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HALTING STRIKE
CIMCAOO, Oct. 21. Tho United '
Hlatox llallroad Labor Hoard today, ,
bucked liy all tliu authority which i
tho government can placo at Its dls-
ioHnl, culled representatives of nil
tho railroads In tho country and tho
flvo Idg unlotiH to npponr liarn for
confuronco nnxt Wednesday, Oclo-,
her 20, and solemnly warned tho j
loaders of tho union not to Htrlko un
til tho hoard had hoard nil tho grlav
uncoH und rendered IIh cIocIkIoii.
Tho railroad lahor hoard nnnoun
rod that It had nxxumod nl)BolutO
Huthorlty Initio dlMputo "on tno stat
utory grounds that u gonornl Htrlko
might substantially Interrupt com
morco." Intorpratntlon of thu Hoard's
action practically menus that thcro
will ho no Htrlko on tho dato Rot,
October 30, unli'HH tho unions open
ly defy tho government.
Tho opinion provalla that It la
hardly possible that a prohahlo du
clnlon will bo rendered by tho board
hoforo that date,
CLEVELAND, Oct. 21. Informa-
tlon reaching tho "big four ' londura
hero to tho effect that tho govern
ment had Invested tho railroad labor
hoard with unlimited authority to
adjudicate tho claims and arrlvo at
a decision boforo allowing tho gen
eral Htrlko to take place October 30,
staled that thoy would oboy tho or
der Issued to ho present boforo tho
railroad labor board Wednesday.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 21 W. a. Leo,
president of the Ilrothurhood of Rail
road Trainmen, announced that tho
strike situation was absolutely un
changed upon his return from Chi
cago whoro thu '-'Illg Klvo" executives
of tho brotherhoods conferred with
out result with thu railroad labor'
hoard yesterday.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21. Labor chiefs
uro pushing plans for strike on Oc
tober 30 and tho railroad officials
uro molng till freight und bUPPHoh
at double tlmo preparing to combat
Htrlko. Tho conforonco ycstnrduy
failed hecaiiHo tho labor loaders wero
unable to postpone thu Htrlko ponding
tho rato reductions proposed by tho
labor board. Tho noxt step mUBt como
from tho government by action from
tho whlto house. Tho packing In
terests bogun stocking meat at stra
tegic points In anticipation of tho
general railroad Htrlko, according to
ndlvcos Riven out by tho packing
heads.
WA8HINOTON, Oct. 21. Govern
ment officials repeatedly oxprossod
tho opinion that tho threatened strike
situation Is far from hopoloss and
that boforo Octohor 30, somo com
promise will bo offoctcd sultublo to
both railroads und to the men.
INDIANS IjAYINO IV
WINTER FISH SUPPLY
THE DALLES, Oro., Oct. 21.
Topees nnd shacks dot tho banks of
tho Columbia IUvor at Colllo Falls,
near horo, for tho natlvo Indians
nro engaged In catching tholr win
ter supply of fish. Tho Indians fish
ns tholr ancestors did, with spoars
and drngnots and occasionally a
natlvo strip's nnd wades out Into
tho rlvor to obtain ft bottor eaten
Throngs of whites gathor at tho
rlvor dully to watch tho natives at
thnlr wnrk. Manv of tho fish nro
sold nt tho connorlos, hut most ofj
thorn nro drlod on tucks uu .
river banks for uso as wlntor food.
GOLF TOURNEY
LOS ANaOLBS.OCal., Oct. 21.
Tho California open golf champion
ship tournoy will bo played January
IK. lfi nnd 17. next, on tho courso
of tho WJlshlro Country Club horo,
according to an announcomont mndo
by I). Scott Chlsholm, secretary of
tho Southern California Oolf Asso
ciation. .
IIH8H SITUATION ACUTE
LONDON, Oct. 21. Negotiations
liniwnim nrltlsh officials nnd Irish
loadors today baroly escaped being
'Lawyer Hunter Says
Deer Were Too Wily
for, Combination
1 "Hard luck, that Is nil wo can
nay about our door 'hunt, not oron
the track of ono did wo find In All
our 100 inllo swoop of tho coun
try where tho animals aro sup
posed to ho plontlful," said William
Marx today on his return from a
throo'days' hunt. Marx was accom
panied by Frod Duko and Port
Summers on tho occasion and ho
fcols that botweon n lawyor, a taxi
driver an an Indian policeman, at
louRt one of tho animals- should
havo been found. "When a combin
ation of this Bort falls, I am un
able to flRiiro out whoro tho nvor
ngo huntor has a show In tho
world to get ahead," Marx stated
In summing up tho reasons why
they found llo Rarao oxcopt ducks
which annoyed thom In their chaso
of tho wily door.
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Thu nnnual fair thnt Is glvon each
year undor tho auspices of tho ladles
of Sacred Heart church will bo hold
In tho U and I hall Novembor 10, 11
and 12. Tho plans for this year's
event aro ctaborato and preparations
havo been under way for many
woeks.
Tho purposo of tho fair Is to raise
fundn for tho Academy, an Institu
tion that had already been a big nsiot
to thu city. 1'uplls nro attending
from dUtnnt points nnd tholr coming
adds materially to tho rovonucs of
tho city. Jn addition to this tho
maintenance of this Institution re
lieves tho taxpayers of tho district
of u burden thnt would havo to ho
borno If this school had not been
started.
Tho fair this tlmo will bo along
tho samo lines as thoso of former
years, except that now features will
bo added nnd the old ones elaborat
ed upon.
County Court Sued
For Old Claims
By John Irwin
Tho Klamath County Court, con
sisting of Judgo R. II. Dunnoll, and
Commissioners Durroll Short and
Asa Fordyco, wero mado defendants
In n suit filed In tho circuit court
yesterday by John Irwin, formerly
district attorney of Klamath coun
ty, wheroln payment of accounts
contracted during Irwin's adminis
tration .amounting to $911.10, for
prosocutlons of tho illegal salo of
intoxicating liquors In Klamath
county In 1916, Is asked for.
During District Attorney Irwin's
administration, to socuro ovldonco
undor Chapter 141 of tho gonoral
laws of Oregon, 1915, Chas. D.
Wynn porformod sorvico botwoen
Jnnuary 19 nnd May 19, 1910, n
mountlng to $397.00; Chns. A. Otis
botweon Fohrunry 12 and May 18,
1910, amount $272.00; Jnmos D.
Mooro, botweon Jonuary 29 and
April 15, 1910, amount $1G7.10
and Evelyn C. llardln botwoen
March 9 nnd April 13, 1910, n
niount 175.00.
Thoy woro rotnlnod nnd socurod
tho ovldonco wanted by tho former
district nttornoy in his clean-up of
Klamath County. Payment was ro
fusod by tho county court during
liwln's torm of office Tho claims
woro mot out of tho prlvnto funds
of Mr. Irwin and an nsslgnmont
mado by tho partlos to tho ox-dlst-
ct attornoy for collection.
Tho bills havo boon prosentod to
tho present county court, against
which suit has boon onterod, hut
havo been repeatedly turned down,
Irwin says. Dy tiling suit Irwin
hopes to close up tho last official
acts mado by hlra as district attor
noy, In his enforcement of tho pro
hibition net In Klamath county.
brokon off. Tho Irisn dologatos
irn Htm aDorohonslvo this attornoon
that tho Houston scheduled for next
Monday may be the last ono to occur.
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OR NEXT MONTH
MITCHELL SEEKS
HEAVY OWES
FROM M'LEMORE
'As an outgrowth of tho difficul
ties botweon J. D. Mltclioll and D M.
McLomoro, a suit for $100,000 was
filed' yesterday by Mr. Mitchell, in
which I), M. McIomoro, Marshall
Hooper and tho First Stato and Sav
ings bank aro dofondants.
Tho troublo botween tho two cat
tlo barons camo as n result of a mis
understanding ovor tho payment of
cortaln obligations duo by Mitchell
to McLomoro, ono of tho outstanding
features being an alleged agreement
botweon thom bolng that McLomoro
was to furnish funds up to $3,000
to cover checkB to ho issuod and
signed "J. 1). Mitchell, by E. E. Wal
ker." Thcso chocks woro Issued, but
It In alleged McLomoro failed to de
posit tho money and tho bank re
fused to honor tho coheks because
of Insufficient funds.
lAs a result, this precipitated tho
court action In Portland, which final
ly culmlnatod in an agreement bo
tween McLomoro nnd Mltclioll where
by tho latter secured satisfactory
conditions nnd tlmo In which to mcot
payments duo on tho ranch and ob
ligations to McLcmoro.
Tho suit filed yesterday came as a
surpriso and Its progress will bo
watched with a groat doal of Intorest
by tho friends of all parties concorn-J
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On Armistice Day, November 11.
tho body of an unknown soldier,
brought from France, will bo In
terred at Arlington National Ccm
otory, Washington, D. C. Tho fun
oral oration will bo dollvored by
Prosldont Harding. Tho coromonlos
aro to bo In chargo of tho Army
and tho nssombly of troops and ci
vilians will so largo that compar
atively fow will be able to hear tho
unaided volco of tho Prosldont.
Doll loud speakers will be instal
led so that .all thoso who aro as
sembled may hoar tho President's
oration and other oxorclsos. Loud
spoakors will also bo Installod in
Now York, Chicago nnd San Fran
cisco and tho President's oration
will bo simultaneously transmitted
over tho long linos of tho Doll Sys
tem, to bo hoard at all four points.
' Tho loud speaking oppartus
provldod at all four points will bo
similar to that usod during tho
Rose Festival, Portland, In Juno of
this year. Dy tho uso of this ap
paratus It will bo posslblo for thous
ands of pooplo to hoar and In a
measuro partlclpato In tho Interest
ing and solemn coromony.
Tho gatherings In Now York, Chi
cago and Snn Francisco will bo un
dor tho auspices of tho Amorlcan
Legion, which will arrango to con
duct sultnblo oxorclsos. Tho placo
of assombly In San Francisco will
ho tho Civic Auditorium. Loud
spoakors will bo Installod in tho
hall and also on tho outsldo as it
Is oxpected that thero will bo an
overflow mooting In tho Plaza. Tho
work of Installation Is undor way
and will bo comploted for tost
about Novombor 1st.
Tho project Is one of tho most
Important and difficult ovor under
taken. Tentatlvo applications havo
boon recelvod by tho Pacific Tele-
phono and Tolograph Company from
newspapers for an extension of this
service to other cities under tho mis
taken lmprosslon that tho making ot
such extensions would bo as simple
as tho addition ot a drop to a tele
graph circuit. Tho installation of
tho necessary apparatus at each of
tho four points Involves an expendi
ture of thousands of dollars. Tho
purpose Is to make it possible tor a
I largo numbor ot peoplo assembled
I at the four designated points to par-
SIN
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CLEW SOUR
TO I SERVICE
MEN CET DOES
Ex-sorvlco men of Klamath County
.who havo sorvico claims ot any kind
are to be given an unusual oppor
tunity to present tholr claims to di
rect roprosentatlvos of tho U. S. Vet
erans Durcau.
Tho Orogon Cleanup squad ot the
U. S. Vetorans' bureau which la cov
ering tho atato to personally roach
ox-scrvlco men will be In Klamath
Fallfl for threo days, Novombor 3rd,
4th, and 5th. Headquarters for tho
squad will bo at tho city hall.
A. C. Klnloy, ndvanco agont for
the squad, Is la tho city arranging
for tho mooting. Tho cooperation ot
Klamath Post, No. 8 Amorlcan Lo
Rlon, and of tbo-otflclals of tho lo
cal Rod Cross cbaptor, has boon so
curod In endeavoring to Inform all
disabled veterans with unsottlod
claims ot tho visit and purposo ot
tho squad.
Tho visit of tho squad horo Is
part of a natlon-wldo campaign of
tho U. S. Vetorans' bureau lo, secure
and place In process of adjustment
ex;Borvlcemen'0 claims of every kind,
Including compensation, hospitaliza
tion, vocational training, allotments,
travol pay, etc., said Mr. Klnloy.
Erory effort will bo mado by tho
squad to complete and spood up pend
ing claims, aa well aa handlo now
claims.
A physician Is Included In tho por-
sonnol of tho squad. Ho will make
medical examinations, and In emer
gency caaea Is authorized to order
Immedlato hospitalization or medical
treatment. '
It any vctoran Is not in as good
physical condition as when onterlng
service and bollevcs his condition Is
duo to tho servlco ho should not fall
to mcot the Cleanup squad, present
hU' i claim, nnd have examination
mado.
Mon should bring their discharge
certificate or certified copy of samo
and any othor papers which may
havo a relation to their claim.
lAdvIco will ho given on tho rein
statement and conversion ot Insur
ance, also tho now provisions govern
ing tho samo under the Swcot Dill
will ba explained.
Football Team Left
For Med ford Today
Coach "HI" Woods nnd his nggro
gallon ot football players left this
morning for Medford whoro they will
play the high school tomorrow aftor-
noon at 2:30 o'clock. Coach Woods
has boen balancing up tho local team
all this wook and will present a fight
ing machlno tomorrow afternoon who
will tost out tho playing qualities of
tho Medfordltes.
ANOTHER OF ATHLETIC "
FAMILY TRIES FOR TEAM
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.,
Oct. 21. Another Dole iins como to
udd his bit to tho long record mado
In athlotlcs horo by six mombors ot
his family. Ho Is Norman Dole,
from Rlvorsldo, Cal., and Is out for
n placo on this year's freshman foot
ball team. -
From 1895 until 1913 thoro woro
fow yoars In which Stanford nthlot-l
tc toams did not Include n member
of tho Dole family. Most of tho old
or Dolos camo from Honolulu and
woro uucles of Norman Dole.
nAAJi-n.TLan.rin innrri'i --. .. - .
tlclpato In the funeral oxcrclses nnd
to hear the volco of tho President
llvoiing a 6olonm historical oration
ut tho grave of tho unnown soldlor.
It will bo a marvolous demonstration
of groat scientific accomplishment
nnd without precedent. It Is, of
courso, apparent that no one on tho
Pnclflo Coast can partlclpato In thso
oxorclsos and hear tho President's
volco oxcopt thoso who nro assem
bled at tho Civic Auditorium In San
Francisco. It Is not posslblo to ox
tnnd iho, arrangement to any other
points duo to tho oxpenso for fur-
Inlshlrg and Instilling the npcessnry
load epeaklng apparatus.
Klamath Lumber
Industry Boosted
In Lumber Journal
Ono of tho greatest advertising
features, which accurately pictures
tho opportunities of Klamath Falls
and Klamath county, appeared In tho
current issues of "Lumber,y publish
ed in St. Louis; Missouri, 911 Septem
ber 23 nnd October 7, written by
Nool Aylmer Dow, managor of the
western dopartmont ot tho publica
tion In Portland.
Two manufacturing editions woro
Issuod and In tho issuo of September
23, 13 pages of descriptions of the
manufacturing Industries and plants
In this county wero given, with a
panoramic scono of Klamath ,FalIs
on tho first page. In tho second Is
suo, tho completion ot tho descrip
tion was glvon, making , the two
atorles a wonderful boost for this
county and city.
DSWELt
Perhaps it wan not tho goose that
laid tho golden egg that was killed
by MrB. Joo Mooro tlaat Saturday
ovoning, hut the bird that gave up
Its life to adorn the center of a din
ing table must havo been descended
from tho samo atraln.
From tho crop ot the gooso Mrs.
Mooro extracted threo small gold
nuggets, two ot them about the size
and shape ot a halt grain of rice,
ono sTdo flat and tho othor oval,
nnd tho third a sort ot a miniature
collar button shape."-
The nuggets were well worn as
It thoy had boon In the gooso'a crop
for somo tlmo. Tho bird, one ot
tho domestic variety, has been pen
nod In the yard of the Moore home
on tho west side of the river for the
last flvo weeks. .While It Is" said by
thoso who know fowls that tho gray-
HI '1WU. HUU muiiu 6lu MW WA
in 1na-1n1v1.11 sifcjeB gz.uiBvimu mien
romalns In the. crop, tor a long per
iod, still Mrs Moore Is Inclined to
bellovo tho gooso picked up tho nug
gets in tho pen.
Tho gold waa takon to a Jowolcr
yosterday. Tho two smallor nuggeta
aro a greonlsh gold. Tho othor s
a darker color, and, wedged within
It wore particles ot quartz. As has
been said, the nugget's shape boro a
resemblance to a small collar button,
excopt that the connecting stem la
ao short tho edges ot tho button
como almost togothor. The quartz
was Imbcddod botween. fTho Jewel
er applied acid and othor tosts and
pronounced tho discovery to bo gold.
Mr. Mooro, who has bad mining
oxporlenco, Is thinking of establish
ing placor diggings. At loast ho will
"pan" a fow squnro feet ot dirt to
seo If thoro Is any more ot tho motal
lying about.
Business Better
At Weed Than for
Year Past, Report
-WEED,- Oct. 21. Duslnoss condi
tions In Weed havo Improved con
siderably tho past fow wooks. Tho
Wood Lumhor Company has recotvod
'sovoral largo orders, both for lumhor
and factory products nnd, ns a result
has put moro men on tho pay roll.
Tho venoor plant has started up,
and even has a fow mon working on
tho night shift to get tho orders out.
Ono rooming houso, which was
closed some tlmo ago, has boen ro
openod, as tho two largor rooming
houses aro both tlllod with mon.
Tho Shastlna merchants havo also
gotten tholr share ot tho prosperity.
Thoy all report that business Is bot
tor than It has been for over a year.
HONOR KNGLISII ADMIRAL
NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Admiral
Earl Deatty, commander of Drltlsh
Grand Floot during world war, was
wolcomod by naval demonstration on
arrival horo today to attond tho
Amorlcan Legion convention nt Kan
sas City, Octobor 31, November 1st.
and 2nd,, Inclusive
WEATHER REPORT
Tonight, Saturday, fair.
GOOSE'S
DR. BRUMFIELD
FAILS IN HIS
ROSEDURO, Oct. 21. Dr. R. M".
Drumfleld, convicted slayer of Den
nis Russell, under sentenco of death,
last night Attempted to commit sui
cide by slashing his, throat on both
sides with a sharp piece ofj gold
brldgo wprk taken from hla teeth.
Tho attempt was mado shortly bo
foro nine o'clock last night and dis
covery was mado of the attomptol
suicide by Sheriff S tanner, when
making an Inspection of tho ward
where Drumflold was confined.
The doctor's throat was cut four
Inches on the left side and tho right
aide but badly scratched, the jugular
vein being missed In both slashings.
While weak from loss of blood un
less complications set In, Dr. Drum
field will recover, physicians say.
Shorlft Starmer Issued a statement
today that tho convicted slayer may
bo takon Into court tomorrow on a
cot to hear the death sentence pro
nouncod and that he plana to do so
unless tho condition of tho patient Is
such that he cannot bo moved.
Portland Negro '
Claims Wife Was (
Branded b yK. K. K
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PORTLAND, Oct. 21. The police
aro Investigating a report made last
night by Fhll Rrnolds, a negro
porter of the union station, who ssld
when he returned home laat night
he found hla wife beaten about the
head and branded with a letter "K"
on the left cheek. On the bad cham
ber door was a note signed "K K K,"
warning tho couple to leave the
neighborhood. Mrs. Reynolds' said
assailants wero two white men, one
a thick, heavy set roan, the other a
youth. Twenty-eight dollars wan
reported xholcrtrcmjiB houie-v
Dragg Calloway, Kins; Kloagle of
Ku Klux Klan, declared his organi
zation hero had nothing to do with
tho affair and offered to help the
authorities to find the guilty per
sons. Famine Over for
Siberian Native
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 21. Nat
ives of tho Far Eastern coast ot
Siberia aro recovering "from a sea
son ot near starvation, caused by
tho extremely rigorous winter and
scarcity ot food stocks and soa ani
mals, according to M. D. Voronott,
a fur trader, who has returned front
a flvo months' expedition along thft
Slborlan Arctic coast.
"Tho trapping season was excep
tionally poor," Voronetz reported,
"nnd tho natives passed tho hard
est kind of a winter hecauso ot the
scarcity ot tholr usual food animals.
Reindeer herds suffered also; be
ing unnblo to got their food through
tho snow nnd Ico. In many cases
as many as two-thirds ot tho rein
deer In each hjrd'dlod."
Supplloa reaching tno coast dur
ing tho summer relloved tho situa
tion. '
VALUAULK OAROO ON
TRADING SCHOONER
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 21. Furs.
Ivory nnd curios, estimated worth
$100,000 woro obtained by tho pow
or schoonor Iskum, now on her way
to Tacoma, In Siberia, whoro she
touchod at points not vlsltod by aa
Amorlcan boat for seven years.
Captain C. I. Olson, master of
tho Iskum, writing to friends here,
said that whon bo visited Kolyma,
northorn Siberia, the communist
authorities demanded his cargo of
American goods and offered to pay
In paper money. Tho captain de
clined and when It appeared that
tho communists Intended to fores
acceptance tho boat salted to sea
ono dark night and escaped.
Amorlcan goods were glvon to
tho natives In exchange for their
fur, ivory and walrus Ivory. Most
ot tho Iskum's goods were pnt
aboard a steamer at Nome, Alaska,
and seat "to Toa ahead.
SUICIDE TRIAL
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