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Tenth Year No.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1916
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PRESIDENT AND
LANSING DELVE
INTO REPORTS
OUBMARINE SITUATION ADMIT
TIOLV GRAVE.
All Report to Oat indicate That
Amtrlean Consular Officer Wat
A Killed In Perala Oleaster. Senate
Foreign RtlMHii Committee to
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wThat of lariy 1B98.
h'ntted Preaa Bart lea
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Wi. r. I urn in lima chare of (ha in.
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"Vniliatlon Into the Feraia and oien
Me lubmarUa disaster. President
WlUon issued a statement today ad
ultllnK the Austro-American altuatlon
tu bo extremely grave, lie I co
ntinuing with Stale Secretary Unn
itiK to get the full facta In the Inci
dent. Through bin private secretary, Wil
ton iitnueo we roiiewing:
'The praaldant and atate aecratary
ure taking every mean possible to
obtain tba facta In tbU grave matter.
Tbey will ad aa aoon aa thty have
Information."
Hope haa been abandoned that
Arurlcan vice-conaul McNeely, on the
way to Malta, eeeaped whan tho Pec
la waa auak Tburaday. Rurvlvora aay
be waa one of the laat to react tho
deck of tae ateaaaar.
WIUob Ula afternoon coaierred
with congressional loaders. A meet
lag of the Haaiata reaaialltaa o
foreign relation haa bee called for
tomorrow.
Tbe tense conditio existing la
likened to the daya before the Spanish-American
war.
Senator Stone, hand of the senate
foreign committee, and Chairman
Flood of the Houae foreign 'committee
will cooperate In lavaatigatloa. 8ome
fear a breach with the Teutonic allies
la Inevitable.
Officials regard the evidence aa
elusive that the Persia waa torpedoed.
Naval officers, however, aay a mine
may have been tht cause, pointing to
tbe quick plunge of the vessel aa an
unusual aeo.ua! to n torpedo explosion.
On tha Sick List
Lester T. Tenrllllger la contaed to
his rooma by alcknaaa today.
Winter of Ghastly Horror
Awaits the Soldiers Who
Are Stationed in Serbia
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y WILLIAM Q. SHEPHERD
(United Preea Staff Correspondent)
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mall) Balkan aoldlera aufer more
than thoae of any other nation. How
the Bulgarians, the newcomera, will
conduct their medical corps, renulna
to be aeon, Winter; Impoaea almoat in
surmountable diacultlee on an army
In the Balkana owing to the few roada
and the almoat Incessant mud and rain.
The Oemuna and tho Austrlaas, with
thalr automobile ambulance, etc, have
dodged tha hardest and worat parta of
Serbia. Tha GhHman Una exteada into
tho Interior of Serbia only iftymllee
and tho Oemuna aoem aatlsfiod with
that. There la little chance of their
ooming further, Tho Austrian Una also
raaahaa only slightly deeper into tha
hHUa ally eoentry. Tho Austrian and
taoOeram appear to have the alngte
tntantlon ot'ooanoeting with the !
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SOCHI 10 RAISE
njUOKS
LOCAL SOCIALISTS WILL OIVI
SOCIAL AND OANCI AT THEIR
RRADINO ROOM TO HELP MAIN.
TENANCE.
The Socialists of Klamath Falls,
con-'"? hvo tr ?WjT. at "J
Main sirvei, win uuiu a nuiai socuu
and entertainment at tha hall and
reading room Thursday evening. Tba
funds derived from the affair will be
used for maintenance of the reading
room.
Cards, dancing and other amuse
menta will comprise tho eveninga
program following the aale of the bas
ket lunches.
But tbe Bulgarians will have not such
aay going. Their wounded and sick
must be carried on sprlnglesa wagons
drawn, oftentimes, by oxen which go
through the knee deep mud In a alow
and dismal procession. Some of tha
difficulties that will be faced by the
Bulgarians may be measured by what
I have seen along tbe roada near Mon
aatlr and In the hospitals here. Most
of tho Serbian wounded suffer from gaa
gangrene, owing to the lack of atten
tion Imposed by the long, alow oart
Journeys. Small wounda that would
mean only .a week In tbe hospital
If prompt medical attention could have
boon given, are killing men with pain
or poison, American aa wall aa Ser
bian doctor aro helpless against gaa
gangrene. Quinine la being tried In
Serbia now and wounded man are be
ing. Not content with Bonding n bullet
largo and potent and the doctor fancy
that tbe gaa gangrene vtctlma are help
ed slightly by tha new treatment ex
plosive bullets are another oauae of
horrible suSeriag in the Balkan Ight-
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DERLIN RE6RETS
PERSIA SINKING
AND Will ACT
HAD AOAIN HOPED TO St RIOHT
WITH U. t.
Official Comment Regarding the Os
structlon of Passenger Steamer and
Loss of Two Hundred or More Lives
la Withheld, fending Report of
Commanders of Olvere... Decisive
attle Selns Fought Today.
y CARL ACKIRMAN.
(United Press Correspondence)
UERMN, (wireless via Sayville, N
J.,) Jan. 4. Sincere regret la almost
universally expressed here regarding
the sinking of tho Persia. It Is deemed
most unfortunate, coming at a tlmn
when heroic efforts were In progress
to repair tbe strained relationship be
tween Qermany and America.
Official do not state that tbe affair
waa the work of a German submarine.
They will make no comment until
commander of German submarines
operating In the Mediterranean make
tbelr reports.
y HINRV WOOD.
(United Press Correspondent.)
ROME, Jan. 4. A desperate and
most Important battle for the mas
tery of the Adriatic aea Is raging near
Cattaro. Combined Austrian naval and
land force are the attacking army,
and a 'large force of Montenegrin
troops are opposing them In a de
termined manner.
The Montenegrin forces have re
tained Mt, Lowcen, which Is the
Gibraltar of tbe Adriatic. This
threatens the Austrian bold on Cat
taro, and a most desperate assault la
being waged In an effort to wrest the
eminence from King Nicholas' follow
er. United Prase Serrioe
LONDON, Jan. 4. It Is announced
today that hereafter American corres
pondence to and from Oreat Britain
Is to be censored.
ORE. COMMERCE
CHAMBER IS NEXT
OLD OREGON DEVELOPMENT
LEAOUE DIES WITH 1916. CAM.
J. W. SIEMENS IS MEMBER OP
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE.
PORTLAND, Jan. 4. The old Ore
gon Development league paaaed out
with tbe laat day of the old year,
1916. Dennlta decision to organlxe
aa Oregon Chamber of Commerce waa
reached in a aaaaloa of commercial
club representative from various
parta of the atate. .
A committee of nine members waa
appointed to perfect a plan of organi
sation. This committee conslata of
C, C, Chapman, Portland, A. L. Mills,
Portland A. W. Trow, Ontario, J. T.
Hlnkle, Hermlaton; C. S. Hudson,
Bend; Captain J. W. Siemens, Klam
ath Falls; W. M. Hamilton. Salem;
L. J. Simpson, North Bend; Porter J.
Netf, Medford.
It waa auggeated that the new or
ganisation will aid in putting on tha
ballot and securing the passage of a
atate constitutional amendment, pro
viding atate guarantee of principal
and Intereat of irrigation and drain
age bond and a atata rural credits
system. Such an. amendment waa
proposed In resolutlona adopted by
tho Oregon Irrigation congrees, which
cloaod Ita, annual convention in Port
land Tuesday, and a atatt-wlda con
ference, approaching in personnel
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DA.V1JDU H. UAOvtAS.
Eight persons have been indicted in
New York on tbe charge of violating
the Sherman Act. In that they are said
to have tried to cripple American fac
tories and Industries In the Interest
of Gennnny. Among them are: One
member of Congress from Illinois,
Frank Buchanan; one former member
f.-oin tbe same state, H. Robert Fowler;
HUNTERS GIVEN
$3,148 BOUNTY
HALF OF THIS AMOUNT IS BEING
REFUNDED TO THE COUNTY BY
THE STATE. MORE COYOTE
BOUNTY THIS YEAR.
According to Deputy County Clerk
Charles F. DoLap, that cheerful com
piler of figures. Klamath county
hunters and trapper received $3,148
from the county and atate for killing
off coyotes, bobcats and other preda
tory animals for ten month In the
year 1915. By months, this bounty
payment follews:
March U1
Aorll 08
May
208
191
165
1ST
SOS
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614
June
July
August
September
September
October
November
December 867
Beginning March 1 and ending De
cember 31, the atate paid half tbe
bounty in each county, ao Klamath
county has received rebate amount
ing to fl,674.
During the coming year the atate,
Instead of paying 61.60 for coyote
bounty, aa it did laat year, by a special
act of the Legislature, will pay 76
cents per coyote. To otset this, the
county raised tta bounty on coyotaa
to $8.76 between January 1 and March
31 ao that this year coyote huatora
will receive $3.60 bounty on each coy
ote killed during that time.
Fort Klamath people have plodtsd
aa -additional IS bonnty for
Charge of
Violating Sherman Act
F.. MOMNETT.
Frank a. Monnett, former attorney
general of Ohio; David Lamar, the
well-known character from Wall Street
and Franz von Rintlen, who bandied
much money for the German govern
ment here. Von Rintlen is now In
the Tower of London as a spy. Tbe
BrltlBh will likely attend to his punish
ment without the aid of tbe American
courts.
coyote killed In that section and Bly
1s considering a similar offer. Between
these bounty prices, and the money de
rived from the Bale of pelts, the
hunters of predatory animals are In
a position to realize money from their
activities this winter.
NICKLE AN ACRE
FOR ASSESSMENT
THE WATER USERS' TENTATIVE
FIGURE IS THE LOWEST IN
FIVE YEARS. TO BE DECIDED
UPON AT NEXT MEETING.
At yesterday's meeting of the di
rectors of the Klamath Water Users'
Association, tho tentative assessment
for maintenance of the association for
the coming year was fixed at 6 cents
per acre. Last year's assessment waa
13 cents an acre.
The levy will be definitely settled
at the February meeting of the as
sociation directors. At that time any
objections will be heard and con
sidered. The levy tentatively decided upon is
tho lowest In five years. It ts tho
smallest assessment proposed since
1911.
Home From East
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Chilcote
and child have returned from a visit
with relatives in the dark region,
Mrs. Chilcote apent several months
there, and Mr, Chilcote joined hla
family just before Christmas.
Mr, and Mrs. W. T. Shivo and
daughter, Madge, are hero from Oakland.
GASOLINE TRUST
IS TO BE PROBED
RAI8E IN PRICE, WHILE OUTPUT
INCREA8E8 IS CAUSE OF CON.
GRES8IONAL AND
MENTAL ACTION.
DEPART.
t'nltcd I'ress Service
WASHINGTON, -Jan. 4. Congress
man Stecnerson of Minnesota today
Introduced a resolution Inquiring aa
to whether the department of justice
In taking action against those who
are responf lble for the Increase In I
gasoline prices, and demanding the
reason if no action was taken.
Steenerson said It is commonly re-
ported that there Is a conspiracy back j
of the price raising. As proof of this, !
he cited federal -reports showing the I
gasoline production in 1915 was the nouncement that only half the ox
greatest In history. jpected strength responded to Lord
United I'ress Service
CHICAGO, Jan. 4. Federal District
Attorney Cllno today stated that be
has been probing tbe "gasoline trust"
at the request of" the attorney gen
eral's office.
PAIR CHARGED
WITHJSSAOLT
RAY BROOKS AND JOE HUGHE8
WILL BE GIVEN HEARINGS BE
FORE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Ing this morning. This force strength-tMue-n
-rUM..AU, " en3 the British army by several
w vv . .wmwnreww.
Two hearings on charges of assault
and battery are scheduled for to
morrow In Justice E. W. tibwen's
court.
R. W. Brooks, who was arrested
last night. Is charged with assault
and batteryby Amy L. Brooks. Joe
Hughes was' arrested on a charge of
assaulting and beating Frank Barfield,
the scrap taking place on the night of
John Barleycorn's departure from Ore
gon.
Both men are at liberty on tbelr
own recognizances.
To Winter South.
C. P. Stewart and wife will leave
shortly for Los Angeles where they
will spend the winter months.
War Causes
in European Countries,
and Prosperity in U. S.
United Press Service
NEW YORK. Jan.' 4. At tbe close
of 1915 the war has cost more than
twenty-six billion dollars, exceeding by
five hundred million the total national
debt of the six principal belligerent
powers when the conflict began. With
the exception of about five million
raised in the United Kingdom by tax
ation, practically all the expenses of
the war havo been met by borrowed
money. The end of 1915, therefore,
finds the fighting nations saddled
with double the debt they had ac
cumulated in 'all centuries preceding
the outbreak of the war.
In the early daya of the war the
most liberal estimate of ita cost, in
cluding the destruction of property and
the economic lossea caused by casual
ties, waa fifty million dollars per day.
The actual expense now, exclusive of
economic and property losses, Is
eighty-five million per day.
Of thia amount tho Quadruple en
tente ia paying two-thlrda and tho Teu
tonic Allloa one-third. If the war con-
ENGLAND'S NEW
CONSCRIPTION
BILL IS READY
UNMARRIED MEN WILL
CALLED OUT.
BE
Lord Derby's Call of Man to the Colore
Brought Out Only Half the Force
Expected, so In Order to Prepare for
Big Offensive This Spring. Oreat
Britain Decides to Force Men Into
the Ranka.
By ED L. KEEN
LONDON, Jan. 4. Following an aa
Derby's recent call
for volunteers, the
cabinet has complet
ed the conscription
cm this wui soon
be presented In Par
liament. Expert
figure that there are
5.011.441 unmarried
men of military ago
In British territory.
Of these, only J.-
at4L.K-H 289,-lCO responded to
the call to the colors.
Single men between 23 and 26, in
elusive who enlisted during the Derby
campaign have been called to the
colors. They are to report February
8 for duty.
The coll followed the cabinet
juuuurcu uiuusauu.
j Despite contrary reports, the .Chron
"Tcltoc4y"suteB"posiaTe4r'Jtht Iro -
hundred thousand.
land Is not Included in the scope of,
the conscription bill tbe government'
Is Introducing.
It Is understood that for the
present at least, the government doe
not intend to draft married men. Fig
ures show that there are 650,168 mon
available by draft from the ranka of
'Unmarried men wno are needed la
other than military occupations.
Why Lord Derby's voluntary aya
tem of raising men for the army has
failed, has maSe coscription imminent,
was explained to the United Press by
an officer, for months In charge of the
cream of London recruiting statiosn.
"Come, I'll give you a practical de
monstration,"' he said, leading: me ont
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tlnuea through the winter tho cost
will probably rise to a hundred Mil
lion per day. The intereat for war
loans which the war has already Im
posed on Europe's future geaeratlona,
is about a billion, two hundred all-.
Hon per year. Every week tho-war
lasts fixes an additional annual In-'
terest burden on the belligeronta of
twenty-five million.
Colossal taxation will havo to he im
posed on tbe soldiers when they re
turn home after peace is declared, The
belligerents will be bowed beneath the,
burdens, of tbe war debts.
During the year, varloua" British7;
statesmen uttered warnings eoneera
Ing the financial outlook. And the pot-'
slblllty of bankruptcy overtaking ,
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