was hailed before
Police Judge Lcm L. Gaghagen by
Lee Craft, special sanitary officer.
Wilcher pleaded guilty, was fined
HO and tho payment ot tho fine
was deferred pending his future
compliance with the quarantine.
One ot Wilcher's children is suf
fering from smallpox it was reported
ut the county health unit, and a
quarantine was placed on the home
March 11.
PIONEER PASSES
PENDLETON, March 24. (IP)
Julius Guderian, pioneer resident cf
Pendleton died at his homo today,
after an illness from dlabitis. He
came from Germany at the age of
17 and settled in Wls:onsin, later
moving to Umatilla county In 1SS7.
Ho was a prominent rancher and
sheep man of this locality and leaves
an estate of about $200,000. -
TIENTSIN. March 24. (IP) Two
gunboats and four transports with
troops from Taku arrived in Tient
sin today, the first Chinese warships
to arrive since the signature ot the
boxer protocol, , which prohibited
their entry. '
INNOCENT MAN BELIEVED IN
PRISON BECAUSE BOY LIED
SALEM, Ore., March 24., (AP) A letter received" by
the office of Governor Pierce' yesterday frora the chief
of police at Fresno, Calif omia, indicates that' Harry Mc
Elroy may be freed from the Oregon penitentiaiy,' al-'
though he was received Decembe: 31, last, to serve-10
years for robbery. The letter states that Richard Dunn,
a 14 year old boy of Oakland, Calif., has confessed that
he testified falsely against McElroy. ' It was largely on
the boy's testimony that McElroy was convicted in Jack
son county. . - J:,:n'';';: ,
McElroy was charged' with a series of robberies in
California : and southern Oregon, and maintained
throughout his trial that he was innocent. But the boy,
Richard Dunn, averred stoutly that McElroy had employ
ed him to assist in the robberies., The letter from the
Fresno officer says that' the boy has confessed to . his
parents that he falsified against McElroy, and that he
himself was implicated in a number of robberies. Dimn
was arrested near Gold Hill, Ore., prior to tho trial at
Jacksonville. He is now Under arrest at MercedCallf.,'
in f onnectiptj yith, hg rpbhery, of goryjc? gtntiory ,
TO MAKE PROFIT
Flurry of Selling Orders Re
flects Transitory Wall ;
Street Pessimism
LOW PRICE RECORDS
U. S. Investigation , of Re
cent Oil Mergers is Con-
tributing Factor.
NEW YORK,-' March it.
Stock prices broke sharply today un
dor a flood of selling orders for
both accounts. Posslmlstlc reports
on the nature of the spring busi
ness, a 'higher call money renewal
rate, the disappointing 1$2 5 earn
ings report of the General Elec
tric company, failure of the direc
tors of the Republic steel company
to authorize the resumption of div
idends, omission of Pittsburgh Coal
preferred dividend and tho establish
ment ot another new1 low iovel by
French francs, were all contributing
factors In the day's selling. ;
, The slose was .weak. -Wlih. thJ
advance In the call money rate to
S per cent, liquidation became
more general and . prices broke -sharply
In all sections of tbe list, j
The governmcst'- Investigation of
recent ell mergers, reports of 4
slackening activity In basic iudusj
tries and ct widespread cat;ell,ir
tlon cf autcmsbllc orders and the
omission of the Pittsburgh -con)
preferred ' dividend contributed
the bearish sentiment. - : ' .
......... .
Values of $1,000 to the Toinj
Reported in Mojave !
Placer Claims " j
BAKERSFIELD. Calif., March 21:
(JP) Placer gold discoveries in the ,
Kramer hills on the Mojave -desor; ;
have started. a stampede of minora .
into, the district which is located;
near the town of Kramer. Report
are to the effect that gold vMuesi
running as high as $800 and; $1,000
to the ton have been encountered :
and there is a rush to locato claims
Miners are flocking into the tils-'
trict'from Randsburg, Mojavo, Vie-'
torvltle, Barstow and otheij points,
on tho desert, according to' reports '
Soveral camps have already beea
established upon the grounds aad1
late advices received In- a communi
cation from J. IV Carroll of-Rands-, .
burg, Indicate that the rush to tho
new placer diggings Is reaching tho
proportion of a stampede..'
. KICKED WIFE FROM PAR; ''.
': SAN FRANCISCO, . Calif; Marcli .
24. Because her husband, ejedted. ,
her from tho .family ftuto on th.c
highway near here, Mrs. Clyde Lot.''
has obtained a warrant tor Ills arrest;
on a battery charge Lett, admitted:
"assisting" his wifo. to aligHti . iCi r
added that she was driving from tho
back seat. : . ... ' '"
DESERT GOLD
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