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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1916
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HAS BEE BEFORE
UMAX HKITMI' ri IHAVOV
r.'KI STRAIN
tdsdeWrslli'n Frankly Ailroll- Ttwt
IhsMstlrr l I" Somewhat Hope
(tUjc, mitt i Coiilldonllnl He
Mrt of Colonel House Does Not
grty Matter "ertiuuiy Hope Cor
ii Amicable Hetlleutwrt.
failed Vttu Service
WABHINOTON, D. C, Kb. 6.
Tk rfuMl f Hcrmany to disavow
ihe tlnhlns of the l.usltanla hss ere
i:ed Iho jrttVMt rorm of aKuallon.
Tb msttrr U being give n careful at
imIIod, and no decisive step l plnu
ti lor today.
Cmldcnt Wllnou ha the confldon
iul rtport of Colonel House, secured
la'llerlln. It I" understood that It
ujt German public opinion bitterly
onH a disavowal.
Wilson wilt probably await House's
lull xport before n diplomatic break
111 t scrloualy considered. All of
Wilson's cngngouicuta have been
broken, and ho In giving Ills entire
ituntlon lo lli' situation and Its so
'.olios,
A point haii been reached lu nego
tUtloBt where a shutdown Is necee
tttj. The administration baa clearly
Indicated that It will not back' down
U lit rtoutsts.
The Orrmnn embassy officials ton
tliiiir ctlro. They believe an accept
itl compromlKo will be prooaed.
Th dlploamtlc deadlock seems to
be over the word "Illegal,"
There Is no dlolloii her lo ar
Ultilt a mailer ntfecllug nattlonal
hour. Kvcn II Wilson retuaea to par
ly further, It In expected that ho
nun wnd on an untlmatum before
Mitring rplntloim with Germany.
Halted I'rei Herric
I'ERLIN, Kcb, C -Despite pessl
alitlc reports vIa Ureal Ilritaln, offl-
Industrial Commission
Declares an Exemption
(Herald Hpecial Kervlce)
8ALGM, Feb. C The sUte Indus
tlnl accident commission yesterday
dtcltred an exemption of payme&ta
for the month of February of all m
Ptoycra and tho workmen of these em
Ploytra who havo paid their contrl
buttons tor the past six successive
Matat.
Thlsactlou was taken In. accordance
wlta section 11) of tho amended law,
Iks eommlsalon bavins; found that tho
fund amounts to a sum sufficient to
Nt all payments and liabilities ac
vd, together with n surplus of 30
lf cent thoroon.
The commission has sot aatde as a
"trewted fund tho Bum ot 77i
. in tho hands of tho state treat
"Mr, who bus Invested same In Ore
ion school and miinleliml ttnnda draw.
' 5 and fl per cent Interest; and the
Jw fund, nnd Intorest to accrue
"rson, is an Irrevocable fund which
"III be used exclusively in nav ivnn.
already awarded on aettled
cMUai In fatal cases and for Derma
mt.bl,Uy' u R" a,, 'nveated
"119,73 of thn imtnl fund. In
ool bonds drawing Interest, which
rr.i!eeruo ,0 tho credit ot the gen
WU fund.
.yn addition to the above, the com
!"W had on hand January It.
WM, IJ09.617.98, and due from the
T. tho "even otha preceding
;Tjil9.S6, and due the eoMiealon
SUMy Wrolli aid lewtmU re
?!!!!?? M MMMtit eeUmated at
1101,447.19, ThellablMottke
ATTEMPT MADE TO
WRECK BRIDGE AT
VICTORIA TODAY
SUSPECTED I'HrTTEII SHOT BY
SOLDIERS
Canadian t'llle Are .ill Conducting
Itotllltf-Ui or Allen (Jerrnnim
Air (Jptiemll)' lllntnrxt for llie De
traction of lite I'nrllniitenl Houm
by Flro Vralrnwy All Who' l-fi
Ottawa Are Bring Traced by Police.
United t'raiss Service
OTTAWA. Feb. S An attempt to
wreck the Victoria hrldgo won frus
trated early this mornlnR. Troops
1'icd on n limn neon creepliiK over the
. lo; toward tho bridge before daylight
(doarchllghls spotted him, nnd the man
nnk Into the water nnd perished
Mo first appemeil nt inldnlKhl, but
lied when challenged The bridge In
iMio of the Inrgem on the American
continent,
A round-up of iilleim Iiiih been start
ed. Dominion police have been or
dered to apprchcud all foreigners who
left Ottawa on the night of the tire,
and this In being done through the
railway offices.
'lermans arc generally suspected.
On lltulnt.
Fred Kline, representing the Met-lor-Kllne
Dry Hoods company of flan
Francisco, U In this city transacting
business.
ili.U rldlrule the possibility of tier
man refusal to disavow the Lusltanla
affair brluglnK on an Immedlalo crisis.
They KUtte thai further negotiations
uh certain before (Icrmany frames a
formal answer lo the liisl American
note
ltt-nllsliiK that ihe Hliunllon In surl
oils, the public Is discussing the possi
bilities of a break. Many believe tho
(rouble, will bo settled by arbitration.
rnminissloii consists entlroly of un
settled claims, workmen who aro still
disabled and drawing pay for time
inua mill fntal cases In process or au-
Justmont, In an amount toUllIng
1159,077. JO; the commission thus uaa
not resources over nil liabilities
amounting to $143,370.09.
The cxonutlon declared by the com
mission means that the stato will car
ry tho Insurance risks of all opera
tion! In tho stato which are working
under tho act, and have qualincd ror
Mi nxomntlon. without cost to either
employers or workmen, for the entire
mnnih. wilt oftv all bills for care ana
time loss of Injured workmen. Fully
MS nor cent of all tho haiardoua oc
cupations In tho state aro now pro
tected by tho act. In addition, a
large number of non-haiardou occu-
iintlnna. IncllldlllB1 SOVOI'ftl liundrea
farmers, aro, by application, enjoying
tho nrotectlon and benetlt or tno act,
and will participate In this exemp
tion.
it Is. In effect, u dividend paid by
tho commission, aa an Insurance com
pany, hack to omployers aud their
workmen, of approximately B0,Q00,
and la the second dividend of this
kind doclared by the commission un
der tho amended law since the begin
ning of tho present fUoal year, July
1, 1916.
Tiia commission Is conducting a
campaign of accident prevention,
wKkh, if given the oo-operatlon of
employers aid workmet, will farther
Mduca. aocldenta and make runner re
ductions and exemption possible,
American Fighter
Loses an Arm
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lurk Muiiiih.
Thlii pliotoKrnpli, tu ken somewhere
lr France, hIiows Surgcnut Jnrk Mtin
ioc of the I'rincesM l'atrlrlu's Cana
il In n light infantry, since the fiunTTiiH
ex-piiKllisI lins leeelved his first
v.numl. Jink fought with the famous
Princess i'nts lu the front trenches in
France and Flanders for nine months
before he received a scratch. Now he
Ik convalescent after t three months
siege- lu hospital, but is doubtful
whether there Is n haymaker left In
his bandaged right arm.
After his brief fume in .Montana
during his ring career, Jack Munroe
drifted to ICIk 1-nke, Ontario, and be
came first mayor of thai mining town.
lie has been with tho Fatrlclas sluco
the' day In Augiiht. 19H, when the
I'rliicesa presented the original rcgl-
mem wun ine eoiors oraou u, ..c.
own hand. When he was wounded
lea. than flftr of the original 1 .100
Fata were left In action
COYOTE SEEN IN
A LOW STREET
,OMi: OF FAIUVIEW IHHTKICT
4TATK THAT AMMAIj, ACTING
QUKHLY, WAIiKKD IX THAT
SUCTION TODAY
A coyote was seen lu thu Falrvlew
district this morning, according to wo
men residing tbore. Those women say
that tho animal acted queerly, and
thoy bellovo It had rabies.
"The animal came Into town be
tween tho Catholic church and our
house and those of Harrison's and
Matt V said Mrs. F. R. Hamilton, In
r slsned statement, telling of the af
fair. "It was seen by all the women
nnd children at theso houses.
"Tho coyoto came toward the cem
otory from tho church, noting queerly,
as though bowllderod or lost. A big
dog fiom tho Ray rosldenco ran nt
tho coyoto, which stood still. The
dog stopped, as though afraid, and
tho coyoto then ran toward tho paveo
street leading to Shlpplagton.
"Other dogs then Joined In the pur
suit, nnd tho coyoto swiftly passed
from our view. I feel It my duty to
notify tho publlo regarding thla."
Captain O. C. Applegate thla morn
im notified tho authorities ot the oc
currence, nnd men were sent out to
kill the coyote If possible.
Malta Couple to Wed.
a marriage license was Issued to
day to Rudolph Kllma aad Aaale Kra-
tochvil, Both reside In Maim,
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nnd ICvening Herald Oter Ihe Coun-
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l I'rintliiK Cntjiil Pir the Vent-,
i( IIH.1 Is HUH KjiiMMled Appur-
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fill ly Ihe Appeal Should lie I1n-
mimed on Ktailin
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,'inlgc Ilcrnard Daly of Lake coun-j
ty, tins filed his oplrjlon' In the appeal
r-.l the Merrill necord from the deci
sion of tho county court In awarding
tho irintlng contrncl for 191G to tho
livening Herald.
The citHH was submitted to tho 1-ukc"
ro,inty court on stipulation for a deel-,
slon of the main contention of the two
parties to tho suit. Judge Daly ren-
dors bin opinion on the polntx in-
volvod, but does not enter a decree on
the findings of fact, anil It In probable;
that the case will have to go back or J
a request made of the Judge for a,
court order either sustaining or dls-j
mlKsing the appeal. .
The main contention of the Herald ,
that tho county court had the right to I
make an Investigation for themselves!
as to the validity of the subscription
lUts wan upheld by Judge Daly, and
Inasmuch as he did not find that the
county court bad erred, the natural
conclusion would bo that tho appeal
Hhould be dismissed. On this point
the court says:
"Answering question IV, the court
U of the opinion that evidence outside
the lists submitted by rival newspa
pers may be considered In determin
ing tho paper of largest circulation,
,..-.- or fraud aro duly made,
" ulc iover...u MWi.uu . .
clal county newspnpers appears in me
last threo sections ot the act appear
ing at page HO, General Laws of Ore
gon for 1S91. The law plainly con
templates a selection baaed upon the
facts of the lists submitted, when
such lists are conceded to be fair.
However, when charges of fraud are
placed against the submitted lists,
the stntuto says, 'the court shall seek
other evidence of circulation.' The
gathering ot ovidence Is not limited
to tho lists tiled, but the truth is to
be ascertained from any competent,
legal evidence within reach of the
court nnd tho interested parties. Any
othor conclusion would necessitate a
Judicial addition to the plain lan
guage ot the statutes."
One of the stipulated questions sub
mitted was as to whether subscribers
receiving their papers by carrier In
stead of through the postofflce, were
bona lido subscribers, and to be con
sidered in determining the circula
tion. Judge Daly's opinion on this
question is to the effect that "the HatB
of subscribers should be
confined to bona fide subscribers who
havo ordorod tho paper for nt least
one year, nnd who receive the paper
through tho United Statoa postofflce
It this opinion was sustained by the
supromo court it would affect more
ihun halt of tho loading newspapers
of tho state, as practically oill modern
nowspaporo, both dally and weekly,
sivn their subscribers the service de
manded by this age of progresslveness
by delivering the paper to the homes
and business houses, Instead of forc
ing all the people to travel to the poet
office before they can hare an oppor
tunity of reading the newa, Thla In
terpretation of the law has never been
recognised by county court hereto
fore, and would practically bar from
consideration the newspapers of Port-
PRINTING
Teutons' Ambassadors After
Wilson's Preparedness Speech
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Charge of Austrian Ambassy
This is tho first photograph of th
United States taken together. It shows them after the first speech of Prea-
ld,entWI!son in his campaign for preparedness. The German ambassador
wore his usual Jaunty air. while the Austrian baron was a little subdued.
BUT ONE ARREST
FIFTV-SKVKX AIHtKSTS WERE
MADE IX SEITEMBER, AXD
ONLY TWO DURING JANUARY,
ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS
During the first month of "Dry Ore
gon'' there were but two arrests by
tho local police. Of these, one man
was charged with drunkenness. The
arests for a few months before that
time follew:
September Arrests 57, for drunk
enness, 48.
October Arests 43; for drunken
ness, 41.
November Arrests 26; for drunk
enness, 17.
December Arests 17; for drunk
enness, 16.
The gradual falling oft in arrests
for drunkenness, etc., is generally
taken to be the result of the shutting
down ot work In the mills and woods,
and to tho departure ot men for other
sections during the winter months.
May Baby Better.
According to n letter received by
Dr. George A. Cathey from Dr. Joseph
Bllderbach of Portland, the Infant
child ot Station Agent May of Chllo-
quln, which was so critically HI here
for several months, Is Improving
splendidly In Portland. It was taken
there December 20th, and since then
It Is weighing over 82 pounds.
ladn, Eugene, Salem, Albany, Rose-
burg, Grants Pass, Medtord, Pendle
ton, Baker City and other ot the large
towns of the state, and force the pub
lication of county court proceedings
In a few ot the small weeklies with
small circulation, whose management
was not enterprising enough to give
their readers the service demanded by
the times.
EOR DRUNKENNESS
Count von Benwtorff
(lerman Ambassador
o two Teuton ambassadors to tho
JROLLER SKATING
TO BE REVIVED
INDOOR PASTDIE WILL BE IX
DULGED IX AT THE PAVILION
TONIGHT, AXD SEVERAL TIMES
A WEEK HEREAFTER
Roller skating is again to return
to Its own in the Pavilion. Manager
Free has secured a quantity of roller
skates, and tonight the first session
will be held.
Skating will be the attraction at
tho Pavilion two or three nights each
week hereafter.
Committees AreNamedto
Take Charge
Arrangements are being rapidly
completed for the Mathls-Vessey un
ion evangelical meetings to be held In
this city for a period of five weeks,
beginning March 17th. The selection
of tho various committees to have
charge ot tho work in Its different
phases has been finished, and some ot
the committees are already hard at
work.
The list of tho different committees
and their membership Is as follows;
Executive Rev. E. C. Richards
chairman, C. O. Hogue secretarry, Ida
B. Momyer treasurer, G. L. Walton,
L. F. Lozler, C. R. De Lap, Mrs. B, 8.
Orlcsby. Capt. O. O. Applegate, Rv.
J. W Jenkins, Rev. J. B. Griffith. Ret.
Charles T. Hurd.
Building W, E. Seehorn chalrmaa,
W. C. Landon, J. R. LenUj Arlie Wor
rell, C. N. 8ow. "
Personal Workers Mrs.J, L. Beak
ley chairman, Mrs. L. F. Loeler, J.' L.
ROUMANIAN ARMY
IS READY TO JOIN
IN GREAT FIGHT
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'IWIIX UK WITH AliMKM, SAY
RUMOItH
..Vine Tenths of Arrny'n Strength Is
.Vow Under Arms, and Are Massed
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' Along Bulgarian 'and Hungarian
I ltorder?i Closing of Itclgiutn to
Travelers Believed to Indicate New
Offensive by Germans.
By HENRY WOOD ,.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
ROME, Feb. 5. The Roumanian
army Is over nine-tenths mobilized.
Over halt a million men are massed'
along the Bulgarian and Hungarian
frontiers.
Private advices say that Roumanla
is ready to Join the allies at an op
portune moment.
Uulgaria has closed her Roumanian
frontier excepting at two cities, mis
trusting Roumanla. ,
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Roumanian artillery from forts
along the Black Sea baa been sent to
the Hungarian border. Austria is
also fortifying there.
United Press Service
AMSTERDAM, Fsb. 5. Dispatches
Ray 450 Germans were drowsed at
tacking Dvlnsk this week. Russian
tire broke the ice In the'Drina, and
the men were thus thrown into the
water.
' It la announced that Belgium's f rpn
tter has been completely closed to
travelers. This Is believed to mean
Important concentration preparatory
to a new German offensive.
United Press Service - -
ROME, Feb. 5. It Is reported that
Jtournania is preparing to float a
$4) 000,000 foreign loan I mnkd late
ly. This, according to tho Rouman
ian press, Is for war purposes, i
United Press Service
BALSE, Switzerland, Feb. S.-It Is
reported that riots have broken out at
Leipzig, and troops have been sent to
restore order there. -t
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Here from Mexico. '
U. F. Setzer Is here from Madero,
Mexico, visiting his brother, Cuitls F.
S'-tzer. He tells some thrilling tales
of conditions In Mexico, and says he
left Just eleven days before the Amer
ican mining men were murdered by
thu bandits. , .
ot Meetings
Yndeu. George D. Grizzle, Mrs. R. R.
Hamilton.
Secretarial Mrs. B. S. Grlgaby
chairman, C. E. Wlddoes. I. D. Whit-,
more. Mrs. O. P. Couchman, ueorge
Haydon, Miss Rachel Applegate. W,
E. Faught, Miss Vera Houston.
Publicity Bert C. Thomas chair
man, Mrs. C. R. Miller, Charles P. De
Lap, R. H. Dunbar, E. M. Chllcote.
Prayer Meeting J. B. Mason chair
man, Mrs. T. J. Telford, Mrs. Gilbert.
Mrs. H. E. Pelts, Charles Hunt,
Music V.T. Motschenbacher chair
man, Mrs. Mary Wight, Andrew Col
lier, Marlon Taylor, Mrs. H. O. Cham-!
berlin. ,
Ushers J. S. Elliott chairman, A.
R. Wilson. Charles Thomas, H.
Fox, O, P. Couchman. ' fr-A
Entertainment Mrs. c. , uetp w-j
chairman, Mrs. W, K, 8eeaor, Mlr,'?
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