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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1918)
yj - sAit ,1 ' ".'. v "toW, , ' ' iM f & . 1 Sty? mmmn Beratf. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OFFICIAL mCWWAMl OF KLAMATH COUNTY i..v..-w.7 --..,.' ur lUAMAin rwv. ii f ...': i"- Twtlfth YsrNo. 8,304 MIGHTY BLOW EXPECTED FROM ENEMY OFFENSIVE ALONG ALL FRONTS IS BRITISH MAKE SUCCESSFUL RAID SOUTHWEST OF ARRAS-HUN SUBMARINE REFORTEO SUNK IN BATTLE WITH AMERICAN CRUISER BERLIN FAFER ADMITS SUCCESS OP RECENT IRITISH RAID ON SUBMARINE RASE URGES STRONG FROTECTIVE MEAS URES Summary by Associated FraM The German hordee are atlll held In teeth, and have not reacted against Um calm made by the British north ot tat 8omme nivcr. The artillery I In tra along both the battle front, and tat Otrman attack cannot be much teem delayed, If the enemy hope to Ukt advantage of whatever damage Us been dono to the allied poitltlona r th bombardment. The French think that the German may attack on the Flander, Arrna and Amltos fronta elmultaneouly. In an effort to push the allle back In one mighty blow. KRItNE, May 7. 8wl newnpaper My that labor nnd oclallt organlsa linn ot Austria threaten revolution latlnst (he government action In aua (ending parliament. LONDON. May 7. The British made a tuccesiful raid last night near Vau vllle Vltao, to the southwest of Ar rat. Three machine guns were cap lured. Tho DrlllHh caHualtlea during the week reached a total ot 38,691. The Frankfurter Zcltund admit that the recent TlrltlHh attiick on tho subma rine baso at Zeebrugge waa aucceavful. It urge thnt tho nnvy take atop to ! with an "antagonlit of remark We bohlne." WASHINGTON, I). C, May 7. The casualty lint today contalna forty-one name. Four aro reported killed In wtlon and five have died of dlcae. loan a. Kennedy of Portland wrh "Bong those aoverely wounded. C. Hoffman of Oregon City was allghtly wounded. A fight botween tho American steam' INDICATED Timber Slashings The sluhlng season la. now on, ac- I .eordlag to Firewarden C. CVCbltwood, w w now la town, on a abort visit W who urge 'that oil sUshlac of. Nw timber ba cleaned un and burned tabre the time limit expiree on June, 111. An .... i -, iucid ia every proaperi ui other very dry aeaaon ahead. Careful Mention to thla request will minimise 'MWMMMWIMMM MR PROGRAM wmm mm SENATOR OEO.-CHAMBERLAIN DE. CLARES THAT SOMETHING IS RADICALLY WRONG, AND HINTS AT STARTLING DISCLOSURES WASHINGTON, I). C, May 7. The Investigation of the aircraft altuatlon I taking hape both In the department ot Justice and In congress. Senator George Chamberlain an nounced today In vigorous term that the military committee baa an In quiry of II own under way, and will nttempt to locate the peraonal respon sibility. He promUed that there would be no "whltewahlng" and aald there bad l been aomethlng wrong with the whole program. Continuing, he affirmed that new scnsallonnl charge are coming to light dally, and deeUtad that not Me built battle-plane bad beta Beat abroad altho many American materials had been shipped abroad for assembling. V ' OREOON LOAN SUBSCRIBEHS TOTAL 121,14 TO DATE I'OItTLANI). May 7. Figures here today show that 121,934 penon have .subncrlbed to the Third Liberty loan In Oregon, and that tbeae total ever 't2K.000.000. It la believed that the final figure will go much higher. OREGON ROYS MAKING GOOD I WASHINGTON. D. C, May 7. Ornudatr nt the Camp Stanley, Teia, .(ruining ramp, who have quallfled aa prospective econd lieutenant, Include I John Clarke. Wlnfred Crandall and i Robert bint of Pertland: William , I (nth way of Friend; Charlea Oatea of lleppner, and Albert Woodcock of Mau rlnn, Oregon. NICARAGUA JOINS ALLIES TODAY ran juan del suit. Nicaragua. May 7. Nicaragua declared war oa the German and her allle today. BIO SUM FOR AIRCRAFT WANTED WASHINGTON, D.yC, May 7. A billion dollar appropriation for the pro duction of aircraft haa been naked hv tho war denartment. The depart- mntit wnuM arid this to the 140.000.000 I . . ., mreaay expenuea. ei- Tldekater and a German aubmarlne I .. Maiwh iflh. haa been renorted to ... tho navy department, In which tne auo marlne waa defeated aad peruana sunk. Should Be Burned th. 4nMr from forest Ires, which very year destroy valuable tracts ot timber in Klamath ana oiaer couauee of Oregon. . ,.. Mr. Cbltwe4'also'b'rTntf,tMw that a number of norsea are running loose in the Swan Lake Valley, aad that there la bo available; water sup ply for them there. He suggest that they be looked after Immediately. KLAMATH FALLS, MWLSTO M Kffi TRIF TO RE MADE IN NORTHERN FART OF COUNTY FOR THIS FURFOSE MOVING FICTURES OF ANIMAL LIFE TO IE TAKEN State Dlologlat William Finley and. Stanley O. Jewett of the biological ur vey, who are giving apeclal attention to tho aurvey ot predatory animate, came in laat night from Portland on an official bualneaa trip. It la Mr. Jewetta Intention to make a tboro canvaaa of tba rabies condition in the northern part of the county. Warden Finley baa hla moving picture apparatus along, aad etpecta to get aome picture of the wild animal life In Klamath County. It la expected that Warden Henry Stout of Klamath County will accompany the party oa their trip thru the county. EFFECTIVE MEASURES TAKEN AGAINST I. W. W., COFFER WORKERS LAST SUMMER NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C, May 7. A department 6f Justice Investigation ot the deportation ot over 1,000 copper mine workera from Blabet, Aria., laat July, baa developed aa apparent viola- lion of the law. and officials have gone to Tucaon, where the federal grand jury la aow la aesaloa. Tho action of the cltliens agalast the mine worker, who were alleged I. W. W. member, caused a aatloa-wlde stir at the time of the occurrence. The men were rounded up and aeat away, and kept in a large atockade for aome time. Their actlvltlea were dampened by theae strenuous measurea, when they were released. NO FEACE OFFER LATELY LONDON, May 7. Foreign Secre tary Belfour told the house ot com mons that ao peace ofere had been made recently by the Moray- CHINESE BOOTLEGGER FINED Hona- Slni. who plead guilty Oils mornlng'to a charge of having liquor in hia noaaeaalon. before Justice b. w, Gowen, waa gjfea a tne of ITS for this nffonM. ni in the faet that he haa two little cUMrea under hit' care, no Jail teateaeo was imposts. ' The detendaat operatea a lauadry ib thla city. UNREST IN AUSTRIA GROWING RAFIDLY ' WNOC-aCa Ti-rtaW umt IS Ufe aiavneian dlatrlcU of Austria Is grow- lav. aad the muUay Is spreadlag, ae- wn iiattr. ilLuatekae. A re- I a . fc , Ik. Ammm mmA ceai OeBMWi IWW-WI ,W1 "" Blavoalaaa ended la Uooishei. wmwm DEPORTATION PROBED OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1918 Iff WPS tyFTS GREATLY i- M WILL LETTER FROM WILL KNOWN LO CAL SOY SHOWS HOW GLAD THE SOLDIERS RE TO GET THE GOOD OLD AMEI ICAN CANDY f Somewhere In England, April 1, 1918 To the Woman'a Relief Corps, Klamath' Fall, Oregen: Dear Friend I have Just received the dandy bos of candy that was sent to me by your organisation, and I must say it waa certainly appreciated. The whole box came thru In fine ahape, and the candy waa as fresh and nice aa tho it had been made yesterday. I might add that thla was a doubly valuable ox, because It la the flrat package of any aort I hat I have received alnce crowing the big river. It certainly waa fine of you to Include me In the Hat, and I hope to show my gratitude In some wsy when I have a chance aome day. There are no other boy from Klam ath with me over hare, and I have not eeea anyone from Klamath at all ax. cept Fred Dmbar eat aisb Adams, who cime over on the same boat with me. I am In a dandy place here, with a fine company of men. We can buy candy, eta, but WE CANT GET GOOD OLD HOME MADE AMERICAN CAN DY, and that la what count. You who ere at home, and In American camp, do not realise one-third the pleasure to be derived from one box of home made candy, or you certainly would have put In a bill for about IS In the box, so that I would have to aend a check for same with the atatement, "value received." My letter from Ibe atatea are Just coming inbunche now, and along with them are coming copies of the Even ing Herald. The way 1 fall upon a copy of thla paper that has the "re cent date of, say about January 7, 1918, la a alght that would bring tears to the eyes of a wax doll. In fact, a more homesick boy waa never seen than thla email "six-footer." Be that aa It may, I am over here for a reason, and when the time cornea for me to go "over the top," I have high hope that Klamath will hear a good report of thla one of her children. Before closing, I want to thank til of you again for your kindness la re membering me, and to aend my beat wiahea to all. Very sincerely yours, RALPH HORN. SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO REVIEW FEDERAL FROCEDINOS WASHINGTON, D. C.May 7. The Supreme Court haa refused to review the proceedings of the Federal Court In dismissing a suit brought by R. A. Graham to. obtain an accounting on atocka and bonds he formerly held In the Coos Bay, Roseburg and Eastern railroad. WW SERVIANS GLAD TO BUY, SONDE - e) The Liberty Loan aollcltor in e the Hlldebrand district when so- e llcltlng at the logging camp above . Hlldebrand, ran across two 8er vlana,. Milan Mlrich and Mile e Vukobratouch, and when they were told ot hla errand they offer- ed to go to Dairy to make ar- raagementa to subscribe. This e tbey did, aad each took a f 100 paid-up: Liberty boad. They ex- poet to at caned back to BervU e In, the service of their country, and were glad ot the opportunity 4 to help, their homo .country, aa t well aa their adopted country. ft APPRECIATED MARY mm mm MAYOR TO AFFOINT MAN TO LOOK AFTER THIS WORK BSFE CIALLY UNTIL UNSANITARY CONDITIONS ARE REMEDIED Allowing of monthly bills occupied Hie mala portion ot tho regular city council meeting laat alght at tha c'.'.y hall. The mayor was authorised to have a manhole and aewer pipe placed at the foot of Third street, where the water emptlee Into the lake. The ordinance waa paaaed creating a Hen agalnat property la Falrvlew Ad dition for one-half of the additional coat of the aewer Improvement, aad ad vertising for bids. Mayor Crisler waa authorised to ap point a ssaltary policeman tempo rarily, to Inspect the different parts ot the city,, aad to notify any property owners of unsanitary eoadltloas. fail ure of those aotlaed to act oa the sug gestions of 'UUs oflclal will bring atrlageat aasaeurss ea the fart of the city. f t. BRITISH TROOFS MIST SUCCESS IN FALBSTINE LONDON, May 7. The British have withdraws their troops from Assalt, eaat of the Jordan River la Palestine. Nearly 2,000 Germans and Turks and twenty-five machine guns have been captured In the tut few days. WOMAN CONNECTED WITH EARLY HISTORY OF KLAMATH COUNTY FASSE8 OUT AT ROSEBURO SUNDAY Mrs. Flora Conn, 'wife of Henry Conn, passed sway Sunday alght at Roaeburg with Pneumonia. The tuner al will be held Wednesday at Rose burg. The deceased was a slater ot B. 8. UrUsby of this city, and had ahe lived until the 4th of July next would have been 60 years old. She wss married to Henry Conn la this county about forty years ago, Mr. aad Mrs. Conn were prominent residents ot this county for a great many years, but ot recent years have been residing at Roseburg, since dis poning of their property near Olene. Mr, and Mrs. Orlgsby left for Rose burg yesterday morning, nnd other relatives ot the deceased left today to attend tho funeral. Mr Conn leaves r. l.tsband and nix children, all grown, U mount her loi. Many ot. the older neuters will re member her as a kind, generous-hearted friend aad neighbor, who bore the vicissitude ot pioneer lite with Chris tian fortitude. m PHARMACY INCREASES FORCI Mlsa Ruby Newton has taken a po sition with tho' Underwood Pharmacy, where ska will have charge ot tho Kodak department FWR NT mw Prince Reveals German Secrets lim&fit iwesei(WfOiOewt4 l- .trlNCE CHARLGS LtCll.'.-.VOCV Prince Charlea Llchnowaky, former German ambassador to Great Britain, haa been publishing negotlatlona aad diplomatic secret of the pre-war peri od In Which he haa shown the German aide la euoaVurbt that he haa fallen Into dfefajufcrttb the powers In Ger many.! LITTLE STIR CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF ONLY NOMINEE ON DEMOCRATIC TICKET SURVEYOR IS ONLY OFFICE WITH MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE The county ballots for the coming primary election, May 17th have now been prepared. The customary wide choice of can didates for the county offices Is no ticeably absent this year, and Indicates the slight attention paid to local' pol Itlca, In view of the all absorbing In terest In the war activities. Sheriff George Humphrey Is the only democratic candidate on the county ticket, and haa no opposing republican contestant The only office for which there la any conteat la that of county surveyor, In which C. T. Darley appears In oppo sition to J. C. Cleghorn on the repub lican ticket C. R. DeLap la again candidate tor county clerk, F. H. McCornack appear tor re-election 'a county commissioner and George A. Haydon for county treasurer. AMERICAN STEAMER SUBBED mrw voijk. Mav 7. The American steamship Tyler haa been torpedoed and sunk off the coast of France. Elev- en of the crew were either killed or drowned. -BasaBeaauBBaauBBaauBaWMMw auaaHSPggggggB ggggggggacrSral&ylBBBBBBBBBjB gfffffffffaBKBfffffffffk aaaaauS-BsaurKvt vasavBBf VBBBBygiflBjBjBT.SBKEj BfrMwBUBrJswa! gfffVJrPHV''BBuaaBUa! Bafaafal i? ''v! ' " MfJBdsl BBBBBB r ' ?v ' BsBBBBBBI BBTSBTSBTSWggggggV BBBBBBS -.SBfrT; ufiSSBBBJ BBBBBna'- vSw? " BHRBBBBl gefffffffu'r; ;; JgfffiPJsBll HgeaueSl!Bal row of mtvim Specially Qualified D.-I.I .eT WASHINGTON, D. C, May 7. Pro vost Marshal Crowder baa aeat out a requisition to all the states except Art- Pries Five Cents ALLEGED DISLOYAL CITIZENS HOME DEFENSE LEAGUE OP KLAMATH COUNTY. EXAMINES SEVERAL RESIDENTS WHOM REMARKS HAVE DECIDEDLY LACKED PATRIOTISM PROMINENT MERCHANT CLEARS UP MISUNDERSTANDING UNMR WHICH HE HAS BEEN HELD BY FELLOW CITIZENS t "Klamath Falls, Ore., May JtiC "We, the undersigned elUaeas :ap. pointed by the Wamata Ceiavty' De-" fense League to Investigate the atti tude and utterances of tho volved In our verdict, with to then- loyalty to tho goveraaaeat. Sad a follew: r "We find Mrs. Blatchley aad jr. W. Terrell guilty of disloyalty. "We And that E. H. Lawrence haa , been Indiscreet la his attitude toward the war, but that his conduct does mot amount to disloyalty. We further And that Mr. Jeha Campbell haa satisfied us la every tlcular ot hla loyalty to the govera ,ment. 8lgned: "C. F. Stpne chairman, Jean Brett, J. C. Robertson, W. J. Roberts, a F. Setzer,.H. M. Manning. W, M. Seekora, J. C. Smltbi Don Zumwalt, J. A. Oes don, J. F. Kimball. Bert C. For their alleged disloyal aad ua patriotic attitude toward the United States government and remarks made during the Liberty Bend, W. 8. S., Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., and other drives of the past few months, a number of resi dents of the city were yesterday after- i noon asked to appear before tho execu tive committee of the Klamath Couaty Home Defense League, aad make their principle clear. The court room was well ailed with Interested members of the league whosv the examinations were conducted, aad the questionable cltlsens were asked point blank whether they had or had not made the; atatementa with whleh they were quoted. Mrs. Blatchley, whp conducts a dressmaking establishment oa Bast Main street, waa given aa extended ex amination. She denied flatly having made aome radical remarks, whleh savored strongly of pro-Germaalsst, and expressed the wish that she might face the wltneaaea with their allega tions. These were accordingly moned. and appearing singly oa tho stand they reiterated what Mrs. Blatchely had declared when they at- " (Continued on page 4) s. fUU EXAMINED nu$uiuii5 voitw st-,j'w sons, Dataware Md Verateerttor apeclally quaUled draft; uaiuod Wrn&mSM&tf' f go to camp $ ' -..-Cvtefc ' '&A r " . -j - . j- i K.f 1 ii :m twa ;vi "k KvJfct . TUMf ,r -JaW ifct! 14 K W, r .p?";w ' -. . iK'-ani'. r ki".rtr' -