Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1918)
' ;V:V..-! TT1R OniXJOS SfATEJttlA.Vt TUCSDAY, APRIL 2. 1I8 DRAFTED MEN TO CAMP LEWIS Veterans and Citizens! Turn Oat to Cheer and Bid Them Farewell Another ware of patriotic enthn iam was evident yesterday morning as the little group of twelve draftod men enrolled In this city look their departure for American lake. At on early hour the oy were escorted from the court honse to the depot by a group of G. A R. members Span ishWar veterans and members of the Balem Home guard. Arriving there, they found a crowd of citizens gathered o rive thra a cheery fare well. Brief addresses were . made by Mayor Keyes, . Judge George II. Uurnett, Franli Ifivey and Com mander Hudelson. all of them aj pealing to the finer natures of the boys and strfving to' Inspire; them s, with deepelr courage. To all appear ances the future soldiers left in the best of spirits and were ready to tackle anything the.. war might . present.- -j 1 '- In this connection mightbe cited the ease of Charles n. Wetherlll of Turner, who, according to 'the draft provisions Was placed lnCasa 2. This mean that be might heyer bo called to service at all. Having given up his work In connection with a "necessary industry he voluntarily came to the local office and request ed to be placed in Class I so that be would stand a bettr chanc of get ting Into the service. ' ' ir The group who left yesterday morning included the following: W. W. Miller, Turner; Herbert Kennell, Marlon; John K. Frob madev Salem; Alvln II.. Madsen, Sii vertofl; deorge Roedlghelmer, Stay ton; Andrew A. Munson, fialem; Roy R. "Weatherriir, Turner; William II. Myers, Mill City; Norman B. Pur brick; Salem; Paul P. NIeck, Mac leay; Cornelius E. Rnblefand Nicho las Lnlay. Inducted 'from Spangler. Pa.; William Auld, inducted from Kallspel, Mont. 1 j - Second of Lecture Series is Given by Dr. DeBusk The second of the series of lectures under the civilian relief- department of Willamette chapter. Red Cross, was given yesterday by Dr. B. A. DeBusk of the University of Oregon. Dr. DeBusk is an expert on child welfare and has address yesterday was along that line, ,f- An address was given In the after noon to the workers In home service under the direction, ef Willamette chapter and) later in the afternoon Dr. DeBusk gave an address before some of the teachers Of the city. Drying kilris Are Burned on George Rose Hop Ranch (Ceorge Rose lost three of the big drying kilns on his hop yards near Independence Saturday niaht, the loss aggregating about $2000, cover ed partially by insurance. Assistance In fighting the fire eon Id - not be brought until it was too late to save the buildings. The ranse of the fire Is not known, the buildings not hav ing been in use durlngj.the winter. BIG PARADE IS PLANNED (Continued from page 1 4 Jn all departments of civic and priv aie ure are aepenaed oa to discern .quickly their reasonable carta and to act without, awaiting apecim in structions. There will be many In etructlons and they will be carried out, but all thworkt otCthe moet active committee cannot take - the place of -wide personal Initiative and co-operation. - u , , Llcny Are Pleased by Zoellner String Qaarte i A largo and Interested audience listened to an exquisite musical last night when the Zoellner'.tring,quar- et appearea ni me armory in the fin at number of the ' Salem Lvceum course. The annual rwlitals of this quartet In Nw York and, Boston are looked forward too, as events of the itkjhici season ana tneir music Jn Baiem last night was up to the press ounces. . I . mm. . - ! me musician compose a family Wi retrcning spontaneity they vumuino io proauce a flawless en neniDie. juiss Antoinette Zoellner piayea tne first violin and other in struments were played by th father, Joseph Zoellner. Sr.. AmanVfua 7ai. Iner, second violin, Viola land Joseph ouner, jr., cello. Each member is a thorough artist on his or her In strument and together they rlae ko a hfffh srfUtle IavI . ' " . . w T - - - v - , j r. y AMERICANS IN JWAR f Co'ittlnued from page 1) prime minister and President Wilson of dllberatlons between i Secretary Baker, who visited London few oays ago, and the nrlm mlninter Mr. Balfour and Iord Derby, and tnuuiioDs i rn i:rance in which General Tershing and General Bliss Pftlclpated, r Important 1 decisions have len reached by which lare iorces or trained men In the Ameri can army can be brought to the a- siHtance of the allies In tho present "Thrqoghou these discussions I'resident Wilson has shown rreat est anxiety to do everythlna possible ,if assist me allies and has left nollfc. tr, undone which could contribute mereio. v - i-r , Declslort Derlaml Vital. 'I "This decision, howover, of vital importance as It will be to the main tenance if the allied strength In th next few months, will . In ; no way (diminish the need for those further measures for raising fresh troops at home, to which reference already hue been made. . It Is announced at race. ticaujj the prime miJilste' Xccls fbat tb slnaletHifts of purpose with r which the l.'nlted tat? have made th'S' Imrui-Viiate and Indeed, indfspen MMe contribution tow aid the tri umph of the allied cau.s should be Clearly recognized by the J'ritinh peo ple." v; ' .. f-. Auburn Red Cross Auxiliary Is Shouting Great A'ctwiiy The Auburn Red Cross auxiliary was organized in Jannarjvwith the following officers in charge: Pres ident. Miss Mabel AVillKriis; treas nrer, Mrs. A. W. I'ebl?; secretary. Call Williams; chairman ways and wean committee, A. W. P-ebles. Material committee. J. O. T nrr;ll end Mrs. Jennie Whitcher; chair man membership committee, A. J.. Mathis. The women "held lhefr first sewing clrrle January 17, and have met to sew one afternoon each week. Thev have , made and turned in to Willamette chapter 12 articles, a3?Bpa;e elcwherc lit I 4 1 tU IV 4 " RfJ , .Jjf M v - , dominal bandagei.' Imports for February, the fctafe tahdages, five V ban-i mout ; said, increased J8.00o.000, follows: 93 al 103 fotir-tialed Da danges, twenty triangular hand ages. 2.28 handkerchiefs, forty-three op crating leggings, fourteen pairs of drawers, eight pairs knitted socks eight strings of gun wipers, and hm'e almost as many articles waltinT r.nt tape, also, bed and bandaee smk cut. The women of thfl Kat Knd sewing circle have the following of ficers: Cutting. Mrs. A. Hammer and Mrs, D. A. Breee; pressing and folding. Mrs. Wniliam Trov; return ing finished articles to Willamette chapter, Mrs. A. M. IfwIs; secre tary. Mrs. W. Bray. The West End circle officers are: Cuttinsr. Mrs. J. Sutter apd Mrs. A. J. Mathis; pressing and folding, M1M Myrtl Mathis; secretary, Mrs. U Mathis. The work has been very neatly and accurately done, fh business meeting of the auxiliary is held at the school house each month. Vry good speakers have been secured, also good musir. Nearly seventy members have been secured. A Red Cross benefit is being planned for April 13. An excellent program and lee cream and cake, sandwiches and coffee ate among the plans. Liveslev People Patrons Of Recent Country Fair TJVESI.EY. Or.. Ma:ch 25. A number of Liveslev; people attended the country fair Friday ana atur dav. , i Mrs. Hattie Sharp and family heve gone to Colorado for the year, Mrs. G. iL. Bowman, who has bean ill for over two weeks. Is slightly better. ' -' ! 1 : Mr. and Mrs. George lligglns were In Salem Friday. Mrs. John Blankenship spent S.t urday and S'upday with relatives In Polk county. , j ' f Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Thomas were in Portland a few days last, wetk Mr and Mrs. C. Yager , nave, lft for California, wbere they will sppd several months. , - George Bressler Is rerorted to be improving In health after his severe Illness of last week. Enos Beltincourt drove from Fa lera In his new car Sundr y and spnt the day with his parents. Little Mabel Warrell 4 spending the week with Rev. od . Mrs. A. Hawthorne. " ' Home Guard To Organlxe. DALLAS, dr., March rO. (Special to.The statesman. )-r-Tne I'oik coun ty Home guards "will meet in the armory next Wednesday night and complete the organization of that ody.S Sheriff John W. Orr who has charge pf the plan requests all those who desire to join that branch of the states service to be. at the arm ory at 8:00 o'clock- He has receivc work to recruit the company to nine ty men. . : 40 Per Cent of Seattle's Street Lights Turned Off SEATTLE. April 1. -Seattle, as serted to be one of the best lighted cities in the United States, tonight had Its streets illuminated on the war basis when Mayor Hansen or dered that 40 ier cent of the streets Ujjhts tjtiirnod off. Workmen wero busy tonight disconnecting cluster lights except at? street intersections. tjjis step, it is announced, was taken at the suggestion of the fuel administration. . White th bulk. -of the municipal light and power plant's current is' generated hy wa ter power, two steam plants, burning crime on, supply the service. - An annual saving of 130,000 worth of crudo-Dil U expected. MARION MAN BREAKS LEG , . . - ; . :-- SmgleTree Breaks and Strikes Bob Stewart With , Serious Injury . MARION, March 20. Bob Stewart had the misfortune to break his lee. while hauling poles on the farm of Ilengs. A single-tree br.oke. flew back and struck him on the ankle, breaking one bone. He did not know that Dr. Van Winkle had left Jefferson, and Went there to have the fracture reduced. Then he had to call; Dr.. Massey from Turner. By the time'he arrived the leg was so badly swollen that the Doctor had to take him to Turner to use the X-ray on it. r: John Miller, was' called to Salem Wednesday morning-by telephone. The t message said hi 'mother was dying. Mr. tinier went down on the 9 o'clock 'train.-' But his toother had died before; he arrived. V The Marion Boy I Scouts p!ayed baseball against the Turner scouts last Saturday. They splayed-, eleven innings to break ihe'tle. Marion won by two scores. " Mac Bobbins has Installed a tele phone in his'bome. ? 1 1 Palmer Bros.-are tulldlng a new hog-iousc. , v.: U. S. TRADE WITH ASIA IS GROWING Tremendous Increase' Most Notable Feature for Com t mercial Year WASHINGTON. April lA tre mendous Increase In AnieiiraV trade with Asia Is the met notable feature of the commercial jear, actoriiinK to an announcenietit today by the feder al department of commerce. Japanese tortnare virtually has been free from the large tli-.iiiAndn made on shipniug flying other allien fiagrf. in the Atlantic and transpor tation facilities in tho Pacific have remained almost normal while war ntedi were cu Hailing the available whileexpoi-ts declined 156.000.000 compared with February of la.t year, the totals being 1207.715.540 for im ports, and 1411. 7Sfj. 343 for exports. Fpt the. first eight months of the fiscal year irnpoitn amounted to l, 84 1,316,030, an; increase of $3D4, Ofxt.OOO over last year. The exports weire , 13.863,34 8,227, which fwas S2Ii.QOO.000" lew than last yean. Consequently, thio trade balanci of $2.0-2'2.0S2.137 is le than fJOOi 000,,000 than in; 1D17. 1 1 KANSAS CITY HAS BREAD SHORTAGE - - - . , - . , v (. Appeal Sent to Hoover When Workers in Bakeries Join Big Strike KANSAS CITY, Mol April l. K'ansas City tortlght isfacine what may pro re to be serfoii.4 shortage 3t pread, a the result of the genaral rtrlke called lasV week In sympathy with, tbo walkout or the laundry workers. -Wteni worliers in local bakeries . today joined ithe general strike an apepal was niade to Her bert C. Hoover, Tederal ood admin Istratnr. to use his authority to c-ill the'strikcrs.back to work. In a tel-f-gram' tonight to State Ftood Admin ltraforMumford. Mr. Hoover assert ed li? was, powerless to interfere. Apparently no other way is Itft opert for a settlement of the indus trial and business tie-up except In threshinghe rnatter out in mediation conferences which so far have. reach ed no tangible point. Meanwhile the general strike ap pears to be wearing out fn spot. Street enrs are runnlns on' most of the lines and some of thv lanndrei gain resifined operation's. Tror& r;till-patrol the streets, hut no dis orders have been .reported. EXTEUS 'r.t73inEUBX HIXES.S. DALLAS, Or,, March SO -(Special A. Mnf. tot Ttto? Stafesman.)--V thiews, who for the past - two years has been bookkeeper at the office of the Willamette Valley Lumber com pany in this cit has resigned from that position and-on April 1 in com pany with It. E. Ilanna pt Portland ,wlll enga'se In the sawmill business at Yamhill, in Yamhill county. The Hew company Will fie, known as the Hanna-Matthews Lumber company, InC. . - i Two Women Indicted on Espionage, Charge NKW YOUK, April l.--SaHndra Nath Ohose, a Hindu, and Asn Smedley, a young woman from Call- forn!a." wJjo , recently were arrested fiere.;weo indlc today by a fed- eral grand jtiVy. on charge of belnic concerned -in a, conspiracy to violate ine spioBane tux nnu or act i nig as agents in this country for the Indian Nationalist party, a body of allege'! Insurgent -opposed to government by (rent liritaln ? With th 'couple were ; Indicted Pnlln II. iltose, Tarak Nath Das; Jadu Oopil MokerJe cn.d Hhal Hhagwan Kingh, all liinJiirf. Boy Held Charged With v Embezzlement of $86,000 PAN FRAXCIPCO; fa!., April L'ils Herjli. i years old. Was aryest ee' 4; ere tH'sy on a charge of emliei!-lu-gr..0 from the Adams K. pvss fonipuny In PHt?brtr?r. 'V:t . whr,e !. van employed by th" ex-ne-s cojrij any i(n i bnfidentlal en P'lity. Teck sdifftfed Ms Identity ai.d orftre.l the theft, accordin ; to tht. foil", r IWk f'dlspppeore'd from Pittsburs with th rrtoney -last KeJrinr.v. th police here sriid. AotiWnp to the- rtte;iet ih r-olif-e sail he cave' hir:. plj the stolen tnone.v excent S:tflA t h'ifin tmm lilm . I Wkets in. a Chicg'g' passenger U- uon. i, . - - Prices of Better Cuts of Meat on Increase f lflrAOO. April T.-iPrices of th lifrr cnts of tueat Wfre increasd bv.abur-"wc and-on half cents al over th; country .today, It was inn- norn'-i -ry rf-pseniautesi or pacK- Inj' conrfi-nSi The increase was dn to I he U;hlness of cattle rrcelbtsi it was 'said and Is customary' nt thi s time of, the yar. "Abolishing of wp-tless days had nothing to do wish the increase, it was said. r Income Tax Returns :" ' May Be Made Today 17.' W'ASHINtjfON, April llr - Air though iprfons who fail ; to" have helr income tax ' returns) in the hands oL- reyenu rollei-tors by riild- niKnt tofjjght, ere snh.ieet. to Pen alties, some leniency will be shown for returns which arrive tomorrow and for whose tardiness Home good reason i presented; it was Intimated today at. offices of the revenue com !iji.xloner here. Some colieciors. It was said, are expected to aceetp til returns ar riving jn tomorrow's mails without question. Technically, however," the responsibility, for having . the returns irr collectors' offrT, by midnight is on the taxpayers, nd th evcuse of belated mall service will be accepted only as a means of simplifying col let tors' work. ' ( . j , ' AIL revc-nut offices wero Instruct-; ed tb rciiiaia op-n until midnight to recolv .return"..- These 'were due ender tlm law on Marrh 1. but In ternal iteevnue XVmnnissioiier Koper ext-.nded th time for a month. Serious Shortage of Farm Labor Is Denied SVASIHXGTCIX, April 1, A. L; liarknan, chief of Hip tarnf rrV division hi the departhjrnt of lalKir,' announced todav on ret nrnfng .frtun a ten-'lay trip tltroush the west th.;t thee in no foundattan for repo-ts of erous ahcruge in farm lab-ir there . "1 hf-r-- is a good steady demand for f.irn; labor."-Mr. Uarkman said, "!t:l pteytnt call are bein;: mjrt g'i erallv." ) ' f OkSaho.na farmers, he paid, ar having r-'oreV anplicitions .for far-r. work th:n can be filled. ' ' Pope Benedict Protests German Shelling of Peajls OTTAWA. April 1.- "Pop Hene dlt has lolged a protest with l!er- Jln against the bombardment of PaHs .and especially against the de struction of churches and the whole sale 'Massaere of ipeonie." sava i Iteuter dlstiatch received here from London tonight. American Soldiers Cased Reach Red Cross Hospital April 1 A number of American isoldlers who. had suffered from the effects of gas at the front have arrived at the American ,Ked uros in unary nospltal No. 2 In Paris'. Most of the men will recover. SENATE PASSES WAR LEGISLATION Men Physically Unfit for Irerrches may Be Called - for Office Work WASIIINGTON,April 1. Import ant war legislation was passed to day, by the senate,; including various amendments to the national dgfense aci ana separate bills authorizing the condemnation or lease of land need ed for tvar puiposes and empowering me president to commandoer and operate street and tnterurban rail roads to shipyards engaged on gov ernment work. '. i The defense act amnndmnnli ?!.- thorizo the secretary of war to pre scribe zones in navigable waters en dangered by artillery practice, trans portation of explosives or other war activities; empower the president to call for war department clerical duty men of draft age physically unfit for military service,-and THovlde for the enlistment of men outside of the draft ago for ci-vjl duty. One pro vision specifically continues the ex tra pay allowance of fifty per cent for army aviators, which the war de partment proposed to almlish. Another biill passed authorizes a uiar anny ahd national euir,iKm:n' ,d -offlVeVKo rdoSiuty S the Mexican Lrde ' service medal and ribbon for all reg the Mexican bordtr. Greek Seattle's First to Be Held for Income Tax SKATTLi:. April 1. Alex paall... a tiieek poolromu proprietor, was the first person arrested in .Seattle today by federal authorities for fail- uro to pay I ho 1j17 inconie fnx. Paalls is said to. owe the govern ment an Income 'vy of $17 on the profits of bis poolroom..' Attempt to Destroy Big nanway Property toiled "MISKO'ULA," Mont., April 1--An apparent -'plan to destroy the-dlhftl-bution system of the Hitter Koot Val ley Irrigation.' company, mi pen 'which a great portion o tho Hitter Uoot valley depends for water durlnz the Vfowing.season, was foilerl today by uiscovery ar Kerosfne and kindlibg under a big flume m yr Hamilton. Sales of Saving Stamps !jnMarcn$54fiQ0fi00 WASHINGTON, April 1. Halea of war savings rand 'thrift stamps lu Match were I54.o0o.oo0 and brought the, total receipts from that source In. thv. fonr'' months since the war savings rampaign '.started - to $12, 0,00o Officials estimated, bow ever, that actual sales, some of whir-h liavu' nor bten repHted had, bn f iv'i,'HMj,iiiMi,' yvar fyivingn workers are planning on liiaklns special efforts during the itb rty loan campaign, jHpich rpens t";Turdayr to sell uroro fJKfannw. Three Americans Are in Canadian Casualty List -- PTTAW.V; April 1.- The Canadian casualty list issued toniaht includes the following nanwrs or Americans: i 1 m. woniuieti i:. F. Chuck, San Hi- ego, Ol. - - Prisoner repatriated --C. J. Dell: Morebead, Minn. . ...,' . . i ., .. :. lasj?ed K. P.. K itninc inn. T?r.ft Lake Falls. Minn. ; Burial in r - amsi i i ausw m p n iss ,,mi.v(, t '4i f ... , - -m. w,- o. p - .!mr. .n T..1 -i ,,-! fa , 7 ML 1 1 j w, f -,-), .in,, i ff- - n- -w i i si.si j.iTll , ' ' H !? ' ' ' S '"" - - -- 1 " ' - ..; x". ,-, . . - The lat-t honors were paid lo "the three American soldiers who were the first to lay down their lives In defenw t.f their country" 'against the (nnmi3 at their funeral" in a small town In France. .They were ('oiponil J .-lines .U. (Irohaiii of Kv.i ti'svite, Ind.. and Privates Thomas I', Kn right of Pittsburgh, Merrill I. Hay' of midden, la. The scene' ghous the g'iiird of hfjnor at present arms, while, the bugler at the left Mows t:ip:i over the open grave, : i ARGENTINE IS -AT HIGH PITCH Artisan ' Feeling Shown in 1917 Not Surpassed by Previous Years HUKNOS AlItEH. March 10. Correspondence of The Associated Press.) Seldom has 'partisan feel ing run so high or been manlfest-d with such uncompromising bitternesi In Argentina as in the. vear 1917 Tho triumph of the Radical at the freest (-Kctions ever held in this Country Put that party Into power in1flfi for the first time after a militant campaign of nearly thirty ears. The political. opposition to the Iri- f-ojen government has been support ed by the leading orpins of the mer- iopoman press, while the on offl nai Kovernment newspaper has rc- penea wim great vehemence Mbat It considers rnaillcJous attacks against the party. In congress, the Radicals, oc rul ing, party, have, been and btill are in the minority, members of the other political parties sinking their own differences and findine a point of contact and a bond of nnlni in opposition. Kven the Socialist have joined hands with the Conserv atives on more than one occasion, The Socialists see in the democratic tendency of the government a lan gcr to their self-constituted mission friend of the .workiogman and protector of the poor and 'so hae kept up an implacable hostility. The leaders of the Radicals long efore the advent of the party to of fice, madend -secret 'of their aspira tion to "intervene" In- the govern ment of the Province of. Ituenos Aires, so no one was surprised when the president sent his personal rep resentative to take over the govern ment of the province from th gover nor who had been elected y the pe -'de of the province. Since that tlm. the national" government has inter vened and tsken over the statt; gov ernment of five other irrovinces. Cor- jienteB, Tnciiman. MCnloza. Jaluy and Cordoba, no that fix of the fonr tten . provinces of th' repiihlle are now lelg. governed by personal rep resentatives of the president. - The fact that most- of thxe inter ventions, including that of p.-ien-H Aires, . were decreel during parlia mentary recesses hns biven rl-'e f. th charge against the p-esident of political sharp practice. If being af firmed that he has' violated the spirit of the constitution through rese"t, ingots letter. The constitution ur--vides thht congress shall sanction such Interventions In the state gov ernments except when It become necessary to Intervene during a con gressi.onnj rece, The government has been pmba'r rassed by the financial condition of' the country, the -administration lin ing called upon every two Or thrc.T months to rnajfe epe'nditnres to pny the InO rest on debts left by the lat flumiQistraiion. several mcnvirn,i Jave-,!,een' taken in the lant few months for stabilizing' the financial condition of the republic and on'-e this question has-been settled. It; Is . 4l.r. imi i imiunii ii iK'ju-n wm , a auie to meet -the oilier problems i Nvhk-h are fariifg him. MEN COMMENCE WORK QUICKLY New Quartermaster Yare house Construction Starts After Order Signed GHK'AGn, MarcK 2e.-Vilhin fif - i teen hour. after General Goi-thnl - , ...... , aeiing quartermaster-general, hud signed an order .authorising the. erec tion of a new $3.do,ooo warehouse Here, o'm men and several uteam shovela were at ork,on the -foundations. . '. With the completion of tho rtruo ture f'hicago will -Income, i Is de. dared, the largest warehouse renter In the Pnltcd State and probablv-In the -world... The Use to this position has been one of the phenomenal fea tures of America's war program. The France of First Americans Killed in War mushroom-like growth of tbfu.di vision has taken place since Aprifc 1S17, when the warehouse space here was less than 40,000 sciuare. foetj tth tue completion or builaings now In course of construction, the de partment will have storage space in the Chicago district totalling 3,200,- 000 square feet. . . Chicago, according to' Colonelt: D. Knlskern, In. charge of the Cen tral Quartermaster's Depot, Is be- .inglmade the storage center-of the army, because It is manifestly, the most logical point. Three units will comprise the- lat est warehouse, only two units of which will be erected at once.- The ultimate capacity Will be 27,000.000 cubic feet. Each . unit will have a frontage of G00 feet and a depth of 500-feet. . .. ! . t. The warehouse, which it located In the Central Manufacturing district, will be built of re-enforced concrete and will be one of the largest in Ihe world. I Like others previously erected for the array it will be one story high, with 10-foot platforms on each side served by five railroad tracks. . The floors ,wHl .be at ear door level, this being accomplished by the depression of the tracks'. " ;.. The history of the quartermaster department's grqwtli.in Chicago Hads like the act-ount. of a remarkable commercial achievement.. Shortly a' - ter war waa kleclared an abandoned race track was. taken over and 4;ts acres were soon filed with motor trucks,', army wagons and similar heavy equipment. Thirty days later. 800.000 square feet of floor spaee were added through the utilizing of buildings already constructed, and af the same time the, erection of special warehouses was' begun," . The tofal cost of the Chicago ware house space Mil approximate $4. r 500,000. HUNS HANDLE BRITISH PAPER Messenger Gets Help of .Ger mans Who Don't Know of Contents LONfX) March 9,Two German officers reccnTJy handled more than a dozen cases ol confidential lirit'lsh dlspatcheg, tint they do not know t.. The storv Is one of lh manv sd venturoiiK Incidents which befall that peW-ct body of ItritlKh, public servants who wejrr a silver greyhound in their butsonbol and are known as king'. messengers. Many people Imagine that any one who carries dispatches for the Itritlsh government Is a king's messenger. That is not cor rect; thr are onlv five men who bold commissions In that service: the others are jnerely admiralty couriers or war office couriers, and have no right to the higher title. The particular messenger who outwitted the two German officers was burdened with seventeen bags of dispatches for a Urfllhh embassy and he had to change trains at night at a; station 'n a neutral emmtrr in heap of baggage was near the sleeping compartment when his iram, orcw near, -nut there was no porter RvallaMe.. He had only put five of the bags into the compart ment when the warning whistle wa sounded that the train was starting. 'The .messenger 'was in a dilemma. He roulil nt t' let' the five bags go without him nor could he leave the other do.n on the platform. At it hat moment he caught sight of twtf German cavalry officers. It w-as a risk o Kpelt to them, but In his best South German dialect and with his f;ee Jn shadow. he requested' their hp. They were e?g-haughty than' the average .German officer,. aud eacn lent a h.-.nd. The last has was bundled aboa:d wJt.h..,he' tr''in a,rad-. n Motlun. ano ine menpenger waven nis manKS. then bx-ked the door and collapsed on the. nearest neat... Prohibition May Not Be . r Ratified in Nebraska LINCOLN, Ntbi. ipril 1. There will b no ratificatibi of the federal prohibition amr-ndinnnt at the' pres ent Fpeclal session of the Nebraska legislature unless the senate at some future date votes to reconsider and , ' v . , defeat a resolution passed late today providing that the business of the .upper house bo limited to the legis lation specified, by Governor Keith Neville in his proclamation calling the legislature together As no mention was made of the prohibition question in tho ..gover nor's call for the session, adoption of the. resolution limiting the senate's (business will prevent the upper house form taxing any action on the joint resolution for the ratification of the amendment which was passed by the bouse earlier in the day.. - ' . ESCAPE FROM PRISONPERILOUS GermanxCamp Left Behind and Dangerous Trip Made to City of Paris PARIS. March 7. A night escape from the German prison camp at Darmstadt being shot at repeatedly as he ran, a. dangerous trip through a . hA.tltA .. . , .. .II 1.. V. - A kbe banks of the Rhine, an Jcrswlm- tor an : hour against strong tide, fi nally reaching the .Swiss shore near! Sc-haffhausen, were some of .the ex periences that Maurice Muller bad) to undergo before he finally arrived! In Paris yesterday and applied, to the American Red Cross for assist- ance. . .'.,.. - , - Emlle Desrochcs, a friend who was -with him when he slipped out of the; prison camp and, dived Into the ' Rhine, began singing the "Marsell-' laise" In defiance, as with powerful strokes he made for Switzerland ank liberty. A German patrol fired la the direction whence the sound ef the singing was coming. Whether strucX by. the German bullets or car-3 rid away by the treacherous tide, DoTOChcs-has not been seen since. . In November 1914. Maurice, who was then fifteen years of age, and his. brother Georges, aged twelve. were bundled into a train that was leaving OBtend for Germany and ' taken to Darmstadt just up the river across from BcbaJTfhausen where they Were put to work at hard labor Is sufficientnouilshmcnt : soon . roads the younger boy physicallynnfit and last October he was in such an emaci ated Condition that It aroused the. piy of even the Germans aad he was sent on to France, . Last evening as Muller est In front of'a substantial meal supplied by the Red Cross, smoking American cigsr-v -ttes y- f rom American - Red Cross stores, he said to his younger broth er who has been in Paris for eomt, time: ' ' ?. "This beats the dog-meat, potatoes and rutabaga tbey used to! serve m at Darmstadt." V ' .' A Rel Cross represent ajive is hop ing to find work for them. . jus wirirs fjilst want 'On a clear, cool evening In the narly spring a man "on, a bors crossed the ridge of a Kentucky niountain, and. seeing a cabin - in the valley, turned his horse in that direction. Tho cabin was- white washed and clean. T he mountaineer; and his family sat on the procb. he--eral children layod in the yard. The . stranger arrived at, the gate and was -Invited in and sat down.. "Stranger." asked tho Mountain-, eer, Var you interested in our oil Up hereTl' " . . .. i-- "Well. po," said the stranger. 'I haven't much faith in- oil. I hear of then people, who suddenly 'strike it j-ic-h. but I never find thc-iu." ' Te old man chckled and said:; 'lam one. Yeslerday I was poor; today I am rich.. I was Just asking tuy family, now that we could have- things, what thcy would rather hav Now John,, here, lie wants a.borwv and Molly j-waiils a hew dress, and Suslo says-she'II take tiooks. VT the way, wife, what Would you rath bave?' v . ' Tho old lady never hesitated a minute. "Well," the said. "I'm prct-, iy tired cutting wood with a dull ax; I'll take a new ai."-l5nbble. ; "Maxie." queried 'the teacher of the Juvenile class, "what is the dif-. ference iwtween clctricily and light-, nlng?'. "Yon don't have to pay nothing; for lllitnlng'y answered Maxie. Chicago 'News. -' .