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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1917)
i& -V n jjSiW, In lEmmmn Hrratfi Iilll1r.i .,- ffir- KLAMATH COUNTY'! OFFICIAL NIWIPAPIR s v w " rsy J . OFFICIAL MEW1 nriumTniri-mtmT inra in u ,, i i i i .1 ajtrtath Year N. nS!U KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH IS, 1SI7. U' ii. W V-wi J H5.-,. -it '.$. t5wl Railroad Heads Confer in New York I But No Statement Is Given Out f STRIKE IS CALLED WILL' BEGIN SOON VMOX NOT TO TAKE HAND -RIGHT NOW" Kill lie Called or Eastern Hn, ami GredNelly Hprrad We Hi Affect .ill lluads by NeM Wednesday PmJdcnt Frets He Dm Only Appeal to PatrMlaa of NSW YOHK. March IS The five raKreed brotherhood chief and wan afHiof tbt leading railroads confer- Hi ! 11:30 thin morning. Tlir Irttherkoeds presented resolution Baaed at Chicago, conferring author Ny at tkea to call the strike. An ad Jaareawat wss taken at hood for hats, tad no slateineala war given ML II la reported that the maaagers km ofered lo raUe I bo trainmen's MM bat aot to shorten tho length f Ike working day. It la sot conild. red probable the brotherhood chiefs tin accept ibis offer. They will take, knew, an eight hour day, with pro. ratio overtime U the strike la called It will bag In eg tke Eastern roads Saturday night aid work west. Involving all freight ud psisenger traffic by Wednesday sltkt of neit week. WA8IIINOTON. I. C. March 16. Judge Chamber of the board of wedl alien said at the White House today tktt President Wilson does not feel thttfce can act In Iho railway strike "rlht now." It Is reported that the president fH be ran only appeal to tke patrl ls,of both sides to prevent a bad tawsssloa abroad. CHICAGO, March 16. rive rail mds catering Chicago have placed tahsrgoes on livestock and perish Mes which not reach their deeUna Mess prior lo the time for the strike cseauied for next Saturday. Tkey Wilt raprv tin fMll. hImii Ike cbinre of damage la waived by snipper. I. P.O. ELKS TO INITIATE TONIGHT JH W CANDIDATES WILL UK w DEGREE, WHILE BI'K. WAL MUSICAL FEATURES AND HKIW HAVB HKKX ORDERED A cltH of candidates will be Inltl- .. " v- - mu No ll47' " "i Kmple tonight. , blowing the Initiatory aervlcea a "w entertainment baa been ar "Med for the evening. ABong the numbers will be aov JfJIlos by r. c. Chapman, a noted "'of ho, Augelea, who Is In the aakL. Ch"Pnn tooc part In the wwuinment at the Methodist lt night, and bla alnglns was smtly enjoyed. ' Jf. "ate today confirmed the a 2Tot of Dr- Oraysog as 2" deilral by a vote of 17 U ll, KuLte ?'ker of H ''' tsWl4 1 U" AKarleggenibaMy M iJr' u ,rwr of th Unit. " ''s mint, .Pi?.'."'"""""1 "'" "" MMWWMiMlwmwnMW( CAPTAIN SIEMENS BUYS WARRANTS FOR 80ND ISSUE BOND ORDINANCE INTRODUCED AT SPECIAL MEETING Final hft llapl.lly tiring Taken In IhMMl anil Warrant Kali for Cum MratUun of IUIIi-imiI I'n.m This Oly lo Dairy Mien Marie Offer far Warranto and Cuanrit l'aketl Kesntatloa Arccptlag II. Captain J. W, Hknicnn, prcnldvnt of the Klamath Conirat-rclnl Club and of th First Htate and Having batik of this city, pdrcbased the warrants In the 1300,000 bond Imuo for the building of the municipal railroad from thU city to Dairy lt night at the sreclal meeting cf (he touncll at Ibe city hall. The last ordluame to be Introduced In the completion of the technical dr. tails' of this mutter was aluo Intro duced last night, and provides for the Issuance of the fson.ooo funding or refunding bonds, and aUo provide for levying tutd assessment of a di rect ad valorem las for the raining of the principal and Interest on the fund. Captain fllcmrns purchased th warrants for the fund at 0 per cvut Interest, and Is to place (n the hnnds of the city treSMtrcr $10,000 wlthlu ten days and the remainder In sixty dsys. The council then iwssed a resolu tion awarding the snle of the war rants to Captain Siemens. The bonds are expected lo arrive within a few days from Bpllsor-Kor-Ick A Co., who purchased them, and with the adoption of the bond, ordi nance Introduced last night, all de tails of this transaction wllp bo com pleted successfully, It Is believed. Home argument arosu lost night among the members of the council In allowing Spllser-ltorlck to have the warrants to sell, thereby luklttg them out of the city's bands, but the offer of Captain Siemens prevented the necessity of the bonds leaving the city's possession, and no further op position developed. , THREAT ISSUED AGAINST WILSON WASHINGTON, D. C, March 15. President Wilson completed a week's confinement to his room yesterday as a result of a cold he took during tho Inauguration ceremonies. Ills Im provement Is slow, and ho Is still con fined to his bed. SAN FRANCISCO, Murch 15. A death throat against President Wil son made here as a result of the sub marine crisis was learned of yester day. The police and secret service are co-operating In an attempt to prosecute. Chaara Ooyoto.Kotir MJIo A. W. Sbnr of Worden brought in two coyote sklni today to the county clerk's office for the bounties, One of tke coyotes, which waa caught In a trap got' loose, and waa chased four mites by ble pursuers on nowshoes before they could catch him, accord-lie- to Mr. Shur. Mr. Shur says that he Juat about par ? kiu RUSSIAN REVOLT IS ACCOMPLISHED How American Merchant Ships Willie Armed ! mmmmmmwmwmmmwmwmwmwmmm- 5figw"UwfeWMw fSab?3aMBSBBNNnaaW w -" aftAe tPjt ;i ' I glii.ls jj-MMSMBBrrffTaiNn'1 1 mMmmtmVmWmWtWmWM f ZT V ' 'I LllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllH I MbIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHI t MiWnRRRRRRRRRRRfl B '." iPvaBjggggggggBHl '0fMrlmlmmmmmWfl T.ST' vffwr'i'Jitm 7 .t4i 7" vfiiPwj sr tTpWi naannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnlial .tlM Q't iJaWaWJ a aanSaWJslwjBlwaWJBwJPl E This yhotograph shows liovr Amcr Iran mercliattt ships will look when untied ngtiliiKt Gennati HUbmarlno.-t. There Is n threo-liich guu high at the stern of this liner. It may be swung HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES BURNS i:i(iiiT iitxnnKD guksts op tub UOKSIiYX IM)t!T: THIS MOh- I.Vtl W1IKX KlltK I)Oli8 10,000 U.MAlr-OXK MAN JVMPS 1.08 ANOKI.E8. March 15. Eight hundred guests thinly clad, rushed Into the atreet or were rescued by firemen and the police this morning when flro braxe out In the hotel Kosslyn. Y. K. l.oo Jumped from the third floor, and was Injured. The loss Is put at 1100.000. GERARD ARRIVES AT WASHINGTON (JltKKTKI) 11V L.UUIK CIIOWIi AND 1H HANDKIf NOTK FIIOM WHITK HOUHK NOT TO DISCUSS (1KKMAN SITUATION WASHINGTON, D. C, March 15. Ambassador Gersrd returned from BerllR, arrived In Washington at 1 : 16 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and was greeted by a large crowd. On his' arrival at the White House bo waa given a memorandum advising blm not t discuss the dermaa altuat Hon. Gerard announced that be will $ay nothing until bit full report la mAdVto the state department. WW MWWWMWWWMWWW''MftMWwwWWWWWWWaWftWMWW lVtdkftAAAAAdbj oround to shoot at a submarine on (It tar side or In the rear. Nuval officers may advise that such a gun bo also placed at the bow of each tcsscl. 'FRISCO CHINESE I0N6MEN FIGHT TWO ATTACK UNIDENTIFIED CHI XAMAN IN HTOt;KTON HTIIEET TUNNEL, EXCHANGE lSHOTS WITHOUT DAMAGE, AND FLEE SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. Two Chinese tongmen attacked an unidentified Chinaman In the Stock ton afreet tunnel this morning, andj fifteen shots were exchanged without anyone being bit. . A large number of policemen sponded- lo the alarm, but tho China men had fled. Tlio grand Jury has Indicted throo ning Tong followers for the murder of NgYou on March 5th, Operation Perforated An operation for acute appendicitis was done tor llda Stone, aged 8-years, of Sblpplngton, this morning ut tho county infirmary by Dr.Warren Hunt, Diseased tonsils and adenoids, con sidered the source of the Infected mastoid sinuses, ware removed as well, Iff, Hunt hsa recently returned from a long stay at the aurglcal clin ic of Philadelphia and New York. , - m . i Local Firw Gate Contract J. F. Goeller A Son of this city have boon awarded the contract for the re. modelling and construction work at the local Wells Fargo Kxpress com pany's office. The work in expected to atart within two weeks; and Is now .being held up until materials, to be! furnished by, the company have ar rived, to adjust the raaulnder of the STRAHORN SAYS 1800,000 READY HEADY' TO BEGIN WORK OX MILES OF KAILItOAD IN SOUTH. KltX AND SOUTHEASTERN ORE. GOX TO TAP DIG TERH1TORT SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. Robert E. Strahorn, railroad builder of Spokane, announced here that be had approximately $800,000 Immedi ately available toward the comjruc tlon of 400 miles of railroad which will connect up with existing lines of Southern and Southeastern Or on. Strahorn'a project, be said, would open up undeveloped territory as large as the state of Ohio. He said nearly M.000,000 additional woald be required, to. complete Um betiding program. jV COMMITTEE WILL VISIT MERCHANTS BUSINESS MEN8 ASSOCIATION TO SEND MEMBERS TO SAN FRAN. CISCO TO FOLLOW UP WORK OF SIEMENS AND JOHNSON A committee of business men of this city will go to San Francisco nest week toalse tho balance of the ter minal fund money, as a result of ac tion taken last night at the meeting of the Business Men's Association at the city hall. President Eskelson will appoint the members of the com mittee. This committee will follow up the preliminary work done by Captain J. W, 8lcmens and Paul Johnson of this city, who brouaht the matter of the railroad to the attention of the Sani Francisco Chamber or Commerce and many of the merchants of' the Bay City. Several chamber committees there unvc nad lt UUder consideration, and (it was necessary to secure their sup- re-jport before the merchants could be broached. SPROULE SAYS DECISION UNMADE eaaasBWBBBBMSM SURVEY FOR MODOC NORTHERN RAILROAD MADE, BUT DKCI SION TO START IN SIXTY DAYS NOT MADE SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. Prosldenl8proule of the Southern Pa. clflo said last night: "Our surveys are made for the Modoe Northern railroad have been reviewed by our chief an- linear, ."It haa not baas deoUed to T. construction of the railroad the next sixty days," he said. wlthi HIRAM RESIGNEO AT NOON TODAY EX-GOVERXOR JOHNSON OF CAL. IFORNIA, NOW UNITED STATES SENATOR, EXPECTED TO GO TO WASHINGTON SOON 8ACRAMENTO. March 15. Hiram Johnson resigned hi office a gover nor of California at noon today to be- Neome United States senator. The resignation was banded to Sec retary of State Frank Jordan, ,who then prepared a commission for Wil liam Douglas Stephens, California's new chief executive. ' A Joint session of the senate and hc$setof representatives was called In the assembly room at noon for a fitting ceremonial on the occasion of Johaaea'a retlremeat. United States Senator-elect-John-son Is expected to leave sooa .for Washington. D. C, to attend the spe cial session of congress called for April 16tb. It waa the calling of the epeclal session which occasioned Johnson's resignation from the gu bernatorial chair at this time. Until the special session was called, it had been believed he would remain in office untll'the legislature adjourned. William D. Stephens. lieutenant governor, and who haa endorsed the policies of Governor Johnson, auto matically became governor, and the Issuance of a commission by the sec retary of state was a mere matter of form. YEAR'S OUTLOOK IS NOT BRIGHT SMALL CROPS AND HIGH PRICES TO PREVAIL,, OWING TO AD VERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER COUNTRY WASHINGTON. D. C. March 15. Small cropa and high prices will probably result this season from un favorable weather conditions. prevail ing generally over the United States. A scarcity of labor will make the sit uation more acute, say department of agricultural officials. Early vegetables are three and four weeks late, and some points re port potatoes are froien In the ground. Lettuce has been damaged, as have also Southern California watermelona and cantaloupes. Farmers In many Instances are replanting. W. C. T. V. RAISES AND SENDS ft TO BELGIANS The Klamath Falls Women Chris tian Temperance Union "hsa raised and forwarded $81 to the Belgian re lief fund through the cooked food sale' held March 3rd, according to n report made by Mrs. Phebe Hammer, president of the union. On behalf of the union, Mrs. Ham- mer wishes to- thank all who contrib uted to the fund. "One dollar feeds a Belgian child one month," said Mra. Hammer, ' Mra. Hammer is a relative of Mr. Hoover, who haa been In charge at the relief fund in this eountry. and ro- eeatiy lert tor peia to continue tats and other relief work, DUMA COMMITTEE NOW IN CHARGE FORMER MINISTERS IN CONTROL ARE IMPRISONED' Dsuaa Has Declared That the) tesv and Cabinet No Lissassr Berlin Reports the Capital af ia la Heads of -.-Ai- -j. Committee Eaglehard O ?- "ftHW- Jt BERLIN. March 15. The German press bureau declares that - -, -r the executive committee of the Ras slan Duma haa aecompliaaadaaae cesstul revolution In Raasla aa'hasV impriaoned-tha mteletenr i control, and la now In charge at'the government's affairs. y The Berlin report says that 'the duma has declared that the mlalatars and the cabinet no longer exists. That on Wednesday, .the third day "of the revolution, the capital was complete ly In the hands of the duma execaUva committee, and thats 30,000 troops were In the garrison at Petrograd who supported the revolution. . Deputy Eaglehard, general colonel, has been appolated mandcr at Petrograd by the executive committee. . , Tuesday night a proclamation waa Issued, asking that all business re sume Itr normal life. -." It Is asserted that revolutionists issued a statement which blamed Um government for the sufferings result ing from the war. It la declared that the revolt began last Sunday. LONDON. MareJs 15. The Raesian revolution succeeded after three, days of fighting, prlnchjaily at Moeeew aed Petrograd. Many houses were burned. The cxar may abdicate the throne, leaving his son to succeed. -' The object of the revolution ! to oust the pro-German' officials who have been hindering Russia's partici pation in the war, , I The revolutionists are streagly democratic and pro-ally, which means the abolition of Russian aWlatlea and greater co-operation In tha war. Late dispatches from Petrograd de clare ihat the revolution 'was net "di rected against the' ruling dynasty. but represents tha determination of the army and the duma to end tho im pediments which have stood In the way of Russian military success. It is said the people blamed proQerman officials. WASHINGTON. D. C, March ii, Au official cablegram to theatate''de partment confirms tha Russisa revo lution, but gives no details. The Russian ambassador has not been advised concerning It, and wMl make no comment, vi)r - Leave farDlaaba 1 Mrs, B. A. Cress aid family, have left for Diauba, Calif., where thar will Join Mr.(Crees,'wbo taltkft'ffcr hia neatia. ano.ia anyfaassf jay Cress waa tafsaartra law firm of tM ILI.,.11. kUk ku''Uu' tpHDHl' .f "W - WW Mr. Stoae m eloBe Mr. Oale la fort.,, also. tf ):ZKTJn ssm WHaaaaaaBtrT QflM Sgaannf tV aW $ t JG5 X i A -. . IV -1- fi l 'hI'a 4 . Ing coyotes, iff" J '! 3fe3 i