THE KLMMTH NEWS
United Newt and United Prest TeUgraph Services
VfEvery Morning Except Monday) ' . KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAYJULY 24. 1925.
Price Five Cestf
LL LINES ANXIOUS TO COME
Millionaire To
At Sunrise;
ieve Keiusea
btt Maintains Innocence To Last,
ov. Small Remains . Steadfast;
Collapses When Last Hope Fades.
IELD, HI-. July 23. (United New) Russell
dawn Friday.
Un Smull early thin evening refUHcu to inier-
bi-hulf. uihi tho slayer or Joseph Maurer win
,t In ft:,....,, ,.t il.iti'n EYiiluV
me on mo K",uwl' 111 v-hh.kv
exccutivc'H refusal to intervene, came urter
- 1 1 Ikn (tniinKnnv u ti 1 1 II 1 11 )T1 ) t (1 T Q
conierence ukiwccu io kuyvh.h u ...............
fcurd of pardons and parplcs.
Ily I have the deepest sympathy for those in mis
it suffer," Governor Small declared after the
, pretty, but with faded face, here for the hear
choked by tears, was unable to sob out more
Vocent I hope you will grant him a reprieve,
.. .1.. 1 HI..
r her huHbana cioom was mane anuwn. mm.
Vied a train shortly after the conference, roiiow
te, then, turning a deaf ear to her friends and
returned to the state house, where she sat in
I i.. ...,.;t;.iT hi v ,.rl i-t ihnt. was to brine
btvuumv aniB . . -
lor despair.
Wilson's Wife
Visits "Dream"
Of Her Husband
fiKNKVA. Swllx., July 21.
(Unllrd News) UvInK In virtual
retirement except (or her visits
In the leaitue of nation, Mm.
Wood row Wllaon, widow of the
man who conceived the league,
will spend the month of ft-pu-m-ber
In Geneva. acrompanld by
two travelling companion.
A tnlgnlfirent villa on the bor
der of the lake wa taken Thura
duy for Mm. Wllaon and there
he will live during the aixth
plenary aeaaicn of the league
the assembly, if o aha will
are to be discussed. It l even
possible that Mra. Wilson will
have the opportunity of senlng
the application of (ierinany for
leaxne memberablp presenti-d ti
beforo whlrh Important problem
see the enemy of 1917-1H enter
ing the association of nation
whlrh atlll lacka the presence of
the country of the man who con
ceived It.
Several weeka ago Mra. Wllaon
quietly entered Geneva. Incogni
to. Every ourtey wa extend
ed to Mr. Wilson then, and sim
ilar treatment will be accorded
her In September but there will
be no official honor paid her.
a Bho made known her desire
merely to observe her late hus
band'a handiwork In action.
25. Cowering In
nd apirltlesa after
bring nerve strain
lufht for a second
f -flcetr- received In
ti the newt that
Illinois had refuaed
f))at lor mercy,
g at dawn Friday,
(life for the murder
or. a clerk. In a
mt a drug store In
Washout ties Up
O.W.R.&N. Trains
San Francisco Bankers
Purchase Five Banks
BAKER. Ore.. July 23. Nearly n
mllo and a half of O. W. n. & N.
track were washed out late Wcdi
nesday afternoon near Woalhrrby.
above Burkes. 30 mile east of
U to die continuing linker, during a heavy cloudburst.
of Innocence rell- which covered an area' of five miles.
brother, Robert All westbound truin were delayed
shot whlrh killed I fur five hour. No livestock was
slate of Illinois is i lost In the flood, but many crops
nil ore n man 1 his were damaged and ruined. Mi es-
Ih.i. nf the monetary damage lias
ROAD BAFFLING TO
SHERIFFS OFFICE
A blood-stained motorcycle
and a tattered pair of khaki
knickers were found near
Pelican City late yesterday by
Ivan Bernard of Keno, and
were brought to the court
house by deputy sheriffs.
The only clue to the owner
of the machine was a bill of
the McCollum Lumber com
pany of Keno, issued to C H.
Maddux. According to Ber.
nard, who is the driver of a
highway truck, he noticed two
men removing the wheels of
the machine, the pouches and
the tool kits. They' ran away
when he approached, Bernard
told Sheriff Hawkins, and a
search of the vicinity of the
machine revealed no injured
rider.
A pool of blood in the road,
the knickers torn off at the
knee, and the bent license
plate on the machine indica
ted a collusion had probably
occurred, but neither local hos
pital tonight reported receiv
ing a patient injured in an ac-
Strange Case Of
Deer Fly Bite
Reported Here
lie tile his declare
rs that there la no
hat he Is a murder-
fti-ott won a dramatic
death, being spared
n three hours from
a result of a mystery
irllng tp come from
HI confessing guilt.
hus been proven to
n well meant effort
and sympathetic
y night Scott walled
e faint hope that the
prlcve might be re-
He was pleading with
Ills lawyer, employ-
'ulted through the cf-
thlters had won him
He aat In 111 cell
r and pinochle with
i the dead watch.
s nervous cigarottes,
hoping.
range midnight scene
It waa the newspaper
hgo who brought him
fate.
nd a woman reporter
a death rell.
"rad news for you Rus-
suura,- "ana me
want to talk to you.
Uttlo passage way at'
tho death cell. None
fito the lighted room.
muttorlng ot whisper
coma out," said a
"He " 'thora were
voices, "he say ho
luWe'wa deserted, the
I'd. Scott had thrown
111 cot In silence-
dawn that would bring
rch to tho black gal-
Small's refusal to grant
rleve end a long and
y fight for liberty.
a fortune In Canada
I engineering of great
emrlSAS Vlh.n a vnnlh
pat at the age ot 22 he
fnalre. But ho eracked
train of work and power,
N. and disappeared Into
""flo. When Josenh
hot Scott was almost
raca on rage two)
yet reached Haker.
The atorm water swept acros the
Old Oregon Trail highway. In ome
place to a depth of even fees) and
wept automobile before them.
Train No. 23 wa compelled to
bark a distance of a quarter of a
mllo to Nelson, Crew have placed
the truck In passable condition.
Aviators Arrive an Hour
Ahead of Schedule
VAI.I.EJO. Calif.. July 23.
(L'nlted News) Five bank ot the
chief Central Commercial 4 Sav
ing, corporation h headquarter .j f kmd
i ........ ). nnr.haed bV the
i.h..!m bank of San Francisco. The license number on the
A. Ksster. president of the Cen-i machine was K-40.
tral Commercial Savings I'anx cor
poration announced the sale late to
day. Headquarter of the central
chain In Vallejo, and branch bunks
at Menlcla and Sonoma will be con
vened Into branches of the Liberty
bank. Kastor said that ' Sa,nta
Rosa branch will be taken over by
the Bank of Italy there and that
the Tenn Grov branch of tho Cen
tral Commercial ft Savings Hank
.......,1m will he moved o i-eiu-
iuma." where It will become a
branch of the Bank ot Italy.
Pickford Jury
" Selection Delayed
SAN FRANCISCO. July
Landing at Crlssy fiold an hour
ahead of their schedule he six
army flyers who have followed tne
air mall route from Mount i ie
mena. Mich., arrived hero Thurs
day afternoon.
th fllsht wn under command
of Major Thomas O. Lanphlcr, and
was made by fast pursuit plane w
test the air mall route for military
purpose. No accidents marred the
Journey, taken In easy stages.
Tho return to Selfrlge field win
be started Sunday.
i na ANHELES. July 23. The ae
lection of a Jury In the trial of
three men accused of plotting to
kiiinnn Mary Hcktord wus post-
., Iponed at least a day when defense
AUTOS CRASH AT
SI
One of the first cases of poison
from the bite of a deer fly haa
been reported In Klamath Falls
by Dr. Dletsche, who Is now car
ing for a patient from Summer
lake district, who was bitten by
the fly shortly before the Fourth
of July.
J. H. Stevens, the victim ot the
fly. a rancher of the Summer
lake country, Is now receiving
medical attention for the serious
malady. The Summer lake sec
tion is said to be the only soctlon
In Oregon where the deer fly
lives, and its bite produces a sim
ilar result to blood poisoning,
forming abscesses in the gland.
The glands under Steven's arm
were badly affected, and physic
ian of Bend and other doctor
were unable to treat the man
satisfactorily.
According to Dr. Dletsche, this
la the second case of the kind he
has had, the other patient also
coming from Summer lake. Stev
ens, who waa bitten on the
shoulder, was badly affected
around the upper part of his body,
the poison working down through
his system. Little is known con
cerning the affliction.
Farmers Don't Need
Legislation-Jardine
Soil Tillers In . Position
To Aid Themselves
v Says Secretary
WASHINGTON. July "23. The ad
ministration Is making an early ef
fort to choke off farm legislation
in the next congress, and thereby
avoid the confusion and dissension
which agriculture's problems have
caused In the past. The movement,
evident under the surface for some
time, ha been brought into the
open by Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine who has lust returned from
an eight week tour of the west.
The farmers have Jtftt com-
Reply To I. C. C.
Says Road Wishes
Develop Klamath
Practically Formal Announcement That
Shevlin-Hixon and Weyerhauser Will
Build Large Capacity Mills Here Con
tained in Reply; Survey on West Side of
Klamath Lake Abandoned.
Liquor Car Turns Turtle Ip'." d;asc l""!!
In Crash At 2 O'CIock
attorney tried to show that the
star'a beauty and tame migui
Judlce the Juror.
Opposing attorneys promisee.
Judge McLuca they would com
promise on a Jury by noon Friday.
Following this It 1 expected Doijg
las Fairbanks will testify that he
armed himself snd his servants and
watched a week to prevent the kid
naping of Mary, hi wlfo.
The defendants. A. Holcomb. Ad
rian J. Wood and Chnrlea Z. Stev
ens, were arrested Just as they were
i,r,nt to carry out their kidnaping
'plot, police will testify.
Tni!nnn1 ITVrkliirinn
nanuiiai ,w.u.. i Woma(i FftU,
T aw Nnt PractlCali Stories; Killed
J A . -
This Morning
Speeding along the middle of the
road, and outward bound from
Klamath Falls, II. O. Becker, a Cali
fornia tourist crashod Into a Ford
roadster driven by H. F. Howard of
Klamath Falls, shortly before !
o'clock this morning. Decker's car,
a Paige, turned turtle and the car
partially wrecked, but Becker and
his wife miraculously escaped In
Jury, beyond being badly shaken up.
The accident occurred just beyond
the banal bridge near the Altamont
camp.
In trying to avert , the crash,
Becker turned to the left of the
road Instead ot the right. He was
arrested by Chief Loucks and Patrol
man Patterson, and charged with
driving while Intoxicated. A small
quantity of liquor was found in a
bottle. Inside the car.
Considerable damage was done to
both cars, whlrh were brought Into
Klamath Falls. Becker Is held with
out bail.
SWAMPSCOTT. Mass.. July 23.
An attempt to enact a national law
prohibiting the teaching of evolu
tion In the United States would do
mora harm than good, J. William
Taylor, a fundamentalist republican
congressman of Tennessee, and a
member ot tho republican national
nnmmitiiw anlH Thiirsdnv at tne
slimmer white house.
Itonresentatlve Taylor, with R. B
church, negro nolltlcnl leader from
Mnmnhis. came to discuss with Presi
dent Coolldge the appointment m
a successor to Federal Judge J. W.
Ross, who wa killed In an auto
mobile accident shortly after ho had
been Indicted in a $40,000 bank
failure In western Tennessoe.
Taylor said evolution and Its pro
hibition wero matters to be handled
by the states separately, and he ad
ded that Representative Dpshaw.
Georgia, who was reported to be
preparing a national antt-evnlutlon
bill for Introduction In the next con
gress, was of the same opinion.
out their own problems. Jardine
said Thursday.
He added that he had talked to
many farm organliatlon leader and
all agreed that no new farm legis
lation waa needed. Agricultural
prospects this season are good he
said, so that little or no legisla
tion' will be recommended to con
gress this winter.
American Girl Swimmer
May Make Channel Swim
LONDON. July 23. (United
Xews) Gertrude Ederle. the Am
erican girl swimmer, an amateur of
the purest type, has ibecomo the
subject of so much gambling that
her chances of swimming tne Eng
lish channel were officially reck
oned by Lloyds Thursday.
Lloyds quoted a premium oi
216.75 for every $100 of insurance
against loss to those who Let
against her.
NEW YORK, July 23. (United
v..iThg body ot a woman hurt
led through the nlr from a sixth
story window of an office building
r ,h "world's busiest corner"
today and landed among pedestrians
on Fifth avenue, wnicn was trou
ed with afternoon shoppers.
T),. woman was Mrs. Peyton Van
Rensselaer, 66 years old, a socially
prominent resident of Newport. 11. I.
It Is not known whether her death
was an accident or a suic.ue. .
Montana Rancher Is
Killed By Lightning
BOZEMAN. Mont., July 23. Lee
T dishing, prominent Gallatin
county rancher, wa truck by light
ning and Instantly killed near his
ranch home six mile south of hero
this atlornoon. An ugly wound In
the head shofced where tho bolt
struck A horse led by Cushlng
when he wa killed, wa uninjured.
Stokes Trial Proves
: Boon To Dayton
DAYTON, Tenn., July 23. (Unit
ed News) Regardless of what
fundamentalists or evolutionists may
think, the trial of John T. Scopes,
was a succoss as far as Dayton was
concerned.
Dayton was enriched $50,000, A
P. Haggard, president of the Am
erlcan National bank and mayor of
the town, announced Thursday.
"From flnnnclal viewpoint the
trial was a success," Haggard said.
"It wasn't another Shelby. Mont.,
as some predicted It would be.
During tho 15 days ot the trial
the dally average of bank deposit
Increased 49 per cent ho said.
The trial cost tho city of Day
ton about $1,000, but halt ot this
was paid bark In license and prlvl
lege taxes on pop and food conces
sions.
FORGOT TO EXECUTE
HIM; MAY BE FREED
PORTLAND, July 25. (United News) Reasons for re
questing authority to extend its rail lines from Bend to Klam
ath Falls were outlined by the Oregon Trunk railway company
in a formal reply to the voluminous questionaire received re
cently from the interstate commerce commission. '
Justification for the extension is claimed by the Oregon
Trunk on the basis that a great amount of traffic lies in
the Klamath basin awaiting development, and because it will
cause new industries to be established in Klamath Falls. The ,
interstate commerce commission hearing wilt likely be in
September.
Incidentally a notation attached to the reply formally
places the company on record as favoring the easterly survey
through the Sycan, Sprague and Williamson river districts,
and abandoning any further effort to develop the survey south
ward along the west shore of Klamath lake.; ' ; ' .- ' :
Lumber 'Chief Objective.
Derails of the proposed construction topography of the
country to be penetrated, estimates of the traffic to be orig
inated., and DroDosed methods of .Deration ar dwelt utxm
extensively in reply to the question propounded by the com
mission. In reply to questions regarding the 'traffic to be de
veloped, the report reads as follows :
"While vit is expected that the proposed new line will re-
ceive support from the general community and from the gen
eral development of the area to be served, its chief support
will come from the establishment of new and additional lum
ber manufacturing plants in the territory.
"Several of the owners of large areas of pine have reach
ed a point at which their timber must be cut and marketed,
and it is anticipated that as the demand for pine lumber in
creases in the consuming territories, additional lumber manu
facturing industries will be served, and these industries will
require direct transportation to the markets reached by the
applicant and the lines of its parent companies, and their
affiliated companies and connections.
Large Mills To Come
"Applicant is advised that Weyerhauser Timber company
and Shevlin-Hixon company have determined to build mills
of large capacity at Klamath Falls.
"The markets in which these companies for many years
have sold their outputs are those located in the middle west
states."
The company said that it did not expect to have profit
able operation immediately, but believed that the large amount
of long-haul tonnage developed would justify the additional
capital investment. .
In conclusion the report calls attention to the fact that
there is approximately 40,000,000,000 feet of timber- await
ing development in the Klamath territory, and that it will re
quire 50 years or more to remove the timber even under in
tensive timbering operations. Attention also is called to the
fact that the company already has expended $16,000,000 in
initial construction work southward as far as Bend from the
Columbia river, in its movement toward the Klamath goal.
The data for the reply was prepared by Charles Hart,
attorney for the Oregon Trunk line.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., July
23. (United News) Johnny Wash
ington, convicted negro slayer has
lived a month longer than a jury
decided he should, because some
one in the state penitentiary at Mc-
Alester forgot 4o lead him to tne
electric chslr,
The condemned man was sup-
Little Hope Entertained
For 9 Entombed Miners
ROCKFORT, Tenn., July 23.
(United News) Little progress had
been made Thursday night in the
rescue of nine men entombed in the
posed to have been electrocuted onKj,,. dlp mlne of the RoaIle iron
June 19. Residents of Jackson
county, where Washington was sen
tenced saw no record of the execu
tion and began an Investigation.
Whether -the prisoner will have to
be resentenced Is a question that
the courts now must decide.
Man Seeks Missing
Father In Klamath Falls
Sheriff Hawk In received a
telegram yesterday from C. E.
Davies of Eldorado, Ark., re
questing 4he assistance of the
Klamath county sheriff in locat
ing Davies' father, A. D. Davies.
The1 Eldorado man wants his
father to communicate with him
by wire immediately.
company, following an explosion of
after-damp.
Mine officials were frankly skep
tical that the men would be brought
out alive. Rescue workers, sum
moned from nearby mines, have been
tolling since early morning, but little
progreaa ha been made, It was ad
mitted. 1. K. COOPER 81ED
Chinese Bandits Are
Ransoming Yanks
LONDON, July 23. (United
News) Chinese bandits are hold
ing five Americans captive tn the
region ot the Sungarl river, near
Harbin, according to a Central News
dispatch from Tientsin.
Dr. Harvey Howard, whoso cap
ture became known Thursday, is
the only one ot the captives men
tioned In the dispatch. Two un
named women are said to have bar
ricaded themselves on the ranch
ot Morgan Palmer, where th cap
tures were effected, and -thus to
have escaped being seised.
Steamers arriving In Tientsin from
the Sungarl river report bandits ae-
Frank L. Smith tiled a suit for a tlve throughout the district. During
Judgment of $10 Against J. E.
Cooper In circuit court yesterday.
The sum named tn tho complaint Is
said to represent the balance still
due on the purchase ot a touring
car,
the past fortnight bandits violently
attacked the steamer Sunhua. near
Harbin, killing the captain and sev
eral members ot the crew. Sev
eral vessels have been looted and
their Chinese passengers kidnsped.