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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917
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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
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to reconsider tnis matter, ana pernm
tho previous schedule to obtain, haa
not been received by the commission.
-.. . lea mamk-ra nntr) then mOVA
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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
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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.
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SCHOOL
MEDFORD SCHOOL SUPKRIN
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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 .
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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irrTSWMMOKS FAIMNO '
aiamaaa. Who U aarleaaljUU with
MaujaeaU, 'U reported aaaewhat
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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,
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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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
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mora men are. o??" m.'h.-.-i
KUath.'Aret-drtt quU,.and that
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r .i,. m.n Mimlnad.sIfr'k'MMtUi?f
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runner. tiBuiviiMa t .TTTJ-ffl
men wnb' kata' Vtr.MM
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