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.