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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
VOLUME XIX
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914
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NUMBER 48
German Army Is First and Second Defenses of Paris Officers Search for
and Lines of Rapid German March
the Corpse After
Forty Miles From
Sweating Williams
France’s Capital
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Before many hour» «-lapse there 1» reason to believe that the body
of Al McLeod, missing since Auguse 23, will be located.
Early la the day, Frank Williams, who is held in connection with the
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disappearance,
was taken into the sheriff’s office, and was “sweated” for
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t<> the final lino of occupation.
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The next forty-eight hours will decide the fate of Paris.
MEZIERES
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Late this uflernoon Sheriff Low, District Attorney Irwin and others
The military is in complete control of the city today. The forts are
q ÖEAU^A/S
n0’
left
in
automobiles tor the McLeod homestead, carrying picks, shovels and
all manned, and the city is underuuirtlal law.
a LAON
gum
boots.
As far as outward indications go, the final line will be advantageous
CAMMEGWE
I
Regarding the developments at the questioning of Williams, the au­
■ B
to tlie ulllee. Roughly sketched, it will take the form of a "Z," extend­
a °F?H£IMS
thorities
remained silent today. Williams' voice, in hysterical tones, was
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ing northeast ió near La Fere, and the other points at Rheims, Mezieres
heaid outside the sheriff’s office though bis words were
uml Verdun.
TRE RM Ar
PARÍS
when be was returned to his cell, wracked with soba, he
CHAUOHS
Experts say such u line gives the
weak, and clung to officers for support.
allies material advantage in being en­ JaroBlav. The reserve of the Austrian
trenched with the angles supported line extends from Carpahtion, be­
Although the officers refuse to talk, it seems certain lha» Williams
tween the headwaters of the Dneister
by fortified positions.
made some admission that shows that he at least knows where the body Is.
This will compel the Germans to and San rivers, along tile San nearly
And there is reason to believe from this that the prisoner may have
divide the forces and move against I to Annopl.
confessed
to the killing of McLeod, holding that be did so in self defense,
In Russian Poland only a part ot:
places having the greatest natural
and
that
he
buried the body and took possession of the ranch in the hope
the
line
Is
holding,
with
enormous
>
strength.
Russian reinforcements arriving.
of
convincing
people that McLeod left.
Despite the transfer of the capital
As a result of the great fight live i
That
“
Scotty
” McLeod, whose whereabouts have not been discovered
to Bordeaux, the situation at the
afZtHtfOfn
Austrian corps were practically annl- -
front is improving. The ferocity of
since a week ago last Sunday, August 28, Ims met with foul play seems
the German assault* on the allies left I hilated, reserve ammunition captured
FIRST LIMI
tuttua. o
practically established.
and
thousands
taken
prisoners.
LANGRI
4 tXTEHSt
Is diminishing, and it Is insisted that;
After putting Frank Williams, who was arrested on suspicion Tnes-
the allies position is much stronger
StcoNo L ine
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PeFEMSt
i
day,
through a rigid evandnation this morning, it was certain that he has
than it was three days ago.
i
confessed
to at least an implication in the doing away with McLeod. While
Fresh troops have been sent there
o
t
the sheriff lias refused to discuss the results of the examination at aU,
from the extreme right of the line.
It is officially announced that a Ger­
the actions of Williams while returning to the jail plainly showed that
There is no doubt In the minds of I time, so far as can be learned from [ was believed to be a large army near
man aeroplane trying to bomb Paris !
he had uiade a confession of some sort, aud that he was throwing himself
military experts that the rapid in- 'contradictory dispatches, there are I Colmar in Alsace, made up of Aus­
was shot down near Compiegne, and i ailed Press Service
on
the mercy of the officials. He showed signs of having wept, and clung
four armies tn France, all moving to­ trians to the number of 100,000 and
CETTINJE, Sept. 3,—The Monte-j
two German officers killed.
—— ivaslon of France by the German
■ Germans. The Intention of the com- to the sheriff all the way to the jail.
ward
Paris.
Tho
far
northern
army
It Is believed that the invaders will begun, General V ecclnles column arW[eil will cause alarm in the French
i mander of that force would undoubt­
It was discovered Wednesday by the sheriff and deputy that an un­
,. ,
. swung north in Belgium after leaving
strlko at tho northern line of forts. begun. Generfal Vecclnies Column I capital
within a few days. The French Brussels, and was said to have taken edly be to move across the border as
known i>erson had been traveling back and forth from the McLeod place
The Germans are within forty miles defeated the Austrians near Tschain- [
land English armies are believed to i Lille, which was supposed to be pro­ soon as French troops were with­
of here, but officials insist it will be I ■ta.
about
the time McLeod disappeared. This man kept away from the farms
drawn
from
Alsace.
These
advances
, have fallen back on the first line of tected by forts much stronger than
impossible to Isolate this city.
at Liege. Another army bad continued successfully for any length in that district, and up to today the ( —------- ---------------- - -------------------- -
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those
French defense—the forts extending
taken Namur and was heading for of time would mean the allies must office has been unable to discover who i McLeod had taken his bed and gone
from Calais on the north to Belfort Paris. The third had crossed the tall back on the second line of forti­ this man is. His actions at the time to the Drury place to go to work for
on the south, including twelve or border near Longwy and was push­ fications—the forts running from in seeming to make it a point to: him.
thirteen great fortresses as shown on ing on. A fourth army had taken Amiens, fifty miles north of Paris, keep away from everybody aroused i 1 The sheriff’s office has been unable
the map, and some 140 fortified Nancy, it was reported, and was well around to Le Fere, Loan, Rbeims, the suspicions of several who have ;to obtain any information that Mc-
since recalled his presence there.
places of less military value. At this In French territory. In addition there Chalons and on to Langres.
t Leod was in this city on Monday,
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The case as it stands at present is April 24, as Williams states he was.
r’ARIS' Sept. 3.—Acording to the
war office, the French Adriatic fleet
that McLeod has not been seen in j Several people have stated that he
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yestorday bombarded Cattaro, inflict-
this city or at his place since Sunday ! was here, but none were sure of the
DF.MORALIZED LEGION BELIEF-ilng heavy dama«es- T1,e fortlfica-
evening. August 23. At that time he date, according to the officia'«. That
' tions of the city were hammered to
was seen in company with Williams be was here the Saturday before la
ED TO BE PREPARING TO MAKE pieces.
on the way to the ranch by several certain.
I
farmers living in that neighborhood.
If McLeod has been done away
A SECOND STAND—MORE RE-
(Herald Special Service)
Afterwards Williams stated that the with it was between the time he
man with him was not McLeod, but ! reached home with Williams on Sun­
INFORCEMENTS
BERLIN, (via The Hague), Sept.
n
a
hobo he had picked up to go to I day and 9 o'clock that night, when
to
refute
.--Germany
is
prepared
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ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST work on the Drury place. Investi- ’
JUSTICE
OF
THE
PEACE
SAYS
Belgium,
Huntington and the other farmer
tlio charge of atrocities In
gation shows that no such man went. stopped at the ranch. No positive
United Press Service
THE
ROAD
FROM
ENTERPRISE
She is preparing to prove that Ger-
THAT INNSTEAD OF IRWIN’S
I
to work for Drury.
LATEST—VIENNA, ‘(via Rome)) United Press Service
proof has been found that he was
man wounded were killed by Belgian
TRACT
TO
WHEELER
RANCH
About 9 o'clock Sunday night, seen after that.
OFFICE BEING IGNORED, IT
The Austrians after abandoning I attt -
PARIS, Sept. 3.—Myron T. Her­ non-combatants.
August 23, a man named Huntington
It is not believed that McLeod was
HEARD IN COURT
burg were reinforced, and are again rick, America’s ambassador, is the
PREPARED THE PAPER
and another farmer stopped at the made away with without a struggle of
only
foreign
diplomat
remaining
In
lighting the Russians. The bailie is
McLeod place. Williams was there some sort. It is known that both
now raging over a semi-circular front Paris. The others have gone to Bor­
alone, as far as they knew.
deaux, the new capita, of France.
“Scotty" and Williams are of quick
The proposed county road from the
I “The morning paper was misin­
from Russian Poland to the Dneister
The floor was wet, and Williams temper. Appearances, while not con­
i
Enterprise
Tracts
to
the
Wheeler
formed by someone regarding the
River. The Russian force is much
I ranch is not to be secured without a explained that McLeod had broken a clusive, would Indicate a fight of
procedure
resulting In the issuance
the larger.
struggle. This was shown Wednes­ bottle of whiskey on the floor, and some nature had taken place at the
of a warrant for the arrest of Frank day afternoon, when C. W. Miller ap­ had also spilled a bucket of water, McLeod house.
United Press Service
and that he had just cleaned it up. ; A row of sunflowers which stood
”?," said Justice of the Peace peared to make formal protest.
ROME, Sept 3.—Representatives 1 I W!!!!?.
Williams,
United Press Service
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These men say, however, that the just outside the door were more or
E.
W.
Gowen
today.
“
The
paper
of
all
political
factions
have
peti
­
Through Attorney J. C. Rutenic,
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 3,—The
floor had been scrubbed exceptionally less trampled down. Blotches on
tioned the government to request stated that Prosecuting Attorney Miller alleged that the people in that clean.
Austrian forces, completely demoral­ I United Press Service
I these, plainly visible, despite the fact
ized after their disastrous eight-day ! STOCKHOLM, Sept. 3.—The gov­ America to join in the protest against John Irwin said he ‘knew nothing of vicinity were not posted regarding
Williams was very excited at this
!
tight near Leinburg, are retiring to ernment of Sweden today declared Germany's alleged violations of-the the case, although he was the proper the road's loaction, as the typewritten time. He also told the visitors that
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description on the notices faded when
the fortifications behind Lemburg. A her neutrality, and all bellgerents rules of war.
official to whom Morgan should have exposed to the elements.
second stand Is expected at San River, will in due time receive notification
first gone ’
wljh headquarters at Przomysl and of this action.
Those desiring the road state that
Three Day Race Meet
"Now, the fact of the matter is that the notices were legible at all times.
¡the information on which I issued the Their attorney, H. C. Merryman, also
United Press Service
SYRACUSE, Sept. 3.—Coincident warrant of arrest was prepared by held that if they were so anxious,
with the opening of the state fair the district attorney’s office. It shows {they could have secured the descrip­
here today, a three-day race meeting on Its endorsement that It was drawn tion by calling at the county clerk’s
was started, with a six-race program up by Irwin’s deputy, W. M. Dun­ office.
scheduled for each day. The state I can.”
! The court has taken the matter un-
fair stake, to which event *5,000 has
I der advisement.
been added by the owners’ fund, is Sued on Note.
Suit to recover *22 alleged due on
the biggest event scheduled. It is a
I Has Tonsilitis.
weight-for-age event at a mile and a' a note has been filed by the Farmers’
Miss Hazel Barnes is confined to
quarter. The best horses in the East Implement and Supply company
(Rome Correspondent United Press) dinal del Vai. He was assistant sec­
her home on Walnut street, between
are entered, and this race fa expected against Fred Smith. Rollo C. Groes­
ROME, Sept. 3.—Cardinal Della retary of state, under the pontiff, and
Seventh and Eighth, from an attack
to settle definitely the question of beck represents the plaintiff.
Chiesa was today chosen as pope. later cardinal and archbishop of
of
tonsilitis.
The program began today with a the best horse of the year.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 3.—Baltimore
succeeding the late Pius X. He was Venice.
Visitors From Hildebrand.
today opened an elaborate program pilgrimage to war sites along the
Prior to that time the new pope
elected on the ninth ballot taken by
In the celebration of the centenary of Patuxent River and to the grave of
A revolver designed for the nerv­
J. S. Simon and Ralph Wilkenson Cliipp-Davis.
the College of Cardinals.
was archbishop of Bologna. Pope
the writing of "The Star Spangled Dr. Wllllan’ Beanes, for whose re­ ous woman to carry in her vanity bag of Hildebrand are in the county eeat
Justice of the Peace E. W. Gowen
Fifty-seven cardinals participated Benedictus XlV, elected in 1740, was
lease Key visited the British fleet.
Banner."
last night united in marriage Archie In the conclave.
is probably the smallest weapon of | today on business.
also archbishop of Bologna.
It was while detained on the cartel its kind in the world. From the tip
Cbipp and Margaret Davis,
The range of the celebration will
Both
The new pontiff has chosen the ' The new pontiff is a strong foe of
include Washington, Annapolis, Fred­ Bhip that Key watched the bombard­ of the hammer to the end of the bar­
Duke, said to be the largest horse are from the reservation.
name of Benedictus XV. His corona- “modernism." Early in the present
erick and the whole of Chesapeake ment of Fort McHenry and was in­ rel it measures about three inches, in the world, and weighing more than
tion date will be set later.
year he issued a strong denunciation
Bay, with the main program at Balti­ spired to write "The Star Spangled and it fires a steel bullet about twice 3,000 pounds, Is exhibited by Charles
Sheridan business men are backing
The election of Della Chiesa is a of the tango and other modern
Banner.”
more.
Miner of Battleboro, Vt.
the site of a pin’s head.
a cannery.
tribute to thè late pontiff and Car- dances of that type
I tilled Press Service
O
cambha P
I’ARIN, Sept. 3.—Il is considered certain that the allies will be com- .
pclied to retire to Paris’ fortifications. Already there is discussion a» I
Montenegrins
Are Invading
Adriatic Fleet
Attacks Cattaro
P11Q QIA N Q PU
A
L,nited i'res* serv*ce
nlluulnllu
UllnUL
Germany Will
Deny Charges
■Better Move
DUNCAN DREW UP
EHE INEORMATION
Want America to
Join in Protest
Sweden Declares
Her Neutrality
I
Star Spangled Banner
Centenary Celebration
Venitian Cardinal Is
Chosen as the Pope