The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, October 16, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texticlsi at ti tt 1ES, 325 Jard rs 1 i FOR? .HOLE re Er 3 for - (United ' baseball I i breathed ,rr i Thursday It ball Isn't ton wcii ir in In the i ssrlM, losing nl Ih winner' pOOl, bPll 4 to es the if4 i Waller Johnson. two gamei In oemir of the -S. I to tin a full ' the ; record of I the J, Bi I Adams, a, 1 ((an f oelnkl, tea three la a Unle ui tatas. . .' Saad the r T. ad ( th r ijf f ora were rid series Inmphant r Hanoi ml V Uurky ce of bis end baeo. Hi to take Id alroady o - games. .4 the Iluc- i real hit.. jeMx) 2ge Jcnight "ed over to : school to ys donated wa ts ot ( , trucks I as sea a .1 t Ith any s, a have been t and every It will mat aolso. The t Start St the Klka temple SoU tt t make will S Inhabltanta ' jleMullen baa It for the lint St ha will be a to lead the ' a large bon pared by the the object of kins till Into amis, says he Is supper, but L This Is tho 1, ot the bust pooplo. as a at win and we UUtKHTKD Jet. 15. Jos I was arrested by Captain of Indholm, after had requested ire ot $10,000 trial for high- L is not living as one wishes to live; It la . ihers tj aa ono wishes ahnoss Is let- b4 Tea alono, not a. Solfishness l t i ' e .ting around It ily of type. Un it Infinite vflr dellghtful thing, Ml In it, enjoys occasions from trick and other Trees THE KLMSATH NEWS f Morning Except Monday) Witness Tells How Council Is Greased On job Company Officials Inform Court At Being Asked For Slush Money I.OH ANGELES, On. IS. William C. Hodges, head of a tunnel trans portation company related In court hero how Charto E. ,l)iwn and Joseph Fltspatrlik. suspended city euuncllincn charged with bribery, solicited fund from him with which to "greasa other councllinon." The former councllinon are specifically acruned of accepting 12.000 In marked money, to drop their opposition to a proponed fron chl. Hodges testified that ho gave th. counrllmen, 12.000 worth of "inmr thing long, flat and green" on dn. niand, hut not before he had no tified police, who; witnessed tho transaction. POLITICS HOLD UP DEATH CASE Attorneys Have Hard Time Securing Jury Due to Partisan Feeling NOIILEHVILI.E. lnd., Oct. IS. (United News! Political prejudice has so thoroughly Injected Itself Into the trial here of I). C. Stephenson that the prospect of selecting a suitable Jury to try him for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtser becomes Increasingly difficult. At Thursday's session, the fourth day ot the trial, 100 men had been examined and rejocted, most of them because of political alignments. Slill another venire of 100 men has been railed, and the trial promises to drag' along even more slowly aa at torneys for the fallen Ku Klux Klan leader are becoming more and more exact In their demands for suitable Jurors. There Is much talk of the death punally from Itnlph Kane, special prosecutor for the stato. Stephen son, however, regards this with smiling complacency, when he re gards It nt all. Lately he. has como to Ignore the proceedings, and Thursday sat hour after hour scrut inising newspapor accounts ot the aeatn 01 Henntor uaston. nts om political enemy, Earl Oentry, a,nd Earl Klenck, on - trial with him, aeem equally Indifferent to their plight. Stephenson, who was once grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan In this state, and boasted that his word was law, was Indicted last March for the murder of Miss Madge Obcrholltor, an educational worker In Indianapolis. The stato charges that Stephenson and his henchmen lured "her to his home, forced her to accompany him to Hammond, lnd., where sho swallowed poison. N. Y. Slock Exchange Has Wild Day In Trade Boom NEW. YORK, Oct. 15. (United News) With a turnoevr of 2,664. 300 shares, tho Now York stock exchange Thursday experienced lta wlldost day of trading since the war-time boom days of 1916. At no tlino during the last nine years has tho volume, ot sales equal ed that of Thursday, and never be foro woro thore doallngs In a great er number ot Issues. CO.NTIM K INQl IftY WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Fur ther Inquiry Into the Shonnndonh disaster has been postponed tor about a month. ' Adjournment was taken Thursday by the naval court of Inquiry to per mit the bureau of standards to com plete tests of the airship's materials. POLICE PREPARE TO HANDLE HUGE CROWD LONDON, Oct. 16. The police aro preparing to handle a crowd of halt a million persons around the gates of Buckingham palaco, when tho Prince of Wales drives up with the king and queen Friday on his return from an 18,000 mile Journey to South Africa and South America. Tho route from Victoria station to tho palace will be lined by other thousands In the first great gala day of the fall season. Meow KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1925 RISES) FROM SEA TO MfiSi KttL III lUliBUAT Tragedy Averted By Seamanship S-51 FATE RECALLED Odd Collision Occurs Dur ing Battle Maneuvers Near CAronado Islands BAN DIEGO, Oct. 15. (United News) While eneereit nn the hnl. , man.rer, Br Coronldo Islands, about J o'clock this after noon, with th naval tug Ortolan, the submarine 8-60 narrowly es caped being sent to the bottom of the sea when It struck the bottom of the Ortolan In coming to the surface f the eea. Only the expert seamanship of the submarine's commander, Capt. J. M. Ilalnct. ssved the ship from total destruction resulting In the sumo kind of a wreck aa the Ill fated S-51. IVuth Is Cheated Death was cheated only by the fraction of a few momenta as the 8-25 ncared the surface of the ocean and the presence of the tug Ortolan bocame known. The Im pact of the rollUlon between the top of the submarine and the bot tom of the naval tug was so great aa to completely wreck tho upper part of the submarine When the captain of the 8-25 discovered the Ortolsn, according to his report made to the submarine division commander, be Immediate ly plunged the craft deeper Into the sea and awoeplng clear of the tug rapidly brought the 8-25 to tbe surface. ' " t Tbe tug Ortolan was acting as a torpedo target for tho S-2S and (Continued Ou Vugn Two) Pheasant Season Is Opened in Klamath Yesterday throughout Klamath county, the pheasant season opened for the first time hero. Halt of Main street had risen from thnlr bc(U Mon dawn and hunte(, down the "Chlnles" In the .Merrill valley country, where they have been moat plentiful during tho past few years. And quail, too, made their debut Into the hunting season yesterday, that dainty tld-blt most treasured of all game fowl. For pheasant tho Merrill valley district la reported the most abund ant hunting grounds, while the Lost river country Is said by experienced huntors to house the most plentiful covey of quail. Among tho hunters to try their lurk early yoaterday morning were Dr. L. L. Truax. E. M. Mubb. Frank Drlscoll, Lloyd Porter, "Bud" Con way,. Herb Whltsett, Hoy Whltsett, Paul Coan, Perry Babcock, Dr. Paul Noel, A. E. Whitman, Chris Barn stable, O. D. Ray, Charles Schaal, Frank Evans, Qeorgo Dianas,' R. Perry, Tommy Miller, and scores ot others In Klamath Falls. GEN. SHERWOOD DIES AT HOME TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 15-(Unltcd News) Oen. Isaac R. Sherwood, 90 Amortca's oldest ex-congressman died here at his home Thursday. He had been seriously HI tor months. three Elected to the houso ot represent atives for tho ninth Ohio district 1S97, Oen. Sherwood sorved nine terms for a period of nearly twenty years. Always a colorful and vigorous character despite age and falling health the civil war soldier and leg islator closad his political life with a stirring speech Inst year. Ills swan speech was a scathing de nunciation of prohibition, . Pernicious anemia caused his death. Three physicians were un able to halt Its progress, Mrs. Lenore Sherwood, hls-daugh-ter, was with him when he died, but hla only son, James R. Sherwood, was HI in Ravonna, Ohio. , and United Press Telegraph Services Woman Charges Court Amazed at Tale Told By Wife In $1,000,000 Divorce Case LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16 (United News) Tbe first legal step. In a battlo to regain, 11,000,000 was. won by Mrs. Kitty Meyer, when she made charges In court hero, which Judge Shaw claimed "amazing and remarkable, almost Inconceivable, K i , .. . 1 1. 1. l Mrs. Meyer suing to have tbe divorce decree jf Jacob Meyer, her former husband,! set aside and also to have property valued at 11.000, 000 returned to her. She charged Thursday that Ser husband brought a man Into thplr home after, 18 years of marrixe and Influenced her to make loVe to tula man, be cause "It wouli bring us greater domestic happiness.' Trusting her husband, Mrs. Meyer said, she had an affair with the other man and then went on a trip alone to Europe, which her bus band financed. Before the trip, she charges, Mey er Influenced her to deed over to him all Interest In community pro perty. 0RIN LaCOURSE IS FOUND DEAD Office Man of S. P. Railway Dies Suddenly While Enroute to Work Orln A. LaCourse, office man of the Southern : Pacific construction work at Paunlna, was found dead yesterday In the caboose of the Paunlna bound train shortly after he had passed . perfect physical examination In Klamath' Fall. Death occurred shortly before noon. Autopsy will be held at 10:30 this morning In the office of the county coroner with Dr. Johnson directing the examination. LaCourse had been with the com pany for some time and his many associates will feel keenly the loss ot a man who, Paunlna officials say, was one of the meet efficient of the office men. His only living relative Is a daughter living In Corvallis. A halt sister, Mrs. Ivy Rlsley, also survive him In Cottage Grove. LaCourse was a member ot the Salem lodge ot Elks, Masons and a member ot the American Legion, Salem post. Treaties Designed Against Future War LOCARNO, Switzerland. Oct. 15. (United News) Five pacta or treaties designed to bar war from. Europe have been drafted at Lo carno. They are: Rhtneland pact, Franco-German arbitration treaty. Belgo-Gorman arbitration treaty. Polish-German arbitration treaty. Ctecho-Slovakian German arbi tration treaty. The pact has been adopted. The French and Belgian treaties have been approved by the respective del egations. Details of the Polish and Ciech treaties with Germany are being worked out now. LEGLESS MAN GRINS AS TESTY PEDESTRIAN COMPLAINS ABOUT "COLD AND EVERYTHING" The hands of the clock in the window Indicated 8 o'clock. The cold was penetrating, last night, for this time of the year, and pedes irians were hurrying to rooms which would be comfortably warm. A tall man, walking past the corner ot Seventh and Main street, pulled higher about his ears the heavy overcoat he wore. "I'm sick and tired of this cold and of everything," he said to the woman who accompanied him. Sitting on the sidewalk, a half docen feet from him as he made the statement, was a legless man. The latter purged his . Hps, whistled softly to himself and smiled as he heard the statement. "Seoms to me. Its a pretty de cent world with pretty decent folks In It," ha , observed. Again TAX CUT WORRIES j F 5 e Engine In nrDADTWCMT nwiCrash With S.P. ULlm.iTiLlH un FINAL REDUCTION Democrats Advocate Heavy Slicing U. S. DEBT IS FACTOR Senator Swanson, Virginia Would Extend Periods For 25 Years WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. (United News) As various Interests pre pare to present their vltws on tax reduction to tho house ways and means committee which begins work Monday, It develops that tbe most considerable difference among those who have most to do with the form of the new law Ilea In the amount of the Ait. Members of congress, particularly democrats, are advocating a large reduction, while the treasury holds that tbe revenues cannot stand any thing like tbe figure they fix. It was made known at the treas ury Monday that a cut' between 260,000,000 and 1350.000,000 would be advocated by the admin istration, but It is learned that the figure will lie nearer the former. 1 A reduction of from S300.000.000 to $700,000,000 bas been talked by members of congress. The difference between the treas ury view and that of those advo cating a higher cut who are quali fied to speak, hinges about the length of time In which the public debt of the United States is to be retired. A substantial amount Is diverted now each year to retiring the na tional debt. The present policy Is to pay It off entirely In 25 year. Senator Swanson, of Virginia, (Continued On Page Two)' Roumania's Rulers Threatened in Plot "LONDON, Oct. 15. (United News) A plot to kill the king and queon ot Roumanla baa l-acn discovered by Bucharest police, ac cording to a dispatch to tie Cen tral News. The plot originated in Besser abla, according to he police. The assassinations were to have been the signal for a communist revolu tion.' Enormous quantities ot mun itions. Including hand grenades are said to have been discovered In raids which netted several alleged plotters, two ot them Russians. ARBUCKLE BARRED FROM APPEARING AT SCHOOLS, that a warrant charging him with I covered with blood stains. Indi ra , ' nu-dor had been sworn out in , catIng a terrific struggle. . LOS ANGELES, Oct. lS.-dnit- Plke county, on October 12 audi Tne author,tle, have settled on cd News) 'It is against the Inter- that ha would be returned to his I . . ... .ki. ests of the city to hare Roscoo "Fat ty" Arbuckle appear on the stage of a public school as an actor," voted members of the board of educ ation here Thursday. Arbuckle was to have taken a small part In a benefit performance by screen players on the stage of the Hollywood high school. When the school directors heard he was to appear, they rescinded a permit tor the use ot the stage by unaralmous vote. ne wnistled softly a bar from a musical comedy of yesteryear. "I wonder," he added, "what tho gentloman la put out about?" For 18 yoars the legless-man Peter Bush, has watched the crowds go by as he has sat on the side walk. For 18 years, with his limbs amputated far above the knees, he has grinned In a friendly fashion at his potential patrons. Mr. Bush soils lead pencils. "Who are my bcit customersT Undoubtedly men. Not Infrequent ly I will find a town where women will buy, but usually It's the men." The legless vendor psused to thnnk a roughly dressed man who stopped to buy a couple of pen cils. "It's kind of funny." he said, as If to himself. "Not that it (Continued On rao Two) Train, 1 Killed Railway Crossing Is Scene Ur ratal Collision, 6 -. Others Injured OAKLAND, Oct. 15. (United News) Crashing Into the rear of a I fire engine, a five-car Southern Pa cific electric train, filled with com muters, waa derailed at a grade crossing here Thursday afternoon. Thomaa Hcalon, 42, a boseman. riding on the rear of the engine, was killed. Five other firemen were Injured. But one train passenger was In jured, although the Impact caused the trucks to collapse and sent the train from the tracks, landing vio lently against trees that bordered a children's playground. The fire chief's automobile and a fire truck bad passed the crossing In responding to an alarm. Just as the train arrived at the intersection the heavy engine endeavored to cross. ; It was almost clear of tbe tracks when the train struck it. The fire engine was almost com pletely demolished. "DEAD" -MAN TO FACE OWN CASE Man Whose "Death" Netted Relative $85,000 Held On Murder Charge NEW YORK, Oct. 16. (United News) William Turner, whose "death" netted his heirs, 185.000 In lite Insurance, has returned from Germany to face a charge of mur der in connection with a mine ex plosion near McCarr, Ky.. In which two men were killed, on ot whom wa" sVipposed : to ' have been Tur ner. " ' Tumor was foreman In tbe mine until last January, when the ex plosion occurred. One of tbe bod ies waa Identified as that of the mine foreman and ' an insurance company paid Turner's heirs, 36. 000. Agents ot the Insurance company, however, discovered that the miner had gone to Germany Instead of I the usual destination of dead men. osha RaraM own wpre 'fonn(, They learned that he planned to:-,e Thiir!I)Uy ,y nK bene6,k , return to the United States and,.., , .. j . . , ering of grass and v?c.ds along a when the S. 9 Resolute docked ,onely hlt,oway near here. lot. Thursday. Turner, ws. greet- had Wn ed by detective, who removed him Mlss Latlmer. torenead waa pene to police headquarters. Upon hla arrival at headquarters the erstwhile corpse was greeted mouth and once through the brain, by J. T. Hatfield, sheriff of Pike Powder marks on the face, of county, Ky., and one ot his former the victims Indicated that they were pals. The men greeted each other j4h0t from polnt baI1i range. and gossiped In friendly fashion - Scarcely 300 feet from the bod nnd Turner was then informed ' . o ... v.n old home to face trial. Darrow to Defend 10 Murder Charges CHICACO, Oct. 15 (United News Clarence Darrow, lawyer-phlloa. opher of the mid-west, las under taken the defense ot Dr. Osstan H. Sweet and ten other negroes now Jailed In Detrlot on a charge of murder. The men held without ball, were arrested following a riot la the vic inity of Sweet's home on September 9, at which time Leon Brelner, a bystander, was killed and another man wounded. . "I've always been a friend of the colored people," Darrow told tho United News as he prepared to leave for Detrlot, Thursday night. "I was brought up that way. My father, you see was a friend of John Brown." TRACK LABORERS ARE KILLED IN SUBWAY NEW "YORK, Oct, 15. (United News) Thrwi track lnborcra were killed Thursday afternoon, when s subway express trnln .. ran over them in the rant side subway near 108th street. Traffic was delayed for approximately halt an hour be-1 foro tho bodies were rxtrlratrd. Price Five Cento TOM MURRAY IS FOUND GUILTY AS CHARGEDBY JURY Verdict Will. Mean Death Penalty CONVICT IS SMILING Findings Contain No Mercy Making Gallows Almost Obvious Certainty SALEM, Oct. 15. (United News) At S o'clock Thursday night, Jury which had been deliberating the fate of Tom Murray, state pri son convict charged with the mur der of John Sweeney, prison guard, since 3:55 o'clock, returned a ver dict of "guilty a charged."; ' Under Instructions delivered to the Jurors by Judge Kelly, four verdicts were possible. Guilty as charged In the Indictment, that of murder In the first degree, which meana the death penalty;, guilty of murder In the first degree with recommendation for life Imprison ment; guilty of murder in tbe sec ond degree, carrying with It a sen tence of life Imprisonment; - not guilty aa charged, because ot In- I sanity, or a simple verdict cl not guilty. , Murray Smiles When the Jury filed Into court and the verdict was solemnly read Murray merely smiled, glanced at his attorney and shrugged his shoulders, apparently entirely Indif ferent to the sentence, which will be pronounced at 10 o'clock Mom day morning. The verdict . which was reached after six - ballots had been taken carried . no recom mendation for mercy, and.lt la. al- , most certain that Murray is facing death on the scaffold. He was lm ( Continued on Pace Two) Girl and Companion Are Shot to Death KENOSHA, vWls., Oct. 15. The bodies of pretty Madeline Latimer, 17 year old Milwaukee stenograph- pr anil TiAr ftaneA JnSn Rmm trnted by a bullet. Sears was snot twice once - through the murder. They believe either a Jilted suitor or a moron Is res ponsible. SHINER REPORTED KILLED NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 15. Re ports of a pitched battle between prohibition agents and moonshiners in the mountains of western Ark ansas in which the moonshiner was reported killed were received here Thursday night. Two dry officers were sent to the scene from her. In Our Men's Natural Bridge Arch Support Shoes Lion Brand arch support shoe built on dress last, blucher style, rubber heel, of wlnteT weight brown calf leather. ' a $5.85 " 'rfthssTjiD - '