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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1916
Price Five Cents'
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"HOLD VON IGLE," IS
GREGORY'S ADVICE
MANN
OPPOSI8 SEVERANCE OF
RELATIONS
Ortit Applauit Follows This Declara
tion, and Speaker Alio Urgtt Army
Prepared for Any Emergency Offi
cial Aik People Not lo Be Over.
Confident of the Succeaaful Terml.
nation of Crisis. .
United 1'roaa Service
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 2G
Attorney General GreRory today ml
vised the state department to koop tho
papers forcibly taken from Wolf von
lie, German embassy attache Ho also
edTliied against releasing von IrIo
from custody at thla time.
Officials warn against over-conn-denco
in tlio ponding Gorman negotia
tions. Thoy aro hopeful of n favor
able aottlement, but they reallzo Ger
many' difflcultloN In convincing lior
people of tho Justness of tlio Amer
ican demand.
It In believed that already the sub
marines havo been ordered temporar
ily to cease their activities.
The first demonstration of the con
gressional attitude In tho present crl
Ma was Riven In the houso today, when
great applause Rreeted Congressman
Mann's statement that he opposes sev
erance of relations with any country.
Mann urged that an army of a quar- I
(er of a million bo raised, nnd prepay I
ed to meet any International cmcr
fancy that may eeme of the European
and' navy preparedness bills to tho
conferenco committee.
MANY GOING TO
BONANZA AFFAIR
CANDIDATES AND OTHERS PRE-
l-kAnt-i wj lAiiakieiti . a a I
mninu iv JUunntT iu wtu
VER tEAF CITY TONIGHT TO1
MEET AND AODRESS VOTER8
Bonanza will be well peopled thla
evening, for all of the candidates for
county offlcea will be there to attend
tho big candidate's meeting given by
the Donama Club. Many other Klam
ath Falls residents, as well as pcoplo
from tho vicinity of Bonanza, will also
attend.
All of tho candidates will bo given
an opportunity to express their views.
A supper will be served, and tho Bo
nanza people will render a short pro-ram.
City Preparing for Final
Hearing in Its Rate Case
Peeling that the city of Klamath
' rolls should effectively carry through
Us complaint agalnat the electric light
'nd water rates charged by the Call-'omlu-Oregon
Power company, the
council lost night voted, to send City
Attorney nollo 0. Oroesbeck and Coun
cman n, J. Sheets to tbe final hearing
at Salem May 15th. At that time the
Public aervlce commission will con
Wr development and operative coeU
and power site valuea.
The testimony to be considered at
lat tine la to be mainly of a tech-
nature. For thla reason, it will
wtnaceasary for Oroesbeck to spend
time at Salem, going into reo-
the tMUaoay of 8heeUrwell
"Waist with electrical affairs and
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Wolf von Igel
When Wolf von Igle, secretary to
tho dismissed Captain von 1'npen, who
was German military attache In Wash
liiKton, was arrested on an Indictment
charging him with conspiracy to blow
up tho Wetland canal, ho fought tho
federal secret service men. Thoy took
him under a warrant In tho offlco von
Papon had onco occupied at 60 Wall
streot, Now York.
"I am a member of tho German em-
Minum.' ulnff M lift nrlrwl "Thta will mnnn
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Gar to Convention.
Miss Eola Hnwklns, librarian of the!
Wowcn's Llbrnry Club'a library, loft
this morning for Ashland, whoro she
will nttend tho Southern Oregon dls
tilct convention of Women's Clubs.
Thoro will bo a day dovotod to library
work, with tho state librarian In
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charge, and Miss Hawkins hopes toiem Oregon-Northern California cham-
bring back much of boncflt to tho
flourishing nnd progrosslvo llbrnry
here.
Dlrectore Meeting.
Tim illrnplnra nf Ihn Klamath Com
mercial Club will moot this evening in '
tegular session.
thu history of the local company, is
highly ossontlal.
Owing to tho oxtia work imposed
utw.n Mm ollv nttnrnev. tho council last
nlfiht voted him 150 in addition to sal-
nry und oxpenses for his sorvico In tho.
caso. Tho council feels thla. is money
well spent, considering the efficient.
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manner in wmen uroosoecu is uauu - .
llni,' the important case.
It whs tho concensus of opinion that
It Is tho duty of tho city to go through
with Ita cane. Tbe commission has
Ihtm fat expended sevornl thousands
of dollars in, its investigations, and it
is felt that the "peace of mind" in tho
city, once the matter is settled, one
way or the other, Is well worth the
effort and expenses put forth by tbe
city to bring all the evidence possible
before the commission for a proper ,
official ruling.
A8K8 ADVERTI8ER8 TO
CUT SPACE BECAUSE
OF PAPER SHORTAGE
I'uiicu rrod Horvlte
1'INDI.AY, O., April 20. Tho
l'lndlny Ilepubllcan lias mailed
lottois to all Its advertisers. imk.
' Iiir them to reduce tho sUo of
' their advertising space. Tho ac-
tlon was taken, It was stated, bo-
chuho or the scarcity of printing
papnr, which lias ndvanccd 100
per cent In prlco during tho last
year. It Is now nhout 4 cents a
pound In largo quantities
DANCE TO BOOST
THE CANDIDATES
AFFAIR WILL BE GIVEN TOMOR
HOW NIUHT FOR RAISING A
FUND, AND PEERLESS ORCHES
TRA WILL FURNISH MUSIC
As a means of raising lunds to fur
llier tho campnlgi of Miss Waive Ja
coiiu, Klamath rnlls' candidate for
queen ot tho Porland Rose Fcstlv.il,
n iliuo" will bo i-lvcn tomorrow night
m IowhIoh'h opor.i house, all proceeds
Ic mi to putting Khmath on tho m:.p
the ioso show.
' M !-:; Is to be furnished by tho well
Mi . ii reerless orchestra. Tho flf)r
imaiiugcmcnt will bo in capable bands,
and thoio attending are assured a
good time, with tho knowledge that
'Uiey nic also helping boost Klaamth.
BASEBALL TEAM
ASKS CITY HELP
PRESIDENT OF CLUB SAY8 NEW
SUIT8 ARE NEEDED MATTER IS
REFERRED TO THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE
A request that tho city help promote
i athletics by purchasing suits for the
Klamath Falls baseball team was made
I at last night's council meeting by J. II
Cnrnnhan, president of tho baseball
club. Tho matter was referred to tho
finance committee to report upon at
next meeting.
Carnahan stated that the club is
duplicating Its work of last year, when
l"'u ivmiimin runs icuiu woa uio oouiu
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pioiishln. Ho stated that thero are
good players listed, and funds avail-
ablo for other necessary oxpenses.
Tho councllmon and tho mayor all
spoko In favor of the matter. Tbe
legality of the act seems tho only point
to bo "ottled.
RECALL MATTER
AGAIN SHELVED
CITY ATTORNEY TELL8 COUNCIL
IT'S A MATTER IN WHICH THEIR
ACTION 18 AUTOMATIC MILLER
CHANQE8 SUiJECT
The rocall came up at hut night's
council meeting, but again there waa
nothing done. City Attorney Oroesbeck
as called upon by Councilman Stru-
Ma In nana nnnn thn Ifliralltv of the
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matter.
Groesbeck, who had previously sub
mitted an ordinance for calling a spe
cial recall election, explained that tbe
recall, instead of being a matter of use
of optional means, is a matter of mla
Isterlal duty, onoe the matter Is put
up to tho pollco Judge, little latitude
bolng allowed.
"Is thoro any roport as to tbe state
public service commission ?" -Inquired
Miller. And the recall subject was
again dropped.
TROOPS Mil i
FINAL DASH FOR '
VILLA CAPTURE
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MAIN COLUMN 18 CONCENTRAT-
ING TODAY
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Cavalrymen Start' for the Mountains
Where Villa Waa Last Heard of.'
More Cavalry Reaches the Border to
Go South at n Part'of the Reinforce-
ft
ment Needed in the South Obregon
a High Mogul.
United Press Servlco
COLUMBUS, N. Mi; April 25. A de
tachment of Pershing's cavalry is re
ported to have started on a final dash
toward Villa, while tho main expedi
tion is concentratlng'jU Namqulpa and
Dublan. ,
Villa was last reported hiding In the
mountains near Nonoava, and tbe cav
i.lry la reported advancing toward that
district. No details', have been re
ceived. S
Consul Letcher at&Chlhuahua City
mid ho also heard Villa Is in that
vicinity. If that la true. It Indicates
that Villa is doubling back on his
tracks, and thereby working into the
American plana by allowing a shorten
inr of the linea. ' '
Tho Sixth cavalry and a troop of
the Tenth cavalry arrived today.
United Press Serv;i
HL PASO, Tex., April 25. The meet
ing at tho bordej.ljejjreen. General
Scott nnd General Obregon la believed
to Indlcnto a practical acceptance of
Obregon as chief factor in Mexico.
The conference may be held here.
Washington advices say Scott Is
clothed in almost diplomatic powers.
Ho will endeavor to develop a spirit
of greater accord between America
nnd Mexico, nnd explain Americaajtcts
vlth a view to dissipating Mexican
suspicions.
CAN SWEAR IN
VOTER AT POLLS
CITY ATTORNEY RENDERS AN
OPINION ON THI8 POINT AT THE
KEQUE8T OF A KLAMATH FALLS
CITIZEN
in compliance with a written request
by Attorney C. C. Brower for an opin
ion by the city nttdrney on the matter
of voters being sworn in at the pools,
Groesbeck last night made the follow
ing rulings:
Any qualified elector, not previously
registered, may vote at the city elec
tion on May 1, 1916, by complying with
tbe law relative to registration on elec
tion day.
A qualified elector may register on
election day by giving the informa
tion as contained on the registration
card, and in addition shall secure the
signatures of two freeholders to the
form of affidavit on the back ot the
card.
The oath of the registering officer
nnd of his freeboldlng witnesses shall
be made before a Judge of election.
Thore is nothing In the law to prohibit
a judge or clerk of election from act
InK as witness for an elector register
In: before an election board.
BOYS ARE TO APPEAR
IN JUVENILE COURT
As a result of charges of burglary
and other depredations being lodged
ngatnst them, Jack Meigs, Alvin Gumm
and Harold Hughea will be given a
hearing before the Juvenile court to
morrow morning. They were arrested
upon a specific charge ot burglary.
and will be brought before the court
as dependent children.
One boy's mother la dead. The oth
er two are fatherless, their mothers
being obliged to ears their livelihood.
His Suicide Is
Protest At Graft
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Dr. Theodore B. Sachs
Ur. Theodore Sachs' suicide has
aroused many charitable workers and
their sponsors in Chicago, who look
on his act as a protest against graft
in the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis
Sanitarium, of which he was the head.
He resigned from the public institu
tion and went to his private sanitar
ium nt Napervllle, where he took pois
on. He said politicians had interfered
with tho work of the municipal sani
tarium, and that he had grown weary
of lighting them.
MAYOR OUTLINES
HIS CANDIDACY
IN FIR8T OF LETTERS FROM CAN
DIOATE8 FOR CITY EXECUTIVE,
PRESENT INCUMBENT STATE8
HIS VIEW8 .
To the Voters of Klamath Falls:
Tbe duties of my office make It poa
slblo to personally bee comparatively
few of the electors of tbe city, and I
therefore take this method of bring
ing to your attention a few of tbe ques
tions which confront us. Called less
than nine months ago to complete an
unexpired term, the time has been all
too short to carry to successful com
pletion many of the things demanded
in n community fast merging into a
city. Believing that the future char
acter of -this place as a suitable loca
tion for a home depends largely upon
its policies during this formative peri
od, Ihavo used my best endeavor to
safeguard every right Interest and to
discourage every wrong one. By your
votes you closed the saloons at the
opening of the new year, and the city
has enacted an ordinance in conform
ity with the law enacted by the peo
ple, thereby strengthening their pol
icies. Drunkenness and its accom
panying evils have almost disappeared
with a corresponding Increase In legit
imate business. Tne cases of petty
crimes have become exceedingly rare.
Authorized s.ome mouths ago by the
council to attempt the Ankeny canal
case, I am glad to report its practical
solution. No one need be reminded
of the repeated attempts to eliminate
mis ueain aeaung menace or or tne
damage it has done to property values
along its course. We uow have thirty
ot tho thirty-six water rights vested
absolutely in the city, two seem to be
entirely out of the way, one la prom
ised, and only three yet remain unset
tled. A contract with the United
States which gives the city thirty-six
inches of water delivered at the Lear
ltt tract, and which eliminates the
ditch from that point to the govern
ment canal, Is now in process of ne
gotiation. This will be ready for rat
ification by the people at an early date,
thus bringing to a satisfactory conclusion-one
of the most difficult problems
the city has ever faced.
The organization of the Are depart
ment has presented peculiar difficul
ties. Facing the alternative of an in
crease of insurance rates or the estab
lishment of a city fire department, as
contemplated by the city charter, wo
undertook the later. The good work
done by the volunteer company was
and la appreciated by everyone, but
the fact that this important branch of
government was entirely independent
of the people was painfully evidenced
by their right to sell the plumbing and
bath room fixtures from the old city
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WAR IS BROUGHT UP
CLOSER TO ENGLISH
IRISH RIOT8 BREAK OUT, AND LIVES ARE LOST IN REBELLION
THERE GERMAN 8HIP ATTEMPT8 TO LAND ARMS ON THE
IRISH COACT GERMAN SQUADRON 8HELL8 ENGLAND FROM
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THE SEA, AND ZEPPELIN8 FROM THE AIR
LONDON, April 25. Augustine Blr
rell, chief secretary for Ireland, an
nounced Jn commons that grave riots
started in Ireland yesterday. Rebels
seized the Dublin post office. Soldiers
arriving recaptured the post office af
ter a street battle, wherein twelve were
killed. The rioting renewed later.
Blrrell announced that the rebels
are in possession of four or five parts
of Dublin, after a day of rioting. The
telegraph Hne3 were cut today, and
this is thought to indicate they may
attack the principal part of the city.
The outbreak is considered a part
of a well organized German attempt to
start a great revolution.
Sir Roger Casement was apprehend
ed aboard a German vessel attempting
to land arms in Ireland yesterday. He
was formerly a member of the British
consular service, and before the war
went to America to raise funds for the
Irish volunteers during the home rule
crisis.
When war broke out, Casement went
to Berlin, and attempted to organize an
Iiish-German regiment. Later he ap
plied for citizenship in Bavaria.
It is believed that the attempt to
land Casement, a strong force of sail
ors and the arms and ammunitions
were all part ot a Teutonic ploL The
Germans evidently believed that
Casement's dramatic appearance at
the head of the German force. would!
sweep tne country.
For several weeks some Irish papers
have been publishing seditious articles
opposing Irish participation in the
war.
At 4 o'clock this morning a German
cruiser squadron raided the British
roast, shelling Lowestoft from long
range. After twenty minutes' engage
ment with the British squadron, the
Germans escaped in tbe darkness.
Two British light cruisers and one
destroyer were hit, but not sunk.
The raiders appeared five hours of
fer three Zeppelins had dropped sev
enty bombs in Norfolk county, north
of Lowestoft, presumably in an effort
to terrorize the coast by means of a
simultaneous attacks.
The public connects this latest raid
with the abortive attemptrof the Ger
man expedition, led by Sir Robert
Casement, to land arms In Ireland.
United Press Service
PARIS, April 25. The second con
voy of Russian" troops arrived yester
day at Marseilles.
German aeroplanes raided Dunkirk
Inst night, dropping six bombs. A wo
man was killed and three men in
jured.
One-third of the wage earners
in
New York city are women.
Big Parade Will Wind Up
'Campaign for Highway
The placing of the measure for the
Improvement of the road to Shipping
ton, Pelican City and the Upper Lake
landings on tbe ballot, was the occa
sion for a big parade. The wlndup ot
the campaign for the passage ot this
highly necessary improvement will be
tbo occasion for still another big pro
cession.
This final parade and rally will be
held Friday night Tho people of Shlp-
plngtou and Pelican City have again
been askod to join in the procession,
nnd they can be counted upon to make
as big and as noisy a showing as be
fore.
Besides the people from that part,
there will be a long line of marchers.
Including business and professional
men and other boosters for the high
way. A long line of automobiles will,
also be In the prooenic. I
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WILL COT DOWN
LICENSEFEES
COUNCIL DECIDES TO JUST CUT
IN HALF THE FEES PROVIDED
FOR LICENSE8 OF PEDDLERS
WORKING HERE
At last night's meeting, Jtho ordi
nance for the licensing of peddlers
came up for final passage. The bill
did not pass, however,, as upon the
suggestion of Councilman Sheets, the
council decided to consider a new or
dinance with the following license
fees:
Peddler using automobile or more
than one horse, 100 a month or $37.60
a week; peddler using, one horse, $76
a month, or ?30 a week; peddler on
foot, $70 a month, or $25 a wee .
There was a lengthy discussion
when this measure was up, Fred Hynd
man -speaking against thej.ordlnaaeeK
upon the ground that It shut-out-a
uiuuav vr iuvotf jcuiio, ,w uu iw mm
.feer,Jte!5,JX. means ofhou&yw
house canvassing. He field Ihat'tWe
Was a scheme to force people to trade
with the local merchants, whom; he
contended, instead of buying, produce'
in Klamath county or in Oregon, sent
to California. The people, Hyndman
. held, have a right to buy from peddlers'
as well as from merchants.
It was explained to Hyndman that
under the ordinance the local people
can solicit orders one day and deliver
the next, without having to pay the
license. Hyndman, however, said he
believed this would be evasion, and
therefore dishonest
The council took the stand that the
bill Is to protect the people from the
men who have been wont to come here
from other places with unsound fruit,
ard sell it from house to house, leav
ing town as soon as they make a
clean-up. These men, it was contend
ed, do not spend their money here,
and only seek to unload undesirable
j merchandise on the people.''
Under the measure, farmers and oth
er can sell the products of their
ranches without having to take out a
license. x
"If you buy goods from the mer
chants, and they are not good, yon can
Talce them back; if you buy thla kind
of goods from a peddler you've got It
on our bands," was the way Council
man Struble summed up the situation.
Arrangements are now being carried -
nn tn trot thn hnnrt in hAAil thn niraiU ' "''1
If possible, there will be a big torch- $ i
1l.e kt.tiM rAA v Btft-fl II.J,.:;.
aiuti wtigituo u uuu oviug syvwtvf "SmiTf
lumlnatlon
roads.
to the question ot
As tentatively outlined, the proeKvi;
BlUll Will 1UIUI ill iruut U IU UfBUW
school. The automobile secUoMj'lE-
cludlne a bier auto truck carmne nil .,l
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nana, win men mue m nwir(m-;j;,
through Mills Addition and the !!:. ;.
Springs dlstriots. J ,!J 1 "
upon tne return oi'iae aatoraeaaie
section, we marcuuiK.eeouuii wiw jpeje ;
In. anti the crocesslon will aaove'doMk 'i-
Main street. Thle nromUai to . "r&H
biggest affair yet held
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All autotsta and, others
the woe of tte.aaeaeve
to turn out aid Join is the
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