WKATHKB FOIIECA8T1 V'nanttlcil, enow. OHKIJONi I'na.-ttled, ruin and Know, TKMPi IIIkIi, 40) low, B7. I'llEtJIPi 114 hour, to B p, m. Friday, .ill aeaaon, .l(l nnrnuil, 4.87) liwt year to date, 0.27. HERALD SERVICE Hi'i-itlil wiharrlliera who fall to reiolve their paper by o i Hit i, in, lira rMiii'Ni i'l to mil Hit Herald IiuiIiipmi office, plume 10(111, Mill Hr will b emit by apeclnl carrier. ASSOCIATED PRESS IN SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND , UNITED PRESS KLAMATH FALLS, 7)KE.f SATURDAY, DEC. 28, lBs" CLEARING Price Five Cunts NumbGr 7507 U In MIS mm? Laval Editorials On the Day's N ews My HUNK J K.N KINK I7VKHY0.NK lni bow It admired - Ihn Christmas lighting display of W. C. Hlriiim, Hi U04 KI1I0 rmlo, which by unanlmoua docl Inn of I ho Jiidgce kiii awarded tha iwoopstakea prlio In I ho Chrlatmaa 1 1 k I ' 1 1 K contest. Bo It secnis probable (linn many pooplo will be Intnrnatcd In loarnlng Jual bow Mr. Strong ohlnlnrd ihs un uiiiinl effects Hint nmilo tho dla pluy go attractive, IN AUDITION to Iho lighting of hl homo, Mr. Strong lncludoil two window trimaparoncli-a of Uolhlohcm aconoa. Ho ma do thoae tilmai'lf. First, ha built woodon frames exactly filling Iho wlndowa, and thoii covered Ihoaa frumoa wllh llllht paper, larking II at the dies llko a window acroon. The flgurea In lh renin wore cul from black cardboard and -p-nded wllh llironda aoma dis tance back ot the paper acretn. A light wa thou mouitlod back of thuao flgurea ao at to caat thulr abadowa on tlio screen. The principle la the aame aa the hadow picture!, thrown on a im pended about, wl:u which til chil dren are familiar. By placing theao flgurea aonio dlaiance back of die cren, he obtained vth t foci of perspective, TUB horlion background effocla wore obtained by culling aheeta of paper to tho hnpo doalred and tacking thca to the frame back of the light papor crcen. Cloud effocla were accoinpllahod by cul ling ahocia of omewhni darker papor to tho desired abapo and at taching them to the original ecrocn, tho varying ahadlngs bolng obiulned by culling tho papor to different ! and overlapping the edgra. a greater number ot tblcknoaan giving durkor ehad Inga and a imallor number lighter tonoa. TUB trunapnroncloi In Mr. Strong'! window!, leon from tba atroot, give the appearance of having beon palntod. Thl la not the caao. All the color effocla woro obtained by the ua of col ored papor aud light and ahudow. It la n exceedingly Ingonioui and altracllve ploce of work, and tho iiumbor ot cara paaslng Mr. 8trong' homo every night, aftor the llghta are turned on, ahow the Interest people gonorully have taken In It. TUB annual Cbriatmaa lighting content, eponaorcd by the Wo men'! Library club, la a worth while evout, adding onormoualy to the ottracllveness of Klamnib Falls t tho holiday eonaon. ln toroat In It li plainly growing, aa ihown by the lncroaslng number of bomei lighted. These lighting dlaplnya require a lot ot Ingenuity and effort and time, as woll aa consldornblo ex penso, but thla writer has an Idoa that all those taking part In the eontost fool woll repaid for tholr outlay, for tho ploasuro given was corlninly great. It is to be hoped that next year tho down-town district gots moro extonslvoly Into the holiday doo oratlon spirit, so that tho wholo elty may be mndo as attractive as the rcsldonce district! have beon this yoar and last. Weather Warmer Throughout U. S. CHICACIO, Doc. 28 (!) Tlio nation bognn thawing out todny after a Christmas woek ot bitter eolil. Icy wenthor thai froso tho country from tip to tip Hftod suddenly overnight, leaving but one spot Sault Snlnt Mario, Mich. under tho sero lovol, It wna two bolow there. Hll.I.KI) IV CltASH 8ILVERT0N. Doo. 28. (AP) An autonjohlle accident due to the henvy fog clnlinod tho life of Ilnymonil Picker, 10, of Ml. Angol, enriy llils morning. Mlo died at the Biiverton uoapnai. Wins VOTES REVEAL SHOALS AHEAD FDR CABINET For Time Being, Premier Avoids Fate of Sir Samuel Hoare STOUTLY DEFENDS PEACE PROPOSALS Swarthy French Leader Asks What Crime He Has Committed (Copyright, Aoclnted Press) PAItIS, Dec. 38. Premier Pierre Laval, fighting for tils po litical life, wreated s double vote of confidence from the chnmbor of deputies today but hla majori ties were ao small that the dang er of n cabinet crlala remained. Tho votes came aftor two daya of debnto on foreign policy and whllo armed mobllo guards wers held In rcadlneaa outside the chamber to crush pdaslblo dlsor dnra. Trouble Alienil II y the allm marglna of 29( to 27 and 104 to 21 Laval eacnped Iho fate of hla fellow author of the dynamited Anglo French plan, Blr Samuel Hoar. Hoare was forced to resign as Great Britain's foreign aecratary because of rcaontment to tba pro posal. Laval, aotendlng himself against bitter leftists attacks pledged today that he would fol low tho league of nations to the limit In Its efforts to end the war in Africa. Although the second vote gave him an Increased margin, It still was ainall enough to foroahadow difficult shoula ahead , for the swarthy Laval's cabinet. Laval, after listonlng to His critics, told the chamber ha had aearched hla conaclenco and "wondered what crlmo he had committed "agnlnat poaoo and the country." Hcfutcs Attacks Ho had Just beon accused of weakness and uncertainty In ap plying tho league covonant agnlnat Italy. Tho premlor also had boon charged wllh neglecting Franco- llusalan relations and falling to protect Austria against Gormany in order to "flirt with Hitler." Laval, sooklng to relute every attack on him, outlined hla ac tions to ahow thnt ho "romalncd faithful to the (lengue) covonant (Continued on Page Eight) TO Olon Hlobor, Klamath Falls, n Dnlilrrlnil Will llOtlfled Of hlS appointment as administrator of the National Youth Movcmont nrolcct! In dlstrlot No, 4, loutn- orn Oregon, Hlobor was offered tho position by wlro by Paul T. Jackson, NYA head for Oregon nu iormor Klnmath man. The otfor will be accoptod, it wna statod. Hlobor graduated . from the University of Oregon, and short ly aftorwarda pussod the Hate bar examination. ; . Al Smith Cannot Visit Roosevelt, May Assail Him NEW YORK. Dec. 28 (IP) Alfred E. Smith said today he 1,1 he unable to accont nil in vitation to be a giiost of Presi dent and Mrs. iioosevou wnon ue goes to Washington, Junuary 25, to nililross tho American Llborty The former governor, whose Liberty Lenguo address Is expoot ed to contain an assault on the IlonsovoU now donl, said he was going to Washington with a pnrty ot New Yorkers and would romnln with tho party while In the capital. Tim lass demrinratla Dresl- dontlal candldnte has not yot written his loiter y tne vvnue Houso turning down the Invita tion sunt more tlinn a wuok ago by Mrs. IloosovelU ' . Confidence Vote Snow Falls On Klamath Again Today Snnwflnkci which began to fall ahorlly after noon In Klumalh Kalla were the forerunner of an unsettled weekend predicted by both local and atale weather prophets. Falling barometric pressure and moderato tniiiporalurea are scheduled to accompnny the flur rlca of anow or rain which aro on the woollier menu. Telephone mcBsagoa from Crater Lake pnrk to tho Klum nth chamber of commerce re ported conditions fnvorable for winter porta over Iho weekend. Ten Inchea of anow havo fallen In the pnat two daya. and hnih south and west cntranro roads, as woll aa tho road from gov ernment headquarters to the rim are open. Motorists are advised to use chains, however. Snow plows from the stato (Continued on Togo Three) IT BATTLE UNDERWAY Huge Ethiopian Army En gaged In Struggle With Fascists Ily AMIKHT V. WII.SOV Aoclatl lrr Foreign Hlnff AUDI8 ABAI1A. Doc. 28. UP -A totcgram from Emperor Halle Selassie disclosed today that a huge Ethiopian army attempting to advance against Italy's north ern army Is now engaged In Its first Important battle wllh tho fascist Invaders. ADDIS ABAIIA. Dec. 28. -P a.. L'tt.l..nlnn n verll lliollt comniunlquo rcporlod today Ab- bl Addl. 26 nines weai ni i nfihnm tinea was cantur- ed by the Ethiopians In a sur prise attack which drovo back Iho Italian nntivo troops. The bodies of 20 Italian of ficers and many nntlvea. fight ing for the Itnllan sldo. wero re ported found on the bnttlefleld In the sector where tho Ethiopian forces hnve boon waging an In tensive cnmpngn of guerilla war fare. ThA nffirinl rommunlQiio snld 100 of Italy's nnllvo soldiers wore taken prisoners. Fighting conttnuca mo nen (Continued on Pago Eight) teSIT vnnpvK Dec. 28 (IP) One man was near death and nlno nlhnH VAH in a serious condi tion in a hospllnl here following a heud-on collision oetwuun truck and a car near Monroe yesterday. Peter Starr. 3. was uui nAna in Hva hnsnltal nhysl- i.n. .niri Vila brother. Walter Stnrr and Mrs. Waltor Starr, wore seriously Injured DUt wero snld to be Improved this morn ing. Alice and lack Starr, chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Walter 8tarr, also Injurod, were im proved this morning. r.,,A A I Iaa fitnrr nnrnntfl of Waltor and Poter, were taken to a hospital at corvains. Others troatod for painful in juries hore were Iris Stasts, her mother, Mrs. Hurst P. Stauts, Leah. Carol and Melvln StaaU and Carl Lawson. FALL PIG C PORTLAND, Dec. 28. (P) Little piggies will go to market In larger numbers shortly. The fedornl bureau of agrlcult lire economics here estimated to day thnt tho fall pig crop in Ore. gon, Washington, Idaho and Mon tana was 33 per cent lnrgor than the fall crop ot 1934. The na tional increase was about 81 per cent. Each of the northwest states showed substantial lncreasos In pig production, which waa eBtl mntetl nt 398,000 head compared with 290,000 head the fall ot 1934. LAVA CRAWLS RELENTLESSLY T Moulten Rock "Moves For ward On Water Sup ply Of City EFFECTS OF BOMBS NOT DETERMINED Telephone Lines Cut Off By Flow From Great Mauna Loa HILO. Hawaii. Dec. 28. () The lava flood from Mauna Loa, though bombed by United States army planes yesterday, moved forward relentlessly today. It struck tlmberllne on the great mountain overnight, wiping out a wldo swath aa it flowed toward Hllo's water supply source. Tho conflagration cast a bright reflection against the skr. Great clouds of smoke were vlFlhle from Hllo this morning. Dr. Thomas A. JnKcar, director of tho volcano observatory, said he was unable Immediately to detrrmine tho nrfccls of the drop ping of twenty 600-pound bombs hpon the lava stream by army filers yestorday, but hoped to do so by noon. The flood of molten rock mov ed about one and one-hnlf miles In 24 hours ending at 6 a. m.. It was curled In the shape of a hook with the point of tho hook toward the north this morning. During the night the fiery river swept over telephone lines connecting Hllo with the Puu OO ranch. Communication with the ranch houso, which stands on a high knoll, was cut off. The house stands near the point where the flow left the saddle between Mauno Loa and Mauna Kea and started toward Hilo. Brilliant Spectacle The spectacle during the night was the most brilliant of any since the eruption began Nov. 21. Burning timber, flames flar ing up and dying down, added to the picture cast by the constant glow of tbe lava. The great river ot tire, glowing blood-red in daylight and bright orange at night, stretched far down the mountainside to the saddle botwecn Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. Thence it swung eastward, down the slope toward Hllo. This morning the extremity of tho flow was about six miles from the crest of the saddle. With the distance of the lava from Hllo's water supply and from the city . Itself the most pressing question, opinion was divided as to the actual distance. Tho devastating flow, however, was only about three miles trom tho wator reservoir, a part ot the systora formed by the Walluku river and small tributaries. Jaggnr estimated this Inter vening terrain at 24 miles in u vlsliii the previous figures of others that no more than 12 miles separated Hllo from the monnclng flood of flaming rock. The actunl distance, however, was lost sight of in considera tion of tho time It will require the lava at It! prosent rate of movement and output to reach Hllo. Hore. again, there was dif ference of opinion, Jaggar esti mated the time at five months, while some old timers thought It would be several months longer, 010 Manchoukuoan-Jap Force Invades Chinese Province ntuvnUAT rie.A QQ fSiinitnvl Olint.uimii .-"-.- , " .... , (P) a Manchouknoan army as sisted by Japanese airplanes, Chinese report said, today, was advancing across Chahar prov ince of China and threatening to sever part' ot It trom Chinese control, The invaders were reported to be driving a military wedge to ward Shangtu, on Chahar's west ern frontier, and possibly Isolat ing the northern half ot the province. Simultaneously, 2,000 Irregu lars under the pro-Japaneso leader Liu Kewl-Tnng were re ported to be Invading northern Hopeh province. Thoy were said to be menae- He ' - - .. ,. ..- .,:! -.-. Here Is Caleb Milne, scion of wealthy family, as he appeared when found beside a road, the sup posed victim of a kidnaping. Early Saturday Milne confessed to J. Edgar Hoover, head G-man, that the whole affair 'was a hoax designed to win publicity and a job. The youth bound himself np as shown In this picture, taken when it was still supposed he bad been victimised by a brutal gang. KILLER OF FOOD SL1AT BUTTE William Knight Trapped In House After Hold ing Family BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 28. (AP) Tho death of an admitted killer of four men eased public tension in southwestern Montana today while police and witnesses re counted events of a great man hunt. In a fog of tear gas, ex-convict William- Henry Knighty-M, met a violent end after a posse surrounded the borne of a PWA worker, a former employe of Knight, last evening and Assist ant Police Chief Jack Duggan sent a bullet crashing Into the fugitive's head. Knight died sev eral hours later In a hospital emergency room. Held Family Captive Th. rinnln nf the exciting (Kpaa How aenrch came in the little dwelling of James Gilligan. who with his wife and two small children were held captives by Knight. Knight returned to Butte early yesterday morning. He had trudged 30 miles through the mountains and Immediately went to Iho Gilligan home. Gilligan ... i nrl hut his wife. Hazel, and two children, David, 5. and Haicl. 2. were Kept unaer Knight's gun all day. Gilligan returned home for din ner and also was made a cap t've. . A few minutes later, mo unu gan's asked Knight to be al lowed to take the children to the (Continued on Page Eight) LiiiinS SHIP, TIKE PLANE BELFAST, Ireland, Dec. 28, UP A possibility that Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his family may leave the freighter American Importer on its arrival In Ireland and complete their jour ney from the United States to Eng land by plane developed today. It was learned that a plane was standing by at tho Aldergrove Royal Air Force airdrome under sealed orders as the vessel in which the Lindberghs loft New York early last Sunday pushed through heavy winter seas nearer Ireland. Officers at the airdrome admit ted the plane was waiting, but said they did not know for whose use It was intended. Ing the rail center ot Changplng, 26 miles northwest of Polplng. Chinese observers expressed the opinion tho Manchouknoan thrust Into Chahar was inspired by the Japanese in an effort to cut trade routes between China and outor Mongolia, the Independent republic in which Soviet Influence la dominant. These sources also said they believed the Japanese army planned to tighten its pressure in outer Mongolia. Japanese militarists were re ported to be bargaining with north China officials for Instal lation of a Mongol regime, friend ly to Mnnchoukuo, In tha suited Charhar districts. by Slim Margins Did This to Himself "Mean" Stories Vie for Space ' on Front Page MEDFORD, Ore., Dec 28, OP) The meanest thief here in a. long time has been stealing wood supplied by the Red Cross to an elderly woman on relief. Red Cross officials said today. Two tiers brought to her home Just before Christmas disap peared in one night. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28. VP) Mrs. Jean Scboening, a nurse, loaned a patient 12.50 a year ago, and heard no more about It until, brimming with Christmas spirit, the borrower called and gave her a check for $5.00. Mrs. Schocning refused to. accept the check without giv ing 2.50 change. The check was returned marked "no ac count" GREENS BURU. N. C, Dec. 28, (. Maybe things were Just too rushed in the postoffice during the holidays. A Greensboro woman found a "postage due" card in her box. She presented it at the proper window, paid the 2 cents, and found a Christmas greeting from J. W. Coleman, the post master. ' DECEM TOPS December, 1935, will top all records for automobile accidents in Klamath Falls, according to police officers. Up to noon on Saturday, December 2S, 97 acci dents bad been reported to head quarters. This number is one and a half times as many crashes ever reported in a single month here tofore. Heavy snow storms and slip pery pavements of Saturday after noon brought predictions of many more wrecks over the week end. Two accidents were reported at police station on December 27. Lloyd Bedden and G. Caseman re ported that their machines col lided at Ninth and Prospect streets Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Skidding was given as the cause of the wreck. Preston Nine and William Jones reported an accident at South Sixth and Adams streets a: 8:uu o'clock Friday evenlug. Dam ages fere ot a minor nature. Raymond Robin miraculously escaped injury Thursday morning when his machine crashed into a Southern Pacific switch engine at the Main street crossing. The automobile was badly wrecked, Robin reported the accident Sat urday. EASTERN CAMPAIGN WASHINGTON. Dec. 28 (fl3) Senator William E. Borah plans to start his campaign for "liber alization" of tho republtcnn pnrty with a speech In New York City a month hence, probably Jan uary 28. Decision of the Idahoan to start his eastern campaign in the metropolitan area was made yes terday after a conference with several republicans known as liberals. Borah, who has not said flat ly that he want! the party's presidential nomination, has as sorted, however, that he would "co-operate" with liberals who nlaco h Is name In Btnte primaries. It Is 'understood that Borah will speak at Brooklyn, CITY WILL BILL Plan To Collect 2 Per Cent, Franchise Or No Franchise Mayor Willis Mahoney aaid Saturday the city will bill the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company in March for 2 per- cent of ita gross earnings here, even though his veto ot the company's proposed franchise Is sustained. The mayor said the city will proceed to collect trom the phone company by quarters as it does from other utilities- under, the occupations tax enaSSd after Mahoney first took office. City Attorney J. H. Carnahan, it was said by the mayor, had stated the telephone company automatically comes under the occupations tax ordinance after Its franchise expires. The old franchise expired last August, and Mahoney Friday announced his veto ot the proposed new one. Last year the city collected $1900 from the telephone com pany under the franchise tax. Copco and other utilities paid at the aame rate under tbe occupa tions tax. Tbe council can pass the fran chise ordinance over Mahoney's veto next Monday night, four out of the five voting for It to override the veto. If the coun cil ignores the. veto. It will stand. Councilmen were not warned ahead ot time that Mahoney was to veto the ordinance. They voted for it unanimously two weeks ago. STATE AGENCIES S41.EV. TW 28. UPi Transfer of five major state departments from Salem to Portland was being seriously considered by Governor Martin and other state oiticiais because of lack of adequate office ennoa in atAtn hiilldinen or in the nn-n,nwn KiialnttSS rilntriCt here. It was announced by tbe executive :oday. ThA rionnrtmpntn named, of which any or all of thein may be transferred, were tho public util ities commission, tne corporation nAinmlaalnn the. national EUSrd headquarters and the banking de partment. The newly created un employment Insurance depart ment, when organixea, migm aisu be transferred, the executive said, if no SDace is found for it in the atafa anlfnl. "Government Is expanoing, ana with tha uncial necurltv urogram and other departments created re cently, more oftlce space is neces sary. Wo have been unable to find adequate ornce space in Salem that would be desirable for these offices." . Advances Made by July Wheat r-xiiPArin nee 28. (API July delivery ot wheat, represent ing tha new ihik onmeaiic cruo. rinvatnnari relative, strength todav. and scored late advances in price that helped to rally May. a dmnii iinturn of Winnlneg quotations assisted rallies ot Chi cago wheat values. An omcmi estimate placed tho 1936-36 Ar gentine wheat crop at 144,306, 000 bushels, the imallest since 1916. Wheat closed firm at the same as yesterday's finish to 3-4 high er. May 99U-3-8, corn 6-8 7-8 up, May 60 l-i-M, oat! 1-8 ad advancod, afld" provision! at 2 cent! to 7 cent! decline. YOUTH BREAKS UNDER STEADY FEDERAL 1Z 'Stunt' Inspired by Need Of Job, Claim; Sought For Publicity ARRAIGNED ON EXTORTION COUNT Violation of Postal Law Charged in U. S. Court 1 On Saturday NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (P Confessing that his "kidnaping" was a hoax engineered in an at tempt to get some money, Caleb J. Milne, IV, was arraigned today before U. S. Commissioner Gar rett W. Cotter, on a charge ot attempted extortion, a violation of the U. S. postal laws. Bail was fixed at $7,600. A hearing on the charge waa aet for Jan. 9. The specific charge on -which he was arraigned said he bad de posited "a letter in the United Mates malls demanding $20,000." NEW YORK, Dec. 28. IJPt J. Edgar Hoover, phlef of the fed eral bureau' of Investigation, an nounced today Caleb J. Milne kidnaped himself as a matter of publicity to help him get a Job on the stage." . . . "He broke shortly after mid night," Hoover said, "and told us the whole story of how he had conceived the Idea when he was In desperate financial straits and couldn't get a Job." Tooth Held The youth, grandson ot a wealthy retired Pennsylvania tex tile manufacturer, was arrested by the federal agents at Hoov ers direction, and held "some where In New York City." Young Milne, Hoover said. faked, a story to his landlady that "Dr. Green ot Grade Square" wanted blm to go to Philadelphia because his grandfather was 11L He cut words from newspapers to form a . $20,000 "ransom" note, which he mailed to his family In a box containing his wrist watch and a newspaper he had touched with blood. - Then Milne went by bus to Trenton, N. J., where he re mained for -about tour days. Fin ally he moved on to Doylestown. Pa., on Dec. 18. Taped Himself "He went up by a schoolhouse, threw away his overcoat, brown hat and gloves," Hoover said, taped his eyes and mouth, tied his ankles, knees and bands and rolled down a hill toward the highway. A tew minutes later a car came along and the amateur actor and mystery etory writer was found. The supposed object of a kidnaping." Marks on his arm which Milne said were made by a hypodermic needle used by his "kidnapers," Hoover reported, actually were pin pricks. Caleb's apparent anguish after he was found, bearded and sup posedly under the effects of nar cotics near the Doylestown road, was "all a pose," Hoover said the youth admitted. "It was a deliberate attempt to mislead his family and gain publicity. He never had any drugs. He was not mistreated. He did it all himself." Hoover said Milne probably (Continued on Page Eight) NEW YORK, Deo. 28 () Football, aa played In high schools, colleges, on sand lots, and by athletic clubs, resulted In 30 deaths during 1936, according to the report presentoa oeior the American iootoan uoacnea ...uIbHaa hv Prnf. Flnvd R. Eastwood, of New York univer sity, today. One-half of the fatalities wers amnno- hleh aehonl bovl S! the school boy death rats from the gridiron spon snoweu u in crease of 34 per cent over 1981, 1 nmt hod, thara were 13 death! among high achool player!.