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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
KLAMATH FALLS
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1917.
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GERMAN RAIDER SINKS TWENTY
ATLANTIC OCEAN SWEPT FROM NORTH TO
Survivors Are Put
Aboard Other Ships
BRITISH ADMIRALTY AOMITS
DEPREOATIONS
Relator Had Twelve Cannon and Four
Torpedo Tubee, ana Mad Two Cap
tured Vaaaala Into Raiders la Am 1st
It Alllcat Warship lay Raider la
Now 1,800 Mllaa South af Virginia
Can I" " Atlanlk.
1HJKN08 AIRE. Jan. IT.-A Oar
roan ssa raider baa aunk nineteen or
twtnty antmy merchantmen, besides
two French chooaara, according In
flUpalcbes from Fernambuco. near Ulo
dt Janero, South America.
A Japanese ateaaier landed 117 sur
vivors at Pernambueo Ibia morning
Among Iba victim of tha raider
rr Iba British steamers Voltaire,
Dramatist, Radnorshire. Drina, Hnow.
denrangr and llammershue.
It I reported Ihnt the raider wm
tha Vlnex, arnird with twalve cannon
and (our torpedo tube.
Home of tha vurvlvora have been
aboard the Vines for a month. It U re
ported. The steamer llelherby arrived at Rloj
de Janlero today and reported that an-J
other nrltlub ship baa been aunk with
out warning, with a loss of 400 liven.
Admiralty Cancedaa Leaa.
LONDON. Jan. 17. The. British ad
miralty announce that a (Jerman raid
er tin mink eight llritlnh and two
Vrench merrhanttnen In the South Al
iunde. It nay the Hermann raptured
the HI. Theodora and put a ptUe crew
aboard. Then It took the Yarrowdale,
Doyle is Convicted
of Manslaughter
Jury Finds Him Guilty After Deliber
ation of Five Hours Indictment
First Degree Murder
"Oullty of manslaughter," waa the
verdict of the jury In tho caia of Wil
liam Doyle. The Jury returned lutt
night at 10 o'clock after being nut
about Ave hour. S
Doyle probably will be sentenced
Friday. The penalty for manslaughter
li from one to fifteen years, with n
15,000 Una In addition.
The Jury stood for all forma of pen
alty or the Irat ballot, from acquittal
to first decree murder. On the flfto
"allot a verdict of mamlaugbter wai
greed upon.
Unyle wai acouted of the murder of
Mary Wlleos and Maiaie Josea, real
deale of Langall Valley, on rebruar
S. 11X6. He waa the only wltnava to
tha tragedy, and aaU tha wnaua wera
(hot accldenlnlly' while they nnd he
were fight lag for Boaaeaaloa of a abut
run, He told tbe same atory the night
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Asks Who
Appears
for Wilson
WASHINGTON, I). C. Jan." 178en
ntor Work f California today Intro
duced a resolution asking Secretary of
fttaie Lansing, who U representing
America or President Wilson lu lor
rliB countries. ' '
Kator Wotka denied (bat the reao
refer especially to Colonel C
M. House, personal advlaer to tbo
I'retldent.
and put 400 of the prUoner on that
vessel.
The Oeorgica, one of the largest
freighter afloat, waa among thoe the
admiralty haa announced unk.
Among the other are the Mount
Temple, Nelherby Hall, King George.
MlnUh. Voltaire, Dramatlntn, Radnor
nhlre, Nante and Ainlere.
NKW YORK. Jan. 17. The grealent
German commerce raid of the wnr I
revealed In today' dispatchea by tho
United l're from llueno Aire.
It I Indicated Ihnt the vessel sunk
or raptured may reach twenty-two.
Apparently (be raider awept the At
lantic from north to oulh, and con
erted at leant two of the prize vessel
into raider.
NORFOLK. Jan. 17 Allied warship
have rlanhed warning broadcast that
a (lerman raider In now operating
1,000 mile nouth of Virginia capo.
of February 8th that he told ou tho
wltnea atand.
II Im believed hi dr.ronw whh weak
ened conaldorably by powder markH on
tho door caning! which many tbouRhl
tended to ahow ho Htood In tho door
und abol tho women. The nhotuuu
waa found by the door.
DUtrict Attorney W. M. Duncan
made tho only nddrena to thu Jury, At
torney Honnor for the dorenne waiving
argument. DUtrict Attorney Duncan
briefly reviewed tbo evidence, and laid
apeclal atreaa on tho conversation be
tween Doyle and Fred Hilton, a etas
driver, the morning of the shooting, In
which Hilton aay Doyle referred to
Mr. Wllcoy an old battleaxe. Ho
alao particularly pointed out the brief
apace of timet Between this conven
tion and tbe hour Doyle arrived at tho
Malone borne to tell of the kllllnu of
tbe two women
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S1 1,362 GIVEN
8Y K. 0. CO. FOR
RIGHT OF WAY
COLD CASH PUT UP FOR RIQH1
OF WAY
Big Corporation That Haa in Im
portant Factor In Klamath'a Dsvtl
cpntent for Soma Tim Dig Up
Money for Bend Heldara to Release
MM and Half of Right af Way In
City Limit for Strahorn.
For Mime )rarn the Klamath Detvl
' opment company haa bad a large part
In the making of Klamath Falln. Itn
Influence for good ha been felt many
time and in many way. Many tlmi-4
have the people wondered what thu
Klamath Development Company would
uo In a glen instance. In short, thin
company haa been looked upon a on
of no little Importanre. and aluc to
Klftinnth Fall.
An Instancen, by Itn building of the
White I'cllrnn hotel, which for nevvml
i-itm h been oternteil for tho benefit
of the community nt a lonn, by npend
lug tbounnmi of dollars In advertlnlng
thin community on the outalde, by tin
effortn In behalf of the 8blpptnston
rand, nnd by much energy apent by it
In Inducing Industrie to come Into this
community.
On the other hand, not a few per
son have had unkind words to nny
about this corporation; It has been
considered by I bene people an a cog In
that glnnt machine called Dig Bun!-ni-M.
It oven might bo said that It
motives have been wrong and its meth
ods and accomplishments prejudlcisl
to (In Inlerents of the wholo town.
Hence, when the Strahorn railroad
Tlrot wan mentioned to sleeping Central
Oregon, and ever since that time and
up to and Including the present time,
the people of Klamath Falls havo been
wondering what stand the Klamath
Development would tako toward the
new railroad; they wondered If, assum
ing It would bo for the road, this cot-
Concluded on rag a
1635 IS ADDED
FOR TERMINALS
CHARLES RILEY tilVES $800 AND
CTHER lUSINESt) TIRMS 8UR.
6CRIRE FUND OUTSIDE A 8 80
CIATION IS $15,940.
Six hundred und thirly-flvo dollurs
worn subscribed yesterday by business
men of this city wbo are not members
of the Business Men's Association.
These subscriptions were:
Charles K. Riley ..
Uuperlor Laundry
Frod Nltacbelm -
M. J. Poland
Qcorpt Ulrlcb
500.00
60.00
60.00
25.00
10.00
With $14,006 already secured outr.ldo
the association, tho total fund now In
in,640. Within the association (6,
113 lint been raUed to date,
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Mercury Dropped! to 13
Below Zero Last Night
Government Theromometer Recorded
This Temperature Was Coldest
Night This Winter, Although Be
low Zero Weather is Common
Thirteen degrees below zero. Tlint't.
how cold It was last night, according
to the government thermometer nt tin
office of the United States reclamation
sorvlce. Iist night wns tho coldest
night this winter.
At the J. W. Bryant ranch, near Alta
mont, last night tho mercury dropped
to 16 degrees below. At tho old Court
ranch, operated by Chorion l'olndexter,
!( degrees In-low whs teriched.
IS ARRESTED FOR
PEDDLING BOOZE
henry Hlckey, wanted on a fedeial
wurtanl for Introducing liquor on tho
Yakima Indluu reservation, was arrest-
S ibis afternoon by Deputy United
States Marshall 0. 11 Jackson of Pott
land, near Nuia Lake.
.Tackson will probably leave for Port
land with Hlckcl (omoirow.
Qlri;t Horn
Mr, and Mr. V, C. Curry, 934 Wal
nut ktreet, last night became the proud
parents of an Sponinl fill.
IK-U-Kali-k IU IIIC .MUJIIClin lunsuiu
t'onal conRres at Queretaro are here
iI:o-ii takliiK the oath of office. The
lower picture shows Oeneral Carransn
it'tuling tils message to them. They
are at oik framing a constitution.
v.hith they say will be enforced when
adopted by the people.
Last Saturday night as the coldest,
excepting last night. Saturday night
11 dcgiees below zero was recorded.
For two weeksthe thermometor at
nli;ht and early morning has remained
from rero to 10 degrees below. All
roads are frozen tight, and the lakc
are covered with thick Ice.
This is great weather for coastcr,
t-katcre and wood dealers.
May Probe Exchange
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 17, Kep
icbcutatlvo r-mcrson toddy IntioduceJ
a resolution asking for an Investlra
tlon of tho New York stock exchange
by four rcprcsentatlvea for tho put
pose of preventing fraud.
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ROME, Jan. 17. Rome wirelesses
that serious disorders are taking place
In Berlin, and that tbe'authorltlea are
issuing a t manifesto. It is rumored
that the relcbstag inay meet elsewhere
1 becauue tif the disorders. ' '
Railroad Depends
on Terminal Fund
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Lassen is
Giving Up
Inky Smoke
HKDDING, Jan. 17. Tbe most spec
tacular eruption of Mount Lasses since
Us first outbreak 'two years ago, began
this morning. It is believed the entire
crater bag been opened.
Inky nnioke of tremendous volume)
besan rolling out this morning at 10
Wlock. taking a conical shape.
As the smoke drifted southwest tbo
."pcctaclc was awe Inspiring.
LICENSES DRING "'
IN ABOUT 13,000
OF THIS SUM COUNTY GETS ONLY
$154 HUNTING LICENSES LEAD
IN NUMBER ISSUED DURING
YEAR OF 1916
A total of $2,930 waa collected la
Klamath county during 191S for hunt
orV bud anglers' licenses, according to
the official report mailed yeatarday by
County Clerk DeLap to tbe atate treas
uror. Of this sum Klamath county
will keep $154.
During 1916, 1.3S2 hunting licenses
were Issued, 1,042 fishing. SSI combi
nation and 14 non-resident
Admiral Dewey is ,
Dead; Saw 80 Years
Hero of Manila Bay
ease After Illness of 10 Days '
Was Active Until Recently
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. IT, Ad
miral George Dewey, hero of Manila
Bay, med at his home early last night
of urtcric scerosU, He had been III
for 1. out ten da;..
Admiral Dewey waa born In 1837. In
1S5S ho was graduated from Annapolis,
naval academy, and at the outbreak cf
the civil war was commissioned a lieu
tenant under Admiral Farragut, and
assigned to tbe sloop of war Missis
slppl. The history of his life records
many exploits of bravery during the
Civil War. i
At the beginning of IMS. a' few
weeks before tba outbreak of tho Bfan-
lib-American war, be was planed lit
command of tbe Asiatic squadrM. and
was thus given a chance to distinguish
himself, which he so brilliantly. Im
With his squ.uliun lie left M1rs Buy,
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SHIPS
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SOUTH
JOHNSON SAYS CITIZENS MUST
ACT NOW
Now That the Bend Issue la at Root
While Council Inveatlaatae, People
Have Short Time to Carry Terminal
, Campaign to Conclusion, Say Chair
man
Main Committee in a
State.
ment to Herald.
Klamath Falls will go ahead to the
realization of Its , possibilities la .tho
nest week, or It will slip back into the
rut it-has Hied i sue the Sesrtheni
Wciae 'company stopped 'construction
work in 1911.
" This' tth?tuafi6Vlboy aa out
lined by W. Paul Johnson, chairman of
the Strahorn, railroad terminal com
roittee. Twenty-ecven thousand. Ire
hundred dollars must be raised to com
plete the fund to buy a'paaenger ter
rains I and right of way within tbe city
limits of Klamath Falls.
What money has been raised baa
I come with work. The biggest work
T.ust be done now. Tbe first big atop
will be taken.. tonight at a meeting of
KUuamth FajU Business MenV Asso
ciation; the nest big step wIU be'mado
tomorrow night when busiSeeaunwn
who have subscribed to the terminal
fund, within or' without the associa
tion, meet' at-the City halt
"It is now up to tbe' subscribers,
especially to tbe men of the business
center of town', to get the noa-rabecrlb-er
to do bis part toward getting tbe
railroad." said W. Paul Johnson this
morning. "
"We shall name a committee of
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Succumbs to Du-
China, April 27, 189. with orders "to
capture or destroy the Spanish squad
ron," then supposed to be la Manila
Bay. Tbe American fleet entered the
channel at 11:30 p. m.. April 39. and
early next morning, sank, burned or
captured all the, ships, of the Spanish
-sipioaron in me nay, nnenceu aaa l
atroyed three land batteriee. ebUlaed
complete control of the bay, that
he could take the city, the "chief port
of the Philippine Island, at anytime,
and all without losing a aingle man i.
and. having only nine augntir wounaoo.
On August 18th Dewey and hit) ships
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