Equal Rights, Equal
Justice, arc the. Twin
'A Million a Month r
Is Klamath County $
Industrial Payroll "
Pillars of Democracy
Member of the Associated Press
Heveiilcenili Vciir -N'ii. 1UH.1
KLAMATH IAU.K, OIIMiON, llll IWIIAY. PECEMIIKH 1:1, ll2:i
I'llICK K1VH ('KVr.i
GRADE
CHOOIS
AN
RIG
TAL TESTS
National Average of Intel
ligence is Exceeded by
Klamath Falls Pupils
Four hundred mid seventeen
ptiplli of tho riflh. sixth, seventh
unit eight grades of ilio KliiinuHi
Kit I In public t;nilu schools win
look (hn OH mental Ionia exceed
ed tho iitiinilnriU based on tho xu-
. mlnuidln of 2 r. , n 0 o pupils In 2ou
different cities hi thn I'nltml
Mutes. Thin Ik. nccordlng lo a
statement of ill" r cull II k or t ho
ICS!?), ImiikiI loduy by Kupnrlnli-n-ilnnt
J. P. Wells.
"Tho fnrl Hint dm pngillx of
. Klamath Kul In exceed ihesn nlanil
(inlii tuny lie dun In pari tn i ti
. clement ii f practice, allien gnvnrul
alnillnr tests, have been admini
stered during tho lust thren yuan,"
sny lint sliitoimuit, "If such Maud
Urdu wero derived from cities In
which there In ii considerable for
eign element .It possible thnl
lliny.nro n Hltlo low for normal,
' Amorlron children, inch as wm
ln.v.i In Klnniitth Kails."
The rank or lnli-llli(inco U do
vlclcd Into' four group, upper ono-
fnurlh, middle onu hnlf and lower
nno-foruth. Tho national standard
compared with Iho local remits
h follows: Standard, Kl'm'tli
rpper-cno-tourlh 25 37.8
Middlo ono-half 60 43.0
Lowor ono-fourlh 25 18.9
1'pper Rank Ttrlftlit
i . Thoio who rank . In tho upper
' cme-limrth .are considered bright,
thoio In thn middle one-half, nor
; nin.li-.wp.lla those In tho lowor oao
tourth"' may bo clnnartt an Mow.
Thlt la not' to bo lakon top lite
rally, howovor, ilnco many bright
children mnko loir score through
becoming confunod ' .
Following art tho name o( pu-
pita with a rank of OJ'.i or inoro.
Alleo Harvey, Contral ichool.
loventh grado, 68.95 Ci ; Nodra
. nartlott, Polloan Day ichool, olghtn
grado, St. (fit Thoron Doarlng.
Central itjiool. elxth grado, 89.71
; Frederick Johnson. ' Rlvorsldo
chool, fifth grado, 98.85; Ar
' ohlo Kranenburg, Contral ichool,
olghth nrade, 80.87; Vernon Kuy
kendall, Hlvenlde ichool, olghth
itrado. 90.67 ! Kmbort Folium,
Ulverildo ichool, sixth grado, 98.
10. -"
The ichooli and gradei of each
chopl ranked as follows:
nuni ; rn following ordor: Bth.
CtB.'Beve.ith inH 8th grado.
Contral ichool
78
84
85 124
Fajrvlow school
89.6 90.5 88 110
Mills school
"69
1 8S.G
89 118
Pelican Bny""iohool
x, '38.8'- 6!
111 103
' Ittvorildo, ichool
; 75.5 110.5 100 110
City iMiools comploto
70 82
Standards
63 85
97 no
7 112
BONUS BILL IS
RE
Measure Passed by Last
Consreot- And Vetoed
Brought up Again
WASHINGTON, Dc3, 13, Tho
soldier bonm hill, which paHsed
consroEB. last year and was votood
by Prdldont Harding, was roln
Iroduoed today by nopreaontntlva
McKonzle, ropubllonn, Illinois, nt
the roqttoit of republican votorans
In tha house, It oarlei only minor
ibniiKOH, from thn original hill.
WHEAT MARKET.
POnTIyAND, Ore., Doo, 18. Hard
wlttto wlient, 1,02 woitorn nlo,
9 ntii
IN
INTRODUCED
Prevent Advertising
Of Cigarettes Plan
'Of Governor Pierce
;.m.i;m. oil'., ii.r. ii,v-
iTiinr l'li'ii' will irn;ii,.u In the
next session of Hi.' OrrKim I' ll-
I
lilaluro that nil fnrnm of t: iit- i
u rt iii iiiIviti '.Ii.k li'i i iiliCltcd !.
Iiy liiw In Uiu m.il". Ill ii letter !
lo WIIIImii X. Tiifi, of lli'n city.
Govetuur I'lciee miya:
''1 h n v i-nrnlViNl your I -tiff
mid I rmillzf lnv nun h HhtcIii I
iriio. I inn -n'iit lo prom
to lii iii'u Ii Kinlnlii.o tlim wo
finlild flKiintlo nilvi'rilhliiK In 4
llui Kltilo bill li'ltlioiirdi ii ml
lliri-tiKh iii-wapiipirii. I ' ii ' ik-h-
lliiiinbly It dii'-ii inn Ii hiirm.
IS OUTDONE BY
Nearly $3,000,000 Taken
From Public in Yen
Year Swindle
CHICAUO, Hot. 13. Promotion
m-llcliii'ii Inviilvlng linnrly $.",,000,
000, covering a Icn yunrit period,
wuro dimlinx-d by HiiiIi'h AUornoy
Crowo nfli'r n' raid on tho offlccK
of I.oo KuruU,. nltorney, for whom
an liiti-rnntlonal inarch In liulns
made.
FrlomU and udujlvei told tho
proaecu'nr' that Koreti Induced!
thorn to" Invent' inlllloni lnthtf"TlaT-.
ano Trunt Company, of Pnnnmn.
which thoy learned to be a myth.
The l:Bt trace of Koretj wai a
week ap.o when ho loft a New York
hotel after lending back to IiIh
offlco brro Jowolry valued at 175,
000, which was icliod In Iho raid,
and lending homo all clothing ho
took with him whon ha loft Chi
cago.' N
Letter from itoamshlp eompa
nlei round l:t hli office led nutho
rlllei to bcllevo bo win on route
to tho ciinnl ioiio, Bouth America
or Traguo, Uohemln, . whoro ho
WM n((1 ,0 nBVIJ wnny relatives.
Koi-uli' alleged operations, nc-
cording to Crowo, rivaled those of
Tonxl or J. Ilutus Wolllngford.
JUSTICE WITHOUT
POWER TO RELEASE
COUNTY FRISONERS
Pollry of Local Court Will be Al
. teied by Hefent Htnto Hnprcmo
Court Ruling
Following n recent letter from tho
state gamo -:ominlssIon rolatlvo to
thn power of n Justice court to re-
lease prisoners from the county Jail
boforo expiration of Iholr turmi,
and tih'o power to nllow prlsMors tn
wo k out fines Instead of serving In
tho county Jail In' default tluroof
Justice of tho Pouco F.mmltL has
found that a recent decision of the
state rtinrcma cou-.l holds tha1. a
Justice court Is without Jurlidlc'.lon
In both cafs, nor can a Justl'o r"
oelve a mortr.ngo In Payment 'nf
fine. ' '
,Th's decision, which was In 'Iho
case nf Kelly versus TlllamioU nvun
ly. will directly fitted thn rnllcy of
Iho Justice court toward the levying
of fines. Prisoners will hi', ba tc
loused to work out the!:1 flnAi, ru
has been tho prnctl.'o In tho ivi:,,bul
will b confined n period of time
bnsed 011,12 n tiny.
In tr.so of emo'Bency, n M'ny ft
execution can bo ordorcil, but ihl
order docs not affect tho til' Inure
icntenco, r .. ,
Ennnllt' has hnen advised Hint In
carceration In iho county Jail In
default of payment dooa not neces
sarlly pay tho flno, mid that when
a prisoner l roloased ho still owei
Iho rr.untv the amount of Iho flno.
F.inmltt dlcnKi'eea with I his stand,
however, pointing to nn excerpt In
iho K.nlly rnsn which ho liolda ruli
titnntlMoi ilii opinion,
WALUNGFORD
CHICAGO
CROOK
Confessed Murderer Fi lis
Victim to The Imaginative
Powers of Brother-in-Crime
SAYS COLUMBUS
GOT ONLY $360
FOR DISCOVERY
VAKOI.X, Wnli., Dee.
lli rlarln;; lluil I he lol.'il omI
or ilii' ill-eineiy i,r America.
Wh MIIMIilllllK IllOUtlll i!U1Mlt
nf u lib Ii , mini C ,liiinliil. Hie
ilUi'iivi'i'i r, i-erelceil iilx.nt K:IH.
Ilr. (ieoi'cn lilwl;, -ililent f
(lie I'MIiiikImiik Nornuil ulunl,
wlillr nililiesMiiK in1lna of
I he llfiino KelioiuleH ililli hero
reernily, nMki'il nieiiilK-ri ir I he
U'nrlil'ri fri-OM of vnliieH bait
Itoiie nnry."
"I)urln Hie Coluiiilim ex-H-lll0i,
ilie Milium nverat'iil
iiIhimI Hlill nu ll mill their Irmril,
ntlil Ilie riipfilltia nf die ve.
hi-N (cot npproUiimlely $2tt
eieli," lie wild. "When one
lennm Hun .link lleniiwey i
rilveil 8:1110,0110 for ,l rereiil.
Iinnillliiu; of KIihi, one Ih-kIii"
to w omler," Im rout In lied, "hut
l lnke n Im innii to lliierpret
Ilie prewnt ilny."
The prolilenw of life at Hie
proxnt time ore exceedingly
complex. Dr. lllnek Ntiited, ailit
ln thai the Anii-rliim people
"are enKitKi'd In a Ki-eat ulriijmle
nKolmt mediocrity, ami nift
bnnlntr ilielr lileim of nuee.-H oil
thin Hllltllllllll."
TAX BUDGET SLASHED
t'ooi County Commission Cuts
Down Estimated Amounts
MAItBHFlBM), Do?. 13. A cut
of 138,000 was made In tho county
budget by tho tax supervising com
mission. Hie chief Item being the
elimination of funds tor operallou
of the county ferries. The commission
allowed money for only two months'
operntlon or tho ferries. It being tho
belief that they should bo self-sup-,
porting. Tho county emergency fund
was out from $17,000 to f 12,000,
while other oils were mado on bridge
and similar projects. 1
Tho turn of 11000 was cut from
the omm-goncy funds of both Marsh
field and North Bond, while n cut
of S7C0 was made liiatho budge; if
tho port commission. This lutior
ilrnh waa In ndmlnlstrntlvo expenses
and salaries. All or the school
budgets were approved as preoii!i-il.
C3 ;
1$
i yv n
WW
3 '
i.j.a
0
1
n
TCI
8fe
President Calvin Coolldgn nt 81 minutes after imon Dec. 0 deliver id his first nildrtss btfore a Joint session" of Congress, The chamber was
packed. The flEUten In thJ above photoginph Indlcnfo tho following: U) Senntor D. Cunimlna, president of the Sennto; (li) Representative
Frederick H. Olllett, speaker of tho House j (3) P esldent Coolldga (no'e rndlo microphones 1 on desk berore him, through which his volco was
brondcast throughout the nation);
rotary of; Navy Dcnby,
I PaLlo Montez Unnerved by
Roygoia's Description
" of Salem Hanging
I'll I1I0 MOTiti-r.. wlio by bin own
eoiifemrion Kirui k Ilie Ijlow (hut killed
.1. It. Felix, Mexlenn box factory
woik":-,' ntnl who with Uninaclo Ca
ileno, iiiiw oner. pr it, ninl Alfuns'i Hoy
Kozii. all Mexican'', !r.:er robbed their'
victim of ""''. I no longar a bold
murderer.
MontiT ban fallen vlifm to the j
Imncjnalive imvern of bin own com
patriot and brother In crime. Iloy
gozn, who 'din oay the Ilium In
tlu'r i.!l by dwellli.s upon details
of fnolr banging, which both are now
certain Is to come.
-Ve4k ioe "frock."
Ills glib tongue foriiried by de
scriptive K'SKluns. Iloygoza, fore
casts Mr.ntex' (eolliiKs as the rope
tightens around his neck. "Your nock
goes 'crack" oxpln'ns IloyRoxa, then
It Is all ovcr, Just liltc that!
Monteai meanwhile cowprs In the
Innermost corner of tho cell, whlmp
orlne. Ho has ceased to plead with
the other to desist. HoyRoin. he real
lies, will not Mop his awful talk.
( Continued oil I'nue Three.)
FLIVVER MAGNATE
TO BE NOMINATED
WHETHER OR NO
When Fnrd-for-iirCHliIent Meetlng;
is Called off, Disappointed , :
Delegates Meet ' Anyhow
" "is. ... .',......
LAN'SINO, Mloh., Dec. 13,
A nominating petition to put
Ford's name on the democratic
ballot In the preferential presl-
dentlal primaries was filed In
the secretary of stato'i office
today.
DETftOIT, Doe. IS. Henry Ford
oe. ,S.-.ionry ror.
inated for president
will be nam
whether ho desires It or not. It was
unanimously decided at a meeting
here ct which a national Ford-for-I'reBldent
club was organized by a
score or supporters who came here
regardless of Iho fact that the Ford-fia'-Prosident
meeting to which they
were delegates had been called off.
THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST
it7H i-
r
in
'J-U I '
(4i Soc rotary bt War Vooka; (6)
' s
g. -XvtrW
1 .-el-.
BATTLE LOOMS
m
NEARS CAPITAL
Possession of Mexico City
May be Decided When
Forces Meet
VF.HA Cltl'Z. Dec. 1.1. News
paper correspondent! accompanying
the rebel armlcg in the advance on
Mexico City telegraphed early today
(tint thn Rlttintlnn In I ho slnlo m
lwMa Kan uwhar,Rcd, but that a
battle was apparently Imminent.
The main body of the Insurgents
has Joined tbe advance guard.
Obregon forces concentrated f
San Andreas. 30 miles south of
Oriental. It Is evidently the purpose
at tho Obregon forces to prevent the
rebel columns at Esperanza and
Oriental from meeting at San Mar
cos, where the Mexlcarf and Inter
Ocennl Railways cross.
"It i, between these points that
the decldtng battle for possession or
Mexico City will be fought," wires'
one correspondent.
COVELL HAD MIND
OF CHILD OF NINE.
PLEA OF DEFENSE
lUijr Di-clared to Have I teen In-
flueneeil by I'nrle; Murder Woa
I'lanneil, State Holds
V . '
COQCILLE, Dec. -13. The con
ventlon that Alton Covell had the
mind of a child of nino was made
by' defense today In his trial. The
Mioiweu(i!)n! chiiiged ..tho crime, .had
! Inn nuMAInl ' Wie
long been premeditated. Tho first
wltneMci repeated testimony giv
en In the trial Arlhsir Covell, the
boy's uncle.
The special defense counsel in
his argument .declared Arthur Co
vell bad Alton absolutely In his
power, ' 1 : .; '
District Attorney Fisher declar-j
1 ed the stata would prove Alton and!
, hft(, w fc 1
I ,ed the murder , , .
I H. 1
iiaxihts NOW
SOUGHT IX MEXICO
TTCSOX. Ariz.. Dee. 13 A South
ern Pacific special agent in Mexico
Is trailing three men suspect of con-
nection with the Siskiyou holdup.
ADDRESS TO CONGRESS!
0,
s " I
flocretary of Treasury Mellon,' (0)
1 ... .1
I LEADS UPRISING i
r
KS ... '
ft , , , t
I A
1 "j LmiiiL-
While 'the European nations' are
endeavoring to settle ' their 'differ
ences and avoid further warfare,
Mexico, long peaceful, appears to
be starting a.' war of her own, and
upset the equanimity of nation.
Adolpho de lax Huerta- (above) Is
one of the leaders of the move
ment. He was candidate for the
presidency, but announced ills
withdrawal. Gaining the -presidency
would be quite simplified should
the rebels take the . capital . and
oust Obregon.
FOX BOUGHT KNIFE .
SEVEN INCHES LONG
Witness in Tiinr of Slnyer of Co
: burn Testifies' ns to
: Purchase
ATLANTA, fia.; Dec. ' i j. The
first witness today In 'the trial of
Philip E. Fox. chnrged wlth tha mur
der of William S. Cohurn", was Clar
ence Everett, who told of the pur
chase by Fox of n knife seven Inches
long, which Fcx had with opened
blade in his hand after Coburu was
sbot.
AV. A. Jones, manager of the build
ing in which Cobuni had offices, said
he asked Fox why he had shot
Coburn. , " -. .
I had to do it'. 1 had to do It," the
witness said Fox replied. .
- Tho defense todav entered an in-
1 sanity plea
Defense Attorney Hoop.
j er declared there existed traces of
! Insanity In the defendant's family.
rRM
T. . . '- 1
Sccratary of Stall Hughei; (7) Boc
m
pffi
GERMAN
MUTIfl n
mum
Ui
Aid to be Sought From For
(, (wit
eign Nations; drastic tax
Measures Proposed , I
DERIIN, Dcci 13. An appeal by
the Cernian government to foreign
countries to help It out of Its finan
cial difficulties Is expected within a
short time. The appeal may tag1
the form of a request to tho league
cf nations to take cont'.ol of Ger
many's f'nance: Action for financial
help Is regardeVlnovitable, for with
out it tbe government 111 bo unobli
to pay officials and will have to an
nounce bankruptcy. ti .r.l-in
Tho forecast Is that as a last des
perate effort to postpone national
bankruptcy, arnstlc taxation meas
ures will be Instltuteu under tha
emergency powers l"W, necessitating
taxpayers disposing of some of their
property to meet the new taxes.
Taxes due in January, .for . tha
Rhine-Ruhr relief are being collected
now tn advance, but the ..revenue!
from them will' bo snffkient for )ljr
a limited period. .. ' . .
ES
ASTOUND PARIS
Arapahoe Band Froiii, Wl
mine Seek Rights Thru 'tf
League of Nations -
PARIS, Dee. 13 -iA delegation of
IS Arapahoe Indian from Wyoming
all clad In full regalia, arrived here
yesterday,. Their presence caused
such commotion In the Northern
Railroad ' terminal that the trafjlj
was held up some time. .
'Chief Old Eagle told Interview
that the deputation Intended tVask
the League of Nations to Inttrveno
with the t'nlted States government
so the Indians mlljht 'iave the'.'snsr.
rights and privileges as the : other
Americans. 4.
HOTEL REGISTER
MISSING IN TRIAtj
OF V. A. McELFRESH
Suite Endeavoring to Prove ' That
Defciulni t And Girl Healstproil :
As Man Ami Wife
' i I
, " . I 1 4
After two days, the case of State
of O.egcn versus McElfresh, who bi
charged with adultery, has simmered
down to real facts and this nfterr
noon saw tho examination and oross-;
oxamtnatlon of witnesses who may'
bo a deciding, factor In the decision
of the Jury. The state Is endeavoring;
to. prove that IT Mr, and Mrs,.. Tack
son who registered alt the Metropoli
tan hotel were V. A. McElfresh and
Nornh Par.tln.;,, , t '
The register of the hotel catlrrot
bo produced but record of ,th
guests who reg'stered Is ko.pt and
the book was offered as teatlmonyMK
the court. W. P. Myers Is ouneb,4qr
the defense and Dlstrlot Attoracy
Brower Is prbtecUtlng, , 1 .
Considerable Interest In the ttlst
Is, being evinced and the courtroom
has been crowded at all times, s.v
The 11 tnon who constitute th
Jury In th's ehse ara ai follow!'. W,
M. Klrkpatrlck, I. E., Kllgore. t.
Lewis, W. K. Folsom, Rex La Prairie,
James F. Kamarad, R. M, Geary, K.
(1. Cummjngs, A. 0. Olengcr, R, A,
Moon, Frank Grayboll And Byron
Iln'.denbrook, ; ; ' '
"HICAOO COI'.NCII roil
LIGHT WIN Eft AND RF.F.R
CHICAGO, Dee, 18. Light wll
end beer and modltirdtlon of the
Volstead set o make their ! and
nvaniifneitira perm'sslbt wai endnri
04 by the Chicago ejly council,
NOW
BRINK
OF BANKRUPTCY
INDIAN