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OFFICIAL NEWIPAMOt
OF KLAMATH FALLS
OF KLAMATH COUNTY
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1917
Price Fir
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IEmnmg BgraJp
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REVAL AND PETROGRAD THREATENED
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
WILL MOVE TO
KVAtTATION OF BBVAL
COMMENCED
HAH
Port tit Gulf of Finland Entrance Now
Seriously Menaced by Rerent Move
of Germane Heat of Russian Gov
eminent Will lie Changed Imme
dUtrir Moscow Relieved Mo
Popular Place for Government.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 19. The gov
rnment has definitely decided to
more to Moicow In the very near fu
ture. The newspspere announce tho evac.
tin. at thn fortified Port Reval on
the Baltic, al the entrance of tho Quit
of Finland.
The recent offensive of the Ger-
nana In tho Quit of Riga and the la
land or Oaol placea Port Revat In a
very serious predicament, na a rail
road commence at Hapsal on the
mainland shore, directly oppoalte the
occupied Inland, runulng directly to
Keval, less than 100 miles dlatant,
and to Petrog'rad, 200 miles north
eait. Whllo It la not vrobablo that the
QermaiiH will attempt any move on
Petrograd thin fall, owing to the late,
neat of the season, the Russian alr
thorltles plan to take no chances. It
Is believed by many that a more loynl
spirit wilt be demonstrated thruout
the empire with the capital back In
Its original position at Moscow.
Thru trains are now declared run
ning between Berlin and Riga, mak
ing the trip In twenty-four houra.
MATERIAL HERE .
FOR RED CROSS
SHIPMENT OK FLANNELETTE
FOR SOLDIERS PAJAMAS AR
RIVES FROM 8EATLK TODAY.
MORK TO FOLLOW BOON
Thirty nlaesa of flannelette arrived
at the Red Cross headquarters here
ioaay irom the Red cross supply ser
vice at Seattle. Sixty more pieces
have been ordered and are. expected
to arrive In a abort time. It Is intend
ed that thla cloth will all be made
into pajamas for the soldiers.
A larara aim haa tAAti rAcalvad
irom Washington for these garments,
and It is hoped that the ladles of the
city will respond to the urgent call,
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"" ivr wieir assistance, ana niiaui
t the work rooms in Increasing num.
uora.
Many Ducks
MOSCOW
On Upper
The duck hunting season la now
on in fuip.wlng, and that Klamath
County, which is noted so widely as a
mseca for this popular sport Is keep
"K up Its reputation; this year Ut ft
'letted by the lUutihir of birds thai
re befog brought' J by the local
sportsmen who are cutting down the
COASTWISE TELEGRAPH STRIKE IMPENDING
fWmxaaarLAnjxr.raar.anrr B , m'T
RIGHT OF WAY
DEEOEDJO CITY
TWELVE DEEDS TO ROUTE ALONG
HTUAHOItN RAILROAD PILED
AT COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
YESTERDAY
Twelve right of way deed to right
of way property along tho municipal
railway between Klamath Falls and
Dairy wore yenterdoy made over to
the city and died in the county clerk's
office. Three mortgage releases wore
also Included in the action. Nearly
all this right of' way bad been ar;
ranged for nt different times previous
ly but the legal steps in the proced
ure had been delayed for one cause
and another. In a number of In
stances the fact that outside, owners
haa to ne locaiea ana uenu wmi um
taken considerable time.
In several cases the right of way
had been made to Robert E. Strahorn.
These were also deeded over to tho
city.
118,000 MORE
IS
LIBERTY BOND TOTAL IN KLAM-
ATH FALUi HAS SWELLED
SINCE MEETING TUESDAY
NIGHT WUBSCRHTIONS COM.
1NG IN FASTER
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Elghteen thousand dollars worth of
Liberty bonds have been subscribed In
thin cltv. since the mass mooting at
Houston's opera house Tuesday night,
when (22,100 was raised.
i-nrad bankers report that tho sub
(rintlonn nro commencing to come In
faster than previously. No report has
yet been received from the Merrill
district, which responded so heavily
at the time or the first issue.
Portland, Oct. 19. Thirty-six hun
dred and ninety-three persons, or a
little better than one per cent of the
population of Portland have sub
scribed to the second Liberty Loan
up to last night in the state at large.
Many nanaa , -
will carry depositors on the payment
of two per cent down In eTty
... Ti.o hunks will make the in-
u..v hnnka announce mat iuc;
m - . thai
stallment paymenta and allow tneia
I - .. in HitllfTHrA.
cuBtomern uho
Flying
Lake Now
..... hih cost of living consider
ably and onvlng a lot of pure Joy Into
the bargain.
.-.. . raeaivad especially ttom
the UpperVuke are to the e8ect that
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week three ei secure geyegtyilx
ducks In one trip.
SUBSCRIBED
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RAILROAD WORK
GOOD WEATHER
TEAM WORK NOW NEARLY COM
PLETKD l!ridge Across Canal Will lie Done
Nest Week Route Thru Pine Flat
Uraded ami Terminals at Dairy
Finished-Grading Held Up at Olene
Over Right of Way Chan gee The
Dredger ProRrmsittg With Fill.
The exceptional fall weather this
year is proving of great benefit to the
Strahorn crew at work on the new
munlclpul, railroad toDalry.
Work oothe bridge across .the gov.
ernment canal near Altamont ranch
is now well along, and will probably
bo completed during the early part of
next week. As soon as crossing can
be effected here thework of laying
rails to Olene can proceed without
further delay, and will In all probabll-
Ity be done In four weeks.
All the team work Is now complet
ed with the exception of a tract at
Olene, which Is being held UP by the
rlsht of way difficulty. The road om
clals expect that the activity will be
resumed there in a short time, how
ever.
Contractor C. T. Darley has com
pleted the work on the terminals at
Dairy, and the entire route thru Pine
Flat is now graded.
The big dredger Is making gooa
nroaress with the fill between the
Southern Pacific tracks and the pres
ent terminus on Klamath avenue and
Second street. About thirty men are
now employed on the new line near
the city.
RUSSIAN SHIP
LOSTJ BATTLE
BATTLESHIP 8LAVA, OLD TYPE
OF VESSEL, IB BUNK IN NAVAL
BATTLE IN GULF OF RIGA.
ALL OF CREW SAVED
PETROQRAD. Oct. 19. The
Russian battleship Slava has been
sunk In a naval battle which occurred
yesterday In the Gulf ot Riga. She
was struck several times below the
water line.
. The Slava was one of -the old type
of battleships, having been construct
ed in 1900. The members of the
crew were all saved by the Russian
torpedo boats.
FRUIT FOR LAND .
SHOW BROUGHT IN
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Antone Krupka came in today (rem
th Malln section with am lae ap
ples, paara and grain for the hlbt
which the-Commercial, Club plana to
send'to the Manufacturers aid. Lead
Products' Show at Portland tea abort
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an "Tf r" "
beauty pteVs gfewn byKnlpka are
unusually line,
HURRIED
DURING
McAdoo Endorses
"Four-Minute" Men
PORTLAND, Oo. 19. Secretary
of the Treasury w. O. McAdoo has
recognised the work ot the "fourjnln
ute" men thruout pregon as a valu
able adjunct to the Liberty Loan cam
paign, and haa asked their co-operation,
in speeches at moving picture
theaters In all Darts oLthe state. The
following telegram, was received from
Secretary McAdoo by Sherman B.
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SALEM, Oct. lO.-'-Attorney A. C.
Shaw of Portland has notified the
land board that he will begin legal
proceedings to test the constitutional
ity of the act passed by the last legis
lature, authorising the board to credit
1UIUIIT, uiiimiuui MW in...... w ...u-..
scrip applications of the C. A.Smlthj
Lumber company ana otners ior,suu to tesv iue ui;i.
SERIOUS
MUTINY
THREATENS ENEMY
GERMAN BAILORS REFUSE TO
BOARD SUBMARINES BAD
FOOD AND ILL TREATMENT
CAUSES SERIOUS OUTBREAK
AMSTERDAM , Oct. 19. Mutiny
among the German sailors at Ostond,
who refused to go aboard the subma
rines, is reported In the Belgium
newspapers.
One officer was thrown into the sea.
Thirty mutineers have been removed
In handcuffs to Bruges.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 19.
Official dispatches here report mutiny
In the Austrian navy.
There have been clashes between
the Austrian sailors and the crews ot
thn German submarine fleet based at
Pola, in which officers on both sides'
have been killed.
Thin haa resulted in a decision to
change the base of the German flo
tilla. neanlte the attempts of the Aus
trian admiralty to suppress this news
It bos reached here via Berne.,
Tho crews are in revolt under tne
111 treatment of oHcera and bad food.
Overbearing conduct caused the re
volt of the submarine crews.
.TWO BILLION BY
SATURDAY NIGHT
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The Liberty Lean subscriptions '
;have now reached 11,760,000,-
ooo ana are ' wuain sinauiu w
UUoV, of the $1,000,000,000 .
hated fer by Saturday night.
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Hall of Portland, head of the speak
ers: ,
"The four-minute" men are a
mighty and potential influence in the
success of the liberty loan. They did
an Immensely valuable and patriotic
service in the first Liberty Loan, and
I count with genuine satisfaction
unon their enthusiastic support and
service in placing the second Liberty
Loan. God- speed every "four-minute"
man in this noble work."
State Law
money paid by them to third parties
for state land, title to which proved
(Infective. The attorney general re
cently held the enactment invalid,
nnd Shaw asked the board to enter
an order refusing to give credits on
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applications, so that he might begin
PRESS SCORES
BRITISH NAVY
LONDON DAILY MAIL ASKS WHY
GERMAN FLEET WAS PERMIT
TED TO CONTROL THE GULF
OF RIGA
LONDON. Oct. 19. In a violent
criticism of the action of the English
navy, the London Mall here today ed
itorially flayed the offlcere of the
British fleet tor what It termed tbelr
failure to prevent the German fleet
from becoming master of the Gulf of
Riga.
Demands were made upon the ad
mlralty to explain the "humiliating
J dUpla"
EX-CZAR LIVES LIKE PEASANT
PETROGRAD. Oct. 19. The fam
ily of Nicholas Romanoff, former em
peror, now gets food by the use of
food cards, like any other cltixen.
MIKXCH LOAN IS
INCREASED TODAY
WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 19.
The government has today advanced
a loan ot 120,000,000 more, melting
a total to the allies of $2,731,000,000.
4 SUGAR EIGHT
CENTS PER POU?
SAN FRANCII8CO, Oct, 19. w
The food administration that .the
ratsll nrlee of sugar in satailiots w
'here will.be approximately eight
St Jtanflfat. IMP nBUOfli v
Neerly;al! the Western states
, are to be basea-en laie ngurs. w
MvMvMtvvtvMv
. are to be based-en this Igura.
FIRST NATIONALTWO THOUSAND
DANK WILL
REMODEL
PRESENT QUARTERS TO BE EX
PANDED l'J,
Business
Increased
of Institution
Compels Additional
Facilities.
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Commercial CI jib j Rooms In Loonris
Building to He, Remodeled and
Used for Bookkeeping Department.
Marble Fixtures to Be Installed.
The First National bank ot this city
has completed' .plans for expanding
Ha nrmnt oiiirtem and renlaclnz
fine i equipment with elegant up-to-
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date appointments. Final decision ori ,ngton wln ont on a ttrlke at mld
ncntei.pmtoiprovements'waj jght fbutgnf,,uccordtagito,Wf ?.Dp
L.il. a nuatlnr of thn directors!. ma ..- j.uL ( Clao.
made at a meeting of the directors
last night.
Necessity for expansion has been
found necessary owing to the rapidly
increasing business ot that institution,
whose deposits have Increased over
75 per cent since January 1st, and are
now drawing near the million and a
half mark.
In order to meet this situation tne
room now occupied by the Klamath
Commercial Club, directly In the rear,
haa been token over, ana win oe re
fitted for the use ot the bookkeeping
department, where employes may
oni-v without conflicting with the
general business of the bank.
Marble fixtureannd floor will be In.
stalled in the lobby, and a five win
dow working snace will replace the
three used. Work Is to commence lm.
mediately.
FITZSIMMONB IS
LOW WITH FXEUMO.-UA
nmcAGO. Oct: 19. Robert Fltr-
slmmons, who Is 111 with pneumonia,
ta in a critical condition, and there Is
practically no hope of his recovery.. .
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FORMER GREEK KING VERY ILL
PARIS, Oct. 19. A dispatch from
Zurich says that an old wound of for
mer King Constantino has reopened,
nd an oneratiott has had to be per
formed. His condition is now most
grave,
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STATE VETERINARIAN VISITS
State Veterinarian W. H. Lytle Is
in the city today on his way to attend
to official duties at Lakevlew.
Heavy Stock
Leaving
One hundred and tour thousand
dollars worth of beef cattle, gathered
principally frbai the Klamath Reser-
Vatloa, S'Mp;a wan;ios i
ahtnaad brSakV.nrsB ofiMcLemore ft
Mtobsll 'aW before hsit. and U
V . -- ' .- . .kijMMt 1vtaa
SreNawuse-snia-si. if -"
sle' year. - Three traUs bar been
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shipped In three consecutive days by
WALK
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STRIKE HAY EXTEND OYER THH
PACIFIC COAST
Seattle Operators Strike Brought Be
cause- Company Refuses to Recog
nize Women's Union Delegates
From Several Sections Bolt Con
ference Now on at San Francisco.
More Wages, Closed Shep, Asked.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct" 1. Ap
proximately 2,000 organised operat
ors of the Pacific Telephone and Tele
rniin COWLWUJ 1U IU1
graph company in the state of waah-
laney of Seattle, delegate of the.Elec-
trlcal Unions from that city. -
He said that the company's flat re
fusal to recoxnixe woman operators In
the Union precipitated the action, and
he withdrew from the conference. TAe
Fresno ana &os aut" Bi..v.
have also withdrawn, threatening a
coastwise strike.
Deloney said that-nothing but con
cessions of all the delegates can avert
a strike of the Unions of delegates,
who have bolted the conference.
The employes are demanding wage
Increases, elimination of efficiency ex
amination, closed ahop and the recog
nition ot women's unions.
NEW OFFICIAL APPOINTED
WASHINGTON. D. Cl, Oct. 19.
A. Mltchel Palmer of Bwartnmore,
Penn., has been appointed alien prop
erty custodian under the "Trading
with Enemy" law. He was a former
congressional representative.
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HEAVY LOSS TO ENEMY
BERLIN, Oct. 19. Two Russlon
Infantry regiments totalling B.ooo
men, have been captured on Moon
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Island.
4 FRENCH ATTACK
- WITH SUCCESS
PARIS, Oct, 19, The French
have again attacked on tne Atsne w
front and" penetrated the(Ger-
w man lines. They have token a
w hundred prisoners'. ,
Shipments
Klamath to.
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thls,tm, the largest being Stty earn..
ONIGH
ine econur iwr w.-, -, rr" rt j,,
a .m Mawa a fIBB
which left this morning vn. nn n&
The shipments have beeatCOnatgue g
to ino uaiao."i vwrw w-ji'"Ci4
i.nd and tka Western Meat aCaiketo M
.4 a-n SmiuIuui. .
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The ekeeta iwusd by ue ame arm ,
. ... aw ..... .lukau aa far p?
this year have totaled $.$.. W
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