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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1925)
THE KLM2ATH NEWS United News and United Press Telegraph Services Li9l,(Every Morning Except Monday) pherd Is Found Guilty After y Deliberation y Goes Wild With Joy When Ver- of Not Guilty Is Read; Given Lib- on $5,000 Bail and Returns Home; utor Crowe Silent on Verdict. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1925. Price Five Centa C AL COURTROOM, CHICAGO, June 26 (United rJliam D. Shepherd wet acquitted by jury late iariee hat he murdered Billy McClintock. The .returned at 10:16, after the jury had deliberated d 41 minute. Lsele-afed defendant, who hat maintained hU in tr tince charges were first lodged against him, bead to hit thouldert and mumbled a prayer when Ltd the word i "We, the jury find the defendant farhnf Shepherd, not guilty." hi warning! from the baliff, the 250 spectators, waited patiently in the suffocating courtroom for k 1st out a shout. SHEPHERD IS LIBERATED iti with the "hurrahs" of Shepherd's friends and were the moans and groans of many who held L belief that Shepherd was guilty. tad may sign his own bond and go home tonight," Horsey Robert E. Crdwe annour.ced amidst the up- Icating that no further charges against Shepherd led. IcsroBer's jury had recommended that Shepherd be t murder of Billy's mother, Emma Nelson McClin mdictments have been returned on that charge. ib rsls nd In the itr guar minutes slier im mi. flash lights a! nmirae boomed sad asjry blue smoko like '.cent. aillDi broadly, walked phry box and (ripped li lurors br the hand. fkukl Juror t taank vou eantlemen Iu Innocent man from ol kli enemlea," he 'ronih teeth that chat nrouioxM. ttuti walkad to Judas LftCB, who haa presided PM: "I want to thank 'or the fair manner In lit, conducted thla trial," !uped the while haired hi p announced they had fis. not to dlacloae the ulloM they had takon. l Shepherd, the large, ot the defendant. urt. She feared alio 'W onder the itraln. and " vigil Is downtown 't at an open telephone 1 a tell her the newa. Bora nrofuinlv than avar Nrd the atate'a attornoy "u Shepherd. K re Suffered" "I t drive home In the 1 Ital wa Billy's," Shop In t'nlfert M. inJ h bow I hiv. ...,r....i Pi hai hpHH annrf f a ma PW'red my prayera and F1 Ot BIT lnvln. Wl tha h. life. -t. I I . - -.... IWUKIU III f riilnf mob that nnepnerd and ..hake It Vfttj Iwonlu ,A iiiiHUlon TMict Wfl rnnr1 Ihnt N. ltl.l that a , - iho tuui i ruuui "t come every time DOdem av.i.. wtttt l. mwuii milium rWi uuobbi ior ine " wnnraiulotlona ot hit 'T PERMIT LOWER U.S. PRODUCTION President Says U. S. Will Not Be Made "Goat" In War Payments BWAMPSCOTT, Mies., June 26 I United Newa) Coolldge baa no aymsthy. with recent suggestions from abroad that thla country .cur lull production and lower Its tariff in order to aaalat Germany to pay reparatlona and other nations to pay their International debts, It waa slat ed officially at the aummer white house Friday. The prealdent regards such sug Kcstiona aa a repetition of prerlous efforta to persuade the people of the United Htatea themaelVea to pay the reparatlona cost or to cancel drills. A auggeatlon ot the ore dlacuascd at White Court waa recently made br Sir Joshua Stamp, ilrttlah mem ber of the reparations. In an address to the international chamber of com. merce at Ilruaaels. Such propoaala were described here aa left-handed efforta to provide some way In which to make the people of the United States incur the major portion of the coata of the war. Preldsent Coolldge waa said to feel the American people would not lake kindly to these measures. He waa aald to believe that the United States must bear ita ahars of Inevitable post-war and burden, but to be certain that thla government would never be a party to any plan which aaddled upon It the payment of reparatlona or the cancellation of .debts. BIG BLV-BEATTY ROAD IMPROVING Speedy Trial for Dental Murderer ) Xe V c2f ' "' awe st eaaahasag. iittj eatm j . A speedy trial Is predicted I for Thomas H. Young, Loa An geles dentist, who killed his wealthy wife with a dental an aesthetic. The body waa found embedded in concrete in s well by police after a four month search for the missing woman. In his confession Young reveal ed that his step-son unknowing ly helped conceal his mother's body. FIRES THREATEN FOREST IN N. W. IN HEAT HAZARD Fire Fighter In Grants Pass Hospital From Blaze Near Kirby PORTLAND, June 26. (United News) Forest flrea continued, to threaten In the Pacific Northwest today,' while low humldUy and warm weather added to the danger. An area of 1200 acres waa burn ed over by an uncontrolled fire near Morton, Wash., according to word from Rainier national forest to the district forestry office here. Only about SO acres of the fire area was In green Umber. Eighty acres of timber was burn ed In the White Salmon river dis trict In ' Washington. Joe Frank, fire fighter for the forest service, was overcome fight- ing a blaze weat of Kirby, Ore., and was taken to a Grants Paas hospi tal. The fire near Kirby waa re ported under control. Lower Klamath Lake Inspected By Soil Experts Several More Days Required For Making Tests; Final Decision In Wash'n. 16 BODIES YET Dunn And Bak?r Awarded Contract For K. F. Modoc Grading Its fk.ii .. u m' bonds for Shepherd ..Id after , io me papers, k, man, except that ,tal of miopia matter . -lae-an " i,"L'.b,t 1 1 have to Hmk... .. . i h l na" aKKe me. H 11 . V" Prldv' Mrch u i, ?a WM 'I Jail three ho.. But 1 am not l'4loriiey rr Ntaa f """"hi the de- r ChamV... Thfj votes fldncejri Caillaux PORTLAND, June 28. (United Newa) Because they exceeded ea tlmatea of the state engineers, all blda tor the construction of the Crooked river canyon bridge In Jet- fersTn county were rejected by Hie state highway commission today. Tha low hid waa from J. W. Sad- lur. ait 1118 020. J. II. Walther. aecretary of the Associated General Contractors, requested further con alderatlon of the olds. Because of the unusual engineering conditions, he said the cost could not be com pared with other bridgos. The re quest waa itaken under advljement. Among contracts aw.raea were the following: .inaonhlna county 4.32 miles grading Redwood Junctlon-Wolls Ranch aectlon of Oregon caves nigii way, J. C. Clnkald. 125.000. vinmnih county Grading mllca Ueschutes county line, CreB .nnn The Dullcs-Callfornla. Newport Construction company. $22,470: resurfacing is ii... ,r, .1. iniia.Mndne Point section of The Dalles-California highway, Dunn ft Buker. 67,Ja. Bids wore opened toduy on the following projecta: Josephine county-O'Brien school house George Ranch section ot Redwood highway and Redwood Junction. OWtack Creek Oregon Caves road, 20.42 mile, gra vel surface. , Klamath county-i ly I1..HV aectlon of Klamath . r a Us Ukertow highway. 13.4S m..e. gradlns ts,i ""!. cleux's plan to S , c of the French f MeP 17 he , . no A PIT HANDS OUT BIRTHDAY CIGARS 't the Klamath Valley hcpHa'. uex was busy pa-Mng o.t "o w terdar iw;',H-rh. Iiitoreatod in the first arriv LaPrarle family. rBniembered the hospital and receivma KLAMATH RAILROADS DISCUSSED IN POST In s recent Issue of the Saturday Evening Post ot June 16, a atory concerning tha developments in the vicinity ot Klamath Falls waa re. counted in graphic form with a Lumber of Illustrations. The article was Included in a atory under the title of "Five Yeura After." by Ed ward Hungerford, well known to ps'.rcss of 'he Post. The atory Includes the progress made by the American railroad un der the workings of the transporta tion act of several years sgo. Open ing up the virgin territory from Weed to Eugene, east of Crater lake, waa the main theme of the atory. U. of C. Student Is " Implicated in Plot Kidnaping Woman SAN FRANCISCO, June 28 Bliss Baker of San Jose, senior at the University of California, la under arrest and a second conspirator who escaped la being sought in connec tion with an attempt to kidnap Mrs. II. C. Jackling. wife of the multimillionaire copper magnate. Frank LeibowHt, a taxi driver, also waa held fof questioning. Mrs. Jackling received a tele phone call Frldty telling her that her sister, Mrs. Rudolph Spreckles, had been Injured in an automobile accident and waa In a hospital at San Mateo. Later her husband waa handed a message l-y a boy Inform ing him that his wife waa being held for $50,000 ransom. . Attempta to reach his wife fail ed, the telephone w;res having been cut. The message Jnstructed Jack ling to have the boy give the money to a taxi driver In ifront of his of fice. A police car followed the taxil driven by Leibowlts to a road house where Baker was arrested. Jazz Is Good Tonic Says Musical Critic SAN FRANCISCO. June 25. Jail haa an Important place an national irnira and cannot be Ignored In the world of music, according to Mrs. John P. Coghlan, chairman of the convention of the California Federa tion of Music cluba. "Jats la a good tonlo when one Is tired," she said. "It' really goes back conturles Into our lives and i.rinaa m the aubconsclous mind the sway ot forms In barbaric dancea and the beat ot the tom-tom." "But it can be too obatruslve at times," she added hastily aa the hotel dance orchestra broke Into a synchopated strain. Klamath Cattle Raisers Expect An Organization Orderly Marketing System May Be Organized At ..i ..-..Today' fleeting Certain that Klamath county will respond In the same manner as California, Aritona and Nevada In the Interests of the co-operative marketing system. H. M. Rice of San Francisco, secretary of the Cali fornia Cattle Growers' association and Lewis M. Foulk, of Gaielle. prominent rancher and one of the directors ot the association, arrived in tne city last in order to be present at a meeting ot the Klamath cattlemen today at 2:30 p. m. in the chamber of commerce. W. C. Dalton of Malln, will be In the city today to take an active Interest in the meeting. The main purpose of the meet ing is to enlist the services of Klamath and Lake county cattle growers In order to have them par ticipate In the orderly marketing aystem, selling all cattle shipped from thla section of the state to the San Francisco market in order to prevent a surplus from flooding the market, lowering the value to such a degree aa to be derlmental to the stockmen. Haa Met Success. More than 2S00 members have been signed up dn Nevada, Arizona and California and the campaign la now being carried on atrongly in Utah. Northern California cattlemen were practically unanimous In their decision as to enlisting In the work ot the association. The association has been In ex istence for three months and the system has been more than success ful In that time. While In this section Klamath county and Lake county and the southernportlon of Idaho will be visited In order t6 enldst the services of . cattlemen of those sections. Navy Boat With 50 Aboard May Be Lost ROTARY MAY Aip CAHPFIRE GIRLS The Rotary club at their regu lar weekly lunchoon at the cham ber of commerce yesterday were entertained by short readings' from Dr. Rca and Dr. Carter and a ro- port from Rev. A L. Rice on his recent trip to the Lake of itne Woods with the Klamath Campflre Girls. Rev. Rice suggested that the Rotary club back the girls for suit' able summer camp at the Lake of dhe Woods or aome other near by resort since provisions have ! ready been made to furnish the Boy Scouts with such quarters and the cause of tne gins appear ed to him as equally deserving. Jack Kimball - was called upon for suggestions on this podnt and be reported that thla matter would certainly be arranged by next year. WASHINGTON, June 26. Eagle boat No. 9, with about nine officers and more than 50 men, mostly re- carves, at a special two weeks' sum mer training cruise, la probably wal lowing helplessly. In s, storm 200 miles east of the Virginia capea. ac cording to reports to the navy from Norfolk, v .V "' Only one message has been re ceived from the eagle boat, and that two days ago, when the vessel re ported engine trouble In a heavy storm, and asked for assistance. The tug 4Cewaydin went out from Nor folk, but also developed engine trouble, and la now alowly returning to port. The long Interval of silence from the eagle boat'a radio has caused una concern here, particularly as this lype ot light cratt is unsuiieti to stormy seas. The crew had omergency rations so that they can remain out indefinitely unless the ship should founder. The findings of four men:Ceorge C. Kreutxer ot Washington, D. C; W. L. Powers of Corvallia; C. F. Shaw and M. H. Lapham of Berke ley, Calif., who arrived here Wed- neaday night, will determine the fate of the SS.000 acre bed of Low er Klamath lake which lies in southern Klamath county. Oregon and northern Siskiyou county,. Cal ifornia. Shaw, Lapham, and Powers spent all day yesterday- taking samples of soil In this great dried np lake bed, and Kreutxer will loin them today in further, investigations of this great body of land. The entire party left on their return trip at ( o'clock thla morning. According to the three university soli experts who sweltered through a long hot day in the lake bed yes terday, there is nothing definite as yet to be given out. 8am pies of the soil are to he taken from all parts of the great partially re claimed body of land and forward ed to the laboratories ot the de partment ot agriculture at Wash Ington, D. C. , The chemical tests of these soil samples coupled with the report and recommendation of these four men will finally decide whether Lower Klamath, is to he- come a land ot fertile farms or again be turned back to a nesting ground for water birds. Several more days will be re quired in making a complete inves tigation of the great dried up lake bed. ........ IN K. C. THEATRE 22 Seriously Injured Are Yet In Hospitals After Spectacular, Fire Men Arrested For Plotting To' Kill Mother for Money LONG BEACH. Calif., June 26. Wallace C. Watson, 30, wag arrest ed here, charged with plotting to poison his mother so he could se cure possession ot a $70,000 estate. The arrest came back when C. E. Shirley, a salesman, reported to police that Wataon had offered him 25,000 and Jewelery it he would buy the poison tor the asserted plot. Shirley bought veronal, made an appointment to meet Watson and placed police In an adjlonlng room, where the conversation between the two men waa reproduced by dicta phone, x LINK RIVER DAM KANSAS CITY, Mo., June . United Newa) Firemen digging tirelessly in the ruins of the old Ulllls theatre, destroyed by tire and explosion Thursday night, reached two charred bodies late Friday. Whether additional bodies are In the smouldering wreckage is pro blematical. In a statement issued Friday afternoon Deputy Coroner Charles Nelson said be believed IS bodies are still burled beneath the tons of debris. "I base my estimate upon a check which indicated that many men were trapped In the building and are missing from their homes," Nel son said. "My check Indicates sis of the dead are negroes and tea are white men." Moat of Friday was apent raxing bleak, smoke blackened walls that menaced the digging firemen. ' No moana were heard from the wreck ing, leading to the belief that those entombed If any, have perished. The damage to the theater build ing waa estimated at $150,000. Sixteen flrma, occupying parts ot the structure, or adjoining it. were either destroyed by fire or flooded by water. Ot the twenty-six persons known to have been Injured, all except tonr have been released from the hos pitals. These are is serious, bat not FIERCE FOREST FIRE IS FOUGHT MODESTO, Calif.. June 26. A forest fire having already consum ed 15,000 acres of timber, ranch and pasture lands between Sonora and Knights Ferry is sweeping down on the Stanislaus river canyon, ac cording to repuris rov.!vod hers. More than 500 men have been fighting the blaze all day. with lit tle auccess. The United Statea for est patrol haa sent out orders to Impress every available man Into service. Several large ranch homes, among them the holdings of the late Senator John B. Curtain are in the path of the flames. ( Klamath News Trip To Be Made Sunday Everything Is set tor the first Klamaxh News Sociability Tour, which will be held Sunday. The start will be made at 9 o'clock a. m. from the Klamath News office and all who are Interested In visiting one ot the state's most unique spots are cordially Invited to partic ipate. The it rip to the Lava Cares Is one that many ot the old residents hare never taken and it la expect ed that there will be a number of cars following the Chrysler, which the Howie Motor Co. will furnish as a pilot car. Everyone shculd take a lunch, and as the section to be visited Is very arid, a supply of water should also he taken. The work on the fish ladder In the Link river dam da practically completed and In a very few days trout from the lower river with a a hankering tor the waters ot Up per Klamath lake and Its many In lets, will have no difficulty 1n mak ing the trip over the big dam which haa been considered some what of an obstruction to the up stream movement ot the Klamath river game fish. ' , In connection with the fish lad der and dam, game warden Marlon Barnes desires to warn all fisher men who have been guilty of fish ing off the dam, that any one caught by him either cn the dam or within the legal limit above or below, will be arrested and pros ecuted. Reports hsve come in to the warden that fishing oft the dam had become a rather common practice. Youthful Designer Coming Back Here Paul Keller, aon ot Mr. and Mra. J. J. Keller ot Klamath Falls, will return home next Wednesday, fol lowing a year spent In New York and Chicago In the study ot Illus trating snd ad designing. According to Keller's parents a big Chicago firm has made the Klamath boy an attractive ' of fer to take up advertising work with them. Mr. and Mrs. Keller have a great number ot itheir son's latest drawings In both black and white and In colors which have been for warded to them. It Is possible that these drawlnga may be put on ex hibition at the chamber ot com merce, local authorities on art giv ing them an exceedingly high place from cleverness of design and per fection ot detail. critical, condition. r Anti-Evolutionists ,' - - Win Out In Oklahomsi OKLAHOMA CITY. "Okie., Jane 2t. Oklahomas strangest marathon a desperate . race by . anti-evolutionists to stay the appeal of the state free text book law which forbade the teaching of the theory of evolution was won by the antt evolutionists late Friday, much to the discomfiture of the proponents of Darwinism. ... The antis flashed under the wire with petitions bearing 28.000 namea, the number required by law to stay the repeal and restore temporarily, at Uaal, lis iHtl CTCltltlCSiTy T"- nres erased from the statutes hooka by the disgruntled disciples of Dar win last spring. The anti forces Protestant cler gy and laymen may now bide their time until August 1926, when, by virtue ot their victory Friday, the citizens ot Oklahoma by the public referendum, will sustain or reject, the appeal. ' 6,000 REBELS START FRENCH OFFENSIVE FEZ, French Morocco, June 26. Six thousand Rlfttan soldiers have begun an offensive against the French along an 80 kilometer line between Ain-Ma-Tout and Bel Kassen. . A reserve of nnesttmated strength Is supporting the attack, whoae ob jective la an advance toward Fes In an effort to cut the route be- tween Fes and Taxa. SECRETARY TO ENJOY FORTNIGHT VACATION Lynn P. Sabln, in company with Mrs. Sabln, will leave today for the north, where they will apend a fort night visiting with friends and rela tives. They will go aa far north aa Olympia, Wash., and return through Grants Pass and Forest Grove. Whtle on the trip, Sabln plans to attend a short course for secretaries in the achool ot business adminis tration of the University of Oregon. PUBLISHERS LOSE IN $6,000 LIBEL SUIT VICTORIA, B. C, June 26. A supreme court Jury awarded $6,000 damages U A. C. Dixon Friday af ternoon in his libel suit against the Curtis Publishing company ot Philadelphia and A. B. McDonald ot Kansas City. . , Dixon's suit was based on a story written by MacDonald and publish ed in the Ladles Home Journal In June, 1924, supposedly . revealing the Inside atory ot the liquor busi ness In British Columbia. The story slated that Dixon, a bar tender, had aold liquor to smalt children. The story caused wide resent ment in the province when it was published. "'to lli." toal, by rnftDX iriH"e
