The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, July 18, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE KLA&SATH NEWS United Neva and United Press Telegraph Services rtEvery Morning Except Monday) KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1925. .208, Price Five Centi EW KLAMATH RAIL MOVE ON v mux is j HUH' S OF SAVING U Hang In Week Of Mystery Not 'Appear lc Confession er bet bo, July 17. (U. from the gul- Lh the receipt by !0r of Illinoln or a t,.iiuram of conies- II T. Scott, convict .r. in torn by the Die may be the vie- indly hoax. ,A in tho death cell Unty jail Friduy, u )hn hntie that tne ncssagc, purporting his brotner in ue onfessinit the shoot- l.wph Maurer, wus .i.i.il In the lail cor- i hit ear aa 1 watched led appearance of Hob iliuai name waa algned 'lira. a !( hour Itirro had krd from lh brother. hoys wer In Chicago in Maurer allot. In lire My wh hold-up. limited: Robert drop- lht. i(uMll nialnlatna k: the mystery telegram lilt. a aacrlflre in Innocent 9H Small hu granted ck'a reprieva to Invca- ruurce of lh telegram ho promised aurrender -. ' ' - . ' -4 croWi Rig Step To Be Started Toward Beautifying City Inltlul atepa toward beautifying the residential sections of Klam ath Kails were taken by member of the Klamath Itotary club yes terday during their weekly lunch eon, when the subject waa Intro duced by W. K. Lamm, prealdent of the organltatlon. Only a email part of the proponed work waa discussed at the meeting yesterday and further plana will be worked out, whereby each member of the organlaation will have an active part In the beautifying of the city. Tree planting haa already been a favored aubject in the city, and American elma, which were favor ed by the luncheon club, are to be planted throughout the home dlatrlct. Klamath Falla. In addition to being one of the moat active In dustrial cities In Oregon, will take a big atep toward being beauti ful as well, ahould real action be taken In tree and shrubbery plant ing. Members of the organisation are In hearty accord with President Lamm's suggestions, and the mat ter will be discussed soon and definite action taken within the coming fortnight. . ELLIOTT IS GIVEN APPOINTMENT A S NEW PROSECUTOR Friend Of Gov. Pierce Will Succeed Ganong August 1 At Klamath County Ditt Attorney Until 1926 Thine exclusive pliiumi of Juuli- ami I-jiIIiit llriiiNluiw were tnken l l No Oregon Journal unil kin mil III News Jnl iik Juuli' rr lurrnil to Mir girls' rMini ,n I'orllnml. Jllilli' nt first rrfiiMil to mmi fur the picture hut was finally intmihiIiiI lo do w I'V Kallier. Jiinlc tin" Jul wiped May lii-r Irani unil In milking tirnve effort to smile while Es ther's tense rvprinnlon shows Iiit grim iliti'rniliiMllon not lit cry. The picture of KhiYiff Nlinrp niul Coustiihte Coiad wus tken nt the sumo-time m I ho plrtnro of the two ItrailKlmw K'rlH. Hlwrp and Coinil nrc Dip ofrirrni who triMtNl thr Rlrls to Portland. Tliry iilnm, nrn riwMiniillili' for the flmliiiK of tlio (tlil. )ilino A ilirnnffA uvea nutans tderal Figures JnTONf. Jiilv t7(t:nltnrt o price of food la atoad- ih a two per cent Increase the retail cost of food. rd with May, reports to kltparlment show. Klght- " of food Inrrraned In decreased, while IS ra il lonsry. irsse family expenditure Teased in every one of p cities, from which re- licelved. which la unusual. now nine ner rent hlihxr pe last year and costs 68. 6 ure than In 1923. i Jim miii hay AVERT WALKOUT OREGON EDITORS SAY CRIME NEWS WHAT PUBLIC ASKS AND MUST GET Modern Newtpapcrt Are For Mature Mindt And Not For Children; Firtt Sex Story Started With Adam And Eve And Firtt Murder Yarn Cain-Abel Affair P PASS BOY IS . ACCIDENTALLY PASS. Jnlv IT Th fwhorge of revolver In hla chum reaultod In Instant death Thiirnrlnv leu Ucagle, 16, -aon of neagle of thla cltv. ac- verdict of the coronor'a Biiford Ray, 17, admlt- "S Dlatrlct iltnrn.v Jnhn hat the Klin he wnR hnlrl- "ff unexpectedly, the bul- "la mend In the aide ' way through Owen's rgcdy occurred, on .the -n IUBQ. Ihnill .1. ml.a Jlnotlon hoys had been spending MM vicinity of the granite '""""iing" trip. CHANTS PASS. July 1?. (I'nited . Hlble are sulijectod to criliciam for . i..k i.. iim' doing their duty of recording events. New-Ncw.pnpers can look to the, puMllhl!T ot , first book of Oenesla for precedents Mpilford Man.Trib,ine. seconded Jen In publliihiiig not suppreiislng ' kins' attitude strongly In a supple crime news. Krank Jenkins, editor of; mental speech. the Kiigene Register, told the aum-j "Oreanlonal critics ask us." he mer session of the Oregon Killtor- said, "why We do not publish ab lal association at lis first meeting , solutely crimeless papers that can here today. ' I enter the homo and be ready by th .i,.r'v of Ail urn's sin in Fl.-n i children. The answer is that we and subsequent punishment, was Uic are not publishing papers for chlld firi mi. torv to ho ouhllslied. Tlinlrcn. The newspaper of today is it murder story wua the fain- proiiuceu ror men ana women m Abel affair. Jenkins said. llotn : muiure minus, anu n is a io were disseminated for healthy ef- tell llicm exactly what haa happened ini nnon the world, lust as news- In tne wona. wnnoiu nutmpuoi 10 papers of today carry modern crime I decide what Is good for them and reports. Newspapers, but not the. what is not good." SWAMPSCOTT. Mas.. July 17. (UnMod News) The government has given the anthracite miners and operators 30 daysjo settle their dif ferences. ' '' . ' If tho dlsagreemont at the At lantic City conference continues Presidont Coolidge will Intervene day or two perhaps a week before the agreement expire on August 31. He probably will demand conference with government experts as mediators. Thla was President Coolldge' program aa drafted in a conference with Secretary of Labor Davis at the summer whMe mouse Friday. Moat of the conference was devoted to the coal situation, although the Ivn was sratilflcd at Davis' report that the plasterers' strike had time. been settetd thruugu. lue iiiofw c. his department. Davis would not give out Cool Idge'a plan for action in the serious anthracite situation but Indicated that one had been prepared. E. L. Elliott at 11:46 yesterday morning accepted (the appointment as district attorney of Klamath county, tendered him officially by Governcr Pierce, earlier in the day. The appointment upsets the dope" around Klamath Falls since the resignation of William Ganong that Caleb Jones, now acting dis trict attorney, would receive the permanent appointment. The following message was re ceived by Elliott early yesterday morning flrom the governor. "Appointment as district attorney of Klamath county, effective Aug ust 1. to fill vacancy caused by Ganong resignation is tendered you. Will you accept? (Signed) WALTER 0. PIERCE, Governor. Elliott's answer la as follows: "Your personal request at Med- ford and In your wire persuades me to accept your offer. Our friends here are also very persistent that 1 lake district attorney office. Will be Teady to take titflce August 1. Tbaak you. i (Sighed) ' E. L. ELLIOTT.'' Ernest Lee Elliott, who is 66 years Voy ager ' came to Klamath Falls as a practicing attorney to 1909. 16 years ago. He waB born in Woverly. Iowa. In 1868 1 ad-1 for milled to the bar In Iowa In 1898. j after graduating from . Vt atenoo col lege and taking a post graduate course In Drake university, achool ot law. at Des Moines. Iowa. Before coming to the west, in 1907. El liott served aa a judge of the sup erior court at Oelweln. Iowa. He went to Idaho in 1907. and after remaining there for two years moved to Klamath Falls, where he has made his .homo up until the present ni si- cy 1 1 fj Mi V E. L. Elliott, resident of Klamath county for the past 16 years, who wired bis acceptance to the appoint ment aa district attorney tendered by Governor Pierce at 11:20 yes terday morning. ROAD SOUTH K. F.- OREKA IS UNDER WAY IN N. CALIF, Pennittion Asked To Build 75 Mile Narrow Gauge Road For Big Mining Corporation WANTS COMMON USER Weyerhauter Of HiU Lines Transfers Right Of Way Holdings Is Report 200 OUT-TOWN PAC. TEL. AND TEL. CHIEF PASSES AWAY I trices Stagger i U. S. Will Probe fNOTOM. J,.t tt mt. in i. ' 1,18 al 'h monopoly of rubber t toh official attention merriment Friday by a com the rubbor association ". who conferred with M Slato Kellogg. R a" '!vlsed of the recent "Je rubber prices, and was witn o imemorandum dls ' alleged nntlsh nionop W'V he situation In the ninaula ' l . two yeM, 'f crude rubber advanced 7 eenta to n.15, Fine Dance Will Be ' w",d' T!1,ennThe I 11CAI wile, 1J vcgina Given for Orphaned; In Redding Yetterday The high nuirk In yesterday's ti'mpcirature in KlamnUi Falls was 88 In the shade. Tills Is one story that ennnot he gracefully denied It seemed like 198. REDDING, Calif.. July 17. With a hot south wind blowing. Redding today experienced Its warmest day of the season. The government thermometer climbed lo 113 degrees nl mid-afternoon. PENDLETON, July 17. The people of Pendleton continued suffer with the heat Friduy. when the thermometer recorded 101. lircone though H was a hot one. blew' intermittently throughout Hie day and falling barometer Rlve promhio of high wind or a nhnwer an night lw near- The Women's Community club of ( lilloiiiln, the Klnnintli Agi'iicy Civic club, mill the Civlr dull of Fort Klnniiitll will roniblni' t give it dniico on Nntiinlny nlghf. July 18th, ! 112.1, for tho iM'iii'fit of tho Aim-rli'iin la-Klim rmlow ini'iit f 11 nil nml IhM'riitx'i'kt'r lios pltiil. 1'li'ki'ls for the dunce ro fl.OU, Indies fnv. A buffet Hiipor, prepared ly the woinen of tlio llireo rlubs, will lie served ut n 110111I1111I chariro of no renin. The use of tlio community hull nt Kurt Kliiniiith Iiiim Imi ii kciiit oiisly iloniiteil hy the iiwiicrri. Messrs. J. II. Iliuisfoii, Ji'hni Hie limn mill tins Piiri'. Houston's orchestra will fiirnlsli tin' music. Night Stork Delivers A P.rcel To The Daw! Rum Shipt Raring But Coatt Guard Un Iran A night-flying stork ' swooped down at midnight ' to tho residence of Mrs. Ityrd Tompkins, 1706 John son street, and . delivered a 7 W pound consignment to Mr. nnd Mrs. Lorance Daw, of Kirk.' The human packet waa named I.ornnce Charles, Jr., upon his arrival, Mrs. Daw was resting nicely last night. SAN FRANCISCO. July 17. (United News) O. E. McFarland. chairman of the executive committee of the Pacific Telephone & Tele graph company, died here today at the age ot 62. McFarland had served continuous ly for 46 years with the Bell system, beginning with the Marshalltown, Iowa, telephone company In isbo. WOOLEN MILLS ARE CUTTING LABOR COST Who w rve under Elliott as j.nntv district attorney, he Is un- hi. in sav at this time. It might be said.' with seine degree of accur. a-v. that David D. Vandenbtrg, a lOTmiainir vnuiiK attorney, now ' ing as deputy under Caleb Jones, will stay In office. The unexpired term being filled i. Mr Elliott is due to the reslgna- djnn of William Ganong. who resign ed the office three day ego. uuo ill health. Elliott Is eligmie 10 ooiu office until the 1926 election. Six In Family Killed When Auto, Stalled On Track, Is Struck IN K. F. TODAY Big 36 Piece Dokkie Band Will Play Tonight In Big Celebration -. 1 . It will be a gala day in Klann- members of the Moose. and the whole city for that matter, when the famous 36 piece band. the Fubat Burkan. (Arabic for Cra ter lake) will be feted here. A parade. entern;nment and dance will feature the day's events. More than 200 guests from thds district which includes Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Coos, Klamath, Deschutes and Siskiyou (Calif.) counties will lie here. Tarade At 2 P. M. Tho Sir be fn wtfh n re ception at the Dokkie office at 8:30 a. m. The parade will be at 3 p. m. The 8th degree ceremonial at 6:30 and banquet at 6:30. At 7:30 p. m. the big band will give a con cert at the Mocse hall, to which the public Is Invited. A dance will follow, starting at 9 p. mi. Admis sion price will be 61.10 to the pro gram and dance. 1 The band, which took second prize In national competition last year will leave in a few weeks for Providence, R. I., w'here It hopes to capture first honors this year. Along the way east, publicity mat ter will be distributed by the bands men and those who accompany them to the oMose convention, advertising Crater lake and the Klamath coun try In general. , -LAWRENCE, Mass., July 17. (United News) Continuing their policy of retrenchment, four New England woolen companies Friday announced a 10 per cent reduction In wages In nil of their mills, ef fective July 27. The American Woolen company, which has mills In various sections ot New England, was the first to post notices of a cut. The cut will afreet between 30,000 and 40,000 operatives. HENRY FORD'S BIDS ON SHIPS HIGHEST WASHINGTON, July 17. Henry Fcrd'a bid for 200 government ves sels tho hlghost acceptable offer, it was revealed when the seals were unfastened here Thursday, and Im mediately a protest was set up by two unsuccessful applicants under the original advertisement. WASHINGTON. July 17. Rum ships, whleh look .0 their heels several weeks ago uvy got busy are again tlltlng with the 12-mlle limlv, ami the coast guard Is preparing lo meet tho new movemeut. Cancer Cure Through Vaccination Pottible LONDON, July, 17. Vaccination tagalnst cancer may become possible, following furtner experiments by Dr. W. E. Gye, who recently announced the segregation ot the cancer germ. BILLING, Mont., July M-nllnl News) HIX Of 17. right members of a Hanta Rosa, Calif... family were killed a mile west of here this morning when their sedan stalled on the Northern Pacific rlnht-of-wny nnd was buniied by the Chicago. Burling ton & Qulncy train No. 43. Rap hael Fleck, 40, nnd his wife, 44, with four of their children were killed. Tho dead: Raphael Fleck, father; Rose Klerk, mothers John, Kdillc, Eleanor, Maggie. Tho first five named were killed Instantly, Maggie, 1, dying two hours later at a local hospital. Agnes, seven months old baby, sustained broken arm anil pain ful lacerations, but will live. Iloalr, 10, escaped Injury by Jump ing from the car when Its engine stalled. The train was running luto nt tho crossing, where 1.1 other deaths have occurred In similar arridenis. Tho locomotive rolled the automobile for more than 1,000 feet, leaving a mass of wood and steel splinters from which most of the Tictlms were taken mangled beyond recognition. The Flecks were enronle to Dick inson, N. D., and carried ramping equipment on a trailer. Their homo was at 845 Decker street, Hanta Rosa. Shepherd May Lose A Million Willed Him CHICAGO, July 17. (United News) William Darling Shepherd, who stood trial several weeks ago on the charge of murdering William Nelson McClintock. may lose the $1,000,000 which the youth willed him. Probate Judge Horner refused to day to admit the will to probate, on the grounds that a fiduciary rela tionship existed between Billy Mc Clintock and the Shepherds. Reports from time to time that the HiU lines would go farther south from Klamath Falls to Euroka, Calif., take on a somewhat concrete aspect with the following announce ment yesterday by the Siski you News, at Yreka: "What is thought by rail road experts in northern Cali fornia to be the' opening chap ter in the establishment of a railroad from Klamath Falls to Eureka or Trinidad on the coast, came to light here yes terday when J. E. Sexton; for mer president and general manager for the Eureka-Ne- . yaua ranroaa. mea an appiictv t- tion with the Siskiyou county ' supervisors for a right-of-way from Hornbrook to Happy Camp, along the Klamath river. Application It Filed "Sexton is at Camino, El Do rado county, and made his ap- plication in writing. The ap plication follows the now rec ognized efforts of the Hill in terests through the holding company, the California City and Country Land company of San Francisco, to buy a right-of-way along the Klamath from Klamath Falls to the coast. Several large ranches have changed hands in recent months and it is authentically reported here that a local firm is preparing further abstract for extensive transfers.". "Among the property recently transferred is the Weyerhaeuser Timber company holdings on . tfae Upper Klamath. Fred Weyerhaeuser Is a member ot the board ot dkreo tors for the Hill interests. Sexton Seeks Right-of-Way" "Sexton in his application seeks a 26 to 30 foot right-of-way from Hornbrook, a Southern Pacific sta tion, to Happy Camp, a distance ot approximately 75 miles, on which he proposes to construct a narrow gauge railroad with the Grey Eagle mine beyond Happy Caimp as its ter minus. Sexton claims to (have com pleted a deal with the owners ot the mine after four months of ne gotiations to transport 1,226.000 tons ot gold and copper ores already blocked out at the mine." Makes Statement Sexton's application, in part, says: "Ror about 15 years I have been general manager and part of the time president of the Eureka-Nevada railway in Nevada and having (Con tinned on Page Two) COUNTY COURT WILL ACT ON NEW MIDLAND MARKET ROAD SATURDAY Farmers of the Midland district who have been suffering for Che past ten years over the Midland road, when they wished to market In Klamath Falls, wfll have that un favorable feature of visit eradicated nrday. The plans are being sufficiently revised to warrant grading thla year, although the winter season will ses the road little Improved due to the heavy water sections along the road, which undermines the road base. by next year, according to Frank 1 This will be cleared In the spring. Z. Howard, county market road en-1 and the highway to Midland from glneer, who apent yesterday working the Klamath highway graveled. The on the perfection of the new Mld land road to be presented for ap proval to the county court on Bat- new road will follow the old road, practically all the way to Midland, according to Howard.