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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1918
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DATELK88 Germany has not yet
n;lM to the peace offer made by
lit bolsbcvlkl, and la continuing the'
Uruloa on Ibo Kuialan front, along
tttrttch or over 400 miles. It now
mu uncertain whether the bolshe
ttU till back down or attempt to
Hop ibt German). Tho power of the
toUriBooi tbo people of lluiala do
pads now upon the making of peace
tub the enemy.
According to the German and Aue.
Was seipapera the renewed war
ltb Russia u vory unpopular with
ft atopic.
Tstr It marked aerial activity
Hoaf.lbe wcitnrn front, tho entente
Jibe- baring brought down a total of
llftr-amn alrplanra In tho laat three
Tbt Urltltli aru busy bomblnc (ha
tlrdromes and docka In Ilolglum.
ktry effort I being made by the
Auatrtan authority to convince their
Hople that peace mnde with Ukraine
sot only one of greateat material
MuUc to tho control power, but
Jtat any Injustice done to Foland by
""I way tho provlnco of Cholra
M living it to Ukraine will be roui
KLAMATH MAN APPREHENDED
IN ItlltTUXK, WHO HAH HE
LIKVKD TO BK DODGING THK
DRAFT TO UK BROUGHT RACK
The arreat of 8ldney I., ftoalea In
Portland aa an alleged deaerter yes
terday morning la reported by repre
arntatlvee of the local exemption
board here today,
llealee, who waa reglatered here,
and had apent much.ac bfejlme here
during the past few aeatbje, waa
wanted by the local board to 111 out
tho laat of the first Couafy, quota for
American Lake. He waa notified to
appear, and members of the board aa.
aert that they have good reason to be
llrvn he received the summons and
neglected to report. It la believed by
them that he haa been dodging around
for some time In an attempt to evade
tho call. '
Sheriff Humphrey waa notified Im
mediately upon the new. of bis ap
prehension at Portland, and left on
the train this morning to bring him
back.
MEN OK TIIK ENGINEERS HAT'
TALION AHK KAHT ADOPTING
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formation.
FORSTRUGGLE
WASHINGTON, D. ft, Feb. 10.
Secretary Uakor In hla weekly review
declares that both Qermany and the
entente allien are ready for a big of
fenslve on the west front.
MAIUIIAUK UCKNMK ISSUED
A marriage license waa lasued yea
terday to Horace Mitchell Sullivan of
Weed and Miss Llllle Maude Phllllpa
of Merrill.
IN) IT NOW
Order your War Savings atampa
early. They'll never be ao cheap again
this year aa they are thla month. They
coat f 4.13 In February, and 14.14 Id
March. A penny saved la a penny
earned. It'a the little things In life
that count. That'a thrift.
Bolsheviki Complying
With German's Terms
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o, the German military rapre.
.t Brest utovskp..ea eon-
---. uss wegrsphed to the bol
"nil authn.iti.. ...
inlfctl " w a written
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Berlin yesterday by the latter.
The message saya that the authen
tication must be lent to the dermaa
coaamandar at Dvlaak.
The Rueslag 6t1e,UI atateeti U
the effect thata, nuvtmr - 'fu
teat tevDYlMk today with-the eeaee
mesaage. . ' '
The bora of the Twentieth Kniln-
eera In France are learning to waab
their clothe In true French stylo by
dlnnlne them In lane alone basins.
and then rubbing them of flat atonea,
according to a letter Just received
from Wilbur Telford by hla mother,
Mra. II. K. Telford.
A nart of the letter, which la un
usually Interesting with descriptions
or tusioma ana communis. . given.
"The weather here la, quite wafm:
Yesterday and the day beforo It "waa
clear and aa warm as(a clear day In'
Mar at home. Today It was cloudy
and cooler, but still not cold. The
country around here Is low add roll
Ing, and everything Is green.. The
laud la all divided up Into little pfata
of an acre or two by fences wnicn
aeem to be made mostly of dirt. Thoy
may have been Meno once, but are
now entirety covered with sod, and
havo bruan arowliiK ulong the top
and they use the brush on top for
wood. I had heard that they farmed
all the fence. corners, but did not sup
pose It would be possible to farm the
aldea and tops of the fence", but they
do It here.
"The oeonle live In villages every
few miles, and go out to work tbolr
farms. Their wngonn are neurly all
two-wheel carta, and when they drlvo
two or threo horses they string them
out one In front of the other,. Instead
of aloe by aide. . Nearly all the people
except the men In uniform wear wood
en aboea. You don't see a man or mil
Itary age who Is not In' some kind of
government service. -The majority of
the people aeem to be very poor, and
almost everyono la dressed In block.
Whenever we march ulong the road or
thru the streeta of the towns the little
French klda run alongside of us and
beg for pennlea or tobacco. They
must learn to smoke about tho same
time (bey learn to walk. When, we
are on paved atreeta a bunch. of them
with their wooden ahoea make aa
much nolae aa a bunch of horaea. A
wooden building aeema td be almost
an unknown quantity In theee parta.
In fact, wood of any kind la mighty
acarce; guess It la a good thing the
weather la warm.
"The army Y. M. C. A. moved In
here yesterday, ao we got to buy some
chocolate and candy today.; I have
bougtit more candy alnce I Joined the
army than In all the, rest of my life.
A fellow aeema to crave aweet stuff.
Most stuff here seems to be about the
same price aa at home. Such atuff aa
butter, egga, etc., la much higher,
and aaeaMa dear out of sight."
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KLAMATH FA1X8 WOMAN
CONVICTED IN PORTLAND
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Mra. Cecil Cook, who' operated tke
fjanver house In thla 'city, "and
who waa arretted by the federal au
thorities aoae time ago, charted with
booMeia ng. waa found guilty when
trM I Portland.. and glve.,lne,ot
1140 with thirty 47:n;aMU we
liai'CWl Jtll.'.By rderl .-Judge
vane. Mea4ar morning.-.. arae
Wrn;wU:.aeiug liquor aao,ut a
government license. ..
Few German Prisoners
Worked In England
LONDON, Feb. 10. Only one In
every twenty of the able-bodied Oar
man prisoners In thla country, have
been utilised for'work on farms, ac
cording to the AffrlcAltural Oasette.
Tho Journal saya there mutt be well
over 100,000 able-bodied prisoners In
the kingdom, and aucb a number
could do wondera In the way of food
production, If organised. Within the
laat two or three weeka the number
actually working on the farma waa
lata than 5,000, the paper aaaerta.
German Airplanes Are
Stored Under Ground
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AMSTERDAM, Feb. lr-(Cfra-
simndence of the iVssoclated Pre)
The German army la now eoaetructlag
anderground hangars for Its alrplaa
as a protection against Englleb boat
rag raids, says the Echo Beige. At eae
ofahe principal Oelglaa aerodrome
hangnra of this typ capable of ao).
lag twelVe macblnea, have already
beea -oiaiBliUI by. taa mm of war-Fuee-eer
eaewi.
The baagar an of great depth, and
art protected overhead by a thick roof
of ooserct and earth. The machines
an aadargronad, and mrg by a
loat runway la tall light. In return-
tag they alight on the Inclined plane,
down which the machine run easily
to their eaelter.
MACCABEES
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WOMRN MAKK ARTICLE) FROM
' HUMPS LEFT IN WORK ROOMS.
-.WILL RAFFLE THKSB TaUM
WEEKMANY T1CKKTH HOLD
An unuaual method of aiding the
Red Cros work baa beea adopted by
the Ladle of the Maccabee of thla
city. The membera of thla body se
cured the scraps made at the Red
Cross work rooma In the Orpheus
building, and made thee up lato
qullta and ruga. The article hava
now beea completed, and will be en
exhibition In Virgil' furniture atora,
where the ticket will b on sal for
the remainder of the week, comnaeac-
Ing tomorrow. Raffle ticket on them
are being sold at 10 cent each, and
the drawing la to ba held on Satur
day night at the Orpbeua theater.
' The ladle have told between 500
and 400 ticket thus far, and eipeet
to dispose of aeveral hundred more
before the drawing takes place.
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INTEhlNS
DOUBTFO
OKRMAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN
ADDRESS TO REICHSTAG. DK
CLARES THAT DOUBT EXISTS
REGARDING RVSS DESIRES '
AMSTERDAM. Feb. JO. German
Foreign Minister von Kuhlemann told
the releasing today that the central
power could no longer believe In the
pacMc Intentlona of Ruaala, and that
atop would have to be taken to aee
that peat and order prevailed.
He aald ha hoped that Germany's
new war with Russia would atrength
en Petrograd'a Inclination for peace.
e LEAVES TO BEttMOG
:. REDOtOSSNlJRSK
e MlaaGladya W. Steele, who
e haa beea aupertntandeat of the
Klamath hospital her tor sev
e oral months, haa resigned her
opaltlon to become Idttle4
with' the Red cross, sua left on
e the tratn thla moralag.Vnd-wIll
e trltlt wth. her pareU in' Car k
fen; Ore., bfore leavlac for ts)4
front.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 10.
Seventy-four American soldiers on
board the Tuscan. atlll remain un
identified or unaccounted for,' Thla
laclade thirty-three who were un
identified and forty-one who are re
ported misting,
KXAMATM COVFLE TO WED
Fleyd Hard and Miss Eva Ruhume
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IfTnWaty Clerk C. R THUiA the
, fre,4. is a wooaama. ahd, 'la
wiappieyw at maauia rail, .a cou.
fU eanect to be' married today
To Lead German
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It has been reported on what la be
llnvcd to be good authority that Field
Marshal von Werysch will lead the
expected German drive on the western
front. The allies have long been mak
Irs; ready for aucb action, and they
expect It ,so soon aa the weather
breaks. General Werysch led the Ger.
men Invasion of Poland three yesra
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IN SEATTLE
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MAYOR GILL IS Ol'T OK THK HACK
KOIt I.KELKCT10N KOlt MAYOR.
HANSON WILL HUN AGAINST
HHADKOHD IN FINALS
COUNTY COURT WOULD LEARN
THE COST OF NEW WCBMKQ
OK SAME EQUIPMENT AS THE
ONE IN THK HOT SPRINGS
. ADDITION-
DELEGATION OF CITIZENS DRV
CUHS MATTER WITH OOMM3S.
ClONERS AT MEETING TODAY.
MUCH INTEREST IS SHOWN BY
THE PUBLIC
SEATTLE, Feb. 20. Ole Hanson
led the primary mayoralty election
here yesterday with n total of 22,000
votes. Bradford was second, with, 11,.
000, and will competo with Hanson In
the mayoralty election finals. The
complete returns are now In.
Mayor GUI received only 7,900,
and with Horr, who received 3,700, Is
out of the race. The latter was shot
the night before last by an unknown
assailant, but was not seriously In
jured.
The much discussed question of the
new county court houae of Klamath
County waa brought up for;a,MvlV
discussion at a meeting of the Ceipnty
Court here thla morning, at which the
archltecta'E. E. McCiarea nd Hough
lallng . Dugan of Portland wore
nuthorlted to receive bid for tha
completion of the building In Hot
Spring Addition, with certain modi
ficatlona of the original estimate,
which were thought to be toansce.
sarlly expensive.
Tbey wervalso Instructed to re
celve estimate on the cost ot an en
tirely new buHdlag, such as that of
Josephine County. This move wss
taken, according to Commissioner
Frank J. McCornack, In order to as
certain whether or not the county
vould lose money by the completion
ot the structure partially finished."
The court room waa crowded full
ot Interested cltliens, who were anx
ious to learn any action that might be
tnken by the court regarding the mat- ,
ter.
B. 8. Grlgsby had a brief discussion
with the court regarding the adviaa
Mllty of abandoning the heavy taveat
raent of county funda already made
for a new building. Chae. W. fiber
teln and Dick Vnndegeer of the Hol
land House also participated In the
discussion. , Another meeting la being
held thla afternoon regarding the
matter.
Mills Addition School
Proves Patriotic
The Mill Addition school la, tha
etoad In Klamath Falls iogo oyer
the ter: to"; raiting lt.',uota,.for the
dUBior-nan cress- weawarsnips in
tatf.orgaatiatlori are taken by school
rawer tnaa individuals, ana eaen
school haa a quota consisting ot twen-
tr-flve cent for each scholar.,; t'.Tka
Mills Addition seaoorwHa sixty pu
pils, bad a qupta ot 115, aa4M si-,
ready ratted l.l. It la believed
that tb.yMU Veto eJr. y.K '
The Rlvfcl4e seaeel waatae, trst
to rntte tta quota, ' ,
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