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lAMATII FAMiJ
KLAMATH COUNT
Fourteenth Year No. 3786,
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1919
Price, Five Centi
il
iIesonsms
p. 0. employes
ii strike
EMBASSY REPORTS
JENKINS FREED
I.. A tit lfj.
ttftmltr i.i'nmii, " -
'port. AU lt,,lH'"1 "f ',KhIiiIIoii
IfnnllHi'B l,",,", WoiIutm " '"'
Mo Willi I'"'"" t'"lu"
vASHINOTON, I). (3 . Dm- 6.--A
sursilus of $2,3I2,8C1 In poHloftlcu
Lralloi"" fl,r ln" llHcal y,mr 10,fl
,$ announced In tho annual report
tcitcfilay uf rt"Htiir General
tlc80n. Tho figures uro mtbjoct
ftiomo odJUHtmwnl which would In-
CrtalWJ tUO BlirpiUH, wr, iiuiiunuii n.u.i,
nldlng tlmt I"! wnB th0 l,,5tt1' ll1""
t, tho novel! years of Hid prtmonl
poilofllco administration, thut risvit-
1UM llOll I'XCl'Clloil oxpondlluivs.
' Ad sKKroKtito surplus or moro than
flS.000,000 hh compared to tin ng
(rffato lcflcit of moru tfpin fCO.OOO,
m for the preceding novon-yVw ,'c-
jfod l bIuium In u nuppondod table.
"Tho cmiiko of Iho change In Im
ufdlatoly upimront." tho roporl HiiyH
cl this comparison. "Whereas tho
rerenucii unilor IIiIh niluiliilHtratlon
latreascd 737,r.U7,S18, or at tho
rtte of CO 68 pur cunt, compared
illb tho Bovcit-yunr purlod prior to
the tlmo It assumed ofllco, tho x-
pndituroH increased only ? 0 I :t , :t :t D . -
715, or at tho nito of 41! 13 ptir cont
Tie dlfferuiico bolwoon tho Incrouso
In expenditures and tho 1 lie reuse In
rerenues, lens losses, uqunla tho
mount of tho not chtingu In favor
f tho public troiiHiiry."
Much of tho crltlclHin lovolod at
Ihedepartmciit'H nnuncliil policy, Mr.
Burleson mild, "wax duo to lack of
ccoplcto and acciirntu Information."
Improvements uiiuto aro Humiiuir-
' lied as follewH:
I "Inauguration of tho ulr-innll sorv
Itc; establishment of tho 'spuco sys
lem' In determining tho compontia
tlcn of railroads for carrying tho
Bill; readjustment of railway mall
itrrlco In tho Intorcxt of both 1m-
, protcment and economy; readjust
ment of organizations In postof
Jtes, methods of sorvlco, and dls
Iributlon of supplies, on a buals ct
ounJ business priuclplo; Inaugura
tion of rural and city motor vohlclo
mitIco and vlllngo dollvory sorvlo-,
uleetlon of box nnd colloctlou rorv
Ice and postugo stnmp('tnonoy ouloi
ud registry facilities to patrons or
i tr routes; lmprovomontB In tho
registry system, Insured parcol post,
ni mctliodu of hundlhiB dead lol
Iws; readjustment of rural dollvoty
flco, providing moro equltnblo dis
tribution of fncllltloH to palroiiH al
ready served and extensions of fn
cilltfea to thoBO cltl.ons who had
theretoforo boon donlod any sorvlco
t all; complete reorganization of
""e equipment and supply services
through tho extension of operation
d economy of production, and f'o
introduction of moUorn shoi moHi
0li. equipment and appliances, of
fing Bubslnntlnl savings and Im
provements In tho sorvlco; tho m--'!
adjustment of tho poatugo ratna
second class mail mnttor, offoct
''M saving of $15,000,000 unnu
',5r; reduction of lottor postugo I o
"een tho United States nnd several
foreign countries; largo extension of
'nternatlonal parcol post, and tho In
crease In weight and slzo of parcels
Permitted In tho malls."
Mr. Durloson again nskod r-ipenl
0 legislation permitting nlllliatlon
"'organizations of postnl omplo' s
"h labor organizations, "which
anctlon rocourso to tho strike or
Kott to onforco tholr domands."
' OBaln call tho attention of Con-
resa to the Impropriety of govorn-
ent owing nlloglanco to any organ-
,. "" wlifeli might stand botwoon
a"d tho government, and to
WAWllNflTON', Dec. r..
Tho American embnuny nt Mox-
Ico city todny notified tho U. 8
Hlnto department that William
O. JunkliiH, consular ugont,
wnn released by tho Moxli-nn
authotttli'H Iruit night While
lh rnlenHi) nnrvuH In a wuy to
relievo tho tounlon ollkl.tli ax-
plained that the JcnkliiH csro
Ih only an In 1 lent In tho Mix-
Iran Hltiiiitl'jM
MUSICAL STUDY
CLUB ONCER
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PLAN COMPLETE
GERMANY REFUSES
FINAL PEACE TERMS
LONDON, Dec. r,. Tlmre un:i a
purnlntont rumor on tho Stork Kx
, change today that tho HUproiao
council of tho peace conforcnri' bad
threatened (lormany that uiilcn the
i final ponce torinm are agreed Uo,
(Allied troops would occupy Itacn
and Kraukforl. V t" thin time the
market him been unafferted by tho
report
PARIS, Doc. fi. -"Coercion Ih tho
only argument likely to make any
imprcxKlnn upon Curmaii and In
duce them to sign the pnnco protocol
according to todn'u newspapers. It
Is .Maid that tils coih.IiihIoii was
reacbtd yesterday by tho secret
council of five, with Marshal Foch
presiding.
COMPOSERS OF
COAST ORGANIZE
SPOKANi:. Wiwh . Dee T,.
Music writers of tho Pacific Coast
nro organizing a writers' and com
posers' publishing association,
which Is to bo Incorporated within
n few weeks and which later hopes
to establish u publishing concern for
putting out tho compositions of Its
members, It was announced hero by
.1. I.ouls MncKvoy of UiIb city.
It Is hoped to establish such a
print Bhop hero during next year,
Mr. MucUvoy said, and to publish an
official musical paper.
"Many music writers of tho Paci
fic coast havo achieved notnblo auc
cosbos of Into," Mr. MucKvoy stated.
'Tholr commercial advancement
has been limited only by tho number
of songs thoy have been able to get
prlntod. Ilecnuso of numerous
printers' strikes It has baen doomed
wlso to organize a publishing ns-coclatlon."
l'lti:i:i) AI'THU TIUAIi
1'OR IH)OT-lil'.(i(ll.'
A Jury In Jiibtico Chapman's
court today found John Floden and
Chris Thompson not guilty on a
elmrgo of soiling liquor, and the
defendants wcro roleosod.
Tho lllson Jazz Uimil Is tho lumo
of a brass band organized y twenty
two girl students of tho Oklnhonui
Dnptlst University.
them
tho
"Cllnl lneillirn r rrn....Mi iniiiltiil
hority which is Involved In such
.l"0"'" Mr- Uurloson said.
lani avowca Purposo of labor ot-
ihe '8 not ",ono t0 ndvftnco
social anil economic wolfaro of
mb9rB of tholr order but to oxor-
e a corclvo lnlluonco upon tho
thei TP t0 comno1 BiibmlBslon to
domands, Tho strlko and tho
boycott aro weapons designed to bo
used In attack or In resistance. The
Government of tho United Stntes 13
not to bo attacked or resisted by any
citizen of tho land. Suroly no such
spoclul privilege is roborvod to thoso
who, through tho nuturo of tholr
employment, nro sworn to servo tho
government Itsolf and owo It to tho
special allogtonco of sorvlco duty.
"Whntovor Intorobt labor may
claim In tho products of its toil, it
cannot bo claimed for government
employes that thoy acqulro a largor
Interest or greator power in mo tsuv-
yrnmont than that of other cltlrons,
bcciiuso of tho churactor of tnpir
ymploymont.
"Govornmont employes should bo
normltted to organlzo for tholr so
cial and gcnoral wolfaro, to .ippour
boforo committees of congresH, and
to fumisli information concerning
i ho pohlul wjrvfro of which thoy may
huve knowledge
"Tho onforcoment of tho prlncl
plo test that government omployes
sliould not hold an nlllliatlon incom
patible with tholr obligation to tho
public sorvlco cannot bo distorted
Into a roiloctlon upon tho olllciuncy
nnd loyalty of tho postnl omployos,'
whoso dovotlon to public duty un
der tho trying tost of war win con
spicuously 'demonstrated. Hut tho
prlnclplo Is ono which cannot bo disregarded.
I'ndnunted by tho big responsi
bility they havo shouldered, tho
Musical Study club of Klamath
Kalis, Is relying upon tho largo
number of persons In this commun
ity who have lamented tho lack of
cultural entertainment during tho
winter months In this city, to sup
port them In their undertaking of
giving n series of three concerts by
some of tho world's best known
nrtlstH.
Plana for tho concert nro con
cluded, contracts signed, nnd season
tickets will go on sale early next
week at a number of local business
bouses.
Thirty leading business men of
tho community arc voluntary
patrons of tho project and a
thorough canvas of sentiment by the
ladies of tho Musical Study club In
dicates tli.it popular support onougn
will lie foiiil coming to carry tho
plan through, although the most
optimistic hope for a margin of
profit.
In other words, this Is not an un
dertaking for financial gain. The
promoter! will bo fortunate If they
cscapo financial loss, but, firm In
tho bollcf thnt this community has
reached a stage whero enough peo
ple aro hungorlng for tho highest
class of .stage productions, thoy aro
undertaking an unbclflsh experi
ment, which they hope, In view of
pledges of support thoy have re
ceived, will prove n success.
The first concort fit tho serloB
will present Allco Nellsen, tho great
lyric soprano, who first became
famous on the comic opera stage In
this country, and later in grand
opcrai captivated London kind tlio
groat cities of this country. Her
wonderful role ns 'Mlml" In "La
Dohemo," with Caruso, has boon ap
plauded by thousands of the world's
best judges of music. Tho famed
soprano and her company will ap
pear hero on December 30.
Later Tho definite date Is not
fixed Ruth St. Denis and her nlno
concort dancers, with Kills Rhodes,
the noted tonor, will bo presented.
Tho St. Denis company comes somo
tlmo In January. Miss St. Denis is
known In this country and abroad
us ono of tho foremost qxpononts of
the dance as n means of Interpreta
tion of the mulslc of tho world's
greatest composers Beethoven,
Chopin, Dach, Mozart, Grieg, rnd
thoso of a modern day.
Tho final concort of lbs series
will star Cecil Fanning, the groat
tenor, who has created a name for
himself in. the Knst. This is his
second tour of tho West. Lnat year
ho was enthusiastically received In
San Finnclsco. and Klamath Falls
should wolcomo tho privilege of
greeting him on his second visit to
tho coast.
Son son tickets, on snlo next
week, will bo priced at $4 and $5
each, depouding on tho location of
seats. Each ticket has tho war tax
paid and carries . reserve beat
privileges.
Eleven young women uro taking
tho law coursi .it tho University of
Washington
INVESTIGATOR
SAYS CITY IS
IE CENTER
(Correspondence to Sacramento Dee)
YREKA, Cal., Doc. 3. Tho affida
vits of Edwin E. Grant, president of
tho Stato Law Enforcement and Pro
tective league, upon which District
Attorney Allen started Redllght
Abatement act proceedings against
alleged resorts In Dpnsmulr, Slsson
and Weed, also charge that thoro
has been Inter-state trafficking in
vice victims between Klamath coun
ty, Oregon, -ind Siskiyou county,
California.
Grant in these affidavits pays par
ticular attention to Klamath Falls,
Oregon, picturing drunken orgies In
redllght resortB there.
Tho investigator says he found
cno resort known as "The Tules"
bolng operated by a woman named
Flo Leo, and an underworld woman
named Tesso, who had just returned
from having undergone an oporatlon
at Dunsmulr, California, also a wo
man named Cleo,, a woman named
Gladys and another woman called
Boomer.
While these women were "reeling
and skidding across the Hor of tho
said Tules bawdy house, and rend
ing the air with their shrieks and
curses, and men bneaklng In and out
of tho said bawdy house, under cov
er of darkness," Grant says he gath
ered evidence for submission to the
Oregon authorities.
Grant also set3 forth that ho took
tho number of an automobile "stand
ing in front of said notorious bawdy
house in Klamath Falls, whero the
occupant of said automobile had
gone for a debauch, and later found
this same automobile in front of a
respectable place in Klamath Falls,
and that affiant saw tho human le
per who had debauched himself at
tho said segregated bawdy house,
dash out of tho said automobile and
Into a place where he deliberately
began to associate himself with re
spectable women of Klamath Falls."
The affidavits also set forth that
Grant visited a house on Spring
street, Klamath Falls, and found a
woman whom tho taxi driver stated
"that. she know how to get by and
that sho had gotten by In Dorris,
California, running a bawdy house
when other women could not."
Grant says Investigations have
"disclosed the fact that Dorris has
beon the principal debauching point
in the state of California for tho pur
poso of nullifying the Oregon stato
prohibition law prior to tho going
into 'effect of national prohibition.
"That affiant has information that
great quantities of boozo have been
sent from Dorris, California, to
Klamath Falls, Oregon, and other
Oregon points, and that women of
tho underworld from all over Cali
fornia havo flocked to Dorris because
it was tho center of debauch to which
Orogon boozo guzzlers congregated
to assist California criminals to nul
lify .the laws of the state of Oregon."
National prohibition has closed
many of the Dorris resorts.
The investigator tolls of visiting
a ''green house off tho stato hlgh-
( Continued on Page 5)
BANDITS RAID
ON U. S. SOIL
HOUSTON, Dec. C General
J. P. Wolters, comma'ndlng
Texas cavalry, today received
advices of a raid by Mexican
4 bandits on a storo near the
border, olo.ven miles south of
Zapata. Tho information was
that tho owner was bound and.
tho place looted, after which
the bandits fled across tho bor-
dor Into Mexico.
PRESIDENT AND
NONE
N IN
ZAPATA, Mexico, Dec. 5.
Mexican bandits last night
raided tho Clareno ranch on
tho American side of tho Rio
Grande, eleven miles south-
east of here, escaping with all
tho provisions from tho ranch
btoro. The 'store keeper was
bound and gagged.
Chief Executive In Conference Today
With Henator From New Mexico
Who Offered Ilcsolution Advocat
ing Break With Mexico.
EXAMINATIONS FOR
TEACHERS WILL BE
HELD HERE DEC. 17
WASHINGTON, 13. C, Dec. 3.
Preslent Wilsoa after hearing ev
idence submitted by Senator FajU
that tho Mexican ambassador and.
consuls had distributed radical prop
aganda In this country, reserved
judgment until he could examine
the evidence.
Teachers' examinations for stato
certificates will be held at Klamath
county high school commencing
Wednesday, December 17, 1919, at
9 o'clock a. m., and continuing until
Saturday, December 20, 1919, at 4
p. m., as follews:
Wednesday Forenoon U. S. his
tory, writing (penmanship), musl ,
drawing.
Wednesday Afternoon Physi
ology, reading, manual training,
composition, domestic science, meth
ods in reading, course of study f,or
drawing, methods in arithmetic.
Thursday Forenoon Arithmetic,
history of education, psychology,
methods In geography, mechanical
drawing, domestic art, course of
study for domestic art.
Thursday Afternoon Grammar
geography, stenography, American
literature, physics, typewriting, meth
ods In language, thesis for primary
certiflcate.
Friday Forenoon Theory and
practice, orthography (spelling,
physical geography, English litera
ture, chemistery.
Friday .Afternoon School law,
geology, algebra, civil government.
Saturday Forenoon Geometry,
botany.
Saturday Afternoon General
history, bookkeeping.
PUMPING PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
i
Uoport has been received hero of
tho destruction by fire early this
week of a pumping plant near Keno,
on tho George Kerns ranch, owned
jointly by Mr.' Kerns, Hiram Mur
dock and H. H. Van Valkenburg.
The loss will not bo accurately es
timated until it is known if there is
any salvage on machinery. It was
fixed b Mr. Kerns at ?S,000, with
out insurance. The fire started at
3 o'clock in the morning.
WEATHER REPORT
OREGON Tonight and Saturday
fair, coldor tonight In east portion;
moderate easterly winds.
1 -
GERMAN SOCIALISTS ARE
FOR SOVIET GOVERNMENT
LEIPZIG, Doc. 5. The congress
of independent socialists today un
animously ndopted a program de
claring for tho soviet system in
Germany.
QNDT
17
SHOPPING
VMSUNTM
CHRISTMAS!
JraffallCH
ft 'v , n - AT'ivnii .
t- .Vr-I!.Ali.
Minfc
xvm&&sps
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Presi
dent Wilson will sec Senators Fall
and Hitchcock this afternoon to
dlBcuss tho Mexican situation. Sen
ator Fall has announced that im
mediately after the conference ha
would make public the evidence on.
which he bases his charges that the
Mexican ambassador and consuls in
the United States were circulating
"red" propaganda Fajl and
Hitchcock were named yesterday ai
a committee to call upon the Presi
dent to discuss Fall's resolution re
lating to the severing of diplomatic
relations with Mexico.
Tho resolution offered by Senator
Fall, as chairman of a subcommittee)
Investigating the Mexican situation,
declared evidence had been found
which "would astound the world."
It also asked that tho President
withdraw recognition of the Ca
ranza government.
Senator Fall boldly charged that
the Mexican embassy, the cons'ulate
generals in New York and San Fran
cisco and the consulates along the
border with the knowledge and con
sent of President Carranza had been
actively engaged in the spreading at
holshevlat propaganda in the Unit
ed States. Evidence, it was said,
was coming to bear out the charge.
The Resolution
Senator Fall's resolution follews:
"Resolved, By the senate, the
house of representatives concur
ring, that the actfon taken by the
department of state In reference
to the pending controversy be
tween thi sgovernment and the
government of Vexico should be
approved; and further that the
President of the Unitea States be
and he is hereby requested to
withdraw Worn Venusfiano Car-
ranzathe recognnition heretofore
accorded him by the United
States as prosid'ont of the Repub-'
lie of Mexico, and to, sever all dip
lomatic relations now existing be
tween this government and the
pretended government of Car
ranza." By this resolution , which was
sent to the senate foreign relations
committee for consideration Thurs
day, the whole Mexican problem, ad
mittedly grave in view of tho re
fusal of tho Carranza governnment
to release Consular Agent Jenkins
from tho penitentiary at Puobla will
be put before congress.
An early report on tho Fall resoi,"
Iution is expected and this will put
the question squarely before the.
senate, aroused to a high pitch by,
recent murders of Americans in
Mexico and treatment of tho Ameri
can consular agent.
While Senator Fall has not In
dicated tho exiot nature of his ov-t
ldence, it said he has obtained
phonographic copies of correspond
donee which will show clearly secret
operations of the Mexlcnn president
and his representatives in this
country.
There also was introduced I nth
sonato a resolution by Sonator Ash
urst, Arizona, authorizing the sec
retary of war to use the nation's
force for protecting Its people on
their own side of tho bordor. For
eight years, Senator Ashurst said
ho had been waiting for tho army to
protect American rights along tho
border and ho folt the tlmo had
come for action.
House scents war
In the house thoro was a flare up
of the Mexican situation, Represen
tative Caldwell, New York, doclar-
(Contlnuod on pago S)
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