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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF KLAMATH COUNTY
OFFICIAL NIWfPAFIS
OF KLAMATH FALLS
Twrirth Year No. JI.I77
KLAMATH FALL?, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER ,117
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HALIFAX VICTIM
!ERIBLE,
ACCIDENT
DESTROYS
LARGE CITY
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EXPLOSION KILLS LARGE NUM.
I1KH OF PEOPLE
XOKTIIF.KX PART OF CITV NOW
IX
FI-.MES FREIGHT CAIIB
BLOWN FROM TRACKS WIRE
COMMUNICATION IH SEVERED.
MILLIONS LOST
IIAL1KAX (via Havana by cnblo),
Dec, C, Hundreds of persons have.
been killed, a thousand others Injured j
and half the city or Halifax Is In I
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Into millions, and the north end of l"""' ,0 m ,luby ' crk'u" f that
the city may be destroyed. j r Jr Ario,( ,. flow ,.., , ,
..H vAiiuniui ut-currou WIIUII lllll, , ,, . . i i i,- u..
.-,.-!- . .. . i ... . . ... ' Slgnnl Corps at Amorlcan Iike, hav.
American munition ship collided with, , . . . ... .. i a.....i
i,n.h, ...i -' .,.,. I'K enlisted In tho army In August.
nother vessol nt a point called llork
Ingham. The telegraph and tele
phone offices for a distance, or thirty
miles surrounding have been put out
of commission, and the details aro
coming in slowly.
AMHERST, Dec. 6. It Is reported
that tho American ship was moving
out from the pier when she Jammod
broadside Into another vessel, lloth
hips woro destroyed and tlin crows
"Hied. Tho concussion caused tho
roof of tho railway depot to collapse,
and noarly all the big warehouses
ere damaged materially, when the
Ore started.
Freight cars were blown off tho
tracks for a distance or two miles.
Messages were rushod to nearby
, Iwns, asking that fire engines, doc
tors, nurses and supplies be sent with
U haste. The towns aro preparing
to render all the aid possible as much
"od Is believed destroyed.
H win possibly be days before tele
Kraphlc communications will be re
stored. BT. JOHN .Dec. 6. It Is reported
"re that there were several trans
Pft8 In tho harbor when the explo
sion occurred. Nothing as to their
We has been learned as yet. It Is
unknown whether or not there were
troopg aboard.
TlturtO, Novo Bcotla, 1:30 p. m
Air Raid Made On
England Last Night
LONDON; Dee. a, Atut twenty'
"v airplanes raided England laat
Bfabt, six of then reaching London,
"of the raiders" were brought
own a4 a crew oPtfcreV'a.en'on
eh captured.
The bombs dropped by the airmen
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MOST OF LIST MflllT OVER
GUILT OF HKCO.ND IUM) MKIt-
CHANT, CANNOT AGREE
Following a trial of throo days In
tl.j. 'Irnlllt f'Allrl !. I..... In ,I.a ma ...
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I of Krod l'liini, charged with receiving
.,, K,)0,,( rcU,rncJ aboilt 3:30
this morning with the news that thoy
wtro unnblo to agrpo upon a verdict.
I'lu in, who conducted a second
Initid store near the postofllce, was
charged with having recclvod a num.
her of brans faucet from young bos,
knowing at tho time that thoy had
been dishonestly secured. Tho main
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vtliilt-on iwi iiiu i. usotuiiuil nan uir
dared to bo absent at the trial. The
rose went to the Jury shortly after S
o'clock last evening. U has not been
iinnoiinced whether or not tho case
will be retried.
I'OltMKIt KLAMATH
HOY IH .MAUHIKI)
i ti.. f m. and classmates f ord
vv Ar, W bo pleased to leurn of
his miirrlaK" November 10th, nt Oak-
Ho was a moinber of the graduating
class of 1912 of the Klamath County
high school,
Pit. WK8TKHFKI.U AGAIX AIKHJT
Dr. Fred Wostorfold, who has been
M ... kl- f.A.1 tnm aM AlK1f1nff
period w Ith n very sevcro slego of
typhoid revor, mnuo nis nrsi iiiunr-
nnco on tno strooi yesioruny micr-
noon.
I While still vory weak from the ef
, focts of his Illness, he Is now gaining
rmiMiv in streiiKth. and In a few
weeks will be as well as over.
Dec. 6. Reports reaching here said
that several scores of lives wero lost
whon tho railway station nt Halifax
collapsed. Twenty-five railway work
ers were killed on the tracK near
Richmond. Tho number of dead from
tho explosion Is now said to be 300.
It Is reported that It was a Red
Cross Hnor which collided with the
munition vessel.
ST. JOHN8, Dec. 6. Nearly half
tho north end or Halifax Is now de
stroyed, and a great Are Is still rag
ing. Dead are lying thick In the
streets, and all the hospitals are filled
to overflowing.
Many of tho Injured aro compelled
to wulk the streets.
started fires, which were quickly cob
trolled. The casualties are believed
to be light.
Later reports place the nunBer
killed at aeven and the injure at
twenty-one. About half of these
were in London.
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Circs of Genera Sto
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MAJ GL. JOHN DIDDLE.
(icrcral Tusker II.-.DIlss'ts chlef.of
stair of the Unfted StateYAcmy, and
(ioneral John Diddle has 'Just been
named assistant. General Diddle Is
an engineer ofllcer, and Is one of tho
fow to bo named to a high place In
tho general utaff.
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TKItltlFIC ATTEMPT TO CRUSH
LINES OF ITALIANS IN MOVX
TA1XS V. H. DECLARATION OF
WAR WOl'LD HELP 5IATTER8 .
Ily Associated Press
DATELESS Austria Is taking the
lead in an attempt to break thru the
present Italian front and compel! the
rotrrut of the Diaz armies from the
mountains, capturo Venice, and per
mit tlie Invaders to swarm over the
wldo extent of Northern Italian
plains. A break In the Italian line
would Dank the Plavo line, and ren
der the line of Brenta Impossible to
hold, compelling tho Italians to re
treat to Adlge, thirty miles westward.
The United States declaration of
war on Austria would aid the use of
American troops In Italy. It Is point
ed out that the Italians have with
drawn from some more advanced po
sitions between Mount Tonderacar
and Mount Nndonoccho, northeast of
Aslago.
ELKS INITIATE TONIGHT
It la expected that a large number
of Elks will be on hand at the regu
lar meotlng of the order this evening,
as a class of candidates will be ini
tiated. WOMEN ENEMIES - '
TO BE PUNISHED
WASHINGTON, D. C.Dec. a.
Attorney General Gregory haa
recommended an amendment to
the alien enemy act to include
women over 14 years of age. It
e)' la declared the enforcement of
e this-law baa been sfrtbuttyjfaln-
dered by the exemption' of-Vo-
e men.
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Finland In Desperate
Need ot
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 Speedy death
from hunger .threatens the greater
part or the population of Finland un
less they can obtain flour from the
United States, asserts Dr. Kaarlo Ig
natius, commissioner of the Finnish
government for negotiating the re
lease of foodstuffs by the United
States government, in a statement to
the Associated. Press. The threat to
Finland is not privation, or even
chronic starvation, he declares. Con
cerning Finland's needs and Its causes
Dr. Ignatius said:
"In regard to food supply, Finland
Is worse off than any of the European
states whose sufferings have been
brought before the -American public.
For months past, our people have
been eating bread made out of flour
mixed with pine bark and lichens;
but even with this expedient we can
not hold out, as the flour reserve Is
virtually exhausted, and even our
Big fed &osHM?e
To Start December 17
The American Red Cross has
launched a great national Red Cross
Christmas drive, with the aim In view
of making 15,000,000 Red Cross
mmberB by Christmas.
' Make it a Red Cross Christmas,"
Is tie slogan ot the campaigners.
The campaign will begin Decem
ber 17th, and last one week.
The Oregon campaign manager will
bi Henry E. Reed, Multnomah county
accessor, who wbb appointed by C. C.
Chi.pnmn, chairman of the Oregon
ccmpulgu committee, and member of
the Northwest division campaign com-
mittee of tho Red Cross.
For one dollar a membership may
be purchased In the Red Cross. The
most costly annual membership is
110. However, the principal drive
will be roudo (or memberships at II
FIGHT IN
ITALY IS
TEUTONS BRING UP HEAVY RE
INFORCEMENTS AND ATTACK
WITH FEROCITY LIQUID GAB
TURNED ON ITALIANS
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS. Dec.
6, The enemy is assaulting the Ital
Ian lines with Intense artillery Are
here today. Liquid gas baa been lib
erated In many waves around tfte
Aslago plateau. A furious attack flf
the enemy has been repulsed with to.
ver losses except around Mount To
dercar, where the aeyaveae;
ceeded in occupying tome advanced
Italian Hum. , '
Freud Auetro-Grata IdlvisUjne
trentUBe French aneV JtuMku fomtf
are continually arrtrlat Italy,.
BERLIN, Dec. 6. Mevoa thousand
RENEWED
U. S. Help
! hardy population cannot eat unmixed
bark.
"The sufferings endured In the
.summer were terrible; and since I
I left Finland In September they have
Become much worse. Notning can
save us except the prompt release by
the American government of the flour
which we have already ordered and
paid for In the United States.
, "Finland has never been self-aup--portlag
'as regards food. Her three
and a half millions of people, scatter,
ed over 173,000 square kilometres of
territory, have depended largel yupon
foreign supplies of grain, In exchange
for which they exported forestry pro
ducts. Before the war we imported
annually about 400,000 tons of bread,
stuffs; and of these about 60,000 tona
rame from the United States. The
rest came from Russia. With war,
the import from America ceased, and
a Russia's own food troubles grew,
her railroad service became disorgan
ized, the Import from Russia ceased
also. Then starvation began.
a year, or 3 a year, which includes a
subscription to the Red Cross mag
aslne. One l.alf of the $1 membership rees
may be retained by the local chapter
for Its war work, for tbe purchase of
supplies to be manufactured for the
Red Cross, etc., for the relief of local
dependents of soldiers, etc. Tbe bal
ance goes to Washington.
The campaign will require the re
newal during tbe campaign of mem
berships aken laat year, altho they
have not run a year, with the addi
tion, at least, of two members for
each present member.
There are 6,000,000 members of
the Red Cross at present. Hereafter
the Red Cross membership drives
will come the week before Christmas,
and will not occur oftener than once
a year.
Italians have been captured by the
Austro-Germans In the new offensive
in Northern Italy. Strong Italian po
sitions In the Meletta region have
been taken and are now held by the
Teutons, who have captured sixty
guns.
OLD MAX DIES AT INFIRMARY
Dave Alexander, a well known char
acter, who has resided in and around
Klamath Falls for many years, paaaed
away at itbe county hospital thla
morning, following an attack of pneu
monia. It la reported that he was
found alck in a houseboat near tbe
city a rew days ago, and was removed
to the Infirmary.
BIRTH NOTICE
Dr. Warren Hunt reports the birth
of a son, Warren Lavern, to Mr. and
Mrs. Henry O. Noe, on November
88tk. Mr. Noe is an employe of the
KUfwetb Manufacturing company.
-irSW BOY ARRIVES
A 10-pound boy errived'thls fore
aee at the hoaWof.'Mr. ana, Mrs. B.
W. faith, at Teate and J Jefferson
streets. Dr. R.'R. Hamilton was in
attendance,
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LISTS IN SAX FRAKCIBCO ONE
PLUCKY FELLOW TRIES TO
ENLIST AFTER TWO FAILURES
Thai Frank Bowden, the well
known Klamath Falls baseball player,
has unlisted In the' army Is the news
received this morning by the local ex.
emptlon board in a wire which asked
Bowden's release from the draft list.
Bowden has been ,a familiar figure
on the local diamond 'for several sea
sons, where he has covered the post
tlon or third base.
Arthur Glenn Nichols, another maa
on the Klamath draft list, has tele
graphed from Kellog, Idaho, for a re
lease In order to enlist.
Dan qerald Hutcblns, after trying
In vain to volunteer as a regular re
cruit In he amyfand falling twice in
the physical examinations, will now
l-sttempt7to-a1tr.ikAsrviee tbruJtheJ
medical department, according to
Glenn S. Callen, chief clerk of the
local exemption board.
EXPLOSIVE PLANT BLOWS UP
NEAR PITTSBURG WITH FEAR
FUL RESULTS SURROUXDIXG
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BUILDINGS DESTROYED
' P1TTBBURO, Dec. 6. At least ten
persons were killed and about forty
injured in an explosion at Heidel
burg plant of the Aetna Explosive
company, ten miles from here.
Tbe plant where the high explo
sives were manufactured was com
pletely destroyed and tbe buildings
nearby damaged.
LOCAL WITXESSES
BACK FROM YREKA
Deputy County Clerk Charles F.
DeLap and Game Warden Henry
Stout have returned from Yreka,
where they were summoned to appear
before tbe grand jury of Siskiyou
County.
Tbe case under Investigation was
one In which it was believed that a
California bounty bad recently been
paid on an Oregon coyote at Dorris.
Interesting developments from this
Investigation are predicted.
ASOLOER
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BYEMON
County Court Buys
Big Road Equipment
That a great deal of improvement
la pauned for theACounty highways
next year is Indicated by tbe fact
that a big Yuba 'tractor from Yuba.
Calif., and four I.H -ton trucks have
beau already ordered, end will be de
livered In the early spring.
The commissioners plan to put
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FINISHED
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE
SENT FOR THREE ARCHITECTS
TO PREPARE ESTTMATBeV ON
COST OF COXSTRUCTIOX TO
ARRIVE SOOX
Kl PORTS SUBMITTED TO GOV.
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IXG FUTURE PROCEDURE
MATTER OXE OP GREAT DfTHfU
1.ST TO TAX PAYERS
Tnafarchltevts-fiuui uuistd
are expected to arrive In the next few
days to make an estimate on the cost
of completing the new court house
1itie and repairing tbe damage al
ready done due to its neglect front
standing uncomplete!, and that' la
the event or tbe figure being consid
ered excessive, further procedure will
be submitted to a vote ot the' people,
is the Information' given out by a
member of tbe county commissioners.
It is believed that tbe Ideas of the
different architects will vary bev, the
estimated completion of this buHslevg,
on which the tax payers of Kbaaaatk
County have already expended nearly
$200,000, so It has been decided that
each commissioner should name ax
architect to submit figures.
One of the architects, E. X. Me
Claran of Portland, is already on the
ground, and has made an examina
tion ot the building today, altho no
J statement has been made as to bis
unaings. '-
Tbe cdtrse ef procedure In this
matter Is oaj lax which nearly all tax
paying cltisenafare anxious, and the
action of the County Court In regard
to it is one of the questions upper
most in tbe minds ot city and county
cittrens.
HOUSE TO ACT OX e
' WAR RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dee. 9. e
The house foreign affairs com- e
mittee report on tbe war resolu- e
tlon bos declared that tbe Unit-
ed States will probably send e)
troops to Italy. The house will e
take up the resolution toator- e
row and will probably pass It-
before night.
gravel on tbe roads in many ptaees
where the repairs are most needed.
The sum ot $41,000 Is-new
to be in the treasury r tut
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