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KLAMATH FALLS'
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
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KLAMATH COUNTY'S ,
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
ITALIAN KIND BRITAIN'S NEW !
TAKES COMMAND CABINET MEETS!
OE FIELD FORCES,
.KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1915
Price, First Ocata
Crew of American Liner Gulflight
iiiiirisii mhi: warship is Tin:
DARDANELLES
(rKHlN I'iom Galli'ln Hay Gcmum
(h-nrnil IUn Cut CUT ltii Main ,i-
(IT) of lU'll-TOt Hill ltllKllll Ex
pelled In Follmv lvnl From I'rr
ii .l HttlUiiN Tivenly-fotir f lh-
Kriii THeme -Other Win- .Wmn.
fulled I'lcis Kill Vice
IIOMi:, Mil)' 27. King Kuiimtliuol
KITCIICM It lti: Ys Ills POST
AH WAR I.OItlt, ANDCIIUItCHII.L
is changi.d io i iia.nccllorI
or lan-steh
I'lilh'il l'i.hH fj, iv ii , I
LONDON, Mi.y 27 Tim new coll.,
Hon cabinet, which Iiiin been formally
niiroviil In- King Genige, lu'hl lis
llrHl meeting to.ln) All iih-iiiIdth weie
present.
The new lit mi lonl of ih- jiilinliillj
will lit. J. Arthur lliilfour U'luMon
Chun hill, hcail of the iiclinluillj. Ik
given the portfolio ill chain elloi of
lint Duchy of l.iiiii'iinlit llerhelt II
AkiiiUIi idIiiIih llic I ii i I -1 h 1 1 1 1 gi ml
Mil Edward l he) tli tnlnlKt i of for-
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SAY HAWAII HAS NEBRASKA!! CASE
TO BE FORTIFIED Mlb'HT BE CALLED
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1 ' Cabinet, Mill III.' mllllslel ill llllllll-
dir. tilegriiptied here, iiiiiiounccs hii,,,1H tlo mw
kihiIiI lend thii United IlitlliiliH o vie-j The miiHiltiiiloii of the in ml. In. 'I
tor) iimt Austria, iwnl ri'Ntori ihe folleuH:
(iriiUiii'i'D of iNlrln Mini Trcntlno. J Prime iuIiiIhIci ami IIihI I. ml of tliu
AihlvoH from Rerun, Switzerland, i,:i,l,". Mr As.iulth
M) inc. Italian forcca aru twenty-four I Minister without piiitfoll.., i.or.l'
utiles from Trieste, mtil Hint the light- j l-aiiHdtiwne.
I11K lliero i fierce. 1 '"r(l ,lK'1 clitinrellni. Sli .Si.mley
Aimlrlnii advices In llerne stiito thut '- Huekmaster.
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IMOHTY .MKMHKItH OF CO.VUKKSS
KRTUIt.V FROSI TOUB OF THK
' ISLANDS, IJUT THRY FAIL TO
a(;ri:i-: ox slgah duty
A CAUSEFOR WAR
OFFICIALS WILL INVESTIGATE
CAREFULLY
1 United I'rebS Service
SAN FHANCISCO, May 27 Eighty Report In Received From CkpUUa of
mombers of the congressional nnrtv.
'who have been touring Hawaii, re
turned late yesterday on the steamer'
Sonoma. They we all agreed that
Hawaii Is In need of stronger fortifi
cations. The party could not agree upon the
sugar tariff, however. '
All expressed astonishment at the'
torpedoing of the Nebraskan
llio Damaged American Vessel U.
S. OfllcInU Hope the Cause Wm a
Collision With a Mine American
Women Arc Arrested in Berlin oa
Charge of Insulting German Officer
?.7Y.-.ZT.ZSIiKSS4'JiiS 'A r-
lhi.. Miiineu of Hi. Amcilnui t uuei (.ullllght were wivod by Uritlsh tugs and patrol boats after the
wK.. wan lorpiMlo iff Sicily Islands May 1. Three of tho crew wore lost as a result of the attack The
t-Htimon, f tin, survivors win ih-effect thai the Rerman submarine gavo no warning whatever, hut shot
the torpedo into vessel Hying iho Ameilcan Hag In plain view. This has been the cause of the representa
Hons maile in the (ienuaii governiiient in tho nolo of President Wilson.
i tilted Press Service
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 27.
Consul General Skinner at London'
cabled the following teday:
"Captain Green of the Nebrnskan
sent mo this report by wireless:
" 'Nebraskan passed Fastnet Rock
Tuesday afternoon. At '8:24, forty-
JOV REIGNS AT THE DIG HOSTEL- elB''1 mlks West of Pastnet. a Violent
pnocK was it, followed instantly by
PELICAN BABY
IS BORN TODAY
an Important battle
the Trent Inn border.
Is Imminent
titilti'it 1'rcas Srvlrt
lli:ULIN, May 27.--The olllclnl an
Dounceiuent mty:
"Our attacks iinrtlieimt of l'ireiuHl
arn im'KrcHtilliK."
There are unconllrincd nimors thai
ron Mackcnten tint rciiched the I'rezc-nOHl-lK'tiiburK
railway, A tcrrlllr
liattle U reported, and In hourly In
cronsltiK In vlolonce, as tho AtiBiro
(Icriiinn forces nwrop down to cut off
tin. ItiHNlan main ailerj of i el rem
.'uili-il I'tma Service
LONDON, Muy 27. - The a.lnilrali
I.ihI ulKlit nniioilliceil I lie IIiIiIhIi bat
ilcshlp Triumph wiih torpedoed by a
mihmiirliut In the. DivrdaiicllH. The
majority of (lie crew and oIIIutn were
rescued,
(ieriuau advices say the chI hiiiiI.
in urn en iiiliiutes.
Zoiic11iih droppod a score of IiiiiiiIih
hi Kouthend, killing two women. The
object of tho raid Is believed a" rerun
nniterltiK trip preparatory to an ai
lurk on London, llrlllsli aviators
ilrovii off tho raiders.
DlspalcheH from Athens state thai
Ojavlil I'uhIiii, ex-nilnlHter of fliuilicc
for Turkey, Ih on Ills way to llorlln to
liifonn Germany that Turkey will be
iinahlo io longer participate In the
war, nud will sue for separate peace,
This Is unconfirmed.
t Lord president of the council, I. ml.
jCrewe. .
I Lord prly seller, I. on! I'liion of!
'KedlcMon.
Clianccllor'of tho exchequer, Itegl
iiinlil .McKentia.
' Heetetary of stale for home affalrri, i
Sir John A. Siuiou,
Hecrotaty of slate for foreign nr
i fairs. Sir Ed ward Grey.
! Secretary for the colonies, Andiew j
tloiuir Law.
Secretary for India. .1. Atistcn I
Chainherlaln
Socrear of state for war, Lord '
Kitchener. i
Minister of munitions. David l.lowl
(ieorge. Klrst luid of llin admlialty, I Ar
thur I la! four
I'resldenl of the board of trnile.
Waller Itnnclmati.
I'lesldenl of Hie local gn eminent
boafril, Walter Hume Long.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lam as
ter. Winston Spencer Churchill
Chief secrenr for Ireland, Augti
ilmi lllrrell.
Secretary for Scotland, Thomas Mc
Klntion Wood.
President of the board of agrlcul
tine, Lord Selhorne.
Klrst coinnilssloner of works, !.ewls
Ifarcotirt.
President of the board of educa
tion. Aitliur Henderson.
Attorney general, Sir Hrward Cni-son.
COMMENCEMENT
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"StSsST m T0
i:V, AND STORK'S VISIT IS RE
GARDED AS A DECIDEDLY
SPLENDID OMEN
I nited Press Service
SAN FUANCISCO. May 27. -There,
are aa many Norwegians in tho United
Slates as In Norway 2,GO0,O00 all
told, and their representatives were
EIICISES TO HE IMJLD AT HIGH gathering hero todayrfor a Norwegian
leiuiuaiion ai me runamu-i'acinc ex--posltiun
.Memorial Auditorium to-(
morrow night. At the celebration Willi
be delegates from the Norwegian
Singers of the Puelflc Coast, the Synod
of tho Norwegian Evangelical Luth-I
eran church of America, the Federa
SENIOR CLASS (ilt.lDUATING EX-
SCHOOL AI'DITOItll'M TIIMOII
ROW EVENING
TIME TONIGHT
FIRST OF RIG CLASS WILL HE
TAKEN IN THIS EVENING.
FLAG DAY EXERCISES TO RE
HELD THE 14TH
A class of twenty-one will rccelw1
diplomas lomoriow night, when tin
giadunting exorcises are held at the 'I011 sli;-' of the same church, t ' sessJotl
The Elks Lodge will initiate a class
'of hx new members at the regular
Ciiltul I'ruhH Service
I'AltIS, May 27. Eighteen Fiench
avlntnrs last night bombed l.udvvlgs-
(Contlnued on pnge 4)
Teiiclier Helimis.
j Miss Artie Nichols, who taught at 'Salutntory
Newpoii I his j ear, came In last night piano solo
inn her way home to l.angell alloy
to spend vacation with relatives.
Kl.imath County High Scliool audltoi
ium. .Members of the class ale.
Oliver Applegnte, Louise llensoti,
enla Coad, Ella Dews, John Dlxnn,
lli.iold (illlette, Clauilc Hill, Annie
Johnston, Jounio .lolitistoii. Hex La
Pinrio, .Maty McComb, Allen McConib,
Paul Noel, Coleman O'Laughliu, C.uss
Page, Har.ry Ptatlier, ClilTord Sevlts,
lone Steluman, Kthel Stubbletleld,
Freda Stelgcr.
Dr. George ltebuc of tho rulverslty
of Oregon will deliver tho principal
aildtess. The program arranged fol fel fol
eows: Piano solo
"Sec ouil .Minuet," Op. o
Henri W. T. Hulfork
"To .Spring" Grieg
Waive Drew
Clifford Sovlts
oung Peoples' Association of tho
Synod, tho Sons of Norway, Daughters
of Norway, and many similar organ
isations. The Luther College Concert
Hand of Docorali. Iowa, just returned
this evening. There are
about twenty candidates, and they are
to lie Initiated in classes.
A special committee, consisting of
E. U. Hull, Dr. Cathey and C. J. Fer-
from a tour of Euiono. assisted bv .,,"'. ""' as cnarge oi provmiug
. - i
suitable enteriaiument for the occca-
slon this evening, promise a real good
time for both the members in attend
ance and tho candidates.
The Elks Lodge expects to be busy
all summer conferring degrees on
new members, and with special ser
vices. Monday evening, June 14th, tho au
niinl Flag Day exeicises of the order
will bo held at the opera house. The
ceremonies incident to the laying of
coi'.NTV AGRICULTURIST CON-! 'ho cornerstone of the new Temple
. will also bo held early in the month.
DUCTS EXAMIXATIOXS HERE Something novel for the occasion is
AND AT MICRRILL TODAY HE I Promised.
chorus of 1,300 Norwegian singers,
will slug at the Exposition.
BABCOCK TEST ;
EXAMS ON HERE'
Liszt
GOES TO THE FORT FRIDAY
John G. Schallock
Is Dead at Eugene
"Llobcstraum"
Nova Faught
Address p
I "Ed ucal Ion and the Higher Life i
Values" Dr. George Ilebec l'ollllt Agriculturist Glalsyer today
1 Piano solo 'e.amlned three applicants for licenses
"Solne'es do Vlenuo" (After Schu- " opcrnto Habcock tosts for concerns '
i. ,... Liszt ""J1" iiiiii- OH IHU UllllClini. UUBIB.
Hortenso lloguo
Valedictory Verda Cozad
Awarding of Diplomas, .1 n. Griffith
'olin (1, Schallock, for more than ster, took the eonlraet to cany the
'""(.v y -s resident of Klmiuilli '" Klninntli-Kliunutli Knlls mall.
.., , . , , .... He operated this stage line for many
'-my, died today t Eugene. Word ' nnd wig knnwi ,0 , , ,
i' this efieet was received at noon. timm.
Mclialiock Iiiih been suffering from ,'0r n,,. illB( iweuly-llvo ears
'linpsy and other nllmentK for several .sehallocl. lias boon Jailer, deputy
'tmiiilis. A few days ago his diiugh- HberliT or constable here, making an
ROCKY POINT IS
OPEN TO PUBLIC
lolm Johnson took the examination
at the Klamath Falls creamery, and
laio today two men wore examined at
tho Merrill creamery.
Tomorrow Glalsyer goes to Fort
Klamath, where ho will conduct an
examination at tho Wood River Val
ley creamery. ,
GETS NEWS FROM
HAT CREEK FARM
LETTER RECEIVED BY LOCAL
WOMAN FROM MOTHER WHOSE
HOME IS ADJACENT TO MT.
LASSEN, TELLS SAD TALE
a terrific explosion, bunting the
hatches, throwing the hatch beam,
the deck derrick and some twisted
i ni'Li'.juiii o.iib. iron into me air, ana completely ntl-
iug the lower hold and forward with
When is a White Pelican not a- water. The crew took to the boats,
i White Pelican? but an hour later returned aboard,
"When it's a Stork," is the answer and we started for Liverpool,
you hear at Klamath's famous hos- " 'The vessel's name was painted on
telry, and today there Is not a proud- both sides in letters six feet tall.
Jcr or happier colony than tho White .. .Wo 8aw nothing. and were not
(Pelican colony, from the humblest warned.'"
menial to tho star guests." , ,.,!.,.
TK . . ... . .. .... , A naval attache has been sent to ex-
The occasion for this Is the birth of ,, .. K. . ,
... ... , ... ... amine the Nebraskan.
a fine baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
(White Pelican) Vetter of Macdoel. The administration regards Green's
This is the first birth in the hotel, and tateme1t as to no warning as Big
It is regarded as the llnest kind of an niflcanl ot tne uncertainty
nmen which promises to make the affair an
Ever binte the Stork was seen cast- 1,,solubl mystery,
ing eyes toward. the Pelican there has Officials admit that If the Nebras
been an air of suppressed excitement aa was submarined, it was an act
at the hotel in which even the elevator of war and that If, with America's
boys and waiters shared. All have latest note before her, Germany could,,
taken nearly as much interest in the'Iinve sen' out the torpedo, It could be
occasion as a relative is supposed to. interpreted only as a belligerent as-
and seldom, If ever, has a youngster's sault on American honor.
ai rival bpen the occasion for so much However, there Is no evidence that
lejoiclug. the vessel was submarined, except the
It has not been only the Pelican tltlgh lUtft. and officiate hope It
lcsldents who hare been so intensely will be proved that a mine caused the
interested. Mr. and Mrs. V. P. John-' mishap.
son, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mortensonj Advices from London say the Ne
and Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Johnson have braskan is due at Liverpool tonight.
beeu as excited as the rest of them, The admiralty still Insists the vessel
nnd there have been a number of in- was torpedoed by a German subma- '
qulries received from promlnnt San ruo.
Franciscoans rgarding the matter. , '
Mr. Vetter is manager of the Butt ; i
Valley Laud company, and before thati''""eU '',,;8S Servlc
was an officer in Uncle Sam's military , BERLIN, May 27. Charged with
forces, while the proud mother is well. insulting German officers, Mrs. Har
connected with prominent California riett Boyce and her daughter of Sau
families). Francisco have been (Sentenced to
As soon as Dr. E. D. Johnson, who.''ree weeks' imprisonment at Lindau.
by the way, is a Pelican resident,, Ambassador Gerard saw the foreign
passed out the word "It's a boy," the-offlc ,n thclr behalf, and pending a
fun commenced. The telegraph wires J decision, they aro at liberty under
fairly burned all morning with mes-.DOnd-
sages sent out, and Bert Hall is sol The women say they had no lnteu
tickled that he is recklessly handing Jtiou of Insulting the officers, and say
out cigars, as proud as though he was if they did, it was entirely due to their
the daddy, nnd not the hotel man-1 unfamlllarlty with the German Ian-
Mrs. AI Crystal received a letter
yesterday from her mother, Mrs,
Cades, who lives on Hat Creek, in
tho change would prove
Child Uihor Convention Meets
United Press Service
SAN FUANCISCO, May' 27. Now
laws to abolish child lnbor will bo
formulated anil discussed tomorrow, Shasta county, where the heaviest
when tho National Child Labor Com- damage has been done by the oruptlon
MOKE nilltco's four day convention opens at of Jit. Lassen.
tho Civic Auditorium here, Hundreds Mrs. Eades writes that the (low of
of delegates, representing every part mud from Mt, I.asseu has ruined most
of tho United States, were hero today1 of tho houses nlong Hat Creek, driven
iciiily for iho opening sosslnn. Actual
Hooky Poliil, Hio famous louni uu conditions in tho shops of child labor
. . . r . . ........ ,.. t I. .. ,i,iiilniilii lmliielilrin itilll l.n ilmiinn.
u Klamath county, besides tno upper i.niu', is mm i'uii uu .uu iiiu..u,...h i........ ..... uv uu.....-
II.. Io iiirvlvnil bv (lllll summer. JITS. AI, U Alison, propri- huuiuii uj iiiumb ni.iuiu, men uuu
nger.
guage.
Boy Throws Wire; Town
Is Thrown Into Gloom
ho went to Eugene, bill 111 health pre
vented bis uccoplnw'o,
Schallock was a hrotlier-ln-law of
Mrs. Fred .Melhase, and ho has other
FAMOUS Wll.LSO.N MSIHN(. CA.MI
ON SHORT CREEK II.U
COTTAGES, TEXTS, ETC.. A AIL-
AHLE FOR ITS GUESTS
lr. Mrs, Junior Daggett, took Sclial- ,.icliui otlleer Ho was elected Io
lock to Kr ,omo i Piigene. In the ..,... muui her term as constable nlmv
"lo thru
'"'iiiillclal,
In tliu demise or Kchallock, Klam
n"i county loses ouo or her best
""own plonoorH. With his brother, relatives
l(nni. ?..!... i.. ... I .. ,
h;to z r. . :ZiZS. s.,; uorn.,, a ,! i ur i-i-i. i. ,.. ''1i1-""-'
s .:rirr3:'!i"'rrrrJ,.o,,,. ...... V-rsr'tari!r-
thev .. . !..' "... '. .. iin..nia oimpliiK gnmnila are avallnblo for tho
Wtaf on by tloZemrrZH, .7 "."r.. Pl-- o arrive. tour.sls who arc expected thereat his G, to Agency
The Bcliullook- decided to stick, ho, e .omonow night 'rom Miwi.e year, to on joy ne noaung anu .,,
t0 Klamath, though, and John, after Funeral nriungenui.ti. will v m
ome ranching and work as a teara-lr.uunred la tnmorn-w's Herald.
tho residents from their homes, and
destroyed their cattle and stock. She
stated that alio expected to be forced
to leave her home the following day
If tho tlow continued.
I in u-iileh tbn tinner Lnko section ex-
colls.
Lower House or Prussia Diet Meet
United Press Service
BERLIN, Germany, May 27. Tho
lower house of the Prussian diet Is
Frank Anthony has accepted iv po- schoduled to meet today. This was
sltlon as carpenter at tho Klamath the date selected when they adjourn
Agency. He left for there today, Jed March 9.
For exactly twenty-nine" minutes
Kim evening a part ot Klamath Falls
was in total darkness. t it took that
time to discover what the trouble was
by employes of the California-Oregon
Power company. Had the trouble
been at tho plant It probably, would
Imvo been remedied much sooner.
Tho lighting system was put out ot
commission through the activities of
Grant Douham, a boy living at Ship
plngton, who threw a piece of wire
across the string ot wires which car
ries the Juice to the Upper Lake dis
tricts. Ho had to try three times be
fore he succeeded in getting the wire
to stay, and thus break the circuit.
At soon as It was determined where
the trouble was the Shlpplugtou
switch was cut off, and men sent there
to remove the wire,
Whether young Uonhara was delib
erately attempting to damage the
company's lines Is not known, but ovl-
Iflonllv tin did not ronltcn ttiA vrul 'In.
convenience and damage he was doing
to the whole city. The picture shows
were Just starting, and hundreds of
people who had planned .to sm the J,aM
Jfi'J
'&l
movies passed up this form of enter
tainment for the evening.
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Tim aawlrtA In Ilia hllAta 4miA m. jK &?.
laurants was tied up, and one"y-if
. slcian reports that the cutting of, of W'
,in ukru came near reiuniasj srto-,;i!-r:
1 i-i . -iT