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. O.SlVBnSITT 0 ORE. X-H-IS UfJHABY ztroENi. one I 'i l- '? ni ar.4 The Klamath Hews SERVICE If your copy of TIIK NKWH doe nut arrive by 14:110 a. m., plume N7T nuil a ropy of I ho paper will Iw will. The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath United Newt and United Press Telegraph Services Vol. 4, No. 24 Price .Five Cent KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 192-: (Every Morning Except Monday) POWER . SALE LOG B 20 Miners! T7-mi i lYiiiea in Coal Mine Explosion Thirty-one Injured and Some are Expected to' Die; Fate of Seven in! Shaft Undetermined. ! PRINCETON, Itid.. c. 9, (U.N. Twenty miner were I killed nnd 31 injured, some believed f ii tally, today in nn explosion tit Frnncihco -coal mine No. 2, according to check announced by mine official tonight. Th fale of seven others ho wers till In the shaft u un known, bill offleluls all It wus al moil certain Ihry were drsd. Twenty bodies have teen rccover cd. Thlrtywne of the crew uf Tt raughl In the blast were In hos- pltala seriously burned and severs arc expected to do. Only 11 mem rsraped unhnr: The explosion iwurrxod I Inn Ing u a rrsw of H'O tnlntrs win morning at a crew of loo minora was entering the shaft for the rtay'a work. tMly 7' had renr")ei1 thr rorkltiii" ou a .".to runt l.i' ! vh-n a hute vol.iciii of aaa, lu llered lii nlled hy a:mri.n from an clerfrlr cultlna: marhlne, eiloili'd. A Minding flush arm a solid sheet of (lame swcvpltm throimh Ihe ahaft. Hud the explosion or- riiriid one hour later Ihe entire ii 1VU men would have hren ia The twenty dead men were rllily burned, ll la hvllerrd they were raiiRht hy Ihe full Mast and killed outrlRhl. The 1.1 who ea rappd unhurt either had not reach ed the level or had not ronie with in rnn of the ItilKO puff of fire. Snrvlvora aald the blunt was more use me exinosiun 01 a large-eourge ! of flashlight powder The Interior of the mine was lit tle damaged, hut reacuera enroun lerod difrirulllm In aenrrjilng for remaining victims because of heavy fume and smoke which clung to Ihe level. The dead and twenty-six of Ihe Injured hud been brought out by noon. Five more Injured, unrnn arloua and badly burned were brought out by resruera early to night. Mine officials and representa tives of the stnlo mine ilepnrlmenl are conducting nn Inquiry to do lermlne officially I ho cause of the j apoll,r promptly and escorted her disaster. home. Another woman wss re- . I ptrled to have been approached hy Stork Shinmptifs! i m,n Mnln n1 Kspinnde. i V UlHla jDudly frightened, she ran away. 11 SSnnwino Inprpnei' was stated. Movemont of Klsinath county livestock has been unusually heavy luring the first part of December for this period of the yonr, and reflects an Increasing demand for southern Oregon rattle and sheep. In the opinion of many shippers. Tomorrow's shipments will cli max the stork movement for a week that cornea pretty cloae to being a record for December shipping, aC' cording la 8. II.. Horry, loenl freight and passenger agent for the South orn Pacific rompaiiy. who yester day announced that the work's total will ho close lo III cars. Heaviest shipments for nny one day this week, took plnro yester day when F. 8. Vottlo shipped four douhledoekcd cars of sheep from Midland to Han Frnnrlsrn; It. W. Flnley sent two cars of hogi to Portland; and nnnther shipper con signed 14 cars of Chllouuln rattle to the California metropolis. Karller In the week Tom Wai ters, mayor-elect, shipped over 1.000 sheep from his Kliimuth stork ranch, lo southern markets. The sheep were also loaded out at Mldhind, where several thousand hend ra nialu on feed lots and winter pus lure. Car orders fur Saturday Indicate Hint Fred H. I. nee will ship five cars or sheep, and F. Stukel will consign four cars, all to Snn Francisco, fl. W. Hunter plans shipment of one rnrlond of stock to California mar ket tomorrow. Tnil l.LAlv OUT OF WOODS WAS LITTLE DEER THAT WAS GOOD FRIEND 1IF..I, Her. . (Culled Nr) Out of the woods iifnr Hi-nil early till morning runic a deer, a doe, ubleti miide liM'lf nt home on a Iumii wel of the river, Hilnic no attention to tlir great rroM-il of iHHiple willed Hatched , hut very linirh roll, ri rncd uImiiiI dog wlilili tried to nlt lla hcl. The ileer. of the limlr nieHe. Iinrkeil Into n rornrr of the lawn, then, when the dogs hud Im-cii tied iii, rnlllily went down for n rent, while a hntlery of raiiierus wnH triilnefl on II. Bond Election Polling Places Are Selected Judge and Clerk Named to Oversee Vote to Be Cast On Six Per Cent Limitation on Tuesday, December 21. When Klaniulli Falls ninrhe to the tolU on IhTeioher 21. they will flml their respective Vol lug; plarea within raiy acres to their lioms anil ptneea of liunlnrse, ar cordliiK ! announcement niade iMerlay hy l it) t 'lerk lm I.. ,NKlinCrn. The names of the rlerks and Ihe i Judges were also announced yeater- day hy Die rily clerk. Knllowlnx urn the polllns plarea: Ward Nti.'i; m I Main sTn'et, Mr.' Mury A. Wllklns" home; Ward No. I, t'oiirthouan liuHement; Ward No. 3. Winter's hiilldliis; on Herein h street, between Mnln and Klamath (Continued on re Four) Itinerant Bothers Women is Keport Ucnl police were lasl night fol lowing up reports of two attempt ed ntuus on li.viil women mudo Into Wednesday hy a mun of good iktiiAiaruiien denerllietl tt. alltn. dark nnJ BKlut The man. according to police, areosted a woman Wednesday night and Inquired If she could old him j In securing a room. The woman. whose name was withheld by au thorities, assented, and started down south Hlverside with the Individual. Then Ihe strainer asked the wom an to walk around hy way of Pine street where he believed there was a room for rent. They arrived In trout of a house, number 65. on I'lna street, where the mini made threatening advancos. The woman fled Into the house and called for the police, who re- Railroad Men Feel Effect of Change Fourteen Kiamnih Falls engin eers nnd firemen of the Shasta di vision if t ho Southern Pacific have been replaced by members of tho Portland division, following loss of the fight by the former to retain seniority rights between this city and Crescent Lake. The fight Involved moving boun dary of the Portland division somh from Crescent Iike to Klamath Fulls, a slep which deprived Shasta division men of their rights on this seel ion of the Southern Pacific. lteporls here yesterday wero to I lie effect that Ihe Shasta men will appenl Ihe decision to the grand lodge of the railway brotherhoods. Noble Peace Prize to France, Germany 00PKNIIA0KN, Dee. fl. (Uni ted News) Foreign Ministers llrland of Franco nnd Slresemnmi of Cermnny will be nwarded Joint ly the Nobln peace prise for 1025, thn I'nlted News has learned on high authority. The Information conies from Oslo, Norway. ' Tho same nwnrd for 11128 will go to Viscount Cecil, Rnglnnd's representative nt the league ' of nations. Tho amount of the annual award Is approximately f. 2G,0UV. Officals Interior Secretary to Hear Protests of Farmers Interested Protest of Directors of Cormick Site Near Keno Receives Prompt Attention at Washington i from Senator McNary; Congressman Sinnott Expected to Take Hand;! Interior Department Water users of the Klamath Imcration district scored a partial victory yester- 1. .i . . i . . ll'V 111 u'v" 1'K"1- w Ktl tuni.iui.ui me uitut itiitn. injvtci ed by a wire from United will be taken in the government's proposed plan to sell the site until a formal pro test of the district has been given full consideration at Washington. Senator McNai-y's wire addressed to R. E. Bradbury, pi'esident of the board of directors of the Klamath Irrigation distri ct, gave new hope to district directors, who are working hard in preparing a comprehensive brief that is to be forwarded to Washington Saturday as a formal protest to the sale of the site. The Senator's response was to the wire aont Wedneaday to member of "v . ) . ' DELTA DISTRICTS :.h" !",.'.i:;.rrj;"'?::n' il llmiSrnili inhabited over . . . ... ....-v- lamatlon Mead, signed by Directors Short. Bradbury and Jacob, and Iilreelor-elert Townsend. as a fore-l siinnvr of, the formal protest tiowj being formulated. wnue responses irom omor re-j cipients oi weancHauya message had not arrived hero at a lute hour last nlirhf- directors are auticlout- Ing some word of recognition from I Mead, Ktanfleld and Blnnott lodny. j In hla reply Senator McNary stat- ed: "Wlro protesting sale of Mc- t'ormlrk power site received. As-1 alalant Secretary Finney ataled no j anion would Iw taken pending ar-j CHICAGO, Dec. 9, (U.N.) rival of your protest which win Ih ' Kenneth G Ormiston lonir submitted to the Interior depart-1 cnncln u- WI mision, lonR ment for full consideration." i missing radio operator of water user on ti.e project hnve'Aimee Semplc McPherson's declared they will right vigorously Angclus temple, wllO is Want Ihe sale to prlvnto Interests of the . , vaiuahio Mccormick power site, cd in Los Angeles on a charge They feel the tract of land along 'of conspiracy to defeat justice ..K'T.M.h-rl?r.,b,'low Ko"? ! in connection with the evan- riKnuuiij ufiuiigB lu lueni as m purl (Continued on lan Five) Klamath Leads in Booze Enforcement State Prohibition Director W. S. I.evens has Issued the October re port of liquor enforcement -In Ore gon with Klamath still leading tho state In the work, according to fig ures received yesterday by Len Forn crook of the prohl department. Following are the rigures: Ar rested on liquor charges in Klam ath county, 31; Washington county. 19; Crook county, 17; Multnomah county, 14. Klamnlh reported only six con victions, however, as there are num erous cases held over mull tho com ing month. According to Ihe report. II. Sol) In fines was assessed during the month of October; $1,050 was col lected. Thirty-four gallons of liq- quor were rontisratea ana jail sen tences totnled 130 days. Booze Competition Narrowly Averted Klamnth Falls' bootleggers nar rowly escaped keen competition by tho Influx ot outside liquor, when Jack Travcrs was arrested during the past week in Mcdford with 115 gallons of choice moonshlno In his car. According to word received lit Kluninth Falls yesterday, Travcrs stated he was enroute from Snr ramento to Klnmnlh Falls whore ho had planned to dispense with his rargn. He was given a sontenro In Justice court of DO days In tho county Jail nt Jacksonville, nnd a fine of (BOO. Trnvors wns arrested one year ago, to the day. on the same spot with a cargo ot liquor from Sac- rnmonto and claimed Hint this trip Is the first he has made since that time. Ho received n heavy fine for the previous offense. Confer in Chicago Klamath Irrigation District Against Selling Mo Orders Proposed Sale Postponed. , . i ., States Senator Charles L. McNary, stating that no action A. JLM.M. M. V A. M. i i . . f fVS) raj f g A jand Held j in Chicago ) !trp1wtru mvuterinna fl lui rtrtnn e- ance, was expected to arrive in Chicago tonight. Advices to Chief of Police Mor - gan A. Collins Indicated Ormlstou would arrive here, at 8:10 p. m., accompanied hy Harry Donnelly and Charles Klwoorl of the Chi cago detective bureau, who located the radio operator lost night In HurriabtirK. Pa. There was a pos sibility the trio might not reach Chicago until 7:30 pi. m. Friday. Chief Collins said, basing his opin ion on life suggestion that the de (Conttnued on Pace Five) Premium Award Made at Klamath Potato Exhibit Prises nnd premiums, on Klam ath county's first annual potato show, were awarded yesterday after noon In the chamber of commerce where the "spud" carnival has held sway for two dnys, following thu expert judging of Professor Ceorgo Hyalop. head of farm crops or Ore gon Agricultural college. Lot No. 1, 30 pounds of commer cial Netted C.ems: , 1, 0. S. Thompson: 2, Jesse John son: .1. Karl Dunn: 4, Mrs. Leonard Lewis; 8, Joe Hoffman: 6, Otto Da I In; 7. nilly O'llrlen: 8. Otis 1111 yard; 9, C. D. Knmnn: 10, Fern Kelly: 11, J. 0. Griffith: 12, Will lllnrkmnn: 13. V. F. Moyers: 14, 1). II. Kaylnr; 15, M. A. C.nntt. Lot No. 2, Ullss Triumphs, 30 pounds commercial potatoes: l.S. P. Shawhart; 2, J. W. Thomp son; 3, Percy Dixon. Lot No. 3, lliirbnnks, 30 pounds commercial potntoes: . 1, A. It. Campbell; 2, B. T. Mc Kimens; 3, U. K. Hbeder. Lot No. 4. miscellaneous: 1. Harry L. Mills; 3 Valley; 3, Lee Denton. Langell's; lot No. 5, smallest number com- mcrclul Netted (ioms making 100 Pounds: ... , (Continued on 1'nuo Two) .. ,r j wic i.ui iyciiu, xo cvmciit-, ONE CENTURY AGO ItFJlKV.I.F.Y. -Uerk .o(l-nUe,l tvs) -The Racramcnto unit Han I Jonquln river delta districts ot t'alifornla were Inliahllnl a cen fury ago by nearly 1.1,000 In- i ilimis. arrorfllng; to V. Egbert Krltcnek, rnlversity of California research associate. Sehenek reported that ' there rotinhly were about .10 Indian vlllnges along; the main water- wnys under tho old Spanish Kline, and tliat each Tillage prob ably contained shout UOO inhab itants. The professor has com pleted a survey of Indian condi tions of that period. Boys' and Girls' Clubs Earn Big S. s U 01 JjlOney Outstanding success of boys' nnd girls' club work in the county dur ing the past year was revealed by i'he nnnuul report of County Club I deader crank bexton upon compic lion of -tl" data yesterday, showing a total profit of $5,599.05 to club members. The aggregate profits rover the work of 30 clubs in the connty in 1926, with a total enrollment of 265 boys and girls. Popularity of Ihe work is attested by the fact that out of this blgh enrollment figure. 226 members completed ev ery phase of the club wo-k. includ ing the maintenance of full records and final reports of the year's work. The work, according to Sexton, was carried on with the aid of school teachors and community leaders in the 14 communities of the county In which clubs were or ganized. The communities repres ented are as follows: Fort Klam ath. Klamath Agency. Algomn. Keno, Henley, Bonanza, my, Lnngell Valley. M.ilin. Merrill. Lone Pine. Midland) Mills addition and Miller Hill. ..... Greatest profits this year were amassed by tho 22 members of po- tuto clubs, who rnised 2974 bushels ol the tubers on 17.8 acres of land, realizing a net profit of $2. 561. ,16. Livestock followed a eloso second with total profits to amounting In $2,100.65. members Other project's profit totals are as follows: gardening. $240.85: rooking. 811.10; canning. $203.13; sewing, $11.32; nnd homemnklng, $71. Pilot Forced to Land in Big Fog 11KI.1X. Ore., Dee. , (U.N.) For the second time within a week Pilot J. W. Tnff. flying a. Boise bound air mall plane, was forced to land because of heavy fog In the' The battleship California's am-' world, the quadrennial convention Ot Bluo .Mountains. ' phlhian plane, latest type develop-1 the Methodist Episcopal church, af- Tuff was forced to land at Pendlc-jed by the United States navy, was iter being Inspected today by a eotn ton last Friday because of adverse j salvaged from the bottom of themlttee of eight, sent here for that weather conditions. ninlu chunnel of the harbor. I purpose.. ... v, CARRIER PIGEONS SENT TO CHINA TO ASSIST AMERICANS HAN ItKI.NAIllll.VO, IW. O. Klttwn rarriiT pigrontt from San IUmurlfiio rounty tuivo IWii fthlfMd to KhnnKhnl. wlior tln nmy prove ciiiliiio of II fr to AnM-rfmn rlriwni held rupllrc liy iiom rtlwl or anilntifffrm1 hy II fire liiiflc ill liit IhwiViz-I liinu'H civil war. Tli lKni arc of provwl rn- , ilurnnn for Ioiik ilixlam-o fllcht. Thay irrov wnt hy Cnptiilii ICiiy j K. IMhaper, foiiuir pigeon ox- M-rt .of th tltvt State army In tit,. I..nlll..n auin-ljx. In -himi for uc- b- .niHniM to liases In China waters In raitc of emergency. IDoheny Testifies ;n Hum Roriolf of 111 unil IJL1IUU UL, ConSDiraCV Trial I math Falls in the near future, Graduate University of Hard! will be reached at the confer Knock Interest Jury Byjence between railway heads Reciting Life He Has Lived: in Chicago today, is the con During. Forty-Year Period, W.iSHIXOTOY. Dec. 9. (Tnl tcl News) Twelve yonna; Jur ors In the Kall-Doheny oil trial today heart! K. I.. Isoheny, a battered old pot-gr:uluate of tlie university of luxrd knocks, tell his lite story of urospectlna; for IJoneny s attracuve wile ana nin : ucuer inai vtunam proule. prea grown son both took the stand ' Ident of tile Southern ' Pacific; briefly In his behalf. The remaind-l Kulph Budd, pres:dent of the Oreat ,er of the day was spent in direct examination of the aged prosper - ;tor. Cross examination was deter- red until tomorrow. the big debate In Chicago todajc Doheny's lawyer announced that ! wl" arrive at a favorable agraa tomorrow they will attempt to com-!"""11- u e"d on conclnslons grow ,eI seCretary of the Navy Wilbur to tell the jury about the confi - riemial nun intellteeneo rennet of I Hear Admiral Gleeves. which Do- heny described today as revealing Ithat Japan was mobilizing in 1921 and . preparing maneuvers alarmed naval officers. Wh'ch . i . u i . .u . . uij i'uiicj.j iu i. lie iiuoa cudii.j his arm still was in the bright col ureu SUA IIUIIUAerCII Id siiiik, I recent carbnnelo operatlou not ling entirely healed' yet. D( ored silk handkerchief sling. th hav Respite. his age and the drain ofthe re - (Continued On rage Two) Fears Insanity; ; Commits Suicide LOS ANGELES, Dee, 9. (U.N.) Kay Clark, assistant to the pres ident ot the National City bank, haunted by the sp?ctre or approach ing Insanity, put a bullet through his hraln in his room at the ex - elusive Jonathan club here Thurs-i here yesterday that 33 cars or con day, structlcn material is enroute to A note in bis pocket and sev- Sprague River for an extension of eral sheets of paper on which were rambling sentences to the effect he was going crazy. Indicated thut ho had planned the deed for some time. ' Ho was one of the organizers of the National City bank, and came Z to this city 23 years ago Cleveland. His widow and one daughter sur vive. Southland Making Survey of Storm LOS ANGELES. Dec. 9, (U.N.) The southland emerged Thursday to take toll ot the destruction 1 caused hy a storm which swept over southern California Wednesday, bringing a steadily descending t mer cury. Throughout the day repair gongs worked to patch broken telephone lines and washed-out roads. Considerable damage was report ed from the harbor, following the aitxy-mtlo gale that swept over that I ' section Wednesday night. I Tho slennier Chiapas, destined to ..- noIrne. i.ii.erin dmirceri I her anchor and late today was hard ' nn( fnsi ncmom! n,n, Pnint Klr - ' m!n Today Believed Favorable Action is to Result Survey of Local Railway ' Men Leads to Belief Opposing Lines Have Come to Agreement. That a definite agreement iwherphv trip Mnrtripi-n linpa wi" be Permitted to enter Kla- sensus of opinion of those who have been closely in touch here with the railroad situa tion. - ... ' . . V I Evidence of the optimistic vlew- point entertained locally grew out j or a serte3 or Interviews eoadacted by a .News representative yester day. - - -i . - Northern: and Charles Donnelly, , head of the Northern Pacific lines who are to be principal figures ; lnK out of recent past event. l "anv na' previous conier- ' ences have been more successful : than Is generally known, and that i 'a nD lo laB B meeting wnica 1 l"aa- APproa.cn oi me en- lrn,,l? l,t me .iorinern lines imv I southern Oregon is declared to have been f.resaged by .work carried an I'-y surveying crew of the Seattle. Pfrrl-i1.I r QnnkanA raflwav Havam ! htst week when the men slipped i into this city and laid out tei- 'niiniil uIIa nn (Ha lmtilra nt IjiItm Vm,, , . j Prlor'to ,,, ,, a represt. attB trnm ,he cnief en(.,neer ut I ho Southern Pacific's otfica at San Francisco, came into Klamath Falls unannounced and made a care ful survey ot the local situation. Name of the representative was not divulged, but the nature of his busi ness here leaked out several, days ago. ' ... Projected surveys are now being run rrom Bend, southward, accord ing to word published here recent- ily and a denied announcement the Oregon. California & Eastern to Iakeview, are declared to tat added contributing factors lo the belief that Klamath county Is on (Continued on Pago Four) j Shop Employes of 1 S. P. Get Kaise SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9, (U.N.) Eleven thousand shop employes on Southern Pacific lines- will .re ceive a wage Increase ot ona feat an hour, it was annouhced at com pany headquarters here today. Title Increuse will be retroactive from December 1, nnd will add $350,000 to the company's annnal payroll. It was stated. Employes hud asked for a three cent per hour increase, hut cumpronrlsed at the lower ffgiiro, ' Mechanics, helpers, apprentices and roach rlenners will receive, the Increase. ; KANSAS CITY HKKKIAfi 111(1 ItKUGIOl 8 GATHERING KANSAS CITV. Mo.. Dec. 9. (U.- : N.) Kansas City feels that It has ' a good chnni'e of obtaining for 192$ ioiie of the lnraest and most lin- i portnnt rollgious assemblies In tho