The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, July 08, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE KLAS&ATH NEWS United Neva and United Press Telegraph Services No. 189. (Every Morning Except Monday) KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.,- WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1925. Price Five Cent Qi CAUGHT IN GAMBLING RAID jJECTION ; INVASION 110 UrtUr1A r ca:ii 4 Oil II lUUIUUHUU In Death Valley MOJAVK, Cal.. July 7. (United Nawa) A relief cipvdltlon waa being outfitted here to rescue lx snglneore known to be marooned In Death Valley on fool. The men became loat when acrlea of cloud burata deatroyed the only road tbrounh the desert alnk. Donald C. McDonald, owner of tho mine where Iho men wore em ployed aald the party was leaving the mine when a, band of Indiana etule their horava and nearly all of their food auppllea. The cloud burst then obliterated the road. "Theao mon face a lorrlble death unless (hoy arc reached In a woek," McDonald aald. Their only hope la to walk acroaa sixty mllva of Death Valley, and that simply cannot be done." Its Permission pate In Hill ring Before I. Extension It vy. TON. July 7. I The Oregon, la ( 1 Eastern railroad pr dent, Robert E. n, today filed with tho te commerce commls . objections to the ex propted by Oregon ailwv n south central folio ig in substance, heretofore UHcd William Sproule B Pacific, which , to purchase the nd I, i i .questionnaire aent th ananmlaalon, Htrahorn : for years he haa been dv '.oping hla road to rtvM aaA at last haa aecur J tapport to make ex trroraa by' the application jfore the commission and lag of Jhe Oregon Trunk 1 woold Invade territory ml f about to be err- Of l.llne from Skookum and Sycan . rlvera la would be rulnoua t f aaya, and the pro " regoa Trunk aa be v . ava no useful pur- Kn! t- ion I'nneceaaary rri! y propsed to be covor i C. ton Trunk, aaya Btra ludlng that already sorted, thaa ten billion trot of a If land of forty billion Oregon Trunk B aol all but a small part I Contends will be adequate It 'tensions proposed by i 4. are authorised. re unneceaaary and i qulrements of the I t wy. the answer pro 4 Hi. jiatb mills would bo dame 4 If tho California i opew to the big mills at ha extension of the Oregon general would be dupllcat declartd, unjustified by conditions and an economic 'ao suggested that tho con r' ' cross-state lino may practical If the ox Oregon Trunk la i. Usui a otiitiiuH uu iue Pelican City Men Put Drive Over Big Digging Into their own pockets to make up the small doflclt etlll remaining, four Pelican City Leglon nairea put their home town over In the American legion endownment drive. Pelican City reaidenta, aeek Ing to meet a voluntarily assumed quota of $500, contributed $499.60 to the drive. When the amount waa made known at the American I-cglon meeting laat night, the four Pelican City boya promptly ralaed the - neceasary forty centa. Legion men In charge of tho drive were proud and enthusiastic f over the Pelican City ahowlng, and pointed but that the progrealva little sub urb had ralaed an amount approxi mately one-fourth of the quota for Klamath Falls alone. Pran to l ppllcatlon and por Iclpato In It. rY OlrV NOX-St PPOHT Lofqulst, local tailor, waa lUty of a charge of non- y fie trial Jury yesterday ikt verdict followed loss hi T hour of deliberation. ibe sentenced at 10 t morning. (College Youths Rob To Pay For Tuition BUTTE. Mont., July 7 (United News) Mark Mills and Harold Selfert, students of the Missouri school of mines, pleaded guilty Tues day afternoon to robbery charges and were aentencod to from 12 to 30 years in prison. i Tho boys woro captured In a run ning gun batllo Mondny with police after they held up (ieorge Korsytho, manager 'of an amusement resort and robbed him of $3,170. Mills was wounded twice before he surrendered. "Wo wanted to get the money to pay our way through school." Selfert declared. "It waa a fool notion," tho Missouri senior winced as he thought of his hopes for a career, Selfert Is a youth only 20 yonra old. Ills homo Is In Tulsa, Okla. Mills, of Joplln, Mo., la a year older. BABY HOY IS llOltN The birth of a male child to Mr. and Mrs. Andy V. Mooro was reported to the county heolth unit yesterday.' According to the doc tor's certificate, the baby boy re ceived the name of LaMont Scott Moore. OWNS CAR FOR 15 MINUTES NAPOLEON DASHES TO FRONT J family, of Malln, idiosyncratic methods jo newspaper publicity, Ir honorable mention, i goes to a now mcm- illy, Mra. John Ltskey. had been the proud ' a brand new F6rd coupe II minutes. He proudly t oa Main street and went re base a bottle of Peruna, such article, and when he a moment later the car .'" . . , , ' ' AtVt office was notified, however, got Impatient, and scenting a trail she hired a taxi and chased the Ford coupe to a point a few miles this side of Olene, where the driver. In hia at tempt to escape wrecked the car. Mrs. Llakey brought the offender back to Klamath Fulls. It proved to be Obey "Napoleon" Walker, of Merrill, who Is "aid to claim to be old "Nap" himself. Obey Is said to be harmless, however, and ex plained the theft by saying he want ed to expedite his arrival on the field of action In time to load his shock troops against Dluchor. Obey was given his freedom after prom ising to pay for the wrecked car. RADICAL PARTY TO HAVE.TQUGH SAILING AHEAD Senator Norm Refuses To Head Third Party And Outlook Not Bright WASHINGTON. July 7. The ro fuaul of Hrnator Norrla of Nebraska to become pilot of the new third party movement, has aroused pre dictions here that the new party will have hard sailing. Norrla, a pioneer progressive, appeared the logical and only available outstand ing progressive leader to fill the place of the late Senator LaFollctta. Norrla made his views known In a letter to the progreaalve political league of New York. In which he expresaed surprise at reports that he waa to "assume leadership of the new ithlrd party" and promptly spiked them. Ho pointed out that be had never been In favor of a new party and did not take part In the Independent campaign last year. While a majority opinion here Tues day waa that Norrla' refusal would be a aertous blow, William H. Johnston, chairman of the organlta tlnn convention of the new party aald that It would have no effect on the party's plana. Johnston aald he waa much en couraged over tho outlook for a new parly, The work of organlia tion waa going ahead, ho explained. Representatives In several atatoa have held their conventions already and selected delegates to the na tional convention to be held In the fall whon the party's future rourso will be mapped out. . "There will be 20 to 25 states represented at that convention aa much aa we could reasonably ex pect." Johnston said. JOHN D. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY AT GOLF TARRYTOWN. N. Y.. July 7. John D. Rockofollor will celebrate hla 86th birthday Wednesday in an attempt to tie his age with his golf score. The elder Rockefeller plans to spend the day qulotly on hla 6.000 aoro estate, Pocantico Hills, near hero. Ho will not recolve report ers nor photographers, but will do hla usual round of golf on his prlvato course. Ralph Ince Will Marry Chorus Girl NEW YORK, July 7. (United ....ews) A romanco which began threo years ago whon Ralph W. Ince was directing tho production of "Tho Uninvited Ouoat" and iucilia Mondci was in the chorus of "Little leal James" was climaxed Mon day when ' Mrs. Josephine Dryce, Lucllla's mother, announced her daughter's engagement to the mo tion picture director. Last Thursday Ince obtained an Interlocutory decree of divorce from Luclllle Stewart, sister of Anita, on the ground of' 111 trsatment. Monday, Lucilla, who went to lob Anxelea two week ago, sent her mother the following telegram: "Ralph and I engaged. Am very happy.'.' , However. Lucilla and Ince will not bo married for another year, as the California law requires a wait of a yeur before marriage. NO MORE LEGION MEETINGS UNTIL LATE NEXT SEPT. Tho mooting of American Legion last night will be tho last hold by the local post until tho third Tues- day In September. The recess was taken to avoid the hot weather dur ing the summer. Planning of tho proposed new Legion building was placod In tho bands of the building committoo at the" regular meeting of American Legion yesterday evening. Fire Sweeping Oil Fields In Okla. Threatens ELDORADO, Ark., July 7. (United News) Fire, which destroyed a refining; plant of the Imperial Oil & Gas com pany ten miles south of here Tuesday, was still raging un controlled Tuesday night, after spreading to four producing wells and ' several surface tanks. With the fire still burning and menacing other wells and tanks, officials estimate the ex tent of damage bo far at more than 11.000,000. No loss of life or Injuries have been reported. Other properties besides the Im perial holdings, were menaced, re ports telephoned to Eldorado, said. Several oil bouses of the Ohio Oil & Gas company on a atrip ad Joining the Imperial wells, have been destroyed, and the tire was spreading southward. Illumination from the blaze light ed up the sky for miles around and could be plainly seen in Eldorado. The blaxe originated In the Im perial treating plant, from some un determined cause, presumably a gas explosion. EAST IS AGAIN Gambling Devices SWELTERING IN Of All Sorts Are BIG HEAT WAVE Captured In Raid Many Deaths Reported A Second Intense Wave Strikes Whole East Big Nationwide Coal Strike Is Almost Assured Miners Appear To Be In Earnest For Increase In Wage Scale ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 7. A strike of anthracite coal miners, probably 'beginning September 1, will result from the conference here Thursday between miners and op erators, according to Ellis Soarles of Indianapolis, editor of the United Mine Workers' Journal, the official organ of the United Mine Workers of America. "Tho anthracite mine owners will refuse to grant the domands of the miners, involving wago Increases and complete recognition of the union, including the 'check off," " Seerles who arrived here Tuesday, said. "There will be a strike, but not an extended one, In the anthracite dis tricts beginning September 1." Searlcs denied that' tho prop ositions adopted recontly at the trl distrlct convention . of miners In Scranton was aimed only at tho es tablishment of a "trading basts." The minors thnrnnrhlv in ear neat in their demands for Incroasod wages and demands tor increased for trading purposes, the union spokesman aald. "Thcro is no thought of a renewal of tho old agreement as a compromise. The miners feel and declare that the present wage is too low because it does not give them a living income. "The miners do not Intend to ac cept a reduction In their wages, nor will they consent to a renewal of the old -agreement. Of course, no one can say accurately what will take placo at the conference, but tho In dications are that the operators will refuse tho demands of the miners and there will be a cessation of work in the anthracite fields beginning September 1." WASHINGTON, July 7 Two per sons died here Tuesday, as a result of the heat and eight others were prostrated. The thermometer climbed to a high of 97 degrees, government em ployes who work on the top floor of temporary wooden buildings were dismissed at noon because of the Intense heat, while the other departments here closed earlier. NEW YORK. July 7. A sprinkle of rain Tuesday night brought tem porary relief from the stifling heat and humidity which were responsi ble for one death and numerous! prostrations in the second day of New York's July heat wave. Although the temperature did not go higher than 90 degrees, which waa two points below the record for July 7, according to the weather bureau the humidity reached 60 in the middle of the afternoon. Above the city hung heavy gray clouds, which seemed to serve as a blanket. holding In the heat on ithe baking city. Sligtly cooler weather was fore cast for Wednesday. ' Robert Brown Granted Writ Of Habeas Corpus Robert Brown, held In tho county Jail on a charge of passing worth loss chocks, was granted ah order for a writ of habeas Corpus by circuit court yesterday. Brown has been held In Jail since May 21, when he was bound over to the grand Jury. The grand Jury failed to act on the case and adjourned without Indict ing him. The writ Is returnabto Friday afternoon. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 7. One woman died and a man was prostrated by the . excessive heat which attained- a maximum of 98 degrees here - late Tuesday. . The woman died of paralysis Induced by the heat, her physician said. No More Criminal Cases Until Sept Due to tho fact that no cases on. the criminal docket are Bchoduled for trial before September, the cir cuit court Jury.- with tho exception the Juror O. W. Houston was ex cused yesterday until the first Mon day In September. Juror Houston was not released because the court wished to have a nucleus It the emergency empanelling of the Jury boforo September became necessary. The docket was shortened when Acting District Attorney Jones dis missed eight criminal cases. In most cases the dismissal was prompt ed by the difficulty of gathering the witnesses. The circuit court did not adjourn, however, and still remains In session. Chinese Ringleaders and Employes Grilled For Hours But Will Not "Squeal"; No Drugs Found in Commercial St Den. Ewauna Box Co. Fire Loss Is Nearly $1,000 Origin Of Fire A Mystery To Fire Chief; Sprinkler System Aided Greatly ' The origin of the tire in the Ewauna Box company yesterday noon was still a mystery up to a late hour last night, although of ficers of the company and Fire Chief Ambrose were investigating the blaxe. The company"! sprinkler sys tem checked the tire, and two lines by the local fire department com pletely extinguished the flames. Officers of the company estim ated tonight that the damage, most of which was caused by water, will not exceed $1,000. Working on a lip received several days ago, a mixed quad of officers from the police and sheriffs office bore down on one of the biggest gambling dent ever discovered here. The house was located at 431 Commercial street. More varied ways of gambling could never be had any place than in this Chinese den. Everything from "Old Maid" upward to high-powered black-jack was in progress among the 40 occupants of the house, and it was early in the evening. A few more hours and the den would have been in full sway. CHINESE LOTTERY TICKETS SOLD ' ' Thousands of Chinese lottery tickets, both used and un used were found. The ancient Chinese game of fan-tan was in progress. There were black-jack tables, stud poker tables, and several Chinese gamea resembling a cross between a cross word puzzle and a relief map of the Thousand Isles. , - - The den was complete in all but one detail, according to Deputy Sheriff Lon Burke, who first discovered the place. There was no waiter towel in one hand and liquor tray in the other to serve drinks to the "setter-up" who was lucky enough to win a big hand and treat the table. Otherwise the gambling den rivalled anything of its kind since the days of 49. . Nine Chinamen, who probably came here within the past month, were herded, together with about 30 patrons of . the house, to the1 court house. The patrons were a motley crew, a sprinkling of whites, negroes and Indians. At. 3 o'clock; this moraine. JWght'l, PUtrict Attorney, Vandenberg-was still in his short sleeves, grilling the Chinese. , True to the traditions of their race, the Chinamen were reluct ant to "talk." . After six hours of questioning, it was indicated that the ringleader or "local manager," Jack Fong, who came here after successfully organizing a "den" in Weed, was in charge. It was also indicated that the whole layout is the property' of a vice corporation, and that those Chinese arrested in last night's raids were simply salaried men, in the employ of this corporation. . . Gambling "Corporation" i It was learned that black-jack dealers and other oper ators of gambling games, were on a straight salary. Those Chinese arrested, with the exception of Fong, said they came here just a short time ago from Sacramento, San Francisco and other coast cities. v , There were two gambling tables in progress at the time of the raid. One had $106 on the table from one hand of poker, the other nearly $100 in a black-jack game. . Suspect Opium Selling A complete search of the den revealed no evidence of opium or other drug3 being kept by the place. Information in the hands of authorities, previous to the raid, however, in dicated that drugs were being peddled from the joint. Assistant District Attorney Vandenberg, on the face of the investigation up to 3 a. m., declared he believed that there were three ringleaders in the party ; that there were two sep arate companies or "concessions" operating. The close-mouth, siant-eyeH Chinmn. however, pave out little valuable in formation. Examination of the 30 patrons arrested, however, may develop some further light on the inner workings of the den. The Chinamen were being held without bail until later this morning, and it was indicated that the many patrons would be released on small bail should they fail to give out any information of weighty value. According to information, the big gambling den had op erated only for a week or ten days. Several Chinese agents, however, had been arranging details of the Klamath Falls "branch office" for the past six weeks. ONE HOUR QUAKE IS FELT IN WASHINGTON WAS 11,1 N G T-O N. July 7. An earthquake shock of pronounced In tensity, certerlng about 2300 miles from here, was recorded on the seismograph of Georgetown univer sity Tuesday morning. It lasted about an hour and was sovorcst bo tween 9:30 slid 9:36. Father Thorn dorff, of the university said. GIRL CIGARETTE SMOKERS RAPPED BY CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS IN S. F. SAN FRANCISCO, July 7. (United News) Officials of the Catholic Daughters of America, in biennial convention here have de clared war against cigarette smok ing among young women. Promising that an attempt will he made to curb the practice. Miss Mary C. Duffy, supreme regent of the organisation Tuesday classified smoking by girls as "one ot the out standing problems of tho day." lack of proper homo training was held responsible for growth ot the smoking liablt among girls by Mrs. Louis I'oth, Texas elato re gent. "Keeping girls ' from smoklrlg, drinking and wild life Is tho big 60 day problem," said Mrs, Poth, "but the r-arcnts arc to blame rath er than the young people." Miss Mary Conlon of Washington, D. C, Is of the opinion that lack ot chaperonage and want of pro per home life are responsible for youthful frivolities. , . . .-' There aro 1,000 delegates and 4,000 officers and mombors attend ing tho convention which opened Tuesday for a four day gathering.