The Parma herald., 1916-05-04
Brief Resume Of General News
frpn All Around The Earth.
uke News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

The British government has with
drawn It's conscription measure.
The Irish rebellion now Affects IN
entire island. and martial law has bee
declared throughout
Trsnscontinentsl railroads continu
to show enormous tonnage movements
with resultant gains In earnings.
Two hundred gallons Of spiritou
liquor Of many sorts. seized In raj,
on pharmacy on Jackson street. Sc
sttis, were dumped into sewer.
Out Of 1000 CsIifornia miners exam
ined by stats and Federal sanitary In
spsefora. approximately 40 per ceni
were found infected with hook worm
The Japanese government, In consid
eretion Of the present condition Of
trsns-PAeinc trade. has authorized ar
Increase In freight rates. effective i'm.
msdistely.
Swiss territory hac again been vio-
lated by German seroplane. which
How over the region Of Pofentruy and
was bombsrded by Swiss troops along
the frontier.
James W. Gerard, the American
ambassador, and Joseph c. Grew. sec
rstary of tho American embassy. have
left Berlin for German army head.
quarters for an audience with Emperor
William.
Tho Dutch tug Noordzeo was sunk
MI..I ~ -.
Dubhe damaged by mines. according to
dispatches received in London. The
Norwegian steamer Stromsnaes was
slso sunk.
Two hours after engineers, fircmen
and trainmen OF the Missouri. Okla
homs q Gulf railway were called out
on strike. the management conceded
the mems demands and they returned
TO work Immediately.
Attired only In hls underwear and a
neektie. which was fastened neatly
with diamond pin. Augustus Kaler.
80 years old. was taken up late at
night on tho streets Of Portland. He
had forgotten where he lived.
Fourteen hundred employees Of the
International Harvester company's
twins factory In Chicago. went on
strike. according TO leaders. because
several workers, alleged to have been
intoxicated. were sent homo by the
foreman.
Cincinnati ntreetcar. crowded with
passengers. became unmanageahle, ran
Wild on down grade for six blocks,
Jumped the track. crashed into tele-
phone pole. which almost demolished /
Il. and caused the death Of one woman
and injury To ss other passengers.
Hundreds Of exhibits illustrative OF
the methods Of the Federal govern
ment In caring for the lives and prop
erty of its citizens. are being assem-
bled In Washington ID. c.. for the
Safety First special. a i2-coach train
that will make an educational tour
through thousands Of cities and towns.
Dutch newspapers sny that a Ger
man submarine halted two Dutch
steamers OFT the coast Of Scotland,
when British trawler appeared and
killed with Ia first shot four mon who
were standing on the deck Of the sub
marine. The trawlor then sank the
submarine with a second nhell. the en-
tire action lasting less than ten min
utea.
The British steamship Psrisiana. Of
siea tons gross. has been sunk. The
crew Of the vessel was landed. The
Parisisna left Newport. England. April
20. bound for Norfolk.
Tho French Line steamship Roeham-
beau arrives In New York from Bor-
dsanx with a gun mounted on her
stern. She is tho first passenger ship
TO reach this port thus armed.
Sharp rises In food prices In Den
mArk have alarmed the people. who
fear further increases II tho war con
tinues. Foods and everyday necessi-
ties are said 70 be up 80 per cont with
the rate Of increase growing.
Fred cozzens. an importer Of New
York. asserted on his arrival here
aboard the French Line steamship
koehambcau. that he had witnessed
the entraining AZ Marseilles two weeks
ago Of force Of Japanese soldiers.
200 strong.
While 1899 men have enlisted in the /
srr1y since March 10, when congress /
authorized an increase Of 20. 600, army
ofieials estimated that the actual net
gain has been something over 1000.
Army sfficials say the present recruit ,
ing Is satisfactory and above normal.
The governments case against
Franz Won Rintelen and those associ-
ated with him in the labor troubles
among the munitions plants of this
country is declared 10 have been
strengthened by the discovery of GER
tain documents relating to payments
made to Won RinteIen.
President Wilson has received the
third eagle sent him in two months.
IL came from John Scheels. of Port
Jarvis, N. Y, who said it was caught
In Sussex county, New Jersey. The
eagle was sent to the ZOO.
The senate considers the long-pend-
ing rural credits bill to establish farm
loan banks. The bill creates farm
loan board to control a system of IL or
more land banks, which would make
loans to farmers on mortgages, and
also series of farm loan associations.
which would represent the farmers in