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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF KtfAMATH COUNTY
OFFICIAL NIWIPAMtft
OF KLAMATH FALLS
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Twelfth Year No. B.HI
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1917
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ENEMY DRIVES
SERIOUS BACKSET
GIVEN ALLIED
- FORCES
IIKAVY LOSS OF PRISONERS AM)
GUNS
Situation Admitted to Be Very Grave.
Austru-German Forces . Progress
Toward Open Country Marsliall
von Mackeason Said to ComnMnd
.Teuton Forces British and French
Progressing Satisfactorily.
By Associated Pre
DATELK8B A moit dubious con
dition prevails today on the Italian
front, where the Italians, forced back
by the enemy' superior numbera, aro
losing ground and prisoners at a sick
ening rate.
It U retorted that Field Mnrahal
ton Mackenson, wno wag tno leaner
i l.n iwn Attimiliiiii avalnat thn Rtln
slsns, la In command of the Teutons
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In this district.
The Italian statement says the al
ternatives of strugle aro still unde
cided. It Is admitted, however, that
the situation Is certainly grave, as
the enemy has crossed the border be
tween Monte Canln and the head of
Ji'drlo Volley, In an attempt to roach
an opening on tho plains.
Tho Ilrltlsh troops which have pro
posed to the west of Passchendaele,
have repulsed two counter attacks.
Polderhnclk Chatteau, which tho Drlt.
Ifh entered yesterday, waa in Herman
hands today.
The French are continuing their
offensive, and have captured Herman
trenches north of those reached yes
terday. BERLIN. Oct. 27. Sixty thousand
Italians were taken prisoner by the
Auitro-flerman forces, and 450 guns
raptured yesterday.
DEALERS VIOLATE
NEW PRICE LAWS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COAL
DEALERS WILL BE CALLED ON
CARPET FOR CHARGING MORE
THAN PRESCRIBED RATES
WASHINGTON, n. C. Oct. 17.
The department ot justice haa receiv
ed reports from the various sections
that retail and wholesale coal dealers
re violating the law by charging
more than the price set by the admin
istration. A general investigation bag been
ordered, and prosecutions are expect
ed to follow.
Washington Threatened
With Telephone Strike
SBATTLB, Oct. if. The Jtctrl
los m girl switchboard operators
o will .walk out at a'idnlgbt to
nllbt unless word la received from
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
OREGON
MAKING
GOOD SHOWING
MINIMUM OF MUX QUOTA WELL.
FAST PORTLAND, WITH ONE
TIIIIID OF, STATE'S WEAITH,
TAKES TWO-THIHDS OF LOAN
PORTLAND, Oct. 27. According
to unofficial figures the statu Liberty
Iamm subscription had roachod over
$20,000,000 last ,nlght.
Tho city of Portland with $11,
000,000, Is now well over its maxi
mum quota, but the rest of the state,
with some few exceptions, has fallen
lanicntubly behind.
Portland has made a wonderful
record. With ono-tlilrd of tho wealth
of the state, It has subscribed nearly
two-third of the Orcgoiujotal, while
I, -...- ....,... nf -uliafirltiHnnu It
actual number of subscriptions It
in m-l"lll IIUI1IUVI V BMMnw, .,..
has subscribed 16,400 out of a total
of less .than 30,000.,
Pendleton's record and Unintllla
county Is ono for the stnte to admire,
declared tho committee Based on
thn mnmlmum nuotn. however, Lake
County heads tho state outBldo. of
Portland.
Clatsop Jumpod to second place
yesterday, nnd Umatilla now Btnnds
third. Mnrshfleld, at first vqry slow,
Is climbing rapidly up.
Tho flolowltiR towns have attained
tholr maximum: Bridal Veil, Sea
stdo, Whcolor, Westfell, Echo and La
Fayette.
CITYWOMANGETS
JAIL SENTENCE
THIBTY DAYS CONFINEMENT ANI
HEAVY. FINE ARE IMPOSED
FOR BOOTLEGGING FIRST WO
MAN JAIL SENTENCE IN YEARS
Thirty days In Jail and a line of
$200 and costs was the'sontence this
morning' Imposed upon Mrs. Apnn
Boebe of this city for having liquor
In her possession by Justice B. W.
dowan.
Thl is tho first Jail sentence Ira-
...j nn 'Woman here for some
years, and the local officers have not
aa0a iimt whnt course would be
taken for tho prisoner's confinement,
as tho bastllo is not arranged for the
accommodation of women prisoners.
Mrs. Becbo was found guilty at a
bearing last Monday, but sickness
slnctf that time has prevented sen
tence being pronounced.
wage deands, closed shop and receg:
nltion of the girls' union, is granted.
!,. uiini ralsctod the conces
sions offered by the company a waekl
mm pUNew Passenger Starts
II 111 I III UIIL
HANKERS HAVING VERY BUSY
HAY TODAY
Altho People of City Get Enthusiastic
at taut Minute, There Is Small
Chanro to Get Bum Necessary to
Redeem Reputation of' County
Hunks Open Tills Evening and Clt.j
UcnM Urged to File AppiKtiotis
Eight thousand three hundred and
fifty dollars subscribed yesterday to
Liberty Loan bondsjiere brought the
total from $92,750 for Klsmsth Falh?
up to .$101,000, about one-half of the
minimum quota prescribed for this
city. .
That the rest of the required
amount ran be secured today seems
now a forlorn hope,-altho the local
bankers and patriotic cltlsens are
bending every effort jo bring the fig
ure, as high as possible. The South
ern Pacific company here haa In
creased its subscription from $7,000
i to $10,000 thru the First National
Bank.
The banks wll be open this even
ing, and the many cltlsens of this city
who have not "done their bit" in this
lino are urged to take this last op-
lino are urged to take this last op-
portunlty to show their confidence- in
the flag that protects them, andhelp
remove the stigma which is now at
tached to the name of tbe county.
Names ot those subscribing yester
day were:
First National Bank
M. Hanks x
Mrs. John M, Moore
M. FOrr
A. R. Campbell
W. B. Parker
J. F. Magulro Co.
F. S. Hall
(1. P. Vun Riper
Mary E. Elliott
J. Russell Elliott
Francis E. Humphrey
Qreita Maud Hurn
Harriet Katberine Walton
Beatrice J.'Waltoa
Thomas Martin
Thrlxa Martin
Frank Moorland
Southern Pacific Co.
Mrs. L. F. WilltU
Flrt State and Savings Bank
Edith M'. Fry "
Mrs. J. P. Hadley
May Silvers
Marcella Silvers
H. B. Barry
Homer A. Knight
J, J, Furber
Queenle HoR
C. M. Klrkpatrlck
Eugene Hltchktn
Laurlnda Rauber
Mrs. J. W. Odosa
Mm. Clara Kiaeald. t
Mrs. Elisabeth J. Hastaker
Clarence Taylor '."''
Clara Baylor
DorethaNehrkass'
6eerge Kefcrkaas '
AvSrKetehkKi "
: Mkry JHtMbethKllgere '
ITALIANS BACKWARD
Week From
The new paienger train which has
been promised for the Klamath Falls
branch from Weed Is to be Installed
on November 4th, according to an an
nouncement made today by Local
Agent C. J. Clause.
UNUSUAL PRIZES
AI SCHOOL FAIR
BASKETBALL AND
BASEBALL
PiUlVK ATTRACTIVE FEATURE
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LEADERS FEEL REPAID FOB
WORK OF PREPARATION
At the Klamath County Industrial)
fair at Henley yesterday the Henley!
girls basketball'teara defeated the'
Merrill girls team by a score of 5 to 1.
.. .. . . ,
At the .baseball game between the
Merrill high school and the County
Fair Association team.the reputation
of the Merrill section was redeemed,
as the boys rrom ine inter P
simpiy nan mings an me.r 0u ,.
It is reliably reported, that a stenog-
rapher waa found necesary to record
the Tups made by the visitors, and
ot keeping thetalley
The fair closed last night, and the
leaders -feel very much elated over
the success of the whole affair. They
plan to make next year's show even
t years snow even
more extensive. The Doy ana gin
winning the most honors at this fair)
are to be sent with expenses paid for.
.
a two weeks course- at tho -summer
school at the University ot Oregon
next summer. All prize winners will
be announced In a few days.
MRS. GEORGE WIRTSS
HOSTESS LAST NIGHT
A Hallowe'en party was given last
eVenlng by Mrs. George A, Wlrtt for
her Sunday School class at the Chris
tlon church. ""
An entertaining program was given
for the guests and their fortunes were
toldby an old witch, who has definite
knowledge of the future. Following
this entertainment an appetising
lunch was served.
MILLET FOUND NOT GUILTY
Following a hearing -which lasted
all day yesterday in tbe Justice court,
Jess Millet, held on a charge ot im
porting liquor Into the state, was
fould not guilty at 6 p. m.
;
BEND STRIKERS '
4 RETURN TO WORK
4 . BEND, Oct. 17. Three nun-
dred lumber mill strikers .have
returned to work; after being
4 out one week,
e The strikers.- an organised
branch of the international
Tlmbermn;s Union, have; now e
4 reached an agreeaent wun ine w
employers.
.
NOW
Tomorrow
Train No. 39 leaves Klamath Falls
at 7:45 a. m.
Train No. 41,leaves Klamath Falls
at 12:01 p. m.
, Train No. 40 arrives Klamath Falls
at 5:35 p.m.
Train No. 42 arrives Klamath Falls
at 8:34 p. m.
UNION OIL CO. ,
PLANT FINISHED
FINE STATION COSTING $40,000
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS ON
SIXTH STORAGE TANKS HOLD
20,000 GALLONS
The Union Oil companjr plant here
has now been completed, and the
keys handed over to O. E. Peyton,
o h" nonaged the ""
pany's business here for several years.
m threo Dulld,ngg ,n aUi a
wareholie aDarn and an office and
gj comDlnedi ihe wholo costing
.20,ooo. The buildings are sit-
uated on the corer of Sixth end Mar-
y The p,ant ,g'nreproof.
fc . - 000
ng tapacHy each 4 e,uipment
of a tiam gtake wag0n, unk
consists of a team, stake wagon, tank
woson. auto truck, roadster and trail
er. The working force at present is
n v. Povtnn aseftt and salesman.
and Omer Lemmon, tank wagon sales-
man
In the spring It Is expected that
,,,,,, otlH P.,.fc driver will
u sjuusanvwi'ws --. ------ ---
be enl ,oy d; Mr J H u agent
for company at Roddlngi ,ti,0w In
. over'buslness matters
the city, going over'buslness matters
I with Mr. Peyton. E. W. Koch, who
constructed the buildings, has return
ed to Los Angeles.
FOOT BALL
' ., GAME TODAY
The bovs ot the Klamath County
high school' football' team will make
their first appearance on the gridiron
this season at Bend this afternoon.
when they will try out honors with
the high school team there.
The local team has been practicing
faithfully for several weeks under
4h .i.afnl nton tlnn nf ftaach NileS.
and It Is believed they stand a good
fhanco of trouncing the northern
town today. The team, accompanied
by Nlles, left yesterday afternoon In
uutos. .
e OREGON SUBSCRIBES
.
TWENTY MILLIONS e
"!
PORTLAND; Oct. 17. Loa
subscripttons'are'.now over f io,- -9
000,000. Powers, a .town In
Southern. Coos County, i has sub-
a .rrihifd Ave tlmas its minimum
allotment .aifr-.ttreeVtlmee Its
minimum, Tale u.meneve te
be the. greatest itttlMcriptloa Us
tbe country.
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IN TRENCHES
ELEVEN KLAMATH
MEN HAVE BEEN
EXAMINATION AREv NOT
YET
COMPLETED ,
Out of ThJrty-Ntoe Men Sent by Coun
ty to Awericaa ikke, Over Twenty.
Five Per CesA Are Returned More
Mea toBe SusaSaOfted for Local Ex
aUaaUoB-Naasea of Discharged
Met) Not Amaooared.
That eleven men out ot the first
draty Quota whloh has now bees called
,a rrn iwrij, ar Amflnan LdftKe.
have been discharged, and will be re
turned soonU-the newsrecelved at
the office of ths county cleric.. -
This means that more men will
have to be summoned for examination
by the local board and sent to re
place those discharged". Three men
are now'on the reserve list of thellrst
ouota. -and It Is believed that about
twenty more will be summoned. The
pames ot those discharged were not
announced. ;
It is also possible that more of the
first boys leaving will be returned, as
the examinations were not completed
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DISCHARGED
Dince regisinmon ure yum "l",tory manner. nero nas oroi, mwi-tbirty-elght
men of registration age( mittet; artillery Are since their ar
have volunteered for United States .rival.
service, and have been accepted. - "pne helmeted American, infantry
MAGAZINE MAN
VISITSCOUNTY
FORMER CITY' EDITOR OF HER
ALD COMES FROM MEDFORD
FOR
DUCK. SHOOTING WILL
VISIT COUSIN AT OLENB
Edison Marshall of Medford, for
mer city editor of the Herald, came
over vetserday for a few days duck
hootlna- with his cousin. A. L. Mar
shall of Olene.
Since leaving Jtlamath Falls Mr
Marshall has attained very unusual
success for a man of his age as a mag
aslne writer. His story, "The Miss-
in Seventeen:" nubltsbed In the Sat
urday Evening Post last winter, was
classed by a committee, of critics as
imoni the best 100 short stories writ-
ten dutlng the year. He contributes
recularlv to tbe American ana otner
standard' magaslnes.
Big Cattle
Lea ving County Today
One of thelsrjMt stok sblpmentslof Lake Cpunty, jTW'&gJjAJfe
- ' 1 iW r v. hunch .wkUk k MMIsfMvA ('
L. u. ..'.r.tt'Vlamah rauritvto
W wkM'ttf carloa'ds of eatUe eft
5. . . V-.'!Y' -- - J. "ri.ll
the ieci yeree. ior a,srBoro,;w.
K The cattle-Belong to tbe ZX outfit
U. S. SOLDIERS
MAKE 6000
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH VETERAN
FRENCH BATTERIES
Boyg Adapt Themselves to Trench
Conditions Americana eWjjheB
ed German Posttlo fetes Jtasarei
Yards Distant Fire- Retailed
WKeyFij-at Shell Case to Be
Seat to Presldeat. .
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By Associated Prase
AMERICANARimnrTRANCB. "
Oct 27.-The following hL'.the Irat
official statement from "American
headquarters on ontlncuatljm ot their
training as, a nucleusStor instruction
later,
"A portion ot some battalions of
our first contingents' In association
with, veteran French battalions' are la
the first line trenches ora'uiet "sec
ton on the Frtnch front. J
"They are, supported by some bat
teries of our artillery la assocUtlon
with veteran French batteries. The
sector remains normal. Our men
have adapted themselves to actual
trench conditions Itf a. most' satistac-
..'...- .v .-
marched Into' the trench at night
without tbe knowledge of the enemy,
who occupied a french a few hundred
yards distant. The trench visited Is
still under French direction. The
secton Is 'one of the quietest on the
front. " f.
"The Americans have shelled the
German poslttosm and troops, and the
enemy have .replied, shell foeaell.
The flrjit shell .case -will be sent to
President Wlls. It Is now In poe,-
i -. ----' Rlhr The neat
gnot wag flred by a red-haired gunner
amid great cneers.., ine gun wee am
of the famous French 'seventy-tyee.'
Later a luncheon was attended by
the French and American artilerlsts.
celebrating the first American con
tact with the enemy. On the second
day the French shelled the battery po
sition of 'tbe enemy and the uermans
replied, the shells falling close to the
inorirani All the trooDs will be re
lieved afier a certain pertod'by others.
TAX LIENS ARE FILED
Tax liens have been filed In .the
office ot tbe circuit court clerk.agatnst
Lawrence Nelson, W. M. Taller, ano
Bertha R. Strobel by Luke Walker of
this city. Attorney Joe 8. Kent ap
pears for. tbe plaintiff.
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