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.... . TH TfEWS SERVICE If yonr copy .if TIIR NEWS doe Bui arrive by Hi 110 a. in., phoao H77 uil a copy of tliu NiH'r will lie sent. 1HE Jt The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath CbtW Neva and United Press Telegraph Services Vol. 3 No. 278 Price Flvo CenU KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1926 (Every Morning Except Monday) RAILROAD SETT rr &.LAMA I :h V U J'r Coolidge Lays Down Rules for Europeans Declares Nations Must Concur in Reserva tions of Senate, Other wile No World Court. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Nov. I 1 1 (United News) The at tention of the nations of the world was focused on Kansus City today, where President CoolidKc, speaking indirectly to the European powers, do c lured that they must concur in the senate reservations to the world court, or there would he absolutely no pros pect of this country becominif a member of the tribunal. "A permanent court of Interna tional jusilro ha bepn pstnhlished. I to which nations limy vnlnnlarlly I resort fur an ail j 11 it I. nl Ion of their differences." said the president. I "II ha been sulijurt to much ml- representation which has resulted in niucn nusroiicepi ion ot na pnn- npiea antotiK our people. I have advocated ndlierehen lo aueli a court by tills nation on condition that tli statute or trimly crvutlni It be am.niled to meat our vlewa. The aenatn hna adopted u resolution furl that purpoae. - . f- 'Whlln no defluito dwi'lslon can ' be mail by nur Korerninent until i final answers have been received NKW YOKK. Nov. II. (l ulled from the nations Involved. I feel i sw,) The aecreta of maKlc by warranted In aaylnx that I do not whl,.h ,lirry m puttied lite Intend lo ask the senate to modify , W1)rrt durlnic his remurkable cre.-r Ita.-poallloh. I do not believe llijwm nPVer be known. ainaio wouio lime luvornwe nctlonl on any such proposal, and unless! the requirement of the senate reo lutlun are met by the other Interest- ed nat lulls, r can see no proupvcl of I this country adhnrlnrt lo the court."! Thua lite apokesninn of III nation met lbs question that has been up- permoat.lii International affuira for aome lime. While the prniinunrpment enn cernlnK tho world rnurt waa the (Continued nn I'axe Four) Klamath Is Third In State Amount Building Program' Klnmnlh Kulla fell form the cov-l Tho t,'rm" 11,0 'K''-"'' ' elud accend place In the ntute'a i n"wm ltlon In tho neuu- bn'ldlmt proarum of tho past monih 1 ",l ";e :"rl' ""''"""J of October lo third place, accord-!" y "oml"" ""l,"UI w"nl:'" ln lo the monthly buildlnn report 1 1h,"," ra" mttK,: X WlH'" '"' of Iho entire Pacific coast, la.ued ! n' by 8. V. Hlruua & Co. The apparulua with which Houdini Portland led the pntiro atntn with ' InrRp Inheritance, ln- l.iJS permits totullnrf $S,!4 320 I c,,"""l "'r ot volumes of In Salem followed with 43 permits. llg. "tt'ictlons and explanations of hi Itreicntlim $272,800. Klnmnth'a per-i ,r,'k- 8,,v" ,or Provision, that nilta totnled 8S, with tlguroa reach-1 "" '"" "t"-," ,' letroyed. the will InR I2.14.S60. I revealed no other peculiar qulrka of Mcdford waa fourth with 44 ,. nilta Ictullnc IDd.nS; KiiRone. 47 perm 1 1 s, IS7.87.1 portnlts, J(i9.2or. I.ariifta, 11.1,040; nilta, I5.87R. LuOrande, MnrHhfleld. 24 1 Astoria, 19 per-; The total for Iho stato allows 1,40.1 permits for Hie past month, I3.:IV.1,1I0 to be expended In biiild ItiK ponslrui'tlon HRnlnat i2.71.ri.S35 for October, 1025, and 13,367,070 for Hoptombcr, 1920. In Oregon aoven ciHes reporl an Oclohor ORRi-PRuto of 24 per cent above, that of October, 1025, and HIMltly In excess of tile Scptem-i bor irtnl or this your. All but two of those rules allow sulmlnntlal October Rains over both previous comparable totals. Callfiirnla's October total for 67 ; cltles shows '24 per rent Rnln I menl "lo ellmlnnto n centor of vlco ovor Hie Septenrber f Ikii res, 'but n I like Tla Jim tin from our borders." five ipr cent reduction from the1 Hprecklea was olio of the fftre tolnl for last October. Klltulnollon . most hcnefilrlora of the defeiited rf Iho dominant I.os AnRclos Intnl. proposal to IprhIIxo pnrl-mutiinl however, leaves the 1020 Oi-tol.r J licttlug on Culiroriiln horao rneliiR. tolnl sIlRlitly nhovo Hint of last llo was questioned III regard to ynr. Ills reported leadership of a move- Klamath's record shows n Ruin ; men! lo tiRhlen federal regulntlons of $165,830 of Ilia past mini III of nn the Mexican border to curtail October over Unit of October, 1025. t the crossing of paying crowds. A similar Increase Is noted for ()ct- llo denied Hint his opposition to olicr, 102A, ovor Heptemlipr, 1020,1 Tin Jiiana was fostered liy reported when permits gullied $40,325 or I support given by thnt resort to clo the past mrnth, i ifenl the pnii-mtitmil proposal. GIRL IS IMPROVING AFTER BREAKING NECK IN DANCING U (MIDI. AMI, 'ul Nov. II. AIiIioukIi Hie k vrrn liriu- of her neck was dlslmjltpil by evcraslVP iIhim-Iiik if Ilie Cliiirlpwton ooiiip I line ago, Mildred Archer, U-)car-tll iliitiKlili'r uf Mr. and Mr. Itrtm Archer of Hie MiiiIImih .lis liirl, l rwovprliiu from Hip In jury, M.-corilliiK t wnnl rcc.iv.l by lirr friends here. Military Police Rules City With Strong Iron Hand p.r.d of Armi.tice Day Wax. ed Snappy at M. P. Operate Along Conservation Line and Hold Kangaroo Court. Iit liy tin color lieiirer' squad, a short iiirn.l. liy Hip local Am erican legion l'ot H, utrir. lully ohiipI Ariiili.ll.'. Hay fa-tlvlli.-s III Kluliuilll r'nll )i-(rr-lnv. ('onimanili'r (I. II. Miitlhowa. or roniiianliMl liy hla alil.-, followed Hip anlora. anil w IIhiiIiimI liy a uni form, ii flrliiK aiiuail wlikb wi'ht ttirouKli maneuver! In anappy war limp fashion. Aa the majority of Iho lorat bandsmen fulled to turn out for I lie omisloii, I his orKanliu- tlon tlil no: lend the parade, aa was urlglhully ptutincd. Two drummers friiin t ! hand gnvo inurllal note in the nllalr however, with thi' steady roll of their Instruments. feature of tlio parade and one ,rh a,t,., throughout the morn- wu ,h .,. ... miiimrv IIS. (Continued on rago four) Houdini Secrets of Magic Never Will Be Known Provision for their dehtructlon Is made In Ilia fumnin ninxlclnn's will, which was filed for probate bero Thursday. "I dlrorl Hint all of my aerretn. I Illusion and slaao npparalus bo I placed 111 Iho riiKlody of my brother, Or. Theodoro Weiss, lo b de-itroyed at hla .lenlh." Iloudlnl'a w ill aald. I Hlnre Iloudlnl'a death two weeks i nco In Detroit there ban been much I speculation aa to whul disposition he mlKhl mnko of the aecreta whlcli enabled htm to escupo from tlahtly sealed coffins at the bottom of har bors, from chains, jails and atrnlt j Jackets. Would the true atory be hind llieso aectnlnsly auperhutnnn acrompllshmenla ever bo Riven to ho world? ' "nuauiu personality llo named Ills widow as the exo- cutrlx of hla estuto, but gnve no In timation of the CNtato's real value. "' '" ' """" Oilier bequests Inclndo $1,000 lo the Society of American MnRlclans; ! $500 lo each of bis three assistants. Krnnk Kuknl, James llurold nud Jiiines Collins, Spreckles Would Tighten Border On Mexican Line 8A.V KUANCISCO, Nov. 11 (United News') llndnlnh Snreeklos has promised lo support any movo- Europeans Bow Head Silently in Respect Thousands Attend Ser vices Honoring: War Dead in France and England. Armistice day, which was marked by the solemnity of its observance in many capi tals of Europe, was marred by republicans in Dublin, who drained a British flag across Collide green and caused fighting in which nine persons were injured. While Purls and tindon observed this eighth anniversary of the war's end with periods of silence et the toml.s of their unknown Soldiers. nat.'onaliitt caused the bnttlo In liublln. The clash occurred bet ween royalists and Sinn Keliiers. and was raused by sinning "Cud Save Hip King." On steamers. Iruin and air trans ports which now link the allied (iiuutrles with tho former enemy. Crrmany, the day was observed by a minute of silence. Cennany. while not celebrating, noird with satisfaction the with drawal of troops from occupied ter ritory. The day found no t-fflclal recognition. . Poland celebruted Its Indonen denco which also dntes from Nov. 11. und In IyolHlun und Paris those who revelled or looked for revelry (ContlnuPrt on Page Four) j Residents Get j First Vision White Blanket Karly morning risers yesterdny were greeted with a gllmpso of j snow on the mountain .tops south and west of the city, according lo I reimrts from various cltlxens who I witnessed the advent of wlntcrV first white blanket in this section, j The snow extended quite fur down the sides of Stukel mountain and adjacent peaks, south of Klam ath Fulls, and was visible until nearly noon yesterday. The snow on the hills west of town dlsnppeur ed about mid-morning, however. Woman Is Caught In Prohi Raid On Broad Street Cqught durlifg a raid by local prohibition officers on her Broad street residence yesterday afternoon. Hetly Parker, charged with posses sion ot liquor. Is under arrest. A number of others are reported lo have been ensnared In the net of tho prohla, but charges woro only preferred against the woman In the case as she claimed ownership ot the potntlons. . An attempt bad been tnada to destroy the merchandise on hniul. so thnt the officers urrlved 111 time to find only broken jugs and n strong odor of moonshine In the sink, It was staled. A nenrhy house was raided short ly lifter the officers broke Into the Pnrker ruulilonce, but no liquor was found. Flaming Chariot Draws Out Boys , Fire Department A flaming chariot In the form of a light truck ot popular make, gavx the local fire department a run at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, when tho vehlclo owned by I,, 11. lllehn caught fire on Third street. The truck had been employed hauling wood, und It is believed Hint a slick of Hie fuel lodged near Iho exhaust pipe und rntised Iho fire. Iliehn, with tho aid of hy slanders, hud the flames under con trol before the arrival of tho fire truck. Utile damage resulted to Hie truck, If nns stated. -r SLAYER DAUGHTER ! AWAITING APPEAL OF LOWER COURT j HK.tTTI.K, m. It Wallace ('. ,ulli., convicted nal aentpnc I cil ii ilraih for tin slaying f his I daughter, Nylvla, ivlll nut know , mil II nrtl rliig whether lip In lo rrrrlve a new irlnl. Till HIM lnili-Mt..l toduy prepara! tons - fur Hip HuprrniP Court iirocrcdliigii disclosed dial llir court probably will not hp nldp to lirar Hip new Irlnl mo liun until M. British Strike j In Coal Mines Nears Settlement! . i Miner Said to Have Aband oned Demand for Seven-' Hour Day, and Adjustment i Will Be By District. I)MM1V, Nov. II. (lllltr.l News) Ppmcp for England, after Hip grPAl.-wt liHluMrlul war In llrfl llt liMorr. sppin.il approaching mplilly as Hip last hoars of Ar- j iiilstlre day llckpil aivny. A series of negotiations between : represpntatives of (he coal miners, , who have been on strike more than I six months, and the government was begun In the afternoon, and be fore evening it was understood that both lalior and government leaders predicted settlement. ! It appeared tha' Hie miners had ! abandoned their demands for a .seven-hour instead of an eight-hour jdny temporarily, st less!, and also : had put aalde their hopes of a na ! tlonal settlement. The only factor complicating the negotiations la the absence of Hie ownors, who declare they are unable longer to negotiate for all the mines In Kngland, due to the fact that I many InslsJ district .satiation j Irish Republicans I Fight Royalists; j Nine Are Injured - DUBLIN'. Nor. 11 Irish republ icans' and royallsta fought In Dub . tin today and by the time police had quelled the disturbance, nine persons had been so seriously In jured as to require hospital treat ment. The outbreak occurred at O'Con nell brJdge, and grew out of the Armistice day celebration. The police charged the crowd twice with batons. After both factions had joined In the two-minute silence commemor ating the armistice, trouble began when republicans dragged a British flag across the college green. Ob servers of this incident rebuked the republicans with a demonstration In which "(lod Save the King., was sung. Fighting between the republicans and their opponents followed. It was one of the few clashes In the pace which has followed institu tion of the Irish Free State. Home of Bee Begin Destroyed by Fire As Big Storm Rages A heavy wind that raged through this city several hours utter mid night Wednesday, is believed to hare indirectly caused a number of fires which kept the local fire de partment busy throughout Hie early morning hours. 1 The first call came In shortly be fore four o'clock yesterdny morning when a Southern Pacific employe Hiolted bad tule fire near the Chelsea box fnctory slle. Believing tlw Hwaunn Box factory lo be threat ened, the man called tho fire sta tion and Chief Keith K. Ambrono villi one of his firemen, turned out to look over Hie situation. As tbe factory was not In danger, the firemen , relumed without sum moning the truck. Tho tule fire, which Is still burning over some 20 or 25 acres, started from sparks blown out of Hie open Iminenioe rear Ibe Sh.iw-!lertiam mill. The tiling sparks nece.-dinted the I Ire Mi n keeping .1 sin' ri lookout until tho heavy wind alMied. Shortly after six o'clock In Hie morning the South Gitalin street residence of Bee Begin, broke Into flames and was totally destroyed In a short time. Summoned to the blnze, the firemen were tillable to successfully cope with the fire, dun lo a lurk of water. The house wos four blocks from (Continued nn Pna;e. Six) Old Guard in Senate Striving For Peace Overtures Made Design-! ed to Insure Working j Peace With Insurgents' Hold Balance Power.1 WASHINGTON. Nov. 11 (United News) Regular sen ate republicans undertook a practical observance of Armi stice day by beginning over tures designed to insure a working peace with the in surgents who in the next sen ate, will hold the balance of power between the closely div ided old parties. One regular republican leader Isi understood to have Indicated to Senator I. yon D. Frazier. North Da kota insurgent republican, that he will be welcome back in tbe regular organization. Senator Borah of Idaho also has appeared on the scene as a kind of official Intercessor for Frazier. He has written a letter to Senator Wat son of Indiana, chairman of the committee on committees, urging that the regular republicans correct their former error of judgment and restore Frazier lo hla original com mittee assignments, . .. v t This would enable Frazier to be come chairman of the Important Indian affairs rommlttte In the next (Continued on rage Five) Land Withdrawal Irrigable Land Denied By U. S. Word received here yesterday was to the effect that the petition of the Enterprise Land & Investment company of Klamath Falls, for ex clusion of its lands from the Klam ath Irrigation District until all con struction and water right charges are paid In full has been denied by the Department ot the Interior. In refusing to grant the petition. it Is reported, the officials of the department upheld a doclsion of Commissioner ot Reclamation El wood Mead. Charles W. Eherlein. president of Hie company, petitioned the irriga tion district lor elimination of 85 acres from Its limits and convey ance ot certain rights ot way for ditches given to the United States. The district board ordered release of the Enterprise lands from all charges levied by It and recom mended that the secretary ot the interior assent to their exclusion. ' Testimony at the hearing at Washington, I). C. held on Eber lein's request. Indicated that the lands Involved were worth from $600 lo $1.00u per acre, due to their proximity to the industrial section ot Klainath Falls. Clouds of Tule Ash Settle Over City of Klamath Klamath Falls had another visita tion ot high winds during the early morning hours yesterday. A cloud of tule ash, sawdust and dirt hov ered over tho city from midnight until nearly dawn, all but obscur ing street lamps. Main street bore chief evidence of the young hurricane after it had quelled yesterday morning, as parts ! of tho street were covered with a two-inch coat of sawdust, mingled with dry leaves. The rain, which I accompanied the wind, soaked 1ho ' residue and left Main street a sorry ' looking sight for several hours. Telegraph and telephone lines leading Into this city, were blown down, and electric power lines of the Oregon California power com-1 pany came In for there share of wreckage. Wire service was Im-, paired for several hours,1 until the crows of men sent 'out to various, points, succeeded in repairing the damage. ROYAL FAMILY OF ENGLAND BOW HEADS ON ARMISTICE DAY UlMMIN, Nor. 12. Tlw llrit lsli obs4-rv.il Armistice ly In front of flip cenotaph In Whiu hall. Thp king, the prince of Wall's and Hip fluke of York Ip.1 worm of person who filed silent ly mmi this inonunipnl to Hip war. Ixin.lon obsprvp.1 the .lay with a mlnutp pprlod of alienor. Kiwanians Honor Departed VetS At j NoondaV Luncheon Members of Club Invite Le ' gion Boys and Patriotic Pro gram Carried out in Keep-! ing With Armistice Day. Sixty Klwaulans and American l-gion buddies, the latter in uni form, crowded aroqn.l the lunch eon board of Klwanls at noon ypsterday and observed Armistice Day for an hour and a half. George Mclntyre, an ex-servlre man, was chairman of the lunch eon. Dr. O. S. Newsom, head ot the Klamath county health unit, and member of the Legion, spoke for'ma(e conferees are pro half an hour on Armistice Day. Us I ... . M . significance In the everyday life of tbe nation and bow It should be taken by the cities of the United States, and the world. Mrs. Francis It. Olds, accomnan-j led at the piano by Miss Pearl Biebn, sang a number of patrio:i: aongs. - The names of those Klamath. ( couuty boys who laid down their; lives in the World War. and the' Klamath couuty men who died dnr-t Ing the Spanish-American and Civil war conflicts, were read by Rev. J ii.. Thm. f st P.r. w'il c6pul church Immediately befftre thej close of the luncheon. , . . : I r f-v ,pp-inn llpsirmm non Desirous ! Shaping Lives of j New Generation J his office. However a generalizing KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Nor. 11. statement made by Arthur CartU (United News) The building of the . James, the largest Individual stock liberty memorial does not complete holder of railroad securities In the the obligation of Kansas City to the (ountry and a director of the Great war dead, said Howard P. Savag? in a short address at the dedicatfou of the memorial today. The obliga tion includes that shang of the lives of the youths .now growing in to manhood. They must be instill ed with the Ideas of good citizen ship and patriotism. I "Looking back eight years this I very honr to the hollow mockery of; it all," Savage said, "I wonder whether we realize our full respon- slblllty to the brave ones to whose memory this memorial raises Us shaft. "Not only must we realize our responsibilities to them but we must teach their children their respon sibility to the country." Commander Savage hurried to Omaha after his address here, where he again spoke. Touching Respect Paid to Departed Heroes World War The. beautiful Service of Remem brance, which was given at It o'clock yesterday morning in St. Paul's Episcopal church by Rev. J. Henry Thomas, the rector of St. Paul's, called out a large number of men and women who gathered before tbe altar of the church In which he recalled events preceding and during the great World War. The names of the heroes from Klamath county who died during the World War. tho Spanish-American and Civil Wars, were read by Rev. Thomas to the assemblage. Rev. Thomas announced yesterdny Hint his plans carried a similar service for the coming yenrs. Library Club . Will Entertain This Afternoon .Members of the library club of Klamath Falls will hold a meeting this afternoon In their club rooms, with Mrs. R. C. (iroesberk and Mrs. H. H. I,. Stewart in charge. Tin topic to be discussed will be "Books In the Home." and all members nre requested to be present. The meet ing will be railed to order at 2:30 o'clock. Northern Has Hope Entering Klamath Progress Made and Re- port Circulated that c .: t r -i uecuuvei nope to Avoid Action I. C. C. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (United News) Progress suf ficient to inspire) hope for suc cessful outcome in the negotia tions for entry of the northern lines intn Klamath Falls i re. ported here, based on state ments of the chief negotiators. It is said that while no immed ; iate announcement' can , be Willi iaa opecu suu in a fair spirit. One 'encouraging note la tha be lief that the railroad executives on both sides wish to avoid the nece-- , sity of further intervention ot the interstate commerce, commission, i ine nexi meeting; vi me raiirvau lnieresis win oe ai unicaao as urn meeting of the National Railroad association. . . . , . NEW YORK. Nor. 11. (Unite News) Wall street had . a .Utile tempest in teapot all its own when l" Crest -Northern apd BurllBftaas, 'Northern Pacific merger waa and- denly swung back into the llme- ' light today. . 1 i .... t . .. six months and virtually all ot tne known details are a matter of rec ord on he various statistical card systems which every broker keep 1st Northern thrust the matter to the fore again. In regard to this state ment. Howard Elliott, chairman ot the board of directors ot the Korta ern Pacific declared: "The directors, executive officers and counsel of the three roads have discussed the question of consolida- . tion ever since the transportation act ot 1920 was. passed. In the six i years that have elapsed since that act was passed, a workable plan tor (Continued oa rage Four) , Qualifying Medal Scores Are Made By Local Golfers Rapidly growing enthusiasm car ried some three score golfers to tha Iteames Golf and Country club links to face the rather raw breeze ot Armistice day. The course, following the raht earlier In the morning, was In ex cellent condition tor play, and too effects ot the chill breezes were al leviated by the hot coffee and sand wiches, served by the ladies ot the climb before a blazing wood lira at the clubhouse. Qualifying medal scores hava all been turned in.' and Eddie Bunn. club "pro" his handicapped th players, and awarded buttons, unm oored serially to Indicate the stand ing of each player. The buttons are to lie held in contlnnal chal lenge, tho Tanking' players being subject to challenge at any time iroin their tower- ranging lenow members. All challenges to be de cided by match play. The frlst ten ranking player now stand in the following order:,. Women Margaret Bownesa, Mrs. Henrietta tjulnn, Mrs. P. T. Bow npss, Mrs. C. I. Roberts, Mrs. H. W. Brldgeford. Mrs. W. O. Smith. Mrs. Claude Davis. Mrs. Albertson. Mrs. Leslie Rogers, Mrs. A. J. Voye, Men F. T. Bowness, C. I. Rob erts, (I. A. Krause, H. Barnhlsel, A. J. Voye. J. F. Magulre, Tom Mnlarkey. Dr. Paul Noel. R. E. De Weese, II. It. Harrison. The above standing Is extremely likely to be altcredCas many chal lenges nlready have Tieen tiled, and I 1 1,1 11 InlUMillnv mntnt...- will 1 played before the aeason close this fall.