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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1925.
Price Five Cent
T INDUSTRY
F ASSURED
T T a. UTT! T-
L.iih.i; Duiu vvincma JLurns hflf
In rierce Windswept Lire
F FAIR TRIAL
iret Now Signed Up
U Material To B
r r I
Merc Next ween
Sim aires of land i(fn-
i ! ..xin'rimcniaiion
I l.,.tH in the Klamath
tin- introduction 01
,wllV iHTf IS '
I !.iv thin yi-ar. While
,.H at'' wnntfd. f00 in
,.X Timi-nt with and
I .i.-ills will arrive in
Falls iK'Xt week from
Lmwito Vull.'y Sugar j
hi (J 11 V - ... ..,!
k, !,. I.U1V H '- "'
s were under contract for
iliento Valley Sugar coin
at 1 1-.it llmo U looked as
i Mitir- project would tall
r. uf'er ,ln mooting on
April 4 of farmer ana
ruti'lili-mlil moro In-1
n shown an.' e re-1
l.T.ililf more acreage 1. 1
ran Sitiiif of lhi tcame
I 1 1 -it. M Inervlew proa-.
kt'.with reported a-i
Fire which broke out III the
hull of the old steam boat
"WI111M114" beached on the wa
terfronl of Kh I ipl ti Kion yester
day, shortly before noun en
tirely consumed the fid craft.
A warehouse belonging to John
Cotton and a boat noun put up
by Art 1-euvltt who operate
the mall boala on Klaruatb
lake wa also destroyed. The
total lo .pproximlet $10,000.
covered by practically no Insur
ance. Klra Chief Keith- Ambrose
mada tho run lo Khlpplngton
with the two bin pumper In
eight nilnutea from the lime
the alarm wu sent In. but
owing to a lerr.flc wind and
the Intl.. inutile nuture of the old
hull and buildings, a lot :il limit
ttn Inevitable. The firemen
dropped iheir suetlon linen dir
ectly Into the lake and worked
heroli-ly to rhurk the flamea.
Sieve Means iu lived on
buard the "Wlnemu" was forci
bly restrained by the firemen
from entering the blazing sup
er strurture of the craft In an
effort to aave bla pergonal ef
fect. Including t(5 In caab
and a valuable old violin.
The detructlon of the "Wl
nenia" iuarka the passing of a
Klumath county land dark, If a
craft which haa operated ao
many yeara In Klamath water
could he ao atyled. She was
built by rotten and llannbury
w-ho luid the keel at a point on
the went aide of l.lnk river, and
at the launching ceremonies the
uld lake boat wa christened by
Molly Jennings In 1906.
The "Wltiema" was named
in honor of Toby Hlil.lle Modoc
Indian i man and heroine of
ttiu Cnhy massacre in the lava
hed In 1 H71.
LOST IN CHANNEL
Big Blimp Flung Before
Terrific Fury of Wind
Rides Out to Sea
Local Legion To Help Down
And Out Shell Shocked Vet
GIANT RAILROAD
MERGERS
LOOM
Traffic Problem to
Go Before Council
At Monday Session
UP IN HORIZON;.
the
nod re1lllt.
idlaiid d'.atrlct under the .
t cif Kd Sutton
A meeting held In the chamber
commerce room Jaat night for
discussion of Klamath Kails
WAKIIIVCTON. Afirll 1 . Do- ' iF.t trMrfle nr.ililenia It 4 fin.-.ltv
i nlta the uuntientnt'.ona way It U decided to turn the matter over to
SOA ' l , I .... .LI- .a...... ....It,... ! - .1 .
i,i w. : ocing couiiuciwu. jiniiub,.,!. commiiiee oi live niaue vv wi
ulicti'd for. aooie addl-of lne prolH,,ed Nickel Hlate rall-0ne repreaentative of the chamber
;.r acreage are roaatl merger by the Interatate oom- Qf eommerce. one from tk Roiary
inaUb-ruble credit la alaoim r. POnimlaalon here la one of Ibeioluli nn.. from tn Klwanlana. and
B,-l,m and i w- K,rn I moat Important d'olopmenta In Am-!tw0 member lo be aelocted by theae
..b I., xnlraettna AS I ... a k . .... t, i j
-" - riran ranruan niaiuij.
fc: the Keno road ana iu
LONDON, Eng., April 16.
Twenty officers and men!
aboard the dirigible R-33 are
trying to turn the ripped nose
of their craft m the direction
of England, after a runaway
ride across the North channel
before the fury of a gusty gale.
The wns snatched from
her mooring mast at Pulham,
Norfolk, Rt 9 a. m today and
into the grasp of the gale
which has' carried her due
east to the flat shores of Hol
land near Harlem.
Flailinjr like a cat-o-nine-
tails from the stern of the R-
33 are four long rones, each
with a heavy wheel from an
artillery caisson knotted to its
extremities.''-'
The mnyielding land an
chors added to the difficulties
of the skeleton crew in
three, to alt aa an examining board
y ir - ii ine commiaaiuu hih -e ; i me city nail, proiiauiy a ww
tn territory. Along " plication of the Vanawerlugen
. ... . . . . . . .
way a number of email nrolhera of Clnvelaud. Ohio for
thla t.OOV inlle, billion dollar mer
ger, the alamp of approval of the
w,Te aecurea . mainiy
rflortit of E. M. Ilubb.
kion. J. J. Minor. L . n..
ii nutnlier of othera who
lied lii ,'elng augur beela
i .-it., MUlied rrop In
in'y
ry -uri iMinillng Ilonanta
I tlmroiiKbly by Monroe
from Monday In the afternoon and
evening.
Hvery one Intereated in offering
,ini ujilHtlnn fnr the aerloila con-
g(rverunient will have been placed J ditlon of congealed traffic which
upon the merger Idea, and the way,ara becomlug ao acute ou Main
will be opened for other voluntary ! lr,,t ,t th. present time, will be
giant consolidation Involving P-'.skd to go before the board and
aibly all the railroad ( the cjun makf whatever recoineudationa they
try. I nee fit. Out of tho auRgeatlon of-
Thln la the cinniHdiitlcm era In . fcr0d n the afternoon and even
Once more the local Ameri
can 1-tgion poat haa forged to
the front with aid to a veteran
In need.
John K. Pratt a veteran ot
the world war and a regular
army man of IS yeara exper
ience wa picked up on the
street last night penniless and
suffering from burated ear
drums resulting from an ex
plosion which occured In an
ordnance depot to which be had
been connected.
The ex-soldier .wa taken to
the Lake hotel by R. C. Morris
a Southern Pacific freight con'
ductor running out of here, was
made as comfortable ai possi
ble for the night, and Com
mander Francis Olds of the
American lglon notified. Con
ductor Morris who picked up
the destitute soldier is a veter
an of L company 19th Infantry
In the Spanish American war.
Commander Olds of tbe Am
erican Legion said last night
that Pratt's case would be In
vestigated by him today and
an effort made to transfer the
man to a government hospital
where he could receive proper
care.
According to the Honorable
Discharge found In Pratt' pos
session he ha served five
"hitches" In the United Slates
army, chiefly In tbe ordnance
department. He embarked for
Kervlce with the American Ex
pedition Force In France on
March 14. 1918 and was hon
orably discharged March 10,
1920.
IS
BY AXECOMBAT
Old Woman And Her 'Man'
Wield Axe In A
Hot Battle
"i0!?8? ! WHEELER PLEADS
In Effort To Find rlmT ,,,
Safecracking Gang1 NOT GUILTY AND
In an effort to apprehend bus-
pecta of the wholesale epidemic ofi
safe blowing ot the past few nights,
police chief H. M. Loucks staged j
BIG TRIAL IS ON
Pandemonium reigned at
the Link river tourist camp just
outside the city yesterday
when F. A. Thomas and the
woman he has been living with
! Maude Reed, engaged in a
1 deadly combat, using a pair of
' axes as weapons. Order was
i restored when Constable
I Garry Cozad arrested the pair
single handed.
The two arc in jail thia
morning awaiting a hearing on
charges of assault and battery
.with intent to kill. Mann act
charges may be filed later
against Thomas, it was indi
cated.
"I love my man," Maude
told Constable Garry, an hour
i after she attacked him with
great falls. Mont.. Apru u. an axe. She looked longingly
ultiaa wholesale raid of Klamath ho-' " ... ... u
. Itel, and lodging house yesterday. -Barely three and one-half hour, at an old tintype photo of her
navi-, ., . .., . . "man" and said: "But he
iut,!v r,no thla amount
sllKliily Inireaaed mkln
iKiiive beet growers win) . ,n . nA , tn coming. In
ri j under consideration
he
iiumli.T of field are be-
b put in Khape and noi ,,rei,arlnii a gen-, nr niilar. and out of fairness to the
iiiiiik Blurt lust as. . , , ,i ,i,e i.,.! ,vi ,,.n it was suggested
i .i - i -'
yi rxiiM A number of ,.,... in.i Already It ha i .....i.m, it will he the urovince
i l,ii.;ue. men and far- j ul(Hn j,d n oher lines. The 1"- j ,,f thu board to draft a concrete
,-, In it i Turing smaller ; ,,,rillll Cl,nimerce romniissliin In j r(.romendation and present the same
-t.tii.r. d districts. While m:,,n), , derision In this cae , lne city council for their con
iu.;m, under contract ... , . courne of consolida-Liaura,i,in that same evening.
I lion as It affect the railroads. In'
From the diacusslon last night it
ha deration It also will ' ,eemed to be the unanimous desire
1 Hint final action in the matter
dustrlal era. result In fairness to every one.
I This merger. If granted, wiuld ! The matter of parallel parking with
i i i.... i.nn.eitieie iiui'it tin 30 m nuto limn aeemea mosi
erai jnau t,i
rouda of the coiiiitry. The Nickel that the San Francisco system be
rouon hi t"t- .
i ! if,, present acreage1... i.u ,,in. ns ...i.,i.,.. nennlttlnir -one taxi to park
,, .. ... riate merger nntu,n , ..,-. u .
" "' " M Um'- Mr imad,i public III tentative form. If , In front of each taxi atand. and
a.lue, the pluming be, ( mi,TRI,t , co,mls-, whon the parked car moved out an-
a stem us possible and, . ... ,. ,. ... rilBds i n.r r the onrnn line be Immediate
ly driven to the atand.
us posaime ana rviil to roads
t 1... made n, have the Vll.intarlly. without .tick-
ape an sotn US can be, i,,' ulan
ing IO too roMiiei.-.","" - i
For thla reason, there Is likely
to be a flare up In congress over
till merger If permitted. Congress
1 Jealous of Its rights. It pro
vided by the trunsportutlou act of
1920. for constitution, but unoer
!. Debaters
Beat tviais. Tech.
'. April 10. She Oregon
,i ,...r...... -l.w.nal
-. ...... S,- 4llUllt,llVUt, ,V, .
iii ,if ,i.i ,, M,...eh,i. ,i... i. Hie pomniission wiih to per
I'oie i t Technology team feet. Kven now there are Ulls In
Girls Try to Fool
the Miracle Man
gating their broken nosed craft
through tumultuous blasts of
wind.
At 9 tn.. thirteen hours after
her break for liberty, word wa re
ceived from the wireless cabin of
the K-SI. aaying that she was near
lmulden, Holland, and was at
tempting to turn about into the
slackening wind to begin the home
ward Journey. .Complete sjtocks of
fond and water were- aboard the
truant dirigible, and there was suf
ficient gasoline for two day' crula-
lng.
2H In Crew
The plight of the crew Is serious.
but barring a furced landing or a
return of the wind's full fury, it
should be able to bring the ship
back to safety at a hangar at Pul
ham or C'ardington. To return to
the mooring mast is Impossible be
cause of the shuttered nose. Unless
the R-3J can make Pulham or Car
dlngton. air ministry officials pre
dict she will be a total losa. Para
chutes aboard the craft alleviate the
situation of her unwilling travellera.
Ten nilnutea after tbe ripping
swoosh of her nose cover signaled j
the start of her mad race with
nature, the H-33 was passing over
Lowestoft on the British coast,!
headed northeast. She bobbed andi
dipped and some of her plunges
seemed almost to stand her on end.
Several navy ships put out to stand
by in emergency. One vessel trailod
the pitching dirigible, but her,J5
knot speed kept her wel in the lead.
Craft Sighted
Around sundown reports began to
come in from Holland that the giant
craft had been sighted. Always the
Earlr vesterdav morning the pro-. were reauired to select s lury
fessional safe blowers who have ; wniCB wln trf Senator Burton K.
I been operating in Klamath Falls Wneeler . of ming
ffor the past week, blew open the!
safe In the office of the Big Basin j
Lumber company at the corner ofj ln Jury was picaea ana uniiea
Spring nd Main atreet. obtaining States District Attorney John L.
approximately $30 in small change. I siattery launched forth Into his
Showing themselves to be proles- ing ,utement thl. afernoton. af
sional t the game, the yeggs pass- rl , .
i. --a Bti l er Senator Wheeler had entered a
ed up all checks and papers which
man and said: But ne
ain't gonna run me. I'll do
the runnin'."
The combat started after
Thomas attempted to run away
with the car belonging to
Maude Reed and her son. The
Reed woman ran out of the
tent armed with an axe.
If found In heir possession m
lead to detection
M.hier senator wneeier naa euierea .....
nlclli t Thomas esmed a similar weap-
Ight Pie. of not guilty to tn. cnargea. -
OU UCSL WC v..-
The crrmaw;
employe of ap company when the
Big Basin office was opened yes
terday morning, and the police and
sherlffa office were immediately
notified.
Early selection of the Jury camej
wa. discovered by .! , .urprl.e. and foreah.dowed j was ,n' oee",i5 """i"
rapid progre. 1. th. caa. through- 7: " .
I of the affair, the Reed woman
UTbe defens. waived ii. U.t four'; retired in favor of her son.
. .. ... . .:. (lJwho engaged the sturdy
VUBIICUBO. t-o- i
a ail six oi iub . . j
. i nomas uiii.ii iiic uuj , .
High explosives were used In government, were utuiiea in iorm-
crackmgthe safe and no finger lng tne Jury The fact that Juror,: several gashes n the arm,
.... . i B ' .v. wherfiiDon he fled unarmed.
erackmg the safe and no linger lng tne jury The fact that Jurors:"- "
print, could be discovered indicating, were acquainted with the defend-j whereupon he fled unarmea.
that glove, had bn used by those ; aDl or ns attorneys, political asso-, Thomas, not to be overburden-
ciations and previous knowledge ol,ed by the weignt OI an axe,
the case, did not cause objection ' ran -m0 te tent, picked out a
from the government when Pr08-s)iarD butcher knife and pur-
pective Juror, declared their verdict Ree(J wornan.a son for
guilty ot pulling off the Job. En
trance was gained to the office by
Jimmying a window in the aide of
the building.
Packed houses and long line of
Inlerviower greeted Alburtus the
i . - ... rtf Tn l ine i roc
ne vole on the! both house and senate ' ' Cemra, Outfitting
.m question. Illnlr i toward compulsory consoiia.ii.uu ..,.
H Kober, Kerr proved , roads do not Join voluntarily company. The l.old.
lor the M. I. T. men In Bller five years. It apnea, that Underw d J:
"f Hi.- ease, delivery and tho railroads are taking t. Jump,TtrsJt
"i -f armiment. uccordlng ahead of congress and mey u.uy , .......
T
I lie Judges.
M4R0Y!
fin Jw
3 HELD
tx.i-.ni It.
Consolidation as the next step
for the railroads, however Is not set
tled f',r " congress Is conccrn-
Grave Digger Has
Close Shave From
Drowning in Hole
would not be Influenced thereby, j
snAnw-lip a tvi!1o rlna-n tVlP riVPT-
J,T ObauraU, j t)
Federal Judge Frank S. Dietrich) . ,
called the case iu the little court! the water and reached the
room that would scarcely hold the other Side in safety.
venire of 120 persons. j According to the son of Mrs.
Before the selection ot the Jury Reed, Thomas, who gave an
wa undertaken Senator Wheeler , aijaa 0f p A. Smith, has been
..ti.j .... .ha aaiipI t. enter :.. . .. i .... - 1 .... Mnlliav
... ... . was caueu ou " " l VI n ir witn me ooy a
Charlie Randolph, grave digger., from h lac8 "Mng wiui v
. o r Tcr piirnL niuiiLiis.
but who would ratner respond ' (h Tenremen, pictureimw " . vpap9 nf
.,.a .m. of .exton !. .-w. ..4 m.er. and .aid 1 Thomas is about 50 years ot
IUO UlltlC P, '- U ' j 1 OHLUi .
of the Linkville cemetery narrowly
escaped drowning yesterday while
engaged In excavating work on the
burial grounds. Randolph had
J Hfn..4a oin,iTir1 RtV
"I plead not g.llty." aSe "lu Jlau"c
un than half of the prospective i itti.r ftVMPHOXT
Jurors sought to disqualify them-', I3 ATTRACTIO!!! TONIGHT
craft naa oeen ibu.ou. niwa ... .
report were the same. The R-JS reached the base of hi. .hoveling
wa flvlne low and away from Eng
land. Station Diss, a Norfolk wire
less station, reported calls for help
operations at a depth of six feet.
Just as he was Teaching for a solid
piece of turf with which to hoist
aelve. for Tarlous reasona. Some ;
were excused when they said prev-j TTniler the auspices of the
iouly formed opinion of the case, or;man.s Llbrary ciub tonight at the
political affiliations would Influence ' Presl)yterian church. Harry Borel
them. One miner was excused wm present his little symphony in
ll-SS SIUllOll. rem., icu vana v ....'- - -
from the K- about sundown, but ntmseit out " '' " s,and English "very well." An-P h Fa, ulenled col
the air ministry oeneves inese vr" ---- , otner 8aid he was too old. I
the grave and water flooded
was nearly neck deep In water be
fore help arrived.
have emanated from the steamer
that first reported the dirigible as
In need of assistance. Shortly he
fore tho ministry had a wireless
. . i. .. i an ..vtnff flint hnr en-
1 1 1) ill lua 't " " j .-r. , .
gines were in good order and that' Many Reported Killed
-i. - ni,nu iha ll.tteh eniiH. near! -
sue wn buv.u - -
'mulden.
Early reports that some relatives
In.
when he said he could not under-
too old
-p.. vrv ouestlon put to the
.1 B.lne magician a lightning
answer was forthcoming, and for
.... h.r enlightenment pr some.
. Is concern- um --- -- . .
' i. . j ii .ni, wer scrll-bled
. ... i.tt.A htirr.en ni'iit tt , . .
.i There nre those wno cm... -k-, - . ,..,,i,
...in il.eorv. Senator LaFol- on a leaf iron a i f members of the crew were aboard
,!lte of Wisconsin says It will build lrl. from ' forthelr:le craft were denied by the air
up . giant monopoly by eHmlna ng - rdlng to accounl,
Rome few a(,r e , hat nature of "Whera will I spend my .,.,. 24. 1921. In ' inz to a message from Sofia.
other hand, us vl.M,n. etc?" One was;-"-" "-" - - '... ., ' A " , ....
.1. .nv for tne roau s... . ..v.... 1 whicll 4- OI ine uiixeu urivisu huu ru..ci., ..ico .... r.
,t Ih tlio nnl r ; f;r ,luUM ,t there would be noth ng assassinated conservative leader,
to llvo and serve tho nouso. 1 .... , wav of vacation ag the nu ...... . . I . v,. . Tnin,inn
mis ir .-,' " ...... ,... ,i,i
, with Mrs A. J.
ULu.a. vw..-v
I nOiar anirl ha WSS tOO OIQ. A . .... .
. ..... .., 'oratura soprano, as assisting ru...
...... 1 third was reueveu u. ju.j wut7 uv-
Randolph became so excited that he , The program to be given lg as lol-
Senator Wheeler is facing a lows:
rharze that he appeared before the: Descriptive, "Atlantis" Safrenax.
I Interior department In Washington Nocturne" and "Morning Hymn
for Gordon Campbell, a Montana , prUe..
In Big Bomb Explosion oil operator and received a fee for
virxna. Aoril 16. Many per-
llie V.U.V TtV.V J - - - J -
ministry. Among the twenty souls : sons are reported to have been killed
. n .. . . , lu....l I... n Vtn.ll nr.
aboard Is Corporal rotter, a survivor 1 ana oinors mju. u a
N"ys. "Marriages are like
gixxi manv ol them are
slip knots.
. . . . .1 ,. I .. . ,U. IT I.
. . f the MCKie , i.i.i'i". , ... ...... j iti'u, .
Hornet, prwimiii. ,, 1 . n. 1 tne rouea o.uuu. ,
... utunil ail wee.. . lieu. i.u...
i-.. ....... m.e.....e.i tin- - . .... ...n.tnanr nipt, kuuul
i.e.. . - . .
. . .. . t , f mini ftnntit
naio im . u. i.i in their I Sonn of tne F''"' . ... "
day. These arguments " 1
17 . . ..1... e.oisol-:!
general uppnw....""
., .-,,r reported to be plotting
... .... ntni.ilon aa this: "Whoro
,t- 1 some sum. .
GOVERNOR TO UE SPEAKER
uuniit 1
ii t 0 1 I'lnrna win hiikh iv bi r ni u 11 11 1 uu
. ...u : "moon" in the local maraen - - a,
The unification of tne llon WM put d an "'' "! . "
& Ohio, the Erie, tn furnished, It ld not " "
quetto. Hocking Vauoy
WEEKS IS IMPROVED
. WASHINGTON. April 16. Secre
tary of War Weeks, who suffered
a slight attack of thrombosis 10
days ago, was reported as consider
ably Improved today his 6th
birthday.
. ' "Court f unction . nm
his services, after he becimi sen-1 Lourl ru ,
atro jAana", "Destruction of Atlantis.
j -Fruhllngslied" Weil.
e." d j r. "Lass With the Delicate Air"
Stigma Removed From u
j Thomas Arne. Mrs. A. J. voye.
Child Illegitimates Suite in Five Parts-Coleridg.
Taylor.
Scenes from an Imaginary Billet.
Violin Solo, "Adoration" Boro
,kl. Miss Katherine Walton.
"Prelude" and "Sictllana" from
Cavallerla Rustlcana" Mascagni.
"Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark"
ALBANY, N. Y April 16. The
illegitimacy was removed
ren born out of wedlock
slate today when Gov.
the Antln bill, which
provides that the legal term for such
nprHnna shall be "child born out ot
wedlock." The bill prohiblU the use Bishop,
of synonymous terms In the statutes, .,To A wild Rose
and court records. This Is said to
Nevl..
Mrs. A. J. Voye, flute obligate
w . 0 .,K . -f M. swara.
tempt to end the .tigm. of lllegit- Overture "Or.h.. AuxHnf.rs
Im.cy. I Offenbach.
be the first instance In the history