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Pages
Sections
I TAXES
Iff Levy Is
hg Issue
ARE CITED
Hu Plan of
Equalizing
Assessments
Is Oct. S3 lnn-
I jroc Of I Wlde-
i M a concentrated
lr;wal of wwril ex-
M1 the Inberltanr
Lt tales, may bring
a)ct for luvesllca-
lirru ronveoea.
I of tb hOUM
L committee which
ta ll J'b of (ram-
i bill reducing tax i
ko.dvO or more, aug-
Mr lhl lb lor
I of to tax reduction :
ui isal "Ihe Inter
im thea.
of lot committee
fiM Impaanlonatrly
durlcc the current
,1; inoaa la a re-
hMnlillt Italney,
lUDOBl
i4 aflat lhl
troaonlcally un-
kid. "bat lhr ar
naiad. I. for on
Uo hir th
llrom Is flaaor this
(inner, ranking
icbor of lha eommll-
ttsrttt'ta Ann-
ktiaa vita L-clna; "a
KiOluk." and ono
ImttM Ootid ignor.
IK bat i scheme of
o4 bf both Chair-
I RrKwaUllva Gar-
I rtiilUas and ilr lu
ll Ibt committee.
I t 10 ptrnli (ho ted-
there la at
rlt(t tai: and In
l aa Inheritance
oornt would collect
hlrh the federal tag
tax.
UYER GIVES
-HOOL GIRLS
EROF HEARTS
"I a t li rill of girlish
'ith Kalla yesterday
'moaphern unique In
Jlly rouilno of living.
iter I dsn n,s Uuuble
"mustn't touch It"
Hfrn Stetson and all,
'Hfornlan to add to
ture and a western
"I appearance.
'r Jump from Jack
I1 Wren, from movie
iheep buyer, even
nave eviraordlnnry
M for 200.000 head
f oaya.
I a resident nf I..
"rly mobbed on the
W when a grouo nf
I""' r"Kht a Kllmnae
fcest Western minii..
chap said
8eesc showed
intelligence
an humans
thy went south
winter.
fr'end said
" fellow
li be a trnnm.
"l in Cold Wl.nlr.ne
h can keep
nd comfortable
In a
right hero
'math Falls.
!0 to 50
HATH
''"'r of .k. .
Ulatrlci. nnni,l"n
HINT
THE
pTrKverv Morning Except Monday)
1 23 SCHOOL BOYS
I HUKTJNSMASH
Street Car Crowded With
Students Overturns At
Sharp Curve
PORTLAND. Oct. 23. (fulled
Newa) Twenty-thr achool buys
from llenaon polytechnic aehool
rl Injured bar Friday uflnr
noon when a crowded street car
overturned an aharp curve.
There wore 107 persona In Ilia
rr, moat uf them school children
aa their way to root f,.r their
tram In a high school leaarne f mi-
ball ga
ante. The Injured were bur -
rledly taken to a hospital In three
ambulancra.
Every window In the car wa.i
broken and many were cut by gluaa,
when the car rolled over. It trurka
broke loose and hurtled acroa the
airaet. llrulae and cula ronstl
luled most of the casuultle. al
though two o")' 'Uttered ratlured
arm.
GREEK-RULGARS
CONFLICT HALTED?:-
League) of Nations Council
Calls Paris Meet to
Seek Adjustment
PAUlrt. O. I. 23. (Called News)
Diplomatic preaaure haa warded off
. It.lk.n war lung enough for the
.e.,. , n.unn. , move .ow.ro, ,,,.,, , ,onf fl
an Indefinite po.lponen.ent of hoa-,,,, hlvlng thef,y , do wlh
lllltle.
Tha league council ha been Bum
moned to meet In I'arla Monday to
aeek a aetllement of Ihe (irecoBul- j , ,r. brln,DC ,ndn, ,.
gnrlao trouble, which baa resulted j Bu, lD, ,,,, loag
is four dnyt' blood.hed along lhe,lnc, rntd lh, wty, of tn6 wnlle
Macedonian frontier Kepreeema-1
Uvea of Greece and Bulgaria will
ait witn in council, ana owing to
the un.iahle financial and political
condition In bolb countries, Ruro
poan stateanien are convinced that
lh Informal belligerent will adjust
their dlfforencea aa the
dictate.
council
Cessation of active hostilities Jia
been affocted before either country
roaortcd to a formal declaration
of war.
Meanwhile, Ilulgarlan troopa have
been expelled from Greek territory,
ol o levy an estate , according to dispatch from Athena,
and Greek troopa are In poaaoaalon
(Conllnunl on I'oire Hevrn)
Hall Pays Visit to J
Local Men in South
Three prominent Klamalh county
residents wero vlalted by Ilert Hall,
manager of the Hall hotel of thla
city, on a recent trip to Han Fran
cisco, and point from which be
returned Thursday evening.
Knrouto to Ihe city Hall stopped
In Yrvka, whore he spent aon.e time
with J. Prank Adam. Klamalh
pioneer, who I In tlio Vruka hos
pital mirroring with a broken leg,
uatalned during a rndeo, when
Judging a bucking coolest. Accord
ing to Hull, Adnma' leg la In a cant
and he I doing well, dcaplto IiIh
72 year.
Whllo In Hnn Frnnclaro, both Jurk
McAulirro nnd Hob Ilunsaker were
vlalted. McAulirro. sold Hall, was
Improving rapidly and tha pa'n
grndunlly Rone with time. Ill blp,
which wui vnroly burnt, la lianllag
well, nnd ho should bo ahlo to re
turn by the holiday.
Tha condition of Hob Ilunankor,
Klnmnth Justice, Is fur from satis
factory, and hospital authorities
have practically given up hopo for
his recovery. Ho Is ablo to receive
gliosis, and expressed delight at
seeing a friend from tho Klamath
country.
Girl of 17 Years
Divorced 3 Times
EL PASO, Oct, 23.- (United
News) Stnrtlng out to shatter the
"'remarrying" and "redlvorcing
world' record when he was 14,
Pauline Wlnxl Rold today prob
ably accomplished her pttrposo
h,on ah obtained her third div
orce in ns many year.
"he left high school to got mar
ried at 14.
Just after Judgo Ballard Cold
wll granted her freedom from hor
third spouse today, she asserted she
expected to be married the fourth
time soon. Then she will got an
other divorce, she said.
KLAMATH NEWS
United Newt
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1925
II
ISSUE
CALL TO
OF WAR
Reservation Tribes
Out for Scalps
i r.RirVAUrrc I r.l-T-. i
1 !
Iiureuueraey Held Factor
In Administering of
Indian Affairs
u. k. lunwooi)
Cipe.lal Correapondent of Tbo
Klamath Newa)
nm.()tjt;iN.. cl. 2j..Imllin9
of lha Klamath reservation are on
the warpath and Ihey are after
rala. The amoke algnala were
burning here today, calling
red meg ' together for a great
wow neit Wedneaday, and for
second gathering November 2, at
lleally.
Thla newa bark In Ihe 70's when
the Modoc men made war, would
have eent eettlera aiurryiug acroaa
the mountalna In buckbonrda To
day lt will be received with much
Inlnreit a would word of the
grievance committee from an army
, )f ,.,,, lrtllltmtB
method of dlaruracment of fundi
derived by the government frtm
the eale of tribal timber land
man. and now their method la the
i more auMIe method ot politic.
And lt u poim-al acalpa they are
j ttiar. beltful of them. I
.. . Rcalptng Job Bottler
Bpokeamen for tb ' Indiana dc
clar the admlnlatratlon ot Indian
, affjir , bureaucraUc In the ei-
(tmtlnurl tYon. faite liar)
Arrest Is Made in
Swamp Murder Case
OUN(SSTOWN. Ohio. Oct. 53. Durlnic the arrest, the driver of
The flret arrcat In tb "wmp mur-1 ln0 machine, according to the pol
dor" which taavo bcld tho atten- j ce attempted to make a get-away.
Hon of the Nowcaallo. Pa., author-1 .topping on bl throttel. the car
Itle for the past week came late ! i0,nng forward, throwing Mitchell
Friday with th apprehension or
Charles Mlddlefleld.
Mlddlefleld la alleged to have
driven an automobile believed to
have taken a body to tho Newcastle
swamp which furnished the grue
cmo mystery. More arrests. It
was declared, were antlclpatod dur
ing the evonlng.
The dlmembered bodies of three
men have iboon found In Hell Hol
low, a the Newcastle awamp Is
known aud It I thought that more
may bo contained In It. One theory
advanced la that criminal uacd the
only swamp "as a disposal ground
for their dead.
KOItKKIT A1.1MONV
SAI.KM. Oct. 23. Divorced wo
men must forfeit alimony when they
remnrry. the slate supreme court
held today In a decision on appeal
of W. T. Phy.
l'HKHIDKNT WATOIKH KHIK
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. With
hi aocrot service body guard Im
patient to get him out of the po
tential danger of a large crowd,
President Coolldge Friday etopped
on a downtown atreet to watch a
fire.
FATE DROPS BAD PENNY INTO SCALES OF
JUSTICE WHEN DUMMY CANNOT ENTER PLEA
EL TASO, Tex.. Oct. 23. United
Vow Fate dropped a bad penny
Into the scales of pusllce and Jam
med Ihe legal machlnory of Kl Paso.
The bad penny Is Carlos Hunter,
who Is supposed lo answer a charge
of assault with intent to murder a
woman aa she lay asleep In her
home her.
But Hunter cannot answer tho
charge. He Is cleat and dumb. Is
unable to resd or write, and knows
nothing ot the sign langunge. A
defendant cannot b tried If he can
voice no plen. luo no statement,
or mako no defense. And authori
ties are nnable to discover any
method of communicating with the
mnto nnd uneducated suspect, who I
and United Press Telegraph Service
TREE PLANTING
WORK outlined;
Committees of Various City
Organizations Discuss
City Beautiful
Gradually computing every do
tall In Ilia campaign fcr planting
I rem making Klamath Falls a city
beautiful, the committee met last
j night In the chamber of commerce
j room and reported ectlvlilea from
I the various district!.
An active step a takfn by the
""'ary ciun. prominent luncheon
group In the cMy during their meet-
lug of yeoterday noon Tentative
plana call for tha following work,
that of planting a trco In the Link
villa tometery for every ' aiTillor
from Klamath Kalla In the wjrlcl
war. fur every Bpanlah war veteran
from Klamalh Kail", and for every
Civil wur veteran ol t he city who
paid the supreme I aacrlflre.
It la the plan el adopted yes
terday by the clult to plant 40
tree aa they eat I mate the number
(('oiitlmiral On I'agn Two)
BY POLICE AFTER
CHASE IN STREET
Two Men are Held on Three
Charges After Wild
Ride In City
Driving whllo Intoilratnl,
tramMportrttlon anil TMMMeenlon of
liquor. wrrt three) charges placet
against two mm by Hints Traffic
Officer Knowlee, wlw arroatrd
the men after a chose Ui rough
tho city atrerta, at the corner of
Broad and Klamath avenue rrly
last evening. ..George K. Walte.
mlre, vcaa chanced rlth driving
while intoxicated and transporta
tion of liquor. ..William Hume,
companion of Wnltrtnlre, was
chanced with rMMacmlon.
According to the alale traffic of
ficer the men wero noticed driv
ing In an erracilc manner through
the city atreeta. Knowlea, with
Prohibition Officer Mcllrldo and
City Patrolman Mitchell gave chase.
to the pavement
Officers ear the men "ditched-'
one bottlo ot liquor, two other be
ing found In the car, one ot which
was In poaseaitcn of Humes, ac
cording to report.
Pollc say the driver ot the ma
chine denied ownership of the car,
Honeymooners Held
Not Sane by Judge
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 23. Honey
mooners are not exactly sane and
ahould be granted leniency for vio
lation of laws, according to the be
lief of Police Justice Ambrose.
J. J. Roberta sppeared In court
to answer to a charge of driving
40 mllea an hour.
"I wasn't watching the speed
ometer," ho admitted. "We were
on our honeymoon."
Justice Ambrose fined Roberts
$16. then suspended sentence.
"Where wore you going?" he ask
ed. "Must I tell you that, Judse?"
pleaded Roberts.
Tho court then dismissed the
case.
submits patiently lo the examina
tions with no trace of expression on
his Inscrutable face. ,
Statutes and court records have
been searched in rain for a legal
precedent. A suggestion that pan
tonine and signs might be used In
s trial, brought the throat of a
strike from the court stenographers,
and the realisation that no Jury
could be found that M well enough
versed In the art of gesticulation.
An SOS call has been broadcast
for a mind reading Interpreter, but
none has volunteered.
Meanwhile "Silent" Hunter, whose
defense seems lo be Impentrable
because It la no defenso at all. stares
unemotionally from his cell.
MITCHELL HAY BE
GIVEN HARD TIME
BY ARMYJMER
Regulations Hold Up
Civil Procedure
EVIDENCE RESTRICTED
Charge Includes Conduct
Prejudicial to Order
And Dicipline
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. (United
News) Counsel for Col. William
Mitchell may meet with stiff op
poaltlon during bla court martial
next week, when atempte are made
to "abow cause" for bla aenaational
charges' ot maladministration In the
country's air aerrice.
Army officers, familiar with pro
cedure under military law, are of
the opinion tbat all that la neces
sary to prove Mitchell s guilt on
th war department cbargea ot In
subordination la direct and corro
borative testimony that ha Issued a
formal statement Indicating belief
that administrative officers of tbe
air aervice were Incompetent. They
are Inclined to tb belief that the
court will look wltb disfavor on the
introduction of evidence designed, to
substantiate Mitchell's charges, and
may hold such testimony aa Irre
levant.
Representative frank Reid, re
publican, of Illlnola, Mltchell'a chief
civilian counsel, believes, however,
that there 1 a legal method of suc
cessfully Introducing such testimony.
Everything Is now In readiness
for Tbe trial of the Intrepid air
colonel. Col. Joseph I.. McMullen
of the Judge ndvocata general's of
fice. Friday served Mitchell with
the charges and eight specifications
made against him by the war de
partment.
The specifications charge Mitchell
with conduct prejudicial to good
order and military discipline: with
making a statement Insubordinate to
tb administration ot the war de
partment; making a statement high
ly disrespectful and contemptuous of
tho administration ot the war. de
partment with Intent to discredit lt.
Mitchell. It was revealed, aided
the department' In preparing Its
charges against him. Upon his in
slstenc. Texas newspapermen filed
affidavits that be had Issued tho
statement at San Antonio which has
resulted In bis court martial.
P. T. A. Donates Sum
of $100 to Library
of Fairview School
One hundred dollars from tbe
treasury of the Parent-Teachers' as
sociation of Fairview school will be
placed In a fund for the purchase
of books for the Fairview library
according to an agreement reached
yesterday aftornoon when the as
sociation entertained in tho school
ball.
A public program will be given
on December 11. under the auspices
ot the association In tbe school
room to raise funds for the library
donation.
Another interesting phase of the
meeting was the discussion of tree
planting by Paul Landry and Miss
Vera Houston, members of the com
mittee, who spoke to the parents and
teachers, urging them to Instill the
Idea of the tree planting campaign
into their homes. Mrs. H. W.
Bathlany was appointed as
chairman of the districts north of
the canal and west of Crescent
avenue.
A food sale will be hold In Ihe
downtown district in Ihe near fu
ture as a benefit for th association,
no date being set.
Following the business meeting,
etudonts of tbe seventh grade, under
the tutelage of Miss Ellen Clynch,
were nreaanterf In a nlay. "The Lnnd-
lng of Columbus." A large number
enjoyed the afternoon's affair, as
were many now members noted.
Cider and pumpkin plo were served
as refreshments by the second grade
mothers, .
BODY OF ARCTIC I
HERO IS FOUND
Storm Proves Fatal to Man
Seeking Aid for Crew
Of Wrecked Craft
NOME. Alaaka. Oct. 23. (United
News) The bcsly of Ernest Bos
nian, who lost his life while going
In search of aaslt'.ance for the crew !
of the wrecked schooner Ariel,
was found Friday, 40 mile from
Nome.
Bobman. whose home was In
Trey, Idaho, had attempted to
reach Nome with news of tbe
Ariel' plight, after tb craft bad
been marooned near Point Spen
cer for a week and the coast guard
then undertook a search for Bos
nian's body.
FISHER IS FREED
IN ASSAULT CASE
Witness Fails to Appear In
Court to Testify on
Behalf of State
T. H. Fisher yesterday left the
court room of Justice of the Peace
Ed Kendall a 're man.
The charge which be had faced,
that of assault with Intent to kill,
had been dismissed by Judge Ken
dall. None 'of the state's wltnessea ap
peared to testify against the de
fendant. Fiaher waa arrested about two
weeks ago after. It was alleged, he
had attacked Howard Seaver at the
Solomon Butte Lumber company,
at Kirk. He struck Seaver, It wo
charged, wtlh a bag which, lt was
said, was filled with rocks. What
provoked the alleged assault was
not knewn to officers.
FUNERAL ALMOST
HELD OVER FISH
Sturgeon Sewed In Sack Is
Almost Bur:ed for Lost
Salmon Fisherman
CUSHMAN. Ore., Oct. 23. Fu
neral services were about to be held
here Friday afternoon for Fred Sau
bert, drowned In the Sluslaw river
about two weeks ago, when lt was
learned that hla supposed body was
the carcass of a giant sturgeon.
A fisherman notified the Port
Umpqua coast guard station Thura.
day that he had found Saubert's
decapitated body and sewed It up
In canvas.
Tbe coast guard notified Saubert's
parents', and funeral arrangements
were made. A coffin was aent out
to the station. In which to return
the body.
In the meantime coast guardsmen
became auspicious of the gruesome
canvas bag because of Its siie and
shape, and opened lt. The de
ception waa then revealed.
Authorities are Investigating to
arrive at an explanation ot the
ghastly Joke or mistake.
Saubert was drowned at the bar
on the Sluslaw river on October 10
when a fishing boat capslxed. Clif
ford Chrlstlanson, the other occu
pant ot the boat, escaped drowning
by aw'immlng 600 yards to shore.
Church Body Takes
Up War Affiliation
WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. (Unit
ed News) A apodal session ot the
national council ot the Congrega
tional churchea cf the United
States, will be held late Saturday
hurch t0 , of taklng n0
sldes In future wars.
The morning session Saturday
will select the 1927 meeting place.
Omaha and Chicago are foremost
among the cities asking for the
next conference.
Th council, sitting as s board ot
missions, Friday, elected Rockwell
Harmon Potter, Hartford, Conn.,
president ot the board, succeeding
Prof. Edward C. Moore, created
the office of secretary of the board
and elected Mark Edward ot Boa
ton to the job, and approved a
(160.000 campaign for the foreign
missions to supplement the present
budget.
Ten Pages
Two Sections
Pricf Fiv. rut.
2 REALTORS DEAD
FROM WOUNDS BY
GUN OF AGED MAN
Slayer Surrenders to
Authorities
POISON PLOT ALLEGED
Rancher Declares Visitors
Forced Him to Drink
Drugged Wine
LANCASTER, Calif., Oct. 23.
(United New) After lining two
prominent Lo Angeles real estate
men up against a wall under tb
menace of a abot gun. Cyrus A. Klrk-
patrlck, 65. wealthy pioneer deaert
rancher, ahot both through the heart
ere late Friday, killing tbam In- .
stantly.
Klrkpatrick readily gave himself
up to deputy sheriffs and was taken
to Jail. The rancher claimed he
killed the realtors, Gerry Roach
and Benjamin Friedman, because
they were plotting to poison him
and gain possession of his 280-acr
ranch.
When deputy sheriffs reached tbe
old man's ranch, 80 miles from Los
Angeles, he waa atanding guard '
over the bodies, with his gun at
alert.
Klrkpatrick, who claims to be re
lated to Gen. Custer, famous Indian
fighter, declared that the men came
to hi ranch Thursday and that he
had invited them to spend the night
with him. ' " '
.' "They forced me. to drink soma
win," Klrkpatrick told the officers;
"and when I awoke in the night I
found my heart fluttering. I was
convinced '-tttat'tliey '"Md 'trrJd to '
poison me. .
"I didn't mention my suspicions.
but asked John GIbler. a neighbor;
to witness something. I went Into
my house late Friday afternoon, got
my buckshot gun, bunted Roach and
Friedman and made them hack up
against a wall.
"They wanted to take my ranch." '
the rancher explained. "There was
only one thing for me to do. I first
shot Roach through the heart, then
fired at Friedman as he made a
dive for me." '-
MRS. JACK LONDON .
TO CRUISE FAR EAST
IN 45 FOOT VESSEL
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.
(United News) The love of travel
and adventure that Jack London
reflected In his stirring stories, still
lives In tbe heart of the famous
writer's widow.
Mrs. Charmian London plans to
spend the winter and spring knock
ing about the Mediterranean In a
46 foot sloop, a craft even small
er tban tbe Snark, In which the
London made their round the
world voyage.
Mrs. London started Friday for
England. Mr. and Mrs. A.. M. Wal
ters. British friend will make the
Mediterranean cruise with . ber.
Starting for Algeria In January.
"I've seen only pictures ot the
'Hobo' " .Mrs. London said, "but
they tell me lt la a rough and ready
craft. We don't know exactly where
we'll end up that's the beauty ot
the trip."
p)Talk.f
Right Now is About
The Four Lots of
Dresses and Coats
at such attractive
prices In our big
October Sale
Center of Shopping DUtrlct