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
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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,
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matter . -lae-an "
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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.
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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.
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