The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, August 30, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE KLAMATH NEWS 2 No. 245. (Every Morning Except Monday) United Neva and United Press Telegraph Services Bern lines develop own; KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, AUGUST ?0, 1925. Price Five Cent pOE-HART Ln Trunk Attorney In f i ipeal To reoeratea Lbi Says No Axe Io nj With a.r. Ipearinit late yestorduy te the Mlimuvii rcueiuicu unity clubs, an organtzn- ihich s represented Dy Lads of every community Lmath county, C. A- Hart, for the northern lines, nted a clean cut ana lor- iritument lor the en- te of the northern lines the Klamath country. Hirt made It clear that uie tod disturbed financial con- L, In 1914 mopped the Hill from building southward Irani The Bout hern Pacific was In tni predicament as regurds ex t programs at that lime. "We did Intend to atop at Bend, aid. Opens New Market i mile ot the Klamath coun ara grade pine timber haa a the nilddleweal marketa, lirt told the board niemhora. filly all of It haa gono to ill for box shook material. t blub a grade to so for that e. Klamath ran get belter for It" timber In the mid-west, hive no criticism with the krn Pacific, Mr. Hurt oxplnin- trhey need all the present Ion- to take rare of their present Epmcnt program. Hut we can p enough tonnage for two di. The timber development limaik county will bo much If only one ay it em aerve a ranlty. Entry of our ayslom bnn lorger development and mllli. To Bring Own Traffic upset to bring In our own . Mr. Hart declared, and that tot hurt any railroad now In liroith field.. Sooner or later rtglon must have belter rail ' to the eaat than It now goln throtmh the Hacramonto enn- oi declared. Thia region la to get rail development aooncr l"r. and If we are allowed to development will follow. Southern Pacific have noth fcir becauae ot our coming. bey will benefit as well as In the Held. Will Develop More rou accept the propoaitlon that will never bo any more ton thin you now have, thoro la led tor annthor railroad," Hart conclusion. yon accept the propoaitlon Here la future possibility be- ht Is In slKht, we believe we ow thorn that there la need pother railroad." I'ltia hla argument, Mr. Hart out that the Klamath coun- lb largest in the weat wlth- allrond competition, unlesa It lh lower Willamette valloy, 'fom Eugene. next Fciloratod board meeting p two weok from yesterday, 'he Houthorn Pacific will pre- 'heir argumenla. Reed Bids Low On New Midland Market Project When Churlea Martin, sltllng ly himself In tho Klamath ruuniy court room, opened bids on the Midland murkol road yesterday, ho found that J. B. Iteed. of Klumulh Falls, had made the best offer. Due to the fact 'that Mr. Mnrlln was all by himself, thore was but llttlo he could do. No action waa taken on tho various bids. Mr. Reed's hid was $15,422.10. His closest competitor was tho firm of Bteliliius & Itocco. which LINES Cyclone Sweeps neeb maiSSSSZ ru:c r : rc e .miiw LiAckuuic vri ureal i Northern Civet Sincerer D j. rt vi a. Iclnrlt cuntyj late today, rredlCtlon Ut Klamath S, homos, barm, ralnerles an . Assured Future Sentiment of the Klamath country on new rail construc- aubmltted an offer of tlB.748.no. i tion is oinS to play just as im- Othor bidders on the projert wero Portant a part ana Will be JUSt li. K. vicory. i6,6i2.j5; and w.jas important a factor as the I). Miller construction company, I cold facta and figures regard 117.231. 66. ,jnK tonnage and other statis- n.,:.;r.t ,C:iy "":! when the fate of Klamath. Ilurrell Short, who are In Portland, i insofar as railroads, are con- win make it necessary to postpone cerned, is placed in the hands United Press) Seven persons were Injured and property -'damage estimated at more than $75,000 was caused when a cyclone swept through northern Farm and several threshing outfits were destroyed by the wind. ;" Five barns and homes were de molished in the vicinity of this city, while at leaat twelve barns and other farm buildings were twisted to the ground in the vicinity of Abbotaford. 5 the awarding of bids until Monday when the county court will meet. of the interstate commerce commission, starting October Grading on the Midland road wl!! ;n portland. This was the be started at once In order that) t of Ra, Budd( tho job may bo fin lulled before win-; . . . ., , XT ' r.HnUsHnt f ihn I -foil t "Vl- ter snows. !ly spring. It Is bo- I" -"-" " - tnern ranroaa, to tne niam- lleved, the road bed will he suf ficiently settled to nllo,w surfacing. Bids were also opened on the ath News last, night. Mr. Budd urges that Klamath peo- Harpold dam bridge project, a span pig through various organizations, to be constructed across Lost Ulver, muke their decisions now, and not west of Bonanza. let matters end with that. ana tnrim v y t-i v -w- SIAKISMUH Pick Of Navy's Aviation Forces Will Attempt Add ing New Laurels To Am erican List SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29. (United Press' Lumbering down the shallow waters of an inlet to San Francisco bay, The steeple, of st. BernardV,three huee monsters of the sea cnurcn at AODoisioru was torn away and considerable damage was done to the church. Automobiles i were scattered all along highways between here and Abbotaford, where the storm seemed to have centered. Several tourists ' JaWaii Wlllard TaJ'or, 517 Klamath avenue was rushed to the Klamath Valley hospital early this morning. following an auto crash on Sixth street at the Southern Pacific cross ing. . Taylor, an occupant ot a Ford coupe was Injured when the car craihed Into, the rear end of a Dodge touring car. According to meagre Information the two cars had been waiting at the tracks for a switch engine to pass. The Ford which was 'behind the Dodge attempted to pass the larger car immediately after the lomotlve had passed. Taylor was thrown headlong through the glass and was .badly cut up. The other occupants of the Ford and three occupants of endeavor a non-stop flight to I the Dodge were not injured. It and air will slowly climb into the ozone Monday afternoon and be off in the United States navy's latest ambitious aerial FAMILY OF EIGHT KILLED IN RAIL CROSSING CRASH Father, Driving Waits For One Train To Pass But Fails To See Passenger Bound Opposite Way Bids n this project were divided; Into throe units, one unit for con-J structlon of concrete a'bbutments or atnno abbiitments: the second for tho brige approaches, and tho third for the bridge Itself. SteliMns & Itocco wore tho low bidders for the concroto work. Their offer was $1,921). W. D. Miller bid $2.K20; J. A. Maddux. $,1,6U0 and II. K' Vicory. $4,600. The Porter Construction company bid $3,060. Although the low bidder for (ho atcno masonry for tho alibutmcnla. Julian Osa may lose tho Job be cause ho did not enclose a rorllfled check In the amount of five per cent of his bid. i Oss bid $1,732.60; Slebblns & Rocco.. $1,775. and J. A. ' Mad dox. 12.730. J. A. Maddox was tho luwost bid der for tho construction of ap proaches to the hrldgo. with an of fer of $2,079. If. F. Vicory' was but $21 hlghor with a bid' of $2,100. Slebblns & Itocco bid $2,374. Maddox was tho only bidder for the construction of the now bridge with an offer of $1,350 for tho building of a frame etructurc. pr Secretary Is About To Resign kSMINoTON, Aug. 29 (United President Coolldge Is on point of accepting the reslgno- Secretary nf War Weeks, and " a successor at onco. accord- V Informal circles here. rawing his In no- iilneu. Week's cl" forbade him to return to aetlvlty and his resignation -en In the nresldent'a hands 'reral Wepka the desire nf Mr rnnlhlce cabinet seat for Mr. Wll- n' Hlltler of MAnrhtlnttS. a of the tlntlnnnl n.,hllfnfl Plltt. ln case his friend Is de f " 'he polls, has delayed an- ,'M a new war department 1 11 Is nn,l...i .. ...j .., . Weeks la said to be will Man 52 Marries His Young Step-Daughter Because He Loves Her PLAINFIEI.D, N. J.. Aug. 29. (United Press) "I love her and she loves me. Thafs all there Is to It. None of that Cinderella' bunk about this affair." Thus August Laggron. B2-year-old manufacturer of Tlalnfleld, who re turned today from a honeymoon with hlB former adoptel daughter, now his bride, indlgnanl'y repudia ted suggestions that he wivs a mod ern "fairy godfather" after the man ner of Edward W. Browning. Laggren's bride, whom he mnrrled August 7, is a little 16-yonr-old Ital ian girl, Alice Amolia Veracco. I.ng gron and his first wlfo adopted the child, an orphan. In 1919. Tho first Mrs. Laggron died last Christmas. FARMLR BOY KILLS MARRIED TAXI MAN DUNCAN, Okla.. Aug. 29. fionrgo Pickett, 18-yoar-old farmer hoy, shot and killed Maxey Hcwrll, S5, taxi driver, on a crowded main street corner late today. Young Plckott refused to mnk.' a slntoment. Witnesses snld tho youth fired ' without warning. Sowell has a wife and two child ren. Relatives Of LaDieu Here To See Crater Mr. and Mrs. M. E. haDlou and Mr. and Mrs. Shields arrived here should appear personally with their arguments, or present them in writ ing to the commission. Without MlKrvprcscntiitlon "We have our enrds on the table, so to speak." Mr. Budd declared. "Wo have stated our desire to como Into the Klamath country in simple terms In our application to the com mission. Vo have played tho game squarely and stand our ground on Just what we have promised the peo ple of Klamath we will do, If we aro permitted to build here. Thore huvo been no' misrepresentations." And Mr. Budd In bis convolution talked with much sincerity. "I huve Just completed an Inspec tion of our routo down here from Bend. Truly, we are opening up a now roll territory by coming down hero on our own lino, rather than the common user with tho 8. P. from Odoll south. Of course, we aro forcod to parallel tho S. P. for a few miles ln coming from Bend to Skookum, because of tho Walker runga. But It Is hut for a few miles, and then we come down the Wil liamson and Sycan rivers Into a new territory, not penetrated by other roads." Impreswil With Kliuuatll- Mr. Budd Is greatly Impressed with the Klamath country. He re mained here last night that he might ride over the Green Springs moun tain to Ashland, and thereby make that sconlc drive In daylight. De void of flattery, Mr. Budd sincerely predicted an Industrial future tor the city ot Klamath Falls, providing all proposed rail extension programs are carried out, that would equal that of Spokane. "The future of Klamath Falls is assured," was tho way Mr. Budd put It. Mr. Budd did not wish to go on record as saying Klamath Falls would be the center of big railroad shops of the northern lines, at least not at the outset. "Klamath Falls will he the terminal. It will have a roundhouse and small shops upon completion of the Oregon Trunk to this city. Our expenditure In build Ing down here will be around $7, 500,000. But that doos not Include what Weyerhausor and Shevlln-Hix- on will bring to tho city." (It has (Continued on Pwro Two) wore reported - injured. Wire ser vice to the stricken area was In terrupted. Information was being brought here by courier. Although the list of injured Is expected to Increase, there have been no deaths reported. The storm entered at a point six miles south of this city and lasted about ten minutes. Farmers were Itti u'nrul anffurnn, Mnnv n.fimli. Theyl - ............. . I In the rural section are believed to have been Injured. BUT FND LITTLE It was a fairly peaceful moon light night last night with little moonshine. Prohl sleuths slipped up on the T Mrltfitojt' owned.. by; Ted , Lewis about 10 p. m. and got nothing. Undaunted they repeated- their attack an hour later and got nothing except 8 quarts. of gin 20 feet away from the Lewis property. No arrests were made there. Still undaunted tney kept an eaglo eye on the Black Pelican re sort owned l H. H. Ilhies. They did not enter. It was not ne :es aary. Ilines came outside and told a bottle 4r moon 1n the moonlight. The officers saw. That was en ough. ' Still undaunted they found J. H. Flemmlng. John Cameron and Pat Shankey having a little moon party in the moonlight on East Main street. To make matters more difficult they wore in a nice car. That was enough. Prohl officers retired early. Crack Train Hits Car; Two Are Dead last night for an extended visit with A. E. LaDieu, circulation man ager of the Klamath News. The two will visit the many scenic at . .i. nt the Klamath country. 0 r"rn to his desk temporJ Including Crater lake and will re- Hauger's Garage Will Test Lights With tho -new 'headlight law go Ing Into effect next Tuesday, thers will doubtless be a scramble on tho part of .mc-torlsts who wish" to play safo end. comply with the law from the start. For tho convenience of car own ers. II. K. Hanger of the Bulck nnd Str garage, hns Installed com jileto equipment for the testing and adjusting ot lights. While the necessary approval has not ynt been received, Mr. Hauger announces that the required au thority will In all probability be received Monday and that he will be ready to make Inspections on September 1. PITTSBURGH, Aug. 28. (Unit ed Press) Two persons were kill ed when the crack St. Louis to Pittsburgh train on the Pennsyl vania railroad crashed Into the car In which they were riding at Laurel Hill crossing, 17 miles west of Pittsburgh lnte today. The dead: Stanley Kutkowskl, 4 2, Laurol Hill and his niece, Mrs. Stella Eklowlcz. 22. 1 Kutkowskl was driving his niece to the station whore sho wan v to take, a train for Chicago when tho onrushlng train crashed into the car carrying it down the tracks, a distance of 50 yards. Lifting their bulk above the waters, the seaplanes, each as large as a fair sized bungalow, will move tnto triangle foramtion and head westward through the golden gate, cheered by thousands of San Fran ciscans, lining the bay shore. Hazardous Task - Fifteen daring young men, the pick of the navy's flying forces, will be at their positions in the planes. Intent upon the hazardous task of effecting a perfect getaway. Directing the course in the lead ing craft will be Commander John Rogers, ln command of the flight. Piloting the plane will be Lieut. B. J. Connell, second in command. To the rear and at one side ot the pace-setting machine will be one in charge of LleutantB A. P. Snoddy and Arthur Onvin. Their craft is, like the first, ot the PN-9 type, weighing almost 20.000 pounds when fully loaded with fuel, provisions ,. Ready For Action To the other side of Commander Rogers' flying boat will come the PB-1, with Lieut. Commander J. H. Strong and Lieut. Ralph E. Davison fn charge. It is even larger than the PN-9's weighing 24.000 with cargo. Tho twin craft flew this afternoon to the starting place in San Pablo bay, ready for the final test tomor row. The PB-1 will Join Its mates tomorrow,, and sometime In the af ternoon all three will lake the air In final trial flight, with crows aboard and carrying all tho weight with which they will start the long voyage to the islands. 1 Clustered around the two planes! at the starting point in San Pablo bay are gasoline launches and sup ply ships, with the mother ship, the U. S. S. Gannett, also standing by. 1 13 Miles An Hour As the aerial adventurers start westward Monday they will be trail ed by. two smaller PN-7 escort planes, which will cover tho first 200 miles, to the first guard ship, the destroyer William Jones. . The speed will range from about 108 land miles per hour, when the gasoline cargo Is heaviest, Increas ing to perhaps 116 miles near the end of the journey. was said, wrecked. The Ford was badly Tule Marsh Murder Nears a Solution OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 29. (United Press) Hope of solving the marsh murder mystery ot Mrs. Bessie Loren was strongly express ed tonight by officers in the case, surrounded by a maze of clews, which kept them gathering evidence ln many directions. Portions of the woman's chopped up body were found early ln the week ln tules of Contra Costra county and Iden tification followed. Science was summoned late to day when Dr. E O. Heinrlch, Ber keley criminologist, .was given arti cles it the- woman's clothing and fragments' of her acalp for labora- n invABtlnuttnn. on the clothing may not be mose of 'Mrs. Loren tout those of tho mur derer instead, prompted the scien tific examination under the microp scope. , James F. Hoey, assistant district attorney of. Contra Costa county, where the evidences of the murder were found, spent hours this after noon again going over the scene, seeking additional clews. Two hundred boy scouts ot Rich mond and Berkeley were called on to aid In the hunt. LODGE POLE, Neb., Aug. ' 29. (United Press) Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Nein and their, six children, ranging in age from six months to 13 years,- were instantly killed here tonight, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by an eastbound Union Pacific passenger train. The family left home at Mitchell, Neb., today to drive to Sedgewick, Colo., where they planned to visit relatives. Nein, who was driving, had stop ped bis car at a grade crossing on the outskirts ot Lodge Pole, to per mit a westbound freight train to pass. He drove his car onto the tracks ln front of the passenger train, which was approaching on an other track, and apparently- was not seen by him. . The Dodge touring car, in which the family was riding, was thrown nearly 150 feet. Nein's body caught -on the pilot of the train , and was carried more than one-half mile. Mr. and Mrs. Nein and their four sons and two daughters were killed almost instantly, so terrific was the crash. The speed of the passenger , train was estimated at SO miles an hour. ';;.'.'.' - t !.. v t -r - , - t"'-i ' aHoT'Anuber ' Becomes Just A Newsy DISASTROUS FOREST FIRE SWEEPS MICH LEAVES $150,000 TO TRAIN POOL 'SHARKS' I.ONGMONT. Colo.. Aug. 29. A gift of $150,000 to this city and a suggestion that it -be used for the erection of a gymnasium where boys can be trained to become billiard sharks and prise llgnt- ., will era was reveaieu wueu ini ot Fred O. SIgley. was filed for nrobate at Boulder, Colo., .today. Slglyo was a wealthy bachelor and lived on mont. He spent much of his time attending- sporting events and playing pool.- v SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29. (United Press) ;WHh the editor and puh lisher as newsie, the . first issue of San Diego's new morning daily went to press here tonight. Frank Schroeder, who sold papers on. the streets here 20 years ago,- took the first hundred papers trc-m the press and lead the gang ot boys who called San Diego Morning Inde pendent for the first time.' ' John L. Bacon, mayor of the city was editor ln chief for the day. Airplanes will this morning deliver the paper to more than 20 ot the back-country towns. Tom Word And Dillard " Elkins Mentioned For... Salem Pen Wardenship Milton Sills' Wife Is Asking Divorce LOS A N'C ELKS, Aug. 29. (United Press) Milton Sills, mo tion picture actor, was sued for divorce by his wife, Gladys E. Sills, here late today. The portrayer of many romantic screen roles wns charged with doseratlnn. ( Tho couplo were married May 211, 1910, In London and separated, ac cording to the complaint August 11, 1924. Thoy have a daughter, Dorothy, aged 14. Rumors of the marital break up have been denied by both Sills and his wife and the filing of the com plaint was surprise to friends. The actor Is In New York . SAULT ST IS MARIE, Mich., Aug. 29. (United Press) An Immense fire that has moved four miles dur ing the past 24 hours. Is threatening to attack valuable timber property, west of Kinrose unless rain falls within the 24 hours, Fire Warden Charles MacKcnzie, In chargo, re ported today. - Families living in tho path of the on-coming flames have mode prep arations to move. Hollywood Mourns Its Loss Of Mrs. Roberts SALEM, Ore.. Aug. 29. (Unit ed Press) Tom Word, former farm near Long-j sheriff ot Multnomah county and until recently an Investigator for the United States department ot Justice, Is considering the proffered appointment to 'become warden of tho Oregon state penitentiary. Another possibility In the execu tive mind, It is said, is Dillard Elk ins, a member of the state indus trial accident commission. Elkins it Is understood, does not warm to the suggestion and under no con sideration would accept the respon sibility as a pormanont appointment. Tries To Save Chicken; Instantly Electrocuted HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 29. (Unit ed Press) AH Hollywood tonight mourned the passing of Mrs. Flor ence Smythe Roberts, 47, famous for years on stage and screen. Mrs. Roberts was the wlfo of Theodore Roberts, dean ot film stars. The noted character actor was at her bedside when death came suddenly from heart disease this morning. , His own health has been at low ebb since his collapse at Pittsburgh two years ago, and It was feared the shock might add complications i,i hi" convalescence GOLDEN, Colo., Aug. 29. Pick ing up a chicken that had been kill ed by current from a high voltage wire, Mrs. Mary Mason, of Chicago, ;as electrocuted nere late loony. Lightning struck a high voltage power line, breaking the cable, and throwing It across a barbed wire fence. Tho current traveled down the fence 150 yards and killed the chicken, which was sitting on the fence. ' Seeing the plight of the chicken, Mrs. Mason picked It up. The cur rent shot through her. killing her instantly. Hearing her screams, three prise bull dogs rushed out to Mrs. Meson and wore also elec trocuted. JAIL BIRDS IN DAY; 2 Bandits Fatally Wound Grocer Clerk SEATTLE, Aug. 29. (United Press) Two bandits shot and prob- ably fatally wounded Ellsworth Pick ering, 20 yenrs old, In a hold-up of the Grange Mercantile company's , storo at Issnquah, 26 miles from Seattle at 7 o'clock this evening. ' Eight other men and a woman. In the store were held up. P. W. RUM RUNNERS NIGHTS; Knoernschlld, manager, was struck In the head by one or tne roooers. TAMPA, Fla.. Aug. 29. An In vestlgatton of reports that several The bandits obtained $700 from tho cash reglutor. $60 from the man- prisoners In Jails of Dade county I agor and about 160 from tne others, were confined only during the day, and allowed to becomo rum runners at night, has been under way sev eral days, it was revealed here today by Judge W. M. Gdber, United Statoa district attorney for this district. No reason for the shooting ot Pickering could be given, as he was kneeling in the room with tho other victims, when one of the bandits suddenly shot him. Pickering Is in a Seattle hospital In n dying condition. turn In Ouklnnu next wees.