THE KLAMATH NEWS
United News and United Press Telegraph Service
173. (Every Morning Except Monday)
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1925.
Price Five Cento
P. FILES MODOC APPLICATION
; uhe Association ym BE WAITS SWISH tmW"' GamWing
Ike parti
X T ; e:AS HUSBAND DIES ATTACKS UNION
IN FKISUN U1AIM V.I! 1(1 II
Tables Running
Asserts Parson
Farmer, Businessmen And
Lumbermen Join Hands
On Railway Itiue
Pays Penalty of Crime With
Curie on Lip for Fate
It Intend Making
I Part of Record
land Hearing
Formation "if an organization
'known an "Klamulh-Modoc Main-
4AJOR FACTOR ! Llne-to-Kast-A.sorlaUoii," wns nn-
i noiiuri'd lust night by a group of ,
i1 I leading farmers, business men and
srmallv Committed I'""1"""'" "1B l'"w-'" Kitting Bandit, Woman Met
, Chiloquin. Or., and Allurus. Calif, j . .
Robber, Gunman and Killer Interparliamentary Body Made,
Minister Charges That Games
of Chance at Salem Prison
Regular Sunday Sport
FIGHT FOR LIFE FAILS
I of Line on Plans
Announced
By Former Victim, During
Trial of Husband Slayer
lev'" ' irir officers here
af rliersleU (lie atle-
Sj i wBrlr cwtlipliy Intend
It llir propiMrd build-
i f St main It no riMiitiH-tlon
U 1 Je lake a lrt of the
kf I of lir luternalr Com.
roavalulnn at IIik hearlng
jrtlaatl. IH-Kliinlng next
r, ! spile nf I he oppo.1
I the Public Service euin
a eat Oregon or opM.lilon
aU aajr other ihhiitx.
fuf eipresird confidence of
f ability .o make this a major
r n toe proceedings
KANSAS CITV. Oct. 1. (Unlled WASHINGTON Ot. 1
Tho object of the amuirlutlnn I"
jto support lhe proponed no direct
j main trunk lino to Ah cast via .
j Klamath Kail. Tuln ljike and the'
i hroadgaiurd X. C. O.. k proposed
i by tho Southern Pacific company.
' The pUiform of the new assocla-
lion embodies the expression, of the
l...i.tiia fi.rm nrmilullnni lumber-
men and Individual petitioner, who,"" w..i nouno.
Object of Criticism at
First Session
fci.'iifc.NK, uct. i. rive gambling
table were In operation almost
EUROPEAN WARS CITED ovcr' Sll""ay ' he Oregon state
prison prior to the recent break
when three were killed, according
, ... . , .. ! to rhargrs made Thursday by Rev.
Delegate Urges Plea to Invite jr nrvanti the annual
U. S., Russia and Germany Oregon Methodist conference In
Into League Fold ' session here. Bryant la Methodist !
I chaplain at the prison.
ACTION SETTLES ALL DOUBT HELD
ON ROAD'S INTENT TO KEEP FAITH
President Sproule in Telegram Sent To
Chamber of Commerce Says Project
Will Be Carried Through
I He chanted that l:oth guards and
(United : orlioners took part In the games.
I News) The executioner of the News) A sensation was caused at wnl(.h were held In the "dog
Arkansas tinte prison gave a sin I the first session of the interparlls- bouse ," although the guards did
' nil 1. A switch clicked. The body mentary union here Thursday, when j not pay with (he prisoners.
of a defiant desperado atralned at Carl L. Lyndhagen. mayor of j ., f,lr,h. charred that the
It Stockholm, attacked the conference; ' -.i,ii
. f .h. mall, line east I I Sllddfl.:y Wetlt limp.
via Klamtuh Kails barked by the "I'lanioDit Joe Sullivan, robber.
rarlou. e.pre ns of opinion of """""" '" h' dl"-
clvlc and commercial organliatlons I be had lived, with a curse on
i.. n. .ii.,,-i..t rr.'.rt..rf lns HP'-
The spon-ors for the Klamath-' 0u,""lp ,he "'" "Us. an at-
...r o !"'" m ... w..u. of ,vmpatny wllh lne church
for dlacuyltm of "burning que.-1 Memmt eyen golng ,0 far to
',. DT ""damn the churches. He further
against the Riffs In Morocco and thtrgei ,he warden wlth a,owlng
llrltlsh activities In Kgypt.
the prisoners to hare Sunday ball
I.yndhagrn's speech Interrupted , gsm(,a at the same hour set for
Mod. Main Line to Katt assocla- trscllv. young woman, the girl wife ,he md courM) of ,he fr8t day's ' cnurch ,erTce. and u t had been
tl..n Include II. I. Mortenson. W. doomed killer walled calm- j procoedlngs which had Included ; neceMary for him tT change the
ANSWER HELD AS FULL VINDICATION
Move Refute Claims By Opponents That Railway Offi
cials Did Not Intend To Carry Out Promises To Con
struct Its Klamath Falls East-West Short Line
K. l-amm. A. J. Voye. Fred Cchat-, '" p.r' "'
lock. K. A. Ilrockllnger. lumber-,
All question as to the Southern Pacific's intention re
garding its Klamath-Modoc main line to the east was set at
rest last night when the chamber of commerce received a
telegram from William Sproule, president . of the Southern
Pacific company, declaring that the company's application to
the interstate commerce commission for the necessary au
thority would be filed in Washington today. He also inform
ed the. chamber that testimony in support of this route would
'The rats!" she spat -out as n
sal mheck of survey. In the j NrI,',bi bank: V. C. Hallon of '' 1,n "ecuud. Her brave j ,rt nrne nead or the British del- j . . ..ddress bv State
ras district have hold up the!Malln. pr,d,nt American National "kM o win him a new trial and' allon tJli form,t chancellor of ! ""j ,:n,on , he conference
. i ..ii . i. 1 1 . i . ... .. .. . ii... a i it oi cieruiion naa .teen in . . i t. n-.. t . ..i.
vi ..a " n" i iHiiiiimtih... nr nianiain raiia inu intiiiiin ' i ...e rjiocuuur. .u i.u"i in
j' A. f.ordnn. president First sunrd told her that "Diamond Joe- , ,no VlKTma relchstsg and Sir Rob-j a ,,,,11
speeches from Secretary of State , pI.ell(.hlng n0Ur. as he found he be offered at the Portland hearing.
nri.K.K. 1 1.1 fuui. i.iu, "i could not successiuuy compete wun
game.
It ci
ales
and led
Oaraell 10 s connection with ! ... ..... thm Tnl. like valley
. CO.. but Strnthern far-, K W. Vatinlre. merchant: K. 11. uman to neatn tor murder. widespread commerlt.
3cers pointed out that th , h,,!, proprietor "f Hall hotel. ; s year ago. The Sw(.dUn aiu
Palflc was formally com- Klnmalh Kails; Dr. K. M. Trout.!. ' " the league of natfens also in his
i to the Tula Lake line as the mayr f Malln; ft. II. Anderson. ; a-P' luow-j .hllrR0 of failure t- discuss "burn-
B connecllon In the puiilic - ,ayor and merchant. Merrill:. ...--. .. - in" ouestlons. t
Ho declsred 'jJLi
This announcement by the South- your community. Formal spplica
ern Pacific president. Is taken by "n to Interstate commerce com
mission tor authority to construct
Connection hMvpun r'nrn.ll mn V
t mioii in rwinMt fh. atata leaisla-' ,u C. O. connection at or near Allnm.
,0iture to appropriate funds to have mor. industriously circulated during! Is In bands of our counsel at Wash-
Oregon represented In the hall of : the last few days, that the Southern : tngton. D. C, and will be filed to-
tbe United
I declared to be more binding 1
S aay filing of application, the1
(Meat Urn . being merely for the
fost of following up the pub-j
announcement,
h support of llielr contention ;
t billldlng of lh" Klnmalh-j
akt-N. ('. (. line can be .
I a part of the formal record !
( 1 Interstutn Commerce com-1
S before un application Is
S lied, the Southern farlflc
I the mnlter of the Natron ,
hiring the hearing before
Itate Commerce commis-1
the Cenlrnl farlflc. rase j
rears ago the Southern
anipany placed In the j
f the commUnion a com-1
to build lhe Natron rut
led they won title to the
In the nubile; .,..., .,,,1 merchant. Merrill:. W. " nrr nusuana. jaca Murray.
tttt of f realdnnt Wm. Sproule ' y Fruits, banker. Merrill; (1. II.,"" senlenced to 15 years In prl-
ti r stsern i-ariiir, in wnin. rnrlelon. . r rrit mukvi, 11. .-iu- - r - . ,...ta BhAiiM
fa . e would be bu.lt. , ..r, S. . Dehlln.e, ,,rf We... ; -"'V '- "1
art approveu uy ne , rok. farmers. Mern.i: ..eo. ,. . . ... - rewlullon Invlt-
Vm Cninierr cummlaalnn i fi,.d livestock buver and rancher. " a! nurrn. ,.J Hi. .
out Aructlve competition in! M,.r;l: Frank McArlbur. owner! After holding up Southward, the ; In Lnlled Stale, to enter.
I Kla atfc baslu from another 1 f .1(1 u 00 arrea In Modoc county. ! I'alr look him several miles out In! l.yndhnEen's address was not the
(road. This public commitment . Altar;..: Koy linker. Tom Walls lhe country, tii.k 19B in money first mention of the league of na-
M'oiiIIiuhi; 1.11 I'nue Two) I anl "" blm. without his siloes, to lions In the opening aay a session.
! plod homeward. 'held In the h(.-usc of representatives
It. .fore they drove nway Kilun , at the capital wllh many American
puckered up her I'ps and leaned I opponents of the league present,
from the car and aoked in honeyed! Haron Theodore Adelswaord. also
tones: ' j of Sweden, former president of the
"Don't you want, to klea me. i union made an Impassioned plea
honey?" I for tho league, remarking that he
lleliiR n deacon nnd being rather! knew h "was harping cu a deli
angry, Southwurd declined. rate rubject."
In court, however, he Identified ,!, people want peace and!
the puckered mouth and mocking j j,,,,!,., f they condemn war and I
included fame at Washington. Dr. John Mc-
Longblln, and Jason Lee have been
chosen as suitable men to repre
sent the slate. The work of the
now Marahtlold hospital, which ad
ministers free of charge to all min
isters, missionaries and deacones
ses regardless of denomination, was
heartily approved and decision
made to set aside one Sunday each
year tor this Institution.
Pacific wouid not give Klamath morrow. October 2.
Falls this short line to the middle-1 "Our lines between-Klamath Falls
west and east. land Alturas will be completed wlth-
Hcre Is Mr. Sproule's message: I in such reasonable time as commis
"Am gratified to hear of resolu-jslon shall It, provided we are left
tlon adopted by your organization. tree from destructive competition.
supporting railroad development! "At Portland hearing we will offer
; which Southern Pacific has offered: testimony ta support of this route."
PLAN RADIO FETE'
Mrs. Lorcne Peasley to Con
vene Meeting to Discuss
Novel Carnival Scheme
Klumnlll Fulls is In for a, new
I Innovation In III" form of n radio
1 rarnlval which will be held some
Bdflc properties, although 1 lm " November under the aus
tlon had been prepared I P'res of tho Huslnes nnd Profes-
Lnlcr tho Inlerstnlo ' Women's club of tho city.
Tonight in mo siuiiio 01 .wrs. wr
ing Peasley. a number of mem
bers will meet nt 7 o'clock to
work on articles mado of wax
which will be used III tho carnl-
vul. Proceeds from the affulr will
go into
' commission decided In
the Southern Pacific,
Iniieil on Page Two)
jll Slated to
RESCUE
AGAIN UNABLE TO
RAISE SUBMARINE
Hadn't Cleaned Up iT
Tiuuunuia uu i ucu
IS
House, Says Servant KILLED IN FIGHT
eyen nf Mm. Sullivan Murruy and
tlit piir wt-ro promptly sonttmrod.
Kittftorn newpap(ni commontlnR
mi (ho acllvltlofj of the pretty "kls
!iiK liandtt" renin rkrd that South
wurd'H det'lHlon nutminnt lulrtl clalniH
thul old ttmo chivalry In Missouri
aii pinHlnn.
(rontlnufMl on Pnjto Two)
CLUB MAN IS HELD
ON LIQUOR CHARGE
Derricks Power Insufficient to
Permit Exploring of Hull
- of Submerged Craft
$17,119,659,554 Is
Assessed Value of
New York Property
NEW LONDON, Ct.. Oct.
1.
SAN . FRANCISCO. Oct. 1.
! Charged with ronspiracy to violate
,tarin and pronnm.un ' '" (Vnlted News) Balked again In
,J. llrokaw. asserted bootlegger lead-! ,.pmn , ralM the a,ern of
er in tne oauie ... ....... ..... . ...e. ,unken suhmarine S-51. res
was arresiea .u.usua ...u uom ..
der 120, OCO bond.
early morning revolver d!iel ;U the , ar0 dea(li are now tnnding help-
NKW YORK. Oct. 1. ( United ! "ome 01 1 cceiy. wuu , to(lsly )y. unable to make any lur-
S.V.I.IUI. hininn hii i.iwas arrested. He donlca any con- th .,.,. without additional help.
fund to assist In , fur-!,no M,mnled vnlue of ,ho nmM , portion wllh the liquor Interests. marlne d(,rr(.ks j,on.
failed Thursday
'lirl MoHinlnH ;n,"h""t ,h" K,,n,ulh K""" W""y I stone and sleol. and the properly saying he was tinder a physician's I Century
uii-muiim.vu , miiKiing is compieien. j ,t ri.KU ,lp()I)i tnHt 0 , mk6 llp care nt the time 01 me .moss ""-!. , ano,her attempt to lift the
i Mr- .l..rrf..n lllvon 1. In chfiruei.t.- .. I.i -lil..h n rienntv aher- 11 . . ...
i -; V, J i ' greaier now iora. "k - - .rear of the craft so that tnose on
V i ot I no
TON. Oct. 1. (United promise
wnr department has or- Klumnl
Ted Col. Wllllnin Mitchell, Instl
itor Of charges that the govern
Sot's air service is "badly If not
Itntaally administered" to report
lUs adjutnnt genornl immodtnlely.
president's special aircraft in
board curlier In llio day In
' Acting Secretary of Wnr
at Mitchell's presence would
It lie required beforo the
r OH, VERV WELL,
XKS NOW, PLEASE,
.KSMITH'S STUNT
I ni.UF
pws) 1
K, Mo., Oct. 1.
Ileruiiso Ncnl Wil-
1,1
I
iOF
Inlta.
ims t ar tips are extremely sen
live, b liisa. he thinks quickly a
Hoi owt It horo Is out $10.
.Wllllnmi a loiksniltli, wns railed
thn hbtsl to nnen tt snfo which
id mystified Its owner.
Tlvs dollars, please," he said ns
i door swung open ufter five min
' work.
?erl" shouled tho hotel own
'Thls Is a hold-up."
I, Very well," Wllllnms ro
klcklng tho door shut, thereby
the snfo. '
an cost tho Inn proprietor a
I paid In advance for Wll
) reopen the safe.
Mrs. Oordon Hlxon Is In rhargo i tlw ,,y of Rrentpr Now Yoi.k
publlclly or me aituir wnicn xhtll figMre, auggestlve of Rur-
rs to recelvo tile aid ot ope's war debt, represents the as
sessed value for 1925 of all real
estate, taxable and exempt, and ex
clusive of special franchises. In the
five boroughs ot tho city.
Tho estimate wns mado public
Thursday by fbo department of
taxes, nnd assessments. Tho exact
amount is S17.11!l.(ir.9.554.
The tnxnhle real estate Is assess
ed nt $13,4l!).6r.!l.544, lhe greatest
In the history of the city, and rep
resenting an unprecedented riso in
really values.
h residents to the fullest ex
lent. The next meeting of the
organisation will be a dinner to ho
held on Monduy evening, October
12. Tho place will be announced
inter.
WOMAN SNEEZESTTW0
AUTOS ARE WRECKED
t.OS ANOKI.KS, Oct. 1. Mrs.
Sul Inn Neld lost rnntrnl of her
sneeto and two nulomoblles were
wrecked becauso of It.
Mrs. Neld was driving; she aneet
ed an old fashioned sneeie. Her
foot pressed on the gas and her
car collided with one operand by
Arthur Roche.
The two cars were complete
wrecks. Nobody wns hurt.
Moral: Don't snoeio wllh the
clutch out.
UTILITY CUITI(i.K.I
KANSAS CITY, elo., Oct. 1.
Citing tho French nlr attacks on tho
Rirrs ns an example of thn futility
of depending solely on aviation for
nnllnnnl defense, Mtij. Clen. (leorge
II. 'Duncan nf Oiunlia, commander
of tho seventh army corps area,
severely criticised the plan for a
unified nlr service Thursday, In an
address nefore delegates lo .tho re
serve officers" association meeting
hero.
Golf Club Renamed
in Honor of Rcames
At a meeting of local golfers last
night the nnmo ot the golf club
organised here under tho title of
Klnmnlh County Uolf nnd Country
club was chnngnd, out ot respect
lo tho ninn who donated tho site
to the Kennies Oolt nnd Country
club.
Plans are fully completed for the
opening of the club late next
spring. The plot has been seeded
and with careful nursing the grass
will he In shape by somo time In
June.
Tho membership In tho club In
limited lo 100 nnd It Is reported
that quoin. Is about filled.
Iff was killed.
Well drossed and a member of
prominent city clubs! llrokaw came
here from Tacomu.
Chiloquin Suspect
Jailed on Charges
of Theft and Arson
Waller Jacohson of Chiloquin la
in Jail In Klnmalh Fnlls. charged
with being one of the four men al
leged to hnve looted the home of
K. V'. Relnklng, stealing SI 15 In
cash and 173 In checks, nnd later
attempting to set fire lo the home.
Relnklng, a resident of the reser
vation city, lives In n particularly
busy part of the little city, nnd the
four men are nllcgod to have com
mitted tho act enrly Wednesday
nftornoon. Police are senrrhlng for
A. L. Arrell nnd two other men,
who nro thought to have been im-
I pjlcated In the affair.
The fire was first noticed by Miss
flrnhum, a mnld In the Itelnking
homo, when the four men were seen
leaving the premises. Smoke was
Inter seen pouring from the doors
and windows. The flames, which
did little dnmage, wero quickly ex
tinguished by Relnklng and several
men, upon the cries of Miss Uraham.j
BKND. Ore.. Oct. 1. Bessie I OMAHA. Neb.. Oct. 1. (United
Keenan, 21, who Monday electrl-1 Niw8 ) A lone bandit made an un
tied Bend with a story that she successful attempt to hold up a
had been bound and left In a I train between here and Fremont
burning house by a stranger, whom 1 Thursday night and paid with his
she had refused food, con'essed , ijfe for his rashness.
R. It. Porter; 50, the bandit,
was fatally wounded by Special
Agents Kenworthy and Adams af
ter he bad been captured and con
fined In a wash room. He died on
the way to the hospital.
The dead bandit boarded the
Union Pacific train at Fremont,
held up a negro porter and forced
his way Into the wash room, where
he changed his suit for a porter's
uniform, covering his" featuroi with
a whlto mask. He terrorised pas-
sengers In the day coach and might
have succeeded In his effort had
not the colored porter escnpod and
spread the alarm.
Porter was captured and locked
i In the wash room and as the train
i neared Omaha. Kenwortb and
Adams boarded It. The bandit re-
. . . ... . . ,A ... ,ii L-r. n mm 111 ... (Ill V N !M 1
the surface mignt penetrate '!TDAM HITS TRUCK. ....."--" ..---'
hull, according to Information rs,j 1 f ' was shot through the head in a
eclved at the submarine base. This ' DRIVER LANDS SAFE pistol battle.
recalled the prediction of many I . . The dead man has been identl-
salvage experts that the two der- PORTLAND. Oct. 1. Some men j ne one ho held up a Mls
,irk.. with a combined lift of 300 ' Wn ,rlt w P.xton sour! Pacific train near here Wed-
to officers tonight that she had tied
her own feet after setting the fire
in the basement of tho Tracy Fair
child house, where she was employ
ed as a domestic. Mr. and Mrs.
Fairrhild were expected in that
afternoon and the girl had neglect
ed to clean the woodwork as she
had been instructed.
"I thought if I smoked things
up a little tney wouian i nonce,
cue crews which resumed their op- she explained, then cried for a ulc
erations Thursday despite the cer- ment, and remarked that now she
Brokaw was captured otter n,an,y ,nnt tne 33 ntlsslna; sailors ; felt better.
"I should have told Mrs. Fair
child," she said.
Deputy State Fire Marshal H. H.
Pcmery Is pressing in his request
that the girl be committed to an Institution.
tons probably would have to face 1 1( cer,n that ho Is one of the
a lift of at least noo tons, runner fri,terntv.
effort, will be made to ascertain, pKxton ArMnf, , motor tru(.R
If any within the craft are still Thllri(d(,y afternoon, started across
lvo. j the Southern Pacific tracks at a
I grade crossing as an Inhouna tram
nosday night.
Knglnc lloom Flooded.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1. (United
News) A diver cut an exploring
hole In the engine room hatch
cover of 4he 8-61 and found the
compartment flooded, the navy de
partment was advised tonight by
Admiral 11. II. Christy from the
submarine base at New London.
Conn.
Christy, In charge of the rescue
work, said ho planned to send a
diver through the engine room
hatch Friday morning o investi
gate the motor room.
VISCOUNT I'INCHF.D
I.OXDOX, tct. I. Viscount
Torrlngloii, ono of the ranking;
KiigUsh blur Moods nnd a paff
of guern Victoria In '' '
hood, has been arrested on his
estate In Kent, charged with ob
taining llvo pounds under false
pretenses, from a wlflihorln
driiKU'st.
Film Star Relative
Is Held for Murder
was approaching. The train struck
the truck Just abaft the driver's
seat, and Instantaneously turned It
Into Junk.
Paxton. flung high in the air.
landed gently on the pilot of the
engine and rode tt safely until the
train was brought to a stop. A
few minor bruises and scratches
were his only Injuries.
l.K.XVKS JXMt POItTLA.Nl
V
Miss Florence Hector will leave
today In company with her grand
mother, Mrs. M. E. McCormlck for
Portland, whero she will enter the
Ilehnke-Walker Business college for
the winter months. Miss Hector,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.
M. Hector. Is a recent graduate of
the Klamath county high school.
Mrs. McCormlck and Miss Hector
will make the trip with R. C.
Groesheck, who will leave today to
attend the hearing of the Interstate
Commerce commission.
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 1. (United
Kewg) s. C. Stone. SO-year-old
stepfather of Jack lloxle. film star,
was Indicted by a grand Jury here
Thursday, charged with the murder
of Mary and Nina Martin, 9 and
13 year old sisters.
The mutilated bodies of the two
girls were found In an vacant lot
a year ago.
Stono Is now serving a term In
Jail In connection with charges
brought by another liltlo girl.
Gives a.'Vm.IMM) to College,
LOS AXOKLKH, Ort. 1. An
nouncement of an additional girt -nf
".KM,Mo In securities to be
ned by Pomona college la the
establishment of a Hcrtppa eolleffe
for women, was mado by Mlsa
Kllen Hrripps here Thursday
night. A girt of s:mo,ooo for
the anme purpose had previously
been made.