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Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
CHAIRMAN HAYS
 READS REPORT

Chicago Jan. 1.-Two women oc- cupied seats in the Republican Ma tionaI committee at it's meeting here today for the first time in the history of the organization. They were ad- mitted to the inner councils of the perty on proxies and enjoyed all rights of regular members. The &C., ton is taken to mean that hereafter women will be urged to take an ac- tive part in every brance of national Republican play.
 They were Mrs Josephine Corliss Preston of Washington. who held the proxy of s. A. Perkins, national comitteeman from that state, and Miss Mary Garrett Hay, of New York who held the proxy of Herbert Par sons, national committeeman from the Empire state.
 The committee began its all day love feast session at 10 a. m. with an executive business session. IA roll call showed that every state was re- presented either by the natiolIal com mitteeman or proxy.
 Chairman Will II. Hays read a lengthy report in which he reviewed in detail his activities during his first year in office and analysed the Re publican victory at the congressional elections last November.
 New members of the committee were elected 10 fill vacancies in sev- eral states, as follows:
 Maine, A. J. Sweet; New Jersey, 1T F. Kean; Virginia, c. B. Slemp; Wyoming P Sullivan
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

London. Jan. 10.-(Correspondence the war work of the British Secret Service now revealed show that Ger man spies or agents of the German government were making active preparations even before the begin ming of hostilities, to use the Isle Of Wight as a landing place for Ger
 man forces and for the lombard
 ment of Portsmouth. One of the
 first precautions taken in August, 1914, was to place close restrictions on persons trying to land upon or
 leave the island. From Harwich to
 Hampshire. along the south and southeast coasts of England. nests of
 German spies and agents were en-
 gagged in desperate missions in the
 carly days of the war. One of ths
 urgent tasks of the British Secres
 Service was to stamp out the opera tions of these men.
 For a long time the authorities were unable to discover the origin "' Morse signals that were being flashed cut to German submarines from the seafront at Pevensey. Special watch was kept on a certain cottage and. , although no lights were shown, the patient observers finally solved the mystery. They learned that after dusk several persons near an upper window manipulated what appeared to be the dial of an ordinary clock. A raid on the cottage disclosed that the, clock dial was fitted with a dark prism. By focusing the prism on the strong headlight of a fishing smack anchored off shore 1t was pos
 sible to send forth signal flashes. These flashes were not visible to a person standing on the beach. but l out in the channel they could be ! read easily.
 l Between the coast and Tunbridge ] Wells which was the headquarter
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

The teachers claim that instead of talking on specific points MT. Nor rison has given them nothing more than generaIities. Far from being satisfied the teachers are up in arms against MT. Morrison and the edu- cational bill before the legislature.
 The first of the mystical seven points of the real" code is to codify the laws relating to education. Codi- fication Is a mere matter of bringing all the laws that relate to schools to- gether in one publication where they can be conveniently read. Anybody can do 1t. There Is nothing that calls for speeches and a loud public noise about that. The teachers view this point, therefore. as an interest ing bit of thin camoufiage.
 According to the teachers an i'm crease in revenue for the schools of Bridgeport has always been obtained when their expansion demanded it., and they can't see where this point means any more than the others.
 Securing uniformly good schools has always been the aim of the Bridgeport Department of Education and why MT. Morrison brings this message to Bridgeport is a mystery to the teachers
 MT. Morrison's words on distribut-
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
GENERAL STRIKE IN ARGENTINA
Govt. Assemblies Troops, Places Guard Around
 Palace.

Buenos Aires. Jan. 1o.---A general strike was declared throughout Ar genuine Republic at midnight.
 Shortly before midnight two regi- ments at Camp Mayo, the headqua-- ters of the Buenos Aires district, re- fused to come to the city to do strike duty. Early last night however. the government had assembled several thousand troops, comprising army and navy contingents A heavy guard was placed around the government palace and a threatening mob in the vicinity was dispersed.
 Serious disorders followed the fun eral yesterday afternoon of the five persons killed in Tuesdays disturb ances, After the burial of the vic tims more than one thousand strikers who had formed the procession burn ed a passenger train on the Pacific railway and tore up the track, para lyzing traffic on the trans-Andean line. They later burned 8 Catholic church and the girls school adioin- ing.
 The district police station at the NaSena Iron Foundry was captured by armed strikers but 1t was asserted at police headquarters at midnight that the station had been recaptured During the night the strikers en- trenched themselves around the Va sena plant. The strike committee as- serts that one company of infantry In this locality refused to fire on the strikers, laid down it's arms and went to it's barracks with the men under arrest.
 The official socialist party organ, La Nanguardia, says this morning:
 The funeral of Tuesdays victims was attended by 1000 persons. The cortege was fired upon twice It is imp possible to state the number of killed and wounded in Thursday E clashes, but the casualties will reach great numbers. All the unions have decided to continue the strike inde- flnitely as a protest against Thurs days events. The government has disembarked marines and sailors be- cause it has no faith in the army"
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

, Ing and rationing justly the burden
 of cost is in the minds of local teach
 CTS a good example of generalities
 They believe that If MT. Morrison
 meant to say that Bridgeport should contribute more to Monroe or Trum-
 bull, or some other place he should have said so.
 The assistant superintendent's s point on developing a more effective body of teachers in Bridgeport is
 out of place, as 1t is pointed out that Bridgeport has a training school for that purpose and is continually de- veioping a more effective and eff cient body of teachers.
 The point to provide more men teachers is looked on in Bridgeport 1 with suspicion. It is wondered if this is not a scheme of MT. Morrison's g own mind 10 obtain a large male teaching force that he can be su- l pervisor over al an increas sed salary. ''To secure the adoption of a certain program for school work Is Mr Nor. rtson's last point, and this is said to be as useless as the others" All in all MT. Morrison Is locke upon by the teachers of Bridgeport
 much as 8. farmer would look at a 1 city chap with a huge gold brick un- t! der his arm.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
.HUN AGENTS ACTIVE IN ISLE OF
 WIGHT LONG BEFORE THE WAR
Spies and German Agents Planned to Lombard Ports mouth From This Landing Point and Extensive Pre- parations Were Made to Turn the Island Into Base for Submarines and German Raids.

Of British army corps, band or gYpsies made the rounds of villages urdisturbed until an officer made the significant discovery that none of them could converse in Romany, the gypsy tongue Investigation by Se- cret Service men proved cOnclusively that the masqueraders while pre- tending to trade with the country folk and tell fortunes secured im- portant information as to the move ments of troops in the southern com rnand. Prompt and drastic action followed these revelations.
 At the beginning of the war nu- merous instances came to light of aliens attempting to enlist under false pretenses. If the recruiting of hcers were dissatisfie with a mans appearance or accent. he was taken aside and the oath was administered to him separately. It is practically impossible for a foreigner to repeas the unusual phrasing of the oath without betraying his origin, and in that way many dangerous spies were ca blurred.
 About Christmas, 1914, a foreign
 diplomat in London received an anonymous gift of pate de foie gras. Suspicion was aroused and analysis . showed the presence of a deadly poi son. Secret Service agents were call i. ed in and they proceeded to work on |, the theory that the pate de foie gras had come from one of three aliens then under surveillance. According
 1y to each of them was sent anou--- mously a can of fote gras exactly
 similar in appearance to the can : containing the poisoned stuff
 The landlaGy of one of the trio
 opened and served 1t for his supper and it was not until late in the aHen- ing that she told him that the can had been addressed to him. Think !! ing that he had eaten his own poi son. the man actually became III. He was promptly arrested.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
MYSTERY SHIPS"
 IN BRITISH FLEET
A Puzzle to Hun Command CTS, These Boats Wiped Out a Large Percentage of Destructive Enemy Submarines, and Made Possible the Trlnsporta- tion of Troops,

Falmouth. England, Jan. l0-tCor- respondence of the Associated Press Two German submarines were sunk an one day by the Mary B. Mitchell, a sailing vessel. one of the mystery ships' o1 the war now exhibited here. This craft was one of the first, f not the first, of the decoy ships which played havoc with the C-boats. This vessel went into the decoy service early in 1916, under command of Lieutenant John Low rie. All her officers and crew vol unteered for the hazardous work. She was provided with a twelve pounder and two wen-concealed six pound CTS
 She sighted the first submarine three miles away and loafed along awaiting a chance to bag 1t. The German craft followed at a safe dis tance for 2 time. but finally crawled eieaAs eAA aSsAE sasazSyaRs 4ziz tA>s
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
TRANSPORTS ON WAY WITH TROOPS
Huron, Belgic, and Atenas Leave France With 5000
 Americans on Board.

Washington. Jan. 10-Departure from France of three transports, the Huron, Belgic, and Atenas. with about six thousand troops, including many sick and wounded, was an- nounced today by the War Depart ment
 The Huron is due at Newport News January 15, with one hundred off. cers and 5000 men from the follow ing units: Third provision battalion 56th Engineers, comprising Com panies l, F and K, and Medical de tachment; Casual Companies Mum bers 121 to 125, 412 and AS (Mary- land. 414; Field Hospital Number 304 of the 401st sanitary train; Sec ond heavy mobile ordnance repair shop; 429 sick and wounded and 20 casual officers.
 The Belgic is due at New York January 8 with the first and second battalions, 49th infantry, field and staff and medical detachments, in all 36 officers and 2,436 men; also casual companies numbers 428, 429, 433 435; Chemical warfare service casual company number g. tCamp Dix,) and 37 casual officers.
 The transport Atenas is due in New York January 19 with a detachment of headquarters troops from the 92nd division (negro); a detachment ot casual company number II (CamE Dix) and 95 casual officers
 The following organizations have been assgined by General Pershing for early convoy home: 18th balloon company; 420th and 423rd telegraph battalions: Ordnance Casual company number 21; transportation corps com. pany 53.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

Scattered shots have fallen about the builGipg during the day but no attack as yet been mada on it.
 With the exception of the fighting just described the city has been quieter than on any day since Sun day
 The followers Of pr. Kari Lieb- knecht have issued their Red Flag from a private plant. The edition contains the following, addressed to the readers of the sheet:
 '"The bourgeois and majority So cialist newspapers in number of places have been closed or changed into organs of the revolutionary pro letariat, which realizes that the pow erful agitation and propaganda agency which the bourgeois has pos sessed in its press must be paralyzed or taken from it."
 The inner city has been compara- lively quiet during the past twelve hours. The presence of strong and numerous attachments of government Troops patrolling the downtown streets has had a reassuring effect. Occa- sional shots fired as a. warning have resulted in the dispersal of crowds of curious.
 Newspaper row" which comprises the buildings of the leading bourgeoise newspapers was the scene of fight ing during the night and early today. The efforts of the government troops to drive the Spartacans from the Wolff Bureau office, the Tageblatt, the Lokal Anze.., CT and the Vossische Zeitung proved unsuccessful.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

The office of the Wolff bureau has been contended for hotly during the past few days.
 The Spartacans have been driven from the government printing office and the barracks of the pioneer guards in Koepenickerstrass which was the scene of heavy fighting Tues. day.
 The ChanceHor's palace in Will helmstresse. where the five members Of the government have their head quarters. has been converted into an armed camp.
 Charlottenburg, one of the largest communities of Greater Berlin, was without gas and water on Wednesday on account of strike of city employees. The surface street car lines are not operating and the subway is badly overCrowded.
 The rumor that the Spartacans had occupied the imperial bank is declar- ed to be untrue.
 Determined attacks by the govern ment forces on the plants of the Tageblatt and the Vossische Zeitung which are still in the hands of tbe Spartacans, have been going on with short intervals of inaction since noon today.
 The machine gun fire in the news paper quarter Is almost continuous. The government has a large number Of troops in readiness and the attacks seem likely to continue to a decision.
 The Wolff Bureau office was the scene of short combat last night The plant of the Vorwaerts Is being carefully guarded by the extremists.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

"Dr. Botkin has also written to lis sister to the effect that the greatest crime of the twentieth century has miscarried
 An Associated Press dispatch from Warsaw under date of Dec. "A gave Michael de Tchihatchef, a nephew of General Skoropadski, as authority for the statement that the former Rus sian Emperor and his entire family were still alive. Count Tatichev, the Emperor's former personal military attache, was named as the victim who was shot instead of the Emperor.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

il had superior speed and gun power, opened fire.
 Failure of the mystery ship to re- turn fire at once ba filed the German officers. They wer. quiet for fifteen minu' -S. and then resumed fire. When the si )marine came sufficiently close and was in good position abeam, the concealed guns of the sailing ship were brought into play and Iande | six mortal hits on the submarine, which was unable to fire an addition al shell. Just three minutes after blown up by a shot which holed it just below the foredeck and caused an explosion which threw a vast col umn of water high into the air
 Later the same day another Ger man submarine approached the Mary B. Mitchell and opened fire at a dis tance of about two miles. After the sixth round the mystery ship was stopped and a boat put of. To all appearances the craft was abandon ed. The submarine approached the supposed wreck at full surface speed Then 1t submerged for a time and suddenly rose to the surface again.
 The gunners of the Mary E. Mitchell landed a shell just below the coming tower and pierced the side one foot above the water 4 flash Of brilliant blue flame a.d & dense yellow smoke came from the hole. Almost instantaneously an- other shell struck forward and tho submarine was enveloped in black smoke and sank into the water. bow foremost. with a loud gurgling and hiss IF. D.
 The official repor, does not say thar the Mary B. Mitchell was filled with wood to keep her from sinking, but this was doubtless the case as other my~-ary ships were so equipped and we-u able to float in spite O. any damage inflicted on them by .torpe- does and shells Their guns were frequently hidden behind doors in the sides of, the ahAo waz4zA Gzxea hs @xHas snA
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
NORTHUMBRIA
 STRIKES MINE

London.Jan. O.-The British steam CT NorthumbtG struck a mine off Mid- dlesborough Thursday, and most of the crew is believed to have been lost A boat with two survivors and eight dead has been washed ashore at New ton Abbot
 Four other boats which left the ship with survivors are thought to have been swamped.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
TEMPORARY NAVAL FORCE

Washington. Jan. 1e-A temporary naval force of 225, 900 enlisted men for the year beginning next July was decided on today by the House Naval Subcommittee, in beginning the work of framing the naval appro- priation bill This force is 25.000 less than was recommended by Secretary Daniels
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
Foundation Of Actual Peace
 Congress Will Soon Be Laid
TEACHERS DISAPPROVE OF EDUCATIONAL BILL
Are Far From Being Satisfied and Are Up In Arms Against H. c. Morrison Qualification, First of Seven
 Mystical Points Merely Thin Camouflage

Ever since Henry c. Morrison, assistant superintendent the State Board of Education addressed the Bridgeport school teachers at the High school auditorium told that the socaed Morrison code being distributed throughout state is nothing than framed bill then gave them The real code of principals discussion been rife just what Mr. Morrison is advocating
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
DENY FARE INCREASE

New York. Jan. lO.---The City Board of Estimate today denied the request of the Interborough Rapid Transit company for an increase in the fare
 charged on elevated and subway lines from five cents to eight. The board also denied the request of the New York Railways company for an in- crease of the surface lines from five 10 eight cents and three cents for a tSsJlsfsr.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
Unconditional Surrender" Is
 Maritime Strikers Demand
SPARTACANS KEEP HOLD ON ALL VANTAGE POINTS
Rumor Announcing Capture of Police Headquarters By Government Proved Untrue Fighting Brisk
 Near Newspaper Offices

Berlin Thursday, Jan. 97 p. m.-(By The Associated Pesst out from official here this af- ternOOn that the government forces had recapured police headquarters from the Spartacans It learned this ing however that this statement not true and that the headquarters still in the hands Spartacan forces
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

The Northumbia. built in 1906. was Of 4,215 tons, 36O feet long and was owned in Glasgow.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

The transport Northern Pacific WAS pulled 30 feet more off the sand bar at Fire Island
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

House Rules Committee failed to report favorably the s10O, 900, 900 food fund for starving Europeans
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

Boston will build a terminal similar .to the Bush Terminal s6 Nsy YeES-
Republican farmer., 1919-01-17

Cotton ginned to Jan. ]. lo,7e1. .77s nsLe~.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-12-11

Best yet. Herald Want Ads.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-12-11
PITCAIRN ISLAND Is LONELY
Natives Occupying Spot, Peopied by
About $50. Have Deoenerated
Through interrnarriaoe.

Home is where the heart is, hut the
heart picks out some most unusual
locations at times. Rather near. ms
Pacific ocean distances 20, to the So
ciety islands. is Pitcairn island. II Is
certainly lonesome spot. says the
New York Sun. and as far back as
1856 the British authorities decided
that IL was no a, place for human
habitation. So. the descendants of the
mutineers OF the Bounty" who had
settled there In l790 were transferred
that year to the more inviting Norfolk
island. Several families, however,
were so homesick that they went back
to Pitcairn.
The population from these few fam
i!ies has now increased until about $50
people are on the island. Through In
termarriage and other evils OF isola-
tion these islanders have degenerated
and their retrogression undoubtedly
will end in their determination.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-12-11
BOXING BOUTS
PROMISE WELL

Boxing fans are promised run
for their money In the contests
sscheduled for next Monday night,
December l5, at the Houston opera
house, the first bouts under the au-
spices OF che new municipal boxing
com mission,
Toby Miller, whose hard-hittinE
reputation Is well known to local
fans, Is training for the main bout
with Billy Huff, and declares that
he Is In better condition for the COM
ing contest than he has been for any
event in years. He is confident that
he can stop HUI long before the
tenth round.
Hun Is losing no sleep from anx-
iety over the outcome. He says that
his Oakland opponent looks no big
ger TO him than any of the rest OF
them, and points to few past per-
formances OF his own to sustain his
contention that the decision will not
go TO his opponents corner.
Two snappy four-round prelimina-
ries between Kid Harrington and
Jack Edwards. lightweights. and Kid
Mcpherson and Young Souza. welt
ers, are on the card, and a six-round
semi-final bout between Guy Rob
erts and Bob Allen, which fans
claim is going to accession as much
as the main event.
Members OF the boxing commits
sion publicity committee declare any
evidence OF a frame-up will result
in barring the guilty parties from
all future exhibitions here, and fur
thermore, that no rowdyism will be
tolerated. They assert that all bouts
unddr their management must be
clean contests, cleanly conducted.
and any deviation from this ruling
will not be tolerated for minute.
Tom WATERS, whose integrity and
OF the boxing game are
both OF the highest, viii referee the
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-12-11
FORGOT he CHANGED HIS HAT
Aaed Restaurant Patron Makes Search
for Straw Toppiece, But Finds
Own Derby.

Nice Old gentleman In the rcstsu.
rant. with a long line Of hat trees
running down the center. His dinner
finished, he picked up his check and
turned to the hat tree back OF him
and took down his hat. or the hat he
had no doubt was his, but when from
force OF habit he looked inside OF II
to make sure he found that IL wasn't
his hat nj ALL
SO he put that hat back on the tree
and tried the next most likely one.
but with the same result. ard Il was
the same with all the hats on the
tree, which he looked into one by one
until he had looked into all excepting
black derby. which he did not In.
spect. for what he was looking for was
q straw. .-....
But then. TO leave no stone un.
turned. he took down that black derby
and looked into Il: and. good gra-
ciousl that was the hat be was really
looking for; that black derby hat he
was now looking into was his very
own.
He smiled as he put II on. He had
changed that morning from straw to
felt and then had forgotten all about
IL.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-12-11

Garibaldi. ltaiy's famous patriot
once wrote a novel which was pub
iished in six languages, but never
paid In any.
Fares on the London subway
lines are graded, being higher IN
the West End than In the poorer
sections OF the metropolis.
tn inhabitants, OF Heligoland
make money by trapping iarks
while migrating for the winter As
many as fifteen thousand OF tue
birds have been caught on the Is
land In one night.
One of the first pretenuous
buildings erected in San Francisco
was made OF stone which was cut
fitted and placed in position WIN
out mortar in China. and then snip
ped across the Pacific.