Wishing; Each and Everyone a Merry Christmas
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The Klamath News
Official Paper
County of Klamath
United News and United Press Telegraph Service
Vol. A, No. 37-Prlct Five Cents
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 192G.
(Every Morning Except Monday)
MURDERS HIS ENTIRE
McDermitt
to Serve
Life For
Murder
Jury Say Me Killed j
Editor Canton New;
Whole Country Inter- i
V eited in Trial.
CANTON. Ohio.. !)or. 21.
(U.N.) I'utrivk KiiKvne iMo
Dermntt wan found guilty to
dny of mui'tlt-riiig Don K. Mvl-li-tt.
tho former Clinton news
n)rr publihlnT.
The jury rt'rommvmlrd mer
cy. The court then sentenced
the di-fftidunt to lift1 impri
onmcnt. The jury of ton men and
two women hail tlrlilirrulod
McDermott'e fate for one hour
und twenty minute.
It leavea Jtldae K. W. Weill mi
alternative but In send MiKxrnliill
lo the lata penitentiary el .Cnliini-,
bu fur the real of hla life.
"I wuuld not mien a man on
Chrlatmaa ave." Ilia Judge said, "ho
ran be brought bark Into rnurl
after llin holldaya."
Mrliermoit. snarling and defiant,
wna returned lo hla rail lo awnll
Ihr formality of sentence probably
on Monday.
Old Man Weather i
Proved Uncertain
,i
Pluvlua anil llorea. conrnctora of 1
Inclement weather. fmiKht aa to;
whether olil Santa (Maua woulil ride I
Into Klnmalli Kalla In a boat or
Bird, but when the loral barometer
atartod on a alendy dorllno shortly
after noon. Intermittent snowing '
gave evidence of the latter', vlrtory.
Temperatures remained fairly ron-j
atant throughout the duy. which i
turned off decidedly warm after Hie:
rerent rolil apell. At a -Into hour
luat nlnlit Hie mercury m keeping
far above tho loro mark, where It
hovered the forepart of the week.
The heaviest anowatorm of thet
day orcured shortly before eight !
o'clock and for nearly an hour the
almoaphere was filled with largo
anowflakea that nave the city true
Chrlstnma weather. While rlenr.
cold weather wa predicted for I he
hollilaya early thla week, a wind I
that ahlfted In the aouth wua held j
reaponalhle for the change.
That the anow waa nener.il j
throughout thla aectlon of the cnun-,
try, wna evidenced by tho word
brought In on the Kiigone-Klamnlh
Fulls local of Intermittent unci wit
thro null the Cascndns. The truhi
waa two houra late yesterday nfter-
ttnnn ttrrlvltiv linrM Ml flVM O til . '
Inalead of three, but (he delay waa
canned by engine trouble. It waa
atnled. rather than any difficulty
with heavy anowa on the Caacade
Hue.
'Dalles Seeking
Hospital Award
T1II0I)AI.1.KS, Dec. 24, (U.N.)
The Dullpe became a contender
for the Knstorn Oregon tuberculosis
hoitpllnl toilny following a mooting!
Inat night at which a telegraphic j
roauoat from the atnte board 'oft
control, RHkltm If The linllea would
offer a alio, waa made public. The
matter waa dlacuaaed yesterday at
meetings of the board of director
of The Dnllea-Wascn county chnmher
of commerce, and of the Klwnnln
cltil), lending lo the genernl guthor
Ing Inat night at the civic auditor
ium. Dr. Frederick n. Slicker, atnlo
heatlh officer, aaaitred I ho cllliena
that tho health of the community
would not In any way ho nienncod
' by the eatuhliahmcnt of tho hon-
J pllal hore.
' Tim ellv will nffer a alln Whlf'll
will he shown to tho board on Itii
visit bore next r.cck.
EDUCATORS PROVE
WORTH FOR MORE
THAN SCORE YEARS
UI.KNK. Iter. SI. (I'.V)
There are four inrintirra of tho
ritllrmlly of Oregon family wImi
have aeriil 20 or irnm years
nlillo Hirer olhcra lin- liern
Hltll tho Kuui lii' school 1.1 years.
Dr. Krnesl Turkor, professor
rliicrillla of KMon.louy l l'o
M-liool of mcillcliie III I'ortlalMl
Itju rei-onl aervliv of H. jmw.
Ilrrlo-rt I'. Ilowr, profoaaor of
! Klttfll.tl. Iuib a rollflttuoUN rreonl
of M yran. while Dr. Timothy
I'luraii. rofMor of roitutiirr
lliluajt-. ami IIHmil I'lnicry
llo)nion, iininwHir of pliyalca,
rarll liaa arrvml W years.
Auto Victim Is
Hadly Injured;
Lies in Hospital
Fog is Dlamed for Accidents
in Various Localities Over
Previous Days; Injured Will
Make Recovery.
kliinuilli winter Willi II lllnr
Iiik liv lui token loll rrmn motor
Iota tin- put few ilii), noil one
1. 1 1n,. IU'lioy Ihk'tl of IjiiiuII
Valley. I I) l"K In a li'l )"
liilnl Willi a liroki'ii alioulih-r
anil rollarlMine. the rewult of a
rraj.h mar llonanut Tliurxlay.
Oilen waa driving hla rsr between
Dairy and llonauia when he atrurk
s car atandlna at one aide of the
bllhway. Hcveral . oiruiiante In
Oden'a i.i r were allghtly Injured,
while both aulomohllea were ron
nlderahly damaged from the acci
dent. I'nuao of the craah waa an
Ice-covered wlniUbleld through
whU h the driver'a vlalon waa Im
paired. Kog U attributed as the ran of
ii n aicldeni reported nl tho sher
iff's office by W. W. Southwell,
alio Thurmlay crashed Into a herd
nf horae niandlng on the highway
. ulli of Klamath Fulla. One of
the horaea waa Injured In the
auinahtip. and Southwell's car waa
ronaldenrtily damaged. The driver
waa unhurt.
Icy atreeta reaulled In accldenla
reported l.y Alfred N. Ilrotherton.
at Sixth and I'liini, and Frank
Wolfe at Tenth and Waahlngton
atreeta. Both tho latter were driv
ing taxlcsba.
Uncle Sam Changes
Mind Suddenly
. SAS' DIKC.O. Dec. 51. lN.)
I'ncle Snm'a Chrlatmaa gift to Tla
Jtinna hna boon reaclnded.
The ordtr which would have permitted-
the border at Tlajuana to
remain open until midnight inalead
of 8 p. in., from tonight to January
1, wna revoked today, F. A. Murk
ley, customs Inapector here, an
nounced. Mnrkley said the order came from
the department In Washington. The
border has been cloaed every night
at alx o'clock since the l'oteet
"a h n m e suicides" hero severnl
months ago.
Christmas Check
Ends in Conflict
POMONA, Cnl.. Hoc. 21, (U.N.)
A fight over a tint) Christmas
chock, may result fnlnlly for l.eo
Humbert, who Is In a serious con
dition In the locnl hospital with
two bullet wounds In his body.
Tollco were searching for K. S.
T.ester, who Humbert asserts, shot
ti 1 tit following n dlnpule over the
mnntier In which limy should dis
pone of n Chrlntmas present receiv
ed by Humbert In tho form of a
check.
Freedom is Given
Portland Banker
8ALF.M, Doc. 24, I U.N.) Karl
C I'utlerson, Portland, serving- a
two-year term In the stnto priion
for onihozxlemcnl, wns released to
day on commutation by (iovcrnor
Pierre.
Patterson wns charged n il It loan
'ng $34. (ion of tho funds of Ihc
Lumberman's Trust company ugnlnst
llin nnlerH of officials, while nn em
ployn of that Institution. Ho wn
received at the prison Inst May.
Emperor
of Japan
Finally
Succumbs
Prince Regent Hirohito
Becomes Emperor;
! Wat Alone With Rul
er When End Came.
TOKIO. Dec. 25, Saturday.
(U.N.) Yoiihihito, invalid
emperor of dapun, in dead.
The Kmpren.1 Sadako and
Prince Rt'irent Hirohito, who
now automatically becomes
emperor of Japan, were alone
with his majesty when the end
came.
As they renllied that Yonhlhllo's
life wsa about lo end, the empress
moistened his mouth with water
and the recent personally look his
laat temperature.
I'nahle to withstand the fourth
crlals of hla lllnevi which began
mors 'man Maw -(rears ago,- with
pneumonia In the right lung, the
47 year old ruler died at 1:25
a. m.. according lo an official an
(Cootinuoa on race Kite)
IBank Clearings
i Show Prosperity
I Prosperity of the county at large
tand attraction nf this city for holi
I day shoppers, coupled with the
sound financial condition of Klam
ath Falls, waa reflected yesterday
In local bank rlearlnga for the five
days preceding Christmas.
The clearings for this period this
year soared above those for a slmll-
! ar period In 1926. by a margin of
1 27.4ifi.S6 and gave ample Indlca
I tion of Ihe fine growth that has
been experienced by Klamath Falls
during the past year.
Total rlearlugs for the pre-Chrlst-111
in period this year, were JH73.
5(i0.22, while those for the five
days before Christmas laal seasou
were $216. 104. 68.
Merchants genernlly reported a
'good trade throughout tho holiday
buying season, and word from some
quarters was to the effect that the
'earlier estimate of 1200.000 for a
tola) volume of Chrlatmaa buying
j here, wna If anything, somewhat
jHhort. '
iSetak Case Goes
! Over To Next Week
I The case of the state versus Wll
! Hum Setuk, local rancher, charged
with obtaining money under false
pretenses, was delayed yesterday
following a stormy henrlng In Jus
tice nf the Peace Rmmltt's court,
due lo Ihe absence nf J. II. Carna
biin. witness In the case.
Hearing will be resinned early
I next week. Hetak, it is alleged, sold
la cow twice, first to the Mskey
brothers on Tule lake, and second
i to a dairy. Dave I.lskey was com
I plnlnant In the caso yesterdny.
Exodus of People
Giving Surprise
Word emanating from tho local
Southern Pacific passenger station
yesterday, revealed the fact that
everyone traveling Is leaving Klam
ath Falls for I ho holidays, with
very few coming In.
Trains both ways have been car
rying more holiday passengors this
yenr than ever before, according to
I Ticket Agent Stein, hut most of
1 tho trade so far ns this city Is con-
corned, has been headed elsewhere.
An cxlra coach went out of here
on the Kugene local yesterday morn
InE, but oven with this added equip
ment the train was crowded with
holiday travelers, . it waa staled.
Hlmlllar condition existed on the
southbound train with Its additional
Pullman conch Thursday and Fri
day ovnlDga,
FAT CHECKS GIVEN !
EMPLOYES OF BANK i
OF KLAMATH FALLS;
In nminUnr with ruolotn tif j
four yrmm at ml lug At tlit AimH-
ran NmIIoiimI bank of IhU rll,
riiisliiin if time lnlltutifn lm t
, Iijiv bm nmnrrlwl with tlii j
firm for ur Ctirr tiwintliN, nr ,
liiNt iiIk'X trnilrrrtl iiltt fill f-lni kM ;
' fir 4'liiiMtiuait nMiitM.
Tin Kill mntf In tlir ftirm tt j
m half nHiiilh' Ralnrjr to rarh '
! Imnk fMil ainl wlirn 'ailiirr I
K. M. Ilulb In Hit rol of Nantu !
; rlAU Martrd hla ruumU, 1.1 rm
' piia rtHflvnt llirlr (1irltmaa
i-li-k. '
Gould Estate Is
Finally Settled
After Many Years
Lawyers and Litigants Agree
On Distribution on Christ
mas Eve; Millions to Be
Distributer to Heira.
XKW YOKK. rw. 24. ff.X.)
Ten years of bitter litigation
over tho IWi.OOO.IMiO tiould rslalo
liaa romo to an cud.
On Christmas eve lawyers rep
resenting fifty helm of Jay Gould
reached a comproinl-e settlement In
volving more than l20.ooo.ono. it
provides fur payment of $2,000,000
to each of ix trut funds created
by Jay Could and for payment of
nearly $.1,000, ouo In addition to
both Frank J. Could and the duchess
of "rnllsyrnnd.
Thirty leading lawyers of New
York City and representatives
of four of the lsrgist financial con
cerns In the city, signed the com
promise agreement as well as moKt
of the ill heirs and guardians for
those who still are minors.
Jay Could, founder of the fam
moiis fortune, died in 1H92 at C6.
He had been one of Ihe "em
pire builders" and had acquired
controlling ownership of railroads
In the southwest, the Western I'n
lon Telegraph company, and the
Manhattan Klevaled Railway com
pany. (ieorge J. Could had been train
ed by his father and tha will pro
vided that he whould direct the
disposition of the fortune and guide
the five olher heirs.
It waa when Ceorge J. Gould
tried to carry on the railroad poli
cies of his futher that trouble grew.
The panics of 1 $93 -and 1907 made
severe Inroads on the Could for
tunes. Affairs went none too well
and other capitalists enteretitcd in
(Cootlnued on Patce Four)
Ducks Are Warned
To Be On Guard
With tcday the start of two day's
vacation tor most of Klamath Falls,
ducks and geese on Tule lake, as
well as on streams and marshes of
southern Oregon, are slated for a
heavy gunning.
The promise earlier In the week
for continued cold weather that
was expected to put a coat of Ice
over the lnke sufficiently strong to
henr up the hordes of holiday hunt
ters, was broken yesterday when
the barometer began dropping and
a south wind brought snow and
warmth to this section. j
Ileports that ducks have become
wary of the nlmrods who have been!
Invading their domain sice October,
were borne out yesterday by word
from hunters thnt the birds are
flying high and are doing their fly
ing before and after sunrise, all of
which makes It highly Inconvenient
for the sportsmen. The hunters,
however, will undoubtedly tnkej
their toll of dayllght-flylng geese,
so thnt efforts of the next two days
will not be unrewarded. j
OLDTIMER HAS A
REAL MERRY XMAS
OKI Timer In lirro. llin nnmo
fa J, It, Hitter ami hp lives on
CoiumcrrtHl Mrcct. Hp In nn 1l
mNH--or nnil linn rambled over
iVntli Vnlley for nmny n lny. He
linn 11 veil In Klamath Full for
122 your, ami hit many friend
ihiw.
Hitter welroninl with thankd a
great conglomeration of rhrNt
limn pretienta. In It to roller tion
una timlerwenr, box, linntlkrr
rlilefH, glovm, and I nut hut not
leant waa a few (lollnrn which
wilt ihtiii It him to purchase
necctjMiry tleslrcs.
Country
Is Playing
Santa to
President
Leaves on Each Trip
Bounteous G i v i n g s
Which Includes Every
Member of Family. I
I WASHINGTON, Dec. 24,
(U.N.) The whole nation is
playing Santa Claus to Presi
dent and Mm. Coolidge.
Santa Claus has already
made many visits to the White
jHou.se, leaving on each trip
.countless gifts for all mem
Ibers of the Coo!icl;;e house
Ihold. j From the Pacific, the east, the
north and the south, presents have
' poured In to the executive mansion
until attaches say that all previous
; records have been broken.
! Those for the president have al
ready filled two Ubles and are
icverflpwlng o i? h Parary floor.
I Mrs. Coolidge haa been remember
jed from all parts of Ihe nation,
j Perrons! gifts from members of
1 the family will not be presented sn-
(Contlnued on race Five)
Firemen in Luck
During Holidays
The first blaie of any sire in this
city for over a month, occured yes
terday morning about ten o'clock
when the loral fire department made
a quick run to Vhllg's Electric shop
at 1026 Main.
Had the fire fighters arrived on
the scene a few minutes later, th
shop would have been a mass of
flames, as the fire was making good
headway when the department
brought the blaze to a stop.
The fire, caused by an over-heated
stove at the rear of the building,
caused but little damage to the
store, and that resulted chiefly
from the heavy clouds of smoke
thnt poured through the building.
The flames did not get Into the
front of the shop at all. It was re
ported. While the fire truck has been
called out several times In the past
few weeks, yesterday's fire was the
first blaze of any consequence , to
lake place since last 'month.
West Hixon Again
In Net Of The Law
PORTLAND. Dec. 24. (U.N.)
The shipping board steamer West
Hixon. raided three times since Its
arrival here from north China ports,
has again fallen prey to customs
officials today and a quantity of
liquor was seized. Four hundred
cans of powerful vodka were taken
In a raid, while the ship was docked
at Kalama last night. One man was
arrested. He gave the name of A.
Olsen. boatswain, and Is being held
In the Cowlits, Wash., county Jail.
Thla makes a total of 1.500 cans
of vodka taken from the ship since
she docked at San Francisco several
weeks ago. Seven hundred cans of
vodka were taken at San Francisco
and the remainder netted after the
ship arrived In the Pacific north
west. Child Succumbs
In Conflagration
ENTKH PHtSK, Dec. 24. (U.N.)
Fire which destroyed the home of
Mr. and Mrs, I,te Martin near
Flora Wednesday clulmed the life of
their 1 5 months old son, it was
learned here today.
Martin and a brother were out
cutting wood and Mrs. Martin was
hanging out washing. When the
fire waa discovered it was too hot
to enter the borne lo savo the child.
After the house was destroyed the
charred remains of tho child were
found.
FAMILY
ORIGIN OF STEEL j
GUITAR IS FOUND !
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
HOXOI.CI.r, T. II.. lire. 21.
(I'.S.l The origin of steel gui
tar playing, flnwall's foremost
contribution to Instrutiientnl
music, is (IcsrrllMil In detail In
manuscripts just tifUIJ.l by
Hie Itlsliop museum. B
The niuM'uiii, MMfteNing a
spleniliil collection of relic anil
history of all Polynesia, lias Is
sueil a survey of Hawaiian niutlr
by the HawailMn folklore com-
lliisaion. According to the man- i
esrriptn, tin ploying of the steel '
guitar, which hns iitaile Hawaiian i
lnutc full 1 ua tlu-iiughouf tf"
M-orltl, was originated by a Hit-
v. nllnn lull In IHIIil.
Almost Thousand !
Enjoy Christmas j
With The News!
Candy Was Plentiful During .
the Day, and Fruit Was Inj
Abundance Prizes Were
Distributed to Lucky Ones.
Nearly 1000 girls and boys of j
Klamath Falls who last week wrote!
letters to Santa Claus. filed through ,
the office of The Klamath Xc-wa j
yesterday and received the candy,
nuts and oranges that constituted j
the News' contribution to Christmas ;
stockings. j
-' Jud gti.fl fron. x hsrVvi4Wat ifa4'
tion gleaned from tbo candy bags'
by Ihe boy and girls, .very few of j
them reached Christmas stockings,
but the stream of youngsters which j
started at eleven o'clock yesterday I
morning, continued until a late i
hour In the afternoon. j
Prizes were given out shortly af-'
ter eleven o'clock yesterday morn- i
Ing, to those youngsters whose let-1
terB were judged the best. Through!
the courtesy of H. W. Poole, theatre i
manager, all the children who wrote 1
letters were given free tickets to ,
the Liberty theatre here, for-a noon-
time matinee today. The show starts 1
at 12 o'clock. I
Yuletide Season
Great Success
The Christmas tree, sponsored by
the Building Trades, was a pro
nounced success. Fully 1000 young
sters assembled at Ninth and Wal
nut streets last night to participate
in the festivities of the Yuletide
season.
One thousand incandescent lights
brightened the atmosphere and joy
reigned supreme.
The Labor people of this city
donated candy galore to a multitude
of children, and the estimated cost
was in excess of 9300. .
It was a great night in Klamath
Falls. To the idea of making the
young people happy it might be
mentioned that Herbert Waites was
the originator. Wattes is a member
of the Plumbers Union, and assist
ed by A. L, Rice. O. W. Branson,
and others of the Building Trades
Council, pulled something that was
worth while.
There was just enough new snow
on the ground to make the evening
a truly Christmas one. and the local
labor movement can feel that It
contributed a great deal toward
making this Christmas a real suc
cess for many Klamath Falls kid
dles. Introduced Dry
Agents to Clique
NEW YORK, Dec. 24. (U.N.I
Harry Algernon Leo, the young
Englishman who Introduced federal
dry agents Into llroadway's exclu
sive night clubs under the Impres
sion that they were influential
business men. received a "rake-off"
from the clubs for tho Increased j
patronage he brought them, accord-1
Ing tc- Major Chester P. Mills, pro-'
hlbltion administrator for this dis
trict. Chief credit for raids belongs ;
not to l.ee, the mnjor sold, but I
to a "well known business nian,"j
who voluntarily Introduced the ag-!
ents to the night life of the gay
white way for the "thrill."
He said leo wns a former bus
hoy who "butted In" and helped
steer tho dry agents towards the
mere conspicuous places so that ho
might get a percentage of the check.
Heinous
Murder is
Charged
Husband
Stepfather of Eight Sus
pected of Slaying En
tire Family; Held for
Further Questioning.
TEXICO, N. M., Dec. 24,
(U.N.) Two weeks after
their mysterious disappear
ance, the bodies of Mrs.
George Hassell and her eight
children have been dug from
the cellar floor of their home
near here.
The husband and father, who
had lived alone in the house, while
neighbors speculated on the where
abouts of his family. Is held in the
county Jail at Farwell, Texas, chars- '
ed with committing the nine mur
ders.
Hansen's attempt to take his own.
life by slashing hla throat, led to
dlw-oyerof jLbe, tragedy. .
'TJTficers who took him home after "
his attempt to commit suicide,
found fresh earth turned up In th "
cellars. They started digging and
within thirty minutes they uncov
ered the bodies of his wife and eight
children. All had been killed by
blows on the head. The first body
unearthed was that of the youngest
(Continued on Page Five)
Post Office Open ;
For Parcels Only
The local postotflce will be open
until noon today for the delivery
of parcels only.
This was the word broadcast yes
terday by John A. McCall. postmas
ter, who Mated that while the de
livery window will be open for
those who wish to call for parcels,
no stampj or money-orders will be
sold.
"We want folks to take advant-'
age of this, too." Postmaster Mc
Call declared, "as It not only gives
them their packages on Christmas
day. but lets us get the postoftlce
more or less clear of parcels for
an anticipated continuation of the
past week's rush Monday." The of-,
(lie has been open until noon in
the past, on Christmas day, he
stated, but few hare taken advant
age of the fact, to get their par
cels. All postotflce help will have a
half holiday today, but they will
have to work for it. Inasmuch as
the clerks will be kept busy this
morning, and the carriers will have
to make one delivery. This will
be in the morning, and It was yes
terday expceted that the carriers
would have to start out real early
and heavily laden this morning,
in order to get over their routes
by noon.
Lateness of the Klumath-Eugene
local train in this city yesterday
evening, prevented a late delivery
that the postmaster had planned
for last night. The train did not
reach this city until five o'clock,
and the mail had nof reached the
postotflce at five-thirty yesterday.
Postal employes declare an overload
of Christmas parcels delayed the
train.
Special deliveries will be made
nil day today and Sunday. McCall
stated, so that perishables directed
In this fashion, will he received
without delay.
Cascades White
With Great Snow
IIHND, Dec. 24. (U.N.) Out of
Hie stormswept Cascades of central
Oregon, snow laden wind today
whipped over the Deschutes coun
try, giving promise of a white
Chri.-umas to the mldstate region.
Heavy snow was falling In Benit
at 9 o'clock this morning, following
a low temperature of four degrees
above, last night.
Snow fell In line mountains
throughout tho night.