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Twelfth Year. No. ,IMKI
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 15, 118
HUNS ATTEMPT NEW BLOW IN WEST
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Giant Attack Is
Made On Allies
Along West Front
American Soldiers Put to the Supreme
Test Are Found Equal to tke Emer
gency, Huns Are Held.
Struggle Being Waged Over Fifty-Mile
Front. Rheims Believed Immediate
Objective. Situation Well In Hand.
y Associated Preae
A new German offensive of main
moth proportion, began thli morning
at daylight, and at some point. In
the night on Ilia French and Ameri
ca a force, defending the road to
Pari.
Early lndon report, received IhU
morning Indicated that tho Germans
bad crowed Ilia Mama lu several
place under a withering fire from
the French artillery.
The Hum launched a violent attack
en the American Unci wet of Cha
teau Thierry and near Vnux. hut the
American held their line bravely.
One report declare that they latur
delivered a counter attack nonr Vnux
driving off the enemy and advancing
their line aovaral hundred yard.
Thla report, however, ha not bouti
confirmed.
At II o'clock nawg from the Amor.
lean army waa to the affect that the
long rang bombardment from iho
If Qerioan guna war becoming
more loteaae, Tho day opened bright
and aunay. but low clouda later de
veloped and rain threatened.
I'arla report that Iho big atrugglo
t proceeding along a front of ap
proximately 60 mile between Cha
teau Thierry and Main Demns.lgl.
The Germana arc believed to linvo
aalacted the road to I'arla for a new
offemlve. Tho new bittla line run
clear around Ithelms In a big aweep.
The rlty of Miclm I believed to ho
the Immediate objective.
The ky la lit up aa by a great elec
trlral itorm. The fighting can ba
Plainly heard J6 mllea away.
London, July IB. Tho Ocrman at
tack began In the Vnuareglon after
a bombardment of ga and high ex
plosive ahella. The American artil
lery replied with a barrage. The all
aitlon I now well In hand and Iho
davelopmenta are considered quite
atlifactory.
With Tha Aaaitrlnan Armv An thn
Marne. July IB. Carman progress
arroaa the Marne rlvor la being atnyod
by machine gunner. It I now clear
that the German attack nt Vang re-
lon ha been completely broken
down under the American counter
Bolsheviki Being
Overthrown In East
London. July lB.-The Ciecho
I
eiovag troopa have captured the city
ntiftik. Further sharp fighting I
w-ry probable.
Iho operation nt Vnux appeared
t he n feint, for toon nfior It began
the Corinan attacked all along the
Mnrnn, where they were gallantly op
po.ed by the Amerlrau. and, French.
The flr.t crossing m made at
thr opex of thn bit hcud of the river.
American machine gunnera fought
nnil died whore they stood. Other
Americans withdrew ntrntcglrally.
I Rhortly nftrr 1 1 o'clock thU morn
ing the Amerlrnn Infantry launched
a rountrr nttnrk In the region of
Conile.
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Thn enemy made no prcgrera whnt
rvnr nmt of Itliolm up to report at
It o'clock. In thn Conilo region,
however, before the Amerlcnn conn'
tiT nttnrk. tho (Icrmnn advance ap
poired to hivo etlmlnnted thn river
imlli'iit. Itnlrt wn sorlnunly threat
ening at II o'clock.
The flr.t attack on the American
nrmy ramo after a mo.t violent bom
bardment which continued thruout
the night. Tho American troopa
Ktiughl shrltor whorevcr possible.
When tho Infnntrv appeared Ihn Am
erican .warmed out to meet them
with n rain of mnchlno gun bullets.
The American, nil wore go maaka.
An enemy bombardment of towna
.In thn renr of the lino .began at
six o'clock thla morning. The heavy
l.ollrt from tho German naval guna
fell far behind the actual bnttlo area.
Somo fell nt Meoux. 25 mllea from
Chntcnti Thierry.
On the enit of Ithelm the Amerl
rnn mnchlno gunnera let the enemy
romn clone up to their pocltlona and
then opened a deadly fire Into the
advancing cloo formation.
Tho lon of Oonde mentioned
above aa thn scene of tho American
counter nttnrk In nrobnbly Oondcen
rtrln, four mllea south of the Marnt
and eight mllea aoutheaat of Cha
teau Thierry.
.
new ford IV TOWN
.lame Lawrence la tho name of
tho now Ford which arrived yeater-
tiny morning at Iho homo of Mr. and
Mr. II. II. Ford on Rose atroet.
Dr. A. A. Boule waa In attendance.
f Kaaan. ' ot "?,co'r'1 Mf
violent resistance of the Bolahevlkl,
jt i reportod,
LMIPR
BLOWSDfiV
YESTERDAY
STRONG GALE FROM SOUTH
IIMIWM STREAM IMiXE DRY FOR
NIX HOURS CITY IfPSIREXIS
OATHEIt PISH AT .LEISURE
Klamath certainly made good It
reputation a a famou fliblng ground
yesterday .when the heavy wind from-
the aouth blew the Link river at the
we.t end of town dry. permitting
the rcaldenta to go and help them-
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aclwa to atranded trout, which wero
dying, due to lack of aeration. At-
tho thla atrearu haa blown nearly dry
from almllar wind In year paat,
tho phenomena yeaterday la declared
by the old realdenta to be beyond
nt.ythlng of tho kind before.
Tho river acene wa cbangod In
mi unbelievable manner to a deep.
rcky gorge with coffin like holea I0tfc.n ono yecar lfo, ha rUcn from
frrt deep and acooped out of the bot-
tom. The river bed could be croied',orw building covering n ipaco of ISO
on foot at any point, sucker or
mullet died by the thouaand. Tbe'i,v ?n fet adlolnlnc one end. A few
trout, which acent danger quicker.
than moat any other a pec lea of flh.Lft. . j- dded but the factory In.alve atrip of the old road over the
koi uaru into mo upiw ibko urior
It waa too late. Rnough ware left,
however, o that the many vliltora
secured all they desired.
Many little bullhead were left,
which the water anakes came out
from the ahore and devoured.
The river waa dry for more than'fnrn)cr pUnt nBi made possible tho
Ix hour, ahuttlng off the power aer- conVcnleiit arrangement of the new
vlro at the l.lnk river plant entirely. fnclory, n wlilch there Is tho least
Fort'inntely, the power from the Con. po.giblo loss of motion, and by which
ro plnnt wa available, so that the ,,, conVenlcnro and safety of tho
I'liim wn. not uimirucui. uuiciai.
of tho power company bellevq that
thn .nrvlcn from the Conro dam will
not ho affected, owing to the great
water storage between the two points.
ALLIES ME
KXTKXTK DIVIHIOXH ARK OOlXtJ
MOUTH AFTKR LAXDIXU OX
MURMAM COABT RIB8 NIMH.
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London, July 16. After captur
ing the railroad station of Kem on
the White sea coast, the American
and llritlsh forces In northern Rus
sia have advanced toward Torroko.
The Ruastan and Dolahavlkl author
ities have withdrawn to Nlro Kun.
Tho commander of the entente al
lied forces haa Issued an appeal to
the population o.f the Murman roast
requesting help against (Jermany and
Finland. It la declared that the
Murman roast Is Ruaaian territory
now under the protection of the En
tente powers.
The Ruaaian foreign minister, Teh
Itcherin, haa demanded that the Belt
Ish detaehananta on the Murnan coast
be re-eabarked without delay.
IMPORTANT UW MXBTINQ
TO MC HKtVD TONIGHT
A special meeting of tke Bike lodge
will be held thla' evening for the pur
peso of aeltcilng the delegates to the
Bute convention at Portland In Aug.
ust. Other matters of Importance
are to come' up nt Ikli time and It la
urgently requested that nil membere
be on hand.
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FIXIHIII.Nfa OF IHO WAREHOUSE
PRACTICALLY COMPLETES HE
RUILDIXG OF PLANT DESTROY.
ED IIV FIRE LAST OCTOUEH
Ily n iplendldly syaleraltlxed ar
rnngemont thru which enough bos
ou ,o fm n
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of ,rult "lln ttom Klamath
r'l ton mllea oeyona vcea, ,ai.,
-..a. a I. a m PavaiiMa fflnv rtleitt
each year, the new Ewauna Ilox plant
which with tho completion of tho
large wnrohouao, I now pructlcally
flnUhcd, now dally grind the big
pine log of Klamath forests Into
Kcven carload of ihobk a day.
The plant, which wu. Ltirccd to
tho ground on it preacnt alto loa
,u ru)ng M , gjmcloui, light airy fnc-
k 'm f.i. with a warchouac HO
COMPLETES
FINE FACTORY
...,. j nli. nf conitructlon are.montha. but will obviate an eaten-
l)l0 ltt,, 1. now complete ana unoer
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Tho builneae. which wa launched
here a few-yara ago. ha been one of
themot ucceaiful and rapidly grow
,n(. industries. In tho Klamath naaln.
i-.,i.fir of the official. In their
employes I carefully worked out
Two hundred cmplojes are now on
tho payroll of the company, which
aggregate l0 rer day. Thevplant
has a capacity of 150.000 feet of
shook per day. with the two eight
hour shift now employed. Altho
started late In the spring, large piles
of lumber already cover a consider
able part of tho 30 ucre which com
prise the company's site.
One of the striking features of the
new Industry Is the lnrce number of
glrl.i and women employed In the In
stltutlon. That they are making
good at filling tho men's places lu
theso times or nntlonal stringency
I evidenced by the warm endorse
ment or tho officials, who maintain
proudly thst they have not only tho
best workers but tho "best lookers"
of tho entlro Industry. Thirty-five
women workers nro now employed
nt wagee ranging from $8.50 to 13.00
per day. Stnnt'lng at their machines
with their big "overalls or "overall-
eettcs." they handle their respective
tasks with dexterity and apparent
case.
The Ewauna Rex company Is head
ed by C. R. Crlslor, president: C.
II. Daggett, vice-president and man
ager, and Pred Schaltock. secretary.
Should thla Institution develop ass
rapidly In the next six years as It haa
In the lat Klamath Falls would have
to build Itself double to house the
employes.
KOVKIi CAHl'AIrY LIST
AITKARH IN OF.RMANY
Amsterdam. July 15. The first
number of a novel casualty list haa
Just appeared ta Germany. It con-1
tains tho numbers of watche found
among the belongings of men killed
,ln, action who cannot be otherwise
Identified. Watches when sold or
repaired are usually marked and
numbered by the watch maker and
recorded, and the German military
authorities, by circulating thla new
casusltv Hat among watch makera
thruout Germany, hope ts establish!
tb identlty'of many dead eeldler.
COUNTYROAO
W K MILL
STARTED SOON
Ni:V CINDER CUTOFF TO FORT
KLAMATH ROAD IIV PELICAN
HAY MILIi TO HE XK.XT COUNTY
ItOAD WORK UNDERTAKEN
That work on the uow cutoff road
from the ShlpplnKton highway thru
'via ,. city to thu Fort Klamath
I road, will he atarted within a few
dtyt g t)o opn(on o Coun,y RoU
gu,,orvIl!0r Tj,cinna Dixon, who Intl
. . i. li. u.nt i. i. H..a ... J
mntca that thla will bo the next road
conitructlon to bo undertaken and
will probably proccdo tho paving Im
provement nt the lower end of Sixth
street, for which bid have been ad
vertised. The now road via tho Pelican Day
mill In to go over an entirely new
routo and ''be covered with cinders,
making an all year round road to
take the place of tho one now urad.
Thla rood will not only furnlah the
mill employca at Pelican City with
nccea to town during the winter
hill, which becomes almost Impas
sable for northern residents during
the winter. Upugr Lake cinders will
bo uicd on this route. It Is expected
that A. Wlckstrom of Shipplngton
will begin their delivery this week.
Supervisor Dixon states that the
big county road grader Is now at
work In the Swnn Lake valley, where
a five mile stretch of new road thru
by tho KdRwood ranch and the Illb
bnrd and ranch nud thence south,
U being thrown up. Tho new grader,
ho hay. Is working very satisfactor
ily. It only requires two men to op
erate tho trnctor nnd grader.
WELL m DRIVE
Dlliy NOW HTHTKD IK LAKGKHT
V OF YF.AR IN LKNOTH OF MILES
ALUFJt MARK FURTHER
PROGRESS IN lLaiNLt
y Associated Press
Thlrty-threo daya after they were
halted In their plunge toward Com
plegne along the west bank of the
Oiso river, the Oermans today laun
ched a new phase of the offensive
over a front of 5 miles from Chateau
Thierry to Malson do Champaign.
north of Masslge and, as far east as
Rheims. '
Tho Germans crossed the Marne
In several places, probably between
Chateau and Rormans. The Ameri
cans are handling the enemy welL
ihe present drive Is the greatest
of the year In length of mllea In
volved. In Albantn tho Allied force con
tinue theln advance. Ptsnatehee aa.
sort they are approaching .a
line of reeutanee." probably
lag the Semla rlTer.
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HAITI DECLARHS WAR
AGAINST GERMANY
Pert Au Prince, July 15. The
jconucll of state unaalaseeaty voted
a declaratlen of war anew Germany
today, u demanded by the peeet-
deat 9t the republic
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In New York
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Ura of the Aaserlean Revolution nnd " represented f cewaTtimin
once president of the New York SUte.TelfoN. Lavtalk, Lee nnd aHrnMe,
Federation of Wemen'a clnbe, wu in. City Clerk Lea vltt. City Attorney
dieted In New York City In coaae;- Oroesbeck and City Treasurer Ste
tlon with tke handling of funds of mens, and by tho trust of the tar.
the National Emergency Relief secie-'mlnal and right of way fend. The)
ty. I last named wu represented hf Cfcott.
STRICT RtTIONINO AT
BVCKINGMAH PAMCE
party.
Automlbllc were taken hern at
london, July 1C Simplicity , a. ra. and the line waa ctoaely al
the order of the day at Rueklagham b" " fo0 hJE?,
.... .ii it . the way from. Olcne to the Dairy ter-
Pal.ce . Strict rationing applies tot )m mHeM ttlnUn WM mm
all meals, owing to the war. At a to tBt Bry work being done la
recent dinner party, among the guests joisne gap aleag the'flret hlM laaMnsT
of the King and Queen being the, to Pine flat, the greet cut ketaaT irng
Dowager Marchioness of Londonder- thru Meyera hlllAaad the -'J"i
ry. CapUI. Sir John nnd Udy Ward, ' "' ZSlSll
Admir,, Sir Co,,, and Lady K.ppe..! J SXTlt-t'
Lord Claud Hamilton and tho Coun-',,, nlUi 4.uwd for the ewav
less of' Shaftesbury, the menu con-ipitOB 0f the pesjert
slited of turtle soup, filet of sole, a I The return ftamn a little awysm
cold dish, asparagua and tmwber-01ene station waa made by a an ant
rles. There were II other guesU at train, the fswt trip wRfc "
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the dinner.
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loe strawovrrMB wf.. - ,. mmd t .-,- tm.
grown In the royal gardeaa at Wind
sor.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ADOPTED IN MEXICO
Jauret. July 15. Tke modem
chamber of commerce has beea adopt
ed by business men la old Mexico.
The Jaurea chamber of commerce.
organised recently, haa elected offi
cer. lnraiiM tnem aa a esw an
Ive In prossotlag the better system'
of business relstioas with the Ualtedfat party.
States. Ambrosia Eecadero. a bust -
cess man of Jauree. la president of
the organisation nnd Andrea Garcia.
Mexican eensnl general In Kl Paao,
Is vlce-preeldeat.
Allies Are
In Nortbern
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CJUPJrTH OV KOHKRT K, SVaU.
MORN ON TRIP OVER MVNICI
PAL ROAD
JOt'RXEV OUT MADff RV AtTM
PARTY Rrri7RNM UX RAkL
ON FIRST PAHSKNOMR COACBI
TRIP HEAVIEST WTC
A mere than usually thor !
lion of lha Klaasath PalU raHreed
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Ebcrllae, Capt. Slemeu ale netac
one of tho trnetees, noted Is tk !
capacity. President Strahem nnd
Chief Engineer Bogus eeeerted h
senger eejeipnivBt, w ir tm - ww-
senger equipment.
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y regarded a historically import
ant. Locomotive No. 1 wu rlTe
by Secretary Read and fired by Gee
Elttrem. and gave the party a delight.
ful return trip to the Klamath Pette
terminal at the corner ef Ktomatk
and First streets, where only a aheet
yeer ago ground waa brake aad law
silver spike drlvea at the great
bratlon Inaugurating the project. The
terminal was reached at 1 p. am.
Artist Miller, official
of the Callfornla-Oresea aad
(era railway, accompanied tfc
i ana uioa muur iwh wt
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or especial latereei, nianwa
j whe , ioint4 nu4 sympetkmed
wtfcl Mr g,ihorB la eemmetiae
(be ntow progress of the werk erlflsT
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