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Jeff Baldwin Believed in Hiding
in Thick Brusfl in Hall Prairie
: District Just South of Salem;
" House Robbery Is Committed,
This Is Prisoner's Second At
tempt to Gain Freedom and
Warden Murphy Believes the
Runaway Will Put Up Fight.
SALEM. Or., May 13. The man
hunt for Jeff Baldwin, the
big blacksmith, who s one of the
most dangerous convicts that
, ever escaped from the Oregon
. state penitentiary, continues to
Vday. Warden Murphy believes
that Baldwin is hiding in the
thick brush io the Hall's Prairie
, district, .Jifst south of Salem.
' Baldwin, who is known a a "bad
ft,1 made hla -tscape from tlva pn
tuntlary aunday morning about 9
o'clock, forcing hla way through prison
Vara and calmly walking out tha front
gat, and dashing for the wooda. ThU
la the second time he haa escaped n
alde of a year and Warden Murphy
ays he does not believe Baldwin will
be taken alive If he can help It. He
looks for Baldwin to arm himself and
put up a stiff battle li he is run to
earth.
. Baldwin waa in the rear yard of the
prison Bunaay morning, tie sawea ine
Lara In a basemeiit window, made hla
viv throuah the basement and pried
aoart the bars to the front windows
of the basement and crawled out into
the front yard and calmly walked out
through the front gate.
. Oaard Takes Shot at HIm.
Before making his escape he stole and
donned a suit of white clothes worn by
cooks. '
Warden Murphy says the aiscovary
if the convict's escape was made about
;0 minutes later and that guard were
ent in pursuit.
Baldwin was first seen near the
PavldHon place, south 'of Salem, and
was observed again as he crossed the
Liberty road. The posse was about 20
minutes behind him then. Later In the
day. Ouard 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 although hour
were spent beating the thickets be was
not seen again.
- About 10 o'clock Sunday night a house
la South Salem was broken into and a
coat and hat were stolen, it is wougnt
this was the work of Baldwin.
Baldwin caused a lot of trouble when
John Minto waa warden of the peni
tentiary. ,
. , ' Caated Mlato'i Dismissal
lie -aousea mmiio, w uu, w urn uuam
Mm, and that was the act which
brought the wrath of Governor Withy
combe upon Mlnto'a head and resulted
In M Into being discharged.
' After Warden Murphy took charge of
the prison. Murphy sought to tame BaJd
wln y treating him mildly, and, in the
- course of a few months made him a
trusty. Soon he and another convict ea-
. caped. Baldwin waa located In Linn
county by Deputy Sheriff rum. who
captuted him single handed afteV a run
ning pistol duel in " which Baldwin
emptied bis gun at the officer. -
When Frum was taking Baldwin to
Jail. Baldwin slipped the officer's gun
from his pocket and tried to kill him,
bat the gun did not discharge. For this
attempted murder, Baldwin waa tried
and convicted and sentenced to another
term In prison.
. Baldwin 1 about C feet tall, with a
large head, sandy, curly hair and high
cheek bones. He la about 81 years old.
Ha was sentenced from Clatsop county
for robbery.
Interesting Items in
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Here is aa opportunity to get a nice
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And In another part of the "Want
Ads". Is the opportunity to get a nice
little car probably at a bargain. ,
. 8uch things aa these make the:
reading of Journal Want Ads not'
only interesting, but highly profit
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Fire Pits of Hell Yawn
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Niffht Turned Into Time
AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT AND, WON AGAINST ODDS
T" HREE OF THE FIVE AMERICAN SOLDIERS who routed a German patrol of 'ten men
in No Man's Land, killing two, wounding two more and capturing two. All five of the
Americans escaped without a scratch.
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Flarf From Big. Guns Hundred Times More Vivid' Than Sheet
Lightning on Summer Night; 'American Shells Start for
Hun Trenches With the Roar of Express Trains.
BY FRED S. FERGUSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
1TH THE: AMERICANS -IN PICARDY, May 12.
(U. P.) Tonight in Picardy the doors of hell seemed lit
erally opened , Screeching denibns of death filled the air.
Pounding guns-jarred the earth as if alHhe evil forces below were,
endeavoring to break through. The flare of the guns and the flash
and roar of bursting shells appeared like great fires sweeping the
rolling fields. " .
With the setting of the sun there was no rest. Then wagons,
loaded with ammunition and supplies, started for the front. Pa
trols crept across No Man's Land. The artillery turned night
into a time of terror and punishment.
The United Press billet Is Just 'back
of the front Apple trees are In bloom
everywhere. Lilacs and daUies prow
outside the door. At dusk a night
ingale perched near the window and
started its evening- eong. But beyond
the lilacs and daisies and over the
nightingale's song, thundered the song
of war. .
!If you have ever notkfed sheet light
ning in a hot sky on a summer's night,
multiply its intensity hundreds of
ROLL OF HONOR
WMhincton, My 13. t N. 8 ) Another
Ion Urt of euualtfe for the orcraeas force
w nnoanenl toUy by the war depmrtment,
a totl of 86 mines being rarried. Of theme,
sft. all but three from New Kngland. are mtss
inc in action. Trn were killed .in action,
nine died of wottnda, fire of disease and two
of accidents, ' One death is recorded . as "of
other ratines. " Twelve, men were severely
wounded and nineteen slightly wounded. Cap
tain R. M. Dentins of Ha tint on Spa. N. .
who in a previous list was reported as nias
Inc in action, was today reported as a pris
oner of war.
KHM In Action J
MARTIN COTTER. Mrs. Katherine Cotter,
862? Sheffield avenue, Chicago.
8ER(iEAiT LEWIS ' W. . 8AGLE, Zanes
ville, O.
COBFOBAt CLYDE CLAHK. Atlanta, In
diana. -
UECHANIO CB1ST KOTH. Hersey, Wis.
I'KIVATE ALBERT BAILEY, ArrilU.
PBITATB PHILIP J. BHADT. New Haven.
Conn.
PHIVATE LEONARD LEO DALTON. Brook
lyn. N. V.
PRIVATE JOHN W. FO R HESTER, Moun
tain t'ity. Tenn.
PRIVATE CTRn KBECK. New York Ctty.
PRIVATE ELMER IK MILLER, Hooped
ton,. 11L -
. .DM o Wounds
CORPORAL WILLIAM C. HROrtK ttw.
ins, W. Va. -. - ;( ' ;
CuKrvllAu JAMES i, TTEKNET, Chelsea.
Mas.
w PBIVATB ABTHTJB TITIAN DICKSON. New
Minora, nooa.
PRIVATE EDMOND LKBLANCH. Nashua
PBIVATB JOHN W. MCBPHT. Jamaica.
PRIVATE JOHN A. OBT. Omaha. Neb.
PRIVATE SOL. SCIII STER. Aftoi. Wyo.
PRIVATE JOHN 8ITTELOTTA. Endteott,
PRIVATE KENNETH K. TOOTHMAN. Cum
berland. Md. .
Died of Dlsaasa
LIEUTENANT GUI RAYMOND FORBES,
Minnestiolis, Minn.
COOK VIOTOR HUQH O'ROURKC. Mtoun.
taJndsfe, Oeaean.
PRIVATE PAUL C. DAVIS Klfc' Rl.
Minn. -.
PRIVATE GREEN DCKE3. Camp Tons.
. PBIVATB 8AM GLLLO, CaUnla. Italy..
s ' ;fDM of : Accident
- PRIVATE HEN EI 'O, BLACK. Mouteiuma,
Colo. :' v 1 - . -.
PMIVATB ALCJZCY Kt'BICKt, Manches
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fm Mil IS DOM
times and you'll have a picture of the
American-German artillery duel as it
flashes against the . heavens. ' Imagine
huge blast furnace doors thrown open
at very frequent intervals. That is
how the flickering glare of the can
nonading Illuminates .the sky tonight
when the larger guns let go.
Amid gigantic explosions houses
rocked as though shaken by a great
hand, doors flew open, windows rattled
violently and furniture quivered. As
the American heavies fired, the denart-
-Ing shells could be heard on their way
to tno oerman lines. Each shell sound
ed like an express train leaving the
railway station. Such death-dealing
trains halt at German stations only. .
Two additional buildings were de
molished y American fire at Cantigny
last night. . American batteries kept the
enemy, under heavy bombardment.
Such artillery activity aa this Jrtarts
every night at dusk and continues until
after midnight. - Then there Is- a resolte
until 2 or S o'clock in the moraine.- whn
the cannonade Is resumed and lasts
until dawn.
German sheila arch through th air
with' a 'swish and a whine, but the
American ire., is far heavier. The
Americans' are continuing to repulse
aiumyiea uerman raws.
80CHES DONT LIKE TO
FIGHT WITH AMERICANS
- By Frask J. r Taylor
With the American Army in Lorraine,
May 12. m. P.Vlnformatlrtr. .ausni
from German : operations onrxwiira. tr
American fronts indicates a thinning of
the enemy lines because of the drains
on German resources from Picardy.
The American .sectors are far enough
apart to Justify .predictions regarding
the German predicament through this
scarcity or manpower. American patrols
found Ancervtller (in the LunviUe see
tor, three miles northeast of Badonvtl-
leri deserted. It had been a former Ger
man outpost and the scene of much pa
trof fighting. , " i. ;.. . ..v -
The Germans no longer attempt to
hold their shell hols outposts, rettflnsr to
safer positions to avoid fighting with
tho Americans.- German prisoners Indi
cate the lowest grade of German troops
are nere. .
Northwest of Tout, American' activity
holds a "traveling - elrcus". of German
special storm troops.'- organised for re
peated ' hammer-like blows at our line
There are no German planes over the
American positions any more. Although
a special German air .squadron arrived
iCood
oa Psc Nine Column Twoi .
in Picardy
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of Terror
GOVERNOR
LOSING
MANY FARM VOTES
Withycombe Strength Waning in
Benton and Polk Counties,
All Signs Indicate.
By Ralph Watses
Dallas,, Or., May IS. Governor Withy
combs awlll not . carry his old horns
county of Benton, Friday next. If the
general sentiment and the. majority
guess of the political prophets of Cor
vallla and of the county are any tnai
cation of the drift that the ballots will
take on primary day.
Nor do the wise ones of Dallas and
of Polk county believe that he stands
mors than a fighting chance of carry
ing Polk county, the rock-ribbed and
unshakable citadel of. his strength In
the yeara gone . by.
Both ' In Benton county and In Polk.
they say that- the -fight lies between
Oloott And Withycombe. with the hunch
against the chances of the governor In
both of these two big vslley counties.
Fanners Are Desertta Governor
Around Corvallls they are frank In'
admitting that the battle lies between
Olcott and Withycombe. and they are
equally frank -in saying that the latter
Is ' not nearly so strong ss ns was
four years ago. when bs was elected.
or two years ago. when he went down
to defeat In the county. In his active
championship of the candidacy or C. B
Moores. ' the former chairman ' or (M
state central committee.
There are ; sevral things that" seem
to be militating against the governor's
success In Benton county. Ia the first
place, the farmers are - sore- at him.
They belle vs Xnat tns governor turned
against tbeni In their attempt to secure
agricultural lime for the fertilisation of
their lands, and stood by while the
money they asked for that purpose was
turned over to the nortnwest Tourist
association for the benefit of a few
men In Portland, who wanted Jobs or
who wanted tourist patronage Irrespeo
tlve of the needs or the-necessities of
the hungry and under-nourished fields
of all the valley counties.
Beats Heme of Agitatlea .
Benton county was the home of the
agitation for the manufacture of agri
cultural lime for the sweetening of the
sour .fields of the valley. The experts
of the agricultural college haa eeraon
strated .that an abundant supply of this
fertiliser at a reasonable prlcsy within
the reach of the farmers of the valley
would double the crops of the entire
valley. They had discovered the source
of supply.-and the fanning Interests of
Benton county and the valley went
down to: the 1917 legislature asking
for an appropriation - of 150,000 ' with
which to establish the plant and pro
duce the lime. They were willing to
pay for what they got, but they wanted
to get it. and to get It In time to do the
war time fields of ISIS, and afterwards
some good.' They, were given, after the
session bad about worn itself out,' an
appropriation of $20,0t0. and then Gov
ernor : Withycombe. who - had stood by
silent- during their fight.' appointed
(Ccrcluded tahfi ln. Cahiata TtuneJ
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Lord Reading, British Ambassa
dor, Says No Indication Given
British War Cabinet Has De
cided to Wait for Great Forces
Army Officers Express Greatest
Surprise, at News; Officials,
'It Is Said, Expect Foch to
Continue Defensive Tactics.
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ASIJINGTOX, .May
13. (U. P.) Amer
ican forces in France
are to be actively in battle
now and regularly in the
future, Secretary of War
Baker announced this aft
ernoon. WASHINGTON, May 13. (U.
P.) Doubt as to the accur
acy of the statement attributed to
Jhe BrUish vWar1! cabinet that
American troops are to be held
: back until . their .4 force . reaches
powerful , strength, was expressed
heri today by Lord Reading.
British ambassador.
An official . statement by the
ambassador, declaring his belief
that" no such announcement has
been made "with -the knowledge
of the prime minister- or the war
cabinet" followed expressions of
greatest surprise among army
men here today as to the report
ed new change in the military pol
icy of the allies.
Reading's statement follows:
"The ststement attributed to the Brit
ish cabinet to the effect that the allies
sre confident that, having been -given
the choice of a small, immediate Amerl-
(Concluded on Pat Two. Column Tour)
U-Boats Struggle
With New Shipping
German- Minister ef Marlse Claims Sa
marlaes Are Destroying Ships Faster
Tsas America Can Baud Them.
London, May 1J. (I. J. &) The war
Is developing Into a struggle between
the U-boats of Germany and new ship
ping, according to an address to the
relchstag by German Minister of Marine
von Capelle, as reported by a Reuter
dispatch from Amsterdam.
"The U-boat reports for April were
again favorable." the marine minister
said. "Naturally losses occur. he ad
mitted, "but the increase In the Tj-boats
exceeds the losses of-them.
"The war, moreover, Js developing Into
a struggle between the U-boats and new
ships. ,
"So far the losses are several times
(larger than the new construction thst
America so far has built.
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CAMOUFLAGED STEAMER READY FOR MAIDEN VOYAGE
CARRYING THE STANDARDS of the U. S. navy, the 8800-ton steel steamer West Indian is the first vessel camouflaged in
Portland by Portland artists. The West Indian is a production of the Columbia River Shipbuilding corporation, and ii pres
ent plans carry she will leave Tuesday for her trial trip ou t through the Columbia river heads. She will be delivered here to
a navy crew and will serve as a transport on the Atlantic. The camouflage on the West Indian is similar to that to be applied
to other steel hulls produced by Portland builders for the navy. The West Indian was launched February 27 as one of the noted
"West fleet. '
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Great Blow on
Two Fronts Now
Predicted in
Army Circles
Conference Between Kaiser and
.Emperor Charles Believed
to Be Significant.
By Floyd MarGrlff
London. May 1J. (1. N. 8.) The pre
dicted double drive on the western and
Italian battle fronts, which may result
from -the conference of the kaiser and
Kmperor Charles of Austria at Oerman
great headquarters, probably will be the
greatest blow of the war, according to
advices' from Amsterdam today.
The supreme Austro-German effort Is
to be concentrated on these fronts. It
waa stated.
Tho Fremdenblatt of Berlin Interprets
the meeting as meaning that Austria
and Germany are resolved to stick to
gether to the end.
on the trip of Baron Burlan, the Aus-
Vlenna. by way of Zurich, quoted the
German newspaper. Frankfurter Zel
tung, as making the following comment
on the trip of Baron Burlan, the Aus
trian foreign minister, to German head
quarters :
"The negotiations will decide the fu
ture relations between Austria and Ger
many. It is understood there will be
' negotiations for a n.w alllanr. Inrthr
1 with military and customs unions, re
' quiring a two thirds' majority In the cus-
toms union, requiring a two thirds'
, majority In the relchsrath. It la doubt
; ful. however, if It could be attained. The
great Austrian question now is whether
continued
existence of a separate Aus-
is possible. The southern 1
trlan state
(Concluded on Pace Nine. Column Three. )
CASTROW HELD ON I
E
Naturalized .German Excused
From Jury Duty Few Months
Ago, Making Munitions.
Ernest P. Csstrow, naturalised Ger
man, physically resembling the kaiser,
who was excused from a federal trial
Jury a few months ago when he said he
was engsged In manufacturing war ma
terials for ths government. Is In the
Multnomah county jail on a charge of
espionage, filed this morning by Assist
ant United States Attorney Rankin.
Csstrow waa arrested Saturday by I
! W. R. Bryon. chief of the bureau of In- .
i vestlgatlon of the department of Jus-!
ties. afterhe was alleged to have talked
against me entrance 01 America in me
war to some men of draft age at the
H. F. Notron company. Front street
hide dealers. He Is a saddletree maker.
That Germany was bound to win the
war and that the United States shouldn't
have entered It on the side of England
were some of the statements he is al
leged to have emade. He admitted these
to federal officers but denied that he
was unpatriotic to America.
Bearing a striking resemblance to the
kaiser. Castrow startled ths federsl court
a few months sgo when be hurried into
the court room while a Jury was being
drawn and obtained a dlamissal from
Judge Wolverton on the grounds thst be
was engaged In war work production.
He Uvea at 655 Lake street. Hit sad
dletree plsnt is at 21th and NIoolal
streets. Csstrow is the fourth person
arrested In Oregon on the cahrge of
espionage since the United States en
tered the wsr.
Laundry at Eugene Burns
Eugene, Or May II. Fisher's laundry
here was destroyed by fire this morn
ing. It cost over 115.000 snd could not
be replaced, for that amount at present
prlcea. The loss Is about half covered
by - Insurance. Defective wiring Is sup
posed to tiave caused the fire.
ESPIONAGE
CHARG
WID HUES
III TO SQUARE
ATHERED FOR A
London Believes Great Events Are Pend
ing on Western Front; Scouts Report
Enemy Is Nearing Completion of Con
centration Movements; Will Strike Soon
German Artillery Has Been Active Over
Wide Front, but No Infantry Assaults
of Importance Reported From Front;
Allies Prepared to Give Blow for Blow
PARIS, May 13. (U. P.) General Gaulers of the French gen
eral, staff, announced today that information showed- 40
German divisions (480,000 men) between the La Bassee canal
and Ypres, or six men to ever yard.
-rul A :. m,iniiin. K tU r.nt Ktun
La Bassee and the Oise.
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HNrnnW Miv 13 (I. X. S
ern front indicates we are
the Evening News today.
"Our scouts know thatjhe enemy concentrations are nearing
their completion." - " -- 1 -
L"" ONDON, May 13. (I. N. S.) German artillery continues to
bombard the British positions with great violence in various
sectors, but so far there have been no further infantry assaults
against them.
"Hostile artillery was active during the night in the &mme
valley and in the Albert sector, as well as in the area between
Locon and Nieppe forest," the war office announced today.
(The Somme and Albert sectors are on the Picardy front, op
posite Amiens, while the district between Locon and Nieppe forest
is about midway on the Flanders front.)
HUNS COMING- TO FEAR
FOCH'S ALLIED ARMIES
BY FRANK CHARLTON
International News Service Cable Editor
THE Germans are making stronger arjillery preparations for
a renewal of their drive on the Picardy and Flanders battle
fronts than they have in any of the preceding grand offen
sives on the various battlcfronts.
This circumstance, coupled with the continued lull in the big
scale infantry operations, shows that the Germans are coming to
fear more and more the strength of General Foch's allied army
and the strength of the positions that must be stormed before the
Germans can advance their lines any farther toward Amiens and
the channel coast.
It has been over two weeks since the Germans launched any
great attacks on the Flanders front, while nearly three weeks
have elapsed since the last hig German assault on the Picardy
line. " ''
The last grand assault on the Flanders
front ended in an ignominious defeat
for the German armies that were try
ing to break through the hill positions,
held by the Anglo-French armies south
eas of Arras. That waa on April 2.
On the Picardy front the Germans
made their last big effort on April 24.
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"All the news from the west
on the eve ol great events, Mid
when they stacked over a 11-tnlle front.
east of Amiens, snd took by storm ths
battle-wrecked village of. Vlllers-Breton-neux.
Their triumph was short-lived,
for the- British attacked on the follow
tng day and recaptured the village.
tVlllers-Bretonneux. which is still held
(OaeladeS as Psc TtM. Ohm One)
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