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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1915)
KURDS MAY Kill PEACE IN SIGHT, ALL CHRISTIANS BROKERS BELIEVE RENEGADE PIUTES CAPTURED American’s Idea of Combating the Zeppelins. Reports of Many Atrocities by Activity in Stocks Is Taken as Fanatics Is Alarming. Forerunner of War’s End. Sixty-fii'e Christiane Are Hanged, Including /•'Tench and Ameri cane Tur keg Will Aid. /•'rance Stope Ruging Horses and Rusiness Revival Attributed to Recent War Re porte. Washington, D. C.—Alarming re ports of atnicitlea, Including the hang* Ing of 60 men taken from the French mission and five from the American mission compound at Gulpaahan, Per als, stirred the Slated department to further efforta to obtain protection for American missionaries and refugees in the vicinity of Urumlah, Peraia, where an uprising of Kurda threatens a gen eral Christian massacre. Ambassador Morgenthau at Con stantinople haa been twice appealed to by Secretary Bryan in the laat few daya to urge the Turkiah government to aend protection to the lm|>eriled section, anti it waa learned that the State department had received definite aaaurancea from the Turkiah govern ment that protection would be ruahed to the acene. It waa learned through the British embaaay that the Britiah consul to Tabriz, Peraia, not far from the Uru- miah district, acting in conjunction with the American conaul, Gordon Paddock, bail appealed to Ruaaian com- mandera in the region near Tiflis to aend aoldicra to the reacue of the help- leaa Christian populace. The Ruaaian generala, it waa aaid, had delayed ac tion awaiting orders from Petrograd. In view of the proaent efforts of the American government to have Turkiah troops sent to the region it waa re garded here as probable that no fur ther effort would be made to get aid from the Ruaaian aoldiery. Ghicago That the stock market in its vigorous and sweeping advance has txgun to “discount” the end of the European war was the opinion ex pressed Thursday by heads of La Salle- street brokerage firms. They called attention to the allege that pronounced movements in the stock market nearly always represent adjustments to finan cial conditions some aix months in ad vance of their arrival. "I think that it ia safe to say that there are appearing from day to day many harbingers of peace,” aaid F. C. Aldrich, preaident of the Chicago Stock Exchange. Little atrawa, we might call them. "We hail a report Thursday, for in stance, that France had stopped buy ing horsea in Chicago and elsewhere. Recently the war newa has been of a character to help the stock market. “Our people, including our New York office, are bullish. Our Wall Street advices are that sentiment is getting better every day. Brokers’ offices are again filling up with cus tomers, more so than at any time since the Stock Exchange reopened. There Is a large amount of money awaiting investment the moment conditions ap- |>ear favorable. Of course, occasional back-seta are to be expected, but the general trend is promising. “What is putting the stock market up?” echoed Charles Garald King. "The reason, as we gather it, is good buying by the best kind of people, important interests, it appears, made up their minds a few days ago that the time had come to buy. Stocks go up when business ia bad juat as they often go down when business ia good. That is the way the market adjusts itself to coming events. Now we have a com bination of the world’s greatest war and depressed business. Naturally the next change will be for the better. The end of the war, as 1 look at it, is fairly well in sight.” U. S. SUBMARINE Ft IS ' LOCATED 300 FEET DOWN ’ Honolulu, T. H.—United States sub marine F-4, which failed to come to the surface Thursday, atili lay on the ocean floor disabled late Friday, while 300 feet above her a score of veaatda combined in a atrenuoua effort to brnig ber to the surface. When the cables of the naval tug Navajo first made fast to the heavy ' mass which afterward proved to be 1 F-4, it waa thought possible to tow her to shoal water, where it would lx an eaay matter to raiae her. Shortly before 6 p. m., however, thia plan waa discarded, owing to the slowness of towing operations. An aerogram was sent to the naval tender Alert, which is equipped with heavy cranes and tackle adapted to the work of reacue. The Alert arrived at the scene of o|xratior.s before dark and then began the final stage of the work which offi cials declared would result in the rais ing of the disabled submarine. At H p. m. the inter-island steamer Claudine left Pearl Harbor naval sta tion towing the dredger California, which was loaded with heavy chains and other material, to be used in rais ing the submerged craft. Meanwhile the tugs were holding fast to the submarine, whose position ha<l remained unchanged. Germany Renews Efforts to Satiety Italy’s Demand» Rome — Efforts to effect an adjust ment of the differences between Italy and Austria are being continued per tinaciously by Prince von Buelow, the German ambassador, notwithstanding the almost insurmountable obstacles he haa encountered. Authoritative information has been obtained that the prince is now en deavoring to present the matter in a somewhat different and more compre hensive way. He seeks to convince Italy and Austria that they should not disregard the broader questions of pol icy and mutual self-interest on account of possible misunderstandings of the moment. Prince von Buelow has expressed the opinion that the matters now un der discussion cannot be limited in their application to the present, but will have a far-reaching effect on the future of both nations. Haig "Froe to Choose.” Rome — Commenting favorably on the adjournment of the chamber of deputies, the Giornale d’Italia says every deputy now is convinced of the necessity for Italy to act energetically, “facing any sacrifices to realize Italian aspirations.” The paper adds: “With the full liberty of action granted by parliament, the government now is free to choose the way, the means and the hour of using the weapons at its disposal with firmness and prudence; while the country, calm and disci plined, is ready for anything.” New Rutter Record Made. Delavan, Wis.—A new world’s rec ord for butterfat production has been made by Finderne Hollingen Fayne, a Holstein cow, which in one year gave 24,612.8 pounds of milk, containing 1,116.06 pounds of butterfat, accord ing to an announcement made here by the Holstein-Friesian advanced reg istry office. The animal is owned in Somerset, N. J. The teat was under the supervision of the New Jersey State Agricultural college. MINES IN THE AIR Philadelphian Has Designed Project Which He Believes Will Be Effec tive If Air Raids Should Be Put Into Operation. Picture a monster Zeppelin, as long as an ocean liner, laden with tons of death-dealing explosives, creeping through the murky mist of a winter night toward London. Picture, again, if you can, the skies turned to Hama and the heavens shattered as the hun dreds of thousands of cubic feet of Group of the renegade Plutes and their captors. The band was captured in Utah after a stiff fight with the hydrogen gas explodes, scattering the sinister craft In tiny pieces over the posse. streets and housetops of the city. That is the graphic sketch of what is likely to occur If the Zeppelins at tempt a serious raid on London, as given by Joseph A. Steinmetz of Phil adelphia. Mr. Steinmetz is the orig inator of the first serious considered scheme of mining the air and the In ventor of the trailing bombs for the / Z destruction of dirigibles. f / 1 In a few words, the plan devised by Mr. Steinmetz Is to install on all the buildings in a threatened area a large number of hydrogen balloons. They are held ready for instant use, and each is attached to a fine wire two miles long, wound on a windlass. The wire is so small that a mile of it weighs but four pounds, while it has a tensile strength of 120 pounds. The Zeppelin, sighted by the look out, would be permitted to proceed un til almost over the objective point. Then, simultaneously, scores of the balloons, to each of which is attached a highly explosive, inflammable bomb, would be released. Each bomb Is surrounded with a ring of hair triggers, and the slight ST est touch would cause an explosion which would unquestionably Ignite the gas in the dirigible. The plan is. to send a certain number of the mines 'Ì. ■-.¿■À to a given altitude, while others will be anchored at different heights, thus allowing the Zeppelin no chance to escape. The other method of destroying the British armored car filled with home protection soldiers in the streets of Yarmouth, ready to defend that city German craft is along similar lines, but differs in that it is conducted »gainst attacks by the Germans. through the use of aeroplanes. Each machine is equipped with bombs such as are used in the air mines. The PREPARED TO DEFEND YARMOUTH AGAINST GERMANS ¡¿I STAMPING GERMAN BREAD WITH “K” FOR KAISER Japanese Empire Holds Most Exciting Election Tokio — Closing an exciting cam paign, during which the wives of sev eral candidates at Tokio made personal visits and appeals to the voters, a gen eral election was held Thursday throughout the Japanese empire to chooee a new house of representatives. ; The laat house waa dissolved by the emperor Christmas day, 1914, because! of its refusal to ratify the military program of the cabinet. Thia election, ■ therefore, not only brings in a new 1 house, but decides the fate of the cafy- i inet headed by Count Shigenobn Okuma. The present campaign has been the most exciting and exftensive in the his- I tory of Japan. The candidates em ployed thousands of canvassers and there were daily rallies in the streets ' and halls throughout the country. An i increased appeal to the reason of the i voters waa in evidence. Premier Okuma made a whirlwind campagin, speaking from a s[>ecial train, while leaders like Yukio Osaki, the minister of justice, distributed their views by | phonograph. The police were ordered to make quick arrresta in the case of bribery. As a result, 1600 persons were ar rested. Thousands upon thousands of loaves of bread are turned out daily by the German army's numerous modernly Taking into consideration the fact equipped bakeries. Our picture shows a government inspector on the right supervising the work and an ap that the population of Japan is approx prentice marking the bread with the initial “K." imately 54,000,000, the suffrage is small, only about 2,000,000 persons having the right to vote. The City of ROBERT W. WOOLLEY trailing wire is wound on a spool, Tokio, with a population of a little which can be operated by the pres more than 2,000,000, has only 40,000 sure of the aviator’s thumb and voters. stopped at will. The aeroplanes being swifter, would Militia Drill Site Chosen. e be sent against the dirigible in flocks Klamath Falls, Or.—Announcement of three or four. The aviators would ■ has been made here that the Klamath depend on their speed and the great altitude to which they can ascend to Indian reservation has been chosen as keep out of range. At the proper time the site for the maneuvers of the the bombs would be released on the artillery of the organized militia of wires and a dash made at the enemy. Oregon, Washington and Idaho next In addition to the triggers, which summer. The six-mile artillery range can be locked until the bomb is ready will be near Fort Klamath, where a mountain will be the backstop. This for use, the bombs are fitted with year's practice is thought to be a test sharp grappling hooks. As the wire to ascertain the desirability of the is drawn across the big gas bag the reservation as a permanent maenu- hooks will catch and draw the trig ver ground for the entire United gers into contact with the envelope. States army. The explosion will follow. PRIVATE BOMBPROOF ON ENGLISH COAST Nightrider Is Convicted. Blitheville, Ark—Mark Rogers the first of several farmers to be placed on trial on charges of night riding, waa convicted on three counts by a jury here. The charges against the men are outgrowths of attempts of a band of white-capped horsemen several months ago to drive negroes from the county. Local authorities asserted that they have evidence incriminating more than 100 persona as the result of confessions obtained from men under indictment. Turkeu Fears Rulgaria. Paris—A Havas dispatch from Ath ens says the Turks are fortifying Lule- burgaa, 46 miles southeast of Adrian ople, and other places, in the fear of a possible attack by Bulgaria. An army Since the German raid on the East coast of England many of the resi- is training at Luleburgas under Ger ■ents have built bombproof dug-outs to which they can retire In case of a man officers. Heavy artillery has been -epetltion of the bombardment The fort in the picture was erected by a sent from Constantinople to the Durkot man in Scarborough district on the Black Sea. Basis for Exchange. He had a drove of dispirited steeds and paused to give them a much need ed rest. Th« storekeeper came out and looked them over casually. ‘‘Want a horse?” ’’Guess not.” “I’ll take It out in goods," said the stranger. “I'll take it out in tobacco In fact.” "Might do some business along those lines,” responded the storekeep er, “if we kin agree on a basis.” "What’s your basis T’ "Well, I'll trade with you, plug for plug."—Judge. Perpetual Punishment. ’Td sooner be a criminal than be married to a woman like Peck's wife.” "What do you mean?” Robert W. Woolley is the successor “Why, a criminal gets one sentence Of George E. Roberts as director of the mint Mr. Wooley Is a well-known at a time, but poor Peck gets a whole itring of sentences every day." magazine writer.