Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1918 — News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers [ARTICLE]

News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers

Washington Without a word of discussion or a record vote, the senate adopted a resolution of Senator King of Utah annulling the federal charter of the National German -.a II rance. • T * At the request Of President Wilson the house interstate commerce committee favorably reported to the house the Aswell resolution giving the president power to take over telegraph, telephone, cable and radio systems. ♦ • ♦ Saturday was a $21,000,000,000 day in congress, the biggest “money day” in the history of any legislative body in the world’s history. The usually deliberate senate set the pace by: Passing the $12,000,000,000 army bill, adopting the conference report on the $9,000,000,000 sundry civil bill, giving the final O. K. to the $1,501,000,000 naval appropriation bill, passing the $5,000,000,000 fortification bill. • • « Nomination of Miss Kathryn Sellers, a department of state law clerk, as judge of the juvenile court tn Washington, was sent to the senate by President Wilson. . , • • • Without a dissenting vote and with virtually no debate, the house passed the bill authorizing an additional bond issue of $8,000,000,000. • • • Bowing to the wish of the war department, the senate, by a vote of 40 to- 25, rejected the Fall amendment making the draft age limits twenty to forty years, in lieu of the present limits of twenty-one to thirty-one years. • • • President Wilson vetoed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill on account of a provision increasing the hours of work for government clerks from seven to eight hours a day. Domestic W. B. Storey of Chicago, vice president of the Santa Fe railway, in charge of operation, was appointed federal manager of that line by Hale Holden, federal director of the central western region. • • •

Fire practically destroyed the Elks’ block at Fifteenth and Harney streets, Omaha, Neb. Five firemen were injured. The building was recently purchased by the Elks for $150,000. • • » Damage to growing grain and truck gardens estimated at from $3,000,000 to $3,500,000 was caused in North Dakota and Minnesota by hailstorms that struck the two states. * » • Fire of undetermined origin destroyed four buildings of the Aetna Chemical company's plant a mile and a half east of Mount Union. Pa. The los< is estimated at $1,500,000. * ♦ * Sixteen persons were killed and 200 injured and the huge plant of the Sem-et-Solvay company at Split Rock, near Syracuse, N. Y.. virtually wrecked by two explosions of trinitrotoluol. * • • Commenting on the new work or fight regulations which are in effect, Provost Marshal General Crowder emphasized that the order does not affect mfc’ii outside of draft ages. Several communities apparently have confused it with antiloafer laws in some states. » » * A change in the government price of wheat was announced in New York by the food administration. The change was necessitated, it was declared in a statement issued by the food administration, I>y the establishment of new freight rates by the railway administration. The new Chicago price is $2/26, 6 cents higher than last year. * » • The Indiana state-wide prohibition law was upheld by the state supreme court at Indianapolis. The decision was four to one. Judge John XV. Spencer of Evansville casting the only dissenting vote. . ■> • » • Lieut. William De C. Ravenuall, Jr., of Washington and Corporal Ray L. Panning of Cresco. lowa., stationed at Hicks' aviation field at Fort Worth, Tex., were killed w hen the airplane in w hich they were flying fell in flames. » » • Motiday, July S, at 6 a. m. was announced in .Chicago as the date for the commercial telegraphers’ strike against the Western Union. The order was sent out by S. J. Kononkamp, international president, • • • The resignation of S. Stanwood Menken as president of the National Security league and the election of Charles E. Lydecker to succeed him has been announced in New York. Mr. Menken founded the league three and a half yfears ago. Four persons were killed, five were so seriously Injured that they may die, and a score of others were less seriously injured when an electric train on the Aurora, Elgin & Chicago thirdrail line crashed into a motortruck at Elmhurst, HL

Eugene V, Debs, four times Socialist candidate for the presidency of the United States, was arrested at Cleveland, O„ by United States officers. The arrest was made on a federal warrant in connection with Debs’ speech at the Socialist state convention in Canton, O. » • » Primary election returns received at Bismarck, N. D„ indicated that the National Nonpartisan league again has captureci the state administration. Returns from 50 out of 53 counties showed Gov. Lynn Frazier, leaguer, leading John r 'teeh for the Republican gubernatorial nomination by 12,000 votes. • • • Secretary Baker instructed Major General Blatchford, commanding the department of Panama, to take over the policing of the cities of Panama and Colon for the purpose of maintaining public order. • • • The toll of death in the Ruff building a three-story brick structure in Sioux City, Ia„ which collapsed, was estimated at 50 with a score more Injured. • • • Charles M. Schwab, the nation’s “war shipbuilder,” before a “melting pot” audience in the International amphitheater at the stock yards in Chicago, declared patriotic workmen in the shipbuilding plants of the country are effectively nullifying the mischief .done by the German U-boat. But he added that even though 10,000 deadweight tons of shipping—the equivalent of a big steamship—took the water every 24 hours during May and June, the nation hasn't yet “hit its stride.” • • • Investigations have led to the conclusion that profiteering exists among American industries at the present time, due in part to advantage being taken of “war pressuprfor heavy production” and in part to “inordinate greed and barefaced fraud,” the federal trade commission announced In a report sent to the senate. • * »

The American Railway Express company on Monday assumed charge of the express business heretofore conddbted by the Adams, American, Wells Fargo and Southern companies—about 95 per cent of the entire express traffic. • « • Foreign The rumors that the former Emperor Nicholas has been murdered are described as lies designed to Incite the public, by the president of the executive compiittee at Ekaterinburg. The message Is dated June 24 and was telegraphed to Amsterdam from Moscow by way of Berlin. •• . » • ♦ . . ■ : . U.S.—Teutonic War News The German government has informed the United States that it will be unable to have its delegates at Berne in time for the conference planned for August 5 to discuss prisoners of war. • • • Plans for the sailing of the American hospital ship Comfort, which it was proposed to send through the submarine zone w ithout convoy, have been delayed by the ruthless destruction of the Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle. *■ '* - Officials and diplomats In Washington see the possibility of important developments in the Russian declaration of a state of war in the province of Archangel. Among the developments foreseen is possible battle between farces of the United States and the allies, now guarding vast quantities of supplies around Archangel and Kola, and German and Finnish troops. • * * Lieut. Edouard V. Isaacs, U. S. N., who was taken prisoner by the German submarine which sunk the Amer--ican transport President Lincoln, has been located in a prison camp-in Germany. according to word received by Red Cross officials in Washington. * • •

Alsatian villages gave General Pershing an enthusiastic greeting when he unexpectedly paid a visit to the American troops in Alsace a few days ago, says a dispatch from France. This was the first time General Pershing set foot upon soil claimed by-Germany. Germany has accepted the invitation of the United States to send representatives to Berne, Switzerland, for a conference on August 5 with an American delegation on th«y general subject of exchange and treatment of prisoners of war. / • ♦ ♦ European War News A German submarine sank the 11,-000-ton British hospital ship Llandovery Castle, 116 miles Southwest of Fastnet, June 27, the British admiralty announced in London. The Llandovery Castle was homeward bound from Canada. It carried 258 persons. This total includes 80 Canadian army mpdical corps men and 14 women One boat containing 24 survivors has reached port. Twelve nurses were drowned when a boat capsized. The German general, o Otto von Below, has been placed in supreme command of the Italian, front, according to a Central News dispatch to London from Vienna. » • ♦ Dr. Alexander Wekerle, the Hungarian premier, caused a sensation in parliament with a declaration regarding the Austro-Hungarian losses in the last Italian offensive, according to a Budapest dispatch. The Austro-Hun-garian armies were withdrawn on the Piave front in order to spare lives, he declared.