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Mother of George Tudor It
To Rett With Famous
House of Windsor
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LONDON, Nor. Knulnud on
rriuay will lay at rmt In hUlorli
wimiKor, ibo rviuulnii or CIiiclii
Mmhor Aloaanilr.
Hho will be burlrd m-ar hor liu
band. King Eilwanl. In llio rfunl
company of thn dead, for olKht
KmlUti klnca' boilla nro lmrln,r.Kj
thoro. With arvlren boflltlim her
rank and tho hlfli plrn ahn ti. l.l
tho hoarta of ihu lirlllHluira. llio
dowaaor quvrn will bo inkon from
Kanrtrlndiain. wlmro alio tllnl, to ,
Wlndmir. licro alio bad wUlnil Dial Dialrirf All.,, n-l
ho mio-iu bo iiu..rrd. Attorney Declares
wiiiia iho fuiicmi i proiooiiins at Aged Prisoner Gave
m. ooorgoa cbapoi. wimiwir. a Him Story of Crime
momorlal aervlro typifying llio i.iu-
plra'a lo and rvroronco for hr' 1.03 ANdKI.ES. Calif . No. 21.
will be hold at 11:30 a. m.. In I I'tiited I'roaal 8. (!. Hlono, alxty
Weatinlnatur abboy. yi-ar-old atppfuthrr of Jack Hoilo.
Today at tho ordalda of Aloun-' fUm atar. hi made a nartlal run.
dra lu Handrlngham, the royal fam- fowlon to the brutal alaylngs In
lly hold a private eorvlre for hor. Auguat. 19S. of May and Nina Mar
aud aflorward uioinbora of hor Iioiiho, tin, achool glrla. It waa claimed hero
reoldvota of the eatale aud nolKh-; lonlglit by iliatrlct attorney Inves
borhiwd arqualntancra wore prrmlt- llgnlora.
lt to lrw tho body. ! Tho wacrted ailmlwtlona, oald to
MEN VISIT CITY
Judge Bonnet and Attorney
H. H. DeArmond Stop Over
Enroute to Medford
Judgo Irfiula llcnnelt. of llrnil.
nd Attorney llunrey Do Arinond.
One' of the foremoot legal authorities
of thai city, accompanied hy their
wives, arrived In Klamath Fulls yes
terday morning. The judge and Mr.
Do Armond were enroutn from Ileud
to spend Thanksgiving day In Med
ford with their people.
Referring to the city water pro
ject, which la ono of the foremost
civic matters besetting the people
of llend at llio present time, and
which Invnlvon an expenditure of
something like 1(00.000. both the
Judge and Attorney Do Armond
briefly summarised the attlludo of
lbs city officials of llend. and thoae
favoring Iho water situation as fol
lows: "Wo believed tho water project a
good one. Nothing that haa trans
pired has changed those beliefs,"
said Judge Oennott.
The Judgo referred In an action
atarled by those antagonistic lo the
water project on the ground, tor one
reason, that certain phases of II
violated Iho forms of tho city char
ter. That is only ono of the rea
sons, howovor, others varying from
political to economic, espoused by
respoctlvo factions anlagnoslsllc to
Iho city admlnUtrallun, and tho ex
penditure of. such a liugo sum of
money.
llend Ttenorally concedes tho fact
that It oeods purer wator than that
avallablo at the present limn. That
la what the city administration Is
trying lo give It.
Lined up against II aside from
civic factions, Is Iho at Hindu of (luv
ornor llorco, who naturally would
support anything that would bring
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Banker Reclamation
Bill Hods Interest
OIAMPIA, Nov. 21 I'nlted Proea
Of the many bills which have been
Introduced Into the Washington
legislature lo date 104 in the sen
ato and 122 In tho houso tho ono
that has altrarted by far Iho moat
Interest is the Banker reclamation
bill.
This measure Is due to come up
In the houso Monday as tho legis
lature convenes after tho weok-ond
recess. Then friends of reclama
tion will force the measure through
for a final vole and send It on to
the senate.
HoclumallnnlKls clnlm control
for this bill In both houses. A lost
vote In the lower house on a mo
tion lo recommit the hill 29 lo OS
agulnot has nlreiitly demonstrated
that unless I hero Is a switch of
opinion the measure can carry Ihoro
even over tho aiitlclpatotT gubern
atorial vein.
Laundries Don't Get Sick
Ever havo n biff wush that just had to bo done,
' And you had everything ready
And then spent the day
Waiting and waiting?
Whon you expect work back from Iho laundry-It comes.
TROY LAUNDRY Phone 656
Klama
KLAMATH FALLS,
utmts mm
0F LITTLE GIRLS
Children Beaten To
Death By Fiend
1
CONFESSION CLAIMED
hniro boon In the hands of rho dla-
trli t attorney for more than alx
i months, were denied by Ktonc, who
a l oil In id recently on tho murder
charges.
Hlono waa arrested shortly aftor
the dlacovcry of the bodlea of tho
Mnrtln alotara on February 9 laat. In
a dmnrted awamp land. The bodlea
were badly decomposed, but exam
Inallnn dlwloaed, according to au
thorltla, (hat tho girls had been
criminally assaulted and beaten to
death.
The llttlo vlctlina disappeared
from their homo In tho (lien Airy
district, whero Hlono was employed
aa a night watchman, on the night
of August 23. 1924. They were last
seen with Htane and a companion,
whom authorltleit are aeeking aa an
accomplice, according to tho district
attorney. -
Htoiui has been a prtainer In the
county Jail hero olnce February. He
fore his Indictment ho wan hold on
charges of contributing to tho delin
quency of amall children.
The alleged admissions, said to, be
In writing, were obtained through
Alva II. Floyd, former city recorder
of Culver City, and at ono time a
cell mate of Htonc's. It Is claimed
that Floyd won the confidence of
Htnne ar.d secured tho written "con
fession." Hlono declared tonight that he
had not confessed to the crime, but
had signed an application for parole,
which he said he had not acanned
carefully at the time, and which
might have been a "confcoslon."
Ills trial la scheduled for November
30. Ho declared he will bo pre
pared to prove an alibi, based on
tho testimony of two neighbors.
According to Deputy District At
torney Huron Flits, Hlono admitted
In his "confession" that ho was with
tho Martin girls on tho night of
their disappearance. A mam of cir
cumstantial eridonco painstakingly
gathered slnco tho assorted admis
sions six months ago, tit perfectly
with Htono's partial "confession" It
is claimed.
Floyd, who obtained the "confes
alnn" Is expected to bo tho stale's
star witness.
With the admissions ho claims to
have at this time, plus tho testimony
of Floyd, Flits dcclnrod ho expected
to hammer down the silent stoicism
of the aged prisoner and force him
to make a complelo confession of
I he horrlblo details of the girls'
alaylngs.
CUPID WINS OUT IN MARITAL FOOTBALL GAME
IN OREGON BY SCORE
In Klamath county, and Oregon
In particular, tho Institution of
marriage Is founded on rocks rather
than sand. This fail was proven
conclusively yeatorduy when Lloyd
Do Lap. clerk of the circuit court
here, rerlved statistics from the de
partment of commerce, Washington,
D. C, as regards marriages and
divorces.
Despite doHcournglng comment
aries by llcorgo Dcrnurd Shaw and
II L. Mencken, married persons
neon, to ho getting along vory
nicely, In tho porls, at any rale.
During the year 1924, according
lo the official figures from the na
tional capital, thoro were In Klam
ath county 191 couplos married,
United News and United Press Telegraph
ORE , SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1925
Manufacturer Seek Con
tract on Detroit-Chicago
And Cleveland Route
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (Henry
Ford made abld tonight for busi
ness of carrying tho mails by air.
Through th Ford Motor company,
he submitted bid to the postofrice
department to, contract for tho pro
posed Detroit to Chicago and De
troll to' Cleveland air mall routes
for the low rate of 0.75 cents an
ounce. Ho was the only bidder on
these routes.
Tho Fodorui Aircraft company.
Newark, mado llio only bid on the
other mute advertised, from Chicago
to New Orleans, via Ht. Louis, Mem
phis and Jnckfon, Miss.
BROTHERS KILLER
Gangster Sam Shoots and
Kill Man Who Was Held
For Brother's Death
CIIICACO. Nov. 21. (United
Press) Ham Vinci sal In his cell
here tonight, calm and stoical, after
committing one of the most sensa
tional murders In the history of
Chicago. , '
While an Inquest was In progress
In tho deaih of his brother, Mike,
and In tbe presence of officers and
spectators. 8am shot and killed the
man, who was held for Mike's death.
John Mlnatti. 39. was testifying that
he had never soen Mike when Sam
rushed up and declared he lied.
Tho deputy coroner, holding court
In the front room of an undertaking
parlor, sought to quiet Sam, but
Ham, after hurling curses at Mln
atti, suddenly drew a revolver and
shot him through the heart. Mln
atti fell dead and 8am did not ot
ter resistance aa several officers
closed In on him..
The body or Mike lay In the back
room ot the establishment.
Sam had been' brooding over tho
death since the slaying, the day
before. A large crowd of men, most
ot them known gangsters, jammed
the room.
Mlnatti was taken Into view the
body. Then he was brought back
and questioned. He was asked
whether he knew Mlko.
"No," wo the reply.
"You He!" screamed Vinci.
"You will have your turn," the
deputy coroner said. "Keep quiet
Vinci continued cursing Mlnatti,
and then shot him.
The crowd scattered in a panic,
fearing a goneral gang shooting.
Tho spectators fled, but Vinci mado
no effort to escape.
"Thli Is vengeance," Vinci said
"My two brothers aro gone and, I
don't care u they kill mo."
. Police say It is a war ot gang,
slers.
IMM'HKIt HKV1.H LAND
L. O. Mills, rancher or the Pine
Grove district has sold a half
Intorest in a rango land district. In
the Snrarue Iliver country to the
Yamsay Land & Cattle company,
renresenled by D. O. Williams.
Tho deed, as recorded yesterday
In tho office of the county clerk
called tor a consideration ot $5,000.
The land Includes 600 acres ot fin
est range and meadow land ot mat
section.
OF 6967 TO 294S BOOTS!
and of that number only 88 re
quested that the bonds be served.
The total number ot marriages
in Oregon, the figures show, was
6,967. Throughout the state only
2J45 of these couples were suf
ficiently dissatisfied lo get divorces.
Both marriages and divorces were
on the Increase in Klamath county
In 1924 as oposcd to 1923. In
1923 there wore 146 couples mar
ried In Klamath county, whllo 66
of these were divorced.
"Taking it all In Klamath
county's record Js good compared
to those of other counties -In the
state," said Mr. UoLap. "Apparent
ly our aliunde makes for affuhlllty
between married persons."
In tho stste there were more per
sons married In 1923 than in t"
and this Is worthy of note there!
were fower divorces. In 1923 there)
wero 7.1S1 couples wno toog vnei
vow, and only 3.894 who wore
I granted divorces, according to tho
'official figures.
I During 1924, Multnomah, whose
nonulatlon la largest, led the staoo
In both marriages and divorces.
Two thousand, three hundrod and j
oighly-threo portions wore married I
thore, and of these 1,348 wero di
vorced, according to tho department j
of commerce. '
th'Wews
Services
OVER 600MILLI0NS MILLION IS
INDIVIDUAL TAXEeS---" -"NEED OF KLAMATH
ARE PAID IN U. S. JSZZL. JAR (1111 YEAR
25 Millions Excess
Over Year 1923
SALARIES ARE BIGGER
Lost Deductions from In
comes Show Decrease
Over Previous Year
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (United
News) American income taxpayers
Individuals, and not corporations
paid a total ot 1689,134,185 In
taxes in 1924 on 124.840.137.364 ot
income, ' David II. Ulair, commis
sioner of Internal revenue, reported
tonight In a preliminary compila
tion ot 1924 federal tax statistics.
The total tax collections were
$25,482,680 In excess of collections
for the preceding year, despite the
tax cut, an Increase ot 3.70 per
cents. Taxpayers' filing returns,
however, fell off 399.840, to-a total
of 7.298.481, a decrease of 6.48
per cent.
Average nett income of the tax
payer was $3,428.55, the average
amount of. tax, $94.42, and the aver
age tax rate 2.75 per cent.
There waa no increase of Incomes
In excess of $1,000,000 during the
year, the number remaining at 74.
Incomes between $200,000 and $1.
000,000, , however, increased from
4,208 to 5,620. Incomes between
$1,000 and $4,000 were reported as
6,111,766 or 84 per cent ot all tax
payers. Incomes between $5,000 and $50,
000 Increased from 609,263 to 669,
074, a gain ot 69,811 a feature of
the report to which Blair called par
ticular attention. .
Of the total taxes, national income
of nearly $35,000,000,000, $13,
76C.13C.66r, of tto'fe ttSn tlV', aao
eamea in salaries, wages,, commis
sions, bonuses or directors, feesT
Business trade commerce, farming
and profits from sale ot property
and securities accounted for $7,
974,366.592. .
Revenues from properties aggre
gated $7,474,260,513, -divided as
follows:
Rents and royalties, $1,804,658,
881; Interest on bonds, etc., $2,
462.420,321 and dividends, $3,207,
181,311. The grand total Income reported
was $29,214,763,668, but this sum
was reduced by general deductions
allowed by law of $3,663,111,077,
and dcduotable contributions to char
ity of $528,441,698. -
The total returns were divided
4.090.034 taxable and 3.208.447
non-taxablo.
Tax exempt securities held by in
dividual taxpayers were reported as
$3,664,798,026 in the aggregate.
Partially exempt securities totaled
$5,218,659,394.
The 25 per cent deduction allowed
In 1924 reduction amounting to
$2.638,273.
Loss deductions from Incomes
showed a marked decrease in the
1924 returns only $15.79.893 being
deducted, as compared with $34,-
266.149 In 1923.
V1H1TIXO IN
Mr. and Mrs. W.
KLAMATH
W, Lewis, for
mer residents of Klamath county
have returned for a week's busi
ness and pleasure visit from their
home In La Hvbra, California.
Lewis was a former rancher ot the
Merrill country, where he is well
known. At present he is raising
oranges In the 'La Habra country.
According to Lewis tho orange crop
In that section ot California has all
the appearance ot being extraord
inarily good.
NOTKK DA.HK WINS
SOUTH BEND, Intl., Nov. 21.
Notre Damo's aspiration to a rep
utation on a par with westorrf con
ference leaders, was realised this af
ternoon when the Irish nosed out
'Northwestern, erstwhile big ten
title contenders. 1.1 to 10. before I
a capacity crowd of 30,000.
The name of every doctor in Klamath Falls
appears frequently in our prescription files.
We employ only college trained, registered
men for our prescription compounding.
We positively do not operate a drug store for
training prescription clerks.
CURRINS for DRUGS, Inc.
Portland ' Klamath Falls
health conditions in Klamath coun
ty are excellent, the past seven days
have been verv.bv nnM fn- thm
county health unit, according
Dr. O. S K.nnm l
Ten cases were quarantined this
week, according to the weekly re
port of Dr. Newiom. Eight of
them were scarlet fever, and two
were chicken-pox.
According to the report, seven
rases were released fromm quaran
tine. Three premises were disin
fected. Including four school rooms.
Four hundred and 15 school
children were accorded ptslcal
examinations, Dr. Newsom said, and
seven pupils were, as a result,
oxcluded from school. Twenty
physical defects were discovered
by the nurses.
Eisht talks on health were given
during 'the week, and there were
14 general sanitary Inspections.
Four dairies were carefully ex
amined. Dr. Newsom stated. There
were three investigations of wa
ter supplies, and one alleged nuis
ance was abated.
ANNULMENT CASE
MAY GO TO PARIS
Case May . Be Dropped for
Present and Wife
Get Settlement
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y-, Nov. 21.
Possibilities that the Rhlnelander
marriage annulment case, which
started in White Plains, may end
In Mono, Nev., or in Paris, were dis
cussed today while the now fam
ous action ot Leonard Kip Rhlne
lander, proud hugenot to annul his
marriage to Alice Beatrice Jones,
equally proud taxi driver's daugh -
tor, was adjourned until Monday.
Out. of "boxes ""in "barrels- snd
. . - . ' .
ana .. oarreis .ura soniee; cto.j'JO. -
how and repfr?7f A aary&r's -Office, $8,360.
I.a atstandltji'. Surveyor's office, $G,900.
trajnioaos ox rnanw
that went around
one was that agreement is in pros
pect whereby the case will be drop
ped when it is called again next
week; Alice will receive a quiet lit
tle financial settlement ' from the
man who accuses her of deceiving
him as to her color, and then buy
a ticket by rail or ship to some
secluded spot like Las Vegas or
Reno or Paris whatever one ap
peals to her Imagination most
and get herself a qntet little div
orce. But all of this was pure conjec
ture as far as any one could learn.
Judge Isaac Mills, attorney for
Leonard, flatly denied this and all
other reports.
2 AUTOMOBILES
FALL INTO WATER
Car Loaded With Passengers
Fall Into Ferry Slip,
One May Be Injured '
SAX PEDRO, Calif.. Nov. 21.
Two automobiles, loaded with young
people who had been plcknicklng
on terminal Island, near here, ran
off the terminal island ferry slip
tonight,' dropping into (he water,
and probably fatally injuring one
boy and endangorlng the lives of
11 others.
Early reports ot the accident indi
cated that a sedan with five pas
sengers ran off the dock Into 35
feet ot dater. An automobile iua
with seven passengers In it was
directly behind the sedan and in
the darkness could not see the
Impending danger, also dropping
into tho bay.
HA UK AS COKPIS HOVOIIT
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. Gorald
( hupmnn may be saved from the
electric chair by a writ of habeaa
corpus. State's Attorney Hugh Al-
corn, of Hartford, Conn., Indicated
I here tonight.
Price Fivv r
T?H!rt
,J-UUi;Cl
Committee
Gives Figures
COMMITTEE REPORTS
County Court Expresses No
Thought of Bond Issue
To Raise Funds
Nearly one-half million dollars
$446,624.35 to be exact must be
furnished by the taxpayers to sup
port Klamath county during tbe
year 1926, according to tentative
figures yesterday announced by the
county budget committee.
Tbe committee, which had been
working laboriously for several days,
said it felt that Klamath, growing
steadily, cannot be financed on leas
money during the coming year.
Every taxpayer In the county, how
ever, has the right to appear before
the county court, when It again
meets in 20 days, to protest regard
ing any Hem which he believes to
be unfair.
The tentative 1926 budget, which
is materially larger than the one
made for the present year, lacks
just $297 of exceeding the six Her
cent tax limitation law.
The county court and its budget
committee has no thought of a bond
issue to raise additional money, ac
cording to County Judge K. H. Bun
nel. "I am sure we can do our fi
nancing and stay within the six per'
cent law," he declared.
Tbe estimates regarding the var-
ious items tor the coming year are
'as follows:
j county court and commfanlonera'
; activities, $33,200.
Sheriffs office, $20,860
" T Clerk's officer $1.J00.
-nST .4.1. j ... .
State water master, 9250.
District attorney, $5,680
Emergency fund, $9,000.
State sealer, $156. - ' '
Treasurer's office, $2,100.
School snperlntendent's office,
$800.
Coroner's office, $1,000. .. .
-.Circuit court, $10,870. . .
Justice courts, $4,000.. .
Advertising, $4,600.
Courthouse and Jail, $9,000.
Health office, $6,160.
Widow's pensions, $7,000.
County poor, $17,050.
Predatory animal and grasshopper
extermination, $3,000.
Refund of taxes, $500.
Juvenile court, $1,250.
County fair fund, $6,000.
Stato fire patrol, $200.
Cattle indemnity, $200.
Agricultural fund and club work,
$4,660.
' Road, bridge and shop superlnten
dency, $7,000.
Total current expense, $184,986.
County schools, $98,0(4.36.
Special road fund, $67,000. .-
Klamath county . high school,
$60,145.
County library fund, $2,600. "
Market roads, $40,000.
Road bond sinking fund, $10,000.
State tax, $150,000.
MARRIAGE LICENSE IHSl'ED
A marriage license was Issued
yesterday afternoon In the county
clerk's office to Ira Edgar Sher
man, 6357 Klamath avenue and
Stella Prultt, 1123 Worden avenue.
Sherman gave his occupation as a
mechsnlc, Miss Prultt as -employed
with the Superior Laundry.
lToMTTalkr"l
Is About Our
November
Coat Sale
ot course the men tolks are suf
fering but the women surely, are en
joying buying coats of such high
quality and stylo at such low
prices.
In the Center of the
pirig District.
Shop-