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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1925)
THE KLAMi&TH NEWS p La iki is JNFRISCO .id Is Made Highpowered Hi !h R Race Thru krteU JciSCO, Aug. 8. )The air mail Lre early tonight lima nce trans- LrUI postal Lliihed, when i h-powercd auto- up the driver of leaped with (even was driven by Refa, and waa load of an air km Criuy field to office on the em wo blocks from Jdini- ler No. 37, Rega'a iti to the curb nttininf the ban- remained at me hn ranf erred i the truck to the The etadit car id wu lost in the before spectators nbarLtdcro real j going on. ru at the truck, Id ae opportunity so speedily up executed. the stolen mail ascertained, as t startinf from as added to at Lake and other Effort h N., Aug. I. Walter former Montana pro . tonight calmly Is the electric chair tits state penitentiary hlle his attorneys three-year fight to Simmons' attorneys f with the state su rer re hearing of the F's's application for corpus on grounds a H him juy g 19!4, fror Chss. W. Bryan. Fr waa out of the 'lid. The court da- pttlon tonight. "C to continue our simmona1 Innocence iwtrocuted next Tues Holmes. chief of Hlm- Hcclared tonight. N FIGHTS THERN PACIFIC Aug. 8. (United "b" mill operators of ". who recently en 11 sgsinst the proposed the Oregon. Trunk rail ''""hulea and Klamath only becauao of 2' "",ln . W wlth the turn- bin, pro,0"t loe" no' ere. " ' lumben ' mills are ,inR ,olltn. . Uh engines - In the 'hey refuae to back "mines would "e declared. v ttxon Purchase kke Timber Tract of Tact of fine umber ' Cr.,c,nt dlltrlc lh. i.,Mcllon' " " W i "J" Lumber con- In .h?4.,IM 5,",t"" k" tha office of the tohilderatlon shown Every Morning Except Monday) Klamath Raises $3,482 In Recent Orphans' Drive J. A. Gordon Praised For Devotion To Cause For Children Klamath's quoit la the recent American Legion F-ndownment Fund drive was $3000. The sum seemed st first largo for a community to raise, but with the Doernberker Hospital always In tha foreground, sod competent heads to handla tha drive, the affair was mora thsn a success whan an excess of 11481.81 was reported to hsva been raised, according to reports given Friday night at the mauling of tha eiecu lives of Ilia Klamath lesion post. The entire amount, tXDI.sl, was mailed yaatardsy to Portland, the headquarters of the drives by J. A. Gordon, president of the First Ns tlonal Hans and eiacullva chairman and treasure of tba funds It was to (lordon, probably more than any other single peraun. to whom the legion gives credit fur the unfore caalad auccaaa of the drive. Way Over To O. I). Malhewa aervud as rhalr msn of tha drive with Francis It. Olds, commsndur. of the Klsmslh post. II. K. dels, sdjulsnt snd F. H. Walln, commilteeman, oaslstlng materially. The drive rcflerta tha efforts of all sections of the county as evidenc ed by tha fact that tha Klamath pout went far over her iUuU. It recall the' war days when the stale of Oregon wss first In sll drives and shows that this community hss not forgotten the obligations they so freely gave during tha war In tha Interests of her soldiers. Klamath Falls Cost No t of the American legion wishes to think the Klsmslh Kills papers for the pub licity and cooperation given during the drive and especially desire to thsnk the public for their hearty and generous contributions thst en abled thla post to far eclipse Us quota. a NEW MAY save Mir : Save Form..- CASPER. Wyo.. Aug. .-( United m - , i r renal naiisr J;, asnjin. l"n from Chair uled to die Tueaday at Lincoln. Neb.. for the murder of Frank Pahl of Spencer, Neb., waa not the actual murderer, but an acceasory to the crime. In the belief of Dr. B. V. McDermott of Glen Itock, Wyo.. who is forwarding to Governor Adam McMullen such Informstlon ss he be lieves may lead to find solution of the crime. McDermott, a former resident of Stewart, Neb., and a atudent of In dian characteristics, believes thst Pahl was slain by one of two half breeda, which fled from the scene of the crime at the time of Its oc currence. In a alatement here tonight he withheld the names of the "breeds" but Intimated that one was serving a sentence for manslaughter. No confession has beeu obtained lu the case, as was reported In quer ies reaching here today. McDer mott said that the Information on which he was working would be wired to the governor of Nebraska. DOG WILL DIE FOR CHEWING U. S. FLAGS STAMFORD, Conn.. ' Aug. 8. Arnold Kurth. dog warden, hss In his kennela a mongrel found guilty of repeated attacks on the Ameri can flag. The dog wse caught as a result of complaints thut finis over the graves of soldiers and sailors In Woodland cemetery had been chowod to rags. Kurth passed several days watch ing nt the cemetery and caught the mongrel after It hd chewed a flR The nnlmal will be killed. NEW CANADIAN GOLD RUSH IS BOOMING TORONTO. Aug. 8. Mony pro' pectors are flocking to the Beard more dlstrfct, 130 miles northeast of Port Arthur, Ont., where It Is believed that gold has been discov ered. . Engineers representing Inv portent mining Interests are mak Ing investigations, but no deflnlto statement of the true character of the find is yet possible. Old pros pectors declare that the district Is a fold country. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1925. Ml M H LAUflhllBryanBequeaths RY QruilMArucD'Large Sum For u i uuuuiunwiLiv PAC Vice Preaident Of Traffic Here In Special Car For Inspection T. M. Schumacher of Chicago, vie preeident of the southern Pacific company. In charge of traffic, sr rived hera yeaterday on a apeclsi trsln for an Impaction of the ter ritory that Is to be tapped by the Important railroad development pro jected by the company In this ter ritory. Mr. Schumacher wss accompan ied from Kan Franclico by O. W. Wire, freight trsfflc msnsger, Ronlh ern Pacific company. He wss met on srrlvsl here by Robert E. 8tra- norn. prealdent of tha O. C. E.. accompauied by II. A. lllnshaw, as slalsnt freight traffic msnsger. Southern I'sclflc company. R. E. Kelly and K. C. Ingram of tha com pany's esecutlve department, all of whom are hera from Kan Franciaco, and J. ). Miller, dliirlct freight snd i passenger agent here. Mr. Schu macher yeaterday afternoon made a tour by motor through the Merrill and Malln country, along the line of the projected line from Klamath Falls to Cornell. Agriculture Impmwu F.arly this, morning the parly moved north by speclsl train lor a motor trip of inspection of ttie Wil liamson river estenaluna of the O. t: a E., which the Southern Pacific la to finance. Mr. Schumacher said he did not care to discuss any, phase of the railroad altusllon here, except to point out thst Southern Pacific plsns If Ihey go through without Inter ference, would place Klamath Falla ID a atrong strategic poaltloa from a transportation and bualnesa stand point, with, a dlroet line te Tort land and the north coast, a direct line to San Fracisco snd California markets, a standard line serving the argicultural valley and a direct line to I he east via Ogden. Mr. Schumacher declared himself to be much Impressed by the crops he Merrill and Tule Lake district. Predicts Great Future Klamath Falla holda promise of becoming a substantial Industrial city", he said It Is seldom that sny city faces the great opportunity that uv -V2 befrr ynn here. It Is our desire to cooperate with the people of this community, for we realise that our own Interests will best be served through helping In every way possible, the sound and rapid devourment of the territory our railroad serves." IMPORTANT RIFFIAN FORTRESS IS LOST FEZ, Morocco, Aug. 8. Amergou mountain, harboring desperate Rlf- fisn mstirauders, has fallen Into French hands. By storming It today, after swamp ing It for three days with aviators' bombs, while a cordon of artillery drew a band about it, the French forces succeeded In capturing it. The mountain, hiding Rlfflan raiders, who swept down Into the valleys, stealing or slaying cattle and sheep, and harrasslng tribesmen. had been a strongholcT which the French forces hsd been unable to mkA hv direct assault. But the con- lant dumping of explosives and the tightening of the ring about 'the heights, enabled the Kronen iinany to make a brilliant and successful storming action. Two World Aviation Records Are Smashed CIIARTRES, France, Aug. 8. (United Press Two world aviation rnrrla were broken today when the French blrdmen Drouhln and Lan- .wv surDSSsetl distance ana aura' lion marks In a circular course be tween Clar'.rss and r.tampes. nrouhln had held the world's duration record of 37 hours. 69 min utes and 10 seconds, but smashed Mils with his 'companion, and then set out to break the distance record of 4060 kilometers, noia u, uiu tensnts MscReady and Kelly for their performance at Dayton. Ohio, two years ago. The fliers landed at 2:65 a. m otter having been In the air 46 hours. 11 minutes. 69 seconds. They hsd flown a total distance f approximately 4400 kilometers. United Neva and United Press Telegraph Servicet t , m Christian Work Commoner Wills $100,000 To Cause Combatting "Unbelievers" MIAMI. Fla., Aug. (.(United Press) The fight of William Jen nings Bryan against "unbelievers" will be carried on through a pro vision the commoner msde In his will, which wss tiled for probate here todsy. The fundamentalist leader who died after a strenuous defense of the Bible on the scene of the Scopes evolution trial In Dayton, Tenn., left ' $100,000 to various Institutions . for promotion of "Christian education." Though Bryan was reputed to hare made vast sums In Florida real estate he was worth actually only 1600,000, his will revealed. One-third of thla amount goes to the widow, -utter which one fourth Is to be spent for Christian education and the balance divided among relatives and servants. Widow Kiecutrix The will la a long document, written on both sides of individual sheets of legal paper In own hand. In spite of his care In designating beneficiaries, he failed to name an executor, but the pro bate court ordered the widow to servo In this capacity. Bryan's estate st Marymont CO- coanut Grove was bequeathed to his widow, Mary Balrd Bryan "my congenial comrade snd companion end my faithful helpmate for more than 40 years." The will left one-fourth of the remainder to each of his three chil dren. William Jennings Bryan, Jr., Ruth Bryan Owen, and Grace Bryan Margrave. The fourth part of the residue was set aside for Christian educa tion, amounting to approximately tIOO.000. This Includes, "Fair view." Bryan's Nebraska home, which, before bis death he donated to the Methodist church for a hos pital. ' SCOUTS PREPARE FOR ACTIVITIES Now that Hl-U-Sku-Kum Scout Camp at Lake o' the Woods is a thing of the past, most of the Scouts are talking of the wonderful trips to Mt. Pitt and Crater Mountain and of the fine hot cakes, corn bread and real f roe ted cake that waa pre pared by the super chef, also of the great stories and stunts around the evening co'.ncil camp fire, with sometimes i big tub full of popcorn being passed around, or how hard it was to pass that swimming test or how esey K was to find a dozen different kinds of birds and most of their nests, and how Interesting it was to watch for when the eggs hatched and how quickly the young left the nest to hunt for themselves, and to see the big eagle up In his tree top feeding the four young that were there. All scouts who attended vkmp this year want to see It bigger eM bet ter next year, and are ready to ainit In to make it so by havlug big at tendance at their troop meetings this winter and getting ready for some real advancement, at their court of honor sessions. New troops will be formed, and real troop com petition will be entered Into. STRAHORN DENIES BLOCKING OF O. T. Reports that the Southern Pacific Is deliberately blocking tho northernJ lines tnrougn coimrutuuu u. with a view toward building a trestle across Lake Ewauna, were donled last night. The construction la declared to be In line with strictly Southern Pacific development. . When asked as to the truth ot the story, Robert E. 8trahorn ssld "there Is absolutely nothing In It so far as our blocking the northern line 'Is concerned. We purchased the Moore property at a more remote period than any one here probably Imagines. Our surveys were made over it In accord with a comprehensive de velopment plan before any other railroad stakes were driven." FOREST FIRES IIaze For Girls MfiDTuiuccT i n Ci Believed Cause OUT OF CONTROL Low Humidity Disastrous Large Areas Throughout N. W. Lumber Belts VANCOUVER. B. C, Aug. 8. (United Preas) Enveloping the coast strip of southern British Col umbia Is a smoke bate from forest fires extending from the Interna tional boundary to beyond Bute Inlet. Borne of the prorince'a best stands of fir, cedar, hemlock and spruce are threatened, or have been partially destroyed. At the head of Pender harbor, fire, which burned through 1,000 acres of old logging workings, has eaten Into green timber. Reinforce ments have left here to assist a force of nearly 2.000 fire tighten. After a strenuous battle, timber on Victoria's watershed at Sooke lake hae been saved. A large crew of volunteers has. It Is Believed, got this outbreak under control, after it extended over 1200 acres. MISSOULA, Mont., Aug. 8. Wlth- Bryan's!out any relief from weather con-! dltlons. the forest fire situation In : western Montana and nortnern laano continued grave 'tonight. Thousands of ecrea of timber were , lu flames, while forestry of ficials I sought to find more fire fighters who could be put to work. More than 8,000 "acres of timber waa burned over in the Kootenai forest, spread by high winds yes terday. PORTLAND, Aug. 8. Western Oregon was fire-swept tonight, wltVT-a iWs-JtWjJtaiv' weather predictions giving lttUej0im the use of the family automo- promise-of relief. Humidity was low during the day, and toe temperature reached above 90, and over In most places. . ' The worst fire In the state -was sweeping down upon the towns of Vespor and Birkenfeld in the Ne halem valley, near the Columbia Clatsop county line, traveling over a front of about one and a half miles. Hundreds of men were fight ing the flames. SEATTLE, Aug. 8. Forest fires continued to burn tonight in western Washington, despite the efforts of hundreds of fighters. The Mount Baker region was the worst affected. On Bacon creek a 200-acre fire was out of control. Another, covering 300 acres, was burning In the Hannegan pass, while still another stubborn blase was being fought on Sllicia creek. Many fire fighters were at work combating the tire in the Lake Stevens district, which was threat ening Davles. Many residents left there with household possessions. It was reported. ' ' . EIGHT INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH', v John Garrett, a hermit living in . . . the foothills nesr Los Gatos, came SANTA BARBARA, Aug. HBW tonlght, wlth sherlff R. R. Eight persons Injured in a crash ofVea,e of Conra Costa county, and automobllo. were treated at a ho.-! further ldenttfled , c0 tnat pltal. The most eeriously hurt, as o Q w BarDe agert woman, who suffered a frsc- Tno Barbi camped tured skull refused to give her name. w,th him for , week ,Mt fa nd H. Chadbourne of Monteclto whose . wo. t,.a, , ,h. hH . roadster collided with a heavy ma- chine traveling from Los Angelea to San Francisco; II. A. Granier, driver of the Los Angeles car, bruises; Mrs. Granier, bruises and shock; Mrs. Betty Oroder, wrist cut; Arthur Bradley of Oakland. I strated that Charles Henry Sch cut over right eye and two small warts. Walnut Creek chemist, want- daughters of a Long Beach con- tractor. Boutell. who woe riding I in in. rwhrmrnn car. had a hand MTerely ,nJurea. tT-. i tin aatr 1 e nimu. mil-1 3 DUrui, LOSS IS $100,000 LEWISTON, Idaho. Aug. 8. The Vollmer-Oleafwater Floitr Milling plant at Kendrlck, Idaho, near Lew- iston, burned last night with an acy to overthrow the government bunk at Gadsden, Arls., during which approximate loss of $100,000. The of Bulgaria, have been sentenced they shot and killed the cashier, O. Vlant is Insured for half that to death, according to advices from T. Hobbs, and made away with 1800, amount. Capacity ot tha mill Is Vsrna, Bulgaria, via Vienna, today, were captured today by Mexican an 150 .barrels ot flour per day. Three Seventy-eeven other communists thorltles and are held In Jail at Saa residences also caught tire from also tound guilty of conspiracy Luis, Sonora, Mexico. Deputy sher the mill blase with damage to against the government were given If is of Arlsona left here for Saa Luis these at about $10,000. 'prison sentences. I to take the men Into custody. For Boy Slayer Murdered Father Because He Couldn't Use Car On Petting Party ALLISON, Iowa, Aug. 8. (Unit ed Newa) Writing of a warning directing other youths to shun plights similar to his own was at tempted today by Warren Vender woort, 17 year old patricide of Parkersburg, who Is In Jail here. Warren asked a reporter for a pencil and paper today. He refused to talk concerning the tragedy In which he killed his father and ser iously wounded his mother with a small calibre rifle Thuraday night. "I might write something for you, though," he aaid when he request ed the materials. An hour passed snd the remorse ful lad had not succeeded in com posing the statement, which be bad Indicated would exhort other boys to "honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long In the land which the Lord thy God hath given thee." Boy Wants .To Live Visions of the bullet riddled body of his father. Rev. R. J. Vender I woort, Methodist Episcopal pastor parkersbsr; and his mother. moaning upon a hospital cot, seem to Interfere with bis ambition to become an author-counselor to the present generation ol liberty seek - lng youths. Girl craiy," comments Sherlft W. H. Burma, who refuses to be - lieva the boy's confession, wntcn .ttChnM lila hAlnnua crime to COn- aunt wrangling In bis home lite. A neighbor told officers today ble that- night. Others Intimate with the family declare that no more harmonious marriage existed in the community than that of Rev. and Mrs. Vanderwort. War ren declared Vthat continual bick ering" epoiled their home life. Yesterday the boy wrote "I am ready for anything you may do for me." Today he said he "wanted to live to wipe out my crime." NEW ANGLE IN SCHWARTZ CASE SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. Legal proof that the body of the Walnut Creek silk factory victim in the mor gue here Is not that of Charles Henry Schwartz, wanted for murder of the unknown, will be sought through a cast of the victim's feet. It was learned here tonight. ' Casts now In preparation, expected to be completed Monday, will be placed In the shoes of Schwarts to demonstrate that the man found dead In the fire In the laboratory could not be the chemist, authorities .id tour, teeth, forehead and neck that th(J B,leged Schwartl vlctlm was the Itinerant religious worker. ASTORIA, Ore. Aug. 8. A three - hour search today definitely demon- ed for murder, was not on the steamer Nordic, which arrived from n.vi.nrf i.i Authorities here were advised a suspicious person boarded the boat mere. BULGARIS SENTENCES I 33 REDS TO DEATH LONDON. Aug. 8. Thirty-three communists, convicted of consplr- Price Five Onu FEDERATED CLUBS MEN FOR ACTION Action Against Hill Lines Meets Disapproval Of County Power Claiming that the lumbar in duatriea of Klamath county have overstepped their rights in regard to the stand taken by them , in regard to going, on record in favor of not permit ting; the northern lines to ex tend from Bend to Klamath Falls, ranchers and farmers, representatives of the Federa tion Board of Klamath county, appointed a committee to draft a resolution to that effect, and maintaining their support of any railroad which wished to enter Klamath county, further ing facilities for outside com munication. The board met in the chamber of commerce yea-, terday afternoon. According to members - of the board, certain railroads have a strangulation hold on the ' communities throughout J the county, and thee roads, ; being able) to 'dicetc haTS) kept down the wishea and da- sirel of thott xhin their jur- j jjjj,, -. The committee appointed by Presi dent Reeder of the board, consisted . of Rcre. C. C. Bulet of Merrill, H. J. Tleonor of Langell ..Taller- ana). Rot suits of the visit ot Connty; Agea Henderson, members' of the board . listened to the details 'of "the 'trip Into Owens valley, offering timely suggestions In regard to the coming farmers. .; . . '" Praise Henderson - v : According to Henderson, he ex pects E0 per cent of the farmers , from Owens valley, who make the trip into Klamath county, will re main here to make thla section their permanent home. All residents of the south, including the business men, members ot the farm bureaus, livestock men, the sheriff, profes sional men and others, are strongly in favor of moving north if they are forced to move at all. Land values did not seem to pay a heavy part In evacuating the valley, ac cording to Henderson. It was mostly sympathy, especially with the women that seemed to carry weight. '. The matter ot the activities ot tha various communities and community clubs in the coming county fair, September 3, 4 and S, being In readiness for the opening of the ex hibition, was Impressed upon tha representatives present, in order to give them time In which to arrange their booths. . SAM HEAD PURCHASES LANGELL VAL. LAND Sam Had. one ot the firmest bo osters for the transplanting ot tha Owens Valley ranchers and farmers to the Klamath county, has purchas ed, from Mrs, Elmlra Vinson ot Med ford, and Henry Vinson, also ot Medford, a large tract ot land la Langell'a Valley for a consideration of 82.000. The land lies In one ot the most fertile sections ot the valley and will nrobablv be held jin order to be disposed of later to those southern people, who are planning to make southern Oregon their home. From Mr and Mrs. Vinson, Head 81,0 Purchased a section of land within a short distance from the other acreage In Langell'a Valley, for a heavier consideration of (4,000. Arizona Bank Bandit Captured In Mexico I YUMA, Arts.. Aug. 8. Three ban- 1lt Tho held up the Gadsden state
