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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1925)
THE KLMSATH NEWS United Neva and United Press Telegraph Servket 2. (Every Morning Except Monday) KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1925. 'Price Five Cento ,0,000 HOTEL TO GO UP HERE BY DEPUTIES PEN LAKE Don still and four VHh were diseov ffs deputies yes- IK in a clump' or half mile from !Nonc of the pro- moonnhinc mill the vicinity. to the officers the still to the p. the still had oince the first of robnbly ,just be. th of July rush. is located near a hool of water, in t-ved as a cooler. down the creek fe out throuKh a ve feet nway. lay in wnit for liopinK to bug of the still, but A search of the untry ulo prov- ATTACK LNTON IS ON y 13. (united ,ucks against Can ration by Chinese ni to an exchange lie htrotii Hon k Whin Ming has II ii ii k- at I lie mouth K river to prepare and (roup of commnnritTii In 1-rommunlHt league fc-r. ilrtary deviOapmentn In Kwatow. SENATE t'olo., July 22. I) Vice I'reaident e contlmied Ilia In priwnt aenute rules ere Wednesday night "should scnatn rules rut comment on the nt of Senator Charlea Ms, republican whip, tliut the uppor body my with othor prob about the proposed fie rules. pnuit Planes d Of Long Trip JR. UTAH, July 22. Six army pursuit ng from Mount Cle- lo San Francisco, land Wednesday afternoon. time the flight to the r Inas 0. Lanphler is In flie trip, which la over no route. ' hop was a aix hour Cheyenne, Wyo. Knee Hound Uses Darrow ch., July 23. (I'nlt- Thfl nnlntcil knrrs fn"l Mm. 7 year old flapper, tn he . street hero with a portrait of "row painted on her and one of William 'ryan pulntoil on her her kneos awlninilna; rrnoon, to sea If (ho krr, water proof. They he announced w . "ending; dunce dnr nlng, tnklng tlm por- STILL Holdups Using 1 UCUCS Wl uo In Daring Jobs Man Hunt On For Gang Who Felled Trees To Rob Scores Of Tourists l'I.A HKVIIXK. !., July 2J. llrMiiilnii lu HtNK rtmtli mrltioiU, two lil(liwK'nirti Iimv hrlil up nd niblMil r4rt of hioIoHmIm on 1h lnrnrllr!kt Tnikm roiwl. Tlii mm fi'IINl lrt iirroiw tin highwfty lo Imlt ( MinioIith, forriMi the traveler to iiiijciit. IijmI tlii-iu Htniul In lino wit lit covitmI with revolver ami tUvn a)miiu ftllmlly ilcprlvrtl thfiii of their VnlunhlfN. HnmlkrnliUH'M writ Worn n itiMAkt. IiVputy Hhrrirrn from rUcinrUI Imvr ortcNnlanl a wlcln manhunt for flip rrlmltuilM. TIm operated nrnr tlir erne of onr of 'II fomUs mMt rimuN hold-up., Hull ion lU n), mImtp bullion from the Vlnclim City mine wan taken forrlhly ly highwaymen In I (MM. TROY LAUNDRY Larger Plant Planned By New Manager Who Buys Out Bennett Coming here from Tulare, Calif where he haa been operating a mod ern equipped laundry for the past four yearn, Ivan Farrts thin week closed a deal whereby lie will take over the Troy laundry. Mr. Farrls haa been In 111" laundry business for IS yeara and plana to add the new eat and moat modern machinery to hla plunt. lie atute that It la hia den I re to give the Klamath Fall public a laundry service to be proud of. Mr. and Mra. Bennett, former F PftCC fipj'ownera, expect to leave aoon lor their homo. TRIO WITH BROKEN NECKS TO RECOVER PORTLAND. July 22. (United News) Of three persons ut fit. Vln cunt's hospital suffering from brok en necks, but one was In a serious condition, llo was Jacob Hoffman the boy who dove Into shallow water last week. His condition waa said to be distinctly unsatisfactory Wed nesday night. The second, suffering less severely from displaced verte brae, was , W. II. Boally, 32, who fell backward, while sitting on a railing or his porch. J. N. Pitman. 49. of Tualatin, was the third. He fell from a cher ry tree on July t. landing on his head. LIGHTNING ADDS TO MONT. FIRE HAZARDS MISSOULA, Wont., July 22. (United News) Lightning last night and this morning started many new 'blazes and greatly Increased the fire hozarada In forest reserve district No. 1. comprising western Montana, northern Idaho and east ern Washington district officials re- nrrtitd to hendauarters horo. For the fifth time In loss than a week the dry canyon fire In tho Kanlksu forest of Idaho Jumped Its control lines today and Is heading for new sections f heavy timber after hav ing burned over more than 3.7 50 acres of valuable limber and des troyed the F.stwllck logging camp. TlltKS TAKK OKKKNMVK LONDON, July 22. (United News) Turkish troops have occu pied ,lhe Chemdlna nrca near the M oh ill frontier In their advance to aupproMi the Kurd rebellion which broke out again this week, accord ing to dispatch from Salonika. The Kurds fled Into Irak. .8. Others Indicted By Federal Grand Jury On Same Count; Officers at Loss To Know Whether Case A New One Johnny O'Shoa, wealthy Klamath cattleman recently acquitted of the murder of Owir Brlrkson here, wai arrested here yesterday afternoon I'y U. 8. Deputy 'Marshal Wells of Portland, on felony warrant chart;- lng "violation of the prohibition act aud conspiracy to violate." Sev eral others, whose name could not be learned, are charged with the same felony. In connection with an effense committed In Klamath Falls, according to a United Newa mes aage from the office of the United States District Attorney's office In Portland. O'Shea, who retained Horace Man ning aa hla attorney, was released on flOOO bail. Data for hearing and trlul haa not been aet. Malls lacking. No detail were given In the felony warrant. While the Infor mation contained In the Portland message Indicated the prohibition violation occurred In Klamath Falls aome local officers are of the opin ion that the warrant, which was Issued following a federal grand Jury Indictment In Portland, waa In connection with the atlll in jaca sou county which John Taylor tes tified cn the stand while on trial for murder that he, film Pate and Johnny OShea were Mtercsieu in. Still, some local officers believe i la a more recent vioiuiwn uw the law making possession of a still a falony was not in force at thut time. Many frlenda who know v O'Shea haa made a fine recora of sobriety and law-obedience since hla acquitaal. A eharao of robbery In connection with the Erickson cane la still pend ing In Klamath county but no ac tion has been taken since his ac quittal for murder. 24 Injured When Stands Collapse 15 In Hospital As Result Cheyenne Frontier Days Accidnt CHEYENNE, Wyo.. July 22. (United News) Twenty-iour per sons were Injured, three seriously, when one section of the north bleachers collapsed, during the third day of the wild west performance at Frontier park late Wednesday afternoon The Injured were taken to noa- Officals of the para oiameu iuo collapse upon the heavy rains of Tuesday night. A military emergency nospuai fnrce. on the ground In the event participants In the rodeo were In- inrod. assiBted by several Cheyenne surgeons and cavalrymen from Fort Russell, gave first aid to tne maim ed. nnd helped preserve order. More than ten thousand persons were on hand when the stand let go, forming a tangled mass of wooden beams and human bodies, 18 Year Old Girl Burns Self In Religious Frenzy MEXICALI, Lower Calif., July 22 (United News) Eighteen-year-old Mnrle Martinet Is dead, her slim body severely burned by the flames she applied Ko It In a fit of religious frenzy. Religions fanaticism was ascribed a, the reason fof the girl's act. It Is believed that sho thus sought lo do penance for some secret sin. Such penitent fanaticism Is preval ent In parts of northern Mexico, Shasta Glacier Sends Mud Flow Down Mountain Gov't Engineers On Scene To Guard Against A Possible Menace M'CLOITD, Calif., July 22. (United Newe) The (lacier on the east slope of Mount fihoata la sending its annual flow of mud along Mud creek. Melting mowi at an altitude of 8,000 feet are causing a swiftly moving stream of watery mud a few miles above McCloud. last yea-r the (low came from a height of 1,000 feet, bringing " boulders and rock that blocked highways and railroads. No damage has been done this season, but government englneera are here to Uke what precau tions they can against 'the men ace. Fiah life In the McCloud river will be destroyed by the heavy mud flow, experts say. The Sac ramento river discolored as far away as Redding, 75 miles from here. ASSOCIATED OIL OPENS UP TODAY Big Concern Enters Klam ath Field On Big Scale; Office Is Opened The Associated Oil company will make its official entry into the Klamath county field this morning, with the opening of Its 130.000 es tablishment on Spring street at 6th. Three trucks will be kept In op eration by the Associated concern. and more will be added when busl- noas Increase!. The concern will supply all surrounding towns. In cluding Ft. Klamath, Agency, Mer rill, Malln and Bonaata. The concern will be managed lo cally by Mr. Churlea Henselman, for merly of Mcdford. The entry of the Associated Oil company Into the Klamath field brings the total of big oil corporations now competing here to i four the olliera being Shell, Union and Standard. KAVK8 POODLK IMM1 MACON. Mo., July 22. (United News) In her seal to prevent from running down a white poodle dog. Miss Mary McDavltt drove her car on the tracks of the Wabash rail road and was struck by a passenger train. She Is suing the company for $43,000 damages. 200 Families Made Homeless When Big Fire Visits Detroit DKTROIT, July 22. (United News) Fire swept the Cladstone Llndwood nvenuo residential dis trict liero Wednesday, destroying five apartment houses, two dup lex buildings nnd one aliuclo res idence. Two hundred families nro without homes. TlirN damage Is estimated at SI.IMHt.OOO. Hcores of nearby building were emptied of all household effect" hy families who feared spread of tho flame. It Is believed the flro started In thd bnenient of an apartment when a gasoline ran with wlilrh children were playing exploded. One injury was reported and only ono person waa reported niiaalng, according to si rherk up made when the fire was put out. Kirn engines had difficulty In getting to the firs because the streets wero crowded with spectators. SCOTTS PRETTYIEIGHT STORY BUT FRAIL WIFE GIVES UP HOPES 'I've Done All I Can Honey Wife Says Through Cell Barsf Gov. Small Refuses To Spare Life Of Young Condemned Man CHICAGO, ' July 22. (United News) "I've done all that I. can, honey. I've done everything, every thing!" , . Guards stood between the woman and the man, when, In a cell In the county Jail, Russell T. Scott, looked Into the eyes of bis devoted wife aa the young woman, her faded, but pretty face, white with suffering, confessed failure In her efforts to save him from death on the gallows. Deluged by letters from persons throughout the United States, urg ing him not to send an innocent man to the gallows, and besieged by a hollow-eyed young woman, who seeks to make a plea for her hus band's life. Gov. Len Small of Il linois, has given no indication that he will halt the course of justice Friday, when Russell Scott, convict ed murderer, hangs at dawn. Loyal friends of the condemned man, and sympathetic persons who believe his protestations of inno cence, are fighting desperately to find trace of Robert Scott. ..his brother. . . ' , 'V.J . Hympathy With Seiilt If Robert can be found,-they aver, he will confess that he committed the murder, and Russell will go free. ', "Find Robert Scott and we'll hang them both," Is the grim com ment of State's Attorney George Gorman, who prosecuted Russell. Gorman emphasises that Russell had been found guilty and that the best Robert could do would be to place his own neck In the noose by prov ing himself an accessory to the crime. Scott was cheered Wednesday by the news that friends in Detroit have raised a $5,000 fund to engage "Chicago's best criminal lawyer" to tight for his life. Simultaneously word was received from Windsor. Out., that a "save Scott" parade of sympathizers, which was to have been held there, hud been canceled. Albert Schick Will ' Marry Society Girl Of Interest to his many friends here is the coming marriage of Al bert L. Schick, pharmacist at Whit man's drug store, to Miss Gladys Beutgen, prominent society girl of Portland. Mr. Schick left this morning for Portland and the wed ding, which will take place Satur day at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Beutgen, will be solomenlied by Rev. Father Ol son. Thereon North p of Portland will act as best man and Miss Hen rietta De Franc, will be bridesmaid, After a short honeymoon the young couple will return to Klam ath Falls and will make their home in the McCarthy apartments. Mr. Schick Is a recent graduate of Stan ford university nd Miss Beutgon is a graduate of the University of California. Postal Clerk Suicides Because Of Small Pay HAWTHORNE. Cal., July 22. (United News) Lewis Gamble, 28. assistant postmaster here, shot end killed his wife, then committed sui cide. Throe children, all under eight yeara of age, crouched terrified In a corner while the tragedy was be ing enacted before them. Gamble had complained he couldn't live much longer on his meager government salary. HOTEL ON 6th AND MAIN STS Bids Will Be Called For Within 30 Days On "Klamath Hotel" To Be Built on Mc Donald Site, Is Announcement of Sec'y EUGENE, Ore., July 22. (United News) "Bids on an eight story hotel to cost $250,000 including cost of land, and to be erected at Klamath Falls will be called within 30 days by the Stage Terminal and Hotel com pany of Oregon, according to announcement Wednesday of Richard Shepard, secretary-treasurer. The structure will go up on the northwest corner of Sixth and Main streets on the McDonald property, which has been all but purchased for $60,000. According to Shepard, who is manager of the company's hotel and ter minal here, plans are being completed by Architect Cose boom of Klamath Falls. Officers of the company, with its board of directors, were in Klamath Falls, Sunday looking over the ground. Architect's plans for the new hotel, which will be called "The Klamath" and which are said to have been , cutr'-ted, call for a building abo 66x140 feet The 66 : feet frontage will be along Main street, while the lengthy, portion of, the building will be along Sixth street. -. .! . TurtW detail oS- hotel- are-wtthhehf lyy-lolaiiartSef interested by request of Stage Terminal and Hotel com- , pany officials, who are expected to return to Klamath, Falls within the next few days to clean up final details . and further announcement of the type of hotel will prob ably be made at that time. Negotiations for the new hotel here have been under, way for several months, but it was not until the announce ment came yesterday from the secretary and treasurer of the corporation at Eugene that the deal was known to have taken anything the semblance of definite shape. RESIGNS OFFICE Former Assistant Secretary Of Interior Goodwin May Run For Congress PORTLAND, July 22. (United News) A special dispatch to the Oregon Journal from Washington, D. C, says: Francis H. Goodwin of Spokane, formerly assistant sec retary of the interior, nnd later ad justment advls-r on reclamation, re signed today, and announced he will practice law In Spokane, and Wash ington. Goodwin has been discussed as a probable candidate for congress from Spokane district next year, and his resignation gives color to this re port. Republicans are expected to make an unusual effort to reclaim this district, lost to Samuel B. Hill, democrat. In 1922, and which the republicans were unable to recover last year. HAYES APPOINTMENT TO FISH BOARD MADE SALEM, July 22. (United News) J. 8. Hayes, of Bay City, today was named by Governor Pierce to succeed State Senator ' Arthur B. Seals, who tendered his resignation this morning as a member of the state fish commission. . The appointment follows the rul ing of Attorney General VanWInkle that Deals Is Ineligible to serve on the commlssloh -aecause he Is al ready a holder of state office, as senator from Tillamook county. The commission now Is composed of Walter T. Eakln, Astoria; John C. Veatch, Portland, and Hayes. 'Darned Pretty Kid' Proposes To Scopes Of Evolution Fame DAYTON, Tenn., July 22. 'Johnny" Thomas Scopes, the freckled-faced convicted teacher ' of evolution has turned down a proposal of marriage from r a "darn pretty kid." The matrimonial opportunity arrived Wednesday by letter from a young lady in Michigan. "I love you with all my heart and soul," the young lady de- , dared by mall. "I read every word about you I can find m the six newspapers that come into our town. "You are another Abe Lincoln from Kentucky and I would like , to marry you." A picture of the frank admir er was enclosed. . "Dam pretty kid, all right," Scopes said, "but I'm not Inter ested." ' American Girl To Try Channel Swim DOVER, Eng., July (United News) Gertrude Faerie, The American swimmer, has com- , pletcd her training for an attempt , to swim the Kngllsh channel. Miss Kderle departed for Boulogne Wednradny aud will await favor able conditions to make her at tempt from the French coast. Just before leaving for Eng land Miss Ederlo broke the exhl- Mtlon record for the swun from the battery to Sandy Hook In New York harbor. , Cold water hampered her some what when she began training off the English coast.