t'iilirrll)' l.lhi'iM'y Kligemt, (isegim BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS' CAN GIVE YOU BETTER, BARGAINS - Published Daily at r KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening", Associated Press Leaced Wire Seventeenth Year No. 6475 KLAMATH FALLS OREGONATURDAYrMARCH 21, 1925 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS Uncensored Observations TIIK I.OCOKI) I K),l.i:il ' Interest In ,lhn l.ooood Pallor, u protnlnmil pari of Unconsored Oh ssrvatlons has not flagged lit , tlio - least, unci with ToJuy'n Question comes tho snswor of inuny who, spent the evening wltnoaslng tlio moan styles put on by Kluinmli Kails .tusrehanta at lli Fashion Hhow last nlKht.. Them wore thoiio who mood ob .mahogany tables, and thoro wors those who mood on other people's . tors, craning their nocks to oo the falrosl of tho fair of KUmmh Falls displaying tholr pulchritude and manly forms. , TODAY'H QUESTION What did. you think of ths Btylo BbowJ , , TODAY'S ANSWERS Percy Murray What I saw of It was Inoomparablo to tlio fashions of Paris I ' James Magulre Jr. Tho models wsre exceptionally lovely! . Tom Delsoll -Who Raid tho wom en, ot Klamath FUlla needed a gym Bsslum. Lynn Rabin The chamber of commerco couldn't have dons bolter. 'Klamath Falls h long versed on ths border of being known as a city .but shs still retains a number of her most delightful rural qualities as was veraed In the pest wllb ths frog pstch rrhero croak couVI be beard on any clear night on tho vacant lot corner of Main and Eighth streets. Out with the advent of summer, (another spring story)' the loggers that Come In to spend tho weekend, find' a nlco lounging spot on tho curbing of tho Contrt) cliool on Main street, who re they congregate ' with their' pals and purps and runs and discuss etvla problems, Includ ing ths fluid Of k recrea'tlon hnll for tho anwarklng). 'presidents oro manto and Congress torn to pieces In the ooursa of a morning's conversation, rello loft Klamath Fall, a town . merging Into a city. ' . V. D, Miller, Klamath Foils con tractor, but known to his many friends as tho "Oregon llnrnoy Old field" was Just about ready to pass out yesterday and lot go of nil tlilea! Wlllnrd Smith And Wlll.irJ Mlllor made trip .out In the country and whllo in thtlr meandering stopped for 15 minutes at Ad nine Point to look at some construction work Coming back to the car of Miller the Bpoed Demon they hopped In and an old hen, (not tho human variety) hopped out!' Upon careful Inspec tion Miller foun.1 a still worm cue In the sest of ths car. Insulted and an added Injury, for to think that a mors boa would chooso It's speed boat as a qulot, comfortable placs.to lay an egg. According to Mlllor, It's not always appourances that count. ,- . . ' Did you evor hear of tb story of ths-man that found a five dollar gold piece when he was a lad, and kept looking down all of his llfo on ths ground to find moro of thorn? Ifut what would you do ir you wore unpacking a lovely .' lot of aprltig dreisos, and there, 1n the fold of one of them, lay a shining sllvor half dollar! Cloldle Miller was doing tho unpacking but George M. llnrth, an nouncer ot the stylo thaw Inst night' and criterion of fashions was there also and CloldlO was forced to split tbe dlfforonce With a "large coke And now Ooorge Is Bonding tho girls about other work and rio'nx nil tho unpacking hlmsolf. , ; . , I ' - ' ' Leslie Congo has lHUo use for tho hotel accommodations In tlio county jail It appears, Congo Is whittling .away 80 days In Jail following his conviction! on a chargo of possession ot liquor, Congo has rnlsod n line and icry for shoots, sotting forth that In the Intorost bf public honltli that , shoots nro necessary. ; After puncturing tlio atmosphere with his Ideas for somo time, Congo relapsed long .onoilgh to hoar n remark from . his auditor to tho of foot: -.."Say, whore do you think you are any wny, In a IiotoM" . '' '! ' "THEM CM KM) OLD DAYH" VICTORIA, 11. Q March 21. peor-by-tho-gliins Is to bo sold In Vancouver,' II. C. ngaln, starting tomorrow with tho opening of 18 hotnl boor hnrs 4 undor a now liquor law. c Horo- toforo boor was sold In 'bottles only,' to persons holding prov- Inclnl liquor permits, H MMMt COAL FAMINE IN II II BE SERIOUS Authorities Fear That Diph theria Epidemic May Be Started Again ' NOMK, Alaska, Murcb 21- Nome van threstoned with two crises to day a coal famine and ahrontonod rennwul ot a dlphthorlit cpldem'c which took. a toll of six liven from Iho time of tlifl outbreak In tho mlJ dlo of January to ths lifting of tho quarantine a month ago. Tho city council purchased fifty tons of coal, tho lust of the spare fuol la town, fron the United Htutc Signal Corps Radio station yesterday and oppor tloiied It In one to six sacks. This has to lust until Juno wboa ths next coal ship arrives. Sudden -prosper ity of the natives, who purchased coal from the proceeds of their rich fox catches, snd failure ot the coal ship Apollo, due to storms, to arrive Inst fall caused tho shortage. Tho nonrost forest is 70 miles Inland with no trails conectiug It. All beach wood for 30 miles up snd down tbe coast has been exhausted. ' A wblto child, tho daughter of Korman Bccausky. formerly of Beal tlo, was the diphtheria patient re ported yesterday. - Nearly all tho Noma diphtheria patients have re covered. . Dr. Curtis Welch, sole physician of Nome, on receiving word of a ore throat epidemic and possible diphtheria cases amcng residents of Uuckland river, sent a shipment of antl-tox:n by dog team. Nearly 2500 People Enjoy Fashion Show at Annual r Automobile Exhibit Mar, than 400 persons' wero guests of tho American ' Legion automobllo show and fashion exhibit last evening in tho now 'Johnaon garago whvn merchants In tho city cooporated with tho lclonr In put ling on one of the cloveresi snd mst Unique stylo shows ot tho city. Ilarry llorol, through tho courimy of his Llttlo Symphony orchestra, provided the' music for the evening and to tho atralns ot , their Soft tonod Instruments tie modols por trayed the most dollghtful of after noon and evening frocks. Especial ly Interesting aero the modols from the K. Sugarman and K. K. K. stores, wearing tbo latest creations In men's wear, both for afreet and sport. Miss 8ally Moore wore the In itial croitlon from Hector's In a "Prince of Wales" 'coif? 'that fig ured strongly In the fashion stew, An cnaomblo suit of exceptional' In terest was that worn by Atlas Har riott Sugarman, .who was frocke.l exceptionally. wol. Miss Loin Ogle was ftttrn:tlvo In a suit ot natural kasha cloth, ono of tbo best ma terials for the spring season. Miss Uornico Hector was boautlful tu a satin ' crepe nftornonn frock com pleting tho showing ot Hector's which delighted many. iM,oe's. store added to tho show ing ot women's frocks and models of fashion with .Mrs. lon Jester wearing an , afternoon frock of crepe do chlno print wlti'.t an ox qulslto ermine throw. An ensemble stilt that stood cut In tho memory ot thosa that- wltnosnod the show was worn by MIhs Inox Jenkins of do , blue, w'ho also woro a hut of hlondo tullo from Miss Oortrudo's Ml.m Klalna (Thompson was lovoly in n sliadod yollow ovenlng frock, exquisitely 'bended, alio nlso wore A straight line cont iwith a touch ot fur about tho noi'k, Mrs. Oenrgo north . wore a . tun ensomble, an outstanding, foaturo ot tlho spring rnshlons. Miss Joan McDonald win one ot tho prottlest of tho modols, wearing a clovnr costumo ot Upstlvk crppo do chliio and navy blue with a matching hat. Sybil tlramhor w:i howllchlng" In a frock, nf poudre blue nnd'(a Jaquotto ot nttrnctlvo fur. In a c.liarmoon cent Mm Fnnulo Stoops was prosontod. In tho newest shade of brlokdust. , Miss Holon Abbey iworo on Imported frock Of lunvln greon flat cropo of striking , , (Continued On Tiigo Vivo) FASHION SHOW ATTRACTS IN! Shevlin-Hixon Chief Uncommunicative Plans of If the Shevlin-HIxon company is planning an immedi ate entry into the Klamath white pine belt, its general manager, Thoma3 McCann hasn't been apprised of it yet. At least, that is what he told The Evening Herald over long-dietance telephone from McCloud, Cal., this after noon. . The generalissimo of the big Bend timber operators denied wire ,reports that 3. conference; of high officials of the comapny is being held at McCloud relative to the Klamath situation. He said that his company has no information of any kind as to when it can be expected to start its Klamath operations. Meanwhile, local lumber operators are; smiling, and so far but one explanation has been given for all this pecrecv concerning the projected Shevlin-Hixon opera tions. That is that the company is waiting as long as possible to determine what the Hill lines may or may not do regarding their plans for Oiaer lO-gain every pussiuie and other locations for their Rescue Work at Fairmount, ,W. Vit Going Oh Men . May, Be Alive FAirtMONT.rW. tV,. MarcU.ai hescuo work at the wrecked shaft of mlno nuniber 41' of tho Bothlebom Mines Corporation at Darrackvlllo was apestlod up this morning In the hopo that 22 of the 33 mlno work men Imprisoned by an explosion; last Tuesday might still be alive. Eleven bodies had been found by six o'clock. William Berry, a rescue foreman for tbo mines organisation upon emerging from the shaft said that ho ftad penetrated ono ot Its arma for a distance ot 400 feet and had fouud that tho torco of tho blast hud not reached that far, It Is bolloved that S3 ot tbe Imprisoned miners are In that srw. and since all are seasoned mine workers, Borry believed, he said,' that, they "might have escaped tho bltst . and barricaded theoi selvoi against gas and other dangers which followed. However, .William Wrlngman, a votoras h Inspector tor tho Virginia department pf mines, ontered tho shaft alter Berry's announcement and penotratod It, he said for 2000 feet He expressed doubt upon em erging, that ady ot the Imprisoned men being still alive. i Mlno officials said today that a chock revealed that only 33 minors were cki . """ 34 aa was ai ursi oonuveu. MRS. P. E. BURKE STEADILY SINKING .... .l TI.imImh u-IIm nf m UM.lt ELEVEN BODIES PHONE SYSTEM TAKEN FROM IS EXPANDING . nnn imiir r- , ' ' ' , ,,,,, Cuyama In Soaltlo harbor last Aug known Insurnnco mnn.of Klnniatlt ' . . ... All., I critically I nt tho Klnm- UBt to c0I"d,8 wh h ath Valley hospital, and at thrcn none under when a ship's boat cap o'clock tills afternoon no' liopo was;", ' . ... '' , , ,, . . .. ..,, Casimlr J. Oarbmskl, seaman, of hold for her recovery. Mrs. Burko ! ' ' ,!, ,, ... . j.i. ... ... Newark, N. J. swam from tho de- boenme 111 ln week with Influcnsii j . ,.i,.i.i . ,v ... r , , . . , . . , stroyer Balnbridge to the rescue ot which developed pneumonic svmp- (... . u, , , ton,.. Lt night she gnvo birth to P ""td a child and since that time hns boon whlch hai craal"d' , HiiiklnR Steadily. Reports from tho , ' -. op hospital wcro (llscourmtliiR. HiLI- 13 r KttU Ur ' . . ' , MURDER, SUSPICION Mr. Robert Strahorh ,Sll8plcIon8 agaJiaT o." R." mu of It Buried at Spokane j having - murdered; Fred Smith at V i , Wood on October SS last, woro dls- . SPOItANlO, sh March 21. , polled yesterday attornoon. at Chllo Tho funernl of Mrs. Carrie Adell quln following an Investigation by Strahorn, Vlfo ot Robert Strnhorn, I authorities ot Yjroku, California, railroad hlill'dor of tho wont, wna j who In .chocking UP on statomonts hold hi' tha rlrst Presbytorinn church hero this , nflornoon. Ilov. W, J. Iloone, president Of tho colleso ot Idaho at Caldwell, officiated, and In torment was mado horo. Mr. Hoouo remnrkcit on Mra. Strnhnrn'a dopnr turo froth Chicago nftor hor mnr rlngo to noenmpnny lior husband on his JoHrrio"s through tho wilds ot tho early west, famd' told ot hor having orgnnlxod. at tho frontlor sottlomont ot Caldwol In 1887, an undenomina tional church, on His Concern an east to west railroad, in m vantage aa.wj umi oiio extensive operations here. Further Construction in City , to Start Soon, Man- . ager Reports .Further construction In this city by. the Fpcltlo Telephone and Tele graph .company ' will be started la ,the near future, according to F. R. Durtn. lsfriil. manaen; The now ad' dltlons are made necessary on ac count ot tho rapid growth experienc ed. In Klamath Folia during the lost two yoirs; The', work will cocslst ot placing underground conduits In tbe down town district near the company's centrah office, and many cable ex tension Will ba made throughoct var ious districts, ot ths city. At pre sent, in some districts of ths city the company's plsnt Is so congested that new Installations cunnot be mads 'wtthout imuch rearrangement ot Dlanl ., lt i8 Imneratlvo that these extensions be provided If tbe tele phone business Is to expand with the development of the city. 'The pre sent program. In addition to the new underground plant, provides for tho Installation ot more than four miles of nw cable, ranging In siie from E0 pair to 200 pair, with a totttl ot 9(r. mlle, of CODDer wire. Oregon Man Awarded . Life Saving Medal by Secretary Wilbur WAfilT.rVfVPfW- Msrrh Sl.ifioC- re(arjr w,bur hM.. awarded lver life saving medals to three of the for tho reni. of com rades from death 'by drowning. Two of them, Lester R. Crofter, foremen, The ' Dalles, Oregon, and John H. Dolan, machinists mate, Jersey City, ' N. J Jumped from the U. S. S. mado by- Hill following hla arrest found that on Iho ulay of tho murdor ho was working tor tho Chlloo.uln Lumber company, according to Sher iff Ilnwklns. ! - ' Inasmuch as Hill's alibi has prov ed to bo authentic,! It la oxpoctod that tho accused man will bo troed today. The party ijrom Yrokiu In cluded Sheriff A. S. Cnlklna of Siski you county, ChRrlos K. Johnson, dis trict attorney and n.vP. MncMurray, court reporter. i OF Relief Workers Doing All Possible Outside Aid Given CKICAfiO, March 21. The storm swept territory of the Ohio valley to day continued tbe tragic tuk ot burying its dead, while relief work era completed the duty of bringing order out of chaos and plans for re habilitation were advanced. Funerals of some of tbe victims of Wednesday's storm, were held yester day, but most of the burials were arranged for today and Saniday, with memorial services to be held later. In -towns where tbe loss of life was heaviest community funerals were planned, with burial In one long grave. Work Wcfl Organized ' Reports from tbe destroyed dis tricts said that relief work' waa well rgnlted snd today a flood of ma terial eact'nued to pour In for suf ferer! In the greatest tornado of America's history. , A few Isolated cases of looting came to light, but generally there was no disorder. At West Frank fort a man omght taking a r'ng from a woman's finger waa slain by a police officer. ', - Business generally wa at a stand still but with tbe work or clearing debrla from demolished districts pro ceeding rapidly commercial activities In some communities were expected to he resumed next weok. The maid street of Murphysboro was cleared yesterday. , . . . Over 800 Dead ' iRecheck of casualty lists early to day Indicated that the death count was slightly more tbran 800: '- Addi tions to the deaths In some towns and -subtraction of .duplications left the figures at 809 dead, 1,9 18. maim ed. ' . . .-. ' . The ..toll at -Murphysboro rose to 201 with tbe finding of 11 additional bodies while ' belated reports from rural districts made further addi tions,, but -In- other places original estimates were ' reduced as final checks ..were made. No radical change was anticipated as checked lists, ot Identified dead contained 550 tames. The Rod Cross at St.: Louis Issued an appeal for all alght seers to re main away from the storm area, stating that every available building was taxed to capacity already In car ing tor the Injured end homeless. . . Funerals Held Funerals of Parruih, Illinois vic tims were held In adjacent towns as nearly all ot the town's 250 Inhab't ants were killed or Injured and' the handful ot survivors moved to homes ot neighbors outside the tornado dis trict. At Gorham. which first felt the elemental blow In Illinois, 13 funerals were held yesterday. The total casualty may never be known as records were not kept. - Many of the victims were removed to their towns. Twenty-two dead were known to be In St. Louis alone. In the wilderness that Is Murphys boro - where 1,000 residences once stood, search for-additional bodies wus continued.- Ot 700 injured, 800 were said to he in- a serious condi tion.. Medicine, clothing and food was arriving by the carload. MURPHYSBORO. Ills., March 21. "Murphysboro will rebuild." It was one ot tha heaviest losers as a result ot the tornado, who Issued (Continued On Page Five) CUBANS ARE WOUNDED Havana Pollco Ftro on Students Who Stago Big Political . . i Demonstration - HAVANA. March 21. Several iwere wounded by bullets when po lice dispersed sevoral hundred stu dents who had gathered in front of tho presidential pala'ce. at noon to day. ;. : ;rir ; ' The students, police said, were protesting against arrest of three students who had been ' charged with amnesty against the Hay-Ques-ada treaty celebration lost Wednes day. -' .: ' ' .,. " .. ANOTHKH (X).VKy8 ARMY ' CALGARY, Albertai March 21.--Ono hundred and twenty-three men loft horo today On a march to Ed monton to demand, relief from un employment and Us results, TOAGC WORK Hill Lines Official Amasses Statistics On Klamath Tonnage . m ..(' i. ... J. J. Hoyder, General Railroad, Spends Week in County Gathering Data on Industries for the I. C. C. Hearing on March 27. Foundation of the case which the, Hill lines will lay' before the interstate commerce commission March ' 27 supporting their plans to extend the Oregon Trunk rail road south from Bend to Klamath Falls, was laid this week in Klamath county by a representative of the north ern lines who was hereto gather data on present and po? tential tonnage available in the Klamath country. : . J. J. Hoyder, general agent for the Oregon Trunk rail road, the Oregon Electric railroad and the S. P. & S. rail road, all of which are included in the Great Northern lines system, is in Klamath county in the interests of his ' company. During the past few days he has been quietly at work in Klamath Falls and adjacent country ! procuring data from various sources on Klamath tonnage. Interested in Agriculture ; Mr. Hoyder's investigations have- not been confined! to timber. He has been devoting much of his time to an; YOUTH IMPROVES OLD SNAKE JOKE; POLICE ENVIOUS PORTLAND, Ore., March . SI. Genius descended and-, denly . on fe-yoar-ol J , Karl Stornis, ; 622 Kenllnrorth ayev one. ' ' "V i.1; ' ' , , Earl thought of a new one.. , 1 - He - did - . something" -' that shows . the race . la' odvanclng- i slowly toward bigger ted bet-. ' tor -things.-: '': ' , Instead ;ot ' chasing . girls with a single garter snake on . a stick,, as his forefathers , would have done. Earl put -twenty-nine garter snakes in . a glass Jar,, then tossed it through, a window to smash on the. concrete floor ot the : . girls' room at Hosford school.' ! j I I I I . . IVincipal H. W. Ager rc-" grctted that he could not act directly In Earl's case, but, as the lad was not a student nt , the school, he had to turn him over to the police for juvenile court, action. He'n probably get off, how- ' ever, asnost of the policemen , are more concerned with the problem of why " they didnt think of that one themselves Vcben young than with seeing: a youngster with . such marked originality punished. MRS. C O. PRENTICE DIES OF PNEUMONIA AT LOCAL HOSPITAL Death came last night to Mrs. Alma Prentice, aged 32 years. 1645 Menlo Wliy, after an Illness ot a week with pneumonic Influenza. Mrs. Prentice died at a local hospital where sho was taken after pneumonic- complications had developed hi a light attack of Influenza. She was the wife of Dr. C. Ot Prentice, local veterinarian.; , Mrs. Prentice has been a resident ot Klamath Falls for 16 years. Be sides her husband she Is survived by two children, Barbara, aged four and Donell, aged three; five sisters, Mrs. Walter Rlgney ncd Mrs. C. AV. Kaler ot Klamath Falls, Mrs. A. D. Reed Ot Roseburg, Miss Myrtle Jones of Portland and Miss Alice Jones ot Santa Anna, California; three broth ers, Arthur Jones of Klamath Falls, Robert Jones of Paisley and Leonard Jones ot Paisley; and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Jones ot Paisley. Funeral services will be held next Monday efternoon at 2 o'clock at Whltlock's Mortuary. The Rev. T. D. Ynrnes, pastor of thoMethodlst Epis copal church -will officiate nt the services. Interment iWill bo In Link vlllo cemetery. V . ,' , ,' , : ' EARTH TREMOR FELT QUEBEC, March 21. An Intense earthquake shock was' felt here this morning. Houses were shaken but no serious damage or fatalities wore reported. , Agent for O. T. L. investigation ot the agricultural and livestock resources of . tha county and' has consulted authort ties on tbe possible development la this field. - ' i ; ? ' Early this (week' directors of tha Klamath Irrigation district .escorted Mr.- Hoyder no . the Merrill' and . ''. 'JIalln country whero ths . railroad J representative wfti given .tin opporj . tunity to' see for jilmself the lm-;.. mense tonnage t'jac wonid pjur out - bf that ecet.on ih evant-Oi the con' traction of a.. railroad' luto- the 1 soutaera ! Klamath bastu country! That the rill oftktul dosirect to . elude the sosthtiru Klamarh country in his fact find. ng expedition is bjild by authorities to bode well f.-r future of thai- country, v -: ;i It Is known that when J. 'l. Jacob and R. E. Drudbury. directors) Ot the Klamato Irrlgutiou ifbtrl;!, Iwere In Portland recently, that they I appeared' by request' before tho' board ot directors ot the rallroaV' and . were: interrogated concerning tonnage potentialities In tie Klam ath basin country. Upon the return ot . the directors Is this . city up-; polntment is-a Immediately mads of a railroad committee . which , la. gatiaering - necessary statistic on agricultural tonnage to present to. railroads Interested in building intor the Klamath country. . Hearing Important ' Tha hearing before ths aater'-' state commerce commission will be. . ' to determine wiiethsr Or not the. -' commission will allow construction, of a railroad south from Band id Klamath' Falls, and It the extension ' ' is sanctioned, whether dr not the commission will sanction the plev of the northern lines tot 'common; -user over tbe Soutierd Pacific lines from Odell. south to Klamath Falls.: That the Southern pacific will. -fight every move ot the Hill lines ' Is a foregone conclusion and 1 ' already evidenced by their refusal to grant common user. Opinion has. ' been expressed- In lcal .business- ' circles that the controversy be&A'eea the two big railroad s sterna will, develop into a legal tight that will; hold up rati construction lor yeara to come. ; , ' ::; ;.!'' . Would Build' Own Line :: i The Hill lines have at various: times during the past two month.),' Indicated that lt common user ,1a' denied them, they will build a Una? ot their own from Bend to Klam ath Falls. One report was to tbe ef- feet that the northern lines would. It their hand was forced, . build a railroad south from Bend along the ; eastern border of the Klamath tim ber belt and ' Into Klamath 'Falls. ' Judge Charles' H. ' Carey', lbgat rep- resentative of 'the Nortaern Pa'clflq ; later denied that anything definite concerning an alternative;! It the S. P. refused common user, had been . decided upon. ,;));'-?' ; . .Another move hold bo b. material In the glgantle game ot railroad oheas played for the Klamath coun try, ws the petition by Ue N. C,' & O. railroad said to b controller by the Southern Pacific eJmpVny-v for a rehearing .before the Inter. (Continued on I'sge otven) ''