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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1925
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indent f The
I News)
It 10. Upon tho
. ion public service
bardment before
I .It), director ft fi
ll O, C. ronti Ilia fnlo
rail development.
' pant week the
c. I and Northern
U -4 Ilka two small
til bin randy ran
itk. The Northern
m4 their ran. Tho
tie will rait Monday
9t ft vice president,
I witness land with
terlon of dealing
k logged rail bulld
t' ren to Imperaan
f, Jim Mill. In
bar tin, to pro
I appllcattona for
railroad construc
ts of broadgaug
Aructton centered
aliment
londay afternoon
. new alignment,
ethern Ultra will
I alnsl the state of
e wrvice runinilaaion)
isaptlng to drive a
I the two big systems
nth Injection of a
I Wat-wont lino run
t deaert country, hut
legruphlral heart of
TCUte thoy clulm beat
bile of Oregon. It
l on Page Hit)
in Winner
come Honor
D. Duller hna come
t Ointlncllnn of being
be arraigned In a
f alleged failure to
Hie headlight on a
jlnce Ilia new light
jffect.
fecnrdlng lo Acting
Ponce Hd Kendall,
td In J list lee court
He waa arrested by
Officer Knowlaa.
a nppaar Mondny for
law violations are
t
n speeding; a. 3.
on a highway, nnd
( for npoartlng an
'a void foreign II-
Hchor of tlie Pelican
hna decided that,' In
hi will exordia caro
. when she allows n
1st lo furnish her
t
e, opposed to the
i lows, the Instructor
f a mnchlne to bring
p Fulls when a ninn
hotor car.
I asked, "give you
t docldort that the
ho stepped Into lit
Jte. In turn, stopped
orator,
ono hut a short dls-
mnn spoke, accord-'teacher.
Date Sought To!
Allocate Water
In River Basin
Conservation Director Sends
Notice Asking Advice '
For Meeting
OI.YMI'IA, Wash.. Oct. 10.- No
tleea have been aent mil by Krlo J.
Ilurnna, director of conservation, lo
rcpreacntattvea of Iho atalea Inter
ested, asking If Ilia hint week of Oc
tober or the find week of Novem
ber will be aultnbla llino In call a
meeting of the committee lo allocate
the walera of the Columbia biiKlii
project, aa between the various
alntea.
Idiiho. Montana, Oregon nud the
federul governmenl. an well an
Wanhlnglon, will nend reprcscnta
llvea. The mealing will bo called
by llnrnen an aoon an he hears from j
tho committeemen, regarding the
date. It; K. Tlffnny. Washington's
representative. In thu alate siipcr
vlnor of hydraullca.
The committee will bo called to
meet In Spokane. A meeting wan
held hint year, but on nrc-niint ofj
Innufflrlent data, waa adjourned
until thin full.
IS FREE OF
Jury Clears Husband For Kill
ing Friend Whom Ho Al
leges Wrecked His Home
TUCSON. Arlr.. Oct. 10. Alfred
Shackloford waa declared not guilty
of the murder of Jumee Dndson this
afternoon In Iho Pin county crim
inal court, where he haa been on
trial alnce Mondny.
The Jury deliberated one hour
before arriving at the verdict.
Shackloford. a railroad clerk, waa
ncruned of the murder of a former
friend, Jnmea Iiodnon, head of the
Benedict Itealty company, Tucson.
Kvldence adduced, brought out
the fact that Dodnon had eloped
from I .on Angelea with Sharklo
ford'a wife, Mrs, Agnea Shackloford.
and the couple bad lived aa man
and wife at Sun Jone, 8anta Crux
and other ptarea.
Wealthy Tobacco Man
Is Called By Death
NEW YORK. Oct. 10. James It.
Duke, millionaire tobacco manufac
turer died at hln home here thin
evening.
The millionaire known through
out tho country for hla financial
anil phlliintrcplc eccentricities, had
been 111 for 11 weeks, beginning
with a nervous breakdown, which
ho flittered while, at Newport.' 11. I.
HT.tTK HKSTH CASK,
SALEM, Oct. 10. The state rent
ed lta cane todny against Tom Mur
ray, convict, accused of murdering
John Sweeney, prison guard, In the
sensational prison break August 12.
INTLEMAN OFFERED SCHOOL TEACHER
CITY THEN AS POLITELY INFORMS HIS
IR HE IS A FIRST CLASS BOOTLEGGER
"Do you know whnt my occupa
tion la?" he asked.
The school teacher confessed oho
didn't.
"I," ho suld, "in a bootlegger."
Tho pedant opened her mouth.
Then she closed It. Tho mnnoeuver
with the opening to the ornl cnvlty
was repented several times. Yet
she didn't say anything.
Tho driver was extremely court
eous. And, at the edge of Klam
ath Palls, ho deposited his pas
senger nt a point where ho wished
to alight.
"Ho wns very nlro." the school
lonelier ohservod Inter. "Yes, ho
was very nice. And yet "
As has been said', tho school
tonrnnr hna tletormlned. to exer
cise enrpful Judgment In Iho future
SENATORS WREST
SEW VICTORY
Pirates Defeated in
Wintry Gale, 4-3
FANS SHIVER IN COLD
Sam Rica Pulls Sensation
Stunt Saving Game By
Phenominal Catch
WASHINGTON. OH. 10. With
the help of a stout fighting heart
and some luck tho Washington
Senators came from behind here this
afternoon and defeated tho Pitts
burgh Pirates, 4 to 3 In the third
game of the world aeries.
With more than 30.000 heavily
clad spectators shivering in the
atandn. and corning a wintry gale
thnt blew through the Griffith atad
lum, the two major league chum
plons put on one of the weirdest
games that has ever been played
a world aerlca.
Practically every play thnt can be
recorded In baseball waa pulled, and
aeveral times the veterans nerving
aa the official arorers wore not cer
tain what had happened, and how.
8am TUe, the star Washington out
fielder, furnished a stunt that saved
the game, and gave the Senators a
t to I lead In the aerlea.
After big "Flrpo" Mar berry had
fanned Vrlght and (Irantham, In the
eighth Inlng. "Oil" Smith, the talk
ative Pittsburgh catcher, got hold of
a faat ball and drove it on a line
toward the rlghtfteld bleachers.
Hlce sprinted bark to Hie fence,
leaped high Into the air nnd fell
over Into Iho crowd. He waa out of
sight for aeveral seconds and came
up with the ball In hla hands.
The Pittsburgh playera protested
vehemently thnt Rice had failed lo
mnke the catch, maintaining that
one of the fans had slipped iho ball
to lilm. Umpire Rlgler of tho Na
tional leaguo, who waa on second
bono, ruled that it won a fair catch,
(Continued on Pago Six)
HOTEL STICK-UPS
TO HANG DEC. II
CHICAGO. Oct. 10. (United
I'rens) Joseph W. Hoi men and
Jnmea Wilson, two of Iho bandits
who participated In the spectacular
Drake hotel hold-up here two
months ago, In which a clerk was
slain, must hang December
Judge Jacob Hopkins decreed
11.
late
todny.
A jury found them guilty of mur
der In tha first degree.
Attorneys for the men made a
motion for a new trial when the
prisoners were brought In for sen
tence todny. The motion wns de
nied and the dnte of execution waa
set for December 11.
nefore sentence wns pronounced
tho two bnndlla made one last plea
tor mercy, hut the words sending
them lo tho gnllows werorecelvod
stoically.
"Have yon anything lo say before
nenteuro Is pronounced?" Judge
Hopkins nuked.
Holmes growled: "I didn't hnve
a fair trial : It was nil a frame-up."
During the lea hour at the ex
clusive hostelry, the five men, giddy
from bootleg, entered from the rear
and leveled guns on all they chanced
to meet. While Iho guests were nt
bay, tho bnndlla Invaded the lux
urious office nnd held up the em
ployes. John rindkey, a clerk, wna among
the number. He wns seated quietly
at a desk. A mild protest from
lilm mined Holmes to whirl nrnunn
and fire. The bullet killed the
cashier.
"aklng $3,000, the bandits ran
out of the hotel Just ns police arrived.
Move To Strike
Obey From Law
Passed By Body
Episcopal House of Deputies
Favors Ridding Women of
Odious Pledge
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 10. A
vote to strike out of the marriage
ceremony the pledge of obedience
by woman to man, and the arrange
ments for that most dramatic event
In church formula the sentencing
of a heretic marked Saturday'a
aennlon of the 41th triennlul con
vention of the Pfotentant Episcopal
church of the United States.
The house of 'deputies, or lower
body of that convention, voted by
dioceses lo eliminate "obey" In the
marriage service.
Bcforo Iho question la settled by
the church, however, the bouse of
bishops' upper body must ratify the
action of the deputes.
The expectation that there would
be a hot debate over tha question
waa not fulfilled.
MILLION IN
TIMBER TS SQLD
TO KANSAS FIRM
Forest Interests Purchase Vast
Holdings of Shevlin-Hixon
In Klamath District
S.
Ah forecasted In The Klamnlli
News of Heptrmhcr 2S, the Forest
LumlNT company, then negotiat
ing for Inrgv timber holding lias
completed lis ileal, according to
advices received in Klamath Kalis
Inst night In the following dis
patch. "Three-hundred million feet of
timber In the North marsh dlatrict
of Klamath county, comprising the
Shevlln-Hixon holdings In the
Klamath Indian reservation, which
would have to be cut soon under
government contract, has been pur
chased by the Forest Lumber com
pany, according to an announce
ment late yesterday authorised by
R. B. White cf Kansaa City, presi
dent of the Forest Lumber com
pany. The Forest Lumber company, one
of the largest operators of the
country, recently entered the Klam
ath region with the purchase of the
Modoc Pine cr.mpany and la estub
Ilshlng a mill with a capacity of
100,000,000 feet annually at Pine
Ridge, near Chlloquln, 35 miles
north of Klamath Falls.
The Forest mill, located on the
Southorn Pacific company's Nntron
cut-off, which by the middle of
next year will give direct railroad
service to Portland, has a ten year
cut in sight. The timber holdings
thus far acquired by the Forest
Lumber company aggregated one
billion feet of limber. It la there
fore thought likely that further
acquisitions of timber will follow
those already made by the com
pany. .
The Foroet Lumber company bids
fair to be one of the most Import
ant operators In tha Klamath
baslp, as the capacity of Its mill
now being established la greater
than that of any single operator
now In the district.
The deal Just closed fcT tho ac
quisition of the Shevlln-Htxnn hnld
(tontiiiued on I "age Mix)
Youthful Murderer
Sentenced to Life
SEDALIA. Mo., Oct. 10. Im
prisonment tor Ufa waa the sen
tence given Everett Adams, 17,
Wllmlngtonj, Ohio,- school . bey,
shortly before midnight. He con
fessed killing bis "good snmnrl
tnn" Adam R. Clnwson, Lodl, N. Y.,
school teacher. The Jury was out
five hours. It's only question was
to fix tho punishment for the
youthful murderer.
DUCKS DYING DYBus Operators
THOUSANDS HELD;
DANGEROUS FOOD
Public Warned Not
Eat Game Fowl
BOTULINUS SUSPECTED
Specimens Are Being Sent
Biological Experts to
Get Diagnosis
Inimiinffimpnt (lint thuUFflD(In of
ducks In Klamath county are dying Present gasoline tax la
. - . , , ,.. -,,'manded.
1 1 1) 111 K UIKBI 1 . u - . hvh. w.
which has not been determined, and
a warning to Klamath county resl-j
dents that they ought not to eat
duck until a thorough Investigation
has been made, were Issued yester
day afternoon by Dr. O. S. Newsom,
county health officer.
Countless birds were found dead
and many at the point of death-, by
county officials who visited Tule
lake yesterday morning. Eight live
ducks, in various stages of the dis
ease, were captured, and were
brought to Klamath Falls.
Specimens are to be sent to the
biological bureau at Washington.
D. C. to tbe state board of health,
and to the state laboratory at the
Oregon Agricultural college. It was
announced.
- Botulinus poisoning Is suspected.
according. to Dr. Newsom,. .who folds'
that no person ahoaUl chaxtee sating
the birds until it has beca conclu
sively proved that It la ssfe to do so.
Dead ducks. In various stages of
decomposition, were found by the
county officers.
Air Probe Resumes
Session on Monday
WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. (United
News) Tbe president's air Inquiry
and the naval board Investigating
the Shenandoah disaster will rccon-
. . 1 . - .!. .... -... . .1
vent muiiuay lu mivu up uch aiiu ,
Important phases of the national !
aviation controversies.
It was said authoritatively tonight
mai me ooara ia cousiueruia: a sum
mons for Captain G. S. Lincoln, di
rector naval ship movements. It
was also learned that Admiral F. W.
Eberle, chief of naval operations,
has Indicatod to a member of the
board his desire to testify personally.
In the light of Mrs, Zachary Lans
downe's testimony.
Princess Bertha Is
Now Just Mrs. Smith
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. (United
Tress) Princess Bertha, daughter
of Princess Michael Cantacusene
Spornnsky, took tbe name of Smith
In an Informal wedding at the
home of the brtde'a grandmother,
Mrs. Fred Erick Dent Crant. this
afternoon
Tho princess' marriage to Brnce
Smith, Louisville, Ky., was severe
In its simplicity. Only members of
the Immediate family were present.
Woman Charges Man
With Attempted Fraud
A charge that Karl Brown passed
a check on her establishment when
he had no funds In the bank to
cover It, was filed yesterday In the
local justice court by Mrs. Bee Be
gin, proprietor of a local store
for women.
The check, acimling lo the
rcmplnlnt on which Brown last
night waa arrested In Marshfleld.
was for 200 and was on the First
National bank of Klamath Falls.
Brown, It wns said, will be re
turned to Klamath Falls to stand
trlnl.
2,000 JOI.X NK.IIM'H
DUBOIS, Pa., Oct. 10. Two
thousand volunteers will begin an
extensive search of the dense wood
ed area southwest of Dubois to
morrow in an effort to locate Chns.
H. Ames, missing air pilot.
Seek To Annul
State Gas Tax
Injunction Sought to Quash
Authority of Secretary
To Collect Levy
PORTLAND, Oct. 10. (United
Preaa) Nullification of the Oregon
state gasoline tax la sought by a
group tit automobile 'relght bju
operators n a suit flitd In th-
United States district court here
today.
An Injunction is asked to pre
vent the secretary of state from
further enforcement of the law. A
refund of approximately 16.000.000
collected by tbe state under the
la de-
I The auto bus men take the posi
tion that inasmuch as they must
pay the fax to operate it Is really
a tolj. A congressional act which
prohibits the collection of tolls on
highways built with federal aid,
they'claira. makes the state tax Il
legal. They hold that federal funds
have been applied to the construc
tion of many state highways.
Outcome of the fae here will
affect the gascline taxes of a num
ber of otber states. Including
Washington and California, it was
said.
GAS OPERATOR IS
HELD UP BY THUG
Masked Bandit Sticlcs-Up
Agent of Oil Co., 6th and
Klamath, Secures $200
Melvin Buell. a service station
operator for the Union Oil company,
at the corner of Sixth and Klam
ath streets, was held up by a
masked bandit shortly before mid
night laat night and relieved c-f
approximately J200 In cash, accord
ing to his story to the police.
The hold-up took place near the
home of Buell, who resides at 1344
Munzaneta nlreet. Knell aecnritlnr
, nU( gtorjr to, ,he ha8 been
In the habit of carrying home the
money taken In on hlg shift and.
on occasion, the receipts have
amounted to as high as (400.
Very few words were uttered
by the stick-up man who, Buell be
lieves, followed him some distance
before approaching him. The rob
ber merely commanded Buell to
"stick 'em up."' removed Buell's
hat from his bead, placed the sack
containing the money In the hat,
and disappeared In the darkness.
Tho victim expressed the belief
that the robber had acquainted him
self with Buell's habits, and police
hold It possible that the thief may
be apprehended. Tbere will bo
further Investigations today.
It was from Union Oil company
men that Buell's name was learn
ed, as' police who investigated fall-
" t0 d'acover the identity of the
victim.
SHERIFF AfiD PRCHI OFFICERS RAID HOME BAG
STILL AND ALL THE FIXIN'S ALONG WITH FIFTY
GALLONS OF PEACH AND CORN TANGLEFOOT
When representatives of the sher
iff's office last night raided the
home of a man who gave his name
as Arthur Brown, In Shlpplngton,
they said they found him with a
gallon container of whisky In one
hand, a large still In his home, ap
proximately CO gallons of Intoxicat
ing liquor, and eight barrels of
peach and corn mash.
The man was Jailed nnd may be
faced, according to officers, with
several charges He may be accused
of operating a still, with possession
of liquor, wlth possession of mash,
nnd with owning, a moonshine still.
Tho "lay-out," officers declared,
was one of the most complete ever
fojind In the. vicinity of Klamath
Falls, and Brown, they say, was
producing a fairly good grade of
IS DERAILED AT
DLALOCK, OREGON
Fireman Crushed As
Engine Overturns
MESSENGER IS MISSING
Injured Suffer From Cuts
As Coaches Leave Rails
On Striking Rockslide
POItTLAND, Oct. 10. (United
Press) One nienilxr of the
engine crew of the rant hound
Union Pacific, continnental lim- .
ited was killed, the baggageman
U missing, six persons seriously
Injured and a score were rut and
brutoed late Saturday night,
when the crack train was de
railed by a rock elide a mile east
of BUIock, Ore.
The deed man was reported to
be R. H. Lee, fireman, Portland.
Running at regular speed, the
passenger train crashed Into a big
rock slide, which had fallen from
high bluffa paralleling one side cl
the track.
There was a grinding crash, and
the powerful locomotive was thrown
over on, Its side, rolling completely
I over. It was reported to be a mass
j of wreckage.
Lee wss reported at the Pert-
: land office of the Union Pacific t?
have, been.-: Instantly killed,'.- H
mangled body waa found under the
ruins of the smashed , locomotive.
C. M. Wall. Portland, engineer'
waa badly bruised snd scalded and
hln ennriltlnn wna rsnnHarf ru h.
critical.
In the tangled wreckage of the
express car was beleived to be
the body of the express messenger
as passengers reported they did not
see how. he could escape.
The missing messenger wn Clyde
H. Hamilton, Portland. Railroad
officials said no trace of him had
been reported up to 11:30 p. m.
Wires wore broken by the acci
dent, which accounted tor the tact
that a full account of the wreck
was not available.
Before doctors snd nurses had
arrived It was reported that five
passengers were suffering broken
bones and bad cuts and bruises. It
was believed that all these were In
the forward car.
Immediately after advice of the
wreck, arrangements were made to
detour local train No. 24 over the
S. P. S. to eastern Oregon.
LINER STANDING BY
VESSEL IN DISTRESS
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. The
Cunard liner Cameronla Is stand
ing by an unknown vessel In dis
tress about 300 miles off New York,
according to message picked up by
the Independent Radio corporation
late tonight. The message read:
"Standing by unknown veasel In
distress. Latitude 40:28 N., longi
tude 71:07 W. (signed) master."
liquor. Along with the still
they
confiscated a rectifier.
It was about 6:30 o'clock when
tour officers swooped down on the
'Brown residence and the arrested
man was taken by surprise. . He
offered no resistance, they said, and
had no comment to make regarding
his alleged activities.
The still, according to the depu
ties, would produce about 20 gal
lons of whisky a day. It was re
moved to tbe courthouse.
No hall had been sot by Justice
of the Peace Kendall . last night.
Those who participated In tbe raid
,,. U . .. ... TtrnMltltlnfl nrfleaw Ma-
Brldo, Deputy Sheriffs Moneymaker
and Tracey, and Patrolman Brown.
Brown probably will be arraigned
In Justice court Tuesday morning.
Ho Is about 45 yearn of age.