THE KLA&SATH NEWS
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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1925.
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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
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. ' -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
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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.