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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF KLAMATH COUNTY
Twelfth Year No. H.ai I
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DATELESS With tlio peace nego
llatlons nt llret-Lltuk again re
ported temporarily broken off, llic
Ilmslnii ronulltiifiit aMoiiibty ban op
ened session In I'clniKrml.
Tliu (lei inun imtl AuMrliiu enilmur
leu uru mIi lu bo trying to force lliu
llUHvliitiM to break off tliu ieuc ni'ic.i.
Nations finally on some, minor iolnl,
m m to i-nt tliu blnmo on the Hun
slans.
Tbo bolshevlkl controlled tlio open,
lug of tho nmoiiilily. (
Temporary Chairman Svcrdolff, rop.
representing tlio cougres tf work'
men and soldier delegates, demanded
that iho ody approve the boMmvIk;
peare terma and land law.
The demonstration which
place against the efforts of tho bol
shevlkl to rontrol tho convention whh
not so large as expectod, altho flvo
persona were killed and a doson In
jured by tlio Ited Guards, 4ho tired
on a group of paradors.
The bolshevlkl and Itumanla are
now at a breaking point, and King
Ferdinand Is reportod under the pro-
lection of tho ontenlo allies. j
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Tho bolshevlkl mot dofeat In tho
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PROPOSALS
irst test of strength when thn lona Kerensky cabinet, won the chairman
awaited opening of the aiojombly took ship.
place, j One report says that bolshevlkl
The nominee of tho modnrate social membera and the left wing of tho so.
revolutionists, M. Tehernoff; minister clol revolutionists withdrew from the
of agriculture and mombor of the assembly.
Will Represent County
at Tourist Convention
To bo presont at a meeting of tho
Northwest Tourist Association, of
whch .he la a director, representing
this district, President J. W. Siemens
of the Klamath Commercial Club will
loavu for Seattle tomorrow morning.
The meeting, which will be held.'ders of the Northwest are nowhere
next week, la one of unusual Import-
nre( as the funds for this year which County, and that this district should
vara appropriated at the last sea- ba liven a prominent plaeVla all ad
aloi of the legislature of Oregon and . vsrtlslng don by the stata.
other Northwest States, for the ad-j 'Mr. Siemens will ba away for a
vertlsemeut of the scenic resources, week or tea days. t
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MEETING SPLITS
$JiTnaliJ1g
The New Britith
Ambauador to
the United States
unim.umr.
LUK L
KCAOINO
Great llrltaln Is about to send to
the United Stalea as ambassador to
succeed Sir Cecil Hprlng-lllre. Lord
Heading, the most prominent Jew In
the United Kingdom, perhaps the
most prominent Jew who figures im
portantly In the world war. He Is
well known here because lie was on
Hi rntnmlmiliin which tieaotlatml the
' first loan to the allies and he made u J
very lino impression among tnoso
who met him.
knemy iikpvlhkii
Mjosu thk ri.wi:
ROME, Jan. 19. An attack nf the
netr.y along a wide front along the
I Lower Plato Itlvor has been arretted.
1 WILSON WANTS WAR COUNCIL
WASHINGTON. I. C. Jan. 19
II Is tpderstood here that President
Wilrop Is opposed to the creation of
n mlnlHer of munitions with cabinet
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pHHmvBkyy tiC'' nsnnsnm
to,iin
'rok.rnnk, and favors tho creation of a
dirt ctur of munitions and .the ostab
llshmcnt of a war council of threu.
WANT SUIT EXPEDITER
WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 19
Tho Supreme Court was asked by
the Aasoclated Press to expedlto the
rult brought by the Associated Press
to prevent the International News
Service or Hearst's servlro fro:n plrat-
Ing news.
thruout the Rast, are to be portioned
out. rteallilng the necessity from
past experiences of having an able
ntaantaMwft A- th wniitift mi alirk
t,mM h ., h prevtled on Mr,
Siemens to attend thle meeting,
It is believed that the scenic won-
mora woaderfu! than In Klamath
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY,
ITKL ADMINISTRATION HEAD.
'.MAI'TEHS RKLl'GKD , U 1 2 II
MKKMAHKH OF ALL KINDS PHOi
MOXTFACTl'HKHM
WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 19.
The Brst day's enforcement of tho
furl ordor was atti-mlcd by tho great,
est ronfuslon at the fuel adsalalstra
tlon headquarters.
Iiemnnds fcr rulings and Interprc
ti'tlom. poured In so funt that It was
liiiptrilbl to keep traik of the que.
tioiu or to uiuku'repllvs. While some
of the Industries closed down, the
.sume (lasses of business In others
went on. Tho exemptions gi anted
I Included all locomotive plant and
uuteniobilo plants working ou tho
aircraft army orders.
PRESIDENT OF CHICAGO
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XOUTHWKHTKItX HOAII XOW
IIAH CONTItOL OF MXFJi WVMT
OF Till-: MISSISSIPPI
WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 19.
Director McAdoo has dlvidod th
country Into three sections to sim
plify tho government railroad admin
Ulmtlon. It. P, Alshtuu of Chicago,
preildntit of the Chicago nud North
wostern, Mlth licadq-.iartors at Chita,
go, has been named chief of oil the
terrltoty wot of the Mississippi.
MKGF. Ql'ANTITIKH OF COAI AUK
NOW UMNO DKMVKRFn THHU.
OUT THK HTIUCKKN CKVTKRH
OF THE KAHT
WASHINGTON, D. 0 Jan. 19.
The transportation congestion thru-
out tlis East Is being cleared, and coal I
unloaded In Increasingly largo quan
titles. ,
Uarfleld' has granted the theater
the requeat that thaybe permitted to
ricss on Tuesdays Instead of Mon
days. r
confusion
reigns in
washington
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DELMFS
Be Released From U. S. Control
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More Dastardly Plots
Are Brought to Light
Sixteen Year Old
Chicago Carrying Satchel With
Thirty Sticks of Dynamite.
Similar Plots Are Being
Unearthed
CHICAGO, Jan. 19. The federal
officers who arrested the 10-year-old
girl currying the satchel In which
wore thirty atlcks of dynamite, said
FINE TALK
WASH
Fl'l.l. IIOl'HK AT HOl'STOX'H US-
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TF.XH TO AIII.K IHSCIKHIOX OF
fltlTK'AL PROIILKMH 'tS
FltOXTIXG THK NATION
That government ownership of rail-
LASTW
roads and public utilities will be one tered under the draft service In Klora
of the remits of the great world war ath County have now been classified
now raging, waa declared by Dr. out of which 10 per cent have been
Muckley of Portland In his most in-, placed In Class One, according to
(cresting lecture delivered at Houston Chief Clerk Glenn CuIIon of the local
opora house last night.
A largo nudlence greeted the speak-J Ac there were 1.2r men cu the list
ur, whoso discussion of the subject this means that something over 9."0
'After tho War, What?" showed ex- men have been classified, and that
tensive study of the big problems of about 260 are now placed subject to
tho present crisis. I call In Class One. Figuring the same
Legislation for tho weak rather Percentage on the 320 men left to be
than tho strong will follow the strlfo, clnIOed. the total number in Class
be said, and Instances where a con- 0, "" Klamath County will be
grcsslonal commlttco appropriate a c,0, to "W
million dollors for tho eradication of, "t tno onUro amount classified
hog cholera and curtail one for suf- far ,noro nvo been on,' even
ferlng babies to 15,000 will be a Cttic M'Pealed, and In each of the
thing of the past. There are two h decisions of the local board
classes of paupers now with us, the Lve been upheld by the district
millionaires and the very poor. ' Ev- beard.
cry man who doea not work has to be Tn.ere , remalna two vacancies
supported l0 " on tne nn,t quota called from
A. an explanation of the lmlb,e !' county to fill these, ten men have
cruelty and customs of the German. befn -ummoned to appear for physl-
. . ... tiil AVJtmlngitlnn hrA nn Jnniinrv 2Ti.
now bolug practiced he quoted a few
maxims from the German creed which
have been held up to the' people by
the war leadera for exemplification.
"Faith, Hope and Hato, theso throe;
but the greatest of these Is Hate":
"The algbt of suffering Is good, but
the Infliction of suffering la still bet
ter." "Belgians ahould bo mangled,
not killed, and France should be
crushed."
Following the war, Dr. Muckley
said that the returning aoldiera would
be placed at building food highways
across the continent and constructing
the large Irrigation projects thruout
the West. He asserted that the Ideals
of Christianity and democracy were
one and the same, and predicted that
tho church denominations would bs
far more united than In tho past.
Mrs. Mstt Huchei sang "Keep the
Home Fires Burning," and Misses
Beatrice and Catharine Walton played
a piano duet. , -
JANUARY 19, 1918
ON PEACE TERMS
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Girl Arretted In
that they bad proof that she Is Laura
Joe ol Youngstown, Ohio.
Four other girls who are suspected
of being Involved In plots of this na
ture are now en route for California.
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ABOUT 300
FIUIITV PKII CKXT OF Vl'fMTIO.V.
NAIIIKS NOW CLAHMIFItilt TKN
.MKX CAIXFI H)lt PHYHICAI.
KXAMINATtON XK.XT FHIOAAV
Eighty per cent of the men regis-
exemption board.
The men called are as follews:
Codermo Pletro, Weed, Calif. ,
Euglnle Malastests, Keswick, Calif.
Alonso Drew Hoff, Qutnton, Okla,
Thomas McGuire, Klamath Falls.
Jamea Krejcl, Merrill.
Carl Philip Peterson, Denver, Colo.
Ernest B. Dennett, Klamath Falls.
Jesse A. Hunsaker, Klamath Falls.
Lee Earl Drown, Merrill.
Sidney L. Deals, San Francisco.
FATHER OF LOCAL
MAX" PASSES AWAY
W, J. Steinmets of this city has
Just received news of the desth of
his fthorf O. 8telnmets, at Selme,
Celo. The daceasad, who was wall
advanced in years. Is to be buried in
Kansas. He visited his son here last
winter.
NCOUNTY
Canadian Leader
Opposes Control
, of Railroads
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Lord Maughnessy, president of the
Canadian Pacific railroad, does not
believe the United States acted wise
ly when. It took contiot of the rail-
wax of the United States. He points
out the wonderful accomplishments
of his own road during the stress of
war to prove, the superiority of prt
wito over public control.
RAFFLE
AT STAR
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IHO IIO. OF CANDY UIYKX IIF.D
CKOMK WILL
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S.Vl.K OF Tlt'KKTS
HAS IIKKN
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-MANY KXI'KCTKO
There is now every indication that
a largo crowd will be present tonight
at the Star theater, whon the big box
of candy donated to the Red Cross
Soilety, will bo raffled off,
Tho tickets on till $10 box of
hAeets are ouly 10 cents, and they
huo been disposed of in huge quan
tities, and It is believed thete will be
lots of fun at tho drawing.
LfMRKHMAX UOKH SOUTH
l'reMilent H. I. Mortenson of the
Pelican Day Lumber company will
leave tomorrow for BunTranclsco and
other California points, where he ex
pecttf to remain for the next three
weeks. Ho will join Mrs. Mortenson
in the Hay City, where she has been
hIiico the.flrst of tho yeaf.
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Reservation Stock
Ranch Changes Hands
A realty deal waa completed bora
yesterday by which a 400 aero stock
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the Sprsgue River, wes taken over by
Marvin Cross, who formerly operated)
h .eueral atore at the Klamath Agen-
OFFICIAL NBWIPAFn
OF. KLAMATH FALLi
Prko Ftvo Cowas
TO
TAKE OVER
MrADOO TF.LL8 INTfRSTATB COM
MKRCK COMMiatMOX
TKK THAT SMALL ROADS WILL
UK RKLKA8KD FROM OOYKRN
MKNT OPERATION
SOM: IXTKRKST8 MAY BE MVRT,
UK SAYS, ULT THEY WILL
HAYK TO STAND IT NO IX
NKCK88ARY LINKS ARK TO BR
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WASHINGTON, D.fC, Ja." It.
Director McAdoo baa hM,Baisi4
before the senate Interstate cematerc
committee to exjfaln the operation
of the government administration ot
railroads.
McAdoo declared before tbla body
today that certain so-called short
Hue railroads would be released front
the government operation aa soon as
Investigation determined that they
were unnecessary.
He said that he did not propose to
keep control of any unnecessary Unas
and did not propose to have the gov.
eminent coaapensate those not taken
o or.
Ho made the atatement that "If
some interests get hurt necessarily,
they will have to stand It."
AMERICANS HAYK
HAZARDOUS TRIP-
LONDON, Jan. 19. A party ot
American army officers who recently
traveled from France to London, told
the embassy officials that the Germans
pursued them from the beginning to
the end ot the trip.
Ttioy were shelled on the morning
of their departure from the front,
were bombed in the afternoon travel,
ing to the boat, and bombed In tho
channel port of departure. Their
boat across the channel bad a narrow
escape from a submarine, and Anally
they arilved In London shortly after
nn air raid warning had been Issued.
cy, from Charles' Basiling.
It Is the new owner's 'UWatls to
il.a MtW thftra a 'B ' -
ipj.U, Virs Innlfijjs b,'0
deal. The consideration, tssfarrad was
a trifle less than 910,000,
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