The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-14
ONE HUNDRED
NINETY Nine.
GO DOWN WITH A ToRPEpoEp
FRENCH STEAMER.
AERoPLANE RAID ON LONDON
Thirty-one Killed in City. - Austria
Calls Boys to coIors-Gen. Perish.
ing Given Great Ovation In
France.


ninety persons are missing out OF five
hundred and fifty persons aboard the
French steamship Sequana, which was
torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic it
was announced today.
| The Sequana was steel screw
steamer of 5,557 tons owned by the
South Atlantic Navigation Company
and registered at Bordeaux.
Another American Ship Sunk.
New York, June 13.-The Leland
line steel steamer Anglican has been
torpedoed and sunk in European wat
ers according to cable received by
the international Mercantile Marine
today.
The Anglan was built IN 1900: was
three hundred and twenty-six feet long
and 5,532 tons. She travelled between
Boston and Liverpool.
AeropIane Raid On London.
London, June 13.-Germany's fourth
aeroplane raid over England in re-
cent weeks today claimed a death
toll of thirty-one and injured sixty
seven, in the city of London alone.
Fifty aeroplanes formed the bomb
squad Chancellor of the Excheuuer
Bonar Law announced in the house
OF commons this afternoon that one
of them had been brought down.
In, the east end of London one
bomb dropped and struck an ele-
mentary school, killing ten children
and injuring about fifty.
King George and Minister of War
Derby when the large section of Lon
don was hit put off there in an auto
mobile almost Immediately after the
raid, inspecting the wrecked build
ings and offering their services to
the relatives and friends of the vic
Tins
Boys Called to coIors.
Zurich, June 13.-Austria has called
to the colors all of her boys of sew
enteen years of age according to in
formation received here today.
Greetings to Gen. Pershing.
Bolougne, France, June 13.--Cheer-
ing thousands some moved to tears
welcomed to French soil to-day the
COMMUNICATIVE of the army which
America is to send to join France in
making the world safe for demo
crazy.
The tall soldierly appearing figure
of Major General John j. Pershing
CARRIED in his business like khaki of
the American army was acclaimed as
France has seldom acclaimed another
in all of her history.
FrenZied crowds packed the streets
to cheer and wave the tri-colors of
France with the same three colors Of
the Star Spangled Banner.
Pershing arrived at $40 this morn
ing He had made a quick and une-
ventful trip over from England.
france has been awaiting eagerly for
him to step on her soil.
The tremendous reception accorded
here to the commander of the Ameri-
can army will be marked by that
which Paris is preparing for o'clock
when Pershing and his staff arrive at
the Care Du Norda.
Pershing was deeply moved by the
SIS6IlHS WHICH ne TeCelNeu. w Hll6
Pershing and his commissioned off
GERS of his staff disembarked they
were Immediately taken away in auto
mobiles.
Running Down the Slackers.
Denver, June 13.-Seventy-seven al
lodged slackers bagged late yesterday
in four Colorado cities, to-day are in
Jail facing federal prosecution.
Leadville mining camp led the
list with fifty arrests; Denver was Sec
ond with twenty in Jail while six were
taken at Trinidad and one at Pueblo
for failure to register.
The six Mexican and Italian miners
who pleaded ignorance of the regis
tration last night were arrested at
Trinidad.
The officials estimate that at least
one hundred more will be arrested
before the end of the week.
The "slackers hunt" continued
through the state to-day, and the Of
ficers declare that they would not stop