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OFFICIAL rAPKB OF
KliAMATlI FALLH
OFFICIAL PAPEB OJt
KLAMATH COUNT
Fourteenth Year -No. 3802
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1919
Price, Five Cent
WD QUESTION
MTORINRE-GONSTRUCTIDN
j'uoIitiK ,,f Euiopcnn Supply Would
(in Far TotwiKl HiiHIiik Political
J'KllllcMII, SlIJH (iCIICIIll ltllN Do-
unfile Pi lew DwiwihIiik
"WASHINGTON, Doc. 2 I ISuropn't)
lifost urgent "cod toiliiy Is tlio pool
ing Of IIH (00(1 HIIPPIIOH 1111(1 till) OH-
tdlillMiiiH'iit of moiiiiH fur fair r.inl
proper tlintrlbutlon undor it direr-
tor-gonoriil, Is the opinion or General
Tnsltor II IHIhh, inoinlior of tlui Am
erican pence ilulci;utl(')ii, who rot ura
cil hero today.
Sueli nn arrangement tlm general
said would rumovo dlmon'f nt,
strengthen tlio inoralo of European
peoples and i;rontly aid In filing ov
er tlm formntlvo porlod of tin now
governments.
General IIIIhb said ho bollovod tlmt
Germany should bo Included In tlio
economic conlltlnn, but saw no po-wl-blllty
at this tlmo of Including Hub
da. (
WASHINGTON, Dae. 24.--L'xpoc-UlIoiiH
of a decline In rotall food
prices beginning botweon January 1
anil March 1, wan oxproRHoil by At
torney Gonoral I'alnior In a stuto
ment Humming up tho offortH of tlio
government to dato In forcing down
tbo cost of llvlrig.
"Tho cost of Hying, already under
control," Halil tho nttornoy go leral,
"can bo reduced if oyory ono wh i
producoH will produce bin utinoHt, In
t hoso who buy and consumo will savo
and ollmlnnto extravagance nnd If
&1I houoHt pooplo will Join with tlm
department of Justice in stumping
out profiteering nnd hoarding."
Explaining that a downward trond
In rotall food prices ordinarily wiih
shown during tlio first two months
of tho year, Palmer mild It was tho
hopo of tho government, "that this
tiond will bo nccoloratod this yonr
by tho cnmpnlgn Inltlntod by tlio gov
ernment, which la Just now getting
well under wny."
Although government stntlstlcs
compiled nnnunlly show that In pre
vious years rotall rood prices Increas
ed during tho full months, 1'iilmor
said that slnco August such prices
bid been maintained piactlcally sta
tionary. Only Plnco Octobor 22, when no
Ufcsury amendments to tbo Lover
food control net wore passod, tho at
tcmoy general's stntomont said, has
It been possible to doal effectively
with all ensos of profiteering and
hoarding. From October 22 to (Into
179 proiecutlons havo boon Instit i
tcd nnd prosecutions nnd solzurcs
hiio covered olghtcon states, it was
said.
Duo to co-oporatlon hotween tho
Bovornment nnd various retail mor
dents' associations tho stntomont
said provalllng profits on clothing
bad boon roducod from ti to 50 por
cent.
Tbo stntomont, Issuod with author
ization of tho govornmont oftlclnls
associated with tho nttornoy gonornl
In tho cnmpnlgn to forco down living
costs, Including Director Gonornl of
Hallrond Hlnoa, was considered In
fiomo quarters ns a summnry of tho
Eovurmnont'fl position In tho fnco of
tho rocontly rcnowod domands of rall
icnd workors for nn Incronso In pny.
Tho rnllrond shopmon publicly
and tho othor rnllroad crafts tacitly
agreed In August with tho sugges
tion of Prcsldonj; Wilson to postpono
tholr domnnd.s for Incroasod pay for
nlnoty dnyB to wait offorts of tbo
Eovornmont to bring down piicos.
WEATHER REPORT
OREGON -Tonight nnd Tliursdny
occasional ruin, coolor tonight with
modornto fresh, southorly winds,
shifting to wostorly gales.
NO PAPER TOMORROW
Tho Herald forco will Join
tomorrow In tho general oh-
sorvnnco of tho Christmas holi-
day and thoro will ho no paper
Issuod,
RUTH ST. DENIS TO
BE HERE JAN. 23
Word wan rocolvod this mornliiK
by tbu Mimical Study club that tlio
! 'flnllo ditto for thu appoarunco of
Itutb Ht. Denis and bor company of
d mmrH at lIoiiHton'H Opera IIouho
ban been fixed for Friday ovonlng,
.u unary 23.
TIiIh Ih tbo second of tlio series of
Ibren blK attractlonH to bo put on
thin winter by tlio Mimical Study
( lub. Alice NcIIhcii, tlio fanioilH 'so
piano, will open tlio series when hIio
tt peart at tlio Opora house on tho
monlng of December .'10. Following
tbo St. DohIb engagement on .lunu-
ary 23, Cecil Fanning Ih booked for
a concert at a dato still to bo an
nounced. TIiohii having seanon tickets, tholr
scuta roBurved, aro In a claim to bo
envied for all InillcatloiiH point to
I parked hoiiHOH nH n greeting for tlio
I Initial appearances hoio of theso
fiinioiiH artlHtH.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 24.
Exports and Imports In November
reached tho second hlghofit mnrk In
the nation's hlHtory. Tho department
of commerce) announced today that
tbo valuo of cxpoits wns $741,000,-
000, compnred with $G32,000,000 In
October and $522,000,000 In Novem
ber of u enr ago, wbllo imports woro
valued at $429,000,000, compared
with $402,000,000 In October nnd
$251,000,000 in November, 1918.
For tbo eleven months of this year
exports were valued at $7,242,000,
000 nnd imports at $.1,528,000,000,
lonvlng a trndo balance of $3,714,
000,000 for tho cloven months In fa
vor of tho United States. This wns
$1,000,000,000 greater than tho
trndo balanco In tho corresponding
period IbhI yenr.
Exports of gold In November to
taled $51,S57,79G, while Imports
amounted to only $2,39G,770. Ex
ports In Novombor tlio year boforo
woro $3,047,907, whllo imports woro
$1,920,209.
For tlio olovon months this year
geld oxpoita woro $:i21,92S,309
compared with $282,43S,4S7 for tho
corresponding period of 1918, while
Imports woro $03,020,019 compared
with $GC,GC7,917 during tho corres
ponding year boforo.
Silver Imports for November
umounted to $7, 018, 021 compared
with $5,490,240 for Novombor, 1918.
For tho olovon months' p'oriod sil
ver Impdrts nmountod to $79,725,
296, nn lncrenso of $12,679,952
ovor tho corresponding porlod In
1918. Exports of silver last month
tbtalcd $19,052,177, us against $7,
150,451 for Novombor, 1918. For
tho olovon months oxports woro
$208,42G,260, an incronso of $3,
885,972 over tho same period In
1918.
EXPORTATION OF AIIMS
TO MEXICO TO STOP.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Tho re
vocation, offectlvo January 1, of all
llconsos issued by tho Wur Trndo
bourd prior to September 30, last,
for the oxnortntlon of arms nnd nm-
nunltion to Moxleo, wns announced
tcday by tho stato dopurtmont.
NEW MEMBER FOR ,
livestock hoard.
SALEM, Dec. 24. On rocommon-
datlon of tho gonornl Wool Growors'
L'hyoclntlon. Governor Olcott todny
appointed K. G, Wnrnor of Pondlo
ton, a niomhor of tho state livestock
imiltarv board to succeed tho Into
J. N. Ilurgess. Tho toun oxplros
Juno 3, 1921.
GOES AFTER PRISONER
Constablo J. F. Horloy loft this
morning for San F inc -o to got
Fred Ford, who Is in cu tud of tho
pollco thoro nnd la boliovcd to bo
tho man wanted horo for passing n
First Stato & Savings bank.
BOTH EXPOflTS
AND IMPORTS
BIG, NOVEMBER
CON TION
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This evening nt 12 o'clock sharp,
tho Christmas service of Midnight
Mass will bo sung In tho Catholic
church, corner of Eighth nnd High
Streets, by the regular church choir
under tho direction of Chnrlcs Wood
Kborlcln, Mrs. Ehcrlein, presiding nt
tlio organ.
Mrs. Kmll Dreher will sing the In-
carnntus solo, Mrs. H. Noud, tho Pas
sus, and MIbs Llottn Noud, "Oh, Holy
Night." Tho Junior choir will sing
tho processional and recessional of
Chrlstmus enrols. Tlio officers of
tlio maBH are:
Father Hugh Marshall, celebrant
Mr. C. W. Eberloln, rospensorlus:
.his. Maguiro and S. Snntnmnu, acoly
tes; William TIgho, censor; Charles
Miigulro nnd W. Hannon, cross
beurers; John Tigho, master of core
monies; Mrs. E. Drohor, pianist;
Mrs. C. W. Eberloln, orgnnlst.
Tho subject of the sermon is,
"What Amorlca Mny Learn from thn
Crib of Bethlehem."
CHRISTMAS PACKAGE
CONTAINS DYNAMITE
SEATTLE, Dec. 24. Portland po-
llco hnvo been nsked by Seattle offi
cers to help find the party or parties
who mailed an Infernal machine in
Christinas wrappings to Fred Fink,
a local musician . Tho package bore
a Portlnnd postmark and tho return
address of a Portland music house.
Tho machine failed to explode when
opened. It contnlned a loaded re
volver nnd six sticks of dynamite,
with n device Intended to stnrt an
explosion when ppened. Only care
ful opening of tho package prevent
ed n tragedy.
BUVS HOME HERE
Captain A. D. Collier, who re
cently arrived from Eugene with
Mrs. Collier to mnko his homo in
Klamath 'Fnlls, hns purchnsed tho
A. A. Bollmnn homo on Cnnby street
nnd will tnko possession in tlio near
future. Captain Collier Is greatly
Impressed with tho future of Klam
ath Falls nnd Klamath county nnd
belloves tho opportunities hero are
greater than any other place on tho
coast.
Mr. and Mrs. Bellman expect to
make their homo for tho present at
the Whlto Pelican hotel.
WILL OBSERV
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AVOID HOLIDAY
FIREBDS,
URGES CHIEF
Firo Chief I- C. Miller today ask
ed tho Herald to emphasize tho need
for carefulness regarding flro spread
ing from candles on Christina? trees.
Tinsel, cotton nnd other Christinas
tree deco.itionH ignlto (illicitly and
f'l" onto started spreads rapidly Tho
i 'of reco n-fiends that electric bullH
bo substituted for canillm wherever
possible, but If candles must bo used,
they should be so placed that danger
of Ignition of tho flimsj stuff on the
troo Is reduced to a minimum.
Any extra electric wiring attached
for the tree adormant should be care
fully tested nlso, says the chief, no
that fires from this source will ho
avoided.
It is usual at Christmas tlnif, to
build the hearth fire higher, loo,
says Miller, and tho flues and chim
neys should be wntched to see that
they carry the extra burden without
setting fire to hanging soot, or Ig
niting walls or wnll paper.
BONANZA GIRL IS
BRIDE OF LOCAIi MAX
Announcement of tho marriage of
Earl Brown of this city to Miss Ha
zel Burkhart of Bonanza Monday
evening comes as a surprise to mnny
of their friends. The bride is a resi
dent of Bonanza, where she has lived
for many years. Mr. Brown also
resided there before coming to
Klamath Falls. The young couple
left yesterday for Bonanza, where
they expect to remain over Christ
mas. They will then make their
home In Klamath Tells wheie the
groom is employed by the O. K.
Transfer compnny. They have the
best wishes of a host of .friends for
a long nnd hnppy mnrrled life.
KLAMATH PROTESTS
TO BE HEARD JAN. IS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Secre
tary Lnno hns Informed Representa
tive Sinnott he has fixed Jnnunry 12
ns the dato for further hearing on
protests against tho Doakand Brown
lenses nt Klamath lake, when repre
sentatives of the Americnn Legion at
Klamath Fnlls are .Invited to appear
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. The
naval establishment at San Diego,
California, was today designated as
a naval base by Secretary Daniels.
All divisions of tho establishment
nro to bo placed under charge of a
btise commander, yet to be appolnt
ed. t
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ANNUAL IRRIGATION
MEETING JAN. 8, 9, 10
Tho dates of tho nnnual convention
of the Oregon Irrigation congress
havo been changed from December
29,30 and 31 to January 8, 9 and 10.
Tho sessions will be held In the state
chamber of commerce rooms at Port
lnnd. A very complete and attractive
program has been arranged, tnking
In matters of Interest to all tho Ir
rigated sections of tho state, and
considerable business of importance
Is to bo transacted at this conven
tion. Every irrigated district should bo
represented at the congress. All local
delegates havo not been chosen but
it Is expected that Klamath county
will havo six or eight representatives
n tho convention.
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BOLD FRIENDLY
For the first time in the history of
the locnl postolTlce the cntlro force
gathered nt one meeting when, last
evening, they were guests of- Post
master W. A. Delzell at a banquet at
the Uex cafe. Miner vexations were
forgotten all tho Christmas rush
and worry, illegible addresses, impa'
tient customers and kindred woes
that none but a postal clerk knows,
were forgotten and- only the Christ
mas spirit of generosity and good
cheer remained.
Fourteen persons every member
of the local force sat down at the
'festal board and enjoyed the bounti
ful spread of Christmas viands and
tho "family discussion" that accom
panied the feast. Postmaster W. A.
Delzell presided as toastmaster.
The meeting was designed to
strengthen the esprit de corps that
characterizes the local office, in
creasing the co-operataion and effi
ciency that is showing up well, as
the organization grows and becomes
sufficiently strong to bear the bur
dens thrust upon it. This- efficiency
has been especially marked in han
dling the record rush of mnil during
the present week, the lnrgest in the
history of the local office, and Post
master Delzell never loses an oppor
tunity to foster tho teamwork spirit
among the force. .
Those present last night were: W.
A. Delzell, John McCall, R. L. Grif
fith, Chas. C. Whitmore, Helen Pax-
son,, Olive Humphrey, Colman
O'Loughlin, Ralph Scott, Henry
Brown, Louis A. Will, Fred Nichol
son, John Dawson, Paul Bogardus, j
Bernard Zollman.
I FORE
FJTITM
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PRICES RISE
TI
Chicago Dcnlcrs Announce That Ev
ery Ton of ConI Mined Since tho
Strike Wns Settled Will Cost Thir
ty to Thli ty-flvc Cents More
WASHINGTON, 'D. C, Dec. 24.
president Wilson today Issued a call
for a meeting here next Monday of
the special committee appointed to
investigate wage conditions and.
prices in the bituminous coal indus
try. CHICAGO, Dec. 24. Coal con
sumers here were in receipt of an- ,
nouncement today from several fuel
companies, notifying them of an in
crease in the retail price of from, 30
to 35 cents on all coal mined since
the settlement of the recent strike.
PITTSBURG, Kas., Dec. 24. Alt
Kansas miners striking in protest
against sending their district presi
dent, Alexander Howatt, to jail here
were ordered to return to work by
district officials today. The order
went out by direction of Howatt.
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WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 24.
Entering into the controversy raglngr
about the government's proposals
for settlement of the coal strike,
Senator Frelinghuysen, Republican,
New Jersey, chairman of the Senate
committee investigating the coal sit
uation, in a formal statement de
clared that in the government's ne
gotiations "there must have been.
some sort of a secret deal made in.
addition to the agreement signed." ,
Explaining that he spoke for him
self only, Senator Frelinghuysen re
viewed the testimony adduced by
the committee hearings to dato and
added that out of the settlement of
the strike, "in any event the public
may look for an increase in the price
of coal or another strike."
The New Jersey senator charac
terized the settlement proposition as
put forth by Attorney General Pal-,
mer and accepted by the miners "as
a loaded dice for the American peo
ple." The executive committee of coal
mine operators, following their state
ment of Monday, declaring that the
government's proposal as finally
drafted was vitally different from
the plan formulated by former Fuel
Administrator Garfield and which
they bound themselves to accept,.
maintained silence. ''
The operators called off a meet
ing of the scale committee of the
central competitive field, which had
been called for Tuesday in Cleve
land. At the conference which will
take place after Christmas, it was
said, the operators expect to form
ulate a decision as to the policy they
will adopt toward tho government's
plan and the commission appointed
Saturday by President Wilson to ad
judicate the miners' claims. .
FORECLOSURE DECREE
Judgment for $673.20 and a de
cree of foreclosure on real estate se
curing the loan was awarded the
Butto Valley bank in tho suit against
II. F. Chapman and others in , the
circuit court yesterday. The fore
closure judgment is against the de
fondant, Chapman. Several other
defendants Involved are barred from
claiming any lien or title prejudicial
to plaintiff's claim.
SUIT IS DISMISSED
The circuit court yesterday en
tered an ordor of dismissal in tho
suit of H. It Reynolds against II.
W. Bnrton, the court being Informed
thut tho issuo hnd been settled. The
plaintiff sued for $312, alleged to
bo duo on a hay and feed bill.
DIVORCE SUIT
Martha Schouchin haB fllod a suit
for dl vol co against Guy Schonohlutfu,
the circuit court.
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