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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1917
Page
4
Announcement directs readers to send social and club news to the East Oregonian before noon by phone or other means. Late submissions after the deadline will be held for publication the next day.
Social and Personal Mere fills columns with travel plans. Mie la Fontaine and daughters head to California via Wases, with Ralph Temple driving. Other friends plan summer visits to Portland, Eugene, and nearby towns. Local dances, showers, and church events unfold, including a June 6 Happy Canyon dance and a piano recital at the Presbyterian church.
A compact list notes local arrivals and stays in Pendleton. Victor Powell of Waece spent the night. Lag Hodgen from UCmapine was present from the state. Mr and Mrs BH W Rogers of La Grands visited. Alta L Spalding of Joseph registered at a local hotel. Mrs Claude Lion and daughter of Eeho are in town. Mr and Mrs Art Spinning of Uma-Mie spent the day. EF Averill district inspector for big logical stives visited Paseo dae. Mr and Mrs H J Anderson of Hefi were overnight guests. GF Livestey of Sater registered at the St George. Henry G Means of Una-Hila came in from the county. John Arkell of Nulin came for eye treatment after a wire staple injury.
Washington May 19. Five members of President Wilsons cabinet will contribute seven sons to the armed services in the war effort. William B Wilson Jr serves in field artillery, James Wilson in troop A mounted cavalry, Joseph H A Wilson in reserve corps, Franklin K Lane Jr an army aviator, Josephus Daniels Jr training for the marine corps, David Franklin Houston Jr about to enlist in the navy, and Humphrey Redfield enrolled in the naval reserve as part of the so-called mosquito fleet.
Copenhagen dispatch says the Berlin Vorsiche Zeitung editorially predicted Russia would seek a separate peace with Germany. The remaining report urges Germany to state clear peace terms and consider offering Russia financial help after the war if it resumes politics in Washington, warning of possible political halts.
In San Francisco on May 22 attorney Walter Dunn filed in the California Supreme Court an application for a writ of prohibition to stop the mayor or city clerk of Oakland from conducting the registration of citizens under the elective franchise. The filing contends the act violates the Thirteenth Amendment prohibiting involuntary servitude.
The piece notes two American war victims connected to a submarine threat. It mentions the crew and a missing member, with Callie and Strmig returning to the American forces alongside other survivors. The report reflects on the wartime dangers near the center of operations.
Dr. Alexander Horexitz of New York City has experimented for over ten years to find more cancer remedies and has treated more than 5000 cases with about 44 percent showing improvement and no recurrence. He is cautiously optimistic, noting cure requires long-term proof. An image shows him treating a nun whose cancer was arrested.
Madrid May 2 Ten are killed and fifty injured in four riots at Dishom Sunday as troops struggle to quell disturbances. A wave of bakeries wrecked and rioting reportedly spreading to Portugal.
East Oregonian Special Adams May 18 recounts county seat visitors including Missca Doris Chesnut Beulah Spencer Dan McIntyre Gladwyn Spencer and the McIntyres and Hales families A surprise farewell party for Mr and Mrs J D Hurrah Weinetay featured many local residents with refreshments of ice cream and socializing afterward G Morrison and others drove to the county seat while several families motored to Walla Walla and back
Confusing fragment discusses skin irritation remedies and mentions healing ingredients like Dragghete and terreidena. The text is garbled and hard to parse but suggests soap and topical products as cures. No clear events or persons are identifiable.
A German female pilot from Constance, widow of a fated flier killed in France, is reported by the Kenetanter Zeitung to have shot down three enemy aircraft over the Vosges. Described with a short haircut and a stern look, she trains on a machine gun and serves in the air corps, distinguishing herself in a male role.
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