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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1925)
W THE KLAMATH NEWS hw; United Newt and United Press Telegraph Services 207. (Every Morning Except Monday) KLAMATH FALLS, ORe), FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1925. Price Five Centi LLIQTT GIVEN APPODMEMT IRES ACCEPTANCE h OFFER AS NEW STRICT ATTORNEY I Elliott at 11:45 this morn in it accented the annointment strict attorney of Klamath county, tendered him officially jvernor Pierce, earlier in the day. he appointment upsets the "dope" around Klamath Falls the resignation 01 niniam uanongmaitaieD j ones, now district attorney, would receive the permanent appoint- he following message was received by Elliott early this ng from the governor. i A A A A A A f II ll Appoinimeni as aisinci attorney 01 iviamatn coun . effective August 1, to fill vacancy caused by Ganong fsignation is tendered you. Will you accept? (Signed) "WALTER G. PIERCE, Governor Slliott's answer is as follows: I "Your personal requestat Medford and in your wire Wsuades me to accept your offer. Our friends here , & tirm l i a.- m t lice, win De reauy iu mite unite mgusi i. Thank you. (Sijrned) "E. L. ELLIOTT." lie remaining term of office that will fall to Elliott is more 'hree vears. ' rnest Lee Elliott, who is 56 years of age, came to Klamath as a Dracticine attorney in 1909, sixteen years ago. He )orn in Waverly, Iowa, in 1868, admitted to the bar in Iowa Jo, alter graduating irom Waterloo college ana taKing a graduate course in Drake university, school of law, at Des fes, Iowa. Before coming to the west, in 1907, Elliott served Judge of the superior court at Oelwein, Iowa. He came to 5 in 1907, and after remaining there for two years moved jamaUi Falls, where he has made his home up until the pres Ime. JVho will serve under Elliott as deputy district attorney, he able to sav at this time. It might be said, with some de- of accuracv. that David D. Vandenberg, a promising young " ' . - !! A piey, now serving as deputy under taieD Jones, win stay in he uncxnired term he ncr filled bv Mr. Elliott is due to the nation of William Ganong, who resigned the office three MP, due to ill health. at ii i ..in m , . . mm Why And How 2 Girls Left Home ITold By Rhodes 1 ELKS' GET 11 Relegation Greets 150 raising Through " Way South t'S with Ihcm a niomonto of s" l Klamath Vail, ir.n hncl,rnn Klk returned to lmo In tho south last n1Rlit. HMIng two hours yostorday n 'n the city at tha guests plwiath lodge who prosonted ta, In charge of the lr'n, with t beautiful plcturo er Uke to hang in the San Elka club' rooms. vl"tlng Klks detrained at Wednesday mornlm .ri.r Mde from Portland anri h. w visited during tha major - nay at Crater Lake. met m.n. . I,. . -fM iiioir reiurn f resort at 4 p. m. ,.,h.v "ore of tha vi. .i. . n,. .uin lonae tZ?." "-'a POP" ",r e benoflt of I thirsty visitor. Dedication of the 8nn Frnnclsrn Klks tomplo will bo hold next month when (Irand Kxaullod Ruler At well, will bo present to Utko a iiroin Innnt part In the anrvleca. When completed tho temple will cost In the neighborhood of 1, GOO, Olio. Members of tho Klka loelRO. which participated In the entertainment of tho visitors Inrludod W. W. Mc Nealy. Jnmca K. Bwanson, l.lnn W. Nosmlth, Karl Whltlock. Jnmea II. Drlscnll, Hurry . Poolo, John II. Houston and Harry Howard. Frank And King Will Have Good New Actor Having recently left the cast of "Topay and Eva" now playing In Chicago, C. Dunhar'arrlved In Klam ath Falls last evening to Join the Frank and King Stock company, which la now playing In the big white tent on Seventh and Pine. Dunbar comes to Klamath Falls highly recommended, having played several successful seasons both in New York and Chicago, and will be seen to advantage with the Frank and King players. Dunbar will make his initial appoarance In "Olo theSlck-a-Ded.' $500,000 Rose City Waterfront Fire Is Raging Last Night rOHTLAM, Ore., July 16. (I'nltcd News) Fire broko out shortly after noon today on tho lwr Portland wuterrronl, nml In atlll raging tlil nflrrnoon after causing an ratiiiintrd damage of .WO,()00. I hut ruction to tho Heaver l.lnn. Inn Lumber company plant was complete. ,, i. Peterson, owner, declared the "" would amount to a.K,MM). An adjoining; mill ,.. r'nt Lumber pnni til iiiu I pany, w swept by f liinic. It was In this plant that the nro oroKO out. Tlo main aawniill was saved, but the planing mill nl much cut lumber was burned. Kl Ownfrll,' fire marshal, es timated the total loss at close to half a million dollars. Trees anil shrubbery In the Llimton hill broke Into flames, and Thursday evening, although tho flro atlll burned fiercely In tho Biirroundlng brush, It was lie llcvol It had been confined. K. L. Klllrtt. resident of Klamath county for 'the pant 16 years, who wired bis acceptance to the appoint ment as district attorney tendered by Guv'oiuor Pierce at- 11:20 this morning. '" '. GIRL PLUNGES 60 Following to a first hand story of the flight of Warnle Rhodes and 4 he Dradshaw gtrls to Portland, told ei clualvely to the Klamath News. FT. GARFIELD i-HURT Girl Narrowly Escape Sure Death From 200 Ft Ridge; Klamath Driver Makes Trip From Crater In Hour UAnd A Half Descending from Mount Garfield at Crater lake early yesterday afternoon, Miss Mar ian Miller, of Chicago, lost her footing on a treacherous crag, fell 60 feet down one of the mountain ridges and miracul ously escaped with her life,' after seriously breaking her ankle and injuring a portion of her leg. She lacked only a few feet of falling down a sec ond ridge of 200 feet. The injured girl was rushed to a Klamath Falls hospital in less than one hour and a half, Otto Nichols of Klamath Falls driving the car, which brought Miss Miller and several who assisted in lessening the pain which she was suffering. The accident happened when Miss Miller, roturning from the danger ous bike up Garfield peak, slipped near tho edge, and striking the rough rocks and crags, narrowly es caped with her life. That her In juries were not more serious Is the wonder of her companions, who were helpleas in giving her aid as she fell. Miss Miller Is the daughter of Mrs. Allan Miller, who with her family, was a guest in tho Crater lake, lodgo. The visitors oro resi dents of Chicago, enjoying tholr1 summer In tho wost. Last reports from tho hospital were fuvorahlo for Miss Miller's con dition, and she was said to have spent a quiet night. PORTLAND, July It. I worked tor Dradshaw about five months and then I quit him about two weeks ago. Ever since I first started working for him tha girls were af ter me to help thorn get away. At first I wouldn't listen to them but when I saw tho cruel and moan treatment 'their dad gave them agreed to help them run away from him . Besides, they told me that If I didn't help them get away they would go away by themselves and I didn't want them to go away on foot. After I quit Bradshaw I kept In touch with the girls and the - day before we left I drove out to their tent and told them to have things 1 ready to go the next night. The next day I drove Into Klam ath Falls to have my car fixed and had it filled with gas and oil. That afternoon I returned to Tule lake and got the girls. We left at 11 o'clock Tuesday night (July T) and got Ho the summit of the Green Springs mountain about daylight. We didn't atop in Klamath Falls, but went right straight through. I burned out my brake and low bands going down hill and I had to caU on the garage at the Intersec tion of it he Ashland-Klamath Falls road and the Pacific highway for help. Ha sent a car whic.1 got be; hind me, and let me down-- the elope. easy with a rope.. I lost a halt day at the garage getting the car In" shape again. I lost another halt a day at Medford on another breakdown.' I drove the girls right s'raight through day and night, till we got to Portland late Thursday nisbt. I found them the apartment, paid their rent month In advance ana gave them tio to keep them going till hey could find something to do. I was going to take them on as far aa Seattlo but I figured I had better hurry back to Tule lake. I stayed la Portland only three hours and then drove day. and night to get back Saturday night. The girls said they didn't think they would look up their .married slater in Portland as she might give them away. I returned to the O. H. Williams ranch in Tule lake, where I had been slaying after 1 left Bradshaw. I was sure Bradshaw suspected me of knowing where the ' girls were so I wasnt surprised when Traffic Officer Foster on Instructions from Salem took mo into custody at Malin and brought me to Klam ath Falls for' questioning. I know I. shouldn't have helped thorn run away but I felt So sorry for them I was willing to risk It ORIENTALS CAPTURE WEALTHY AUTHORESS CALEXICO, Calif.. July 18. (United News) Mrs. Virginia Lee Cookson, wealthy authoress, for whom a posse of 80 men had been searching the Santa Ana hills for more than 43 hours, reported to police here that ehe ihad been kid naped by Orientals. Mrs. Cookson was without shoes and was hyaterlal. She told police she was driving near the entrance of Orango county park Tuesday when tihe Orientals farced her car to the elde of the .road and forcibly placed her in their machine. They were about to carry her across the border, ehe eald, when she leaped out of their car. Girls Found In Jap Rooming Flat Not Harmed and Happy (By THOMAS R. CURRAN) (Special Staff Correspondent of The Klamath News) PORTLAND, Ore., July 16 (United New) The Brad. haw jirls, Junie, 14, and Esther, 12, are safe. : , - The two girls, who have been misting; from the ranch of their father, A. W. Bradshaw, in the Tule lake district, were found by Sheriff Sharp of Modoc county and Constable Garry Cozad, of Klamath Falls, in a cheap, but respectable Japan ese rooming house on the Portland west side, late Thursday afternoon. The officers were led to the rooming house by Waraie Rhodes, a former employ on the Bradshaw ranch, who confessed to Sharp and Cozad in Klamath Falls late Wed nesday night that he had brought the girls to Portland. At the time of the officers' arrival at the two-room apartment, pointed out by Rhodes, the girls were not at home, and the officers sat down to wait. .'. GIRLS ARE SURPRISED ' " Sheriff Sharp and Constable Cozad went -out to recon notire. During their absence, Esther came into the room. : "Hello, Warnie," she said cordially to Rhodes.. "Then turning to the Klamath News reporter,-she asked: - "Who's this party?" Sheriff Sharp came back at this juncture. ' 1 "Whose he?" demanded Eateher. "Oh, he's Mr. Sharp from Modoc," Rhodes replied. ' l've come to take you back with me," the .California sheriff said to her gently. "All right," Esther said. "But I'm not going to stay with my dad. If you send me back to him I'll vamoose right over again." ' ' . Esther then described, to the sheriff dealings which she declared over and over again had been given to both her and Junie by their father. She told the sheriff that her father on .one occasion had knocked Junie down with, a stick, rendering her-unconscious. According 'to Esther's story, as her sister lay prone upon the ground her father repeatedly struck her over the head. "I iove my mother, but I'll not have anything more to do with my dad," Esther declared. She then told of the hope of Junie and herself that they might be able to earn enough money in Portland to send for their mother and have her live : with them. .- ... ..' ""' ' Junie Near Tears evening he had taken the ' girl, to Junie did not appear at the rooms ;Portlan the two otflcerB vere ready for nearly two hours. Esther camel t0 jeave within fifteen minutes time, in at 4:30 p. m., but Junie did not Alternating at the wheel. Sharp and return until nearly 6:40. She was; CoIad droV6 through tha. night. jnak- ' Visitor Busy Hunting Lost Hats and Shoes Have you seen a poor, forlorn little woman wandering around town bareheaded and barefooted? Or have you seen her husband gnashing hit teeth at the price 'of hate and looking as though Easter couldn t stay away too long to suit him? " If you havo, and you have any thing but a heart of stone, please Join in tho search for one hat box containing three hats and two pairs of shoes, 1925 models, about 3- double-A's. A visitor In our fair city lost these articles yesterday afternoon on lower Sixth street, near the Southern Pa cific tracks, and has thrown herself on the mercy of Klamath Falls ama teur bloodhounds In the hopes that she will not have to expose her head to the rays of the merciless sun or her feet to the stickiness of our melting asphalt A substantial reward has been left at The Klamath News office for the person who finds those and returns them to this office. . met at the foot of the stairs by Sheriff Sharp and Constable Coiad, who greeted her kindly and endeav ored tr reassure her. She seemed ready to burst into tears, but mus tered a wan smile when Esteher nidged her sturdily. Esther show ed remarkable self possession and composure. She laughed with the officers and gaily told them of the story she and her sister had given out to , the effect that they wore sisters-in-law and that Junle's hits-' band had Jur recently died, (. J Roma and Noma! " The girls' during tbelr week's stay in Portland went by the ro mantic names of Roma and Noma Richie. Their rooms were In or derly condition and on the back of an envelope Junie had made -out a tentative budget for household ex penses and a record of her expendi tures. Esther told the officers that she had worked four hours in the morn ing at a neighboring restaurant, washing dishes and cleaning vege tables. She said she represented her age as seventeen Junie, who gave her age In Portland as 19. had worked in an ice plant, checking ice deliveries. , ' Officers' Good Work The solving ' of the "Bradshaw mystery" is due entirely to the work of Constable Coiad. Sheriff Sharp and County Traffic Officer Foster. It was Constable Coiad who gain ed the admission from Rhodes that he had brought the girls to Port land after Rhodes had denied all knowledge of their whereabouts for nearly 48 hours. .Sheriff Sharp de serves a great meaaure of credit for his determined decision' to solve the mystery of tho girls' disappearance at any cost. The sheriff worked day and night, patiently exhausting each clue in turn before he turned to another. - Although Sharp and Cotad had driven about since early Wednesday morning in search ot leads, when Rhodes admitted late Wednesday ing only brief stops for hot cops of coffee at Medford, Oakland and Salem. The Sharp party left Klam ath Falls at 9 o'clock Wednesday night and arrived in Portland at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon. - The girls tonight will be taken oare ot by Police Matron Mrs. G. B: Nlck- erson, and will leave tomorrow tor Alturaa, returning - via Klamath ' Falls. . Liked City Life V ; i - Sheriff Sharp plans to turn the girls over to the juvenile court 'at. Alturas for disposition... ... . i. 'The girls did not visit their married slslter in Portland, ' but planned to do so today or tomorrow. -They then- expected to change their t names again and move to another place. Both girls declared they thorough- : ly enjoyed tho bustlo and gaiety ot the Oregon metropolis and relish ed city life as a change from the bleak existence of herding sheep in the Tule lake country. ' Worried About Mania ' Esther declared she was worried about her mother and had plan ned to write Mrs. Bradshaw today telling her both she and Junie were all right and happy. Both girls admitted they "got quite a kick" from reading about themselves In the Oregon Journal and piles .of Portland papers In their rooms tes tified to their interest In follow ing the course ot the Investiga tion. Rhodes, the former Bradshaw hired man, admitted that he ' bad helped the girls escape only when he realised they would run away by themselves. The girls corrobor ated hla story of 111 tnvwlment at tho hends ot their father and' It Is unlikely that any criminal ac tion will be taken against him. Ills part In the case it has been clearly shown, was solely that of sympathetic spectator who was foved to action by compulsion tor the unfortunate plight of the girls.
