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KLAMATH COUNTY'S
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
KLAMATH FALLS'
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
Tent" Year ' ,M
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1916
Price, Five Crate
President Names Pacifist
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FORMERMAYOROF
CLEVELAND GETS
WORD OF OFFICE
MAY III! FIUHT OVKIt HIS, CON-
KIRMATIOX
lUkrr Htate, Though, Time He I
In Vur ' All "t rl.lrni'n j
Prrpiurdm'M I'ollrlrw Ho Km- n
Hi Hit llmnl Them Kay Hrt-j
tlgpmiln Mutt HubMltufp Ijiu for J
Kortf of Arm I
Pulled I'lt-HH Mrrvtre
WASHINGTON. I. C, MihcIi
AvcordlriK Id reliable Information,
Newton I) Baker, ex-mnyor of Clow
Una, Ohio, will he appointed an rrc
rftary of war The announcement U
C-cctt'd Immediately.
it U understood Hint Attorney Cen
tral Gregory ha told President Wll
R'li that Acting Scott could not act
tK)ond thirty day.
I'lilUd I'lrnn Service
CLEVELAND. March-"?. 'l havo
accepted the poitt," nald ex-Mayor
Baker today. "I don't know when I
will (o to Washington, hut It will be
within thu week. 1 know nothing
right now regarding tin. duties of the
oOc."
Baker has always ben known as n
pacificist. When nuked today when
lie had conned to bo n pacifist and
becamo n preparedness advocate, ho
aid:
"I am still u member in good stand
Ibi of sovcral pence societies." IIo
uprated rear that hi. appointment
night ho held up because ho Ih known
to be a pacifist.
Baker Bsys ho believes In Wilson's
preparedness policies In fact, In nil
of his pollclea mo far an ho known
tbem. Ho told the United Press that
ho la convinced that poaco will come
only when tho belligerents agree to
ubatltuto low for force In settling
international disputes.
Baker received tho news of his ap
polntment whllo ho was trying a enso
In the court of common pleas. Ho
M not stop the case.
Pelican Bay
Begin Cutting Next Week
Sawing oporatlona at tho big double
"and mill of tho Pelican Day Lumber
-"wny are scheduled to start next
Monday morning, according to W. fr.
"noon, manager of tho big concern,
"wing tho soason the company .will
36,000,000 feet.
I'reimratorjr to commencing work
in the logging camps of the company
wound Uppor Klamath Lake, mem
!rVof t"A Pelican Bay company's
woodg forces loft this morning for tho
' and uncut, and others will depart
in the morning,
A aunnlv nf ir.. i .i a.. . i
at the mm i , . .. . ....
,. w ioriui a atari 01 cui-
" : while other logs arc on their way
w mill from the woods. The mill
m run a -Iwur ahlft, turning out
".WO feet of lumber dally.
Ma-nd for lumber Is to good at
" that the drying facilities at
Pelican Day plant are taxed to
"air capacity. Prices are better now
for a long time.
hr mllli are now making prepar-
'11' - 'ir"iTifrUfJUfKfuj
TwoViews of
an "Accelerator"
I ud I'll ViilKU
Lemuel Ell QiilgK, who once on tho
wltnoKH stand before mi Investigating
committee In Now Vork described
hlniHolf n h mi "acculorator," wiih n
witness tlio other day before tho legls
Intlvo committee of Nuw Vork which
In ImiulrliiK Into ii no called "riliiah"
fund or "yellow dog" fund of $2, 000,
000 Hint tho company which controls
tho stroot rnllwny system of Now York
Ih aid to hove pnid out. Mr. Qulgg la
the tnnn a IMttshurK contractor said
I wns the closest to (lovernor Whltmnn
of Now York state. Thoso art) very
good vlows of Mr. Quint..
Ilitiikjikei'-llall.
John V. Hiinsiiker anil Mnrguoilto
A Hull, thn hitter tho daughter of
! Air. ami Mrs. W. F. Turner, worii mar
ried Friday by How Clias. T. lltud.
'lloth nro well known hero, where thoy
I hnvo resldod many years.
Sawmill to
jutlous for rutting, Tho tlute of tho
resumption of cutting by tho Algoma
Lumber company hns not bcou an
nounced nu yot. This mill will bo run
ning heforo tho end of the month,
howovcr.
Tho II. II. Kdmouils l.umbor com
pany hns logging crows nt work In Its
timber near Olene. Mnnagor Kd
mnndH saH tho mill will start April
lBt, and out 35,000 feet dally.
It will bu about tho 1st of April be
fore tho now mill of tho I.nmm I.uni
bor company at Modoc Point Is coni
nlotod. Tho concorn will bogln as
soon as possible tho work nt cutting.
Nlcollu Urothora of Kugono hnvo
contract for logging tho 30,000,000
foot of lumber owned by tho J.uiinu..
Tho Klamath 'Manufacturing com
pany's sawmill, which was completed
Into Inst fall, will also got as early n
start as posslblo this spring. During
tho season soiuo Into machinery Is to
be Installed In this plant by F. Mill
Hunter, of the Sawmill Construction
and Engineering company.
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HUNTERS FREED;
IRWIN'S STAND
CAUSES ORDER
Circuit Judge I) V Kuykuiidull this
nlteriioon iIIhidIhhciI tho Indictments
MtHMliiRt .Mi. and Mrs. City Hunter
This followed the overruling of a mo
tion by Prosecuting Attorney Irwin
lo have this trlnl postponed and the
refusal then of Irwin to continue the
case, the dismissal holng made under
the provision of seitlou l.'il". Lord's
Oregon I.muh
I A mollon for a oitpouemeiit of
the Hunter trial until tho trial of A.
I l.i nest l.awrenio wns made at the
I opening of the circuit court this
I morning, when the trial of Mr. and
Mrs (iuy Hunter on charge of killing
I Mrs Alma Kile hue In Ootid Hollow
December 20. This was mndo by
Prosecuting Attorney Irwin, and It re-
til'i'd lu halting proceedings until
lute this nfternoou.
Judgo Kuykcudall held that thu
elites had been Bet and would bo tried
In the order arranged. V. II. A. Hon
ner announced that the defense was
ready for trial, but Irwin bold Hint
'the stiite was not ready.
Ono Juryman, J. F. Mugulre, was
examined by the dofense. Ho wns
j accepted by llenncr, but Irwin refus-
jed to examine him, stating that he
was not renuy 10 proceeu wun mo
trial.
After further purely tho Jurors
wore excused, and arguments by Ir
win, Heuncr and Mills, who appears
for Mrs. Hunter, wore heard. Fol
lowing the arguments, kuykcndall ad-
Journeil tho court until 2:45, to allow!
a study of the authorities cited. I
The court room was crowded this
afternoon with spectators eager to;
watch tho progress of tho trial. Mr.
and Mrs Hunter and their youngest
child were lu court.
Tho trial of A. Krncst Lawrence,
who was Indicted with tho Hunters
on charge of killing Mrs. Kuehnc,
was today set for next Tuesdny morn
ing. Owing to -Monday holng tho
I thirteenth, V. II. A. Rcnner, Law-
ronco's attorney, said that Monday
i"when It follows Sunday Is n day of
tost, especially If Monday Is the thir
teenth." Prosecuting Attornoy Irwin an
(nouncod that ho would bo assisted In
I tho prosecuting of Lawrence by Onelll
& Manning.
William S, Wines, a prominent at
torney of Springllold, 111., and former
prosecuting attornoy of Sangamon
county, hns boon retained by relatives
of Lawrence to assist neener in the
defoiiso of Lawrence. IIo is hero to
hear the testimony In tho Huntor
trial.
V, M. Lawroncc of Springfield, III,,
n brothel' of tho areu.od, Is also hero
to attend tho trial growing out of
tho fatal shooting December 20,
A dispute which arose between Mrs.
Kuohiie and Lawrence over tho pos
session of n ranch In Dodd Hollow,
Jointly ewned by both parties, cnus-
'ed tho fatal battle. It Is clnlmod. Mrs.
Kuohiii) had Instituted n suit for pos-
I session of tho land and Lnwrenco wns
nrrosted upon a rhargo of setting
lire lo the lirn of a man known to
te.vnmnt.ilza with Mrs. Kuohne. After
several days of n hard fought trial,
tho Jury fallod to reach a verdict In
tho anon cusp, and Lawrence wns re
leased on bond.
During" the latter stages of the
trial Mrs. Kuehne and her, son, An
drew Kuohne, movod out tnTlhefdls
puted property, mnklng their home In
a small houso on tho ranch. Tho
largo ranch house wns occupied by
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LANE WORKS FOR
VETERANS' RELIEF
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KI...lTOI PLANS AMI.NIIXT TO
KI.'.VTIXt- HILL II V WHICH MEN
WHO SKHVKIl THIKTY DAYS
WILL UK Pt.NSIONKD
Cjptaiu O. C. Applegate has Just
teielved u letter from Senator Lane,
in which he says:
"1 urn In receipt of our letter con-'
corning the Keating bill, which has '
1 as.ed the house, to pension survivors
of certain Indian wais. In reply !
wish to state that I intend to offer
an amendment -which will take care
of the thirty day men and those who
were wounded In the service. ' '
The Keating bill requires a mini-1
mum service of ninety days, which i
iciiulrement would exclude practically'
all the state troops nnd volunteers
who took part In the later Indian '
wjrs. These men were hurriedly or-i
r.aulred Into companies for tho pro
tection of Immigrant trains or en
dangered settlements, and though
their service was trying and danger
ous, It, wns often concluded in less
than ninety days.
Thoso inoii, "minute men" as they
cro, rendered most efficient service,
and the plnntlug of permanent settle
ments on tho Pacific Coast depended
much on their prompt action and
heroism. After all, the value of such
service should count for more than
thu mere length of time.
The veterans of the earlier Indian
wars. Including service rendered prior
to lS'.S, aro now drawing pensions
undor law which makes thirty days
tho minimum period of service and It
would bo unfair not to make the re
quirements tho same for the later
veterans. It is to bo hoped that Sen
ator Lnno and his associates will suc
ceed in securing the deserved amend
ment in tho sennto.
Congressman Hawley and others
who endeavored to secure a similar
amendment in the houso lost by only
flvo votes.
LENT TO BEGIN
ON WEDNESDAY
riPKI'IAL AMI WEDNESDAY MASS,
AND DEVOTIONS FRIDAY EVEN
XS AT THE-CHURCH OF THE
SACKED HEART
yuduesday Is Ash Wednesday, the
beginning of the Lenten perlod.or
the forty days of serious meditation,
nbstlnonce, etc, preceding-Easter Bun
day. Easter Sunday this year Is
April 23,
At Sacred Heart church, Ash
Wodnesday services will be held at
7:15 and will include tho blessing
uud distribution of the ashes. Ev
ery Friday evening at 7:30 the Way
of the Cross will be observed at this
church. A
as War Secretary
French Commander at Verdum
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GENERAL
The youngest Fronch general com-
mandlng an army In the field, General
Humbert, Is having the chance at Ver-
dun of gambling for the highest stake
of military renown, an opportunity to
lio envied by all his fellow command-
ors. He wns appointed to take charge
of the forces in tho Argonno early last
fall, succeeding General Sarrall, who to carry out the plans of General
had como. into conflict with General Joffre, who Is now at Verdun dlrect
J off re and General Mlllerand, then 'ing the defense.
DEBATE TO BE
HELDJONIGHT
MEDFORD AND KLAMATH HIGH
SCHOOL WILL ARGUE THE
QUESTION OF MILITARY TRAIN
ING Couch G. F.. Mooro and Hugo Lund-t
berg and George Henselmen, debat
ing team of tho Medford high school, j
arrived last night to moet the Klain-I
ath county high school's debating,
team. Charles M. Dorr and Emma
Honilk, in a contest for the champion
ship of the Southern Oregon district.
Tho winning team will debate the
wlnner of another district, in the elim
ination trials for tho stnto champion-1
ship.
ce debate will bo held nt Hous -
ton's opera house tonight, beginning
promptly at 8 o'clock. The question
Is "Reselved: That the United States
Should Adopt the Essential Features
of tho Swiss System of Military Train
ing and Service."
The Klamath team will take the af- thoro'
Itrmntlvo. The local debaters havei Where Inst .year, one trapper killed
been carefully coached by Vernon "'ty coyotes, ho killed only one dur
Motschenbacher. .'n8 the 8ame Period this year. The
Besides the debate, there will be 'government biological survey sent
special numbers tonight by fho high j huntors and trappers into the Bly
school orchestra of eighteen, nnd the country to help exterminate the anl
hlgh school chorus of forty voices. I mals, but for the past two weeks, they
These organizations have made much j have not killed more than three,
tro.i.so under the 'direction of In-1 The excellent support given by the
structor Taylor.
HUMI1ERT
secretary of war. General Sarrall was
sent t0 Salonika and Humbert' was
chosen to oppose the attacks which
'tho, flprmnn ppnwn nrlnoo tine hPAf.
ak, , fortress Ver.
dun at intervals for a year and a hair.
General Humbert was only a major,
when tue. war began, and tils rapm
promotion has been due to his ability
Hero from Salem.
E. P. McCornack is in the city from
Salem attending to business matters
in connection with the First National I
bank and the estate of the late AIexjUnl,el Press Service
Martin. Sir. McCornack expects to PETROGRAD, March 6. Russian
return to Klamath again in a few torpedo boats yesterday raided Treb-
woeks to arrange for resuming work'lzond, sinking several Turkish ships.
on the dredging and reclaiming of This fleet also silenced the Turkish
land along the upper lake. ' shore batteries.
Says Rabies
Apparently
"As a result of muzzling dogs, con
llnlug cattle and-horses, and shooting
or poisoning coyotes as much as pos-
slblo, the rabies epidemic in the Bly
section Is apparently oven Inciden
! tally there has been such' a warfare
.curried on against coyotes lu that dls-
trjcti that thoy are practically extinct
there," so says Clarence Motschen
bacher, who has been associated with
the government hunters In the work
Bly stockmen and ranchers to the
DEATH POURED
FROM SKIES DY
GERMAN
AIRMEN
Hif;c;sT itAin ok knolaxd last
NIGHT
Three Zeiielln A if UeUeved to Have
Piii1iilpiiu-l In Kalil, Which Daia
iiKeil Several Cities Violent Artil
lery' Plre Roars Along Mueee.
Itiissfnn Mosquito Fleet ArsJh
llmts Turlu
United Press Service
LONDON, March 6. Zeppelins last
night raided the east coast of" Eng
land, killing three men, four women
nnd, live children, and injuring thirty
three. Bombs were dropped in York
shire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Hunting
don. Cambridge, Norfolk, Essex and
Kent.
It is believed that three xeppellns
participated. Forty bombs were
'dropped, destroying several houses
'and damaging several Bhops.
1 This raid affected the biggest ter
ritory yet bombarded since the start
oi me war.
I nlted Press Service
PARIS, March 6. Violent artillery
'activity is in progress along the west
, bank of the Muese, west at Douou-
mont, and near Woevre. but there
are no important Infantry attacks.
French guns last night shelled the
German positions in Cheppy woods,,
and also along the road connecting
Avoucourt and Melancourt.
United Press Service
BERLIN. March 6. In minor en
gagements along the east bank of the
' Muese, and north of Verdun, the Oer-
mans last night captured fourteen of.
fleers and 913 men.
Under the same crew as brought
her safely to Wilhelmshaven after
successful, daring raids, the German
raider Moewe expects to return to
sea in h. few weeks to resume war
on British commerce.
The Moewe is now being scraped,
nnd overhauled in drydock.
Danger Is
Past at BIy
quarantine established is largely re
sponsible for the decrease of coyotes.
In addition to obeying the quarantine
mandate, these parties offered a spe
cial bounty of f'5 for each coyote kill
ed In the Bly section, which, with the
addition of the $6,50 special bounty
by tho county, made each dead coy
ote worth 111.60 to his slayer.
"Besides shooting the coyotes,','
said Motschenbacher, "residents ,
that section poisoned the carcase of
every rabbit killed, and of every 44
horse, cow or sheep. With the eou
try thus filled with poisoned bait, it,
(s believed that hundred! of eoyetea.
were exterminated by
carcasses."
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I r inliln- lin tuinn fmie'i '' 'I
domestic animals lafjWtpt0mi'-'
Between "twenty and tWrtr bsl at
cattle died there as reeik il nktm
and all were oi'oitfiMli.Wf
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