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PENALTY
IDE ATTY.
D Murder Trial
Shepherd Start
Yesterday
a June a unuuu
3derinif a 01
. 1ir!lll...
L, tg he pnintcd
Bost putient muru
hiitory," who had
over io y-'" "
pnt plot to slay
ntock." AHHlHtant
c
,tiday dcmamiuu
nUy fur the uc-
Jer wan ho brutal
U demundH of you
that you find the
guilty nd sentence
extreme penulty
L pillowg." Gorman
the jury as ha be-
bin srirumcnw lor
iao kid Just complet-
it os tlx (land flat-
(kin sgalnst Dim,
4 by the ferocity of
j-if haired man's at
tar icroM the court
ill, of tha defendant,
Mfhird straightened In
Gornan heaped vltu-
kar suaband, and fin-
a sitoatrollable tear.
unci mi driving, fur-
A large powerful
fid lis Jury box, where
baeaetred bark aa he
lai ratlins surround
(t driving bom tall
tatrd u seated barely
from him, but aor
ta back on tha accused
uclitment ot tha car
tas Shepherd bad les-
cUtors In tha crowded
vara tuned to emotional
setrd Gorman's vlb-
J
fcaaat, tsw Bhepnerd a
U bowed hopelessly, saw
lalortlsi women gather
bblD figure of Mrs.
Wonts In the spectator's
'X. too, st her sorrow.
haatlc Argument
Jloi the boy, Hilly, from
ti ltd of five, to msn-
!fw np a will, making
'(beneficiary of tha vast
min cried. "Then he
Ut boy and would have
oney.
to you. gentlemen of
faience this man to bo
M let the money go to
tocki flesh and blood
litlTes."
''n Gorman turned his
"Hons bctwoen Billy
Ud the Shepherd fsiu-
Shepherd collapsed,
'nice burned with acorn
"w ob Shnpherd'a state-
X lored llllly as a son
Gonnan ( iniii
Nherd and his wife loved
"U. "They Inved him
'"""erclal love not with
"of father and mother."
'4 Shepherd aa a vicious
faiteniail hi. ninn.
f'Cllntock eatate and acoom-
"urder of tha heir to
" order to assure a life
l demandlna (he Heath
""lied out thm .ha
""lei fn
ft..
murdor were
"""neat.
or 14 years' lm-
pain, back time and again
ro of Billy McCUntock'S
J" fcath Ponnltv
O'ldonce that this boy
I. will." h. ..u-
hs didn't writ. it
1 rot f.
01 thinks about
hi. . ' w wiiia. vouin
, ' f, and the glories
Ko...!'. The wn P"
nil . " man a voice,
. 'mi in .1,- , . ...
hot... ,r "00 1 '
I. anect.i..
IN Ik?.' "J"10' "'torney em-
js.u """"o'ns death to
prevent "germ mur
WORD
THE
(Every Morning Except Monday)
U. S. Destroyer
Dispatched To
Troubled Area
Safety Of American! Near
Ning-Po Following
Foreign Killing
BIIANGIIAI, June 23. (United
News) t'hlnesa strikers kidnaped
the Infant child of a British police
Inspector Tuisdsy night and carried
the baby Into native territory. The
Chinese nurse succeeded In persusd-1
Ing the kidnapers to release her and
the child.
The kidnaping was an effort to
Intimidate Inn nurse, or Amah. The
ruthorlilvs hsve wsrned foreigners
to guard their children. Chinese
nurses empkyed by foreigners are
the only servants who have refused
lo Join the untl-forvlgn strike.
An Anierlrsn and a Jupanese de
stroyer are enrouto to N'lngo-I'o,
where a Chinese mob Is reported to
have atormed and ransacked two
houses occupied by foreigners. Cus
toms officiate have received an un
confirmed report that tho Japanese
commissioner was killed during a
riot In Wo Chow today.
The Nlng-I'o mob Is reported to
have Invaded the home of a British
customs aaatrtanl. and the building
v hlrh housed the Junior foreign
UieSS.
Must of the striking bank and
shop employes are expected to return
to work lu Shanghai Friday, the
day after the feast of the drsgon,
vhen all Chinese pay their bills.
NEW YORK. June 13. The Am
ci lean consul at Canton haa ordered
al. Americans to evacuate the city
because of autt-foreign agitation, ac
cording to a cable to tha board of
foreign missions of the Preabylorlan
church. The cablegram' aald:
"Considerable antl-forelgn feeling at
Canton. Consul ordered alt to leave.
All are safe."
Ruhr Evacuation
By Franco-Belgians
Finally Agreed On
PARIS. June 23. (United News)
The Franco-Belgian armies and
technicians will evacuate the Ruhr
by August 16, next. The French
tcblnct today approved the plan,
which will complete the withdrawal
by that date. Just one year after
the London agreement, whereby the
Dawes plnn and evacuation were de
termined upon.
Uradual withdrawal of Franco
Delglan troops has been In progress
for months, and this process will bo
accelerated to clear the Ruhr within
the specified time.
Council Balks When
Mayor Tries To Get
Appointment Across
Near the close of Monday night's
nn,.n mnetlna- after Toullno mat
ters had been disposed of and
snectntors gallery cieuued out.
the
the
mayor ran Inlo an unexpected snag
In hla official appointment program,
when the council refused to con
firm his designation of D. E.
Nlckell, former employee ot tho
Warren Construction company as
paving Inspector.
It was near the midnight hour
when the presiding official suggost
,h council that. he wanted
Nlckell designated as official paving
Inspector under city
Honry. hi. duties to enforce com
pliance with specification, and to
guard the c.ly's "
big paving urogram whlc his Just
ready to be taken up.
According
to the official mm-
meetlng Councilman
utos ot the
Bnl.lger moved the appointment bo
co nrmed. following which mot o
... . nrnlnneed and ratner
finally In
kv been hoaru urui.i
terruplod by roc
sen who remarked
Judge Ongna
"Quaker mnot-
Ing!" (Laughter).
Amotion was then made by Conn
Mimnn Cofer. seconded
by Coun.
.. trAt that the
council
Climan , "" .,t-il
journ. The motion was carried,
KLAMATH NEWS
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY,
SWEEPING DRIVE
FOR PROHIBITION
Most Sweeping Step Since
' Volstead Law Passed
In Action Mellon
WASHINGTON, June IS. Radical
remodelling of the creaking prohi
bition enforcement machinery Into
w-Powered macnine. aee.gneo
,u "l f"r ,tt,ler pce ,n ch,n
Hie bootlegger, waa announced to
day by Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon.
It Is the government's most sweep
ing slep taken since the Volstead
set became operative, and la the
most significant of the developments
stiUh began with the appointment
of Brig. (len. Lincoln C. Andrewa aa
assistant secretary ot the treasury,
and tho grouping of all phoribltlon
enforcement agencies under him.
As stated by the United News
when Andrewa waa appointed, Presl
dent Coolldge had determined to
end, If possible, the farce which
federal prohibition enforcement had
been since Its Inception. It waa de
termined to make a aupreme tost to
see If prohibition could be enforced
This Is one of the most vital steps
In that undertaking.
Mellon announced that the old
system of a federal prohibition di
rector for each atate would be
rbollshed August 1, and that Instead
22 enforcement districts, bounded
by federal Judicial district lines,
would be tot up. These districts
are to be alted according to the
"amount ot permissive ' work to be
done, and the difficulties of enforce
ment to be mot, due to local con
dltlons, public sentiment, etc."
KLAMATH CATTLE
MEN WILL MEET
In order that Oregon cattlemen
may be posted pn the new co-oper
ative beef cattle marketing plan,
now In operation In California, Ne
ailu, VUh, and Arizona, renr"iinta
t'ves of the California Cattlemen's
rssoclatlon, will hold three meetings
In the Klamath Falls, Fort Klamath
und Malln districts next week.
Lewis Foulke, prominent cattle
man of Siskiyou county, California,
and II. M. Rice of the California
Cattlemen's association, will attend
the meetlnga and tell of the opera
lion of the co-operative marketing
system.
The meetings, as arranged by W.
C. Dnlton, president of the Amerl
ran National bank, Klamath Falls,
will be held as follows:
Klamath Falls, I o'clock, Satur
day, June 27. at chamber of com
merce. 'Fort Klamath, 2:30 o'clock, Mon
day, June 29, at the Fort Klamath
hotel.
These meetings will be ot partic
ular Interest to cattle growers In
southern Oregon, and the opportun
ity to learn ot the success of co
operative marketing In California,
Nevada, Utah and Ariiona, where
85 per cent of the beet cattle are
marketed under the new system,
should not be overlooked.
Flapper Can't Use
Gun, Does Holdup
With a Cap Pistol
CHICAGO, June 23. Nineteen-
year-old Margaret Dale of Devoney,
Tenn., was afraid she might kill
some one when she turned girl ban
dit. So Instead ot carrying glitter
ing blue automatic that ail the best
girl bandits Vlny with, she bought
herself a fifty-cent cap pistol.
It worked quite as well, Margaret
explained, as she sat In her cell
today. All she did was to hire taxi
cabs, order the drivers to proceed
to some lonely spot, covor them with
the cap pistol and demand their
funds.
The game worked five times, and
netted her $50. The sixth time po
lice, who had been- on her trail,
caught up with her and took both
Margaret and her toy gun to the
station.
United News and United Press Telegraph Services
Klamath Heeds
Duty's Call In
Orphan's Drive
County's $2,000 Quota Will
Be Raised, Indications
Late Last Night
Klamath county has responded
nobly to the American Legion en
dowment drive atuged this week for
the benefit of war orphans. Latest
tabulations show pver $1400 to be
generously donated by Klamath dur
Ing the Intensive bang-up drive
yesterday, and Indications point to
the $2,000 quota kjor Klamath coun
ty going over trie lop. Klamath
Fulls merchant responded nobly to
the cause yester.fcy and It Is be
lieved that those who were not can
vowed then will snore than make
up the quota, legion offlcluls an
nounced lust night.
Both newspapers were thanked
for their patriotic cooperation In
making the drive' a success. Out
lying lumber concerns have aided
the drive magnificently. Probably
the largest contributor to date has
been the Pelican Bay Lumber com
pany which has reached nearly the
$500 mark, with more from Its scat
tered camps to come yet.
Capable Speaker At
Forum Lunch Today
Tho last ftirum meeting of the
chamber of commerce until Septem
ber Is scheduled tor today noon and
Secretary Sabln announces that the
speaker for the occasion will be
W. H. Less, field secretary of the
United State chamber of com
merce, and hla aubject will be "The
Organisations Place in Business."
Ike- Patterson stge st Bola and
chairman ot the republican state
central committee in the recent na
tional campaign was first scheduled
to headline today's chamber meet
ing but he was called home early
yesterday by business affairs re
quiring bin Immediate attention.
Less la reported to be an un
usually capable speaker and a good
turn out of members are expected
at today's meeting which closes all
forum activity for the summer
months,
W. H. Galloway's "Oregonian or
chestra" haa been algned up to fur
nish music for the occasion, the
full peraonnel of the talented orga
nisation taking part.
Bandits Cut Wires
To Rob Calif. Town
WILLOWBROOK, Calif., June 23.
First cutting telephone wires and
destroying all meana of communica
tion with neighboring towns, a gang
of bandits swooped down on this
terrorised village, raided a score ot
stores and then made their escape
In waiting automobiles.
The sensational foray came to an
end only after an enraged cltlxens'
possee menaced the bandits' escape.
The losses will exceed $10,000.
according to Deputy Sheriffs Jones
apd Freeman.
Wlllowbrook Is near Long Beaca.
Hearing on Sprague
River Water Rights
A hearing tor the adjudication
of water Tights ot Sprague river
will be called this afternoon In Bly
with State Engineer Rhea Lu per
present 'to hear the Bly ranchers
who are interested In the case.
Attorney Robert Kuykendall will
represent Luke Walker, one ot the
Bly ranchers who has brought hie
case up before the state engineer
In the use of the water.
A similar discussion and hearing
was hold last year when..there was
considerable contention on the lim
ited supply and division ot the wa
ter In the upper and lower valley.
NKUOTIATION8 START
WASHINGTON, June 23. Nego
tiations with Italy over her Indebt
edness to the United States will be
gin tomorrow. Secretary ot the
Treasury Mellon announced Monday.
JUNE 24, 1925.
LIBEL SUIT FOR
$50,000 WILL BE
FILED BY MYERS
Oregonian At Portland And
Its K. F. Correspondent
Named In Action
A libel suit for $50,000 will sbe
filed with the county clerk this
morning, by former acting District
Attorney W. P. Myers, agalnat tbe
Morning Oregonian of Portland, and
W. H. Perkins, of Klamath Falls,
local correspondent for the Oregon
ian and news editor of tbe Evening
Herald. Tho suit Joins C. A. Mor
den. manager of the Oregonian and
K. B. Piper, editor.
The libel suit la In connection with
btorles dispatched by Perklna to the
Oregonian, concerning the Klamath
county prohibition fund. Tbe atory
was published June 14.
The EVenlng Herald haa filed a
demurrer In the $10,000 libel suit
tiled by Myers, last week, and has
zlso filed an affidavit of prejudice
against Circuit Judge A. L. Leavltt.
Healing on the demurrer and af
fidavit of prejudice will be this
afternoon in Judge Leavitt's court.
R. B. Parsons, prominent Bend
attorney, who will act' with E. L.
r.lllott as Myers' counsel is in
Klamath Falls and will be present
In tbe conrt room when the case
Is heard this afternoon.
Camouflaged Bogus
Car License Found
By Traffic Officer
Many "Who Attempt To
Cheat Law Draw Heavy
Fines From Judge Bunnell
What some people will resort
to to get out of paying automobile
taxes was demonstrated In County
Judge Bunnell's court yesterday
when Tyson Pankey was fined
$38.60 for camouflaging a 1922
auto license into a 1926. The means
resorted to were clever, but not
enough for the scrutinizing eagle
eye ot County Traffic Officer R. E.
Knowles. Pankey hammered out
the old figure 2 and tried to stamp
In a figure 5 on the license year.
Thla waa camouflaged with paint
and while the paint was yet wet
he caked the figure up with a little
loose dirt to make the 'bogus fig
ure not easily discernible.
E. M. Combs was fined $22.50
for switching a Ford 'license to a
Saxon car.
Traffic Officer Knowles has been
Instructed to fine drivers of teams'
on highways at night. It is dan
gerous to navigation, according to
County Judge Bunnell.
. i
More than a doien speeders pick
ed up Sunday were given tinea of
from $12.60 to $23.60.
Coolidge Off For
2 Month Vacation
ON BOARD THE PRESIDENT'S
TRAIN, NEW HAVEN, Ct., June 23
President Coolldge was welcomed
back to New England, where he and
Mrs. Coolldge will spend a two
months' vacation, by the appearance
ft hundreds of people along the line,
who waited for the passing ot his
train.
The President and Mrs. Coolldge
were apparently pleased by the
greeting, and once when passing a
group of school children, Mrs. Cool
ldge supplemented the president's
hand wave by the vigorous flourish
ot a napkin. The president let it
be known Just before leaving the
capital that his plans for the sum
mer did not contemplate an exten
sive rest. He expects to devote al
most as much attention to his of
ficial duties as If he had remained
at tha white house. But be does
believe an occasional change of cli
mate and scenery Is good for any
one, and that he will feel far more
flkytt the end of tne summer than
if he had remained in Washington.
K.F. To Become
1st Class Post
Office July 1st
P. O. Box Rents To Increase
With Passing Of Old
2nd Class Rating
From the standpoint of postal
l uslness, Klamath Falls steps into
the claaa of the leading cities in
Oregon on July 1, when tbe local
office is officially raised from sec
ond to first class.
Postmaster John McCall received
notice some weeks ago of tbe In
tention of the department to make
this change, which comes about en
tirely through the record of busi
ness growth In tbe local office for
the past fiscal year.
Official announcement ot the
i hange was received In Portland
from Washington yesterday. Be
sides Klamath Falls, Marshfleld, the
metropolis of Coos county, also steps
into class one in this state.
The only unfortunate thing con
nected with the change, according to
Postmaster John McCall, is that
postofflce box rents must now go np,
to meet tbe requirements of a first
class office.
I. C. C. Receives S. P.
Application For Road
WASHINGTON. June 23. The
Ceutral Taciflc railway company to
day applied to the Interstate com
merce commission for permission to
construct a forty-mile line from
Klamath Falls. Ore., to Cornell,
Calif. The construction ot the line
le part of the general plan of the
Southern Pacific and Central Pacific
for tbe development ot northeastern
California and southern Oregon.
Big .Wild Cat Is
Killed By Hunter
Who Catches Babe
' Byron Teed of the Crater service
elation on upper Main street, is
looking for an authority on "wet
nursing" a half-grown wild cat.
Teed ran onto a htrnter yesterday
who had Just killed a big female
wild cat in the Long lake limbered
section, northwest of Klamath Falls,
a kitten was captured in the rocks
and brought here and sold tbe local
service station proprietor.
According to the hunter's story,
the old cat, one of the largest ever
killed in this country, showed a lot
of fight when he approached her
den in the rocks at Long lake. The
Infuriated animal bounced down off
the ledge where her little ones were
sunning themselves, and charged
straight tor the hunter, spitting fire
every Jump. One shot put the old
cat out of business, then attention
was turned to captufing three little
ones alive. Two of the kittens
dropped down into a deep crevice
in the'1 rocks and were killed in the
attempt to subdue them. One was
finally overpowered after it had
I Itten the hunter through the thumb.
The young wild cat Is as large as
a common house cat and appears
to have its mind thoroughly made
up that human beings ot all kinds
are a bad lot.
Clara Hamon Granted
Divorce When Husband
Drinks Considerably
LOS ANGELES, June 23. Clara
Smith Hamon Gorman, who In
1920 was tried and acquitted of
the murder of James Hamon, mil
llonalre Oklahoma oilman and poli
tician, was granted a divorce here
from John W. Gorman, motion pic
ture director. 1
The decree was granted Tuesday
on the ground of mental cruelty.
after Mrs. Gorman testified "he was
very grouchy. He had tits of eul
lenness and moroseness," and "he
drank considerable."
Gornlan in 1920 backed an tin
successful film production of the
Hamon slaying, featuring his wife
then recently acquitted ot the mur
der charge. The picture was, doom
ed soon after Its completion when
censors banned It.
The Oormans were married in
1921.
Price Five Centi
SPECIAL STATE
ELECTION WILL
SETTLEiMUDDLE
Pierce Exceeded Authority
On Numerous Measures
Is Charge In Suit
SALEM, June 23. (United
Xews) Contending that Gov.
Pierce exceeded his authority
in vetoing the bill which would
have set a special referendum
election on the second Tuesday
in September, Representative
L. L. Swan of Linn county to
day filed original proceedings
in mandamus in supreme court.
Swan will seek to have the
pupreme court require Secre
tary of State Kozer to proceed
with arrangements to carry
out the election as the legisla
ture wished.
Several state financing measures,
including tho cigarette tax law, the
bus and truck licensing bill, and the
tithing bill, all ot which have been
referred, bave been held np as a
result of the veto nntil November,
1928. These measures were counted
on to supply funds for the state
budget during the present blennlum.
If tbe supreme court upholds Swsn's
petition, tbe following measures n
addition to the foregoing, will ba
submitted to popular approval;
Nniueroua Measure
Authorising the governor to fill
vacancies in event of recall of public
officials. . ' '
Authorising Curry. Clackamaa and
Klamath counties (separate - meas-
ures) to further exceed the six per
cent tax limitation. ' ; - '
Authorising certain school dia ,
tricts to exceed the six per' cent tax''
limitation. - .' - - i
Permitting vacancies occurring ,
less than 20 days prior to elections
to Be filled by appointment, and not
at election. v
Repealing denial of suffrage to
r.egroes.
Increasing salaries of officers ot
Umatilla county.
Establishing normal school at
Seaside.
Providing for tuberculosis hospital
iu alrn Orcsss.
Providing tor increase of Clack
amaa county officials' salaries.
GOV. PINCHOT OF PA.
WILL SPEAK IN WEST
HARRISBURGH, Pa., June 23.
Gov. Plnchot will leave here June
28 for a western trip, making nine
addresses before returning July
15. - Three addresses will be msde
in St, Paul, June 30. He will,
speak in Spokane, July 2 and Port
land July 4. In California he
plans addresses in San Francisco
July and Los Angeles July 8. He
will address the chamber of com
merce at Denver July 11 and the
city club of Kansas City July IS.
His subjects will be law enforce-'
ment and. giant power..
NEW SHEVLIN-HIXON
PLANT TO BE BUILT
BEND, June 23. Immediate con
struction of the pine by-products
plants will be started by the Shevlln
Hixon company, it was announced
today from the company's offices.
Thia plant will produce turpentine
and a number of pine oils for var
ious purposes, by the "destructive
distillation" process perfected by
William J. LJungdahl. who has been
making experiments with ponderosa
pine for several years, and who will
be In charge of construction and op
eration of the plant.
Just which ot the oils which
LJungdahl has found It was possible
to develop In merchantable quanti
ties from pine waste will be manu
factured at this plant company of
ficals were not in a position to an
nounce. MOROCCAX9 ATTACK
FEZ, French Morocco, June 23.
The Rlfflans violently attacked the
French northwest of Ouesian Tues
day, according to the French com
munique. The fighting centered
around a supply convoy. Attar
sharp fighting in which all arm
and aviation units participated tha
a Hackers were repulsed.