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"An Empire Awakening"
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Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Year- Number r70f
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Mitchell
Dismissal
Is Sought
Army Chiefs Out After
Scalp of Fiery Air
Service Officer
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.
(AP) The Mitchell court
martial retired late this
afternoon to consider a
verdict
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.
(A.PO Dismissal of Colonel
William Mitchell from the army
was askcil today by prosecution
counsel in opening arguments
before the general court martial
trying the air officer under the
tli article of war.
In asking the maximum -eti
tence prescribed for offenses
trialable under that article of
war. Major Allen Gullion, as
sistant trial judge advocate, de
clared Colonel Mitchell "had
proven guilty o( disorder to the
prejudice o( good order and mil
itary discipline and of conduct
of a nature to bring discredit
to the military services."
Referring t Colonul Mltrholl,
Major Ciulllnn mtlil:
"It till man ii HOIU, fitted In
land t.hn people nut of u wilderness
which In hl own creation jnl?
Is he of ih (Ivors Washington typo
on uuunel would hiivo you believe?
ho not raihor o( thn ull-too-fom-lllsr
charlatan nnd demagogue type?
o ! u good flyer, a fair rider, a
rood shot, flamboyant, solf-udvor-Using,
wildly Imaginative, destru.
tton, never constructive, except In
wild non-fonslblo schemes and never
overly careful SS to the ethics Of
hln methods.
"Would an admouiihmoiil fit thn
offonnvH of mlilch tho seeused bss
bnoii clearly proven guilty? For
mnkiiiK statements which IiIh coun
sel road Into the rocnrdi. statements
similar, hut not us bad as ih o of
September 6th and 9th., tho nrcuaoil
chief, Ocnornl Patrick, rccommend
(led that ho lie ndmoniln'd, Ku
courugod by audi lcnloucy ho hna
now koiio to tho unforgivable ox
trcmo. "Would a reduction In flloa bo n
suitable punishment? u would
hardly bo punishment at all. Tlio
nccuaed ia n colonel and promo
(Contlnued On Pago Four)
Convicts Get More
Time to Make Plea
BALEM, Oro.. Dec. 17. -Circuit
Judge Kelly today Signed, an order
extending the Mine for fllliiK Irons
crlpt on nppenl to January 2 In tho
caaea of Tom Murray, J nines Wllloa
nnd BllSWOrth Kelly, sentenced to
banc for the slaying of a prlann
guard In an eocapo from I ho peni
tentiary some montha ago.
GIIT8 EXEMPT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (P)
Tho houan rofuaod today to place
a gift tax In tho revenue bill.
Len Small To Buck Court
Decision Ordering Him To
Account For 1,000,000 Fund
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 17, (AP) Governor Len
Small will fight the decision of the Illinois supreme court
ordering him to make an accounting of approximately
$1,000,000 interest money alleged to have been with
held by him while state treasurer.
He will soon petition for a rehearing, asking the court
to reconsider its finding which charges that he deposit
ed state funds in a ficticious bank at two percent interest
and later split profits accruing from reloans at from
five to eight percent. He has until the February term of
the court to file the plea.
What action Attorney General Oscar E. Charlstrom,
.will take, he would not indicate. . ..
Volstead Act s
Held Cause Of
Car Shortage
Too Many Wine Grapes
Shipped, Pear Man
States
UBDFORD, Or.'i Ewe 17 A
Statement Hint the Volstead Ml la
responsible for tin car shortage in
Orssoa was nsde at the Pssr nest
lasj here today iy B. w. Johnson,
a prominent pear grower o( Monro,
OresOn, who delivered a response
on iieiinif of ttie stats herUeuUural
society to die tfnlcoine dsilVtrod
by Mayor (). 0. AHenderfer,
"The Volstead act," anld Mr.
Jbbnsoa, "iiaa tto loeresied the
blprnents of wine Brants from
California that the railroads can
not keep up with tli demand for
earn ami therefore a ear shortage
In Oregon In ulmost Inevitable.
"in left California shipped 44,-
UUU cart of grape and Ihla year
I InO' shipped K5.000 cara. The So
lution fa for California lo, atop
iblpplnS Krnpea and ship Krape
Juice only. ThlS would cut down
I In. cur demand materially."
Following Mr. Johnaon'a remarks
a local minister ornso and suggested
thai speakers confine their reinarkH
to the aubjecl at hand. It waa ex
plained to thi' mlnlater that Mr.
Johnson made no statement either
for or against prohibition or tho
Voistned act,
I LATEST
E
TO RAIL T
Rival Armies Encamped
Across Road Prevent
Passage of Train
AMERICANS MAROONED
Fighting Occurs Daily; the
Wounded Treated by
Rockefeller Doctors
PKKINO, Dec. 17. (P) Wlf.i n
lapao of eight duya alncu tho Inst
train passed bo tu cell Peking and
Tientsin and with the armloa of
both Four Yu-ltslnng and Llchlng
I.liiK entrenched across tho railway.
tho situnti.n is gtttlng serious,
A group of Americans and llol
gluns, duo to sail this month, are
leaving f ir Knnkow In hopes at
flndlii); an available steamer. Ma
roonod residents Of Tientsin are
touring 1500 miles to got around
tho battle lino and roach tholr
homes.
Fighting occurs d.illy near Pcn-
thnng, nortb of Tientsin, where
Liohlng-Uns army Is entrenoaed,
hut according to reports reaching
hero the actions havo not boon of
a decisive charactor.
Number of wounded soldiers con
tinued to arrive at tho emergency
hospital In Naiiyuan, Feng'a old
headquarters outsldo Peking and al
tho other nearby plncoa. Assistance
ia being extended to tliu wounded by
tho ltockofellor hospital, tho phy
Blclana of which also are visiting
emorgoncy Capitals,
Quautltloa of auppllea and roln
forcemonts for Feng's army are mov
ing toward Lung fang from Knlgan
and Poking.
Drlvo on tax dodgers -lias started,
Drive on taxi dodging c.intlnues.
111
HINDRANG
GRAND JURY li
SIX INDICTMENTS
GIVEN SECRETLY
Courthouse Speculation Rife
Concerning Identity of
Those Hit by Findings
RETURN ONE TRUE BILL
Charge Against Dick Nolan
Dismissed Today by De
liberative Body
Speculation was al white Host
today in tin- court bQUSf) tills after
noou over alx secret Indictments
returned by the Klamath county
grand Jury St t:S0 P. in.
The dlSCUSslon and surmise re
volved around (he proposition of
Whether or not William Col?,
special state agent, was indicted by
the grand Jury for ills alleged par
ticipation In the Slugging of Frank
I'echolt. Tlint the cano wna probed
by tho investigative body is com
mon report unit during the last two
days of the grand Jury session
there bus been u persistent report
that the grand Jury might hold Cole
on some one of the vurlous assault
charges.
If an Indictment was returned
against Cole, It would be a secret
indictment. 08, the stole agent is re
ported to hnve departed for Port
land. A true bill was returned against
W. K. Davidson, charged with oper
ating a still. Davidson was arrested
once before, sentenced to serve ten
daya In Jnil anil fined $250.
A not true bill was returned in
tho caao of State vs Dick Nolan,
charged with driving sheep from
the range.
The grand Jury was dismissed
until February 24. 128. Person
nel of thn Investigative body is at
follows: Gene Hammond, foreman:
Merle Kllgore. clerk: Hub Wake
field. E. Li. Hopkins, Marshnll Orr,
Charles Donart.
Jury Convicts
Moore, Purcell
On Elk Charge
Case Will Be Appealed
To State Supreme
Court
- Leonard .Moore and Kd l'urcoll did
hunt elk on February I and must pay
the penalty for tho violation of tho
state game law.
This is tho verdict returned this
afternoon at 1 o'clock by a circuit
court Jury. Mooro and Purcell will
be sentenced Monday morning, De
cember 21, nt 10 o'clock.
Moore and l'urcoll. who are
Klamath Indians, were tried nnd con
victed In Justlco court. They appeal
ed and their case was tried In circuit
court with the rosult Hint a second
conviction was returned. Tholr at
torney announced this afternoon the
caso would be appealed to tho BU
prome court.
ARRESTjBD LAST NIGHT
Hod finders and Jack Asey were
urrestod late (yesterday afternoon
by County Traffic Officor n. E.
Kuowlos on the charge of possession
of Intoxicating liquor. According to
Knowlee, tho two men woro tit tin
act ot making a dollvery of liquor
to tho "Throo Mite" houso, west ot
Klamath Fulls on tho Ashland-Klamath
Falls highway. Kndors and
Asoy woro released from custody to
day oil payment ct S500 bull apiece.
WHEAT PIUGH ICMP8
CHICAGO, Dec. 17. Wild
fluctuations In wheat prices horo
today followed talk which was cur
rent among traders that n Boandnl
was looming over the Argentine gov
ernment crop report.
DF.I'KAT TAX (IT
WASHINOTON, Dec. 17. Jf)
llepoul of tho len percent admission
tax, proposed in nn amendment by
Representative Griffin, democrat.
Now York was defealetl 100 to 42.
OLYMP1A, Wash,, Dec. 17. (AY
Unshed lo St. Peter's hospital In nn
unconscious condition, Representa
tive Thomas W. Ilopip. of ralousc.
Whitman county, died this morning
at 7:50 o'clock.
Kiddies Fund
Big Enough To
Fill Purpose
I bufficient Donated to
Make 250 Children
Happy
Due to the whole le aned manne.'
j In which the Klamath Kalis public
has responded, there is now suffic
ient money In the Herald Christmas
Kiddles' funil to answer uli purpoi
et.
On tlio da before i brlstmas there
will be delivered to Klamath Falls
needy homes U', filled Blockings and
toys for about that number of child
ren. The list from which gift selec
tions will be made Is being com
piled by Miss I.ydla Prick--, county
; health mime, to whom falls thn task
of investigating all needy cases in
the city.
The Herhld fund was ralsdl slm-
ply wllh the purpose of removing
'any chance that any child in Klam
, ath Falls would on Christmas morn
ing awake to the bitter realization
l that Santa had overlooked him or
her. as the case might be.
Those needing clothing, food and
shelter will be taken caro ot by
tho Community Chest fund, now
being ruised.
In behalf of those for whom the
fund was raised, the Herald wish
es at this time to express thanks
for the cheerful manner in which
the community "came across."
Our only regret is that those who
gave cannot he prosent Christmas
morning to sen the happiness which
tholr gifts will -bring.
Grass Blaze
Is Threat To
Local Plants
Smoke Gives Rise To
Rumor Mills Are
Burning
1-aimed by a hiKit wintl, n hciiss
iitul tuie fire tills afternoon swept
across tlio territory between the
Simula VteW lumber company ami
the Kvvanilnn and Itii: likes plants
ami fptve rise to a widespread report
that one of the above mills was
on fire. It burned over several hun
dred acres and this afternoon was
tiollcvcd to have burned itself out
although some danger was still
said to exist. Tile Shasta View mill,
most menaced, is protected by ditch
es and railroad Kfndes ami shut
off from direct contact with the
flumes.
France Shivers
As Cold Wave
Hits Country
VYeather Worst in 30
Years, Records
Show
PARIS, Dec. 17. (&) France Is
suffering from Hie most intense cold
spell in 30 years. The thermometer
In Paris last night dropped to five
degrees above zero fahrenheit.
Even the favored Rlverla is feel
ing tho bite of winter. The best
that its propagandists can say for
it is that "it Is warm in tho sun
here." In many parts of France
the cold weather Is accompanied by
fog of varying density. This has
boon responsible fs,r a half dozen
railroad accidents ot n minor char
acter which have caused great de
lay In tho system Whtdb had only
partially recovered from the effects
of Tuesdny's blizzard.
MOPE
SWOPPING
DAYS
MP
CHAMBER FIGHTS
MOTION TO MOVE
Y
Local Body Sends Letter of
Protest to Roy Klein,
Department Head
ITS ACTION IS SCORED
Impossible to Supervise
Lake and Klamath Roads
From The Dalles
Vigorous protest against with
drawing the division offices of the
slate -highway department from
Klamath Falls and of placing Klam
ath and Luke CO an ties under the
Jurisdiction of the division cfflce nt
The Dalle, was contained in a let
ter from the Klamath county cham
ber of commerce mailed t:day to
Roy Klein, head of the state high
way department.
Announcement that the division
offices would be discontinued oame
from the local highway office yes
terday. No inkling of the move
was known at the chamber, prior
to the announcement.
The chamber in Its letter to Klein
asks why too people of Klamath
were not advised cf the proposed
move, so that they, as tax payors,
could express their opinloi) before
the office was cloied. It was point
ed out that Klamath county and
also Lake county are developing rap
idly and that new highways were
being continually built and more
considered. With thi3 development,
the letter stales, it is necessary to
have a more direct supervision of
state highway maintenance and con
struction, than could be given from
The Dalles.
With the division highway f
Ilccs, governing tho Klamath and
Lake county territories, several
hundred miles a-A'ay, proper sup
ervision of a divisioa engineer
could not be maintained, particular
ly in view of the fact that until
next spring, travel on The Dalles
California highway to Klamath Falls
wil be difficult, it was emphasized.
There is probably more automo
bile travel over macadamized state
highways, as distinguished from
paved highways, in Klamath, than
in any other county in tho state.
Thi3 brings continual .problems of
maintenance and improvement, the
letter brings out, which require a
more direct supervision ot state
highways in Klamath than could be
furnished from The Dalles head
quarters. -
The chamber hopes to bring suf
ficient pressure upon the state high
way department, so that a more
direct supervision of the Klamath
and Lake county territory could be
established. Naturally the civic
body hopes to have the division of
fices reestablished in Klamath coun
ty, but it mould be satisfied if the
division offices governing this ter
ritory would be established closer to
Klamath Falls.
Ilccause of the move to discon
tinue the Klamath division offices.
C. C. Kelley, for years connected
with the state highway department,
was released from the state service.
Accompanied by his wife, Mr. Kel
ley left this morning for Illinois
where he will visit relatives. He
plans to return to Klamath Falls ia
several months.
Burglars Cut Wall;
Loot Jewelry House
LOS ANGEU0S, Calif. Dec. 1".(P)
Thieves lust night dodged burglar
alarms by cutting their i.vay through
the store wall and virtually clean
ed out tho slock of Swens.in and
Indn, Jewelers. The boss, running
ti several thousand dollars has not
been estimated yet.
City to Give up
Little Red Engine
WAKRENTON, Ore.. Del,
17. (itP) Declaring that the city
Is unable to make the payments
4i on its $i::.o fire engine the 4
council nsked the firm from
which It was bought lo repos-
BSSS I lie machine. The city
rocenlly defaulted on all bonds
and other outstanding Indebt-
. ,
w euness.
I
OFFICE
No New Cases
Are Reported
By Physicians
Spinal Meningitis Situa
tion Presents Opti
mistic Outlook
Optimism prevailed at the county
health office this afternoon, for up
to 3 p. m.. no new eases of spinal
meningitis had been reported to Dr.
('.. S. Kevrsom, medical director of
the Klamath t'ounly Health unit.
Nor were there any cases report
ed to the health office as suspicious.
This is the third consecutive day with
no new cases of meningitis.
Health authorities, despite their
optimistic feeling, are not relaxing
vigilance in the effort to check a pos-
slble widespread epidemic of serious .
consequence. It. was remembered that
between the first two cases of men
ingitis and the second two which
broke out Hie name day several
days had elapsed and tho county
health office was beginning to
breathe easily araip.
With schools closed and with the
people fully advised of the possible
serious consequences, an extensive
epidemic of meningitis, there is little
that the county health office can do,
but watchful waiting, it was reported.
RECOGNITION OF
Representative Burger Calls
Present Policy Unsuc
cessful and Stupid
SEEK SENATE HEARING
Points Out that U. S. Bank
ers Think Soviet Rule
Will Endure Sometime
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. ()
Recognition of the Soviet govern
ment of Russia was asked in a reso
lution drawn uj today by Repre
sentative Burger, socialist, Wiscon
sin, who said he would ask for
public hearings by a house commit
tee. In a statement Burger refer
red indirectly to the recent banquet
of American bankers and Russian
industrialists In New York, and
said the government may as well
recognize what the bankers and
business men have long since recog
nized, namely, "that the soviet gov
ernment is here to stay for a con
siderable time at least."
"Our policy with respect to Rus
sia has been unsuccessful and stu
pid," ho continued, "when it was
clear to all the world the Russian
government was ns solid as any
government can be, our government
Ftill entertained the hope induced
by the extensive propaganda which
nro-CzuriBt agents conducted in the
United States that the Soviet gov
ernment would be overthrown."
tiOIXti, GOING, GONE I
DES MOINES. Iowa. Dec. 17.
0PI Mrs. Lottie Fitch, wife of Fred
V. Fitch, millionaire hair tonic
manufacturer, was granted a divorce
in district court here today.
TO RKCESH
BERLIN. Dec. 17 (fl) The
Reichstag has decided to recess un
til January 12.
RUSSIA HIED I?
1C0N1 II
House Republicans Called
"Petty And Small" For Act
In Penalizing Insurgents
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (AP) Relegation of the in
surgent members to minor committees by house republi
cans was described today by Representative Frear of
Wisconsin, chairman of the insurgent group as "Petty,
small and humiliating."
Mr. Frear replied in a house address to remarks by
Representative Garrett, Tennessee, the minority leader,
who yesterday offered sympathy to the insurgents. He
read an editorial which declared the democratic party
in the house had done everything possible in one week to
efface itself by its stand on the "gag rule" and surtaxes.
Mr. Garrett argued that the democrats had fought ad
option of the "gag rule" and "admired the independ
ence and courage" of the insurgents.
Army Heads
Flayed By
Mitchell
Closes Case; Says U. S.
Has But One Good
Standard Plane
W ASHINGTON, pee 17.
( .1Y) Colonel William Mit
chell tolil tile- army conn inar-
rial today that his trial was "the
culniinnt ion of the efforts of the
general staff of the army anil
the general hoard of the navy
to deprecate the value of air
power."
The air' crusader said he had
directed his counsel "to entire
ly close out part of the proceed
ings without arguments.'"
Colonel Mitchell's statement
to the court follows:
"My trial before this court martini
is the culmination of the efforts of
the general staff of the army and.
the general board of the naVy to de
precate the value of the air power
and to keep it in an auxiliary posi
tion which absolutely imperils our
whole system of national defense.
"The truth of every statement
which I have made has been proved
by good and sufficient evidence be
fore the court, not by men who gain
their knowledge of aviation by stay
ing on the ground and having their
statements prepared by a numerous
staff to bolster up their predetermin
ed ideas, but by actual filers who
have ?aln'ed Their knowledge first
hand in war and in peace.
"I wish to Invite particular atten
tion to the letter of former Secretary
Weeks to the president of the United
States asking that I be not reappoint
ed as assistant chief of tho air ser
vice on account of the evidence given
by me to a congressional committee.
"I testifiod that the air service had
only 19 modern airplanes, tit for war,
and that all others were obsolete and
many dangerous. The evidence before
this court bears out these facts In
their entirety. It has been shown thai
at present we have only one standard
plane in the service.
"Secretary Weeks and indirectly
the president were wrongly and un
truthfully informed as to the condi
tion of our aviation and our national
defense by the persons furnishing tho
data on which his letter was based.
"This court has refrained from rul
ing whether the truth In this case
constitutes an absoluto defense or
not.
"To proceed further with the case
ji would serve no useful purpose.
"I havo therefore directed my
counsel to entirely close our part of
the proceedings without argument.
15,000 In Liquor
Funds Is Stolen
WINNIPEG, Man., Dec. 17. (P)
Two armed men beat Thomas Nut
tal, cashier in a warehouse of the
Manitcba Liquor Commission on the
head today, as he was going to a
bank here. The assailants tied In
an auto with $15,000 taken from
Nuttal. The prov.inco sells liquor
through the commission.