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OFFICIAL NtMfe
OP KLAMATH COUNTY
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918
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HUNS POUND HOLE IN BRITISH LINES
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Twelfth Year-No. &T
Defensive lines
Are Pierced By
Kaiser's Forces
COHORTS OF KAISER ACCOMPLISH WHAT MILITARY CRITICS HAVE
DCCLARID WAS IMPOSSIBLE-FIFTY DIVISIONS OF ENEMY
LONO RANOE GUNS REACH PARIS
FIVE ARE KILLED AND INJURED
WITHDRAWAL ALONO A WIDE FRONT WILL RE NECESSARY UN.
LESS COUNTER ATTACKS RESTORE FORMER SITUATION
By Associated Prett
For the first tlmt on Hit western
been established, the defonelve tono
critic have heretofore btlltvtd thla
A withdrawal alengis wide front
art ablt to rootora tbo oitsatlon by
Tht vleltnct of tht artllltry la tht
drlvt. Tht unlta competing tho tatclal
forms. Tht tntmy haa bttn superior
and It It tttlmattd that thart ara 00,000 Germans In tht offensive.
It Is not btlltvtd that thty havt
althe thty hava broken thru tho daftnalvt tyattm, and art repeating- what
tht Irltlth did at tha battlt of tho Sommo whtn thty pltrctd tht Hlndtn
burg lint.
Fifty German dlvitlona ara In tha
reserve.
PARI, March 21 Tht Germans
range gun, and tan hava bttn killed
Enemy alrslanaa hava bombarded
alarm wa glvtn In Parla, but tha artllltry forced tht air Invadera baetf.
LONDON, March 21 Tha Otrmans havt broken thru tht British dt.
fentlvt wtst of St. Qutntln. Tht British ara filing back In good order to po.
tltltnt further west, and art fighting heavily with fresh enemy forces.
The British on tho northern portion of tho battle grounds are holding
their petitions.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, March 21 The British ara fighting gal
lantly, and still presenting a solid front to tho fiercely atacklng Germane,
allho th,t dtftntlvo troopa have withdrawn their lines In certain placea for
etrategic reasons. The Germans forced their way into Mory, but ware
driven out.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, March 23. The Germane have-launch.
ed a heavy gaa attack, against a certain town In our lines on the northwest
of Toul last night. There waa no wind blowing, and tho fumea of mustard
as hung low over tho lines for several hours. The American artillery ret
allated on tho batterlea noar Rleh-eeourt
' PROVES UP ON HOMESTEAD
W. II. Hadley of tho Merrill district
today proved Up on hi homestead
here More County Clerk C. It. I
Up.
AKER VISITS BELOIAN KINO
LONDON, March 23. Secretary of
War Dakor visited King Albert of Del-
lln H'Mtorday,
Raider Is Taken
By U. S. Gunboat
PACIFIC PORT, March . Tte foe Oerman flaf, and was heavily
WW tetoener AitjgaU.haa batel.'imed. Tt crow waa loteraed. Oer
t:4 e(t Ma:atUa y.M"Amoribai Aao. and H I bellerod tney Jwpedto
""Boat as a Hoxtear raider, ud Is ptura hlirior boat to uo for a
MlB brouglit to thla port. ' She (loir' Wider o
WITH SHELLS, WHERE TWENTY.
OAS ATTACK ON AMERICANS
front olneo tht trench lyilimi havt
haa bttn broken, thru. Many military
to bo imetotlbft. A '
will bo ntcoaaary unloaa tho British
counter aUsaka.
principal ftaturt of tht entmy'a
ataault divisions woro new unl
In numbers on all polnta attackad,
sltrcsd tht tntlrt British daftnto aont,
struggle, with half aa many moro In
havt bttn firing on Parla with long
and fifteen wounded.
Cmnnlone and othtr town. Tht
HUNS MAKING SUPREME EFFORT
1IRIHI8H HEADQUARTERS, March
23. It la reported that tho enemy's
Infantry linn punned acroag the canal
Ik'InBommo and driven forward against
the position to which the British have
retired. Tho (lerman cavalry are ad
vancing behind the Infantry, and It la
evident Ihut (hoy nro milking supremo
efforts to rupluro tho British linos
here.
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House of Common
Speaker Is Mentioned
tor Premier
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Hob. J. W. l-owther, for aiaay
years speaker of tbe house of com
mons In England, haa boos among
those mentioned for premier In cane
l.lnyd (leorce ahould be 'forced out.
The position of speakers of tha com
mono l'a not an Important place, be
cause he has very little power.
IMtKUON lUHHOl TnANHKKItnKD
UOMK, March 2. night Reverend
Chorles J. O'Reilly, blihop of tho dlo
ceae at llakcr, Ore., baa been appoint
ed bUhop of tbe diocese at Lincoln,
Neb., by the pope.
FREDE
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FAMILY BARELY ESCAPES WITH
LIVES-NO FURNITURE SAVED.
HOUSE ADJOINING CATCHEB
FIRE-CAUSE OP BLAZB UN.
KNOWN
Fire at 3 o'clock thla morning utter
ly dMirocl the home of Fred Mo
Manua nt 224 Michigan avenue, and
HrenuouR eKorts of tho Bremen alone
saved the house adjoining, which
caught flic from the lying aparka.
The cauao of tho Are waa unknown,
kind tho luiupe waa In a blase before
the iilnrm waa turned In, and had
tear hed a headway when the big track
arrived which made extinguishment
Imposhlblt). The McManua family
uaiely rat aped with .their Uvea, and
none of the household property waa
Hved. 'Mr. McManua la so employe at
the Jewel cafe In thla city.
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IZBNS OP JOSEPHINE COUNTY,
WHO WOULD RECALL OPFICIAL
ORANTff' PA8B. March 23,-Petl'
tlona are bstaf circulated In Joseph
ine County demanding the recall of
County Jadajo C. O. Olllette. Four
reasons are cited In the petition for
recall. They are: First, groaa In
competence; eooond. Inefficient hand
ling of county 'poor farm; third, un
necessary and! unreasonable expendi
tures of mosey In maintaining a wa
ter master durlag wlater montka whan
unnecessary; fourth, unnecessary ex
penditure for automobiles ass read
machinery, causing lacresesa taxation.
ARE HELD TO PRE-WAR CON.
TRACTS WITH OERMAN BREW.
ERS OF NEW YORK STATE AT
TORNEY GENERAL INVBSTIOAT
ING MATTER
BALEM, March 53. Washington
bee (rowers have pomilalaed to tbo
Attorney General Brews that theaQer?
mas brewers of New York ,bave re
futed to cancel their pre-war contracts
J for thousands of acres of hope, tew
preventing tno farmers rrom aowiaa;
grain this year. Brown Is now Inves
tigating tho situation.
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RETURN FROM-WINTBR ' f
IN ROSE CITY
Judge L. F. Willlta returned with
hla wife from Fortland last night after
s three montba' absence from Klam
ath Falls.
Mr. WllllttH declares that Portland
la experiencing the greatest' prosper
Ity In many years, due In a large meas
ure to the ship building now going on
there. Wages are very high, and tbe
men are getting extra pay for over
time, which Increases tbe general pros
perity. Many of the young men get aa
high aaa $7 per day, Including their
over time, he declares.
Tbe war calla are ao many and van
led 'that It la hard to keep track of
there. Mr. Wllllta Joined ao many or
Cganlsatlons and movements that he
now has little Idea of what they all
are. The last order with which he
ofllllated himself waa the Salvation
'Army, whose emblem he wears on hla
lapel.
SHASTA VIEW NET BIB
SUftTATRBD CROSS BENEFIT
The sum of 1111 waa raised for the
basest of .the Red Cross entertain
taest at tbe Shasta View school last
night. Following as exeollMt pro
gram aa audio waa, sold, at .wllch
basket luneboe, chickens, tfthbitt
e,ulte d other srtleles wsredftseaed
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Wall street, haa Just been appointed
chairman of tho war Industries board
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person, except, perhaps, the secretary
of war.
U. S. TO RUN
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WILL RETAIN CONTROL FOR
TWENTY-ONE MONTHS PRESI
DENT HAS SIGNED RAILROAD
BILL BRmO ROADS UNDER
CONTROL
WASHINGTON. 0. C, March 23.
l'rMlilont Wilson has slened the bill
bringing the railroads under govern
ment operation and control until 21
months after the end of the war.
Immediately after President "Wilson
signed the railroad bill Director aen-
erul McAdoo ordered that construction
of new lines or branches or extensions
of existing lines should not be started
without his approval, and that no new
locomotives or cam should be ordered
without his sanction.
The director general directed that
no work Involving a charge to capital
account of more than S25.000 should
be contracted for or begun uuless au-
thoiixed. Authorization will be given
onlv when tho work U absolutely nec
essary for the protection and develop
ment of war time transportation facu
lties. GIVES VALUABLE COLT
TO JUNIOR RED CROSS
lid Sutton, a prominent farmer of
tho Miller Hill achool district, haa do
natcd s valuable 2-year-old colt to tht
Junior Hod Crosa Society of tho Miller
Hill school. - It baa boon decided to
tell tlekota aad ratio tbe animal off
..lav w n'ma4ti for material' for
Jjatfuif refugee artB.ta. F. W.' Box-
tea, toacaor sc iae minor nui acsooi,
haa charge of the sale of tho tickets.
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VESSEL IS NOW BEING TOWED BY
AMERICAN CRUISER TO PACIFIC
PORT WAS OUTFITTED ON
WEST COAST OF MEXICO
1'ACIFIC POUT, March 23. A Ger
man rakler operating In .the Pacific
ocean has been captured by a United
States crofter, and is now being towed
to thin port.
The raider is a comparatively small
ousel, but capable of (linking any
merchant ship on tbe Pacific. She
waa outfitted from the west coast of
Mexico, and manned by an all-German
crew, according to belief.
The officials are'' now Investigating
how she got her clearance papers.
RANEAT
TOIWO-flFIY
SENATE VOTES TO MAKE SUB
STANTIAL INCREASE IN THIS
COMMODITY BILL NOW GOES
TO CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 23.
The agricultural appropriation bill
with the Gore amendment, Increasing
the 1918 government guaranteed
wheat price (o $2.50, has boon passed
by the senate. U new goes to confer
ence between the two houses, where
there will bo another fight over the
wheat price.
Besides raising the guaranteed price
the Gore amendment provides that it
shall be based on No.2 northern wheat
Instead of No. 1, and also makes it ap
plicable at local elevators or railway
markets Instead of at the principal
primary markets. The price Is applic
able to tbe 1918 crop.
Tho amendment will now go to con
ference with other amendments, sub
ject to the action of the house.
Senator Gore explained that hla
amendment was designed to "minimise
mischief" already done by price fixing.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR OUT
SALEM, March 23. H, C. Stark
weather of Oregon City has filed his
candidacy for governor of Oregon on
the democratic ticket.
Demurrer Is
A demurrer action iteming that Jho
injunction suit Ble4WMt-memhWa
of tbe county comlilerf by JoUu
Knoatz thru hi attytttey.'sV X IQWt.'
did not glro.susUlent ea.uae for a suit
aealnst the defendants, aad praying
Sf KATE WOULD
SHELLS OF
ARE
REACHING
INTO PARIS
DISTANCE OP SIXTY-TWO MILES
IS COVERED BY TREMENDOUS
SHELLS OF HUNS STBPB FOR
COUNTER ARTILLERY ACTION
BERLIN REPORTS TAKINB OP StV
000 PRISONERS AND MANY
GUNS KAISER REPORTED IN
COMMAND ON WESTERN FRONT
PAniS, March 13. Shells of See
millimeters bare been reaching Ue
capital and suburbs at 'Interval oT
fifteen minutes, killing aid wounding'
oome. Tbe shortest distance frost
Pails to the front ta over aixty4wo
miles. No explanation has bees made
an lo bow Paris haa been bombarded.
It Is lielleved possible that it la ac
complished by some bow Invention.
Measures for counteracting the ene
my's cannon are under execution.
UKIILIN. March 23. Between Fob
tain, Les Crolselles and Moveres, the
Germans have penetrated into tbe sec
ond positions. They have eapturod
two villages, Valux Vrasoeart MM
Morohles, two and. s. half miles and
three miles behind the British Uses.
The British counter attacka save fail
ed. Twenty-five thousand prteosers
have been taken, .lscaddltlon to 400
guna and 300 machine guna. Between
Connelleu and Omlgron s atream of
Germane have penetefroted Into the
first two of the enemy's soeltiosa.
Crossing over the. Okte weat of La
fore and twelve- miles south of BL
Qucntln, poaltletts bare bees forced by
the Jalger battaMons.
South of the'8omme the Oormssa
broke thru Into the third position, driv
ing the British back over the Crosat
canal, toward the west.
Tbe British have evacuated posi
tions In tbe bend south of Cambria
and have been pushed thru Dealcourt,
Flesqulres and Rlbeecourt.
PARI8, March 23. Tbe Germans
have atacked tho French la the
Woevre district, but have been re
pulsed with losses.
SCRIMMAGES ALONO BORDER
EL, PASO, Tex.. March 23. Tho
American border patrol yesterday re
turned tbe fire started by tbe Mex
icans near Fabesn, and it is believed
that four Mexlcana were killed. There
were no American casualties.
Filed
has been filed fe'tleJIffaW
cult coyn clsrk.;,.Te1 liiij litta
renmtsttdbyAttortops-lfm. M. Dbsk
Against Injunction J
eaa..Cbarlea 1$ ? TB &3
Drake.
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