The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, December 30, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextiThe NEWS CUuified Columna j, Ko. 39. (Every Morning Except Mondavi WTO AGREE MOVING CROP . t r J yea cession unas Peacefully jjOKHART HOOTED V1 of Eleven States Con Belt win 1 k Up the Problem ViOINKS. Dw. M-H United -111. "-- . Uian) lo peaceful cloael. ,... . . . . !? r after delegate want net la favor of noma form Lut cerpuratlna plan. d.talla Lui till be drafted at an all- in nalerenra of governor, bwaM. aenaiora ana oiner Litraa the sierra atalea lying Leon belt. kawtUi la lo ba railed by the en reamlttee of an all-Iowa rf eell to ba appointed John llammlll within t it day. I km of tha conference to ar- I Hilled plaa for dlapoalng vina farm product! waa ex- ht Se many dlv.rao oplnlnna nattwaied at tha lathering. ianl In name, that any al ia ibrre tha delefatea Into lent themaelve to a definite a staid have resulted In a W Wlla. . . ,- Mr wit tha conferenra to Mil paint at llmaa thai II At Wat bralna of the a- keep order. Bmlih W. Ilrookharl. 'Hteiid Senator Cummlna on 'orw. waa booed and hissed b apoka oer tha time a) him. Ha brought ht ralo an abrupt close, but not P Ud lam banted the rail- f H tank of the country for f ej falluro lo coma to the it firmer. Remark Firry Nw Cuiutnlnh directed acver- Jrnirk at Iho Junior Iowa ""ed (m rasa Two) Jaiath Flowers Starting to Grow " middle of winter. spring M Into Klamath Walla. r7 ire bulla nn mnfiv nt tha Rwldinn of tho city have rW on Ihla. r laid yoatorday hl Bhav f"" and Golden Clow have "'el. - .urn iinio in an my ' Klamath Falla t have '" unld. man einlnlned that anme Fkm bitahea are ahowlnn ln f "''lit. lift Inn nmtAA lk PafnotnnnnH l' Chrl.tmai dny a warm un ""O In KlamelS Vll. fi.l P old-tlmora hava tToclnreil that " la the bout they ever t' tlmo of ynnr. 6ugh Dry Jur next .Tee"flOUr Wnl.rlnl R0Uirh Drv orvli-o cn- J0" to do just that. uu V. ,u your enure r"'i Kvonrti.:-.. I.. J..l Uinrl . . jlfn.ert; flat work is bonu- " ,bRth towels, undor- "1(1 hnnlm-i. ... t..teA reariv in ". 'J' 1,UVB" Ik. . UHe' uniy a iew I'Khtor thlmrs nro loft (7 to iron at home. A 1 IWO nm Al III cm nut r u- I''Wh Dry for your and we'll , call. Laundry rhone 658 . The fUMXER UiilPPriini V'lWXJI. imnoIXT,, IN ISSniRIY BENI) BOOSTING &H0PE FOR ENDING Wa Frown OTnilr nrimnnr A Klamath stage operator r.i.m log from Itoott Tueaday U author of a ralh-r aenaatlonal exposure Involv. Ing llnail boost m an new.pap.r wrrapoo.lcn'a who arVuld broadcast lo t'.e toild that I ho Leachutoa rouatrr toatu a wlnior climate to wid.u vrltli Tla Jiiana, Mexican, and mat pint. "I wie In llrnd lat tlc aa ."an Bald, "thai bustling HllTe city wlli rr,n ,t lno too, of ,h(l now covered Throe Dlitora. While I waa there a lleud au'o dealer dis covered a tWca graaa hopper which ha pkkrl tut of an icy chunk of mud. With the trua booster' rpirlt the auto man thawed tha hopper out i and lbn turned tha cuddly awaken' who without further prompting did their tuff. "Tha reault waa that paper far and wlda have carried acrounta of the midwinter gnu hopper plague In the balmy Pearhutr region." LEE WINS CASE WITIIPARK CO. Award Damages of $7836 in Dispute Over Auto Stage Contract Awarda totalling 17.131 were made yealerday In a deHalnn hand ed down by Circuit Judne A. I.. U-avKt In the cane of William T. la aitalnat tha Crater lake Na tional Park company. The ault rrew out of a dlapute between lee and Richard W. I'rtre. vie preal dent and manaaing director of he park company, over an auto etage contract, Aa tntervenor (he Porlland Mo tor Car company parUcipatea In the Judgment In the rstent of $3,936. 8!x uaed Packard can had been purchaaed by Lee and O. U William from the motor company fr 16000. part of which waa unpaid. Loo later took over fho obligation. AMorneya J. II. Carnahan and P. K Wnne appeared for Lee. A I explained by Carnahnn. Lee wa tolductlon of conl I vitally nocessary furnish transportation In the parknd that to accomplish this, both m .t.-o RK ner cent of the gros proceed under the con tract. The park company waa to have made paymenta to the auto company out of the percentage due Lee. Trouble arose when two months' returns woro withhold from Lee, and aa well the payment duo on tha auto. It waa this tangle that the decision handed dtvwn by Uio court sought to unwind. Lamm Mill Robbery Suspects Are Held A man. aald by Shorlff Hurt llaw- kins lo have been a pnl of the men connected with tho recent robbery m Lamm' Lumber company store, Is at present hold In Iho county Jail at the request of Portland autnor Itles, according to Hawkins. Although the man gavo bis namo as W. A. West hore, hi real name Is Poter Itltlhaler, Hawkins said, nnd ho I wanted In the Oregon motropo II for auto theft and burglary. The man U ld to havo a penitentiary record. ' Ho was arresled nt the Washing ton House, December 7. nnd charged with the unlawful possession of liquor. Klre men are held at Pod ding for the Lamm robbery. . Tho men Jailed nt Redding nro Karl Handy, a man by the name of Hrnthor. the H.tle brothers nnd Itny crcher. Little iniormaw... corning thoin has boon hore. received (1IK.APKH TO Pl.K.ll) (J1U.TY ' J Jtiatlce court, yesterday. It waa demonstrated that, on occasion. M I, cheaper o pHd " "" 11 te tO f(Tf0lt lH. , Two men were arrested by Coun ty Traffic Officer K.towles recently One of them wo Victor Shuck and the aeoond gave hi. nam. a. W1I- ""yJeX Shuck 'forfeited ball In ,h. of . "oi o Smith. He . 1 a Veo, of Sl"y. "" entered a pie " ' .pltl, coets, amounted to '". Klamath' New; United KLAMATH DIESON ELECTllGWl f -a- MM HAVE NEW MKinh llrllll III H UilllllL ULflULUllil Fact Finding Body Is Proposed MEN WOULD GO BACK Independent Operator Says Miners Have Lost Wages Around $100,000,000 NKW YOIIK, Dec. 29. (United Neva) The anthracite minora and opcralora. In aeparale conference!, are conaldering a new plan for Im mediately ending the hard coal itrlke. The propoaala for a letlle ment were advanced late Tueeday by Alvln Markle, chairman of tho Joint peace conference which began Tuesday afternoon. The principal provision of Mar- kle'a plan provides for the forma tion of a fact finding commission to consist of three representatives of the United Mine Workers, three representative of the operators, and three men to be selected by President Coolidge, but It moat Important affect U accepted would be an Immediate resumption of work and production and institution of a strong safeguard against future atrlkea in the Industry. . ' i The contract which covered wage and working condition for the 165.- 000 striking miner and expired at the end of Auguit would again become operative until September 1, 1929. Making his plan public after first formally aubmltllng it to the Joint conference, Marklo said that It waa based pn year of experience and "Intimate knowledge of all condl tlon Involved." a well a "rec ognition of the fact that the public Interest transrenda the Interest of either the miner or operators, that Immediate resumption oi me pro side must mage concessions. Lost ft 00,000,000 Markle I a leading Independent operator from llaileton, Pa. Ho said the miner had lost 1100.000. 000 in wage during tho four (Continued on rage Two) Officers Discover HolejnJail Wall Whether or not a hole punched In l the wall of tho Jail on the third floor of the courthouse recently was made with a rlew to possible es cape of prisoners. wa not known by officer who discovered it yes terday. With some ort of Instrument tho hole had been borod through the wall. Doputy Sheriff Tom Tracoy spoke of It to one of the prisoner. "I didn't do It," the man Insisted. "I only got nine dny more to serve." 1 Tracoy surveyed hlra and amlled. Hupposlng you did want to go somewhere do you know where that holo would lead you?" ho asked. The man said he didn't. "To the graveyard," the deputy replied. In vlow of the fact that erory pre caution Is Inkon against escape from the county Jail, an armed guard la always present at the foot of the stair which lead to the bnstlle. IlltllKlK 8TKKL AMUVKS. BEND (Ore.). Doc 29. With two carloads of ateol now cm tho ground, work of constructing the bridge which I to epan the Crooked rlrer gorge for the crossing of The Dalles California highway, ta expected to start In the next few day. The Crooked river epnn da to be the highest highway bridge In the world. Although the Crooked river bridge le not acheduled to bo com pleted until May. It 1 hollered by those In charge ithat the ateel will bo In place iy the end of March. News and United Press Telegraph Services FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY S KT?jISAAC STRAW IS General Petroleum and the Pan-American Western Ready to Combine NEW YOIIK, Dec. 29. (United News) Negotiation fur the amal gamation of the Pan-American Western Petroleum company, with the General Petroleum corporation 1 were reported, nearlug completion Tuesday Thl consolidation would be the second to be consummated recently following closely the merger of the Standard Oil of California with the Pacific Oil company. Thoso two cdmpanle. the largest distributer of Igasollne on the Pa ciflc coast, are reputed to hare com bined asset value of approximately 1200.000,000. I i no ran-Amencan Western, part of the E. L. Doheny group, I a holding group controlling, the entire capital atock of the Pan-American Petroleum company of California. The Pan-American of California con troll approximately 60,000 acre of oil land, 30,000 of which the gov ernment claim I federal land. The General Petroleum corpora' tlon boa an extensive gasoline dis tributing system on the Pacific coast with 1500 agent located from Mex ico to Canada. - UNIVERSAL SPREE PORTLAND, Dec. 29. The Pa ctflc nortHwest s far has escaped the extreme cold weather which sot most of the country shivering over the week end. , In contrast to fatalities In eastern and middle western cities, reports of sprlnk-llke conditions hare come from Oregon and Washington cities. VIENNA. Dc 29. (United News) Terror stricken, panicky, thous ands are rushing out of the Transyl- rnnla flood district, whore great loss of life I reported, according to dis patches from Buda Pesth. Some unconfirmed repot ts estimate the number drowned as high as 500 to 1,000. An area of approximately 200,000 acre Is said to hare been deluged by the Icy snow water from the mountains. Martial law has been proclaimed In Klausonburg. a city of 60,000 In habitants, from which the people are fleeing, in many cases leaving their possessions abandoned and scattered along the road. International complications are expected to rosult from the dis aster, according to Buda Pesth re ports, which charge that Rumanians opened slnice gates on rivers lead ing to Hungary. Water stands more than a loot deep In the streets of Klausonburg, and Is still rising, due to rains and (Continued oa Page Two) Coal Discovered in Prineville Country BEND, Oro., Dec. 29. Coal of excellent quality has been discov ered In the Crooked rlrer country, about four mile from Trail Cross ing, according to a report brought to Bend today. The coal, it la stated, wa located In geological formation not iar from the edge of the Inra cap' which cover much of the central Orogon country. Tho coal Is In a formation which I much oldor than any ex posod In the gorges cut by the Des chutes and Crooked rivers, it It re ported. Further proof Hist the formation In which the strata of conl wore found Is ancient Is In the finding of a tooth said to bo the molar of a mastadon. MTKAMKKM COLLIDE VANCOUVER. B. C, Doc. 29 (United News) The Union Steam ship company steamer cowicnan sank during the night about ten mlnntos after colliding In a heavy fog with the Lady Cynthia, a fleet mate. The Cowlchan' 14 passenger ana crow of 31 wero avod, DEC. 30, 1925 CALLEO BY DEATH Dies at Home of His Brother Here WAS OLD STOCK MAN Deceased Survived by Two Brothers, James Straw and Dr. E. E. Straw Isaac J. Straw, aged 62 years, prom inent old-time pioneer of the Klam ath country, died at 6:10 Tuesday night at the home of bis brother, James Straw, In Shippington. Death wa due to a form' of anaemia. The death of Isaac Straw, "I. J." Straw aa he waa known to fhls scores of friend, closed the life of one of the most historical charac ten in the annals of Klamath coun ty history. Born In Virginia in 1863, Straw apent but little of his life in the south, coming west w)ien very young. He knew the west when it had but little of the devel opment which It now enjoys, and loved It for its rugged beauty. He was long Identified aa a stock man, affiliated with large Interests In California in the Macdoel section. Until the past few yean Straw had been active In the life of the county. He entered Lane hospital in San Francisco to receive-medical atten tion for aa enigmatical form of anaemia during the past winter. He returned this summer little Im proved. Since his return he had failed rapidly until death came Tues day evening. He Is survived by two brothers, James Straw of Shippington and Dr. E. E. Straw of Marshfield, former Klamath Falls resident; a niece In San Francisco and two nephews, C. S. Currln, Klamath Falls druggist, and C. C. Currln of Portland. Isaac Straw bad never married. Funeral arrangements hare not been completed according to the cor oner' office last night. Paul Keller Draws Cartoon for News Particular attention has been called by numerous subscriber of The Klamath News in regard to the cartoon which appeared In Tuesday morning's paper portraying old Father Time sending younr 1926 on hi way with the morning" paper tucked under his arm. The cartoon was drawn by Paul Keller, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Keller, who has been In Portland for the past few months continuing with his art. Splendid comment has boon received on the work of the young man, who is making rapid strides with his production. Keller is Tlsltlng until the latter part of the week In Klamath Falls before returning north for the -spring. KANSAS EX-GOVERNOR FACES BRIBE CHARGE TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. 29. Unit ed New) Former Governor Jona than Davl and his son, Russell O. Davis, will be brought to trial on charges of accepting a bribe soon after the opening of tho next term of court, January 11. Paul Hoin. Shawnee county attorney, announced Tuesday. Davl and his on were charged a year ago with receiving payment of 11250 by Fred Pollman, conrici- od Lacygne banker, for a pardon. Young Davis wa handed the monoy by Pollman In a Topeka hotel room, returned shortly afterward with tho pardon, and waa apprehended. 111R BMI DUK POTS TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 29. (United Now) Drove fires wero burning In thousands of citrus fruit orchards in Florida Monday night, as grow- 1 n. hninw freealna tern- perature and a killing frost pre - dieted by the weather bureau here. Futile Attempt At Resuscitation Is Made By Power Men Scout Leader Leaves Mother, Two Broth ers and a Host of Friends to Mourn His Untimely Loss. Funeral Arrangements Not Yet Decided on. . ' , -.i Four thousand volts of electricity shot through the win Hardware Co., late yesterday afternoon as he was attempting to install an aerial for a radio set at the Luth er Haskins place near Merrill, and as he accidentally, touched a high voltage wire his body crumpled and fell 25 feet to the ground. Despite nearly four hours of heroic efforts at resusitation by power company men and Klam ath doctors, at 8 o'clock last night the young man was iinauy pronounced dead. No one saw how Mueller came In contact with the high volt wire, but It was believed he held the wire to his aerial in one hand while work ing at the top of a ladder on the power line pole, and that he acci dentally touched the lire wire with hia free hand. A woman in a house a block away saw Mueller fall, and she called her husband, who was the first to run to the unfortunate young man's aid. He breathed for a few minutes, but never regained con sciousness. ' Ben Faus, a power company em ployee in the Merrill section, was the tint one to arrive who waa fa miliar with the Shaffer method of .resuscitation for . electrocution, and he worked faithfully to revive the spark of life. A few moments later he was Joined by John Boyle and Tom Delzell, power company offi cials of Klamath Falls, who worked frantically to assist with the known life-saving methods. Dr. Massey and Dr. Merryman of Klamath Falls were both called, and they arrived shortly after the power company men. Julius Mueller has been employed as hoad of the radio department of the Baldwin' Hardware company for the past year and a half, and In that time ha built up a host of friends In not only Klamath Falls, but throughout Klamath county. Be sides his mother, Mary Mueller of Sutter, Calif., a brother, Wm. Muel- MAIL CARRIER STRUCK BY LOG E. T. Roberts Suffers Badly Broken Leg When Log .... Falls Off Car E. T. Robert escaped death by but a hair's breadth, and Is now lying In the Klamath General hos pital suffering from a compound fracture of the right leg below the knee, as a result of being struck by a rolling log which foil from a passing .train In the freight yards last night. According to attendants, Roberts, who I employed In the postal de partment, holding a contract carry ing the mall from the depot to the postofflce, was walking the track tc his home on Crescent arenue. He stepped from the track to permit tho Southern Pacific evening train to pass when a tie rolled from a flat freight car, striking Roberts In tho right leg. Thoro was no Intornal Injurlos suffered by the Injured man, who Is reported resting as easily as pos sible Mrs. DeLap Injured by Power Wringer Harlng recently rccorored from an operation, Mr. Lloyd DeLap yes terday suffered serere Injuries to her loft' hand when it was drawn Into the wringer of a electric power washing machine. Two of her finger were badly mashed. Mrs. DeLap, wife of the clerk of the circuit court, reside, on outh Riverside, . RADIO Radio Programs Are a Daily- Feature, See Page 7 Price Five Centa ler of the Battery Service station in Klamath Falla, and another brother, Carl Mueller of Sutter, there will perhaps be no more Bin cere and' heart-broken mourners at Julia' death than the Boy Scout of Klamath Falls, slnce the deceased was Scout Master of Boy Scout Troop No. 1. Ever since the scout activity waa first taken up here Mueller has taken a most active part in the affairs of the boys' organiza tion, and he baa been lavish In giv ing his time to their needs, Mueller was also an actire mem ber of the Klamath county chamber of commerce, and had serred on a number of important committees and helped mightily with the vari ous membership drive of that or ganization. . He waa not a member of any lodge. Before coming to Klamath Falls Mueller wa employed in the radio game at Marysville, Calif. He was born In Marysville on February 15, 1893. According to Wm. Mueller, broth er of Julius, no funeral arrange-, menu had, been made last night, and it would depend on the wishes of his mother whether the body be shipped to Marysville or Sutter, or possibly the motherland brother Carl might come hore for burial service in Klamath Fall. . Auto Smash Kills One; Injures Other TILLAMOOK, Ore.,' Doc. 29. Harry W. Black, Portland, wa In stantly killed and William .Glbbs, Portland, was seriously Injured this morning when their automobile failed to make a turn between Ore town and Neskowln. Black waa driving, and at a turn ' the car left the road, tore through a telephone pole and fence, and land ed in a field on Us side. Olbbs wa able to return to Portland. County Coroner Hlnkle of Tillamook wa notified and took temporary charge of the body. , PORTLAND, Dec. 29. Harry W. Black wa president of the Sellwood Furniture company here. His home was at 1132 East Thirteenth street. What Makes the . World Go Around? DOES IT? However, regardless of whether, the theory Of the revolving of the wor:a is correal, we know GOOD SHOES at popular prlcoj In our Down Stair Store makes' a lot of potfnlo In Klainulh county go round with . a smiling face and happy feet. , In the Center of the Shopping ,' DUtrlct. "