Ue NEWS
is
si
STIC OVER
Prohibition
paign
ON LUXURIES
tl.med Not' to
T.vea Below the
U Demands
Lrf isd genuine pn-
. .. tit fii.
a tn ire.ur,
I li annual r-p"i
Hi bid particular m-
blraae o! inn prom-
Lmi campaign which
UiAti thla year wun
U Adrw.
L ihe i warning nnts
po.lt, tendency to
u, do tne insiau
Ly k Iwl aided by
d ui reduction ana
akl. "Tli" program
Urn; ud public debt
Lutk a been rigidly
(trial the past live
Lei i 4irrct cunlrlbul-
u tkt Improvement In
Wwrtrlly markets."
thai tho count
krtri "marked reduc-
kidllac iDil Hint uu
tSKMlary Andrewa
i ilforuiit action In
t Bike the law en-
Will as effective aa
iax Stxjtro
iii poller was 'i1'"-
Wwlrallun of effort
of niily erf
lakollc 1everages'
tot "Inral law en-
Max and coinmun-
the hope
arolng habit nf
Kfhuhln commod-
M "Iho speculative
state In aome
auld not undo:
union.
"w4 congress Mlnl
Mat taxes below
". to Increase lax
IM00 and to re
"i payments.
Ffifnra with the pre-
Wll program would
good effects
f llrtady bwn accoin-
"The nubile dobt
tell $20,000,000,000.
Hiking fund tiavments
year ended June
ttlch nrovlslnn ll
r kllt. amounted to
M.
"""at rate of payment.
f the alnkln fund.
fO domestic debt renro-
P'lPett by America In
"ountlng at the pre
1.712. Son nnn win he
1944."
MtllMiK '
"t. 10. .The Wll.
" ''logo on the Pacific
""Uitiurg was onennd
iradsy. rcir,lln In
Wiihwny englneor.
Urartu i -.
7 "'"I spans and
J1 s cost of npproxl-
KEAD
"y of th
Great
1 cuntry in the
38 humanly in
pamath
Pventures
tatw.
'"""'ng serially in
The
Ml
OUTLOOK
ath News
The
(Evciy Morning Except Monday)
POPE RESENTS
PR0HI LETTER!
V'11
Given Out
ItO.MK, Dec. !. (1'nllfil News)
America luual enforce proUlbltUin
without tha special assistance of
Pope Plux and the Roman Catholic
church.
Tha undlsgulai-d displeasure of
lh Vatican In evident at the pub
licity alven the recent letter of Ihe
American Called Committee for Pro
hibition (enforcement, which wan
addremed to Ihe pope from Wiah
Ington. Tha letter Informed hi.
holiness that Cathollca opposed the
prohibition law and aouitht aid In
obtaining their co-oporatlon lu en
forcement. Thera aeenn In be no objection lo
lha letter Iteelf. but It la maintained
that publication of eucb nn appeal
lo the pope before Ihe appeal has
arrived and been acknowledged by
tha holy see might prove to be em
barrassing. It generally la expected
mat aucb appeals will he con.Oder
ed confidential until the proper Ume,
for publication,
Aa a reeult nf Ihe vnllcnn dl
pleaiure. It la certain that the pro
hlbltlanlita' letter will be anawered
rourteoualy, but with a almpte
knowledgement of receiving.
Prohibition l regarded at the
Vatican aa purely a duineallc quea
llon. The holy ace would have noth
ing lo ay regarding Ihe merlla of
prohibition In any event, aa a atate
menl eaally might be Interpreted a
an Interference In the Internal af
fair of the f ifllrd Rlalea.
E DISASTER
TAKES 25 LIVES
Alabama Coal Miners Loat
From Underground
Explosion
niRMI.NfillAM. Ala . Dee.' 10.
(United News) With 14 bodies re
covered and nlno believed atlll Im
prisoned. offlci.il estimated that ti
men lost their lives hero Thursday
In an explosion In the Overton mine
of Ihe Alabama Fuel Iron Co.
The 1 6 bodies recovered were
lhoe of negroes. According to mine
officials, four of the remaining bod
ies were of negroes and Ihe five
others while men. No hope was en
tertained that any of the nine men
remained alive.
The condition of bodies recovered
Indicated that death resulted from
after damp which flooded No. !
slope, following a gas explosion.
More than 100 men started work
In Hie mine Thursday morning.
Approximately 80 came out without
assistance, following the explosion.
Although some were allghtly burned,
none suffered serious Injury.
From Ihe eighth or bottom entry,
where the explosion occurred, flames
ahot upward lo the third entry, but
did not rench Ihe tipple. To this
fact la attributed Ihe saving of
many lives.
Klectric lights are worn in tne
Overton mlno. which Is gaseous. The
cause of Ihe gas oxploslon could not
be learned Thursday.
Power Co. Worker
Gets Honor Award
For hnvlnff saved the life of Bur
ton T. Oreen, llnomnn of Ihe Cali
fornia Orexon Powor company alter
Oreen had enmo In contact with ft
34 800 vole line, and was apparently
killed outright. Howard F. Dynnn,
electrician of Iho company, has een
presented with Iho Insun meo...
Thla nwnrd Is lh highest honor
of its kind in the country, and It Is
the first time that It has been made
In Die northwest.
Oreen underwent Urn shock while
at work last June. Inun went to
work Immediately on the apparently
lifeless form of his fellow workman,
using the Shnfcr prone P""'r0
method of resuscitation. In nbo t
45 minutes (ireen began In breathe
and soon renamed consciousness. He
mndo a complete recovery within
rno"haym..n work ant nf Iho M
ford office of Iho power company.
OVKIl 1II'I,N
8AMCM. Dec- 10.-Tho total Inx-
nble property In lh" 8 ot ('rnfl.
gon. IncLllug enuulLnl Ions am
apportionment- by " "n
' . .mn tnx commission.
""" " . ,, nuj HH7.61H.91. nc-
cording in the assess"- . y r -mary
for 102S, complcled here last
"'m'thto .mount $1.OM.70U1
iilHItlM.
rrproHunin ipi' - in
The tolnl Tftlti" Properly In
j .r. r.n SS2.30 ovor In'1
Klama
United New
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1925
nilFFi
UI.1L.I
SHAFT OF
SATIRE AT DAWES
In First Political
Outbreak
DAWES LIKES ATTACK
Vice President Assistant
Of Democrats In Help
less Minority
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 (United
News) What promlaea to be the
official Indoor pnatlme of Ihe sen
ate thlH winter, the hackllnK of Vice
I'reeldent Dawea. waa begun Thurn-
day by Kenator Pat llurrlaon of
MiaelMippI,. tha chief democratic
sharpihooter.
This waa the flrat political dl
play of the aenninn, and provoked
freuent guata of laughter, even
front Ihe broiling victim In the chair. I
Dawea made no effort to enforce
the rule against laughter In the
senate, and allowed tha enjoyment
of republicans, democrats and tho
honeymooning In the gallery to have
full sway.
This performanco promises to be
repeated often times during Ihe win
ter, because of the feeling among
many senutors toward Dawea over
the rules reform campaign.
"Picture this 'hell and Maria'
person." llurrlaon said, "booted and
spurred. In knightly attire, unafraid,
chanting from coast to coast this
summer against everything from
geese to windmills.
ieU ItojINlInK
"Picture this only repetition ot
Dnu Uulxote riding from lakes to
gulf, telling the country 'I'm a
dangerous man "
Harrison aald sarcastically It was
too had tho Cleveland convention
didn't know how wise Dawes was.
"Tho delegates wouldn't have
dono as they did and offered the
vice presidency lo everyone else in
Ihe party before they gnve it to
Dawes, Thoy offered It to Oov.
I.owdcn and Senator Borah, and It
waa only when no one else would
hake It that It was given In Dawes."
Harrison also remarked that on
Inauguration day Dawes "snatched
the bridegroom's robes and smear
ed himself over the first pago of
every paper In the country."
Throughout this humorous as
sault, during which many rcpubll
can senators laughed as Immoder
ately aa the democrats, Dawes sat
twirling his thumbs and laughing
as heartily aa one would expect un
der Ihe circumstances.
Actually Dawea la the welcome
assistant ot the democrats during
this period, for he proves as a con
venient target for minority fun-
makers, while their leaders are
groping for an Issue of general Im
provement.
Democrats have drifted Into an
aimless policy of going along with
Coolldgo on taxes. The whole com
plexion of Ihe democratic group In
the house and senate Is that of ft
bewildered minority, wanting to
fight about something hut not quite
certain what It should get mad
about.
Elks Planning for
Big Night Tonight
For every antlered lodgeman In
Klamath Falls, near-by towns, Lake-
vlow and all way points, tonight In
ono which they will not soon forgot.
It Is a special meeting, at which
Ben 8. Fisher, of Mnrshflcld, dep
uty grand exalted ruler for tho
southern district of Oregon, and E.
M. Page, of Sulem, president of tho
stnte lodge, will be Ihe guests of
honor. Mr. Page Is a banker In Ihe
capllnl city.
A big delegation ot kiks is ex
pected to arrive here some tlmo to
day from Lakovlew, according to
C. 8. Currln. Following n formal
gathering, thcrS will be n smoker
and a lunch, he anld,
Jl.tC.mUNm'H TH NTUKKT
Beginning Monday the local unit
of Ihe slate highway department will
begin its worK 01 mncnuomiiing
from the end of filtxh atreot to the
Klnmnth Fnlls-I.akevlew Junction, it
was announced by officials yestor
day. About 10 days will be re
onlrcd to complete tho work. It was
explained. No extra employes will
he needed, officials slated.
1UT1KY IMU'NUAKY. '
BtlBMN. Dec. 10. Tho Dnll rat
ified the Unlsler-Free 8tata boun
dary agreement Thursday by n
vote of 71 to JO. I
and United Press Telegraph
CHILD'S APPEAL
II Ann TA WlOTOrp
Local Kids Get Results In
Seal Sale Fight With
White Plague
A dollar's worth of fresh air to
bring color to pale little checks and
brighlneaa to dull eyea
A dollar'a worth of yellow milk
to ba transformed Into good red
blood In tbo veins of a little child
threatened with tuberculosis
A dollar'a 'worth of hope for
aome family burdened with the spec
tre of tha great white plague.
These are but a few of the
things that the Klamath Falls Tub
erculosis association will give for
every dollar's worth of Christmas
Seals aold lo the kind-hearted folk
of this community.
A Ninth street housewife, per
haps due to tho proximity of the
Central school, baa answered her
doorbell a dozen time In response
to the call of some timid boy or
girl, clutching s0 envelope of!s personal Interest In tho Pacific
Christmas Seals. j states Lumber company at Mareh-
"Peath Mllh." quoth a lisping i field, as was Intimated In news d!s-
young salostnan yesterday short
ly after school; "have you bought
any Chrlthmalh Thealsh?"
By actual count he was the
eighth child In two days that had
put the same question as appeal-
nKy aa,i yt as slralghtforward.
Yes. aenny," sale the Ninth
street housewife, "I've bought from
every child and I'd take aome from
you but I only have four cents."
"Thalh all right Ma'am, I'd Just
ash ahoon have your pennleth and
Ihunk you very much. I'm going
to thell all theshe before I go home
for lunch, goodbye."
Brave young America tackling
the gigantic tak ot sending mil
lions It to the tuberculosis fund.
JURY FREES BEN
GAY OF
It look's clrculf Jury Just two and
one-half hours to decide that Ben
Oay. who realdes In this vicinity,
waa not guilty of a charge of op
erating a distillery. The Jury, which
rereived its instructions at 12:30
o'clock, returned to Its box yester
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Oay was arrested some time ago
by atato officers. Taking the atand
In hia own defense, he awore that
the distillery found by the prohi
bitionists. wss at least one-half mile
from his property.
CALKINS NAILS
ALLEGED FORGER
Bybee Butler of Chiloquin
Is Bound Uver to the
Grand Jury
Bybee Butler exercised question
able Judgment yesterday wnen, ac
cording to the sheriff's office, he
entered Ihe Klamath Tire House.
Sixth and Klamath, and endeav
ored to pass a check for S165
which. It 1 charged, was worth
less. H. E. Calkins, proprietor of the
store, declined to accept tho alleged
worthless paper and turned Butler
over to the officers.
Butler, arraigned before Acting
Justice of the Peace Eminltt. sit
ting as a committing magistrate,
waived preliminary hearing and
waa bound over to the Klamath
grand Jury. Iter he waa lodged
in the county Jail,
Butler faces a technical charge
of forgery. The , check was made
out on tho First National bank of
Klamath Falls.
In order to get some cash out
ot tho check, Mr. Calkins explain
ed that the man appeared ot hi"
place and requested to look at
tires. This he did and. later, de
cided to purchase two of them. A
few minutes later h was staring
a deputy sheriff In the face.
Butler. It was aald, Is from Chil
oquin, and when searched had a
considerable amount ot money on
his person.
"llKSKFIT HCICIDKN
OLYMI'IA, Dec.' 10. Persons
who attempt sulcldo ond then feel
remorse will henceforth Una tl,B
antidote, for poison on the bottle
label. If s bill introduced in the
house today hocomes law.
The measure would renulro 1'
poisons to iho labeled In red Ink,
each Inblet t carry two antidotes
and the nnmo nnd address of the
druggist. . .
oi:k 18 men
BAKER. Ore., Dec. 10. Tho re
cent strike of gold and copper In
the Bnlnt ereek section was hs
soyed Thursday and Its richest
value found to be 171.12 In assays
per ton.
tr News
Services
IN COAST PLANT
Scanlon Says He Is
Not Interested
VISIT BEND TERRITORY
Party Including Officers
Of N. P. Will Return
Again to Coos
.,
BEND. Dec. 10. (United News)
Denial that he Is planning to take I
patches from the coaxt city Wednes
day, was made today by M. J. Scan
lon, prominent Minneapolis lumber
man and vice president of the
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company ot
Bend.
Arriving here this morning with
a party of railroad officials and
members of the Pacific States Lum
ber Company Bond Holders Protec
tive association, Scanlon explained
that his own visit to Marshfield waa
lo represent the Interest of C. A.
Smith, president of the lumber com
pany, who died the same day at
Berkeley. Smith and Scanlon have
been close friends for many years.
Members ot the party who came
to Bend In a Northern Pacific prt
vato car were taken today by local
mill officials on a trip through the
local plants, and through the tlm
bered areas surrounding Bend. Their
visit here waa primarily for the pur
pose of obtaining an Idea of the ex-
tent of conditions of the lumbering
Industry In this part ot the state,
it was reported.
The party Included William Smith,
general agent of to Ntvlhern. Pa
cltlc at Minneapolis; A. O. Btnghl
mer, president of the Diamond Iron
works, large saw mill machinery
manufacturer; F. H. Fogarty, as
sistant general freight agent of the
Northern Pacific at Portland; and
tour members of the Pacific States
company's Bondholders' Protective
association. Alex Ostrum and Davis
Winton of Minneapolis; C. T. Mac-
Nellls of Chicago, and N. V. Wag
ner ot Milwaukee.
The party will leave Thursday
night for the coast again, planning
to go to San Francisco before leav
ing for the east.
Pershing Can Lick
Germans But Can't
Line Up Chileans
AIUCA, Chile, Dec. 10. (United
News) Oen. John J. Pershing has
been brought up against the blank
wall ot discord In his ettorta to
carry out the plebiscite to determ
ine whether Tacna and Arlca shall
belong to Chile or to Peru. The
situation is In a stalemate as Chile
prepares to protest Pershing's ac
tivities td President Coolidge, whose
arbitral decision the general Is en
dcavorlng to effectuate.
Mr. Coolidge now must decide the
merits ot the Chilean contention
that the American plebcscltary dele
gation has misconducted the busi
ness It was sent here to perform.
The Chilean appeal to the president
Is being drafted now.
WOLYES ATTACK
VIENNA, Dec. 10. Bands of
wolves, 100 strong, are roaming the
inhabited mountain slopes ot Jugo
slavia, attacking man and beast,
according to dispatches from Bel
grade. The peasants are engaged
in a life and death struggle with
tho vicious animals, which are driv
en lo desperation by hunger and
cold. Within a week two girls have
been killed by wolves, and tho loss
In stock is heavy.
KI.OWKItS WISH
BOSTON, Dec. 10. (United
News) Tiger Flowers, Ihe Georgia
middleweight, won the Judges' de
cision over Frank Moody, the Eng
lish middleweight. In a 10-roitnd
bout here Thursday night.
Flowers outclassed his British
opponent throughout in the early
rounds, and seemed on the way to
a knockout victory. In the Inst few
seconds of the first round Ihe dusky
southerner hit Moody almost at will.
DOIMilN'U T.IXES
BIO KLIN. Dec. 10. Herman so
cialist want to curb lax dodging by
American methods. Hermans ad
mittedly lend the world In their
ability to escape taxes .nnd the socialists-
believe the best remedy
would be publication of income pay
ments. '
GIN UNDOING OF
R0ADH0USEMAN
McBride and Knowles Make
Arrest on Charge of
Possession .
And It came to pass that the ro
tund Omar, summoning a hand
maiden, or somebody, suddenly de
manded aome copy paper and, for
the city editor of certain Persian
dally, scribbled thereon as fae sipped:
"O, thou who didst with pitfall and
with gin
Beset the road I was to wander in,
Thou wouldst not "
But Omar, to dip Into the vernac
ular, was a bit damp. Gin caused
"William Jacobs, said by Prohibition
Officer McBride to be the most re
cent bonlface to preside at the
Three-Mile bouse, and a man who
gave his name as Williams, consid
erable trouble last night.
McBride and County Traffic Of-
ficer Knowles foilowed an automo-
bno u was 6e,ng drlveIli they ,aldi
by Williams. A short distance from
tho Three-Mile house the Williams
machine was overtaken and ordered
stop.
Two quarts ot gin were in the
car, the officers said. The pair was
arrested and Jailed, charged with
speeding and the unlawful posses
sion of Intoxicating liquor.
They probably will be arraigned
In Justice court before Acting Jus
tice of the Peace Emmitt today.
TO SUPPRESS VICE
Moral Conditions on Upper
Sprague Said to Be
Decidely Lax
Older Indians of the Beatty sec-
Hon of the reservation are very
much concerned over the extent of
gambling and drinking of moon
shine now prevalent . among . the
younger tribes' folk. ' ' Tuey are to
seek the advice of Indian Agent
Arnold to find ways of combating
the evil, according to Jeff Riddle,
one cf those who. after the halcyon
days of his youth now finds himself
relegated to the class known as
old men. (
A chief feature of the complaint
Is that the aystem ot punishment
now In vogue that the old men
must pay the fines ot the younger
men. This, fitter seeing their mor
als corrupted.
Formerly the Indian Judges put
lawbreakers to work at hard labor
on the roads. Superintendents
prior to Arnold's advent as agent
failed to hack np the Indian Judges.
The old men think that It would
he wise to return to the tribal in
voked punishments. As It la now
the fines paid by the Indians rep
resent money from wnlch they get
no return.
Suppression of gaming would go
a long way toward 'breaking drink
ing practices. ' About five bootleg
gers, both Indians and whites, are
now operating In the Beatty dis
trict. The bootleggers prey about
the gambling games to no little ex
tent, according to Riddle.
As the result of the laxity
brought about by drinking an as
tonishing condition has resulted.
Debauchery has Increased at an
alarming pace. The young people,
drunk on moonshine, give them
selves over to rlotlous conduct,
Riddle says, and Illegitimate births
have Increased.
"Unless drinking and gambling,
which Is now driving the younger
generation to the rats, Is stopped
there Is going to be trouble. Al
ready there have been threats of
shooting. Some day there will be
murder," said Riddle.
There are aoout 300 Indians In
the Beatty section. Fivo of them
are organlied to seek suppression
ot vice conditions. They are Har
rison Brown, Watson 'Duffy, Joe
Baker John Pitt and Riddle.
DELEGATES BACK
FROM MEETING
Klamath Falls presented a splen
did representation at the annual
mid-yenr meeting ot Iho western div
ision of the United States chamber
of commerce held In Seattle this
woek, when five members of the
local chamber appeared during the
sesslcn. They were It. C. Oroes
bock. director, Lynn -P. Sauln, sec
retary and T. P. Henderson, A. L.
Wlshard ond C. T. Barley, mem
bers. Crocsheck and Subln returned
yesterday afternoon nt 3:30, after
spending Monday, Tuosday .and
Wednesday attending the .confer
ence meetings In which eloven of
the western slates wcro well rep
resented. ,
PECHOLT STRUCK
WITH "SAP" SAYS
LOCAL PHYSICIAN
Grand Jury to Probe
Next Week
PAPER REPORT MIXED
Operation Relieves Injured
Man Who Now Has Good
' Chance to Recover
Frank Pecholt, proprietor of the
Country club, was not the victim ot
an automobile accident when, on
the night of November 28, he suf
fered grave Injuries about the head.
but instead was "sapped" with some
Instrument In the hands of an un
identified Individual, In the opinion
of Dr. J. O. Patterson, attending
physician. ,
There were new theories advan
ced yesterday as to the possible
manner In which Pecholt may have
been Injured.
Dr. Patterson, explaining that his
statement made last night whs pure
ly an "opinion," added, however,
that he Is willing to testify relative
to that opinion before any probing
body which may Investigate. It was
reported - yesterday that the Klam
ath county grand Jury, which con-,
venes next week, will concern itself
with details surrounding the case.
Dr. Patterson stated that for days
the newspaper accounts of Pecholt's
condition had been Inaccurate In
that the patient had been in control
of his mental faculties since the
operation. . fc
"The operation was successful In
every way as successful as any op
eration could be under the circum
stances," said Dr. Patterson. "While
It is true that Pecholt was delirious
prior to the operation, he recovered
his reason immediately thereafter."
Should Recover"
Pecholt's condition is still snch as
to preclude the possibility ot his
making any statement, it is said.
The condition ot the injured man,
said to have been held In the city
jail when a physician's attentions
were necessary, was lost night re
ported good by Dr. Patterson. Pech
olt, the medical man said, has a
good chance to recover from hia In
juries. , .
Unless Pecholt is able, when com
pletely c recovered, to tell exactly,
what happened and unravel the
tangle ot counter-statementa and
charges, it Is doubtfal if the real
faqts will become known for many
days, If ever. .
Police yesterday entertained as
possible the theory that Pecholt had
already met with a mishap at the
time he was accosted by Cole and
McMllls. It waa thought he might
have been hit and waa wandering
about out of his mind at the time.
This theory is borne out by the fact
that he was not known to have any
business In the neighborhood ot the
(Continued On Page Two)
DISCHARGING TWENTY
SAILORS PER MONTH
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 (United
News) The United States govern
ment is dishonorably discharging
sailors in the dry navy at the rate
ot 20 a month.
This startling condition was re
vealed today when It was revealed
that 1500 members ot the coast
guard, of a total enlisted strength
of ,9,000 men, have been subjected
to court msrtlal for one offense or
another during the last 12 months.
Make Christmas
Money Produce
The Utmost ,
' In whatever you may buy for
gifts tor friend or relative
Whether
You buy lingerie, toys, dolls,
Sweatets, bath robes, sport
clothes, dresses, coats, anything
'practical, or luxuries. . We be
lieve the showing of merchan
dise here will make gift buying
oasy and surely economical as
, Golden Rule's Values Are Dis
tinct. ft RULE CORP.
In tho Center of tho Shopping
District
creasca f-u,w,--
year.