VOL. LYIII. NO. 17,92.1.
-PORTLAND, OKEGOJf, SATURDAY, MAY 4, . 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FRENCH DRIVE HUNS
BACK ATI WO POINTS
Hill 82 and Wood Near
Amiens Are Stormed.
WAR ORPHAN TOGO.
WITH EVERY BOAT
TWO PORTLAND 6HIPVAHDS TO
ADOPT CHILD FOR KAOH bHIP.
NUMEROUS PRISONERS TAKEN
Enemy Hurled Out of Positions
Close to Villers-Bretonneux.
GUNS THUNDER ALONG LYS
Teutons Institute Intense Bombard
ment Also In Vicinity ol Locre,
Forest of Jfleppe and Givenchy.
Britons Win Iocal Clashes.
Foundation Company and G. M
btandifcr Company Decide on
Xovel Tlan for 'evr Craft.
Future launching of vessels for the
French government by the Foundation
Company, and for the American Gov
ernment by the O. M. Btandlfer Con
struction Company, will carry deeper
significance than In tha past, for plans
re under way to adopt a war orphan
in the battle aone every time a ahip
roes Into the water at either yard.
Tha Foundation Company's loyal
women employee intend to start the
programme there. subscribing 1ST for
tba care of a French child for a year
each time a ablp toes Into the water,
the sponsor of the vessel to be elected
the godmother of tha little dependent
abroad.
The Standlfer organisation will carry
out a similar beneficiary scheme, se
lecting a Belgian-child to bs the recip
ient of Its aid. At the Utter yard the
women are so much In the minority
that tha funds will be contributed to
generally.
SOLDIER'S SIGHT RESTORED
TAR1S, Way I. Frnch troop hv
a. I MMaaJ .aaw VtllaM.Praf nnnan v
an tha AKl.na front, tie War Office an- I Operation on Vertebrae of Neck of
Bounce. . I Ansae Private Proves Successful
"The French attacked yesterday on
the front between Halllee an1 Caste U WASHINGTON. May . B.lnded by a
southeast of Amiens and captured Kill I ahell explosion at the battle of Galll
IS and tha wood on the Avre River I Poll the early months of the war.
nearby,
ta-ea."
More than 10 prisoners were
LONDON. Mar In local fighting
last Bight south of Villers-Bretonneux.
says Field Marshal Halg'a communica
tion leased tonight, "our troops co-operated
with tha French and secured a few
prison are.
Artillery Is Active.
The enemy artillery snowed con
siderabla activity thla morning north
of Albert, la the Beaumont Uarael sec
tor. Apart from artillery activity on
both aidea on parte of the front there
la nothing to report"
BRUSH HEADQUARTERS IX
FRANCE. May . via Ottawa. A tre
meadoua cresceado of gunfire broke out
today, tha principal Increaaa being ap
parent la the Lys region.
In the neighborhood of Villers-Bre
tonneux. on the front before Amiens.
the British gained the advantage In
; local fighting. On the northern front
j there waa active artillery . fighting.
especially near Civenchy. tha foreat ef
Nieppe and Locre and south of Tprca
Germaaa Behind ftefcedale.
The objective tlmetablea of tha Ger
mans Indicate that they are finding
their task to advance In Flsndera and
Thomaa Skeyhlll. an Ansae private, had
his sight restored here today by a sim
ple operation on tha vertebras of hit
neck.
Examination of Skeyhlll. who h
been lecturing throughout the country
in the Interests of tha third liberty
loan, showed a vertebrae at the head
of the spinal column slightly out of
position and a correction easily waa
made with the result that the blindness
waa dispelled. Physicians explained
that the displaced vertebrae had Im
paired functions of nerves Indispensa
ble to sight.
U.S. AIR SDUADROfJ
ROUTS HUN FLYERS
Yankee and Boche Dash
'to Earth in Flames..
4 TEUTONS FORCED TO FLEE
Deadly Battle Witnessed by
Americans in Trenches.
AERIAL STUNTS THRILL ALL
Charles Chapman, of Waterloo, la.,
With American Aviators, Engages
German at Close Range and
Botb Fall Wrapped In Fire.
I ICEMAN'S HOPES DASHED
No Profiteering in Frozen Industry
to Be Permitted This Summer.
WASHINGTON, May X. Formal no
lle of Its determination not to permit
profiteering-Jo . ice thla Summer has
been given by the Food Aimlnlstra
tlon In making public a telegram to
day sent to state food administrators.
Ice dealers will be required to file
with the local administrator any pro
posed schedule of Increased prices be
fore they are put Into effect, and where
local authorities are unable to prevent
on the Somme, where they ara yet at a I unreasonable charges ths admlnlstra
standstill, much heavier than they an-1 tlon la prepared to use all Ita powers
ticipated. I under the license provision ef the food
The Australians carried out success- I control law.
ful counter operations of a minor
character at Vlllera-Rrtnnni,v jn.in.
tha night, while the Canadians mopped BONE-DRY
up a strong poet, taking seven prisoners
and five machine guns.
norm ine British rushed a
machine gun emplacement, clearing It
out and bringing In three survivors of
ths garrison.
PLAN BEATEN
House Committee Votes Adversely
on Representative Randall's BUI.
WASHINGTON. May 1. The House
committee on nostofflces todav turned
03y the Associated Press.) Lln.n . nrnnn.lt Inn In m.W. tha nl.trlft
Having met with a reverse In their Lr Columbia -non. dr.- R.ir.ni.
operations on the northern side of.th, , Randall, of California, told the
"""" eaiieni. wnere the French committee that Conareas has been .1.
...a u.4.iw i . . ... . 1 -
- eiooa snouiaer to I tacked because tha District alnna la
snouider In defense of Tpres and the exempted from the provision of the law
high ground which forma a bulwark In aaalnat shlnmant of liouor Into drv
"on ae cnannei porta, the Uer
mans have, aa Indicated by the most
rscent r sports, turned to the southern
side ef the angle in the allied linea In
Northern France.
On Thursday night and Friday the
German artillery had seemingly cen
tered Its fire on the line between
Glvenchy and the Nieppe forest, and It
may b that the enemy soon will launch
an attack against thta vital section of
the British line.
territory. .
The committee voted adveraely on
Mr. Randall's bill to Include ths DIs-
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMT IN
FRANCE. May 3. (By the Associated
Press.) In a desperate air fight over
the American Una northwest of Toul
today Charlea W. Chapman, Jr., of
Waterloo, la., and a German pilot with
whom ha was fighting plungsd to earth
Inside tha German lines, both their ma
chines wrapped in flames.
Five American pilots. In fast pur
suit machines, were patrolling over the
American lines, when they encountered
a German formation of an equal nui
ber of airplanes and promptly at
tacked. '
- Planes Plugs 4e Earth.
Chapman singled out one of the
enemy single-seaters and they moved
off. battling desperately. Suddenly
both the machlnea were seen to burst
Into flames and almost at 'the same
time plunged to the earth behind the
German lines, t
The four remaining American pilots
chased the other enemy machlnea back
over their terriltory, but all of them
escaped. The. four. American machines
returned 'safely.
It was shortly after S o'clock this
morning when the American patrolling
machines left the ground one after
the 'other. They circled above the
hangara until they got Into a V-ehaped
formation. Then, with the roar of
motors, they hit for the line. They
had patrolled the section once and
were starting on a second tour when
sparkling specks' were seen In ths sky
far within the German lines.
. . . Germans Seem Surprised.
The American airmen turned quickly.
but kept their formation. Tha men in
the front lines watched the two for- i
matlons and saw the German group
continue on Ita course and the Ameri
can planea starting out to head them
off. The American pilots soon recog
nised ths other formation waa German
and went up higher, but the' enemy
did not seem to sea them until the
Americans were almost overhead.
Suddenly the American formation
took a dive toward the Germans, who
swung about sharply. Then the ma
chine guna came Into action and the
battle was on, while watchers on the
ground were unable to tell which was
which, as all 10 machines darted In and
out, up and down, and turned and
banked. '
Then one machine, a German, left
ths formation and another. In which
GERMANS CAPTURE
20,000 FINLANDERS
11LNS . CLAIM VICTORY; AFTER
FIVE DAYS OF BATTLE.
Clash Takes Place Xcar Lakhti.
Poles - Seise Cholm District
, From Ukraine Government.
BERLIN, .via London. May 3. "In
Southwestern Finland we have over
whelmingly defeated the enemy during
five days' battle near Lakthl and
Tavas-Thus. capturing 20,000 prison
ers," says the German official com
munication issued this evening.
LONDON, May 3. A dispatch from
Kiev to Copenhagen, as forwarded in
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch, says
that the Cholm district, which, under
the Breet-Lltovsk treaty was given to
the Ukraine, has been taken over com
pletely by the Poles. Polish function
aries have been appointed and Polish
courts have been established.
The Cholm district was included in
Russian Poland. A large number of Its
inhabitants are Poles.
LONDON. May 3. Finnish newspa
pers are calling for the establishment
of a monarchy in Finland, according to
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen. The Svenska Tldningen,
the ?rgan of the peasant party, openly
advocates that a German prince be ap
pointed King.
STOCKHOLM, May 3. Negotiations
are in progress to offer the crown or
Finland to Duke Adolph . Friedrich of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, according to the
Helsingfors correspondent of the Sven
ska Dagbladet.
Duke Adolph Friedrich was born In
Scbwerin on October 10, 1S73. He Is an
uncle of Fredrlch Franz, Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
233.000
WILL JOIN COLORS
Oregon Exempt From
Next Draft Call.
OREGON MAY YT
GET AERO SCHOOL
GOVERNMENT COMMISSION
NOW INSPECTING SITES.
IS
CONGRESS ASKED, FOR FUNDS
Army Will Need 15 Billions for
Next Fiscal Year.
NEW CANTONMENTS LIKELY
SWARMING BREAKS RECORD
Portland Bees Gather at Earliest
Bate Ever Known Here.
Put this down in your book of aston
ishing facts along with the record
rains, cold spells and ship launchlngs:
Bees swarmed in Portland on May 3,
1918, the earliest date in the memory of
Oregon beekeepers.
Douglas Hewitt. 4110 Sixty-fifth street
Southeast, who has several colonies of
the honeymakers, reported ' the early
swarming yesterday. The bees swarmed
on the first blossoms, never in Mr.
Hewitt's recollection as a beekeeper in
Oregon, Kansas and Missouri .have
they swarmed before the latter part of
Hay. . i - i
Down East they sing "A swarm In
May is worth a ton of hay."
Secretary Baker Asserts Men Are
to Be Called as Rapidly as
Equipment and Training
Facilities Will Permit.
WASHINGTON, May 3. Simultane
ously with the announcement today
that 233,000 men from 45 states had
been called to join the colors In May,
Secretary Baker Indicated the scope
of the Government's plans for increas
ing the fighting forces by stating that
Congress had been asked to appropri
ate approximately 315,000,000,000 for the
Army for the next fiscal year. .That
amount is exclusive of funds provided
in the fortifications bill, which not only
covers coast defenses but as a rule pro
vides the bulk of heavy field ordnance.
Last year the Army estimates ag
gregated 36,600,000,000, to pay for a
force of 1,600,000 men, which already
has been exceeded.
Oregon Excluded From Call.
The call for 250,000 men during May
goes, to all states except California,
Oregon and Nevada, which, with tha
District of Columbia, already have sup
plied so large a part of their quotas large Army training camp.
that it was decided not to include them a, the schools and colleges in Oregon
are training special classes of soldiers
in gas engine mechanics this Summer,
Heriuiston, Bend, Med ford Among
Cities Prepared to Present
Plea for Training Camp.
Oregon may yet get an aeronautical
school where birdmen for the Army
and Navy will be trained to fly.
A second Government commission has
arrived in Oregon to look over sites.
The commission is now in Eastern Ore
gon, traveling without publicity, and
likely will be in Portland within a few
days.
Hermiston, Bend and Medford are
among the cities which have asked to
have sites inspected, and there are sev
eral other towns, principally along the
O.-W. R. & N. line in Eastern Oregon,
which are prepared to make strong
cases to the Government. It is under
stood that the commission was inspect
ing sites along the O.-W. R. & N. line
yesterday.
W. Jj. B. Dodson, executive secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, said yes
terday that he had been advised by
Robert Dugan, trade representative for
the Northwest in Washington, that
second commission to inspect proposed
sites in the Northwest had started
westward. Several months ago a com
mission headed by Colonel Crabtree was
in Portland but gave "short shrift" to
the Washington and Oregon territory
west of the Cascade Mountains on the
ground that atmospheric conditions
were not favorable. Since that time
the Portland Chamber of Commerce has
protested to Washington and Senator
Chamberlain has actively interested the
authorities and asked that the Oregon
cities be allowed the right to present
their case at least to another commis
sion.
Since the commission was authorized
several cities with available ground for
sites have been gathering data to
show that they could promise a maxi
mum number of good flying days, to
gether with other favorable conditions,
based on scientific observations.
.An aeronautical school, such as is
proposed, would train hundreds of
birdmen and become a comparatively
Inasmuch
BULLION HAUL NETS
$6000 FOR ROBBERS
Josephine County Mi.
ners Are Held Up.
BOSWELLS TIED TO TREES
Claim Owners Melting Metal
When Masked Men Appear.
TEUTONIC NAME OFFENDS
Concluded en Pate 2. Column 2.)
Residents of Germantown.
Move for Change.
Cal.
GERMANTOWN, Cal.. May 3. (Spe
cial.) A petition to change the name
of Germantown is being circulated
among residents and patrons of the
postofflce here. Within 24 hours of the
launching of the petition in the field
half of the patrons of the postofflce
had signed It. The name favored as a
substitute is Artois.
The agitation to change the name of
the town was caused by the action of a
trainload of drafters en route to Camp
Lewis from California pointa when only
the vigilance of the Southern Pacific
employes at the station and on the
train kept them from tearing the sta
tion sign from the depot.
this time.
The movement in most states will
begin May 26 and will be completed In
five days.
By this order the War Department
abandona the plan of assembling men
In even monthly increments of approx
imately 100,000. - The call for 1 150.000
in April and 233,000 this month will
bring out In two' months half of the
nnmHp' firtff-lnAllv rnnf amnlAtd tnr
the year. Officials made It clear that Victor Company Held to Be Illegal
it is thought more than likely that
Washington is looking more favorably
on the proposal to establish a school
to train fliers in this part of the coun
try.
TALKING MACHINE IS TRUST
it is now the purpose to mobilize all
the men for whom equipment and
training facilities can be provided.
"Let us avoid specific figures," Sec
Combination In Trade.
NEW YORK, May 3. The Victor
SHERIFF FINDS NO CLEW
Father and Son Break Bonds and
Make Way Down Mountain in
Night Property Is Anions
Richest ' in Oregon.
n , . . j ' ,. (Talking Machine Company waa held to
retary Baker again said today. "They I . .7 ,
Imply limits. There is no limit. We
will call out enough men to make vic
tory certain. We will call them as
rapidly as they can be trained and
sent forward."
Camps to Be Enlarged.
In preparation for this tremendous
Increase In the Army the House mill
tary committee was told today that
every existing cantonment in the coun
try will be enlarged and every National
Guard camp utilized to its full ca
paclty.
It is regarded as probable that some
new cantonments may be built.
Ground already has been obtained in
the vicinity of several cantonments
for expansion.
The May draft allotments were made
(Concluded en Pass 2. Column 1.)
be an Illegal combination in restraint
of trade in a final decree signed late
today by Federal Judge Augustus N.
Hand.
The court issued the usual dissolu
tion restraining orders in such cases.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
GRANTS PASS, Or., May 3. (Spe
cial.) One of the most daring rob
beries and one which netted the larg
est haul negotiated in Josephine Coun
ty In many years occurred Thursday
night, five miles from Holland, about 45
miles southwest of this city, when two
masked men held up R. Boswell and
son, Robert, Jr., and secured $6000 in
money bullion.
The Boswells, living alone on their
rich claim, were melting down their
pannlngs of the past few days when
about 8 o'clock two masked men en
tered their house and ordered them to
suspend.
Three Bars of Gold Taken.
They were bound and gagged and
taken out and tied to trees. The rob
bers then leisurely went through tha
premises and took the three large gold
bars, worth about $2000 each, and es
caped. ,
Shortly after the robbers left, Rob
ert, Jr., who is 24 years old, wiggled
loose, extricated his father, aged 54.
and went down the mountains In tho
dark to Holland, where Sheriff George
C. Lewis was notified by telephone
this morning. Sheriff Lewis and Dep
uty E. H. Lister left for the place at 5
o'clock,, and after spending the day in
looking, over the country, returned to
the- city without a clew.
The Boswells have offered a rewari
of 1500 for the arrest of the robbers
and SI 000 for the return of the gold.
The Boswell mine Is one of the rich
est in Southern Oregon and has been
the subject of much litigation. Mr. Bos
well stumbled onto it five years ago
on a claim once located and abandoned
by "Dry Wash" Wilson, a well-known
Nevada prospector. Wilson claimed the
mine after a rich strike, but Boswell
finally won out in the Supreme Court.
Claim Rich in Metal.
It is eald that over $150,000 is now
in sight. The Boswells are working tba
place alone, taking the gold-laden dirt
out with trowels. The dirt runs as
high as $60 to the pan. They say that
they have been working around tha
edges and have not touched the richest
body of the claim.
Officers all over the country have
been notifled and a close watch Is being
kept for the robbers. It Is thought"
that they are now In, hiding
mountains, where It would
cult task to locate them.
be
In ths
a diffl-
trlct
law.
of Columbia In the "bone-dry"
Heavy Caaaeaade Oarss,
Pispatcbes from the British head
quarters tell ef a tremendous cannon-
ade In the Lys region, which may be
taken to mean the part of the Flanders
battlefield at or near Merrills, where
the Germans made their greatest ad
vance after the fall of Arraentleres.
Articles appearing In German news
papers would seem to Indicate efforts
to prepare the German people for an
announcement that there will be no
Immediate attempt to take Ypres.
While waiting for the Germans to
make their next move, the allies have
not been idle. All along the line their
patrols hare been active and at Han
gard and Villers-Bretonneux. before
Amiens, they have taken tactical posi
tions from the Teutons,
ZWsrasare Carnal Yet Clewe,
The British Admiralty has found thai
the channel at Zeebrugge, la which old
British cruisers recently were sunk
during the naval raid on the German
submarine bases on the Belgian coast.
Is still blocked and will probably re
main so for a considerable time.
German troops operating In Ukraine
have advanced into the Donets coal re
gion. In the eastern part of the gov
ernment ef Kharkov. The presence of
Germans as far east as thla wonld seem
PERSIA. ANNULS TREATY
Holland Informed Russo-Brltlsh
Agreement of lt07 Repudiated.
TH"E HAGUE. May I. Persia has In
formed Holland that It regards aa null
and void all treaties Imposed on Persia
In recent years, and especially the
Russo-Britlsh treaty of 107 regarding
the spheres of Influence In that coun
try.
The other treaties may be revised
later, the communication from the Per
sian government states, but that of
10T, with Its appendices, la ''finitely
annulled.
FILM STARTS $150,000 FIRE
Theater, Stores and Residences De
stroyed at Three Rivers, Quebec.
THREE RIVERS. Quebec. May J.
Fire which started In the film-room of
the Victoria Theater today destroyed
the building and a number of stores
and residences with a property loss
estimated at $150,000. There was no
loss of life. -
Three Rivers Is the second oldest
city In Canada. It was visited by a
disastrous fire la 1$0(, when half tha
city was burned.
..e s,nger set free
Is almost complete.
Jury Acquits Ruby Dean, Charged
With Murder of Dr. Quitman.
CHICAGO. May . Miss Ruby Dean.
cabaret singer. .was acquitted on a
charge of having murdered Dr. Leon
H. Quitman by a Jury In the Criminal
Court today. Tha Jury deliberated but
ef Kemmel: but we must regard the la short time before returning Its ver-
operatlva from the viewpoint of eeon- Idlct of not guilty.
emy of men. and they used fire dlvl-I She Is ths 17th woman tr. i for mur
sleas from the general reserve, besides dor to be acquitted by a Cook County
tCeaciaded ea, Face i. Comma a 'Jury within a Xew years.
LONDON. May J. A representative of
General Radcllffe. director of military
operations at the War Office, today
summed up the military situation on
the western front as follows:
Ta the north, while the Germans
failed In their objective, they made
their right flank secure by the capture
HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
' QoreAfze all )
The Weather.
itaitHUAlu Maximum temperature. 74
uegina, minimum. 04 aegTeea.
tuuai'S Probably rain; fresh southerly
War.
French drive Germans back at two pointa
rill X.
U. S. airmen rout Hun fliers. Pace 1.
Huns capture 20.000 Flnlanders. Page 1.
Foreign.
Teuton peace offensive forecast by Lor
vecii. .rage x.
London press says Goto's declarations as to
japan s policy meet wltn allies' approval.
rasa o.
National.
Government lays careful foundation ef evi
dence to prove sedltloua conspiracy by
Associated Press In Supreme Court Pleads
lor protection arainst piracy. Pass 3.
Oregon exempt from call for 283.000 men
just sent out or wasnington. Page 1
Liberty loan workers face big task on last
aay -or. campaign, rage a.
Federal reports Indicate Government lost
$100,000,000 on railroads In first quarter
or ivib. .rage e.
United States signs pact with Norway.
rage .
Senate agrees to final vote en sedition bill.
f age .
Sports.
Bucksroos boot Vsncouver to victory, 0-0.
rage 15.
Vancouver fans - to see double-header In
fihlpbulldera' League tomorrow. Page 18.
Cubs win seventh - straight game, -8
Page 18.
Bobby Evans to leave for Fort McDowell.
Page 18.
Oregon's chances In O. A. C. meet consld
erea sum. Page in.
Pacific Northwest.
Masked men hold up Josephine County mln- , vni.i. .-i,-
ers and get away with bullion valued at Germans Work Feverishly to Make
Page 1.
CASH AND LIFE PLEDGED
Sailor Buys $500 in Liberty Bonds
at Home in Scappoose.
SCAPPOOSB, Or., May 3 (Special !
When James Callahan, 24, home on a
furlough from Mare Island, Cal., to
visit his parents here, stepped Into U'
liberty loan headquarters today and
put down $500 for liberty bonds, he de
clared there were more ways than one
of fighting the Kaiser and he was go
ing to do it with both money and his
life, if necessary. '
This purchase of bonds today placed
the total of Scappoose at $15,000, al
though the quota was only $9500.
Young Callahan .will sail for San)
Francisco next Tuesday to resume hid
training In the Navy.
U-BOAT BASE CHOKED. YET,
I8OO0.
Inner purposes of Kon-Partfsan League dls
closed by Wlniock. Win., cltlsens.
Psge 8. ,
Wsshlngton County Welfare Commissioner
convicted - of grand larceny. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine. '
Grain exchanges may. be reopened ts wheat
trading. Page M.
Corn higher at Chicago, owing to export de
mand. Page lv.
Industrials strong feature of Wall Street
market. Page IB.
Schooner Ernest H. Meyer taken over by
Government. Page 14.
Dr. A. C. Smith purchases yacht Elolse for
use as fishing boat. Page 14.
. Portland and Vicinity.
Witness testifies to alleged Insanity of lata
Mrs. Anna Eliza Farrell. Page 20.
Many housewives Ignore orders of Food Ad
ministration. Page 12,
AU la readiness for dedication of Vista
House tomorrow, page 14.
Appeal made to patriots to buy more bends
Zeebrugge Again Useful.
LONDON, May S.--Latest reports
show that the Germans are displaying
great activity in endeavoring to repair
the damage caused at Zeebrugge. tha
German submarine base on the Belgian
coaBt, by the British naval raid. .Tho
channel still remains blocked and it is
thought likely It will remain so for a
considerable time.
Apart from the faot that the entrance
is occupied by two sunken concrete
filled vessels, the position of the sunk
en cruiser Thetis, which lies at tho
edge of the shoal, Is likely to increase
the difficulties of dredging and pre
vent the harbor from being cleared up.
ELECTRICITY PROPELS SHIP
Multnoman s quota ol soiaiers mauctea with-
Merchantman, First of Its Kind, to
Start Maiden Voyage Soon.
t.U.-W.A
out a man missing. Page 9.
Two Portland shipyards to sdopt war or
phan for each ship launched. Page 1.
Mr. Stanfleld replies to Mark Skiffs attack.
page
Civic organisations plsn public hearings on
election measures, psge 4.
Government commission now in Oregon In.
epoetins; sites lor aero training school.
Page 1.
Mr. Simpson elated over recent tour. Page 4.
Labor men angered over legislative com
mittee's indorsement of McNary for
Senator. Page 5.
Eighty conscripted men entrain for Fort
McDowell. Psge 9.
Weather report, dala and forecast. Page Ag,
. LONDON, May 3. The first electri
cally propelled merchant ship ever built
in England and the largest electric
vessel in the world is now undergo
ing its finishing touches at a British
shipyard and will soon start on ita
first voyage.
A combination of steam and else-
tricity is employed. M
C3 102.2