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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
AID THE COMMUNITY
CHEST; IT DESERVES
YOUR WARM SUPPORT
Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Year Number 5(i!i)
KLAMATH FALLS; OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CREAMERY SAFE
IRE FACTS ON
ARE UNEARTHED
Schultz and Col well Ref jsc
to Talk, But are Said to
Have Seen Assault
VICTIM IS IMPROVING
Governor Reported to be In
vestigating Case; Urges
No Publicity on Affair
After being at death's
door for ten days, Frank
Pecholt, suffering from a
fractured .skull, today allow
ed decided improvement as
the result of an operation
performed yesterday after
noon by his physicians. Ac
cording to reports he stands
a good chance for complete
recovery from the terrific
blow on the head by some
unknown assailant.
Latest development in the
Pecholt case, is the report
from authentic source that
Bert Schultz and his com
panion, a man named Col
well, saw Pecholt struck
over the head with either a
sap or a revolver, a week
ago last Saturday night on
Spring street. Neither Col
well nor Schultz would
make a statement today.
Pierce Takes Hand
It is also reported that
Governor Pierce has been
informed of the matter and
has issued instructions that
no further information con
cerning the alleged attack
on Pecholt, be given out to
the public, until a further
investigation of the matter
be effected.
Colwell mid Schultz, It la ropart
cd, -wore driving down Spring Btrut
towurd Sixth Htroet. Their inten
tion wan attracted, it Ih suld, by it
man running down Spring Htroet
pursued by a ROcond mun. Tho sec
ond mun overtook llui first man,
which provod to bo Pocitolt; and
Htruck blm ovor tho head with tome
woupon.
Mailed by Cops
Colwoll and Schulu continued to
ward Spring street. Thoy woro
ovortukon by a enr which was park
ed on Spring stroot and which. If
lit iinld, contained Special Agent Colo
nnd McMllls. Thoy were brought
back lo whore Pecholt was lying, by
tho officers, 'and accused by tho
offlcors of having run Into Peoholt
with their car.
Investigation disclosod (hat thoro
woro four wltnossos to tlio alleged
ussault of Pecholt. Two of tho'o
wltnossos,' Wnlter Snlbley and Wil
liam WoHhlan, tuto that thoy saw
Pocholt utruck down by u mini pur
suing Pooholt. Tho otlior two, Col
woll and Schultz, uro iiIho reported
to havo soon tho blow,
Those Present
Thoro woro throe other mon on
tho scono of . tho 'tillogod attack.
Thoy woro Spoolal Stnlo A-gonJs
William Colo and W. H. McMllls
und a man numed Boyd, an under
cover man, Colo In a statoment
Jnauod a few minutes boforo his
departure for another part of tho
Btnto, declared positively Hint Pe
cholt hud stumbled In -an Intoxlcnt
od condltlun Into an automobllo
driven by Bert iSchults. McMllls
backs up Colo's slatemont and so
goes Bcyd,
PEGHOLT
ATTACK
Portland Hero
Branded Thief
By Policemen
Youth Who Captured
Bandit Arrested
Early Today
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 0, -tC)
Forest Drsdley, hero in the capture
(if l'.i'Klnuld Oboato, I" ycur old ban
dlt who hail bold policeman at bay
November 20, was early today nrrest
ed In the busciilcnl of the Cotillion
donee hull building and Jailed on n
herniary charge-
Ills wife. Anna, found by police
In a ear parked oiiinlde tin- Firestone
Tire company building, next door,
won Jailed on a similar charge.
The police charge tlradley hud
taken three tires from the shop and
was In the basement seeking more
w hen caught.
Farmhand Held
By Government
In Fraud Case
Polk County Youth
Sends Bad Check
For Goods
DALLAS, Oro., Doc. 8. OP)
Samuel Flock. 23, Is under arrest
hero hold for federal authorities on
a charge of using the malls to do
frsud, lie was taken Into cnt:dy
Bundsy by Sheriff T. 11. Hookor and
District Attorney Holgcrsju, at tho
peat office lit Independence when
he -appealed to set u package of
goods he had odrercd from a mull
order clothing homo of St. Louis.
Tho arrest resulted from Inves
tigation of n cheek for $00 which
Flock had sent with an order for
tho goods. Tho company became
Suspicious and on' Investigation was
reported to have found that there
mere no funds In tho bank to the
credit of tho name signed to tho
check. Tho company sent u dummy
package and requested officers to
arrest the person who called f ir lt.
Flock, who oamo mm Osage j
county. MiSSOttH, u few months SCO,
bad been working as a farm hand
for II. S. Porlwood. near Monmouth.
Officers reported finding in his
possession when urrested a letter to
a gun company of Itchlca, N, Y.,
ordering a gun, und enclosing a
chock f ir $99.65. FlSOk told the
officers Hint ho had been Induced j
to send this order by some friends.!
He suld be was ot meet them Tues
day nlgbt. The officers wont to the
reported rendezvous but the friends i
did not uppour.
Carload of Booze
Labeled as Spuds
Taken in Montana
(i 1115 AT FALLS, Mont., Doc. 9. -(P)
Authorities today seised u
freight cur loaded with liquors, hill
ed ns "potatoes." Tho cargo was
coverod with a layer of potatoes and
had been shipped from Kurefcu,
Montana, and consigned to the
Moadorvlllo Coal company at Butts.
The leisure was mado In the rail
road yards this morning.
Will Probe Report
of Jury Tampering
WHITE JPLAINS, N. Y Doc. 9.
(P) Tho Westchester county
grand Jury today wns directed to
conduot an Investigation to an al
leged attempt to lumper with tho
Jury which heard Luonnrd Kip
Rhlnolnndor's annulment suit against
his mulatto wlfo, Alice nentrlco
Jones.
TO INVESTIGATE
ACTION
OF
P
Woman Crushed to Death
Under Heavy Truck and
House is Dynamited
FEAR MORE TROUBLE
Open Shop Coal Operators
Near Pittsburgh Have
Trouble with Workers
1'ITTSlUmCH, Pa." Doc. 9. (VP)
Authorities of Allegheny and Wash
ington counties today are investi
gating two occnrr.encos In open shop
mining camps of the Pittsburgh Coal
company, ueir here, last nlgbt. one
of which resulted in a woman be
ing crushed to death under a truck,
anil the other un explosion which
wrocked tho dwelling of a miner.
In the latter Instance the miner and
bis family of five escaped unhurt.
Contradictory claims were put
forth by coul cumpany officials and
Sheriff 0. It. Woodslde of Allegh
eny count,', ou one side and the
United Mine Workers on tho other.
Ploughs Through Women
The truck ploughed Into a group
of persons, causing the death of
Mrs. Ueorgo Tlmko, 44, nnd the In
jury of unothor woman, a deputy
sheriff and the truck driver.
The contention of the mluo com
pany spokesman la that as tho com
missary truck neurcd a group of
persons gathered noar Montour
number 10 mluo at Library, the
driver wns attacked, stones being
hurled, ot the truck, one of -which
shnttorcd the windshield, causing
blm to lose control of tho vehicle.
Charges Hurled
P. T. Fugan, president ot district
number 5, ot the union, charged that
tho driver deliberately drovo Into
tho crowd while traveling nt u high'
rate of speed. Fagan also suld that
following tho accident deputy sher
iff sent from the mine throo quar
ters of u mile away fired "fifteen
or twenty shots and used tear -gas to
disperse the crowd."
IShorlff Woodsldo denied that his
deputies either discharged their
guns or used tear gas.
Tho explosion look place at Mid
land mlno, near Cunonsburg, Wash
ington county. Tho wrecked house,
a company statement sold, had been
occupied by the family ot a union
miner, who had not" been employed
at the mlno stneo It resumed opera
tions under tho 1917 wngo scale.
Malin Re-elects
City Councilmen
MALIN, Ore., Doc. 9. (Special
to Tho Herald.) -All throe of Mnlln's
city councilmen wero re-ulocted nt
the regular city election bore yester
day, while It. H. Stevenson defeated
It. (1. Jones, Incumbent, tor city
marshal.
For tho two-yenr term, F. C.
Klnbshun and A. Kallnn won out in
a field ot five candidates. Knllnn
polled III votes and Klahzuba I".
Ciher candidates for the two-year
terms woro James Worlow, 11. K.
llannon and Mrs. R. K. llnnnon.
For tbu one-year term. M. M,
Wondor, with IS votes, defeated F.
Hlubelt nnd Mrs. It. K. Hnnnou.
Thoro woro (1(1 votes enst out of a
registration of 82. Six voters were
out of the city and three reached
the polling booth too late to voto.
AT COMMUNITY. rjKBST
Parties wishing to get In touch
with headquarters of tho conunun
lly chost fund can roach Mrs. Vanco
at phono 883. Tho offices of the
chest fund are open In tho now
Smith building. ,
IBS
MINING
GAM
Count Ludwig
To File Suit
Against Wife
Millicent Rogers Is
"Heartless," He
Says
NBW YOflK, Doc. 9. UP) Haying
bis wife had been "heartless" In not j
letilng blm see their baby, Count
Ludwig Balm Von Hoogotraeten
plans to sue her for separation on j
the grounds of desertion. He seeks
"the protection of the American j
courts" and tho custody of the baby. I
His attorneys amiminc they nre j
drawing up papers lor thai salt.
At Palm Ileach, where the former
.Millicent Rogers wont with her ton
and her parents, Mr. inri Mrs. H. H.
Rogers. Just before her titled hus
band's arrival from Kurope a week
ago, the countess Srsj playing euros
and puffing u oiorior.iii.med cigar
etto when Informer of the suit.
She shrugged her shoulders, flip
ped ashes from her cigarette and
said :
"I luvo nothing to say."
Count Snlm was In his shirt sleeves
in his lawyer's office heading a pile
of letters when his statemect was
made public.
The statement said that on bis ar
rival In New YOtAt the count sen;
lils wife a telegram asking that he
be permitted to see the baby in New
York. The telogram said he regard
ed her conduct as heartless. Her
lawyers answered, he sets forth, that
it was necessary to keep the infant
In the south during the winter.
Purse Grabber
Is Successful
Miss Florence Murphy
Has Exciting Ex
perience Authorities are seeking a rough
ly dressed mon, who Monday night
snatched a purse from the hand of
Florence Murphy, stenographer at I
tho Nine Lumber company, as she
was walking down Esplanade to
ward Main street.
Miss Murphy, accompanied by
Miss Anita Schumacher, was walk
Ing down Esplanade, and had pro
ceeded to a point nearly opposite
tho -Klamath Superior laundry. It
was 8:30 o'clock. Suddenly a man
In overalls Jumped from the side
of the road, jerked tho purse from
.Miss Murphy ami amid tho cries for
help from tho two young women,
disappeared up Esplanade toward
tho irrigation ditch bridge.
Tho purse wis valued at approx
imately $10, hut there was no mon
ey in It. Constable Gary Cozad is
Investigating the case. .
To Mark Graves
of Unknown Dead
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. (IP)
1'pon 1682 white stone crosses, that
mark tho resting places of unknown
American army dead in Franco the
American government will chisel this
legend: "Hero rosts In honored
glory an American soldier known
but to God."
Tho epitaph was selected by thS
battlo monuments commission Head
ed by General Pershing.
Bank Robbers Take
Post Office Fundf
A1.11ANY, Ore., D,ec. 9. A
p&Vtlai check or valuables missing In
the robbery of the Shedd Bank early
'yesterday morning show that $5,000
in liberty bonds and $125 in cash
from n box containing post olfico
unds arc missing,
BLOWN
(MIDGE SAYS
EXPENSES WILL
HO RISE
Annual Budget Message is
Given to Both Branches
of Congress Today
ESTIMATES ARE GIVEN
Outlook for Coming Fiscal
Year is Most Favorable,
Says Executive
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (By The
Associated Press.) President Cool
idge informed congress in bis annual
budget message today that the mini
mum cost of running the government,
had been about reached, and that
the normal expansion of a growing
nation would henceforth involve ad
ded expenditure to keep the govern
ment machinery in motion.
The budget estimates, transmitted
with the message, reflected th'e con
tinuing efforts at economy, Mr. Cool
idgc said, adding that on the basis
of the calculations a surplus of some
$330,307,000 was indicated for the
fiscal year. 1927. He xepects a sur
plus of $202, 041. TBS for the year
ending next June 30 although a year
ago it was estimated that the sur
plus this year would exceed $373,
000,000.
To Keiluce Taxes
The executive made a formal re
commendation for reduction of the
taxes; suggested a necessity for keep
ing the airplane industry alive as
well ns replenishing the refitting the
government air service equipment
and developing an "orderly policy"
In the air; and declared that "every
available resource of the government
will be employed in prohibition en
forcement." He thought the total
estimates of $42,147,000 for the com
bined air services should accomplish
the ends sought.
Concerning the tax bill, already
drawn by the house ways and means
committee, the president said it had
gone somewhat further than his judg
ment dictated with respect to the
amounts and exemptions but he did
praise the non-partisan character of
tho work done nnd urged that the
same spirit be carried through in
(Continued on Page Severn
Runaway Youth
Will Go Home
Loses Necklace at
Fashionable Home
MEDFORD, Ore., Dec. 9.--Richard
Dunn. Jr., 13, whose story of
criminal adventures in southern
Oregon and California, resulted
Tuesday in the conviction of Harry
MeKlroy, 26, his alleged coach in
till robberies, will be returned to
his parents at Oakland, according
to a decision reached late Tuesday
by the juvonilu authorities. His
father, Richard Dunn.- Sr . a sheet
metal worker, is hero to take his
son home, as soon as the remaining
indictment against MeElroy is dis posed
of. The lad's mother is un-,
der a nurse's care in Oakland, ue-j
COrdlng to the lather.
Woman Officer in
Russian Army Dies
MOSCOW, Dec. 9. Russia's
famous woman cavalry captain,
Nudczslula Iladonnnya, wife of Gen
eral nudennaya, commander in chief
ot tho rod cavalry died today. The
causo is not clenrly known and one
newspaper -ascribed it to "a tragic
Incident, "
STAR
All Proceeds
At Natatorium
Go To Charity
M. A. Mann Does His
Part For Kiddies
Fund
Go down to the Hot Spriiiganata
torlum this evening and enjoy a
good, health-giving plunge in the
warm mineral water. You'll feel
a lot better physically, and a lot
better menially, when you know
that the small cost of the plunge
will go direct to the Evening Her
ald's Kiddies' Christmas fund.
The Evening Herald has undertak
en the job of providing toys for all
the youngsters of the city. The
Community Chest will be unable to
take care of the youngsters in the
matter of tOys, and welcomes this
work on the part of the Herald.
The fund now has a total of $7 3.
More than $100 is needed, ir the
poor youngsters of Klamath Falls
are' to be made happy on Christmas
morning. M. A. Mann, owner of the
natatoriunir wants to do his part on
behalf of the kiddies, so every
cont taken in tonight will go to this
fund.
He's helping a worthy cause. Do
your part and spend an hour at
the natatorium this evening. It'll
do you oo'fl and help the unfortu
nate tots of the cfty.
CHEST BOXES TO
BE ESTABLISHED
IN CITY STORES
Perhaps someone in the city has
a bedstead and mattress for which
they have no use. and if such is tho
case there is a needy family in
Klamath Falls which is in dire need
of it-. This was the word from the
headquarters of the Community
Chest Fund in the new Smith build
ing today.
About December 18th the Boy
Scouts will start a canvass of the
city, picking up clothing which fam
ilies are donating to the worthy
cause.
Chest Fund boxes will be placed
in Moe's store. Star Drug, Under
wood's, tho Klamath Klothing Kom
pany, tho Mecca Pool Hall, Tho
Pastime, the Waldorf, McDonald's,
The Eagle Pool Room, and the Gold
en Rule.
Canned goods will be welcomed
by headquarters and it is hoped that
anyone knowing ot worthy families
in need will get in touch with the
local office at phone SS3 where
Mrs. Vance will be all through the
day. These cases should be report
ed before the twenty-second, because
It will be too late to serve them
tor Christmas after this date.
Tho following have been named
on the committees: Soliciting M.
Savidge, .chairman; E. W. Vannlce.
O. M. Hector, Percy Evans, George
Lindley, A. M. Collier, W. M. Monte
lius. W. YV. McNealy.
The Investigating committee in
cludes Miss Lydia Fricke, chairman.
Miss McClellnn, Mrs. Hert Hawkins,
Mrs. John C. Boyle and Mrs. ..
Powell.
Two Are Dead and
' Others Injured in
Spectacular Fire
, .CHICAGO. Dec. 9. Mrs. Vivian
Rodriguez was Stiff oca ted, a man
was fatally burned and four other
persons, including a woman, were
seriously injured and five others
less badly hurt In a spectacular fir?
that destroyed a West side Mexican
lodging house last night.
Those probably fatally hurt were
burned or suffered broken bono
lu leaps from windows.
KIPI.IMJ l.Vt HANGED
BURWASH, England, Dec. 9.
(tf) Rudyard Kipling's condition
was unchanged this inonilug.
OPEN
OP EXPERT
YEGGS GET M
S
Robbers Find Only $10.85
After They do Good Job
on Strong Box
NO CLUES UNEARTHED
Officers Declare work to
Have Been done by Pro
fessional Boxmen
A large and durable safe
of the City Creamery, 202
Spring street, was blown
open some time last night by
yeggs, and yielded but
$10.85. The safe-crackers
made good their escape, and
so far as police can ascer
tain no person saw them en
ter the building or heard
the explosion of the safe.
It was a job of profession
al safe crackers, officers ad
judged this morning after a
brief examination. No trace
of a finger print on the safe
was detected bv a imver
j print expert who was on the
scene ot the crime shortly
alter it was discovered.
A Total Wreck
The safe, valued at between $125
and $150, was a total wreck. Tile
door was blown off and twisted out
of shape. Little of the contents Of
the safe, records and books, were '
destroyed. The small -amount of
cash was kept ia a drawer in the
interior of tho safe.
The yeggs entered the Creamery
through a rear window, passed
through the rear rooms Into the
front part of the store and entered
the front office. They then pro
ceeded to prepare for the blowing
of the safe. With soap, crushed
Into a putty-like consistency, they
filled in the' cracks of tho safe door,
leaving only one corner open. With
the putty-like soap they formed a
funnel and inserted It into tho one
remaining crack. Making a hole
through tho funnel, the yeggs potir
(Contfiiucd on Pago Six)
S. P. Is Allowed
To Adjust Rates
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. (JP)
The Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany was authorized by the Inter
state Commerce Commission today
to fix rates on autos moving from
San Francisco Day points to Port
land, Ore., on tho basis of 12 5 pev
cent of the rates maintained by tho
steamship lines for the same ser
vice. At tho same time the rail
road was permitted to maintain
higher rates for automobiles to lnlerr
mediate points on the same line.
Youth Near Death
in Skidding Auto
SALEM, Ore. Dec. 9.- I-clati'.!
Carl, 10. of Hubbard, suffered in
juries that may provo fatal shortly
before 10 o'clock this morulng when
a light roadster he was driving skid
ded from the pavomont, turned com
pletely ovor in the ditch and then
righted Itself.
The accident occurred on the Pa
cific highway near Hubbard. Tho
boy was rushed to -a Salem hospital,
whore examination showed that his
chest was badly crushed.
BOUNDARY IS APPROVED
BELFAST. Deq. 9. (IP) Until
houses of the Ulster parliament
today unanimously approved tho
Irish boundary agreement.
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