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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1917)
SEEK ANTIDOTE FOR SUBMARINE Inventors Strive for Means to Rd Sea of Menace to Shipping. EARLY ACTION IN AMERICA Thouaanda of Lettera Recalved by Boarda of Inventlona In England and United States but Few Practical Ideaa Advanced. Ixuulon.—T h « N<*w York Herald's dnvnl correspondent writ«*»: A development o f (ho war which will receive i|N «lal »Mention from the hln- torlan I n Unit which I n connected with the mohlllr.lni( of Inventlona for flicht- I iik purpoNea. In Germany arlence wna hlirneNNeil to the Moloch of cleatruc- tlon beforp hoNlllltleN bcgati, and nil the reaourcea o f technical knowledge were hrought to hear for the ptirpoMc of devlNlng new niethodN of killing. It wun the une hy the I I uiin of | hi I moii run mid xt ml I a r contrivance» which nwnk- en«»l the allien to the neccMnlty for mobilizing InventloiiH and the Imagl- nntlve enterprls«* of thoughtful men and pnlnntnklng InventIgutorn. An a renult there were established In Kronen and England hourdn o f In vention connected with the nuval nud inllltary detmrtnientn. for the exami nation and trial o f such platm and pro posals an neemed to he of vulue. Hy thene tneuNiirea the flow of Invention wun directed to chunnelN from which It wun hoped might I nkuo a provision of new weapon» and new klndn of mu nition» helpful to the force» hy land and »en. Early Action by America. With ready forethought America, while yet at peace, provided her own bureau of Invention. Hhe »Imuld be, therefore, more ready to utilize her natural Inventive gcnlun now that »he bn» become a participant In the war. It I n comparatively ea»y to Anil men of expert Judgment and experience to Inquire Into or advlne ui»on the feas- Ihlllty o f achetncM and proposal», many of which are only rough hewn hut may contain the germ of Improvement»; hut wlint 1» I cmm »Itliple In to detnch and detail the right kind of officer» from the naval and mllltnry nervlce» to carry forward the work of experiment and InveKtlgatlon to a point of uscful- neoM. Junt at pr«*»ent the attention o f In ventor» In directed particularly townrd finding mi antidote for the »uhtnarlne. It 1» »aid Mint the consulting hoard of tin* Cnlted State» navy received In one week more than two thounnnd letter», each containing what the writer be lieved to he n solution of the subma rine tnennee. How many letters the itrltl»h board of Invention» has re ceived on this subject has not been made public, and yet It Is manifest that no device has been discovered the prnc- tlcal application of which 1» an nssured success. The explanation o f this un satisfactory state o f affnlrs seems to rest mainly In the Inability of the In ventor to grasp rightly the factors In the problem. The prlm-lpnl obstacle to effective denllng with the U-boat Is Its Invisibil ity. Its quality o f submersion for n considerable length of time, during which It cun travel comparatively long distances under water and chnnge Its position without discovery by the watchers on the surface. It Is true that It must come up ut times to re charge Its electric accumulator» or to give Its crew fresh air. It must more often put Its periscope above water, and the circumstances In which Its at tack Is made may oblige It to emerge for the purpose o f bringing Its gun Into nctlon. The Real Solution. In these conditions It may he trented ns n surface boat, nnd proposals for dealing with it, whether from the air or the sea, have already ntlulned a ASKS FOR TIP; FACES GUN Missourian’» Original Method of Han dling Bell Boy Gets Him Into Trouble. New York.—James II. Guitar, post master of Columbia, Mo., found him self In court here on account of his original way o f dealing with a hell hoy. The boy had shown the visitor his room nnd Indicated n disposition not to leave. •’ What Hre you waiting for?” asked the Missourian. “ Oh, Just n little salve. About a qm rteY will d o !" The man from Missouri picked up n large sized "shooting Iron” nnd said one word, "O ltl” The boy "got,” but told the police, nnd Mr. Guitar had to make explanations In court. high degree o f effieleney. Again, where llie U-boat Is foreed to operate or to reach the scene o f Its activity ilirougli narrow channels or constrict ed waters, the value of nets and mines us n deterrent tins, as official records show, been proved up to a point. Nevertheless, to overcome the sub marine, It Is not sufficient to be uble to obstruct Its passage In certain limited areas, or merely to he prepared to deul with It during It» brief Intervals of emergence. Something more Is wnnt- ed than this. The real solution of the problem will depend upon the possi bility of discovering Its whereabouts under water ami making that discovery either on the surface or In the air. This Is the fruitful Held for Investi gation, and this Is clearly the direction Indicated to Inventors ns the line along which to devote their thought and study If they are seeking mi antidote to the submarine peril. The limita tion» thus »et up not only narrow» the »cope for NiiggcKtlon but the number o f persons w I iomc equipment by train ing and experience 1» likely to fit them for the tu»k. In order to nave themselves from an Inundation o f use less or Impracticable m-hemes, It 1» surely worth the while of the various Investigating boards to (»sue U> would- be correspondents some rule» by which the latter might he guided In tanking suggestions. Much disappoint Urge Uniformity in Inspection L a w »— ment would thereby be prevent«»! nnd, Oregon and Washington Millers much waste of time und trouble. Hay Wheat Quality is Poor. GRAIN DEALERS MEET ; •++++++*M-+++++4-fr»+4»4+»+ + I ITALIANS BUILD FINE ROADS IN ALBANIA Home.— Thank» to Italo-Aus trian rivalry, after the war A l bania will have the best system of wagon roads of nny Balkan state, Greece and Itoumanla In cluded. A few day» ago a new road, 450 kilometer» long, connecting Knntl Qua rants with Kalonlkl, was opened to the public. The road 1» a monument to Italian labor nnd engineering. Over 300 kilometers lie through high mountain» and deep gorge». A motor ear ran cover the distance between the two cities In about 20 hours. In a few days a new piece of road, 110 kilometers long, wtll be opened to the public and will connect Avlonn, on the Adriatic, with Sulonlkl. TRUSTS RIS FOE, IS SHOT IN BACK St. Louis Man’s Generosity to Enemy Costs Him His Life. IS VICTIM OF TREACHERY "Fighting Jimmy" Paul, First In Front Line of Enemy, le Mourned by French Foreign Legion— Even Wounded Attend Funeral. I ’nrls,—Generosity townrd the en emy cost tin* life of James Puul o f St. Louis, n member of the fumous French Foreign legion. l ’uul was known ns “ Fighting Jimmy,” and be never fnlled to Uve up to his name. To be called one of the bruvest men In the legion Is n great honor, nnd that was uu honor held by "Fighting Jim my." Twenty-four hours before one of the general attacks by the French In their recent offensive In Champagne. I’aul wns sent out with n body of picked men to “ w orry" the Germans’ first line with bombs. Paul wns the first innn over the par apet nnd got safely through, together with several other Americans. A fter trying In vain to keep off the nttnekera with machine guns, the Germans «cut- tied Into their dugouts. Paul, who was In advance, threw u dozen grenade Into a dugout and called upon the sknlkera to come out. Victim of Treachery. Only one German appeared. He threw up his arms, shouting “ Com rade,” nssurlng Paul the rest o f the men Inside were dend. Without taking the trouble to search the man for hid den weapons, Paul turned to another dugout. The Instant his back wns turned the German drew nn nutomntlc pistol and fired. Paul fell bnckwnrd Just as Ills fellow legion members fol lowed. The Germnn fell with bayonet wounds In his body. Tw o of Paul’s best friends, Arthur Herry of Boston and Christopher Charles o f Brooklyn, knelt beside him. Paul lay on his hnek nnd there xvns n smile on his Ups. “ You nre not badly hurt, are you, Jimmy?" asked his friends. There was no reply, and they turned the body over. The bullet hail pene trated the heart nnd death must have been Instantaneous. In the National Arts club hy the dub, the mnyor’s committee on Shakespeare nnd the Shakespeare cltih. The first story wus that Shakespeare had gone oil on a birthday pnrty with Ben Jonson nnd after sleeping by the roadside had caught the cold which caused his death. I>r. Charles William Wallace, who lias spent many years In Knglnnd In research work In Shake spearian», said that In all his Investi gations he could find no hint that there wns nny truth In this story. lie added that he believed the story that Shakespeare when n young mnn wns arrested nnd sent to Jail for deer stealing is In the same class ns the other story, fbr he could find no record o f It nnywhere, nor nny reference to It hy writers o f Shnkespenre’s dny. Rodin Gets Aztec Sculptures. of the more famous examples o f Aztec sculpture have been sent by the Mex Avon Bard 8tole No Deer. New York.— Two famous stories ican government ns a gift to Rodin, the about Hhnkeapcnro that hnvo spread French sculptor. Ilodln In return has far nnd wide In many countries. Includ promised to send n reproduction of one ing Scandinavia, In »plto of the libel of his works to be placed In the Na law#, was» sptlled at the dinner held tional Academy of Fine Arts. A fter that, nny German showing fight wus ruthlessly bnynneUed. Those who surrendered wen- spared, although their trip from the front to the rear was far from pleasant. A fter the position had been thor oughly cleared out, the legion mem bers retired, bearing with them Paul’s body. Every man who could attended the simple funeral. Even wounded men hobbled out to the Improvised cemetery. Paul had been decorated for bravery nt the battle o f Beiloy-en-Snnterre, on the Somme. In July, 1916. At that time, single-handed, he held n sector of n trench after his seven companions had been killed. Someone once referred to St. Louis us a German city. “That’s not true," exclaimed Paul. “ It Is no more a German city than Purls. True, there are Germans there, but you find Germans everywhere. You wtll find that St. Louis will send over some mighty good soldiers.” W EST VIRGINIA BANS LOAFING Rich and Poor Alike Must Work at Least 36 Hours Weekly, Says New Statute. Charleston. W. Vn.— All loafers look alike to the law In West Virginia. A statute Just passed by the legislature provides that every able male between the ages o f sixteen and sixty must work nt least 36 hours weekly nt “ some lawful nnd recognized business, profession or employment." This hits ’em all, both great and small. The law Is effective, no matter' how big nn Income any Individual may enjoy. Students nre exempt during school session. Violators mny be fined $100 or be put to work by the state, In which case their dependents get the small wage ullowed. The purpose o f this law Is to make every uhle-bodled male do something useful during the war. Raise Flags Underground. Rhonnndonh, Pa.— At the Draper col liery the other morning the Inside em ployees raised two Amerlcnn flags 1,000 feet below the surface In the mammoth vein gangway In honor of two o f their workers, Edward Phillips and Robert llahn, who hnve enlisted. One ting was set floating nt each chute from where the men worked. Every em ployee o f the Inside workings was there. JAPANESE “CURIOS” SEIZED British Authorities Block German Trick to Get Copper and Rubber. Liverpool.— In demanding the con fiscation o f certnln shipments o f “ cu rios” from Jnpan to Sweden, the government attorney read the follow ing letter in the prize court sent by j a Hamburg curio firm to a dealer In Japan: “ We would like to obtain large quantities of very heavy copper and bronze vases, nnltnnls, etc. It Is es sential that the objects be very cheap, but we lay no Importance to their con dition, execution, etc. You enn send us the roughest nnd most faulty speci mens. The nrtlcleSj-must be massive nnd not hollow, ana must have the appearance of curloa. I f you can ship ten to twenty tons monthly as carlo» to Sweden, we shnll be glad to have you quote lowest price. You might also arrange to pack the case« with raw rubber so works of nrt won’t dans- ago. Aluminum objects o f art also In terest ns." STATE N E W S IN BR] Sheriff Gage'a raid on the steam schooner Hardy, Saturday night at To lower the high coat o f living by Marshfield, netted 439 bottles of decreasing the cost o f grain, the Pub-- whisky, 56 o f beer and five gallons of lie Service commissions o f Washington wine. and Oregon heard evidence showing The Johnson Moores Logging com that uniformity o f state lawa on weights, measures and inspection with pany o f Astoria, has sold its timber federal laws was a necessity, at a holdings and logging machinery on the meeting in the Tacoma, Wash., Com Cartwright tract near Seaside to Olson Bros. The latter w ill log the timber mercial club rooms Wednesday. Particularly the flour millB o f Wash for the Prouty mill. ington and Oregon are affected by the One o f the largest lamb deals in the difference in the quality o f wheat Baker vicinity was closed this week which cannot compete with that of when R. B. Caswell, o f Kidwell & Cas California or Chicago and Minneapolis well, o f Portland, contracted fo r more because the inpsectors are compelled than 30,000 lambs at a total price of to pass smutty wheat, it was charged. more than $300,000. “ My experience o f 30 years,” said Ralph B. Smith o f the Puget Sound Governor Withycombe has reappoint Mills company, “ shows that Washing ed W. D. Whitcomb and W. R. Mac ton wheat is o f lower quality every kenzie, both o f Portland, as members year. It is smutty when it comes to o f the State board o f accountancy for the mill and the miller has no choice terms o f four years, their former but to take it. By the time it is thor terms expiring June 3. oughly cleaned its cost has risen con Precy Cupper, assistant state engi siderably and the consumer, who pays neer, probably w ill become assistant ultimately for the additional expense, secretary o f the Desert Land board, to begins to howl.” succeed J. L. McAllister, who resigned “ Discoveries o f the last year show retently to become connected with an that the smut is not the fault o f the engineer’s corp at American lake. farm er,” said L. M. Jeffers o f Port The Eugene Woolen Mills have re land, grain supervisor o f this, the 32nd district. “ Farmers in order to take ceived an order for 25,000 yards o f from the United advantage of the first rains are obliged olive-drab cloth to plow up the fields early and the States government, according to an recently by E. ground becomes infected with smut announcement made The cloth is to be spores. Our department is equipping Kopp, manager. 12 machines with dust collectors which supplied in quantities o f 3000 yards a we think w ill practically eliminate the month. infection. I f the collectors prove sat A team o f horses was drowned and isfactory and not too expensive, sta two wagons lost when a ferry on the tistics and estimates will be put into North Santiam river, one mile north o f the hands o f all those raising grain. Shelburne, broke loose and floated two A ll w ill have to use it, for one field miles downstream Friday. The ferry can infect a whole district.” finally drifted against a bank. Three The commission then began the con teams and wagons were on the ferry sideration o f rye and oats. Here again when the cable snapped. uniformity was thought to be advis Oregon’s total registration under the able, but there was some discussion of what the standard would be. The war census was slightly greater than question o f color should be the basis the first announcements indicated. A for at least four grades, according to final detailed summary o f war census Mr. Jeffers. He suggests, also, that returns from the various counties, the commission fix a maximum moist completed for the entire state by Ad ure weight per bushel. Oats and rye jutant General W hite gave, Oregon a were fe lt to need the same legislation. total registration o f 62,922. Bad order o f sacks and the discount Tariffs were filed this week by the allowed for their repairs was the final Portland Railway, Ligh t & Power com subject discussed. The state claim of pany in accordance with the order re 1 and 3 per cent discount was agreed cently issued covering rates o f that by all the men present as not suffi company fo r commercial light and cient, and the 3 and 6 per cent allowed power, which is effective July 1. The by thé Seattle Merchants’ Exchange company also has accepted the order was thought more reasonable. covering residence lighting and domes tic heating. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT | Wheat— Blues tern.........................$2.35 F o r ty fo ld ..................................... 2.32 Club............................................... 2.30 Red Ru ssian................................ 2.28 Oats— No. 1 w h ite ......................$44.00 Barley— No. 1 fe ed ..................... 42.00 Cattle— Steers, p rim e ... $9.50@10.25 Steers, g o o d ................... 8.75@ 9.25 Steers, m ed iu m ............. 8.00@ 8.75 Cows, choice................... 8.25@ 8.50 Cows, m edium ............... 7.50@ 8.00 Cows, f a i r ...................... 6.75@ 7.25 H e i f e r s .......................... 5.00@ 9.25 Bulls................................ 5.00(<j. 7.25 C a lv e s ............................ 7.50@ 9.50 Hogs— Packing . . . . . . . . $15.00@15.50 Rough h e a v ie s ............... 13.90@14.25 Pigs and s k ip s ............... 13.00@13.50 Stock hogs...................... 11.00@12.50 Sheep— W ethers............. 10.00@10.50 E w e s ............................ 5.00@9.50 L a m b s ............................ 11.00^/13.50 Flour— Patents, $11.80. M illfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $33 per ton; shorts, $38; rolled barley, $48 ; rolled oats, $54. Corn— White, $72 per ton; cracked, $73. Hay — Producers’ prices: Timothy, Eastern Oregon, $28@30 per ton; val ley timothy, $22@24; alfalfa, $20@23; valley grain hay, $18@20. Butter — Cubes, extras, 37c per pound; prime firsts, 35c. Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 38c; cartons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 38c; No. 2, 36c. Eggs— Ranch, current receipts, 30c per dozen ; selects, 32c. Poultry— Hens, 15@17c per pound; broilers, 16@20c; turkeys, 20c; ducks, 18@22c; geese, 10@12c. Veal— Fancy, 14@14Jc per pound. Pork— Fancy, 19$c per pound. Vegetables — Artichokes, 70 @ 75c per dozen; tomatoes, $1.50@2.00 per crate; cabbage, 2@3c per pound; eg g plant, 25c; lettuce, $1.75@2.00; cu cumbers, 75c@$1.50 per dozen; pep pers, 20@35c per pound; rhubarb, 2@3c; peas, 6@7c; asparagus, 5@6c; spinach, 6@7c per pound. Potatoes — Buying prices, $3.50@ 4.00 per hundred. Green Fruit— Strawberries, Oregon, $1.75@2.50. Hops— 1916 crop, 3@6c per pound; 1917 contracts, nominal. Wool— Eastern Oregon, fine, 47@53c per pound; coarse, 58c; valley, 60@ 63c; mohair, 60@65c. Cascara Bark — Old and new, 6Jc per pound. Ethel Bittner, the 15-year-old daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. S. C. B itt ner, livin g near Pendleton, was ac cidentally shot through the heel Satur day by her 11-year-old brother, Le- land, as he was loading a .22 rifle. The sister stepped in range just as the cartridge was exploded. She may be permanently crippled. That the nation is in war and that the men o f Oregon are preparing for the call to arms was reflected by the attendance at the opening o f the U ni versity o f Oregon Summer school. The total registration the first day was 156, and four-fifths were women. The enrollment on the opening day o f the school last year was 247. A jury in the Lane County Circuit court Monday returned a verdict against the Southern Pacific company for damages in the sum o f $10,000 for the heirs o f W illiam Framhein, who was killed in tunnel No. 4, on the Coos Bay line o f the Southern Pacific sys tem June 16, 1916. A severe drop is being reported by all Lower Valley orchardists, and from present indications the crop o f the coming fall w ill be far below estimates made at the time o f the heavy bloom. The total crop fo r the season w ill prob ably fall below 750,000 boxes o f fruit, says a dispatch from Hood River. The Heppner wool market showed strong bullish tendencies at the public wool sale held Saturday. Bids ranging from 42 to 55J cents for fine wool and 58 cents for coarse grades were freely offered, with no takers. Morrow county sheep men are standing pat, and at this time seem to have the best o f the situation. W ith the disposition o f $1,000,000 worth o f road bonds, out o f the $6,- 000,000 voted by the people, facing the state, it seems safe to assert that when the present $240,000 or so o f rural credits money on hand is loaned out, that no more attempts w ill be made to sell further rural credits bonds until the first batch o f the road bond money, is disposed of, A 10 per cent dividend was declared by the Farmers’ Union Grain agency at the annual meeting at Pendleton. The agency is the owner o f the big elevator which w ill be in operation for the first tim e this season. A con servative estimate is that one-third o f the Umatilla county farmers w ill use the bulk grain handling system this year, including Sam Thompson, David H. Nelson and Jesse Hales.