The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, June 21, 1927, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUniversity Library Coma Eugene, Orecon WKATIIKIt OKKGON: Unsettled tonight and Wednesday, probably itiowpra In the wmI portion. Cooler In ths Interior Wednesday and In the In terior of tho northwest portion to night. ItlnlrtK humidity, Moderate aoutherly winds. , City Edition The Old Home, Paper Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Trice Five Cents L - . KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1927 Number 6057 wf m m wl w mm 3D VENIRE CALLED IN WAY TRIAL Difficulty Experienced Seclcting Jury .. in Case Try at they might, counsel for defense and slate prosecu tora, could not up to early thia afternoon aoloct the jury in the re-trial of George Frank Way, Prineville aheep operator, ...:,u u. . w . ,vu ilia sibj ni vi Timothy, T. Murphy, Klamath aheep man. With Horn tcnliiltir Jurora In the not, Judge. J. I'. Campbell Max fitri'ft! in mil at third Nrfnl venire tills afternoon ami tltt Irlnl n aitjoumnl while deputy sheriffs Miiurrsl llm atrerta for Inli-siurn. I'rlnrlpal dlfflrulty encountered In securing Jumra waa tha wide knowl edge of the rase In Klamath. Many of the tentative Jurors admitted 'but thry had a knowledge of Ilia esse, either directly or Indirectly. t.'p lo 1 p. m . tha ntate had exert ed four of lla six peremptory rh.il lengas and tha defenao had exerted seven of Ita It. Way waa ronvlrtrd of manalattgh ter In rnnneetlon with tha rune In the fall of I01.V Hie raae waa aipeall. the appeal sustained and remanded lo the circuit rourt for re-trlnl. In bla questioning of Jurora. N. (I. Wal lace, Way'a attorney, naked each Juror whether or not the verdict of the former Jury would prejudice I he in agalnat the defendant. Indications Ihla afternoon were that tho Jury would bo aolected bv lata today and that tho trial would li under way before adjournment thla afternoon or th flrat thing In tha morning. Puckett Arrested by State Fire Marshal romplnlnt charging Mnnley Pue- kelt, prominent Klamath logging j rnntractor, with conducting a logging operation without aufftclent tiro fighting equipment, waa filed lata , yealerdny by Krank M. Hooker, j deputy atatn ("ire mirahnl. assigned to Ihe Klamath basin. The arreat fnllowa an Inveatlga-! Hon conducted last Katurduy by : Hooker. I FLASHES . . . VltlMOi:itS Ml'TINV I..slXJ, Midi., June III. (API Three hundred nnd Iwrntyn-lulil prlsoiicrK In the alnte M-iillenllry mine hero mutinied loilny, ovrrMv crcd fourtii'n guarda nnd blocked the cmkcs. It wna niiiiouncnl from the wnrili'H'a office this iifli'mmin. WKATIIKIt CONDITIONS l-UKVKXT Kl.HillT XKW YOHK, June Ul. (API Tnklnn; off for Krinire of the four, nun rn-w of I he iiioiioilnni "Amerlrn" w ill lie Impossible either to nigbl or tomorrow inoriiliig; nnd prrsint ntniospherlc conilllloiis ilo not look fmornhle for a lioi-off any time loinoirow. Jus, II. klnihiill, weather hiirrnu nicleoroltiftlst, iinnoiinreil tiMlny. Oil. HCANDAI. IIUKAkH OCT IN I.. A. MM ANt.KI.KM, Juno 'Jtt. (AP) Dr. K. J. I.lnckley, city prosecutor, liiformrd the city council today Hint more than IKMl crlinliinl com. plnluts liivolvhiK soiiio of the hlKKcM business men nnd lendlnit clll'iia of I os Angeles, would he Issued by his office In connection with the Julian Petroleum slock ariindiil. DH AI TKKMONTH AltltlVK IOCIIT HOCHi:, J A( KSIIWII.I.K, June at. (AP) Kny nnd Hoy De Aiilreiuoiil, (lunged, with their brother Hugh, whose fnte nova lo the Jury this nrtenioon, with the Hlsklyou tunnel holdup anil lour tiers, in l ived this illuming; nt the county Jit II In custody of Hherlff Jcnnlng" '""I lo"fnl inspeelora. .11 IKiMKNT I PHKI.D Hl.l:M, June ill, (AP) A Judgment of Wl 0,01111 gran led by the lower court for Miilliioiiuih county lo the Xorthwest. Auto coin pan y In lla nil It iikiiIiisI Hie Hen .Motor tar rniiipiiuy wna upheld hy the supreme court lialiiy In nn opinion written by Justice llciin, iifflnnlng Juilue J. .M. Itati heldcr. MiKi:X.IK IIKiHWAV OPKXHD HAIiKM, June III, (AP) The slate IiIkIiwiiv roiiimlssioii niinoiinrril today that the Mcliensio I'nsa la now open to trnfflc. HOPPHR BLIGHT OF LAKE LANDS UNDER CONTROL Millions and nilllliina of dead gr isshoppcrS" hcapi d up III amall pllea, Jammeil together under weed and clods,' and apread over the barn ground aa fur aa tha eyo ran sea lell the tale of a al range battle which hua been waged on tha grenl Tule hike liaaln of Modoc and Siskiyou coiinlleii, California. "The grasshopper pestilence I under ronlrnl," waa the official pro nouncement thla morning of County Agent C. A. Henderson following all Inspection of the Infested rel, m yisti rday. "Cooperation of farmers, use of SO Ions of poison, and eyalemalliel method of fighting the blight, are the three contributing factors which led lo Ihe checking of what may well hare been one of the most serious Insect Infestations ever experienced In the northern California section of the Klamath basin." hill lj.rgo The kill waa (rem-ndous In most buncha. ranging from CO per rent to So per rent. A kill of between (til and sr. per rent wa scored on the (Continued on page four) LETTUCE STARTS Seed Distributed to Farm ers; Move Sponsored by Chamber of Commerce. Will k'ttuca one of the best of Ilia raah rropa thrlra In the Kla math country? Through the activity of tho board of directors of the Chamber ol Commerce In general and J. A. Gor don. prealdent of the First National Hank and A. M. Collier, president of the Klamuth Ice and Hloraga com pany In particular, thla question will be answered at tha rnd of the grow llMI aeiaon. Twelve pounds of lettuce seed pur chased hy Mr. (iordon and Mr. ('oi lier have arrived and will ho dis tributed to J. II. Massey. Dairy: J. W. Ilralt. Hummers district; Tom Chalburn. Mslln and Charles J. Ilesa of IMne Grove. "Tha aeed will be planted at five day Intervala from June IS to July 15," County Agent C. A. Henderson explnlnrd today. "A careful check will be milnlulned on the result a of tha pluming In an effort to ascer tain first the general adaptability of the crop and second, what time of year la best to plant." The seed wa picked by the whole eala lettuce firm of Bawdy and Hunt the aame firm which planted lettuce on the Geary ranch aeveral year, ago. . EXPERIMENT ON IS BIG FACTOR ITJ i) Pacific Advertising Club Association Addressed by Chicago Expert POIITI.AND Ore.. June 31. (A-P)- Xcu-MIH-r advertising; la news. It iiuiy Im store news, but It Is news to the nrwsiarr read ers. Developing IbW lliouglit, I.. M. Ilurton. advert Ulnar director of tho Chicago Dally News, twin? told delegates lo Hie Pacific Coast Advertising club associa tion convention lien tliat news. inHr advertising; ts such m pro minent factor In the distribution of nierrliMndute that many maim fjicturem mluit their anlea costs llirougli tile use of It. "Newspapera today are aurh an Important factor In Ihe distribution of merchandise." Marlon aaid. "that manufacturers first seek the retail era who use tha newspaper adver tising themselves. They know, both of them, that newspaper advertising Is news. "Tha manufacturers' salesmen who are calling upon the retailers' of our country today place aa much ' alresa upon their employers' adrrr-' tialngi schedule In the local news-I paper aa they do upon the quality ) and outstanding vlrtuea of the mer- rhandlse Itself." j Advrrtiscra l,radira. "The most casual review of the j advertising colninns of any daily! newspaper will reveal. Ilnrlon pointed out.' "that tha leading and most aggressive man n fact urera of merchandise today are likewise Ih i leading newspaper advertisers. "To them, newspaper advertising (Continued On Page Eight) OF OOCTORJEFUSEO Council Plans on Increasing; Dairy Inspection Work Immediately Ilcfualng to accept the resignation of Dr. K. D. Lamb as city dnlry In- j aprclor, the city council last night tentatively decided to take atepa to j enlarge the dairy Inspection force In order to perpetuate the work. Dr. Lamb, In a brief letter, stated thnl there did not appear to be suf ficient city funds to continue tha. work and thnt he did mil desire to he placed In a position of responsi bility for disease under such an existing situation. The matter waa referred to the finance committee. Proposal of Councilman' Van Camp to have Mlehtn atreet from tha city limits to Oregon avenue oiled hy the atatn highway oiling crew now at work near Fort Klamath, waa favorably considered, and retorred to the street committee. A delegation headed by Oeorge Mett successfully pleaded for speed In covering preliminary details for the macadamizing of Martin atreet. The project waa referred to the city engineer for preliminary plana and specifications. The city council decided to use concrete pipe on the south Sixth street sewer. City engineer Zumwalt had recommended vitrified pipe but members of the council took the position that home Industry should be patronised. Mr. Zumwalt, while not opposing concrete, aaid that In his opinion vitrified pipe was less susceptible, to the action nt alkali water than con crete, and that he waa Impelled to recommend vitrified because he felt It wna "safer." 1 LOXU CUOSHIXO PLYMOUTH. Knglnnd, June 21. (A) Taking nbnnt 10 times aa long as Llndy In Ihe crossing. Captain Thos. Drake has arrived here from Charleston, S. C. He also Is travel ing nlone, but In a SB foot Ketch. Cnllke Ihe Lone Kaglo, however, Cnptnlu Drake got hli regular sleep. ADVERTISING MERCHAND RESIGNATION j KAROOK INDIAN NEARS END OF 480 MILE RACE fin A NTH PASS, Ore.. June 21. (API. Mad Hull. Karook Indian1 OP inil fl I fl fl " fl runner of the Oregon Cavemen nljL Hill H II IIKr the Itedwoqd highway marathon' I IT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 III 1 1 1 1 1 1 passed through Patrick's creek. e2ul l,UUM u aU u -u mllea from hie goal, at 6:05 this' . .... i . k . KT CI r a... morning, Intent upon reaching tha finish at Cranta Pass early thla eve - mng. Kiying 'ioud. another K- rook entry of the Cavemen waa at Patrick's Creek at 8:45, apparent ly losing ground to the leader. Me llka. the nearest Zunl competitor, left Crescent' City at 7:10 a. m. and had not reached Patrlrk'a creek at o'rlock. Patrlrk'a creek la 25 mllea from Crescent City. Karook Indiana from the llnpiy Camp section of the Klamath river have arrived In Crania Paaa In large numbere to witness the com pletion of tho race. Mad Hull'a fa mily la here, firm In the belief that the young Karook will come In far ahead of any of bla rivals. Today the Indiana were keeping large crowds at the bulletin boarda am us- ed by playing their gamea on the lawn of the chamber of commerce. (iranta Paaa ta preparing a real welcome tonight. Cavemen are to I Continued On Page Eight) OF S. P. AGENTS One Hundred Ticket Sell ers to be Guests of Klam ath Sunday Morning To sell Klamath country to more loan one nunoren lirget setters oi the Southern Pacific from the Puget Sound district, who will be guests of the city for two hours next Sun day morning will be the dutlea of members of the Chamber of Com merce. With the purpose of their visit lo learn of the wonders of this section the northern visitors will arrive here on a apeeial train Sunday morning at nine o'clock and will be guests of the Chamber of Commerce unt!l their departure at eleven. At the directors luncheon thla noon It waa decided to meet the visitors and take them to the Cham ber of Commerce where C. A. Hen derson will deliver a ten minute talk on the future of Klamath coun ty as a farming community. Merle West will outline the lum ber tonnage of this cotinly and tell the history of The Bwauna Box company, recognised aa the largest pine box lumber manufacturing con cern In the world today. An Informal reception will he tendered the visitors who will then be taken for a motor ride around the city before returning to their pull mans which will pull out for Port land at eleven o'clock. A committee composed of Dill Lee, Lynn Sabln and J. J. Miller was named to arrange for cars to meet the visitors on Sunday morning. It Is thought that 35 or more rara will be needed. Sand Creek Hill Reopened Today To Auto Traffic Fort Klamath Junction Sand Creek section of The Dalles-California highway, closed for ten daya dur ing oiling operations, waa reopened thla morning hy order of C. C. Seeley, resident engineer of the state high way department. During the clos ure, traffic bound for Sand Creek, Crescent, and points north, waa forc ed to take a long detour starting from Klamath Agenry, through Kirk nnd Joining the highway a short dis tance north of Sand Creek. A short detour from Crook.vl creek to Kort Klamath Junction bv wiy of the old Kort Klamath road was put Into effect this morning while oiling operations are In pro gress from the Junction aouth to ward Williamson river bridge. IlKPOKT MUSKS' TOMH KOt'XD JKIU'SAI.R.M, June 21, (PI Dis covery on Mt. Ncbo of the location of Moses' tomb and of the former resting place of tho Ark, Is reported by a Herman explorer arriving from that section. PLAN GREET NG ATTORNEYS AS TRIAL Neuner Flays De Autre- J , . f "ont s Lawyers; Case to iio 10 jury ioaay Vll. 1. K. Ore., June lit, (.IP) The fate of Hugh Dr Aufrrmont, rliargrd wild the murder of ClMrlcaO. (Coyle) Johnson during IIm hlsklyou tunnel holdup, drew clotM-r to the Jury thla morulna; when at noon l ulled Htatesi Dis trict Attorney Xruner approached the dime In Ihe flnnl agrument for UK slate. 'Ihe instructions ul Hi- rourt will tlu-n stand alone lielween him and the lellbnlloos of his pe-ra. The fiery prosecutor once turned. his face livid, upon Defense Attorney Collier, and ahouted: "Why did you Put in a self-declaration?" "Ilecause It waa teatifled to." answered Collier. Neuner then aprang before At torney Newbury, and ahouted: "And you aaid 'we were baaing an In ference upon an Inference.' " "Talk to the Jury, not to me." snapped Newbury. "I'll talk to you outside." "See You Outside" "I'll talk to you Inside." shouted Neuner. "where I like to talk to you, and I'll talk outaide to you." The court calmed the rising storm. The charge of the defense that the evidence waa framed, nettled Neuner and he constantly left his train of argument to hurl words et defense counsel, i . . - -- The government official bitterly flayed the defenae contention of "a frame-up" and what be held was "an appeal to prejudice." (Continued On Page Eight) Plans for Klamath Weed Connection to Be Discussed Soon SAX t-HAXClSttl, June 21, (.11') -Ntute Senator J. J. Murphy of tteetl, Calir., announce! yesterday, after a tour of Ihe northern Califor nia counties, tlutt plana for a paved highway from the Pacific htghw-ay at Wrel to Klamath Falls, Ore., would he diarusaetl at a conference to be Itch! In Sacramento, July 20. The object Is to provide a direct motor route to the Klamnlh region In conjunction with the fft-egon highway. j The Coffee Shoppe Opens at Willardi With the formal opening of The Coffee Shoppe located In The Wll lard hotel today, Klamath Falls raa boast one of the most modern and up-to-date eating places in the state. An impromptu affair, to which Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dillon Invited a few friend, last evening, marked the first gathering In the new shoppe. A chicken dinner was served the guests who were Invited to dine with Mr. and Mrs. Dillon at six o'rlock. The shoppe not only afford, locil people a splendid place to eat, but guest, at the hotel are finding it moat convenient to eat In the same building as they are stopping. FISH IIAIT An enterprising Detroit man, ever looking; for an opportunity, has seen or Ihlnka lie area where ho can turn Klamath basin's grnsKhopprr infestation 6 into a RtMMl thing: for himself, Writing; County Aavnt A. Henderson, this opportunist ha. announced thnt he would like to " use several hnrrela of groan- hopera aa a hrenllnn; stock for fish bait. "There la an opport unity In tlmt line, nnd I understand from press illspntchea that you have qulto a few of the Inserts In the Tule lake region," the Isaark Wnltonlte snlilt "(Junto me a price on grajwdioppera." Just wbnt the county agent whoae days have been devoted almost aolely to the irrasshoppcr menace wrote to the Detroit gvnlh-mnn, was not announced. 1 INTEREST HIGH IN CONTEST OF .!,' 2 NEWSPAPERS merest waa stirred yea- -"day by the announce " H"l""e P wherein four fine, try j biles and other awarda given. n. .... ncement of The prize content costly automo- are to be The four aatomobiiea. together with costly !jrd, , radio aeta and cash are to lie awarded ahortly i after August 27 to the men and 'women who accumulate the great jest number of votes between now and then. There la no cost what ever in competing for the prizes. It requlrea only votes to win. Those votes may be obtained by securing subscriptions to The Klamath News and Evening Herald among friends and acquaintancea lo apare time. r mi ui-iaiis os me oner togemer wnn illustrations or tne automobiles and other awarda, appear In the page advertisement elsewhere in this Issue. Valuable Antoa On List Heading the long list la a f 1.515 Bulck Sedan. It will become the possession of the man or woman who arbievea the highest vote standing by the end of the campaign. The second highest candidate is to have a SI. 005 Chrysler "50": Sedan. (Continued On Page Eight) Charlotte Anita Whitney Wins .Seven-Year Fight to " Avoid Prison Term " SACRAMENTO, Jnne 21. -Charlotte Anita Whitney, (AP) grey haired social worker yesterday won her seven-year fight to avoid a term- in San Quentln prison, 'ollow- .. ,, Ing conviction of syndicalism. A pardon, issued last night ly Governor C. C. Young, removed the convict stigma which had grown more and more menacing as court after court refused her plea dur ing the long legal battle which SOGAL WORKER IS EXONERATED only ended In the federal supreme j year old bahy, Jackie Hugh court. I ,:aPr To Tnlk ' , ... vi i . .v.! The twins were eager for the op- In explaining hi. reason, for the ' uk pardon, xonng aeniea mat .wws Whitney could be classed a. a "criminal," despite her violation cf the criminal syndicalism act. Mis. Whitney was arrested In November, 1919, when she de Oakland police and deliver- i 1 ed a speech on behalf of John McHugo, accused I. W." W. She waa convicted of syndicalism and the case eventually reached the supreme court of the United States which last May upheld her conviction. Government Opens New Fight Against Predatory Animals Of Central Omnipresent menace of predatory animal raids on livestock In south central and central Klamath county both oft and on the Klamath In dian reservation ha. led to the de cision of the Vnlted State. Biologi cal Surrey to run one of the longest trap line, ever laid In predatory animal control work In Klamath county. Thla was the announcement to day of Harlan H. Gubser, govern ment trapper, Just returned from Portland. "The trap line will atart at Do nania. run through the Rly district, north to the head of the Williamson river In the Klamath marsh, awing south again and, by way of Swan lake, return to Ronanta," Gubsr outlined. X'early Ton of Trnpa Almost a ton of traps will be used In the control work. Three hun dred and fifty of the steel clamps will be placed and the trap line will be regularly patrolled at frequent Intervals. "Coyote, are not our only prob TWINS TALK FREELY 10 REPORTERS Relate Experiences' But Decline to Discuss Train Murders , PORTLAND, Ore., June 21. (AP). Living the life of a hunted thing, dodging about the east to escape recognition and arreat, maintaining aa aloofnesa hardly in keeping with their friend-making pro penalties, Ray and Roy De Au tremont, charged with Hugh, their brother, with four bru tal murders and the dynamit ing of a mail ..train,., finally fell into the hands of an ewer, searching- government. They told about it last night, as be tween trains they ate and smoked in" : the county jail. They told of being witnesses in Scioto county, Ohio, of greeting the sheriff i- -of . "tho county as they emerged 'from the court room; of paaaing tho bulletin board in the I court, on which atartn w t , them IikeileMe, overmnt L1" Thry told of hasty departures ' frn, ,h, , .,, ,h ... - i niglil when on terra rioaeel . in on their home to effect their arreat. only to find them, flown; of woman neighbor who told them ahe had once been hostess for "one of the twins," though ahe ne-vrr hart; and of Kay'a wife. Hurl, and their was mentioned. Then Ray looked at Roy. Roy looked at Ray. Each ; . shook a decisive head. "We're not "owing any bridges until we get to iham atsafrl IQnar "Daliaa leave j , . . ' .. "This'll make a good story for , you If you write It properly," said Roy, who throughout the discussion inevitably prefaced his remark, with, the same line. "We were witnesses in mayor's court In Scioto county la 1925. "Shook hand, with the sheriff after the case was over, walked put (Continued On Page Eight) Klamath County lem in Klamath county," Gubser ex plained. . "Bob cats, while not a numerous, are real killer, when they once get the blood taste. On Bob cat In Klamath baa been known to .lay 20 sheep In one night. They kill Just for the lust of killing. . ('ate Hold "Strangely, the Bob cat. once he get. the killer instinct, appears to be unafraid. They attack with a boldness that I. astonishing con sidering the contemporary Idea of the slinking feline. "That Is one of the reason! It la so difficult to get the cats In traps. A coyote will pick a plausible route of approach and follow It day In and day out. The cat will come any way the quickest way to get to his quarry." Gubser said that the ares covered hy the long trap line Is badly In need of control work. Because part of the area covered Is In the reservation, the Indian service a co operating with the county and the Biological survey In the control work.