The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, August 11, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textj ISLAND ON STILL c I ken ourru L River Me Big Catch . . ... tacttveo " tioo yeiirr7 learned thai I operating on Jver. mini lo Indian edley lt week, Le wai a huge f n h oo a email U on the Wil- three miles bo- Dalles-California Uce aero that r - Litb three depu- the teeth, Shad- off in a mall Lie above the it- early morning V shortly before L quick landing, Men surrounded tcamp of Tom led still oper- rtu(hin realiaed t, tad command ow up hii hand. cleverly conceal- topi oa the little oflcen declare, eawJung moon-1 wat caught in 'wo hundred and e mah were mall quantity of we. The (till i, at well at U moonihine and ence. at charged with till on the reser- bound over to the H it in the KI am- liL Rushes To tillman Boy !. V.. Aug. 10. An iflfd to bo hearing Van to Grand Anao. I of Quebec, whero in, 14 year old aon llman. former tirea- Uonal City bank of erioualy Injured as accident. tillman toleRraplied 3eet. a promlnont ffquonlly haa at n's at their homo "R lhat fie make lo the boy, but mahle to do ao. It not a New York lied upon to make lature of the boy' known. W AIIUIVKS Aug. 10. Tho ' to visit Dunedln, ' harbor basin thin ' o'clock. IKZ, Franco, Aug, ") Mlsa Lillian "o recently swam y from Franco her fourth and ly to conquer the hlch has always f athlotos of hor Kln, this tlmo by no distance, when r. ho ploaded, "minor, who . was "ho tald weakly. 'ci before eho rro tho cold wa,- THE KLAMATH NEWS (Every Morning Except Monday) Day Lumber Co. May Build Mill Here Is Rumor R. N. Day Of Big New Or leant Outfit Arrive Here On 'Important' Mittion II. N. Day, part owner of the. liny llnriliera Lumber InternM of New Orleans, who owa onn of h largest Umber tract In Klamath country, arrived In KUmaih Kill In (ruin New Orleans laat night ami will be In Oil sertlon fur wfrnl days. While Mr. llay declined lo Male tlit objrrt uf Ma vUlt, ru mora hate bora hrartl lliat the lay Intrreata are about to com ntrnre culling their Klamath twilling anil establishing a mill In Klamath Falta. Other ru inora in lliat the Day Interests am in favor of entrance of the Norihrrn line Into Klamath Fnlle anil are here lo ennui rage their extending hero frimi llrnd. While Jark Kbnball, i-em-e. arnllng the Weyerhaeuser Inter rala here, declined to elate th object of Mr. . !))' pnnrnrf here, he hinlrd tliat there waa. something "bnportanl" In the wind. The Pay Interests am owners of bIkwi 10,000 acres of flnn timber country In scattered see tlona of the Klamath country. Thla la the first lime In alxxlt 10 year Hint Mr. Day haa been In the Klamath country. Drunk on Highway; Is Given $100 Fine Kendall Shows No Leniency To Liquor Violator In Justice Court It will go hard with the liquor Imbiliers whllo Acting Justice of tha Tcaro Kd Kendall la In offtro. If the ctae of Walter Edcs la any rrltorlon. Edea was rreted for being drunk on tho highway. "How do you wish to plead?" aaked Kendall. "Guilty, your honor." wa Edrs' reply. Kendall aal back In hla chair aid eyed the violator coldly. "I'll J' glvo you 1100 lino, and It you can't raise It you'll have to lay It out In Jail." Kde. when ho could recover from the ahock. doclared ho could ralao tho money. SMOULDERING FOREST FIRES FRUSTRATING RANGERS IN COUNTY Whllo eight forest flrca threat ened tho Klamath country last week with their aporadlc blate In tho Bly country and In tho north eru aertlona of the Klamath reser vation, alt are practically exting uished and well under control, ac cording to Jack Kimball of the Klamath Forest Protective associa tion. "Smoke from thuse smouldering blmes, however, la making It dif ficult for rangers In these sections to detect a new blaae." declared Kimball last night. "But we are keeping an eagle eye out and an ticipate no groat troublo Just at present." SEIZE GIRL iO MILES OFF H COAST IN CHANNEL SWIM ter In which her strength was fall ing fast. Miss Harrison was 10 miles from tho French shore at the tlmo. Her surrender came with shocking abruptness. The girl seemed to bo utterly discouraged. "This Is my last attempt," sho said. ' Sho was too weak to speak much ntoro at tho tlmo and her exhaustion' was putillng to those who wore closost to her bocauso when sho slipped Into the water at Cape Oris Not, Just 11 minutes aftor noon sho soomod to bo In splendid physical condition. United News KLAMATH FALLS. ORE.. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 1 ,1925. SLHWAR 1? KILlSlK-F.RanksNextjBIO LAKES ASKS SELF AS POLICE Mystery'CIeared With Death Of Leader Of Double Life Crook OAKLAND, Cul., Auk. 10. (United News) For the lust three year of hi life, Charles Henry Schwartz, played the hazardous game of a double oxwtcnco. To his family and business associates, he was a toiling chemist, seeking fame through original research. To women, whose company he sought, he was Harold Warren, cultured bachelor and world war hero. When Schwartz murdered a roving preacher in his Walnut creek laboratory he dropped tho Schwartz and became Warren. He had hoped that mutilation of G. W. Barbe's body would lead to the general belief that? he, himself, had been killed. As "Warren" he then sought out friends he had known under that name, and used their hospitality to con ceal himself for 10 days. When Schwarti killed himself Sunday aa police were closing In upon him he merged for all time the roles he had played. He be. came Schwarti. tho frustrated mur derer. lheao tactics of the "scientific" tiller ctme to light Monday when C. W. Hayward, who gave police Information which brought them t0 Hchwarlx's biding place, went over occurrences of the" chemist's last days. While In Hayward's apart ment house. Schwarti kept up hla air of bravado and was tho "life of the party" at several aoclal func tions. Not Once Suspected "Nover whllo he was with us did ho ahow any Interest In news papers," Hayward said. "I marvol at his debonslr manner, when no must havo known ho was being hunted a" over tho country. "Why, at surprise pany lo my daughter, ho Joked, laugneo ana mixod freely with the guests. Ho mixed punch, Invented now games and oven led the "grand march talking along gaily at the hoad of tho group." Schwarti bocamo popular with tho Hayward circle of friends snd was invited to an Informal dinner party last Saturday evening. He doc mod saying that an "injured loot icopt him at homo. Eight hours loior ho committed suicide. Mrs. Schwarti. the widow, has turned against tho father ot her thrco children. Wife Kpiiina Husband Ho lied to me. while ho was .. LI. I alive." sho saia. ana "-i n earth was to writs a pack of h. in that letter he left for me.' Mrs. Schwarti would have col lected, $180,000 If her husband had 'uuj in an accident. Now the most she will get Is ,26,000 ss a majority ot the policies were taken out less than a year ago and .nnmlnert a suicide clause. Sho ha taken employment as a stenograph cr with her attorney. No Politics Bubble In 'Nation' Prohis Bunts r AHinvnTON. Auk. 10. Tho shining bubblo bearing the Inscrlp Hon "no politics In prohibition en. ,..mnr' has bnrBt, unceremoni ously. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has let It bo known that the new prohibition administrators selected by Lincoln C. ' Andrew, dry ciar. must bo approved by senators In tho rarloua districts. This admission camo from Wish treasury official m,i.v. rt is in accordance with ancient customs here and would oc casion no surprise except .or u -ncaled announcements from Andrews that political Influence would not count. SURROUND and United Press Telegraph Servica juiy uunuiiig Klunialli Falls, 1,-d only l' Portland, thraiwhoul Hie slate ranked second anions; tho cities of Oregon for building permits (luring the past mouth of July, cronllng to statistics compiled III the National Monthly lUilld livg Hurvey of'tlie H. V. Htrausa anil company, received here yes terday. J During the past month, a building boom, never before ex perienced In tile construction of residence and other .buildings, sent Klamath Falls up high oa tho ladder of . building permits throughout the atate. The fig-, lire waa aet at Wot, 105, with an even ' 100 permits issued, The June building permits were ex ceeded In the city by nearly f 100,000 whea final statistics for that month point to an aggrega tion of 222.060. Portland leads the list, Klam ath Falls second with the follow ing cities, Eugene SSOO.aOO; Salem, IH9,7SO; Astoria, SO, 803; Medford, 802,705. JAZZ GIRL WILL TRY TO GO FREE SAN FRANCI900. Aug. 10. (United News) Dorothy Elling son's second murder trial Is sched uled to login Tuesday. Charged .with slaying her mother on January IS, the girl's first trial was adjourned to an Insanity hear ing, at which she! was declared In sane and committed to a state in stitution. After a month's obser vation (physicians at the Naps state hospital made a report in which they found Dorothy sane and she waa returned horo for another trial. , Dorothy now 17 years old, was IS at tha time of the killing. She has confessed the crime, later re pudiating the admission and claim ing that "Jimmy LaMar," a chor- actor notice say is fictional, did tho shooting. No Fishing License; Gets a Fine of $25 Because ho neglected to purchase a fishing license before ho made a trip to Rocky Point Sunday, Ken neth Holllday is carrying around a receipt for $25' from a Klamath Judge. When arrested by Camo Warden Marlon J. Barnes. Holllday plead guilty Monday morning. According to Barnes tho day was a busy ono In tho fish business as tho majority of the fishermen in Klamath county flocked to Rocky Point and other points of Interest along tho lake and spent the day anelini. Ono 10 pound trout was reported among the big catchea o the daV that made by a tour- iat from Texas. Baby Falls 3 Stories - Out Of Window; Saved NEW YORK. Aug. 10. Dashing from the horror-stricken crowd waichini two-year-old Moo Kllen falling from the third floor ot I Bronx aoartment building, an un identified young man caught tho baby in hla arms, aet It down un hurt, and disappeared. Tho child was playing on tho win dow ledge when the unknown hero saw It. It Takes A Smart Guy To Make The L. A. Force IX)S AXGKI-E8. Aug. 10. (fulled News) What is a mor. on? "A man with more than one wife," according to a misinformed applicant who thus answered that question" In tho civil service ex anilnntlon for policemen. What wonld you do, he waa asked, If yon found men with a severe rut on Ills head that was bleeding freely? "I'd put a tourniquet on his nerk and twist It tight so tho blood wouldn't run to bis head," was the answer. Ho didnt get the Job. M A nmi s a rn a-ia a a UN M IMM Officials Of Mill Scout Reports That Action Is "Block" Move Should the street committee of the city council see fit to endorse its move, the Saw Mill Engineering and Construction company will construct a $24,- 000 spur track on this side of the Ewauna lake shore, near Payne alley. A formal appli cation was submitted to the council last night, and this is to be acted on after the street committee has made an inves tigation. The Industrial spur would be con structed for the Big Lakes Lumber company to facilitate the nnloading ot logs from the villain line of the Strahorn road. At present the' logs are unloaded at a small canal-like neck of the lake, and the new un loading site is merely to facilitate matters, according to officials of the company, who, when asked whether It had asythlng to do with the al leged wholesale "blocking moves on the part ot certain roads to keep other certain roads -out of the city, etc., declared emphatically that the move waa entirely to facilitate the unloading of logs. Building permits ot last night's council session, should the spur track be authorized, would total $40,000. VONHINDENBURG WILL CELEBRATE REPUBLIC ; "- BERLIN, Aug 10. (United News) President von Hindenburg, late commander ot the imperial armies of the all-highest, will pre- side over the sixth anniversary eel- ebratlon of the promulgation or the republican constitution Tuesday In. the plenary hall ot the retchstag.- Hindenburg probably will be most striking figure among tho gather- lng of officials and deputies. In- j stead ot the field marshal's unl- form with which his great, bulky united States aenate. . That is em figure Is associated in the German . phatic. But I do Intend to run tor mind, tno soldier turnca politician re.ciCctlon for tho bouse of rep will wear a frock co'at. faintly strip- resentative." ' ed trousers and stand-up collar the recognised accoutrement for German statesman. On August II, 1919, tho new con- stitution was promulgated, and.D September and will address the since then Germany has been gov- chamber ot commerce forum lunch erncd thereby. It doclares that! eon. Germany Is a republic snd that the , . .. power of tho state is derived from the people. . GAME COMMISSION STILL SQUABBLINC revelations of drinking, gambling j and lore-making in a "rich fast set" PORTLAND. Aug. 10. Bitter j0f Washington society are promised squabbles were renewed tn the by Mrs. Edna James Scott, wife of game eonimlsslon Monday, as the Congressman Frank Douglas Scott commissioners convened for the, of Michigan, as she prepares for the first time since the July session. I opening Tuesday of the second round when a general "house cleaning"! of the couple's divorce battle. was made through summary dlsmls- sal of A. E. Burghduff, state game CEItMAXY PAYS MUCH warden; M. L. Rlckman. state sup- pARIg Au 10N.eorIy pne orintendent of hatcheries and Otto' rter ; bM1on do,larg nayo u. jones. coucai.uu.. yuvem. This resumption or acrimonious , discussion and reopening of old, quarrela rosulted when William -L. Flnley, Judge J. w. Maioney anu M. H. Bauer, commissioners, ob jected to minutes of the previous meeting. Finloy declared that tho record ot tho July meeting was unfair. Maioney objected to certain private affairs being spread on tho public records, and Bauer alleged that mis statements had beon made In re gard to actions prepared by himself. HULET SELECTED FOR TOWN COUNCIL POST Rev. C. J. Hulul haa teen chosen as the now councilman for the town of Morrill and will take offlco with the next monthly meoting in Sop- tomber. Mr. Hulot's eloctlon by tho unanimous vote of the council la to fill the vacancy of Ray Mer rill, who left the town about six weeks ago. Black Twister Wreaks Havoc In f!a1ifnrnHi Tnwn -vvr sum Awvaa Seriously Injured; Only One House Is Intact. At Rockwood, Cal. IIOCKWOOD, Calif., Aug. 10. (I'nited News) Of the 22 houses that once comprised Uil aiiwll desert settlement In the Imperial valley, only one weak ened structure remains after the disastrous cloud burst and twist er that visited here Monday. Falling timbers .seriously In jured nine persons. Two men and one woman were knocked unconscious when the heavy wind picked them up and hurled them against houses. Two rone shaped wind cloud which met In the center of the town became a huge twister wlilch uprooted trees, lifted roofs and leveled the small set tlement with the exception of a lone house on the fringe of town. A violent hail storm and cloud burst followed. Telephone sh1 telegraph wire were down for three mile in the direction of Brawlcy. The neighboring towns - of Brawlcy, oltvllln and El Cen tra are rushing aid here. Sinnott Not To Run In Senatorial Race Vet Oregon Congressman Not Desirous Leaving Lower House While the Oregonian and several! Mother?, smaller papers ... throughout! the-elate, haje been, hammering aWay -vociferously for the past ten days with a ballyhoo for Congress- man N- J. Sinnott to run for U. 6. ,8nat0r t the' next election, Sin- nott himself denies emphatically that he will enter the senatorial race i a letter to Linn Nesmith of the chamber forum committee, the congressman declares: "I am not ,0, to be a candidate for the sinnott, who has been elected by ai0regon for gx time and. who is chairman ot the house committee on public lands, expects to be here Michigan Congressman Sued Again For Divorce I II DPWA VII..1. A ii r. I ft Mnrs been extracted from Germany by meaft8 of the Dawes plan since tho coneclon Df war reparations was turned over to tne Dawes organlia- tlon CATHOLIC BISHOP WILL BAR GIRLS COMING TO CHURCH 'HALF DRESSED' PROVIDENCE. R. I., Aug. 10. (United News) Assorting that Am erican women are flaunting their physical charms In costume that not only degrade the wearers, but are a constant source ot sin to oth ers. Bishop A. L. Hlckey has threatened to bar - women "im properly garbed" from cnurc'ieo of tho Roman Catholic diocese of Providence. ' "The style ot today expose tho female form so freely that nothing I left to the Imagination," Bishop Hlckey declared in a sermon at tho cathedral ot 8. 8. Petor and Paul. Price Five Cent CITY'S MONOPOLY OF WATER SUPPLY URGED BY MAYOR Recommends Electric Light Cables Be Moved Into; Underground System Klamath Falls pays too much for its water. The municipality should take care of its own' water supply. . - .-. . . So declared Fred . R. God- dard, mayor, in a special mes sage delivered to the council last night. ; , The city, growing by leaps and bounds, should handle its own water system, the mayor contended. Springs to the north should, be utilized, he said. ' " . ' It was pointed out that the cost of irrigation is too high and that more economical ser vice could be obtained through municipal control.' Mayor Goddard stressed the need of beter sewage facilities, and in this connection suggest ed that the city council take immediate action toward se curing the services of a sani tary engineer to make a pre liminary survey and report as to the city's needs. V; Underground Wiring Power lines and electric light lines should be laid un der' ground, the ' mayor be lieves. '- The council comment ed "favorably upon the recom-1 mendation to accelerate ? the mnvempnt fr hetter - Beware facilities, -but failed to recojr- nize by word of mouth sug gestions that private corpora--tions should be forced to -lay! their power lines - under ground.' -' .-- Ways and means of secur ing funds to defray the ex penses of an inspection of the . city sewer system were discuss ed, and it will be discussed later. . ' : ' In his recommendation that private power companies' elec tric light wires should be re moved and established . under -ground, the mayor pointed out that larger cities had been forced" to this action, and that Klamath Falls would be taking a stitch in time to have ;. the -1 .1 . - r cnau&e iiiuut: u vine. ' EARTHQUAKE IS . FELTINMOM viREAT FALLS, Mont.. "Aug." 1-0. (United News) Slight earth quake shocks were felt in Montana- Albert border today, according to word from Coutts, 'Milk River and Sweet Grass. ' No damage was done, although dishes were rattled on shelves and hanging object swung freely. " The .tremors came at 8:30 a., m., and lasted tor fully halt a min ute. Reminding the congregation of the fate ot tho pagan nations, when their scantily clad women paraded their charms before .the populace. he said American women appear , to have entered upon a similar fash Ion of intimate ' exhibitions, which are seriously affecting the nation' Bishop Hlckey agreed with Henry Ford's recent statement lhat im moral dress, dance hall and', mo tion pictures are breaking down Christianity and denounced bathing beauty contosts as shocking and conducive to loose morals. .