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Twelfth Year No. 3,311
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 16,1918
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A M F R I H A M ITALY WANTS
FORCES IN
FRONT LINE
NCREASED
AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIP TORPE.
OOIO V ITALIANS TUESDAY
MORNING ACTION OF WEST.
FRONT MAINLY ARTILLERY
FORMER KLAMATH FALLS PHYSI.
I
CIAN REPORTED IN PERSHING'S
LIST OF CASUALTIES TODAY IS
SLIOHTLY WOUNDED I
WASHINGTON. I). C, May 16. The
division en the western front will (IkIiI
under American commandenuarJtvno rr
the American troops predominate, ac
cording to, an announcement ninde to
day. General Pershing may bo placed In'
command of the Drltlsh and French
units aa well as Americans under this
plan. It Is expected that this decision
will rapidly Increnso the slzo of (tin
American forces on the firing lino and
contribute to the spirit of unity.
PARIS, Mny 16. There worn artil
lery actions last night to thn southeast
of Amiens In tho llalllcs Castcl sector.
On the west of MonfUlilIrr n German
raiding detachment was driven off.
ROME. May 16.-An Austrian bailie-
iu, wti iiiriruii-i, ut ww i
Mfil forces at thn I'ola harbor Tues
day morning. Tho Italians worked
their way lnt the harbor by dodging
patrol boats and searchlights.
WABHINOTON. D. C. May 10. The
casualty list today contnlns nlnety-ono
name. Eight were killed in action,
four died of wounds, ono by accident
and four from disease. Fourteen are
reported in action. The officers in
clude Captain Earl Morrow of Portland
reported slightly wounded.
Dr. Morrow, the officer mentioned, Is
well known In Klamath Falls, whero he
practiced for some time na a partner
of Dr. R. R. Hamilton.
APPOINTED TO SURVEY
INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 16.
thm1a fit I. nw llni of ttiA PlftVA
land Chamber of Commerce, hasboen mediately fourteen concrete ateamera
appointed by the war Industries board for fuel oil trade and four cargo vea
to make a aurvey of the Industrial re- sets. Eight of these will be built oa
aoarcea of the country. I the Pacific coast.
Lecture Last Night
Unusually Interesting
The lecture Lit night on "Mistaken experience aa a missionary n that
Mexico," by Rev. W. L. Melllnger of country has qualified bm to discuss
the Christian church of Ashland, at the this subject very Intelligently. An
Methodist church here, waa well at- other lecture will be given tonight by
tended and unuaually injtereitlng and this speaker, entitled "The Underlying
Instructive. The apeaker'a extensive! Causes of the War."
U. S. BOYS ON
BATTLEFRONT
BELIEVES PRESENCE OF FEW
THOUSAND MEN WOULD HEART
EN BOTH ITALIAN SOLDIERS
AND CIVILIAN POPULATION
WASHINGTON, I). C. May 16
Italy, In nn Inforninl wny, linn msdo
known to the Untied Staled that the
presence of American troops on the
Italian front I greatly desired.
It la felt that, a few thousand men
under thu Stars and Btrlpea would
serve to hearten the civilian popula
tion and troop my materially.
Summary by Associated Prese
Tho local flghtlnK has died down
nunln In Klnndcrs nnd Plcardy. Tho
big guns aro busy, but there are no In
fantry activities reported.
The French have held Hill 44, which
vn's a strategic point In the Kemmel
section, reported yesterday to be cap
tured by thn Germans. It Is said that
this hill is one of the most hotly con
tested points on the west front A raid
started (art nlitht on Paris, but proved
fruitless. Morn distant suburbs were
bombed.
PLANT WIZARD
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LUTHER BU1ANK ANNOUNCES
HARDY VARIETY OF GRAIN AF
TER EXPERIMENTS OF ELEVEN
YEARS-IS ADAPTED TO ANY
CLIMATE
SANTA H08A. May 16. Luther Bur
hank has evolved a "superwheat." con
taining 14 per cent gluten, after eleven
yc.UH' experimenting. It Is said that
this hcat can be grown from the Hud
son Day to Patagonia. It Is a winter
vnrlrtv and very hardy, producing a
very white flour. Durbank Is now eg
perlmentlng with rye and barley.
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FOURTEEN CONCRETE
SHIPS TO BE BUILT
WABHINOTON, D. C, May 16. The
shipping board baa decided to build Im
HAS EVOLVED
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CLASSDAY
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TOMORROW
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM HAS BEEN
ARRANGED BY HIGH SCHOOL
SENIORS FOR TOMORROW AF
TERNOON KAISER ON TRIAL
The annual Class Day exerrlsaa will
be held at the county high school on
next Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Tho
public Is Invited to' attend. Tho class
of 19U has prepared a, unique pro
gram with a distinctly patriotic tone.
The main feature of the exercises thla
year will bo a dramatic number, "Tho
Trial of the Kaiser," In which tho en
tire class will participate. The entire
program will be aa follews:
1 Class Song (written by Gertrude
Wlrtx) Class
2 Class History ......-.. Audrey Roberta
3 Class Will Carl Newbury
4 Class Poem ........... Ina Akin
G Selections ....High School Orchestra
(Class Prophecy . George Rlggs
T "Trial of the Kelser"....Entlre Class
8 Presentation of Memorial ,-
..... ...... .... Tom Deliell
9 "Star Spangled Banner"
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CALLS ALL CITIZENS OF STATE
TO OET BEHIND SECOND WAR
DRIVE OF WORTHY ORGANIZA-
TION NEXT WEEK
SALEM, May 16. Governor James
Wlthycombe of Oregon has issued a
proclamation, calling upon all cltlrens
of the state to support the American
Red Cross in its' second war fund drive,
J set for May 20 to 87.
In handing the original proolama
tlon to a representative of the Amer
ican Red Cross, the governor said that
he could be afforded no greater pleas
ure than to do a sacrifice for the Red
Cross.
The militant message of Oregon's
"war governor" to the people of Ore
gon follews: '
"Cltliena of Oregon, greetings!
"Whereas, Woodrow Wilson, Presi
dent of the United Statea and Presi
dent of the American Red Cross, again
baa called upon the people of the Unit
ed State to support the great institu
tion of Red Cross; and,
"Whereas, He baa proclaimed (he
week of May JO tqjlay 27, for the pur
pose of soliciting gifts;
Now, therefore, I, James Wlthy
combe, governor of generous Oregon,
call upon all cltliena of thla state to
set aside this week to the holy pur
pose of serving In this humane cause;
and I urge all private cltiteas, if called
upon, to serve as workers, and to let
no private occupation bold them back.
"When cltliena of Oregon are asked
for their gifts, let tbem remember they
are helping suffering humanity.
"Oregon never falls. Let hey lead
again I
"Given under my hand this 16tb day
of May, 1916.
'JAMBS WITHYCOMBB,
"Governor of Oregon."
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SWEILCOUNTY
SEWINS
LOCAL TIMBER COMPANY REPRE
' SENTATIVE DOES GOOD WORK
ENLISTING AID -FROM CON
CERNS INTERESTED HERE
The final checking of the results of
tne Third Liberty Loan campaign In
Klamath County Is now being made at
headquarters, and presents some Inter
estlng figures. When the work waa
first undertaken It looked as tho It was
an Impossibility to secure the estimat
ed quota in Klamath County. It was
not for the reason or on account of the
people of Klamath County not being
considered patriotic, but rather on ac
count of the conditions. Fananclally,
the people of Klamath County are not
profiting to any extent on account of
tie war, and at this stage of the devel
opment of Klamath County all avail
able funda are invested. The farmers
of the county have met with dlap-l
polnUnentaad discouragement In poor
crops, high coat of development of
their lands and lack of marketing fa
cilities. With this In mind, It was decided
that the outside interests would be
asked to assist the people of the coun
ty In meeting the call of their govern
ment, and a special committee was ap
pointed for this purpose. The chair
roan of this committee was J. F. Kim
ball, and Immediately upon his appoint
ment ho commenced work. What he
was able to accomplish Is shown by
the following list of foreign subscrip
tions received, and nt tho close of tho
campaign It was found that he had
rolled up the grand total of $102,350.
The following Is the complete list of
such subscriptiens:
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. .. $25,000
Fremont Land Co. ... ... 25,000
Western Pacific Land & Timber
Co . .. 20,000
Jaa. F. Soner ..... . 5,000
C. C. Vawkey fi.000
Cal.-Ore. Power Co 5,000
8oper-Wheeler Co. .. 3,000
Oshkosh Tand & Timber Co 3,000
Southern Pacific Co. 3,000
Ore. Land & Livestock Co 2.000
Roe-Bursess Land Co 1.000
Big Basin Lumber Co. :..... 1,000
Day Bros. Lumber Co. ...... . 1.000
Wood Curtis Co 1.000
8. L. Thompson, San Francisco.. 1,000
Union Pacific Oil Co. 600
Pacific Tel ft Tel Co. 400
flan. Hilton. Oshkosh. Wis 250
Torinus Co., Stillwater, Minn .... 200
Total ...
..$102,350
DELEOATBS OF ODD FELLOWS
ARE OFF FOR CONVENTION
To attend the session of the Grand
Lodge of the I. O. O. F., which con
venes at Seaside, Ore., next week, O.
H. Brenneman, W. D. Cofer and W. H.
North left this morning by auto as
delegates from Klamath Lodge No. 137.
They went out by way of Copco, and
the Paclflo highway, and Intend re
turning by the route east of the Cas
cades, The party is well equipped with
fishing' tackle, and expects to enjoy
tbla sport to the utmost while on the
way, A
Charles Meldrura, a member of
Klamath Lodge No. 187, now living at
Milwaukee, Ore., waa the fourth dele
gate chosen to represent the lodge, and
will meet the other delegates at the
Grand Lodge sessloa.
MIMY
Mil MING
VERY RAPIDLY
OVER FIVE HUNDRED MEN ON
PAY ROLL MANY WORKMEN'S
COTTAGES BUILT OFICE RE
MODELED AND IMPROVED
A trip around Pelican City, the home
of the big Pelican Bay Lumber com
pany, adjacent to this city, shows
many changes and Improvements to
one who has not visited that section
for several months. Additions and en
largements aro apparent on every
hand. '
In Its effort to secure employes who
are married, and thus secure a more
stable class of help, the company haa
this year constructed forty-three neat
workmen's cottages a'djacent to the
mill, and these, with a similar number
erected before, making a fine ahowlng
.These cottages were erected by the
company, aa It was Impossible for the
employes to get back and forth to work
over the roads in the winter months.
The office of the concern has just re
cently been remodeled, and the whole
plant evidences a progressive aspect.
The Pelican Bay company, which Tias
reached Its present size in W very few
years, and suffered one devastating
fire, now haa 220 men on Its mill pay
roll, and 659, Including those In the
surrounding lumber camps. These are
distributed as follews: Odessa, 150;
Kirk, 149, arid Barnes Camp, 50. ,
President H. D. Mortenson announces
that the next payday here will exceed
$33,000.
AT BALL PARK
INDICATIONS POINT TO BIO
STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOCAL
TEAM8 ON DIAMOND AT MODOC
PARK OUTLOOK BLOODY
A terrible tussle will be pulled off at
Modoc Park next Sunday at 2:30, when
' the Red Sblrta (red with blood from
j former victories) will Bhove the saw-
Oust down tho .throats or the Chelsea
1 Lox team. The Boxers have been mak
ing boxes all week to carry the re-
1 mains of the carmine crowd from the
ring. The game will go, tho full nine
Innings unless the field becomes too
strewn with corpses "to admit of the
demonstration of the playing of the na
tional game as It should be, played.
Last Sunday, the Merrill team was
trounced by the kids, nnd after ex
penses had been paid n surplus of $20
was left which was turned oer to the
Junior Red Cross. The proceeds of the
coming game obove expenses will go to
tho Soldiers' Baseball fund, which Is
for the purchase of baseball parapher
nalia for 'the boys over seas and In
the cantonments, so anyone can pay
the two-bit admission fee with a pleas
ure, whether the game be bad or worse,
and give the boys "over there" that
new set of baseball stuff they have
been writing home that they would like
to have.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The hard tlmea dance at the Elka
Temple, scheduled for tomorrow night,
has been postponed until Friday, May
24th,
M CONTEST
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WILSONSTILL
iiwesmion
DECLARES THAT RESOLUTION AS
AMENDED IN THE SENATE YES
TERDAY AFTERNOON IS STILL
OBJECTIONABLE
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 16. The.
president haa renewed his fight against
the adoption by the senate of Senator
Chamberlain's resolution for a war In
quiry by the military committee. He
advised Senator Thompson today that
the resolution aa amended yesterday
1 4 still objectionable. It would author
ize a "drag-net" investigation by the
military committee, he fears.
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ARMENIANS ASSERT THEY WILL
FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR
THEIR NATIONAL CAUSE EAST
WARD ADVANCE OF TURKS OP
TOSED LONDON, May 16. it Is learned
from Armenian sources that every
whritt In the Causasus the Armenian
are organizing In order to resist tho
attempted advance of the TurkUh
troops eastward. Information frcm
both Armenian and Turkish sources
has anounced from time to time, that
fghtlng has taken place between Ar
menian and Ottoman troops, and It an-
I Tears clear that the Turkish march
eastward has been considerably hin
dered. In snlte of enemy propaganda ar-it
betrayal by the Tartars, the Armenians
arn determined to fight to the death for
their national cause and In defense of
their country. Armenian trade unions
have adopted resolutions that all aula
bodied, nersons be enrolled, while the
students and school boys met and de
clared tbe field waa the place where
they would continue their studies.
PATRIOTIC ORDERS
NAME OFFICERS
ALBANY, May 16. T. H. Stevens of
Foitlnnd waa chosen department com
mander of the Orand Army of tbe Re
piibtle at the Oregon encampment.
F. F. Cox, Albany, waa elected senior
vice commander. Mrs. Bertha Drew
Gllman waa elected president of the
Womnn'a Relief Corps,
AHNS
PRMET0
Russia Declares Her
Freedom
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copy of the protest by tbe Soviet gov
ernment to Germany against German
nrgresslons, haa been published by tbe
state department. It show that the
WARRANTS
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MAY AGAIN
BE TIED UP
SECOND SUIT' BY TIMBER COR. c
PORATIONS TO ENJOIN COUNTY
PAPER IS NOW EXPECTED, AC
CORDINQ TO REPRESENTATIVE
CORPORATIONS HAVE NO CHOICE
IN COURT HOUSE SITE, BUT QsV
JECT TO USE OP TAXPAYERS' -MONEY
IN ITS SETTLEMENT
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That a suit to again enjoin the waif
rants of Klamath Cemnty la eoataamf
plated by the large UmtsH-'eorBefittee '
represented here, la Indicated today by
their attorney1, Charles J.. FergMoa. It
Is expected that the salt win be iaaO
tuted on the law which limit the)
county's voluntary Indebtedness t
five thousand dollars.
This action, If started, will be take,,
according to Attorney rerguaoa, aa aa
count of belief of hla client that tha
county officials are using the taxpayer
money to settle a real estate dtepwta.
He Indicates that these eorperattoaa
have no choice In a court hoaae loca
tion, and do not care how long tha peo
ple of thla distract take to aettlo tha
question, or bow much money they
pend In so doing, so long as they apead
their private funds, but the alleged
waste of county money la a matter of
this kind Is objected to. ,
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AVIATION STUDENT IB
ARRESTED FOR FORBBRY
SAN FRANCIJCO, May lfc-Charieo
Garland, an aviation student at tha
Berkeley school.ha heea arreeted oa
a charge of forgtfs a check for f.MS
while employed as a clerk for tho Cali
fornia Wine Association.
PORTLAND, May 16. Garland waa
m a.. - V -A ! sawtMaMaawi fVat
. inrmenr n ruiiiaau mwnwvma ow
I served as dark of tha legislature for
several sessions. n wm bupvw
from tbe Bar Association a year ago.
He Is married, and haa ono child.
HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT -
AT PORTLAND PLANNED
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PORTLAND, May II. Fred Fultor,,
claimant of the heavyweight champion
shlu. and Frank Farmer of Kappwsfka,
Wash., Paclflo Coast claimant. Bay am-
num in a six round bout in Portland 09
' Mny 24th. Negotiations started today
lire well underway. ,
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