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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1925)
THE NEWS Id.. fgyrv Morning Except Monday) United New and United Preo Telegraph Services I WHEN wwk wto CnnnCD Build Warships I Voted In Britain IS HELD? Jj LONDON, July 29. (United News)- The proposal of I he llald- In government In spend I ."JO, 000,- uu on new warships r'elvd ruin confidence In Iho house ot cum- . mam Wednesday night. .n,.,p "r vote ' 1,7 '" 40 h house to nuns another . .. mi i"" vn in,aruin. P(linI it 4- """" tIi. liberal anil labor m.l.-r. U, Dovefi, of thc'jp,)M,j h, Bnj two former premiers, hotel here, anvmgji.ioyd ticorge ana tumio, Mii Diio. nn itnick rock. aid. ! vigorously against II. son, bw n,i. ,.. Mit-..b..i .k .. a.W... ...V 'I IID hat aa many millions of dollars ,y' i, car directly in Hupmobile cur B. R. lUMclbrink, ng in wrecking of nd injuries to uov- L-tselbrink. 20 mile limath Falls-Ash- l.y yesterday. lickeler, an occup- California car ih in capital with three L while Hasnelbrink from. a severe gash ,d. driven by Huiwel- ttempting to escape speeding car, plow- x-foot embankment over, after striking Both wrecked earn iught to KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, JULY30, 1925. IXLAMA I H llli Bryan Funeral W flMM rain Honored 10 Price Five Centa DEFENSE COUNSE L Mra. Lulu Lang Make Own Defenae And Given Quick Acquittal I'OKTLAND. July 2g (UnKed Noil-Hire la description of tha noble red man and red woman as they exist to- On Route East were needed lo pruvlda for tha da- 11 tcmlc a middle aged Indian fena of Great llrllaln. and Lloyd I "oman only two houra Wednesday George broadly hinted thai llrllaln "I"1 all precedent In federal waa preparing lo assist the I'nlted court. For tha woman. Mm. Lulu States In Ihe event of war in the j -":. Klarauth Indian aquaw. acted j ider of the fundamentalist. I ' 1' t I I . I AW MIIHu. .1 ..I II i - -' " " ,u ucicuuidk "It la no use preaching Interna- herself against charge of the gov llonal disarmament," Lloyd George 'eminent and aha was acquitted. ON BOARD ItllYAN FUNERAL TRAIN. KNKOUTK TO WAKIIING Tl)N, July 29. (United News) Thousands uf Tennesseeane who voted for William Jennings Bryan In the year when he waa a candi date for tha presidency came with wives and children Wednesday to the train bearing the dead common- ler's body aa It plodded through the state from Dayton on Ita way to Washington. Here and there, at the larger cit ies, the train made 10 minute stops that the crowda might file allently through the first of Ihe two spe cial cars attached and past tbe bronze casket where lay the late told Ihe house of commons, "with Hie sermon on Ihe mount in one baud and an ordur fur I290.OU0.OU0 worth uf warships In Ihe other. "Not a single ahlp should be built by any government engaged In pro moting me disarmament confer ences." MacDnnald had declared Just before the Welrhman rose to speak. The debate, opened on Ihe ques tion of appropriating 1600 for the shipbuilding, lo which Ihe admir ally would add 120. 363. 350, saveil from economies. This sum would Klamnth',)r ,,,r "' "blpbulldlng for this year. Ihe remaining sums lo be ap propriated from year lo year dur whO 111 a aifnedj log the next five years. It waa admitted he Waa .announced by spokesman for the 12 milti in hour, waa admiralty Ibat Ihe battleship Nelson b SUta Traffic Of- t with reckless ilriv- Nour Attempt p British Coal n' Strike It Made July II. (United cosl Bias operators e terms to thn ntln- I'ort to prevent g strike Ben Xrldsy night. I communique Issued frt midnight, following l series of router- lea Premier Baldwin and "waled that the mill- oaslderina; a tew offer, "coaslderaely better" PC tbe operators had sug- Hra ask some relaxa- nt hour day, even If Mr. They ,ro wllllna It oy mine operates MI dlatrtlce durlnr the under tha torma w that all au, h pro- rted lo Increaalne P0STOFFICE CEIPTS GAINING f' ! office was given nill the flr.i nr -.s iact mat re u (Ucal v.p ..ji.. S a 10 HttP ..an, l F rear. ul 01 h ....u. 17 order window :00 a. m ot closlnc tlm. , """"w from B:J0 to 1h. nnl..l..l ' W cla.. rating, tc- lusimsjitne 1 -u. sub-atatlon was thnged ranking. Threatened fn ierioua FIooJ. r Julv 90 Wl.l. na in thr..' . o. . on i piu r.i. t. any. . ' .7 "s Prcpurlns In nl men nn .1 .. Hht. "l flll. ... 1 , ,L ... "V i ,:' "" rando. In a. .J" ' "00 t he LeMburg 4m - icea, at I a m. The feet ut until there ulv.r., o at the "outh of "tag ,7 fMch KlPaen 1 ,,u ,i ,o Mrs. Lang appeared In court In Ihe s-imn manner y any other In dian defendant, to answer charges thul she had attempted to destroy a legal paper entrusted to the sup erintendent of the Klsmath reser- Touched by .the sight of an un usually lurge crowd which strove to aee Ihe remains at Knoavllle, Mrs. Bryan consented a 20 minute atop thre after learning than 5,000 people were gathered at the sttt lion. Between the first atop at Chattanooga and the second at Knoxvllle, smaller crowds gathered vatlon. The legal document hadat stations along the route to aee Mra. Lung's name on It. and It was.iho funeral train go Jsy. At least 500 gathered at Cleveland and other would b completed by Ihe end of 1!; the Rodney by April. 19S7; two new cruisers by May, 1927. and three additional crulaera by October, 127. MacDonald declared that he "knew uf danger facing Britain" and ad versely criticized Ihe government's entire naval policy. He urged eluci dation of the manner In which Ihe 1210.000.000 would be apenl. and emphasised thai the aea lord of Ihe admiralty undoubtedly had won a victory over Winston Churchill. chancellor of the exchequer, who had sought governmental economy. MacDonald demanded to know whether Ihe ships would be used at home or In the Pacific. I.lojcl (leorite llelinlr 'If Baldwin would settle Ihe Ira (Contlnued on Pae Two) contended that aha attempfd to erase her signature. Sue denied every charge. "Have you an attorney?" nsked Judge Dean. "No. your honor, I don't want one." she replied. Illaiil Is Might. Aaslstant United Stales Attorney Bynon. who waa acting for the government, explained Ibat the wo man wished lo defend herself. Mm. ljing aealed herself at the attorneys' table. With slow, drawl ing accent abe threw questions at the varloua witnesses, both govern ment and defense. Sbe appeared certain of what aha was doing and never for a moment hesluted In her examination and cross-examination of the witnesses, In Just two hours after the trial began, the Jury returned and Ihe "not guilty" verdict was read. "Nothing wonderful," Lulu aald In reply to questions. "Just used my head, that's all. The charges were not true. I knew I was right. Thai's why I didn't need an attorney." THREE ARE SLAIN Elliott Assumes IN SPECTACULAR CHICAGO ROBBERY Society Hotel GueaU Are Thrown In Panic By Daylight Holdup ' large groups atood by the Tight ot way at Charleston, Athens. Sweet water, Loudon, ano Lenoir City. Tbe conductor of this train la Pete Gorman, who was the con ductor In charge of the train which took Bryan on hia flrat speech making tour of Tennessee aa a pres idential candlate In 189t and the engineer la Henry 8. Miller, who was then the fireman. Pelican Bay Worker Is Seriously Injured Falling Lumber Fracturea Skull Of Fred Warner; x Ruahed To Hoapital Fred Warner, aged 40, a lumber pller In the yards of the Pelican Bay Lumber company at Pelican city, narrowly averted death yester day morning, when a pile of green lumber with which he waa working fell on him fracturing his skull, as well aa a leg and seriously Injuring other parts of his body. Warner was rushed lo tha Klam ath General hospital, where medical attention waa Immediately administ ered and late last nlRht he was said to be complotoly out of danger and past the critical point. Friends ot Ihe Injured man,' who witnessed tho near Irajody, did not expect lo find Warner alive when brought from under the pile of heavy boards. Tho lumber foil di rectly on Warner's hokd and should American Woman la Spoiled By Huaband Saya French Counteaa SAN FRA.NCISOO, July 29. Too much coddling by husbands has "apolled" American women, says the Countess de (iabrlac, who wont through the world war In Frnnce. The countess ki Leon In Amer ica tor three months and stopped here on her way home. "Yes. your American women ore wonderful," she said. "They got everything- Ihey want. But, poof. She, Is spoiled. Coddled too much by her husband." ' A eh rug of the shoulder answered a query about prohibition. "I la Rood," she said, "Rood for the masses. As for the rest they WHY BRYAN RESIGNED FROM CABINET TOLD ...PORTLAND. July 29. (United News) Milton A. Miller, former International revenue collector for Oregon and a close friend ot the late William Jennings Bryan, for many years, declared Wednesday that Bryan's resignation from the Wilson cabinet came after a note he had written to Germany was changed without his knowlodge. Reports that Bryan had told him It waa a note to Australia, which had been altered were denied by Miller. Eddie Santry Is Released on Bail Odell Man Say.. Hi. Arreat Waa A Frameup And He Can Prove It Cooa County Ballota . On Big Road Project MARSIIF1ELD, July 29. (Unit ed Nowa) Coos county will ballot Thursday on bond Issues totaling 1980.000. The first project Is to match the state's 1280,000 expendi ture for roads already constructed The second Is to build a net work of market roads, furnishing an out' let to agricultural sections cramped for transportation facilities and .to construct a 1300,000 bridge over Coos Bay. between Mnrshfleld and East Side. Britiah Minera Ready To Stage Walkout Fri LONDON. July 29. (United fjeWs)The Industrial organisation of Great Britain hangs by a fine .hr-nrf. and whether Ihe thread will snnp. precipitating a strike of 1, 000 000 coal miners upon tho al ready burdened economy structure of Ihe country, depends upon Pre mier Baldwin's ability to meet tho supreme test of his political career. Tho lest already has begun. It will culminate In success or failure before midnight Fnldny, when the slop work order of Iho mine loaders j-ecomes effective simultaneously with Ihe termination of Ihe present wage and hours of labor agreement. ordered bj, the wine operators. Eddie santry, owner of a grocery and mercantile store near Odell lake, was In Wumath Falls yester day arranging; for the substitution of' property bonds a"or the $1,000 cash bail he furnished when bound over for trial August 10 on the charge of operating a liquor dispensary. Santry maintained his Innocense and promised to produce positive proof of a "framo-up" on the part of raiding officers. The north Klamath groceryman declared the case against him would be exploded at the trial and undeniable evi dence of a "frame-up" would be ad duced by the defense. Dutiea Of Citizenship Moat Needed In America Saya Republican Chief E9SEX. Mass.. July 29.--Speak' Ing before members of the Essex county men's republican club at a nolltlcal rally hore Wednesday, ben ator William M. Butler, chairman of the republican national commit tee declared the most important problem before the American peo ple today "Is their awakening to the responsibilities of cltlienship. "The need today is tor militant crusaders who will preach our party faiths end principles not merely for the aggrandisement ot the repub llcan party as an organisation but for the good of the nation.- uui ler declared. "I bv before env phaslxed not only the importance , n.nv sovernment as lunaameniai In our government scheme, but be cause It Is only through party orga nization we can hope to secure the fullest possible participation In our national functions. American Aviator On . Riff Front With French PARIS, July 29. (United News) The rcorganlet LaFayetto esca- drllle ot American aviators, who have voluneered for service In Mor occo Is scheduled to ajln its flight to the war tone Monday. Premier Tlanleve will be host at a luncheon for tho aviators Thurs day. N CHICAGO, July 28. (United News) Two bandits were killed In a gun battle with police late Wed nesday after tbey had held up the exclusive Drake hotel on Michigan boulevard and stolo a sum esti mated at 110,000. One of the bandit gang was cap tured and one escaped. According to police, four bandits entered lobby of the hotel, where a number of guests were present, and flashed revolvers. One msn held up the clerk in charge of the (ashler's desk, while another swept the cash from a strong box and the cash drawer, police aay. Guests and employee were cov ered by otber members of tbe gang. Meanwhile, however, an employe bad sounded a iurglar alarm, and a squad of police were rushed from the nearby Chicago avenue station. Just aa the police car swept into the 'drive before the building, tbe bandits emerged. Hl Gun Battle. A swift gun battle followed. One bandit fell, and hia companions com mandeered a cab and fled north. The police force followed. The two racing cars sped through tbe crowd ed afternoon traffic ot Michigan boulevard where the police did not dare to fire lest others be wounded In the traffic Jam. The cars were almost four miles northwest ot the hotel at Foster and Clark streets when the Landlt car stopped and tbe men leaped to tbe sidewalk, making a dash to cs cape. The first man to Jump from the car opened fire. Police guna blazed and the man fell with a bullet In his breast. Another ot the gang disappeared among the terrified pe destrians and has not been captured A fourth man, penned In the bandit car, was arrested. The member of the gang who had been wounded In ifront of the hotel died shortly after the gun battle. Office Saturday Despite Charges District Attorney Appointee To Enter Plea of Not Guilty; Defense Will Try to Have Indictment Quashed Today; "Bootleg gers Trying to Hang Me," Is Opinion of Elliott Before Indictment Jack Fong Released Through Grand Jury Chinaman Waa Acquitted On Charge Of Running Gambling Den Jack Fong. "the good-looking Chinaman," is free today, following the dismissal of the lottery charge against him by the grand Jury yea terday, Fong was arrested with about forty othera In a raid upon 431 Commercial street, early in the month. Despite the fact that Dep uty District Attorney Vandenberg produced witnesses who testified they lost money to the Chinese deal ers in games of black Jack, and despite a varied array ot gambling paraphernalia Introduced In evidence. only Jack Fong was held for the grand Jury. Fong was bound over on a secondary charge of conducting a lottery and the gambling charge against all the Chinese held was dismissed. Fong's release by tbe grand Jury on the lottery charge wlpee Ihe slate clean. Ot the forty-one men ob tained in the raid, not one .was In dicted. Fong seemed happy over the dis missal, and shook hands cordially with Prosecutor Vandenberg as he left the court house. E. L. Elliott, appointee of Governor Pierce for district attorney of Klamath county, will assume office, as per sched ule, Saturday, despite the fact that he was indicted yesterday on a charge of malfeasance of office while acting as special prosecutor in Klamath county a year ago. This was learned last night after a long distance call had been placed to Gov ernor Pierce from here. . It was also learned that an attempt would be made by attorneys for Elliott's defense this morning to have the indict ment quashed on the grounds that there was not sufficient evidence. This failing, a plea of not guilty will be entered before Judge Leavitt's court, and an immediate trial asked for. Refuses To Make Statement Elliott refused to comment on the indictment last night. "I have nothing to say at this time, absolutely nothing. You might talk to my attorneys," he declared. His attorneys, how ever, refused to make a statement. The only known statement made by Elliott regarding the case was the day before the indictment was returned, when Elliott, in the district attorney's 'office, just prior to appearing before the grand jury, was heard to say: "The bootleggers and liquor element have been laying to hang me and this ap parently is the noose they are trying to use." Charge a Year Old Elliott's indictment came yesterday morning about 11 o'clock, at the eleventh hour of his incumbency to office as district attorney of Klamath county, succeeding William Gan-ong,-resigned. ' " ' ' - -- - . . . . The specific charge of malfeasance of office was n con nection with the alleged theft of 2000 pounds of sugar from the Mason Ehrman warehouse here more than a year ago. The indictment against Elliott read as follows: "That said E. L. Elliott, then and there being the duly appointed, qualified and acting special prosecutor of easel arising under the prohibition law of Oregon for the county of Klamath, state of Oregon, wilfully neglected to perform his official duty to the manifest hindrance and obstruction of pub lic justice, in this, that the said E. L. Elliott did unlawfully and feloniously advise, counsel and direct F. W. Snyder and Carl Wolfe, prohibition agents, to take and remove without legal process 2000 pounds in sugar from a certain cache sit uated in Klamath county, Oregon, about five miles from Klam ath Falls, Oregon, and to store the same in his, the said E. L. Elliott's garage at Klamath Falls, Oregon, and did hereafter unlawfully and feloniously direct the unofficial sale and dis posal thereof, without legal process or interposition of any court" , .LI tJ . ..iatltfltt! Lengthly Consideration It is understood the grand jury spent two entire days in consideration of the indictment and that a federal authority was one of the chief witnesses. Those witnesses who testified were John J. Shaughnessy, William Marx, Fred Snyder, Perry O. DeLap and Arthur L. Fortson. Following his arrest yesterday, Elliott was arraigned and released on $1,000 bail put up by L. O. Arens, Will Wood, 0. A. Smith, H. I. McKim and Lloyd Ryan. W. P. Myers and J. H. Carnahan will defend Elliott. TheN personnel 'of the grand jury which returned the indictment was as follows: E. M. Hammond, foreman; Merle Kilgore, clerk; Frank McCornack, Walter Donart, Marshall Orr, E. L. Hopkins and H. S. Wakefield. Charge Is Felonious . The charge against Elliott is punishable by not less than six months and not more than a year's imprisonment, and not less than $50 and not more than $1,000 fine. alf Elliott is district attorney when the trial comes up, and he is said to be certain of that, a special prosecutor will be appointed by the county in the case. Manager Of Square Deal Drug Co. Here Resigns Announcement was made last night in regard to the resignation ot Will Wood, who has been serving as manager tt the Square Deal drug company, the resignation lo go Into effect August 1. A meeting of the board of direc tors will be called In the near future according to George J. Valton, presi dent of the board, with Ihe return of W. C. Dalton who has been In San Francisco for the past week. PORTLAND, July 29. (United News) Governor Wal ter Pierce was attending the Multnomah county fair at Gres ham when news dispatches were received here telling of the charges of malfeasance in office laid against E. L. Elliott, his appointee as district attorney of Klamath county. About 8:30 p. m., Wednesday it was said the governor had passed through Portland on his way home to Salem. Long distance calls at his Salem home failed to elicit any response up to 10:30 p. m. v( CH1XEHK BANDITS DEMAND IHO RAXHOM FOR AMERICAN WASHINGTON, July 29. Chi nese bandits have demanded ransom In money and bullets for Dr. Har vey K. Howard of the Rockefeller foundation at Pekln, who, waa cap tured recently when Morgan Pal mer, another American waa killed, the state department was advised. RIFF CHIEF'S ATTACK ON FRENCH FEW HOURS AWAT FEZ, French Morocco, July 29. Abd el Krlm's offensive against Aueizan whereby he hopes by supreme effort to gain tha vlotory denied tbe Rlftlans at Fes and Taia, now is tut a question ot few hours, according to reports from the front. have no trouble getting It." "TV
