Xhe NEWS
ified Cokimw
IS PARTY
IIIILN IS
TO PANIC
frampled to
flit
at Erie
HAD SCRAMBLE
(Children Injured
J Enough for
iUl Aid
It. At 1
children be-
Umm of terror, three
a irsmpled lo death
an lalured In "Krle
k hit Tuesday after-
Hh th cracking
: Tat hoys and girl
H party by an fcrto
art watching vaudo-
UMIdi forward with'
CVtstmaatldo la an
(attribution of ran.
UmioiiI gifts.
aa) crowd of children
M Nr Id public party
U al4 pollromeB had
ml lb alalee of the
si aid become peck-
oast arcompaalvd
t of lh booth and
take and spread,
id children Wad for
arUsg ihoM who Ml
kawr their feel In Ilia
pan who wore In th
NUIem I ha terrified
sre and lo divert
p (trough olhtr exits.
1 kok with a loud
auk of tho children
last nothing could
(rillla toward Iba
w la Trrrw
Man tha children had
k) tsraard to lha ar
tel Claus with hla bag
nsjghl nuthlng but
UMi-a and benches
pad and broken aa tho
and trampled.
MW wore attempting
at tb building, mean-
laprdlng tha rgrcaa
r stsoa from tho tn-
a bails taut trlpa to
rliy hsiapllal, .carry
4 Mrh tlmo. About
' m Injured earlously
1 twMre httspllal raro.
1 rs Injured very eer
M or two perhaps! fatal-
'lO NVNTMIV.
r'n (N. J.). Dec. .11.
"I An automobile, ap
moat driver or paaaen-
tkrough a fence over a
' kert. dropped 40 feet
below and waa carried
f a locotnollvo of a
report to police late
' by Fred Koch.' loco
At midnight de-
' tailed to learn what
lo the car ownera. No
'lory or death to any
9.
and the
tok Is Ironed
"T service not only
out of washday, but
'jt Part of iha Ironing
y. Everything
t
"hcd and dried, and
"r U Ironed. Tha
"d, work la
'' nl you aave
In th.
beau
many
wash
UNDRY
ion 656
Ihe Klamath I
34. (Every Morning Except Monday)
TURKS SIGN NEW
RUSSIAN TREATY
Pari C:j r r
-. u o oc Reaction
Against Other Powers'
Locarno Act
CONHTANTINOPLR, lw, ,,
"ovlet Uuula and Turkey h.vo re-
actn to the Loraruo agreements
with treaty of h"lr own.
Tha government Tuesday publuh
d a Ituuo-Turklih treaty of neu
trality which was Imed Thursday
by tha Turkish ambassador to P.rii
and Foreign Minuter Trhlichnrln.
Commenting on the rsmaumma
tlon of the treaty, the llaklinn
Mllllo, orilrlal organ of the Tur
kUh government, frankly slates
that la the Ituaao-Turklih re
ply to liorarno. Thla may be ac
cepted aa approximating the gov
ernment'i attitude.
IIKKI.IN. Dec. Xl.The treaty
Jual concluded between aovlet Itus
ala and Turkey, presumably Is cal
culated to counteract British In
fluence In the Near Kat. The auv
let embassy Tuesday outlined the
provisions of tho treaty as fol
lows: I Neither party will participate
In a hostile alliance of Inimical ac
tln directed against tho other.
In case one party la Involved
In war against a third power, Ihe
other party must remain neutral.
LABOR CENSURES
ITALIAN FASCISTS
President Green of tha Amer
ican Federation of Labor
Issue Warning
WASHINGTON. Dec. S3 (failed
News) Tba American federation
of Labor warna wage camera
against tha "menacing Influence and
pernicious practlcee of both aovleu
Russia and fascist Italy within our
land," In atatement Isaued Tues
day night over tha algnatura of
President Green of tha federation.
Tha federation donounced tusso
llnl aa the greatest menace to liber
ty, viewing briefly tha steps which
hava led to bit present dictatorship.
"The sword has taken the place
of reason In Italy." It warned. "Not
satisfied wllh he powers of a dic
tator In Italy," It continued, refer
ring to Mussolini, "ha has extended
tho tentaclea of fascism lasts other
countries. Ilia dictum that once
an Italian alwaya an Italian to the
sseventh generation, prohibits Italian
Immigrants to tho United Htates.
becoming American cltlsons. They
must remain Italian cltlsena and
bow lo fascism. If they ents-r any
organisation having as Its purpose
opposition lo fasrlsmo their property
In Italy would be confiscated.
. "Orgnnlsallssns have been formed
In Ihla country to discourage the
naturalisation of Italian Immigrants..
If Ihey do not obey their families
In Italy ara subject to persecution
the same as If they were real eno-
mlea of faaclsmo and wero plotting
against tha dictatorship of Musso
lini. Tha executive council topes
that none of tho Italian memhors
of trade unlona will submit to the
throats of thla dictator. Ha and
hla fasclsmo nra as great a monaco
to tha peaca of the world as la
communism.
"Trade unionists and tho people
generally are urged at all llmos to
be prepared to moot lha propaganda
of asclsm wllh as strong opposition
as they hava made to communism."
IIUirTIIKIt 1'AHHKH AWAY
Walter West lis recolved word
of the death of hl brother G. H.
West, resident of Molcse. Montana,
who passed away on Monday, ac
cording to tha telegram received
here. Tho doceased man was 60
years of age at the lime of his
death and hoa been ailing for oma
time. Ha la survived by a nd
.even children. West " "":
able to attend the funeral Mch
will be conducted today.
ATTACK A I TO hW.
SALEM. Dec. Il-Tto con-tltu-tlonallty
of Oregon', golomoblle II
cense law I. to ha attacked In a
...i, k. niod In "
8, district
court by.W. R. Crawford, an
ney re
presenting tho rors.su u
Hlver truck
line.
Truck sorvlce;
tho Alert trans.
ana Btorsgo
nulomohllo nnd truck Inlerests,
-.AimnatlT. I..."
Untied
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY.
F
$1.
Geo. Chamberlain to
Handle Affairs
LEGAL BUDGET $3,000
Water Users Believed Plan
Legal Action to Test
Power Contract
A legal retainer of' $1000 has
been paid George E. Chamberlain of
the firm of Chamberlain and Nice,
Washington. D. C, by tha Klamath
Irrigation district board, It was
learned yesterday.
It Is understood that the district
board has entered Into a contract
wllh Chamberlain, ex-eenator from
Oregon, under which he will act In
an advisory rapacity and handle the
Washington end of matters pcrtuln
Ing to the district.
Secretary A. M. Tbomaa yeater
day said he was not authorised. In
feet he had been forbidden by the
board In formal resolution passed on
December 7, to give out any Infor
matlon having lo do with legal mat.
lers.
There Is no secret, however, about
the boar il's having Included In It
new administrative budget of ap
proximately $11,000 an Item of
$3000 for legal procedure. This
budget, Thomaa said, had not been
signed by Ihe board. The total bud
got fsir the district will be approxl.
malcly $113,000.
Presumably part of the $3000
will be scant In a court fight to
learn If the powor company's con
tract Is valid.
Water users who visited Klam
ath Falls yesterday expressed ap
proval of lha board's Intention to
start pr&ceedlngs over the power
company contract. Secretary Thomaa
said tha form of the proceedings
had not been determined upon and
that ha waa not certain It Ihe matter
would be pushed In congress or In
Ihe courts.
COLE ASKS FOR
TIME TO PLEAD
State Deputy to Appear At
2:30 O'clock This
Afternoofl
William Cole, stale prohibition of
ficer, asked for 34 hours additional
tlmo In which to enter his plon to a
charge of assault while armed with
a dangerous weapon, when ho ap
peared beforo Circuit Jutlgo A. L.
Loaviit aaaln yesterday. Ills ro-
auest was granted.
Colo Is accused of shooting Leslie
Congo and with alugglng Frank Pa
ction, and waa aocrctly Indicted at a
recent session of the grand Jury.
Colo announcod ha will enter his
pleaa at 3:30 o'clock today.
New Features for
Next Elks' Dance
A Charleston contest, reminiscent
of old Carolina days, will . bo' but
one of tho Interesting features on
Friday evonlng. when the Elks
enjoy their annual Christmas danco
In lha Elks' temple.
Johnny Houston la in charge of
the affair which promisee much In
an entertaining way.
Novel decorations and several ad
ditional atunta hava fcoen plannod
for the affair to which several
hundred Invitations have been
Galloway'a orchestra will provide
music.
CIIKMIHTH KMT OCT.
HAVANA. Doc. 32. (United
NewslSI American chemlsta hava
been refused admission to Cuba by
the immigration authority under
the law which prohibits tho landing
of contract laborers. The en will
bo returned to New Orleans Thura-
d8There are enough Cuban sugar
ch.ml.ta to fill tha vacant jobs at
the various mills. " Pllned.!
and In order that these might have
th. work th.alx Americana were re
fused admission.
Neva and United Press Telegraph Services '
MILLS
Budget Calls for Greater
Expenditure But Big
. Valuation Gains
Klamath county's budgot for
1025 will be GSZ.CU&.on, an In
create of about $00,000, and not
the $441.(24.35 as previously of-
lleially published. Tho error of
about $90,000 was a more matter
of wrong computleg. The county
commissioners planned to pass tho!
levy last night.
With an Incressed valuation on
county property of 1:6.292,246.71
the mlllage for 192$, even with the
Increased budget, will show a slight
docrease, it waa olliclally comput
ed last night Last year the tax
rate was 24 mills, but the rata this
year will be about 23.1 mills.
Home Interesting comparisons
are gleaned from the budget as
finally passed by the county com
mission, lis total has been In doubt
until the $20,000 Item for contin
uing tho county Umber cruise was
finally adopted yesterdsy.
Aa Ilia budgot now stands It
shows that It coat only $10,000
more to run the county, aside from
schools and roads,-than the state
tax.
The state tax is $1S. 366.04.
Tha county tax Is $166,986.00.
The county levy tor schools and
high schools, not Including special
district school levies. Is only a lit
tle ahort of the Mate tax. This
item Is $156.209. 31.
LEGION SELECTS
NEW C01ITIEES
Men are Named to Handle
Important S Activity
For 126
Tba new executive committee of
tho Klamath Falls post No. , Am
erican Leclon. mot In the court
house last night tor their first
meeting and transacted business
oorLalnlnr to legion activities for
the coming year.
The most Important badness to
come beforo the new executive com
mittee was the election of a house
committee lo manage the new
building and which waa author
ised by tho post and tho executive
committee named thorn. They are
Jack M. Glover for tho three year
term, O. D. Mathews for the two
year term, and II. E. Gets for the
ono year term.
H. S. Mathews was elected to
handle the entertainment. Linn W.
Nesmlth, publicity officer: O. D.
Mathews. Amerlcanlxatlon chair
man; Alfred Fldler, service offi
cer; A. D. Collier, chairman of the
land and legislation committee: F.
U. Olds, membership committee, and
Dr. P. W. Sharp. H. 8. Mathews
and Keith K. Ambroso comprise
the baskelball committee.
The executive committee consists
of O. D. Mathows, Linn W.
Nesmlth. H. E. Getx. George M.
narth, Alfred Fldler, T. D. Case.
F It. Olds, H. S. Mathews, Lee
Crawford an.d A. D. Collier. The
commlttco w all present except.
Crawford. Collier and Barth.
Klamath Prisoners
Go to Salem Today
Two more men from Klamath
county will today receive their
numbers at the Oregon atato peni
tentiary at Salem.
The two are W. K. Davidson, said
. k. tho oldest moonshiner In the
county, and C. K. McCarthy, accused
of stealing money trom tho person
of Larry Koblnson. .
Oh.-irf rturt Hawkins accompanseu
tha prisoners on their trip to the
big, gray house. Davidson was sen
tenced by Circuit Judge Leavitt fo
serve one year, while McCarthys
sentence was for two yeara.
HKI.MV" OFF HHIP8.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. (t'nll-
Mows) One more step iu.,
eliminating the government from the
shipping business waa taKen oy sis
shipping board Tuesday, when It
sold tho five ships of the American
South African lino to jouq
Franklin aa agent of the company.
Operation for five years is guar
anteed by the purchaser.
Thla Is the fifth Important oppo
sition of estnhllshod lines Hits year.
DEC. 23, 1925.
LOCAL MEN FACE
GRAVE CHARGE OF
BARTERING DOPE
Waive Preliminary
Hearing
HELD ON HEAVY BAIL
Dr. Craver Said to Be the
Leader of Local Drug
Selling Activity
Dr. It. B. Craver, 126 North Third
street, and Walter Davis, colored,
were last evening bound over to
await action of the federal grand
Jury when rhcy waived preliminary
hearing before United Slates Com
missioner Thomas, of this district,
on charges of violating the Harri
son antl-narcotlc act. Having been
assured by federal narcotic agneta,
who brought about the arrests, that
the local condition as regsrds drugs
Is grave. Commissioner Thomas set
Dr. Carver's ball at $10,000 and
Davis' at $5000.
The two men, against whom there
are several charge all pertaining
to the unlawful dispensing of nar
cotics, were taken Into custody but
a few daya after Charles F. Miller
and Benjamin F. Davis, federal men
from Portland, had arrived In the
city. The purchase of "dope" in
Klamath Falls, they said, did not
prove at all difficult.
Serious Charges,
Both of the prisoners are to be
taken to Portland. Technically,
Craver la charged with the unlaw
ful possession ot .morphine; and
with the unlawful sale and dispens
ing of dross not In his regular
course of practice. , -
Davis la charged with the unlaw,
tul possession of narcotic drugs not
In or from the originally stamped
packagea, and with failure to regis
ter with the collector 1 of Internal
revenue as required by law.
The federal men declared there
are, unquestionably a number of
drug addicts In Klamath Falls, and
they added that tho average victim
usually causes at least seven other
persons to become users.
Craver, It was said. Is believed lo
be the leader of whatever sized ring
exists here. One well known resi
dent, It was said, arrived at the
Craver residence to get his .supply
while officers were In hiding.
Craver and Davis probably will be
removed to Portland today, it was
said last night.
HOTELS CAUGHT
IN LIQUOR NET
Oklahoma City Bell Hops
Run Afoul of the
Prohi. Forces
OKLAHOMA CITY. Doc. 22.
(United News) The swift kick of
prohibition landed on the hip pocket
of Oklahoma City Monday when Ma
jor Herbert H. White, district pro
hibition enforcement officer, de
clared that he would institute pro
ceedlnga against the Hucktns and
Klnkade hotels, two of tho largest
In the atato.
The ahadow of the padlock ap
peared following the arrost of fif
teen bell hops In the aforementioned
hotels on charges of peddling intoxi
cating liquora.
Calif ornia Greek
in WiloVMan Role
TURLOCK (Ca!.), Dec. 22..
(United News) For several days
Turlock has been talking or mo
wild man" In its midst. Prints ot
bare feet aeen at various pieces
about the city gava rise to reports
of a wild creature who rosmea
through tho streets in the oar
hours. Cltliens crept to bed each
night after an extra inspection of
locka on doors and windows. The
mystery waa aolved Tuesday with
the arrest of Nick Demons, a ismea,
who was running about with no cov
ering for hla head or feet. He ex
plained that he was doing penance
following a "call from rroviaeu.
and waa not held.
MALIN SCHOOL
SWEPT BY FIRE
New Building Believed to
f . ar
D9 total loss. No
Fire Equipment
Fire, uncontrolled desDlte the ef
fort of scores of volunteer fighters.
ato It way up from the basement of
mo new Malln grammar school last
night and, up to a late hour, waa
turning to ruina an instilution which
nasi been in use but two semesters.
Starting , apparently from a da.
fective furnace, the conflagration
slowly grew until hope that the
school might be saved was finally
abandoned. Reports from Malln
were that the building In all proba
bility would be gutted.
Shortly after the fire waa a lay
ered, about t o'clock, Malln resi
dents sent a call to Merrill for aid.
Immediately a small chemical en
gine. . the only one available, was
placed on a truck and was rushed to
the near-by town.
The fire fighting eaulnment. hnm.
ever, proved of but little nasiitanra
and the many persons who endeav
ored to check the flames Imnd their
efforts of little avail.
Last night it was (moosslble t a-
cure an estimate of the damage
aone.
Today plans undoubtedly will hp
shaped with a view to housing the
pupua wnen they return to school
following the holidays.
TS AID
Boy Scouts to Help New
Deliver : to Special .
. List of Needy
Merchants ot Klamath" i Falls
answered the plea of kiddle who
might be unhappy on Christmas
mcrning when they faced an empty
stocking, and donated pounds upon
pounds of candy, nut nd cookies
to go Into 100 red stockings for
distribution from the News office
on Thursday morning.
There are some children In
Klamath Falls who ere too poor
and too illy clad to be on the
streets in -inclement weather. With
this fact to face a community tree
has been abandoned and the gifts
will be distribute!) by ten boy
scouts and the aid ot several cars.
At one o'clock the scouts will
meet at the Klamath News office.
They will be given dlrec!'"!is as to
the distribution of about 100 pack
ages containing toys purchased from
the Perkln's Toy Shop through the
Klamath News "Four-Bit" fund.
Names of the needy children who
will bo without the happiness of
Christmas morning were provided by
Mlsa Lydta Fricke, county health
nurse, who has kept a kindly eye
on deserving children throughout
the year.
The merchants who have made
possible the donation of the gift
stockings, chuck full wllh goodies
and a huge golden orange, are H.
N. Moe, Plggly Wlggly store, Chris
Barnstable ot the Hurry Cash Groc
ery' company. Blue Bird, Sunset
Grocery, Twentieth Century Grocery,
Stone's Grocery, Public Market,
Halo's News Agency, Zlicos' Choco
lato Shop and the Falls Grocery,
Boy Scouts Given
Badges of Merit
Thirteen members ot Klamath
Falls scout troops received badges
of merit lst night whea they ap
peared beforo the court of honor
conducted In the court house with
J. F. Kimball presiding as judge.
Arthur Carlson, Herman Darley,
Ronald Ulrich and Clarence Howie
were advanced to second class
scouts; Thomas Massey and George
Masse to first class.
Merit badge award were made
to the following; Morle Swanson
cooking, electricity; Elmor W llker-
son, cooking, cycling, camping and
flremanshlp; Robert Hunter, civics
and handicraft; Ross Hlllman.
cocking, camping, cycling, elec
tricity and carpentry: Lee Hunter,
personal . health and carpentry.
Frank Moser received badges in
minina hiiainasa and acholarship
whlleE. O. Nord received badges
In camping, cooKing, vusinesa,
scholarship.
. " -1V
Price Five Cents
TIMBER CO. ASKS
BOOM PRIVILEGE
ON LOWER RIVER
Weyerhaeuser. Files
Application "
NAME SOUTHERN SITE
Kimball Says Company Will
Be Ready When Rail '
W. I. C.S4.I.J
v cax aa csucu
The great Weyerhaeuser timber
Interests came materially closer to
Klamath with their proposed saw
mill operations yesterday when the
Klamath Boom company, sponsored
by the Weyerhaeuser people, filed ap
plication with the public service
commission at Salem tor a franchise
to construct booms on that part -of
Klamath river, about fire miles from
Klamath Falls, adjacent to the com
pany's south mill site property.
The move strongly Indicated that
the Weyerhaeuser representative
plan soon to begin their work In
this vicinity. Just when activities
will be underway, officials "bave
not said. .
On both aides ot the river the
company ha bought sites and. for
some time, speculation aa to which
side the company would erect its
mill has been rife. Some time ago,
it waa said that the Holllday aite, on
the north side of the river and cov
ering considerable more land than
does the Sutton site, on the south,
would be favored. , . m
'Some persons, however, who have
seen the map whlchr with the ap
plication tor a franchise, was filled
wiiss (lie jisiuuc SKsrrica cuiaiuuuuu,
are of the opinion that the Sutton
property may be nsed first.
It is understood that, at the pres
ent time, plans regarding the aite
are in the preliminary stage.
The Southern Pacific company's
lines, it was pointed out, at present
run directly through the old Sutton
property. It was further said yes
terday's application might affect
plan of the northern lines, should
they be permitted to enter Klamath,
as they have a survey running down
the north side of the river Into the
big Holllday site. . . . V v
Asked what significance might be
attached to this new move Jack
Kimball, local Weyerhaeuser repre
sentative said last night: "This Is
simply a matter of the company
making plans to begin operations
nere immeuiaies; sipusi sue lauiwiu
controversy being settled In a man-
eats." '.!,:
rrom uiucers in
Raid on "the Flat"
Patrolmen, together with State
Prohibition Officer . McBrlde, last
night broke up what McBride char
acterised as a "pleasant little drink
ing party on the flats."
Five men were taken Into cus
tody. They gave their names a
G. J. Smlthey, Frank Gavin, Pat
Griffin, Phil Riley and Tat Stan
ley. They will probably be arraigned
before Municipal Judge Gaghagen.
a a nn:
Decorations Of All Kinds
For Xmas Tncs.
Wet Feet
Dry Feet
..Sickness
..iHealth
Rubbers In Our
Assure Dry Feet and Con
tinued Good Health For Those
Who Wear Them And, Gold
en Rule Values In Price and
Service. '
In tho Center of the Shopping
.. . District. '