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K I, A MATH FALLS, OREOON, SATURDAY, MARCH 90, 1918
Prise, View
President Wilson Learns That Reports of Deaths
in Fl
DAYTON 18
HANDS OF UNCLE
SAM'S OFFICERS
imvi:iiMit t:o.v makes m:gui:nT
or ii:ii:iiai. visitors
Mia
Districts Have Bee a Greatly Exaggerated
Accused of $300,000
Frauds
DRUNKEN
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INDIANA
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IS A FIGHTER CARE OF PEOPLE
WITHIN LIMITS
police chief and pou.vdmas-,
Tint IIAVi: A HARD TIME KS-
OHtTIXtJ HTKAXUEIt TO THEl
l.'ITV IIAhTILE
BULLETIN
ANOTHER KING
REPORTED DEAD
I'lilllp Mualra, eldcat noil of Auto
till) Mitalcn, the head of tho ('tilted
Cl:lirii' I'oiiiMiluliHi I Oruitiilrl
ami tin Cuhilutt of llin A If it I m of
ItinMlrltkrfi 1,'lir Will Hn (NmiliMl
iil lllfTrmit for a Tlntr Pellr-raoM
of('ali llniMrr Company l llrn
trnIMIIty
('titled I'm Hcrvtrs
DAYTON, March IB AcIIiik on dm
ttjuMt of (lovornor Cot, Secretary
ul War (larrUoti lina taken rlinrge of
lb iltiutliui here. Army ilottora will
Uln charge.
The city will probably bo divided
Into fire health itUtrlcta, with r. fed
eral offlrer In ctiRrin of pitch.
A commUiloti government tini been
orntilied, Tho oxUtliiK noveriimoiil
tm been atiroKnlod, I'lillllp U ninyor Ktnlva llnlr cominiiy of Now York,
nor In tiaino only by order of (lover- nan ruticht nl Now Orlean with oth
nor Cot, Tho mllllla I abject to r mntnbcr of tho family on their
tho order of n cltlivna' commlialon.Viiy to llnuilurni with nboul (00,000
I'tlttnon, of tho National Caah ItrK-'lho frnuiU of (ho Muilcna, for which
liter company, recently convicted of ihry have been Indicted In Now York,
roDiplracy In reatrnlnt of trade, U urn bellnved (o reach at lenat $300,
I'retldent of Ibo commUilon. ooo, pcrlinpa twlco Hint turn.
(Urrlion, Wood, Khoadv nnd Mc-j They caahed bllti of Udlni; nud
Coy arrived at 12:30 today. They borrowed largo luttu from Kuropoan
conferred with 1'attemon, ami tho clt- haiika. I'lilllp Mutlca wait ono of the
lirm' comtiiltteo and (lieu Impeded victim of William I.oob, Jr., col
li city, lector of cuiloina In tho Now York
Vhn on nmumptlon of that olllco bo-
(larUon'a ltrrt Kan n vlcoroua cnmpnlgn ngalmt
WAH1IINOTON, D. C, March 30.- muKltr. Mualcii waa convicted of
Recrctary of War (larrlion'a rvport to'iinilervaluatlotu In conuectlon with
I'realdent Wltaon from Dayton U a 'tho Imporlutlon of choeie, and wai
follew: 'actitencvil to Kltnlra reformatory,
"Major Normylo and Imkau havo from which I'realdent Tuft oardonod
it.'otitiiiupii on rasa i hlra.
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Tumulty is Wilson's
Right Hand Helper
Irishman With a Large Family Has
Helped the President Through
Many Hard Political Battles -
Thn huakleat drunken mnn who haa
nppt'iuvi In Klntuath Fall for many
tnooiia Kavo Chlof of Pollco Hinlth and
I'ntiiidmaatur Itnlpli Vnuglin tho fight
of their live thin nftvrnoou. In aplte
of IwUIitk nml othfir weapon known
to penco oinrer, tho drunken man
from ilmo to tlmo liitorriiptcd tho olll
jcera In their efTort to eacorl til in to
the city Jail, and, Incidentally, at
tracted moro nttentlon thnn woutd a
flrt'.
Tim prltonvr, apparently n logger,
acquired n nolny Jag In n Main atrcot
wet good emporium thla afternoon,
and proceeded to herald tho fact to
tho community. Tho pollco wore
llnnlly called, mid tho start to tho
city Jail waa ttiado.
Twlntem only acctned to arouaa tho
drunken man' anger nnd Incrcaao hi
'ctreiigth, and tlila In aplto of tho fact
that It aeemed every mlnuto bone
I would bo broken.
Finally tho prUoner waa lodged In
tho calabooio.
All) I.H Mi:i.V HKXT TO M-:iailHOIt
IX(J HTATK
, Only Mot Klliimy llouant In Went
IinllaiinMilU Have Itoen I)ctt-oye0.
TIicmj Art', However, Uninhabitable
IUtjium! of CimdltlonIK-ntli Holt
In State Will .Vol lie? Over IOO, U
Hie IWIef
KL'I.KIt OK TIIK MOXTKXIXilUXS
IH HAIII TO HAVK KXI'IHKU.
COXHLI, OKXKKAIi TO KXGINU
CAX.VOT COXFIItM IIKfOUT
New Counsellor to
Chinese Republic
L'tilted l'rca Service
INOIANAl'OMS. March 2D. The
receding water havo revealed the
fact that only tho moat flimsy homes
In Wett InQlannpolla havo been de
al royed. Thcto homes still remain,
and nro filled with mud and aro un
inhabitable. Tho fatnlltlcs In Indiana will be
about 100.
Tho situation has greatly Improved.
This ttuto is caring for Its own. and
Ik sending aid to Ohio besides.
(Jolted I'reis Service
LONDON, March 29. Tho death
of the king of Montenegro Is reported
here via Paris.
No details have yot been rocelred.
Tho consul general of Montenegro
hero declares that he has received no
confirmation of the report
Chamber Commerce to Met
Tho regular quarterly meeting of
tho Klamath Chamber of Commerce
will be held In the Rcldy building on
Seventh street Tuesday evening.
April 1st.
An Invitation Is extended to all In
terested In tho boosting of Klamath
county to be present. An Interesting
program has been prepared.
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County Officers Probing
Marriage License Affair
Young Woman Writes for a Copy of Her Marriage Cer
tificate, Which Has Not Yet Been Returned to
the County Records. Investigation is on
The Chinese republic recently
lected Frank Johnson Qoodnow of
Drooklyn, N. Y., to act as IU legal
I adviser In the reform of the constitu
tion of the Chinese republic Ills par
ticular duty will be to shape that in
strument In accord with the best mod
ern thought and still avoid untried
experiments.
i Professor Qoodnow U 54 years old,
'and for the past thirty years has
been a member of tho staff of Col urn
'bin university. He Is Internationally
known as a student of constitutional
government, and of economic develop-1
ment. He U the author of numerous IgKCIlKTARY OK WAR ARMY
books upon governmental and eco
nomic questions. He was educated at
Amherst, Columbia, the University of
Berlin and the Gcole Libre des Sci
ences Politique.
UNDERTAKERS
CONVINCED THAT
MORE ARE DEAD
KMTIMATK8 OF YMTKRtiAY ARK
TOO LOW, THKY BAY
Onager of l'cstllesice Is New
cretl Orel Am letaawm of Osrtssste
Kxprrt Is .Vow CoetsMered Import
antWater ! Dayton U Pott!
ail Pile of Debris Carry
IHsewsi
United Press Servlw
DAYTON, March 29. Quick wtfk,
will he necessary to Igat the threat
ened pestilence. The assistant X
outside sanitation experts la require.
All of the water In the eKy to pal
luted, and the heaps of debrto are
breeding disease.
The estimates of the dead are u
certain. Undertakers assert that there are
800 dead in this cltyxaloae, nasi de
clare that the estimate ot ytsitarAar
of from ISO to 200 la too lew.
FLOOD REPORTS
EXAGGERATED
I Who performed tho marrlnRO cere
mony which united Marion A. Clern
;rnt nnd Itlta llycrlyt
I Klnmnth county officlnls wuiit to
know, nud nn Invvitlgntlon It now In
proKrcus.
Ou February 19 n mnrrlaga license
tinu Uinml to tlio votine counlo. Tho
girl gavo hor ngo as 17 years, but hor
fallitr, It. Uycrly, signed a statement
giving his consent to the ceremony.
Nothing moro was heard of the
ninttor until Frldny, when County
Clerk Do I.np rccclvod a letter from
tho young woman nsklng for a copy
of hor marriage certificate. No" re
turn has yet been ruado on tho license
nnd tho young woman was notltlod ot
this.
Tho law requires that return must
im ninde on a marriage ceremony
within thirty days, and a penalty Is
'attached for failure. It Is considered
I possible that tho young people were
not married until some time after the
llccnso was Issued, but In tho mean
tlmo tho county officials aro Investi
gating tho matter.
United Proas Service
WA8IIIN0TON, D. C, March 19.
Everybody outaldo New Jersey was
urprUed when Presldont Wilson
immed Joseph P. Tumulty to be his
1'tlvftto aocrotory at tho White House;
M everybody lit Now Jersey would
Imve been aurprlaod It ho bad named
anybody oUe.
JorauyUoM who had boon watching
Tumulty know hi nppolntmont was a
JfrcKouo conclusion for Tumulty,
r (wn yours, hnd boon the mainstay,
J'rP, comfortor, counselor and cap
t In of ti,0 Wlion gubornttorlal ad
winlitrntlon. Tho kind of a fellow
Tumulty (nccont ou tho first sylnblo,
Pronouiicod as If It.were "Tumm") Is
wt hown by what tho prosldent
nlmaelf gays of him
"Tmnmty Is my other solf."
for three years boforo ho became
MVcrnor, Wilson had had his eye on
urtimty, who was elected to the
nouio of nsaombly for his fourth term
' lfiin" W,Uon wai eot overnor in
"W' Although supposed to ho a col-
'recluse" Wilson had been study
'" conditions in New Jersey closely.
Ie had aeon young Tumulty, who
,ul to tho legislature when he waa
tand on the floor ot the house
anil rnvo about tho corrupt political
conditions which ho was powerless to
ruincily, hut which ho uovor hoaltateu
to condemn. Tumulty had boon
preaching all tho reforms which Wll
hou Inter made as govornor, so Wil
sou grabbed him out of tho liotmo and
put him to work with tho tltlo ot soc-
uitiirv nud tho duties ot assistant
chief executive nnd gonornl political
ciimimlgn nianngor.
It was Tumulty who got tho Infor
mation that formed tho bantu for
Wilson' rofortu program in Now Jer
sey. It wob Tumuuy who muuu m
Wilson's shoulder with his mouth
close to his clilof's oar w'hou tho pres
Money bUBluoss stnrtod, nud It was
Tumulty whom Wilson louuod on
moro honvlly and found absolutely
tiustworthy nud wlso when ho ran for
tho domocrntlo uomlnntlon, when ho
run for eloctlon, when ho stoorod tho
Now Jersey legislature through Its
Inst Bosslon. That's tho rensou he
brought Tumulty to Washington, to
help him through the blggor job at
tho Whlto House
Tumulty is a natural born lighter.
Ho is Irish through and through. He
loves a scrap, and he eats, drinks and
(Uuutlnueu on rago
PORTER BROS.
TO BUILD ROAD
CONTItACTINd FIHM STAHT BUR
VKY KOII IIAIDHOAU TO TAl'
OIIKAT IIODY OK TIMItr.lt IN
IIK.Ulr OK UAHCAIr
owned au enormous belt ot yellow
nlno on the oast slope ot the Cascades
and tho logging road up the South
Fork ot tho Santlatn would be the
most accessible outlet for the timber
on either side of tho mountains which
could bo delivered nt tho mills on
down grade in either direction.
Surveying pnrtlos operating for
Portor Ilrothors, railroad contractors,
who nro planning tho construction of
u rnllronil from I.obunou soutiJenst-
wnrd up toward tho hoadwntors of tho
Rn.iiinm nro taklnc tho Held ready to
w(. .... - .-. w wm
run nrollmlunry lines. Thli Is in
hooping with (ho roccut nnnounco-
mont by (ho Porlors that they had
purchiiBod sovernl million dollars'
worth of timber along tho santtam
uttd on tho western slopo of (ho Cas-
cudos.
From an authentic source It Is re
ported that tho proposed line w(ll not
atop after reaching (ho limits ot the
locont timber purchase, but will be
continued ovor (ho summit of the
Cascades nnd extended on to Motoltus
nnd nond for a connecdon wl(h the
Oregon Trunk and Deschutes railroad
lu tho Interior, ' N
Porter Brothers tor yeara hare
DALTON TAKES
AUTO TO HOME
&
WKLL KNOWN RANCHER STARTS
FOR HIS ItANCU ON THF. CAU
KOUN'IA LINK UKLOW MKRRILL.
ROADS ARK GOOD
W. O. Dalton, well known rancher,
residing on the California line below
Merrill, loft 'this afternoon for bis
home in his automobile, which he
has kept in this city during tho win
ter. 'Tho roads aro fine except In the
Immediate vicinity of Klamath Falls,"
said M Dalton, "and I do sot expect
much difficulty In sotting home."
BERRY JURY IS
READY FOR TRIAL
KOllT KLAMATH WIT.VKSSUS FAIL
TO AltlUVK IN CITY, AND CON
TINUA.VCK IS GRANTED UNTIL
MONDAY
Tom Richardson cane In from Poe
Valley to make Snal proof on his
homeslead this afternoon.
A Jury was selected In the circuit
court today to try the case ot the
Btato against J. H. Derry, charged
with gambling. The witnesses in the
case, all from Fort Klamath, failed
to arrive In the' city today, so Judge
UeuBon ordered the case coutlnued
uutll Monday.
The Jury selected Is as follews:
William Whltlock, S. T. Summers. J.
W. McCoy, E. R. C. Williams, Archie
Henllne, F. L. Applegate, Chaa.
Thomas, R, A. Emmltt, Albert Johns,
Al Melhase and V. w. waxenoiu,
MANY PEOPLE
ARE ON ROOFS
I IN
CINCINNATI AND SENDS
SAGE TO PRESIDENT, TatLUNO
HIM NOT TO LEAVE CAPITAL
MILITIA COMPANY HURRIES TO
MIDDLEPORT AND POMEROY,
WHERE CONDITIONS ARE RE
PORTED TO BE GRAVE
Unite Prese Service
CINCINNATI, March 29. Seere
. .tary ot War Garrison's special train
arrived here this morning.
aarrison wired President Wilson
tho situation here, and urged the
president not to come. The secretary
'sfld the fatalities had been eisgger
la(ed. ! With General Wood, Major Rhoaaa
and Captain Frank McCoy, the secre
tary of War Garrison's special tnla
auto.
United Press Servca
ATHENS, 0., March 29. The local
militia company is rushing to Middle
port and Pomeroy, where the Ohio
River flood has broken all records.
Three hundred refugees are on the
roofs ot houses, and they are in great
danger.
J. W. Leslie returned last eveaksc
from Los Angeles, where be spent
tho winter. He wil remain In Klam
ath Falls for a week or so, and then
will probably go East.
Ouy Leslie, while engaged la a teat
of strength with a woods una latt
night, had one of his lagers Jerked
out of place.
Attorneys Fail to Get
Together in County Case
. -r
Court Will Order Taking of Testi
mony in the Obenchain Case to
Star Unless Attorneys Agree
Suit waa started in the circuit court
this afternoon by the Peck Motor Re
pair company against W. I. Clarke.
Keesee ft Qroesbeck appear for the
plaintiffs.
Wa. Drotherton la la the city from
his Poe Valley ranch this afteraooa.
Although the opposing attorneys
have been In consultation at dlKerent
times since early Friday afternoon
up to a late hour thla afternoon an
agreement had yet been reached aa
to 'the statement of facta to- be pri
tented to Judge Benson la the ease
ot Obeaohala vs. DaaaeM, the cane ia
which Is .Involved aae
whether w'a'ipaaak
have a' new eeart Imagf,
Judge BsaaeaajMaalsst
aeya farther tlajf fM
tempt to reaeaaa.
beforealgkt the eaart
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