Show ' The iferaldRejpublican rWill Oira Jts : t ( VaudeviHe During Ihe Subscribers IGOOOD TicEcets Bead Announcenienl on FagQ B of Today’s Issue lo-Pah- fagel It's: Fab: Interm contain Republican VoL IT Now SC ' SAID LAKE £ X- - and Square THE WEATHER 'Sun and Mon gen fair rising temperature Salt Lak HmlO No PRICE FIVE CENTS UTAH SUNDAY MAY 271917 - GETY Junel onih of VoL 179 35 -- ’fin Describes Warfare on ’ ' French Minister Outlines to Parliament Methods Proving Sucessful FLRI8 Shower of Bombs Dropped by German Vultures Upon Long Line of Women and Children Waiting in Coast City street to Buy Potatoes 76 PERSONS KILLED AND 175 INJURED Three of Sixteen Attacking Craft Are Shot Down by Squadrons of Royal Navy Air Service on Return Across English Channel Seventy - stx persons were tilled and 175 Injured in Dover or Folkestone England early Friday evening in the most ambitious raid npon England yet made by German aircraft Of the killed twenty-seve- n were women and twenty-thre- e children Of were the injured forty-thre-e women and nineteen children There were sixteen aircraft in the raid probably all airplanes as no Zeppelins are mentioned in the report On their return across the English channel the German raiders were attacked by air squadrons of the royal navy air service from Dunkirk and three airplanes were shot down southeast Town onOP the ENGLAND via Lon- don May 26 —Women and children who had stood for honrs in a long k line in the busiest street here waiting to purchase potatoes were the prin cipal victims of the Gennan airplane raid last evening Intent only on not losing their places in the line the women and children had little warning of the raid and were easy victims of the air vultures who dropped their deadly bombs indiscriminately The raid which claimed the lives of seventy-si- x persons and caused Injury to 17S others proved more deadly than any raid that the Zeppelins have made on England since the war began Flying so high that they looked like a flock of ducks the raiders rained dozens of bombs on the busiest block of the main thoroughfare which was choked with shoppers of every age and sex Ten Dead la Oae Store A correspondent of the Associated Frees visited the destroyed district today He found a grocery store that had collapsed and was told by the grocer who lost two members of his family that ten dead persons were found in the debris of the building A dosen more were killed and three acore or more were Injured by flying glass and bricks and shrapnel-lik- e fragments which were scattered forcibly by the bursting sheila lost their lives on a Many persons narrow stalr-lik- e passageway between two buildings on this street when a bomb burst overhead the conclusion All the viotime in this killing them town were struck down part of athe radius of 200 yards within One of the most striking results was here comthe small property damage loss of the with life This heavy pared Is thought to have been due to the fact the bombs happened to drop where of shoppers augmented largs crowds to the potato sale attracted people by were gathered in the residential sections of the town fashionable homes were demol ished but only one or two victims were found In the ruins The raiders made a beeline over the town first bombing the residential section andas then peltthey flew ing the shopping district out to sea The casualty list for this town alone was tonight placed at 0 dead and 150 gangs of workmen Injured Large however continued to work into ‘the night on the huge piles of debris in the residential section where several are missing persons ' The raiders spent less than three minutes over this town Thtyv: came (Continued on Page 2J - - 26 —Rear Admiral the minister of marine outlined the means of defense France had adopted against the undersea boats in the chamber of deputies last night “I see no reason why I should not speak of these methods" said Admiral Lacaze "It would be childish to think they are unknown to the enemy They consist of a system of patrol boats of arming merchantmen and fitting them with wireless of seaplanes nets mines smoke raising devices and ot - MMREB BEING to ats IN THEIR USE OF COAL London May JWL— The West minster Gazette publishes a message the correspondent who says' stored method whi by a simpleIndicate Is the invention spondent of aa American "It Is giving away no secret the correspondent writes "to say tothat be the method which Is reputed Infallible requires only a little time ’to come into full effeet and wear tbe submarines out ' It Is a model Tbe press has been of simplicity In Its announcement of Marliberal coni’s device but wblle extending to Marconi It must encouragement' not be overlooked that the genius who perfected one of tbe most monumental advances In maritime navibis unremitting gation bas devoted to the menace' consideration and this resourceful American too has worked toward the device along - - es New Tork May 25 — Adopting aa a "He who gives quickly campaign cry 2000000 women enrelle id gives twice" in the National League for Women’s Service will inaugurate a nationwide movement next Monday to "put over’ the Liberty loan Besides sellto as many women in ing the bondscan the league as be induced to Invest it was announced today orders for the bonds will be received at branches of the league In 'forty states are several Enlisted In the national women’s campaign among organisations them the D A R Colonial Dames Council- of Jewish Women Women’s Committee of the Navy League W C T U Ladles’ Auxiliary Ancient' Order of Hibernians and Association of Collegiate Alumni - - McAdooV Toar XbsdedL Columbus (X May 28 — Secretary of made the Treasury William O McAdoo the closing address of his middle western tour In the Interest of the Liberty loan bond - sale in Columbus tonight after the address he and Immediately W P G Harding governor of the federal reserve bank system who also spoke- - departed for Washington Mr McAdoo brought the large audience to their feet when he refereed to the sale of the bonds as the first "battle" of the United States against military autocracy and for world liberty and urged the necessity of striking with Amerlca’a quickly and — money first weapon effectively : - TORONTO UNIVERSITY HONORS MR: BALFOUR Toronto May '36 — Before one of the most notable ever assemgatherings hall the University bled In Convention of Toronto thla afternoon conferred the degree of LI D on' the Right Honorable Arthur James Balfour British statesman Mr Balfour expressed Hehis ' did deep not thanks 'and appreciation honor as entirely personal the accept : he said but as a marl of respect to ths government he represented AGGREGATE 22419 Herald-Republic- frpm 8an Francisco yes : GENERALCADORNA'S brilliant malL How to Apply The applications will be ' sent to Lieut L M Cress adjutant to Colonel Cavanaugh and the men accepted will form part of the eighth ' engineers corps the first military unit which is to be sent to France It ison'expected this unit will be landed that French soil within sixty days Mobilization will be at American Lake Washington beginning the end of this week to the dispatch the appliAccording will be handled cations in the same manner as those of men applying at the recruiting office in this city in per' son Authority Wired Here announcement from Wash Following n last lngton In The Monday morning of the plan to raise an engineering army of nine regiments for quick service Utah railroad engineers eagerly sought Information at lock! recruiting stations az to how but details of the they might plan apply and recruiting organization had not at that' time been made known here In division 'enlistment work San Francisco was made headquarter for the western and was ’the nearest point department where applications could be made To facilitate the movement and' aid of Salt Eatrlotlc railroad engineers got into communication with Colonel Cavanaugh now who forwards the authorization for acceptance of applications at recruiting stations here Utah Mm Are Eager is expected a large number of Utah It men will be accepted for the engineer ofSan Francisco corps ficers according to the recruiting say dispatch railroad men of experience who ' make their headquarters at Salt Lake and cities should make valuable other Utah members of the Corps There is no time limit to the of applications for enlistmentmaking Ap will be considered-untiplications number men been of have required secured says the message quoting Lieutenant Cess Bridge grading and track foremen' engas track powder handlers drillers and carpenters gineers bridge laborers are urgently wanted by the reofficers cruiting The eighth engineers corps will be the first American military unit to go the engineers to France It Is expected will be on French soli within two months They will help reconstruct and improve the French system of railroads and lend other vital aid in lines of traffic and comstrengthening munication on the war front To Raise Railway Regiment ' One of tVe greatest problems of the war In Europe has been that of mainlines and the taining are the supply element of the railroadsadequate' vitalmen 'that feeds transports system shells and food to the ' fighting front from channel ports The new forces will be volunteers centers of raised at the great railway the country Bach - regiment will be commanded by an engineer colonel of the regular army aided by an adjutant All other ' officers will be experienced men railway The expedition will ' have a total of between 11000 and 12000 strength each regiment being composed of ’two battalion of three companies each workers Every- branch building-- or' operation necessary or lines will be represented in the ranks and the departments expect to secure a trained force-oIn operation railway The war department expects the cobrotheroperation of the great railroad hoods and the railway : companies alunder the counready are so organized cil of national defense that their cooperation is assured It is understood that France and Great Britain will supply the engineers with the necessary tools of their craft - - Herald-Republica- - Herald-Republic- an l -- series of r systematic postoffice ‘ robberies in Iron county with Lund as a center of operations Four men are ' involved in the robberies and Roy W Wolcott alias Frank De Baca is under arrest here on the charge of robbing the postoffice at Lund His three supposed accomplices of whom the federal officers have descriptions are believed to have left for northern points in an automobile which 14 now total 22 419 figured In all of the robberies Wolwill be arraigned before United The Italian right flank resting on cott States Commissioner H V Van Pelt tothe coast now has passed the mouth morrow of the Timavo river while the center Rob Eight Postoffice a y of the army In this sector has been One robbery followed another with pushed beyond Jamlano the advance such quick rapidity that Postmaster at Lund 'sought the aid of a taking In the ‘heights between Flondar Doolittle detective in locating the robPinkerton The right wing is op- bers and Medeazza Apparently the bandits became erating around Castagnavizza and has aware that they were being tracked and made a hurried' flight While the taken additional trenches there amount stolen from the eight or exact In the region north of Gorlzia the ten postoffices which robbed Is Italian forces are maintaining the not known except to thethey officers It Is gains they scored last week Heavy presumed that in money and stamps it will aggregate several thousand dolAustrian attacks in the Vodlce area lars sector were repulsed and in the Plava who la suspected of being the 'Austrians were pushed still far- theWolcott of leader the gang waa traced to ther back was arrested a few Salt Lake where The French announce further prog- days' ago by Mr he Warren Among his ress on the Champagne front and the effects Warren says sufficient was found besides $800 worthproof (Continued on Page 2) of stamps to connect him with the robbery The officers claim they have es- tabllshed the identity of his alleged San Francisco Ad Men Aban- don Machines at Carter and’ Take Train to Denver - - - -- - - - - y- to-th- e' - f - ! : v ' y T ERSISTENT work on tbe part of M The Austrian line gave way again Friday between: Castagnavizza and the Gnlf of Triest the advancing Italian troops carrying another heavily fortified position and capturing 00 men an additional Their captures in the offensive beginning May STORM TAKES FIGHT OUT OF AUTO CARAVAN companions Escape From Lobby While the officers were In his room the three supposed accomplices of Wolcott are known to have been In the lobby of the hotel In a vain effort to get Into communication with him by telephone " They became aware that the officers were in the hotel and hastily left ' It is believed that they are headed for Idaho traveling In a Ford automobile without a license number and with one of the headlights cut of commission According to Postmaster Doolittle of Lund the four men believed to have been the robbers 'have been seen in the vicinity of Lund on several- occasions traveling from place to place In the Ford car Decause of the fact that the car displayed no): license number it is they traveled mostly at reported that never brought their car Into night and on which they had robbery the town designs but left it cached In the timber or some secluded place On one occasioxf it is reported that seen on one of the highthe' oar was ways and ' on approach of another car the four occupants of which It is said Walcott has been Identified as one got out' and pretended to be: engaged' in fixing something remaining hidden behind It: until theother ear has passed Sheriffs' and police' In Idaho and of the Oregon Short Line along thellne and Unoin Pacific In Wyoming have been advised to keep on the lookout - TIGHTING to the last in their efr ' : forts to make every foot of the way from San Francisco by motor car but defeated temporarily by the merciless elements the Ad club caravan members have decided San-Francisc- to- - o take a special train from Carter Wyo to Denver The autqmobiles will be shipped to the Colorado capital There the overland trip eastward will be resumed on Tuesday morning News of the battle against mud- and storm— trouble In the ' same place that scout held: up The car for so many days— was confined ixt a : special dispatch received ' last night from Hugh McKay' San Francisco Examiner and U S army representative with the'" trip Coincident with the' announcement of : the bad roads in Wyoming came' the statement that the truck tender bearing all - the clothes and accessories for the party has failed to reach the maln'bodyThe truck IsIn-believed to ' be hung up “aome-wher' Nevada” ' wire follows: McKay’s Henvy blizzards In : western : Evanston’ and' Carter have held up 'the auto caravan and tonight necessitated' the abandonment of sev eral-caron the road to permit the on Page 8) (Continued ' r ' ' - - -- Herald-Republic- an - - ' - ' ' - s Wyom-ing'betwe- T i -- ' en - - of the German government to sink all entente hospital ships In the entire “barred zone” with the from exception of certain ships semiSalonikl to Gibraltar Is officially announced In Berlin according to a Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam The German announcement was made in reference to British denials of the German allegations that the British misused hospital ships It cited several instances which it was asserted proved the correctness of the German accusation The semiofficial announcement read in part: “The German government will in the future prevent all traffic by hospital ships in the entire barred zone and In the Mediterranean including the road left open for Greece and will regard hospital ships appearing therein as war vessels and attack them immediately" Germany the announcement says will allow the transport of the ill and wounded from Salonikl on Greek railways to ICalamata harbor and thence on hospital ships to Gibraltar on the following conditions: "Firstly —These hospital ships on the road left open to Greek shipping must proceed at a rate of speed previously reported to the German government "Secondly— That the name of th vessel and the time of arrival or departure be communicated to the German-- - government six weeks la advance - "Thirdly— That May '27—This Muskogee Okla waa shaken by a : terrific explosioncity at 130 o’clock this morning Windows over were broken all the city the police said was Theezploilon at the powder magazine of the Muskothe northgee vitrified brick plant at where ern outskirts of - the 1900 city ' pounds of dynamite was stored - ' i‘ Xf Sixty Pedestrians Killed by Flying Planks From Lumber Yard Storm Cuts Swath Four Blocks Wide Thirty-thre- e Dead at Charleston Springfield HL May 27 —Adjutant General Dickson was notified at 2 a m today that the Effingham troops had reached Mat-too- n Gapt W W Austin telephoned General Dickson that from 75 to 100 persons were killed 300 seriously injured and 100 blocks of buildings and houses had been destroyed a representative 47000 CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOYS TO AID HARVESTING CROPS San Francisco May 26 —Plans for mobilizing 47000 high school boys to aid In harvesting California’s fruit and other crops were formulated at a conference here today between state and educational officials It la planned also to secure as many high school girls as possible for cannery work this summer Springfield 111 May 27 —Advices from the'Mattoon Star at 1 o’clock this morning stated that forty-tw- o bodies had been recov- ered from the wreckage of the tornado at that hour Sixty more persons will be found dead beneath the wreckage of their homes the Mattoon authorities estimated The dead are mostly working people killed when 500 homes were destroyed A fire followed the tornado but was said to have done only little damage comparatively SIX SWEDISH VESSELS SUNK IN BALTIC SEA CHICAGO Three Others Captured and e Taken Into Swine-mund- Germany London May 27 — Six Swedish steam- ers have been sunk while on voyages from Sweden to Finland in the Baltic sea says a Reuter dispatch from Stockholm The steamers are the Kyros Pauline KJell Therese Olga and Erik The Swedish eteamera Lessl Goeta and Marta the dispatch adds have been captured and taken into Swine-mun‘ de Germany ' Tho Swedish steamer Kyros was of 221 tons gross the Therese of 208 tons the Olga of 153 tons There are two steamers named Erik and there are three Swedish steamers named Marta ranging In 'size 'from 362 to 1742 tons The steamers Pauline KJell Lessl and Goeta are not mentioned In- available shipping records - STRIKES IN FINLAND MARKED BY VIOLENCE May 26 — Spring their appearance earlier than usual in the central west caused the deaths of more than 100 persons today and yesterday the injury of several hundred more and property damage which cannot be estimated because of serious loss in growing food crops Mattoon 111 was the heaviest suf70 being killed ferer in the storms 50 to was than there late today Tillswere more killed in twice as many as Kansas Friday when the village of Andale virtually was wiped out and surrounding heavy toll taken In the estimated at countrs the dead being to thirty The storm from twenty-fou- r today wrecked the northern half of Mattoon including nearly all of the business section and rendered 2000 persons homeless Rich Fanning Country Swept While the principal force of the storm struck at Mattoon other sections of Illinois were visited by vagrant tornadoes which left death and destruction as they hopped about through a rich farming territory Casualties were reported1 as follows: Westerfelt — Five dead twenty-on- e die injured three—of whom will One dead six Injured Manhattan Two Injured Joliet' —— Elwood Four injured Modesto —One dead nine fatally hurt Pearl —One—fatally Injured four hurt Charleston Many reported injured but definite information lacking until wire communication restored Early'7 reports of property losses Indicated that serious damage had been done to many towns Substantial factories were blown to splinters In Mattoon Joliet estimated $500000 damage in Will county alone Hall followed the wind In many crops to th places beating growing v ground Wide Swath Cat la Haiti Mattoon 11L May' 26 — Thlrty-flv- d persons are known to be dead and It is estimated that an equal number are burled in the ruins of Mattoon as a result of & tornado which struck the city Sacramento Cal May 26 —The state council of defense is sending out today a request to housewives and cltlsens California to cease feeding throughoutThere Is plenty of work in beggars the state andno real for an man to begnecessity food or money 4 o’clock this afternoon In adaccording to the defense organization which declares that refusal to feed un- about 200 persons were law more than dition deserving persons will aid in solving 1 '(Continued on Page 1JL the labor problems - able-bodi- ed -- -- ! r t at OVER 200 INJURED AND 200 HOMELESS materials for treating them” I 4 Wreckage of the neutral government representing Germany’s Interests in th particular country in question shall certify before the departure 'of the hospital ship that she carries only the 111 wounded and nurses and no goods other than - Bodies Recovered From Ruins of Illinois City and "Authorities Estimate Dead Still Buried in the NO EXCUSE REMAINS MUSKOGEE SHAKEN BY FOR BEGGING FOOD ' s Forty-tw- o last-night DYNAMITE EXPLOSION t May 26 — The intention ONDOX ' Petrograd May 26 — Strikes in all branches of Industry throughout Finland are' reported in a dispatch from In some districts acts of Helsingfors violence against ’ the“ ' employers have ' ' been committed M Skobeleff minister of labor submitted to the government today a proposal that the 'state take 'over part of the metallurgical mining industries In becloser relations order for-th- e ' fugitives' - ' Postoffice Inspector Warren left for tween capital and labor V Lund v ' e’' - Germany Announces Intention to Sink All Hospital Ships in Barred Zone - each day finding the Italian line proMi Warren United States jecting a' little farther down the postal inspector during tbe past few weeks has resulted in unearthing a' Carso plateau toward Triest - : - Suspect Arrested Trio of Supposed Robbers Telephone in Salt Lake Ho- Carnillet Region tel Lobby While Federal Officials Nab Alleged Pal Mo n t an terday - announces that CoL J Fj Cavanaugh in charge of the western d! vision for the recruiting of railway engineers for service in France "had forwarded to Salt Lake authorization for acceptance of applications ' at the recruiting stations here and at' Fort DouglasApplications may also ' be sent direct to Colonel Cavanaugh ' by Auto Bandits Rob Utah Fosfoffices Make Further Progress in Recruiting to The power companies and Attacks Desperate Lake as One of Chief Cen teris of - ed for Movement CAPTURES IN DRIVE French Hold Vantage Points Great Railroad Battalion Recently Gained in Face of Will Be Raised With Salt A special dispatch - Triest Capturing Heavily Fortified Position and 3500 Austrian Fighters Authority Is Wired to Accept Engineer Recruits Bn § L - ‘He Who Gives Quickly Gives Twice’ Slogan Adopt- VaakIngton May to save to the country householders ' and very pound of coal possible thus help win the war waa made to-of Peabody chairman night by F 8eoal the national board of the council of national defease "The pound of coal that yon nave today Mr Citizen said Mr- - Pea-of last gasp body "may containtothedrive a shell necessary energy home through to the enemy and Instead of defeat spell "Thevictory of coal that many Hr ponada Cltlsens may save on many days may the shells that may decide forgelathefavor war of a world’s democ-Irac-y "The householder can maintain a less number of eoal fires He can even shorten the number of hours they- are lu operation "If ever there were need for the Introduction of the proponed dayact throughout the light saving That immediateit Is now country would take an hour’s burden from ly the street railways the electric light companies' and the electric Italians Continue Advance on Carso Plateau Toward Hues etre An appeal 20--— - -- - Ignore Red Cross Flag TO EXERCISE ECONBhIV BY El " dragnets" The minister said that France had 552 patrol boats In service and expected to Increase the number to 900 He also said the government had 1200 dragnets 170500 curtain nets and 5000 twenty-fofloat nets which Indicate the Discusspresence of submarines ing the use of airplanes he said: "We have organized seaplane posts all around the coasts so that the zone of action of each post Joins that of its neighbor on either side We also have special bombs for submarines and apparatus to throw them "The guns we mounted on the referred to patrol boats have been cannot put disdainfully hut you guns on a small ves-se- L A patrol boat on guard armed with 95 millimetre guns met two submarines with guns sank one and put the other to flight" The chamber of deputies con- ttnued today Its animated debate on the submarine questloh Deputy Emmanuel Brousse delivered an the concerning interpretation measures ' which the ministry of take to assure marine proposes to safer navigation ' of the - Mediterranean particularly near the SpanHe asserted that- the ish coast routes of the steamship regular lines were not sufficiently patrolled adding: "Lately a French vessel and an American vessel were torpedoed Fort Ven-drtwenty kilometers from ' Three hours passed before the patrol boat was ready to leave Port Vendres and by that time the submarine had escaped" Mr Brousse also asserted that the submarines obtained their supplies and oil in Spanish waters and that the French transport Medjerda was torpedoed by a submarine which was screened behind a Spanish sailing vessel After several deputies criticised the lack of adequate patrols off the Atlantic ports the Algeria and debate was adjourned ' submarine until Wednesday - U-Bo- r - Submarines May - if X |