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... T T - '- t " ' ' - I i the WEATHER -ITS ALL HERE " ' . , vf wa J'OtLOCK . Tonight a nd an gs. s-., Thursday. tbOw- southwester ind. Humid- ITS ALL TRUE' 4An Itf 75. , VOL. XVII. NO. 2 PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1918.- EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS SkZ8mit9 SR iffllML ROUTE IH REALITY Army Aviator Starts From New York for Washington; What Was Fast Time of .36 Hours 86 Years Ago Cut to 2 Hours, e . . . Schedule Includes Stops En Route, Where Mail Trains Will Be Met and Mail Hurried West; Special Service Stamp. WASHINGTON, Mav 15. (I. N. S.) The army aeroplane that started this morning in the inauguration of aero mail service between New York and the capital reached Washington at 2 :50 o'clock this afternoon. New York,, May 15. (I. N. S.) Lieutenant Cul ver arrived at Belmont Park at 3:35 o'clock this after noon with government mail from Washington. JT P.) Lieutenant Webb landed at Bustleton, near here, with th? first aerial mail delivery from New York it-" exactly i o'clock Jtfcls afternoon. This was one hopr and a hilf '. after -leaving Belmont Park, Long Island, Second Lieutenant J. C. Edger ton' relieved Lieutenant Webb at the wheel to pilot the machine on the 140 mile trip to Wash ington. , New York, May 15. (I. N. S.) Lieu tenant Torrey Webb of the aviation cec tlon of the signal corps left Belmont Park, L. I., at 11:30 o'clock this morn In;, en route to , Washington with the first consignment , of mail to be deliv red by airplane in this country. j America's first aerial post service be- i came a reality today. Skimming the skies between Washington and New ! York, airplanes which started from the I two cities simultaneously, carried con- slgnments of mall at the rate of 100 I miles an hour and 24 cents an ounce, i And the Institution of the service I marked another step in the record of I achievements since 1832, when the sen ; ate boasted that letters had "been , brought from New York, a distance of j J60 miles. In 36 hours." ,. The plane leaving New York at ll.:30 ! o'clock was scheduled to arrive in 1 Philadelphia at 12.30 and Washington i at 2:30, the time for transportation by II m ill wiii 1 1 vi 1 1 via .u htou uuurs. , The air route will effect a saving of at j least two hours In the delivery of mall i at terminals, but a much greater saving will be made on account of the special ; delivery features in - the cities, and earlier train connections. In some ln stances, according to the postofflce of ficials, tie saving may amount to as much as IS hours, by making connection ( which will avoid delivery the following day. Mperial Stamp Unions Provision has been made against de lays resulting from accidents to the planes, relief machines .and landing fields being provided , at Baltimore, Havre e Grace, Wilmington and New Brunswick. N. J. The service started with 13 planes, three each at Wash ington and New York and six at Phll- ' adelphia. Parcels will be carried at the same rate as letters and will be given special delivery service in the city of destination. - The packages, however, must not exceed 30 inches in girth and length combined nor weigh more than two pounds. The special vtamp provided for the service ta seven eighths of an inch long and three fourths of an inch wide and bears an airplane in flight. The numerals "24" appear In circles in both lower corners. The border design is red and the airplane blue, forming with- the white background the national colors. : , Trala Conneetloat Jlaae .'Arriving at Philadelphia, the follow Ing connections will be made with mall trains to points outside the line of the .air route: 4:30 p. m.. Downing ton, Lancaster and Harrlsburg, Pa. ; 4:0 p. ; m.. Norristown, Pottstown, Reading and Pottsville, Pa. -Aeroplanes arriving in Washington will make connections with the follow ing mall trains going west: 4 p. m Cumberland- Grafton, Pittsburg, Cln clnatl and St. Louis. , At New York connections will be made with the 6:30 p. m. train for Boston and the 6:61 p. m. for Al bany, Utlca, Syracuse, Rochester, Buf falo, Cleveland, Toledo and Chicago. President Cheers Start , Washington. Msy 15. (U. P.) Cheered by a great throng. Including President and Mrs. Wilson, Postmas ter General Burleson and K. Kambara. postmaster general of Japan, America's first official aeropost service was in augurated at 11:47 o'clock today. Hit at Cambrai DR. EARL V. MORROW, Mecorated by .Belgian king, wounded -during recent German drive in sector in which his hospital stands. Portland Surgeon at Cambrai During Battle, Says Dispatch. Dr. J. W. Morrow received telegraphic advices this morning from the adjutant general that his son. Dr. Earl V. Mor row, had been wounded in action at Cambrai on May 2. The extent of the wounds was not stated. The father has telegraphed Senator Chamberlain and war department for more particulars. Dr. Earl Morrow has been in France about a year in charge of the first aid hospital at Cambrai. Soon after the war broke out in 1914 .he went to Bel glum at the head of a Red Cross unit, and for several months was In charge of a hospital at LaPanne, where the wounded from the first great drive of the Oermans were brought for emer gency treatment. For his service there and at other points on the Belgian front Morrow received the rank of chevalier and was decorated by King Albert with the order of King Leopold, a massive gold medal, which he brought home with him on his return. It is assumed that Morrow's wound was received during a bombardment of the hospital, although the telegram used the words, "wounded in action." Morrow is one of the best known doc tors of the younger generation in Ore gon, having practiced at Marshfield and Portland following his graduation from the University of Oregon medical school and eastern finishing and post graduate institutions. He won great renown in the war zone from his ability as an op erating surgeon, particularly in speed? handling of the thousands of wounded that came Into the hospitals daily dur ing the early months of the conflict. More Wooden Ships To Be Built by IT. S. Washington,. May 15. (U. P.) Fur ther expansion of the shipping program was annourtcea oy (jnairtnan Hurley of the shipping board late today. He uid the shipping board had decided to add 300 wooden ships to the program al ready outlined if ways now occupied become available. No new ways will be built .Hurley reported the additional ships would be of 4700 tons each. This addition will place the number of wood en ships under contract 687. American Aviator Gets 9th Hun Flier Paris. May 15. (I. . N. . S.) Aviator Frank Baylies of New Bedford, Mass., with the American forces In France, has Just shown down his ninth enemy ma chine, according to official announce ment here today. ' Sergeant Baylies is a member of th "stork" escadrille. He brought down his eighth machine a few days ago. Before Joining the "stork" escadrille, Baylies served In the ambulance field ambulance. Twenty-one Bisbee Besidents Arrested Bisbee, Art., May 16. (U. P.) Charged with "conspiracy to deprive citlsens of the right guaranteed them under the constitution," 21 residents of Bisbee were arrested by United States Marshal Dillon today as a result of fed eral investigation of the deportation of 1600 alleged members of the I. W. W. from . Bisbee last July during the strikes tying up the Warren; copper district. The men were arrested on bench war rants following their indictment by the federal grand jury at Tucson Saturday. Hoover Seeks Fund To Meet Expenses Washington, May 15. (U. P.) To meet the expenses, rental and the like of volunteer county and city food admin Istrators, Herbert C. ' Hoover today asked, the house appropriations com mlttea for 17,000.000. The sum Is vital If the work, is to con tinue, he declared. In Europe, he added, similar work entails annual appropria tions of 148,000,000, iff'"" J i ills' V' 4-'"'" A - . A - - "s 1 AMONG WOUNDED MlliftIO NEXT FRIDAY 11 Sentiment of People in Vote Cen ter of Eastern Oregon Indi cates He Will Carry County in the Gubernatorial Race. Candidate Is Stronger Than Ever in That Part xf State, While Withycombe Has Lost Much of the Support He Had There. By Ralph Watson Pendleton, Or., May 15. Umatilla county, the heaviest voting unl, of the Eastern Oregon district, is going to re peat on Friday and give Ita vote to Olcott for governor unless all the por tents of political sentiment and most of the prognosticated fall down. It is Olcott first and Withycombe sec ond in the majority of the guesses. All the other candidates are counted out by practically, if not entirely, unanimous consent. There is soma Simpson talk in Pendleton, and a peppering here and there of Moser. Anderson is negligible so far as his support goes, while Har ley is a silent letter in the political al phabet of the big wheat belt country. Simpson Makes Good Campaign All but Olcott and Withycombe are due to draw many blanks from the out lying precincts of Umatilla county, Just as is the case in all of the counties of the state, home counties and Multnomah excepted. . Simpson has made a striking and spectacular campaign in the cities and towns, but It is more than probable that there are hundreds of distant precincts where the voters do not know who he is, what he Is running for or that he Is a candidate at all. The same thing la true of Moser. though to a less degree, because of his long time political activities. It Is also true to a greater degree, perhaps. In the case, of Anderson and certainly of Harley. It's All Olcott and Wltbyeombe The result will be. In Umatilla county and In the state at large, that Olcott and Withycombe will draw their quota of votes from every polling place on Friday, addingtothelr . totals, in a steady stream; while the engines of; the other four candidates wlll : continually skip and miss throughout the by-ways and distant corners of all the counties. Mathematically, there . is only one answer to such a situation, and that Is the elimination of Simpson, Moser. Anderson and Harley from all consid- (Concluded on. Pac Two, Column Tbim) BEEF WHOLESALE 1 CENT CHEAPER Meat Interests Say Public Turning Down Cheaper Cuts; Veal Is Plentiful. Is By Ryman H. Cohen The price of beef is down 1 cent a pound ! -, -T Announcement to that effect has been made by local packers, which means that the price of fcest steer beef at wholesale is 24 cents a pound instead of 25 cents as recently quoted. The price of cow meat also dropped a cent to 23 cents a pound. Joe Forstel. city sales manager of the Union Meat company, reported the lower prices and said that it was the policy of the company to meet the changing conditiona in the price of livestock. He says that the cost of killing and dressing cattle has about doubled here during the last year owing to the higher cost of labor with shorter hours. Meat interests say that the public lc demanding the better class of meats and is turning down the poorer cuts, which are considered by experts even better aa a food than the higher priced stock. They are passing up the "chucks" for the loins and better class steaks and s this. therefore, has caused the price of 'chucks" to drop 3 cents a pound at wholesale. This decline in the Drice here waa ex pected in view of the still lower livestock prices. 'Portland prices continue several cents higher than eastern markets al- inougn livestock vtuuco were aio ma;ner than here. , That the public will benefit by the heavy supply of country killed calves that ia passing through the Front street is indicated by the lower prices forced for such offerings. Most-of the retail butchers are reducing their veal "prices in line with the lower cost at wholesale. At this time veal is far the cheapest meat on the market and the public gen erally Is taking hold. It Is the only meat that la sold under a really competitive pasts in the trade and-a big supply means an Instant re duction in prices at retail as well aa wholesale. r Packers state that the big supply of veal has curtailed to a- con siderable extent the demand for other meats. Wounded Man Is I Well Known Here Clayton Friable, whose name appears today among the list of : Canadian wounded, enlisted two years ago while he waa a student tn the Jefferson high school where be had gained considerable notice aa an athlete. He waa 19 years old when iw lert lor v ancouver, B. C to Join the Canadian troops. . He Is member or - a : macnine -' gun company, according : to his father, G. C Frisbie, with tba taw nrm oi ttrey Kerr. - CLOSE IlOtl FOiEDBY German and Austrian Emperors Conclude Military Alliance of Widest Interpretation; Eco nomic, Tariff Questions Wait. View Is Taken That Austria Has Been Compelled to Subordi nate Itself to German Control to Save Monarchy From Fall. - Zurich, May 15. I. N. S.) The new AuBtro-German alliance, just entered Into at a conference of the German and Austrian emperors at German grand headquarters, is to endure for 25 years, according to advices received here today. The sovereigns have concluded a mil itary union In the widest acceptance of the term, the advices stated. The economic and tariff questions will be settled with a view to the closest possible union. , By J. W. T. Mason New Tork, May 15. (U. P.) Internal conditions in Austria-Hungary have be come so critical that the government of the Hapsburgs' empire has been com pelled to subordinate Itself to German control in what is apparently a final ef fort to prevent the breaking up of the dual monarchy. The visit of Emperor Karl to the kai ser's field headquarters and announce ment that new treaties are being drawn up between Austria-Hungary and Ger many, mean that Karl and the ruling caste at Vienna are abandoning the sov ereign rights of their country because they cannot control the domestic situa tion. Hereafter the German government will dictate Austro-Hungary's policies as long as the method of suzerain rule keeps the Austro-Hungarlans from re volt. The food situation in the dual mon archy, as well as the attitude of Vienna toward the German peace in the east, will be under management of the Ber lin militarists; and for the time being Emperor Karl must be regarded as little more -than a viceroy .1'.' This sacrifice made by the Hapsburgs, the proudest ruling house in fCurope. can have been accepted only as a last desperate ex pedient to save itself, perhaps even from the fate of the Romanoffs. The change of front Is all the more humil iating to Hapsburg pretensions because ( Concluded on Pas Two, Column Four) 1 CALLED FOR ARMY Quota to Go to Fort McDowell During Five-Day Period, May 29-June 2. Unheralded, a call for 1500 national army men waa received late this morn ing by Captain John EL Cullison, In charge of Oregon's selective service work, and for a five day period begin ning May 29. and ending June 2 the quota will go to Fort McDowell. Cal., presumably for coast artillery training. The Oregon quota Is the state's share of nationwide call for 50,000 men, and. according to a message from Provost Marshal General Crowder was "un expected." The call provides that all men acuvely engaged In the planting of crops shall be exempted tf the local boards of the state can fill their quotas from the re maining men. In case there are not suf ficient men to supply the quota, how ever, boards" must draft farmers who can best be spared. The quotas for the several boards are established on the basis of the number of available men In class 1 of April 30, and la in addition to any other quotas called for May, and In addition to the gross quota recently tablished for the current year. Of the total of 1500 men, Portland division boards will furnish 944 men. and the Multnomah county board will send an addiUonal 22 men. Clatsop coun- xy, TOuiea upon ror - as men. ta more heavily taxed than any other county. and Clackamas, asked for 63 men. Is a close second. Quotas by counties : Baker, 47: Ben ton, 19 ; Clackamas, 63 ; Clatsop, 69 : Co lumbia. Si; Coos. 49; Crook, 13; Carry. ; ueacnues, it ; uougiaa, 43 ; QUI lam. 14; urant. zi; narney,.zo; Hood River. 10 ; Jackson. 49 ; Jefferson. 8 ; Josephine, 21 ; Klamath. 26 ; Lake. 16 ; Lane. 72 ; Uncoin, 12 : Ldnn. 4a ; Malheur, 42 : Mar ion Mo, 1. 48 ; Marion No. 2, 23 ; Morrow, 13; Multnomah. 22; Polk, 31; Sherman, 10; Tillamook, 21; Umatilla, 54; Union. 63; wauowa, as; wasco. 24; washing- ton, 49 ; wneeier, 16 ; Yamhill. 37 : Port lan No. 1. 45; No. 2. 72; No. 3. S3; No: 4, 17; No. 6. 37; No. 6. 42; Ho. 7, 25; ISO. 8, 28 ; ISO. 9, 13; No. 10, 34. : . l . Kevenue Estimate Is $4,095,699,000 , .. s II I Sill I I . ..:- , L Washington, May 16. U. P.) Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoo today sub mitted figures to the senate at the re quest of Senator Pomerene estimat ing the revenue for the fiscal year end ing June SO. 1918. at $4,095,699,000. This amount Is apportioned aa fol lows: ' Internal -revenue, $3.643,899.000 : cus toms, $180,000,000; sale of public lands. $1,800.000 ; miscellaneous, $270,000. These estimates show an Increase of more than $2,750,000,000 over receipt OX 13H . ' - BIS 500 OREGQNIANS INQUIRE INTO SOURCES OF FAKE REPORT WASHIHGTOir, May lk II. Tf. 8.) Earl Beading, the British ambassador Is aaderstood to have made lasslry of his govern- , meat eonceralng the erlgta f the Associated Frets dispatch carried from Ottawa yesterday moralsg 'qaotlig the British war eablaet at aaaosaclsg that the American array woald not be filly stillied on the western frost as til Its faU streagta had been developed. . A thoroagh Investigation lata the clrenmstaaees of the dispatch Is be lieved to be ander way. Beth Earl Reading aad Secretary of War Baker have declared the statements In the dispatch to be atterty at variance with what they know to be the facts. The above meattoaed false dis patch was featared on the . first page of th Portland Oregoalan 'Monday moralsg. American Steamer Is Reported Sunk London. May 15. (L N. a) The American steamship Nechen (?) has been sunk in a collision with an un identified steamer according to reports received thla evening by Lloyd's. Lloyd's register does not contain an American steamship Nechen. but an American steamer Neches la listed. Paris Newspaper Man Condemned to Death Paris. May 15. (U. P.) M. Duval, former co-director of the Bonnet Rouge newspaper, waa condemned to death to day on conviction by a courtmartial of "intelligence with the enemy." Six other men tried with him were fined and given prison sentences. ROLL OF HONOR Whinton. Mr CH. V.) TcxUy'i euualty list to om of th tensest yt reported bf General Pershint, mtinln tol ef 120 names. Thirtjr-niiw men re New Knttand wl diera mixing in action. The other casualties are: Three killed In action. S dead tnm wounds. 5 from disease from accident. I liw other causes. wounded seerl and 48 wounded sltfhtly and a wounded in action. The separate list of eisht "wounded in ac tion" as apart ffom the other wounded, it was explained, was doe to the fact that no informa tion has been received as to the severity of Km wnuMjt nf f beee eiaht. WBM-.4hkJsMrinaiB aa neen reeeiTeei vsw ill K mmwIi eJaasitieaV it was stateC Actons tae saissant in aetkm an Captaka Georae O. Freelaad. WestTille, Conn., and Lien- tenant James F. Cnwfordt Warsaw, N. I. The list: V- Killsd In Action CORPORAL PATRICK FARRELI Ede- PRIVATE HARRY J. CLARKE. Btrons- fcnnrf Til PRIVATE JOSEPH DILLET. ThoBtpeonTille. Dies Prom Wounds PRIVATE THOMAS W. COLE Sprinsrale, Maine. PRIVATK CHARLES CONE LIN, Grand Haven. Mirh. 1'BIVATB JAMES CROMIE. Brookline. Mass. DM of Disease CORPORAL ROBERT CAKKOLL 1ICLLEB. Dirktnuon, Tears. PRIVATE JOHN DCH1G. New Tork. PRIVATE STANFORD M. GRANT, Brooklyn. PRIVATE CHESTER M. MACIEJEWBKI. Berlin. Wis. PRIVATE PATRICK MORIAHAN. New Tors. Dies or aosiaam CADIT STUART FRIEMAN. 841 Twain street. Portlana. Or. D4ee prom mner vousee CORPORAL. WILLET BRIUHTMAN. Mont gomery, Ant. Maine. . . PRIVATE WALTER H. IVinu, LJU, Mass. . . PRIVATE aEClH auili, rorr n.cnt. Maine. PRIVATE ALFKEU UWDM, BTOU llirant, Matties PRIVATE KEJiK J. oeriesi, ueorte- town. Mass. PRIVATE UKMA . ww, i-nncetoa. Maine. Wounsos severely - BERGKANT JOHN A. DROTTAR. Cnisboha. Maine. . . PRIVATE WIUdAJt O. AAUHtH O, VOW y, Idaho. - PRIVATE OTTO J BEYER. Caatorland. N. T. PRIVATE LESTER W. CHASE. lerry. N. H. PRIVATE WALTER U. UOUIN. WestTille. N. H. PRIVATE MIKE ZALUal. Fsrtoinrton. Ma. Wounds SIIMr Captain Clarence F." Jobeoav. Chicago: Llen- tenaats Kins Alexander, Ohamoerstmrt. Pa.; John N. IMckerwtn, San Francisco; Serf rent Solon- E. Ella. Waco, Texas; corporals James H. UiUlnc. St. Mary. Ky. Herbert Ureen, Bar terrine, Ky.: Bnrdett Nary, Hillsdale. I1L; Ma sielana Nelson H. Driver, St. Joseph, Mo.; Orion Helm. Columbus, Ohio; Richard Wtekershes. Estbecrllto. Iowa; MTraies uouo Bales, idy- mith. Wis.; Oeorre Barter, Chteo; Don Batcher. Forx wayno, ino.; noy . i-ouins, petersham. 11L ; A I. red T. Francisco. WUinette. 111. ; Ham A. Hamer. Manaaio, stmn. ; Stanley MtehUa, Beaver. Wis.; Ssm Holier. WsWVi. Ark.; James D. Learrtt. Rodney, Iowa; Ktroy W. MeCarty. Washmrton coartnouse, unto: Bland ish Meacuaaa. Cincinnati. Onto; William A. Miller. Chicago; francis L- Priebard, Rooaevllle. Pa.: George Bodnick. Chicago; Thomas C. Seder. RaveBseroft, Tenn.; Walter Thomas. LMWgtew), Ky 1 Fonta Walls. Cincinnati. OhJo; Raymond Watson, nan. xicn. Weonoed Hi action Sereesnt Graf Becley. Sbelbyvtlle. Ind. ; Cor porals Charles H. James, Indianapolis. lad.; William irano, sssuni. iss.; mnw esse H. Bilhymer. Oseisby. 111. ; Peter J. Bobeo. Brooklyn. N. T. : Herbert N. Fnleawtder. In dianapolis. Ind. ; Everett R. Hockard. Van Borea, Ind,: John c. Towneiey, t morn ass, wo. Mlsslne M aellM r.r,.; fleama C. Froaland. Westville. Conn.: I Jan tenant Jamas F. Crawford, Warsaw. J. T. ; Corporate Thomas T. Barry. New Ha Tea. Cowa.; Jack Bathgate. Orange. Conn. ; Harold A. Berg- New Haven, tonn.; wtax r.. Mrsso. Middle toil. Conn.; Fred W. Chitty. New Haven. Coon.: James F. Joleman, New Havea, Conn. ; Arthur T. Jon neon, auoaieioa, aein.; wuaaas K. Loth. New Haven, Conn. ; Ueorge D. Mo Hugh. New Haven, Conn.; Sergeant Walter J. Reynolds, New Haven. Conn.; Mechanicians Jofaa V. Cronin. Portland. Conn.; Peter Y, Plant. tjamcy. Masa.; Bagsar Herbert R. Newton, Hart ford. Conn.; mvaies voesos- u. .rmTsti. ueama Orovo, N. J.: Edward Clark. ColUneniie. Conn. ; Harry L Cook. East Mamptam. conn. ; Looaara Colbnrn, New Havea. Cosa.; Lory U. Coach. New MUford, Conn.; John M. Jennings. Bells plalne. Iowa; Raymond I. Kanoff, New Havea. Conn.; Jofaa Kjmdsoa. New JJavaa. Conn. Tin. eenao Labriola, Bristol. Conn.; Joseph p. Leery, Middleton. Conn.; William P. Lomaeox. Middle ton, Conn.; John A. Minor, New Haven. Conn.; Michael M. One. Peqvabuck. Conn ; Ernest D. vionuia. Bristol. Coon. : Edward W. Prnniev. New , Haven. Conn. ; Jeff It. Wuinn. Oleaons.. Ant.; John Bacns, r Haven, coon. ; Daniel E. Sam. West Warebam. Mass.; Joha games. Ro ..I Baseis: Boleslaw U. Sefeik. New London. Conn. ; Warren K- Thompeon. PorUaad. Conn. ; kUM.at. loons, twim, atass. ' Ottawa. Ont. May IS. TJ. Vl The fol. kming Amerieans aro mentioned tn today s Can- ensnaur list; . . W. Oenaia, 'fotland. Or. A3. sV. rrtoaia, Pvrtland. Or, - ; "" - -'fi PRESIDENT ASKS 111 DEFEATED Support for Chamberlain Resolu tion Would Be Regarded as Direct Vote of Lack of Con fidence, Wilson Tells Senate. Letter to Senator Martin, Ma jority Leader, Regarded as Challenge; Brandegee Turns Down Request From Borgfum. w WASHINGTON, May 15. (U. P.) Presi dent Wilson today called upon former Justice Charles E. Hughes to act as a co-investigator in the in vestigation of Gutzon Borg lum's charges against the aircraft production board. Mr. Hughes accepted the call. W ASH1NGTON, May 15. Pres ident Wilson today notified congress he would regard passage of the Chamberlain resolution em powering the senate military af fairs committee to Investigate every phase of the war depart ment as a "direct vote of, lack of confidence" in him and an at tempt to take the conduct of the war out of his hands. ' . rrjwexeenrjva functions" lira :Sftned by the constitution, th president wrote, and the country knows where "the re sponsibility Ilea and - the responsible (Concluded on Pag Fourteen. Cotama Tout) HURTLE TO DEATH Aviator and Observer Dart Into Cloud, Then Drop 2000 Feet to Earth. By Fraak 1. Taylor With the American Army In Lorraine. May 14. (U. P.) NI;ht) I saw two American aviators die in a quick and terrible tragedy northwest of Toul this afternoon. Their plane became unoon trollable and crashed to earth. The cause Is not known. First. I noticed three American ob servation planes skirting; under some low clouds over our lines at an altitude of probably 1000 feet. Suddenly the three darted Into a cloud. Then I observed one of the machines plunging; straight downward, with the motor coinr at full power. I expected It momentarily to flatten out but the plane kept plunging, the motor roaring louder and louder. The plane atruck with an echoing crash In a field about 200 yards from a ! village Just behind the American lines, j An ambulance patrol went out and. returning, reported that the nose of the plane had torn a huge hole la the earth. the engine completely crushing the pilot and observer. The plane was battered to blta. Quietly and bravely, a detail party went out In full view of the German artillery to perform the solemn duty of gathering up the bodies for burial. The other two American planes, now free from the clouds, circled above like hawks, while their occupants peered over-side to find out the fate of their patrol mate. For several minutes they maneuvered thus, then returned to their duty of watching the German tines as though nothing bad happened other than the every day Irony of war. Cr6w Member Tells Of Plan for Eaid Staaater Agassis OatfUled ky Gerraaat. to Tray ea raelfta Cent m err is State scat ef Helals, Arrested a TetieL Los Angeles. May II (U. P. Wheth er the steamer Alexander A canals, seised by a naval vessel In Mexican waters, waa Intended for raiding allied commerce by Ha owner and captain. Maud Lochrane, will be decided May 24 by Federal Judge Bledsoe. Miss Lochrane brought suit bare to set aside a prla court proceedings con fiscating the vessel aa a raider. , That the crew of th Teasel took an oath of arjeglanca to Germany before the German consul at Maaatlan. that the vessel was commissioned as a Gr man commerce raider, and that the crew planned when they got to sea to replace) Mlas Loch ran, as commander by a German officer to be picked tip later with machine guns and rifle, were statements made by C A. Hetnts. an American citizen, who was a member of the arrested crew, la a deposition read during the present proceedings. AMERICAN FLYERS Great Masses Of Austrians Concentrating Along Border Airplanes Fighting Desperately to Keep Italian Aviators From Front.' Rome. May IB. U. P.) Oreat masses of Austrians are concentrating along the Alpine lines and the Frultl plains. It waa announced here today. Austrian aircraft are fighting desper stely to prevent Italian airmen from discovering their troop movements. "Lively srtlllery fighting on the mountalnoua fronts." was reported by the Italian war office today. "We dispersed an enemy detachmant approaching Mont Coma." the state ment said. Italian. Sink Knrmy Tranport Rome. Msy 15. (I. N. S.) Italian da atroyers Sunday night sank an enemy transport In the Adriatic sea near the entrance to the Durasso. according to an official announcement by the ad' mlralty. The transport was convoyed by da stroyers but the Italian warships man aged to return undamaged. The enemy destroyers were hit. Searchlights from the land played upon the Italian destroyera and made them plain targets, but the Austrian gunners failed to score a hit. Italians Bombard Submarine Bate Rome. Mar IS. (U. P.) A squadron of Italian sea planes and airplanes suc cessfully bombed the Austrian sub marine base of Cattaro. on the eastern shores of the Adriatic. Monday, it was officially announced today. Austrian Admit Lo Vienna, via London. May 15. U. P.) "Italian forces captured an outpost In the region of Mont Coma." the Austnsn war office announced today. ICT KEEPS FROM SIGHT Warden Murphy and State Police Forces Get, No Clue oL Fogitiver Salem. Or.. May IS. In what ta thought to be a Ufa or death game of bide and seek. Jeff Baldwin, eacaped convict, continues to elude Warden Murphy and his prison guards and Major Dlech and bta men of the state police. Whether Baldwin la still lying low. concealed in some thicket near Salem or haa slipped through the tines thrown out by the man hunters snd Is now working bis way out of the state, is unknown. Both at th penitentiary and from Major Dlech come reports that no promising clues have turned up In the last 4S hours. Last night a I iembr of the state police, who waa keeping vigil along the Balem waterfront, had an ex citing time when he aaw an object out In the river which he took to be a canoe. He thought he heard a splash of oars and called out "halt-" Getting no response be opened fire with his rifle. Investigation revealed that the object was a floating log. A report waa received this morning that a house at Woodburn had been burglarized Monday night, when cloth- i Ing and food were taken. Prison guards were sent to investigate, but as a i-at similar to one given to a prisoner re cently discharged from the county Jail waa found on the premises, officers are Inclined to believe that Baldwin did not commit the burglary. A heavy downpour of rain yester day afternoon and last night made this game of hide and seek unpleas ant for the pursuers and no doubt more unpleasant for the pursued. Murphy and Keller Head Poe Oregon City. May IS. Headed by" Charles A. Murphy, state penitentiary warden, a poaae of guards under the leadership of Joe Keller, state parole officer, spent most of Tuesday night In Oregon City In search of Jeff Baldwin. The poaae received information Tuesday night that Baldwin had been seen In the vicinity of Sllvertou, still wearing his light suit. y Baldwin, previous to being sent up for bis first offense In 115. served a term In the Montana state penitentiary. He Is a man about SO yearn of aga. In the party besides Warden Murphy and Officer Keller, are Guards Da via, B rouse, L. R- Morlock and Bollooon. Bloodhound With Pos Woodburn. May IS- Sheriff Need bam. with a poaae and a bloodhound, waa here thla morning from Balem. looking for Jeff Baldwin. While here he beard of a breakfast being stolen from a residence Tuesday morning and eaten In a basement of a vacant build ing. Rejected Men Are to Serve in Home Army Washington. May IS. (U. P.) Sec retary of War Baker thla afternoon announced tils approval of a plan for placing men with slight phystcal de fects, now rejected. Into recruit battal ions and using them for military duties other than overseas. Battle Imminent On Finland Border ONV BALDWIN London, May It, fl. X. 8 The Rust so-Ftnnish border Is blocked with troops and a battle la Imminent. There are concentrations of both the while guard ( w-o-Grman forces) and the red guard (Bolshevik .troopsl' oa the border., . : FBH I PIGARDV GDI WOOD AT HAILLFS German Counter Assaults Are Repulsed, Paris Reportsj Big Guns Booming in Flanders) Bombardment More Intense. British Keep Up Successful Raids and All Attempts of Enemy to Make Headway Are Frustrated, Gen. Haig Says. PARIS. May 15. (I. N. &) French troops have captured the wood Just south of Hallles, on the PIcardy btttlefront, the French war office announced to dy. German counter attacks were repulsed. There was violent artillery fir ing during the night In the re gion of Montdldier. Hallles Is about eight mile southeast of Amiens. American troops are holding part of the front south of Montdidier. where artillery activity was reported. London. May 1. L N. 8.) Con tinued heavy artillery activity was re- ' ported la Field Marshal Halg com munique to the war office today. Dur ing the night, be reported, the artillery , fire was heavy in the valleys of the Som me and the Ancre and around Beth ' una. Thla morning the firing became heavy at Morlaneoart and " around afammei. s.e-,n tJS-"; -- -' ' - "f The Carman a attempted to raid the , Brttiab Ham during the night north of , Lena, but were repulsed. Halt's troops carried out another successful raid ' northeast of Robeco. The text of the official statement follows: "A raid attempted by the enemy la the night time north of Lens waa re pulsed. We carried out ntmthvr rtircsas ' f ul raid northeast of Robeoq. "Hootile artillery was active In the night Urn tn the valleys of the Sornraa and the Ancre and north of Bethuna. In the forest Da Nlepp sector. This ' morning the enemy's artillery activity ' Increased southwest of Mortancourt and north of KemmeL London. May IS. U. P.) The beavt (Coor laded on Pass roarteea. Cola rival M HEAVY LOSS Fire in Boiler Room Destroys British Columbia's Largest Shipbuilding Plant. Vancouver. B. C. May It. fU. P.r , Coughland's shipyard, the largest ship building Industry In British Columbia, waa devastated by frre starting at J : this morning. The loas will run from a million and a half to two million . dollars. One fireman, Ihinran Camer on, waa Instantly killed by a falling ' wall. Two eight-thousand ton steel steam era were on the way a The War Charger. . nearly completed, waa not seriously damaged. The War Chariot, on which work worth three quarters of a million had ben dona. wUI be almost a total Iowa. The fire burned away the founda tiona and ahe fell Into the mudflats where biasing cranes and gantries snd other heavy tlmbara fell on top of her and completed the ruin. BoOerehopa which contained machinery for the steamer Alaska and all of the outfit tlnga of the moulding department of the place were destroyed. The fire was under control ' st t o'clock. The blase started In the boiler room and waa almost out when aa acetylene tank, exploded and -the flames spread rapidly. JOURNAL WANT ! ADS Contain Live News Stories Read These: 'JtiTcIfnTtirufiriTg' te: BieefrwMaa walks, aver Anuria ear awe tins ST vws want horsaMs. Asema. SOS Stock g-arnaaee aids. Hardball 4 ST S SEaTssTT caoo wit evnune awsens arwasj L toe-as as Co. ae ssaWn ea lasL LSsoral reward tf iwtwrawd to Lasvas A lav far aserhsn. or AsC a 1, Tae aheena. BreseU wey ISIS. In the case of the first ad aa on port an It y la offered someone to gat a ale little home on a plan that moot anyone can afford. The aoeond ad talla of a teem wljlch eomsona haa suffered and of their willingness to pay a reward for the return of the property. - Those are only two Instances of the live nawsy items which are con stantly appearing la Journal Want - Ada aad which make the reading of , Journal Want Ada both Inter sUug and profitable. SHIPYARD BURNS i i -