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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1917)
OF CURRENT WEEK DRAFT MEN TO ARMS TARS CONSIDER BAN • From Loral Hoard* to I*aue Boycott on German Ship* and Sailors for Call to Military Sorr A fter Peace I'rgrd by Seamen ol ier- All Most br Krad«. Both Entente and Neutrals. E HILE 70, NEAR LENS “<• » i Adjutant C n u n L O. N. O.I London — " T o consider the crimes, FNvtland— Every drafted man who committed by Germany and seamen of ha« beer, certified by his local exemp- fr * - German U -boal»” was the official de txjr board as not exempted or dis scription o f the pur|*>se o f the assem charged should keep himself in instant blage here Sunday o f representatives reai.reas to obey the summons from o f seamen's organizations o f several t : i local board, to be made in a few entente allied ami neutral counlriea. days, calling him to report at a de France, Italy, the United Htatea, i signated tim e and place for military Canada, Australia, Holland, Belgium service. and the Scandinavian countries were The mobilization o f the men to be represented by masters, mates, engi Barrage Fire Clears Way Up Hill and |r«eau it '«■it<r«j .-'«oa r. Gar* taken in the first draft w ill be handled Pope’ s M c s u ir I .aid Before Prmident neers, sailors, cooks and stewards. «mi ?«dñc V j r à * » a aad Other Liquid Fire Illuminate« Trenches and Many Conferences W ill be in each county by the local exemption J. Havelock Wilson, head o f the ' board o f that county. V u n f > Wartk S » * u j . and l>ow-Lying Ham Clouds. Necessary Before Replying. Britiah Seamen's Union, presided. Each board w ill be responsible for In his speech Mr. Wilson *aid: “ It ia not worth while calling on the the mobilization and entrainment for government to protect us, but the the American Lake camp, to which the An rmcaryo has rare proclaimed on British Front in France ami Belgium Washington, D. C. — Premier Lloyd people o f the world must do something Chiaeee as a ril u j.a~-.rsr crrdiU in Oregon men »'ill be sent, o f its coun George's optimistic speech in the B rit for themselves. The war will not last A fte r the brilliant advance Thurs Grrma.- bar_t5. eccord:.--g to a dijpetch t y ’s full draft quota. ish parliament Friday was interpreted forever. A fter the war the Germans day morning, in which the Canadians from Berlin. The mobilization o f the entire quota here as a preliminary indication o f the again w ill have to come among the captured Hill 70 and then swept on Then northwest o f Lens, the attackers were Cocr.t von Rernstorff. the former w ill not be made all at once, however. attitude the allied nations may be ex seamen o f the civilized world. in close grips with the Germans in the Germar. ambassador to the United It w ill take place in four installments. pected to adopt toward any discussion The first installment o f 30 per cent o f peace on a basis which might per western part o f I.rna late in the day. States, has been appointed, according Their losses were slight. to the Berlin Vossische Zeitung. to the o f the men comprising the draft quota mit Germany, as a conqueror, to dic o f each county will be called to mobil tate terma. Tlie attack liegan at 4 :25 o'clock, poet at Constantinople. ize on September 5. News o f the premier’s speech came just as the first streaks o f dawn were An Amsterdam dispatch to Reuter’s A second installment o f 30 per cent while the State department was receiv ap|>earing. A ll night the Britiah big Limited, London, states that Berlin o f the quota w ill be called to the col ing by cable from the British foreign guns had l>een flouring a steady stream newspapers announced the seizure of ors on September 19, according to la office the text o f Pope Benedict's mes o f high explosive sheila into the Ger all property in Germany belonging to test orders o f the War department. sage to the leaders o f all belligerent man position, the detonations overlap the government o f Siam or to its c iti The third installment w ill be called nations proposing a basis for peace ne ping one another by the rapid crack zens. out on October 3. The remaining 10 gotiations and earnestly sp iralin g for ling o f a machine gunfire and swelling into a mighty volume o f thunder that Mobilization o f the second increment per cent w ill be mobillizcd as soon its consideration. In entente diplomatic quarters and shook the earth and stunned the senses. o f draft troops was charged Tuesday thereafter as possible. The dates, o f course, are subject to among government officials Mr. Lloyd from September 15 to 19, and the Then, a short time before the hour G eorge’s announcement o f improve third increment from September 30 to change. o f offensive arrived, the batteries The local exemption boards w ill se ment in food conditions, removing the October 3. Mobilization o f the first ceased abruptly, and a strange, almost increment w ill be as previously an lect the men to be called up in each danger o f England being starved into oppressive stillness, fraught with the installment, and notify them when and submission, his assurance that losses nounced September 5. portending cataclysm which must fo l where they are to report. The notifi through submarine attacks continued low, crept over the country, which un Sheriff James N. Taylor, a member cations to those selected for the first to decrease and his declaration that til then ha<l been an inferno o f death. o f the Logan county, Kentucky, ex installment o f 30 per cent w ill be sent there would be sufficient tonnage for It had been raining, the gray clouds emption board, and J. W. Edward, out in a very few days. 1918 and for 1919, i f necessary, were still hung low over the trenches, where county judge, were arrested by a dep I f you are a drafted man, be on the hailed joyfu lly as a sign o f Great B ri crouched the Canadian infantrymen, uty United States marshal on the alert to receive your instructions. tain's safe position and firm attitude. waiting eagerly for the arrival o f the charge o f conspiring to violate provis Failure to receive the notification will The Pope's message was laid before moment which would summon them to ions of the selective draft law. not excuse you i f you do not appear, so President Wilson by Secretary 1-an- the attack. Important conferences which Burma beans, found on analysis by take care also to see i f your name has sing. Suddenly, 10 minutes iiefore the the state laboratory at Bozeman, been posted at the headquarters o f the must precede a reply w ill begin short time set for the attack, every British Mont., to contain strychnine, were or board as one o f those ordered to re ly, but necessarily some time must gun within range broke out with a elapse before the response goes for dered destroyed by the state board o f port. hurricane o f shelling, and solid lines of Make it a point o f honor to report at ward. health. Tons o f them had been ship crimson lightning belched from the ped into this state and sold to innocent the exact time specified by the board While there already have been many German trenches as the explosives dealers. German agencies are sus and to follow instructions to the letter. : informal conferences among officials broke ubout them. pected. And remember that from the hour and diplomats regarding the Pope’s To this lurid picture was added the Ex-Czar Nicholas, o f Russia. designated by the board for you to ap proposals, it may be stated on Secre unforgettable spectacle of the burning In prinipcle the British government pear, you are in the m ilitary service of tary Lansing’s authority that the Sec Petrograd — It was officially an oil which the British threw on the is of the opinion, Lord Robert Cecil, the United States and subject to m ili retary so far has not discussed the nounced Sunday for the first time that enemy lines. Great clouds o f pinkish- minister o f blockade, told the house tary regulations and discipline. subject with the President and also has the new residence o f Nicholas Roman colored smoke rolled across the country committee Tuesday, that neutral ship In setting the time for you to re refrained from communicating his off, the deojmed Russian emperor, it at from the flaming liquid, and the murky ping which has been persistently port, the board is acting on a definitely views regarding the character o f the Tobolsk, a western Siberia town, sky threw back myriad colors from the assisting Great Britain’s enemies arranged schedule, with prompt en reply which should be made to any of which recently achieved dubious pub conflagration below. should be treated after the war on the trainment o f the men in view. Do the many diplomatic callers he has had licity in revolutionary Russia as the The moment o f attack arrive«], and same frx/ting as enemy shipping. not disarrange this schedule by coming since the first press notice o f the dis birthplace o f Gregory Rasputin, the as the British guns dropped their pro patch o f the Pope’s communication. It costs the United States just in late. mystic monk who wielded a remarka tecting barrage in front o f the Cana The board w ill provide meals and Mr. Lansing has fe lt that it would ble influence over the ex-emperor’s dian trenches, the clouds parted, and $156.30 to equip an infantryman for service in France. Figures just made quarters for you after you arrive at be improper to indicate even in a per fam ily up to the time o f the priest's the yellow crescent moon ap|>eared. public show that o f this total, clothing the place designated for entrainment. sonal way what he thought o f the com assassination. Under the light o f this beacon, the The board is instructed to see that munication, and he has also deprecated represents $101.1*4; fighting equip Canadians l<-H|*-d over the para|>et and ment $47.36, and eating utensils $7.73. you take on the train with you only any attempt by the newspapers to there will be a great many accounts to began their methodical advance behind The soldier’s gas mask costs $12; his light hand baggage, or better yet, only forecast the action o f the government their barrage fire. settle. a bundle containing necessary toilet in this matter as likely to prove very steel helmet $3 and his rifle $19.50. The British barrage was without a “ As seafaring men, we should ex-1 articles and changes o f underclothing. embarrassing. (law. Behind it the Canadians mount««! press in no uncertan language our Hog prices, which have risen every Don’t bring a lot o f baggage with opinion o f German brutality. Suppose Hill 70, and swept along the rest o f day since July 21, reached a new nigh you when you report, for you w ill have On the crest o f the hill, the seamen o f the world make up their the line. record in Chicago Tuesday when they to leave it behind. where so much bio«*] had been spilled minds that, after giving Germany fair soared to $19.75 per 100 pounds. In The auccess o f the mobilization de before, heavy fighting might have been August, 1914, hogs sold for $8.90. The pends greatly on your patriotic co German Naval Officer and Associates warning, they will, independently o f all governments, show the Germans expected, for the (xMition was well Held Without Bail at San Francisco. top price during August, 1915, was operation. A great deal is left to your manned with machine guns. $7.85; during August. 1916, it was honor. Prove yourself a true patriot, San Francisco— Lieutenant Irving that the seafaring men of all nations The resistance here, however, was $11.50. On August 1, 1917, the price worthy o f the trust imposed upon you, F. Schneider, o f the German oavy, will not permit themselves to lie dis not strong, and it was not until the was $16.30. graced by working in a boat in which and help your county and state make was arrested here on a Presidential dwellings in the outskirts o f the sub warrant as a spy three days ago, de Germans sail. Not only will we pun-! urbs were reached that vigorious fight Warning against exploiters o f wo the good showing it should make in ac ish German seamen, but German ship partment o f Justice officials announced ing occurred. The ground over which man labor was sent from W’aahington, complishing the mobilization. owners as w ell.” Saturday. the infantry advanced was honey- D. C., to its state and local branches Mr. Wilson proposed that the sea- ,.omf)e() Many maps and papers, declared to with British shellholes, ami .Saturday hy the National American be of an incriminating nature, were men, a fter the war, set up an interna the barbed wire defenses had been lev Woman Suffrage association. A cir tional commission to try commanders found in his possession. eled so that they gave little trouble. cular letter urges every woman who With Schneider was arrested Theo and crews who have murdered inoffen The first serious resistance from the does a man’s work to demand a man’s Pershing Deplores American People’ s sive seamen. dore Kasinger, a form er department- _______________ Germans was met at a point where the Lukewarm Attitude Toward War. pay, “ as a matter both o f justice to store employe, who is accused o f aid-1 enemy was entrenched strongly in con herself and duty to her fellow work Paris— Major General Pershing, the ing Schneider in obtaining maps and nected cellars, and here sanguinary ers. ” American commander, told the Asso other information concerning military ------------ fighting occurred. A dispatch to the London Daily Mail ciated Press Sunday that the war can establishments here fo r use o f e n -. g jay er Thought Victim Opposed Sis- The place is a sample o f other sub j from Vevey, Switzerland, says the be won only by hard and forceful blows emies. urbs with colliery communities, which ter’ s Re-Election as Director. By the President's order the men j barns o f the Zeppelin works at Fried- delivered by a well-trained American are so close together and bo near the richshaven are being used for the army working in conjunction with the are being held incommunicado, without Grangeville, Idaho— John Nevin was city proper that they really form one bail and without the privilege o f a shot and instantly killed at Whitebird, large metropolis. building of a new type of airship from allied armies. Lens, before the Deploring the lukewarmness o f the hearing. which much is expected. The body of war, had a ^population o f 30,000, but 20 miles southeast o f here, Saturday The arrest o f the men was carefully the machine is serpentine in form and American people in regard to the war, now it is a mans o f ruins. from both sides o f it smoke clouds can General Pershing added: concealed until this order o f the Presi by Arthur Freeman, according to a re be thrown out which will entirely con “ Every man, woman and child dent arrived. port telephoned to the sheriff’s office. Raided I. W. W. Send Bill. ceal the machine. should support the administration in Schneider, according to the Federal A fte r shooting Nevin, Freeman walked Sacramento. Cal. State Controller its determination to arm and equip the authorities, was decorated with the across the street to the church and John S. Chambers w hs aske«l tty the Buckwheat cakes will be plentiful American army and to keep up its iron cross for services rendered while shot himself. He lived about two Oakland branch o f the Industrial this winter, according to predictions morale and that o f the allied armies. a lieutenant in the German navy. hours, according to reports. Workers o f the World to reimburse made by state officials of Pennsylvania. This war will not be won by talk nor This iron cross was said to be among It is reported that Freeman held the them for damage done when their That state has led the nation in buck by subscribing to the Red Cross. The ! the effects taken from him at the time belief that Nevin, as a member o f the headquarters was raid«*l hy “ soldiers wheat production for years and this American people must come to a full o f his arrest. 1 school board at Whitebird, had failed o f the state,” last Friday. The dam season there was an increase o f 15 per realization o f what the war means. It Schneider and Kasinger are alleged to approve the re-election o f a sister cent in acreage. Consequently, it is can be won only by striking hard and to have occupied apartments in their o f Freeman’s to a position on the age: was estimated at about $2000. The union’s itemize«! nccount included $74 stated that last year’s crop o f 4,250,- forceful blows, not otherwise.” i Uxigings with four Austrian army offi school board. This incident occurred for canary birds and a parrot and $200 000 bushels may be increased to 6,200,- The general was very emphatic in cers, who were here, it is alleged, on . a little more than n y ea r ago and Free- for potted plants. The controller has 000 bushels in 1917. the interview, which lasted but a few a spying mission. These four officers 1 man had since had trouble with other no authority to settle such claims. members o f the school board, it is said. I are now being sought. The National Guard division to go to minutes. Germany Takes Potato«**. France, representing 26 states and the Armour Plant is Burned. Senator Scores I. W. W. Americans Are Wounded. District o f Columbia, will be mobilized Copenhagen The new German f«**l at Mineola, F,. I., at a camp named j C hicago— Fire destroyed the ice London — According to the Daily Washington,D. C.— Senator Ashurst, dictator, Herr v«>n Waldow, according A lbert L. Mills, after the late Briga-1 houses o f Armour & Co., at Round I News, some wounded American soldiers o f Arizona, denounced the Industrial to a Berlin dispatch, (dans to expro dier General Mills. The Oregon troops Lake, in Lake county, early Sunday. ! from the Western front have just ar Workers o f the World Saturday in the priate this year’s entire harvest o f po According to estimates o f heads of the rived at the hospital at Bath. are included in this division. senate. “ W ith the Industrial Workers tatoes. He will also conserve all f«>«*l company, the loss will exceed $250,- o f the World perjury is a fine art and necessary for human] consumption. Following a thwarted attempt to 000. Freight cars valued at $50,000 Washington, D. C.— N either the murder has been reduced to «s cien ce,” rob the McCloud State bank Thursday, also were burned, while the stock of War nor the N avy department has any he declared. “ A fte r murder has been Cardboard Coffins Used. one o f two robbers killed his compan ice, 50,000 tons, was valued at information on the reported wounding committed and a man is brought into Amsterdam— Coffina o f waterproof ion as they were making their escape, $75,000. F. Senderson, the superin o f American troops. Prompt official court, the organization produces fine cardboard are now being made in because the latter could run no longer, tendent, said the fire was o f incendiary announcement is promised when infor alibis. I have been asked the meaning Germany, according to the Tägliche having been shot in the heel by a origin, breaking out in a dozen places mation is received, provided it is not o f I. W. W. It stands for Imperial Runschau, o f Berlin. The lids are member o f the pursuing posse. and getting beyond control. W ilhelm ’s W arriors.” incompatible with m ilitary interest. glue«] instead o f being nailed down. Sssar* V*:s: -portait îtelu tons- CClPlLED FOR YOU Washington Sees Firm Intent to Win in Lloyd George’s Talk. Dominating Point Easily Taken From Teutonic Defenders. SECRETARY IS SILENT LOSSES ARE SLIGHT Now in Exile. ESPIONAGE CHARGES FILED ONLY HARD BLOWS CAN WIN SCHOOL BOARD ROW FATAL