The Klamath news., September 27, 1925, Image 1

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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1925
V Application To Be Up
I, Followed By Hill
Line Petition
f Witnesses Rounded
r Legal Batteries for
onflicting Lines
ROBLEMS OFFERED
Land. sept. 20 Lines of
a Oregon's greatest railroad
y over control or Central
bid the rich Klamath basin
b definitely drawn prepara-
11 Interstate commerce com
raring beginning here Oct-
ot witnesses have been
up by the lennl batteries
uphold the dealro of the
Parlflc and Croat Northern
to Invade tho Klamath
jrltory or back the Southern
11m offort to retain com
nl of the section.
Mivns of tho attorneyn who
kscnl tho powerful railroad
Inns at the hearing. It wan
Saturday that moro thnn
pi'MHi'H will lie broiiKht bo
commlsslon and that prob-
weeks will lie devoted tu
Be teHtlniony
Wlinfflr Kliuil Count
prlng Involving applications
I ruction of railroads pro
cnst In excess of 130.000.
be held before the Inter
imerce commission's most
Iguro, Charles I). Mahaffle,
of finance, and a former
attorney,
lo Is the most Influential
llroad economics, since he
il court for approval of all
Inancing and construction
oreover, as a previous at
A resident of Portland, he
hly familiar with the ter
questlon, and admirably
bundle the task of untang
rn II road claims.
Kivo Applications
k Into tips one hearing are
Rations, any one of which
I would occupy the major
of the business and econ
f of the state,
the commission must decide
le Oregon. California A Bust
tad (Strahorn) line, will be
JJ to extend Its rails from
i Falls east to Lnkevlew,
I Oliver luke, and northeast
Williamson river,
the commission will tackle
meat of the hearing. In the
Df the Oregon Trunk rall
ined jointly by the Northern
ind Great Northern, to ex
Di Bend to Klamath Falls
Ipragtie river.
H. I. Klllng Next
in order by date of filing,
le applications of the South-
tic to obtain control of the
line and the Nevada, Call-
!fc Oregon line extending
d to Lakevlew. The N. C.
btrol question also will In-
le broad gauging of that
the Southern Pacific will
Justify extension of a line
t from Klamath Falls to
Calif., a distance of forty
Id Pressman Is
ainfully Injured
R. A. Winthrop Taken Into
Custody By Officers On
Eve Of Marriage
STATE WIDE B0DYFin Heads
IQ nDirrmc nrTake Debt Task
ORE' CONGRESS
Price Five Cento
iFor Adjustment
PASADENA. Cal.. Sept. 20 Ilo-
bert A. Winthrop. 30, formerly of
Mend, Oregon, was arretted here
tonight on llio eve of his marriage
to Lillian Grundy, wealthy I'aKodena
society girl, on charges of grand
larceny and obtaining money under
fulso pretenses.
Winthrop was taken Into custody
on trlegrnphlc Instructions from the
Oregon city.
He denied tho accusntlnn:i claim
ing they were Instigated by a rival
for the affections of his flnnnco.
Harry W. Gard Here to Seek
Co-operation of Klamath
Falls Delegation
MEMBERSHIP IS GAINING
Business Men and Farmers
Hold Fate of Land in
Hollow of Hands
HOPE WANES FOR
NKW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 28
Faint sounds were detected within
the hull of tho sunken submarine
S-61 off. Illork Inland at 9:30 a. in.,
today not long after the hulk was
located, according to reports brought
into Now London I on Ik lit by the
HUhmurino 8-1.
Since that lime, 'however, there
Working to further plans for ef
fecting a state-wide, unified orga
nization, with the ultimate objective
of 1-rlngln.g Oregon on a par with
other western stales In agriculture
water development, Harry W. Gard,
jiici-iui iKiirvneuiaiive oi me Ore
gon Irrigation Congress, Is in
Klamath Falls district seeking co
operation of business men and
farmers In furthering alma of the
congress.
Representative Gard says that
where no the state congress
Imams of about 3.000 members,
thcro Is a total of approximately
in, 000 who should be counted on
to Join In assisting state irrigation
development. He Is now entour se
curing new memberships and sup
port for carrying out work of the
congress. During his trip, he says,
has been nothing heard and the men ' " " '
, ihe has already gnlned 1,500 new
on the S-l believed there was pract- '
Dervan, pressman on the
rly this morning while op
!the press that was printing
Iniath Hun, Dorvan's right
fhlle ho was attempting to
a piece of wnsto paper In
Irs, became entangled. For-.
an assistant was standing
I control lover, and hearing
I cry ho Immediately slopped
s. Otherwise Dervnn may
It death.
In was rushed lo the Klnm
cy hftxpltal, where early this
I Dr. Tntax declared he
t save the hand. The hand,
f, was badly crushed. The
I work of his follow worker
Ipped the press, and the ns-
of the Evening Herald edl-
aff prevented a fatality.
Youth Filially Unit
, Wash.. Soot. 28 Harold
19, was fatally Injured this
)i when he fell to the ground
it while working on the new
the Long-Doll lumber com-
Irnlly no chance tho S-l would yield
any survivors.
('. W. Ilailey. seaman on tho S-l.
said the Bounds were heard through
the sounding instruments. He des
cribed them as a "faint shrieking"
noiso hut suld they were not like
men shrieking but more like men
hammering Inside the hull.
Ilnlloy's statement was confirmed
by tjie officers of the day.
secure
large delegation from til la section.
Convention Approaching
One of the reasons for speeding
up this work, Mr. Gard says, is
owing to the convention of the Ir
rigation congress which Is to meet
at Grants Pass October 5, 6 and 7.
It is he lied this meeting will be
the greutest ever held In the state.
'It. working for a Mats wide
The S-l reported thai -the diver j unified organlsatlo.n" aald Mr. Gard
who made a survey of the sunken
boat snld his repented efforts
brought forth no signs of life.
Hope for rescue of the men and
officers of the submarine under 130
foet of water offer Illock Island,
near Newport, H. I., had practically
vanished tonight as Ihe three sur
vivors told the story of their own
rescue. t
The rescued men: Alfred Gler
of New Hertford, Mass.; Dewey Kile.
of Peorln, Miss., and Michael S. Lira,
of St. Louis, Mo. were brought to
the port of Boston late this after
noon by the City of Home which
rammed the S-61 late last night.
The 8-51 was virtually rut in half
by the Impact of the collision, ac
cording to eye witnesses. The three
men said they were almost sure that
Commander ft. H. Dobson and sever
al others had drowned before Uielr
eyes. None of the rescued men were
able to give an exact account of the
disaster. They agreed that their
rescue was nothing short of a mlr
calo. Nevertheless, feverish work Is be
ing continued by the salvage crews
and submarines over the spot where
the 8-61 has been located In 130
feet of water.
. Naval authorities, however, have
not given up hope of finding the
men alive. They are of the opinion
that the submarine was not entirely
crushed In the crash and contend
that If all the compartments are not
staved In there la still chance of
finding tho men alive.
Six submarines, two cruisers nnd
the flagship Camden, are on the
spot working under orders from Ad
miral II. II. Christie. Other sal
vage ships and equipment are be
ing sent out to the scene from At
lantic porta.
yesterday. "We are hoping to do
for this state what our sister states
have accomplished through a slml'
lar organization."
In time agriculture will be look
ed to for the chief support of east-
(rontliiuctl on Pago Two)
CaiJLtuc And Mellon Pore
Over Intricate Job Of
War Obligation
R-WrMontagueiKIJlMATH FALLS
TELLS FATHER 0C"V SHELD THREATENED
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 26. An
drew Mellon and Joseph Caillaux
today personally took the settlement
of the French debt funding problem
Into their own hands, in the time
honored way of working out ad
justment of Intricate and preplextng
problems through personal and In
formal conferences. ,
Casting aside the pretense of work
ing through the clumsy political
commissions which stood in adjourn
ment until Monday, the two financ
ial leadors of the two countries In
volved got together "as practical
business men."
GATHER
STEALING MONEY
Note Found in County Safe
Informs Parent of Loss
of Public Funds
SEARCH IS INSTITUTED
"I
Will Never Be Captured
Alive," Is Message to
' Grieving Family
Card Game Ordered
Stopped By Chief
Afler spying on card gamos at
the Pastlmo pool hall for a few
moments last evening Chief of Pol
Icelce Lourks, accompanied by As
sistant District Attornoy Wlest nnd
Patrolman Lowls stopped "ho of
the games.
No arrests were mndo nnd no
expression was furthcoming from
either the chief or Ihe assistant dis
trict attorney as to whothor If any
action will be tnken. ,
A small amount of money was
tnken from the floor after, accord
ing to Wlest, one of the players at
tempted to hldo the money under
his arm when Wlest asked him lo
lift his arm and ho pushed It on
the floor.
M D. O'Neill, one of the owners,
declared the playing for money was
without his knowledge, If the men
woro actunlly gambling. Six were
POSSE IS J
BY OWENSBY KIN
Little credence Is placed In the
rumor that Martin Owensby, Mer
rill rancher who has been missing
from ' his Huckleberry mountain
cabin for 10 days is anywhere but
somewhere In the wilderness. Wan
dering aimlessly about or possibly
dead.
A half brother of Owensby, Clay
Cann, a deputy sheriff, of Sacra
mento, arrived In Klamath Falls
yesterday and Immediately proceed
ed to the huckleberry district, wherj
he hopeo to catch up with the
searching party who left earlier In
the r.iorning. .
Depit.v Cann believes If he can
be taken to the spot where Owen.t
hy loft a smouldering fire a few
days after he was reported miss
ing, 'hat he will find his brother
within a short time.
Klamath Party Off
For Haunts of Deer
Out for the big buck this time, a
party of Klamath Falls residents left
at 10 o'clock last night tor the
Grohs ranch, beyond Langell val
ley, where the biggest deer of the
season nre said to have been sighted.
Tho men plnn to return Inte Sun
day night. If they are lucky enough
lo bag their game. Several of them
are said to have threatened to re
main In the vlrlnlly of Ihe C.rohs
ranch until they bring home "the
bncon."
Those In the pnrty nre Dr. Walter
Robinson Waggoner, Dr. G. 8. Now
som, O. H. Dean, Dr. Paul Noel and
Paul Dnllon.
ELKS TO
OCT. 1,
PROGRAM IS SET
The activities of the Klamath
Falls lodge of Elks, will begin Oc
tober 1st for the winter. Thursday,
October 1st, is the first meeting,
and that will be the opening of the
winter sessions with initiation. The
winter dances will begin also about
the middle of the month, and in
November tho famous "Bell Klngers".
from the east, who are touring the
various KlkB lodges In Oregon, will
be in Klamath Falls, and the en
tertainment will be followed by a
dance.
Several Initiations
There will he sevsral Initiations
between October Island January
1st, as meetings are held every
Thursday. Thursday, October 29th
Is the annual roll call night of the
order, at which there is always a
large attendance and a banquet.
Possibly the most notable activity of
the local Elks will be the annual ob
servance of the Elks national Mem
orial day, which Is fixed as the first
I Sunday In December, and upon that
day, every Elks lodge in America
will bold Its memorial. It is the
day set apart when Elkdom pays Its
respects to Its departed members.
Memorial Day December O
Sunday, Dcember 6th, Is that day
this year, and the exercises will be
held In the Pine Tree theatre for
the Klamath Falls lodgs of Elks
No. 1247 at twelve o'clock noon, and
the program will be given by the
"Three Salem Artists," from Salem,
Oregon. Frank T. Wrightman, Mrs.
Hallie Parrlsh Hingea and Oscar B.
Gingrich. The accompanist will be
Mrs. Elbert S. Veatch. of this city.
Mr. Wrightman ia one of the cap
ital city's most prominent citizens,
past exalted ruler of Salem lodge
No. 336. and past district deputy
grand exalted ruler for the southern
Jurisdiction of Oregon. Hallle Hinges
is the most celebrated soprano singer
in Oregon. She has been a promin
ent figure In musical circles In Port
land and Ihe Willamette valley for
twenty-five years, and sho has been
named the "Oregon nightingale."
Oscar Glnrlch. another pride of
Salem, and a strong favorite, la a
baritone of unusual ability, and will
add very materially to the program,
as Klamath Falls Elks have never
before secured the services of such
a celebrated trio.
Program Arranged
The solemn memorial program
will consist of the memorial address
by Mr. Wrightman and two solos
by Mrs. Hinges and Mr. Gingrich,
accompanied by Mrs. Veatch.
Linn W. Nesmltlt, H. S. Mathews,
and W. O. Smith are the Memorial
committee, who will handle all ar
rangements.
til'.tHD MAY DIE
SALEM, Sept. 2(1. (United Press)
Lute Savage, stnte prison guard,
who wos shot during the prison
break of August 12, has suffered a
relapse, and it la reported his con
dition la critical.
Savage was shot when Ellsworth
Kolloy, James Wlllos. Tom Mnrray
and Bert "Oregon" Jones attempted
to escape, and Jones, the convict,
and two guards, J. M. Holmnn and
John Sweeney, were killed.
ALTURAS. Calif.. Sept. 26. Leav
ing a note In the county treasurer's
safe, saying that be had taken
county funds and "I will never be
taken alive," Arthur Pepperdlne, 22-year-old
son of. County Treasurer S.
W. Pepperdlne, embezzled public
funds trusted to his father's care
and disappeared from sight.
A state-wide search has been in
stituted for young Pepperdlne, who
la traveling In a small coupe auto
mobile. Sheriff John Sharpe left
for Sacramento, In the belief the
fugitive is heading south.
Discovery of the note and missing
money was made yesterday when the
Bate was opened after the discovery
by- County Treasurer Pepperdine of
discrepancies In the county treasur
er's office Wednesday.
Young Pepperdine had left Tues
day. Broken-hearted, loath to be
lieve that his only son had broken
his trust and fled with county funds,
the father conferred with District
Attorney Heuel A. Laird.
After an investigation the district
attorney issued a complaint charg
ing felony embezzlement.
Time Lock 73 Hours
Even though the discrepancies
were discovered Wednesday the sate
could not be opened until yesterday
because .the time lock on the' safe
was set for seventy-two hours last
Monday. ' When the time was up
yesterday and the sate unlocked
part of the county funds were miss
ing and In their Stead was a note
signed by young Pepperdlne, ,and
addressed to his father.
In the bote the boy told the father
that he was leaving with county
funds but would never be taken
alive.
Currency and silver amounting to
140.000 in the safe was untouched.
There '-s also city money In the
safe, but due to the absence of city
officials, an official check has not
been made on this. Another smaller
safe, where current caBh was kept,
was also opened by the boy, and
1100 taken.
Fugitive Only Hon
Back of the facts of the embezzle
ment is a story of a youth given
every opportunity by his parents.
but vho brought shame upon them.
The elder Pepperdlne has been a
trusted county official for thirteen
years. He Is crippled from rheuma
tism, and Mrs. Pepperdine Is recov
ering from a serious illness.
Young Pepperdine is the only son
and other than intermittent em
ployment as assistant to his father,
had remained at home. He has one
sister a year younger than himself.
Two Are Killed
As Plane Crashes
TULSA. Okln., Sept. 26. Carl C.
MiiKoe, Jr., young secrotnry of the
Noblo Oil company, nnd Dick Phil
lips, commercial avintor of Tulsa,
were killed when their plane crash
ed near here tonight.
Mngee Is a son of the famous Al
buquerque editor. Bodies of the
victims were mnnglcd when the
plane broke to pieces as It struck
the earth.
Plane nt Coos liny
MARSHF1F.LI), Ore., Sept. 20
The Boeing seaplane PB-1 enroute
from San Francisco to Seattle ar
rived at Coos Bay at 5:20 p. ni., to.
day and tied up for the night at the
government dock nt Empire
Medford Man Selected To
Serve A Executive
Committeeman
GEARHART, Ore., Sept, 2.
Richard W. Montague of Port
land, this afternoon was elected
president of the state bar associa
tion in convention here. John Guy
Wilson of Portland was named sec
retary and Arthur D. Piatt of Port
land treasurer. All the circuit
Judges of the state were male vice
president's.
The executive committee elected
were Robert G. McGuire W. L.
Thompson and B. 8. Huntington of
BY NORTH FORCES
Modoc County Body Wires
Local C. of C. for Prompt . ,
Co-operation
VIGOROUS ACTION URGED
Conference Suggested Between
Commercial Organizations '
To Fight Menace
Growing opposition threatens the
Klnmnth-Altnrns ahnrt linn to th
Portland John H. Carkin of Med- ea8ti according to a telegram tent
tord, and
Pendleton.
James A. Fee, Jr., of
FLYING OFFICER
7
WASHINGTON. Sept. 26. (Unit
ed Prera) First Lieut. Christian
F. Schllt, mariue corps, Quantlco,
Va., at midnight was unexplalnedly
missing seven hours after he start
ed in airplane No. 6424 (rum Phila
delphia to Quantlco and six hours
after he was due to arrive. Naval
communications officers report that
Schiltt had not landed at any of
the government fields In the east
and expressed the belief ha had
been forced down. He left Phila
delphia at 4:55 p. m., and should
have arrived by 6:00 p. m., at
the marine . (lying field at Quan
tlco, It was said. .
. The distance is about 100 miles.
DIXIE FLYER WRECKED;
FIVE PERSONS ARE HURT
GRIFFIN, Ga., Sept. 26. The
southbound Dixie flyer was wrecked'
here late tonight, the engine and
seven Pullman cars leaving the
track and overturning. '
The engineer and fireman and
five passengers were hurt, none
seriously, according to reports at
the offices of the Central of Georgia
railway.
to the Klamath county chamber ot
commerce by the Modoc county De
velopment association, copy of which
was also sent to The News last night.
The Californlans in their telegram
suggest a conference with the Klam
ath county chamber of commerce "to'
arrange a plan tor concerted and
vigorous action" in favor of the
short line east through Tule lake
to AHuras.
The telegram reads as follows:
"Alturas. Calif.. Sept; 26. .
"Klamath county chamber of com
merce: "Strong and growing opposition to.
proposed railroad line from Klamath:
Falls througb Tule lake to Alturas
makes it important that Klamath
district join with northern California
in order that Klamath and Modoc
counties may not lose tremendous
benefit of the direct route to the '
east.
"Public service commission ' of'
Oregon has been urging Crane-Odell
eastern route vigorously throughout
the state of Oregon, and now ap- .
pears to be getting strong support.
"We are alarmed to. learn Coos j
bay district has officially endorsed
Crsne-Odetl' route and turned down
Klamath-Alturaa line. ' Crane-Otielr
line movement, which also has back
ing of recommendation from Inter
state commerce commission examiner
threatens disaster to the Klamath
Alturas line.
"Furthermore we feel this, com
bined with official opposition to
Klamath-Alturas line from. Klamath
irrigation district and Klamath Wool
Growers association are antagonistic,
attitude of people of Malin. threaten
(Continued on Page Two)
FLEET WELCOMED
AFTER. LONG TRIP
News Ballot Shows Gain Of
252 For Retaining Old Name
Returns Up To Yesterday
For Klamath Falls .....377
For Klamath -225
Total turned in (2 ballots unmarked) 604
Majority for reaining old name .- .252
SAN PEDRO, Sept. 26. (United
Press) Uncle Sam's fighting fleet
was back at the home base tonight,
after a 14,000 mile cruise to Aus
tralia and Hawaii.
Between 8.000 and 10,000 offl-!
cers and men went on shore leave
as soon as the homp-com'n.T drvad
naughu had steamed Into tho har
bor. Nine mcn-of-waiv. comprised Ihe
returning armada. The sqnadro.l
was headed by the flagship Call-'
fornla. followed by the West Vlr-'
ginla. New Mexico. Pennsylvania.
Maryland, Mississippi, Colorado, j
Tennessee and Nevada. :
The ships passed In review at
daybreak, TOO miles off shore he-!
fore Assistant Secretary of the
Navy T. Douglas Robinson, aboard
the Arizona. '
Shortly after noon the entire ar-,
mada, the most powerful single
navnl unit ever aMsembled, arrived
at Ihe home port.
Formal ceremonies were dlspens-1
ed with, on orders from Admiral
Roberts Coontx, commander In
chief of the fleet. Coonts arrived ,
at San Diego today aboard the U. I
8. S. Seattle. The commander has
beon ordered lo Washington to tes
tify In the aircraft inquiry.
- With each day ballots turned
Into the News expressing the opin
ion of people of the city on chang
ing the name from Klamath Falls
to Klamath show sentiment Is for
keeping the eld name. Ot course
this ballot means a mere expres
sion oi opinion anu it ia unuae
ly any official action will be
started by ihe chamber of com
merce unless Interest Is so over
whelmingly strong as toward such
action.
There - ere many phases of the
matter to he taken Into considera
tion, one of which would be the ex- '
sense to the city, another the mat
ter of recording official papers. As '
It Is now such papers are compel
led to cite "Llnkville, now Klam
ath Falls." If changed again these
papers would have to read, Llnk
ville, to Klamath Falls now Klam
ath, with each entry.
Briefness of title and claim there
are no falls here is among argu
ments for the change.
At the end of the week's 'per
iod, all ballots will bo turned over
to the chamber ot commerce to be
checked up.
KLAMATH FALLS OR KLAMATH
VOTE YOUR OPINION ON NAME
Y0I BELIEVE BEST FOR CITY
KLAMATH-NEWS BALLOT
(Place an X before your choice-
( ) I prefer that the "Falls" be stricken from the
name of the city.
( ) I prefer the city's name remaining as it is without
alteration. (
Name -
Address : -
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