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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1926
(Every Morning Except Monday)
ORMISTON DROPS FROM SIGHT
Widening!
f Oi Ai
ui oireeis
Attracts'
Capital
Two Block Will be
Made Into Exclusive
Business Section of
Klamath Falls.
T-i...t :..... ... a i .1..
mil. mm nicia luwuiu uu
velopmt'nt of a new and ex
climivo bunint'K.-i center In Kla
math Fall have boon complet
ed, wan revealed yeaterday
when it watt learned that pro
perty owner on Vino wtreet
from Sixth to Eighth, have
deeded a ton-foot strip on
both Rides of Tine to the city,
in order that Che thorough
fare may be widened.
My yrsterdsy afternoon, alx uf Iht
acven properly owners Invulved hi
the ml rstuie donation, had sign
ed I ho deeds that will give the rlir
Mm rlKlit to Inertia (he width of
Pine from o feet lo til fret.
Those deeding property lo thn rlty
lira (1. ('. Lorrns, i. A. McCarthy,
A. A- Bellman, lliifua 8. Moore, A.
M. Collier and l.loyd I.. Porter. The
latter three men control one of the
lots fronting on Pine. "Ehe remuln
IliX deed In to mine from tho Pres
byterian church and while thin
gnnlsatlon U exported Join with
the othera (or a wider Pine street.
It will he ncrcsasry to have direc
tors' meeting before the church cun
offtclnlly assent to the transfer.
Plan of those connected wltU tin
donations Is to establish a now
buslnesji center on Pine, from Sixth
lo Eighth, and -that the proposed
new anoppiug area win oe a real
contribution to the development of
the city, la evidenced by the 'fact
that already a biillillim restriction
x (Continued on rage Four)
Prospects of War
Excite Senators
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10, (tt.N.I
Talk of tho next war hus aruiumed
larger irrpurttuna 'among senators
ns a result of arituments over the
tlenovn poison Ittis treaty.
Concern over this country's re
lations with Mexico wss hrouRht fur
ward In the aenato by opponents of
tho treaty and It nppciirs now thnt
the drive to prevent ratification of
tho prolcot bus succeeded.
After a canvass of the sltuutloii
In the senule, Curtis, tuujorlty lead
er, said lute toduy that the drift
of aentltneiit In the senate was
ugalnst ratification and It probably
would lie referred l-ark to commit
tee for further conslderallcm.
Tho administration had favored
ratification hut the American Le
gion and other groups had opposed
It.
The r-oslb:iity ct war to I ho
south wus mentioned Ireiiuontly by
senators questioning the advisabil
ity of the treaty both In and out
of tho senate.
Anne Caldwell is
Awarded $50,000
' PITTHIIUIU1H. Pa., Dec. 10.
(U.N.) Tui'kliiK her braids tip-be-neath
her Uttered Tarn O'Shnnter.
and Inking a reef In tho checkered
gliiRflnnt Sown, Utile Anne Cntd
woll stnrtod buck to the fiirm Fri
day 11 Ik ht with a tidy $50,000 ntMt
orb under her iinn, unci tears of
honost gratiltudo In her big blue
oyes.
John W. Ilubburd, the IiIr shovel
nnd pay dirt num. was the goose
who laid the Ridden nest egR, after
a Jury had derided thnt he had
promised to marry Anne and then
done her wrong.
As Anne, who hnd a little experi
ence as nn actress nnd a flnRor null
Rnrdoner before she Rot hold of
HiiMinrd's shovels, shuttled reluct
antly toward the wings at tho con
clusion of the big act of her raroor.
she turned coyly hack for a llnger
Iiir stare into the spotlight and
a poke:
"I only hope, us I lenve nil tills
vulgnr dlHCiisn'on over mrnoy be
hind, that mv case will serve ns a
lesson lo other young girls."
CHANGED HIS MIND
ABOUT SUICIDE; IS
KILLED RETURNING
Movn'l.Aiit, x. j. ;iMiuv
l-Jk.truiu Ht'lil litfu the woods
tiriir his lmme with a ririi to
lllflllllll suli-Me. Ili ehuitgcd Ms
iiilml himI Hliirtiil buck. When he
IMihmI In Hie brush In nriiilt'tii
nlly ilLrhargnl IiIh gun and allied
himself.
Klamath Potatoes
At Auction Bring
Unusual Prices
Ai High at Thirty Cent a
Pound Was Paid, With Av
erage of From IS to 20c
Price Paid By Customer;.
PoInIim-s from lite fertile flckU
uf KlfttiiMlli county brought AO
rents a pound hen yesterday!
This sum, siunahiiig a! prev
ious records III lle t';.Heil Kliltes.
Mils 'mill by II, l llnillllcy, bid
illniC for the California Oi-cgon
Power company, al the big po
tato nutlloii which yesterday af
ternoon rl.HUil I lie fln.1 unnuill
KlMinitlll f'ounty Potato shun,
held for tliree days In the ehnm
lMr of rolnllieree room lien.
It w as learned later I hat lliom
ley. tocether with T. W. Duliell.
both of whom were repreaentliiR
Copco at the auction, wit under
the Impression that he was blddln
ocnlnst Jack Hershbergcr of the
Club Cafe, for rome 25 or So
pounds of the prize-winning tubers.
No romplninl was made, however,
when It was found that the company
had purchased some $75 worth of
blue ribbon spuds. Auction bids
generally ranged, from IS cents to
around 2ft cents.
I'nder the flow of high pressure
from Guy Merrill, of Morrill.
auctioneer extraordinaire, the auc
tion, like all other parts of the
thrre-duy spud exposition, was an
outstanding success, and every po
tato exhibited was sold within two
hours after the sale atarted. Pro
ceeds from the potatoca will go
toward making a bigger and better
potato allow next year.
It wus estimated late yesterday
(Continued on Page Five)
Federal Fugitive
Taken in Custody
A fantnstlr story of stealing 50.
voo pounda of salmon from fish
traps near Ketchikan, Alaska, Inst
July, was told yesterday afternoon
by Tom Word, department of Jus
tice representative, who Thursday
effected the arrest of Clarence Kd
wurds In Chlloquln.
It is Kdwnrds, Word alleged, that
stole tho sulmon and attempted to
sell Hie. fish to a rnnnory. Five
were Implicated In tho theft, und all
were Indicted. Two wore caught
and sentenced to three years In fed
eral prison. A fourth was arrested
In l.os Angeles and the fifth, Kd
wnrds, was caught In Chlloiiulii
following a thrilling chase from
Alni-ka, to Heattle, and from there
to Portland and Chlloqiiin.
Kdwnrds haa been employed In a
lumber mill near Chlloiiuin for the
past month. He was placed in the
county Jail yesterduy and will be
taken to Portland this week-end.
Prosecution Rests
In Col. Green Case
. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10, (U.N)
Tho government suddenly closed
Its case against Colonel Ned M.
Green, suspended dry administra
tor nnd friend of (leneral Lincoln
C, Andrews, here this afternoon,
after agreeing to dismissal to two
of 11 Indictment emints charging
embexa,lment of government II
tiuors. Arguments on motions for dis
missal of other counts will lie heard
Saturday.
Tho defenso will open its case
Monday If the motions for dismis
sal are denied.
Chief Defense Counsel Theodore
Ttoche charged that the gin'ernmcnt
hud fulled lo prove that. Green
had actually appropriated seized li
quors or had roinmltteed any act
unauthorized by his position.
IIAPTISTS OPPOMK Tli.W'HINO
OK KVOI.l'TION AM FACT
I.ITTI.K ltOCI7"Ark., Doc. 10,
(U.N.) (Sogo, the two year old
clilmpanxee with Hie mind of a five,
year old child, today received ano
ther slap in the face,' figuratively
speaking, when the Arkansas Hnptlst
convention, In session here, went on
record as emphntlrnlly opposed to
the teaching of evolution us a (net.
Air Mail
X)
jAssured
Klamath
Assistant Postmaster
General Recommend.!
' That This City Re
place Medford.
Installation of an air mail
base that would make Klam
ath Falls a link in the Pacific
coast air mail line, came a
little closer to this city yester
day when V. Irving Glover,
second assistant postmaster
general, in charge of United
States air mail, conferred with
Verne G. Gorst, president of
the Pacific Air Transport, in
Portland yesterday and recom
mended Klamath Falls as a
landing place between Red
mond and Portland. "
As predicted exclusively In the
News Thursday morning, prior to
the Portland conference, (Hover
readily assented to Gorst's state
ments In which the latter declared
that because of the absence of the
fog that makea landing so perilous,
this city would be the best pos
sible location for a winter landing
field. ' .'I
In the conference with the gov
ernment air mall head, Gorst. ac
cording to dispatches from Port
(Contlnurd oa Page rive)
Cattle Shipper
And R. R. Agree
Cuttle shippers, who appeared !n
protest before the public service
commission yesterduy In the Klam
uth county court house, protesting
against the Strahom Itallroad. were
able to acttlo the matter without
the assistance of the commissioners
and adjudication was ' perfected be
tween shipper and the rollruad yes
terday afternoon.
According to Ihe protest by tho
stock shippers, the ratea were fur
In excess than warranted by this
section of the country.
The protest was heard by II. II.
Corey and W. A. Deltell, public
service commissioners who were as
sisted by Herbert H. 1 1 miser, sec
retary of the commission, nnd C. It.
Lester, state engineer.
Christmas Chest
Drive on Today
j The Klamath Christ mas Chest, a
Yuletide Institution hailed through
out ihe nation as the brightest spot
on the whole lexicon of holiday
cheer, is today officially open to
those contributions from charitable
rltlrrns who would carry the spirit
of Christmas time into homes of
the poor..
Official opening of the chest drive
follows s meeting In the local cham
ber uf commerce rooms lust night
when an obtundation of willing
workors was perfected to assist Huv.
1. Henry Thomas, general chairman.
Ilerause the work of filling the
chest Has this year started soveral
weeks later than lust season, neces
sity of ready response on the part
of the donors, as well as Intensive
work by the entire chORt committed,
waa stressed at tho mooting last
evening.
Mrs, Irma Dixon was last night
appointed honorary nccrotury of the
Klamath Christmas Chest, with
(ieorga R. Llndloy as secretary.
Chairman oi the soliciting commit
tee la I), Ulevens.
Albert May will head the purchas
ing committee that Is to work with
Mrs. Vance, who la in chargo of the
supplies committee with headquar
ters In tho new Slater building on
Seventh stroet near Main, An In
vestigating committee will be ap
pointed later.
Herbert Savlilge, last year's gen
eral rhalrmiin and who has given
considerable aid In the work this
season, was last night named to
solicit local lumbermen. Pending
nppolnlment of the Investigation
committee, Miss Lydla Frlcke will
(Continued from Pngo Five)
i
CULINARY GIRLS
MEMBERS OF ASS'N
In runners lots with the eports
men'a dinner, a fine bit of ruur
lewy f'Mlllo o light (.villi the offer
of seven young Udh-s to. help
wait i,n tuble free of charge. As
(rained wallrrsai-s ihey belong to
the Culinary branch of Hie lihor
l iilon, aJld 111 ' reciprocation Ihv
eporttnicll Heeled Iheni honorary
inrinlimi of the unsoruitlun. All
of which Illustrates the camarad
erie existing between the various
branches of Klamath's social and
buslueea life, and is - something
Tin- News as glad lo see.
Klamath Third in
Building Permits
Of Oregon Cities
New Structures Call for Ex
penditure of $106,150 with
54 Permit fsaued; Portland
First and Eugene Second.
Klamath Falls, despite the sud
den ilrop in building construe
liun with the advent of rohl
wnther anil, fliirrh-s of anuw,
held Ihlnl place In the state for
Ihe month of November, accord
ing to Ihe H. V. Klraus M Co,
re-ort which readied hero yester
day. I
Klamath's tctl fur the month
waa $1011. ISO wth 54 permits Is
sued. The total if November, 192S.
the. report states, was 1 109.4 30.
when Klamath . also held third
place, following Portland and Eu
gene. October, 1926. figures to
taled !2.1.H60, an especially ac
tive mouth for toe full season.
Portlund led the state during the
month of November with 90s per
mits Issued totaling 12.099. 92ft:
Safem second. .Vl 'permits. "srre
gatlng 1165. lot; Klamath Falls,
third, fit permits. Sloe. 150: .Med
ford. fourth. 43 permits. $56,100;
Kugene, fifth. 36 permits, $50.
900: La Grande, sixth. 20 permits.
$30. ITS; Astoria, seventh., 21 per
mits. $13,390: Marshfield. eighth,
4 permits, $725.
A grand total of 1.120 permits
ere Issued aggregating $2,522,469
(Continued on rage Klve)
Klamaths Second
Richest Tribe in
United States
WASH I XtiTOV, Dee. 10, (C.N.)
The Indian service roltfrmphites .
the wile of a sulMtaiithil timber
tract on Ihe Metollua unit of the
Warm tiprlngw reservation In Ore
gon the coming year, says Com
missioner llurke of the bureau
of Indian affairs, tu his mutual
reHrt.
Attontion Is culled to the high
prices realised from sales of yellow
l-lno on the Klumuth reservation,
ranging from $7,29 to $S a' thous
and feet.
OTferlnga of Klamath timber are
being restricted, the commissi, mcr
anys. to provide a sustained Income
under a plan of forest management.
The Klamaths, with their timber
wealth, are among the best "fixed"
Indians in the United States. It ap
pears, except for the favored re
gions of the oil gushers In Okla
homa. It is estimated that the total
value of their individual and tribal
property Is $35,765,109, of which
a little more than $4,000,000 Is
owned by Inrilvldulas and more
than $31,700,000 by the tribe. Of!
.inn ilium wean n - . .v,vye,vvu is
In timber and livestock.
The total wealth of the Oregon
Indians Is placed at. $49,020,000.
Of this sum the Umatlllas are crcd
(Continued on rage Three)
Patrolman Joins
Sheriff's Force
Willi numerous changes anticipat
ed for the coming year In various
county and city departments, the an
nouncement was made yesterday by
Sheriff Hurt K. Hawkins that
George Iteed, city patrolman would
tnko tho oath of deputy sheriff
Monday morning.
Reed has been affiliated with the
rlty police department (or tho past
year, nnd his work has won the
admiration of Sheriff Hawkins.
With Heed Inking office as deputy
sheriff next week, the sheriff's of
fice will continuo the same strength
ns before the resignation of Deputy
Sheriff Joe Klmsey.
The personnel of tho office will
Include Sheriff Hawkins, County
Jailer Jim Milton, Deputy .Sheriff
Louis Mueller, and Heorge Reed,
deputy sheriff.
SPORTSMEN MAKE
Railroad
Officials
Indicate
Harmony
Special Announcement
Concerning S. P. and;
- Northern Lines is Ex-1
pected Soon.
-
Reluctance on the part of
any of the three railroad
heads to dfscuss with the Chi
cago press any part of their
conference in Chicago relative
to the entrance of the Oregon
trunk line into Klamath Falls,
is believed by local railway
experts to' indicate that spe
cial announcements concern
ing the situation will follow
in the near future.
The fact that none of the presi
dents in 'interviews with United
Press representatives denied that
some definite decision had been
reached, is believed by many to
hear out the prediction In yester
day's News that prevloua confer
ences have led up to that held In
Chicago yesterday.
Unofficial statements from South
ern Pacific officials prior to the
conference to the effect that this
road will not grant common-user
privileges over Southern Pacific
tracks south from Paunlna. Is de
clared In indicate that the Oregon
Trunk officials are seriously con
(Continued nn Page Three)
Rotarians Learn
All About Spuds j
Good news greeted the Rotarians I
here at their luncheon yesterday j
noon when County Agent C. A.
Heuderson In connection with the .
potato show, told them in a speech!
that a half million dollars has been I
netted the county by the spud In-
dustry this year. !
Henderson's prediction before thai
Rotarians was that If the farmers
of this county develop the potato:
Industry here In the proper fashion.
the production of the tubers will j
annually net Klamath county five:
million dollars. I
Appropos to the potato exposition!
was a letter received yesterday by
the Icoal . chamber of commerce I
from the Hobbs-Parsons company, j
wholesale produce firm of Stockton, ;
California. In which A.F. Roberta,
manager, not only expresaed regret '
nt being unable to attend the show. J
but also declared that In the 35
years that Hobbs-Parsons have been
in the potato business, some of the
Klamath Gems handled by the firm
this year were the finest ever sold
by the company during Its entire
experience in the business.
Second Group of
Lumber Salesmen
Here to view all phases of the
lumber Industry and to carry word
of the magnitude of Klamath coun
ty's major enterprise to all parts of
the eastern und mlddlewestern Unit
od 8tntes, the second group of cos
mopolitan representatives of the
forest Lumber company, Invaded
this city ycstorday.(
. While, here the ten salesmen of
tho Forest Lumber company, Kan
sus City, operators of a huge mill
at Pine Ridge, were the gueats of
Frank Horun, manager of the Pine
Rldgo mill, and J. J. Miller, dis
trict freight and passenger agent
for the Southern Pacific.
In the group, die second party
of the 29 sales representatives who
are to visit the county this winter,
were: H. A. Strtibe, Dallas, Texas:
J. 11. Martin. Terre Haute. Indiana;
Jesse Jotters, Fort Scott, Kansas;
P. II. Mead, Erie. Pcnn.; D. S.
Mllloy, Krle, Pennsylvania; L. C.
Lliighnmv Cleveland. Ohio; G. H.
Miillnni. New Orleans; F. E. Lin
roth, Chicago: C. 11. Chaffee, St.
Joseph, Mo.;t and L. II. Oeth. St.
Louis.
The men are stationed at the Pine
Kldgo mill tor a week, where tinder
the guidance of Frnnk Koran they
ara given first-hand Information on
the manufacturing of lumber.' tu
(Continued on Ilige Three)
PARIS WOMEN HAVE
NEW FAD WEARING
many RDirnm
IVHtlK. . hrari. for each
liny In tlii wrk, hut nil worn nt
Ihr Minw lliiw In the laUnt fud of
th fswhloitahlr womrn of Part,
Kraof Irt im1 with different Atones
for each day, emeralds for Hun
da)', dlamondM for Monday, rub
bles for TucMlay, and no on are
ronnlileml umart.
Fall-Doheny Case
Nearly Ready to
Start Arguments
Defense Has Practically Com
pleted Evidence, and Aged
Defendants Seem Confident
of Acquittal.
, WASHINGTON, Dec. IO, (U.N)
The defense In the Fall-Doheny
oil conspiracy trial haa practic
ally closed Us rase with both
aged defendants In a confident
frame of mind, due to develop
ment, of the last two days.
This felling of confidence Is due
to the Impression of sincerity which
Doheny appeared to have left on
the Jury and the fact that ihe cross
examination of him today by gov
ernment prosecutor Owen J. Rob-
erts failed to bring any sensational j
1 breaking down of the old prospec- " """r ""
I tor's direct testimony. I written confession haa bee a wrung
Roberts explained later that he i '""n him. aigned. sealed and de
. had been at some disadvantage in "red In the presence of a duly
'questioning Doheny. authorized official qualified to ac-
j "I had to be careful with him." knowledge affidavits, that Ormiston
, he explained. "Here was an old ' at Csrmel by the Sea and that
man 70 years old. with his arm In j hl companion was none other than
la sling resting In a pillow. If 1 1 a noted evangelist.
had been the least bit rough the!
jury Immediately would have felt
sympathy for him.
Nevertheless. Roberts "did take
original testimony." the other gov
ernment prosecutor. Atlee Pomer
ene. said.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur
also was believed to have strength
ened Doheny by taking the stand
and declining to produce the confi
dential reports of Rear Admiral
Cleaves regarding the alleged Jap
anese war scare In 1921. which has
been given as the reason for the
navy's desire to have Doheny build
the Hawaiian oil tanks.
Diamond Lake Bill
Fails of Passage
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. (U. N.)
The bill to cede Diamond lake and
surrounding acreage, 9600 acres In
all, to Oregon for permanent use
for fish cultural purposes, failed to
pass In the senate Friday, when
reached on the calendar call.
It was stopped by objection of
Senator Phipps of Colorado.
Senator King, Utah, suggested
that It Is usual to require payment
of $1.25 an acre for land turned
over to a state or for local purposes.
Senator McNary explained that this
proposed cession hi of different
character, consisting mostly of water
surface, and the bill seemed on the
point of going through when Phipps
Intervened.
Delzell Learns of
Relative's Death
W. A. Delsell. father of T. W.
Deliell, and former Klamath Falls
resident who spent yesterday here
In the Interests of the public ser
vice commission with H. H. Corey,
received word that his brother-in-law,
W. A. Davis, had been killed
Thursday night in an automobile
accident at Bellingham, Washington.
Davis was a well know wholesale
grocer of Bellingham, Washington,
and the brother of Mrs. Maude Del
iell Davis. Whether pr not Delzell
will attend the funeral, he was un
able to say yesterday although he
was expecting a wire from tho north
making it possible for him to go to
Bellingham this week-end.
Naval Aviator
Falls to Death
LONO BEACH. Cal., Dec. 10.
I U.N. I Lieut. Chad Ferrenie. 26.
of the North Island naval base.
Sun Diego, was Instantly killed here
Friday when his plane crashed fol
lowing maneuvers off shore with
the United States battle fleet.
Lieut. Ferrenze was flying one
of a squadron of nine planes when
ho lost control and crashed 250
feet Into a swamp near the avia
tion field. The machine went Into
a nose dive and fell Into the "hog
wallows." where It . was nvlred in
the mud and shallow water, a com
plete wreck. ,
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1V1 V S I V I V
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Surrounds
Action of
Detective
Radio Operator, Long
Sought in Charge of
Chicago Detectives
Cannot be Located.
CHICAGO, Dec. 10. (Spe
cial) Disappearance of Ken
neth G. Ormiston, who is
known to be in this city in the
custody of two detectives of
the city police force and a
private detective, is proving
one of the greatest mysteries
in - criminal annals that ' the
east has faced in years. .
- There Is an undercurrent her
"' detective, have been ta-
It Is even hinted that a - great
j publisher la back of ihe scheme to
secure the Ormiston confession and
that he has instructed his detectives
desired ends.
The story further goes that Ormis
ton became a willing party to the
plot and that he will be held by
the detectives until such time as
the publisher of a great string of
papers offers to the readers of this
country what he will term' the
I greatest newspaper "scoop" la all
history.
Ormiston was arrested at Harr la
bors, fa., as he was entering an
apartment house. He was rushed
by the Chicago detectives into hid
(ContinnrA oa Pag FVmr)
Hart Arrested On
Secret Indictment
After several weeks of varied ex
perience with legal machinery, H. C.
Hart. Chiloquln, charged some time
ago with violation of the liquor
laws, was again taken Into custody
yesterday by Deputy Marshal Wells
and placed In the county Jail .under
$1,000 bond.
When first arrested here on the
liquor violation charge upon which
he Is now being held, Hart's caso
was dismissed by U. S. Commission
er Bert C. Thomas, because of In
sufficient evidence. Frank Dooley,
apprehended along with Hart on the
same charge, waived preliminary
hearing and was taken to Portland.
In Portland the court Is believed ,
to have amassed additional evidence
against Hart In the duo-case, as he
was secretly indicted by the court
recently.
Following the Indictment, Hart
was again placed under arrest yes
terday by Deputy Marshal Wells,
who served a bench warrant on htm
In this city. V
Count is Said to
Have Plenty Cash
NEW YORK, Dae. 10, (U.N.)
With many a "please to excuse
me" and other quaintly accented
evasions. Count Salm of Austria de
clined Friday lo affirm or deny
that he haa chipped a $500.00(1
i hunk from the enormous fortuno
el his father .n-law.
Instead, he told the United News
that he Is looking for a Job ot
work. .
"Not hand work," Salm exp'uln
id hastily. .,,
"Hand work?" '
"Yes, you Know," work witth the
hands manual labor. Tsaturally,
I don't do that." -
"As to the question ot a settle
ment of my suit, I may not apeak,
please to excuse me." said Balm.
It was reported that he had been
olfered $500,000 by Colonel II. S.
Rogers to drop his snlt, get our.
of the country, leave his son with
the countess and turn over certain
letters of Mllllcent's which he ha.1
l.oon holding as a club over the de
fense in the trial of his separation
action,