KLAMATH COUNTY'S
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
Eleventh Year No. 3,175
Attack as
Retreat
AUSTRIAN SUCCESSES ARE RE.
PORTED OY OERLIN
Russians Claim They Advanced at
Porsk, Out Germans Claim Reveries
Have Been Met by Russians There
Bulgarlana Push Forwaid Their
Lines In Dobrudja Fighting to Thiee
Different Towns.
Ill'llLIN, 12.CC. IS.-The Itlinmiiliiii
(ontliuio their retreat In Ilnillu Gei
iiiiui aeroplanes uru IiiiiiiinhIiik the re
tirement ami have iiuult several nt
lurks with much Ions to th Itumun
(nun A tint r Inn successes In the Vt alley
are reported.
Near llol Porsk (lie ItUHslans lme
been (urni'd back. Also it t Arista, kn
and northeaejt of I.Uink they have
nii't rvvorniiH.
Russians Advance
l'irritp(iHAl)tJ)cc. 18. Tho lilts
jiliinit'linvc lulwinred" near Porsk. Tin
rapture of several heights at Glas
hulte ant report uil.
Bulgarians Go On
SOK1 A, Doc. 18. Tho HulgatlaiiB
have advanced their lino to 'IVslamel,
Doernn and Dokuzacne, In Dobrudja
EBERLEIN JOINS
JOHNSON GO.
OFFICE IS OPENED NEAR SIXTH
AND MAIN STREETS BISHOP A
MITCHELL IN EMPLOY OF THE
NEW COMPANY.
Charles W. Eberleln, owner of con
Hdernhlo real property In anil about
Klamath Falls, has become, a member
of the W. I'. JohiiHon Cqiiipnny, "
lordmr.' to announcement by W. 1'.
oJhnsnn, head of tlm company. Tom
Mitchell and II. Ht. OorK HlHhop
huM been employed by the new com
P'Uiy
Tho W. P. JoIiiihoii Company today
imiwd Into lis nuw olllco In tho Mc
Donald building, near Sixth ami Main
sheets It will do u general business
In leal CHtuto and Investments.
Tlm Klamath Falls steam laundry
Mill luivo its olllco nt the snino locn
Hon. . ,
TROUBLE8 DIDN'T END
WITH DEATH IN WATER
.
KAN FRANCISCO, luc. 18. When
a man dies IiIh troubles alwuvs do not
nd. After tlm greatest difficulty, a
corpse, waa lescucd from the water of
Ran Francisco hay early this morn
Inc. Tho niorguo wagon pot Htuclc In
he Hand. Another team helped pull
out the wagon, Then tho wagon hioko
lowii. At noon tho body waa still on
route to tho morgue.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS
TO BE HELD THI8 WEEK
Teachnrn' examinations for ,','
rtlflcnteB will bo conducted In tho
-Wish fchool bulldlnjj thin week, accord
ing to announcement by Frod Potcr
..""n, county school supotlntendont.
Tho examinations will begin Wednea
'v nnd contlntio Until Snturday evening.
AEROPLANES HARASS THE RUMANIANS
(Eg? iumttuj Herald
Soldiers
at Bralia
PRE8IDENT AND WIFE
CELEBRATE WEDDING
I WASHINGTON. I). C. Dec. IS.
I I'li'Hlili'iil iiml Mix, WIIhiui celebrated
thi'li wi'ddliiK anniversary today. Thin
( innrnliiK limy plii)pd golf for Home
, time In freelug weather.
i A f.uiillj dinner Is being Hi'rvcd nt
till- while bourn tonight
rn-xldi'iil Wilson will bit CO .ears
old Prreinbcr 2Mb.
Germany Is Anxious
ItOMi:, Dee, 18. Gcimany today
urged Pope Benedict and tin United
Stales to bark tip tlm German peace
i pinpoints, It Ik leportcd.
STREETS REFLECT
SPIRIT OE GLAD
CHRISTMAS TIME
DECORATIONS BY STORES GROW
EACH DAY
Small Trees on Sidewalks, Colored
Lights Over Walks, and Attractive
Presents Inside Forcibly Remind
One of the Yuletide Season's Coming.
Big Tree Is Being Lighted Up by
Electricians Today.
"Klamath Falls, where foitune
falls," Is beginning to lake on an at
tire that JiiKt makes one think of
( hrlstnuiH. You can't go down tho
-tieets without bclnj; reminded on
rei. Hide that the day to commemo
rate the birth of Christ Ih near.
If ou look In at tho window of H.
N. Moe H Company ou will see nil
KltiilK and sorts of Christmas articles,
and tho same Is truo at tho K K K
Store, at Sugnrmnn's, Golden Utile,
Star Drug Company, all tho Jewelry
Hloies, the grocery stores, and almost
eer place else lieu. Even W. E.
Seih'oin has placed tiees and colored
llchlr In fiont of his establishment,
although he doesn't sell Christmas
piesentH--but wood. Tho samo Is true
of piactlcally all other stoics which
do not hae presents for sale.
And tho merchants havo only be
Kim. Ilefoio many more daH pass by
on will think Main street Is not n
thoioiiKhfaie but a vast decorated
niiditoiiuiu especially set aside for tho
celebiuthm of Santa'h comliiB. The
hlK municipal Chilstnias tree at the
Ihioi.-cctlon of Touith and Main streets
h heliiB HtimiK with many coloed
llfthtii and soon will bo a beautiful
slpht by Itself.
The stoics mo thtoiiKod all day with
Chilstnias shoppeis. Much has nt
i,Mdy been sold, but yet there are
niniiv who iRiioied that old, old warn
liiK." "Do S1'" Cliilstmas shopplni?
eail" Of rouise, thoio aro many
nice thliiBM 1o. but ,hn!,,, w'10,8110''
eaillest aie bound to net the plc'c.
To be sine, tho I.Ik celebiadon on
Main street, under the nuspices of tho
Klamath Falls Unslness Men's Asso
ciation, will not bo the only colebra
(Ion of tho Yulotlde season. Each day
ms someone comliiB In ftom "o
muunlnlnH with a Christmas tree or
a wliulo load of tbein. It moans that
In jnany. many homes tho kiddles v II
wtiko up next Monday mornlnB oj Is
rovor that Santa Claus has been to
boo Ihcm and has left presents of ol
Imts, heHldcfl candles all lighted and
duwlliiK etilnji'. r l"Bt,
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY,
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Great Britain's War
Council Now Supreme
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N PREMIUM, LUOYP. OtOROE.
ARTHUR Ht.NPi.KWr' '
l'remler D.ld Llojd CleorRo has
finally had his way In Great Hiltnin.
and tho war council which ho tried to
force on Premier Ast-ulth has finally
been named. Uod GeorKo himself
will head it, with Arthur Henderson,
labor leaderjn parliament, and In tho
cabinet without portfolio; Earl Curon,
unlonlxt, and piesldent of the war
..nnnrii iiml covcrnment leader In tho
house of lords; Bonar Law. unionist,
chancellor of tho exchequer and Gov
ernment leader In the house of com
mons, and Lord Mllner, unionist, nnu
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Rabbit Poisoning Takes
Attention of Sportsmen
To discuss tho campaign for eradi
cation of jack rabbits by poisoning,
I, r..i inhnnnn. nresideilt of the
Klamath Sportsmen's Association, has
called a meeting for this evening at 8
o'clocw at the Commercial Clubrooms.
The meeting grows out of an an
nouncement by H. U. Glalsyer, county
agricultural agent, that poisoned grain
and hny wiib to bo put out In the Orln
dalo district to kill jack rabbits. The
poisoning was to bo carried on by the
- .. iri...nlt rarniprft' Dovel-
SOUinWCnl jvioumiu ....
opment League, unSer Glalsyer's di
rection. Corrals iony icoi "i-"'"
were to bo built to keep out stock nnd
a small pllo of poisoned hay placed in
.... .- Arnlinit thlH Is Circles
three feet apart poisoned oats were
to bo placed in pue " 'w
President Johnson, of the Sports
men's association, felt that quail and
other birds would get the grain and
bo killed. County Agricultural Agent
, oiron.iv hnd conferred with
Game Warden Henry Stout and Glals
yer had promised to arrange wi.u
farmers to cover the piles of grain
early each morning and remove the
covera at night. It Is known that tho
rabbltfl will ieea ni iukv -
quail only during the day
"I am mo tasi peisuu
IVLORD M1LNER'
.LORP CURZON
x BONAR LAr
minister without portfolio. These tte
men will manage the war for Great
Britain.
of killing a single quail by poison, but
I do not think there is much danger if
mv directions aro followed by the
'farmers, and I think they will be,"
bald Glalsyer this afternoon.
Mr. Glalsyer sas that to date no
train has been put out nnd that only
in the Orlndalo district have arrange
ments for poisoning the rabbits been
made.
INSANE WOMAN
ATTACKS BABES
SUDDENLY BECOMING INSANE,
FARMER'S WIFE THROWS ONE
TWIN ON SAOVE AND KILLS
ANOTHER WITH POKER.N
WEST UNION, Iowa. Dec. 18. Sup
posedly suddenly Insane, Mis. Hugh
O'Connor, a farmer's wife, beat in the
J head of one of her three months' old
twin babies wltn a stove poxer ami
threw tho other twin in tho kitchen
frnnge, The latter was not fatally
burned.
DECEMBER 18, 1916.
MORE THAN HALF
PEOPLE KLAMATH
FALLS CHRISTIAN
RELIGIOUS SURVEY SHOWS PREF
ERENCE8 OF PEOPLE
Populatron It Estimated" at 4,000 by
Worker of Churches and Christian
People of This Number Are Found
to Total 2,216, with Eighteen Dif
ferent Denominations Represented
....in the Survey.
There has recently been completed
in this city a general survey of reli
gious conditions. It was conducted
under the auspices of the various
church organizations, the work being
done by a corps of twenty-five work
ers. Some of the results of their in
vestigations appear in the following
tabulatien:
No. families visited 710
No. individuals in these families 2215
Aver, number persons in family 3
These persons are distributed among
the various churches as follows; .
Church
Mem. Pref. Total
Methodist . 136
Baptist 58
Disc, of Christ J09
Presbyterian 167
Episcopal
Catholic
Christian Science.. 40
11 Other denom
No. preference
Total 510
156
79
102
225
292
137
211
392
63
156
121
77
767
81
643 2216
It will be seen from these facts
that there are represented in this city
eighteen different denominations or
sects of religion. Of those who are
reported above as having no church
preference whatever, 443 of them are
over 18 years of age and 324 of them
under that age. -The number of the
families in which the husband is a
member of a church but not the wife
is 27; where the wife is a member
and not the husband is 148; where
both are members is 159, and where
enither are members is 295. A care
ful study of all available information
revealed at least 300 families that had
been omitted for one reason or an
other from the above record and al
lowed a margin of 400 more families,
of which no knowledge was. obtained
by the visitors, there would appear
to be a the same ratio as found in each
family a total of about 1800 more peo
ple In the city (including Pelican City
and Shipplngton), or a total present
population of about 4000 people. Us
ing thl as a basis for comparison,
the report revealed the fact that the
piesent church membership of the city
as reported on the church rolls of the
city would be about 15.3 per cent of
the Protestant churches and another
15.2 per cent Included In the Episco
palian, Catholic and Christian Science
organizations.
The survey revealed the fact that
about 30 per cent of those who wero
repoited as belonging to one or the
other of the churches which maintain
organizations hero do not appear on
the record, of these organizations, but
must hold their connections in some
other city.
It was discovered that of those vis
ited. the Protestant constituency com
prised 21.2 per cent and the church
constituency not ordinarily classified
as Protestant comprised 15.3 per cent.
If this same percentage were applied
to the entire population of the city
there ought to appear on the records
of tho various churches a much larger
membership than actually does .ap
pear. One fit the purposes of the or
ganizations conducting this study ot
conditions was to discover if possible
Militiamen Charge
Neglect on Border
why this was so and to seek some ade-1
quate remedy for the situation.
The matter of Sunday school en
rollment was also given some consid
eration. A careful examination of the
recent school census, which contains
1108 names, and a comparison with
the Sunday school enrollments ot the
various churches, reveals the fact 785
children of school age are not in at
tendance upon any Sunday school or
ganization. A study of church attendance also
accompanies the report of the survey,
and is here given for Sunday, Decem
ber 10, 1916:
Church S.S. A.M. Y.P. P.M.
Presbyterian .... 78 58 11 34
Disciples 97 65 20 51
Em. Baptist 62 16 16 26
Methodist 97 72 33 65
First Baptist.... 34 30
368 241 80 176
A similar comparison made on Jan
uary 30, 1916, revealed the totals, as
outlined above to be Sunday school,
'M: morning preaching service; 241;
lounsuMOOle's meeting In the even-
ing, 77, and evening preaching aerv-
IcerzOS.-- - -- "-
The church buildings In the city are
entirely Inadequate to do efficient,
modern church work. The Emmanuel
Baptist organization Is now erecting a
building" which will be used tempo
rarily for church services and later
will be made into a borne for the min
ister. The Presbyterian organization
is preparing plans for the erection of
a new building on their present prop
erty just as soon as the Ankeny ditch
has been formally, closed, making it
possible to properly locate the build
ing. They are expecting to use their
old building for a gymnasium and in
the new building to make ample pro
vision for the social life and activi
ties of a large constituency.
Any such a study as this has to take
into consideration other agencies
which are meeting the social and other
needs' of the community, but It bas
not recorded facts sufficiently definite
for present publication.
STUDENTS WILL
GIVE EDITORIALS
SPIRIT OF SEASON OF 8ANTA
CLAUS WILL BE TOLD OF IN
'EDITORIALS BY 8TUDENTS OF
LOCAL HIGH 8CHOOL8.
To disseminate the spirit of Christ
mas time and to show what is being
done in English work in the Klamath
County high school, the Herald this
week will print five editorials on
Christmas, each written by a member
of the junior class of the high school.
The first of these will appear to
morrow and then one each day until
Christmas. They will be printed ex
actly as written by the student. They
are prepared In the class Instructed
by Miss Lucille Marshall, head of tht-
department of English of the high
school.
Watch for the editorials. They will
help you get the spirit of this one time
of all the year.
Wild Defeat American
LONDON, Dec. 18. Jimmy Wilde
today retained the flyweight champion
ship of the world by defeating "Young
Zulu Kid" of Brooklyn, U, S. A. In the
eleventh tound.
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KLAMATH FALLT "
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
Priea ffvt Cnta
INVESTIGATION STARTED BY
GENERAL BELL
Round Robin Making 8erious Charges
Is Reported to Have Been Signed.
Says Neglect of Condition of-Men
Responsible for Sickness and' In
directly for the Death of One of the
Militiamen.
EL PASO, Dec. 18. General Bell,
commander of the Eleventh division,
today ordered an investigation of the
reported signing of a "Round Robin"
by a number of militiamen of the
Eighth Ohio infantry.
The "Round Robin" charges neglect
of the condition of. the men on the
border and that this neglect 1b re
sponsible for the sickness and Indlect
ly the cause of the death of one mem
ber of Company G.
If the signers or the document are
found, the guardsmen !UJbe subject
to panJshaaent - -' 'i - "
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GARRETT MAY FINISH
SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR
A letter received from Sterling Gar
rett, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gar
rett of this city, says a new. regulation
of the navy may enable him to grad
uate from the United States naval
academy at Annapolis next September.
In case he finishes them, he expects
to be stationed In the West Imme
diately as an officer of the navy. Gar
rett was appointed to the academy by
N. J. Sinnott, representative from this
district in congress.
SCOTT WOULD
ADD TO ARMY
SAYS INITIAL FOJICE AT BEGIN-
'a
NING OF HOSTILITIES WITH
FOREIGN NATION SHOULD BE
AT LEA8T 1,900,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 18. Go
ing into the secret workings ot tho
army war college plan for adequate
defence, General Hugh Scott, chief of
staff, luld the senate sub-military com
mittee today that where be once be
lieved 500.000 men available at the
start ot hostilities would be sufficient,
lessons drawn from the European war
have led the staff to decide that" un
initial force of 'not leas than 1 ,600,900
seasoned and well squlpped troops is
needed.
General Scottpolnted out .that Eng
land, In alliance wUhariotherpojrer,
like Japan, co'uld land iMO.OOO jBm In
Canada unhindered. Then, he said.
It could eatlly crush the United States
with the aid ot the Canadian troops.
General Leonard Wood told; o a
plan for unlversay training of soys
until they were 19 years old and, then ft
six monthi Intensive training. .
FOOD CONTROL ACT GOES
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food control act wait' 4st tosrl&2
throughout Englan It crtltet0j
consumption or moat aMTvwKfsM;$i
the distribution of 'asimy
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