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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1921)
'.v. (Pf feu ttttttg Mtvulh AChiAdWm Doli Today' 2V.MM Tmdmy Member of the Associated Press. iiJliT Vcm-Xo. OIHO. KLAMATH VAUM, OltKGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER JM, Iliai. PRICK FIVK OKTR iw HIS D BILL FOR , RECUnUTION I ittfAHIllNOTON, Nov.. 25. Thu winmntlon bill Introduced n fow .days bcforo tho closing of tho special jcmIoii of congress iiy aonnior flic Nary and which will liu tukon m Im nicdlatoly nflor thu reconvening of Iho regular session In Decomlior. Ulf ; fr from tho McNnry-Smlth ill 1 1 by MtondlnK It scopo to swnnvp lumls and by now features of soldlor bono "it. Sonotor McNury dictated thu fol lowing stolomont In explanation of tho mcaiture: "In legislation bo Important an re claiming Iho groal -wns'to ureas of tho country, It Is womlngly Impossible J to frame n hill nt ono tlmo tliut will embrace all features nocessury to us- turo wlno lrRlslutlnn. Tho hill of fered by menomo months npo, and by Representative Smith of Iduho In tho house, concolvcd reclamation only from alio standpoint of amplication of water to tho land. This mado tho vnAertokinR puruly western In Itii character, being limited to tho 17 I nnd ncinl-arld westorn nnd Intor- jtountnln states. ' "I !mo felt fur somo lima thnl tho ian should bo national In ijcope, to Insure tho onuctmant of proponed log- InUtlon Into law and dovulop nation al Intercut In tho plan of rcclnma- iron. "Tho hill I have offered Includes. lth Irrigation, reclamation of swamp and overflow lands. Tlio undorlyinp principle contained In tho previous bill Is molittnlncd, namely: That the foundation Is tho Incorporated dis trict, whom bonds nro sold and the money derived therefrom mado liquid by sate, 'no that a liuga sum will grow from start to last Hiiffli-lcnt to re claim great areas of Innd now unpro di'tlvo. Tho sum Is Increased from ttr0,000,000 to $350,000,000 to be Trtumvil to tho government In sums f (10,000,000 annually commoiiclng ulft 1030. IjiikK for floldlei-tt "The most Important Improvement 'Is tbii soldier settlement feature. It provides, as did my former bill, that tbe soldier shall have freo, through homestead entry, Rovommont laud within a project, but rocs further nnd provided that the Rovornmcnt shall pay from tho Renorat treasury to tho district, nil tnxes laid nnd nssossnd on account nf Interest on thn land taken by thn vctoraiiH or thu veter ans' mliinuii. mils gives to tho ox fcnrlro man nr his widow freo lantf, plus government money freo from In terest charges duo on nccnunt of con struction cost of tho projuct. Tho provisions for former sorvlco mon nro Intended only to covor tho olomont of land scttlomont In tho wholo schema of ndjustod compensation." 'OLICE ARE ORDERED TO "SHOOT FIRST!" SACRAMENTO. Nov. 2B. "Shoot 'list, tnlk afterwards.' That Is what thief of Pollco Ilornard McShone told 20 plckod plain clothosmen In his offlco yesterday. Thov have been designated tho flying Bduad- ron and especially uoloctod to' com bat tho rampant crlmo wavo In Bacrnmento. h'UiVDs report aa WRECKS DUMNG YEAB I-ONDON. Nov. 2B. Steam nnd sailing vessols totally IobI. or con demned last year numbered 501 of ia,03 tons, according to statist ics PUbllshel bv I.lovrl'n noelstor of Shipping. Of thoso 2B5 woro wreck ed, 60 abandoned at soa, 80 foun- nerod, 43 mlsslnir. B2 burnt. 36 lost In collision, 9 broken up nnd - "lost." The United States lost 108 ves- h'ls of 159.894 tons. Groat Britain ". of 166,803 tons. , GOV. OLCOXT CALLS SPECIAL . SESSION OF LEGISLATURE SALEM, Nov. 25. Governor 01 eott today Issuod a call for a spa c'al session of tho legislature to tonvono Decomber 19 to consider "'e proposition of a ' 3,000(000 "nte tax, for tho 1935 fain TO ABOLISH FOREIGN NATION COURTS IN CHINA WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Aboil Hon of oxtra territorial rights In Chi nn' by which tho powers, mnlntuln tholr own courts far trial of tholr own natlonnls was nRrucil to In prln- clplo today at tho far uantorn confor once. Tho bollof In generally nxnrnmi. ed, however, Hint theso rlRhts wluld not 1m glvn up imjncdintoly, In vlow of tho condition now Drevalllni: In China, hut that abolition should como as promptly as compatible with China's progress. Thn liellof Is gJlnlng Rround that thn units confcrc-noti will ndiourn In tho middle of Uuaombor to permit tho dolgntcH going homo for Christ mas. During adjournment tho rom- mlttcoH of nxportH would ronllnuo tho work so as to havo resolutions ready for tho ronssombllng. I IIAXDITS HOLD UP PURSER GET AWAY WITH IW,(lOl SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.i. Three mon In nn nutomohllo drew up alongsldu a tuxlcab containing Charl es K. llghton, pursor of tho Union 8tenmshli company liner Munnama, who was carrying a JG.000 payroll back to liln nhlp, held him. up and es caped with tho money, according to Lclghton's report to thu pollco. Wl 1,1,1 1! HOPPH tAMKH HILLIAHH CHAMPIONSHIP CII1CACO, Nov. 2G. Jnko Scbwf or, Jr., of Chicago, wns won tho world's 18,2 balk lino billiard taarna mont, defeating Wllllo Hoppc, title holder. Thu scoru was 500 to 346. DEGREES MUSE ir HALT LAKE, Nov. 25. Warrants were Issued nt tho request of Unltod Statos District Attorney Charles M. Morris today for tho arrest of Mat thow Mclllnln Thomiison, Thomas 1'crrot, Dominic Dcrgero nnd Robert Jamleson. 'All ar.o undor Indictment for using tho malls to defraud, It be ing nllcgcd that each of tho mon used tho United States malli for tho purposo of Inducing persons through out tho United States to boconio members of tho American MasonJc Federation, nn alleged clandestine or ganization which has no connection with Icgltlmato Masonry, nnd of tho Confederated Supromo Council of tho. American Masonic Federation. Thompson nnd J'orrot woro arrest od at tho offlco of their organization by tho Unltod States marshal, i Dall was fixed nt 110,000 each. j I ACCUSED OANDYMAKKK ' HELD KOIl (JltAND Jt'HY IV". C. Hoffor was givon a prelimi nary hearing In Justice aafchagons' court Wfadncsduy nftornooa from 3 o'clock to f:30 upon tho charge of nttompted nssault upon Ruby Truott,, u child. Novombor 11. Aftor henr- lng avldonro, Juatlcolagliagon bound Hoffor over to tho grand Jury under $500 bonds, which Uoffcr was un- nblo to furnish. Tho stato conducted Its oxnmlna lion undor tho direction of Doputy District Attornoy Wlcst whllo Hoffor had no attorney to roprosent hm. Hoffor had witnesses present stating thnt ho was soon Novomtier 11 from 3 to nearly 3:4S o'clock sitting on the curbing of tho Central school house chatting with tww small boys. The stato attornoytvna unable to shake any of tho wltncssos rolatlvo to the tlmo thoy saw Hoffor at tho place where ho claimed to' be. Tho most damaging testimony against Hoffqr was given by Fred Kempkfl wlyo claimed' that be saw him creeping along back of dlrt'banks hear Oregon avenue while tbe little girl' was coming from back of one, .crying and extromoly frightened. Tho description Given by Korapke of the man he saw, ospeclally tbe cloth ing he wore, conformod with the 'de scriptions furnished by Hoffer's own wltnosses, who described his clothing whllo he wart Bitting dn the school house cnrblug't BOGUS MASONIC n B BEND ISOLATED FOR FIVE BY Whllo Portland nnd other points In thu storm Infested' nroa report that traffic conditions aro rapidly bolng restored to normal, tho city of Ucnd In entirely cut off from commu nication with tho outsldb world ex cept by stago, and has been In that condition for flva ddys,. Not n train has entered thu city In that tlmo, tho storm having cut off thu O. It. & N nor has there been any dollvery of mall or express. Tho (olograph und tolophono wires aro down und not u. message has gotten In or out or Ilend In that tmo through tho regular channels. This morning there had accumulat JflP EMPEROR COLLAPSES; TOKIO, Nov. 25. Crown Prlnco Hlrohlto has been ' designed regent of Japan, following reports that Emperor Voshlhlto wns In poor health. A dispatch recently report ed tho ompcror ns suffering from a mental and physical breakdown. AUSTRIA IN THROES OF FINANCIAL SIWHM VIKNNA, Nov. 25. With tho collapse In tho exchaugo value of the kronen, Austria Is undergoing mother economic - and financial spasm. Slnco July 16 tho crown has dropped from 650 to tho Amer ican dollar lo about 3,000. Thu 100 crown 'note, whoso pre-war value wus 120, Is now about tho minimum unit of dally use, and 10,100 crown notj cannot ba prlrtted fast enough to meet the needs of business. WILL CONFER MASTER ALISON DKOREE TOMORROW NKJHT Klamath Lodgo 77, A. F. & A. M, will havo an unusual largo at tendance nt tho meeting tomorrow evening In tho Masonic tomplo when a number of candidates for tho Mastor Mason degrco ill bo Initiated Into tho last degrco of tho bluo lodgo. Worshipful Master W. C. Van Emon has Issuod a spo clnl call for tho fraternity of this city and county to meet on tho occasion. fVV Another session will bo held on Monday evening when a number of candidates will bo Initiated .into tho Follow Craft degrco. Y T N TEN-TWENTY' INAUGURATED IT TIE STRAND THEATRE Klamath Falls is going to havo an opportunity to got back to nor mal In tho cost or soclng a moving plcturo, according to an announce ment mnde Inst night by Tod White, manager of tho Strand. Ever slnco tho Strand began run ning tho pictures produced by tho Hodklnson Corporation, the patron age at. that playhouse has greatly increased. The Hodklnson pictures are recognized throughout the country as being without a super ior. Another factor In bringing In creased business to tho Strand, Is the Improvement In production. In this respect the Strand Is entitled to .make the claims It does. The tima was when roor production was tbe rule, but Chi pictures were In ferior. Tbe laMer cause was due to old contracts. These have ex pired ana bavo been replaced by Hodklnson pictures. The mercury attachment rocently Installed re- volutlonUed the work of the pic ture machine. Fully a hundred were turned nwnv Inst nleht nnd whon Mr, White hludb hla Announcement HflVOG OF Tl ed In tho Western Union offices hero, ono hundred and fifty messuges, which had been routed by detour to this plaro In tho hopo that they might bo gotten through to thu Isolated city. This tho Westorn Union attempted today, sending them out on tho stago. Tho stago da mo In from Dond last night, arriving' hero nbout 7:30 with six passonRers. Tho dlstnnco Is approximately 135 miles and driver (3. A. Johnson, who loft at nlno-thirty this morning with four passengers and tho Western Union messages, suld that except for ubout thrca Inches of snow between Crescent and Kirk, tho roads woro passable, not any worse than usual at this Benson of tho year. STOHTED R. R. TRAFFIC PORTLAND, Nov. 25. Tho storm which for tho past four days has been sweeping the northwest appears to havo spent Its forco, and normal business und traffic con ditions are rapidly bolng restored. Railroad conditions nro' bettering with every hour but It will bo sov- nrnl flnva hnfnrn nnrtunl aMtrwIiiInu can bo resumed. Tho last stalled train arrived from Lyle lust night, making n detour on tho north bank of tho Columbia, pending tho clear ing of tho track on the south side. FOUR ARE ARRESTED FOR "NIGHT SHOOTING" O. Nichols, G. E. Horr, L. W, Dossier and Herbert Walt woro ar rested yesterday by Deputy Game Warden Stout on tho charge of "night shooting" near Malln. Tho gamo warden stated that when ho arrested tho mon. his watch .showed tho tlmo ns 4:45 o'clock, 13 minutes after sunset, and that tho men had been shoot ing Just a fow moments previously from a blind. In tho pollco court today the ac cused entered picas of "not guil ty," und th ohcarlng was sot for noxt Tuesday ovcnlng. - m EAST VS. WEST NEW YEAIt'S GAME AT PASADENA PASADENA. Calif., Nov. 25. Cornell nnd California will ho In vited to play tho annual now year's "oast versus west" gamo this sou son. every scat nn available spaco hold a spectator. "Wo havo been pro ducing our now pictures undor our Improved mechanical arrangement long onough to convince tho pooplo of this riiy that It Is n po.'J'.rn'it affair. Tho Increasing pa'tronago tot this houso showB that. "I want te go nstop further. I went to brlna- tho prlco down to where It ought to bo down 10 and 29 cents. For the purposo of seeing If tho people of Klamath Falls want a reduction In tho price of pictures I nm golnj to charge only 10 and 20 cents Friday and Saturday nights for the noxt month. There will be no change In tho quality- nor character of the pic tures shown. You will fee the same high grade pictures and It ' ou mo not satisfied you can get your money back, t will still rontlnuo tbe country store on Thursday night. If tbe response, justifies the venture, ,1 will extend tho 10 und 20 cents price to other nights 'anil If tho 'people wont, It I will eha.ngo pictures every night. Tfio 10 nnd 20-cont prlco starts tonight.'1 RESUMING PAYS $14,000 FOR BOOZE GOT WATER IPATTERSON, N. J Nov. 25. Ferdinand Ella, owner of 26 barrels of Insipid water, for which ho confi dentially paid 14,000, toduy Identi fied Ertill Wcntz, of Grand Forks. N. I)., as ono of tho three men who convinced him by a plausible test that tho barrels contained 103 proof whiskey. Ella told tho police ho hod been permitted to select n barrel to boro his own holo to Insert a rubbor tiibo nnd to snmplo whnt ran out. Ho did not learn until tho trio had disap peared with his 114,000 that ono of them had connected the tubo up with a rubber bug bcijeath his coat, which contained real liquor. pri:mii:r iiriand will -not replv to curzon NEWi YORK, Nov. ' 25. Premier Urlandi bcforo departing fpr Franco, disclaimed any wish to reply to IJrlt- lih Foreign Minister Curzou, who yesterdny urged Francu not to pursuo an Isolated policy, saying, "this is no tlmo for nrguments between friends and allies." Ho assorted that Franco proposed going further In tho limi tation of armaments bpth on land and sea thuu any' other nation. HAIjF-GALLON OF MOONSHINE LANDS SWEDE IN TOILS . Thanksgiving day passed off very quietly yesterday, according to tho pollco department, only ono arrest taking place, that of Fred Carlson, a 30-year-old Swede, who was picked up at Third and Main streets with a hulf gallon of moonshlno in his possession. WILL PI! UP tPHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 25. Two Indictments, one containing four counts, charging Roy Gnrdnor, escap ed convicted mall robber, of attempts to rob tho United Sttues malls at Mar icopa, Ariz., on .Nov.3, and. at Phoe nix on Novombor 15, havo been re turned by tho Grand Jury III the Unlt od States District Court. (Jardncr pleaded not guilty' to both indlcf monts. Immediately after Gardner entered his plea to tho first Indictment, his attorney, Carl A. Davis, asked and received permission to tilo a wrltton motion In which Gardner asked tho court to Havo a jury determlno his sanity at tho tlmo of -the alleged of fenses. AN ACCIDENT EVERY TWENTY MINUTES IN N. .Y (NEW YORK, Nov. 25. An ncci dont occurred ovory twonty minutes ou tho strcjots of Now York last year. Thoro woro 27,550 vehicular acci dents, which killed 8C4 persons nnd Injured 17,133 mon nnd C.14G fom on. 'Private cars wero In 7, COS of tho mishaps, business automobiles In 3,423 and taxlcabs In 1,231. COLLEGE GIRLS' GLEE CLUR TO cqMK HERE ON TOUR CORVALLIS, Nov. 25, Tho collego Madrigal club girl's gloo club, of tho Oregon Agricultural Collego, will tour southorn Oregon during tho spring vacation, nppeurlng In Mod ford, Ashland, Klamath Falls, Grunts Pass, Roseburg. and Cottage Grove. Tho 'Proposed Itinerary will, take tho "Roavor" womon choristers awny from tho campus on tour for tho first tlmo In the history of tho organiza tion.. WEATHER PRORARIMTIES Thn linfnmntnt la ilnvfnif a hllRV tlmo of It theso days, tho Cyclo- acy recording rises and falls In tho pressure alternately, it rose sever al nnlnln ilurlnt? the nlcht. dronned again this morning and at 2 P. M, started upward once more. . , All of wnicn inaicates uneeiucn WvaiMUl UUIIMwhoi iwv mm.... .. upward tendency continue hopo mtglU DO noiu twi lu vimiibo vuiuv'i.uiv. Forecast for next 24TP.ou.r6C .Unsettled weather, probably cold- ei;. Tho Tycos recording thorntometer regisior.iHi iuuiiiiiiim ..uu i!i.iiiiu..m temperatures todiwns follews: ." " H.nw Jl 0 GARDNER iNSANrrr pees TEAL APPEALS FOR SQUARE RATE DEAL WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. At tho hearing on Wednesday bcforo the Inter-state commission rolatlvo to the Klamath Falls and Mcdford applica tions for reduced freight rates, Port land Interests wero represented by Joseph N. Teal, tho Southern Pacific Interests woro looked after by Attor noy James Dell, but thoro was no one on hand to look aftor tho interests of tho two principals In the case, Kla math Falls and Mcdford. Tho hearing dovoloped Into a fight between Portland and San Francisco jobbing Intorcsts, ns they aro tlio ones primarily affected by tho prcs ont discrimination tn freight rates. Attorney Ilell for tho Southern Pacif ic supported an Increase 'In rates In California bo that Portland and other cities In Oregon should bo put on scalo that would make Shipping con ditions equitable with San Francis co. Mr. Teal, whllo favoring tho equal Iztlon of tho rat os contonded that It should bo dono by removing tho" dis criminatory rates now In extstenco, which placed Portland at a disadvan tage In dealing with merchants of Klamath Falls and other cttlea In Oregon. AGED RANCHER DIES FROM EXCITEMENT OF HUNT J. W. Banta, aged 72 years, was found dead In bed yesterday morn ing at the bome of Martin StoeJw ler, a friend, near Dairy. Death was caused by chronic valvular heart falluro, sometime after the aged man retired Wednesday night. Deputy Coroner J. A. Towey an nounced after tho autopsy yester day. Tho circumstances which caused tho demlso of Danta waa a goote hunting trip to Tulo Lake Wed nesday, In company with Earl Aid. rid and Martin Stoehsler, where the, oxcltoment attendant' on the hunt proved too much for tho old man. Danta's companions noticed that ho labored heavily" under the strain all day long and commented on the fact a number of times. .After Earl Aldrld and Banta re tired Wodncsday night at Stoehi lor's homo, Aldrld said that dur ing tho night, ho kopt tucking the covers about bis aged companion fearing ho might get cold. A num ber of times during tbo night, Al drld repeated tho performance without discovering that Banta was (load. Mrs. Banta and a son, William, woro wired nt Chlco, California, ot tho death; but It was learned af terwards that both had loft for ' Sacramonto Wodncsday and that tho new address failed to provide a. house number for notifying - the pair. Funeral arrangements win be mado after instructions come from Mrs. Banta, Coroner Whltlock said today. Mr. Banta had been a resident of this county for twelvo years aad was well known among the farm ing community In tho Dairy coun try, being a ranchor himself. IS WHOLESALE ST. LOUIS. Nov. 25.-6., V. Tiniiidnv. tho broker recently ad judged bankrupt, .confessed i today. according to the ppuce that ne naa counterfeited a million and half dqllars. In Interim certificates far on the French government. anQ had .passed slxty-tfcree' thousand dolla'rs worth on St. Louis banks in un effort to liquidate, hla losses. Tjvq others aro hold In conndctfen with the case, T "t ' BANKRUPT COUNTERFEITER V. fi ar ,