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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1917)
- v - r , "'! Mil Mrs . a "s "flX 3 Wft 1mnim Bgralp igg OFFICIAL NSWtPAPIB OFFICIAL NEWiPAPER OF KLAMATH FALLS .r OF KLAMATH COUNTY .-; 1 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917 Price Tt Twelfth Year Xo. ,! ' '..jTa. v f AMERICAN TRANSPORT SUBMARINED MyMUUMUWWVWWWWMMWWWWVVWV V vpWhkl ANTILLES WARD BOUND WAS HOME. 'Ship. Being Convoyed, But Approach , lag U Boat m' Ueea) Turpedo Owlicd Thru IliUkhewl Hun dred and Hlxty-Meven Bawl Hev- nl KalUtcd Men 1 of Dead Nut Given "tat Vet. M MWWWWWWMMWWWWMWWWWWX HWOWMOWMWWWXWWMXWWWWMWMOWWMMXWWWi . WWWWWW irLawuwuin.riri.rir-ini-.--.-i-iri-i-i SEVENTY LIVES SMALL HOPE FOR IflST AMONG ELEC1CHEAT , CREW PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION EXPLAINS WHY DISCONTINUED IIATK WILL NOT BE PUT AGAIN IN EFFECT IN THIH CITV M?- List That smsll hope eiliU for the clt lien of thin city to have the electric heating servlee, recentl"ordered by the Public Service Commission to be discontinued, reinstated on a flat rate, I- lH.lt.l.t ft.v . latAV llllll rJMAlVAfl by the California Oregon Power com. puny here. n' Aithn Iia imiiiinn which ha been rirriiUtnri and sla-ned by a lane num. I ir or citizens, asklne- the commission i .. . . .. .. . to reconsider tnis matter, ana pernm tho previous schedule to obtain, haa not been received by the commission. -.. . lea mamk-ra nntr) then mOVA WIIIIO VI wvwwm a.w w - - - DASTARDLY PLOT IS UNEARTHED U'ARIIINOTONr D. C Oct. 10.- WUh a loss of seventy Uvea, the American transport ateamer Antilles, k.m.r.l hnnnd . in aunk In tho war tone by a torpedo, which crashed i thru an article In a Portland paper, Into the bulkheada of the engineer's and have taken the trouble to explain room. why tbey nna me service to uv wbu One hundred and elity seven of vlsable. Iboae on board ware saved. Sixteen The commission maintains that un lailors and several enlisted men, who j der the rata which obtained before were returning, ware among the tie- the change was ordered, the charge tlau. waa less than the bilkof-pockat coat The ship waa setae convoyed, but' of the, supply by the company, and was not seep by any of Ua, lookouts. 'caused an unjust discrimination to ex. Jan.. ! i..i awlT'.k. in ika. iu ifca xlauaamf aervlee. ins mtuuir mw iuw . i i j.. ...- ., - The commission noias mat tern of flat rate Is manifestly unfair, a. many who use them are bound to abuse them, and others, who use them with care, are obliged to pay for what ilia other aroun wastes. "This results In the company being compelled to furnish energy at less than the actual additional cost there- cf." Its members hope to correct any misunderstanding before further steps will be taken. 'ttsuslty list la aa yet unknown. 6RANTS PASS IS PATRIOTIC is rmsT citv in united states TO GET QUOTA FOR ARMY REC. REATTON AND WAR LIBRARY FUNDS MAN IS APPREHENDED BY OFOT CERS WHO CIRCUMVENT AT- TEMPT TO BLOW UP. TRANS PORT SHIP NEW YORK, Oct. 10. An alleged plot to blow up or damage a United States converted transport waa be lieved frustrated yesterday, when the police arsested a Scandinavian named Charles Wallman. He Is charged with attempting to bribe a ship mechanic to go aboard the vessel. Wallman was formerly a pantryman on a yacht owned by Har ry Payne Whitney. TELEPHONE STRIKE IS SHORT LIVED EIGHT HUNDRED GIRLS OUT FOR THREE HOURS AT SEATTLE BE TURN TO WORK WITH ABSUB ANCE DEMANDS WILL BE MET SEATTLE. Oct. 10. Eight hun dred telephone girls went on a strike here at 1 a. m.. but returned to work at 5, when Business Agent W, F. De- laney telephoned from San Francisco that employers had agreed to settle the demands for higher wages and rAPoanition of women'ln the Union satisfactorily by October 17th. Nation s Expenses J a- Now Tremendous WARtiiNnrnN. D: c..Oct. 20. had been expended fn the retirement Governmental expenditures since the of short time certiorates of Indebted- havlnnlnar nf.tha aaeal vpnr. jiiiv latJnesB. . are nearlng tha ll.OOO.OOO.OOO mark' Receipts from ordinary" sources, in i The total reported on the dally treas ury statement is neariy fj,uuu,uuu,- Ann rkl. I. abAA AAA AAA mn.A 1iati receipts during this period, Including that portion of lhe first Liberty Loan paid sjnee the fiscal year began. Tha creates Item of expenditure was $1,671,100,000 advanced the al lies. '; - ' Ordinary disbursements Including military and naval expenditures and the cost thus far of. ship building and aircraft production programs total fl,01,976,641, nd $286,711,722 eluding the income tax (paid for the fiscal year), customs recelpts-and tax on liquors, beer, tobacco And other di rect taxes, totals 1169,642,696. A total of $512,674,906 was real ized thru the Issuance of short time certificates of Indebtedness which will have to be retired out of second Lib- nrty bond receipts. Receipts and expenditures for the corresponding period last year were "$220,529,360 and $302,603,286 re spectively, or about one-tenth of this year's figures. WITNESSES OACK FROM JAOKSON SUIT INSTITUTED BY JOHN IRWIN HAS NOT YET BEEN DECIDED. DEFENSE CLAIMS ATTORNEY'S BILLS UNWARRANTED SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20 Grants Paratore., yesterday completed' Its quota for the new war camp commun ity recreation fund yesterday, being the'nrst city In the United States to turn In its share, it is announced. OatnflB, Wash, filled lta quota. In thirty minutes, taking second place. Grants Pass also recently led the country In the collection of the. Army Library fund. " British Colonies Now Shipping Boneless Beet The witnesses la, the suit brought by Attorney John Irwin against Ktam. ath County, which was tried last Wed nesday beflore Judge Caulklrj of Jacksonville, have h'ow all returned to the city. As there were extensive briefs submitted" b'rfihe attorneys re tained which .wlUwive, to be careful ly examined, a'desion Is not ex pected for some little time. The action was brought about on the alleged fallura'af the county offi cials to pa for services contracted by Irwin during hls'terjn of prosecuting attorney. The' defense sought to show that these expenses were con tractor when the officers of the Bher Iff's office were at )the disposal of the prosecuting attorney, and that he was not warranted in contracting them. Attorney Charle. Ferguson rep resented Klamath County in the case. : Tt PR06ERMAN TEXT F! 9UND SCHOOL MEDFORD SCHOOL SUPKRIN TENDENT WILL REMOVE HU TORY DECLARED PR041ERKAW AT REQUEST OF PARENTS w a WASHINGTON,- D. C, Oct. 20. Boneless beet Is jjoav being MPef from 'the British colonies for" army supplies, and effects. considerable .savj fng In ocean freight. The' bones are trimmed out of the beet before shipment, reducing the weight 20 per cent in some cases, per muiinr worB.comDt.stowlng in the coolers, 'and" leaving " the- "bones "near districts where beef animals are raised to.be used for fats,, fertiliser, and other by-products. COLLISION RESULTS FATALLY' LOB ANGELES, Oct. 10. Aa a re sult of a supposed collision with a street car last night, Dr. Francis P. Ane, a Pasadena dentist, and Mrs. Charles Jordan were found dead and Charles Jordan and Mlas Margaret King, a Washington movie actress, In very serious condition on the out klrti of the ctty this morning. DIVORCE ACTION STARTED . Mi ... Repeated cruelty and abjise while in an intoxicated condition are, re cited In a complaint filed -with Circuit Court Clerk George Cbastain tor ni vorce yeiterday by Alpha Henry vs William Henry. The complaint alleges that the .... in wnrn married hero in June, ..,.' .... 1915, and that the defendants treat ment since that date has made life hiivriananme for the plaintiff. An al leged unprovoked assault In Welton's rooming house In April or tnis year, h.n nutaiders had to Intervene to save her from great Injury, Is one of the Instances detailed. Divorce ana 110 per month for the eupport oi tne little boy Is asked. B. L. Elliott is plalntlff'a attorney. SCHOONER SUBMARINED i riKmnN net. 10. -The American schooner Mennle B. Rlghter waa aunk by a submarine Tuesday off Cape Vll lano, Spain. The crew members were ail landed. MODESTO SALOONS WILL CLOSE TONIGHT MODESTO, Calif.. Oct. 10. The ..w.. nt MnHaato will ClOM their doors at .midnight tonight, they hav ing been voted out at an election held sixty days ago. This Is the second time that Modesto has voted out the saloons. They' were closed nve years nn for elcht months, and re-opened under strict regulation and high 11- rno by a majority of thirty, ine majority against them at the recent election was 160. The only wet town left in Stanislaus County Is Newman, In the western part.of the county. Drafted Men to Search (or Slackers BUTTE." Mont.. Oct. 10. Because some 800 men of Silver Bow-county have failed to report for examination for military service, the members" of the city and county exemption boards here have Issued an appeal to dratted men who have been. called Xor exam ination to unite in an effort to appro hend the "slackers." ' The boards propose to furbish the drafteeB with the names and address ot those who fall to report, so that they may be sought out and forced to appear. SWMAKES MEDFORD, Ore., Oct. 20. School Superintendent HUlls has agreed to withdraw the the school history. ' "Dp.wn of American History la Eu rope," by Prof. Nlda of. Illinois, from the schools here at the request of parents, who claimed that the book was pro-German. .- Some suggested that these books be collected Immediately and burned, but it was decided not to take thla action ll tney were immeuwui; auir pressed. y ELEVEN SHIPS Wvx MIMNr SUDDfN CALL VISITS CAR ON WEST BOUND TRAIN, LEAVING LARGE PACK AGE TRIPLETS ARE BORN IN TWO STATES LONDON, Oct. 10. Two German raiders attacked a convoy -In the North Sea Wednesday and sank, two British destroyers and five Norwegian merchant ships, ope.Danlsh and. three Swedish merchant;. ships.". A. total of eleven vessels was lost. fiiefiwi:, mmwm rDENVER, Colo.. Oct. 20. rMrs. J. C. Atkinson of Seattle, yesterday be came'"thV mother of triplets on board a westbound Rock Island train. Two ware born In Kansas and one just across the line In Colorado.- All are reported doing well. OLD SKELETONS. UNEARTHED Rim Road Is Now Nearly Completed Six miles of the aew road around toe rim of Cratar Lake waa graded this year, leaving only six mora to complete the entire, circuit, accord log to word brouetowa byaparty of six .aglnaer. ea W.''-iiga ho arrived last sliet. . ne worn oa the read tnla rear ;m erably. The work next year will be down some distance, and by puttlag on a road grading machlaa at aaeh end it is believed were win -v dlfficultyJa completing it. After Ua road to ereded It li .to be Mest of taraBsployt of tfci i park .... anw laft tut the seam. w tha road this year iff . nave bow . . , ---.-. . PrtMlpailr i tksA;'Mtfjia.rt4 'otli9vtymMKmwy"S7 Cto" Ca. Peak, aaaewlu to It alii. 0s)tni iJee'l jf' litJlTxiaale tudeaaa'iir.fea aaaaa&'a . Mill. U. A. WlrU, Athr xuwa -wkrog' tike waa curtailed eonild-l aMl . C. Teller, all of Portland 1' KAISER WILL HOLD ALSACE-LORRAINE THE HAGUE, Oct. 20. A dispatch from Berlin places the kaiser on rec ord as saying-that Germany will not give up Alsace-Lorraine to France un less taken by. force of arms. Karl Roaner. war correspondent of th. nariln Lokal Anselger,. who ac companied the kaiser to Constantino ple, telegraphed an account m m iunheon on the trio east. The kaiser bad just finished reading an account ot the speech of Premier rainieve oi France, In which tne premier sam that France would light until Alsace- Lorraine were restored. Good," the kaiser waa quoted aa saying, "so M. Painleve wants Alsace Lorraine! But he must come and take them, then. .His loud sounding phrases are without reason, AIR RATO LAW NIGHT - auimu n ATarantvavea ware-killed aa afty-taree weuadsd Itfa aeppelln air raid her iMtawit. 1 ' ' t " .w. .. ''"-')--' J irrTSWMMOKS FAIMNO ' aiamaaa. Who U aarleaaljUU with MaujaeaU, 'U reported aaaewhat .' .. ' U .'alaa: ilMLj Hooverizing Makes Hit Among Elite Circles PORTLAND, Oct. 20. "Hooverlx lng" at social functions got an auspi cious start In Portland When the slm plest of refreshments, with a strong "war- aaypr,"Jveere aerved by Mrs. Wllliam-D. Wheelwright, a recognised social leader, at her reception to M.me. 8. Akamatu, wife of the Japanese con- buI here. The edibles consisted oi sandwiches made of dark bread with lllltngs of 'vegetables and fish, un sweetened brown cake and tea. In formality and simple fare, it is said, irtil" characterise most society lunch eons and receptions here this winter. Madame Akamatu bids fair to be a favorite guest at, such affairs. mtxmnB Mont.. Oct. 20. Two human skeletons, believed to have been burled half a century ago, have been unearthed on a ranch' near here. The fact that they were burled six feet underground, leads to the belief that they sire the bones ot white men, and not Indians. They were in a sit- tlna Dosture. and were free from bul let holes or other evidence ot vlo- Innra. It has been suggested that they are the bones of early day trappers' or traHnra .or narhana those of'me'mbers nf iwii mil niarii axnedltion. the, . . i...- .. . ... ttta VAU nrst WIIIIO men, mi yasa win -? lowstone Valley. ' ' . SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20. The hef nr rood and a. varied assortment are served at Camp LewifC American Lake, Wash., where the draft quotas rrnm California and the Northwestern states are now in training, according to the quarter master ot the Western department. Each company, it waa pointed out. has n monthly ration allowanceot i-j.KOO. The fare at camp la much as in civil life, with fruit, milk and-dishes that In foresln, armiea-wo'uld be considered luxuries. . T Relief Work Started For Onoressed Jews ZEPPELINS ARE CRIPPLED partr. Oct. 20. A Zennelln was brought down" la James' jast night at Rambersvllle, near we AsBuontuur- der. Two others were forced to land. STRIKE MONDAY PROBABLE PORTLAND. Oct. 10. There Is an Indicated ship yard strike here along the Columbia end Monday. Three of the largest unions have voted to re turn to work under the federal ad justment board's plan. - INFANTRY, OFFICER SUICIDES VANCOUVER, Wash.,: Oct. 10. Lieutenant M. C. McCoy ot the Four teenth Infantry was found deaa-in a tent at the rlfie range, wltha.bullet thru his brain. A revolver waa be side blm. . Ill health and despondency are. be lieved the cause of his death. ' PORTLAND, Oct. 10. Henry Mor- genthau,. former Uslted; States "am bassador to Turkey, will be In Oregon pma time during ajber,.brlntlnii rarnlaa ta word received hare by 'Ben Selling and Rabbi Wlae. Mr-.M'arr aaatkau haa oatared to' contribute M.000,000 doiiara to a fund ror tne relief of Jewish sufferers In the varl- our warring countries, on cubuimi that 19,000,00.0 la raised tbruout the 'United States, to make 110,000,000 Kror a relief fund in all. He will come !';. ,w.7-.i' laavinir Kaw York' Ne- t. rr-izr.L ,i siji.-ii VOmOSriiUlO, to ayaaa in wft ihl. ralLaf work. : -Bomeltimaago Mr. MorgentUy waa ...u.j'ifmMi'tifa'naat 'in Turkey, tol accept at place' la tha federal, aaklns system, , . .i Last Two Men to Be Called November 2nd 'worrt'was recelvel by the local ..(hmrii this moraine" that two r," " T 7l- '. '.. i....-J mora men are. o??" m.'h.-.-i KUath.'Aret-drtt quU,.and that 1 ' ' .j-J AVa.A arJ-X..af 'mm VaVAMKSI i,iMiri.ijiff-f,,'''T" ' 'The board hs not yet made the ae- in 1 -(ti'l i.inn frosa.tha three that are lefti'SJI r .i,. m.n Mimlnad.sIfr'k'MMtUi?f iCottnty-"C?er.k De.ItoW; runner. tiBuiviiMa t .TTTJ-ffl men wnb' kata' Vtr.MM othere'wl be 'eatlt. &? , .. ;-wm it" .