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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
AID THE COMMUNITY
CHEST; IT DESERVES
YOUR WARM SUPPORT
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Eighteenth Year Number M) 1 2
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CHRISTMAS
WILL
KLAMATH'S
y
Santa Clius Finishing up
Happy Task of Search
ing Out Drear Homes
HERALD FUND SUCCESS
Childish Faith to be Justi
fied Throughout City
Tomorrow Morning
Santa Clan.", with a rud
dy, cheerful smile, started
out again today to finish up
the job of sending toys and
Christmas gifts into the
homes when doubt has pre
vailed for many weeks. It
has been a big task, but a
pleasant one, to sort out the
gift for Klamath kiddies'
and see that they reached
their destination by. tonight,
but those on The Herald
staff who have been priv
ileged to assist in this work
will feel better and happier
for having been permitted
to aid in this worthy cause.
All yesterday afternoon
and again today employes
of tlje Anderson Transfer
company have been hard at
work delivering the toys and
gifts to the youngsters
whose names were procured
by the investigating commit
tee of the Community Chest.
Up until noon today 213
children had been supplied
with toyi, while 'otrwrii wore bblM
Investigated, wlili the chiiuco that
finnta Cluua will have it little em
ergency work to it after nightfall
tonight. Tito Auderiion Transfer
company la donullng the use of It
truck mid employe to old THc
Hornid and the wiirm-htirtod peo
ple of Kliimnth lo furnish the kid
dle with the groutnst Christmas
I liny luive ever hint.
tilve OeiH'roiixly
Not content with furnishing nil
the toys at nbiioluto govt, Murdolf
ond Woolf, furniture dculurs, want
ed to ninko doubly tiiiro Hint there
would be no tenr-dlmmed eye to
morrow morning, no tlioy donated
176 nvorth of uddltlonnl toys to
The llerald'n fund.
Krory part of tho city and It
suburbs has bocn or It being vlslt
d by The Kvenlng lleralil'H Santa
Claim. In MAM plnoos tho truck
have been unulile to negotiate the
muddy Htreet. and they bnvo been
compelled to wade and tramp their
way through mud and witter to
reach some of the drear home
where wlHtful-oyoil kiddles were
peering Ihrnugh wlndowpsnoa look
ing for the coming of Snntit OlSUS,
Kllllll RoncIum VilllO
A recupltulntlon hIiowh Unit more
than 300 In cash and toy IWM do
nated to The Herald's fund. In
every Instance Ihoy were gifts whl li
ciimo from (be heart; offorings on
the nllnr of childish faith, that for
once tho kiddle of Klamath would
have a Christmas they would never
forgot.
So successful Was the fund and
ho generou nun tho response Ihni
The lleruld announces here ami now
that It has become an annual Itt
iii It nt Imi. Tlloro will lie some inon
oy remaining In the fund which will
bo placed In n savings account in
readiness for next cnrltma. '
Tho Community Chot likewise
haH more than gone over the tup,
nnd every deserving family in the
county will bo well enrod for to
morrow unit during thu winter
months which follow.
Miners Want
To Arbitrate
HCUANTON, Pit,, Doe. 21. (P)
John tii Lewis, president of the
United Minn Workers, has notified
Mnyor John Darken, Chairman of
the anthracite committee of mnyors
nnd niirgesnen, Hint the miners are
willing to moot tho oporntors in con
ference to dlflcumt any plan for pence
fl was lenrnod today.
CHILDREN
Christmas In
West Will Be
Peaceful Day
Calm Weather Predict
ed For This
Section
KAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 24. (JP)
Christ runt In (lie went 1 expected
to be In keeping with (ho plrlt of
Hie day. calm, peaceful ami hrlr.it.
The United stnto wMthsr bttresn
laid today that the Hun 1 upeted
lii thine all over the weilern liMid
with Hie tVMBtlOq of the anrtliern-
mosl c tnsi country, wb,ore s bit p(
n storm In brewing. Tno disturb
auco appenrn to bo it local ue,
bawcreri
From thi eoitnt (o beend the
plate. Hi, clear. COO) weat'ier In (he
order. With the temperature hover
ing eround the freezing polnl in
Bonis regions. The advanced sen
noil findn tlie snow In the Sierra
far lieiuw BONSAI, only M in -he
being recorded today at the gav
ernuieut measuring ntullon at Hum
mil, PlSCer county; no Hint there
will he Utile of the white Christmas
that In known no well to nanlorn
pelutn.
Mitchell Gets
Offer To Head
Aerial League
Deposed Air Officer
Tended Another '
Job
WASHINGTON; lleo. 24. OP)-
Colonel William .Mllrholl. sentonc
ed by court martial to five year
suspension from the army ban been
:mkod by the neilul league of Am
erica, with office In New York
to become Itn general director end
supervise tho organisation pinna
for nlr way development.
A letter addressed to the colonel
by Henry Woodhouso, president ol
the league, nnld the OOlOnel's aorv
Icen wan nought In connuctlon with
plan for establishment of 34 trans-
eonUnental, trans'AUsntlo, trans
1'aclflc, and pan-Amerlcun airways;
build uu nlr Junction at Muscle
Bhoall for IS triiiin-contlnontal,
trims-Atlantic and trans-PaCjflc air
way nnd lo build (ho first two
"ulr cltle" In the world on land al
ready purchased for tho purpose at
San Murclol, Sou ro, Mexico, and
tract bolni boufal In Arizona.
Colonel Mitchell I expected to
decllno tho offer.
Ex-Convict To
Be Bridegroom
Fred Schulte to Stage
Delayed Wedding
SALEM, Ore, Doc. 24. OP)
Frod Schulte, former conHtublc at
Ueodnport, who was frood from
tho state penltentinry yesterday on
commutation by tho governor nftor
nerving three years of a soven your
sentence for alleged acceptance of
n bribe, will ho married today at
Van OOUVSr, Wash. The bride will
be Mrs. Winnie Drews. They were
lo bo married In December, 19211,
but tho wedding was blocked by
Semite's Sentence, in tho stnto pris
on. Lonlon.y In his behalf wus
recommended to Unvornor Vlerre by
Judge J. W. Hamilton, i.vh.i presid
ed nt tho trial, nnd Quy (Jordan, the
district attorney who prosecuted
Schulte,
VANOOUVKK. Wash.. Doc. 24.
(iT) Fred 0. Schulte, 7, of Heeds
port, and Mrs. Wlnnio Drews of
Portland, giving her age its legal,
woro married hero Inst night nbout
tl o'clock by tho Kov. Luther B.
Deck. The witness was Mrs. A.
Schulte, of Sun DJogo, California,
mother of the bridegroom.
After the eoremony hero they left
for Portland.
WARM AT I'XOKNK
BIKIENE, Ore, Doc. 24. (IP)
Skies were clear nnd a warm sun
horn- on Eugene today, with every
Indication Hint ChrlHtmus day would
bo as fine. Hobos nro to be found
blooming out of doors hero, and
ninny liuds nro on the trees. Hikers
report wild flowers In tho hllla,
L
TO EXPOSE IE
Marine Officer, Fired as
Philly Police Chief,
Plans Exposure
WEALTHY PROTECTED
Says Officials Arc Not Sin
cere in Efforts to Put
Down Violations
PHILADELPHIA. Dee. 24. OP)
Qeneral dmedley D, Sudor, i-
inlssed by .Muyor K end rick an head
of the Philadelphia police, mild to
day that publication of his dairy
would "raise a ruction." He kept
It during the two years he was di
rector of public safety and recorded,
n itnng other thing, conversations
with tho mnyor and other city of
ficials. The general said that a bradstde
in which be alleged the mayor wan
it protector or big violators of the
prohibition law was only a prelim
inary blunt.
"I'm glng to keep right on with
tho ultiick until I get ready to stop,"
ho added, "and I won't nlop until
I prove my case."
Xnt lo Itesign
Qeneral Bntler let it b known
that he would endeavor lo recall his
letter of resignation from the marine
corps, which ho submitted Monday
In order to remnln here. Ho plans
to rilll Washington early next week
for a conference Willi Major (ieneral
John A. Lejeune, commandant of
the corps, who hns indicated that he
in anxious to liavo the general re
main In the service.
In making public letters which
passed between himself and Mr. Ken
drlck and Joseph L. (iiiffney, city
solicitor, the genural attempted to
show thnl it was because he would
not go easy on the big hotels that
ho wan "fired."
I'mltockn Needed
Duller nnld that he wanted the
Hltt-t'arlton hotel padlocked for
liquor vlolntlonn nnd dance license
of tho flellevue-Stratford nnd the
Walton hotels revoked for the same
reiiHon, but the mnyor disapproved.
David p. Provan, manager of the
RlU-CtrltOn, is under I. buil
for n hearing on cburges of violating
the prohibition laws as a result of
n raid on two rooms of the hotel
where a private pnrty wits being
held.
The correspondence Includes n
letter from Butler to the Mnyor lust
November Which said in regard to
one hotel:
Scene tif Orgies
"Drunken men and young girls
wero found upon the ball room
floor."
in one memorandum, Butler
quoted the mnyor ns saying: "You'ro
going too strong on these $7,000,000
Investments," nnd "you huvo to lay
off these big places," because "there
Is n difference between a f.000.000
and it Cheap place that blackmails
people."
Mnyor Kendrick inndc no comment
upon the correspondence but issued
an nppenl to the people to support
him In enforcing tho law.
Three Burn To
Death In Fire
OKMULGEE, Okln., Dec. 24. OP)
Two children and n 19 year old
girl were burned to dentil, the moth
er of Hie children was critically burn
ed, three others were Injured nnd HI
others escaped with their lives when
n three story frame hotel burned to
dny.
Standard Oil
Has Dividend
NEW YORK, Doc. 24. OP) The
Standard Oil Company of Now York
todny gitvo Its stockholders a Christ
mas present by declaring u stock
dividend of 2n per cont.
This action follows the merger of
the Mugnolln Petroleum Company
Into the Standard Oil Company of
New York by exchanging four shares
of Standard Oil for one of Magno
lia, or cash payment of $181,211 a
share tor Mnguolla,
GENERA
UNDER KENDRGK
Carriers Will
Christmas Packages
Will Be Sent
Out
Fourteen carriers from the local
postofflee will dellwT Christmas
packages to the people f Klamath
Kail between the hours of elgbi
and tea tonight, this mail being the
last delivery until 8m inlay. People
throughout tho city are asked to
leave their porch lights on I aid
the carriers in finding the proper
addresses.
Ily five o'clock Ibis afternoon all
the Incoming mail at the office will
be cleared up nnd delivered, the
force having the final rush well In
hand.
Incoming mall still continues to
be heavy and letters for city de
livery will pass tho 12.000 mark U
day besides those who receive their
mall through boxes. Tin-letter reg
istration niucaine showed that over
12,000 letters bad been sent out
by the local office at a lute hour
this afternoon.
Saturday will be another heavy
day and the extra force at the of
fice, put on for the holiday rash,
will bo on duty tho entire day. Mon
day Is expected to be another heavy
day hut tho normal post office force
mill handle this rush.
"We expect the office to be hack
to normalcy by Tuesday." Assistant
Postmaster (irifflth KtateJ this after
noon. Bandits Take
Pay Roll Of
Coal Concern
Total of $47,900 Stolen
By Robber Group
PITTSBURGH. Dec. 24. OP)
The Christmas pay roll of the Pitts
burgh Terminal Coal Company, $4 7,
900, was taken from the pay car
by six armed men at Mollenauer, a
mining settlement near Pittsburgh
todny. The robbers escaped In an
automobile. The bandits shot I. L.
Gump, a guard, la the abdomen. His
condition Is critical. I
L&Roy Mutton, paymaster, Gump
and another guard had alighted from
a special Pittsburgh and West Vir
ginia railroad pay car to go to mine
number :i nearby when tho robbers
drove up. The bandits opened fire
Immediately. The first volley
brought down (lump. Mutton drew
a pistol, but was forced to drop it.
One robber jumped from the mn
ehine, took the hag containing the
payroll and then returned tp the car.
As Hut robbers drove awny towards
Library, another mining settlement,
they fired n parting volley.
Former Solon
Gets New Job
Howard Sutherland is
Property Cus
todian WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. OP)
Howard Sutherland, former senator
from West Virginia, was appointed
today to be alien property custodian.
Mr. Sutherland, who is a repub
lican, succeeds P. C. Hicks of New
York, who died several dnys ago.
The new custodian served two terms
In the house of representatives nnd
one term In the senate, retiring
front the latter body in 1923, Hv
was engaged in tho coal anil timber
land business beforo entering con
gress. He wns bora nt Kirk wood,
Mo., nnd Is SO years old.
Bank Employes
Receive Checks
Santa Clans nrrivod n few hours
ahead of Schedule tit the American
National bunk todny and deposited
chock's in the hands -of every em
ploye of tho Institution.
Following n precedent established
three years ago, the bank gave all
employes a check representing a
half of ono month's salary. Needless
to say, the presentation this nfter
uoou was a happy event.
COLE PREPARES
T0 DEFEND SELF
T
Accused Prohi Officer De
mands Arrest of C.
Schultz, Witness
WOULD OUST LEAVITT
Also Files Affidavit of Pre
judice Against local
Circuit Judge
William Cole. Indicted state pro
hibition agent, look definite steps
today to strike back at his ac
cusers. Held on an Indictment
charging him with assaulting Frank
Pectiolt wltb a dangerous weapon.
Cole was at tho office of District
Attorney Klllotl this afternoon to de
mand a warrant for the arrest of O,
Schultz, of the Klamath Moulding
company, charging him with reck
less driving as a "hit and run''
autolst.
Cole, throughout the Pecbolt af
fair, lias maintained that Pecholt
was struck by an automobile when
he was endeavoring to evade ar
rest on a liquor charge, and has in
sisted that he did not strike Pecholt
in tlie head with a sap or gun, as
was alleged.
As another move in his contem
plated defence; Cole today filed an
affidavit of prejudice against Cir
cuit Judge Leavitt. in which he sets
forth the belief that he cannot pro
cure a fair and impartial trial be
fore the Klamath jurist, and asks
that another judge be called In to
sit in the trial of his case.
Although he has not yet'procured
an attorney, Cole announced this af
ternoon that a Salem lawyer will
defend him. It is generally under
stood tbat an assistant attorney
general will represent him inas
much as he was a state employe at
the time of the Pecholt affair
SHERIFFS TQLD
NOT TO ISSUE
AUTO LICENSES
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 24. IP) Sec
retary of State Koier yesterday sent
a letter to Sheriffs and other peace
officers of the state advising them
not to Issue temporary automobile
licenses to owners whose cars have
been previously licensed.
"When an applicant for a 1926
motor vehicle presents himself to
the sheriff with an application for
such license," says tho leiter, "he
must exhibit to sheriff either, a cer
tificate of title or the certificate and
receipt of registration issued at the
time and in conjunction with such
certificate of title ns evidence that
such motor vehicle aner has com
plied with the law requiring him to
secure certificate of title for his
motor vehicle."
Kiddies' Theater
Party to Be Held
At Early Date
Closing of the city schools on ac
count of the epidemic cheated the
students out of their annual theatre
party which is given every year by
C. H. Underwood. Howevor Mr.
Underwood states that the party will
bo given at an early dnte at which
time every student la the grammar
schools will bo his guest at the
Pine Tree troatre.
Investigation of
Rates Is Ordered
SALEM, Ore.. Dec. 24. JP)
The public service commission hits
ordered an investigation of first and
second class express rates on meats,
oleomargarine and other similar
articles of merchandise front Port
land and Spokane to eastern Oregon
points east of Pendleton. The hear
ing will probably bo held soon
ttfler the first of tho year nil in
vestigation of express rates on paper
from California nnd Oregon points
is under consideration,
TAMPA.--There's going lo be it
lot of bull throwing hero New Year's
Day. The champion matador of
Spnln Is coming from Spain nnd
eight matadors nnd 2" bulls from
Mexico. Spring swords that won't
hurt tho bulls will be used.
CHARGE
Fire Aid From
Klamath Ought
To Be Allowed
Malin Merchant De
cries Present City
Law
That there should be some chang'i
in the regulations now governing
the Klamath Falls fire department
Is the belief of A. Kalina. Mai in
merchant, who was in town today.
"When the Malin school was on
fire we ran out of chemicals and
when we phoned Klamath Falls for
some chemical tanks v.e were in
formed that property of the city
I fire department could not be used
J outside of the city limits," Mr. Ka-
Una said. ,
I "This was not the fault of the
j fire chief, nor of his force, but is,
II understand, a city ordinance, tt
seems to me that hs a case like tho
; -Malin fire, when a school is burn
ing and when the damage will fall
I on every taxpayer In the county,
! the rules should be modified to per
mit the Klamath Falls fire Chief
using his own judgment."
More than 15.000 gallons of water
were poured on the fire through
800 feet of hose. Mr. Kalina said.
The damage is now estimated at
15,000, being confined principally
to the flooring and joists.
Drive Started
Against Clubs
On White Way'
New York Official
Plans Pre-Holiday
Coup
XEW YORK, Dec. 24. OP) Feder-
) al Attorney Buckner has begun his
third and largest "padlock crusade"
; by a holiday onslaught cn "white
way night haunts," some of them
L favorite 'socially and the theatrical
i resort3.
At midnight last night. Deputy U.
S. Marshals, and policemen began
a wholesale service of summons and
complaints upon proprieors who are
given twenty days in which to ac
cept "consent decrees" or fight
theix cases.
The padlocking proceedings are
the result of evidence previously
gathered by the authorities. Several
of the places proceeded against were
Involved in two previous drives by
Mr. Buckner's office.
Tae twenty day leeway, it is ad
mitted will not prevent any holiday
plans from being carried out, but
it Is hoped that the proceedings will
have a "moral effect."
Mr. Buckner asserts some of the
cabarets, restaurants and night clubs
have sent out holiday invitation
cards, which hint broadly that the
thirsty may have their thirst slack
eneed by a visit to the resorts.
Some of the clubs against which
summons iwere issued bear such
descriptive names as Texas Tommy,
Chummy Club, Cozy Step In, Hop
l"p Club, the Charleston and the
Necka Club.
Druse Agree
C7
To Armistice
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 24. P) An
armistice is reported to have been
j signed between the Druse tri'oe3
I men and the new French high com
! missioner in Syria, Henry De Jouve-
nei.
All prisoners held by tho French
authorities in Syria on political
Charges are to be liberated, the re
port added.
Tidal Wave Hits
Island of Japan
TOKYO, Doc. 24. (IP) A report
from the navy department today In
dicated that tho tidal wave and storm
which struck the Island of Yap on
December 15 broke two wireless an
tennae poles nnd damaged virtually
every building along the const. No
casualties were reported. Both cnhle
and wireless communication was sus
pended for it short time while repairs
wero being made. During the storm
a wind of 150 miles velocity was re
ported, accompanied by waves 20
feet high.
T
LUMBER
r STORE
Merchandise valued at more
than $300 Taken Some
Time Last Night
NO CLUES UNCOVERED
Outdoor Clothing Taken
Automobile Believed
Used by Outlaws
Outdoor clothing, guns
and other articles of merch
andise valued at more than
$300 were stolen from the
Lamm Lumber company
store at Modoc Point last
night by a gang of robbers
who carried their loot away
in an automobile.
Deputy Sheriffs Kimsey
and Fomcrook were at Mo
doc Point this afternoon
seeking some clue as to the
identity of the bandits, but
according to a report receiv
ed here this afternoon no
definite trace of the men
had been found.
Jimmy Rear Door
Entrance to the store,
which faces the DallesCali
fomia highway, was gained
by jimmying open a door to
the lumber company office.
From there the door into
the store was forced open.
The guns were part of the
prizes on two punchboards
in the store. Report receiv
ed here this afternoon was
to the effect that more mis
sing articles were taken than
was first believed, and when
a thorough check of the
stock is completed it may
show the amount of the loot
greatly in excess of what
was first reported.
Tire tracks indicated that
a motor vehiqle had been
backed up to the store and
that the robbers had carried
their loot from the building
and through it into the car.
Weeks Injured
In Train Crash
Former War Secretary
In Head-on Wreck
CHARLESTON, S. C Dec. 24.
(JP) -John W. Weeks, former secre
tary of war, was slightly injured and
four trainmen are believed to havo
been killed in a head-on collision be
tween two Atlantic coast line trains
today near Moncks corner. The two
trains, number 76, northbound, and
nubmer 85. southbound, both late.'
were filled with Christmas travel
ers, and were said to have been go
ing at a fair rate of speed to make
up for lost time.
The point where the collision oc
curred la a single track section.
Unofficial reports said both en
gineers were killed.
Cosgrove Wants
Bright New Year
DUBLIN,, Dec. 24. (VP) Presi
dent William T. Ccsgrave of the
executive council of the Irish free
state gave a Christmas message to
the Associated Press today In which
he expressed the strong conviction
"that he wishes a happy Christmas
and a bright new year Tar Irish
people would bo fulfilled."
SO ( HKIHTMAH ISSl'K
In keeping with its usual
custom, The Kvenlng Herald
t will not publish tomorrow,
Christmas day, In order that
all employes may enjey the
holiday at home wltb their
families. 4 .
BURGLARS
MM
GOMPAN