The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, April 12, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextrantoJ Circulation Over 2800 THE DAILY KLAMATH 1 eansnsnsss SxPsBbbbV RUSHING o No. 12C r RVEY1NG OF AKEVIEW ROAD United New and UnitedJrs Telegraph Services lf tlllrrn r. . w w ftlJMfll f alls, UUE.. SUNDAY. APRIL 12, 1925. NEWS Official Paper of City of KLAMATH FALLS Hard At Work Proposed New Strahorn Road yon n line lo Hubert K. Hlraborn. .U fvn.n Friday. ork ,u rui,n- urojo.llnii of nil mree iur Practice For Ball Team To Start Tuesday Two priii-ilr games srhi-dult'd tur the flrat and sroud Sundays In May will give the Klamalh public III first opportunity to are the new league ball club. The flrat gams la lined up with Tennanl fur May 3d anj the aecond with Malta on the 10th. Manager filover aya these oxbi bltluna will give the local public a Una on how hla "Wild Can" will taka to thitlr straight diet of raw Trice Five Cent FIVE SONS AND Last Minute Conference to Hit Power Co. GUARDS PLACED Bodies Will Be Exhumed; Arsenic Found In Home nilf'AGO. April 11- Convinced VVYO. GOVERNOR Myers Leaves To Confer On Jackson Case KLAMATH FALLS A last minute attempt was put across yesterday morning Just prev- lous to the departure of Secretary ' of interior Hubert Work and com- First Woman Governor I missioner of U. B. Reclamation Kl , wood Mead, to brim additional I I pressure to bear on tbeae officials In ; Law Enforcement the way of minority condemnation j 'of the California! Oregon Power' Threatened For Her that Mrs. ffklnn a Anna Cunningham. GO. Is collapse to avoid further company'a development here. : CHETEXNE, Wyo., meat. The games will be for the ,lHtionlnj regarding the mysterious ,. projection 01 "" -! - - - i - - - - - : all complaints ... 1 ouruose of trvlni- nut the lime ll.t ""'"'h "' '"'r husband and four chll-i ,,, ih.. i.nitenii) ulcd extensions PurP" ui me icng Mat ...... , . . , Klamath project , , m. i- , of Pl'll'-nia tor the team. , dr.-u. police tonight prepared to turn ! 1 ' ri.e. California & Eastern, I.er over tn police of Gary. Ind. o sit throu I I (.. hi. recent ' T1' " rkout will be on ,n , euce with the according to Manager Fred Work of removing the Tuesday , the Interstate mm- (.Vl.r " " , fence on the outfield at the fair lltiiriVil IIHles HI III" nun. ,, ii-ii. hes Sprngiie Itlvor. , SiIiim " who hud charge . hi'iivv rollxtl iK tlon on tile li Ci,:iit road, built by .Mr. i (nil" Spokane In Wullulll. hu chief hero and will .nn.it charge of loiullou and 1..M of the extensions, under irue. chief rnglneer of the ground will start tomorrow. Prac tice for a few duys will be on the ll.it Kprlng field The practice April 11. Two Following out the promise of the' ,ttela, working under M. C. official party to liaten to any and i Wachtel, state commlaaioner for all complaints with relation to the , lw enforcement resumed their beat I)r. Mead consent-! "rore n Wyoming evecutlve man- through another confer- i"on "" Many. Preparatory to a eomplalntants. night a vigil over Governor Nellie ! larior itoss. The two men are charged with the safeguarding of the nation's first woman governor. Wachtel he feared violence of aome Deputy District Attorney W. P. Myers leave, today for Portland where he will confer with federal authorities concerning information which came into his office after the death of Freddie Jackson at Cbilo quln last month. According to Myers the examina tion of Jackson's body which a expected to be exhumed some time during the coming week will be conducted by both county and fed eral authorities. Louis Knight who was said to have been with Jackson an hour ARE SHAKEN UP Horseback Rider Seriously Injured In Crash On D. C Highway five ileuths occurred there. Jacob, a director of the Mrs. Cunningham was removed to Klamath Irrigation district, A. M. the county hospital at 7 n. in., when , Thomas secretary, and J. H. Car- she collapsed In the states' attorney's; nahan their attorney, offered state-! lolilre after three bom s of men liens ments to the effect that the district I , elimination. She v. a in a "state of feared Or. Work bad gotten the i Tuesday will not lie an official one. , ,,., for ...vral hours before Dr. wrong angle to (he district's com-j It Is merely for those wishing a U. T. Vaughn, night medical officer, plaint relative to the power com- j tryoul on the team to get their .,,I1 tl:e police the woman was fak-pany. In as much as he had em arm. oiled up prepurttory to real, !,,;. The police then resumed ques-i phasiied In a speech that he did : Uonlng Mrs. Cunningham. She not consider any serious objections' finally answered them, but refused to the power Companies use of bound over to. the federal required In the! would n"' penult hi in tn play. Ilud liulii'ig Hmtey (' K K, surveying crew Is the field, rushing work on evlew extension, and they h Hi-nil y Tuesday evening i; to Mr Strahorn :rgi-m- t s poluted nut. since the of the englueera on the i- extension must be for to Washington within Just Kollowlug this report the surveying the Silver I.ake ind the branch extending ktrrly for li mllea from t 43. will be taken up r. The last mentioned ax is an Important feeder for posed line, since It taps pf limber owned by Long a recent purchase of Shev- Vw Kijulpiiii-iil ailinx spurs are nuw under ion on the completed line. ale the operatloas (hla year. It Cherry Creek at mile post at I-oe's siding, mils poat at llorton'a dam. mile poat at Charley Miller'a Dew fac- 1 out at McCollum A Clen ulll in the edge of Klamatb two new flat cars for the C. Y U ahlnnera have lust sired here, according to Mr. . with forty other similar r 1 use. it la feit the re Ms of the road for this year tftkuu cure of fully. The 41-foot length and 80,000 irryiug capuclty. An oil is being Installed on the ' "0-ton locomotive. practice. The official name for the le-lltue was derided on at the meeting In Yreka Friday night. The Slsklyou Kluinalh league Is the new delgna llon. It la reported that Hud Moe will play on the team. He previously Consld-! ''"d remarked that lack of time NOICS l) (.HTKlt HI I'S Kf III II1VOHCR A.MK.NTO. April 11. Mrs. ''ty. daughter of Governor W. Itic-hardson today filed dlt-i.rce ngulnst George ""'- Who charges cruelty resiuralton of her maldon "i-latit stale surveyor, dimieil from stunford unl- anJ served as lieutenant In ''Hon eumy .lnrlnD ilia Is a reputed crack first Barker and heavy walloper of the ball as well, tlert Arnold, a promising local hurler wll be given a chance for th team. No one. however, has been deflultey selected to play. Hundreds in Tucson to See Wild Tribal Rites of the Yaquis TlXHON. Arli.. April 11. Hun dreds of Tucsonlana and visitors in the city today witnessed the an nual tribal rltea of the Yaqal In dians tn their aquat adobe village northwest of the city tod ly. and hundreds mora planned to be up early la the morning when the weird throniplng of the ancient In dian instruments mark the climax of the passion week ceremony, D reused in tribal costumes that their anoestors wore, the Indiana of to day continue to portray the relig ion's ceremouy which exemplifies the historical events connected with the crucifixion and rnesurcctlon of Christ. Nesrly a hundred dancers are participating In the ceremony. Tl: ceremony Is a continuous one. from Friday before Easter to East er morning, the biggest part of the dunce coming In the early morn ing of Easter. Old tlmerg. In the city, who have heard the meaning of the dances from their parenta, are always present to interpret the dances. which tlm ' participants themselves have Wit haty ideas ahoyt Dismal notes, coming from to discuss the case. ToHro suspect that the five mem bers of her fumlly were poisoned. Two boxes of ursenli- were found in the Gary home. Mrs. Cunningham said she purchused the poison for use lu spraying plants. Physicians worked on Mrs. Cun ningham for half an hour without being able to revive her, and she was aent to the county hospital. The woman aeemed to be In an epileptic tflt. Ilenlre Poisoning For (brae houra Robert McMillan, aaalstant atala'a attorney, and other officials pounded away at the deli cate lttle woman In the bone of forcing her to confess she had pois oned the flva. Mrs. Cunningham admitted buying arsenic, but she said It was tor uae in spraying plants. "Did you poison your family. Mrillllnn shut at ber. "I did not," she replied firstly. At uu lime did she appear ahaken by the examination. Only her dark, sharp eyes In con trast to ber complexion M MABGY! V BY JOHN KND JA III rSY VS her well posted evening mala Klamath lake water. The purchase price of certain power rlglns were the main ob jection according to the last min ute testimony. irr. Mead closed the conference with the following statement. "I understand that Is the situation as you see it. If II Is at you say, then we want to know the grounds on which action might be taken. If the aale was merely a blunder, you cannot cor rect ft. If there was fraud we want evidence presented. Fleet Preparing For Long Cruise to the Hawaiians SAN FRAXCISC. April II. The greatest armada ever assembled oft the Pacific coast, la putting on its best bib and tucker and preparing to betrayed the! go out to sea. Inner emotions. The eyes widened to glare when McMillan demanded: "Did you give noiaoxt to- Dwvld !" "i certainly did not," she snapped back. David. 29, tba on surviving ton. la let tb local hospital anfTeriiig from arsenic poisoning, McMillan and the others then left the woman alone for a mooxeot, and returned to find ber oo the floor. Ts iUbatiM ItodU Phyalaiaas advised that she be kept In the hospital for at least four houra before she la removed to her home In Gary. Ind.. where the mys terious deaths occurred. Mrs. Cunningham was still in a state of coma at 8:45 p.m., but physicians said they felt she would recover. GARY. Ind.. April 11. Finding enough arsenic to kill scores of per sons In the home of Mrs. Anna Cun ningham, nn attractive widow of 50, -, i. ' ntith,.rttiM tnnfeht decided to ex- queer Instruments, accompuuiny moj - dunces and at tlnuw the entire cast .""" "" -'"--- liusnana ana lour i-uuurvu nu ui All the giant battleships are bust ling with activity. Sailors In bare feet and sleeve roiled nn are scrub bing aVacltav nolisMng ralU and scur rying to and fro to answer cart or ders ol sleek yoans; officer. ' In their coatfortnnle quarters, commanding officer of the different Teasels, are rushing through: last min ute details and: greeting visitors who swarm aboard tram tiny launches that DDtt and chug out from the piers at intervals af five minutes. The busiest man aboard the Seat tle, the flag ship, is Admiral Robert E. Coon 1 1. commander In chief of the fleet. He sees few visitors, and those who succeed tn passing his flag lieutenant are allowed a brief five minutes. High ranking officers enter his office, converse a moment or two, and leave hurriedly. Stal wart marines gaze suspiciously lit each visitor. of the play parade about the bar- rlo chanting undent Indian nielo dies. Miracle Man to Give Personal Interviews Thursday Afternoon whom died suddenly at Intervals during the past Bix years. Dorothy Begins Life In Napa Asylum Where Life Is Full of Play WHEELER. Ind.. April 11. Cor oner A. O. Dobbins of Port county. Indiana, this evening refused to ex hume the bodies of five members of the Cunningham family In the al leged "wholesale murder plot." an nouncing that action must watt until Monday. Dobbins said lie would exhume AMH'imiS. Miracle 'Man. will goithe bodies at iu a.m. monouy n on a shopping tour here Thursday orders to do so were recoived from afternoon, calling on four local mer-ipropor authorities. cliunts in the course of his travels. Coroner Oscar Worn or t nicngo During this time he will spend 10 had come nero .rua, ,.., .o. ... minutes In each store, and give per-; purpose of exhuming the bodies nt 1 II.. l.pniiirhl wiili him S-VPnr- 8ntt'. '-''I1"" 0..;.r;hr!o d M Cunningham to Identify thcjscru.iny of hospital alienists. uriiui'iivB ii i in vim i"ni" - ... j ... ... questions he will answer personally, j graves. He has returned now to l.riniHtiir bin wonderful nsychlc pow-Gury. ers lo bear on the Individual prob lems of Ms Interviewers.' Theso nre the only personal lutorvlews that Alburttia will give In Klnmulh Fulls. Ills Itinerary for Thursday follows: Glovers Jewelry storo, 1 to 1:20. I.loyd Kyan.clothlor, 1:20 to 1:40. Golden Rule store, 1:40 to 2. Underwood's pharmacy, I to !:J0, XAV.ll. COIItT MAKTIAIj WASHINGTON, April 11. Court Martial of six naval offices in con nection with discovery of liquor aboard tho U. S. 9. Ilcaufort at Nor folk, Va., last February was order ed today by Secretory ot the Navy Wilbur, SAN" FRANCISCO. April 11. Dor othy Ellingson. matricide, has begun the life she has always dreamed about. It lacks but one thing essen tial to her Norwegian make-up freedom. She need not work unless so in clined In Napa asylum, where she began an indefinite Btay late Thurs day, following commitment based on the findings of a jury in her san ity case. There are moving pictures, tennis and other recreations. The grounds are beautiful. For the first three weeks, the Jazx girl will ha under the closest A lit tle later, if sho desires, she will be permitted to do light housework. While the law may demand that Dorothy stand trial for the murder of her mother tn the event she is dismissed from the Institution as cured of mental malady, records fall to show a prosecution of any one ac cused ot mnrder who has been con fined In Napa longer than six mouths. tort would he directed against Governor Ross presumably by un derworld characters of Wyoming nil fields, as a mean, of intimating her on her drives against lawless ness. liomb Plot Investigations against bootleggers by his office, he said, had unearth ed facts which caused him to be lieve there were "plots against Mrs. Ross." Wachtel denied reports that there 'ca,e Thomas could not say. u-au nnv i-nnnallnn Kntwaan a ! "bomb" recently delivered to his office and the placing ot the guard. -The "bomb" a Z inch artillery shell , was turned over to his office by a ' watchman who bad found it in pro- -perty of the Prairie Oil & Gas com pany In the 9alt Creek field. Sol-1 diers from Fort Russell later bom- J barded the "bomb" with rifle bul-j lets. It exploded with force. K. J. Carter is in a serious condition at the Klamath Val ley hospital, as the result of in juries sustained when a big: yellow Howard & Grimes bus I driven by Dick Harople crash jed intr him yesterday after 1 noon. COUrtSl Ton noaaono-aeo - U U... yesterday afternoon, after a prelim-1 which wa, returning to K,am: lnary hearing before U. S. Com-jath Falls from Ch, ; re missioner Bert Thomas, on a charge .Shakcn up and narrowly es of possession of liquor on the Klam-Caped injury from fal'ing glass ath reservation. Failing to secure from the car windows, when bail set at $1500 he was taken to -the horses going in the oppo Portiand by Deputy u. s. Marshal site direction came in contact Davidson. Knight has previously with the auto, stated he had nothing to do with The accident took place on The the Jackson case. According to Com- j Dalles-California highway Just this missioner Thomas, Knight was notjs'de of the Williamson river bridge, questioned about Jackson at yes- According to passengers the Howard terday's hearing. Whether the dis-! Grimes driver was in the middle trict attorney, or anyone else has I of tne roal ant going approximately Air Pilot Jumps 100,000 Feet Into Tree; Only Braised headed toward Chfloqnin, in the saddle, and had two other horses with him. The bus continued 600 feet after the crash before i came to a stop. Carter was picked up unconscious and rushed to- the hospital. The horse, la coming Into contact with the car-door handle, tors thm I door completely off the car and re- celved deep, weands In the flank. At the hospital last night It was WASHINGTON. D. C, April 11. terrific Jumping from his army plane at 10.-I uid Carter wouM liv. 000 altitude when, his motor went dead. Lieutenant J. T. Johnson land- CHEYBNNE. Wvo.. Aoril 11. Frank S. Smith, state game and j ed bruisel ', in an apple tree fish commissioner charged by Gov- near Eaglesmere. Pa., his fall broken ernor Nellie T. Ross with mlscon- by a parachute, he reported to the duct in office resigned today a few mar department here today, hours before his formal hearing , johnsolli who, parUclpated in. the before her would have started. I . . ..... , , . recent Detroit-Miami dawn to dusk. Smith had nrevlouslv announced his intention ot fighting the charge j fllght' was flying from. Selfxidge Extea. L&sifces At Whipping Poat For Delaware Embezzlers DOVER; Deia.. April II. The Delaware legislature is finding new uses tor the ancient punishing de vice of the whipping post. ' ' The house Friday passed two through the courts of the state. ! "eld. Detroit., to New York, when bills which wonld add lashes to Governor Ross bad charged him ' his new Curtlss pursuit plane stalled' the punishment of embexiiers. Dis- wlth intoxication and generally with i over the Allegheny mountains. " i having neglected the duties of his! ATlation officer8 M(d thu vu 0ff'c; . .. , . , . .! twelfth lite saved since the recent Smith said lack ot money with ; which to fight the charges caused ' rmr order that n amT rreM him to resign. Three Bandits Get $9000 in Cleveland Merchant Club Raid take up parachutes. ALL OF MERRILL TURNS OUT FOR OPENING OF HALL tinction is made in these bills be tween the high and the lowly. One but provides that mieapprav priatloa of rands collected by execu tors guardians and attorney be Ban ished by test lashes and five years Imprisonment. By the other bill, twenty lashes and ten years In prison would be given to cashiers, servants or clerks convicted ot embezzlement. Merrill turned out en masse last OJl BALL TrKSDAY night to celebrate the formal open- The Inaugural bull iu houor ot r ' 1t -.. 'ing of its new community hall, which' the recently Installed officers ot CLE LLAND. April 11. 1 waa completed the latter part of the! the Klamath lodge of Elks will be commission merchant, were robbed week QTer ,0) wre present ,t the EIkl temple elt oi .a... u-, . .eL. -- ; the celebration. Tuesday night. April 14. Elks soual raiuaoies amounting 10 mure, than $9,000 late today, by three bandits who raided the White Lily club here and escaped tn an auto mobile. The merchants were members of the club and it wa8 their custom to gather at the club rooms Saturday afternoons o while away the time until the banks opened in the even ing. The merchants assembled this af ternoon as usual and were holding fraternal business session when the three bandit burst into, the room with drawn guns. One clubman was slow getting into position and recevied a blow on the skull from a blackjack. Tuesday night. April The community hall, built at a and their ladies are invited according cost of S6.000, is a credit to the to the entertainment committee ot town. It has a seating capacity of the lodge. John Houston's orches 500, and is provided wtth a dance' tra will dispense the necessary mel floor and stage. I ody. BOXKY WIIJ. KKTIHX SALEM, April 11. Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, now on a year's leave of absence In the east will not re sign as president ot Willamette uni versity but wl" return to Salem to renew his duties as head of the school about May 9 it was an nounced here today by the loard ot trustees. Dr. Doney was granted a year's leave of absence because ot poor health last year. FOREST FIRES Kl'ltE.ll) AUSTIN, Tex., April 11. Forest tires raging in cedar timberland 15 miles south of here during the last 24 hours were reported spreading tonight endangering several villages. Property loss was estimated 'at $100,000. I DRACLE MAM WILL WiOTE FOR THE HEWS ' By an arrangement with the Pine Tree Thea tre, Alburtus the Miracle Man will answer ques tions free for readers of The News. If you have a perplexing problem or many of them, just sit down and write to Alburtus, care The News and tell him your troubles. The answers will be pub lished daily or as many as space will permit, and continue throughout the engagement of this amazing man in Klamath Falls. Those taking advantage of this opportunity are required to sign their names and addresses as an evidence of good faith, but initials only will be used in publication, and to make secre cy doubly sure, you may name fictitious in itials to be published but in every case the full name must accompany your inquiry. Ad dress inquiries to "Alburtus," care The News, and write right now so that your question might be in the very first installment of answers which will be published Tuesday morning, April 14.