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Vol 3, No. 294 Price Five Cunts
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1, 1926.
(Every Morning Except Monday)
REPORT OF DECEMBER WEATHER
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Believed to Have Made
. Escape Early in Eve
ning; Absence Discov
ered Near Midnight.
A jail break occurred curly
hint evening; but which was
not (Uncovered until 12 o'clock
IfiHt nlirht. in which six priHon
em nuide their eitcape by miw
tng the barn and dropping to
the ground by tying blankets
together. ,
TIlO KlCKHl
I ah ftrny, NHlllii dial iimii
tin rlmrKi t Um'ti).
titl MH'litHlt'it, rhnrtfiMl will,
tlir Uftunnro of Imd chrrk.
Jnrk Kntimlrrft, HHttllltitr Irlnt
tiHin thi chnrjfo of -lMrrtny of n
rnr.
J. K. Krkwlnun, mtvIiik oiu
nr UMin mnvlrllon of Hmnr4
Ion nnit IrnnniMirliillon $tt Illicit
wlitftkry.
Hrl llrnilrpMin, rhnrscil vli li
"vMMtlfin of Um prohibition Intr. '
I-.' initio lt-gtiwn, rlmrjiit with
vlolnllon of fli prolilhKliin Inw,
It In believed that the men matte
their eMrape after bo inn ordered to
retire for tho nlitht and the HnhtH
had teen extlngulnhrd, and In thnt
event they had several hour to
make their exit from Klamath Kali,
or to ro Into hid In k beforo ttielr
dUnppenrance waa dlnooveriMl.
Sheriff Ilcrt C. Ilawklnn wan
notified and Immediately nnmned In
to aervlre every available drnuty on
his atnff and a aearrh of the city
and atirroundlnx country was In
stituted. A detnllrd deHcrlptlon of
each and every prisoner wan telo
phoAed to aurroundlnR town and
rltlea. The police department wa
mIho notified and up until tho time
of thin paper Rolnjc to prena not one
of the prlnonorfl had been raptured.
' It wan learned at 2 o'clock tht
mom Ins that port of the eiicnped
prlNonrra lert Klamuth KnlU In a
rnr. Officer refilled to dlvulRo In
which direction they departed, but
It la hoped to effect tho rapturo of
tho ocetipauta.
Old Timer Thinks
Bad Winter Sure
To Follow Here
Tho weather null Us possible
rhiuijrra for lntlir or worso, con
stitute a favorlln topic of conver
sation arotiuil Klamath Kulls those
rulny days, mill discussion wages
particularly hoi among thn "olil
timers", one llttlo group of whom
expounded a startling hit of In
formation on ft lortil stroet corner
'yoHlordny.
This Is tho wont from thn elders
who know Klainnth county before
the snrrounilliiK hills suit hiimniorks
atiiilnod full urowtli:
Tho month of Novomhor this yonr
stnrtod out tho snukon of rain nml
snow mueh Hfler tho fash Inn of a
rdrrosponillnit nionlli In 189, when
tho fall ruins began with ft deluge
nnd lasted for over four wmeks.
With tho advont of colder wonther
In Unit former romcy month of
No vent tier, tho ruin turned to snow.
In comparatively short tlmi.
Old Mini Dorcas had piled up some
four or flvo feet of snow throunh
out tho southern Oregon tinslii, n
condition that lasted untlU eurly
spring. when precipitation w.is
again measured In the form of rain
and plenty of It.
The winter of 1889 was a hard
one, It Is said, and much stock per
ished on tho rangos. Old timers,
fully nwnro of tho need for mols
tnro In tho county, are hoping tho
wittier of 1 it 2(1 -2 7 will not he quite
as wot as that of 1881), when tlw
Indian kept within his tepee and
Die white inun to his rahln,
Saw
Bars
CONSPIRACY ANGLE
I IN COURT PUZZLES
I FEDERAL JURIST
lUI.TI..ll, Nov. (I'iiUnI
w)- 'uii out HiHii Ih ilcfriiil
mit In romilruiy vnw't
Kuril hum till unliUi nlluiillon
tltiit nit mm when llnriiiy IVH
lunii iiM'nml lu lVi'rnI ruiirt
lu niiHUer lu llipior roiiiiirnr)'
iliniftti.
'llult yuur liiuior l4iwlrl
IVtiniHit'tt nllr.', 'htir ran
titers Ih riiitlntr- ttlirn llirn
U only oit on triwl? lie cun'l
(oiiniIit with hhimrir.'
Nfvrrf hilcMt, tlt JuiIki urlsrr
I In rum 1o c-oitl lituo.
Mexican Stabbed
And Robbed of
Large Sum Money
Found Near Sixth Street Via
dust in Serious Condition;
Unable to Give Coherent
Account of Assault.
J. lilies, MeOrnll, is lying; In
lltc rliy Jnll thbi niornlnjc rerov
cling from iKTerc kittfn wound III
fllcctl hy an miknsikm nMMillnnt,
win siiIImiI nml rotilicl him
miir llio Nlttli Sunt vlwlurt In-twiM-n
six nml mm o'rlm-k lut ,
iilulit. I
Weukened l,y excesslvo loss of
111014 from five deep knife wounds.!
and In a slain of semi-conscious-!
mu, I'll be i was found lying In thei
mud near lTio scene of viaduct con
struction early lat night by Joe!
Ourcla, who carried the injured .
man to Roy Calls garage at Blxth
and Spring,
. Hnr a nix wan obtained and the
laltorer was iilckly conveyed to tho
Klamath Valley hospital, where he
was fiMind to be bleeding from two
rieop scalp wounds, one on either
side of the head, two gashes In the
left arm and a severe cut In the
(I'oiillnucil on ratio Five)
Prisoners Leave
For Portland On
Morning Train
In Klumath Falls to make ar
rangements for the transportation
of four fedoral prisoners to Port
land, Deputy I'nltcd Slates Mar
shal Davidson nrrlvod here yester
day. Davidson accompanied Jim
lllllon, deputy sheriff, who look fl.
K. Cramer to the state penitentiary
to sorre six months for assault.
Davidson will return to Tnrtlan.1
with Miko Murns. Joe Crlstch and
Joe llolsea, who were bound over
to the federal grand Jury when they
were charged with possession of In
toxicating liiiuor, sale of Intoxicat
ing liquor, maintaining a nuisance
and conspiracy to violate a federal
statute. A fifth charge of selling
liquor to an Indian was dismissed.
The three are of Austrian birth.
Cy Hutchinson, flaming' Indian,
will also be taken to Portland by
the marshal, bound over In the
grand jury on the charge of sale,
delivery and Introduction of Inloxl
cntlug liquor Into the Klamath In
dian reservation.
Hutchinson was arrested October
21 and has been languishing In jnll
since that time,
HighoTficial of
Southern Pacific
Is Visitor Here
Another official of high rank In
railroad circles visited Klamath
Falls yesterday afternoon In the per
son of A. D. McDonald of New
York City, vlce-chiilrnian of the
executive committee of the Southern
Pacific lines.
McDnnnld, who arrived here In a
private car about tliroo o'clock. Is
on an Inspection trip over the Cas
cado line nnd was enroute for Hnn
Francisco. He was alono on the
tour and did not get off his car
while In Klnmuth Falls. The vice
chnlrmnn recolved no callers whlle
In this rlty and word to nowspaper
representative was that he hud
nothing for pulilleat'lon.
Olher Southern Pacific official,
here yesterday were J. V. Fltt
(ieraldositperlntendcnt of the Shasta
division, nnd T. Ahem, both of
whom arrived hero from the south.
Strangler
Fiend is
Active at
Portland
Fourth Woman in Port
land Found Dead and
Country-Wide Search
Instituted for Man.
I O It T L A N I), Nov. 30
(United News) Police of two
Pacific northwest cities are
centering attention on a hunt
for a human fiend who selects
middleagcd women for his
victims and strangles them to
death and who is thought to
have killed five .vnmcn, four
in Portland and one in Seat
tle. Portland was the last plneo he
slruck, smothering out tho life of
Mrs. Illanche Myers, 48, soma time
Mouday afternoon. Her body wis
found early Tuesday morning un
der the bed In an upper chamber,
with the nose and mouth tightly
bound In a narrow strip of white
cloth.
Tho most Important clue left,
according fa" police, rfro lilrge Wood
smearod fingerprints In various
placos In tho gore spattered room.
The only other direct evidence Is
the statement of Alexander Mnir.
owner of the house which Mrs. My
ers rented. He had lunch with
the woman and her son, Ijiwrcnce.
18, Monday noon and said that
after tho boy had left a man called
to look at a room she had for
rent. I'poil returning, he told pol
ice, sha remarked:
"I don't like his looks, but it is
(Continued na Page Four)
Southern Oregon
Realty Board is
Fully Organized
Organization of a southern Ore-
' gon realty board to comprise real
! estate groups in Ashland. Medford,
Crania Pass and Klamath Falls, was
the keynote of the meeting of sonth
; em Oregon real estate dealers In
Medford Monday, according to word
brought back here yesterday bv
members of the local realty board
who attended the conclave.
At the meeting, held Monday
I afternoon and evening In the Med
ford hotel, resolutions for forma
tion of the mother hourd were
drawn up and adopted. It Is stated.
Other discussion hinged on advertis
ing, multiple listing amf topics re
lative to the real estate business.
Attending from this city wero the
following members of the Klninnth
Keally hoard: Miss Clara Calkins.
Mrs. K. II. Yadcn. C. S. Mnntellui.
K. (). N'nrd, Howard Harnhlsel. W.
F. Sears, and Leslie Wright. Klch
ard Smith also accompanied tho
local delegation who met with rent
estate dealurs from Medford, Grants
pass and Ashland.
Prominent speakers at the ban
quot 'which followed the afternoon
meeting, were President Bnrnlilsel,
Seattle, of tho Northwest Heal Ks
talo association, and T. W. Zim
merman, secretary-treasurer of the
association.
WOMAN IS ARRESTED
ON LIQUOR CHARGE
Mrs. Nellie Melln, who rondiirts
the Midway Pool Hull and billiard
parlors on 2222 south Sixth street,
had a pint too much liquor In her
possession late Monday night when
prohl officers camo to call at her
establishment.
Nclllo was arrested by C. L. Hick
man and entered a plea of not
guilty before Justice It. A. Km mitt
yesterday. Her attorney Is D. K.
Fletcher.
Mrs. Melln paid $250 cash bonds
when they were set by Justice Em
mitt and walked out of the court
room to appear December 10 when
her trial will be held. '
WEATHER CHANGE IN
CALIFORNIA BRINGS
ADDITIONAL RAINS
has fiuxcisio, xov. ao-
(fulled Xmfc More regular
rains (tint will Im-ih-NI agrlculture
liave lMcn pmlicieil for Ciillrumui
by Professor K. A. Iluls, former
Mentlier forrrnwifr for ('iilifoniln
ami now conuliliijc meteorologist
III AlMMjedit, III a lecture here.
I'mfcMtorJ Ileal rvplHluiil Ihnt
weatlirr luH undergone a change.
In California during the last SUI
years, with the result that there
luis becu deficient rainfall.
"Hut," lie said, "we, have just
passed the lowest ebb of a dry
cycle, vllh better propcrt
liheail,'
Library' Building
Will Be Accepted
Formally Shortly
Contractor, Architect and Li
brary Committee Will Meet
Today to Pas on Matters
Pertaining to Acceptance.
Formal acrcitanco or tile new
Kl.tHMt clir lilirnrjr. 'tvlilcli has
recently been completed at tho
nirner of Klamath annuf anil
Firth Ntrcct, Hill iirolmlily bo
made durlnjr tho coming few days
according: U nieinhora or tho 11
tiarr committee, who are antic
InutiiiK tho arrival thia afternoon
or lllo contractor, fi. I.. Hord. or
llord A ItniokK, anil - the archi
tect, Harold l. Mimll, both or
I'ortland. -llonlajanil
Ularsh. In connection
witb C, N. Colajom. reniilent arc.h-
itocl. nnd menilicra or the Women
Library club committee, will meet
in the IILrary today to pap on Its
acceptance of the building'.
The building la by far the most
attractive piece of architecture
which now grace Klamath Falls,
and lawn will soon add to the at
tractive presentation of the site.
Members of the committee were
Interested yesterday In purchasing
chairs for the auditorium where
plays, children's hour, and other
features of the building will be en
joyed. Members of the Women's Library
club have offered to furnish the
ciuh room, and the Business and
Professional Women are furnishing
tho rest room. Tho California Ore
gon Power company has given the
women tho electric stove for the
kitchen at cost, and numerous oth
ed equipment for the building have
been received to advantage.
Although tho furniture for the
(Continued on fa go Five)
Portland Would
Take Division
Men From City
Removal of Shasta Division to
Klamath Falls Would Cause
54Trainmen to Vacate City
and Lose Seniority Standing
- Portland la again grasping for
something that lielongs to other
comniiinltlcM, according to railroad
men, who make their homes In
Klumath Falls, nml who hy dint
of long yeara o( pcrwrvcrnnco
have liecome owiitrs o( homes.
The injunction sued out o( tho
federal court In San Francisco sev
eral days ago by W. I. Gunlock anil
N. H. Graham, local employes of
the Southern Pacific, restraining
thnt corporation from changing the
division point of thn Shasta Div
ision from Crescent Lake to Klam
ath Kalis, will come up for hear
ing before Judge Van Fleet on Fri
day of this week, when efforts will
ho made to have the court declare
the Injunction permanent. .
In order to prepare for the trial
to ho held In San FrnnrlRco. C. H.
D. Jones, chairman for tho Brother
hood of Locomotive KnRlneers. re
siding at Diinsmnir, paid a visit to
Klamath Knlls yesterday and went
into the situation thoroughly with
local trainmen who are members of
tho Four Brotherhoods, Knginecrs,
Firemen, Conductors and Brnkcmon.
Thia la not a fight against tho
Southern Pacific company, but It Is
directed against the Brotherhood
members who work out of Port
land, according to Jones. It la n
question touching upon 'seniority
and should the order stand wherein
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American
Steamer
West Ivis
to Rescue
Shin Sailed from Havana
November 17; Lives j
of Passengers
ed to be Endangered.
LONDON, Nov. 30 (Uni-
terl News) An SOS rail to.
i night from the Holland-Am
erican steamer Maasdam, en
route form Cuban ports and
New Orleans to Europe, say
in? she was afire, caused the
American steamer West Ivis
to rush to her assistance.
! The Maasdam Is off tbe coast
jof Portugal and Its several score of
j passengers, consisting mostly of
I Spanish emigrants returning to
I their home country, and a good
sized rargo, were believed to be
j endangered when the first call went
'out.
I The ship sailed from Havana
November 17 and stopped for pas-
sensors st New Orleans. It was
,duc In Mgo, Spain, today.
'First reporfsbf file STJcalTi
I were received at Lloyds Agency here
land were followed by a response
from the West I via. When the Brl -
tish steamer Dalegarth offered as-1
slstance the Maasdam radioed back. tlnctlr , program of economy to all! December 21 Cloudy over aorta
-Thank, have enough assistance." I Te)ed roads here The Bureau of jt.
The Maasdam s location-Is 43.4 1 (Continue on fage Five) December 22 Rain from Port
north latitude. 14.38 west longl-i I land northward: (air other sections.
tude.
GIBRALTAR. Nov. 30 (United
News) Lloyds Agency here has re
ceived word of an SOS call flashed
from the Holland-American liner
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Beloved Woman of
Klamath Falls Is
Dead in Bay City
Scores fo friends, who were shock
ed at the death of Mrs. Bert Hall,
(or 25 years a resident o( Klam
ath Falls, will be grieved to learn
they cannot pay their (inal tribute I
to the gracious woman, who died
in San Francisco early yesterday
morning at St. Francis hospital, 1
Word was recleved last night i
(rem Mr. Hall by Mrs. Lottie Mar
tin stating that private funeral
services would be held at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternocn In the White
Parlor, Sutter stieet. In San Fran
cisco, tntermont will be lu Stan
Francisco, also. .
.Vrs. Hall's s r'den death was one
i.f the most severe rhocks that has
come to Klamain Falls residents,
who knew her our ng her long res
idence In the city.
During the summer of last year.
Mrs. Hallsuffered from s'nus In
fect leu of "the nerves and It was
the same Illness which her friends
nnd husband thought troubled her
before she left for San Franrlecj
ou Sunday, November 21.
Diagnosis of her case proven n
mastoid at tho h:te of her Iiraln
and It was from this delicate opera
tion that she sank Into unconscious
ness, from which she never rallied.
The many friends send their tok
ens of flowers to Mrs. Hall's bier
in lasting respect. Mrs. Hall waa
a native of San Francisco and bur
ial will probably be In the family
plot,
.llMIIMTIt.tTOIl'8 ACCOCNT
PltOTKSTKD IX COV.NTY COCUT
Objections to the final account
of the administrator, J. W. Siemens,
of the O. G. Ijibree estate, were
heard before County Judge R. H.
Bunnell yesterday afternoon.
Objections were filed by Mrs.
Anita Labree, wife of the deceased.
The objection was represented by
Caleb Jones and the administration
by D. V. Kuykendall and Robert B.
Kuykendall. The hearing will con
tinue this morning at 10 o'clock.
SILK SHIPMENTS IN
RAW FROM ORIENT
INCREASE HEAVILYi
H.S FRANf'IM'O, Xov .UK
( I' tilled Xcwh) New Nllk U be- i
UK rrrelml here from llio Orient
In record quantified. It wm mi
nonnreil Unlay that S.2.IA7.000
worth of the commodity wa lm
Mrtef through thin port daring
the totonfh of October.
The X. Y. K. ateamers brought
nil of the raw silk received here.
The record shipment was on the
Korea Maru, wboae cargo was
worth A.OOO.OOO. Five shlM of
the line combined for (be total
1
Beiiev-jlmprove Highways
I jg Edict Sent To
State Commission
I
ri..nlr f rmm,rr,
on Record and Sends Mes
sage Requesting Oilinf of
Highway Without Delay.
Klamath's roads and highways
nmM lie Karrd and to this end
tho Klamath county chamber or
commerce, through the board of
directors at luncheon yesterday.
I sent thn following; telegram to
the stale highway commission
seeking alii (or this section of
Oregon, signed by President A.
M. Collier:
On account of heavy storms and j
other unexpected events, it is Im-lln other sections.' .-
possible for ns to have representa-j December 10. 11 12 Rains as
live. t tha meittlnr indav. Our' far south as San Diego.- ; , ' .
roads and highways committee for-l
warded recommendations some'
d . , w, -,Te thoguello.
enKneer- port today, serious con-
,dera,on. Roads that are not oil-
ed , K,tmtth county are golng to
,... .,nirtv i. will he dls-
Southern Pacific
Finishes Repairs
Riftrk RllttP
Closed to traffic for several day t
because excessive wet weather re
sulted In the settling of track across
14 fills, the new Southern Pacific
line between Grass Lake and Black
Butte was again thrown open to
trains Monday, according to word
received bee yesterday.
As the old line extending from
Grass Lake to Weed has not been
torn 'up. no delay In train service i
grew out of the temporary tie-up
of the new line, completed late last j
summer. All freight and passenger:
trains were routed over the old
line while the settled track wa3
being repaired by gangs of labor
ers comprising several hundred men
who worked almost continuously, j
Some track settling was expect
ed along this portion of the new
main line of the Southern Pacific
es (ilia are numerous, it Is said.
Some slight trouble of this nature
has been reported from points along
the Cascade line, but not sufficient
ly serious as to Impede traffic.
There have been no snow slides or
washouts at all, according to re
ports here.
Town of Ivan to
Have Post Office
In Near Future
Tho little town of Ivan, Oregon,
south of this city. Is' soon to be
the seat of a I'niled States post
office, according to a statement yes
terday frora John McCall, local
postmaster.
A. J. Hanan, construction super
intendent on the logging railway
now being built by tbe Oshkosh
Lumber company near Ivan, has
been appointed postmaster for the
new office.
The Ivan office will take care of
former patrons of the Worden post
office, to be discontinued, McCall
stated. As Ivan Is little over n
mile from Worden, the change In
location of the office Is expected to
inconvenience former Worden pat
rons but very little.
The Ivan office will be opened
In tho very near future.
WKATHKK FOHKCAST
OREGON: Unsettled; fresh and
strcng southerly winds.
T T tl C Af f 1 A tfl
UIlOClllCU
Condition
County November Rain
fall Heaviest of Any
Month in 20 Years;
Whole State Benefited
SANTA CLARA, Cal., Nov.
30 (United News) Decern
ber on the Pacific coast will
be more often fair than wet.
according to the "sun spot"
forecast of Father Jerome Bic-
i i ?i m n
i "e university 01 oan-
ta Clara.
Rains are foreseen, December 6.
i, 9 to 12. IS. 1, IS. 23 and 24.
Christmas will be (air, prophesies
Rlcard.
. A more detailed forecast follows:
December 1. I 1, 4 generally
fair over coast.
December 5 arrival over Van
couver Island of a disturbance .
which bids (air to affect the whole
ccast. yielding generous rains In all .
sections. '.'
December- 7 clearing.
'December 8. 9 cloudy and rainy
between Alaska and Portland, fair
December 14 Generally fair.
December IS.
-Pine Tains
December 17, IS Generally tIP.
December 19 Raina In northern
sections.
December. 20 Generally fair. .
December 23 Rain from British
j Columbia to San Diego. -:
December 24 Clearing showers.
December 25, 26. 27, 28 Gen-
A 1 1 .. fl
December 2S Rain in north.
A boon to farmers ll the an
nouncement that Klamath Falls has
just parsed through the heaviest
month of rainfall in over 20 years,
according to announcement made
last night by Herbert D. Newell,
of the U. S. R. S. in Klamath
cennty.
Rainfall for the 24-hour period
of 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon.
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Alarm System of
Fire Department
Most Disturbing
Clanging of gongs whose terrific
din In the city hall gave word of
fire alarms coming In simultaneous
ly from almost every part of tho
city, brought local firemen quickly .
to their places on the truck shortly
before one o'clock yesterday morn
ing, only to find that the severe
rain storm of the previous night
was responsible for the alarms.
After considerable effort, firemen
were able to quiet the gongs, but It
took them until late yesterday af
ternoon to get the alarm system
adjusted and In proper working
order again. Trouble, while not
spoclfically located, is believed to
have been caused by wet limbs of
trees near tho' fire alarm linos,
dropping On the wires, causing
shorts at various points along the
system, which is independent of all
other city wiring.
As new shorts developed and old
ones were eradicated, the gongs at
the fire station rang out at differ
ent times during the day. At a
late hour yesterday, however, fire
men believed they had the situation
entirely controlled.
A sagging telephone pole at the
corner of Main and Riverside, loos
ened by the rains, permitted ono
wire to touch the ground, burning
out severnl fuses on the alarm
switchboard at th fire station.
This and other discovered false
alurm causes were quickly repaired.
The situation would be extremely
serious If not Immediately remedied,
It Is pointed out. as a defective
system might allow a city fire to
get beyoud control before the (Ire
men could be warned of It.