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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, ltl7.
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MIMMKrt CHANKR VAHDH
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a rww tif 117 men, five gun am! three
torpedo lubea.
WASHINGTON, I). (J., April 17,
The navy department announced to-
day that (He attempt to torpedo Hie
ata. u.lrulH ill Charleston New ...i...i. .1. uii. . . .
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yet- 1'nltrd States Crvlscr Cs.
lvf ur, Flag-hip Pntra, l"We.
' ' rw WH't l" I Mred In the Oer.
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MslutrtltuN War.
3:10 o'clock ihU morning.
Thi amioiincfincnt aald:
'Tt Hmllli IkIumI Im enemy awb.
Marine, Mlikli wa aperraty run.
mlmtt Mbmercnl. Um torpedo lawirli.
ml by the auhtmrln mlaretl the Hmltli
but Ha wak ruulil be plainly seen
cro-alng Hie boita of Hie Hmltli."
gnuTltX. April lf The letted I This la the flrat aim fired H th
MH rrul-r Cheater, lite fssgsmlp ierMn.AmriraH war awl la the
al tfc Atlantic American patrol err.'"" ef"l " received by the
.-i .i ..- Buwrnrnwil I bat a Gentian aubmar.
lire, lrhr,l the Cliarieste, a., fa
art tbU hH.mlan Um follow la mmw , ,,,, tlMmi u,,,,,,,, . Jb
war, whl.it l.pr rOMiNsusner nan rr ihr first wi.nl of the submarine, Xo
raited (mm the American anbasarlne aNROMNrrmmt Itaa Iwn marie of ilia
thtrr Kmllli: l"J lake) in mart Hie iwnarf.
it la imovti uiai nt, kuuinannn
COUNCIL LAYS
STRAHORN BID
OVER ONE WEEK
DOTY OBJECTS THAT DEPOSIT IB
NOT WITH HID
Afcliongh Included In tbe Call for
llfda, Nothing In Ctwrtcr, ItcaolM
Hon or Ordinances Itrqatrea De
poall With lUda Hid Could Have
IIcvn Arrrplrd WIUwiH Wadlac Uie
City .Parcturat OrdlMace.
They Say Canadian Wheat Is
Worth Two Dollars a Bushel
alia taiB alalu aakaaiaalaaa a am
. rr la iHtTfrlMK uff Um riaat ItciMem At
mi, lbtr.l an a aabart-r. UmU ny .,, AMlMry 1llr ,,
M tttni n tinwdo whirl Ndaaad Ibc not kaown whbr Um aubmarine la
MtkaalMwxillilrirFarda,aaarii RHIInk lla attppllea from a hlddeN
rr K. wale. TIM. wake of lh lor- " " "PW,Jr rrt,,' from Urr
It
nmnr.
Ida a I'lnluljr arN ctoaalag
tbattb-a !.. aateaarlaa (Imm, nkw YoilK. April IT. It U be-
HwaBiiarrd." llved that poajtlbly Ocrmany baa ob.
71m MroNtca haa rrraHHl a aaBtalned Information rourdlnK th da-
Haa la naral and aklaplaa; rlrcte'parura of Ilalfnur, Jorfrc and Vlrlanl
iIh AlUHtlac rwat. for America. Some official, think that
Tar Hmltb la n UM" Haaa boai'thi, ciptalnn the prraence of the tub.
ai aaa built la IWM. Ntie rarrtca marine In Ibe Atlantic.
FLAGS IN CITY
ASKED LOWERED
COVMtXMKXT HrXlt'LATtONM HK.
Hl'KHT Tt UK rtLMKH'KI IIV
hUYtllt US I'lllUO HlILI)IMM
A.M Itll.KH AT NKIHT
It a recommended by Mnyor C. n
CrUlcr ht nlalu, ifter council meet.
K. Hint tlip American flma hinslng
on flRRiinffH on or near public build
la in this city Hlmiild be taken down
I nliht nn.i not allowed to fly nil
"'lM. a n number Imva been.
71m Km eminent baa laaued flag
Kttliilom wiiicli it hat aiked to have
wncicd nt u,s um,, MpecJally on
fbllc bulldln(i. The regulaUona
liven below?
It iil.o auggeaied to the coun
' l"l nn impropriate daily cere
mjr lo b followed In Klamath VnlU
onld be to liavn a huUr uBd tit.
t n Hnltnblo hour, both In the
ceremonial observance of the national
crlali and of Iho patrlotlam of Klam
ath Valla.,, The ganeral fltg.reguhv
tlona aaked to be followed by the
United State government are a fol fel fol
eow: Italae the (lag at aunrlre or after,
never before.
lAiwer the (lag at aunaet.
When draping a (lag ngnluxt the
aide of a room or building, place the
blue field a I way to the north or et.
Hunting ahould bo draped or hung
with Iho red at the top, followed by
the white and tho heraldic color of
the fhg.
It la a mark of dUreapect lo allow
the flag to (ly throughout the night
A (lag flown upttde down U a alg
nal of dlatrca.
POSTOFFICE IS
BLOWN BY YE66S
taOO IN CAHII AND OVER $1,000 IN
HTAMIW HKCVKKD AT HKALDH
UUBfl, OAK, AND IH, BEUEVKD
ontlng .ml evening, forth. r.Wng " WOI,K OK ",IOK8
0 loWfrltiir III Ilia ttmmm ihl
WWle building, flagpolta and In the HHALDSBURO, Cal April 17.
H by those deilrlng to co-operate. ' Three men dynamited the poatoftlco
A piaro HiiKKoited for the bugler' aafe here tbla morning, securing 1100
neinborof the council la en the Jin caali and more than M.000 In
M i achool atopa, where the call.atampi.
iM',""y be bri o6' ' Edward Winch, a local garage
wfferent time, were mentioned for keeper, eurprlaed tho robber at work
!"' crrc"'iy. but o'clock aoemed and wu bound, gagged and locked In
the fnvorlle by the general con. a clcaet.
",u" ' opinion. A burglar'a kit and piece of wet
J , 0",,,,,,l0 ' of the bugle call'carpet were left behind, a were ataq
PTeslcd to acvernl of the council-1 many finger prlnla. The work, U bo-
""a. nilil llinv mi.b..hi.i. it., i, il.., .j in hi hann Ihn work of
"', bc vrr patriotic ana pretty ' boboca.
Kep
orted in Zurich That
Turkey and Bulgaria Sever
h.!i.U!!,CI,, A',, IT It w reported aevored rclatlona with America,
!!!g '"'t Turkey and Bulgarlg have
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The bid of Itobert E. Strahorn on
the conatructlon cf the railroad from
thl city to Dairy waa laid over one
week by the city council lat night,
hla bid waa tho only one received.
Mr. Btrahorn'a bid waa 1300,000
(or the work, conatructlon to begin In
thirty day from the signing of the
contract and to be completed within
ten monlba from the beginning of the
work, to be completed and ready for
operation at that time.
Ccuncllman Doty Interposed tho
objection that five per cent of be
amount of the bid did not accompany
the bid, a tho advertisement called
for. On being referred to City At
torney Oroesbeck be said that so far
as be hsd been able to find, that
white the police Judge has been ac
customed to place deposit classes In
calla for blda, there hi nothing In the
charter or ordinances requiring that
such be made.
It waa further found that no such
request had been Included lathe reso
lution passed by the city council call
ing for the bids on tho work and In
asmuch as Mr. Strahorn had probably
not seen the call for blda waa not
aware of the fact that a portion of
the construction cost waa desired by
tho council, It was ald by Mr. Oroes
beck.
Councilman Doty maintained that
It waa customary to require certified
checks with bids always, but side
stepped when It was mentioned that
ho had taken a contract for moving
tho city buildings without placing a
dopostt. It was also stated by afr.
Oroesbeck that other contracts have
been let by tho city without requiring
a deposit.
Councilman Miller stated that the
council could accept the bid at this
time without binding Iself as It la
nccosssry to sign the contract flrat
and that a deposit could be asked of
Mr. Strahorn for faithful perform'
ance of contract and so allowing the
Introduction of the necessary ordi
nance one week earlier and avoid any
unnccesasry dolsy.
Councilman Sheets had already
moved that the bid be taken under
consideration for one week and when
the question was put there were no
negative votes cast.
Mayor Crlsler announced that a
special meeting can be called If Mr.
Strahorn comes to Klamath Falls to
hurry the procedure la the acceptance
of the bid, signing of contract and
other details. Council Matthewa aald
that he will be out of the city until
Thursday.
The pavement cutting ordinance re
quiring a permit from tho city or the
city engineer In emergency, a cr
tilled check of 1100 and the replac
ing of the cut portion to conform to
the surrounding pavement under sup
ervision of the city engineer, was
adopted by the council last night.
The question of boles left In a
lJLaTJmTHP anHKHanasalflmTH Z?.
BRITISH CLOSE
TO WPORIIIrlT
POINTS ON LINE
GERMAN COCirrER-ATTAClU ARE
BLOODILY REPl'fuHED
WILSON HOLDS
BILL IS VITAL
CONFERS WITH RtOTBUCANS'
FOR BVPPORT OF IT 't
It U Annoaarsrt an Harts that the
FreSH-fa Wedsje at Coarry Is Ad-
. traadac StesaWy- Frwarli Hope
that Oeaaral Nlrrile's Offeaw4ve ta
Betas Realised Voartha Are See
to (he BaUleFrosH.
Back rew: J. B, Mutssclman, Sas
katchewan; F. J. Collycr. Manitoba;
Peter Wright. Manitoba; C. W.
Brown, Alberta, and R. M. Johnston,
Saskatchewan.
Second rew: J., L. Kooke, Sas-
Fifth rew: Fred W. Riddell. Sas
katcbewan; T. A. Crerar, Manitoba;
H. W. Wood. Alberta, and R. Me
Kensle, secretary of council.
Front rew: J. A. Maharg. Sas
katchewan; R. C. Headers, Maniteba:
katchewan; E. 3. Fream, Alberta; (C. Rtce-Jouee, Alberta, and, Oeorge
James Robinson,- asastcbewan; A.
O. Hawkes. Saskatchewan, and W.
D. Trego, Alberta.
Third rew: Oeorge F. Chlpmaa.
Manitoba; C. W. Odrncy, Ontario;
John Morrison, Manitoba; John F.
Reld, Manitoba, and R. J. Avlson,
Manitoba.
Fourth rew: J. 8. Wood, Manitoba;
J. W. Kood, Alberta; John Kennedy,
Manitoba, and Thomaa Sales, SaskaU
eaewaa.
Langley. Saskatchewan,
No wonder wheat baa gone to ft
on the Chicago market The Cana
dian Council of Agriculture, a semi
official body sppotnted to fix the
prices at which the British govern
ment would take over the whole Can
adian crop, reached the decision that
It should pay from SI. 50 to fS per
bushel. Farmers of Canada will reap
a rich-reward for their efforts if these
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LONDON, April 17. It Is an
nounced that the British have cap-
Iiimcu ibumw uc i iniaiuuna aruuuu
Epehy aad are advancing closer to
Cambral and the St. Quentin line.
while Lens, Laferr. St. Quentin, Cam
bral and Laos are menaced.
It Is snnounced, in. Paris that the
German counter-attacks have been
bloodily repnlaed by tbe allies and
that the French wedge at Courcy is
advancing steadllyy)
The most sanguine French hope
that General Nlvelii'a offensive Is be
ing realised. Thousands of .French
boys are being rushed to the front.
Secretary Bafcer TrH the Mo s Cess
aaJttee Hast AdasJsaWiwelea WiH
Not Habwdt to Rejcctleai of the Bs.
sella la of the BIH aaal TIssC Ne
CoaaarosBlse WW Be Acceptable.
liefHjbllciui CeaJhss Favors It.
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DELZELL WORKS
HERE FOR NAVY
PLACED IN CHARGE AND CAN
FURNISH TRANSPORTATION
TELLS OF CONDITIONS AT RE
CRUITING STATIONS
LAND SEEKERS
ARRIVING HERE
ROME, April I7.j-Tbe Italian ar
Ullery ea'the Isonso front Is very ac
tive aid It Is believed that IUly Is
starting an offensive.
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PORTLAND MAN
"Mi'
OFFERS 4 LOTS
MAYOR CRISLER RECEIVES LET
TER FROM PORTLAND MAN
WHO OFFERS HIS LOTS IN THIS
CITY FREE FOR PLANTING
W. A. Delsell, poatmaater, returned
last night from Portland, where he)
visited the army and navy recruiting
stations and assisted the large, num
ber of Klamath boys In enlisting.
Mr. Delsell now has charge of re
cruiting for the navy here and will be
aoio lo supply transportation to inoso i
GOODLY NUMBER VISITED TITLE
LAND TRACTS YESTERDAY.
A letter has been received by Mayor
ma.m more WILL COME AND c. B. Crlsler from Fletcher H. Goudy.
UIKL' IrntVft 1' ru' "" ucputr cuucviur ui tuter-
nai revenue in we unuea states
treasury department, offering the use
f Inla 1(1 11 It anri 13. In hlnck 1.
t... ..i. ii . !.!- -- -- " "
"" vym ro iri.iu in lnen-- .nrtlllnt. n.Klmlh Wall, for
., . I- !. -.J . limvvMH awvH w vwhwh . - .
' . . """""," "uu "" " "".use In raising of food products,
.u. a ,au. uoiuro !im aata. H( offert tBe ,wd to aBy ,nd,T,d.
,.. Hr .c iu snsv nutl 0I. any aMoclatlon that will use It
sm u ruui mauiuum ""jfor garden purposes
uCl.u,,,B ir.. at tue .us., ooteia. M c ,t,e ,, workn. out dft.
The Commercial club has a list of,UIj, for a "plan to utilise all spare
piarea wnere rooms may oe securea ; ground In the city. Including City
and is making arrangements for the park sites, to aid tbe movement to
WASHINGTON. D. C, April 17.
Seeking non-partisan support for
the universal military training service
bill on the basis of selective con-
scrlpUon. President Wilson haa' In
vited Mann and Lenroot, both Re
publicans, to confer with bias.
Secretary of War Baker told tbe
bouse military committee today that
the committee must reject all com
promises and unswearvlngly favor the
selective conscription plan. He In
formed the committee that the ad
ministration will yield the minor
points, but not, the essentials.
The president considers the amir
bill vital. There la growing opposi
tion to the conscription bill la the o
house. ' f
The senate Republican caucus ha
decided to support the conscription -bill.
The universal military training ser
vice bill was Introduced by the presi
dent, evidently after he haoSnade'a
thorough atudyuaf Eagland'ameth
ods1nMftg-h'er:ral.eTh"
nn spent many monins raising tneir
armies bytbe volunteer plan largely
and then haid to; undo a great deal. of.
tbe work because of the need of iho
specialized labor In her factories,
whose members bad volunteered., Men
were taken out of tbe trenches aad
put Into' the factories and others sent
to fill their place, disrupting to a
grest ezetent the army organUaioa
up to that time:
who pass the preliminary examina
tion here to Portland for further. ex
amining and enlistment.
He suggests that boys, at outlying
parts of the county desiring to enlist
will communicate with bin first and
bo may be able to arrange their trans
portation to this city.
He found Ralph Hum, of. the medi
cal corps of tbe Third Oregon Natlouat
Ouard, stationed at Vancouver, yaccl
entertainment of those here as de-:B.Te the maximum amount of food
aired. (products grown In the. United SUtea
reraons wno vianea me tracts oi mis year on account 01 tne war.
land Sunday report that a goodly
number of people made the trip aad
that track on the landa Indicate that
many people have been over the landa
In all manner of vehicles from horse
back to automobiles.
It Is possible to drive a machine
over much of the land and the trip is
miml ftt hla IaoIIi was takan tn finlam
number of places In the ldewllt f Ju4 e 0 , ,. teeth
the city, where the concrete baa been ,, ...1 .in ,.., J v;n-M...
cut and replaced with boards, was ,,., Mur-1 of nm,.in.,?
w,- . ,--. T. r WT-,
naUng the hundred of 'recruits, and i net bad nt this time, one party ra
the Klamath boys also., Harold .turning from Merrill in one hour and
Feese. formerly of thla'elay and a ten minutes yesterday.
member of the, Third Oregon band,
In the, hospital corps when not on
band duty, assisting Hum.
A few of the Klamath recruits have
not been passed, owing to defects us
ually of tbe eyes, but one, Cyril Ben
son, who failed to pass at first on ac
nown Plane Flies Over
Navy Yardb
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sa?l. .", .f.,ow "& ''trtfjmwtkt rNaw Hagt&lrr woods,
found
Hi,,,,,, "" -T rwwwin
' ""' ",l Mornlmu Is rumored
brought' up by Councilman Miller;
It was suggested that action be taken
sgalmt'tbe party so cutUng and lsav
Ing the sidewalks and the authority of
the city on this point waa also ques
tioned, One opinion waa that the city
had Jurisdiction over sis feat of side,
walk while another wan-'tsjit' the
property owners are responsible.
" An ordinance was turned over ta
the council and referred to the Judi
ciary committee for perusal before be.
lag Introduced, anplylag ta the pen.
session and latportlag of llquers lata
tho city. The ordinance Is a revtolda
of the eta had last year and whie
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HIGH WATER REPORTED
AT SEVERAL POINTS
The waters of Lost river, Clear lake
and surrounding streams are high, ac
cording to G. W, Humphries, of the
United States Reclamation Service."
who returned last night from an In
spection trip In those regions.
The damage so far has been slight
FIRST AID CLASS
BEING FORMED HERE
A "First Aid" class haa been formed
In this city and tbe first meeting will
Ibe held Thursday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock at tbe White Pelican hetel:
Meetings will be held for Instruction
In first aid work.
Dr. George A. Cathey of this city
has consented to give, a series of lec
tures on first aid work, which series
will probably consist of about eight
lectures.
The organisers of tbe class destre
that all ladles of the city who desire
to enter the class will attend tbe first
meeting to be held Thursday and all
are welcome.
Pert Klamath People Here
D. E. Noab. F. L. Bums, Mr. and
,Zh! !!!l.,,h.I,:,JlCC0Pd,,, Mr. Hunsplinea. IUiouli Mr,; wm. Crawford, C. v' Lobeley
u.1
"m i "" "T. ".": "".' w i several bridges were taxen out as ii n s Hovt ea down veatarda
tn,!!-i.adhIrtnT?asHM lwuIt of U,e bmk,M ot tl,e "" Vro Klamath on business .as.
i VI down on 5 cariAt.Sv: th0 tw 6t U"U y'U"' are registered it the Hotel Hall.
I Came dOWn On a Car .With twenty Tn. ,,.. w. ni.. hr aad a U..anaam-a-a-jn-a-aa-aBMB-s-aai
I W n w waww I , - , memmmmimmaomtmmmfm-mtm
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four going to San FraneJeea aad they
are enjoying It Immensely."
AsMaad State WUI Rw
Cau.v B. Howard aad son, who
nave operated the auto stage line be
tweea, Aahlud and KhMsath Falls
far the past two season;-advise that
they win be on the jehiagaln this
seaee witk; better 'aa4'kger equlp
msat.' They plan to startaewit May
1 If the roans will permit! '
halt feet on the spillway at Clear lake,
but It Is not expected to. reach the top
ot the spillway.' -according 'to Mr.
Humphries.
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Carload of MUchehM Arrive
A'earload of 1917 modal Mitchell
automobiles wu received .yesterday
by the.CeatrsI, garage, the. Ucsl
agenti. Bd Vaantoe haa purehaesd a
sevea-paaeeager -Mitchell an4"W, H.
A. Reuner a Mitchell Club roadster.
GERMANY TREATS
WITH NEUTRALS
RUMORS IN DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES
HEARD AT CHRISTIANA -THE
STATEMENT, NOT EXPECTED TO
VARY GREApC;
By W. Gf SHEPMABD
(United PKsa Staff Correapoadesa.)
CHRISTIANA. April 17. It Is
rumored In diplomatic circles here,
that Germany will soon glv to all
neutrals her statement of peace
terms.
The statement la not expected, to
yield many concessions from the un
official terms, previously announced.
Scandinavia will be the center ? of
Germany's peace efforts. American
diplomats have) been formally ad
vised that tbe kaiser Is backing the
socialist movement.
PENDLETON GUARDS
CITY RESERVOIRS NOW
PENDLETON, Ore;, April 17. The
city's reservoirs are .under guard to
day, following tho breaking of the'
lock on the, door of the reservoir ,
building.. The city f authorities Jhave
no ctue watca wouia'ieaa to taejee-.
Meusameai.oi me ineniiy oi tae perv
they are taking no chances '"X '
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Senator Asks
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WAIHINQTON. D. C.rAprH 17.-
Senator, aermaa latreduced. afreet.
lutlea lathe teaate today autnerlsla
that the government make an agree.,
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