THE KLAMATH NEWS
So. 242. (Every Morning Except Monday)
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Bend Shevlin-Hixon
Plant May Furnish
Heat-Light To City
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News) That roomier. Iiil illumin
ating ami heating i nurn i.-m
UIMIItltlca for a i-ifv ,.r lum
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gets lulu iiH-ralliui lure lliln rail,
n cslliiiutiil WcitncMluy by Wil
liam K. I.JmiKiliilil, Kwi-illdi i l
Il, who holds Ilia- lulciiU on I III'
key imri-wM, wlilili Hll lx- uwil.
IJuiikiIiiIiI la MiH-riiiii'iiilni ii.ii
Mrui'llmi nr I hi- ilium.
Nil iiIiiim fur iII.himiI or (In- gat
'"' "II ninili-. Inn iiiuiilrliil
roiimiiiiiiiliin u mi ,v, M.
I lull Of lliln prillllc lM, .JK
Nlllll,
ih
Inspect Proposed
L Of South Line
lUtbenl executives of the
t, pacific roinpnny nrrlveii
,1k Fill yesterday ml art
qiMtliX tha territory to be
tj iho company s Important
,1 railroad development.
sproolo, president, nntl Paul
,wcull vice-president, ar
n Klamath Falls yesterday
, oimpnny's headquarters at
iirtore 'l,h l,lrllll ir"ln
printt business cars provld-
uBmilMipiii for utinmiuiK
. ol their Bliiff.
THtcrday President Hpruu
by (!". Hosrhke,
anil tithi rm. lull by ntito-
lor trip throuKh tho re-
It of Ccirni'll, California,
Lit to which the Houtnern
mi alrcsdy annnunroil pinna
Liilit Its rail from Kliiin-
PLEAD INNOCENCE
AT MURDER TRIAL
Scores Of Letters Sent To
Warden Asking Leniency
To Escaped Trio; Pierce
Withholds Report
Murder Charge
Lodged Against
-lAlledged Slayer
r,""'l J n the
KAI.K.M. Auk. 20. (United News)
jScpurate Indictments. charging Tom
.Murray, Ellsworth Kelly and James
j Willoa, convict slayers, with the
murder of John Sweeney and J. M.
j Dolman, prison guards,' will he
asked of tho Marlon county Krand
Jury now meet ion In aperlal session
! hero, II waa announced Wednesday
ly John Carson, dlalrlct attorney.
I U'eilneadny'a aemilou of tho Krand
'jury wan devoted to the iiiicitlonliii:
(if a it umber of prlaon ofricluU and
all eye-witneHnea to the
und ahootlnK. which reHiilted
kllllnK of the prlaon KnardH.
I The three men who eacaped from
mur- the state prlaon here on the evenlnK
of Augui: 12. were held by the
KU AMJ'MCOTT. - nHM.t AuK.
20. ( I'nllcd New.) Captain
Adolphiui ArMlr.Hn, navul akin to
I'n-Hiileni, 'olliUjte, liua onlernl
a "unmiiiry l-oiirt tiuirlinl lo lie
lielil within Iwo or three ihijii to
try (lin iwii niiiriiiiH nrnilil
Mi inhiy, i luirKiil with neglect of
Inly while Hiiiinliuic llm prenl
iklit ill Hullilner wlilln Iioum.
One of tlw linirfiii-H wum rt-port
I'll milei-i til l' pout. Tlie other
wiu reportevl a deMerter.
A miiiitimrjr court iimrtUil ran
iniioHo a iiinxliiiuiii Miiulty of
illNliunoralilo IUcbaruji- from the
ervlie. A gem-rul court limrliiil
Ih nei'HHliry lo Kciitciui all en
HhIiiI man o prUon for viohitiiin
of unity rejoiliitfcin. '
It Ih unileratiMMl tbn two. nuir
linn are In i-aiiifliii-iiieut on the
prKlilentiiil yacht Mnyflowi-r.
VICTIM DFTULE
coroner's Inqucat to have been equal
ly reHponalble for the death of the
llMrrt MihIoc llriinrll.
raJileitt shoup, who some
Li mile a trip of Innpec-
lk the territory aoiith of
laulnrd at Klamath Kalla
i lad durltiK the day ron-
ilRuberl K Htruhorn, pres
ibi 0. C. A K., and Soutli-
ifl rrpreaonlatlve.
m it Foreat of New York.
ol the Southern Pacific
p i eiKutlve ronimitta. and
of bit family nre houxed
.no Lo.lgo. rna'UO. Toro'at
likre merely on a pluuauro
rtloy the acenlc attrnrllona
Pidaath rrflon.
f-iiitrc I'aiifli! official parly
t the aunimlt of the. ( a
w Eutene, followliiK the
ib Duiithern I'aclflc'H no-
Mtroi Cul-off, which Ih rup-
"I Unhid lo completion.
ill be open by the middle
)r, placiiiK Klamath Kulla
tiala line between California
o Bead MtteiiMlon.
iitn Pacific officers hod
marnts lo make with res'!
lhlr railroad development I
lor the Southern UreKon '
na California reKloii.
I'P a linked If Ihn rn-
l the Sum hern Pacific plnn-
",u lino Into lie n il were
"'ely mil.- hn said. "We
'' Intention."
Niro:,d eiecmives plun to
h' ' "lis lliHlllct.
continue on Ihelr
"In Mr, Un ForeHl and Ilia
f 'o make a trln lo Crnler
aflTer IS
SAFE IN MANILA
F. Auk. 27. (Thiirsdnvl
ei)u, i- ..
Italian ,vl',i.
"'hi lo Manila early
M whn i . . ;
...... iiron iitMiiymi
'"ce hll arrlvi.l In
lt week. In , .
IT 'r. by way of Ana-
Philippines. Ilia
front Ziimhu... ...
P k"i Piano wa dnmnircd
I' "to a nler.
Plnedo fle,u- io...j
1,1 tnUnili-ii l,. .1,...
1j mniuiicu
r'O mil...
""Ji. IIU WIIH
'OPeatedlv bv llnrm.
'! In renhln.
a
V"; .
Did I. ill I-aucedo, Mexican
der Valentino Navurro?
Tho i Mention was aake( many
" uur.m,u yea-1 ,.,, w)() wpre ,,,,,,, ullr,n(? ,fce
terduy when the dlalrlct attorney's' break. It la underxtood that Infor
ofllre. after several duya, ludae.il, a niatlon on which Uin coroner's Jury
chorKe of rn.rr.nd ilosree munler "alw" " wr win lie pinceil be
UKaiuHl I.tiured(l.
There are many iinnles of the
cane. I.aiiredo, uccordlnK to Julio
(ionzulea, hla roommate, Ih In a del
icate ponltlon wherein the law la
concerned. Some persona, however,
have nut taken too seriously (ion
sales' testimony before (he coroner's
Jury.
...... two . Miinra jocnciu;
Two men. olao Mexicans. are when brought to trial.
"'"" ,B 1"" ""'lr J01'" u,j Blatementa by Ihe elder Murray.
AlKoimi, where Ihe fatal atahhinx father f pri!l)nPri wnile here
or ravarro occiirreu aiikuhi is
fore the grand jury.
Murruy PleadH Innocence
Khould the grand Jury return an
j Indictment, charging first degree
j murder, II Is expected that all three
. men will enter pleas of not KUilty
when broiiKht to trial in circuit
court here.
Even Murray, leader of the gang,
who has boasted of his part In the
killing of the guardx,- it Is umlor
iiton iiovtv-will pluacl Innocence,
IS IDENTIFIED
SAN FIlANCISrO. Auk. 28.
(United News) Identification of the
"Tule marsh murder" victim as Mrs.
FiesHic Loren, Oakland divorcee, has
been mado to the satisfaction of
police, and the young woman's rela
tives. Discovery of additional parts of
the body was made Wednesday, and
two Oakland dentists Identified
teeth as those of Mrs. Loren. (noth
ing belonging, to the woman was
found near the swamp. . '
Mrs. Jane Peahody, beauty parlor
owner, reported to police hero for
questioning, following their an-
Tuesday, Indicate that an insanity I nouncement that a "Mr P " wan
shortly after the liivcalifiatloti com-', B. reRnr.d . . ... ef.h, ,, , n,, fc .k
murder, but was not held.
Investigators now are convinced
that the murder occurred near tTie
swamp, which Is north of Berkeley.
It was thought at first that the wo
man was killed In San Francisco,
her body cut Into small pieces and
carried to the desolate marsh in
suit cases.
Two Oakland physicians who re
cently left Oakland, now are beinK
hunted hi connection with the crime,
which Is believed to have followed
an illegal operation, according to
I'nder Sheriff W. M. Veale of Contra
Costa county.
may
meuced. -Ju.l what testimony these, for, , Mn fr0B1 Ihe gn.
lows.
Murray Hon Sympathy
Scores of letters are pouring into
the office of Warden llalrymple here
from all sections of the stato. plead
Iiik for leniency for the thrco con
victs, although Murray, apparently
the hero of the trio, seems to be
the center of Interest of such pleas.
"1 have nothing to say," was tbo
.... ... MAH.u..n..a. ...an
- l.,l,nn l "'" "'"'"-"' --- "
I'ltll IIIIB il"... iiii.ciiiui mur
men could oirer. were iney exam
ined. Is n. il known hy tho. public.
A man whose nume Is said to be
Juse Huniirnr was said yesterday
to have given to Mateo Mendoza a
gun which Is supposed U have been
the property of the dead Navarro.
Whether or not tho alleged act is
of any dlgnificance, officers said
they do not know.
I.auciilo Hit lures Innocence
Iwo men
o'clock in the
HI, but did not
said lo have seen
Navarro lit 2:30
morning of August
know their Identity.
Navarro was found on the morn
ing of the l!th. futally stabbed,
and died at a local hospital a few
hours later. A Turor handle. Iden
tified by tionrales as tho property
of ljiu.'cdo. was found near the
wounded man. according to Infor
mation furnished the .sheriff's office.
Navarro was nbour 21! years of
age. I.iiuccdo Is near his 40th year.
Laucedo Insists Unit ho simply
wii drunk on the night of the
flghl. and declares' that he remem
bers but llttlo ol what look Place
hern
in Ihe city
Ma... " """"
h?., "B,0nl Xoatnrday.
In
N01M. WAS XOT
IWlHK It.M).I,H
,u""lall w. .
'"" Tuesday night.
"I lll-l
n
''of f. Jofofon
hom. n"lll. hnw-
. "'r nilsliaml.
when they tried to obtain from him
an expression of opinion regarding
tho report of his special committee
which Investigated conditions at the
ntiite prison here.
It is understood, however, thai
I the committee found little or no
excuse for Ihe expenditure of pub
! lie funds for construction of a new
' prison plant.
I Newman Sends Hill
I Charles Newman. New Era farmer.
has a hill for $21 ugalnst the state
of Oregon for his entertainment of
the three convicts. Tom ' Murray.
I Ellsworth Kelly and James Wlllos,
and tho four hostages, during the
dash of the convicts for freedom
last week. A claim for this amount
was filed with Secretary of Stole
Knzer by Newmnn Monday, and will
i.n ...i.n.iiiufl l.v Hint official to War-
Try It Once More on rtairyniple oi the prison, Tor
his approval, after which It will bo
filed to await the pleasure or tlio
next legislature.
Tho three convicts "dropped In"
at the Newman nume cnriy one
morning and remained there all day.
In the claim Is one Hem of I4.B0
fur tho meals furnished Ihe fugi
tives, another Item of (l.u(i for
meals to the four hostage, nil Itom
of $.1.00 fur trousers taken by the
convicts, another of $6.00 for shoos,
and one fur $1.00 Tor socks, as well
ns an Hem of 50 cents for garters.
Gertrude Edcrle To
-(United News!
PARIS. Aug. 20
n..irn.in Kiterla will mako her
second attempt to swim tho chan
nel nt 4 n. m.. next Saturday.,
weather permltllng.
Hard training for the swim Is
completed but Mha Kderle will havo
a light work out In the water
Thursday.
Tho channel Is colder than when
she tried tho swim Inst week. 1"
the lidos will be fiivoruhlo between
Sutiirdiiy and Monday, whereafter
It would be loo lute for another
attempt.
AOKH AIIItESTEO
TRAFFIC PARALYZED
BY RAIN IN TOKYO
TOKYO, Auk. 2. Thousands
t.. .H.I. .t aiI atrttat onr
yesterday byM houses wero ,..i.......... ............
yestero iy (W(J f(,et f
KMwlM on, c ()wn
seven hour rain siumi
(1 W ARor, rancher of tho Keno
rood, was arrested
Trn fflc Officer R. V
tho Merrill road. Charges wore
placed against ARor ior "i" -, Wednesday.
a-..IV a I. nil I a a vara
Maxwell truck without a Yikohama aim i"
scheduled to P" similarly affected ny tae ..-..,.- ..
at and flood, f our i"
following a
a
license. Ager Is
pear before Judgo
Kd Kendall
Press Agents Death;
Man Is Found Dying
ARE CONTINUING
Shipping Of Cheap Calif.
Gas Throughout East Is
Blamed For Big Tumble
In Prices
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. (United
News) The natlon-wld i gasoline
price war, with still further cutting
of the cost to the consumer an
nounced Wednesday, brought the
average tank wagon price in 30
representative cities down to 17.208
cents a gallon.
A sudden Influx of a large quan
tity or cheap California gasoline on
the Atlantic coast market at 12
cents a gallon. Is blamed for the
general price cutting throughout
the country. To meet the new com
petition eastern refinera dropped
their f. o. b., refinery price from
15 to- 12 cents.
The mid-continent market became
unsettled by the situation in the
east. Pressure of California gaso
line In the east deprived many small
mid-continent refinera of their out
let and they threw their product
on me miaaiewest market at re
duced prices.
Tank wagen prices of Standard
Oil gasoline In representative largo
cities as reported Wednesday Ly
.Dew, Jones & Company of New
York include the following:
Gas Way Down
Atlanta, 17.5: Birmingham, 19;
Boston, 10; Chicago, 17: Cleveland.
18.6: Dallas. 18; Des Moines. 17.6;
Detroit, 17.8; Houston. 18: Indian
apolis, 18.2; Kajisas City, 16.9; Los
Angeles, 13.5; Milwaukee, 17.1:
New Orleans.- 14.5:aNew.?orr,- 4 V
St.-Louis, 16.1: San Francisco, " 15
and Seattle, 15.
All quotations are exclusive of
state taxes.
Nation-Wide Coal
Strike Inevitable
On September 1st
WASHINGTON, Aug. 586.
(I'nited .News) A shut-down) In
I ho anthracite coal fields will be
come effective September I, ilea
pile last minute) attempt at a eet
I lenient between miners and op
erators, according to, reports
reaching government clrclea late
WnliieMiny.
It appears practically certain
that the government will refrain
from attempting to bring the
operators anil miners together
for further conferences to avoid
the strike.
A high official who la close to
the situation pointed out Wed
ncKday that It would make mat
tern worse for (he government
to take a hand In the proceed
ing now.
Jazz Girl Is Off
For Prison Term
With Defiant Air
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.
(United News) Dorothy Ellingson
has made her lost public apperance
tor at least a year and now mu.it
pay for killing her mother by con
finement In San Queutin peniten
tiary. The 17-year-old matricide will
not begin her trans-bay Journey to
prison
Peace Is Made
Between 2 Tong
Bodies In N. Y.
Threatened Deadly Battle
Averted By Settling
Of Dispute
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. -(United
News) rPence between the Hip Sing
and Oh Leongs has been promised.
Rather than answer charges of
conspiracy, tong leaders Wednesday
night told police here that they
would negotiate an Immediate i
mlsttce. 'i '
Ho Bon Hlog. national president
of 'the Hip Sings, and Harry Moy,
national secretary of the On Leongs,
will meet Thursday to sign a new
treaty to secure nation-wide peace
between the warring tongs Tele
grams went out from headquarters
of both factions Wednesday, ordering
cessation of hostilities between
groups everywhere.
A short time before the conference
In New York the proprietor of a
Chinese restaurant in Baltimore was
murdered by several Chinese gun
men, who escaped. This victim
brings the number of dead to five,
and at least five, more have been
wounded. .
Children May Go
To Fair Free, 4th
ELCENTRO, Calif., Aug. 20.
X. Yale Zamora, 45, press agented
his own death here when he noti
fied local papers and the slierlif's
office he was going to tuko his own
life.
He wrote n glowing description
of himself, then concluded with a
statement that he was In Ill-health
and friendlrds and wanted to die.
He gave a messenger boy $20, to
deliver the note to the sheriff and pronounced.
triplicate carbon copies to the local
newspapers.
Officers ihurrled to tho hotel,
whero Zamorii was staying and
broke down the door Just as he died
from taking cyanide.
On Friday, September 4, from 8
a. m. to 7 ip. m. the school chil
dren of Klamath county will be
until next week, for her at- glven free admission to the county
torneys obtained a five day stay falr It l3 rumored that the mect
of execution when she was sentenced . lng3 of the Teacn,rs' Iiutftute
Wednesday. I scheduled for Friday have been so
Dorothy refused to answer the' arranged that the major part of the
routine questions when she appear-' afternoon will ba available for the
ed before Superior Judge Harold j teachers to vail the fair.
Owing to the interest exhibited
in Judging it will not be passible
I to Judge both dairy and beeif cat-!
Louderback. She waa paler than
usual, crimsoned lips showing in a
smear across her fsco as sho chewed
gum vigorously, ine last pmy to(,e (he frst orenoon of .tne falr
the curious court room spectators, so u WM lllought best to postpone
who comprise "her public." showed, JudgIng beef Clltt:e Uog, nnd shpPp
the girl, still defiant and temnera-j Krday mornlngt September 4.
mental. She stood easily, with ajarrv j Llndgreni extension spec-
trace ol insolence, as sentence was
STEP-SON' WANTS
FATHER TO HANG
FOR LA.
Trial Of Dentist Slayer
Who Buried Wife Alive
In Cistern Nears End; Boy
Testifies
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 26. "Pat"
Grogan, the milllon-eoliar kid,
youthful and debonair, wants to see
Dr. Thomas W. Young stretch by
the neck for the brutal gas slaying
of his mother.
In court Wednesday, where he
waa waiting to take the wltneaa
stand against Dr. Young, his step
father, he said:
"I am afraid If they Just send
him to prison, he will manage some
how to get out In a few years, and
I don't want that.
"I want him to hang."
The boy Is 18 years of age and Is
heir (o the vast estate of the late
"Ripe Olive" Grogan, for the pos
session of which the state contends
Dr. Young administered a fatal den
tal anaesthetic to the boy's mother, -and
then entombed her alive In a
cement cistern. . i
"Dr. Young was my pal once,"
the boy said. "He seemed like a
real rather to me, and I believed In
him until be confessed killing my
mother. ,
"And now the lawyers tell me that
he was going to kill me next.
"I am not looking for revenge."
he said, "but I don't think the gal
Iowb are too good for him, and I
am going to help send him there-
"When I think of. It all, I shud
der. He even gave parlies (or me
at our cabin In Beverly Glen. My
God! 1 even danced on the floor
,iVot where raj mdrdered 'mother
was burled." ... - - ' -
Court wasadJourned early Wed
nesday for a day. while tha lurv Is
taken to the Beverly Glen cabin to
examine the crypt, where Mrs.
Young's body was found.
Hello Frisco, Hello,
That You Baby? Goo!
NEW YORK. Auk. 20. (United
News) Docs Charlie Chnplln keep
his baby son lip half the night In
order to spare the Chaplin purse,
or does he spoil the purse nnd spare
the child?
The foregoing is one of the things
Broadway would li"ke to know.
Harry D'Ahbedia D'Arrest, Chap
lin's personal secretary, has confid
ed lo reporters thnt Charlie tele
phones lo his llevcrly Hills home In
Cullfornln every night lo listen to
the gurgles of his son, nnd lo bid
good night. D'Arrest did not Bay
whether Charlie puis his call In be
fore midnight, when tho toll for
three minutes.' conversation Is
$15.75, nr after midnight, when the
cost is bul $3.95. -
lalist In livestock from O. A. C.
will Judge all rattle except dairy
A Jury culled her crime man-; stf.r, which will be Judged by R.
slaughter, which entails -a sentenceq Fowler, assistant county agent
of from one to ten years. Parole, 0f Jackson county. The new Judg
Is possible after the first year and llg rjng 8 under construction and
good behaviour would cut tho term, win bo a decided adjunct to the ef-
to six years and two montns. ;f(ency of handling cattle durlngl
she served the full sentence, uor- judging, as hertofore the crowd.
CONNECTICUT MAY
GO WITHOUT MOVIES
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Connecti
cut will be movieless within a week
unless the new film . tax law la
repealed Immediately by a special
aeBSlon of the legislation which
state exhibitors have asked Got.
Trumbull to call.
A motion picture boycott, the
refusal of producers and distribu
tors to make any further contracts
in Connecticut was announced Wed
nesday by Will H. Hays, captain
of the movie Industry. There also
will be an Immediate withdrawal of
all film exchanges in the state.
"The law," saya Hays in a bitter
attack on the new Connecticut
measure "not only provides a tax
of confiscatory nature but also a
one-man censorship. The law Is as
unjust as It Is Impractical.
othy would be but 23 years old.
when she gained freedom.
COOLIDGE VISITS
TO PLYMOUTH ROCK
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. X.O.
(United News) President Coolldge
Frlduy will visit old Plymouth rock,
where the Pilgrim fathers landed.
The Pilgrims arrived In a little
wooden ship one cold winter day.
but left bemuse the land was too
barren. President Coolldge Is go
lag In the palatial yach Mayflower.
He will stay only an hour or so
nnd will not iparticlpate In any cer
emonies or mako any speeches. He
regards the trip principally as a
sight-seeing tour across Massachu
setts bay. Plymouth Is located on
t.he Insldo of the "horn." of Cape
Cod, about 35 miles across the water.
pressed In loo closely and at
times fractious and mettlesome calv
es created havoc or some proud
herd sire resented strongly the too
closo proximity of gaily colored I
paranoia and dresses.
General Offensive On
Riff Front Ready
PARIS, Aug. 26. (United News)
General Petain, whose official as
signment as . general In command
of all t"ops and operations In Mor
occo was the final act of General
Lyaittey before his departure from
Itnlint, has announced his Inten
tion of beginning" a general offen
sive against Abd El Krlm at once.
The offensive blow at the Riffs
was decided upon at Wednesday's
council of war and awaits only the
assurance (hat the Spanish are
ready to co-operate effectively.
Home Has Ceased To 1
Function Says Bishop
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. (United
News) The Episcopal church Is re
miss in neglect of plain teachlns of
the nature of Christian marriage,
according to Bishop William Hall
Moreland, of Sacramento, Cillf., a
member of the commission prepar
ing a report on marriage for the
Episcopal general convention begin
ning October 1.
"Allowing for notable and besti
tlful exception. It is generally true
that In America, the home has
ceased to function." the bishop's
report, appearing in the current Is
sue of the Diocesan, reads, "Our
ills grow out of the break-down of
the home.
"It the ratio of divorce goes on
increasing as at present, the whole
conception of Christian marriage will
fade from the consciousness of the
American people, and be replaced by
a kind of barnyard morality."
PRESIDENT SHIP IS
FLOATED YE. TERDAY.
BOSTON, Aug. 26. The Dollar
line steamship President Garfield,
which early Wednesday ran aground
on Halt-Moon shoal, about 60 miles
off Cane Cod. floated without as
sistance with the nigh, tide lata
Wednesday and proceeded on her
way to New York.
"kp,
jured In Yokohama.
Prbapn,
10 o'clock' (his
morning.