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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1923)
Equal. Right, Equal JutticM, arm the Twin Pillar of Dmmocraey A Million a Month. It Klamath County '$ Industrial Payroll r : 1tlHJJJ.il) J- Li l Hrvtiloenth Tear No, TOD U-J... IU.UJ ..i i.. i Alaskan Priest Succumbs to Cold in Attempt, to Bring Christmas Cheer to Orphans Ealdmo Muahet 70 Mile to Wofflie to Brina Story of Heroic Struggle NOME, Abu., Uoo. St. An )Sklrao mrniliM 75 miles D 1Nro day to UU'Nomo today that ftp Rev. r. 4 Ruppert, pavtor of 8t. Joeph's oman Catholic church of this city, yl.ld.d hit llfo to ths cold while trying to lake orange, applet and Ehrlstm greeting card to the Hof Spring orphanaga, neap P. rrrm river, north of hero. Ovor Father Ruppert body, when found eight day go on a bank of tbt riar, four miles from tha orphanaga, tood Uok, leador of hla do loam, nrho forocloualy repelled tboae who came to carry hla dead muter to tha orphans and had to . be crippled flrat. tt la believed that reindeer had - frightened h'a dot team ino caueed tha do(a to Mat ter, lndtcatlona war that . Father Happen Uempted to continue along the road, after the dige broke apart. H beoan weary, lay down to reat and frote to deatb. i , ' Dearth (or rather Ruppert hihrted when, one dog appeared t tron reek, II male from Hot Spring. Boot) after another arrived at the Wher Ruppert, who woo the love of the North by way he worked for Other without thought of hlmaelf In (he Infloenaa epldenrlc that wmaled the Sekbno and took many whlto to (hla dtetrlot evaral rar ago, was bnrlod Wednesday at the orph Age. I ' j ' Carrying Chrlatmas ehoor to CO persons, Including alater and broth era at the orphanage Father Hap pen wa continuing hla Journey alono from buffy O'Connor'a road house on the route to Hot Springs from Nome when tho dog team broko. A temperature of 80 degree bo low loro had been provnlllng In tha region. ; KNIGHTS TEMPLAR . WILLL HOLD ANNUAL YULETIDE PROGRAM Christmas Obaorvanco to bo Ilrlil nt Masonic llnll at 0 A. M. Hunilny ' Calvary romiiuindory, Knights Tomplar, wilt hold tliolr 12th annual Christmas observance nt tho Mnsonlc ball tomorrow nvornlng at 0 o'clock. Tho' toast to tho grand nutator will bo given. promptly nt (hut hour. B. 1). Hall m-IH act aa toaHtmastor nd tho following progrnm will bo prwtontod: ' . Invocation J. W. Drynnt. ' Toasts. . To tho grand ' master, Knight Tomplar, roaponao -Dr. 15. 1). I.nmb. 7To tlio grunt) commander, KnlghUt Tomplar of Oregon, response C. K. Jay. f To tho commnntlor of Calvnry torn tnnndory, rosponno J, F. Klmb'nll, MAY HK-HnvMIT XAMKH ! !' HANKY, THOMfSON '', : I 1 ' ' WIASIMNOTON D, C, l)oo. 24. RonubmlKsUiuot tho nomlimdons of irnidertck I. Thompson oCfMobllo, pin., and Hort K. Ilanoy ot Portland, ta mo in born ,o( tho ahlpplng bonrd waa Indlcatod today aftar fionntora McNnry and Stanford conforrod with, rrntltlont Conlltlgo on the ahlpplng liunrd qiiealltm, ... . . . NO HIOIIAM) TUKHDAY I ' ' ' J ti observance, ot Chrlstmltia day Tho Evening Horald will not be pulillsliod Tuosday, e) ' 4 BRIEF IS FILED IN TAX FIGHT Local Attorney For Irriga tion Interest Open Fire on State Act 8ALKM, Doc. St. D. V. Kuy. kendall, Klamath Falla attorney ha filed with tho elate of Oregon aupreme cour a brief In the caae attempting to upact tho coun ty lax Btipervis'fct and conserva tion act, Knvkond I reprisiiiu ir rigation Interest. '.'-. Jtbn B. Coke. Vnllel Ntatci ill- tr et attorney, Infornwl he court ne probaoiy would irtusa interven tion In the ease to protect the gov ernment'! - Interest In Klanitlh county, ' HUNDREDS DRAWtf BY."! CHRISTMAS TREE OF ; LEGIONNAIRES. ELKS 1 100 Dag of Candy and Nuts Are Distributed to Uoya And Glrla . of City Hundred of klddiea, ranging In Up from kneo-hlgh-to-a-graahop-per, to big boy and glrla, but ell with keen appetltea for candy and BUt, attended the Elk -.American Legion. Christ mm tree at Founb and Main, at S:30 Sunday aftornoon. And every one ot thorn got hla fill of candy and nuta. (Tho huge troo blntlng with col orod electric lights wna tho lodontono I hat drovr tho young folki from ovnry nook and cranny of the city. And wlion thvy crowded In around tho tree, tho speaker knew that hla care fully prepared speech wna hotter loft unsaid. Ho wlaoly confined hla romarka to the announcement that thin wan tha Klkii and Lcglona' of fiirlng to I ho Ihivs and glrla of Klam ath FuIIh. Ii Tho high achool glco club anng and tho children politely rcmnlnod quint, or nt leuxt worm lena Jioisy. until tho ulnglng ended,. Then, Ilka u modern l'lod Piper of Hamlin, Ihu Amerlcnil I.tiglon drum corps led tho crowd around tho Mod; and buck to tho 'troo, eat'li child rn i'if Iiik a hug oh ihu llmm til vldctl and panned onu on each slilo ot tho tree. And for aomo thno aftorwnrd .tho two linen, strangely onouRli, re malned tlm ennio lengtb. When tha chlltlron hud their pocket nrunmipd full, tho re lilttlnlnj! la.vn wero d)'8lTlbuUtrt lo ull-cointirii, young and old. Wllthln SO minutes after tho fun started, empty boxes and harrols ro mnlneil where prov'ously hnd been no Ims thnn 1100 uni: f cnntly nntt nuts. JUSTICE BETS HE WILL WED FORTY COUPLES BY 1ST Juxtl of tho IViici Km in It I Iiiin matlo n l't with his wlfo that hn iimrrlo 40 coup lea lietora tlio entl of the your. At present ho lina reached till, mill offers to . perform tlio next ceremony free of ehitw, thinking thus to lml'"'" "'" hosltniil eouplo to tnko the flnnl step nntl cnuso him to win the bet. . Member of BISHOP CALL YULETIDE TRUCE IN Modernists Assert -They Will Take up Cudgels After Christmas ' NE YORK, Dec. Modorn lata In the Protestant Episcopal church who suspended their contro versy with the Fundamentalist fac tion on Issuance by Bishop William T. Manning of a dluresan letter ask ing for a truco until HHer the C'hrist maa rolldays, asserted through one ot their spokeemen that they would take up the cudgels in support of their cause after Christmas. Tho Hev, Dr. Alexander Gr'swold Cummins, restor of Christ church In I'oughkeepsle,' X. V., and an officer of the Moriorn Churchmen's Union, asserted that ths truce would be observed only until after the Yule tide eeasoit. '"There are two distinct phasos in Uiahop Manning's letter," ho saiu. "One' ot them Is the requst for a truce! and. with that we aro all In agreement. The other-'ts an affir mation ot tho pastoral letter of the House ot IJIsbops. Aa to that you need not fear we will forget It over Christmas. We .will take that up as soon as'the truce la over." Word waa received yesterday from Itov. lo W. Hcaton ot Fort Worth, Texas, whoso Impending trial for heresy was one of tho precipitating causes ot Uio Modernists' cullies ngalnst tha conservative churchmen, that on Ills arrival nt Fort Worth he bad found ho had not been cited for trial. THE WISE MEN mm WAR i -- . .... - . I tlio Associated free Kl.AMATK FAIXM. OlllXiO.V MONDAY'. l)Kf KMMKH DECLARES ARMISTICE! 1 ST9".. r. mm BISHOP WM. T. MANNING OF 5 Only 500 Remain After Capture of Puebla by Federal Troop. ; MEXICO CITY, Doc. 24. Pre parntlona continued today for pur suit ot tho main body of the re volutionists, estimated at less than 500, which escaped after the capt uro of Puebla by federals. ; VEIIA CHUS5, Dec. 24. Tho ro bots captured Cuernavaca, 40 miles south of Mexico City," according to u revolutionary communicue. DO HOMAGE TO THE PURSUIT IB REBEL 24, JOM P.O. EFFORT TO GET L DELIIE Five Extra Clerk and Two Cars Workinz on Christ- Distribution mas Mall will be delivered up to noon Christmas day and the general delivery window will be open trom 8 A. M. until noon, It was announced today by Postmaster John MeCaU. With each of tho five carriers ac companied by an assistant and with two delivery cars in serv'ce and extra clerks at work, the postoftlce today wna making every effort to distribute the enormous vo.ume of Christmas mail which this year ex ceeds all post years. ' Packagea piled high, but in orderly manner; clerks beally en gaged In sorting the packages for delivery; carriers and thei- helpers packing their bags until they threat (Continued on Pago Fight.) FIRK t'ESTftOYS CAfi: A sedan belonging to the Central Auto Service was totally destroyed yesterduy afternoon on the highway, uoar Shipplngton. Tho driver. Bob Quick, had repaired the car, which bad broken down near Algoma sev eral days before, and was bringing It into town when the tire broke out. Tho exact cause is unknown but a short circuit in the wiring is sup posed to bare Ignited the oil and gasoline. The car was insured. CHRIST - CHILD RED No Insanity Taint Revealed In Report Ot Kel Spinal Tests I8ACRAMENTO, Dec- J4. Tha first of three laboratory 4 i reports on the test of the 4 j spinal fluid of Alex A. Kels, ! 4 Lodi murderer, taken last week 4) i and received today from the I 4 tBnfsnd medical achool, show- 4 ed no Insanity taint. I Committee Would Ascert ain Why Two Appropria ti6n Wsre Not Used -WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. U. To ascertain why two approprla- . I . Ma , j An nnn A n M . BAKER PROJECT M UNDER FIRE other of $500,000. for beginning'0 George Of field, -A, L. MArshatl and construction of the . Baker . irrlga- Theodore Case member . of the tlon project In Oregon have not board of director, of the K'w'h been used' Representative L. C. Crampton- of Michigan,' chairman of the sub-committee ot the appro priations committee handling in terior department appropriations, has .-decided to aUmraon ' Secretary, of Interior Work, to. testify.- Fred A. Phillips and William A. Stewart wbo are here representing the Ba ker project, also will be called be fore the aub-commlttee ' to answer; questions regarding the delay In getting work started. ; The budget director refused to send an estimate to congress tor the Baker project for the next fi scal year, although entreated many, times to do ao by Senators McNa ry and Stanfleld and Representa tive Sinnott His refusal was placed on the grounds that Baker was a new project and he said he would recommend no money for any new project: A few days ago- Secretary of In terior Work sent to the budget of fice an estimate for approximately 11,400.000 for the Baker project or any other Oregon project or proj ects which might be selected as feasible, and Representative Sinnott appealed to the budget director to npprovo this estimate, which was refused. "Sinnott, accompanied by the two Oregon senators, went be fore the budget director and urged him to act on the estimate and were told that his office would not re commend any money for new proj ects until the fact-finding commis sion had made Its report on re clamation generally. General Lord, director of tho ; budget. Bald that he had so ad j vised Secretary Work in answer to the estimate for linker "and other i Oregon projects." The estimate of i 11,450,000 was intended to give i Oregon $1,000,000 ot the new ap ; propriation for irrigation and make i nviillalih) for expenditure In the ! next fiscal year tho unexpended j balance of the $500,000 appropria I tinn Jor the Boker project. CHINA SITUATION IS QUIETING DOWN Negotiations Por Settlement Are ProRresslnif j French Sailor Return , to Hongkong CANTON, Dec. 24. Tho critical situation which prevailed here nearly two weeks, ns a result of tho demand of Sun Ynt Sen, South China leader, for a' surplus of the customs revenues. Is believed to hnvo passed. Negotiations for sott lomont are said to be progressing satisfactorily, and sailors from tho French cruiser Jules Ferry,, one of the flotilla ot foreign warships In tho harbor, have returned to Hongkong. PRICE HVK CENT DENY $7 LEV! i Circulated Report Untrue, Say Statement ef Board ' .of Director . -s t. . In a statement Issued today thl board of directors of the Klamath Irrigation district declare untrue reoorts thuf th dlatrlrf nrniwiBaa to compel a levy ot approximately .17 'an acre on the lands ot the dlatrlot for 1924, and urge that members of the district Investigate the mat ter thoroughly before signing any petition. , .:. S , A petition baa--been In circula tion directed to the secretary of the Interior requesting lh removal from ,' office of H. D. ftowetl,:. project- man- ager, and demanding the resignations Irrigation district. ; fThe statement Issued by- the . dis trict follow .in full: ? .;. - t ,-.-t v i . To the members of the Klam- ' ath Irrigation District: - :.- . , W understand - a. -Utemeotv f .Is being circulated orth dla- -Strict that the board of direc ! . tor - propose .- to take :- legal -step to compel a l?y of ap proximately. $7 per acre em the lands ot the district for , the .. year. 1324. .-....- ,' The board wishes to correct this Impression.' Any - uh statement doe not; conform to . - the facts and 1 .Wilfully la-. leading. The highest levy that , Ithe board has made or Intends to make on any of the land of the district for the year 1924 is $2.75 per acre, and mc? of the assessments do not run over $2.50 per acre, and this amount includes both 'operation- and imaitnenance; and. contruetlon nd district . levies.; Furthor- , -more the total levy per acre Is lightly leas than tor the year ' 1928. . , f- : In Tiew of these iniarspreson- - . nations the board wishes further . to ask that the members of the . (district at this time in fairness to themselves and to the board of directors do not sign any -petitions or commit thenselves . en any matter that they bavo not thoroughly investigated.. tYour directors do not Intend "' (to be moved from their plain duty which they have taken .their oath to perform by. the tactics that are. being used against them, but you member of the district owe It to your selves to thoroughly investi gate and find out what is being . done before you - attempt to :pass Judgment thereon. .The board of directors and the secretary of the district aro ; nt vow service to give you tho facts involved as they appear ... -in the official records. In falr ' ness to yourselves the ' least you can do Is to ascertain what the facts ore. . : v. ,- - We believe that the members , of the distrust will appreciate the importance of this matter. . and If any have been led to lgn , petitions under a misstatement; . of facts they will take steps to -.' !have their names - .withdrawn (from the petitions. O. W. OFFIBLD, T. .N. CASK, A. . Ij. MARSifAU,. Directors of. Klamath Irrigtstlon District. ';,'; v -- 3481 POLITICAL, , PRISONERS FREED Countess Marklevlcx, -Jeailln; Rn publlcim, WMt to ' it't Re lease In Irelnnil DUBLIN,1 Dee. 24,- The Free, state government announced today the release of . Countess Murklo--vicz, one of the leading woman of the republicans, arrested ' Novem ber 28. The govarumeftt; altio an nounced -3481 ; political .prisoner had been released between Decem ber 1, and 23. . 1 PROPOSED OR KLAMATH DI3T i
