University Linn,u
Euircnt, Oregon
Published Daily at
KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
LET US MAKE 1926
26
THE BANNER YEAR
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Associated Press Leased Wire
WJifHU'enth Year- NumUer 571K
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
UN
REVEALS
WIERQ
E
Chicago Wife Admits Plot
ting Murder of her Par
alytic Husband
INVOLVES EX-CONVICT
Bitter Triangle with Under
world Character Causes
Slaying Pact
0HI0AOO, ! Vli ifl'i I" "I"
forty-roiir ycnrii of ihi'lr married Ufa
her 6b your otil purulytlc huHhuud'it
ono kind art wn lo buy her las
cream once, while John Wulmn
Winn, a lornier convlrt, loved her
unit waited 15 yearn fur him (o die.
This wuit tim dofeoie n( Mrs,
Ellta Nusbaum, liB year ohl grand
mother, In u coali'iuilon police nay
She made, of ploltlnic with Winn unci
three others to kill her husband,
Albert, whoso battered huily wn
found yuntvrduy OB n south nidi
prsrlo. I'umil To Kill
Winn, at n pistol's polni, compel
led Edward Ontr to kill Nusbaum
with nn mil, (foff mild In n enures
Ion. Winn, .17, wan arrested In Crown
Point. Ind., nuil broiiKht lo Chicago
early today. Hold ulno with Ooff,
Mn. Delilah Mnrlln nnd Minimi
Hlrlnghum
First uccuaalinu against I In gruud
niolhor en inn from her oldest sou.
llosroo, father of night children, his
an Lloyd,) -". WSJ Umb under nr
ri'nt nflur polios found a purl of
thu grandrulhors nkull unit hloei!
Mains In an nulomohllv l.lnyd win
driving.
It' i. Lavo A full'
In nfforla to shlsld'bls vat Ro'
coo told of thu lovo affair of IS
yearn duration botwoon hi" mother
nnd Winn.
Unemotionally nnd wlilioiit regret
thtpolloo mild, Mr Nusbiium (old
how Hlie nnd Winn hud planned for
u lung lime lo kill her hmihnud.
aftor a ntroko or puralyiilu hud fulled
to bo rntal.
Several month nito, nhe told
police, aim had persuaded her Iiub
band to put lltlo to bin property,
valuod at about $50,000 In Joint ton
nnry with hor no It would pnnn to
hor at bin dent h.
Winn aorvoil u ponllontlnry bob
tonco In 1914 ror robbory.
Julius Mueller
Services Held
Boy Scouts or trap No. 1 thin
morning aitondod ilio brlof funeral
aervlco for Jullua Muollor, acout
master for that troop, who wnt
oloclrocutoil at Merrill hint Tutiidky
nvonlng. Hurvlctm wore hold at thu
Whitlock chapel with Rev. Slmmot.s
or tho Klrnl IlaptlHt church nrricln:
lng. ' ' i I
Immediately nrtor (he ceremony
the body wiih taken to the Southern
Pacific station, whom it wnn Bhlp
pod today to liln former homo at
Maryxvlllo, California, for burial. A
surviving brother, William Muolloi.
accompanied tho body.
Thu donth or JulliiH Muollor cam
n pull nvor scout activities ns llo
had boon onn nt the mont ardent
boy scout workers In thin Hoctlon
during thu pusl your.
Kelly Denies
Convict Plea
S A I ,I0M , Oro Doc. 31. (P)
Circuit Judge Kolly today donlotl
tho motion In arrest of 'Jiidgmoiit
filed by Judgo Will It. King to nuvo
Ellnworlh Kolli'y anil James Wil
loa from Iho hangman's noose, and
refm. eii to tnko cognlnnnco or n
Hlmllnr mollon In tho enno of Tom
Murray. Refusal to hoar tho plon
In Murrny'H cano wiih based on, tbo
ground Hint IiIh cane Ih now bolero
tho Hitpromo court. It In understood
that Iho statu will resist the motion
for nrroBt of Jitdgmont beforo the
Hiipremo court on tbo ground Hint
nucli a motion nniHt bo riled within
ono day. In addition tho atnto will
roalat tho eoBlSBtlOBB on their merits
HOMANG
CONFESSION
If nocQBanry,
New Year Will
Be Ushered In
At Pine Tree
Midnight Matinee
Promises to be Real
Event
if you waul lo glvo tho now your
u utility welcome
If yOU wnn I lu enjoy a uploiidlil
vaudeville program-
if you want to bo wurtn iiuil rmn-
lortablc
If you want to have the lime of
your life
Then, you can llo and bavo all
thSSS thlngH tonight ut the PlBO
Tne iheutre. whom Iho uunuil
Nfi Yearn midnight m nil nee will
he Htugcd by Manager Harry Poole.
Thuro'll be all itortn of noise mak
ing puraphiirnullii, and there'll also
ho punch, flgurotttiH und other lou-
turon that arc no necessary In wel
coming a now burn babo Utile Mlnu
1920.
The vuudevllln uctnrn have prom-
i e.t they'll put on u lol of oxtru
roiuuron In order to five tho Jubi
lant crowd a real run far Its money.
The fun will nlart ut about 1 1
o'clock und will end only whun the
now year hun boon properly and
thoroughly Introduced to Iho merry-
makors.
A apodal New Ycur'a day mat
inee will b held at the Pine Tree
tomorrow nlternoou starting ut 2
o'clock, with u complete vaudeville
progrum an well an the usuul pie
tor en. At the Liberty theatre the
a u. ii aftornoDU mutlneo will be
hold.
Paroled Youth
Tries To Kill
Mother, Sister
Clarence Davis of
Yreka Runs Amuck
At Home
(Special I j The Horald)
Y KICK A, Cal. Doc. 31. Clarence
Darts, aged 20, who wan under par
ole to bin purentn fallowing hln con
viction thin rail on auroral rob
bery chargoH, ran amuck at tho
family homo near Oroflno yesterday
and nhot at hln mother uftcr at
tempting to . !: ke hla alalor, nccord
Ing to u report to Sherltr Calklnn.
Tho youth wan captured early in
day In a mountain ravine where he
flod after the trouble. He had a
I'M led luvolvor und a lurge qunn
tlty or ammunition ilth him but wan
trapped by Cndor ShVrlfr Pitt, Con
atablo Whlple and Trarflc Cuptulu
Dutro bolore ho could bring tho
weapon Into play. Hli parole will
bo revoked and ho will bo forced
lo ere hla penltoutliiry ticntencc.
Tho youth bo'cltmo enraged at hla
younger sinter ovor a.me trlval
matter und was choking her when
hln mothor rushed (rom tho house
and attempted to stop him. Accord
ing to Mi;. Duvls, tho hoy then
chipped out hln revolver, tosk a
Bitot at hor und then (led Into lite
muitutulns.
Mayor Hylan
Quits Office
NEW YORK, Deo. 31. tP) Tho
olght yonr roKlmo of John V. Hy
Inn, ns mayor of Now York City
lllls ended.
At midnight last night, ono full
day before Ills term was to have
como to Its conclusion, Mr. Hylnn
ntoppoil out of 'in, e. hnvlng roHlgn
od lu ordor to protect his pension
tights us u public officer. Willi him
reslgnnd alao ltichard K. Hlnrlglit,
police commissioner.
Mr. Hylun Is ollglblo to retire on
n pyimion of $4305 u yo.ir nnd Mr.
Knrlght on $r000.
Ai Tiitmi.Rs ni-rrrnx
WASHINC1TON, Doc. 31. (JP)
Hocrotnry Kellogg announced today
that President Coolldgo hnd nutlior
Istod (ionornl Pershing to return to
tho United Stnles tor medical and
dental treulmenl.
VIENNA. AllBttla, Hoc. 31. (ff
A dispatch from Oedenhurg, In
llnrgonlund West Hungary, says the
dsn) nt Klulnrnnh, on tho ltanh
rlror, burst Inst night menacing 30
villages.
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0 Before the coming of another dawn a new year will have been
ushered in on the never-ending cycle of time. So far as the Klam
ath country is concerned, the new youngster will be born with the pro
verbial silver spoon in its mouth. With the coming of more railroads,
1926 undoubtedly will mark a new era in the development of this
"Empire Awakening."
When Father Time draws the shades tonight and writes "finis"
to mark the passing of the old year, there should be no regrets so far
as we of Klamath are concerned.-Development has been ours. We
have had our full meed of prosperity. We have not all agreed, to
be sure, but we believe that all of us have been working toward the
same goal- a bigger and a better Klamath.
The Evening Herald looks forward to the new year with no mis
givings. As We look on into the future with eyes of optimism we see
before us a new and brighter epoch for this Klamath country of ours.
It is with this thought that the Evening Herald desires to re
mind its friends and readers that the golden days of opportunity lie
ahead, and with the sincere wish that the coming year will be kind
to you, each and all, we extend th e season's greetings.
osEffly
L II U
B! SEC,
Commerce Secretary Warns
Americans Against Reck
less Optimism
FARMING IMPROVES
All Lines of Activity Have
Shown Advancement Dur-
ing Past 112 Months
WASHINGTON, Dee. 31. (P)--The
prosperity ot 1925 should con
tinue through 192C, In the opinion
or Socretp.ry Hoover, unless "reefc
hws optimism'' Is permitted to out
weigh ordinary CSUtlOB,
Economic prospects both ror this
country and the rent of the world,
he believes, now are more favorable
Hint for n long time past. In a state
ment the secretary pictured rundu
mentl chnnges ns favorable, but ho
expressed concern over others, In
cluding the possibility ot extension
or speculation Into commodities nn-.l
tho extortion by foreign government
restored monopolies dominating our!
raw material Imports.
luci-ensiil Production
The most encouraging tactor look
ed, he declared, "Increased pro
ductivity, due to rreedom and con
tinuing rorces auch as the culmin
ation of education, the ndruncement
of BClence. skill and diminution of
waste. Other favorable Indications
he listed were that stocks of com
modities nro moderate; there Is em
ployment for practically every one;
real wages are at a high level;
savings are the largest In history
and capital Is thernforo abiindunt.
nnd the wholo ninchnory of produc
tion nnd distribution Is operating
at a higbor degroo ot efficiency than
over beforo.
I'lvports 1 1 in 1 1. i'
"Tho United States hivs produced
and oonauntod more goodB In 192,5
In proportion than ever In its his
tory," ho Biild. lidding that the couu
Iry'a rorolgn trade was "exception
ally satisfactory." llo predicted that
exports for 1925 would total around
$1,900,000,000, or about seven par
cent more than for 1921, with ini
porlH appronchliig $1,200,000,000,
about 17 per cent blgbor.
The secretary Judged agriculture
ns Improved over lis Condition of
two yours ago, but Ht III leaving
farmers with much nccutiuilntcd
debt and Inciting stability because
of unnolred marked problems.
KXPLORKftfl TO I.HAVU
DETltOlT, Mich.. Dec. 31. (fl)
The Detroit Arctic expedition will
leave here for the west const on a
special ear January 20 onrouto to
Point Barrow, Alaska.
V, S. W onlin e Hopnrt
Oregon Cloudy tonight and Fri
day, normal temperature, niotlorato
easterly winds.
NO HKIt.U.I) TOMORROW
There will ho no publication
ot The Broiling Herald to-
morrow nftornoon, which Is
Now Year's,
PREDICTED
THE SEASON'S GREETINGS
NKW YKAK8 IfKSO
(The (ollciAlng ufas written
by George K. Cochran, Sunday
editor or the Lakeland (Flu.)
Ixdger when asked by Earl
Mullen, publisher, to write
something for New Year's ex
pressing the newabaya' position
on the paper.)
It tukes a million,
More of less,
And a lot or men and'jwomen
Mora's you'd guess -
And ever thcught of aid to get
a newspaper made
And ready for the folks to
read tbo news;
Hut It ud all bo in vain,
Just about,
If one little link In' the chain
Dropped out
The carrier boy
That's mo
Don't you seo
And It's New Year's time
Don't you see?
Tomorrow' und Saturday you
iu 111 have a chance to make a
boy happy without any great
otrort. On that day your car
rier will call till you ror your
subscription. Have the money
ready for him, so that ho will
be able to rinlsli his collecting
before noon. Better still, have
tt cijoclt lor $6.50 ready tor
him, and that will pay year
subscription for a whole y0ar.
You will make a material sav-
ing. will not be bothered with
n colloctor each month and at
the same lime enable the car-
rier to earn a good comrnis-
slon. Supposing you write that
check now. so that It will be
ready S-aturday when the boy
calls?
The collections for December
wore practically 100. It was
the beat month ot the year
and if you knew how your
carrier appreciated your cooper-
atlon ho would never have to
make the second call on you
fur your subscription. Start the
Now- Year right by making
your carrier happy, either by
paying for the year In advance
or having the money for tho
month ready for htm when lie
calls.
Condition Is
Still Serious
The condition of Rev, W. E. Bob
bin, pnstor ol tho First Christian
church or this city, who lias been
conriuod to a hospital nt his old
home In Woodland. California, for
many weeks, is ttnchaoged.
Tills Is tho word received by
rrlonds here from Mrs. Bnbbitt to
dny. Ills condition is critical nnd
the first of Iho week he was forced
to ratUVn to the hospital from hit
home, following a serious rolopBO.
Ills many friends in Klamath
Falls nro hoping his condition will
turn -for the better, although much
concern Is shown over his preaotil
condition. '
NEW YORK.- Babies bom la
2,000 A. D. mny expect to live 200
years In the view of Professor Horn
ell Hart of Drynniawr as expressed
to the American .oologli'al sodoty.
PROH
SLEUTHS
TO PUT
on mm
Tonight Will be "Dry" Cele
bration in Many Big
Eastern Cities
TO HALT VILOATIONS
Police to be Stationed in
Many Cafes to Stop Sale
of All Liquor
NEW YORK. Dec. 3 1 . (yp) "Hip
pocket" rcvelera in Boston, Phila
delphia. New York and Atlantic
City will recelrp special attention
from Inw enforcement ageqts after
the liberty boll breaks its 90 year
silence at midnight to r.elcomo the
New Year by radio.
In Atlantic City each night club
will bare one detectire assigned to
it to uphold the Volstead act.
A Xeiv Stunt
Police and prohibition officers in
evening attire will mingle with the
New Y'ear'8 revelers in Philadelphia
and keep a deligent lookout for
prohlbltlon law infractions, accord
ing to director or the public safety
Ealiiott.
In New York 150 loderal prohi
bition agents will bo scattered
throughout the city to preserve the
liquor laws.
A small army of prohibition
agents, reintorced by police, will
Invade Boston hotels and cales.
Mingle With Crowds
"Hip npeket" violators will re
ceive especial- attention trom agen's
who will mingle with the guests at
tho various entertainments.
Pollco women in evening clothes
will augment efforts of the dry
operators.
The liberty bell, which in 177S
tolled the dawn of a new era in the
history of nations, at midnight will
ring in the now year and the dawn
of the Philadelphia Sesqui-Centen-nlal
celebration. The tones will be
broadcast across the continent
through radio station WIP.
Portland Business
Man To Locate Here
J. Weiner of the Portland Wool
en Mills store arrived In the city
last evening for the purpose of
looking ortTj business conditions in
Klnmath Falls, with a view to lo
cating hero with a branch store.
Mr. Weiner is one of the prom
inent business meu of the north
ern metropolis and expresses him
self as very much impressed with
Klnmath Falls.
INDIANS WIN
8ALEM, Ore., Dec. 31. ()
Tho Chomawa Indians defeated th"
Washington high school team of
Portland in a fast basketball game
Inst night by n score ot 23 to IS.
Malt of tin- Indians was high point
man ot the game, Weinel starred
for Washington.
LONDON. Tho Earl of Oxford
und Asquith Is writing n history of
the house of commons ror tse last
fifty years.
DAMPER
Farmers Want
To Pay Taxes
On Time Plan
1 Federated Clubs to Dis
cuss Installment
Feature
Klnmath county farmers want to
pay their taxes on the Installment
plan.
At least, they want a complete
Investigation or tax laws to de
termine whether or not some change
in tho tax laws can be made in
order to help them pay their taxes.
Under the present law the taxes
are paid In two annual installments.
If the taxpayer hasn't enough mon
ey to pay his taxes the sherirr re
fuses to accept a part payment. The
farmers believe they should be al
lowed to pay what they can anil
then complete their payments at
some later date without being sub
jected to the various penalties for
non-payment.
TO UKT REFUNDS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. UP)
Refunds totaling $151,885,415.60
were giren to federal tax payers, dur
ing the last rtscal year by the treas
ury department.
Local Offices
To Stay Here
Highway Tangle is Ex
plained by C. C.
Seeley
Klamath county will not lo3e its
local ctrice or the state hlghway
commlSBion, and the entire lorce or
highway, workers, with the exception
of Division Engineer Kelly, will re
main in this city and continue to
maintain the offices at the court
house.
This explanation mas made today
by C. C. Seeley, resident engineer
for the highway commission in
Klamath county. Mr. Seeley will
remain on the Job as heretofore
and will continue to have complete
charge of highway maintenance work
in Klamath county. The only dif
ference is that he will report hare
after to the division office at Bend
Instead of to the division office
which formerly was maintained
here.
In other words, the only change
made by the new order of the
state highway commission will be
the discontinuance of tho division
engineer's office here. This will
remore Just two employes of the
highway commission from Klamath
Falls, the division engineer and his
ofrice assistant.
Severe Storm
Hits Britain
LONDON. Dec. 31. () Great
Britain was struck by another west
erly gale last night bringing heavy
rain storms, which further raised the
waters of the already swollen rivers.
In London two men wore killed and
eight injured when a chimney crash
ed into the dormitory of a Stepney
workshop. More than 100 tele
graph and telephone lines wcro
down in the country. A mail train
crashed into fallen trees at Berwyn.
Wales, but only the locomotive was
damaged. ,
Floods Continue
To Wreak Damage
PARIS. Dec. 31. &) The floods
in Central Europe cont'nue to spread
notably in eastern Hungary. There
the river Tboiss is 2S feet above
normal level at Tokay, famous for
its wines. The devastation by the
waters is being ndded to by Ic
Jams forming at Bridges. ThMa
great masses of ice are being de
molished by artillery shell rire but
with some damage to Ihe bridges;
thousands upon thousands of per
sons driven from their homos are
flocking to cities which are nhove
flood level.
APPOINTMENT MADE
SALEM. Ore., Dec. 31. (P) Dr.
C. J. Smith, of Portland was to
day appointed by Governor Plorco
as a member of the Industrial wel
fare commission for tt three year
term, beginning January 1. He
succeods G. Y. Hurry ot Portland.
COUNTIES
E
EUR TAX MONEY
Funds Lost From Reversion
of O. and C. Grant Lands
to be Sought
PLANS ARE OUTLINED
W. A. Wiest Takes Lead
Here in Movement to
Get an Appropriation
Six Oregoa counties, Including
Klamath, will make a determined
effort this year to procure from tho
federal gorernmerit sereral mil
lion dollars which the counties bavo
lost In taxes since thousands of
acreB of land under tho Oregon and
California railroad land grant ro
rorted to the gorernment In 1910.
Tentatlre plans for tho campaign
lo procure what county officials
Here a just award from the gov
ernment were made known today
by Attorney W. A. Wleat, who for
the past tour years has handled all
tax and land matters lor the Klan
ath county court.
Plan Conference
Following an extended corres
pondence with County Judge Hart
zell of Jackson county, Mr. Wleat
announced today .ton; plans, are
being made to hold a tax confer
ence between the county officials
of the six counties either the rirst
or third week In January, at which
time it is believed dellnlte steps will
be taken to prosecute the claim
against tie gorernment.
The six counties alfected are
Klamath, Ja;-kaon, Josephine, Doug
las, Lane and Linn. The money lost
in taxes by these counties since
1916 is said to total close to $10,
000,000. Ilig Suin Lost
When the Southern Pacitlc was
forced te turn baek to the govern
ment the lands under the old O. and
C. land grant, Klamath county had
42.673 acro3 taken from the tax
rolls. Thi3 land was ralued at the
time at approximately $423,490.
Jackson county had 442,000 acre
remored from the tax rolls, i.vhile
Lone county had 300,748 acres tak
en from the rolls of taxable pro
perty. -Investigation shows that for three
years prior to the reversion of
these lands to the government the
Southern Pacific company had fail
ed to pay taxes on the acreage so
affected, and when it again became
government property, congress re
imbursed Jackson county la tho
sum of $240,000 in 1916 for these
unpaid taxes, while Lane county
was reimbursed by the gorernment
in the sum of $276,975. So far as
ia known, Klamath couuty was
never reimbursed.
Wiest Confident
Following a complete investiga
tion Into the matter, Mr. Wiest
tcels conrident that a vigorous cam
paign on the part or the counties
affected will result in procuring an
appropriation from congress to pay
these counties the sums lost in taxes
during the 10 years lnterrenlng
since 1916.
When the conference of county of
ricials is held nvithin the next tew
weeks, Mr. Wiest will represent tho
Klamath county court, and at that
tlmo will lay before the county of
ficials a proposed plan of action
to be followed.
Complete Probe,
It is his belief that several month.!
should be devoted to a minute In
vestlgatlon of all county, state and
'federal records, and that pamphlets
should be printed girlng congTesil
complete and accurate data of tho,
entire tax question. Them woald1
follow e nfereucos with the Oregon
(Continued On l'uge Six)
PLAYFUL COPPER
FINDS STRANGER
IN WRONG HOUSE
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 31. (ff)
When Patrolman George H. Kop
pel. In playful mood staged a make
beltere raid on his own home yes
terday, be found a surprise in thn
form of a stranger who, III his ab
sence, ho says, wait making bim
seir perfectly nt homo. Pntrolmon
Keppel has filed a petition for di
rorcn. Mrs. Keppel denies any lmpro
priety.
CONGRESS