The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, January 06, 1916, Image 1

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KLAMATH COUNTY'S
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KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1916
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Priee, Five
HAMILTON SAYS
DARDANELLES IS
LOST BY DELAYS
HAYH ItlllXMmt'KMKNTM
not sent
WERE
Mm Relieved of the tomaaaii of Op.
rrstlon Against Coistrtaialnople
Uy ' Vtmt for tlw Failure of
the Esprdltton lo the Failure of
Kitchener to Head B0.000 Mr a
Me Wm Requested.
United Press Service
LONDON, Jan. General 8lr Utt
Hamilton, former commander of the
British oncratlona In the Dardanelles
rampslgn, today made hU final report
in the war "Ace. 1 this n ,no
failure of tho war department to Mod
60,000 clra men, ee be requested, It
responsible fur lh collapse of the
movement.
"(lonoral Kitchener suggested that
we evuuate tln (lalllpoll Peninsula,
aad abandon effort to reach Constsn
Uaople." Mr Hamilton's rport. "I
milled that such a thing waa un
thinkable, after tho trouble of gain
lot a foothold, and a result, I waa
recalled."
doners! Mini roe waa sent replace
Brit-
ex-
travageat claim
trograd, tho
RuMlant havo not advanced at Csor
nowiti. Tho (Icrmana occupy the
same positions thoy havo bald for
months.
"Thl report reminds one of Gcner
al Cadorna'a reports of Italian ad
vances," says Vienna today.
An official denial of the evacuation
of Cisrnowiu was telegraphed today
to Berlin from Vienna.
Unltad Press Barrlee
MAR8EILI.BH. Jan. 6. Teuton
submarine cbaaed the French ateam
er Karnak, carrying 160 paseengars,
all night last night la the Medlterra
nana. Tho vestal eventually escaped
destruction.
A panic reigned on the llaer for a
while. There were aarvlvora of the
submarined British vessels MMaletoa
and Abella on tho Karnak, aad they
were terrorised. These passengers
strapped lire preservers about them
selves, and the llfeboata awung out
all nlgbt.
IIIIIKIATIXO COMPANY
BUILDING NEW TOWN
I.AKKVIBVY. Jan. 6. The Oooae
Uk Valley Irrigating company today
moved their nffloea from the Heryford
building to tho west aide.
The new officea'are located half a
mils from the Carrlker ranch. Sev
eral buildings have been erected, and
it is probable that a town will be es
tablished there. The name of the new
town will be Drawn.
All work or the ooe will be car
ried on now at the new headquarters.
This wm put the head oftoe nearer
the base of operations, and greatly fa
cilitate the administration of the
work.
Conscription
Says Secretary Garrison
United Praia Mrvlee
WASHINGTON, D.'C, Jan. 6.
American must adept voluntary mil
try training, or faee aoaaeriptlon,
Secretary Oarrlson warned tba aatloa
(y. U the opening of Uearingsoa
wWtary prapareaaese before the
"tomuueeonmUiurysJUUr.
OarrasM entered 'at a tarte
tending army m aot oaly wisalrlMt
FIREMEN ASKED
TO
CITY WANTS DEPARTMENT
uk city affair, am) not an
independent organization,
ah at present
A Meeting f the flni committee of
tho city council and a coromlttoe from
tho fire department U schaduled
next Tuosday night. At that time, It
U bolloved, ami will ho taken for,
changing the present organisation of
the fire department.
Members of tho city family feel that
tho volunteer II ro department should
b under tho direction of tho city,
In other Oregon towns. They say that
under the present system, the depart
ment Is practically uu Independent or
.sulfation, which tho city helps sup
port but cannot direct.
There has been much talk of la to
regarding the organisation of the flro
department. Home old members al
lege Hut the fund the department has
accumulated through tho years from
tho Investment of funds from dances,
etc., amounting to about f 1,200, wan
divided among fourteen members of
tho department recently. The city offi
cials say that tho firemen havo at
least a legal right to mnko such a
division, although tho fund, one which
belonged strictly to tho firemen, waa
supposedly for replacing firemen's
clothing ruined at fire, paying med
ical bills of members Injured at fires,
and similar purposes.
The volunteer firemen met tho
council Tuesday night, and the mat
ter waa discussed. The firemen are
willing to make whatever changes In
organisation tho council directs. It Is
understood, and the coming meeting
U to talk over these affairs.
PUBLICITY PAYS
AH BKHULT OF AN ADVERTISING
CAMPAIGN. LIQUOR ORDERS
FROM ORGEON ARK RAPIDLY
CUMING IN NOW
HOKNIIHOOK, Cal.,Jan. 6. Newa
paper advertising In Oregon during
the closing months of last year Is now
showing its effect In the consignment
of thousands of packages of liquor
through the mails to points In Oregon.
According to the provisions of the
prohibition law, no more liquor adver
tisements will be carried in tho ore
con papers, so the liquor shipping
houses In Hornbrook must depend on
the card Index of nearly 400,000 Ore
gonlana. Tho wIioIohoIo liquor house In
Hornbrook, established In tho sum
in or In anticipation of big business
supplying thirsty Oregonlans with II
auor. looks forward to n steady and
llnxMaalnv ilnmnnd when tho llQUOr
bouaht from aaloons and liquor stores
before they closed at midnight, De
comber 31, 191C, la exhausted. Ro-
ports from many Oregon cltlea and
towns are to the effect that when the
saloons and tho liquor stores closed
their doors they had little or no stock
left, as cltlaena laid in a supply.
A second company haa purchased
Possibility
but "utterly futile." He amid his con
tlnentafl army Is the only feasible al
ternative for compulsory military
training or oonscrlpUc.
"The nation'! lategrlty, Its wy ex
Istenoe, may, depead upon what it
done at this time," said Oarrlson.
The war secretary stated ehsU Ue
federallslag of the tUte anlllUa to Us
peeaiMe, aa Ue government Utka the
authority to take auah aetlos.
REORGANIZ
H0RNBR00K FINDS
n : : r. ...
, Suez Canal, New Scene pf War
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cantor l?'eSL?4'IN
eTaerMiIeiS
Hon the (lemmas are striving to
make an attack on theHues canal and
Kgypt to tail the British tine of com
munication with India, aad aa a result
the whole Urttlsh empire is awakened
to the danger. Tho Germans, or min
er the Turka undor command of Qer-
man officers, expect to haul theltjnu
nlttons of war down the Oriental rail
way from Constantinople to Bosanti.
There the road boa not been complet
a site and built a largo warehouse for
tho purpose of entering the mall or
der liquor business for Oregon and
Washington. An application for a li
cense made by this company to the
board of supervisors of Siskiyou coun
ty will be decided this week, aa It waa
postponed on account of a protest.
Tho first company la expecting ordere
from tho state of Washington.
When liquor Is delivered the pa
tron must give an affidavit before the
agent of the transportation company,
for which he pays five centa. A San
Francisco brewing company advertis
ed In Oregon papers that an allowance
would be made for all empty beer
bottles roturned.
ICE RINK WILL
OPEN T
NOT A BIT BEHIND NEW YORK,
SAN FRANCISCO AND PORT
LAND, KLAMATH FALIJ HAS
ITS 'HIPPODROME"
Tho latest winter Innovation for
Klamath FallB da an ico akating rink.
Thla will open tomorrow night, unleaa
tho unforsoen happens.
The rink Is at the corner of Fourth
and Willow streets. It nas a giaas-
llko surface ot thick Ico 150 feet
square, and there are UghU Illuminat
ing the pond, a skate room ana omer
conveniences.
Oscar E. Wllley la the responsible
party. He has been working for the
past week on the project, and his ef
forts have been rewarded with the
finest lee Imaginable. There will be
akatea for rent tor those who do not
possess these winter time steeds, aad
skating will be In order every even-
lac.
Typewriters aad women tpyUts will
take a prominent place la the aew eaV
imm, svsteaa la, the franca war
osloe.
0M0RR0W
ed otcr the mountains, and It la neces
sary to use motor trucks to Tarsus.
After a railroad trip to Oamanle there
in another motor trip to Radjo, mak
ing m all lWWIeattf motor traaoper-
tatlon for the munitions over roaoa
which have not heretofore known mo
tors. Tho railroad then leada oa to
Milan, threo hundred mllea across the
desert from the canal. The whole
distance from Constantinople to Milan
Is 1.320 miles.
SIEMENS PUZZLED
BY MAO DELAY
BANKER THIS WEEK RECEIVES
PAPERS DATED 1MM, AND WOR
RIES UNTIL DEMUCLL TELLS
HIM THE STORY
; if you, Qentlo Reader, should go to
'the postofflce and find there awalUng
Uou two nepers, wrapped In alngle
I wrappers, marked "delayed la tran
sit," you'd open them right away to
see the date, wouldn't youT Captain
U. W. Slemena did likewise this weeg
Rut Siemens received a worse oit
when he opened tho papers. One was
an Issue of the Weekly Express dated
October 18, 1906. The other Isaue
nr th ions- defunct "Excuse" waa
dated November 15 ot the same year,
How these papers could have been
nine or ton years on the way from the
mailing room of the Expreaa office to
Siemens' postofflce box was' a ques
tion that caused the genial captain
serious concern, in fact, bank em
ployee allege that hie mind waa to
preoccupied by this apparent groaa
neglect by the postofflce department
that he was off almost a nlckle In fig
uring tho Interest due on a $100,000
noto a customer came In to nay off.
Hone waa raised In the captains
heart that If these papers were so long
In coming through, there might be a
nnihintv of his receiving some ot
the payments promised him by par
ties he helped out yearn ago people
who left promising to send tho money
hack right away.
But these hopes were dispelled by
Pnat master W. A. DoImU. who ex
plained to Slemena that he found the
papers In the basement ot tne post
offlce quarters, one or tn papers
contained an account of the founding
ot the American Bank ana Trust com
pany-, with Siemens as cashier, aad
tha noatmaster decided -the ancient
lasuea would he good souvenirs for the
man who has since heeame preeldeat
of another banking institution whlea
has absorbed the old Amerleaa earn
ptay.
CRATER LAKE TO
BENEFIT BY BILL
HAWI.KV'H MKAHUftK KKCKNTIiV
IXTHODl'CEU I'ROVIDKH FOB
L'HING I'AIIK KKVENUKS FOR
I'AUK IMl'IMJVKMKXT
The following measure bus been In
troduced in congress by Representa
tive Hawley:
"lie It enacted by the senate aad
house of representatives of the United
States of America In congress assem
bled: "That hereafter the proceeds of all
leases, licenses, franchises and per
mits of every kind la the Crater Lake
National Park, and all other revenues
that may be derived from any source
connected with the park, ahall be de
posited la the treasury and expended
on requisitions approved by the secre
tary of the Interior and under his di
rection In tho management of the
park and construction, repair and Im
provement of the roads, trails and
bridges In the park."
EIGHTEEN CARS
OF STOCK LEAVE
OVER FIVE HUNDRED FINK OAT-
TLE ARE SMIPfD TO CALIFOR
NIA FOR RANCHlSTOCK GBR-
BER SHIPS HOGS
A tralaload of breeding cattle ware
shipped from Klamath county today
on the "stock special,1' going to stock
a big ranch at Athlone, Merced coun
ty, which haa been secured by D.iM
McLemore, who has been buying and
selling stock here for the past five
yean.
The shipment of cattlo comprised
524 head of cows and helfera and
twenty-odd bulls. They are an excep
tionally fine lot ot cattle, and were
purchased In the Sprague River, Wood
River and Yonna Valleys. McLemore
paid close to $10,000 tor the lot
McLemore has leased 34,000 acres
of Merced hind for stock raising, se
curing It from the Chochllla Land
company. He plans to carry on stock
raising on a large scale, bidding for
the southern market
Louis Gerber, our local diversified
stockman, sold S10 hogs to Charles
Horton for the Western Meat com
pany thla week. These went out on
today's train also, and the train con
sisted of eighteen carloads of stock,
all destined for California points.
HORSE BUYER IS
COUNTY JOHN DOE
NORMAN SIMPSON IS INDICTED
IIY GRAND JURY ON CHARGE
OP STEALING A HORSE FROM
A DAIRY RANCJ1FR
The identity ot the "John Dee" in
dicted by the grand Jury December
Slst became known today. This is
Norman Simpson, a young horse buy
er who was in Klamath county last
summer, purchasing steeds.
Simpson Is charged with larceny ot
a horse. The animal alleged to have
been stolen belonged to Louis Steril
of Dairy, aad It is charted that Simp
son took the horse along-with other
horses after cowboya had told him tho
horse belonged to Stent.
Simpson has been located In Wood
land. The authorities there hate
wind the sheriff's oftea her that
they can arrest Simpson any time,
hut that he states ho will not return
to Oregon without extradition, and
that ha will Sght extradition efforts.
'District Attorney Irwla, today pre
nared extradlttan paters to be for-
WMffWW W
AMERICA HARDLY
LIKELY TO ACT
IN PERSIA CASE
XO FURTHER LIGHT 1ft THROWN
OS THE AFFAIR
Only Cause for Further Parleying
Would Be a Freak Statesneat by I
Aastrla That the Vessel Was Tor
pedoed Without Waratac aad Bach
a Stateiet Is Hardly Likely, la
the Light of Reeeat Notes.
United Presa Service
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. .
America may never protest the slak
ing of the Persia by a Teuton subma
rine. High officials today said that
only after a frank admission by Aus
tria that the vessel was destroyed
without warning could the United I
States make a protest.
Such an admission, unless accom
panied by unquestionable evidence
that the attack waa not Juatlfled is
hardly likely. It would meaa a renun
ciation of tne coneeesiona made by
Austria In the Anoona correspond
ence.
Dtsostches from American Consul
Carrels, at Alexandria, Indicate that
the government now haa all tho in-'
formation regarding the Persia sink-,
ing that is likely to be obtained,
leas more Is sent from Vienna or
Berlin.
Affidavits by survivors, he says,
tbrowno xtereUght on the tragedy.;
NEW EMPEROR TO
BEHEAD ENEMIES
REWARDS ARE OCT FOR ARREST
OF THOSE OPPOSING THE MON.
ARCHY THREATS TO SECEDE
ARE HEARD IN SOUTH
United Press Service
SAN FRANCIBCO, Jan. 6. In a
cable to the "China World," a local
Oriental paper, Pekln advices say Em
peror Yuan Shi Kal has offered big
rewards for the arrest of Leong Ki
Chu, a prominent statesman, and oth-
er leaders of China who have opposed
his ascendency to tho throne.
Pekln advices received are alao to
the effect that the governors of tne
two southern provinces have appealed
to Yuan to stoD the monarchial form
of covernment Thoy threaten to
secede, and to support the revolu-
ttonnry movement
Shlpplngtonite Robbed.
Fifty-five dollars In gold was taken
from a purse In tho room ot Jack
Ryan at Shtpplngton last night. A
warrant waa Issued today for a sus
pected party. Ryan says the Intruder
took only gold, leaving $10 In silver
untouched.
In England women are barred from
practicing either aa lawyers or oar- state into a reserve oorpe ior ww Bar
risters. t1.
Policy Regarding Farm
Land in Reserve
(Herald Special Service)
WABHINQTON. D. 0.. Jan. 6
In his report tor the last nscal year,
tha secretary of agriculture makes
quite' plain the department's .policy
In regard to agricultural lands within
he national forests. The report also
states;
"It to the department's policy to
make) available lor settlement all
tods whlea are chiefly valuable for
MEXICAN POLICY
OF WILSON GETS
SENATE ATTACK
PRESIDENT 1H ASKED FOR
Df-
FORMATION
New Mexico Senator Introduces 1
Itition
Bewailing aa Explanations
,"
of the Recogaitfoa of Carranaa by
the AdBJoMratJos Thfe
tion Is Adopted Uasulmoissly
I 'Goes to Vote.
United Press Service
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. .
Senator Fall of New Mexico today
opened the fight oa the administra
tion's Mexican policy by Introducing a
resolution questioning the existence
ufa government In Mexico. Tha reso-
lutlon declared that the senate haa
no ofllclal .knowledge of the presi
dent's dlploamtlc dealings, especially
the recognition of Carranaa.
The senate unanimously adopted
rail's resolution. This asked speetle
information from President Wlleen
i ... .
irt - garaing tne Mexican proDieaa.
"The administration's act haa not
'been squared by fair words and strong
phrases in messages," said Fall. Tar"
the tlrst time in the history of the na-
un-Ltlon, a president haa dared to ignore
the senate in such an Important
ter.
MEDFORD CAMHDATm FOR
CITY OFFICES ENTKR RACK
MEDFORD, Jan. 6. The last day
'fortheUUng of candidates nemos for
Ube city election, to be held on Jaaa
Inry 11, brought forth n number "of
j announcements for offices. E. T.
Foss, present Incumbent, and Martin
McDonough, a former merchant have
filed tor city recorder; City Treasurer
Gus Samuels, who baa held otke
ttwe temg wIU aTa ,,(
J- W. Shirley, an accountant and a
'schools. Dr. J. J. Emmeaa will op
pose Councilman Weynski In tho tret
ward., Tho second jracd has three
candidates for the council Dr. J. W.
Keene, T. G. Burrows and George L.
Trelchler. C. W. Davu.fs unopposed
in the third ward as candidate to one-,
coed Councilman I. W. Miles, rho re
tires.
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United Press Service
saukamkntu. Jan. o. seventeen
hunters and trappers today
.campaign of extermination in
county against rabid coyotes.
bera of the board of health expect that
the epidemic which has bean raging, s
lu Lassen and Modoc counties will be.
wiped out in this manner in a short
time.
A similar number of hunters .sue-,
ceeded in killing more than 100 rabid
coyotes In Modoc county.
Plans are now under way in renn-
IsylvanU to muster the women of that
Gven
' (farming! In order to open such arasfefe
., uuoixi v .-w-..- - --m - Wy,!i
Urge tracts found to so TMMemsprv i
agriculture or uasultea for peraMA'iAl
nnnl fnrmmt nuronaas IM sHmiaSMOa. ? n 1
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During the last tve;yea;a4mf is,-j
000,000 have seea releases.- -im.wm.i
dltlon. individual tracts ere
and opened to entry i
tion of home seekers; I
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