26 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1918
Page
1
Oregon notes of general interest report events across the state. Highlights include June chautauqua plans, highway improvements between Oregon City and Newberg, fruit crops, vessel sales and shipbuilding, war work conferences, and civic projects. Notable deaths and political notices accompany this broad statewide briefing.
Washington reports the selective draft will place about 2,000,000 men in Class I under Crowder guidance with calls unlikely to exceed this lane. The general notes 90 percent of 21-year-olds will enter Class I as legislation expands annual conscripts, while patriotic messages echo Cicero on affection for country over personal ties.
London reports Ostend and Zeebrugge bases raided by Allied forces. Five old cruisers filled with concrete were run aground and blown up to block channels. Mission aimed to seal the canal mouth of Zeebrugge and destroy guns, sheds, and munition stores along the mole and quay.
An herbarium is a collection of dried plant specimens arranged and named for reference. Proper work enhances market value as material remains in demand. Two classes exist: garden plants and native or wild plants. Only an expert and careful collector may pursue this work for profit.
A massive earthquake shook southern California and western Arizona on Sunday at 5 23 p m causing widespread damage from Hemet to Los Angeles. Hemet and San Jacinto suffered severest destruction with many buildings wrecked and windows shattered while other towns reported broken glass and structural damage.
The item notes Abraham Cowley born three centuries ago and later featured by Samuel Johnson in Lives of the Poets, with Johnson’s critique of Cowley’s metaphysical conceits. It also reports Marvin Chase filing a water rights stipulation with State Engineer Lewis over Mud Creek in Umatilla County, seeking to protect Washington priority. Additionally, Professor Earl Fitzpatrick and Dr. J. W. Heaton in Astoria arrange 30 carloads of sphagnum moss for the Red Cross to replace cotton absorbent pads for WWI France relief, noting moss abundance in Clatsop County marshes with higher absorbent qualities.
A strong quake at 3 30 PM Sunday shook Hemet and San Jacinto two miles apart along the Santa Fe line. Twenty one and fifteen business buildings were destroyed respectively, with many brick homes shaken. Property loss tied to merchants and owners around 250000 dollars each town. Minor injuries from glass and falling brick reported, casualties minimal due to deserted streets.
President Wilson announces opposition to the Chamberlain bill that would try sedition law violations by court martial. He argues it is unconstitutional and would place the United States on a level with enemies, opposing the espionage law spirit. Senator Chamberlain says hearings will be postponed indefinitely in light of the president's stance.
Two objectors at Camp Lewis were ducked in a lake by fellow soldiers after refusing to wear uniforms. Following an official order to wear a uniform or stay in bed, 50 comrades dressed in full khaki. The objectors had worn civilian clothes while at the camp but complied once the order was issued.
General Pershing's first account of the Selcheprey fight northwest of Toul reportedly shows American casualties exceeding 200 while German losses range from 40 to 400. The war department holds the report.
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