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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
THIRTY MEET DEATH
IN KANSAS CYCLONE.
VILLAGE LAID WASTE BY TER
RlFfc STORM WHICH CAME
WITHOUT WARNING.
Two Counties Pierced by Path from
Quarter to Half Mile Wide Where
the TwIster Ground Everything
to Death or Destruction.

Wichita, Kan.--ThlFty persons ar
known 10 have been Killed, more thai
nifty have received injuries from
which II Is said several viii die, anf
property worth thousands OF dollars
was destroyed ON May 20, when a
tornado swept up through Sedgwick
and Harvey counties In the sonth-cen.
trail part OF the state.
Andale, a village OF less than 300 In
habitants, bore the brunt OF the twist
er's rage, eighteen lives being the toll
before the storm which was accom-
panied by n binding rain, bore on 10
the northwest
The country southeast .of Newton
furnished the remaining fatalities,
three lives being lost five miles from
that city.
The county between Andale and
Newton was pierced by path from
quarter to IA half mile wide where the
twister ground everything In It's path
either TO death or 10 inanimate destruc-
ton. Sedgwick, the largest town be-
tween Andalc and Newton, barely es-
capped from the storms fury, few
houses In one corner OF the city limits
being the only loss.
SO suddenly did the tornado arise
and so well did It do its work that
telephone and telegraph lines were
broken before word could be sent ahead |
OF the impending danger
Nine persons were killed near Sedg.
wick, including Elmer Corkie and o.
year-old daughter.
warning cry OF man who had
heard the ominous roar prompted the
the little country general
store 10 rush into the basement Just
~ the wind struck the building, cut
ing Il IN half and settling the roof
ipon the floor.
Henry Rausch and his daughter were J
relieved 70 have been the first victims s
heir little house being blown asunder {
~ II by an explosion, and the two oc. =
npants being beaten TO death by the {
wing timbers Mrs. Schmidt and her u
mail daughters We're struck down and
He'd as the mother ran to Il place OF e
afety. The child wns found dead G
Iutched In the mothers arms. the )
.leln fnmily was buried ia the wreck s.
&c OF their cottage and never had II
nance 10 escape e.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
INVENTION PUTS U-BoATs OUT.
British Correspondent Says subma.
rine Menace Is Being Mastered.

LOndon.-The Westminster Gazette
publishes a message from a correspon-
dent, who says the submarine menace
is being mastered by a simple method
which, the correspondent indicates, is
the invention of an American.
ut is giving away no secret" the
correspondent writes, ito say that the
method, which is reputed to be infalli-
BILE, requires only little time to come
into full effect and wear the subma-
rines out. 1t is a model of simplicity.
The press has been liberal in its an
nouncement of Marconi's device, but
while extending encouragement to Mar
conf it must not be overlooked that the
genius who perfected one of the most
monumental advances in maritime nav
igation has devoted his unremitting
consideration to the menace, and this
resourceful American, too, has worked
toward the device along Independent
lines"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
.IDAHOAN ADMITS
BRUTAL MURDER
DETECTIVE UNRAVELS SECRET
OF KILLING OF THOMAS cAVA-
NAUGH ON IDAHO RANCH.
Suspect Admits That He Shot Rancher
Through Back of the Head and
Hid the Body in Attic of
Murdered Mans Cabin.

Salt Lake City.-The mystery sur
rounding the disappearance on Marcel
u last of Thomas Cavanaugh from his
ranch at Welser, Idaho, mystery
which occasloned wide search by
officers and detectives in Salt Lake
and surrounding districts, was dissi-
pated Saturday when Luke S. May, a
Salt Lake detective, succeeded in Sc
curing confession from the lips of
Dan Ruth, now in the county Jail at
Weiser, Idaho, about to be charged
with murder in the first degree, ac-
cording to story published In the
Salt Lake Tribune.
The body of Cavanaugh was discov-
cred with the skull crushed and q gun
shot wound through the head about
two miles from the Cavanaugh ranch,
on Sunday, May 10. Previous to that
date rumors were afi0at that he had
gone to Salt Lake in answer to letter
from former sweetheart An inquest
was held at Weiser on May II which
determined that death was the result
of gunshot wound through the head.
In his alleged confession Saturday,
before Mr.. May, District Attorney Don
art and Sheriff w. Is. Walker of Wei
ser, Ruth admitted that he shot Cava-
naugh through the back of the head,
wrapped the body up with sacks, put a
canvas over 1T and placed it in the
attic of Cavanaughs cabin.
After the killing he wrote note to
James Elliott, his brother-in-law, ask
ing him to look after the stock on the
Cavanaugh ranch. Later Ruth re-
turned to Weiser and Elliott asked
him where the blood in the cabin
came from. Ruth told him it was from
some beef which he had killed and put |
upstairs. Detective May tested this |
blood and discovered. that it was hui
nan blood. This was one OF the prln-
;ipal item of evidence tending to con-
lect Ruth with the murder.
Thomas Cavanaugh at the time of
lis murder was "a years OF age. He
vas Yale graduate, fraternity man.
nd had come west to make his for
une. Three days before his murder
e was offered $500 for his ranch.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
TeIIs How labor Is Wasted.

Washington. - Waste of labor
through irregular employment and
maintenance of large NUMBERS OF. val
cts and tlunldes are responsible for
the present labor shortage, Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, declared Satur-
day. He recommended that instead of
frightening working hours to meet
government war demands, employers
take greater care to provide steady en-
pfoyment and wealthy persons reduce
their crops of servants.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
TORNADO HEWS
PATH Of DEATH
TOLL OF NEARLY TWO HUNDR =
DEAD AND OVER THOUSAND
INJURED BY WfNDsToRMs.
Millions Of Dollars Damage Done In
six States Visited by Storm, Be-
sides the Heavy Toll OF Life
in Devastated Section.

ST. Louis.-M0re than $50 persons
were killed, thousand or more in
jured and millions OF doliors' worth OF
property destroyed by tornadoes which
swept through Kansas on Friday, MI
nois and Indiana on Saturday and
parts OF Tennessee, Arkansas, Ken
lucky and southern Illinois Sunday.
Reports Indicate that a large ieDOunt
of farm implements needed 10 produce
the bumper crop desired this year,
was ruined, although the spasmodic
wind struck only here and there In
its frightfui play through the rural re-
gions. Crop damage Is said to be not
heavy ia general.
The heaviest toll Of life was taken
nj Mattoon, H., city of 10000 popula-
ton, ia the broom corn country of cen
trial Illinois where fifty-four are known
10 be dead and 500 injured, with n prop
erty loss Of s2,o00,000.
Charleston. H., ten miles east Of
Nation, was also partly wrecked Sat.
urday evening with loss OF thirty
eight lives and 100 injured. The prop
erty loss there IN 81 100000
The next most serious loss was AT
Andaie, Kan, where twenty-six were
killed and a score Injured on Friday.
Dublin, KY, suffered three dead and
seventeen injured Saturday. South by
ersburg, Tenn was reported Sunday |
10 have lost two Killed and fifteen In |
Jured IN tornado that swept Dyer
county Sunday. Near BlytheyilIe,
Ark, nine persons were reported killed
and a dozen hurt
Reports from Indiana show at least
seven persons killed at Hebron, Kouts
and other places. and the death list
may reach twenty More than 200 were
injured Ia the Indiana territory swept
by the storm.
Smaller towns IN Illinois lost dozen
dead on Saturday with two score In
lured, while Ia the southern part OF
Illinois windstorms killed hnlfdozen I
Ind Injured score.
Summary of tornado dead and In I
nr.,f
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
child peeapItated bx Gable.

Roundup, Mont - The gruesome
chronicles of the European war CON
tain no account Of death more weird
and tragic than that of Georgia Shat
fer seven years of age, near here.
Caught in the whipping lengths of a
hoisting cable, the child was pulled
into the drum, upon which it was be-
ing wound, and whirled in dizzy revo-
lutions until his head had been torn
and thrown from his body before the
could be stopped.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
NAVAL MOVE BETRAYED.
Berlin Knew of U. S. FIotIlla's Coming
Days Before its Arrival.

Washington -Four days before the
American destroyer flotilla arrived
ahroad Berlin Knew Il was on the way
and TO what port It was going, and the
day before the vessels steamed into
Queenstown. German submarines had
srewn mines about the harbor en-.
trance,
This startling Information, revealing
that German spies not only sim are at
work IN this country, but that they
have a swift and sure means of com
munlcating Americas war secrets to
the fatherland, came TO the navy de.
partment on May % in cablegram
from Rear Admiral Sims at London.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Riot in Peace Meeting.

Chicago. "A riot broke out Ia a
peace meeting In Grant park Sunday
afternoon, resulting IN The arrest OF
eight speakers who had denounced
President Wilson. The crowd was
composed OF persons unable 10 gain
ndmlttance 90 a meeting IN the Au,
ditorlusu theater, whore 5000 persons
demanded that the government set
forth IN simple language the terms
upon which Il would make peace with
Germany.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
ENFIELD RIFLE TO BE ARM
Can Be Turned Out Quickly and in
Quantities by Factories That Are
Now in Operation.

Manufacturing facilities for the
Springfield rifle are not adequate to
supply the number required for the
larger force which the United States
MAY decide to send abroad and to re-
place the wastage of such force.
Fortunately the existing small-arms
factories which have been turning out
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
NATION PREPARED FOR WAR
Munitions Board Confident That Rifles
and Ammunition viii Be Found
Ample to Equip Any Force.

America is ready for the war so far
as rifles and ammunition are CON
cerned. Frank A. Scott, chairman of
the general munitions board of the
Council of National Defense, issued
the following statement:
I'VE are in position now to assure
the country that rifles and ammunition
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Brazil 10 seize German ships.

Rio Jnneiro.-It is stated in official
circles thar parliament win order the
confiscation OF al German ships in
Brazilian ports IS soon as the official
report Of the inquiry into the torpedo
ing of the Br;zllfan steamer Tijuca.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31

Los Angeles A severe earthquage
was experienced sunday night through.
our southern California AT the town
~ BNwley the quake rocked school,
where exercises were being held, SO
sharply that several women aud chl-
drcu tainted aud panic was narrowly
nyerted
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
psopls eshInd LIberty Loan.

Washington Secretary McAdoo,
home from speaking tour Of the
middle and western cities Ia the I'm.
terest OF the Liberty loan. declared IN
"A statement Sunday that the people
were behind the administrations pro-
gram Of raising approximately $1,000
WD.OOd for war purposes by taxation
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
LEGISLATOR Indicted.

81. Louis. Frank Farris, Democratic
floor leader In the Missouri house OF
representatives, was indicted 10y Il
GRAND jury May ~ ON cuarge Of
soliciting a hribe 10 vote for bin in
creaslnr the salaries OF st. Louis
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Wan. q pethrone ka,aer.

New York Germans here have
formed un organization called the
"Friends OF the German Republic
whose object Is the dethrouement OF
Kaiser Wilhelm mud the establishment
Of German republic Il Is announced.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Vote Confidence in Redmond

London. The North Dublin execu-
tive committee of the United Irish
league has adopted resolution well
corGing the proposed Irish convention
as Practical and common sense means
for settling the constitution of Ireland
and expressing confidence in John Red
mOnd.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Strike On in Peru.

Lima, Peru.-Serious disorders have
occurred in consequence Of strike of
workmen employed in shelters at
Cerro de Pasco, city Of $1,000 inhabi-
tants, 1S0. miles northeast of Lima, in
one of the most important silver min.
ing districts Of the country.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Nrw chlnese Premler

Pekln ny vote OF 8s9 to seventy
five the house of representatives on
Stay y approved the nomination OF
IL ChingHsi, the minister Of 6nauce,
as premier In succession 20 ruan Chi
Jui. who was dismissed by President
IL Nnn.lluug May %
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
CHINA May Now Entsr ~

PeEin.-President Ii Yuan Hung has
issued a mandate dismissing Premier
Tuan Chi Jul from office and naming
Or. WI Ting Fang as acting premier
and empowering him TO form new
cabinet
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
AmerIeane sac IN smItzerIand

Washington,-The safe arrival in
Switzerland Of more Americans from
Turkey has been reported by Ameri.
can Minister Stoval at Berne. Consul
General George Horton, wife ana
daughter were among the arrivals.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Bio Increase susnended

Northumberland increases of
from 200 to go per cent in freight
rates ON syrup from California ter
minals to eastern cities were suspend
ed Saturday by the interstate com
merce commission until September %.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Write Birth Date in Advance.
"Date of birth.

OdIe VI DlTIQ.
Write your birthday (month. day
and year, on piece of paper before
going to the registrar and give the pa
per to him the first thing. Example /:
August 5. 1894
If you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would if some
one asked you your birthday, as Au-
gust o. Then say, ON my birthday
this year l will be Cor was) - years
DID, The registrar will then fill in
the year of birth. Many people do not
carry In mind the year they were
born. This may be obtained by the
registrar by subtraeting the age in
years on this years birthday from
1917.
q. Are you ID a natural born citi-
zen; ~ a naturalized citizen; (3) an
alien; (4) or have you declared your
Intention to become a citizen (specify
which,?
I'D If you were born in the United
States, including Alaska and Hawaii,
you are natural born citizen. no mat
ter what may have been the citizen
ship or nationality of your parents. If
you were born in Porto Rico you are a
citizen of the United States, unless
you were born of alien parentage. If
you were born abroad, you are still q
citizen of the United States, if your
father was citizen of the United
States at the time you were born. I'M
less you have expatriated yourself.
"(2) You are naturalized citizen If
you have completed your naturaliza-
ton; that is, if you have taken final
papers But you are not a citizen If
you have only declared your intention
to become a citizen Chat is, if Won
have only taken out first papersJ in
The latter case you are only a 'declar-
ant.
you are also naturaIized citizen
I, although foreign born, your father
n surviving parent became fully nat
rallied while you were under twenty
ne years of age, and if you came TO
he United States under twenty-one
"(3) You are declarant if. although
citizen or subject of some foreign
ountry, you have declared on oath be-
ore a naturalization court your inten-
ion to become Il citizen of the United
tates. Receipt from the clerk of tbe
curt of the certified copy of such
eclaration is often called taking ont
rst papers You are not a declarant I
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Protect Pansms Aporos.h..

Washington. Panama caBal officials
are taking every Ureeutiou to pro-
tect the approaches 10 the waterway
from possible enemy activities. All
boats are prohibited from entering or
remaining IN a wide restricted area.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Honor Memory of Red Cross Nurse.

Evanston, Iu.-All Evanston turned
out Sunday to pay final homage to
Miss Edith Burnett Wood, one of the
two Red Cross nurses killed during
target practice aboard the steamer
Mongolia.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
synpathetle Strike at Jerons.

Jerome, Ariz.-In sympathy with
from 1900 TO 1906 mine workers on
strike IN the Jerome copper district for
recognition Of the l-i:1n, q strike Of
electricians and carUenters he's been
approved union officials announce.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
sIaver aIuen IL rerm-

neapolis.-Joseph Redenbaugh,
confessed slayer Of Mrs. Alice Mcouil-
Ian Dunn Of st. Paul and Patrolman
George COnnery Of Minneapolis was
sentenced TO life Imprisonment Friday
for the CCnnery murder.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Murder Mystery in Alaham,

Mobile, Ala.-The young woman
whose body with The throat cut was
found in Chicksabogue creek. near
Mobile, was identified as that of Mrs.
L. c, Hess of Jacksonville Fla. She
had been murdered.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31

Tokio.-The United States railroad
commission TO Russia, headed by John
F. Stevens Of New York, arrived in
Toxic on its way to Peuograd. The
Americans We're entertained byN the
British and Russian ambassadors.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31

Washington.-The newspaper cen
sorship fight has been reopened in CON
gress. following President Wilson's ne
ton in personally intervening to insist
upon inclusion of some form Of pres,
regulation in the bill.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Many Killed bv CIVILIAN.

MemphiS,-At least twenty-one per.
sons were killed and more than forty
injured in wind and hail storms which
swept through portions Of western
Tennessee and Kentucky and eastern
Arkansas Sunday.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
FOR THOSE WHO
WILL REGISTER
Government Has Issued Circulars
Dealing With Questions to
Be Asked.
MAKE WORK EASIER JUNE 5
The Following Detailed Information
Should Be Read by All Who Are
of the Age Called Upon
to Do Military
Service.

The law requires every man who has
passed his twenty-first birthday ant
not yet reached his thirty-first birth
day on June to register that day for
army service.
| There are no exceptions.
All men from twenty-one to thirty
must register Exemptions for health
or other reasons will come later.
This newspaper publication is the
only notification you will get.
A prison sentence Is the penalty for
failure to register.
The government has adopted a plan
to facilitate and simplify the filling in
Of CONSUMPTION registration cards June
5. Circulars containing the twelve
questions to be asked and advice as to
how they should be answered have
been prepared for distribution.
How Answers Should Be Made.
The circular, which bears the head
Ing, How to Answer Questions on
Registration Cards." reads as follows:
Questions will be asked for you to
answer in the order in which they APP
pear on this paper. These questions
are set out below with detailed infor-
nation to help you answer them.
DO not write on, mark or otherwise
mutilate these instructions. Do not re
move them. They should be carefully
read so that you will have your an
swers ready when you go before the
registrar.
81. Name in full. Age in years, -
This means all your names spelled |
out in full.
State your age today in years only. |
Disregard additional months or days.
Be prepared to say nineteen or
twenty-five not nineteen years
.hree months or the like,
80. Home address.
This means the place where you
lave your permanent home, not the
'lace where you work. Be prepared
o give the address in this way: '232
lain street. Chicago, Cook county, Il
inois;' that is, give number and name
# street first, then town, then county
nd state.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
80 strlke Extendlnn.

Pgris,rhe women's strike rs eN-
tending gradually from The clothing
trade 20 40 occupations ia which wo.
men are employed. Four Thousand
bank clerks, most Of them women. met
nj the Labor Exchange May %. to
plan campaign for higher wages
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Redenbaunh Plends euIItv.

Minneapolis.-JoSeph Redenbaugh.
confessed slayer Of Mrs. Alice Nc
Quillun Dunn of st. Paul aud PATROL
man George Connery of Minneapolis.
pleaded guilty when arralgned in dis
riet court here Thursday.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
chanoe for Small Investors.

Washington.--Federal reserve banks
throughout the country are consider.
ing the distribution of $40 participant
ing certificates, similar TO those al
ready used in New York. to aid pros
pectiye purchasers of small bonds.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
~ 49, meat on 1890

Representatives. of Whaling
companies aud meat distributors met
here May - to consider means Of eN-
tending the marEet for Whale meat
throughout the United States.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Randlts Meet surnrlsr.

Ardmore, Okla.-As the result of an
attempt by three bandits to rob the
First State bank at Tuskahoma, Okla,
one of the bandits was shot to death
in the bank by the cashier and two
other bandits are dying from wounds.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Banks Double subseriptions

Omaha, Neb.-Nine national banks
Of Omaha on Thursday decided TO
double their subscriptions to the Lib
erty loan and take 100000 worth of
the bonds instead Of the $1,000 900
which th'r bud formerly subscribed.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
DeeIare for Woman suffrane.

Dallas, Texas.-By large majority
the Presbyterian church in the United
States of America (north) on May %
adopted resolution declaring for wo-
mans suffrage.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31
Elfteen Hundred Miners Strike

Jerome, Ariz.-Unlon leaders an
nounced late Friday that 1900 miners
obeyed the strike order issued Thurs
day night by the Jerome local union
and representatives of the Information
al Union of Miners.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31

quantities Of rifles for the British army
are equipped to manufacture the En-
heId rifle in more than sufficient mum
Der. Therefore it has been decided to
adopt the Enfield rife, but manufac.
tured to use American ammunition.
Our government win continue to
manufacture the Springfield model, the
ammunition for which will be inter
changeable with that of the new En-
field.
The United States is in a very salts
factory position so far as all typs of
ammunition are concerned
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-31

VIII be ready for American troops as
fast as they can be raised and other
wise prepared for foreign service.
There are on hand more than enough
rifles for the rife-carrying men of an
army of approximately a million, and
arrangements have now been made 10
provide for the arming of larger
force and for the reserve which vast.
age under Eodern war conditions
makes necessary. Plans have beer
completed to take advantage of the
factories developed in our country as
the result of the European war"