Klamath republican., July 07, 1910, Image 2

triliuliu I«*» above t'elllo Falls to the
' wanted to take a bath, and to do so
ADMONISHES FREDERICK MEDUSE GOES IO THE MENCI LOHOING mouth of the Hnuko river. Oregon and I
he had to unlock his cork leg. York,
Washington. 1*0,000; lnipi<>»i*ineiit
under the alia« of Frank B. Houston,
of
Snake river, Oregon. Washington
swindled the American Hank and
ami Idaho. »2 *,000; luiproveinunt of1
Trust company of Klamath Fall« of
Cowlitz river and L«>wla liver. Wash
»x.500, where he played the Walling-
Ingtoii, »34,100, and Improvement of
ford role to perfection, and then he
Gru»« river, Washington, »500
cam«* to Portlaud and under the nanu*
<
rutel*
Imke
Line
Util
lie
O|H*u«*d
for
hide« I'tiat GeiHletiiau for Feeling
It Is expected that these amounts
of J. A Ros»*- he swindled a local bank
Tourist Travel Within u Very
Sorry for One Hoadua, and
will
curry on the government work
out
of
»2.500,
which
sum
he
promptly
MARSHAL REFI» WIRES SHERIFF
Few Kaya
at tin* pin«...... .
for the fiscal
Say« Something G mui I Graft
in»este«i
in
Portlaud
real
i*state.
BARNES TO "HOI.I»" HIM
»ear beginning July 1
Oregon Jour­
York is considered one o( the cle»
erest swindlers in th«* country, aud for
Th«' steamer Klamath start«'«! Friday nal
Thaddeus
E.
Yorke,
better
kuowu
th«* past year the Pinkertons have
morning for Agency lutidlug on hei
JEFFOIES DAZED 01 CHANCE SLOW
ON WHAT CHARGE IS NOI STATED b<*«*n on his trail. He has buncoed in this city as Fl'auk B. Houstou, or maiden trip on the Upper Lake Since
big concerns for many thousands of th<> man who bought the Herald for she was transferred from l.ak<*
dollars, and bought tracts of land in the Hog Combine, is back nmong his Ewauna to tho Upper lak«' she bus
U «*) crliuiiw'm to l.«tal>li«Ji Mill on tipil« N«*rv<* U h » »<» in«*«t<*<l Aft« r
N<» likelihood of th«* Slierifi lA'tiiug Oregon and Washington, buying out­
been thoroughly o»orhnu!ed and re­
Da-Hchutca—MA-Mi le ton trait l.«><
friends.
And
iu
using
the
word
second Round Thai He M,*«»
right au entire township In Washing­
painted, and presents a natty ap-
Hi« Prtaoncr Go on Hi« Own
on N'alrt»ti*Valr Umilili
"friends" one is not far off, for th«»re
lloiihle ILirlitg Fight
ton.
His
operations
have
extended
pearatice.
The
trip
today
is
for
the
llecognizaiic«'
j is a strong sentiment of sympathy
’ over th«* Pacific Coast and in the
purpoee of trying her out, and dis­
CRESCENT.
Orc
.
July
I
Rail-
I south, and but for the fact that he j for th«* man who beat Melhase None covering any points that ne«'d fur
rond activity, which was temporarily
say that they would Ilk«* to s « h < him
RENO, N'ev lul ’■
link John
thee overhauling.
A telegram was nxvived Frida» wanted to takt* a bath. York might
suspended recently by reason of tho
99 out of 100 ««xpr,*ss
’
free,
but
about
I
h
<*
ii
knocked
ou*
J
um
*
I
Jsffrhs In
today
b«*
a
fre«»
man.
11 is the plan of the Crat<»r Lake order holding up construction on tho
evening from United States Marashall
s thetiwel»«* as bring glad h<* got
York had a cork leg. While in San
company, which owns the concos- south seventy miles of the Oregon the llf(«*«*nih round of n nsbt In which
Reed, directed to Sheriff Barnes, ad-
I th«* money.
sloiis within the park, to open a line Trunk Hue, gives promise of renewal he prosed the hotter niuii during th«
»ising that T. E. Yorke was wanted . Francisco he Lad a new k g made,
York«* got In Saturday
!
evening, ac-1
by the government, and asking that for which he deposited »50, when th«*
of transportation betwwn this city In the awarding of elghty-tlvo miles of whole contest
companied by Sheriff Barne« and I
he be held awaiting the arrival of a price was »150. Thus York beat the
and tho Upper !ak<* some tlni«> next ' construction work by th«* Southern
He was nn id«>al Ì
I Claude Daggett
Perhaps 1» »io because the youth*
deputy, who, the dispatch states, is cork leg manufacturer out of »100 I
w,*ck 1’asengei s w 111 be taken from I’aclfi«- to Erickson A- l*«*ti*ison. con- '
traveling
companion,
not
causing
th«*
on his way to this city. The telegram until one day. when he wanted to
I this city to the landing, where they,; tractors, It Is understood the work fill Ntaiuina was lu«kiug. perhaps of
slightest
trouble
to
anyone.
Ho
‘will board the Klamath for ih«* trip I la to lx* done on th«* N'atron-Valr K<iiiii*t h Ing psychological, pvrhapH a
caused some amusement throughout bathe and to do so must remove the
stated that he would have returned ■
the city when its contents became leg. he lost the key. York sent to
11«» Agency landing There they will blanch of th«« new road now building piece of luck, at any rut«1, lurk Jolie
without extradition pap«*rs. ami was
known, for there is no probability the maker for a duplicate key. accom-1
' boar«l automobiles and be taken to towurd Crescent from Eugene.
A nun stands forth the gr«-at<'*t lieu»«
i ready to place his case before a Jury
that Sheriff Barnes is going to throw panying it with the »100 h«* hail neg-
Crater lake. It Is proposed to funk«* rump at lluzel Dell just across th«* weight pugilist In
of Klamath county citizens, and lot
the doors of his boarding house open lect«*d to pay originally. The lost key ,
the trip one of the most pleasurable range has been Connected with th«* Is none to dlsput«*
them Judge as to whether h«> violated
was
found
by
the
Pinkertons,
and
and tell Mr. Houston to hike.
and comfortable possible.
Hoey raiK'h, twelve miles west, where 1» Sam Langford
the law or not.
What Uncle Sam wants of Houston with this bit of metal as a clew |
Manager Hayward, who will have a force of Southern l’aclfic men 1«,
Johnson showed tho gr«*«»ter «peed.
Immediately following his being
is unknown, and this is the first inti­ the detectives trac«M th«* swindler
I charge of the hotel facilities at the I employed building a wagon road an »trangth, Judgment ut»«l »kill
locked
in
the
Jail
he
was
vlslt«*d
by
mation that anyone has had that he finally to th«* st«*amer President when j
I lake, is »till in the city mnklug ar- that freight and supplies may be tak­ .li-ffri»*» Goes to l*le««'«.
has been wanted by the federal au­ it left San Francisco for Seattle. P. Attorney C F Stone, reprtatenting i ■ rangenients. He states that ho will en lo th«*Vanips Although no official
Jeffries lost ever)thing h«* «hoard
thorities. Attorneys who have been K. Ahern, of the Pinkerton Bank A ■ the American Bank and Trust com- ; probably remain here until after the .»n■>«><>ti< «-in.*nt h.n* b**«-i» imide. it I» In his training the moment hr entered
asked relative to the jurisdiction of Bankers' Association, was advised by . puny. Fred Melhase, whoa«' anxiety Fourth, when he will go to the lake asserted on good authority that a the rlug Wh) I k * should go to pin * «
to wipe the Herald out of existenc«*
the government in this matter state telegraph, and with the sheriff of i
am! make th«' final arrangements for construction camp will bo establish«*«! the luonu'tit h<* entered the ring is
that it will have to wait until Oregon King county caused York's arrest ' enriched a certain gt»ntleman to the 5 the opening of the hotel.
this side of the suiiiinlt, within thirty a pstchologlcal question, but all his
tune of »7.SOO. Claude Daggett and
gets through with the prisoner. In when he stepped ashore yesterday.
miles of Crescent, within thirty dnys trainers sat ha did *>o, and lost all
Fred
Schallock.
He
was
apparently
Henry E. Von Groenewald. in
that case Uncle Sam will be in the
t \ ERYTHIMi is READY
Th«*r Johnson's left
The preliminary survey of th«* Na­ save hl« grit
same boat with Washington. Illinois charge of the Pinkerton office in Port­ glad to see Mulhooe. and greet«*»! him
AT t K ITER LAKE PARK tron-Vale line runs about a mile swing to th«* right <*yr In the second
and other cominonwealths who are land. had been searching for York for with a cordial handshake and a warm
south of Creeccent, but negotiations round was u luck, punch, because It
Alfred L. Parkhurst, who will be are now on foot for th<> purchase of not only cloned the right optic, but
d«*sirous of placing that gentleman in the trick he turned on a local bank smile, remarking. "Well. Melhase. it
a few weeks ago. under the name of tak«»s al! kinds of |>eople to make a the manager of the (’ruler lark«* com­ right of way through th«» town and paralyK'il the «»inputh*>tl< nerve of
durance vile.
pany's Interests at the park this sum­
Another telegram was received Ross. Von Groenewald says that world.”
Jeff's left ey« . and caused Jrff tn nr.
Melhase. with tears of "sympathy” ! mer was In town Saturday. He states th«* railroad has secured from tho In­
from Seattle, stating that if the per­ York is an ex-convict, who was a tele­
terior
department permission to double, "I would s<«e two Johnson«
in
his
eyes,
told
Houston
how
sorry
that everything Is now in readlntuts i
sonal effects were desired they would graph operator. The swindler secured
he was to see him in that fix, but was for the reception of tourists. The change Its survey through th« forest swing. on< would nils» and the other
be forwarded to this city. It is un­ 57 blanks of the Northern Express
reserve, with th«* Intention, It U elat­ on«* would hit mo," said Jeffri«»
derstood that among these effects is ‘Company's money orders, and by somewhat disconcerted by that gen­ hotel accommodations will b<* better ed. of bringing the |’ne Into Cro*cent
It Is claimed that from the second
tleman's
reply:
"Oh.
don't
feel
sor
­
thnn unv season, and under the care
the cork leg that has played such au means of these secured »10,000 ini
round
on J«*ffrl«» fought only lattine
A
depot
will
likely
be
put
in
here.
¡
important part in the locating of coin. Last year he trimmed James ry for me. It is all a case of graft In of Mauager Hay ward he <>xp«*cts to General Manager O'Brien of the O . I • ■
this
world.
You
aee.
I
was
unfortu-j
establish a reputation for the hostelry R. «
Houston. Seattle has always been Stone, of Chicago, for ,900. In Ken­
N. vlalted h«*r<* laut w«-«*k and Town 1» DrocvArd.
known as a leg-pulling town, but no tucky he operated extensively, and | nate in getting caught. You are for- j that will be n valuable asset for fu­ made a tour of the valley to tho
The town Is deserted
•Many wb<
one has heretofore accused that city touched the State Bank of Chicago I tunate. So, you see, you had better, ture seasous. He states that boat south of here, looking over th«* work had planned an orgy In roan Joffrh-v
save
your
sympathy."
and automobile services will be In-
of entirely removing that member for »5,000. Last April he swindled
A representative of this paper vis­ | augurated at once, and he believes on the lln«» from Klamath Faits won boarded trains and drew out
from the anatomy of its victim. the American Bank & Trust Company
Johnson went to Chicago
building in th«> direction of Creecent. quickly
Doubtless it wantiAi to retain it as a of Klamath Falls for »8,500, and then ited Houston Sunday and aske«l him thut it will be such as to command
last
night
Jeffri«*. leav«» for I.'*»
The
Oregon
Trunk
line
ha«
pur
­
came to Portland, cleaned up »2,500, if he had any statement to male* for the patronage of those visiting thin chased right of way for a spur to the Angel«*« today
memento of the occasion.
No word has been received from and going to Seattle, swindled the' publication. "Not a word," was hit historic spot.
Weyerbauayr properties in tho tini
Superintendent Arrant stated
Portland since the Herald's dispatch American Savings & Trust Company prompt reply. “I am somewhat up
her belt along tho Deschutes river,
of yesterday, so It is presumed that : for ,1.339. In May he swindled a> against it just now. They took all day that every road and trail In
which passes through the tnwnslte
my
money
and
everything
else
that
1
park has been cleared and tho worst
Sheriff Barnes will reach here this ; J Bellingham bank for »2,200.
holdings
The lumber company plans
Representing himself as Frank B. | had. and I have not Just secured my spots repaired. He expects to return ; a large mill at this point a« soon Aft lu««t It onl lb'« <•!»<*d Before H ire. <..
• veiling with his prisoner. What
bearings.
What
course
1
will
pursue
to tho park Immediately after th«' th«> railroads reach here
action will be taken after his arrival Houston, York visited th«* Klamath
I town I» Appeal for ILTp
has not been decided upon. Distrct Falls Investment Company at San I have not decided on. But I have Fourth, when further roadwork will
I'nlt<-d Press Service
Attorney Kuykendall is absent from Francisro and said he had a large nothing to say for publication at this be prosecuted, and he says that with­ Ill MORS OF BALLINGER'S
in a week they should bo In splendid 1
Fort
LAVKLEK Qat . June 30
the city, and he has not designated i amount of money to invest. He was or any future time.”
RESIGNATION REVIVER
He was quite ready to discuss th«* I condition.
Francis Devllue is reported to be sur-
any attorney to act as his deputy. It ( recommended to go to Klamath Falls,
Thos«* interested in the affairs of
rounded by forest Ort's
Th** last
may be that a preliminary hearing which he did, and there he rivalled I weather or anything else, but when­
WASHINGTON, D C . July 2.
will be held this evening, and Hous­ ' Wallingford. As Houston, York en­ ever the subject of the charge on th«' park look forward to a record- j Rumors of the resignation of Recrr* word before th«« wires went down wa<
which he was arrestcxl was touched breaking year
Already th«> tourist I tary Ballinger as Secretary of the In­ that the plare was In Imminent dan
ton bound over to the grand jury, so tertained royally, gave joy rides and
travel has far exceeded anything on
ger of destruction, and a frantic at*
a% to preclude any possibility of the looked over Klamath Falls. He said he was as mum as an oyBter.
Up to the time of going to press ho. record thu« early In the season, and I terior have been revived with more t eal for assistance. Lavclce Is unabl t
federal authorities securing any claim he thought the place needed a hotel
force
than
over.
It
Is
reported
that
has expressed no desire for an at­ if ii Is an Indication of what is to
to wud aid because it Is also »erloti*
to him. That act would place him and he would build a »100,000 es­
torney,
nor has he evinced any wish come, th«' high water mark of last Roosevelt bus refused hie supimrt of ly threatened
All the women and
directly under the jurisdiction of this tablishment. He let contracts for a
the administration with Ballinger a»
circuit court, and effectively stop any »20,000 hotel, saying it would be that he be brought before a justice year will bo exceeded by many thou a member of the cabinet, and as a children have been sent to places of
claim that mght be advanced by the t enlarged as business warranted. ' for hearing He passes the time play- «and« of tourists
conwquence Balllngi-r will resign and safety, while the men are fighting for
With the American Bank & Trust > ing cards and reading the papers, ap-
government.
return to his law prnctlce after bls their lives Tho Area have destroyed
SAVEI> FOOL KILLEIC % JOB
Company, he deposited a cashier's eparntly oblivious of his surround­
"acquittal” in September Roosevelt's several thousand aerca of timber, and
check on the First National Bank of, ings, but with all this outward calm
support
of Plnchot, while expected, back firlug Is the only hope now en­
• Special to The Herald by the Unite*!
Lexington, Ky., for »19,860. He had it can be seen that ho is studying his (•«orge Hart Oeinonotrnte« Once Mori has had the effect of tirouidnx (>iibllc tertained for escape
Press)
How Little Judgment a Man
similar phoney checks for »30,000 ; case closely and planning out a course
interest greatly
SEATTLE, June 30.—Washington
May I'oanraa
and »40,000.
1-ater he drew out of defense.
• ll.L FOR MAI'EMENT <»A
has bowed to the wishes of the State
It was rumored this morning that I
»5,325, and a short time afterward
•Mrs. J. A. Llbbey and Mrs. H. C.
N 4TI«»\ 4L BANK < X IN IHTIOX-'
of Oregon and surrendered to her
BOULDER.
Mont
,
July
1.
—
Just
i
Melhase
was
anxious
to
reach
som«*
an additional »2,000.
White of Oakland arrived Friday eve­
officers the much-wanted forger,
for
an
experiment
Georg«*
Hart
fired
•
kind
of
a
compromise
with
him,
look
­
Having established himself as a
ning to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. 1.
WASHINGTON. |> C . July I
Thaddeus M. Yorke, or as he was
promoter, a good fellow and high ing to a return of the money, but a shot at th«* wall of a warehouse in Clarice. They expect to remain a The comptroller of currency Ibis
known in Klamath Falls, Oregon,
which
he
was
awan*
was
stored
a
liver. York bought ,556.25 worth of Houston states that he is broke, and
couple of weeks. Mr«. Llbbey Is Mrs. morning Issued u call fur a otatem<*nt
Frank B. Houston. Realizing that
jewelry from H. J. Winters, the Klam­ that all he had was grabbed by the large quantity of dynamite. As a Clarke's mother and Mra. White her of the condition of banks nt th«* clou*
the expense connected with the run­
ath Falls jeweler, and gave a worth­ Washington authorities when he was r*-Hiilt Hart, his wife and two-y«'>ar-old nlster.
of business June 30th.
ning down of this man was born by
less check in payment. This jeweler, arrested in Seattle, so that the Amer­ baby and David Kerby are dead, Al­
the American Bank and Trust com­
explained York, was piesented to ican Bank and Trust company stands bert Taylor and Miss Gladys are fa­
pany, this state was willing to waive
various people in Klamath Falls as a very poor show of effecting a re­ tally injured and Wm. Robinson Is
for the present its right to try him
a token of his esteem and regard. J. turn of any portion of the funds paid seriously Injured, all cans««! by the
for his alleged crimes within this
explosion which followed tho fool­
Rufus Wallingford octild not have out by its astute president.
commonwealth, and he was delivered
It was stated this morning that hardy trick. The bullet only pone- j
worked the game on a larger scale
into the hands of Sheriff W. B. Barnes
nor made a better impression. Then Houston would not be given a hear-1 tratod an inch, but the Impact caused
of Klamath county yesterday after­
ing before Justice Miller until the lat­ the explosion The town was Jarred
he departed.
noon
That official, much pleased
Portland was his next stop, and as, ter part of the week Ono reason ad­ considerably, and many were slightly !
with the success of his mission, and
J. A. Ross he perpetrated one swindle, ‘ vanced for this course of procedure' Injured by falling bricks and glass
A eiiolee lint? of lnveMt>
accompanied by Claude Daggett, the
after which he skipped, with Von was the fact that there was no dis­
representative of the institution that
montsu tlifit 'will nifhlco
Groenewald on bis trail
Back and trict attorney here, Mr. Kuykendall
*8,373.KOO KOK OREGON
was swindled by Houston, left last
tli€?
purelifiser nioney
forth along the coast York flitted un­ being absent in Lakeview on the Har­
night for Klamath Falls.
til caught. He went to Tonopah, Nev., rold murder case. The other was to j Rivera und Harbor* lull Moki- Tti/it
Before his d'-parture a representa­
and loafed around the poolrooms th<* effe«d that tho hearing was post­
Amount Available for This State
tive of the Herald called on Yorke
Having been a telegraph operator, he poned to admit of the arrival from >
in the county jail and asked if he bad
Now that the president has signed
read the messages on races coming Lexington, Ky., of an official of the
any statement to make relative to the
over the wire, and with this knowl­ bank from which the certificate of de- the rivers and harbors bill, engineer
crime with which he was charged in
edge he stung the poolrooms. This posit is alleged to have been issued. officers of the Oregon district ar«-
Klamath Falls. He stated that he
he considered such a goo«l joke that This document will play an important making preparations to carry on the
would absolutely have nothing to say
work made possible by the appropri­
he confided it to a business man at part In his approaching trial.
about it; that he was ready and will­
ations allotcd to these districts by
Klamath Falls
ing to return to the Oregon city and
congress. In all the appropriations
The Tonopah adventure occurreil
Hoppln«*«» und Sorrow
face his accusers, and that be would
made for these districts amount to
before he had th«- duplicate key to his
have no difficulty in proving that he
In happiness there arc* far more »2,373,800 for maintenance and im-1
leg sent to Pasco, Wash. York be­
was guiltless of any violation of the
lieved in the West, and for this rea­ regions unknown than there are in provementa.
law. He would make no statement as
The list of appropriations is as fol- ’
son a great deal of tne money he se­ misfortune. Tho voice of misfortune
to what defense he would set up. He
cured by swindles he invested in real is ever the same; happiness becomes lows:,
*
will employ counsel on reaching
Improvements at Coon Bay. »400,-
estate. He has property in Portland the more silent as it penetrates deep­
*
Klamath Falls, and what line of ac­
and several places in Oregon. Wash­ er. He is the happi* st man who best 000; improvement of Tillamook bay
Is
to
be
followed
will
depend
tion
ington, too. attracted him and he in­ understands bis happiness, for he I h and bar, »5,000; improvement of i
upon bls advice.
vested in the Pine Tree State freely. of all men moat fully aware that It is Goos river, »3,000; improvement of
At various times he operated under only the lofty Idea, the untiring, Willamette river in regard to buying
KEY TO CORK LEG
the names of John W. L«*e, W. M. courageous, human idea, that sepa- present locks or building new ones,
BETRAYS SUT «IH I K Sotherland, Georg«- W. Hampton, rates gladness from sorrow, Mae- »300,000; improvement of Wlllam-
terlinck.
ette and Yamhill rivers, ,60.000; Im­
Frank B Houston and J. A Ross.
provement of Columbus and lower
Man Who D u | m -<1 Bank** in Many i
MRS. M. McMILLAN, Prop’r.
Citi«*« Captured in Scalfì«-
Cameras especially devised for Willamette rivers; »175,000; Im-:
It 1.“ reported that Will Humphrey taking photographs from balloons prdvement of Columbus river, |1,-
Modern improvements.
73 rooms and suites.
has sold his forty-acre ranch four Is a novelty.
200,000, ini-luding repairs and opera­
(From the Portland Telegram)
Sample
Rooms,
Bar
Room.
Parlors, Two Club
tion of dredge; for gauging waters of
After a spectacular swindling ca- miles from this city at »125 per acre.
Rooms,
Etc.,
Etc.
Columbus river and measuring tidal '
leer along lines identical with those The place is well improved and all
The work of compiling a magnetic and river volume, »1,000; Improve­
of J. Rufus Wallingford of summer under the ditch. This is probably the
fiction, Thaddeus E. York was run to ihghest price paid for farm land in survey of Africa has been practically I ment of Columbia at Cascade, »5,000; a
>
SPECIAL RESORT FOR TOURISTS
completed.
Improvement of Columbia river and
<*arth in Seattle yesterday because he Klamath county.
UNCLE SAM IS
JOHNSON IS NOW
M ASON &, S l OU G H
ABSTRACTERS
Lands
Ranches
City Property
Farm Mortgages
MASON &. SLOUGH
Lakeside Inn,
t
i
t