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Uncerisorei
Observations
tiii. i;oui:i iixi.i.u
Koch day V.NC'KNBOItl'.l) OIIHKIt
VA'I'ION'H .will uk aoinn it u "t Ion of.
Intense Interest to Ilia folk hum In
l.lnkvlllo, nl llii.n will print a
group or Inlorvli.wii mythical uf
ooii mo from those who niighi Ui
know -bolter.
TODAY'8 QCK8TION
U'hnt (top I ho Volstead amend
ment romlnil you of?
TODAV'H ANHWiKIIH
Orny llunsllnxr MiirrluKU.
Morris Johnson Tuxes.
C. A. llmiilomnn .Death.
Jlob KuykondiiH -Trcajon.
Lloyd Low Tlio nnd of the world.
Louis Porter Tlio jit of tho
Mohicana.
What tho on uno won vb tin von 't
found out yet, but Ha aotim ono until
thla moroln-x. It w-a probably ovvr a
woman, however Hint illdo't hoop
"Hunk" Willsau. former chief of
police of Klamath' Kudu, from full
Inn rlithl In with lila old profession
and (topping a flallc c inlmi yeiter
day afternoon In front of tlm Liberty
thoutro, Wilson la visiting hl old
haunts In Klnmnth Fulls from lila
homo In Medford. Whether II was
hla noncral mlnn qr his complete air
of tho "oop". tho battler, foil npart
nd wont Into tlio nnvo, feeling
llltla Iho worse fur wear, having
lven tho old village a anp out of
III Sunday lethargy,
Thla might coma under (ho head
ing of "Five Year Ago Today", for
It just about fir years ago that
, Pel Sullivan ih brought to tho
public eye, It happened tlmt tho
ahorift at that tlms wnnlod Sullivan
on a potty charge, and wanted him
badly. Bo out ha (ilea with n war
rant for I'ule'a arrest to tho bud
' land where Palo hna made his
abode. It you aro at all familiar
wltta tho an I Ira of 811m Jim of funny
paper fume, you will understand tho
torture of the oop whcyi Pete luippod
from rock lo rock eitgliig Iho cop on.
The ahorlff didn't care much on
shooting Rulllviin ao waited until ho
wna walking calmly down Iho vil
lage alreet and nabbed him. Thua
' endoth the first loaaon for Polo and
n athletic one tor tho ahorlff.
"May t come up and ee the body
of the deceased?"
"May you WHAT?" wn Iho hor
rlflod answer of Uert C. Thomas,
United Slules Commissioner.
"Oh excuao mo, I though you -wero
Coronor .Karl Whltlock. my mis
take", and the misled gentleman
atrollod on down Ilia stroot, leaving
Mr. Thomas slurlng at himself ro
floctlvoly In window glass.
A fow days Intor Thomas wus
'' chewing tho cud of rumination In
front of the I.oomls building whon
a sad fncod gontionmn sldlod nur.
Say", ho whispered, "tlior funornl
Is at 2 o'clock lan't Itf' . - "
A miournful look, bedockod with
crepe, fllttod ncroia tho commission
er's phyaog.
"Yos, my good man, tho funeral
Is schodulod for i p. m. and bo sure
and be thore on time. . And, Oh yea,
be sura and bring your glovos."
' Washington is hot to ho ouldono
by the Orogon "Hoot Owls," fa
miliar figures with radio fun, and
have Instituted an order of niuo
Jnya In Walla Walla. Those lluton
Ing In over the .radio Frldny n.'ght
heard the name of Mrs. Louh M.
?mlth, assistant secretary of tho
chamber -of commerce, whs was
made a Jay. Aocordlng In Iho
cards It roads: To nil Jay, groot
lngs.' This cortlfles that Mrs, hoiih
M. Smith Is a member of Pikes
Poak Porch,' Uluo Moiiulnln 1'luo
Jay of Walla Walla, .Washington,
and Radio K. V, C. P. Slgnod by
Vrnnk' A. Mooro, Most Nocoaanry
Jay, And louls 11, ltomme, Most
' Unnecessary Jny. ' When the an
nouncement of Mrs, Smith' mem
bership wna mailo, sumo- v.Mco In
AVlla Walla uroatlonstod "Knlamlly
Falls." :
St. Valentino was checkmated to
day but by an nttency that will not
minor that lovable saint. Touchers
at Central school hsd assembled
this morning ninny vulontlnes writ
ton by tho children mid to bo dis
tributed nmnug tlio children' "n In
post office? method. Inasmuch iih'
the only two cases of diphtheria Ifl
the city ware from two pupils of
Central school, Dr, a. S, Newsom
u. (Contlnuod On Pago Six) ,
BUILDING FUND
MUST BE KEPT
INTACT, EDICT
Plan to Combine Gym and
Legion Hall Here De
- clared to Be Illegal
(Nimlilnutlon of tlm Kx-Srvlco
Momurhil ' building fund and tho
It Ik li scboul gymnasium fund for tlm
purpoHu of flnnimlng u liirgci public
building that would serve tlio needs
of huh tho American legion and
tlio Kluinulh county high school
would hu Illegal, Is the opinion
handed down to Iho county court
by I. II. Van Winkle, attorney gvn
oral, The county Is empowered to Cro
at u a memorial building fund not
lo oxreed $10.00(1. Thoy re also
empowered to levy nut inoro than
flo.OUO for a high ik-IiooI gym
nasium fund.
It was thu hapo of tlio county
court, the Iok"ii mid tho high
eh Jul mat lognl sanction could be
Kiilned for the combination cf tho
two funds In order that a large
building would bo erectd that
would adnquutcly servo the noods
of holli tho high school buys and
the ex-sorvlco men.
Just what will bo done concerning
tho buildings has not been yot de
cided by the county court.
Ad excerpt from Attorney (Junor
n 1 Van Winkle's oplnon casta light
i n the legal aaptut at tho quustlon.
The excerpt follow: , , ,.. ,
"It will ' be soon from section
6237 that whenever a building Is
constructed for u county high
school Ihut tho same must bo
deeded by tho county court to tho
county high school beard, to . be
held In trust by the board for the
county. This Is obviously for the
rouo u that It becomes necessary
that tho board charged with admin
istration of tlio county high school
bIiiiII bo custodian of tho property
uswl for tho county high Miool.
"In section 3199 wo find ihat the
memorial for cx-aorvlce mon ahull
he erected on property ownod by the
county or which may bo donated to
Iho county for iucI purpose. This
would Indicate that tho custody uf
tho memorial building would rest
In tho county court. This evidently
would not permit the emotion of tho
memorial on property held by the
county high school boiir.l, nftr the
building of tho high school building
on tho laud of the county other than
that of tho high school board.
"I am of tho opinion that tho
lw funds abovo mentioned, cannot
be combined to orocl one building.
"1. H. VAN WINKLE."
XAIOIITV1 NAltillTVI
WASHINGTON, i Fob. 1.
Charging that pluyi "so ,0b-
4 sceno and Indecent In plot and
languogo as to '. shock tho
moral scnao of ' the coiiitmin-
Ity" hnvo recently boon staged
In Washington theatres,' Hup-
4 roionlativo Dnlllngnr, republic-
4 an, Massachusetts, today In- 4
traduced u resolution asking
Iho .Dlstirlet of Columbia .com-
mlssloners what stops had
boon tnkon to prevent Im-
4 propor productions. 4
Saves Dog Who Rescued Him While
Lying Wounded
CHICAflO. Fob. 15.-Whon llor
neo l.ovo, torn,' by nuiclilnn gun bul
lets, wns waiting for donlli In No
Man's Land, n dog saved Ills 1 1 fo.
Yesterday ha saved that dog.
l.ovo, now a student nt North
'wostorji University wus sevoroly
wnundod whllo fighting In tho Ar
gonno when tho dog, llollvor, thon
working for tho (lermnn Red Cross,
found him, wont hack to surgoonR
and look thorn to tho stricken man.
Wihen l.ovo returned to this country
ho brought llollvor with him. About
a month ago, l.ovo lost llollvor while
exploring the dcsolnto regions of
Skokoo Vitlley.' Fot- (lays ho sonrch
od In vnliv, Mdnnwhllo roporta wore
brought In by motorists that ft
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, FEB. 1(5, 1925
l i 1 1 ei ii
Cleaver Out;
BakerlMan Is)
Given His Job
KTATK lltll SK, Hull-Ill, (III'., Feb,
1.1. William K. iH'liim r linker
tvuH tuiliiy iippiiliiloil by (Jovoinor
l-lirio lis oliiui iirnlillillliiii i'iiiiiiiiIh-
uicini-r mnci-1-il (ietirKe l. 'leiui-r.
I-veiiH, a dciiuM-riit, Iiuh for (Ito hint
right yi-iiis iK-en illKirlrl n( tunny
fur Itaki-i- I'oiinly, but iijih defeated
III the lust cIimiIoii. Ilu l criillK-d
hi iuvirn"C 1'ii-rcu illi liuviiig
been a vigorous ijirust-i-utur uf the
piiihllillioii law. Ix-vi-iis is 4,1 )i'iint
ulil.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
PROJECT PROGRESSES
Merrill folk are swinging In 100
oar cent In favor of a new com
munity building and ure stundlng as
ono In favor of the project. Prop
erty has been purchased, rock Is
being hauled for the foundation and
articles of Incorporation have been
filed In Salem.
The silo of the community build
ing Is Just east of the old Method
ist church on the state highway. The
selection of the site -was made by
vote of the community with the
tacit understanding that after the
site was selected that the matter
would be definitely settled and that
th ono who favored another slto
would support tho project Just as If
thulr choice had been selected.
Tho building will be 06 by 100
feet, will contain a basket ball
floor, a stage Bud ether appurten
ance of a modern, up to date civic
centoc
Official opculng of tho commu
nity building has been set fur March
17 St. Patrick's day, the patron
hhIiu of tho Irish. At that time tho
Merrill community and fanners and
sHeop men for miles around will
celobrnto tho occasion.
ED
Lieutenant Burleigh Found
Dead Aboard Vessel
No Cause Given
VALI.EJO. Cnl., Feb. 16. Albert
Peurco Burleigh, 29, lieutenant
United States navy, was tound dead
last night with a bullet wound In
his head, In his cabin on the United
States navy transport Argonno,
which arrived hero Saturday. Navy
authorities said that thoy believed
he committed suicide.
Hurlolgh had been on duty with
the suhninrne squadron In far east
ern wutori and was en route to Join
his wife and child In Maine, where
they reside
Hurlolgh was graduated from tho
naval academy at Annapolis In 1915.
.No reason for the suicide was given
by naval authorities.
IIKIIIMl HCMKIH UK
STATE HOU8B Salem, Ore., Feb.
11- As the legislature opened the
final week of Its forty-day ssslon
today It fnced a mountain of work,
nnd some of the leaders bolleved
that nil tho business l;i sight could
not be despatched before Saturday
night, and that sessions miirht hnvo
to bo continued lata next week.
in No Man's Land
"wolf" hud been soon running across
Iho bleak land. Yesterday, l.ovo
sllll at his quest, wos stoppod by a
policeman becailso his automobllo
lacked n license tug. At a surbur
hun station ho explained his search.
"Why, wo'vo a dog like that," tho
sorgoiint said. "Caught him It took
half n dozen of us after ho had
senrod folks In tho roads. He looks
halt slarvod; he's duo to bo shot In
the morning."
"You'll have to shoot me first"
l.ovo sold.
llollvor was brought lir. Ho was a
skolton. Hut ho clonred the room In
0110 bound and almost floored his
imistor with his joyous assault, ;
NAVAL OFFIC
KILLS HIMSELF
Associated Press Leased Wire
Legiorilto Stage
Smoker for, New
Members of Post
New members of tho American
Legion, enlisted 111 the Inst drlvo
for membership', will commune with
tho old members at a rousing
smoker to be held tomorrow eve
ning al the chamber of commerce.
Committees of tho legion ure at
work today outlining a program
which promises to make the eve
ning a decided auccexs.
Zist will bo louned loathe
smoker by the success which -was
experienced in tho drive for mem
bership. At a late hour this
morning, the total membership for
tho legion had Seen raised to 205.
A final offensive Is being launcheJ
In an endeavor to bring the count
up to 250.
According to lesion officials there
are scores of tx-survlco men who
are living In Klamath and are not
members of the local pobL It is
the attempt of the membership
seekers to reach these war veu
erans who havo remained in the
background.
According to Intcst reports re
ceived, this afternoon, Klamath Post
No. 8 of tho American Legion has
successfully gone over the top In
the membership drive conducted
during the past month. The drive
for Klamath Falls ends tomorrow
ovenlng, the national drive continu
ing until March 1. Bill Canton Is
still In tho lead 'with the largest
uuniber of mombors.
Bill Canton, A. Y, Mackcn and
George M. Barth Ypent the' greater
part of the morning . Sunday In
Algoma, where they obtained : a
number of Legion men for the post.
Canton, and Macken spent the
afternoon In Malln, whore they con
tinued the drive, making It pos
sible for tho post to go "over the
top.'"
, Hl'MIIHtKY HWKIHMEI1
. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Tho
uomlnation of Wllllasn E. Hum
phrey, to bo a member of the fed-
oral trade commission was approved
today by tho senate Interstate com
merce committee.
Valued Garments Are
Lost in Rough-House
at Coney Island Ball
NEW YOHK. Feb. 16. Four
hundred garments, valued at $25,
000 " Including valuable fur coats,
were lost when the annual Coney
Island ball broko up early today la
a catch as catch can for clothing
In tho check roam. Even tho patron.
Michael Regan. Brooklyn spor'.s fol
lower, left tho hall hatless and
contless.
The melee started wien'sonio of
the six thousand persons present,
becoming Impatient, stormed the
chock' room and seized what, gar
ments camo to hand.
Five policemen finally subd.ied
tho crowd, but one woman said she
had lost an S 11,000 fur coat, while
hundreds of others went home
without hats or coats.
MAX FOl'.'l 1KAD
TONOPAH, Nov., Feb. 16. The
body of George B. Okcson of San
Joso, Cnl., was brought In from tho
custom end of Nye tounty tidav br
Okeson's fathor, u resident of Fair
field, Iowa, and Sheriff Thomas,
after having been found hidden
under a pile of hrusii with a bullet
holo in the head,
Rob Hotel Clerk and
Then Enact Role of '
Bell Hop for Guests
SAN JOSE, Calif., Fob. 16. The
hotel St. Jamos, which adjoins thu
county Jail here, was held up early
today by two men who took $2500
worth ot Jewelry from Clerk Hnr-y
Williams.
After tying Williams nnd a boll
boy In n room adjoining tho offlco,
the robbors registered a newly ar
rived couple and one of thorn, en
acting tho role of bell boy, oacorted
tho guests to their room and col
lected a tip. ' I '
4
PIERCE TELLS
E
WILL USE VETO
Additional Revenue Must
Be Provided, Governor
Says in Message
STATE HOUSE, Salem. Ore.. Feb.
16. Governor Walter M. Pierce In
a special mesage to the legislature
this morning served notice that If
tbe legislature falls to provide the
necessary revenue for impropria
tions made, be wfll veto the bills.
"I will not be a party to Increasing
tho tax burden on the ofcners of
homes and farm . property In this
state." Raid the governor. "When It
is within your power to raise, the
necessary revenue ffom. sources so
easily available."
The governor pointed out various
sources and urged the enactment
of specific revenue-producing leg
islation. He urged repeal of the
quarter mill road tax and the 1)30,
000 appropriation for the battle-,
ship Oregon, and a law for the col
lection of the unpaid Income taxes
under the repealed act which he
estimated amounted to SI 000,000,
even ulta these sources opened up
the governor sees a shortage of
about $500,000.
To meet It, he urged again a tax
on cigarettes'' and motion pictures,
a gross earnings tax on utilities
and a severancq taii .' j, .. .... .
An Increased collection on gross
Insurance premiums was urged, and
tho governor asked a ten per cent
contribution to the general fund by
self-sustaining commissions and
activities, which has already been
agreed upon by the ways and means
committee. If the session will en
act a gross earnings tax oa utilities
the governor promised to sign the
bill appropriating $100,000 for the
service commission.
The governor charged the legisla
ture with having frittered away Its
time and urged . that the remaining
days be given over to serious work
and cooperation from all quarters.
Preacher Uses Live
Monkey to Show How
Evolution Is Wrong
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 16. A
monkey, tethored a few feet from
the pulpit as an exhibit against the
evolution theory cast qulizlcal
glances over an overflowing con
gregation In the Park Avenuo
Baptist church here last night, while
tha Rev. Dr. Floyd T. Holland
preached a sermon on "Man or
Mnokey."
The climax for the congregation
and the monkey came when ho
was held aloft In the pulpit, a stern
finger thrust toward him and tae
pastor challenged anybody In the
church to stand up and concede
co;umon ancestry with the simian.
Nobody stood up.
WHITE ARRESTED ON
CHARGE OF LARCENY
That ho put into his own pocket
a payment on- a car sold by his em
ployers, Taber & Wise garage of
Dorris, California, is tho charge pre
ferred against. Frank White arrest
ed Saturday. White Is charged with
larceny by bnileo. His bond was set
at $1000 which ho met and was
released.
Chinese Youths Set
Fire to School; Are
Placed Under Arrest
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16. Two
Chinese boys Henry Chlnn, 15,
and Wong Chuck, 15 set fire to
the public school which Ihey refused-
to attend, tho pulico suld
today. i
Chlnn and Chuck '.voro turned
over to the Juvenile court this
morning nflor two Chinese citizens
cnught them Igniting a pile ot rub
bish they had piled ngnlust the Com
modore Stockton school building.
LIieSH
Reach Lifeless Body -In
Unexplored Cave
Early This Afternoon
Rootof Cavern Caves in, Causing Earlier
Discovery Than Expected-- Physicians
iSent Into Tunnel Soldiers with
m rixed Bayonets Guard the Entrance
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb 16. Floyd Collins was found
dead at 2:45 this afternoon, it was officially announced
after rescuers had penetrated into what they believed'
was the original Sand Cave cavern where Collins was
caught - . ;
No medical examination was made, as it was impos-'
sible for a physician to reach the victim.
H. T. Carmichael was the first man to go to Collins.
He said that apparently he was dead. ' . "
The announcement of the finding of Collins ." was .
made by Dr. W. D. Funkhouser, geologist of the Uni
versity of Kentucky. ' i :
Preparations were made immediately, for Major
Moses and Captain rrancis, medical otticers of the 149th
infantry, Bowling Green, and Dr. William Hazlett, Chi
cago, to go to Collins. ;
FLEISdEllTO
Oil CAME BOARD
Pierce Makes Reappoint-!
ment Duby Retains
Highway Post
STATE HOUSE, Salem. Ore., Feb.
16. Governor Pierce today reap
pointed I. N. Fleischer of Portland
a member of the state game com
mission and reappointed Judge Wil
liam Duby of Baker as . a member
of the state highway commission.
Fleischner Is chairman of the
commission and his term expires
February 25. The term of Judge
Duby, who is chairman ot the high
way commission, "expires March 31. j
The other members of-the game
commission are James W. Maloney
of Pendleton;' Richard W. Prite of
'Portland; Harold Clifford of,
Prairie City and Ben Dorris of Eu
gene. With A. E. Burghduff of
Portland secretary and state game
warden. ' The other two members
of the highway commission are H.
B. VanDuser of Portland and Wade
H. M.ilone of Corvallls.
XOTK1) VETERAN- DIES
CHICAGO, Feb. 16. Addison G.
Proctor, last ot the delegates to the
republican coaventloa la Chicago In
1860 which nominated Abrah.im
Lincoln for the presidency, diej
here today at ihe age, of k7.
KEEP POSITlOw
M. H. De Young, Pioneer Newspaper
Publisher of San Francisco, . Dies
SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 16. M.
H. DeYoung, one of the last surviv
ors of the dwindling school of per
sonal Journalists i.t tho United
States, who built a great ne.vs-'
paper from a theatrical handbill he
started on' a borrowed $20 gold piece
in 1S6, died, here last night. He
wus' 75 years old. , . . .
His death was as sudden ns many
of the ovent8 In' his) spectacular
career which made him n. national
figure. Early last night he under
went an operation for Intestinal
trouble. Two hours Inter he wan
dead. . ) . i; -
Mr. DoYoung was a director of the
Associated Press for !S years. He
was 'the leading figure in tho mid
Published Daily at
KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
PRICE FIVE CENTS
No estimate was given as to how '
soon Collins cotild be extricated from
the natural rock vise which trapped
him January 30, .
When tho miners crashed through'
Into the pasage leading to CoIllns
H. J1. Carmichael, trescue director)
went down the. shaft Into the cave,
where he said lie saw Collins lying,
apparently dead. . He returned to
i the surface and announced the end
j of the struggle. ' ,
" ' llrollier Is Bravo
Homer Collins, who. made heroic
efforts to save his brother Floyd,
bore up well when Dr. Funkhouser
made the first announcement.'
''I have never really Tioped to see
Floyd alive after the first slide In
Sand Cave," Homer said to a news
paper man. . '
nomer uoinni, oroiner oi me ,
entombed man, was at the month
of the shaft. He had been there the
greater part of the day. , 1
j Kntranco tiunnled ,
Guards stood about the mouth of.
the shaft with bayonets fixed, and
there was little commotion on the
suna.e. An- omciai statement was
promised within a few minutes."
It u.ntt nMinrloH l.v a wnrlfmnn
Collins gave way. causing them to
reach him several hours before they
had expected. . ,
(Continued on page five) .
Slav EACH OTHER
LAUREL, Miis., Feb. 16.
Hugh and Llge Tandrum, 4
cousins, killed each other yes-
yesterday in a shot gun duel 4
that followed an argument
when a dog owned by Llge
ai'ackci' a sheep owned by
Hugh and Hugh killed the dog.
The turners lived In the
Crottsnio settlement. : '
winter exposition In San Francisco
in the nineties. He built the first
steel frame building In the west, tho
Old Chronicle. He rebuilt it after
the Sn Francisco fire, only to aban
don It for m hat William Randolph
Hearst was recently pleased to term
the most modorn newspaper plant In
the United Slates.
His benefactions to Ban Francisco
arc legion.. He leaves as a monu
ment to his fondness for the city
where ho spr.t his best days, the
DeYoung- Museum in Golden Gate
Park.- lie guvo himself and his
money without thought of return to
the development ot this museum In
order to gather one of the recognised
art collections of the world, .