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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1918)
WORLD WOULD ARREST KING INDUSTRILS SHUT DOWN FIVE DAYS TEUTON SPY CAUGHT t Accomplice of RcrnntorfT nnd Boy-ed Taken at Aviation Cnmp-Documentary Evidence Secured. WASTE OF FOOD 10 BE STOPPED BY LAW OF HAPPEN NGS CURRENT It Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events ofCNotcdPeopIc, GoTernmcnta and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. Since the United Status entered the war, the Navy has taken over and con verted to war use between 700 and S00 passenger and freight vessels, yachts, tugs, fishing boats and other craft. Transportation on the trunk lines east and west of Chicago virtually has recovered from the effects of the re cent blizzard, and all roads are run ning their regular number of trains, railroads announce. During 1917, 920 saloons in Chicago went out of business, involving a loss of revenue to the city of $920,000. This was announced at a meeting of the finance committee of the council to frame the annual budget. Harold Blakely, an experienced avi ator, and his mechanician, Edward Higgins were killed Thursday at Min eola, N. Y. A military biplane in which they were flying crashed to the ground from a height of about 200 feet. Ivan Nock, a young engineer of Bal timore, one of the few Americans re maining in the French Foreign Legion, is said by the Paris Herald to have died of the wound received last week in the attack made by the Foreign Le gion in the neighborhood of Fliery. The house bill for a patent protec tion of "Garabed," a mysterious in vention, said to be a source of limitless energy, was passed Thursday by the senate. It now goes to President Wil son. At the close of the last session the President gave the bill a pocket veto. A bank robbery in the downtown dis trict in Minneapolis was witnessed through the plate glass windows of the institution by nearly 100 persons rn day. Four men, without masks, took about $3400 from the cashier's cage and a $500 diamond stickpin from the president, E. K. Strathy. Oregon carries off first honors for performance of patriotic duty under the selective draft law as evidenced by an elaborate report submitted by Pro vost Marshal-General Crowder to the Secretary of War. In three particulars Oregon led all the other states; in all particulars its record is far better than the general average. An attempt was made Wednesday night to wreck the soldiers' train on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail road which left Portland at 11 p. m. for Fort Stevens. P. Langhart, watch man for the Union Oil company's plant, found cordwood piled on the track and cleared it before the train ar rived. The matter has been reported to civil and military authorities. In declaring the regular semi-annual dividend of 2J per cent on the common stock of the Baltimore-& Ohio railroad Friday in face of a deficit for the past year, directors of the road issued a statement saying they expected that any basis of compensation which might be determined upon for the Bal timore & Ohio under Federal control would prove sufficient for the mainte nance of the 5 per cent annual rate. Delegates attending the 21st annual convention of the American National Livestock association at Salt Lake City have pledged themselves to sub scribe $30,000 to a fund for maintain ing a special committee in Washing ton to confer with the food adminis tration on all matters affecting the livestock industry and to aid the Fed eral Trade commission in its investiga tion of the operations of the packers of this country. A successful daylight air raid has been made on Karlsruhe, according to a British official communication issued Monday night. Austria-Hnugary has officially recog nized tho independence of Finland, ac cording to a dispatch received in Am sterdam from Vienna. Ten army officers, including General Leocadio Parra, out of 45 arrested in connection with a plot to kill General Alfredo Novo, commander of the mili tary district in tho state of Mexico, and Augustin Millan, (jovemor of that state, were executed Monday at Tolu ca, the state capital, about 40 miles from Mexico City. Bolshcvikl Issues Warrant for Rou manian Monarch -Teuton Intrigue to Break Armistice Scented. .S Petrograd Premier Lenino Friday signal nn order for the arrest of King Ferdinand of Roumania, who is to bo sent to Petrogrod for imprisonment in the Fortress of S.U Peter and St. Paul. The order, which is slg:"l by Pre mier Lenine, calls upon Russian sol diers and officials on the Roumnnlan front to arrest the king and deliver him in Petrograd on board a 8ecial train for imprisonment. It constitutes tho latest development in connection with the alleged starving of Bolsheviki troops by Roumanian forces, which led to the arrest of Rou manian Minister Diamandi and the sending of an ultimatum to Roumania demanding the punishment of tho offi cials responsible. The order describes tho way in which tho king is to bo handled and guarded on tho way to Petrograd. The attitude of the Bolsheviki in this respect appears to be serious, as they believe they have sufficient force on the Roumanian front to carry out their threat. No reply to the ultimatum has thus far been received from Roumania. The Bolsheviki take the position that tho treatment of certain Russian troops on the Roumanian front war rants reprisals of any nature. London The version of the incident that resulted in the arrest of Rouman ian Minister Diamandi given by tho Petrograd corresjwndent of the Daily News says that Roumanian troops sur rounded a Russian regiment and with it some Austrians who were visiting the Russians, thus breaking tho condi tions of the armistice on the Eastern front. The Roumanians stopped tho Rus sian supplies, disarmed the Russia sol diers and arrested the regimental com mittee. The whole incident, the correspon dent says, suggests a German agency, because nothing would suit the Ger mans better than an excuse to break with Russia over a breach of armistice instead of over an important point in the peace negotiations. MUTINEERS KILL38 OFFICERS German Naval Base at Kiel Scene of Grave Disorders. London A mutiny among submarine crews at the German naval base of Kiel on January 7 is reported in an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Geneva. Thirty-eight officers aro said to have been killed. The Geneva dispatch quotes advices received there from Basel giving de tails concerning tho mutiny. It is said to have been begun by submarine crews, and subsequently to have spread to portions of other crews stationed at Kiel. WAR MACHINERY TO CHANGE Plan of Britain and France to Be Fol lowed by United States. Washington, D. C. Framing of leg islation contemplating drastic changes in the government's war machinery, including creation of an American War Council similar to those of Eng land and France and a director of mu nitions was begun Friday by the sen ate military committee. Two bills one proposing the war council of five members, including the secretaries of War and tho Navy and three civilians appointed by the Presi dent, and a second to centralize muni tions control in a director of munitions were prepared by a sub-committee consisting of Chairman Chamberlain and Senators Hitchcock and Wads worth. The munitions director measure it is planned to present to the full com mittee and immediately introduce it in the senate for eary consideration, with the other bill to follow soon after. Chairman Chamberlain announced that the committee virtually had agreed upon the two bills in lieu of his measure for a separate department of munitions with a new cabinet-member. C-Cent Fare to Be Asked. Seattle, Wsh. The Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power company will follow the example of the Portland traction interests and petition the state Public Service commission for permis sion to raise the fare to G cents. The disposition of tho State com mission will depend on the result of the investigation of tho company's re ceipts and disbursements which will bo made. Tho city council will fight the attempt. Parks to Open as Usual. Washington, D. C. Secretary Lano announced Saturday that National parks will be opened as usual this year. Travelers will bo carried on regular tralnB and accommodated at park sys tem hotels as formerly. Factories East of Mississippi Hit by Latest Order. FUELSHORTAGEACUTE Plants Producing Food Mny Continue Operations Ten Monday IloIU days Arc Also Included. Washington, D. C America's man ufacturing enterprises with but few exceptions, In all states east of the Mississippi river, were ordered by tho government Wednesday night to sus pend operations for fivo days, begin ning Friday morning, as n drastic measure for relieving the fuel famine. At the samo time, as further mums of relief, it was directed that industry ami business generally, including all normal activities that require heated buildings, observe as a holiday every Monday for tho next ten weeks. This will close down on Mondays not only factories, but saloons, stores except for the sale of drugs mid food, places of amusement and nearly all olllre buildings. While tho onler does not mention shipyards, it is known that they will bo permitted to continue operations as usual, although munitions plants will bo closed. ' The government's move came en tirely without warning in an order is sued by Fuel Administrator Garfield with tho npproval of President Wilson prescribing stringent restrictions gov erning the distribution and use of coal. It was decided Uon hurriedly by the President and government heads as a desperate remedy for tho fuel crisis nnd the transportation tangle in the Eastern states. Even munitions plants aro not ex cepted from tho closing down orders. Officials would not discuss tho far reaching effects the action would have on the industrial fabric, and questions as to how the ordner was to bo inter preted to meet specific problems went unanswered. The order prescribes a preferential list of consumers in whoso interest it was drown. Theso users will get coal in tho following order: Railroads; houshold consumers, hos pitals, charitable institiutons, and army and navy cantonments; public utilities, telephone and telegraph plants; strictly government enter prises, excepting factories and plants working on government contracts; public buildings and necessary govern ment, state and municipal require ments; factories producing perishable foods and foods for immediate con sumption. Inclusion of war industries among those to which fuel will bo denied caused some surprise, but fuel officials explained that war plants have beon producing so much more material than the transportation systems can handle that no serious effects will be felt. It is estimated tho enforcement of tho order will save a total of 30,000, 000 tons of bituminous coal, which probably is about half of the present shortage. The indications aro that at the end of the ten weeks of Monday holidays, a permanent policy of restricted con sumption will have been determined on. This plan will limit the uso of coal to the less essential industries under a self-rationing basis. Officials who worked out tho curtail ment plan came to the conclusion, they said, that tho homo must'bo kept warm at all costs. Reports have poured into the fuel administration's offices for sev eral days past telling of intense suffer ing in many j irts of tho country. School for Blind Named. Philadelphia - Announcement was made at a conference hero Thursday by Frederick II. Mills, superintendent of tho Pennsylvania Working Homo for Blind Men, that the government has selected the institution to bo the industrial training school for American soldiers made sightless during tho war. Representatives of similar homes throughout the East and Middle West attended the conference. Week's Sinkings Lower. London Another marked decrease in tho sinkings of British merchant men by mines or submarines in tho past week is noted in tho report of the admiralty issued Thursday night. In this period only six merchantmen of 1C00 tons or over were sunk nnd in ad dition two merchantmen under 1000 tons and two fishing vessels. Norfolk, Vn. Nnval intelligence olllcers left hero Monday night for Baltimore with Walter Spourman, sus pected of bulng nn active figure In plots launched by Captain Boy-ed, tho (armor German military attache, and lelleved to havu been n captain in tho Gorman army. According to tho story unolllclally told here, tho man was arrested Satur day while in tho act of attempting to blow up a magazine In tho unfinished army aviation fluid under construction near Newort News. Tho prisoner will bo turned over to officers of the department of Justice at Baltimore for a hearing. So far tho only charge formally lodged against him Is understood to bo that hu is a dangerous enemy alien. Documents found in his possession, however, aro declared to reveal his connection with Boy-ed and former German Ambnssador Bernstorff, and to iiu'rliniuato In u spy plot persons in Washintgon, Baltimore and other cities. Details of tho contents of tho documents aro withheld, hut it is un derstood that they will lead to a num ber of arrests within n few days. Spoormanu's activities aro said to have attracted the attention of naval intelligence olllcers many, weeks ago, but his arrest was deferred until addi tional uvideneo could be gathered. Olllcers followed him night nnd day, however, tho quest loading through several cities, and oven to ut least two army camps. Frequently, according to tho story, the prisoner oscd as an officer of the United States army. Finally ho visited tho great army and navy base on Hamilton Roads. Before that a young naval agent, pos ing as u friend of Germany, had made himself acquainted with Spoermann. Tho officer followed his man closely In NewMrt News and finally to the aviation field, four miles north of this city, where tho arrest wna made. ENGLAND NEEDS MORE MEN Sir Auckland Geddes Asks for 120,000 Britons to Curry On Wnr. London-Nearly half a million men from Great Britain alone are to bo re cruited into the British army at the earliest date possible, and it is prob able that many more will be added to that number in the coming month. Theso will comprise tho younger men, who up to tho present have been exempt becauso of their employment In Industries essential to tho war services. This announcement was made in the house of commons Monday by Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of national I service, whoso statement of tho gov ernment's man-power proposals aro re plete with interesting details of Great Britain's strength in the struggle, into which she means to throw her full re sources. Tho minister set forth the status nnd needs of the British fighting and mu nitioning forces and measures the gov ernment Is taking after agreement with most of tho labor leaders for re cruiting from the classes of skilled workers, who were promised exemp tion when conscription was adopted. Tho empire has enrolled 7,C00,000 fighting and labor battalion forces dur ing the war, according to tho state ment of the minister, and now has moro than 4,000,000 enrolled, but needs more men to hold its own against tho enemy until the American strength is available. Ho praised the spirit in which the labor leaders have met the govern ment, but regretted that the Amal gamated Society of Engineers had re mained outside tho conference, adding, however, that tho institution was still open to tho members of this society. Ho paid warm tribute to the work of tho women and declared that snmo of tho young men among thu million ex empted workers apparently considered themselves n privileged class and threatened to hold up by strikes tho building of airplanes and ships. Fewer Deaths Reported. Tacoma, Wash. Health conditions at Cump Lewis improved considerably in tho last week, according to thu re port issued by Lieutenant-Colonel P. C. Field, division surgeon. There were fivo deaths, including ono from scarlet fever, ono from pneumonia and ono from meningitis. Tho cases of communicable diseases total 14G among 31,800 men, Gor man measles and Bcarlet fever showed a marked decrease. British Losses 21,979. London British casualties reported during tho week ending Monday to taled 24,979 officers and men, divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds Officers, 117; men, 6149. Wounded or missing Officers, 304; men, 19,409. New Laws to Enforce Meatless and Wheatless Days. CAFES WILL BE HIT Rich nnd Poor to Bo Trented Alike Prlce-Flxlnjr to Have No Plare In Proposed Regulation. Washington, D. 0.- Bills to amend tho food law so as to empower tho fowl administration to compel obsorv ancu of wheatless and meatless days, or any other measures It prescribes, were Introduced Wednesday by Repre sentative Lever and Senator Pomerene, m-ting for tho administration. Mr. Lover explained tho bills In the fol lowing statement: "Tho food situation tho world over is acuto and demands upon us are growing each day. With a disrupted labor situation, production approach ing its maximum, thu vital question, therefore, is ono of conservation of foodstuffs. "Wo must strike at the waste evil. Tho administration has undertaken to do this through voluntary agreements and has succeeded wonderfully well, but there is a orceniago of recalci trants wo have not been ablo to reach by appeals to their patriotism. "We purH)so to reach theso under thu bill which Senator Pomerene and I are Introducing. "The bill Is especially aimed at ho tels, restaurants, dining cars and pub lie eating places. "In such establishments, I should think, probably Ii0 per cent of thu food of the country Is consumed, and It is in such places that wo find tho greatest waste. There should ho owcr in ho hands of the food administration to fix the portions of vital necessities that may bo served to any one Individual. "Wo hope alsa in this bill to see to It that all classes of people, rich anil X)or, are treated alike. It Is not fair to tho man on thu street who cannot afford a steak at f0 cents, for thu gor mandizing rich to waste enough on onu meal to feed a whole family of poor. "This bill provides that tho Presi dent is authorized to issue rules mid regulations modifying, limiting or pro hibiting tho sale, use, mauufacturu or distribution by any person conducting a public eating place or by any manu facturer, producer, carrier, distributor or other person of any foodstuff, feed or material necessary foi tho produc tion, mauufacturu or preservation of foodstuffs or feeds.. "This bill Is confined to foodstuffs, feeds and materials necessary for their production, manufacture and preserva tion. There Is no idea of price fixing in it." DRAFT WILL CLAIM ALL AT 21 Registration to Follow Closely In Wake of Youth Reaching Majority. Washington, D. C The government has decided on draft registration of all young men as fast as they become 21 years old as tho means of keeping filled thu ranks of thu war army. It has decided against raising thu draft agu limit above 31 years. An administration hill was intro duced Tuesday at the request of the War department, by Chairman Cham berlain, of the senate military commit tee, to register for draft all men who have reached 21 since .luno 5, 1917, when tho draft law beeamo effective. The administration's support seems to assure its prompt passage. Thu bill agrees with tho recommendations of Provost Marshal-General Crowder. Other administration hills introduced by Chairman Chamberlain, at the re quest of tho War department, will supplant thu draft law to make it workable under conditions that have developed. Ono would permit furloughing of National army units for harvest work or other civilian duty. Another would ullmlnnto enemy alien population from basis of calcula tions for draft quotas, by making tho basis for each state, tho number of men available In class onu. Texan's Fate is Mystery. Now York Tho fato of tho American-Hawaiian steamship Texas, report ed in u wireless message Monday an sinking somowhero off tho coast, re mained a sen mystery Wednesday. Officials of tho company havo received, no further Information about tho ves sel, which Is presumed to havo been thu victim of n collision. They were confident, however, tho crew of 43 hud been rescued by othor vessels, which had proceeded on their voyage.