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Eighteenth Year Number 5705
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1025
PRICE FIVE CENTS
STEEL FROM
RIG SAW
KILLS MAN
Algoma Foreman Dies
Following Accident
of Last Evening
Dean Stanley, 24, night
foreman at the Algoma
Lumber company, died at
7:30 o'clock this morning
from a fatal injury sustain
ed last night at midnight
when the band saw of the
Algamo mill broke and a
piece of the saw, two feet
Jong struck him In the right
groin.
Stanley died from lotl Of blood
iiml shock. A main artery wan
severed and before ho arrived 1 tho
Klnmulli Valley licmplinl, ho luiil
Iohi u largo amount or blood, The
Ions of blood plus Ihu slunk lo his
nervous syMetn nt loo much for
Htnnlcy to hi, i uml DO sunk
lowtr and lower until the end thin
morning. ,
si. hi I,-, had stepped from I ho yard
into tho lumhor mill at midnight and
waa scanning the iifjvr'i black
board on which wn Inscribed in
struction to tho sawyer regnrdini
tho night's cut. Tho suw wna Idling
while tho carriage wan ahead, Ink
In,: another log.
Suddenly tho saw hiolui. S Mill y
waa alundlna nlno toil away mid
on., of tho flying pUtrl or lugged
and sharp steel itrtn.'k him In tho
right groin, Tho i-to-foot pleea of
tool severed a mti'n orldry of '.ho
lag. Alt offorta to atop the llow
proved unavailing. HUtnloy was
rualiod to a local hoapltal, whtiro
a doaporatn but val-i ftirht to tart
bla llfo waa niadu.
It la not knawn whether or not
tho break waa proiipltutcd by th
broking of the glde to tho naw.
Tho guldo had auuppod, but wheth
er beforo or after tho break could
only bo surmised.
That tho aotlor waa not seriously
Injured or klllod III considered mini,
tiloua. Juat a buru Inch separated J.
Sovoudaon. night mill foreman, from
death. A piece of thn libel flow
from tho shattered band saw and
took lila lint from hi, bold.
Stanley nan boon employed with
local lumber tlrma for the past
throe year. Ho la survived by g
wife and parents who realdo near
I'm I linn! Ills i uh, r conductH u
dairy noar Portland.
No arrangement hnvo heon made
(or the funeral.
MAY KM) HTKIKK
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1C VP)
The anthracite opnrntora unuunco.l
today thoy would accept tho plan of
settlement of Iho strike proponed
by the Lucerne county members of
tho Pennsylvania house of iopro-uontatlvos.
Girl Hears For First Time
In Seven Years As Santa .
Clans Gives Talk On Radio
AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 16. Wandering in a soundless
world for more than seven years, Pauline Fenton, 12,
heard last night the distinguishable sounds of human
voice.
This was the result of a radio test made by a mythical
Santa Claus from station WADC here. Mr. and Mrs.
Howard E. Fenton, the child's parents placed the ear
phones of a radio set to tho child's ears while a pro
gram was being broadcast.
"Santa" the child murmured, astonishing her parents
who had abandoned all hope that the child ever would
hear again. Santa stopped broadcasting and directed
his special appeal to the child :
"Pauline, Pauline Fenton, old Santa is glad to know
you can hear him speak and I'm going to have a great
big doll for you, Christmas."
There was a short silence in the Fenton home as Santa
finished his promises. Then with eyes radiant and a
happy smile spread over her face, Pauline turned to her
mother and said:
"Sjanta is going to bring me a doll,"
Match Used To
Warm Up Auto;
Large Success
George Smith Learns
Fire And Gas Are
Poor Mixture
;. nrn.i M in lili. 017 north Blarenlb
. 1 1 . wanted ii warm up bla eur
this morning at tsto o'olock. Bo
ho puwed ground Inside bin trou
i,er pocket until he dlacovorod u
match,
Bmitb in Uh' ngtob ami placed
II under I In- carburetor, bo Hint tin-
flume licked tb instrument throtigb
wlllob tho gasoline pnaava on It
way to I tie engluo.
lie wan tdOOOMfUl, waa Smith. Ill"
car wna warmed up. It waa nearly
burned up when the drlppliiK Kit"
from the carburetor caught fire. If
It had nol been for the flro depart
ment, which scratched and ilrened
Its way to Smlth'a holme on Klev-
eiitb llrtOt, th" Cgt would have
been destroyed, ah m wan, Huh
damage vsi uicuwod.
y. S. I S. HEADS
VETO LUXURY FOB
F
Officials say Farmers should
Have Substantial Needs
But no Frills
SERVICE I S LAUDED
WABIILSOTON. Dec. 16. - -P)
Th" second and flnul days session
of the conferonui mi reclamation at
tho Interior department opened to
day with a plea by K. 0. Plnnoy, flrat
aecrotary of the Interior, for a com
prehensive view of reclamation prob
lems rather than a abort sighted
one.
"Them inay be nn over-production
at tho present lime," ho nld but
"there nro not enuiiRh ftirma for the
needs of the next ten or twenty years.
We should begin now to build for
the future. These things do not come
of themselves. They must be planned
for."
Mr. Kinney suggested ne most Im
portant that settlers should be pro
vided With help for their substantial
needs but should not be "given I he
opportunity to work for Injuries."
lie ulr.o advised tint selection of
settlers from those who bad stamina
to work out their own salvation.
Denial of assertions that reclam-
ntlon was it failure wan forcibly ex
i pressed by Smith, Idaho, chairman
of the house committee on Irrigation
nnd reclamation,
"The opinion seems to bo abroad"
he mild, "that the reclamation policy
Is n failure when it was a mailer of
fact more has been accomplished to
ward creating national wealth unit in
the fhnklhg Ol happy homes for thou
sands of people than any cthor un
dertaking which baa had govorri
meulal supervision.
ARM RESIDENTS
BOY. IN REIGN
TERROR SLAYS 3
Lad of 13 Years Held in
Arkansas Jail Following
Week's Crime Orgy
RAN AWAY FROM HOME
Sheriff's Posec Finds Him
Asleep, Beside Many
Stolen Guns
YKI.I.VII.I.K, Ark,, De . 16. (
A small b y nut In I he Marlon coun
ty Jail hero today brooding ivcr a
week of desperate adventure, while
resident,! of Jtiiffalo c immunity, east
of here, gave thanks for the end of
a series of violent deeds.
The boy, Arii'dd Comer, who sayi
he la "about 13 or II," has admit
ted he Is tho uuth'jr of a succession
of lawless acta, culminating Bun
day in the sluylng of three persons,
lie was asleep when a sheriffs posie
Seisbd him. Near htm luy four pis
tols, a shotgun and a peck of am
munition. Arnold's story, told to Sheriff
Wlllltighuin, was a thriller to mutch
liny outlaw's tale. This Is the gist
of It.
The boy, discontented with home
Conditions, fled from tho Comer
homo Wednesday night, inking a
pistol with which be wus a practiced
shot. Tuesday, he entered u rural
home nnd look J 17.00 and a shot
ifun. That night be plundered a
store, Increasing bla armament. Fri
day night, neekliiK f ijd, iie came to
another mountain home, but becamo
afraid when a man opcucd the door,
lie fired his shot gun, wounding the
man, his wife and child and re
treated Into the darkness.
Hungry Sunday, tho boy approach
ed I be house where Mrs. Tom Boyd
lived with her infant granddaughter,
shot utid beat the uged njroman to
death, he didn't seem to know why,
and then killed the baby because It
crlod. A nuarter of a mile away as
he ran from this scone, ho met
Charles Moore, dealer In pelts unit
shot htm.
No New Cases
Of Meningitis
Are Reported
Epidemic Now Presents
Brighter Outlook to
Dr. Newsom
l'p to 3 p. m. today, no new cases
of spinal fcongltis were reported to
the county health office.
The epidemic situation stands at
the same point us yesterday, 'ith six
cases diagnosed slnoe the first out
break IS, days ago. of which two
died.
Although tho chamber of com
merce and the Klwanls club suspend
ed their noon luncheons, the Rotary
club this morning decided to bold
its regular1 weekly meeting Friday,
noon.
No forum luncheon was hold at the
Chamber Of commerce this noon.
Despite tho fact thnt tho health
office and the Klamath Kails Medical
Koeiety'oxproHRed n desire to secure
an Isolation hospital, no move hud
been mndu up to this afternoon lo
secure nn adequate detention place.
Thief Is Offered
5 to Make Return
of Stolen Blanket
Menace of a hard winter or tho
plain desire lo lake a Navajo blanket
from the car of Miss loi'tha I.ee,
has made someone in Klamath Kails
a thief.
Tho blanket, a much treasured
rift of Miss l.ee's, was taken from
her FOrd coupe, which was parked In
front of the SOandla ball on Satur
day evening while she with a party
of friends was attending the dnnce.
if tho party who took the blanket
feels Is would ho worth while to re
turn II to Misn Lee. she hns offered u
five dollar reward and declares she
will be so hnppy lo have it returned
she won't ovon want to know who
look It. It can be returned to Miss
I, on nt her home nt 205 Kldorado, of
left at The livening Herald,
CAPTURE
250 Stockings
Remain To Be
Filled To Brim
Christmas Editor Finds
Plenty of Food For
Thought
I i-l you ever gasp at the task
nt liliittfi three or four or five
( hristmas stocking ?
Then you will realize tlic po
sition of those in charge of The
Evening HeriM's Christmas
fund, with an even stock
ings to he filled With Christmas
cheer and distrihnl' d by Christ
mas day.
Assuming that each slocking Is
filled at a coat of only 2 tie, It will
require. 162. SO for this task alone.
For this reason donations that
came Into the fund this morning were
received with thanks.
Mrs. V. II.'Kltigoruld gavc$l, Iter.
A. P. Looser gave 13 and the local I
post of the American Legion at its
meeting last nigh collected S'."0,
this In addition to two nher contri
butions made previously by 'his body.
William (M!lly() Snow, Vain itrcot
candy merchant, came jit villi ino
enormous "Musical ,!ar.z Hounds"
and one dozen rubber tails, calculat
ed n bring Joy to "be 1:art of any
child.
Six little children V;il bo gladden
ed on Christmas Ineralng when they
r . ire six ulbbonrto dolls, mode by
Sirs. L. G. 1 1 it rc! of Kie-enlli street.
1 be Herald Christina fund Is
1 used on the h'lef that every child
OA C iristmis DndnipiK is entitled to
some token us a sign that Santa has
not forgotten. A list containing the
names of every poor child, together
with its ngo, la helm: prepared by
Miss Lydla KrlcRe, county health
nurse, and prior lo Christmas day,,
the toys will bo jjaltverod to the
homes of the parents, for distribu
tion on Christians morning.
Dodge Brothers
Slash Car Prices
DETKOIT, Mich., Dec. 16. (P)
A great reduction in the price of'
lkidge Brothers cars and a unique!
method of putting it in effect was'
announced today by the mammoth
Dodge Motor corporation.
The reduction was effective Tues
day, December 15. No statement
us to tho amount of the pries cut
will bo given until January 7, at
which time all those who have pur
chased Dodge cars since December
15 will recolvo the reduction In the
form of a cash refund. After Janu
ary 7, the reduced price mill bo in
effect on all cars purchased.
Erection of a new $10,000,000
plant with increased facilities for
mass producticu has made the cut
possible, tho factory announced.
William Cole
Leaves Today
For Portland
State Officer Testifies
Before Grand Jury
This Morning
William Cole, special state agent,
suspected of striking the blow thnt
resulted in the fracture of Krank
Pecltolt's skull, testified this morn
ing before the Klamath county
grand jury and a few hours later
departed for Portland.
Colo declared himself to be per
fectly nt case in regard to the grand
jury Investigation.
'.'Suppose I did use a snu which I
did not," Cole remarked this morn
ing. "I would be perfectly within
my rlpfhts. The man resisted ar
rest and 1 would l ave bad the right
to hit him."
Colo plans to remain In Portland
for some time, be said.
ATTOI8T IX.ll'KKD
OURCION CITY. Ore.,. Dec. 16.
VP) Clifford Brown of Salem was
Injured nenr here this morning
when he drove bis auto into a Cali
fornia stage.
REST 'ASM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (yP)
Tho prosecution In tho Mitchell
court martial rested Its case late
today,
state mmfc?1
nrnnr nrnr Tn To Finding Of
urriUL ntnt m
CLOSE JANUARY 1
C. C. Kelley, Division En
gineer, to Sever Connec
tions on that Date
TO CENTRALIZE WORK
Road Work in Lake and
Klamath to be Handled
From The Dalles
On the first day of January the
division offices of the mute high
way department in Klqmath Falls
will ttatt to be.
On that date C. C. Kelley, divis
ion engineer of the atate highway
department, will retire from the
employ of the state.
This Is the announcement from
the atate highway offices this morn
ing, following word from Roy Klein,
Btatc highway engineer, that the
Klamath division will be discontiin
ued. It is planned to merge Jackson
und Josephine counties with the
coast division and to handle the
work In Lake and Klamath coun
ties from the division headquarters
In The Dalles.
The move, it is understood, found
its source as an economic measure.
Mr. Klein, head of the state road
engineering department, felt that it
was necessary to cur down expense
and to that end divided Mr. Kelley'a
division in two n.'trts. Onp nnrt
was placed under the jurisdiction of Charges of Portland Bank
the coast division and the other ers to Meet Investigation
under the jurisdiction of the north- at Hands of Board
ern envision wiin neaoquarter.s at
The Dalles. -
The state highway division in
southern Oregon, of which Klamath
was a part, was established in 1919
at the beginning, of the highway de
velopment program In this section
of the state und until January 1
will be the headquarters for all
highway operations in Jackson,
Josephine. Lake and Klamath coun
ties. Mr. Kelley. accompanied by his
wife, leaves tomorrow morning for
Illinois to visit relatives. They will
return here several months hence
and Mr. Kelley will probably enter
the engineering field of Klamath.
The discontinuance of the state
highway office here will not af
fect the status of the highway main
tenance station, nor will It material
ly affect the highway program here.
Dounier New French
Finance Minister
PARIS. Dec. 16. (&) Senator
Paul Doumer was appointed minister
of finance today, suceeding Louis
Loucheur, resigned.
After a conference with Premier
Uriand the senator announced that
he would accept the port folio.
Last Day to See
Biblical Picture
Klatnth Falls theater-goers have
only this evening remaining in which
to see "The Ten Commandments"
at tho. Pine Tree. The picture has
aroused much comment among
church officials wherever shown, due
to the fidelity with which Old Testa
ment scenes have been transferred
to the screen.
Scenes especially remarkable in
clude The Lord's Supper. Moses on
the Mount, and others, including a
visual depiction of the crossing of
the Red Sea. together with the at
tendant separation of 'the waters.
These scenes are included ill the
prologue, the story then switching
to modern times and showing the
adaption of the Ten Commandments
to tho lives of men nnd women of
tho present time. The picture Is
more elaborately staged than any
In recent years.
George Reed New
City Patrolman
George Mood, formerly on the po
lice forco of Aberdeen, Washington,
and recently employed as deputy at
the Altnniont dance pavilion, has ac
cepted the position on the city po
lice force made vacant by tho re
signation of Patrolman B, E. Pat
terson, Clilef of Pollco Harry Loucks
afthottBCed today. The appointment
Is effective immodiulel.v,
Double Killing
Believe Demented Wo
man Killed Son
And Self
I'lIH.AIJELPHIA. Dec. 16. fP)
Howls of a pet terrier today led to
discovery of the bodies of Mra. K.
Hlanche Mepham, and her son,
Edward K. Mepham, 14, strangle;!
to death with blue blading tape In
their home here.
The boiliea were found . by Mrs.
Mepham's aged mJther. Mr. Eliza
beth Palmer, 75. who had been
asleep in an adjoining room.
Detectives expressed the belief
that Mr. Mepham had strangled the
boy, then slipped a ncose about her
own neck, fastened the end of the
tape to the bed post, and dropped
her knees, drawing the noose
tight.
Mrs. Palmer told police that her
daughter had been suffering from
religiuus delusion.?.
CALL WITNESSES
for ne OF
BRAMWELL ATTACKED
SALEM, Ore., De;. 16. Sub
poenaes are being issued by the
state banking department upon
Will B. Haines, president of the
Portland National bank, and about
a dozen other persona to compel
their attendance at a hearing in
Salem tomcrrow relative to an at
tack made by Portland National
representatives on Frank C. Bram-
well, state superintendent of banks,
at an informal conference with the
banking board last Friday. The
subpaenaes have been prepared by
Bramwell and have been signed by
State Treasurer Kay, one of the
BANK SUPERVISOR
members of the board. Governor a lighted lantern, the gasoline ex
Pierce and Secretary of State Kozer j pioded and in an Instant the room
are expected to sign them when j was a mass of flames,
they pass through Portland today Ganis at tho time of the explosion
on their return to Salem from east-j was on top of the crusher. The ex
ern Oregon. j plosion shook tho crusher and
The banking board Interpreted tae j knocked Ganis to the hard frozen
attack of Mr. Haines and his asso-! ground, 20 feet below. His head
elates to be charges against the in- struck the ground and it is believed
tegrlty of Bramwell, and the bank, possible he may be suffering from a
representatives In the course of the
conference did not deny that they
iwere mak)ag charges. In a state
ment issued after the meeting and
after his return to Portland, Haines
said no 'charges had been male and j
also thanked the board for its con-j
elusions whereby a charter would bi
given the bank to act as a reserve j
depository for state banks. The!
board denies that sucli a conclusion j
was reached.
Colonel Mitchell "Lawless
And Unfit For Job" Claim
Of Secretary Of War Weeks
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1G. (AP) A letter written by
John W. Weeks, as secretary of war, describing Colonel
William Mitchell as "lawless, unfit for high administra
tive position and possessed of a desire for publicity at
the expense of others, was presented in evidence today
at the Mitchell court martial.
Writing to President Coolidge, the then secretary., he
gave these reasons as his reasons for refusing to recom
mend that Mitchell be reappointed chief of the army air
service with the rank of Brigadier General.
The letter was presented to court by Major General
Dennis E. Nolan, assistant chief of staff, the last prose
cution witness in the trial of the air officer on charges
resulting from his public attacks on the government
aviation policies. It gave for the first time the war de
partments side of the story of Mitchell's transfer last
spring from Washington to an army post in Texas.
"General Mitchell's whole course has been so lawless, so
contrary to the building up of an efficient organization,
so lacking in team work, so indicative of a desire for
publicity at the expense of everyone with whom he is
associated." the letter concludes, Jjjj
K
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HURT IN
I
Four Burned, One Be
lieved to Be Badly
Injured in Blaze
Otic man was Beriously in
jured, four more were severely
burned about t lie arms and face
and. damage of $9000 was sus
tained in a lire last night at 9:30
o'clock in the rock crusher of
the Marsh Construction com
pany fifty miles north of Klam
ath Falls on The Dalles-California
highway.
Tiie injured are :
Joe (inuls, highway worker,
Ilend, Ore., serious Injuries about
the head anil probnbly skull frac
ture. Joe Henderson, roud worker,
Bend, Ore,, burns about the arms
and fuce.
Ij. X. Beck, rond worker, Bend,
Ore., burns.
i. Uofftnatr, road worker. Bend,
Ore., bums.
Walter (ioforth, road worker.
Bend, burns.
The five men were driven to Klam
ath Falls last night during the late
hours by their co-workers and were
taken to the Klamath General hos
pital for treatment. The condition of
the four suffering from burns was
improved this morning. An X-ray
this afternoon will definitely deter
mine whether or not Ganis is suffer
ing from a fracture of the skull.
The accident occurred at a point
where the Southern Pacific rallropd
crosses The DaUes-Califomia high
way in northern Klamath, about ro
miles north of Klamath Falls. The
rock chushcr Is located near the rail
road siding known as Chenault sta
tion. An explosion of distillate oil In
the engine room of the rock crusher
was responsible for the accident, ac
cording to Joe Henderson, one of the
victims. In some way, possibly from
broken skull.
Henderson, Beck, Hoffmen and
Goforth sustained their injuries in
fighting the flames, Their efforts pre-
! vented the fire spreading from the
engine room and razing the rest of
the crusher.
Heaviest loss was sustained hy tbe
total destruction of the compressor
engine, which was valued at ?7r,oi.
Other damage of the engine room
brought the total loss to ?9C0t).
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