The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, September 29, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE KLAMATH NEWS o. 270. .(Every Morning Except MondayT United News and United Press Telegraph Services KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1925 flflN CALLED Two Guards Die hQ MD VflTC As 35 Prisoners 0 IUI !U!L D WARD SEAT Unanimous on Ordin- toviding Selection of Succeed M. S. West WANTLAND AVE. jiscus Matter of Needs Jtville Cemetery By ibscription Fund Try Jail Break Penitentiary Inmates Foiled In Getaway By Arrival Of Police Reserves Price Five Cent SmiH STREET TOki Murder UIMM am Business Men Form Body to Work for Improvement of Badly Paved Highway the council by a unnnl i the ordinance calling klul election In the sec- was punned throuKh Its bill and third reading, tin- bcrgency clause and sign- yor Ooddard. The elec- 1)0 held Wednesday, Octo- The purpose of the apO' bn Is ito fill the seut mudo the resignation of Merle Irul months ago. get Hly NnmiMt iiHlnomi was done at a pig luat night. A rommtt- epare a budget fur the ll your was appointed. let must ha submitted by 1 and approved by (he Irt by December 31. J. A. fred Glover. A. M. Col- Chllcote, Merle Went and kith were named on tho bimlttce. I'nrk l'ul 1'p hncll Ik desirous of com- Hlverslde park deul bo- rallroad hearing starts In October 5. In the opln i rouncllmen If both rull- not buy the park before the chunces are aome ot the dual ever going Coincident with this dls s the reading of com- s from Kufus Moore, of fdonate a park site of 80 Ik the Rock Creek hlgh iiuchI tin I'ngn Two) LINCOLN. Neb.. Sept. 28. (United News) Kaclng a hull of fire from prlwm guards, between 15 and 24 convicts In the state pen itentiary here armed themselves with rifles end nltro-glycerino honibs, made a desperate hreuk for freedom late Monday. Two life prisoners and a guard were killed and a guard dangerously wounded, before the men were driven back to their rolls. I'ollro reserves' rushed to tho lull ntlor a frantic telephone cull had told of the battle raging with in the walls, aided guards In tlm 20 minutes of sharp flKbtlng In which almost 200 shots were ex changed. Ilrcak run-till riot Tho jail break apparently had linen carefully plotted by thn con victs. Kred Drown and Itoy Smith, the convicts who were killed are believed to huvn been the leaders I In the conspiracy. It is not known 1 yet when the men obtained their, supply of weapons and , ammuni tion. PROGRAM IS OUTLINED Masonic Emblems Found on riody Believed Those Of Missing Man Property Owners to Be Urged to Press Work of Bettering City's Approach JE FLASHES MITCHELL BACKED BY AIR OFFICERS Six Complaints Are Lodged Against Department At Hearing LnnMlowne To Testify U.IWT, X. J., Kept. tunic story or rommnnil Niry I jiiuI no's fears f safety of tlm (llrlgllilo loan, confided to Ms wlfo krfore ho was killed .when t crashed In Ohio, soon rovctiled lieforc tho nnvnl t Inquiry Invcsligiillng rho loss. sununUts imprisoned ' ICO TITV, Sept. 28. tan SO alleged roiiiiniin sre imprisoned In Vera Inmlny following Hm nets prism which . roods com- stisin Hundny. IKl elect Ions. Apoplexy Commits Suicide 'A HAMIARA, Calif., IN. Fcnring a recurrent nf apoplexy, Orrln Starr R, nillllonnlro resident of to,' tied a rono around k with suloidnl Intent Nl or heart failure when pod off Into space, It was I at tho coroner's In icro Mondny.. Mrs. Nenl the boily hanging from fn beam. Looking For Fight !AOO, Sept. 20. Attract thn conforenco In which Will, .and Jack Iempsey close a deal for a flffht HI. llllly tllbson, mnnit (ieno Tunncy will bo In Humlny to smell ont innces for an cnjrngctiicnt Iniiey. Olbson will m" i llonton, Deinpsey's btisl Iprescntatlve Wills and tho f manager Paddy Mill tWIint will como of It Is nnnts Wilbur's Kcnlp T YOHK, Hept. 2. lew York World cnlls for MKtintlon of Hecretary of avy Wilbur In Us lending Inl tfwlnv. Tlin elltlrlnl tlm a secretary of Uio navy record has proved him f fnrtunato or wise) wlioso nit Ion In tntesmniishln hnfl tn to threaten 'cold steel' ii) whoso contribution to lias been to mls-stnto tho Pi thn rnan of tho Hhen- and whoso capacity for to thn American people WASIIINOTON, Sept. 28. (Unit ed News! One after another, fly ing officers of the army air ser vice rulllcd behind their chief, MaJ Cion. Mason M. Patrick, and their outspoken champion. Col. William Mitchell, hefore the nresldent's air craft board Mondny, they demand ed sweeping changes in aviation ad ministration by the war and navy departments, which they agreed was badly In need or remedies. Thene are the comnlntnts made Monday against the present admin istration air service at least as it applies tn the army. 1 Administration of nlr service affairs by non-flying officers. ' . S Lack of necessary condiment. end overtime work because of small personnel. 3 Too much red lane, delay ing plans for months, due to nec essity under the present system of taking matters all the way through the war department and up, without allowing high air offi cers to make decisions thomselv- s. iThn nrnmotlon system. Offi cers who have served for years are not raised whllo new officers are brought In and placed over them, causing friction and Inef ficiency. E Low pay In face of risks of tho service. 6 Failure of the war depart ment to pay any attention to many recommendations from tho nlr service. Th startling teatlmony Monday was regarded as paving the way for the appearance or Mltcneii, scneu uled for Tuesdy. The commit tee room was packed and the sym pathies of the audience were man ifest by bursts of npplnuse and fre- nnnnt KOIindS Of laUghter Ot Wltti- clsms at the expense of the war and navy departments. $65,000,000 Bridge Planned for Frisco SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28. (Untied News) Plans for a $05, 000.000 bridge to connect San Fran cisco ant Alnmeda were laid before the board of supervisors Monday by John Ecrmlnghnm. Jr., San Fran cisco capitalist, who applied tor n permit to go abend with the work. The application was roicrreu ,u i mn,nrrinl develnnmcnt end Jtfllll VW..I . ..mmiiiu which will con- elder It on October 10, submitting a report on October id. .. l.Mriirn dnalcn wan drawn by Joseph n. Strauss of Chicago, and according t Ilormingnnm, cum with the five principal regulations for bridging the bay ns laid down by the United Slates war depart VIsloning the Importance of Sixth street In a commercial way as the city continues to expand, a group of prominent businessmen and property holders on Sixth sereet and its adjacent territory met In the chamber of commerce rooms yesterday afternoon and formed an organization to be known as the Industrial Improve ment club. Tho object of this club as stated in Its constitution ' Is to "improve the district centering on Sixth street by construct leu of sidewalks, paving of streets, ' lighting, better Kunltalion and flro protection; to promoter business development In that d!rlct und maintain Sixth street as the principal commercial entrance to Klamath Falls. Second To Main Kt, Sixth street, members declare. Is second only in Importance as a business thoroughfare to Main street. Lack of proper caro of Its streets and many other needed Im provement by the city, that thor oughfare where travel comes In from and leaves for the south has held back Its progress. About .10 members now belo-ig to the organisation and It is the aim of the improvement club to get everyone who owns property on or near Sixth street vitally In terested In the organization. Already a move has been start ed by the organlzntipn toward an underground crossing at the South ern Pacific tracks. A tolegrum from Mr. Sproule has stated that whenever Klamath Falls desires to (Continued On Page Two) EN CENTRO, Calif., Sept. 28. (United News) The bleached skel eton of a human being found on the desert near here revived mem ories of the sensational disappear ance several years ago of George Schick, wealthy San Diego business man, for whom "murder" E. Drew Clark is serving a life sentence in San Quentin penitentiary. The bones are believed those of Schick and were found by Edward Klssee, prospector, who reported the find to local authorities. Beside the skeleton, according to Kissee, were two masonic emblems, such as were worn by Schick and pieces of a railroad ticket froT Garrison Gorge to San Delgo, dated November 26, 1922. Clark was found guilty of mur der despite the fact that the stato never was able to prove Schliks death. According to the testimony pre sented nt the trlol Clark was liv ing with Schick's wife. A quarrel took place between the two men and Clark was supposed to have shot Schick to death, later hiding the body. SMITH ENTERS RACE FOR WARD 40 Members Of Movie Company Poison Victims Popular Businessman, Backed By Scores of Friends, Flings Out Political Banner Colony On Location Rushed To Hospital Suffering From Ptomaine PLATFORM FORESQUARE Candidate Known to Be Man of Sterling Qualities, with Keen Civic Interest FIGHTS FOR LINE Modoc Officials Are Here For Soliciting A1tlance , of Business Men ' Klamath county will have to make the fight for the main lino nst from Klamath Falls to Al lures as against the Crane-Odell line Insofar as the state of Ore gon Is concerned. "his was the statement made by Frank McArthur, representing the MICHAEL SPOONER ACED LUMBERMAN nirc fM nrirso fA DM Mcnoc counly uoara or supervisors UlU 1IN rUUl rAIMYI and owner 0f 30.OOO acres or land I In northern California, who was CAHSON CITY, Nev., Sept. 28. here yesterday with John Davis, (United News) Michael Spooner. secretary of the Modoc Wool Grow once a millionaire lumber man diediers, and A. S. Splcer, big land penniless . on the poor farm here ' holder and director of the First Monday. I National bank of Alturas. At one time Spooner owned a These representatives of north lnrRe portion of the Nevada shore lern California arrived in Klamath of Lake Taho, now one of the most I Palls yesterday afternoon after a populur of western mountain re-1 conference with the people of the sort. He was 95 years-old. ( onHmiod On riifce Two) Backed by grorra of his frli'mls not only in the icroml ward, but throughout the city, O. A. Smith, lodil business man hurt night enter ed tlm council manic race for elec tion In the second wnrd, following an ordinance passed by the city council culling for a special elec ion in that section of the city to replace Merle West, who resigned from that office several months ago. Mr. Smith, during' the past 6 years as a resident of Klamath Falls, has been urged by his friends to enter the race because taey believe him a man of sound business principles; a man who can grasp a situation and make his decision for the right, re gardless of personal friendship; a man whose honesty and integrity is unquestioned and a man who will fill the post with the best Interests of the city at heart, and capable of sufficient foresight and Judgment to act accordingly. Ho is a big property owner in this city. Native of Indiana He came here from Indiana 6 years ago, intending only to visit He became enamoured with the Klamath country and shortly after ward went Into business, building up as he went a wide circle of friends who respect him as a man qualified to hold one of the most important executive offices "of city government, that of city councilman. Platform Announced His platform is as follows: 'To The Voters of the Second Ward and People of Klamath Falls: "Urged by several delegations of friends, among them prominent businessmen, workingmen and wo men, to seek election as councilman from the second ward, I after no little deliberation, have decided to- ( Continued on Page Two) Justice Hunsaker Reported Near Death In San Francisco Members Of Family Start Out In All Night Race With Death In Hope Of Arriving In Time To See Stricken Man Alive Once More Tearing through the night in a race between life and death, hope vieing with despair of ever seeing their father alive again, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Vaughn, daughter and son-in-law, and sons, Jess and Ray, in a high-powered car, were burning up the road between this city and San Francisco all through the hours of the night, harassed by fear they might not arrive in time to be at the bedsido of Justice of the Peace R. E. Hunsaker of Klamath Falls, who was reported dying in a San Francisco hospital at an early hour last evening, young Jess drove furiously toward the southern city. The race to Snn Francisco, which .ones here. started last evening, was occasioned by a telegram from A. J. I-ylo, of this city,-who left Klamath Falls several days ago with ustico Hun saker, the latter to undergo a major operation for a lasting Illness. Word of tho precarious condition of the Justice was received In Klnni nth Falls late yesterday .nfternoon. Immediately plana for starting out at once for Sun Francisco wero were made. Jess, a son of the Jus tice, placed a high powered car In readiness, and with almost no prep- nrntion, the remaining members of the family stepped in the mnchlno and the great race begnn. Accord-j Ing to the tolegrnm, It was feared: It would not be possible for the family to reach tho falling Justice! before death claims him. Although; knowing his condition precarious the suddeness of the telegram Inst night came as a shock to his loved 1 The message sent by t,yle morely stated that Justice Hunsaker, ap parently doing as well as could be expected from the operation, suffer ed a sudden relapse and It was fear ed ho 'would not live until morning. JACKSON SPEAKER AT CLUB FORUM HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 28. (United News) Forty members of a little movie colony en looatlon at a large ranch near here, were rushed to hospitals late Monday, all suffering from ptomaine poisoning. The movie folk were stricken after partaking of a light lunch eon consisting of potato salad, beef sandwiches and sweet milk. None of them are prominent. Neither Ricbrad Dlx or EBther Ralston, the stars of "Woman Handled," the picture being filmed were at the ranch at lunch time and arrived shortly afterward when the various members of the com pany began to complain of feeling 111. Dlx drove a car to a Houston hos pital, unloaded the occupants and returned for ' more of the stricken employes. Attending physicians say none is seriously ill 'but the majority, must remain under observation for sev eral days. - ' . . - FATE OF SAILORS STILL A MYSTERY Work of Raising Craft Sunk With 35 Member of Crew, Halted By Weather DIVERS HEAR NO SOUNDS Officials Seek to Probe . Deep Into Compartment in Hope of Finding Men NEW LONDON', Ct., Sept. 28 (United News) Operations of divers who went tlown to pene tratc within ,the sunken submar ine ft-51, were suspended late Monday night until daylight. , EX-MAYOR'S SON BEATEN BY GANG SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 28. Police here are seeking the as- Ssallant of Theodore Hansen, 17 year-old son of Ole Hanson, former mayor of Seattle, following the finding of the boy wandering about the streets here in a erased condi tion. According to Hanson's story, he was walking with a group of stu dents from the Harvard military academy, of which he Is a mem ber, which he came upon two men fighting. He Interceded, he said, and one of the combatants turned on him. Hanson was badly beaten. SON OF BUILDER CAUGHT IN RAID Ralph Almeter Arrested in . Raid by State, City Officials, Sixty Gallon Found Ralph Almeter 'Is in the county Jail and 60 gallons fit moonshine, varlcus- paraphernalia "far produc tion of liquor and. 10 pounds of yeast are' being held as evidence . against him, .now charged with possession and manufacture of liquor, following a raid at noon yesterday by State Agent L. L. McBride. Deputy Sheriff Cole and Patrolman Brown on Al meter's home at 14S1 Alameda street. According to Almeter. who was arrested shortly after the liquor was confiscated, as he was working on the new Fremont school, he knew nothing of the liquor being cached in his basement, although he was aware of the fact that his basement was being used by a man named "Ed." ' Mrs. Almeter upsets her husband's story, as she admits she knew of liquor being in the house, and had many times tried to make her hus (Cnntlnucd on Page Two) NEW LONDON. Conn., Sept. 29 (United News) Divers were sent in to the battery room of the sunken, submarine S-Sl late Monday, as a preliminary step toward lifting the craft "when weather permits." Admiral Christy's report of the situation In the gone of salvage oper ations read: "Sea still too rough for lift with . Monarch and Century. Making best of time by sending divers into bat tery room and so far forward and aft as possible tonight to work In interior preliminary to lifting when weather permits." . The message was sent from the admiral's flagship, Camden, at 7:45 picked np at the submarine base here at 8:0U and Issued to the pub lic at 8:30. . . Miss Rambeaux Is Again Defendant in Heart Balm Action NEW YORK, Sept. 28. For -the second time within a year Marjorie Rambean, the actress, will be named In a divorce suit when the wife of Kovttt Manton, the actor, will sue for divorce and ask Miss Rambeau for 2100.000 in supreme court for wrecking her marital hap piness, according to a copyrighted story in the New York Dally News. Search for Bodies WASHINGTON, ' Sept. 28 The naval department has ordered all its available airplanes and rough-water craft In the . vicinity of the sunken submarine, S-51, to search tor float ing bOd,leSw... .... :!.',,....,....- The action was (aKen late Mon day, following a request tor air planes from Admiral H. H. Christy, '. comm&nder of the patrol force In . charge of rescue operations. - Operations Halted , ' NEW LONDON. Conn., Sept. 22 Navy operations to hoist the ram med S-Sl from her ocean bed and pry from her the secret of whether men in the steel shell still live were baited Monday Just when hope of quick action was at Its peak. A long ground swell, heaving through the sound, forced the great . derlcks Century and Monarch, to quit their moorings around the scene of tbe disaster and hobble oft to the lee of friendly land. The Monarch dragged along through the storm of Sunday night, had little more than come alongside (Continued on Page Two) Old NameContinuedToRun Favorite On News Ballots Returns Up To Yesterday For Klamath Falls . J.423 For Klamath .........240 Total . ... 663 Majority for keeping name as is ....................183 i With .but few more days in lng It as It Is, votes still contln which to register their opinion on ! ue to come in. Ballots ' turned the chamber of commerce feeler j into the News still have a lead for either changing the name of In favor of keeping the city's name Klamath Falls to Klamath, or leav- as it Is. Paul T. Jackson, principal of Klnmath county high school, will be the speaker of the forum luncheon on Wednesday, accord ing to an announcement made from the chamber of eommerco yesterday. Members of the faculty of the high school will be guests of the chamber at the luncheon as well. 17 Airships Finish Commercial Event CHICAGO, Setft. 28. (United News) Piloted-by tho reduobtahle Anthony Fokker, the famous Dutch designer of lighter than nlr ma chines, 17 sky ships arrived hero late Monday afternoon from ue- jtrolt In the first commerce race ever organized. The reliability tour organized by the Detroit aviation society demon strated to no small degree that commercial aviation Is scheduled to play a large part in 'he future transportation plana of the United States. This Is the first test pro posed and handled by commercial authorities. KLAMATH FALLS OR KLAMATH VOTE YOUR OPINION , ON NAME YOU 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 1 ... Address hillcly ended." ment.