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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
LET US MAKE 1926
THE BANNER YEAH
FOR THIS SECTION
Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Year Number 57(!0
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DISTRICT WINNER
IN CONTROVERSY
over cornier
Word of Decisive Victory
wired Here by, Charles
Wood Eberlein
SECTION 38 MODIFIED
Construction Charges on
Project May Now be Paid
on Crop Returns
A doclolvo victory win scored Into
yesterday In Washington I). ('. by
Ik Klmnntli Irrigation dlmrlct, a
Victory which anauru I tm cunsiim
mutlon of tho operation and mainte
nance com rod In uccarduneo with
the lorm or tint itltilrlct.
Word of (ho victory wax rocalvud
(till morning from Charles Wood
Eberloln. following conference at
lb natlon'i capital ylrdav, with
V. 8. Senator Robert N. Btmifleld.
Congroasman N. J. Hlnnott, lt'cla
nation Commissioner Elwood Mead
nd Assistant Reclamation Couiml
lonor I. W. Dint.
(iovrrtimrnt ('onrrdro I'ollit
Mr. Mead and Mr. Dent agroed
that aoctlon 38 of the O. & M. eon-
tract, tho aoctlon Hint-tho Klamath
district would not tolerate should
bo tnodlflod. Tha objectionable sec
Uon 38 would havo forcod tba dl
trlct to waive all Ita claim to power
rlshta and also Ita protest of con
trol of water of upper Klamath lake,
by tha California Orngon Power
company. It was agroed that this
atlpulatlon ahould not ba Included In
tho contract and that tho question
of power and wator right of tho
dlitrlct ahould bo (otltod In a court
of law.
Ilrmove Deadlock
Tbo concealon by Mead and Dent
remove a deadlock over the O. ft
M. contract which lia existed . bo
twon tho dlitrlct and government
alnco tho Inception of tho contract.
It Iniurc tho early ronaummation of
tbo contract, which will mean that
tho farmer will handlo their own
affair on the project and which
will alio them to pay tholr own con
struction charges to tho government
on tb reasonable basl of five por
cant of the grow crop return, an
nually. In addition, tho government offi
cial and loglalatora approved the
moratorium, by which constriction
cbargea would bo deferred for a num
ber of year, until tha farmer are
tn a hotter position to moot their fl
nanclal obligation to "tho govern
mont.
NEUTRALITY LAW
SAN ANTONIO, Tox Fob. 18.
Bight indlctinont charging viola
tion of tho nontrallty laws by con
gplrncy to not on foot an export!
tlon ngalnHt tho Unltod States of
Muxlco, ware returned by tho feder
al grand jury. Tho Indictment naiuo
Mexican political refugee now In
this country.
Names of those Indicted wero bo
ing withheld until arreeta wero made
but Tha Associated Press, loarnod
that two of tho tflght wore promln
c,nt revolutionists. At 8 p, m, only
one, R, Esparta Miirtlnoi, had been
arrosted. Arraigned beforo tho Unit
ed Statos commissioner, ho waived
lioarlng and hi bond was set at
32500.
Tho Indictments charged violation
of aoctlon 37 of tho penal coda.
Shooting Maniac
Brings Terror to
Omaha Residents
Omaha. Nob. Fob. 18. ()
Police said today that a mnnlno
O who 'ha Bproad terror In a
certain Omahn neighborhood
bondorljig tho d'owntown dls-
trkt shot and klllod Dr. A.
4 S Saarles, Omaha specialist last
night. ' ,
Dr. Soarles Vns found ahot
to doatb. In 111 office this morn-
Ing. Sovoral people In Omaha O
have been . hit by mysterious
4 bullot. Dr. Sonrlos l tho see- 4
ond victim to bo fatally struck 4
BROKEN, CLAIM
Jail Riot "Amusement" Says
Head Of State Penitentiary
. 200 Pearl Found
in Oyster, by Cop
on Chicago Force
CII1CA0O, Fob. 18. (!') Cele
brating hi n Ik la off, John McDuily,
a traffic rop, dined on oyster. .Sud
denly he bolted from tho restau
rant. Walter thought h bad gone
to cull tha wagon, kwenr out war
rant or something.
llul hu ruiiio bark shortly, smll
Itig gleiifully. A Jeweler had Juil
told him Ilia pnurl he found (n the
oven was worth 200. lie ordered
another doneii.
CALIFORNIA RII
BY
Southern Towns all Report
Tremor; Schools Close;
Water Main Breaks
SANTA DARIIAItA, Cal., Feb. 18.
(A") A nhurp earthquake wa ox-
perlen.ed note ut 10:18 this mrn-
liif!, laatiiig about flro se.'oudi.
No dnmngo done, no far a re
ported, although tbo shark wa
evero enough to atop oomo clock.
Tho ahock wis aliio foil at Carpln-
lerUi and Vontura. Tie ahock wa
not sufficient boro to throw down
any of tho wall racked by the
quako of Juno 29, although quite
hn:p. Children wero marched out
of schools but thore wa no sem
blance of panic.
Ba far a reported not a window
In ' tho city ' wa broken bjr tho
hock and chimney wo.-o undam
aged. Tho esIons of lie school
Ibat woro temporarily Interrupted
will be tesuinod this afternoon. A
water main In the Southern Poclfl
rouud-'ouao wa broken ly the
shako. The old Mission, In procos
of repair from damage of tho for-
mor ahock, wa not Injurod today.
L03 ANGELES. Calif.. Fob. 18.
(P) An earthquake cf nearly
minute' duration about 10:18 thl
morning wa felt along the coast
Una boo a con Santa Barbara and
Los Angeles, the ouly damago re
ported being tha throwing out of
Southorn California Kdlion com
pnny ewltcb.es at Satlccy, ton mllos
from Vontiii'a.
VENTURA. Calif.. Fob. 18. (IP)
An earthquake lasting half a mln
uto was folt boro at 10:30 o'clock
this morning. No. dumajto was to
ported.
SANTA MONICA, Feb. 13. OT A
allgUt but distinct earthquake was
fell horo at 10:18 a. m.
TELL STORY OF
L
. PORTLAND, Ore- Fob. 18. (P)
Tho dramatic Btory of tho soisun
by tho coast guard cutter Algon
quin of tho Canadian sehooncr Pos
cawha off tho Washington const
February 3, 1925, after tho Pcsca
who had rcscitod tho crew of tho
watorloggod American schoonor Cao
ba, was told In fedoral court today
at tho trial of Captain Rohort Pam
phlet of tho Canadian craft.
Captain ramphlot and mombors of
his crow ore charged with con
spiracy to vlolnto tho American
liquor and customs laws.
Assistant United States Attorney
Joseph O. Stearns, Jr., in his Btntj
ment to tho Jury revlowod tho Inci
dents of the chase and salzuro ot
the Poscawha.
Hum running operations In tho
Columbia rlvor were described by
Stoams, who doclarod liquor hand
led In tlioso operations was brought.
In .from tho I'escnwha, a fast gaso
line boat. .; ,
He dlsclosod that .Claronco Lorov1,
who oporntod, a ferry at Kalumn,
and who has already pleaded guilty
but has not been sontencad, would
ho ouo of tho chief witnesses tor
tba govorumont,
QUAKES
WITH
K
OE
IQUOR
CATCH
Prisoners' Fund will be tap
ped to Pay for Dishes
Broken in Fracas
$1200 Earned in Annual
Show May be all Spent
in Buying Crockery
i i i
SALEM, Ore., Kel). IS W
Convict et tbo state penitentiary
will themselves pay for the damage
done In' the dining room riot Tues
day night. Doubtless the prisoners
expected to get considerable amuse
ment out of flinging catsup bottles
at the unarmed guards, ricocheting
teacup across Ilia floor and tubles.
and breaking up the furniture, bu
It wan anything else than amusement
by tho tlmo several had been wound
od by bullets from a reinforcement
of armed guards and sent to ,the
hospital. However. Warden Lllllo
said today that ho will consider tb
riot a part of tho convicts' amuse-
imwt program for tha year and pay
for tha damage out of the prisoners'
amusement fund.
Tho amusement fund is created
mainly by tha annual prison show
which runs a week each year, and
which had a successful week's run
In January. It netted about 31200
Just how much of this will be
needed to pay for the damage has
(Continued On I'ngo Six)
Announce Plans
For Program At
Fremont School
Wives of . Board Mem
bers Act as Host
. esses
.Outline ot a , pro?, am to ba g.'vtu
Friday uftornoon at the Fremont
school is- announced today by Mrs.
Leslie Itcgers, chairman of tae com
mittee In charge of arrangements.
Hostesses fcr tJe afteraoon will
bo wives of school board memba-s.
Mrs. Lesllo Rogers, Mrs. Clarenrei'
Underwood. Mrs. O. A. Mussoy and!
Mrs. Oscar Shlvo.
Assisting In showing those In
terested about tho school will bo!
Mrs. J. P. Wells, Mrs. Fred Olovar,'
Mrs. Henry Orlmcs, Mrs. Ray Reed,
Miss Augusta Parker and Miss Ida
Momyer. Miss Parker Is principal ;
of the Central school, Mis Momyer
district clerk.
The program to bo prosonted from
4 to 5 will bo oa follows:
Piano Solo Mrs. Pied Cofer.
Vocal Solo--Ellzubeth Sanders.
Reading Eda Jones.
Piano Solo Mrs. Russoll A. AU3 -
tin.
Vccal Solo Mrs. Francis R. Olds.
Plans aie now under way, accord-1 watch in Tecognitlon of hla wire
Ing to Mrs. Rogers, for on informal . less story he sent describing the
dedication to take place Sunday rescue of tho crew of the Antlnoe in
afternoon at the new school. mld-Atlantlc last month. '
National Woman's Party Peeved As Davis ; :
Approves Ruling Barring English Countess;
WASHINGTON, Fob. 18. fl") j
Tho door to the United States Is
closed to tho Countess ot Cathoart
because sho olopod sovoral yoars
ago wllh tho Earl of Craven, leav
ing a husband in England.
The oplsode, admitted by the count
ess, has brought Into action against
her Iho "moral turpitude" provision
of tho Immigration law and Secre
tary Davis of tha labor department
has ordered hor excluded from this
country.
Tho secretary rendered his docls
lon last night atlor considering tho
relations ot tho board ot rovlow that
heard pleas in her behalf by her
counsel and others interested In
hor cano. Mr. Dnvls declared I Is
decision was mandatory undor Hit
law and that it loft him no exorcise
of discretion. ' ' '
Ono all m clinnch to got Into this
country rcmnltiB to Countess Vera,
now hold nt Ellis Island. Itor. at
torneys plan to roquost of Now
York courts a writ of hnhens cor
pus, which if issued, would cause
n i review of the law and might
grant tha countess permission to
enter under bond.
Exclusion of tho countess is not
tho first caso ot the aort, .Sotfro-
40 Missing
in wake of
utah slide
i
36 Bodies Arc Found by
Rescuers; 100 Miners
Seeking Dead
BINGHAM. Utah, Feb.
18. (By The Associated
Press.) With a , force cf
more than 100 men at work,'
a systcmaticjsearch of the de
bris at the foot of Sap Gulch
began this morning under the
direct supervision of Frank
A. Wardlaw, superintendent
of the Utah-Deleware Min
ing company.
In this way It Is hoped to recover
the bodies of those still unaccounted
for In the snow slide which yesterday
took a known toll of 35 lives. Ap
proximately 40 others aro missing.
Twelvo other survivors are In the
hospital and more than a score of
others received first aid 'treatment.
At 9:55 o'clock1 tho body of an un
identified man was taken from tho
debris. This Is the first body recov
ered since 10:4$ last night.
Beginning at -the bottom of the
gulch, tho debris Is being moved a
shovelful at a . time. Splintered
boards tho remain of what was
once the home of n score of families
(Continued on P Four)
OLIVER MOfiOSCO
KRUPT
NEW YORK. Feb. 18. (P)
Oliver Morosco, theatrical and mo
tion picture producer, filed an in
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in
the federal court today. Ho listed his
liabilities at $1,043,000 and assets
nt"J200.
NEW YORK, Feb. 18. (fP) Cop-
tain Georgo Fried, tommander of
tho steamship President Roosevelt
' Was greeted today as an h:aorarjr
staff reporter of the Associated
Press and presented with a sold
CAPTAIN Gil!
AWARD
Lord Craven, In Canada,
tary Davis declared, adding that he( parture from New York to Montrc
was bound to decide tho question! ait B3 n cowardly act. Tho countess
solely on the evidence submitted.
The National .Women's party.
which had urged admission of the
visitor, followed 'announcement of
tho decision with a protest, against
the exclusion "as an official recog
nition of a douulo moral standard
which women are determined to do-
stroy in our social system and which
thoy cqrtnlnly will not tolerate In
our government
' MONTREAL, . Fob. . 18. () "I
have only to sny that if it amuses
soma people to sojourn on a rather
Isolated llttlo Island In mid-winter,
with tho ginw of New York so near
and yet so fur, thoy are welcome
to it," sold tho Earl of Craven to
day. Tho earl returned late last'
night from n hurried visit to Ottu-
s "Personally." ho added. "! am
blt ot un cplcuro. ' Moreover, It
nlnaans mn more to be able to watch
tho- manipulations of the United
Statos Immigration officials from a
distance"
The stntemont was- nindo from n
retort attributed to Countess Cath-
cart which criticised tho carl's de
Aluminum Trust
To Punishment
Department of Justice Can
not Act, View of Inves
tigating Solon
Says Senate Committee will
be in Error if Mellon
Probe is Begun
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. (P)
After full Investigation the depart
ment of Justice has reached the con
clusion that contempt proceedings
aguinst the Aluminum Company of
America cannot by any possibility
he sucresKfully maintained.
The announcement was made to
day by Chairman Cummings of the
senate Judiciary committee, In a min
ority report opposing the senate In
vestigation as to whether the alumin
um company Jn which Secretary Mel
lon Is a largo stockholder, has violat
ed federal court decrees of 1912.
Senator Cummings said the de
partment "was In possession of all
tbo Information known, or believed
to exist, Including not only every
thing that was available to the fed
eral trade commission, but also many
items of information not submitted
to the commission."
"After carcfuliy considering the
entire case - and exhausting every
available source of Information,"
Senator Cummina said, "the dopart
(Contlnucil on Tne Two) .
Work Opens
In Mines As
Strike Ends
Half Year of Idleness
Comes to Close
Today
" SCRASTpyj, Tebr MT'isr'iG?)--Mining
was resumed' In the anthra
cite region today ' when the vast
army of underground tollers return
ed to.thelr Jobs after being idle for
more than five months because of
the strike.
Thousands of workers thronged
around, the shafts of the different
coal companies everywhere In the
hard coal fields et 6 a. m., at which
hour the cages began lowering their
loads ot human freight to the bowels
of the earth and began the actual
production ot anthracite. ' the first
since the strike went into effect Sep
tember 1. i
Some coal was hoisted to tbe col
lieries and run through tho chutes
at 7 o clock this morning. Tne coot
was mined by shifts that went to
. work in tho mines last night,
I . Tho whole region became active
as the mine whistles "blew this morn
ing tor the first time in nearly halt
a year and thousands of workers en
tered the pits in compliance with the
five year pact formally signed here
yesterday afternoon by tho Joint
committee ot operators and miners.
Says He s Happy
is now on Ellis Island,' New York,
undor an order ot deportation, and
a warrant is out In tho United States
for the enrl, the authorities betas
idcslrous of questioning his connec
tion with tho Incidont for which tho
countess was barred from entry.
The earl declared ho was not re
sponsible for what was being said
about him, and added;' "I have de-
forrod up to now from really ex
pressing my views on such sayings,
and have tried to koep quiet for
tho sako of my wife. Sho is not nt
nil well. This is the reason I am
not bringing things to a head."
He Raid he had no intention cf
returning
to Rermuda by way of
tho Unltod States.
'But," ho added,
I would like to know if In fifty
n! years' tlmo.l will bo allowod to en-
tor my molhor's country," supposing
I should wish to enter, or whether
I nm excluded for keeps."
Tho early said he was more than
sorry for the Countess of Cnthcart,
.who has been put In a predlcameat
"which no decent woman ought ever
- , to have bcou subjected to."
Not Subject
For
ContemptM
Snow Storm and
Lightning Mix in
Eastern Blizzard
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Fob. 18.
OP) Flashes of lightning through
the falling snow, with muffled peals
of thunder from a hpavlly clouded
sky. was a weather phenomenon ob
served here till morning. The
worst blizzard of the year is raging
throughout the northwest part of
Missouri and northeast Kansas to
day. High drifts on the highways
have resulted In a total cessation of
vehicular traffic, while several of
tho trains are reported stalled. -
PORTLAND JUBY
FINDS OFFICERS
II.S.L
C. D fU'a ' A I
State rrohlbltion Agents are ;
Found Guilty of Federal
Liquor Rule Breach
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 18. (Jf)
Arthur Cbrlstensen, Robert Smith
and A. C. Smith, special state pro
hibition agents, were found guilty'
of conspiracy to violate tbe federal i
liquor laws in a verdict read today
in federal court. They were ac
quitted on charges of possession,
transportation and sale of liquor. -The
verdict was reached at 7:40
p. m. yesterday, and sealed. It was
read hy Federal Judge Wolverton
when' conn opened today.; Tha, Jury
h&CT ipeirrfwd and a hair weeks lis
tening to the evidence and argu
ments.'' - ,
All the defendants still- maintain
their complete innocence.
Elton Watkins. defense counsel.
discussing the verdict said
"They found these boys gnllty of
conspiracy and not guilty of the' $35,000 and 140,000.
things that went" to make up the! Beetle control operations will be
conspiracy. ! carried on as In tho past. . Tho in-
"For example, they found them ' tested trees will be felled, the bark -not
- guilty of the sale of liquor, I stripped then piled alongside the
which the government claimed was trunk and burned. While expensive;
one of the chief parts ot the con
spiracy. "Had it not been for the. testimony
regarding the sale, I fait to seaj
what they would havo based any:
conspiracy on.
; "Also, they found them not gnllty ,
of possession, whereas the govern
ment tried to, show that they had
possession of this liquor and after
ward tried to sell it." .
A crowded court room listened
wimout a souna wnue me vera.ci
was read. Chrlstensen was affected
but the Smith brothers showed no
emotion.
Johnson Smith, former warden of
the state ponitentlary and father of
two of the defendants, was in tho
court room.
Watklns 'was granted ten days iu
which to prepare a motion for a
new trial. No sentence will be
passed before the motion is dis
posed of. . .-
STATE BULLETIN
F
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 18. (JP) If
J. D. Mlckle,' state dairy and !xd
commissioner, wants to continue
publishing tho quarterly bulletin re
quired by. law ot his department, he
will have to ossk tho stato emer
gency board for fnnd3 according to
an opinion of Attorney Ceneftl Van
Winkle. The special budget Item
i- ih.i ni-.io,i -Hi- rviv.
ernor Pler:e- following tho 1925
session.
' DE.MPSKY 1tOXK.lt SLAIN
RICHMOND, Va., Feb.. 18. IP)
Ralph Brooks, '20, of Wichita, Kan
sas, sparring partuer of Jack Demp
sey, died In a hospital here today
of a bullet wound In the head which
riotectlves said was self inflicted.
The officers Bald they learned that
Li. IV. t l.-nnna fcorl
Ills Bwuumaiu iu nauntn
Jilted' him. ;
SHORT 0
MONEY
10,000 TREES TO
CUT IN 1926
AS BEETLE CHECK:
Kimball Announces Details
of Plan to bring Scourage '
to an End i ,
OPEN CAMP SATURDAY
Weyerhaeuser, Long Bell
and Oshkosh Firms Out- :
line Plans for Season
Ten thousand pino trees of Klam
ath in the Spencer creek water
shed will be sacrificed this year by
three lumber concerns in a desper
ate effort to clamp out a serious
infostatlon of pine beetles, It wa
announced today by J. F. Kimball,
local representative of the Weyer
haeuser Timber company. Tbe three
concerns are the Weyerhaeuser Tlm-
oer company, the Long Bell Lum
ber company and the. Osbkosh Lum
ber company.
A pine lieetlo control camp, comi
posed of 20 -men and In charge of
Ernest Buck, will commence control
work Saturday and will . continue
throughout the Bprlng. "In the near
future a second camp will be cstab
lished and If neceasary a third con
trol camp will be started In the
spring. ' - , .
Between $20,000 and $30,000 wilt
be expended by tho lumber concerns ,
which own all the timber In th.; '
Spencer creek district directly af-
fected by the' pine beetle Infestation.
The. area is between 12,000 end.
15.000 acres and comprises one. at
the finest stands of plna timber n
Klamath.' ' "v
"It Is a particularly bad Infesta
tion.'.' Mr. Kimball explained today.
"The three lumber companies, fol
lowing, s rect-nt yBfere.nce, decided
to 'jointly f liiance a control 'project
which it is hoped will stem .the tide
of pine beetles In that section." .:
It Is estimated that tbe 10.000
tree that must, be cut reproseut be
tween eight and ten million board
feet of timber. At $4 a thousand
the Btumpage would cost betwoen
government research has failed to
provide a more suitable method of i
control. . . ..
L MEET
, . . . .
PORTLAND. Ore.. Fob. 18. (JPV
Problems of advertising and retail
ing were considered at the 23rd an
nual Institute of the Western Retail
Lumbermen's association, which
opened here today. Means of getting
the manufacturers and retailers to
gether in an advertl-jlng program ru-r-Antlv
nrinntMt hv tlm mnnnfacturei's
were considered.
President Herbert A. Templelon of
Portland and Secretary A, L. Por
ter of Spokane made their reports,
this morning. C. D. Hudson. Spokane,
and Henry L. Potter, Portland, are
to discuss business getting methods.
F. Dean Prescott of Fresno, Calif.,
Is to siietk this afternoon on certi
fied materials: Earl J. Clado, Salt
Lake City, on why a homo should bo
built of wood, and C. W. (Iambic of
Boise, Idaho, and W. C." Deerlng.
Portland, on cost accounUnr,.
Henry Ford Buys ,
Smithy's Outfit
BRIDGE, Mass. , Fob. 18. (JP)
g ' Heary Ford has bought
Longfellow's village smithy.
The Detroit manufanturor
plans to add tie old Taft
blacksmith ahop on ..Chestnut
Hill to his collection of Now
England buildings and. lmplo-
ments In tho vicinity ot Way-
side Inn nt- Sudbury. v .
Tho shop was built In 1787
by Japhet Taft. . . .
Hen-ry W. Long follow was In-
spired by seeing Taft bofor
the forgo to wrlto his famous
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LUIERIN III
ANNUA