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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1917.
IMeaFHa Cents
NEUTRAL SHIPPING IS TB HP
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Germany Not Want
Trouble With U. S.
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Iliillltlr irntl Straighten Owl IU
Uldin Miner IHpluatetk- Break.
May .VrgtHlal lh Mabntarier
Wsrtare.
'VAHIIINOTON, t). C, Feb, 10.
Utrnsuy U sending her note lo lb
uanea maira innmsn me pwmh nun
liter, and suggest thai the two gov
ernment ! together In an allem(
lo avert xiMltit huslllitlna ati4 to
ttrslghten out their relationship attire
' la diplomatic break, II la under-
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II U alxi understood that the note
propon thjt the United Mate aug
srtl way In which negotiation may
I brought about In the aubmmlnr
wurfare toiitnimay.
Herniary l.aulng deule any
iooWgedrth( communication, but
Ibf 8w. legation hai Indicated Hint
the imlu U coming.
CITY RESIDENTS
GIVE MONEY
W. Nl'iwntll-TION'M WKHK AS.
MWSVKU TODAV IIV CHAM.
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AHN4M1ATION.
8U Htibcrliitlon to the Htrnhorn
railroad fund are aunouured today by
Chan. Kberleln, ufld wero given by
lmlnia men nnd othera of the rlly
and county for Ihu Htrnhorn rullrond
Itmd. They are aa follows
Klamulli FnlUHtenm UuindryllOO.OO
I. II. Applegate no, 00
I'lercc Comba 00.00
K. I., Klllott 30.00
Hen P. Uwl J5.00
'jeo. Chandler 10.00
Nitre Claim Options
Taken by Boston Co.
Development of Valuable Nitre Claims
in Eastern Oregon is Believed
Now Assured
Optiona on fltfty-two nitre claluin
Imvo been tnken by the Ronton Nitrate
rompimy In Uko and Harney coun
If". A number of the claim holder
ru riHldnnii of thla city and county.
Tho prcporty la in the lake region
f Ihoio oountlea neir Wngoutlre, and
much speculation ha been rife within
Mat few month a to the dovol-
epment of thU region, owing to the
crett demand Cot; umwunltlcn ttud
nufgcturer In which nitrate la'
ud. The gnvornmeat ku recently
Piroirlaled a large aum of money
for the development of suck products
d an .ntfort baa been made to have a
plant Mtakllined on thli property.
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MOONEY IS
FOUND GUILTY
IN FIRST DEGREE
n.KMK.wv for iwmii thrower
NOT lir.COMEMIED
.,n.rr Will lie Krnlenred Tucmley.
Vi-ntirt Reached on Kir Ballot.
Took Tin lUlloU l Deride N
tlrsnrtiry Jury (hit Over Mk
Hunt Defrn Will Appeal, il la
Aiinouiwrd.
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HAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. .The
Jury In the Mootiey bomb planting
cie returned a verdict laat night.
finding' Mooncy guilty or rourdor In
llu firm degree. The verdict did not
lentinmcnd clemency.
Judge (IrllTi'ii will euletne the
prUcner Tueiday lo bang. The jury
wn out over mU boum, tnklng ten
Imllnu to determine whether cr not
In urge clemency.
The erdlrl of guilt wan reached on
J the first biillot. The defense will op-
peal, '
Study lleMrtiiiriil Me-t MiNHlny
Tli0 Hi inly department of the Wo.
men'k Club uf thla city will meet Mon
day afteriKMin t SMi o'clock nt the
home of Mr, tl, A. Kriiime. at 804
Walnut atreet. The- subject for the
nflernoon Ik "The Voice and Song
Wrlten." Mr. Don J. Zumwalt will
have charge of the afterncon'a pro
gram. Mr. McCarthy nnd Mr. V. T.
MotaeheubnchL.r will uKjtl.t,
aw
lumlirmnii la IWt-k
It. I.. While, miniiKcr of the Hupor
lor l.aumliy of thU returned ln
night from it IiiihIiichm trip to Sun
FriinclNro.
In Kroiii I'lite (Jroie
John Hhopard of Pine Orovo wna In
the rlty todny on bualneait.
The tloaton company routractg to
do 100,QOO worth of work on the
project within alx month. If the
uulu Is completed, euoh clulm holder
la to receive $10,000 for each clulm.
Should tho option r bo glvoit up the
claim holdorn will hive the work on
the claims, which will niuko them
lliut iiiucli mote Valuable. Tho BJgo
lieu prcperty of 3,000 acres Is a sim
ilar project, and is In Harney county.
The local claim hojders are: Chria
Conley 8 claims, 0,D, Craven. S;
Fred Morloy I, Ocorge Orlisle 1, Bill
Brennen I, John 0oir 4, Glen Mc
cormick 1 and Mrs. Qlen McCor-
ralck, 1,
New Amhouodor
Loads in Time
Count Tarnowakl, the Austria-Hun-gary
ambssaador to the United Stales,
who wi, Hble to cerae hero because
Gnat Itrltaln guaranteed him aate
lngp, landed the day the German
note to the United Btaten waa pub
llil-ril, nnd when the queatlon of the
dUmlunl of the envoy of the central
loer "M being dUruaaed In Wash
ington. He reurhed'kere Juit In time
to get Into trouble. ,
WOMEN RECEIVE
TWO DONATIONS
Kl'IWTAXTIAIi Ht'M IIKCKIVKII
FROM URKAT KAZAN HHOW
A.l axil PMN'H ON CONTIN
IIX(J WORK
Two more subscription were an
nounced yeaterdiy by the Women's
1,0(10 Htrahom Club.
A aubitantlal autu wim received by
the women' crganlmtlon from the
(lieat lluian how given at Houaton's
opera houie Thuraduy night, the ex
act future for which have not been
((inplled a et.
The women'a club will continue Ha
urllvltle In raiting money forthe
rtllrcnd fund until the required aum
I Hoeured,
Tho Inst two aubacrlptlona are aa
follew:
Mm. Kay Telford $5.00
Mr. I,. 8. Will COO
BONANZA LOAN
MEETING HELD
.MI.r.TINQ HKLU UURINU FAST
WKK AT ODD KKLLOW8 HALL
WKLL ATTENDKD D1RKCT0R8
ARK NAMKD
110NAN8A, Feb. 10. Through ike
efforts of J. R. Paddock, tke farmers
of Ungell Valley, Poe Valley, Yonna
VMIey.and Rly met at the Odd Fel
lowa' hall here this week, and organ
lied a Federal Farm Loan Associa
tion of twenty-five members.
Another meeting will be held noon
to form a permanent organisation.
I. a Morris. J. K. Paddook, A. R.
Oslo, a. O. Keller. Roes' Sutton, Frank
Nichols, Mrs.1. Frank Morris, J. Mo
Fall ansTJ. O. HajMker were aaned
as directors.
Swan Lake Man la VMas
P. W. Snyder of Swan Lake was In
tho city today from his place, ,
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Will DIRECT
THE CAMPAIGN
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It Is anaonaced today that Captain
J. W. Siemens baa taken over the dl-
tectlon of the raislag of the balance
of the money and tke securing of the
right of way and other matters per
taining to ibe etariliig of construc
tion work on tke ftrakorn railroad
from this -lty to Bnfague River.
There la something In the neigh
borhood of 120,000'to be raised jet
la money, according to Captain Stem-
ins, and eviry effort Is to be expend
ed to secure this isisssy. Tho exact
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Dend ha mdw two proposltlona lo
Robert E. Btraborn In an effort to get
him to start work there first," said
Captain 8lemena today. "One of
these Is to tho effect that they will
grade and lay the ties on a certain
nmount of the road If he will start
work there first. So far he has turn
ed them down for the Klamath
plans.
"Thus If Klamath Falls I to have
work atarted here first. It is necessary
that rapid steps be taken to see that
it Is done, and In the near future.
'Klamath Falls Is raising more
money than the other localities la or
der to secure construction work here
first. Mr. Strahorn says Klamath
Falla will be the largest city on the
lines, but to make sure of this, the
road must start here now."
A committee of Ave men of this city
atteuded a meeting at tho Spring
Lake school this afternoon which was
held to confer on a power project for
that district with Kerns Bros., This
committee wag to put up a proposi
tion that ponton residing in the dis
trict raise money for'the railroad.
Mr. Siemens announces that work
will start Immediately on the work of
finishing up the campaign, that the
right of way msttera will be straight
ened out and the project brought to a
closo as rapidly a possible.
BUSINESS MEN
GET TWO MORE
TWO NUMBERS OF ORGANISA
TION DONATR TO KLAMATH
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RimiNRHHMRN'H AHSOC1ATIOX
FOR TOTAL OF 91113.
The Klaawth Falls Business Meu's
Association announces two more sub-
scrlptlans to tke railroad fund from
business men In thee city, aa follews:
J. F. Magulre Co 1100.00
J. 8. Mills 8on S5.00
oTha members of t&e Askland girls'
basketball, team are being entertained
by high active! girl while they are la
(he city. Miss Vara Moffat, coach
aad chaperoae, lastopplag at the Halt
hotel. The boya. team and coach.
"Heine" Heldeareteh, are also af the
Hall, I
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Pliny Flak, a member of the big
banking Arm of Harvey Fisk Bone.
t.old tbe."leak":commlttee. "I believe
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JtSld thOi-leak'tcommltte. "I believe
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be. (Thomur.W.-Laweon). phoatd be
taken at bis word and put behind the
bar on a besla of perjury." Lawson
bad told the committee Archibald
White, another banker of New York,
had wild Kink boasted he could con
trol Secretary of the Treasury Mc-
Ado, and to prove It had offered to
cell Washington on the telephone
from New York and have the secre
tary go there.
TEAMS LEAVE
NEXT MONDAY
ROTH GIRLS AND BOYS' ftlSKKT.
HALL TEAMS TO TAKE TRIP
TO Y REKA AND ASHLAND, WILL
PIAY MEDFORD, PERHAPS
Both the girls' and boys' basketball
testa of the Klamath county hieh
school leave on Monday for a trip In
Northern California and the Rogue
River Valley.
Two game will be played with
both Yreka and Ashland, and there Is
n possibility of games being played
with Medford. The girls who will
mske tho trip are Karle Montgomery,
Helen DuFault, Erma Bamber, Ida
Brown, Ruth Humphrey, Dorothy
Sanderson and Florence DuFault.
The boys making the trip are Jake
Stelger, Maurice Graves, Clarence
Lennox, John Houston, Clsrenco
Montgomery and Kenneth Perry.
COUNTY AUDIT RILL
IS PASSED IN HOUSE
SALEM, Feb. 10. Speaker Stan
Hold made his first appearance' on the
floor during the session, when 'he left
the chair Wednesday to fight for the
passage of Burdlck'a bill, providing
that the state tax commission should
adopt a uniform system of publlo aud
iting and accounting for all county
offices, and supervise the work. The
bill waa passed with forty-two voting
for It.
Conpto Married Were -"i ,,
John Naubertaad Mtu Helen, Ston-
er of Swan Lake were marrled.Thurs
day afternoon at 5 o'clock by Rev,'
Charles T. Hurd, pastor of the Prea-
byterlaa church of thla city, In the
presence of the necessary witnesses.
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Submarine Warfare
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HOBBS GOES
ON STAND IN
OWN DEFENSE
MANY OBJECTIONS TO TESTDiO
NY 8LOW8 UP TRIAL
Corroborate Wife's Testimony fp to
Noon R. B. Henry, e&Coamtjr Saw
veyor, Kpbiln the Plat That He
Drew fp for Trial Shotgsm StteUs
Introduced and Opeaed Before the
Jei Caw WIM Hold Over.
Henry Hokbs took the stand at
1 1 : 1 0 this morning. His testimony is
coming la slowly, owing to the numer
ous- objectless of the stateand' argu
ments by Manning ror the defense.
The witness Is cool and deliberate.
Evidence introduced by the noon re
cess was corroborative of the story
told by Mrs. Hobhs wherein she re
lated telling her husband on October
8th of the relations between herself
and Way, and of threats against the
life of Hobbs.
K. D. Henry, ou the stand for the
defense this morning, testified to dis
tances from the various points en the
plat prepared by himself. He also tes
tified to finding the two boxes of shot
gun shells which had been Introduced
In evidence by the state. When asked
by the defense to open one of these
M.ella, It was done. Four wads were
fouud In the shell opened, and to sat
isfy an Inquiry by one of the Jurors,
another was also opened, with the
same result. The ttsttmony or tne
doctors performing the autopsy was
that one wad only was found. What
significance this testimony
has yet to be developed.
will have
In City Front Chlloquln
Mr. nnd Mrs. H. L. Clement of Chll-
oquln are registered here at the Hall
hotel.
Great Hazan Show
Declared Big Success
n Entertains
People for Two
Without
Perhaps the largest crowd to at
tend an occasion of Ita kind waa at
Houston's opera house Thursday night
of this week for the Great Hasan
ahow, given under the auspices of the
Women's 1.000 Strahorn Club of this
city In their money raising campaign
for the railroad.
For two and a half hours the Qreat
Hasan had no difficulty In entertain
ing the 500 or more people present
with his sleight of hand, hypnotism
and mind leading stunts, ,
Preceding his opening the Peerless
orchestra entertained with a long ov
erture well aolected and classically
played. The muslo throughout the
eveniug was of the beet,
DESIRE TO KEEP MARTIAL
SPIRIT IN l. S. ALIVE
Administration Wishes to Gwarel
Against Sapping laflswaeew of Vm
dee Sense of Sersn-hjr No Manifest
Mew to Raise Army, Bat 1
Made Toward Naval
' Coavoys Coastdered by Waste
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb.UO.
After a week of broken relations, neu
tral shipping ordinarily plying the
Atlantic Is lying shivering In home
ports while Germanyis conductng aa
Indiscriminate Me warfare that Is de
stroying shipping at the rate of three
quarters of a million tons a month.
Fearing that war may come with
Germany, the administration is nan
lous to keep the martial spirit alive
In America, and wishes to guard
against lapping influences of aa un
due sense of security.
llow evernfcrenVtfaatterawvr
to raise an army for war, though some' '
progress has been made toward naval
and economical preparedness.
ThU epitomises the governments
position after a week of broken rela- ,
tlons vlth Germany. ,
Convoys or the issuance or guns for
defense of merchantmen are the two
likely precautions being considered by
president Wilson.
Kersaaer WIN b Probated
The will of Adrew Kershaer was
filed this wgek at the office of the
county clerk, Fred Baeestng la named
as administrator. The estate ls val
ued at approximately 110.000. The
sum of 1.000 waa left to his srife.
Julia, and the residue to his brothers.
Jos. D. Kershner and George D.
Kershner.
Poetosace Closes Monday
i be postofnci' delivery window will
be closed all day Maaday for Uncoln'i
birthday except between the hours of
js to 10 a. m. Tke general deliver)
j window will be open from 8 to 9 a.m.
and the carrier rervlce window from
jo 10 a. m. No delivery will be
made in th,e city.
Crowd of Over 500
and a Half Hours
Difficulty
K. B. Hall thanked the large audi
ence on behalf of the Wouiea'a Club
for their attendance and hearty sup
port cf the women's organisation In
tbe i dtslng of tho money. '
Especial thanks are conveyed to the
Greut Hasan, who wus largely respon
sible for tho entertainment, the great
eat responsibility for which fell on his
shoulders; to the members of the
Peerlevs orchestra for their ftae wort;
to these who-easlsteUrt'd'Haaan
and to JohirVHeaitewtae Wa4?v
ly gave the useof'tke'eiwra aeuse,'
luruiigu mwm. vmm . riwy
dent of the Woates)itl?;'ffr0'r
Club, on behalf of thr, )