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The Winslow mail., 1913-05-31
NOTED CRIMINAL ESCAPES
OFFICERS AT FLAGSTAFF
Arrested At Albuquerque BY
Chief M'Millin. Note Found
IN DR.. Simpsons Office
In Winslow

James Arthur BAKER, the noted
and notorious IMAM woman, "
one of the most dangerous Grim
inals known to the police of
A m erica and Canada, who
escaped from two Riverside, CAL,
county officers from a drawing
room on a pullman car on Santa
Fe train No. 3 at Flagstaff Mon
day night, was arrested in Albu-
querque at $3.50 o'clock by Chief
Of Police Thomas McMillin.
Wearing overalls and jumpe r
and a crash hat, Baker was walk
ing by the Coyote bottling works
on North First street. Chief
McMillin was standing on the
curbing. He glanced at Baker,
sized him up and noted he had a
peculiar walk, and appeared to
wear a hunted look.
Quick as a flash the police
chief rushed after Baker and
grabbed him by the arm.
Taking no chance whatever
with his prisoner, the chief
escorted Baker around the block
to the city Jail.
"Off with your Shoes" said
the chief.
Reluctantly Baker united the
shoe strings and took off his
shoes. He had only a big toe
and three small toes on each
foot. The little toe on each foot
was missing. Now certain that
the man was Baker, the missing
toes absolutely completing identi-
ty, the chief told Baker that the
game was up and that he would
wire Sheriff Wilson in Ash Fork
that he had him in custody.
Baker is an athlete and is we'll
built, although his arms are soft
and fiabby, more like those of a
woman than man. All over
the country Baker is known as
the "man-woman. For years
at a time he has impersonated a
woman and has taught schools
in girls schools and seminaries
without detection. He has
high falsetto voice and his ac-
tions are very much like those of
a woman. He had his two little
toes clipped off in order to per-
NIT him to wear smaller shoes.
In a conversational tone, smil-
ing from time to time. Baker told
how he escaped from the Santa
Fe limited in Flagstaff at 10
o'clock Monday night.
"The train came to standstill
at Flagstaff. | was thirsty, FAM
ished for water. called out to
Sheriff Wilson, asking him for a
drink Of water. He didn't an
swer. Then | called to Crosley,
the deputy. He didn't answer
either. | shook both and neither
answered. They were sound
asleep, snoring. | couldn't re-
sist the temptation to escape. |
robbed Crossley of all the money
he had. Crosley had his leg
across the drawing room door,
| couldn't get out that way with=
out disturbing him. | got up to
the ceiling of the drawing room
and squeezed out of the car via
the roof. A brakeman or con-
ductor saw me as | jumped from
the top of the car.
I waited in Flagstaff until
train No, 2 came along. | bought
a ticket to Winslow. In Winslew
| went up to doctors office and
left Crosley's pocketbook with a
note that requested the finder to
send it to him at Riverside, Then
| came on into Albuquerque. II
came here at 4 o'clock yesterday.
Baker stole twenty-four blank
money order blanks from his
sister, Mrs. Bette Baker Snow,
The Winslow mail., 1913-05-31

The Winslow Baseball Boys
left yesterday morning for Gal
lup where they played ball
with the baseball tesm of that
city.
The Winslow mail., 1913-05-31

Santa Barbara county, CAL, in
February. He forged her name
to the orders and filled them out.
He secured a total of So, 400 on
them. A Riverside bank lost
81, 400 cashing the bogus money
orders. Baker was arrested in
Kansas City last week and Will
son and Crosley went east for
the prisoner.
Riverside. Cal, May %.
Sheriff Wilson arrived here today
minus $40 and a prisoner, James
Arthur Baker, who was being
brought. back from Kansas City
to face charges of having OBJ
tanned 81, 700 from a Riverside
bank on spurious checks. Baker
stold the $40 from the sheriff and
then escaped near Flagstaff,
Ariz., from an. upper birth of a
sleeping car. Albuquerque Jour-
nal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
AGlance at Current

with it's decision. recently announced.
to ask congress for an appropriation
to begin work OH the Harvesting OF
Great falls on the Potomac river.
This project. which would call for
an expenditure of $1J,OO0.OOO, would
accomplish two big results. 1t would
provide an increased water supply,
and it would enable the city to light
its streets. parks and public buildings
at reduced cost.
The plan to develop the Great falls
is based on data presented in Il report
made to the commissioners by Colonel
w. c. Langtitt Of the corps Of engi-
ncers of the United States army. Ac-
cording to this report. the maximum
Mount of electrical energy that may
he generated in Great falls is 100000
horsepower. while G6,OOO horsepower
would be Il good average. At the pres
ent time only about $4,000 horsepower
is required for the Districts lightin:
needs. Consequently about 10000
horsepower would he available to sup
ply light and power to consumers in
the same way that the city supplies
them with water.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
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of Fame. \ fund Of $4,000 also IS
needed for his purpose. For four
teen years this part of the building
has accommodated geology, which is
being removed to the new Cornelius
Baker hall. The public opening of the
museum is set for Memorial day, May
80, 1915, when the third public unveil-
ing of bronze tablets in the Hall Of
Fame will take place.
DR.. MacCracken reports that S2G,-
O34.SO was paid in subscriptions in the
last year. which was used to build The
north colonnade an the rough founda-
tons, rising thirty feet above the
street, COR the fall Of Famous Ameri-
cans Of Foreign Birth. Some addition
al thousands are subscribed for the
last named object. payable when the
cost of the whole shall have been
pledged. The Hall of Fame For Fa-
mou American Women possesses only
a site and some bronze tablets.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
War Emergency Depots.

Washington, Dec. Is. - Plans have
been made ut the war department for
the establishment of a series Of emer-
gency storage depots at various places
accumulation Of medical and subsist.
ence supplies. clothing and other equip.
ment. arms and ammunition. Each
year such sun as the army appropri-
ationS permitted has been set aside
with a view to acquiring this reserve
stock. There is now Il considerable &C.
emulation. 1t is desired to have or
hand such articles Of equipment as
would not be readily obtainable in open
market in time of war.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19

New York, Dec. 15.-An appeal to
'the Who'll. American people" to COM
plete the udifice of the Hall of Fame
at New York university is made in the
first annual report Of the committee
MAJ of the hail. Chancellor Emeritus
MacCrackcn. who was practically in
charge of he university for a quarter
of Il century. The committeeman says
the foundation belongs essentially to
the American people. the first benefac-
tor desiring that the hall be held in
trust by New York university.
The obligation rests on the univer-
sity of carrying OH a large correspond
ence. and for office expenses a mini
mum endowment Of $4,000 is required.
Another immediate obligation is the
opening g. the ground floor of the
building as the museum of the Hall
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
COLLEGE Girls For Baseball.

Wellesley, Mass. Dec. 11.-A cam.
paicn to make baseball an organized
major sport at Wellesley college is
now under way.
How strong and beautiful and good
Wellesley girls then might be-" reads
an appeal sent out by the sophomores.
The class appeal urges baseball. so
that more students may be induced
to keep in training and therefore bene-
fit their physical condition.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
To Save Cleveland EIms,

Caldwell, n. j.. Dec. 1G.-Tree doc
tors We're called upon to exert their
skill to ave the old elms under which
Grover Cleveland played as a boy N
the grounds of the old Cleveland home
stead here. Two great trees directly
in front of the old house are affected.
and under treatment they are expected
to live for many years to come. All
the diseased parts Of the trees had to
be cut away and the cavities filled
with cement.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
Clubs to Increase Pork Supply.

Washington, Dec. 10. Boys pig
clubs to increase the supply of pork
and better the breeding of hogs are the
latest exclusive organizations in the
by the department of agriculture, to-
gether with boys corn clubs and girls
canning clubs.
Already the clubs have been formed
in Alabama and Louisiana, and the Or
CARNATIONS will be extended as rapidly
as possible.
1.-The production of pork is not keep
ing pace with increased population
and something must be DONE" the de-
partment of agriculture explains.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19

a bad night, Ferrier," said the ma
jor, looking at the little slip OF paper
in his po%cketbook. This makes thir-
teen hundred and tifty-fiye, l think"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
Wonderful Submarine Mine For Navy.

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE United
States is to install as part of it's navy
defense a wonderful new submarine
mine, adaptable to use also on torpedo
boat destroyers.
The new mine will be harmless
should it break from it's mooring and
not become Il menace to navigation.
It's mechanism is under such control
that its explosion on first contact can
be prevented. and it can be directed
to the vitals of Il ship and then eX-
plode.
1t is held by nava experts thai tor
pedo boat destroyers equipped with
the new mine could surround an enc
my's teet with a field of these mines
and destroy every ship.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
Falls to Light Washington.

Washington, Dec. IL. Municipal
ownership and operation of Washing
tons electric lighting and street rail-
way transportation facilities is the ul-
innate goal toward which the new
board Of District Of Columbia CON-
missioners is working in connection
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
To Make Everybody Happy.

CleyclanI. o.. Dec. 1G-William Yer
non HackuS of this city has formed
the Appreciation League Of the Unit.
ed States and aims to promote taloSo.
ply. the art Of making happiness cpl.
demic.
Members will be provided with
blanks and will report to the head
quarters of the league acts of courtesy
by employees of all sorts. Notice OF
these reports will be sent to the courte.
Gus ones employers. When an EN-.
ployee gets three courtesy reports
he is entitled to Il special letter from
the secretary of the league and a badge
of merit.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
Chicago Has First Woman BaiIiff.

Chicago, Dec. 1G.-The first woman
bailiff in the United States has been
appointed here by practically a unani.
NOUS vote Of the municipal judges.
They named Miss Isabelle Carruthers
for the position.
Miss Carruthers, who is twenty
eight, was graduated from the Rock.
ford Nll.) Hospital Training School For
Nurses three years ago.
AS bailiif Miss Carruthers will have
even greater power than a policewom
an. She will be able to serve warrants
in both civil and criminal cases, as we'll
as to make arrests.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
New Mistress Of the Robes.

London. Dec. 15.-Queen Mary has
land mistress f the robes, the only one
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-19
A Novel Of Absorbing In
tereSt, With a Beautiful
Girl as the Intended Pawn
In a Marriage Of Finan=
cial Convenience. :: :
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Captain Kemyss and Captain Fer
rier, English army officers, marry Gre
ole cousins. They become planters.
Ferrier dies. and Kemyss is guardian
Of the formers daughter. Nirginie.
Kenyss is poor. If his son Tom and
Nirginie We're to marry IFS troubles
would end. But Virginie's second
cousin, Guy Talbot Ferrier, nj into
her life.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-30
TO THE LOYAL men And WOMEN OF HOOD RIVER COUNTY

. we don't believe
your community In the heat controversy progress
W recall eeo personal prejudice Misrepresentation take
M place facts and judgment Mole hills
judgment
suit 10 the community Therefore
a charges those whom regularly positions
weh ana Above
ment designed engender hatred disrupt the nothing
of public good.
With this mind your charges against heuy
court which we find unfair, danduntr
We find that charge msmangenent untrue because
county court has freed the county of
hnd
only O has been this the miles mcud
ing labor material bridges
condition generally than time its history A that the og
economically thoroughly.
We find that the charge that the Wnans bridge unsafe be-
practical bridge
the
The charge untemzed consider trivial to be made
being circulated publish below individual
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-30
Mrs. Beaumont Again Heads Organization

Portland, Ore, October "a, 1913.
To the Editor: On Wednesday, Oct.
%, a meeting was held of members OF
the MuItnomah and Willamette Chap.
ters, Daughters of the American Revo.
luton, at the home of the state regent,
Mrs. John F. Beaumont, 48l E. 5ott
street, north, Portland, to organize
"The Oregon State Conference, Daugh.
ters of the American Revolution.
The bylaws we're presented by q
committee. voted upon and accepted,
the annual meetings to be held in
March. A nominating committee sub.
mitted the following state officers, and
all were unanimously elected:
State Regent-Mrs. John F. Beau
mont.
Vice Regent-Mrs. James N. Davis.
Rec. Sec. Mrs. William ID. Scott.
Cor. Sec.-Mrs. r. S. Stearns.
Treas. Miss Eleanor E. Gile.
Chaplain-Miss Martha Little.
Histoiian-Mrs W. c. Witzel.
Auditor-Mrs. E. G. Titus.
Assisting Registrar - Mrs. W. E.
Newsome.
Retiring State Regent. Mrs. Wallace
McCamant.
The executive board consists of the
state officers, chairman of state com.
mittees, the regent of each chapter oil
her representative, and a vice presi
dent general, when a resident of Ore.
gon.
Before the March meeting, the state
regent expects to organize chapters il
Albany and Eugene. May Hood River
have a chapter, in the near future.
Carrie R. Beaumont,
State Regent of Oregon.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-30
Says NINANS BRIDGE IS SAFE and GOOD INVESTMENT
To the People of Hood River County:

want bridge with recall
election lam not politician neither have grind with the court
but doesn't possible that which there smart and
sumby farmnd that they would attempt the ceon
such charge bridge build
mill above this bridge and will haul heavier loads than else
carefully believe absolutely
where this bridge isn't safe will fix for the charge haveon
machinery haul over weighing five and half and therefore to
and feel perfectly this inspected
hauled heavy loads bridges Hood River County for the last thirty
fee talking The
well built made heavy round fir free defects and the
who built build the which understand
$0 like hire them build bridge that have
the Hood River below the forks AS the which there much fuss about
the that will hold this recall election
making what repairs think the would be ahead hundreds
of dollars diredt f
this kind disgrace the the that live it.
Yours truly,
FRANK DAVENPORT, ST.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-30
OLD LETTER GIVES
NIT. ADAMS DATA

E. l.. Smith, in going over a number
of old papers last week, discovered
letter received by him almost half
century ago from Prof. Edgar Mcclure,
of the University of Oregon. and con-
tanning measurements of the topogra-
ply of the Mount Adams region. which
will be of interest to the people of the
Mad Colubmia district. Prof. Mcclure
later lost his life while climbing Mount
Rainier.
The letter is given in full below:
eugene, Ore, July 30, 1895.
''Hon E. l.. Smith, Hood River, Ore.
Dear Sir: Agreeable to promise
made to you at Trout Lake early in the
present month, send you my figures
on the elevation of Mount Adams.
81 have made nine estimates by each
of two methods first by translation
of Plantamour' tables and second by
Guyot's tables. | used as a base Port
land, Seattle and Eugene separately.
"The elevations averaged given by
Plantamour's tables 12,446.6 feet as
the height of the summit of Mount
Adams above sea level by Guyot's
tables, IL, ,401.9 feet above sea level.
A mean of these two is l2424.2, which
is certainly very close to the true fig
ure. "
Elevation of camp at Trout Lake,
1854 feet; elevation at camp foot of
mountain, 5714.2 feet. The figures
given by the photographic office at
Portland are IL, ,906. This, believe, is
due to the fact that it is difficult to
determine the true summit from the
base of the mountain where triangula-
tion is done. Very truly yours,
Edgar Mcclure.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-30

one OF the counties Of the state.
But the same farmer will lie supine-
ly on his back and rest content with the
roads that nature gave him and that
have scarcely been touched by the hand
of man since the time that the first
pioneer OK carts made their way across
the county. In some parts of the
country today the original Oregon trail
stands just as 1t was when the teams
and OK carts made their way across the
plainB in the early days. Not bit of
improvement has ever been made upon
it, not stone marks that greatest OF
all national highways.
But today, all over the country we
hear of the campaigns for better roads.
The people have seen the light. They
have now begun to understand the mud
tax that is assessed against them every
year mot by county courts and state
tax boards but by the sink, mud hole.
and rut in the highway that added to
the cost, cuts down the profits, multi
plies the load, and decreases the weight
that can be carried to market.
Never will the farms of the west re-
ceive their greatest prosperity and the
fullest measure of good times that the
hand of nature has given them until
the people fully awake to the necessity
for better roads and then build them.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-30
PIANO CONTEST
CREATES INTEREST

great interest is being created by
the Bragg Mercantile Co. in the con-
test they are conducting for their
patrons, as prizes to the winners of
which they will give away $400 Clax
ton piano and innumerable other hand
some presents, including two handsome
ladies' gold watches and a number of
articles of silverware.
One vote is given for each cents
worth of purchase. The votes are
counted each Wednesday and are placed
in the show window of the store each
Friday. The names of the many misses
whs are participating are not being
made public, each one being assigned
number.
On Wednesdays special voting privi-
leges are given when one purchases
certain articles. The contest will
probably be very close and will cause
widespread campaign for the leading
candidates.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-30
AS OTHERS SEE THE
ROAD PROBLEM

(From the Oregon City Enterprise)
Hood River is added to the list OF
those cities that has awakened to the
necessity for better roads. 1t has suf
fered long with chuck holes and muC
puddles. For years it has paid the an
nual tax of transportation through muC
and slush and has seen the loss that
piles up on the farmer and lessons his
profit for his goods.
Now, it has started boom for bet
ter highways through the county anC
has undertaken to contribute towarJ
the construction of the roadway along
the Columbia river. Such move is ir
accord with the progressive spirits OF
| the time. Because our fathers didn't
have them" is no longer any reason
why we should not have better roads.
Because our fathers happened to come
across the plains in OK carts is no
reason why we shouldn't ride on the
most luxurious sleepers that the trans
continental trains possess.
Just because the first settlers of the
city did not have sidewalks is no valid
reason why we should not have them.
Because the first doctors knew little
about surgery and modern methods OF
practice is not valid excuse why we
should turn down the advancements OF
science and the advantages now offered
to use by the progress of medicine.
So many things have been the STUN.
bling block in the way of progress that
we haven't had good roads before.
So many of US have figured that be.
cause we never have had those things
before, we never can have them. New
ideas, new schemes, anything thai
shows originality and progress seem tc
be particularly offensive to some peo'
Pile. They can't get used to a new
scheme just because they never heard
of that scheme before. They can't un'
derstand anything that hasn't beer
worn in the rut Of antiquity nor handed
down from generations of the fathers.
Such an idea is a stone at the en-
trance to the way of progress. II
stands in the way of everything that is
planned for public betterment. II
keeps the town, the city, the country
in the same-old rut year after year anC
decade after decade. just because some
| OF tne CILiZenS are Ol TIE lOsSll variety
that won't stand for anything in the
way of progressive ideas. Hood River
is having that trouble in the campaign
for better highways. Jackson county
has had that experience in its fight fol-
a $500, 900 bond issue for better roads
Every county of the state has the same
old trouble. That species seems to bt
common garden variety.
But thanks to the spirit of education
that is now prevailing in the country
and state, the people are awakening t.
the necessity for better highways ant
have seen the tremendous cost that il
annually taxed against the farmer fo
the mud holes and chuck holes that b,
now has to meet The annual tax tina
the farmer pays to the county may b,
so high that he believes the board o
commissioners are robbing him Ii
Immediately comes before that boar
and tells it fatty that it is confscatinl
his property. that he is charged wit
taxes that he cannot bear and tina
there is no chance for the farmer il
the west at all. All of these thing
have been heard by the county board
Of equalization year after year in ever
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-30

the Cot finances issued Treas
charges msmanagem being circulated by the
which the past as follows:
balance the general fund of $4 2685 and de-
the road fund of 81, ,1340
balance general fund 195O Of this
the ST. u.s. leaving balance O The deficit
the fund Nov. l. 1872 S., 9672
1913 there aancem the general fund of $576O3 Of
balance this fund of ST. B
deficit the fund 49, 0 making Total surplus the
county treasury for history
county of debt
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-30
BROKE BRIDGE PIER WITH ROCKS, then TOOK PICTURES

Anton Flint the District which the Wnan bridge
located and shortly after the being used dis
credit taken
this what believe The
facts are that found that had taken
ber pounds be found the BRIDGE and used
bridge Also that the natural earth and
had been and left scattered around the ground
enough hammer the kind Of
crete structure ever wifu destroyed the
office through misrepresentation whose
records We believe will not
TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-30
A Marvellous Escape

"My little boy had a marvellous es-
cape" writes P. F. Bastiams, of Prince
Albert, Cape Of Good Hope. at oc.
Cured in the middle OF the night. He
got very severe attack of Group. As
luck would have it, had large bottle
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the
house. After following directions for an
hour and twenty minutes he was through
all danger" Sold by all dealers.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-30

Neuralgia of the face, shoulder, hands
or feet requires a powerful comedy that
will penetrate the flesh. Ballard's Snow
Liniment possesses that power. Rubbed
in where the pain is felt is all that is
necessary to relieve suffering and to re-
store normal conditions. Price 25c, Soc
and $l.00 per bottle. Sold by Chas. N.
Clarke,