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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OFFICIAL NatWSPAHEK
OF KLAMATH FALLS
OP KLAMATH COUWi 'X
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1917
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$22,100 WAS SUBSCRIBED LAST NIGHT
HUGE
SUM TAKEN
OR LIBERTY
BONDS
OTOENH OK OT MAKE GOOD
SHOWING
iMflrlnX Tiilki Matle lawt Evening
at Houston' Opera House, Where
Mar i, r Hie Portland Liberty
Low Firing Squadron Priweateil
Bone Vital Facta to an Appreciative
Aadlrnro Meet at Merrill Tonight
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CHARLES OTIS
KILLED AT
ODESSA
IANGEU FARMERS
SHOULD GET BUSY
EXEMPTED MEN
WILL BE CALLED
DISTRICT COUNCKLLOH OF HEC-j THREE LOCAL BOYS RELEASED
LAMATION SERVICE SAYS THE
FARMERS MIGHT HAVE WATER
AT REASONABLE COST
That It Is up to the ranchers of
Ijingcll Valloy to get busy now If they
destro water on thalr lunds, Is ttio
opinion or Edwin If. I'cery, dUtrict
coiinrellor (or tho United States rec
lamation sorvlco, with headquarters
lu Los Angolan, who has been In tho
city on an official visit nud Inspected
the upper country.
Mr. I'oery Is of tho opinion that tho
wcrvlce would bo moro than glad to
furnish water to tho Langoll Valley
furmers at u very-reasonable figure
from tho Clear Lake roservolr In Col
Iforntn, 'povldod they would get to
gethor and get canals In readiness to
rccclvo It.
While tho water In the lake Is not
held primarily for Irrigation pur
noses, enough could be released to
Twtaty-two thousand, ono hundred
dollars subscriptions for Uberty Loan
kmii( vara turned In last evening.
rfcilowlng the spirited Ulk given at
Houston's opera houso by Judge John
L. Stevenson and J. L. KtherlUgo of
Portland.
The yellow Uborly Loan flyer ar-
-i m . tt t . o.r Wl.t. thn
.... . ..... . ........... .. water the lands of this territory with
awmsin runs meeuDg scneuuiDu iur iliiti. jh.
I o'clock. Judge Steveuwri and Ms making any appreciable differ
Dtrti allowed themselves but teniae In the supplj. according to his
i--.. ....u -.I..-.. . .h.i. ou nlon. Ho expressed greai sain
faces and don their white colllrs, and;
8v minutes more to get to the Hous
ton opera houso to the meeting. A
crowd, many of whom had come onrly
la the evening to avoid the rush and
obtain seats, was waiting for the
ipukers, wMlotho Peerless orchestra
rtsdered sweet strains and patriotic
tin.
The mectliiL' was ureHldeil over by
Harold D. Mortcnson, president of the
raican Hay Lumber company here,
ho In liU opening remarks men
tioned the very generous response of
Kltmtlh Connlv tn har nation's mil
for eighty drafted men for therray.i
woen Silt had Already aunt. 98I volun.
tttrs to the nervlce, and men, too, of
tbt Same clftna a tha ala-Mv Hraftari.
of whom but Ave failed In the phyalcal
summation, a record unexcelled thus
Judge Stevenson spoke first. He
Brat revlewnfl tha wnmfa.ftil .iiitMia
I of their campaign thus far to Bend.
mcn was the last point at which a
satin wm hi.i u .nnk..!.
Itat this campaign was one In which
bonds meant bombs, and that If tho
tMng we won at Hunker Hill and at
Torktown was worth anything to us
uw, sna it all those sons and broth
t we sent are to be expected to re-
Srn Vlctorn. iva mini muI ...it mii.m
,w, ..w ...., UWfc WW 4UUW
the loan, and quickly. He advised
wat wo must give unreservedly in
Order that .... no 1 ii
- ... v., oaiuuiiea iuy ue an-
wW to Anally march in triumph
-- umor aer Linden to the tune of
sosee Doodle" and tie Old Glory
otha statue of Frederick the Great,
Mr. EthnrMvn wam tt... BHiti.i.iu
ones with hi. inji.n..4.i.i .
ihuiiuhio BTKUtucuia
M straight outspoken facta relating
W tha t.H.oi-i.. k.-j ' ....
. . " v" uuuus auer nrsi en
JWnlng that he was not a speaker,
Ht flflfv . I . .
. ' u'a salesman, ho re
ad his hearers that these bonds
rr"Hea a mortgage on the whole
Vtlted StatOs. With tha iov.rnm.nt
faction ut tho progroHs bolng made in
many sections of tho county for
pumping units, and was particularly
pleased to note the stopa taken to
ward tho reclamation of tho Lower
Klumulh marshes.
UOVERNMENT MAY
OPERATE MINES
GAIIPIKLD IXFOKM8 8T1UKKKB
AND UI'KIIATOKH THAT GOV
KRNMKNT WILL AMHVMK CXX
TROL IK 8TIUKK CO.NTIXUI-
WASHINOTON, D. C, Oct. 17.
Federal Administrator Garfield has
warned the coal operators and strik
ers, whero strikes have occurred or
are Impending, that tho government
would take charge of the coal proauc
tlon If It continued to bo threatened
with strikes.
nnrfleld then annealed to the mln
era and operators to consider the nn.
tlonai emergency and resume produc
tion.
behind tho promise to repay tho
mnnnv we loan now with Interest.
.nA nirarnil to arranRe with local
bankers for securing bonds on very
Amy lArmi.
Tha .nrrnss of the meeting was
materially enhanced by the patriotic
mualc furnished thruout tho program
by the Peerless orchestra.
'A meeting will be held at Merrill
onlght, nt which a number of local
men will attend.
Japan to Start Work
Increasing Her Navy
CAMPFL0UA6ECAR
VISITS KLAMATH
11V DIHTIUCT IK)ABO ARK NOTI.
I IKI) OK KKVKK8AL OK DECI
SION liY THAT HODY
Tho doclslon which was recently
made by tho district exemption board,
cxomptlng Robert Steele Adams,
Robert Claire Arnold and Charles P.
RobcrU of this city from military
duty has boon reversed, according to
nows received by County Clerk C. R.
Del. up.
Those men have been notified of
the bourd's action, and are to be call.
ed out with tho last C per cent of the
first draft quota, which is to go for
ward sometime In the near future.
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TOKIO. Oct. 17. The construc
tion of six new destroyers for tho
nurnosA of naval rfloletlon. at a cost
of (6,000,000, Is to be started short
ly, and the work will belexpedited to
complete them within th present fis
cal year, ending April .next. The
destroyers will all be of,' middle site,
and be named the Nara",,Kuwa, Tsu
bakl, Makl, Keyaki and Snokt respec
tively. W
The building of the following bat-
tlashlos. cruisers and ' gestroyers is
to begin soon at the navy dockyards
and at shipbuilding yards at Naga
saki: Battleship MuUu with a dis
placement of 32,000 vtons; cruiser
Tama, with a displacement of 7,800
tons; cruiser Kuma, with a displace
ment of 3,500 tons, aarfd first class
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MAYOR RETURNS
FROM ASHLAND
HAH RKKX IN HOSPITAL THKRK
WITH .APPENDICITIS, HUT 18
NOW IMPROVED STANDS TRIP
UKTTEH THAN EXPECTED
New Ruling ior Game
Violation Cases Issued
Mayor C. II. Crisler returned last
evening from Ashland, where he has
been In the hospital following bla at
tack of appendicitis there several
days ago.
Mr . Crlslor stood the trip home
much better than he expected, and
will not be obliged to undergo an op-
oration for a time at least.
COAL IN CHICAGO
NEARLY GONE
LESS THAN TEN DAYS' SUPPLY
LEFT, AND NO MORE COMING
IN UUS1NESS MAY BE PARA
LYZED IN PEW DAYS
D. S. To Take Part
In War Conference
WW.8 li,N0TN. D. C, Oct. 17. 1 probably be held in Ptrit.
vail official -... ' . .. ..u D-...0 1. .in ha declared that
Wlj ,. . ' ..HwiiaunKiii is WUU-I wv, .-. .-
Cadi! pracUcr WW tbt tkt
ti, -' v"" w" oe repreientea at
t1 i. wreace 01 ail nation!
war ataiimt n;m....' ...,:. -.m
- . .v,cuu, WUIVU will
It haa been definitely deemed inai
there will be a conference, and that
the United States la considering par
ticipating. f
CHICAGO, Oct. 17. The fuel alt
uatlon In this city la fast becoming
desperate, as a result of the coal
strike in Illinois.
Unless this strike Is settled within
the next ten days, the business of Chi.
cago will be paralysed, according to
a statement made today by Fred W.
Upham, president of the largest coal
company in the city.
There la declared to be less than
ten daya' supply now on hand, and no
coal coming In.
INTERNED GERMANS BENT EAST
destroyers Kawakaze, Mlnekaxe and
Sawakaze each of about 1,200 tone.
The battleship Mutsu will carry the
largest and most powerful main gun
ever mounted on any battleship of the
Japanese navy, and the cruiser Tama
will be the largest warship of the
kind In the Japanese navy. The first
class destroyer Kawakaze, which will
be one of the largest destroyers in
the Japanese navy, Is the substitute
for the destroyer of the same name
which was built in France after the
outbreak of the European war and
was sold later to an entente power.
Besides those warships, a big spe
cial service ship, with a displacement
of 12,000 tons, and five submarines,
each displacing 700 tons, will be
built at the Kure navy dockyard.
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SALEM, Oct. 17. Attorney Gen
eral Brown has held that It is not
s
necessary for game wardens person
game violations, on the question of
I whether or not licenses have been is
1 sued. He held that a certificate stat-
1.. that a llnanaa haa or haa not been
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ally to testify In court in cases of issued will be sufttclent.
State Warehouses
To Be Inspected
.- a.... t....ona onnaa insneetion of all warehouses
BAL1SM, UCl. K. onio wui. r -- ... , .
Commissioner Wells has been notified and mills In Oregon containing food.
w " . th Th inpnAi-tion will be made with a
that Wm. J. UUllon, enmrmau ui i. -
department of national aervlce, will view to eliminating all fire hatarde.
KISSEL KAR REPRESENTATIVE
HERE WITH PECULIAR AP
PEARING MACHINE PAINTED
LIKE BATTLESHIP
1 JUMPS FROM RUNAWAY LOGGING
TRAIN
With a big Klssel-Kar painted In a
"campflouage" manner, the first car
to appear with the same dressing as
the United States battleships, Charles
M. Miller and James P. Corey of San
Francisco are touring thru the coun
try taking photographs (jit the Kissel
Kara and trucks in action. The car Is
painted gray and greensuch a way
as to make It hardly' dt&cernable in
motion over the country. .?
The car driven is the'bne sent out
recently by the Coast Defense League
to mark out a route tor a proposed
military, highway up and down the
Pacific Coast. Miller and Corey lett
this morning on their way' south.
MUNITION MEN
. EVADE TAXES
MANUFACTURERS HAVE ATTEMP.
TED TO STEAL FROM GOVERN
Klamath Falls Resident Has Neck
Broken at Logging Camp Last
Evening Leaves Wife and Three.
Children Axel Blnaberg la Hos
pital and One other man Injured.
Train Stops Without Wreck.
In an effort to save himself by
jumping from a runaway logging
engine of the Odessa' Lumber and
Timber company, which be was run
ning, last evening, Charles Otis of this
city was killed, his neck being broken
by the fall.
Axel Blunberg is In the hospital
here with a fractured clavicle, and
Lawrence Lanso suffered serious
bruises and cuts about the head and
face.
The accident occurred, at closing
time, when the men were returning
from camp, according tp the reports -so
far received. The train started
down the grade loaded with the log-
iglngcrew. The train commenced to
MEXT OVER 917,000,000 BIG gain headway in spite of the fact that
all the brakes were set, ana soon Be
came out of control. The men on the.
care jumped to the ground and were
not Injured. It is reported tttat
Otis told Blunberg 'and Lawrence to
lumo. as the engine was out of hia
control, which they did, followed by
SUM RECOVERED
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 17.
Internal revenue agents have report-
.. .L.. -....I...... . 4hn a.iuil.1 I.V Aft
eu vui orwiuui ui u f"-' " w' control, wmcu noy uiu, iuuuni j
twelve and a half per cent by muni- otls. The fireman, J. Reese, remained
tion manufacturers have1 touted ap-i on tne engine, which stopped further
proximately $17,500,000. Over $10,- down the track without being de
railed. He- was not injured.
Coroner Soule and Mrs. Otis, who
left last evening for an inquest, had
not returned at 8 o'clock today.
The Railroads Want
An Increased Rate
000,000 of this amount has already
been recovered by the government.
GERMAN WAlSHIP
STRIKES MINE
BTIS RUSSIAN MINE FIELD NEAR
ISLAND OF OSEL STARTS FOR
THE COAST AFTER EXPLOSION.
FATE UNKNOWN
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 17.
The Eastern railroads are asking the
Interstate commerce commission for
temporary financial relief thru cer
tain freight rate increases.
They have given notice that formal
application for general Increases of an
extended nature will soon be asked.
A long list of commodities on which
the increase is desired includes ce
ment, brick, stone, sand and copper.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17. One
hundred and sixty oflcers and men
from the seised Genua merchantmen
who have been interned on Angel Is.
land have been sent East 'for deten
tion at Philadelphia and North Carolina.
BILLION MARK PABUD
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oet.47. ,
It is indicated hers that the Lb-.w
arty Loan lubsorlstlest ,atva
passed Us blllUn aark.
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President Would
Mobilize All Gold
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 17.
President Wilson has sounded a call
for the mobilisation of all the nation's
gold reserve under supervision ot tho
federal reserve ooera. 1
In a statement made public thru
the board, the president called upon
every eligible non-member state bank
and trust company to join the federal
raaarva system without further delay,
that they mar contribute their share
to tho tMafoliaotad sold reserve ot
the country and aid moro effectively
In "a vigorous prosecution ana sue
cesaful termination of the war,"
flcorea of such institutions have
flocked to the system within the past
three weeks, among them some of tne
lars-eat trust companies in New York,
nhiixtainhia and other cities. The
movement to the federal reserve sys
tem has lacked only a final Impelling
force to assume the. proportions 'of a
landslide. Within -less than 1 three
weeks, rssources.of such institutions
In 'the saltern have risen1 trots fl,
100,000,009 to mere than TM0,
000,000.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 17. The Rus
sian war office has completely lost
touch with the Russian forces on Osel
Island.
It Is officially reported that one
German dreadnought which ran into
a Russian mine field, struck a mine,
and after the explosion made for the
coast. Its fate is unknown.
DELAYED HONEYMOON
NOW BEING ENJOYED
BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 17. When Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Chandler of Jackson
ville, Fla., were maarjed, many years
ago, they were unable to afford a
honeymoon trip. Tkey passed thru.
here recently, however, on their be
lated honeymoon, accompanied by
their grown daughters.
The Chandlers are making the trip
In a touring car, and announce their
intention ot visiting every state tn
the Union in this manner before they
return home.
CAMP LEWIS COMING UP
CAMP LEWIS. Oct. 17. Subscrip
tions for Liberty bonds here have
reached $65,000, and are still coming.
HOPES TO MEET KAISER AGAIN
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GREAT FALLS, Mont., Oct. 17.
Frank Nagoakl, a native of Alsace
Lorraine, who says he is acquainted
with Emperor William of Germany,
left recently for Helena to enlist in
the United States army, with the ex
pressed hope ot renewing the ac
quaintance. He says he speaks seven
languages, and believes he could be
of service to the American forces.
Seattle Strike Is
Temporarily Settled
.
SEATTLE, Oct. 17. The shipyard I The decision to return to work was
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ai-a-iara iiHrn a am ubimibu aiwaeaa 1
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settled, and the sttflMrs numbering
11,000 are expected ts -return 10 wora
Monday at tha retttt a patriotic ap-
peal to tn men y e reoerai wage
adjustment board recently.
men will work under conditions-ee, .
ittlng "before the ttrlka, a4 wlU UfH
claims tor higher wagaa a4 Jaai; ? ,.
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