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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1916)
" JMj? lEuntnn Hratb KLAMATH COUNTY'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER KLAMATH PALLS' OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER :izz.t-sCn TfBth V.i-N. .H1T KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1916 Price, Five Cents Wilson's Stumping Tour FIRST SPEECH IS SCHEDULED FOR A WKUK TO HI". MM ONE FOR IHII.. ITICIANM I'tt-Mnii Will Talk lor Frciwrrdm" Tlmtxtii) Night In Xrw Vork, and riiilllun CoiumlllerttiPii MakliiK I'rrpnrnlloic. fur the Chicago Ow ,rn,jll',lirr..lvr. AUo In llw X.m. ir iln Itay. 1'ttllcil l'fw Service WASHINGTON, I). ('.., Jail. 24.- Willi the president's Mumping lour la brhnlf of Hip administration's pre ixrtdiiiiiii scheduled to lfKln In New York Thursday night, and n(her par I If i suit, the present week will see rilrrmc nrilvlty In nntlnnnl potltlral rlrclt, Chief Interest renter In Wilson's trip, lilt hpeechcs regarding tho Mexican situation nie expected to deepen Ihu political tinge of hi tour. Uadcrs of the republican party inert I Ms week In Chicago; They will make nrraiiKiincnU for tho nntlonal rcnveiillon, mid Incidentally review the field of candidate. Other development are tliu pro-freMhc-rcpubllcnn leader revoking (be agreement (or progressive legis lation working toward progressive mniml of ihr Chicago convention. W. C. T. V. TO RESUME - ITS MEETINGS HERE After a vacation of two months, the local branch or tho Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union will reaumo rorotltiKH The II rut will bo hold to morrow at i!30, at tho apartment of Mm, France llnyd In the Kelaoy bulldltiK Ileum Ikiiii East. Mm. Will C. Dalton canto In (ant night from a visit with friends In California and In Oklahoma. Mr. Dal ton returned three daya ago. Tho Italians left hero In October. GOTHAM AUDIENCE Another Klamath Player Is Sought for Beavers A second member of Klnniath Falls hivlnclliio bnsoball team Is about to Jump into professional baseball. This It Leo llouit, tho nclntlllntlng rnptnln nd shortstop. James j, (Ohlmmlo) Rlchardsou, ho Hconts for Walter McCredle through Oregon, dropped In on this morning's belated train, nnd -mode xnlllctous Inquiry for the where nbouts of lloug, Hoag In now In Cal ifornia. Hlchardson made It a point to be ft Medrord last year when the KUn &tb Faun team took the 4-0 game 'rom tho Rogtio Rlyer hopefuls. Tho showing made by the Klamath aggre gation that day was spoken of In lowing terms by "Chimmle" today. "Tho team that Klamath Falls had Mumbled last yer played as good ball as tiny Oluss D team," said he. It was certainly a surprise as a bush Usui, "Hose's Work eauh nv mvu and 1 cPt a line on his work the rest of Atmm i. INCOME TAX HELD CONSTITUTIONAL BY U.S. COURT i i justice whiti: heads the decision HikIm! TiIImiiimI of flu Xiilli'ii MolcU Thai Federal liy on InroiiiiN l .Vol nu Arbitral-) AIhim' of Power, n Ctuirft by TIkm' MakliiK Flglil AkaInM IIm legality or the !( hup Makltiic I am, (hilled Press Krrvlre WASHINGTON. I). C, Jan. 24 -Tim United Stale supremo court to day held the federal Income tax law to ho constitutional Chief Justice White read the decUlou. "It U not lure, nit Insisted, Hint al thoiiKh there In no express legislation provision prohibiting It, tho progres sive feature or Ihe tax causes It to transcend the conception of nil luxn- tlou, and become a mere nrbltrnry abuse of power," Hilld White, IBESSARABIA IS i SCENE OF FI6HT ! IH'SS AMI AUSTRIAN'S ARE BOTH I HURLING MEX IX ASSAULTS, AND THE MMtMKH ARE APPAL I.INdl.Y LARGE Cnltcd Pi ess Service PETROORAD. Jan. 24. -Advices nay florco heavy lighting ha been re- HUiued between Htrlpa nnd lleMHiirahla. Tho AuitrlanH and lluwlium hIiiiuI- tiineoimly Ruaulted yenterday, with a I fearful loia of life. The UiualaiiH rupuUed the Ann trlnnH near Strlpa, and aro attempt ing to envelope tho Teuton right flank near CxornowlU, with no npparont niiccchh a yet. tho season. Ho Is to be given n try- out with the Beavers. "A town that supports such u ball team as Klamath Falls did last year dosorvos any aid that can be given It In tho mnttor of new material, you can count on mo, theroforo, to dig up what I can for you In tho way of good mon. Tho Const League teams have their eyes on a number of youngsters whose performances last year were a revolution. Borne of them will bo left In the bushes another year, for the exoerlence they will get. "If these lads ran got on the Klam ath Falls team, they will have to travel at a lively gait. Klamath Falls would be an ideal Place to drop some jof these men this summer, where they could play with fast old heads, and still be watched by the leagues. 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Mrs. Smith was 25 years of age, and was n nntlvo of Klamath .county, being it daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Alford Mot hase. 8ho nttended tho Klnmnth schools, and had many friends. Besides her husband, Mrs. Smith leaves two daughters. Tho funeral iiervlco will be held at tho Whltlock chapel tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. POWER COMPANY HAS NEW HEADS CHURCHILL IH A VICE PRE8I DKNT XKW HKAD OF CORIH)R. ATIOX i JOHEI'H I). (IRA XT. XEW MEN OX BOARD SAN FRANCI8CO, Jan. 21. Rad ical changes In the personnel of the officers, directors and executive com mittee of the California-Oregon Power company were put Into elect at the ftockkolders'latfnual meeting. Joseph 0, Grant was elected presl- 111111111111111111 g ?hkM Jjguggw ifflv r '1' jupr y inoiawa MAA5 MECBEETAHAOLEy. MISSOUB-I dent, vice Jesso Churchill, who retains his place on the board, and C. Dei Otilgno Jr., and Joseph Hyman appear for the first time umong the officials ( of the roster. The following Is a full Hk of the governing bodies as now ! censtituted: Directors W. I. Brobeck, C. De. (Gulgno Jr.. Jesso W. Churchill, Jos- oph A. Donohoe, J. D. Qrant, John D.,fHAT McKee, J. Henry Meyer and Alex J. Rosborough. Officers J, I). Orant president, J. 1. McKee. Alex J. Rosborough and 'Jesse W. Churchill vice presidents, 'and A. C. Thompson secretary. Executive committee Jesse W. Churchill, J. Henry Meyer, J. D. Cirnnt, Alex J. Rosborough, Joseph Hymiin and Jiibeph A. Donohoe. Tho corporation Is tho successor of tho Siskiyou Electric l'ower and Light company. It auplles twenty four communities with light and pow er In Northern California and South orn Oregon, and Is building an addi tional plant on the Klamath River to genorato 53,000 horse power. CHAUTAUQUA IKCTUIWR KEEKS VICE PRESIDENCY lu a letter iccolved today by the Herald from Senator E. J. Burkett of Lincoln, Nob., Burkett announces his candidacy for vice president, his name being on tho ballot for the Nebraska presidential preferonco primaries. Burkett was ono of the principal attractions of the Chautauqua assem bly here last summer, and his lecture will bo recalled by many. Ho also made ninny personal friends during his sojourn In Klamath Falls. Jack Berry vn. Jimmy Duffy Tonight United Press Service COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 24. Jack Borry, local lightweight, la scheduled for a twelve round bout with Jlnay Duffy of Buffalo before the Tuxedo club here tonight. Is to JUSTICE CHAS. E. HUGHS'. KLAMATH GETS A $3,545 PRESENT REPRESENTS COUNTY'S PORTION OF FUNDS RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT SALES OF TIMBER HERE According to the apportionment made by the secretary of state's office of funds from national forest receipts, Klamath county receives $3,545.42 as her share. This county has u forest area of 922,089 acres. Secretary of State Olcott has ap portioned $49,675.83 he has received from tho federal government from rentals, sales of timber and other Bources from national forest reserves for tho year June 30, 1915, to those counties lu which the forest reserves are situated, In proportion to the en tire forest area of the state. The money so received by the counties must be divided between the school and road funds, and expended as oth er moneys In the funds are expended. Tbo apportionment, it is explained, U based on the net or actual forest area within onch county, as furnished by tho forest service at Washington. In transmitting the schedule of na tional forest areas, the acting forester said that It was computed on a dif ferent basis from those previously furnished, inasmuch as It Included only net areas, which means actual national forest lands, exclusive of alienated, lands. The former sched ules were based on gross areas, and Included the alienated lands, falling within the national forest boundaries. Approximately 40,000,000 feet of timber are cut annually under sales from the Chugach and Tongass na tional forests of Alaska. Start SNOW BLOCKADE IS CONQUERED AFTER A F T TWO I.AItOUKItS AltK KII.I.KI) UY ' SNOW I'MIW I'atallty Occurred YeHtertlay After uoou Xeur Veel Tniln Iti-aching Here irly Thin MooiIuk Was First to Arrive for Two Days Delay' Cuii-mmI UIk Aci'iiiiiulution of Mall, t Including Uike County letters. After two days of blockade, train service between Klamath Falls and the outside world has been resumed. At 2.30 this morning, the first scngcr to arrive since Friday night reached here. - 1 The blockade was near Weed oa the Klamath Falls-Weed line. It took j determined work and the assistance of a rotary snow plow to clear the', tracks. In connection with the snow plow, two Italian laborers were killed near Weed yesterday, according to return - ed passengers. These men were stand-( Ing on the snowbank oa one side of the track. The bank collapsed as the rotary was going by, and the men were precipitated into the whirling blades and killed. There was a big heap of mall for the local postofflce on the delayed train. Besides the Klamath Falls mall accumulating, there was also a lot of mail for Lake county points. Train service has been suspended on tho N.-C.-O., and Lake county mail' must come through Klamath and. reach there by stage. ' WATER-POWER TRUST EXISTS SO AT LEAST CHAROES SECRE TARY HOUSTON IX A SPEECH IX) THE SENATE URGES IX VESTIGATIOX ORDERED WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 24. Secretary of Agriculture Houston in a report to the senate today charged that a gigantic water power trust ex irts Through common ownership of stocks, community backing and tho t'umicial Interests, the trust Is shown to havo a grave monopolizing tenden cy according to tho charge. Forty-two per cent, it Is claimed of tho country's water power In Oregon, Washington and California Is under control of the trust. I Mexican Slayers of Aked Are Shot in Juarez Plaza Hulled Press Service EL PASO, Tex., Jau. 24 Bernardo and Fredrlco Duran, Mexican cattle thieves, were executed In the plaza at Jaurez at daylight today for the killing of Bert Aked last Friday. Bornardo admitted the slaylug, aud appealed for mercy on behalf of his brother. The men died cursing Americans. Soon a .. AERO AND NAVAL FLEETS ARE BUSY IN OFFENSIVE DOVKIt, KNULAND, UOMUKD BY OERMAX 8KYMEX Forty-Kite French Aeroplane Kala S'liellH and Fire on Austrian aad Bulicnrian Hcudquartcr at Monaa tlr. Inflicting Heavy Dnmne Uu. lau Torpedo Boots Attack Turkish Port u ml Sink Vctt-seN. United Press Service BERLIN. Jan. 24.- -Tbe admiralty today announced that the German pas-L.va, aer0nianes bombarded the sta- ,. ..., nH fh ,.,,. n ' early Sunday. Dover Is of London. sixty-six miles southeast The bombardment ap- parontly discredits the report tbat jl.ondon was attacked. It is possible . i ,tr'at l'otiioa was bombed ,n second 'raid. United Press-Service - SALONIKA, Jan. 24. A squadrpn of forty-five French aeroplanes bom barded the Austrian and Bulgarian headquarters at Monastir yesterday. Heavy damage and considerable loss o life are reported as a result of this aerial offensive. United Press Service PETROGRAD. Jan. 24. It is an nounced that Russian torpedo boats yesterday sank thirty-three Turkish sailing ships and destroyed sevtn more at their docks In a raid along the Anatolian coast. At the Turkish villages of Samson nnd Onnepatz, In Asia minor, the Russ squadron bom barded the wharves, and destroyed the barracks anr customs bouses. United Press Service I BERLIN, Jan. 24. It waB announced '. . ... . r ..., Aln toaay lliai two ueriuuu uai oi ioi- ors bombarded the aviator sheds In Hougham, West Dover. Sunday. Fires followed the bombardment. Eighty thousand lives were sacri ficed to cancer in the United States during 1915. Frederick L, Hoffman, Insurance btatistlclan. told tho Pan American scientific congress, in de manding more serious consideration of the disease by doctors and tho pub lic generally. During the fiscal year 1915, forty four of the 102 national forests paid jthelr local operating costs, or, In oth er words, were self-supporting. United Press Service WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 24. Tho execution of tho Duran brothers Is regarded us a demonstration of Carranza's anxiety to protect Ameri cans, and somewhat allayed the aglta-" tlou for Intervention In congress, No Immediate action is planned on ,. tho various Mexican resolutions. ThejP administration will not- submit arre-f; port oni-Mexlcan affairs uptuMHjir the president returns ww wff&Fg; Ing tour, about two weeks Msjet;fj rr ft: fSTZ'A W? il (Ml 'm m i v.. , m m&i si 13 .ji-A'ii I 'l . ., 'f: I7