The Klamath Hews SERVICE If jur copy of TIIK NKWH dora nut arrive by 11:110 a. ni., phone NTT and cupy o( I lie tMr will It sent. The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath United News and United Press Telegraph Service Vol. 4. No. 40 Trie Five CcnU KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29, 1926. (Every Morning Except Monday) Congress Takes Up Nicaragua Situation President Confer With' Secretaries Following j Late Developments in, Central America. j WASHINGTON. Dec. 28, i (U. N.) l'roHiil'nt Coolidge j conferred with Secretary of j Stato Kellogg mid Secretary j of the Navy Wilbur late Tues-J day, following Into develop-1 Hients in the Nicaragua)! situ-! ation. Secretary Kellogg denied ! that NiraraKua was discussed ' find Maid that the conference Van to consider a reply to the : recent Kritish suggestion for' more liberal dealing by the! powers in China. It was not explained what required Wil bur's presence in such a con ference on diplomatic mutters affecting China. Kellogg, afler 111 conference. lt thnl Instruction, la Hear Ail mini Lutlmer. In illume f naval forrcs In Nlreritaue. do not cover the Imposing of a rnairalil. al though ittspatrhca from Nicaragua report that such a rensorshlp ha been established. Kellogg inlil hi know nothing abom this. Afler Ihe coliferetira hud been In progress forty five minutes Secre (ContlnuM oti Vnuv Pour) .Teachers Favor Free Text Books POHTLAND. Dec, 2K. ,C.N-A iluiinratnn lu fHVnr of free text Imoka lu iu hi Ir srhoo hi On ami marked Ihe first Hloti n( ih Ct o Kon Stale Traders' aNxoct.it Ion, a the asaoctaf Inn gathered In an n tin I assembly here iinUy. Tho approval carried with It. however, it recommendation thul the book be privately printed nil er than printed by th slate, and thut illKtrtrtH with h population of more than l.ooo be permitted to select their own textbook. The adit n ram through adop tion of a report nf the committee on free textbooks, of which A. C. Hampton, nf Astoria. 1m chairman. It was maintained In tlila report, that compulsory s-hMl attendance laws and fr textbook should ro hand in hand, as la the case In many Mate. Tho tat t that nil pupil would , have tho nmn grade nnd quality of chool equipment ttlno wua stress ed. The committee reported that Ha Investigation In C'altfornlu ami oth er states prnvml t but state print ing was iiiixnllMftutdry hfiih from educational nnd economic stund pints. Tho report van preceded hy elee tlnna of officers: If, K. fnlnw. rlty school superintendent of Pendleton, waa elected vie proHldctil : Mr. Kuxanne HolmesrCurter, Jacksonville county superintendent of J nek ton rounty, automatically moving up from vice president in president of the aafuirtatinn. Members of tho executive rom mlttee eliMMod wore: Mnhel Wllaon Church, HonehtirK. IMatrlrt No. 3, V. W. noettUher, Tho Dalloa, ril Irlct 4. nnd It. It. Turner, at a to ftuporlntendeut, Ditllaa, from utiite at larK0. Nine Men Hurled Into Blazing Sea WILMINGTON, ('nt.. Dec. 28. iV. N.) Hurled beneath the waters of the harbor' by an explosion that covered the surface with blazing gasoline, nine men were Injured.! two probably fatally, hi id another ' 1 missing, following a btnst nnd f Iro be up nth tho Amettcnii-llawnllnn line' wharf hero Tuesday. i The body of a man known only, as Jaeger, wlm is believed to have! fallen Into the water lu tho midst j of the bliutng gasoline fumes. Is, being sought by divers, , j K. V. McLeod nod Tom Dnvis nrej hot expected to recover from buriiH .suffered when they en me up for nir nfter being plunged Into tho water' by the force of the explosion caused j when a gnsollun pipeline being re- plneed henenth Ihn dock wni Ignited a blow torch. AMERICA'S OLDEST CITY THREATENED WHEN HOTEL BURNS HT. Al'fal HTINI-:. Ma., IhT. itM, (f.N.) I If llin-alclMil NI. AuK- uIIiik, rlra'n nlilvl ". Hl uftrrniNMi. alien fljimcM i1i'iri't'l lite laiclHtlla l.iiC.l, Mtpulnr lirail. iiuurii-ra fur autlifm liiurUlM. rrmnpt aetlolt lt' (lie fire litarl. iienl ir(venlnj lite lliinii from Im'Iiih l a ItrUk wlnil In ailjiii-.iil lHnlina liullitlnica. Shasta Division Men Will Kenew j Seniority Fight; fnvaiion of Portland Crewa Into Local Territory May Be lnvetigated by Vice. Preaident of Brotherhood. llaikiMl h Hie full UihH "f the iMNiril nf fllrrelura of Klani allt eoanly t-liamlMr f roltimerre. rallniail UH-n afflllale.1 Willi the Nhaala ilhUkin if lite Houllifrn I'aiirlr Kilt rialit fur thi-lr li.rll rticlafw U'tuern IliU rlly anil I'n-M-rnl Ijike, airurilln (11 In- .Ui-ataina jealrnla). ('ommuniratlon. ant to. and re- ..li..4 I. a. l.u .-I. .. a.. I r fa-nan 11 II lioiwrt,.n. pre.idm of the Hr..th - rrheod of lAiromotive Kiremi-n and Knalnemen, Indleata a polhle I mruaaiv inai may ranii in Tiriorr fur Hie Khaata divl.lon nien whu are lotting poaltlona. and needed : work through the Inva.lou of thej I'ortland divl.lon rrwa Into thlai"" " ,no un'',,r Meb anoiher , territory aoulll from t'rearent l.akt'. Arrordlna to word rerelved by 1'rmident Itnliertaiiu. It waa aux-(-onlliiiiel on raae Foor) Canton Underworld Defends Henchman CANTON. .-. Ier. !. ( U.N.J--The Canlon underworld, hlumed for aaaaatilnation of ihin It. Mellett. mlllt 11 1) t newnpaper edlinr, la now rnarhlnc out for the lire of ('. I) MfCllntiirk. rminiy attorney who iiruanriued.-Velleii-'a alayer. Hpeclat pollre iruaril have been thrown around MrCrlnlork'a hoine followlns reei'lpt of lettera threnlelllnic to have him killed "If any harm ronien in Mrliermult MrDrrmnft. the firnt of the three, min to be tr i-d for the .M ett kllllnK, waa found uullty of flmt di'icree murder on Chrlnttitas eve. Ife In to appear lu court Wednenday to be wntcurrd . to Ohio , petiltenilnry for the rest of his natural life. The threatening let tern, bearlmc ('union poMtmarkn, were delivered t McClfntoi k's home. They are in the lump ItandwrltinK as similar b't- ters whlrh were sent to thu prosecu- Ifir Iwn miinttia nan when lie ftntl undertook the McDermott proseru- tltui. lioH kirn I anvoa iiuu a ii v uluivo h omilv I imolACC m uiiiiij uumvivokj A man, his wife and several chil dren, whoso names could not b learned, were made homeless early yesterday moruliiK ut 6 o'clock when the Square leal Service station three miles west of Pluehurst on tho Klamath Falls - Ashland hlfthway, burned to the ground. The fire apparently slnrted from defective chimneys as the father had built a fire shortly lief ore. With Utile or no facilities for flKhtlnx the fire, and the flames eagerly licking BKuiiiHt the huge tnuks that contnltied oil and gasoline, it was but a moment until the Utile struc ture which served as n store, service station and homo to the family, was n mass of flumes. Nothing was saved. Tho fa mil v. It Is understood, were taken to the valley where they were cured for by friends. Ski Experts Head jror i an country Hoy. page the Alps! Ilecause a quartet of hardy moun taineers yesterday left their local bailiwicks to brave the rigors of mountain fastness In the vicinity n snow-bound Cruter Lake, nnd If the Intrepid winter sportsmen return here with all skis present they're slated for higher sleeps than tho Cascades offer. ltolllng out of this rlty yesterday in nn automobile the four young nien expected lo drive na fur as thej day, slated ihnt the San Francisco entrance to Crater Lake National 1 chamber of commerce board nt dir pnrk, where the car and most other ectoi-s, through the efforts of Robert signs of civilization will ho left Newton Lynch, executive vice presl hehlntt. I dent and manager, would augment From I his point tho party wlllUhe efforts of Klamath Falls In the proceed on skis straight Into the I campaign for a federal building, mniiiiliilna whose pln'-i lml side I This waa the word which reached form the fortress for Crater l.nko. j here yesterday from the south tell- In the group who nte attempting a .iiiiii. icy in iiiriiiiiiiiiun anpocr, nreiwouiii tie solium to put rortii nil Howard llaruhlsel, Osmund Huuge, efforts In assisting tho city of Klam- IMrk llarlh and Leslie Wright. j nth Fulls with which It has been They will return when possible! so closely connected, for many years, Str angler Believed Active In Mid-West Pacific Coast Murderer Suspected of Heinous n , ,,.! crimes rerpetratea in Mr . mm rvansas City rlomes. I KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 28. (U.N.)-The fear that the j isiraniiier muruerer wno in- vaded Pacific coast homes re-' cently is- prowling; about the i I. . . , HtrcetH of KuiiHug City was in- iten.sified tonight when the bodies of a younjr mother and I,..- I,- l.l U..I... i .iv. f0UIUJ in the bedroom f tl"'''- home, strangled by rngs knotted around their Tbe vldlmn. Mr. (irrnialna fro- '..... I J -. I . U . n .1 k-v -,. . J , ' . - , , ' ' ( youna woman, Mr. lionnie l-are.wlln p,1Ui. officials In Naahvlllo. mat death 3 noyra ano. 1 no infant aim or irs. rare was playing In another room whrn his mother waa strangled, and so es caped. The bodies ef Mrs. liarpln and the baby were found after Murlus Har pln, 33. the husband and father. (Conunueo on Paxe Five) Aimee Will Speak In Leading Cities LOS ANOKI-KH; ItotV 38. (U.N.)iiho Ifntted Static weather bureuix A two mouths "vacation tour." announced tonight. durlttR which she will probably alniotpheric disturbance that hi-ld revival meetinsa in many of wa, over the Texas coast Monday the prlnclMil cities of the United n(f,nt haa advunced rapidly north State soon after January 10. was ' a8tward. belna: now central over nnummred Tuenday hy Almee -m- . i"" "'! Her Itinerary will Include len ver. ClilcBgo. St. Iou1h. Minneapolis. Philadelphia, tlontoo and other At lantic coast cities. The evangelist said she would "quite likely" hold meetings in all of those citloa men tioned. Mrs. Mcpherson said she hnd been urgod by eastern members of the church of the Four Square (ios- 1 net In hotil a series of meetlnza at j the Sosqulceiitenulat x po s 1 1 1 o n I grounds at Philadelphia cer attorney, also) lurt meetings in j I lien Lanka. Denver urued her to com the. Colorado metropolis, she In- I linted that she would accept both jinvitatlo ns during the vacation The evangelist will make no ref erence to Los Angeles court trou ble during her eastern tour, she HUil Mrs. Mcpherson was "too busy" Tuesday to discuss the slate's lat est move for n joint trial of the evangelist and Kenneth G. Or nils-. ton. former Anaehis temple radio man. on charges ct vrjury ami con-j splrucy. Despondent, Boy Commits Suicide OAKLAND. Cul.. Dec. SS. lN., Despondency over failure to re ceive hoped for Christmas presents Is believed to have prompted the suicide of Henry L. Koruhurits, Jr., 13 year old schoolboy. The lad's mother found his body. hanging hy a clothesline from a raft er of the back porch ut the family homo when she relumed from n "'piim trm Tuesimy. cuorm hi rcmiHcuuuoM .mien The only motive -that the famllv could give was that the hoy hnd been disappointed with his Christ mas gifts. Federal Building Aid is Promised A letter, received by the Klamath county chamber of commerce yestet- Ing Ihitt the southern chamber BORN ABOUT 1800, MEXICAN DIES AT AGE OF 126 YEARS y.l. IMHO, Tia, Iter. SH, (!'. M.) J.-fjua lliflaiiln aaa t'M jnm ohl wliea lie illefl lien IlirUinuia flay, a ileal!, rertlflenlr TIIimI tif flity nlHiWfl. Ilia birth tlate waa Klven aa June ito, IHWi. Death YoTl Rises Higher as Floods Devastate South Tho.."d. Homele.. d Ua Property Eatimated at M.nv Millioni Al w.ter, Continue to Rise. NARIIVIU.K. Teiin.. Dec. 28. (U. N.)-Al leaat 1J per.oni are dead. I uf dollara a-lilla flood waters In four . outhern aiaiH continued to ne ""J"y-r'llert by Pneral duwn" pour of rain. A auri.y hy I he t nited Nw:"nea late luesaay nigni, re iihows that aix paraona nave been ; gardinff his reported retire- reported dead in Arkania.. five In '"" 'ee- iMul n ih. ilnlhi lnvt hwn ftoc ed by automoblleg aklddlnic or IwIdk ! awept Into swollen atreama. I Manr atreama In the. flood .one In ; MlMlanippl. Kentucky and Arkan- j aa. whlrh nave promiae Monday I nlaht of receding, have started on .Hnk.. ffM.ni T.wu.Hv'a rain - a rouan approximaiinn ontainea ! by ,h. i:Dc(i New,, , ronferenre plarea the number of bumelesa at more than lu.uuv. AitRougn no at-, tetnpti have been made to eat. male j cover any pernon in well Informed the d.-.majce. with the flood atl.l ; railroad circles who had heard that rtitliiR. Nanhvllle bankt-rs ventured i Levy waa to retire because of old that aeveral millions of dollars dCjcge, an4 be sttcceeded by th g crop, raerchandfiie and household greaalve Great Northern president, rfferla had been destroyed. When Levy waa finally found he f(irm Hatrnlnjcn WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. Storm warning., are displayed on the At lantic roaat from Kamtport, Maine to Norfolk, Va., and additional flood wnrnlnits have been Inaued for the Ti'iin ee river over Florence. Ala.. Itichmoiul, Va.. while the dlstur bauce that w-as off the Virginia roast Tuesday morning is now over Long Island. It waa atnted. The outlook is snow in northern New Kngland Wednesday and Thursday. Murderer Tells Story of Brutal Family Killings TKXACO. N. M.. Dec. 2S. ( U.N.) Thp calllnK r "rantl iurv wU1 Probably be the next action taken to determine what Is to tr donet ( he lniVer8ltv of Oregon; Fred wtth (.eorge Hassel. 4o. confessed : crU.k w Goodrich. Portland, secre ""'r of 13 P'e- 'tary: Henry L. Bettman: E. O. While the man lies on o hospital ( spitrener: Rex t'nderwood; Otto cot in the littlo jail, surrounded by wedetneyer; Pauline M. Chapman; ruards to keep away an angry couiitrvsiae. recuiwraing troiii kei-j inmciea wounns. nis iTetti nave feci discussed y a nafon. a nat'oo. Hut George Hansel, seem? little; tvovtd. Only once In all the ques-j ' ,nn ' '"id he vx press regret for kill,1' hU wi(o and eht R,,PD- htldren. then he suld rnly: "My Goo almighty, I wish 1 hadn't start-, 0 Voluntarily he told ot killing an- other woman and three children, In this section of New Mexico and the panhandle of Texas, where Has Kul was a rancher, feeling Is rabid against I ho man. A double quota of guards surround the jail while others have been sent to mingle among the citizenry to sense any posrtlMo uprisings. All cars enter Iiir the village are closely scrutln Ued. The crimes committed by Has?el wre many and varied. According 1o his story he has broken the law In evory respect from drunkenness, to murder. He told of desertions from tho nrmy nnd navy, running "skin games" and dodging the draft. It was for the latter he killed the woman in California, whom he said was his wife, and her three chil dren, because she reprimanded him tor the act. His version ot the killing of his wife nud elrJit stepchildren Is n gruesome affair. Mrs. Mussel accused him r 11- licit relations with their 1 4 -year-old dauKhtor. Maudie, when ahe learned tbr j girl was to , become a mother. 'T a"7Ml tot . m"ke ,?e thfs . ' . ' i.Jotlwr on hunting trips and the Low lil in. o'clock one night, Hnssel finully dressed and went to the barn nnd got a drink of whiskey. When he enmo back Mrs. Ilnasel continued I the quarrel. Picking up a hnm- i n.r nt, ,it her In the head. The yi ungest child screamed and Haxsel choked it lo death. Then, ( niitlnuctl on Pago Three) President C. M. Levy Will Not Quit Job Western Pacific Head; r : D ,L.i L. Denies Rumor that he! Will be Succeeded by ; Ralph Budd Soon. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28. ' a word of truth j in naia u. ai. Lvy, presi ient of the Western Pacific railway, when he was ques- ' t in the near future.. A new atory emanating from a rrtIfn'1 n-paper atated that lry the year, and that Ralph Budd, nnw prMidem of tne Grea, Xorlll. er ralhray would ,ueed him. ,-,. from i.or,and Tue.dav -, .j - ,,11,! fiP. ... lal there would conllim the reported awlteh of prenldenta from tbe Creat Xortbern to tbe western r-aejflr. The atory. na outlined, waa said to have originated In San Francisco, but Innulrv tonight failed to nn- waa most emphatic In his denials that he contemplated retirement. Resignation of m 1 A 1 J leaCnerS ASKeQ POKTI.AND, Dec. 28. (U.N.) Lack of harmony between Portland music teachers was climaxed Tues day, when K. It. Turner, superin tendent of public Instruction, re quested the resignation ot 10 mem bers of the state' music committee. j The latest rift was occasioned by alleged personal and discriminatory action by the committee in ac crediting mnsic teachers to permit them to give high school credits under the state system. A majority of the commlrtee mem bers have refused to resign, it is said, having requested a meeting with Superintendent Turner In order to nave tbe question settled by t peaceful means If possible. j Those afked to resign are: John Landsbury, dean of i Dr. j p. A. Ten Haaf; Mrs. Jean P. Mc- Cracken; David B. Campbell. I jA Tf 1 Ilfl 4ii nuiwciess niieii Poor House Burns SAN MATEO. Cal., Dec. 28, (V v.) Forty Inmates of the San' Mateo county poor farm were rout- . . . hlllIdin hv fir. todav j ana "gni were Deing ca by neighboring families. The relief home, a wooden struc ture, was destroyed. Several of those forced to flee the flames suf fered from exposure. All of the In mates were persons of advanced age. The fire broke out first early In the dny nnd was thought to have been extinguished, but a second fire developed from smouldering embers in the basement and the home was in ruins before the San Mateo fire department could respond. The home was three miles from here. Boy is Killed in Playful Gun Fight PKXlft.ETOX, Dec. 23, (U.N.) James I.ownry. 16. was fatally wounded Tuesday afternoon when he and Bob Mover. IS, engaged ni" ...mmi. a duel which was supposed to be ' lu fun j Accon5iuK to lm? Btor to!d thc I pro8ecutin(t atlorney. the boys. In ! separate groups, approached each ary hoy. In a spirit of fun, fired at Moyer. Moyer returned the fire, and the other boys In -the gathering scat- terect. moyer s millet enieren i.o- ary a left side and ranged down Into his heart. Moyer Is being held for question Inc. BEAUTY ONLY SKIN DEEP. JUDGE BEAN I'OKTLANl), Jh-c. 2. IV.) I lie founta-nanr of m tleffiidunt In triUrml ruurt wr. ikniml ttufflrlritt by Judjer IU-mo to r rune lilin from Jury duty for tltTH. "WV don't want auy jurur who fnrtiia m prfjuillr from mrre alKht," wild I he judjc'. Men Have Narrow Escape When Car roo p r UUCS iniU jXlai Near Victims of Icy Death Un- able to Explain How They: Managed, to Crawl From ; Submerged Auto. j -- . m. -iiiMr" -mt. 4X1 ! North Xlntll aln-et, rook at tlt . llab lafr. ami an unMintiflnl rompaaion jjppei from the "-a.urru. R.k rr,k hiKhwa jurt Mnw tUr j .iirornia Onuon lust brlowr tbe alifornia Oregon 1 Power romiiany flam on the west j ' """" '' . sWe or Unit River, into the ath county will receive oiling, branrb ranal of IIh- Keno Irrlfta- :surfacino; and improvement of lion rotiipany anil narrowly ee ... i i , i raped death Try irwninK whm ! long stretches of arterial high- iheir rar sunk to the bottom of ways which will open up this the- ranal. -territory to unlimited tourist Walter Foster, state traffic offlc-' , , . . . , er. returning to Klamath Falls from!trave 8nd Probable settlement a trip on tbe west side of the lake, according to a report made at rame upon the two standing In the the jur cf commerce highway, shivering from tbe ex-1. . . . 1 , posure. They had climbed the bank j boardo f directors luncheon and succeeded In swimming nut of yesterday. the try waters before the car filled. ' Definite ordering or oiling dnr Foster brought the two men. and , (nt ,he coming spring and summer their Lewellyn setter into Klamath I rrom Algoma Point to La Pine, five Falls and ook Webber to his home, j mle north of the Klamath essty (Continued on Pace Four) I De n Deschutes county, la assured ; ' and In addition is possible that n n J ft 'Mi i'be rcadway (rom Chiloquln on to rair rOUnd llUlltV jTbe Dallea-CallfornU highway may v y y-ft i also be Improved to such an extent Ul LlQUOr LtiarSre ; t' o'"B ' Promised that 2 section. William Wilson and H. P. Traver-1 CharU. maps, figures and general sey, alleged Klamath bootleggers. ' traffic data were presented to the were found guilty by a jury in Jaa-i Cttttaoed! oa Pace Fecr 1 "ce cour' yesterday afternoon, ot ; possession of Intoxicating liquor. the charge preferred a-ir-st them ;on October 22 by Prohibition offic ers Bennett. Short and Swindler. The jury was out but a short time when they brought In tbe ver dict of guilty. Sentence will be pro nounced at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, December 30. The raid which netted Wilson an Traversey laRt October was conduct- ed against Traverser's bouse at 451 , His phteian. Dr. H. T. Saltord, Commercial street. The two gallons attending Fall here, where he also of illicit liquor was found In the j ma)ntai, a home. Issued a bulletin yard and In a tent near the house inte ,his afternoon to the effect officers discovered six cases ofjtnat Bis patient's condition was empty Jugs, bottles and other para- "satisractory." phernalia. The men were unable to He said the pneumonia, which give bond yesterday. I developed in one lung, had shown Boy Scouts Will Get Merit Badges Boy Scouts of Kiemath Falls, who ' olta F wl returning when he have earned honors since the last j WU9 taken sick. meeting of the Court of Honor, will j "Everything In A. B. Fall's eon receive tbeir award of merit badges ; dition points to a favorable out tonight in the circuit court rooms j come." stated a bulletin issued by of the Klamath county court house the former secretary's doctor at his at 7:30 o'clock according to an-home here tonight. nonncement made last night. j "Judge A. B. Fall's condition !a In the absence of W. E. Lamm, i progressing satisfactorily," continued chairman of 'the Court of Honor, j the bulletin. "In all probability It K. C. Groes'oeck -wilt preside at this la an tnf taenia pneumotsla. which session of the Court. An Interesting has a rather Indefinite course. Every address is being looked forward to j thing In Judge Fall's condition by Itev, M. I,. Petelle of the Flrat ! points to a favorable outcome. - It Christian church. Visitors from other localities are urged to attend the meeting and to witness the ceremony in order to 'Bain an insieht into the orcanlia- 1 (Inn tt-hl.h to rlninir filifh OTcolliinr I work amoni? lhi Tnnncer bovs ot Klamath Falls and the remnlnder of the county. Youth Kills Chum Tr, Aiifl ApPIflprtt n nl"at recent cases here influema 111 riUlU rlVVIUCItlj pneumona na9 iasted about two i weeks and the death rate, except MARSHFIKLD, Dec. 28. (lT.N.)jn certain malignant years, such as John Whitsy, 19. son of Mayor j and Mrs. H. T. Whitty, was almost : Instantly killed here last night,) when he was struck by an automo- bile driven by Floyd Fields, 20, of , Marshffeld. Young Whitty. who was an em- j ploye of a Marshfield garage, was , walking home from work early in ! I the evening, when he was struck hy j" car driven by Fields, who was I "' " nl clns0 tnenis. impaitm vision due to fog Is snld to have loln- n I.. r. 1.1 A Local Girl Named Ao TInnni" Qfiiftanf J1UIIU1 UtUULIIt ; RrrsKXE. Dec. 2S. ( V.N.) Sev-i enty six students are on the honor; roll or the I nlversity of Oregon jaecordlng to an announcement of faculty officials. Being named on the honor roll requires an aver - age grade of better than two In nil subjects. . . The honor roll Includes Edna Emily Dunbar, Klamath Fulls, Ore. Highway Work Is riPromised Klamath Improvement of County n l J c: Reads Hailed as Fine Factor in Future De velopment. As a result of efforts of a delegation of Klamath Falls , . , ;UMI """ "iiiucia ui the county court, to (highway commisslor : . ' . , . the state Taalnn meetino. . . , , , Fall's - Conditione r U Is "Satisf actory EL PASO. Texas. Dec. 28. (U. N.) ' Albert R Fall, former secretary of the Interior, taken off a train i while enroute to ms rancn in ew MexKo yesterday, was resting easy i tonight. no disposition to spread. Safford said tbe only tear Is that an already weakened condition had been aggravated by the re cent trial at Washington from Is to be hoped that in a few days , be will out of danger. A low blood i count rather confirms the belief i that the process Is an Influenxa ' pneumonia and not lobar pneumonia. ! Thp Stilltlim i to be Cultured OUt to deteTittine th th&Tactr of the organisms present. His general ; condition is very good. He seems lo have a good resistance to the disease." Dr. Safford further stated that those during the world waT, has not been high here. Fall contracted a bad cold while ou tlie train eo-roate here from Washington and was taken from the train Sunday night. First medical attention look place Monday, nr. Safford said every precaution waa being tnken to prevent the ' spread of the Infection. t . n T L illll III 1 j I a m aV a akl V AJM1IVA1V a Is Feature Today A surprise forura luncheon of ! tna Klamath cou.ity chamber of i commerce Is on tap this noon when the fifth annual New Years' lun- ,-heon will be tne order of the day. Members of the Pine Tree ot- rhest-a have promised to be pre- sent with alt their Buwlcai talent, ! hut the numbers which they will ' give have not been announced. I Aj lor tbe speakers, they too j wilt constitute a surprise feature, j nnd an entirely different program is scheduled for the day.