The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, May 28, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE KLAS&A MrMllatlOtl Vtf llf-- I 2800 Official Paper of City of KLAMATH FALLS United New and United Press Telegraph Services 165. (Every Morning Except Monday) KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY. MAY 28,1925. Price Five CentJ F. Girl Shoots Langell Valley Farmers Praise Govt. Irrigation OPTIMISM PREVAILS MINE EXPLOSt Klamath District Situation In Bad Straits -Thomas Barclay Captured But Escapes From Jail; Manhunt On f 3 Times In BRINGS INSTANT DEATH TO FIFTY hicide Attempt NEWS 11 of Husband's Attentions To Other Sa8cbrush Uni ' Turned en, Thelma CuIIen Tries To End ZTXC Near Newberg, Ore.; Recovery (ful; Husband Admits Blame. Three Klamath county "dirt far mers" who havo struggled through long yearn with iiranty rtr-land crops to ho rowurded finally luitt year with an uhundance or Irriga tion - .VI-..,.. I ... , . .. . . . ft . i ... iui iiiuir unruly iuduh, attempt to commit suicide by firing three pistol H. J. Tlcknor. A. E. dale, nad W. II. Pankey, of Langell valley, with their stralghtforeward testimony created a rift In the cloud of peg- Li fatMy shot, Mrs. Thelma Cullcn Siroy, a rcsi (math Falla, lie in a Newberg, Ore., hospital, the Optimists her breast Tuesday , morning at Newberg, it was terdsy. Driven by jeolousy, caused by her husband's tntions to other women, caused the shooting, ac- the sob-filled tory Thelma told at the hospital. i admitted he was at blame. koy worxeu unuer me name o. Mrs. Ihelma Cut- math Falls. She was employed by the Klamath Lei! as the Evening Herald in advertising work. told bonds and securities here for a savings and Utton. WIFE EXPLAINS MYSTERY jred for a timo at the White Pelican hotel and d to the St. Francis apartments. Mrs. Siroy left ills on a business trip only several days ago. Her hile here, was employed as a bookkeeper in a local tiroy was picked up in a clump of brush at Dundee, from Newberg. Mystery at first surrounded the One man said the woman's husband found her fol- ihooting, which occurred across iiie rai'ioad tracks Wittrich's garage, where the woman left her au Sht is said to have left the car with instructions turned over only to someone who would produce i ulhorizing' such action. . She spent the night at kllome, but Wittrich and members of the family iittyu the shooting or the woman.- . HAND FALL ICTED ON Women May Now Smoke In Lot Angeles Street Cars V i f-TO.W May 27. llenpltK of brlhery chargog rt B. Kail and Kdward 'rora the new Indict- tlii'ui. returned horej amcat oil counsel Insist e not nlvon up tholr Mibllsh the transfer of N In a little black sat- Ibe. . nmy rot," snorted ex- t'onicrcno, ono of tho 'l counsel, when ho "nent from Dohenv's Ansolca, dcclnrlng ' return bribery Indlct- lctory for bin client, lovernment had given letting uuywhere with l bribery. fwtvnc KH).. rf better do their boast- '1 take their nrm off Put It on." Pomorone " Kme heat. have not abandoned. "arses?" ho wan asked. r' ot, hut we're not lur and we're not going n In the newsnannra." "Piled. "nmcnt hn oblnlned re- 01 lortner Secretary of ' Pall. ii.-... , ,.,,. j 11 J oincimr I ,' tohmy, on charges or 10 Ibe Irani,,. . b v.1 guvem- rervCd for tho navy's !' l dropping the brlh- 1 . idwL,r ' 0 r '""rely frm tIl0 aow "urlng tho Teanot 0I of the Benato, UtH AXGELES, May 27 Wo men of !m Aiik'1'" ' now xmiiko openly In siren curs. An unwritten Inw, which governed 1I1I.1 roniliirl wiia repealed hero Wrdneiuluy ny official of two leading trolley jntin wln-n ov i-rul Indira roiiipliiiniMl roiidurtoni uvrfi colliTtliiji; rlcnrf-ltift n well nn fnrra. f'WllMtl, Doh( teMlfled under . carried the $100, n little black U. y"' n,,tl''ng oIko Ml st tXPOC,e"'" "all A1" fctln. hnm hora. to" r,"ndlCt- SLIS,' Mny 2' "U la Mlllcul capital Swiftest Justice on Klamath Records Is Six Bodies Recovered; All Hope Abandoned For Others Entombed CUM MOCK, N. C, May 28. Six bodieB of approximately 50 miners who were entombed yesterday in the Carolina Coal company mine by an explosion, had been recovered Thursday morning;. More than 40 miners remain ed in the earth, dead) accord ing to officials of the coal com pany. Only two of the sis bodies had been identified. A volunteer rescue crew of ulnilsm and despair which threat- board of survey an adjustment ml""""" '"'"''K the circuit court room, yesterday car'y Vday Th;1sd1a- to ber in which it . was believed Klamath Falls, also a Langell val ley farm ownor corroborated their testimony. The board Is composed of ex-governor Campbell, of Arl mna, chairman, Francis M. Good win, former awrstant secretary of the . interior and W. A. Dclzell, secrotury to Governor Pierce. I'rubw To Xewcll Mr. Gale said he had no fault to find with the reclamation ser vice "We have not asked for anything Lut what we have asked for wo got because our requests were within reason. We have guished the bodies of the remaining miners lay. Hope Abandoned Hope that these men might still live was abandoned last night. Suffocution from the poisonous gases liberated by the blast, caused their death immediately, it was believed. The bodies were brought out by rescue crews, who don ned gas masks and entered the shaft, after fire, which follow ed thj blast, had been extin- found Mr. . D. Newell, reclama lion head and Mr. Buud, who pre ceded him, always to have been moro than coiiBlderute and fair and The bodies were found in a main chamber of the mine, in dicating that the explosion which trapped between 60 and wining to cooperate to the fullest : 60 miners, occurred in close extent. Wo nave whut we believe ; proximity to where the men tu be the best constructed Irriga-1 worked. tlon itystems in the country, the; . . Poisonous-.gases still, hung cost of which was moderate no- heavy in the mine. recesses, and cause wo have nevor believed In i rescuers' eff ort3 necessarily "scrapping." We got what we went ' had to be limited to periods of after peacefully. I have 400 acres short duration. Gas masks under the now project and I want! failed to afford absolute pro to sell two or three hundred acres . tcction, and several rescuers of my holdings because irrigation j were furnished first-aid when Is a new experiment with me and they collapsed after emerging I don't want to Btart out to learn i from the mine, how to Irrigate with only my son- Gasses Hinder Rescuers in-law to hoip me. with more! The voiunteer rescue crew land than we can possibly handle f entered the shaft successfully. Our land Is mostly i cariy iast night, after heavy sage brush land now, tut It la good ncreage and 8 havo no fear that we will be ablo to produce ua;lug crops with It. All we needed was the water. ljingill Ilustlcm Asked by Mr. Goodwin to ex plain the history of the J12.50 per acre project cost assessment on gasses, wnicn naa ninaerea work for several hours, had cleared. The six bodies were found where the passageway widen ed into a main working cham ber. Thev were brought to the surface, and the band of rescuers re-entered, intending m w . it ,i acre projei iYletCd JDOOlieggtTS the Langell project. Mr. Gale said to explore the main chamber. that originally me seiuei u- vlsed that the project cost for building the Clear Lake dam and canals would ho JS.OO per acre against their land. Not depending on government reclamation asBtst- The swiftcBt Jusllce on Klamath county records was meted out to Frank nnd Marjorlo Uachelll, 820 Oak street lent night wlion tne sheriff and several deputies raided ance the land owners went ahead and voted around sttuo.uuu ouuua ii build their irrigating system, but costs for private construction ap peared prohibitive so the sottlers made a final appeal for U. S. rec lamation assistance and they were told that J10. 00 per acre would be the. cost. Then in the final show down It proved to be 12.50 but (Continued on Pngo Two) that place at 9 p. m., found between four and five gallons of moon shine and brought the two before Justice of 1he Peace Hunsaker at his home, where he Is confined on account of Illness. The pair dc- elded the minute t!iey were caught with the goods to plead guilty. At 9:20 they had been sentenced by Hunsaker and fined a total of sjuu or $150 each. According to authorities nacholll la ono of Klamath Falls' bootlegger kings. Ho has boen under sur veillance since the murdor of Oscar Erlckson. when Bachclll was held as o Buspect. While cleared of all charges In connection with the murder. Information obtained by authorities In questioning him about the case led them to believe he was a bootlegger. Those making the rstlrt- "er01,B" tff Hurt Hawkins. Deputies llnrko. Kondnll and I'"""1 KAIXS 2 HTtHMHHW'A'rrHK" CHICAGO, May ".-T- The poisonous gases were too dense, however, and a com plete exploration could not be made. It is in this chamber that the additional bodies will be found, it is believed. . All miners trapped when the explosion occurred were immediately suffocated, com pany officials believed. Ab sence of dirt-blocked passage ways and a cave-in pointed to suffocation, officials said. The disaster is the third in the history of Cummock, the Cummock mines having exper ienced heavy life loss. PESSIMISM PREVAILS Klamath Farmers About To Face Bankruptcy; Ask A Re-Assessment Be Made; Controversy Arises A large percentage of the farmers of the Klamath project are In des perate straits, according to a report Introduced In the board of survey and adjustment hearing with offi cers oT tho Klamath Irrigation dis trict, which got underway lata yes terday afternoon. Secretary Thomas offered figures tending to show that there were 198,000 of delinquent taxes in Klam ath, county at the present time, some of the delinquencies running back a great many years are now draw lng as high as 7 per cent of accrued Interest and penalties. Wholesale foreclosures were only being held In abeyance now pending the outcome of this hearing, and it these fore closures were permitted to go through it would mean the bank rupting of the district. A bill had been put through the recent legis lature, It was pointed out, creating a temporary moratorium- for ser iously delinquent farmers. Ri'llcf a Necessity The co-operation of the depart ment of the Interior was the only salvation the speaker could forsee that would bring about this extra ordinary necessity for relief. The average incuiuberance on .project land was around $24 per acre. It was pointed out, and one-third of the water users were delinquent in their assessments at the present time. . The solution desired in the way of relief was the withdrawing of all delinquent taxos and a re-assessment made. It was recommended - that future payment be made on a crop production basis, to be arrived at through study of crop returns. The point was strongly made that in the local situation, where farmers- were confronted with such high penalties for delinquency, it would be a phy sical Impossibility to ever catch up and pay out because the productivity of the average acre was only from $18 to ?22 per year, and that costs would mount faster than any pos sible hope for- profit from tilling tho soil. Classification Dispute ' ' A report on land classification in the district as required by the board was presented substantially as fol lows: In the' district thcro are In cultivation a total of 17,933 acres of first class land, 14.475 acres second class, 5,684 of third class, 2.852 of fourth class. 2,372 of fifth class and 322 of sixth class. On the above report Superinten dent H. D. Newell of the local rec lamation service, submitted a min ority report, taking issue with the above figures, as compiled by the Irrigation district, and objecting to the basis on which some lands were classified. Some .Mud Slinging A controversy arose with A. L. Wishard over the classification of his Altamont acre tracts by tha re- ( Continued on Page Two) "Slippery Silas," Klamath Indian Outlaw and Jailbreaker, Wanted in Probe of Rodeo Rider's. Death, Escapes Jail At Copco; All Roads Closed and Hunt On. Elinor Glyn, Writer Of Sex Stories Gets Her Inspiration In Bath Tub, Surrounded By Sweet Scents Of Violets And Roses; Scouts Theory Of Coffee and Doughnut Poetic Diet HOLLYWOOD. May 27. Elinor Glyn, famotiB author of sex storleB gels her Inspiration for writing love scenes when sho Is In her bath nnd surrounded by sweet scented roses and violets. v This short cut and guide to liter ary Inspiration was given by Mrs. Glyn to United -News Wednesday old Michael Krtatulovlch fell u buddlnB authoresBes the itr Mi a moment biu . . .... ,l. .I, inmitnir cn a cement "walk and beyond . few .cratches was not hurt. A net work of cloth line, probably wren" the Infant from Instant death. world over might enjoy the right start on literary careers. ltnllitnh and Roses! "My) most Inspired writings nro developed In the early morning and , 'my best Ideas come when I am In luiliY KOtNI -put-nAl.LKS. May 27 Tho body u.lh . noted writer said. of A. L. McCutheon. V" ) ..In my tub I have scents of roses flo policeman aru.u - and T0leta and I 'find when writing . . Mow 1A V cnuis river . . . truncation )Hoq Xra l"w rnupa I imn T-oftgftntf lltffnt. mi"11" ' ', ....... wiian r hnvA thntn nrinra Inspirations wnen I have thoso odors near mo. All during tho writing of tho love scene In 'Throe Weeks' I had red roses by my side.' The perfume seemed to guido me. "I have often thought that I should havo a dictaphone near my tub," Mrs. Glyn continued, "be cause then many thoughts which are lost by not remembering them later on would bo saved." Utcrnty Jiua Baby Music also helps her In writing her stcrles and books. "Music of tho sweet sentimental type Is another stimulant for n.y inspiration," she Bald. "While I am writing my maid keeps the Vic trola going In the next room, play ing soft music of tho modern trend, and although I am not real ly conscious of what Is being play ed, it blends with my thoughts and makes me write more easily." Not all scents are Inspirational, however. ' "Heavy scouts, such as oriental perfumes and IncenseB, aro repul sive io me and I can never write If they are nearby." Human Knts Regularly Some authors don't eat regular ly; Mrs. Glyu does, but not when she Is writing. "I seldom eat when I am writ ing. I never write at night, pre ferring the hours from 5 to 10 a. m.," she declared. When writing Intense lovo scones. Mrs. Glyn declared, she prefers "Llelestraum" as the best musi cal stimulus and the odor from red roses as the most Inspiring scent." "Slippery Silas" Barclay, Klamath Indian outlaw, who has twice made sensational escapes from Klamath officers, has for a third time eluded the law. The erstwhile escape was made yesterday morning at Copco. Barclay is wanted ' by Klamath county officers on a charge of liquor possession and the mysterious death of Freddie Jackson, dashing young Klamath Indian buckaroo and famed rodeo rider, who met his death at Chiloquin several months ago after a fall from his horse. The third escape of "Slippery Silas" was made from the Copco jail, where ho was arrested, it was reported, by Dep uty Sheriff "Euck" Fing after a desperate fistic encounter in which Fing brought the Indian to submission. It took Barclay only several hours to tear away the iron bars with his arms. Sheriff Hawkins had just been notified of the capture of Barclay and Klamath deputy sheriffs were preparing to drive to Copco to bring their man back again to the Klamath Jail, when word came that the elusive Klamath had escaped. All roads leading from Copco are closed and Deputy Fing ' is reported to be scouring the surrounding country with a possee in search of the outlaw.! "Slippery Silas", has proven a baffling prisoner to Klam ath authorities. .Arrested nt Chiloquin on a liquor charge a day after the Jackson death, he was brought to the Klamath , jail and was scheduled to be grilled by the district attorney on a Monday. When arrested, county authorities were ignor ant of his alleged connection with the Jackson death. It has been said, that when Barclay heard that information of such character had reached the authorities he planned his escape . on a 'Sunday night -several months Fire Destroys Business' Section Of Hepner, Ore. HEPPNER, Ore, May 27. Firo early this morning destroy ed seven business houses on a quarter block here. Including tho public library. A tiro and bat tery shop,- ment market, millin ery store, tailor shop, lodging honse, pecondhnn:! . store - and needle crnft store, were burned out. I Ex-Service Men on Tule Ask Reduction In Gov't Assessing LeRoy R. Reagan, commander of, the new Tule Lake post cf the Am erican Legion and Joe Zump, post adjutant, appeared before Beard of Survey and Adjustment at the court house yesterday afternoon as spokesmen for the Tale Lake Home steaders and both men particularly emphasized the desire of the ex-service men for the reduction of the ?90 per acre costs sat by the gov ernment on their allotments, claim- ago. At any rate, Barclay did make , a sensational escape by. climbing down from . the top story of the courthouse Jail via a dozen braided blankets. Several days later he was reported arrested at Chiloquin by ' an Indian police. While eating with the police that evening, prior to his being returned to the Jail here, Bar clay is reported to have' made a dash for the door and a successful getaway on a pinto tied at a hitch- -lng post In front of the Chiloquin cafe. A short time after "Slippery ' Silas" was reported in Red Bluff, Calif., wbere reservation police wore dispatched to search for him. An other report had him In Sacramento, but Barclay continued to elude the officers. ? Up to early this morning no re port had been received from Copco -as to whether Barclay had been re-. captured. Bank Fails In Oklal . Farming Community HUGO, Okla.. May 27. The 6000 citizens of Hugo are without a bank. Hugo is in the center of a farming community. , The City National bank, the only survivor qf four institutions, was closed Wednesday by order of the lng that some of the costs that had j board of directors, due to the over been assessed were unfair. Reagan asked that the reduction extension of credit. Less than tour years ago, Hugo on the land be made and the re-' PPed four banks. One died opening of the great area of gov ernment land there for entry with preferential rights to ex-service men. Queried by ex-governor Campbell as to the crops they were raising, Reagan pointed out that alfalfa was the principal crcp and he placed great emphasis on the possibilities that would be opened up for the settlers with new railroad construc tion into the Merrill and Mulln country.' Tointing out that the truck charges to the railroad wco now 30c per cwt. or moro on freight from Tule Lake. The chairman in dicated that his mind was pretty fully made up that the Initial land ccst was not an Important issue In the case. Ho said the ability to pay for land depended absolutely on what could be produced, and whero 'the government was asking for payment on a production basis, tho Initial cost was not an object. Possibilities With R. Rs. "If you had four railroads into that section It wouldn't make much difference If nil you produce Is al falfa," ho said. "It Is not prac tical or economical for you to flg- (Contlnucd on Pago Five) by the wayside after an existence of six months and two others, the Hugo State bank and the Hugo National bank were closed May 6. The combined deposits In the four houses were $3,000,000. COLIMI1IA CLAIMS WOMAX ST. HELENS, Ore., May 27. The body of a woman betwoen 40 and 60 years of age was in the Columbia river, caught In drift, op posite Columbia City Tuesday. The body according to the coroner ap parently had been" In tho water about six weeks but Is In such a stato of preservation that he be llevos identification will be possible. OltEGOV MAX APPOINTED WASHINGTON, May 27. Presi dent Caolldge today reappointed Bert K. Haney, Portland, as a mem ber of tho United States shipping board. PMMKEItS MAV STARVE GARY, ' Ind., May 27. The plumbers here have decided to call off their strike for more wages and will continue to struggle along on a mere $ 1 2 a day. ''Be Tliree) was positive, It wn I1.