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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, J JIURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1915
EARTHQUAKE TOLL
MOST
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APPALLM
Attack Will Be Made on State Fish and Game Commission
REFUGEES RELATE
HARROWING TALES
Views of Three Big Men onProsperity
(II)' Allio Itolir, hliilf ! I ! I'iil )
I nliu.l I'ti't Horvlca
K()i:, Jmii. 1 1. -Tim 0IH1-I11I uhiii ii-tritid It) (lie uowiiiiimmiI
nil in lliU virnliig ludlcntt' Mull 'ilci-ln)' mi ttifiinkf iiiiimsI nl Iciiil
uo.immi ritiitlltlct In tlw pnnliit'i' or AlniiI.
S-imiI tinlli tMitf with ivfiiuccM luiw n'rti IhM lino Irom Aw-
.mo mill It litlty. Tlirlr nloilr npim-iiiily l'r mil ! Kottiin il
llituro. 'II"' brought Icrrlbli lnle of stiuVrliiu.
AtC'MIIO Ufll lllnlllllHMlly III fill WIlUT Of till" ltllkl. Tilt' llfoll lie.
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I'l-ni limit)' ! )' Immimi In Awmio mill lln oiiiniuiiilliiK town whs
Irullril.
TlinuoniiiU of ikhijiIo licrp rmiuht "hen III" hou- loppled oit, iiiiiI
liiinilrtsN wcic- fllltrt killed or iiminrd, refugee wty.
Mutlkili-d ImxII' hwi Mble In the rulim.
l Ilic wry IcnM, tMrnlJ ilfim mid towns wi'tv destroyed,
Willi martial law prevailing l Dm rutlm rvuloii drtnktnMsl li) Uu
qunkc, cmmlng enormous lUniinKo In iilml Italy. Clio gmaiiinenl of
mini n making rroodlnary offoH lo compile n IUi of lln doud ami
wounded, nml lo irllem tho Inllrr. Il I brsktrd Mini It will ln
rnl d Ix-fon mi)f llgurrs vnn lm obtained.
In report rwlvwl by mh'iiiImt" of lit niMiiel, iiliiuiles or l lie
Iovm-w nry greatly.
Another rnrihiUakc hImh-Ic wan pitvpllblu in Home mul tli-lnlly early
llil. nmniliiR. TliU rtttwl panic everywhere.
Tiro people, already lermr Mflrhrii, riulml (ulo the street. Thons.
niuN were In nlghlrloUien.
In most of the, village, rwlnii ww formed, mul prayers were
frvrrnntly recited lo ward off another lerrlhln visitation.
So far a U known llirro wn nu uililllloiml tmiut ciiumnI It) Hie
orrunil trcntblur.
TWO LECTURES AT
WOMEN'S MEETING
Prohi BUI Is Now
Up for Finishing!
.11.1, KMMATH VAUM WOMKX IX-
ti:m) nu: Mi:imx(i ok iiemi:
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SAI,i:M, Jan. H. lluiiroicutatlvu
AuUomou, of Hood lllvur nml Wiihco
couutlcii, Tuoatluy Inirniltirmi In tlio
IIoiimo u lilll prepnrotl by tint Com
mllti'U of Onu Ihimtruil (a carry the
TKItKSTKH AliK INVITKO T AT.iUu Itlu prolilbltlon iimomliuciit,
IptiHNud nt I ho Kvnvral flection, lit of-
feet, mul II I marJcuil Komrnl Hoiiho
i Hill No I-
Kuvit u piovlnlon which pmvlUml
Hint It hIiiimIi! bo unlawful for any
om pumoii or family lu tlio gtnto
to icci'lvu from any rommon corrlor
inoiv than llvo biiIIoiih of BplrKuoiiA
llquura or more thnu twenty kI
loiiHor mull HqtioM within u period
of four uccNHlvo wcoUh, tho bill Is
tlio mumi no priiu'il nml pulillsliril
In tho pros.
Thli provUlon won atrlckon from
i ho bill bfcnii8 It mlKlit bo constinod
tlnu a pcrnoii wonbl bo allowcil tlio
nunntlty nrrncrlbeil for any purposo.
A. Wllrnn'i'nrronHuK to HoproHontntlvo Amlor-
mii.
TIiohii who uro Intnrrutml In tho
liomn Hdt'Dco dfpartmont of tho
Womnn'n Library Club aro looking
forward to tho vmhIou to bo hold
Hnturdny afternoon. Thla will be
(In at 2:30 nt the Library Club
bullillnic,
Two It'cturi'H of moro limn iiniiuI
liittri-st aro scheduled for thnt day
MUh Lottie Milan, head of the home
Hclenru dvpartmont at the Klnmath
county hlBh nchool, will npeuk on
"Veicctnblo Cookery. It 'a IMnco In
Our Diet." Mra. K
topic Ib "Tho llomn."
All womon Intereated aro urcod to
nttend this and other mt-eilnitM, Mm. Tin Hoiiihem I'uclfliS Hhopn huvo
C V. Kluher la lioud of tho depart- jnoponod at three plncoa, employing
ment. liuii men.
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Si.i:.M. Inn II. A rcnl itlon ro-1
ferrli . to u vote of tho ueopl'j u
uniMt on , iiiiK'iiilnii'iK and law
piolilbiihiK aliens from liocomlnK tho
ownuri of lnml In the slate will be
Introduced lu the IIoiihu by Repre-
'acntalhc Selniebel, of Clackamas
i county. k
Mr Schuebel contends Hint any
, alien who Is not KUfllcIently Inter
est! 1 In tho Koernment of the
Vnl'td States and tho state to be
come a citizen', ought not to he per
mitted to become a land ownors
The bill for a law will be sub-'
mltted with the constitutional
nmciulim nt ho that should It pass,
It may Immediately become opera
tive. Hilt-fly the amendment and
law will provide that any alien ac
quiring land nftcr the passage of tho
proposed legislation must either be
come a citizen or dispose, of it within
six years after It was acquired.
Lands acquired for any business,
trade or manufacture may be held
for a term of twenty-one years. The
law also applies to corporations or
associations whoso majority stock
Is owned by persons not citizens of
the Pnlled States.
(Herald tfpcial Service)
SALKM, Jan. 14. That .Multnomah county carried oaT all
honors in the House uai evidenced when tlio committee appew
mow announced this morning by Speaker Selling.
Although eloren of the twelve Multnomah men are "sew at tab pm
aion, they secured tho chairmanships of the eight moat iinportaJit. coav
mlttees: Ward, ways and means, Judiciary. rerWe-n o Uwa, alcotacMc
I raffle, banking, tabor und Industries, medicine and, phfcrmacjr and ftt
ii)t. and transportation.
MemlxM-s of u few of the committees are:
1 Ways and means Cobb, chairman: W. O. Smith, Clarke, Wagflaer,
i A. ('.'Smith. Elmore and Pierce.
i.n,tlnn liln.llo Imlrmnii: C.irfinlll. W. O. Smith, FTB
I.eirls.
.Military affairs W. O. Smith, chairmanj Michelbook ad DflJard.
Printing Davey, chairman; Wagner, Smith, Stewart aad Eatoa.
Game clones, Kittner, Clarke, Cbllds and Forbes.
Tin. malorliv of tho members of the gome committee are
to the State Fish and Game Commkslon. It waa apparcady wa
HII-DOS4) of kllUnic the commission that they were aelected.
The llrst" ofllcial to receive tho axe under the Witliyconae
...... 1,... tint Ktnin insutnncn Coinmlssioncr Fergaaoa. Hla
was rtsjiiesteil by the governor.
Hnrvcr Wells, of Portland, was appointed to succeed Fergaaoa.
.' Thirtwn new bills were Introduced In the House today. IMa atakea
11 total of slvty-nlne so far this aesslon. A
An attack tiHn the Workmen's Compensation Act waa made' la tae 5
senute today. This was in the form of a bill introduced by LaFoltefta. ,
Tho gist of this bill la tliat tho provision that the state ahaU-eia-tiibuto
to tho accident fund a sum equal to one-sevenUi of the total
contributed by employers and employees, be stricken oat.
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rA.EGELL
G..H. GKR.Y,
Germans Say Allies Wipe Out Weste Ende in North
'United Prigs Sorvlne
HKULIN, (Wlroleaa vln Bayvlllo,
N. J,,) Jnn, H, Tho town of
Westo Kudo was wiped out by tho
oiubliio uro of tho .Alllea' war
hIiIph off tho nelglun coaat, and tho
land forcra, acocrdlag to the official
HtuUiaent today.!
This Mya tb ,tbe Alllsa usod
ioonl(ra and torpodo boata In too
bombaidmont. Thoy woro driven
off by tho Herman land batteries,
but not until thoy hnd cnused con
sldorablo damngo.
niilldlngH nro still burning thoro.
According to tho otllclnl stato
inunt, tho lighting In northeastern
Franco and In southern nolglum la
largely confined to artillery opora-
tions, Tho Dig guna aro mum. muvu
between Ypres and Nlouport.
Hero are tho views of three very
Important mou on prosporlty
Thomas A. KdUon, who aftor tno
burning of a $3,000,000 plant Is not
('Ucnuragod; Jiidgo E. II. Uary,
chnlrmnn of tho board of director?
ol the stool trust and James A.
Karrell, presldont- of It nun oxecu
llvo oer 1C.O0O workers.
This In what Mr Edison had to
my about worry In connection with
tl.u huMnosB conditiens:
' Wfcfn any ouo talks about wor.y
ho might apply my new standard (
wor ). Just think c' tho Knlsor, tu
on tho defensive, with nonrly !'iV
m'le. of bnttlefriMl. till told, on U13
oast end west. why tho average
1'itin't worries nlu'.t Into flgnlllcauco
vonipnred lo this. Anothor sttmd'V.I
of dttPtor Is n-jlgit m llttlo, grlttir
1 eU"."i!
1 It nas BU,-i)i'f.tl mo to seo how
AiiMKtins have bee 'tno wonk-KinM
)er this war. 'I (icy seem to bo
sunken with 11 no.- of commor!l.i!
paralysis. Thoy want to get out ana
nu nomotlilnu; H "l0 opportuno
1. mo. Why, you cse put a hulldhu
up rhenpor tod.ii' ban you cowl
hiiiou tho war, m.d ot mnny of
01 rupposed god h 3ines8 men will
will intll Iho w'" Ib over as n
tt gu of prosporlty and pity moro f jr
tie 'iiilldlng. Tiio ise man will
n'opri. now for -he room In trr'u
tint wo will soon ivporlouce .i!(
whicn will bo trjmendouB aftor Iho
wir.
KLAMATH CHIEP
CLOSEJO DEATH
LF.LU, TUB L.4ST SURVIVOR OF
TIIK CHIEFTAX8 WHO SIGXGD
THE RESERVATION' TREATY,
IS SKKIOUSILV ILL
sze!!& COURT IS NOW
waier nuriw.vu.
(Hciald Special Service)
do not expo it. pld, but I ai
ejp stenuity sus.-aiLta improvev-
i..' il during 191"." Mr. Farrell. of
1 lie off el trust tolJ . Pittsburgh audi-
. . . .a
nto. tio insisieu ..'5; a penoa o. CHILOQULV. Jan. U UeporU
roivoii prospe.'tiy vas about t ,nVo reached here that Chief Lelu,
be, ,n innsmuch a; the Bteel busl-'jone of tno 0i(iest and best known In
r.iss hat for jeavs ,u a bnromj'cr ,jnn3 on (no Kiamath reservation,
p; fcir.ernl buslnojs, tho statement oi'j a very jh , His condition Is no
bad that bo is not expected to live
United I'rcss Servico j
BIRMINGHAM, Jan. 14. Hear- !
Ings were scheduled today in an at-j
tack, by quo warrants proceedings, xoLAXI
agaiust tho charter o! the Blrmlng-
ham water works company. Su-
burban citizens allege that exces-,
slve rates are charged and false J
meter readings are practiced.
"UNEMPLOYED"
FINDS HIMSELF WITat
".NOTHING TO DO TILL TOMOftV
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ROM" AFTER SWD?T ACTION
IN CASES UP -
Homer is Improving
Andiew J. Horner, the well;
known young lumberman wuo nas
been critically ill for several weeks
with typhoid fever. Is at last on the
way to lecovery, us his many friends
will bo glad to learn. Horner Is
still in a sadly weakened condition,
and tt will tako somo time before he
Is able to bo up and about again.
A p. Pnrroll woa eoin.lC-red of mud
lii.po' lance.
"This country should bo properous
all tho time." was the opinion of
Mr. Gary. "There should bo plenty
of work for nil who deserve to havo
work. Noither tho capitalist nor the
poor man. tho employer nor the em
ployee, has good reason for dlscour
ngoment In this country. It Is to bo
KsTctted that thore nro bo many Idlo
inu nt tho presont time, and every
lensouablo effort should bo given
them to And employment, I have
Croat hopes that tho number of un
employed In this country will grow
lesf and less, nothwlthstandlng It may
ho expected, as a consequence of
tlu war, immigration will increase.
The nppoitunttlos of tho United
Slntea for success in ovory direction
nro ory grent nmf nover woro bettor,
"It remnlns with ua to tako ad
vantage, of these circumstances. Wo
should liocomo and remain tho lead
ing nation of tho world, financially,
industrially, and commercially; and
with this foundation, thero should be
no limit to our prosperity, our In
fluence, our material and moral
strongth and growth, or our hap
plness."
very long.
Lelu Is tho last survivor of the
thirty Klamath Indian chiefs and
head men who signed on behalf of
tho tribe tho treaty with the United
States establishing the Klamath
reservation. The treaty was signed
In 18G4, fifty years ago, and since
then, Lelu has ever sought to see
that tho Klamaths lived up to their
agreements under the treaty.
Lelu was chief of the Cowumcan
Klamaths, who lived nt a village of
that name on Sprn.Tue river, near the
Crawford place. Lelu atlll lives at
tho site of the old Tillage.
After tho Modoc Indians decided
to lcavo tho reservation, and defied
tho troops scut to take thorn back
thoro. Lelu saw service In tho Mo
doc war. He was one of the Klam
ath scouts enlisting In Captain O.
0. Applegate's company, and ren
dered valiant servico during the
Lava Hod's war.
'lhe Oiegon bluo sky law has been
upheld by the supremo court.'
) Tho rapidity with which, Ua, trial"
of the Clarke-Ward & ' OBencaaUt
case was carried on yesterday, aad,'
the speed wh which the Swedaa-burg-Hoberts
case was ' settled"laat
night has left the circuit 'court with
out anything to do. The next cm
scheduled does not come up untl
Saturday.
Tomorrow morning, .Judge NoUsd
will call the docket to see if tatra
are not some cases ready for trial.
Soissons Is StiD"It"
Big Forces Battle There. French Retire on Aime
The resources of Orogon and of
agricultural education are to be ad
vanced by au O. A. C. college quartet
going east to gtva concerts.
United lt ess Servico
PAniS1Jan. 14. Flghtlug la still
tho hottest around Soissons.
The Gormnns havo thrown an ta
ormous force of mon Into tho battle
tnero, but today's Communique
claims that tho French, have been
ablo thus far to turn tho encounters
against the enemy.
At certain points In the vicinity
of SoUsons, tho French and Eng
lish are said to have made alight
gulus. The Allies are reinforcing
thoro also.
The retirement of a conildarahla
body of French troops Iron taa
north to tho south side of the Xlrar
Aisno is admitted in the: oatolal
statement, . ' ,
According to governmtat. oaUlakL
this was done on account ot tM
floods destroying the taaworai?
bridges. " f
Tho war office says that tkte to
not a retirement, but a'aowawt I
preserve tho line of comaiualoattCa.1!
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