Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1918)
WORLD HAPPEN OF CURRENJ WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. 37 KILLED IN AIRPLANE RAID COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Government! and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. Every shipyard in tho United States is nsked to speed up production and make July 4 the greatest ship launch ing day in the history of the world. A German, who objected to a lied Cross button on the coat of Edward j Jordan, stabbed him at San Francisco Friday when he refused to remove the button, according to the story told by Jordan. j Every brewery workman in Omaha struck for higher wages Friday morn ing. Since prohibition went into effect the breweries have manufactured near beer. The men ask an increase of 25 to 40 per cent. Seventeen hundred needy farmers in Montana have been lent approximately $200 each this spring by the State Council of Defense from its $500,000 defense fund, to buy seed grain and in some instances horse feed. London llombcd by Teuton Fllem and Much Dnmngc Done. Lonuon lnlrty-sovon (lorsons wero killed and 155 injured in tho London nrea during Sunday night's air raid. oix persona wero injured in tho pro vinces. Tho casualties are divided as follows: , London and the metropolitan pollco district Killed: Men, 17; Women. 14; children, 6; total, 37. Injured: Men, S3; women, 49; children, 23; total, 155. rrovinces injured: Men, a; wo men, 3; children, 1; total, 6. Considerable damage to property has been reported. Thousands of persons had their first experience in n raid. They wero visi tors from many points of England, Scotland and Wales, who took advan tage of tho Whitsuntido holidays, which run from Saturday until Tucsi day, to visit tho metropolis. DRAFT REGISTRATION DAY SET FOR JUNE 5 All Young Men Attaining 21 in Past Year Must Register for Military Service Nearly a score of persons dead, about 100 others injured, several seri ously, and property damage estimated to exceed $1,000,000, represents the toll taken by a series of tornadoes in Central Iowa late Thurdsay. Physicians attending Charles W. Fairbanks, ex-Vice President, who is ill at his home in Indianapolis, say that there is slight improvement in Mr. Fairbank's condition, although his condition is still causing much anxiety. The railroad administration has be gun looking for the most able operat ing officer of each of the 200 roads under government control to become federal director of his line to replace the president as chief executive for operations. Kissing is a luxury to be indulged only by the ultra-wealthy at Oak Grove, it would seem, acccording to $10,000 damage suit filed at Oregon City, by a li-year-old schoolgirl, Flor ence Cheney Bullard, against her teacher, G. W. Guthrie. One ship was wrecked, three were beached and two others trapped and held fast by an ice pack off Bristol Bay, Alaska, within the last ten days, according to advices received in San Francisco by the marine department of the Chamber of Commerce. Nine miners, who were caught be hind a wall of fire, when the main entry of the Mill Creek Cannel Coal Mining company's mine at Villa, W, va., burst into name, from some un determined cause last Monday, were found dead in the workings. bight bottles of whisky, a portion of which angry women jurors aver was consumed by men jurors while UTey were deliberating, was not returned with the exhibits when Nick PenofT was found not guilty in Judge Web ster s court iuesday at Spokane. Mrs. Pauline O'Neill, member of the Arizona lower house from Phoenix, offered a joint resolution soon after the legislature convened Wednesday denouncing the i. VY. W. as a menace. and calling upon every state official to worn to riu me state ot the organiza tion. lhe admiralty official statement gives the losses to British, allied and neuirai mercnant tonnage due to en emy action and marine risk in April as follows: British, 220,709 tons; allied and neutral, 84,393 tons; total, 305, 102 tons. Clearances in and out of ports, 7,040,309 gross tons. There will be no controversy in the senate over the military committee's war inquiry plans, to which President Wilson objected, and the department of Justice investigation of aircraft production directed by Charles E. Hughes will proceed without having its path crossed by congress. The Spokane Herold, with its asso ciated publications in Seattle, Everett and Bellingham, has suspended publi cation. This includes tho well-known German-American publication, the Washington Staats-Zeitung, of Seattle. A wheatless diet for Montana until July 1 was proposed in a resolution passed by a state-wide conference of food administrators. Tho resolution for six wheatless weeks, it Is under stood, will have tho practical effect of an order. Portland Wednesday Juno 5, has been officially designated as Registra tion Day throughout the United States for all young men who have attained the age of 21 years since draft Regis tration Day one year ngo. On Wednesday June 5, every 21 I year-old man in the United States ; must appear at the registration plnco 'designated by his local draft board and register. The only exceptions are men already in the military or naval service. Spe cial arrangements have been made whereby absentees and those too ill to appear at the registration places may register by mail. But they must all register. Failure to do so makes the guilty young man liable to imprisonment for one year. And ignorance of the fact that June 5 is registration day will not be ac cepted as an excuse. The burden of informing themselves as to the place and date of registration is placed on the men themselves. Registration will be in charge of the local boards in their respective dis tricts. They are required to post im mediately a list of registration places. The registration places will be open from 7 o'clock the morning of June 5, until 9 o'clock that night. They will be in charge of officials of the local draft boards. June 5 has ben selected as the date for registration day because it is tho anniversary of tho first draft registra tion day, when approximately 10,000, 000 men between the ages of 21 and 30 years, inclusive, registered fur the draft. This registration day is only for men who have reached the age of 21 years, thus coming within the draft age, since last registration day. SUGAR WHITE PLAGUE CURE WORK Fl LIS LATEST 10 EDICT All Men Within Draft Age Must Serve Somehow. NEW CALL IS ISSUED July 1 Date of Enforcement of New Order Many Lines of Non-Useful Occupations Arc Affected. Italian Scientist Credited With Great Medical Discovery. Paris Professor Domenico Lo Mon aco, director of tho Biochemical sec tion of tho Lincei Academy, at Rome, is credited by the Italian scientific press with a discovery which will revo lutionize the treatment of tuberculosis. Professor Lo Monaco, explaininir his discovery, said he had observed that sugar had a remarkable effect on the secretions of the human organism. After seven years of study of these phenomena he became convinced that tho secretions of saliva, bile and the gastric and pancreatic' juices were modified profoundly by the introduc tion of sugar. This gave him the idea of applying his method to the bron chial secretics of consumptives. i he first experiments made on con sumptive soldiers gave results far ex ceeding his expectations, he reports. There was rapid improvement in most cases and ho obtained cures which ap peared to be radical. Professor Lo Monaco explained that the bronchial secretion is an indis pensable medium for tho existence of the tubercule bacilli and that by the injection of saccharose tho secretion diminishes and finally disappears, the bacilli disappearing with it. Washington. D. C. -Every man of draft age must work or fight after July 1, under n drastic nniendinent to the selective service regulations an nounced Firidny by Provost Marshal General Crowdcr. Not only idlers but all drnft registrants engaged in what are held to bo non-useful occupations are to lie haled before local boards and given the choice of n new job or the army. Gamblers, race track and bucket shop attendants and fortune telling head tho list, but those who will bo reached by the now retaliations also include waiters anil bartenders, theater ushers nnd attendants, pnssencer olo- vator operators nnd other attendants of clubs, hotels, stores, etc., domestics and clerks in stores. Deferred classification grnnted on account of dependents will bo disre garded entirely in applying tho rule. t man may Imj at the bottom of class 1 or oven in class 4, but if ho falls within the regulations nnd refuse to take useful employment lie will bo given n new number in class 1 that will send him into the military service forthwith. Local boards are author ized to use discretion only where they find that enforced change of employ ment would result in disproportionate hardship upon his dependents. It has been known for some time that some form of "work or fight" plan hnd been submitted to President Wilson, but there had been no intima tion that it was so fnr-reaching in scope. Both military authorities and department of labor officials believe that it will go a long way toward solv ing the labor problem for farmers, shipbuilders and munition makers and will end for the present nt least talk of conscription of labor. Tho an nouncement today gives notice signifi cantly that the list of non-useful oc cupations will be extended from time to time ns necessity requires. Provost Marshal General Crowder's new regulations may require profes sional baseball players either to en gnge in some useful occupation or to join the army. Baseball players, ns well as jockeys, professional golfers and other profes sional siMirtsmen, Genernl Crowder said, will be affected by tho regula tions if strictly enforced. General Crowder said he did not desiro to mnke specific rulings nt this time and would make rulings only when enses come to him from local boards after July 1. Theatrical performers were excepted from the regulations nt tho direction of Secretary of War Baker, who said to feel that tho people cannot do without nil amusement in war time EXPLOSION KILLS 56 Nearly Hundred Employe in llonpltnl nnd 31 Still MUslng-Country ;Mllcn About Dcviutatcd. Pittsburg Fifty-six men nro known to bo dend, 94 injured and In hospitals nnd 31 omployea of tho Aetna Chem ical company nro missing ns n result of nine explosions Saturday that wrecked this company ' oxploslvo mnnufnetur ing, plant nt Onkdalo, lOjnlloa from this city. throughout tho night and all day men wero extinguishing liros In the dobriB nnd bringing out rotnnnnts of huninn IkhIIcs. In most cases there was nothing to indicnto tho Identity of the victim. All day n b liio-lirown smoko hung over tho ruins, impeding tho work of tho searchers. I ta .deadly fumes nro feared by tho residents. Thousands of (wrsonH stronined Into the tomixirnry morgue all dny to view the gruesomo finds. Tho country Is dcKoluto for several miles around the plant. The meadows ami fields luivo been seared nnd fruit and ahndo trees blnsted. LIBERTY LOAN $4,170,019,650 Oversubscription of 39 Pr Cent An- nounced-17,000,000Sut)Hcrll)cni. Washington, I). C Tho.total of the third liberty loan is $4,170,019,050. an oversubscription of 39 er cent above the three billion ininmum sought. The number of subscribers was nbout 17, 000,000. Every Federal reserve dis trict oversubscribed, tho MlnncnoIis district going to 172 per cent, tho highest, and tho New York district to 124 )er cent, tho lowest. In announcing these figures tho treasury explained that tho total may bo chnnged slightly by Inter reorts from hcderal Reserve banks. "This is tho most successful loan tho United States has offered, both i number of subscribers nnd in thu amount realized," said Secretary Mc Adoo in n statement. "I. congratulate the country on this wonderful result, which is irrefutnbo ovidenco of the strength, patriotism and determination of the American people "This grent result was achieved not withstanding tho fact thnt tho country lias been called uinin to pay since th second liberty loan, nnd to and Includ ing tho month of June, income nnd ex cess prolits taxes to the amount of an- proximately $G,000,000,000, which will make a total amount turned Into th treasury of the United States from such taxes and the thin! liberty loan of about $7,000,000,000." DUTCH WARSHIPS TO CONVOY ALLIES DRIVE 0 CHE PLANES FROM IE Tons of Bombs Dropped on Foe Far Back of Lines. GREAT FLEET RULES In Hpnco of Three Dny Allied Airmen Bring Down 37 Totally Do. t roved nnd Force CO More to I.mid. Hollnnd to Send Merchant Vessels t Colonics in Eaxt Indies. WORKERS WAIVE HOLIDAYS Ex-Czar to Be Exiled. Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday Nich olas Romanoff, ex-emperor of Russia, and his family, according to reports printed in Vienna newspapers, has been given his choico of exile in Roumania or Switzerland nnd has de cided to go to Switzerland. This con cession, it is stated, was granted on certain conditions, tho principal one being that ho would refrain from mak ing efforts to return to tho Russian Uirone. Portland Shipbuilders Offer Recreation I Hours to Government. i Washington, D. C Tho customary baturday half-holiday during tho months of June, July and August has been waived by unanimous vote of tho Portland, Or., Metal Trades Council in order to speed tho work of building ships. The men agreed to take straight pay instead of time and a half for holiday work if necessary. Notification of the council's notion, telegraphed Friday to tho shipping board, resulted in tho ndoption of a resolution thanking the reprcsenta lives 01 organized labor lor their pa triotic and co-operativo spirit. If labor councils In other cities should follow the example set in Port land, the result would mean tho ad dition of'mnny ships to tho board's building program. Ah more than 300, 000 men are now employed in Amcri can shipyards, the total result of their labor for even half a day is enormous. Woman to Rush Campaign. Reno, Nov. Miss Anno Martin, can didate for the United States senate from Nevada, has resigned ns chair man of tho National Woman's party in order to center her attention on her campaign, it was announced hero Sat urday. Two thousand names have been se cured for Miss Martin's nomination petition. Thrco thousand, thrco hun dred names aro necessary for her nomination. Washington, D. C. -- Announcemcn from Amsterdam of the determination of the Dutch government to dispatch three of its merchant vessels to the East Indies under convoy of DuU:h warships has aroused keen interest in naval and diplomatic circles hero. It is believed this decision is likely to bring about a situation thnt would plungo Holland into tho war. Inter national law, officials o!nted out, fully warrants the dispatch of an armed convoy by n neutral state on tho hlgl seas to its own colonies, and this was done by nearly nil maritime powers during the Nnjioleonic wars. bo lar as tno entente (lowers am America are concerned, it is mild that the Dutch convoys would bo treated with all the consideration demanded by international law. Hut it is not prof) ablo that German Hiibmnrino comman dors would act with any such consider ation, ns is indicated by their past treatment or uutch and otfier neutral vessels. If a German nnval commnndor nt tempted to senrch, sink or make prize of any convoyed vessels, tho Dutch commander would bo obliged to defend them forcibly, and tho first shot fired would amount to a declaration of war, in tho opinion of officials here. Early Sentence is Asked. Los Angeles William H. Carlson, ox-mayor of ban Diego and a banker hero several years ago, was sentenced Saturday to four years' imprisonment for using tho mails to defrnud in tho sale of Imperial Valley land. Carlson pleaded his own case. Ho was convicted Friday, and asked Judge B. F, Bledsoe, In tho United StateH District court, to imposo sentence at once, rather than Monday, to shorten the nervous strain of waiting. Wolves Destroy Hhccp. Plains, Mont. Thompson River ranchers report that wolves, from whom there hns been littlu trouble in that district for yenrs, nro on tho rampago again and have destroyed nu merous sheep. Mountain lions had been blamed for Iobsch, but when a de termined effort was mado to corral tho robbers they wero found to ho wolves. On-tho French Front, In Franco- - American air squadrons have been en gaged In participation witli thu French In bombing operations behind the Ger man linen. Iheso operations nro be ing carried out on a very largo scale. At ono time recently 120 allied ma chines wero flying at tho panic moment in iKimblng work. Reconls hnvo jUHt reached tho cor- res(M)ndent of tho air activities along tho French front between May lfi and 18, since thu weather liecamo attain favornblo for Hying, which revenl the Intensive nerlnl work of tho character noted. In this period. 105 aerial com bats were fought In thu course of pa trols. German machines to thn num ber of 37 wero destroyed, CO others wero forced to land, bndly damaged, within tliolr own lines, and eight cap tive bnlloons wero burned. In thu snmo jtorlod bombarding suadrlllns throw 1C0 tons of bombs on tho enemy's dcjioUi and other estab lishments. Of thin tho night bombing H(tiii(lrillaH drop(ed 135 tons. During tho night of May Hi no less than 120 airplanes wero in tho nir nt tho Biimo moment bombarding a largo number of towns nnd villages in German-hold territory, caunlng fires nnd explosions everywhere. American and Italian squadrons participated in these operations. On Mny 1C the broad daylight work continued, the bombing machines be ing protected by 75 chasers, which swept all tho enemy aircraft out of tho skies over a largo spneo. Germans captured by the French tes tify to the brilliant work of the en tente nllied aviators, who, Die prison ers say, leave the Germans no jumico. Fears aro expressed regarding future operations by allied nirmen on tho Rhine cities, which they believe will bo laid in ruins. Tho Germans de clare their nnti-aircraft defenses aro insufficient to prevent tho allies vIhII ing, either day or night, the Teuton camps, cantonments nnd airdromes, where, they say, enough damago al ready his been done. Other prisoners assert Unit Emperor William hesitated a long time before Htnrting the offensive thin year, but that General Ludcndorff obtained Uio upper hand by promising to force a pence by beating tho allies by Easter. CAMP SEES UNKNOWN PLANE Vlo- Mnchlno Flics Over Cantonment, Inting Federal Inw. Cnmp LowIb, Wash. A mysterious nirplano coming from a haso unknown has been flying over Camp Luwls, it became known Thursday. -Tho strange machine was viewed on three different occasions late in the afternoon by officers and men, tho last time on Monday. I ho aviator each time wns seen hov ering over cnmp nt an estimated height of 2000 feet and officers with the aid of field glasses have definitely ascer tained that it wns not tho privately owned machine stationed a few miles from camp. there is no other airplano within flying distanco of Camp LowIh, so far ns could bo learned, nnd tho fact that flying over nn nrmy cantonment is a flagrant violation of tho federal law hns led to considerable speculation. Seattle, Wash.- Tho report that tho mysterious nriplanu sighted over Cnmp -owls wns ono or those owned by tho 'ncific Aero Products company, of So- nttlo, wns rofuted by W. E. Booing, president of tho company, who nssert- d that nono of tho company's ma chines had made flights within tho last threo weeks. Drafter's Father In Jail. Salem, Or. Charged with offcrlnira brlbo to Sheriff Nccdham, of this county, to nrrango matters so thnt his son might hnvo his draft call delayed, L. P. Lnidon, n farmer of Prntum, is in tho county jail awaiting arrlvnl f a federal nlllcer, Sheriff Nccdham nsserts Lnidon said ha would givo him $150 to arrange tho matter. Necdhnm took Lnidon heforo District Attorney Gchlnr, to whom ha Is said to have ml in It ted tho attempt to bribe the sheriff,