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TTir.S. (Every Morning Kxccpt Monday)
IE KLAMATH
United News and United Prest Telegraph Services
NEWS
Official Paper of Clty
o KLAMATH FALLS
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1925.
Price Five Cent
V FdRIl MAY Sheriff Uncovers SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAY HAVE
I UU Ifnf Trull nf T-inlrn MHCT CITVCIIItTr. nirm v n t,.
I. on lirPPri O'' .. i.ivyij OUilOIHlM'i DU1 i. r. litiLUUUO
HDD VtOOtLO, and Hall At Auburn'
JUS, OOVT-H'r;
if:
jTanko and Floyd
May 13.- Whul
of ih hottest
h hunt fur Jon
Hull, wii being
DON'T SHOW IT; GAIN THIS SEASON
t . . (Investigated hum tonight by Sheriff
Would Amouni ()um aod , ))U4d of ,0 dpu,
I Billion; Mar
hperate Ship
a la ireparea 10 11117
(Jtira, returning from Investigation
of a cabin lur Culf. where the
Hen gunnlin fugitive bd been re
porled... wee informed tint two
stranger bad been seen In but on
Rock CrMk Bear here.
Pieces of mull, stolen from the
ship from the uoilea ; cranllevllle trurk Inst week, and
LpiuK board u tnw inv ipniTuiou taaea irom a store near
k, laiotnoLiia meouiac-tLonai, were round Wltbla tun cabin.
Lit In an Interview Wed-j As Tanko and Mall bad brrg con-
.0iin. netted arllb bulb of theaa robberies.
Intercut ho would hava! Sheriff Gutu declared himself pol
a, ( h x'rl would be Wive that (hit report of a nun ac
cidentally discharged by a deputy
bad enabled the fugitives lu again
inake tbulr rcape.
,m. Kird declared.
i.iai were built during
waa
The
when every one
ibu.it " In said.
.. . ' f n li i
I ihfin r too amaii ior wregon ruonc .service
.O.lll HI" -
I
have awfully
jnil ethers
i !n Ih.'ln "
lu.Ued that merely to
pucci f "crapping the:
Id !n linlf cort liOO.-'
May Be Asked To Make
New Oregon Rail Probe
Who aabl Iax Angeles kail
nn.iv auuahhui Uwn Klamath
Fail.'' Hcu! Ilaawd on tlx
r-epwrl of bant jmr and tlu
aunny prosma Klamath a
making hl year the lxx Ang
4m chamber of romaae-rce junt
won't daia ta dump one) and a
half rent etanapa by the. train
load on a lot of envelopes
bearing . mliuMarra(4itd propa
ganda about the "land of Uut
roacrntratod abunilnnt aun-
Klamath Palb with .18 lia
had 1H nnre entirely clear and
eunaliUiy ilaya ao far tlile yeiir
titan up to thin tint butt year,
ae well a 117 ilaya more of
only pnrlliil rlouilllieita.
I a4 year lm Anicrlee had
!5-'tJ all-KiuuililiH fluye a rom
inr-i wlili 'M lu KUinath
I'alb. uiinnlliiK to record of
tho I'. H. rot-tarnation eerrtre
liire. Thua far thta year, how
ever, KUniath Kalla la ID daya
alu-ad of It'a lat ynar'a total
of rlear U)a at ttila tun and
bid fair, to outrlaaa Um Oil.
(arnla metropolla by a Urn
marKla providing Um woathmr
maa doraa't turn an abnormal
amount of rain Into' Klamath
country during tbe remainder
of I be. year. But ertthaa,
Klanurh'a preclptutlou waa
mora than , that of Loa Anjce
lea and aUl It larked but d
daya of tying that city for the .
eunnhiuo record.
KUunath Palla aliould Rain
coiiaMerulily, too, oa Han Krn
cUco ami Minlford for the aua
ny day record 'Chia year. Laat
year Han KrancWo had 1INI
ull-nunuy daya and Mrdford but
LIQUORPIRATES
INFESTING WEST
COAST STOP RUM
Fish Ladder In
Link River, To
GoUpAtOnce
The old' flab ladder controreray
which has agitated Klamath aporta-
I A t I i j . : men antl-aportamen erer alnca
Large Amount Landed At th. ot the Llnk ,
Evinced By Drop In
Liquor Price
LOS ANGELES, May 13. Hearlly
armed liquor plratea, . preying on
abore-bound craft laden with.' rum,
have temporarily atopped the ac
tivities of the huge
dam. appeara to bare reached
happy aolutlon through the vlait here
yeaterday of Wm. Hadley, repre
aeatlog the atate gam commlaalon.
Yeaterday Hadley . waa accompanied
by Vance Hutcbina. Mark Howard, j
Nate Otterbeln, Marlon Barnea, and
John Boyle up to the widely dla-
cuaaea . dam, where meaanremanta
1
! were made, and laat. nivht Hniia.
, , t . . " ,
vooz7 liewi uuw uoverioa un. uj
southern California coast.
Revenue officers today reported
drew up a aet of plana, aatlafactory
to the California Oregon Power
company, and all concerned, and It
that the liquor armada, which had ,, agreed by Ue powef jomp8ny
planned a concerted attack for some hat ,he !,,.,,, will m.de
aay mis weea, is now lunug wen al 0Dce
1. ..... I !. .. , 1 1 n aha uWA1oca
TO,u,m ui. ua x-. a Tt. t I. h. U- . ll.i.- -. T . . 7 . . . . .
canoes because of! " umj uume nigneat point In tbe cKy'a hts-
, visit Ilia Cnva I .
"'"' Him near tory; totalling close to fhre million
HERE REACH NEW
PEAK IN HISTORY
Bank Official. At Lot To
. Understand High Peak
At Tku Time Of Year;
Resources $4,718,558
.' ' , - ...
The moat reliable barometer- of
good busineaa and prosperity,' that
of a commanity'a bank ' reaerrea,
took an upward course to new high
levels thta spring, when,' through an
announcement yesterday by the First
National . bank -and the American
National bank of Klamath' Fella, it
became known that . the combined
resources of the two banks reached
to land tbeir
,tbe pirates.
ATHLETIC COACH j
FOR KLAMATH HI
Police School For
Women Drivers Is
I'DllTI.AMi. M.iy 13. The Inter
stale con. mere nHiimliniun. alilrb
I has received llw iipiillcntlon of the
j northern llnet, fur authority to cx-
;nTnN. May II Accept- tlnl aouihwuni. will order lieiir-
!. nry r nr, of III pro- , , 1(.,1)r,nK , Wuali-
he ahippiiiK hoard to H , i,Kiu a.lvlcea to t!u Orriou Jour- Dwiffht French. Ore. Uni
live ri-i ol nearly i" nal. I i n e, ar
ul.l niean the biggest i, i
exnei-li it Hint Him iiiiinI i.' f OOlDftll tjtar lioilicu
In martlme hlatory. tm will be followed, and thnt the
T V D'Connor of the ',, pull((. wrr(.e commlaalon will
;,ord haa been conducting delegated the duty of taking the
M iiersmiully with rord evidence
Hun ciiiiimlilo!'"r hero. I cljrlH If Carer, rounael for the
L.fJ litnoranre of tne pro-i nnea. haa Junt returned from
h.n told of O'Connor a, Washington, n. r. He filed the
mnt at liuffulo Wdn- application with the Interstate eom-
merce rommlaalen for ' the Great
pp'.ng h"nl has been try- j Northern and Northern Pacific rall-
t(ie ol lta amps roaas in tne name of w. r. Turner,
. war hut baa been , only 'president of tho S. P r 8. It . la
nrceaf ill. understood that he pressed for an
(too Avnilulile I early hearing.'
ihliiplu! board has 00 ,
rh are available or ran be LorenZ Company Low -
Chlloquin, to Investigate the short
comings of that obstruction to the
hasty meeting today ' ,UrP;"ream .omt of .pawnIg
and decided to employ gunmen to I "
ward off the whisky freebooters., " . '..
Information supplied enforcement
i agents here revealed that the smug
glers held a
dollars, 14,718,568, to be exact.
J. A. Gordon, president of tha
First National, and E. M. Bubb,
president of the American National,
are both at a loss to understand,
why, during the slack months .of
Klamath's financial year, namely.
liable fur forelitn trade.
aid here recently. , "All
trim ure for sale at bar-
Bidder On Equipment
Formed In Portland 'now believed to number at least liT""," ".p. wnaiever rem
a ui'ucu 111 uuuu edy or pans are ite outgrowtn of
ecuio. . , -. .
.... ,.k. .M.rehih.. nlnved' mu" m UDne to tnejthe first five months of the year.
k . Th i,Ln. m reciti... de laamD comn"8ion for action, since i resources should be the highest in
ahout the heavens In reckless de-tne IU8tBl,atlon ig ,ocate(1 on tne!nlstory
-i.iamatn reservation
and were used to guide purcnasing
boats to the rum fleet an-
For Next Year
Dwight A. French of F.ugene, Unl-
POUTI.AND. May 13. A police
school for women automobile driv
ers has bene started here.
Capuin Frank Krvin of the
Portland traffic squad conceived the
Idea In an effort to lessen the
number of accidents.
speed
chored off the harbor
According to Roy S. Adams, field of the big intakes for local Irriga-
At the First National, resource
Other Changes January 2. of this year were $2,-
Also the party will visit a number m'965'07- a compared with IJ.-
Incront In rhnrep nf nrohibltlon forces, tion ditches where lack of suitable
I don't agree with the opinion ... -.,., Boiice are! screens are carrying the young
that a woman at the wheel of an
; automobile is a meuace to the
varsity of Oregon athlete, will be community. fcrwin said tactfully
head coach and director of phy-'ln addressing the opening. session,
aical education at the Klamath attended voluntarily by more than
county high achool next year. County i 0 feminine drivers."
School Superintendent Fred Peter- ; '
.nnt.nnced veaterdav on receipt I Rockefeller s Dauehter
of a telegram from Mr. French, ac-j f, J0 Be -Mariied Today
cepung inepoamoii. . f
Mr; French, who has specialized .
In nhvaical education work throughr-L NEW
YORK, May U Abby,
out bis college career, .and . whose! the daughter of the . Rokefellers,
name has been identified with Lnl-1 be nlarrled Thursday in the
verslty of Oregon athletics for tbei ..
" i Rockefeller mansion off Fifth
r...p Mar, wlir cntliA tn K I ft III-
For Central School, , with high recommendations of 8"""8 nfore " """ banked with
1 1,1. canacltv as not only coach, but ! dogwood blossoms from hte Rocke-
,!. cosl the government! 4 Co Wtre iet I also Instructor. feller estate up the Hudson.
il fiirtuni. ! bidders for the I'tumlilng and heat-1 Mr. French majored in physical! John D. Rockefeller, Sr. will be
ul appropriation made by . iog of (he nRW central school education at the university, and in there. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rocke
tor the shipping "" ! house, and W. D. Ilutler,
emergency fleet corpora-, Unk Klver Klec,r,c Vo.t
they were created in
patrolling roads to prevent ship
ments reaching the interior. The
officers have been given authority
to search suspicious cars.
Evidence that considerable liquor
baa already landed here la seen in
the (10 drop in the price of case
goods within the past tew days.
THE NEWS PRIZE
YET; GET IN NOW
game fish down into shallow lateral
ditches where they are marooned
and die by the thousands, accord
ing to the game wardens. Klamath
county Is now receiving a generous
share of young trout, in' its many
streams, it Is pointed out, and the
sportsmen want these little . fel
lows to grow up to a size to enable
them to tear up lots of fishing
tackle instead of permiting them
to be consigned to fertilizer on
some irrigated field.. - -
i! it'tllf
I electric
lat
wiring.
ii ;i.S'ja.i.ru.i.B aim"" , ,M-,i.
French debt. . ..hoot hoard laat nlcht. An Inter-
of the 'that field elicited the praise from feller. Jr., tne orme s parents win
on the! hi. Inatructora. I be there as will members of the
became known
018,558 yesterday. This represents
a gain ot 1529,692.93 since the first
I of the year. At the American Na
tional a like increase in percentage
of resources is noted. On January
2 the resources amounted to $1,490,
000, as compared with $1,700,009
yesterday. -.'
"During the first five months, in
previous years," said Mr. Gordon,
"during the period before lumbering
operations get fully, underway, we
hare been losing from 10 Ho IS per
cent 6n our normal resources. How
ever, this year our gain has been
around the 25 per cent mark during
the off-seasonal period.-
"Not only have our large e
posits Increased, but our' savings ac
counts, representing earnings of the
laboring class, largely, have increas
ed from the $450,000 average in
A number of traffic violators, other rears, to s.t'o nnn ihi ....
mostly speeders, arrested during the! p...M..t n.,hk r ,k. a m
oast few days bv County Traffic I voiinnni n,,i. ni, i
Is your name in the published list, 0fflcer R. E. Knowles were fined i savinas denoslta
TRAFFIC VIOLATORS
FINED IN CHILOQUIN
Dialritt No. 1
nr u lit nope, oi rea-m-. MUn( lMlure of thl, ,,,, contract
n a fratilim of that hugei. . i-,,.!!..,,,. . mMter clock
fnaiKe ships had to be built I ....... ed wUh . room C0CK, ' to his knee the first season he play
lurry during tho war. money j thrullKhout ,ho i.uildlng. and the.ed. his playing throughout was
unfit niierever nocesaary. i . , ..i,..m,,1.,i nh heatlv and conststoni. uasn n-
( arccr Viraatil- j other family, a few Intimate friends
Ills career as an athlete: at the and of course the groom, David
university rovers three years on the Meriwether Milton. It Is to be a
varsity football team, playing In thelsimple wedding,
backfleld. Despite a serious injury
of contestants todayT u not, sena in tne court of iuatCe of the Peace
in your nomination today and Setjsplnk at Chlloquin yesterday.
started before It is loo late ins
contestants are starting out with the
pr.ue lime, the government
n ii be ureal difficulty in un
til; i-inergency fleet.
pe;ik tin government own-
II v,.,,t,. About 1.000
n ili.:i il nf nt whatever
' ou'l he obtained.
I.oiiii slill owned by the
!:wnt barely 3T.0 are In ac-
"railun ami others could lie
'o service with little recon
H expense should occasion
It.
M'imi niui Sum
d"finite mice Is nliiced on
'I anil the Ford
I Individual telephones for each class ; Hams, Hue coach for the University
of Oregon, cieciarea in a recommen
dation to the county high school
board, that French would have been
a logical candidate for all-coast half
back had It not been for the injury.
French also played baseball In the
Infield, basketball for several years,
wrestled for the varsity team one
room.
The board decided lo Install a
good woven wire fence around tho
lawn at the Mills Addition school
and alio to ask the architect to
prepare specifications for finishing
up another class room for this
school.
Unusual But True
(Over Last Night's Leased Wire)
determination to win one of the big
prizes. Now is the time , to get
. . . 1 . . C.kM.lnllnn
starieo io rat .... mrnin . . i,-rin R
mucu; , - . ..
O. A. Pago, of Ft. Klamath, pick
ed up for operating a truck for
hire without a public service per
mit Is to appear In Spink'a court
MAYOR OFFICIALLY
VETOES FRANCHISE
year, played uasaeiouu on mo j.
S. marines team during the war,
and was active on the track.
As Indicated by Mayor (ioddard
deal Monday night, the aec.ir.d passing.
Ill tin resiil! of negotiation lot the exclusive frnnci.ise pcrmlt-
esiimaic of the amount Hlng the Strahorn road to cross
final transaction could be! Sixth atreet was' vetoed by the
Hie recent sale of the! mayor yesterday morning. I" his
sh class president type pas- message to council, the mayor
"ti'1s lo the Dollar inter- set forth the same objections as he
xiverninent received alleht. dl.1 Monday evening before the
e Hii'n J.-.u deadweight ton. council direct and reiterated his
Price on n,,, remainder of stntemenla regarding security for
l,le ""el would figure $141,-j the Strahorn bonds, bought by the
"'"nilniici on PaKe H ! city of Klamath Falls.
CK" HARTHELMESS SEPARATES
k .
villi WIFE PRORARLY FOR KEEPS i
W YoitK,
,ljli"lni,.t.
M"y May.
11,11 ''"mp.inv
May 13.Rch
tln screen star,
his wife hnve
peaceahly. and
llril,:.n
I, (,"" ';,ri""m agrement" Ar.
""ol'mj"' "'"' f'-r M.
'W,',.?11""""'- W"lnes-
. """ng each to live
,nd mmri o. i u
. -- . .in VHCU
""d no dlvnrea nc.
r ''rond nor In this
" contvuiplated by
r ligl,
"' "the
"ntry
Ilroad-
during the
either parly."
Marv liny, who his been danc
ing nt Clro's, one of
wnv'a night rlulis.
winter, will leave for Europe nt
nnco . to fill an cngwiucnt,
Hays said.
Darthelmesa will remain In
this country for Hko reasons.
Mary, the only child l 10
remain In America with he'
father until her mother returns
and then will spend six months
of every year with efh of hor
pareuta, the ngroomenl provides.
MRS. SHEPHERD FREED
FROM POISON CHARGE
IN M'CLINTOCK CASE
By OTIS PKABODY SWIFT
CHICAGO. May 13. Mrs. Julie
G. Shepherd, wife of the Kenllworth
attorney, tinder Indictment for" the
murder of millionaire Billy McClln
tock. by administration of typhoid
fever germs, has been cleared ot the
charge thnt she was "criminally
aware" of an alleged plot on the
part of her husband to slay the
youth and his mother. Mrs. Emma
MePllnttick.
Tho Cook county grand Jury late
,lny voted no bill against Mrs.
i.-.i .-hen It considered the
roconiinondntlon of n coroners Jury
that she bo Indicted in connection
with the alleged murders. No for
mal stntement was Issued, but It
was mado known that the grand
jury felt that thore was "not a
shred of evidence" on which to hold
Mrs. Shepherd.
The Jury made no decision In the
case of William D. Shepherd. The
attorney, in cell 13 In the county
jail was enthusiastic when Informed
that his wife's name had been
cleared.
The recommendation that Mrs.
Shepherd be Indicted had followed
(Continued on Page 8)
NEW YORK. May 13. "Guess
there ain't nothin' in here but
these old sacks of potatoes," said
two policemen to each other af
ter seeing a rouple of burglars
enter a grocery store and search
ing for them Inside for 15 min
utes . Then one kicked one of
the sacks, cussing the luck.
"Ouch!" yelled Louis Wenbarg,
age 12. and the cop also pinched
Louie Fuente, 16. Both boys
had hidden In empty potato sacks
an posed as potatoes when the
. officers came in.
MONTREAL, Que., May 13.
An advertisement appeared in a
Montreal paper Wednesday in
which the Lee Corporation com
pany of Louisville. Ky., offers for
sale the equipment of the1 Ken
tucky distillery.
CHICAGO, May 13. The loss
ot a Jewel studded watch valued
at $1,000, was reported to
police Wednesday.
the
CHICAGO, May 13. Six news
paper camera men waited as five
months old Robert Anthony Coo
gan, brother of Jnckle Coogan,
young film actor, arrived in Chi
cago, with his parents Wednes
day. Robert Anthony looked
upon them with a cold, bored
eye, and fell asleep before they
could snap his picture.
M ANSON. Iowa, May 13. Au
thorities are hunting for persona
who stretched tarbed wire
across a highway here. . Ross
Johnson of Cherokee, was dan
gerously Injured when he drove
his car Into the wire.
payments couui to. .....-, . K,,.,n ,,. .
now as they will during the last , fl
"period" of the contest One dol- from
lnr collected now Is worth as muchi '
to you In votes as two dollars will ,
be at the last of the contest. So'. . nAv WII I DC
you see It Is to your advantage to Jf 1 W li-l- CL
get started In the contest now. OBSERVED BY ELKS
The free vote coupon Is only
Later on this
DOUBLE SHIFT AT
BIG LAKES LUMBER
CO. STARTS SUNDAY
worth 25 votes now
coupon will not be published at all.
The fastest way to get votes is to
collect subscription payments from
both old and new subscribers.
v, t (..!..... n .n virth twletf
... ----- thelr mceUng ,ast n,ght
as manv votes as old ones. But
when you find a person taking the
The Bik Lakes Lumber company
will increase its force 25 men by
adding a night shift either next
Sunday night or early next week,
it became known today. The out
put of the outfit will be doubled in
capacity, since the new shift at
night is an exact duplication tn num
bers to that ot the present single
shift working days. A double shift
As is a universal custom of the will be kept at work as long as the
ia Flug day celebration on Sunday.
June 14, this year, according to the
I decision of the lodge members at
The speaker for the day has not
by company officials.
paper now. they will be glad to re- vet been selected, but Invitations
new their subscription in order to! will be extended to several eminent
give you the credit. Get busy now. outside, orators who hold the repu
Soe your friends first, they would Ration of excelling In their line.
LUMBERMAN INSPECTS j
W. H. Stephens of Shannon, Ore.,
a 8mall lumbering town - west.; of
Eugene, left here yesterday for : his
Lane county home after a . week
spent In investigating Klamath tim
ber and saw milling operations. '
rather give their subscription to The ceremonies will probably be! Mr. Stephens recently sold out bis
you than to some one they are not held in the evening this year In Lane county holdings, and it is un
acquainted with. order thaf there wfll be no conflict! derstood that he is Interested in'ac
Contestants, watch the published ' with the Klamath-Siskiyou baseball' quiring extensive lumbering Inter
standing which will appear In the ' league, which has an important! ests . in this section. He plans to
paper daily. You will see how you j game scheduled here on that same! return here within ten days or two
stand in comparison with the stand
ing ot other contestants. It only
takes a few subscriptions to put
yourself In the lead. Don't think,
you haven't any chauce to win be
cause someone else has a few more
votes than you have. It should
make you work all the harder tn or
der that you can head the list to
morrow. If there is any question that you
want to ask or anything that you
are in doubt about regarding the
contest, nsk the contest manager.
He will be glad to help you at any
time. Either call Into the office
or phone 877 and ask for the con
test manager.
date.
weeks.
SERIOUS TROUBLE FEARED TODAY
WITH STRIKING W. VA. COAL MINERS
MOTION PICTl'IlK STARS TO WKO
LOS ANGELES, May 13. Bert
Lytell and Claire Windsor, motion
picture stars, are to be married at
Juarez, Mexico, Thursday morning.
FAIRMONT, W. Va., May 13.
The striking union coal min
ers in the Fairmont fields have
been ordered to assemblo before
one ot the mines Thursday
morning in direct defiance of
court rulings, which caused the
arrest of 137 picketing miners
Wednesday morning,
"We are ready for them," de
clared Sheriff John Rlgglna,
who Is backed by a court in
junction. The 137 men arrested nearly
100 of whom are still In jail
and denied the prlvilese of see
ing any members of their fam
ilies are charged with "inti
midation" and the mass meeting
before the Grant Town mine of
the New England Fuel & Trans
portation company is Intended as
a protest against the wholesale
arrests.
Orders for the demonstration
were telephoned here by Van A.
Bltner, international representa
tive for this district who is now
in Indianapolis, at Union Mine
Workers' headquarters.