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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1916)
. . , J. h (Elf? u ntitui HraUi KLAMATH COUNTY'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER 1& ' KLAMATH FALLS' it j OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER i Tenth veer No. fra KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1916 Prlee, fire OMi GERMAN HEAD OF STAFF SAYS U. S. ASKS TOO MUCH IS HtlUK. HOWEVER, THERE'LL I1K NO WAIl America Asks au Immediate Ccaaa lion of Submarining Until All Quo lloni Regarding IWghU of Oev many nd of Neutrals Are Mottled. German Ambassador Is Clotting In to Extremely Hot Water lly OAItL ACKKRMAN (United Pre MUff Correspondent) Copyright, 1010, bjrtho United Prow Associations BERLIN via wireless), April 21. Admiral von Holtiendorff, chlof of tho Gorman admiralty staff, In an In tcrvlow with the United Press todny, declared that aortnany can go no furthur In uubmarlno concessions to America. However, ho added: "We havo no desire for a brook with Atnurlca. Thru would bo In pnnlty. Wo ahull not bring It about, dcuplto our desire to push vigorously our submarlno warfare. "Wo have definitely Agreed to warn tho crow ana passongora or puicngor liners. Wo liavo lived up to Hint promlie In every way, but we cannot bo asked to regard freight ihlpti In tho tame msnnor. "We could havo dcitroycd hun dredH of thouiandi of tom of enemy hips since tho beginning of our sub marine campaign, except for our promises given America, but we can not go further. I do not think that Americana want war with Germany for tho way the li conducting her submarine war now. England la responsible for tho Uvea of American-, carried on her freighters.'' fltovcAlotttlcaCcYWIHawPwItMdrcd Clinucollor von Dothmann-Hollweg Is now visiting Kaiser Wllholm at tho front. Thcro will probably bo no re ply made to tho American noto re garding submarining until these two havo fully considered tho mnttor. United Press Service WABHINOTON, D. C, April 21. The latest official Information la that America doraands an Immedlato stop nf tho present submarine campaign agslnst merchantmen. Whoa this It done, the way will bo mado clear an to how Oermany may proceed with submarines against coramerco with out endangering relations. Amorlca is not to be satisfied by antirnnces that Germany will oper ate within the bounds previously drain. "Immediate" In this case means within a time sufficient to notify submnrlno commanders now away from their bases. That Count von Bernstorff Is caught Is tho present Interpretation of tho last few days' developments are corroct. Officials are about con vinced that tho German embassy faces tho necessity of admitting Im lropor activities In tho United States or of having the facts proved. Tho contents of the papers taken Strahorn Now Looking at Various Rail Routes To personally go over and dotor-. 'o Wjtn chief engineer N. H. Jjogue tho choice of alternate routes, I resident Robert B. Strahorn, of the Oregon, California ft Eastern Rall y company, left last night for Cen tral Oregon for a long trip which will ww him to Bend, Burns, Silver Lake, Wiley, Ukevlew, Klamath Falls M other points. His business will also be to hold WMwences with communities oamat wre relating to station grounds and wmlnals, for which the englneer- ISli prct,0lly completed and ne otiatlons are In progress on the) part - various looal organisaUoas. Mapped Below Is Line of jT- rf) & T if I BoSsSSw hmSLmt T a- .'f&Ato rh a nil fo M V A 0v- ? I ; 4 1 &oe au ;4tr General Pershing's forco of 12,000 men In Mexico slnco Carranxa has not permitted tho uso of the rail roads tor supplies is now menaced on a lino some 400 miles long, reach ing from Columbus, N. M., to Parrel, vhoro Major Tompkins has clashed with a mob. This lino, over which automobile trucks have carried pro visions for tils soldiers, reaches from .i f r- x --v Columbus, through Cnsaa Grandes, Chihuahua and Satovo. Whether or 1 13,000; at Batevo, .General Herrora not supply autos aro on their way to! with 1,200; at Jaurex, General Gavlra 1'nrrnl to liolp Major Tompkins Ib with 1,800; at Madera, General Bar not known. j lani with 800; at Namaqulpa, General Carranzn has many thousand solCano with 800; at Guerrero, General dlors scattered through this territory, i Cavasson with S00; and at Casas Thoy would bo used at onco against Grandes, General Davllla with 1,200. American troops If tho clash came. At Torreon, southeast of Parral, Gen They nro distributed as follews: At era! Trovlno has 4,000. The Arrleta r.hihuahun, Gonoral Gutierrez with brothers are operating In Durango r.,000; at Parral COO; at Jlmlnoz 500; ' with about 3,000 men, and then there northern Sonora, Gonoral Calles with) nro the Villa bandits. from Wolf von Iglo, Captain von Papcu's secretary, after a sensational t'glit. form tho basis of this belief.) Tho confession of neutrality viola tions mado by Horst von der Golts Is nnothor oloment. t How seriously tbo situation Is viewed by tho German embassy Is shown by tho fact that demands have bcon mado for tho return of the tvtpors taken from von Igle, and re- OUCRtH for photographic copies of the ovldonco. Somo predict that von llcrnstorfl might bo givon passports for reasons independent of the sub mnrlno controversy. From lliigcnc. A. T. Moses of Eugene Is a Klam ath Falls Visitor. "The preliminary work of the Or egon, California & uosiorn runway project Is reaching one of Its most In teresting stages in that It Is being brought homo In definite and prac tical ways to Central Oregon com munities," said President Strahorn. "Froquont meetings with the Port land Chamber of Commerce commit too to aid In the financing of the prqject are held to keep the mem bers Informed on the progress of preliminaries, but the work which Is calling me to the interior is funda mental to further progress In con sideration of the problems of financ ing the railway system." the American Communications s sooo f f , - . S I I tfit ,rr' x AZoo t 1)11111 117 A 00011 1 K I N A N A 1 1 1 . 1 A I U II fill Lfl UUUInL SET FOR TUESDAY MEMURR8 OF MVE ORGANIZA TION IN CLOVER LEAF CITV WANT TO HEAR THE CANDI DATES MAKE SPEECHES (Herald Special Service) BONANZA, April 21. Residents of Oouanza will bo givon an opportunity to hear the pledges and views of the various candidates for county offices Tuesday evening, as the Bonansa Club has arranged to hold a candidates' meeting that night. This is given mainly for the benefit of the candi dates and people, to give them a chance to get bttter, acquainted. ' A program will begin at 7:30, and all of the candidates present will be asked to talk. Refreshments will be served after tho speaking. The meet ing bids fair to be the biggest In Bo nanza's history, and all candidates wishing to meet and address the peo ple of this district are cordially In vited to attend. LATE RETURNS BOOST REGISTRATION A BIT With some of the delayed registra tion cards received from Merrill, Tula Lake, Wood Riyer and Plevna dis tricts the Klamath county registra tion for the primaries now totals 8,782. Of these late cards 18 are repub licans, 16 are democrats and two art socialists. vm x Americans Troops Cannot Use Telegraph or Tele phone Anti-American Sentiment Grows, Say Late Advices United Press Service CHIHUAHUA CITY. April 21. A Vllllsta bandit whoso life was spared was the man pointing out the grave where he said Villa was burled. but the body was not Villa's. Consul Letcher's reports Indicate that Villa Is now In Durango and he Is not wounded. Announcement Is made that Car ranzlsta officers have received orders from Carranxa to prohibit American aviators from Dying over the cities, and to bar the American expedition from using the telegraph or tele phone lines. Resentment by Carranxa soldiers and the populace against the con tinued presence of the American ex pedition is growing. Somo Carran zlstas declare it will be impossible to control the people unless the ex pedition Is withdrawn soon. It is believed that other attacks have been mado upon the expedition I besides tho fight at Parral. Tbo news- papers here have announced an early withdrawal of the expedition. Mayor Herrera of Parral was In structed to Inform the Americans that they must not advance south of Par ral. United Press Service SAN ANTONIO, April 21. Gen eral Pershing has withdrawn his ad vanced detachments to prevent pos sible massacre by the Carranxlstas, followlng'ttref&rnle at Bachlne, ac- TO TALK PLANS FOR ROAD WORK i LOCAL CITIZENS TO CONFER j SPECIAL SHAKESPEARE PRO WITH PARK OFFICIAL AND GRAM TO BE HELD TOMMO FOREST HEAD TONIGHT RE-' ROW AFTERNOON BY STUDY GARDIXG CRATER LAKE-ROAD SECTION OF WOMAN'S CLUB A meeting of importance will be, held at the Commercial Club this i evening when local men will confer lng widely observed throughout the with Supervisor M. L. Erickson of world this spring, Is to be observed Crater Lake National Forest regard- In Klamath Falls tomorrow at R lng the securing of forest service aid meeting of the study department of In the improvement of Jhe road be-, the Woman's Library Club. The tween the Utter & Burns sawmill and' meeting will be held at 2:45 at the tho entrance to Crater Lake National 'Library Club hall, and all Interested Park. All Interested are asked to at-1 tend. Thls atrip of road, three miles in longth, is through the national for- ( leader of this department. This con est. It Is also the worst piece of road ( gists of Shakespearean numbers, artl between Klamath Falls and Crater teles on 8tratford-on-Avon and other uaKe, ana me aimcumes met oy au-( toists in traversing this strip have caused the Klamath route to Crater Lake much criticism. Tho matter of seeking federal aid was put up to Klamath Falls people by Assistant Superintendent Momyer of Crater Park. Momyer Is in town and will also take a part in tonight's meeting. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY IS TO BE MADE IN OREGON BELOIT, Wis., April 21. William Martin, Just returned from a year's work In South America for the Feld Museum, of Chicago, has received a federal biological survey commission to spend eight months with a party In Oregon, making a biological sur- vey of that state, particularly the lesser-known mountain regions. A geologist will be Included tn his party of Investigators. The Investigation is to be started in a few weeks. Decide to Locate. Charles Woodburn, who came here with his family recently from Im perial, Calif., has decided to locate In Klamath. He has Just purchased the Improvements on a 880-acre home stead between Poe Valley and Tula' Lake, and will make his home there. Mr. Woodburn Is an experienced stock raiser, Handicapped cording to staff officers at headquar ters. The expedition Beeklng Villa is stalled. Future activities depend on tho outcome of the conference be tween Major General Funston and Ceneral Scott, chief of the army staff. United Press Service PHILADELPHIA, April 21. It Is reported that orders have been re ceived at the navy yard tor the bat tleships Connecticut and Kansas to, be ready to sail in a day. The collier Brutus, one of the navy's largest, sailed for the Pacific Coast last night. Cnlte.l Press Service WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21. It Is learned authoritatively that the Investigation of alleged German con nection with the Vllllsta raid on Co lumbus, N. M., Is awaiting the return of tho American expedition from I ex! co. SIM XK SEES GOOD TIMES SWEEPING THE COUNTRY R. C. Spink, proprietor of Spink's Resort on Spring Creek, returned last night from a sojourn of several months at his old home In Georgia, where he has been settling up an estate. Spink states that while there Is no apparent advance In values In the South, there Is a spirit of op timism in that section, which he says is also reflected In the Middle Wee- te'rn'polnts'He'Tlslfear' '"" E TERCENTENARY The tercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare, which Is be- are invited to attend. A special rrogram has been ar- 'ranged by Mrs. Charles P. Stewart, matters of Interest pertaining to this 'master writer. a RABID COYOTE NEAR MERRILL ANIMAL ACTING QUEERLY AT THE PARKER RANCH IS SHOT, AND TRACES OF NEGRI BOD IES FOUND IN BRAIN The town of Merrill Is much ex cited over a rabies scare. Last week a coyote came to the Parker ranch and after unsuccessfully trying to get Into the hog pen, chased the ranch dog, finally biting him. The coyote waa killed and the head sent to the Oregon Agricultural College for dissection. T. M, Durham received a letter yesterday from the college stating that the head showed alias of rabies Infection. An officer waa sent out to the ranch to kill the dog, aa be has been running loose slaoe being bit. WILL SERV Charles H. Ranall, a Fighting "Dry wgaCigsaBiRji.Mii fP' ftyx. vgsBiBsaaBBasi lasB veasBBs !&vIbbbbbbbbb1 giiHk Vvsf Ss HIsbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb! gegeWv; --JgM gegBgi!jilgePH BBBBBBaHgsWWtMHi kM? ?bbbbbbbR-' L JtgeaBBaBPwlBBBBBW PigSBBBHsBBsHHsstRi Representative Charles H. Randall 1 Representative Charles H. Randall of California is a prohibitionist, and a fighting prohibitionist. He has tak en up the fight against Demon Rum In the house of representatives, and has already introduced several bills For instance, one bill would bar from government service anyone using liquor. There are 450,000 per sons in the government service. SHERIFF IS BACK WITH A PRISONER JAMES M1DKAFF, ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF NON - SUPPORT, WILL BE GIVEN A HEARING HERE TOMORROW Sheriff C. C. Low returned last night from Columbus, Mont., with J times Mldkaff, arrested there on a charge of failure to support his fam ily. Mldkaff will be given a hearing before Justice of the Peace Gowen nt 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Mldkaff was sought for some time before he was finally located near Columbus. Events Leading to Present German-American Status February 4, 1915 Germany de clared that the waters around the British Isles would be a war sone after February 18, and announced that every merchantman found there in would be torpedoed. . February 10 The United States warned Germany that it would be held to "strict accountability" for any trenchment on American life or property. February 16 Germany replied that the unfairness of the British blockade and the necessity of self preservation would force It to con tinue its submarine policy. April 30 The American steamer Gulfllght was torpedoed and three killed. May 1 An advertisement in New York papers warned Americans not to travel on the liner Lusitanla. Mays 7 The Lusitanla was tor pedoed and sunk and 2,200 drowned, including 11B Americans. May 13 -The United States pro tested, saying it would not "omit any word or act necessary to Its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of citizens." May 30 Oermany replied that the Lusitanla was armed and carried mu nitions. June 8 Secretary of State Bryan resigned. June 10 A note of warning was COST OF HIGHWAY WILL NOT EXCEED 20,000 DOLLARS I . ! i: VOIXEKRS FIGURES BEAR THIS OUT Sixteen Foot OUed Macadam High- r tray, One and a Half Miles Will Cost About 914,080, Accord ing to Estimate by Ziuawalt Crushed Rock Spur Roads WU Coot Approximately 92,080. The municipal highway to Bhlp pington, with branch roads to con nect with Pelican City, and to go to the boat landing on Upper Klamath lake can be built for 120,000, ac cording to City Engineer Zumwalt. There has been a story circulated to the effect that this improvement would cost twice or three times that amount. The ways and means committee ap pointed by the citizens' mass meet ing figured the cost at not more than $20,000. The question on the ballot at tho May election provides for the construction of- the road at a cost not to exceed $20,000. Zumwalt's estimate, prepared at the Instance of the campaign com mittee yesterday, follews: One and a half miles of five inch Macadam pavement, road 16 feet wide, at 81 per yard 114.000, One mile crushed rock road, 14 feet wide, with 5-lnch rock dressing, at '$"per yard 2,180 Grading, etc 8,640 Total $20,000 When It is considered that the Klamath Development Co., which owns all of the rock quarries in that j section, has agreed to furnish crush- ted rock as cost, or a saving of from 25 to 75 cents per yard, one can also figure a material reduction from the above figures, as tho crushed rock also enters largely Into the oiled ma cadam pavement. To Lake County Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kimball left today for Lakevlew, where Mr. Kim ball will have charge of the leasing of the Weyerhauser lands there. They will be away several weeks. sunt to Oermany. July 9 Germany replied that a British ship could not be protected by having Americans aboard. July 21 Another note" to Germany stated the position of the United States. August 19 The. British steamer Arabic was sunk and two Americans Mere included among the drowned. October 5 German Ambassador vou Bernstorff promised disavowal and reparation in the Arabio case. January 81916 Berlin promised to nay indemnity for Americans lost, lu the Lusitanla torpedoing. January 25 Secretary Lansing announced that Germany refused to execute Its promises of disavowal, Janvary 26 The final word of the United States in the Lusitanla ease was banded to Ambassador "Ten Bernstorff. February 15 Germany warned i. lie wuriu luat cm mihu ra-M-ay. j , mprohnntman wmild tut mik wttluMIt l""-. . -- ".. "-T--.::":". ? warning, ine unitea Biaies easwe .-v, ed withdrawal of that1 order. v' m March 3 Senate voted to sUM.vti oy n presioeni. j-, March 7 House rated to stead, ?;- the president. r Af;4 March 28 The Suasea eeater!; curred, followed by the attaesta 'em?,; the Eagle, Point, Maaihister, : linear, and aVsrwla4vletv;,TB:-i- clpttated the ummmi " 111 H fi !i 1 I.I IN W .-H'1 -t'tw '" -