The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, October 15, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textll THE KLASATH NEWS United Neva and United Press Telegraph Service) y Morning Except Monday) KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1925 Price Five CenU SAT ATH p. m. :ers AZING it l Son of l Map Oct. 14. m. muol M. s iiid. nt died her night of t caused him fro the list tM . for the I nomination the senator's 1:11 p. di., by . for years hit complications .owed nhorlly see midnight the senator's ,ht die l any t II til home 1 Ilalslon. r t.e v -roth t. "l fc-lsw. I llUn and Ralston. Hog gate. senator's III, lnd.. , ago she t brother's r Ralston I 'emaslng American I. lis vita tad estab i Indiana's .at aa iot- t doaa at a on. former Ibla aiate, r Of Madia Ilia, cre la Indiana fluonce. at yie. llYM her i la er iBf t ' f f. ..' iWI'l I re he . tt m r to n o to t letad, was ed within ton'a suc- M himself. I Two) tl Hilled Am Gas . (United tell Letroy. I at science, search for d rid homos und In his , unconscious prepsratlon a and other ily to him. hospital, but antidote for was perfoct reeks of the I hsvo been am front If .In nod a few Odorless and LYTLE Robert D. lected grand r t it t- If Pythias of 'jOdge soasion BUS.. 4 msst fact wa can Air follow Is viru s I tween us two " faal and say of arrer moet, or v him; wo need Ives, or send nee; I roly on Jf he did not r It was right. i Emerson U Ne' rees wen wear -hoes. 3 ARE KILLED IN RAILWAY WRECK Scores Slightly Hurt As Fast Passenger Train Leaps Embankment MAHTINH FKKIIV, Ohio, Oct. 14. (United News) Threo railroad men were kilted and a number of passengers Injured Wednesday when the angina and threo couches of a Pennsylvania railroad train went over an embankment at Warwood, W. Va. Scores of passengers were slightly bruised and cut by flying glass, but none of the Injuries were serious. All windows In the train were shat tered when the engine toppled over pulling threa roaches with It. The rails wora uprooted for several hun dred feet. Trainmen at the scene declared that the flyer hit spreading rails, while tearing along at raiinou-ball speed, and srasshed over the em- tisnkment, carrying the train's crew! to death. N. Y. GRAND JURY MAY PRESS CASE Action Threatened- Unless Thief I Arrested In Next Few Days NKW YOHK; Oct. 14 (United News) A grand Jury Investigation Into the theft of the Donahue Jew els, valued at 1683,000 will result unless the thief Is caught In a week. This wss promised by Assistant DIMrlel Attorney Pecora, after an other conference with Noel C. Bcaf fa, the private detective, who re turned the Jewels lata Tuesday. The statement spiked rumors that tba caaa was closed. Scarfs, police say, received the stolen Jewels from so Intermediary. The name of the "go-between" as given by Scuffs to the police means nothing to them, and It la suld that 8raff himself probably was glvon a ficlllloua namo. I'ecura reaffirmed his opinion that the. Jewels wore taken by a sneak thief, although police at first said only a "master crook" would have attempted to engineer the crime. A week, then abould be ample for Scarfs to get on the trail of tho thief and bring about his arrest, working with the police department, Pecora said. There aro two possible clues In the case. One lies In the fact that a beaded handbag wee among the Jowols. when they were stolen, while Mrs. Jessie Woolworth Donahue, daughter of F. V Woolworth, tho five and ten-cent store magnate, was In her bath In ber suite at the Plasa hotel. September 30. When Sraffa returned the two missing pearl necklaces and the dia mond ring, the bag was not with them. If the bag turns up the po lice muy be able to trace It to the thief. Grant Dimick Seen in Poland, Report PORTLAND. Oct. H. Grant B. Dimick, former member of the elate, legislature and president of an Ore. gon City bank, who disappeared shortly heforo worthless mortgages totaling $200,000 were found In the bank, was seen recently In War saw, Poland, by Charles T. Haas, Portland, attorney and ifornier Gor man consul here, according to an nouncement Wednesday by Haas, following his return from a trip abroad. "There can ba no doubt about Its bolng Judge Dimick . that I saw," Haas declared Wednesday. "I have known him for years." Unas gave the Information to Sheriff E. T. Mass, of Clackamas county, who In turn has given It to District Attorney Llvlaty, so that It can ho taken up with (lov. Pierce and tho attorney general In an effort to hava. Dimick returned to face an embosilcment charge. Lit tlo hope of this Is held out, how ever, since Polsnd Is said to be without extradition laws to cover tho, case. NOI.DIKIW TAKE IT PICK FEZ, French Morrocco, Oct. 14. (United News) French soldiers In Morrnco are laying aside their rifles for picks and shovols. The armies have gone Into winter qunrters. They will consolidate their new positions by adding to tho string of strong forts along the new line, and roads and supply sta tions and othor works of recon struction nnd pioneering must be built. TEAM MANAGERS WORRY HEADS ON GETTING BREAKS Wednesday's Game Postponed by Ram REST FAVORS JOHNSON Opposing Pitchers are Main Subject of Fan Talk Pending Final Go P1TTH1IUUOII, Oct. 14.Playors and msnagers of both world series contesting teams are chirping about "getting the Break" with Wednes day's postponement of the deciding seventh game of this drawn-out world series. Both sides are happy and each side reasons with logic Rut the drenched fans are beginning to wilt. Many rain checks were passed on to the scalpers for SI. as people flowed out of the gate after vaulting up rain for an hour Wed nesday as Judge Landls deliberated with umpire and the ground hands i m-hod cnnvaa upon all parts of the linmond. Ducky Harris, manager of the de fending rlumplons, gave, out his usunl statement that everything favored the Senators. Ha says Just what every one expected him to aay that, the rest will enable Walter Johnson to come back In better form, that Oswald Bloege ran profit by any delay, and finally that his boys are ready for the light of their lives, regardless of whoa It Is staged. This Is what la known Bi the bunk, for Harris really Is mighty sorry the ganie wasn't played Wed nesday on that dark day so favor able to Johnson's speed. Johnson was ready for mora work. Mike Martin, trainer of the club, had Walter's right thigh bound so that there wasn't S chance for It to give away again. Waller said ho was (Continued on Page Two) 0.1 A. LOCATED IN CITY For the purpose of establishing a branch of the Oregon State Motor Association In Klamath Falls, Geor ge Flrandenborg, general manager and II. E. Gale, manager of the southorn Oregon district, arrived In tho city yosterday. Office of the association Is to be located In the chamber of commerce rooms, with Mrs. Leah M. Smith, assistant sec retary of the commerce chamber, as local manager. Yesterday the motor association officials conrercd with Secretary Sabin and directors of the local chamber with the result that ar rangements were made to establish the office In the commerce body hoadquartors. District manager Gale calls at tention to tho fact that few peoplo rcaltio the benefits of membership In the association. Some of the most Important' ones Include: free service In the following Towing, distance 10 miles, out of gas, dis tance G mllos. Lady drivers having tire trouble may pbone or send In word and assistance given hor. Lists of garages giving this ser vice ooth hera and In both states are available to motorists at all times. The Oregon association la affiliated with the A. A. A. HOOVER SCOUTS THEORY OF GIANT TRUST PACT WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. (United News) Secretary of Commerce Hoover warned against fedoral con trol of electric public utilities In this country, and doclnred that the states could adequately cope with the situation, hi an address to the national association of rallrond and utilities commissioners here Wed nesday night. The secretary of commorco scouted the charge, frequently made In congress, that ther development of super-power Is producing a glnnt "trust." The senate last .session or dered an Investigation by the fed eral trade commission Into the al iened electric trust, upon a resolu tion by Senator Norrls of Nebraska. LONDON. Oct. 15. (Thursday) Foreign Minister Stresemann and Chancellor Luther of , Germany, have received confirmation from the cabinet In Berlin of their full authority to sign the proposed Lo carno security pact, according to a Locarno dispatch to the, Dally Ex press. MURRAY CHOSEN HEAD OF BISHOPS Churchman Selected to Be Presiding Member By Assembled House NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 14. Tho Itlglil Rev. John Gardner Mur ray, bishop of Maryland, who re tired from business at 25, with a tidy fortune to realise a life-long ambition by Joining the ministry, was elected Wednesday as presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church In the United States. A conservative churchman, lean ing toward high church vlewa. Illshop Murray la one of the most beloved of tba older blsbops of the church. His exocutlre ability is great and although be is not an orator, hla depth of sincerity In speaking on the tow occasions he takes the rostrum carries conviction. SHERIFF-WARDEN LODGED IN JAIL Arrests Follow Exposure of Graft and Corruption In Prison Management CHICAGO, Oct. 14. (United News) The sheriff and the Jail Warden of Cook county were packed off to prison Wednesday after noon. They went as the result of an exposure of graft and corrup tion ahowlng that two wealthy boy bootleggers virtually had used the Jail as a summer resort while sup posedly serving prison terms'. Peter Hoffman, long a political figure In Illinois Is the sberlft. He Is a square Jawed Iron faced man of SO. with close cropped white moustache and greying hair. It was not demonstrated that be took any of the 120.000. which Terry Drug gan and Frankla Lake, the debon nalre beer runners had used In corrupting his subordinates. But It was shown thatt-er. had known of the liberties accorded the con victs, of how Druggan and Lake were released before their terms expired, of how they got ''soft I Jobs" In Jail, of how they went out nignta ana aia ine caooreis. Hoffman, before Federal Judge Wllkerscn, was sentenced to 30 days Imprisonment and a fine of 13.000. Wesley Westbrook is the Jail warden. He Is a younger man. In hla forties. He has a putflness about hla face, but candor In his wide eyes. He denies all charges. Wit nosses said he got the lion's share of the bootleggers', $20,000. The bootleggers said he sought to mulct them out of (100,000 by organis ed extortion. His Jail term will be four months. Search Instigated . For Taylor's Valet ' LOS ANGELES. Oct. 14. (Unit ed News) Search for Edward Sanda, who was vslet for William Desmond Taylor, when, the director was mysteriously slain In Febru ary 1122, was renewed here Wed nesday on word that Sands was seen In Kansas City a month ago. The valet was partially Identi fied as the slayer by Mrs. Douglas McLean, who lived In an adjoining house. She testified at hearings that she saw him run from Tay lor's room. Sands and Taylor, according to other evidence presented at the murder Investigation, had troublo shortly bo-foro Taylor's body was found. . ' The Information waa brought to tho district attorney's office by George K. Home, former chief of dotectlvpt. E. J. Murray Loses Case at Medford ' Directing the Jury to lnd tor the seven defendants, Federal Judge Wolverton, silting at Medford, yes torday declared In an opinion that E. J. Murray, publisher of the Evening Herald, hsd no basis for the allegations made. In his 162.000 damage stilt, and added that tho suit never should have been brought. . Murray charged conspiracy, al leging Hint he had been malicious ly prosecuted and had been the victim of personal assault. Ills contentions were based, on actions or the officials during a dispute between the Klamath Falls Record and the Evening Herald, during which. It was charged, Murray drow a gun on Hawkins, then a deputy sheriff, BUILD IS ADVICE OF PRES. VINING TO C OFC. HERE Head of State Body Addresses Forum VISION IS ESSENTIAL Railway Controversy Over District Held Great Advertising Gem Build, biiild with foresight and vision, with a keen -yo to the future, not to lite linmwlUto needs of tomorrow. KUiiiialh Falls Is now bring talked of in liilllons, not hundreds of thousands, nor millions, bat billions. Uuard carefully your heritage for the future, look well to. your citizenry to come but Ilulld and keep on building, and Increase your manufacturing de velopment for the care of by pro ducts of the great mills of your city. Hrlefly the above la a summary of the address delivered yesterday during the weekly noon forum lun cheon of the Klamath County cham ber of commerce by I. E. Vialng, president of the state chamber of commerce, who Tlalted Klamatr Falls from hie borne In Ashland, as' chief speaker of the luncheon meet ing. I'rgrs Activities President Vlnlng urged his hear ers to exert everything In their power to prevail upon tho citlsens of Klamath Falls and the county in which It la situated to take advant age of the great opportunity now knocking at their doors. - Klamath Falls, continued tl speaker. Is now spoken of by prom inent financiers and groat rapta.ns of Industry In the United States In (Continued On Page Two) BY LABOR CHIEFS ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Oct. 14. Condemnation of the attempt of Vice President Dawea to cbanga sen ate rules now allowing unlimited debate, declaration of war against alleged abuses of power by equity courts In labor disputes, and criti cism of a proposal to abollBh mili tary training camps, and an extreme reduction of armaments were em bodied in resolutions adopted Wed nesday by the American Federation of Labor. , The convention Is expected to end Thursday with the re-election of President William Green and other offlcora. The establishment of a memorial to the late president Samuol Com pere in the Episcopal cathedral of St. John the Devlne In, New York, was authorised by a vote of the convention. Gompert was a Jew, Vice President Dawes has loaned. hlmsolt to a "vicious purpose" of passing reactionary legislation, the resolution concerning him said. The criticism of equity courts was not an .attack on the courts, but an effort to obtain legislation limiting the powers of Judges who betrayed the system, the resolution on labor disputes doclared. ARRESTS FOLLOW MANY PARKING LAW BREACHES Thirteen one dollar fines for vio lating the traffic ordinances, and one two-dollar fine for a similar offense spelled misfortune to four teen Klamath uusiness men and visitors in the city yesterday, and enriched the coffers In the city treasury that much when Police Judge Gaghagon uttered his cus tomary, "Fine, please!" A. J. Powell paid a fine ot 12 for parking Improperly, and over tho time limit, and the following paid tl tor similar offenses: II. E. Crane, Roy Durbin. E. H. Olsen, C. B. Cook, J. Hershbergor, Dr. Geo. Merryman, M. K. Maxwell, unknown, Idaho car, unknown, T. A. Nelson. Kstella Nil), II. K. Holman and un known. ' j LOCARNO, Oct. 14. The Ger mans now demand that political disputes be submitted to concilia tion rather than to arbitration. The conferees, however, still are hopeful that signatures will be af fixed to the various agreements this week, possibly Saturday. 2 RACE PLANES FORCED TO LAND Machines Badly Damaged As Pilots Land In Field, Occupants Escape LANCASTER, Ohio, Oct. .14. (United News) Two planes flying home from the air races at Mitchell Field,' L. I., were badly damaged. 12 miles east of here late Wed nesday, when their pilots made a forced landing In a field. The occupants were unhurt. Capt. B. F. Giles, Fort Leaven worth, Kas., piloted one plane with Capt. C. M. Young of Des Moines, lews, as a passenger. Capt. C. B. Bayley, of Ciissy field. San' Fran cisco, piloted the second plane with Master Sergeant Alfred Barnhardt, also of Ean Francisco, as a pas' scnger. The planes were De . Havllands. Their landing gears and wings were broken. They landed about a half a mile apart and were to be taken to Dayton for repairs. SOUTH TO FIGHT FOR 2 DELEGATES Representation Is Sought on Tariff and Interstate Commissions ' WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. (United News) The south, forging ahead rapidly as an Industrial section, is preparing to wage a fight in the next congress for representation on two agencies of the government which have to do with commerce and business the Interstate com merce commission and the tariff commission. At the present time neither of these two Important independent agenciea has a member from the southeast or southwest. Southern members of congress feel that the section has been slighted, and with Its recent trend toward industrial power will necessarily require rep resentation, as botQ of these' agen cies' nave authority In Important commercial fields. There was a rumble of dissatis faction last year because of this lack of representation. It Is growing stronger, and will break forth In earnest In the coming congress. The fight for a place on the In- terstate commerce commission will take first a negative turn In an effort to prevent the confirmation of Thomas F. Woodlock of New York, who was given a recess ap pointment by President Coolidge last year, after the senate had re jected him. Coolidge appointed Woodlock in the face of urgent ap. peals from southern members of congress that a man from their sec tion be named, Democrats were joined by several independent republicans, who did not approve of Woodlock. to bring about his rejection, and it appears certain that the commissioner, a former editor of the Wall Street Journal, will be turned down again, Seek Man, Woman For Mail Robbery I los ANGELES, Oct. 14. (Unit ed News) Approximately 2500,000 In negotiable bonds and federal ra- sorve notes are still missing and a I man and woman are being sought j In connection with the sensational I mall truck robbery staged here last week, , postal Inspectors after a com , ptet check up, placed the total val- uation of the haul at more than 21.100.000. Police have recovered about 2600,000 Five men under arrest In con nection with the case were ar raigned before a United States com missioner Wednesday, following tholr Indictment, and were lodged In Jail. All of the fire are reported to have made confessions which re sulted In the police recovering part cf the stolen loot. , The woman and man Sought are asserted to be ring leaders of the bandit gang. Postal Inspectors say they fled oast with the missing loot. ' Cattle Ranges to Be Planted With Wheat KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Oct. 14. (United News) Ten million acres of sod In the southwest, hereto fore used for cattle ranges, will be planted In wheat within the next eight years, C. C, Isley, of Dodge City. Kas., predicted In an' address at the 29th annual meeting of the Grain Dealers' National association here Wednesday. JOINT USER PLAN FLATLY REJECTED AT RAIL HEARING Session of Body Is Brought to Close BUDD GIVES EVIDENCE Sharing of Territory Held Ruinous to Both North And South Lines . By i. m: Mcdonald, Staff Correspondent Klasnath News. PORTLAND. Oct. 14. Flat -rejection of a northern line proposal that the Southern Pacific Interests Join in use of a common entrance Into Klamath Falls from the north marked the conclusion of the Klam ath rail hearing before the I. C. C. today. , This proposal wss broached at the hearing by Ralph Budd, presi dent of the Great Northern and was promptly and very definitely squashed by F. L. Burcknalter, as sistant general manager of the Southern Pacific. 'We think the northern lines should Join with Strahorn in using existing lines and extensions that they may be permitted to enter Klamath Falls." said Budd. "We elleve rail lines should share traf fic that can be reached equally as well by either of two carriers and that they should shara the expense of getting the traffic" This offer of mediation waa. not only rejected bnt final opposition was voiced by the Southern Pacifia to any form of extension south ot Bend. ..-!,. - Joint User Ruinous to Both. . "U is the policy ot the Souther Pacific management ' to oppose any part of the Oregon Trunk construc tion ' program,' - proposed in --this proceeding.1 declared fcfrckbslter. "The Southern Pacific wants H clesrly understood that it is abso lutely opposed to the northern lines pepetratmg south of Bend. "As to Joint use. the waste of such a practice would be greater than the annual maintenance coat of an Independent parallel line un less the traffic were pooled, and pooling traffic is not competetion which "he northern lines claim aa their aim for the Klamath district." The session today brought in the (Continued on Page Five) Woman Mariner Is !; Lauded by Sailors SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 14. (United News) The schooner Na nuk has returned from the Arctic, bearing a 2250.000 cargo of furs and one of the most courageous ot women mariners. She Is Mrs. C. P. Peterson, wife of the schooner's skipper. Dnrlng the long arctic cruise, which extended to Herchel Island, off the northern Canadian coa3t, Mrs. Peterson took her full share of the ship's duties and In addi tion, acted as nurse for a crew threatened by an Influenza ' epi demic, did her trick at the wheel and in the crow's nest. SOVIET ADVANCES MADE MOSCOW. Oct. 14. Soviet Rus sia ' la ready to make an offer toward a settlement of Russo-Amer-lcan differences as 'soon as there Is an inclination - In the United Statos to consider such overtures. It Is learned from a high diplomatic source. Our In the Center of the ; ; Shopping District Men's Shoes 1 $5, $5.50, $6, $8