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Woclncsdav, PocP'yiK'r "0, W2'
FIGHT FANS SAY!
NEXT. CARD BEST
' Big. good-natured Frank Farmer i
-worked like a champion In his hard '
-workout occo yosierday afternoon
and showed the rail tjtrds be to-.the
same foxy fighter-he' na a couple;
ot years ago tki Journeyed
down into thl pine lt and von
tbe call over EaH RUchia. '
"In couple" of Bars I'll hare my
muscle all Ironed oat and will be
ready to reverse the acore against
Keller, who took a home-town deci
sion over me at his home in Kellosg
tour months ago," said the Puget
Sound lumborlack. "I've 'been train
ing faithfully (or the past two weeks
In anticipation of a fight with Nig
Tea gar Is Portland shortly, and will
be r'arlng to go at full speed when
I bop through the ropes Friday
Bight
Fanner wHl do bis stuff In pub
lic workouts at 2 o'clock each after
noon at Scandia hall, with Keller
taking the boards with his sparring
partners at 3 o'clock each day.
These two boys will feature the
heavyweight card Friday night, and
considering the gossip now being
dished up alone; the boxing rialto.
there's going to be a real crowd trek
Its way to Scandia hall to see these
two stellar heavyweights perform.
1 Of almost equal Interest Is the
eil-round semi-wlndup tetween Jim
Fleming, local 165 -poumlor. and
"One Round" Hogan . Malm farmer
youth. Hogan has been going by
leaps and bounds, and the hand he
gat when he crawled through the
ropes two -weeks ago sounded like
the fans -were greeting; the cham
pion of the world: ' He's an ambi
tions youngster who's learning the
game with a lot or speea ana wuij
be ripe to top a card in tneae parts
in a few snore months If he keeps
op ois good work. But, Fleming
only grins and says sell show Ho
gan what a stumbling block looks
like when they . start throwing
gloves at each other Friday night.
" County Commissioner Burrel
Short's young son, "Kid" Short, will
make his bow as a leather pusher
when he squares away against Buck
Weaver, a veteran amateur, who is
turning professlonl. ' Young Short
watts to be a fighter and is one of
the most faithful trainers at Scandia
halL How well he will succeed will
be answered in his four-round spe
cial event against the tough and
hard-hitting Wearer.
A pair of boys ot more than av
erage ability ere Catl Floyd and
KM Sullivan, who will start the big
New Tear's night show, promptly at
8:10. Joe Shirk will be third man
in the ring in all the bouts.
There is a brisk demand for ad
vance tickets which are now on
sale in down town cigar stores, and
Indications point to a packed house.
Coach Rockne to
Sojourn in Europe
Britain Surrenders Its Hold On Rhine
fear ??4 li ' w- i fJF&ii
JUDGE IN FAVOR
OF: NEW SYSTEM
FOR
I. t. . '. MlTK K
O.I.I Fellows will ' have n
Chrltmas tree and prugr.-.i-t
toulght. Preparations hrvo
bt-ru itisde In give tho kiddles
llm uaual goud t litis. all!i
presents for all. Odd l'rtlows
and Ltmlllis v. Ill nttiiii'..
Company of tintiOi sr.Micr departing frtuu C.!h;ih-. an lcrm ol Locarno treaty i ir.:o t-fT.vt.
Mv of them h-id to leave behind firrnMr wiv" ami sweetie-arts aftrr tin two tt str.
Miners Have Plan r Weather Man on
To Settle Deadlock
(Contlaaed rratn race One)
World-Wide Spree
(Contlnaed tram Iajre One)
the continued thaw in the mouu-
months of tha ntrike. and the oner-
ators also had lost a great sum. j tain5-
As soon a. the plan was submitted A transportation lead
representative, of both side, retired! of Transylvania is ovorbur
as a favorable sign by those optl-j d'ne1 ith trom the ",UB-
mistlc about the chances ot an lm-jdatea rev
mediate armistice.
Markle predicted that his plan I BERLIN', Dec. S9( United News!
would provide a means of attain- The Khlne "nd "8 ,rlbo,arl" ,r0
ing permanent peace In the anthra- lMr- endangering the low-
cite industry.
i lands, according to a dispatch from
Hope that the four month strike
would be almost immediately ended
Mystery Surrounds
Asphyxiation Case;
WAYNESIirilO. ii. lire. SJ I
(I'nlted News). A gruesome after-
math to the mysterious deaths ot
Charles Thompson, 80. wealthy farm- j
or. aud Mabel Ward. i'. his house-1
keeper, was discovered Tuesday, j
Five mourners who hud followed tho
bodies of Thompson and Mitts Ward
to their graves, were found uncon
scious. The mourners, a brother and four
nephews of the farmer, returned
trom the funeral and spent Monday
night in Thompson's farm bouse.
Tuesday noon a doctor discovered j
nd revived them. Authorities hope)
CHICAGO. IH.C. . (l'nll.4
News) Sentences for criminals
should read "from now on." Instesd
of the apvclfiod number of ycurs.
and Invsvtliaclon of the merits of
tho defendant for parole should be
begun ImniedjAtvly following convic
tion, declared Judge Floyd K
Thomreaa of t'.ie Illinois supreme
court, aildrmsiug (he annual meet
ing of the Illinois state's attorneys'
assentation Tuesday.
"Eligibility for parole," Thompson
said, "should be started as soou as
PDMlble. In order that the man of
good family and former record who
hie Committed his first felony, may
be saved from association with the
hardened criminal.
"tturh a man should not srrte a
day In prison, much less eleven
months Ihs usual time before elig
ibility for parole because eleven
months or mere association with
hardeuej criminals will add one
mare hardened criminal to police
record.
"It 1 folly to say that Indeter
minate sentences cannot be en
forced, because we have not men of
tho callliro noeensary to enforce
thrm. If that were the case wo
should quit bragging about tetng
stole to govern ourselves."
Star Claims Mrs.
1 M...l..aM nil.sua.st..l Ufll 'I 111 li..tbf . t 1 .
- I -. iu anti
THE KLAMATH a.-...
I I - - " 1 1 1.. w
Committee Headi
OiveOntjlpp
Ill -J
."'""Huee. ., Klau,Rln rou1().
" viiinmeri-s er hesr,i
'' """n during tla
Itiurluon of iliu board of dire,
An Intcrt.tiui; retiuH ...
Mho UiotnlH l l comiiiltio.
, V"-. two and a half ib,.iv..
MeeiliAia1.in t . . .
it. United i : " ' r ""Hii
MAUION. Ohio, Hec
News The Msrlo
..i. ...... i .i... i , earn n,.,,
Imnortsat t.sD.r. from til. n.r.on.1 1 pUu 'or
on fll.r. In a le.d."'V' ,h'" "k' 'ta
-day. denied that ""'-a,.:
files of tho lute President Harding
were destroyed by hi widow.
Iteports aere rirctilated recently
to the effect that when President
llnrdltil's letter were sought for
the congressional library. It waa
found that many had been burned
by the late Mrs. Florence Kilns
HsrditK.
The assumption that letters sent
to tho president were destroyed by
Mrs. Harding Is erroneous, tbe Hiar
says. It asserts that the lettera la
question were found by Mrs. Hard
ing to be missing when she exam
Ined his personal effects after bis
burial.
Colonge.
Mannheim and Its suburbs sre
' ' ., i.j. .l- i.k.k...... kui....j In ttitterminn what canned the an-
. . ; . i. ft . i r ituuueu. .uu muauiwuM uca.u - -
fering is being experienced bothi chools for shelter. As lluls- parent apa;. listen or poisoning of
among miners' families and among
poor urban families in need of
coal was heightened when represent
atives ot miners and operators voted
burn the water is rising at the rntothe mourners, and ponalbly to dls-
of a. 4 Inches an hour. At Cologno cover In this way, how Thompson
the rate Is 2.35 inches. Riverside I and his. housekeeper Bel. their
honses at Cologne have been evae-! deaths lust Sunday.
to resume joint conferences after! uated and railway traffic has been
dinner at S o'clock. They dined
at the Union League club, where
they are meeting, "'
The delegates previously had not
planned extra sessions and had pro
fessed pessimistic views as' to the
outcome of negotiations.
One of the principal concessions'
demanded ot the operators by the
suspended.
LONDOX, Pec. 2 llnited News) !
A sixty mile gale swept Britain
Tuesday and simultaneously there j
was a sudden thaw of flood propor
tions. Portions of the Thames val-
English Statesman
Calls on Mussolini
RAPALI.O. Italy.' Ilec. 23. ( Unit
ed News) !obta and disarmaments
Jey, ro .-under -water, and similar " u.,e u, . ,., r
.JLn....u. .,....,. u i. : Mussolini' and 8tr"AuTn Chenfher-
rv.m.i.. ami ,,..,,. i ...' la'", foreign minister of Oreat Rrit-'
Markle plan is permission for the J wag ,u,pnded Tn Digil!aln. at the Bristol hotel Tneulay
"nu,BB V-n '""""j winds extended over the channel,
their costs,, profits and ability to
pay increased wages. j CIIiCACO. Dec. 29. (Unl'ed
The United News was informed j Ne,The cold vav0 wMch bas
earlier in the day by a spokesman j cut.;oed the who,0 countr, ,ini0
for the miners that' if the operators) ,.,rrtv .,, , r.0,,lr, i.,r
would agree to this and to tbe prln- I fMag tempoTaturo9i and furthcrl l expected to arrivo In London dur-j
ciple that wage . increases should,,.,,.., ... -..j .... . ,. .. inn the first wek of th." i.c v vear. !
be granted if profits showed they
could be permitted the mine union
would recede from Its demand tor
the check off and would compromise
other, points at issue.
STORE BANDITS ARE
CAPTURED AT GERBER
ru:n bluff, caiir, Dec. sj.
(United News) The two bandits
who have been sought since Satur
day night, after a brutal attack on
an aged storekeeper, were raptured
Monday by a sheriff's posse near
Gerber. They made no resistance,
and were placed In jail here.
The men are Dave Queries and
"Itrd" Lawson. both, of whom have
been identified by W. L. MrKelr
non. SO, who was slugged and rob
bed, ljuarles was suffering from
a wound In the head caused by a
shot from one of the officers who
pursued him from the scene of the
hold-up at f 'sync's creek.
Traffic Cop Is Glad
He Has Big Number
"(luesa this will fix 'cm when
thty try to remember my license
number."
Po soliloquised Ft. aK. Knowles,
speed cop and traffic officer of
Klamath county highways and by
ways, as he glanced at bis new :
Urease plate, received yesterday.
Knowles was !SJf In the line lo
receive the l9( pistes, which are
bta. k and whi'e.
"Clad I d!: i't get !!' or 'IJ.'
something e y to remember," said
Knowles, an he shoved the plates
bark Into their folders.
Those lo give reports .
Hoylo. director In rharii of n
uustries; n. K, I'rcgq. r0B
overusing; i,,r
na highways II. u. Mort(Bl
ral bulltllui; W. It. ital,
roans; r n. u. rri
Forest Fire assorlallon; u.
Hire. luorrliiintB bureau; yJ
r lest and J. W. Kerns. m.QbJ
J. A. (iordou, finance std J
K. M. Mubbv ngrlrultor, ,0j
settlement, and I!. t. Oro.4
civic welfare; Dr. U. A
schuols.
For Kale Case eullalls f,
ery. also eotnpirtlnx
Market, f:i iiirto Ht,, I'heuf
I
raft
RE-POSSESSED AUTO
OWNERS IN TROUBLE
Kir Austen is on a Christmas vaca
tion. Mussolini met him at the sta
tion and immediately nfl?r the cun-f
versatinn the premier rriuratd to
Home. '
The Italian debt funding mlnslon
WICHITA, Kans., Dec 29. Unit
ed News Knute Rockne, football
coach at Notre Dame, is going to
Europe January 1, to "get as far
away from football-this winter as
possible." . '
Rockne has been in Wichita, visit
ing his friend, Jess Harper, who she
a coach at Notre Dame when Rockne
was a player there. Harper owns a
ranch, and the two men have been
hunting for the last two weeks.
Harper said Rockne was "in sore
need of a vacation and a good long
rest" He said Rockne would re
main In Europe for a month or
more. Rockne declines to discuss
his recent "affair" with the author
ities at Columbia university, who an
nounced that he would coach tbe
New York college team.
Corn Assembly
Unable to Agree
(Contlnned From Page One)
SHASTA VIEW
Miss Bateman and Miss Briscoe,
teachers of Shasta View school, have
gone to their homes for Christmas
vacation.
Mrs. John Bailey has 'been to Med-
ford to spend Christmas holidays
with relatives.
Frank Machac, who went to Seat
tle, Wash., a few days before Christ
mas, returned on Christmas day.
The Brown residence, which has
been under own traction tor some
time. Is nearly completed, and will
be the finest dwelling In this distclrt.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Maupin have
gone to Stockton, Calif., with Miss
Mary, who Is to stay there, for some
time to Improve her health.
Mr. and Mrs. Klmer Newtou and
daughter Ruth and Miss Shoit, Tom
Newton and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Ross of Matin were Christmas dinner
guests at the Haskln ranch.
Alice and Loretla Fisher, who
have been sick with the whooping
cough, are greatly Improved.
relief Is promised by tho weather, ln" lhe ""t 'e"11 of "" 'C7'' '
Temperatures, which dropped 1 20tll CcntUrV Traill
the middle west had climbed back ShOWS HU"e Eamlfl
senator and deprecated what he
termed Brookhart's failure to grasp I
thn ff.fH rpearrilnz raflrnsri leels-l
.i r. u ,i. i.u.,h,.. relief from the cold Monday, low
lation. Cummins said his attltune-f -"
above the xero mark. Below sero
weather bad taken a toll of 17 Uvea
over the wck end.
A fire record of 250 alarms, most
ly from overheated furnaces and
chimney biases, was established here
during a 21-hour period, while tho
cold wave was at Its crest. Hun
dreds were driven , out into frigid
streets as a building near a hotel
burned.
While the middle west was getting
NEW YORK. Doc. 29 - (Lull ;d
News) The Twentieth Cculitry lim
ited, crack Chlcaio-Now York flyer
of tho New York Central "r.-.!:niad, .
earned $10,000.00 this yenr. The!
train, which averages throe serl !.:!
dally, and has run In as many nn
seven sections, makes the ovoriilrlit
run between the cities In twenty
hours. 1 I
Nearly 2.009 sertlons were nn-d
In 192ft, with an average passenger!
SALEM, tiro.. Dec. 29 Auto deal
ers v. ho have repossessed automo
biles sold cn terms for non-payment
may have difficulty In obtaining
llcunses for them under the uuw
certificate of tllio law.
To obtain a license the law de
mands tho owners show certificate
of tltio. If the purchaser who aban
dons payments on a repossessed au
tomobile refuses to sign transfer pa
pers the dealer cannot obtain a title
certificate.
Attorney General Van Winkle Is
sued nn. opinion today, declaring the
defaulter's siKnature to a transfer Is
essential under the law.
TO PIUIIIK IU.INtJ.
M AH.SHFI l.'l.Il (Ore ). Dec. 29
A rigid Investigation today was be
ing conducted Into the death of 11.
Etsenhoot, tS years old, retired
farmer, whose body was found hang
ing trom the rafters of a smoke
house on a much near liandon.
Mr. and Mr. John Coy, with
whi-ra Elsen'.ifTot inide his home, re
ported th? o .vcovrry to District At
torney Uodl;.gf!eld. who, following a
personal Invew.lgatljn with several
physicians, orderrsl an autopsy to
day. The old man was crippled and
doubt waa expressed Cm he could
have hanged himself In the position
In which tbe body waa found.
toward the younger senator was
tolerant "because It was the habit
of young politicians to call those
who believed differently from them
liars, thieves and crooks."
Cummins came out for a govern
ment commission to handle surplus
farm products, and surplus to be
purchased at foreign prices and sold
at a loss abroad. The loss would
be made up the following year by
an excise tax.
Congressman Dickinson proposed
a similar plan, a federal commission
"that actually operates for the
farm interests of the middle west,"
and which would take charge of
selling surplus crops.
Dickinson flayed the national ad
ministration for its alleged failure
to get behind a workable farm re
lief plan.
temperatures still hung on In thlist of 250 to each section. Last
north. Tho lowest mark reached in
the United States was 22 below at
Willlston, N. D. Lc Pas. Manitoba,
reported 21 below. . A temporary
rlso of 10tjo 25 decrees was ex
perienced tiver the lake region and
over portions of the northeast.
year the Century set a high earning
mnrk of $S,ooo.noo.
BOND DEALER TO
PORTLAND. Dec. 29. Circuit
Judge Tucker ot the Multnomah
county circuit court today refused to
restore ' $300,000 In securities to
Frank W. Keeler, bond doaler, whkh
When all the heavy speakers had were seized by District Attorney
completed their remarks, the gath
erlng resloved itself into a round
table discussion nt which all present
had an opportunity to be heard.
So many "plans" were presented
that the middle west should feel
from an economic calamity If any
one of them were adopted, leaders
concluded, following adjournment of
of the meeting.
I)H-:.S l'.l)KIt AUTO
OAKLAND, Cal.. Dec. 29 Trap
ped beneath the automobile In which
she was a passenger when it was
struck by a Southern Pacific Elec
tric train late Tuesday, Mrs. F. C.
Duerr was burned to death before
members of the train crew could
reach her
Stanley Myers.
The court held It had no Jurisdic
tion. Keeler and his partner, Frank A.
Roth, were doing 'business in the
name of the Puget River Water
works, and were selling bonds of the
city of Orenco. These bonds were
questioned by authorities, and were
seized for Investigation. 1
At the same time Keeler and Roth'
were arrested for selling bonds '
without a license. ' j
MISSOURI IOHKH I
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 29. (United'
News) Missouri's basketball team1
lost Its first encounter of the sea-!
son when It went down 37 to 15 1
before Butler hero Tuesday nlshl. J
Delegation to Advise
On Surplus of Crops
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. (Unit
ed News) Invitations have been
issued to a number of prominent
farmers, business men and econom
ists to come to Washington within
tho next few weeks to confer with I
officials of thn deportment of agri
culture with tho ulm of working
out a practical means for handling
tho exportrbln surplus of agricul
tural products.
. Announcement of the scries of
conferences was made by Secretary
of Agriculture Jardine lute Tuesday.
While still opposing government
price fixing, the administration has
taken Into consideration the pleas
of northwest farmers for some ma
chinery whereby tho exportable sur
plus of grain and other commodi
ties might be handled without en
dangering the domestic market.
CtlPK HELD VP.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.
i United News) Two bandits held
up uniformed policemen Tuosdsy
nii;hl, and attempted lo kidnap
them. Tho officers shot their way
free a few moments later.
Officers Edward Ordway and Jos
eph Bnhl halted the machine on sus
picion that it had been stolen. The
two youthful occupants drew guns
and forced the officers Into a rear
scat. When tho car slowed down at
a corner, the policemen Jumped out
and opened flro. Tho bun. lite c.
raped, although one of thorn was
believed wounded.
rilVhUIAN IMIUTKII.
MKDKOKD, Dec 29. Dr. Charlos
T. ecnuy. well known physician
here. Wits lndk,;od tor perjury by
a Jnrkann county grand Jury Is
nuw of his teitlmony In a man
slaughter c'c, it was revealed to
day. Dr. Kwcmc-y testified at Hie trial
of Omar W. Murphy, that he was
present Ihr.iuthout the post mor
tem examination of Murphy's dead
wife. Throe orhor wltnosses aro
wild to hav" declared that Dr.
Sweewy wai. there for only few
mlnut. i.
AtiKtl IIWKKIt HEAD.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. John
A. Hooper, for tho last several dec
ades ono of the financial leaders
of Ran Francisco, died Tuesday as
tho result t.f an operation performed
etirller In c ho month.
you Braid
a Home
inctrl1 nn
TftecICSd
blecmceil
Wring
VlwVV nancstmii 1 7
lllg shipment of now Spring
dresses to sell at $18.7 snd $1.7&
Just received ut Bee login's Dress
Hli"P I129-J3
UhliV Electric
Store
Phone 234, 1026 Main SC
Headquarters for ,Chec-J
Seal Good
nilllXiK PLAN HLOCKKII.
MARHIIFIBLI) (Ore.), Doc. 29.
With tho proposed Murshflold-Kiutt
Sido bridge serosa Coos Bay appar
ently (blocked Jiy the port commis
sion's refusal to approve the plans,
doubt was expressed today whether
lhe bridge could .be buth desptto the
fact that a bond Issue to finance It
waa overwhelmingly voted last July.
Petitions were being prepared today
by bridge supporters to recall the
present port commission and install
commissioners favorable to the project.
HtK shipment of . new ftprlng
dressos to sell at $18.76 and $18.76
Just received at Bee Begln's Dress
Khnp. D29.JS
New Year's
Masquerade Ball
-at-
Merrill Community Hall
New Year's Eve
GREAT!
A Savings
Account for a
Xmas Present
Opened with one dollar or more.
These beautiful savings bank books
will be a joy to any boy or girl on
Christmas morning.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
as A A aV s A V -
Capital and Surplus over $200,000.00