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KLAMATH' FALLS'
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1914.
Prk. n Oar
TTS ?!! Writer Describes Ruined Forts Germr frT., ,
But Cant make Advance ... ... ... Proceed as Decided
Allied Troops Suffer Heaviest Losses $W Resemble thejCraterS of Dead VokanOS Troops Won By Rapid Mmnct fc
W n " T PtS! TW N German Guns Quickly iuined Steel Turret Walls, "" NttM ReSt Ard-
Days Of Campaign . ' tng To War Office
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I''i7iin- arr not Irup.
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lu n rffrt-i uliairrrr on our t ratrgU.il pollan iar ParW.
Mil altrmH of llw Frrnrli lo birqfc llirtmitli iltt- Grnuan rrtilr hava
lvu tilorlnuljr rriulrtl ljr our forn."
Tlir Krnrral iafT ajr iltat llir I'rrarli lnom an limllj- pral by ItoWr
friiill.-M axaiullo uMn llir mj1bI luring lirlil hjr lint OrrmaJM.
Tlir ururrnl alafT rtplain llir ullhilraital from in frBl or I'ari by
ijliiK Hiat llir f;rrmaa iroopw Mrrr all liul rtluulnl by Ihrlr nptd law
aloo of Kranrr. It ilrrmrd mlritablr lo rrllrr and rtt, while aap.
ilr, rtr arr rtinceu train!.
It l announrrd that at all poiata, llw Ttrucli nrr more on the ofro-li-
llian lw olTrevilTr.
Tlir war ofllrr InsUts tliat thr ficruuta lorrr ai in no way Itumlrai J
lij- llir alllr. anil lliat I'arU will br Inrrfctnl ulirti llir rampaiira plana arc
tmrkril out in full.
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(nrral tom Houara, ronmaaairr of tlir Krrtuan rorfw bctwr the coat.
ntaniU of Grorral Ton Uurluw ant) Crown lriarr Kmlrrlck H'tUJan. be
lia brra rrplarrd by Graeral Toa Klarai. fornirr war miaJatrr. fajrral
run llouara U BH years old.
FOR FARM TO BF DEMOCRATS NOW
. OPERATED HERE1 IN CONVENTION
i;oitll ISUl.VU lVKL.4M.iTII RIV. UOXXKCTiCtlT LKADEBn ' iiOOK
Kit IS SOI.! TO XKW ARRIVALS, FOR THE .NOMINATION OF MA.
. WHO 1LA. TO RAISK FCR. HAX OVER BALDWIN FOR GOV.
IIKAIUNG ANIMALS
J.IIXOU OF CONNECTICUT
Tlir ilcxj.liift of tlio S,0PU ilMtlPK"
ull broiitht t') J. A. MailUm vn.
Cliarlf. Umrnla mIII noon l In Um
hahiN of llir jlir. flr Bflrr litre"
0t n( InkltiK Iratllliony III" ntlor
Hftt, U, M. Ooclll fur MaJiluj anil J.
II. Cartuhan for Uio ittifrnur, ntr
laaklos lliplr rliwliic ariiumlila (lil
ltrrn(H)ii,
TIm null U lmi lioi Ihr ttaillllK
M tlir Maililm liullillliC for (Im lmlll
l taucb on iho Merrill road. MmliIo
Hp itini totiiU iiiliir,lrfiiriii,il
h jiroiny in him.
A nlnp'poiiiut dHUKliIrr wa Imrti
lhl inornlnR lo llriuity County t'lurk
'li y. ) ui, B, Wfr.
IfutUil I'tr.i tivrvlr
A.VrWKUl'. H-'. T. Tho CJor
iiui rtr- wiiilr.tw Iiie ItH'lr main
lirr4 limn llrlelnm, mnl urnitluc
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fnrrr arc ri'i'tacliiR lUnn, ami truln
IiimiI nl iriiiip nn- airrtmtltii: mutti
from Al In t'lmiii'dlc.
I'lillrtl 11 Hrvlcr
urtTI'.NH, Hint! . -Cuurlnni from
lliuttrln report Unit tlir (Irrmnii riK
ulnni lirri'iiifnrn IhiIiIIiik DruMi'l
lmr Ini'ii nl l tl Frrnch front.
NiiVnl nrrr ntiil "IrtlnlaUirinnra"
'nr rtlrliiK ttu'in
Till iiliouiernph ulioix wlij- ilio
Inrla of I.ikki' allpr n Knllant rtlt
nnro of ii I in ila). could not oiii;cr
linlil nut In for., tin' (irrmnii on-
IiiiikIiI Winn Hit. kalncr cot hln
. llrM 10'lnrli kuiih Into piny, Kitiu
,lilrh litnl not liovn board of until
'llil war i"ctfil at tliry vro umnl
on furl ntiil nupKi-niril for war ve
il no ninonr)itir mi'el roulil with,
nl tiliil Them. It nUo bIiowh why l!n
lliu Iiriixy Kim. Thn lurrvt at one
fori of Naniiir, nld to bo thr strotiK
t In Itclcluiii, null lu thr co ilayj,
Itrport had gone forth that If the
(icrmatm IikiK nine day to rapture
I.Iokc thoy would require many moro
lo (iik Namur. That U why the ur
rrmlrr of tln town within threw days
vum mi inirprUlnK. The photograph
allow that ollil maaonry more than
tweuty-fho fort In width and as mauy
fit deep had befn torn to pieces by
,Ulu contained a rapid (Ire sun of til's
1 HclRlan fort, It, u-as made or stI
more tlmn a foot thick. That was en
caned In masonry and sunk In the
'uroumi. Hut the U-lnch shell tora
(thr dcfeiiae to hlu, and one shot vent
Jiiri beneath the steel encamcnt
had lifted ll clear of Is position, had
Jmnmed It from the hole shown In
the background, and ll had fallen
forwnrd. The men wlihlu It were, of
coun.0, killed. ,
Big Parade in Morning
Bud and Autos in Line Before Going to Merrill
II) Karl 11. ton VIKaiid
I.Ii:0K, HeU. l?.-(Vln Als l.i
( hiipprllr ami The llnrue. Ik'lajcJ
by the llrlllah ci'imur) The haltered
fin (a ol l.li'Ke, for day the nitiiilra-
;ilon of 1 li ontlrn ch Illicit world 1k-
caiino of their heroic ilofetiMi iiKaluat
ihn (iiTinaii IiiviihIou, urw the tomb of
lluninaiiil. of liraM) men.
Oiu-ii reprcHonlliis liiau'a hlKlioal
Kiniliu an vork of defcuiH, todn
they inn ureal iuIiih of tirolceii con
iiold ami twUteil iitcel.
Hi'cp lu Hi oho minx aio the Imilloti
of many of their defeuderB, few of
whom tuirvlu-il the lire of the deadly
(Ionium hIoko kuuh. It ta itlmotit Im-
A llllle touch of the Merrill ill.lrlct
'lr will bit Klvim In Klniimth FalU
tomorrow moriilnn, for nfltr the mi-tomohlli-M,
over lty lu numbor, line
In front of tho court hitu mnl
lkti a hoard Iho people to bo hauled
Merrill freo of charge, a pnrntl
will Im hold on Main atreet. Thli
'll Mart at 10 o'clock,
In Iho flrat auloa will ho Iho
Klninaui Kixlla Uridmcu, who liavo
loimlml ihelr nervlceH lo Ihn hUccohh
' Urn Merrill event. Member who
wll Play ure (lw)rg u, Mitchell,
jlalldi Kowoy, Oacar llreunomnn, Hud
"an, John Hubbard. Igniter !.. Tor-
WllllKlir. A. I. Wlaliavil flliilr Armll.l
John Hlniikey, IlowiirdKvoroK, Clum.!
iiuii'iiinton and Ctarko.
Kucli auto will b dncomted with
Abwrlcan flau aud peuuanta with
I'tMd "Klamath KnlU la Willi
Vow." miller pcuuiiula unit llimu
will he Klvon to tlioo mnklnK the
trip.
A mlln out of .Merrill the atilos
will ntfuln form Into u proceHHlou, ami
Iho Klaiimtli ilelegntlun will inirailo
MerrlU'n hIhIh, with II aim wiivIiik
and the liniul pluyliiK imlrlotlc nlnt.
Oliulrmau l.oo, of Uio comiiiltteo lu
iliarKo of (he oxoiiihIou to Merrill.
H(iilen Hint hit him lociiluul a InrKe
uiiinher of ri'iitienin lodny for renor
ViiIIiiiin lu I lie nuloN. Ho Htnti'H that
It Ih IiiiponhIIiIii to rmurvn moiiIm, and
mivineH nil who deiilro to ko to pee
iho iiwiioik of Uio marhlmm for ac-
rom diillmm. All or tlitmo htivo
prombeil lo liiiul nnvernl of the ImI(.
nra mnl Ihn lllirtlea lim bollIK lltllllO
up now, Undoubtedly thorn will ntiil
ho roiiio HiiilH vncant In tho inornliiK.
nud Ihoan tlll without acrnuunodn
Hon nIioiiIi) ho on liuiid nt that time,
poulhlo to approach them, so horri
ble U the utenrh from the decompo
ItiK bodlen of nunc of the brnvent sol
illcrM who ever fought In battle. Not
one fort mirvlved tho terrible rain oi
oiI(ikIim from tho now 4 2-ccutl-metre
kuiih which arc the latent pni
ducl of the Krupp factory. That
I.Ioko wan able to hold out lit nil was
due to tho failure of the Herman
commander to have these guns
tiroiiKht up nt once from the rear.
The Runs were mounted live miles
nway from the forts, but so accu
rately had the Herman aviators aimed
them thai hardly n shot missed. They
dropped repeatedly on tho 13-foot
nice) turrets, which projected only
I three feet from the ground, finally
j making them Immovable and useless.
Fort I.antin presents tha most ter
rible, aspect, ll Is on u high ridge,
nnd looks for all the world like the
crater of an eJttlnet volcano. Three
of the 12-centImctro shells drove
through about twelve feel of con
crete aud earth Oue of them, In ex
ploding, set off Uio magaxlne. Of the
entire fort, nothing can be seen but
a great jagged hole In the ground,
thirty feet deep. Huge blocks of ce
ment were thrown gieat distance,
and the fort's chilled steel turrets
wero twisted like tin.
Parts of tho bodies of the gallant
defenders were recovered and burled.
ALAMO HEROES
TO BE HONORED
ASSOCIATION 1.4 IOIt.Mi:i 'HI CO I..
I.IXT FUNIM FOR A .MO.N'U.MKST
TO THIC MKMOIIV OF TIIK (IAI
liANT TK.VANS
United I'loas Hurvlco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Hept. 17
The Iioioch of thu Alamo, whoso hopc
liiHsareslstauci) ugaltut Huuta Auuu's
army llluutrutes hoiuu of tho bright-
(Ml pages In Texas history, aro at last
to Imvt n great monument vrected to
thijlr memory.
The Alamo HeroeH' Monument As
sociation has been orgnuUed here,
nnd Is collecting funds for the con
Htriu'tlnu of n beautiful, appropriate
Pile.
Auxlllloiy couiicIIh have been form
ed lu every Texas county, nod thous
ands of dollars have been subscribed.
Tho monument will be erected lu Han
Antonio, of course, nnd probably on
the grounds of tho present Alamo,
I'lidoi-goon Operation.
Mrs. Will Houston underwent an
operation at the niackburn hospital
this morning. l(e this afternoon
she Is reported as rallying ulcely, nud
tho surgeons are gratllled oer the re
nulls thus far.
SERVIANS DODGE
AUSTRIAN TRAP
CUOWN I'lll.NCT. WITHDRAWS
HIS FORCKS, LKARNINU THAT
THK AUSTRIAN!! WOIII.U VIIK
HIM Ol'T IN SiaVON'IA
NIS1I, Sopt. 17. ll Is today ad
mitted thut Crown Prlnco Alexander
has not boin able to Invade Slavonla
nud start riots, as he had planned.
He withdrew whou ho learned that
the Austrlnns had, planned to trap
nud annihilate his command.
Tho combined Servian and Monte
negrln Invasion of Hosula continues,
i
A deal was cloned ou Wedneaday
whereby Mrs. Frances dorr sold Gorr
Island on the Klamath River to Hans
Morficnson and Kml I 'Peterson. They
will utlllie the Island for raising
m'nk, otter and other fur-bearing an
imals, with which to supply the fur
market.
The two men are recent arrivals
from the Middle West. Tbey claim
the Island, which is near Klamath
Straits, Is Ideal for their purpose.
Genuine "Moomt"
United Press-Service
CHARLESTON, Mo., Sept. IT.
William C. Ilrower U a progressive
candidate for congress from the Four
teenth district of Missouri. To show
that he Is a genuine bull moose r bo
today added tbis slogan to his cards:
'Progressives and republicans will
le-uulte when the chickens roost
with the hawks."
United Preas dernc
HARTFORD, Conn... Sept. 17.
With strong Indications that Bryan
F. Muhan of New London woaidfe)
favored over Governor Simeon K.
Baldwin for the nomination for Unit
ed States senator, the democratic
state convention opened here today.
Mahan's supporters declare tint fie
uiil b a two-to-one choice over the
JtPte, executive.
Baldwin's supporters admit that
the nomination of their man to doubt
ful. inasmuch as he has persistently
refused to do any active work In hU
own behalf. The preliminary cam.
naignlng of his friends has ben badly
disorganised.
An eight-piece orchestra will ren
der the "old numbers" at the Orpheus
theater Sunday night, and any num.
ber requested will be rendered. There
will be tho usual picture bill, and na
change la price.
Sics West on Klamath
Woman Makes Complaint That We're Lawless
The latest appeal to Governor West
to clean up Klamath Falls comes
fiom Mrs. C. A. Moore, who for sev
eral weeks has been soliciting adver
tising for tho register at the Holland
House, llegurdlug a teller she has
sent to Governor West, the Portland
Telegram prints the following dis
patch from Salem;
"Complaining that she had been
grossly insulted by drunken men lu
Klamath Falls, while the police stood
Idly by, and also that the district
attorney has refused to Issue a John
Dee warrant for a person who had
written ber a threatening and vulgar
letter, Mrs. C. A, Moore, proprietor
of the North Pacific Hotels Supply
ilouso of Portland, has written to
(lovornor West, urging him to clean
up the town and to compel the officer
to cuforce the laws."
Mrs. Moore has been hero for about
two weeks. She baa divided ber
time bctweon soliciting advertising
aud condemning local authorltUe,
making charges that she has besn
nearly robbed and assaulted, etc. 8ke;
has stated to some that she started;
i)
the Investigation la. San JtaHWfeio;
that resulted lu the sentencing of
Ruef.
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