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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, ltI7.
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PIVW OMI
War Be Declared
SENATE BEGINS
-WAR RESOLUTION
Mdt'MIIKIt INTRODUCE HL'IIHTI.
TI'TK HKHOLITION
lonwallae Are That tkrhate la frtv
' air Will He UglbtHim- For
etga Affaire Cnmmklw ItcpurUi
Fntorabty a War lUwolulhai,
AntM Worm of lrkHlwn, HharkrJ.
' feed end tXwprr Oppmleg.
WAKHIXGTOX, l. V., April 4.
War Mill be derlarrd on Germany to.
eight eelraa the ptaaa of
leeoVra la taagwaa fall.
Tke areata began Ihe eoejsidiwetloa
ef ike "state of Mar" raaoletlee. lhl
win Henetora fesjlae, Hltrtoork
and fhraaatm ethrrlac the areata to a
nigh phrk of MrMtow.
teeter MeCtaaber of North Pa
tau prearetrd aekelMwle raaule
awe emkUeg that eetlre k eeat
Qtmmj ikat Ik takleg of another
Aarricaa life win be aa art af war.
NcCaakM- said It waa kla lateaUoa
a give Gcrtaaay a chaare lo with
dmw krr ankmarlaa dniii.
Bjaalera Ktoee aad Varaaataa da
tried wag alttteagti lawy aaM that If
. aw Is eatlerad tawy IH taatr at
awa. in m that K la aarrraafal.
. laOkalloaa air thai Ik ttraate la
aaj senate ua Ike war raaolalloa will
kf lengthy and atorv parlftet aparrtwa
are nprrted.
While lht reelr waa Orballeg to
day, tba lioeae foretga affaire ctmi.
MMra tufi-d lo rrcoiwwaad llw v
mte"vt Umi war raaolaUoa. Miarkrl
tad of Mlaauuri and Cooper of Wk
coala, wrlfla, oopiiard the anion.
Chalnruin Flood aald that lie
Ntad llw lioaaa to art tomorrow oa
tkt rommliu'a rraort. Maajr ok.
Jt0, iatla tliat thrjr wtftaed time
Majaak.
Inltme oxelntment occurred In (he
wsile late tbla afternoon aa a rcnult
of Btnator llccd'a cbargea that Sena
tor Norrlt rarac near uttering treaaon
hn Norrla, one of the "wilful
twelve." declared that It looked aa If
toe resolution to declare war on Her
unjr N (ilaclne the dollar mark
(bore ttio line.
A itoien Nrniitnra wero Immediately
n thrlr feet nueatlonlnR Kcnator
NorrU. Tim snllerlea ahrleked. Nor
rli.limitrj thut ho did not mean du
mped (o thi! flaf, but that ho be
ed the war ruaolutlon la tmavd on
commercial reaiona only.
Benatora Tillman and Kenyon mxiko
n "upport or the rcwilntlon. Renator
U Polletto entered the chamber then
(or the firm tlmo during the day and
tok (he floor.
Senator Shemmrd Introduced a na.
tlonal prnliibltlon amendment ua.a
r meature,
In the lioimu, Slmckclford preient
l minority report against the wnr
'olutlon, derlurlng that America
" not been dlahonorcd and has no
fMion to declare war.
The hou.o pamed a 1140,000,000
fmy bill, the 1138,000,000 aundry
tirll bin an( tnen ,dj0urncd.
1 "no houne will coualder the war
t"ioiutlon at io o'clock tomorrow
ornlng.
Two Name l)ad
two QKiunied builnew namet hav
'"!" "led w,th M ePunty clerk, that
Pr C. A. MoPheraon, doing bualnew
Klamath Machine and Repair
"pany, and that of the Sawmill
fMtineerlng and Conitructlon Com
y, of which r, Hill Hunter w the
Wprletor.
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V CHICAGO, April 4. Mar wht
w quoted at U.Ol at the opeolog of
CONSIDERATION
r--arnet today, July wheat at II M
P" wptoiaber at, 11.51. May cof
I lev p ff 1
wmwii.
WATER RIGHTS
, MUST BE PAID
I'KIIMOXM UKHIIIIXf. TO FILE UN
TULF. LAKH UMW HOLDING
WATER ItlflllTM Ml'KT FAY UP
IX MUX, HAYS OPINION
IVrxuiK mini tiwvn aitlcd for a
Mater rlitlit iiihIlt the flmt unit of
tin' Klainaih irnji'il llnlti-it Htatea
rcrlaniatlou m-rvlro ami who have
not ald tip lu full mi tlni name am
not HriiiliH lo fllu on I ho tract to
ho thrown oh'U miller tlm Tulo Mko
laud drawltiK, iironlliiK to an opinion
rcccUid at the loral rt-rlnniatluit of
fli. Home gui'Mloii had been rained rc
Rardliig thin and the loal office u
cured an Interpretation from the de
partment. Ixx-nl offlclalN aay that
It appllea to any iK-raon who baa a
water right on land under tlm ditch
of any acreage whatnoevvr, If It U
not paid up In full. Filing may be
made on April 19 and the drawing
will be held ou April J&.
A statement glren out by the local
reclamation office la aa follews:
For I bo Information of land
owners under the First Unit of the
Klamath Project, the Art of August
S. 1913 (37 Stat., 385), baa been
Interpreted by Ike department aa
follews: '
"No pcron shall, at any one time,
acquire or own a water right, or be
furnished water on account of a
water right acquired, from the United
Htatea In excess of such quantity aa
may be necessary for the proper Irri
gation of one farm unit, as fixed by
the secretary of the Interior unless
all Installments contracted to be paid
on the additional supply la bo pur
chased shall first be paid In full, and
Iho ater right purchased for the
lands lu exceM of one unit shall bo
limited to a supply sufficient for 160
acres."
LOAN DIRECTORS
MEET SATURDAY
FAIIM MUX CO.MMITTK rXKCTKD
AT LAST MKhTINIl OF KMM.
ATII FAMJt NATION' A Ij FAIIM
1AIAN AKMK.IATIOX
The directors of the Klamath Falls
National Farm Umn nssoclatlon, nt
their recent meotlng elected, a strong
Farm laan committee.
Frank T. Nelson, Kdwurd Button
and Chaa. K, Kpldoll comprlso tho
cnmmllloo. with C. J. McCollum as
alternate.
The momborshlp lu tho association
now numbers twenty-eight farmers,
with lonn nppllcatlous aggregating
over 60,00O.
The directors will meet again on
Saturday, April 7, at 1 p. m., at the
county agriculturist ugont'H office,
when some now applications for mem
btrshlu are to be considered. Any
who have not yet signed the articles
of tho association are Invited to do
ao at thla meeting.
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OIIINPA1.K MTKltAIIY WIM
HAVK MINOTIIKIi 8HOW
ORINDALK. April 4. The latt
muotliiK of the Orlndala Uterary Clr-
clo for the aeason will bo held Fri
day night, April 6. A committee has
been working up a good rainsirei piny
for the evening's entertainment. The
ladles have been asked to bring cake
and coffee, which will be served by
tbe school. Bveryone la Invited and
everything ,wlll be free.
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Factory Man Here
O. P. De taao, factory represeata-
tiva af tke Maiwell ear. It tar from
Partltaa to vtalt tke Howie garage,
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PREMIER RIOOT
AND ROSSIANS
.PRAISE AMERICA
IIIIMlT HAVH (JltKATKMT MOMKXT
IX UXITKII HTATKH IIIHTOItV
Ftnirh Premier llukls lrmllrnl Wil.
mis'i M-Bg Makr FaUirr Wars
I l.lkely Hope tlie (ierman.
People (Mmt-rvn DIMInclloa Ik.
I Hern Them and Their CJorera
meat Petrograd Holds HctAlng.
PAHI8, April 4. Premier lllbot
told newspapermen today that "this
Is the greatest moment In Amcrlran
history."
The premier added that President
Wilson's speech will have Ihe grrat
est morn! effrct throughout the
world and will make Ihe danger of
future wars less likely.
He saldtbat be hoped the Oerman
people would observe the distinction
between themselves and tbelr gov
ernment made by President Wilson
In his address.
"The eople of France enthusias
tically welcome the American flag
entwined with the trl-colors," de
clared the premier. .
PKTROORAI). April 4. President
WIUou'k speech was wurmly wel
comed here. Many meetings are be
ing held and speakers are explaining
the algnlflrnnce of Ihe message.
WAR DEPARTMENT
WANTS ARTISANS
MAKKM APPKAI. FOU SO.OOtt MK
CIIANICH, UOIIHIUslKN, CLKIUUi,
MAHOXH AND OTHKK MKX.FOIt
TIIK HFJiKRVK CXIIIPH
WA8IIINUTON, II. C, April 4.-.
Tim war department has appealed for
the enlistment of 30,000 artisans and
quartermasters tor tno culls ted re
serve corps. They will begin train
ing Immediately.
Tho call Is for mechanics of all
kinds, horsemen, clerks, masons,
painters, carpentera and many others
Father Dire at Bseaatouth
' F. T. Wattenburg. father of II. U.
Wattenburg of thla city, died Mon
day night at hla homo at Monmouth,
Oregon, where he bad lived for many
years. Mr. Wattenburg la au old Ore
gon pioneer. Mr. Wattenburg of thla
city, accompanied by hla sister, Miss
Lulu Wattenburg. a teacher In 'the
nivorstdo school, left for Monmouth
Sunday morning following word of
hla condition. They are expected to
return tbe latter part of the week
Four Mora Racruha Leave
Four more recrulta from Klamath
Falla for tho United States navy left
thlif morning, after making arrange
ments through the two naval officers
here Monday night and W. A. Delaelk
They were U. P. Manton, Nelson Hall,
A. I Condry and 0. C. Pialey. Hall
la a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hall
of this city. A number of friends and
relatives were at tke depot, aa wae
Postmaster Deliell. to see then off.
This makes ten to leave thla eHy thla
week,
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Freack Near St, Qaeatks
PARIS, Aarll 4. It la officially
announced that Preach patrola havm
penetrated the southweetara ut
skirts ofQusBtlawlure tke Al-j
Ilea have km a4taatk.Kta,drlve a
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Tomorrow Night, Is Plan
aKKMAirS MAV I.KAHX
I.ONDON, April I. Thu Al-
Ilea are considering having
President Wilson's address to
oongreas aaade Monday night
dropd from aeroplanes broad-
cast over Qermany, that tho
Ucrraaa people themselves inny
learn from an unprejudiced
source of America's attitude and
alms.
DERANGED MAN
SHOOTS THREE
AND IS KILLED
PltOMIXKXT IIAXCHKIt OF HAN
FORO. CAli, RUXH AMUCK
Kllla Judge, Attorney and Man la At.
toraey's Office la Court Hoaae
Hoase Dalldlay Had Reen la
votved la Laad) LUIgattoaa- Hhot
by City Marshall aa He Wa. Lear
las la Has Aate.
HANFORD, Cal.. April 4. L. T.
Denny, aged 65 years, a prominent
rancher of thla section, ran amuck
this morning at lifiZO o'clock, killed
three men and was killed himself by
City Marshal Illnes, as he was trying
to escape.
Denny first went to Judge C. L.
Meadowa office in the courtroom and
shot and killed htm. He then went
to the office or Attorney E. T. Coster,
shooting and killing blm and also W.
O. Wiley, agent for a tractor com
pany, who was In Coster's office,
i Emerging from this office Denny
started to enter bis automobile and
escape. Marshal W. J. Hlnea called
to him, to halt, but he refused. Hlnes
then fired, killing Denny.
It Is believed that Denny was de
ranged. He has been speculating in
land for a long time, ver which
there had been mueh litigation.
Coater waa the opKsng attorney
In. the suits, and it is believed that
Denny blamed Coster and Meadows
for tbe cases.
Wiley was not Involved lu tbe suits.
Tbe shooting resulted from a suit
filed by a tractor Compauy against
Denny for paymcut on a tractor pur
chased by blm.
The shooting caused a wild panic
In the courtroom, about court house
offices and on tho streets here.
EVIDENCE OF
AUTOPSY HEARD
The Hobbs murder case progressed
from the corpim delect! stage this
morning to evidence an the autopsy,
Dr. R. R. Hamilton ocupylng the
stand for a comdodrabte length of
time this morning. He performed
the autopsy.
The questioning of the witnesses
in the case ao far la following the
some general lines as at tho first
trial.
This afternoon Harry Mjessner was
pieced on we atana tor a snort time.
Judge Kuykendall asked Dr. Ham
ilton, following his testimony, wheth
er he had read his testimony given at
the first trial and advised him to
read lt.v Tbe doctor said he bad not
read It. ,
Many Flags Aiktaariag
Many flags are appearing on busi
ness house and some homes in the
city thla week, while a majority of
the pedestrians to be seen are wear
ing small emblems of tbe national
eokHg la tkelr waela. ?r
- i Cowaty Coart Meeta
v Theeaaty, court, la, Isiaeeslon to
day at the court house, allowing geu
fal fuafbllU thl? mata- and tkk
alUraooa la takla
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taiing up rota tuna
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It. u
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AMERICAN FUfi .
ORDERED OUT
PKK8IDKXT KIMBALL OF THE
WOMAN'H RKLIKF CORPH OIVE8
OIlliEIM MrlRKIW WILL AT
TKXD MKKTIXG HATL'RDAV
Tin- members of. the Woman's Re
lief Corps of this city have keen di
rected by Mrs. Z. C. Kimball, presi
dent, to drape an American flag on
tbelr respective homes la the city.
The members of tho corps will meet
Saturday Afternoon to attend tbe
man meeting called by tbe Grand
Army veterans at the opera bouse,
according to their plans.
Initiation ceremonies were held
Monday afternoon in the Moose hall
by tbe corps when Mrs. Earl Ham-
aker and lira. Carrie Meiers were
Initiated. The ceremonies were fol
lowed by a banquet and social time.
BERLIN PAPER
WARNS GERMANY
TAUkaiLATT HATS THK COUNTRY
MUST NOT I'XDKR-EaTlMATK
' " '
TKItlXC. THE WAR
AMSTERDAM. April 4. 'The
Germans must not under-estlmate
tbe Importance of America entering
the war, for America Is the richest
country In the world," soya tbe Ber
liner Tageblatt today.
"We regret that America Is thus
prolonging the war. Tbe German
people1 will bravely face tba sew
task," soya the paper.
PAIISfl SEHOS MY
SttttES 10 6UISKK
Word received from C. L. Parish,
auditor at Oregon Agricultural Col
lege and n former resident of Klam
ath county, by H. R. Glalsyer, county
agricultural agent, states that Mr.
Parish can put persons desiring hay
In touch with a large quantity of
vetch, clover and cheat at prices of
315 for the first two varieties and
$14 per ton for the cheat, f. o. b. Cor-
vallls.
Mr. Glalsyer said today that J. M.
Cunningham is securing a shipment
of cheat, expecting It to arrive today,
and that Mr. Parish has sent three
bales of clover and vetch as samples
In case parties desire to seo It.
Mr. Glalsyer ssys Mr. Parish Is
not In the hsy business, but volun
tcered the Information out of hla In
tel est In Klamath county.
Suggests AM for Mills Addltloa
Acting Mayor Doty suggested at an
Informal discussion before the coun
ell meotlng Monday njght that the
city take steps to drain tne Mills aa
dltlon neighborhood In tbe vicinity
of Sixth street, which, he said. Is
flooded because of the failure of a
nearby property-owner to permit a
drain across his property, which the
government desired to construct
Much of the water la believed to come
from the government canal and Mr.
Camp had Informed Doty, aald Doty,
that It would have bees drained had
the government been permitted to In
stall a drain. The entire section of
land la that region Is under water at
the present time. No formal action
was taken by the council.
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GOes to Chlloaak
j, -J, Meifen, contractor aaa uav
kerawn. left tkl morning for ChaO-
quln'on business. '
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PRESIDENTS
President Wilson, la his address
before both bousea of congress spoke
t follows, la fall: ,
"I kave called tke congress In ex
traordinary session because there are
serious, very sertoas, choices of policy
to be made, and made Immediately.
which It waa neither rlgkt nor con
stitutionally permlssable that I should
assume the responslblllay of mak
ing.
"On tbe third of February last. I
officially laid before you the extra
ordinary announcement of the Im
perial German government that on
and after the first day of February
It was Its purpose to put aside all
restraints of law or of humanity and
use submarines to sink every ves
sel that soagkt to approach either
the ports of Great Britain and Ire
land or tbe western coasts of Europe
or any of tbe ports controlled by tbe
enemies of Germany within tke Medi
terranean. That baa aeemed to be
tke object of tke German submarine
warfare earlier la the war, but' since
April of last year the imperial gov
ernment had somewhat (restrained
the commanders of the undersea
craft In conformity with its promise
then given to us that passenger boats
should not be sunk, and that due
warning woald be gives to alt other
vessels wklck Its submarines might
seek to destroy, when no resistance
waa offered or escape attempted, and
carextaken .tkat tkelr crewa were
given at least a fair chance to aave
tkelr Uvea la tkelr open boats.
rrnejr preeanlteua taken. -were
meager aad kaakaaard enough aa was
proved In distressing instances after
instance In the progress- of tbe cruel
and uamaaly business, but a certain
degree of restraint won observed.
"The new policy has swept every
restriction aside. Vessels of every
kind, whatever their flag, their char
acter, their cargo, their destination,
their errand, have been ruthlessly
sent to the bottom without warning
and without thought of help or mercy
for those on board, the vessels of
friendly neutrals along with belli
gerents. Even hospital aklpa aad
hip carrying relief to the sorely
bereaved and atrlcken people of Bel-
glum, though -the latter were pro
vided with safe conduct through the
prescribed areas by tbe German gov.
ernment Itself, and were, distinguish
ed by unmistakable marks of Iden
tity, kave been aunk with the same
reckless lack of compassion or prin
ciple.
"I was for a little while unable to
believe that aucb things would In
fact be done by any government that
had hitherto subscribed to the hu
mane practices: of civilised nations.
International law had Its origin In
the attempt to aet up some law
which would be respected and ob
served upon the seas, where no na
tion had dominion aad where lay the
free hlghwaya of the world.
"By painful stage after stage has
this law' been built up with meager
enough results. Indeed, after all waa
accomplished that could be accom
plished, but always wltk a clear view,
at least, of wkat tbe heart and con
science of mankind demanded.
"This minimum or right tbe Ger
man government has awept aside un
der tbe' plea ,of retaliation and nec
essity and because it hadio weapon?
which It could use at sea except
these, which It Is Impossible to em
ployee as it Is employing them irlth
out throwing to tbe winds all scruples
of humanity or of respect for tbe
mlsunderstaudlngs that were sup
posed to underlie the Intercourse of
the world.
'i am aot thinking of tke loas of
property Involved, Immense and ser
ious a that Is, hut only of tke wan
ton and wholesale destruction of tke
lives of non-combatants, men, women
and children, engaged In pursuits
which have always, even In tke dark.
eat perloda of modern klatory. keen
deemed Innocent aad legitimate.
Property ran be paid fer: tke. lives
of peaceful and ianoceatjMoala ean-
ot .
"Taa Kseeat Onaaia yakeaar
tae warfare against eaasaaevae la
a warfare aasriaat msnklad. " H
WAR MESSAGE
la a war agalaat aH aallaae.
Aaeerfcaa sMaa have hwa auxak.
Aaaerlcaa Uvea lakaay, la
which it has attrrei' aa
deeply to leans of. bat taw sMaa
aad aeoafc. of ther i
frleadly aatloaa have I
aaa ctverwnesasaa la t
la ttse saate way.
HuHeage Into all
It wlH aseet It.
"The choice wa
arivea auaat be
wttaa
eratioaef
ateaeaa of Jaitgasrat befUUaaTaar
character aad vmt aaeMtea aa a
aisUea. Wa waaat pat earttad
feeUag away. Oar aacatve wtg
aot be ravaaasi, or tba vtctorlaaa
aseertloa of tba physical aalaataf
the aatloa, bat aady J
ratloa of right, af
of which wa are eedy a
rhaaapsoa.
"When I addressed tke
on tbe twenty-sixth of February last
I thought that it would suffice la as
sert our neutral rights with
our right to use the seas
lawful Interference, our right to keep
our people safe against unlawful vio
lence. But armed neutrality It
appears, la impracticable.
submarines are in effect toutlawa.
wken used aa tke German submarlaaa
have been used against mercaaat
shipping. It is impossible to defead
ships against their attacks aa tke law
of-nations baa-aaauBtedtkai-msr
cbantmea would defend--themselves
against privateer or crutaera. "visi
ble craft giving chase upon tke open
sea. it is common prudence in seen
circumstances, grim neceaalty. ladeed.
to endeavor to destroy them before
tbey have shown their own Intention.
They must be dealt with upon sight.
If dealt with at all.
"The German government denied
the right of neutrals to use arms at
all within the areaa of the aea which
It has proscribed even in tbe defease
of rigbts. which no modern publicist
baa ever before questioned their right
to defend. Tbe Intimation la con
veyed that the armed guards wklck
we have placed on our merchant aklpa
will be treated a beyond tbe pale of
tbe law and aubject to be dealt with
as pirates would be. Armed neutral
ity Is Ineffectual enough at best; In
such circumstances and In the face
of such pretensions, it is worse than
Ineffectual; it Is likely once to pro
duce what it waa meant to prevent;
it Is practlcallrcerutn to draw us
Into a war wRhswt eltker tke rkvkt
of or tbe effectiveness of belliger
ents. There Is owe choice we caa
aot make, wa are Incapable af
making. We .will not can was
the path, of aubmtssaoa aad suf
fer the moat sacred rights of ear
aatloa aad oar people to be kf ;
aorad or violated. The wiaaaw
against wklck we wear array ear
aelvea are aot coauaoa a tea pa;
tbey cat to tba very reeta af ha-
warn Ufa.
"WRh a profound aeaae af taa
aolensa aad evea tragical eharael
ter of the atop I an takiac aad
the grave aoleaaa rvapeeesbtkW
ttea which It involves, bat aa n
hesitating. ehadlrare toAwaat X
deem nay caastltatloaal ,daty, if
advise. that tba toaa-rasa declare?!
the recent coarse of the Imperial.
Germea gni era swat toJbe la;!
fact aothlag leas than ,v4ar
agalast tba averaaisat'aaJ'peVp.'
pie of the United 'States; taat-M
it maaRy accept ttM'etaaai it
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threat, ape If t aad that Mtaka
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