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run blither when
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'DAY REJECTED
i BY U. REGENTS'
POIITLANI). Orl. SI. (fulled
Pressl-Appiilntmcn, ,,f C.,1. Frank
I., lux, nnw attached In Carnegie
Inslllutn. as B temporary president
of the Ctilvnrslty of Oregon, to uc-rt-d
lhi Into 1'rt'nlitt-iil Prime I,.
Campbell, wait flatly rnji'i led by
: Ille board tit regents Indlty. after
j.uth move . ri.. i.n.i.a i
BURNED c"""""," ""
' Tim regents ruarhed no sntllcmetit
in m. matter r selecting . n
president, nut II nuthnrlied further;
Buiuii..n. on . im.i. .,r a ta
of $10,01)0 annually, i
SUBURBAN PARTY
El
Raid Made on Home Results
In 40 Gallons of Moon
And 500 Mash
Itiillowc't-ii artlvlili-s began earl
j this afternoon at the home of lien
I (lay. located nhoiit two and one
j half miles south of Klamnth Kalis,
i on the Itorrls road.
Spirits horered all about I lie j Hammond. !$ . Inn March,
plare, nn melius; to Main prohibition J Klcnrk ua pointed out by Wll
ofricers. Some of lliem fell upon ll.mi Porter., rtiliman cnndiictor. an
the flour. having secured tickets at the un-
Accordlng to the officers. Mil b.n stnllnn In Indianapolis for the
liny answered thu kli'irk III. h , party.
sounded Ihnnigh the ranch linust. I Thnmai tratlfled Ihn girl was
"I'm un offlter," etplnltied
i..
! Mi llrlite. when Mrn. tiny reiom
' to his summon
Mrs. (;. so the story goes, then
became active. According to of
1 fleers, she duelled from the door,
j broke n quart bottle of whlakey nn
the floor and proceeded lo pour hot
water on II.
' Mcllrlile. however, befieves he re
' covered enough of tho spirits lo
Justify hl Hallowe'en activities. Ho
then began a search of tho premises
and those nenrhy.
I Forty gallons of Honor which, of
I fleers claim, was the properly of
Cay, were confiscated: 400 gallons
of ina-h were brought to
Klamalh
Rt"
Ipall.. snJ a fiO-aallon caDaclty still
I , i he men who worn wit a ner.
was selred.
I "Taking II all together. I'm pretty Stephenson paled as each wlt
'well satisfied with the day's work.-'ness Identified him and uttered a
. M. nrl.1.. grinned . - j no ltia nortcr
(lay was h t night. 50, around 111 front of him lo cslab-
tsh ball or $1,000 "property bond'lh the identification,
being demanded for his release. He Miss Oberholtier look poison In
, w.s emected to furnish II.
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i RAILWAY HEARING
l OM PATF INrRFASF.
ends its session!
CHICAtiO. Oct. 31. ll'llllcd;
I rreis Tho Chicago session of the
' interstate commerce commission
Hie motion pictures. 1 hearing on tho petition or western
known nffnctlonately I roads for a flvo pur rent Increase
"nic L'linti In In of, in freight rates onitcii tins atiernoon
I with an nttnek nn the proposnl by
I representatives or farmers and ship
J pers.
The represenlntlves din lured there
'whs nn Justification for an Inertias
at litis limn, mid Hint favorable
railroad aelloti by tho com mission
would Impose a hardship nn agri
culture, shippers nnil Ihn public.
Further tostlmony In belinlf of
Ihn farmers and shippers will he
heard In llenver, November It, II
was announced.
Called to the stand to refute state
ments given by witnesses tor the
carriers, John I'. Horner, professor
of economics it I Michigan slntn col
lege. Hinted thill Ihn purchasing
power of fitrtn Innd lodny Is only
72 per cent nt what It wan In 101.1
llnllroiiil witnesses hud prnvinitHly
presented figures lo (ho commission
showing n In rue pun linnlni! power.
NT.tM tDLLArsKSi U III HT
MA II ION. Ohio, Oct. .11. Mario
Cttturnlll and nn unidentified boy,
both H. were seriously Injured and
may die, as a result or llio collapse
or a grundstnnd at a fonthnll game
between the Harding and Ilitcyrus
high schools this afternoon. One
hundred and flvo others were cut
and bruised.
WAII.AMII MAKDH 'KM I'LAV
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. SI.
Coach Burton Ingwerson , of tho
Hnwkeyo big ten championship con
tenders wanted a test ror his eleven
lodny nnil ho got It. Wnbnsh forced
his men lo open tip with a con
ference game stylo In order lo de
feat thorn.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1925
TFI I S nfiGROGAN ESTATE
1LLLU III I A I PITH IM TI A
TlinriTn If inn rw
II M III Al'lll mil
l"1" U 1 nLUUHLU
i
Poison Victim Taken
111 on Train
APPAREL IS REMOVED
i -
wcm Inform Court
yi Tun c. l
at Told ?y Stephenson
T Mind n,n P....i...
N'OIILKtiVILLK. Itid., Oct. 31
(United Press I Two railroad men'
late today piled additional Import-!
an! testimony on the masse of evl-l
deuce for th stale In the trial of;
II C. KtnnheiiKin l,.rm.r ,r.,.j
dragon of the Ku Kltix Klan. and !
Karl Klemk mid F-irl Ccnlry. t
The three men are on trial for
lint degree murder for the death
of MIm Ma'lte Dberholtier, an In
diMnopolls girl.
Ivts 1 lionise, a neKro porter.
Identified Stephemion and Centry as
the two men whe nreupied a stale
room with the girl on a midnight
train rldo from Indianapolis lo
sick and vomiting
when
he enter
llltlke the
ml Ihn enllllllkrlniehl
to
i,..rih tor the nlzht.
He said hn suggested application
o a hot towel to the girl's head.
Ii ii t Btephcn'on drew a revolver
and hltili'd thai "hn had heller
not cuitsit any trouble."
I "Klephonsnn snld shn wi.ulil Ve
I all right and for me -Id mind "x!or(.Kn 0wcr company. "Sad failed
j own business." Thomas testified.
I "Ho alarted lu undress her and
pulled off lier shoes and stock -
lings' before I left the compart -
I menl."
j Kmployes or the Indiuna hotel
I at .Hammond, where Mls Oberhnit-
lrr '" lcn r ,p"v," u,;
. ll.l . t. - .nr..n.l...(. .u
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the hotel at Hammond, after
an
i alleged uttack by Stephenson
.w "'"
and
Mitchell to Expose
Method of Military
WASHINGTON. Oil. SI. Intent j
on further exposure of irregularities '
in proceduro. Col. William Mitchell
and his lawyers, tonight planned toj
open another attack on tho Juris-1
diction of tho army gonernl court ;
irvlna him for misconduct, when It
reconvenes Monday.
Mitchell, Itepresentnllvo Frank
Held. Illinois, his civilian counsel,
and Cnlonnl Herbert A. White, mill -
i... -.tunnel, conferred all tiny sat
unlay, and indicated that further!
Intnrmullon on points preceding !
summoning of lo court would bo !
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HALLOWE'EN NIGHT PASSES BY WITH LITTLE
OR NO SERIOUS TROUBLE CAUSED POLICEMEN
Had Kliitnnlh Falls boasted a
clock In tho cunlontury steeple It
wi.-ukl have, no doubt, donged 12
or It times -nl-oul midnight lust
night.
As II was. a black cat meowed
plaintively and. being of a gregnr
Ion nature, mado Its way across
main "t","t '"" another cat was
washing It" ''0. A man Into
whose stomach no leas than six
drinks had found their way. shjv
vered slightly as ho aaw the dark
complexloned feline cross his path.
After all. WM Hallowe'en. And
you can't tell fr sure especially
if the last drink was tho sixth.
A small boy mn1' hta WBy 10
the window of a brightly lighted
restaurant. " rlrsht ""I lecrlb
ed an arc and an Inrurlnted pro
prletor. r.ir the ,lm1 ",rln"!
the evening, made a dash ror the
youngster who was soaping his
window. ,
Out. nn lh Ashlnnd-Klnmnth
United Neva and United Press Telegraph Services
AIRED IN TRIAL
Attorney Made Defendants
In Action to Recover
Vast Fortune
LOH ANGELES. Oct. 31. (Unit
ed l'ro) Attorneys who defended
Dr. Thomas W, Young, demist, who
rommlttod suicide whllo on trial
for lliu murder of hla beautiful
society wife, were defendants to
nlxhl In a aansatlonal auit filed
by Patrick Orogan, Jr., 19 year
old ton of the slain woman, for a
portion of bis, molhiT'i $1,000,
I U00 OHlUlO. x(
He! In necking recovery of $11,000
willed to Dr. Young, by the lad's
mother. young (.rngnn. charged
that John S.
B. Cooper,
''sritntlfir
plcje of
chief defend
slayer," del
copper radio
cr of llto
Ivered the
I wire which the
dentist UHil to
to death In his
strangle blmaelf
cell.
Attorney Cooper
idniittcd follow-
ulrlile of Dr.
the dramatic
Vnun. nl,t ne nod ukea radl0
set to his client, but added he
had no Idea that the dentist might
use It to commit suicide. The peti
tion filed by young firman charged
that tin the. day prior tu the sui
cide, Cooper argued In rourt that
the dentist had "suicidal tenden
cica" and had admitted that his
conviction lor "the murder of Mrs.
Young was "Imminent."
SEARCH FOR BDOY
Authorities Fail to
Locate
I Remain of Man Drowned
L;nj, R;ver
.
M uat night grapplers, who
I worn searching for tho body of 1.
i.n(i .si . eiuplovaYit tho California
,0 loca(), n,o remains, according to
, ,ho roronCr' office With darknosa
! flim0 tt r(!!,sntion or their search,
! wncn to be resumed today.
I Sw(t currents In three directions
,n Unk rlvf,r hcre l,und lost his
j the search extremely dif-
flcult. it was explained. Ilopo was
... . l . L
held out that tne noay migm oe
found today.
Lund was hunting In a small boat
which capslied. and the tragedy en
sued. Tho victim was unable to
swim and found it difficult to keep
afloat for a very long period.
Lund, whose occupation was that
of a common laborer, had taken an
afternoon off that he might hunt
ducks. He had been engaged In
cleaning ap the bottom of the spill
way of the dam.
When the boat capslied. Lund
mado an effort to grab hold of It.
but fulled.
Lund, it was said last night, had
been a aca-faring man. and has a
father In tho state of Washington.
IHVOIM'K ;H.NTF.1
Ilettlah Tlgard is no longer tho
lawful wedded wife of C. F. Tlgard.
! They wero divorcod yesterday af
' ternoon Ihrough a decree handed
' lwn
l,y Circuit Judge A. L.
I Leavltt.
Tho original complaint alleged
cruol and Inhuman treatment. The
defendant failed to appear in court
und tho rase went by default.
Falls highway thero wero many
bright liqht all red. und all
burning brilliantly. Poliro said
thev wero ruses, stolen by boys
and placed on Ihn road.
Frequently, during the night
loud reports wero heard in var-
loua parts of the city. Police were
unablo lo discover the Identity of
the persons responsible. They bo
lleved. however, that small boys
wero discharging guns or firing flrc
crarkors. "Nevertheless. It's been a pretty
quiet evening moro quiet than 1
expected," observed Patrolman Pat
terson, as ho lighted, a cigarette.
"Perhaps, however, we'll discover
some real mischiel before day
light comes."
Few Inebriated persons wore '
soon on the streets and
there was I
no loud talking.
Sevnral Hallowe'en parties were
staged In various homes in the
city, and a number or masked per
sons wero seen on the streets.
unADniMr.ncnjiw
uumiuinuui nn!i
MATERIALS HELD
CHIEF WAR CAUSE
High Prices Breeder
of Ills, Claim
WARNING IS GIVEN
International Animosity In
Business Beamed For
World ConflicU .
Ell IB, Pa., Oct. 31. Warning
to foreign governmenta that fhey
must relinquish their monopolies
of raw material If they wish to
preserve economic and political
peace, was given here tonight by
Commerce Secretary Hoover In a
speech to the chamber of. com
merce. "The world will never go to war
over the price of anything." he
said. "But these nations ran set
up great malignant current of in
ternational ill-will.
"We expend annually about
$800,000,000 for Imports now sub
ject lo foreign controls," he
assorted, mentioning rubber, cof
fee, ailk. nitrates. lloUi'h, Qui
nine, Iodine, tin, steal, quick sil
ver and dye atutfs, foreign raw
mulerials monopolies upon which
American Importers were paying
prices that are too high
"The United States is paying
$1 a pound for raw rubber.
which la monopolized by Ureal
Itrltaln. whereas, the producers
were making a 25 per cent profit
eight months ago- at 35 cents, ho
said. Brailllaji coffee producers
are getlihg 22 cent a pound, com
pared with 12 cents,
Several times
since the war, he
pointed out.
Bandits Confess to
Crimes, Say Police
L03 ANGELES, Oct. 31. (United
Press) Partial confessions havej
been obtained from Pete Wilson and ;
Joe Edwards, alleged Seattle Jail'
' breakers and bandits, captured here
today. It was announced tonight by
! police.
' Wilson admitted that be and his
! companion were wanted for escape;
! from Jail In the northern city, the :
police said, and for the hold-up andfeurred, as near as McAboy could
robbery also of Patrolman Peterson.
Both suspects were held under
heavy guard pending further inves
tigation of their alleged criminal
records, and an additional check
with authorities in Seattle.
Tho pair was captured aftor a
brick battle with police at an up
town apartment here, when police
raided the place In search of boot
leggers. Both had loaded revolvers
In their possession, according to the
police. One of the weapons was
Identified as that taken from Patrol
man Peterson when he was robhed
In Soattlo recently, It was said.
Northwest Indians
End Tribal Confab
SPOKANE, Oct. 31. United
Press) In a blaxe of color, the
northwest Inter-trlbal Indian con
gress came to a claso here tonight
with festivities that lasted until a
late hour.
Alice (iarry. great granddaughter
of Old Chler Carry or the Cour d"
Alone tribe, waa named Princess
America, this nttcrnoon. Second
rhulin fnr the honor went to miss
Keanetto Lll I In Dog ot the Black
(ecl trbo,, allI third lo Llia Oaw
apoo of the Umatilla. j
Bpokana Is lo havo tho national j
session of chiefs In 1926. open to CALUMET. Mich.. Oct. 31 The
all red men residing on the An- steamer Charles L. Hutchison was
erican continent. ' being dashed lo pieces on the rocks
Between leas and teepees game.0ff Manitoti Island, according to
parades and solemn conferences, j radio reports hero tonight. It was
Spokane's first annual congress and' the second time the steamer has
hallowo'en festival appeared to bo run aground In 24 hours,
rilling to overflowing tho Indian's! Late Friday a ga'.a drove the ship
cup of Joy, ror he loves pomp nd0n rock A r8)nf( t,i0 treoi
ceremony.
DKMPSF.V API'LAl'DIII
I MEXICO CITY. Oct
Jack
Dempsey waa loudly appiaouc"
tonight when he boxed two rounds
each with Jack Lee and Jack I.each,
before a big crowd.
BREAD BUYERS
PAY TAX BILLS
Surtaxes Patted on to Man
Of Small Salary Says
5x-Houe Leader -
WASHINGTON, Oct. S 1. The
man who la buylnit bread and but -
ter for bis family shoulders the
1 nation's tax bill no matter how high ;
congress makea the rates on the
rich, Frank W. Mondell, former re
publican bouse leader, told the
bouse ways and means committee!
today. Mondell's lecture on - the"
theories of taxation was In sub-!
atantlatlon of his contentions that
surtaxes ought to be reduced as low
as 15 or 20per cent, and state taxes
dropped to IS per cent. Present
bigh surtaxes were passed on to
"the little fellows." he said.
His testimony brought to s con
clusion the second week of the bear
ings, and left only Monday and
Tuesday for further open sessions
before the committee retires behind
closed doors to start writing the new
1300.000,000 tax reduction bill.
DEATH ACCIDENT
IS JURY VERDICT
Victim Escapes World War
Only to Meet Hand of
Fate By Shot Gun
"C. W. Jones came to his death
from gun-shot wounds."
Yet the terse report of the cor
oner's Jury, sitting last night, told
but Utile or the story or the death
of the man who dropped, bleeding
from the ears and month, on Lost
river, E"oout noon yesteriHy. C. W.
Jones, of South Bend, Ind., visiting
In Klamath Falls for but a short
lime, had aerved through (he World
war with the United States marines,
firtamj And. .1'.--Hnos cams
out unscatched, only to lose his life
from wounds suffered when a gun.
In the hands of Ted McAboy, local
motion picture operator, accidentally
was discharged.
Testimony at the corner's Inquest
indicated that Jones, suffering a
fracture at the base or the brain.
never spoke after he fiad been shot,
He died a few minutes after the
gun a .12 gauge Winchester had
! spoken.
jonea who 'had become acquain-
ted with McAboy but a few hours
before tbe pair, accompanied by
Roger Torre)', was about 35 feet
from McAboy when the tragedy oc-
reckon. He testified that he waa
unaware or what caused tbe shot
gun to be discharged.
"I saw a bird rise through the
brush." McAboy told the coroner's
Jury. "As near as I could tell, I
waa faring southeast. The bird
apparently was to fly north. I
raised my gun. It went oft. I saw
a man drop, and ran to him. I aaw
blood running from hla right ear."
About that time. McAboy confess
ed, he became nervous and waa
unable lo recall but little of what
followed.
Torrey la the son of Mrs., H. W.
Poole. They became acquainted
with Jones in a local gun store, and
Jones had suggested that the trio
hunt together.
Jones was about 25 years of age
and had taken an apartment, dur
ing a visit hore, at the home of
Waltet West, 204 South Riverside.
In South Bend he was employed by
a motor car corporation.
It was announced last night that
the remains will be shipped Monday
lo Jones' home In Indiana. He was
to have returned home at that time.
according to tho plans he had made.
;i Steamship Aground
Twice in 24 Hours
It. Threo miles northwest or Eagle
! harbor, the ship ran aground again
On Manitou rocks. Her bottom, ac
cording lo radio reports, Is being
pounded to pieces.
The Eagle harbor coast guard
crew and two other vessels are
"tntidlng by.
Price Five Cent
FARMERS TO WAR
ON BRADBURY AS
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a JJS-..-;. ' TI-l J
rVUIlllllianailVil JiClU
Negligent
POLICIES
BALK AID
Carleton and Drew to Run
Against Henchmen of
. Present Regime
The clarion was sounded yes
terday for buttle at the polls,
.November 10, by farmers of the
Klamath Irrigation district, who .
are dissatisfied with tbe fashioa
In which their business la con
ducted by the present adminis
tration. ' ,
A the ticket now stands, O. H.
Carlrton is slated to onflow B. C
Short for tbe th i -year-term,
while Charles Drew 'will seek re
election with the opposition of
J. L. Jacobs, for tbe one-year
term. . Lat minute petitions of ;
candidacy were filed yesterday
with Secretary Thomas by Short ;
And Jacobs, the "admlnlstratUra
candidates." It was tbe last day
on which petitions for randJdaary '
could be filed.
GRIEVANCES LENGTHY
A long list ot grievances are cited
by water users against tbe present'
administration nnder R. E. Brad-,'
bury, president of the board of di
rectors, and he and his two candi
dates will be forced into a defensive
position In Justifying tbelr right to ;
dictate tbe policies of the district.
Success at tho polls of Carleton and
breW paves the'wiy fof effecttianr
breaklng the power of Bradbury,
whose influence Is declsred Inimical
to the best Interests of the district
and the development of the county.
District Gained Nothing
Chief among the complaints
against the present administration,
mentioned as causes for dissatisfac
tion, is that It has accomplished
none or the promised rerorms, or
advantages Bradbury and his sup
porters claimed would be brought
about. And further, that In all con
ferences and hearings, the admin
istration has failed utterly to agree
with or abide by any decision or
solution for the problems of the
(Continued on rage Two)
Los Angeles Mayor
Victim of Accident
,LOS ANGELES. Oct. 31. Mayor
George E. Cryer, or Los Angeles,
waa nursing a fractured leg and
numerous cuts and bru'.sea tonight,
following an automobile accident
In which he narrowly escaped with
his life. . The mayor was traveling
in nn Aveciitlve limousine when tho
driver lost control and the ' ma
chine veered down a steep in
cline and crashed Into the side of
a speeding trolley. The chauf
feur emerged rrom tho smash-up
without Injury and drove to the
hospital with his injured chlet.
Hospital attendants said tonight
that the Injuries would not prove
critical, and that the executive
ought to recover In a weak or ten
days.
Ow
SHOES
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Center
District
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