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EADER VOLUMK 40 WKSTON. OKEGON. Mil PAY, MAKCIf 8. 1918 NUMBER 42 ESTON ! OREGON HEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Prlncloil Eventi of the WieK vr Brieiiy sneicnea ior imgr mitlon of Our Readers. Portlande million dollar poalofflr will ba completed by July 1. plana are under way for the aeventh annual I'olk County fair at Dallas. Tha Oregon Agricultural colloge baa loel aeveral of tta faculty member. Th Oregon Clayworkera aaaw latum will bold Ha fourth annual convention to Portland March 7 and I. Th war prlcea for lumber bav rauecd 1 general revival of lha timber Induatry In tb Mold lllll dlairld. E. O. Lamb, prominent retired ehecp owner of Pataley. waa ahot and killed by hi wife, Hen ha, foltowluc ft quarrel. Th formaUoo of th Bouaw rre ii. .Ho. .i.iHxi near Rand aa a a- aurad when tb settlor laat wk voted il to I In faror of th plan. Production of airplan aprura may drive to steur tb ll&oo which la ak b expedited by a riving machine that rd of the county for the Y. W. C. A. haa luel been Invented by E. 1. Oor- work, but Instead will borrow the man, Ot rortiaiiu. a praciirai ivwvvr- mtn, . Fuel oil ahortag In Oregon will com- re gome of the lar.e Induairlal planta 10 cloaa If relief la not (Ivan eoon. ac cording to ruel Admlntatrator rrd J Holme. A platoon of th 4Md ro conatruc tlon regiment baa arrived at Toledo under command of Lieutenant Tretnpt from Vancouver barrack. Th men will get out tpruc. Arnold Jenert, a frenchman who waa employed In th logging camp of th Oregon Lumber Company, near Ilateavlll, waa killed by being atruck by a logging train. Aa agreement ha been cloaed with A. 3. Wellom. of the United Con- trading company, of Portland, for laying 11.000 yard of w.ur-bound macadam at Hcppnor. C. II. Oram, of Portland, former dputy state labor commloioner, baa filed a declaration of his csndldscy for the republican nomination for the offtc of labor commissioner. Inaurance Commissioner Ilsrvey Walls, In a statement Issued, says the 10 per cent war tax on fire Inaur- anc premiums wl.l not bo charged by Insurance compahlea operating In thla atais Vale chapter, American Red Cross, .1.1-,. k. ..Ik. -hamnlnn knitter of th slat. Mrs. R, F. Farmer, chair- Solder, a Gorman subject, designed ' Oregon delegsUon In congress by Narva. 100 miles southwest of Petro man of tha knitting department, haa to render Ineffective the attack of a 'he Portland chamber of commerce, grad, bas been captured by the Ger oompleted awealer Ic eight hours and submarine on a ahlp. has been ap- Representations uisde to the chsm- mans, and the enemy Is reported to be 41 minutes. Anothsr 100 namw bare been added to tha list of thosa school children who have sold ftO worth or more of thrift stamp, making 700 now all told enrolled In lb Junior RaluUow rogl- ment ef th state. Aeeordln to a survev of the wheat acreage In Raker county compiled by County Agricultural Agent Henry Tweed the county haa 80 per cent more wheat under cultivation in 1918 that It had last year. With barley quoted at $90 a ton, Umatilla county farmera are specu- latlng as to whether It Is not a more satisfactory crop to plant thli spring than wheat At the ruling prloe wheat will bring about 1 8ft a ton. Portland stand first In the north- west In high atandard of milk 'aa a result of the awards msde at the West ern Dairy Products show at North Yakima, Wash., where Portland von 13 out of IB prises offered. . Tht Millionaire gold mine, three miles east of Gold Hill In th Black- well bills, an Old-time producer, which bas been in the care of a watchman ehanaed hands and will be ropened at one, New bulk grain elevators costing In the aggregate hundred! of thousanda of dollar, will ba ready for the hand- Rn o the m wheat c iom.U new elevr. wH have b..n JoZlied5 within Z "JS few w.ek. S Ml ccldent. reported to state v i...,i.i .eetH-nt .nnliaainn for th. week ending February II. two were f.t.i Th. dead man ar. Charlea fatal. The dead men art Charles Brerwlok, of Mllwaukle, and Harry Moore, ot Mist both killed while en- gaged In logging. An ngneerlng report outlining plana for the Irrigation of 19,665 acres of land near Medft rd by the Medtord Irrigation district, ' as been filed with Slate Engineer Lewis. Tha eatlmstod coat of the project la 11,465,(163, or a little over 174 an acre. eua. f 4ti. STaeai Pnntraettne company itteceiafully axplod.dxa hug. Hut f llulhioii lllll link of lh Ci,l.ii M li.nr K;hway near Hood Klvor, mot It, g liiinilimlii ot tons of rock on Ilia huanlt cliff around which th new grade, of Ilia highway winds. Oregon's per raplta Investment In thrift ' u just shout doubl'i that of the cuun- try at large, base! on tlio treasury department's report that ! tn the nation bav uow passed tha $70.000,. ono mark, reprreentltig a per raplta In vestment of TO rents. Balce In Oregon to dato total ovr II, I20,ooo, per capita of tl 40. A maximum price of 25 crnla earh for grain bag for lh 101s harvcat haa been tutitatlvrly fixed hy the United Statue food admlnletrallon. Thli price waa agreed to by Pacific coaat bag dealer at conference held In Washington with tha officiate of th food admliilatratlon. Itskers may continue to use rye flour a auhalllute for wheat flour In Victory bread only until Mi.r -h 31. In making thla anoum cinrnt tlio food admliilatratlon sdvlaed bakcra ualng th re aubatltut to aecure othor aub- alllutea at one, as there would be no furthar extenalon of tlm. L'matllla county will not mak a amount tur tne time uoiiig biki u-i t (a Immediately, planning tj collect th money at om future time by combining thla with aomo other drive, Tb. Oregon Potato !, ...ocla- tlon haa mad petition to the public aortic comtulMion grade and provide uiiliina. Tb aaaociatlon alio aak for compulsory Inapertloa and grading of potatoes, a the assertion la mad that torn of th grower are shipping their product without being graded, gupplle of cheese held by Oregon factories In atorago must b aold by June 15, unless there are cumin Ions which warrant Issuance of a special permit by the federal food adtnlnla- tratlon granting an extension of th time 1917 cheese may be bold, lluiee covering Iheee potnta have just been rwclved by Biato Food Admlnlatrator Ayer. Th winter fishing season ended at noon March 1. and no more ftahlng for salmon In the Columbia river will be permitted until May 1. An effort was made to have the food administration suspend the spring closed period, that people could have fUh to est, and thus cut down the consumption of meat, aa th government requests. Tbe effort hrouxht no result and all f lh u. In tha river Is prohibited. Tha Invmillnn of a Itaker man. R. O proved by O. It. Babcock of th naval advisory bosrd at San Francisco and the drawing and plans have been for- warded by him to the navy department and naval board at Washington. With t few changes which he suggested, M. Rabeock stated that the Invention would nrove ry efficient Uf V V V T VI vt t IWIUUas According to word just received by Superintendent J. M. Johnson, of Klamath Indian agency. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Sells, at Washington, haa notified Senator Chamberlain that timber sales have been authorised on behalf of tha Klamath ifidiana, calling for paymenta which average over 1100,- 000 annually for a period of IS years, These sales will be largely for tribal timber, and the rest will be taken from the lands of Individual aged and de ceased Indiana. Governor Wlthycombe deplores the tendency of Oregon farmera to cut down the, acreage being planted to oropa because of fear that a shortage of labor will exist at the harvest period and in a statement urged that the farmers increase rather than dtmlnlah the orop acreage. To help meet the ahnrtarr nf lahnr th ffavarnor Buff- gesta that city residents who are ac- customed to taking their vacattonsjn the country go Into tha field this year as harveit hands the Sitka spruce .. o Washington and Oregon! 5 X "LI the fore.I Sc. indicates that there i. about 11 billion r... f .hi. ttmher within tha "anruc. belt" of these two statee. This inven- torv waa undertaken under th dlreo- tory waa undertaken undor the dlreo- tlon ot District Forester Cecil for the us ot tha spruce production division of th signal corps, that there might be available positive data as to the amount (and distribution of til the possible, airplane, material. , " For the first time the sute industrial accident commission has awarded money, under the workmen's eompen- aatlon act to a widow in Japan. She la th. ,Mn nf Twablrhll fliiAvnaht. a Japaneit laborer no vai kU;d ta ; OLD SOL TO BE TOTALLY ECLIPSED On June 8th Next a Path of Darkness Will Extend En tirely Across the United States About Midday Headlight burning at midday In order to light tip th derkm.ee that will coin ' Km with ineir uauni una ntne-w..h-tUUlel.p..oMhU.un. Ib'- J-j'Trnf-.h.. point I no doubt what la to happen on lha Lnl.,n Vu : fie w,,n,erli,g whnt the aoldl-re In the Hvaltm on June kill next, The Union 1'aiifle will bav practically a monopoly on thn eclipse, III inth of Iniulliy fol lowing Its lines across Colorado, Wyo ming, I'toli, Idaho, Oregon anil Waali- Inaioii. Tim need for turning on thn head light I no Joke. Tlio moon la th caue of It ull. On that date Luna be- contra Inonry and step directly In front of old Hot, shutting out the tttit almost ni comidelrty a) If an Incandescent globe bad had In current switched off. Among Ilia ft ikn that tfer around Denver and In K-x ky Mountain National 1'ark: In Ilia canyons near Ogden and Bait Lake Clly, where you eee lha Devil's Hlide, through I he Oniae (ureal and mountain clrislra on th way to Yellowstone I'ark, and down tha Colum- mhFanV"! Colun.Ula Jliver Highway, the oorknesa will be more real than out on the plalne Never before In the l.letory of the world baa a (Ingle rUlroad eyntem had a monopoly on eurh an Important event ae mn Allt,M nf that enn. and far that reaeon the l;nlon 1'acine byetem la get- J,nh'v,,,lhl0,f ('he'counir" who may ,,5, 'oT'u'-nty out to the7iountaina to take a look at their private ecltpee Ba.aVIla, akaawl ft a kiaW Ball , la I It AV A M r .i frpT,t .ri"""r " Scientists, neor-sclentlsta and lust to adopt atandard curloua will make th trip and they will better half, th mocn, that come along, ville, Ky, 14 per cent: Nashville, Tenn ; . ,. , he given a regular little eclipse, too. about every quarter century and pulla to per cent; P.eno, Nev, 17 per cent; for Inspection Of Tnl wat always does these tilings bet-. off a total eclipse In order to make th Pgcramento, Cal, 82 per cent- Halelgh, ler than other folks. Quite some time will be consumed In getting the moon directly in front of the total ecu p hum aeen only In the boss" snd l will uk a little while to' far-away placea of the world, the South . get her away again, but she will "heaUiBea Islanda or China, and never before,' tate," that I, she will demonstrate one I at least ao say the folks ot Denver ob-j mor. to old Sol, that he I not th aervatory. hai the path of totality been j whole thing and ahut him out "totally" j laid out over a course that take in a for nearly two minutes. That la tb big telescope like that at tbo Colorado time the light will bar to be turned capital. on. If during those two minute the busy j Long's Teak, In Rocky Mountain Na hsnds of the mothers, sisters and sweet- tlnnnl Park, will be one of the hlehest bearta ar to continue with (weater and imufflera, and th Union Pacific a logging camp at Cochraii, Waabli W mIJp tb iiow h v" "u ' '- " " oi, who live wlfi their mother In " of UWehlghashl mura In of Okays-ueken. Japan. The dow l receive from the Oregon accident commissi 142 a month un- ho dauRhlera " 1 'rs !d. Immediate federal protection of the condensed milk induatry of the Wil- lamette valley. If production Is to con- iipw s iiri n irsm i w slty of slaughtering their dairy herds, . IS requested in a leiOgTBm soni to ow commerce oy nm oi nll condensers and dairymen from valley point are that the federal eon- trol of their output for export, which t Into effect two months ago. bas P"1 the warehouse of the various condanserlee to cat actty, without out- 1 to the marketa. As a result, two " Plants have failed, and othera are con- ronieu wu mo imuimtuv Urt..v, for cloittig their doors unless relief U offered, . . , .... - NEXT LIBERTY LOAN TO OPEN APRIL 6 Washington. On April o. the first nounced to the Stockholm foreign of annlvcrsary of the Called States' entry flce n8r intention to occupy Fluland Into the war. tbe third liberty losn tn(j tliat Sweden has protested". will open. There will be a campaign of three or four weeks. In announcing the date, Secretary McAdoo kald the amount of the loan, the Interest rate and other features, auch as convertibility of bonds ot pre- VloUS Issues, maturity and terms of payment are to be determined, and new ellation will be necessary before plans Can be completed. Prom the fact that the amount of 'the loan is dependent on further leg!.- latlon It i. expected that It will b. for more than, f3.600.000.000. the remain- dor of authorised but unissued bonds, That certlflcatca of Indebtedness as now being sold lu anticipation of the loan bear 4 per cent afforda Some indication of the interest rate. How large the loan shall be depends largely, however, on the fate of the pendlng war finance bill carrying an appropriation of a half billion dollar, and action on the railroad bill with Its appropriation of a similar amount Although Mr. McAdoo made no spe cific announcement, it is now taken for granted In official circles that there will be but one more loan before - o 80, the end ot Ui. flical year. I traina are to glide Into tha canyon and trniii lie will think of the lle. Well, lhey aren t In uti It, 1 lil la un Anierl an ecllr-. In fuct a fmcn l-aclflc rllpae, which le aometblng vittrth think lug about wfcen we reniemlx-r that we will not have another total erllpae thee good old United fctutcs for twen ty-aeven yeura. Iteault: lnver I rlht there, as she alwaya la. Ijeun Herbert A, Howe 1 Mover Unlvrrslty ha poilrhed up his big telescope, fixed up a lot of extra thine to o with tt and has sent lettcre all over the country vi'h the legend, liKNVKR WKU'WIKH YOt. printed In big type. The folks at Yeikes Ob ervatory at Oreen Uay, Wisconaln. are going to be at lenver. Other observa tories will aend their best scientists. In order to make sure, however, that they will not mlis anything that may be re vealed behind the skirts of the moon, delegations ar also getting ready to visit Green ftlver, Wyoming. On the runs near thla little mountain town they will set up their Instruments and get thing U ready to take a look. The thing they will be looking for most Intently la what the astronomers rail the corona. The corona Is a ring if llght that completely surrounds the inn and by aom la called a hnlo, the sun being the only thing In all the universe that haa a real honest-to-goodnesa h.-ilo. Many men have been reputed to we.irieent- thwni ah n n.re.nf u.h;. haloa and many other think they do, but the un I the only thing that can . prove It, and oddly enough It la hli 'old world sit uc halo w hich old fcol wears. Usually a . r 7. . . . ' points In th path of totality and all the 1 big summer resort hotel tbat cluster i ft jJQlrt plp!ITC nUOalfllSO LJiUUrtlL FETRCGRAD IN HASTE Ijinrlnn The Rusalan eovernment haa evacuated Pe'roerad. Three state ministries, according. to a Reuter dis- patch from I'etrograd, have left the capital, from which the population also Is fleeing hastily. The Bolshevik government purposes to declare Moscow the Russian capital oo retroxria s ires Fru ii.i """'' Previous reports that the hard terms of the German peace treaty, which takes from Russia thousands of square mllos in Europe and Asia, would not ' be accepted by the AIl Russlan con- gnss of workmen's and soldiers' dele- gates, indicated also that the nonpeace - elements In the Bolshevikt were gain- lng the upper hand. 1 MENACE AROUSES SWEDEN Protests to Berlin Against Occupation of Aland Islands. TVa.hmetnn -Germany's oecunation W ashlngton. Germany 8 occupation of the Aland Islanda I only a prelim- lPB lecure noloer aminaung poai Inary to the total occupation of Fin- t,on from nlcn Mul1 complete land. Official dispatches to tha Swe dish legation say Germany has an Germany advised Sweden, the dis- pBtci, gayti tnat jt j8 necessary to oc- cupy jand temporarily to restore orde. out gavff agguranceg that she n(llj no intention to take permanent poBgeBBion of the territory. Sweden ...t Wand, Delng paced in the . gone. Th9 K,l,er G!0te,' Amsterdm.-EmPeror William tele, sraphed a message of congratulation to Field Marshal von Henburg on the "glorious conclusion-of the w.r on the eastern front The telegram, as Quoted in a Berlin dispatch .ays: "Now the costly prise of victory in th. long Struggle la In our hands, our Baltic brethren and countrymen are liberated from Russia's yoke and may again feel themselves Germans. Ood aa with us and will continue to aid tta. Alleged Bootleggers Indicted. Portland, Or. Operations of two ex tensive bootlegging rings in this state er disclosed in the arrest under two Trotzky and Lenine, th Russian Bol eUM8l.to41.yaep.t)i of. 29 as. taviH leader. . near It b, are ii tKnr i.i.u.e in up ply tli'lr Kuceta with hii,okM'l r.):a arid other thlnae throuxh wnuh II, can observe the appeuraiu' of tht lun dur ing the time ho la put In the Hm.o by the moon. Other well known point on the Union Pacific Hyatetn are getting ready too. Among them are: prvai-llo, Idaho; linker, Oregon; The liall, Oregon; Hcpimtr, Oregon; Chehaiia and ilo qularn, Waahlrigton. ti nphur tiprlnga and Central City, Colorado, which are a little oft th line of th Union Pacific, are alao getting ready. Portland, Or con, will wltnene a per cent ecilpa and beattlej Washington, at per cant. It la ut In the mountains and on tha hleh plateaus, however, where th etilpee w ill be beet obaervad because of the clourfl"-" skies, the rarltleo air and the absence of ilut and smoke, which (Matter In the lower altitudes. Por thla reneon. It seems certain that more eclenllsta will travel over th line of the Union Pm-ine Fystem early next ln;j,Jtl ,hon have vlelted the weatern country (or many year. While the Union Pacific System and the cities and towna through which It ofltuna in the slatea named above will have a monopoly on the total ecllpe mere win be a partial eclipse over ! moet the entire area of the United r-tates and a ronelderahle portion of CunailH, ranging from t per cent of total at New Vork City to 74 per cent at lyit Angelee, and from per cent In Tallahassee, Florida, to l per cent at rv-attle, Washington. Other cltlea and th degree of totality ar a follow: Minneapolis, 71 per cent: Chicago, S per cent: Galveston, Texas, II per cent; Philadelphia, Pa, 71 percent: St. Louis. Mo., I, per cent : Cheyenne, Wyo, 7 per cent: Helen, Mont., 92 per cent; Oma ha. Neb, 8 per cent; New Orleans, Lau, 1,5 per cent; Lincoln, Neb, 0 per cent: Jacksonville, Fla, per cent: Bait ,'Lak City. Utah. S7 rer cent: Toneka. k'n as nee rent- U per cent; Atlanta, Oa, 2 per cent; Id Moines. Iowa, 5 per cent: Pierre, g. rj., per cent: Detroit Mlcb T4 oer ., wia, 76 per cent; Spokane. Wash, per cent; Blrrrarck. N. D, It per irent Pltt.tinrir :-i.-74 r.er renf tymia. 1 s - Pr cent; liount Hamilton (Lick Observatory). Cal, 71 per cent: Mount Wilson (Carneeic Solar Obaer- vatory), CaL, 74 per'cenf Portland, jje, (0 per cnt: Portland. Ore, per cent- Colorado Springs, Colo 19 per cent, and Boston, Mass, (1 per cent, All who can ret ready for a trio to the mountains over the Union Pacific and aee a real eclipse of the eon If you can't come, get your smoked eiase ready and on June 8th about noon go out Into tb back yard and Uk a look. In Ban Francisco and Portland. 1 ne men under arrest Include wholesale liquor dealers In San Francisco and a number of alleged bootleggers, to- eeiher with exnreasmen and railroad employee whose services were neces- tn the h-pm of tha conaniracv. which mnaiated of imDortine lame quantities of liquor from San Francis- co into this sute. John Redmond, Irlah Leader, Dead. London. John E. Redmond, the Iaish Nationalist leader, died at 7:45 o'clock Wednesday morning. Death was due to heart trouble, following a recent operation for an intestinal ob struction. : Turkish force advancing in the Cau- ca.ug are meeting with little resistance and are massacrelng Armenian real- aenu of oi9 districts retaken from the Russlana. The German socialists have bitterly - attacked the peace treaty with Russia, In a debate in the reichstag there were charges that Germany and Austria al- re Q"ellng over the apolla of war. Determined efforts by the Germans to obtain possession of Fort La Pom- P"". to the southeast of Rhetms, and , . tne aesiruction oi tne city, nave mei with a sanguinary failure. The Americans the Germans claimed to have captured on the Chemln dea Damea probably were the larger part ot a patrol of 13 men aent out when the raid began and haa not been heard of since. The enemy obtained no pris oners from the American trenches. Russia's delegates at Brest-Lltovsk hare halted the German Invasion of Great Russia by agreeing to the peace terms offered Februwy 21. Peace waa made, they report to the Bolshevikl government because wry day of de- ? o demands hy the Oer- mans. Added provisions require the Ru88tan8 not only to retire from Tur- ,ey, Xsi tle , b t , t territory in the regions of Kara, Ba- toum and Karabagh. taken from tha Turk, during past wars. Socialist Congressman For War. j.ew. yora.New Tork'a great east .!de .M astounded t0 near m rousing WJr gpeecn oy Meyer London, social- (gt cong-eggmgn and heretofore a pro- nounced pacifist. Not only did Rep resentative London urge a continua tion of the war against Germany aa the only agency that could bring about a lasting peace, but he denounced AMERICANS DEFEAT BIG GERMAN ATTACK Yankees Beat off Strong Force of Best Picked "Shock" Troops. With the American Army la France. The three recent ralda, one la the Toul accior and two along tbe Cbemln dee Dame, bav demonstrated that tbe American soldier, notwithstanding hia prevloua Inexperience, now la perfect ly at borne la a gaa mask and able to flgbt Juat aa well with as without IL Tbe Americana met tbe best picked troop of tbe German army troop of tbe "shock" type, capeclally trained for raiding and beat them at their own game of war. In tbe baad-to-hand struggle tbe American lost some la killed and wounded. Including officer. A few other were reported missing. After the fight 12 German bodies were found In tbe American trenches, while about a acore mora bodies were seen in the snow aad amidst th barbed wlie entanglements. The attack waa made In a driving snowstorm against a salient oa tha American front. A heavy bombard ment of the American position accom panied the attack. But Instead of Had ing tbe Yankees bewildered, stunned and crouching gaamasked In their dog outs, the Germans met a maddened, crowd or bareheaded demons, lntozl cated with excitement and the Joy oil combat. Hurling themselves upon tha Ger4 mans the young Americana fought dej perately, entirely smashing tha care fully laid boche program. The Ger- man turvlvors were sent acnttllnq back to their lines, while tha American' gunners slammed down & riolent ber- rag through which tha fleeing troop) had to pass. Three German prisoner remained In the hap da of the TaiikeeaJ two ot them having been wounded. A plan of attack. Including napj of tne America positions, Indicating every dugout, which was removed tromj tne Prussian captain who! led the rrent "W'lt upon the sectorj o"osm oi tout, snows now conw Plt'T the Germans prepare theiri rald8 Ir ,n fact WM but lpla) raid, not having as its ultimate object) the retention of a portion of the aa- llent. Tne mgp goe, ,nt0 iucB deU1, show every machine gun emplacement,! every trench and eTery depression In the ground within the American lines., r LOSSES IN FIGHT AT TOUL Ml PUBLIC Washington, Five Americans, In cluding Second Lieutenant Harold F. Eadle, ot Tllton, N. H, were killed. . , nve wer 8everely wo,oe ftnd four slightly wounded in the fight with the Germane north of Toul March L the war department announced. , Those killed, besides tbe lieutenant,' .were: Sergeant Anthony Amodei, Bal timore, Md. ; Privates Edgar Parsons, 0btda' N' C: HanT J' HenT' L8n nort. Ind.. and Matthew Brew. Fsvetr. port Ind., and Matthew Brew, Fayette, N. D. The department also announced the following killed In action: Sergeant Joseph P. Chaisson, Derby, Me., February 24; Corporal Eph Boggs. Red Jacket W. Va, March 2; Private Hugh Weatherman. Beaman, Ia, March , and Cook Thomas H. Hsr4 desty, 12 Ramsey Apartments, El Paso,' Tex., February 28. The death in Europe of Private Wal-. ter E. Helna, Crane, Or., from pyemia, waa reported. Other deaths from die-, ease among the overseas force were reported as follows: Privates Thomas J. Quirk, Lowell, Mass., pneumonia; Harley B. Salxman, Beach, N. D., embolism; Alfred H. Clapp, West Union, la., tuberculosis;: Artie O. Ledbetter. Ellzabethtown, 111,' sarcoma. St Louts, Mo. The ' one-eighth in terest In the estate ot the late Adol phus Busch, wealthy brewer, owned by his widow who but recently left Germany after a visit ot many months, has been placed in charge ot a depos- itary named by A. Mitchell Palmer, United Statea custodian ot alien ene- my property, it was learned here. BUI to Commandaer Lumber Reported., Washington. A bill commandeer ing lumber was reported favorably by) the senate committee on military f ' bin.