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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
AID THE COMMUNITY
CHEST; IT DESERVES
YOUR WARM SUPPORT
Associated Presa Leased Wire
Eighteenth Year Numher 5707
KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER x, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TAX CUT HIT AS
PLAN TO ASSIST
BOOTLEG SALES
Reduction in Alcohol Levy
Branded a Big Aid of
Liquor Salesmen
WOULD HELP SALES
Move teen as Scheme to
Restore Public Confi
dence in Product
WASHINGTON, J is i,V;
Reduction in thi' alcohol m u
proponed In UlS tax hill stirred up
it prohibition dlecuaalon in tho
houno today when Representative
iiuinoy. dumocrai o( Illinois, argued
II would aorvu an advertising value
to Iloggoi , "Cut thll UX on
puro grain alcohol." he until, "and
iho bootleccort win ii hc n Instead
of distilled denatured alcohol. They
win in.it 1 1 1 thu confidence of eut-
In ihelr iiiiw produel and
two It for advertising."
Ileprcncninilvc Crisp, democrat,
flcorgla, Insisted n reduction In
the levy would not harm prohibition
enforcement nnd unld '-'Assistant
Hocrotury Andrews of tho treasury
dtpartmtat ami Wsyos B, Wheeler
of thil anti-saloon league had no
agreed.
After half a doon representatives
expressed differing views of thu
adequacy of tho propound tax, the
house appriivrd It an written In tbo
bill. It would rut thu present tux
'" DM OtBl beginning January I,
192", and an additional par cent
a year Inter.
A proposal to impose a one rent
n gallon levy on denatured alcohol
wan defegtad but approval wnn giv
en an amendment ottered ly the
way aud wiu committee roqnlrlne
that confiscated alcohol seised on
entry Into toll country be subject
to the tax when sold by tho gor-
ernneat.
The new tax of one tenth of one
cent a gallon on cereal beverages,
naked by tho treasury department
na an aid In i-hecklng miles of "high
powered beer" wa accepted.
Ashland Woman
Fires House To
Scare Neighbor
Says She Wanted Aged ;
Woman to Leave
Town
MEDFOH.D, Ore., Doe. IS. (IP)--Mrn.
Geo. Wholpy. of Aahlnnd, 50
years old, confessed today, accord
ing to proieomtng attorney Newton
f'hnney, (lint on tho night of De
cember 12 gbB, aid fire to the home
of her nelRhbor, Mra. .lane McCoy,
TO, bcentiHo she wanted "to get Mra,
McCoy out of town."
Tho firti, according to Mrs.
Wholpy, was aet on tho hnck porch
with keroaeno, during Mra. Mc
Coy's nliBoneo. The fire wnn ex
tinguished by the Ashland fire de
partment, after dnninge estimated
at 1125 had resulted. Mra. Wholpy
will bu held to the grand Jury on n
chnrgo of nraon. No explanation
of hor enmity toward Mra. McCoy
wnn given other than that she did
not like tho woman.
Robber Band Besieges Town,
Captures Officials And Robs
Bank, Securing Large Amount
BfAVsVlnwii, Dec. 18. --(.VP.) Making captives of (lie
town marshal! tin.- telephone operator ami the railroad oper
ator, and severing all wire cotnmunioalion with other towns,
half a dozen bank robbers invaded litis village early todny,
wrecked the Safe of the Stale Hank of Dows anil eseaped witli
cash and bonds rtniOUfitipg to $8,000 or $10,000.
The bandits worked in the bank for more than an hour before
they were able to open the safe. Meanwhile the marshal and
telephone and railroad operators were held prisoners in a eloset
of the bank.
Numerous Dows citizens were aroused by the explosions, but
no outside resistance was Offered ihe robbers.
The local telephone manager, roused by the explosions and
finding all telephone wires cut, drove into the country where he
tapped a long distance line and enlisted the aid of ollicers in
surrounding eoulies.
Civilized Ducks Problem
For Federal Game Warden
Birds Kept For Inspection During Epidemic
Fall For Luxury's Lure And Want to
Stay All Winter in Link
River Cage
Civilization, with its substantial luxuries, suclj a rool over
one's head and ;t (nil larder at one's elbow, has scored another
victory oyer last vanishing wild
People Refuse
To Stop Gifts
To Kiddie Fund
Christmas Spirit Too
Strong To Be
Stopped
Kot deterred by tag fggl thai The
Herald called off the Christinas fund
doniitlonn yeaterday In the belief that
sufficient money had been obtained
to Hive every needy child In Klnm
uili Falls a remembruncii, the I'hrlsl
iiuiB aplrlt proved too strong for
mime peoile.
With the mornlnK mull came n
check for 15 from Nan linker A
woman who refused to give bar nauie
I brought Hoc.
And Inat but not leant came "So-
. cieiy Red'1 I'ygaii. famous foods-
i man from tag taiajB ranili. who
! hurled a round Silver dollur at the
editor, told the aald Kd. thut he fRO
clety 'lied), was having a wouenrful
lime, and went Joyoualy on hi. .va.
So for the benefit of thorn' scad
Wish to give veal t their Christmas
Ceellpg, tag fund will be kepi open.
Your gifts will menu nnotber toy mid
more nuts ami enndy for the chil
dren. Anyone kQOWlng any case WhOiri
poverty In tho houiu auuda it bbiak
bnr to the hupplneax of the chlldron
therein, la requested to mail unme
nnd address of the family to Mlaa
I.ydlu Frlckn at tho county heiilth
rtfflce. court houae. Don't send the
name of nnyone who will be nble to
provide for their children. Do II to
ilny. Error Made in
Acme Motor Adv.
Due to mi error In the mnillng de
partment of The Herald, u few cop
lea of the pnper yeaterday wore
given to carriers without proof cor
rection having been made.
lu these, the fun pnge display ad
vertisement of the Acme Motor com
pany Quoted the price of Kssox coach
on at $961, The correct delivered
here price Is J025.
Vets May Get 5
Years to Convert
Wartime Insurance
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. (IP)--Axteaglon
for five years of the time
for converting war risk Inaurnin-e
bus been recommended to the house
voter-ana committee by Director
Hlnes of the Veterans Bureau.
MM MIIIIIAY HAS CHIJlP
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. IS. (IP)
Mrs. Louis Lob Arms, hotter
known perhaps na Mae Murray, film
celebrity, la the mother of n aoveu
pound baby boy, horn at tho Pnsu
dotia hospital this mining.
life.
This time i was ducks,
when the Title lake duck epidemic
wua ul Ita height, u xroup of game
wardens caught several score sick
ducks nnd placed them in a pen nenr
Him wegt aide power plant of the CSl
llornlu Oreiton Power comjuiny on
I. Ink rlv.-r.
Time paused. Tho duoks thrived
on throe SQUgrgS a dgy and a good
roostfog plsfee nnd in the meantime
the epidemic lu Title hike win on the
WO ne.
I'piiii' Wednesday morning, and
fulled Klateji (lame Warden Oeorge
Tonkin, prompted by altruistic mo
tives, opened the door of the din k
pen and nmld u flurry of wings, the
duokg were aoon lout In the distance.
Yeaterday nfternoon. however.
Tonkin was greeted by n spcctnrulnr
sight. Many of the ducks had return
ed to their former prison. One fut
sprig was running hysterically up
nnd down outside the pen. poking his
head In between the wire mesh. A
few othera were busily eating weeda
udjnccnt tn tho cage, confident in
their hope that somebody would put
them back where they could secure
free board and room.
Now Tonkin la wondering what to
do with the civilized ducka.
KEEP 0 t
Idaho Statesman Leads Bat
tle on Senate Floor
Against Court
SCENTS MUCH TROUBLE
Court Simply Branch of
League of Nations, As
sertion Made by Solon
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. (IP)
The bnttlo over tho world court
got under wny In earnest today in
the senate with Chairman Ilorah
of the foreign relations committee
flrlnV the first salvo into the pro
court ranks.
Replying to the opening shots
from Senators Swnnson, democrat.
Virginia, and Lenroot. rcpubllcnn,
Wisconsin! the Idaho senator under
took to establish whnt relation the
world court beats "to the political
Institution known us the League of
Nations."
"There is so much difference of
view 00 this particular subject" ho
said, "that It seems advisable at the
outset to determine that rulnion
alilp." The foreign relations chuirmnn.
one of tho irreconcillnblos In the
league fight, spoke nfter Senator
Lenroot hud delivered a prepared
address in which the court wns de
clnred wholly Independent of the
League, so Hint by adherring to the
court protocoi tho United States
would not Involve Itself with the
League.
Senntor Ilorah said ill reply that
those who organised tho court had
sought to crento nn "organ, u legal
part of iho league," nnd if tho oouil
la not a part of the league, "it is
because they failed In their effort:;."
No Meningitis
Cases Reported
'Here for Week
With no new cases of spinal menin
gitis reported since Inst (I'rlday. fours
of a general epidemic here have
Cleared away. There are now four
ciisoB of tho disease, It children
and one adult. There have been two
deaths.
1
J TldAKD, Ore., Dec. 18. (IP)
Jumping off his bicycle to got hiS
I hat which hnd blown across tbo
I rond, Stanford .Mitchell. 12, wns lilt
! by an aulomobllo and killed Hour
jhcro Into yesterday.
BORAH FITS TO
WORLD
POLITICS
MITCHELL FIRED
m
FOR FIVE YEARS
Friends Think Flyer Will
Resign if Sentence is
Approved by President
HE MAY TRY POLITICS
To Run for Senate in Wis
consin, Opposing Lenroot,
Belief in Washington
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. (JP) -Congress
was naked today by Rep
resentative LaOUOfadla, of New
York, to reduco llie court martial
sentence prn mnced yesterday on
Colonel William Mitchell.
WASHINGTON., Dec. 18. (P)
Vigorous methods pursued by Col
onel Mitchell In ten years of criti
cism of what ho considered an In
sdeuuate air defense have resulted
in an nrmy court martial verdict
finding him guilty of Insubordina
tion and suspending him from the
sorvlco for five years.
Still under technical arrest, the
colonel marked time today while
the court's decision passed througu
regular channels to the secretary of
wur and thence te President Cool
Idge for review and approval.
After deliberating lens than three
hours late yesterday the court found
Mitchell guilty of violation of the
96th article of war. "to the preju
dice of good order and military dis
cipline." Eight specifications in
the charges wero based on the colo
nel's published statements of Sep
tember 5 and D in which he accused
.the war and navy departments
of "Incompetency, criminal negli
gence and almost treasonable" and
''disgraceful administration of aero
nautics." in suspending Mitchell from
"rank, command and duty." In tho
army for fivo years, tho court
viewed the "military record of the
accused during the world war." as
a mitigating factor and described
tho sentence ns "lenient." With
the same nonchalance that has
marked him during the long con
troversy over the air service. Colo
nel Mitchell received the verdict
with n smile, his wife standing be
side him. While the court was de
liberating, Mitchell had munched
chocolates with Mrs. Mitchell and
her father and mother.
During the interval he was noti
fied by Major Harry'Loonard. judge
ndvocate of the Shenandoah court
of Inquiry that he would he usked
to testify Monday when the court
reconvened. The colonel, who on to
before refused to appear before the
court, sold he would testify. It Is
likely that he will be nsked concern
ing his charges that the Shenandoah
wns poorly conditioned for her last
trip.
Colonel Mitchell's friends believe
he will remain sileut until President
Cob'Udge takes final action on the
nrmy court's verdict nnd that he
might offer his resignation if the
suspension Is upheld. It his resig
natlon should he accepted these
friends think Colonel Mitchell might
consider entering politics next yonr
ill Wisconsin nnd 1 possibly try for
n senate seat in opposition to Sen
ator Lenroot who is up for re-election.
TO HOLD YOI'TH
DALLAS, Ore, Doc. 18. (IP) A
charge of Inooluntatj manslaughter
has been filed agalnJt Raymond
Miller, 17. following a coroner's in
quest yesterday into the death oT
J. C. Hnyter, In tin automobile acci
dent Wednesday night.
MORE
SWOPPING-,
DAYS,
Five Denver Banks Crash
' As Holiday Throngs Mourn;
With Three Failures Yesterday, Two Morel
Are Closed This Morning; City
Sorrows As Thousands See
Savings Go
DENVER' Oilo.. Dec. 1.
the Capitol Hill State bank and
failed to open their doors today
nitrons, including two national
closed yesterday.
Holiday shopping was at a s
throngs In t-ttinned surprise heard the-
news that made, their checks vulue
Icses nnd may make some of them
paupers overnight.
Stale Hank Commissioner Oront
UcPberson announced that his de
partment examiners had taken charge
of the Metropolitan and Capitol Hill
hanks. Both are small institutions.
Steady withdrawal from the Metro
politan honk during the week and a
run on the Capitol' Hill yesterday
were Instrumental in the closing, offi
cials said. The banks closed yester
day were the Uroadway National; the
Drovers' National and the North
Denver bank, the' letter a state In
stitution. These three hanks had. de
posits of approximately 13,500,000.
The Ilroadway National wns the larg
est, with deposits totalling about
$2,500,000.
Impairment of capital and frozen
paper in livestock loans , were as
cribed as the reasons for the closing
of the two national banks.
Gordon Hollis was president of the
two national banks and his wife.
Mrs. M. E. Mollis, was president of
the North Denver bank.
TURKS SEETHE AT
BRITAIN'S STEAL
of oil jomr
Cabinet in Session Late at
Night to Discuss Fishy
Award to Sea Power
LEAGUE IS TOt BLAME
-i Jg -t 1
War Clouds' Scanfed as In
dignation Spreads; League
Called British -Tool
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 18. (IP)
The decision of the league of na
tions awarding Mosul to Irak which
is under British mandate, was receiv
ed with consternation In Turkey.
When the award reached Angora
the cabinet was called in extraordin
ary session. I'nder the chairmanship
of President Mustnph Kemal Pasha
and with Ihe participation of chief
of staff, the ministers sat late into
the night examining all angles of the
situation. , .
Turkish public opinion as express
ed in the newspapers considers that
the question has not been solved hut
is entering upon a new Phase', more
complex than that obtaining prior
to the league decision.
All papers chiHcitt the "servility"
of tho league, which they assert is j
the tool of Great Britain. Most of;
them are awaiting the lead for An-1
gora before indulging in any more ,
definite comment, but Djumurlet do-1
clnrest "We shall save Mosul as we
saved Symaria, Adena and BroUBSa ";
The leading government organ j
says: "The government has exumin-;
ed all eventualities and has taken the1
necessary measures to meet ' every
situation. We mention this not by
wny of a threat, hut for the purpose
of informing public opinion here and
abroad."
Don't Use 1926
Licenses Until
First of Year
"Don't use 1926 automobile lic
enses until January 1."
This is the request made today
by Walter A. Foster, state traffic
officer, to tho Klamath motoring
public.
"Reason for the request 13 that
until January 1, we have no check
on 1926 licenses." Mr. Foster ex
plained. "I am prompted to ask
cooperation of Klamath motorists,
because already 1 havo noticed a
number of 1926 licenses on local
cars.
(A.P.) Tun Denver banks
tlie Metropolitan Stale liank
Three other banking insti-
Iianks and a state hank, were!
.... , I
tandstill as downtown buying
Many Give To
Chest Fund For
Klamath Poor;
Nearly AH Business
Firms in City Con
tribute Contributions are coming in
rapidly for the Christmas chest
fund, according to the various com
mittees in charge who met lau
evening. Chest fund boxes are
placed in a number of the stores
throughout the business district,
with the view to securing funds for
the unfortunate of Klamath Falls.
Included in the list of stores are:
Underwood's Drug Store, Moe's
Store. Mecca Pool Hall. Tho Star
Drug. The Pastime, The Waldorf.
The Eagle Pool Room. Three K
Store and The Golden Rule.
So far the individuals and busi
ness houses making, donations to the
chest include The Elks Lodge, Klam
ath Ice end Cold Storage, Moe's
Store, Vasa Lodge No. 460. The
American National Bank. The Club
Cafe, The First National Bank, The
Palace Meat Market, Whitman's
Drug Store. John Vale. Woolworth
Company, Santford Grocery, Rob
erts and Harvey. The Baldwin Hard
ware Store. The Lincoln Market,
The Dodge Garage, Roy Call Gar
age, Balin Furniture. Klamath
Hardware, Hotel HMJ. GJover's Jew
elry Shop, LorenrMuid jt'ompanj;, A.
n WUnn Reslev. 'Photo. IlAdferial
Garage. Sh'ephirds.g4usii? Stofel Jh'ej
Mecca, Houston and Jester, Gordon .
K imtiii!irilj;on., Pac Scven-
Portland Has
Poor Business
For Christinas
Warm Weather Blamed
For Poor Sales in
Market
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. IS. P
Trading continues light in the to-1
cal commission district. Not much of
Christmas buying, although an in
crease in the activity is expected to
affect conditions along produce row
during the next few days.
Nothing occurred this morning to
change the trend of events. Few of
the houses are doing a normal vol
ume of business.
.Mild, open weather, with lots of
home grown produce on the market,
is said to be a big factor In the pre
sent stagnant situation.
PICK HASLMO.M)
WASHINGTON, De. 18. (IP)
Ogtlen H. Hammond of New Jer
sey, was nominated today to be am
bassador to .Spain.
I
Crossword Puzzle
Anger Kills Self, Wounds
Bride Who Refused To Aid
XI'.W YORK, Doc. IS. (A.P.) Angered because bis bride
ul" 1" months would nut help him solve a cross word ptt.le,
Theodore Kocrtier, an ardent devotee of the pastime, seriously
wounded Iter and killed himself.
Koerner last night . asked Mrs. Koerner for help in Solving
a particularly hard combination of words.
"I have a headache," she replied. "I think J'll go ami lie down."
A moment later as she was in the bedroom of their apartment.
Koerner appeared at the door with a pistol in his hand. He tired
without speaking ami the bullet struck Mrs. Koerner in the
right temple. As she fled, Koerner lired another shot at her
which missed its target, and then turned the pistol on himself.
lie had had two nervous breakdowns since summer and was
on sick leave from his work. j
M
IN LUST 2 YEARS
Chairman of County School
District Gives Figures at
Luncheon Club
ENROLLMENT JUMPS
Pupils Increase from 726 in
1919 to Total of 1353
at Present Time
Cost of operating KItimatli county
schools has practically doubled with
in the last few years, while revenue
remains about the same, was tne as
sertion of C H. Underwood, chair
man of the county school district No.
1, who spoke this noon before tho
Rotary club.
"Six years ago, in the fall or 1919.
there was an enrollment of 72C. 'To
day there are 1.153 pupils. By far
the largest portion of this increase
has come within the past two years."
Mr. Underwood declared.
"During tho past four years, ex
penditures for buildings ad new
grounds has totaled more than 1350,
000, all financed by bond Issues. Dur
ing this period bonus totaling $37.
000 have been retired. All bonds is
sued prior to 1918 have been paid
in full and provision has been made
to retire $310,000 in outstanding
bonds aa soon as possible.
"All school property in thu dis
trict is now valued at approximately
S550.000.
The school board Is lir..itcd in its
authority to increase its expenditures
by more than six per cent eaeh y-ar
and it has been necessary each vear
to submit tho budget of the board to
the voters for approval."
In rloslTis. Mr. Umierwo'id -.uin-tioned
tin- will mado a former.
Klamath citizen. Jn.s. ( onger, jury tho
terms of which a $14,040 estate has
been made available for sciiool needs,
in many cases having proved n God
send. The estate has earned for tho
district the sum of f lOiOdO. i i any
the face af the principal.
Quake Felt in
Southern Town
SACRAMENTO. Calif.. Dec. 18.'
(IP) A slight earthquake sh--e.k at
1:05 a. m. was felt at Redding, ac
cording to a dispatch received by the
Sacramento Bee.
Olives and Milk
Poisoned; Police
Seek Mystery Man
MADISON, Wis., Dec. IS. (IP)
Polled here today were con-
centrating their efforts toward
tunning down a poisoner who
has stricken fear into hund-
reds of homes. Discovery of
pjison in n large vat of olive.) $
in a grovery establishment of
Piper Brothers yesterday pro-
vided police with a now mys-
toty. None of the olives havo
been sold.
This is the fourth time in
two years that poison has been
found in olive i Intended for $
consumption in homes here.
The police investigation
thus far has failed to uncover
any tangible clue.
Fan In t.
mm schools
HAVE BIG GROWTH