, ". -" -W,'vjt4A"tj ..jrVSjj: l?? dtrttmy Herald OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF KLAMATH COUNTY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER t- , OF. KLAMATH FALLS U? TlilMcriilti Vwir. , No. H,ui i. Oil KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1918 Price Fire Oeataw DNS TRY IN VAIN TO REGAIN GROUND . r. "AAMAAMMMMAMMMNMWMMWVMMWWW 4-wm 'im -.1 WiYv hi 1 .wmw,.,.,.,,..,.,,. n , , -.- -.n.-j-.-i.-L-.-.-Ln.-i.-uLrxnLAruxrmo COUNTER AHACKS IN WEST REPULSED EFFORTS OF ENEMY TO TAKE TERRITORY WREST ED FROM THEM IN ALLIED ADVANCE, END DIS ASTROUSLY FOR HIM FRENCH AND BRITISH OFFICERS IN DANGER AT MOSCOW PROGRESS IN MACEDONIA BEING CONTINUED BY ALLIED ARMIES i (By Associated Prci). LONDON, Sept. 25. The Germans last night counter attacked to the northwest of St. Qucntin and were re pulsed. The process of dosing in on St. Quentin is con tinued by the British, who progressed in the Gricourt neighborhood and also in the Sclecny region to the west ward. One thousand prisoners were taken yesterday, par ticularly around St. Quentin. - PARIS, Sept. 25. The Germans last night made an ef fort to regain some valuable ground recently won from them by the French near the western end of the Chemin des Dames. They also attacked in the region of the Moish farm, but the effort was an entire failure. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, Sept. 25. The air men of both armies are busy early today. Bright skies re placed clouds and rain on the Lorraine front. An increas ed artillery 'action was noted. LONDON, Sept .25. East of the Vardar river in Mace donia the Germans and Bulgarians are falling back on the Vcsles, 25 miles southeast of Uskub, along the Prilep Radsko road. The Serbians have captured 13 guns, a great number of ammunition wagons and other material. LONDON, Sept. 25. A number of French and British officers have taken refuge in the American consulate at Moscow, which is under Norway's protection. The Bol sheviki has placed a guard around the building and de manded the surrender of the officers, according to a dis patch received here. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 25. The Swedish gunboat Gcinhild was sunk by striking a German mine in Shargor- rak with a loss of the chief sistant rumored that another Swedish gunboat struck a mine recently and that the crew were all lost or killed.. AMERICAN HKAOQUARTKH8 IN FRANCE ,8opt. 25. Concroto Infor - matlon obtalnablo from thousands of prisoners taken by the American does not Indicate an appreciable breakdown of the (Ionium morale, ac- cording o examining olllcors. , WASHINGTON, U. C, Hopt. 25. Tlio following casualties aroruport-'tho od by the commanding general of tho American Expeditionary' Ferced: Killed In action IB Missing in action, Wounded severely ,..., '?! ..181 mod of wounds 7 Dlad of disease ,. 6 Mod from accident and othor causes 2 rank Word of Nyssa and Jack M. Elliott of Portland, aro listed as .killed Iu action. f Total number of casualties to date, Including those roportod abeve: Killed In action (Including those at sea) ...., , 6038 Hied of wounds ,..,.., 186 Wed of disease., u, ,.. 1780 Wod of accdont' and othor w (. .....v ou Wounded In action 17453 Missing In action (Including prisoners....!., 4ios TOTAL J. 88471 4 I officer and 18 men. It is per KHiHNCE SOLD YESTERDAY , flio residence owned by C. F. 8et- ' Ior in jjm,, uidUlon was yesterday ,,!, to C. C. Chltwood, who will as- HUmo possession of his now property iii October 1st. Tho consideration of tho sale wuh not made public. The ,on wng mu,0 thru the agency, of Smith Ilealty company. '44444444444444444 - NOTED CATHOLIC 4 PASSES TODAY RT,PAIJL, Sept. 25 Arch- ' hlRhop Irolund dlod hero early this morning 4 J(lhn iroancl. Archbishop o 8( Paill( h'e(, gucn 4 keen an(j 4 i nctlve Interest In genoral affairs 4' ,4 In the United States during the . palt ti it I r century that he was 14, note( n a publicist, us well as . (or Is religious seal. He was . nno 0( the most distinguished of . 4 the Roman Citliollc. churchmen 4. 0f America. Thore were few 4 fields of Intellectual, political or spiritual enuomur in wnivu v 4 ho failed to take a positive 4 stand, making himself at times 4( tnp center 01 a comruversjr. ) SIX BILLION IS MOUNT OF Fi DEFINITE ANNOUNCEMENT PROM, WASHINGTON KLAMATH MUST HUUHCHIHE HKR HALF MILLION BEFORE SATURDAY SU billion dollar will be the am- mint nt lha rtfatlntial Vaiielk Tlkliil WWH VB V tlMMWHei r wa iu UIWDI f Loan, according to definite Inform tlon received by Chairman Arthur R. Wilton this morning, end the expect ed quota of approximately half a mil lion dollars li now assured. Individual quotas will be aent out thru the malls today, and.lt la urged upon all citizens upon their receipt to procood Immediately to their bank and make 'their subscriptions. A .'number of counties are already far udvanced In their work of subscrip tion, having gambled on the chance of the'loan being six billion, but the local officer decided to wait until they knew exactly what they had to rulso In order to save possible endless extra work for themselvee and much Inconvenience for the resident of the county. r , Every person la the county will be solicited to purchase If he doee not subscribe, but It Is believed from the spirit evidenced by the people that they will come forward voluntarily us soon as their quotas are known and that the work of the canvassers will be a light task. Oregon Is to be tho first state In tho Union over the top In, this cam paign, a she ha been In tho ones previous. The splendid slogan of "Oregon first" must be maintained. The newa must be flashed to Wash ington on the morning of Saturday, September, 18th. This leaves only two daya in which to perform the huge task. Take your kick at the kaiser tomorrow. OF IT THE FOOT Mrs. Anna Pordyce, mother of Asa Fordyce, a well known sjort Klamath stockman, died at the Fordyce raaifh this morning from Infirmities and old age. The deceased, waa among the early Oregon pioneer, having come to Ashland and settled la 180. She ha resided with her son at Port Klamath since 1101. The funeral service will be held at Ashland on Friday. GERMAN LANGUAGE TAUGHT PATROLMEN WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept, 25. German will be taught In many col- 4 leges represented In the student' 4 training corps. The war department haa authorised thl so as to make eer- 4. tain men available for Intelligence 4. service and other service where the 4 knowledge of German would be bene- 4. flclal., It wa said at the war department 4 today, that, for lnstaace, men.oa pat- 4 rol duty would be hettar IMU4 for 4 their work If they knew the enemy j 4 language. While the custom will not 4 be universal .It will be taught wher ever necessary that men with some knowledge of the language may ha "brushed up' en It. OURTH LOAN RDNEFR OREGON DIES em I PARTY SPLEHD PATRIOTS WHO AUK TOURING STATE KOIt FOURTH LIIIKKTY LOAN FORM POWERFUL 0. GHEGATION. TALKS INSPIRING. That Houston Opera llouso was not picked to the doors last night as was the case Sunday night n,t the Lib orty Loan meeting ns most unfortu nate In view of the splendid nddrcssc that were made. Tlio houso nas com fortably filled hoccr and every msn and women present felt moro thin repaid for coming out. Following music by 'tho Klamath Falls band outside; the ontrnnco nnd several soloctlons by tho Liberty Loan Chorus on the Inside. Chair man K. U. Hall Introduced Mark Woodruff, publicity cliiilrnnh of the campaign for Oregon. Mr. Wcodruff In humorous way described ninny of the Incidents of the tour In tho Yellow Demon car party thruout tho eastern part of tho state nnd Inter spersed his Introduction of the others with comical anecdotes. Air. Wood ruff declared that'muny of tho bleak and barren districts of eastern Oro gon where hardly anything mlRht be expected In the way of subscriptions, were "comlns thru" In-a way that was simply astonishing. Sergeant II. L. White, who wns the first speaker on the program nnd' who has been In Klamath County on two previous occasions, gave nn intense ly Interesting description of some of his experiences In the trenches whoro he has been for tlio greater part of the.tlme since 1M.' Sergeant Whlto la only twenty-soon cars of nno now and It Is declared that his body Is covered with scars front shrapnel, bullets and other evidences of dor- rain culture. Ho has spent nlno months In tho hcspltal, been honor ably discharged from tho army, but Is still out doing whnt he can to help the cause of liberty. He threw some Intorestlng Inside Information on the. possible results of the battles In the eastern theatre by declaring that If the victory which now seems possible there materialize, It will mean that a million and a half of the Urltlsh soldiers can bo released for service on the western front. Ha ' gave seme Interesting side lights on that much discussed nnlinal the "cootie" which he painted In such a realistic manner that a num ber of the audience were obsorved to be furtholy feollng Inside their collirs, before ho finished. How he caught and tamed n magnlflcont spe cimen for racing purposes, won hugo Continued on Paxo 4 4 OIVK OLD CLOTHES TO THE RED CROSS Room are now opened at tho Worden building, adjacent to the Orphous theater, for tho re ceipt of old clothing for tho lied Cross. A country- ido canvass Is be ing rasdo this weok for clothing which will be used for tho war ! sufferer In Europe nnd the mil- 4 lion of garment which are 4 stored away bore doing no one 4 any good, will make tho rotug- 4 ees across the water warm dur- 4 Ing the coming winter. 4 Mrs. B. K .Martin has charge 4 of the move for Klamath county 4 and will be pleased, to receive 4 the goods that may be brought 4 In. If there are those who have 4 gift to make and cannot get 4 thsm to the headquarters, they 4 may phone and arrangements 4 will be made to call for them. ' 4 4 ! N W BLYST IN ANSI MIL THIS MORN NG CAPITALIST WHO HAH I1KKN KN JAOi:i IN HA1HINCJ IILOOIIKD ' STOCK IX HI'ltAUL'K RIVER COUNTRY, 111 KM TOIIAy' O. Q. Labciee, a prominent and wealthy stockman of tlio Illy district; died at his homo there at an early hour this morning from rhoumatlsm of the heart, following on Illness1 of about two weeks. Mr. Laboreo camo here from Wash ington about three years ago, pur chased a largo ranch and has been engaged In the raising of blooded cat tle. He was about 55 years of age. Undertaker Cherryman left for lily this morning to tako charge of tho remains. The funeral arrangements have not boon unnounced. Tho Yellow Demon party which visited Klamath Falls last night and today, will go from here to Ashland and then follow tho Pacific Highway to Portland. Thls morning E. n. Hall lred the cities en the west side of tho the cities on the West side of the mountains that they would make no mistake In ndertlslng the proposed vlflt of tho speakers nnd urging them to got out big crowd. Slnco leaving Portland on Sept. 16, lo Yellow Demon has Jslted 80 towns in Central Oregon and tho sneakers litrto averaged three speeches each day. One day they appeared six 'times each. They have spoken to moro than 10,000 people and have been n reminder to hund reds of others who have seen the car flash along the roads that It Is time to bo Into town nnd t.lgn up for the fourth liberty loan. "It Is particularly pleasing to me tlia n ,10tcl mn" should bo tho power. behind this splomlld patriotic woric. Bald K. Tl. Hill, chairman of the speakers committee for Klamath County. "Tho Multnomah Hotel man. K. V. Ilnuerr. Is 11 big acquisition to Oregon and Is Idontlfjlng himself v. lth Itc pooplo In n way that Is sure ta mako him a foremost figure of the stito. Mark Woodiuff, who Is with tho car, lo tlio assistant mana ger of the Multnomah nnd the fact that he docs little talking nbout his connection with thnt Institution ,ls n fine testimonial tp the medesty of the Hauser people. They do things and let tho other fellow talk." Tho car goes from hero to Ashland und will follow L. J. Simpson at Med ford tomorrow night. This urrango ment giNo tlio people n glimpse nt u big republican and a big Democrat In action for tho liberty bonds. LOAN MEETINGS AT KIINO AND SWAN LAKE Liberty Loan Mcoting will bo held nt LTonr. TtinFaHnv night nnd nt Rwun Lake on Friday evening, according! o Chairman, E. B. Hall who Is also endeavoring to arrango a gatheilne at Bonanza. I The 'principal speaker at Keno will bo Attorney II. M Manning while Attorney K. L. Klllott will make thot uuuress m dwuii, a uuume uu"1' tetto from Klamath Falls will furn Uh music at both places, n LOIN ni n HOME MERRILL "1L NFJBBONHNa CREST NOW CREATURE 1H CHOKED TO DEATH 1'Y RANCHER WHO MEETS AN IMAL BAREHANDED WILL OO TO PORTLAND FOR CARE ' To have his hand bitten to four places early thjs morning by a rabid coyote, which he choked to death la self defense, wa the unfortunate ex perience of Ben Crapser, four mile east of "Bonanxa, who will go to Port land Immediately for the Pasteur treatment .taking the head of the coy ote with him. The coyote wa first seen near Bo nanza at two o'clock this morning, whore it attacked the dog jOwaad by i'cier Bcaonsnm, an inaian caaipea near by. Schonshln rushed to ike aid of hi dog and saved It by throw Ing a blanket over It. The dog waa killed this morning. Crapser, who, live four mile ap the river., wi out driving la kla calves ;Wfctia he wa attacked by the creature. Ha had no weapon with which to defend himself aad waa forced, ten handed. the animal ban- IS BEATEN BT EMPLOYES ASSAIL HIM FOLLOW ING DISPUTE OVER WAGJsS ARE ROUND OVER TO ACTION OF GRAND JURY Charged with assault with a dan gerous weapon, "to-wlt, a rock," oa the person of E. L. Hopkins of the Merrill section. Ed. Haller and hi wife, Maud Haller, were yesterday brought before acting Justice A. L. Leavltt and bound over 'to the action of the grand Jury. v The affair In which all participants were badly scarred and bruised? was the result of a dispute over wages of the defendants .who were em ployed by the plaintiff. The latter reported that following their verbal disagreement as to the amount due Haller ,he suggested that the matter be referred to a disinterested party for settlement, when be was attacked. IRRIGATION DISTRICT , CONTRACTS APPROVED WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 25. Tho socretary of the interior ha ap proved contract whereby the newly organlzod Klamath Irrigation district assumes liability to the United States for the payment of construction in stallments and operation and main tonanco charges for years subsequent to 1918, also for all delinquent con struction, operation and maintenance charges as shall remain unpaid. The maximum amount for which the Klamath Irrigation district, be comes liable, exclusive of operation nnd maintenance charges, penalties and Interest, is 11,363,036.9. This sum does not Include proposed cost for additional drainage, replacement; of perishable structures, or any right to the Ankeny canal, and cov ers only amount expended or author ized to be expended prior to the date of contract, tow'lt, July '86, 1818, UN WNN DWffF IFOCH SAYS PASSED BY THE ALLIES CANNOT REACH RHINE RIGHT. AWAY BUT MAY GATHER HEAD WAY LIKE SNOWBALL BOW1T t HILL ALLIES PRAISBD GERMANS AND BULGARIANS ARH .' SPLIT APART IN MACEDONIA ' , v TURKS HAST OP JORDAN' NOW PROBABLY CAPTIVES AV' (By A oeUtted Preae) LONDON, Sept. 35. "The British irnr'k better than' ever a fight better than ever, the Americans are splendid and the French army' is tba same good old army It was In 191. The enemy I shaken up and shaken dawa but I still holding out aad.you must aot think we shall get to the Rhine Immediately.' , We have psssed over the 'crest and are going"dowa hill, IfVe gither Impetus a we'.go like a rolling ball so much the bet ter" declared' Marshal Foch.who dis likes Interview but who received a group of newspaper men last Tues day. DATELESS DISPATCH In tho encirclement' of St. Quentin, the. Al lied forces are progressing against Increased enemy 'resistance. Despite the enemy counter attack la MecedoBla the Allies have appar ently completed the splitting apart of the Oerman and Bulgarian force east and west of the Vardar river. v The enemy la apparently not able to hold the Veale line. The Bulgar ian are offer stiff resistance to the Allies south of Demlrkapu Pass. It appears that the Turks, who, suc ceeded In reaching tho castorn bank of the Jordan are virtually isolated arfd are In Imminent danger of cap ture. LONDON, Sept. 25. More than 40,000 prisoners 'and 285 guns have been taken by the British in the suc cessful offensive In the Palestine The British capturing the territory oast of the Jordan river are appar ently In a favorable position to cut off the Turks 'who are retreating north along the Hodjas railroad, The British are now approaching the Am man and the Arabs aro pressing the retiring enemy northward from Mann which is on the Hedjus railway south west of the Dead Sea, nOME, Sopt. 25. Tho Italians In western Macedonia aro pressing northward vigorously and have occu pied the heights north of Topolchani between Monastlr and Prllop. t MOVE TO SEPARATE AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY CHICAGO, Sept;. 25. A nation wide movement said to be approved' by the federal government and P9,Uf!j -k.a tltx ma PnilHAtllylt j4aAMSIA HsT'I uidu uj nm.aiatu vuuhwiv J vj 'A1! ior me Eeparuqi 01 u,,TMJvv$J AU6UIUI MSPU9 sWHWHTO'nsj. wa Chlcsgo's Hungarian' colour ap the approval f United; $ emissaries will be Mnt )to sproadavKf dream of avrepuklc;'ViongvtW HdqieUl garlan pr8oie4hry,tVf (an and Serb!- m&pfaM. A f -J. ! t "aSlfiW" s m$m fc,v i, MNMiwMv. t.JL J V. " n ., xBissri!? v-