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OTFICIAIi PAPER OT
Fourteenth Year No. 3863
KLAMATH 'FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1920
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. LAUNCH UNION
A locnl branch ot tho International
, tTJmheiv Worker wan organized ul u
I mnotlnw yesterday, afternoon nt, thu
' .Central Labor council liull, with be
tween 100 and 125 workers nlgnlng
the chnrlor. Tho following tompor
iiry omcom woro elected: Jamim
Steven, president; Fred l'lowniiin,
' vlco-presldenti W. V. Kay, llimiicliit
secretary, mid Hay Crawford, Bocro
. tnry.
Tho mooting wan opened hy W. !'.
Kay, organizer of tho Amorlcan
Federation ot Labor, who Burrend
ered tho gavel Shortly to Frank 10.
Fall of Wood, organizer for tho
I. T. U who oxplalnud tho purjxjiion
of tho organization.
Tim I. T. If., ho nnld, In broad in
cope, embracing all men connected
In any way wltlrtho lumber Indus-
try, ovon to thai railway employe
who holp transport tho product. Tho
- chief aim ot organization at thin
time, locally and in ovory timber
producing locality, Ih to ealnbllHh thu
eight-hour working doy. Thuro aro
othor ohjocts which tho organization
seeks, but flrrtt and foromoHt comes
eight bourn an n baHlc working day.
At Wood, tho organizer nald, thorn
aro 1,000 or more workers uudur
jurisdiction of tho Wood local, iiiohI
of whom liavo alllllatod with tho
union, and rotation with employers
nro harmonlou. While ninlntainitif;
tho right to strike, tbo I. T. U. urges
caution In tho uso otJhtiJiHrlko to
enforco It domandx and will Bauc -
tloa a atriko only as u lust rosort.
Abo, according to It organlz'ors, re-
, porta to tho contrary notwithstand
ing It does notrocognlzo tho X.W.W.
xnnttT KlndreflorBanlwitlon, and no
ono holding aired card can afflllato
with thol.T. U.
Yesterday'! mooting, a most lm-
' portant stop, in advancing unioniza
tion, of Klamath county from tho
labor viewpoint, went through with
out a hitch', apparently following a
proorraiiKod program. If thoro urojHoon, bo will tho big Edmonds mill
I. W. W. prgulilzor at work hure, as on Spruguo river, and so will tho
tho regulars claim, thoro was nothing l'arker & Homnkor mill. Thoro nro
In ovldonco ut tho mooting to whow two othor mills that will bo working
It. ' this season, on which construction
Thoro nro butwoon 1,500 and 2.000 'n not yot started,
workor In tbo local Hold, whoso " Schultz & Parka nro nlroady opor
Jurlsdlctlon IncludoH all mills nnd,aUiig, and bo Is tho Kltts mill,
camps from Kirk? on tho north,'
roughly speaking, to Ilray, and luiiUUCrvb Lfc-AUIINU
nctlvo effort will bo mado to gather
tlioni alt Into tho local union.
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Telegraph Tabloids I
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MANILA, Mar. . Tbo oxtru bob
lon of tho loglHlaturo adjourned to
day, attor adopting a resolution
pleading for Immcdlaro-ludopondonco
of tho Philippines.
WASIHNaTON, Mar. 8. Prosl
..ilent Wilson wont riding today In nn
opon automobile.
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WASHINGTON. Mar.a: Ml'mitf
sota ,won tho suit In tbo supremo
"court ngalnBt WIbcoubIu to ilotor
...rnlno tbo boundary lino between tho
Btatos, by a decision rondored today,
- WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. Tho su
, promo court today docldod that tho
provision of tho Incomo tax ot 1910
v taxing as Incomo all dlvidonds do-
2 etared by corporations accruing sub-
nequently to March 1, 1913, was con
stitutional.
j LONDON, Mar, 8. Lloyd Ooorgo
' announcod in1 tho houso ot commons
i' today that Oroat Britain had no In
' tentlon to soil any part of tho Drltlsh
Ifi West Indies to tho. United States in
,., part paymont ot tho war dobt.
r- SAN FHANCISCO, Mar. 8. Cane
,' sugar droppod from 15 to 14,conts
,on account ot largo Cuban- rocolpts
s In New York, local refineries nn-
';, nounced today.
WILSON FUNERAL
The body ot Harry Wilsori, .resi
dent of, the Klamath reservation.
V i S Vhb :;dled hero.' of pnoumonid, ,was
twunvpsa; ip luniioauin toaay. fine
w funeral wlllttako.pHlce'.tpmV)rj:ow''at
t, II o'clock, burial being made in tbo
Wilson, comotory at Williamson
Rivor.
i;.v-hi:hvi(;i man
iikli) for ransom.
VA PASO, Mar. 8.-JoBpph
WllllauiH, an omployb qt tho
Amorlcan smelting ' roflnory
company of l'edrlcona, Moxlco,
In u cupllvo In tho hands of
Villa and bold for $50,000 ran
Hoiti, Accontlni; to. piiBNOtiRPr
ruaelilngJuoroz' today. Will
llaniH, a war vutoran, Buffering
from i:H, was returning to tbo
United HlutiiH for treatment
when tho train from Moxlco
City InVlunrosi win hold up
ThurHclay nour Corralltod, 400
nilleii Houth of tho boundary.
An Arnblnn inorcbant wuh taken
by tho bandits, Othor pami
cngoni woro moHtly Btrlppod
naked and loft on tbo dwirt.
Two thousand carloads of lumber
will Ira handled by tho Strahom rail
road this uoason, from tho mills on
thu Hlrnhorn lino, according to an
estimate ot ono of tbo operators in
tho district tappod by tho road. In
j addition tho road will probably dc
; liver to tbo mill 1,200 to 1,500 car
of log, mnklnK ft totol of 40,000,000
, foot ot lumber und 10,000,000 foot of
.logn handled boforo tbo Reason
clpscs. , '
InUho torritory Borvod by tho
Btfahorn road thero aro eight cor
porations and individuals operating.
Sovoral mill arooDoratlnc. more aro
mtlldlng, and thoro la prospect of
still others being built this year.
Nino Drothora 'haTO one mill built
and nnothor ono building. Do
Armond Drothora are in the aame
position, Tho Swan Lake Lumbor
company's plant will bo complotod
IN TOURNAMENT
Tho Ducks trimmed tho Nuvor-
Hllpa two guinea out ot tbroo In tho
ICIks bowling tournnmont contost
Frldny'nlght. Tho tnuninmont clos'es
this week. Following Is Friday's
score:
.Duck
1st' 2nd 3rd Totnl
I.avonlk 187 203 142 fi32
Kelly 12U 1G4 1G8 461
Jester ..'. 178 210 18G 574
494 577 49G
n:;'' ' ' Yover Slips. . , .
Atltlo .-.-...i. 204 . 88.-..15tfnjil
STRAHOflN ROAD
HAS BUSY YEAR
IN PROSPECT
Nool;. .....J 20L 17G- 1475'23
Mu'son 178 173 140 497
583. ,536 4C2
Standing of tho Clubs
Won Lost Pet.
Ducks 16 11 592
Novor Slips .... 14 13 518
Saw Dust 14 13 518
Spark Plugs .. 13 12 500
Hookies 12 12 500
Duffs 10 17 370
ItKCKIVKS APPOINTMKNT
' AH MANAGING EDITOR
Phillip J. Slnnott, formorly a,
local nowspapormani has boon ap
pointed managing editor of lie San
Francisco News, on which publica
tion ho haB boon working for somo
ttmlo. Mr. Slnnott is tho son of Mr,
and Mrs. A. M. Slnnott of Oregon
City and Is a brother-in-law of Mrs.
Ooorgo J. Walton of this city. He
has many frlond In Klamath Falls
who will bo pleased to hear ot his
advancement. "
BANK CLEARINGS.
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Tho total banky cloarlncra fori tho
vyook ending Ularcht6i, .192.0;t were.
.?3?0'.85$45. 'ThlS- t$j$4&oitf$5rf
with that of, the corresponding' week
in 1919, $135,880,32 show a docld
od lucroaso.
niinniiii nnrnn lim i h niniATn I
mm ntu ills mum y
AFOUL OF LAW NEARLY NORMAL1
J. F. Morloy. county detective,
whllo In California tast week had a
buny tlmo In dealing with caws jh
which 'former resident of Klamath
Fall, aro connected. Dcaides tbo
Ontornian forgery cuso In Los An
goles, In which tho authorities
Bought his aid because Ostcrman Is
Buspoctod of having bocn part ot tho
gung in Which Frea ora, now in
Jail hero on a forgery charge, was
Implicated, ho had coses In San
Francisco, Qakland and Sacramento.
In San Francisco, Albert Mamado,
who at ono timo conducted a small
auto repair shop near the White
Pollcun garage. Is In tho hospital
with a bullet holo through his lungs
and wounds In his leg and wrist ns
tho result, it is bollevod, ot an at
tack by partnerB In a robbery. At
first Mamndo placed tbo blame on
two Russians, "red" propagandists,
who, ho said, woro moved to. kill him
bocauso of lilu betrayal ot .their plans
to the police He made the accusa
tlon as a dying statement,' but bath
men named had complcto alibis. In
tho prcsonco ot Morloy, however, ho
partly admitted that he was Involved
In a robbery and was shot by his
accomplices bocauso they feared he
would Inform tho police Mamado
has been, mixed up in "red" activi
ties around tho bay. It is said, and
aa a result of' Information suppllod
by him agalnet his radical comrades
a number have been deported. His
reputation as-a "stool pigeon" spread
in tho undor-world and it is believed
bo wus shot by men whotoarod that
their botrayal would bo Mamado'e
noxt more. - . ,
As soon .as ho Is-out of tho-jhos-pital
Mamado -will probably be prose
cuted for robbery. He waa in Jail
here for several months at one time,
after an 8. P. freight shipment was
looted and tires consigned to the
Blohn garaga wcro found in his pos
session.
In Oakland Detective Morley
learned that Mr. R. Van Campen,
a formor resident of this city, who
was In dotentlon at Yroka for a tlmo
on nn Insanity chargo, la sano and
has tnkon her 12-year-old on from
tho Bchool that ho was attending In
Oakland and gone to Lansing, Mich.,
whoro rolatlves reside. When she
camo for tho boy, tho school super
intendent said, sho was accompanied
by her slstor, who lives at Lansing.
Mrs. Van Campen appeared perfectly
rational, and tho authorities believe
that she fplgned insanity as a ruse
to got her eastern relatives to In
terest themselves in herself and son.
no rd alliance
says farm bureau
CHICAaO. Mar. 8. Tho Amorl
can Farm Bureau federation, at Its
first annual meeting hero, adoptod a
resolution,. denouncing-tho attempMo
ally the agriculturists of .America
yrlthMho radicals of the-Industrial
world. The organization Iscomposetf
ot 1,060,000 members ot farm bur-
oaus In 28 Btates.
The resolution declares:
'Wo wish tho American people
definitely to understand that tho or
ganization styled 'The Farmors' Na
tional Council has no authority to
speak In behalf of tho farmers ot
this country and any and all efforts
on tho part of 'Tho Farmers' Nation
al Council' to ally agriculturists ot
Amorica with radicals in tho Indus
trial world aro heroby denounced."
WILSAN IJAIiKS AT
LODGE SUGGESTIONS.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. It was
announced from the White House
that President. Wilson will probably
stato his position today on Senator
Lodge's reservations to Article Ten
in the form ot a letter to Senator
Hitchcock. Administration officials
said the President would not accept
the Lodge reservation.
Administration official said the
President discussed tho Taft reserva
tion to'article ten with Senator Glass,
and while tho President did not state
hla.. approval,, be. did not aay ha
would1 not-accept iti I
Oregon Tonight1- and ' Tuesday
probably rain. Moderate southerly
I winds.
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Lumbor mills In wcHlorn Oregon
a&d western Washington nro run
ning practically at nbrmhl again, ac-
7 ll ', A I 1
west coa&t Lumbermen's association.
Tho output last week of 123 milts
contributing to tbo report was 8C,-
370,474 feet. Tho normnl output
would havo boon 89,803,000 feet.
Actual production was thus within
4,432,526 feet, or 95.0G per cent, ot
normal.
Tho only unfavorable element in
the lumbor situation, tho Teport con
tinues, lies in tho continued short
age of cars. Shipments for tho week
woro 1943 cars, but tho unshipped
order remaining, on tho books oftho
mills aggrcgato 12,601 cars. These
unfilled shipments would bo substan
tlally heavlor wero tho mIHs;jto ac-
copt all tho orders that aro offered to
them. Knowing that they cannotdo
pend upon adequato car supply, tho
manufacturers regularly reject more
business ovory "week than they ac
cept. ' "
Desplto this practice, acceptances
last week aggregated 54,828,579
feot, of which 43,350,000 feet werq
booked to movo by rail.
Costs of lumber production give no
promiso ot diminishing. Logs re?
main scarce and prices aro firm!
Other costs havo shown a slight In
creases slnco tho first of tho year.
FRANCE PAYS $100 . -'
A TON FOR 'COAI.
PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 8 France
Is paying $100 a ton for coal, said
Mis Anno Morgan, .daughter of the
latt'it P. Morgan. ix5sp Jiddnws td
the French War Relief Committee
and the American Commltteo for do-'
vastated France citing the high cost
of necessities In that country.
She said tbo general attitude In
America is "now wo'ro through."'
,She declared America can nevorbo
through while France is in its pres
ent condition. . ,
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GBTSicWO LION'S V
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Mar. S.
Fred Worthlngton, of Deep Crc'ot','
snved the .lives of two door a week'
for tho remainder ot tho winter, 'it
was estimated when ho trapped.' and
killed 6ns his ranch two fomalo
mountain llons'"rEach mcasuVodiatx
feet from tip to tip.
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Fred Peterson from Merrill was in
town Saturday.
A. E. Bonslnger of Swan Lake was
in town last week.
Ed Sutton of Miller Hill spont Sat
urday In Klnmath Falls.
Mrs L. B. Dlx6n is in town today
on business.
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county 'cleric1. '
Fred Houston loft for Los Angoles
Saturday on account of tho ill
ness "otyhlB dnughtor, who, a tolo
gram.tff 'was to undergo an opera
tion for tho removal of a mastoid.
J J. . Morley, county detective, re
turned last night from Los Angoles,
whoro he waB called In connection
with a forgery caso.
William Boldoln, proprietor of tho
Pioneer Prlntory, who hns boon con
fined. to bgd for four -weeks byn-fluonza-pnoumonia,
Is better and is
considered out of dnngor. Mrs. yir
ginla Breuner, Mrs. Boldoln's daugh'
ter, has also boon critically ill. butt is!
also Improving.
Mrs, Jennlo Hum returned last
night from a three month's visit1 In
Portland, whore she visited her sons,
Ralph and Will, who. are In business
there..
Mrs. J. M. Watkins,.and little son,
will leave in tho morning for, Eugene
for a .two weeks' visit with friends,
Mr. Watklns loft last wqpk for a
business, visit .intho Willamette Val
ley and will return with his. family.
James Mllno, resident manager of
the White Pelican iotol, returned
cpndlng. ip tho weekly report of tho, tranBporlation cut off by SaturO
"ttTrtlS lwi' fnAnntltr 'AflTVlft V'lV"' . ," , X l"'
-r ' ' 7- "'Yi'.V ,v-ALEM..Martf8.At,;the .request
here froirftSalem to .practice Jaw. has . slatTBrHottrGoverSof
fuvu mu u wi muvuiu. hum :v
fllfwl -VtI ! ADitlflMnl(C-w rhr .tllft : .---- . - Jkr- . --i- S ..- J . ' w
Sturday,might;.fromtS,eattlo,i wheroigiing. January y 1920,, according
he wasfcalledjby hedoath-Of bothWto:1repor!ts;'!received)at the1-American
parents. His mother died- first and
his father passed away within a few
days.
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HTOHM HA MAG K, IX '
NEW ENGLAND HEAVXT
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BOSTON, Mar. 8. A "dig-
glng out" holiday was - pro-
claimed In several northern 4
New England states ,today,
whllo railroad' Industries and
community workers combined 4
to restore passenger and freight
day' 8t0rm. Tho situation. In
4 Maine, New Hampshire and
4 Vermont lit tho most serious in
4 many year. Hundreds are
marooned in many small cities
and feeding refugees has be-
come a problem.
EL PASO, Tex., Mar. 8. Mexican
constitutional lawyers have been dis
cussing scriouBly tho question of
whether President Venustiano car
ranza will have tho right to continue
as president ot Moxlco after Novem
ber 30, 1920, in case the scheduled
'summer elections should fail to take
place or in case the successful can'
didato should fail'to present himself
for tho oath of office.
Possible conflict between two
artloles of the constitution of 1917
is pointed out In an article recently
nubllshed.. In Excelsior, ot Mexico
cny. - : v$$
"Article' 83 contains the 'ibaolnte
Injunction that' any one who tortce
nahold ;th?LbJsn .office, pt ifggjdtrot
of tho republic" shall not hold It for
another term," the Excelsior says,
quoting' a number of legal experts.
''But Article 84 reads:
" ilf at the'beginning ot a consti
tutional (presidential) term, the
president-elect should fall to appear,
or if the election should have failed
to tako place by December 1, the-person
iWhoso- term. Is about to expire
shall, ceaso to function, and., there
slialL bo named to the presidency,
with title of provisional president,
such persons as may be chosen by
tho congress of tho union.' "
.It is argued that Article 84 con
taina not provision that prohibits the.
outgoing president irom Deing uameu
provisional president by the congress
in tho ovent the contingencies sped
tied In the article should occur..
Tho weight of 'opinion,, however,
according to "Excelsior," is that the
spirit, ' it not the letter, of the con
stitution Is opposed to the continu-
anco in office, even by' congressional
authority, of. a person whose term as
president is about- to expire.
STATE TREASURER
ASKS FOR PROBE
Olcott 'toaay directed Attorney.
General Brown to call a special
grand jury to investigate thb pur
chase ot securities by Jloff with tho
funds ot tho industrial accident com
mission, particularly the bonds ot
Warrenton, Reedsport, Monmouth,
Oakland, Ontario, Yamhill, .Rainier
and port of Bny City. Charges have
beon made that tho purchases havo
resultod in profits to a Portland bond
houso.
GliKXX FARMERS PLAN
CO-OPERATIVE SAWMILL
WILLOWS, Col., Mar. 8. Mem
bers of tho Glenn county farm bur,;
oau have subscribed $20,000 for Urn
purchase of a sawmill and It Is In
tended to product) lumbor for' sale to
members at cost. This Is part ot a
broad plan of the farm bureau for
centralizing its purchasing power
and marketing activities, '
REPEAL OIL TRAFFIC
JUAREZ, Mex Mar. 8, A de
creo by President Carranza, recent
l issued, exempts from dqty ',,bea
zino, -petroleum, ether, gasoline and
Bolarine Imported- Into Mexico, be-.
consulate here. These- products
wore formorly dutiable at tho rate
of $1.13 per 100 pounds;
CONSTITUTION
lYFORCEOUT
. CARRANZA
HOUSTON SELLS
FILM THEATERS
A deal Is being closed this after
noon by which F. L. TerwlIIIgor and
F. Ul ijatrlck wlil take overVtha.
theater pripcrtlea of J. V. Houston
In Klamath' county, with the excep
tion of tho Houston opera house. The
new owners will operate tho Star
theater in this city and tho theaters
at Merrill and Dorrls. The Templo
theater hero will bo closed.
Mr. Houston will remove the
equipment from the Templo theater
to tho opera bouse, and may use It
on special occasions but. will cease
to be a competitor In the local film
exhibition field. -Tho salo marks the
close of his career as a moving pic
ture exhibitor extending over a doz
en years or more In tbe local field.
The new owners bring to tbe busi
ness a plentiful supply of business
experience. Mr. Terwllliger is with
out question ono of the best motion
plcturo operators In the state and
fully familiar with all other details
ot the huslness. For the .last year he
has been the operator for the Lib
erty Theatre here.. For eight years
before that he was in the employ of
Mr. Houston and 'is thoroughly In
touch with all details ot the local
situation. ,
His partner, Mr. Patrick, has been
conducting the Auto Supply company
at Seventh and Main street. This
place will be closed and the stock
moved to the White Pelican garage.
Both the' now theatejr managers
are well known to "Klamath Fall
people and their personal popularity
coupled with energy and F experience
should win them success.'
WAGE NEGOf IATIONSr
'" STAP WEDftESDAV
WASHINGTON. Mar. 8. Repre
sentatives of the railroads and
brotherhoods will meet In Washing
ton Wednesday to begin negotiation
for a settlement ot wage demands,
with 15 executive ,heads represent
ing the brotherhoods, and a commit
tee of nine' membors' representing the
corporations. Both sides anticipate
a long fight. The, corporation offi
cials, it is said, would enter the con
ference ready to co-operate as far as
revenue would permit in granting,
wage increases.
NOT COMTELLED TO '
, REVEAL NEWS SOURCE.
"frhere Is no law in Oregon to
compel an editor of a newspaper to
reveal the source of information
contained in news articles. This is
the reply which Attorney General
Brown makes to a letter ot inquiry1
from Georgo-Frieborger,.an instruc
tor in the "school of journalism of
tho University ot Missouri. Mr. Frle
berger -wants'tbe-informatloa fee: the,.
use' of the college."
CALIFORNIA WOOL
-i . MEN TO FORJtYOOIii;
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Si. .
jajBURNi .Cal., 'Mar;.-.8.J.- Asi
Teagarden, ot Auburn; ' chairman ot
a commltteo or tno state farm
Bureau 'federation, has called a
meeting .ot wool growers ot the state
to meet at Berkeley, Wednesday,
March 10, to form a pool ot all the
wool of tho state.
LOCAL WOMAN IXJSES S
MOTHER BV DEATH.
Word has been recolved by rela
ttyqs ot the death in Sacramonto Sat
urday evening of tho mother of Mrs.
dl J. Ronnlor of this city, Mrs. Ren
nlor was with her mother at the tlmo
ot'death. '
REINDEER RAISING
PROFITABLE INDUSTRY
ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Jan 31.
(By Mail.) Natives of the coast re
gion near Nome are raising reindeer
as their principal Industry, D. C.
Crowley, Nome merchant, said on
his arrival 'here, enroute to the
"States" recently.
One compajay, Mr. Crowley said.
has a herd ot,18t00Q reindeer, and
expects to ship 2.Q0Q carcasses aodth
during the summer. Ifc plana. to,
mmor. ic piano. , j
tSraffri iplanta ''ln.thVti J?J
erect four cold s
neighborhood ot Nome.
Other companlos expect to mako
Bhlpmonta during tho bu minor,
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