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Ttilrtrfwitli Year. No. 8,84
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, ISIS
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SEVERAL TOWNS AND GOOD POSITIONS SECURED
-FRENCH CLOSING IN AROUND NOYON FALL
OF CITY NOW THREATENED
(By Associated Press).
LONDON, Aug. 21. The British forces launched an
offensive today along a ten mile front between Arras and
Albert and advanced from two to three miles, taking three
towns ana several hundred prieoners in the first hour.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, Aug. 21. Hail's often
in today was launched between the high grsundin the
orth near Adinfer and Moyeneville and Puismieuxaum.
On the south the British forces took the towns of Ab-
Wneieville, Beacort and Moyennenille and attacked all
the German outposts along Dranoutre ridge, between Kou
dekot and Locre Hospice.
They later captured Courcellex, Achiet Le Petit and
Aehiet Legrand. The attack was made without artillery
preparation and was completely successful. It was made
by the Third British Army under General Byng.
PARIS, Aug. 21.-r-The French have continued their ad
vance along the whole front between the Oise and the
Aisne today and captured Carlepont and Cuts, which are
outh and east of Noyon. They also took ground on the
west of Lassigny and are gradually closing iin on the Noyon
Junction from three sides. The fall of this center is now
threatened.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 21. General March told
tke newspaper men today that the battle front from
Raeims to the North Sea had been reduced In length over
50 miles, due to the Allied successes in the past month,
ud was now less than $00 miles long.
ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 81. A
eu submarine yesterday aclied
a, Kg fishing trawler., Triumph, and
crew, which reached shore, said
tr believed the Germans Intend to
" tie trawler as a raider to destroy
(Mhii fleet on the Oread banks.
"Ml other (lining resects have
reported tauak, their crews
"""I lend la safety, .
Hbmarln captala told one erew
there were sis submarines oper
! long the coast to destroy the
MM fleets.
wrsl forces of swift patrol boats
$ QMtrOVHra atai Maw n
Atlantic fishing banks.
HOLPIKIIM IN FltANCK x
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(lly AMoclatod Ihrres)
WA8HINOTON. Aug. St. The
American army In Vrance is amply
supplied with bread made of all
wheat flour, the war department an.
nounced today and the dally ration
of 18 ounces f flour for bread Is so
overabundant that a reduction Is Un-
der consideration.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug .11.
The house military committee today
favorably reported the Man-power
bill with the amendment providing
that young men of 18 to 10 years may
be railed after men from 80 to 46
have been called. It Is conceded that
this will bo opposed In the house.
where the lower limit proposed h
being fought.
Plans for continuing the education
of youths between the ages of IS
to 31 years Inclusive after they have
boon registered under the draft tew,
and while1 they art waiting to be
called Into the service, aft betas for
mutated by the committee on educa
tion and training of the war depart
meat.
Details of the propeaal, which la to
bo submitted wtttta a few days to the
general etaf. war revealed today by
the senate tlKary.eSalra eoajmutea
In making ptflte the teettmoay, of
or. o. r. Mann of tno war depart
meat, who appeared before ta connec
tion with the' pending power bill.
A list of 860 collsgee at which the
youths between 18 and 81 yoara are
to undergo military training, has al
ready been prepared. At these
schools they can become candidates
for particular positions In the army
suited to their quallfleatloas. Those
especially adapted for' commissions
will be given 'special training. All
are to be enlisted la the student army
training corps.
During the hearing Dr. Mann re
vealed that the war department to
discouraging the eetabUshmeat of
military count by various colleges.
We do not want the eehoola to
set up a school requirement of mili
tary training." Dr. Mum told the
committee, "but -we want the thing
to come from the government.
Ilstment glvea a reality to It, tad
since they will have real army oflc
It gives a eaap to It that the
school cannot get by aay of Ita own
requirements In the matter. It be
comes a real war department nutter
not a school retulremeat."
Dr. Mann told the committee there
are about 166,000 men between the
ages of 18 and 81 years now 'attend
ing colleges, while of the 700,000
COUNTY CHAIRMAN AMU) COOP.
KRATIOM OF DUmMC? IN MVOX
JOB AHKAD 1TKMB OS INTBaV
KHT IN COUNTY sjrATl'8
; of te ;
At a recent meeting of the Liberty
Loan organisation hold at Portland
last week there were present repre
sentatives from nearly every county
of the' state and the' oBcsrs of the
organisation also. The meetng last
ed all one day and waa devoted to
ine coniiaeraiion oi a uniform piaa
for the the state of Oregon lor 'raw
ing Liberty Loan funds. Many of the
delegates were the mea wha had han
dled one or more of the preview
loans for their counties and. wara
thoroly familiar with tha aeceesltles
of the work. c
At that meeting I aeeepted the
chairmanship for Klamath county
and take It for granted that I will
have the ualted aad loyal support of
everybody la my horn eauaty to keep
our coaaty whore It belongs on tha
honor roll.
. ,,Manr onars of kefcvJuWhaaa,
made already aad all know that It
le going to take the best etorta of
ua all to meet the obligation of the
couaty to our aatlonal government.
1 era going to try to keep the peo
ple posted aa to progress being made
la 'the work of organisation aad all
matters of general Interest. If these
articles fall to reach points of gen
eral Interest, let me know.
The question of most vital Interest
to us aa a county and as Individuals
is naturally, "How much" I might
answer la as tow words, "Nobody
knows." At least It anybody does It
Is the secretary of the United States
treasury and be la like Uncle Remus'
rabbltt, "He ain't saying aothla'."
Absolutely all that has been announc
ed as yet with deflnltenesa la that
tha interest rate on the new loaa
will be four aad a quarter per cent
aad the bonds offered September 88.
However, we know the first loaa
waa fort two billion and waa much
over-subscribed, but'only the two bil
lion was ever Issued. iTae second
loaa was for three billion aad over
four billion sis hundred million waa
subscribed. and three billion eight
hundred million was Issued. The
third loan (May, 1018) was for three
billion and nil over-subsorlptlons.
There waa four .billion one hundred
aad seventy, millions subscribed aad
AFTER THE WHB
THRRATBNINO ORDBM IMUBD
TO BBJCAK SUCH PLANS AM
POUND ON PMSONBM TAKJCN
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(By AaaiatelH Psaas)
BRITISH HEADQUARtBRS. Aug.
81. Aa order Issued by a Oermaa
commander which waa eapiured-ea
prisoners taken today says: "Mea on
leava have spoken publicly of a re
volutioa which, is to break out after
the war. Tale objectionable talk
must ha dealt with without heelta-
Uaa."
YOUR MUOAR
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PORTLAND, Aug. 81. The"" an-
forcemeat of Ua two pood 9 moata
sugar rullag has brought eat a new
fad. At a reoeat society tea several
of the guests brought their ewar por-
Uasi af . auw, ." laa ta.ay. aa
as for tha
in nil pane of England, guests to
luncheon, ton or dlaaer a'waya bring
their owa portion of sugar. Indeed,
quite aa essential part of milady's
gowa "over there" is a little silk
sugar bag attached to her belt.
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JUHTO
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That ta etty aad eoaaty wfll work
la a si sprh)T:wr r the eoa
stractiaa of ja aV 'highway to the
Pert Ktamath'taael via' Palteaa City,
1 Ua bsitef s'hff'auTNials. ,
Ta way thay phrao r. la that th
eMy has a hill aac tha .county .has
a kallaw, both'aaar Ueetty limits
a tha rout f Ueaewlmprovemeat.
tbo qusetioa.ac'to'WTMUer K was
up to the cRy to haul awar'tho dirt
to reduce th trrad of the hUl or
whether proper procedure demaaded
that the eauaty sheulal haul hi a
dirt to fill Ms hellew wUl probably
b settled by ta WiMiuuaiitae
dirt and U eeuaty bsahmk ft awar. .
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now attending high schools about allotted. The dally papers ll give
100,000 are above 18 years of age. you. later, news on the probable
amouat of the Fourth Loan wan you
MTRJCKRN VRKNCM CITY '
CKLKRRATH8 WLX 4TM,
Soldiers In the '.United States con-
f Crayon are .. .n..H.n- .. " Victory broad with the pre-
M North Atlantic f lahlac banks, scribed amount . of aubstl
substitutes for
wheat fl6ur. Not uptll they get to
Prance are they allowed all wheat
bread.
KN'niJHH OKDKIt WANTH
KKLKAHK OP MOONBY
he trawlor la reported to be
"Mb raider.
'LONDON, Aug. 81. The reports
Us 1 capture of Arplst Ugrande are
ir'niy confirmed.
"ormans attacked 'the British
"" loiu,h t 'he Scarp river, but
" wntlerly defeated.
j """"WirPI HENATOR BBATBN
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7c2 """Mloifo? saaatar
I sr CHiressmai PatHafaLd. '...W
malB on the count today.
riv..Tw,nt Wllsoa raesatly declared Workers' Defense league here.
tketbv! Would u,f Vardamaa'a ra- Mooney Is under sentence of death
sdiBia?,u d,rect crlttcUm of his following hi conviction on a chars
J"?tratlon, aa Vardamaa hid ofmurder In connection with tha
tZT erythlng posstbU to oppose j prepared boss, day bomb eiploslon
5 ' ber July 88, 1816.
SAN PRANCI8CO, Aug. 81. A
cablegram urging them to deal with
the case or Thomas J. Mooney as a
war measure was eenjt to President
Wilson nnd Governor Stephens by tha
Natloail Pederatloa of ,
trades of England according to 'at
announcement oy tne inisrnaiioBai
PARIS, July, 16. -Amu which
has letelved over 1 30,4(1, shells In
tho last four years, was- not to be
P'dMPted from elbratle: the Pour
ti: of July. - t '
The Prefect of th depnrtMt who
hai boon forosd t take up reililenc
111 L-ouiogae, .Tisrtaa tn .mum of Ar.
rjt on IndepcndMce Day and fou'ui
u.st soma fifty flag had bean huu
out oa Its roofless buildings aad bat.
trd wans. Tn atari aud stripes
iloatad from maay rulad buildings.
Souo of tha .towns lahabltn,is,atl
fmlud meaas to return i had'aever
tall aa th Prefect diet a dasep ta th
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. POLLOW PLMB Of CfsTHA
' HONaa;6ri1o,j.xi,.-(!iy th
Assofltted ' Prs.)i-riv UCBMBd
persoaa ,arp hoatdlees, aad IIMM
ar without araaar faaSIa w Tuag
Kteag river. Th Aawrisaa Red
Crass to prtrMtas Umporary raliaf.
To com right down now to our
Ldfrs .county's quota. There seems to
a a lot'ot misiarormation as to bow
wa have stood ta th past pad I have
been unable to get exact figures.
However, the'oversubscrlptloa of the
Third Loan, amounting to 8864,111,
vened up for the amount we .were
short on the first two loans aad did
little, It anything,' more thaa that.
Our percentage an the Third Loan
waa 184 per cent of the amount of
our quota ;and th percentages of
other counties n the state' varied
from 184 per ceat to 488 per cent,
with an average for the whota state
Another Red Cross auxiliary la to
be formed by ladles of Ue Modoc
Lumber company at ChUoqula as
boob as formal arrangements caa' b
completed, according to word re
ceived from that district today. 'v It
la reported that there ar about 46
tadlee there aad that Uey ar all
eager workers .for this cause.
These ladles have 'made four big
comforts from the scraps left at th
Klamath' Falls work rooms aad will
raffle them 0 Saturday Bight at a
big dance there. This daaca will be
an nil night affair aad everybody IS
Invited to come. Oood music aad a
good supper assured.
HILLED
LOANS TO ALLIES NOW
SIX AND A HALF BILLION
WASHINGTON, D. C, Attg. '81.
The total credits advanced to our as
sociates la Us war against Germany
I aow 16,488,040,000.
The delegates for Ue Elks Stats
coBveatloa-at Portlaad who ar to
leave here Friday ar betas rouaded
up- today by the aUuslastie stag
leaden aad verytaiag iadleatas that
Ua baach which leaves Klaau
Pails will cut a wide swath before
they agata return to their peaceful
pursuits. l
ftNv or six machlaea ar scheduled
to leave aad It la believed that more
thaa, 40 delegates from aerelwlll
make th trip. ' ) v t
Th Idea of securing the State cob-
veatloa here, aext year, has beea ad
vertised widely over the state etac
the. project was Marts aad-the local
"Bills" expect to returi'trtth U mat
ter settled or tura Oregoa upside
dowa ta th attempt.
PLANS TO RAHUC SUGAR
BESTS IN PAR NORTH
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immr jsava 1
day aloag Uw-.Qaw,
B4oy.'B'BVla,fai
of NyaXlamy aavaVra vrtr ' '
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o,.o,kthW.Or;ow.raa;Sam- ,
Plgny. to Paatola aad UMta lif -pbmmeray
Moatekehy, Cuts. Oasta
lla, Bleraacoart.-.'St. aubta'iteat '
Decrocque,.rom Veeapoata, LaWr
aad ha reached the, AW river at
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WITH THE BRITISH FORCBS.
Aug. 11 Today'4 attack waa a Ue-
tleal sarprlM, Uo'tki Qwawi,in v
oaers said they had heaa BpeUa.B
fr weeks. . v '. C.M
Th teaks aad lalaatry sdisaasd
at five o'clMk'taaaratag:f A-barn-,
vy Bight Ist semssaped the BfRiak
advaa.ee. ' The Okaiaa iafaatry waa
iouna ,io d wspBlBB ptacee.
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CHANGE AT FIRST 8TATB BANK
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Harry Jt Dwyar this moralag as
sumed lis sew duties ta eaana'af
th Liberty' Loaa paymsaU-at the
Pint State aad Savings bank.v 16
takes tk place of J. R. Reese, who
has- had' charger of this dspartmtat
duriag.th summer months aad who
lehvee to resume his former work
with "tha faculty of th Klamath
Couaty Hiss Sohaol,
POOD RIOTS CONTINUE
THRU JAPANBSE CITUM
TOKIO. Aug. 81 Maay serious
clsahss oontiue to d.laturh thb public
her. Th Socialists are said to have
incited tha mobs.
RELIEF STEAMER SUNK.
CHRISTIAN!. Norway, Aug. 81.
f-Th Dutch, steamer waseoutar, op-
rated by th Relgiua. Relief ceat.
atlsslea, proceeding from New York
ta Rotterdam with flour, struck, a
nine ta Ua North Sea. .caught fire
j aad soak, sis Uvea wr lost
JUNEAU, ALASKA, July. 81.
Possibilities of raising th sugar
beet for commercial purposes are ab
sorbing th Interest of Dr. O. C.
Georgeeon has 'sent seed to certain
Mataauaka farmsra for experiment
ing. He also hopes to have tha beets
tried at Hataes. Fairbanks and other
Interior .points,.
Dr. QeorgesoQ now has a woader
ful'staad of alfalfa growing at( Ram
part sutlon, aad hopes to maks Its
seed sourearof a supply for purely
Alaska us. Ta crop Is' theresult
of seed selectloB from the various
parte of Nertaara Asia aad of cross-
lag under his dlrectloa. It does aot
winter kill pad produce a heavy.
yield. '
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rereeeaMUvof.taeUte-Wfaway
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Ue week-; Jlt . vT $
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WA8HINQTON, D. 0.i,!Aug. fl.f.
Amerlcaa aaval oSlvala aow, eaaeod
th possibility Uat, Qsrmaa submar
laes operatlag oB the Atlantic coast
have beea 'la communication) wiU
persons oa. shore, aad even may have
landed miemben of their crews.
It waa learned today that the navy
bad a report that an'oBcer of tha
American, steamer O. B. Jeahtaa saw
aad recognised 1a a New York salooa
a submarina officer who boarded his
ship ot th coast, s The Amerteaa
turaed to call a compaatoas attaa
tloa to th German aad. tha latter
disappeared. t
'Amerteaa MvalsalatatMjslaeaA
th 'total aumber otlOanaaa aakaiar
tas'dstroyed by the'AIRw at atafa'
thaa, 160. aad.tlM aumbrb4lraa to
aa hi eemmlseion is betwaa.;lf6 sail
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