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THE 3IORXING OKEGOXIAN, 3IOXDAY, JUNE 18, 1917.
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k WATCH RAIDER FALL
WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL "WAR BRIDE," WHO, AFTER HONEY
MOON, WILL, RETURN TO SCHOOL WHILE HUS
BAND GOES TO FRENCH FRONT
DOUGLAS SHERIFFS
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SHIP IS PILLAR OF FIRE
Cheers Greet Defeat of German in
Fight in Sky After Two HaTC
Been Killed and 16 Hurt
by Bombs Dropped.
liONTKDN, June 17. Two persons -were
killed and 16 injured in last night's air
raid, in the course of which a Zeppelin
was brought down. The following of
ficial report of the raid was given out
hero today:
"Last night's air raid was carried out
by two enemy airships. One airship
crossed the Kentish Coast at about 2
A. M. and dropped six bombs on a coast
town. According: to the latest police
reports two persons were killed. 16
were injured and a large number of
houses were damaged.
Flier Gets Airship.
'The second raider attacked the east
coast town of West Anglia at about
2:30 A M. She was heavily shelled by
guns of the anti-aircraft defense and
driven off. It is probable she was dam
aged by gunfire. Shortly afterward
this raider, after dropping a number of
' bombs in open places was engaged and
brought down in flames by a pilot of
the Royal Flying Corps. The airship
was destroyed.
'There were no casualties or damage
in West Anglia."
A dispatch from an east coast town
says that thousands of persons wit
nessed destruction of the Zeppelin. The
attack by anti-aircraft guns on the
dirigible lasted fully half an hour, and
people issued from their houses half
dressed to watch the event.
Crowds Cheer Defeat of Raider.
When the Zeppelin was seen to burst
Into flames the spectators cheered
tumultuously. It had been first winged
by a land gun and was then finished
by an airplane, which the Zeppelin
fought to the last with her guns.
All of the crew were killed an!
their bodies badly charred. Some of
the men appeared to have jumped from
the doomed airship. Doctors hurried
to the spot, but their services were
needless.
The British airman who attacked
the Zeppelin descended near by unhurt.
RAIDER
SETS
SIAXY FIRES
Zepp Doubles Up Like Knife and
Falls to Earth in Flames.
A SOUTHEASTtfJOAST TOWN. Eng
land, June 17. This town suffered most
from this morning's visit of German
air raiders. Two Zeppelins appeared
over it shortly after 2 o'clock. Their
presence was made known through the
hum of their engines, and shortly aft
erward by the dropping of bombs,
which exploded in various parts of the
town, bringing a majority of the popu
lace into the streets in their night
clothes.
Aerial torpedoes were dropped, but
the raiders also employed high explo
sive and incendiary bombs, which
caused a number of fires. A number
of houses were reduced to ruins.
It was only a few moments after the
bombing that the people had their first
glimpse of one of the raiders as it
turned seaward, evidently trying to get
home. It burst into flames, which lit
up the black sky for miles.
Eyewitnesses say they first saw a
tiny, snakelike flame creep along the
top of the Zeppelin, but that a moment
later the entire airship was a mass of
f la mes.
The airship remained stationary a
few seconds and then something gave
way in the middle, as if its back was
broken.
Then it appeared to double up like a
jack knife and descended rapidly to
the earth.
PEOPLE CALM IX DEATH HAIL
Fleet of Raiders Inspires Awe, Not
Fear, Among AVatehers.
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
FOLKESTONE. Eng.. May 31. Among
those who experienced the horrors of
the recent German air raid on Folke
stone, in which many persons were
killed and injured, was the Rev. Burris
A. Jenkins, of Kansas City, Mo. In a
statement given the Associated Press,
Mr. Jenkins graphically described this
record-breaking attack and told of his
sensations during the rain of destruc
tion from the sky.
"It was our first time under fire, and
it reminded me of a Missouri cyclone,"
he said. "The only drawback to this
comparison is that the sun was shining
In a clear sky over a placid sea.
As the shells were crashing around
us and houses were caving in, before I
knew it I was humming a long-forgotten
tune, doubtless subconsciously asso
ciated with those old days. The other
men in our party independently testi
fied that they also began singing
softly.
"Perhaps this tendency to sing or
whistle is a manifestation of nerves
and explains why troops always do so
when we see them embarking for
, France, as they know that next day
they will be in the trenches maybe
over the parapet. At all events, we all
confessed to nerves and fear.
"Most people took to the cellars. Had
I known there was a cellar handy, or
that it is considered good form in the
circumstances, I should have followed.
"When I rushed out of our house by
the seaside. I found crowds gasing up
ward in the direction of the sun. I
could see nothing for the glare as ap
parently could others.
"Suddenly two little girls cried 'there
they are,' then I saw them, two air
planes, not Zeppelins, emerging from
the disc of the sun almost overhead.
Then four more, or five, in a line, and
others and otbjprs all like bright silver
"insects hovering against the blue of
the sky. The heavens seemed full of
them. There were about a score in all
and we were charmed with the beauty
of the Mght. I am sure few of us
thought seriously of danger.
men jne air was split by the) whistle
and rush of the first bomb, which
sounded like the shrill siren of a car.
This was followed at once by a detona
tion mat BnooK tne earth. I heard
no body shriek, weep or cry aloud.
une people were marvelously controlled.
"I glanced in the direction of the
shell burst, 100 yards away, and the
debris was still going up like a col
umn of smoke. Then came two more
strokes, apparently In the same spot.
Then three other bombs fell. I aft
erwards found the missies struck the
O Hotel and wounded our motor driver.
"Then another bomb demolished the
Manor House by the sea. Two others
now fell in the water behind me, and
the gravel and mud and water spouted
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Miss Fay Elsie Williams, a Washington High School senior, who will grad
uate In February, 1918, last week became the bride of Dr. Roland Locke At
cheson, a young dentist. The young couple will visit in the East and at the
home of Dr. Atcheson's parents. Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Atcheson. of West Point,
Neb. After the honeymoon Dr. Atcheson will go to France, having enlisted in
the Field Hospital Corps, subject to the first call.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Williams, of Ridgefleld,
Wash. She is one of the popular girls at Washington High School, active In
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up in a geyser to the top of the cliffs
where I tood. Later I learned that
one of these shots tore off the legs
of a little boy playing with his sister.
The mother lay In a faint and the little
sister, driven mad, rushed blindly Into
the water. She was rescued by a
wounded soldier.
"Other shots fell, but I could count
no further. They came thick and fast,
like crackling, rolling blasts of our
Western lightning and thunder. No
body has reported the number of shells
so far as I know. But there were 200
or more casualties, nearly 100 of them
fatalities.
"Anti-aircraft shells were now burst
ing on the fringes of the air fleet.
Then followed in the distance the
purr of the machine guns and we knew
our planes were up In pursuit. We
were later informed that three of the
hostile fleet were brought down in the
channel."
SPAIN FACING REVOLTS
DISTRICT OP CATALONIA TALKS OP
INDEPENDENCE.
Decline of Trade Brings Economic
Stagnation That Causes Labor
to Be Irritable.
PARIS, June 17. Some light Is
thrown on the present situation In
Spain, which has been the cause of mis
givings recently, by a special corre
spondent of the Petit Parisien, who has
been making an investigation there.
He telegraphs the following summary of
the situation, which made the position
of the late Cabinet untenable and pre
sents an acute problem for the new
Ministry:
First of all, the situation In Cata
lonia (a district of about 12.400 square
miles in the northeast of Spain, with
a population of nearly 2,000,000, whose
capital is Barcelona) Is critical. The
Inhabitants are aroused against the
Spanish government and are agitating
insistently for complete independence.
One faction openly declared in a Barce
lona newspaper that it will obey no
law not passed by Catalonians for
Catalonians, and demands independence
at any price.
Aside from this local situation, the
correspondent finds that the economic
state of affairs in general demands
speedy action by the Cabinet. Strikes
are under discussion by railroad em
ployes and most of the Industrial
workers. The cost of living has ad
vanced 15 to 25 per cent in the last
three months and now the poor can
no longer endure the strain.
The supply of coal is so scanty that
it is almost impossible to operate trains.
Stagnation of the export trade, owing
to the submarine warfare, is resulting
In growing irritation.
Finally, there is the external situa
tion which everywhere Is recognized
as grave for Spain, and which the cor
respondent says is made Infinitely
troublesome by espionage. German in
timidation and the German press, which
has wounded and antazontzed Spanish
pride.
Notwithstanding these difficulties,
the correspondent telegraphs. Spain be
lieves confidently the new Premier will
be able to find a solution.
STRIKE SOLUTION AT HAND
Utah Commissioner Calls Meeting
of Smelting Company Workers.
TOOELE. Utah, June 17. The strik
ing workmen at the Tooele plant of the
International Smelting Company will
not return to work tomorrow morning.
but at a meeting Monday evening Will
lam Kneer, Labor Commissioner, will
present a plan which is expected to
dispose of the trouble.
No disturbances were reported today
and both sides are prepared for to
morrow night's mass meeting. The
state officials have been in communi
cation with the Department of Labor
at Washington in an effort to settle
differences between the men and the
company. The workmen expressed
themselves as hopeful that at least a
portion of their demands would be
granted.
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HEW PLANS ARRIVE
American Lake Camp to Have
1300 Buildings.
DRILLS! TO BEGIN SEPT. 1
First Increment of Selected Army
Will Be 46,641 Men 23,000
Guardsmen to Be Under Tent
in Month of July.
TACOMA, Wash.. June 17. (Special.)
The new plans and advices received
at American Lake, said Major Stone
yesterday afternoon, indicate that 1300
buildings are to be constructed at once
of at least semi-permanent frame
structure. The troops to come to the
new cantonment most probably will in
clude two balloon companies to be used
in observation work, one aero squad
ron, one battalion of field telegraph
troops, three regiments of field artillery
and 12 regiments of infantry. In addi
tion to quartermaster forces and medi
cal corps units.
By September, when the selected
troops begin training, balloons will
hover over the Infantry, thrown out
in battle line, aeroplanes will whirl
overhead, spying out positions for the
artillery, and field telegraph and tele
phone instruments will buzz from the
outpost observation points.
On the estimate of buildings shown
by the new plans, which are taken as
representative, 64 of the two-story
frame structures will be required for
each of the 12 regiments, making 76S
buildings; for the field artillery 192
buildings will be required; for the aero
squadron, balloon companies and field
telegraph troops 192 buildings; for the
hospital 40 large buildings; for the
Y. M. C. A. seven buildings, and for
additional troops at least 50 miscel
laneous structures.
Advices from Washington say that
46.641 men will be housed there when
the first increment of the draft Army
begins training September 1. In addi
tion. Brigadier-General Mann, chief of
the Bureau of Military Affairs, says
there will be 23,000 National Guards
men under tents there in July, making
70,000 in all.
DENT H. ROBERT IS DEAD
Illness of Many Months Fatal to
San Francisco Publisher.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. June 17.
(Special.) Dent H. Robert, publisher
of the San Francisco Examiner and
the Los Angeles Examiner, died to
night at his home in Coronado at 6:30
o'clock. He had been ill for many
months. Robert was a little more
than 50 years old. He began his news
paper work on the St. Louis Post- Dis
patch, going from there to accept
broader duties with the New York
American, at first as city editor.
It was in 1898 that he came to San
Francisco, where his first position was
that of news editor of the San Fran
cisco Examiner. Two years later he
was made managing editor of the Ex
aminer and later became publisher of
the Hearst papers on the Coast.
His illness began with a throat
trouble. In spite of which he continued
at bis post here in San Francisco for
several months, but for some time prior
to his death he had not attempted any
active work.
Mr. Robert was active In public af
fairs, having been a director of the Pan
ama-Pacific International Exposition,
and one of the originator. the Por
tola celebration. Falling health led
him to seek recuperation and he went
abroad about two years ago. Since
his return, a year ago, he has been
living at Coronada, where he was con
structing a-home at the time of his
death.
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STOLEN GOODS RECOVERED
Men May Be Turned Over to
Federal Officers Kull Set
of Burglars' Tools Is
Taken by Officers.
ROSEBURG, Or., June 17. (Special.)
Two men, claiming to bo twin broth
ers and both giving their names as
Donald Mathlson, and a third man who
refused to divulge his Identity, are in
jail at Riddle, charged with attempting
to enter and rob the postoffice there
at 2 o'clock this morning.
The officers said tonight that the trio
frist arrived in Douglas County from
California Friday night, when they
robbed the store conducted by J. M.
Gross & Son, Canyonvllle. The robbery
was discovered early Saturday and
Frank Hopkins, Ieputy Sheriff, was
summoned. He found men's tracks at
the rear of the Gross store and fol
lowed them to a point within about a
mile of Riddle. Later in the day the
men suspected of the Canyonvllle job
were seen walking about . the streets
of Riddle and were shadowed by the
Deputy Sheriff. Sheriff Qulne had been
summoned from Roseburg in the mean
time and he arrived at Riddle at 6
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Suspecting that the men were plan
ning to pull off a robbery at Riddle,
Sheriff Qulne. Deputy Sheriff Hopkins
and Ralph Bollenbaugh later concealed
themselves within a short distance of
the postoffice and awaited develop
ments. Shortly before 2 o'clock two
of the men were discovered at work
raising a window of the postoffice.
Sheriff Qulne and Deputy Sheriff
Hopkins pulled their revolvers and one
of the men was taken without resist
ance. His companion ran from the
scene, but was apprehended by the of
ficers at 7 o'clock this morning hiding
in an orchard about a mile from Rid
dle. The third man, whom the officers be
lieve to be the brains of the trio, was
found In his bed at the Riddle hotel,
where he had engaged a room on the
preceding night. When confronted
with telltale evidence be admitted that
he was a member of the gang.
When searched the officers found
that the men had a 16-ounce.bottle of
nitroglycerine, caps. fuse. soap, pulley
and other implements used by yeggmen
in dynamiting safes. The tools which
they used in attempting to enter the
postoffice were taken from a black
smith shop near Riddle. Goods taken
from the Canyonvllle store were also
found on their persons.
Sheriff Quine will arraign the men
In the Justice .Court at Riddle early
Monday and they will be brought here
later in the day. It is possible that
they will be surrendered to the Fed
eral officers. Sheriff Quine says the
men have all the appearance of ex
perienced yeggmen and their records
will be thoroughly Investigated.
FLIERS CAN WIN THE WAR
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been made; but I cannot at this time,
of course, discuBs its details.
"There is a perfect understanding- be
tween the allied nations in the matter
of scientific discoveries and progress.
We share the findings of each among
all. An important work is now in prog
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Chicago was decorated today in honor
of the visit of the Italian mission. An
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Club comprised the restful day's pro
gramme, which was brought to a cli
max by a dinner given by members of
the Italian colony tonight. The distin
guished visitors will leave for Pitts
burg tomorrow night.
The ceremonies at the luncheon at
the Saddle and Cycle Club were brief.
Signor Arlotta, head of the delegation
in the absence of Prince Udine, unable
to accompany the party Westward on
account of Illness, responded to the wel
coming address of Vernon McCormick
with the hope that their mission would
cement the friendship of the two na
tions, and proposed a toast to Presi
dent Wilson and the United States,
"one of the best friends of all man
kind." Moral Support Appreciated.
At the McCormick residence later in
the day Signor Arlotta said to the
newspaper representatives:
"The Italian people rejoice to have
the United States as an al.y in this
great struggle. We naturally rely on
the financial and naval power of the
United States, but It is the moral sup
port that they have given to the cause
of the allies which rejoices very much
more the Italian nation."
Signor Marconi expressed gratifica
tion at the spirit of the reception every
where to the delegates.
"At the present time Italy's chief
need is tonnage," he said. "It Is not
so much a question of food as it is a
question of procuring sufficient ton
nage to import coal to Italy. We need
coal and we need the means of getting
it to our country. There Is plenty of
coal in both England and America, but
not sufficient tonnage to ship it into
Italy.
"Grain we will want later, and food
stuffs; but that also cannot come to
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