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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1918)
m. V-. s t4 I m asj-asa ' (Egg Junmmg llgraift i ) j i' OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER ,. ' OFFICIAL ittWpAMDI OF KLAMATH FALL! I OF KLAMATH COUNTY m- 'I Twelfth Vmir. No. II.JIKI. KLAMATH FLLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY,! JUNE 26, 1918 Pries Five 6mm ITALIANS EXTEND THEIR POSITIONS TAKE 3000 PRISONERS V IN ACTION l-HB ON MONDAY! H ADVANCE IH MtlK OVER FIELDS EVACUATED II V ENEMY YES TEHRAY 400 PRISONERS T.I KEN IN FOUR HOURS IN CHASING FOE, ITALIANS HEM. CVK MANV OK OWN MKN T.. KKN PRISONER AM) AIIAN. UONK1) IIV TMK ENEMY Home, June 20. The Italian troopa on the aoulhern part of the Plava front have not only complotoly raoccupled the Capo 8lle bridge heid but hare extended their poaltlona and held them agalnat Austrian counter attack. A aubatantlal extension waa affected yeaterday during four hours' . of fighting In which nearly 400 prte, onera were taken. y Associated Press Italian Headquarters, Juno 26. Twenty-rive nunarea or nuu priHiiii- era wore token Monday, when Ihn. Itallana advanced across Ihn ahrll awept field. I i They frequently came upon their ( own man, who had been taken prlvi oner and abandoned by the Auk- . trlana. Many were wounded and vlr- tuallr atrlDPcd of their ahoea and , clothing. It la eatlmated that tho Aaatrian loaaea were over 200,000. KLAMATH TEACHER TO ENTER THE SERVICE, Medford. June 26. Mis Luelllo. M..U. a former teacher In tho Medford high school., and who for .. ..." . . . li In the Klamath Pall, high -chool, will leave next week for Seattle, aak vn vaara aiaamt bmibtib inBLiiiiiii Waah., where ahe oxpecta to enlist, In aome branch of the nrmy or navy service. HAD NKWH RECEIVED Word baa Juat been received by Mra. R. A. Mitchell of thla city of the death of herjnotber, Mra. Tho mas McQInn, at Erie, Penn. ATTENTION Band members, old and now) Re hearsal at Elka temple tonight at eight o'clock sharp. Important! Kerensky In On Way ' Ustos, Juna 26. -Alexander Ker. t t anaky, former provisional premier of Russia, hai arrived bar anraute-for Amities x MMMAMWWWWyMMWW' Ao Extortionate Prices tor Ice, Says Controller - BCNMMIW E. ODEJ.L Former Oovornor Ilenjnmtn D. Odcll, Iro controller for New York Mute, liua warned lea men that he will 'nut tiormlt extortionate prices ' their commodity thli'MHsnar. He will use the full forco St the law iKnlnut thuxu who put tip prices dur ing the warm .weather, MILITARY LEADERS DECLARE ENOUGH MEN NOW IN ChAHB ttXK pou itOHPKCTIYE NEEDS ...., i-imimiwms run tu Waahlngton. June as. secretary Ilokor and (ioncral March Informed tho aonato that tbe military commit tao OI,mnod tho extenalon of army draft ago lltnlta aa premature and ..MMMj.Au.Mrv1 rirnwHiir -alfl that ' ' ----- - were not Insistent upon .mme- dlate legislation Baker nroinlHod to aubmlt a new comprehensive army IW"';P -Mr soon the middle of August. - nr f sat a n -r aiai niiniunr aia. uiau ucdhiiwi Ho said that there wero enough men In rlasa one now for nil proapectlva needa. Tho eommltleo decided to follow theeo recommendations and to op pose now changing tho ago limit. -a- ASSASSINATION OP RX-CZAR , DENIED IN LONDON london, June 26. A Moscow dls pateh wiy tliero la no foundation for persistent rumors of the assassins- linn rf Nicholas Romanoff. London , to America Kerensky waa Introduced to tba labor conference, where ne saw. i urn certain the Russian people will shortly Jojn you In tho great fight for tbe cuuso of freedom EXTENSHWOF MOT LIT N0W0PP0SED miww.wiwwi(iiw. ... YANKEES UND TELUNGBLOW LASTEVENNG MANY PRISONERS AND MUCH ROOTY SECURED BY SALLY ON MARNE FRONT AMKRICANg IN NEW HECTOR With the American Army, June 26. Tho American forcei made a decidedly aucccenful attack Isst night along the Marne front and ex tended their llnea to the northeait of llelleau wood. At 10 o'clock today 210 prisoners had been counted, to gether with machine gum and other booty. More prisoners are coming) In and It la reported that one German captain l among the number. A new aector la now held by the American forcea In Alsace It la In tbe region northweat of Oebwelller forlnoar the famoua ParUnana Waller- kopf, the acene of much hard fight- Inf. A raid was mado Mandky by a German batalllos upon two compan ies of French and American forcea near Bsdonvllleer In which Berlin .-lalms 60 prlsonera were taken. Washington, June 26. The cas ualty list numbered 91. Forty-seven were killed In action white aevan died of wounda. The marine corps list numbered 50. Forty-sis of these wera killed In sctlon. . CIIANOE IN LOCAI. WIRE OFFICE MADE H. E. Qulmby, local manager for the Western Union snd Pacific Tel egraph Co., for the past two years, leaves today with his family for Bel. Ilngham, Waab. He will be connect ed with the Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Co. ct that point. James M. Watklns, former man ager of tho local office, has accepted te position vncated by Mr. Qulmby. DEFENSECAJ1E0 Witnesses for the state In the McKendree murder trial have com pleted their testimony and 11 wltV nesses for the defense had been ex amined at three o'clock this after noon. The' following have been put on the stand tor the defense: Harry lialloy of Lakevlew, C. R. Miller, E. B. Henry, Bert Wlthrow of Klamath Falls, A. N. Lapham, C. L. TallmanV of Corvallls, ailberftLaphara of Vis tltlls. Vincent Llndsey, Douglas Bus My and Mrs. William Fordney of Lorella. Examination of Fletcher Holbrook brother of the defendant, William Holbrook, took place on the stand at three o'clock today. LAST DAY FOR ALIEN WOMXN TO REGISTER Today'ls the last day for the reg istration of female liens, according to Pest-taster W. A.-DettelL WITNESSES FOR NMUMJERCASE nn SALE MADE ON PELICAN HAY LVMIIHR COMPANY ADDH IIIO AREA TO TRACT NEAR KIRK HH ENOl'OH FOR EIOHT YKARM' RUN YKARM' ,0O0,0OU The aalo of 100, feet of tim ber on the Klnmnth Reservation to the Pelican Bay Lumbar company of Klamath Falls has Jus been approv ed by 'the government, according to J. M. Bedford, who has charge of the timber en the Reservation. Tbe timber Juat purchaaed Ilea In the nor. therg Mt. Scott unit ''In a, narrow strip on the west aide of tbe Kla math Marab north of ''Sand Creek. The price puld was 13.35 per 1000 feet. The company Is given seven years In which remove the tim ber. This tract Ilea directly adjacent to the 300,000,000 feat In the Crater and Paulina National forests bought two years ago by this same company and .the logging jrallraid now being built by the rellean Bay people from tho Espee termlnua at Kirk will pass directly through the newly purchased land. The road when completed will be twenty miles long. This company la now cutting 50,000,000 feet per year and thla will give enough ma terial for eight years' run. Forty cars of logs per day are now being shipped dovn to the mill here. Bedford declares there aro now 14,000,000 feet of lumber per week being cut on the KlHtnath Reserva tion and 500 men working In the tnllln and logging camps. A AT tHE SACRED? G The kindergarten to be started by the Sacred Heart Academy fUei. July 1 Is attracting much favorable comment. Many n mother In Kla math Falls would like to do patri otic work for the big boys "over there," were it not for the little boys and girls "over hero." As It Is the purpose of this kin dergarten ,to bold nil these children from 12:30 to 4:30 p. m. dally for, eight weeks, their mothers will be free during all that time and their little ones will be in safe handB and get good training besides. They can call nt the convent, 8th and Pine streets, at nny time to make arrangements. FORMER KLAMATH OIRL NARH PORTLAND THIEF To 'pursue a thief through the crowded streets of Portland, lose track of him, later pick up the trail and follow him until finally cap tured, was tho experience Saturday of Miss Lots Myers, who formerly taught for several years Is tbe River side school here, and who Is now em ployed In tbe Blue Print Shop in Portland, Miss VMyar, who was Is vebarge of tbe store, saw a man take a survey ors' Instrument from the front win dow and she immediately gave chase. Following an exciting chase the thief I was apprshended, RESERVATION ID MIEN HEARTAGAI MY - WRONGDEA IS PREVALENT IT IMPRESSION WIDELY E.XIHTINO TWENTY DOLLAR THAT A PLKDUK IH SUFFICIENT IS EN. TIRKLY , ERRONEOUS Tho Jmpiesslon which was gen erally obtained early In the year that the quota for each Individual for the War Savings Stamps was $20, Is working a hardship on a large num ber of the workers In tbe field In the pledge drive being carried out this week, many who are able to take out large amounts confining them selves to this nominal Investment, under tbe belief that It is all that Is expectea of them. This erroneous idea should be re moved Immediately If tho county Is to make good the subscription ex pected from It and everyone ahould Invest to his fullest ability up to one thousand dollars. Twenty dollars per head was Ben. tloned as '- basis Tor the amoun'tto ie raised by tho nation but It was not Intended that It should be fol lowed 'as a standard for making aub wrlptlons as tbe unequal division of tho wealth would make this a most infalr proposition. ' The enormous revenue streaming Into Washington constantly from the sale of the baby bonds Is absolutely necessary to the carrying on of the war and must be kept up If we are to win. Klamath county has fallen behind In the first six months of the year and should now brace up and pledge her full amount In order to corae thrugh with flying colors. The names of Mra. Mary L. Moore, A. M. Collier, Dr. L. L. Truax and Charles L. Moore have been added to the "Limit club" since the publica tion yesterday. Thla makes a total r.f thirteen on this "patriotic roater. HENLINE FUNERAL TOMORROW Tbe funeral of Mrs. H. E. Henllne will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, In tbe Whltlock chapel. Rev. a. O. Oliver of the Metho dist church will have charge of the services, .Mrs. Heullue's father, A. E. Crance arrived Inst nlgbT from Medford, tc attend the funeral. HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE The case against T, W. Sunford, charged with a statutory offense ngatnst person of Lillian Trimble, a girl under 16 years of age, residing in the Worden district, Is to come up today in the Justice court of'D. W. Gowen. CHAROED WITH FORGERY Charged with passing n forged chock on A. K. Whitman' for the amount of $17.50, Leo Holmes is being arraigned today beforo Jus tice K. W. Gowen. It is alleged that the name of William Harland was forged on the chock. DON NEWBURY HAS BEEN MADE ACTING CAPTAIN That Don Newbury Is now acting captain In bis company, of field ar tillery Is tbe news Just- received In a letter to' his -mother, 'Mrs. Wilbur Jon( of this city. The young man 'declares that he Is busy from six In the morning to 9:30 at night. The work, while ar duous Is very enjoyable.' ABO SUPS nrn - Kaiser s friend Must Stay in Jail in America Vraasj Vest So anxli thejOarssu overs- ment to fi m RUtMtaB, fs tlaute snd perkaM. blood relation of tbe kaiser, who has lees aesteaeet to four years Is prises for his work ss a spy In tbe United States that a threat was mado that as Americas In prison In Warsaw would be exw cuted In reprisal. Secretary Lsuulag answered that Rlnteales would re main In Jail regardless of reprisals on American prisoners. s DAMAGE SUIT FILED Alleging that the defendant sired the use of hla automobile for the pur pose of going to Merrill to be absent one whole day nd a fraction of two days, and that the machine waa later found near Alturas, Cal., Is s badly battered condition, a suit has bees filed against Daniel J. Fitch by R r. Lockwood In tbe office of the Clruclt court clerk, throngs his at torneys, Rutenle and Yadss. The complaint asks for $64.95, which Is eludes the repairs necessitated ssd the rental price agreed upon for tbe use of the car. FINED FOR HAVING BOOZE Pleading guilty to a violation of the liquor law, James Doyle this morning appeared before Justice E. W. Qowan and was fined $30 and -oats. The defendant was' arrested y Patrolman Jim Hilton with liquor In bis possession. WIATHtR RIPORT e Oregon Fair with moderate winds, mostly westerly. Maximum 85, Minimum 55. ggjgjjys-BBxa-aBmrjBsaani BSHBmK& BKBam F 91 u Hjs hhhhVvSW RkmmV hwJH Food Administration Representative Coming . v. ' . .. .- .. ..-.- -ii k- nival rnmmiinltlaa Of ' Ike. v f Mrs. Jennie s. nswp w - - , sents the Federsl food silsMra. J tlon, arrived In tbe city ,lodyv She comes 'to, bring a message' of' gessirsi patriotio Interest, but most1 particu larly speaks of food conservation, snd the use of cereal substitutes. Mrs.' Kemp will' sol meetings In naru - rjijivrmjijv - jvinjuuvim - injLarinafuu STRUCTURE NOW TO BE COMPLETED COUNTY COURT HOUSE PARTIAL. LY CONSTRUCTED TO BE COM PLETED ALONG MODIFIED LINES WOHK STARTS SOON HAN FRANCISCO ARCHITECT r GIVEN CONTRACT TO Mil PLANS WITHIN THIRTY BATS TO APPROVAL Of COURT c For the completion of the oessty eaim.ouJiJIot.sferlssUtle slong modified Uses, the "CosstV court retained the services oH. p. Helde of San Francisco, by" a cos tract Juat recorded. ' According to the contract ,Mr. Helde Is to.v prepare modified pUas for tbe completion of tho Hot Spring structure snd submit the same with in 10 days. The sunt of $3750 Is to be made payable to the architect os ' acceptance of tbe plans. The latter Is also to act as agent and builder at"a compensation of four and, a hair per cent of the total amount of labor and material, In addition to bla tra veling expenses. .Preceding tbe signing of the cos tract tho following resolution was adopted by the County court, , Whereas, Klamath County, state of Oregon, Is 'possessed of s ssrtlally constructed court bouse building os Block 10 of Hot-Springs addlilon to tbe city of Klassafh Falls, Oregon. id Whereas, Is sApears that tbe ma terials formerly specified to bo used In the construction' of said court house building, owing to. conditions especially Incident to the war, are either not available or available only at exorbitant prices and that It would not bo advantageous to the taxpay ers of Klamath county to complete said building according to tbe ori ginal elaborate plans and speclflca Uons prepared for same, even It It were possible to do so, and Whereas, It Is necessary for the preservation and completion of said court house budding, which already represents an Investment of hun-( dreds of thousands or dollars of the taxpayers' money, that revised plans (Continued on page 4) - -- -j.- - eousty snd win meet any wnjUp A..ili Hon or Individuals. 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