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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1925.
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THE KLAMATH NEWS
ERCE B00Y,Broker Charged
q AT Tin WW Police With
AIL PROBE
of Commerce Holds
Move Pending Out-
bf Portland Confab
Being Yeggman
Complete Set Of Burglar's
Tool Reported Found
With Prisoner
ENT IS DIVIDED
Unlive Gathering of
jompiled and Turned
District Resources
kn will bo taken by the
br or cominorco on we
,,f Us railroad committee
roctora yesterday aftor-
ricclarliig that after aov-
of Intensive InveHllga-
llhorutlon they believed
plo tonnage to permit
rlhern lines and South'
to build all their pro
tons. In other words
d that If Klamath Fall
by the position of one of
piirtnnt rail centers una
points on tho 1'nclflc
railroads must come In.
I'd, however, thul nhoiilil
in commerce commission
fflclent tonniiKe for both
ho H. 1. program bo enr-
d the Oregon Trunk be
Li In the chamber appcurs
evenly divided between
bud. Looking Into tne
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. "23.
Charged with being a member of a
notorious Pacific coatit sufo-cracktng
gang, Isadora Edelsteln, who claims
he Is a broker, was arrested here
Tuesday after his arrival from Los
Angeles.
Kdelsteln Is wanted In Spoknnn,
Wash., for robberies which total
$25,000, police said. Officers an
nounced that a complete set of safe
cracking tools was found In his pos
AIR DEPARTMENT
OFFICIAL POLICY
Inquiry Board Finds Officers
of Army and Navy Not in
Strict Accord '
UNITY APPEARS LACKING
MASKED BANDITS
FOILED BY CLERK
Grand Hotel Employee Opens
Fire When Bandit's Gun
Sticks on Draw
Mitchell's Name Is Studiously
Avoided By High Navy Head
During Hearing
MALE STUDENT'S
STUDY IMPAIREDP
I.IHKHTV, Mo.. Sept. 22. With
the Issuance of annuul senior de
cree, governing the conduct- of the
freshman class of William Jewell
college here, women of the three
upper classes 'are willing to admit
that the men are strategists of the
highest order. The iiHImntum de
livered TueHtlay to the trembling
newcomers to tlio schuqj read. In
part:
"The girls of the freshman class
shall wear I heir stockings In such
manner that the nrtlculntlon between
older and moro active; the femur and tibia. In which the
If the organisation wish patella shares shall be protected
i chamber of commerce In
tit should be kept, that
that has the co-opera-"
yone. Inasmuch as sen-
bout equnlly divided, and
are to be gnlned from
the committee resolution
probability Ho, dormant
the rail hearing, which
lier S, In Portland.
irt of the committee, to-
I he resolution follows:
from tile vicissitudes of the weather
and the Inconsistency of the winds,
so that the male students of this
campus may keep their mlnda on
their lessons."
Ily this regulation, the august, but
artful dlctutors, have, created a con
dition under which no co-ed of the
sophomore, Junior or senior clusses
dares venliro forth without rolled
hose, for four she may be mistaken
for a freshman.
WINS MILLION
CHICAGO Sept. 22. "Hickory
TIAJUANA, MECCA OF SPORTING LIFE
NOW MASS OF SOGGY, SMOKING RUINS
Disastrous Fire Razes Tinder Box Halls and Gambling Dens,
Doing Damage Estimated at $1,000,000; Half-Clad Women
Flee in Terror from "Hells" to Streets
KELLOGG ASKS FOR
LIGHT ON STATUS
OF YANKEE FLYERS
ommlttee appointed to
transportation needs of
htnty. and being requested , gm" t,e ,yBp shooting book mak-
ack to you the result ot- cican, np a million at Hawthorne
herewith submits tor k A . himself kidnaped.
BiTatlon tacts ana recoro-i
relative to further roll-
action In Klamath county.
Ilitee has held numerous
at which time transporte
rs nf feeling this district
cnrofully discussed. Con
nive also been held with
Ing parties: Oregon pub-
commlsslon officials; nor-
officials: and Boulhern
lenls: for the purpose of
Ihelr views. Furthermore,
illectlvely and Individually
lata from Klamath agri
terests, lumber interests.
"graphic Location
Hi county, with Klamath
rounty seat, la located In
no southern part of the
)rogon. with an average
f about 4,000 feet. It Is
with an area of approxl
(0 square miles, with large
sources. The resources of
rt embrace the following:
Hcly 30,000.000,000 feet
Imbor; fertile, productive
th about 140,000 acros
VUtlon; an ample supply of
wator; excellent wator
h protect the supply of
domestic uses; numerous
fcs; and a scenic outdoors
which cannot be com
nny on the Pacific slope.
h Falls is a clly, estlma-
By of this year, to have a
of 10.000 people. wo
nth Falls has enjoyed a
npproxlmatoly 2,000 peo
llie last twelve months.
ally this city Is destined.
to become a largo joo-
having as its field the
communities: Hend and
county. Lakevlew and
nty. Alturns, California,
IiiiuhI on Thro Two)
WASHINGTON, Sopt. 22. (Unit,
ed News) Friction over the gov
ernment's air policies already re
vealed before the president's air
craft Inquiry board as existing be
tween army and navy, was shown
; to extend to administration officers
of the navy proper and Its air ser-
ice In furlter testimony Tuesday.
Evidence . of this lack of unity
i was given, by Rear Admiral Wil
liam S. Moffett, chief of the aero
nautics bureau and came as a dis
tinct surprise In view of his recent
unmerciful attack on Col. William
Mitchell of the army air service,
Instigator of charges that brought
the Inquiry.
Mnffett, though agreeing with
navy officials In the main on their
contentions that the naval air ser
vice must remain an integral part
of tho navy, substantluU at least
one of Mitchell's criticisms.
It was nuvy day before the
board. Secretary Wilbur and the
highest officials ot the sea branch
of defense rose solidly to defend
tho navy's air policies and each In
turn flatly opposed Mitchell's idea
of a unified air service.
A hint that Intervention at this
time either by the newly created
air service Inquiry board or. by
congress would be most unwel
come and would only Berve to fur
ther demoralize the aircraft situa
tion wns seen In a statement by
Admiral K. W. Eberle, chief ot
naval operations.
"We are going to have this thing-
solved and It will be solved wltntn
the department," he declared, em
(ContlnuiMl on Page Two) -
ROSEBURG, Ore., Sept. 22.
(United News) :Masked Tobbers
fulled In an attempt to hold up
the night clerk at the Grand hotel
here early Tuesday morning. The
Intruders made a hurried escape
in a coupe, when W. J. Thompson,
the clerk,' fired a shct through
the glass enclosed cage. '
Thompson said he was com
pleting his house check about 4:30
m.. when two men entered tne
lobby and asked for a room. Thomp.
son said he saw a revolver, but
the hammer caught In the would
be robber's pocket for an Instant.
Thompson then seized his own gun
and fired through the glass. Pol
ice made an unsuccessful attempt
to locate the two men after they
had left the hotel.
MITCHELL TURNSlSavants Arrest MOTHER OF LOST
OFFER TO
STOP AIR FIGHT
Colonel Leaves Tex. for Capital
in Answer to Chief's Orders
to Appear Before Board
MILITANT CHIEF
Trail of Dread
"White Plague"
Scientists Given Credit For
Staying Progress Of
Destroyer Germ
STORMY PETREL IS FIRM
Telegram from "Friend" Said
to Have Offered Honors for
Letting Charges Slide
TIAJUANA, Mex., Seat. 22. A
damp, soggy mass of ruins, faltering
In the breeie, Is all that remains of
the busiest portion of v"hell on
earth," the vice dens and gambling
dives ot Tlajuana.
. . -I a riiBirniis-fire Tuesday swept
WASHINGTON. Sep - no , o
status of American " ' "',,,. ,, , twD hours" time, at
a loss estimated at $1,000,000.
The fire first started in the kit
chen of the Vernon club a dance
hall which prided Itself on having
the best hula hula dancers, gin and
whUkey and gambling games in
America.
Its scorching tongue drove the
Chlneso cooks scampering to the
1th the French against tne nu-
flans In Morocco has been put up
to Attorney Geueral Sargont by
Secretary of State Kellogg.
The attorney genoral Tuesday
night declined to comment on Kel
logg's action except to say that It
had not yet been officially brought
to his attention.
Socrotary Kellogg's action was
taken In tho face of reports that the
American aviators Intended to re
main with the French forces until
the campaign ends. .
KLAMATH EDUCATOR
HEADS "BIG SISTER"
, COLLEGE MOVEMENT
UNIVERSITY OK ORBGON. Eitg-
n- unni 22. Kathryn Ul-
rich, of Klamoth Falls,
Tuesday
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 22 (Unit
ed News) John J. McNamara, Dyn
amic labor leader and arch-conspirator,
was facing a sentence of
from one to five years on ine iuui
nnn mnte nenal farm, following con
viction Tuesday on a charge of black-
mall In connection with a local labor
war.
The militant labor revolutionary
who recently completed a sentence
in San Quentln penitentiary for com
plicity In the plot which wrecnea
the Los Angeles Times building in
October, 1911, was charged with ter
rorizing workmen on the Elks" club
building in an effort to obtain the
work of Installing a boiler for the
structural iron workers union, for
which ho la business agent.
Attorneys for thej guilty man an
nounced at once tliat an . appeal
would bo taken, to the supreme
court, and McNamara's bond was al
lowed to.stund.
The world has practically forgot
ten the man whose diabolical plans
for the strengthening of trade union
ism halted at nothing short of blow
ing up the Times building. In which
19 persons were killed. McNamara's
brother, Jim and '"Big Bill" Hay
wood held the attention of the en
tire continent, while Clarance Dar
row, famous criminal attorney,
fought a long and costly battle In
their behalf.
Darrow's clever tastics and wily
tongue, however, failed to save the
trio from the condemnation ot a
Jury.
In his present trial, which lasted
eight days, the convicted man stub
bornly maintained that he had been
framed. The same defense waa used
in the Los Angeles trial, hut In both
cases the weight of evidence was
strongly against him.
TRAlDYllnS
ILLINOIS ALIEN
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 22.
(United News) Col. William Mit
chell, whose bitter denunciation of
the war and navy departments for
their conduct of aviation resulted in
an investigation of the country's air
craft protection, is speeding across
Texas in a powerful motor car, en
route to Washington, where he will
testify before the inquiry board
Monday.
Accompanied by Harry Short, civ
ilian aircraft inspector, attached to
his personal staff, Mitchell, who
Monday was relieved from further
staff duty as air officer if the eighth
corps area, departed late Tuesday
afternoon for the capital.
The Journey will be made by way
of Dallas, St. Louis, Indianapolis
and Dayton. At St. Louis, Mrs.
Mitchell and baby daughter will Join
the colonel, she having been noti
fied of his sudden departure after
she had left Detroit,- Mich., for San
Antonio.
The summons calling Mitchell to
Washington, also orders him to re
turn to his proper station, Fort Sam
Houston, upon completion of "this
temporary duty."
Characteristic energy marked the
colonel's preparations for his de
parture. Immediately upon receipt
of this order he started to put his
office In. shape tor-hi absence, sod
within a few hours was speeding
over the highways toward , Wash-,
fngton.
Prior to leaving. Col. Mitchell
made public a telegram in answer
to one received from a Washington
acquaintance, in which was inti
mated there were powers reifdy to
endow him with honors if he would
(Continued on Page Seven)
CHICAGO, Sept. 22. The growth
of tuberculosis germs, watched
through may, months of Investiga
tion by two university of Chicago
savants, has aided materially in ar
resting the spread of the "white
plague" In the opinion of scien
tists who have checked up on the
experiments. '
To Dr. Alexander A. Maxlmow
and Dr. F. J. Lang, of the ana
tomical department of the univer
sity go the credit ot developing this
great forward step in the treat
ment of one of the moat davnstating
diseases known to mankind. The
main discovery of the experimenters
Is the fact that tuberculbsls cells
have a growth from two sources
the histiocytes, or cells of lung tis
sue, and the white corpuscles of the
blood.
HUNTER HOPEFUL
SON STILL LIVES
Posses, Rangers, Tourists and
Friends Continue to Rake
Mountain Ranges '
TRAGEDY THEORY GAINS
Fear Missing Man Is Hurt
and Needing Help Renders
Searchers Reckless
TRAIN DERAILED
BY SMALL BOYS
MIAMI.1 Ariz., Sept. 22. (United
News) A group of small boys,
none over nine years, were held
responsible tor the near derailment
of a passenger train on a trestle
near here Tuesday.
A pile ot rocks had been placed
on the trestle by the boys, accord
ing to a railroad worker. The
front trucks of the train were
thrown off the track as it struck
the rocks.
A serious accident was averted
when the engineer checked the
.speed hHVtrlu --rJv J
Parents have been asked to pun
ish the" lads.
WASHINGTON,' Sept. 22.
(United News) Grim tragedy
stalks beside John C. Schedel, al-
nnrrow streets, swept the dance hall leged Chicago communist In his at-
whore the dancers charge a big fee
in exchange for a short minute of
dancing with drink-sodden' men.
Half clad, these women fled panic
stricken, and screaming along tne
unswept, dirty streets of "hell" and
Joined an excited throng ot rival
dancers In a comaraderie of fear.
The Log Cofcln saloon, adjoining
the Vernon club, next caught fire.
The first alarm and fright had partly
subsided by this time, Gendarmes,
whiskered Mexicans, and some wo
men, rallied and pointed tiny
was appointed general cn i Btreamg of flnd from fire extln-
the big sisier iim.cmo...
freshmen women entering the uni
versity by Instructing them In col
lege llfo.
mix Ulrlch wns appoint
ed by Anna Hewitt of Portlnnd.
president of the women ienn.
!s THE MATTER. YOU ALL ACT
fi innv?" ASKS LITTLE GIRL WHO IS
NAWARE THAT LEG IS NOW AMPUTATED
" Intra IllOtll flWnV
S CITY, Mo., Sept. 22.- nurse c . . - -
v...- o.i.- t,,.lv lioinre i""J ........ -
"OWBJ -Ollllllllft u.
pr pnln, six-year-old Ellen
loted her little friends
nd chatted gaily of the
she would be well and
flth them again.
IPed and nervous her
grouped around the
Wltal bed muttered lnco-
bvll- a- i . fliinr-
nlready Ill-concealed tears.
"Whnt's the matter with every
body; you all act so so funny.
Or Is tt a secret," Ellen asked del-
gulshors at the blase,
Bartenders, roused from sleep,
hrought buckets of beer and poured
that potent liquid on the flames, be
cause It was handler tnan water.
An antiquated hand-powered fire
wagon worked through the teeming
maze of men and women In the
streets, hooked onto a hydrant and
Dumped a weak, futllo stream of
water against the burning buildings
THOOI'H TO LKAVK COLOG.NR.
DELICATE QUESTION RAI8EO
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. The
rigid ban against alien communists
in the United Stated has raised a
delicate question regarding Russian
soviet commercial agents avowed
communists doing business in U. S.
CRAZED FIREMAN BEATS WOMAN . THEN
STUFFS HER BODY IN ROARING FURNACE
Roumanian Confesses to Police He Drank Liquor Provided By
Victim Then, Believing She Had Poisoned Him, Beat Her
to Death With Bottle of Own Liquid '
NEW YORK, Sept. 22. (United
News) The kind of liquor produced
by prohibition is blamed for one of
the most cruel and sordd murders
that New York has known for some
time. It was with a bottle contain
ing this stuff that George Semenuk.
a powerful Roumanian fireman and
watchman, beat Mrs. Sophie Poleskl
about the head before he crammed
her Into the roaring furnace, where
she died.
Mrs. Poleskl, an attractive little
blonde. 28 years old, produced the
"wine" with which the couple cele
brated early Tuesday morning, and
they drank a quantity of it. The
police theory is that the home-made
product was so bad that Semenuk
FATE OF DIRIGIBLES
RESTS ON RESULT OF
SHENANDOAH INQUIRY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. (Unit
ed News) Upcn the outcome of
the Shenandoah crash investigation
will depend whether the navy will
build another dirigible to replace Its
ill-fated airship.
This was intimated Tuesday at
the White House. President Cool
Id ge still expect the navy to re
place the craft although plans are
being held up pending the outcome
of the crash lnqt'try.
inmnts to escape re-deportatlon.
Flv vears of unsuccessful ei-
fort to rejoin his Amerlean-born
family wa, disclosed Tuesday own.e jTto poison him, and that he I P' ' the fabric envelope now
- - - . bin- 1.. ,
A search that was begun at dawn
yesterday and ended when darkness .
made it dangerous to search the
rough and rocky cliff country and
the deep cooled lava pockets ot
Huckleberry mountain revealed no
trace of Martin Owensby, Merrill
rancher, , who has been missing a
week today from his little sum
mer cabin, 12 miles from the Anns
springs ranger station.
Starting at the point where
Owensby's horse was found In the
Squaw Flat section, two little
groups of searchers traveled in op
posite directions, deploying at a dis
tance where shouting could be
audible to the man on either side
of him. In one group was a party
ot Klamath Indians who had vol
unteered to help the mother ot
Owensby In the search for her son.
In the other party were six - ot
Owensby's . friends from Merrill,
headed by D. T. Hahn, who were
outfitted at the expense ot the
county Court to find him, dead or
alive. -
That he is somewhere In the
Huckleberry mountain country is
practically certain. -; . :
According to rangers at the Anns
spring station the Merrill party
passed the station about eupper
time. They werejjfladeg for Owens-,.
by's cabin,, 12 miles northwest, to ,
bring back a discouraging, tale to
Mrs. Owensby. .' -
As the party . were talking, a
tourist, whose name was not learn
ed, but whose car had a New York
license plate, heard the conversa
tion. He went -with the party to
aid in the searching.
Mounted rangers, -In addition to
patrolling their fire beats are aid
ing in the search.
That Owensby has sustained In
juries through a fall and is lying :
out in the cold; without food and
shelter, unable , to move is the
theory ot the searchers. Owensby la
past the prime ot life. He is In
the tittles. His mother says he
has been suffering severely ot. late
with rheumatism. Whether he can
stand the rigorous mountain nights
and survive is doubtful to some. If
he was unhurt, and simply lost In
the misleading trails or the thick
timber, those familiar with the
Huckleberry mountain country de
clare, while it is entirely possible
for a man who even knows the lay
ot the land as well as Owensby
might be lost for several days. But
a week will have elapsed at 8
o'clock tonight sines the missing
man was last seen.
Today the searchers will search
higher up the mountain in the ba
llet that he may hare been Injur-'
ed farther away from camp than
was at first suspected. However,
The president is said to be inter'
ested in. proposal aubmltted by a combed th coun.
thought he had been poisoned. Bern- commercial company of Detroit call ' fry WorgMy for s0 miles on .11
enuk told them that Mrs. Poleskl " , J", ' , " sides of the spot where tne norse
found, with owensoyi ruie
case was made to Secretary of La
bor Davis by the Chicago labor de
fense council,
Schedel was deported in ' 1920
by order of then Attorney General
Palmer for alleged connection with
the communist party. He left
I In use on the Los Angeles and used
killed her for that.
After being arraigned In homicide
court Tuesday afternoon and held
without bail, "for further Investiga
tion" until September 29, Semenuk NEW YORK, Sept. 22. (United
without omitting a detail of the I News) Editors ot the four lead-
Ion the Shenandoah.
1
EIIITOH8 SEEK ADVICE
firly secured to tne saaaie
horn on the horse. Owensby car
ried his rifle when last seen.
JOURNET TO SING
ON RADIO K. G. O.
ghastly crime, confessed it all to the ling newspapers In Port Au Prince,
. . a iu tfatriir unnrnev innmrm ni i-iniii navH hhk(i oeciv
child died. Several attempts to re- The story was somewhat compll- tnry ot State Fr-nk B. Kellogg to Muriel Journe t great Vic to, rsd
turn were unsuccessful .until last cated by a mysterious attack on state his attitude on the question 'seal record artist, will ' tonlglU
Octoberrwhen he returned and ! John Po.eskl, the woman's husband, of permitting legislative election. Uie grea KO rf o concert g
secretely Joined hi. family. It l.l.s he s.epL .ome time before , , ho In ,thscou,ry accord .. Th I. , d tetor
..lotmoH ho fnund his wife had Deen : muraer. ine ponce mui.i.ii nuiu-oau.u -r ... . -- ..:..
two years in on Insane asylum butjPbleski as a witness, and they un-, society.
had gathered the children togeiner ,aBriuu
again and was doing her best V tually turned over his wife to her
support thein.
permitted to hrondcaat.
Schedel was ar
rested the first day of his -return.
Since then his case has been on
appeal.
BERLIN, Sept. 22. (United
N0WB) Cologne will e evacuated
by allied troops not' later than
mid-November, according to a re
port from that city which says that
Pronch Itrltlsh . and Belgian
IS"W' her playmates choked- foreign minister, have agreed upon
Yes. her pinymuns matter. The foreign ministers
A ww truck ran over Ellen I now are said .to be consider ins
a L nlthoiikh she doesn't removal of the seat of the Rhlne
ktowayi..alrirt.,h:nrone land comm,M,n from Coblen. to
JOHN II. CAItKIN TO
ADDKKSS KOKl'M TODAY
At the forum luncheon today
at 12:16, Hon. John II. Carkln.
of Medford. will speak on ' the
Southern Oregon Normal School.
Mr. Carkln Is one of the most
prominent attorneys In southern
Oregon and an alble speaker.
Galloway's orchestra will tur
nlsh' music for the luncheon today.
murderer on discovering she did not
love him
E..GrARI SENTENCED
TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 22. Henry
P. Welch, former guard at Folsom
prlaon, smiled brf-adly Tuesday when
he was sentenced to serve 10 years
In the federal penitentiary and pay
a fine ot $1,000.
"That's a good one on the
Judge." Welch laughed as he left
the court room. "I haven't got a
lfl.000."
Welch pleaded guilty to possei-
KLAMATH FALLS HUNTERS BRING DOWN
FINE BUCKS AS BULLETS FROM TWO GUNS
' EACH FIND FATAL MARK, HONORS 50-50
' True to their threat that they deer and so both claim the honors
would not return to "civilisation
without bagging at least two mule
tall bucks, Martin Adams and Carr
Dalton returned to Klamath Falls
Inst night with an eight point and
(Ive point to their credl'.
Who brought down the tw.i
bucks Is the mystery between the
two as both aimed, shot and found
that their bullets had found a
slon ot oi.nterfeltlng parphenmli.i. death mark. Either bullet would
of the season.
Tho banting w, done nonr Med
icine lake and a No In the Steel
Swamp country.
According - to Adams and Dalton
a party ot California residents,
eight in number are camped In the
Medicine lake country and on Bun
day afternoon had 10 big mule tall
bucks to their credit. Ths -party
were anticipating the limit before
pulling up stakes and calling It a
'which was found In (he prison.
have resulted In the death of the day.
H"'s lu nr ennui m"
Pslted anxiously ' for the ( leg.
S3PS