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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1918)
WW HAPPENINGS INAVY'S strength doubled OF CURRENT WEEK Total Number U. S. Ships Now About ! 800-Muny More Itulhlinir. Brief Resume Most important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest and Other , Things Worth Knowing. Allied and neutral shipping losses in October totaled 93,000 tons, tho British admiralty announces. Tho British losses amounted to 84,000 tons. General Hans von Beseler, tho Ger man governor-general of occupied ter ritories in Russia, a Munich news paper says, left Warsaw in an un herotc manner. Eagle boats, tho big submarine chas ers being turned out by the Ford plant at Detroit, will bo used to make up the navy's deficiency in gunboats for coast patrol work. Washington, D. C America's naval strength will bo about twice as groat by 1920 as it was In 1917, tho year tho United States entered the world war, It was brought out Saturday before tho house naval committee In consid ering tho 1920 naval appropriation bill. The total number of nil ships will be about S00 as compared with 300 In 1917. Twenty-four drenifhaughts will be Included in tho fleet. There are now 19. Thrco hundred and fifty now de stroyers also will bo completed by that time. , Hear-Admlrnl Taylor, chief of the construction division of tho nnvy, enumerating vessels added or to be added between 1917 and 1920, named 350 submarino chasers, 112 patrol boats, 35 or 40 submarines, CO mlno sweepers, 25 tugs and fivo dread naughts. Tho 350 destroyers in 1920 will be nn Increase of 250, tho admiral Bald, and will be complete In IS months. About 1000 vessels aro now In the navy, Including a number of converted craft which will disappear. Tho committee decided to call on Secretary Daniels and the general board of tho navy for a comparative statement of tho world's navies. ' Attention of the commltteo was dl- Preparations to ship at an early date approximately 250,000 tons ' of food- J rected to the Eaglo boat construction stuffs from the United States for the Program. Admiral Taylor exhibited relief of tho civilian population of a C0P' ot the contract with tho Ford Austria now aro under way. Motor company showing that tho com- ipany receives a fixed profit of 20,000 An army aviator was burned to on each boat. It may also receive one- FLEE! OF 71 SHIPS SURRENDERS PRESIDENT TO VISIT FRANfiF . . .. . ...IT P rf www HiiiAiienu renre lomercncc to Aid I t In Plnnl Settlement oMVnr. 1 BRIEr. J Washington, I). C.Domocrntlo son- ll. s. Logan, of Albany, who linn ntors who conferred with President I served as Oregon Kloctrlo agent In Wilson Wednesday for two hotira left Albany for several yearn. hna been np Off tho Whltu House with tho Impression pointed traveling freight and imxnon that tho president now plans to remain gor ngeut for tho Hill lines In tho In Franco Indefinitely, or at least until Wlllnmotto valley. mo major portion or mo work of tho Tho rumibllcan ntato central com poaco conference has boon completed, mltteo. Inclusive of JGOO contributed PDA CT A or iiiTrniirn Tho ,,r08l,,ollt wnM undoratood to bo by candidates for space In tho general btlAr I Ant InilhnflbLj socially Interested in tho application election pamphlet, expended $0390.(15 in mo miming or mo treaty, of tho during tho recent general olectlon. bo principle ot tho froodom of tho seas, cording to figures submitted to Hecre- vlllrh tt iiiimtntnimt tit lilu 11 t.tu It t ... . German Wnr.M lilt. Ml- wi.ii- " ... w " "". nry wicou uy Ariuiir u. Jones, irons- v nun on which tnu allies, in ngreolng uror. r.-....: .. xt ii. o i i i 1 1 ,i .,.... ...i.i. i uiuriii orn mimirni uinuiina .ui.tu wihi viurinuny, unvo i.v,,,,,,.,.., -.,., .1 n... n,... ,.. Ik-atty Commands Allies 1? tho r'K,lt of. froo,lo,n ot nc I Hon have taken full advantage of tho ". 1 1 0 coiuerouco. , wrBt,,op ,, nul,mm ,, ,mvo ino pmu tor a icaguo or nations Capitulation Takes Place Firth of Forth. over 1000 norca of fall bowh wheat " n iiiiwimv nuuiuiii iu n iiiuii iiiu i run .i.i 4 a it.i i - i . nnrmnn hli-h unno . . . , , . . urniim. -Aiiur uiin nun HUH n 0X)i,riuiU.t) Gorman high aena hdont W?B Hnl(, to linvo B, much ,,, BprlnK Illn,lt,Mfi wlch W(ll( R fnu London. Tho floot surrendered Thursday to tho nl- study. Ho Was understood to regard lies in accordance with tho terms of tnls oaaonUnl for tho maintenance of tho nrmlstlco. Official nnnounemnnnl ,no l,cnco of tho wor,tl- I 11nltitv lita iili.inifiM If. .....I. lf tlin ..... 1 . 1 .1 I ! " UUHUIHU IIWIII IIIU UllllUII OU41U1IUUI HUB I11UUU UY UlUlc.l.. .1 ,k . i . ... . States tho president plans to continue unusn Aumirnuy. t0 0,crci.0 nn lho fimniln.... nf ,,,,, Following tho surrender, which took office. Ho will keop In communion many nro roaortlug to fall sowing. Misunderstanding of tho actual working basis ot tho Food administra tion order concerning food substitutes brought protosts from La Ornudu mer chants this week. Since tho plan has testa death and his companion seriously In- fourth Qf th(J ummQt thftt g BavcJ jured when their airplane burst Into , under nn 08t,raated C08t of ,275i000 flames and plunged to earth on 'hei outskirts of Trenton, N. J., Wednes- dont becv0 th(J boaU Cftn b(J day' built at that price." said Admiral Twenty German submarines, the .Taylor, first of more than 100 to be turned over to the allies, were surrendered to Rear-Admiral Reginald W. Tyrwhitt, 30 miles off Harwich, Wednesday at sunrise. Consolidation of the services of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies, under government control, was announced Thursday by Postmas- SECRETARY MCAD00 RESIGNS CABINET Washington, D. C AVllllnm Glbbs McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, dfrecor-general of railroads and often ter General Burleson, effective Decern-1 discussed as one of the Presidential ber 1 next. Dr. Thomas G. Masaryk, first presi dent of the newly created republic of Czechoslovakia, sailed from New York for Liverpool Thursday on the British steamship Carmanla. He was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Olga. Farm problems, especially as they relate to the Department of Agricul- posslbllltles of 1920, has resigned his office to return to private business. President Wilson has ncceptcd his resignation. Mr. McAdoo will give up tho Treasury portfolio aa soon as a successor has been selected. He wished to lay down his work as director-general of railroads by January 1, but will remain If tho president has not tlyn chosen a successor. Upon the Secretary of tho Treas ure's programme for next year, were urer, whoever he may be, will devolve discussed by Secretary Houston Thurs day at a conference with the editors of 30 agricultural Journals from vari ous sections of the country Several hundred persons have been arrested in Vienna on charges of con spiring with tho Red Guards to pro claim a Bolshevik government, accord ing to advices received In Copenhagen and transmitted by the London Ex change Telegraph company. The fire In the east central portion of Brussels resulting from explosions at the Midi station lasted eight hours and all tho buildings in the streets nearest the station are in ruins. The region near tho station has been eva cuated in a radius of more than one mile. Joseph F. Smith, president ot the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon), is critically ill at his home in Salt Lake City, and not much hope is held out for his recovery. Tho direct cost of the war for all belligerent nations to last May 1 was reported at ?175,000,000,000 by tho fed eral reserve bulletin Issued Tuesday, and it is ostirnated that the cost will amount to nearly $200,000,000,000 be fore tho end of this year. All cadet aviators now in training in tho United States will bo given tho option of immediate discharge without commissions or of completing their training. Instructions to this effect were sent to all aviation fields and camps by Major Kenly, chief of the division of military aeronautics. Since allied shipping has been crfh voyed, more than 20,000,000' tons of foodstuffs and 35,000,000 tons of war munitions have boon sont to England ulono, Tlio total number ot vessels which liavo aroused tho huqh in con voys, up to a duto lato In October, was 85,772, with a total loss of ,51 per cent. the task of financing the Nation through the transition period of war to peace, which probably will Include at least two more liberty loans and pos sibly a further revision of the system of war tax. Letters between President Wilson and Mr. McAdoo, mado public today with the announcement of the resig nation, give Mr. McAdoo'a reasons for leaving the Cabinet solely as a neces sity for replenishing his personal for tune and express the President's deep regret at losing his son-in-law from his official family. Report Mooney Case Frame-up San Francisco. Definite statements that the prosecution of Thomas J, Mooney, under sentence of death, and other defendants in tho preparedness , ... Lm, wiii. w..i.i.,Hinn i i.Jb00 thoroughly explained tho pro ,....vU v.. ui ...uj id. mm uu mu nrui ' " " niun .,.,., ..,. ..., .... of Forth, tho Gorman warships worohvl"" nt sea. and by cable, and If ',,7,7 '- ..,,..., ,..,. ...... . ..,,rv i.v ,H,.nini. . ,. 'l"lttel to bo it practical solution of "'""vu ' " Turin uyi ' -.".v.. ....u iiu . , nrnlitnm tho British crand floot n.,,1 Amnrl,, la abroad. 1,10 wno1" l)ro,,IU,- and French Bnn.idrn... Thn B,.rmn. Whllo In Franco tho nrosldont wns T,, to" ot ntha from Spanish in- dored floot was taken to Senna Finw. anld to plan transaction ot any noceH. flllo,,,ift nt 11,0 "utu penitentiary In tho Orknev iRlnn.iM. nff n.n nnrM.. Bary oxocutlve biiHluoas In tho Amorl. n,ountcd ,0 11 Wednesday when Karl east coast of Srntin.nl can embassy. Technically ho then naforcl and Don Miller succumbed. Tho ndmlralty nnnouncemont of the wouM 1,0 on A",ur'cnn soil. Should l'ri wn" committed In 1015 from German fleet' rn.li..lntln, fniinw. ho visit London or any of tho other 'mKur cumr ,0r arson, nuu .Minor in I awiwTu I mil rft. 'Tho commander-in-chief of tho I nlllwl capitals tho embnaHloa there coumy lor inr- crnn.l flout hnn rn.,nrn,l M,n nt n.-jn would bo his oxecutlvo hendniinrlorH. "' "oui bo pnuoiUH are 111 1110 o'clock this morning ho met tho first Hcsldea discussing his plana for ,H "0HMUtt, nU convalescent. and main Installment of tho Gerumn trip nbroad, lho president was under- Oswego la to have an Industrial high sens fleet which Is aurrcndorlni: atood to have taken up with tho sen- school fair aomo (lino after tho holl- for Internment." alora probloms of reconstruction and Maya. Plana worn completed previous Tho British grand fleet, nccompan- necessary legislation. It was said that 10 closing ordor cauaod by tho led by an American battlo anuadron ho opposoa creation of a roconatruc- t'Piuemic or influonzn. With tho open- nud French cruisers, steamed out nt l,0 commission, olthor executive or M"K ot achool this week tho atudentH 2 o'clock Thursday morning from Its congressional, preferring that the nro putting forth overy effort to make' Scottish baso to accept tho surrender work " ,,0" "V oxlatlng agonclcH, l1'0 occasion u auccosa. hvory paront of tho German battloshlps, battlo 8Uch 1,8 1,10 war induatrlea board, tho hiving children In achool la backing cruisers and destroyers. 001 administration and lho wnr trado 1,10 I,lnn- Ono German destroyer whllo on Its uoaru' way across tho North Sea with tho other ships of tho Gorman high acna fleet to surrender to tho allies Btruck a mlno. Tho destroyer wns badly damaged and sank. Tho German fleet which surrendered to the British consisted of nine battlo- WILHELM QUITS TO END WOE, HE SAYS Two cnrloada of horses for tho American Hxpreaa company have been purchased In tlio Klamath vFalls dla- met, and aro Held at tho Tlngley ranch awaiting Inspection before shipment. George Manning, who wna for many years tho buyer for tho Wella-Fargo company, hns purchased the now lot. PnrlH. In ordor to end tho dls- ships, fivo battlo cruisers, aovon light cuBslon as to whothor William Ho- The nulmals vary in weight from 1300 cruisers and CO destroyers. henzollern hns really abdicated as to 1000 pounds, and aro fine apecl- The Scapa Flow la In tho middle of German emperor it la understood tho mous. tho Orkney Islands, off tho northeast German government intends to publish Soventy-nlno republican, nine dom- coast of Scotland. It Is a small Inland his decree of abdication. This con- ocruts and two Independents will coin- sea, with an area of B0 squaro miles, slats-of an nttompt to Justify tho wnr poso tho noxt Oregon legislature, ' Tho point of tho rendezvous for the on ino ground of Germany's Isolation, which moots in January. In the lower aincu aim uorman sea forces was be- ino himmcuuoii decree, according to nouao only six of the 00 members will tween 30 and 40 miles cast ot May the correspondent at Zurich of L'ln- bo democrat, which la two more than Islnnd, opposlto tho Firth of Forth. formation, concludes with theso represented that party In tho 1017 Tho fleet which witnessed tlio sur- words: aesslon. In tho aonato, of 30 members render consisted of some, 400 ships, "To nvold difficulties and to put an threo will bo democrats, which Is two Including CO dreadnaughts, CO light end to tho mourning nud suffering of loss than represented the party In cruisers and nearly 200 destroyers, my people I renounce tho throne and 1917. Aumirai sir uaviu ueatty, commander ieavo my inuuiui suujccia free loi Hllllard Bailov Hon of Mnvor llnrrv of tho grand fleet, was on tho Queen choose n government which seems to I Dnlloy and Lnno Thornton son of A I....Hn.,A... I ............. ...1,1. I - I I ... ' ' ijiituutiu. ilium iiiuoi. iuiiiiuiuiu Willi liuiitir Ullll I, Tlinr.ilm. linlli nf I .... li Mi.i.r l.ilnrnu. " I . urowneti mat Sunday evening whllo fishing in Gooso lake. to their Interest." Ban on Construction Lifted. Washington to Adopt New Land Law "T,s r ; II0!? ,,oA11, H0" Washington, I). C.-Removal of all Soattlo.-Uy adoption of concrcto f Lco,1 enl1' 11 mombor of tho party, remaining restrictions on non-war con- plans Saturday by tho oxecutlvo com- 0Bcnl,l!lt, nn """""Hied condition nud struction by tho War Industries board mltteo of tho Washington 8tato Land ?'lV0,tl10 aI"rl"' Tho y"Kstcrs were was announced Friday night by Chair- Development association, Washington, ",' " uu"1 w,"c " cul 1,10 uo," mnn nnrimh. lit lu anl.i ,ln i.nnn.nn n, n. -. . " " ' " wiuur uiree All building operations of whatover I In tho Union, If tho plana nro am.rovod rhourB n,tr U' ncc,dont- character may now bo proceeded with by tho coming legislature, to start m '' ''0W,H who has been state without permits olthor from tho board community land settlement on a co- 0111uor or Oregon slnco Mny, 1905, or tho state councils of dofense. onoratlvo nlnn. submitted his resignation to Governor This aetlon was taken, Chairman Tho association's plana, which nro Wlthycombo Tuesdny, to bo effoctlvn Uaruch said, on recommendation of tho designed to prepare for cultivation nnd '"I'nciiiateiy. Mr. Lewis has accepted building Industry and tho stato conn- open to settlement at least 6.GOO.O00 n I,OHltlo UH chlof onglneor nud man- ells of defense. Tho councils had been acres of land, provldo for soiling the nBor ,or 1,10 "ow warm Hprlngii Irrl cooperating with tho War Industries Innda on enay terms to bona fido sot- Kntlon district In Malheur county, and day bomb explosion cases was tainted with manufactured evidence, were I board In passing upon applications for tiers, all of whom must bo American w"' ,ouvo with his family for Vnlo, made In u report published hero Sat urday The report was addressed to Secretary of Labor Wilson and bore the signature of John B. Densmore, director-general of employment for the United States. Densmore did not deny today making tho ropdrt, but declined building permits. cltlzons. Where ho will havo hla offices. Vnlo Officials expect that resumption of Included lu tho legislation to bo "0H 11,0 center of tho projoct. work will afford employment for thou- naked will bo creation of a land settle- Marlon county boasts of nbout 1200 sands of workmen now being released ment board with powor to make a acres planted In Kngllsh wnluuts, ac from war Industries. survey of agricultural neoda and to cording to a coiibiib mado bv Countv plan projects In loggod-off, nrld, swamp Fruit Inspector Van Trump, and 10 U. S. Red Cross First on Foe Soli. and overflow lauds, togother with a ler cent of theso aro either yielding to comment on It and said It should bo ; Paris. A delegation of tho Amorlcan revolving fund of $1,000,000 for this or paying big returns to tholr ownora. Issued officially from Washington. Alleged corruption was mentioned by tho report as Involving a number of persons and as having existed In cases of National Interest, such as tho no- Red Cross crossed tho Rhino last purpose Thursday Into Baden at Hunlngiie (Hunlgen), placing tho first Americano on German soil. Tho placo where tho Many troea this year yloltlod 1C0 pounds, tho product sijlllng on tho market at as high as 30 cents. Tho in this section la Peru Dlameo Enemies. Washington. Samuel 15, Plzu, sec- walnut Industry river was crosHed ia a abort dlatanco rotary in charge of tho Costa Rlcau atendlly forging ahead aa a money. torlous San Francisco graft cases In north of the Swiss frontier. Tlio Qer- Agency here, anld In a atatomont Wed- maker. 1907; a civil caso Involving millions and other recent criminal cases. Prea- ent and former public officials wore mentioned In tho report. Alleged crookedness In office was charged, without reference to cases now pending. Tlio bomb cases, In which Mooney, hla wife, Rena Moonoy, and Wurron IC. Billings, now serving life ImprlKonmont, wore Indicted for ton murdtirs, wore described us "madu to order." man aoiuiora arcoptcd Ainoncan uaga nesday that enemies of tho existing Hood River Countv HMinnl Rimor. and officers cleared tho roads for tho government wero responalblo for in- intendont L. U, Gibson, who Is county Red Cross trucks and lnslatcd that tho cldenta ut San Joso which gave rlao to food administrator, saya ho will not nun uross wonccrfl unnit wim mem. reports mat nosiiiuy nud boon shown ho dolnrmri in t.iu ni. ,i. German soldiers' councils In Baden toward Americana during the colubra- 101!) IndiiHtrlal Hdionl mir f..r n.n aro selling German nrms and auppllea. lion of tho signing of lho armistice, county tho best lu history by tho iiiu I.U1IUIUU.JII, which m luvuiuuuuuijr, Aueiiruiiig i iiir. rizn, a group or nrmlatlco and any possible let-up In m in uiinijiniir coiiinn. jiukku'i huh iiihuuiuh oi uio i inoco uovernmont, food restrictions. Professor Gibson famished Italluna nlmoat raised tho which never has boon recnunlzml iiv Lnvu i... win .,....!. ..... ... .... .... ,. ...... . u.n,..,,.HU iu kiuwiiik in i.ioi ui me nun wirons ciuiiuuii wmi iuio uiineu maieH, mniio mo celubra- uan en triiult nn all v..n....i i,.i. .....i oheora when tho Americana opened tho I lion tho occnalon for an antl-govorii. predlnta that Hood River people will I'm...;. iiioiii iiuiiiuiiMirillluil, cent nun In lu. r...,,,,...