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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
EARTHQUAKE WRECKS
z CALIFORNIA TOWNS
BUILDINGS TUMBLE TO GROUND
LIVES ARE sNUFFEo OUT
IN COAST DISASTER.
Hemet and San Jaeinto Suffer Most
Oamage-HeaVy Losses Reported
From Other Cities.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Los Angeles, Cal.-At least two
towns were practically destroyed, sec
eral others suffered severe damage, at
least three lives we're lost and many
persons were injured in sharp earth
quake shock in Southern California.
The vibration was from west to east
and lasted 43 seconds, according to the
Mt. Lowe Observatory. 1t extended
as far southwest as Kingman, Ariz.
Hemet and San Jacinto, so miles from
Los Angeles. on branch of the Santa
Fe Railroad, were practically destroy.
ed by the quake, every business house
being laid fat Two lives were lost.
The property loss at Hemet is estimat-
ed at $250,000 by merchants and prop
erty owners. San Jacinto suffered a
like loss.
The quake, which came with such
warning as was afforded by a brief
light shock lasting perhaps ten sec
onds, was the most severe ever eXpe-
rienced here. For 80 seconds the
buildings rocked and swayed, and the
ground heaved so that persons stand
ing in the streets and fleeing from
their homes were even thrown from
their feet. AS the ground tremors
Increased, the walls of brick buildings
in the business section toppled over.
The roofs creaked and groaned and
then fell, often giving way before the
side walls had started.
The hills surrounding the towns
were obscured by dense haze, which
many people first believed presaged
an eruption from some old volcanic
crater, but which were caused by
thick clouds of dust
One man who was watching the
hills at the time of the greatest dis
turbance said that Strawberry Peak,
large mountain, appeared to rise bod
lily and then drop back into place. No
word has been received from the
numerous families settled on its
slopes, but 1t was assumed here that
they escaped personal harm, as did
most people in the two towns. Con-
fusion was added to the destruction
here by damage to the lines of the wa
ter company, which takes its flow for
city use from nearby stream. Its
dam was unharmed, but the distribut-
ing system was severely damaged and
numerous breaks made trouble for the
residents until the flow was stopped.
Gas mains were also badly broken and
traffic interrupted There was no dis
order in tho city, the home guards
here having turned out promptly and
taken charge of the policing, while a
hastily organized force Of citizens per
formed the same service at San ia
cinto
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
BUILDINGS to Cost SIS. 900 900.

Washington.-Ground has been bro
ken for the largest powder plant in
the world for the United States Gov
ernment. Within two months the
daily output will be from 100000 to
1000, 900 pounds of smokeless powder,
and the plant which is being construct
ed in nine sections, will be three and
one-half miles long and one and one
half miles wide. 1t will cover five and
one-quarter square miles and will have
working force of more than $4,000
men. Each of the nine sections is ca
pable of turning out in excess of 100,-
900 pounds of smokeless powder every
"a hours,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
officers Schools TO Be opened.

Washington.-The fourth officers
training camps will open May Is at
various divisional camps and canton
ments, Secretary Baker announced.
The Secretary said that per cent of
the enlisted personnel of the divisions
and detached units of the regular
army, national guard and national
army, excepting the Coast Artillery
and the various staff corps, will be des-
ignated to attend the schools. This
procedure, he said, will operate
through regular army channels.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
GERMANS FAIL
TO GET THROUGH
ENTENTE LINES
DANGER OF UTTER FAILURE
LOOMS UP FOR TEUToNs
AS ASSAULTS CEASE.
Battle Dies Down to Mere Cannon
Duel After Furious Onslaughts Are
Met BY 5ritish-"No Change" Is
Report of Field Marshal.

London.-Although the great Ger
man thrust launched last week against
the British lines from Givenchy to
Ypres has bent back the British front
badly in this entire area, the offensive
here stood checked and in imminent
larger results aimed at are concerned.
There was no change along the Brit
ish front in France, Field Marshal
Haig reported to the British War Or
fee. Field Marshal Haig's troops had
to meet one of the severest tests yet
put upon them in withstanding a Ger
man effort to broaden out the salient
created before the early impetus OF
the German drive in the Lys battle
field was spent. They came through
the ordeal with colors flying and COM
pletely stopped the German onrush.
From Givenchy to St. Vincent, an
eleven-mile sector on the southerly
side of the salient, German troops
were hurled in masses on the British
positions in an effort to break through
to the southwest behind Bethune, and
compel the British to fall back from
Givenchy and along the front south
ward toward Vimy Ridge and Arras.
The defensive line held firm, despite
repeated desperate assaults which
cost the Germans enormous losses,
and the battle has died down to an ar
tillarv dua1 HorrpSnnndants at tha
front declare tha British front Is now
more secure than it has been for days.
Further efforts, probably Of an equally
determined nature, may be expected
from the Germans, who are in too ex-
posed a position from entilading gun
fire in their narrow salient to rest
comfortably where they are.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Ministry Steps Out.

Amsterdam-The Hungarian Minis
try has resigned, a dispatch from Bud
apest reports. A Copenhagen dis
patch said Premier Wekerle had de-
cided to resign, owing to dissension
in the Ministry over the suffrage re,
form bill, and that King Charles was
expected to request him to form a
new Cabinet excluding the Ministers
who oppose a compromise on the suf
frage measure.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25

New York.-Uniformed army ofti'
GERS, agents of two Federal Depart
ments and member of the extraordi'
nary grand jury accompanied Assist
ant District Attorney James E. Smith
and a force of detectives and patrol
men in the third Sunday morning raid
upon all-night resorts. Warned. per.
haps, by the two previous raids, the
attendance Of young girls at the re-
sorts was small. Some 80 we're gath
cred in the police net, however, OF
whom three were sent to the station
house.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
OPPOSITION TO The
CHAMBERLAIN BILL
FEATHERS COATED WITH TAR
WILL BE WORN, IT'S SAID, UN-
LESS SPY BILL PASSES.
Gun Squads Should Be Working Over
time to Make Up For Laxity in Pun
ishing Aliens, Witness Tells Senate
Committee at Inquiry.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to Senator
bill to court-martial
spies and propagandists came from
two important quarters. In the Sen
ate Borah, of Idaho, started an attack
on the bill, terming it unconstitution-
al and having no necessity back Of it.
Charles Warren, an assistant attorney
general, resigned his post, and gossip
had it that his action directly followed
testimony last Monday by W. P. Blood
good, of Milwaukee, who quoted War
rem as saying the Department of JUS
tice could not cope with the situation
and I'VE cant run the war in the
criminal courts" Before the Senate
Military Affairs Committee, however,
testimony was pressed in support of
the drastic bill.
Twenty thousand practically uni
Identified alien enemies infest New
York City, one witness alleged. Nor
man H. White, of New York, "a dollar
a year" secret service volunteer, said
that in many cases German sympath.
izers are selling American soldiers
heroin. 81 know Of one case of espi
onCge that leads direct from Count
Won Bernstorff to a private in the
United States army" he declared. Al
the hearing former Judge John S
McGee, chairman of the Minnesota
Public Safety Commission; Captain
Van de Man, of the Army Intelligence
Service; Captain E. McCauley, of the
| Navy Intelligence Service, and White
appeared. Judge McGee's testimony
perhaps, was the most startling anC
sensational.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Many Germans Wounded.

Washington.-The great flow of
wounded now passing through Flan-
ders is viewed with alarm by the Ger
mans, as related in an official dispatch
from Amsterdam. The towns of Cour-
trai, Bruges, Client and other places
have been transformed into military
hospitals, the dispatch, adding that at
the front arrangements are inadequate
and the Red Cross service is not able
to fulfill its task. Many wounded, 1t
was said, are dying in Red Cross auto.
mobiles and wagons and on sanitary
trains
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
CINCINNATI MARKETS.

Flour-Winter patent $1O.9O@11.35,
hard patent SHOE; rye flour, North
western blended $12.50@12.75.
Hay-No. l timothy $25@27, No. 2
$22@24, No. l clover mixed $1950@
21.50, No. 2 $15Q1S, No. clover $14
@16.
Oats-No. white 90@9Okc, stand
ard white S9k@90c, No. white 80
@S91ac, No. 2 mixed S5@86.
Corn-White ear S5c@1.50, yellow
ear 85c@1.30, mixed ear 85c@1.30.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery ex.
tras 46c, centralized creamery extras
431sc, firsts 41c.
EggsvPrime firsts 321Sc, firsts
31Rc, ordinary firsts 301sc.
Live Poultry-The sale of fowls and
pullets is prohibited by authority Of
Food Administrator Hoover from Feb
ruary II to April 20. Approximate
quotation ON fowls will be zoe to 22c
per pound. Broilers, under 2 lbs, So
@40; fryers, 2 lbs and over, 30c;
roasting chickens, lbs and over, 2Sc;
roosters, 18c.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Shippers $11@15.50; BUTCH
er steers, extra $12.50@1S.25, good to
choice $1150@12.50, common to fair
$S.50@11,, heifers, extra $12@13, good
to choice $11@11.75, common to fair
$7O0010.60; cows, extra $10,25@11.5O,
good to choice 5000.
Hogs-Selected heavy $17@17.50,
good to choice packers and butchers
$1775, medium and mixed $17,75,
stays $10Q12.50, common to choice
heavy fat sows $1O@15,25, light ship
pers $1750@17.75.
Sheep-Extra $110l1.50, good to
choice $1O.SO011, c0mIIOn to fair
$6@n
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Man Dumb From War Now Talks.

Man TEOHi w a. wv"
Parents of Walter Jones, a soldier
of Glen Cove. l.. l., who has just re-
turned from France. answering teie-
phone call from New York, heard the
voice of their son, whom they sup
posed was dumb as the result OF shell
shock. In the trenches In France a
shell exploded within a few feet OF
Jones and he became unconscious.
Several of his comrades were killed
by the explosion. When Jones re-
poined consciousness he was deaf and
dumb. He was sent back to America
for treatment and on the ocean trip
homeward the vessel was attacked by
a submarine. The excitement OF this
shock is said to have restored botn
his speech and hearing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
SAYS Pile Remedy
Worth $4,000 a Box.
Columbus Man Knows What He ls
Talking About.

''I have had itching piles ever since my
earliest recollection. am IS years old
and have suffered terribly. l have trled
many remedies ana doctors, but no cure.
About weeks ago saw your ad for
Peterson's Ointment. The first application
stopped all itching, and in three days all
soreness. l have only used one Csc box
and consider 1 am cured. You have my
heartfelt thanks, and may everyone that
has this trouble see this and give Peter:
sons Ointment, that is worth hundred
dollars or more a box, q trial. Sincerely
yours, A. Newth, Columbus, Ohio.
"It makes me feel proud to be able to
produce an ointment like that" says Pet
erson. mot only do 1 guarantee Peter
sons Ointment for old sores and wounds
but for Eczema, Salt Rheum, Ulcers, Itch
ing Skin. Pimples, Blackheads and ali
skin diseases. put up big box for SO
cents, q price all can afford to pay and
satisfied" Mail orders filed, charges pre-
paid by Peterson Bros, Buffalo, NY Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
AMERICANS HELP IN RAID
Infiict Great Number of Casual
ties on the Enemy Near
the Meuse.

With the American Army in France.
Thirty American infantrymen, with
the same number of French troops,
raided the German line on the right
bank of the Meuse, intlicting a num-
Der of casualties on the enemy. The
Americans found the enemy trenches
empty, but saw the bodies of several
Germans in the American wire, ap-
parently members of working party
who had been caught in the American
barrage. The enemy laid down q
counter-barrage soon after the Ameri-
can barrage started, but all the AmeC-
leans returned safely to their trenches.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Railroads Will Be Relieved.

Washington.-To relieve railroads Of
much through traffic between the East
and West, Director General McAdoo
ordered the establishment of Great
Lakes steamship line under the Rail-
road Administration to operate seven
ships between Buffalo and Chicago
and Milwaukee. Other vessels may
be aided later. This action is in line
with the Director Generals policy of
hauling heavy freight by water when
ever possible, and leaving the rail lines
freer to handle commodities requiring
speedy transportation
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Soldiers Are Rushed To France.

ngton-American troops are
going abroad at the rate of 5000 or
more a day. Draft calls indicate this
fact that the War Department is not
making an effort to conceal the fact
that at least 10000 men are being
added monthly to the reserves in
France with which the war is finally
to be won. Within a period of 40
hours calls for 100000 men went re-
Gently from the office of the Provost
Marshal General. Room must be
made for these men to camp. The
whole number is to be in camp within
so days of this order, the last incre-
ment to be in camp May 10.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25

There can be no doubt that there
is lust now great awakening of pub
lie interest in astronomy. Renewed
evidence Of this, If any were needed.
is afforded by the secretary Of the
American Association of Variable Stor
Observers. About year ago, we car
ried in this column brief note de-
scribing the aims and needs of the
association, and appealing for addi-
tions to it's corps of volunteer ObserT-
ers all over the world. Within one
month the secretary states that he
had received 53 replies to this very
modest little notice.-Scientitic Amer
lean.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Wants Indemnities.

Amsterdam-Germany intends de-
manding indemnities from her ene-
mics, according to Prince Friedrich
Wilhelm, of Prussia, son of the late
Prince Albrecht, Regent of Brunswick,
as quoted by the Cologne Volks lei
tung. In a speech at Breslau, says
this newspaper, Prince Friedrich Will
helm said: 1.-The enemys rejection
of the hand of peace justifies US in de-
manding economic and financial in
IDENTITIES. Such indemnities also are
needed for our economic develop
ment"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
HA honed Not.

Edwin r. Hisey, the undertaken, ana
c. L. Dietz, the broker, are brother
Rotarians. One stormy day recently
Hisey, while returning from Crown
Hill with his motor hearse, saw Dietz
standing on a corner way up Meridian
street. Hisey stopped the hearse and
shouted to Dietz:
"Going down. LewT
Dietz stared at his hospitable
friend and replied:
"rI-I hope not t!"-1ndianapolis
News.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25

headaches disappeared. / gained in
weight and feel fine, so I can honestly
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to any woman who is
suffering as was. Mrs. ADELNE B.
LYNCH, 100 Plain St, Providence, R. l.
Backache and nervousness are symp-
toms or natures warnings, which in
dicate a functional disturbance or an
unhealthy condition which often devel-
OPS into more serious ailment.
Women in this condition should not
continue to drag along without help, but
profit by Mrs. Lynch's experience, and
try this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound-and for special advice write to
lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co, Lynn, Mass.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Army officer Tarred and Feathered.

Army Officer Tarred and Feathered.
Santa Fe, N. M.-Four hundred con-
victs in the state penitentiary tarred
and feathered and led around with a
rope around his neck Major John M.
Birkner, of Camp Cody, Deming, N M,
held in the penitentiary as Federal
prisoner. He is charged with viola
tion of the espionage act. Major Birk-
ner, who was born in Nuremberg, Ger
many, but who had been in the Amer
ican military forces for more than 30
years, was arrested at Camp Cody,
where he was an officer in the 127th
Field Artillery.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Convert School Houses Into Hospitals.

observation-disclosures of wounded
Germans from France and Flanders,
says the frontier correspondent of the
Telegraf. continue so great that all the
hospitals, monasteries, converts and
schools, not only in Brussels but in
many towns south of the Belgian cap
ital, are filled to overlooking. The
Germans have even requisitioned pri.
vate houses for hospitals. Forty am
bulance trains entered the north sta
ton at Brussels daily last week. Many
of them were made up of cattle cars,
in which there were litters Of straw
for the wounded men.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Italians On West Front.

Washington-Italia regiments al
ready are in France and form the right
wing of the allied armies, the Italian
Embassy announced. In making the
announcement the embassy gave out
radio dispatch from Rome, saying
that Premier Orlando had announced
that the Italians soon would be in the
thick of the battle.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Japan Turns Over Ships To America.

Japan Turns Over Ships To America.
Tokyo.-Negotiations which have
been in progress for some time be-
tween Roland S. Morris, American Am
bassador in Japan, and the Japanese
Government and shipbuilders have
been concluded Sixty-six steamers, ag,
gregating $4,000 tons dead weight
will be turned over to the United
States for use in the war. Both the
Government officials and the ship
builders manifested spirit of cooper,
alton throughout the pourparlers. De.
liveries of the vessels will begin IN
April of this year.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Mob Victim Is Saved BY Police

Collinsville, Okla.-Henry Rheimer,
suspected of disloyalty, was hanged
by crowd of so men here, but after
he had swung until he became semi
conscious the police persuaded the
would-be executioners to cut him
down, on the promise that he would
be given a trial by the County Council
of Defense.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Coast Bombarded BY German Craft.

msterdam.-German torpedo craft
bombarded the coast between Dunkirk
and Nieuport, behind the allied lines
N Flanders, says an official statement
from Berlin. The text reads: Our
torpedo boats Thursday morning fired
900 shells on enemy camps and stor-
age places between Dunkirk and Nieu-
mort
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25

Paris.-Rheims, which has been on
fire for a week, is now nothing but a
great pile of smoking ruins. During
the past week the Germans have free
more than 100000 shells into the heart
of the city, according to the CORE
spondent of LIE Matin, and flames from
the burning buildings can be seen by
aviators 60 and 70 miles away.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
U. s. Takes Over Maqneto Plants.

Washington.-The Government has
taken over the big plants of the Bosch
Magnetic Company at Springfield,
Mass, and Plainfeld, N. j., and direc-
tors will be named by Alien Property
Custodian Palmer to conduct their op-
erations. Investigation showed, it was
announced, that the company Is en-
tirely enemy owned.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Many Wounded Prisoners and Killed.

New York.-France, in four years
of conflict to preserve its own liberty
and that of the world, according to
Andre Tardieu, French High Commis-
sioner to the United States, has lost
100000 men killed and almost as
many wounded or prisoners. The
high toll exacted by the war was made
public by the French envoy in an ad-
dress at a meeting of the "Fatherless
Children of France Association"
The work of the organization already
has raised more than $4,000 900 in be-
half of $4,000 French war orphans.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25

dC CuOog " OoN6
ached all the time.
l was tired and had
no ambition forany-
thing. l had taken
a number of medi-
cines which did me
no good. One day
! read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compoundand
what it had done for
women, so I tried
it My nervousness
and hackache and
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Polite Suggestion.

She-I hope you don't talk in your
office the way you do at home. It's
dangerous.
He-How so?
She-They'll think you're disobeying
the heatless orders with so much hot
air around.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
French Youths OF To War.

Paris.-The 1919 contingent Of the
Franch army youths of 10 years) is
Just going to barracks to begin train
ing. Although called out year before
the usual time, these young men are in
better condition physically than any
of their predecessors.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Make sonflres of German Literature

Make 6onfires of German Literature.
Columbus, O.-Hundreds of small
fires were blinking on the streets of
the capital, squad of Home Guards
grouped about each of them. They
were kindled in order to furnish de-
struction to German literature in the
form of books, papers and pamphlets,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Car Ferries Imprisoned in Ice FIoes.

Car Ferries imprisoned in Ice FIoes.
Rochester, N. Y.-The Buffalo, Ro-
chester and Pittsburg car ferry, On
tario No. 1, bound for the port Of Ro-
chester, was caught fast in the foe of
ice which has imprisoned her sister
ship, the Ontario No. ?. The ships
have only two days provisions on
board, and are in danger of being
crushed by the ice.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Mob Hanos Doomed Neoro.

Poplarville, Miss.-Claude Single
ton, a negro convicted of the murder
in March of E. J. Bounds, railroad
worker, was taken from the county
Jail here by mob and hanged from a
tree on the outskirts of the town.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Secretary Daniels Scars.

WashingtOn.-Secretary Daniels was
a passenger with Lieutenant Doherty,
a naval aviator, in a twenty-minute
flight over the capital. A service
hydro-airplane was used.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Watch the Women. Too.

Washington. -- President Wilson
signed the bill extending provisions
of the espionage act to women and
requiring registration of women en-.
emy aliens.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
Fine Graines Eorhears.

Dawson-On her mothers side they
came over in the MayflOwer.
Rawson-Yes, but it was May wheat
that gave her father his side ~
Weekly Telegraph
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25

Many a mans dyspepsia is due to
the mistaken belief on the part Of his
wife that she can cook.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
The Last to Use Them.

started your garden yetT
mo. You see have to wait un-
til the neighbors get through using
my garden TOOLS"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25

The man who can bite off more thar
he is able to chew has an ideal mouth
for pie.