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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY. DECEMBER mTSoT
ROMANCE IN COL,
HOUSE'S RETURN
r: ... .. COURT CONFLICT
t-bell of U. of C.
(tsues Edict
CASH LURE
'i to Prevent U. of C
Uninf Pro Football
Prep school
Wacr. ciif., nc is.
U tsal lb turning profs-
tt gridiron stara
att u4 Brol Nvr will
( -titraaely eerloua" conee
, M fool ha II la college
Majorat W. W. Campbell of
nrrilty of Cllfornl today
i suumaot pledging him-
I, t all be could to "pr-
M ralvralty of California
malnr prep school lor
football."
mist with lb evening of
uj, November II, lb Am-
stmpapsrs bare bad four
l salrfc lo dlaeuaa profea-J
kartell."' President Camp-
auuai Mid. "Mr reading
akjKt baa bn limited, but
Llr all of (ba write-ups have
t unification of Mr. Nevern
V. Ones.., though I have
a nun f Iven. except Ibat
Mil tba chance lo make
!um In hurry. Tba
pa-flrk quick philosophy
to tfbrad In aupport of
pnbla activities.
w oM of nrofeealonallam
till of Ita own weight;
it tiara ara going to leave
la aeoa as their lut 'big
Ixaalarrd and gat 135.000
fm almiiat before they ran
(ui la ibalr Irarka. tba
i uatequence upon foott.all
port will ba extreme'
Advisor to Wilson
Tends His Aid
BORAH LEADS FIGHT
"""" ". I.Ik, thn old
lady who lived In a .hoe, poll,..
tuo.jr round lha old lady who lived
In a fllvter.
Kra.rted by hnr huakarid and
Ihraa aona, ba lltil. old lady, who
declined lo lt. her name waa
found living comfortably In an open
oiodnl, amall rar. A amall oil .tort
auppllvd heat and cooking farlllilna.
and with a canary fur company
aha declare, bar quarter, comfort
able. -
Pollre wara summoned aflar
neighbors noticed tba car parkrd
In vacant lot.
Tba lltlla lady explained that aha
fled from har bum. In Kuin, vhln WASHINGTON Dec 19 bum
aha feared .ba would become an ! Inaurgenta today promised their .up-1 aowa " M nMtai dlar.
object of charity and bought the t" lo th. Flora h world rourt pro-,nd b' bis adviser not only
worn out rr In which to make her Pala while Prealdent coolldge! upu" T . u"' DIK upon
Little Man from Texag Now
Assisting Opposite Party
,To Adopt League
WASHINGTON, Doe. lK.Apart
from the internal loan I aignlflcance
that la being read Into the week
end vlalt . of Colonel House with
Prealdent C'Qolldse at the While
llouae, there la . touch ot ro
mance In the return of the little
allent man Irbm Tela, to the White
llouae.
Woodrow WlUon, when preal
dent, once eald of Col. Kouie:
"Ha U mv other aelf"
Col. Expected to Line Up I From the time they met at
A rew Democrats With I Princeton until the cloalng daya
Administration
of the peace conference In Paria,
llouae. In the eyea of hla frlenda
waa Wllaon'a other aelf.
It waa Col. llouae who waa
FSS STARTS 'K-d; founder
rniTinm. ...... "ono rnuiitus
UlWUN, Willi
MITCHELL COURT
Price Five Cents
home. The rar baa no angina, and I consulted with Colonel Edward M.
domestic affaire. Then in the cloa-
he doe. her traveling when tour. (House, close adviaer of the ,M, ""I P"
lata offer to tow It.
Mart In Karly
Whw the (irat daya of high
N possibly earlier, a great
F' bora will ba planning
allege, not became they
u lateraat In acholarehlp
Jtklng elae that college.
UMIthed to foatar, but with
a f remaining In college
U'-S they become football
f afflrlent magnllud. to
M talarlaa In accordance
' dreama of wealth.
stadants (even while In
M ami college) will, at
i thoroughly profeaalonal,"
r' Campbell conllnaed.
MM threaten to be eo many
Premature profeaalonal! In
wball ao.uad that the preal-
anlveralllra will be driven
pMt Intercollegiate football
r"!! waa made for nnlver-
"Iveraltiea were nnt made
hktll.
orpoae of unlveraltka la
" all that of inlnini thnlr
tO aet elrh nr
rn more moner than do
'"HI men and women who
to college; tha purpoae
lrlile u to train their
J" ,or mi to httmnntty. or
'"aed ( Fata Io
and the
ft Work Is Ironed
,"l Dry acrvlco not only
h out of waahdny, but
'W kfilet part 1hB ronlng
" Ironln
flat
low
' 'one,
tiny, Kvorythlng
"hod and drlod, nnd
fk l Ironed. The
'Meed, work La beau-
d you gave ninny
"rl,o let In the w-aah.
TROY
AUNDRY
one 6B8
TRAIN:::1
WRECK FATAL T0:
CALIFORNIA BOY
ALTOONA. Pa., Iter. 19. Fatally
Injured In the rraab ot the crack
N'.w York eiprrna at llrnnlgton
early today. Ilenjamln K. Hey, IS
of Huntington Park. Calif., died
at the Alloona boepltal tonight.
Hey, graduate etudent al Car
negie lnatltute of Technology, waa
on bta way to vlalt a atater at Wood
haven. L. I., for tha Chrtaunaa
holldaya. He received a deep punc
ture near the heart and waa alao
burned about the fare, body and
hand..
An operation failed to aave the
atudenta life. Hla body will be
hipped to hla home Sunday.
Three other peraona who were In
jured when the locomotive and
eight car. plunged over an em
bankment near here, were alill In
a aerloua condition tonight.
A trick of fate, which aent the
rare tilting to the left aide agalnat
an embankment, Inatead of the
right down a 200 foot cliff eared
many of the paaaengera from prob
able death. The accident occurred
at one ot tho hlgheat point. In
the mountalna.
William Clark, II, Denver, waa
erloualy Injured.
OFFICERS RAID
BARBOOTY GAME
Offlccra L. I.. McBrldo and W.
M. McMllla uncovered a now one
laat night when they kicked over
a "narbooty" game at Tellran City,
arroatod the Greek proprietor, nlao
ona of hla countrymen for poaaeaalon
of liquor, and throw twolve or fif
teen other player. Into a cold awcnl.
Acenrrilna to the explanation of
tho officer., "ilnrbooty" la a dice
game, and It ha. nil tha famoua
pa.tlmea beaten off tho board, for
action. The Pelican City kame wa.
being operated In a houae a nuri
dl.tanra back from mo m ......
way. but the window, were open,
giving the officer, nn uninterrupted
view of the play.
nna of the nlaycra atepped ont-
alde. lenvlng the door unlocked, per
mitting the two atnte offlcora a
chance to slip Into tho room before
an nlnrm could bo given. Most of
the monoy waa grabbed by the play
era, but IMOO waa coiiflacated
along with two plnla of moon nnd
.81 automatic which one of tho
plnyera threw on the floor. ,
fllll'.( WWKrl
riiiCAflo'. Dec. 19. Chicago
bn.kot toaalng quintet Inat Its flrat,
tuiilirnn Ktatfl
game to tne h"j -
n.. ia in 21 hero tonight. The
Mnroon.' offen "low ln 'tttrt'
Ing. whllo the Wolverine cagem.n
dlaplnyed unu.nal onrly aoaaon cor
Ing ability. nlh learn, ahowed
atrong derono.l
Prealdent Wilaon at the White
! llouae. Theae atrateglc movea were
fruit of a day which Indicated
a real fight la brewing over
admlnlelratlon plan for Amer
ican entry Into tha court, which
probably will not flame high until
tier tha holldaya.
The Inaurgenta' action awlnga a
half doien more votea behind tha
reaarvatlone propoaed by Senator
Borah of Idaho by which ha ex
pect, to divorce tha court from dir
ect relation to tha League of Na
tlona. If America enter..
Senator Robert M. LaFollette,
Jr., republican, Wi.con.ln, leader
of tha Inaurgent band, announced
that ha would vota all three of
the Uorah amendmenla, and then
would vote agalnat any court reeo
lutlon on the final ballot.
Colonel Houae arrived at the
White Houae laat night, and "will
remain orer the week-end. The
prealdent I. believed to be drawing
on hla experience during the Wil-aon-eenale
fight over the League of
Nation, for guidance In the forth
coming alruggle over tho court.
Other problema on the prealdont'a
mind In- which It la felt he may
have consulted Houae are disarm
ament and the pending League ot
Nations Invitation. Houae at the
executlvo office today sold blunt
ly: House N'on Committal
"I am Interested In all important
questions."
Ho continued on saying that be
had tho same reaaona for aupport-J
Ing the world court oa he had dur
ing the Wilson administration.
' "I think the world court reaolu
Hon should pass. My reasons for
taking this aland are the aame ai
those of Senator Swanwin, for es
(Contlnaexl On re Two)
Parts, there the White House door
figuratively waa closed on Colonel
House. What caused tba break,
who waa responsible never has
been officially revealed.
Now, flra years after the passing
of Wilson from the presidency.
House again appears aa a guest at
lha White Houae at the Invitation
j of a republican president, whose
I party la against the organization
I the colonel satiated in bringing
j Into being the League of Natlona.
HOLIDAY TRADE
: IS PICKING UP
Merchants Report Practical
Recovery from Kecent
Germ Scare
In Klamath Falla business Is
on tho Increase.
So declared Klamath Fall, bue
Iness men last night.
The butcher, the bnker and, of
courso, the candlestick maker, are
concerned. Each aald that per
eons again are entering their
stores.
With no now cases of spinal inon
in.lt la reported to county health of
ficers In the last week, potential
buyer, are bocomlng optimistic.
Health officers are of the opinion
that tho so-called epidemic Is over.
At present there are three caaee
In the county. Two persona have
d11'- .. . ,u
"We are satisfied," one of the
health officials aald last night. "Of
course we don't want to be too aat-
t.rted. but tho condltlona at pro-
eent seem to be the very best."
ai first local mercnanis oeneveu
they were to lose thousands of dol
lars because of tne scare, um
terdsy local Buying wa. ri.nii
to be heavy.
AtVl'NKD K KILLING
SANTA ANA, Calif., Deo. 19.
n.,nd by straight Jacket. Walter
a iiolhert. 31. World war yeteran,
accused of murdering Carl H. Kauff
mann, prominent local manufacturer,
was arraigned hero lato today, and
his preliminary hearing waa aet for
next Wednesday.
POST OFFICE IS
SANTA'S HELPER
Government Turns Over the
. Forces of Land, Sea,
And Air to Aid
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19 -(United
Press) Allied with Santa Claus In
spreading hut Christmaa cheer, the
government tonight, through the
postofflce end treasury departments.
became first assistant to the patron
saint of Yuletlde.
By land, soa nnd air. the postal
service Is handling more than 1,'
000,000,000 Christmas packages and
greeting cards. The volume of holt
day mail handled this year Is 20
per cent greater than ever before.
Contributing its quota of help,
tho treasury department bas minted
1,000.000 gold pieces ot the $2.60
aa an aid In solving the gift prob
lem. Even with the $400,000,000
ln gold currency ln circulation, the
new coins cannot meet the demand
The gold coins have been distributed
to federal reserve banks for dissem
ination to the public, but so great
la the demand that In many places
the $1.S0 piece is selling at a 50
cent premium.
Officials said the gold coin is only
worth Its face value, and urged the
public not to pay "acalper'a" price.
To handle the great rush the post
office baa employed about 25,000
extra clerks, carrlera and laborers.
With the emergency help Postmaster
General New hopes to have every
postofflce In the country clear of
first class mall by ChelBtmaa eve.
KMiINK OVKRTI RNS
AKRON, O., Dec. 19. Two train
men narrowly escaped death here
late tonight, when the locomotive
of the Pennsylvania Akron train In
which they were riding rolled over
a steep emuanament ai
ville, near here.
SuDolies Toys
For Poor Kids
All that J. T. Perkins, pro
prietor of the now famous toy
atore where the kiddies go
every day singly and In groups
to gate In wonderment, la a
red attlt and some whiskers
to make him the real Santa
Claus.
Porklns has informed Tho
News that It may have toys
for less fortunate youngsters
absolutely at cost. That was
good enough but this atore
keeper Saint Nick went him
self one better by a cash con
trlbutlon of ten big round sil
ver dollars toward tho- fund.
That Is making a noise like
old Santa Claus all Tight the
noise of liberality.
Resolution Demands
Reduction
TRIAL IS IRREGULAR
President Coolidge to Be
Asked to Cut Down
Sentence
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. The
Mitchell case reached the floor of
the houae ot representatlvea today,
and In a brief lut fiery speech.
Representative Tillman, democrat.
Arkansaa, denounced the courtmar
tlal aa a general staff attempt to
get Mitchell."
Radlca) reduction of the five
year suspension sentence passed on
tbe flying colonel was demanded by
Tillman, and almost simultaneously
Representative Lorlng M. Black,
New York, Introduced a resolution
asking the aame thing.
Black's measure would express H
aa the sense of the house that the
sentence was too harsh and ahould
be modified by the president.
Black accompanied the Introduc
tion ot his resolution with a state
ment declaring "that tbe court not
only punished Colonel Mitchell, but
tbe entire American people by de
priving them of the services ot
this most efficient and courageous
officer."
Crooked Deal .
The Arkansas congressman stres
sed tbe point that In his opinion
the jury of generals passed the
five year sentence "so that Jilt
chell could not pose aa a martyr
nor Indulge In further criticism."
"I do not think that this of
ficer had a square, deal, Tillman
aald. "The usual military proce
dure was not allowed to take Its
ordinary course, and this spurred
and booted inquisition 'got him'
in double quick time.
"I call upon the granite faced
and granite sou led president ot
this Jualtce loving nation to miti
gate or squash this harh sentence.
The people look to the commander
to chief to mitigato this drastic
Judgment."
Many house members. Black aald.
believe the Jury of generals had
gone too far and were of the opin
ion that the president should re
duce the aentence.
"I believe the court lost Rs
bead," Black aald. .
S. O. Johnson Arrived from
Uakland Last Night
For Brief Stay .
Klamath Falls members of the
"Forty and Eight" branch of the
American Legion laat night greeted
8. O. Johnson on his arrival here
from the bay cities.
-Johnson -was one of tbe found
ers of the Klamath Development
company and a builder ot the
White Pelican notel. Ho waa famed
far and wide for his hospitality
there. '
The visitor to his old stamping
grounda still has interests in
Klamath Falls, but last night a, re
porter could not get through the
phaiynx of frlenda to learn If the
mission of 'Johnson', present trip
was business or pleasure. ;
TIMBERMEN WILL
MAKE STRENUOUS
ISE FIGHT
County Court Plan
To Be Fought
WHOLLY UNJUSTIFIED
Price of 20c Per Acre Is
Claimed Too High and
Burden on All
RECALL SES
WORK ADOPTS
NEW DEPARTURE
Offers Joint Contract With
State of Washington
To Build Project
JWU'Wl'i ..MWWWWft
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Secre
tary of the Interior Work today
executed a contract between the
state of Washington and the federal
government for the construction of
the Klttltaa reclamation project.
Tho contract obligates the state
. . .
In settlement and development u.
this reclamation project after con
struction has been completed and
is tbe first contract In which state
aid has been provided. According
i ii. term tha state agrees to
expend for settlement and develop-
j ment a maximum of $300.oou.
I At the aame time Work signed
a contract between the Kittitas rec
lamation district and the United
States covering the roturn of the
'investment he government and
, other costs In connection with the
operation, maintenance and build
ing of tho Kittitas division of the
Yakima project.
IOWA WIN'S
CEDAR RAPIDS. ! Dec. 19.
Iowa college basketball five defeated
Parsons college tonight by a score
ot 23 to 22 In a hotly contested
game.
BOl'TII DAKOTA IIKATKX
CRETE. Neb.. Dec. 19. Doane
college defeated the University of
South Dakota by a score of 35 to 20
tonight.
-AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 19. Still in
a dilemma as to whether to call
a apecial session ot the state legis
lature for Impeachment purposes,
Speaker Satterwhite today announc
ed he would be unable to reach a
decision before Monday due to legal
problema Involved.
The legal angle, which Setter
white refused to make public, has
been submitted to Attorney General
Dan Moody for an opinion.
"If I can see my way clear for
calling a special aesston of tba
house within the proper time I will
Issue tbe call," declared the speak
er of tbe house of representatives.
"I'll get the benefit ot whatever
happens."
Satterwhite'. decision is believed
to bingo upon the question of fi
nancing the legislative Investigation,
which Is not provided tor in state
statutes. Some lower house mem
bers bave indicated they will not
answer a apecial call from the
speaker if they are obliged to pay
their own expenses.
During the entire squabble Gov
ernor Miriam Ferguson end her
husband, former Governor James
Ferguson, termed as Texss "dual
government," have ateadfastly re
fused to give an inch to adminis
tration critics."
Wreck Is Reported
Off Cape Hatteras
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. A mar
ine warning sent out by the coast
guard cutter Modoc and picked up
here by naval communications of
fice stated that wreckage of tbe
schooner James Howard waa drift'
Ing in the position 36 degrees and
14 minutes north and 72 degrees
and 50 minutes west off Cape Hat
teras.
The Modoc's report stated that
the wreckage had apparently been
broken up by mlnea and waa drift
ing at the rate of three knots an
hour. Naval officials here said
that they had no record of the
wreck of the schooner.
President and
Mrs. Coolidge
Attend Theatre
WASHINGTON, Dec 19. Presi
dent and Mrs. Coolidge attended
the theatre here tonight for the
first time in six months.
The president decided late today
to vary the usual White Houae rou
tine, and he and Mrs. Coolidge at
tended a popular musical comedy,
occupying the presidential box at
the National theatre.
They were accompanied by the
president's secretary, Everett Saun
ders and Mrs. Saunders.
Pine needle, and fir will fly to
morrow when tbe county board and
timbermen get their axea working
on the problem of increaaing tax
returns to Klamath county from the
various timber holdings in the
county. - ' ' ;
The contention of the timbermen:
now gathering in Klamath Fall, la
that the new cruise now underway
ia proved wholly unjustified by the
result, to date. Further, tbey point
out that to continue the cruise ne
cessitates an expenditure ot more
than $149,000, ot which amount
$20,000 has already been expended
needlessly.
County Assessor Lee is ready to
go before the county board with a
plan to. make a "check" cruise of
the timber holdings rather than a
blanket cruise such aa has already
been Inaugurated. He would Include
uncruised timber landa such aa have
come nnder private ownership out
of the public domain since the cruise
of 1910. And he believes that such
a survey could ba accomplished for
much less than $20,000, and need
as a base for a horlsontal Increase
of valuations.
Won't Work Out
"I cannot see where ll Is pos
sible to get an Increase ot more
than three and two-thirds per cent
out ot the. results of tbls new
cruise,"- said Lee. "That means an -Increase
in tbe taxes on this 100,
000 acres of only $1530. I wish
someone would tell me when the
county can get back an expenditure
of $20,000 for $1630. Most ot that
timber may be cut before we can
get that money, back." ,-
The timbermen are basing their
entire' argument on the figures pre
sented by the Edgar and Cullison,
Portland cruising firm, with whom
the county is under contract to do
the cruising at a cost ot 20 cents an
acre. But the whole story la said
to go back to a very minor incident
as compared with the present mag
nitude ot developments.
It Is related that Jack Kimball,
representing the Weyerhauser Inter
ests, charged the rounty the retail
price for some cedar posts. The
county judges, although they seem
to hare forgotten this, set out to
get a return on the money spent for
cedar posts. They were told there
was plenty of cedar in the moun
tains. '
Cedar Shrinks
The cruising firm waa employed
and set to work ln the southwest
corner of the county to find the con
cealed cedar, and everything else
that might be assessable. To make
the timber owners pay was made an
election Issue.
But as concerns cedar, the results
as shown by thelrvovm cruisers waa
(Continued On Page Two)
MitiHO HIIOT
CLARKSIMLE. Miss., Dec. 19.
Llt.dsay Coleman, one of four neg
roes charged with the murder of
Orover C. Nicholas, near Count's
Spur recently, was forcibly taken
from the Coahoma county sheriff by
ten armed men and his body riddled
with bullets. Coleman had been
acquitted ot the murder by a Jury
about an hour earlier.
Open
Evenings
Till
9:00 p. m.
HIAHAIH 3j'AlLS
In the Center of the Shopping
District.