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Attorney Ctneral Showed Repretenta
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ttr I Delicate, and Inquiry Dropped.
Come Out In Debate In the House
tf Representatives In Oebate Over
Snip Scliure BUI.'
WASIIINKTON, May 7. Secret pro
vblons In the American-Danish treaty
for the purrha of Hip Danish Indies
r rrtrnlrd to the house today when
Hesrwrntnthe Alexander, speaking In
fiTor of the German ship srUure bill,
declared Hint the attorney general had
shown him tho original treaty con
taining an ncn-emml not to ele Itio
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port.
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that tint matter Ik dellrnte. diverted
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aid that nn "arrangement" had been
mail with Ci'Mtmny and the Scandina
vian countries.
RED CROSS MEETS
HERE TOMORROW
SPECIAL INVITATION EXTENDED
TO BOTH MEN AND WOMEN IN
CITY TO MEET AT ELKS TEM
PLE TOMORROW AT 3 O'CLOCK
An open moot I hit (or tho orgnnUn
Ucn of the Klamath Falls chapter of
tne American Red Cross will bo hihl
tomorrow afternoon nt tho Kills build
Inr, ami nil mm nnd women of tin- city
Interested are tinted to bti present. Tho
meeting will bo held nt 3 o'clock.
This work In considered highly Im
portant, and n special effort Ih to tv
made to get both men nnd woien to
ItenU. It Ih the plan of tho govern
ment to enroll both men nnd women In
this work, nnd thono behind the move
""nt In Klamath Fall desire that the
'"y Minll keep up Km patriotic work
long thlH line, an well iih in the send
Ins of rerrultn nnd other ways.
Definite steps are to bo taken nt till
"feting for tho organizing of tho locnl
nptcr nnd the starting of work.
HOOVER APPEARS
BEFORE BOARD
AR0UE8 FOR IMMEDIATE FOOD
CONTROL LEGISLATION AND
HIS STATEMENTS BELIEVED SU
PREMELY IMPORTANT
WASHINGTON, Mny 7.-Ilorbort
"oover. tho ndmln'lHtratlon'H consult
iH5 ,?wl cx'M,rt appeared unexpectedly
Wore tho house tiRrlculturnl commit
,0 lodny, urRjnB th0 immediate food
control legislation.
Tho mooting was secret, nnd it Ih un
wmtooa thai Jloovor'a statements,
"".Cfou supremely Important, win
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Heads the French
Commission Here
Thbi U the tlrxt Kod photoitrnph to
be taken for i-arii of lleno Vlvlanl,
fonnrr premlrr f Prance, ami minis
ter of Jtmtlre, v. bo lit nt the head of tho
Prench rointnlaaion to America, now In
this country-
espe1TswT
IS THWARTED
ACTION ON COMMERCIAL CLUB'S
FIOHT FOR LOWER RATES BE
LIEVED TEMPORARY, AND AN
OTHER HEARING IS EXPECTED
JmlRe Van Plcet dlnmlKned the np
pllrntlon of the Southern Pacific rail
road company for a permanent Injunc
tion to prevent the enforcement of the
mllroad comntlimlon'H lower inllroad
ratea In the matter of cIiihm rntea be
tween San Krnncliiro, Ontclnntl, Sac
ramento and other polntu and North
ern California at n heiiritiK recently.
A (xirtlon or the letter received by
the Commercial Club here, which In
makltiK the ArIiI. fnim IIIhIiop & Halt
ler, trnfllc inamiKerH. I follewa:
"JmH;e Van Fleet dlmnlHited tho ap
plication fur the rcnnon that It did not
hIiow Hultlclent caute to justify a per
manent Injunction being granted, the
blip belnd deficient In not having net
out utiRlclcnt detail to advise tho court
fully of the exact nit nation of the or
der were peimllled to become oper
ative. The dismissal of tho complaint
Ih not final. n the Southern Paclflo
roninany wan given ten ilayn to amend
'the bill, nt which tlmo futther hearing
will be held.
"Although the bill was temporarily
dlKmlHM'd on technical legal grounds,
the nrgumentH or both tlden were pro
Hented at great length, nnd In vlow or
nil tho evidence, It In our opinion that
when the further nvermentM of tho
Southern laelflc nre argued, the In
junction will bo denied. The court Ih
Hiicd nn order to the effort thnt pend
ing further litigation, tho Southern Pa
cINo company will arrange their un
counlH no that If the Injunction la
finally denied tho dlfferenco betweon
tho raloH charged nnd IhoHO ordered by
tho comnilHMon will bo paid to tho
Hhlppora nnd conMgnecH on nil traffic
thnt mny bo moved during thlH period.
Thin order, of courae. does not nave
implication to HhlpmeniH moving io
Klnmath Falls or otnor lnterntte
nolnta which must of noccsalty bo tak
en up In h Hcparnte proceeding.-
rtfn wro In hOPOH tuni me
would flnnlly aottlo the cnHO nnd give
you Immediate benefit of the roduo
iin. nnimii. but we now muat wait
the further proceeding before theM
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RAILROAD BILL
EXPECTEO PASS
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ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR SION
INQ OF CONTRACT
Strahorn Haa Written That He Will
Be Here by May 16th to Do Bualneet.
Contract Provldea for Construction
to SUrt Within Thirty Days After
Signed Up Much Interett Displayed
In Matter by CltUene.
Tho ordinance providing for tbo
olgnlng or tho contract with Robert E.
Strnhorn and the city for the construc
tion of the railroad from thla city to
Dairy In expected to come up for Ita
third and final reading tonight at the
meeting of the city council at the city
hafl.
The ordinance passed Its first and
fecond readings at the meeting two
weeks ago. but owing to last Monday
being the fifth Monday In the month,
the council did not meet.
The passing of this ordinance. Is
held emcntlal by the backers of the
railroad, and provides for the signing
of tho contract with Mr. Strahorn be
fore the deal jnn proceed.
Mr. Strnhorn has written that he
will be In Klamath Falls between May
7th nnd May 15th, nnd that he does not
want to come until ho can close up
the ileal and immediately stnrt opera
tions on the railroad. He writes thnt
he plniiH to start work when ho comes,
and Hint ho expects to stny when ho
comes. '
The bid of Mr. Strahorn for the con
struction of the railroad was submitted
to tho council April 16th, but was laid
oer for one week before it was ac
cepted. This, and the portion of the
contract which states that work shall
Utart on the construction of the rail
road within thirty days from the date
the contract Iff signed, was published
on the first page of the Rvcnlng Her
ald on Tuesday, April 17th. In Its re
port of Mr. Strauorn's bid and tho
council's action.
It Is expected n -large numbor of cit
izens who are Interested In the rail
road project will be nt tho council
chambers tonight to witness tho ex
peeled last step in the deal, except for
tho signing of tbo contract with' Mr.
Strahorn, and the other details which
will tftke place at that time.
POLLS WILL BE OPEN
UNTIL S O'CLOCK TONIGHT
The polls will close" tonight nt 8
o'clock, nnd the vote will be counted.
It Is expected to be completed by 10
o'clock In practically all the wards.
The people are today voting on their
respective councilman and the two
Keno franchise ordinances,
C0UNCILT0N6H
American Boys Start Work
Monday on French Front
PARIS, May 7. The first American
unit will begin Its actual work on the
French fighting front next Monday,
6,000 Chinese Arrive Here;
Will Work French Farms
SEATLB. May 7. Six thousand Chi
nese laborers arrived' at Vaaeouver, B.
cv last week, and" art an routs it
Ireaty Is Unearthed
TURKS DRIVE
THOUSAID JEWS
FROM JERUSALEM
DO NOT WANT THEM TO
CHRISTIANS' VICTORY
SEE
Movement Started In March, When 300
Were Expelled Amid Scenes of Loot
ing April 1, $,000 Given Forty-Eight
Hours to Get Out, Then Troops
Drove Them From Their Hemes Into
the Streets.
NEW YORK, May 7 The Turks, de
termined that the Jews shall not see
Jerusalem taken by the Christians, are
driving thousands from that vicinity,
according to cablegrams received here
by a Zionist organisation.
The movement Is said to have begun
In March, when 300 Jews were ex
polled from Jerusalem amid scenes of
looting.
On April 1st, 8,000 Jews were given
forty-eight hours to leave Jaffa. The
troops then entered their houses, driv
ing the Jews. Into the atheets.
PORTLAND RED
CROSS AT WORK
PREPARING FOR THE DAY WHEN
AMERICAN BOY8 AND MEN WILL
E WOUNDED, DOORS OF. HE AD
QUARTERS ARE THROWN OPEN
PORTLAND. May 7. Preparing for
the days when American boys will be
wounded on the battlefields of France,
the workroom of the Portland chapter
of the American Red Cross was thrown
open today to all who desire to assist
In making bandages, hospital linens
and surgeons' dressings.
Three classes of Instructors working
under the direction of Miss Maybelle
L. Feusler of San Francisco, complet
ed their course last week, nnd are
ready to give instruction. Tho work
rooms will be open from 10 to 13 and
from 1 to 4 on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Frldss each week.
The rooms are located In a downtown
department store.
Commit Suicide
ELKHART, Ind.. Mny 7.-"-Colonel
Crull of Roundup, Mont., who was de
feated by Miss Rankin at tho
last election, committed suicide by
drinking poison Saturday. He was
visiting relatives.
The unit Is 'organised to carry muni
tions to the French fighters in the first
trenches.
France, , where they wllltworlt culti
vating Freaea farms, to laiereas the
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Mrs. George Thatcher Guesnsey of
Kansas la the new president of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, after a spirited and acrimonious
fight in the national convention at
Washington, in which she defeated the
Eastern contingent led by Mrs. Wm.
BIG EXPLOSION
JLOWSUP PLANT
FEDERAL DYESTUFFS AND CHEM
ICAL COMPANY'S PLANT USED
FOR VALUABLE PRODUCTION IS
DESTROYED
K1NGSPORT, Tenn., May 7. An ex
plosion here today destroyed the third
immense plant used for the manufac
ture of djestuffs by the Federal Dye
stuffs and Chemical company.
One person was killed and two were
fatally burned. The cause of the ex
plosion has not been revealed.
The explosion threw the troops
guarding the plant to the ground, and
the wildest excitement followed.
The officials fear for the safety of
any suspects that -may be arrested, so
tense Is the feeling against conspir
ators.
HINDU CON8PIRATORS
ARE ON TRIAL TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7. Ram
Chandra, Hindu leader, and four other
Hindus, under arrest here charged
with setting afoot a military expedi
tion against British India, are being
given their hearing in the United
States district court today.
British government representatives
nre furnishing somo of the evidence
against the accused men. Chandra has
been at liberty on ball.
SECOND LOAN MADE
TO GREAT BRITAIN TODAY
WASHINGTON. May 7. America
loaned Great Britain an additional IS
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Eastern Women
Cummlngs Story of New York, the re
tiring president general. The Eastern
women had put up Mrs. James Hamil
ton Lewis, wjfe of the senator from
Illinois, as their candidate, but Mrs.
Gurnsey won at the last moment and
her whole ticket went in with her.
FRENCH CAPTURE
29,000JRMANS
GERMAN AEROPLANE DROPS
BOMB8 ON LONDON THIS MORN
ING, KILLING ONE AND INJUR
ING TWO ALLIES PROGRESS
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES,
May 7. The Australian forces have
pierced the German lines a mile deep
near Reincourt. '
The British have progressed west of
Bullecourt.
It is officially announced that the
French have captured 29,000 Germans
since April 16.
A German aeroplane dropped four
bombs on London this morning, killing
one and injuring two persons.
ADMIRAL SIM AT
ALLIfcD MEETING
HIGH AUTHORITY IN PARIS SAYS
AMERICAN NAVY TO TAKBBIG
PART IN VIGOROUS SUBMARINE
WAR
PARIS, May 7. AMmiral W, Sim of
the United States navy, Is representing
America at the allied war conference
here where the submarine problem is
Ih til niiaHnn.
A high authority announced that the
American navy will take a big part in
the anti-submarine campaign. He de
clared that a "moat vigorous anti-suh-
juuM aamnalci' ia wptetad sow.
SHERIFF WILL
APPOINT A WAR; .
CENSUS OFFICE!
HUMPHREY RECEIVES MOftC Iff
STRUCTIONS
Haste la Neceaaary, and Amneera Ara
Wanted In 24 to 4S Heura Preperty
Owners Expected to Denate4Je f
Houaea and Business Place fer the
Work Volunteer Helpers Wanted
to Aid In Work,
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A war census marshal for each vot
ing precinct in the state will assist in
the big task of organising the state
to take Oregon's war ceasm
The whole election machinery of Or
egon will be used for tne csnene. Fi
nal details of the plan to be faUoweel
have been completed by Adjutant Oen-4 t
eral George A. White of tne OrafsM ,
NaUonal Guard. f -
These plana bare the fnUassjiraial
of Governor Withycombe, vkOjirant
over them earefaUy whila in Fartland ,
A letter of lnstrucll1nlurasarirs
ceived by Sheriff O. L. IfWjfcray
which emphasixea the asceeslty at tm
mediate organisation so Oregon may
be ready to act promptly and eflMent-
ly when President Wilson, by praala-
mation. designates the day for regis
tration of all men of military age, aa
a preliminary' to prescription.
The letter also calls for volunteer
workers to perform all dutlea Incident
to taking the war census. General
White intends to take the census so
far as possible without coat to Use
state or nation, as part of Oregon's
financial contribution to the war. ,
Election Officials DeslanatetJ
This letter to Sheriff Humphrey
reads aa follews: ,
"Sir: You are directed immediately
to designate a member of the election
board in each precinct of Klamath
county, Oregon, aa war census mar
shal. "This official, under your direction
and supervlslonwill be held responsi
ble for execution of the details of tak
ing the war census) la his precinct He
will be authorized; and required, to se-
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EASTERN ROADS
DEMAND INCREASE
TELL COMMISSION THEY FACE
1217,000,000 INCREASE IN EX.
PENSES, DUE TO WAGES AND
HIGH COSTS
WASHINGTON. May 7 Large East
ern railroads are seeking a 15 per oaat
increase In rates, and told the Inter
state Commerce Commission today
that they face a $317,000,000 increase
In operation expenses for 117, ft
This includes a f69.0M.009 Inert '
In wages and Increases in coal and is
terial prices are ale afrtMMjIwsiv
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Five roads estimated Uutf-vaUlsV
the rates are Increased taey,wiU
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