L Sections
BANKS
If CRASH
Winer Now
i Charge I
Lud evidence;
. C.tt.. In
Poor -""-'
, Up of I heir
pavings
,!.,lr. 17 -(Unltod
iyt, acre are won-
B i Iran i rmM.
LialUa- Thunnlmr of
L j, ll.euu.uuU.
sir Jammed, end
Li,! nnrr crowded
itopprr. Hi doors
L,- Siiiunal 4-ank, anil
, Miwoal banK were
I Habrru, chief na
ta sub their arms
wiaia. glfta, gather-
L fciis bank, which
.il Sums, and Tr.u.t
nsiksrrd a run dur-
tVd lis doors late;
px. it the request of ;
klk IVeptto Its clos-
H. est aoe nut iimiv
vrv to endnr an-
k II was feared
4 II Friday morning
llors.
.1 Poor lilt
ere expressed by
ssst.tnnta that the
uks would b only
snuounred that the
sal depositors would
finely 9S per cent on
vhlle lirovera' would
t per renl.
r alike are affected
i The Drovers' bank
f 1th accounts of fur-
and handled the
pit. of the stockyards
taf In the "back of
ea I'ago Two)
Loss in Area
Jound Tientsin
I". Two Ibnusand
Skilled or wounded In
battle, area In the
t, arrordlng In a dls
' Tlmt.ln to I ho Dally
r heiwcen Peking
Troop, ailll loyal lo
Mts
oernor Chang Ts
'""d a portion of Peng
Fi train i ....
inn region in
'"h the Christ Inn gen-
Ttnnhaitg, governor
II rrhnrlnrf t.. I.. An
nuls tor II.. ...
IllB.
"High dry
Waididny nnrrlm
N Tour f,.mii- L..J,.,
EL. y IMIUlllO,
aiarch where It
fluff your woolena,
!.!":"'". i,nit Mn,or-
r-. : :r- na ,ron
- i nut work
onl. a t . .
k k... '"' ym 'ron
"u rolurned.
m hnt wo'ro
, Mreeblo aurpriso.
lai 'K about It.
tROY
fNDRY
C56
The
1q, (Every Morning Except Monday)
OLD SANTA PICKS
HIS HEADQUARTERS
H. C'tu it. tli lirnnr.ili.nl. obe.e
old gentleman who looka afler
IIIIIb boy. ami , chrlatmae
lime, haa found a headquarter, lu
Klamalh Kail..
Il la lo be a J, T. Perkiiia toy
land, loot Main airet.
With a view iu aail.ung 8,nu
Clnua. Mr. I'-tklua ha. arra-l In
furnl.li toy. In all m-i-dy child
ren al rual. And Dial la nut all
dial Mr. Perklne haa done thai
unfortunate children may hi.
happy Christina, morning. III.
requral rr no publicity, however,
uiuai Ih hun'irrd.
Saturday The N,.w, ,ln.,., ,
may niako ... rhlld liani.y t
BRAMWELL FREE
-I. lvsi . - I
I alt Al I I II AlfliKS
State Board Exonerates
Banking Supt. of All
Accusations
"The stole
K.M.KM. Ite.-
banking b-.anl Thursday afternoon :
m Hn.iiiiuuui vine psoneraieti .
Krank llramwll stale suiprln-
who took Mendnit of banks, from lha Implied
j lamiiiuon.. rnargea of Improper conduct, coer-;
M v, . ,n , ronoiin oi
U tk .hopping dla- hi. department.
"" The anion of the board followed ,
sn all-day ae.alon of the board, al
which Ilramwell presented a nnm j
in.ii.uiiuo.j . . wiln.P. ...j . f
kosrs for 'heerlng , . , refiitallnn rf (he I
mumlner. but none!. . ...
i In here S'fldaV. While V. 11 i
ati to rli waa the. lunM prriltInt f )h(1 J'ortland I
National bank, was pressing his that the man apparently was struck
claims for recognition as a reaervejby a passing automobile.
agent for state banaa. names, in
addreaslng the board at that timely rt)Jlird,nC lh() ,ocrct in)ct.
Introduced In support of nis cnarge
that Ilramwell had discriminated
Vise ...a. .M ... ..,,,. , r.f...-.
In grant Itae reserve agency per-
(Conllnucl On I "age Two)
LEAGUE COUNCIL
ASKS AMERICA TO
JOIN CON
Place Crcat Value On
Cooperation of U. S.
On Limitations
the;
WASHINGTON", Iec. 17 I United
Newsl The lengue of nations coun
cil attaches "the greatest possible
::i..ZTr:!J nVo'Set. Fire to Dance Hall.
I nneo rtiniri. - - .
posed disarmament conference, not
only In lh conference Itself, but In
the preparatory work. Ibo Invitation
lo the United Hlntes declares,
n.n.te!
The Invltuilon. which was
public by the state department here
Thursday n.ght. ou.Mne. the on.,a
of the ronferenc. Ill Het.eral way,
emphasises Ibe necessity of co-op-
rr.lla.-bjr .11 nullons. ' '"
a hope thai the Unll.H Slate. ""
co-opernln.
As a result of tho long nnd con
tinuous study which It has devoted
to this question. Hie council Is un
animously or tho opinion Hint ow
ing to Ihn political, economic nnd
technical complexity of problem,
which II rnls ho question of dis
armament can hardly be approached
wllh any certain hope of complete
solution unless It Is considered in
It. entirely and with Ihn co-opera-llon
of all nations," the formal In
vitation stales.
Tho council believes that Ihe time
has coma for studying tho practical
possibilities of reduction and limi
tation of armaments under tho guid
ance and responsibility of the gov
crnments, and expresses the hope
thnt at tho moment when all tn"
natlona of the world are conscious
of a common need, It will be able to
count on Ihe full and direct co op
eration of Hie government of Hie
United Htulea for a work which so
closely concerns the pence of Hie
world." '
NO NKW C.tlUXKT
iii.-ni.iv inc. 17 Kfforls
lo
form . new Herman cnblne have
boon postponed until afler ( hrlst
mna, President lllnderbi.ru aniionnc
ed. following tho failure of former
Minister of Interior Koch to form
a cabinet.
Klamath' New:
UHlMNewt
KLAMATH FALLS. ORE.. FRIDAY nPrPMoFP 1P ir
six imps;
1)1 inn I mmn!
Di LULAL IIKAWU
lllnif inn
llllV A 111. VLIULI
JUI1I MIL ULIMJ
11 JI T . ft H. I
coming I'ositive To',' rSn VUA jma
Be Let Out
BENCH WARRANTS OUT
"T, i , m0
By Judge Leavitt
In all liri.lmlillllv U'llllntn (..!
' ",,i"iriii ... ...n vuuri mariiai, nam
l""'"1"1" aatnt now aald to be In
Portland, wa. Indicted for a.aault
, , ...
whim, arnii'ii wim a
dangeroua:
wenpon, rrcentlr, on Lealle Congo,
; of Klamath Kalla. and. luler, Frank
i IV. holt, proprietor of the Country!
club, when the Klamalh county
aranil Jury, following a anerlul a-l..
.Ion. yesterday afternoon returned j
one true nut, ani one not true bill
and aix secret Indlrtinenta.
Congo, some months ago. wai
,,t by Cole after an automobile !
chaw, during wh cli. arconllnz to
,hn (fi.er, Congo threw an me jugs
from bis machine. IVcholt. acrord-
Ing lo persona purporting to he
eye - witneiaes. was slugged on the
.,h. vvmher 2S.
....1. .... k. ....
' ..... w...
h. .Irii.b 'l.,linll nn1 In.l.f. l..nu
with Officers McBrlde and McMllla.
Although nothing positive may be
mi.nta. it la known that Waller
snlhley and William Welshans, resi
dents of a rnbin near Ilia acene of
the Pechotl Injury, professed a
willingness to go before the grand
Jury and explain they believed Pech
oil lo have been struck by a weapon
In the hands of an unidentified man.
lenleil II)' Cole
On the other hand. Colo says he
would have no hesitancy In admit
ting ho bad struck Pecholt. had
such been tho case. "Any statement
to thai effect is absolutely untrue.
however, and I'm going to ace that
la proved so," Cole said.
pench warrants for the six per
sons mentioned in the six indict
(Continued On Time Two)
I RENO FIREBUG
I AFTER DANCERS
In What Is Believed
Fight With Evil
ItKNO, Nov., Dec. 17. (United
News) A slrango crealtiro whose
I .... i ..r niA,,ftiirn nml amusement
lnfen
h..
" J
ftw w.ek(i (hre)
,,,, place, have been rased by
, .,. Tn, , 0f them.
Hart's newly constructed nan. was
In ashes Thursday. A short time
ago lluffakcr'a pavilion was burned,
nnd a month ago tho Varsity, a
dntico hall, managed by University
of Nevada students, was reduced
lo ruins.
There are reports about the city
of a vindictive firebug who operates
In the dead of night. Unexplained
blnr.es have been confined to the
halls where Reno dancers congre
gate, and mis mci ii imh
believe Hint the one who has atnrt
ed them Is conducting what he Im
agines Is a campaign of righteous
ness against the forces of evti,
Native Son Dogs
Get Call of Wild
BAN tlAFAKU Calif.. Dec. 17.
An armed posse has boon called
out to exterminate 20 dogs which
have answered "the call of tho
wild." The onlmals are roaming
the sides of Mount TamnlpaUi, a
menace to nrt atl Br0
bringing their depredations closer
to till" community.
Warden K. Selmor said Thurs
day that tho pack might attack
men walking through, the woods
nl(ss some action woro takon
soon to kill them. I
and United Press Telegraph
xvAim
Mihe,,v Pu n
m iiury
-ourtmartial
WASHINGTON, Deo. 17- United!
.N.,wa Colonel William Mitchell
haa been au.p-.-ndt for five yeara
1... . 1. .
ministration of atlatlon by ttio armv!
and nary department..
The decision was reached Thur-i
day nlKht, after the court martial
had been out two hour, and twenty-1
five minutes, following a dramatic
nfuaal by Colonel Mitchell to go
... ... . . ,, court uid
It took lulu conaliif ration "the brll-
Hunt war record of the accused."
I Major General Itobcrt I,. Howie.
I ........ n. ti. - .
! Mitchell must pay for hh
n n nri'CH.
dented criticism of th. ,.-....!
'
department wllh forfeiture of all
rntik, command and pay for a niTiod
of fire years,
T aentence must vet l, n.e,t
Up,ln Uy a court of review, as well
i,
the president of the United Stales.
Mitchell roceired his sentence
with a smile. As soon as court ad
journed he advanced and shook
k.-. ....k .v. w..
found him guilty and passed sen
tence. The colonel and Mrs. Mitchell
walked out of the building In com
pany with the members of the court.
At the entrance they all stopped to
pose before a battery of cameras.
Colonel Mitchell refused to com
ment other than to say that the case
la not closed yet.
"This verdict and the sentence
must be passed upon by President
Coolldgc." he explained. "Until
then It Is not effective, and it would
hardly be In good taste for me to
say anything about it."
OFFICE REMOVAL
State Highway Department
Criticised for Move
Against Klamath
The Klamath county chamber of
commerce, with headquarters bore,
does not favor discontinuance of the
local unit of tho state highway de
partment. It said so. emphatically, in a let
ter yesterday addressed to Roy
Klein, state highway englnerc, who
had announced that, in the future,
local work would be directed from
division headquarters at The Dalles.
Why -asked the local chamber
wero not' local residents, as taxpay
ers, consulted by Ihe state highway
department concerning the proposed
change? Klamath county, as well
as Lake county. It was added, arc
In a process of rapid dovelopment,
and highway work Is of the utmost
importance.
With the supervising officers a
long- distance from Klamath county.
It was pointed out, the proper watch
fulness could not be maintained.
The chamber expects lo do all In
It. power to return to, or near.
Klamnlh Falls, tho offices of the
men In charge of road work.
Always, tho chamber contended,
there are problems In this vicinity.
due to the fact that there is so
much of the macadamized roads
here and, as a result, road men are
needed for maintenance work.
Ilopo was expressed yesterday
that the local chamber may convlnco
the slate department to change Its
official mind.
C. C. Kelley, division enginero,
who was In charge locally, was re
leased as a result of the action of
Mr. Klein.
Klein declared that his proposal,
announced Tuesday, was mado with i
a view to economising.
AW.UIHKI) l).t.M.(ii:S
PORTLAND, Dec. 17. Rnlp'i
Johnson, longshoreman was award
ed damages of $4,500 today In his
suit against eight employing com
panies by a Jury which found that
a conspiracy exleted to deny him
employment.
Krldence wns Introduced to show
that Johnson wns "blacklisted" be
cause of tronhlo wMh one of tho
foremen, and that he could there
after obtain no work at bis cus
tomary employment.
Services
business houses
FAS! RECOVERING
ANIC
Hits Business
j
CONDITIONS IMPROVED
!
I Less Cases of Menino-itia
. j han First Rep0rtei
. o M-, ",
! 3 NW ,n County
Alarmists, ever willing to cry
i . i . . i
-.'""
jwnruumi iiaa aiiractea ineir at
tcntlon. recently hare caused Klam-
ath Falls merchants thousands of j
dollars.
Merchants said yesterday that, be
cause of the so-called spinal menin
gitis epidemic here, their sale have
fallen off materially. In view of
the fact that the scare bos appar
ently disappeared, however, they
were optimistic regarding their busi
ness during the next few days.
One restauranteur said yesterday
his business had fallen off $50 a
day. A dry-goods merchant explain
ed that his sales, since the menin
gitis reports have been current, have
fallen far below those which he had
anticipated.
Indications yesterday, however,
were that frightened residents of the
city have calmed down, and Christ
mas shopping again was on.
Ought Not Close
Dr. G. S. Newsom, director of the
county health unit, bos consistently
maintained that the city ought not
to be closed, and that business
should be continued as usual. He
was backed in his stand by the
state board of health, which advised
against any such' more.
, no in, ai ...
alon. also refused to act on the sug-
ni.- ..... ii ... J . - i .
gestions of those who would clamp
the lid on the city, and decided that.
In no sense of the phrase does an
emergency exist.
It was discovered yesterday that
one case, which had been diagnosed
as the dread disease, was something
else entirely. Furthermore, Dr.
Newsom announced last night that
thoro were no now cases reported
yesterday and that conditions, gen
erally, are much Improved.
"In my opinion, persons will be
for better off If they go about their
work as usual, always provided they
take such simple precautionary
measures as spraying their noses
and throats," Dr. Newsom said.
At Ike present time there are but
three cases of meningitis reported in' essential as when It began Its jour
the county. Each of these, as farlney through the house four days
us has been reported to the county
health office, is doing as well as
j could be expected.
WHITE RABBITS
TOO PROMINENT
Wallowa Bunnies Take On
Winter Coat Long
Before Snows-
PROMISE. Ore., Dec. 17. Jack
rnbblts in Wallowa county don't
know whero to lay the blnme. May
be its with tho weather man: may
be the fashion columns in the news
papers. Dot whatever Is to blame, the
rabbits without process of evolution,
have been made the goats.
Six weeks ago, the rabbits, after
consulting the new winter fashions.
adopted the newest thing In late fall
suitings, and appeared in winter
whites. Snow, however, failed to
keep up with the mode, and for sev
eral weeks the white Jack on the
bnre, brown ground has been as
conspicuous as a hair in the salad
dressing. With hunters numerous,
this unwelcome prominence Is re
ducing the expectancy of llfo among
Wallowa county Jnckrabblts to an
alnrnilng degree.
MAitiim i.i ii" ThJmlttee occupies a conspicuous place
COQUILLE. Ore - --? ,t thls annual state function for
long period of Idea, weather enjoy- corp,.
r. in nniithwoatern OreRon was
!.,'. " . i. ,L firat real The only other guest, aild. from
storm ol season. High winds!
prevailed and rain fell In torrent.,
It I. predicted that all the lowlands
.v. ..n. .1.1 ho flood-!
Ul IIIO COUllllie innw "
. 1
ait nrllltln 1 U li-im.
: CHEST FUND BOXES
PLACED DOWNTOWN
Chest fund boxes hare been
Placed in a number of local
atorea, it wai announced last
night, with a- view to aecurinK
funds for unfortunate children.
The atorea Include:
Moe's. Underwood's drug-store,
the Mecca pool hall, the Star
drug store, the paatlme, the Wal
dorf, the Eagle poo'.ioom, the
K. K. K. atore, the Golden Rule
store, and the local branch of the
United cigar stores.
The committee in charge of
the work that local kids' Christ.
mas may be happier, Is very op
timistic.
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STATE MATCHES
CO. ROAD BUDGET
V . i . . . -
!amain UetS WDM from
State of Oregon for
, Mam Highways
Because the Klamath county
court saw fit to allow In Its 1926
budget a sufficient amount of money
for its market roads during the
coming- year, it is to receive from
the state of Oregon $32,544.
The fact became known yesterday
when the local unit of the state
highway department vs; idvised by)
J. H. Scott, market road engineer
of the state department? at Salem,
that soon a sum would be available
provided Ihe county would or had
matched the aaount.
There was a scurrying to the of
fice of the county clerk to deter
mine, from the budget report,
whether such an amount of money
had been allowed.
It was found that the county
court, tentatively, had provided $35.-
000 for construction ' work, and
$5,000 for maintenance.
The county was saved. It had not
lost the $32,544.
In addition let that fund, the
county will receive, from the license
tat, $10,646.81. according to Wil-
nam Lee. county assessor,
;
TOBE
APPROVED FRIDAY
Bill for $325,000,000 Cut
Goes Through Without
Amendments
WASHINGTON. Dee. 17 (United
News) The new $325,000,000 tax
reduction bill, still the same in every
ago, will receive the final approval
of thehouso Friday, a day earlier
than expected.
Rut a few sections still remained
to be considered when the house
adjourned Thursday night. Lead'
ers agreed to meet an hour earlier
than usual Friday, at 11 o'clock, In
order to pass it before the day Is
over.
The bill continued Its perfect rec
ord Thursday, every amendment of
fered being beaten down. Tho
strongest threat yet made came dur
ing the day from champions of re
peal or sharp reductions In auto
mobile taxes. The bill provides tor
reductions of present taxes on pas
senger automobiles, parts, and ac
cessories from five to three per cent
and for repeal of the tax on trucks.
i rrt tv
JSOTan lUmS jUOWtt
Diplomatic Dinner
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Sena
tor Borah, chairman of the for
eign relations committee, declined
an Invitation to attend the white,
houso diplomatic dinner, given
Thursday night. Mrs. Borah's HI
ness was given as the rcaaon.
Almost Invariably the head of
(he senate foreign relations com
diplomat, were tb . Secretary of
mat. nu .rs. ;
sen.ative Porter of Pennsylvania,
chairman of tho hc.-uso foreign at-
f.l-.
16 feS-
Price Five Centa
LUMBERMEN WILL
S20.000JRUISE
Claim Price Allowed
Was Too Liberal
1925 CRUISE FAILURE
Timbermen Will Mix With
County Court Over
Re-Cruise Plan
Charging that the Klamath county
court already bas spent $20,000
needlessly In pine timber cruising,
and protesting that it ought not
again to allow such a sum to be
used In estimating the amount ol
standing timber in Klamath, lum
bermen are prepared to appear be
fore the county court at Its budget
bearing Monday and offer strenuous
objections, It was learned yesteiday.
It was charged that, during 1925,
$20,000 was expended by the county.
It was further said that the 20 cents
per acre for 100,000 acres wa. too
much money to be paid for the
work. Further, It was pointed out
that, according to the court's fig
ures, a discrepancy of no more than
three and one-half per cent had
been found In the amount of stand
ing pine.
Twenty-seven hundred dollars,
which the county might have ac
quired because of the reported ad-
ouionai aiacaing iimDer, was not
even received.
That was because the county
board of equalisation bad determine
ed not to let the figures go on the
tax rolls.
Big Scrap Monday
Monday promises to be a chaotic
day in county court. The timber
men, it is understood, are prepared
to fight for what they believe to be
their rights, and the county court,
unquestionably, will offer counter
verbal blows.
One prominent citizen of Klam
ath Falls declared yesterday that, in
the opinion of the lumbermen, tha
county court bas paid considerably
more for Its cruising than Is cus
tomary and this, it la believed, will
be brought out at the session.
' The move of the county court to
cruise the pine of Klamath resulted.
It was said, after It had been charg
ed by various persons that the tim
bermen were not taxed as heavily
as they should be. The accusation
Is denied by the timbermen, who
say they have contributed all that
they should.
Fire Company in
Quick Run, Saves
Jas. Foster Home
Quick work on the part of the
Klamath Falls' fire 'department, led
by Chief Keith Ambrose, yesterday
saved a residence valued at $7,000.
About $50 damage was done be
fore the flamee were arrested.
The home was that of James Fos
ter, at 725 Eldorado. It was caus
ed bf a spark which flew from the
chimney and set afire the shingles
on the roof.
How's Your
Battery?
A new suit of clothes is to a
man's pep and go-get-it spirit the
same as a new battery la to your
car'a self starter It makes your
1 engine turn over.
A new suit for Chrlsfmai will
make your soclal lllty o much
more enjoyable.
& V-
In the Center of tho Shopping
District.
PROTEST ANOTHER