OFFICIAL PAPER OF
KLAMATH FALLfl
Fourteenth Year No. 3798
JlJEimmt0 Memlh
OFFIOIAJj PAPEB Of!
KLAMATH COUNTY I?
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1919
Price, Five Cent
COMMERCIAL ''
i CLUB DESTINY
' TO BE DECIDED
INSURANCE BILL
ENACTD TODAY
McclliiK TonlKht nt C"' """ Will
Hhow HtreiiKlh of Hcntitiicnt lie-
hind Development Organization
Plenty Hare Promlfted to Attend
Tonight nt o'clock n. Ilio city
ball tho bu.ilucn nion nrd ciiIz-jdh
of tliii community wilt decide wheth
er tlioy wish to coiitlniu. th? nrtlvi
ties of tho Kl(dnath Commorient
club, or lot tho organization lapse.
For tho last two years tho organ
lintlon has boon maintained through
tho cfrortfl of two mon, Capt. J. W,
8lomonB, president, and Capti AppK-
gato, socrotury, who have nnBWorod
corrcapondonco nnd attondod to tho
routlno details, bo tho organization
baa boon kept In oxlRtonco, hut for
all practical dovolopmunt purpouos
It hnH boon lapsed, wlillo tho com
munlty was engaged In Liberty Loan
and Hod Cross campaigns and kin
dred war activities.
With tho war ovor, leading busi
ness men think that It Im tlmo that
the community was turning atten
tion again to IIh own advancement
problems nnd a campulgn has been
on foot for tho last month to rulso
funds to biro a secretary, rent quar
ters, and sturt nctlvo operations
again along all linos of community
development.
So far only about $3000 has been
raised. Many porsons think It Innd
rlsablo to start with loss than twlco
that amount, and others have still
broader Ideas on tho subjoct, accord
ing to a list of answers to question
naires received by E. L. Elliott,
chalrmnn of tho re-organization
commlttoe, whoso report will bo
among tho chief matters to bo con
sidered at tonight's meeting.
This mooting marks a turning
point In civic development and It is
considered highly Important that
everyono who' has tho Interests of
(the community at heart should at
tend. Thero should bo a largo atten
dance In any ovont as every ono who
signed tho pledges of membership
and attached questionnaires that
have been circulated promised to at
tend the first mooting and at least
two other meetings each year. If all
keep their obligation thero will be
a represontatlvo crowd.
WASHINGTON, Due. 19
Tho Houbo bill Increasing tho
war risk Insuranco allowances
of Amorlcnn soldlors, sailors
and marlnos disabled In tho
war was passed today by tho
Somite with amendments re
quested by tho Amorlcnn le
gion. Tho Houbo is oxpoctod to
accopt tho Sonato umondmonts
and tho enactment of tho moa
suro before today's recess Is
doomed a cortalnty.
NEW HUNTING GROUNDS
EXTRADITION OF
FORCER LIKELY
Tho mattor of securing extradi
tion pnpors for Pred Ford, alias Will-
Hum King, alias Clifford Dush, bold
by tho San Francisco police on char
ges of having victimized banks In
Oregon and California, Including the
First Stnto & Savings Hank of Klam
ath Falls, with forged checks, has
been turned ovor to Win. A. Dun
can, district attorney, by tho local
bank. A telegram was rccolved by
the bank yesterday, confirming the
Associated Press report published in
tho Herald, nnd evidently the pollco
uro certain they havo tho right man,
Tho district attorney said this
morning, that 'his officer had tele
graphed tho San Frnnclsco officers
for further particulars, In order to
fully establish tho Identity of the
prisoner, boforo asking Qovornor 01
cott to Issue a requisition for Ford's
extradition In order that he may
stand trial hero.
H'WIN
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PUD RELIEF
5 INT HUGE
UANZIQ, Doc. 1. (Hy Mall).
More than 350,000 tons of foodstuffs
and raw cotton hnvo beon shlppod
to Poland via Danzig from tho Unit
ed States slnco last Fobruary. For
a time those supplies wero arriving
at tho rate of, G000 tons dally. A
shlpmont of 100 locomotives Is ex
pected soon.
The Amorlcnn rollof udmlniBtrn
tlon for foodlng European chlldron
directs its work in Poland from
Danzig. John H. Lunge of Seattle,
Wash., and Capt. C. A. Abolo, naval
nttaeho at Warsaw, aro In charge
Mr. Lunge told tho Associated Press
correspondent that in Poland alone
tho American rollof administration
was now feeding about 1,000,000
children.
"Wo expect," ho said, "to do some
rollof work In Gormany boforo loig,
especially hero in Danzig. Thero Is
very llttlo milk In this district lor
children, und meat, sugar und fats
uro also scurco.
"Danzig will soon bo a free city
Qnd, ns Poland's port, is more Pol
ish than German. At tho present
t'nio tho Gorman government boars
tho expense of Importing most of tho
fQrelgn foodstuffs and soils it nt a
Pflco which tho pooplo can afford to
,ay. mis nrrangomont will cease
80(n, and I think there will bo urg
ent need then of our help."
R.IO DE JANIERO, Nov. 11. (By
Mail) An ambitious program for
the enlargement of the field of Intel
lectual, moral, commercial and poli
tical activity for tho women of Braz
il, through campaigns to be inaug
urated by the recently organized Al
llanca Femlnlna, is announced by
Sendora Amelia Rodrlgues, poet of
the state of pnhia and a leader in
tho feminist movement. Sendora
RodrlgueB, who Is now In this city
to establish headquartors or the now
orRnnlzatlon, dec ares the Alllr.nca
alrendy hus many udhoronts among
Brazilian society, both in the Feder
al cnpltal and In the Tlrazllan Mates.
Tolling of the puns of tho Al'.lan
ca, she said:
'Tho Alllam-a is a Catholic instit
ution. Within tho llmliM of Catholic
principles, it will pronur.e the cdu
cnllon and inst. iction of wotwii. iho
enlargement cf h r field of moral
nnd lntolleciuil ncllfity tho propag
anda in defeu e of wouk-i i legiti
mate rights and collective Interests
special culture by means of schools
cflriDp-nlf tndnslonfnehe hointtnw
and courses in domestic economy
and allied household sciences. It will
work also to purify tho theatre, the
cinema, literature and family cus
toms. 'Il will develop tho cplrlt of pat
riotism; It will stlmulnto protection
for tho worker, above all for the
women and chlldron. It will work for
the creation of libraries, reading
rooms and healthful rocreatlon, for
civil and commercial equality una
for other fomlnlst idens. Its sphere
of action will bo the school, the lec
turo hnll and tho pross. It will bo
non political."
XWomAs- feSSIBigj
02,000,000 IS ADDED
TO 1920 TAX LEVY
SALEM, Dec. 19. The state
1920 tax levy Is $'4,391,000,
State Tax Commissioner Lovel
announced today. This estimate-Is,
based on the 1919 tax
roll. Tho 1920 levy 1b nearly
32,000,000 in excess of the con-
stltutional 6 per cent tax limi-
tatlon above the preceding
year's expenditures, which ex-
cess was authorized by the peo-
pie at a special election last
June.
I FAILS IN
PLO TTO KILL
CITY IS BEHIND IN
SALE OF CHRISTMAS
RED CROSS SEALS
1SAVAIUAN POPULATION
MUNICH, Nov. 28. (By Mall).
The consus just comploted fixes the
population of Bavnrla t 7,041,378,
being an Increase of 150,000 over
tho figures Tor l'JOJ. Tho inhabi
tants of tho clt;' r? -:n:ch wero
found to number i22.3'0, showing
an Incronso of 20,000 for tho same
poriod.
Tomorrow workers for the Red
Cross Christmas seal sale of the An-tl-Tuberculosis
Association expect to
clean up the campaign in this city
Seals are on sale in local stores and
Boy Scouts and high school girls will
solicit streets and residences as they
did last Saturday.
While a number of other places
report completion of their quotas,
Klamath Falls lacks about $75 of
the $300 quota, Mrs. J. H. Garrett,
county chairman, said today. She
asks for general support tomorrow
to put Klamath Falls over the top
with the rest of tbn.
The county quota Is $600. The
work of raising the $300 outside the
city is in tho hands of the school
teachers and pupils, who report di
rectly to headquarters. The amount
raised outside the city, therefore,
has not been reported.
Five cents each from every man
and woman and child in the county
would fill the quota. When it Is con
sidered that some persons nave
bought five dollars worth of seals
and tho quota is still incomplete It
will be seen that the burden is very
unequally distributed.
MORE AUTOMOBILES.
COURT REFUSES TO
RETURN MONEY
DUBLIN, Dec. 2. (By Malt).
An Anterjcan alien In Ireland who
sued the commissioner of police to
recover 214 pounds taken from him
when he was arrested in Ireland tor
Illegal drilling of Irishmen has
failed to collect his claim.
William Pedlar had fought on the
side of the Sinn Fern in the rebell
ion of Easter week, 1916, having
been stationed inside the postofflce
He was afterward arrested and de
ported, but returned to Ireland and
was engaged in military training
when he was arrested and the money
confiscated.
The case was taken berore the
King's bench which unanimously de
cided against him. Pedlar's counsel
had claimed that his client as a
trlendly alien was under protection
of the King, but Justice Dodd, who
presided, pointed out that a man
who had seized the King's postofflce
and fought against the King's
troops had no right to such protection.
BIG DREDGE IS
MAKING SLOW TRIP
0
VICEROY
Riflo Shot Pierces Car and Stray Bal
lets Kill Two but Viscount French,
Ivord Lieutenant of Ireland, Ks
capes Without Innry
Its a long way to Tlpperary but
that is a short trip alongside the
Journey from Merrill to Klamath
Falls on the big dredge which is be
ing moved to the Upper Klamath
Lake for the use of Doak and Brown
In the reclamation of the Upper
Lake marsh lands on the west side
of the Lake. The big structure which
has been used by the Reclamation
Service in the Merrill district has
been on, the road since the first of
the month, according to the crew,
and its speed has been slower than
the wheels of justice. Its ponderous
movements will be halted at Shlp
pington for a time, while it is under
going repairs and it will not be tak
en to Its final destination until the
Ice breaks up in the spring.
EXTENSION CLASSES
SPREAD EDUCATION.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene, Or., Dec. 19. Registrants In
the extension division of the univer
sity range from a lonely trapper in
the wilds of Klamath cohntv. 'fifty
... .. fl
mues irom a rauroao, 10 college pro
fessors and 132 teachers In public
schools. There are 500 persons tak
ing advantage of correspondence
work fromv the campus division .of
the extension department and' 505
are registered with the Portland
branch.
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WORLD LEAGUE OF
RELIGIONS PLANNED
BIRMINGHAM, Eng. Nov. 19. (By
Mail) One of the chief motor con
struction companies of this town
having increased its capital to $15,
000,000 is re-organizing and extend
ing its works with a view to the
mass production of three models, a
light car, a touring car and a six
cylinder car. It is planned to turn
out 20,000 cars euch your.
LONDON, Dec. 2. (By Mull).
At a recent meeting at which the
Bishop of Kensington, the chief
rabbi, and representatives of de
nominations other than the Church
of England, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Mahomedanlsm and other creeds
spoke, It was decided to form a so
ciety for the promotion of a league
of religions.
The aim of the society is to or
ganize the spiritual forces of the
world for the promotion of univer
sal righteousness, brotherhood, and
peace, both national and international.
TMG MEN SCARCE.
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LONDON, Dec. 19. Sir Albert
Stanley, a former president of., the
Board of Trade,- has stated that
there were plenty of positions vacant
with salaries of $25,000, to $50,000
a year, but the great difficulty was
to find men capable of filling the
bill. It was quite easy to find men
for positions of $2,500 $4,000 or $5,
000 a year.
DUBLIN, Dec. 19. An attempt
was made at 1 o'clock today to as
sassinate Viscount French, lord lieu
tnant of Ireland, while he was driv
ing along a road on the outskirts ot
the city. Lord French escaped un-
Injured, but a civilian was killed by
a stray shot, and a policeman was
also killed.
Several shots are said to hare
been fired by the assailants of the
viscount's party. The military at-
tendants promptly returned the fire
and one of the assailants was
kllled.
A number of ambulances were
immediately rushed to the scene of.
the shooting. The indications are
that the assailants of the vice-regal
party fired from ambush in a nearby
field as the governor's car was pass-,
ing along the road. The first shot
fell in the road in front of the -car
and another pierced the-back.- One
bomb explodded, tearing a big h61e
In the road, and portions of another
bomb were found.
Policeman Loughlln, who was
talking with a civilian as Lord'..,
French passed, was killed during th
shooting; It is understood -by the.
civilian with whom he wastalking...
STFJMER SINKS: -TIME
LIST
MEXICAN RENTS HIGH.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 20. House
rents in Mexico City are four times
higher than in the United States, ac
cording to figures issued recently by
the Department of Commerce and
Industry. Newspapers commenting
on such high prices say that there
has been a fifty percent increase in
rents in the past two years.
WEATHER REPORT
OREGON Tonight and Saturday
occasional rain In west; fair in cn.st,
moderate southerly winds.
HALIFAX, Dec. Id. Forty-three
members of the crew of the British,,
freighter,- Manxman'; ;were drowned
yesterday when the "ship foundered
in mid ocean, according io a wire
less intercepted hy the1 Camperdown.
station today. About twelve survive.
ors ot the vessel are aboard the--steamer,
British Isles,' due in New
York- Monday. J
Misfortune lsalsa,belleved to have
overtaken the coastwise steamer,,
Louisa Maud, a -British tanker hav
ing reported picking up some ot her
crew. I
FROST PLAYS PRANKS
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 19. The
pranks played here by Jack Frost
around the various buildings ancL
'laboratories, has caused the dismiss
al of the school at an earlier date
than scheduled.
MUSICIAN DEAD
CHICAGO, Dec. 19. Cleofonte
Campaninl, director general ot the
Chicago Grand Opera company, died
here this morning ot pneumonia.
fMJI"V" 4 MAM
MmMBMiM i" 'iriSfc
-'SHOPPmoWSBL
CHRISTMAS! MMjf
CALIFORNIA YOUTH
TAKES BRIDE HERE.
Frank L. Mendanca, formerly ot
Modesto, Cal., and Miss Hazel Mo-.
Cormick, a popular young lady of'
the Keno (section, where she has
many friends and relatives, were
mnrrled last night. by the Rev. E. P.
Lawrence at the pastor's residence.
They expect to make their home on
one of the Irrigated farms near Mo
desto.
LEGION DANCE DRAWS
GOOD ATTENDANCE.
The first of a series of public
dances to be given this winter by
Klamath post of the American le
gion took place at the Houston Op
era House last night. The affair
was very successful. Nearly eighty
couples attended.
EGG PRICES DROP SEC
TO TEN CENTS, CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19. Increased
receipts caused the wholesale price
of. eggs to drop from six to ten centa
on the local market today. First
quality sold for 7 cents, a six-cent
drop. Ordinary qualities dropped,
ten cents.