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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
AID THE COMMUNITY
CHEST; IT DESERVES
YOUR WARM SUPPORT
Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Year -Number 5715
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 'ZH, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TWO PRISONERS
016 WAY OUT OF
JOSEPHINE
Alleged Burglar and Reput
ed Forger make Succeaa-
ful Sunday Escape
HELD TO GRAND JURY
Sheriff Discovert Hole in
Cell Wall Long After
They Have Run Away
OIUNT8 I'AHH, ON., DM. 28 .(A")
Two prlaonora, I wtn Curlyalu and
J. M. Darling, hold In (he county
Jail hers far appearance hefuro thu
(raod Juhy. oscapad aomo limn ys
lerdaj aflornoin through a hole thet
dug Id Ibe wall of their coll.
Sheriff Wllllim llayoa ald Lb
men dux tbolr way out rflttl u lursu
acrowdrlvor nnd an Iron bar which
b declared wore painted ta tho
prla. ner from someone on Hin oul
tide. Curlynln mul Da ling wo.n tht
only inmates hr iii tall i ""' 1
of Ihu break.
Carlynl has been hUI alnre
December , on a burglary charge
Darling since laat September on n
forgory cbsrgs.
Woman Admits
Arson Charge
MKDKORD, Ore.. Dor. 28. P)
Mia. Minnie Wholpley. 63, of Aah
land. Indicted for nraon and .-bared
iwlih selling tiro 10 tbv home f
her neighbor. Mlaa Jnno McCoy, 70,
In a moment of spite, December 12,
entered a plxa of guilty before Cir
cuit Judgo 0.' M. Thoniaa, ihla
morning nnd enlerod a furihor plea
ot insanity. Tho date of thu bnar
Ing baa not boeo aet.
Synthetic Guinea
Pigs Propagated
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. "Dec. 28.
-Synthetic guinea plga, produced
by careful breeding" were described
lo tho annual convention of the Am
erican association for the advance
ment of aclonco today by I'rof. H. L.
Ibaen of thu Kansas Stat.. Agricul
tural college. Ilia experiment!) on
thuao little animals, he hoped, would
lead to a better comprebenalon of the
factors entailed In the breeding of
tiporior llvealock.
Ily careful mating tho scientist ob
tained new types- of gulneu plgn, su
porlor from tho show man's point
of view, to their parents. One of his
products, he said, a n "synthetic"
pink eyed white guinea pig with a
Human noso nnd drooping ears.
Weather Normal
in Coast States
BEATTt.B, Doc. 28. (P) Wen
ther today was normal throughout
the region west of tho rocky moitn-!
tains oxcopt in northern California.;
tho United Statna wouthor bureau
roported hero. Over tho Puget
Bound country, contorlng horo, lay I
a donso fog. j
Tothpurattiro Indications through-!
out the Pacific northwost wore the
following mlnlmuma last night, all
being above Kern;
Oregon Baker City, 16.
Idaho -Pooalollo. 22; Bolao 28,
WoHtern Montana iinionu, 20.
In uustarn WiiHhlngton, that part
of the stato beyond the Cascade:
mountain" from horo, Ynklimi nnd
Hpoknno had ench 32 nnd Wulla
Walla 8.
Tho tempernluro dropped lo 3 7 !
nbovo tern huro lttat night and had
climbed to 40 by mtd-foronoon. This
mark, tho lowest thla month, was
oquallod Docombor 14. Tho coldest1
horo nluco hint winter, 32, Novom-'
her 22 nnd, 23.
KUdHNK HIIIVKRH
BUOKNIO, Ore., Doc. 28.' Tho
mercury slumped to tho 3 2 degroo
mark horo Inst night, nnd todaiy
was cloudy and cold. Tho maximum
temperaturu yestorday, u bright nnd
vloar day, was 47 degrees.
NEW YORK. Robort Muyokowlt
an osklmo who in seeing tho sights!
lmrn inli-litv .1 ...... 1, Hint tin tel'l 111
Alaska the Eskimo equivalent for
Ills heavy undofwear.
1925 Banner
Building Year
For This City
More Houses Construct
ed Than Ever
Before
With MtOO In building permits on
file to bn considered nt tonight's
meeting of the city council, the past
year will iIoho with greater acti
vity than In any other previous year,
though the total volume of permit"
will not be Inn."
In 1934 Construction of dry kilns
by Ihu Ewiiitua fox I'ompany and Im
provement" by Ibe California Oregon
Power company on I. Ink river were
included In the total of permit".
Till" year all penult" have almoat
without exception been for renldenc
en. apartment" or business building".
TotsJj for the year hnvi. not yet
Iwn tabulated, uccordlug to City
Recorder cughaguu.
Autos Crash
In Heavy Fog
NEW WEKT.M INSTEIt, II. C.. Dec.
-ft Kleven auto accident" on
the Pacific highway. International
road from Canada to Mexico between
hen and the Amerlran boundary.
20 mil.'" aouth. were blamed on fog
yeaterday.
Mildred Green. Ilelllngbain. Wash..
and Mgar Putnam of thi" city wore
. n j red in a bead -on collision V. it.
MnnriH' of IlillliiKhnm. one of the
drivers. ald that he wns on the
wrong aide of the road, but that he
couldn't I. 11 It iu the gloom.
A machine driven by J. T. 'larl;
enxle, Uremertou. Wash., In tryln,; to
avoid another machine, turned over
Into a ditch and burned Muckenle,
II. Croaawell and II. Kelly wero nil
"lightly hurt.
Alleged Still
Owner Is Held
Arson Charge
ROSEDLRRU, Ore., Doc. 28. (A7)
Joe Nelson, a tranalent barber, won
arrealcd hero last night charged
with possession of a "till, and a cum
panlun, Emery Shirley l being
"ought by local officers on, clim-go
of white slavery. Shirley slipped
down n fire escape at the hotel
where he was "laying and made a
getawny i.vhlle Nelson was being In
terviewed In tho lobby.
Sheriff Stnruier Bays that deputies
have been watching tho two men
and tho woman, who l detained as
a witness, fur tho past ten days, and
that the men wero trucked to a "till
found about fifteen miles oast of
Sulhorlln.
THREE INJURED
ABOARD WARSHIP
MKDKOItl), Oro.. Doc. 28. (P)
In a hend-on colllHion till" morning
between a car driven by John Peter
anil one driven by Robert W, Smith, I
on tho JnckHonvllle highway, Oney ;
Varfiey and Clara Smalhvood of Butte
Kails, Ore., sustained cuts and bruis
es about tho bend and fnco. The ac
cident was attributed to n heavy fog
which has bung over tho valley for
tho past two days.
Four Dead from
Extreme Weather
UAI.TIMORK, Dee. 28. - (P) j
Knur dentbs, one from freezing and I
lln from asphyxiation, was the loll ;
of the cold wave iu Bnittittorp today.
Fred B), llerg, 11 Baltimore and
Ohio railroad truckmen, found un
conscious frum the cold, died in a '
hospital. Three others wore victims
of gna In rooms tightly closed against 1
tho cold.
Colonel Coolidge
Confined to Bed
PLYMOUTH, Vh Dec. 28. (A)
- Colonel John C. Coolldgo, father
of tho prosldenl, was confined lo his
hod today because ho hns lost the
tlBO of IiIh right leg dee to faulty
clrculiitlou. Dr. Albert C, Cram
of Urldgownler, his personal physl-t
olah, snld his patient's condition wiih!
not to Uo considered serious. I
SEVEN ALLEGED
COUNTERFEITERS
HELD Of POLICE
Notorious International
Gang ia Rounded up at
Elizabeth, N. J.
TAKE PARAPHERNALIA
Newark Jeweler Held as one
of Chief Suspects
Had New Syatem
ELIZABETH. N. J.. Doc. 28. UP)
Police here were Informed' today
that , seven alleged international
ooiintei f. lii-r" In New York had been
arrested ua a result of apprehension
of Frank Welgnnd, on "imllar chnrg
ea, here yesterday.
Welgand. n former Nownrt Jewel-
r, was tuken In custody ul bis home
by three secret nervier, agents.
Federal agents mild that '.ho eight
I, Treats and three additional ones,
ivlilr.li tUe) hoped to make l-iday'
would dispose of a hand of .on Wr
loiters wboi.e oporatloiis cxttmled
throughout thu Culled State nu.l
Canada.
Cameras and plate" and .ittir r an
; parnt a for the manufacture of spur
lo)W money were found nt Wolgnud'a
i home nnd a partial confession was
( obtained, the officer" eald.
Tho agent" said that Instead of
I printing preoaes. tho counterfeiters
I etnnluved n pholocngrav lilt; pro is
j l'i.ortlng a specially pre pare I pn. r
) from England.
William Harcombe
Will Be Appointed
SALKM. Ore., Doc. 28. VP) Wll
llnm Harcombu. Dallus, attorney,
bus been named by Uovornor Wal
ter .M. Pierce to aucceed Joseph Hel
goraon, aa Polk county district at
turncy, whon the offlco Is vucated
January 1.
Hclgeraon Is to resign to become
astlstunt United Stutes district at-!
tornoy at Portland. Harcombe wai
a candidate for the Polk county of- i
flco nt the last election and was de- '
rested by Hclgerson. He Is u do-
moorat.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
STATES IN GRIP
OF BITTER COLD
BKNVKR, Colo Dec. 28. (IP) !
King winter, who accompanied San-1
tn Cluus on his Christmas errand last
week, continued to rule with an Icy
' ' " '"""'""'"j'i'itliat "because the gang got
l"""'
Miles City, Mont., was hardest hit.
Tho temperature, which was 16 be
low xero, dropped to 20 bolow.
It was one above in Denver. Tho
cold wave was hardly felt In Arizona
nnd Utah. Phoenix had n low tem
perature of 54 degrees above, Snlt
Lake City's coldest was 30 degrees.
Santu Fe. New Mexico, reported
cold weather of tho winter, eight de
grees nbovo.
Changes Made
At State Pen
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 28. (P) Two
more changes Iu tho guard person
nel nt tho stato prison nro announc
ed today by Warden J. V. Llllio,
who Is reorganizing his forces.
C. W. Llbby, of Salem, an ox
sorvlco man, Is named to succood
Carl Qroon, of Oregon City, ro
signed, ns night, ohapel guard. The
leslgnallon Of Potor J. White, guard
who was In the turnkey's offleo nt
tho time of tho Munuy-WUlos-Kel-
ley break of August 12, iwhon Mur
ray and Oregon Jonos onterod the '
offlco, put threo guards to rout nnd
commandeered tho arms with which
thoy shot their way out of the pris
on, wns also nnnouncod.
White was a guard on tho front
lawn, nnd his placo has boon made
ItnnocosBary by tho construction of
n guard tower ovor the main gate,
lie will not be replaced.
HKKKH NEW TRIAL
MEDFORD, Ore., Doc. 28. (A)
A motion for n new trial was filled
In tho circuit court this morning by
Omar W. Murphy, well knohvn local
resident found guilty of manslaught
er lust month,
225 Children !l
Absent From
School Today
18 Per Cent of En
rollment Fails to
Show Up
City schools opened this morning
with ranks sadly depleted, many par
ents evidently giving credence to
rumors prevalent regarding tho
meningitis epidemic and being un
willing to risk expoiiag their child
ren. Among thoao present In school
iwaa (ho son of Count Health Of
ficer C. S. Nowsom. due to Nuw
aom'a expressed bel:ef that school
was as safe aa any place.
A total of 225 children failed to
report today, out of an approximate'
average attendance of 1224.
The Mills addition school was the
greatest sufforor, with 76 absent
out of an enrollment of 2tb.
The Central achoal ran a close
raco for second place, reporting 56
absent out of 300.
There wore 31 sjUdng from the
Kulrvlew school, jut of 230 nor
mal. Pelican City was short 27 and
Itlverslde had 26 absent. Enroll
ment at Pelican City Is 112 at River
side 24 2.
According to achoal officials, the
number absent la greater than at
any time In recent years.
County school!, including the
Klamath High school are now sch
eduled to open January 4.
Butler Takes
Last Fling At
Philadelphia
Dismissed Director
Says City Is "Cess
pool" l. W ASHINGTON. Dec. 2.
i Brigadier General Smedley Butler
(today withdrew his resignation from
j "mrl" l'orps
PITTSBUflOH, Dec. 28. (IP)
Brigadier General Smedley D. But-!-.
in bis. own words, has Issued
his "last Idea'" and tbis morning
Is In Washington, trying to get back
into the Marines, from which be re
signed shortly before he was, dis
missed last Wednesday by Mayor
V, Freeland Kendrick, as safety di
rector of Philadelphia. Ho left
Pittsburgh late last night after de
livering an nddro'ss In which he
flayed the "political besses" of Phil
adelphia; gave his version of why
he was "fired"; described the Quak-
. or eitv ns a ce.ssnool nnd declared
me
I flr..d UlH riidn'l hlnff
me."
The general, in his talk, deliver
ed before a law enforcement rally,
declared that Mayor Kendrick was
"all right." but that "ho Is just
in a jam, that's all. No hard feel
ings toward him or anybody else. It
Is just a war and, unfortunately It
enme to a stage where I was not
to nny longer carry on my shoulders
the stigma of not enforcing the law
j on rich and poor, big nnd little all
I alike. I was determined not to
, get out of Philadelphia until some
of the big fellows wore hit. 1 was
sorry to go around and grab the
little saloon, but there Is n big dir
foronce between htm nnd hitting a
n five million dollar hotel."
STATE ENGINEER
WILL QUIT JOB
SALEM. Ore.. Doc. 28. (fl1) H.
M. Chadwlck today teatgnod as as
sistant state engineer, tho resigna
tion to be effective January 1. He
will become affiliated with a manu
facturing concern In Portland. Mr.
Chadwlck has been with tho state
engineering department since 1923
mid has been in direct charge of the
construction of the Jordan Valley
project which has just been com
pleted with a saving, according to
Engineering estimates, of 840,000.
Ho enmo to Orogon in 1920 ns chief
engineer for tho Rogue River Val
ley canal company. His successor
has not yet been named.
.MISSION VAILS
DAMASCUS. Svrln, Doc. 38, IP)
- A Druse delegation headed by Em
it Emln Arbtnn. which recently vis
ited Sueldn. capital of the Djeltel
Druse country, to discuss pence lie
tween the tribesmen and the French,
npparently failed lu Us mission.
DEPORTED JAPS
SCORE ANOTHER
POINT III CASE
Treaty With Orient Ordered
not Striken From Re
cords by Jurist
SEEK B I G DAMAGES
Workers Forcibly Taken
from Toledo Demanding
$125,000 Balm
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 28. (A)
Japanese plaintiffs in damage suits
aggregating $125,000 growing out of
the deportation last July of Japan
ese mill workers from Toledo, Ore.,
scored a second point today in feder
al court. Judge C. E. Wotverton ov
erruled the motion of the 'defendant
citizens of Toledo that a rlauso of a
treaty between the United :':..'' nm!
Japan guaranteeing prolectlon to
citizens and subjects of the two na
tlotts bo' slrlckci. from tin: complaint.
Recently the plaint tit - ; ttrilen
the court overruled the defendants'
motion to require th -:
provide bonds guaranteeing 4bc pay
ment of costs of the cose.
B. A. Green, attorney for the To
ledo defendants, declared that the
treaty could have no application to
a "brawl" as ho characterized lb
occurrence upon which .'Ju- suit :.
iiased. The five Japanese are suing nine
citizens of Toledo charged with be
ing leaderB of a mob that ;o:o-' d the
Japanese to leave Toledo where they
were employed In a mill.
Oregon Teachers
Convene Tuesday
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec, 28. UP)
Teachers of Oregon hive been ar
riving in Portland since ye-jierd.iy
for the annual Oregon state teach
ers' convention.
Preliminary conferences b.. offi
cers of the organizations are un
der way today, x and formal opening
of the convention will be at 3 o'clock
tomorrow, with a session of the
representative council, which Is the
official voting body of the organi
zatlon and composed of acoradlted
delegates.
Disabled Ship
Reaches Japan
PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 28. UP)
The rudderless freight Wrest O'Rowa
reached Hakodate, Japan. Sunday
victor in a battle of nearly n month
with the Pacific ocean. Crippled
by the loss of her rudder on Decem
ber 1, tho vessel, after repeated at
tempts by other steamers to tow
her, made her way to the Japanese
port by steering with a jury rudder
composed of tiwo hawsers dragged
from her stern. The Columbia Pa
cific Shipping company here was
notified today by Captain Ryber'
Wilson of the vessel's arrival at Ha
kodate. Ropairs will be made at
Hakodate.
Highway Shops
Will Stay Here
Because of tho groat amount 01
maintenance work in th!s I ta rlc
the shops of the stato highway de
partment will remain In Klamath
Kails, although the admlni-trative
offices twill be removed to Bend.
This was tho word received today
by tho chamber of commerce In a
letter from William Duby. chairman
cf the stato highway commission.
It was first reported several weeks
ago that this district would be put
under the jurisdiction of The Dal
les office, but Judge DuUy later de
cided to make the change to Bend
because of Its more central location.
SYNTHKT1C GOLD
SAN FRANCISCO,' Dec. 28. ()
The west Is suffering from a sort
of synthetic cold snap. That Is the
way the United States weather bu
reau sums up the situation.
NEW YORK. Mrs. David llelasco
Is sorlously 111. Hor sou-ln-law, Mor
ris Gest, Is arranging for a speedy
trip trout St. Louis.
Voters Pass
Bond Issue
For Schools
$75,000 To Be Spent
On County Build
ings V-Jtcrs In tho rural districts pas
sed by a 5 to 1 margin the bond
issue providing $75,000 for use in
making repairs on county schools'
and building new ones, according
to a tabulation in the office 0,'
Fred E. Peterson, county school
superintendent.
Although all returns are n.t yet
In, indications are that the final
vote will be about 275 to 55.
Improvements contemplated In
clude building ot additions to the
Spraguo River and Chiloquln-Mo-doc
schools.
A new school is to1e built at!
Kirk and one in the Altamat addi
tion. Either a new school or an '
Hon to the present one ..ill Is
provided in the Chelsea-Miller Hill
district.
Gen. Pershing
To Come Home
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. UP)
Because of failing health General :
John J. Pershing is expected to re-1
turn here within the next month
from Arlca. Chile, where he Is rep- ;
resenting President Coolidge in the!
t'iiilean-Peruvian arbitration orer
Tacna-Arica.
His physicians have recommended
that he begin the homeward trip
not later than January 15, and he
may depart before if proper ar-'
rangements can be made.
Car nahan Out
As Lawyer For
Water District
J. H, Carnahan. attorney tor th.
Klamath Irrigation district for (he
past year, Submitted his resignation I
:-i :!,-- board late Saturday afternoon.
The resignation was received too lat
ter presentation to the board at Its
o eting that day.
Mr. Carnahan said he would be un
ablo to continue as attorney for the
llstrlct I ' co use of the press of other 1
ic.tsiness and he did not feel he could
do justice to his clients should he re
main as attorney for the board.
So far no successor has been sug
gested by board members. They will
consider the resignation and the ap
pointment of a successor at tholr
meeting next Saturday.
Burglars Rob
Country Store
DALLAS, Ore., Dec. 28. (A3)
Robbers broke into and robbed the
general store of J. F. Weinert. at
Alrlle. iu southern Polk county,
sometime last night and escaped
with loot estimated to be worth
about St50, including clothing and'
a small amount of money.
Entrance to the store was gained I
by breaking a front window. The 1
post office, housed in the same room
was not molested. ,
Sheriff Hooker, who Investlg ' 1
tho robbery, said that tho robbers
left no clues.
FREIGHTER SUNK
NEAR VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 28.
VP) In profound fog 30 miles south
of here the Lady Cynthia, it pas
senger liner, last night rammed
and snnk the Cowlchan, a freight
er. The Cowlchan sank in 11 min
utes from the clash. The Cynthia
picked up her 14 passengers and ,1t
personnel.
TWO INJURED IN
HEAD-ON CRASH
BOSTON. Mass., Dec. 2S. (P)
Three men were Injured today when
nn acetylene tank exploded on hoard
the V. S. S. Florida now In dry dock
nt .the Oharlestown navy yard. The
explosion, the cause of which has
not been determined, was followed by
tiro which wns extinguished with but
slight damage,
Icy Blasts
Sweep Over
Continent
Death and Destruction
Come in Wake of
Bitter Cold
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.
Astronomers, with their eyes
on sun spots and other solar
phenomen and weather pro
phets, who recently warned
of bitter cold weather the
latter part of December,
have seen their predictions
come true.
Sweeping out of the north
west like valkyries bent on
destruction, the icy winds of
winter time have invaded
almost every section of the
United States and Canada
leaving death and destruc
tion as a week-end after
math. From the Rocky moun
tains to the Atlantic sea
board, freezing and sub
zero temperatures prevailed
with virtually no relief in
sight today but with some
moderation promised Tues
day. The cold break from
the northland pushed even
into the heart of Dixie and
beyond to the northern
reaches of Florida.
Nearly 30 deaths were at
tributed to the cold, acci
dents were numerous, prop
erty valued at several mil
lions was destroyed by fire
and great suffering was
caused among the poof and
homeless. In the east, par
ticularly the low tempera
tures brought home the seri
ousness of hard coal strikes,
now in its seventeenth week.
Below zero temperatures
were recorded in several
parts of Pennsylvania and
other anthracite producing
regions.
While most of the continent tvaa
la the grip of the cold wave, ele
mental manifestations ot other
(font.nuctt on puge two)
ACCUSED DOCTOR
IS TAKEN NORTH
Dr. R. B. Craver, held on a charge
of violating the federal narcotic laws,
and Walter Davis, colored, held as
aa alleged accomplice, wero taken
to Portland yesterday by a deputy
U. S. marshal pending grand jury
investigation by federal operatives
and city police.
William Marx, local attorney, will
leave in the morning Tor Portland
where he will represent tho accused
el- ian. H. expectb lo be ;;ono for
at least a week.
Salem To Get 1
Linen Factory
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 28. UP) -By
a unanimous vote the board of dir
ectors of the new Orogon Llnon
Mills Inc., was Instructed by tho
stockholders, at a chamber of com
merce meeting today lo go ahead
with the construction of n llnon'
factory In Salem. Tho Yote car
ried with It an expression of confa
dence In the board.
LEAVING TOMORROW
Miss Gertrude Eckman of the Oer
trude Hat shop Is leaving on the
morning train for San Francisco,
planning to spend the New Years hol
idays there, enroute east to New
York City, Cincinnati, Cleveland.
Chicago and St. Louis where she will
purchase millinery anil attend the
spring style ahow openings.
Miss Cecelia McMahan will nrrlvo
this evening to bo In charge of lh
shop during Miss Gertrude's absence,