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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1918
Price Fire
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WASHINGTON. I). C. Jan
17.
The food administration Jim ordered
the closing of the Industrlsl plants
thruout the Raatrrn statee for
dan, commencing tomorrow.
protests against the action are being
poured Into the White House from
II aides In great number. Congress
la being besieged to take action
against the move. Duilneu men
have auggeated many other remedies
to bets the altuatlon.
The government will buy all the
coal conalgned to the auapended In
daetrlee. It la announced, which the
Sjaamry department eetlmatea will
eset about ISfi.OOO.OOO. The atata
administrations will then redls-
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nrteute the coal to the food planta and DELINQUENT LIST WILL RK AD
other ladustrlea that are permitted vEKTIKED O.V THB FIFTH OF
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The fuel administration will Issue
a aerlea or ruling on the queries con. TO TAXPAYER
reining the order.
It la believed that Garfield will ap- "-
peel to the employers to continue the A targB Bumber of tax payera are
pay of the employes while Idle from BOr m,kg baste to get In their d-
lb fuel orders. The government baa lnqneiit tales for 11, before Ibey
n power to enforce this request, but , .dvertUed by the sheriffs ofllc.
rill rail upon tne employers aa a,
patriotic duty to taae aucn ateps.
A movement for the auapenalon of
the order until an Investigation baa
established Its necessity has been
stated In the senate. Garfield has hur.
ried to the capital.
Senator Hitchcock, a democrat, baa
Introduced a resolution auspendlag the order until an investigation could
the fuel order for fire days, after con. be held.
ferriag with other democratic lead- Representative Smith Introduced a
era, who doubt the wisdom of the or- Joint resolution to prevent the en
der. I forrement of the order.
Hitchcock declared the order wasj Garfield explained to the inveatl
an esample or the lack of co-ordlna- gating committee that the order waa
tlon and that the "reform in our gov.
ernment Is now running wild."
Senator Gallagher, a republican,
also prepared a resolution suspending
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In making hlg announcement. Judge
Ki declared that in iaw of the
great demand for time and money In
winning the war be would conduct
neither a traveling nor a apeaklng
campaign. He declare that hla rec
ord aa aaalatant state treasurer for
" the laat seven year will be bis plat
and form.
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out mi tBe. ppi, aMm Bilous to
, tBO K0Bey ,B Mon tBe 6th of
neXt .aonth. whan they will be ad-
wrtaed and the cost of advertising
be added to the amount due.
absolutely necessary. A list of ex
emptions from the order Is now be
ing prepured. This will Include ahlp-
building and other war Industries.
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LASTEVENING
YOVSU MAN CHARGED WITH IM
MORAL RELATIONS WITH
YOVSU GHtLM FOUND GUILTY
IN CIRCUIT COURT
Following a deliberation of four
hours, the Jury laat night brought In
a verdict of guilty against Jess Millet
of this city, charged with Improper
relations with young girls.
The trial, which commenced Mon
day morning, was completed at 4:30
last evening. The complaining wit
ness. May Asklns, gave testimony to
the effect that she had been occupy
ing the name room with the defend
ant at different tlrnea last spring, and
that she with other girls and young
men bad visited Dorrls and had par
ticipated In much drinking and im
moral conduct.
The defendant will be sentenced by
Judge D. V. Kuykendall on Satur
day at 2 o'clock.
WOMAN WELL KNOWN IN KLAM
ATH kWCTION DIK IN HAORA.
MKNTO FROM UFFKCN OF AN
OPKIUTION
.Word lias Just been received from
Sacramento or the death of Mrs. A. D.
Hayes, a daughter of J. A. Dutin,
who was u pioneer ranchman of tba
Upper I'oe Valley,
Mrs. Hayes spent the early part of
her llfu In that district, and has a
boat or rrlenda there and in Klamath
Falls, who will be grieved to learn of
bar passing. She died from the ef
facta of an operation, according to
the newa received by her alster, Mrs.
C. H. Kester of Hoe Valley.
Following her marriage, Mrs.
Hayas lived with ber husband for a
number of years on a large ranch la
the Band Hollow aeclion, after which
they removed to Sacramento.
The dereaaed is survived by ber
husband, her mother, Mrs. M. A.
Rutin of Tacoma, brothers, Lee at Ta
coma and Loul at I'enn Drove, Cal.;
sisters, Jessie and May and Mrs. G. H.
Kester.
LKAVKf) TO JOIN THE NAVY
Roderick Smith, for aome time
bsggag clerk for the 8. 1 company,
left this morning far Ban Fraaclaeo to
Join the navy, Rod has attained bit
majority alace laat June, and for
some (lata has been considering how1
be waa going to gat Into tba ranks,
as tbera baa beea ao special call for
yauag an af that class. Oaitiag
tirad af waitlag to lad out waara ae
was waatad ha laally decided to suit
bis ewi tseiiaatlava, aad tba aayy
was caaaaa aa ta braacb to which ha
coasldered himself best fitted.
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IN SACtUMENlD
Intend
Man Gets Severe
DUgusted and out of patience with I
a number of the young foreigners
heie who are attempting to blda be-
bind their non-cltlsnshlp In order to
evade serving their country, members,
of tlir local exemption board bad
Nick Ferrara of Sblpplngton brought
before United States Commissioner
Hert C. Thomas yesterday, charged
Hltti aiding others In evading the reg
ular selective service act.
It was atated that Ferrara, who baa
been In the country for some tlxtr.
l:a succeeded In a number of casei.tlme of need. Dy such attitudes tbey
In getting the men to appeal the class-j are forcing the Americana to go aad
ILcatlon made by the local board aud'.Bght In their places.
to bate the district board 'change
them from Claaa 1, Division X to Class
C, Phlalon F, which la designated as
aliens, but not alien enemies. In
one esse ait attempt was made to .ap
peal to the presTBent, but In eacb la-
Wilson's Peace Terms
Welcomed In Bulgaria
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 17 Presa dls.
patches from Sofia say that tba Bul
garian newspapers of all political af
filiations welcome I'resldeat Wilson's
address to congress as a step toward
peace. The Mir and the Narod of
Sofia find a reaomblance between tba
War Savings Societies
Will Be Established
PORTLAND. Jan. 17. Charles N.
Wonarott, associate director for Ore
gon of the government's war savings
stamps campaign, says:
"The great purpose of the cam
I'algn now being organised Is to es
tablish war savlnga societies where
ten or more eople desire to pledge
themselves to co-operate. A plan of
organisation will be given upon ap
plication, a charter Issued, and much
helpful printed matter, lectures, ster
eoptlcons and talks will be given each
society without charge or dues, oa
methods of how to save, conserve, co
Coal Shipments Have
Right of Way Now
WASHINGTON, P. C. Jan. 17.
Coal for sufferlag families asd war
utilities haa the right ef way over tie
aatleaal railroad.
Priority orders isgued by Director
General McAdeo declare that faal
Taken At Capital
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To Dictate Peace Terms
(irilling Yesterday
dance the decisions of tba local
hoard ere upheld,
Hoard i-fliclals assert that Fe.-rara
has insde Llmself a nuisance around
thr odice every day In bis efforts to
get the 'laurincatlons of the men al
tered ty rpieal. The men all admit
ted jes:enli that tbey bad been In
the United State for some time, and
that they earned more money here la
a few years than they could make la
a lifetime at home, but they evidenc
ed no desire to help the country In It
There was not found auBclntevl
deaca to hold the dafaadant on the
cbarsja, bat be. with ethers, was given
a ecering by United States Marshal
Frank Barry of Portland that thay
will remember for some time.
presidents terms and tbose of the
bolsbevlkl. Tba democratic organ.
Preporeti, appeals to Mr. Wilsoa to
settle the Balkan question on the
bssla of nationalities and historic ten.
denclea, aad give to Serbia aa outlet
to the Adriatic
operate and assist. It Is expected
that many people will quickly come
together to take advantage of this
most helpful plan, among fraternal
societies, Red Crossers, scbols libra
ries, employes of shops, factories,
mills, churches and neighborhoods.
Every block In Portland and every
rural route in the state can And a
mutual helpfulness In organising into
a war savings society.. The govern
ment is giving much thought and ef
fort to be helpful In many practical
ways to members of these societies
without coat to any individual."
must ha supplied at critical petals h.
fori aay ether klad of freight feed,
Jeakloas or 'anythlw else la
sVtsi.
Attar aha Brat vital Bead far eel
have beea. supplied, then, his order
states, feed la to ha givaa priority.
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HO (SUGAR COMPANY ARRIVES
FROM GRANTS PAHS TO INTER
VIEW FARMERS ON VUEBTION
To Interest the farmers of the
Klamath Basin In the planting of
sugar beets again next year, Samuel
Storey, field superintendent of the
Utah-Idaho Sugar company, arrived
last night, and will apead several
days here. Mr. Storey will be la
rharga a the local operations for the
coming year Instead of E. J. Flanal
gi.u. who haa been transferred to the
North Yakima, district, where, the
company Is Installing a large factory.
The railing of sugar beets here on
commercial scale last year waa
found to be a profitable crop, even
when the product bad to be shipped
to Grants Pass, and with the much
needed plant Installed here It would
In a fhort time become one of the
leading Industries. The average yield
of the acreage planted last year by
tl'e farmers here waa 10.2 tons, ac
cording to the official report of the
IT. S. reclamation project. This Is
considered to be unusually good, con
sidering the fart that it was the Btst
year, and many or the farmers were
Inexperienced In the culture.
Manager Nibley of the Qranti Pass
factory declared at a meeting here
last spring that it -the farmers could
demonstrate that the beets could be
raised profitably here on a commr-
c'jiI wale and the necessary ground
could be secured, a factory would be
installed here this year.
The county has demonstrated its
Ability to produce the beets beyond
all question. Just what the company
will do now In the matter ef Install
ing a plant Is not known.
I1AN PLACED ON
NAME OF
1AMMIE"
TACOMA, Wash., Jon. 17. Briga
dier General Frederick S. Folta has
requested newspaper correspondents
to Camp Lewis to discontinue use of
the word "Sammies" lu referring to
American soldiers in new stories.
Captain M. D. Welty, aide to the com-
maudlin general, notified the writers
or the decision or the general In this
regard.
No reason for the order was given,
but It Is understood that the army
officials over the nation are dlscour
aging the use of the nickname be-
cause it is not pleasing to tne soi-
diera themselves.
Silver Knitting Party
Announced (or Saturday
To assist la the support of tba two
French chlldrea recsatly adapted br
ladles of the aUsoH OuUd oi tbia
city, a atlwar kilttiag aartr is to be
gives at the BaldwtVhetol ea Bat-ui-day
afteraeoa. Tbia affair is to
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AUSTRIAN AND GERMAN TMOOM
WILL NOT BE WHataUW
FROM OCCUPiEB
WHILE WAR LAMM.
IMS TO RKPLY J
BERLIN, Jan. 17. Aa eBclal
statement haa
central Mm''reat to eatV
'y
peace prepeeals af
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declares that the
Ing the regions occupied by the eea
tral powers diverge ao widely rreta
the vlawa of the eeatral powers that
they are laacceptaMe la their preseat
form.
The statement declares that the
Russians do sot ahow a comprosslsiag
attitude, but that aeverthelesa the)
central pewer: are wlHlag to state
their opinions "aajala, aad to Uy and
And a basis for a eareaalaa.
A wltbdrayal ef Aaetrtaa aad Gar.
man troops from the occupied terri
tories while the war lasts is lxtaoaat
ble. the statement adds.
BIG APPLE CHOP NOW
EXPECTED AT MOOeJ sUVas
SALEM, Jan. 17. If warn waath.
er contlnaea for a tlasa there will ha
a large crop of apples 1a the Heed
River country, accordlag to J. W.
Morton, former candidate for UaMed
States senator, and a f rait grower. A
sudden cold spell, however, would
spell ruin to many apple growers, ha
declared. About 10.000 acre are
puntea to apples in me tiooe silver
district, Mr. Morton estlsaated.
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