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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1927)
assess" n City Edition Tw OW Home Paper WK.lTIIK.lt. OREGON: rlr tonight and Sunday. Continued . warm. Hu midity below normal. Moderate northwest winds along the coast. Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Price Fivo Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREQON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1927 Number 6007. i t.X't HECK BIG BLAZES IN Control of Conflag rations on Klamath River Expected SAN FRANCISCO. Ail. 6. (AT) Three lurifc for-i-Ht fire that still are burn ing in the Klamath national forest are ull expected to be brought under control with a day or two. the dis trict forest headquarter has reported. Ten thouaand acre of brush and timber have been burned over in 58 fire in the Klamath region during the pant week. A- fir waa reported raxing ' along a three or lour mile (rout at 1 1 1 ii r f creek, to miles north of Or Icana In the Klamath national forest. All available men In Or leans, about lou. were fighting 111 blase and forty volunteer bar left Eureka In answer to call from Orleans. About 2.000 acres of bruh and pine timber had been burned over. It w reported by Orleana. Nn build In were endangered by . the Numea at that lime. . ' Urleana la a small mnuntalu ti.wn on the Klamath rlrer tti northeastern Humboldt county. PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. t. tP Reports on fire III Washing ton. national forests received ut the district forest office here to day were'ninro encouraging. Hlluallnn Hetler. The moat serious fir now l i n IamI creek, tributary o( the Little While Salmon river. I.) Columbia national forest. It nw covers an area about four miles e.i'iiud. Eighteen men were s.mh Ii lidt to augment tho 111) el reed? fighting thla tire. The flrea on Hoik creek In th. (Continued on Page Vivo) TRUCKS m TO BD BARRED ij.,; .(Council Taking Drastic rl iSteps to Save Pave ""'' ',' ment from Wear Placing load limit on all trurka on all streets except "hlRhway through the city" thor ouKhfurca. la tho aim of the street commit too which, under the Iradorehlp of Councilman H. K. Pelts la Investigating the problem from every angle.. "How much under the atatn load limit, the city load llmt would be reduced, la yet to be , thraabed out," Mr. Pelts an Id "Hut we feet thit a load limit li the solution to the preservation , . of pavement of Kin ninth) Fulls. "W'o'll iiiolmbl) 'ntart on Ninth atroet. Then aa t tie t root . lummltlce acea fit, we'll dcslg- nuto other atrceta and will even lunlly Include all piived itrcete except the main , highway thor ouglifnrea through the city. "Thu damage Ihit 1 licuTlly loaded trucks have done . to streets of thla city ' la evident. Tho only solution la cut down tho loud.". -. .' -V i . Tho council will pnaa nn ortlt n 11 n cp which will give llio coun cil aireet coininlttoo power to designate streets coming under the load limit restriction, IIK.VItV 1'Olt MINII.ll. NKW VOIIK. Aug. . (AD Tex lllcknnl and Juk Hhnrkcy both nre ready for any mishap which might prevent Tunncy or Donipaey from turning 'up nt ('111 i UK" Hi'ptnmhnr Sil. Tex hna a (1011,11110 Inatirnncfl policy and Hlmrluiy haa the rolo of anbst). tula proiuiat'tl, , ! .: ' 1 SEEK TO FIND SON; MOTHER IS NEAR END I'u iware that wire and phone mils are being aunt tu towna along various roada that lead to Yellowstone Nailonal park, In an alli'inpt to reach him, M. Donel nn and family are enrunte to the palk on a two Weeks' vac J tloll At the same time, death la hovering over the home of hla uiolher, II r. Tranimnll, In Ash land, where she lira critically III. with alight hopea held fur her recovery. , Word of her Illness reached here taut evening and Charles Dnnelann, anolhur eon, left Im mediately lor I be valley. The number and make of Uutt elaun'a car bive been aent to a number of cities where It la thought he limy pass through enroute to the pnrk. MM IT HIKHI.It UK? HAM'. Ascrbaljan. Aug. 0. (API-Tho Yassal tribe la the nearest approach yet found to the mythical Auiason. The wo men lock their husbands mil aona at sonic when they, go out to fish, hunt and carry on the other pursuits led to the male In or dinary cases. It la lorsldered un dignified Ihut u woman almuli let a man work. POLICE STAGE Fine Levied Thia Morn ing By Police Judge . Gaghagen In a aerli-a of ralda laad lut night by police, three were arrested on major liquor rela tion charges and a number of lutuxkatcd men were herded Into tho city Jnll to sober up for the ordeal of facing the police Judge the "morning after." I'elrr lllunchl, who reside! on Wantlund avenue. Icalalcd lliul he la to blame fur liquor found In hla liuuso and asked thit rhargca agalnal hla companion, John Kucclnl, ho dismissed. Ilia request waa granted but 1'ollci. Judge I-eni I Uaghagen also levied luo fine on the charge of poaacsnlon of Intoxicating liq uor. IUunchl cheerfully pild the nsaessmcnt and went hla way. "Hure I'm guilty; I had nbout scvi n gallons of beer. Hut I Juat had II there for myself and am not In the business of selling or dUtrlbutlng. I've, been here for four yearn and have been work ing nearly every day." Jack McCloiiRhlln'a tale waa o convincing to Judge Onghtgen that ho let tho restaurant em ploye off wllh I CS fine. Kred Klnkade waa nr rested at 4.15 Mlchlgnii avenue on the charge of pnaacaslun of two p'nn of moonshino whiskey. TITLE IN TO MEET IN I F, Klamath Falls Selected as ' Convention City; Wil son on Committee ' ! ' V ' ' ' ' . Kl'UKN'K, Ore., Aug. 6. f AIM Klaitialh Valla, will be host to tho Oregon Title association, It wua decided hero list evening, whun the 1 ! 28 convention city was eulcctcd. i 1 toy Yntea of Thu Dulles wua elected president; (ieorgn II. C'rowcll of Albany, first vice president ; II. V. Willie of l.a (irande, nocond vlco-proaldont ; Krcd K. -Itnyniaud of Portland,, sccrelnry-treiiHurcri W. K. llun aon. Hulcra, and Arthur T. Wil son. a Kin mill h rails, executive commllteo membcrni Fred K. Raymond, ' dolognto to' nmlonnl meeting nt Detroit. I'ruct'U'itlly nil of tho title men left fur their h nines this morn ing after tuklng eight seeing trip tthont tho city, LIQUOR RAID CONVICTED MEN SfEK L New Evidence Claim ed Unearthed by Counsel f6r Killers IIOHTON. Aug. . lA't-Counsel for Nicola Ho ceo and Hurt-oloui.-o Vauieitl today filed lo the Norfolk county superior court at D'cilhsin a motion for a new trial far the two men and petitioned governor Alvan T Fuller for a stay of execution. The pel II Ion for a new trial alleges prejudice on the part ol Judge Webster Thayer, who pre- sled at the trial an.l who refused i previous motions for a new trial. It also asserts that new evidence has been found to the effect that ' holes In Haccoa' cap which Judge j Thayer hud ejild were Important to the case, were made by Chief uf Police (ialllvan of llralntree. A third ground la the aliegutiun that Win. II. I'rsrlor, atate flre arme expert, had changed hia tes timony. The petition to the governor uska for stay of execution "for a reasonable time." In order to permit counsel lo prosecute mof I Ion t:r a new trial.' The petition to . the ' governor set forth that tho defense also kus filed a petition for a habeai onrpus In the Suffolk county up erlor courti . ' 1 NEW TOHK. Aug. . I Maurice U. Solgel. u 30-year old dentist, waa held without bail to day, charged with suspicion of Implication In the bombing of the 3Sth street atatlon of the (Continued On Tags Five) Strr Pitcher Attacked by Dog in Yreka; Unable to Pitch . r llilleu In the fleshy part of the right hand by a mad dog yester day afternoou. Hill llenloa. pitcher tor the Pelican, will lie oat of the gamo on Sunday, whim tho iJcal nine motor to -Ashlund to. meet the BO AS. nine. Word of llenlon's accident was received here this morning by directors of tho local team and as yet no one has been numed to pitch tomorrow. The. game Is one of the most importunt of the season. The accident happened' at Eur eka. Cullf. j ; j . Preparations Made, For Institute to Be Held Here Soon ! To freshen themselves on the practice of teaching, nil teacher of Klnmnth county schools will ' guther In Klninuth Fulls Sept ember u and 6 to attend tho nnnmil Klmnulh County Institute. It wns announced today by Voun- , ty School Superintendent Fred Peterson. Theories of education, practical discussions of teaching and gen- lernl discourse on school work will fenture the Institute," Mr. ; Petersen sulil today. Included in the list of speak ers are C. A. Howard, state aup- orlntenilint of schools, H. C. Sey- imour. stute county vlub agent, and Miss Trotter, connected with Ashlund normal school. ! N.ATIVKS I.IKl: FttOTItAIX. ; WII.I.IAMSTOWN. Mass.. Aug. fl. (AP)- Football has been sub jstltuted for hend-htintlng iimong ioiim Filipino tribes who report tho gridiron pastime "almost as ' satisfying'." auys 0. (1, Muli lielil jer,' (.x-secrelnry of the Interior, NEW IRA DION BITTEN Of 10 CANINE WifeandSmallBabejl A t 1 I T M 1 J Arrested ana jauea Officers Take Young Matron in Ra Staged Late Friday on Ranch; Husband Flees as Officers Approach House A young mother barely IS yenra of age and her three nionlha old baby daughter, were behind the bars of the coualv Jail yneterduy from 4 p. ra. io tt p. in. and would probably be there yet If friends had not con to her rescue and secured her iclease. Khe Is Mrs. Alvln Klynn i.ml waa arrested late yesterday nf icrnoou In a raid ataged on hi r hiisband'a firm on the old Reams ranch near tihaw Bertram's l.um Ut mill, by Deputy Sheriff Ixit l Mueller and Federal Officer Tal ent. As the-ifricera approached the ranch house. tw'omen one of whom la believed to be the young wife's husband fled over . the hills. The officers continued the raid and located a large oioon- Water Held to be Klamath Game Bird Situation i Dnck disease : on Klamath takes and marshes la not a bic- lerlologlcal or pathological con dition. It la Induced. by itkruiu ditlon In the water. Tbua the dlaensnwhile. during the paat two years, has taken;)! pen in Conger avenue.' thousands of game birds, is not iTnkin said, communicable In any sense. .r. Sperry further said This. In effect, is the conclu-' slon of C. O. Sperry. W lahlnglon. D. C, connected with the United Sutes lliological Survey, who ts Investigating the duck disease of the Klamath basin which from time to time during the past 24 months has broken out and tnken heavy toll of ducks und shore birds. - Mr. Sperry Is being aided In his Investigations by George Ton kin. Berkeley, Calif., federal gamo warden. "Just what the nature of the poison Is. csn not yet lie ascer tained." Mr.' Sperry said. "But I am satisfied It Is poison not disease." Property Sought "I By Wife in Suit For i Separation ; One half Intctest In all of his property.-$7S a' month alimony. $300 for attorney's teea. 1150 for court rosta. .a divorce, and tho return of her maiden name are sought by Carrie B. McNeely in a divorce action filed lute yesterday In circuit court against Clarence B. McA'eoly, bricklay er of this city. The couple were married July C. 1825 In Bend. In February. 1926, Mrs. McNeely Instituted divorce proceedings against her husband but was later dissuaded f, ii,i. ....r.. h.. .uiii in her complaint, when her husband promised to mend his ways. Despite his promise, Mrs. Mc Neely stated, her husbnnd con tinued to tront her In a cruel and inhuman manner and in May 15, 1927, deserted her. Visibility Poor, Lookouts Report; VO tires Burning conditions. Harvest is In full 'In splto of the fact that vlw,-, Bwtnac. The yields are snrprts btlity Is poor owing to stuoka.ing the farmers. They are selling from northern Cnltforiila fires. freely and getting from (115 to lookouts this morning reported 1 $1. 20 a bushel, to the Klamath Forest Protective I .Mr. Thompson said the tourist UKsocliitlon office on. Conger uve-'arop In eastern OtSgon runs the nue, that apparently no tiros were burning within the bound nrles of Klamath county. VlRllunce of forest fire flght- era la being Increased because of I p.) George H. West, Medford, warm weather and eniuke ludonjwlth two sisters and a brother. atmosphere. Public Is Invited toils named heir to the 110.000 es- rooperntn with the Klumath For out Protective association by re porting any biases to headquar ters here, - shine whiskey allll capable of . large output each day. Soon J they came onto a quantity of whiskey. The young wife wa la the i ranch home at the time of the I raid. , In her arms ahe held her ; wee babe. , I-ONDOX. Aug. 6. (AP) An Hhe wns orders by officers lo . earthquake, descrltied aa the Be come with ibeni. With her boby!vere)K felt , ,he TfKion ,or J4 in her arms ahe waa brought to year,t thovk lhe orthea,,ern Klumath Falls and lodged in the paxe of japaa ,.ariy thi, morn new county Jail. )ng- Mv, measagea to Beutera Last night relatives heard ol (rom Tokyo, her predicament. A complaint' Railway and telegraphic com wos then aworn ont against her I munlcition were Interrapted and cnarKiu; uer wivu puiieaiun ui inloxIcaliDK liquor. She was arraigned before Justice of the Peace W. B. Barnes who. Instead of asking for ball, released her on her own recognisance. Cause of f, I Mr, Sperry and Mr. Tonkin, "' ' "!n n" dut ltu- ui inn nrnrillnt m i .a 1 1 e nn lower. -- r . rfiiiiiine iiiuc ia iwui i Klamath lakf. hours ahead of eastern standard - ''Although only few ducks rll)mo on the lake, we picked up nlnej - . ' . t,kk duels and placed them in ;e examination of vital organs of I the il'icua which died In the pen revealed that they had been suf fering from some sort of poison. Enlargement of glands which bad lien overworked inthe attempt to throw oft the poison, indi cated, this, he said. T l. f...l..r a 1 nwM fiirnuv Id. ichor outbreak of the duck .con dition when the migratory birds arrived In full force from the far north. Mr. Si.erry will re- main In Klamath Inveatlgatlng j de"I,'uent " "" to pay the situation for a month andjlnelr taxes, a second suit to be perhaps longer. followed by many more in the Not only are ducks dying, but i date to come was filed this also some shore birds, including ,,, h tIl. .,. avoicets. GREAT HARVEST IS PREDICTED W. L. Thompson Returns from Trip Throughout Eastern Oregon PORTLAND. Aug. . t W. I.. Thompson, vice president of the First National bank here, re turned toiluy from a week's tour of tho Inland Empire with opti- ; n,'!1,lc TVVn on farm and busi- "ess conditions. "Bunkers meet, you with a smile for tho first time In six years." said Thompson. "They have been in a pretty uncomfort able position the lust few years. Now they're resting easy again. It shows In their faces. . "Kven the poorer lunds . are coming through, big llils year. This iftruns that The farmers who need the" money the, most are go ing to g(M It. -in all my experience I have never seen more favorable crop . wheat crop a close second IIKIItS MMKII. PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. S. (A. tale of his mother. Sarah A. West, who died here recently, whea the- will was admitted to probal yesterday, ' ARAN n nnmr JJI dtVtltt TREMORS Hrtn Fall a' FartK. I quake Strikes Island - ; Of .Nipponese a namber of houses collapsed at Fukusbima and Shindla.' in some cum Injuries are reported, but it la not believed there were aer- ioua casualties or aevere dam- age. The ahock was felt at Tok I yo and Yokohama. Seismographs at Georgetown j I'niversity, Washington, D. C, , recorded "very aevere" earth i shocks beginning tt' 4:2 and yesterd for more than an hour. rday afternoon. Itev. Father j Tondorf, seismologist, estimated 1 the distance of the auakes cen- ler ab0ut t.SOQ miles from Wmhington. - at . , - i , i SUITS BROUGHT TO BET TAXES Second CasevFiIed Today By District Attorney's Office In an effort to force purported , ney a- oince ' oy uepmy uisirici I Attorney V. iS. Balientybe. Tho 1 snit today, was brought against tho Stella Waffle Mouse tor. collection of 123.33. A sim ilar suit was ' filed yesterday against the Inland Construction company. . "In cases of delinquent per sonal taxes when the delinquent tax payer Is liable to move out of town, there is but one course for us) to follow, sue, attach and sell to satisfy judgment," Mr. tlallcntyne explained this after noon. ' . Today's Results American League R. H. E. St. Louis I 11 I Philadelphia 5 15 4 (13 Innings). Bullou. Wtngard. Vans ililer and Schnug; Emke. Gray and Coch rane. (:.. Detroit '.::. 2 At Boston 4 11,-1 Whitchill and Woodall; Wlltse and Hurtley. Chicago 6 13 0 New York t. 3 8 0 Lyons and Berg: Pen nock. Moore, Shaw key and Bcngough, Collins. ' National I .cuue. New York S 13 1 Pittsburgh ISO Fltxstmmoiis and Taylor. De vormer: Hill, Dawson and Gooch. IMH XI) OVF.K. . POltTLAND. Ore., Aug. . (A. P.) W. J. Smith, driver of tho automobile whiih struck und killed .Mrs. Animastasia Sulcwski, 40, und her daughter, Mary. T, last Woduesday, today was bound over tq the grand jury. Ho was released under ?2500 bonilw POLICE GUARD N. Y. SUBWAYS; BOMBS PLACED NEW YOltK. Aug. . iPi Every subway and elevated sta tion in the city was under po lice guard today In a determined attempt to prevent further activ ities of bombers believed In some quarters to be Hacco-Van-.ettl sympathisers who shortly Wfore midnight wrecked two subway stations In the Madison Square district, terrorising thou sands and Injuring mora than a score. . The federal government took a hand In the Investigation this morning, aaelgning department of Justice agents to assise police of (he bomb squad and bureau of combustible In their search for clues. The two bombs were exploded almost simultaneously In the Brooklyn-Manhattan transit sta tion at Broadway and 24th street. Just above the Flatiron building, and the lnterborough Rapid Transit station at Fourth Avenue and 28th street, adjacent to the site of the old Madison Square Garden. Cireat Force. The bombs exploded with such force that walls of masonry were torn away, holes were blown upward through the side (Contlaued On Page Five) ROBBER STEALS PROM CRIPPLE H- , Wejspn, r. .Victim ized; "Shorty!!, Daria ' - Sought by Police While his crippled victim !sy helpless In bed. a robber calmly stole 32UU from H. K. Nelson. Sr.. in a roomlss house yesterday and escaped from the city before word of the theft could be flash, ed to police. Harry, alias "Shorty" Davis Is tortus:!:- charged with the rob bery. Coui,l!r:t against Davis was fled today by II. F.. Ne. son. Jr. ' " Duvls has been belplug the eld erly, crippled T.an. According to the elder Nelson. Davis looted the trousers of 1S0 In cash and a $30 check. snony Davis has been a well known character around1 Klamath Falls for several years-. Police, wired California 'cities lo be on the lookout for-Davts and his arrest is expected1 niup mentarlly. ' t 1 P.G.&E.Headis Called by Death - . ... it SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. . (A. P-) Wlgglngton Creed, presi dent of the Pacific Gas and Elec tric company, and one of the best known businessmen In the west, died at his home here to day after suffering from a stom ach complaint since Sunday. Creed was organiser and presi dent of the East Bay Water company: president of the C. A. Hooper Lumber company; presi dent of the Columbia Steel com pany: director of the Wells Fargo and Nevada National bank of San Francisco, tho Associated Oil company of California, and several other corporations, i He was a -regent of the Uni versity of California- froiu 1918 to'lSUU. ' " ; I ' ' . Reckless Driving . Charge is Filed SEATTLE. Aug. 6. (AP) Ethen A. Peyser, deputy prose cutor of King county, this morn ing filed a charge of reckless driving against Elbert Belts, 19, of Pendleton, Oregon, In con nection with the death of Fern Mison in Kirkland, July IT. Peyser declared he had con KlUored charging Belts with man slaughter but 1 that after ' going Into the evidence decided to take the former course. ' Mason was killed when his automobile collided with Belts' machine. A coroner'a Jury rec lumiiicndrd that the Pendleton 'lad's driver's license be revoked. Bolts Is believed to be In Pen jdleton at the present time, REIGN OF IS Anarchists Strike in ' Eastern Cities' ; Church Boirrbed PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 6, (AP) Emanuel Presbyter- ian church was damaged early today by an explosion which the police attributed to a bomb hurled through a basement window. f No one was. hurt. ' . . Rev. Edward S. Bowman,' pastor, is out of the city. Neither members of the con-- gregation nor his wife could offer any explanation of the, explosion.- Mrs.' Bowman said her husband never had discussed radical activities from the pulpit and that there', was ' no ' dissension 1 in the church. . The explosion tore a big hole la the side of the building and shattered all lu windowa. .Dulld Ings. for , blocks a.ouud ' were shaken and-the blast was heard through west Philadelphia. . t BALTIMORE.' Aug? . ' (JP) The boure of Mayor William FV Broening .was .damaged by a' bomb at o'clock this morning which terrified hia ' wife t and two children, set fire to ' the rear and . rocked the exclusive Forest. Park section In the clty'a northwest- quarter. The mayor was at the time enroute to at. Louis.. and the police were unable to assign any motive for anyoou to mark him and bis family lot; death. The blast came after an excit ing night for the wife. Mrs. J. (Continued on Page Five) SISTEe-l!l fSBES HI FURCH . Strange LawsuipFiled In ,;Circuit Courti $15,22& ' Wages Claimed , v ; A strange lawsuit In which a wife Is suing a brother-ln.Jaw for 115,225 which she claims Is due for wages was filed today In circuit court Tue complainant. Mrs. Lillian Furch. Is siting her brother-in-law, Harry Furch, well known Klamath . Falls rooming house proprietor. . . The complaint.', cryptlcafly worded, states from August 1 1, 190s to October of 1924, she worked for Harry Furch an , hla housekeeper; that her wngn were $75 a month; and that there was due her the aunt ot $15,225. All effort to collect the sum alleged due had met with no suc cess. Mrs. Furch alleged. "It's a straight action to col lect a bill." W. H. A. Kenner. Mrs. Furch's attorney said to day. ' "Mr. Furch owes her this money and we are out to col lect It." ... . Big Explosion ' Blows Up Yacht LONO BEACH, Aug. t. tA A heavy explosion aboard a a outbound yacht off the Craig ship building yards here today blew one man overboard and set fire to the craft. Another man waa seen to Jump overboard. Fire apparatus was summoned from . Saa ' Pedro. The" name of the yacht could- not be made out from shore. ... TERROR UNDERWAY
