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OF KLAMATH COUNTY
Klrrralli Vr-X. S.STS
HtAVY' FIRING
HEARD OFF OF
EAST COAST
Ifenr ('!( Guard Stallone Itrexirt
Hearing f Heavy Flrlntr Theory
TImI II Waa Salute t Hume Frtand.
r Crefl Ksplodcd by War Depart
meat Naval KmariMWI llelkned
la Have- Tnar Piece.
IMMTON. April . The
swmtsat al Ihe United HUlM navy
isrda hrif ammnnced tub) snoralNg
llw receipt or offst-tnl rrnorts from
three mart guard atnOnne lit lit ef-
(art thai Itcwvy firing wns heard at
the tUlliw off llw cenat thla mom
IM
AM of Ht atallwia reported several
abuts fired rrum heavy gnas. So
llrlag waa heard then for fifteen mtn
Mas when the firing reesnned.
The reason for the firing la not
aaiad, iwJHU brtlrved to eRher
have bMM a naval snsjsgomrnl or a
nslrondng snlnte u foielgn warships
eisertrd 10 arrive here shortly.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April IS.
la a statement laaned by the navy de-
aartmrnl llila aftrrMon It aa atalrd
ikai ih. riri hra att iM Aiu.iir
ite! the rirlc hnutl off lie Ailaallr
coax roidd Hot hare) earn m aaJat,
aa all warahlM bar Brew ordered Not
lo fir aalaleo.
Thla MrettgllMaM tlp brllnf thai a
naval ImiiIa of borh nature haa or
rarrrd.
FINANCIERS FEAR
WAR BOND ISSUE
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KttMlKHT f'HANOKH UK MADK IN
INTKIIKMT All ItK UAI1K Mill.
INTKIlrMT AMI lK MADK
JMT TO TAXATION ADMINIH.,
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nwiiiiin I'liuc'KKim ik riuian
WAHIIINOTON. D. C, April 18.
J- I. Morgan and other Now York
flnanrlerit who are horo In roimults
Hon, expressed the roar tbnt tho
floating or tho war bond Issuo may
csuie Investors to unload their othor
wcurltloi and thus upset the markoU,
sou cause difficulty in tho final dls
iniuutlon or the bonds,
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NAVAL BATTLE REPORTED ON ATLAM1C
v7 ui-ciaro that the bonds should an official report touay mat ine com
rry a higher Interest rale and mandlng ofricer or tho "Smith,"
should be subject to taxation.
Tim ..ll..l. ... . ..
... uuiiiniiraiion nag innon no reponea nisi mo iwriai-viv w "
ctlon as yet. The amount of thojallon submarine, which fired on the
ilrst Issue will be determined when 'chaser early yesterday morning while
no entente commissioners arrive. oK the Atlantic coast, was plainly
When the bonds are offered, $1,- seen boforo the torpedo crossed the
000,000 will be spent In a national , bows or the "Smith."
mpalgn In advertising to Inform I This dispels any doubt that the
purchasers how to secure the bonds, diver attack occurred.
German Party Members
Resign Austrian Positions
nKBMN, April 18. It Is an
nunced that the Austrian Minister
j Commerce Urban and Minister
Argentine Seizes German
BUENOS AUtJM, April U.Tha
lstSt!fli9Vr M fU4U
stsmed Qsrman ships la the cous
s harbors. The explanation liven
Hftft lEtumtna
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GUARD OFFICER CAItlllT
TKYIMJ Tl JOIN MEXICANS.
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WASHINGTON, April I.
l.lriitfiintit Robert II, IUII, f
I h.. Indiana National Guard
furcr,' Imt tir.n mnlcncrd in
twenty years lmirliuiimint (or
negotiating fur a commission In
llic Wcxlrati srniy.
ARREST WARRANT
.OUT FOR OXMAN
WITNESS IX MOONEY TRIAL All.
HIVES AND ASSERTS WELL.
KNOWN CATTLEMAN OFFERED
HIM MONEY
HAN PIIANCI8CO. April 18. A
warrant baa been Issued (ur (ho ar
nut of F. C. Oxman, wealthy Oregon
cattlemsn and star wltuaaa In tbe
prosecution In Iba trial of Thomas
Mooney, alleged preparedness parade
bomb murderer.
The warrant charges Oxmsn with
attempting to Influence the ttstlmony
" "" witwaa. nian. . ..
Oxman'a accuaer. and who. on bU ar-
rival here today, reiterated Ibe
charge In detail.
Illgall declared that ha wa thor
oughly rehearsed as to hl testimony
to be given on the stand and charges
that Oxman oncv suggested thst ad
dltlonal witnesses bo secured for thu
prosecution.
llllglall said today thst District At
torney Klckrrt la thoroughly aware of
the situation and aald that Oxman
promised him from $3,000 to 14,000
aa his sharo of the reward for a con
vlctlon.
Oxman, who realdea near Baker,
Oregon, left snveral days ago ror San
Francisco on hearing or the charges
,h,t WCr b",n n,'d a''n,t h'm
, rM,de, n , ,,tlal residence near
that city and Is prominent In tho
community.
SUB'S PRESENCE
CONFIRMED TOOAY
. WAHIIINOTON. I). C, April 18.
Thn nnw dnnartmeiit anuounccd In
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United States submarine chaser, hss
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without Portfolio Von Barnreltber,
both members of the German party,
have resigned their offlclal position.
To Prevent Damage
out by officials was ttaitha'ncMoa
crews fro'it damaging and othwsw
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net am ramnn 'UI HrgaraBti fteaV wwssj sbs a
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, HI 7.
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loniTiPU rnnnro
oni i ion ruHbco
CENTERING ON
CAMBRAIWORKS
ENGLISH LINES PARALLEL TO
GERMAN VOIt IS MILES
ANiMMUK-ed that Ylllera UaJalala Uaa
llern apt ami aad the Allied Hoa.
lluna at LaRRlcoart Have Uren Im.
provftl -Oiiiuaiu Make Statement
That 3,000 Priaimrra Were Take
During Uattle at Aiane.
IX)NDON, April 18,
forces are centering
-The Brltlab
their attack
fortifications
against the Cambral
now.
It la officially announced tbat VII-
lent Gulilsla has been captured and
tbat the allied positions at Lagnl
court have been Improved.
The British lines are now parallel
with the German communications for
a distance or fifteen miles between
Cambral and St. Quentln.
An advance baa been made be
tween Oouxccourt and Vlllcsst, and
Wancourt lower baa been recaptured
rrora the Germans.
PARIS. April 18. The French
forces have taken Cblvl and are ad
vancing on nrnyen and Laonnols, It
as announced today.
They have captured a wood east
of Villa Au Boise. The Germans In
Ihe Chsmpsgnc district have retreat
ed behind their second line, following
a violent bombardment by the French.
The French are reported within two
miles of Laon.
BERLIN, April 18. It Is offlclslly
announced tbat the prisoners taken
by the Germans on the Alnse now
number more than 3,000 men.
17 TO HE INITIATED
IIY KLKH THURSDAY NIGHT
A class or seventeen Is being pre
ps red to be Initiated by the Klamath
Falls B. P. O. Elks No. 1147 Thurs
day night at the temple In thla city.
Tho Elks' orchestra Is practicing
regularly and preparing apeclal music
ror the occasion, as la also a quartette.
" Other special realurcs aro being ar
ranged ror the evening's entertain
ment and a large number of out-of-
town Elks aro expected to be In.
New York Governor Offers
Teddy General's Commission
NEW YORK, April 18. Governor
Whitman or New York stste has of
fered Theodore Roosevelt a commis
CHVHCH PROFFERS
USE OF UUILDINQ
At a called meeting of the congre
gation at the close of the services
Sunday morning at the First Chris
tian church the following actions were
taken by unanimous vote of the con
gregatien:
To provide and erect a national
flag on the church building.
To recommend to the mayor to or.
der flags on all public buildings In the
city to be raised and lowered, accord
to military regulations.
To proffer the use of the church
building to the goysrameat for re
eruttlng or other purposes, Including
the Raj qross work. . , , '
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llnKiteana At
Mi AiO. Aarlt H JTtta-Tl'nlsts
ssd Carrsnia forces have resuaud
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CIVIC BEAUTIFUL
CONTESTENTRIES
OPENED TODAY
HI'KCIAL FKATtlftKH TO DK HELD
THIS YKAIt
May llectoter ttUrap for Oac Month
at the Cusnasurdal Clab Special
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Frlaea to Do Given for Children's
OardcRa and Tree; Planting Flow,
er and Vegetans Show Planned.
Itctnrra WU Be Taken.
Preliminary plans were worked out
last night at a Joint meeting of the
committees of the Klamath Commer
cial Club and the Woman's Library
Club for the annual Lawn and Gar
den contest. ,
The memeera of the club commit
tee are O. I. Gregg. Andrew Collier,
Miss Ida B. Momysr aad Fred Fleet.
and of the Library club Mrs. Btelger.
Mrs. R. E. Watteaburg. president of
the club;- Mrs. Fred Mills and Mrs.
E. M. Cbllcote.
A number of special features will
be made this year In the contest
which openi today-,. Any person de
siring to enter gardens or lawns Into
the contest are requested to leave
; their names at the Commercial club
or telephone them In.
Pictures of all entrlea will be taken
Immediately, and those of the prise
winners alter the winners are chosen.
It will be possible to register en
tries ror one month.
One specialty thla year will be
made ror children's gardens and spe
cial prises ror the growing or trees
sre also to bo given.
Secretary Fleet, of the Commer
cial club, announces thst the prises
wll be worth while and will warrant
the work that may be expended on the
gardens or lawns, or other means of
beautifying the homes In the city.
It Is also planned to hold a flower
and vegetable show foMowng the
contest.
The slxe of the gardens that may
be entered Is not restricted, but ono
necessary qualification Is that five
varlctcs of vegetablea must be grown
In each garden.
The prises and further details will
be annouucod later, as the details are
worked out. The prise winners will
be announced by the throwing or their
exhibit and the winner's name on the
screen at a local moving picture thea
ter after the contest.
sion as general of tho New York
National Guard. The offer will prob
ably be accepted.
P.U81NES4 MEN
MEET TONIGHT
There will be a meeting of the Bus
iness Men's Association at the city
hall at 8 o'clock this evening.
The committee which conferred
with the Commercial club recently
regarding the Fourth of July cele
bration will report and further ar
rangements will be made.
Other matters of Importance to the
association will also be discussed.
Attorney Reswrtesl Batter
Information received here by J. P.
Campbell states that ff. A. Cress,
formerly of the firm of attorneys of
Itoat, Gale ft Cress of this city, who
baa bee In a serious condition In a
Fresaa hospital, la rtportfd Improv
aWtflfftcJeatJir'taatia PUmHo pur-
chase a residence Mar fraanq to re.
aide with his family, t ' ,
Hrato
KLAMATH MILLS
THIS YEAR TO CUT
100,000,000
DELAYED BY. WKATHKR; NOW
6ETTIXO t'NDEIt WAY
Several Mllh Have Started Shifts and
Others Are RapfcBy PrrsaHng
for Season's Work-Al i antigaiunto
Made for Another Large M1U Are
Believed to Be Completed, Which
Will Increase Output. ,
The Klamath county lumber mills
are preparing for record runs this
season and. although prevented by
weather conditions from starting In
early March as usual, the lumbermen
are getting operations under way In
good sbspe.
Arrangements are believed to be
practically, if not entirely, completed
for tbe erection of another large saw.
mill near the city In the Immediate
future, which, ir done, will Increase
tbe output considerably.
War conditions will also. It Is be
lieved, Increase tbe demand for
Klamath lumber or all kinds, while.
on the other hsnd, the starting of the
8traborn railroad, on which some
definite announcement Is confidently
expected within a rew days, will open
up vast new territories or Invaluable
timber to the east and west or this
city, and practically Insures the con
structlon of several new mills In this
vicinity soon.
The backers of the Chelsea box
factory, ror which a site has been se
cured at the lower end or Lake
Ewauna, announce that as 'soon 'as
the weather permits construction will
be started on this mill.
It is estimated by lumbermen that
the cut, which amounted to 100,000,-
000 feet last season, will reach at
least 160,000,000 feet this year.
Tbe logging operations or tbe Pell-
can Bay Lumber Company, the
Klamath Manufacturing Company
and the Algoma Lumber Company,
which have the three largest mills,
are In such condition that there wjll
be no shortage of logs early this sea
son.
The Pelican Bay mill had 7,000,'
boo feet or Umber In the water at Its
wards, and the Klamath Manuractur
Ing Company has purchased 15,000,-
000 feet from the Weed Lumber
Company. This timber will be ship
ped In over the Southern Pacific Irom
the north end or the Weed Lumber
Company's tract and will enlarge the
field of logging operations ror Klam
ath Falls to that extent. The logging
trains sre now running, a spur having
been constructed at the mill to put
the logs in the water.
The Algoma Lumber Company has
Its new extended line or railway all
but finished ready for use, and It Is
expected that the mill will be one
of those to use a double shirt of men.
Tbe cut at Algoma is predicted Co be
fully a third heavier than was turned
out In 1816.
The North and Newhart mill, near
Worden, south of Klamath Falls, has
been leased to Irving K. Kesterson
of Grants Pass, and It will. begin op
erations soon.
Negotiations are on for, the sale of
the Mllburn Knapp milk standing on
the Klamath Indian reservation near
Chlloqutn, north of Klamath mile.
The Klamath Lumber Company la
under new management and will be
moved to a location where timber Is
more available,
A single ahlft of the Klamath Man
ufacturing Company was started on
March 81 and the Pelican Bay Lum
ber Company, the largest mill here,
started a day shift a few days later.
lea conditions on the Upper Klamath
lake hs)f prevents thaLtrnp-Lnm.
Continued on ram i
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INFORMATION Bl'RKAU
The Klamath Commercial Club
Is malatalalag an Information
bureau for the benefit of those
.la the city to Investigate and
file on the.Tule Lake lands.
Secretary Fred Fleet can be
foand there and will be glad
to give any Information desired
aad assist any persons In get-
Gag, located. The Commercial
club is located on Fourth street.
to the rear of 'the First National
bank, at the corner of Fourth
and Main streets. Ail sre wel- 4
come.
SU6AR BEET SAIB
TO MAKE COUNTRY
A
COLORADO MAT GIVES INDUSTRY
CREDIT FCK MAKING STATE
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AND KLAMATH WILL' GET FAC
TORY ,WHEXf BEET IS GROWN'
The proposition put forth by the
Utah-Idaho Sngatt Company Is a good
one, aad aatserfkan most communi
ties get whentaly first grow sugar
beets, according to M. L. Allison of
this city.
, Underlie offer made by this com
pany, the Klamath county farmers
stand to lose little or nothing from
any angle of the deal, according to
Mr.) AHlsoa, andlnasmucb as it has
been demonstrated that sugar beets
can be raised here to good advantage,
he considers the offer an exception
ally good opening tor Klamath coun
ty. Mr. Allison resided in Colorado
when the sugar beet industry was
starting there, and he gives this In
dustry credit tor making that coun
try what it Is today. The farmers
have made much money In sugar
beets and the sugar companies have
treated them fairly, he says.
Mr. Allison believes that nothing
should be left undone by Klamath
county to insure the growth of sugar
beets here, and predicts that as soon
as the farmers take It upland grow
beets, the question of a factory Is a
minor one. as It will come of Its own
accord.
ELEVEN SEEK PLACES AS
MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
Eleven petitions have been filed
with the police Judge at the city hall
as prospective councllmen.
Those filing In the various wards
are: Harry Telford, nrst: w. t.
Lee, C. A. Plath and O. D. Matthews.
second; 1. R. 8truble and J. H. Ham.
ilton, thlrld; E. B. Hall, A. D. Mil
ler and Joe Josephs, fourth; M. R.
Doty and M. P. Lavenlk. firth.
Secures Land Patent
Thomas A. McEldowney has re
ceived his land patent 'from the
United States government and has
filed it with the connty clerk.
Austria, Bulgaria, Turkey
Reported
LONDON, April 18. Unconfirmed
reports received her say that Aus
tria, Bulgaria and Turkey are seek-
Chile T ake Exception to
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RIO DE JANEIRO, April If .The
Chilean government haa sent sots;
to Branll declaring that the Brasilia
action of breaking diplomatic rem-
OFFICIAL NEWIPAFK
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SENATE PASSES "
WAR BUND BILL"
LATE YESTERDAY
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HOUSE COMMfTTE STILL FAVOM
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VOLUNTEER PLAN
It la Believed that the Unlveranl Se
sice 'Ban Watt Fnen the Bsnsssy
Qnlckly and Thaw Force the MesawT
to Adopt the Menania President)
WUaon SslH ContwtMd to Urge
Necessity of 1
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WASHINGTO.V, D. C AnrM laV " '
The asssnte sensed tbe WIMtQM99Jt$Q
war bond MR Inst night a tbe end of
seven hows of debate by n veto ef -A
"24 to - i. 'f
Bcverai wanrar nsasaaasnensn were j.
nude which will necensitnte n earn-,,- ,
ference with the bouse of nsrsasn A ''
tatlven. The conference is to be swH "
Immediately and no delay la tsneslsd.., ,.
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 48.
The house military committee voted
IS to 8 today la favor of first rstslna,
an army of 509,000-voluateers before
resorting to tbe universal service ayt
selective conscription plan.
President Wilson went to the eael-
tol and conferred with Senator Cham
berlain, or the senate military affairs
committee, insisting op?the passage
of the administration's bill Imme
The administration believes that -
tbe senate will pass the bill quickly
and that the moral effect of the sen
ate's action will force its passage In
the house. i
The war department haa practi
cally completed lta plana for the first
levy of 500,000 men under the net- "
versal servllce bill aad expects to
have them In the training camps by
August 1st
It is planned to set a day when the
nation-wide registration of the men
between 19 and IS years may ,be
made, using the voting precincts aa
registration areas.
The house haavngreed to change the
eligible age, under the cennertpUoa
plan from 19 t5 to si to 49 years.
Fifty FRed Yeateidny
Fifty prospective settlers In Klem-1?
ath county had filed their applica
tions for water-rights on ,the Tula v
Lake lands at the reclamation service
offices up to last night. The settlers I
ruch Is beglnnng to take form now.
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File Incorporation Articles m
The articles of Incorporation of the
Chetsea Box Company were tiled to
day with County Clerk DeLap. The
Incorporators named are H. R. Dun
lay. C. R, Browne aad H. C. Merry
man. .
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