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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empiro Awakening"
Eighteenth Year-Number
BRIEFS FILED
THE
KLAMATH
UPLIFTER
Published
'I'IUmIiiw l hill 'I.: IIUll Hill III llll.
flu illation . I'uur
Kdllor Tin- Hum.'
HERE IT IS
Here's tho hlit chnmmus Boosts!
of tho Klamiilli I'pllfvr. It luo
u hard Jul), but wall worth
the offort berausti of thu hiKtt mur
al standing whli-li Dili grout fumtly
nnwspupcr holda In thin commun
ity. Wo'ro tired today, and thirsty.
100. We hum Hint llio Uplift (tub,
pontora of ih In high-minded jour
nal of rlshteousiWM, -Kill pltiano laic
notice and run u mooting tonight .it
thn usual plarn und Willi tho usual
results, Horc'i looklli' ui y u!
hVoop No. I
At Kront pcinimnl rink', I hi' Hlnff
photographer "( the I'plirer obtain
ml Mil eacltMlvtt phoiojpnph uf
Johnny Boyle, division Homager of
Oh- power t-onr.niny. Johnny. n the
picture shown, Ik blhoifiilly asleep.
Tlw busybody in the doorway li
Old Iodr t'uprn, irbo'l t-IHn 'lop'
Mi-mi to hang johnny's Chrlatmns
Ktrt on Hie in .'. Ami tlx- i;in which
Mrs. Cnpeo nnd 'l'p' Mend nro
going to K'r Johnny'.' II'" Jut n
Hull- Icttrr fi-oni Editor Murru),
in.tir.ilii;; Johnny Hint theroll be
no more nnll'poiu-r OOtXipjUiy iili
torlnla during the eomlng yi-nr.
Note: t'nnn-rn out or focus. Pic
ture shows only Johnny.
Scoop No. 2
Of course, you can all
guess the name of the young
man in this Uplifter picture
above. It's our promising
get the word friend, Bob
Strahorn, who's asking 'Pa'
Klamath for a nice little
choo-choo train. 'Pa' Klam
ath and Santa Claus gave
Bobbie a nice little $300,
000 train and track several
years ago, but he's outgrown
it and now wants one that
will ( run. The question
mark' immediately north of
'Pa' Klamath's fringe of hair
was put there by the artist
because he didn't have room
or the heart to tell Bobbie
the bitter truth. But what
the Old Man meant to say
was1
"There ain't no Santa
Claus."
TODAY'S KI'ITApH
Mora llos tho body
Of John J. Fife j
Ho plnyod Santa
Tb nnothur mini's wlfo.
HYMN OP HATH
A guy I bate
In Simla C;
Ho mnkos n hobo
Out o' mo.
(?) V. KM CHOO-
.(Continued mi Vage Two)
G7(M
SCHOOLS WILL
OPEN DEC. 28
Civic Clubs Cancel Propect
ed Meetings to Keep
Risk Down
USE SAFETY MEASURES
Director Take Step in Ef
fort to Keep Infection
Hazard at Minimum
All primary schools in
Klamath Falls were offici
ally closed today until De
cember 28. Klamath Coun
ty high school was closed
today and will resume ses
sion on December 28.
CotmbOf of romm-Tri- forum
linebeona wen suspended thiu noon
until further noiio-.
Slops wire being taken today to
DOftpopo weekly luncheon of Klam
ath KnllH Civic clubs for several
weeks.
These tiro tho lutot-t moves tiikou
by nn nlurmi-d populni'o to alavo off
tho onuliiuKhlH of nri epidemic of
aplunl meningitis which has struck
tho town.
Action to clono tho prlmury
school of tin' city wuk taken thl
morning at it :: o'clock at n
special mooting of tho city school
board. Tbn bourd deemed thu sit
uation sufficiently serinim lo closu
tho schools, i Instead of tho ono
week vucatlon period from Decern
bor 24 to January 4, which wns
planned, tho schools win to dis-
missed for two weks. Em-tor vaca
tion will bo ellmiiiutod next sprlnK
In order Ihnt the city schools will
close tho ncliool year on scheduled
time.
An hour Inter, the Klamath conn
(('mii mi. ., On Page Knur)
llll C01PANY
AGAIN SEEKING
STREETJLOSINC
Attempts to Put Over Reso
lustion; Third Street to
be Point at Issue
DECISION
NOW
Third street , from Klamath ivo
nua smith, loomed us n future sub
ject for controversy within tho
portals of tho council chamber, lit u
mooting of tho city council last
night.
Should or should not Third street
lie Included in the streets, that lit
lonsl four membors of tho council
snom lo bo disponed to vacate for
tho LiOrena Plumbing company?
Tho street vticntinu Issue, after
n slumber of sovornl mouths was
l-ovlveil last night. All of the coun
cil opposed the vacation of (first
and Second streets nnd Councilman
KobortH nnd Sluckoy opposed - tho
vacation of .Third street.
The l.orenz l'lunibing company,
holding Concern of tho Kmuuith
Iloallng conipany, dosliod to have
certain streots nnd nlleys west of
FOttftn street and south of Klam
nth uvoniie vacated In order that
they mny huvo tiuffictout room in
M-hich to expand their heating plant.
Tho move wns opposed severs,!
months ngo by properly holders of
tho, district and tho efforts of the
lacnl concern checked.
Tho matter came to a head with
tho Introduction of u resolution hy
tho boating concern, that lie coun
cil draw up an ordlnnnco by which
(ho street vacation would bo en
acted. "If tho council adopts such a
(.Continued mi 1'ngo Three)
KLAMATH FALLS,
BA TTL1NG"
MYSTERY FIGHT; SLAYER FLEES
No Children To
Be Overlooked
By Santa Claus
Complete Record Kept
Of Deserving
Families
nocauso of an unusually accurate
aystem of record kept by Miss
l.ydlu Krlckc, county health nunc,
thero 'Mil bo no hltrh In tho dis
tribution tf toys secured by tho
Evening Herald's Ktddiea Christmas
fund.
This was made certain yoitcr-
day owning, when a eanfereU"o
wit i .MlK Pricks revealed hat alio
huii In her flies the panes of all
deserving children In the city, to
SStbsr with Ikelr ages and in some
inatan-es sumo knowledge us to
what the- want Santa lo bring
them.
llccaiiKC of this, It will bo pos
sible to make up packages of toys
for every needy family In tc in, with
tho knowledge that none will be
overlooked.
So, due to the continuing gener
osity of Uio Klamath county public
tho Evening Herald Is nolo to prom
ise that Christmas morning in Klam
ath Kails will ire without Its uc-
companlmant of sobbing from u it to
children whom no ono remembered.
The fund continues t) m urn
steadily and as it mounts toe work
ing out of an old truth Is observ
ed that those know best how to
sympathise with suffering who have
sufforod themselves.
For tho donora to the tun I arc
by no means rich any cf thom-
Wllh the exception of pos.ilbly
four donation-, every cent contribut
ed has been eurnod by hnrd labor.
People who gave Iho money gave It
shyly, with' only the Boft-spoken
wish I hat It would "do some little
kid some good."
And from the iippearanco of tho
toya In the window of Mordoff and
Woolf, and from tho fact that money
Is continuing to pour in, it socms
that their wishes will be fulfillod.
ThU morning there uppenrod nt
the Herald office a iwoman who re
fused to give her name. Well past
middle age, her faje b;ro the scars
Of tome sorrow still fresh In her
memory,
In her arms sho bore books 20
of them boy's hooks good ones.
Sho placed them unceremoniously
on tho counter,
"For boys." sho said, "Boy's
books usod to belong to my son
bellow he'd want mo to do this.
He foil In Franco."
J, K. Van Camps was tho latest
contributor, to tho fund, sending In
u dollar today.
tirl$th To
Lead Masons
Here In 1926
Assistant Postmaster
Receives Honor .
At Meeting
It. ti, Orlfflth was elected wor
shipful master of Kliimuth Lodge
No. 77, of the Mnsoillc eider nt the
annual election of officers for tho
ensuing yenv, held lust evening nt
Mnsonlc hnll. Mr. (Iiifflth will suc
ceed C. K. Donnls who has held the !
office for tho past year.
Others elected to servo with Orlf
flth for tho ensuing year Include
Harry Prattler, senior warden;
(leorgp Qrlitle, junior wurileii and
Allan Jones, Bccrotnry.
Tho officers for 1025 wero C. E.
Dennis, worshipful master; It. I..
Orlfflth, sonlor wnrden; Harry Pra
Ihor, junior wnrden and W. E. llow
dolUj secretary.
As6ociatf.fi Press Leased Wire
OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1925
BY RIV
SIKI MURDERED IN
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.
"Battling" Siki, the Sene
galese pugilist, whose tur
bulent career in the prize
ring and elsewhere has
given him wide notoriety,
was mysteriously murdered
early today in West Forty
First street in the district
known as Hell's Kitchen.
The one time light heavy
weight champion was found
lying face downward with
two gunshot wounds in the
back. A revolver with two.
axploded shells was found
in the gutter not far away.
The police could find no
one who had witnessed the
killing.
The neighborhood had
not been aroused. Patrol
man John J. Meehan who
had exchanged greetings
with Siki shortly after mid
night, came upon the body
four hours later. An ambu
lance physician found the
Senegalese dead with one
bullet in his lung and an
other in the kidney. Siki is
believed to have had a
brawl in one of the numer
ous night clubs in the
neighborhood and that after
the altercation he was fol
lowed into the street and
struck down from behind.
He was felled in the same
spot where last summer he
was attacked and almost
killed with a knife in a
street fight.
The Senegalese lived near
the scene of the killing. His
wife identified the body at
the police station.
House Votes
For Lowered
Income Tax
2,500,000 Affected by
New United States
Ruling
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.
(AP) The house today ap
proved terms of the revenue
bill which would relieve 2,-
500,000 income tax payers
from federal levies as a re-!
suit of increased personal
exemptions. . j
The section of the bill
approved would increase
the exemptions for single
persons from the present
$1,000 allowance to $1500.
The exemption for married
persons would be increased
from $2500 to $3500.
KI.KS ( AM'KI. MEET
Charlton S. Currin, exalted
ruler of the Klamath Falls
lodge of Klks announced, this
nftornoon thai the Elks would
hold no session of lodge next
Thursday, December 17th.,
owing to tho ban placed on
public gatherings by the public
health officials du'e to tho men
ingitis epidemic. Instead ,of
tho regular scsslovn of the
Elks tho officers mill meet nt
eight o'clock to transact em
ergency business.
Docks Seized
By Irish Who
Seek Back Pay
Armed Men Seize Bel
fast Waterfront;
Stores Held
BELFAST, Dec. 15. (P; Mem
bcra of the special constabulary to
day seized the Prince's dock bar-
! racka in Helfast. declaring tbev
would hold the buildings pending l
satiBfactory reply to their demands
for compensation for their dhiband
uicnt under the new Irish agree
ment. ' .
' In Derry 500 "Specials" placed
armed guurda over thr:.- stores and
arms to prevent the authorities from
removing them.
The L'lEter authorities take a seri
ous view of the situation but feel
that a way will be found to settle
the difficulty without resort to dras
tic disciplinary action.
The special constables are de
manding a bonus of 300 pounds
sterling free of Income tax for
each man because of tlisbandment
and this if granted must be borne
by the exchequer of the northern
Irish government.
The men were nuriirlsed by ihe
demand to disband them almost
. immediately and the prospect of
being thrown out of employment so
suddenly was responsible for their
present action.
Just as the midnight spedl of duty
was completed the special constables
in Belfast, acting In concert, seized
the five city barracks, and are re
ported to have locked up or other
wls3 detailed officers who did not
participate in the revolt.
COUNCIL FAILS
TO CLOSE II
FALLS
Aldermen State no Emer
gency Exists Over Men
ingitis Epidemic
AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS
Dr. Newsom, Health Officer
Against Clamping Lid;
Wants Supervision
,ti emergency exists in Klamath
Falls.
This wns the derision last night
of tho city council, oftlted upon by
Dr. (i. S. Xeivsom, hiodicul director
of the Klamath County Health unit
lo decide whether or not closui-e of
the town WAS nocOSSnry in view of
tho present epidemic of spinal men
ingitis. ,
Five aliieimen and tho mayor list
ened attentively and comparatively
silently, to arguments for and
against c'osure. a:itl at the end
deemed it not a justifiable move in
view .of circumstances.! They held
that if the situation became worse,
the town could be elated at a special
meeting of tho council.
Xcwsnin Ayailtst Closure
Dr. Newsom last night came out
squarely against closure. His po
sition was that cl his superior, Dr.
Strieker, secretary of Ihe state board
of health, who 'wired tho local heal
th unit yesterday after noon that
closing , tho town wns a luoless
move.
At the council meeting the health
officer was supported by two private
physicians, Dr. A. A. Soulo and Dr.
H. 1). L. Stewart.
"I am pni I lug it squarely up to
(Continued ou l'lige Five)
KLAMATH
ROADS
Southern Pacific And
Oregon Trunk Present
ArgumentsBeforeI.CC.
Battle for Permission to Enter Klamath Swings
to New Setting in Washington Before I. C.
C; Contrasting Claims Set Forth
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (AP) The contest between
the Southern Pacific company and the HiU railroads over
the right to build new lines in central Oragon was car
ried further today before the I. C. C. with the filing of
opposing briefs. Evidence on the subject has been
gathered by the commission during a series of hearings
recently in the west and final arguments will be heard
soon in Washington.
The Oregon Trunk railroad, owned jointly by the
Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, proposes to
build 178 miles of new line from Bend to Klamath Falls
in Oregon, and the Southern Pacific company proposes
to build 38 miles southeast of Klamath Falls. It also
has purchased the Nevada, California and Oregon nar
row gauge line and proposes to build from Cornell in
California, to Alturas on the California-Oregon border
to connect with the Central Pacific, which is a part of
the Southern Pacific system. '
The briefs in behalf of the Southern Pacific groub
asksd the commission today to refuse the Oregon Trunk
application on the ground that its line would "parallel'
and ruin" the Southern Pacific' proposed connections
in the region. The Southern Pacific argued that it will
give new lines adequate to serve all of the Oregon ter
ritory and in the interest of good railroad service the
commission should not allow a duplicate investment.
A countering brief in behalf of the Oregon ' Trunk,
asserting that rejection of its application would constitute
"the granting of a railroad monopoly in southern and
western Oregon to the bouthem Facmc railroad.
ANOTHER CASE
OF MENINGITIS
J DISCOVERED
Is
Sixteen Month Old Baby
Stricken With Serious
Malady Yesterday
One more case of spinal menin -
gitis was reported yesterday after-
noon to the Klamath County health
unit office. Total cases since the
first outbreak two weeks ago is
now six. of which four are living.
The child Is little sixteen months
old Jack Cecil Hnney. The ease was
diagnosed yesterday afternoon and
definitely announced as '.he dreaded
malady early last evening.
SALEM. Ore. Dec. 15. Articles
of incorporation have been filed
by the Chiloquln Water Co.
Throngs Journey To Greet
Indian TheoMiphisIs Look 1'oc Materialization Within Five Months
Saviour On
'v
NEW YORK, Dec. 15. (,IP)
Thousands of theosophists are jour-!
neythg to India in anticipation oi'j
the "second coming of Christ,'' the
New York Tribune says today. 1
They are drawn by the pcophecy!
of Iheir lender, Mrs. Annie llesani.l
president of theosophical society
that within tho next five months ,
the slur of llethlehem will burn ove-;
Adynr. India, and Christ will ro-j
turn lo tho eart In the body ofi
turn to the earth In the body of j
The anticipated iippearanco ofi
the "New Christ" which had been!
kept secret for some time, wns re-,
veuled by Captain It. L. Jones, book
shop proprietor and American rcpre-l
sentative of, Mrs. Besant. Only!
a few weeks ago tho young Hindu
upon whom Godhead is to descend
All) THE COMMUNITY
CHEST; IT DESERVES
YOUR WARM SUPPORT
PRICE FIVE CENTS
The Hill railroads uesire to toucn.
the timber area around Klamath
Falls and are willing to invest the'
$6,500,000 that the Oregon Trunk
construction entails in order to pro-
1 vide Eecessar' traffic. They are fur,
! ther willing to enter into any Joinlt
! use or agreement as to the new line
:an(i they do not oppose the Southern
I Pacific building plan.
Both briefs held to be unnecessary
'the building plan advocated by the
! Oregon Railroad commission, which
has requested the I. C. C. to roqulre
i th railroads serving Oregon to build
j "- cross-state line.
S. P. Criticized
j "We may assume." the HIU brief
'continued, "that tho Southern Pa
i cific position in. these proceedings
contemplates opposition of any ex
1 tension of the Oregon Trunk, unwlll
lingness to engage In any railroad de
velopment bowsoevor necessary from
thu public standpoint, unless nsaur-
( Continued On Vagc Mix)
Earthly Return
quietly visited this country, meet
ing members of the faith.
"Christ will simply come nH be
fore, this time Using tho body of:
Krishnamurti as his vhlcle," Car
tain Jones explained.
But there will be no angcllo
trumpeting and no clouds of glory.
The event will have a modern as
pect. Seven persoim an- boing pre,
pared as apostles and tho other
five will be appointed in Indin. Mod
ern publicity agents will herald th.r
arrival of the new Christ as ho nnd
his apostles Journey through tin
world, proclaiming his message .
humanity.
Although Mrs. Besanl has set
five months from now as the time
for tho event, other theosophists
have set it as early as Christmas.