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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening'
AID THE COMMUNITY
CHEST; IT DESERVES
YOUR WARM SUPPORT
Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Yenr -Number 571(1
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
in
STREET LIGHTS
FOR THIS Cllf
Recommendation Made by
Mayor in Annual Mes
sage to City Council
MORE POLICE NEEDED
Street Improvements During
1925 Bring Cheering
Word From Executive
Klnmtli Falls' street 1 1.' i. 'ins SJffi
tern I" disgrace and should bo lm-
iTiv.it immediately, ttsstarsd Mayor
Fred M tloddard In his an ri ii ii I
m.mmie- 10 Hi.' Olty council, which
waa rend lust iiIkIiI. Tim mayor
also urged needed Improvements lit
thii Olty jail, mnl iu:kH for the SB)
ployment of nt loftHt four more pa-,
trolmen.
In nil oilier roapofU thu illy linn
madi' satisfactory progress during
thn year, imperially in tha mutter
of street Improvements, Ill" mayor
rovcnla.
Ilia M ". eg.
111 msegage, In full, followa:
Thn provlilmiB of Secllon 143 of
tho charter of thn City of Klamath
Kalla rpiiulroa Hut mayor to com
municate hy mcasagn u general
atali'inunt of tin. condition of thn
affairs of tho city,
Hlnco thn quarterly report and
thu annual Statement of tho city
Irraaurer cover the rucelpu und dlti
huraemontn of the unllre year, we
will not touch upon them.
Tho year I92fi vni markuil by
ri hi activity In atrect Improve
ment, Ihere being Improveil a total
of 02 block of city Streets at n col
of over two hundred thousand del
lam. 37 hlockn were Improved wllji
Wnrrenlto blthulltlc anil .15 hlockn
with rock macadam, the Warren
Construction eampany bavins
Iracla for 31 blocka of ati-rela and
alley at a coat of approximately
I14b.700.00; Dunn and linker con
tracting: with the oily for nix hlockn
m a coat of approximately S3S,-
i 00, and W. D. Miller contracting
II, liloclia of rock mncudam nt n
coat of 123.000, the sum totnl of
these coiilraclii heInK In excess of
any sum spent In recent year for
Street Improvement.
Hiiowa confidence
Thla development shows the con
fidence the cltlnonn of the various
Improvemenl nulla have In the en
during ntahlllty of thu hualneaa con
dltlona of - Klamath Kail. Thin
street Improvement hns hail a stim
ulating effect, for thoro I contem
plated at tho present time afreet
development of an eallmated' coat of
over ilOO.000, cxcliialve of tho cost
of itiii't ivlng Hlxlh Street, and Ore
(tfnirlliiuod tin l'mi six)
Brownsville Man
Is Killed By Fall
into Pacific Ocean
NEWPORT. Oro., Dec. 29. (P)- -Vu
till Mnttltl of llrownsrlll'i w
hilled yuSlOrday when ho fell run.
a forty foot cliff while slghtucnti,.
on Otter Rock, eight miles north of
here. HI body struck n ledge nnd
was swept Into tho ocean by thn surf.
Ilia body had not been recovered
lusl night.
MANY LIVES ARE
LOSTJN FLOOD
VIENNA, Austria, Dec, 29. -(P)
Hundred) of Uvea huvo boon lost
In floods along tho Rumanian fron
tier, any dlspntches received lie.ro
from Torda. The flood waters aro
declared to pa aweeplng bodies and
ilebrlH through thu streets of that
city.
A tragic BASS Is t old of 0 family
of five who look refuge on the roof
ot tholr homo only to bo forced oft
hy flro which brolto put In the up
per story. All worn drowned.
DOUMER PROGRAM
TO GET SUPPORT
PARIS, Dee. 211 (P)Tho French
cnblnul, mooting this morning,
ngrned In support the flscnl man
.nri . of I'lnnucii Mlnlalor Douthc'r
'the ministers iiuiinlmotialy up
innviil a acbomo'for balancing th"
budget and mnblllzlng tho franc,
nnd nuthorlsed tho finance minister
(0 latroduco tbo bills In purllnmom.
GOURD
URGES
Makes Good
His Boast;
To Retire
1IOHTON, Dec. 211. (y Thirty -00S
yours 0(0, i 14 yeur old appron-
ticu mechanic in tbs " iuw, n. v.,
ahopa jf Ihe New York ('mitral nill
way, told a llttls group of grease
ameurvd cothpanlona Hint when he
inudu a in 1 1 1 1 in dollars he would
rollro. They ISUSbSd and mid Ii I ill
thut with hla 10 tenia mi hour
muges lie would never need to worry
over hi mlllon, or rellremvul.
Hut on New Vetir'u day that ap
prentice nie.'liaulc w.H retire. He
la J-iHcph B. Deitovun, preaident and
l.'caaurcr of the Donovan Motor
OSI company pi Boston, an uuiomo
bile distributing agency. Ho Una
made hla million,
The promise waa prompted hy the
alght of an old man feebly making
hla way to an dittos where ie hop
ed to umaaa morn mllllona. He
already had one million and Dono
van resolved that that wna enough
for any man.
Shoots Driver
Of Fast Auto;
Now In Jail
Dean George of Beatty
Tries Novel
Method
Dean Ueorgo of Boutty has found
out how to get even with people
who whig past you III high-powered
earn, and an a result of hla dla-
. cover)' Dean la now serving u d ub!o
been brought In last evening by
: sentence In the county jail, having
Charlua Taylor, Realty deputy.
Dean's method was aliuple. A
! the other enr passed him. with np-
propriate remarks Dean produced
' a double barrelled shotgun and cut
loose.
He aimed for Urea but gut only
j part of an cur from tho driver ,f
the other car, whose name could
I not be luaincd.
i For pointing u gun he was fined
! $00 und given i0 diiyn. For dis
turbing u place of public worship
Ihe neatly justice also fined him
50 and .10 days.
The reason for the latter charge
la n mystery at tho sheriff office,
Taylor having neglected to lonve de
tails before his return to licatty.
Young Bandit
Fatally Shot
Ray Trask Believed Dy
ing From Bullet
Wound
PORTLAND, Ore., i)ec. 20. ()--i
Huy, Truak, who confonaud to the
POllep Several holdups and burglar
i tod, WSS believed by physlpJSBB to bo
j dying .it a hospital today, trial 1 1
; bullet wound received jesterduy
1 when officers cornered him beneath
p perch. Trask revealed to officers
Mhttt lie had an accomplice, Ned Ua-
liamdJtty, who wus nrreclod nn.l
j also confessed la participation in
j holdups nnd robberies, Trask'a
y.iuiiger In-.ilUer Karl nvns inken
jintO' CUStOy for luVestlsatlon, but
liny Trask Insisted thttt Karl had
nothing lu do with tbo crimes Ray
confessed,
Portland Dealer
Loses Bond Suit
PORTLAND, Oro., Doc. 20. OP)
: Frunk W. Keolor, bond dealer, to
I day lost a suit lie brouRlit lo force
! county ifflclors lo roturn lo him
I $200,000 In bunds seised In a raid
August 25. Keolor und his partner,
' (frank a. Roth, who operated under
i Iho name of tho ROguo Rlvor Water
; Works, wore arroalod nt tho tlmo of
tho raid charged with violating the
stale blue sky law III selling bonds
i without a license. Tho nrroslB do
volopod from an Investigation of tho
j financing of tho town ot Orenco,
, fcr wbloh 'Koelev ncted as tlscnl
j agent. ClroUlt Judge Tuoker .held
I hla court hid no Jurisdiction, but
; Indicated that Keolor might obtain
relief through a suit ill oqulhy,
DIVORGED HUBBY
OF MISS DUNCAN
TAKES 01 LIFE
Sergei Yessinin, Eccentric
Russian Poet, Kills Self
in Moscow
HAD STORMY CAREER
., .
Mild Mannered Youth Went I
i . - p o . I
into r rcquem rvaniijaijua
From Drinking
NBW YORK, Doc. 29. (VP)
Hergel Yeaalnln, the eccentric Rus
sian poet, has committed suicide in
Moscow. He waa the divorced hua
bfcnd of Isat-Dpra Dumun, the classic
dancer whose emulation of TerpBl
coro while barefooted und Dlahublle
made her famous throughout tho
world,
Yeaalnln was about 20 years of
ago, several years younger than Mlas J
Duncun. They were married In 1922
and the wife divorced him last year.
Shortly after the wedding the young
Bolsberlk writer came to the United
BtatOS with the dancer.
BcantV Attire
Mi'- Duncan went on n dancing
tour, but waa barred from appearing
In several placea because of the scant
iness of her uttlre und the added fact
thai she wus wont to wrap a red
flag about hor.
Yessinin iiccnmpunled his wife on
tour, and seemingly was a mild man
nered youth. Then stories begun to
break about his pobnaclousness when
he partook too freely of the flowing
howl.
Blackened Wife's Eye
At n parly hore Yessinin was de
clared lo have blackened the eyes
of Mlsa Duncan, which prevented her
from carrying out one of her pro
grams. A similar Incident was report
ed Inter from Paris and the dancer
wna declared to have shipped him
pont-hnatc back to Russia. ..Miss Dun
enn obtnined a divorce.
Yessinin was tall and had. curly
blonde hair and blue eyes. At the
beginning of their honeymoon Miss
Dunoan described him as the greatest
poet alnee Rusklu: the greatest gen
lei alnco Kdgnr Allen Poe.
"He's a ill an of spirit, a lofty
soul. He Is my Inspiration." she de
clared. Itelloviil Crazy
Later when Yessinin had allegedly
carried out one of his pugilistic- in
spirations with the wife tho receiv
er In general, she was reported to
hilvo sold: '
"Everybody knows he Is craiy. He
Is no more deserving of tears than
laughter. Ho Is bettor off In Russia
whore ho la loved, even If ho Is fool
ish. Ho can smash things In Moscow
nnd nobody cares because ho Is n
poet."
CONVICTED PAIR
GIVEN REPRIEVE
MBDFOSD, Ore., Dec. 20. (VP)
B, J. Hudges und R, Dawson, for
mer Klamath Falls residents con
victed of bootlegging. In connection
with the operation of n candy store
during the national guard encamp
ment here last June, have been
granted until March 15 to perfect
an appeal to the slate supreme
court. Dawson Is now serving a
ihrou yeur se&tenoe ni the Salem
penitentiary, and Hodges la In tho
county Jail.
EAST WILL GET
WARMER WEATHER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (P)-
A gradual rlsu In temperature to
morrow In the eiistorn part of the
country was promised today by the
weather bureau, but frost was pre
dicted as probable tonight aa far
south as central Florida.
Elsewhere It was predicted there
would be little relief from tho cold
wave.
Operators Will
Make Concessions
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. ff) W.
W. Inglls, spokesman fdr Ihe anthra
cite operators'' conference and chair
man of lis negotiating committee, to
day suld that the operators were will
ing to open their books for public In
spection nnd also wore prepared to
make colicossldus to tho miners in
their Impending negotiations.
Girls Seek
Boys' Pants
For Winter
FORT WORTH, Tex;, . lee. 29.
(jp) Freeslng temperatures have Isd
three glrla to write to Police Chief
Henry Loo for permit.! ion to wear
boys' trousers. Thla, lliey intiiiiateif,
would ullow them to wear winter
lenglb underwear, wlihoul Jeopardy
p ortlatlc effcct-ai problem not
so easily solved with sheer hose
visible to the knee yr i hereabouts.
Chief I -en stipulated that the pe
titioners reveal their Identities be
fore be given thn rewloat "due con
sideration." Medford Medic
Is Accused On
Perjury Count
Dr. Charles T. Sweeney
Is Secretjy in
dicted MEDFORD, Ore., Dec. 29. JP)
Dr. Charles T. Sweeney, a promin
ent local physician, In a secrot true
bill returned last Wednesday, was In
dicted for perjury. The indictment,
made public today, arises out of tes
timony given by Dr. Sweeney at the
trial of Omer W. Murphy, convicted
a month ago of manslaughter for the j Tne. were cnarged by conspiring
alleged heating to death of his wife t0 ,cfrau,i the government in con
last spring. j nection with the obtaining of oil
It Is asserted that Dr. Sweeney un(j Kas land permits.
testified be was in full attendance ;
ut the post mortem examination,
when three other witnesses testified
be was there but five minutes. A tel-j
ephone conversation Dr. Sweney tes
tified he had with Dr. F. G. Swed
onUorg of Ashland, whose wife was
a member of tho Jury, is also Involv
ed in the Indictment, pr. Sweeney tes
tified that, when ho Sailed Dr. Swed-
onborg to ask him to testify at the
trial ho did not know Mrs. Sweden
borg was a juror. He admitted that
the telephone message was sent from
too office of Murphy's attorney.
An affidavit made by Dr. Sweeney
is also attacked.
The physician Is at liberty on
iiOOO bonds.
Man Wanted; In
Roseburg Held
By Lane Cops
Alleged White Slavery
Suspect Believed
Caught
ROSElU'ItG. Ore.. Dec. 29. --(ff)
Sheriff Sam Stunner nnd Deputy
Sheriff Shambrook left this morning
for Eugono in response to a message
from 'Sherltt Taylor stating that he!
Is holding a man suspected of being
Emery Shirley, wanted here on the
Charge of possession of n still. Shir-;
ley escnped from the officers hero !
mi Sat'urday night by going down the
fire escape of a hotel while his com- ,
punion, Joe Nelson, a transient bar- :
ber, was being arrested in (he lobby.
Tho two men Ore accused of owner
ship of u still found last week about
15 miles east of Sutherlln. A charge
( violation of (he Mann set may
also be brought against Shirley li
the government, us he Is claimed by
Sheriff Stunner to have brought a
woman to Roseburg from Washing
ton. Coolidge Thinks
Business Is Good
WASHINGTON. Doc. 29. (P)
! Amoiican business conditions, as
President Coolidge views them, nro
' generally sound nnd good for the
! immediate fuluro.
Certain area and certain linos of
activity! he has boon Informed, might
j be In a moro advantageous position,
! but in genoral he considers that tho
business und Industrial situation Is
proceeding sntlsfactorllly.
FREERtNG AT AMt.VNY
ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 29. -ftp)
This section ot the Willamette valley
this morning experienced tho cold
est weather of the year. Tho official
thurmomutor registered 21 degrees
1 above siero, tho lowest point touched
in 1925,
MONTANA SOU
IS EXONERATED
BY HIGH COURT
Senator Burton K. Wheeler
has all Criminal Charges
Dismissed
DEMURRER SUSTAINED
Conspiracy to Defraud the
Government not Proven,
Declare Jurists
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. (IP)
Senator Rurton K. Wheeler of Mon
tana today won his long fight to
have all charges against him by
the government wiped off the books.
The District of Columbia supreme
court upheld the contention of the
senator, who had already been ac-i
quitted in Montana, that the charges!
contained In an Indictment return-!
ed against him here had been quash-i
ed.
A demurrer to the indictment,
filed by Senator Walsh of Mon
tana, Mr. Wheeler's counsel, was'
upheld.
Others Arc Freed
The court also throw out the
charges against Edwin S. Booth,
former solicitor of the interior de
partment and Gordon Campbell of
Montana, who were Indicted jointly
Wtn n(m.
Today's decision leaves Senator!
Wheeler free of all charges unless
the government should succeed in'
winning an appeal to the higher'
courts. Whether such a step will
bo attempted was not made clear,
but the Wheeler counsel expects no
attcb development.
The specific charge was that the
defendants conspired to defraud j
the government by obtaining a large
number of gas and oil permits to ,
prospect on .the public domain and
' in its argument the government as-
. ......J nil Ihn nnrmilc u-prn fnr the
use of one man Gordon Cafnpbell,
; a procedure, it contended, which
! was illegal.
Indictment Faulty
Justice Bailey held that indict
ment failed to charge a violation
of the law and was "therefore bad."
He asserted the federal land act
does not limit the number of per
mits to be Issued to any one pros
pector, and that tho secretary of
the interior cannot by his regula
tions, go beyond the statute and
deny the applicants' rights given
them by the law.
This one point, the court declared,
was sufficient to throw out the In- j
dictments and it was unnecessary
to pass on the legal points rufsSiil
by counsel for Wheeler, or on the
demurrer filed by William A. Leahy,
special government counsel, to thj
plea of former acquittal interpos-
ed by Wheeler.
Gun Discharges;
Rancher Injured
MEDFORD. Ore.
'(if)
Henry Aiken. 35. a rani :. r ill : .
i Prospect district, lies in a local hos
I pital in a serious condition Crom n
! bullet wound, sustained late yester
i day afternoon when a-. lis revolver
: dropped out of his hip pocket as he
j was golting out of his automobile.
1 The weapon hit on the running board
i
und discharged, the bullet striking
Aiken in the' hit) and ranging up
wards, lodglrig, in the, chest.-. His
screams for help brought aid from a
nearby ranch, and ho was rushed to
this city for medical aid.
Lumber Here for
Henley Building
Two carloads ot lumber arrived at i
Replay this morning, and tOtUOirOW
morning actual construction nvork
will slart on the new Henley com-1
m unity hall nnd gymnasium. Tie
foundation work was completed sev
araLdays ago.
Residents of Henley expect their
now-.communlty building to be com-
plsupL within tho noxt two weeks,
at which time a big house-warming
wilt be held.
LONDON Fashionable Bond
street now has beauty shops, rest
rooms nnd diet kitchens for Milady's
pet poodlo.
Student On
Way Home To
Lead People
V J
NEW V'ORK, Dec. 29. (P) Jal
Rastur C. Pavry, young Columbia
University student, who spoaks the
latest-American slang and knaAs all
the latest dance steps, today is on
hl way h'nie east of .--uez to suc
ceed hla dying father as spiritual
head of India's 1,000,000 fire wor
shippers. In correct American garb, he sail
ed yesterday aboard tho Majestic,
carefully explaining that the religion
of his ancestors is not fire v. r
shippers at all, but tha( the fire la
merely zoroastriau symbol of ab
solute purity.
Although only Iff, the future
leader of his church Is a'doct:r ot
philosophy, and Is an authority on
tils religion. He has been studying
"e Pal tour years at Colum
hla to fit himself to succeed bli
father.
Rev. Bobbitt
Is Near Death
In California
Local Pastor Has Re
lapse After Oper
ation The recovery of Rev. W. E. Bob
bitt, pastor of the First Christian
church, is very doubtful, according
to wcrd received yesterday by Dr.
Q. A. Massey from Mrs. Bobbitt.
Over a month ago the pastor sub
mitted to a major operation at his
old home in Woodland, California,
and since then has shown steady
improvement until a few days ago
when he suffered a relapse and was
d to return to the hospital.
For many months he has been in
poor health and it was hoped by
his hosts of friends in Klamath
; Falls as well as throughout the state
of Oregon that the operation would
nB
him back to perfect health.
Young Forger
Given Parole
MEDFORD, Ore., Dec. 29. P)
Bert Beckelhymer, 21. en auto me
chanic, who received a three year
sentence on a plea of guilty to a
! forgery charge, was paroled to hi.
father yesterday by Circuit Judge
C. M. Thomas, under term3 by which
the court will act as his financial
trustee for the period of his prison
term. Beckelhymer. beginning next
May. when he will take charge of
his father's garage at Union Creek,
on the Crater Lake highway, must
make a monthly report of his con
duct and turn over to the court all
his financial earnings, other than
amounts for necessary living ex
penses. Rabbi 'se Still
Dig 5torm Center
NEW YORK. Dec. 29. (P) Rab
bi Stephen S. Wise, who has offer
ed his resignation as chairman of
the Cnlted Palestine Episcopal bo
cpuse "f . ritieisio of his rec' iit Sur-
tnon, is still ihe center of a storm
ot opposition and commendation.
Yesterday he was upheld by one
gruitp of Jews as "indispeusible'
nnd assailed by another as "mis
leading the House of Israel," and
"opening the way to baptism."
AOi:i HANKER DIES
SAN FJRAcJClSCO. Dec. 29. (ff)
John A. Hooper, aged president of
the First National Hank nnd the
l.'irst ' Federal Trust company,
this city, died last night. Ho hud
undergono a sorlous operation
centy.
SMOTHERS TO DEATH
;
SEATTLE, Dec. 29. (ff)
Patrlola Jean Lewis, 7 months
'Old, was smothered to death
here In the night by bedclot'n-
in which siio had boon tu-'ked
to be warm and comfortable.
A brother 10 years old found
the body growing cold whou he
went to see If his little sister
was all right.
GIGANTIC BANK
MERGER MAY 9E
FINISHED SOON
Largest Institution in Coun
try May Result from
Negotiations
PLAN CONSOLIDATION
Merchants and Metals Bank
and Chase National Bank
Are Involved
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. (ff)
What may become the country's larg
est, bank, a Institution rivalling tho
gigantic financial Institutions of Lon
don, began to take vague shape to
day out of the multitude of rumors
In Wall street pointing to the merg
er of several exchanges, banks and
trust companies of New Yotlc City.
Given impetus by a $30 rise In
the stock of the Mechanics acd Met
als bank, the report runs that a con
solidation of that institution with
the Chase National bank is imminent
as a preliminary step in the building
of n -large financial structure. John
McHugh, president of tho Mechanics
and Metals banks, admitted that ne
gotiations looking towards amalga
mation have been begun.
Others Involved
Five other institutions are men
tioned as being involved In the bank
ing venture, which It is said, Clar
ence Dillon of Dillon, Read and com
pany, is sponsoring. Their total re
source when and If combined
" 111 be in excess ot 1, 300,000,000.
The other Inatitutiona mentioned are:
The Chatham and Phoenix, the Na
tional Park, the Chemical National
and tho Central Union Trust com
pany. A denial that the Central Un
ion Trust company waa Interested in
i ho reported bank merger waa made
: its president, George Davidson.
DciiiuiH Mmle '
Categorical denials that their in
titutions were involved in merger
discussions also were Issued by Per
cy H. Johnston, president of the
Chemical National bank; John H.
Fnlton, president ot the National
Park bank and Richard N. Hlggfns,
first vice president ot the Chatham
and Phoenix National Bank and
Trust company.
S. P. Attorney
Wins Promotion
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. (ff) 1
Guy V. Shoup, general attorney for
the Southern Pacific company, today
was made general solicitor of the
railroad. William F. Herrln, vice
president and chief council made
the announcement.
The office of general solicitor Is
a newly .created position. Mr. Shoup
will have charge of the legal busi
ness of the lines iwest of El Pago,
Texas, .Tjteuniearl, N. M., and Og
den, Uttth'.
He has beon with the Southern
Pacific since 1896.
cm,, COOLIDGE HETTER
I'l.Y.MOUTH, Vt., Dec. 29. (P)
w hile the condition of Colonel John
t'. Coolidge, father of the president,
vns reported improved today, his
pbyslolan, Dr. Albert W.- Cram of
It; iiic-v.' tter. said it waa Improbnblo
that he would ever recover fully tho
use of his lower limbs.
Teamster to Hang
on Murder Charge
TACOMA. Wash,. Dec. 29. (ff)
Jesso Ingram, itinerant teamster,
was found guilty of first degree raui'
der by a jury in superior court
this morning. The Jury Imposed tho
death penalty.
Ingram, who was driving overland
from Texas, shot and killed Joseph
C. Hedges, a Seattle attorney, last
September 19. Tho shootiag oc
curred on tho Pacific highway near
hero, and Ingram said that he jihot
because the Hedges car had bumped
Into his wagon. He claimed that
lie had been hit by motorists inanv
times on hla trip west.
Tho Ingram caso was trie first
lime In more than thirty years that,
tho deiith penalty was Impos-d In
this county.
A rigid censorship ia enforced In
England on broadcasting, and all
advertising matter la taboo,