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FAIL OF LENS
IMPENDING AND
16 DETERMINED
KAISER CLOSELY ESCAPES AIR
RAIO
Otrmant to Have No Rtst Anothsr
Attack Made Along Two Mil
Front Latt Night Position Around
Last Aro Pntratd Kalur and
Hlndtnburg In Ohtnt Station Our.
Ing Raid.
By Associated rP
Genera) llalg'a determination to give
th Uermana no rest waa exemplified
hut nlxht when the HrltUh attacked
alantt a front of over two mllra. and
penetrated the Herman positions
around Una to a depth of over hair a
u.
Tbla British success la taken to
mean the Impending fall of Una, the
great French coal city, center of the
ilfh coal regions nearby.
The llrltUU are eipected to atrike
amitht-r great blow to clear the Oer
mm from the long held and richly
pilled French poaaeaalona In thla area.
LONDON., June 9. Kalaer Wllhelm
was with von Hlndenburg. Prince Rltel
Frltdrlch and other membera of the
kaiser's staff Inalde HI. I'eteni alatlon
at Ghent, Ilelglum, when entente air
men bombarded the atatloa recently,
according to an Exchange dlapatch.
8ome member of the utaff were
slightly Injured, while three army offl
cera nearby were killed.
OREGON BANKERS ELECT
ALBANY MAN PRESIDENT
MAR8HFIKLI), Juno . The Oregon
Bankers Aaaoclation haa elected E. II.
Cualck of Albany president, and aelect
ed llend for the next convention.
Factory Looma Up.
The Chelae box factory at the lower
end of Lake Bwauna la looming up.
The main building haa been erected
and root put In place, while tho ma
chinery ia being Inatalled aa It ar
rive. J. U. Miner, prcaldent of the
company, haa been In the city for the
paat week. It la expected the factory
will be running cloao to June 20.
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Klamatb'a Uberty Loan fund stands
at the 111,500 mark today, according to
reparta aocured today from the First
National and Firat State and Savings
banka, where aubacrlptlona are being
received.
Included In thla amount are about
thirty aubacrlbera ranging from 15,000
down. The bonda have been purchaa
ed, for the moat part, by amall nub
Kcrlberx. from I&0 to 1200, although
several Klamath county farmers have
taken out amounta of 11,000 to $2,000.
The banka have each taken out 15,000
apiece.
WASHINGTON. June 9. With one
k lft fur aubacrlDtlona to the Lib
rrty Loan, aubacrlptlona must como In
at a rate of 1100,000 a day to make up
It,. Intal called. 12.000.000.000. The
dally average haa been 154,000,000.
The treasury department machinery
.ml reaerve banka with thousand oi
ramlflcallona have aet to work at top
apeed to gather In many promlacn of
purchaaea of the bonda.
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Your firat patrlotlo duly Buy a
Liberty Bend.
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THIRTY-SIX MEN
DIE IN BUTTE
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176 ARE CTILL AMONG THE MISS-
INQ MEN
Two Hundred and Twelve Reported
8avcd Out nf 415 Working When Ca
ble Set Fire at 1;40 Laat Night Oas,
Smoke and Fire Do Damage Dee
tor and Nurae Ruth to Aid of Im
prisoned Men.
BUTTE, Mont, Juno 9. Ofhclala of
the North Butte Company laaued a
autement at noon today etatlng that
30 men are known den, 17 are miss-
Ing and 212 aavod.
111JTTB. Mont.. June 9. ThIrty-flve
are known to be dead and 125 are miss-
Ing aa the reault or a fire laat night In
the Speculator mine In North Butte.
Tho fire atarted at 11:45 o'clock In
tho lower levels aa the reault of a
broken power cable. Smoke and gaa
soon filled the mine levela.
Four hundred and fifty men were
working In tho mine at tho time. Two
hundred and thirteen men escaped
through tke.levela to other mines. "
Oaa entered the Diamond mine, kill
ing more men. It la believed aome
men escaped to the High Ore mine.
Men wearing gaa helmets aro enter-
inc the levela today, while militiamen,
workmen, doctora and nuraca are work
ing to assist tho Injured and rescue
others.
Two rescue cars were rushed here
ftom Hod Ixxlgc.
CROSS DRIVE TO
START JUNE 18
KLAMATH'S SHARE TO RAISE IS
11,000
Captain J. W. Slsmtni, Klamath' Rep-
re tentative to Important Meeting, to
Bo Home Early Next Week, After
Which a Big Rally and Meeting to
Hear Report of Proceeding Will
Probably Bo Held.
Rnciosed find some literature for
the chapter. Three hundred delegates
frm Washington. Idaho. Ulan, Hon
tana. Oregon. Klamath Falla ahare
111,000, to be raised. Nation, 1100,
000.000. State I800.000. of which WOO,-
000 from Multnomah. Balance of 1 400,
000 from state.
I urge action at once if we are to
succeed. Literature will be aent direct
to chapter. I enclose some I got here.
Will make full report wnen i get
back."
Th above letter Is to Chaa. W. Boer-
lein from Captain J. W. Siemens, Klam
ath's representative at the state Kea
cross conference last week, and is the
opening gun of a great campaign,
nantsln Siemens went to Portland
as the representative of the Klamath
Chapter of the American nea cross.
Tho meetlne- at Portland waa held on
the direct order of Woodrow Wilson as
head of the American Red cross, it
was a meeting of the national war
council of the Rod Crow.
Sorlout cnsraeior or worn
That meeting la clearly Indicative of
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president of the United States, has
enlisted in the ranks or the Seventh
regiment. New York, aa a private.
Young Grant la only 23 years of age.
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American Loan of Millions
WASHINGTON, June 9 The United
States tieaxury department today
the serious character of the work bo-
fore the United Statos. Tho represen
tatives assembled at Portland were
the great bankers and business men of
the West. When such men leave their
offices and drop their heavy responsi
bilities to attend a meeting of the Red
Cross at Portland, It Is notice to every
one that the time has come to wake up
and do what Is put before them, said
Mr, Eberloln today.
The president and his advisers have
appointed a week, June 18th to 25tn.
far in intensive campaign nation
wide to raise a vast fund immediately
for Red Cross purposes. Money is
needed immediately and in mass to
meet the most urgent need. The allies
are already In the field. Our boys will
soon be there. We must send along
now to the front surgeons, nursea, hos-
nllnl nonlnment and stores In abun
dance. If we are slow or niggardly
our boys will suffer and die for want of
attention. It lakes money money
right now, said Mr. Eberleln.
Klamath Must Act
Klamath haa just begun Its campaign
of giving. The Red Cross in time of
war la a branch of the army .and navy.
The commander-in-chief haa Issued bis
order, and it la our duty to obey it to
the limit of our powers. -Klamath can
not sit down and do nothing In tbla
crisis. The great week of giving,
Juno lth to 15th, Is at band, and
committees mutt be appointed and or-
Positions
Fourth Enlists
and was born at San Diego, Calif.,
where his father Is a retired lawyer,
tin to his enlistment the young man
was employed aa a clerk In the bank of
J. I Morgan Co.
loaned Serbia 13.000,000. A further
loan of J75.000.000 was made to Eng
land, also.
I Ranlrntion completed to cover thla
whole county, town, hamlet and farm.
Captain Siemens will return early
next week. In order to get a good
start In the work a general Red Cross
mass meeting will probably be called
to hear Captain Siemens' report and
to take Immediate steps to prepare for
the great campaign.
Klamatb county's share Is approxi
mately $1 per person. Canada has al
ready subscribed 117 for each man, wo
man and child In the country.
STATE GAME COMMISSION
MAY MEET HERE IN JULY
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, morrow for Portland to attend a meet
l in.T nf Ihn rnmmlsslon there next week.
Mr. Slono hopes to secure a July meet
ing of the commission here.
Visiting Here From Bonanza.
Mrs. F. J. Bowne and children have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. U Gerber
of thla city for the past week, from
their home near Bonanza.
Boy Seriously til.
The small son of Mr. and Mrs. Austin
Hayden of t,bls city is seriously ill.
He was first taken down with the
measles, which culminated In a com
plication of sickness.
KEET BABY'S
BODY IS FODND
IN FARM WELL
APPARENTLY BEEN THERE TWO
OR THREE DAYS
Seven Prisoner Hold in Connection
With Thla and St Loul Caee Re
moved for Fear of Mob Violence.
Baby Stolon on May 80th Munition
Plot, German and Seven Are In
volved. 8PR1NGFIELD, June 9. The body
of Lloyd TCeet. 14 months old son of J,
Holland 'Keet, a wealthy banker of
Missouri, waa found In a well on the
Crenshaw farm near here today.
The baby was kidnaped over a week
go. The body was wrapped is a wo
man's underskirt, aad was partly de
composed. It, apparently, had been In
the well for two or three days. x
A coll of wire was found around the
baby's body. Death was due to drown-
ins- i
itoartac oosslUe mob violence, the
seven prisoner held la connection
with the case, on a charge or atwuc-
tu. at iinU vannltlnn saanafae-
ttuxertt bemg beUevedThaTDiey are
Involved In both cases, were hurriedly
taken from this city to some onan
nounced destination.
The baby was stolen on tie evening
of May 30th. while the parents were
attending a dance. The child had been
left with his nurse. It is believed tliat
three men grabbed the child from his
crip and escaped in an automobile.
A frantic search haa been made lor
the boy by his father and the oBcers.
The seven prisoners held are believed
to be connected with this case as wen
as the St Louis case, but so far the
authorities have not given out any
definite direct connectloin with this
case.
German agents are also involved.
KLAMATH COUNTY
6ETS ROAD MONEY
n os?41. THIRD HIGHEST. IS SUM
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APPORTIONED BY SECrWTAIlY
OF STATE OLCOTT AS SHARE OF
FOREST MONEY
Klamath county receives the third
highest amount of the $77,02943 forest
reserve money which was recently ap
portioned among eleven counties of the
state by Secretary of 8tate Olcott.
Thla sum Is the amount received
from the federal government from for
est reserve rentals, sales of timber on
forest reserves, for the year ending
.Tnn SO. 1816.
The apportionment was made accord
ing to chapter 269 of the laws of 1917.
Under thla law the money received
from the federal government Is paid to
those counties in which the forest re-
ervea are situated, on the basis of the
receipts from such sources from each
separate forest reserve,
Eleven counties received some
of
this, as follews:
Klamath 11.981.41
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Morrow
Umatilla
Union .
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BALFOUR REACHES
HOME AFTER TRIP
TO THIS COUNTRY
GENERAL 'ERSHINB RECEIVED .,
BY Kltm EDWARD
Further Contingent of America OWV
cere for France Arrive at Brill
Port en Ship Carrying BtfW.'
Lord Brooke Preaented Amerieane.
Officers Then Visit the
Embassy.
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the American embassy a formal TUXKp$ S
where Ambassador Pace weleosiid
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OON POINTS THREE! SUMMERS
AQO SHOT WHEN ESCAPING
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The following "if. taken from the Jop
Un Globe,. Jojjlln.Ma, of a late May
date:
"Wilbur Mason, who escaped from
the penitentiary, killed In flight la the'
South, reports state.
.vtT.ikH. uaM mii.iHi.Im nnMHir
of Lou Wills, a special ocer. here-.; A1-.
june a. w, 'wuu w . ,
servo ten years in the state prison af ,
Jefferson City, and who escaped; Ho-
vember 22, waa killed In Greenville,
Miss., last Sunday, according to Infor
mation received by the Jopriin ponce.
a letter from Sheriff George B. Ale e
andcr at Greenville atated that Maaon
was killed while resisting arrest on a
nharn nf murder.
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in Clarendon. Ark., where he la aliened
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