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OFFICIAL NEWIPAPXX
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Twelfth Year No. 8.IT9)
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL, 5, 1918
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GERMANS START ANOTHER OFFENSIVE
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sacrifice
MADE FOR
TRIFLING
TERRITORY
HIW ARE THROWN HACK AT AL.jnow rMdy ,0 bogn ,ho worfc of he
MOST ALL POINTH IN THEIR actual drive. What tlio result of the
....L.v.w.au .,. I campaign Is to bo Is up to the poo-
NTUhMOlH ATTEMPT TO ,,, of Klamath County. No torccaslH
DIIIVK Til K.I H WEIK1E DEEPER or ITedlctlon have lcen announced
INTO ALLIED LINKS
tho campaign to the masthead,
"KIght, buy, or show tho reason why."
VNDRED THOUSAND MEN ARE A largo map of tho city has been
. ,.... , uttnttm ,.. 'prepared by P. n. Olds, who has
PLACED IN HHOBT HTHETCII ,,, Q , dep,rtment ( , upon
AGAINST FRENCH IN VICINITY, '' map will bo shown the proxress
OP MONTD1DIEK LINES
MAIN INTACT
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lly Associated Preen
Along the big front of the I'lrardy
bittli-flcM the great Hun offensive
has been renewed with tremendous; It I afo to say that there will bo
force, but while thousands and tens fcw e,,ow "on the map.
... ..... j i . . ' fho provlnct quotas hnvo been flg-
of thousand, of lllnd.nburg's forces. w up ,, u BQW R raco o ico
brc been sscrMced, thoro Is little to t,cn precinct In the county goes
show thus far as a result. ' "over tho top" firm. Kadi band or
i A ferocious effort has bean md pieclnct workers veom to bo deter
tu rencli Amiens on the Somme. which mined that their own precinct wilt be
rolnt Rives direct rait cominunlcn-tflrHt, nnd this rivalry will put the
tlon with Paris. The attacks weroi punch In tho campaign. Announce
tusde from the suuth, and while, ment will be made each evening or
(light gains ure reported at Isolated the result of tho day's work.
. points, tho enomy has been, repulsed i It Iiiih been announced fiom the
everywhere else with heavy losses.
Tho frantic effort made by lllu
dcnliurg to drive his wedge further
l shown by the fact that on a abort
front In tho Montdldlor district twon-J
ty mlleH southeast of Ainlena, a nun-
dred thousand man wore hurled
against the Kreneh. i
Tho Kreneh have contested the spond to the call or tholr govern
ground very bitterly between tho ment? Will they show that they are
Avre and l.uco Rivers, and have fair- determined to back up the boys who
lyv mowed down the enemy's forces have gone over tho sea to fight the
Kith the artillery. Tho Oermana Hun? What messago will tho people
used their masses or Infantry In ton' or Klamath County send to the
reckloKs assaulta here.
LONDON, April 6 Launching an
other tremmidoui ntlirk between tha
Somtno and the Luce Rivera by the'
Germans, tho British have boon
pressed back a short, distance on the
front east of Amlena to positions enat
of Vlllcra Brottoneux. The Oermana
ere thrown back In moat places.
The Oermana concentrated a huge
msj or troops' near Albert, north of
the Eomme and the British artillery
ought them under Ita fire, with dev-1
astatlng results. There was heavy
artillery activity last night In the
Dorquoy and Scarpo valleys.
Another sector ot trenches has
Been taken over by Americana on the
Heights of the Mouse River to the
outh of Verdun, but there has been
omparatlvely little action here. I
Third Arrest Made
For Sheep Poisoning
A third arrest for tha sheep pol. Hammond nnd Kred Pope. Tha com.
Onlog near Mnt m.2 .. f T.n- niaint was fllsd before Judge Hank
, , eattlasairVt Pa Valley.-
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The Klip jielonged to Eugene
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AFTER WEEKH OK HARD WORK
AT LOCAL HKADgUAHTEKH,
THE FIELD WOHKKHH HAVE
IIEEN PREPARED FOR THE
IIIU DRIVE
The Arid workers have received
their InitrurtlonH and order, and are
ri ora headquarters, but the precinct
captain have rained tha bnttlccry or
of tho campaign In tho city. All
blocks are tt U marked with a yel
low thumb tack. As the block reach
es no per cent of Its quota, the yel
low thumb tack U to bo replaced by
a red tnrk, and when tho full quota
of the block In reached a blue tack
will tako Its place. Resldenta of tho
city can wntch their own block, and
state headquarters that a strenuous
effort will bo mnde to send tho state
oer the top In a week. This will
be by the 13th or April. They have
adopted the slogan of "Mako the 13th
an unlucky day for Kaiser IIIU." Will
Klamath County take her nlace In
tho front rank? Will Its pooplo re-J
KaltierT Tho coming days will an-
awer.
The precinct quotas are as fol-
Iowa
Klamath Kails-
Klrst .
Second
Third
118,300.00
8,750.00
14,600.00
18,650.00
19.660.00
13.000.00
33,600.00
.3,650.00
9,350.00
1,100.00
3,960.00
1,300.00
0,900.00
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Kourth
Klfth . .
Sixth . .
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth . . ,
Midland ....
Worden
Kort Klamath
Sprngua River
13,700.00
Klamath Agency 3.3S0.00
Malln ."..... 9,100.00
Tulo Lake,. 13,700.00
yesterdar. and tt IU be trie, la'tba
justice nvn wuw
10 o'clock
IBERTYDRIV
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CANHDATE
FORGOUNTY
JUDGE FILES
KLAMATH IIAHIX PARMER PILES
RECIjARATION OK CANDIDACY
AH OPPONENT OK MAItlON'
HANKH AT COMING RECALL
ELECTION
Hubert II. Bunnell, a farmer resld.
lug In the Klamath Baaln between
Klamath Kails and Merrill this mora
InK filed his declaration of candidacy
for tho office ot county Judge, In op
position to County Judge Marlon
llnnks at the coming recall election
on April 23d, with County Clerk C.
It. Del.ap. It Is reported that 'peti
tions for his nomination are now be
ing circulated.
ALLIED MNKH HELD INTACT
Hiimmarjr by A
The Kreneh lines have been bald
below Amiens and the Hermans de
feated In what probably constituted
their most desperate effort yet made
to break In and cut off communica
tions. The battle rageof yesterday
and last night. Aa a whole, the allied
lino was maintained In Its entirety.
The Oermana gained about 1,000'
nrds opposito Castel, where they
are still nearly three miles from the
railroad.
MKHAKKKV LEAVES TODAY
l.uwrence Mehaffey, for five yeara
assistant cashier at the Klrst 8tate
and Havings bank, left today for Mare
Inland. Calif., where ho will enter the
radio branch or tho service. Later he
will bo vent to Harvard College to
study the work before he la tent
across.
Captain Siemens, president of the
bank, expressed regret at losing Mr.
Mehaffey, who haa been a most effi
cient worker.
Mrs. Mehaffey accompanied her
husband aa far aa Weed.
CAITAIN HAMILTON
LEAVES TOMORROW
Captain R.Jl. Hamilton will leave
on the noon train tomorrow for Kort
Illley, Kans., In response to a wire
received last night. He will take a
short course In military tactics, and
expects to be sent to Prance la tha
uv.tr future, N
In terminating a successful raed
linl practice of several years. Cap
tain Hamilton wishes to thank his
many friends for tha many kind
nesses shown him during bis resi
dence. Ha particularly aapraclatae
the many requests for hla photo, but
declurca their number makes It Im
possible for him to make them aa
gifts. They may be secured, now
ever, with bis antlra permission, at
the Henllne studio.
Dairy . 4,900.00
Merrill 9,100.00
Swan 3,450.00
Plevna 6.600.00
Lost River 6,960.00
Mt. LaHl 6,700.00
Langolla Valley ........ 6,360.00
Hlldebrand 4,060.00
Poe Valley 3,100.00
Plna Grove ............ 6,400.00
Klamath Lake 1,400.00
Algomat.. 960.00
Chlloqutn 1;950.00
Topay . (50.00
Exclusive of manufacturing. pUati.
Intadtitioa'to toa'akove la Oiell
pfaelact.-aif tta- afctfaetjrlif ' it
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HI OUT
FOR UBERTY
MOPES TO ANNOUNCE "WE'RE
OVKR THE TOP" HOON AFTER
NINE TOMORROW, AND HO WIN
LIBERTY LOAN EMDLEM
That Klamath Kails may be the
first to go over the top In the Third
Liberty Loan campaign, and so win
tha honor lac presented by the Cen
tral Liberty Loan committee, Is the
hope of the local committee.
The committee Is working over
time ao aa to have everything In read
iness, and so be able to make the an
nouncement that Klamath Kail has
"gone over ike top" in the fewest
minutes possible after 9 o'clock to
morrow morning, when the campaign
officially open.
Honor ffaga or the official slsc will
be 36x54 laches. The names of the
communities winning the flagi will
be Inscribed on a special Liberty
Loan flag or roll or honor, to be lo
cated at each sjate capital.
A telegram received by Cbaa 3.
Kerguson, captain of the. Liberty
?. committee for KlamaUTcouafyJ
reada as follews:
"The competition for tho Liberty
Loan honor flag will be open at 9
o'clock Saturday morning. As soon
as tha towna reach their quotas they
will file their telegrams to the Ore
gon headquarters. The ranking or
the towna will be based on your filing
timet This arrangement removes the
disadvantage of the towns far dis
tant from Portland."
INHW
MATTER DIHCl'ttHKD IIY PRESI
DENT AND CAIIINET TODAY.
COAL MINER WHO DENOVNC
RD WILSON HANOED BY
MINERS
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 5.
The lynching' of Robert Pragar, a
German at Colllnsvllle. Ills., last
night was discussed at length at a
cabinet meeting thla morning, with
tha president and atorney general
present. "
It la expected that the government
will denounce the lawless act of tha
mob. It Is alleged that Prager who
la a coal miner, made derogatory re
mark regarding the president. He
prayed In Oerman after being taken
from jail by the mob of miners, pre
vious to his belug hanged.
PROCLAMATION '
To the people of Oregon as
loyal Americana, and as resl-
dents of a state which haa con-
alatently held first rank on all
patriotic masters, I earnestly
appeal to you to exert every
possible effort to make next
Saturday, Liberty Day, memor-
able aa a red letter day for fer-
vant patriotism, and urge upon
every eltUen -the Imperative
s aecesslty of supporting whole-
keartedly each, demonstration 41
celebrating the .opening of tho
, Third, Liberty Loan .campaign.
. whlernwkrthe flrtt aauivef-
air et oltr deeUrttioa of , war
'iialnit . lirwlam.wfloverner
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HONORFLAG
IS LYNCHED
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UDGEHAHKS
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Editor Herald I thank you for
your offer, and will try und make as
brief a reply to the charges In the
recall petition as possible.
In ifiy pre-election campaign I
promised, If elected, to act In all mat
ters of county business for what I
honestly believed to be for the best
Interests of the taxpayers of the
whole county. I consider this my
must binding promise, and I can
honestly say that In every matter of
amall or great Importance that has
come before me In my official capac
ity, thla has been my sole guide and
aim.
I havevever been so conceited aa
to feel that I was elected to this Im
portant office simply on account ot
my personal popularity. But you
will remember that a crisis was at
hand, our county was on the verge
of bankruptcy with an Indebtedness
of $530,000, and Klamath County
warrants were a drug on the market
and a Joke. I was Induced to make
the race In an effort to. put Klamath
County on a business basis nnd re
store the credit of the county to tho
end that every warrant Issued should
be worth one hundred cents on the
dollar. You all. know that you can
get lace value for your warrant the
moment It Is Issued, and' Klamath
County today Is ery nearly out ot
debt.
Thla haa been no small Job, aa
those who are acquainted with the
conditions can testify. I yjll say
that while I realised that the finances
of the county were In very bad shape.
I. nor aa I believe, no one else, had
nny true conception ot the actual
conditions nnd the immense prob
lem that contronted the county court
when It took office In 1915. We
round u big tlu box Jemmed full of
claims and bills against the county.
Not only had thla mass of bills never
been paid, but they had never even
been Inspected, approved or audited,
and no one knew whether they had
been legally authorised, or whether
the services had been rendered.
There was something like f 50,000 In
unpaid bills against the new court
house, and 949,000 against the road
fund.
Wo bad promised to pay every Just
debt already Incurred, and to carry
out our pledge we were obliged to
make a careful Investigation ot ev
ery Individual bill on filo. Thla was
not a Job ot a few weeks or months,
but It meant constant work tor near
ly a year. Even then, aa you must
realise. It was some Job to pay off
these bills, without any money, and
still maintain the credit ot the coun
ty and keep warrants at par. If any
of you have ever tackled a problem
like this In your own business you
will understand what the court was
us against.
During thla strenuous period we
hnvo been criticised for not spend
ing large sums of money, which wo
did not have, on the roads of the
county. We have spent considerable
money on the roads, aa fast as our
credit would permit, and now have
comprehensive plana for the perma
nent Improvement ot the highways,
which lack ot space will not permit
roe to even outline nt this time.
I promised to complete the court
houso aa soon as possible, aud I
riunkly plead guilty to this charge. I
did not at the time, and I do not be
lieve anyone else bad any Idea ot
changing the location pt the court
house, but conditions' have changed.
Something like 9160,000 had been
spent on this building, and I had ev
ery reason to believe that with thla
vast sura expended that It was Hear
ing completion. When I found that
money had been practically dissipat
ed and nothing to show for It but the
ali and .framework ot a building,
Is .It, as? wonder that j would be
bim -to. change- mp ,nUJ, l'foun,d
that the plana an which tha building
was started were on auch an elobor-
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TONOCK OK THE HUNH WILL
HOON UK A IjANUL'AOK MORE
DEAD THAN LATIN Olt OREEK,
IK BENTON COUNTY IDEAM ARK
CARRIED OCT
CORVALLIS, April 5. The locai
school board has decided to eliminate
the study of the German language
here Immediately, and to give the
students In the German course full
credit for the remaining two months
or the term.
The action was taken as tho result
of considerable agitation against con
tinuing the teaching or this language.
The war council or Benton County
had asked the school board to act at
once. There were no applicants In
the public school to take the begin
ners' course In German this term,
and the second year course bad dwin
dled to eight pupils.
HAUELHTE1N EXPECTED HOON
Word bus been received, from Wm.
Hagelsteln, now In Southern Califor
nia, that his health U gradually Im
proving, after his extended Illness,
dating alnce last September, and that
he expects to return to Klamath Kails
by the middle of May, with Mrs.
Hagelsteln. While he haa had a very
hard time, ho writes that he feels for
tunate to be alive after the narrow
escape he experienced. His first
breakdown was due to typhoid fever.
ate a scule that it would cost 950,000
more to finish It tor occupancy than
It would to construct an entirely new
building. Under these conditions I
believe that I would have been vio
lating the confidence or the people
who elected me bad I consented to go
ahead and finish this colossal extrav
agance. The tact that a rolstage has
been made and ll0,000 or the peo-
nle's money haa been thrown away.
does uot appeal to me as nn argu
ment why your court would be Justi
fied In wasting 9180.000 more In the
same place. A crime has been com
mitted, and tho oeoule of the county
robbed, but In justice to myself and
to the Doonle I represent, I cannot be
a party to another crime, simply for
the personal beneOt of a few Indi
vidual property owners.
In conclusion I would say that I
do not claim to be perfect. I know
I have made mistakes, as we all have.
I have made mistakes In my own
personal business, but I have ton
estly tried to represent the best In
terests ot the people of the whole
couuty. I have no excuses or apolo
gies to make, as I have done my
best, and all I ask is that a full In
vestigation and consideration of the
accomplishments of the court be
made before a conclusion is reached.
Very respectrullv.
MARION HANKS.
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Dill
Stage to Ashland
Starts
That tha road; over the Graan
Springs Mountain Is In passable con
dition,' and that the first trip of the
year was made by R..S, Van Campan
of thla city yiter'dyin six hours,
was naws
dBralnglrom
ChlrlM W.V
t Ashland, wao
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annouaeea
.the. regula;
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FAILS. TO
DENT LINES
OF FRENCH
DEHPERATE ATTEMPT MADE TO
CAPTURE PORTION OK RAIL
KOAD KXDS IN DISMAL KAIL
URE FRENCH LINE HOLDS
FRENCH WITHDRAW AT ONE
ftlINT WEST OF CA8TEL, BUT
CAPTURE SEVERAL OTHER
POINTS ENOLI8H ATTACHE
. ON WIDE FRONT
PARIS, April S.-The enemy baa
resumed hla... great -off eiisjve on the
western front today with redoubled
Intensity, but tho success of bis pre
vious efforts I noticeably lacking at
this time, for despite his superiority
or numbers and the recklessness with
which the llveg or his soldiers were
sacrificed, ho was unable to attain the,.
objective, which was the railway line
from Amlena to Clermont, along tha
route to parls.
Tho French buve maintained their
line In Ita entirety, and conquered
the greater part ot the Eplnetto wood
north of Orvlllera Sorel. German ef
forts to dislodge them have been la
vain. The French have captured tko
St. Algmau farm southeast of Orlvea
nes, and have held against their as
sailants In the north. The Kreneh
have withdrawn their positions wan
of Castel and have thrown back tha
Germans from the Cour Wood, wast
of Mallly and Rameval.
LONDON, April 5. The Oermana
this morning attacked the British on
u wide front from Dernancourt south
ot Albert to Moyennevtlle north ot
the Somme River. The chief points
attacked were Dernancourt, Menln,
Beaumont. Pamel, Brlegury and
Hoyenncvllle. The enemy was re
pulsed with heavy losses at all points'
except at Dernancourt, where alight
gains were made.
BOUNTIES ARE ALLOWED
A bounty or 13 each was allowed
yesterday for coyotes by the county
clerk to the following peeple: R.
Thomas ot Dairy, Jlmmle Koster ot
Yalnax, D. T. Daujherty and to Joe
Scott or Bcutty, Oregon. "
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icaedule between KUmktkKaJla'aM'v?
Ashland wiu commence on mbx mam. ,.
day, weather conamena permiiuaf. .
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