Unlveraity lUbnrv
Kuuene, Oregon
Published Daily at
KLAMATH PALLS
"An Empire Awah ning"
Eighteenth YearNumber
tUROPE SWEEP
LOWLAND AREAS
200 Estimated Dead as Melt
ing Mountain Snows
Raise River Levels
CAPITAL IS MENACED
Paris to Feel Effect of the
Flooded Seine About
Jan. 6, Belief Now
PAWS, Deo. 30 (,V) Kliiod In
central icurope ara Incrssstns lasjr
ravages. Every hour brings, dews
of additional rivers overflowing tbolr
books,
TrsnslsvlS, wostsrn Rumania und
utorn ii ingurlu sirs being tllmii-
trouily affected. Tho government
of Ituinnnla nnd HungarlS ore hur
riedly atlpiitltiK moumiron lo cope
with Hi.- sliusiion. aii available
hoppers, on will at other troops, urn
being rashsid to sifscted sross, und
ii call Iimh been made fur volunteer
helpers.
Pillaging ha begun nml Hie Ro
manise government tiun prooliilme I
martial luw.nu lliul thieves may bo
mimmnrlly dealt with. It In ImpoSr
alble from reports thus fur received
to omtiunic more than approximate
ly ihi. loss of urn but ii i.i andoiibt
dly exceeding 2uo. The material
Iom lit extremely lii'uvy,
Belgrade la now lhr.-iilcn.il by
the water from lbs melting snow in
the Carpathian which . swelling
Hi- Danube. Tho wnl-r In begin
nlug to Invade luw.-r pans of the
II . .in Inn -.I on Pnjre Five)
SALEM CONVICTS
TURN INVENTORS
roRTfjAtm. tin., nr.-. no. typ)
Karl K. I.mlirop and Howard B.
Httcio, now doing tins In tat nlai
penitentiary for forsery, have turn
td Inv.'iitoM. according lo u Idler
thoy aont to Circuit Judge Bowman.
Writing under n typewritten le;
torluiad. "I.uthrop and Rosso, Inc."
tho two mon r.ald tlmy bad per
foctod n form or hank cheek that
could not lio fill-Red or altered.
FLOOD ITERS
Thoy stated In the letter tout inoy'whllo the price a year ago was $30
committed their crimes' for the par-1 to $35.
poao of obtaining experience that Salad lettuce la now S3. 50 to SI
would assist them In their Invention, ) a crato compared with S3. 26 "to
nnd that now thoy had reached the
doalred goal thoy were through with
crime for good.
I.athrop, Alias Ernest Gordon, Is
serving n flvo yonr sentence, nnd
Roeso, nllnn T. II. Smith, In nerv
ing OBS yonr.
OKTH AIR MAll. AWARD
WASIIINtiTON, Doc. 30. (!)
Tho Ho.itllu.San Pranolco-Loa An
golivt air mall i;outo was award id
toduy lo Vorn O. Oorst of North
Rond, Oregon. Two other bIdH sub
inlttvd did nol come within the regulations.
Seek Mysterious "Senator"
In New York Death Mystery
NEW YORK, Dec. 30. (AP) Police today are seek
ing a mysterious Senator A. B. Lewis, who" was to have
been th victim of a $100,000 poison plot.
The plot was revealed when Harry W. Cowan killed
Miss Edith Burton, a stenographer, with whom he was
infatuated, and seriously wounded himself Monday night.
"Senator Lewis," who checked out of the hotel Astor
the night of the shooting, is wanted for questioning. He
is described as 73 years old and persistent suitor of Miss
Burton,, who was 28.
He regjstered at the hotel as "Senator A. B. Lewis, of
Carson City, Nevada." A warning letter to Lewis was
found in Cowan's rooms. It was written before Cowan
became" enraged at the girl and killed her.
The letter told Lewis that Miss Burton planned to
many him to get control of his $100,000. If he did not
die soon, she would administer a slow poison and the
money would be used in part, to get Cowan out of fin
ancial trouble, Cowan wrote. Cowan was wanted for
absconding with $12,000 from the hotel Latham two
years ago.
The mother of the dead girl denied that her daughter
was engaged to "Senator Lewis" who was a "benevolent
old gentleman who joined us at dinner frequently."
Mrs. Burton said -her daughter did not intend to marry
Cowan, whom she described as a "Gentleman and friend
of the family."
Cowan, however, described Miss Burton as a common
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Grocery Prices Higher Than
Year Ago, Report Indicates
Meats Show Gradual Increase While Vegetables
Take Heaviest Wallop at Family Purse;
Potatoes Out of Sight
CHICAGO, Dec. 80. (AP) The housewife at the
clow of 1926 finds most of the items on her grocery
shopping list are more expensive tthan they were a
year ago. Of 2'l articles in the meat, vegetable and
fruit line, wholesale prices of 12 are higher, nine are low
er and two are unchanged from a year ago today.
The following quotations are those of the Chicago
Stock yards on meat, the department of agriculture on
butter, fruits and vegetables, the, Minneapolis price on
flour and the Chicago produce exchanges on poultry
and produce.
Starting -n the tup of the menu,
celery In stWttt half last year's price
11.60 ta $1,16 a crate this year.
12.25 to 12.75 a eralu last yen,
flour In now ami was a your ago
$11.00 a Uarrol.
Kor Iho meats, hucf In a hit lower,
while pi-rk, li'iiit and bacon are
very much hlKher. A rib roam and
u round nloak are about tho name
price at laat ye.ir, 26 cent on rlb.i
and ID centa on nund aleak, while
atrlnlna and pot roaat are each two
Stilts lower now, sirloin dropping
from 30 lo 28 MBit. Ham Is now
29 !4f for a standard brand, five
COBtS Miner than a year ago. Ilac.;n
Is 38 (4 c a pound 'or standard
brand. elKhi cent higher .than a
year ago. If you have poultry for
I he meat courio, the pnekbebook Is
called on for considerably more than
last year. Turkeya are 35 cents a
pound and 30 cenla a year ago.
A hon to roust ttM cents BOW and
16 (o 25c a -ii ago. A duck or
a goose la uboul the same aa last
year.
Batter Is -IS stats now and i2
cents u your ago.
, Vegetables are Inking Iho heav
iest wallop at the family purse,
opuclolly ilvu lilaU polal-wa. TKoy
ro now S4.26 lo St. 50 a hundred
pouud Hack, and were 11.15 to
$1.25 last yoar. ijwpnt potatoes aro
a little lowrr now $2.25 to $2.6."i
a bushel compared with $2.50 lo
$2.75 a yoar ago. Carr its, string
beuna and cubbago aro all a little
higher, while cauliflower hi u Ulile
lower. OnlODI liro Just the same.
Cahbngo la now $40 lo $45 a ton,
$3.60 last year. If you have a fruit
alad, pranges, Klorlda and Cali
fornia ara noticeably lower and so
too ure apple i. The eggs, If you
ue them hero, uro mneb lowor now
than last year. 42 cents now for
flrala, which a year ago brought
DO to 57 osata,
ri at ii.isic HOTKlj
ROSIJHVHU, Ore.. Dec. 30. (,T)
T. 1). Swouringon and .1. K. Jones
today completed negoUations tor iho
nurSbSSt of the Grand Holel In this
cliy.
KLAMATH' FALLS,
December Is
Good Month
' For D. Cupid
June, the vaunted month of brides;
hasn't much on December, the month
of Simla Claus. At least, these Isn't
much difference so far an .marriage
llctBStS are concerned.-
Records III the office of County
Clerk Del.ap show there were 21
marriage licenses issued daring the
month of Juno of this year, while
thus far during December 18 licens
es have been Isauvd. with thin after
noon and all day tomorrow to go on
if Dcccmftcr Is to equal June.
Ho far during the entire year 16a
marriage licenses have been procured
by Klamath rountw swnlns, qr an av
erage of about 14 a month.
The Utile war god. Mars, who pre
sides over the divorce court, alno
wnn on the lob during 11)25, the re-
Cords allow, as 107 divorce suits were
filed this year, as against SB for
1924.
According to Jurists in various sec
tlons of the country. December Is
generally equal to June as a "mar
rying" month in those parls of the
l nlted States where the mercury
touches around the icro mark dur
Ing tho winter months, und that is
given as tho accounting for K hi ni
nth's exceptional record during tho
proscnt month.
Humans Will
Grow Hoofs,
Doctor Says
Present Footwear Style
Ruining Feet of
Americans
CHICAGO, Dec. 30. OP) Hu
mans will have hoofs instead of feet
If tho present system of shoe manu
facturing and fitting is nol Improv
ed, Dr. H. w. Bynum of Memphis,
Teiin.. declared roday In an address
nt the Chicago college of Osteopathy.
Seventy per cent of American people
have detective feel, government re
cords show, he said, In the mad rush
for style nnd looks our shoos violate
every principle of mechanics and
anatomy, ho asserted, and "if the
system in nol Improved, we will be
come a nation with hoofs Instead of
foot."
"No man cun bo at his bent men
tally or physically with any one of
the foot ailments now so prevalent.
"Tho average shoe fining Is a Joke
on the man who buys the shoe, and
It la a question of salesmanship, not
shoe fitting service."
Movie Girls Can't
Smoke, Discovery
NKW YOUK, Doc. DO. (P)
A motion picture director
received the surprise of his life
when twenty out of JO "extra"
girls employed lu a now Metro-
Cloldwyn-Mayer production con-
fossed thoy did nol, know how
lo smoko cigarettes.
A group of cigarette smoking
flappers was needed In n Hceno,
when the director, Benjamin
Cliilsllnnson, told the properly
4 man to pass around tho cigar-
oltes. Then the girls ndmll-
led Hint they could not smoke.
"What n blow to tho typo of
mngailno Hint mnkus movlo
Rlrln appear so sophisticated,''
says Christ InnRon.
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Associated Press Leased Wire
OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1925
JULIUS MUELLER
WITH LIVE WIRE
! Head of Baldwin Radio De
partment Killed at Ranch
Near Merrill
FALLS FROM HIGH POLE
Efforts at Resuscitation fail;
Two Witnesses to Fatal
Happening Found
Julius Mueller, .12. bead of (hi
radio department of the Baldwin
llitrdwure company, was killed late
yesterday afternoon when he came
In contact with pow.-r line earn
ing 4 000 volts while installing a
radio aerial at the Luther Hasklnj
home near Merrill.
There wore two direct WltnSSSes
lo tho accident, wl.ile a nromSn
who saw Muellc-r fall aaTi 'he
alarm. He was working o;i a h!yh
ladder and In believed to have icen
fastening the aerial to the polo
when he sllpp, '. and j an effort
lo recover his baluiicii grasped the
power line.
Mueller was unconscious wh -i he
niruck the ground and breathed
only a short time.
Power company employes and
doctors worked frantically until
nearly S:00 o'clock before conced
ing defeat
Mueller. In charge of the radio
department of tho Baldwin Hard
ware company for a year and a half,
had won for himself scores of
friends hero. . He was active in
civic work. Scout Master of Troop
No. 1 and an active member of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Ho Is survived by his moth-.T.
Mary, Mueller ut Sujler. California,
a brother. William Mueller, or Klam
ath Kails, and a brother In Sutter.
California, Curl Mueller.
Tragic Feature
A tragic feature of the young
man's death was his intended marri
age oorly in tho spring to a child
hood sweetheart living nl his former
homo in Marysvillo, Calif. Plans for
the marriage had been completed
and Mr. Mueller had been looking
forward to Iho happy event.
Among his possessions was found
n life Insurance policy which would
have expired next Saturday. He al
so had an accident insurance policy
made out early In 1924,- but it is
not known whether or not it had been
opnfinued through this year.
Tho two small children of Mr.
llasklns were witnesses to the trag
edy, it developed today. They said
thoy saw Mr. Mueller slip and start
lo fall ns ho was fixing the aerial,
and in order to save himself, he had
grabbed for a wire, which proved to
he a high voltage earlier.
Word had not yet been received
from his mother and other relutives
In California late this afternoon, so
It is not known yet whether buriiil
will be bore or in Marysvillo.
Turkish War
Council Has
Secret Meet
Move Follows Britain's
Steal of Oil
Lands
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 30.
(!) -Tho Turkish war council wont
Into secret session at Angora yester
day utttrrnnon to devise plans In con
formity with the new Bnsso-Turklsh
treaty nnd regarding the decision of
tho council of the league of nations
pulling the Mosul region of Irak un
der British mandate.
(ieneral Djerad Pasha, former mil
itarv commander at Constantinople.
and who organize. I the Turkish torc
os on the Mosul front, participated
In tho council.
LONDON, Dec. 30, - --(Pi - A dis
patch to tho Dally Mull from Coh
slnnllnoplo sas a new Turkish su
premo army council was Inaugurat
ed Monday by President MuSSAphA
Kernel Pasha. Mustaphs declared It
wns essential to prepare for the de
fense of the country and lo study
ways for Increasing tho nrmy's fight
ing vuluu.
CONTACT
State Teachers Decide To
Branch Out Into Politics
; Association, in Face of
With State Grange in Furtherance of
State Income Tax Law
PORTLAND, Dec. 30. (AP) Oregon State Teachers'
association plunged deeper into politics at the meeting
of its representative council yesterday afternoon, than
I in any preceeding year,
its declaration of its conversion to the state income tax
I theory and its decision to
an effort to put through an income tax program. Un
der the plan proposed 50 per cent of the proceeds of the
income tax would be devoted to education.
Marriage And
Kiss Will Be
Without Cost
Hob Kmmltt, Justice of tho peace,
imllcd a bit this morning, and his
oyos twinkled.
"I'd really like to start some
young couple off right on the matri
monial sea." he ventured, "so I will
make my usual offer. Any couple
who gets a marriage license today or
tomorrow will be married by mo
absolutely free of charge on the
first day of the new yoar."
The veteran Justice of the peace
smiled again more broadly this
time.
"Besides the free marriage, I'll
give tho bride a nice New Year's
kiss, and thai ought to bo an in
ducement," he Insisted.
So any young couple which de
sires to eliminate the usual mar
riage fee and save their money for
the winter days ahead, ought to
get In touch with JuBtlce of the
Peace Emmitt at once. This bar
gain day holds good for Friday
only.
Hold-up Leads
To Shooting In
Which Two Die
Officer and Thug Kill
ed in Bullet
Exchange
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 30. (P)
Two men arc dead and two wound
ed seriously ns a result of a gun
fight here last night after an at
tempted hold-up.
Michael Lawrence.. 67. veteran
police sergeant, was shot and killed
by Stanley Sioban. a convict who
In turn was shot and mortally
wounded by a patrolman.
Bernard Wynne, a patrolman, re
ceived four bullet wounds lu tho hiding place under a porch of
legs and A. H. Manchester, grocer,! local rooming house, died early to
received a bullet In the abdomen dy of his wounds. Before his
and another in the wrist. Both j dHi Trask signed a statement con
were shot bv Sioban. fessing the robbery of moro than
Sioban had been serving an Inde
terminate term at tho Minnesota
penitentiary for robbery. Several
days ago ho was released with the
stipulation that he be deported to his
home in Manitoba, Canada.
The fight started when Slebsn at
tempted tj hold up Manchester's
store.
Plans to Fight
Farm Relief Bill
; :
Washington, doc so. ip -
Charging President Cojlldge hud;
taken to iho tan timber in his!
agriculture policy. Representative
Aswoii of Louisiana, the ranking j
democrat member of ti.o house ;
agriculture committee dee a. ed to-j
day he fwduid tig any ad.nlnl.tra-1
Hon farm bill uloug the tonus of
the McNary-Huugon farm export cor-
pnrution measure.
BANDITS STAGE
DARING ROBBERY'
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Doc. 30
FoUf bandits obtained about $17
000 In sliver nud currency this
morning in a' daring holdup of
tho Argyle State Bunk In me down
town business district.
Scores of persons were passing
Iho bank at tho time. The bandits
were believed to have mingled In
the crowd- and escaped In a motor
ear, 'i
Protests, Will Ally Itself
the outstanding action being
ally itself with the grange m
Dr. Homer Rainey of, the Uni
versity of Oregon was prominent ir.
opposition of the program recom
mended by the legislative commit
tee, and ('. C. Chapman of the Ore
gon Voter, invited to speak, sug
gested that before plunging into i
program that involves extended
political operations, the organiza
tion should make more detailed in
vestigation of the political situa
tion nnd the- possible results of such
campaign.
Chapman's speech provoked sharp
protests, in which A. C. Hampton,
superintendent of Astoria schools,
and H. R. Turner, formerly super
intendent in Dallas schools both
appointees of ' C.overnor Pierce on
the text book commission took -in
active part.
Supporters of tho income tax
program, led by Hampton, declared
after Chapman's speech that the
teachers should not allow some one
to come in from the outside and
tell theni how to handle their af
fairs or dictate where they should
stand on matters that interest them
primarily.
Kalney who took much the same
position as Chapman, declared:
"It will take great study to dis
cover what the effect of such a
program will be and this body
should not go on record as favor-
j ing the program until it knows the
I effects It would bring."
I Tbo vote was fairly close on the
1 recommendation, but the Income tax
j taction prevailed. ,
; Mrs. Susanne Homes Carter, coun-
ty superintendent of Jackson coun
ty, was elected vice president of the
association to succeed Dr. Landers.
1 president of Monmouth state nor-
mal school, who will automatically
succeed to the office of President.
I C. A. Bice, acting superintendent of
schools of Portland, and J. O. Mc
! Laughlin of Corvallis, were elected
to succeed themselves as merabeis
I of the executive committee.
Portland Robber
Dies of Wounds
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30. UP)
Ray Trask. confessed robber, who
was shot by a policeman last Mon
day when he refused to lenve his
a . .-. ..f . - .1,., -ill-
declared he was assisted in the rob
beries by Ned Bahamdony, who was
captured by the police Monday night
and is being held in default of $5
000 bull.
Blazing Meteor Startles
Residents Of New England
NEW YORK, Dec. 30. (AP) A blazing' meteorite or
"fire ball" which flashed out of the east across New
York and New England yesterday leaving in its wake a
., . ' , , , t u 1 1 il
n'all reports that an uniiearlded comet had paid the
?ai" th a visit is believed to have fallen near Ottawa,
Canada.
Raiph Deluiy, Canadian government astronomer, said
r, i i n ' L i 1 , . , ,
he JVOl,ld t0 today.
Keports that, a comet was abroad in the heavens were
spread by thousand who saw the flaming trail left in the
murky early evening sky and mistook it for a comet's
tail. Scientists along the
meteor or nerhans a "fire"
frequent. It was scarcely
when it appeared over New
'jwwii ivoi 10 vttniv vis csv 10 ift. i iiaoucu uvci inn 1. 1 1 1. i 1 1
and central New York state, leaving behind a wisp of
undulating pinkish "smoke" in the sky.
Astonished inquiries traced its course over New Haven,
Conn., Providence, R. I., and Boston, where it was said
ihe meteor was visible three minutes and its "tail" of
sparks eight minutes after it disappeared. The final re
port from Ottawa said it was thought to have fallen In
tile Kingstnere hills neaj' ftgre.
LIST US MAKE 1926
THE BANNER YEAR
vnii this srr.rfrnM
VSS V ' -Vj
PRICE FrVE CENTS
THREE OFFICERS
ARE RURT WHEN
STILL EXPLODES
Sheriff McKinney and Two
Deputies of Baker Coun
ty Are Victims
i LOSE ALL THEIR HAIR
Trio Knocked Unconscious
by Monster Moonshine
Outfit on Farm
HAKER. Ore.. Dec. 30. -(P)
Sheriff Henry McKinney and two
deputies. Frank Llttlefleld of Baker
and Arthur Romageaux of Hunt
ington, were seriously injured In
the explosion of a still they were
raiding In the hills near Snaki
river, six mllos below Huntington,
late last night. Ilamagoaux Is In
a Baker hospital today and McKin
ney and Llttlefleld are confined In
their homes here. All are expectel
to recover.
The officers raided Hi. Will Balrd
farm late Tuesday, finding what
they declared to be tho biggest still
ever taken in Bakor county, with
twelve 60-gallon barrels of mash. No
one was found at the still, which
was in a dugout on tho hillside.
Wishing to destroy the outfit the
officers saturated it with coal oil,
Llttlefleld then lighted a match.
Knocked Several Feet
A terrific explosion three all
three men several yards and knock
ed Sherifr McKinney unconscious
for a moment. When he recovered
his senses his clothing was on fire
and his hand was burned. He stag
gered to his feet, fell, rose again,
put out the tire In his clothing. The
other two staggered to their feet,
badly burned.
The officers drove to Huntington
where Dr, McCail rendaaed first
aid. and then drove to Baker, ar
riving at 4 a. m. Sheriff McKln
ney's eyes were both swollen abut
after ho reached Baker.
Farmer Arrested
Will Balrd, owner of the property
on which the still was located, was
arrested in Huntington &ud brought
to the county Jail hero. He denies
any ' knowlcdgo of the still. The
three officers are all burned about
iho head and face." McKinney and
Littloflcld lost all their hair. Their
hands are severely burned.
The men were standing several
feet from the dugout ' the time
of the explosion. To other men
with the officers were further away
and not injured.
Horses Lose Out
on American Farms
WASHINGTON, Dec. 50. (P)
The extent to which machinery con
tinues to supplant tho horse on
American farms was revealed today
in census bureau figures showing
that the number of horses on farms
decreased 16 per cent during the
last five years, or from 19. 767.161
In 1020 to 16,535.769 in 1925.
Tho number of mules, however,
increased more than 5 per cent, or
from 5,142,391. to 5,7 10.608.
route asserted it was only a
ball" whose annearanefis arte
more luminous than the stars
York City about 5 :30 p. m.
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