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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1916)
• m » WORLD’S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News from All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHEU Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Commander of the German Submarine U-53. V H U RAID MARKED BY HORRORS; TERRIflED POPULATION STARVING NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest 0 El Paso. Tex.—Villa's attack on Cue- Ihulrlachlc Is described by survivors In an urtlcle printed by El Democrat» of Chihuahua, as accompanied by hor rors without puratlel In the history of the recent revolution. Women and children as well as men fell in the massacre, und the survivors told of tho oust) of a woman, who, be cause she had nursed the wounds of General Garza, was said to have been shot, wounded, and with tier newborn child, was soaked witli petroleum uud burned to death. Vtllu Is represented as turning a deaf ear to all suppllca tlons for mercy. "We are Informed," says tho paper, "that the people In the section are frightened to such an extent that they do not sleep in their houses, hut seek refuge In the woods or In the interior of mines." Copies also reached El Paso of a printed uppeal for aid from the rtiar tty society of Zacatecas. Verifying the stories of dtseuse uud starvation there the uppeal suld typhus ami Inanition caused 2000 deaths in the past four months. It declared that owing to typhus the fields were not cultivated and there would be no crops, while corn is beyond the means of the poor classes—$250 in paper money for hectolitre, or less than three bushels of corn and there Is absolutely no work. The population, the appeal con eluded, with winter coming on, w threatened with extinction. ft Captain H a n s Rose, commander of the U-53 of the German navy, sank at least six — per haps seven—steam ers off Nantucket lightship a i t h 1 n twenty-four hours after he left New port, Saturday. His action has brought about straiued re lations with Ger m a n y , relations more strained than at any time since the sinking of the Lusitania. About Oregon 640 Acre Bill Not Law. Thu Dalles.—Because of numerous Inquiries regarding the passage of the etockraleiug homestead 640 acre hill. Representative N. J. Hlnnott has given out the following statement: "Thu statement that has been pub llsheil in several small papers in this state that the stockratslng homestead 640 acre hill had been passed ami bo- carae a law Is erroneous. The hill did not pass. The hill went through tho house aud passed to the senato, where several amendments were attached to It and returned to the house. The re turn was made on tho last day of ttie session and, therefore, the house could not have passed It if it wanted to, as there was not enough time for consid eration. The bill will not be acted upon until the next session of con gress." The hill provides for the taking up of 640 acres of stockratslng land with the sanction of tho secretary of the The keel of the superdreadnought California, building at the Mare Island navy-yard, will be laid October 25, the navy department has announced. The Labor Temple, the largest log building in Alaska, built last winter interior. by the Alaska labor union, was de stroyed Tuesday night by fire caused by a defective flue. The loss is $12,000. Coos Coal in Demand. The heaviest snowstorm of any au Marshfield.—Local coalmine opera tumn in the past ten years prevailed tors aro receiving urgent Inquiries in the Michigan copper country Tues day. All shipping was forced to seek from several points in the Willamette shelter, and Lake Superior was de valley about coal shipments and U Is serted by boats. believed that the fall and winter busi Wholesale prices on men's and wo ness will develop an extenslvo and men's footwear have been advanced steady demand. 50 to 75 cents a pair within the last Four mines of average rapacity are three days and certain lines have been Atlantic City, N. J.—Major General now working, hut only two could han withdrawn entirely from the market, Tasker H. Bliss, assistant chief of dle outside orders over the railroad owing to a shortage in leather. staff of tlie United States army, ap at the present time. peered i p i a Tuesday before Un- John S. O’Connor, pioneer cut-glass The Henryvillu mine is keeping Its American- members of the Mexican output only to a point which will fur manufacturer and inventor, died at American joint commission. Later It nish tho Smith Bowers Lugging com his home at Hawley, Pa., as the result was intimated that the discussion by pany locomotives their necessary 50 of a fall. Mr. O’Connor cut the glass the joint commission of the various tons per day, and would have to do that took first prize at the Paris expo schemes for border control would not some development to Increase the sition. He was born in Londonderry, Chicago.—Beyond question, the flo be forced by the Americans until Ireland, June 6, 1831. tation of the British loan of $250,000,- sufficient time had elapsed for Getter sales to twice that size. The Beaver Hill mine Is capable of handling a Seventy-four hostile aeroplanes, of 000 in this market In the early part al Carranza to show the efficiency of much larger dally output which 21 were French and 53 were his latest punitive expedition, relative of September has been instrumental British, were shot down by the Ger to which new assurances were given mans during September, according to in checking the flow of gold to this the commissioners by Ambassador Bad Men Escape From Pen. an exact list compiled by the German country, and to that extent, has been Designate Arredondo, through Louis military authorities, says an Overseas Salem.—James O’Brien and Frank Cabrera, chulrman of tho Mexican beneficial. News Agency statement. Smith, two of the most desperate char Up to the third week in September commission. Mr. Cabrera saiil his government acters In the Oregon penitentiary, es Ernest Olis, a sentenced burglar, the gold imports this year aggregated would begin at once an "Intensive" caped Wednesday night. Bosses scaled the 30-foot east wall of the pen $384.450,000, against exports of $93.- campaign against Villa. scoured tho surrounding country, hut itentiary at Joliet, 111., with a braided The Americans were told that "thou obtained no trace of the fugitives. A twine rope and escaped. Twenty feet 500.000, so that the excess of imports reward of $50 for the capture of each from where he went over the wall a over exports this year has been $291,- sands of the best troops In the coun man has been offered. try were being taken into Chihuahua guard was on watch with a rifle, but 445.000, which compares with an ex aud Durango for an extensive rant Both Smith and O'Brien were serv he failed to see the convict. cess In gold Imports over exports for paign, which It Is expected will bo ing from two to five years for bur President Wilson and Secretary of the corresponding period of last year come evident shortly In a series of glary. five Escape by Jum ping— Hot Box War Baker cabled Governor Harrison, The escape was effected after the movements that will lead either to of $247.171,000. of the Philippines, asking him to con Villa's isolation In the mountains with men hnd sawed the steel padlocks on Halts Section of Train — Crew vey their greetings to the Filipino peo Whether gold Imports can bo long out a force of any size or to his do their cells and scaled tho 18 foot wall ple on the occasion of the convening held in check is a difficult question to struct Ion with a rope made from their blankets. Fail to Put Out Signals. of the first Philippine legislature com determine, as much depends upon tho ( Tho men hud been confined In new posed entirely of natives. British requirements and the attitude! E, ,, Tex.-Passengers arriving steel cells placed In tho prison yard °f Ah .° ; \ T " lca" ,a n < 1 th .e, lnv™A' at Juan /, from Chihuahua City said especially to hold recalcitrant pris The l nited States supreme court re- Elwood, Neb.—Ten men were killed, ment public. But It Is certain that fused to review the convictions of four fatally crushed, and 11 others ser- sooner or later gold will again flow a report was current there that a oners. B. B. Smith, a wall guard,% slept labor leaders in the 191„ West \ ir- fously injured when a train on the into this country In considerable vol- J force of 1000 Carranza soldiers left . . A, , . . their base at Hanta Ysabel Saturday while the men scaled the wall within gima coal strike who were sentenced Burlington railroad crashed into the ume. unless, of course, the war should to operate aKalnat villa, only to meet 40 feet of him, and was luter summar to six months imprisonment for con -1 freight caboose in which these were come to a sudden and unexpected ter a serious reverse at the hands of the ily discharged. tempt of court in failing to obey an riding, 12 miles east of here Sunday mination. bandits on the road to San Andres. injunction by a federal district judge. morning. Five other men, standing This enormous accumulation of gold Arrivals here over the Mexican The Culebra Island naval station off on the rear platform of the caboose, which has taken place since the begin Northwestern railway say that Villa's Station Bulletins Now Available. the Porto Rican coast was almost com saw the approaching train soon ning of the war is resulting in a tre men are in possession of Namlquipu 114 Hop Investigation, Tartar & Bilk pletely destroyed last week by a hurri enough to jump to safety. One other mendous expansion In various forms lngton. cane which swept that vicinity. The man in the caboose cupola was thrown of credit. This expansion Is a form of 117 Loganberry By-Broducts. Lewis & station has been practically abandon - 1 dear of the wreck and escaped injury, Inflation, but, being based upon gold, Brown. ed by the navy, and only a few houses The trains in collision were the sec- is not dangerous 118 Ammoniflcatlon and Nitrification and supplies, used by the marines who on<E and third sections of a regular One of the unfortunate results of Studies of Certain Types of Ore Bar Harbor, Me., Oct. 15.—The ab practice advance base maneuvers, are stock train. Lack of lights and warn tho upward tendency of prices is the gon Solis, Beckwith, Vasa, Robin ing signals is given by survivors of effect that they have on corporations rupt recall of a liberty party from the left. ......................................... son. the collision as the cause of the acci having a fixed earning rate, for these destroyer McDougall and the ship's Plans for a campaign to make Chi dent corporations can only Increase their subsequent departure at full speed to 119 A Report of the Experimental and cago “dry’” in , .1918 Demonstration Work on the Sub . were . formally - an- i All the victims are residents of Ne- revenue from an increase In volume, day, suggested Important develop nounced at a luncheon of the Dry Chi- braska towns of western and central and, naturally, there are limitations ments In connection with tho war station Farms at Moro, Burns, cago Federation. Fifty thousand dol- part8 0f the state, most of them farm- even on that. This applies especially ship's neutrality patrol. Early this Redmond and Metollus, Scudder. lars was pledged to carry on the cam ers or stockmen. afternoon the vessel put In here from 121 The Common Red Spider or Spi to the railroads. paign. It is planned to submit the der Mite, Ewing. The second section train had stop- Kastport and gave shoro leave to a question to a referendum vote in the pe(j at a point about half way between party of her sailors. Four blasts of 122 Irrigation and Soil Moisture In spring of 1918. Ex-Representative Smithfield and Bertrand because of vestigations In Western Oregon, the ship's whistle soon recalled them, Hobson, of Alabama, spoke at the hot boxes. Bowers. and the last boatload had hardly meeting at which the campaign was | Members of the crew were at work r at hed the destroyer's side win u 123 Somatic Segregation of Charac launched. ters In the Le Conte Bear, Tuffts. | on the hot boxes when the third sec- she steamed out of the harbor. The wild coast line In this region, 129 Bolllnatlon of Bomaceous Fruits; After several hours’ struggle with ;|on.’ runn]nE l^ minutes behind the Bart II. Bradford. Savannah, Ga.—The presence of a with its innumerable coves, has long the heaviest sea in months, the coast- flrst* c’jaf£e;1 .!nto a ca^°”ae- 1* Economics of Apple Orcharding, guard crew from Manistee, Mich., sue declared that the crew of the second submarine of undetermined national been one of the favorite regions ptek 132 Lewis & Vickers. ceeded in rescuing P. T. Daiiy, a con section had failed to put out torpedoes ity off Tybee Bar, off Savannah, was ed out by rumor for hidden wireless tractor, and eight workmen, who were or '? warn the train following, reported to local custom house offi stations and secret submarine bases. 133 Selection, Adjustment and Caro of Farm Machinery, Itracker. carried out into Lake Michigan on a an?,, A®a^ ‘’I1* ^ en£in® cials and to the British consul here, 134 A Study of Variation In Apples derrick scow which earlier in the day Polling section had gone out. it was learned Wednesday. Officials Retrial Is Begun. During Growing Season, White- broke from its moorings here during A° on.e " aR ay are of fhe [ia"ger u"tl* at both the custom house and consul house. San Francisco.—The second trial of a fierce storm. The nine men were the third section was within a few ate refused to say where their infor nearly eight miles out in Lake Michi- i.ar^3 . t^ie rear en<J Pf the second, mation came from, but each empha six men under Indictment In the so- 135 Variation of Internal Structure of Apple Varieties, Kraus. gan when the coastguard reached ea^lneer reversed his engine but sized the statement that It was "en called Oregon land fraud case began 136 Vegetable Tests on Randy Soli at tirely unofficial.” No American un them. ! he could n°t stop. tho Umatilla Experiment Farm, The heavy stock train jammed into dersea boats are believed to be in Wednesday morning In Federal Judge Doollng’s court. Allen. Although the registration of 738.71ft the train ahead, driving the waycar these waters. Nat C. Coghlan, chief attorney for 137 Tho Drainage of "White Land” voters in New York City exceeded last under a car of cattle ahead. The 21 It was reported in marine circles and Other Wet Lands In Oregon, year's record by 70,899, the predic-1 men on the floor of the caboose were here that the naval-yard at Charles Norman D. Cook, one of the defend Bowers & Teeter. tions of political leaders were not ful- i jammed into a space of less than four ton, S. C., had been advised by wire ants, cannot be present on account of filled. The complete registration fig- feet in width and this was filled with less of the presence as early as Mon an engagement at Los Angeles, but 138 Tho Bolllnatlon of tho Bomaceous Fruits, Bt. III. Gross Vascular ures now available show a gain of 33,-! wreckage. The railroad ran a special day afternoon of a submarine off Ty his absence is not expected to delay Anatomy of tho Apple, Kraus & 424 over the registration for the last train from Holdredge with physicians bee bar. Custom house officials and the hearing. The Jury disagreed at Ralston. presidential election in 1912. Politi- i and the injured were taken to Hast- those of the British consulate said the first trial four months ago. Clr. 18 Swine Husbandry. cians have prophesied that a total of ingB ior hospital carre. their information was that a submer sible was off the bar Wednesday. Sev 750,000 to 800,000 would be attained. Explosive Cache Bared. eral allied merchant ships are in port One reason given for the failure to Hunter, 8hot, Loses Toe. East Machias, Me.—An explosion Twelve Fly In Great Air Boat. reach these figures is the return to here, and officers of several acknowl which shook this village early Satur Newport, H. Abbey, propri Buffalo, N. Y.—An enormous flying edged that they were “slow In load day has revealed that a building at etor of the Or.—M. Europe of many men of foreign birth. Abbey hotel, was compel boat built after the lines of the Amer ing," although all declared reports of the head of navigation on the East led last week to have the great too on Reports from the Portland office of submarine activities would not pre Machias river has been used secretly his right foot amputated as a result the bureau of labor statistics of Ore ica, with 11 passengers seated in the vent their departure. as a storehouse for some powerful ex of a gunshot wound sustained the first gon, show that during July and August cabin, and the pilot, made a trial trip plosive. Efforts to ascertain the own day of the deer season. He was stand 1663 applications for help and 5139 ap at a height of 500 feet over Lake Keu- ership of the explosive were unsuc ing with his rifle muzzle resting on plications for employment were re ka Monday afternoon. Weyerhaeuser Director. cessful. Reports that boats had been his foot when It was accidentally dis ceived. The bureau furnished employ The new flying boat has a greater St. Paul.—Frederick fc. Weyerhaeus passing up the river during a charged, shattering a bone In tho toe. ment for 4661 persons In the two spread of wing than the America. It er, son of the late Frederick Weyer heard heavy storm Friday night and Satur months. is not of the tractor type. There are day morning could not be confirmed. haeuser, multimillionaire lumberman, Tw o American Ships Sunk. two pusher propellors, each operated Ten army machine guns of the most by an eight-cylinder motor of 200- was elected a director of the Great London.—Two American ships, tho up-to-date design, which will consti horsepower. Two-Cent Mail Extended. Northern Railway company to fill the Harvita and the Columbia, have been tute the government’s principal evi Washington, D. C.—Conclusion of a sunk, according to a dispatch received vacancy caused by the death of James dence in the baring of an alleged plot Exchange Seats $74,500 J. Hill, at a meeting of the board of convention providing for a 2-cent let by the Norwegian minister In Retro- to violate the neutrality laws of the New York—A seat on the New York directora held In the offices of Louis ter rate between the United States grad, from H. A. Falsen. the Norwe United States by shipping the arms to Stock Exchange was sold Wednesday W. Hill, president of the railway com and New Zealand Is announced by the gian consul general at Archangel, Rus Mexico, arrived in Los Angeles Fri for $74,500, an advance on the last sale pany. The meeting preceded the an postoffice department. New Zealand sia. The dispatch says great difficul day and were immediately seized by of $4500. This sale marked the high nual meeting of stockholders of the Is approximately 7000 miles from the ty has been experienced In obtaining federal authorities. record for the year. eastern coast of the United States. accurate Information. Great Northern Railway. ft Carranza Makes New Promises. 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 CRUSHED TO DEATH New loan Puts of $ Check on Rapid Imports IN EREIGHT WRECK Ten Dead and Eleven Injured in Rear End Stock Train Smash-up. CABOOSE GROUND INTO BITS U. S. Warship Rushes Out. foreign Submarine Sighted Off Georgia Coast; Shipowners Worry