1 X,W"ii .SVWtf uS tfiUfctTFaiiiSTTilir 71 1917 -....
OREGON CITY KNTKUPRTSE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1917
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BANK ROBBERS MAKE
SPOKANE, July 31. Two masked
men entered the First National Bank
of Medical Lake, 16 miles west ot here,
shortly after noon today, held up two
men In the bank at the point of re
volvers and later made their escape,
after scooping $13,000 in coin and cur
rency into sacks and driving away in
an automobile.
The robbers drove up to the bank in
a roadster, according to report, arriv
ing at a time when most ot the em
ployes were at lunch. One man ap
proached Fred Krichoffer, assistant
cashier, with the request that he cash
a traveler's check.
The other robber entered the cage,
revolver drawn, and compelled Arthur
Neale, a clerk, the only other employe
in the bank, to lie down upon the floor.
As soon as Neale obeyed, Krichoffer
was compelled to do likewise.
The men liesurely scooped the
bank's coin and currency into a sack.
They locked the bank employes in the
vault before leaving the bank, where
they were found by other officials la
ter. The men departed In the road
ster and were reported to have started
east. The sheriff of Spokane county
was notified and he in turn has tele
phoned to every town in eastern Wash
ington to be on the lookout for the
robbers.
It was thought that the men might
be heading for Idaho, but it would be
almost impossible to escape the cor
don that has been placed around the
territory, it is said, and reach that
state.
The car was a Bulck light six paint
ed green and bore dealer's license No.
IS. One of the men Is described at be-
BELGIAN FAMILY
EXECUTED FOR
SPY ACTIVITIES
LONDON, July 31. A dispatch re
ceived today from Amsterdam, says:
"The German authorities at Liege.
Belgium, arrested, tried and sentenced
to death within three days an influ
ential merchant named Croneret, his
wife and their two daughters, aged 20
and 14 years, on the unproved charge
of espionage.
"Father and mother were both shot
to death in the presence of their daugh
ters. The latter were offered their
freedom if they revealed the names
of their parents' accomplices. The
girls refused, the eldest stating, 'if
we speak we might cause 50 people to
be killed. We would rather die alone.'
She was immediately shot. The young
est girl then was tortured, outraged
and then shot"
1L BE TAKEN 10
BLOCK DRAFT ESCAPE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. Every av
enue of escape from the draft must be
closed. Provost Marshal General
Crowder issued this edict today.
Rumors ot widespread exemption
claims have caused a general tighten
ing up of the lines. There is no offi
cial recognition of these rumors but
action has been taken to prevent all
unfounded exemptions.
The first "slacker" to be apprehend
ed will be the "marriage slacker."
President Wilson has before him to
day an executive order expected to
tag about 30 years of age, S feet 10 prevent all escape from the draft by
Inches tall and weighing 170 pounds. ; marriage. It may e Issued during
A piece oi DiacK courtpiaster was he day.
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stuck under his left eye and he wore
a black sateen shirt
The other robber was younger, about
five feet six inches in height and he
weighed a'u,at 150 pounds.
The robbers got about an hour's
start on their pursuers. They drove
Into Medical Lake from Spokane, ap
parently and turned in front of the
bank while most of the townspeople
were at dinner. The robbery occu
pied from 12:20 to 12:30.
I
PAY LARGE PARI OF
INCREASED IR TAX
It is understood the executive order
will establish a time limit on depend
ency claims. It will probably set the
date ot the issuance ot the exemption
regulations, June 30, as the latest date
upon which dependencies can be es
tablished. All marriages after this date
might not be precluded from exemp
tion, but will be more closely scrutin
ized by the exemption boards. Should
this executive order go into effect a
marriage license will become a neces
sity to exemption claims. After today
the time of marriage will also have to
be presented.
The physical "slackers" are also un
der tire. Continued reports reach Wash
ington of plots for temporarily inca
pacitating drafted men. To ward
against this strict orders have been
issued to all examining physicians.
Physical disability established by
one physician, does not carry with it
exemption. A second examination
must be conducted by another physic
ian in the presence of the exemption
board. If the second physician also
disqualifies the candidate then the ex
emption board may still hold the man
for service if they have reason to be
lieve he is shamming.
All examining physicians have been
given access to the data on physical
examinations compiled by the army
surgeons. All known tricks have been
explained and the greatest care will
be exercised. There Is every indlca-
tion that the way of the slacker will be
hard.
WASHINGTON, July 30. America's
national army Is being made today.
Reports received at the office of Pro
vost Marshal General Enoch Crowder
Indicate that physical examinations of
drafted men .began today In most of
the large eastern cities and In some of
the western cities. Smaller towns
have been slower, with a few excep
tions, to organize their boards and
order men held for physical examin
ation. Washington will be the first city to
reiwrt its quota of 929 as "held for
service," according to pieseut Indica
tions. The District of Columbia at
ready has nearly half a hundred men
ready to answer the mobilization call.
For the first time today there was
official indication that drafted men
will be assiKued to those services for
which they are best lifted. Surgeon
General Gorpas today requested Ad
jutant General McCain to hold all
physicians drafted for commissions In
the medical corps. It Is to be the
policy of the war department, when
ever a specialist U drafted, to turn
him over to that division of the army
for which he Is best fitted. Although
the greatest part of the national army
must be Infantry it Is necessary to
have complementary dtv.sious of medi
cal, signal and quartermaster's corps.
Drafted men, when fitted, will be put
into these divisions.
Claims for exemptions still pour into
the office of the provost marshal.
President Wilson's executive order
urging all government employes to
waive claims for exemptions whenever
possible has done much to make it
clear that exemptions are not to be
granted without very pressing claims.
$ LIBERTY BOND FOR
$ U. S. BOMB IN BERLIN
NEW YORK. July 28.-A 11000 $
$ Liberty loan bond has been of-
fered as a prle to the first Amer-
lean aviator who bombs Berlin
from the air, by Stgmond Saxe,
ot this city. The offer was made
In a letter sent to the Aero club $
of America.
$
s r $ $ J 4- 4- $
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ENLIST M SERVICE
ALONG THE
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RAIN BREAKS DROUTH
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UTOPIA IN OREGON
WASHINGTON, July 31 New taxes
aggregating $313,000,000, bringing the
total of the bill close to the $2,000,
000,000 mark, were added to the rev
enue bill today by the senate finance
committee.
The new taxes will be in the form
of additional levies on corporations,
income surtaxes and liquor.
Corporation surtaxes were boosted 2
per cent, graduated Increases were
made on individual Incomes over $15,
000, another $1 a gallon was added to
the distilled cyirits tax, and the beer
tax was Increased 50 cents a barrel.
This will make the whiskey tax $3.20
a gallon and the beer tax $3.25 .
barrel.
The 2 per cent on corporation sur
taxes will yield 1162,000,000 more an
nually. The Income surtax increase
is expected to yield $36,000,000. The
whiskey tax increase will produce
about $90,000,000. The beer tax raise
will produce about $25,000,000.
The committee will take up revision
of the wine tax later this afternoon
and expects to increase it to such an
amount as to make additional con
sumption taxes unnecessary.
Today's action of the committee
brought the revision of the revenue
mil ciose to completion and the com- eye of the district attorney's office be-
hifttAa will iL .... I - ...
, ,Cj,u, t lue measure wunin i cause or complaints made that the cor
a few days. I noration. or its nresident. C. Fisher. Is
making false representations to those
who are solicited to become members
of tbe order. It la also alleged that
Fraser, the promoter of the corpora
tion, is conducting his business with
out having met the requirements of
the blue sky law.
The Universal lirotherbood of Amer
ica, the charter and advertisements of
which get out at all opportunities that
it is a "non-profit cooperative corpora
tion with Corporation Commissioner
H. J. Schulderman, June 14, 1917. Its
incorporators were G. Fraser, W. E.
Jetter, C. C. Harper, George W. Mc-
Nabb, Walter L. Smith, A. White and
M. G. Lilly.
The objects of the corporation are
alluring, the articles of incorporation
stating that the corporation stands for
"the uplifting of mankind in general."
It stands for "the providing of certain
conditions whereby the common people
may preserve their lives and the lives
of tholr children through education."
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
PORTLAND, Or., July 31. The
"Universal Brotherhood of America,"
an Utopian corporation formed under
Oregon law, is under the Investigating
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 1. Rains
over Kansas and parts ot western Mis
souri last night and today broke the
drouth and heat wave which has threa
tened to completely ruin the corn and
late grain crop.
Today it was raining in Kansas City
and over eastern Kansas, while To
peka. Dodge City, and western Kan
sas reported rains last night. At
Dodge City more than an inch tell fol
lowing a temperature of 100 degrees
throughout the day.
The corn belt received a good soak
ing. At 10 o'clock last night an inch
had fallen at Wichita, and a drizzle
continued until morning. Today it
was cool and clear at Sallna, follow
ing one third of an inch ot rain last
night Hutchinson, Pratt, Kansas Ci
ty and Abilene all reported from a
quarter inch to a half inch during the
night, with the weather threatening to
day. While corn has been seriously dam
aged and millions ot bushels cut from
the earlier estimates, the rain and
cooler weather will prove of incalcu
lable value.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 1. Clouds
which poured rain all over the north
ern and western section of the state
last night, took a jump across the
southeastern section and never dripped
a drop.
The Cream City awoke with the sun
scorching away as customary, but with
a slightly cooler western breeze blow
ing. Seven have died from the heat
here.
OF THOSE EXAMINED
SEATTLE, Wash., July 31. The ma
chinery of the draft was set in motion
here yesterday when 19 men voluntar
ily appeared in answer to a call from
a local exemption board. Nine of the
19 were disqualified as physically de
fective; three were exempt under pres
ent ruling as aliens; two were exempt
because of persons dependent on them; I
and one will probably be exempted be
cause of employment as a shlpfltter.
Of the four remaining one claimed ex
emption because he "helps his father."
Thomas II. Agnew, a fire insurance
special agent, was probably the first
man In the state to qualify.
POPE IS NOT GIVING
PORTLAND, July 27-The navy
wants men and more than ever has
opportunties for certain trade lines
which should offer hundreds In the
next few weeks.
Owing to the fact that some ratings
are closed, the lmpresslou has gone
out that the navy Is restricting en
listment generally, but the Portland
office wants It particularly understood
that only certain linos are closed and
that many men are needed to fill rat
ings which offer good clean men splen
did opportunities.
It is only the following classifica
tions that enlistments are not being
made in at present: Landsmen tor
electricians, general; yoemen; plumb
ers and fitters; shipwrights; shlpflt
ter a; blacksmiths; bollermakers;
painters and printers. However, many
men fitted under those branches might
very often take a rating under other
branches which are now open and in
which men are needed badly.
There Is a big need today for ap
prentice seamen, machinist's mates,
first and second class. There is a
special opportunity for musicians and
almost every town in the state has a
band which could send a representa
tive to the navy. This particular need
Is most urgent and because so much
ot the spirit and morale of the men
on board ship depends on their band,
musicians everywhere are being urged
to consider the call.
Those who have a desire to see ser
vice In the air also have an excellent
opportunity at this time, for the Port
land office has ah opening for rating
as landsman for quartermaster in the
aviation section. This Is a job of some
responsibility and the man who is en
listed under such service will be ex
tremely fortunate.
In brief, the ratings which are today
open to the right young man are as
follows: Apprentice seaman; ma
chinist's mates, first and second class;
coppersmiths and sheet metal work
ers; firemen, first, second and third
class; hospital apprentices, first and
second class; (Incidentally, only two
a month can be enlisted); landsmen
for baker; baker, second class; mess
attendants, third class; landsmen for
ship's cook; ship's cook, fourth class;
landsmen for musicians; musicians,
first and second class; landsmen for
quartermaster, aviation section; and
landsmen for machinist's mates, avia
tion section.
The special need as outlined Is tor
musicians and machinists, first and
second class.
There Is a real live opportunity for
some band from a live Oregon town
to win a name and real tame.
The Portland recruiting office ot the
navy is trying to persuade some band
to enlist as a whole, taking in 22 men,
the number of full navy band.
All branches of the navy have an
especial need of good musicians, and
the organization that gets this honor
will Indeed be an exceptional one.
If such a band Is taken In, it will
Include the ratings of one bandmaster,
one chief musician, and one bugler,
all of which will be quite worth while
to the leader of any organization which
Is taken in Its entirety.
PARIS, July 88. After a violent
bombardment last night the Germans
returned to tho offensive on the Alsne
trout, delivering a series ot attacks.
The war office announces that the
Germans were repulsed with heavy
losses.
The war office communication Is
sued this evening says:
'intermittent artillery fighting took
place today on the greater portion of
the front, being especially violent In
the sector ot Allies and Hurteblse, In
Champagne, and In the region ot Mont
Huut and on both banks ot the Metiso,
"Last night a surprise attack by the
Germans at llartmanswetlor-Kopf
failed completely. The enemy left
many dead on the ground.
"Belgian communication: During
the night the enemy bombarded Met
Sas, Steenstraete, Ppegnarde and our
communication lines,
" in the morning the Germans bom
barded the regions of Pervyse, Dlx
mude. Oordecapelle, and Nieucapello,
In the afternoon the customary acti
vities ot the artillery was resumed.
We carried out a counter fire against
an enemy observation post.
" "A Belgian detachment has cap
tured the crew of German submarine
stranded on the shore.'
"Army of the Orient, July 28 Brit
ish aviators have bombarded enemy
camps In the region ot Domlr-Hlssar.
A rather violent cannonade Is reported
on the right bank ot the Vardar and
between Uikcs Presba and Ochrlda."
TELEPHONES PAID
A DOLLAR E A C II
DURING A MONTH
WASHINGTON, July 31. Telephone
companies showed a profit ot nearly
a dollar a telephone during March,
according to compilation made public
today by the Interstate commerce
commission.
I There were In service 7,4115,470,
telephones In March, an Increase ot
approximately 12 per cent over March,
1911 Operating revenues totaled more
than $25,000,000, nn Increase of more
than 10 per cent within tho year, Ex
penses Increased from $14,850,173 to
$17,448,433, leaving net operating rev
enues for March. 1917. of $8,481,421.
Taxes and other expensed reduced this
figure to $0,780,083 operating Income
for the month.
BERLIN. July 28. Drum fire of the
greatest Intensity began In Flanders
this morning, says the official state
ment issued today by the German
general staff.
TO
POIR OF SPIRITS
EVERETT. Wash., July 31 Because
they believed him possessed of evil
spirits, George Johns, James Jeffer
son, Lena Jefferson and Rosy Wilder,
half breed Indians and members of a
sect known as Shakers, beat Bob SI
lester, a crlpplo. to death and burled
his body In the sand. The four are
under arrest here today.
The Blayers, according to other Ind
ians, were obsessed with a belief that
the world was to come to an end last
night at midnight, and spent yesterday
In the woods preparing themselves for
the end.
When Sllestcr appeared, the fanat
ics, believing that tliey must drive out
the evil spirit, threw a bucket ot wa
ter on him, clamped the bucket over
his head and while the men held him
the women beat him to death with
clubs.
After slaying Sllester the four half
breeds Bpent the remainder of the
day singing and shouting In the woods.
WOMEN TO SERVE
ON BATTLESHIPS
OF THE RUSSIANS
LONDON, July 27. A dispatch to
the Dally Mail from Petrograd says
that Russian women have offered to
train themselves as crews for bat
tleships and that Minister of the Navy
Kerensky has accepted their offer.
SPY SUSPECT IS
ARRESTED FOR
SEDITIOUS ACTS
SPOKANE, July 30. With the ar
rest of Dr. Carl Grossman of New York,
identified with former Ambassador
von Bernstorft's clique, federal author
ities believe they have apprehended
one of the leaders of the anti-American
labor disturbers.
ROME. Aug. I. The pope is not sup
porting any peace plans which the Ger
man Catholic party or its leader, Mat
thias Erzberger, may be agitating.
Those close to the Vatican declare to
day that the pope had been extremely
careful not to support any particular
peace plan or to permit his sympathies
to incline toward any particular group
of peace agitators.
Vatican officials admitted the holy
father was striving for a "just and
Christian peace," but not through any
of the agencies of others.
PORTLAND CIVIL
ENGINEER WINS
A COMMISSION
U.S. TROOPS PLACED
IN RUSSIA WOULD BE
FATAL TO GERMANY
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30. The
presence of American troops on the
eastern front would be futul to Ger
many, according to General Michel
Yassukovlch, chief of the Russian mil
itary commission, who was here yes
terday.
"If America will sand 100.000 men
to Russia, she will furnish an army
that will be a neuiieu ot a Russian
force ot 1.000.000 men that may be
grouped with fatal results to Ger
many," declured General Yassukovlch
Germany will nut be able to tace such
a combination In the. eastern theater,
while France, Great Britain and Ame
rica press her In tho west. There Is
no doubt that splendid Russian armies
ot 1,000.000 men each, organized, slit
fetiod and encouraged by tbe presence
ot your troops, can bo built up on the
foundation of each 100,000 Americana
sent to our front.
"The United States has It In her
power to aid Russia and the allies
tremendously by dispatching at the
earliest moment this expeditionary
army to Russia. It America decides
to do this, she will render far greater
aid to the allies lu general, and Russia
In particular, thun by sending a simi
lar army to the front in France or
Flanders."
General Yassukovlch relieved Gen
eral Baldwin as head ot the military
mission. Tbe latter has returned to
Petrograd. Germany la spending money
with a lavish hand In Russia to bribe
agitators said General Yassukovlch.
German money alone, he stated. Is re
sponsible for the recent disastrous
retreat of the Gallclan armies and tor
the opposition to the provisional gov
ernment. Most ot the trouble In Pet
rograd Is caused by a small and noisy
minority, he said. General Yassuko
vlch Is accompanied by a staff of four
officers and a secretary. He la to go
to Washington.
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POSTMASTER IS
HELD FOR ANTI
RECRUITING ACT
ROSEBURG, Or., July 30. George
W. France, postmaster at Ton Mile
for the paBt two years, was arrested
there today and taken to Eugene,
where he will be arraigned before a
federal commissioner on a charge of
attempting to prevent army enlist
ments. Crance was recently acquitted on a
charge of Insanity. His Socialistic ut
terances are sal dto have created con
siderable trouble.,
NEW YORK SILTERS
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WASHINGTON". I). C, July 28.
formation of thu Federal Hoard of
Farm organisation murks the cul
mination of several days' muctliiit
hero of ttgiicullural leaders from
twenty four state, In this hoard ure
represented assoclatlona having u total
uiemlieriihlp of more than a million
mid ii half f.'ii'iin'iit, for whom fnr the
tli nt time conies (run Iiiiik held dreams
of ii tiiitlntiitl federutUm of farm
bodies.
Active In oigaiiizaltug this hoard urn
thu Farmers' Education;! and Cooper
ative union of Amciicu, Farmera' Na
tional emigre, Pennsylvania Iturul
I'mercii iiNrtutiittloii, National Dairy
unluii, National Agricultural Oi'kkiiIzii,
lion society, National Conference on
Marketing and Kami CrvdlU, and the
National Council of Farmers' Coopera-
the associations, Representative of
everal other largo hum oi'iuuii.atloii
were present ut the meeting and will
report to their respective bodies on
the work of the board.
Objects of tho federal board, which
came Into existence us a result of the
present national emergency, are to
coordinate, tho work of tho farmer
with that of tho imtlou and to give the
farmer greater liitluence mid reooKnl
(ton In national affairs.
The board will keep coiialr.ntly lu
touch with national legislative matter
running on to the farmer what they
wish to know concerning fongrc and
keeping the legislators Informed of the
wishes of tho people on the farm.
Permanent headquarter will be main
tallied In Washington with a general
secretary In chnrce. Folluwlug the oi
ganlzaUoii of tho board the executive
committee elected Charle W. llolman,
of Madison, Wisconsin, to this posi
tion. Mr. llolman has already nde
arrangement for tho Immediate open-
Itig of national headnuarter lu Waiih-
ngtoti.
Members of the executive committee
l re Chulies S. Barrett, of lUilon City.
Gil., president of the Farmer' Educa
tional and Cooperative union of Amer
ica; tllfford linchot, of Mllford. Pa.,
president of the Pennsylvania Rural
Progres asMoclatlon; W. T. Creasy, of
Cati wlHKit. pa secretary of the Na
tional Dairy union; Chnrle McCarthy,
hf Madlunn, Wis., director of the Na
tional Agricultural OrKaiil.itlon o-
e'ety; and J. W, Shorthlll, of New
York. Neb., secretary of the National
Council of Farmer' Cooperative shao-
clatl'in.
Officer are to cohhIhI of a general
board composed of one meinlxr from
each of the uniting organization; and
nn executive committee of five mem
ber chosen by the general board, no
two of whom are chosen from the
same organization. Both the general
board and the executive committee
select their own hnlrmen. J. II. Kim
lull, of Port Deposit. Maryland, was
elected chulrmun of the general board
and R. F. Ilower. of Campbell, Vlrglnlu
secretury.
Upon a three-fourth vote of the
general bor.rd any organization of ac
tual farmer may nfflllute with the fed
eral board. Each of tho separate or
Ionizations nrntrlWite to the support
of the board.
The first regular meeting of tho or
ganisation will' occur In Washington,
In January, 1918, at which time per
mnnent organization will take place,
WITHYCOMBE TO 8PEAK
DALLAS, Or., July 30. Industrial
club members of Polk county will
meet In a series of picnics this week.
The first will be at Alrlle on August
1; the second at Buell on August 2,
and the third in the city park in Dal
las on August 3. Governor Wlthy
combe will be present at each of these
picnics and address the children.
FEDERAL APPOINTMENT8 MADE
WASHINGTON, July 30. Frank W.
De Wolf, of Urbana, Illinois, was to
daynamed assistant director of the Bu
reau of Mines. Mr. De Wolf has been
state geologist of Illinois. Richard E.
Marine, of Indiana, was today appoint
ed chief examiner of the patent office.
WASHINGTON, July 30. Guy Bos
chke, a civil engineer, well known In
Portland and the northwest, has been
commissioned captain in the engin
eers' reserve corps and has taken up
work In the war department planning
docks and terminals in France. Soon
after the outbreak of the war with
Germany he came from Chile to Wash
ington to offer his services to the gov
ernment. His commission was slow
In coming, and he had Just accepted a
place with private interests when his
appointment was announced.
Marines Buy
100 Eggs For
Thirty Cents
PEKING, China, July 1. (by mail).
Hark! Ye diners of palatial hotels
and travelers of leisure. Hark! and
list to a tale of far-away China, the
land of mystery, which Incidentally
revolutionizes the much touted "high
cost of living."
Again the U. S. Marines are heard
from but this time In regards to
"eats!" Let it be sufficient to say that
they are living good, for eggs are now
CORONER'S JURY
AT WORK ON THE
FOREST FIRES
FERNIE, B. C, August 1. Gasping
from the effects ot the fumes of the
smoldering flrea which swept through
the Elk River valley Saturday, talking
11 lives, a coroner's Jury conducting
an Inquest over the victims yesterday
viewed the scene ot the disaster in a
downpour of rain. While all of the
men caught in the conflagration have
not yet been accounted for, it is prq
sumed that the missing men are liv
ing. The Jury last night recommended
restrictions In the use of Inflammables
In the woods and granting of greater
authority to those engaged in charge
of forest conservation.
Another fire, said to be Incendiary,
broke out in the colliery at Michael
yesterday, but Is under control.
YOUNG PATRIOT RETURNED
THE DALLES, Or., July 30. Roy
Todd, aged 15, ran away from his
home in Salem and was apprehended
in this city a few days ago by Chief
of Police Kurtz after the lad had tried
to enlist under another name in com-
nanv K. 3d Oregon infantry. Todd's
father came to The Dalles and took
selling here tor 30 cents a hundred! I his son home with him.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1. Thousands
slept In the parks and on the beaches
here last night. Thousands ot others
slept in the streets and on fire es
capes. There was little breeze and the
night brought but slight relief. On
the east side the suffering was In
tense and early reports today brought
numerous additional deaths. Horses
dropped dead In the streets, where
the thermometers registered above
100.
At midnight the temperature was
86.
The death toll from the heat was
raised to nearly BO early today when
14 additional deaths were reported
to the police botween midnight and
10 a. m.
Forty-one prostrations were reported
during the same time, bringing the
total prostrations to well above the
150 mark. ,
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Aug. 1
Many gardens In this city and vicinity
have been ruined by frosts, which the
old settlors say are unprecedented In
this region at this time of the year.
The frost seemed to pass In waves
as one garden would be killed, and an
other within five feet of It would bo
untouched. Cucumbers have suffored
to some extent, but the greatest dam
age seemB to have been to the bean
crops, many acres of beans being a
complete loss.
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SHOOT DOPE TO
BE SAFE FROM
FOREIGN SHOTS
CLEVELAND, O., July 27. Local
federal officials have started a cam
palgn to block the administration of
drugs to render drafted men tempor
arily unfit to be passed for military
service. One physician and a young
man for whom the physician prescrib
ed a drug are under surveillance and
officials are Investigating a report that
a number of other young men are tak
ing drug treatments.
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PITTSBURQ, July 28.-The sonsa-
tlon of Roosevelt day here, when be
made a stirringly patriotic speech be
fore the Loyal Ordor of Moose, was his
declaration tjiat he would not eat
breakfast with Mayor Thompson, of
Chicago, who had Invited him to dine
with him, nor would he speak from
the same platform with him.
Thompson's pro-German declara
tions of late and alleged activities
cauBod tho ex president to come out to
day boldly and declare his stand as to
tho views of the Mayor of America's
grnateHt central metropolis.
It was a rough day for Mayor
Thompson hern.
PITTSBURG, July 20.-Prepare for
tho next national emergency by Intro
ducing tho principle of obligatory, uni
versal military training for young men
In time ot peace and universal sorvlce
In time of war for every man and wo
man In the country, wnB the admoni
tion dollvorod by Theodore RooHOvelt
lu an address here tonight before the
Loyal Order of Moose. i
As compared to the other great na
tions of the world, he declared, Amer
icans had In this war exhibited them
selves a miracle of inetflcloncy.
Assorting that the Unitod States
government announces that the pre
paredness now In progress is tempor
ary and will be stopped as soon as the
emergency is over, Colonol Roose
velt characterized this as a "criminal
refusal to provide for the future."
PAROLED AND PATRIOTIC
WALLA WALLA, WaBh., July 30.
Forty paroled convicts from the state
penitentiary have voluntarily contrib
uted about ? 150 to the Red Cross fund.