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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15, 1917.
WAR WITH GERMANY SEEMSINEVITABLE
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NATIONAL PROHIBITION BILL FAVORABLY REPORTED
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Official Confirmation
ot Brussels Act Here
Her wihtlock xt off in.
CKKAtfrM GRAVITY
gnat MM Kctlu MncT Diplomatic
BrHi-r- lUvkru Off. end Bring
t'eked HmIim M' l War Since
That THne United Slat Probably
nwml Immediate Ktplaitallott
Whan Ceilel Fart Received.
DEMAND AMERICANS'
RELEASE
WASHINGTON. I). C Feb.
It. Tt ittP department an-
setae today that a formal do-
4M ill In nt to Germany
tor the rlc nf the American
Mai Mi prUoner on the Yar- ,
rowdale,
Tnt department lq announe-
(4 (bat the train carrying Amor-
Iran ronmilt from Germany U
proceeding (rum Munich to Kwlt- '
Mrtaad.
GAINING CONTKOL
IN CUB4, B F I L F
DISPATCHES TODADY INDICATE
HICTI.SG IS HUT DESULTORY,
THOUGH TROOPS Itlll.XCl COX
CE.NTHATKD IN OHIE.NTE
HAVANA. Cuba, Feb. IS. Prcal
tlvnt McncaU' military force are
gradually gaining control over the
febet which havp bean In rebellion
(or several daya, It U bellovvd.
Dispatches from vnrluua part of
lb Ulead today Indicate thai the rloi
I lie la but deultory.
The Iniurgcul urn making a Und
In Orleute province, and the govern-,
nent la concentrating ltd troop there
to illtvre them.
Interned German Liners in Bdkto
Believed, to
ton
Have Been Damaged
COUSIN
SHOOTS
WASHINGTON, I). C Feb. 15.
OsMal confirmation wan received to.
T by the government that llranil
Wbltlock. American mlnlater In
tairia of tho llelilum rellof work,
art bacn ordered to lower the Amer
icas Dag over the American legation
MBruuel, and bring war nearer be
KB tbo United State and derma ny
tan my event which linn occurred
lac diplomatic relation wero sev
ntd. Tbe (art Hint Whltlock la not al
io! to communicate with Wushlng-
li greatly Increasing tho gravity
Mh iltuatlon.
Wbn the complete oOlclal (acta are
iKslvtd the government will probably
Me-sautorlly demand that Germany
Hla the nctlon Immediately.
Ttli, with the (Inking of tho Amor
n schooner In tho Mediterranean
yesterday, wa n sovero blow to
Uitarlng hope that hoatllltloa bo-
America mid (lermauy might
Wavarted.
Abaiador (lerard has aent In hla
Mai report that German official
? Jo force him to rc-ratlfy the old
""" treaty, providing nine
for alien to wind up their
w"jw, coiintrlca at war, under
J"" that American newspaper cor
"Wondenta , cjormany would be
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WAWIINHTON, I). C. Fob. 15.-
- ...uv0 uuruner called upon
AJOWn,mont loday to " oil
" dc,,rc ' If armament la not
a.- ' Aranrlcn veaaela ahould
Xm by A-wrle-n bltleahlpa.
utMur acathlngly denounced W.
fclen ? 2r fon,,,,c"" Pm
, C0!rrulce or tho people."
CbSTac., Feb. Iff.-
ttt WUcox ot th0 republican
wZ?' ' " vliltcd PraBldent
M Ti. 8,t0r noon "dock to
tSSLsyUt a,,u M,ur b,m ih
h u?!r w? miy wl" wVrt him
UeUto!?? my uk0 tor pro.
U0"ufAmerlcaurlghU.
NAVAL MILITIA
EXPECTS ORDERS
IM)lf.TUK t:itT.IX THAT OIU
IIKHS TO MOIIII.I.K OIU-:dO.N
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1'OltTI.ANI), Feb. 15. A dUpatch
received by Lieutenant John A. Heck-
with, acting commander of tbo Oregon
naval mllltln, from l.leutenunt Com
innnder tleorri I'. Htnlr. who l en
inula from n viall to WanhltiKlon, 1.
C, where he attended n conforonco
of navul mlllt In cfflrin. anya the call
for incl'IIU-illou of the naval mllltla
! expected hortly. Tho navy depart,
niciit i ronrcutMiIng nil effortii on
mi'bllltallon.
Commander lllalr urgoa l.loutcuant
lleckwltti to lui-rtmiiu tho atrongtli of
the Oregon naval mllltla without de
lay. I'oaltlvo Information waa ob
tained by Captain lllalr that tho coin,
mlwiloned ofllcera of tho Oregou naval
mllltla will ahortly bo aaalgned to
apeclui duty and name Lieutenant C.
J. Dwyer, l.lmilenant doorgo II. Jett,
Lieutenant John A. Heck with and Kn-
nlgn H. II. Wakeman.
Kerrultlng olllce Imvo boon opened
at 345 Waahlnglnn afreet, und overy
effort will bo mudo to lucronao tho
rneed of enlUtmeuta. Tho ofllco of
tho Oregon nnvul mllltla will bo open
with an officer to receive unllatmonta,
Tho barge Bwnn, at the foot of Jeffer
eon ktreot wharf, will bo open for drill
and enllatment on Monday und Tuca-
day night. Coast patrol work ana
training on men of war will bo tho
principal dutlea aligned In raao tho
mobilisation fall, which I expected
within a weok, la Inauod.
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CUmp Puirhaaoa Rldeo.
J. CI. Camp, manager of the Klara
ath rMlmatlon project, haa purchna
ed tho realdenco formorly owned by
Dr. U h. Truax of this city, and locat
ed at tho corner of Twelfth and Lin
coln atroet. Mr. Camp dooa not ex
pert to move until about April it.
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RELATIVE IN HOTEL
HOY TAKKN TO SAX FIMXCI8CO
to hi: i:x.mi.kd"a8 to his
sax1tv kii.ia his col'six in
THI.IIt HOOM
MIST NOW PASS HOL'SR AND SEN
ATK BY TWO-THIItUM VOTB
"Incumbent on CoRgreaa to
Amendracat to Stale." Sejra Refraw
I sctatlTe Cariin, in Makfav Kepert
Ileforr Home of RcprcfUUw
Slut Be Paaaed by Threc-Fonrtba
of State to Amend CoastltaitlOB.
SAN FHANCISCC. Feb. 15. Hear-
13.
The collet tor of custom at Iloatou has ent word to the aecrelary of the treaaury ho ban beard the interned
(Senium linen Cincinnati and Amerlka havo been damaged. Thla work I believed to have been done by Ger
man Kyiiipaihlier aome lime after AnibMtador von Mcrnatroff received hi paaaporta from Secretary Laming.
There I the nam? report regarding the larger number of German liner Interned at New York city.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb.
i The fudlciarr committee of the houaa
lug a shot in a hotel room here, a! ., . , .,
Chambermaid entered and found I f repreaentatlrea reported farorably
Jonepli Rosatco. 19 yeara old. of Reno.j'n the Webb national prohibition con
Nov., lying on the bed with a bullet stltutional amendment today.
hole In his neck. Reprwenu'tlve Carlln. In making
Hla cousin, also named Joseph Ro- tho renort on thc bi -,Id. ..,, u j
easco, aged 21, wag altttng- uncon- . , ,.,.i
.. . u, i .1.. cumbent upon congresa to submit this
The bill Bat Pfas
the senate and the house by a two
tblrdR vote before It la aent to the
cornrdlv on another bed in the room.'
The father of the eldert vouth had! bill to the statea.
brought htm to San Franclaco from!
Reno for examination Into hla sanity.
bbs Murder
Not Expect Ho
Case Go to Jury Tonight
Judge Drake Opens Court This Morning for
State and Resumes Argument Until
This Afternoon
MRS.INNES FOUND
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Judge Druko made tho oenlng
ttttemont for tho atato this morning
In thc llolilm murder case, and held
over the niHin recea, resuming hla ar
gument thla afternoon.
Drako roado a careful and minute
lovlew of the evidence given on tho
stand throughout tho trial.
Attorney Manning for the defense
began hla argument .at 3 o'clock thla
afternoon. Tho case la expected to go
to Iho Jury In tho morning.
Aa a Dual effort to prove the pre
medlted death of Edward C. Way at
the hands of Henry Hobba, the atate
cloaed Its rnao by placing three sur
geon and tho former county coroner
on the wltneaa stand lute ycaterday
afternoon.
Karl Whltlock Introduced now ten
LIQUOR "ADS"
DILL PASSED
HKXATK UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS
AMENDMENT PROHIBITING AD.
VKKT1HKMENTH IN MAILS TO
PROHIBITION TERRITORY
WASIIINOTON, D. C, Feb. 15.
The aenit unanimously adopted
the constitutional anandeat bill
which denlea the uae of the malla to
nowapapera and periodicals which con
tain liquor advertising, when the den
tlnntlon of the matter I to .prohibi
tion territory.
tlmony when placed on tho stand that
In washing the mouth of tho deceased
he had found particle of wadding
and Bhrcds of hair in tho mouth.
Dr. Cathey then told ot making
testa almilar to those of E. B. Henry,
but no discrepancies or disagreement
between the two testa were foumT!
Dr. Cathey aald it waa hla belief that
the Run mussle was within the mouth
of Way when the trlggor waa pulled.
Dr. Patterson of Merrill wus then
placed on tho stand, and after Drake
had stated a hypothetical cae. the
hypothosia that there wero no pow
der burns outside tho face and there
were within the mouth, and tho
charge being intact ut point of en
trance In tho roof of the mouth,
whero In hla opinion tho gun would
Imvo to liavo been held with reference
to the proximity of tho mussle to the
mouth. Ho answered, "within tho
mouth."
Dr. E. D, Johnson waa then placed
on tho aland and testified thut Way
had been u, patient of hla for some
tlrao from tho lat of July to the Inst
of August, and from tho nature of his
condition, In his opinion, Wuy was
Impotent.
Dr. R. R. Hamilton waa the only
wltneaa uaed by the defense In their
rebuttal of state's rebuttal, and he
testified that the examination made at
the autopsy by himself aneDr. Catbey
waa Made prior to the preparing of
the body for burial, and from hla ex
amination no wadding was seen save
the one wad located In the back of the
head, but that there might have been
and probably were a few shred of
hair and pieces or the wad loatMn the
passage through the head.
Drake mode the opening argument
for tho state, speaking until 5 o'clock
when an adjournment was taken till
this morning.
STATE & SAVINGS
BANK m PLACE
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE SAYS
CONTRACTS WILL HE KEPT
THERE AND PAYMENTS MAY HE
MADE AT THAT INSTITUTION
WIFE OF FORMER FEDERAL DIS
TRICT ATTORNEY' SENTENCED
TO THREE YEARS BELIEVED
DARKER CRIME WAS ENACTED
'ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 13. Mrs. Ida
limes', wife of Victor Innes, former
federal district attorney of Nevada,
was sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary yesterday on conviction
of larceny in connection with the dis
appearance and supposed murder of
KloUe und lleutrice Nelms.
Judge Hill declared: "I am led by
the evidence to believe that larceny
in this case was followed by a darker,!
deeper and deadlier crime In San An-
tonlo."
state legislatures.
"And before becoming an amend'-
ment to the constitution It must be
passed by three-fourths of the states
of the Union."
Thc lunes wero arrested In the
mountains near Eugene, Ore., when
tought iu this case several years ago.
SURPRIS
SPRUNG
The Firqt State ami Savings bank has
been decided upon as tho place for
thoo subscribing to tho Strahorn
railroad fund to pay their monthly
and quarterly contracts, Percy Evuns,
chairman of the llnnuco committee an
nounced today.
All contracts for pledges received
will bo kopt ut tho bank, and all pay
ments may bo made there.
Most of tho contracts arc for
monthly payments, and the persons
having made, thorn, will be expected
to pay ut tho bank.
Snow Light at Crater Lake.
Word received some time ago from
H. E, .Momyer.'Who Is stationed at
Crater Lake National Park headquar
ters, said that the snow there Is but
7V4 feet deep, considered mi excep
tionally light depth- for thnt time of
year. Ho la expected to como out
about tho middle of tiio mouth. ' ,
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IN MOONEY CASE
TESTIMONY OF OREGON CATTLE
MAN, STAR WITNESS FOR PROS.
ECUTION, IS DECCLAKED TO BE
LIE NEW TRIAL TO BE ASKED
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13. An
other surpilso was sprung in the case
of Thomas J. Mooney, convicted of
(lrt degrco murder as a conspirator
iu tho preparedness parade bomb out
rage, when Mrs. E. R. LaPosse, wife
of n shoo salesman, openly charged
thnt Frank Oxman, Oregon cattlemtn
und stnr witness for the prosecution,
lied on the witness stand.
The woman said that all the tinio
Ovmnn claimed to have been In the
vicinity of the explosion he stood with
Iter nt'n curb, watching the parade,
foveral blocks away.
She told her story to Attorney Max
well McNutt, counsel for the defense,
who will cite It Monday aa an argu
ment before Judge Griffin for a new
trial.
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L. O, Mills returned to Keno today,
after being in on business for a day
or so.
RESCUE CITIZENS
FIFTY LEAVE HACH1TA, MEXICO,
TO REACH THREE AMERICANS
CAITIRED BY MEXICAN RAID
ERS LAST TUESDAY
.
HACH1TA. N. M., Feb. 15. Fifty
American cowboys left here this morn
ing to rescue three Americana whom
Mexlcaii raiders captured Tuesday.
They will enter Mexico to reach them.
it is unconflrmedly reported that
Mexicans have killed two American
ranchers at the Langes ranch.
FIFTEEN CARLOADS
SHEEP SHIPPED
LESLIE ROGERS, HARRY STILTS
AND GEORGE WATTS SEND 1000
TO SAN FRANCISCO, RECEIVING
11 )i CENTS A POUND
Fifteen carloads of sheep were
shupped from this city to the Western
Meat company yesterday by Leslie
Rogers, Geo. Watts and Harry Stilts
of this city. There were 1,500 head
of sheep In the lot,
Mr. Rogers' sheep have been kept
on the Tom Martin rancn near Merrill
during the winter months, where they
have been fed hay and grain. Mr.
Rogers had ten carloads In the lot, all
of which wero wether sheep, and he
said today he received 11 H cents per
pound for bis lot.
The sheep are said to have aver
aged 83 pounds throughout; bringing
19.54 each, considered an exceptional
good price.
Mr. Rogera said today that he
bought bis sheep for an experiment
In feeding them for the market.
County Court Finishes Business.
The Klamath county court, which
haa been In session for the' patvasv
eral days, finished up tho business, on
hand last night, and adjourned until
culled together again, nLv
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