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DIPLOMATIC BREAK
YESTERDAY, SAID
IWKUKN' TAKKM OVKII ACMTIUA'M
INTEREST! HERE
Awrrira Mill A Safe f'aalnri of
AmImmmW IVnOdent Reserved
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WASIIINOfiTON. I). C. April .
awtrla hi: severed relations With
AsMtlca.
leltdlnek asked for bla passports
frest the ttat department shortly,
after Autrlcan Mlaltter Stovall, at
Bfrat, Pwluerland, cabled the de
Mrtmtnt chat Austria ordered the
enak vettorday.
Tatr It no change In relation
Hk Turkey and Bulgaria.
PiMporti will be given Swtedlnek
Ml Coast Tarnowakl, who was never
tstlrelr recognised by the entire cou
nter tad diplomatic atatr.
k It will probably bo a week before
tftey lure America. fUfe conduct
let been aikcd for the diplomatic
naff.
Ivrdtn takes cbsrgo of Austria's
atresu In this country.
Tke pretililenl's war message re
j Mmd the right to discuss tho Aus
trlia situation later and It la under
Mead that the auction of declaring
i tUte of war on Austria depends
peg Austria's official action.
No announcement was made a the
White House today.
NEW YORK. April 0. All Aus
Irlsa skips In American porta havo
H ordered seised following the
Hk In relations. There Is ono
wl SI Philadelphia, ono at Ponton.
Nw York, threo at Now Or
s. All Imvo been taken over by
government.
The engines of tho lllmalla, In tho
w ork harbor, were wrecked.
H08TON, April o.tmmwllatojy
"llowlBg ihn nows of Austria's
fk!n; off relations with Amer
w. Collector of this Port Hillings
"d Ihe Interned Austrian steamer
iWrny,
WRICH. April O.Ambossador
.nafleld, returning to Washington
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Sli! ,,e httX not bMn no",ed f
," break between Austria and Amer-
.THK IIAdlJB, April 9. Dispatches
ea from IH-rlln say that the
t?iu J"lor" of Atlno. Draall and
Z,"1" 5avo conferred with the Oor
n Foreign Minister Zimmerman.
J reported that the conference
JJJm a rupture with Germany by
w respective governmeuU.
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Pacifists from Dorchester, Mass.,
attacked Senator l.odgo beforo tlio
opening of roncri'ux. A man mi J a
woiimn nro said to liat Ucitten lilm
badly till liv wns rt'uuifd by n telo
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LOCAL RED CROSS
PLANS ARE MADE
KLALiTII WOMKX OXI,Y AWAIT
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A niovomiut bh started (cu days
ago by ludlci of thU city to organize
a Ited Cross butuch,. I'luus luio buou
quietly matured and the LhIIch are
wnltlitK cnly for final Instnic tloua
from thu National lied Cross heud
quartern, Through thu cotuteay of Mrs. E. 1).
Hall, tho White Pelican hotel has
boon cf?orod for the flint mooting,
which It Is expected will bo held
later this week. The women of this
city nud county who wish to bo Ideif
tlfled with and to help In this great
branch of sen Ice li( war time will
please hold thcmschcK In iosOIiiohh
to attend this meeting, for organisa
tion notlio of which will bo given
In tho papors this wook.
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(1KHMANS PliANNKO HAHK
IN DANISH WKST INDIKH
nnPMNHAMKN. April 9. It l
learned bore on high authority tint
tho discovery of Amorlca that tier-
many waa platiulng a submarine base
In the Danjsh, West Indies causeu
America to purchase the Wands.
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Hobbs Case Postponed
Court adjourned In tho Hobba case'
this morning until 10 o'clock tomor
row morning, owlug to the Illness of
Juror aillelte. He was suturing
from.atks jast night ani, Jalnted
in tb lury room today, ffltfrt ad-
jou'raad Saturday afternoog tor the
patriotic mooting nt the opera house.
KLAMATH WATER
USERS TO FIGHT
I). 5. CONTRACT
KK.NO canal ami dam co.v
TRACT TO UK ATTACKED
lluunl tit Director A loo Refute to
Mart InimtJgatloH of Mr. Camp's
Itrmoml ani Will Not Recom
mend Him for Reinstatement.
AIm Attack Filing for Water l'a
tier IHntltingo Dlittrirt.
The Klamnth Water Urers' Assn.
'elation decided Saturday afternoon to
Institute suit against the contract
signed by the Hccrctary of tbo Inter
ior and tho California-Oregon Power
Company several mouths ago leasing
the Kcno Irrigation canal and giving
me power company a right to erect
a dam at the bead of Link river,
The board of directors of the
cation nliio refused to pass a set of
resolution introduced by J. Q. Camp,
ex-l'f'Ject manager, which called for
au Investigation by tbe board or the
cause of his removal and recommead-
Ing his reinstatement.
The board also ordered their conn-
cl to prepare and file with tbe state
-aclncr objections to tho diversion
it the waters of Klamnth river by
the Klamath drainage district.
The two following revolutions were
passed by the board of directers:
"That the Klamath Water Users'
Association Institute suit to enjoin
carrying out of the contract executed
by tho secretary of the Interior and
the CnllforntvOrcgon Power Com
pany nnd that present counsel proceed
to rnrry out the purpose of this reso
lution. "That present counsel prepare and
flic with the state engineer objections
to tho diversion of the waters of
Klamath river by the Klamath drain
age district."
Tho second resolution refers to tho
notice aiwpariug In the papers last
week to tho effect that the Klamath
urninugo tu&irici nas tiled upon a
certain number second feet of water
of Klamath river to Irrigate the
Klninnth marshes.
"As tho water to be thus appro
priated must pass the headgates of
tho system constructed by tbe recla
mation service for tbe Klamath Water
Users' Association, such a filing would
bo in violation of our contract unless
it can be shown that there Is ample
water In the upper lake to meet this
requirement after all users of tbe
government system are satisfied,"
says tho board.
"Further, If It should be necessary
to hold the waters of the upper lake
for purposes of supplying all lands,
then tbe water above attempted to
be appropriated must pass through
such control system, and until these
maters are determined such filing
should be held in abeyance," says the
board.
The following excerpts are taken
from tbo resolution passed in regard
to Mr, Camp, which Mr. Dradbury
said today they felt they were forced
to take ou account of Mr, Camp's In
troduction or a resolution, on which
matter they bad not Intended to take
actien:
"To whom It may concern.
"Whereas, the officials of the rec
lamation service have deemed It ex
pedient for the benefit or the service
to remove Mr. J. 0, Camp as project
manager or the Klamath project;
therefore, be It
"Resolved by this association that
such removal eatlsfaetory to this
association, and we do got deem an
Investigation to determine the cause
or his removal neceaaaryi
Done and dated tt Klamath Tain,
Continued on Page 4
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.FREE SPEECH"' ABRIDGED
Since Thursday' the rights at-
tacblng to VBltadjBtates dllaen-
ship have changed. We are now
at war. This nation Is Irrevo-
cabty committed lo taking part
In subduing a government which
began war on as without cause.
War compels the surrender of
personal liberty ,to which we
have been accustomed, for In
war the Individual hi completely
subordinated to the state. In
war government, fit need be,
takes your life, liberty and prop-
' erty. War reserves the condi-
tlons of peace, and there Is no
escape from tbe reversed con-
dltlons.
Among other things, the right
of free speech, so dear to every
e American, (a abridged. Today
for tbo first time in more tban
half a century, a rigid line has e
been drawn between eltltons.
You mukt be a loyal supporter
of the United States govern- e
ment or Its enemy. There is no e
mlddlo ground. If your sympa-
thy Ilea with the enemy you e
must suppress public expression
of It. else you will be suppressed.
If you believe Uie United States
Is In the wrong you are forbid-
den to aay so In public 'today or
at any future time until the war
la finished.
In war there must be nation- e
al unanimity. It Is most Im-
portent that Internal peace be
maintained, and It, can not be
e maintained unless irfha ..enemies
of the government preserve
alienee. This course may be
bitter to certain eltlscns who
have exercised no restraint over
their tongues, but It must be en-
durcd. Under the rules or war
an enemy la an enemy and must
be treated as such. Today pub-
lie speech that condemns the
government's war policy Is so
near to treason that It Is made
punishable. It Is a violent tran-
sttlon this sudden change from
peace to war but we must rec-
ognlse the change and adapt
ourselves to It. Today we are in
war. Portland Telegram.
RATE FIGHT IS
ON IN OREGON
SOUTHBRN OKEUGON AND NOR
THERN CALIFORNIA CONDI
TIONS ARE UP TO COMMISSION.
CITIES PARTICIPATING
PORTLAND, April 9. A fight be-
tweon San Francisco and Sacramento
on ono hand and Portland on the
other for the advantage of rates Into
northern California and southern
Oregon Is being waged today before
tbe Interstate Commerce Commission
Portland merchants contend that
Southern Pacific and McCloud .River
railroad rates Into the district are un
fair and that It is almost Impossible
for them to get business at certain
point because of excessive charges.
They ask for a reduction In rates.
Examiner Flynn, of the commis
sion, was In Portland this week and
conducted a hearing. John B. Willis,
assistant manager of the traffic bu
reau of the San Francldaeo chamber
or commerce, was here to represent
the California cities.
$40,000 Fir Loan
SACRAMENTO, April 9. A garage
.waa destroyed and an apartment house
damaged by-ilre this morning. Nine
teen automobiles were burned, v The
damage la placed at MO.ttOO.
CterttoneVa Secretary Dead
BOaVTONt April 9. RknardOlaey,
aaeretary oTatata under arraMat
Qrover Cleveland, died today at the
age or SI yean.
PATRIOTICPARADE
TO DE HELD HERE
IN THEJORNING
18 KLAMATH ARMV RECRUITS
TO UK GIVEN SEND-OFF
Automobile, a Band and Marchess
Ueing Lined Up This Afternoon
For Largest Pallotlc Demoetra
lltii When Roys Leave In tbe Mor
ning to Prepare for Action Join
the Home Guard.
All Klamath Fall will turn out
tomorrow morning with a big auto
mobile parade, a band and marching
men and women to bid good-bye to
sixteen army recruits from this city
who leave In the morning, moat of
them for tbe coast artillery service,
where they will man the big coast de
fense guns, known aa the home guard.
The boys who will go In the mora-
Ing are Albert W. Jones. Louts Hoag-
land. Earl F. Hilton. Paul Hilton,
Everett A. MeCoUum. Edgar J. Mc
Collum, Ernest MeCotlam. Wade H.
Short, Baa Mitchell. Gerald Seara.
Robert W. Farmer. Clarence B. Monti
gomery. William Weeks, John Wines.
ky, Joe Zumpte, Bennett Zollman.
Blx army recruits left yesterday.
and are Stephen Foster. Kennth Per
ry. Clarenge W. Lennox, Gabriel
Clra. Sterling Bolton.
One other recruit left this morn
ing. W. J; Kaiser.
This makea a total of twenty-three
recruits for the army sent from this
city during the present crisis. Ten
others enlisted in tbe navy recently.'
fllllrlt In runnln hlvh imonf lh
young men of the city, as well as
many or the older, and Recruiting
Officer For has a number of other
recruits lined up who may go out In
the morning or at an early date.
A number or local women have
called on Officer For and are attempt-
Ign to arrange some little gift which
they may prepare for each boy that
leaves. ,Thpy plan on giving him
something that will not only be use
ful but will be a remembrance of the
people or Klamath Falls.
A local photographer announced
today that he will take the pictures ot
all new recruits free or charge If they
will cnll at his shop.
Preparations for the parade In the
morning are being completed by local
men and Secretary Fleet of the Com
mercial Club, and It Is planned to
meet for the parade at J a. m. at the
court house.
Flags will welcome and a parade
that will show Klamath Falls' real
spirit and apprecatlon of tbe boys
who are Joining the ranks or the
army at this critical time will be
held.
Arrangements tor the parade are
rapidly being completed and a big
attendance and parade Is assured
ARGENTINE COAL
EMBARGO CONSIDERED
WASHINGTON. D. tt, April 9.-
It l fctPted here that If Argentine re
fuses to lift the wheat embargo ou
shipments to the entente allies, the
Aiuortrun government Is considering
a coti embargo on Argentine.
It is announced today that the navy
department will open bids on Wed
nesday for thirty-eight submarines.
The senate has passed the bill to
day providing punishment for tbe
destruction or war materials.
TWO MEN ARE 8HOT FOR
DISOBEYING "HALT" ORDERS
8HAM0KIN, Penn., April 9. Na
tional guardsmen protecting the
Pennsylvania railroad near here shot
and probably fatally Injured two;nien.
who roiusM tae guarasmeaa oraers
to halt.
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ALIENS NEED NOT
FEAR FOR RI6HTS
GOVERNOR OF 'FEDERAL RE
SERVE aiNK AT SAN FRANCIS.
CO ISSUES STATEMENT, WHICH
IS RECEIVED BY LOCAL DANK8
The following statement has been
received by the First 8tate and Sav
ings bank and tbe First National
bank from A. Kalns. governor of tbe
8an Francisco Federal Reserve bank:
To Member Banks of Federal Reserve
Bank or San Francisce:
The Department or State on Feb
ruary 8th Issued tbe following state
ment: i
"It having been reported to him
that there Is anxiety in some quarters
on tbe part of persons residing In this
country who, are the subjects of for
eign states lest their bank deposits
or other property should be seised InJ00' a Person In the audience, so, tar
the event ot war between the United
Sta'tcs and a foreign nation, the Presi
dent authorises the statement that all
such fears are entirely unfounded.
Tbe Government or the United States
will In no circumstances take advan
atge or a state or war to take posses
sion of property iu which interna
tional understandings aud the recog
nised law of the land give It no Just
claim or title. It wilt scrupulously
respect all private rights alike of Its
own cltlsens aud or the subjects ot
foreign states."
British Advancing
LONDON. April 9. It Is officially
announced that the British are at
tacking along a front from Arras to
Lena and have penetrated the Germau
lines at many points.
The allies -have? taken Hermles,
Bousslers, Fresnoy. Lepetlt and have
penetrated to Havrlneourt wood,
Armed Crew landed
PARIS. April 9,'4-lt la officially
announced that taa'Amarlcaa steam
er Seaward baa been submarined
without warning In the Mediterra
nean sea. The crew has been landed,
SPEECHES GIVEN
SATURDAY FILLED
WITH PATRIOTISM
NECESSITY OF ENLISTING. AND
OTHER AID EMPHASIZED
Nothing Sfcoedd Stand fat Way of Beys
Enlisting la Army and Navy. It b
Held Entire AwnsMsge Stands
and Take Pledge of LeyaKy.
Autocracy aad Ar
Hay Ate Speaker.
A rousing patriotic meeting was
held at Houston opera bouse Saturday
afternoon under the auspices ot the
Grand Army of the Republic, as
sisted by the Woman's Relief Corp.
A majority of tbefaudlence present
were women, but tbe applause at
every mention of tbe Rag, the presi
dent, and the upholding or the conn
try's honor war not stinted. Mayor
C. B. Crlsler presided as chairman.
Rev. Geo. T. Bennett, pastor pt the
Methodist church, waa the first
speaker ot the afternoon and mad an
eloaueat appeal for-patriotfc, loyalty.
W4A. Deutell. postmaster, followed
and made tbe suggestion that Klam
ath Falls can set an example by en
couraging enlisting" to the utmost.
He mentioned the Instance of a boy
considering recruiting here whose
mother is dead and his rather Is
working near Merrill. Owing to the
boy's age It was necessary tor him to
secure bis father's consent, aad last
week he started out for Merrill alone
and afoot to get his consent. He men- "
tioned another boy, who said the only
thing that stood in hta way waa that
he bad ordered a suit of.clotaesiat a
local store, paid $10 down, and still
owed tor the, remainder or the salt,
which bad not yet arrived.
Mr. Delxell suggested that nothing
be putln tbe way or boys here desir
ing to enlist, and that a good j deed
could be done by tbe buslaesamen
seeing that such matters do not stand
in their boys' way by wiping off any
such debts.
Mr. Delxell njas spoke ot the tact
that while somaWarenta haves boya to
give to the serjkee, others have 'not. .
and must arrange to give something ;'
else money, work; and all tbe sup- y
port possible In this time of need,
C. J. Ferguson, a veteran of the
Spanish-American war. spoke after
wards. During his talk he asked that
all persons in the audience arise that
would support the government' at
this time. He stated that none were
compelled to do so. but there was
jag could be seen, that did not stand
ana take, tne oatn.
Mr. Ferguson said hehad no pat
ience with the man that stands about
saying that It is not his war and he
has no interest In It. "You- people
who are here now have left your prop
erty with the belief that you will re
turn to tt and find It as you left It.
Why? Because your government Is
so organised aud affords you that
protection. It Is up to every, man
and woman to now get behind the ,
government and support tt."
Rev. W. H. Cox, pastor of tbe Em.
manuel Baptist church,, a native of
England, and who has not yet se
cured his final naturalisation Papers,
drew an interesting comparison 'be
tween the situation in Europe and
America's entrance Into tbo war.
stated that it to a fight against
crowned heads or Europe f and, J tl
America is oniy,,eotag;ar
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