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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, MAY 17. 1918.
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RECIDIVIST BREAKS OUT
SALEM. Or., May 13. Jeft Baldwin,
who was one of the most dangerous
convicts that ever escaped from the
Oregon state penitentiary mads his
get away from the penitentiary Sun
day morning about 9 o'clock, forcing
hla way through prison bars and
calmly walking out the front gate,
and dashing for the woods. This Is
the second time he has escaped inside
of a year and Warden Murphy says
he does not believe Baldwin will be
taken alive if he can h.ilp it. He looks
for Baldwin to arm himself and put
up a stiff battle if he Is run to earth.
Baldwin waa in the rear yard of the
prison Sunday morning. He sawed the
bars in a basement window, made his
way through the basement, and pried
apart the bars to the front windows
of the basement and crawled out Into
the front yard and calmly walked out
through the gate.
Before making his escape he stole
and donned a suit of white clothes
worn by cooks.
Warden Murphy says the discovery
of the convict's escape was made
about 20 minutes later and that
guards were sent in pursuit
Baldwin was first seen near the
Davidson place, south of Salem, and
was observed again as he crossed the
Liberty road. Th posse was about 20
minutes behind him then. Later in the
day, Guard Bohlsen saw him just
south of City View cemetery and took
a shot at him, but the fleeing convict
ducked into the thick brush and al
though hours were spent beating the
thickets he was not seen again.
About 10 o'clock Sunday night a
houss In South Salem was broken in
to and a coat and hat were stolen. It
Is thought this was the work of Bald
win.
Baldwin caused a lot of trouble
when John Minto was warden of the
penitentiary.
After Warden Murphy took charge
of the prison, Murphy sought to tame
Baldwin by treating him mildly, and,
in the course of a few months, made
him a trusty. Soon he and another
convict ascaped. Baldwin was located
in Linn county by Deputy Sheriff
Frnm, who captured him single hand
ed after a running pistol duel inwhich
Baldwin emptied his gun at the of
ficer. I
Inability to harvest the crops to be
grown In the Pacific Northwest this
year threatens the entire section.
Unprecedented wages for farm
hands, coupled with the absolute
falflure of some of the farmers to
obtain help at any price, will result
in thousands of acres not being plant
ed and unless they can obtain harvest
hands in the fall, the yield will be
wasted. .
These conclusions are the gist of
sworn statements received by the of
ficers composing the exemption board
in Camp Lewis from 1200 applicants,
all of whom are farmers in the eight
states contributing troops here, ask
ing that relatives and friends be tem
porarily released trom military ser
vices that they may be used during
the planting season on the farms.
OF
AMSTERDAM, May 10 Her Kraet
tig, a Socialist member of the Rsich
stag, asserted in Wednesday's debate
on the appropriations to meet the Im
perial economic demand, that four-
fifths of the textile industries of Ger
many were completely paralyzed, and
that the position of the Idle textile
workers was rapidly growing desper
ate. He demandad that adequate provis
ion be made for them so as to keep
skilled textile workers in readiness
for resumption of the industries after
tha war.
At present, he said, they were be
ing compelled to accept menial em
ployment from the authorities at starv
ation wages.
Satan Extends Hand
We Hope It Is True
e
Maybe Hindys Dead
LONDON, May 13. All German
prisoners captured in France say
that Maid Marshal von Hindenburg Is
dead, letters from British officers on
the western front report, according to
the Dally Express. At the same time
the name of General von Mackensen
Is brought into prominence as that of
a great man who is to bring the Ger
mans victory.
The Express assumed that the Von
Hindenburg story is circulated to ex
plain the failure of the great offen
sive. ? PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS MAY 8
- 30 FOR FASTING AND 8
PRAYER
WASHINGTON, May 13. Na-
tlonal memorial day, Thursday, S
? May 30, is designated by Presl- J
dent Wilson in a proclamation $
3 as a day of public humiliation,
t prayer and fasting. The people of
$ the nation are asking to gather S
$ on that day in their places of
worship and pray for the victory
s of the American armies which S
will bring a peace founded upon $
4- mercy, justice and good will. $
ASQUlTil MOTION
IS DEFEATED UY
DECISIVE VOTE
LONDON, May 9. Kx-Premlcr As
qnlth's motion for the appointment of
a select committee to investigate the
charges made by General Maurice was
rejected in the House of Commons to
ntght by a vote of 293 to 106.
Premier Lloyd George was cheered
loudly when he arose to speak. He
said he had been treated unfairly. It
was the business of General Maurice
to come to tha Cabinet and point out
where the Ministers had made mis
takes, he declared.
The Premier said that if the motion
was carried, Mr. Asquith would again
ha responsible for the conduct of the
war.
Denying that the strength of the
British fighting forces had been mis
represented, as stated by General Mau
rice, Mr. Lloyd George asserted the
figures which he had given were tak
en from offlctal records at the War
Office. Since that time, he had made
inquiries on this point, he added, and
the figures were not inaccurate.
The demand maae by Mr. Asquith
for a select committee was charged
by the Premier as without precedent
in the history of the House.
RED CROSS BREAKS
PARIS, May 13. The work accomp
lished by the American Red Cross in
April surpassed all records of the or
ganization since It took up its activi
ties In France. Food and drink were
supplied to American soldiers on the
way from ports of entry in France to
the various camps.
Nine rest stations on the American
lines of communication and seven
canteens on the French lines provided
40S.00O meals. Nine metropolitan
canteens served 454,000 meals.
A complete new hospital with 200
beds was established in a chateau im
mediately behind the front. A hos
pital of 500 beds is being erected at a
famous race track near Paris.
Convalescent homes have bem
opened at Cannes and Biarritz. Nine
teen artificial arms and 169 artificial
legs were distributed gratis. For
Americans at tha front there was
completed a shower bath establish
ment, with equipment for removing
vermin. It baa a capacity of 25,000
men weekly. Two laundries were In
stalled at aviation camps, of suffici
ent size to wash the clothes of 1000
men weekly. Six field kitchens
furnished food to soldiers going to
and returning from the battle field.
Each has a capacity of 5000 men daily.
The Red Cross in the month dis
tributed 691,000 bags of tobacco and
packages of cigarettes. -
unaer an arrangement just con
cluded the Y. M. C. A. withdraws from
all hospitals, the Red Cross assum
ing responsibility for activities of
whatever nature there.
The Grange in all parts of Oregon
Is passing resolutions condemning the
Non-Partisan Leasue. Oregon has led
the procession in patriotism and it
doesn't want to be backslider now.
TOO SOON FOR PEACE 8
LONDON', May 14. "The gov-
ernment is not opposed to peace, S
'i but it is Idle to talk about it -an- 8
til the great trial of strength has 4
been fought out on the battle- 4
3 field," Austen Chamberlain, mem- $
ber of the war cabinet declared 4
Q today at a meeting of the Wo- 3
men's Unionist Tariff Reform ?
association.
FOR GOVRNOR
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For a vigorous prosecution
elusion.
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For strict business principles in management of State af
fairs.
For Rural Credits Extension, Irrigation, Drainag'e and
LJevelopment or all our resources.
For assistance by Portland
section or our great btate.
For the rights of both Labor and Capital under a scheme
or mutual co-operation.
FOR GOOD ROADS, BY FIGHTING the PAVING TRUST
We are paying about $5000 more per 1 6 foot mile of Bit-
uhthic Pavement m Oregon than is being paid in Washington.
Let us build good roads in every county in the State
GIVE EVERY COUNTY A SQUARE DEAL.
Elect MOSER and you will forever banish the subtle in'
fluence of the Paving Trust from Oregon politics.
AGGRESSIVELY INDEPENDENT.
(Paid Adv.)
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.WASHINGTON, May 11 Kstimates
made today by railroad administration
officials indicate that an increase of at
hst 25 per cent in freight and pas
senger rates will be necessary this
year to meet the higher costs of fuel,
wages equipment and other xp?rat
In expenses now set a between
$600,000,000 and J750.000.000 more
than last year.
Recommendation that rates be raised
by approximately this percentage has
been made to Director-General Me
Adoo by his advisers. He is expected
to act within the next six weeks and
t put increases into effect immediate
ly. Shippers will be permitted to ap
peal to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission under the railroads act and
final decision will be with President
Wilson.
Such an increase as Is proposed
would be biggest in history of Am
erican railways as the percentage is
larger than any ever sought by the
railways under private management
and would apply alike to the entire
country. Both class and commodity
schedules would be affected.
J. ADKINS LAND
GOES TO PEOPLE
WHO AIDED HIM
For 19 years L. O. and NMtle Riggs
kept up the home of the late James
Adklns, sewed for him, cooked his
meals and nursed him when he was
sick.
The sole consideration for thsir ser
vices was the promise of a deed to a
5-acre tract of land on which they
lived. This promise was held to be
binding by Circuit Judge Campbell,
and an order was entered in the cir
cuit court Thursday, decreeing Riggs
and his wife to be the owner of the
5-acre tract in qutBtlon. The trial
was held a few weeks ago.
In 1905, Adkins, formerly a well
known lumberman of Clackamas coun
ty, and a man of wealth, stated to
Mrs. Riggs, accordlngto the testi
mony, that he would give them the
home place upon his death. This was
always his Intention,' they claimed,
but he was kilhd suddenly in a rail
road accident near Canby a year or so
ago and left no will. The Riggses
had then been with him about eign.
years, when the promise was made.
LA GRANDE CHAPTER
PORTLAND, May 13. (Special.)
T .A HrsnHo Phantom rt (ho Ainoripttn
nnA . , , .
kcu vivod luiugui Duiasucu ait
cedents in any patriotic drive by
telegraphing to Red Cross campaign
headquarters at Portland an affidavit
that Its quota of $23,00 was already
in the hands of the war treasurer,
Anna M. Pollack.
War Chairman E. E. Kiddle depos
Ited a certified check with Miss Pol
lack providing that Union and Wal
lowa counties were so sure of their
quota that they were willing to put
up the money In advance before a
single person has been sollcltea.
BRINGS DOWN EIGHT 4
PARIS, May 14. Aviator S
Frank Bay lea of New Bedford, 3
S Mass., has just shot down his $
Q eighth enemy machine. 4
Lieutenant Guerin, the Frsnch
? ' ace" who has 23 victories to 4
i his credit, has been wounded in &
4 the side during a duel with a
? German airman. r
4 4 49
GUS C. M0SER
Republican
President Oregon State
Senate
A patriotic American.
A native of Wisconsin.
47.
Age
For 27 years a resident of Ore
gon. A vigorouse champion of the
rights of the people.
of the war to a victorious con
Capital and business to every
OVER $23,000 QUOTA
CRAZY JIM'S RIDE
By L A, WALWORTH.
(Copyright
by tha Frank
Company.)
A. Muntoy
The Chicago k Northwestern rail
way built an extension In South Da
kota la ISO! which was known
"Dendwood Hill." . '
The length of the extension Is about
ten miles, with an average grade of
approximately one hundred aud forty
live feet to the mile.
The Dendwood yard was situated on
an extreme Incline; and as cars would
not remain standing unless the hand
brakes were securely set, a derail
witch waa placed at the lower end of
the yard.
The railroad men Immediately called
the extension "Deadwood Hill." It Is
now more commonly known as "the
HllL" Soon after It was first operated
the railroader realized the chances of
accident on the line, and many refused
to work on the perilous grade. As
result. It vwas necessary to select
number of reliable men of long experi
ence to run Its trains.
Among those chosen, and he con
sented without objection, was Jim.
Sunny Jim, It should have been, for he
was a most genial and optimistic char
acter. Jim nsually reported and waited un
til he was called. When he appeared
he complained that he did not feel
Quite so well as usual, but he respond
ed promptly to bis calL
He performed the routine duties pre
ceding a trip, then ran to the end of
the yard ; and as there were no cars
to be taken out, he coupled to a way
car, obtained his running orders,' and
started.
His engine ran to the derail in the
lower yard, stopped, set It clear,
passed It, set It once more to the safev
ty position, and proceeded to the de
rail beyond the tunnel Here the op
eration was repeated, and the short
train moved on Its way.
With almost fire miles of tortuons
trsck before them, they started down
the steep grade.
A great chsnge passed over Jim as
they drifted down the mountainside.
It was remarkable been a Re It was so
sudden and unexpected. Perhaps It
was the Illness of which he had com
plained or the strain of many trips
over the same line; In any event. In a
few minutes Jim's smiling placidity
was transformed Into s most Irritable
nervousness. He snapped tartly at his
fireman.
At this point of the descent the en
gineer was obliged to proceed with ut
most caution. Jim evidently had
kicked caution out of the cab and was
dallying with death.
The fireman rushed to Jim's side snd
seized him by the sleeve.
"What's the matter with you, JlmF
he bellowed. "Are yon crazy?"
Jim turned to him. with a vicious
leer.
"Matterr The words rasped through
his drawn, white lips. "Why, we're
on our way to tha devil, and you're
going along."
He laughed harshly, and tha fireman
recoiled from him. Then In a flash.
i came awlft understanding, jim'i mind
i L.j . -
The fireman approached cautiously.
"Why, surely, Jim, Tm going along.
His voice was calm.
Quickly he leaped forward and,
grasping Jim by the shoulder, reached
for the throttle. Jim thrust aside his
detaining hand and, with a vigorous
pnsh, sent him staggering toward the
tender.
Before he could regain his feet, the
engineer picked up a wrench and
waved It with a menacing gesture.
"Til brain you," be grated, "it you
try to Interfere. Tm running this en
glnel"
The fireman looked at him helpless
ly. Jim was running to the devil and
death, Indeed.
For a moment he considered the
possibility of overpowering Jim, but
a violent maniac with a wrench Is
dangerous foe.
Be glanced ont of the gangway and
watched the right-of-way rush by. Ths
speed was becoming more perilous
with every plunge of the drivers.
Jim sat leaning out of the window.
The fireman could scarcely stand, so
violent was the lurching of the en
gine.
Ho crept forward, but Jim turned
and discovered him. .
"Back," he snarled rt the fireman.
"Remember, Til brain ymi if you don't
stay where you belong."
The fireman stepped to the tender,
cast an apprehensive glance behind
him, and, observing that Jim was ones
mora Intent on his mad purpose, he
clambered over Le coal and climbed
down the steel ladder behind the ten
der. Gasping, he burst Into the way-car.
On the floor, their faces frozen with
terror, was the train crew. At sight
of the fireman, their mouths gaped
stupidly.
In a few words he explained what
had occurred In the cab, and, after
some hesitation, they Joined him when
he urged them to help him to overpow
er the Insane engineer.
One by one they made their way In
silence to the cab, and then rushed at
Jim. Be turned with an oath and
swung the wrench, but a hand caught
It and held It aloft while the others
mastered hlra after a short struggle.
The speed of the train was reduced,
and, with Jim in the way-car and the
fireman at the throttle, the train was
halted a few yards before the derail
which would have hurled them down
the mountainside.
U. S. STARTS WORK IN NEXT 3
S LIBERTY LOAN
WASHINGTON, May 10. With 4
? work on the third Xlbirty Loan Q
unfinished, the treasury loan
publicity bureau has started pre-
parations for the fourth, loan,
which will be held next fall. All
3 artists and designers were asked
? today to submit designs for post-
3 ers, window cards and buttons by
June 1. Tlnse ore to be donated $
to the government.
ATLANTA, Ga., May 13. One of
the team captains In the Liberty loan
campaign was canvassing a company
at Camp Gordon and paused to Inter
vltw a private who was washing dish
es In the kitchen.
''You ouKht to he able to handle a
$50 bond ut least," ho Instated. "The
commander will arrange to hold small
amounts out of your pay, and you'll
have a bit of nest-egg when you g;'t
back from France. How about taking
your subscription?'
"I'd rather draw all my pay, thank
you," lie said. "1 may neet it. Hut
you may put me down for bonds to
that amount," he added, handing a
check to the captain.
The check was tor $10,000. The prlv
ate was W. J. Kthorlngton of Penn
sylvania, who owns a controlling In
terest In one of the big coal enntpan
los. He subscribed $30,000 to each of
the .former bond Issues and had takn
an equal amount in the third Issue
through his home bank.
UNIONS NOT PLEASED
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WASHINGTON', May 10. Recom
mending wage Increases of $300,000,
000 annually for all railroad employes
whose wages were less than $250 a
month In December, 1915, the railroad
wage commission made several far
reaching suggestions on the problem
of labor which, attracted the atten
tion today of Director Gerenal Me
Adoo. Mr. McAdoo Is expected to announce
his decision on the recommendations
In about 10 days. There are indica
tions that he will not accept them In
their entirety.
Some union officials already have
expressed dissatisfaction with the
amounts recommended for the men of
their organizations, the Increases
ranging from 43 per cent downward
to 4.6 per cent, the highest paid men
receiving the lowest increase, and the
average being 15.021 per cent advance
over the 1917 pay roll.
PROTEST IS FILED
PORTLAND. May 9. A protest has
been filed with City Auditor Funk
against the city's proposal to pave
East Seventhhnth street, from Ochoco
avenue to Nehalem avenue, an im
provement which would connect up
the pavement through the city with
the new pavement through Clackamas
County. The city has figured that this
improvement should be made, as this
Is an arterial road and the street at
this point is in bad condition. The
council considered the question and
put It over for final disposition next
Wednesday.
GOMPERS ASKS
YAGER'S HEAD
IN PORTO RICO
WASHINGTON. May 10. Removal
of Arthur Yager as governor of Porto
Rico was asked of President Wilson
today by Samuel Oompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor.
Mr. Gompprs charged the governor
with Incompetency in handling the
la&or situation in Porto Rico.
Austrian Slain
For Purchasing
Liberty- Bonds
IlUTTE, Mont., May 10. Police to
day arrested three Austrlans charged
with the murder of John Starks, a
fellow countryman, who had bought
Liberty bonds and spoke freely of his
love, for America. Frlimds of the slain
ma,, informed the police that they had
heard him threatened by the trio for
his purchase of bonds.
FORECLOSURE 8UIT FILED
Mrs. S. J. Dlckerson has brought
suit against Claud P.. and Luelle
Brown, seeking to foreclose a $132
mortgage upon Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of
Nob Hill.
Wun yoa'n on On lookout for tub
mar'met, a chtwof Real Craatlf httpi
to ptu the Jang, dark hoart.
Aphis Appears
On Flowers In
Douglas County
ROSEnUIta, May 13. Crop con
ditions are -jnusnnlly good, with tho
exception of tin unusual attack of
aphis on vetch, garden peas, prunes
mid UoHclmrg roses. The aphis I
small green bug which propagates
very rapidly, and for the first Mine In
20 years Is seriously attacking cer
tain crops In Southern Oregon and
portions of the Willamette valley. So
far as reported It has uot attacked
grain with the exception of that
which la mined with vetch,
Breadless Day
Faces Austria
Flour Scarcity
LONDON, May 13,-The Austrian
food controller Is considering tho In
troduction of one breadless day a
week, according to a dispatch from
Geneva to the Dally Now. Vienna
newspapers say the government It
forced to take this action owing to
the rapid dlmln.iatlou of the flour sup
ply and tho small projects of obtain
lug more wheat before the next har
vest. SENATE PROBES
INTO PRICE OF
FARM MACHINES
WASHINGTON", May 13. Investiga
tion by the federal trade commission
of the production aud supply of ag
ricultural implements, snd of the price
farmers are compelled to pay for
machinery Is authorized In a resolu
tion Introduced today by Senutor
Thompson of Kansas and adopted by
the senate.
RUSS NOBILITY
IN HUNS HANDS
NEAR A1TODOR
AMSTERDAM, May 13. The Uk
ralnlan press bureau has received In
formation from Odessa according to
which the former dowager empress
of Russia, Maria Feodorovna, and
Grand Dukes Nicholas Nlchnlalevlch
and Alexander Nlcholatevlch. who
had been living at Dulhar, near Altod
or, in the Crimea, are In the hand
of the Germans.
SCHOOL PUPILS
WEAR GAS MASKS
NEAR FRONTIER
OKNEVA. May 13, Swiss troops
on the Alsatian frontjer have begin
to suffer from German poison gas
floating back from the Western front
toward the Rhine, Swiss newspapers
say. The civilian population along
the Rhine has been warned to pro
vide itself with gas masks. The
school children In Mulhelm and Frei
berg wear tho gas masks dally.
SAWMILL BURNS AT BANKS
HANKS, Or.. May 13 A fire de
stroyed tho sawmill and planing mill
of Macfarlane Drothers at Manning
yesterday morning. It was discovered
about 3 o'clock, shortly after the
night watchman had passed on his
rounds. It started outside the mill,
making rapid progress from the start,
and is thought to have been of Incen
diary origin.
FIRE IN EUGENE LAUNDRY
EUGENE. Or., May 13. The plant
of the Fisher Laundry company, on
South Willamette street, was totally
destroyed by fire this morning, en
tailing a loss of $15,000, with about
half that amount of insurance.
t KAHN SAYS CLASS 1 OF
DRAFT WILL BE EXHAUST-
t ED IN YEAR
WASHINGTON, May 10.
Speaking In the House today,
Representative Kahn, of Callforn- 8
3 la, ranking Republican on the $
? military committee, declared that
in bis opinion cluss 1 of the draft $
would be exhausted within a &
$ year and that before the war was
$ over the United States would
3 need 8,000,000 men In Europe. $
The House today adopted the ?
t- conference report on tho bill to S
t base draft quotas on the number
& of men in class 1, accepting the
$ elimination of its amendment $
nuthnrtatnir rar1lt nn mintiia tni fc
volunteers. -
WhcSher He's Ffs:;;:- on Sea
op Land Send Mm n pi''i c!
Rea! GRAVELY Chewing PBug
If he doesn't chew yet, he'll slice it up
and mix it with his pipe tobacco to give
it flavor and improve his smoke.
You will send your friend more tobacco
comfort and satisfaction in one pouch of
Real Gravely Plug than in half a dozen
plugs of ordinary tobacco.
Cive any man a chew of Real Gravely Plug, and
he will tell you that'i the kind to land. Send the
beet!
Ordinary plug it falie economy. It cobU lest
per week to chew Real Gravely, because a imall
chew of It lasts a long while.
SEND YOUR FRIEND IN TUB t). H. SERVICE
A POUCH OF GRAVELY
Dealers all around here carry it in l Ocpouchet.
A 3c stamp will put it into his hand in any Train
ing Camp or Seaport of the U. S. A. Even "over
there" a 3c stamp will take it to him. Your dealer
will supply envelope and give you official direction
how to addreM it.
P. B. G3AVE(,Y TOBACCO CO.. Danville, Vs.
Tho Pat.nl Poach hoop, It Froth and Chan nJ
-II M not Koal Cravat without thit Protection Stat
EttablUUed 1831 ,
WEALTHY NEWSPAPER
NEW CLASSIFICATION
8ACIUMICNTO. Cal.. May 13. Tho
appeal to President Wilson by James
George .Scrlpps, newspaper publisher
of San Diego, for deferred classifies
Hon In the drurt uu (he ground that
1m was engaged In work of a military
necessity has bui'it granted, ticcordluK
to a telegram received today by Gov
ernor William 1), Stephons trom Pro
vost Marshal General IC. It. Crowder.
Scrlpps applied for deferred classi
fication, but the exemption board de
nied the application and planed him
In cliisM 1. Ilu applied to the president,
who ordered hint placed in class 4, di
vision II.
Fsoa
ASSERT ITS LOYALTY
(illlARD, Kan., May 13, Demands
that the Socialist party "either purge
Itself of Its dlsloyul platform aud
leaders or prepare Itself for a nw
political alignment that will serve
both our country snd o.ir cause sud
not the disloyalists snd central pow
ers," are Included In a statement
being sent out by the New Appeal,
former I y tho Appeal to Reason, the
Socialist paper puMUlmd hero, The
statement. It Is announced, will be
published In this week's Issue of the
paper.
AT SAN FRANCISCO
8 AN FRANCISCO, May 13llead
quarters of the Socialist League of
America and the Young l'oolp js So
cialist league was ruldud last night
by the army and police neutrality
squad snd 17 men and 18 boys were
arrested, twenty-two were booked
on charges of violating the selective
draft and three were charged as va
grants. Women and girls In the plae
were not molested. Industrial Work
ers of the World literature was found
on the premises, according to the
police.
T
NEW YORK, May 13 Major Rich
ard II. Paddock, reported as slightly
wounded, is a nephew of Goneral
John J. Pershing, commanding the
American experltlonary fores In
France, and has been on his uncle's
staff since the American punltlvo ex
pedition was sent Into Mexico, Ma
jor Paddock was born In Lincoln,
Neb., the son of General Paddock, who
was killed In the Iluxer uprising.
SOLDIER CUTS
TWO FINGERS
OFF WITH AX
GREENVILLE, 8. C May 13. Con
victed of wilfully having cut off two
fingers with an ax, Private Lake ('.
Trlplett, 119th Infantry, 30th division.
Camp Sevier, has been sentenced by
a court-martial to six months' con
finement, '
WESTERN TRAIN
SCHEDULE CUT
EFFECT SAVING
WASHINGTON", May 13. Director
General McAdoo today ordcrer cur
tailment of tronscontlncntal passen
ger schedules from Chicago west, ef
fective June 2, tb save 11,728,000 train
miles a year, by eliminating compe
tition and cutting down running ached-
! .ties.
LUMBER MILL BURNED
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., May 13,
The now mill of J. H, Chambers, the
, old Wlldwood plant hore. was burned
early yesterday.