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0 o MebSforb Mail Teibune Th Weatkw Prediction fiencrnlly olouily Maximum ymu'rday 44 Minimum today - Weather Year Am Muxlmnm . Minimum . ..4T ..SS (Kill Tit1U Ttar. w-tw nttr-fourta int. MKDFORD, Oh'KCiOX, WKDXKSDAV, DKrKMUKU 0, 1 !-jr NO. 223 FEDERAL EXPENSES E Bulk Goes to Postal Service and Veterans' Bureau Outlay for Fiscal Year Esti mated at $3,896,207,921 President Coolidge Gives Address On Budget. 4 Bigotry Is Flayed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (A. P.) Under tho hearting, the negro, Mr. Coolidge renewed Ills pleas- for tolerance and against bigotry, and declared It fundu- mental that there should be full right to liberty and equality be- (ore the law without distinction of race or creed. "Our country has many ele- ments In its population," he said, "many different modes of think- iwi and living, all of which are striving in their own way to be loyal to the high ideals worthy of the crown of American citl- zenship. . . . Bigotry is only another name for slavery." WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (A. P.)- The expenditures of the federal gov-) ernment for the coming fiscal yeari were estimated today by President ' Coolidge at $3,896,207,921. an Increase au(( ner parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. 11. of $160,083,326 over the outlay for the Rogers, just before her titled him current year ' ' ' I DaI"''8 arrival from Europe a week KS: l'steerlSers.rnppe.. meet' Inching requirement of soldier bonus. The postofMce dennn- ment alone Is . ulloted $103,808,148 mam thaH rlnvtnor ihn nraiiAnt vanr The veterans' bureau gets an Increase.'6" wne his Of $53,265,000. ' :,. Pni- .,,.., anlri ,.t hi. Aliuuueilis lor oiiitsr uKiii;irn m mo government show a number of lesser Increases balanced hv ahnnt an enual ... , . number of decreases. No Arms Reduo'lon. Maintenance or the army and navy nt their present enlisted strength is contemplated under the estimates, hut the aviation services are alloted some-. what larger funds for purchases of ....... ., t enulnment The shinning boards ex-' nt...H a u , ohflnl. age of that agency through sale ot lines while expansion of the govern- . , , , u. II 11 - . . .nn.ln ment a d policy n bui . ling post roads accounts for additional monev renulre- rnentH for the denartment of aericul turR. An estimate of 2l,!40.529 for enforcement of prohibition is con tained in the treasury allotment. The navy's anneal for general re- Ing to its full authorized strength of uuuiui i.eu ucin Sli.nno men. together with slightly larger nurchases or nlrcraft, was re snonslbln for a proposed Increase of S8.00J.OS2 In that servl"e's appropriation.'- Three million dollars would be added for navy pay ond $4,110,000 for aviation. The estimates contemplate continuation of all present work, ac tive ooerntion of present yards and stations and the laying down of three of the,, previously authorized e'tht scout cruisers. Nn materlnl change was proposed for the marine corps. WASHINGTON,' Deo. 0. (A. P.) President Coolidge Informed congress In his annual budget message today that the minimum cost of running Ihe government hnd been about l ;.idezshda Budnennyn, wife ot Oen reached. and that the normal expan- I oral nudennaya, commander In chief slnn of a growing nation would hence forth Involve added expenditure to iftMp the government mnchlnery in motion. ' The budffet estimates, transmitted with tho message, reflected the con tinuing efforts nt economy. Mr. Cool idge snid, adding thnt on the hnsls of the calculations n surplus of $330, 307.000 watt indicated for the fiscal yjenr 1927. He expects a surplUH of . 1262,041,756 fop the year ending next June 30 nliho a year d;j it was esti mated that the nurphiH thi year would exceed S373.OOO.00O. (Continued on Page Six.) RICH, BLAMED WASHINGTON", Dec. !. (A. P.) Ulanie for laxity of enforcement of the prohibition law cannot te piaceo solely on the government, but part of It must be assumed by "reform! lenders." who "slowed down end let themselves he put on the defensive wh?n they should have advanced on all fronts," Dr. Clarence True Wil son declared in his annual report. rend tdoav to the hoard of temper- Price of Cabbages Doubles in a Year And Still Soaring . C'llIOACO. Deo. 9. (A. P.) It 4 lookH liko n hard wIiiht abend for devotees of corned beef and oabhnge. Tho difficulty 1b In 4 relation to cabbage, wholesulo prices for which have advanced sharply, and are now twice as high as a yonr ago. sun says men WIFE IS GRUEL Former Millicent Rogers Puffs a Cigarette at News Father, of Austrian Royalty, Wants Custody of Baby He Has Never Seen. 1 NEW YORK, Dec. 9. (A. P.) Saying his wife had been "heartless" . , , ... . , , . . 1 in not lettlnB ee their baby. Count Ludwlg Salm von Hoogstraeten .plans to sue her for separation on the l grounds of desertion. He seeks "the ! protection of the . American courts" ! and the custody of the baby. His attorneys announce they are drawing up papers for the suit. A. CI Dnnn1. ... I. .I. flZl'l "Ui I have nothing to say.1 Count Salm was in his shirt sleeves . 1- 1.1- In..,. nKfinn nUKna n (ln nf 1,1 "10 '""J1 " Ulll-c icniiuift " imo ii .,,i ... vn..l. tl,n nan t " J1' ' f Y th"? he he 1,18 w.lre ? telegram asking that lie i b COUNT SALWI IN nni'tiuttnii irk aoa rno nnnv in ixfw "Sine ,h winter the , ",V"' " !, " ,;,,, ,,,, ' is to esiaunsn unit ne iuis ueei , , ... ..... ,, . ,,! aoll'l""U "J WHO .1UIUUI JllOll . ... . . n . ci )h fliny convlncell tnat t,le affection IS II HIV CUIIVIIICCII IHUl tile nilCUUUll h, h-, , wfe for hlm nas 1)een . . . . . niii.naicu ., mi. ... her advisers in rendering his efforts to see his child uncomfortable and .difficult." Unless the countess Indicates at torneys In New York to accept serv- . , ,,, , ,.... .ica In llllrpn,B ennrt to Snl Ve llOti . .ll,.1Hn . i piorida The' count has never seen his year old son. LADY CAPTAIN OF COSSACKS DEAD,- MOSCOW, Dec. 9. (A. P.) P.us sia's famous woman cavalry cnptnln, f the red cavalry, died this morn- Ing. The cause is not clearly known nnd one newspnper ascribes It to a "tragic Incident." Captain Budennnya served with distinction thruout tho war "against the white Russian forres, fighting hv the side of her husband nnd was wounded several times. As.a Cossack she was reputed to be the most dashing woman rider In Rus-i sla. In one battle against Bnron Wron- gel she was twice severely wounueu. hut continued to fight until her horse was shot under her. FOR WEV CONDITIONS in hi men- of president Coolidge sngo to congress on the eighteenth amendment, upneia the eniorcemem policy adopted by Assistant Secre- tary Andrews of thet treasury and attacked the "men. with, great lor- tunes," who are "dajlng nil they can to Drcag oown tne auinoruy 01 ." laws to which they owo.thelr IlvTa, the fortunes nyd their safety." These men. Dr. Wilson asserted, - cniirKO or usin mc iiiiuih iu tiviniuu. i York. The telegram said lie regarded Je WJH taken ,lUo J.umo(ly Sunday by her conduct as heartleRS. Her lawyers HhlM.iff T Bt Hooker und District At answered, he sets forth, that it was .,,. , i, 11(,ulllffi,.f. ,,t 1 Nu mutter how uiicoiuiortalile you mav feci tins winter, you'll lie better olT than men in tli.a picture were when it was taken. I'lioto shows a polar hear approaching the ship in winch Capt. Frank Worsley, liritishcr, ami Ciretter Algursson, 'aniulian balloonist, ventured into the frigid Arctic to establish the location of CI it I in land. They've just r-turned. KID MAN HELD ATTEMPT TO BILK Sam Fleck, 23, Sent Phoney Check for Clothes and Gun -Faces Federal Charge of: Using "Mails" to Defraud Dummy Package Is Used. DALLAS. Ore., Dec. . (A. P.) . ,mm;' FTj 23 hcrt for fed(,,.a is under arrest here . ral authorities on n. 1 . . ... . . . .... ... j Independence when ho appeared to ei-l a package uf goods he had ord- ercn irom a , man uruci- ciuiuiiii; I nnuse or mc. x.ouis. . I The arrest resulted from lnvestiga- 1 Hon of a check for $!MI which Fleck had sent with the order for the Bnn(j Thn .nn.nn.v I.Mnnm ailulc. goods The con.p nny nme susplc- ious and on lnestigutl..n was lepoit- j h.vp fntinri IhHi'e were nn funds . .... ... ,.. ... ,,, ,.. in the ban It to the credit nf the name ..! t.. Vio nlmcl The Mimtm nv .., j , ,.i,. ,,, ,.uiinuinii MAIL ORD M officerH to urreHt the pernon who The total amounts sscHed and col callcd for it j lectcd for the. three months In each ,!,!, f..n. nu,, -. 'of the four countleH were: ty, MiKHOuri, a .few inonthH ago. had liccn working na a farm hum! for H. S. Hortwood,' near iMonmouth. OfficerH reported finding in his poxaeKHlon when- urreHtcd, a letter to n gun company' of Ithaca, N. Y., or dering n gun and IncloHing a check for JiitT.iffi. Fleck told the .officers that lte had been Induced to nend this order by some friends. He Hald he wuh to meet them Tuemluy night. The officerH went to tho reported rendez- uuh but the friends did not appear. . '- BOSTON, Dec. 9. (A. P.) Harold 'Red'' Grange was unable to get into, his stride against the Providence Steam Rollers today and the Chicago Itnnra were defeated In their .lirnfes. slonul football game at Ilravcs field, 9 to g Illinois' halfback np- The flashy Ipenred tired today, his second of foot-: iball in ns niony days. His total gain in tne nearly inree periods ne piayeu was about ,19 yards, and he carried the ball only live tnncH. Grange was booed ns he left the game by a small portion of the IO.OiiO spectators who braved the chilly De cember blasts to watch the game. Th Noted Dead tll.-UKft.EV Col nee fl C A. I Smith, 73, president of the Coos Ray I Lumber company and one of the most Prominent lumbermen in the west, rllnt tndn nt tilaa knmA horn Q ' K,afJ,0 ,n ..VonnUcn mm Marilntle,,t 0r , , i9n7. He WM fnrn)er newl of lno c. A. Smlth Lumber company. Hrevlous to coming , Oregon he engaged In the lumber trade , yinnenpolla SANTA B.0tHAnA, Cel., Dec. 9. (a. P.) Kliner Wilbur Burrows. (2, ihllshcr of the ' Fort Bragg Dally Cold Look at the Picture and KLAMATH 0 ORY LEAD FINES STATE Multnomah Assesses $9386 - Collects But $3776-Four Counties . Most Productive Given in Report of State Dry Chief, SALKM, Ore., Dee. 0. The four Oregon counties that are most pro- d c1 uctlvo of fines under prohibition law enforcement are Klnrhath, Multno- muh Umatilla and Washington, ac- cording to a statement prepared by Wlllliim S. Levens. stuto prohibition commissioner. That efforts to en- ' 1 CH Hie IHW 111 inuwi- cuuillirn ll.ivc , , iIllllcJlted , u ,.e. ., I'"' u " 1 ..........n ., .September and October, showing the fines assessed and amounts actually collected each month. Klamath Assessed $11322. fin; col- lected I74SS.50. Multnomah Assessed $!)3RG; col - lected $3770. t r.... in.. t ..unu...l r.jr.9 ...ll..ni ed 5444.n. Washington' Assessed $5700; col- lected $451111. That more was collected than as sessed In Umatilla counly Is due to some collections applied to fines as- sessed prior to August. To the county figures, says the re- port, should he added the statement that the prohibition department' has turned over to the counly general funds through the counly treasurers .the following nmoun,ta: I September, II IKK. 20: October, $1 023.0S;. November. $lngn.4r. "From the fact." says the report, "that the full quota due the state of Oreirnn nrobiliitlon ilenartment hav- ling been paid, fifty per cent of the tlneH now goes to the general fund uf the counties Instead of the state. -After making the above payments. there still remains in the hands of .... t.. tj Lin- ui-nni.r . t.-1. .... i. county' the sum of $1294.03 as his I portion of the prohibition fund and lh- llm 12720.13 in the hands of k. i,. loiilott. district attorney, as his porton of said fond. The district attorney's office has been . meeting .practically all the expenses of the law enforcement division and the expenses for ,ho month of November, which nhould he deducted from the above, will amount to approximately $700." SELECT EPITAPH FOR UNKNOWN DEAD WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. (A. Pi- Vpon 1682 white atono crosses that mark the resting places of unknovan American army dead In Prance the 'American government will chisel this legend: 'Horej-ests In honored glory an American soldier known but to God. Warm Up FUSEL OIL AND WOOD ALCOHOL , , ... Ur. benSOn, bXpen, I eStllieS , . ... . ., . . MOOnShine POISOnS NOf AS DpadlV Lavman SUD- UedUiy AS Layman up poses, at Trial of Pendleton' Buckaroo for Murder. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. l). (A. P.) The statement that wood alcohol und 'fusel oil are not so deadly to drink as laymen have ncen len to believe since prohibition went Into effect, was the only outstanding feature this morning in the routine ot the trial of "Bill" Han. Pendleton buckarno. on trial III federal court on charge of the murder of .Miilbew Sheoshlp, a chief of tho Umatilla tribe. i Dr. Robert L. Henson of the Unl- I verslly of Oregon medical school, who ,..,.,mh.. . ... .... ..o.. leHtm,d that vt.,y c ,.ce of inhi wi, r,,,,,i in ihe .!.., I man's stomach. Ills statement was made in reply lo the query of one of the Jurors ns to wheiher It might be possible for a man tn drink enough poison muonshlne to be unable lo sit on a horse and yet give little trace of tho presence of wood alcohol In the istnmacb. ' ' , f : Dr. Uenson replied by expressing 'the opinion that rlhcoshlp had not I ,1,-nnl. nninivli n,,lu,,n hmriiiuhlnn if unv. In cause him to have fallen belli- 1 ' ..i less from his horse. VVnntl nli.ohiil vv.mlil hnvn uhnw In the alcohol fraction In nor lest. -" ... ,. . , and this was so small that we did not test further to determine what pro. portion of It might be wood alcohol, Wood alcohol Is not so poisonous as jsbme ure led to believe It to he. ond . If there had been the ouuntlty you suggest In the man s stomach, 11 would have been Indicated." He added that fusel oil in liquor is not regarded as a lethul element. Tom flaiiand, attorney for the de fense, asked If any test was made to ascertain If lead or other poisonous mineral elements sometimes found In present and Nu-esent und Dr. Henson ,1-eiilled that no such test, had been made. ' ' I'lve witnesses were examined thlfl morning and 34 yesterday afternoon. Dr. Benson was an expert witness for the 'state Inst week In .the trial of Oiner V. Murphy of this city. HIS FORECAST SPRINOHKLI). HI., Dec. 9. (A. P.) Flaunting of' race superiority claims by America and a policy of "class materialism" pursued by Japan will make war In the Pacific Inevitable, Raymond Rich. New York, of the For- elgn Policy association, declared here Aam -1 l, llllnnl. ...... ............. n- inte7ntonal good will. If our two natlnna will have war.". he said, "It will come Indeed, with dead certainty. if Jnonn pursues a course of im - )orlallm, minding not the slope she Nukes: If she mixes gunpowder with ERROR DIM nuslns advertisement and arivea nw '.sijm i.m., home bargains with the bayonet. If a navy officer. to vrove that Col she letB war ilk run away with aan- onei Mitchell had "deg(ieraly crlh Ity then war will come." bed" some of the piisasgcs but the Hangs Himself When Unable to Defeat Wife at Checkers lMTTSlll'lid, Dec. !). (A. P.) 4 Inability to defeat his wife at 4 4 checkers caused the suicide uf 4 4 Wllliuni Kuhler of Homestead, 4 4 accord ing lo reports to I he coro- ner today. Kahler and his wife 4 4 playetl checkers for two hours 4 4 last lliKht. The husband lost 4 4 each time. Mrs. Kuhler said 4 4 her huslmml threw the checker- 4 4 boiinl lo the floor, went Into the 4 4 bath room tint! locUtil Die door. 4 4 She summoned nciKhhors and 4 4 they found the man had hanged 4 4 bliiisiK. 4" 4- 4.4'4'4. 4. 4. 4. IN KIP'S SUII Juror Tells Judge He Was Ap proached ,. , . , . Jury Yonkers Residents Named Outside Influence Condemned. PROBE RUMOR OF IUR TAMPERING six miles grading, $116,000. Widening Mount Hood loop above . WIIITIO PLAINS. N. Y.. Dec. . Zlg Zag $25,000. (A. P.) The Westchester counly A" " these sums represent foreft grand Jury today wna directed to cun- money. Like amounts. In-most In duct an Investigation Into nn alleged stances, will come from county. CO attempt to tamper with tho Jury which operation. . hoard Leonard Kip Ithinelander's nn- Relations between the Klamnth nulment suit against his mulatto wife, county court and the United State! Alice Heatrico Jonea KrederU k a. Hunford, a Juror In the 'trial, told Justice Moischauser that he had been approached by a certain yonkers mnn who hert broached the subject of the Iihlnelnnder case. . ..j h lander and was opposed lo Interniclal nmrrlngea." Hanford told Justice Mot- achauser. Knnford said he had been approached by other residents of Vonkers during the trial but he was able to give the name of only one man definitely. "This sort of thing strikes at tho foundation of Justice," said Justice Morachnusc Influence of outsld- era brought to bear upon a Jury Is harmful. It must stop." rnvnn Assistant District Attorney after talking with Knnford said that the evidence would he placed before a grand Jury and an Investigation be- gun. Isaac N. Mills,, attorney for Rhlne- Hinder said today he would submit a twenty page brief on tho case Krlday. HELD AS BURGLAR PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 9. (A. P.) Forrest Bradley, hero In the capture of Reginald choale, 17 year old ban- i"" " " 11 i"""'""" r vember 21). was early today arrested ! in the basement of the Cotillion 'dunce hull building nnd Jailed on a rt"nce '"ill building nnd Jailed on hurirlnrv plini'irn 1 ouigiary ciinige. . 1118 wire, Anna, inuno ny ponco in " - - -11 car parked outside the Flreslone ''""la on the rlght-of wav alo-f tha . Tire company building, next door, "'n highways. 'If thev want to was Jailed on a similar charge. The h'1'1'' "heds lot them ncnulre Ihnd. off police charge Hrudley had token three Ihe rlght.of-WBv. dec'ared Comrnla. tires from the shop and was In the- loner w- H- Malone, and his motion basement seeking more when caught. , W1J?. carried. , Z Tho commission announced to Death Toll of the Automobile . SALEM, Oro., Dec. 9. Leland Carl. 18, of Hubbard, suffered injuries that may prove fatal, shortly before 10 I o'clock this morning when a light roadster he was driving plunged from the pavement and overturned com- pletely and then righted Itself. The accident occurred near Hub- bard and the boy was rushed to a Salem hospital, where examination showed that Ills chest was badly crushed. 'FOOL IN I1NF, FOOL IN 1 CRIME TELL WAHHINOTON. Dec. 9. (A. P.) An effort by he prosecution to ques- . . . . . . . , "Z..2 ?Jl?!LV.lZ'T ' " """" '""' failed today before the army court martial trying the air officii. ylng the tfulllon. ' Major Allen (Tulllon. the assistant Judge Advocate, sought to bring' tho suect before the court throuith f V0TE$25,000 EAST ENTRY CRATER LAKE Federal Aide and State High way Board Fix Sum Air Row With Klamath County Court Depots for Auto Stages Denied. . ; ;:' PORTLAND, Oro., Dec. 9. (A. P.) - Loud limits for trucks and automo biles will not be limited on slate high ways leading out of Portland. . ', This action was taken by the state highway commission today' after' A long discussion. Highway KugJner Hoy Klein advocated placing limits at this time but ft was decided not to take action until at least the case In -the federal courts here Is decided. The forest commitments agreed on by the commission and Mr. PorceU 'of T ..nj'TO teoerai roans nureaii, ana tne state 10 Uall UranO highway hoard were: I Crater lake east entrance connection wh The Dniies-caiiromia higiiwir, $26,000. ... co Jr0J;nench creek- 0rant i Wnplnlta road. $25,000. . I Flora-Enterprise. Wallowa county. inirnau ot puinic roaus ana na iiu highway commission were aired at a conference late yesterday, ;, "Not another cent of federal aid a money will be spent n Klamath county until It pays the $26.000 lit no 0Wes the governm8nWnd l.-ooBt mean maybe, de-'ared nnrlM M. . Puree!!, In charge of the United State bureau oi puoiic roans tn inia ra. ; "The money we- had nlanned .04 imendng In Klamath county In 12 Is nov available for any other part, of 'ho Hate," contuod Purcell. "But Klamath county didn't kn Iti nrom- Me tc us to clean un rlgntsot-way it agreed to cien- ami ir oniv parny ciearea tne soctio-.is it agreea to ciear irennv ior grnning. "On one of theso romi. the tovern- "lent hnd to spend $20,000 to db what ' "e tviamuin uoiiuiy "" '"'" Another nlnce we had to anand I ftiimiv 1P uu win i liiui. iiau uaeu pivw ilsed. Now. before we al'ot another penny to that county, which 4a tha , oilv county In the .state that has Dot kept Ha promises to the government, the Klamath county-court will hava to pay us what It owes and wa hava got to see the real money, .No more I promises goos." - '. , Members of the highway-cp"nnt-. Blon n-rreed ruiiv-witn rurreii. unan mnn William Duby ordered Secretary Roy Klein to trv to eld the govern ment In getting the money. The Klamath countv court win n given an opportunity to appear at tha January meeting of the commission and present Its side of the CI"- ' i commissioners 'in in. miiiiiun ut Klamath county official, a hOldlr.r un nlnns for work on the Klamath Fall-, I-akevlew highway. I l ie commission roillsen iiarim.BIUO ,- rn,nB tn hulld sheds or County Commissioners Crowe and 1 1 11 rd of Lane county thnt the atta cannot promise co-operation on fha Willamette highway nn account of the cost of the road between Lowell and Onkrldge, the most Important link In the highway. -''.' The county commlsslonara sold thnt t.. llnlv . willing to iriv. 1268.. nnn vnthrt hv n hnml Issue and narhtn 144,000 more., but the surrey ihowf ,hnt 11.0 2K miles of the nrnnosed road between Lowell and Oakrldge . will co.t ggn 000 . "When It was first proposed It wa stIltm) thnt the state would only be BBked to pay on a link to Oakrldge costing about $600,000. Now It la seen -. . (Continued on Page BIX ) . ' EVERYTHING " . 1 V : S A MAJOR icourt held that It would not be a-. ' vlsable to open such a phase of th j ! Ml Tl t T 1 V 0 TH V. ' The rule ".MM '" "6-. '? ! iwas argurn uy major uuuion, wnu .- sorted thnt the testimony should be received to "lmpai tha accused aa a Witney" To a)il Representative Frank J. Held, defo ciAnsetT n-TUedl "I say rwl, In one, a tool In every h4 and adding that h could cuse U.aJor Oulllon iMtinccoUnt Of "the condition ohla nilna."' . i1 nnce. prohibition and puonc Tnonniv-siore conirannno goonsun iuii'.niw nrws nnn lor iniriy yenni iiieiuuicii iiih eiiuniui nuievini uy rue of the Methodist Episcopal church. ( bootleggers nnd thus encourngo an- with newspapers In ' Oregon nnd battle monuments commission headed The report endorsed the remark; archy. t Washington, died hero today. by Pershing. ' ' . - TT
