y
THE WEATHER
ORKOON Unsettled wlih rain
west unci probably local snow
east portion loDljtht nnd Friday,
colder east portion tonlsiif. Kroan
southwest winds on tba coast.
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, DECEMBEI! 27, 1928
Number G223
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Fast Passenger
ABILITY OF
ENGINEER
Missionary' Traveling 60
Miles an Hour Stopped
In IS Car Lengths
SPIKES. IRON TAKEN
FROM RAIL'S LENGTH
only On,. IVrvun Hurl Seriously
by Accident. Three ' llunge
I loon l'Hil lUllk. Hrrrrt
KrrvliT. Men Hum for Suspect
r. Individuals In Ca'.
HAN llrHINAUDISO, Cal.. Dee
37, IAI'1 Tim pn-sene of rolnil
mill mIiIIII r ' F.nglnccr A. C
Long of Lo Angot.. piloting til"
"Mlaalouary" famuli Santa Fe
overland train. I credited with
averting scrlons disaster when
(hi' "Missionary" was derailed m
Hesperla. 35 inllix north of hero
yly today.
'only one person. W II Mur
ium, nf Wlnalnw. Arli., a Santa
Fr aitomcy. was hurl seriously
He suffered nn Injury In his hip.
A halt ilnjfii mhers who ro-
lolvcil attention of physician In
cluded Mr. F. J. Mackle. wile of
thfi aaalatunt general manager of
Ihe nwil. The "Missionary" wa
Chicago bound rrum l' Angolca
Manager l'rnlM-4 IIiikIimst
Aaahituiit (iiMn r.ll Manager
Mackle. riding In hla private car
with hla wlli'. doc'urcd nflcr t ti .
wreck that Long coolness In
Ihn emergency ImJ prevented u
caiaalrnphe. "Il liroiiitht Ihn
train In a ilrnil atop In f I r t - n
cur lengtha." until Mnckir. "It
waa the finest feat of locomotive
engineering I have, ever seen."
Mnekln himself waa unhurt.
Tim "Missionary" struck a
iCntlllnilM An Pjttfe Tnl
7,10 IDF FLU
IN 58 CITIES
WASHINGTON. IM'C. 27, I API
Fifty elcht rllli-a Imluy n'pnrt
ed In the retiaua liureau thai
710 di-utha from luflui'iua 01 -rnrri'd
durliiK Ihn wwk euili'il
Doremlier 22. The fUuroa nun
pared with 47S tleutha from In
fill ciwn In 62 litlea ilurliiK III''
prevloua week.
Clllea reiiortliiR on Influencn
denlha for the week ended I'm'
22 Inrluded Portland, Ore., 9:
Hull Lake City. 4; Sun Dleto, 8:
Kan Kranclain. V: Oakland. Cul.
7; Seattle, 1.1; Spokane, II.
Taconin, Waah., 3,
Poor Pa
"I soul my sister some
money an Ihey could buy .Mil
n nice preaent an maybe maUo
her like 'em belter."
USED
D. Morrow
Can't Serve
In Europe
WAHHlNliTON. IKuv 27. I AIM
--Th Amtrlrj.ti Krivrriim.-nt I
tntl iMpc1 lo Hpiin hwlght W.
Morrnw from liU M-rvln H4 am
liiiM.ulor In Mi (in i lluit h
mlicht iurv mi Hi jmtUiI ci'iii-
nillii'c in !..l with tin r'p(iru
tlnn prnlilfm
AtthoitKh Din di'li-i linn ot Am
prlmii exj'rt f'r ",f,t wtirk
lift in tht Allliil "nil Crrmun
Knvrrnmctiti h thin sovrrii
miMit tt4Mi'iitf ii t uunrrii'lul pur
tllpHtlofi hy Aui'-rlraiin, S'cri
fury Ki'I-obk I'nik tin pftnitlun
today thill Mr Morrow would n "I
fi otirt uf thot4 i-hortiMi Hi NtiM
Mr Moirow wotilil return to 111
poMf In Mi'xlrt Ctly Noon utt hlN
d ut leu heri In roniiei'tlon with
thu 1'hii Amerlrnii ronferiMiri on
arbitration ami miiil Union U
mm ploifd.
KKY WKST. Kla . her 27. (A
I' I One man an killed and two
were aerloiioly Injured when a
ej etplnilnti uVmulUlioil - ihn
IlKhtlinuoe tendir poliiai-ttla at
the naval d' k here tndtiy.
Kifept fir the heroism of W.
F. A:kliiMon. a aeatnati ahoard
the ii.ivnl tun Allexliaiiy. the
death toll would hlive hei'ii trip
led I
WUh the sen hlnilnz with oil
and atrewn with wrei-kaxe. At
kliiHon dived In and readied l.eon
Carey and Jonepli Ytterlun of thu
crew of the tender Im had heen
hurled overhonrd and were un
alile to ki-p afloat herailae of
III Jlirlin.
K. KulHon. a'eepliift In the
herth helow Yeerlan at the limit
of the exploalnu. alao waa thrown
Into the water. Ilia hody waa
Ion lid un hour and a half Inter.
The explosion mvurred when
J. F. Ilrnwn, negro rook, at
tempted In llRhl a una alnvo in
Iho jtiilley, where a fuel pipe la
lielleved lo have been leaking.
V. V. Demerit!, superinten
dent of the aoiithern llRlitliouse
division, hua hecun nn Investiga
tion. IS UT YREKA
I One of Klamath enmity's, a't
i eat pioneers, A I Decker paased
jnwny at Yreka, California yes
terday according to word rnrelv
;ed here today.
.More than 40 yeara ago. Mr.
Decker drove stage between
Alter and Ashlnnd. He was one
of the oldest and heat known res
idents of southern Oregon. At
the time of his passing he was
CO years of ago
He will he laid lo real at
Yreka, California.
HIT-RUN DRIVER
GIVES SELF UP
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 27, (A
P) - Walking Into Iho police sta
tion here late yesterday (1. M.
Olson lold officers ho was want
ed ut Seattle for failure lo report
an automobile accident there Inst
Friday In whLh a man was kill
ed. Seattle officers when nil
vlaed sent word lo have Olson
report there nl 8 n. m. today.
Olson aald he was driving
along a downtown street ' Friday
when a man dashed from n curb
ing Into Ihe aide of the cur. Ol
son alopped, rendered flrat nid,
and llten because Ilia wlfo was
III, continued on his way. Later
, Ihe man died at a hospital.
ONE BLOWN UP
N EXPLOS 0
0 E
Train Derailed,
NWLIDE
SHEEP IN
Cascade Limited Delayed
Twice in Two Days on
South Bound Trip
FIFTY SHEEP KILLED
IN FOG AT WORDEN
IVmk l'aM-iiier Train of Line
Hindered llj lile llta lllell
Pile snow on Trnk IM Mlle
i rill of Klnmnlh l ull". More!
Tlmn He lloill-a I .ale.
The Caseude l.lmlled. fastest
Irani between Portland and San
Frullrlmo. has twlee been oh
striirled III Ita run durlllK the
14-1 two days. Yesterday It ran
Into a linnil of sheep near Wor
den, smith of Klamath Kails, ami
today It waa delavod more than
five hours by a lame anowaltde
between Criueito and Fnuler,
!2i tullea imrtn orihla itty. nf;'
rordhiK to Soul hern Paelfle nfil
elltla. Due lo in l ive here at 7 Sii a
m.. iHiund aoiilh. It dlil not urrlve
mil II 1 : 2U p. in.
Sheep vn ued at around $T,i!0.
the pioerty of Ivuu Kane,
sheepman of the Worden dlstrlel
were Instantly killed yesterday
when the Cusiade Limited, aouth
liound, plowed throimh the band
on Ihe trui k Jusl ontsldeif Wor
dell. I'nnlile to' aee the idieep. be
rnuso of a dense fog. the engin
eer of the t rn In hail struck tlui
band before he had an opportun
ity to atop.
Moro than 2:tou were in the
hand of wlil.h close to r.i) were
killed. One registered buik.
valued at ti was killed
uu
SAI.F.M. Dec. 27. (AP)
llalph Hamilton of lleud and A.
W. Norhlad of Astoria, respec
tively conceded lo be speaker of
the house and president of the
senate at the next legislature,
will ho In Salem for a day soon
lo make a study of the budget
now being prepared for the next
two years.
They will confer with fiover
nor Patterson and with budget
director Sam A Koier. They
will probably lie acompanled by
Senator I. F.. Staples of Portland,
'who Is to he chairman of the
i senate wing cf the wi.ys and
nn'ii'K "omm1 t"ti.
'ROCK OF MARNE'
IS MARRIED
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27. t-
P) Tho Chronicle says Major
tleneral I'lysses Orant McAlex
ander. retired, known as "The
Rock of Maine." sailed for Hon-
111 I il Saturday with il bride said
lo have been Mia. Oracn Craig.
San Francisco psychoanalyst and
lecturer.
(ienernl McAlexander arrived
here from rnnnnm on Ihe trans
.ort Sonime Decem'ier 17. F.f
forts to Interview him thin fail
ed. The newspaper says lhal llu
Irnnsporl's passenger list. How
ever, revealed thai he had hook
ed p.issage for "Major Oeiieral
I'lysses (Irani McAlexandiT and
wife." After his retirement two
years iiro McAlexander bulll n
homo nt Newport, Oregon,
TR4IIK WAV
I 111 III IU III II
LLUIULn I u
STUDY BUDGET
The Presidential Parade
t When ihe welcoming parade for Piesldent-niect Hoover reaehed the
I presidential palace In l.lma. Peru, the guest cl honor waa Joined In
j the resplendent (arrlage by the president of the land of the Incaa.
He. Aiikubiu II. I.egula. li ft, la shown hern with Mr. Hoover aa they
rode ubout the illy lo receive the ovation of enthusiastic thousands.
Eleven - Year - Old Western
Boy Solo Violinist With
New York City's Symphony
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. ,p
Yrhiidi Mcnuhlu. 11 years old. of
San Francisco, will appear as
' soloist tonight with the N"w
York Philharmonic Symphony or
Icheatni. playing the Tehaikow.-ky
! concerto for' the violin. Ami
! somewhere In the back nf Car
tegle Hall. Yehudl'a father will
he standing up with a lot of
'other music lovers who canno'
gel tickets, every seal was sold
I weeks ago.
After 10 mouths' retirement
.taken In order thai Ychudl
( might get away from crowds und
be "Just a boy" for a while he
! has again come otit of the west
with his fiddle under his arm.
And New York has already paid
down thousands of dollars to
, hear him. Yehudl cannot even
j get passes for his friends Into
1 the concert tonight.
Made Dcblll nt Tell
j When Yehudl made his debut
1 here a year ago he was given a
welcome such us few musicians
ever get. It equalled that of
Jascha Hclfoti 10 years ago. And
even before that, he had made a
HERALD EDITOR
RETURNS TODAY
! Thomas B. Malarkey. editor
!of The Kvenlng Herald and his
wife and son, Thomas, Jr.. were
I passengers on the Cascade Llnilt
jed which was delayed for more
than five hours by a snows'.ide
j In the Cascades today,
i Mr. Malarkey went to Port
jland Sunday where he spent the
Christinas holidays with his wife
'and' baby and at the home of his
! parents. He w ill again be at his
Itmslflitn nt Ihn h,.,l ,tf thn mil.
tnrial department of the Herald
tomorrow.
llOltSI? FALLS DOWN".
! PAIIkLD C.llt ItCXS
OVKK KQCIVK'S OWVF.H
IIKLOIT. Wis.. Dec. 27.
iVl - Il remained for lleloll
to supply the spectacle of a
horse falling down stairs
and Ihe driver being run
over by a parked car.
John Kwells was driving
his horse mid wagon pence- 4
fully down town.
The wagon caught on a
i projecting part of n parked
! car.
John waa thrown off on
his head.
! The parked car, pulled by
the wagon, rolled ahead and
over him. The horse ran
away. I'nahle lo see where
II was going, II dashed
j ucross the si reel Into a
huililliiji. then fell down.
Charge
setivatlou il debut In Paris. lie
is now starting on an American
anil Kuropean tour, hut he will
plsy only about 10 times. His
parents have set the limit.
After he has played his 10
concerts. Yehudl will go back to
San Francisco and his algebra
nnd will not play again In pub
lic for nt least seven months.
Played for Queen Mnrir
After his dehut In Paris, when
he was 10. Yehudl spent a sum
mer with his parents and his lit
tle sisters lu Rumania, where
one of his teachers lived. Queen
Marie sent for him to go lo the
palace and play for her. On be
half of Yehudl. his parents re
spectfully declined. They Invit
ed the queen to tea In their
apartment, politely requesting
thai there be no pomp or glitter.
"She was wonderful nl?out It,"
Yehuill's father said, 'Viie came,
nnd Yehudl played for her. Later
she sent him a book, in which
she had written.
" 'To Ychndi hoping he will
he nicer to mo In America than
he was in Rumania.' "
SANI FRANCISCO, Dec. 27,
(API William H. Petterson
leaped or fell from a six story
apartment house roof today and
was burned to death when he
fell on high tension wires. The
l.ody' Impact broke half a doxen
wires, short circuited others and
Mimed out several transformers."
Pettersou's body, clad In pajamas,
dropped to the sidewalk,
petterson was a former Fresno
grocer and had been in ill health
for the last three year.i.
Neighbors uliirmed lit the
trnusfi.rmer explosions called the
fire department and at least six
clanging engines sped to the
scene, adding to the general
excitement.
IH'ISX I I TOWN"
HEMLOCK. O.. Dec. 27. (AP)
Residents of this hamlet today
nnnlted the arrival of a state
fire marshal with the demand
that arrests he made for tho nt
lemi t yrslerdny "lo burn up
their town."
When Ihey awoke they found
l!'e mayor's office, the jail und
an office building ut the Mou
surnl Coal company mine In
flames. They were "destroyed.
FULLS 01 11ES
IS OF BURNS
Track Tamperin
MURDER
HEARING
STARTED
Blurton and Marie Baker
Arraigned Before U. S.
Commissioner
NLUIILK AKKlVti 1 U
DortCFI ITP IVDI AMQ
l-KUatA-U I L. ltSUUI3
jAttomiya Ashurst and Van Horn
Kepresent IH-fenilnnt at tie'-
slim Which Open In Council 1
fTiainliers at City Hall. Ac-
comiI of killing lil.lucll Kiddle
Hearing on first degree mur
der charge started before I'nit
ed States Commissioner Ilert C.
Thomas this afternoon In the
council chamber at the city hall
for Hlurton and Marie linker. In
dians, charged with the murder
of fiidwcll Kiddle on November
2S
V. r. i-c, , - 7,ZZ
Tuned Stale Inamrt Attorney
fiourge Neuner arrived on the!
Cascade at 1:20 and the bearing. I
set for 10 a. m. today, was )
starii-d as soon as possible.
IVtleral fuse
Ilccnuse Riddle was killed on
Indian land, was an Indian, and
because his alleged murderers are
Indian the case ; being held
in Ihe federal court.
K. B. Ashurst, Klamath Falls
attorney, and Mr. Van Horn of
the firm of Piin-r and Van Horn,
of Portland, appeared for the de-
fi'Ui'e.
Figlit Over l.iqnor
Raker and his wife are accus
ed of killing llidd'o at a place
about loo feet off the Klamath
Fulla-Lakevk-w highway about
two and a half miles west of
Realty. Riddle and Baker are
snid to have been in un argument
over a halt gallon of whiskey.
Riddle la thought, to have been
getting the best of Baker and
Mrs. linker after being called hy
ber husband, aeenrding 'to his ad
missions to a Ciiited States de
. partment of Justice agent.'
have hit Riddle on the head with
a tire pump. When Riddle
.turned on Mra! Baker. Baker said
that he got a machinists hammer
from the car and beat Riddle on
the head with It.
Riddle's body was found froi
en stiff, ten days after the mur
der in the sagebrush about a
quarter of a mile from the spot
where It Is thought he was kill
ed. The skull was badly crushed.
SET
u
C. A. "Blarkle" White. Tom
' Vliisonhnler and E. - Pappel,
charged with violations of the 11
; qnor laws, will he brought he
; fore Culled States Commissioner.
Ilert C. Thomas on Saturday
morning for hearing.
1 All three men nre lodged In
Ihe county Jail, unable to furnish
, bond.
White nnd Vinsonha-or were
arrested Christmas eve at the
side entrance of one of the hotels
of tho city. They aro alleged to
have been caught with consider
able gin. A Marnion limousine,
carrying n California license was
also confiscated. Ke.lh Ambrose,
chief of police made the arrest.
Vappol was arresled nt 113.1
C.rant street on Christinas day.
Considerable liquor was taken In
the raid. A Chevrolet was also
'seized by the government.
HEARING
RMIV
n i unun
Butterfly
Heart Said
Efficient
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. (API:
The heart of a butterfly Is lwlr .
aa efflelent aa that ot a man In '
at leaat one reaped.
Man' heart beat In only one
direction. Prof. John II. Gerould
of Dartmouth College, reported
I,. lh Amarloan Su.UI nt '' "
filiptiifa InHav l,t ha ku, !
able to observe the heart of cer-
tain butterflies and silkworm
moth beating in both dlreetlon.
Thl periodic reversal of heart
beat, he aald. waa discovered by
Marrello Malpighl, who lived I
from 162A to 1R4 hut htm nn. :
nouneement was discredited by i
'. many eminent observer and lap-i
d lto nMiYinn prnt ,;er0I1id ll !
j observation vers deacrloed hy j
' him as corroborating and extend-)
lnK 'his forgotten discovery.
M'REATO HEAD
VETERAN GROUP
:C. Thomas, Moffat's bail was set
For the ensuing year. W.- C. ttt 12500. Ho wa released when
Mat Ilea will serm a commander bond w" ffurnlshed. by hU mo
ot the Veterans uf Foreign Wars. ,hor- Mr- Vw'la Ollkey. Dam
MueUea wa clesled to lhis,",r am lnal ln fp'"l "nrt lit
'metlng held Wedlir-
I, ..
day night at Moose Hall. Close
to 200 ex-soldier attended the'l ,
meeting.
La Verne Carter, senior vice
commander; Homer Williamson,
junior vice commauder; Charles
Larson, qiiartermas.er; Noble H. J
Canter, officer of tho ay; Vern
J. Walker. Judge-advocate; Wil
liam Fulmer. chaplain, were oth.
er officers elected to serve with
MacRea for the coming year.
J. II. Carnahan waa chosen to
serve an 18 months term a a
member of the trustees board.
During the coming year, meet
ings will be held at I. O. O. F.
hall, because present quarters
are too small.
Noble H. Canter la retiring
commander of the local post.
I'nahle to furnish bond of .
$2,100. Dorothy Smith of Chilo- I
quin was lodged In the county j
jail last night, charged with pos- .
session and sale ot intoxicating '
liquor on the Klamath Indian i
reservation.
Her hearing has been set for '
j 11 o'clock Friday morning before;
I United States Commissioner, Bert
Ic. Thomas.
. I
EVELYN NESBIT'S
BROTHER FOUND
AFTER SUICIDE
I NEW YORK. Dec. 27. (API
Howard W. Nesbit. 41 year old,
brother of Evelyn Xcshlt. form- j
: c r wife of Harry K. Thaw, hang
ed himself last night from 'a
steam pipe at his home in the
; Bronx. The tody was found by
his wife upon her return from
a visit to a neighbor. The motive
was not determined.
Miss Nesbit, who is a hostess
at nn uptown night cluh. became
hysterical when she arrived at '
the house nnd saw tho hody of
her brother, whom sho had not
seen for years.
I'lVK DROWN Kit l'.D Fill ICE
BATHl'RST, New Brunswick.
Dec. 27. (CP) Five persons
; were drowned today when their
J automobile plunged thru the Ice
jwhlle they were crossing from
i Little Lnmegue to Iho Shippegau
i mainland. They were: Joseph
Noel, merchant: his w'fe; And
i lew Dugiiny, Mrs. Noel's father;
; Thomas Jones, fish merchant.
and Joseph Chluann, all of Little
I Lamegue.
I1N FACES
liquor charge
gl. MOFFAT
WILL FACE
U. S. OU
Said To Have Sent Pro
hibitive Drugs to Girl
in Prosier, Oregon
I MOTHER, FURNISHES
i DONn FflP APPlISTr
i
I " I
i Warrant Filed Wllh tT. H. Com-
mlsa loner Frazlrr In Portland.
C. C. Well, Deputy United
Stale Marshal, Serve Papnr
on 'olleg;n nioy.
Charged with sending proh
ibitive drugs through the rca I Is,
Johnny Moffat, well known stu
dent of the University of Oregon,
was arrested shortly before mid
: night Wednesday at Eleventh and
; Main street by Chief of Police
Keith Ambrose.
j Today, wrhen ' brought heforn
Unlted States Commissioner Bert
, Portland has. luU, yel been ,eU
A warrant for the arreat r
warrant for the arrest of
eharging violation of
Criminal Code. 211. wa tiled la
the office nt United States Com
niissloner Frailer of Portland.
It Is alleged Moffat sent the
..nhlklllu. -.. I. . . . Ik. , r
gon, to a young woman.
At the time of hi arrest last
night. Moffat waa at his mother's
(Continued on Tag Four)
IS POSTPONED
Trial of Jesse M. Monroe,
charged with operation ot a still
manufacturing Intoxicating li
quor, which wa to have opened
in circuit court tills morning be-,
fore Circuit Judge' A. L. Lear-s
Itt, ha been postponed unti: Fri
day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. .
D. E. Van Vactor, attorney for
Monroe was unable to return to '
Klamath Fall today from Ool
dendale. Washington where he
spent Christmas with his parents,
because of heavy snow storms.
ROBBER KNOWS
HIDING PLACE
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 27. (P)
When Mis Margaret Gladwin
was locking up the Rosevllle
restaurant on Sandy Boulevard
early today, an unmasked man
Jabbed a revolver Into her side,
and forced her to re-enter the
place where be took SS7 from
the cash register and 1265 from
a hiding place In a rear room. '
Aunt Het
"I don't hellere In apeakln'
evil nf tho dead; but Ihe war
that preacher talked about
June, I wouldn't nt known It
was her funeral If I'd come la
unexpected."
MONROE T !