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960. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, DNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1920.
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WASHINGTON. II. 0., Oct. 27.--Cltliiiiin
who will chnoan In tho No
vember iiliictlmi wliultmr they want
a democrat or it ruulillcun elected
In tlm niut cmigrea In their d's
tried nli (iti Id understand )ut whnt a
dmnncrullc congress will mmu, par
ticularly In tho personnel of tlm
comanllton chairmanships.
If a domocratlo liniiso Is cleclod
In November It munnii Hint tlm chnlr
mnnshlpit of all Alio gnuU amt Im
portant coin ml tt ecu, 17 In tiniiilicr,
will tin bended by democrats, all from
tho south, Instead of republican
from ovury section of tho country.
Kvory Important republican chair
man will Ihi supplanted hy a domo
vrat. Five southern state In 11)10
rant leaa vote than thu single tto
of Illinois.
If a dcnutrrntlc rnngrcaa In elect
ed In Novi'inlmr t'lium Clnrk of
.Mlaaotirl, or Claude Klteliln of North
Carolina, wilt lin spnuker, Instead of
thn scholarly (llllolt. (Slllittt worked)
In roiiKfiiiH like u Trojan for thn
sucrifis of tlm t'nltnil .Stall' In thn
world war. (l.irk anil Kltchon op
posed war measure ami particularly
tho draft law. Clark Muted on tlm
house floor that n conscript was no
bister than n convict lu thn peo
pin want n Speaker llkn Clark or
Kitchen?
Tlm Amiirlcivn navy will aoon tin.
nnd must tit', thn moat powerful In
tlm world. Tlm rvpuhllcnn chairman
of tlm houan naval affair commit
trn la ttepreenttvo llutler, of l'a
an ardent ndvocatn of nn adequate
navy. If, thn unit congrnaa la demo
cratlc tlm chairman of naval affaire
will bo Hoprpsentalltn Padgett, of
Tcnn,, a southerner who believes In
a "llttlo navy" policy, and showed It
when ho wa chairman hnforo.
Bhould thn "tint linn of dolman" ho
entrusted to u I'adsstlT
'"If thn nnxt hoimn la democratic
Kitchen, If not speaker, will tin chair
man of ttin Immensely pownrful ways
and moan commltton. Thn waa
and moana committee, itrnfu thn tax
ation nnd tariff hllla. Do tlm people
want Kltclmn, from tlm "solid aouth,"
manager of that? When thn demo
crat liavn boon In control on con
gress thny Invariably favornd In tax
ation and tariff mattnra thnlr own
anctlon, to thn dntrlmant of thn rn
malndnr of thn country. If tho nnxt
congress la dnmocratlc onn south
ern Mate Tennesson will aupply
the chairman for npproprlotloni,
navy, ioatofflcn and post roadt, and
Insular affaire.
If tho November nlnctlnna return
n dnmocrntlc congress thn grent
houan military affaire rnmmlttnn will
bo headed by n dninocrat, Inatrad of
Representative Kahn, republican of
California, thn man who put through
tho draft bill In tho houan In thn
war congress when tho then chair
man of tlm military committee, dem
ocratic Hnpreaontatlvo Dent, actually
brought I nn rnport ngnlnat that hill.
Tho poopln of Alabama In thn laat
primaries repudiated Dent. Hut Home
olhor democrat Juat o much n pa
clflat iih Dent would become chair
man of tlm military affaire commit
tee. Thn army unveil tho republic In
the world war. Theor mny bo other
ware. Do tho people want n strong
patriotic llkn Kahn to remain aa
chairman of thn military affaire com
mlttoo,( or Borne democrat, who may
bo n paclflat llkn DontT '
In tho ORtli congress, which wiih
domocrutlc, tho fololwliiR chairmen
of Important coinmltteos obatructed
the war: Clark, Kla Johnaon, Ky.,
Moon, Tenn,, I'ou, North Carolina,
Small, North Carolina, Kvory one of
thorn voted ngnlnst thn draft bill.
This woa a fair cnoURb warning to
II patriotic. Americana about leaving
domocrata In control of congress In
a groat national crlsW
"in thn ORth congress out of 01
commlttoea 41 had southern demo
crata aa chairmen, Tho itnut'i was In
deed In tho "saddlo." In that con
gress Mr. Wilson was picture.! or
looking acorns tho Potomac, from tho
portico of tho whlto house, nnd us
ho rogarded tho bluo Virginia hills
was reported to exclnlm: "Thero lieu
my country."
It tho donate la dnmocra'le In tho
next coiiRroBH the very Imioitant up
proprlstlons comimlttoo, will bo head
ed by Sonntor Overman, of North
Carolina, another Ilourbnn from tho
"solid south." Ho would replace
Senator Wnrrop, of Wyoming, a hero
ot tho Union army pf tho Civil war,
Tho powerful (Inanco rbmmlttrn
woald bo headed by fionator Sim
mons, 'of North iGaorllnni 'another.
Bourbon southerner, Instead of Ben
tor Penrose.-ot Pennsylvania.
Foreign relations would have ns
Its chief, not tho able and patriotic.,
lodge, of Mail., but Benator Hitch-
'oek, of Nebrwka. Mr. Lodge by
iMacSwiney's Deputy
Serves Notice of
Intended Reprisal
LONDON, Oct. 27 Tho
Evening News prints thu fol-
lowing statement by tho deputy
lord mayor of Cerk:
"Wn a ro luuvliiR behind In
your capital uiimy of our pntrl-
ot who will sen that our duht
to your government In fully
paid, Thu Kugllah government
may think thoy have stifled us
but tlmru will bo roprlul and
soon,"
Tlm roronor's Jury found that
thn death of Tvrrencn MnrHwl-
noy was dun to diluted heart
and acuto delirium following
scurvy. Thn body of Mayor
MacHwInny will probably reach
Dublin Friday.
TIPS SOUNDED
fob en
OF CIVIL
At Ills home In this city laat oven
I ni;, C'npl. John Davenport .Morry
iiiau paanml away vary I eacufully. It
was tlm clone of a long actltu and
eminently useful llfu.
John Davenport Morryman was
bom In 1X38 at Ht. Clalrsvlllu Ohio,
lie was of pure American Htock and
In his veins flowed tho blood of somu
of thn oldeat families ot Maryland
ami Virginia,
Ho Inherited a fervent patriotism,
a strong character tempered by u
sincere, genial dUltlon. He was
a typo und a pattorn ot a fine, pol;
lulled, sterling American gentleman.
He was a man ot Ideals, honorablo
In all his rotations and ho lived up
to his Ideals without compromise.
True, unflattering American patrl
otlam was the key note ot his char
acter. IDs lorn of country and seal
In her service was a passion with him
from the time In 1861 when, a very
young man, ho enlisted In tho .Union
army, down lo thn tlmo of he world
war iwhnn, nt 81) years ot age; bo of
forcd bis services to servo In any ca
pacity In which his country mlrui
use him.
Thu record ot such a llfu Is a most
precious possession and an examplo
to all Americans.
Capt. Murryman van a typo of un
ostentatious, ihmcii loving American
but no selfish consideration could
move him from the lino of stern
duty to his country no matter what
tho sacrifice..
Ho aorved ns a captain, with brevet
of major, In the old Zfith Ohio, u
fighting regiment of whose fumo ho
was Justly proud., Ho was woundod
nt Alleghany mountain nnd again
very soverely, at tho second battle
of Dull Hun. This last wound In
valided him and compelled his re
tirement from tho army to bis life
long regret.
In a tlmo ot decadence and decay
In patriotic virtues, It glvo a thrill
of prldo und admlrntlnn to think of
nn lncldont.u tho life ot the qulot,
noble man who, bus Just passed' from
us. It Is that of a youig captain In
thn Union army detailed to lead a
dangerous foraging expedition, which
made It nocnr.mry for him to apply
tho harsh usages of war to his own
near blood kin. No man but a south
erner can reallto tho agony of spirit
which such n duty entailed. That be
kept tho lovo and respect of thoso
his duty compelled him to despoil,
speaks volumes both for tho young
officer nnd for tho race fronv which
he sprung.
Captain Morryman came to Orngon
In search of health In 18G3 settling
at Hlllsboro. Since that tlmo ho bus
played his part with dignity and hon
or In tho business, social und polit
ical Ufa of this state.
For somo yosre ho served ns col
lector of customs ot tlw Port of As
toria. Afterward, for more than 20
years ho filled 'tho very responsible
position of cashier of tho customs
house at Portland. Capt. Morryman
has mado his homo In Klamath Falls
tor tho past four years.
Hesldos his widow, Mrs. Rebecca
Ragleton Morrymnn. Captain Merry
man leaves tho following children,
Mm. A. n. nalley, Portland, Ore
gon, Mrs. II, O. Moulton, Now York,
J, A. Morryman, Tacomto, Wash.
Dr.' Oonrgo H. Morryman and Harold
C. Morryman otf this city.
Funornl arrangements havo not
yet been announced.
hla reservations to tho Wilson leaguo
of nations, dofoatod Wilson's attempt
to deliver the republic to a council
of foreigners sitting at Oonova,
Switzerland. Senator Hitchcock was
President Wilson's spokesman In
the senate for tho league. Does the
American' publlo want Htlchcock
running the foreign relations com
mittee In the next congraM and still
trying to "put over" the .league of
nations? ,
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THE REAL ISSUE
(Editorial)
In nearly every precinct in the county the' voters
have heard speakers discuss everything under the sun ex
cept that which is really the vital issue in the campaign,
namely: How can we settle the courthouse question and
in tho settlement save the money of the people and put
it to a use that will benefit the whole county. That has
been the one interest of The Herald in this campaign.
That is why we have suggested the occupancy of the
Main street courthouse and the sale of the Hot Springs
property to the school district and use of the money thus
gained in building roads. We have pointed out where,
if this course is followed, Klamath county will have one
million dollars for roads money that will be absolutely
lost if that plan is not followed ; money that will not add
anything to taxes; money that will furnish employment
to thousands of men ; money that will open up this coun
ty to the travel of the world; money that will build
graded and macadamized highways, added to that now
under construction, into practically every section of the
county.
If the Hot Springs building is finished all this will
be lost. In addition to losing this million' dollars for
roads, the neonle of the county will be called upon to
raise S175.000 more to finish
This .$175,000 will also be lost to road construction, fori
if the taxpayers did not spend this money in building a
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roads.
Blinded by the hate that has been engendered by
years of strife, driven by a mad desire" to beat the op
posing faction ,and force their will upon the community
so that victory may rest with them, men who ordinarily
exercise good judgment and reason are appealing to the
people of the county to vote for their side. Instead of
appealing to the intelligence of the community, every
artifice is in use that will stir the passion and fan preju
dice. It looked for a while as if this plan would be ef
fective, but the. tide hasfturned and the people are begin
ning to ask themselves the questien: 'What is best for
Klamath county? And in tne asking they can see the
answer in one million dollars for roads and no more
money for courthouses. What do the people care which
side wins in the courthouse fight? What do they care
about the west end or thr east end-of Klamath Falls?
.Whether one faction triumphs 'or one is defeated? u
But they do care whether we are held up as tne
county where they have three courthouses and hold court
in the city hall; 'whether we travel on boulevards or
streaks of mud and through clouds of dust; whether
the word goes out all over the nation that the best roads
in Oregon are in Klamath county. And this change
can be made if we stop building courthouses and build
roads. .
There is not a man or woman in the county who
does not wish this question settled. Then letois settle
it now. Let us on election day go to the polls and, by out
vote for Chastain and Peterson say:
"Let us have that million dollars for roads; let
us stop wasting our time and energy fighting over
courthouses, but let us use it in building up this
county.' Good roads will do this better than any
thing else. Stojj the fight so that we can forget
courthouses and think only of development"
All this can be accomplished by devoting one mil
lion dollars to roads instead of raising $175,000 more for
courthouses.
Your vote is going to decide whether we will spend
a million dollars for roads or raise $175,000 to build
another courthouse. What will be your answer?
Those advocating the election of Bunnell and Short
are asking you to vote for men who, if elected, will
spend $200,000 for another courthouse. The county al
ready owns one that will cost it practically nothing. If
it were your own business would you spend $200,000
building something you did not need and throw away
the one that cost you nothing?
Everyone wants good roads, yet you are asked to
throw away one million dollars that could be used in
building them, that the desire of a few men for victory
may be gratified. Think this proposition over, Mr. Voter.
The ridiculousness of it will soon dawn upon you and
you will go out to save that million dollars, to stop the
courthouse fight and get the roads.
If you saw a bunch of grown-up men fighting, .kick
ing, biting, snarling, heaping all sorts of abuse upon
each other, you would be filled with disgust That is
just about what the courthouse row has degenerated in-
fr Tf i'q ritcrmiBftrirr nil thinkincr npnnle. The men en
gaged in it are not stopping
are ngnung as mey are. iou, mi: vuiei, tun ming una
tiling to a stop now. By your vote you can direct the
occupancy of the Main street building, the sale of the
Hot Springs structure for school purposes and the build
ing of one million dollars' worth of good roads. -This
can be accomplished by tho election of Chastain -and
Peterson, without costing the people of the county a-dot-
the building and grounds.
to think; that is why they
Mistake Found;
Casualty List Is
Reduced Thousand
) WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.
Haltlen natives klllod during
tbo flva yearn of American oc-
capatlon of Haiti, by American
marines and Haltlen gendarm
, numbered 2, 2150 Instead of
3,250, as tho navy department
announced recently, It was ills-
closed at a public session today
In tho naval court Inquiry.
General Harnett, former com-
mander of tho marine corps,
testified that a mltsake In ad-
dltlon caused tho erroneous
statement.
LIFE SENTENCE
FOR SLAYER
OF
Oeorgo Shlnn, 26-year-old Chinese,
son of a Locke gambler, was sen
tenced Monday to life imprisonment
by Superior Judge Malcolm O. Glenn
for tbo murder of Fred Cblsholm ot
Klamath Kails In a quarrel In ono of
tbo many gambling Joints In the
down-river village.
This Is ono result of tho gambling
wblch has flourished at I-ocko In
opf -lolatlon of tho law for so
many years, and which was flour
ishing despite the sheriff and district
attorney, both of whom admit they
know gambling Is going on thero
Shlnn rhanged his former pica of
not guilty to guilty with extenuat
ing circumstances. His attorney. 'B.
Luke Howe, Informed the court this
was, done against his advice, be
cause he believes the circumstances
woald either result In tho young rasa
bolBC freed or given life. V
Assistant District AttorneyJ. Ro
meo Haghes stated ho approved a
Ufa term In the case, and thought
that tbo people would bo satlsfM
win tne punisnment. u
Aeiordm tb--tV-itorT fe W
Attorney' Home for hit client, the
boy fired three shots at the retreat
Ins gamblers, not with the Idea of
killing them, but to halt them so ha
could recover $700 they took from
the gambling table. A fourth shot
was heard, and thero was doubt Just
who fired the fatal shot, but Shlnn
was accused ot having fired It. ,
Howe said the deceased and two
companions came to Locke equipped
with devices for cheating at "black
Jack," and had done so when a Chi
nese dealer reprimanded them. A
quarrel followed, and tho men grab
bed tho money from the table and
fled. It was while they were running
that one ot tbom was killed.
William Chin Wing Dong, 24, said
to be an employe of the gambling
Joint, was also arrested, and will be
tried upon tho same charge. Chlsholm
was accompanied at Locke by A. W.
Maher and James Drodle ot Oakland.
Sacramento Dee.
Highest Bid x for
Indian Timber Is
$5.08 a Thousand
Ulda were opened at the Klamath
ugency today for two timber tracts,
ostimated to contain 500,000,000
feet of timber.
On the little Sprague unit bids
were rocolved from tbo Sprague
River Lumber company tor $4.25
a thousand for yollow and sugar
plno. and $1.75 a thousand for
other species; from William M.
Bray for fR.OS per thousand for
pine and cedar and (1.61 for other
species. This tract contained 40,
000,000 feet.
On tho Calumet Marsh tract but
one bid was received, from the
Williams River Logging company,
$5.08 per thousand for pine and
Incense cedar and $1.85 for other
species This tract contained 560,'
000,000 feet.
The bids will be referred to
Washington for decision.
I'RKLIM. SCRAPPERS OFF
X)R MKDFORJ) ROUT
Marvin (Tufty) Anderson and
Baldy Blehn, flyweight scrappers,
left this morning for Medtord, where
they will stage one of tho prelim
inaries to the big Reed-Rttchle bout
tomorrow night. Both were full .of
confidence and enthusiasm and, hav
ing gained experience at various
smokers here, will no doubt give
Medtord fans ichelr money's worth.
Both boya ara Herald carriers.
Fresno.
o, It. tafaald. tanaa"riy
the iranofclasAia; tMaiWo
ague should SalitikV Cttr
to take the
Coast laaarun
Idoclde to drey oat of, the clroult.
H
WILSON TALKS
TO PDO-LEV
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. Presi
dent Wilson, addressing a group ot
pro-league Republicans at the
White House today, declared that
"the so-called Americanism which
wo hoar to much ranting about now
is spurious and Invented for party
purpose only." '
Appealing for the completion ot
"a great moral achievement," which
be said the .war represented, the
president asserted: "The war wilt
have been fought In vain and oar
Immense sacrifices thrown away va
les we complete the work we tksam
begun. There is only one war to
assure the world of peace and that
Is by making It so danceroos to
break the peace that no other na
tion will have the audlclty to at
torn pt it."
He warned bis hearers not to be
deceived Into supposing the Imper
ialistic scheme ended with the de
feat of Germany.
In a formal statement, after
leaving 'the White Houka, tho del
egation said they were deeply
touch jd by the physical appear-
anco ot tho president, who received
tbom sitting and showed effect ot
his long lllnoss. He read from a
manuscript and his voice choked
when bo .referred to the boya and
mothers of thoee fallen la battle.
Thev felt It "nnthlnr' ahnrt nt mt
tragedy that the; president had 'beeni
Brought to sack a stricken physical
condition as the result ot hla inde
fatigable labors ,for the country and
humanity." :
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Over SO Klaautk coaaty aten wlU
alt down to the tlrstcommualty dla
ner glvon by the chamber of i com
merce at the White Pelican hotel,
tomorrow evening. The event is .go
ing to be .the biggeat event of its
kind that has ever been .held In Kla
math county. Those who have, been
undecided and thoso who have not
yot made reservations i can do so up
to a limited number until 10 o'clock
Thursday noon. These reservations
must be made with the secretary at
the chamber ot commerce building.
The committee in charge of the din
ner consist of H. N. Moe. coalman;
Ross Nickeraon. J. R. Kelley. E. T.
Ludden, C. II. Underwood. The din
ing room will be cleverly decorated.
A splendid program la arranged for.
Tho principal speaker will be the
Hon. J. C. Herbsman, a traveler and
lecturer. He was formerly at the
head ot the public speaking depart
ment at the Washington university.
He belongs to the type of men who
have power to really thrill and Inspire
their hearers with resistless enthus
iasm. He Is a dyed In the wool Amer
ican and has devoted every bit ot his
tlmo nnd ability to working for the
common good ot the country. This
Is a remarkable opportunity to hear
a man of this type. A splendid musi
cal program will also be given.
Parking Ordinance
Not in Effect Yet
Local car drivers, particularly the
Jitnoy drivers, are reminded by
Mayor Struble that thq ordinance
passed tho other night permitting
the parking ot cars In Main street
between tho hours ot 6 n, m. and,
1 p. m. does not go Into effect for
30 days yet. A number ot persons,
having read In The Herald ot the
passing ot the ordinance, began Im
mediately to park their cars for long
er periods than Is now permitted,
o
Powells Are Back
From Honeymoon
Dee Powoll returned on last night's
train with his bride, who was Miss
Jessie Ford before her marriage. The
Powell's stole n march on their many '
friends here by slipping away lato
California to be married.
Following the wedding the newly
weds spent several weeks on a honey
moon trip Into southern California
They havo returned' to make their
home here and will be at home to
their' friends at the corner ot Walnut
and Fifth atreeta.
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