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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF KLAMATH COUNTY
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF KLAMATH FALLS'
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Thirteenth Year. No. 11.410
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918
Price Five Cent.
GODS OF WAR SMILE ON THE ALLIES
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BULGARIANS NOW
IN FULL FLIGHT
ADVANCE SO, RAPID THAT PRISONERS CANNOT
IE COUNTED MANY TOWNS TAKEN-SEfcB-IANS
HOT ON TRAIL OF BULGARS
BRITISH PROGRESS AROUND ST. QUENTIN FAM
OUS AMERICAN ACE KILLED IN AIR BATTLE BY
HUNS WHILE ON PATROL WEDNESDAY
(By Associated Prtu).
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN LORRAINE, Sept
19. First Lieutenant David E. Putnam of Massachusetts,
American Ace of Aces,1 was killed late Wednesday while
on patrol duty along the American line.
He was flying with another aviator when Sevan Ger
man airplanes attacked unexpectedly. Four maae for
Putnam's machine and were able to fire from above.
Putnam was shot twice thru the heart, His machine
glided to earth within the American line, where his com
rades found him.
LONDON, Sept. 19. The Bulgarians are in full flight
now in Macedonia and are burning stores and villages.
The Allies have advanced over 12 miles and their prog
ress is so rapid that they have not been able to count their
prisoners and check the war material taken.
New regiments thrown in by the Bulgarians have been
forced to retire with the others.
The Bulgarians are defeated completely and the Ser
bians are pursuing them day and night. The Serbians
and French have taken the towns of Topolets, Potsishta,
Beshilta, Medynetsa, Velotishta and Kasimbey. They
have also taken the heights of Kuohkov Kemem.
LONDON, Sept 19. The British last night progressed
further in the drive into the Hindenburg line in the St.
Sjentin region and have aimed at an encirclement of
at town.
In their continued advance north of Pontruet they
reached the outpost positions of the Hindenburg line.
The Australians have renewed their attacks and car
ried a number of Hindenburg outposts. Many prisoners
and machine guns have been taken.
The town of Lampire has been captured, as has also
uaucne wood. , Lampire is tour mues wesi ox Liecateiet.
The Germans started an intensely heavy bombardment.
uue yesterday eoutnwesi oi uamDrai. nevy uuuujr
attacks followed, but they were repulsed.
Putnam had brought down 12 machines, five in one day.
He was a descendant of Israel Putnam. '
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CHANT Ht'AKRAL ItKINCJ HHOUOHT
TO LIGHT IN WASHINGTON
INVESTIGATION IS STARTED
HIGT OFFICIALS I'HOHED
WA8HINOTON, I). C. Hapt 19.
An Investigation of political and pro
paganda activities of the brewing In
tereata haa been ordered by the ten-
te todayr It la directed particularly
t charges that the brewers bought
Wahslnngton newspapers and contri
buted unprecented auma to a cam
paign fund. " It la also asserted that
newspapers were Influenced thru ad
vertising contracts and that money
waa even paid to government officials
and pledgee 'Secured from membera
of congress. ,
Arthur llrlsbane announced lato
yesterday that be thought the Wash
ington Times received monoy lont by
the brewery Interests.
GOOD
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FOR ITER IN
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WATtcn CAN 1IK HAH AT ECON
OMICAL FIGURE IK RESIDENTS
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AGREE ON ORGANIATION OK
district there
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Tho following caaualtlea are re- N. K. ARNOLD HAH
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Ferces:
ANSWERED LAST CALL
American Kipedltlonary
Killed In actien: n7i MIs-
Noah Edward Arnold, who haa re-
lag In action, 8; Wounded Severe-' sldotl In this city for the past seven
r, 82; Died of wounds, It; Died of Jean.' I" "W lt ,B,"
n ' .. Klamoth Qenoral hospital. Hla death
-IneVTMorZlan. - f complication of troub-
Prisoners 3 """"" . (Bm, ,eavei ,wo onili one , ,ne arra)r
u blowing" Oregon men .re men.'" " other In Houston. Tews. Mr.
Ileaed: Arnold waa employed at the Big
Wed of Disease, Private Sidney B. ' Do C0Pnr Wt watc"
Etter, Portland. mtn
Woiinrf.rf a i..' a n I Funeral arrangements will be an-
ockerline, Estacada.
nounced later,
XOTICK
TWENTT-FJVE ..
MEN CALLED '
OCT. SEVENTH
Twenty-five 'drafted men have been
called by the local exemption board
to entrain for Camp Lewla on Octo
ber 7th. Thla call Includea tho rest
of the reclassified men and thoso
who registered after reaching their
nnjorlty on August list. It ex
bausts the available supply, except
those rated for limited service.
The men who are called are: Jo
seph D. Poster, Otla p. Perry, Fred
B. Meathammer, Wlnfleld 8. Haaklna,
Denill H. Mlddlebusher. Sidney P.
Taylor, William M. Chapman, Theo
dore Revard, Lyle Johnston, Carl 8.
Taylor, Louis Maaaarlno, George W.
Klury, William A. White, Arlet C.
Edsall, Ivan R. Ernst, Anderson Al
len, Richard C. Vochatser, Qeorge P.
Sly, Bdwln W, Brewer, Daniel Ru
land, Lloyd R. Underhlll, William O.
Bmythe, Karl R. Drown, Frank Brady,
George F. Keateraon.
Realdonta of Upper Langell valley
who aro anxious to secure Irrigation
.from the government water at Clear
, Lake, and who are circulating a pctl
I tlon to organlte an irrigation district
mere, report very good aucccss over
the territory no far canvassed. vIt la
declared that It will take about fifty
signers to enable them to go ahead
with the organisation .
Tho' Irrigation of this N huso tract
la unusually practical and economical
if the proapectlve water usem can be
brought together on tho proposition.
Clear Lake, over the California line,
has already been darned and the
water can be brought onto the land
by gravity ayatem. It Is very prob-
ablo that the aecurlng of Irrigation
In thla section will have an Import
ant bearing on the extension of the
new Strahora railroads from Donnsa
to Dairy an.duventualhr fhrS. Langell
valley to Lakevlew.
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LONDON. Stent. 1 Baku. n
Trans Caucaela. haa been-evacuated:
" the Brltlah, who have withdrawn All Odd Fellow who possibly can
10 North PmI. mhla -. ... rfna u nall in tlA nrSMnt Bt the Odd
to a lack of ateadlneaa of the Armen- Pellowa hall tonight to arrange for regular aervlcea Sunday morning, as
ln troopa when. attacked by the ' services for Brother Arnofd who died matters of vlUl Importance an to be
, raa during August, last night,
PARI8, Sept. 7. (Correspondence
of The Associated Press). During
the recent American advance from
Chateau 'Thierry, a Red Cross cap
tain met an American Negro soldier
marching towarda Chateau Thierry,
followed closely behind a Oerman
major. The Negro had transferred
his pack from his own back to the
back of the Oerman officer, and had
also transferred the German major's
monocle to bis own eye. Thus
aqnlppos) the black warrior was par
ading' triumphantly down tho road.
As ha passed the Red Croat captain,
ha called oat; "I say, look here what
this nigger done fot,"
ANNOUNCEMENT
All members of the Presbyterian
Church are urged to ba present at the
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KlIISER'STIILK
LONDON, Sept. 1. (British Wire
less Service) Gorman wireless re
ports asserting that the dejection of
raptured Germans Is due to fear of
bad treatment rather than weakened
morale are refuted by letters written
by German prisoners in England.
Referring to tho political condi
tions In Germany nno prisoner wrete:
"I should think thoao who have been
deceived would bo pretty tired of It
by now and their eyes be opened."
Regarding German officials the
writer says: "Tito next Reichstag
election after the war will show these
gentry what'a what."
Writing to a friend In America a
prisoner describes conditions In Oor
many as unbearable. "Good luck I
am not there," he says, "otherwise I
would be no moro among the living.
I can only advise you not to go back
unless you are forced to do so.
"It Is only for a mad clique of mili
tarists who aro dragging our honest
mmes Into the dirt and whom we are
to curse for our pitiful situation but
I hope, that the rest of the world will
bring them bark to tlielr senses soon.
"i nave not neura or my oroinor
Wllbelm lately, pcor lad. he haa to
fight for his mad Kaiser but I have
strong hope that he will aoon becomo
such a brave soldier n I am I hope
you will understand."
GEORGK PRAD.NACK WKDH
George E. Bradnack of Dorrla, Cat.
and Mtsa Harriett M. Bryant of Mid
dletown, N. Y., wero quietly married
In Grace church; Ban Francisco, Bun
day September 1st, by Alexander C.
Stevens. '
Mrt Bradnack Is engaged now In
the naturalisation service, stationed
at San Francisco.
IE OF
NURSES HERE
FELT KEENLY
SUBJECT M DISCUHHKII IIKKORK
MKKTIXG OK INTERESTED WO
MEN YESTERDAY AKTERNOON
APPEAL FOR VOLUNTEER
A sbortago of nurses at the Kla
math General hospital and other mat
tors of community interest were dis
cussed yesterday afternoon before
a number of members of the Women's
Relief corps and their friends by Drs,
B. D. Johnson and George H. Merry-
man. It was brought out that the
call for nursos at the front had been
so strong that there were not enough
left at home to cope with tho situa
tion and a strong appeal for volun
teers was tnnde.
With a desire to co-operate with
the city officials in' Improving the
sanitary conditions of the city, a com
mlttce of women la meeting this af
ternoon at the city nail.
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KLAMATH COUNTY SCHOOL FAIR
' 'ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
KAIRH FOR OCTOBER
STOCK RAItCH
HEM CM
REEK SOLO
By a deal rdmpletcd here today,
Early Arant takes over a stock
rinch of 160 acres on Cherry Creok
formerly held by Tllman A. Swan of
Tagard Oregon.
The now owner Is given Immediate'
posresslon and will use the ranch for
eheepralslng, making his home there.
The deal was made thru .the Smith
Realty Company. Tho consideration
was not made public.
LENINE WOULD FORM
PACT Wit H GERMANY
STOCKHOLM, via London, Sept.
19. Ntcolai Lenlne, still confined to
his bed by the wounds Inflicted on
him by a would-be assassin, has sent
a preliminary summons to tho Bolshe
vist leadors to form a defenslvo and
offensive alliance with Gormany, ac
cording to lato dispatches from Mos
cow tonight.
The "Cxocho-SIovak danger" Is
given by the Bolshevist premier as
tho ground for the projected alli
ance.
Refugees arriving here from Pot
rograd deny that fires have been rag
ing in the former capital, but say
that 812 persons were executed In the
last ten days. Ten thousand officers
have been arrested In Petrograd, the
refugoes say. . '
EASTERN STAR MEETING
GARRETT VAX RIPER PROMOTED
Newt his Just been received that
Garrett Van Riper has won a com
mission cf Lieutenant In the Heavy1
Tho officers of the Eastern Star
arc urged to be present at the Mason
ic Hall, Friday evonlng. Sept, 20th
at soven thirty, for a practice meet
ing; ns the Orsud Worthy Matron
will bo with us Tuesday evening.
Signed,
Nolllo Van Riper, Aesoclit'e Matron
INDIAN COUPLE MARRIED
The marrlsgo of Wlllard Lotches
and Miss Wlnnlo Jacknon, an Indian
cftaitle from the Klamath Agency dis
trict on the' Reservation, was sol
emnised last evening by Rov. E. P,
The officers of the Klamath County
School Fair association have arrang
ed for the following Community
School fairs for the year lilS.
Bly, Mondsy, October 14.
Fort Klamath, Tuesday, October
IS.
Henley School, Wednesday and
Thursday, October 16 and 17.
Bonanza, Community Fair and
Teachers Institute, October 18.
Matin, Saturday. October 19.
Each school district In the county
Is requested to hold a school fair on
a day previous to the community fair.
'At these individual, fairs ribbons will
bo'theonly prljstfegjvon. The blue
ribbon wfnnorrlll be expected to ex
hibit tlielr products at the community
fair noarest them,'' Thevwraners of
prises a.t' these larger fairs will 'be
awarded prizes In the shape of War
Stamps.
The boy and girl grading the high
est In Industrial club work In the
county will be given a free trip to
the boys' and girls' summer school
at Corvallis during the summer of
1919.
Announcement will be made later
of tho grouping of tho schools to
make up the community fairs. It is
to bo hoped that the various commit
tees can bo given at the some time.
The officers In direct charge of the
county fair plans are C. D. Chorpcn
Ing, president; Edna I. Wolls, secre
tary; H. R. Glalsyer, county agricul
turist; Frank W. Sexton, county club
leader.
WHEAT FLOUR
SUBSTITUTES
DESIGNATED
brought before tho eon rogation,
artillery branch of the Service and, Lawrence of the First Presbyterian
has been transferred to Louisville, (church at his home on Third. and
Kentucky, ' jJefersoa streets.
To settle the matter as to which
substitutes on wheat flour aro legi
timate since the 80-20 parity plan
has been authorised. I will qucto as
follows from Instructions received to
day from Federal Food hcadquartora
In Portland.
The principal .substitutes nro corn
flour, corn meal and barloy flour. U
no other substitutes are desired one
or the other of these must be taken
at the rate of ono pound to each, four
pounds of wheat flour., but If other
substitutes are avnllablo and tho pur
chaser wishes to take them, ho may
purchase In the same ratio any of tho
following substitutes: rice flour, oat
flour, potato flour, Kaffir flour, ratio
flour, fetlrlta flour, peanut flour
sweet potato flour Indian flour and
buckwheat flour.
Pure rye flour or'moal may be sold
as a substitute but must be sold In
proportion of not less than two
pounds o! rye to throe pounds of
wheat flour, and no other substances
than these mentioned may be sold as
substitutes, You will note that corn
starch Is uo longor to be regarded as
a substitute. ,
This Yss been a mooted question
and I am' pleased that the instruc
tions are so specific. '
O. C. APPLEOATB,
.Food Administrator for Klamath
.v . "County.
ENCIRCLED
BY ALLIES
BRITISH TAKE EIGHT
THOUSAND IN DRIVE
ON CAMBRAI FOjiTY
GUNS CAPTURED -V A
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FRENCH WITHIN TWO
MILES OF EDGE OF ST.
QUENTIN GERMANS
REPULSED.
(By Associated Preea) ,
hJOtiOMepLiSLv
Field Marshal Hafg's forces
up to midnight last night had
captured over 8,000 prison
era, as a result of their drive
on the Cambrai front .They
also took 40 guns, i , , . ,
PARIS. Sent 19.4-The
French last night continued
progress toward SuQuentnu
and penetrated Germanos
itions at Contescourt, three,
miles southwest of St Quen
tin. , . . .
A German attack on the)
Vesle river where the 'Am
erican and French troops are
stationed east of Court Lan
don, was broken up by the ,
French artillery. The French
have advajaced close to Dal-
lon. less ',than two mils
from the western outskirts
of St. Quentin.
LONDON, Sept. 19. The
Bolsheviki forces are retreat
ing both on the northern and
southern fronts, according,
to a Stockholm dispatch.
The Czecho - Slovaks still
hold Samara, which the Bol
sheviki claime'd fo have 're
taken. .
KUSS1AX ROYAL FAMILY
SAID UURNED TO DEATH
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LONDON. Sent. 19. Tho former
Russian Douagor Empress and Ihreo
princesses and two Brand Dutchessea
wboue names have not been reported
wero burned to death about a month
after tho Russian Emporor was shot,
according to n story reaching London.
Tbe story has been given consid
eration and an Investigation started
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QUESTIONNAIRES TO '
YOUNGER MEN FIRST
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Questionnaires, from the local d $ ,
Board are only being sent totk ,
new registrants between ' she ( , ' ,
ages pf nineteen and .hrlR,'sjilt4 ,
' both Inclusive at this time. Tja,0)u i
e older men who registered on , rnVfi
Beptomber 13 th will, receive ' v v w
theirs fat a late? datd. " ,' 5 iiR
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